[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {King} d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4
8. e6 fxe6 9. Ng5 Bxb5 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. c3 Qxb5 12. Nxe6 Na6 13. Nxg7+ Kf7 14.
Qxg4 (14. Ne6 Nf6 (14... Kxe6 {King} 15. Qxg4+ Kf7 16. f5 $2 (16. Be3 $1) 16...
cxd4 $1 {Petursson-Thorsteins, Reykjavik Open 1990.}) 15. Ng5+ Kg7 $10 {
Van der Wiel-Seirawan Luzern 1990}) 14... Kxg7 15. Be3 $5 Qxb2 $1 {The
critical line} 16. O-O Qxc3 17. Rae1 Rhf8 (17... cxd4 $2 18. Bd2 Qc7 19. f5 $18
) 18. f5 $6 (18. Qe6 cxd4) (18. dxc5 $5) 18... Rxf5 19. Qh3 $2 {This fails to
a very quiet move.} (19. Bh6+ Kxh6 $8 20. Qh4+ Rh5 21. Qf4+ Rg5 22. Qh4+ $10 (
22. h4 $2 Qxd4+ 23. Qxd4 cxd4 24. hxg5+ Kxg5 25. Rxe7 Nc5 $17)) 19... Kh8 $3 (
19... Rxf1+ $2 20. Rxf1 cxd4 21. Bh6+ Kh8 22. Qe6 $40) 20. Rxf5 {There is
nothing better} gxf5 21. Qh4 Nb4 $19 22. Bf2 Nd5 23. Qh5 Rf8 24. dxc5 dxc5 25.
Bg3 f4 26. Bh4 Ne3 27. Qf3 Rg8 28. Kh1 Qd2 29. Rg1 Qd6 30. Qe4 Qd5 (30... Qd5
31. Qxe7 Rxg2 32. Bf6+ Rg7+ $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Karpaty"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5
Nh5 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Be2 f6 11. exf6 exf6 12. O-O Qd7 $2 {A new move in this
well-known position and unfortunately not a very good one.} ({Other moves here:
} 12... Re8 13. Qd2 Nb4 $5 (13... f5 $143 $2 14. Bc4+ Kh8 15. Ng5 $1 {[%cal
Gg5f7]} Bxd4 16. Nf7+ Kg7 17. Nxd8 Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Rxe3 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. h3 $1
$16 {[%csl Rg4] 1/2-1/2 Boehm,J-Weber,P/Suedlohn 1981/EXT 2001 (29)}) 14. Bf2
Nd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Rfe1 Qd6 {[%cal Gh5f4]} 17. h3 Be6 18. c4 c6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Kuijpers,F-Timman,J/Leeuwarden 1972/MCD (56)}) (12... f5 $5 13. Qd2 f4
14. Bf2 Qd7 15. Rfe1 Rae8 16. Rad1 Kh8 17. d5 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Ne5 19. Ne4 $14 {
1-0 Shirov,A-Nikolic,P/Monte Carlo 1999/CBM 69 ext (32)}) 13. d5 Ne7 (13...
Bxf3 $2 14. Bxf3 {[%cal Gf3h5]}) 14. Ne5 $1 {Not so difficult ,but quite a
nice tactical blow} fxe5 (14... Bxe2 $2 15. Nxd7 Bxd1 16. Nxf8 Bxc2 17. Ne6 $18
) 15. Rxf8+ Rxf8 (15... Bxf8 16. Bxg4 Nf5 {doesn't work unfortunately for black
} 17. Bxf5 $1 Qxf5 18. g4 {winning a piece}) 16. Bxg4 Qe8 (16... Qd8 $142 17.
Bxh5 ({Doesn't work here} 17. Bxa7 b6 18. d6 cxd6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5+ Kh8
$13 {[%csl Ga7]}) (17. Ne4 $143 Nf4 18. c4 h5 19. Bf3 Nf5 $132) 17... gxh5 18.
Qd3 $1 (18. Bg5 Qd6 $1 19. Ne4 (19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Ne4 Qb4 $36) 19... Qb6+ 20.
Kh1 Nf5 $13) (18. Qxh5 Nxd5 19. Rd1 c6 20. Bc5 Rf7 21. Ne4 Qe8 $14 {[%csl Gh5]
[%cal Gf7f1]}) 18... Ng6 19. Qc4 {[%cal Gd5d6]} Kh8 20. Rf1 $16) 17. Bxa7 $1 (
17. Bxh5 gxh5 18. Qd3 {was also clearly better for white}) 17... Nc8 (17... b6
18. d6 $1 Nc6 19. Qd5+ Kh8 20. d7 Qa8 21. Bf3 $18) ({More stubborn was} 17...
Nf4 $1 18. Bc5 $1 (18. g3 h5 19. gxf4 hxg4 20. Qxg4 b6 $13 {[%csl Ra7]}) (18.
Bf2 Qf7 $132 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Gf7f2]}) (18. Bf3 e4 $1 19. Nxe4 (19. Bxe4 $140
Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nc8 $1 $19 {[%csl Ga7,Ge4]}) 19... b6 20. d6 Nc6 $13) 18... b6
19. Ba3 (19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. g3 h5 $44) 19... Qf7 20. g3 h5 21. Be2 $1 $16 Nh3+
$140 22. Kg2 Nf2 23. Qd2 {[%cal Ga1f1]}) 18. Bc5 Nd6 19. Bxh5 $1 gxh5 20. Bxd6
cxd6 21. Ne4 $18 {Getting strategically winning position-bad bishop against
fantastic knight plus extra pawn.} Rf4 (21... Qb5 22. b3 Rf4 23. Qd3 Qxd3 24.
cxd3 $18 {[%cal Ga1c1]}) 22. Qd3 Qg6 23. Re1 h4 24. h3 {White easily
neutralized black activity and now simply starting to advance pawns on
queenside.} Bh6 25. c4 b6 26. b4 {[%cal Ga2a4,Ga4a5]} Rf7 27. a4 {black is
absolutely hopeless against advancing of a-pawn} Bf4 28. a5 bxa5 29. bxa5 Ra7
30. Qb3 (30. Ra1) 30... Ra8 (30... Rxa5 31. Qb8+ Kg7 32. Qc7+ {[%cal Gc7a5]})
31. a6 Rf8 32. a7 Qf7 33. Qb8 Bg3 34. Ra1 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2000.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Bc4 c5 8. Qe2
Nc6 (8... Nxe4 {Of course i knew about two games Bologan-Ponomariov,where this
move was played,but i was sure,that there are some positions,where white could
improve his play and for sure my opponent had some improvements,playing this
variation in Las-Vegas against Azmaiparashvili.} 9. Nxe4 d5 10. Bd3 c4 11. Bxc4
dxc4 12. O-O-O (12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Nc3 Nd7 14. O-O-O Nf6 15. h4 b5 16. Nxb5 Qa5
17. Nc3 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bd2 Qxa2 20. Bc3 f5 $15 {0-1 Bologan,
V-Ponomariov,R/Belfort FRA 1998 (62)}) 12... Bb7 13. Nc3 Nd7 14. Qxc4 a6 15.
Qd3 Nf6 16. d5 b5 17. Bd4 b4 18. Ne4 Qxd5 19. Nc5 Rac8 20. Nxb7 Qxb7 $17 {
0-1 Bologan,V-Ponomariov,R/Enghien-les-Bains FRA 1999 (35)}) 9. e5 Ng4 10.
O-O-O Nxe3 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] This is already a novelty,before was played:} (
10... Na5 11. Bd5 Rb8 12. Bg1 {[%csl Gg4]} e6 13. dxc5 exd5 14. cxd6 f6 15.
Nxd5 fxe5 16. Ne7+ Kh8 17. fxe5 Be6 18. h4 {with strong initiative for white 1/
2-1/2 Bologan,V-Marin,M/Calcutta IND 1999 (41)}) (10... Qc7 11. Bg1 cxd4 12.
Nb5 Qb8 13. h3 Nh6 14. g4 $16 {[%csl Gh6] with big advantage for white 1-0
Bologan,V-Leski,M/Bastia FRA 1998 (25)}) 11. Qxe3 Bg4 {This was my idea,now
black's pressure to white centre is very strong and in a few moves my bishop
(g7) comes into the play.} 12. dxc5 $2 (12. d5 {was the best way for white}
Bxf3 13. Qxf3 $1 ({Worse is} 13. gxf3 Nd4 14. Rhe1 Rb8 {[%cal Gb6b5] with idea
b5}) 13... Nd4 (13... Na5 $6 14. Ba6 dxe5 15. f5 $36 {[%cal Gh2h4,Gh4h5]}) 14.
Qe4 a6 15. Ne2 dxe5 16. fxe5 Qc7 17. Rhe1 Bxe5 18. Nxd4 Bf4+ (18... Bxd4 $6 19.
Qxe7 {dangerous for black}) 19. Kb1 cxd4 20. Rxd4 Bd6 $11) 12... bxc5 13. Bd5
Qb6 14. h3 (14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Nd5 Qb7 (15... Rfe8 $5) 16. Rhe1 Rab8 (16... Be6
$5) 17. b3 Be6 18. c4 Rfd8 {and black is clearly better}) 14... Bxf3 15. Bxf3 (
{Only now Dieter discovered,that after} 15. Qxf3 Nd4 16. Rxd4 cxd4 17. Na4 Qa5
18. Bxa8 Qxa4 19. exd6 {black has a fantastic} d3 $3 $19 {which wins
immediately}) 15... dxe5 $1 ({After} 15... Rab8 $143 16. Bxc6 Qxb2+ 17. Kd2
dxe5 18. fxe5 $1 {black has nothing; for example:} Rbd8+ 19. Ke2 (19. Ke1 Bxe5
$5) 19... Qxc2+ 20. Rd2 Qxd2+ 21. Qxd2 Rxd2+ 22. Kxd2 Bxe5 $14) 16. Bxc6 (16.
Nd5 Qa5 $17) (16. Na4 Qc7 17. Qxc5 e4 $1 $17) 16... Qxc6 17. fxe5 Rad8 ({
Of course not} 17... Qxg2 $2 {because after} 18. Nd5 {white is fine}) 18. g4
Rd4 $1 {Very strong positional move,now black takes control under central
squares and black advantage becomes clear.} 19. Rhf1 Rfd8 20. Rde1 Qe6 {
Once again very important move,which suppress all white ideas with e5-e6} (
20... Qg2 21. e6 $1) (20... Rd2 21. e6 $1) 21. b3 $6 (21. Re2 $142 Rb8 {
and black starts to play on the queenside and i believe, that black's victory
only the question of time.}) 21... c4 $1 {Now black opens play on the
queenside and white cannot hold his position.} 22. Ne2 Rd2 $1 (22... R4d5 23.
Nf4 Qxe5 24. Qxe5 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Bxe5 26. bxc4 $15) 23. Nf4 Qa6 24. Qxd2 Rxd2
25. Kxd2 Qa5+ 26. Kd1 Qxa2 27. bxc4 Qa1+ (27... Bxe5 28. Nd3 Bf6 {also very
strong}) 28. Ke2 (28. Kd2 Qd4+ 29. Nd3 (29. Ke2 Bh6) 29... Bh6+ 30. Kd1 Qa1+
31. Ke2 Qc3 {and black wins}) 28... Qc3 (28... Qxe5+ 29. Kf3 Qc3+ 30. Re3 Qxc4
31. Re2) 29. Rd1 $138 {My opponent simply resighned here because he had only
5seconds for eleven moves,but of course after 29...Qc430Kf3-Be5 white position
is absolutely lost} 0-1

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "2000.03.24"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Zifroni, Dov"]
[Black "Labok, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.01.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Herzliya"]
[BlackTeam "Jerusalem Elitzur II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5
Nd5 $6 {I cannot advice for anybody to play this doubtful variation and this
game also shows all black difficulties in this line.Just with very simple game
white gets a big advantage.} (8... Nh5 $142) 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. c3 Bg4 (10... f6
11. Qe2 Kh8 12. Be4 Qf7 13. O-O Nd8 14. Bd2 c6 15. Bd3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Ibragimov,
I-Bezold,M/Pulvermuele GER 2000/The Week in Chess 271 (43)}) 11. O-O Rad8 12.
Qe1 (12. Bc2 $4 Qd7 $4 (12... Nxe5 $1 $19) 13. Qe1 f6 14. Bb3+ Kh8 15. e6 Qc8
16. a3 $16 {1-0 Virostko,P-Pribyl,M/Ostrava CZE 1999/The Week in Chess 291 (51)
}) 12... f6 (12... Qd7 13. Qg3 (13. Bf4 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 e6 15. Qf2 $16 {1-0
Fiorito,F-Cordero,A/Mar del Plata 1999/EXT 2000 (24)}) 13... Bxf3 14. Rxf3 f5
15. exf6 exf6 16. Bf4 Rc8 17. Re1 Ne7 18. Bc4+ Nd5 19. Bd6 Qxd6 20. Qxd6 cxd6
21. Bxd5+ Kh8 22. Bxb7 Rc7 23. Bd5 $18 {1-0 Kotronias,V-Skembris,S/Glyfada
1995/CBM 47 ext (39)}) 13. exf6 $1 $146 (13. Qh4 $6 Qd7 (13... Bxf3 14. Rxf3
fxe5 15. Be4 Qd6 16. d5 Na5 $13) 14. Be3 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 fxe5 16. d5 Bf5 $15 {
0-1 Magalotti,A-Poscente,D/Forli 1990/EXT 97 (31)}) 13... exf6 (13... Bxf6 14.
Be4 Qd6 15. Bh6 $16) 14. Bf4 {[%csl Gc7] The c7-pawn is very good object to
attack for white piecies.} Qd7 (14... Rd7 15. Qg3 (15. Nd2 {[%cal Gd3c4]} Kh8
16. Qg3 f5 17. Bc4 Qa5 18. Rae1 $16) 15... Bxf3 16. Rxf3 $5 $16 (16. Qxf3)
16... Ne5 $140 17. dxe5 fxe5 18. Qg4 exf4 19. Bc4 $18 {[%csl Gd7]}) 15. Qg3 Rc8
{What else?Black has to defend this pawn very passively.} 16. Rae1 Be6 17. Nd2
$1 $16 {[%cal Gd2b3,Gb3c5,Gd2e4,Ge4c5]} Bf7 18. Nb3 (18. Ne4 $143 Bxa2 19. Nc5
Qf7 20. Nxb7 Rb8 $132 {[%csl Gb2]}) 18... Bxb3 (18... b6 19. Ba6 {[%csl Gc7]})
(18... f5 19. Nc5 Qd5 20. b4 $16) 19. axb3 {[%csl Gd3,Gf4]} Nd8 $6 (19... Kh8
$142 20. Bc4 g5 21. Bd2 Rce8 22. Bd3 Ne7 $16) 20. Re2 $18 c5 21. dxc5 {White
so much enjoy this position,that misses three opportunities in a few moves to
decide this game.} ({Right here ,white has too opportunities to win some
material.} 21. Bd6 cxd4 22. Bc4+ Nf7 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Rfe1 $18 {[%cal Ge2e7]})
(21. Bc4+ Kh8 22. Bd6 cxd4 23. Bxf8 Bxf8 24. Rxf6 $18) 21... Rxc5 22. b4 ({
More easy} 22. Bd6 Rg5 23. Bc4+ Nf7 (23... Kh8 24. Qd3 (24. Qxg5 fxg5 25. Bxf8
$18) 24... Re8 25. Bf4 $18) 24. Qxg5 $1 fxg5 25. Bxf8 $18) 22... Rh5 (22... Rc8
23. Rfe1 {[%cal Ge2e7]}) 23. Rfe1 Nc6 24. Bc4+ Kh8 25. Be6 $2 {This move
already loses a big part of white advantage.} (25. Rd2 $142 $1 Qf5 (25... Qc8
26. Be2 {[%csl Gh5]}) 26. Bd3 Qc8 27. Be2 Rf5 28. Bg4 $18) 25... Qd8 26. Bc7
Qa8 27. Bg4 Rb5 $2 (27... Rd5 $142 $16 {[%cal Gc6e5]}) 28. Bd6 Ne5 (28... Rd8
29. c4 Rg5 (29... Rxb4 30. Bxb4 Nxb4 31. Bd7 $1 $18 {[%cal Ge2e8]}) 30. h4 (30.
Bf4 $5) 30... Re5 31. Bxe5 fxe5 32. b5 Nd4 33. Rxe5 $18) 29. Bxf8 Qxf8 30. Rd2
Qe7 31. Rd7 Qf8 32. Rc7 {[%cal Gc7c8]} Rd5 33. Rxb7 (33. Rc8 Rd8 34. Rxd8 Qxd8
35. Qe3 $18) 33... h5 34. Be6 (34. Bf3 Rd3 35. Rxe5 fxe5 36. Qxg6 $18) 34...
Rd3 35. Qf4 (35. Qf2 Qd6) 35... Qd6 36. Bb3 $2 (36. Qe4 Rd2 37. Bh3 Rxb2 38.
Rxa7 $18) 36... Rd2 $2 (36... Nf3+ 37. Qxf3 Rxf3 38. gxf3 Qd2 $132 {and i am
not sure,that white can win this position;for example} 39. Re8+ Kh7 40. Bc4 (
40. Ree7 Qc1+ 41. Kg2 Qxb2+ 42. Kg3 h4+ 43. Kh3 Qxb3 44. Rxg7+ Kh6 $11) 40...
Qc1+ 41. Bf1 Qg5+ 42. Bg2 Qc1+ 43. Kf2 Qxb2+ 44. Kg3 Kh6 $132) 37. Qe3 {
[%cal Ge3a7]} Ng4 (37... Rxb2 38. Rd1 Rxb3 39. Rxd6 Rb1+ 40. Kf2 Ng4+ 41. Ke2
Nxe3 42. Kxe3 $18) 38. Qg3 Ne5 39. Rxa7 (39. Rxa7 Rxb2 40. Ra8+ Kh7 41. Bg8+
Kh6 42. Ra2 $1 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.23"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Naumann, Alexander"]
[Black "Bogdanovski, Vlatko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hohenems"]
[BlackTeam "Skopje Alkaloid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e5 dxe5 7. fxe5 Nd5 8. Bc4
Be6 9. Qe2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc4 11. Qxc4 Nd7 ({Also interesting} 11... Nc6 $5 12.
O-O Na5 13. Qb4 b6 14. Ba3 {[%csl Ge7]} e6 (14... c5 15. dxc5 Nc6 $5) 15. c4
Qd7 $6 (15... c5 16. dxc5 Qc7 $44) 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Ng5 $36 {[%csl Gf7] 1-0
Khuseinov,P-Zaichik,G/Sevastopol 1986/EXT 98 (45)}) 12. O-O ({Nothing gives} 
12. e6 Nb6 13. exf7+ Rxf7 14. Qb3 Qd5 $1 15. Rb1 e6 16. O-O c6 17. a4 Nc4 18.
Ba3 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Raxf8 20. Rf2 b6 $11 {0-1 Lanc,A-Clausen,S/Copenhagen 1987/
EXT 97 (44)}) 12... Nb6 13. Qd3 Qd5 {Fantastic square for black queen} 14. Ba3
$6 $146 {looks,like there is nothing to do for this bishop on this diagonal.} (
14. Bg5 $142 f6 15. Bf4 c6 $2 (15... c5 $142 $5) 16. Rfb1 $1 fxe5 (16... Rad8
$140 17. exf6 exf6 18. Bc7) 17. Bxe5 Bh6 18. Rb4 {[%cal Gc3c4]} Rf7 19. c4 Qa5
20. a3 $16 {1-0 Thipsay,B-Lelchuk,Z/Jakarta 1993/EXT 97 (45)}) 14... Rfe8 15.
h4 $1 {White needs to create serious play,because already black has clear
positional advantage,white pawnstructure not so good at all and black queen
controls important squares in the centre.} (15. Nd2 {[%cal Gc3c4]} Rad8 $1)
15... f6 (15... Nc4 16. Bc1 f6 17. Bf4 $1 $13 c5 $140 18. h5 $36) 16. Rae1 (16.
h5 $1 {was necessary} g5 (16... Nc4 $140 17. hxg6 (17. exf6 exf6 18. Bc1 Re4 $1
$17) 17... hxg6 (17... Nxa3 18. gxh7+ Kh8 19. Nh4 $1 $36) 18. Bc1 $36 {[%csl
Gg6]}) (16... gxh5 $6 17. Nh4 $40) 17. Bc1 h6 $13 (17... Nc4 18. Bxg5 $1))
16... Qxa2 17. Bc1 $2 {Losing very impotant tempo in developing the initiative
and gives black opportunity to consolidate his piecies.} (17. h5 $142 Qc4 (
17... Qxa3 $2 18. Ra1 Qb2 19. Rfb1 {[%csl Gb2]}) (17... gxh5 18. Nh4 $40) 18.
Qe4 Qd5 19. Qg4 Nc4 20. Bc1 gxh5 (20... g5 21. h6 $1 Bxh6 22. exf6 exf6 23.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qh5 $18 {[%cal Gh5h6,Gh5e8]}) 21. Qxh5 $13 (21. Qg3 Kh8) 21...
Qf7 $140 22. Qh3 {[%cal Gf3g5]}) 17... Qc4 18. Qe4 f5 $1 19. Qf4 Nd5 20. Qg3
Nxc3 21. h5 Ne4 22. Qh4 Qc6 $2 {underestimating white threats} (22... gxh5 $1 {
and white cannot take} 23. Qxh5 $2 Ng3 (23... Qf7 $2 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. Nh4 {
[%csl Ge4][%cal Ge1e4]}) 24. Qh4 Nxf1 25. Rxf1 Qf7 $19) 23. d5 $1 (23. hxg6
$140 Qxg6) 23... Qxd5 (23... Qb6+ 24. Be3) 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Rxe4 $1 {Of
course !} (25. Ng5 Nxg5 26. Qxg5 Qe6 $19) 25... Qxe4 (25... fxe4 $4 26. Ng5 {
[%cal Gh4h7]}) 26. Bf4 {[%cal Gf3g5]} a5 (26... Red8 27. Ng5 Qc6 28. Qh7+ Kf8
29. e6 $36 {[%csl Gg6]}) (26... e6 27. Ng5 Qd4+ 28. Kh1 Re7 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30.
Qxg6 $40) 27. Re1 $2 {Losing the opportunity to make a draw} (27. Ng5 Qd4+ 28.
Kh2 $1 (28. Kh1 Qc4 $1 {[%csl Gf1]}) 28... Ra6 29. e6 Qf6 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Qh4
Qc3 32. Qh7 Qf6 $11) 27... Qb4 {[%csl Ge1,Gf4]} 28. Re3 (28. Ng5 Ra6 29. e6 Rd8
30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Rf1 Qd4+ 32. Kh2 Qf6 33. Qh3 Ke8 {and black king escapes from
the dangerous area}) 28... Ra6 $1 {Very important defensive resource,now
g6-pawn is protected and black easily defend his position.} 29. Ng5 Kf8 30. e6
(30. Nh7+ Kg8 31. Ng5 Rd8 $1) 30... Rd8 $1 $19 31. Nh7+ (31. Qh7 Qxf4) 31...
Kg8 (31... Ke8 32. Qg5 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Kd8 $19) 32. Ng5 Kf8 $138 33. Nh7+ Kg8 34.
Ng5 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Kf8 $1 {Now it's over black king escapes and black remains
with big material advantage.} 36. Nh7+ (36. Rb3 Qe1) 36... Ke8 37. Qg3 {
[%csl Gg6]} Kd8 $1 38. Rb3 (38. Bxc7+ Kc8 39. Be5 Bxe5 40. Qxe5 Qd6 $19) 38...
Qd4 {[%cal Gd4g1] black starts desicive counterattack} 39. Qf3 Be5 40. Bxe5
Qxe5+ 41. g3 Rd2+ 42. Kh3 Qh8 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Gh8h7]} 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.02.08"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[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 "Kreuzberg"]
[BlackTeam "Stuttgart"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Rb8 ({Another line here -} 8... Bg4) 9. f5 $1 {This looks like an extremely
dangerous line for black, that's why I would prefer 8...Bg4.} Nc7 ({More
principal probably} 9... gxf5 10. exf5 (10. Nh4 $5) 10... Nb4 11. Be2 Bxf5 12.
a3 Bxc2 (12... Na6 13. Nh4 Bg6 14. Nf5 (14. Bd3 $5 $44) 14... Bxf5 15. Rxf5 Nc7
16. Bg5 Qd7 17. Qd3 b5 18. Raf1 b4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Ne4 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 f6 22.
Qh3 {[%cal Gh3d7,Gf5g5]} Kh8 23. Ng5 $1 e6 24. Nxh7 {1-0 Acs,P-Lorscheid,G/
Budapest 1997/CBM 58 ext (24)}) (12... Nxc2 13. Nh4 Nxa1 14. Nxf5 $16 {[%csl
Ra1]}) 13. Qd2 Bg6 (13... Qa5 14. axb4 Qxa1 15. Qxc2 cxb4) 14. axb4 cxb4 15.
Nd1 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 (16. Ne3 $143 Rbc8 17. Kh1 Bh6 $19) (16. Qe3 $143 Nxd5 17.
Qxb6 axb6) 16... Rfc8 $44 {1/2-1/2 Nataf,I-Marin,M/Andorra 1998/EXT 2003}) 10.
a4 $146 {Interesting novelty,now black hasn't option of Bg4,like after 10fg-hg
11a4.} (10. fxg6 hxg6 11. a4 {also looks dangerous for black} Bg4 (11... a6 12.
Qe1 b5 13. Qh4 c4 14. Be2 Re8 15. Bh6 Qd7 16. Ng5 $18 {1-0 Van der Weide,
K-Wissmann,D/Leeuwarden 2002/EXT 2003 (23)}) 12. Qe1 Bxf3 13. Rxf3 Qd7 14. Kh1
a6 15. Bg5 b5 16. Qh4 Rfc8 17. Raf1 $40 {1-0 Acs,P-Hoang Thanh Trang/Budapest
1997/CBM 58 ext (34)}) 10... a6 $2 {This is simply a wrong direction,black
should accept the challenge and to take a central pawn.} (10... gxf5 11. exf5
Ncxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qe1 $44 {For sure white has clear compensation,but
position still needs practical test.}) 11. a5 Nb5 (11... b5 12. axb6 Rxb6 13.
Na4 (13. Qe1 $5) 13... Rb8 14. c4 $16 {[%csl Rc7]}) (11... e6 $6 12. dxe6 fxe6
13. fxg6 hxg6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Bg5 $16 {[%csl Rc5,Re5,Re6,Rg6]}) (11... gxf5 12.
exf5 Ncxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qe1 {and white has additional attacking resource
Ra4-h4}) 12. fxg6 hxg6 (12... fxg6 13. Nxb5 axb5 14. Bxb5 Nxe4 15. Qe1 Nf6 16.
Ng5 $1 $16 {[%cal Gg5e6]} (16. c4 Ng4 $14 {[%cal Gg4e5]})) 13. Qe1 Nxc3 14.
bxc3 Nh7 {[%csl Gg5]} (14... Bg4 15. Ng5 {[%cal Ge1h4]}) (14... e6 15. Bg5 (15.
Qh4 Nh7 16. Ng5 Nxg5 17. Bxg5 f6 18. Bd2 $16) 15... exd5 16. Nd2 $1 $40) 15. e5
$1 e6 (15... dxe5 $142 16. Nxe5 Nf6 (16... Qxd5 17. Bf4 {[%cal Gf4b8]} Bxe5 18.
Bxe5 Ra8 19. Qg3 $40) 17. Bf4 Ra8 (17... Nxd5 $140 18. Nxg6 $1 $16 {[%cal
Gf4b8]}) 18. c4 $16) (15... Bg4 16. e6 $1 $16) 16. Ra4 $3 {[%cal Ga4h4] It was
looking like black is doing quite ok, but this brilliant idea simply decides
the game. I was unable to find any defence for black.} dxe5 (16... exd5 17. Rh4
c4 18. Rxh7 cxd3 19. Bg5 f6 20. Rxg7+ Kxg7 21. exf6+ Rxf6 22. cxd3 $16) 17. Rh4
Bf6 (17... exd5 18. Rxh7 e4 19. Rxg7+ Kxg7 20. Qg3 Ra8 21. Ne5 {[%cal Gf1f7]}
Qe8 22. Qg5 $40 (22. Rxf7+ Rxf7 23. Qxg6+ Kf8 24. Bh6+ Ke7 $11)) (17... c4 $2
18. Rxh7 cxd3 19. Rxg7+ Kxg7 20. Qxe5+ {[%cal Ge5b8]}) 18. Rh6 exd5 $6 (18...
c4 19. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 20. Rxg6+ Kh8 (20... Bg7 21. Bh6 $18) 21. Ng5 $1 (21. Nxe5
Qxd5 22. Rgxf6 Rxf6 23. Rxf6 Nxf6 24. Qh4+ Nh7 (24... Kg8 25. Qg5+ $18) 25.
Ng6+ Kg7 (25... Kg8 26. Ne7+) 26. Qh6+ Kf7 27. Qxh7+ Kf6 28. Qh8+ Kxg6 29. Qg8+
$11) 21... Bxg5 (21... Nxg5 22. Bxg5 $18) 22. Qxe5+ Bf6 23. Rfxf6 Rxf6 24. Bg5
$18) (18... Ng5 19. Nxg5 Bxg5 20. Qxe5 $18 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Ge5b8]}) 19. Nxe5
$36 Bg7 (19... Re8 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Rxg6+ {wins immediately}) (19... Qe8 20.
Rxf6 Nxf6 21. Qh4 {[%cal Gh6h8]} Kg7 22. Bf4 Ra8 23. Nxf7 $1 Qxf7 24. Be5 $18 {
[%cal Gh6h7]}) 20. Rxh7 Kxh7 (20... c4 21. Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Qg3 $1 cxd3 23. Rxf7+
) 21. Nxf7 $1 (21. Nxf7 Rxf7 22. Rxf7 c4 23. Qe5 Qg8 24. Qh5#) 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch 4th"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2003.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kotsur, Pavel"]
[Black "Kakageldyev, Amanmurad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 Na6 {This variation
with 6...Na6 was considered,like a dubious one.The present game once again
proves the same evaluation.} (6... b6 {the most principal line in my opinion})
7. e5 Ng4 8. Bg1 c5 9. h3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nh6 11. O-O-O Be6 ({Probably black
should try to find some play in this line,although i don't believe in it.} 
11... Qa5 12. g4 Bd7 (12... Nb4 13. a3 Nc6 14. Qe3 (14. Qd5 $5) 14... dxe5 15.
fxe5 Be6 (15... Nxe5 $140 $2 16. Rd5 $1 $18) 16. Bh2 Kh8 17. Bd3 a6 18. Be4
Rac8 19. Bf4 Ng8 20. Bd5 $16 {[%csl Gg8] 1/2-1/2 Sigurjonsson,G-Zbikowski,W/
Germany 1983/GER-chT (51)}) 13. Nd5 (13. Bc4 $5) 13... Qxa2 $13 {
Tseshkovsky-Vadasz 1978, Inf.26/188.}) 12. g4 {[%csl Rh6]} Rc8 $2 $146 {
Unfortunate try somehow to justify this line,meet a very easy refutation.} (
12... Qa5 13. Qa4 $1 Qxa4 14. Nxa4 Rfc8 (14... dxe5 15. fxe5 Nb4 16. a3 Nc6 17.
Nc5 Bc8 18. Be3 b6 19. Bb5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 bxc5 21. Nc6 Bb7 22. Rd7 Bxc6 23. Bxc6
Rab8 24. c3 $1 $16 {1-0 Bareev,E-Todorcevic,M/Marseille 1990/CBM 20/[King] (41)
}) 15. Bxa6 bxa6 16. exd6 exd6 17. Bd4 Bxa2 18. Nc3 Bc4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rxd6
$16 {1/2-1/2 Kotronias,V-Kakageldyev,A/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (52)}) 13. Qxa7 $1
$16 Rxc3 (13... Nb4 14. a3 Rxc3 (14... Nc6 15. Qxb7 Qa5 16. Bb6 $1 $18) 15.
bxc3 Nd5 16. f5 $1 gxf5 17. g5 $18 {[%csl Rh6]}) (13... Nc5 14. Bxc5 Rxc5 15.
Qxc5 dxc5 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. Ng5 $18) 14. bxc3 Qa5 15. Bxa6 bxa6 16. Bd4 $1 $18
{[%cal Gc1d2] Now it becomes clear,that black has no attacking resources and
white king will be pretty safe on d2.} Bd5 17. Rhf1 dxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxa2 {
[%cal Gd5e4]} (18... f6 19. Nd3 Qxa2 20. Nb4 $1 $18) 19. Rfe1 {[%csl Ge4]} Ra8
20. Qb6 Qa3+ (20... e6 21. Kd2 $1 {[%cal Gd1a1]}) 21. Kd2 Qa4 22. Ra1 Qe8 23.
Rxa6 {Acually the game is over right here and black could resighn easily,but
they decided to make a few moves.} Rc8 24. Ra7 Rd8 25. Qc7 f6 26. Nxg6 $1 {
crushing the blak position} (26. Nxg6 hxg6 27. Rxe7 {[%cal Ge7g7,Ge7e8]}) 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch 4th"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2003.02.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kostenko, Petr"]
[Black "Annaberdiev, Meilis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Nc7 9. Qe1 b5 $6 {A very sharp and probably dubious continution.} (9... e6 $6
10. dxe6 Nxe6 11. f5 Nd4 12. Qh4 Nd7 13. Bg5 $40 {1-0 Padevsky,N-Sandor,B/
Varna 1969/EXT 99 (24)}) ({The most playable line is:} 9... Rb8) 10. Bxb5 (10.
Nxb5 $140 $2 c4 $1 11. Nxc7 (11. Bxc4 Nxb5 12. Bxb5 Qb6+ $19 {[%cal Gb6b5]})
11... Qxc7 12. Be2 Nxe4 $17) 10... Nxb5 (10... Nfxd5 $5 11. Nxd5 (11. exd5 Bxc3
12. Qxc3 Nxb5 13. Qd2 {[%cal Gc2c4]} Bg4 $1 $13) 11... Nxb5 12. Qh4 Re8 (12...
e6 $140 $2 13. Ne7+ $1 Kh8 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nxf7+ Rxf7 16. Nxg6+ {[%cal Gh4d8]})
13. f5 $40) (10... Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Bxc3 12. Bc6 $1 $16 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Gc6a8]})
11. Nxb5 e6 $146 (11... Qb6 $143 12. c4 Rb8 13. Bd2 (13. Nc3 $142 Qb4 {[%csl
Gc4]} 14. e5 $16) 13... Bd7 14. a4 a6 15. Ba5 Qb7 16. Nc3 Qb3 $44 {1-0 Liew
Chee Meng,J-Berrocal,J/Dubai 1986/TD (39)}) 12. dxe6 $2 ({Very strong was:} 12.
e5 $1 dxe5 (12... Ne8 13. dxe6 (13. f5 $5) 13... Bxe6 14. Nc3 {and black
compensation is unclear.}) 13. fxe5 Nxd5 14. c4 $1 Ba6 (14... Nb4 15. Bg5 Qd3
16. Qh4 (16. Nd6 Nc2 17. Qd1 $1 $16 {[%cal Gg5e7]}) 16... Bb7) 15. a4 (15. Bg5
Qd7) 15... Bxb5 16. axb5 Nb6 17. Qe4 $16 {[%csl Gc5,Rg7]}) 12... Bxe6 {[%cal
Ge6c4]} 13. Qe2 (13. Nc3 Bc4 14. Rf2 Re8 {[%csl Ge4]}) 13... Re8 $44 14. Rd1
Bd5 $1 {The light-squared bishop appears to be very good and black provokes
quite advantageous complications.} 15. e5 (15. Ne5 dxe5 16. exd5 exf4 17. Qf3
c4 {[%cal Gd8b6]} (17... a6 18. Nc3 Nh5 $5 $13) 18. Nc3 g5 $1 {and black
appears to be alright}) 15... Qb6 16. Nxd6 (16. Nc3 Bb7 $44) (16. c4 $5 dxe5
17. fxe5 (17. cxd5 c4+ 18. Be3 Qxb5 19. fxe5 Nxd5 20. Bd4 $11) 17... Bc6 18.
Nd6 Re7 {[%csl Re5] and strangely enough white cannot prevent black's
counterplay against e5-pawn} (18... Re6 $2 19. Ng5 Re7 20. Ngxf7 $18) 19. Bg5 (
19. Qf2 Nd7 20. Bg5 Re6) (19. Rd3 Ng4 20. Bf4 Rf8 $11 {[%cal Gc6f3,Gg4e5]})
19... Re6 20. Bxf6 $140 $6 Bxf6 21. Qf2 Bg7 (21... Rd8 $2 22. Nxf7) 22. Ng5 Re7
23. Ngxf7 $2 Rf8 $17) 16... Qxd6 17. Qf2 {White has already to be very careful}
(17. Be3 $143 $2 Qc6 18. exf6 Bxf6 $1 (18... Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qxf3 20. gxf3 Rxe3
21. fxg7 Re2 $11) 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. fxe5 Rxe5 $40 {[%cal Gd5g2,Ga8e8]}) 17...
Qc6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. c3 (19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. fxe5 Rxe5 21. Bh6 Rae8 22. Re1 $11)
19... Re7 ({Another interesting way was:} 19... Bxf3 20. Qxf3 (20. gxf3 Re7 $40
{[%cal Ga8e8]}) 20... Qxf3 21. gxf3 Re2 $44) 20. Re1 $1 {White has to trade
one pair of rooks} (20. Be3 $2 Rae8 21. Re1 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Qd5 $1 $17 {[%cal
Gd5h5,Gf6h4]}) 20... Rae8 21. Bd2 Qb5 {[%cal Gb5d3]} (21... Bxf3 22. Rxe7 Rxe7
23. Qxf3 Qxf3 24. gxf3 Re2 25. Rd1 Kg7 $44) 22. b3 Qd3 (22... Re2 23. c4 $1 (
23. Qf1 $2 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Qd3 $17) 23... Rxf2 24. cxb5 Ree2 (24... Rxe1+ 25.
Rxe1 Bd4 26. Re8+ Kg7 27. Bc3 $1 $11) 25. Rxe2 Rxe2 26. Rd1 $11) 23. Ne5 (23.
Ne5 Bxe5 24. fxe5 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. Re1 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1 c4 $1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mitropa Cup 21st"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2002.05.06"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Gross, David"]
[Black "Sarno, Spartaco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2002.05.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. Be2 {A rare line and in my opinion not dangerous for black. More
popular nowadays are 9.Bc4 and 9.Kh1.} Nc7 10. a4 a6 ({Not bad is also} 10...
b6 11. Qe1 Bxf3 12. Rxf3 $6 (12. Bxf3 $142) 12... e6 $1 $15 {0-1 Ciobanu,
C-Rogule,A/Halkidiki 2001/EXT 2002 (58)}) 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd7 {Black
defends against e4-e5, but in fact this advance wasn't so clear and quite
possible already was} (12... b5 {for example:} 13. e5 (13. axb5 $143 axb5 14.
Rxa8 Qxa8 15. e5 Nd7 16. e6 Nb6 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gb5b4]}) 13... Nd7 14. e6 Nb6
{With a very unclear position where each side has his pluses.} (14... Nf6 $143
15. exf7+ Rxf7 16. Ne2 $14) {for example} 15. exf7+ Rxf7 16. a5 Nc4 $1 17. Qd3
{[%cal Gb2b3]} Ne8 {[%cal Gc4a5]} 18. Bg4 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Ng7 $1 {[%csl Re6]}) 13.
Qd3 (13. a5 Nb5 14. Ne2 c4 (14... Nd4 $5 15. Nxd4 cxd4 $13) 15. c3 $140 Nc5 {
[%csl Rb3,Rd3]}) 13... Rb8 {A very unaccurate move after which black is
getting in trouble; there were two playable options for black:} (13... b5 $1
14. axb5 Nxb5 15. Ne2 (15. Nxb5 $140 c4 16. Qe2 axb5) 15... Qc7 $13 {[%cal
Gc5c4]} 16. c4 Nd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 {[%cal Gd7c5]} 18. b4 a5 $1 {[%csl Rc5]}) ({
And solid} 13... b6 {[%cal Ga8b8,Gb6b5] with normal play for black}) 14. a5 $1
b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 {[%csl Ra6]} 16. Be3 $6 {This move gives black the
opportunity to get a nice counterplay.} (16. Ne2 $142 $1 e6 (16... c4 $2 17.
Qd1 e6 18. Nd4 $16 {[%cal Gd4c6]}) 17. c4 exd5 18. exd5 {[%csl Rc7] and white
is clearly better}) 16... Nc8 $2 (16... e6 $1 17. Ra2 {[%csl Gb2]} (17. dxe6
fxe6 18. Rfd1 Qe7 $1 {[%cal Gb8d8,Gd6d5] Probably this strong move was missed
by black (otherwise white is better)} 19. Qxd6 $140 $2 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Nc4 {
[%cal Gc4d6,Gc4e3]} 21. Rc6 (21. Bxc5 $2 Nxd6 22. Bxd6 Rfc8 $17) 21... Nxe3 22.
Rxc7 Bd4 23. Kh1 Rxf4 24. Ne2 Rf7 $15) 17... exd5 18. exd5 (18. Nxd5 c4 $1 19.
Qd2 $140 (19. Qd1 Nbxd5 20. exd5 Rxb2 $17) 19... Nbxd5 20. exd5 Rxb2 21. Rxb2
c3 $17) 18... Re8 {[%cal Ge8e3]} 19. Bf2 Qd7 $11 20. Nd1 $140 $6 Qb5 $1) 17.
Na4 $2 (17. Ra2 $1) 17... Nb6 18. Nc3 Nc8 $2 (18... e6 $1) 19. Ra2 e6 (19...
Rb4 20. Ne2 $1 (20. e5 $6 Nb6 {[%cal Gb6c4]}) 20... Rxb2 $140 (20... Qd7 21. c3
Rb8 22. f5 $40) 21. Rxb2 Bxb2 22. c3 $18 {[%csl Rb2]}) 20. e5 $1 $16 {Very
strong break in the centre, white's bishops come into play and black cannot
hold on.} dxe5 (20... exd5 21. Nxd5 Re8 (21... Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Ne7 23. exd6 Nxd5
(23... Qxd6 24. Bxf7+ {[%cal Gd3d6]}) 24. Qxd5 $18) 22. Nxc7 Qxc7 23. Qxa6 $1 (
23. Bd5 Nb6 $1 (23... dxe5 24. fxe5 {[%csl Rf7]} Re7 25. Bg5 Rd7 26. e6 Bd4+
27. Kh1 Rxd5 28. exf7+ {and white wins}) 24. exd6 Qc8 {[%cal Ge8e3]} 25. Bf2 c4
26. Qf3 Nxd5 (26... Rd8 27. Rd1) 27. Qxd5 Rb5 28. Qd2 Rd8 29. Rd1 Qc6 $44)
23... dxe5 24. Qc6 Qxc6 25. Bxc6 Re7 26. Rd1 $16) (20... Re8 21. exd6 Qxd6 22.
Ne4 Qd8 23. d6 Nd5 24. Bxc5 Nxf4 25. Qxa6 $18) 21. Bxc5 exf4 22. d6 $1 {
More easy than} (22. Bxf8 Qxf8 23. dxe6 Nxe6 24. Qxa6 $16) 22... Nd5 (22... Nb5
23. Rxa6 Nxc3 24. bxc3) 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Bxd5 Be5 25. Rxa6 Rxb2 26. d7 $1 $18
Qxd7 (26... Ne7 27. Bb3 {Also absolutely hopeless for black}) 27. Rxg6+ $1 {
Not so difficult, but still nice tactics.} hxg6 (27... Kh8 28. Rh6) 28. Qxg6+
Kh8 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Qxf8+ Kh7 31. Be4+ 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup 18th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Hoi, Carsten"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Petursson} g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O
c5 8. d5 Bg4 9. Kh1 Nc7 10. Qe1 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 a6 12. Qh4 e6 13. f5 $1 exf5 14.
exf5 b5 15. Bg5 c4 16. Be2 Nce8 17. Raf1 {[#]Here practically all White's
pieces participate in the attack, while the defending forces lack space and
co-ordination.} Qa5 18. Rh3 h5 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Nc7 21. Bxh5 Rfe8 22. Qh4
gxh5 23. f6 Qa4 (23... Nxd5 {Petursson} 24. Qxh5 Nxf6 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Qh6 $18
) 24. Qxh5 Qxc2 25. fxg7 Qg6 26. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "HUN-chT 9697"]
[Site "Hungary"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Borocz, Istvan"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Beliavsky,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 (7...
Ne8 $5 8. Be3 Nb4 $1 9. Bc4 Bf5 $13) 8. fxe5 Nh5 {Fischer} 9. Be3 (9. Be4 Bg4
10. Be3 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. O-O Nd5 $11) 9... Bg4 10. Be2 f6 11.
O-O $5 {Novelty} (11. d5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 fxe5 14. O-O-O Qd7 15.
Rhe1 $146) (11. e6 f5 12. d5 Nb4 13. Bc4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qd6 15. a3 $2 Bxc3+ 16.
bxc3 Qe5 $36) 11... Bxf3 (11... fxe5 12. Ng5 Rxf1+ 13. Qxf1 Bxe2 14. Qf7+ Kh8
15. Nxe2 (15. Qe6 Nxd4 16. Nf7+ Kg8 17. Nh6+ Kh8 18. Nf7+ Kg8 19. Nh6+ $11 (19.
Bxd4 Qxd4+ 20. Kh1 Bc4 21. Nh6+ Kf8 22. Rf1+ Nf4 $19)) 15... Qg8 16. d5 Nd4 $13
) 12. Bxf3 fxe5 13. d5 $2 (13. dxe5 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 Bxe5 15. Na4 Rad8 16. Nc5 $5
(16. c3 Bd6 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 b6) 16... Bxb2 17. Bd5+ Kh8 18. Rxf8+ Rxf8
19. Ne6 Re8 20. Rb1 Be5 21. Rxb7 $16) (13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Rxf8+ Qxf8 15. dxe5
Qf5 16. Qe2 $13) 13... Nd4 14. Bxd4 (14. Bxh5 Rxf1+ 15. Qxf1 gxh5 16. Qc4 Qd7
17. d6+ e6 18. dxc7 Rc8 $36) 14... exd4 15. Ne4 (15. Nb5 c5 (15... e5 $1 16.
dxe6 c6 17. Na3 Nf4 $17) 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Bxc6 Rc8 18. Rxf8+ Bxf8 19. Qxd4
Qxd4+ 20. Nxd4 Bg7 21. Bd5+ $16) 15... Nf4 16. c4 dxc3 17. Nxc3 Qd6 $17 18. Kh1
Kh8 19. Rc1 Rad8 20. Qc2 (20. Nb5 Qb6 21. Nxc7 Rd7 22. Qc2 Rc8 $19) (20. Qd2 $5
) 20... Qa6 21. Qe4 Qf6 22. Rce1 g5 23. Qe3 (23. Qxe7 Nd3 24. Qxf6 Bxf6 25. Re3
(25. Re2 g4 26. Rd2 Nxb2 $17) 25... Nxb2 $17) (23. g3 Ng6 24. Bg2 Qd4 $17)
23... Nxd5 $1 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Qxe7 (25. Qxa7 Rf5 26. Rg1 Qh6 27. Bxb7 Be5 28.
h3 (28. g3 Rf2 29. Rg2 Bxg3 $17) 28... Qh4 $17) 25... Qxe7 26. Rxe7 g4 27. Be2
Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 Bxb2 29. Rxc7 Rd1 30. Rf7 Kg8 31. Rf5 (31. Rf4 Be5 32. Rxg4+ Kf7
33. Kg1 Bd4+ $19) 31... Kg7 32. g3 Kg6 33. Rf4 Be5 34. Rxg4+ $2 (34. Rf2 Bd4
35. Rf4 h5 36. Kg2 Rd2+ 37. Kh1 Be5 38. Rb4 b6 39. a4 Kf5 40. Ba6 Rd1+ 41. Kg2
Bd4 42. Bf1 Rd2+ 43. Kh1 h4 44. gxh4 Be5 45. h3 g3 46. Rb3 Kf4 47. Rb4+ Bd4 $19
) 34... Kf5 35. Kg2 Rxf1 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.21"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[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 "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Be2 e6 8. Qd2
Ne7 9. e5 (9. O-O-O b6 10. e5 (10. h4 Bb7 11. h5 (11. Bd3 c5) 11... Nxe4 12.
Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Ng5 Bxg2 14. Rh2 Bb7 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Ba6 $1 Bd5 $5 17. c4 f6
$13 {Chandler,M-Nijboer,F/London/1992/0:1/29/}) 10... Nfd5 11. Nxd5 (11. Bf2
Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Bb7 13. h4 Qd7 14. h5 dxe5 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. fxe5 Nd5 17. Qb3 Nf4
$10 {Johansson,J-Schlemermeyer,W/Rilton-Cup/1988/0,5/43/}) 11... Nxd5 12. Bf2
Bb7 13. h4 f6 14. c4 Ne7 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. h5 b5 17. hxg6 Nxg6 18. Be3 Qd7 $13
{Mikhalchishin,A-Beim,V/Groningen op/1990/0,5/25/}) 9... Nfd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11.
Bf2 Bh6 $6 (11... b6 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. h4 f6 $132) 12. g3 b6 13. h4 (13. O-O-O
$5 Bb7 14. h4) 13... dxe5 14. dxe5 Bb7 15. h5 Nxf4 (15... Bg7 16. O-O-O $16) (
15... Kg7 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Rxh6 Kxh6 18. f5+ g5 (18... Kh7 19. f6 $18) 19. f6
$18) 16. gxf4 (16. Qxd8 $6 Ng2+ 17. Kf1 Raxd8 18. Kxg2 Rd2 19. Bd3 (19. hxg6
fxg6 20. Rxh6 (20. Rae1 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Bxf3+ 22. Kg1 Bxh1 $19) 20... Rxe2 $17)
19... Be3 20. Raf1 f6 $40) 16... Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Bxf4+ 18. Be3 $1 (18. Ke1 Bxe5
$13) 18... Rad8+ 19. Bd3 $8 Bxf3 $10 20. Bxf4 Bxh1 21. Rxh1 $16 Rd5 22. c4 Rd4
23. Bg5 f5 24. hxg6 $6 (24. exf6 Rg4 (24... Rfd8 $2 25. f7+ Kxf7 26. Bxd8 Rxd8
27. hxg6+ hxg6 28. Rh7+ $18) (24... e5 25. Ke3) 25. Be3 (25. Bh6 Rd8 26. Rh3
$16) 25... Rxf6 26. hxg6 hxg6 $16) 24... hxg6 25. Ke3 c5 26. Bf6 Rxf6 $1 (26...
Rd7 27. Be2 a5 (27... Rh7 28. Rd1 Rh3+ 29. Bf3 $16) 28. Bf3 $16) 27. exf6 a5 $1
(27... Kf7 28. Rh7+ Kxf6 29. Rxa7 $16) 28. a3 (28. Rh6 Kf7 29. Rh7+ Kxf6 30.
Rb7 Rd6 $13) 28... e5 29. Be2 Kf7 30. b4 $1 axb4 31. axb4 cxb4 (31... Kxf6 32.
bxc5 bxc5 33. Rb1 g5 34. Rb5 g4 35. Rxc5 f4+ 36. Kf2 Kf5 37. Rc8 $16) 32. Rb1
Kxf6 33. Rxb4 Rd6 $10 34. Rb5 e4 35. Bf1 Ke6 36. Bg2 $2 (36. Be2 $10) 36...
Rd3+ 37. Kf4 $2 (37. Ke2 g5 38. Rxb6+ Ke5 $17) 37... g5+ 38. Kxg5 Rg3+ 39. Kf4
Rg4+ 40. Ke3 Rxg2 $19 41. Rxb6+ Ke5 42. Rb5+ Kf6 43. Rb6+ Kg5 44. c5 Rc2 45.
Kd4 Kf4 46. Rb1 e3 47. c6 Rxc6 48. Rf1+ Kg3 49. Kxe3 Re6+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.12"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Argentina"]
[BlackTeam "Philippines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Qd2 $5 (7. e5
Ng4 8. Bg1 (8. Qe2 Ba6 9. Qd2 Bxf1 10. Rxf1 c5 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. d5 Na5 13. Qd3
Nxe3 14. Qxe3 b5 $36 {Sokolov,A-Cseshkovsky,V/YUG/1994/0,5/65/}) 8... c5 9. h3
Nh6 10. d5 Bb7 $1 11. Qd2 Nf5 12. Bf2 dxe5 13. fxe5 e6 14. O-O-O exd5 15. Nxd5
Nc6 $132 {Beliavsky,A-Anand,V/Munich/1991/0:1/28/}) (7. Bc4 Bb7 8. e5 Ng4 9.
Qe2 c5 10. O-O-O Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc6 14. Qe4 Na5 15.
Bb3 $14 {Lanka,Z-Sznapik,A/Manila(ol)/1992/1:0/25/}) (7. Bd3 c5 8. Qd2 (8. Qe2
Nc6 9. e5 Ng4 10. Be4 Nb4 $1 11. O-O-O Ba6 12. Qe1 d5 $13 {Bologan,V-Gipslis,A/
Ostrava/1993/1:0/47/}) (8. d5 Bb7 9. O-O Na6 10. Re1 Nc7 11. Bf2 a6 12. a4 e6
13. dxe6 Nxe6 14. Qd2 Re8 $10 {Shirov,A-Strikovic,A/Oviedo/1992/}) 8... cxd4 9.
Nxd4 Bb7 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Rhe1 Nc5 12. Rg1 a6 13. h3 b5 $132 {Mikhalchishin,
A-Strikovic,A/YUG/1992/}) 7... Bb7 8. e5 Ng4 9. O-O-O $5 (9. Bg1 $6 dxe5 10.
fxe5 (10. dxe5 Qxd2+ 11. Nxd2 f6 $10) 10... c5 11. h3 cxd4 12. hxg4 dxc3 13.
Qxc3 Nc6 $36) 9... dxe5 10. Nxe5 $1 (10. fxe5 c5 11. dxc5 Qxd2+ 12. Bxd2 Nf2
$17) (10. dxe5 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 Rd8+ 12. Ke2 Rxd1 13. Nxd1 Nxe3 14. Nxe3 Na6 $10)
10... Nxe3 $6 (10... Nxe5 11. fxe5 c5 12. dxc5 Qxd2+ 13. Rxd2 Bxe5 14. cxb6
axb6 15. Bxb6 $2 Bf4 $17) 11. Qxe3 Nd7 12. Bb5 Nf6 (12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qb8 14.
Nd5 Bxd5 15. Rxd5 Qb7 16. Rhd1 $16) 13. d5 $1 $16 Qd6 14. Rhe1 a6 15. Bc6 $1
Bxc6 (15... Rab8 16. g4 $16) 16. dxc6 Qe6 17. Qf3 Qc8 18. Nd7 $1 Re8 (18...
Nxd7 19. cxd7 Qd8 20. Qc6 $16) 19. g4 e6 20. g5 Nh5 21. Ne4 a5 22. Ng3 Nxg3 23.
hxg3 Qa6 24. Qe2 Red8 $6 (24... Qxe2 25. Rxe2 Re7 $16) 25. c4 $1 a4 26. a3 Qa5
27. Rh1 Qf5 28. Qh2 $18 h5 29. gxh6 Bf8 30. g4 Qa5 (30... Qxg4 31. Nf6+ $18)
31. Qh4 1-0

[Event "YUG-chT"]
[Site "Cetinje"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Marjanovic, Slavoljub"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. e5 dxe5 (7...
Ng4 8. Bg1 Nh6 (8... dxe5) 9. h3 f6 $6 (9... dxe5 10. fxe5 f6 $14) 10. d5 Nb4
11. a3 Na6 12. e6 $16 {De Firmian,N-Azmaiparashvili,Z Reykjavik 1990 Inf 49/
182/}) (7... dxe5) 8. dxe5 Qxd1+ (8... Ng4 9. Bg1 f6 10. Bc4+ Kh8 11. h3 Nh6
12. Qe2 fxe5 13. fxe5 e6 (13... Rxf3 $6 14. Qxf3 Nxe5 15. Qd5 Bd7 16. Be2 Qf8
17. O-O-O $16 {Anand,V-Horvath,C Oakham 1986 /}) 14. Bb5 $5 (14. Bf2 $1 $146
Qe7 15. O-O-O Nf7 16. Bh4 g5 17. Bg3 $16 {Kots,Y-Belov,I Mariupol 1993/}) 14...
Rxf3 $146 (14... Nf5 15. Bxc6 $1 Ng3 16. Qc4 Nxh1 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. Bc5 Qf7 19.
Bxf8 Bxf8 20. Ba4 $16 {Seirawan/}) 15. Qxf3 Nxe5 16. Qe2 Nf5 17. Rd1 Qe7 18.
Bh2 $14 {Hellers,F-Nogueiras,J Biel 1993/}) 9. Rxd1 Ng4 10. Bc5 $5 $146 (10.
Bg1 f6 11. Bc4+ (11. exf6 exf6 12. Bc4+ Kh8 13. h3 Nh6 14. Bc5 Re8+ 15. Kf2 Bf5
16. Rd2 Na5 17. Be2 b6 $10 {Kindermann,S-Lau,R BRD 1990 Inf 49/82/}) 11... Kh8
12. h3 Nh6 13. Bh2 fxe5 14. fxe5 Bxh3 15. O-O Bg4 16. Rde1 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 Ng4
$17 {Mortensen,E-Davies,N Graested 1990/}) 10... b6 11. Bb5 bxc5 (11... Bb7 $5
12. Ba3 a6 13. Bd3 f6 $10) 12. Bxc6 Rb8 13. b3 Ne3 $6 (13... f6 $1 $44) 14. Rd2
Bf5 15. Kf2 Rb6 (15... Ng4+ 16. Ke2 f6 17. h3 Nh6 18. Nd5 $16) 16. Bd7 (16. Be4
$5) 16... Ng4+ 17. Ke2 Rb4 (17... f6 18. h3 Nh6 19. g4 $16) 18. g3 (18. Nd5 $6
Re4+ 19. Kf1 Bxd7 20. Nxe7+ Kh8 21. Rxd7 Rxf4 $17) 18... f6 19. a3 (19. e6 $1)
19... Rb6 20. Nd5 $6 (20. h3 Nh6 21. g4 $16) 20... Bxd7 $1 21. Nxb6 Bb5+ 22. c4
$6 (22. Nc4 $5 fxe5 23. Rhd1 exf4 24. Rd8 fxg3 25. hxg3 $14) 22... axb6 23.
cxb5 fxe5 24. h3 (24. fxe5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 $44) (24. Rhd1 $5 exf4 25. Rd8
fxg3 26. hxg3 $10) 24... Nf6 25. fxe5 $2 (25. Nxe5 Ne4 26. Rd3 Bxe5 27. fxe5
Nf2 28. Rf1 Nxd3 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Kxd3 Kf7 $10) 25... Ne4 26. Rg1 Nxd2 27.
Nxd2 Bxe5 $17 28. Nc4 Bd6 29. g4 Rf4 30. Rf1 Re4+ (30... Rxf1 31. Kxf1 Kf7 32.
Ke2 Ke6 33. Kd3 Kd5 34. a4 e5) 31. Kd3 Rd4+ 32. Ke3 Kg7 33. a4 h5 $1 34. gxh5
gxh5 35. Ke2 Kg6 36. Rd1 $6 Rxd1 37. Kxd1 Kf5 38. Ke2 Ke4 39. a5 bxa5 40. Nxa5
Kd4 41. Nc4 (41. Kd2 Bf4+ 42. Kc2 e5 $19) 41... Kc3 42. b6 cxb6 43. Nxb6 Kxb3
44. Kd3 e5 45. h4 Bc7 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.04.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1981.04.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. fxe5
dxe5 9. d5 Nb4 (9... Nd4 $142 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 $1 (10... Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxe5 12.
Bf4 Qd6 13. Qd2 f6 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. Qf4 $16 {Ljubojevic,L-Parma,B/Vrbas/1982/
1:0 (38)/}) 11. Bxe4 Bxe5 12. Bf4 Bg7 $10 {Polgar,S-Arduman,C/Budapest/1993/
Inf 57/(140)/}) 10. Bc4 Ne8 (10... c6 $5 11. a3 cxd5 12. exd5 e4 13. Ng5 $16)
11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 Nd6 13. Bb3 (13. Be2 $5) 13... a5 {/\ 14...a4 15.Ba4 Ne4/}
14. a4 Kh8 (14... f5 $6 15. Ng5 f4 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6 $16) 15. Qd2 $14 b6 (
15... f5 $6 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Bh6 $16) 16. Rae1 Ba6 17. Rf2 Qd7 18. Bh6 Nb7 19.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 (19... Qxg7 $5) 20. Re3 $1 Nc5 21. Nh4 $1 Nxb3 22. cxb3 Rad8 (22...
Rf7 $142) 23. Rh3 $16 {/\ Ng6, /\ Qh6!?/} Kg8 24. Rg3 {/\ Ng6/} Qf7 25. Nb5 $5
{/\ 26.Qh6 Qg7[] 27.Qg7 Kg7 28.Nc7/} Rd7 (25... Bxb5 $6 26. axb5 $16 {>< c7,c6/
}) 26. h3 Kg7 (26... Kh8 $2 27. Nxg6+ hxg6 28. Qh6+ $18) 27. Kh2 Bb7 (27... c6
$2 28. Nd6 $1 Qg8 $8 29. Ndf5+ Kh8 30. Rxg6 hxg6 31. Qh6+ $18) 28. Rf5 $1 Rg8 {
>< g6/} 29. Rh5 Kh8 30. Rh6 g5 $8 31. Nf5 Rg6 32. Qf2 (32. Rh5 $142 $16) 32...
Na6 33. Rxg6 $6 (33. Rh5 $142 $16) 33... hxg6 34. Nh6 Qf8 $1 35. Ng4 Kg7 36.
Rf3 Rf7 $10 37. Qe3 Qd8 38. Qf2 {/\ Ne5/} Rf8 39. Nc3 Nc5 {Time/} (39... Nc5
40. Qe2 $10) 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. e5 dxe5 8. dxe5
Ng4 9. Bg1 $5 f6 (9... b6 $142 {/\ Bb7}) 10. Bc4+ Kh8 11. h3 Nh6 12. Qe2 fxe5
13. fxe5 e6 14. Bb5 $1 Rxf3 $5 (14... Nf5 $6) (14... Bd7 $5) 15. Qxf3 Nxe5 16.
Qe2 (16. Qe4 $142 $16) 16... Nf5 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. Bh2 Nf7 19. O-O N7d6 20. Be5
Bxe5 21. Qxe5+ Qg7 22. Qxg7+ Kxg7 23. Rfe1 a6 24. Ba4 c5 25. b4 cxb4 26. Ne4
Nf7 27. Be8 Ne5 28. Nd6 Nxd6 29. Rxd6 Kf6 30. Rd4 a5 31. Bb5 Nf7 32. Bd7 e5 33.
Rd5 b6 34. Red1 Ba6 35. Ba4 Bc8 36. R5d2 Be6 37. Bb3 Rc8 38. Kf2 Rc6 39. Ba4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 (6... b6 7. e5 $1
Ng4 8. Bg1 c5 9. h3 Nh6 10. d5 Nf5 11. Bf2 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd7 13. Qe2 $14 {
Balashov-Timman, Tilburg 1977}) 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Bd3 Ng4 9. Bd2 Qxc5 10. Qe2 Nf6
11. a3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nc6 14. Be3 Qa5 15. O-O Nd7 16. Bd2 Qb6+ 17.
Kh1 Nc5 18. Rab1 Nxd3 19. cxd3 e6 (19... f5 $5) 20. Ne2 $6 (20. Be3 Qa5 {
Remis. Spassky-Bronstein, Tallinn 1973}) (20. f5 $1 $16 exf5 21. exf5 Nd4 22.
Qg3 Nxf5 23. Rxf5 gxf5 24. Nd5 f4 25. Nf6+ $1 Kh8 26. Qh4 h6 27. Bc3 d5 28.
Qxf4 $18 {Kinlay}) 20... Rfe8 $1 21. Bc3 Rac8 22. Qg3 f5 23. h4 (23. Qf2) 23...
d5 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. h5 $6 (25. Qf2) 25... Ne7 26. e5 Ng8 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Qg5
Re7 29. Ng1 Kf8 30. Nh3 (30. Qxg6 Rg7 31. Qh5 Rc2 32. Rbc1 Qc7 $1) 30... Rc2
$17 31. Rf3 Rh7 32. Rg1 Rh6 33. d4 Ke8 34. Rc3 Qxb2 35. Rxc2 Qxc2 36. Kh2 Kd7
37. Rf1 Qc3 38. Rf3 Qxd4 39. Rb3 b6 40. Qg3 Ne7 41. Rd3 Qa4 42. Rf3 Rh5 43. Qf2
Rh8 44. Rc3 Rc8 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Skelleftea"]
[Date "1989.08.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1989.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6
fxe6 9. Ng5 Bxb5 10. Qxg4 Bc4 11. b3 Bxd4 12. Bd2 Bd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. O-O-O
Nc6 {'!' Bulletin. Bulletin: 'N;'} (14... Qd7 15. Ne6 Nc6 16. f5 Bf6 17. Rhe1
Nd8 18. Bg5 $16 {Nunn,J-Benjamin,Joe/Thessaloniki ol/1988/42/1/2-1/2/}) 15. Qe6
Qc8 16. Qf7+ Kd7 17. Qxd5 Qg8 18. Qxg8 Rhxg8 {'-/+' Bulletin.} 19. Nxh7 b5 20.
Ng5 b4 21. Rhe1 a5 22. Ne6 a4 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. Bxb4 axb3 25. axb3 Nxb3+ 26.
cxb3 cxb4 27. Kb2 g5 28. f5 Ra5 29. Ra1 Rxf5 30. Ra7+ Kc6 31. Raxe7 Rf2+ 32.
R1e2 Rgf8 33. Kc2 Rxe2+ 34. Rxe2 d5 35. Kd3 Kd6 36. Ra2 Ke5 37. Re2+ Kd6 38.
Ra2 Rf1 39. Ra6+ Ke5 40. Rg6 Kf5 41. Rd6 Ke5 42. Rg6 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Harley, Andrew D"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. Bc4 Nc7 10. a4 a6 11. h3 (11. a5 Nb5 $1) (11. Qe2 $1 Nd7 {xe5}) 11...
Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd7 13. a5 b5 14. axb6 Nxb6 15. Qd3 $6 Rb8 16. Nd1 (16. Bxa6 Ra8
17. Be3 Rxa6 18. Rxa6 c4 $13) 16... e6 $1 17. c3 (17. dxe6 fxe6 {/\ d5}) 17...
Nxc4 18. Qxc4 exd5 19. exd5 f5 $1 $15 20. Ra2 Re8 21. Nf2 Qd7 22. Rd1 Qf7 23.
b4 $6 Nb5 24. Bb2 cxb4 25. cxb4 Rbc8 26. Qd3 Bxb2 27. Rxb2 Rc3 28. Qd2 Qc7 $1
29. Kh2 Qc4 30. h4 $1 Ree3 31. Nh3 Qe4 (31... Red3 32. Qe1 Rxh3+ 33. gxh3 Qxf4+
34. Kg2 $19) (31... Rxh3+ 32. gxh3 $17) 32. Qf2 h6 33. Ra1 Nd4 34. Ng1 (34.
Rxa6 Rxh3+) 34... g5 $1 35. Rxa6 (35. hxg5 hxg5 36. fxg5 (36. Rxa6 Qe8) 36...
Qg4 $19) 35... g4 36. g3 (36. Kh1 Rc1 {/\ Rh3}) 36... Rc1 37. Rba2 Rxg1 38.
Ra8+ Kg7 39. R2a7+ Kg6 40. Rg8+ Kh5 0-1

[Event "Cambridge Springs"]
[Site "Cambridge Springs"]
[Date "1904.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Black "Pillsbury, Harry Nelson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1904.04.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Cambridge Springs war d a s Turnier für Marshall, der Lasker hier um zwei
Punkte distanzierte. Etliche Partien dieses Turniers sind in den goldenen
Schatz der Schachgeschichte eingegangen. Den Schönheitspreis errang Marshall
mit dieser Partie gegen seinen Landsmann.} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4
Bg7 5. e5 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nd5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bc4 e6 $2 {Wenn man bedenkt, dass
Schwarz im nächsten Zug doch auf c3 schlägt, so wäre sofort 8...Nxc3 natürlich
logischer gewesen, denn dann bleibt die Diagonale h3-c8 für den Bc8 offen.} ({
Noch besser wäre aber} 8... Nb6 {gewesen.}) 9. Bg5 $1 {Legt sofort den Finger
auf die Wunde, das schwache Feld f6.} Nxc3 (9... Nce7 10. Ne4) 10. bxc3 Ne7 11.
O-O h6 12. Bf6 {Stellt ein Bauernopfer dar.} Bxf6 13. exf6 Nf5 14. Qe2 Qxf6 15.
g4 Nd6 16. Ne5 Qe7 $6 (16... Qg5 {würde etwas mehr Sand ins Getriebe des
weißen Angriffs streuen.} 17. Bd3 O-O 18. Rf2 Nf5 19. Kh1 Ne7 20. Raf1 f5 21.
gxf5 exf5 22. Rg2 Qf6 23. Nxg6 Nxg6 24. Rfg1 Kh7 25. Rxg6 Qxg6 26. Rxg6 Kxg6 {
dürfte allerdings auch für Schwarz verloren sein.}) 17. Bd3 O-O {Schwarz ist
praktisch schon verloren.} (17... Bd7 18. c4 O-O 19. c5 Ne8 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 22. Nxd7 $18) 18. Rf2 Kg7 19. Raf1 {Droht 20.Nxg6} Bd7 20. Rf6 $1 {
Abermals droht der Springereinschlag auf g6, aber jetzt kaum noch verhinderbar.
} Rg8 (20... Nf5 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Qe5 $18) 21. Nxg6 $1 Qxf6 22. Rxf6 Kxf6 23.
Qe5# 1-0

[Event "Tirnavia Reti Memorial-05"]
[Site "Trnava"]
[Date "1983.03.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Banas, Jan"]
[Black "Schmidt, Wlodzimierz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1983.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Spielfreie Tage: 24.03. + 31.03.1983.} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7
5. Nf3 O-O 6. e5 dxe5 7. fxe5 Nd5 8. Bc4 Nb6 9. Bb3 c5 10. dxc5 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1
N6d7 12. e6 Nxc5 13. exf7+ Kh8 14. Bc4 Nc6 15. Be3 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch54"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1987.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. Bc4 $1 Nc7 (9... e6 10. dxe6 (10. h3 exd5 11. Nxd5 Be6) 10... Bxe6 11.
Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ng5 $1 {/\ f5|^}) 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd7 12. a4 a6 13. Qd3 (13.
Rd1 $5 Rb8 14. a5 $16) 13... Nb6 $1 14. Ba2 (14. Bb3 Rc8 {/\} 15. a5 c4) 14...
Qd7 15. a5 Nc8 (15... Na4 $2 16. Nd1 b5 (16... Qb5 17. Bc4 Qxa5 18. Bd2 $18)
17. c4 $1 Rab8 18. Rb1 {/\ b3+-} f5 19. Qc2 $1 fxe4 20. b3) 16. Bd2 b5 17. axb6
Nxb6 18. Rae1 (18. Nd1 $5 {/\ c4, Bc3+/-}) 18... Nb5 (18... Na4 19. Nxa4 Qxa4
20. Bc4 Bxb2 21. c3 {/\ e5. f5~/=->}) 19. Nd1 (19. e5 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 Na4 21. e6
Qb5 22. Bc4 Nxb2 23. Bxb5 Nxd3 24. Bxg7 Nxe1 25. Bxf8 axb5 26. Bxe7 Nxc2 27.
Bxd6 fxe6 $13) 19... Nd4 (19... Rac8 20. c3 $16) 20. Ne3 (20. c3 Qb5 $1 $13)
20... Rab8 (20... Qb5 21. Bc4 $1 Qxb2 22. Rb1 Nxc4 23. Rxb2 Nxb2 24. Qa3 $16) (
20... a5 $5 21. c3 Qb5 22. Qxb5 Nxb5 {/\ a4-a3}) 21. c3 Qb5 22. Qxb5 (22. Nc4
Nb3 23. Bxb3 Qxb3 24. Na5 c4 $13) 22... Nxb5 23. Bb3 (23. Ra1 Na4 24. Nd1 Nc7 {
>< b2}) 23... Nc7 24. Bc2 (24. Ra1 Nc8 25. Ra3 Nb5 26. Rxa6 Nxc3) 24... a5 25.
Ra1 a4 26. Ra2 (26. Rfb1 $1 Ra8 27. Ra2 $16) 26... Rb7 (26... c4 27. Rfa1 Na6
28. Nd1 Nc5 29. Be3 Nb3 30. Bxb3 $16) 27. Rfa1 e6 $1 28. dxe6 Nxe6 (28... fxe6
$5 29. Bc1 $1 {/\ f5} (29. f5 Bh6 $132)) 29. Nd5 (29. g3 $5 $16) 29... Nc4 $1 (
29... Nxd5 30. exd5 Nc7 31. Bc1 $1 $16 Nxd5 $2 32. Be4 $18) 30. Bc1 a3 $1 $14
31. bxa3 (31. b3 Nb6 32. Rxa3 (32. Nxb6 Rxb6 33. Bd2 Nc7 $132) 32... Nxd5 33.
exd5 Nc7 34. Bd2 Nb5 35. Ra6 Nxc3) 31... Nc7 $1 32. Nxc7 (32. Ne7+ Kh8 33. Bd3
Na5 34. Rc2 Re8 $132) 32... Rxc7 33. Bd3 Na5 34. Rc2 c4 35. Be2 Nb3 36. Rb1
Nxc1 37. Rcxc1 Ra8 38. Rb4 $1 Rxa3 39. Rb8+ Bf8 40. f5 gxf5 (40... f6 $5) 41.
exf5 f6 (41... Ra5) (41... d5) 42. Bf3 d5 $1 (42... Kg7 43. Bd5 $14 {/\ g4, h4,
g5->>>}) 43. Bxd5+ Kg7 44. Kf2 Bc5+ 45. Kf3 Kh6 (45... Ra2 $5) 46. Rb2 $1 Bd4
47. Rbc2 Bb6 48. g4 (48. Ke4 $5 $14) 48... Rc5 $1 49. Be6 (49. Ke4 Ra7) 49...
Re5 50. Re2 (50. h4 Bd4 $1 (50... Re3+ 51. Kf4 Rh3 52. g5+ $1 $16) 51. Kg2 Bb6
52. Bxc4 Re3 53. Be2 Ba5 54. c4 Rh3 $1 $44 55. c5 Bc7 $40) 50... Bd4 $10 51.
Rxe5 Bxe5 52. Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Esbjerg North Sea Cup-03"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "1978.07.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sigurjonsson, Gudmundur"]
[Black "Fries Nielsen, Jens Ove"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. f5 $1
c5 9. fxg6 hxg6 {<->g5} 10. d5 Nbd7 11. O-O Re8 (11... Ng4 $142 {<->e5}) 12.
Ng5 {P e1-h4 <->h7; <->f7.} a6 13. Qe1 Nf8 14. Qh4 Qd7 {P g4} 15. h3 e6 16. e5
$1 dxe5 17. Nce4 $1 Nxe4 (17... N8h7 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. Rxf6 Bxf6 20. Qh7+ Kf8
21. Rf1 Qe7 22. d6 $18 {Sigurjonsson}) 18. Rxf7 Qxf7 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. dxe6+
Rxe6 21. Bxe4 $18 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Ra7 23. Rf1+ Kg8 24. Qd5 Rae7 25. Bg5 Re8 26.
Qb7 e4 27. Rf7 Bd4+ 28. Kh2 e3 29. Bh6 e2 30. Rg7+ Kh8 31. Qf7 Be5+ (31... Bg1+
32. Kh1 $1 $18) 32. g3 Bxg3+ 33. Kg2 $1 e1=N+ {funny} 34. Kxg3 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1963.12.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Benko, Pal C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1963.12.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 (3. c4 d6 4. Nc3) (3. h4 $5) 3... d6 4. f4 (4. Be3
Nf6 5. f3) 4... Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 (6. Be2 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. O-O Qxc5+ 9.
Kh1 Nc6 10. Nd2 a5 $1 11. Nb3 Qb6 12. a4 Nb4 13. g4 Bxg4 $1 $17 {Fischer,
R-Korchnoi,V Curacao ct 1962}) 6... Bg4 $2 (6... Na6 $5 {Valvo,M} 7. e5 dxe5 8.
fxe5 Nd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 $10 {Bisguier,A-Benko,P m 1964}) (6... Nbd7 7. O-O (7. e5
{>=}) 7... e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. fxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Qd4+ 11. Kh1 Qxe5 12. Bf4 Qc5
$14) (6... Nc6 $5 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5 Nd5 (8... Ng4 {>=; Spassky,B}) (8... Nh5 {
>=}) 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. c3 Bg4 11. Qe2 $1 $16 {Fischer,R-Perez,F Habana 1965}) 7.
h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nc6 9. Be3 e5 (9... Nd7 10. e5 {()}) 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. f5 {
/\ g2-g4-g5 +-} gxf5 (11... Nd4 12. Qf2 gxf5 13. exf5 b5 14. O-O c5 15. Ne4 c4
16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Be4 Rad8 18. c3 Rfe8 19. Kh1 Kh8 20. Rae1 b4 21. cxd4 exd4
22. Bc1 d3 23. b3 Bh6 24. Bxh6 Qxh6 25. Bf3 Rxe1 26. Qxe1 c3 27. Qe7 $18 {
Bednarski,J-Kraidman,Y Tel Aviv 1964}) 12. Qxf5 (12. exf5 e4 $1 $132) 12... Nd4
(12... Qd7) 13. Qf2 (13. Qxe5 $1 Ng4 14. Qxg7+ Kxg7 15. hxg4 Ne6 (15... Nc6 $13
) 16. e5 Rh8 17. Bh6+ Kg8 18. Ne4 $18) 13... Ne8 {/\ Nd6, f7-f5; c7-c5-c4} (
13... Nd7 14. O-O-O Nc5 15. Kb1 {/\ Ne2, c2-c3}) 14. O-O (14. O-O-O Nd6 15. Ne2
) 14... Nd6 (14... c6 15. Ne2 {>< f5, h5}) 15. Qg3 (15. Nd5 f5 16. Bxd4 Nxe4 $1
17. Bxe4 fxe4 $17) (15. Ne2 f5 $132) 15... Kh8 (15... f5 16. Bh6 Qf6 17. Bxg7
Qxg7 18. Qxg7+ Kxg7 19. exf5 N6xf5 20. Rae1 Rae8 21. Ne4 $16) 16. Qg4 c6 (16...
c5 $1) 17. Qh5 {/\ Bxd4, e4-e5} Qe8 $2 (17... Ne6 {>=}) (17... c5 {>=}) 18.
Bxd4 exd4 19. Rf6 $1 (19. e5 f5 $1) 19... Kg8 $8 (19... dxc3 20. e5 $18) (19...
Bxf6 20. e5 $18) 20. e5 h6 21. Ne2 $1 (21. Rxd6 Qxe5 $1) (21. Ne2 $1 {/\ Rxd6}
Nb5 (21... Bxf6 22. Qxh6 $18) 22. Qf5 $18) 1-0

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. Qe2
O-O 9. Be3 Qa5 10. h3 $5 (10. O-O Bg4) 10... e5 11. O-O-O $5 Nbd7 (11... Nc6) (
11... Be6 {/\ 12.Rc8}) 12. g4 d5 $1 13. exd5 e4 $1 14. Nxe4 Qxa2 $6 (14... Nxe4
{>=} 15. Bxe4 Re8 $1) 15. Nc3 $1 Qa1+ 16. Kd2 Qxb2 17. Bd4 Qb4 $2 (17... Re8 {
>=} 18. Qf2 (18. Ne5 Nxd5) (18. Qg2) 18... Nc5 $1 19. Rb1 (19. Bxc5 Nxg4 $1)
19... Qxc3+) 18. Rb1 Qa5 19. Ra1 Qc7 $2 (19... Qd8 {>=}) 20. Ne5 Qd8 21. Qf3
Re8 22. Rhe1 Nb6 23. Ra5 Nfd7 24. d6 Nxe5 25. fxe5 Be6 26. Rc5 Qg5+ (26... Rc8)
27. Be3 Qd8 28. Ne4 $1 (28. Bd4 Qg5+) 28... Nd7 29. Bg5 Qb6 30. Rb5 Qd4 31. Qf4
$1 Nxe5 $2 (31... Kh8) (31... Bxe5 32. Rxe5 Nxe5 33. Nf6+) 32. Bf6 $1 $18 (32.
Nf6+ $2 Bxf6 33. Qxd4 Nf3+ 34. Kd1 Nxd4) 32... Bc4 $2 (32... Bf5 $5) 33. Bxe5
Rxe5 (33... Bxe5 34. Rxe5 $1 Rxe5 35. Nf6+) 34. Nf6+ Bxf6 35. Qxd4 Rxe1 36.
Qxc4 Rae8 37. d7 Bg5+ 1-0

[Event "IBM-19 Grootmeestergroep A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1979.07.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ligterink, Gert"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1979.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5 b6
9. Qe1 $6 (9. Qe2 $5 Nc7 10. a4 a6 11. Bc4 (11. Bd2 $6 Bd7 12. Rae1 Rb8 $13)
11... Bd7 $2 (11... Rb8 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 $40) 12. e5 $16) 9... Nb4 10. Qh4
b5 11. a3 (11. Nxb5 Qb6 $15) 11... Nxd3 12. cxd3 b4 13. axb4 $6 (13. Nd1 $5 Ba6
14. Nf2 c4 $2 (14... Qb6 15. Be3 $13) 15. axb4) 13... cxb4 14. Nd1 Bg4 15. Be3
Bxf3 16. Rxf3 Qc8 (16... a5 17. Rh3 Qc7 18. f5 a4 $17) 17. Bd4 (17. f5 $5) (17.
Rh3 $6 Qg4 $15) 17... Qc2 18. f5 Rac8 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Ne3 Qe2 (20... Qxd3 $2
21. Nf5 Qxe4 22. Qxe4 Nxe4 23. Nxg7 $18) 21. Qf2 (21. Re1 Qd2) 21... Qxf2+ 22.
Rxf2 Rc7 23. Rc2 Rfc8 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Bxa7 $6 (25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Nc4 Bd4+ 27.
Kf1 Rc8 28. Ke2 Rf8 29. Rf1 Rxf1 30. Kxf1 Kf7 31. Ke2 $10) (25. Rxa7 Rc1+ 26.
Nf1 (26. Kf2 $2 Ng4+ 27. Ke2 Bxd4 28. Ra8+ Kf7 29. Nxg4 Rc2+ $19) 26... Nxe4 (
26... Ng4 $6 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Rxe7+ Kf6 29. Re6+ Kf7 30. Rxd6 Ne3 31. Kf2 Nxf1
32. Rb6 $16) 27. Bxg7 Nd2 28. Kf2 Rxf1+ 29. Ke2 Kxg7 30. Rxe7+ $1 (30. Kxd2 Kf6
$17) 30... Kf8 31. Rxh7 Rb1 $10) 25... Nd7 26. d4 (26. Nc4 $2 Rxa7 27. Rxa7
Bd4+ $19) 26... Kf7 27. Kf1 Ke8 (27... Bh6 $5 28. Ke2 Bxe3 29. Kxe3 Rc2 30. e5
$15) 28. Ke2 Bh6 29. Ng4 $2 (29. h4 Bxe3 30. Kxe3 Rc2 31. e5 $15) (29. e5 $32
dxe5 30. dxe5 Nxe5 31. Bd4 $10) 29... Bc1 $17 30. Bc5 h5 $1 31. Nf2 Bxb2 32.
Ra8+ Kf7 33. Bxb4 Rc2+ 34. Kf3 Bxd4 35. Nd3 g5 36. h3 Nf6 37. Ra6 (37. g4 h4
$19) 37... g4+ 38. hxg4 hxg4+ 39. Kg3 Re2 40. Nf4 Be5 0-1

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Black "Barlov, Dragan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Rb8 9. Qe2 Nc7 10. a4 a6 11. a5 e6 12. dxe6 Nxe6 13. f5 Nd4 14. Qf2 d5 15. fxg6
fxg6 16. exd5 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Nxd5 18. Bc4 Be6 19. Qe2 Bf7 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. c3 h6
22. Bd2 Rbe8 23. Qf2 Nf6 24. Bd3 c4 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6 26. Be4 Rd8 27. Be3 Bd5 28.
Bb6 Bxe4 29. Bxd8 Qxd8 30. Qg3 Bd3 31. Rfe1 Qf6 32. Re3 h5 33. Rae1 Bh6 34. Re7
Qxf3 35. Qxf3 Rxf3 36. Rxb7 Be3+ 37. Kg2 Rf2+ 38. Kg3 Be2 39. Re7 {Beide
Läufer sind angegrifen, darum retet sich Schwarz mit Dauerschach.} Rf3+ (39...
Rf3+ 40. Kg2 (40. Kh4 $2 g5+ 41. Kxh5 Rf7+ 42. Rxe2 Rxe7 $19) 40... Rf2+ 41.
Kg3 (41. Kg1 Rf1+ 42. Kg2 Rxe1 43. Rxe3 Bf1+ 44. Kf2 Rxe3 $19) 41... Rf3+ {
Dauerschach}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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 "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Philippines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 {If black doesn't
play c7-c6 this continuation is legitimic. Now black intends to provide c7-c5
by one tempo.} 7. e5 $5 {Rare variation, but, probably, gives white some
chance to fight for the advantage. Another theoretical line is} (7. O-O c5 8.
d5 Rb8 9. e5 $1 {1-0 Vaisser,A-Bauer,C/Aix les Bains 2003/CBM 97_01/[Erenburg]
(32)}) 7... dxe5 {Other possibilities are:} (7... Ng4 8. h3 Nh6 9. g4 {1/2-1/2
Pedersen,N-Marin,M/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96/[Erenburg] (29)}) (7... Ne8 {1-0 Zhang
Pengxiang-Dzhumaev,M/Calcutta 2001/CBM 85/[Finkel,A] (47)}) (7... Nd7 8. Ne4 c5
9. e6 fxe6 10. h4 cxd4 11. h5 Nac5 12. hxg6 h6 13. Qe2 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nc5 $13 {
Motwani,P-Howell,J/BCF-ch 1994}) 8. fxe5 {This continuation seems more
principle, than the capture with the "d" pawn, as in this case, white opens
the "f" file for the rook, and makes dark-squared bishop more active.} (8. dxe5
Nd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Qe2 Bf5 11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. O-O f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Be3 $14
{Van der Sterren,P-Haik,A/Budel zt 1987}) 8... Nd5 9. Nxd5 {White plays very
aggressively in the opening, trying to get an obvious space advantage. Another
possibility:} (9. Be4 Nab4 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. O-O c6 12. c3 f6 13. exf6 exf6 14.
Re1 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 f5 17. Bxd5+ Qxd5 18. Qxd5+ cxd5 19. Bf4 Rfe8 $11
{1/2-1/2 Rivera Kuzawka,D-Ivkov,B/Corunha 1990/EXT 2004 (27)}) 9... Qxd5 10. c4
Qd8 11. h3 $1 {Very strong move. White doesn't hurry with the castle, but
first he secures the strength of his centre, preventing from black to develop
the light-squared bishop to g4.} f6 {The only way to get the counterplay for
black is to attack white's centre.} 12. exf6 $146 {In the preceding game white
tried} (12. Be3 fxe5 13. dxe5 Nb4 14. Be4 Bf5 15. Bxf5 gxf5 16. O-O Qxd1 17.
Raxd1 Rad8 18. Bg5 Nc6 $11 {0-1 Faure,M-Cuijpers,F/Zug 1987/EXT 97 (40)}) 12...
exf6 13. O-O c6 {Black has to solve the problems of developing the queenside
pieces. First, he intends to get the knight into the game through c7 square.} (
13... f5 14. Re1 (14. Bg5 Bxd4+) 14... Bxd4+ 15. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 16. Be3 $44) ({
In my opinion, black should have started from} 13... Re8 $5 14. Bf4 f5 $1 15.
Be5 (15. Bc2 c5 $132) (15. Qd2 Bxd4+ 16. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 17. Rf2 Nc5 $15) 15... Bxe5
16. dxe5 Be6 $11) 14. Bf4 Nc7 (14... f5 15. Qd2 Re8 16. Bc2 c5 17. Rad1 $14)
15. Qb3 {White continues to develop the pieces, preventing from black to
develop the light-squared bishop.} Kh8 16. Rad1 $14 {Now we can resume the
results of the opening as very successful for white. He has a space advantage,
all his pieces are developed already, while black has serious problems to
complete the development of the queenside.} Ne6 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Rfe1 {vacating
the f1 square for the bishop.} ({Comes to consideration:} 18. d5 Nf4 19. Bc2
cxd5 20. cxd5 Qd6 $14) 18... Nf4 $6 {The knight on f4 seems active, but,
actually it can find itself in trouble, as it doesn't have any good square...}
({Probably better was} 18... Ng5 $1 19. Nh2 (19. Nxg5 fxg5 $132 {[%cal Yg5g4,
Gc8h3]}) 19... Qg3 20. Kh1 $14) 19. Bf1 b6 $2 {White's pieces are all located
extremely active, and the first player is ready to carry out the breakthrough
d4-d5. Therefore, last black's move is absolutely not to the point...} ({
Black should have played} 19... Rd8 20. d5 cxd5 21. cxd5 Qd6 22. Rd4 $16) 20.
d5 $1 cxd5 21. cxd5 {Now white's initative becomes very dangerous.} Qd6 (21...
Nh5 22. d6 Qd8 23. g4 Ng3 24. Bg2 $18) 22. Qc4 $1 {emphasizing the defect of
black's 18-th move.} Nh5 $2 {losing the knight. But, in bad positions all the
moves are bad...} (22... g5 23. Qc6 (23. Bxf4 gxf4 24. Qc6 $18) 23... Qxc6 24.
dxc6 $18) 23. g4 $1 $18 {winning the knight.} b5 24. Qc6 Qg3+ (24... Qxc6 {
doesn't change anything:} 25. dxc6 Ng3 26. Bc5 Rg8 27. Bxb5 $18) 25. Bg2 Bxg4 (
25... Nf4 26. Bxf4 Qxf4 27. Qxa8 Bxg4 28. Re8 $18) 26. Bf2 Qf4 27. hxg4 Qxg4
28. Qe6 {Now white is just piece up without any compensation from the black's
side... The rest is a matter of an easy technique.} f5 29. Ne5 Qg5 (29... Qxg2+
30. Kxg2 Nf4+ 31. Kf3 Nxe6 32. dxe6 $18) 30. Nf7+ Rxf7 31. Qxf7 h6 32. Qe7 Qg4
33. Qh4 {trading the queens.} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[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 "Moldova"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MDA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 {Another popular way
to fight for an advantage is} (6. Bb5+ {0-1 Luther,T-Beliavsky,A/Germany 2002/
CBM 93/[Erenburg] (31)}) 6... Qa5 $1 {[%cal Yg7c3,Gf6e4,Ya5c5,Ga5e1] In this
way, black gets the c5 pawn back.} 7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. Qe2 {preparing to drive away
the black queen from diagonal a7-g1 with Be3.} Bg4 9. Be3 Qa5 10. O-O {Another
possible continuation is} (10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. a3 Nd7 14.
Bd2 {1/2-1/2 Pap,M-Delchev,A/Subotica 2003/CBM 95/[Erenburg] (18)}) 10... O-O
11. Kh1 {White's king is located safer on h1, than on g1. White tried also} (
11. Qf2 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nc6 13. Ne2 $2 Nd7 14. c3 $4 Nde5 $19 {0-1 Ljubojevic,
L-Timman,J/Tilburg 1978/MCL/[Ftacnik] (26)}) (11. Rad1 Nc6 12. Bc4 Nh5 13. Bb3
Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qxc3 15. f5 Nf6 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Na5 18. Rd3 Qc7 19. Bh6 $13
{1/2-1/2 Spassky,B-Fischer,R/Reykjavik 1972/MainBase (45)}) 11... Nc6 12. Qe1
Bxf3 $1 {In this pawn-structure, black usually is satisfied with the trade of
his light-squared bishop.} (12... Rac8 13. a3 Rfd8 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Rxf3 e6 16.
Qg1 $5 Ne8 17. Nd1 $6 d5 18. e5 $6 f5 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Rf1 $2 (20. b4 Qc7 21.
b5 e5 $1 $13) 20... Qc7 $17 {0-1 Glek,I-Ribli,Z/Germany 1997/GER-chT/[Glek] 
(41)}) 13. Rxf3 e6 {Black covers the d5 square, thus, he liberates the
kingside knight for manoeuvres. Black tried also:} (13... Nd7 14. Rh3 Rfe8 15.
Qh4 Nf8 16. Rf1 Rac8 17. f5 Ne5 18. fxg6 Nexg6 19. Qf2 Ne5 20. Bxa7 $18 {
1-0 Korneev,O-Le Bideau,A/Torcy 1991/TD (42)}) (13... Rac8 14. Rh3 Rfe8 15. a3
a6 16. Qh4 h5 17. f5 Ne5 18. Rf1 Rf8 19. Rg3 $16 {1-0 Gretarsson,H-Agrest,E/
Stockholm 1999/CBM 68 ext (40)}) 14. Rh3 $146 {This move is new. In such
positions white's main plan is the development of initative on the kingside,
while black is willing to create counterplay on the queenside. In the
preceding games white continued:} (14. a3 Ng4 15. Bd2 Nd4 16. Rf1 f5 17. h3 Nh6
18. Nb5 Qb6 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. exf5 exf5 21. Bc4+ Kh8 22. Bc3 $16 {1-0 Stein,
B-Liabotro,P/Oslo 1985/MCD (29)}) ({The trade of the queens doesn't promise
anything special for white:} 14. Nb5 Qxe1+ 15. Rxe1 Rfd8 16. Bf2 a6 17. Na3 b5
18. c4 b4 19. Nc2 Nd7 20. b3 a5 21. Bf1 a4 $15 {0-1 Comp Chessmaster
4000-Gulko,B/Boston 1994/EXT 99 (106)}) 14... Rac8 {locating the queenside
rook on the semi-open file, that can create some pressure.} 15. a3 {covering
the b4 square.} a6 {and black covers the b5 square. It should be noted, that
black can create some counterplay on the queenside with b7-b5.} 16. Qh4 h5 $1 {
[%cal Yf6g4] Typical reply for white's activity on the kingside. It is not so
easy for white to destroy black's defence on the kingside, as after white's
f4-f5, black's queenside knight will get a central square e5.} 17. Rf3 {
White forced black to weaken a bit his kingside, and now white's kingside rook
has nothing to do on h3.} Ng4 18. Bd2 Qd8 19. Qe1 {Of course, white keeps the
queens on the board.} Nf6 20. h3 {covering the g4 square, and, maybe,
preparing the breakthrough g2-g4.} Nd7 {activating the fianchetted
dark-squared bishop.} 21. Be3 Nd4 22. Rf1 Nc5 $11 {Black has succeeded to
equalize the game. He solved his main problem- the development of
light-squared bishop, and neutralized white's activity on the kingside.} 23.
Qf2 Nxd3 24. cxd3 Nb3 ({Comes to consideration:} 24... Qf6) 25. Rad1 d5 {
threatening with d5-d4.} ({Of course, it is extremely dangerous to take on c3:
} 25... Bxc3 26. bxc3 Rxc3 27. Qb2 Qc8 28. Bf2 $16) 26. exd5 exd5 27. d4 Qd7 ({
Black doesn't have enough time to prevent white's f4-f5:} 27... f5 28. Qf3 $14
{and black's central pawn collapses.}) 28. f5 $1 Rfe8 {liberating the f8
square for the bishop, in case of white's f5-f6.} 29. Rd3 $1 {intending to
transfer the rook to the kingside via the third rank.} (29. f6 Bf8) 29... Na5 {
Black gets back his knight into the game.} 30. Qf3 ({Worse is:} 30. b3 Nxb3 31.
f6 Bf8 32. Qa2 Na5 $15) 30... Nc4 31. Bc1 Rcd8 ({Deserved attention.} 31... Nb6
$5) 32. Bg5 $1 Nxb2 33. Bxd8 Nxd3 34. fxg6 fxg6 35. Qxd3 (35. Bh4 Qf5 36. Nxd5
Qxf3 37. Rxf3 Re4 $11) (35. Bh4 Qf5 $1 $11) (35. Bf6 Rf8 36. Qxd3 Qf7 $11)
35... Rxd8 36. Qxg6 {It looks like white has got quite an obvious advantage,
but black has enough resources to maintain the balance.} Rf8 $1 {preventing
white's Rf5.} 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Qxh5 Bxd4 39. Nxd5 {White is a pawn up, but
black pieces are active as the white's ones. The small amount of the pawns on
the board promise black excellent chances for the draw.} Qf7 $1 40. Qh6+ Ke8
41. Nf4 $6 ({Probably, white had more chances after} 41. Ne3 $1 $14) 41... Be3
$1 {pinning the knight, thus, forcing white to weaken the position of his
monarch.} 42. g3 Qf5 (42... Bxf4 {promise black draw as well:} 43. gxf4 (43.
Qxf4 Qxf4 44. gxf4 b5 45. Kg2 a5 46. Kf3 b4 47. axb4 a4 $19) 43... Qd5+ $11)
43. Qh8+ (43. h4 {doesn't change anything:} Kf7 $1 $11 44. Qd6 Bxf4 45. Qxf4
Qxf4 46. gxf4 b5 47. Kg2 a5 48. Kf3 b4 49. axb4 a4 50. b5 a3 51. b6 a2 52. b7
a1=Q 53. b8=Q Qh1+ $11) 43... Kf7 44. Qb2 (44. Qc3 Bxf4 45. gxf4 Qxf4 $11)
44... Bxf4 45. Qxb7+ Ke8 46. Qc6+ Kd8 47. gxf4 {This endgame is absolutely
drawish, therefore, the opponents agreed for a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6 {
Rare continuation in comparison to} (8. Bxd7+ {1/2-1/2 Acs,P-Nyback,T/Plovdiv
2003/CBM 98/[Erenburg] (43)}) 8... fxe6 {Black tried another capture, but he
has got worse position in the following game:} (8... Bxb5 {0-1 Borriss,
M-Gurevich,M/Germany 2003/CBM 93/[Erenburg] (40)}) 9. Ng5 Bxb5 10. Nxb5 {
White has the following possibilities:} (10. Nxe6 Bxd4 11. Nxd8 Bf2+ 12. Kd2
Be3+ 13. Ke1 Bf2+ {1/2-1/2 Yevseev,D-Popov,V/Nefteyugansk 2002/CBM 92 (13)}) (
10. Qxg4 {See 1/2-1/2 Nunn,J-Seirawan,Y/Skelleftea 1989/CBM 14/[Bulletin] (42)}
) 10... Qa5+ 11. c3 Qxb5 12. Qxg4 ({Alternative} 12. Nxe6 {was tried in  Anand,
V-Gurevich,M/Linares 1991 0-1/CBM 22/[Anand] (30)}) 12... cxd4 13. Nxe6 {
threatening Nc7 and attacking the dark-squared bishop.} Qc4 $1 {taking control
over e6 square, thus, not allowing white to get out from g7 with the knight.}
14. Nxg7+ {Another option is} (14. f5 Bf6 15. fxg6 Rg8 16. g7 Nc6 17. Nc7+ Kd8
18. Ne6+ Ke8 19. Nc7+ Kd8 20. Ne6+ {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Khalifman,A/Groningen
1990/CBM 21/[King] (20)}) 14... Kf7 15. Nf5 {In the previous game white
continued with interesting} (15. f5 Kxg7 16. Qh4 Nc6 17. Rf1 Kg8 $6 ({Stronger
is} 17... Rhg8 18. f6+ Kh8 19. fxe7 (19. Bg5 Rgf8 $1) 19... Rge8 20. Bg5) 18.
Bh6 Re8 19. Rd1 Ne5 20. Rxd4 Qxa2 21. Kf2 Nf7 22. Kg1 Nxh6 23. Qxh6 Rf8 24.
Rdf4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Gruenfeld,Y-Tal,M/Tel Aviv 1990/CBM 20 ext (61)}) 15... Qe6+
16. Ne3 dxe3 17. Qxe6+ {In my opinion, after this move white cannot get an
advantage. More principle is} (17. Qf3 Nc6 18. O-O Rhf8 19. Bxe3 Kg8 20. b3 a5
21. Rae1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Dolmatov,S-Chernin,A/Moscow 1990/TD (34)}) 17... Kxe6 18.
Bxe3 Nc6 19. Ke2 $146 {Novelty, only now! In the previous game white played} (
19. O-O Rhf8 20. b3 b5 21. Rfe1 Kd7 22. Rad1 a5 $11 {0-1 Jasik,K-Mista,A/Rowy
1998/EXT 2000 (47)}) 19... b5 20. Rad1 a5 $11 {In this endgame the chances of
the sides are approximately equal. White has a bishop against black's knight,
but the position is quite closed, so it doesn't promise white an advantage.
The pawn structures of the opponents are without deffects, but now black tries
to realize the plan of advancing the pawn minority on the queenside. On the
other hand, white plan could be creating a weakness on the black's kingside
through advancing the "h" pawn.} 21. Kf3 ({Deserves attention:} 21. Rhe1 Rhf8
22. g4) 21... Rhf8 22. Ke4 a4 23. g4 b4 $5 {Black is going to open the 4-th
rank in order to attack white's pawns through it.} 24. c4 b3 25. axb3 (25. a3 {
is interesting alternative:} Na5 26. Kd3 Rac8 27. Rc1 d5 28. c5 Nc4 29. Rxc4
dxc4+ 30. Kxc4 $11) 25... Rfb8 26. Rd3 axb3 {Black succeeded to activate all
his pieces and now he is ready to attack white's pawns with following Ra4 and
Na5.} 27. Kf3 {giving black the resource of g6-g5.} ({Better was} 27. Re1 Ra4
28. Rc3 Kd7 $11) 27... g5 $1 28. c5 $1 {Good decision. White activates his
pieces, which were located passive.} ({Worse is} 28. f5+ Kf7 29. Ke2 Ne5 30.
Rd4 Ra2 31. Bc1 Rb4 $15) 28... dxc5 29. Bxc5 gxf4 30. Re1+ Kf7 31. Rd7 ({
White had a draw after} 31. Kxf4 Rb5 32. Rd5 (32. Rc3 e5+ 33. Kg3 Ra2 34. Ba3)
32... e6 33. Rd7+ (33. Rh5 Raa5 $17) 33... Ke8 34. Rd5 Kf7 $11 (34... e5+ 35.
Ke3 Raa5 36. Rc1 $14)) 31... Rb5 $1 {Now white loses an exchange, but his
bishop and rook are active, so his position isn't bad.} 32. Bxe7 Ne5+ 33. Rxe5
Rxe5 34. Bb4+ Ke8 ({Black doesn't achieve anything after} 34... Kg8 35. Bc3
Re3+ 36. Kxf4 Rh3 37. Rg7+ $1 Kf8 38. Rb7 $11) 35. Rxh7 Ra4 36. Bd2 (36. Rb7
Re3+ 37. Kxf4 Re2 38. Kg5 Rxh2 39. Bc3 $11) 36... Rb5 $6 ({Black had more
chances after} 36... Rd4 37. Bxf4 Rd3+ 38. Kf2 Re4 $15) 37. Rc7 (37. Bxf4 Ra2 (
37... Rbb4 $11) 38. g5 Rxb2 39. g6 Rb1 40. Rh8+ Ke7 41. g7 Rg1 42. Bg3 Rg5 43.
Bh4 Kf7 $11) 37... Rd5 38. Bxf4 Rdd4 39. Be5 Rxg4 40. Rb7 Rab4 41. Rxb4 Rxb4
42. Ke3 {Now white is going to eliminate the only black pawn and to promise
himself a draw.} Kd7 (42... Rc4 43. Kd3 Rc6 44. h4 Kf7 45. h5 Kg8 46. h6 {
[%cal Ge5g7]} Rxh6 47. Kc4 $11) 43. Kd3 Ke6 44. Kc3 Rb5 45. Bg7 Kd5 46. Bf8 Rb8
47. Bb4 Rh8 48. Kxb3 Rxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O ({Another theoretical
possibility is} 5... c5 {0-1 Luther,T-Beliavsky,A/Germany 2002/CBM 93/
[Erenburg] (31)}) 6. Be3 ({More popular is} 6. Bd3 {1-0 Mastrovasilis,D-Marin,
M/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96/[Erenburg] (44)}) 6... b6 7. Qd2 {preparing the
aggressive option of castling long.} ({Another possible continuation is} 7. Bd3
{0-1 Pavasovic,D-Conquest,S/Batumi 1999/CBM 74/[Oratovsky,M] (54)}) 7... Bb7 ({
Black tried also} 7... c5 {1/2-1/2 Tyomkin,D-Maryasin,B/Israel 2002/CBM 88/
[Tyomkin,D] (35)}) 8. e5 $5 Ng4 ({Worse is} 8... Ne4 $6 {, as white succeeds
to get an initiative after} 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Ng5 Bb7 11. O-O-O $36) 9. e6 $5
$146 {[%mdl 12] Novelty, according to my database. In the preceding game white
continued} (9. O-O-O $5 c5 $5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Bxc5 Qa5 12. Ba3 dxe5 13. h3
Bh6 14. Ng5 exf4 15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. hxg4 Bg5 17. Ne4 $1 Qxd2+ 18. Nxd2 $16 {
[%cal Gf1c4] 1/2-1/2 Illescas Cordoba,M-Marin,M/Mondariz 2002/CBM 91 ext (31)})
9... Bxf3 {worsening white's pawn structure, and, at the same time,
eliminating the dangerous knight.} (9... fxe6 {was possible as well:} 10. Ng5 (
10. Bc4 d5 (10... Rf6 11. Ng5 (11. f5 d5 $17) (11. Bg1 $5) 11... d5 (11... Qd7
12. d5 $1 $13) 12. Be2 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 Qd6 14. Bg4 Bc8 15. g3 $14) 11. Be2 Nxe3
12. Qxe3 c5 $132) 10... Qd7 (10... Rf6 11. Bc4 {-see 10.Bc4 variation.}) 11.
Bc4 Rf6 12. d5 $13) 10. gxf3 Nxe3 11. Qxe3 f5 $5 {Black's pawn structure is
superior, but white has chances for a successful attack through the "h" file.}
({Black could play} 11... fxe6 $5 {, opening the "f" file for the rook.} 12.
Bh3 c5 13. Bxe6+ Kh8 14. dxc5 Nc6 15. f5 gxf5 16. Bd5 Rc8 17. O-O-O bxc5 18.
Rhg1 $13) 12. d5 {[%mdl 4] freezing black's queenside. White tries to prevent
from black to get his forces into the game, thus, his opponent will not have
enough pieces to defend his monarch.} c6 {The only way to get the knight into
the game.} 13. h4 {[%mdl 4] Black's position is excellent from the positional
point of view, as he has the superior pawn structure, as well as a very
effective dark-squared bishop. Therefore, white decides to attack immediately,
because black needs only 2 tempos to get into the games all his pieces.} Bxc3+
{Black had to change his dark-squared bishop in order to get into the game his
queenside pieces.} (13... Qc8 14. O-O-O Bxc3 15. Qxc3 cxd5 {-see the game.})
14. Qxc3 cxd5 15. O-O-O Qc8 16. Qd2 $1 {[%cal Gd2h2,Yh1h8,Gh4h5] sacrificing
another pawn. Of course, white avoids the trade of queens, as he needs it to
attack black's monarch.} (16. Qe3 Rf6 17. Re1 Qc5 $15) 16... Qxe6 17. h5 Nd7 {
Black doesn't have enough pieces around his king, therefore he brings some
"support divisions" from the queenside.} 18. Re1 Qf7 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Qh2 {
Now white gets black's queen for two rooks on the spot.} Qg7 21. Rxe7 (21. Qd2
Qf7 (21... Nf6 22. Bd3 {[%cal Gd3f5]}) 22. Qh2 $11) (21. Bd3 Nc5 $15) 21...
Qxe7 22. Qh8+ Kf7 23. Rh7+ Ke8 24. Rxe7+ Kxe7 25. Qg7+ Rf7 26. Qxg6 {[%mdl
1024]} Nc5 {White has a queen against two rooks. In spite of the fact, that
the black king is in the centre, his position isn't vulnerable at all. If
white doesn't succeed to win some material in the near future, black will
consolidate his rooks, and black's chances will be obviously preferable.} 27.
Bb5 {threatening with Bc6.} ({White had draw after} 27. Qg5+ Rf6 28. Qg7+ Rf7 (
28... Ke6 29. Bb5) 29. Qg5+ $11) 27... Rc8 28. Qg5+ Rf6 29. Qg7+ Rf7 30. Qd4 $6
{White tries to win the position, which isn't better...} ({Probably, white
should go for a draw:} 30. Qg5+ $11) 30... Ne6 $1 31. Qf2 ({White doesn't
equalize after} 31. Qxd5 Rc5 32. Qb3 (32. Qb7+ Kf6 33. Qa6 Nc7 $19) 32... Rg7
$1 33. Bc4 Rg2 $17 34. Bxe6 $2 Rcxc2+ 35. Kd1 Rxb2 $19) 31... Rh7 $1 $17 32. b4
Kf6 33. Kb2 Rch8 {Black's forces are absolutely consolidated, so he is ready
to develop the initiative.} 34. Qd2 d4 35. Bc4 Rh2 36. Qd3 Rc8 $1 37. Bb3 Rc7
$6 (37... Rc3 $5) 38. Qb5 $2 {Probably, this is the decisive mistake.} ({
Much better was} 38. Qf1 $1 {[%cal Gf1g1] and it isn't so clear how can black
win the game. For example:} d5 (38... Nxf4 39. Qg1 $1 Rd2 40. Qg3 $1 Ke5 (40...
Nd3+ $2 41. Ka3 Ne5 42. Qh4+ $16) 41. Qg8 d5 42. Qh8+ Ke6 43. Qh6+ Ke5 44. Qh8+
$11) 39. Qe1 Nxf4 40. Qg3 Nd3+ 41. Ka3 $11) 38... Nxf4 39. Qe8 Rhh7 {Black's
pieces are coordinated. Now he needs to secure his king from checks and to
start an attack on white's king.} 40. a4 Rce7 41. Qb8 Ke5 42. Bc4 Ng2 {
preparing the occupation of the e3 square by the knight.} 43. Qg8 {In this way,
white frustrates black's plans, but not for a long time.} Nf4 ({A mistake was
to play} 43... Ne3 $2 44. Qg3+ f4 45. Qg5+ Nf5 46. Bd3 Ref7 47. Qd8 $11) 44.
Qb8 Rhg7 $1 {covering the "g" file.} 45. Ka3 Ng2 $1 {[%cal Yg2e3,Ge5f4,Gf4e3]
And now it is the right moment for this move. In many variations black has an
option of transfering the king to e3 via f4.} 46. Qh8 Kf4 47. Bd5 Ke3 48. Qf8
f4 49. Qf5 Ne1 $1 {covering d3 square.} 50. Kb3 Rg2 {Now black is ready to act!
} 51. Qf8 Rc7 52. Bc6 Rxc2 ({Not only} 52... Rxc6 $4 53. Qe8+) 53. b5 Rc3+ 54.
Ka2 {[%tqu "En","Please find the best move for black.","","","c7h7","",10]} Rh7
$1 $40 {The addition of the second rook is decisive.} 55. Qe8+ Kf2 56. Qe4 Rh2
57. Kb1 (57. Qxf4 Kg1+ $19) 57... Kf1 $1 {opening the second rank for the rook,
and, preparing Nd3.} 58. Qxf4 Rb3+ ({Simplier was} 58... Rb2+ 59. Ka1 Nd3 {
with mate.}) 59. Ka1 Ra3+ 60. Kb1 Rb2+ 61. Kxb2 Nd3+ 62. Kxa3 Nxf4 {Black's
advanced pawn "d" is unstoppable. It is one of the most interesting games I've
ever annotated.} 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2003.08.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2003.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 {If black doesn't
play c7-c6 this continuation is legitimic. Now black intends to provide c7-c5
by one tempo.} 7. O-O c5 8. d5 Rb8 {Another theoretical line is:} (8... Bg4 {
See commented game 1-0 Gross,D-Sarno,S/Leipzig 2002/CBM 89/[Avrukh,B] (31)}) 9.
e5 $1 {In my opinion, the most precise and principal continuation. White has
the following options as well:} (9. Qe2 {0-1 Jakovenko,D-Lugovoi,A/Krasnodar
2002/CBM 91/[Finkel] (41)}) (9. Bc4 {1/2-1/2 Pedersen,N-Izoria,Z/Istanbul 2003/
CBM 96/[Erenburg] (29)}) (9. f5 $5 Nc7 10. a4 a6 11. a5 Nb5 12. fxg6 hxg6 13.
Qe1 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nh7 15. e5 e6 16. Ra4 dxe5 17. Rh4 Bf6 18. Rh6 exd5 19. Nxe5
Bg7 20. Rxh7 Kxh7 21. Nxf7 {1-0 Almasi,Z-Hickl,J/Bundesliga 2003 (21)}) (9. Kh1
Bg4 (9... Nc7 10. a4 a6 11. a5 b5 12. axb6 Rxb6 13. Na4 Rb8 14. c4 e6 15. e5
Nfe8 16. dxe6 Nxe6 17. Be4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Baklan,V-Smirin,I/Istanbul 2000/EXT
2001 (26)}) 10. a3 Nc7 11. Qe1 b5 12. Qh4 c4 13. Be2 e6 14. f5 exf5 15. exf5
Bxf5 16. Bg5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Sadvakasov,D-Lugovoi,A/Moscow 2002/CBM 88 (64)}) 9...
Ne8 {Black tried also:} (9... Nd7 10. e6 fxe6 11. dxe6 Nf6 12. f5 Nb4 13. fxg6
Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Bxe6 15. Ng5 Qd7 16. gxh7+ $16 {1/2-1/2 Chandler,M-Smirin,I/
London 1999/EXT 2000 (32)}) (9... dxe5 10. Bxa6 bxa6 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. Bf4 (12.
Qe2 $16) 12... Rxb2 13. h3 Qa5 14. Ne2 Qa4 (14... Nh6 15. Qc1 $18) 15. hxg4 $16
{1-0 Dolmatov,S-Pfleger,H/Germany 1991/GER-chT (40)}) 10. f5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]
An important improvement, from my point of view. In previous games white
continued:} (10. e6 fxe6 11. dxe6 Nac7 12. Ng5 Bd4+ 13. Kh1 Ng7 14. f5 (14. Qg4
Qe8 15. Bd2 h5 16. Qh3 b5 17. f5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Krakops,M-Marin,M/Elista 1998/
CBM 66 ext (40)}) 14... gxf5 15. Bxf5 Nxf5 16. Nf7 Qe8 17. Rxf5 Bxe6 $17 {
0-1 Almasi,Z-Fridman,D/Duisburg 1992/TD (24)}) (10. Kh1 Nac7 11. a4 a6 12. a5
Bg4 13. Qe1 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 e6 (14... dxe5 $5) 15. dxe6 Nxe6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Luther,
T-Hickl,J/Bad Wildbad 1993/TD (26)}) 10... c4 {Black could choose one of these
following possibilities, while, I think that after all of them white's chances
are much preferable.} (10... dxe5 11. fxg6 hxg6 12. Bxa6 bxa6 13. Qe2 $14 {
[%cal Gf3e5,Ge2e5,Ge2a6]} (13. Qe1 $5)) (10... Nac7 11. fxg6 fxg6 (11... hxg6
12. e6 (12. Bf4)) 12. Qe1 $36 (12. Ng5 $5)) (10... Bxf5 11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. Bf4
$44) 11. fxg6 $1 hxg6 {Of course, the most principal was to continue} (11...
cxd3 {, but after} 12. gxh7+ Kh8 13. Ng5 dxc2 (13... f6 14. Qh5 fxg5 15. Rxf8+
Bxf8 16. Qf7 $18) 14. Qh5 $40 {black's chances to parry white's attack are
very low.}) 12. Bxc4 $16 {White has got very perspective position, thanks to a
very active locations of his pieces, which are ready to attack black's monarch.
In opposite, black's ones are too passive and he didn't get even material
advantage for such big white's positional achievements.} dxe5 $6 ({Probably
more resistant was} 12... b5) 13. Qe1 $1 {[%cal Ge1h4] Typical transfer of
queen to h4 is a very important component of white's attack.} Bf5 14. Qh4 {
[%cal Gf3g5] Now black is hopeless against white's attack.} f6 (14... Nb4 15.
g4 $1 Bxc2 (15... Nxc2 16. gxf5 Nxa1 17. Ng5 $18) 16. Ng5 $18) 15. d6+ e6 16.
g4 $18 {Black can't hold the pressure anymore, so he is going to lose material.
} Qb6+ (16... g5 17. Qh5 Nxd6 (17... Bh7 18. Bxe6+ Kh8 19. Bf5) 18. Bxa6 Qb6+
19. Kg2 $18) 17. Kg2 Nxd6 18. gxf5 Nxf5 19. Qg4 {White is a piece up only for
two pawns, while his attack isn't over yet! Thanks to his active light pieces
he is going to get a victory.} Rbc8 20. Bd3 Nc5 21. Qxg6 Nxd3 22. cxd3 Rcd8 23.
Rd1 Qc6 24. Qh5 Rf7 25. Ne4 Rfd7 26. Bg5 (26. Nf2 $18 {strong enough as well})
26... fxg5 27. Nfxg5 Rxd3 (27... Ne3+ 28. Kh1 Nxd1 29. Rxd1 $18 {[%cal Gh5h7,
Gd1f1]} (29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Rxd1 $18) 29... Bh8 30. Rg1 Rg7 31. Rf1 {[%cal Ge4f6]
} Rc7 32. Nf7 $18) 28. Rxd3 Rxd3 29. Rc1 Rd2+ 30. Kh3 Rd3+ 31. Ng3 Qd7 32. Rc7
{After this game, black should find some improvement in this line, otherwise 8.
..Rb8 variation is refuted...} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.14"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Acs, Peter"]
[Black "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bxd7+
Qxd7 9. d5 dxe5 10. h3 e4 11. hxg4 {Another theoretical line is} (11. Nxe4 Nf6)
11... exf3 12. Qxf3 Na6 13. Bd2 ({According to my database nobody played the
dubious} 13. Be3 $6 O-O-O 14. Rd1 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Qa4 $15) 13... O-O-O ({
Black tried also} 13... Nb4 {, but after} 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Ne4 Qa4 16. Bxb4
cxb4 17. Kb1 h6 18. f5 $16 {his position looks much worse. 1-0 Tzermiadianos,
A-Inarkiev,E/4th IECC, Istanbul TUR 2003 (64)}) 14. O-O-O Nc7 (14... Nb4 15.
Ne4 $1 {-see 13...Nb4.}) 15. Be1 {defending the d5 pawn. From e1 square white
has some options to transfer the dark-squared bishop to g3, h4, or maybe to f2.
} ({Comes to consideration} 15. Rhe1 $5 Bd4 (15... Rhe8 $5) 16. f5 $13) 15...
f5 {preparing the breakthrough e7-e5. The following continuations don't
promise black an equality:} (15... Nb5 $6 16. Nxb5 Qxb5 17. Bc3 $14) (15... Bd4
16. Bf2 $14) (15... e5 16. Bh4 Rde8 17. f5 $1 $14) 16. gxf5 ({Worse is} 16. g5
$6 e5 $1) 16... gxf5 {In my opinion, more logical to capture the pawn by the
queen:} (16... Qxf5 {0-1 Luther,T-Beliavsky,A/Germany 2002/CBM 93/[Erenburg] 
(31)}) 17. Rh5 $1 $146 {[%csl Re7,Rf5][%cal Ye1h4,Yf3d3,Rh5f5,Rh4e7,Rd3f5] In
my opinion, very strong improvement in comparison to} (17. Bh4 Qd6 18. Rhe1
Rhe8 19. g3 Rd7 20. Re3 Bd4 21. Red3 {1/2-1/2 Wahls,M-Kindermann,S/Germany
1998/GER-chT (21)}) ({Very interesting looks} 17. Ne2 $5 {, but nobody still
tried it in practice.} Kb8 18. Bc3 Bxc3 19. Nxc3 $14 e6 $6 20. d6 $1 Ne8 21.
Qe3 b6 22. Rh6 $16) 17... h6 {This purpose of this move is to liberate the h8
rook from defending the "h" pawn, thus, allowing it to be transfered to the
center or to the open file "g".} (17... e6 18. Bh4 Rdg8 19. d6 $14) (17... Kb8
18. Bh4) 18. Bh4 $14 {White's position is slightly better, thanks to superior
pawn structure, more active pieces and space advantage.} Rde8 (18... Bd4 19.
Bf2 $1 $16) 19. Bxe7 $2 {White went on force variation, which allows black to
change some of his passive pieces. Probably, Acs was sure, that he is going ot
get an obcious advantage. However, this decision appeaers to be wrong...} ({
Probably much better was} 19. Ne2 $14 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Ge2g3,Gf3d3,Rg3f5,Rd3f5,
Rh5f5] White is going to put pressure on f5 pawn, while black remains with his
problems: passive pieces, lack of space and worse pawn structure. For instance,
} e6 20. Ng3 $5 (20. d6 Nd5 21. c4 Nb6 22. b3 $14) 20... Qb5 (20... Nxd5 21. c4
) (20... exd5 21. Nxf5 Kb8 22. Bf2 $16 {[%cal Yg2g4]}) 21. c3 Nxd5 22. Nxf5 Bf8
23. Ne3 $16) 19... Qxe7 ({Much worse is} 19... Rxe7 20. d6 Re4 21. dxc7 Rd4 22.
Nd5 $1 $16 {[%cal Gc2c3]}) 20. d6 Qe3+ 21. Kb1 (21. Qxe3 Rxe3 22. dxc7 Bxc3 23.
bxc3 Rxc3 {This position arised in the game, but with one difference- white
king was located on b1, instead of c1.}) 21... Bd4 $1 {The only move. Maybe
this one was overlooked by white, when he was playing 19.Bxe7.} 22. Qxe3 Rxe3
23. dxc7 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Rxc3 ({After} 24... Rg3 {black could achieve a draw as
well.}) 25. Rxf5 Rh7 26. Rd2 (26. Kb2 {doesn't increase white's chances for a
win:} Rc4 $1 (26... Rg3 27. Rxc5 Rxc7 28. Rxc7+ Kxc7 29. Rd2) 27. Kb3 Rb4+ 28.
Kc3 b6 29. g4 Rg7 $1 $11) 26... Kxc7 $1 (26... Rg7 $6 27. Rf8+ Kxc7 28. f5 $16
{[%cal Gd2f2]}) 27. Rf2 {preparing to push forward his "f" pawn.} (27. Kb2 Rc4)
27... Rg7 28. Kb2 (28. Rh5 Rg6 (28... Rcg3 29. Rxc5+ Kd7 30. Rh5 $16) 29. Re5
Rf6 $11) ({After} 28. Re5 {black easily stops the "f" pawn:} b6 29. f5 Rcg3 30.
f6 Rf7 $11 {[%cal Gg3g6]}) 28... Rc4 29. Re5 Kd6 $11 {White doesn't succeed to
advance the "f" pawn, as well as he cannot win one of the black's pawns,
therefore, the position is equal.} (29... b6 30. f5 Rcg4 31. f6 Rf7 $11) 30.
Re3 Rf7 31. g3 (31. f5 Rf6) 31... h5 32. Rh2 Rf5 33. c3 Rd5 34. Re8 Kd7 35. Rg8
a5 (35... Re4 36. Rh8 Rd3 37. R2xh5 Rxg3 38. R5h7+ Kc6 39. Rc8+ Kd5 $11) 36.
Rg7+ Kc6 37. Re2 Rd3 {Black attacks white's weaknesses, thus, forces white to
go for the draw.} 38. Re6+ Kd5 39. Re5+ Kc6 40. Re6+ Kd5 41. Re5+ Kc6 42. Re6+
Kd5 43. Re5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 {Another thoretical line is} (8... Rb8 9. Qe2 {0-1 Jakovenko,D-Lugovoi,A/
Krasnodar 2002/CBM 91/[Finkel,A] (41)} (9. Bc4 {1/2-1/2 Pedersen,N-Izoria,Z/
Istanbul 2003/CBM96_01/[Erenburg] (29)}) (9. f5 Nc7 10. a4 a6 11. a5 Nb5 12.
fxg6 hxg6 13. Qe1 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nh7 15. e5 e6 16. Ra4 dxe5 17. Rh4 Bf6 18. Rh6
exd5 19. Nxe5 Bg7 20. Rxh7 Kxh7 21. Nxf7 {1-0 Almasi,Z-Hickl,J/Bundesliga 2003
(21)}) (9. Kh1 Bg4 (9... Nc7 10. a4 a6 11. a5 b5 12. axb6 Rxb6 13. Na4 Rb8 14.
c4 e6 15. e5 Nfe8 16. dxe6 Nxe6 17. Be4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Baklan,V-Smirin,I/
Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (26)}) 10. a3 Nc7 11. Qe1 b5 12. Qh4 c4 13. Be2 e6 14.
f5 exf5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Bg5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Sadvakasov,D-Lugovoi,A/Moscow 2002/
CBM 88 (64)})) 9. Bc4 {I think, that the c4 square is better position for
light-squared bishop, than the e2 square, as from c4 it can put pressure on
black pawn e6, after black provides e7-e6.} (9. Be2 {1-0 Gross,D-Sarno,S/
Leipzig 2002/CBM 89/[Avrukh,B] (31)}) 9... Nc7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e6 {
The most principal continuation, while the following ones are also possible.} (
11... a6 {1/2-1/2 Paramos Dominguez,R-Bogdanovski,V/Skopje 2002/CBM 88/
[Gofshtein,L] (67)}) (11... Nd7 12. a4 (12. Re1 a6 13. a4 Rb8 14. a5 b5 15.
axb6 Rxb6 16. Qd3 Qb8 17. Ra2 Nb5 18. Bd2 g5 19. g3 Kh8 20. Ne2 $14 {
Tzermiadianos,A-Tsorbatzoglou,T/Ermoupoli 1996}) 12... b6 13. h4 $6 e6 14. dxe6
Nxe6 15. Qh3 Nd4 $15 {Diedrichsen,D-Brettschneider,S/OL-NW9495}) 12. dxe6 fxe6
13. Rd1 {Logical move. White has tried also} (13. Be3 b6 (13... Qe7 14. e5 dxe5
15. Qxb7 Rfb8 16. Qf3 Rxb2 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Re8 20. Bb3 Rxb3
21. axb3 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Nb5 23. Be3 $44 {Dolmatov,S-Smirin,I/Rostov/1993/}) 14.
Rad1 Qe7 15. Rfe1 Kh8 16. g4 Rad8 17. Bf2 Nd7 18. Qg3 $36 {Wedberg,
T-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Reykjavik op 1990}) 13... Qe7 14. e5 {White goes for
concrete variation with many tactical possiblities for both of sides.} dxe5 15.
Qxb7 Rab8 $146 {This move allows white to get the advantage. To complicated
game provides the following posiiblity:} (15... Nh5 $142 16. Nb5 Rac8 17. f5 (
17. Rd6 Qh4 18. Nxc7 Qe1+ 19. Bf1 exf4 20. Nxe6 f3 $40) 17... gxf5 18. Be3 (18.
Qxa7 $5) 18... f4 19. Bf2 f3 $40 {0-1 Fernandez Garcia,J-Azmaiparashvili,Z/
Euskadi 1991/EXT 97 (36)}) 16. Qxa7 Rb4 {threatening Ra8 and at the same time
attacking white's light-squared bishop.} (16... Ra8 17. Qb6 $16) 17. Nb5 $1 {
Right decision. Other continuations provide to unclear position.} (17. Bxe6+
Qxe6 18. Qxc7 exf4 19. Qxc5 Rc4 20. Qd6 Qf5 {[%cal Gf4f3]} 21. Qd3 (21. Rd4 Ne4
) 21... Qc5+ 22. Kh2 Nh5 $44) (17. fxe5 Nfd5 $1 $132) 17... Nfe8 {The only
move to prevent from white to get big advantage immediately.} (17... Rxc4 18.
Qxc7 Qxc7 19. Nxc7 exf4 20. Nxe6 Re8 21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. c3 $16) (17... Nfd5 18.
Bxd5 (18. Nxc7 Qxc7 19. Qxc7 Nxc7 20. Bb3) 18... Nxd5 19. Qxe7 Nxe7 20. Nc7 Kf7
21. Rd6 $16) 18. Bf1 $2 {throwing away white's advantage. White had much more
attractive option:} (18. Na3 $1 {[%cal Gc2c3] using the fact, that the rook on
b4 will not have any good square, if it is attacked.} Rxf4 (18... Nf6 {[%cal
Gf8a8]} 19. Bxe6+ Qxe6 (19... Kh8 20. Be3 $18) 20. Qxc7 $16) 19. b3 $3 (19.
Bxf4 exf4 $44) 19... Rd4 20. Be3 $1 e4 21. c3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bxc3 23. Nc2 $18)
18... exf4 19. c3 Re4 $11 {The position is complicated, but I would evaluate
it as an approximately equal one. White has a pair of bishops and 2 pawns "a"
and "b", that could be passed pawns in ending. On the other hand, black's
pieces are slightly more active, and he can possibly to start the attack on
white king with the breakthrough f4-f3.} 20. Qb7 Re5 21. Nxc7 Nxc7 22. Qf3 {
preventing dangerous breakthrough f4-f3.} (22. Bd2 f3 $1 $36) 22... Nd5 23. a4
{White is going to create a counterplay on the queenside, pushing his pawn "a"
forward, in opposite to black's initiative on the king side.} Ne3 24. Rd2 (24.
Re1 $2 Nxg2 $1 25. Rxe5 Nh4 $19) 24... Nf5 {[%cal Gf5h4,Yf4f3]} 25. Rf2 Nh4 {
Maybe better was} (25... Re1 26. Re2 (26. a5 Ne3 27. a6 Qa7 28. Qb7 Qxb7 29.
axb7 Be5 $15) 26... Nh4 27. Qf2 Rxe2 28. Bxe2 f3 $36) 26. Qd1 (26. Qg4 Re1 $19)
26... Rd5 (26... f3 27. g3 {see the game.}) 27. Qe1 Re5 28. Qd1 (28. Be2 f3) (
28. Re2 f3) 28... f3 29. g3 $8 Rd5 30. Qe1 Re5 31. Qd2 $2 {White should go for
a draw. The move in the game gives black possibility to get the advantage.} (
31. Qd1 Rd5 $11 (31... Rd8 $2 32. Qb3 Re1 33. gxh4 Qxh4 34. Rxf3) (31... Ng2 $6
32. Bxg2 fxg2 33. Rxf8+ Bxf8 (33... Qxf8 34. Bf4 $16) 34. Bf4 $16)) 31... Rd5
$1 32. Qe3 $2 {loses on the spot.} ({More resistant was} 32. Qc2 $142 Qd6 33.
gxh4 Qg3+ 34. Kh1 Rd1 $1 35. Qxd1 Qxf2 {[%cal Gg7e5]} 36. Be3 $8 (36. Bf4 Rxf4
$19) 36... Qxe3 37. Qe1 Qf4 $17) 32... Qd6 $1 33. gxh4 Qg3+ $19 34. Kh1 Rd1 $4
{[%mdl 8192] Probably black has overlooked the 36-th white's move, that caused
him to make this terrible mistake.} (34... Re5 $1 35. Qd2 Bf6 $1 $19 {[%cal
Gf6h4,Gf8d8]} 36. Rh2 (36. a5 Bxh4 37. Qd6 (37. Rh2 f2) 37... Rd8 38. Qc7 Qxf2
39. Qxe5 Qxf1+ 40. Kh2 Qg2#) 36... Re1 37. Qf2 Bxh4 $19) 35. Qxe6+ $18 Kh8 36.
Bf4 $1 Qxf2 ({A little more resistant was} 36... Rxf1+ 37. Raxf1 Rxf4 38. h5
Rf5 (38... gxh5 39. Qe8+) 39. Qa6 $1 {[%cal Ga6f1]} Qxh3+ (39... Be5 40. Qc8+
Kg7 41. Qxf5 gxf5 42. Rg1 $18) 40. Rh2 $18) 37. Rxd1 Rxf4 (37... Qc2 38. Qd6
$18) 38. Rd8+ Bf8 (38... Rf8 39. Rxf8+ Bxf8 40. Qf6+ Kg8 (40... Bg7 41. Qd8+)
41. Bc4#) 39. Qe5+ Kg8 40. Bc4+ Rxc4 41. Qd5+ Kg7 42. Rd7+ Kh8 43. Qe5+ Kg8 44.
Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Val d'Isere"]
[Date "2004.08.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 ({Less popular is} 5. a3 $5 {
1-0 Flear,G-Tseshkovsky,V/Hastings 2003/CBM 93/[Erenburg] (41)}) 5... O-O ({
Another theoretical possibility is} 5... c5 {0-1 Luther,T-Beliavsky,A/Germany
2002/CBM 93/[Erenburg] (31)}) 6. Bd3 {White is going to castle short, while
there is a plan with long castle as well:} (6. Be3 b6 7. Qd2 {0-1 Kotronias,
V-Smirin,I/Moscow 2004/[Erenburg] (62)}) 6... Na6 7. O-O {More aggressive
option is} (7. e5 {1/2-1/2 Pedersen,N-Marin,M/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96/[Erenburg] 
(29)}) 7... c5 8. d5 Bg4 {Another thoretical line is} (8... Rb8 {1-0 Vaisser,
A-Bauer,C/Aix les Bains 2003/CBM 97_01/[Erenburg] (32)}) 9. Qe2 {White prefers
the d3 square for the light-squared bishop. This continuation is rare in
comparison to the following ones:} (9. Bc4 {1-0 Mastrovasilis,D-Marin,M/
Istanbul 2003/CBM 96/[Erenburg] (44)}) (9. Be2 {1-0 Gross,D-Sarno,S/Leipzig
2002/CBM 89/[Avrukh,B] (31)}) 9... Nc7 10. a4 {preventing from black the
counterplay on the queenside with b7-b5.} e6 11. h3 $146 {In this way, white
gets a pair of bishops, and protects his central pawn d5. This move is novelty,
white tried} (11. dxe6 Nxe6 12. Be3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Bc4 Qe4
16. Bd3 Nxf4 17. Bxe4 Nxe2+ 18. Kf2 Nd4 $15 {0-1 Pax,H-Sarno,S/Imperia 1996/
EXT 99 (40)}) 11... Bxf3 12. Qxf3 exd5 13. exd5 Nd7 {opening the long diagonal
for dark-squared bishop.} 14. Nd1 {preventing from black an option of
worsening white's pawn structure by capture on c3. Also, white transfers his
knight to kingside, hoping to develop the initiative on that side of the board.
} Re8 15. Bd2 Qe7 16. c3 {limitting the possibilities of black bishop, as well
as liberating the knight from protecting the b2 square.} Nf6 {attacking the
central d5 pawn, and, at the same time, intending to occupy the e4 square.} ({
Comes to consideration} 16... f5 {with following Nf6.}) 17. f5 Nd7 {After
white played f4-f5, black got the option of occupation the e5 square. More
principal was the capture of d5 pawn, but white has enough resources to get
sufficient compensation:} (17... Nfxd5 $2 18. fxg6 hxg6 (18... fxg6 19. Bc4 Qe4
20. Ne3 $18) 19. Bc4 Nf6 20. Bg5 Qe4 21. Bxf6 Qxc4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Ne3 Qe6
24. Rae1 Qd7 25. c4 $1 $36 {[%cal Ye3g4,Gf3c3,Gf3b7]}) (17... Ncxd5 $5 18. fxg6
hxg6 19. Bb5 Rf8 20. Nf2 $44 {[%cal Ya1e1]}) 18. Bf4 $1 {covering the e5
square.} Ne5 $6 {I don't think, black got right decision to change his knight
for white's bishop.} ({Logical alternative is to try to change the
dark-squared bishops with} 18... Be5 19. Bh6 Bg7 $13) 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Nf2 $1
{White has good chances to develop dangerous initiative on the kingside, as he
has four active-located pieces there.} Qh4 {intending to trade the queens with
Qg3.} 21. Ng4 {threatening with opening the "f" file.} g5 $6 {After this
mistake black's queen has no squares, and white can use it.} ({Of course not} 
21... Qg3 $4 22. Nf6+ $18) (21... Re7 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Nxe5 $18) ({Better was
} 21... Kh8 $14) 22. Rfe1 $1 f6 $2 ({Last chance was} 22... Bd4+ 23. Kf1 h5 (
23... Bg7 24. f6 (24. g3 Qxh3+ 25. Kf2 h5) 24... Bf8 25. c4 $16) 24. Nh6+ Kg7
25. Nxf7 Kxf7 26. cxd4 $16) 23. Rxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Brilliant sacrifice! White
uses unsuccessful location of black's queen.} (23. Re4 {promises white big
advantage as well:} Bf4 24. Nxf6+ Kf7 25. Nxe8 Rxe8 26. Rf1 $18) 23... fxe5 {
Oher moves lose as well:} (23... dxe5 24. d6 $18) (23... Rxe5 24. g3 Qxh3 25.
Bf1 $18) 24. g3 $1 Qxh3 25. f6 $1 {Only this one! Other moves don't promise
white anything:} (25. Bf1 $2 e4 $17) (25. Kf2 $2 h5 26. Nf6+ Kf7 27. Nxe8 Qh2+
28. Ke3 Rxe8 $15) 25... Kf7 (25... Kf8 {doesn't change the evaluation of the
position:} 26. Kf2 $1 (26. f7 Re7 27. Rf1 Nxd5 $17) 26... e4 27. Rh1 $1 (27.
Bxe4 h5 28. Rh1 Qxg4 (28... hxg4 29. Qf5) 29. Qxg4 hxg4 30. Bg6 Kg8 31. Rh7 $11
(31. f7+ Kg7 32. fxe8=R Nxe8 $15)) 27... exf3 28. Rxh3 $18) {[%tqu "En",
"Please find the best move for white.","","","g1f2","",10]} 26. Kf2 $1 $18 {
threatening with Rh1.} e4 (26... h5 27. Qf5 $18) 27. Bxe4 h5 (27... Rxe4 {
loses as well:} 28. Qxe4 Re8 29. Qf5 $18 {[%cal Yf5d7,Gg4e5]}) {[%tqu "En",
"Please use the vulnerable position of black monarch.","","","f3f5","",10]} 28.
Qf5 $1 {using vulnerable position of black monarch.} Kf8 ({In case of} 28...
Rxe4 {white wins easily after} 29. Qh7+ Ke8 (29... Kf8 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. Nh6+
Kg6 32. Qg7#) 30. Qxe4+ $18) 29. Qh7 Rxe4 30. Qh8+ {mating. Another great game
by Vaisser in Pirc!} (30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. Nh6+ Kg6 32. Qg7#) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. e5 {Rare
variation, but, probably, gives white some chance to fight for the advantage.
Maybe white prefered this variation to 7.0-0, that he played two rounds ago,
because he didn't like the position he got against Izoria.} (7. O-O c5 8. d5
Rb8 (8... Bg4 {1-0 Gross,D-Sarno,S/Leipzig 2002/CBM 89/[Avrukh,B] (31)}) 9. Qe2
{0-1 Jakovenko,D-Lugovoi,A/Krasnodar 2002/CBM 91/[Finkel,A] (41)}) 7... Ng4 {
Black has tried also:} (7... Ne8 {1-0 Zhang Pengxiang-Dzhumaev,M/Calcutta 2001/
CBM 85/[Finkel,A] (47)}) (7... dxe5 8. dxe5 Nd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Qe2 Bf5 11.
Bxf5 gxf5 12. O-O (12. Be3 f6 13. O-O Rad8 14. Bxa7 Nb4 15. Bd4 c5 16. exf6
exf6 17. Bc3 $14 {Osman,M-Satta,V/Paris-ch 1993}) 12... f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14.
Be3 $14 {Van der Sterren,P-Haik,A/Budel zt 1987}) (7... Nd7 8. Ne4 c5 9. e6
fxe6 10. h4 cxd4 11. h5 Nac5 12. hxg6 h6 13. Qe2 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nc5 $13 {
Motwani,P-Howell,J/BCF-ch 1994}) 8. h3 Nh6 9. g4 c5 10. d5 {White went on a
very responsible game. He occupied the center, limitted the possibilities of
black knight on h6, pushing forward almost all his pawns. On the other hand,
black is going to create counterplay, trying to provide b7-b5, f7-f6 or e7-e6,
thus, attacking white's center.} Nc7 {[%cal Gd6e5] threatening to take pawn on
d5.} 11. Be2 {White had an option to put his light-squared bishop on c4, which
seems to me as a better idea:} (11. Bc4 Kh8 12. O-O b6 13. a4 a6 14. Rb1 Bd7
15. Qe2 Qe8 16. b4 b5 17. bxc5 $5 (17. Bd3 $5) 17... bxc4 18. c6 Bc8 19. Qxc4
$13 {1-0 Palatnik,S-Vasiukov,E/Palma de Mallorca 1989/TD (55)}) 11... b6 $146 {
Black completes the development, fianchetting his light-squared bishop to b7.
After it black will attack white's center, for example, with e7-e6.} ({The
position, which is arised after 10.Be2 was played only one time before, where
black continued} 11... a6 12. Be3 b5 13. Qd2 Bb7 (13... f5 $142) 14. f5 $18 {
1-0 Godfrey,P-Croad,N/Auckland 1999/EXT 2003 (63)}) 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Qd2 {
[%cal Gf4f5]} f5 {preventing f4-f5.} (13... e6 {doesn't work, in view of} 14.
f5) 14. Rg1 {protecting the g4 pawn.} ({Too risky is:} 14. g5 Nf7 15. e6 Nh8
$13 {[%cal Gg7c3,Yb7d5,Yc7d5]}) (14. exf6 Bxf6 15. f5 Nf7 $132) 14... dxe5 ({
Again doesn't work the breakthrough} 14... e6 {in view of} 15. dxe6 dxe5 16. g5
$16) 15. fxe5 f4 $1 {Black had another option, which seems to me as a
dangerous one.} (15... fxg4 16. hxg4 Nxd5 17. O-O-O (17. Bxh6 Nxc3 $15) 17...
Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Qc8 {covering e6 square.} 19. Ng5 $13 {[%cal Yc3d5]}) 16. Bxf4 {
Of course, white has only 2 continuations in this position. The following
variation shows, that black's position isn't worse also after} (16. Bf2 $5 Nxd5
(16... Nf7 17. e6 Nd6 18. O-O-O Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Bxd5 (19... Ne4 20. Qe1 Nxf2 21.
Qxf2 Nxd5 $4 22. c4) 20. Qe5 $44) 17. Bc4 e6 18. Bh4 $1 Qd7 19. O-O-O Nf7 20.
Rge1 Rae8 $11) 16... Nxd5 17. Bxh6 $6 {provides to a worse position. White
could choose also from these continuations:} (17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Bxh6 Qxd2+ 19.
Bxd2 Bxf3 $15) (17. Bc4 e6 18. Nxd5 (18. Bg5 Qc7 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5
21. Qxd5+ Qf7 $15) (18. Bxh6 Rxf3) 18... exd5 19. Bf1 Nf7 $15 {[%cal Gd5d4]}) (
17. Bg3 $5 Nxc3 (17... Nf7 {[%cal Gg7h6]} 18. O-O-O Bh6 19. g5 Nxg5 20. Nxg5
Nxc3 21. Qxc3 Bxg5+ 22. Kb1 $16 {[%csl Yg1][%cal Gh3h4,Gh4h5]}) 18. Qxc3 e6 $13
) 17... Nxc3 18. Bxg7 {White has many problems after} (18. Bc4+ {as well:} Bd5
19. Qxc3 Bxh6 20. Rd1 e6 $17 {White's position is worse due to vulnerable
position of his monarch.}) 18... Nxe2 19. Bxf8 (19. Qxd8 Raxd8 $1 20. Bxf8 Nxg1
21. Nxg1 Kxf8 $17) 19... Nxg1 20. Nxg1 Qxd2+ 21. Kxd2 Kxf8 $1 {[%cal Gf8e8,
Ya8d8]} 22. Rf1+ Ke8 23. Nf3 Rd8+ 24. Kc3 $2 {allows black to get big
advantage. Another possiblities are} (24. Kc1 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 Rd5 26. Re3 Kf7 27.
c4 Rd4 28. b3 Ke6 $17 {[%cal Gh7h5]}) ({Only} 24. Ke3 $1 {gives white good
chance for a draw.} Bxf3 25. Rxf3 Rd5 26. Ke4 $1 Rd2 27. e6 $1 {[%cal Gf3f7]} (
27. Rc3 Re2+ $1 28. Kf4 (28. Kd5 Kd7 $17) 28... Kf7 $15) 27... Rxc2 28. Rf7
Rxb2 29. Rxh7 Kd8 30. Rg7 Rxa2 31. Rxg6 {and probably white is going to get
the draw.}) 24... Bxf3 $1 25. Rxf3 Rd5 $17 26. Kc4 (26. Re3 Kf7 $17 {[%cal
Gf7e6]}) 26... Rd4+ 27. Kc3 Rd5 $2 {This black's decision to force a draw is
unexplainable. What should white do after} (27... Re4 $17 {?}) 28. Kc4 Rd4+ (
28... Rxe5 {gives black good chance to win the game.} 29. Kb5 (29. Ra3 a5 30.
Kb5 Re6 $15) 29... Re4 (29... Rd5) 30. b3 Rd4 $17 {[%cal Gd4d7]}) 29. Kc3 (29.
Kb5 Rb4+ $15) 29... Rd5 (29... Re4 $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek"]
[Black "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Rb8 {Another theoretical line is} (8... Bg4 {1-0 Gross,D-Sarno,S/Leipzig 2002/
CBM 89/[Avrukh,B] (31)}) 9. Bc4 {White has many another interesting options:} (
9. Qe2 {0-1 Jakovenko,D-Lugovoi,A/Krasnodar 2002/CBM 91/[Finkel,A] (41)}) (9.
f5 $5 Nc7 10. a4 a6 11. a5 Nb5 12. fxg6 hxg6 13. Qe1 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nh7 15. e5
e6 16. Ra4 dxe5 17. Rh4 Bf6 18. Rh6 exd5 19. Nxe5 Bg7 20. Rxh7 Kxh7 21. Nxf7 {
1-0 Almasi,Z-Hickl,J/Bundesliga 2003 (21)}) (9. Kh1 Bg4 (9... Nc7 10. a4 a6 11.
a5 b5 12. axb6 Rxb6 13. Na4 Rb8 14. c4 e6 15. e5 Nfe8 16. dxe6 Nxe6 17. Be4 $14
{1/2-1/2 Baklan,V-Smirin,I/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (26)}) 10. a3 Nc7 11. Qe1 b5
12. Qh4 c4 13. Be2 e6 14. f5 exf5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Bg5 $13 {1/2-1/2
Sadvakasov,D-Lugovoi,A/Moscow 2002/CBM 88 (64)}) 9... Nc7 10. a4 b6 {Typical
move in the plan of providing the breakthrough b7-b5. The point is that after
immediate 10...a6 white has 11.a5, which prevents b7-b5.} (10... e6 11. dxe6
Bxe6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qe2 d5 14. e5 Nd7 15. Nb5 a6 16. Nxc7 Qxc7 17. c4 dxc4 (
17... d4 $5) 18. Qxc4 $14 {1-0 Khalifman,A-Schlosser,M/Sochi 1989/CBM 16 (29)})
(10... a6 11. a5 Nb5 $5 12. e5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nd7 14. Re1 b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16.
Bxa6 Bxa6 17. Rxa6 dxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxd5 19. Qxd5 Nxd5 20. Nd7 Ra8 $11 {0-1
Sutovsky,E-Svidler,P/Internet 1999/CBM 70 ext (48)}) 11. e5 {Of course, white
doesn't intend to wait till black provides the breakthrough b6-b5, so he
decides to act immediately, occupying more space in the center.} Nfe8 12. Qe2 {
defending the e5 pawn and, at the same time, preventing b6-b5.} a6 13. Rd1 $6
$146 {New move, but, probably, unsuccessful one. The better place for the rook
is e1, from where it can support the e5 square. White has tried in the
previous game} (13. Re1 Qd7 14. Ng5 $6 (14. Be3 $5 $14) 14... b5 15. e6 fxe6
16. dxe6 Qc6 17. axb5 axb5 $15 {0-1 Amonatov,F-Juswanto,D/Kuala Lumpur 1993/
EXT 98 (33)}) 13... Bg4 14. h3 $2 ({Better is} 14. Re1 {admitting his own
mistake on the previous move.}) 14... Bxf3 {Now white's pawn structure becomes
very bad.} 15. gxf3 Qd7 $1 {[%cal Gd7h3,Yd7b5,Gb6b5]} 16. Qh2 (16. Kg2 b5 $15)
16... Qf5 {Black doesn't forget about b6-b5, but intends to provide it later.
First of all, he attacks white center. Later black's queen can be transfered
to a safe square h5, where it can continue to attack white's spoiled pawn
structure on the kingside.} (16... b5 $15 {promises a slight advantage to
black as well.}) 17. Bd3 Qh5 18. Re1 (18. Be2 $5 dxe5 $140 (18... Rd8 $1 $15)
19. fxe5 Qxe5 $4 (19... Bxe5 $4 20. f4) 20. Bf4) 18... b5 {realyzing his main
idea.} (18... Qxf3 $4 19. Be2 $18) ({Deserved attention} 18... e6 $15) 19. Bd2
({After} 19. Qg3 $5 {[%cal Yg3g4] black succeeds to get a comfortable position
as well:} c4 (19... b4 20. Ne4 Nxd5 21. Bxa6 $13) 20. Bf1 Qf5 $15) 19... c4 {
Probably even better was} (19... b4 $5 20. Ne4 a5 $17 {[%cal Gc7d5]}) 20. Bf1
Qf5 {[%cal Gf5c2]} 21. axb5 axb5 22. Re4 Qc8 $1 $15 {[%cal Gf7f5,Ye7e6] Right
decision to bring the queen back to the camp. Now queen doesn't disturb its
pawns to attack white's center.} 23. h4 $6 ({White has to strengthen the
center, otherwise it will be crashed by the pressure, black is going to put on
it with following f7-f5 and e7-e6.} 23. Rd1 $5 $15 {[%csl Yd5,Ye5][%cal Gd2e1]}
) 23... f5 $5 {Strong positional move, which is going in accordance to black's
plan- to attack the white center. But black had even more attractive option-
just to capture the central pawn d5 and to transform his positional advantage
to material one:} (23... Nxd5 $1 24. Nxd5 Qc5+ 25. Be3 (25. Ne3 d5 $19) 25...
Qxd5 $17) 24. Rd4 {Other moves don't make white's life easy, for example:} (24.
Ree1 b4 25. Na4 Nxd5 26. Qe2 c3 $17) (24. exf6 Nxf6 25. Rxe7 Ncxd5 $19 {
[%cal Gb5b4]}) 24... e6 $1 $17 {Everything black wanted, he achieved. He
attacks white center which is very vulnerable, especially with the rook on d4.
He has space advantage, white's pieces are absolutely out of the game, also
black's pawn structure is much more better than the white's one. So I would
evaluate the position as the big advantage for black.} 25. dxe6 $2 {Another
mistake, which provides to lost position. Better was} (25. h5 exd5 26. hxg6
hxg6 27. Re1 Qe6 $17) (25. Re1 Qb7 $1 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Yb7f3]} 26. dxe6 dxe5
27. fxe5 (27. Rd7 Qb6+ 28. Be3 Qxe6 $17) 27... Nxe6 $17) 25... Nxe6 26. Rd5
N6c7 $2 {It is very difficult to explain why black decided to make a draw in
so strong position. He had at least two ways to get big advantage, which is
very near to victory. The following variations prove this fact:} (26... Qc6 $1
{[%cal Gb5b4]} 27. Qe2 (27. b4 cxb3 28. cxb3 b4 29. Rb5 bxc3 30. Rxb8 cxd2 $19)
27... dxe5 (27... b4 $2 28. Qxc4 Qxc4 29. Bxc4 bxc3 30. Bxc3 $13) 28. fxe5 N8c7
$1 (28... b4 29. Qxc4 Qb6+ (29... Qxc4 $2 30. Bxc4 bxc3 31. Bxc3 $13) 30. Kh1
bxc3 31. Bxc3 N8c7 32. Rd6 Qf2 33. Rxe6 Nxe6 34. Qxe6+ Kh8 $17) 29. Rd6 Qc5+
$19) (26... b4 27. Ne2 Qc6 $17) 27. Rd4 Ne6 28. Rd5 N6c7 29. Rd4 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Athens Acropolis"]
[Site "Athens"]
[Date "2004.11.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Black "Schmaltz, Roland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2004.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 {Quite a rare
move nowadays in comparison to the following ones:} (6... Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Rb8 9. e5 $1 {1-0 Vaisser,A-Bauer,C/Aix les Bains 2003/CBM 97_01/[Erenburg] 
(32)}) (6... Bg4 7. O-O Nc6 8. e5 {1-0 Yemelin,V-Golcman,E/St Petersburg 2002/
CBM 89/[Avrukh,B] (29)}) 7. O-O e5 {Another option is to try to eliminate
white's light-squared bishop with} (7... Nb4 {0-1 Kotsur,P-Sakaev,K/Moscow
1998/CBM 63/[Yudasin,L] (69)}) 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 Nd4 (9... Nb4 {1/2-1/2
Almasi,Z-Chernin,A/Budapest 1997/CBM 62/[Yudasin,L] (29)}) 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 $2 {
This continuation leads to unpleasant results for Black.} ({More to the point
seems} 10... Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxe5 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. Qd2 Be6 14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15. Nf6+
Kg7 16. Qc3 $1 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gc3g7]} Qd6 17. Rad1 Rfd8 $146 18. Be2 Qb6+ $8
19. Kh1 Rxd1 20. Nh5+ $1 Kg8 21. Rxd1 gxh5 22. Qxe5 Bg4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Jonkman,
H-Volokitin,A/Lvov 2001/CBM 87/[Roiz,M] (29)}) 11. Nxe4 (11. Bxe4 {seems
strong enough as well:} Bxe5 12. Bf4 Bg7 (12... Bxf4 13. Rxf4 Nf5 14. Bxf5 Bxf5
15. Qd4 $1 {[%cal Gc3e4]} Bxc2 16. Re1 $36 {Polgar,J-Stohl,I/Brno 1991}) 13.
Qd2 Bd7 (13... Re8 14. Rae1 c6 15. Kh1 f5 16. Bd3 Rxe1 17. Rxe1 cxd5 18. Bg5
$32 {[%csl Gc3,Gd3,Ge1,Gg5][%cal Gc3d5]}) (13... Nf5 14. Rae1 Nd6 15. Bd3 Bd7
16. Bh6 f5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qf2 b6 19. Ne2 $14 {[%cal Gc2c4,Ge2d4] De Firmian,
N-Koch,W/Politiken Cup 1996}) 14. Rae1 Nf5 15. Bxf5 $1 Bxf5 16. Nb5 $36 {
[%cal Gc2c4] De Firmian,N-Jonsson,B/Reykjavik 1998}) 11... Bxe5 12. c3 Nf5 13.
Qf3 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 $146 {In the previous game Black tried} (14... Qb6+ 15.
Rf2 Qxc6 16. Bf4 Bg7 17. g4 $16 {1-0 Moiseev,V-Schoeneich,M/Berlin 1994/EXT 97
(45)}) 15. Bg5 $1 {forcing Black to weaken the position of his monarch.} f6 (
15... Qb6+ 16. Kh1 f6 (16... Qxb2 17. Bf6 Bxf6 18. Nxf6+ Kg7 19. Nh5+ $16) 17.
Bf4 $14) 16. Bc4+ Kg7 17. Bf4 $16 {/+-. Black's position is very difficult.
His pawn structure is bad, his king is quite vulnerable, his pieces are less
active than White's. One of the main problems of the second player is the
development of the light-squared bishop.} Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Bd7 ({
Black's position wouldn't be so bad, if} 19... Ne3 {worked, but white has a
strong refutation:} 20. Nxf6 $1 Bf5 (20... Nxf1 21. Nh5+ gxh5 22. Qg5+ Kh8 23.
Qe5+ Rf6 24. Qxf6#) 21. Rae1 $1 Nxc4 22. Re7+ Rf7 23. Nh5+ $18) 20. Rae1 $1 {
threatening with g2-g4.} h5 (20... Qb8 {doesn't change too much:} 21. Qd2 Rd8
22. Nc5 Qd6 23. Qf2 $1 $18 {[%cal Ye1d1]}) {[%tqu "En","Please find the
strongest move for white.","","","e4f6","",10]} 21. Nxf6 $1 {[%mdl 64] All the
White pieces are extremely active, therefore, he is ready for decisive actions!
} Kxf6 {All other moves lose as well:} (21... Rxf6 22. Re7+ Nxe7 23. Qxf6+ Kh6
24. Qxe7 Bf5 25. Rxf5 gxf5 26. Qf6+ Kh7 27. Qxf5+ Kh6 28. Qf6+ Kh7 29. Qf7+ Kh6
30. Bd3 $18) (21... Qd8 22. Ne4 $18) 22. Qd6+ Kg5 (22... Kg7 23. Qxd7+ Kh6 24.
Qd2+ Kg7 25. Rxf5 $1 Rxf5 26. Re7+ Kf8 27. Qd6 $18) 23. Qd2+ $1 Kf6 24. Qxd7 {
[%cal Yd7e7] Very impressive victory by Dimitrios. Black needs to find some
improvement in this line, otherwise, this variation clearly favours White.} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.12.13"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[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 "Erfurt"]
[BlackTeam "Plauen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bxd7+
Qxd7 9. d5 dxe5 10. h3 e4 11. hxg4 exf3 12. Qxf3 Na6 13. Bd2 ({According to my
database nobody played the dubious} 13. Be3 $6 O-O-O 14. Rd1 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Qa4
$15) 13... O-O-O 14. O-O-O Nc7 15. Be1 {[%csl Gd5]} ({Comes to consideration} 
15. Rhe1 $5 Bd4 (15... Rhe8 $5) 16. f5 $13) 15... f5 (15... Nb5 $6 16. Nxb5
Qxb5 17. Bc3 $14) 16. gxf5 (16. g5 $6 e5 $1) 16... Qxf5 17. g4 (17. Kb1 {
is already met by} h5 {, which prevents g2-g4.}) 17... Qf7 18. Bg3 $1 {White
intends to continue f4-f5 to open the b8-h2 diagonal for his dark-squared
bishop.} h5 ({Deserves attention} 18... Be5 19. Rhe1 Bd6 $14) 19. f5 hxg4 ({
Better is} 19... Bh6+ 20. Kb1 hxg4 21. Qxg4 (21. Qf2 $5) 21... gxf5 (21... Qxf5
22. Qc4 Be3 23. Rxh8 Rxh8 24. Bxc7 Kxc7 25. d6+ $18) 22. Qc4 f4 23. Rhf1 Qh5
24. Rh1 Qf7 $11 (24... Qg4 {is too dangerous} 25. Bf2 $40)) 20. Qf4 Rd7 (20...
Na6 $5 {possible as well} 21. Nb5 Rxd5 22. Rxh8+ Bxh8 23. Rxd5 Qxd5 24. Nxa7+
Kd8 25. fxg6 $11) 21. Rxh8+ Bxh8 22. fxg6 $5 $146 (22. Nb5 {see 0-1 Westerinen,
H-Nijboer,F/Skei 1994/CBM 42 ext (40)}) 22... Qxg6 ({Black cannot play} 22...
Qxf4+ $2 {in view of} 23. Bxf4 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Nxd5 25. Be5 $18) 23. Nb5 Bg7 {
threatening Bh6 and covering the f8 square.} ({Better is} 23... Bf6 $1 {
[%cal Gf6g5] with the same ideas.} 24. Nxa7+ (24. Kb1 e5 25. Qc4 Nxb5 26. Qxb5
Be7 $15) 24... Kb8 25. Qc4 (25. Qa4 Qg5+ 26. Kb1 Rxd5 $15) 25... e5 (25... Kxa7
26. Qa4+) 26. Nb5 Qh6+ 27. Kb1 Nxb5 (27... Rxd5 28. Rf1 Qh3 29. Nxc7 Kxc7 30.
a3 $44) 28. Qxb5 Rxd5 29. Qe8+ Ka7 30. Qa4+ $11) (23... Qb6 $2 24. Qf8+ $18)
24. Rh1 ({Worse is} 24. Kb1 e5 25. Qc4 Nxb5 26. Qxb5 b6 $15) 24... Qb6 25. Nxc7
$2 {[%mdl 8192] The decisive mistake. Probably white has overestimated his
chances.} (25. Qxg4 $2 Bh6+ $17) (25. Rh7 $5 {comes to consideration.}) ({
Probably the best continuation was} 25. c4 a6 26. Qxg4 Bh6+ (26... Ne8 27. Qf4)
27. Kb1 axb5 28. d6 Ne8 29. Rxh6 Nxd6 $11) 25... Qxb2+ $19 26. Kd2 (26. Kd1 {
doesn't change anything:} Qa1+ 27. Qc1 Qc3 28. Qf4 e5 $19) 26... Qc3+ 27. Ke2 (
27. Kd1 e5 $1) 27... Qxc2+ 28. Kf1 (28. Qd2 Qe4+) (28. Ke1 Qb1+) 28... Qd1+ (
28... e5 {strong enough as well.}) 29. Kg2 Qe2+ 30. Qf2 (30. Bf2 Rxc7 $19)
30... Qe4+ 31. Kh2 Bd4 $1 (31... Bd4 32. Qd2 e5 $1 {[%cal Rd7h7]}) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Borriss, Martin"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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 "Neukoelln"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6 ({
Another theoretical line is} 8. Bxd7+ {1/2-1/2 Acs,P-Chernin,A/Lillafured 1999/
CBM 70/[Kaspi,A] (27)}) 8... Bxb5 ({Black has possibility to continue} 8...
fxe6 9. Ng5 Bxb5 10. Nxe6 Bxd4 11. Nxd8 Bf2+ 12. Kd2 Be3+ 13. Ke1 Bf2+ {
1/2-1/2 Yevseev,D-Popov,V/Nefteyugansk 2002/CBM 92 (13)}) 9. exf7+ Kd7 10. Nxb5
Qa5+ 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 h5 (12... Bxd4 $1 {See commented game1-0 Beliavsky,
A-Kantsler,B/Azov 1991/CBM 25/[Stohl] (42)}) 13. Qf3 {Quite a rare move, in
comparison to} (13. h3 Nc6 14. Nde2 (14. Nxc6 $4 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Qxc3+ 16. Bd2
Qg3+ {0-1 Picon Rodriguez,J-Peralta,F/Madrid 2002/CBM 90 ext (16)}) 14... Nh6
15. Be3 Nf5 (15... Rhf8 {Stohl} 16. Qd3 Nf5 17. Bf2 Rxf7 18. O-O-O h4 19. Kb1
Rc8 20. Qe4 Nd8 21. Rhe1 $14 {Beliavsky,A-Tal,M,Brussels 1988-CBM 07}) 16. Bf2
Raf8 (16... Rac8 {1-0 Stefansson,H-Gurevich,M/Tilburg 1994/CBM 44/[Stohl] (55)}
) 17. O-O Rxf7 {1-0 Hellers,F-Van Wely,L/Philadelphia 1992/TD (46)}) 13... Nc6
14. Nde2 Raf8 15. h3 Nh6 (15... Nf6 {1-0 Bareev,E-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Lvov 1990/
CBM 18/[King] (47)}) 16. Be3 Nf5 17. Bf2 Rxf7 18. O-O $146 (18. b4 {0-1
Riemersma,L-Van Wely,L/Enschede 1990/EXT 2002 (51)}) 18... Qa6 {[%csl Gb7]
[%cal Ya6c4,Ya6b7] Black played this move in order to prevent the white's
immediate 19.b4. He has other options as well:} (18... Rc8 19. Rfd1 Kc7 {
[%cal Yc7b8]}) (18... e6 {Interesting move, but still untested.} 19. Rfd1 Kc8
$13 {[%cal Yd6d5]}) (18... Rhf8 19. a3 {preparing b2-b4.} (19. b4 $5) 19... Kc8
20. b4 Qd8 21. Rad1 $13) (18... Kc8 $5) 19. a4 {[%cal Yc3b5]} (19. b4 {doesn't
work, in view of} Nxb4 20. Rab1 Nc6) 19... Rc8 20. Nb5 (20. Rad1 {comes to
consideration.}) 20... Bxb2 {The most principal continuation and probably the
best one.} 21. Rab1 Bg7 {There is no difference between the move in the text
and the following one:} (21... Bf6) 22. Nxa7 Nxa7 23. Qxb7+ Qxb7 24. Rxb7+ Ke8
(24... Ke6 {was too risky decision.} 25. Rxa7 (25. Re1 {[%csl Re6] with
complications}) 25... Rxc2 26. Re1 $13 {[%csl Re6]}) 25. Rxa7 e6 $2 ({Black
has to play cool} 25... Rxc2 $1 26. Rb1 Rf8 $1 $11 {[%cal Ye8f7]} ({Of course
not} 26... Rb2 27. Rxb2 Bxb2 28. a5 $18) (26... Bb2 $5)) 26. Rxf7 Kxf7 27. c3
$16 Ra8 (27... Ne7 {doesn't work, in view of} 28. a5 $1 Nd5 29. a6 $1) 28. Ra1
Ne7 29. a5 Ra6 30. Ra3 (30. g4 {was strong enough as well.}) 30... Bf6 31. c4
$6 (31. g4 $16 {The more accurate was}) 31... Nc6 32. Bb6 Ke8 $14 33. Rg3 $2 ({
After} 33. Kf2 {white keeps his advantage.}) 33... Nxa5 34. Bxa5 Rxa5 35. Rxg6
Kf7 36. Rg3 Ra2 37. Kf1 $4 ({Better was} 37. Re3 {and, probably, white could
achieve the draw.}) 37... Ra1+ $19 38. Kf2 Bh4 39. Kf3 Ra3+ 40. Kf2 Rd3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch 78th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Solovjov, Sergey"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8200]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7.
O-O c5 8. d5 Rb8 {Another theoretical line is:} (8... Bg4 {---> 1-0
Mastrovasilis,D-Marin,M/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96/[Erenburg] (44)}) 9. f5 $5 {
It is one of the most aggressive attempts to get an advantage in this popular
position. White opens the "f" file and c1-h6 diagonal to join the dark-squared
bishop to an attack. Other continuations are:} (9. e5 $1 {---> 1-0 Vaisser,
A-Bauer,C/Aix les Bains 2003/CBM 97_01/[Erenburg] (32)}) (9. Qe2 {---> 0-1
Jakovenko,D-Lugovoi,A/Krasnodar 2002/CBM 91/[Finkel] (41)}) (9. Bc4 {---> 1/
2-1/2 Pedersen,N-Izoria,Z/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96/[Erenburg] (29)}) (9. Kh1 Bg4 (
9... Nc7 10. a4 a6 11. a5 b5 12. axb6 Rxb6 13. Na4 Rb8 14. c4 e6 15. e5 Nfe8
16. dxe6 Nxe6 17. Be4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Baklan,V-Smirin,I/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 
(26)}) 10. a3 Nc7 11. Qe1 b5 12. Qh4 c4 13. Be2 e6 14. f5 exf5 15. exf5 Bxf5
16. Bg5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Sadvakasov,D-Lugovoi,A/Moscow 2002/CBM 88 (64)}) 9... Nb4
{trying to eliminate white's light-squared bishop.} (9... Nc7 10. a4 a6 11. a5
Nb5 12. fxg6 hxg6 13. Qe1 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nh7 15. e5 e6 16. Ra4 dxe5 17. Rh4 Bf6
18. Rh6 exd5 19. Nxe5 Bg7 20. Rxh7 Kxh7 21. Nxf7 {1-0 Almasi,Z-Hickl,J/
Bundesliga 2003 (21)}) (9... Ng4 10. Qe1 Nb4 11. Qh4 Nxd3 12. cxd3 gxf5 13. h3
Nf6 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Kh8 16. Ng5 Qe8 17. exf5 Rg8 18. Rae1 b5 19. Nce4 Qf8
20. Nxf6 Qxh6 21. Nxf7+ Kg7 22. Nxh6 Rf8 23. Nfg4 {1-0 Donchev,D-Kljako,D/
Trnava 1982/MCD (23)}) (9... gxf5 {---> 1/2-1/2 Nataf,I-Marin,M/Andorra 1998/
EXT 2003/[Marin,M] (52)}) (9... b5 $2 10. Nxb5 c4 11. Bxc4 Rxb5 12. Bxb5 Qb6+
13. Nd4 Nh5 14. c3 Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 Qxb5 16. fxg6 hxg6 17. Qxa7 $18) 10. fxg6
fxg6 $146 {According to my database, this position appeared for the first time.
In the preceding game black took with the "h" pawn:} (10... hxg6 11. Be2 Bg4
12. Ng5 Qd7 13. a3 Na6 14. Qe1 Nc7 15. Bd3 b5 16. Qh4 Rfc8 17. Be3 c4 18. e5
cxd3 19. exf6 exf6 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. Nge4 Ne8 22. Rae1 dxc2 23. Bh6 Bxh6 24.
Qh8+ Ke7 25. Nxf6+ {1-0 Acs,P-Spasov,V/Budapest 2000/CBM 78 (25)}) 11. Be2 {
Logical decision to avoid the trade of light-squared bishop.} Ng4 (11... b5 12.
a3 Na6 13. Nxb5 Nxe4 14. Nxa7 $18) ({I think, black should have considered the
following continuation:} 11... e6 $5 12. a3 (12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Ng5 Qe7 14. a3
Nc6 $11) 12... Na6 13. dxe6 Nc7 14. Ng5 Qe7 $13) 12. a3 Na6 13. Qe1 {
transfering the queen to an active position on the kingside.} Nc7 $6 {
preparing to carry out b7-b5. Probably, it was last moment to prevent from
white the transfer of the queen to extremely active position on h4.} (13... e6
{again came to consideration.} 14. Bc4 Nc7 15. Bg5 Qe8 16. Qg3 b5 17. Be2 Ne5
$13) 14. Qh4 Qe8 15. Bd2 {connecting the rooks.} h6 {preparing to carry out
g6-g5.} (15... b5 16. h3 Nf6 17. Rf2 a5 (17... b4 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Nd1 $16)
18. Raf1 $36) ({Maybe} 15... Bd7 {was better.}) 16. h3 g5 {Only move.} {
[%tqu "En","Please enter the best continuation for white.","","","d2g5","",10]}
17. Bxg5 $1 {[%mdl 704] White has enough pieces on the kingside for successful
attack!} hxg5 (17... Rxf3 {isn't better:} 18. Rxf3 hxg5 19. Qxg5 Nf6 (19... Ne5
20. Rg3 Qf8 21. Rf1 Nf7 22. Qg6 $18 {[%cal Yg3f3]}) 20. Rg3 Qf7 21. Rf1 $18 {
[%cal Ye4e5]}) 18. Nxg5 Nf6 ({In case of} 18... Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Nf2+ {white
sacrifices an exchange!} 20. Rxf2 Rxf2 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Bh5 Qd8 23. e5 $1 Bxe5
24. Nce4 $1 $18 {[%cal Ge4f6] and wins the game!}) {[%tqu "En","White has
sacrificied a bishop. How would you continue white's attack?","","","f1f6","",
10]} 19. Rxf6 $1 {[%mdl 704]} Rxf6 20. Qh7+ Kf8 {[%tqu "En","And what now?","",
"","e2h5","",10]} 21. Bh5 $1 Qd8 (21... Qd7 {loses as well:} 22. Bf7 Rxf7 23.
Nxf7 Ne8 24. Rf1 Nf6 25. Nh8 Qd8 (25... Bxh8 26. Qxh8+ Kf7 27. Rf5 {[%cal
Yf5g5]}) 26. g4 $18) {[%tqu "En","Please find the best move for white.","","",
"h5f7","",10]} 22. Bf7 $1 {threatening with the mate on g8.} e5 ({Black's
position is hopeless after} 22... Rxf7 {as well:} 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. Rf1+ Ke8
25. Qxg7 Kd7 26. Qg4+ Ke8 27. Qg8+ Kd7 28. Rf8 Ne8 29. Nb5 Qb6 30. Qg6 $1 $18)
23. dxe6 Rxf7 (23... Bxe6 24. Nxe6+ Nxe6 25. Qg8+ Ke7 26. Nd5+ Kd7 27. Nxf6+ (
27. Bxe6+ Rxe6 28. Qxg7+ Kc6 29. Re1 $16) 27... Qxf6 28. e5 $3 dxe5 29. Qxb8
Qxf7 30. Qxb7+ $18) 24. Nxf7 Bd4+ (24... Qf6 25. Rf1 $18) 25. Kh1 Qf6 {
covering the "f" file.} 26. Nd5 {But, white has some more pieces on the board!}
(26. Nxd6 {[%cal Ge6e7,Yh7c7] wins as well:} Bxe6 (26... Nxe6 27. Nd5 $18) 27.
Qxc7 $18) 26... Nxd5 27. exd5 $18 {Black cannot neutralize white's attack
without very big material loses...} Ke7 (27... Bxe6 {doesn't change too much:}
28. dxe6 Re8 29. c3 Rxe6 30. cxd4 Qxf7 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. dxc5 $18) 28. Nh6+ Kd8
29. Nf5 Be5 ({The most resistant continuation leads to the position without
two pawns:} 29... Bxe6 30. dxe6 Qxe6 31. Nxd4 cxd4 32. Rf1 Qe7 33. Qh8+ $18)
30. Rf1 (30. e7+ {is even simplier:} Kd7 31. Qg8 $18) 30... Bxe6 31. dxe6 Qxe6
32. Nd4 Qe7 (32... cxd4 33. Rf8+ Qe8 34. Rxe8+ Kxe8 35. Qg8+ $18) 33. Ne6+ Kd7
34. Rf7 Re8 35. Nf8+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.03.31"]
[Round "15.6"]
[White "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Black "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ {A quite
rare move, which is played often by Shirov.} ({Much more popular is} 7. e5 {
See commented game 1-0 Golod,V-Kreizberg,M/Rehovot 2001/CBM 87/[Golod,V] (23)})
7... Nfxd7 {Another possibility of capture is} (7... Qxd7 {See commented game
1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Othman,A/Dubai 2002/CBM 89/[Avrukh,B] (30)}) (7... Nbxd7 8. d5
O-O 9. Qe2 e6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. O-O Qe7 12. Bd2 a6 13. a4 Rae8 14. Rae1 $13 {
1-0 Shirov,A-Van Wely,L/Monte Carlo 1998/CBM 63 ext (26)}) 8. d5 O-O (8... b5 {
1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Beliavsky,A/Madrid 1997/CBM 59/[Shirov] (46)}) (8... Na6 {
1-0 Shirov,A-Hulak,K/Manila 1992/CBM 30/[Shirov] (31)}) 9. O-O Na6 10. f5 (10.
Qe2 Nc7 11. a4 a6 12. Rd1 b6 {[%cal Ya8b8,Yb6b5]} (12... Rb8 13. a5 $5) 13. e5
$14 {1-0 Van der Wiel,J-Larsen,B/Amsterdam 1980/MCL (36)}) 10... Nc7 $6 $146 {
This position appeared for the first time. I think that better was firstly to
activate the queen, as it was played in a previous game:} (10... Qb6 11. Kh1
Nc7 12. Ne2 c4 13. Ng3 a5 14. Rb1 $14 {0-1 Savon,V-Hort,V/Petropolis 1973/IZT 
(38)}) (10... Nf6 11. Bg5 c4 {[%cal Ga6c5]} 12. Kh1 Qd7 13. Qe2 b5 14. a3 Qb7
15. Rae1 $14 {1-0 Gurevich,V-Lornje,F/Simferopol 1991/TD (34)}) 11. a4 {
Taking control over the b5 square.} a6 {[%cal Yb7b5]} 12. Qe1 {[%cal Ye1h4]} b5
{In this type of position white's plan is to develop the initiative on the
king side, transfering his pieces to this area. In opposite black creates
counterplay on the queenside, pushing forward his pawn "b" with following
attack of the center with e7-e6.} 13. Qh4 b4 14. Ne2 {[%csl Ga4,Rb5][%cal
Yc7b5] Now we understand the importance of the 11-th move a4.} e6 (14... gxf5 {
In positions such like this, it is always dangerous to capture on f5:} 15. Bh6
$40) 15. Bg5 {forcing black to close his dark-squared bishop.} f6 16. Bd2 exd5
17. exd5 g5 18. Qe4 $6 ({Deserved attention} 18. Qg3) 18... Qe8 $6 ({Black
should play} 18... Re8 $1 19. Qd3 Qe7 (19... g4 20. Nh4 Ne5 21. Qb3 $13) 20.
Rfe1 (20. Ng3 g4 21. Nh4 Ne5 22. Qb3 Rab8 $17 {[%cal Gc5c4]}) 20... Qe4 $15)
19. Ng3 Qf7 $6 {Probably black had to choose one of the following options:} (
19... Qxe4 $5 20. Nxe4 Nxd5 21. Nxd6 g4 22. Ne1 (22. Nh4 Rfd8) 22... Rfd8 $13)
(19... Nb6 $5 20. Qd3 $13) 20. Rad1 $1 Rfe8 21. Qg4 Ne5 $6 ({Better was} 21...
Nxd5 $5 22. Bc1 Ne5 (22... Bf8 $5) 23. Qe4 Nxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Re5 25. b3 $14 {
[%cal Gc1b2]}) 22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. c4 bxc3 24. Bxc3 Rxd5 25. Ne4 $44 {White's
chances are preferable thanks to much more active pieces than the black's ones.
} h5 26. Qg3 Ne8 $6 {overlooking white's tactical resourse.} (26... Qe7 $5 {
comes to consideration.}) 27. h3 $6 {White missed much more attractive
continuation, but anyway his position is better.} ({Stronger was} 27. Nxd6 $1
Nxd6 28. Qf3 Ne4 29. Qxe4 Rad8 30. Rxd5 Qxd5 31. Qe2 $16) 27... Rc8 (27... Rd8
28. Rde1 {and black's rook on e5 is out of the game.}) (27... Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Bf8
29. Qd3 $44) 28. Rde1 $1 c4 29. Re3 Qa7 $6 {Black's pieces are paralized, so
it isn't an easy job to recommend something for him.} (29... Bh6 30. Rfe1 $44)
30. Kh1 Qf7 31. Qf3 Kh7 $6 ({More resistant was} 31... Bh6 $1 32. Qe2 $1 $44 (
32. Bxf6 g4 33. hxg4 Bxe3 34. Qxe3 Nxf6 35. Qg5+ Kf8 36. Nxf6 Re5 37. gxh5 (37.
Nxh5 $5) 37... Qg7 38. g4 Qxg5 39. Nh7+ Kg8 40. Nxg5 Re2 $13)) 32. Rfe1 Rd3 {
Black is going to give back the pawn with idea to change his passive rook and
to get into the game his queen, but it doesn't improve his position, because
white's pieces will be still very active.} (32... Kg8 33. Ng3 $16) 33. Rxd3
cxd3 34. Qxd3 Qc4 {time Black lost on time, but anyway, his position is
hopeless.} ({For example:} 34... Qc4 35. Qd1 g4 36. hxg4 d5 (36... hxg4 37.
Qxg4 $18) 37. Nf2 hxg4 (37... Qf4 38. g5 Qxg5 (38... Qxf2 39. Qxh5+ Kg8 40.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 41. Qxe8+ Kh7 42. Qg6+ $18) 39. Qxd5 $18) 38. Nxg4 Qf4 39. Re7 $18)
(34... Rc6 35. Nxg5+ fxg5 36. Re7 Qc4 37. Qb1 $1 Kh6 38. Rxe8 Bxc3 39. bxc3
Qxc3 40. Re6+ Kg7 41. Qb7+ Rc7 42. Re7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Subotica TS03 GM"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "2003.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pap, Misa"]
[Black "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2003.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 (6. e5 {is much more
popular theoretical line.}) 6... Qa5 7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. Qe2 Bg4 9. Be3 Qa5 10. h3
Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. a3 Nd7 14. Bd2 {In this position white's
strong point is a pair of bishops. His plan is to attack the black monarch
through f4-f5 and occupying the d5 square with his knight. Black has a strong
dark-squared bishop on a long diagonal, his knights are going to occupy the
good positions in the center, such as d4 and c5. Of course black's main plan
is connected with the counterplay on the queenside, through Rc8 and pushing
forward his pawns "a" and "b". I think that the chances are approximately
equal.} Rac8 {Black tried another moves in this posiotn:} (14... Qd8 15. Kh1 (
15. Rab1 Nc5 16. Ne2 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Qb6+ 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Bd2 Rac8 20. Bc3 a6 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nc3 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 e6 $11 {Kose,S-Bognar,C/Yerevan 1999/CBM 72})
15... e6 16. Rae1 $5 (16. Rab1 a6 17. Ne2 Nc5 18. Rfd1 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 d5 20. Bc3
dxe4 21. Qxe4 Qc7 $11 {Campora,D-Chernin,A/Villarrobledo 1998/EXT 99}) (16.
Rad1 Qh4 (16... Rc8 17. f5 Qh4 18. Be1 Qe7 19. Bg3 Nce5 20. Qf2 a6 $13 {
Marjanovic,S-Vucicevic,M/Belgrade 1988/TD}) 17. Be1 Qe7 18. Bf2 Nb6 19. Rfe1
Nd4 20. Qe3 Rac8 21. Qc1 Nc6 $132 {Nurkic,S-Chabanon,J/Asti 1996/EXT 98}) (16.
Qg3 a6 17. f5 Be5 18. Bf4 Nf6 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Qh4 Kg7 $13 {Van der Poel,
H-Chernin,A/San Bernardino 1994/EXT 97}) (16. Bc4 Nd4 (16... a6 17. Ba2 Qc7 18.
Rad1 b5 19. Be1 Nb6 20. Qd3 Rad8 21. Bh4 Rd7 22. f5 $36 {Arnason,J-Kristiansen,
J/Gausdal 1987/CBM 04}) 17. Qd1 d5 18. exd5 Nb6 19. Ba2 exd5 20. Ne2 Nf5 $15 {
Campora,D-Chernin,A/Brocco 1991/EXT 97}) 16... Rc8 17. Qg3 Qe7 18. Nd1 $5 Nc5
19. Bc3 a6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Ne3 $14 {1-0 Felgaer,R-Peralta,F/Pinamar 2002/CBM
88/[Finkel,A] (64)}) (14... Qb6+ $6 15. Kh1 Qxb2 $4 16. Rfb1 $18 {[%csl Rb2]})
(14... Nd4 15. Qf2 Nc5 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Bc3 Nc6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. f5 Nd7 20. Bb5
$6 (20. Rad1 $5 {deserved attention}) 20... a6 21. Bxc6 $6 bxc6 22. Nf4 Qb6 $11
{0-1 Sameeh,H-Berelovich,A/Cairo 2000/CBM 77 ext (37)}) 15. Kh1 a6 {preparing
b7-b5 subsequently.Black has option of playing Qd8 immediately:} (15... Qd8 16.
g4 (16. Qg3 Nc5 17. f5 Ne5 18. Nd5 Nexd3 19. cxd3 Nb3 20. Rad1 Nxd2 21. Rxd2 e6
22. Ne3 {1/2-1/2 Saltaev,M-Rakhmangulov,A/Moscow 1996/EXT 2000 (22)}) (16. Rfd1
e6 17. Rab1 a6 18. Ne2 Nc5 19. Be1 d5 20. c4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Qxe4 Qc7
$11 {1/2-1/2 Arnason,J-Rukavina,J/Bor 1983/MCD (42)}) (16. Rab1 a6 (16... Nb6
17. Ne2 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. e5 $1 {[%cal Gc2c3]} dxe5 20. f5 $1 $40 {
Unzicker,W-Timman,J/Nice 1974}) 17. Qf2 e6 18. Ne2 Nc5 19. f5 Nxd3 20. cxd3
exf5 21. exf5 Re8 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Qf7+ Kh8 24. Bc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Botterill,
G-Rukavina,J/Birmingham 1977/EXT 99 (36)}) 16... Nc5 17. f5 Ne5 18. Qg3 Nexd3
19. cxd3 Nb3 20. Rad1 Nxd2 {1/2-1/2 Galyas,M-Zimmerman,Y/Budapest 2000/EXT
2001 (20)}) 16. Rad1 {White is centralyzing his pieces, his main idea is to
occupy the d5 square by the knight.} (16. Qf2 Qd8 17. Rac1 b5 18. f5 Nce5 19.
Qh4 e6 20. Bg5 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qh6 $13 {1-0 Wong Zi Jing-Zimmerman,Y/
Budapest 2000/CBM 74 ext (62)}) ({desreves attention:} 16. Qg3 {with following
f4-f5.}) 16... Qd8 {[%cal Gb7b5]} 17. Bc1 {preparing knight's transfer to d5.}
({In my opinion, the following option gives white more chances to get the
advantage:} 17. Qg3 Na5 $6 (17... Nc5 {comes to consideration.}) 18. Nd5 $1 Nc4
19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. e5 $1 Nc5 (20... dxe5 21. Bb4 Re8 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Qf3 $16)
21. Bb4 $16 {1-0 Jonkman,H-Gofshtein,L/Hoogeveen 2001/CBM 84 ext (40)}) 17...
b5 {Black doesn't hurry with occupation of d4 and c5 squares by his knights,
thus he waits for white's actions.} (17... Nd4 18. Qf2 b5 19. Nd5 (19. a4 $5
$14) 19... e6 20. Nc3 $6 {looks strange.} ({More logical is} 20. Nb4 Nc5 21. e5
$14) 20... Qc7 $13 {1-0 Zaragatski,I-Mueller,M/Dresden 2002/EXT 2003 (40)}) 18.
Nd5 e6 {Probably in this position white has a slight advantage:} (18... Nd4 19.
Qf2 Nc5 (19... e6 20. Be3 $1) 20. c3 Ndb3 21. Be3 e6 22. Nb4 (22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23.
Ne3 $11) 22... a5 23. Bc2 $1 (23. Nc2 f5 $1 24. e5 (24. exf5 Nxd3 25. Rxd3 Rxf5
$11) 24... Nxd3 25. Rxd3 d5 $11) 23... Qc7 (23... axb4 $140 24. axb4 Qc7 25.
bxc5 Nxc5 26. f5 $14) 24. f5 $14) (18... Nc5 $5) (18... e6 19. Nb4 Nc5 (19...
Nd4 20. Qf2 Nc5 (20... a5 21. Be3 $1 $14) 21. e5 $14) 20. Nxc6 (20. e5 Nxb4 21.
axb4 Nxd3 $15) 20... Rxc6 21. Be2 $14 {/=}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 0203 78th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2003.01.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2002.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. a3 $5 {Interesting move, but rare
one. The main idea of this move is to prevent black's 5...c7-c5, like it
happens in variations after 5.Nf3} O-O (5... c5 $2 {is already met by} 6. dxc5
Qa5 7. b4) 6. Nf3 c6 {Black has other continuations in this position:} (6... b6
$5 {see 1/2-1/2 David,A-Bauer,C/France 2000/EXT 2001 (21)}) (6... Bg4 7. h3
Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nc6 9. Be3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. f5 $14 {1-0 Illescas Cordoba,
M-Gurevich,M/Madrid 1988/EXT 97 (26)}) 7. Bd3 Bg4 $6 ({More solid is} 7... Nbd7
8. e5 (8. O-O e5 $13) 8... Ne8 (8... Ng4 {deserves attention.}) 9. Qe2 $14 {
1-0 Djuric,S-Cabrilo,G/Zlatibor 1989/EXT 2000 (27)}) 8. h3 $5 $146 {White
doesn't hurry to castle, first of all he prefers to cover the diagonal a7-g1,
especially the c5-square, and then to complete the development.} ({In
according to my database the position after 7...Bg4 was played only once
before this game, where white chose to start from the castle:} 8. O-O e5 9.
dxe5 dxe5 10. f5 Nbd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nc5 {Black has already occupied the
c5-square with the knight.} 13. Be3 Nxd3 14. Rad1 $13 {0-1 Sedina,E-Qendro,L/
Milan 2002/CBM 89 ext (41)}) 8... Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e5 (9... Qb6 {doesn't change
the evaluation of the position.} 10. e5 (10. Ne2 {comes to consideration as
well.}) 10... Nfd7 (10... Ne8 11. h4) 11. h4 $40 {[%cal Gh4h5]}) 10. dxe5 dxe5
11. f5 Nbd7 (11... Qb6 $2 {trying to prevent the white castle.} 12. Be3 $1 (12.
g4 $16) 12... Qxb2 $4 13. Kd2 $1) 12. Be3 $16 {Now white prevents from black
to occupy an important square c5 with the knight and this is the difference
between this variation and 8.0-0 variation. White has a pair of bishops, his
pieces occupied better positions than the black's ones, so after white castles
he gets the advantage.} Nh5 (12... gxf5 13. Qxf5 $16) (12... Qa5 13. g4) 13.
O-O-O {The long castle allows white to attack the black king with the kingside
pawns.} Qe7 14. h4 {White's plan is very simple: to attack the black monarch,
pushing forward the pawns of the king side.} Nf4 $6 ({Probably better was} 
14... Rfd8 $16 {trying to trade rooks.}) 15. Bc4 b5 16. Ba2 {White's bishop
occupied a very important diagonal- a2-g8.} Rab8 {trying to get a counterplay
on the queen side.} 17. g3 $18 Nh5 18. g4 Nf4 19. g5 {[%csl Rg7] Black is
totally squezed.} b4 20. axb4 Qxb4 21. Bb3 Nc5 22. Bxc5 {trading almost the
only active black piece on the board.} Qxc5 23. f6 Bh8 {From now on black
plays without dark-squared bishop.} 24. h5 Rfd8 (24... Nxh5 {doesn't change
anything.} 25. Rxh5 gxh5 26. Qxh5 $40) 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Rh4 {After this move
white has still winning position, but after} (26. Rh6 $1 {he was winning on
the spot.} Nh5 27. Rxg6+) 26... Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Nh5 28. Rh3 {transfering the
rook to the "d" file.} Rf8 29. Kb1 $1 {Very good profilactic move, which robs
black of his last hope.} Qf2 30. Ka2 Qf4 31. Qg1 {[%csl Gg5]} ({Even stronger
was} 31. Rxh5 gxh5 32. Qxh5 {[%cal Rh5g6]} Bxf6 33. gxf6 $18) 31... a5 32. Rd3
{[%cal Yg1c5,Gd3d7] occupying the"d" file with the rook.} a4 33. Bc4 (33. Bxa4
$18 {not bad as well.}) 33... a3 34. bxa3 {The rest is a matter of technique.}
(34. Qc5 $18) 34... Qh4 35. Qc5 $1 {threatening Qxf8.} Nxf6 (35... Rc8 36.
Bxf7+ $18) 36. gxf6 Bxf6 37. Qxc6 Qf2 38. Bb3 Kg7 39. Nd5 Bd8 40. Qc3 Re8 41.
Nb4 Rh8 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.07.30"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Bobras, Piotr"]
[Black "Collins, Sam E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Ireland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]

{[%mdl 8192]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 {immediately
attacking white's centre. Another theoretical possibility is} (5... O-O {
0-1 Kotronias,V-Smirin,I/Moscow 2004/CBM 100_01/[Erenburg] (62)}) 6. dxc5 (6.
Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. d5 dxe5 10. h3 e4 11. hxg4 exf3 12. Qxf3
Na6 {0-1 Luther,T-Beliavsky,A/Germany 2002/CBM 93/[Erenburg] (31)}) 6... Qa5 $1
7. Qd4 $5 {White activates the queen, covering the long diagonl. This
continuation is rare in comparison to the following ones:} (7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. Qe2
Bg4 9. Be3 Qa5 {1/2-1/2 Bologan,V-Nyback,T/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104_01/[Erenburg]
(47)}) (7. Bb5+ $5 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Speelman,J/Moscow 1994/CBM 045/
[Speelman,J] (41)}) 7... O-O {securing the monarch, and protecting the
fianchetted dark-squared bishop at the same time. Black tried also:} (7... Nc6
8. Bb5 Qxb5 9. Qxf6 $1 Bxf6 10. Nxb5 $16 {1-0 Milov,L-Henderikse,H/Haarlem NED
2004/The Week in Chess 505 (29)}) (7... dxc5 8. Bb5+ Nbd7 (8... Qxb5 9. Qxf6
Bxf6 10. Nxb5 Na6 11. e5 Bg7 12. Be3 $14) 9. Qa4 Qxa4 10. Bxa4 a6 11. e5 Ng4
12. Bb3 b5 13. Bd5 Ra7 14. Ng5 Nh6 15. Be3 Rc7 16. e6 $16 {1-0 Certic,
B-Vujadinovic,G/Kladovo 1996/EXT 2000 (35)}) 8. Bd2 Nc6 {attacking white's
queen, and continuing the development of the queenside.} (8... Nfd7 {is
refuted by} 9. Nd5 $1 Qd8 (9... Bxd4 10. Nxe7+ Kg7 11. Bxa5 $18) 10. cxd6 $1
Bxd4 11. dxe7 Qe8 12. Nxd4 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bb4 cxd5 15. Bb5 $18) 9. Qc4 {
Other possibilities are:} (9. Qe3 $6 Ng4 10. Qg1 dxc5 11. h3 Nf6 12. a3 e5 13.
O-O-O exf4 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Bc3 Qe7 $15 {0-1 Kormos,A-Bognar,C/
Hungary 2000/EXT 2004 (56)}) (9. Qf2 Qxc5 (9... Ng4 $142 $1) 10. Qxc5 dxc5 11.
e5 Nd7 12. O-O-O f6 13. Bc4+ Kh8 14. exf6 exf6 15. Be3 a6 16. Rhe1 Bh6 17. g3
b6 18. Be6 $16 {1-0 Ninov,N-Peev,P/YUG Cup Ulcinj 1997 (36)}) 9... Be6 $146 {
According to my database, this position appeared for the first time. In the
receding game black tried} (9... Qxc5 10. Qxc5 dxc5 11. e5 Ne8 12. Be3 b6 13.
O-O-O Nc7 14. Nb5 Ne6 15. Bc4 a6 16. Nc3 $16 {1-0 Milov,L-Gonzales,J/I Fincas
Mediterranea, Castelldefels ES 2004 (31)}) 10. Qb5 Qxb5 {Other continuations
don't equalize as well:} (10... Qb4 $5 11. O-O-O (11. cxd6 Nxe4 12. dxe7 Rfe8
13. Qxb4 Nxb4 14. Nxe4 Nxc2+ 15. Kf2 Nxa1 16. Bb5 Rxe7 17. Rxa1 Bxb2 18. Rb1
Bg7 19. Bb4 Bxa2 20. Bxe7 Bxb1 21. Nd6 Ba2 $14 {/=}) 11... Qxc5 12. Qxc5 dxc5
13. Be3 (13. e5 Ng4) 13... b6 14. h3 $14) (10... dxc5 11. Qxa5 Nxa5 12. Na4 $16
) 11. Bxb5 dxc5 $6 {allowing white to get a superior pawn structure.} ({
In my opinion, black should have prevented the capture on c6 by} 11... Nb4 12.
O-O-O a6 13. Be2 dxc5 14. a3 Nc6 15. Be3 c4 16. e5 Ng4 17. Bc5 Bh6 18. g3 Ngxe5
19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxe7 Rfe8 21. Bd6 $14) 12. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 13. O-O-O $16 {
White has an obvious advantage, thanks to a superior pawn structure.} Ng4 $6 {
probably plays in white's hands.} (13... Nd7 14. h3 $16 {[%cal Yg2g4]}) 14.
Rde1 Rfd8 15. h3 {driving away the knight from an active position.} Nf6 16. g4
{preparing advance of the pawns on the queenside.} Nd7 17. f5 Bc4 18. b3 Ba6
19. e5 $1 {Now black's pieces activity is limitted by white's pawns.} c4 {
delivering from the double pawns.} 20. e6 $1 {Now white destroys black's king
residence on the kingside.} Nf8 ({Black doesn't neutralize white's activity
after} 20... fxe6 21. Rxe6 cxb3 22. axb3 gxf5 23. gxf5 Rf8 24. Rxe7 Rxf5 25.
Rg1 Rf7 26. Rxf7 Kxf7 27. Ng5+ Ke7 28. Re1+ $18) 21. exf7+ Kxf7 22. Ne5+ {
forcing black to change his important dark-squared bishop.} Bxe5 23. Rxe5 cxb3
24. axb3 Nd7 {trying to drive away the rook from an active position.} (24...
gxf5 25. Rxf5+ Ke8 26. Re1 Bc8 27. Rf6 $16 {[%cal Yc3a4,Ya4c5] /+-}) 25. Ra5
Bb7 26. fxg6+ hxg6 (26... Kxg6 {doesn't make black's life easier.} 27. Rg5+ Kf7
28. Rf1+ Nf6 29. Re5 $18 {[%cal Gg4g5]}) 27. Ne4 Kg8 (27... c5 28. Ng5+ Ke8 (
28... Kg8 29. Rd1 $16 {[%cal Gg5e6,Yd2g5] /+-}) 29. Re1 $16 {/+-}) 28. Re1 Re8
29. Rg5 Nf8 (29... Kh7 30. h4 {[%cal Gh4h5]} Nf6 31. h5 $1 Nxe4 (31... gxh5 32.
Rh1 $18) 32. Rxe4 $18) 30. Nc5 Bc8 31. Bc3 $18 {White absolutely dominates the
board! He controls all the open files, diagonalas and gorizontals! The
location of all black's pieces on the 8-th rank only emphasizes white's
enormous advantage.} a5 32. h4 {Black is hopeless against white's h4-h5 strike.
} e5 33. h5 Ra7 {adding the queenside rook for protecting the monarch.} 34.
hxg6 Rg7 35. Ne4 {threatening with Nf6+.} Re6 36. Rxe5 {It is time to collect
the material advantage.} Rgxg6 (36... Rxe5 {doesn't change anything:} 37. Bxe5
Rxg6 38. g5 $18) 37. Rxa5 Nh7 {covering the f6 square.} 38. Ra8 Re8 39. g5 Rge6
40. Ra7 {threatening with Rg7+.} Rxe4 (40... R6e7 41. Nf6+ $18) 41. Rg7+ Kf8
42. Rf1+ Nf6 43. gxf6 Rg4 44. f7 {Now white's "f" pawn is unstoppable.} Ree4
45. Rh7 {with following Rh8+.} Rgf4 46. Rh8+ Kxf7 47. Rxf4+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.04.10"]
[Round "15.5"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%mdl 8192]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7.
e5 {is considered as the most principled continuation. Another theoretical
line is} (7. Bxd7+ {---> 1-0 Wahls,M-Gallagher,J/Germany 2003/CBM 95/[Erenburg]
(34)}) 7... Ng4 8. e6 {Another attempt to fight for an advantage is} (8. Bxd7+
Qxd7 9. d5 dxe5 10. h3 e4 11. hxg4 exf3 12. Qxf3 Na6 {---> 0-1 Luther,
T-Beliavsky,A/Germany 2002/CBM 93/[Erenburg] (31)}) 8... fxe6 ({Another option
is} 8... Bxb5 9. exf7+ Kd7 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 {---> 0-1
Borriss,M-Gurevich,M/Germany 2003/CBM 93/[Erenburg] (40)}) 9. Ng5 {[%cal Gd1g4,
Yg5e6]} Bxb5 10. Nxb5 ({There is a quick draw after} 10. Nxe6 Bxd4 11. Nxd8
Bf2+ 12. Kd2 Be3+ 13. Ke1 Bf2+ {1/2-1/2 Yevseev,D-Popov,V/Nefteyugansk 2002/
CBM 92 (13)}) 10... Qa5+ 11. c3 (11. Nc3 {leads to the 8...Bxb5. See commented
game ---> 0-1 Borriss,M-Gurevich,M/Germany 2003/CBM 93/[Erenburg] (40)}) 11...
Qxb5 12. Qxg4 (12. Nxe6 Qc4 {-leads to the game.}) 12... cxd4 13. Nxe6 Qc4 14.
Nxg7+ Kf7 15. Nf5 {In the previous game White continued with the interesting} (
15. f5 Kxg7 16. Qh4 Nc6 17. Rf1 Kg8 $6 ({Stronger is} 17... Rhg8 18. f6+ Kh8
19. fxe7 (19. Bg5 Rgf8 $1 $17) 19... Rge8 20. Bg5 Qe6+ 21. Kf2 dxc3 22. Kg1 {
[%cal Ya1e1]} cxb2 23. Rae1 $44) 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Rd1 Ne5 20. Rxd4 Qxa2 21. Kf2
Nf7 22. Kg1 Nxh6 23. Qxh6 Rf8 24. Rdf4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Gruenfeld,Y-Tal,M/Tel Aviv
1990/CBM 20 ext (61)}) 15... h5 (15... Qe6+ 16. Ne3 dxe3 17. Qxe6+ Kxe6 18.
Bxe3 Nc6 19. Ke2 $146 b5 20. Rad1 a5 $11 {---> 1/2-1/2 Smeets,J-Gagunashvili,M/
Wijk aan Zee 2004/CBM 99/[Erenburg] (48)}) 16. Qg5 (16. Ne3 dxe3 17. Qe2 Rc8
18. Bxe3 Nd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Toro Solis de Ovando,G-Umansky,M/ICCF COR 2004/The
Week in Chess 536 (41)}) 16... Qe6+ 17. Ne3 dxe3 18. Qb5 $146 {A new attempt
to get an advantage, but, as we'll see, it doesn't promise anything special.
In the preceding game white tried} (18. f5 gxf5 19. O-O Nd7 (19... e2 20. Rxf5+
Ke8 21. Be3 Nc6 (21... Qxa2 22. Rxa2 e1=Q+ 23. Rf1 Qe2 24. Bd4 $18)) 20. Bxe3
Rag8 21. Qxf5+ Qxf5 22. Rxf5+ Ke6 23. Rb5 b6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Dabo Peranic,
R-Dragomirescu,A/Paks 2004/CBM 100 ext (47)}) 18... Nd7 19. Qe2 Qg4 {forcing
White to trade the queens.} (19... Nf6 20. O-O $13 {[%cal Yf1f3]}) 20. Bxe3 (
20. Qxg4 hxg4 21. Bxe3 Nf6 $11 {[%cal Yh8h5,Gf6e4,Ye7e6,Yd6d5]}) 20... Qxe2+
21. Kxe2 Rhc8 22. h3 {covering the g4 square.} Nf6 {activating the knight.} 23.
Kf3 {In the endgame the king should be active.} Nd5 24. Bd4 b5 $11 {Black
fixes white's queenside pawns on the dark squares.} 25. a3 {preventing Black's
possible b5-b4 strike.} Rc4 26. g4 {White's only plan to improve his position
is to open up the game on the kingside.} Rf8 {intending to attack White's
kingside pawns.} 27. gxh5 (27. Bxa7 $2 Rxf4+ $17) 27... gxh5 28. f5 Ke8 29. Ke4
Nf6+ 30. Kd3 {Now White already threatens to take on a7.} a6 31. Rhg1 d5 {
preparing an occupation of the stronghold e4 .} 32. Raf1 Kd7 33. Rg6 Rc6 {
covering the sixth rank.} 34. Ke3 Ne4 $1 {[%cal Ye4d6]} 35. Rxc6 Kxc6 36. Kf4 {
preparing an invasion with the king into the black camp.} Kd6 37. Be5+ Kc6 38.
Bd4 Kd6 ({Black loses after} 38... Rxf5+ 39. Kxf5 Ng3+ 40. Kg5 (40. Ke6 Nxf1
41. Kxe7 Nd2 42. Kf6 Nc4 43. b4 Nxa3 44. Kg5 Nc2 {[%cal Gc2d4,Ya6a5]} 45. Bg7
d4 $19) 40... Nxf1 41. Kxh5 Kd6 42. h4 e5 43. Ba7 e4 44. Kg6 e3 45. h5 e2 46.
Bf2 Ne3 47. h6 Ng4 48. Bg3+ Ke6 49. h7 Ne5+ 50. Kg7 Nf7 51. Bh4 a5 52. b3 a4
53. bxa4 (53. b4 Nh8 54. Kxh8 Kf7 $11) 53... bxa4 54. Bf2 Ke7 55. Bg3 Ke6 56.
Bh4 Nh8 57. Kxh8 Kf7 58. Be1 Kf8 59. Bd2 Kf7 60. c4 dxc4 61. Bb4 $18) 39. Be5+
Kc6 40. Bd4 {White doesn't succeed to invade with his king into black's camp,
therefore, the draw was agreed.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Podolsk"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zaitsev, Igor A"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. f4 Nf6 (2... c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. Be2 Bg4 6. O-O Bxf3 7.
Rxf3 Nbd7 8. d3 e6 9. Kh1 Be7 10. Be3 d5 11. e5 Ng4 12. Bg1 Nh6 13. Rh3 c5 14.
Qd2 O-O-O 15. a3 Kb8 16. Qe1 a6 17. b4 cxb4 18. Na2 Qxa3 19. d4 Qb2 20. Rb3
Qxc2 21. Rxb4 Qc7 22. Rb3 Nb6 23. Qa5 Nc4 24. Qxa6 Na5 25. Nc1 Qxc1 26. Rxb7+
Nxb7 {Votava,J-Biolek,R/CSR-ch/1992/1-0 TD 1992/ 10}) (2... g6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5
(4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 (5. Bc4 O-O 6. d3 c6 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3 a5 9. a4 b4 10. Ne2 (
10. Nb1 Na6 11. e5 Nd5 12. c4 bxc3 13. bxc3 Nc5 14. Bc2 f5 15. c4 Nb4 16. d4
Ne4 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Ng5 d5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Qb3 Qb6 21. Be3 Ba6 22. Rc1 e6
23. Na3 h6 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. d5 Qb7 26. dxe6 Qd5 27. Qxd5 Nxd5 28. Bc5 Rfe8 29.
Nb5 Bxb5 30. axb5 Nxf4 31. e7 {Waters,M-Oratovsky,M/EU-chJ (1)/1992/0-1/37/})
10... Na6 11. e5 Nd5 12. d4 Nac7 13. c3 bxc3 14. bxc3 Ba6 15. Bd2 Rb8 16. Bc2
f5 17. exf6 exf6 18. f5 Qe7 19. Re1 Qf7 20. Nf4 g5 21. Ne6 Rfe8 22. Nxc7 Nxc7
23. Rb1 Bc4 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Bb3 Bd5 26. c4 Be4 27. Bc2 Rxb1 28. Bxb1 Bxf3
29. Qxf3 Qa8 30. Qb3 Qa7 31. c5+ {Waters,M-Thallinger,G/EU-chJ (9)/1992/1-0/72/
}) 5... O-O 6. O-O c5 7. Qe1 Nc6 8. d3 Nd4 9. Bd1 Bg4 10. Nxd4 (10. Qf2 e6 11.
Be3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd7 13. Rae1 Qa5 14. Bd1 b5 15. a3 b4 16. Nb1 Nb5 17. axb4
cxb4 18. d4 Rac8 19. Nd2 a6 20. f5 Qa2 21. Qh4 Qxb2 22. f6 Bh8 23. e5 dxe5 24.
Ne4 Rfd8 25. Ng5 Nf8 26. dxe5 Rd5 27. Rf3 Rxe5 28. Ref1 Rf5 29. Ne4 Nd4 30.
R3f2 Rxf2 31. Qxf2 {Maier,A-Baumhus,R/Munich op9192/1992/0-1/43/}) 10... Bxd1
11. Nc6 bxc6 12. Nxd1 e6 13. c4 Ng4 14. h3 Nh6 15. Be3 f5 16. Qe2 Bd4 17. Bxd4
cxd4 18. Nf2 Rb8 19. b3 a5 20. Rab1 c5 21. e5 Nf7 22. exd6 Qxd6 23. Qd2 Qc7 24.
Rbe1 Rfe8 25. Re2 Re7 26. Rfe1 Rbe8 27. Kf1 e5 28. fxe5 Rxe5 29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30.
Rxe5 Nxe5 31. Qf4 {Rogers,I-Kerkhof,P/Oostende op/1992/1/2-1/2/48/}) 4... Nd5
5. Nc3 Nxf4 6. d4 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Ne6 8. d5 Ng7 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. O-O f6 11. Nxd7
Nxd7 12. Qe2 Kf7 13. Bh6 Nb6 14. Rad1 Nc8 15. Qe6+ {Zaitsev,I-Ivanov,V/Moscow4/
1992/1-0}) (2... c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
Nd4 (8... Rb8 9. h3 b5 10. g4 b4 11. Ne2 Ne8 12. f5 a5 13. Rb1 a4 14. Be3 Nc7
15. c4 bxc3 16. bxc3 Ba6 17. Qd2 Re8 18. h4 e6 19. Rxb8 Qxb8 20. Bh6 Bh8 21. h5
Qd8 22. Bg5 Qd7 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Nf4 exf5 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. Bh3 Qf7 27. Bxf5
Bc8 28. Nh4 Bf6 29. Bxf6 Qxf6 30. Nh5 Qe5 31. Qh6 {Petrienko,V-Pribyl,M/
Pardubice op/1992/1-0/}) 9. h3 Nd7 10. Be3 Rb8 11. Qd2 b5 12. Nh2 b4 13. Nd1
Bb7 14. c3 Nc6 15. Nf3 Qa5 16. g4 bxc3 17. bxc3 Ba6 18. Rc1 Bb5 19. Nf2 Qa3 20.
Nh1 Rb6 21. Ng3 Ba6 22. Rc2 Rfb8 23. Rf2 Rb1+ 24. Bf1 Bb5 25. d4 Na5 26. Rc1
Nc4 27. Bxc4 Rxc1+ 28. Qxc1 Qxc1+ 29. Bxc1 Bxc4 30. Rb2 Rxb2 31. Bxb2 {Zaitsev,
I-Shabanov,Y/Orel/1992/0-1/38/}) 3. Nc3 (3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 dxe5 5. fxe5 Bf5 6.
Nf3 e6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 c5 9. O-O Be7 10. Nbd2 cxd4 11. Ne4 h6 12. Nxd4 Qb6
13. c4 Nb4 14. Qc3 Nc2 15. c5 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Qc6 17. b4 Nd7 18. Bb2 f6 19. Qc4
fxe5 20. Rad1 Nb6 21. Qe2 Nd5 22. Bxe5 O-O-O 23. b5 Qe8 24. Rc1 Qg6 25. b6 a6
26. c6 Bg5 {Martin,AD-Martinez,F/Candas op/1992/1-0}) 3... g6 (3... d5 4. e5 d4
5. exf6 dxc3 6. fxg7 cxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 8. Bxd2 Bxg7 9. O-O-O b6 10. Nf3 Bb7
11. Bb5+ Bc6 12. Bc4 Nd7 13. Be3 e6 14. Rd2 a6 15. Nd4 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Rg8 17.
Rg1 b5 18. Bd3 f5 19. Be2 Ke7 20. Bh5 Bd5 21. b3 b4 22. h3 c5 23. Bf2 Kd6 24.
Bh4 Kc6 25. Re1 Raf8 26. Bf3 Bxf3 27. Rxe6+ Kb5 28. gxf3 Rf7 29. Rdd6 Rg6 30.
a4+ bxa3 31. Rxg6 {Bhend,E-Arduman,C/San Bernardino op/1992/1-0}) (3... e5 4.
Nf3 Nbd7 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 c6 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5 Bc5 9. Qh4 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Qe7
11. Bf4 Bd4 12. O-O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qa3+ 14. Kb1 Be6 15. Nc4 Qxc3 16. Bd2 {
Romero Holmes,A-O'Connell,K/Oviedo 45'/1992/1-0}) 4. e5 dxe5 5. fxe5 Nd5 6. Nf3
(6. Qf3 e6) (6. Bc4 Be6 7. Qf3 c6 8. Nh3 Nd7 9. d4 Nc7 $13) 6... Bg7 7. d4 O-O
8. Nxd5 (8. Bc4 e6 9. Qe2 c5) (8. Ne4 Bf5 9. Ng3 Bg4 10. c4 $6 Nb6 11. Be3 c5
$1) 8... Qxd5 9. c4 Qd8 (9... Qe4+ $5 10. Be2 (10. Kf2 Bf5 $1) 10... c5 $1 11.
d5 Bg4 12. Bf4 Nd7) 10. b4 f6 11. Bb2 fxe5 12. c5 (12. Nxe5 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6
14. Qd2 a5 15. bxa5 $6 c5 $1) 12... Be6 (12... Nc6 $5 13. Bc4+ Kh8 14. O-O Rxf3
$5) 13. Qc2 Nc6 14. Bc4 Bd5 $1 15. dxe5 (15. O-O Nxb4 16. Qb3 Bxc4 17. Qxc4+
Nd5 $17) 15... Nxb4 16. Qb3 Bxc4 17. Qxc4+ Nd5 18. O-O (18. O-O-O c6 19. Ng5
Bh6 20. h4 e6) 18... e6 19. Rae1 Qe7 20. Bc1 Rf5 21. g4 Rff8 22. c6 Rab8 23.
Bg5 Qe8 24. cxb7 (24. Nd4 bxc6 25. Nxc6 Rb6 $17) 24... Rxb7 25. Bf6 $6 Rb4 26.
Qc5 Rxg4+ 27. Kh1 Nxf6 28. exf6 Rxf6 29. Qd5 $138 (29. Qxc7 Qa8 30. Re3 Rgf4
31. Kg2 g5 $19) 29... exd5 30. Rxe8+ Bf8 31. Nd2 0-1

[Event "Budapest Honved"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Farago, Sandor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5
Nh5 9. Be2 Bg4 10. Be3 f6 11. exf6 exf6 12. Qd2 f5 (12... Qe7 13. O-O-O Rfe8
14. Rhe1 Kh8 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Qg7 17. Qxg7+ Kxg7 18. h3 $16 {Timman -
Nijboer, Holland 1985.}) 13. O-O-O f4 14. Bf2 Qd7 15. d5 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Ne5 17.
Ne4 Qa4 18. Kb1 b6 19. Ng5 $1 {Der weisse Schimmel fühlt sich im schwarzen
Lager wie zu Hause!} Bf6 20. Ne6 Rf7 21. Bd4 c5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. d6 Nf6 24.
Nc7 Rd8 25. Bb5 $1 $18 Qd4 26. Qxd4 cxd4 27. Bc4 Rxd6 28. Bxf7+ Kxf7 29. Rhe1
Nd7 30. Nb5 Rd5 31. c4 Rc5 32. Nxd4 Kf6 33. Nb5 Nf8 34. Rd5 Rxd5 35. cxd5 a6
36. Na3 Nd7 37. Nc4 g5 38. Nxe5 Nxe5 39. d6 Nc6 40. d7 g4 41. fxg4 Kg5 42. Re6
Nd8 43. Re8 Nb7 44. Rb8 $1 {Das ist noch stärker als 44.d8D Sxd8 45.Txd8 Kxg4
46.Kc2 was ebenfalls zum Sieg gereicht hätte.} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 20th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Quparadze, Giga"]
[Black "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[Tiebreak "Sum of Buchholz"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,123,19,31,76,64,72,86,82,53,37,42,19,51,47,26,76,40,54,27,58,18,58,48,
63,74,47,67,57,69,55,29,11,13,74,90,106,40,61,9,9,-3,-21,-2,-2,-2,-5,-41,-23,
-23,-23,-38,33,56,25,41,40,32,40,40,57,69,75,46,46,46,46,46,115,100,125,121,
121,103,103,97,111,102,107,104,125,133,137,108,123,135,131,131,129,106,128,112,
119,147,167,157,157,162,177,163,161,158,158,154,259,266,320,365,359,360,416,
342,342,349,329,400,427,424,424,455,1002,1012,1012,1449,29987,29988]} 1. e4 d6
2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 ({The Black player, of course,
has significant experience in this line. Let us digress a little:} 6. Be3 Nc6 (
6... b6 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bg1 c5 {is the main discussion on ChessPublishing; now} 9.
Qe2 $5 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nc6 {seems to work out fine for Black.}) 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bg1
dxe5 9. fxe5 (9. dxe5 {is a better idea to try and get an edge}) 9... f6 10. h3
Nh6 11. e6 Nb4 12. Bc4 c6 13. Qe2 Nf5 14. Bf2 Nd6 (14... Nd5 $5 {sees Black
try and be better}) 15. Bb3 $13 {Christiansen,J -Onischuk,V Budapest HUN 2018})
6... Na6 (6... Nc6 {has been the main move and the one I analysed a game for
this site in:} 7. e5 (7. O-O e5 $1 (7... Bg4 {This move is most natural to me,
but I don't think it gets the job done after} 8. e5 $1 (8. Be3 e5 9. fxe5 dxe5
10. d5 Nd4 $11)) 8. dxe5 (8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 (9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Qd4+ 11.
Kh1 Qxe5 12. Bf4 Qc5 $11) 9... Nd4 (9... Ne7 $5 {Possible, and likely of equal
value.} 10. Qe1 (10. Nxe5 c6 $1 {gives White nothing}) 10... c6 11. dxc6 Nxc6
12. Be3 {and Black must get active quickly or be worse.}) 10. Nxe5 Nxd5 (10...
Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bxe5 12. c3 Nf5 13. Qf3 {and it transpires White has no real
attack after a natural move like} Kg7 $11 {intending ...Nd6.}) 11. Nxd5 (11.
exd5 Bxe5 12. Bf4 Bg7 13. Qd2 c6 $132) 11... Bxe5 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. Qd2 Be6 14.
Bh6 (14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15. Nf6+ Kg7 16. Qc3 Qd6 $11) 14... Bxb2 (14... Bxd5 15.
Bxf8 Bxe4 16. Bh6 Bxd3 $14) (14... Bg7 $1 $11) 15. Rab1 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 Bxd5 17.
exd5 Qxd5 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 $14) 8... dxe5 9. f5 Nb4 $11 {Black is doing fine
after he eliminates the enemy bishop pair, e.g. Womacka,M-Saric,I Germany 2017}
) 7... dxe5 (7... Nd7 $5 8. Ne4 Nb4 $132) 8. fxe5 (8. dxe5 {is more solid, as
always.} Nd5 9. Nxd5 (9. Bd2 Nb6 10. a3 f6 $11) 9... Qxd5 10. Qe2 Bg4 (10...
Be6 $5) 11. Be4 Qd7 12. Be3 Rad8 (12... Nd4 13. Bxd4 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qxd4 15. c3
Qa4 $13) 13. O-O Nd4 14. Qf2 Bf5 15. Bxf5 Nxf5 16. Bd2 $11 {0-1 (53)
Petriashvili,N (2329)-Kobo,O (2500) Batumi GEO 2018}) 8... Nh5 9. Be3 (9. Bc4
Bg4 10. Be3 Na5 {transposes}) (9. Ne2 f6 10. exf6 exf6 11. c3 Be6 12. O-O Re8
$11) 9... Bg4 10. Be2 (10. Bc4 Na5 (10... Qd7 $5) 11. Be2 c5 12. d5 (12. dxc5
Qb8 13. O-O Bxe5 $11) 12... Qb6 13. O-O Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bxe5 15. Ne4 $13) 10...
f6 {At this point, Black has completely neutralised White's aggression} 11.
exf6 (11. d5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 fxe5 14. O-O-O $13) 11... Nxf6 12. Qd2
(12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. O-O (15. dxe5 $2 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Qh4+
17. Ke2 Qe4 {with a huge attack}) 15... Nd5 $11) (12. O-O Qd7 13. Qd2 Rad8 $11)
12... Nd5 13. Nxd5 (13. O-O-O {is more ambitious, but the position remains
complex after} Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Nxd4 16. Ne2 c5 $13) 13... Qxd5 14.
O-O e5 $11 {And Black has completely equalised: Drygalov,A-Matlakov,M Sochi
2018.}) 7. O-O c5 8. d5 Rb8 9. a4 Nc7 10. Bc4 {White immediately threatens to
push e5.} (10. Qe1 $14 {seems rather more natural}) 10... a6 11. a5 Nb5 ({
Clearly, the text was preparation, and it's not bad. Also worthy of attention
is} 11... e6 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Bxe6 Nxe6 14. f5 gxf5 $5 15. exf5 Nc7 {when
it's not yet clear whether White's kingside attack will arrive before Black's
central play spearheaded by the d-pawn.}) 12. Bxb5 $1 axb5 13. e5 Ne8 (13...
Nd7 14. exd6 exd6 15. Nxb5 Nf6 16. c4 Re8 $44 {might be a clearer path to
compensation, since the Black knight plays more of a role}) 14. Nxb5 Ra8 15.
Bd2 (15. Qd2 $5) 15... dxe5 16. Nxe5 $6 {Likely losing the advantage.} (16.
fxe5 Qxd5 17. Nc3 Qc6 18. Bg5 $14) 16... Qxd5 17. Be3 Qe4 18. Qd3 (18. Bxc5
Bxe5 19. fxe5 Qc4 {is a material imbalance that, while looking fine for White,
is going to be easier for Black to handle.}) 18... Qxd3 19. cxd3 Bf5 20. Rfd1
Nf6 21. Bxc5 Nd5 {Now Black has compensation. Both sides handled this part of
the game excellently.} 22. g3 Rfc8 23. b4 g5 $1 24. Nd4 Bg6 25. Ne2 gxf4 26.
Nxf4 Nxb4 27. Nexg6 Rxc5 28. Nxe7+ Kf8 29. Rab1 Bd4+ (29... Nc2 $11 {was okay
immediately}) 30. Kh1 Nc2 31. Ned5 Ra7 ({It is hard to explain not taking on
a5 immediately:} 31... Raxa5 $11 {but most likely the problem was with the line
} 32. Rxb7 Rxd5 33. Nxd5 Rxd5 34. Rf1 {when Black has to play the
artificial-looking} f5 35. Rc1 Rc5 {, in which he might lose a piece if he
didn't have the silicon friend telling him there was nothing to worry about.})
32. Rdc1 Raxa5 33. Rf1 {Again, offering the line from the previous note.} Kg8
34. Rxb7 $16 {Now White has a clean pawn and this is hell to defend.} Ra1 35.
Rxa1 Bxa1 36. Nh5 h6 37. Nhf4 Bd4 38. Rb8+ Kh7 39. Re8 Ra5 40. Kg2 Ra1 41. Re2
Ne1+ 42. Kh3 Nf3 43. Kg4 Rf1 44. Re7 Kg8 45. h4 Ne5+ 46. Kh5 Nxd3 47. Kxh6 Bg7+
48. Kg5 Ne5 49. Kh5 Ng6 50. Re8+ Kh7 51. Nh3 Be5 $2 {It was far from obvious,
but this is the decisive mistake.} (51... Bh6 $1 $16 {was the way to prevent
both Ne3-f5 and Ng5. Obviously, White can continue having fun for a while, but
the position has now simplified enough to be more or less defensible.}) 52. Ne3
$1 Rf6 {Black's pieces get bunched up here, but there wasn't really a choice.}
(52... Rh1 53. Ng5+ Kg7 54. Nf5+ Kf6 55. Kg4 $18) (52... Ra1 53. Ng5+ Kg7 54.
Nf5+ Kf6 55. g4 $1 $18) 53. Ng5+ Kg7 54. Kg4 Bd6 55. Nf5+ Rxf5 56. Kxf5 Bxg3
57. h5 Ne5 58. Ne4 Nc4 59. Kg5 Be5 60. h6+ Kh7 61. Kh5 f6 62. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 {It strikes me that playing the Pirc in
a high-level tournament is just a little disrespectful, though of course chess
is moving in that direction and neither Fedoseev nor Rapport is at all letting
down their brand by doing this kind of thing.} 5. a3 $1 {Regaining the moral
high ground.} (5. Nf3 {is of course the main move.} O-O (5... c5 {exists too,
e.g.} 6. Bb5+ Bd7 (6... Nc6 7. dxc5 (7. e5 Nd7 8. d5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Qxd4
O-O 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 12. O-O Qf5 13. Qd1 dxe5 14. fxe5 Qxe5 $15 {Wei,Y-Rapport,R
Yancheng 2016}) 7... O-O 8. O-O $14) 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6 fxe6 9. Ng5 Bxb5 10. Nxe6
Bxd4 {Now White can take the famous draw by perpetual that results from Nxd8,
or head for:} 11. Nxb5 $5 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Bf2+ (12... Qxd2+ 13. Bxd2 Kd7 14. Nec7
a6 15. Nxa8 axb5 $44) 13. Kd1 Ne3+ 14. Ke2 Qxb5+ 15. Kxf2 Ng4+ 16. Kg3 Na6 (
16... Qd7 17. Re1 Nc6 18. b3 Nh6 19. Bb2 $16 {Nakamura,H-Harikrishna,P Biel
2012}) 17. Kxg4 (17. b3 $1 $14) 17... Qd7 $15 {McPhillips,J -Davis,L
Aberystwyth 2014}) 6. a3 Bg4 7. Be2 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 e5 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. d5 c6 11.
dxc6 Nxc6 12. Qxd8 Rfxd8 13. Bg5 Nd4 $11 {Anand,V-Nepomniachtchi,I Moscow 2018}
) 5... Nc6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 (7. d5 Nb8 {does leave White tempi up, but he
will be facing ...c6 and ...Qb6 soon.}) 7... d5 {A principled answer to
White's cautious play.} (7... Bg4 {is fully in the spirit of the position, but}
8. d5 Nb8 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 c6 11. Be3 $14 {now gains too much time.}) 8. e5
Ne4 9. Bd3 f5 (9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 {was more standard, and now Black can choose
between the adventurous ...Bf5 and the normal ...c5.}) 10. O-O (10. exf6 exf6
$1 $15) 10... e6 11. Be3 b6 12. Ng5 $6 ({White should resist the temptation to
make everything about the e4-knight, and play around it:} 12. Ne2 $11) 12...
Nxg5 13. fxg5 f4 $6 (13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 d4 15. Ne4 $1 dxe3 (15... fxe4 {
is more human:} 16. Bxe4 dxe3 17. Bxa8 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Bxe5 $44) 16. Nf6+ Bxf6
17. exf6 Bb7 $11 {Black is trying to be better, but it may or may not be
working.}) 14. Rxf4 (14. Bxf4 Nxd4 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qxd4 Ba6 {is similar
enough}) 14... Rxf4 15. Bxf4 Nxd4 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qxd4 $14 {White is better
here, but the position is hard to handle. It was probably this that Fedoseev
was banking on.} Ba6 {Now, predictably, White makes a sequence of second-best
moves, and the game slips out of his control.} 18. Qa4 (18. h4 Qe7 19. a4 c5
20. Qd2 $14 {is indicative of how White could maybe try to keep things under
better control}) 18... Bb7 19. Bg3 Qxg5 20. Qd7 Qg4 21. Nb5 Rf8 22. Nxc7 Bc8
23. Qe7 (23. Qb5 Qd4+ 24. Kh1 Bxe5 $15) 23... Qf5 24. Qd6 $2 {In a normal game,
this would have been the final portion of the slide.} (24. h3 Bxe5 25. Bxe5
Qxe5 26. c3 $11 {White just about holds equality due to his active queen and
knight.}) 24... Bh6 25. h3 Be3+ 26. Kh2 Bc5 27. Qc6 Qxc2 $19 {Black is winning,
although nothing is ever guaranteed in chess.} 28. Qb5 Be7 $6 (28... Bd4 {
attacks slightly more pawns.}) 29. Na6 {Now, in a worse position, Jorden
begins playing extremely well.} d4 ({Many players would instinctively snap off
the knight with} 29... Bxa6 {regardless of whether it is actually best; this
mitigates the possibility of future drama.} 30. Qxa6 Qxb2 $17) 30. Nb4 Bxb4 31.
Qxb4 Bb7 32. Rg1 d3 $2 ({Some fraction of Black's edge remains, and can
perhaps be best exploited starting} 32... Qe4 {with some other consolidating
moves to follow (...Bd5.) There is a possibility of continuing with ...Rf1.})
33. Qg4 $1 d2 34. Qxe6+ Kg7 35. Qd7+ Rf7 36. Qd4 Kg8 (36... Qe4 {was best, but
depressing.}) 37. e6 Rf8 38. e7 Re8 39. Rd1 $3 {On move 39, and with a minute
on his clock, the Dutch talent finds this supremely calculated move. Sure, the
position had to be winning, but it takes a special something to notice the
precise sequence of checks needed, under the pressure that undoubtedly was
there.} Qc6 {Played after a long, sad think.} (39... Qxd1 40. Qc4+ {Now there
are 2 important lines. True, ...Bd5 does cut out a later queen-lift along the
4th rank, but in those lines White will be winning even if he chooses to just
win the rook for the e-pawn.} Kg7 (40... Kh7 41. Qf7+ Kh6 42. Bf4+ g5 43. Qf6+
Kh7 44. Qf5+ $1 {This is the main difficult move in the calculation. Though,
saying that, since a perpetual is guaranteed, a certain kind of player would
go for the line even without seeing Qf5.} Kg7 45. Be5+ Kh6 46. Qf6+ Kh5 47.
Qf7+ Kh6 48. Qg7+ Kh5 49. Qh7#) 41. Be5+ Kh6 42. Qf4+ $1 {Avoiding the
blockage on h5.} Kh7 43. Qf7+ Kh6 44. Qf8+ $1 {Either this queen or the next
will deliver a decisive check on f6 or f4; another big check will come from
the g-pawn, and then it will be mate.}) 40. Rxd2 Rxe7 41. Qg4 $6 (41. Bd6 {
is supposedly the best winning line}) (41. Qh4 Rd7 42. Re2 {was given by
Svidler and Gustafsson- not necessarily threatening anything immediately, but
trusting that there will be calculable wins after the inevitable Black
inaccuracies.}) 41... Qe4 42. Qg5 Rd7 43. Rf2 Rf7 44. Qd8+ Kg7 45. Bf4 Qd5 $4 {
Giving White a chance to finish the game.} (45... Kh7 {kept the game going,
and in fact White's activity is now under some kind of control, so it's
possible to envisage him not winning this.}) 46. Qb8 {Here Black resigned.} (
46. Qb8 {threatens Be5 and Qh8. There are a few defenses which it would occur
to a human to play.} Kh7 (46... Rf5 47. Rd2 Qe4 48. Rd7+ Rf7 49. Be5+) (46...
Re7 47. Bd2 $1 {and the long-diagonal check is nevertheless unstoppable;}) 47.
Be5 Qxe5+ 48. Qxe5 Rxf2 $18 {and now a seventh-rank check wins the bishop, so
the game is over.}) 1-0

[Event "Budapest Krenosz Memorial"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1976.06.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Filipowicz, Andrzej"]
[Black "Ozsvath, Andras"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Filipowicz/Tompa"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1976.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. O-O
Qxc5+ 9. Kh1 Nc6 (9... Nbd7 $5) (9... b5 $6 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. Qd5
Qb6 13. Bg5 $1 $16 (13. Qxa8 $6 Bb7 14. Nd5 Qa6 15. Nc7 Qb6 $11 {
Vlagsma-Bobikiewicz, Beverwijk,1962})) 10. Bd3 Nb4 (10... Bg4 $142) 11. Qe1
Nxd3 12. cxd3 Bd7 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Rc1 (14. Nd5 Qxe1 15. Nxe7+ Kh8 16. Raxe1
Rae8 17. e5 Rxe7 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bd4 Re6 $11) 14... Rfc8 15. Qh4 Bc6 (15...
Ng4 16. Bd2 Qd8 17. d4) 16. f5 $1 b5 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Ng5 b4 19. Bd4 $3 Rc7 (
19... bxc3 20. Rxf6 exf6 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Bxf6) (19... Qd8 20. Rxf6 (20. Nd5)
20... exf6 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Rf1 Rc7 (22... bxc3 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Rxf6 Be8 25.
Qxg6 $18) 23. Ne2 $18) 20. Ne2 Rac8 21. Bxf6 exf6 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Ne6+ $3 fxe6
24. Nf4 Bd7 (24... Qxa2 25. Nxg6+ Ke8 26. Qg8+ Kd7 27. Qxg7+ Kd8 28. Qf8+ Be8
29. Qxf6+ $18) (24... Kf7 25. Qxg6+ Kg8 26. Nh5 Rf7 27. Nxf6+ Rxf6 28. Rxf6 $18
) 25. Nxg6+ Kf7 26. Rxf6+ Kxf6 27. Rf1+ Kg5 (27... Qf5 28. exf5 Rc1 29. Qh4+
Kf7 30. fxe6+ Kxg6 31. Qe4+ Kh6 32. Qf4+ Kh7 33. exd7 $18) 28. h4+ Kg4 29. Rf4+
Kg3 30. Rf3+ Kg4 31. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Iasi"]
[Date "1999.12.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Parligras, Mircea Emilian"]
[Black "Badea, Bela"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. e5 dxe5 (7...
Ng4 8. Bg1 Nh6 (8... dxe5 9. fxe5 $5 Nh6 (9... Bh6 $6 10. Qe2 $16) 10. Qe2 Bf5
11. a3 Bg4 12. O-O-O Nf5 13. Qe4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 e6 15. Bh3 $14 {Sax,
G-Azmauparashvili,Z/Manila(ol)/1992}) 9. h3 f6 $6 10. d5 Nb4 (10... Nb8 11. e6
c6 12. g4 Na6 13. Qd2 b5 14. f5 $1 $16) 11. a3 Na6 12. e6 $16 {de Firmian,
N-Azmayparashvili,Z/Reykjavik/1990}) 8. dxe5 {This move leads to an endgame
with slightly better chanses for white,so for those who prefer sharp tactical
stuggle it;s recommended to play 8.f:e5!} Ng4 (8... Nh5 $5 9. Bc4 Bh6 10. g3
Bg4 11. Qe2 Kh8 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Ne4 f6 14. O-O Qf5 $1 $10 {Ehlvest,J-Nogueiras,
J/Biel(izt)/1993}) 9. Bg1 ({Nothing promises} 9. Bd2 f6 10. Bc4+ Kh8 11. h3 Nh6
12. exf6 exf6 13. O-O Nf5 14. Kh2 Nd6 15. Bd5 Ne7 16. Be3 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Re8 18.
Bf2 {1/2-1/2 Zarnicki,P-Nogueiras,J/Capablanca mem-A 1993}) 9... f6 (9... Qxd1+
10. Rxd1 f6 11. exf6 exf6 12. Bc4+ Kh8 13. h3 Nh6 (13... Re8+ 14. Kf1 Nh6 15.
g4 Na5 16. Bb5 c6 17. Bd3 Be6 18. Rh2 Nc4 19. Rb1 f5 20. g5 Nf7 $15 {Sorensen,
J-Mortensen,E/DEN-ch/1991/}) 14. Bc5 (14. Nd5 $5 Be6 15. Bc5 $14) 14... Re8+
15. Kf2 Bf5 (15... b6 16. Bd5 Bb7 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 c6 19. Be4 Re7 $11 {
Gruenfeld,Y-Davies,N/Tel Aviv/1990}) (15... Be6 16. Bb5 $5 $14) 16. Rd2 Na5 17.
Be2 b6 18. Ba3 Rad8 19. Rhd1 Rxd2 20. Rxd2 Nf7 $11 {Kindermann,S-Lau,R/BL 8990}
) 10. Bc4+ Kh8 11. h3 (11. Nb5 Bf5 12. h3 Nh6 13. Qe2 fxe5 14. g4 a6 15. Nc3
Bd7 16. O-O-O Rxf4 17. Bh2 Rxf3 $1 18. Qxf3 e6 $13 {Balashov,Y-Rukavina,J/
Sochi/1973/}) 11... Qxd1+ (11... Nh6 12. Qe2 fxe5 13. fxe5 e6 14. Bb5 $5 Rxf3
$6 (14... Qe8 $5) (14... Bd7 $5) 15. Qxf3 Nxe5 16. Qe2 $16) 12. Rxd1 Nh6 13.
Bh2 fxe5 14. Nxe5 (14. fxe5 $2 Bxh3 15. O-O Bg4 16. Rde1 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 Ng4 $17
{Mortensen,E-Davies,N/Graested/1990}) 14... Nxe5 (14... Nf5 $5 15. Nxc6 (15.
Nf7+ Kg8 16. Nd6+ Kh8 $10) 15... bxc6 16. Rd2 Rb8 17. Bb3 c5 $132) 15. fxe5 b6
(15... c6 16. Rf1 Re8 $2 17. g4 b5 18. Bb3 a5 19. a4 Rb8 20. Ra1 $16 {1-0
Antonio,R-Tkachiev,V/Jakarta 1994}) (15... Nf5 $5) 16. Rf1 $6 (16. Bd5 $1 Rb8
17. e6 Ba6 $5 (17... Bb7 $6 18. Bxb7 (18. Bxc7 $2 Rbc8 19. Bh2 Bxd5 20. Rxd5
Rc6 $15) 18... Rxb7 19. Rf1 $1 $16)) 16... Bb7 17. Bd5 (17. Nd5) 17... Rxf1+
18. Kxf1 Rf8+ 19. Kg1 Ba6 20. g4 ({After} 20. e6 {intending to cut the black
knight on h6 off,black gets sfficient counterchanse:} c5 21. g4 Bd4+ 22. Kh1
Ng8 23. g5 h6 $13) 20... Nf7 21. Bxf7 (21. Re1) 21... Rxf7 22. e6 $6 {
Releasing black bishop on g7.Better was} (22. Rd7 $1 Bh6 23. Rxc7 (23. Nd5 $5)
(23. e6 Be3+ 24. Kg2 Bb7+ 25. Nd5 Bxd5+ 26. Rxd5 Rf2+ 27. Kh1 Rf1+ $11) 23...
Be3+ 24. Kh1 $1 Rf1+ 25. Kg2 Rf8 $1 (25... Rf2+ 26. Kg3 Rxc2 27. Rxe7 Rxb2 28.
Nd5 $16 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gd5f6]}) 26. Nd5 Bf1+ 27. Kh1 $14 {and white keeps
wining chanses.}) 22... Rf8 23. Bxc7 Bc4 (23... Bc8 24. Bd8 Bxe6 (24... Re8 $2
25. Nb5 $1 $16) 25. Bxe7 Re8 26. Bh4 $11) 24. Rd7 Bxe6 25. Rxe7 Bd4+ 26. Kg2
Bxc3 27. bxc3 Bd5+ 28. Kg3 Kg8 $1 $11 {Now black easily holds the position.}
29. Bf4 Rf7 30. Re8+ Rf8 31. Re5 (31. Re7 Rf7 $11) 31... Bxa2 32. Bh6 Ra8 33.
Re7 Bf7 34. Rb7 a5 35. Bc1 a4 36. Ba3 Rc8 37. Kf4 Bd5 (37... Rxc3 $4 38. Rb8+
Kg7 39. Bb2 $18 {[%cal Gb2g7]}) 38. Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ubeda op 5th"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "2000.01.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Holmsten, Aleksei"]
[Black "Dzhumaev, Marat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2000.01.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. e5 $5 {Rare variation,promising
white no opening advantage,but strangely enough white's results in it are
quiet impressive and in reality everything is not that simple as it seems.}
dxe5 6. dxe5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Ng4 8. Ke1 c6 $5 {Covering squares b5 and d5.} 9. h3
(9. Nf3 O-O 10. h3 Nh6 11. g4 f6 12. Bc4+ Nf7 13. exf6 exf6 14. Kf2 Nd7 15. Be3
Re8 16. Rhe1 $14 {Nielsen,S-Hoi,C/Copenhagen op17 1995}) 9... Nh6 10. g4 (10.
Kf2 f6 11. exf6 exf6 12. Bc4 Kd8 13. g4 Re8 14. Nf3 Nd7 15. Rd1 b5 16. Bb3 Kc7
17. Be3 $14 {Filipovic,B-Shvartz,M/Bratislava op 1993}) 10... f6 11. exf6 exf6
12. Bc4 f5 (12... b5 13. Be2 a6 14. Be3 f5 15. g5 Nf7 16. Bf3 O-O 17. Rd1 Rd8
18. Rxd8+ Nxd8 19. Nge2 $14 {Schmidt,D-Schoeneich,M/OL-NO9798}) (12... Nd7 13.
Rh2 Kd8 14. Be3 b5 15. Bf1 Re8 16. Kd2 Bb7 $132 {Konjevic,D-Govedarica,R/
JUG-chT2 1994}) 13. g5 Nf7 14. Nf3 O-O (14... Nd6 $6 15. Bb3 Na6 16. Be3 Bxc3+
17. bxc3 c5 18. Rd1 Ke7 19. Ne5 $14) 15. Be3 Re8 16. Kf2 Na6 (16... Be6 17.
Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Bd4 Nd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rad1 $14) 17. Rhe1 (17. Bxa6 $5) 17...
Be6 $2 {It turns out that the position after 18.B:a6 is dangerous for black so
better was} (17... Nc7) 18. Bxa6 Bxc3 19. bxc3 bxa6 20. Bc5 $1 $14 {[%csl Rf7,
Rg8]} Bd5 21. a3 $5 Be4 (21... Rad8 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Rb1 Nd8 24. Rb8 Bxf3 25.
Kxf3 Kf7 26. Ra8 Ne6 27. Rxa7+ $18) 22. Rab1 $1 Rad8 (22... Bxc2 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8
24. Rb7 Nd8 25. Rb8 $16 {[%cal Gf3e5]}) 23. Rb7 Rd5 24. Bd4 $1 $16 Red8 (24...
Nd6 25. Rg7+ Kf8 26. Rxh7 $16) 25. Bf6 R8d7 $2 26. Rb8+ Nd8 27. c4 $18 R5d6 28.
Ne5 Rd2+ 29. Re2 Rb7 30. Rxd2 1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2001.03.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Vajda, Levente"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2001.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Nc7 9. a4 a6 10. a5 (10. Qe1 $5 Rb8 11. Qh4 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. f5 c4 14. Be2
Bd7 15. Bh6 b4 16. Nd1 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Nxe4 18. Nf2 $1 $40 {Ady,J-Kakageldyev,A/
Yerevan 1996/EXT 97 (24)}) (10. Re1 b6 11. Bc4 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nd7 14.
Qd3 Ra7 15. Be3 Kh8 16. Bf2 Qb8 17. Qg3 Rb7 $15 {[%cal Gb6b5] Loskutov,
O-Tseshkovsky,V/St Petersburg 1995/CBM 46 ext (46)}) 10... Nb5 $5 {Possible
continuation, however not solving all black's opening problems.} (10... Rb8 11.
Na4 Nd7 12. Nd2 e6 13. Qf3 exd5 14. exd5 Qh4 15. c3 Nf6 16. Bc4 Bg4 17. Qd3 Bf5
$11 {1-0 Caruso,A-Joksic,S/Mogliano Veneto 1993/EXT 2000 (43)}) (10... Bd7 11.
Qe1 Bb5 12. Qh4 Bxd3 13. cxd3 e6 14. f5 exf5 (14... exd5 15. exd5 Ncxd5 16. Bg5
Nxc3 17. bxc3 gxf5 18. Ra4 Qd7 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qxf6 Qxa4 21. Nh4 {1-0
Zuckerman,B-Benko,P/New York 1968/MCD (21)}) 15. Bg5 Rb8 16. exf5 b6 17. axb6
Rxb6 18. Nd2 $36 {Fressinet,L-Marcelin,C/Saint Vincent 2000/CBM 78 (28)}) 11.
Bd2 ({Not so bad was also} 11. Ne2 $5 Bg4 12. c4 Nc7 13. Nc3 $14 {and white is
clearly better.}) 11... Bd7 12. Re1 (12. Qe1 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bb5 14. Qe3 Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 Qd7 16. Nd2 $14) 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 {Opening the b-file and intending to
put some pressure on the pawn on b7.} (13. Bxc3 $5 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Ne8
16. e5 $14) 13... Bg4 14. c4 Nd7 15. Rb1 Rb8 16. Rb3 (16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 e5
18. f5 Bf6 19. Rf1 Bg5 20. Be1 $14) 16... e5 17. f5 Bf6 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3
Bg5 20. Bc3 $6 {The position demanded from white to exchange the bishops:} (20.
Bxg5 $5 Qxg5 21. Reb1 Qd2 22. c3 Nf6 23. Bf1 $16) 20... Qe7 21. Reb1 b6 $8 22.
axb6 Rb7 23. Ba5 (23. Ra1 Ra8 24. Ba5 Qf8 $1) 23... Rfb8 24. c3 Qf8 $1 25. Bc2
Qh6 (25... Bd8 $5 26. Qg4 Bxb6 27. fxg6 hxg6 $15) 26. Qd1 gxf5 27. exf5 Nf6 28.
R3b2 Be3+ 29. Kh1 Kh8 $1 $40 {Suddenly white finds himself under attack.} 30.
Ba4 $6 Rg8 31. Bc6 $2 (31. Qf3 e4 32. Qd1 Nh5 33. g4 Ng3+ 34. Kg2 Nxf5 35. Bc6
Nh4+ 36. Kh1 Nf3 37. Kg2 Rxg4+ 38. hxg4 Qh2+ 39. Kf1 Qg1+ 40. Ke2 Qf2#) (31.
Bc2 $5) 31... Ne4 $1 $19 32. Qf3 (32. Bxb7 Ng3+ 33. Kh2 Qf4 $1 $19 {[%cal
Gg3f1]}) 32... Ng3+ 33. Qxg3 (33. Kh2 e4 34. Qxg3 Bf4 35. Bxb7 Rxg3 36. Kh1
Rxh3+ 37. gxh3 Qxh3+ 38. Kg1 Be3+ 39. Rf2 Qg3+ $19) 33... Rxg3 34. Bxb7 Bc1 $1
{[%csl Rh1]} 35. Re2 (35. Rc2 Rxh3+ 36. gxh3 Qxh3+ 37. Rh2 (37. Kg1 Be3+ 38.
Rf2 Qg3+ 39. Kh1 Bxf2 $19) 37... Qf1#) 35... Qf4 36. Bc6 Rxh3+ $1 0-1

[Event "Lausanne YM"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2000.06.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.05.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 $5 {This
variation demands from black extremly accurate play,because otherwise white
may develop dangerous attack against black king.} 7. O-O c5 8. d5 Bg4 9. Bc4 $1
{The most accurate move.} (9. h3 Bxf3 10. Rxf3 Nc7 11. a4 Rb8 12. Qe1 Nd7 13.
Bd2 Na6 14. Nd1 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bc3 Bxc3 17. Nxc3 $14 {Polgar,Zso-Hodgson,
J/Amsterdam Donner op/1995}) (9. a3 $5 Nc7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e6 12. f5 exd5
13. exd5 Nd7 14. Qg3 Be5 15. Bf4 Ne8 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. Ne4 $36 {Zulfugarli,
M-Kochetkov,G/Nikolaev zt/1995}) (9. Kh1 e6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Rxf3
Nb4 13. f5 gxf5 14. exf5 Qc8 $132 {Okkes,M-Cuijpers,F/NLD-chT9495}) (9. Qe1 $6
Nb4 10. Qh4 c4 11. Bxc4 Nxc2 12. Rb1 Bxf3 $1 13. Rxf3 Rc8 14. Bb3 Nd4 15. Rh3
Nxb3 16. axb3 h5 $15 {Plachetka,J-Jansa,V/CL Trnava-Bohemians/1992}) 9... Nc7 (
9... Nd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 (11. Rxf3 Nc7 12. a4 Rb8 13. Qd3 Re8 14. Be3 a6
15. Raf1 $14 {Finkel,A-Zilberman,Y/ISR-ch 1996}) 11... Nc7 (11... Nb6 12. Bb5
f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Bd2 Nc7 15. Bd3 c4 16. Be2 $14 {Krakops,M-Nogueiras,J/
Ubeda op 1997}) 12. Be3 a6 13. Rad1 b5 14. Be2 b4 15. Na4 Nb5 $132 {Hector,
J-Hoi,C/Kobenhavn op/1990}) 10. h3 (10. a4 a6 11. h3 (11. Qe2 $1 Nd7 12. h3
Bxf3 13. Rxf3 $14) (11. a5 Nb5 $1) 11... Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd7 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. a5
b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Be2 Nb5 $13 {Pedzich,D-Czerwonski,A/POL-chT 1994}) 10...
Bxf3 11. Qxf3 a6 (11... e6 $6 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Rd1 $5 (13. Be3 b6 14. Rad1 Qe7
15. Rfe1 Kh8 16. g4 Rad8 17. Bf2 Nd7 18. Qg3 $36 {Wedberg,T-Azmaiparashvili,Z/
Reykjavik op 1990}) 13... Qe7 14. f5 $36) (11... Nd7 12. a4 (12. Re1 a6 13. a4
Rb8 14. a5 b5 15. axb6 Rxb6 16. Qd3 Qb8 17. Ra2 Nb5 18. Bd2 g5 19. g3 Kh8 20.
Ne2 $14 {Tzermiadianos,A-Tsorbatzoglou,T/Ermoupoli 1996}) 12... b6 13. h4 $6 e6
14. dxe6 Nxe6 15. Qh3 Nd4 $15 {Diedrichsen,D-Brettschneider,S/OL-NW9495}) 12.
a4 b6 {Black's plan is very simple and logical:he just wants to double his
major pieces over the b-file and to transfer b5.The main drawback of this plan
is that it's too slow and white with energetic play gains an opening advantage.
} (12... Nd7 13. Qe2 $146 (13. a5 b5 14. axb6 Nxb6 15. Be2 (15. Qd3 $6 Rb8 16.
Nd1 e6 $1 17. c3 (17. dxe6 fxe6 {/\ d5}) 17... Nxc4 18. Qxc4 exd5 19. exd5 f5
$1 $15 {Harley,A-Hodgson,J/BCF-ch 1993}) 15... f5 $1 $13) (13. Qd3 Nb6 14. Ba2
Qd7 15. a5 Nc8 16. Bd2 b5 17. axb6 Nxb6 18. Rae1 Nb5 19. Nd1 $14 {
Dolmatov-Chernin/Minsk ch-SU/1987}) 13... Kh8 $5 (13... f5 $2 14. e5 $16 {()})
14. Rd1 Rb8 (14... f5 15. Bd2 {[%cal Ya1b1,Yb2b4] /\Rab1,b4|^<<} fxe4 16. Nxe4
{[%csl Rf6,Rf7,Rg7,Rh6][%cal Yd2c3] /\Bc3,׻}) 15. a5 b5 16. axb6 Rxb6 17. Ra2
$14 {Forster,R-Hodgson,J/Horgen-B 1995} (17. Bxa6 $2 Qa8 $19)) (12... Rb8 13.
a5 b5 (13... e6 14. dxe6 Nxe6 15. Ne2 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. e5 Ne8 18. f5 $1
$36 {Wahls,M-Strikovic,A/Zaragoza op 1996}) 14. axb6 Rxb6 15. Ra2 $14 {[%csl
Gc1,Gc4,Gd5,Ge4,Gf4,Ra6] ^^,[+],><a6} (15. Qd3 Nb5 16. Bd2 Nc7 17. b3 e6 18.
Ra5 Re8 19. Kh1 Qe7 20. Na4 $14 {Matros,A-Odesskij,I/Moscow2 1994})) 13. Qd3 (
13. Re1 Nd7 14. Ra3 Rb8 15. Rb3 Kh8 16. Kh1 Qc8 17. Be3 b5 18. axb5 Nb6 19. Qf1
Nxc4 20. Qxc4 axb5 21. Nxb5 Rxb5 22. Rxb5 {1/2-1/2 Wahls,M-Nogueiras,J/
Capablanca mem-A 1996}) 13... Qb8 $5 {[%cal Gb8b7,Gf8b8,Gb6b5]} 14. Be3 (14. e5
Nd7 (14... b5 $5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Nxb5 Nfxd5 18. exd6 exd6 19.
Nxd6 Rd8 $1 $132) 15. e6 fxe6 16. dxe6 Nf6 17. Be3 Qb7 18. Rad1 Rab8 $13 {
[%cal Gb6b5,Gd6d5]}) 14... Qb7 15. Rab1 $1 {[%cal Gb2b4] The only,but quiet
sufficient way to advantage.} e6 (15... b5 $2 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Nxb5 18.
Bxb5 $16) (15... Rab8 $6 16. b4 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. bxc5 $1 bxc4 19. Rxb7 cxd3
20. Rxc7 dxc2 21. e5 $1 Ne8 22. Rxe7 Rb3 23. Bd2 $16) 16. b4 (16. dxe6 fxe6 17.
Qxd6 $2 Rad8 {[%csl Rd6]} 18. Qe5 (18. Qe7 Rfe8 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 $19) 18... Nfd5
19. Bxd5 exd5 $19) 16... exd5 17. exd5 cxb4 18. Rxb4 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bb3
$14 {[%csl Rb5,Gd5] This position is clearly better for white due to the
weakness of the oawn on b5 and awkwad position of the knight on c7.} (20. Nxb5
Ncxd5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Rb3 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 d5 $11) 20... Ra5 21. f5 Qa6 22. fxg6
(22. Rbf4 Ra1 23. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 24. Rf1 Qa5 25. Bd4 $14) 22... hxg6 23. Ne4 Ra1 $1
24. Nxf6+ Bxf6 25. Rbf4 (25. Kh2 $5 Be5+ $6 26. Bf4 Rxf1 27. Qxf1 Bxf4+ 28.
Qxf4 $16 {[%cal Gf4h6,Gb4h4]}) 25... Be5 26. R4f3 (26. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 27. Rf1 Qa5
$14) 26... Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Ne8 28. Bd4 $14 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Qd2 c5 (7... Bb7
8. e5 (8. Bd3 Na6 9. a3 c5 10. d5 Nc7 11. h3 b5 12. O-O e6 13. dxe6 Nxe6 $13 {
Rosen,W-Nau,G/World Seniors 2000}) 8... Ne4 (8... Ng4 9. O-O-O c5 10. dxc5 Nxe3
11. Qxe3 bxc5 12. Bc4 Nc6 13. Ng5 Nd4 14. h4 dxe5 15. fxe5 Qc7 $132 {Drbohlav,
F-Pribyl,M/Extraliga CZE 2000}) 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Ng5 Bb7 11. O-O-O $36) 8.
O-O-O (8. d5 a6 (8... Nbd7 9. h3 Rb8 $5 (9... a6 10. a4 Rb8 11. e5 dxe5 12.
fxe5 Nh5 13. e6 fxe6 14. dxe6 Ne5 $13) 10. Bb5 $6 (10. a4) 10... a6 11. Bxd7
Qxd7 $1 12. e5 Ne8 13. O-O $6 Bb7 14. Rad1 Nc7 15. a3 $5 $14 {Sadler,
M-Plaskett,J/Hastings Premier 9798}) 9. e5 (9. a4 Bg4 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. e5 Ne8
12. e6 fxe6 13. Ng5 $16) 9... Nfd7 10. h4 dxe5 11. h5 e4 12. Ng5 $40 {Sadler,
M-Mestel,A/BCF-ch 1997}) 8... cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. h4 $1 {
Polgar's play is fantastic:she simply doesn't give Smirin time to breeze!} (11.
e5 $2 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Rxd8+ Nxd8 14. fxe5 Bg7 15. Nd5 Bb7 $17 {Gomez
Jurado,L-Efimov,I/Andorra op 1993}) 11... Bg4 12. h5 $1 Bxh5 (12... Nb4 $6 13.
hxg6 hxg6 14. Bc4 Rc8 15. Bb3 $16 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd2f2,Gf2g3]}) 13. Rxh5 $1
gxh5 14. Qd5 Rc8 15. Qxh5 Bg7 (15... Bxc3 $2 16. Ng5 $1 $18) (15... Nb4 16. a3
$5 Rxc3 17. axb4 $1 Re3 18. e5 Bg7 19. Bd3 h6 20. Qf5 Re8 (20... Rxd3 21. Qxd3
Qc8 22. exd6 exd6 23. Qxd6 $16) 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Bb5 $16) 16. e5 $1 {[%cal
Gf1d3]} Qe8 $6 {More persistant was} (16... h6 $5 17. Bd3 (17. g4 Qe8 18. Bd3
Nb4 19. g5 f5 $1 $13) 17... Nb4 18. Be4 Qc7 19. a3 Nc6 20. Qf5 Rfd8 21. Nb5 Qb8
22. exd6 exd6 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Bf5 $40) 17. Qh3 $1 h6 (17... dxe5 18. Ng5 $1 h6
19. Qf5 $1 hxg5 20. Bd3 f6 21. Qh7+ Kf7 22. Bg6+ Ke6 23. f5#) 18. Bd3 Nb4 19.
Be4 e6 {[%csl Gf5]} (19... d5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Qf5 $18) 20. f5 $1 Rxc3 (20...
dxe5 21. f6 Bxf6 22. Qxh6 $18) 21. f6 $1 Qb5 22. Qg3 $1 (22. Qg3 Rxc2+ 23. Bxc2
Nxa2+ 24. Kd2 Qb4+ 25. Ke2 Qb5+ (25... Qc4+ 26. Ke1 Qb4+ 27. Rd2 $18) 26. Kf2
Qc5+ 27. Kf1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.08"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Blehm, Pawel"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bxd7+
(8. e6 fxe6 $5 9. Ng5 Bxb5 10. Nxe6 Bxd4 $1 $13) (8. h3 $5 Bxb5 (8... cxd4 9.
Qxd4 Bxb5 (9... dxe5 10. Qd5 (10. Qc4 $6 e4 11. hxg4 exf3 12. gxf3 Nc6 13. Bd2
a6 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. Ne4 Qb6 18. Bc3 $10 {
Klovans-Gofshtein,URS-ch OT 1976}) 10... e4 11. Ng5 Nh6 12. Qxb7 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3
Bxb5 14. Qxa8 Bc6 15. Qxa7 $14 {Sigurjonsson,G-Vogt,L,Cienfuegos 1976}) (9...
Nh6 $5 10. g4 $5 $14 (10. Bd2 Nf5 11. Qf2 Bxb5 12. Nxb5 a6 13. Nc3 dxe5 14.
fxe5 Nc6 $132)) 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ $2 11. Qc3 $1 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 $18) 9. Nxb5 dxe5 (
9... Qa5+ 10. Nc3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nh6 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Qd5 Qxd5 14. Nxd5 O-O-O 15.
O-O-O dxe5 16. Bc3 Nf5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. fxe5 e6 $10 {Zimmersman,R-Kunszt,K,
HUN-chT 1991-TD91_05}) 10. Qe2 e4 11. hxg4 (11. Qxe4 Qa5+ 12. Nc3 Nc6 $36)
11... exf3 12. Qxf3 {Coleman,D-Pein,M,BCF-ch 1988-TD88_02} Nc6 $15) 8... Qxd7
9. h3 (9. d5 dxe5 10. h3 e4 11. Nxe4 (11. hxg4 exf3 12. Qxf3 Na6 13. Bd2 O-O-O
14. O-O-O f5 15. gxf5 gxf5 $132 {Wahls,M-Kindermann,S/Bundesliga 98/99}) 11...
Nf6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. O-O Qd6 14. c4 Nd7 15. Qb3 Rb8 16. a4 a6 $13 {
Mikhalevski,V-Kanstler,B/Dov Porath mem 1997}) 9... cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nh6 11. g4 (
11. Qf2 Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Rad8 14. Be3 Nf5 15. Bxa7 Nxa7 16. Qxa7 dxe5
17. fxe5 Qc6 18. Qf2 h5 19. Re4 Rd7 20. Rae1 e6 21. Nd4 {1/2-1/2 Mikhalchishin,
A-Van Wely,L/Kecskemet Szechenyi 1991}) (11. Qe4 Nf5 12. Kf2 e6 13. g4 d5 14.
Qd3 Ne7 15. Nb5 O-O 16. Re1 Nbc6 $15 {Doehring,J-Weil,V/OLO-B 1993}) 11... dxe5
{The arising endgame is quiet unpleasent for black,but with accurate defense
he manages to hold the position.} (11... Nc6 12. Qe4 O-O 13. Bd2 dxe5 14. fxe5
Qe6 (14... f5 $142 $5 15. exf6 exf6 16. O-O-O Nf7 17. Bf4 $36) 15. O-O-O f5 $8
16. exf6 Qxe4 17. Nxe4 exf6 18. Nc5 $16 {Thorhallsson,T-Gretarsson,H/
Hafnarfirdi 1992}) 12. Qxd7+ Nxd7 13. fxe5 {[%csl Rh6]} f6 (13... Ng8 $2 14.
Bf4 h5 15. g5 O-O-O 16. O-O-O e6 17. Ne4 $16 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Ge4d6]}) 14. exf6
exf6 15. Bf4 Nb6 (15... O-O 16. O-O-O Nb6) 16. O-O-O O-O 17. Nb5 $5 $14 {
[%cal Gb5c7,Gc7e6]} Nf7 $6 {More accurate was} (17... f5 $5 18. g5 (18. Nc7
fxg4 {[%cal Gf8f3]} 19. Nxa8 Rxf4 20. Nxb6 Rxf3 21. Nd5 gxh3 22. Rd3 Rxd3 23.
cxd3 Nf5 $13) 18... Nf7 19. Nc7 Rac8 20. Ne6 Rfe8 21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. Rhe1 $14)
18. Nc7 (18. Rhe1 $5 Rfe8 19. Nc7 (19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Nxa7 Ra8 {[%cal Ga8a2]}
21. Nb5 Rxa2 22. Kb1 Ra5 $11) 19... Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Rd8 21. b3 Bf8 22. c4 Bd6 (
22... Rd3 23. Re3 Rxe3 24. Bxe3 Bh6 25. Kd2 $14) 23. Bxd6 Rxd6 24. Re8+ Kg7 25.
Kc2 $14) 18... Rad8 19. Nd4 Rd7 20. Nde6 Rc8 21. Rxd7 Nxd7 22. Rd1 (22. Nxg7
Kxg7 23. Ne6+ Kg8 24. Rd1 Nde5 25. c3 $14) 22... Nde5 23. Nd5 $1 Kh8 24. Be3 $6
{Just waste of time.} (24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. b3 Rd8 26. Kb2 b5 $14) 24... Rc6 25.
Ndc7 a6 26. Bf4 Kg8 27. b3 Bf8 28. Kb1 (28. Nxf8 Kxf8 29. Nd5 $14) 28... Be7
29. c4 Bd8 30. Nxd8 Rxc7 31. Nxf7 Kxf7 32. Bxe5 (32. a4 $5 Rd7 33. Rxd7+ Nxd7
34. Kc2 Ke6 35. b4 Ne5 $11) 32... fxe5 33. Rd6 Ke7 34. Rb6 Rd7 35. c5 e4 36.
Rb4 Ke6 37. c6 (37. Rxe4+ Kd5 38. Rc4 Rc7 $11) 37... bxc6 38. Rxe4+ Kd5 39. Ra4
Rf7 $1 $11 40. Rxa6 Rf3 41. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 Nf6 5. h3 Nbd7 6. f4 $5 {Quite rare
variation which shouldn't be dangerous for black.} c5 (6... O-O 7. Qf3 (7. Be2
$6 c5 8. d5 $6 b5 9. Bxb5 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Qa5+ 11. Nd2 Qxb5 $17 {Egyed,A-Gorda,F/
Hungary 1996}) 7... c6 8. g4 Qa5 9. O-O-O b5 10. Kb1 b4 11. Nce2 Nb6 12. Nc1
Na4 $13 {Seitler,A-Lauf,P/Slovakia 2002}) (6... c6 7. Qd2 Nb6 $6 8. Nf3 e6 9.
O-O-O d5 10. e5 Ng8 11. g4 $16 {Marco Francisco,M-Garcia Maezo,R/Peniscola 2002
}) 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Bxd4 O-O 9. Qd2 (9. Bc4 Qc7 10. Bb3 Nc5 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5
Nfe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. O-O Nc5 15. Bc4 Be6 16. Qe2 Rac8 $11 {Fogarasi,
T-Beliavsky,A/Hungary 1997}) 9... Nc5 ({More in the spirit of the position was
} 9... e5 $5 10. fxe5 (10. Bf2 exf4 11. Qxf4 d5 12. O-O-O dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4
14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qh4 Nd5 $11) 10... Nxe5 11. O-O-O Qa5 $13 {with mutual play.})
10. Bd3 b6 $2 {Black's play lacks creativity and energy, so white doesn't have
to do much to get a serious advantage.} (10... Ne6 $5 11. Bf2 d5 (11... Nh5 $6
12. f5 Nef4 13. g4 Nxd3+ 14. cxd3 Nf6 15. O-O-O $14) 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4
14. Bxe4 Qxd2+ 15. Nxd2 Nxf4 $13) 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Rhe1 $16 {[%cal Ge4e5]} Qc8
13. g4 Rd8 14. f5 e5 (14... d5 15. exd5 (15. e5 Nfe4 16. Qf4 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Ne4
18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. Nd2 $16) 15... Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 Nxd5 17. Nxd5
Bxd5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rxe7 $16) 15. fxe6 Nxe6 16. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Bxd5
18. exd5 Nc7 (18... Nc5 19. Qf4 Bg7 20. Re7 Rf8 21. Bb5 (21. Qxd6) 21... Qd8
22. Re2 $16) 19. Ng5 Rf8 (19... Bg7 $5 {[%cal Gg7h6]} 20. Qf2 Qd7 21. Ne4 Qa4
$14) 20. Rf1 Be5 21. Rf3 h6 22. Ne4 Kg7 23. g5 h5 24. Nf6 a6 25. Rdf1 Nb5 26.
Qe1 $1 $18 {[%cal Gf6h5,Ge1e4]} Rh8 (26... Ra7 27. Nxh5+ $1 gxh5 28. Qe4 Rh8
29. Rxf7+ $1 Rxf7 30. Qg6+ Kf8 31. Qxf7#) 27. Ng4 $1 hxg4 28. Rxf7+ Kg8 29. Qe4
{[%csl Rg6]} Bxb2+ 30. Kxb2 Qc3+ 31. Kb1 Rh7 32. Rxh7 1-0

[Event "Montreal-A 5th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2004.08.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2004.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 {The Ukrainian
prodigy is playing this risky line on the perminent basis.} 7. Qd2 (7. e5 Ng4
8. Qe2 Ba6 9. Qd2 Bb7 10. O-O-O dxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qxd2+ 13. Rxd2 Nc6
14. Be2 $14 {Carlsen,M-Lahno,K/Wijk aan Zee 2004}) 7... Bb7 8. e5 Ng4 9. O-O-O
{White isn't concerned about his dark-squared bishop, since his attacking
prospects on the kingside don't decrease if the bishop is being traded.} (9. e6
Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nxe3 11. Qxe3 f5 12. d5 c6 13. h4 Bxc3+ 14. Qxc3 cxd5 15. O-O-O
Qc8 $13 {Kotronias,V-Smirin,I/Moscow 2004}) (9. h3 Nxe3 10. Qxe3 Nc6 11. O-O-O
Nb4 12. g4 c5 13. d5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Rh2 $18 {Ardelean,
G-Konjevic,D/Sozina 2004}) 9... c5 (9... dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe3 (10... Nxe5 11.
fxe5 c5 12. dxc5 Qxd2+ 13. Rxd2 Bxe5 14. Nd5 e6 $11 {Gormally,D-McNab,C/Oakham
2001}) 11. Qxe3 Nd7 12. Bb5 Nf6 13. d5 Qd6 14. Rhe1 a6 15. Bc6 $14 {Campora,
D-Torre,E/Moscow 1994}) 10. dxc5 bxc5 {The most principal continuation, even
though not the only one in the position.} (10... Qc8 11. cxd6 exd6 12. exd6
Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qe6 14. Bd4 Nc6 15. c4 Qxd6 16. Be5 Qxd2+ 17. Rxd2 Ne3 18. Bd3
Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Rfc8 {1/2-1/2 Sadler,M-Speelman,J/England 1996}) (10... Nxe3 11.
Qxe3 bxc5 12. Bc4 Nc6 13. Ng5 Nd4 14. h4 dxe5 15. fxe5 Qc7 $13 {Drbohlav,
F-Pribyl,M/Czechia 1999}) 11. Bxc5 {Entering the forced line, leading to
extremly complicated position with mutual chances.} Qa5 12. Ba3 dxe5 13. h3 Bh6
14. Ng5 exf4 15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. hxg4 Bg5 17. Kb1 {Only this move appears to be
the novelty, although it;'s hardly an improvment comparing to the earlier game
Illescas-Marin:} (17. Ne4 Qxd2+ 18. Nxd2 f3 19. gxf3 Bxf3 20. Bc4 Bxh1 21. Rxh1
Nc6 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Rxh7+ Kf6 $44 {Illescas Cordoba,M-Marin,M/Mondariz 2002}
) 17... f3 18. Qf2 $5 {Very nice positional sacrifice.} (18. Qd8+ Qxd8 19.
Rxd8+ Kg7 20. gxf3 Bxf3 21. Rg1 e5 22. Bc4 Bxd8 23. Bxf7 $13) 18... fxg2 19.
Bxg2 ({Unfortunately for white the straightforward attempt to use the pin
doesn't work:} 19. Bc4 $2 Bd5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Nxd5 Rxf2 22. Rhg1 Na6 $17 {
[%csl Gc5]}) 19... Rxf2 20. Bxb7 Qc7 $5 {[%csl Rc2]} (20... Bf6 21. Ne4 Rf4 22.
g5 $5 Bxg5 23. Bd5+ e6 24. Bxa8 $44) 21. Bxa8 Bf6 22. Bd5+ Kg7 23. Bb3 {
Taking care of c2.} Bxc3 24. bxc3 Nc6 (24... Na6 $6 25. Rhe1 Nc5 26. Rd5 Nxb3
27. Rxe7+ Qxe7 28. Bxe7 Nd2+ 29. Kb2 $14) 25. Bc1 $1 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gc1h6]
Reminding black that her king is in danger.} e5 $2 {Very bad decision. The
weakness of the seventh rank proves to be crucial.} (25... Ne5 $5 26. Bh6+ Kh8
27. Rd4 $15) (25... Qg3 $6 26. g5 Qf3 27. Rde1 (27. Bd5 $6 Qf5 28. Rd3 Nd4)
27... Qg2 28. Rh4 Rf8 29. Reh1 Rh8 30. Rf4 $1 $44) 26. Rh3 $36 {[%csl Rh7]
[%cal Gh3d3,Gd3d7,Gd1h1]} Kh8 (26... e4 27. Rdh1 Kh8 28. Rh6 Qg7 29. Bb2 $16 {
[%csl Rh8][%cal Gc3c4]}) 27. Rhd3 Rf8 $4 {Losing on the spot.} (27... h5 $8 28.
gxh5 gxh5 29. Rd6 $16) 28. Rd7 $18 Qc8 29. Bh6 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 705]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 $5 {
This continuation usually leads to very sharp struggle with mutual chances.
The following game is not an exception.} 7. O-O c5 8. d5 Bg4 9. a3 Nc7 10. Qe1
(10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd7 (11... Rb8 12. a4 a6 13. a5 b5 14. axb6 Rxb6 15. Na4
Rb8 16. Bd2 $14 {Georgiev,V-Chatalbashev,B/BUL-ch rapid 1995}) (11... e6 12. f5
exd5 13. exd5 Nd7 14. Qg3 Be5 15. Bf4 Ne8 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. Ne4 $14 {
Zulfugarli,M-Kochetkov,G/Nikolaev zt 1995}) 12. f5 Rb8 13. Qg3 b5 14. Bg5 c4
15. Be2 Ne8 16. h4 Nef6 17. Bf3 b4 18. axb4 Rxb4 19. Bc1 Rxb2 $5 $132 {
Petrosian,K-Beim,V/Budapest FS08 GM 1995}) 10... Bxf3 (10... e6 11. dxe6 fxe6
12. Nh4 d5 13. e5 c4 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Bxg6 $13 {Arakhamia,
K-Zaichik,G/Tbilisi 1991}) 11. Rxf3 e6 12. dxe6 Nxe6 13. f5 $5 {Immideatly
starting actions on the kingside.} (13. Qh4 Nd7 14. Qxd8 Raxd8 15. Nd5 Nd4 16.
Rf2 b5 17. c3 Nb3 18. Rb1 c4 19. Bc2 Ndc5 $15 {Pokorna,R-Gurieli,N/Eu Team Ch 
(women) 1999}) 13... Nd4 14. Rh3 c4 $1 15. Bxc4 $8 (15. Ne2 Ng4 $1 $19) (15.
Be3 Ng4 $19) 15... Nxc2 16. Qh4 Nxa1 $2 {After this move black is helpless.} (
16... Qb6+ $1 17. Kh1 Qd4 $1 18. Bg5 (18. Nd5 $4 Qd1+ $19) 18... Nh5 19. fxg6
$1 hxg6 20. Nd5 (20. Bd5 $145 $1 Nxa1 21. g4 Rac8 22. gxh5 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Qd1+
24. Kg2 gxh5 25. Qxh5 Qxh5 26. Rxh5 {+/-/+/= (Luther in SCHACH 3/2001)}) 20...
Qxc4 $1 $19 (20... Nxa1 $2 {[%csl Rd4]} 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Qxh5+ $3 gxh5 23.
Rxh5+ Bh6 24. Rxh6+ Kg7 25. Nf5+ {[%cal Gf5g7,Gf5d4]})) 17. Nd5 $1 Nh5 (17...
h6 18. Bg5 $3 Qa5 (18... Rc8 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Qxh6 $1 $18 {[%csl Rg8]}) 19.
Bxh6 Nh5 (19... Nxd5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. f6+ $1 Nxf6 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. Qh8#) 20.
Bxg7 Qc5+ (20... Kxg7 21. f6+ Kh7 22. b4 Qa4 23. Qg4 $18 {[%csl Rh7][%cal
Gh3h5]}) 21. Kh1 Qxc4 22. Nf6+ Kxg7 23. Nxh5+ Kg8 24. Nf6+ Kg7 25. Ne8+ Raxe8
26. f6+ Kg8 27. Qh8#) 18. Bg5 Qa5 (18... f6 19. Nxf6+ Kh8 20. Nxh5 Qb6+ 21. Be3
Bd4 22. Nf4 $3 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gh3h7]} Bxe3+ 23. Kh1 h5 24. Nxg6+ Kg7 25. Qe7+
Kh6 26. Rxh5+ $1 Kxh5 27. Qh4#) 19. fxg6 Qc5+ (19... hxg6 20. Ne7+ Kh7 21.
Qxh5+ gxh5 22. Rxh5+ Bh6 23. Rxh6+ Kg7 24. Nf5+ Qxf5 25. exf5 $14) (19... fxg6)
20. Be3 Qxc4 (20... Bd4 21. Ne7+ Kg7 (21... Kh8 22. g7+ $1 Kxg7 23. Nf5+ $18)
22. Nf5+ Kg8 23. gxh7+ $18) 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Qxh5 Qf1+ $8 23. Kxf1 fxg6+ 24.
Qf3 Rxf3+ 25. gxf3 $16 Bxb2 26. Nxg6+ Kg7 27. Ne7 Nc2 28. Nf5+ Kh8 $6 {[%csl
Rh8]} (28... Kg8 29. Bh6 Nxa3 30. Rg3+ Kf7 31. Nxd6+ Ke6 32. Nxb7 a5 $16) 29.
Bh6 Rd8 30. Rg3 Bf6 31. f4 Nd4 (31... b5 32. Rd3 $1 {[%csl Rd6]} a5 33. Nxd6
Rd7 34. e5 $18) 32. Nxd4 Bxd4 33. e5 Re8 (33... dxe5 34. Bg7+ Kg8 35. Bf6+ $18
{[%cal Gf6d8]}) 34. Bg5 $1 $18 Rf8 (34... Kg7 $8 35. exd6 Bf6 $18) 35. Bf6+
Rxf6 36. exf6 Bxf6 37. a4 d5 38. Rb3 b6 39. Rb5 d4 40. Rd5 Kg7 41. Rd7+ Kg6 42.
Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Black "Dzhumaev, Marat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2001.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. e5 $5 {Rare
variation, but quiet poisonous white.} Ne8 (7... dxe5 8. dxe5 Nd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5
10. Qe2 Bf5 11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. O-O (12. Be3 f6 13. O-O Rad8 14. Bxa7 Nb4 15. Bd4
c5 16. exf6 exf6 17. Bc3 $14 {Osman,M-Satta,V/Paris-ch 1993}) 12... f6 13. exf6
Bxf6 14. Be3 $14 {Van der Sterren,P-Haik,A/Budel zt 1987}) (7... Nd7 8. Ne4 c5
9. e6 fxe6 10. h4 cxd4 11. h5 Nac5 12. hxg6 h6 13. Qe2 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nc5 $13 {
Motwani,P-Howell,J/BCF-ch 1994}) 8. Be3 c5 (8... Nb4 9. Bc4 Bf5 10. Bb3 c6 11.
Nh4 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. a3 $14 {Bathie,N-Pedersen,S/EU-chJM U20 1992}) 9.
dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxg6 $5 {[%cal Gd1d8] Winning a pawn, but permitting black to
get strong counterchanses.} (10. Bxc5 dxc5 11. O-O (11. Qe2 Qa5 12. O-O {
1/2-1/2 Bellin,R-Hoi,C/Troll Masters 1990}) 11... Nc7 12. Qe2 (12. Be4 Qxd1 13.
Raxd1 Rb8 14. Rd2 b5 15. Bc6 Rb6 16. Be4 Bh6 17. g3 Bg4 18. Kg2 $14 {Cosma,
E-Zozulia,A/EUCupW 1998}) 12... Ne6 13. Qe3 Nd4 14. Ng5 b6 15. Rad1 Bg4 16. Rd2
h6 17. Nge4 Qd7 $13 {Womacka,M-Pfleger,H/BL2-O 1993}) 10... fxg6 11. Bxc5 Bg4 (
11... Rxf4 12. Qd5+ (12. Qd2 $5) 12... e6 (12... Kh8 13. O-O Nc7 14. Qd2 Ne6
15. Be3 Rf8 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. Qxd6 exd6 18. Rad1 $14) 13. Qd2 Rf5 $1 {[%cal
Gf5c5]} 14. Bxd6 Nxd6 15. exd6 b5 $132) 12. exd6 Nxd6 (12... exd6 13. Be3 (13.
Bd4 Rxf4 14. Bxg7 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qh4+ $15) 13... Qa5 14. O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qxc3
16. Bd4 $14) 13. Qd5+ Kh8 14. Bd4 Bxf3 15. Bxg7+ Kxg7 16. gxf3 $14 {White
keeps slightly better chanses} Nf5 {Better was R:f4 with defendable position:}
(16... Rxf4 17. O-O-O (17. Qe5+ Rf6 18. Nd5 $2 Nc4 19. Qe4 e6 $1 {[%csl Gd2]}
20. Nxf6 Qd2+ 21. Kf1 Ne3+ $19) 17... Qf8 18. Rhe1 Rxf3 19. Qe5+ Kg8 20. Qxe7
$14) 17. O-O-O Qxd5 18. Rxd5 Rad8 19. Re5 Rd7 20. Rhe1 {[%csl Re7]} Rc8 $6 {
[%cal Gf5d4]} (20... b6 $5 21. Ne4 Rf7 (21... h6 22. Ng3 $16 {[%csl Re7]}) 22.
c3 $16) 21. Ne4 Nd4 $2 22. Nc5 {[%csl Re7]} Rdc7 23. Rxe7+ Rxe7 24. Rxe7+ Kh6 (
24... Kf6 $6 25. Re5 b6 26. Ne4+ Kg7 27. c3 Nxf3 28. Re7+ $18) (24... Kg8 25.
Ne6 Nxc2 (25... Rxc2+ 26. Kd1 Nf5 27. Re8+ Kf7 28. Rf8+ Kxe6 29. Kxc2 $18) 26.
Kd2 Nb4 27. Rg7+ Kh8 28. Rxb7 $18) 25. Ne4 $1 $18 {Now black is hopeless.}
Rxc2+ (25... Nxc2 26. Ng5 Nd4+ 27. Kd1 Rh8 28. Nf7+ $18) 26. Kd1 Nf5 (26...
Rxh2 27. Ng5 $18 {[%csl Rh6]}) 27. Rxh7+ Kxh7 28. Kxc2 Nd4+ 29. Kd3 Nf5 (29...
Nxf3 30. Ng5+ Nxg5 31. fxg5 $18) 30. Ng3 $1 Nh4 31. Ke4 {[%cal Gf4f5]} Kg7 32.
f5 g5 33. Nh5+ Kf7 34. h3 {[%cal Gf3f4]} (34. f4 g4) 34... Ng2 35. f4 gxf4 36.
Nxf4 Nh4 37. Ng6 Ng2 38. Ne5+ Kf6 39. Nf3 Kg7 {[%csl Rg2]} 40. Ke5 Kh6 41. f6
Kg6 42. h4 a5 43. a4 b6 44. b3 Kh7 45. Ng5+ Kh6 46. f7 Kg7 47. h5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sivokho, Sergey V"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2001.04.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. h3 Bg7 6. f4 O-O 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 (
8. g4 b5 9. e5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. Bg2 $14 {Maiwald,J-Darius,H/
GER-ch 1997}) (8. e5 Nd5 (8... dxe5 9. dxe5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Bd3 b6 12.
O-O Nc5 13. b4 Nxd3 14. cxd3 f6 15. Bd4 Bf5 16. g4 $14 {Sveshnikov,E-Ibragimov,
I/Bled op 1996}) 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Qc1 dxe5 12. fxe5 f6 13. exf6
Nxf6 14. O-O Bf5 {1/2-1/2 Tkachiev,V-Leski,M/Paris op 1997}) 8... Qb6 $5 {
Extremly risky continuation.} (8... Qc7 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. f5 b5 12.
g4 gxf5 13. gxf5 Nh5 14. Ne2 $14 {Schmaltz,R-Wichmann,C/Schwaebisch Gmuend op
1995}) (8... Qa5 9. O-O e5 10. Qe1 Nh5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. f5 b5 13. a3 Qd8 14.
Ne2 Bb7 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Qb4 Qxb4 17. axb4 $14 {Masserey,Y-Schmaltz,R/
Altensteig-J 1994}) 9. Qd2 $5 {Accepting the challenge.} Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11.
e5 Ne8 $2 {After this move black finds himself under extremly hihg pressure,
while after natural} (11... Nd5 12. Nxd5 (12. Rb3 Qa5 13. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 14. Bxd2
cxd5 $15) 12... cxd5 13. O-O Nb6 14. Qf2 Nc4 $15 {he would keep an upper hand.}
) 12. O-O Qa5 13. Rb3 e6 14. Qf2 Qd8 $6 (14... f6 $5 15. exf6 (15. Ne4 dxe5 16.
dxe5 fxe5 17. Qh4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Qh5 $17) 15... Nexf6 16. g4 b5 17. Qh4 Qd8 18.
Ng5 Nb6 $15) 15. Ne4 Qe7 $6 (15... dxe5 16. fxe5 f6 $132) 16. Bc1 $1 {[%cal
Gb2a3,Gc1a3]} c5 (16... f5 17. Ned2 $5 {[%cal Gc1a3,Gd2c4]} (17. exd6 Nxd6 18.
Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Ba3 c5 20. Ne5 (20. dxc5 Qxf4 21. c6 bxc6 22. Bxf8 Nxf8 $15)
20... b6 21. Bb5 Nxe5 22. dxc5 $13)) 17. Ba3 b6 (17... dxe5 18. fxe5 b6 19.
dxc5 bxc5 20. Nxc5 Nxe5 21. Be4 $16) 18. exd6 Nxd6 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Nxc5 $14
Nf6 (20... Nxc5 $2 21. Qxc5 Rd8 22. Qc6 $1 Bb7 23. Bxd6 $1 $18) 21. Ne5 Qc7 22.
Rfb1 Nd5 23. c4 Ne7 24. Qf3 $16 f6 $8 25. Qxa8 (25. Nxg6 $5 Nxg6 26. Qxa8 Nxf4
27. Bf1 f5 28. Kh1 $18) 25... fxe5 26. Ne4 Ndf5 (26... Nxe4 27. Qxe4 exf4 28.
Rb7 Bxb7 29. Rxb7 $1 $18 {[%csl Re7]}) 27. g4 $1 Nd4 (27... Ba6 28. Rb8 Nd4 29.
Bd6 $18) 28. Bd6 (28. Qb8 $5 Qxb8 29. Rxb8 Ndc6 30. Bxe7 Nxe7 31. fxe5 Nc6 32.
R8b3 Nxe5 $16) 28... Qd8 29. Qxa7 Nec6 30. Qb6 Qh4 $5 31. Bxf8 Bxf8 (31... Qxh3
32. Bxg7 Qxg4+ 33. Kf1 Qh3+ 34. Ke1 Qe3+ 35. Kd1 Qf3+ 36. Kc1 Qe3+ 37. Kb2 $18)
32. Bf1 {[%csl Gh3]} exf4 33. Qc7 $1 {No fear of gousts!} e5 34. Qxc8 f3 35.
Rb8 Nxb8 36. Rxb8 Ne2+ 37. Bxe2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yegiazarian, Arsen"]
[Black "Bogdanovski, Vlatko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. Bc4 {The most accurate move.} (9. h3 Bxf3 10. Rxf3 Nc7 11. a4 Rb8 12.
Qe1 Nd7 13. Bd2 Na6 14. Nd1 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bc3 Bxc3 17. Nxc3 $14 {
Polgar,Zso-Hodgson,J/Amsterdam Donner op/1995}) (9. a3 $5 Nc7 10. h3 Bxf3 11.
Qxf3 e6 12. f5 exd5 13. exd5 Nd7 14. Qg3 Be5 15. Bf4 Ne8 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. Ne4
$36 {Zulfugarli,M-Kochetkov,G/Nikolaev zt/1995}) (9. Kh1 e6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11.
h3 Bxf3 12. Rxf3 Nb4 13. f5 gxf5 14. exf5 Qc8 $132 {Okkes,M-Cuijpers,F/
NLD-chT9495}) (9. Qe1 $6 Nb4 10. Qh4 c4 11. Bxc4 Nxc2 12. Rb1 Bxf3 $1 13. Rxf3
Rc8 14. Bb3 Nd4 15. Rh3 Nxb3 16. axb3 h5 $15 {Plachetka,J-Jansa,V/CL
Trnava-Bohemians/1992}) 9... Nc7 (9... e6 10. dxe6 (10. h3 exd5 11. Nxd5 Be6)
10... Bxe6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ng5 $1 {/\ f5|^}) (9... Nd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 (
11. Qxf3 Nb6 12. Bb5 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Bd2 Nc7 15. Bd3 c4 16. Be2 $14 {
Krakops,M-Nogueiras,J/Ubeda op 1997}) 11... Nc7 12. a4 Rb8 13. Qd3 Re8 14. Be3
a6 15. Raf1 $14 {Finkel,A-Zilberman,Y/ISR-ch 1996}) 10. h3 (10. a4 a6 11. a5 (
11. Qe2 $1 Nd7 {xe5} (11... Nd7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Rxf3 $14)) 11... Nb5 $1) 10...
Bxf3 11. Qxf3 a6 (11... e6 $6 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Rd1 $5 (13. Be3 b6 14. Rad1 Qe7
15. Rfe1 Kh8 16. g4 Rad8 17. Bf2 Nd7 18. Qg3 $36 {Wedberg,T-Azmaiparashvili,Z/
Reykjavik op 1990}) 13... Qe7 14. f5 $36) (11... Nd7 12. Be3 (12. Re1 a6 13. a4
Rb8 14. a5 b5 15. axb6 Rxb6 16. Qd3 Qb8 17. Ra2 Nb5 18. Bd2 g5 19. g3 Kh8 20.
Ne2 $14 {Tzermiadianos,A-Tsorbatzoglou,T/Ermoupoli 1996}) (12. a4 b6 13. h4 $6
e6 14. dxe6 Nxe6 15. Qh3 Nd4 $15 {Diedrichsen,D-Brettschneider,S/OL-NW9495})
12... a6 13. Rad1 b5 14. Be2 b4 15. Na4 Nb5 $132 {Hector,J-Hoi,C/Kobenhavn op/
1990}) 12. a4 Nd7 (12... b6 {Black's plan is very simple and logical:he just
wants to double his major pieces over the b-file and to transfer b5.The main
drawback of this plan is that it's too slow and white with energetic play
gains an opening advantage.} 13. Qd3 (13. Re1 Nd7 14. Ra3 Rb8 15. Rb3 Kh8 16.
Kh1 Qc8 17. Be3 b5 18. axb5 Nb6 19. Qf1 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 axb5 21. Nxb5 Rxb5 22.
Rxb5 {1/2-1/2 Wahls,M-Nogueiras,J/Capablanca mem-A 1996}) 13... Qb8 $5 {
[%cal Gb8b7,Gf8b8,Gb6b5]} 14. Be3 Qb7 15. Rab1 $1 $14 {[%cal Gb2b4] Grischuk,
A-Ponomariov,R/Lausanne 2000/CBM 78}) (12... Rb8 13. a5 b5 (13... e6 14. dxe6
Nxe6 15. Ne2 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. e5 Ne8 18. f5 $1 $36 {Wahls,M-Strikovic,A/
Zaragoza op 1996}) 14. axb6 Rxb6 15. Ra2 $14 {[%csl Gc1,Gc4,Gd5,Ge4,Gf4,Ra6]
^^,[+],><a6} (15. Qd3 Nb5 16. Bd2 Nc7 17. b3 e6 18. Ra5 Re8 19. Kh1 Qe7 20. Na4
$14 {Matros,A-Odesskij,I/Moscow2 1994})) 13. Qd3 (13. Rd1 $5 Rb8 14. a5 $16) (
13. Bd2 Rb8 14. Qe2 (14. a5 b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Be2 Nb5 $13 {Pedzich,
D-Czerwonski,A/POL-chT 1994}) 14... Kh8 15. a5 Re8 16. Qd3 Qc8 17. b3 Ra8 18.
Rae1 b5 19. axb6 Nxb6 20. e5 $14 {Arnason,J-Hoi,C/Reykjavik 1988/TD}) (13. Qe2
$146 Kh8 $5 (13... f5 $2 14. e5 $16 {()}) 14. Rd1 Rb8 (14... f5 15. Bd2 {
[%cal Ya1b1,Yb2b4] /\Rab1,b4|^<<} fxe4 16. Nxe4 {[%csl Rf6,Rf7,Rg7,Rh6][%cal
Yd2c3] /\Bc3,׻}) 15. a5 b5 16. axb6 Rxb6 17. Ra2 $14 {Forster,R-Hodgson,J/
Horgen-B 1995} (17. Bxa6 $2 Qa8 $19)) (13. a5 b5 14. axb6 Nxb6 15. Be2 f5 $1
$13) (13. Re1 b6 14. Qd3 Qc8 15. Qg3 Qb7 16. Qh4 Nf6 17. Be2 b5 18. Bf3 Rad8
19. Be3 $13 {Staniszewski,P-Czerwonski,A/Warsaw 1998/EXT 2000}) 13... Rb8 (
13... Nb6 $1 14. Ba2 (14. Bb3 Rc8 {/\} (14... Nd7 15. Bd2 Rb8 16. a5 b5 17.
axb6 Nxb6 18. Nd1 Qd7 19. f5 Nb5 20. Rxa6 Nd4 21. Ne3 Qb7 22. Ra3 $14 {
Sutovsky,E-Kantsler,B/Israel 1999/EXT 2000}) 15. a5 c4) 14... Qd7 15. a5 Nc8
16. Bd2 b5 17. axb6 Nxb6 18. Rae1 $14 {Dolmatov,S-Chernin,A/Minsk 1987/URS-ch}
(18. Nd1 $5 {/\ c4, Bc3+/-})) 14. Be3 $5 (14. a5 b5 (14... Qc8 15. Na4 Kh8 16.
Bd2 b5 17. axb6 Nxb6 18. Nxb6 Rxb6 19. Bc3 Nb5 20. Bxg7+ Kxg7 $13 {Mortensen,
E-Hoi,C/Tonder 1993/TD}) 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Bxa6 $2 (16. Nd1 e6 $1 17. c3 (17.
dxe6 fxe6 {/\ d5}) 17... Nxc4 18. Qxc4 exd5 19. exd5 f5 $1 $15 {Harley,
A-Hodgson,J/Dundee 1993/CBM 38}) 16... Ra8 17. Be3 Rxa6 18. Rxa6 c4 19. Bxb6
cxd3 20. Nb5 Nxa6 $19 {Knoflicek,C-Tibensky,R/AUT 1999/EXT 2001}) 14... Nb6 15.
b3 $5 {Interesting plan, which brought white success in the following game.}
Qd7 $6 {Strangely enough this natural move is serious inaccuracy. Better was} (
15... Nxc4 16. bxc4 b6 $14 {with slightly passive, but very solid position.})
16. a5 Nxc4 17. bxc4 b5 18. axb6 Rxb6 19. e5 Rc8 (19... Rfb8 20. Rae1 Rb4 21.
Bd2 $36 {[%cal Ge1e2,Gf1e1]}) 20. Rae1 dxe5 $2 {This move is just a suicide!
White gets passed pawns in the center and quickly decides the game in his
favor.} 21. Bxc5 Rb7 22. Ba3 $1 $16 {[%csl Re7]} Qf5 $8 (22... exf4 23. Rxe7
Qf5 24. Ne4 $18 {[%cal Ge4d6,Gd5d6]}) 23. Qxf5 gxf5 24. fxe5 Nb5 $6 (24... e6
25. Rf3 $1 (25. d6 Ne8 26. c5 Nxd6 $1 {[%csl Rc3]} 27. exd6 Bxc3 28. Rd1 Rd7
$16) 25... exd5 26. cxd5 Nb5 27. Nxb5 Rxb5 28. Rd3 Rxc2 29. d6 $18 {[%cal
Gd6d8]}) 25. cxb5 Rxc3 26. bxa6 Ra7 27. Rf3 Rxc2 28. d6 Bf8 (28... exd6 29.
exd6 Rc8 30. Rd3 Rd8 31. d7 $1 $18) 29. Rb1 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[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. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. fxe5
(8. dxe5 dxe5 9. f5 $5) 8... dxe5 9. d5 Nd4 (9... Nb4 $5 10. Bc4 Ne8 11. Bg5 f6
12. Bh4 Nd6 13. Be2 a5 14. a3 Na6 15. b4 Qe8 16. Bf2 f5 17. Nd2 Bd7 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z-Chernin,A/ch-HUN, Budapest HUN 1997 (28)}) (9... Ne7 $6 10.
Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 c6 12. Nxe5 Qb6+ 13. Kh1 Qxb2 14. Qe1 g5 15. Rb1 Qa3 16. Nc4 $16
{1/2-1/2 Pedzich,D-Czerwonski,A/Polish Team-ch, Krynica POL 1997 (46)}) 10.
Nxe5 Nxd5 (10... Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bxe5 12. Bf4 Bg7 13. Qd2 Bd7 $6 $146 (13... Re8
$6 14. Rae1 c6 15. Kh1 f5 16. Bd3 Rxe1 17. Rxe1 cxd5 18. Bg5 Qf8 19. Nxd5 Ne6
20. Be7 Qf7 21. Bc4 b5 22. Bb3 {1-0 Winterstein,W-Brettschneider,S/Baden Baden
op 1991}) (13... Nf5 $5 14. Nb5 Nd6 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. Qb4 Re8 17. Bd3 Be5 18.
Rae1 a5 $5 (18... f6 19. Kh1 a5 20. Qd2 Bd7 21. c4 b6 22. Rf2 Rb8 23. Ref1 $14
{1-0 Polgar,S-Arduman,C/Budapest FS03 GM 1993 (48)}) 19. Qb3 Bxf4 20. Rxe8+
Qxe8 21. Rxf4 Qe3+ 22. Rf2 Qc5 $15 {0-1 Sylvan,J-Koch,W/Politiken Cup 1996 (41)
}) 14. Rae1 $32 Nf5 $6 (14... Re8 $142) 15. Bxf5 $1 Bxf5 16. Nb5 $14 {[%csl
Rc7] De Firmian,N-Jonsson,B/VISA GP 1998 (37) /\c4}) 11. Nxd5 Bxe5 12. Bf4 Nc6
13. Qd2 (13. Qe1 Be6 14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15. Nf6+ Kg7 16. Qc3 (16. Kh1 Qd4 17. Qg3
Qxb2 18. Rab1 Qc3 19. Rb5 $1 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Rfd8 21. Rh5 $1 $40 {1-0 Carlsson,
D-Tibensky,R/Mlada Boleslav op 1995 (35)}) 16... Qd6 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Kh1 Qd4
19. Qe1 Qxb2 $15) (13. Bb5 Qd6 14. Qd2 f6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Nc3
Ba6 18. Rfd1 Rab8 $11) 13... Be6 14. Bh6 (14. Bxe5 $6 Nxe5 15. Nf6+ Kg7 16. Qg5
$6 $146 (16. Qf4 Qd4+ 17. Kh1 Rad8 18. Qh4 h6 $15 {Mednis,E-Kaiszauri,K/
Reykjavik 1982/MCD-op}) 16... Ng4 $1 17. Nh5+ Kh8 18. Nf6 (18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19.
Nf4 Kg7 20. h3 Ne5 21. Kf2 Rd6 22. Rfd1 Rad8 23. Be2 g5 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 $15)
18... Qd4+ $15) 14... Bxb2 $5 {This exchange sacrifice looks the best way to
play in this position: as shows the following game black quiet easily holds
the position.} (14... Bg7 $6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qc3+ f6 17. Ba6 $1 Rb8 18. Rad1
Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Qe8 20. Rc5 $14 {Nevostrujev,V-Zakharevich,I/Orel 1992/EXT 97})
15. Rab1 Bd4+ (15... Bg7 $2 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qc3+ f6 18. Rxb7 $16 {[%csl Rc6,
Rc7]}) 16. Kh1 Bxd5 17. exd5 (17. Bxf8 $2 Bxa2 $17) 17... Qxd5 18. Bxf8 Rxf8
19. Bb5 $5 {[%cal Gc2c3]} (19. Rxb7 $6 Bb6 {[%csl Rb7]} 20. Qf4 Qd8 {[%cal
Gc6a5]} (20... Na5 21. Rxc7 Bxc7 22. Qxc7 $14) 21. Bc4 Qe7 22. Qh6 Kh8 $1 (
22... Na5 $2 23. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 24. Rb8+) 23. Qd2 Na5 $13) 19... Ne7 20. Be2 $5 {
[%cal Ge2f3]} Bb6 (20... b6 $2 21. Rbd1 {[%cal Gd1d5,Gc2c3]} Rd8 22. c3 Be5 (
22... Bc5 23. Qf4 $18 {[%csl Rf7]}) 23. Qg5 $1 $18) 21. Qxd5 Nxd5 22. Bf3 c6
23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. a4 (24. Rfd1 Rc8 (24... d4 $5) 25. Rxd5 Rxc2 26. a4 Ra2 27.
Rd7 Rxa4 28. Rf1 Rc4 $11) 24... Rc8 25. a5 Bxa5 26. Rxb7 Rxc2 27. Rbxf7 Rc7 28.
Rf8+ Kg7 29. Rd8 Bb4 30. Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dubai op"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2001.04.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Arkhipov, Sergey"]
[Black "Hamed, Ahmed"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2001.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Qd2 (7. h3 c5 8.
d5 a6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Rb8 11. Qe2 $14) (7. Bd3 c5 (7... Bb7 8. Qe2 (8. O-O
Na6 $5 {[%cal Ga6b4]} 9. f5 c5 10. fxg6 hxg6 11. d5 Nc7 12. Qe1 Qd7 13. h3 $14
{[%cal Ge1h4] Bologan,V-Todorcevic,M/JUG 1994/EXT 99 1-0(32)}) 8... c5 9. O-O-O
cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nc6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. e5 Bg7 13. Be4 Qd7 14. h4 Qg4 $132 {
Bareev,E-Plachetka,J/Trnava 1989/CBM 12 (39)}) 8. Qe2 Nc6 9. e5 Ng4 10. Be4 Nb4
11. O-O-O Ba6 12. Qe1 d5 13. dxc5 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 e6 15. a3 Nc6 16. Bd3 $14 {
Bologan,V-Gipslis,A/Ostrava 1993/CBM 38 1-0 (47)}) 7... Bb7 8. Bd3 (8. e5 Ng4
9. O-O-O c5 10. dxc5 Nxe3 11. Qxe3 bxc5 12. Bc4 Nc6 13. Ng5 Nd4 14. h4 dxe5 15.
fxe5 Qc7 16. Rde1 Nf5 17. Qf4 $36 {Drbohlav,F-Pribyl,M/Extraliga CZE 2000})
8... c5 (8... a6 9. a4 e6 10. h3 c5 11. O-O Nbd7 12. f5 gxf5 13. exf5 cxd4 14.
Nxd4 e5 15. Nb3 d5 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Kh8 $15 {Kotan,L-Sturua,Z/Cappelle la
Grande 1996/CBM 51 ext}) ({deserved serious attention} 8... Na6 $5 {[%cal
Gc7c5,Ga6b4]}) 9. O-O-O (9. d5 Na6 (9... Nbd7 10. h3 a6 11. a4 Qc7 $15 {
[%cal Gc5c4,Ge7e6] Pavasovic,D-Conquest,S/EU-chT 1999}) (9... a6 10. a4 Qc8 11.
Bc4 Nbd7 12. O-O Ng4 13. Bf2 Nxf2 14. Qxf2 Nf6 15. e5 Ng4 16. Qe2 $14 {
Dworakowska,J-Gurieli,N/Eu Team Ch (women) 1999}) 10. Qe2 Nc7 11. a4 e6 12.
dxe6 fxe6 13. O-O-O d5 14. exd5 exd5 $15 {Senador,E-Urban,K/Erevan olm 1996})
9... Nbd7 $5 {Very logical and good move. In the following game white didn't
show the way to opening advantage.} (9... Ng4 10. Bg1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 e5 12. Nde2
exf4 13. Nxf4 Nd7 14. Be2 Nde5 15. h3 Nf6 16. Nfd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Rc8 $13 {
Azadmanesh,M-Pel,B/Open 2000}) 10. h3 (10. e5 $6 Ng4 11. Bg1 cxd4 12. Bxd4 dxe5
13. fxe5 Ndxe5 $17) 10... Rc8 11. e5 (11. d5 $6 a6 12. g4 c4 13. Be2 b5 14. g5
b4 $1 $132) (11. g4 $2 c4 $17 {[%csl Re4]}) 11... Nd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Ba6 (
13. Kb1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 cxd4 15. Bxd4 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 $17) 13... Rb8 14. Qe2
Qc7 $1 15. Bb5 (15. dxc5 Bxf3 16. gxf3 (16. Qxf3 dxe5 17. cxb6 Nxb6 $40 {
[%csl Rc1][%cal Gb6a4,Ge5f4]}) 16... dxe5 (16... bxc5 $6 17. Bb5 $132) 17. cxb6
(17. fxe5 Qxe5 $1 18. Rxd7 Qxb2+ 19. Kd1 Qa1+ 20. Bc1 Bh6 21. Rd2 bxc5 $19 {
[%cal Gb8b1]}) 17... Nxb6 18. fxe5 Bxe5 $36) 15... c4 $5 {A begining of
interesting and unusual plan.} 16. Nd2 Rfc8 17. c3 Qb7 18. Rhg1 (18. exd6 $1
exd6 (18... a6 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. Nxc4 b5 21. Ne5 exd6 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 $14) 19.
Nxc4 Qc7 {[%cal Gc8c1]} 20. b3 (20. Nd2 Bxa2 $13) 20... a6 21. Bxd7 $6 (21.
Bxa6 b5 22. Bxc8 bxc4 $1 (22... Rxc8 23. Nb2 Qxc3+ 24. Kb1 Be4+ 25. Ka1 $16)
23. Bxd7 cxb3 $44) 21... Qxd7 $15) 18... a6 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. Nxc4 Qd5 $15 {
[%csl Ra2]} 21. Nd2 (21. b3 b5 22. Nd2 Rxc3+ 23. Kb1 Rbc8 24. Rc1 dxe5 25. dxe5
f6 $17) 21... Qxa2 22. Kc2 Qa4+ 23. Nb3 (23. Kb1 $5 $15) 23... a5 24. Ra1 Qc6
25. Qf3 a4 26. Nd2 d5 $1 $15 27. Rgc1 (27. f5 b5 {[%cal Gb5b4]}) 27... e6 28.
Kd1 b5 29. b3 axb3 30. Nxb3 Ra8 $15 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Mahjoob, Morteza"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. Bc4 {The most accurate move.} (9. h3 Bxf3 10. Rxf3 Nc7 11. a4 Rb8 12.
Qe1 Nd7 13. Bd2 Na6 14. Nd1 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bc3 Bxc3 17. Nxc3 $14 {
Polgar,Zso-Hodgson,J/Amsterdam Donner op/1995}) (9. a3 $5 Nc7 10. h3 Bxf3 11.
Qxf3 e6 12. f5 exd5 13. exd5 Nd7 14. Qg3 Be5 15. Bf4 Ne8 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. Ne4
$36 {Zulfugarli,M-Kochetkov,G/Nikolaev zt/1995}) (9. Kh1 e6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11.
h3 Bxf3 12. Rxf3 Nb4 13. f5 gxf5 14. exf5 Qc8 $132 {Okkes,M-Cuijpers,F/
NLD-chT9495}) (9. Qe1 $6 Nb4 10. Qh4 c4 11. Bxc4 Nxc2 12. Rb1 Bxf3 $1 13. Rxf3
Rc8 14. Bb3 Nd4 15. Rh3 Nxb3 16. axb3 h5 $15 {Plachetka,J-Jansa,V/CL
Trnava-Bohemians/1992}) 9... Nc7 (9... e6 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ng5
$1 {/\ f5|^}) (9... Nd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 (11. Qxf3 Nb6 12. Bb5 f5 13. exf5
gxf5 14. Bd2 Nc7 15. Bd3 c4 16. Be2 $14 {Krakops,M-Nogueiras,J/Ubeda op 1997})
11... Nc7 12. a4 Rb8 13. Qd3 Re8 14. Be3 a6 15. Raf1 $14 {Finkel,A-Zilberman,Y/
ISR-ch 1996}) 10. h3 (10. a4 a6 11. a5 (11. Qe2 $1 Nd7 {xe5} 12. h3 Bxf3 13.
Rxf3 $14) 11... Nb5 $1 $13) 10... Bd7 $6 {Playing with a fire! The whole
variation is extremly risky for black at the first place, but the last move is
definitly not for a players with the weak heart!} (10... Bxf3 11. Qxf3 a6 (
11... e6 $6 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Be3 (13. Rd1 $5 Qe7 14. f5 $36) 13... b6 14. Rad1
Qe7 15. Rfe1 Kh8 16. g4 Rad8 17. Bf2 Nd7 18. Qg3 $36 {Wedberg,
T-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Reykjavik op 1990}) 12. a4 Nd7 (12... b6 13. Qd3 Qb8 $5 {
[%cal Gb8b7,Gf8b8,Gb6b5]} 14. Be3 Qb7 15. Rab1 $1 $14 {[%cal Gb2b4] Grischuk,
A-Ponomariov,R/Lausanne 2000/CBM 78}) 13. Qd3 Rb8 (13... Nb6 $5 14. Ba2 (14.
Bb3 Rc8 {/\} 15. a5 c4) 14... Qd7 15. a5 Nc8 16. Bd2 b5 17. axb6 Nxb6 18. Rae1
$14 {Dolmatov,S-Chernin,A/Minsk 1987/URS-ch} (18. Nd1 $5 {/\ c4, Bc3+/-})) 14.
Be3 $5 Nb6 15. b3 $5 $14 {Yegiazarian,A-Bogdanovski,V/Ohrid 2001}) 11. a4 a6
12. e5 Nfe8 13. a5 e6 (13... Bb5 14. Qd3 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Nb5 16. Ne4 Nd4 17. Nxd4
cxd4 18. Qxd4 Qc7 19. Qd3 $16 {De Firmian,N-Todorcevic,M/Las Palmas 1999}) 14.
Be3 Rc8 (14... Bb5 15. Bxb5 axb5 (15... Nxb5 16. Nxb5 axb5 17. dxe6 fxe6 18.
Ng5 $18) 16. dxe6 Nxe6 17. Nxb5 Rxa5 18. Rxa5 Qxa5 19. Nxd6 Nxd6 20. Qxd6 Rd8
21. Qe7 $16) 15. Qd2 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bc6 (17... Nc7 18. Bxb7 Rb8
19. Be4 f5 20. Bd5+ $16) 18. Rad1 Bxd5 (18... dxe5 19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. Qxd8 Rxd8
21. Rxd8 exf4 22. Bxc5 $18) 19. Qxd5 Rc6 20. f5 $1 {White is playing in very
energetic manner.} gxf5 21. Bg5 Qd7 (21... Qc7 22. Bf4 dxe5 23. Nxe5 Rd6 24.
Qf3 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Qe7 26. Nd7 Bd4+ 27. Rxd4 cxd4 28. Qg3+ Ng7 29. Nxf8 Qxf8 30.
Be5 $16) 22. Nh4 Nc7 23. Qf3 Bxe5 24. Bh6 (24. Nxf5 f6 (24... Re8 25. Nh6+ Kg7
26. Bf6+ $18) 25. Bh6 Rf7 $13) 24... Re8 25. Nxf5 d5 26. Rde1 Rg6 27. Be3 f6 (
27... Bxb2 28. Nh6+ Kh8 29. Nxf7+ Kg7 30. Bh6+ Rxh6 31. Nxh6 Bd4+ 32. Kh1 Kxh6
33. Rxe8 Nxe8 34. Qf4+ Kg6 35. Qg3+ Kh6 $11) 28. Bxc5 Kh8 $6 (28... Ne6) 29.
Bd4 $36 Nb5 $6 30. Bxe5 fxe5 (30... Rxe5 $2 {[%csl Rh8]} 31. Rxe5 fxe5 32. Nh6
$18) 31. Nh4 Rg7 (31... Rg5 $142 $1 {[%csl Gf5,Gh5]}) 32. Qh5 e4 33. Rf5 Nc7
34. Ref1 Kg8 35. R5f4 $1 $16 {[%cal Gh4f5]} Ne6 36. Rf5 $6 (36. Rf6) 36... Rd8
37. Qh6 Nd4 38. R5f2 Re8 $4 {After quite a few mutual inaccuracies black is
finally making "the last" blunder.} (38... Qe7 $1 39. Rd2 (39. c3 e3 40. cxd4
exf2+ 41. Rxf2 Qe1+ 42. Rf1 Qe4 $15) 39... Nc6 40. Nf5 Qc5+ 41. Kh2 Rg6 $13)
39. Qf6 $18 Nf3+ (39... e3 40. Qf8+ Rxf8 41. Rxf8#) 40. Nxf3 exf3 41. Qxf3 Rg5
42. Qd3 Qe6 43. Qb3 Rg7 44. Rf5 Rd8 45. Qf3 Kh8 46. c3 Qd6 47. Rf8+ Rg8 48. Rf7
$1 Rd7 (48... Rg7 49. Rxg7 Kxg7 50. Qg4+ Kh8 51. Rf7 $18) 49. Rxd7 Qxd7 50. Rd1
Rg5 51. Qf8+ Rg8 52. Qf6+ Rg7 53. Qe5 Qe7 54. Rxd5 Qxe5 55. Rxe5 Rd7 56. Re6
Rd5 57. b4 Rd7 58. Rb6 Rc7 59. c4 Kg7 60. Kf2 Kf7 61. Ke3 Ke8 62. b5 axb5 63.
cxb5 Kd8 64. a6 bxa6 65. Rb8+ Ke7 66. bxa6 Rc3+ 67. Kd4 Ra3 68. Rb7+ Kf6 69.
Rxh7 Kg6 70. Ra7 Ra2 71. Ra8 Kg7 72. g4 Ra3 73. Kc5 Rxh3 74. Rb8 Ra3 75. Kb6
Rb3+ 76. Ka7 Ra3 77. Rb7+ Kf6 78. Rb6+ 1-0

[Event "Mondariz zt 1.1"]
[Site "Mondariz"]
[Date "2000.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2000.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8. Qd2 (
8. O-O b6 9. h3 Bb7 10. e5 $14 {Byrne-Lombardy, 1975.}) 8... b6 (8... Ne7 9.
Bd3 (9. h3 b6 10. e5 Nfd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bf2 Bb7 13. O-O-O Bh6 14. g3 dxe5
15. dxe5 Nxf4 16. gxf4 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Bxf4+ 18. Kc3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Bxe5+ 20. Bd4
Bxd4+ 21. Rxd4 $16 {[%cal Gd1d8,Gh1d1] Berelovich,A-McNab,C/Koszalin 1998/CBM
65 ext}) (9. Bf2 $5 b6 10. e5 Nfd5 11. Ne4 f5 12. Neg5 h6 13. Nh3 dxe5 14. fxe5
$14 {Wahls,M-Belov,I/Hamburg 1995/EXT 97}) 9... b6 10. h3 Bb7 11. O-O c5 12. e5
Nfd5 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Bxc5 f5 17. Bd6 Qd8 18. Bxe7
Qxe7 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qc5+ $15 {Thipsay,P-McNab,C/
Thessaloniki 1984/EXT 97-B}) 9. O-O-O Ne7 10. e5 (10. Ng5 h6 11. Nh3 Bb7 12.
Bf3 Rb8 13. g4 b5 14. Qg2 b4 15. Ne2 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Ng3 $14 {Botterill,
G-McNab,C/Brighton 1984/MCL}) (10. h4 Bb7 11. h5 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Ng5
Bxg2 14. Rh2 Bb7 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Ba6 $13 {: Chandler,M-Nijboer,F/London 1992/
CBM 31 ext}) 10... Ng4 (10... Nfd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 (11... Nxd5 12. h4 (12. Bf2 f6
(12... Bb7 13. h4 f6 14. c4 Ne7 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. h5 b5 17. hxg6 Nxg6 18. Be3
$14 {Mikhalchishin,A-Beim,V/Groningen op 1990}) 13. c4 Ne7 14. exf6 Bxf6 15.
Rhe1 a6 (15... b5 16. cxb5 a6 17. b6 cxb6 18. Kb1 $13) 16. Bh4 $1 Nf5 17. Bg5
Bd7 18. Bd3 $14 {Chandler,M-McNab,C/Redbus KO 1999}) 12... Nxe3 13. Qxe3 Bb7
14. h5 dxe5 15. dxe5 Qe7 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Ng5 $14 {Aagaard,J-McNab,C/
Millennium Masters 2000}) 12. h3 c5 13. c3 (13. g4 dxe5 14. fxe5 Qc7 15. Bh6
Be6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qf4 $16 {Gallagher,J-Hickl,J/zt 1.2 2000}) 13... Bf5 14.
Bd3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Be4 16. Ng5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Nf5 18. g4 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 $14 {
Stevenson,J-McNab,C/ch-SCO 2000}) 11. Ng5 $5 {As it oftenly happens in this
variation white gives up his bishop in order to develop the initiative on the
kingside.} Nxe3 12. Qxe3 Nd5 $6 {After this move black will remain the
defending side till the end of the game.} (12... Bb7) 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bb5 $1
Bg4 $5 ({Even more dangerous is} 14... dxe5 $6 15. dxe5 Bb7 16. h4 (16. e6 $6
Qf6 $1 17. exf7+ Rxf7 $15) 16... c6 17. Bd3 Qe7 18. h5 $36) 15. Bc6 $1 Bxd1 16.
Rxd1 Qe7 (16... Rb8 17. e6 fxe6 (17... Qe7 18. exf7+ Rxf7 19. Qh3 h6 20. Nxf7
Qxf7 21. Qf3 Qf6 22. c3 $16) 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. Nf7+ Rxf7 20. Qxf7 Qf8 21. Qxf8+
Rxf8 22. g3 $16) 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 18. e6 f5 $6 ({More persistant was} 18... fxe6
19. Nxe6 (19. Qxe6+ Qxe6 20. Nxe6 c6 21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. Re1 Kf6 23. Kd2 Rc8 24.
c3 c5 $14) 19... Re8 20. Re1 h6 $14) 19. h3 $16 {[%csl Ge6]} Re8 20. Re1 Qf6
21. c3 Bf8 (21... c5 $5) 22. Kb1 b5 23. g4 Re7 24. Nf7 fxg4 (24... Re8 25. g5
Qe7 26. h4 c5 27. Qf3 $16) 25. hxg4 h5 26. gxh5 Qf5+ 27. Ka1 Qxh5 28. Nd8 $1
$18 {[%cal Gd8c6] Very elegant decisive manouvre.} Re8 29. Nc6 Be7 (29... a6
30. e7 Bg7 31. Qe6+ Kh7 32. Qf7 $18) 30. Nxa7 Bh4 31. Re2 Bg3 32. a3 $1 Kg7 33.
f5 Bf4 34. f6+ $1 Kh7 35. Qxf4 Qxe2 36. Qh4+ (36. Qh4+ Qh5 37. Qxh5+ gxh5 38.
f7 Rf8 39. e7 $18 {[%cal Ge7e8]}) 1-0

[Event "GER CupT final"]
[Site "Luebeck"]
[Date "2001.03.24"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Lorscheid, Gerhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2001.03.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Luebeck"]
[BlackTeam "Stuttgart"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 $5 {This
continuation usually leads to very complicated struggle:white tries to create
a threats against black king, while black plays mostly on the queenside and in
the center.} 7. O-O c5 8. d5 Rb8 9. Qe2 Nc7 10. a4 a6 11. a5 Bg4 (11... b5 12.
axb6 Rxb6 13. Na4 Rb8 14. c4 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 $14 {Obad,A-Milovanovic,
R/Tuzla 1989/EXT 98 (44)}) (11... e6 12. dxe6 Nxe6 13. f5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15.
Nd1 b5 16. Nf2 Re8 17. Qf3 $14 {1-0 Dolmatov,S-Nijboer,F/Reykjavik 1990/CBM 18
ext (31)}) 12. Bc4 $5 (12. h3 Bxf3 13. Rxf3 (13. Qxf3 e6 14. Bc4 exd5 15. exd5
Nd7 16. Na4 Nb5 17. Bd2 $14 {1-0 Chernin,A-Speelman,J/Moscow 1990/TD (25)})
13... e6 14. dxe6 (14. Bc4 exd5 15. exd5 Re8 16. Qd3 Re1+ 17. Rf1 Rxf1+ 18.
Kxf1 Nd7 19. Bd2 b5 20. axb6 Nxb6 21. b3 Qh4 22. Re1 $14 {Nadyrhanov,
S-Tseshkovsky,V/Krasnodar 1998/EXT 2000 (37)}) 14... Nxe6 15. Be3 Re8 16. Qf1
Nd4 17. Rf2 Nb5 $1 $132 {Palac,M-Manca,F/Borovo 1991/CBM 23 ext (57)}) 12... e6
13. dxe6 Nxe6 $6 {[%csl Rd6]} ({The most natural reaction is} 13... fxe6 $1 14.
h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 d5 16. exd5 Nfxd5 (16... exd5 17. Rd1 Kh8 18. Nxd5 Nfxd5 19.
Bxd5 Bd4+ 20. Rxd4 cxd4 $13) 17. Rd1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qh4 $132 {and black has
good counterchanses.}) 14. Qd3 $5 Re8 $2 {Missing white's reply.} (14... Bxf3
$1 15. Rxf3 $5 (15. gxf3 $6 Nh5 16. Ne2 (16. Nd5 $2 Bd4+ 17. Kg2 Bxb2 $1 $19 {
[%cal Gh5f4,Ge6f4]}) 16... Bh6 $13) 15... Nd4 16. Rf1 Nc6 {[%csl Ra5]} 17. f5
Nxa5 18. Bd5 $44) 15. Ng5 $1 $18 {[%csl Rf7,Rg4] Threatening to take on f7 and
to win a bishop with h3.Black is helpless against those two threats.} Nd7 (
15... Qe7 16. h3 Bh5 17. g4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19. Nd5 $18) (15... h6 16. Nxf7
Kxf7 17. f5 $18) 16. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 17. f5 Bd4+ 18. Be3 Ne5 (18... Bxe3+ 19. Qxe3
Kg7 20. Bxe6 gxf5 21. exf5 $18) 19. Bxd4 $1 (19. Bxd4 Nxd3 20. fxe6+ Kg8 21.
e7+ $18 {[%cal Gc4g8]}) 1-0

[Event "Mondariz zt 1.1"]
[Site "Mondariz"]
[Date "2000.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 c6 5. f4 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qd2 (7. Bd3 Qa5
8. h3 Nbd7 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. f5 gxf5 12. exf5 $14 {Ivanov,
A-Zlotnikov,M/New York op 1995}) (7. h3 b5 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Bd3 Nb6 10. Qe2 a5 11.
O-O Na6 12. a3 Nc7 13. b3 Ba6 14. f5 $36 {Berescu,A-Horvath,A/Stockerau op 1993
}) 7... b5 8. Bd3 (8. e5 b4 9. Nd1 Nd5 10. a3 Nxe3 11. Nxe3 Bh6 12. g3 bxa3 13.
Rxa3 f6 14. Bg2 $14 {Feigin,M-Beckmann,K/Recklinghausen op 1998}) 8... Nbd7 9.
h3 Nb6 10. O-O a5 11. e5 Nfd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. c3 $5 {Black bishops are quiet
passive right now that's why white may afford to himself to give up his
dak-squared bishop.} (13. f5 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 gxf5 15. g4 c5 $1 16. gxf5 c4 17.
Kh2 cxd3 18. Qe4 $44 {Kozlov,V-Shchekachev,A/Moscow2 1991}) 13... Rb8 14. Kh1
Qc7 (14... Nxe3 15. Qxe3 b4 16. c4 Ba6 17. Rac1 Qd7 $13) 15. Bg1 Bh6 16. Bh2 f6
(16... dxe5 17. dxe5 Rd8 18. Rad1 Bf5 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Nd4 e6 21. Qe2 $14) 17.
exd6 exd6 18. b3 Be6 $6 ({Better was} 18... f5 $5 {showing white that he also
has some weaknesses in his position.} 19. c4 (19. Rae1 Nf6 20. Ng5 d5 $132)
19... bxc4 20. bxc4 Nf6 21. Rae1 d5 22. Ne5 Ne4 23. Qc2 $14) 19. c4 bxc4 20.
bxc4 Nb4 21. Be2 Bf5 22. a3 Na6 {[%csl Ra6]} 23. Rfe1 c5 (23... Rbe8 24. Bd3
Bxd3 25. Qxd3 f5 26. Re2 Qd7 27. Rae1 $14) 24. Bd3 Bd7 (24... Bxd3 25. Qxd3
cxd4 26. Nxd4 Nc5 27. Qf3 Qf7 28. f5 $36 {[%cal Gh2b8]}) 25. d5 Rfe8 26. Rxe8+
Rxe8 27. Re1 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Bf8 (28... Qd8 $2 29. f5 $1 $16 {[%csl Rd6]}) 29.
f5 $1 {The differnce in the strength of pieces is simply huge:black bishops
and can barely move,while their white opponents control almost all the board.}
g5 30. h4 h6 (30... g4 31. Nd2 Qd8 32. Ne4 Bxf5 33. Nxc5 Bxd3 34. Qe6+ Kh8 35.
Nxd3 $16) 31. Nd2 Qd8 32. Ne4 Bxf5 (32... Bc8 33. Qe2 {[%cal Ge2h5]}) 33. Nxg5
$1 fxg5 (33... Bxd3 34. Qe6+ Kg7 35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. Ne6 $18) 34. Bxf5 {[%csl Rg8]
} Kh8 (34... Qf6 35. Bc8 Nc7 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Qxa5 Qf1+ 38. Bg1 Ne8 39. Be6+
Kh8 40. Qd8 $18) 35. Bc2 gxh4 36. Bf4 Nb8 37. Qc3+ Kg8 (37... Bg7 38. Qd3) 38.
Qd3 Bg7 39. Qh7+ Kf8 40. Qg6 $1 {[%csl Rd6]} 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Izmukhambetov, Salauat"]
[Black "Villamayor, Buenaventura"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2001.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. h3 (
8. e6 fxe6 9. Ng5 Bxb5 10. Nxe6 Bxd4 $1 11. Nxd8 Bf2+ 12. Kd2 Be3+ $10) 8...
cxd4 (8... Nh6 9. g4 (9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Be3 $16 {()}) 9... Bxb5
10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Nc6 13. Qe4 (13. Qa4 Qxa4 14. Nxa4 O-O-O
15. Bd2 dxe5 16. fxe5 b6 $13 {Jirkovsky,T-Kratochvil,M/CZE-chT1b 1995}) 13...
O-O-O 14. Bd2 dxe5 15. fxe5 e6 (15... f5 $5 16. Qc4 fxg4 17. hxg4 Rhf8 $132 {
Hermlin,A-Chipashvili/USSR/1976/}) 16. O-O-O $16 {Saint Amand,P-Gulati,A/North
Bay op 1998}) (8... Bxb5 9. Nxb5 dxe5 (9... cxd4 10. O-O Ne3 11. Bxe3 dxe3 12.
exd6 Na6 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Rfd1 exd6 $15 {Steadman,M-Goffin,P/NZD-chB 1993}) 10.
hxg4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 (11. c3 Qxb5 12. dxe5 Nc6 {Coleman,D-Walker,GB-ch Eastbourne
1991} 13. Qe2 $14 {_|_<->h()}) 11... Qxb5 12. dxe5 Qxb2 $1 13. Rb1 Qxa2 14.
Rxb7 Qd5 15. Qb1 O-O $13 {Grosar,A-Chernin,A/AUT-chT9596 1996}) 9. Qxd4 Bxb5 (
9... Nh6 10. g4 (10. Bd2 Bxb5 (10... Nf5 11. Qf2 Bxb5 12. Nxb5 a6 13. Nc3 dxe5
14. fxe5 Nc6 $132) 11. Nxb5 Nc6 12. Qf2 dxe5 13. fxe5 a6 14. Nc3 Nf5 15. O-O-O
$36 {Sigurjonsson,G-Westerinen,H/Geneve/1977}) (10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 (10... Nxd7 11.
g4 $36) 11. g4 Nc6 12. Qe4 O-O 13. Bd2 dxe5 14. fxe5 $14 {Thorhallsson,
T-Gretarsson,H/Hafnarfirdi (08)/1992/ (23)}) 10... O-O 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 (11...
Nxd7 12. Be3 Qa5 13. O-O-O Nb6 14. Kb1 Rac8 15. Nd5 $36 {Klovan,J-Tseitlin,Ma/
USSR/1973/}) 12. Be3 $14 {Van der Wiel,J-Van Wely,L/Ter Apel 1993}) (9... dxe5
$6 10. Qd5 $1 e4 11. Ng5 Nh6 12. Qxb7 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Bxb5 14. Qxa8 Bc6 15. Qxa7
O-O 16. g4 $1 Qd5 17. Ba3 Rd8 18. Qd4 Qa5 19. Qc5 $16 {Sigurjonsson,G-Vogt,L/
Cienfuegos/1976/}) 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 $5 {Theory recommends 11.Qc3, but
also a move in the game promises white slightly better chanses} (11. Qc3 Qxc3+
12. bxc3 Nh6 13. Nc7+ Kd7 14. Nxa8 Nc6 15. Rb1 Rxa8 16. Rxb7+ Kc8 17. Rb5 Nf5
18. Kf2 (18. O-O $5 a6 19. Rd5 e6 20. Rd3 dxe5 21. fxe5 $16 {Van der Brink,
P-Leuw,M/Leeuwarden op 1993}) 18... a6 19. Rd5 e6 20. Rd3 dxe5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5
22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Rhd1 $16 {Lawrenz,A-Meyer,H/OL-NW9394 1994}) 11... Nc6 12.
Qe4 Nh6 13. g4 $1 {[%csl Rh6]} dxe5 14. fxe5 O-O (14... Rd8 15. Bd2 O-O 16.
O-O-O f5 17. exf6 exf6 18. Rhe1 $14) (14... Nxe5 $2 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxh6
Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Qxc3+ 18. Kf2 $18) 15. Bd2 f5 16. exf6 exf6 17. O-O-O $14 {
Black bishop on g7 and knight on h6 are out of play and black has to pplay f5
in order to make them come into play, but it's not so easy to transfer f5} Nf7
$6 (17... Rad8 18. Kb1 Rfe8 19. Qc4+ Nf7 20. Rhe1 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 $14) 18. Rhe1
Rad8 19. Kb1 f5 {Opening g-file whih proves to be very dangerous} (19... Nfe5
20. Nxe5 fxe5 (20... Nxe5 21. Qxb7 $16) 21. Bg5 Rd4 (21... Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rf7
23. a3 Nd4 24. h4 $14) 22. Rxd4 exd4 23. Nd5 $14) 20. gxf5 Qxf5 (20... gxf5 21.
Qh4 $14 {[%cal Ge1g1]}) 21. Qxf5 gxf5 22. Rg1 Kh8 (22... Rfe8 $5) 23. Ne2 $1
Nd6 $2 (23... Nfe5 24. Ng5 Nc4 25. Bc1 Rde8 26. Nf4 $14) 24. Nf4 Rfe8 25. Nh5
$1 $18 Ne4 (25... Bd4 26. Nxd4 Nxd4 27. Bg5 $18 {[%cal Gg5f6]}) 26. Nxg7 Nxd2+
27. Nxd2 Rg8 28. Nxf5 Rxg1 29. Rxg1 Rxd2 (29... Rxd2 30. Nh6 Rd8 (30... Ne7 31.
Nf7#) 31. Nf7#) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.09.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2002.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Rb8 9. Qe2 Nc7 10. a4 b6 (10... Re8 11. Bc4 e6 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. e5
dxe5 15. Nxe5 Nh5 $13 {Heinemann,T-Fritsche,L/Germany 1992}) (10... Bg4 11. h3
(11. Bc4 a6 12. a5 e6 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Kh8 16. Rd1 Qe7 17.
Be3 Nh5 18. g3 $14 {Berkvens,J-Gassij,O/Lausanne 2000}) 11... Bxf3 12. Qxf3 e6
13. Bd2 exd5 14. exd5 Nd7 15. f5 Ne5 16. Qg3 c4 $13 {Pina,S-Gurieli,N/Istanbul
2000}) 11. Nb5 $5 {Trading black knight on c7 seems wrong, but it seems that
white may fight for opening advantage with this weird move.} (11. Nd1 e6 12.
dxe6 fxe6 13. c4 d5 14. Nf2 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Ne8 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Ra3
$14 {Shirov,A-Hodgson,J/Gausdal 1990}) 11... a6 12. Nxc7 Qxc7 13. c4 (13. Re1
Qb7 14. c4 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nd7 17. Ra2 Rbe8 18. b3 e6 19. Rae2 $14 {
Albrecht,H-Pohl Kuemmel,J/Bayern 1994}) 13... e6 14. dxe6 (14. e5 Ne8 15. Bd2
b5 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. axb5 axb5 18. cxb5 c4 19. Bc2 Rxb5 20. Bc3 $13 {Botterill,
G-Taulbut,S/Brighton 1977}) 14... Bxe6 15. f5 {Very agressive move, but hardly
the best one in the position.} (15. Bd2 $5 Rfe8 16. Bc3 Bd7 17. e5 dxe5 18.
Nxe5 $13) 15... Bd7 16. Qe1 Rbe8 17. Qh4 Bc6 18. Re1 Qb7 $5 {[%csl Re4]} (18...
Nd7 19. Bh6 f6 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Re3 Ne5 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rf1
Qd6 $15 {Treybal,D-Ftacnik,L/Stary Smokovec 1976}) 19. Bg5 $5 (19. Bh6 Bxe4 20.
Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 $17) 19... Bxe4 $2 {Taking on e4 with the wrong piece.}
(19... Nxe4 $5 20. f6 Bh8 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Rxe4 Bxe4 $15) 20. Bxe4 $2 {
For some reason white deviates from logical B:f6, which led to white's
advantage.} (20. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 (20... Bxd3 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. f6+ Kh8 23. Qh6 Rg8
24. Ng5 $18) 21. Bxe4 Bxh4 22. Bxb7 Bxe1 23. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1 Re8 25. Kf2 a5
26. fxg6 fxg6 27. Nd3 $14 {[%csl Rb6]}) 20... Nxe4 21. f6 Bh8 22. Nd2 Nxg5 23.
Qxg5 Re6 $1 $17 {[%csl Rf6] Now it's just a matter of techinque.} 24. Rf1 (24.
Rxe6 fxe6 25. Rf1 d5 $19 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gb7f7]}) 24... h6 $5 25. Qh4 Re2 {
[%cal Ge2d2,Ge2g2]} 26. Rf2 Rxf2 27. Kxf2 Re8 28. Ra3 Re6 29. Rf3 d5 $1 {
[%cal Gb7c6]} 30. b3 Qc6 31. Qxh6 Bxf6 $19 32. Qf4 dxc4 33. Nxc4 Bd4+ 34. Kf1
Qe8 35. Qg3 (35. g3 Rf6 36. Qg4 Qe6 $1 {[%csl Rf3]} 37. Qxe6 Rxf3+ 38. Ke2 Rf2+
39. Kd3 fxe6 $19) 35... Qe7 36. h4 b5 37. Na5 c4 38. h5 Be5 (38... Bb6 $5) 39.
Qf2 Qd8 40. hxg6 fxg6 41. g3 Bc7 {[%csl Ra5]} 0-1

[Event "Interpolis-01"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1977.10.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[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. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 (6. Bd3 Nc6) 6... b6
$6 (6... Nc6 7. Be2 $36) 7. e5 $1 Ng4 8. Bg1 c5 9. h3 Nh6 (9... cxd4 10. Qxd4 {
P d5+- Kovacevic}) 10. d5 $1 Nf5 11. Bf2 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd7 (12... e6 13. Bc4)
13. Qe2 Bb7 (13... e6 $1 14. dxe6 (14. g4 Nd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Qg5 $1 17.
dxe6 (17. Ne4 Qf4 18. Bg2 exd5 19. Rf1 Qh2 20. Rh1 $10) 17... Bb7 $1 18. exf7+
Kh8 $132) (14. O-O-O exd5 15. Nxd5 Re8 16. g4 Nd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Nxe5
19. Bg2 Bb7 $15) 14... fxe6 15. O-O-O $14) (13... Qc7 14. Nb5 (14. g4 Nd4 15.
Nxd4 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxe5 17. O-O-O Bb7) 14... Qb8 15. g4 a6 $1 16. Nc3 Nd4 17.
Nxd4 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxe5 19. O-O-O Bb7 {P b5}) 14. O-O-O Qb8 (14... e6 15. dxe6
fxe6 16. Qb5 $1 Rf7 17. Bc4 Qe8 18. Rhe1 $14) 15. g4 (15. Re1 $6 b5 $1 16. Qxb5
(16. g4 $6 Nd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Bxd4 b4 {P d5}) 16... Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 $17)
15... Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxe5 (17... Nxe5 18. Re1 f6 $16) 18. Bg2 Bxd4
19. Rxd4 Qd6 20. Re1 Rfe8 (20... e5 21. dxe6 Qxd4 22. Bxb7 Rab8 23. Bc6 $1 (23.
e7 $143 Rfe8) (23. Bd5 Nf6 24. exf7+ Kg7 25. Bb3) 23... Nf6 24. g5 $16 {/+-})
21. Nb5 Qg3 (21... Qc5 22. b4 $1 Qc8 23. Rc4 Qb8 24. Nc7 $16 {/+-}) (21... Qf6
22. Qd2 {P 23. c7+/-/+-}) (21... Qh2 22. Qf2 $1 a6 23. Rf4 $1 {P 24. h1} g5 24.
Rf5 axb5 25. Rxg5+ Kf8 26. Qh4 $40) (21... Qb8 $1 {? Kovacevic} 22. Kb1 (22. d6
Bxg2 (22... e5 23. Rd2) 23. dxe7 $3 Bc6 24. Nd6 b5 25. Qf2 f6 26. Qe3 Ne5 27.
Qb3+ Kg7 28. Rxe5 $1 fxe5 29. Qf7+ Kh8 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Nf7 {P 32. h6# Balashov
}) 22... a6 23. Nc3 $16) 22. Qe3 $1 Qh2 (22... Qxg2 23. Rd2 $18) 23. Qf4 Qxf4+
(23... Qxg2 24. Rd2 Qxh3 25. Rh2 $18) 24. Rxf4 {P c7} Rac8 25. Nxa7 Ra8 26. Nc6
Rxa2 27. Rxe7 $1 Ra1+ 28. Kd2 Rxe7 29. Nxe7+ Kf8 30. Nc6 $18 Rg1 31. Rf2 Ba6
32. b3 Nc5 33. Ne5 Ke7 34. g5 (34. Rxf7+ $2 Kd6) 34... Bc8 35. Rxf7+ Ke8 (35...
Kd6 36. Nc4#) 36. Rf2 Bf5 (36... Bxh3 37. Bxh3 Ne4+ 38. Ke3 Nxf2 39. Kxf2 Rxg5
40. Nd7 $1 $18) 37. d6 Be4 (37... Rxg2 38. Rxg2 Ne4+ 39. Ke3 Nxd6 40. h4 $18)
38. b4 Rxg2 39. Rxg2 Bxg2 40. bxc5 bxc5 41. h4 Bh3 42. Ke3 (42. Kc3 Be6) 42...
Bf5 43. c3 Kd8 44. Kf4 Ke8 45. Nc4 Kd7 46. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Budapest zt playoff"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Stohl} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O e5
8. fxe5 (8. d5 {Stohl} Nd4 9. fxe5 {-8.fxe5}) (8. dxe5 {Stohl} dxe5 9. f5 gxf5
10. exf5 e4 $1 $10) 8... dxe5 9. d5 Nd4 (9... Nb4 {Stohl} 10. Bg5 $5 (10. Bc4
Ne8 11. a3 Nd6 $13) 10... Nxd3 11. Qxd3 Qe7 12. Kh1 h6 13. Bh4 Bd7 14. Nd2 $36
b6 $2 15. d6 $1 Qe6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 $18 {Motwani,P-Wolff,P,London WFW
1989-CBM 13}) (9... Ne7 {Stohl} 10. Nxe5 Nfxd5 11. Nxf7 $5 $44) 10. Nxe5 (10.
Qe1 {Stohl} Ne8 $1 11. Be3 Nd6 12. Ne2 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Bh3 14. Rf2 f5 15. Kh1 f4
16. Bd2 Bf6 17. Ng1 Bd7 $15 {Luther,T-Gipslis,A,Ostrava 1992-CBM 33}) 10...
Nxe4 (10... Nxd5 {Stohl} 11. Nxd5 Bxe5 12. Bf4 Nc6 $5 13. Qd2 Be6 14. Bh6 {N}
Bg7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qc3+ f6 17. Ba6 $1 Rb8 18. Rad1 (18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Qxc6
Bxd5 20. exd5 Rxb2 $10) 18... Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Qe8 20. Rc5 Qxe4 21. Re1 Qh4 22. g3
Qg4 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. Rxc6 $14 {Nevostrujev,V-Zakharevich,I,RUS-chS Orel 1992})
11. Bxe4 (11. Nxe4 {Stohl} Bxe5 12. c4 Nf5 $1 $15) 11... Bxe5 12. Bf4 Bxf4 $6 (
12... Bg7 $5 13. Qd2 Bd7 {/\ Nf5-d6} (13... Re8 {Stohl} 14. Rae1 c6 15. Kh1 f5
$6 16. Bd3 Rxe1 17. Rxe1 cxd5 18. Bg5 Qf8 19. Nxd5 $16 {Winterstein,
W-Brettschneider,S,Baden Baden op 1991})) 13. Rxf4 Nf5 14. Bxf5 Bxf5 15. Qd4 $1
(15. Qd2 {Stohl} Qd6 16. Raf1 Rae8 $10) 15... Bxc2 (15... Qe7 $5 16. Ne4 $5
Bxe4 17. Rxe4 $14 (17. Rxe4 {Stohl} Qd7 18. c4 $14)) 16. Re1 $5 (16. Raf1 Qe7
$1 17. Qd2 Bf5 18. g4 Bc8 $1 $8 19. d6 $1 Qxd6 20. Rd4 Qe5 21. Nd5 Be6 $10 {
Polgar,J-Stohl,I/Brno/1991/}) 16... f5 $2 (16... Bf5 $2 17. g4 Bc8 (17... Bd7
$44 {Stohl /\} 18. d6 $6 Bc6 $1) (17... Qh4 18. Re5 $1 Bd7 19. g5 {/\Ne4->})
18. d6 $1 c6 19. Re7 $18) (16... h5 $5 $13) (16... g5 $5 17. Rf6 Bg6 18. d6 (
18. Ref1 Re8 19. h4 $13) 18... c6 19. Re7 Qb6 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Rxb7 b5 $13 (
21... Kg7 {Stohl} 22. Rf2 $36)) 17. Qc4 Kh8 (17... Rf7 {Stohl} 18. Re2 Be4 19.
Nxe4 fxe4 20. d6 $18) 18. Rc1 $1 (18. Rf2 Be4 $10) (18. Nb5 Be4 19. Nxc7 Rc8
20. Qd4+ Qf6 $10) (18. Re2 Be4 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Rxf8+ (20. Qd4+ {Stohl} Kg8
21. Rfxe4 Qf6 $10) 20... Qxf8 21. Qxc7 Qf6 $1 22. Rxe4 $140 Qxb2 $132) 18...
Be4 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Qd4+ Kg8 21. Rxf8+ Qxf8 (21... Kxf8 22. Qh8+ $18 (22.
Qh8+ {Stohl} Ke7 23. Qxh7+ $18)) 22. Rxc7 $18 e3 $8 (22... Re8 23. d6 e3 (23...
Rd8 24. Qc4+ Kh8 25. Qc3+ Kg8 26. Qh3 h6 27. Qe6+ $18) 24. Qd5+ Kh8 25. Rf7 Qh6
26. d7 Rd8 27. Qe5+ Kg8 28. Qe8+ $18) 23. Qxe3 Re8 24. Qf2 (24. Qc3 Re2 25. Rc8
Re1+ 26. Qxe1 Qxc8 $16 (26... Qxc8 {Stohl} 27. Qe5 Kf7 $1 $16)) 24... Qxf2+ 25.
Kxf2 Rd8 26. Rxb7 Rxd5 27. Ke3 $1 (27. Rxa7 Rd2+ 28. Kf3 Rxb2 29. h4 $16) 27...
a5 (27... Ra5 28. a3 Ra6 29. Kd4 $18) 28. a4 (28. a3 $5 $18 {Stohl /\b4}) 28...
Rd1 29. h4 $6 (29. Rb5 $1 Rb1 (29... Rg1 {Stohl} 30. Rxa5 Rxg2 31. Rb5 Rxh2 32.
a5 Rh1 33. b4 Ra1 34. Rb6 g5 35. a6 $18) 30. g4 (30. Kd3 $18) 30... Kg7 31. Kd3
$18) 29... Rg1 30. Kf3 Rf1+ 31. Kg3 Rd1 32. Rb5 Rd3+ 33. Kf2 h5 (33... Rd4 34.
b3 Rd3) 34. Ke2 (34. Rxa5 Rd2+ 35. Kf3 (35. Ke3 {Stohl} Rxb2 36. Rg5 Rb4 $1
$132 (36... Kf7 37. g3 $18)) 35... Rxb2 36. Ra7 $18) 34... Rg3 35. Kf1 Rg4 36.
b3 (36. Rxa5 {Stohl} Rb4 37. Rb5 Rxa4 38. b4 $18) 36... Rg3 (36... Rxh4 37.
Rxa5 Rb4 38. Rb5 $18) 37. Kf2 Rc3 38. Rxa5 Rxb3 39. Ra7 Rb4 (39... Rb2+ 40. Kf3
Rb3+ 41. Kf4 Rb4+ 42. Kg5 Rg4+ 43. Kh6 Rxg2 44. a5 $1 (44. Rg7+ Kf8 45. Rxg6
Rg4 $3 46. Rxg4 hxg4 47. a5 g3 48. a6 g2 49. a7 g1=Q 50. a8=Q+ $10) 44... Kf8
45. a6 Ra2 46. Ra8+ Kf7 47. a7 Ra6 48. Rh8 $18) 40. g3 Rb3 41. a5 Ra3 42. a6
Kf8 43. Ke2 Ke8 (43... Rxg3 44. Rb7 $18) 44. Kd2 Kd8 45. Ra8+ Kc7 (45... Kd7 {
Stohl} 46. a7 {/\Rh8} Kc6 47. Rc8+ Kb7 48. a8=Q+ Rxa8 49. Rxa8 Kxa8 50. Ke3 $18
) 46. a7 Kb6 47. Rg8 Rxa7 48. Rxg6+ Kc5 49. Ke3 $1 (49. Rg5+ Kd4 50. Rxh5 Ra2+
(50... Rg7 51. Rg5 Rxg5 52. hxg5 Ke5 53. g4 Ke6 54. Ke3 Kf7 55. Ke4 Kg6 56. Kf4
$18) 51. Ke1 Ke3 $132) 49... Rh7 (49... Kd5 {Stohl} 50. Rg5+ $18) 50. Ke4 Rh8
51. Ke5 (51. Kf5 {Stohl} Kd5 $5) 51... Kc4 52. Rg5 (52. Kf6 Kd4 53. Kg7 Ra8 54.
Rg5 Ke4 55. Rxh5 Ra7+ 56. Kg6 Ra6+ 57. Kg5 Kf3 $14) 52... Kd3 53. Kf4 $1 (53.
Kf6 Ke4 54. Kg7 Ra8 55. Rxh5 Ra7+) 53... Kd4 (53... Rf8+ 54. Rf5 Rh8 55. Rd5+
Ke2 56. g4 hxg4 57. Kxg4 Ke3 58. h5 Ke4 59. Ra5 Rg8+ 60. Kh4 Kf4 (60... Rh8 61.
Kg5 Rg8+ 62. Kf6 Rb8 63. h6 Rb6+ 64. Kg5 Rb7 65. Ra8 $18) 61. h6 Rg1 62. Kh5
$18) 54. Rf5 Rh7 (54... Kd3 55. Rd5+ (55. g4 {Stohl} hxg4 56. Kxg4 $18) 55...
Ke2 56. g4) 55. Rf8 Kd5 56. Kf5 Rg7 57. Rd8+ $1 Kc6 58. Kf4 Rg4+ (58... Rf7+
59. Kg5 Rg7+ 60. Kxh5 Rxg3 61. Kh6 $18 (61. Kh6 {Stohl} Kc7 62. Rd4 {/\h5,Kh7,
h6,Kh8,h7,Rf4-f8-g8+-})) 59. Kf3 Rg7 (59... Ra4 60. Rh8 Ra5 61. Rg8 Ra7 62.
Rg6+ $1 $18) 60. Rh8 Rf7+ 61. Ke4 (61. Ke4 Re7+ 62. Kf4 Rf7+ 63. Kg5 Rg7+ 64.
Kxh5 Rxg3 65. Rd8 $18 (65. Rd8 {Stohl} Ra3 66. Kg6 Kc7 67. Rd4 Ra6+ 68. Kg5
Ra5+ 69. Kg4 $18)) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 09th final"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "1993.12.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schlosser, Michael"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1993.12.10"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vienna Margareten Winterthur"]
[BlackTeam "Hilversum"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. Qe2
Nc6 9. Be3 Qa5 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 (11. Qe1 O-O 12. Kh1 Nb4 13. Nd4 Nxd3 14.
cxd3 Bd7 15. h3 e6 {Van der Wiel,J-Nijboer/Wijk/1993/}) 11... Bxf3 12. Qxf3 O-O
13. a3 Nd7 14. Bd2 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Nc5 16. Rab1 Nxd3 17. cxd3 f5 18. g4 $5 e6 19.
Rg1 Nd4 20. Qg3 Qb3 21. Rg2 Rac8 22. gxf5 exf5 23. Rbg1 Rf7 (23... Qxb2 24. Nd5
Rfe8 25. Bc3 Qxa3 26. Bxd4 Bxd4 27. exf5 $40) 24. Bc1 Ne6 25. Nd5 Nc5 26. Qh4
Re8 (26... Nxd3 $5 27. Ne7+ Rxe7 28. Qxe7 Nxc1 $17) 27. Ne3 Nxd3 28. exf5 Nxc1
29. fxg6 hxg6 30. Rxg6 Qxe3 31. Qg4 Qe4+ 32. Rg2 Qd4 33. h4 0-1

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.05.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1991.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {King Hansen,Cu} d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7.
e5 Ng4 8. Bg1 c5 9. h3 Nh6 10. d5 Bb7 {N} (10... Nf5 11. Bf2 Nd7 12. g4 Nd4 13.
Nxd4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Qe3 f5 17. Bg3 Qd6 $13 {
Mikhalchishin,A-Kosten,A/Budapest/1989/}) (10... Nd7 11. Bh2 Nf5 12. Bb5 Bb7
13. g4 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Qc7 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 $44 {Beliavsky,A-Speelman,
J/Reykjavik/1988/} (16... Qxd7 {King} 17. O-O-O f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Qd3 Rac8
20. Ne4 Bg7 21. Kb1 Qa4 22. Rhe1 Ba6 23. Qb3 Qa5 24. a3 Bb5 $13 {
Belyavsky-Speelman, Reykjavik 1988.})) 11. Qd2 Nf5 12. Bh2 dxe5 13. fxe5 e6 $1
14. O-O-O (14. g4 Nh4) (14. d6 {Hansen,Cu} Nd7 {><e5}) 14... exd5 15. Nxd5 Nc6
16. c3 $6 Ncd4 $1 17. Nf6+ (17. cxd4 Qxd5 18. Kb1 Rad8 $17) 17... Bxf6 18. cxd4
Bg7 19. d5 c4 $1 20. Be2 $2 (20. Kb1 $5) 20... Rc8 21. Kb1 Bh6 22. Bf4 (22. Qc3
Bxd5 $17) 22... Bxf4 23. Qxf4 Bxd5 24. h4 c3 25. bxc3 Rxc3 26. h5 Ne3 $1 27.
Ng5 (27. hxg6 fxg6 28. Qh6 Qc7 $19) 27... Qc7 28. Nxh7 Rb3+ $1 {Ftacnik,L} (
28... Rb3+ $1 29. axb3 Qc2+ 30. Ka1 Qc3+ 31. Kb1 Qxb3+ 32. Ka1 Nc2#) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ter Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Black "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e5 dxe5 7. fxe5 Nd5 (7...
Nfd7 {The minority move was played few times in order to avoid the fight in
the main line.}) 8. Bc4 Nxc3 {A natural, but nowhere near forced continuation.
Black has two other solid moves that can fight for the title of the best
solution.} (8... Nb6 9. Bb3 (9. Be2 Nc6 10. Ne4 Bf5 11. Ng3 Bg4 12. c3 f6 13.
exf6 exf6 14. O-O Re8 15. h3 Qd6 16. hxg4 Qxg3 17. Nh2 Qd6 18. Bf4 Qd7 19. Bf3
Kh8 20. Re1 $11 {1/2-1/2 (59) Skoberne,J (2542)-Indjic,A (2560) chess.com INT
2017}) 9... Nc6 (9... Bg4 10. Ne4 Nc6 11. c3 Na5 12. Bc2 f6 13. exf6 exf6 14.
O-O Qd5 15. Nc5 Rae8 16. b4 Nac4 17. Bb3 Nc8 18. h3 Be6 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20. Nd2
b5 21. a4 $18 {1-0 (28) Smirnov,P (2600)-Bocharov,D (2561) Vladivostok 2015})
10. O-O Na5 (10... Bg4 11. Be3 e6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Rxf3 Na5 14. Ne4 Nxb3 15.
axb3 Nd5 16. Bg5 Qc8 17. c4 Nb6 18. Qd2 Nd7 19. Raf1 $18 {1-0 (25) Oparin,G 
(2569)-Malakhov,V (2694) Moscow 2015}) 11. h3 (11. Qe1 Nxb3 12. axb3 Bf5 13.
Qh4 Bxc2 14. Rf2 Bxb3 15. Ng5 h5 16. Ra3 Bc4 17. Nce4 Qxd4 18. Nf6+ exf6 19.
Qxd4 Rfd8 20. Be3 Rxd4 21. Bxd4 fxg5 $19 {0-1 (24) Stevic,H (2571)-Smirin,I 
(2630) Plovdiv 2008}) 11... Nxb3 12. axb3 f6 13. Qe2 c6 14. Ne4 fxe5 15. dxe5
Nd5 16. c4 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Rxf4 18. Qe3 Rf8 19. Ng3 Qc7 20. Kh1 $11 {1/2-1/2 (37)
Artemiev,V (2674)-Petrosian,T (2607) Moscow 2016}) (8... Be6 9. Nxd5 (9. Qe2 c6
10. Ne4 Qb6 11. c3 Nc7 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. Nfg5 Nxg5 14. Bxg5 Qd8 15. O-O Nd7 16.
e6 fxe6 17. Nd6 Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 Nf8 19. Nxb7 Qd5 20. Bxe7 $16 {0-1 (54)
Vocaturo,D (2604)-Minasian,A (2480) Minsk 2017}) 9... Bxd5 10. Bxd5 Qxd5 11.
Qe2 c5 (11... Nc6 12. c4 Qa5+ (12... Qd7 13. d5 Nd8 14. Bg5 (14. Bf4 b5 15.
O-O-O bxc4 16. Qxc4 e6 17. Rhe1 Rb8 18. Be3 a5 19. d6 cxd6 20. Rxd6 Qb7 $15 {
0-1 (31) Hovhannisyan,R (2591)-Petrosian,T (2651) Yerevan 2014}) 14... b5 15.
O-O bxc4 16. Qxc4 c6 17. Rfd1 h6 18. Bh4 g5 19. Bg3 cxd5 20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21. Rxd5
Ne6 22. Rd7 Rfb8 23. b3 Kf8 $11 {0-1 (39) Pashikian,A (2617)-Petrosian,T (2651)
Yerevan 2014}) 13. Bd2 Qa6 (13... Qb6 14. Bc3 e6 15. O-O-O Qa6 16. Kb1 Rab8 17.
h4 b5 18. c5 Qc8 19. h5 Qd8 20. b3 a5 21. Rh3 $14 {1-0 (36) Salem,A (2603)
-Petrosian,T (2671) Moscow 2015}) 14. d5 Na5 15. Rc1 b6 16. O-O Rad8 17. Bg5 f6
18. Bh4 Nb7 19. Nd4 Nc5 20. b4 Rxd5 21. cxd5 {1-0 (21) Salem,A (2656)-Mamedov,
R (2688) Doha 2016}) 12. c4 Qd7 13. d5 (13. Be3 Nc6 14. d5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5
16. Bxc5 Qc7 17. Ba3 Rac8 18. Rc1 Bxh2 19. Rc3 Rfd8 20. g4 Bg3+ 21. Kf1 Be5 $17
{0-1 (35) Perunovic,M (2622)-Onischuk,V (2612) Berlin 2015}) 13... e6 14. Qe4 (
14. d6 f6 15. Bf4 fxe5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Qxe5 Nc6 18. Qxc5 Rf5 19. Qe3 Qxd6 20.
O-O Rd8 21. Rae1 e5 22. b3 b6 23. Ng5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (45) Krause,B (2453)-Saric,
I (2662) Germany 2018}) 14... exd5 15. cxd5 Rd8 16. d6 Re8 17. O-O Nc6 18. Qh4
Nxe5 19. Bf4 Nxf3+ 20. Rxf3 Bxb2 21. Raf1 Re4 $19 {0-1 (33) Halkias,S (2585)
-Saric,I (2652) Tallinn 2016}) 9. bxc3 c5 10. O-O Bg4 {Without active
development of this bishop White will not feel the heat against his centre and
can easily develop a kingside attack.} (10... Nc6 11. Ng5 e6 12. Be3 Bh6 13.
Qg4 Bg7 14. Rad1 cxd4 15. cxd4 b5 16. Bb3 Ne7 17. Ne4 Bb7 18. Nd6 Bd5 19. Bg5
Bxb3 20. axb3 Qd7 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Nxb5 $16 {1/2-1/2 (53) Shomoev,A (2561)
-Bocharov,D (2558) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 11. Qd3 {White is acknowledging,
that the natural 11.h3 probably does not promise any advantage.} (11. Be3 Nc6
12. h3 (12. Qd2 Qa5 (12... Rc8 13. Ng5 e6 14. Bb5 Bf5 15. h3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qa5
17. Qxa5 Nxa5 18. Bd2 Bh6 19. h4 Nc4 $17 {0-1 (71) Nilsen,J (2416)-Lie,K (2538)
Norway 2018}) 13. Ng5 cxd4 14. Rxf7 Rxf7 15. Bxf7+ Kh8 16. Bxd4 Rf8 17. Qf4
Nxe5 18. Re1 Nxf7 19. Nxf7+ Kg8 20. Rxe7 Qf5 21. Qxf5 Bxf5 22. Bxg7 Rxf7 23.
Rxf7 Kxf7 $11 {1/2-1/2 (24) Christiansen,J (2495)-Onischuk,V (2637) Riadh 2017}
) (12. Rb1 Rc8 13. Be2 Qa5 14. Rxb7 Qxc3 15. Rb3 Qa5 16. Rb5 Qa3 17. Bc1 Qa4
18. c3 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 cxd4 20. cxd4 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxc1+ 23. Rd1
Rfc8 $17 {0-1 (42) Hague,B (2368)-Demuth,A (2538) Palmerston North 2018}) 12...
Bxf3 13. Rxf3 Qa5 14. Qe1 (14. Qf1 Qxc3 15. Rd1 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Qa5 17. Rxf7 Kh8
18. Ba1 Rxf7 19. Qxf7 Rf8 20. Qe6 Bxe5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (42) Salem,A (2656)
-Onischuk,V (2601) Doha 2016}) (14. Bf2 Rad8 15. Qf1 e6 16. Bb5 cxd4 17. Bxc6
bxc6 18. cxd4 c5 19. c3 cxd4 20. cxd4 Rd7 21. Rb3 f6 22. Qc4 Qd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 
(30) Shevchenko,K (2527)-Mchedlishvili,M (2590) Linares 2017}) 14... Rad8 15.
Bb3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Rxd4 19. Rc3 e6 20. Rc7 Rb4 $17
{1/2-1/2 (79) Wei,Y (2707)-Onischuk,V (2601) Doha 2016}) (11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3
Nc6 13. Rd1 Qc7 (13... Rc8 $5) 14. Bf4 (14. Bd5 Na5 15. e6 fxe6 16. Bxe6+ Kh8
17. Qe4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nc4 19. Rb1 Nd6 20. Qe2 Nf5 21. Rb4 $11 {0-1 (40)
Fischman-Shutrov,E Baku (Azerbaijan) 1964}) 14... cxd4 15. e6 Qc8 16. exf7+ Kh8
17. Qe4 Nd8 18. Bb3 Nxf7 19. cxd4 Nd6 20. Qxe7 Rxf4 21. Qxd6 Qf8 $14 {1/2-1/2 
(44) Kollars,D (2500)-Baklan,V (2600) Trieste 2017}) 11... Nc6 (11... Bxf3 12.
Qxf3 (12. Rxf3 Nc6 13. Be3 e6 14. Raf1 Qc7 15. Bg5 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qb6 17. Be3
Rad8 18. R3f2 Qc7 19. Qc3 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Rc8 21. Qb3 Qxc4 22. Qxb7 Rc7 $17 {
0-1 (42) Pichot,A (2552)-Movsziszian,K (2540) Barcelona 2018}) 12... Nc6 13.
Bxf7+ Kh8 14. Be3 Qc8 15. Qg3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Bg5 Nxc2 18. Rad1 $16 {
1-0 (18) Ivanisevic,I (2656)-Yilmazyerli,M (2424) Warsaw 2016}) 12. Ng5 (12.
Qe4 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 cxd4 14. Bxf7+ Kh8 15. e6 dxc3 $15) 12... e6 13. Qg3 Bf5 14.
Rxf5 $5 {The position right out of the opening has become really charged.
White's only other serious try was 14.Ba3, when Black gets a lot of
counterplay with the help of an exchange sacrifice:} (14. Ba3 cxd4 15. Bxf8
Qxf8 16. Qh4 Bh6 (16... h6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bxe6+ Bxe6 19. Rxf8+ Rxf8 20. cxd4
g5 21. Qh5 Nxd4 $11) 17. cxd4 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Nxd4 (18... Qb4 19. d5 Nxe5 20. Bb3
$14) 19. Kh1 Qc5 $11) 14... exf5 15. e6 $1 (15. h3 Na5 16. Bd3 cxd4 $17) 15...
Bxd4+ 16. Kf1 (16. Be3 Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 Qf6 $15) 16... Be5 17. Bf4 (17. Qf3 fxe6
18. Nxe6 Qh4 $17) 17... Bxf4 18. exf7+ $2 {Greed is probably not the best
adviser in complex positions. It is very human to want to posess, but in chess
the execution of the threat could very well mean a great relief for the
defender.} (18. Qxf4 $1 fxe6 (18... Qf6 19. Re1 Qxc3 20. e7 Nxe7 21. Rxe7 Rad8
22. Nxf7 Rd1+ 23. Kf2 Rd2+ 24. Kg1 Rd1+ $11) 19. Nxe6 Qf6 20. Nxf8+ Kxf8 21.
Re1 Qxc3 22. Qh6+ Qg7 23. Qe3 Qf6 24. Qh6+ $11) 18... Kh8 19. Qxf4 Qf6 20. Re1
Qxc3 21. Qh4 (21. Bb3 Rac8 22. Qh4 h5 23. Ne6 Rxf7 24. Nf4 c4 25. Nxg6+ Kg7 26.
Bxc4 Rfc7 $17) 21... h5 22. Nf3 Rad8 $2 {A rare case when the king move should
have been preferred over all the advantageous improvement of pieces.} (22...
Kg7 $1 23. Qf4 Na5 $17) 23. Re6 Qg7 24. Qg5 $2 {In all honesty unusual,
somewhat irrational positions are fiendishly difficult to handle. The queen
should have gone to g3 in order not to block the g5-square for the knight.} (
24. Qg3 $1 Kh7 25. Ng5+ Kh6 26. c3 Rd1+ 27. Kf2 Rd2+ $11) 24... Kh7 25. Nh4 $2
{[%mdl 64] Positionally dubious moves tend to be weaker on the tactical plane
too. Onischuk will find a way to exchange pieces and extricate himself from
the trouble.} (25. c3 Rd1+ 26. Ke2 Rd7 27. Qe3 Rdxf7 28. Ng5+ Kh8 29. Nxf7+
Rxf7 $17) 25... Rd1+ 26. Kf2 (26. Ke2 Rd6 $1 27. Nxf5 Rxe6+ 28. Bxe6 Nd4+ 29.
Nxd4 Qxd4 $19) 26... Qd4+ 27. Kg3 (27. Ke2 Qxc4+ $19) (27. Kf3 Qc3+ 28. Kf2
Qd2+ $19) 27... Qg4+ 28. Qxg4 hxg4 {The game is not yet over, but White's real
attack surely is.} 29. Rxg6 (29. Nxg6 Rxf7 $19) 29... Ne5 30. Rg8 Rdd8 $1 (
30... Rxf7 31. Bxf7 Nxf7 32. Rb8 Nd6 33. Kf4 $11) 31. Nxf5 (31. Rxf8 Rxf8 32.
Bd5 b5 33. Nxf5 Nxf7 $19) 31... Nxc4 32. Rg7+ Kh8 33. Rxg4 Rxf7 34. Rh4+ Rh7
35. Rxc4 Rg8+ 36. Kf3 Rxh2 {Ter Sahakyan has fought heroically, but the
position remains difficult. The knight is no real match for the rook.} 37. Rxc5
Rgxg2 38. Rc7 (38. Rc8+ Rg8 39. Rc7 Rh7 $17) 38... Rxc2 39. Rxb7 Rxa2 40. Ke4
Rhb2 41. Rc7 Re2+ 42. Kf4 Kg8 {The king does not want to become a target of
some wild counterattack, Black should be winning.} (42... Rf2+ 43. Ke4 Ra4+ 44.
Nd4 Rd2 45. Rd7 a5 $19) 43. Ne3 (43. Ne7+ Kf8 44. Nd5 Re1 $19) 43... Rf2+ 44.
Ke4 Rf7 45. Rc8+ Rf8 46. Rc3 Re8+ 47. Kd3 Rh2 {White decided that the material
imbalance is too big for sensible resistance.} (47... a5 48. Nd5 Rd8 49. Rc5 a4
$19) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.01.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. Qe2
Nc6 9. Be3 Qa5 10. O-O Bg4 11. Qe1 O-O 12. Kh1 Nb4 (12... Bxf3 13. Rxf3 Nb4)
13. Nd4 $1 Nxd3 14. cxd3 Bd7 15. h3 e6 16. Qf2 Ne8 17. Nb3 Qd8 $6 (17... Qa6
18. Rad1 f5 19. Bd4 e5 $5 20. Be3 Nf6) 18. Bxa7 f5 19. Bd4 fxe4 (19... e5 20.
fxe5 fxe4 (20... dxe5 21. Bc5 Rf7 22. d4 $5) 21. Qg3 $16) 20. dxe4 b5 21. Bxg7
Nxg7 22. Qd2 Qc7 23. Nd4 Qb6 (23... b4 24. Nce2 $16) 24. Rf3 b4 25. Nce2 Qb7
26. Ng3 e5 27. Nde2 exf4 28. Nxf4 Bc6 29. Qd4 Rae8 30. Qc4+ Kh8 31. Raf1 Bb5 (
31... Rg8 32. Rb3 $16) 32. Nxg6+ hxg6 33. Rxf8+ Kh7 34. Qg8+ Kh6 35. Qh8+ Kg5
36. R1f4 $1 Rxf8 37. Qh4# 1-0

[Event "Interpolis-02"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1978.09.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1978.09.01"]
[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. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 (6. Bb5+ $5) (6. e5 $5
) 6... Qa5 7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. Qe2 O-O 9. Be3 Qa5 10. O-O Bg4 11. Qf2 Bxf3 12. Qxf3
Nc6 13. Ne2 $2 (13. a3 Nd7 14. Bd2 $10) 13... Nd7 14. c3 $4 Nde5 $19 15. fxe5
Nxe5 16. Qh3 Nxd3 17. Qd7 Qa6 18. Qxe7 Rae8 19. Qh4 d5 20. Ng3 f5 21. e5 f4 22.
Bxf4 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Nf2+ 24. Rxf2 Qxf2 25. Rf1 Qxb2 26. Qg5 0-1

[Event "Berlin Mephisto 1st"]
[Site "Berlin East"]
[Date "1990.05.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Black "Espig, Lutz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Fuchs,R"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1990.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 6/1990} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7.
e5 Ng4 8. e6 fxe6 9. Ng5 Bxb5 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. c3 Qxb5 12. Qxg4 cxd4 $5 13.
Nxe6 Qc4 14. f5 Bf6 15. fxg6 hxg6 16. Rf1 Kf7 17. Ng5+ Kg7 18. Qe6 Qxe6+ 19.
Nxe6+ Kh7 20. Nc7 dxc3 $1 21. Nxa8 Na6 22. Rf3 $1 Rc8 $1 23. bxc3 Bxc3+ 24.
Rxc3 Rxc3 25. Rb1 Rc8 26. Rxb7 Rxc1+ 27. Kd2 Ra1 28. Rxe7+ Kh6 29. Rxa7 Rxa2+
30. Ke3 Nb4 31. Rxa2 Nxa2 32. Nc7 Nc3 33. Kd3 Na4 34. Nb5 Nc5+ 35. Ke3 Nb7 36.
Kd4 Kg5 37. Kd5 Kf4 38. Nxd6 Nd8 39. Nc4 g5 40. Ne5 Ke3 41. Nf3 $2 {Lässt den
Nd8 heraus, so dass sich das Remis abzeichnet.} ({Sehr stark war} 41. g3 $1 {
weil Schwarz keinen vernünftigen Zug hat.}) 41... Nf7 42. Ke6 Kf2 43. g3 Nd8+
44. Kf5 Kxf3 45. Kxg5 Nf7+ 46. Kg6 Ne5+ 47. Kh5 Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jakarta"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Antonio, Rogelio Jr"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Stohl} g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. e5 $1
dxe5 (7... Ng4 8. Bg1 Nh6 (8... dxe5 9. fxe5 $5 Nh6 (9... Bh6 $6 10. Qe2 $16)
10. Qe2 Bf5 11. a3 Bg4 12. O-O-O Nf5 13. Qe4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 e6 15. Bh3 {Sax,
G-Azmauparashvili,Z/Manila(ol)/1992/0,5 (15)/}) 9. h3 f6 $6 10. d5 Nb4 (10...
Nb8 11. e6 c6 12. g4 Na6 13. Qd2 b5 14. f5 $1 $16) 11. a3 Na6 12. e6 $16 {
de Firmian,N-Azmayparashvili,Z/Reykjavik/1990/1:0 (51) Inf 49/182/}) 8. dxe5
Ng4 (8... Nh5 $5 9. Bc4 Bh6 10. g3 Bg4 11. Qe2 Kh8 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Ne4 f6 14.
O-O Qf5 $1 $10 {Ehlvest,J-Nogueiras,J/Biel(izt)/1993/0,5 (68) Inf 58/155/}) 9.
Bg1 Qxd1+ (9... f6 10. Bc4+ Kh8 11. h3 (11. Nb5 Bf5 12. h3 Nh6 13. Qe2 fxe5 14.
g4 a6 15. Nc3 Bd7 16. O-O-O Rxf4 17. Bh2 Rxf3 $1 18. Qxf3 e6 $13 {Balashov,
Y-Rukavina,J/Sochi/1973/}) 11... Nh6 12. Qe2 fxe5 13. fxe5 e6 (13... Rxf3 $6
14. Qxf3 Nxe5 15. Qe2 Bf6 16. Rd1 Qf8 17. Bf2 $16 {Nogueiras/}) 14. Bb5 $5 (14.
Bf2 Nf7 $5 $13) 14... Rxf3 $6 (14... Nf5 $6 15. Rd1 $2 (15. Bxc6 $1 Ng3 16. Qc4
bxc6 (16... Nxh1 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. Bc5 Qf7 19. Bxf8 Bxf8 20. Ba4 $14 {Seirawan/})
17. Rh2 a5 18. Rd1 Qe8 19. Bc5 $16) 15... Qe8 16. Bf2 a6 17. Ba4 b6 $1 18. O-O
Bb7 $10 {Seirawan,J-Spraggett,K/Moscow(GMA)/1990/1:0 (54) Inf 49/182/}) (14...
Qe8 $5) (14... Bd7 $5) 15. Qxf3 Nxe5 16. Qe2 $16) 10. Rxd1 f6 11. Bc4+ (11.
exf6 exf6 12. Bc4+ Kh8 13. h3 Nh6 (13... Re8+ 14. Kf1 Nh6 (14... Nh6 {Stohl}
15. g4 Na5 16. Bb5 c6 17. Bd3 Be6 18. Rh2 Nc4 19. Rb1 f5 20. g5 Nf7 $15 {
Sorensen,J-Mortensen,E/DEN-ch/1991/})) 14. Bc5 (14. Nd5 $5 Be6 15. Bc5 $14 {
Nunn/}) 14... Re8+ 15. Kf2 Bf5 (15... b6 16. Bd5 Bb7 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 c6
19. Be4 Re7 20. Rhe1 {Stohl} Rae8 21. b4 f5 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. Bf3 Nf7 24. Rxe7
Rxe7 25. Ne2 c5 $10 {Gruenfeld,Y-Davies,N/Tel Aviv/1990/}) (15... Be6 16. Bb5
$5 $14) 16. Rd2 Na5 17. Be2 b6 18. Ba3 Rad8 19. Rhd1 Rxd2 20. Rxd2 Nf7 21. Bb4
Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Nxd8 23. Bxa5 bxa5 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. Ke3 f5 26. Bc4 Nc6 $132 {
Kindermann,S-Lau,R/BL 8990/1990/}) 11... Kh8 12. h3 Nh6 13. Bh2 fxe5 14. Nxe5
$1 $146 (14. fxe5 $2 Bxh3 15. O-O Bg4 {Stohl} 16. Rde1 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 Ng4 18.
Bd5 Nxh2 19. Kxh2 Bxe5+ 20. Kh3 Bd6 21. Nb5 Ne5 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Bxb7 Rb8 24.
Nxd6 exd6 $19 {Mortensen,E-Davies,N/Graested/1990/}) 14... Nxe5 (14... Nf5 $5 {
Stohl} 15. Nxc6 (15. Nf7+ Kg8 16. Nd6+ Kh8 $10) 15... bxc6 16. Rd2 Rb8 17. Bb3
c5 $132) 15. fxe5 c6 (15... b6 $6 16. Bd5 Rb8 17. e6 $16) (15... Nf5 16. Ke2 (
16. O-O Ne3 17. Rxf8+ Bxf8 18. Rd8 Nxc4 19. Rxf8+ Kg7 20. Rd8 Nb6 21. Nb5 Bf5
$10) (16. Rd3 {Stohl} c6 17. a4 $1 $14 {/\g4,פ} (17. g4 b5 18. Bb3 Nh4 $132
19. Ke2)) (16. Nd5 c6 17. Nc7 Rb8 $13) (16. Rf1 Ne3 17. Rxf8+ Bxf8 18. Rd8 Nxc4
19. Rxf8+ Kg7 20. Rd8 Nb6 21. Bg1 Bf5 $10) 16... c5 $132) 16. Rf1 (16. g4 $5)
16... Re8 $2 (16... Bf5 $6 17. g4 $1 Bxc2 18. Rd2 Ba4 (18... Rxf1+ 19. Bxf1 $1
$18) 19. Nxa4 b5 20. Bb3 bxa4 21. Bxa4 $16) (16... Rxf1+ $6 17. Kxf1 Bf5 18. g4
$16) (16... Nf5 $1 17. Bf4 (17. Rd3 b5 18. Bb3 b4 19. Ne2 Ba6 $36) (17. Ke2 b5
18. Bd3 Be6 $10) (17. g4 {Stohl} Ne3 18. Rxf8+ Bxf8 19. Rd8 Nxc4 20. Rxf8+ Kg7
21. Rd8 Nb6 22. Bg1 $1 {/\} Be6 23. Bxb6 $18) 17... Nh4 $1 18. Rd2 b5 $1 (18...
Nxg2+ $5 19. Rxg2 Bxh3 20. Rgf2 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 Rad8 $13) 19. Bd3 Nxg2+ $6 (19...
Be6 $10) 20. Rxg2 Bxh3 21. Rgf2 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 $14) 17. g4 $16 b5 18. Bb3 a5 19.
a4 Rb8 20. Ra1 bxa4 (20... b4 21. Ne4 $16) 21. Rxa4 Ra8 22. Rf2 c5 23. Nd5 Ra7
24. Nb6 Bb7 25. Rd2 Ra6 26. Nc4 $18 Bc8 (26... Rea8 27. Rxa5 $1 Rxa5 28. Nxa5
Rxa5 29. Rd8+ $18) (26... Rc8 {Stohl} 27. Rxa5 Nf7 28. Rxa6 Bxa6 29. Nb6 e6 (
29... c4 {Stohl} 30. Nxc8 cxb3 31. e6 bxc2 32. Rxc2 $18) (29... Rb8 {Stohl} 30.
Bxf7 Rxb6 31. Rd8+ Bf8 32. e6 $1 Kg7 33. Be5+ $18) 30. Rd7 $6 $138 {1-0
Antonio,R-Tkachiev,V/Jakarta (03) 1994} (30. Nxc8 $18 {Stohl}) (30. Rd7 {Stohl}
Rf8 31. Ra7 Bb5 32. Nd7 Bxd7 33. Rxd7 Nxe5 34. Rxg7 Nf3+ 35. Ke2 Nxh2 36. Rc7
$18)) (26... Nf7 {Stohl} 27. Nxa5 Nxe5 28. Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Nxb7 $18) 27. Rxa5 $6
(27. Nxa5 $5 Be6 28. Nb7 $18) 27... Nf7 $1 28. Rxa6 (28. Rxc5 $6 Ng5 29. Rd3
Ra1+ 30. Ke2 Rh1 $132) 28... Bxa6 29. Na3 $2 (29. Rd5 e6 (29... Rc8 30. e6 Nd8
31. Nb6 $18) 30. Rxc5 $18) 29... e6 $2 (29... Nxe5 $14) 30. Rd7 (30. Rd7 Bxe5
31. Bxe5+ Nxe5 32. Ra7 Bc8 33. Rc7 $16) 1-0

[Event "Redbus KO"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "1999.04.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "McNab, Colin Anderson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8. Qd2
Ne7 9. O-O-O {Leads to a double edged play} (9. Bd3 b6 10. h3 Bb7 11. O-O c5
12. e5 Nfd5 13. exd6 (13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. c3) 13... Qxd6 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Ne4
Qc7 16. Bxc5 f5 17. Bd6 Qd8 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Bxf3 21. gxf3
Qc5+ $15 {1/2-1/2 Thipsay,P-McNab,C/Thessaloniki 1984/EXT 97-B (33)}) (9. h3 b6
10. e5 Nfd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bf2 Bb7 13. O-O-O Bh6 14. g3 dxe5 15. dxe5 Nxf4
16. gxf4 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Bxf4+ 18. Kc3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Bxe5+ 20. Bd4 Bxd4+ 21.
Rxd4 $16 {[%cal Gd1d8,Gh1d1] 1-0 Berelovich,A-McNab,C/Koszalin 1998/CBM 65 ext
(41)}) (9. Bf2 $5 {preparing e4-e5} b6 10. e5 Nfd5 11. Ne4 f5 12. Neg5 h6 13.
Nh3 dxe5 14. fxe5 b5 15. Bxb5 g5 16. Nhg1 Rb8 17. Bc4 Ng6 18. h4 g4 19. h5 Nge7
20. Nh4 Rxb2 21. Bb3 c5 22. O-O-O c4 23. Bxc4 Rb4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Wahls,M-Belov,
I/Hamburg 1995/EXT 97 (31)}) 9... b6 10. e5 (10. Ng5 h6 11. Nh3 Bb7 12. Bf3 Rb8
13. g4 b5 14. Qg2 b4 15. Ne2 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Ng3 c5 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. f5 Nd5
20. Qf2 Qa5 21. f6 Qxa2 22. fxg7 Rfd8 23. Rhf1 Rd7 24. Nxe4 c4 25. Qh4 c3 26.
Nxc3 bxc3 27. bxc3 Qa1+ 28. Kd2 Qxc3+ 29. Kc1 Qa3+ {0-1 Botterill,G-McNab,C/
Brighton 1984/MCL (29)}) (10. h4 Bb7 11. h5 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Ng5 Bxg2 14.
Rh2 Bb7 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Ba6 Bd5 17. c4 f6 18. cxd5 fxg5 19. dxe6 d5 20. Rdh1
{with a complicated game in: Chandler,M-Nijboer,F/London 1992/CBM 31 ext (29)})
10... Nfd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bf2 f6 13. c4 Ne7 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Rhe1 a6 {
Seems to be a little slow, perhaps black should've thought of a more gambit
play:} (15... b5 16. cxb5 a6 17. b6 cxb6 18. Kb1 $13) 16. Bh4 $1 {Neutrelizing
the potentially dangerous bishop} Nf5 17. Bg5 Bd7 18. Bd3 b5 19. d5 exd5 (19...
bxc4 20. Bxc4 e5 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. d6+ $16) 20. cxd5 Rf7 21. Kb1 h6 22. g4 $1 {
Now black position collapses very quickly} Ne7 (22... hxg5 23. gxf5 gxf4 24.
fxg6 Rf8 25. h4 $40) 23. Bxh6 Bxg4 24. Qg2 Qd7 25. Re6 $1 {Disconnecting
between the king and his army} Bxe6 26. dxe6 Qxe6 27. Bxg6 Rg7 28. Bxg7 Bxg7
29. Bh7+ $1 Kf8 30. Ng5 Qc8 31. f5 (31. Ne6+ Qxe6 32. Qxa8+ {also winning of
course, but there are just so many ways....}) 31... Be5 32. f6 Bxf6 33. Rf1 Kg7
34. Ne4+ Kxh7 35. Nxf6+ Kh6 36. Rf3 Ng6 37. Rh3+ Kg7 38. Nh5+ Kf7 39. Rf3+ {
A very impressive attack by white.} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Glek,I"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[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 "Bochum"]
[BlackTeam "Passau"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. Qe2
Bg4 9. Be3 Qa5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Qe1 O-O 12. Kh1 Rac8 13. a3 Rfd8 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Rxf3 e6 16. Qg1 $5 {/\ 17.Raf1} Ne8 17. Nd1 $6 d5 18. e5 $6 f5 19. exf6 Nxf6
20. Rf1 $2 (20. b4 Qc7 21. b5 {/\ 22.b6} e5 $1 $13) 20... Qc7 $17 21. g4 $5 e5
22. f5 e4 23. Be2 gxf5 24. g5 $6 (24. c3 $5 {/\ Bf4, Ne3©}) 24... Nd7 25. Rxf5
Nde5 26. Nf2 Ne7 27. Rf6 N7g6 28. Bd4 $6 Nc6 $1 29. Ng4 Nxd4 30. Qxd4 Qg3 $1
$19 31. Bf1 Rxc2 32. Rd1 Kh8 33. Qxa7 Ne5 34. Qb6 Rdc8 35. Qe3 Rh2+ 36. Nxh2
Qxe3 37. Re6 Nf3 38. Ng4 Qxg5 39. Rb6 d4 40. Bg2 h5 41. Nf2 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Skopje op 18th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2002.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Paramos Dominguez, Roberto"]
[Black "Bogdanovski, Vlatko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2002.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 128]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 {
Black preparing the operations on the queenside by means of c7-c5,Na6-c7,etc.}
7. O-O c5 8. d5 Bg4 9. Bc4 (9. h3 Bxf3 10. Rxf3 Nc7 11. a4 Rb8 12. Qe1 Nd7 13.
Bd2 Na6 14. Nd1 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bc3 Bxc3 17. Nxc3 $14 {Polgar,Zso-Hodgson,
J/Amsterdam Donner op/1995}) (9. a3 $5 Nc7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e6 12. f5 $5
exd5 13. exd5 $36 Nd7 14. Qg3 Be5 15. Bf4 Ne8 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. Ne4 $36 {
Zulfugarli,M-Kochetkov,G/Nikolaev zt/1995}) (9. Kh1 e6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. h3
Bxf3 12. Rxf3 Nb4 13. f5 gxf5 14. exf5 Qc8 $132 {Okkes,M-Cuijpers,F/NLD-chT9495
}) (9. Qe1 $6 Nb4 $5 {[%cal Rb4d3]} 10. Qh4 c4 $5 11. Bxc4 Nxc2 12. Rb1 Bxf3 $1
(12... Rc8 13. Bb3 Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Bxf3 15. Bxc2 Be2 $132 {Rogers,I-Torre,E/San
Francisco/1991/ (25)}) 13. Rxf3 Rc8 14. Bb3 Nd4 $132 15. Rh3 Nxb3 16. axb3 h5
$15 {Plachetka,J-Jansa,V/CL Trnava-Bohemians/1992}) 9... Nc7 (9... Nd7 10. h3
Bxf3 11. Qxf3 (11. Rxf3 Nc7 12. a4 Rb8 13. Qd3 Re8 14. Be3 a6 15. Raf1 $14 {
Finkel,A-Zilberman,Y/ISR-ch 1996}) 11... Nc7 (11... Nb6 12. Bb5 f5 13. exf5
gxf5 14. Bd2 Nc7 15. Bd3 c4 16. Be2 $14 {Krakops,M-Nogueiras,J/Ubeda op 1997})
12. Be3 a6 13. Rad1 b5 14. Be2 b4 15. Na4 Nb5 $132 {Hector,J-Hoi,C/Kobenhavn
op/1990}) ({Another possibility is:} 9... Nd7) (9... e6 10. dxe6 (10. h3 exd5
11. Nxd5 Be6) 10... Bxe6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ng5 $1 {/\ f5|^}) 10. h3 (10. a4 a6
11. Qe2 $1 (11. a5 Nb5 $1) 11... Nd7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Rxf3 $14) 10... Bxf3 11.
Qxf3 a6 (11... e6 $6 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Rd1 $5 (13. Be3 b6 (13... Qe7 14. e5
dxe5 15. Qxb7 Rfb8 16. Qf3 Rxb2 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Re8 20. Bb3
Rxb3 21. axb3 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Nb5 23. Be3 $44 {Dolmatov,S-Smirin,I/Rostov/1993/})
14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Rfe1 Kh8 16. g4 Rad8 17. Bf2 Nd7 18. Qg3 $36 {Wedberg,
T-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Reykjavik op 1990}) 13... Qe7 14. f5 $36 (14. e5 $5 dxe5
15. Qxb7 $16)) (11... Nd7 12. a4 (12. Re1 a6 13. a4 Rb8 14. a5 b5 15. axb6 Rxb6
16. Qd3 Qb8 17. Ra2 Nb5 18. Bd2 g5 19. g3 Kh8 20. Ne2 $14 {Tzermiadianos,
A-Tsorbatzoglou,T/Ermoupoli 1996}) 12... b6 13. h4 $6 e6 14. dxe6 Nxe6 15. Qh3
Nd4 $15 {Diedrichsen,D-Brettschneider,S/OL-NW9495}) 12. a4 b6 {[%mdl 4] This
move preventing 13.a5 and preparing for counterplay by means of "b5".} (12...
Nd7 13. Bd2 (13. Qe2 $146 Kh8 $5 (13... f5 $2 14. e5 $16 {()}) 14. Rd1 Rb8 (
14... f5 15. Bd2 {[%cal Ya1b1,Yb2b4] /\Rab1,b4|^<<} fxe4 16. Nxe4 {[%csl Rf6,
Rf7,Rg7,Rh6][%cal Yd2c3] /\Bc3,׻}) 15. a5 b5 16. axb6 Rxb6 17. Ra2 $14 {
Forster,R-Hodgson,J/Horgen-B 1995} (17. Ra2 $14 {0-1 Forster,R-Hodgson,J/
Horgen 1995/CBM 50})) (13. a5 b5 14. axb6 Nxb6 15. Be2 (15. Qd3 $6 Rb8 16. Nd1
e6 $1 17. c3 (17. dxe6 fxe6 {/\ d5}) 17... Nxc4 18. Qxc4 exd5 19. exd5 f5 $1
$15 {Harley,A-Hodgson,J/BCF-ch 1993} (19... f5 $1 $15 20. Ra2 Re8 $132 {
0-1 Harley,A-Hodgson,J/Dundee 1993/CBM 38/[Bulletin] (40)})) 15... f5 $1 $13) (
13. Qd3 Nb6 14. Ba2 (14. Bb3 Rc8 $1 {[%csl Gc8][%cal Gc5c4]} (14... Nd7 $143
15. Bd2 $6 Rb8 16. a5 b5 17. axb6 Nxb6 $132 {Sutovsky,E-Kantsler,B/Israel,1999
(1/2-1/2)(33)}) 15. a5 $140 $6 c4 $36) 14... Qd7 15. a5 Nc8 16. Bd2 b5 17. axb6
Nxb6 18. Rae1 (18. Nd1 $5 {/\ c4, Bc3+/-}) 18... Nb5 19. Nd1 $14 {
Dolmatov-Chernin/Minsk ch-SU/1987}) (13. Rd1 $5 Rb8 14. a5 $16) 13... Rb8 14.
a5 b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Be2 Nb5 $13 {Pedzich,D-Czerwonski,A/POL-chT 1994}) (
12... Rb8 13. a5 b5 (13... e6 14. dxe6 Nxe6 15. Ne2 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. e5
Ne8 18. f5 $1 $36 {Wahls,M-Strikovic,A/Zaragoza op 1996}) 14. axb6 Rxb6) 13.
Qd3 (13. Re1 Nd7 14. Ra3 (14. Qd3 Qc8 15. Qg3 Qb7 16. Qh4 Nf6 17. Be2 b5 18.
Bf3 Rad8 19. Be3 $13 {Staniszewski,P-Czerwonski,A/Warsaw 1998/EXT 2000}) 14...
Rb8 {1/2-1/2 Wahls,M-Nogueiras,J/Capablanca mem-A 1996 (21)}) (13. e5 dxe5 14.
fxe5 Nd7 $132 {[%csl Re5][%cal Yd7e5,Yg7e5]}) 13... e6 {Deserve attention 13...
Qb8 as shown in game Grischuk-Ponomariov.} (13... Qc8 14. Rb1 (14. e5 Nfe8 15.
Qe2 Qb7 16. Ra3 Rd8 17. Rb3 e6 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. exd6 Nxd6 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 $44 {
1/2-1/2 Borriss,M-Bogdanovski,V/Panormo 2001/CBM 84 ext (28)}) 14... Nd7 15.
Be3 Rb8 16. b4 cxb4 17. Rxb4 Nc5 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Rxb8 Qxb8 $132 {1/2-1/2
Hitzgerova,G-Bosboom Lanchava,T/Halle 2001/EXT 2002 (62)}) (13... Qb8 $5 {
[%cal Gb8b7,Gf8b8,Gb6b5]} 14. Be3 (14. e5 Nd7 (14... b5 $5 15. axb5 axb5 16.
Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Nxb5 Nfxd5 18. exd6 exd6 19. Nxd6 Rd8 $1 $132) 15. e6 fxe6 16.
dxe6 Nf6 17. Be3 Qb7) 14... Qb7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Ponomariov,R/Lausanne
2000/CBM 78}) 14. dxe6 {Probably better was 14.f5.After 14.de black capturing
an initiative.} (14. f5 $5 exf5 15. exf5 b5 $5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18.
Bxb5 Ncxd5 $132 (18... Nxb5 19. Nxb5 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd6)) 14... fxe6
15. Be3 {In the case of simple 15.Rd1black will have good compensation after
sacrifice 15...d5.} (15. Rd1 d5 $5 16. exd5 Nfxd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bxd5+ Nxd5
19. Qxd5+ Qxd5 20. Rxd5 Rad8 $44) 15... Qe7 16. e5 Nfe8 17. exd6 Nxd6 18. Ne4
$6 (18. a5 $6 Nf5 19. Bf2 b5 $36) (18. Rae1 $5 $11) 18... Nxc4 19. Qxc4 Nd5 20.
Bc1 b5 $36 21. Qe2 b4 $5 (21... c4 $5 $15) 22. Rb1 $6 {Too passive.Better is
22.a5 fixating "a6" weak pawn.} (22. a5 $5 {[%csl Ra6]} Rf5 (22... Qc7 23. Ng5
{[%csl Ye6][%cal Yg5e6,Ye2e6]}) 23. Rf3 $11) 22... Qc7 23. Qc4 Qc6 {Now the
initiative comes to black.} 24. Kh1 (24. b3 $6 Bd4+ 25. Kh2 Nxf4 (25... Rad8)
26. Bxf4 Qxe4 27. Rbe1 Qd5 $17) 24... Qxa4 25. Qxc5 Rac8 $36 26. Qd6 Rc6 27.
Qd7 Nb6 (27... Qxc2 28. Ng5 Nf6 29. Qb7 h6 30. Nf3 Nd5 $36) 28. Qb7 Qxc2 29.
Re1 Nd5 30. Bd2 Rb6 31. Qd7 Qc6 $5 {Black trade queens transforming the game
in much more better ending.} 32. Qxc6 Rxc6 33. Ng5 Re8 34. Re4 a5 35. Ra1 Rc2
36. Be1 h6 37. Nf3 Rc5 38. Bf2 Rb5 39. Nd4 Bxd4 {Black trying to simplify the
game.39...Rc5 led to more complicated positions.} (39... Rc5 $5 40. g3 (40.
Nxe6 Rc2 41. Rxa5 Nf6 $19)) 40. Bxd4 Kf7 41. Rc1 b3 42. Rc6 $2 {Mistake that
offers black to make very unpleasant pin leading to loosing position.After 42.
Be5 white has good chances for successful defence.} (42. Be5 $5) 42... Rb4 $1
$19 43. Ra6 a4 (43... Nf6 $5 44. Ra7+ Kg8 45. Bxf6 Rxe4 46. g3 Re2 $19) 44. g4
Re7 45. Kg2 Nf6 $6 {[%mdl 8192]} (45... Nc7 $1 46. Ra7 a3 $1 47. Rxa3 (47. bxa3
b2) 47... Nb5 $19) 46. Bxf6 Rxe4 47. Bxe7 Kxe7 48. Kf3 Rc4 {[%mdl 4096]} 49. f5
{White try to complicate the game. In the case of obvious 49.h4 black would
have also winning position.} (49. h4 Rc2 50. Rxa4 Rxb2 51. Rb4 Kd6 52. Rb6+ Kd5
53. g5 hxg5 54. hxg5 Rb1 $19) 49... gxf5 50. gxf5 exf5 51. Rxh6 Kd7 52. Rf6 Rc5
53. Ra6 Rc4 54. Rf6 {More persistent 54.Kg3 also gives nothing to white in
condition of right play for black.} (54. Kg3 Rc2 55. Rxa4 Rxb2 56. Rb4 Rb1 57.
Kh4 b2 58. Rd4+ (58. Kh5 f4 59. h4 (59. Rxf4 Rh1 60. Rb4 b1=Q 61. Rxb1 Rxb1 $19
)) 58... Ke6 59. Rd2 f4 60. Kh5 Ke5 61. h4 Ke4 $19) 54... f4 (54... Rc2 $1 55.
Ra6 Rxb2 56. Rxa4 Rc2 57. Rb4 Rc3+ 58. Kf4 Rxh3 59. Kxf5 Kd6 $19) 55. Ra6 Kc7
56. Kg4 Kd7 $2 {The decisive mistake.Black step aside by their king from right
way to victory.The only way was 56...Kb7.} (56... Kb7 $1 57. Ra5 Kb6 58. Ra8
Kb5 59. Rb8+ Kc5 60. Ra8 Kd4 61. h4 Kd3 62. h5 Kc2 63. h6 f3+ 64. Kg3 f2 65.
Kxf2 (65. Rf8 f1=Q 66. Rxf1 Kxb2 $19) 65... Rh4 $19) 57. Kf3 Rd4 58. Kg4 (58.
h4 $5) 58... Ke7 59. h4 f3+ {Leads to clear draw but another way-59...Rd2 also
give nothing for black.} (59... Rd2 60. Rxa4 Rxb2 61. Rxf4 Rb1 62. Rb4 Kd6 (
62... b2 63. Kh5 $11) 63. Kg5 Kc5 64. Rb8 Kc4 65. h5 Kc3 66. h6 $11) 60. Kxf3
Rxh4 61. Ke3 Kd7 62. Kd3 Kc7 63. Kc3 Kb7 64. Rg6 $11 {Black can't strengthen
their position any more so  draw result is quite predictable.} Rh2 65. Kb4 Rxb2
66. Kxa4 Rb1 67. Ka3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mordechay Porat Memorial"]
[Site "Rehovot"]
[Date "2001.11.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Kreizberg, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2001.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bxd7+
Qxd7 9. h3 $5 {[%mdl 4]} ({The main theoretical continuation in this position:
} 9. d5 $5) 9... cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 $5 ({In my opinion,it was worse:} 10... Nh6
11. g4 $1 (11. Qf2 $143 Nc6 (11... dxe5 $5 12. Nxe5 (12. fxe5 $142 $13) 12...
Qe6 13. O-O Nc6 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 $15 {Kolts,J-Shih,K/Houston,1999(0-1)(23)}) 12.
O-O O-O 13. Re1 Rad8 14. Be3 Nf5 15. Bxa7 Nxa7 16. Qxa7 dxe5 17. fxe5 Qc6 $44 {
Mikhalchishin,A-Van Wely,L/Kecskemet,1991 (1/2-1/2)(21)}) (11. Qe4 $6 Nf5 {
[%csl Rg3][%cal Gf5g3]} 12. Kf2 e6 $6 (12... h5 $142) 13. g4 d5 14. Qd3 Ne7 15.
Nb5 $14 {Doehring,J-Weil,V/Germany,1993(1/2-1/2)(61)}) 11... dxe5 ({Pretty
dubiously:} 11... Nc6 {in view of:} 12. Qe4 {[%csl Gd7,Ye4][%cal Rd4e4]} O-O
13. Bd2 dxe5 14. fxe5 Qe6 (14... f5 $142 15. exf6 exf6 16. O-O-O Nf7 17. Bf4
$36) 15. O-O-O f5 $8 16. exf6 Qxe4 17. Nxe4 exf6 18. Nc5 {[%csl Rb7,Re6] +/=/+/
- See comments to Thorhallsson,T-Gretarsson,H/Hafnarfirdi,1992/CBM 29 (1/2-1/2)
(Stohl,I)(103)}) 12. Qxd7+ Nxd7 13. fxe5 {[%csl Rh6]} f6 ({Weakly:} 13... Ng8
14. Bf4 g5 (14... h5 15. g5 O-O-O 16. O-O-O e6 17. Ne4 $16 {[%csl Rf7][%cal
Ge4d6]}) 15. Bg3 Rc8 16. O-O-O {+/=/+/- Owczarzak,J-Paterek,M/Zakopane,2001 
(1-0)(53)}) 14. exf6 exf6 15. Bf4 Nb6 16. O-O-O O-O 17. Nb5 $5 $14 {[%cal
Gb5c7,Gc7e6] You can see comments to Blehm,P-Nijboer,F/Istanbul,2000/CBM 80 (1/
2-1/2) (Finkel,A)(41)}) 11. Qe4 (11. Qd3 $6 Nh6 12. g4 O-O-O 13. Be3 dxe5 14.
Qxd7+ Rxd7 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Ng8 17. O-O Bxe5 18. Rxf7 Nf6 $11 {Zawadzki,
S-Mista,A/Zakopane,2001(1/2-1/2)(45)}) 11... f5 $1 $146 ({Was checked in the
previous game:} 11... Nh6 $6 12. g4 O-O-O (12... O-O $143 {transfer to-10...Nh6
}) 13. Be3 dxe5 14. fxe5 Qe6 15. Rd1 $2 (15. Bf4 $5 $14) 15... Nxe5 16. Nxe5
Bxe5 $17 {Wait,D-Haines,R/Concord,1995(1-0)(25)}) 12. Qe2 Nh6 13. Bd2 $6 ({
More strongly and essentially:} 13. e6 Bxc3+ $5 (13... Qc7 $143 14. Bd2 $14 {
[%csl Rh6]}) 14. bxc3 Qc7 15. Bb2 $13 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Gc3c4,Gb2h8]}) ({
Also it deserves attention:} 13. O-O) 13... dxe5 14. fxe5 Qe6 {[%csl Re5][%cal
Gh6f7]} 15. O-O-O (15. Ng5 $2 {is refuted by:} Qxe5 16. Ne6 $140 Qxe2+ 17. Nxe2
Kf7 {[%csl Yf7,Rg7][%cal Yf7g7]} 18. Nxg7 Kxg7 19. Bc3+ e5 $17) 15... O-O-O $2
{Immediately leads to bad position.} ({Can be recommended:} 15... Nf7 $5 {
[%csl Re5]} 16. g4 $1 $132 (16. Qb5 $6 O-O-O $15 (16... O-O $143 17. Bf4 $13)))
16. Ng5 $1 Qxe5 $140 ({After:} 16... Qg8 17. e6 $16 {white completely break
coordination of of black pieces.}) 17. Ne6 $16 {[%csl Gd2,Rd8,Ge6,Rg7,Rh6]} Rd6
$6 ({More stubborn resistance after:} 17... Qxe2 18. Nxe2 Rxd2 (18... Rhg8 19.
Nxg7 Rxd2 20. Rxd2 Rxg7 $16) 19. Rxd2 Be5 20. Rhd1 $16) 18. Nxg7 Qxg7 19. Nb5
Rd7 20. Qc4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gb5a7] This move,is much better,than:} (20.
Nxa7+ Nxa7 21. Bc3 e5 $1 (21... Qg8 $2 22. Rxd7 Kxd7 23. Rd1+ Kc8 24. Qe5 (24.
Bxh8 $5 Qxh8 25. Qe3 $18 {[%csl Ra7,Rh6]}) 24... Nf7 $140 25. Qe6+ Kb8 26. Bxh8
$18 {[%csl Rf7]}) 22. Bxe5 Re8 23. Qc4+ Rc7 24. Bxg7 Rxc4 25. Bxh6 $16) 20...
Nf7 ({Loses right away:} 20... Kd8 {because of:} 21. Ba5+ Ke8 (21... Nxa5 22.
Qc7+ {[%csl Gc7,Gd1,Rd7]}) 22. Rxd7 Kxd7 23. Rd1+ Kc8 (23... Ke8 24. Nc7+ Kf8
25. Ne6+ {[%csl Rf8,Rg7]}) 24. Nxa7+ $18) ({and} 20... Kb8 {in view of:} 21.
Bf4+ {[%csl Rb8,Gd1,Rd7]}) 21. Nxa7+ Kb8 22. Nxc6+ bxc6 23. Bc3 $1 $18 {
After this move,black resigns,because of next variants:} (23. Bc3 Qh6+ 24. Kb1
Rxd1+ (24... Nd6 $2 25. Rxd6 {[%csl Rh8]}) 25. Rxd1 Rd8 $8 26. Be5+ $1 Nxe5 (
26... Kb7 $2 27. Qb3+ $1 {[%csl Re3][%cal Yb3e3]} Ka7 28. Rxd8 Nxd8 29. Bc7 {
[%csl Ra7,Rd8][%cal Gb3b6,Yb3e3]} Nb7 30. Qb6+ Ka8 31. Qa6#) 27. Rxd8+ Kc7 28.
Qg8 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Bogdanovski, Vlatko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. e4 {Finkel,A} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3
Na6 $5 7. O-O c5 8. d5 Bg4 9. Bc4 $1 {Finkel,A:"The most accurate move".} Nc7 (
{Another possibility is:} 9... Nd7) 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 a6 12. a4 Nd7 $5 (
12... b6 $5 {See comments to Grischuk,A-Ponomariov,R/Lausanne, 2000/CBM 78 (1/
2-1/2)(Finkel,A)(28)}) 13. Qd3 $5 {[%csl Ya4,Yc4,Yd3][%cal Yc4b5,Ya4b5]} ({
Is a possible continuations of the play:} 13. Qe2 {Finkel,A} Kh8 $5 (13... f5
$2 14. e5 $16 {()}) 14. Rd1 Rb8 (14... f5 15. Bd2 {[%cal Ya1b1,Yb2b4] /\Rab1,
b4|^<<} fxe4 16. Nxe4 {[%csl Rf6,Rf7,Rg7,Rh6][%cal Yd2c3] /\Bc3,׻}) 15. a5 b5
16. axb6 Rxb6 17. Ra2 $14 {Forster,R-Hodgson,J/Horgen-B,1995 (0-1)(36)} (17.
Bxa6 $2 Qa8 $19)) ({and} 13. a5 {Finkel,A} b5 14. axb6 Nxb6 15. Be2 (15. Qd3 $6
Rb8 16. Nd1 e6 $1 17. c3 (17. dxe6 fxe6 {/\ d5}) 17... Nxc4 18. Qxc4 exd5 19.
exd5 f5 $1 $15 {Harley,A-Hodgson,J/BCF-ch,1993(0-1) (40)}) 15... f5 $1 $13) (
13. Rd1 $5 {Finkel,A} Rb8 14. a5 $16) 13... Nb6 $5 ({In this tournament there
was one more game on this variant:} 13... Rb8 14. Be3 Nb6 15. b3 $1 Qd7 16. a5
Nxc4 17. bxc4 b5 18. axb6 Rxb6 19. e5 $14 {Yegiazarian,A-Bogdanovski,V/Ohrid,
2001(1-0) (29)}) 14. Ba2 {This move much better,than:} (14. Bb3 Rc8 $1 {
[%csl Gc8][%cal Gc5c4]} (14... Nd7 $143 15. Bd2 $6 Rb8 16. a5 b5 17. axb6 Nxb6
$132 {Sutovsky,E-Kantsler,B/Israel,1999(1/2-1/2)(33)}) 15. a5 $140 $6 c4 $36)
14... Nd7 $5 $146 {Black's plan is: Rb8 and b5.} ({Was checked in the previous
game:} 14... Qd7 $5 {Dolmatov,S-Chernin,A/Minsk,1987 (1/2-1/2)(52)}) 15. Bb3 {
'?!' Finkel,A. Finkel,A: 'This move is inaccuracy which could give black an
opportunity to get significient counterplay after 15...b6!, so better was
natural'} (15. a5 $5 {Finkel,A} b5 16. axb6 Nxb6 17. Bb3 Qd7 18. Na4 Rfb8 19.
Nxb6 Rxb6 20. Ba4 $14 {with better chanses.}) 15... Rb8 {'?!' Finkel,A.} (15...
b6 $5 {Finkel,A} 16. Bd2 Rb8 17. Bc4 Qc8 $132 {[%cal Gc8b7,Gb6b5]}) 16. a5 {
Differently,after:} (16. Bc4 {black can repeat the moves:} Nb6 17. Bb3 Nd7 {
and so on.}) 16... b5 {Black has no other plan!} 17. axb6 Nxb6 18. Na4 $14 {
Finkel,A: 'Now white has very comfotable advantage.'} Nxa4 (18... Nb5 {Finkel,A
} 19. c3 (19. Nxb6 {Finkel,A} Rxb6 20. Bc4 $14) 19... Nd7 20. Bc4 Re8 21. Bd2
$14) 19. Rxa4 Qd7 20. Ra2 $5 {[%csl Ya2,Rb2][%cal Ya2b2] '!' Finkel,A.} (20. f5
$143 {[%csl Re5] ><e5}) 20... Rb4 21. Bc4 {[%csl Yc4] On the party white
obvious positional advantage,but him very not simply to use.} e6 {'?!' Finkel,
A. Finkel,A: 'Searching for counterplay black creates additional weaknesses in
the position.'} 22. dxe6 (22. c3 {Finkel,A} Ra4 $6 23. Rxa4 Qxa4 24. dxe6 fxe6
25. Qxd6 Qxc4 26. Qxc7 Qxe4 27. Qxc5 $16) 22... fxe6 23. c3 Rb6 {[%csl Rd6]
[%cal Yb6d6]} 24. Be3 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Ge3c5]} Qc6 (24... Rd8 $5 25. Rd1 $36 {
[%csl Gd1,Gd3,Rd7][%cal Ge3c5]} (25. f5 $6 {Finkel,A} gxf5 26. exf5 d5 27. f6
dxc4 28. f7+ Kh8 29. Qxd7 Rxd7 30. f8=Q+ Bxf8 31. Rxf8+ Kg7 32. Rf4 $13)) 25.
Rd1 Re8 {[%csl Re3,Ge8][%cal Gd6d5]} ({Facilitates my task:} 25... Rd8 {
in view of:} 26. b4 $1 (26. Bf2 $14 {Finkel,A}) 26... cxb4 27. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 28.
Kh1 Bxc3 29. f5 $16 {[%csl Gc4,Rg8]}) 26. Bf2 Kh8 27. Kh1 {[%csl Rg1,Yh1][%cal
Yg1h1] White and black are engaged in preventive measures.} ({A little
prematurely:} 27. b4 $6 cxb4 28. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 29. Kh1 d5 $1 $132 (29... bxc3 $2
30. Qxd6 $16)) 27... Bf6 $6 {Finkel,A: 'Better was'} ({In my opinion,much
better is:} 27... e5 $5 28. fxe5 (28. f5 $6 {Finkel,A} gxf5 29. exf5 e4 30. Qg3
d5 $13) 28... Bxe5 29. b4) 28. b4 $1 {[%csl Rb6] By this move I break pawn
chain of black. '+/-' Finkel,A.} Nb5 29. bxc5 (29. Rxa6 $1 {An strong idea
which was mentioned by Fritz 6,after the game.} Nxc3 $140 (29... Rxa6 $4 30.
Bxb5 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6]} c4 31. Bxc6 cxd3 32. Bxe8 $18) 30. Bh4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rc3]
[%cal Yf6c3]}) 29... dxc5 30. e5 Rd8 31. Qf1 {'!?' Finkel,A.} ({Senselessly:} 
31. Qxd8+ Bxd8 32. Rxd8+ Kg7 $13) (31. exf6 $5 {Finkel,A} Rxd3 32. Rxd3 Kg8 (
32... Nd6 {Finkel,A} 33. Rad2 $1 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gd3d8]}) 33. Rad2 Kf7 34.
Rd7+ $18) 31... Rxd1 32. Qxd1 Be7 $8 (32... Nxc3 $4 {is refuted by:} 33. Qd3 $1
Nxa2 34. exf6 {[%csl Ra2,Rh8][%cal Gd3d8,Gc4a2]} Rb8 (34... Qd6 $143 35. f7 Kg7
$140 36. Qxd6 Rxd6 37. f8=Q+ $1 Kxf8 38. Bxc5 Ke7 39. Bxa2 $18) 35. Bxa2 $18)
33. Qd3 Rb8 34. Rd2 Rb7 $2 $138 ({Can be recommended:} 34... Rd8 35. Qe3 (35.
Qxd8+ $2 Bxd8 36. Rxd8+ Kg7 37. Bh4 Kf7 $15) 35... Rxd2 36. Qxd2 {+/=/+/-}) 35.
Kh2 {[%csl Gc6,Rh1,Yh2][%cal Yh1h2]} Kg7 36. Be3 ({It deserves attention:} 36.
Qe3 {[%cal Gc4e2,Ge2f3]}) 36... Rc7 {/\37...Na3 38.Bxa6 Ra7(ץa6)} (36... Na3
$2 37. Bxa6 {[%csl Rb7]} Ra7 38. Bc4 $16) 37. g4 $5 $40 {[%mdl 128]} Na3 $2 {
Now I receive decisive attack.} ({After:} 37... Nd4 $1 {[%csl Rc4]} 38. Rf2 $14
{I save a big positional advantage in the middlegame.}) 38. f5 Nxc4 (38... exf5
$2 39. gxf5 $140 gxf5 $4 40. Rg2+ {[%csl Rg7]} Kf8 41. Rg8#) 39. Qxc4 $16 Bf8 (
{Loses right away:} 39... exf5 $2 40. gxf5 gxf5 (40... Qf3 41. f6+ $18) 41.
Rg2+ $18 {[%csl Rg7]}) ({and} 39... Qf3 $2 40. f6+ Kf7 41. fxe7 Qxe3 42. Qf1+
$1 (42. Qxe6+ $5) 42... Kxe7 43. Qf6+ Ke8 44. Rd8#) 40. Bg5 $1 {'+-!' Finkel,A.
} h6 $2 $138 {Decisive mistake.} ({It was necessary:} 40... Rb7 $1 {[%cal
Gb7b1]} 41. Bf6+ Kf7 42. Rf2 $16 {[%csl Gf2,Rf7]}) (40... Rd7 $2 41. Bf6+ Kg8
$8 (41... Kf7 42. fxe6+ Qxe6 43. Rxd7+) (41... Kh6 42. g5+ Kh5 43. Qg4#) 42.
Rxd7 Qxd7 43. Qxe6+ Qxe6 44. fxe6 {[%cal Ge6e7]} Bh6 45. g5 $18 {[%csl Ge6,Rh6]
[%cal Ge6e7]}) 41. Bf6+ {My contender has surrendered in view of the following
variant:} (41. Bf6+ Kf7 (41... Kg8 42. Qxe6+ (42. fxe6 $5) 42... Qxe6 43. fxe6
{[%csl Ge6][%cal Gd2d8,Ge6e7]}) 42. fxg6+ Kg8 (42... Kxg6 $2 43. Qd3+ Kf7 44.
Qh7+ Ke8 45. Rd8#) 43. Rd6 $1 Bxd6 44. Qxe6+ Kf8 45. exd6 Qf3 46. Be7+ $1 Kg7
$8 (46... Ke8 47. Bg5+ Kf8 48. Bxh6+ Rg7 49. Qc8#) 47. Qf6+ $1 Qxf6 48. Bxf6+
Kxf6 49. dxc7 {[%cal Gc7c8]}) 1-0

[Event "Athens Acropolis op-A 24th"]
[Site "Chalkida"]
[Date "2009.08.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kapnisis, Spyridon"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Grivas,E"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2009.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 {(D) #} 7. Qd4 $5
(7. Bd3 {is supposed to be the main line:} Qxc5 8. Qe2 Bg4 9. Be3 Qa5 10. O-O
Nc6 11. Kh1 O-O 12. a3 Rac8 13. Qe1 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 a6 15. Qh4 Qh5 16. Qe1 Qa5
17. Qh4 Qh5 18. Qe1 {1/2-1/2 Solovjov,S-Rozum,I St Petersburg 2009, but the
text move has gained in popularity over recent months.}) 7... Nc6 ({The main
alternative is} 7... dxc5 8. Qc4 (8. Bb5+ Qxb5 9. Qxf6 Bxf6 10. Nxb5 Na6 11. e5
Bg7 12. Be3 Kd7 13. O-O-O+ Kc6 14. Nc3 $11 {Markgraf,A-Mueller,H Saarbruecken
2009}) 8... O-O (8... Nc6 9. Qb5 $1 (9. e5 Nh5 10. Bd2 Be6 11. Qb5 O-O-O 12.
Qxa5 Nxa5 13. g3 $11 {Lindberg,B-Hillarp Persson,T Stockholm 2007}) 9... Qxb5
10. Bxb5 Bd7 11. Be3 b6 12. h3 $14 {or}) (8... a6 $6 9. e5 Be6 10. Qa4+ Qxa4
11. Nxa4 Nfd7 12. Be3 b6 13. O-O-O $16 {Sharapov,E-Koscielny,E Lubawka 2009})
9. e5 Nfd7 (9... Ng4 $6 10. h3 Nh6 11. Be3 Na6 12. Qb5 Qxb5 13. Bxb5 b6 14. Bc6
Rb8 15. a3 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. O-O-O $16 {Van Herwaarden,A-De Saegher,C
Dieren 2006}) 10. Be3 Na6 11. O-O-O $14 {Khairullin,I-Voinov,A Novokuznetsk
2007.}) 8. Bb5 Bd7 ({Probably best. The other option is} 8... dxc5 9. Qa4 Qxa4
10. Bxa4 Bd7 (10... Nd7 $6 11. Be3 Rb8 12. e5 $16 {Ledger,A-Baker,C Staverton
2009}) 11. e5 Ng4 12. h3 Nh6 13. Be3 $14 {Papp,G-Medic,M Pula 2009.}) 9. Qa4
Qd8 $6 ({A novelty. Previously Black tried} 9... Qc7 $6 10. Nd5 Qa5+ (10... Qd8
11. Be3 $16) 11. Qxa5 Nxa5 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxd7+ Kxd7 14. e5 Bg7 15. cxd6
exd6 16. Be3 $16 {Hanley,C-Detienne,S Charleroi 2006.}) ({But I think that
Black should opt for} 9... Qxa4 $1 10. Bxa4 Nb4 $1 11. Bb3 Be6 $1 12. Ke2 $14 {
.}) 10. e5 $1 Ng4 11. exd6 O-O ({What else? If} 11... exd6 12. h3 Nf6 13. O-O
O-O 14. cxd6 $16 {.}) 12. h3 $6 ({After} 12. f5 $1 {White would be clearly on
top.}) 12... a6 $1 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Qc4 Nh6 15. Be3 Nf5 16. Bf2 exd6 17. O-O-O
{After some 'forced moves, we have arise on a quite complicated position.
Black's compensation for the sacrificed pawn is now good (as White helped with
his 12th move) but of course things are far from clear.} Bxf3 (17... Qf6 $5 18.
Kb1 dxc5 19. Rhe1 $13 {was also interesting and in my opinion preferable. With
the text move Black loses his control over the important d5-square.}) 18. gxf3
Rc8 19. Qb4 a5 (19... Bxc3 $5 {looks strange but Black seems to obtain equal
chances after} 20. Qxc3 Re8 21. h4 Re2 $13 {.}) 20. Qb3 Rc6 $2 ({Black had to
follow the previously mentioned line with} 20... Bxc3 {.}) 21. Qxb7 $1 Rc7 ({Or
} 21... Qc8 22. Qxc8 Rfxc8 23. Nd5 dxc5 24. c3 $16 {but maybe Black had some
survival chances due to the weak white kingside pawns.}) 22. Qb3 Qa8 23. Nb5 $1
a4 (23... Rd7 24. Rd5 Rb8 25. a4 $16 {.}) 24. Nxc7 ({Simpler was} 24. Qd5 Qb8
25. cxd6 $18 {.}) 24... axb3 25. Nxa8 bxa2 26. Kd2 Bxb2 (26... dxc5 27. c3 Rxa8
28. Bxc5 $18 {.}) 27. Nb6 $6 (27. Nc7 $1 dxc5 28. Ra1 Rd8+ 29. Ke2 $18 {.})
27... dxc5 28. Ra1 $6 (28. c4 $1 Rd8+ 29. Nd5 $18 {.}) 28... Rd8+ 29. Ke2 Re8+
30. Kd3 Rd8+ 31. Kc4 Bxa1 32. Rxa1 Rd2 33. Bxc5 Rxc2+ 34. Kb4 $16 {(D) # White
has made some inaccuracies over the last few moves, allowing Black to remain
in the game, despite his material deficit.} Kg7 35. Nd7 Rd2 $6 ({After} 35...
Rh2 $1 36. Ne5 f6 37. Nc4 h5 {Black would have good chances to split the point.
}) 36. Ne5 Rc2 $6 ({Again} 36... Rh2 37. Kc4 h5 {was Black's best chance.}) 37.
Nd3 $1 Nh4 (37... Rd2 38. Kc4 Rc2+ 39. Kb3 Rd2 40. Kc3 Rh2 41. Nf2 $18 {.}) 38.
Bd4+ Kh6 39. Ne5 {Now White wins.} f5 40. Kb3 Rh2 41. Rxa2 Rxh3 42. Kc4 Kh5 43.
Ra7 h6 44. Nd7 $1 g5 (44... Nxf3 45. Nf6+ Kh4 46. Bf2+ $18 {.}) 45. Nf6+ Kg6
46. Nd5 Nxf3 47. Rg7+ Kh5 48. Nf6+ Kh4 49. Bf2+ Rg3 50. fxg5 Nxg5 51. Rg6 $1
1-0

[Event "Ostend op"]
[Site "Ostend"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. Qe2
O-O 9. Be3 Qa5 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nc6 13. Kh1 Nd7 14. Bd2 Nc5 15.
Rad1 Nxd3 $5 {TN} (15... Qb6 16. Bc1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qa5 18. Bc4 Qa4 19. Qe2 Na5
20. Bd5 e6 21. Rd4 Qd7 22. Bb3 Qe7 23. Qf3 f5 24. exf5 Rxf5 25. Re1 Raf8 26.
Qd1 Rd8 27. Ba3 Naxb3 28. cxb3 b6 29. c4 a5 30. Qd2 e5 31. Rd5 e4 32. Rd4 $16 {
Kindermann,S-Khalifman,A Hamburg SKA 1991}) 16. cxd3 e6 {/\17...f5} 17. a3 (17.
f5 exf5 18. exf5 (18. Nd5 fxe4 $15) 18... Nd4 19. Ne2 (19. Qxb7 $2 Nxf5 $15)
19... Nxf3 20. Bxa5 Nd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22. Bc3 $10) 17... f5 18. g4 (18. Ne2 $5
Qb6 19. Bc3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qc5 21. a4 $13) 18... Qb6 19. gxf5 exf5 (19... gxf5
20. Rg1 Kh8 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Ne4 $36) 20. b4 Nd4 21. Qf2 $6 (21. Qg2 $1 Qa6
22. Nd5 Qxa3 (22... Qxd3 23. Bc3 Qc4 24. Bxd4 Bxd4 25. exf5 $40) 23. Bc3 $40)
21... Qc6 $1 22. Nd5 Rae8 23. Rc1 Qa6 $1 24. Rc4 (24. Nc7 Qxd3 25. Nxe8 Rxe8 $1
{/\26...fe-/+} (25... Qxe4+ 26. Qg2 Rxe8 27. Rc7 $13) 26. Qe3 Qxe4+ 27. Qxe4
fxe4 $17) 24... Ne6 {/\25...fe} 25. Rfc1 Qxa3 26. Qe3 Bb2 $1 $17 (26... fxe4
27. dxe4 Qxe3 28. Bxe3 a6 $15) 27. exf5 {[#]} (27. R1c2 b5 28. Rc6 Nd4 $19)
27... Ng7 $1 (27... Rxf5 $2 28. Rc8 Rff8 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Rc8 $18) (27... Bxc1
$2 28. Bxc1 Qa1 29. fxe6 $16) 28. Ne7+ (28. Re4 Rxe4 $19) 28... Rxe7 $1 29.
Qxe7 Qxd3 $19 30. Bc3 (30. Rc8 Qxh3+ 31. Kg1 Bd4+ $19) (30. Qe3 Qxe3 31. Bxe3
Bxc1 32. Rxc1 Nxf5 33. Bxa7 Ng3+ 34. Kg2 Ne2 35. Rc7 Rf7 $19) 30... Qd5+ 31.
Kg1 Nxf5 32. Qxf8+ $8 Kxf8 33. Bxb2 Qd2 34. Rc8+ Kf7 35. R1c7+ Ke6 36. Re8+ Kd5
37. Bc1 {37...Qb4-+} (37. Re5+ dxe5 38. Rd7+ Nd6 39. Bxe5 Qxb4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Enghien les Bains 3rd"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1999.03.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Bc4 c5 8. Qe2
Nxe4 $5 {An example of opening preparation directed against one particular
opponent. Bologan had played 7.Bc4 c5 8.Qe2 in two recent games that
Ponomariov undoubtedly new:} (8... Nc6 9. e5 Ng4 10. O-O-O Na5 (10... Qc7 11.
Bg1 cxd4 12. Nb5 Qb8 13. h3 Nh6 14. g4 $36 {פh6 Bologan,V-Leski,M/Corsican op
Bastia 1998}) 11. Bd5 Rb8 12. Bg1 e6 13. dxc5 exd5 14. cxd6 $44 {Bologan,
V-Marin,M/10th Goodricke Int Calcutta IND 1999}) 9. Nxe4 d5 {White has no way
to make it a normal exchange - white e-P for black d-P. He cannot keep his
important whitesquared B in any sensible way.} 10. Bd3 c4 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12.
O-O-O Bb7 13. Nc3 Nd7 14. Qxc4 a6 {[%csl Gb7] This P-sacrifice has certain
similarities to the following line in the Caro-Kann: 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3
dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6 7.De2 Nb6 8.Bd3 h6 9.N5f3 c5 10.Be3 a6 11.
0-0-0 c4!? 12.Bxc4 Nxc4 13.Qxc4 b5. In both cases black has compensation more
or less because his B on the /^ a8-h1 is so strong} 15. Qd3 Nf6 (15... b5 $5 {
[%cal Yd7b6,Yb6c4,Yb6d5] I think the N could be better placed on b6}) 16. d5 b5
17. Bd4 b4 18. Ne4 $6 {After this move black has a comfortable position. I
think white should have tried:} (18. Bxf6 Bxf6 (18... exf6 19. Ne4) 19. Ne4 {
[%cal Yf3e5] Blacks ^^ could indeed become strong but whites two Ns also have
some good squares.}) 18... Qxd5 19. Nc5 Rac8 20. Nxb7 Qxb7 $15 {Black has easy
play on the queenside where he can become active in the c-<-> or push his a
and b-P forward. It is more difficult for white to get play against blacks K}
21. Be5 Rc5 {[%cal Yf8c8,Yc8c1]} 22. Rhe1 Rfc8 23. Rd2 a5 {[%cal Ya5a4,Yb4b3]}
24. Ng5 {[%cal Yg5e4,Ye5f6] With the intention 25.Bxf6 followed by 26.Ne4} Rd5
25. Qf3 Qc6 26. Red1 (26. Bxf6 Rxd2 27. Qxc6 Rxc6 28. Kxd2 Bxf6 $17) 26... e6 {
[%csl Rc1,Gd5] Black has managed to get control of the important square d5 and
now white cannot releave the pressure by forcing exchanges.} 27. Qh3 $2 h6 28.
Bxf6 Bxf6 29. Qxh6 Bxg5 30. fxg5 Qc4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc4a2]} 31. Qh3 (31. Kb1 $2
Qxc2+ $19) 31... Rxd2 32. Rxd2 Qxa2 33. Kd1 Qxb2 34. Qe3 a4 35. Qe4 a3 0-1

[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "1998.04.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Hoi, Carsten"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1998.04.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Petursson Baburin Yudasin} g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O
6. Bd3 Nbd7 {Baburin: This is an off-beat variation, as it allows White to
start a dangerous attack on the kingside.} (6... b6 $5 {Yudasin}) 7. e5 Ne8 8.
Ng5 {This is a very direct attempt to show the drawbacks of the system with 6..
.Nbd7.} (8. e6 {Yudasin} fxe6 9. Ng5 Ndf6 (9... Nb6 10. Nxh7 (10. Qe2 Qd7 $13)
10... Kxh7 11. Qh5+ Kg8 12. Qxg6 Nf6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Rf6 15. Qh7+ Kf8 $17
) 10. Qe2 Qd7 $13) ({Baburin: After} 8. Ne4 {Baburin} c5 9. c3 cxd4 10. cxd4
Nc7 11. O-O Nb6 12. h3 Nbd5 13. Bd2 Ne6 14. Nfg5 Qb6 {Black got advantage in
the game Smith Hansen-Hoi, Naestved op 1988.}) 8... dxe5 {Baburin: I think
that opening up the f-file makes Black´s defence more difficult, so the text
cannot be recommended.} ({Baburin: The following two games illustrate well how
difficult Black´s defensive task is:} 8... e6 {Baburin} 9. h4 h6 10. h5 hxg5
11. hxg6 fxg6 12. Bxg6 Rxf4 13. Bxf4 gxf4 14. Qh5 Kf8 15. O-O-O Qe7 16. Rhf1
$18 {Flogaus-Hahnewald, 1988}) ({Baburin: Or} 8... Nb6 {Baburin} 9. Be3 c6 10.
h4 f6 $2 11. Nxh7 f5 12. h5 Kxh7 13. hxg6+ Kg8 14. Qh5 Nf6 15. exf6 Rxf6 16.
Qh7+ Kf8 17. Qh8+ {1-0, Ankerst-Ramseier, Silvaplana 1993}) 9. fxe5 (9. dxe5 {
Yudasin} Nc5 10. Bc4 Qxd1+ 11. Nxd1 h6 12. Nf3 Be6) 9... Nb6 (9... h6 $2 {
Yudasin} 10. Nxf7 Kxf7 11. e6+ Kxe6 12. Qg4+ Kd6 13. Nb5+ Kc6 14. d5+ $18) 10.
Be3 c6 (10... f6 {Yudasin} 11. Nxh7 Kxh7 12. Qh5+ Kg8 13. Bxg6 $18) (10... h6 {
Yudasin} 11. Nf3 {[]Qd2,000}) 11. O-O Nc7 {I used 30-45 minutes calculating
the variations after this sacrifice. I concluded it had to be strong} (11...
Nd5 {Yudasin} 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 (12... cxd5 13. Nxh7 Kxh7 14. Rxf7 Rxf7 15. Qh5+
Kg8 16. Bxg6 Be6 17. Qh7+ Kf8 18. Bxf7 (18. Bh6 Rf4 (18... Rf6 19. exf6 exf6
20. Rf1 Bg8 21. Bxg7+ Nxg7 22. Qh4 f5 23. Qh6 $40) 19. Bxf4 $40) 18... Bxf7 (
18... Kxf7 19. Bh6 Bg4 20. Rf1+ Ke6 21. Qg6+ Nf6 22. Bxg7 Qe8 23. Qh6 $18) 19.
Bh6 Bxh6 20. Qh8+ Bg8 21. Qxh6+ Ng7 (21... Kf7 22. e6#) 22. Rf1+ Ke8 23. Qxg7
Kd7 $13) 13. c4 $2 (13. Qe2 $1 $16) 13... Qd8 14. e6 (14. Qf3 $5 Bxe5 $2 (14...
f6 $2 15. Nxh7 $18) (14... Nc7 $13) 15. Nxf7) 14... f5 15. Qf3 (15. Nf7 Qb6 16.
c5 Qxb2 $13) 15... Bxd4 16. Nf7 Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 Qb6 18. c5 Qxb2 $17) 12. Nxh7 ({
Baburin: The 'quiet´approach -} 12. Qe1 {Baburin - would also be very good,
but the text makes a much stronger aesthetic impression, completely refuting
Black´s opening strategy.}) 12... Nbd5 (12... Kxh7 13. Rxf7 Rxf7 (13... Bf5 14.
Bxf5 gxf5 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Rxg7+ Kxg7 17. Bh6+ Kh7 18. Bxf8+ Kg8 19. Bh6 $18)
14. Qh5+ Kg8 15. Bxg6 Be6 {- White would break through by playing} (15... Rf4
16. Ne2 $18) 16. Qh7+ Kf8 17. Ne2 $40 {Petursson} (17. Bh6 Qxd4+ 18. Kh1 $18 {
Yudasin} Rf2 (18... Ke8 {Baburin} 19. Qxg7 {with a winning attack.} Qf2 {
Petursson} 20. Rd1 Ncd5 21. Ne4 Qe2 $1 22. Qg8+ Kd7 23. Nc5+ Kc7 24. Nxe6+ Kd7
25. Nc5+ Kc7 $11))) 13. Nxd5 {I was very disappointed when I found out after
the game that 12. Nxh7 had been played before. In a english postal-game in the
70s. In that game white contined 13. Bd2 and won in a few moves - partly
because black defended very badly} Nxd5 14. Bg5 Kxh7 15. Rxf7 Rxf7 (15... Kg8 {
Yudasin} 16. Bxg6 Be6 17. Qh5 Rxf7 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19. Bh6 Ke8 20. Qxg7 Qb6 21.
Bxf7+ Bxf7 22. Qh8+ Kd7 23. Qxa8 Qxb2 24. Rf1 $18) 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Bxg6 Nf4 (
17... Rf6 {During the game I thought this was blacks best move. However white
seems to be winning:} 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19. Bh6 Rxg6 20. Rf1+ $1 Ke8 (20... Nf6 21.
Qh8+ Kf7 22. Qxd8 Bxh6 23. exf6 $16) 21. Qxg6+ Kd7 22. Bxg7 {[%cal Yh2h7] /
\h2-h4-h5-h6-h7}) 18. Bxf7+ Kf8 19. Qh7 $1 (19. Bxf4 {Yudasin} Qxd4+ 20. Kh1
Qxf4 21. Bb3 Bg4 22. Qh4 Bxe5) 19... Qxd4+ 20. Kh1 Kxf7 21. Rf1 $18 Qxe5 (21...
Ke8 {Yudasin} 22. Bxf4 Bxe5 23. Qh5+) (21... Ke6 {Yudasin} 22. Qxg7 (22. Bxf4
Bxe5 23. Qg8+ Kd7 (23... Kd6 24. Qd8+ Kc5 25. Qxe7+ Bd6 26. Bxd6+ Qxd6 27. b4+)
24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Rd1+ Kc7 26. Rd8) 22... Nd5 $13) 22. Rxf4+ Ke8 (22... Ke6 {
Yudasin} 23. Re4) 23. Qg6+ Kd8 24. Re4 Qd5 (24... Bf5 25. Rxe5 Bxg6 26. Rxe7
Bh6 27. Rg7+ (27. Bh4 {Yudasin} Kc8 28. Re6 $18) 27... Bxg5 28. Rxg6 $18) 25.
Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Clarin GP final"]
[Site "Villa Gesell"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Valerga, Diego"]
[Black "Fiorito, Fabian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Finkel,A} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O
c5 8. d5 Bg4 9. h3 (9. Qe1 Nb4 10. Qh4 (10. a3 Nxd3 11. cxd3 Rc8 (11... Rb8 $6
12. Qh4 Bxf3 13. Rxf3 e6 14. f5 $1 Nd7 15. Bg5 $1 f6 16. Rh3 h5 17. Bf4 exf5
18. Bxd6 $18 {Tseitlin,Mi-Sekulic,V Banja Vrucicu 1991 53/(126)}) 12. Nd2 Bd7
13. a4 a6 14. a5 Bb5 15. Nc4 Bxc4 16. dxc4 b6 17. Bd2 $14 {/+/- Kovacevic,
A-Todorcevic,M JUG-chT Budva 1996}) 10... c4 11. Bxc4 Nxc2 12. Rb1 Rc8 (12...
Qb6+ 13. Kh1 Rfc8 $13 {Tseitlin,Mi-Pein,M Tel-Aviv II 1992 54/124 [Pein,M]} (
13... Ne3 14. Bxe3 Qxe3 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Bxf3 17. Rbe1 $16)) 13. Bb3 Qb6+
14. Kh1 Bxf3 15. Bxc2 Be2 16. Re1 Bc4 17. Be3 Qa5 18. a3 Rfe8 $13 {Rogers,
I-Torre,E San Francisco 1991}) (9. Bc4 Nc7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 a6 (11... e6
12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Be3 Qe7 14. e5 $1 dxe5 15. Qxb7 Rfb8 $8 16. Qf3 Rxb2 17. Ne4
$1 $36 {Dolmatov,S-Smirin,I  Rostov na Donu 1993 57/139 [Dolmatov,S]}) 12. a4
b6 (12... Nd7 13. Qe2 Kh8 14. Rd1 Rb8 15. a5 b5 16. axb6 Rxb6 17. Ra2 $14 {
Forster,R-Hodgson,J Horgon-B 1995}) 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Ra3 Rb8 15. Rb3 Kh8 16. Kh1
Qc8 17. Be3 b5 18. axb5 Nb6 19. Qf1 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 axb5 21. Nxb5 Rxb5 22. Rxb5 {
1/2-1/2 Wahls,M-Nogueiras,J Capablanca mem-A 1996}) 9... Bxf3 10. Qxf3 (10.
Rxf3 {Finkel,A} Nc7 11. a4 (11. Qe1 e6 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. a4 d5 14. e5 Nd7 15.
h4 c4 16. Be2 Rf7 17. Rh3 Qf8 18. Qg3 d4 19. Ne4 Bh6 20. h5 Bxf4 21. Bxf4 Rxf4
22. hxg6 Rxe4 23. Rf1 Rxe2 24. Rxh7 Qc5 25. Rh8+ {1-0 Ankerst Michael-Praznik
Anton/It (open), Bled (Slovenia) 1996}) 11... e6 (11... a6 12. a5 Nb5 {N} (
12... Nd7 $6 {- 32/(179)}) (12... Nd7 13. Bd2 e6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Ne2 Kh8 16.
Rb1 g5 17. b4 gxf4 18. bxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxf4 Be5 20. Qe2 Qh4 21. Rbf1 Rg8 22. Kh2
Qe7 23. g3 Qe8 24. Qe1 Nb5 25. Bxb5 Qxb5 26. Nd3 Nxd3 27. cxd3 Rac8 28. R1f2
Rc7 29. Bf4 Rcg7 30. Bxe5 Qxe5 31. Ra2 Rc7 32. Qe3 Rc3 33. Qh6 d5 34. d4 Qc7
35. Qf6+ Rg7 36. Qf8+ Rg8 37. Qf6+ Rg7 38. e5 Rxf3 39. Qxf3 Rf7 40. Qd3 {
1-0 Dolmatov,S-Kuzmin,G/URS-ch49 Frunze 1981}) 13. Bd2 (13. Ne2 Nd7 (13... c4
$1 14. Bxc4 Nxe4 15. Bxb5 (15. c3 $1 $14 {Ehlvest}) 15... axb5 16. Qd3 f5 $1
17. Qxb5 Qc7 18. c3 Qc5+ $1 19. Qxc5 dxc5 $44 20. c4 Ra6 21. Rb3 Nd6 22. Ra4
Rfa8 23. Bd2 b6 24. Nc1 $1 Bd4+ $6 (24... Nc8 $1 25. Rb5 Nd6 26. Rb3 Nc8 $10)
25. Kf1 Nc8 26. Ke2 bxa5 27. Kd3 e6 $1 28. dxe6 Rd6 $1 29. Kc2 Nb6 30. Rxa5 Re8
$1 31. Bc3 Nxc4 32. Ra7 Ne3+ 33. Kb1 Bxc3 34. bxc3 Nd5 35. Rbb7 Rb6+ 36. Rxb6
Nxb6 37. Kc2 Nd5 38. g3 Rxe6 {R9/h} 39. Kd2 Ne3 40. Ra8+ Kg7 41. Kd3 c4+ $2 42.
Kd4 $1 Re4+ 43. Kc5 Nf1 $5 44. g4 $6 Rxf4 45. g5 Re4 46. Kd6 f4 $19 47. Ra7+
Kf8 48. Ra8+ Re8 49. Ra2 Nd2 $1 {0-1 Ehlvest,J-Azmaiparashvili,Z/USSR 1986})
14. c3 b6 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Be3 Qd7 17. c4 Nc7 18. e5 e6 19. exd6 Qxd6 20. Qc2
exd5 21. cxd5 c4 22. Bxc4 Nxc4 23. Qxc4 Nxd5 24. Bd4 Rfc8 25. Qa4 Nb6 26. Qd1
Rd8 27. Rd3 Nc4 28. Qb3 Qe6 {1/2-1/2 Blehm Pawel-Czerwonski Aleksander/Ch
Poland (team), Lubniewice (Poland) 1995}) 13... Nd4 14. Re3 e6 15. g4 exd5 16.
Nxd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Qf6 18. Re4 Qh4 19. Kg2 f5 20. Re1 g5 21. Rf1 Rac8 22. fxg5
Be5 23. Qe1 Qxe1 24. Raxe1 f4 25. b3 Rc7 26. g6 hxg6 27. Bxg6 c4 28. bxc4 Rxc4
29. Bd3 Rc7 30. c4 Nb3 31. Bb4 Rff7 32. Rxe5 dxe5 33. Bd6 Nc5 34. Bg6 Rg7 35.
Bxe5 Rce7 36. Bxg7 Kxg7 37. Bf5 Kf6 38. Rxf4 Ke5 39. Rf2 Kd4 40. d6 {1-0
Olivier Jean_Christophe-Todorcevic Miodrag/It (open), Cannes (France) 1996}) (
11... Rb8 12. Qe1 Nd7 13. Bd2 Na6 14. Nd1 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bc3 Bxc3 17.
Nxc3 Nb4 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. Qd2 Rbd8 20. Bc4 Nb6 21. Bf1 Kh8 22. a5 Nc8 23. Bc4
Nc6 24. Ne2 Qf6 25. a6 b6 26. Bb5 N8e7 27. Qc3 Qxc3 28. bxc3 Kg7 29. Rfd3 d5
30. g3 Rc8 31. exd5 exd5 32. Re3 Nf5 33. Re6 Nd8 34. Re5 Nf7 35. Re6 Nd8 36.
Re5 Nf7 37. Re6 N5d6 38. c4 Nxb5 39. cxb5 Rfe8 40. Rxe8 Rxe8 41. Kf2 Rd8 42.
Nc3 d4 43. Ne4 Nd6 44. Nxd6 Rxd6 45. Re1 Kf7 46. Kf3 Re6 47. Rxe6 Kxe6 48. Ke4
Kd6 49. g4 Ke6 50. h4 Kf6 51. h5 gxh5 52. gxh5 Ke6 53. h6 Kd6 54. f5 Ke7 55.
Ke5 Kf7 56. Kd5 Kf6 57. Ke4 Ke7 {1/2-1/2 Polgar Sofia-Hodgson Julian M/
Memorial J.Donner (open), Amsterdam (Ne 1995}) 12. dxe6 (12. Bc4 exd5 13. exd5
Re8 14. Qd3 Nd7 15. Bd2 f5 16. Re1 a6 {1/2-1/2 Franzen,J-Hoi,C/Copenhagen op
1989}) 12... Nxe6 (12... fxe6 13. Qe2 $14 (13. Nb5 a6 14. Nxc7 Qxc7 15. c3 c4
16. Bc2 b5 17. Qe1 Qc6 18. Rf2 Nd7 19. Bd2 Nc5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rd1 d5 22. e5
Ra2 23. Bc1 Nb3 24. Bxb3 cxb3 25. Be3 Rfa8 26. Kh2 Bf8 27. Bd4 Qc4 28. g4 b4
29. f5 bxc3 30. Qxc3 Qxc3 31. Bxc3 Rc8 32. Kg3 Bc5 33. Re2 gxf5 34. gxf5 Kf7
35. Kf3 Ra4 36. Rd3 Rh4 37. Kg2 Re4 38. Rxe4 dxe4 39. Rd7+ Ke8 40. fxe6 Rc6 41.
Rxh7 Rxe6 42. Rh4 Rg6+ 43. Rg4 Rxg4+ 44. hxg4 Kf7 45. Kg3 Be3 {1/2-1/2
Gruenfeld,Y-Beim,V/Herzliya 1993}) (13. Be3 Qe7 14. Bf2 d5 15. Qe1 Rf7 16. Bh4
Qf8 17. f5 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qxe4 gxf5 20. Qxb7 Rb8 21. Qxa7 Nd5 22. Qa5
Bxb2 23. Qe1 Bxa1 24. Qxa1 c4 25. Qe5 Rb1+ 26. Bf1 f4 27. Bf2 Qh6 28. Kh2 Rf5
29. Qe2 Ne3 30. Bxe3 fxe3 31. Rxf5 exf5 32. Qxc4+ Kg7 33. Qc7+ Kg6 34. Qd6+ Kg7
35. Qc7+ Kg6 36. Qd6+ {1/2-1/2 Polgar,J-Zaichik,G/San Sebastian op 1991})) 13.
Be3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. c3 Rad8 17. Be2 Qe4 18. Qb1 Qxb1+ 19.
Rxb1 b6 20. Bc4 Nc7 21. Rbf1 Nd5 22. Bf2 Kh8 23. Bh4 f6 24. Rd1 Nxf4 25. Rxd8
Rxd8 26. Rxf4 g5 27. Re4 gxh4 28. Rxh4 f5 29. Rf4 Rd1+ 30. Rf1 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1
Be5 32. Bd3 f4 33. Ke2 a5 34. Kf3 Kg7 35. Ke4 Bc7 36. Kd5 Kf7 37. Kc6 Bd8 38.
Kd7 Be7 39. Bxh7 Bf6 40. Bd3 Be5 41. Kc6 {1-0 Sorsa,N-Heinimaki,L/Tampere ELO
1996}) 10... Nb4 (10... Nc7 {Finkel,A} 11. Bc4 (11. Be3 e6 12. a4 a6 13. a5 Rb8
14. Kh1 b5 15. axb6 Rxb6 16. e5 Nfxd5 17. exd6 Qxd6 18. Ne4 Qc6 19. Bg1 Rxb2
20. c4 Nb4 21. Bxc5 Nxd3 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. Qxc6 {1-0 Vuckovic,A-Mowsziszian,K/
Munster open 1994}) 11... e6 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Rad1 Rab8 15. a4 a6
16. a5 b5 17. axb6 Rxb6 18. e5 Nd7 19. exd6 Rxd6 20. Rxd6 Qxd6 21. Ne4 Qe7 22.
c3 Nd5 23. Bxa6 Bh6 24. g3 g5 25. Bc4 Ne5 26. fxe5 Rxf3 27. Rxf3 Nxe3 28. Rxe3
Bg7 29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. Rf3 h6 31. Kf1 Qb7 32. Rd3 Qb8 33. Bxe6 Qf8 34. g4 Bxf6
35. exf6 {Polzin,R-Sturua,Z/Baden Baden op 1991/1/2-1/2 (49)}) (10... Nd7 {
Finkel,A} 11. Qe2 Nc7 12. Bc4 a6 13. a4 b6 14. Nd1 Qc8 15. c3 Qb7 16. Nf2 b5
17. Bd3 Rae8 18. Ng4 e6 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. axb5 axb5 21. e5 dxe5 22. fxe5 Rxf1+
23. Kxf1 c4 24. Be4 Nd5 25. Nh6+ Bxh6 26. Bxh6 Nxe5 27. Qf2 Qf7 28. Ra7 Qxf2+
29. Kxf2 Nf6 30. Bf3 Nd3+ 31. Ke2 Nd5 32. Rg7+ Kh8 33. Rb7 Nxb2 34. Bxd5 exd5+
35. Kd2 {Polzin,R-Hoi,C/Lyngby op 1991/1/2-1/2 (73)}) 11. a3 (11. Kh1 {Finkel,A
} e6 12. Bd2 exd5 13. exd5 a6 14. Rac1 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 b5 16. b3 Qd7 17. Ne4 Nxe4
18. Qxe4 Rfe8 19. Qd3 Rac8 20. c4 Qf5 21. Qxf5 gxf5 22. Rfe1 Kf8 23. g4 Rb8 24.
Ba5 Re7 25. Rxe7 Kxe7 26. Kg2 Bd4 27. Kf3 Kd7 28. Bd2 Re8 29. gxf5 Bf6 30. Re1
bxc4 31. Rxe8 cxb3 32. Ra8 bxa2 33. Rxa6 a1=Q 34. Rxa1 Bxa1 35. Ke4 Ke7 36. Ba5
Bg7 37. Be1 c4 38. Bh4+ Bf6 39. Bg5 h6 40. Bxh6 Bc3 41. Bg5+ f6 42. Bh4 Kf7 43.
Bf2 Kg7 44. Bd4 Bd2 45. Ba1 Kf7 46. Kd4 Bxf4 47. Kxc4 Be5 48. Bd4 Bxd4 49. Kxd4
Kg7 50. Kc4 {1-0 Outerelo Manuel-Lezcano S/It (open), Aceimar (Spain) 1995}) (
11. Bd2 {Finkel,A} a6 12. a4 Rc8 13. Na2 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Qb6 15. Nc3 Nd7 16. Qc4
Qb4 17. Qe2 Nb6 18. a5 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Qc4 20. Qxc4 Nxc4 21. b3 Ne3 22. Rfc1 e6
23. Bd2 exd5 24. Bxe3 Rfe8 25. e5 dxe5 26. fxe5 f6 27. e6 Rxe6 28. Re1 Re4 29.
Bf2 f5 30. Rad1 d4 31. c3 dxc3 32. Rxe4 fxe4 33. Rc1 Rd8 34. Rxc3 Rd1+ 35. Kh2
Kf7 36. Rc4 Rd2 37. Bxc5 Re2 38. Rb4 {1-0 Suarez Pousa D-Todorcevic Miodrag/It
(open) "Teresa Herrera", La Coruna ( 1995}) 11... Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Qc7 (12... Qb6
13. Qc4 Qa5 14. Bd2 b5 15. Qe2 Qb6 16. e5 Nd7 17. Qxb5 Qxb5 18. Nxb5 dxe5 $13 {
Van Riemsdijk,H-Anand,V Amsterdam 1990} (18... dxe5 {Finkel,A} 19. Rae1 Nb6 20.
fxe5 Nxd5 21. c4 Nb6 22. b3 a6 23. Nc3 Rfd8 24. Bf4 Nd7 25. Rf3 Nf8 26. Nd5 Ra7
27. Bg5 Re8 28. Be3 Ne6 29. b4 Rc8 30. Bf2 Rb7 31. b5 axb5 32. cxb5 Rd8 33. Nc3
Nd4 34. Bxd4 cxd4 35. Rd3 Rbb8 36. Red1 Bxe5 37. a4 Ra8 38. b6 Rd6 39. b7 Rb8
40. Ne4 Rd7 41. Nc5 Rd5 42. Rc1 Bd6 43. Rb3 Rxc5 44. Rxc5 Bxc5 45. a5 e5 46. a6
e4 47. Kf1 Ba7 48. Rb4 e3 49. Ke2 Rd8 50. Kd3 Re8 51. Rb2 f5 52. Rc2 e2 53.
Rxe2 Re3+ 54. Rxe3 dxe3 55. b8=Q+ Bxb8 56. Kxe3 Kf7 57. g4 fxg4 58. hxg4 Kf6 {
0-1 Van Riemsdijk,H-Anand,V/Amsterdam 1990})) (12... Nd7 {Finkel,A} 13. g4 Rc8
14. Qg3 Qa5 15. a4 a6 16. Ra3 c4 17. Re1 Rfe8 18. Kg2 e6 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Rd1
Qc7 21. f5 Be5 22. Bf4 gxf5 23. exf5 Qc6+ 24. Kh2 Kh8 25. fxe6 Rxe6 26. Bxe5+
Nxe5 27. Qg2 Qb6 28. Nd5 Qxb2 29. Re3 Rf8 30. Kg3 Ree8 31. c3 Qxg2+ 32. Kxg2
Nd3 33. Rxe8 Rxe8 34. Nb6 Re2+ 35. Kf3 Rh2 36. Kg3 Rc2 37. Nd5 {Bogdanov,
D-Clausen,S/Copenhagen op 1991/0-1 (58)}) 13. Be3 a6 14. a4 Rfe8 (14... Nd7 $5
{Finkel,A}) 15. a5 e6 {Typical for this variation breakthrought in the center}
16. dxe6 fxe6 17. f5 c4 (17... gxf5 18. exf5 e5 (18... Qc6 {Finkel,A} 19. Rad1
d5 20. Bg5 Rad8 21. b3 $5 (21. Rfe1 c4 22. Qf3 (22. Qg3 exf5 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24.
Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Rxd5 b5 $1 $15) 22... exf5 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qxf5 b5 25. Nxd5 (
25. axb6 Qxb6+ 26. Kh1 d4 27. Nd5 Nxd5 28. Qxd5+ Qe6 $15) 25... Nxd5 26. Rxd5
$36))) 18. Qd2 Qc6 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. e5 (20. Qf2 $5 {transfering the queen to
h4} Rf8 21. Qg3 Kh7 22. Qh4+ Kg8 (22... Nh5 23. g4 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Qxe4 25. Bd4
e5 26. Qe7+ Ng7 (26... Kg8 27. gxh5) 27. Rxf8 Rxf8 28. Qxf8 exd4 29. Qf2 $16)
23. Rad1 $14 {/+/-}) 20... dxe5 21. Bh6 Nh7 $1 (21... Qc5+ 22. Kh1 e4 23. Bxg7
Kxg7 24. Rxf6 $18) (21... Ne4 22. Qe3 $1 Nxc3 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qxe5+ $14 {/+/-
}) (21... Rf8 {Finkel,A} 22. Qg5 Kh7 (22... Qc5+ $2 23. Kh1 Kh7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7
25. Rxf6 $1 Rxf6 26. Qxf6+ $1 $18) 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qxe5 $16) 22. Qe3 (22.
Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rae1 Qc5+ 24. Qf2 $44) 22... Qc7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 (23... Qxg7 $6 {
Finkel,A} 24. Rae1 Rf8 25. Qc5 $1 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 $16) 24. Ne4 (24. Na4) 24...
Rad8 {[%csl Ra5]} 25. h4 (25. Rf3 $5 {Finkel,A} Rf8 26. Rxf8 Nxf8 (26... Rxf8
27. Nc5 Rf6 28. Ra4 $1 $16) 27. Rf1 Rd4 (27... Qxa5 $2 28. Qf2 Qc7 29. Qf6+ Kg8
30. Ng5 $18) 28. Nf6 (28. Qg5 Rxe4 29. Qf6+ Kh7 30. Qxf8 Rf4 $15) 28... Qb8 29.
Ng4 Rf4 30. Nxe5 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 $16) 25... Kh8 $6 (25... Rf8) (25... Rd4) 26.
Ng5 $1 Rd7 (26... Re7 27. Nf3 Rd5 28. Rae1 $16) (26... Nxg5 27. Qxg5 $16 {
[%csl Rb7,Rc4,Re5,Re6,Rg6]} (27. Qxg5 {Finkel,A} Rg8 28. Rf6 $40)) 27. Rae1 $6
{quite strange,why not play the natural Nf3 which leads to a good position for
white} (27. Nf3 $5 Rd5 28. Rae1 c3 29. b4 $16) 27... e4 28. Nxe4 (28. Qc3+ e5
29. Nxe4 $14 {/+/-}) (28. Qxe4 $2 Nxg5 29. hxg5 Qc5+) 28... Qxa5 29. Rf6 $6 (
29. Nc5 Rde7 (29... Rd5 $2 30. Nxe6 $1 $40 Rd6 $2 31. Qh6 $18 Qb6+ 32. Kh2 Rd7
33. Nf4) 30. Qd4+ e5 31. Qxc4 $16) (29. Nf6 $5 {Finkel,A} Nxf6 30. Rxf6 Qd2 $1
31. Qe5 Qd4+ 32. Qxd4 Rxd4 33. Rxg6 $14) 29... Red8 (29... Rg7) (29... Qh5 {
Finkel,A} 30. g3 Rd1 31. Rf7 Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Qb5 (32... Qd5 $2 33. Rxh7+ $18)
33. Qc3+ e5 34. Qe3 $36) 30. Rxg6 (30. Rxe6 $142 Qxe1+ 31. Qxe1 Rd1 32. Qxd1
Rxd1+ 33. Kf2 Rc1 (33... Nf8 34. Rb6) 34. c3 Rc2+ 35. Kf3 Rxb2 36. Rxg6 $16)
30... Qxe1+ 31. Qxe1 Rd1 32. Qxd1 ({Deserved attension} 32. Qf1 {Finkel,A}
Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Rd1+ 34. Ke2 Rb1 35. Rxe6 Rxb2 36. Kd2 Rb1 37. g3 $16) 32...
Rxd1+ 33. Kf2 Rc1 (33... Nf8 $5 {Finkel,A} 34. Rg5 Nd7 35. g4 Rc1 36. c3 Rc2+
37. Kg3 Rxb2 38. Rg6 $14) 34. h5 $2 {a strange move,but after you see the 40
move by both sides you understand how big was the time trouble in the game!} (
34. c3 Nf8 (34... Rc2+ 35. Kf3 Rxb2 36. Rxe6) 35. Rf6 Kg7 36. Kg3 Rc2 37. Rf2)
(34. c3 $5 {Finkel,A}) 34... Rxc2+ (34... Nf8 $5 {Finkel,A} 35. Rf6 Rxc2+ 36.
Kf3 Kg8 $15) 35. Ke3 Rc1 $2 (35... Rxb2 36. Nd6 (36. h6 {Finkel,A} Nf8 37. Rg7
$18) 36... Nf8 37. Nf7+ Kh7 38. Ng5+ Kh8 39. Nf7+ $11) (35... Nf8 $8 {Finkel,A}
) 36. h6 $1 {threatening Nd6 and after Nf8 by black Nf7 with Rg7 mate!} Re1+
37. Kd4 Nf8 (37... Re2 38. Rxe6 (38. Nd6 Rd2+ $8 39. Ke5 (39. Kc5 $4 Rd5+)
39... Re2+ 40. Kf4 Rf2+ 41. Kg3 Rf6) 38... Rxg2 39. Re8+ Rg8 40. Rxg8+ Kxg8 41.
Kxc4 {[%csl Ra6,Rb7]}) 38. Rg7 e5+ (38... Rd1+ 39. Kxc4 Rd7 40. Rxd7 Nxd7 41.
Nc5 $16 {/+-}) 39. Kxe5 Re2 (39... b5 40. g4) (39... Ne6 {Finkel,A} 40. Kxe6
Rxe4+ 41. Kd5 Re2 42. Rxb7 Rxg2 43. Kxc4 Rg6 44. h7 $16) 40. Kd4 $4 (40. Rxb7
Rxg2 41. Rb8 Rg8 (41... Kg8 42. Nf6+ Kf7 43. Rb7+ Kg6 44. Rg7+) 42. Kd5 $1 $16
{/+-}) 40... Rd2+ $4 {well that is already to much for one game!} 41. Nxd2 Ne6+
{so now also black see he has this little check,only few moves too late!} 42.
Kxc4 1-0

[Event "Villa Martelli"]
[Site "Villa Martelli"]
[Date "1997.06.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ginzburg, Maximiliano"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1997.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. a4 $6 {the main moves in this position are h3,Qe1 and Bc4.9.a4 as I
understnad it is already incorrect,white playes a4 in order to stop black from
playing b5,and that's only after black has played Nc7,here black's Knight is
still on a6,and gets a cery strong square on b4} (9. Kh1 Bxf3 $6 (9... Nc7 10.
a4 a6 11. Qe1 Bxf3 12. Rxf3 Nd7 13. Bd2 e6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Bc4 Qe7 16. Qd1
$13 {Grosar,A-Bogdanvosky,V JUG-ch 1991}) 10. Rxf3 Nc7 11. a4 a6 12. a5 Nb5 13.
Bd2 Rc8 14. Ra4 Qd7 15. b3 Ne8 16. Ne2 e6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. f5 $1 $36 gxf5 19.
exf5 {[%cal Ga4h4] Ivanchuk,V-Tabatadze,T Leningrad 1985}) (9. a3 Nc7 10. h3
Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd7 (11... e6 12. f5 exd5 13. exd5 Nd7 14. Qg3 Be5 15. Bf4 Ne8
16. Bxe5 Nxe5 $13 {Zulfugarli,M-Kochekhov,G Nikolaev (zt) 1995 64/(115)}) 12.
f5 Rb8 (12... e6) 13. Qg3 b5 14. Bg5 c4 15. Be2 Ne8 16. h4 $13 {Petrosian,
K-Beim,V Budapest 1995 64/115}) (9. Be2 Nc7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 b5 12. a4 b4
13. Ne2 Rb8 14. Be3 Nd7 15. Rb1 Nb6 16. b3 a5 17. h4 $36 {Tseshkovsky,
V-Gurieli,N Moscow Alekhine op 1994}) (9. Be3 Nc7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 (11.
Rxf3 Rb8 12. a4 a6 13. a5 Nb5 14. Nxb5 axb5 15. Bxb5 Nxe4 16. Ra4 f5 17. c3 Ra8
$13 {Klovans,J-Beim,V Berlin 1994}) 11... Rb8 12. a4 Nd7 13. Bc4 a6 14. a5 b5
15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Bd3 Qc8 17. Nd1 Nb5 18. c3 $14 {Stefansson,H-Hoi,C
Copenhagen op 1994}) 9... Nb4 10. Bc4 (10. Be3) 10... e6 11. h3 $6 {another
incorrect after which white's position becomes unpleasent,after 11.h3 exd5
black gets the control over the open "e" file,white gets a weak d5 and c2
pawns,plus it is not for white to devlope his Queen's side} (11. dxe6 fxe6 (
11... Bxe6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Be3 $13 {/=/+}) 12. Be3 (12. h3 d5 $1 13. Be2 (13.
hxg4 dxc4 14. Qe2 Nxg4 15. Qxc4 Nxc2 16. Qxe6+ Kh8 17. Rb1 Bd4+ $1 18. Kh1 (18.
Nxd4 Qxd4+ 19. Kh1 Nf2+ 20. Kh2 Rae8 21. Qb3 Ne3 $17) 18... Nge3 $17) 13...
dxe4 14. hxg4 (14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. hxg4 Qxd1 16. Bxd1 Rad8 $36 {[%cal Gb4d5]})
14... Qxd1 15. Rxd1 (15. Bxd1 exf3 16. gxf3 (16. Rxf3 Nxg4) 16... Nfd5) 15...
exf3 16. Bxf3 Nxc2 17. Rb1 Rf7) 12... Qe7 $13) 11... exd5 12. exd5 (12. Nxd5
Bxf3 13. Rxf3 (13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Rxf3 Qd4+ 15. Qxd4 Bxd4+ $19) 13... Nxe4 $17)
12... Bd7 $15 {/-/+} (12... Bf5 13. Rf2 {and since white wants to play g4,it's
better to have your bishop on d7 not f5}) 13. Rf2 Re8 {it is simply not easy
to find a plan for white} 14. g4 h5 15. gxh5 $4 {this move seems very strange,
weakening all the pawns on the Queens side,and of course the king him self,
white has to play g5} (15. g5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Rxe4 17. Bf1 {with c3 on the next,
when white is still playing}) 15... Nxh5 16. Kh2 Bf5 17. Bf1 a6 $17 {/-+
white's position is very difficult,black control really all the board without
even one weakness and very active pieces} 18. Bg2 {[%tqu "En","black is of
much better,but now it seems as good time to end the game,can you see how
tkachiev did it?","","","g7d4","",7]} Bd4 $1 $19 {black wants very much the h4
square for his queen,white has to take since otherwise he will the c2 pawn} 19.
Nxd4 cxd4 20. Qxd4 Qh4 {black is not satisfied with just taking on c2,Qh4 is a
much better move winning immediately} (20... Nxc2 21. Rxc2 Bxc2) 21. Be3 (21.
Qd2 Nxc2 22. Ra2 Bxh3) 21... Nxc2 22. Rxc2 Bxc2 {there is nothing more to see}
23. Bd2 Bf5 24. Rf1 Bxh3 25. Qf2 Qxf2 26. Rxf2 Bxg2 27. Rxg2 Ng7 28. Nd1 Re4
29. Ne3 Rae8 30. Ng4 Nh5 31. f5 Re2 0-1

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8. h3 b6
9. g4 Bb7 10. g5 Nh5 11. Rg1 f6 12. Qd2 Qe8 13. O-O-O Kh8 14. Nh4 fxg5 15. fxg5
Ne7 16. Bxh5 gxh5 17. g6 Nxg6 18. Bh6 Rg8 19. Nxg6+ hxg6 20. Bxg7+ Rxg7 21.
Qh6+ Rh7 22. Qxg6 Qxg6 23. Rxg6 Rg8 24. Rdg1 Rgg7 25. Kd2 Bc6 26. h4 Be8 27.
Rxg7 Rxg7 28. Rxg7 Kxg7 29. Ke3 $16 {The white N is better than the black B.}
c5 30. dxc5 bxc5 31. e5 d5 32. Kf4 Kg6 33. Ne2 a5 34. Nc1 Ba4 35. Nd3 Bxc2 36.
Nxc5 Kf7 37. Ke3 Kg6 38. Nxe6 Bb1 39. Nd4 Bxa2 40. Kd2 Kf7 41. Kc3 Ke7 42. b3
Bb1 43. Nc6+ Ke6 44. Kd4 Kf5 45. Nxa5 Bc2 46. b4 Ba4 47. Nb7 Kg4 48. Nd6 Kxh4
49. b5 Kg5 50. b6 Bc6 51. b7 Bxb7 52. Nxb7 h4 53. Nc5 Kg4 54. Nd3 Kg3 55. e6 h3
56. e7 h2 57. e8=Q h1=Q 58. Qe5+ $18 {White can play for mate or winning the
black Q.} Kg2 59. Qe2+ Kg3 60. Qe5+ Kg2 61. Qg5+ Kf1 (61... Kh2 62. Qh4+ Kg2
63. Nf4+ Kg1 64. Qe1+ Kh2 65. Qf2+ $18) 62. Qf4+ Kg2 (62... Ke2 63. Qe3+ $18)
63. Qg4+ Kf1 64. Qd1+ Kg2 65. Nf4+ Kh2 66. Qh5+ Kg1 67. Ne2+ Kg2 68. Qxd5+ Kh2
69. Qe5+ Kg2 70. Qe4+ Kh2 71. Qh4+ Kg2 72. Nf4+ Kg1 73. Qe1+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tzermiadianos, Andreas"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bxd7+
Qxd7 9. d5 dxe5 10. h3 e4 11. hxg4 exf3 12. Qxf3 Na6 13. Bd2 Nb4 14. O-O-O
O-O-O 15. Ne4 Qa4 16. Bxb4 cxb4 17. Kb1 h6 18. f5 Be5 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Nc5 Qa5
21. Nxb7 Kxb7 22. d6+ Kb6 23. Rd5 Qxd5 24. Qxd5 exd6 25. a3 bxa3 26. Rh3 Rb8
27. Rb3+ Kc7 28. Qa5+ Kc6 29. Qa4+ Kd5 30. Qxa3 Rxb3 31. Qxb3+ Kc6 32. Qf3+ Kb6
33. Qe3+ Ka6 34. Qd3+ Ka5 35. Qd5+ Kb6 36. b4 a6 37. c4 Rf8 38. Kc2 Rf4 39. Qg8
Kc7 40. Kb3 Rxg4 41. Qf7+ Kd8 42. c5 Rf4 43. Qb7 dxc5 44. Qd5+ Kc8 45. Qxe5
Rxb4+ 46. Kc3 Rb6 47. Kc4 {Hinweis: Entfernt man bis auf den Ba6 alle Bauern
vom Brett, so liegt eine Remisstellung vor. Lediglich einige wenige Positionen
mit dem weißen König jenseits der 5. Reihe sind für Weiß gewonnen. Daraus
folgt, daß mit dem weißen g-Bauern so ungefähr alle Positionen für Weiß
gewonnen sind, weil er den Angriff auf den schwarzen König bzw. Turm mit dem
Angriff gegen die/den schwarzen Bauern am Königsflügel verbinden kann.} Rc6 48.
Kd5 Kb7 49. Qb2+ Kc7 50. Qg7+ Kb6 51. Qd7 Rc7 52. Qd8 Kb7 53. Kd6 Rc6+ 54. Kd7
h5 (54... c4 55. Qa5 {[%cal Ra5d5]} Rb6 (55... Rc8 56. Qb4+ $18) 56. Qd5+ Kb8
57. Qxc4 Rb7+ 58. Kd8 Rb6 59. Qf4+ Ka7 60. Qxh6 $18) 55. g3 g5 (55... c4 56.
Qa5 Rb6 57. Qd5+ $18 {wie vor}) 56. Qxg5 Rc7+ 57. Kd6 Rc6+ 58. Kd5 c4 59. Qe7+
Rc7 60. Qb4+ Kc8 61. Qa5 c3 62. Qxa6+ Kd8 63. Qf6+ Kc8 64. Qe6+ Kb7 65. Qe4 c2
66. Kd6+ Ka7 67. Kxc7 c1=Q+ 68. Qc6 {[#] Ein Glücksfall - Schwarz hat kein
Schach! Das Bauernendspiel ist um ein Tempo verloren.} Qxc6+ 69. Kxc6 Kb8 (
69... Ka6 70. Kd6 Kb5 71. Ke5 Kc4 72. Kf5 Kd4 73. Kg5 Ke4 74. Kxh5 Kf3 75. g4
$18) 70. Kd7 (70. Kd5 Kc7 71. Ke5 Kd7 72. Kf6 $8 h4 73. gxh4 Ke8 74. Kg7 $18)
70... Kb7 71. Ke7 Kc6 72. Kf6 Kd7 73. Kg5 Ke6 (73... h4 74. Kxh4 $18) 74. Kxh5
Kf6 75. g4 Kf7 76. Kh6 Kg8 77. g5 Kh8 78. g6 1-0

[Event "Ptuj zt"]
[Site "Ptuj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gostisa, Leon F"]
[Black "Stanec, Nikolaus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "203"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Endgame-CD} c5 2. d5 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. f4 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bd3
Na6 8. O-O Nc7 9. Qe1 e6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Qh4 d5 12. e5 c4 13. Ng5 Nh5 14. Be2
h6 15. Nf3 Qxh4 16. Nxh4 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 g5 18. Ng6 Rxf4 19. Nxf4 gxf4 20. Rxf4
Bxe5 21. Rh4 Bg7 22. Rd1 b5 23. Bh5 Bd7 24. Ne4 Rd8 25. Nd6 Rf8 26. Rg4 e5 27.
Rg3 Be6 28. Nb7 e4 29. Nc5 Bc8 30. c3 Kh8 31. Rg6 b4 32. Rc6 bxc3 33. bxc3 Nb5
34. Rf1 Rd8 35. Rb1 Nd6 36. Rd1 Nb5 37. Nxe4 Bb7 38. Rxc4 Rf8 39. Rb4 Bc6 40.
a4 Nxc3 41. Nxc3 Bxc3 42. Rg4 d4 43. Rf1 Rxf1+ 44. Kxf1 Bxa4 45. Rg3 a5 46. Be2
Bc2 47. Bc4 a4 48. Ke2 Kh7 49. Rf3 a3 50. Rf7+ Kg6 51. Ra7 Bb2 52. Ra6+ Kg5 53.
g3 Bb1 54. Be6 Be4 55. h4+ Kf6 56. Bg8+ Kg7 57. Bc4 Bb1 58. g4 Be4 59. Be6 Bc2
60. Bd5 Bb1 61. h5 Bc2 62. Kd2 Bb1 63. Be6 Be4 64. Bf5 Bd5 65. Kc2 Bc4 66. Ra4
Bd5 67. Bd3 Be6 68. Ra6 Bc3 (68... Bf7 69. g5 hxg5 70. h6+ Kf8 71. Ra8+ $18) (
68... Bd5 69. g5 hxg5 70. h6+ Kg8 71. h7+ Kh8 72. Rd6 $18) 69. Rxa3 Bxg4 70.
Bg6 Kf6 71. Rb3 Bf5+ 72. Bxf5 Kxf5 {RP<->B2P. Aktiver sK.} 73. Kd3 Kg4 74. Rb5
Kh4 75. Rd5 Kg4 76. Rb5 Kh4 77. Rf5 Kg4 78. Rd5 Kh4 79. Ke4 Bd2 80. Rxd4 Bg5
81. Kf5+ Kxh5 82. Rc4 Bd8 (82... Be3 $4 {Endgame-CD} 83. Rc3 Bg5 84. Rh3+ Bh4
85. Kf4 $18) 83. Rc8 (83. Rc1 {Endgame-CD} Kh4 $1 84. Rh1+ Kg3 85. Rxh6 $10)
83... Bg5 84. Rc4 Bd8 85. Rc1 Kh4 86. Rh1+ Kg3 87. Rxh6 {R<->B Einfaches
Remisendspiel} Be7 88. Rc6 Bb4 89. Rg6+ Kh2 90. Ke4 Bc5 91. Kf3 Ba7 92. Rg7 Bc5
93. Rg5 Bb6 94. Rb5 Bd4 95. Rh5+ Kg1 96. Rg5+ Kh1 97. Rh5+ Kg1 98. Kg3 Bf2+ 99.
Kh3 Kh1 100. Rd5 Bb6 101. Rd1+ Bg1 102. Rf1 {In the "good" corner (square has
not the colour of the B) is no chance to win. In dieser, der "guten" Ecke (das
Eckfeld hat nicht die Farbe des Läufers) gibt's keine Möglichkeit zu gewinnen.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Rishon Le Ziyyon YM"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shmuter, Leonid"]
[Black "Bykhovsky, Avigdor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 Na6 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bg1
c5 9. h3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nh6 11. g4 Bd7 12. Bc4 Bc6 13. Bd5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Bxd5
15. Nxd5 Nc7 16. O-O-O Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Qc7 18. Qc5 Rfc8 19. Qxc7 Rxc7 20. Bh2 e6
21. Rd2 Bf8 22. Rhd1 Be7 23. Rd7 Rac8 24. c3 Kf8 25. Bf4 Ng8 26. Kc2 h6 27. h4
Ke8 28. R7d4 Rc4 29. h5 g5 30. Be3 b6 31. a4 Rxd4 32. Nxd4 a6 33. Nb3 Bd8 34.
Bd4 Ne7 35. Nd2 Nc6 36. Kd3 Bc7 37. Ke4 Nxd4 38. cxd4 Bd8 39. Kd3 Rc6 40. b4 b5
41. axb5 axb5 42. Ne4 Be7 43. Ra1 Bxb4 44. Ra8+ Kd7 45. Rh8 Be7 46. Rxh6 Rc1
47. Rh7 Ke8 48. Rh8+ Kd7 49. Rh7 Ke8 50. Rg7 Kf8 51. h6 Rh1 52. Nd6 Bxd6 53.
exd6 Ke8 (53... Rxh6 $142 $5 54. Rg8+ Kxg8 55. d7 Kg7 56. d8=Q Rf6 $13 {
Gewinn!? - Analyse!}) 54. h7 Kd7 55. Rxf7+ Kxd6 56. Rg7 b4 $6 (56... Kc6 $142
$5) 57. Kc4 b3 58. Kxb3 e5 (58... Kd5 $2 59. Rxg5+ Kxd4 60. Rh5 $18) (58... Kc6
$1 59. Kc4 Kd6 60. Kd3 Kc6 61. Ke4 Re1+ 62. Kf3 Rh1 63. Kg2 Rh4 64. Kg3 Rh1 {
Wo ist der Gewinn?? - Analyse!} 65. Rxg5 Rxh7 66. Re5 Kd6 $16 {Ist das der
Gewinn? - Analyse!} 67. Re4) 59. Rxg5 Rxh7 60. Rxe5 Rh4 61. Rg5 $18 Rh1 62. Kc4
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.02.26"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "1993.11.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bxd7+
Qxd7 9. d5 dxe5 10. h3 e4 11. Nxe4 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. O-O O-O (13... c4 $2
14. Ne5 Qb5 15. Be3 O-O 16. b3 c3 17. a4 Qa6 18. Qg4 $16 {Yusupov-Hodgson/
Tilburg/1993}) 14. Be3 $5 (14. c4 {Cujpers-Van der Sterren/NLD-ch/1983}) (14.
Ne5 {Dvoretsky-Gljanets/Tbilisi/1979}) 14... Na6 (14... e6 $5 15. Bxc5 Rd8 16.
Bd4 Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Rxd5 19. Rad1 $14 {Dolmatov-Chernin/URS-FL
Sverdlovsk/1984}) 15. Ne5 $5 Qd6 16. Ng4 $36 {/\f5} Bxb2 (16... Bg7 $2 17. f5
$16 {/\Nh6}) 17. Rb1 Bg7 18. f5 $1 {/\Nh6} Nb4 $5 (18... Nc7 {-Yusupov-Adams/
Dortmund/1994}) 19. c4 Nxa2 20. Rxb7 Nc3 21. Qd3 (21. Qc2 $5 $14) 21... gxf5 $1
22. Rxf5 Qg6 23. Ne5 (23. Bxc5 Ne2+ (23... Rfc8 24. Bxe7 Ne2+ 25. Qxe2 (25. Kh2
Nd4) 25... Qxf5 26. Bf6 $1 Re8 27. Qd2 h5 28. Nh6+ Bxh6 29. Qxh6 Qh7 30. Qg5+
Qg6 31. Qxg6+ fxg6 32. c5 $18 {Tischbierek}) 24. Kh2 Rfc8 $132) 23... Ne2+ $1
24. Kf2 Bxe5 25. Rg5 Nf4 $44 26. Rxg6+ (26. Bxf4 Bxf4 27. Rxg6+ fxg6 $10) 26...
fxg6 27. Qe4 Bd6 28. Ke1 Rf7 (28... a5 $5 29. g3 Nh5 $13) 29. Kd1 a5 30. Kc2 a4
31. Kb2 a3+ 32. Ka2 Ne2 $1 33. Rb3 (33. Qc2 $5 Nd4 34. Qb1 $13) 33... Rf1 $138
(33... Rf2 $3 34. Ka1 $1 (34. Bxf2 $2 Nc1+ $19) (34. Qe6+ $2 Kg7 35. Rxa3 Rxg2
36. Rxa8 (36. Kb3 Rb8+ 37. Ka4 Nc3+ 38. Rxc3 Ra2+ 39. Ra3 Rb4+ 40. Ka5 Rxa3# {
Tischbierek}) 36... Nd4+ $19) 34... Rf1+ $10 {Tischbierek}) 34. Qe6+ Kh8 (34...
Kg7 $140 $5 35. Bh6+ Kxh6 36. Qxe2 Raf8 37. Rf3 $10) 35. Rxa3 Nc3+ 36. Kb3 Rb1+
37. Kxc3 Rxa3+ 38. Kc2 $14 Rab3 39. Qf7 R1b2+ 40. Kd1 Rb1+ 41. Ke2 Rxe3+ $1 42.
Kxe3 Rb8 43. h4 Rg8 44. g4 Rg7 $8 45. Qe8+ Rg8 46. Qf7 Rg7 47. Qe6 Rg8 $8 {
/\Rf8=} 48. h5 {/\h6} gxh5 49. gxh5 Rg5 $1 50. Qf7 (50. h6 $4 Re5+ $19) 50...
h6 $10 51. Kd3 Rg7 52. Qf8+ Kh7 53. Kc2 Rg8 54. Qf5+ Kh8 55. Qf7 Rg3 56. Kb2
Be5+ 57. Kb1 Bd6 58. Ka2 Rg5 59. Kb3 Rg3+ 60. Ka4 Rg5 61. Kb5 Rg3 62. Kc6 Rg5
63. Kd7 Rg3 64. Qf8+ Kh7 65. Qf5+ Kg7 66. Ke8 Kh8 67. Qe6 Kg7 68. Qf7+ Kh8 69.
Qf1 (69. Kf8 Rg4 $10 (69... e5+ $2 70. Ke8 Rg8+ 71. Kd7 Rg7 72. Qxg7+ Kxg7 73.
Kxd6 e4 74. Kxc5 $16)) 69... Kg7 70. Qf8+ Kh7 71. Kd7 Rg5 72. Qf3 Kh8 73. Ke8
Rg8+ 74. Kf7 Rg7+ 75. Ke6 Rg5 76. Kd7 Kg7 77. Qc3+ Kg8 78. Qh3 Kg7 79. Ke8 Kh8
80. Qc3+ Kh7 81. Qc2+ Kg7 82. Qe2 Kh8 83. Qe6 Kg7 (83... Kg7 84. Qf7+ Kh8 85.
Kf8 $4 Rf5 $3 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kortschnoj Stohl} d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7
7. e5 Ng4 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. d5 dxe5 10. h3 e4 11. Nxe4 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 (12...
exf6 $6 13. Qe2+ Qe7 14. Qxe7+ Kxe7 15. f5 $1 $16 {Dvoretsky}) 13. O-O O-O (
13... c4 {Stohl} 14. Ne5 Qb5 15. Be3 O-O 16. b3 $1 c3 17. a4 Qa6 18. Qg4 Rd8
19. Rad1 Qd6 20. Nc4 Qd7 21. f5 b5 22. axb5 Qxb5 23. h4 $40 {Yusupov,A-Hodgson,
JM/Tilburg/1993/}) 14. Be3 (14. Ne5 Qd6 (14... Qc7 15. Qe2 (15. c4 $5) 15...
Nd7 16. Ng4 Bd4+ $1 17. Kh1 f5 $36 {Privara-Novak/Detva/ch-SVK/1977}) 15. c4 $1
(15. Ng4 $6 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 f5 $1 $36 17. Ne3 {Balashov-Cseshkovsky/Leningrad/ch/
USSR/1974} (17. Ne5 Nd7 18. c3 $6 Nxe5 $1 19. cxd4 Nd7 $1 $17 {Dvoretsky}))
15... Nd7 {= ECO} (15... Bxe5 $2 16. fxe5 Qxe5 17. Bh6 $16 {Dvoretsky}) (15...
e6 {-Cujpers-Van der Sterren}) 16. Ng4 Bd4+ (16... Bg7 $2 17. f5 Nf6 18. Nh6+
Kh8 19. Bf4 Qd7 20. Qc2 $40 {Dvoretsky-Torre/Saint John/5'/1988}) 17. Be3 (17.
Kh1 $2 f5 $1) 17... Bxb2 $6 (17... f5 18. Bxd4 fxg4 (18... cxd4 19. Nh2) 19.
Bc3 gxh3 20. g3 $14 {Dvoretsky}) (17... Bxe3+ $5 18. Nxe3 f5 $1 $10 {Dvoretsky}
) 18. Rb1 Bg7 19. f5 $1 $40 Nb6 $6 (19... Qa6 $5) 20. Qd3 Rfe8 21. Bf4 Qd7 22.
Nh6+ (22. Be5 $5 f6 23. Ba1 $16 {Dvoretsky}) 22... Bxh6 23. Bxh6 Qd6 24. Rf3 $6
(24. Rbe1 $1 gxf5 $140 25. Bf4 Qg6 26. Re3 $18 {Dvoretsky} (26. Rf3 $18)) 24...
Nd7 25. Qc3 f6 $2 (25... Qe5 $1 26. Rxb7 Qxc3 27. Rxc3 $16 {Dvoretsky}) 26. Bf4
$1 Qa6 27. Rg3 Kf7 28. Re1 $18 {Dvoretsky,M-Glianets,A/Tbilisi tt/1979/}) (14.
c4 e6 (14... b5 15. Ne5 $1 (15. Be3 $6 bxc4 16. Ne5 Qb5 17. Qe2 Nd7 18. Bf2 $6
Nb6 $17 {A.Sokolov-Kolmakov/Moscow/jr/1977}) 15... Qd6 (15... Qb7 16. Qb3 b4
17. Be3 Qc8 18. Rad1 $16 {Jovcic-Ilic/corr/1979}) 16. cxb5 (16. Be3 $13 {Nunn})
16... Rd8 17. Be3 $1 Nd7 18. Nc6 Re8 19. Qc2 $16 {Ioseliani-An Yang Feng/
Havana/1985}) (14... Rd8 15. Be3 Bxb2 16. Ne5 $5 Qc7 17. Rb1 Bd4 18. Bxd4 cxd4
19. Qxd4 $16 {Forsman-E.Andersson/corr/1978}) 15. Ne5 Qd6 {-14.c4 e6 15.Ne5
Qd6 /Cujpers-Van der Sterren/} (15... Qd6 16. Qb3 (16. Be3 exd5 (16... b6 17.
Qd2 (17. Qf3 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Rf2 exd5 20. cxd5 Rae8 21. Rd1 Qa4 $1 $15 {
Bosenberg-Jurgens/corr/1991}) 17... exd5 18. cxd5 Nd7 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. Rae1 b5
21. d6 Qc6 22. Na5 Qa6 23. b4 cxb4 24. Qxb4 Rac8 $13 {Wijker-Loman/1993}) 17.
cxd5 Rd8 18. Ng4 Bg7 19. Qf3 $13 {Dolmatov-Van Wijgerden/Amsterdam/1979}) 16...
b6 $1 (16... Nd7 17. Qxb7 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Qxe5 (18... Bxe5 19. Bh6 Bg7 20. Bxg7
Kxg7 21. dxe6 Qxe6 22. b3 $14) 19. Bh6 Bg7 (19... Rfb8 $2 20. Qc6 Rc8 21. Qa6
$1 $16 {Adorjan-Pfleger/Lanzarote/1975}) 20. Bxg7 (20. Rae1 Qd4+ 21. Be3 Qxb2
22. Rxf7 Qc3 $1 {Fridstein}) 20... Qxg7 $14 {Cujpers-Van Wijgerden/Hilversum/
1983} (20... Kxg7 21. Rxf7+ Rxf7 22. Qxa8 Qxb2 23. Rd1 Qc2 {Fridstein}) 21.
dxe6 $14) (16... exd5 $2 17. Qxb7 Na6 18. Nxf7 $1 $16 {Cuijpers-Nikolaiczuk/
Luxemburg/1988}) (16... Nd7 $1 $10 {Stohl Cuijpers,F-Van Wijgerden,C/NLD-ch/
1983/}) 17. Ng4 (17. Be3 Nd7 $10) 17... Bg7 (17... Bd4+ 18. Be3 exd5 19. cxd5
Bxe3+ 20. Nxe3 Nd7 21. Rad1 Rae8 22. Nc4 $14 {Migl-Zollbrecht/2 Bundesliga/1991
}) 18. Qf3 (18. Be3) 18... f5 19. Ne5 Nd7 20. Nc6 Rfe8 21. Rd1 Nf6 $36 (21...
exd5 $5 22. cxd5 Re4 $15) 22. Rb1 exd5 23. cxd5 Re4 24. Qb3 Rae8 $13 {Cuijpers,
F-Van der Sterren,P/Hilversum NLD-ch/1983/})) 14... Na6 (14... e6 {Stohl} 15.
Bxc5 Rd8 16. Bd4 Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Rxd5 19. Rad1 Nc6 20. Rxd5 exd5
21. Rd1 Rd8 22. g4 f6 23. Kf2 Kf7 24. c3 $14 {Dolmatov,S-Chernin,A/Sverdlovsk
1L/1984/}) 15. Ne5 Qd6 16. Ng4 Bxb2 (16... Bg7 $6 {Stohl} 17. f5 $1 $16 {
/\Nh6->}) 17. Rb1 Bg7 18. f5 (18. Rxb7 $6 {Stohl} Nb4 $5 (18... e6 $10) 19. c4
Qa6 $1 20. Rxe7 Qxc4 $36 {/\} 21. d6 Nd5 $1) 18... Nc7 $146 (18... Nb4 $5 {
-Yusupov-Hort/Bundseliga/1993}) (18... Nb4 $5 {Stohl} 19. c4 Nxa2 20. Rxb7 Nc3
21. Qd3 (21. Qc2 $5 $44) 21... gxf5 22. Rxf5 Qg6 23. Ne5 Ne2+ $1 24. Kf2 Bxe5
25. Rg5 Nf4 26. Rxg6+ fxg6 27. Qe4 Bd6 $13 {Yusupov,A-Hort,V/BL 9394/1994/})
19. Rxb7 $1 (19. c4 b5) (19. Bf4 $5 Bd4+ $1 (19... Qd8 20. Bxc7 Qxc7 21. d6 Qd7
22. dxe7 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Qxe7 24. f6 $40 {Adams}) 20. Qxd4 cxd4 21. Bxd6 exd6 22.
Rxb7 Rac8 $1 (22... Nxd5 23. f6 $16 {/\Nh6 ><f7}) 23. f6 $140 h5) (19. Nh6+ $5
{Stohl} Bxh6 20. Bxh6 Rfd8 21. c4 $5 $36 (21. Bf4 Qd7 {/\} 22. Rxb7 $2 Qxd5 $1
$17)) 19... Nxd5 20. f6 exf6 (20... Bxf6 21. Rxf6 (21. Nxf6+ {Stohl} exf6 22.
c4 Qe6 $15) 21... Nxf6 (21... exf6 {Stohl} 22. Qxd5 $1 $16) 22. Qxd6 exd6 23.
Nxf6+ Kg7 24. Ng4 $1 $18 {Adams} (24. Nd5 {Stohl} Rfb8 $1 25. Rd7 Rd8 $10)) (
20... Nxf6 {Stohl} 21. Qxd6 exd6 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Rxf6 $18) (20... Nxe3 {
Stohl} 21. Qxd6 exd6 22. fxg7 $18) 21. c4 h5 (21... f5 $2 {Stohl} 22. Nh6+ Bxh6
23. Bxh6 $18) 22. Nh6+ (22. Nf2 $2 Qg3 (22... Qe5 {Stohl} 23. Bxc5 Ne3 $17) 23.
Bxc5 Nf4) 22... Kh7 23. Nf5 (23. Qxd5 {Stohl} Qxd5 24. cxd5 Bxh6 25. Bxc5 Rfc8
26. Rxf7+ Kg8 27. Rxa7 Rxa7 28. Bxa7 Ra8 29. Bd4 f5 $1 $14) 23... gxf5 (23...
Qc6 24. Qxd5 Qxd5 25. cxd5 gxf5 26. Bxc5 $16) 24. cxd5 (24. Qxh5+ {Stohl} Kg8
25. cxd5 Qxd5 $132) 24... Kg8 (24... Kg6 $2 {Stohl} 25. Qd3 Qe5 26. Re7 $1 $18)
25. Rxf5 (25. Bf4 $5 Qa6 26. Qb1 {/\d6-d7}) 25... Qa6 26. Qb1 (26. Rc7 $5 {
Stohl} Qxa2 27. Bxc5 $16) 26... Rfe8 (26... Qe2 27. Bf2 $16 (27. Bxc5 Rfc8 28.
d6 Rxc5 29. Rxc5 Qe3+ 30. Kh1 Qxc5 31. Rb8+ Rxb8 32. Qxb8+ Kh7 33. d7 Bh6 34.
d8=Q Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Bf4+)) 27. Bf2 (27. Bxc5 $142 {Kortschnoj} Re2 (27... Qa5 28.
Bf2) (27... Rac8 28. d6) 28. Rb8+ Rxb8 29. Qxb8+ Kh7 30. Rxh5+ Kg6 31. Qg3+
Kxh5 32. Qxg7 $40 {Kortschnoj}) 27... Re5 (27... Re2 {Stohl} 28. Rxh5 {/\Qh7+-}
) 28. Rb8+ Rxb8 29. Qxb8+ Kh7 30. Qb1 Kg8 (30... Rxf5 {Stohl} 31. Qxf5+ Kg8 32.
Bxc5 Qxa2 33. d6 $18) 31. Qb8+ Kh7 32. Qb1 Kg8 33. Rxe5 fxe5 34. Qb8+ Kh7 35.
Qc7 (35. d6 Qd3 (35... Bf6) 36. Qc7 Kg6 37. d7 Bf6) 35... Qxa2 36. Qxf7 (36. d6
{Stohl} Qd5 37. d7 Bf6 $14) 36... Qb1+ 37. Kh2 Qg6 38. Qxa7 (38. Qc7) 38... c4
(38... Qd6 $142 $5 {Stohl} 39. Qxc5 (39. Bxc5 Qxd5 40. Bf8 Qg8 $10) 39... Bf8
$1 (39... Qxc5 40. Bxc5 Kg6 41. d6 Bf6 42. Bb6 $18) 40. Qc4 $16) 39. Qc7 Qd3 $2
(39... Qf5 $3 40. Be3 (40. Bg3 Qe4 41. d6 h4 $10) 40... Qe4 41. Bg5 Qxd5 42.
Bf6 Qg8 43. Bxe5 Kh8 44. Bxg7+ Qxg7 45. Qxc4 Qe5+ $14) (39... e4 {Stohl} 40.
Bd4 h4 41. Bxg7 Qxg7 42. d6 $18) (39... Qf5 $1 $14 {Kortschnoj}) 40. d6 c3 41.
d7 c2 42. Be3 $1 Qxe3 43. Qxc2+ e4 44. Qc7 $1 (44. d8=Q Be5+ 45. g3 Bxg3+ (
45... Qxg3+ 46. Kh1 Qxh3+ 47. Kg1 Qg3+ 48. Kf1) 46. Kh1 Qf3+ 47. Qg2) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bxd7+
Qxd7 (8... Nxd7 $2 {Bengtsson-Van Parreren/Buenos Aires ol/1978/} 9. e6 $1 fxe6
10. Ng5 cxd4 11. Nxe6 Qa5 12. Nxg7+ Kf7 13. Qxg4 dxc3 14. b4 $16 (14. O-O)) 9.
d5 (9. h3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nh6 11. Qf2 Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Rad8 14. Be3 Nf5
15. Bxa7 Nxa7 16. Qxa7 dxe5 17. fxe5 Qc6 18. Qf2 h5 19. Re4 Rd7 $44 {
Mikhalchishin,A-Van Wely,L/Kecskemet/1991/}) (9. Ng5 $2 cxd4 10. e6 fxe6 11.
Qxg4 dxc3 12. Nxe6 cxb2 $1 $19 {Purdy-Byrne/USA/1968}) 9... dxe5 (9... Na6 $6
10. h3 Nh6 11. g4 (11. O-O O-O-O $6 (11... O-O $5 {Dvoretsky}) (11... Nf5 $5 {
Dvoretsky}) 12. Be3 Nf5 13. Bf2 h5 14. Ng5 e6 {Dvoretsky-Peev/Plovdiv EU Cup/
1975/} 15. dxe6 $1 fxe6 16. exd6 $16 {Dvoretsky}) (11. Be3 Nf5 12. Bf2 h5 13.
Qe2 O-O-O 14. O-O-O $14 {Filipowicz-Sapi/Budapest/1976/}) 11... O-O-O 12. Be3
e6 13. Qe2 (13. Ne4 $6 dxe5 14. fxe5 Kb8 $1 (14... Qxd5 15. Nd6+ Rxd6 16. exd6
Nb4 17. O-O $16) 15. Bxh6 $6 (15. d6 Qc6 $132) 15... Bxh6 16. g5 Qxd5 $15 {
Melville Lacourrelle-Saidy/Lanzarote/1973}) 13... f5 (13... exd5 14. Nxd5 Rhe8
(14... dxe5 15. O-O-O Qe6 16. Ng5 Qe8 17. Qc4 $18 {Nunn}) 15. O-O-O Qc6 16. Rd2
dxe5 17. Rhd1 $16 {/\ Ne7 /Kozlov-Peev/Lublin/1975/}) 14. O-O-O $1 (14. exf6 $2
Bxf6 15. dxe6 Bxc3+ $17) 14... Nc7 15. dxe6 Qxe6 16. Ng5 $16 {
Filipowicz-Heiberg/Gausdal/1977}) 10. h3 e4 (10... exf4 $2 11. hxg4 Bxc3+ 12.
bxc3 Qxg4 13. Qe2 g5 14. Bb2 $16 {Pinto-Reading/Los Angeles/USA/op/1991}) 11.
Nxe4 (11. hxg4 exf3 12. Qxf3 Na6 13. Bd2 Nb4 (13... O-O-O 14. O-O-O Nc7 15. Be1
Nb5 16. Nxb5 Qxb5 17. Bc3 $14 {Westerinen-Roa/Zaragosa/op/1993}) 14. O-O-O
O-O-O 15. Ne4 $5 (15. Be1 $2 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nxa2+ $36 {Holzhaeuer,M-Zollbrecht,
J/2BLS 8788/1988/}) 15... Qb5 $5 {Nunn} (15... Nxa2+ $2 16. Kb1 Qb5 17. Qa3 Nb4
18. Nxc5 $16 {Hartmann-Kindermann/Bundesliga/1980})) 11... Nf6 12. Nxf6+ (12.
Ne5 Qc7 (12... Qa4 {= ECO /Wittmann-Parma/Graz/1974/} 13. Nxf6+ exf6 $5 (13...
Bxf6 14. O-O Nd7 15. Re1 Qd4+ 16. Be3 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 $14 {Yurkov-Kimelfeld/
Moscow/1975})) (12... Qd8 13. Nxf6+ exf6 $5 (13... Bxf6 14. O-O O-O (14... Nd7
$5 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Ng4 $6 (16. c4) 16... Bd4+ 17. Kh1 f5 $1 $36 {
Lokasto-Adamsky/Tbilisi/1972}) 15. c4 Qd6 (15... Nd7 16. Qe2 Re8 17. b3 a5 18.
Bb2 $14 {Maciejewski-Pribyl/Polanica Zdroi/1973}) 16. Qe2 e6 17. Ng4 Bd4+ 18.
Be3 exd5 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. f5 $36 {Filipowicz-Drozd/ch-PL/1974}) 14. Nf3 (14.
Nc4 O-O $13 {Nunn}) 14... O-O 15. O-O f5 16. c4 Nd7 17. Qc2 $10 {
Boudy-Maciejewski/Polanica Zdroj/1976}) (12... Qc8 $6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. O-O
O-O 15. Ng4 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 Nd7 (16... f5 $5) 17. f5 Nf6 18. c3 Nxg4 19. cxd4 Nf6
20. d6 exd6 21. Bh6 $36 {Kraut,R-Froehlich,P/Altensteig II/1993/}) 13. Ng5 $6 (
13. d6 Qd8 $13 {Nunn} (13... Qa5+ 14. c3 (14. Bd2 Qa6 $13 {Dvoretsky}) 14...
O-O $13 {Dvoretsky} (14... Nxe4 15. d7+))) (13. Nxf6+) 13... O-O 14. O-O Nbd7
15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. c4 b5 $17 {Bronstein-Pribyl/Tbilisi/1980}) (12. Nxc5 Qxd5 (
12... Qb5) 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxb7 Nc6 $44 {/Fridstein/} (14... Nb4) 15. O-O (
15. Nc5 Ndb4) (15. c3 Nxc3) 15... Rb8 16. Nc5 Bxb2) 12... Bxf6 (12... exf6 $2
13. Qe2+ Qe7 14. Qxe7+ Kxe7 15. f5 $1 $16 {Dvoretsky}) 13. O-O c4 $2 (13... O-O
$142 {Yusupov-Hort/Bundesliga/1993/; /Yusupov-Adams/Dortmund/1994/}) 14. Ne5
Qb5 (14... Qc7 15. Qe2 $5 $36 (15. d6 $5 exd6 $140 16. Ng4 $36 {/\f5})) 15. Be3
O-O (15... Nd7 16. a4 $1 Qxb2 17. Bd4 Qb4 18. Nxd7 Kxd7 19. Rb1 $16) (15...
Qxb2 $5 16. Rb1 Qa3 17. Qe2 $40) 16. b3 $1 c3 (16... cxb3 17. axb3 $16 {/\c4} (
17. c4 $16 {Hansen,Cu})) 17. a4 Qa6 18. Qg4 $1 {פb8} Rd8 (18... Qd6 19. Rad1
Bxe5 20. fxe5 Qxe5 21. Bh6 $40 {Stohl} (21. Qf3 $5 $16 {/\Bh6,Bd4})) 19. Rad1
Qd6 {/\Nd7} 20. Nc4 Qd7 21. f5 $16 b5 (21... Na6 $5 22. Bg5 $16 {Stohl} (22.
Bd4 $16 {Hansen,Cu}) (22. d6 $5 Nb4 $140 23. Bc5)) 22. axb5 Qxb5 23. h4 $1 Nd7
(23... Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Qxd5 25. Rd1 Qxf5 26. Rd8+ Kg7 27. Qxf5 gxf5 28. Bf4 e5
29. Bxe5 Bxe5 30. Nxe5 {/\Nd7+- Stohl}) 24. h5 Nf8 $8 25. d6 Qb7 (25... exd6
26. fxg6 $18) (25... Qd7 {Hansen,Cu -CBM} 26. Bd4 Bxd4+ 27. Qxd4 exd6 28. h6 f6
29. Qxf6 $16 {Stohl -CBM}) 26. Bh6 Kh8 27. fxg6 (27. Bxf8 $6 gxh5 28. Qxh5 Rxf8
$16) 27... fxg6 28. Bg5 $1 gxh5 (28... Bxg5 29. Qxg5 exd6 30. Nxd6 Qb6+ 31. Kh1
Rxd6 32. Qe5+ $18) 29. Qxh5 Bxg5 30. Qxg5 $18 Ng6 31. Ne5 Rf8 (31... Nxe5 32.
Qxe5+ Kg8 33. Qg5+ Kh8 34. Rf7 $18) (31... Rf8 32. Nxg6+ hxg6 33. Qh6+ Kg8 34.
Qxg6+ Kh8 35. Rxf8+ Rxf8 36. d7 (36. Qh6+ Kg8 37. Qe6+ $18) 36... Rd8 (36...
Qb8 37. Rd3 $18) 37. Qe8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Karjakin,S"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Before this game my driver who was bringing me to the playing hall and back
to to the hotel gave me a plan for the last 2 games "Ivanchuk-victoria,
Carlsen-remiza", wich I managed to fulfil:-)!} 1. e4 d6 {As usual, Vassily
Mihajlovich plays the first surprise. Preparing for the game we did not expect
the Pirc-Ufimtsev. However sometimes surprises can be pleasant...} 2. d4 Nf6 3.
Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5 Nc7 {A rare and in my
opinion not that good a move. In my recent practice this position has occurred
3 times. Chatalbashev played 8...Bg4 against me, and Kramnik twice played 8...
Rb8. Both moves look better to me.} 9. a4 b6 10. Qe1 {With the idea which is
typical for this line Qh4, f5, Bh6.} e6 $2 {This move is not connected with
Black's previous play. If he has played b6, it was more logical to continue
the plan with a6, Rb8... Although I think Black is under an unpleasant attack,
for example:} (10... a6 11. Qh4 Rb8 12. f5 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Bh6 {with a
strong attack!}) ({The computer suggests the strange move} 10... Qd7 {with the
idea of playing ...Qg4 in case of Qh4. Probably it was the lesser evil, but
also not very atractive for Black.}) 11. dxe6 fxe6 {There was no choice.} ({
After} 11... Nxe6 12. f5 Nd4 13. Qh4 {White has a crushing attack!}) 12. e5 $1
$16 {Not a very difficult blow, after which White has a clear advantage!} Nfd5
({The last chance was} 12... Ng4 {after which White is clearly better, but at
least there is no forced win.}) ({After} 12... Nh5 {there is the nice blow} 13.
f5 $1 gxf5 (13... exf5 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. Be7 $16 {with an exchange
up!}) 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. Qh4 $16) 13. Ne4 dxe5 $6 (13... Ne8 14. Neg5 {did not
save Black, but with the text move Black is aggravating his position!}) 14.
fxe5 $18 {Now Black is defenceless against Bg5 and his black squares are
catastrophically weak.} Bb7 (14... Nb4 {did not save him:} 15. Bg5 Nxd3 16.
cxd3 Qxd3 17. Rd1 Qc2 18. Be7 $18 {with a decisive advantage for White!}) 15.
Bg5 Qd7 16. Qh4 Nb4 17. Rad1 {White's play is simple and effortless.} Qc6 (
17... Nxd3 18. Rxd3 Qc6 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. exf6 {was also lost, but after the
text move, Black is losing by force!}) 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. Bxg6 $1 {Nice, but
not a very difficult intermediate move. White develops a decisive attack!} hxg6
20. Bxf6 Rxf6 ({Also lost is} 20... Nbd5 21. Nd4 $1 Rxf6 (21... cxd4 22. Qh8+
Kf7 23. Bg5+ $18) 22. Nxc6 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Bxc6 24. Qf2 $18) 21. exf6 Rf8 22.
Qg5 {Because of many threats Black resigned. It was not Ivanchuk's day.} 1-0

[Event "HUN-ch"]
[Site "Lillafured"]
[Date "1999.02.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Acs, Peter"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Kaspi,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1999.02.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Tyomkin,D} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5
Ng4 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. d5 dxe5 10. h3 e4 11. Nxe4 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. O-O O-O
14. Be3 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Bg7 (15... Bf6 $6 {[%csl Rg7,Rh6]} 16. Ne5 $1 Qc7 17. Ng4
Nd7 18. f5 $40 Rad8 19. Bh6 Bg7 20. d6 $1 exd6 21. Qd2 Bxh6 22. Qxh6 Kh8 23.
Rbe1 c4 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Re7 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Rf8+ 27. Ke2 {1-0,Liss,
E-Gofshtein,L/Rishon le Zion/1994/}) 16. Bxc5 (16. Ne5 Qc7 17. Ng4 Nd7 18. f5
Nf6 $15) 16... Rd8 17. c4 $146 {leads to the equality.Actually,black gets a
balance in this opening variation by exact play.} (17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Ba3 Nc6 $1
$132 19. Qf3 Nd4 20. Qe4 Nf5 21. Rb3 Rac8 22. Rc1 Nd6 23. Qe2 Bxe5 $1 $15 24.
Qxe5 Nc4 25. Qxe7 Rd7 26. Qe4 Nxa3 27. Rxa3 Qc5+ 28. Qe3 Qxe3+ 29. Rxe3 Rxd5
30. Re7 Rb5 31. a4 Rb4 32. a5 a6 $6 {1/2-1/2 Liss,E-Chernin,A/Rishon le Zion
1994}) (17. Re1 Qxd5 18. Bxe7 Qxd1 {1/2-1/2 Salai,L-Zimmerman,Y/Komarno 1997/
EXT 97 (18)}) 17... Qc7 18. Bd4 Qxc4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rxb7 Qxd5 (20... Qc5+ $6
21. Kh1 Rxd5 22. Qa1+ f6 23. Ng5 $1 $18 {[%csl Ge6]}) (20... Rd7 $6 21. Qa1+ f6
22. Rfb1 $16 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gb7b8,Gb7e7]}) 21. Qxd5 Rxd5 22. Rxe7 $146 (22.
Rc1 Nd7 23. Rcc7 Nc5 24. Rxa7 Rxa7 25. Rxa7 Nd3 26. Rxe7 Nxf4 27. Re4 Ne6 $11 {
0-1 Gara,A-Zimmerman,Y/Budapest HUN 1999 (65)}) 22... Nc6 23. Rc7 Nd8 $1 {
[%csl Gf7] protecting the only weekness of black's position- f7-point.} 24. Re1
a5 25. Re8 Rb8 26. Ng5 h6 27. Rxd8 {[%cal Gg5e6]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Maiorov, Oleg Ivanovich"]
[Black "Zakharevich, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Kaspi,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Tyomkin,D} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O
e5 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nxe5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxe5 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. Qd2 Be6
14. Bxe5 $6 (14. Bh6 $5 Bg7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qc3+ f6 17. Ba6 Rb8 18. Rad1 Bxd5
19. Rxd5 Qe8 20. Rc5 Qxe4 21. Re1 Qh4 22. g3 $6 (22. Rc4 Qg5 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24.
Rxc6 Rf7 25. Rc5 Qf4 26. a3 $14) 22... Qg4 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. Rxc6 Qd7 25. Qc5 (
25. a3 $14) 25... Rf7 26. Rce6 Rb5 (26... Rxb2 27. Re7 $6 (27. Rxf6 Rxf6 28.
Re7+ Rf7 29. Qe5+ Kh6 30. Qe3+ Kg7 31. Qe5+ $11) 27... Qd6 $17) 27. Qc3 Rd5 28.
Qe3 Qa4 29. Qc3 {1/2-1/2 Nevostrujev,V-Zakharevich,I/Orel 1992/EXT 92ch (69)})
14... Nxe5 15. Nf6+ Kg7 16. Qg5 $6 $146 (16. Qf4 Qd4+ 17. Kh1 Rad8 18. Qh4 h6
$15 19. Qg3 Rd6 20. Be2 Nd7 21. Nxd7 Rxd7 22. Bd3 (22. Rad1 Qxb2 23. Rxd7 Bxd7
24. Qxc7 Be6 $17) 22... c5 23. b3 c4 24. bxc4 Bxc4 25. Bxc4 Qxc4 26. e5 Re8 27.
Qf2 Qd4 28. Qf6+ Kg8 29. Rae1 Re6 30. Qf3 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 Qxe5 32. h3 h5 33. Qf2
Qd4 $19 {0-1 Mednis,E-Kaiszauri,K/Reykjavik 1982/MCD-op (46)}) 16... Ng4 $1 {
[%mdl 256]} 17. Nh5+ $8 Kh8 18. Nf6 {White is looking for the draw,but black's
position is already better.} Qd4+ 19. Kh1 h6 (19... Nf2+ $4 20. Rxf2 Qxf2 21.
Rf1 $18 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gg5h6]}) 20. Qh4 $2 {White is sacrificing a piece
with the hope to get some attack.} (20. Qf4 Qxf6 21. Qxf6+ Nxf6 22. Rxf6 Kg7
23. Raf1 Rad8 $17 {This ending is clearly better for black:better pawn
strucure,open d-file for rooks and more active bishop are black's preferences
in this position.}) 20... g5 21. Qh5 Nxf6 22. Qxh6+ Nh7 23. e5 Qh4 24. Rf6 Rad8
$1 {[%cal Rd8d3][%mdl 256]} 25. Qxh4 (25. Bxh7 Qxh6 26. Rxh6 Kg7 $19) 25...
gxh4 26. Rh6 Rxd3 27. cxd3 h3 $19 {The result of last forsed operations is the
winning ending for black.} 28. Kg1 (28. gxh3 $2 Rg8 {[%cal Ge6d5]}) 28... Rd8
29. Rd1 Rd4 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Rh8g7]} 30. g3 Rd5 31. d4 c5 32. Rh4 Kg7 33. Kf2
Ng5 34. Rf4 cxd4 35. Rfxd4 Rxe5 36. a3 Ne4+ 37. Kf3 Nf6 38. g4 Kg6 39. Kg3 Kg5
40. Rb4 Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "Linares-03"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1981.01.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1981.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Qd2 (7. Be2 Ng4
8. Bg1 e5 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. d5 Nb8 $6 (10... Ne7 $5 11. h3 Nh6 12. g4 f5 $13)
11. h3 Nf6 12. Be3 c6 13. O-O cxd5 14. exd5 $16 {Balashov,Y-Cseshkovsky,V/URS
(ch)/1976/1:0 (43)/}) 7... e5 8. dxe5 (8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nxe5 (10.
Nxd4 exd4 11. Bxd4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Qh4+ $17) 10... Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qh4+ 12. Nf2
Bxe5 $13 {Kotkov,Y-Razuvaev,Y/Moscow/1971/}) 8... dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. fxe5
Ng4 11. Bg5 Rd7 (11... Re8 $6 12. Nd5) 12. Bb5 h6 $1 (12... Ngxe5 $6 13. Nxe5
Bxe5 14. Nd5 $1 Bxb2 (14... Kg7 15. O-O-O $16) 15. Rb1 Bg7 (15... Be5 16. Bf6
$36) 16. Bf4 $14) 13. Bd2 $6 (13. Bf4 g5 14. Bg3 Ne3 $13) (13. Bf4 Rd8 14. Bxc6
(14. Nd5 $5) 14... bxc6 15. h3 g5 $13) 13... Rd8 $5 14. Nd5 Ncxe5 15. Nxc7 Rb8
16. h3 $8 (16. Bf4 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Bc3+ 19. Ke2 g5 $1 $17) 16...
Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Nf2 $1 18. Rf1 Bxb2 (18... Nxh3 19. O-O-O $14) 19. Rb1 Bd4 20.
Nd5 Nxh3 21. Bxh6 Be6 (21... g5 $1 22. Rd1 Rxd5 $1 23. exd5 Bb6 $13 {Timman/})
22. Rd1 Be5 23. f4 $2 (23. Be3 $142 Bxd5 24. exd5 Bg3+ 25. Ke2 Nf4+ 26. Bxf4
Bxf4 27. c4 $10) 23... Bg7 $2 (23... Kh7 $1 24. fxe5 Kxh6 $17) 24. Bxg7 Kxg7
25. Rd3 $1 $16 g5 (25... Bxd5 $2 26. exd5 Rh8 27. Rff3 Ng1 28. Rg3 Rh1 29. Kf2
$18) (25... Rh8 26. f5 $1 gxf5 (26... Bxd5 27. f6+ Kf8 28. Rxd5) 27. exf5 Bxd5
28. f6+ Kf8 29. Rxd5 $16) 26. Rg3 $1 Bxd5 (26... Kf8 27. fxg5 $16 (27. f5 $6
Bxd5 28. exd5 Nf4 $13) 27... Kg7 (27... Bxd5 28. exd5 Rxd5 29. Rxh3 Rxb5 30.
Rh8+ $18) 28. Bd3) 27. exd5 Rxd5 28. Bd3 Rh8 29. Rff3 Nxf4 $2 (29... g4 30.
Rxg4+ Kf6 31. Rgg3 Rdh5 32. Bf1 $18) (29... Rd4 $5 30. Rxh3 Rxh3 31. Rxh3 Rxf4
$16) 30. Rxf4 $18 Rh2 31. a4 b6 32. Rc4 Rh1+ 33. Kd2 Ra1 34. Rf3 Rd7 35. Rf5 f6
36. Kc3 Rf7 37. Rd5 Rg1 38. Rc8 g4 (38... Rg4 39. a5) 39. Rh5 f5 (39... Rf8 40.
Rc7+ $18) 40. Bxf5 g3 41. Rh7+ (41. Rh7+ Kf6 42. Rc6+ Ke7 43. Rc7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Pamplona 9091 1st"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Todorcevic, Miodrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Nc7 {It is better to keep options open with 8...Rb8, e.g.Seirawan-Speelman
Reykjavik 1990.} 9. a4 Bg4 $6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 $16 e6 12. Bd2 exd5 13. exd5
a6 14. a5 Rb8 15. Bc4 Nd7 16. Na4 Nb5 17. Qd3 Nd4 18. Rae1 h5 19. c3 Nf5 20. g4
hxg4 21. hxg4 Nh4 22. Qh3 Qxa5 23. Qxh4 Qxa4 24. b3 Qa5 25. Re2 Rfe8 26. Rh2
Nf6 27. g5 Nh5 28. Be2 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 Qb5 30. Rfe1 Qxb3 31. f5 Qxd5 32. f6 Bf8
33. Qe4 Qa2 34. Qd3 Qa4 35. Re4 Qd7 36. Qd5 Qh3 37. R1e3 Qd7 38. Kh2 Qb5 39.
Be1 a5 40. c4 Qb2+ 41. Re2 Qb1 42. Re8 Rxe8 43. Rxe8 Nf4 44. Qe4 Qxe4 45. Rxe4
Ne6 46. Bxa5 Nxg5 47. Re8 Ne6 48. Kg3 Kh7 49. Kg4 g5 50. Kh5 g4 51. Be1 Bg7 52.
Bc3 Bf8 53. Be1 Bg7 54. Re7 Bxf6 55. Rxf7+ Ng7+ 56. Kxg4 Kg6 57. Rxb7 Nf5 58.
Bf2 Be5 59. Rb6 Nh6+ 60. Kf3 Kg7 61. Ke4 Ng4 62. Bh4 Kf7 63. Rb7+ Kg6 64. Be7
Nh6 65. Rb1 Kf7 66. Bg5 Ng4 67. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. e5
Nd7 9. Be3 dxe5 10. dxe5 f6 11. exf6 exf6 12. h3 Be6 13. Bb5 $1 $14 {White has
a nagging edge after this move.} Nb6 14. Qe2 Re8 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Rfe1 Qb4 17.
Nd4 Bc4 18. Qf3 Bxb5 19. Ndxb5 Re7 20. a3 Qxb2 21. Bxb6 axb6 22. Rxe7 Nxe7 23.
Qe2 Nf5 24. Rb1 Qxb1+ 25. Nxb1 c6 26. g4 cxb5 27. gxf5 Bf8 28. Qe6+ Kg7 29.
Qxb6 Ra4 30. Qxb7+ Kh6 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. Qxb5 Rxf4 33. Kg2 Rf5 34. Qd3 Bc5 35.
Nd2 1-0

[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6
fxe6 9. Ng5 Bxb5 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. c3 Qxb5 12. Qxg4 cxd4 13. Nxe6 Qc4 {13...
Qc4! N; an important novelty.} 14. Nxg7+ Kf7 15. Nf5 Qe6+ 16. Ne3 dxe3 {
The preceding moves were more or less forced, but now white faces a difficult
choice. Van der Wiel decides to transpose into ending, but finds himself with
a slight disadvantage due to black's centralised forces.} 17. f5 {I suppose
that van der Wiel was afraid that after the immediate queen exchange black
would be slightly better: 17.Qxe6+(!) Kxe6 18.Bxe3 Kf5!?, but it seems to me
that white has no problems after Kf2-f3 and an eventual g4.} gxf5 18. O-O Nc6
19. Rxf5+ Ke8 20. Rf8+ Kd7 21. Qxe6+ Kxe6 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Bxe3 Rf8 24. Re1
Kd5 25. Bg5 e5 26. Rd1+ Ke6 27. Rd3 d5 $15 28. Rh3 Rf7 29. Bd2 d4 30. Rf3 Rd7
31. cxd4 exd4 32. b3 Ne5 33. Rf4 Ng6 34. Rg4 Kd5 35. Kf1 Rf7+ 36. Ke1 Ne5 37.
Rh4 Rg7 38. Kf2 b6 39. Bf4 Nd3+ 40. Ke2 Nxf4+ 41. Rxf4 Rxg2+ 42. Kd3 Rxh2 43.
Rxd4+ Ke6 44. a4 Rh5 45. Rg4 Kf7 46. b4 Re5 47. Kd4 Re6 48. Kd5 h5 49. Rh4 Rh6
50. Ke5 Kg6 51. Kf4 Kf6 52. Kg3 Ke5 53. Kh3 a6 54. Rc4 Kd5 55. Rc8 Rc6 56. Ra8
b5 57. axb5 axb5 58. Ra1 Rc4 0-1

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Schmittdiel, Eckhard"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1991.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. Qe2
Bg4 9. Be3 Qa5 10. O-O Nc6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 O-O 13. a3 Nd7 14. Rab1 {
Not an inspiring novelty. 14.Bd2 is of course normal.} Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qxc3 16.
Bc1 Rac8 17. Bb2 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Nb6 19. e5 dxe5 20. f5 Nc4 21. Bc1 Nd6 22. Bh6 e4
23. Bxe4 Nd4 24. Qg4 Nxe4 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Qxe4 Nf5 27. Rxf5 Qxf5 28. Qxf5
gxf5 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 30. Rxb7 Rxc2 31. Rxa7 f4 {A difficult ending for white.
Compare with Hodgson-Motwani, London 1988: W: Kg1, Ra6, a4,c3,g2,h3. B: Kg6,
Rc2, f6,f4,e4:- 53...e3 54.Re6 Rc1 55.Kh2 Kf7 56.Re4 f5 57.Re5 Kf6 58.Re8 Rc3
59.h4 Ra3 60.h5 Kg5 61.Re5 Ra4 -+.} 32. Ra5 (32. a4 $5) 32... Kg7 33. Rf5 Rc4
34. g3 $19 fxg3 35. Kg2 Kg6 36. Rf3 f5 37. Kxg3 e5 38. Rb3 Kg5 39. Rb5 Rc3+ 40.
Kg2 Kf4 41. a4 Rc2+ 42. Kf1 e4 43. a5 e3 44. h4 Ke4 0-1

[Event "San Francisco"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. Qe1 {Ian Rogers repeats this attacking plan against Ftacnik in the same
tournament. It is too crude to be effective. The first problem is that the
bishop on d3 can be exchanged off.} Nb4 10. Qh4 c4 (10... Nxd3 $1 11. cxd3 Bxf3
12. Rxf3 e6 $10) 11. Bxc4 Nxc2 12. Rb1 Rc8 13. Bb3 Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Bxf3 15. Bxc2
Be2 16. Re1 Bc4 17. Be3 Qa5 18. a3 Rfe8 19. Bd4 Nd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Re3 Nf6
22. Rh3 h5 23. Rg3 Qb6 24. h3 Ba2 25. Ra1 Bb3 26. Bd3 Bc4 27. e5 Bxd3 28. exf6+
exf6 29. Rxd3 Qxb2 30. Re1 Qxa3 31. Kh2 Qb3 32. Rf3 Qc2 33. Nb5 Qc5 34. Nc3 Qd4
35. Rxe8 Rxe8 36. Qf2 Qxf2 37. Rxf2 a6 38. Re2 Rxe2 39. Nxe2 f5 40. Kg3 Kf6 41.
h4 Ke7 42. Kf3 Kd7 43. Ke3 Kc7 44. Kd4 Kb6 45. Kc4 Ka5 46. Nc1 b5+ 47. Kb3 Kb6
48. Nd3 a5 49. Kc3 Ka6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8.
e5 Nh5 {It had always been assumed that 7...Nbxd7 was impossible due to 9.g4
in this  position. This fails, however, to 9...Nxf4! 10.Bxf4 cxd4.  It seems
that the word had not filtered through to Sax. The position is equal.} 9. exd6
O-O 10. O-O exd6 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. f5 Ne5 13. Qxd8 Raxd8 14. Bg5 Nxf3+ 15. Rxf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. Qe2
Bg4 9. Be3 Qa5 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nc6 12. O-O-O {12.0-0-0!? N;} O-O 13. Kb1
Rfc8 14. Ne2 Nb4 15. a3 Nxd3 {15...Nxd3 =/ .} 16. Rxd3 Rc6 17. Rhd1 Rac8 18. c3
Rc4 19. e5 Ne4 20. Bd4 d5 21. f5 e6 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Qg4 Re8 24. Rf1 Qb5 25.
Ka1 Nc5 26. Rdf3 Nb3+ 27. Ka2 Nd2 28. Ka1 Ra4 29. h4 Qa6 30. c4 Nxf1 31. Rxf1
Rxc4 32. Rf4 Qa4 33. h5 Qd1+ 34. Ka2 g5 35. Qxg5 Qxe2 36. h6 Rc7 37. hxg7 Rxg7
38. Qf6 Qc4+ 39. Ka1 Qc1+ 40. Ka2 Qc4+ 41. Ka1 Qc8 42. Qh4 Qc1+ 43. Ka2 Qc4+
44. Ka1 Qe2 45. Bxa7 Rxg2 46. Bd4 Rg6 47. Bc3 h6 48. Ka2 b5 49. Rb4 Kh7 50. Qd4
Rc8 51. Qd2 Qxd2 52. Bxd2 Rg2 0-1

[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6
fxe6 9. Ng5 Bxb5 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. c3 Qxb5 12. Nxe6 Na6 13. Nxg7+ Kf7 14. Ne6
Nf6 15. Ng5+ Kg7 16. b3 {16.b3 N; van der Wiel - Seirawan, Luzern 1989, ended
in a draw here through three fold repetition: 16.Ne6+ Kf7 17.Ng5+ etc.} cxd4
17. Ne6+ Kf7 18. Nxd4 Qc5 19. Qf3 Qd5 20. Qxd5+ $14 {White certainly has some
advantage in the ending due to his possession of the best minor piece, and his
better pawn structure; however, black manages to draw in the end.} Nxd5 21. c4
Ndb4 22. O-O Nc6 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. f5 Nc7 25. Bb2 Rhf8 26. Rae1 e6 27. Ba3 c5
28. Rd1 exf5 29. Rxd6 Ne6 30. Rd7+ Kg8 31. Re1 Rfe8 32. Re5 Rac8 33. Rxa7 Nf4
34. Ree7 Rxe7 35. Rxe7 Ra8 36. Bxc5 Rxa2 37. Bd6 Nd3 38. h3 f4 39. c5 Rc2 40.
Rc7 Rc1+ 41. Kh2 Rc2 42. Kg1 Rc1+ 43. Kh2 g5 44. Re7 Rc2 45. Kg1 Rc1+ 46. Kh2
Rc2 47. Kg1 Rc1+ 48. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Black "Piket, Marcel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Rb8 9. Qe1 Nb4 10. a3 (10. Qh4 b5 11. a3 Nxd3 12. cxd3 Bg4 13. f5 Qc8 14. Bh6
Bxf3 15. Rxf3 b4 $15 {Nunn-van der Sterren, Inf.32/178.}) 10... Nxd3 11. cxd3
Bg4 12. Nd2 Bd7 13. a4 e6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Nc4 d5 16. Ne5 Bc8 17. Bd2 {
17...Ra8 /\ b6,Bb7  - see game.} Nd7 18. Qg3 Nf6 19. Rad1 Ra8 20. Kh1 b6 21.
Bc1 Bb7 22. Rde1 a6 23. f5 Nh5 24. Qh3 exf5 25. exf5 Qd6 26. Ng4 Rae8 27. Rxe8
Rxe8 28. Nh6+ Bxh6 29. Bxh6 Qf6 30. Qf3 Qxf5 31. Qd1 Qe6 32. Qf3 Qf5 33. Qd1
Qe6 34. Qf3 Ng7 35. g4 Bc6 36. Kg1 b5 37. d4 cxd4 38. Ne2 Bb7 39. Nxd4 Qd7 40.
axb5 axb5 41. b4 Qe7 42. h3 Qd7 43. Qf6 Qe7 44. Nxb5 Ba6 45. Nd6 Qxf6 46. Rxf6
Rb8 47. Rf7 Ne6 48. Re7 1-0

[Event "USA-ch m"]
[Site "Jacksonville"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1990.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6
fxe6 9. Ng5 Bxb5 10. Nxe6 Bxd4 11. Nxb5 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Bf2+ 13. Kd1 Ne3+ 14. Ke2
Qxb5+ 15. Kxf2 Ng4+ 16. Kg3 Qd7 (16... Kd7 $1 17. Re1 Nh6 18. h3 Nc6 19. Kh2
Nf5 20. c3 Nd8 $17 {Analysis by Dlugy.}) 17. Re1 Nh6 18. b3 Nc6 19. Bb2 Nf5+
20. Kf2 Nfd4 21. Kg1 Nxe6 22. Bxh8 O-O-O 23. Bb2 Rf8 24. Rf1 Rf5 25. Rae1 Nc7
26. Rf2 Qe8 27. a3 Qg8 28. Qe3 Nd5 29. Qe4 Qf7 30. Ref1 h5 31. g3 Kd7 32. h3
Qe6 33. Qxe6+ Kxe6 34. Re1+ Kd7 35. Re4 Nf6 36. Bxf6 Rxf6 37. Kg2 b5 38. g4
hxg4 39. hxg4 a5 40. Re3 b4 41. axb4 axb4 42. Rh3 Nd4 43. Rh6 d5 44. Kg3 Rc6
45. f5 gxf5 46. Rxc6 Kxc6 47. g5 Kd6 48. Kh4 e5 49. g6 f4 50. Rg2 f3 51. Rg1 e4
52. g7 Nf5+ 53. Kh3 Nxg7 54. Rxg7 Ke5 55. Kg3 Kd4 56. Rd7 Kc3 57. Rxd5 Kxc2 58.
Rxc5+ Kxb3 59. Kf2 Ka4 60. Rc4 Ka3 61. Rxe4 b3 62. Re1 b2 63. Kxf3 Ka2 64. Ke2
b1=Q 65. Rxb1 Kxb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Riemsdijk, Herman Claudius"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. h3 (9. Bc4 Nc7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e6 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Be3 b6 14. Rad1
Qe7 15. Rfe1 Kh8 16. g4 Rad8 17. Bf2 Nd7 18. Qg3 g5 19. f5 Ne5 20. Bf1 h5 $13 {
Wedberg-Azmaiparashvili, Reykjavik 1990.}) 9... Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nb4 $14 11. a3
Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Qb6 13. Qc4 Qa5 14. Bd2 b5 15. Qe2 Qb6 16. e5 Nd7 17. Qxb5 Qxb5
18. Nxb5 dxe5 19. Rae1 Nb6 20. fxe5 Nxd5 21. c4 Nb6 22. b3 a6 23. Nc3 Rfd8 24.
Bf4 Nd7 25. Rf3 Nf8 26. Nd5 Ra7 27. Bg5 Re8 28. Be3 Ne6 29. b4 Rc8 30. Bf2 Rb7
31. b5 axb5 32. cxb5 Rd8 33. Nc3 Nd4 34. Bxd4 cxd4 35. Rd3 Rbb8 36. Red1 Bxe5
37. a4 Ra8 38. b6 Rd6 39. b7 Rb8 40. Ne4 Rd7 41. Nc5 Rd5 42. Rc1 Bd6 43. Rb3
Rxc5 44. Rxc5 Bxc5 45. a5 e5 46. a6 e4 47. Kf1 Ba7 48. Rb4 e3 49. Ke2 Rd8 50.
Kd3 Re8 51. Rb2 f5 52. Rc2 e2 53. Rxe2 Re3+ 54. Rxe3 dxe3 55. b8=Q+ Bxb8 56.
Kxe3 Kf7 57. g4 fxg4 58. hxg4 Kf6 0-1

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. Qe2
Bg4 {Black wishes to avoid the 'Polgar Variation': 8...0-0 9.Be3 Qa5 10.h3 e5
11.0-0-0 etc.} 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 O-O 11. Be3 Qa5 12. g4 {Too much, too soon.}
Nc6 13. Bd2 Nb4 14. h4 $2 h5 15. g5 Ng4 16. Nd5 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 Qc5 18. Rf1 e6
19. Bb4 Qd4 20. Ne7+ Kh7 21. Qxd4 Bxd4 22. O-O-O Ne3 23. Rxd4 Nxf1 24. Bxd6
Rfd8 25. e5 Rd7 26. Rd3 Re8 27. Rh3 Rexe7 28. Kd1 Re8 29. c4 Rc8 30. b3 b5 31.
cxb5 Rc5 32. Ke2 Rc1 33. a4 Rb1 34. Rc3 Nh2 35. a5 Rb7 36. b4 Rxb5 37. Rc7 Kg7
38. Bc5 R1xb4 0-1

[Event "Debrecen"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1990.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6
fxe6 9. Ng5 Bxb5 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. c3 Qxb5 12. Nxe6 (12. Qxg4) 12... Qc4 13.
Qxg4 cxd4 14. f5 {14.f5 N.} Bf6 15. fxg6 Rg8 16. g7 {Unfortunately the players
didn't tell us very much. I imagine that black is probably alright after 16...
Nc6.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[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 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6
fxe6 9. Ng5 Bxb5 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. c3 Qxb5 12. Qxg4 (12. Nxe6 Na6 13. Nxg7+ Kf7
14. Ne6 Nf6 15. Ng5+ Kg7 16. b3 cxd4 17. Ne6+ Kf7 18. Nxd4 Qc5 19. Qf3 Qd5 20.
Qxd5+ Nxd5 21. c4 Ndb4 22. O-O Nc6 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. f5 $16 {Hellers-Seirawan,
Haninge 1990. Currently, this looks like white's best bet in this line.}) 12...
cxd4 13. Nxe6 Qc4 14. f5 (14. Nxg7+ Kf7 15. Nf5 Qe6+ $132 {Dolmatov-Chernin,
1990.} 16. Ne3) 14... Bf6 15. fxg6 Rg8 16. g7 Nc6 17. Nc7+ Kd8 18. Ne6+ Ke8 19.
Nc7+ Kd8 20. Ne6+ {This looks suspiciously like a prearranged draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marseille"]
[Site "Marseille"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Todorcevic, Miodrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1990.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 Na6 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bg1
c5 9. h3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nh6 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. g4 Be6 (12... Bd7 13. Nd5 Qxa2 $13
{Tseshkovsky-Vadasz 1978, Inf.26/188.}) 13. Qa4 Qxa4 14. Nxa4 dxe5 15. fxe5 $16
Nb4 16. a3 Nc6 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. Be3 b6 19. Bb5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 bxc5 21. Nc6 Bb7
22. Rd7 Bxc6 23. Bxc6 Rab8 24. c3 f5 25. Bxc5 fxg4 26. Bxa7 Rbc8 27. Bb7 Rce8
28. a4 gxh3 29. a5 Ng4 30. Rxh3 e5 31. a6 e4 32. Bd4 Rf1+ 33. Kc2 Bxd4 34. Bd5+
Kf8 35. cxd4 Rc8+ 36. Kb3 Nf6 37. Rf7+ Ke8 38. a7 Rf5 39. Rxf6 Rxf6 40. a8=Q
Rb6+ 41. Ka2 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 13th"]
[Site "Leibnitz"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Reeh, Oliver"]
[Black "Schlosser, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Rb8 9. a4 Nc7 (9... Nb4) 10. Qe1 a6 11. a5 e6 12. dxe6 Nxe6 13. Kh1 Nd4 14.
Nxd4 cxd4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Re8 17. Qf2 Qf6 18. Bd2 Bf5 19. Qf3 Re7 20.
Rae1 Rbe8 21. g3 Bh3 22. Rxe7 Qxe7 23. Rc1 h5 24. Kg1 Qd7 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26.
Bxe1 Bg4 27. Qf1 Bh3 28. Qe2 Bg4 29. Qf1 Bh3 30. Qe2 Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sydney Mercantile"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wang, Zili"]
[Black "Antonio, Rogelio Jr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. dxe5
Nd5 9. Nxd5 (9. Bd2) 9... Qxd5 10. Qe2 Bf5 11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. O-O Rad8 13. Be3
f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 {This line is well known to be completely equal.} 15. c3 Kh8
16. Bf2 Qe4 17. Qb5 Qxf4 18. Qxb7 Qd6 19. Qb5 Qd5 20. Qe2 e5 21. Bh4 Qc5+ 22.
Kh1 Qe7 23. Qc4 Rd6 24. Bxf6+ Rdxf6 25. Rae1 e4 26. Nh4 Ne5 27. Qe2 Qf7 28. b3
Nd3 29. Rd1 Qg7 30. Rxd3 exd3 31. Qxd3 Qg4 32. Nf3 Rg8 33. Qd2 Rd6 34. Qf2 Re6
35. c4 Re4 36. Rg1 a6 37. Qd2 Qg7 38. Qc2 h6 39. Qd2 Kh7 40. Qf2 Qe7 41. Nd2
Re5 42. h3 Rg6 43. Nf3 Re2 44. Qd4 Qe4 45. Qd8 Rg7 46. Qf6 a5 47. a3 Re3 48. b4
Rxa3 49. bxa5 Rxa5 50. Nd4 Qe5 51. Qd8 Rc5 52. Nf3 Qe6 53. Re1 Qxc4 54. Nh4 Re5
55. Rd1 Qe6 56. Nf3 Re2 57. Rg1 Qg6 58. Nh4 Qg5 59. Qd3 Rf2 60. Nf3 Qf4 61. Qc3
Qg3 62. Qc5 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "Sydney Mercantile"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Rb8 9. a3 {9.a3 N. This gives black too free a hand on the queenside.} Nc7 10.
Qe1 Bg4 11. Qh4 b5 12. f5 gxf5 13. exf5 c4 14. Be4 Nxe4 15. Qxg4 Nf6 16. Qg3
Kh8 17. Rd1 a5 18. Ng5 b4 19. Ne2 Ncxd5 $15 20. Kh1 Qb6 21. Nd4 Ne4 22. Nxe4
Bxd4 23. Qh4 Nf6 24. axb4 axb4 25. Ng5 Be5 26. Qxc4 Qf2 27. Rf1 d5 28. Qd3 Qd4
29. Re1 Qxd3 30. cxd3 Bd6 31. Be3 Kg8 32. Bd4 Ra8 33. g4 Rxa1 34. Rxa1 Rc8 35.
Nf3 Nd7 36. g5 Nc5 37. Rc1 Rc7 38. Ne5 Nb3 39. Rxc7 Bxc7 40. Nc6 Nxd4 41. Nxd4
Be5 42. Nc6 Bxb2 43. Nxb4 e6 44. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Johansson, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. e5 dxe5 8. dxe5
Ng4 9. Bg1 f6 10. Bc4+ Kh8 11. h3 Nh6 12. Qe2 fxe5 13. fxe5 e6 14. Bf2 {
14.Bf2 N; 14.Bb5 (! Seirawan) Seirawan-Spraggett, Moscow GMA 1990.} Rxf3 15.
Qxf3 Nxe5 16. Qe2 Nf5 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. Bd3 Bd7 19. Be4 Re8 20. O-O $16 b6 21.
Nb5 Nd6 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. Bd4 Rc8 24. Kh1 Kg8 25. c3 Qe8 26. Rf2 Bb5 27. Qe3
Nc4 28. Qg3 Qe7 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. b3 Ne5 31. c4 Be8 32. Qe3 Kg8 33. Qd4 Rd8 34.
b4 Rd7 35. Rdf1 Bf7 36. c5 bxc5 37. bxc5 a5 38. Qb2 Rc7 39. cxd6 Qxd6 40. Rd2
Qc5 41. Rc2 Nc4 42. Qf6 1-0

[Event "SWE-DEN"]
[Site "Helsingborg"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Hoi, Carsten"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. Bc4 {>= 9.h3 Bf3 10.Rf3 Nc7 11.a4 a6 12.a5 +/=.} Nd7 10. Qe1 Nb4 11. Qd2
Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nb6 13. Be2 e6 14. a3 Na6 15. a4 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Nc7
18. Qd2 Ne6 19. f5 Nd4 20. Bc4 Kh8 21. c3 Nc6 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Qg5 Qb6 24. Qg2
Ne5 25. Be2 c4+ 26. Kh1 Rae8 27. Bg5 Qxb2 28. Rab1 Qxc3 29. Rxb7 Qd4 30. Qg1
Qxg1+ 31. Kxg1 Rf7 32. Rxf7 Nxf7 33. Be3 Ne5 34. a5 a6 35. Rd1 Rd8 36. f4 Nc6
37. Bxc4 Nxa5 38. Bxa6 Nc6 39. Bb5 Ne7 40. e5 Nf5 41. Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Black "Beim, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Be2 e6 8. Qd2 (
8. O-O b6 9. h3 Bb7 10. e5 $14 {Byrne-Lombardy, 1975.}) 8... Ne7 9. O-O-O b6
10. e5 Nfd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bf2 Bb7 13. h4 f6 14. c4 Ne7 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. h5
b5 17. hxg6 Nxg6 18. Be3 Qd7 19. Kb1 Be4+ 20. Bd3 Bxd3+ 21. Qxd3 bxc4 22. Qxc4
Rab8 23. Bc1 Rb5 24. Rhe1 Rd5 {25.f5 Rf5 26.Re6 d5 27.Qe2 +/=.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes Generations"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1998.02.21"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Yudasin} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 (6... b6
$5 {Yudasin}) 7. Bxa6 {Novelty! I can find no previous examples of this move.
If anyone other than Spassky had played it I would roundly condemn the idea.
As it is - profound strategical thinking from the ex-world champion.} (7. a3 {
Yudasin} c5 8. Bxa6 cxd4 9. Nxd4 bxa6) 7... bxa6 8. O-O Rb8 {It isn't easy to
challenge White's centre.} (8... Bb7 9. Qe2 d5 10. exd5 (10. e5 $5 Ne4 11. Be3
$14) 10... Nxd5 11. Ne4 {x c5}) (8... c5 9. dxc5 Bb7 $5 {is a reasonable pawn
sacrifice.}) 9. Qe2 e6 {If Black plays like this weakening his dark squares on
the kingside, then I think White is already slightly better.} (9... Bb7 {
Yudasin} 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qxa6 Bxf3 13. Rxf3 dxe5 14. dxe5 Qd1+ 15.
Rf1 Qxc2 16. Qxa7 Rfd8 17. Qf2) 10. Kh1 (10. e5 {Yudasin} Nd5 (10... Nd7) 11.
Nxd5 exd5 $14 {/\Bf5,Bd7}) 10... Re8 (10... Bb7 {Yudasin} 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5
Nd5 13. Ne4 {/\c4}) 11. e5 Nd7 (11... Nd5 {Yudasin} 12. Ne4 (12. Nxd5 exd5 13.
c3 f6 $132)) 12. Ne4 d5 (12... Nb6 {Yudasin} 13. b3 {/\Ba3}) (12... f5 $5 {
Yudasin} 13. Ned2 Bb7 (13... a5 14. Nb3 a4 15. Na5 Rb6 16. Be3 Ba6 17. c4 c5
18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Rfd1 Qb8 21. Rd2 Rd8 22. Rad1 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Bh6
$132) 14. b3 {/\Bb2,Ba3,/\c5-Nc4}) 13. Nf2 ({I prefer} 13. Nc5 $5 Nxc5 14. dxc5
Qe7 (14... d4 $6 15. Qc4 (15. Rd1) (15. Qf2)) 15. Qf2 Bd7 (15... Bb7 16. Be3)
16. b3 $14) 13... c5 14. c3 cxd4 15. cxd4 (15. Nxd4 Bb7 {followed by ...Nc5 x
e4.}) 15... Qb6 (15... a5 $5 {Yudasin} 16. Nd3 (16. g4 f6 $13) 16... Ba6) 16.
Nd3 a5 17. Bd2 Ba6 18. Bc3 a4 (18... Qb5 {Yudasin} 19. Nfe1 Nb6 $36) 19. Qd2
Rec8 (19... Qb5 {Yudasin} 20. Rfd1 Rec8 $10) 20. g4 f5 (20... Qb5 {Yudasin} 21.
Nfe1 f6 $13) 21. Rg1 ({Capturing on f5 straightaway would be premature:} 21.
gxf5 exf5 22. Rfe1 (22. h4 Nf8 23. Rg1 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Ne6 $15) 22... Bxd3 23.
Qxd3 Nf8 $15 {[%cal Rf8e6,Re6f4] On e6 the knight is a rock and Black still
has his queenside pressure.}) 21... fxg4 (21... Nf8 $2 22. Nc5) (21... Bxd3 22.
Qxd3 Nf8 {White doesn't need to capture on f5 yet so the knight on f8 doesn't
look so clever.}) (21... Qb5 {Yudasin} 22. Rad1 Qxd3 23. Qxd3 Bxd3 24. Rxd3
fxg4 25. Rxg4 Rc6 $14) 22. Rxg4 Qb5 23. Nfe1 {Half-time oranges and Boris is
under pressure. Can the old boy conjure something on the kingside?} Rf8 (23...
Nb6 24. a3 {followed by h4 and h5.}) 24. Bb4 (24. h4 {Yudasin} Rf5) 24... Rf7 (
24... Rf5 $5 {Yudasin}) 25. Rc1 (25. Bd6 {Yudasin} Rc8 26. Rc1 Rc4 {/\Rc4-dc4,
Bb7}) 25... Qb6 (25... Rc8 {Yudasin} 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Qc3 Qc4 28. Qxc4 (28.
Kg2 Bb7 29. a3 $14) 28... dxc4 29. Nc5 Nxc5 30. Bxc5 Bb7+ 31. Kg1 Bd5 $17) 26.
Bd6 Re8 27. Nf3 $1 {This is the crucial moment in the game. Black can take the
plunge and grab a pawn, or try to ride out White's attack on the kingside.} Qb5
(27... Bxd3 $5 28. Qxd3 Qxb2 29. Rcg1 (29. Rc7 Nxe5 $19) (29. Rb1 {Yudasin}
Qxa2 30. Ng5 Rf5 31. Rb7 $146) 29... Qxa2 30. Ng5 Qc4 {and now it would be
nice to continue the attack but Black's defences appear to be adequate:} (30...
Rf5 31. Nxe6 (31. Nxh7) 31... Rxe6 32. Qxf5 gxf5 33. Rxg7+ Kh8 34. Rg8#) {
The ending offers more chances:} 31. Qxc4 (31. Qh3 h5 32. Nxf7 hxg4 33. Qxg4 (
33. Nh6+ Bxh6 34. Qxh6 Qd3 35. Rxg4 Qf3+ 36. Rg2 $11) 33... Qd3 34. Ng5 Qf5 35.
Qh4 Nf8) 31... dxc4 32. Nxf7 Kxf7 33. Rb1 $14 (33. Ra1 $14)) 28. Rc3 Nb6 29. b3
axb3 30. axb3 Rf5 (30... Qa5 {Yudasin} 31. Bb4 Qb5 32. h4 $13) 31. Nh4 Rh5 {
This was a gamble which does not pay dividends. The rook finds itself off-side.
However, White was beginning to assert himself anyway.} (31... Rf7 {Yudasin}
32. Rg3 Qa5 33. Bb4 Qb5 34. Ng2 $13) 32. h3 $1 {Nice touch. Spassky improves
the position of his king before contemplating further action.} Nc8 33. Bc5 Ne7
34. Kh2 Nc6 (34... Nf5 {Yudasin} 35. Nxf5 Rxf5 36. Bxa7 $16) 35. Qe3 Qa5 36.
Ne1 (36. Rc2 {Yudasin} Rb8) 36... Be2 (36... Qa2+ {Yudasin} 37. Rc2 Qb1 {/\Rb8}
) 37. Nef3 Bxf3 38. Qxf3 {Rh5} (38. Nxf3 {Yudasin} Rf5 $10) 38... Ne7 (38...
Qa2+ {Yudasin} 39. Kg3 Qa1 $16) 39. Bxe7 Rxe7 40. Rc8+ Kf7 (40... Bf8 {Yudasin}
41. Nxg6) 41. Qd3 {/\Ng6} Rc7 42. Rxc7+ Qxc7 43. Nxg6 $1 Qd8 44. Kg3 Qa5 45.
Qc2 {/\Nh4-Qe1,Rh4-Qc7,Qc8,Qd7-g7} Rh6 (45... Qe1+ 46. Kh2 {and game over.})
46. Nh4 Qb6 47. f5 (47. Nf3 {Yudasin} Rg6 $18 48. Rxg6 hxg6 49. Ng5+) 47... Bf8
48. f6 {It is typical of Spassky that he prefers to continue to restrict his
opponent rather then keeping the situation fluid and going for the kill. For
instance,} (48. Nf3 {is also strong.}) 48... Qb8 49. Kg2 {Black has few decent
moves at his disposal. Here's a possible concluding continuation:} (49. Kg2 Qb7
50. Nf3 Qd7 51. Qd3 Ke8 52. Qa6 Rg6 53. Rxg6 hxg6 54. Ng5) 1-0

[Event "Sydney Mercantile"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Antonio, Rogelio Jr"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Bd3
dxc5 9. e5 Nd5 10. Bd2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Qa4 {11...Qa4 N} (11... Qb6 12. Qe2 Nc6
13. O-O-O Be6 14. Bc4 Nb4 {Radulov-Vadasz, Uljma 1976.}) 12. Qd2 Bh6 13. Ng5 (
13. g3 $5) 13... Bxg5 14. fxg5 Qh4+ 15. g3 Qh5 $13 16. O-O Nc6 17. Qe3 Nd4 18.
h4 h6 19. gxh6 Bh3 20. Rf2 Rad8 21. Kh2 Be6 22. Re1 Kh7 23. Bd2 Qg4 24. Ref1
Qh3+ 25. Kg1 Bd5 26. Rh2 Qg4 27. Rhf2 Qh3 28. Rh2 Qg4 29. Rhf2 c4 30. Be2 Qh3
31. Rh2 Nxe2+ 32. Rxe2 Qh1+ 33. Kf2 Qh3 34. Bc3 Bc6 35. Qf4 Qf5 36. Ke3 Qe6 37.
Rd2 f6 38. Ke2 fxe5 39. Qxf8 Qg4+ 40. Ke1 Rxf8 41. Rxf8 Qxg3+ 42. Rdf2 Kxh6 43.
Kd2 Kh5 44. Re2 e4 45. Re3 Qg1 46. Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bahrain"]
[Site "Bahrain"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Plaskett, H James"]
[Black "Afifi, Assem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BAH"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 $6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. h3
$16 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qa5 10. O-O e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. f5 h6 13. g4 Nbd7 14. h4 Nh7
15. g5 h5 16. Bc4 Kh8 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Ne2 Qb4 19. Bb3 gxf5 20. Qxf5 Nc5 21.
Ng3 Nxb3 22. axb3 Qe7 23. Nxh5 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qxf7 Qg8
27. Qxg8+ Kxg8 28. Bxa7 Nf8 29. Kg2 Ne6 30. Kf3 Bf8 31. Kg4 c5 32. Kf5 Nd4+ 33.
Kg6 Be7 34. Nf6+ Kf8 35. Bxc5 Ne6 36. Nd7+ Ke8 37. Bxe7 Kxd7 38. Kf7 Nf4 39. g6
1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Summit"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 {The games in
this Key with 6...Na6 demonstrate that it is not easy for white  to control
the position; this is currently black's best option against 6.Bd3.} 7. O-O c5
8. d5 Rb8 9. Kh1 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 Nc7 12. a4 a6 13. a5 Nb5 14. Bd2 Rc8
15. b3 Nd4 16. Rf2 e6 17. Qg1 exd5 18. exd5 Nb5 19. Na4 Nxd5 20. c4 Nd4 21.
cxd5 Nxb3 22. Ra2 Nxd2 23. Rfxd2 Qxa5 24. Qb1 Qb4 25. Nb6 Rc7 26. Re2 Qxf4 27.
Re4 Qg3 28. Rg4 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lvov zt"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6
Bxb5 9. exf7+ Kd7 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 h5 13. Qf3 Nc6 14. Nde2
Raf8 {As far as I know, this move is a novelty. It does not, however, change
the assessment of this variation: white has the better prospects because the
black king has difficulties finding a safe haven.} 15. h3 Nf6 16. O-O Kc8 17.
Be3 Rxf7 18. Rab1 Nd7 19. b4 Nxb4 20. Qe4 Bxc3 21. Qc4+ Nc6 22. Qxf7 Bf6 23.
Qxg6 Qxa2 24. Qf5 Qc4 25. Ng3 e6 26. Qe4 Qxe4 27. Nxe4 d5 28. Nd6+ Kc7 29. Nxb7
a5 30. Nc5 Nxc5 31. Bxc5 a4 32. Rfe1 Re8 33. Kh2 Bc3 34. Re3 d4 35. Rg3 Nb8 36.
Bb4 h4 37. Rf3 Bxb4 38. Rxb4 Nc6 39. Rxa4 Kd6 40. c3 e5 41. fxe5+ Rxe5 42. Rf6+
Kd5 43. cxd4 Nxd4 44. Rf4 Nf5 45. Ra5+ Ke6 46. Rxe5+ Kxe5 47. Rg4 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2002.04.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kundin, Alexander"]
[Black "Klenburg, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[Annotator "Kundin,A"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2002.01.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. Qe2
O-O 9. Be3 Qb4 $5 {An interesting move which leads to a complicated position.}
(9... Qa5) 10. O-O Qxb2 11. Nb5 Ne8 12. e5 Qb4 13. Nxa7 Nc6 14. Rfb1 $146 (14.
Rab1 {The common move which gives white an edge due to his bishops pair.} Qa5
15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. Rxb7 dxe5 (16... Qxa2 $14) 17. fxe5 Qxa2 $14 (17... Nxe5 18.
Rxe7 $16)) 14... Qa5 $6 (14... Qc3 $1 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. c4 $14) {[%tqu "En",
"Find a good move.","","","a7c6","",10,"a7c8","",0]} 15. Nxc6 $1 (15. Nxc8 Rxc8
16. Rxb7 $14) 15... bxc6 16. a4 $16 {[%cal Ga4a8]} dxe5 (16... Bg4 17. Bb6 Qc3
18. Qe1 $1 Qxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Bh6 21. Re4 Ng7 22. a5 $16 {[%csl Yb6,
Yd3][%cal Ga5a8] And due to a strong passed pawn and two bishops white has a
serious advantage.}) (16... Ba6 17. Bb6 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Qa6 (18... Qd5 19. a5 $16
) 19. Qxa6 Rxa6 20. Bd8 $1 $18) 17. Bb6 Qc3 18. Nxe5 Nd6 {[%tqu "En","What is
the best continuation?","","","e2e1","Transfering the game into a diffucult
endgame for black.",10]} 19. Qe1 $1 {Transfering the game into a diffucult
endgame for black.} Qxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Be6 21. a5 Rfc8 22. Ra4 $1 {Black has no
counterplay against further extension - c4, Kf2 etc.} Nb5 (22... c5 23. c4 Ra6
24. Kf2 $16) 23. c4 Na7 24. Be4 Kf8 25. Rd1 $18 Bxe5 (25... Ke8 26. Kf2 $18)
26. fxe5 Ke8 27. Kf2 Bd7 28. Ra3 Be6 29. Ra4 Bd7 30. Rd2 (30. Ke3 c5 31. Ra2
Bc6 {With some chances}) 30... Rcb8 (30... c5 31. Bxa8 Bxa4 32. Bb7 Rb8 33. Bc7
$18) 31. Ra1 Be6 (31... Nc8 32. Bc7 Rb7 33. Bxc6 $18) 32. Rd4 (32. Bxa7 Rxa7
33. Bxc6+ Kf8 34. Bd5 $18 {The position is won but I didn't want to get into a
rook endgame where always there are chances for a draw.}) 32... Rc8 33. Rad1 f6
34. exf6 exf6 {[%tqu "En","Find the best move.","","","d4d6","",0]} 35. Bc5 $6
$138 (35. Rd6 $1 {Could finish the game instantly.} Bxc4 (35... Ke7 36. Bc5) (
35... Kf7 36. Rd7+) 36. Rd7 Bd5 (36... Nb5 37. Rxh7 $18 {[%csl Ge8]}) 37. Rxh7
{[%csl Ge8]} Bxe4 38. Rdd7 {/\Rhf7} c5 39. Bxa7 Bf5 40. Rb7 $18) 35... Rc7 36.
Rd6 Kf7 37. Bb6 Re7 38. Rd8 Rxd8 39. Bxd8 Rb7 40. c5 Rb2+ 41. Ke3 Bg4 42. Rb1
Rxb1 (42... Re2+ {Was the last chance} 43. Kd3 (43. Kf4 $2 Rxe4+) 43... f5 (
43... Rxe4 44. Rb7+ Ke8 45. Kxe4 $18) 44. Bf3 Bxf3 45. gxf3 Ra2 46. Rb7+ Ke8
47. Rxa7 Kxd8 48. Kd4 (48. a6 Ra4 49. Rxh7 Rxa6 50. Kd4 Ra3 51. f4 Ra4+ 52. Ke5
Re4+ 53. Kd6 Rd4+ 54. Kxc6 Rxf4 $16) 48... Rxh2 49. Ke5 {Probably winning.})
43. Bxb1 Bc8 44. Ba2+ Kg7 45. Bc4 Bb7 (45... Nb5 46. Bxb5 cxb5 47. c6 Kf7 48.
Kd4 $18) 46. g3 $2 $138 (46. a6 Bc8 (46... Ba8 47. Be6 f5 48. Bb6 Nb5 49. Bc8
$18) 47. Bb6 Nb5 48. a7 Bb7 49. g4 $18 {/\Be6-c8, Ke4}) 46... Nb5 47. Kd2 Ba6
48. Bf1 Nc7 49. Bg2 Ne6 50. Bb6 Nd4 51. Kc3 Nb5+ 52. Kd2 Nd4 53. Ke3 Nf5+ 54.
Kf2 Nd4 55. Bf1 Nb5 56. Ke3 Kf7 57. Bg2 Bb7 58. Bd8 Ke6 59. Bf1 Kd5 (59... Ba6
60. Bc4+ Ke5 {With chances for a draw.}) 60. Bxf6 Kxc5 61. Kf4 Kb4 62. Bd8 c5
63. Be7 $1 Nc7 (63... Kxa5 64. Bxc5 Nc3 65. Bd4 Nb5 66. Be5 Kb4 67. Kg5 Be4 68.
Kh6 Kc5 69. Kxh7 $18) 64. Ke5 Kxa5 $2 (64... Na6 {Could not save the game due
to} 65. Kf6 Kxa5 66. Kg7 Kb6 67. Kxh7 Be4 68. Bc4 Nb8 69. Bf7 Nc6 70. Bf6 g5+
71. Bg6 Bxg6+ 72. Kxg6 Nd4 (72... c4 73. h4 (73. Kxg5) 73... gxh4 74. gxh4 c3
75. Bxc3 Ne7+ 76. Kf7 Nf5 77. h5 Kc6 78. Kf6 Nh6 79. Bd2 Ng4+ 80. Kf5) 73. Bxg5
Nf3 (73... c4 74. h4 $18) 74. h4 Nxg5 75. Kxg5 Kb5 (75... c4 76. Kf4 Kc5 77.
Ke3) 76. h5 c4 77. Kf4 Kb4 78. h6 c3 79. Ke3 Kb3 80. h7 c2 81. Kd2 Kb2 82.
h8=Q+) 65. Bd8 Kb4 66. Bxc7 c4 67. Kf6 (67. Kf4) 67... Be4 68. Kg5 h5 69. Bh3
1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Bd3 ({Karjakin's personal way of
avoiding} 5. Nf3 c5 {As a curiosity, he frequently gets good positions out of
the opening but his overall results are poor. And I also remember him winning
only when his position was at least precarious on the way. I wonder why
Carlsen did not consider using the Pirc at least once in the match.}) 5... O-O
({This allows White to fully transpose to a normal line without ...c7-c5. The
critical move order is} 5... Nc6 {examined in the comments to the game
mentioned below.}) 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be2 $5 {A very rare move, implying the loss
of a tempo. But since Black's only constructive plan after ...Nc6 is ...e7-e5,
White can afford to take measures against it.} (7. e5 {Karjakin,S (2785)-Van
Wely,L (2695) Wijk aan Zee 2017 CBM 177 [Marin,M] (1-0, 50)}) 7... Bg4 {
The most natural move.} ({The idea behind White's last move is meeting} 7... e5
$6 {with} 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. fxe5 Ng4 11. Nb5 {more or less winning
the pawn since} Rd7 $6 {allows} 12. e6 fxe6 13. Ng5 $16) (7... d5 8. e5 Ne4 9.
O-O $14 {fails to solve the problem of Black's g7-bishop and c6-knight.}) 8.
Be3 ({Objectively} 8. d5 {should be OK, but practically it offers Black a
clear plan for regrouping:} Nb8 9. O-O c6 10. Be3 cxd5 11. exd5 Na6 12. h3 Bxf3
13. Bxf3 Nd7 14. Re1 Rc8 15. Bd4 Rc4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qc1 Qb6+ 18. Kh2 Re8 19.
Be2 Rcc8 20. Bb5 Nab8 $13 {De Firmian,N (2490)-Haik,A (2455) Biel 1986 (1-0,
58)}) 8... Bxf3 {Usually exchanging the bishop without being forced to is a
concession. This situation is no exception, even though concretely the last
move is not bad.} (8... Nd7 {is probably not the best} 9. Nd2 ({The critical
move is} 9. e5 $1) 9... Bxe2 10. Nxe2 {Karavitaki,A (1075)-Darviri,C Porto Rio
2016 (0-1, 53)} e6 $11 {[%cal Gc6e7]}) ({But Black could carry out the central
break at once:} 8... e5 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. dxe5 ({The point is that} 10. d5 {
can be answered with} Nd4 $11 {anyway, for instance:} 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Bxd4
Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nxe4 $1 $15 14. Bxg7 $6 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Re8 16. Be5 Qxd5 $17) 10...
Nd7 11. Bg5 Qe8 $11 12. Nd5 $2 Bxf3 $1 {Now this makes sense in order to
prepare the next move.} 13. gxf3 Qxe5 14. Bf4 Qxb2 $17) 9. Bxf3 e5 10. fxe5
dxe5 11. d5 Nd4 $11 {With such a knight in the centre Black cannot have
problems in any way. It is not clear what went wrong with Karjakin's
preparation, but as mentioned before this looks like a general symptom.} 12.
O-O (12. Bxd4 $2 exd4 13. Ne2 (13. Qxd4 Nxe4 $1 $17) 13... Nxe4 $1 14. Bxe4
Qh4+ 15. Ng3 Be5 $17) 12... c6 ({I would also consider} 12... Ne8 {[%cal Ge8d6,
Gf7f5]}) 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Ne2 {Karpov,A (2700)-Spassky,B (2650) Candidates
sf1 1974 (9) 1-0 You may agree that the solution chosen by Karjakin to expell
the irritating knight is by far less elegant and effective than in the classic
game} Qc7 15. c3 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Nh5 $15 {Both sides have weaknesses but Black
is slightly better developed and his play a bit more natural.} 17. Qd3 Rfd8 18.
Qc4 Rd7 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Rxd7 Rxd7 21. b4 Qd6 {Since on the next move
Nepomniachtchi will return with the queen, it makes sense to look for
alternatives.} (21... Bf6 $5 {prepares ...Bg5 which would greatly improve
Black's position, but apparently White retains drawing chances:} 22. Qa6 Qd8
23. Qxc6 Bg5 24. f4 $1 (24. Bf2 Rd2 $19) 24... Nxf4 25. Nxf4 Bxf4 26. Bxf4 exf4
27. e5 $132) 22. Qa6 Qc7 ({When playing his previous move Black might have
overestimated his chances after} 22... Qd3 23. Qxd3 Rxd3 24. Bxa7 Rd2 25. Nc1
Nf4 26. a4 $13 {but then changed his mind.}) 23. a4 Bf6 $1 {Even with two
missing tempi this plan offers Black the initiative.} 24. a5 Kg7 25. Qc4 {
It suddenly appears that the tempi loss is relative as the white queen was
doing little on a6.} h6 26. a6 Bg5 27. Bxg5 hxg5 28. Qc5 Kg8 {Black's idea
remains a mystery to me.} (28... Rd2 $5 29. Rf2 Qd6 30. Qxd6 (30. Qxa7 Qd3 31.
Ng3 Nf4 $19) 30... Rxd6 31. Ng3 Rd1+ 32. Rf1 Rd3 33. Nxh5+ gxh5 34. c4 Rb3 35.
Rd1 Rxb4 36. Rd7 Rxc4 37. Rxa7 Ra4 {seems to offer more chances than the game
ending.}) 29. b5 $5 {Not an easy decision to take. White is heading for a rook
ending with a pawn down, in order to secure a draw.} (29. Qe3 {[%csl Gd2,Gg5]}
Qd8 $19 {[%cal Gd7d2]}) 29... cxb5 30. Qxc7 Rxc7 31. Rb1 Rc5 32. Rd1 Nf4 33.
Nxf4 gxf4 34. Rd7 Rxc3 35. Kg2 Rc2+ 36. Kg1 (36. Kh3 Rf2 {looks more
problematic.}) 36... Ra2 37. Rxa7 Kg7 38. Rb7 Rxa6 39. Rxb5 {Even though
Black's structure looks more compact White does not have reasons to worry.} Kf6
40. h4 Ke6 41. Rb7 f5 42. exf5+ gxf5 43. h5 e4 44. h6 e3 45. h7 Ra8 46. Kf1 Kf6
47. Ra7 Rh8 48. Ke2 Kg6 49. Ra4 Rxh7 (49... Kg5 50. Ra7 Kh4 51. Rg7 $11) 50.
Rxf4 Kg5 51. Ra4 Re7 (51... f4 52. Ra5+ $8 (52. Ra8 Rh2+ $19) 52... Kf6 (52...
Kh4 53. Rf5 $11) 53. Ra6+ Ke5 54. Ra5+ Kd6 55. Ra6+ Kc5 56. Ra4 $11) 52. f4+
Kg4 53. Rb4 Kg3 54. Ra4 Rb7 55. Kxe3 Re7+ 56. Kd2 Kf3 57. Kd1 Re8 58. Rb4 Rh8
59. Rb5 Rh5 60. Ke1 Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "1999.04.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chernov, Vadim A"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1999.04.16"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. e5 dxe5 6. dxe5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Ng4 8.
Nd5 Kd8 9. Ke1 c6 10. Nc3 f6 11. h3 Nh6 12. Nf3 Nd7 (12... Nf7) 13. Bc4 Rf8 {
/\Nf7} 14. exf6 exf6 15. Kf2 $14 Nf5 {/\Nd6, f5} 16. Ne4 Re8 17. Re1 Bf8 $1 18.
g4 Rxe4 19. Rxe4 Bc5+ 20. Kg2 (20. Be3 $5) (20. Re3 $5) 20... Nd6 21. Nd2 Nxe4
22. Nxe4 Be7 23. Be3 Kc7 24. Bg8 (24. a4 b5 $1 $132 25. axb5 cxb5 26. Bxb5 Bb7
{/\f5}) (24. Kg3 $5) 24... f5 $1 25. gxf5 (25. Ng5 Nf6 26. Ne6+ Bxe6 27. Bxe6
fxg4 28. hxg4 Re8 $132) 25... Nf6 $1 (25... gxf5 26. Ng5 $16) 26. Nxf6 Bxf6 27.
Be6 $8 (27. fxg6 hxg6 $15 {/\Bf5, Rh8, ><b2,c2,h3}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Szabo, Krisztian"]
[Black "Narciso Dublan, Marc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 {Narciso is a
great expert of this somewhat old-fashioned line. Instead of attacking the
enemy centre by means of ...c5, Black blocks the c-pawn for the sake of rapid
development and intends to hit the centre in what seems to be the best
defended square, namely with ...e5.} 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5 {White pins his hopes
on the possibility of a kingside attack, but from a strategic point of view
giving up the possibility of winning space in the centre with d5 means some
sort of concession.} ({The more ambitious continuation is} 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 {
but several of Black's possible knight retreats (mainly to e7 and d4) lead to
very sharp play.}) 8... dxe5 9. f5 Nb4 {[%csl Yd3,Yf5] Black immediately
undermines White's central structure.} 10. fxg6 {A new concession. Black is
allowed to improve his pawn structure by capturing towards the centre while
the level of kingside pressure is obviously released.} ({The immediate} 10. Bg5
{should be regarded as the critical continuation, but it can lead to sharp
play and White has to know very well what he is doing.} Nxd3 11. cxd3 ({
The exchange of queens absolves Black from all his worries.} 11. Qxd3 Qxd3 12.
cxd3 c6 13. Nd2 b6 14. Nc4 Ba6 15. a4 h6 16. Bh4 Bxc4 17. dxc4 Rad8 18. Rad1
Rd4 $11 {Hellers,F (2550)-Hansen,C (2565)/Lemvig 1991/EXT 2000 (1/2-1/2, 50)})
11... gxf5 {The logical reaction. This pawn has not sufficient defence after
the exchange of the d3-bishop. However, several squares from Black's camp are
weakened now (f5 in first line), offering White attacking ideas.} ({Black can
insert} 11... h6 12. Bh4 {before capturing on f5, which could eventually
transpose. Here is an independent example:} gxf5 13. Kh1 Qd6 14. exf5 Bxf5 15.
Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Nh4 Qxh4 {1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,J (2200)-Hartoch,R (2395)/
Leeuwarden 1979/MCD}) 12. Kh1 (12. Nd5 $6 c6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15.
d4 fxe4 16. Nxe5 Qe7 {/\f5, Zakharevich}) 12... Qd6 13. Qe1 h6 14. Bh4 Re8 (
14... f4 $6 15. d4 $1 $36 {Zakharevich}) 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Nd2 Qe6 (16... Bxd3
$2 17. Bxf6 Bxf1 18. Nde4 $18 {Zakharevich}) 17. Qf2 Bxd3 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19.
Qxf6 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 (20. Qxf1 $6 f5 {Zakharevich}) 20... Qxf6 21. Rxf6 Rad8 22.
Nde4 Kg7 $13 {Erashchenkov,D (2412)-Zakharevich,I (2508)/Voronezh 2003/CBM 094
ext (0-1, 37)}) 10... hxg6 11. Bg5 Qd6 12. Qe2 {In view of Black's answer,
placing the queen on this square looks like a debatable idea.} (12. Qd2 Nxd3
13. cxd3 Nh7 {This is only one of the consequences of the exchange on g6: the
h7-square became available for the knight.} 14. Bh6 b6 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. Kh1 c5
$11 {Van der Wiel,J (2470)-Donner,J/Amsterdam/Drachten 1982/EXT 2002 (0-1, 64).
Black has arranged his pawns in an optimal way and has little to fear on the
kingside. His chances are not worse.}) (12. Kh1 Nxd3 13. cxd3 Nh7 14. Bh4 Be6 {
And now we can see that the bishop has this excellent square at his disposal.}
15. Qe2 f6 16. Bf2 Bf7 17. d4 exd4 18. Bxd4 Rfe8 19. Qc2 c5 20. Bf2 b6 21. Rad1
Qc6 22. Bg3 {1/2-1/2 Gurevich,V (2445)-Zakharevich,I (2425)/Azov 1995/CBM 046})
(12. Qe1 Nh7 13. Rd1 Be6 14. Kh1 Nxd3 15. Rxd3 Qc6 16. b3 {Vaisser,A (2555)
-Gofshtein,L (2535)/Biel 1995/CBM 048 ext (1/2-1/2, 25)} Rae8 $5 {/\...f5.
Once the f5-square is not occupied anymore by a white pawn, Black can fight
for space in the centre.} 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 (18. exd5 Qxc2) 18... f5 $132)
12... Nh5 $146 {This idea is known from the f4-system of the Najdorf Sicilian 
(6.f4 e5 7.Nf3, etc.) By blocking the f-file, Black eliminates any danger of a
kingside attack. Please note that it is the absence of the potential threat
f5-f6 that makes the knight's departure from f6 possible.} (12... Nxd3 13. Qxd3
(13. cxd3 $5) 13... Qxd3 14. cxd3 c6 15. Nxe5 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe5 17. Be7 Bxb2
18. Rae1 Be6 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 $44 {Loskutov,O (2395)-Zakharevich,I (2485)/St
Petersburg 1996/CBM 056 ext (1/2-1/2, 39)}) 13. Rad1 Nf4 14. Bxf4 $6 {But this
is just over-optimistic. White should not have parted with his dark-squared
bishop so easily, opening the diagonal of the fianchetto bishop at the same
time.} (14. Qf2 $5) 14... exf4 15. e5 {This is the move White has pinned his
hopes on. However, his plan will fail because he will not have the time to
consolidate this courageous pawn with h3.} Qc5+ 16. Kh1 Bg4 $15 17. Ne4 $6 (17.
Qe4 $5) 17... Qxe5 $1 18. Nxe5 Bxe2 19. Bxe2 Bxe5 $17 {White has little to
show for the lost pawn.} 20. c3 Nc2 21. Rd7 Ne3 22. Rf3 Rad8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24.
g3 g5 25. gxf4 gxf4 26. Kg1 f5 27. Nc5 Rd2 28. Bf1 Nxf1 29. Rxf1 b6 30. Nb3
Rxb2 31. Rf2 Bxc3 32. Rxb2 Bxb2 33. Kf2 Kf7 34. Kf3 c5 35. Nd2 b5 0-1

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1997.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {HarZvi,R} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 {
HarZvi: the main line} (6... c5) (6... Nbd7) (6... c6) 7. Bc4 {A variation
introduced by the Moldavian G.M. Victor Bologan.} (7. e5 {HarZvi,R} Ng4 8. Bg1
c5 9. h3 Nh6 10. d5 Bb7 (10... Nf5 11. Bf2 Nd7 (11... dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd7 13. Qe2
Bb7 14. O-O-O Qb8 15. g4 (15. Re1 b5 $1) 15... Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxe5
18. Bg2 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 $16 {[%csl Rg8] Balashov,Y-Timman,J Tilburg 1977 24/199 
[ Kovacevic,V]}) 12. g4 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Qe3
f5 17. Bg3 Qd6 $13 {Mikhalchishin,A-Kosten,A/Budapest/1989}) (10... Nd7 11. Bh2
Nf5 12. Bb5 Bb7 13. g4 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Qc7 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 $44 {
Beliavsky,A-Speelman,J/Reykjavik/1988/}) 11. Qd2 Nf5 12. Bh2 dxe5 13. fxe5 e6
$1 14. O-O-O exd5 15. Nxd5 Nc6 16. c3 Ncd4 $1 $15 {/-/+ Beliavsky,A-Anand,V/
Munich/1991 CBM 23}) (7. Qd2 {HarZvi,R} Bb7 (7... c5) 8. e5 Ng4 9. O-O-O dxe5
10. Nxe5 $1 Nxe3 $6 11. Qxe3 Nd7 12. Bb5 Nf6 13. d5 Qd6 14. Rhe1 a6 15. Bc6 $16
{Campora,D-Torre,O/Moscow olm/ 1994}) (7. Bd3 {HarZvi,R} c5 (7... Bb7 8. Qe2 c5
9. O-O-O cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nc6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. e5 Bg7 13. Be4 Qd7 14. h4 $40 {
Bareev,E-Plachetka,J/Trnava-A/1989 CBM 12}) 8. Qe2 Nc6 9. e5 Ng4 10. Be4 Nb4 $1
11. O-O-O Ba6 12. Qe1 d5 (12... Rc8) 13. dxc5 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 e6 15. a3 Nc6 16.
Bd3 Bxd3 17. Rxd3 Qe7 $44 {Bologan,V-Gipslis,A/Ostrava/1993 58/156 [Gipslis,A]}
) 7... c5 (7... e6 {HarZvi,R} 8. Qe2 d5 9. Bd3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Bb7
12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Kb1 $1 $14 {Bologan,V-Pflegar,H/Duetschland 1994 60/119 
[Bologan,V]}) 8. Qe2 Nc6 (8... a6 {HarZvi,R} 9. e5 Ng4 10. O-O-O Nxe3 11. Qxe3
Nc6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. exd6 exd6 14. Ne4 Nd4 {Womacka,M-Lorscheid,G/GRE-ch Binz/
1995 CBM 50} 15. Nxd4 cxd4 (15... Bxd4 $4 16. Rxd4 cxd4 17. Qxd4) 16. Rxd4 $140
Qb6) 9. e5 (9. O-O-O {HarZvi,R} cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bg4 12. Nf3 Rc8 13.
Bb3 Nd7 14. e5 Bh6 $1 {[%csl Re5,Rf4] Skripchenko,A-Tseitlin,MD/Paris/1995})
9... Ng4 10. O-O-O Na5 11. Bd5 Ba6 $1 {HarZvi: well you must admit this is an
interesting surprising move,white probably expects Rb8 or NxB} (11... Rb8 $14
12. dxc5 {HarZvi,R} bxc5 13. Bxc5 $5 dxc5 14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15. Rxd8 Rxd8 16. h3
$36 {HarZvi: and it seems white has the initiative}) (11... Nxe3 {HarZvi,R} 12.
Qxe3 Rb8 13. h4 $13) 12. Qxa6 (12. Qe1 {HarZvi,R} Rc8 $5 (12... Bb7) (12...
Nxe3 13. Qxe3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Rc8 15. e6 f5 16. h4 $36)) (12. Qd2 {HarZvi,R} e6
13. Bxa8 Nc4 14. Qe2 Ngxe3 15. Be4 Nxd1 16. Rxd1 cxd4 17. Nxd4 (17. Rxd4 Nxe5
$1 18. Qxa6 Nxf3 $17) 17... Nxb2 $1 18. Qxa6 Nxd1 19. Nxd1 dxe5 $17) 12... Nxe3
13. Bxa8 Nxd1 (13... Qxa8 14. dxc5 $1 Nxd1 15. Rxd1 dxc5 16. Rd7 $16) 14. Rxd1
cxd4 $8 (14... Qxa8 15. dxc5 (15. dxc5 {HarZvi,R} dxc5 $14 {[%csl Rg7] HarZvi:
with atleast +/= for white})) 15. Nd5 (15. Be4 dxc3 16. b4 Qc7 (16... Qd7 17.
bxa5 Qa4 18. Rd4 Qxa2 19. Kd1) 17. bxa5 Qc5 18. Rd3 (18. Rd4 dxe5 19. fxe5 Bxe5
$36) (18. axb6 Qe3+ 19. Kb1 Qxe4 $19) 18... Bh6 $132) (15. Bd5 dxc3 16. b4 e6
17. Be4 (17. Bxe6 {HarZvi,R} fxe6 18. bxa5 d5 {[%csl Rc1]}) 17... d5 18. bxa5
Qe7) (15. Nxd4 {HarZvi,R} Qxa8 16. exd6 exd6 17. Qe2 Re8 $13) 15... e6 (15...
dxe5 16. Qxa7 $5) (15... Qxa8 $2 {HarZvi,R} 16. Nxe7+ Kh8 17. exd6 $16) 16.
Rxd4 $1 (16. Nf6+ Bxf6 17. exf6 Qxa8 18. Rxd4 Qd8 19. g3 (19. Qxa7 Nc6) 19...
d5 20. Rd3 Qxf6 21. Qxa7 Nc4 $15) (16. b4 {HarZvi,R} exd5 17. Bxd5 dxe5 18. c4
e4 $1 $36) 16... dxe5 (16... Qxa8 17. Ne7+ $1 Kh8 18. Rxd6 $14 (18. exd6 Bxd4
19. Nxd4 Qxg2) 18... Re8 19. Rd7 Bf8 20. Rxa7 Qb8 (20... Qd8 21. Ng5) 21. Ng5 (
21. b4 Bxe7 22. bxa5 bxa5) 21... Bxe7 22. Nxf7+) 17. fxe5 Qxa8 {HarZvi: so
finally after 4 moves which black did not take the bishop on a8 he can not
avoid it!} 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. exf6 e5 $1 $132 20. Rd1 (20. Rd7 {HarZvi,R} Qc6
21. Rxa7 Qxf6 {HarZvi: when white's pieces seems little bit out of play}) 20...
Qc6 (20... e4 21. Ne5 Re8 22. Qb5 $16) 21. Nxe5 (21. Qxa7 Qxf6 $15) 21... Qxg2
$6 (21... Qe6 $1 22. Qb5 $8 (22. Nd7 $6 Qxa2 23. Nxf8 $2 Nb3+ (23... Qa1+ $2
24. Kd2 Nb3+ 25. Kc3 $3 Qxa6 26. Rd8 $11 h5 $4 27. Ne6+ Kh7 28. Ng5+ Kh6 29.
Nxf7+ Kh7 30. Rh8#) 24. cxb3 Qxa6 25. Rd8 Qf1+ 26. Kc2 Qf5+ 27. Kc1 h5 $1 {
(/\Qxf6)} (27... Qxf6 $4 28. Ne6+) 28. Re8 $8 g5 $19 (28... Qxf6 29. Nd7+))
22... Qxa2 23. Rd7 $8 Qa1+ 24. Kd2 Qg1 25. b4 Qxg2+ 26. Qe2 Qg5+ 27. Kd1 (27.
Kc3 $2 Rc8+ 28. Kb2 Qxe5+ 29. Qxe5 Nc4+ $19) 27... Qg1+ 28. Kd2 Qg5+ $11) (
21... Qxf6 $6 22. Nd7 Qf4+ 23. Kb1 $36 {><f6} (23. Kb1 {HarZvi,R} Rd8)) 22. Nd7
Qg5+ $6 (22... Re8 23. b3 Qxh2 24. Qxa7 Rc8 25. Rd2 Qh1+ 26. Kb2 Qc6 27. Nxb6
$1 Qxf6+ 28. Kb1 Nc6 29. Qb7 Re8 30. Rd1 Qf3 31. Rc1 h5 32. a4 h4 33. a5 h3 34.
a6 h2 35. a7 h1=Q 36. a8=Q $13) 23. Kb1 Re8 24. b3 (24. Qxa7 Qd2 25. Rc1 Nc4 {
/\Qxc1}) (24. b3 Qg4 25. Qd3 $13 (25. Rd3 $6 Nc6 $132)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Andorra op 17th"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "1999.07.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1999.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bg1 c5
9. h3 Nh6 10. d5 Bb7 11. Bh2 (11. Qd2) 11... Nf5 12. Qd3 (12. Qd2 dxe5 13. fxe5
e6 $13) 12... Na6 $1 13. O-O-O (13. a3) 13... dxe5 14. Nxe5 (14. fxe5 Bh6+ 15.
Kb1 Nb4 $17) 14... Nb4 15. Qd2 (15. Qe4 Nd4 16. Bc4 e6) 15... Nd4 16. Bg1 (16.
Bc4 Nbxc2) 16... Nbxc2 (16... Bxd5 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxd4 Nxa2+
20. Kb1 Qa5 21. Nc6 $13) (16... Nxd5 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Qc8
$15) 17. Kb1 b5 (17... Bxd5 $4 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxc2 $16) 18. Nxb5 (18. Rc1 b4
19. Nb5 (19. Ne4 Qxd5) (19. Nd1 Bxd5 20. Rxc2 Bxa2+ 21. Kxa2 b3+ $19) 19... b3
20. axb3 a6 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 cxd4 $17) (18. Bxb5 Nxb5 19. Nxb5 Nb4 20.
Bxc5 Nxd5 $15) 18... Bxd5 19. Bxd4 Nxd4 20. Nc3 (20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Qxd4 (21.
Bd3 $142 $17) 21... Bxa2+ $1 (21... Be4+ $17) 22. Kxa2 Qa5+ 23. Kb1 Rad8 $19)
20... e6 21. h4 Rb8 22. h5 Rb4 $6 (22... Qd6 23. hxg6 fxg6 $5) 23. hxg6 hxg6
24. Nd3 Rb8 25. Nxc5 $6 (25. Ne5 Qc7 26. Ng4 Rfd8 $17) 25... Qd6 $17 26. N5e4 (
26. Nd3 Nb5 27. Nxd5 (27. Nxb5 Rxb5 28. Ne5 Be4+ 29. Bd3 Bxe5 30. fxe5 Bxd3+
31. Qxd3 Qxd3+ 32. Rxd3 Rxe5 $17) 27... Qxd5 28. Ka1 Na3 $17) (26. Nxd5 Qxc5
$19) (26. N3e4 Qc6 $17) 26... Qa3 $1 $19 (26... Bxe4+ $6 27. Nxe4 Qa3 28. Qc3
Qa4 {Campora} (28... Qxc3 29. Nxc3 Rfc8 $15) 29. Bc4 $1 Nc2 30. Nf6+ Bxf6 31.
Qxf6 Na3+ 32. Ka1 Nc2+ $11) 27. Nxd5 exd5 28. Rh3 {[#]} (28. Nc3 Nf3) 28... Nf3
0-1

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.23"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 $5 {This
unfashionable move was introduced more than a century ago by one of the main
pioneers of all kind of semi-open games, Louis Paulsen. It is curious that
theory connects his name with the Sicilian line based on ...e6, when actually
the fianchetto (Dragon, Pirc) seemed to be more to his taste.} ({It is
understandable that Ivanchuk deviated fom his recent game against the same
player, which ended in a complete disaster:} 6... Na6 {Karjakin,S (2776)
-Ivanchuk,V (2776)/Medias/Bazna 2011 (1-0, 22)}) 7. O-O {This neutral move
should not face Black with too many problems.} ({The critical line is} 7. e5
Ne8 8. e6 $5 {A very dangerous move, but not the only one so. I took it as the
main line for sentimental reasons: it was used by my first ever trainer!} (8.
O-O c5 9. exd6 $6 Nxd6 10. dxc5 $6 Nxc5 {offered Black a dream position in the
historical game Weiss,M-Paulsen,L/Nuremberg 1883/HCL (0-1, 39)}) (8. Ne4 {
is solid, but not too threatening, as I had the occasion to find out in my
only experience with this line:} c5 9. c3 Qb6 10. Qe2 Nc7 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12.
Nxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 Qa5 14. O-O Nd5 15. Bd2 Bg4 16. Kh1 Qc7 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3
e6 19. exd6 Qxd6 $11 {Ronchetti,N (2414)-Marin,M (2556)/Reggio Emilia 2008/ (1/
2, 26)}) (8. h4 $5 c5 9. e6 {is another dangerous attacking attempt:} fxe6 {
Starostits,I (2460)-Bosshard,R (1776)/Neuchatel 2004/CBM 100 ext (1-0, 55)} 10.
h5 $40) 8... fxe6 9. Ng5 Ndf6 10. h4 $40 {The extra e6-pawn prevents Black
from communicating between his opposite wings and the simple advance of the
h-pawn is not easy to meet.} e5 $2 {But this is too much already.} 11. dxe5 Bg4
12. Be2 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 dxe5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Ne6 $18 {Pavlov,M-Westman,J/
Krakow 1964/EXT 2000 (1-0, 45)}) 7... e5 8. dxe5 ({Against} 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5
{I had prepared something like} Ne8 $1 ({Despite my huge respect for Portisch,
I did not like his way of treating this position:} 9... c6 $6 10. dxc6 bxc6 11.
Kh1 Qe7 12. b3 Nh5 13. a4 Nf4 14. Ba3 $16 {Matulovic,M-Portisch,L/Skopje 1968/
MCD (1/2, 41)}) 10. Ne2 Nd6 11. c4 f5 $132) 8... dxe5 9. f5 {Black has to be
prepared for this kind of classic attack. Although White's play seems a bit
slow (Bg5, Qe1-h4) the threats could become very dangerous if not taken into
account in advance.} (9. fxe5 {helps Black to complete his development:} Nxe5
10. Nxe5 Qd4+ 11. Kh1 Qxe5 12. Bf4 Qc5 13. Qf3 Be6 (13... c6 14. e5 Ng4 15. Ne4
Qe7 16. Rae1 Nxe5 17. Qg3 $44 Bf5 $6 18. Nf2 $16 {Nadig,K (2213)-Movsziszian,K
(2536)/Sort 2008/CBM 125 Extra (1/2, 59)}) 14. Nb5 (14. Be3 Qh5 15. Qg3 c6 16.
Be2 Qa5 17. Rad1 Nd7 $15 {Larsen,B-Bouwmeester,H/Copenhagen 1952}) (14. e5 Ng4
15. Ne4 Qd5 16. c4 Qc6) 14... Ne8 15. Be3 Qe7 16. c3 c5 17. Qf2 b6 18. a4 Rd8
19. Qe2 Be5 $15 {Relange,E (2295)-Bernard,C (2365)/France 1993/TD (0-1, 30)})
9... Nc5 $146 ({I had as a model the following game:} 9... c6 10. Kh1 b5 11.
Bg5 Bb7 12. Qe1 h6 13. Bd2 (13. Bh4 $5) 13... Nh5 14. a4 $6 {After this
premature pawn break, White's position will explode.} (14. Rd1 Qe7 15. a4 a6
$13) 14... Nc5 15. Be2 b4 16. Nd1 (16. Be3 Qe7 17. Na2 Nxe4 18. fxg6 fxg6 19.
Nxb4 Nf4 20. Bc4+ Kh7 21. Rd1 a5 22. Nd3 c5 $132) (16. fxg6 bxc3 17. gxf7+ Rxf7
18. Bxc3 Qe8 19. Bc4 Ba6 20. Bxf7+ Qxf7 $13) 16... Nxe4 17. Bxb4 (17. fxg6 c5
$13) 17... c5 18. Ba5 Qe7 19. Ne3 Nf4 20. Bc4 Nd6 21. fxg6 Nxc4 22. Nxc4 fxg6
$17 {Zapata,A (2410)-Motwani,P (2200)/Mexico 1980/MCD (1/2, 37)}) 10. Bg5 Nxd3
11. Qxd3 {A curious decision. By exchanging queens, White aims to weaken the
defence of the f6-knight.} (11. cxd3 {can be answered with} gxf5 12. exf5 (12.
Nd5 {leads nowhere after} c6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bh6 Re8 $15) 12... Bxf5 {
, since the knight is safely defended and there is no real pin along the
f-file.} 13. d4 $1 (13. Qe1 Re8 14. Qh4 Bxd3 15. Rad1 e4 16. Ne1 Re6 $15) 13...
exd4 14. Nxd4 Bg6 15. Nf5 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 Bxf5 17. Rxf5 Ng4 18. Rd7 $44 {
White has obvious compensation for the pawn, but it may suffice for a draw
only.}) 11... Qxd3 12. cxd3 c6 (12... gxf5 $6 13. exf5 $14 Bxf5 $2 14. Ne1 $18)
13. Rae1 {Creating the threat of Nxe5.} (13. Nxe5 Nxe4 $1 $11) 13... Nd7 {
A first consequence of the queen exchange. The knight must retreat.} (13... Re8
14. fxg6 fxg6 15. Nxe5 $1) 14. g4 {Maybe not an attacking move, but just
consolidating f5.} (14. Be7 Re8 15. Bd6 {does not disturb Black's natural
development after} b6) 14... b6 15. Rf2 Re8 $11 {Black has no special problems,
but I have the feeling that from this moment on Ivanchuk starts playing
without a clear plan.} 16. Rd2 Bf8 {I do not understand the meaning of this
move.} ({I would prefer some normal development like} 16... Bb7 17. Kg2 Nf6 18.
h3 Rad8 {, possibly followed by ...c5. The fact is that White's main threat is
d3-d4 and, on the other hand, his main weakness is the d3-pawn.}) 17. Kg2 a5 {
Also a bit mysterious. He just ignores the dangers in the centre.} 18. d4 f6
19. Be3 exd4 20. Bxd4 {White has some initiative now.} b5 21. h3 Ra6 22. Red1
Be7 $6 (22... b4 $5 23. Na4 Rxe4 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Bf2 Re7 26. Nc5 Ra7 (26...
Nxc5 27. Bxc5 Rf7 28. Rd8 Ra8 29. g5 $36) 27. Ne6 c5 28. Nxc5 Rc7 $11) 23. Bf2
Nb6 24. Ne2 Nc4 25. Rc2 Bf8 26. Ng3 c5 (26... a4 $5) 27. b3 (27. a4 $1 $14)
27... Nd6 $6 (27... Na3 28. Rcd2 Be7 $132 {[%csl Gd6,Gd7,Gd8][%cal Gc5c4]}) 28.
Rxc5 Bb7 29. Rc7 Ba8 (29... Bxe4 30. Nxe4 Rxe4 (30... Nxe4 31. Rdd7 $36) 31.
fxg6 hxg6 32. Nh4 $36) 30. Bc5 b4 31. Rd7 $6 {Looks like a blunder.} (31. Bxd6
Bxd6 32. Rd7 Bxg3 33. Kxg3 Bxe4 34. Nd4 $14) 31... Nxf5 $1 $11 32. Nxf5 (32.
Rd8 Bc6) 32... Bxc5 33. Nh6+ Kh8 34. Nf7+ Kg8 35. Nh6+ Kh8 36. Nf7+ Kg8 37.
Nh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Skoberne, Jure"]
[Black "Oleksienko, Mikhailo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Rb8 9. Qe2 $5 {Although this has never been a topical variation, I know from
my own experience that it is not easy to meet. White refrains from the
standard attacking plan involving Qe1-h4 for the sake of increased central
control.} Nc7 10. a4 Bg4 $5 (10... a6 11. a5 b5 $6 {Naively following an older
game of my strong opponent.} (11... Bg4 {is likely to transpose to the game.})
12. axb6 Rxb6 13. Na4 Rb8 14. c4 e6 15. e5 Nfe8 16. Nc3 $1 {A strong novelty.}
({When taking up the Pirc as my main weapon against 1.e4, I had thoroughly
analysed the following game:} 16. exd6 $6 {An obvious concession, dictated by
the wish to win material.} Nxd6 17. Ne5 exd5 $3 18. Nc6 Qh4 19. Nxb8 Bd4+ 20.
Kh1 Re8 21. Qf3 dxc4 $44 {and White was happy with a draw in Dolmatov,
S-Gipslis,A/USSR 1985 (1/2-1/2, 43)}) 16... Bb7 17. Rd1 $1 $14 {This simple
move maintains White's advantage of space. In my analysis I had completely
overlooked it.} exd5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxa6 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Qe7 {
Dolmatov,S (2585)-Marin,M (2525)/Calcutta 1999/CBM 069 ext (1-0, 39)} 22. Ba3
$14) 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 a6 $1 $146 {The point behind inserting this move
will become clear slightly later.} (12... e6 13. Bd2 exd5 14. exd5 Nd7 15. Kh1
a6 16. a5 f5 17. Rae1 b5 18. axb6 Nxb6 19. b3 Kh8 20. Re2 Qd7 21. Rfe1 Bf6 22.
g4 $14 {Renaze,L (2276)-Chatalbashev,B (2561)/Creon 2004/CBM 101 ext (1-0, 86)}
) 13. a5 e6 14. dxe6 ({Now,} 14. Bd2 {is less efficient, because Black has the
b5-square at his disposal.} exd5 15. exd5 Qd7 16. Bc4 (16. f5 Nb5 17. Na4 Nd4 {
[%csl Gd5]}) 16... Nb5 {Once he activates this knight, Black can be content
with the outcome of the opening.} 17. Na4 Nd4 18. Qd3 Qf5 $132 19. Qxf5 Nxf5 {
[%cal Yh7h5]} 20. g4 Ne4 $36) 14... fxe6 15. Be3 Qe7 16. Bc4 $6 {This looks
like an active move, but in fact White moves for the second time with the same
piece before completing his development.} (16. f5 $6 {[%csl Ge5]} Nd7 $1) (16.
Kh1 $5) (16. Rad1 $5) 16... Nd7 $1 17. Rad1 (17. Qe2 $6 Bxc3 $1 18. bxc3 d5 19.
Ba2 c4 {[%csl Ga2] is anything but appealing for White. His bishop will most
likely spend the rest of the game on a2.}) 17... Ne5 ({Once the white rook has
abandoned the a-file,} 17... b5 18. axb6 Nxb6 {comes into consideration, with
the aim of making the c4-bishop feel uncomfortable.}) 18. Qe2 Nc6 $132 {
[%csl Ga5,Gb4,Gd4] Black has achieved an optimal regroupment of pieces.} 19. f5
$5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rc4e6]} gxf5 (19... Nxa5 20. Bxe6+ Nxe6 21. Nd5 $44) 20.
exf5 d5 21. fxe6 $2 {Not the best form of sacrificing a piece.} (21. Ba2 $1 c4
(21... d4 22. fxe6 $36) 22. Bb6 $132 {[%csl Ya2,Rc4,Rd5,Re6] and Black might
have problems maintaining the integrity of his central chain.}) 21... dxc4 $17
22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Qxc4 Ne5 (23... Qe7 $17) 24. Qe4 Nxe6 25. Rd5 Qf6 26. Rd6
Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Qxb7 Qxa5 29. Qd5 Qb6 30. Qa8+ Kf7 31. Qe4 Nd4 32. Qd5+
Qe6 33. Qxc5 Nxc2 34. Ne4 Qc6 35. Qa7+ Kg6 36. Ng3 Ne1 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Peralta, Fernando"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "198"]
[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"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Qe2 ({The
normal move order to reach the game variation is} 7. Qd2 Bb7) 7... Ba6 8. Qd2 (
{White gets nothing by giving play an independent character with} 8. Qf2 $6 {
, because after} Bb7 $1 {the queen is exposed on f2. For instance,} 9. e5 Ng4
$15 {leads to a loss of tempo for White compared to the normal lines.}) 8...
Bb7 9. e5 Ng4 10. O-O-O c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 $5 {I have introduced this move into
practice 6 and half years ago. Analysis had convinced me that "losing" a pawn
is the least evil in this position. In an case, Black should refrain from
prematurely exchanging his active minor pieces.} (11... Bxf3 $6 12. gxf3 Nxe3
13. Qxe3 bxc5 14. h4 $40) (11... Nxe3 $6 12. Qxe3 bxc5 13. h4 $40) 12. Bxc5 (
12. h4 {makes less sense now, because the g4-knight retsricts White's kingside
activity. Black could continue his development with} Nc6 $132) 12... Nd7 $5
$146 {Bravo! I always feel an aesthetic satisfaction when a novelty comes as a
developing move, ignoring such banal things like pawn tensions, attacked
pieces, etc. However, this does not mean that thinsg are entirely clear after
the game move.} (12... Qc7 $6 13. Bd4 Nc6 {is refuted by} 14. exd6 $1) ({
In the aforementioned game I played} 12... Qa5 13. Ba3 dxe5 {, which caused
some trend of fashion for a while.} {In my initial analysis, the main line
continued} 14. Nd5 $5 ({Illescas played} 14. h3 Bh6 15. Ng5 exf4 16. Nxf7 $1 (
16. hxg4 Bxg5 $17) 16... Rxf7 17. hxg4 Bg5 18. Ne4 $5 ({Later,} 18. Kb1 {
was tried, but in the nites to Charbonneau,P (2472)-Lahno,K (2472)/Montreal
2004/CBM 103/[Finkel,A] (1-0, 30) things are proven to be not that simple.})
18... Qxd2+ 19. Nxd2 {'/\Nf3+/=, /\Bc4} f3 $1 $132 {Illescas Cordoba,M (2585)
-Marin,M (2556)/Mondariz 2002/CBM 091 ext (1/2-1/2, 32)}) 14... Qxd2+ 15. Rxd2
Bxd5 16. Rxd5 {and it was tested in San Luis 2005. Later, Gershon analyzed it
extensively in his book on the Wch.} Ne3 ({I thought that} 16... e4 $5 {
should give Black sufficient play in an unclear position.}) 17. Rd2 (17. Rd3 $1
{Gershon}) 17... Nc6 (17... Nxf1 18. Rxf1 Nc6 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Bh6 21.
Bxe7 Rfb8 22. Rff2 Rb5 23. Bf6 Rd5 24. c4 Rc8 25. b3 Rc6 26. g4 $16 {Shirov,A 
(2709)-McNab,C (2456)/Gibraltar 2006/CBM 110 ext (1-0, 49)}) ({Gershon
recommends} 17... Bh6 $5 {as leading to approximate equality, but I have my
suspicions about moving with the bioshop for the second time before completing
the development of the opposite wing.}) 18. Bb5 Rfc8 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Nxe5
Bxe5 21. fxe5 Nc4 22. Bxe7 Nxd2 23. Kxd2 Rb8 {and now, in Kasimdzhanov,R (2670)
-Svidler,P (2738)/San Luis 2005/CBM 110 (1/2-1/2, 25), White could have
consolidated his advantage with} 24. b3 $16 {acording to gershon.}) 13. Ba3 {
[%csl Yf4] White had a relatively wide choice here. The game move keeps the
kingside well defended, but leaves the bishop out of play in view of the
tactical operation carried out by Black in the game.} (13. Be3 {places the
bishop on an exposed square.} dxe5 $1 14. Qxd7 Nxe3 15. Qxb7 Nxd1 16. Nxd1 exf4
$44 {Black has the safer king, which could prove decisive in the future.}) (13.
Bg1 $5 {looks like the critical line.} Ndxe5 $6 {does not seem to work out
properly now} ({Black probably should try to starta slow queenside attack,
taking advantage of the white dark-squared bishop's absence from this wing with
} 13... Rc8) ({or} 13... Qa5 {, but his compensation is not entirely clear.})
14. fxe5 Bh6 15. Ng5 dxe5 (15... f6 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. exf6 exf6 18. Bd4 $18) (
15... Nxe5 16. Be3 $1) 16. Bd3 (16. Be3 $2 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Qb6 $1 {removes the
queen from the attacked square with gain of tempo, followed by ...f6.} 18. Qxb6
$4 {loses to} Bxg5+) (16. h4 $5) 16... f6 17. h4 fxg5 18. hxg5 Bg7 19. Qe2 $18
{[%csl Gg4]}) 13... Ndxe5 $1 14. fxe5 (14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. h3 Qxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Ne3
17. Bxe7 Rfe8 18. Bd6 (18. Bc5 exf4 $15 {[%csl Gg2]}) 18... e4 $44 {Black has
active play and a dangerous passed pawn.}) 14... Bh6 15. Ng5 Nxe5 $44 {White
will not be able to save his knight, because the bishop cannot interfere the
c1-h6 diagonal in any way.} 16. Kb1 (16. h4 f6 {tretrieves the piece.}) 16...
Qa5 $1 {Black completes his development by connecting rooks and creates the
threat of winning the knight back with ...f6.} (16... f6 $2 {is bad now
because of} 17. Ne6 $1 $18) 17. Qe3 f6 18. h4 Rf7 19. Nb5 fxg5 20. hxg5 Bg7 21.
Qh3 Bh8 $132 {Black has re-established the material equality and has entirely
adequate play. Soon, White will feel the passivity of his a3-bishop.} 22. Be2
Ba6 23. Rd5 Bc8 24. Qh4 Be6 25. Bb4 Qb6 26. Rdd1 a6 {Things have gone wrong
for White.} 27. Nxd6 {Desperation.} (27. Nc3 Nc6 {leaves White's pieces
hanging.}) (27. Nd4 Qxb4 28. c3 (28. Nxe6 $2 Nc4 $1 $19) 28... Bxa2+ 29. Kxa2
Qa4+ 30. Kb1 Rb8 $40) 27... exd6 28. Rxd6 Qe3 29. Rhd1 $2 (29. Bxa6 $17) 29...
Qxe2 $19 30. Rd8+ Rf8 31. Rh1 (31. Bxf8 Rxd8 $19 {[%cal Gh1a1,Ga1h1]}) 31...
Qh5 32. Qxh5 gxh5 33. Rxf8+ Rxf8 34. Bxf8 Kxf8 35. Rxh5 Bf5 36. Rh4 Ke7 37. Ra4
Bc8 38. Rh4 Bf5 39. Ra4 Nc6 40. Rxa6 Bxc2+ 41. Kc1 Be4 42. Ra4 Bg6 43. b4 Kd6
44. Kd2 Be5 45. Ke3 Bd4+ 46. Kd2 Be5 47. Ke3 Bd4+ 48. Kd2 Kd5 49. b5 Ne5 50.
Ra8 Nc4+ 51. Ke2 Nb6 52. Ra7 Bc2 53. Rc7 Bc5 54. Kd2 Bg6 55. Kc3 Bd6 56. Ra7
Kc5 57. a4 Nd5+ 58. Kb3 Nc7 59. Rb7 Be4 60. Rb8 Bxg2 61. Rd8 Bd5+ 62. Kc2 Ne6
63. Rd7 Be4+ 64. Kd1 Bc7 65. Ke2 Bb6 66. Rf7 Nxg5 67. Rf6 Bd5 68. Ke3 Nf7 69.
Kf4 Bc7+ 70. Ke3 Nd6 71. Rf8 h5 72. Rh8 Bf7 73. Kf4 Nxb5+ 74. Kg5 Nd6 75. Ra8
Bd5 76. Rf8 Bf7 77. Ra8 Kc6 78. Rh8 Ba5 79. Rh7 Bd2+ 80. Kf6 Bc3+ 81. Kg5 Bd2+
82. Kf6 Bc3+ 83. Kg5 Be8 84. Re7 Bd2+ 85. Kf6 h4 86. Rh7 Be1 87. Kg5 Bd7 88.
Rxh4 Bxh4+ 89. Kxh4 Kb6 90. a5+ Kxa5 91. Kg5 Kb5 92. Kf6 Kc5 93. Ke5 Bc8 94.
Kf6 Kd5 95. Kg5 Ke5 96. Kg6 Nf5 97. Kh7 Kf6 98. Kg8 Ng7 99. Kf8 Ba6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.18"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Black "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Oslo"]
[BlackTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Rb8 {This move, once considered to be the main line, is less fashionable
nowadays.} (8... Bg4 {is more frequently seen in recent years.}) 9. f5 $5 {
This move, popularized by Acs, is one of the main reasons for Black's switch
to 8...Bg4.One of Black's main ideas in the lines starting with 8...Rb8 is to
reduce White's attacking potential with a well timed Bg4xf3. The early advance
of the f-pawn physically prevents this manoeuvre.} Qa5 $5 $146 {Black creates
such threats as ...b5 or, even more dangerous, ...c4.} (9... Nb4 10. Be2 (10.
fxg6 $5 hxg6 11. Be2 {avoids the complications and maintains the attacking
chances intact.} Bg4 12. Ng5 Qd7 13. a3 Na6 14. Qe1 Nc7 15. Bd3 b5 16. Qh4 Rfc8
17. Be3 c4 18. e5 cxd3 19. exf6 exf6 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. Nge4 Ne8 22. Rae1 dxc2
23. Bh6 Bxh6 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Nxf6+ {1-0 Acs,P (2542)-Spasov,V (2590)/Budapest
2000/CBM 078}) 10... gxf5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. a3 Bxc2 $5 (12... Na6 13. Nh4 Bg6
14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. Rxf5 Nc7 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. Qd3 b5 18. Raf1 b4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20.
Ne4 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 f6 22. Qh3 Kh8 23. Ng5 e6 24. Nxh7 {1-0 Acs,P (2420)
-Lorscheid,G (2330)/Budapest 1997/CBM 058 ext}) (12... Nxc2 13. Nh4 Nxa1 14.
Nxf5 $40) 13. Qd2 Bg6 (13... Qa5 $5 14. axb4 Qxa1 15. Qxc2 cxb4 {is an
alternate way to stirr up huge complications.}) 14. axb4 cxb4 15. Nd1 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Nataf,I (2485)-Marin,M (2545)/Andorra 1998/EXT 2003/[Marin,M] (52)
Black's compensation is insufficient, although the position remains enormously
complicated, which caused White to get on the losing side at a later moment.})
(9... b5 $6 {looks premature:} 10. fxg6 (10. Nxb5 gxf5) 10... fxg6 11. Bxb5 (
11. Nxb5 $1 $16) 11... Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Rxb5 13. Qe2 c4 $132 {1-0 Parligras,M 
(2441)-Vajda,L (2447)/Eforie Nord 2000/CBM 081 (39)}) (9... gxf5 10. exf5 Nc7 {
Quite provocative, I agree. At the cost of opening his king's position, Black
chronically weakens the d5-pawn.} (10... Nb4 {could eventually transpose to
the game Nataf-Marin}) 11. a4 (11. Qe1 b5 12. Qg3 Kh8 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Yb5b4,
Yc8b7,Yf8g8]}) 11... Ncxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. Qe1 d5 15. Nxh7 $5 {
A completely unexpected move, typical for Larry's daring style.} (15. Bf4 Bd7
$5 16. Bxb8 Qxb8 17. Qxe7 $2 c4 18. Be2 h6 19. Nf3 Re8) ({Objectively,} 15. Qh4
$1 {should be regarded as stronger.}) 15... Nxh7 16. Qg3 c4 (16... Qb6 $142 17.
a5 Qc6 18. Qxb8 c4 19. Be2 Bxf5 $13) 17. f6 exf6 (17... Nxf6 $1 18. Rxf6 e5 19.
Bg5 cxd3 20. Rxf7 Rxf7 21. Bxd8 Bf5 $132) 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Ra3 (19. Qxb8 Qb6+
20. Kh1 Bf5 21. Qf4 Bxc2 22. Ra3 Bd3 $44) 19... Bd7 20. Qh4+ Kg8 21. Rg3 f5 22.
Qh6 (22. Qd4 $142 f6 23. Bh6 Rf7 24. Bxg7 Rxg7 25. Qxd5+ Kf8 26. Qd6+ Kf7 27.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 28. Rd1 $14) 22... Qb6+ 23. Be3 (23. Qxb6 axb6 24. Bh6 Kh7 25. Bxg7
Rg8 26. Bd4 Rxg3 27. hxg3 $11) 23... Qxh6 24. Bxh6 Kh7 25. Bxg7 Rg8 26. Be5
Rxg3 27. Bxg3 Re8 $15 {0-1 Christiansen,L-Marin,M/rapid, World Chess Network
2000/WCN/[Marin,M] (41)}) (9... Nc7 10. a4 (10. fxg6 $5 {[%cal Yd1e1,Ye1h4]})
10... gxf5 11. Nh4 $5 (11. exf5 {would transpose to the game Christiansen-Marin
}) 11... e6 $2 {This allows White get a strong attack for free.} ({The
critical test for the pawn sacrifice is} 11... fxe4 12. Nxe4 Ncxd5 {bringing
the queen's knight closer to the king and refraining from weakening the
structure.}) 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. exf5 $36 {1-0 Van der Weide,K (2472)-Pribyl,J 
(2412)/Triesen 2005/CBM 106 ext (24)}) 10. Qe2 {By increasing the pressure
along the f1-a6 diagonal, White physically prevents both Black's threats.} ({
The attempt to imeediately transfer the queen to the king side with} 10. Qe1 {
would allow} c4 $1 11. Be2 Nb4 12. Bd1 gxf5 $132) ({However,} 10. Kh1 $5 {
(Preventing ...c4) deserves serious attention:} b5 (10... Nb4 11. fxg6 hxg6 12.
Be2 Bg4 13. a3 {leaves the black queen rather misplaced in view of White's
king side attack.}) 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 $14) 10... Nb4 11. Bc4 a6 {Black
renews the threat. The White bishop seems to be in trouble.} 12. a3 $6 ({
In a game played in the same tournament just a couple of days later, (and
where a slightly different move order was used to reach this same position)
White managed to highlight the drawback of Black's plan:} 12. fxg6 $1 $146 {
(It is important to prevent Black from weakening the d5-square by means of ..
gxf5)} hxg6 13. Qd1 $1 b5 14. Be2 e6 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. a3 Nc6 17. Qxd6 Nd4 18.
Nxd4 cxd4 19. Nd5 (19. Qxd4 Ng4 $44 {[%cal Ya7g1]}) (19. e5 $1 Nd7 20. Qxd4
Nxe5 21. Qh4 $16) 19... Nxd5 20. exd5 Rbd8 21. Qg3 Bxd5 22. Bg5 Rde8 23. Bd3
Re6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Van Haastert,E (2398)-Kekelidze,M (2473)/Saint Vincent 2005/
CBM 110_01 (51)}) 12... b5 13. Bb3 c4 14. Ba2 (14. Ba4 Nbxd5 $1 15. exd5 Bxf5
$132) 14... Nxa2 15. Nxa2 gxf5 16. Nb4 fxe4 17. Ng5 Bb7 $17 {White's attacking
chances are questionable, while his material disadvantage will soon tell.
However, it is early to consider Black's new idea as entirely viable, in view
of White's possible improvments on the 10th and 12th moves.} 18. Bd2 Qb6+ 19.
Be3 Qc7 20. Bd4 a5 21. Na2 Bxd5 22. Nc3 Bc6 23. Bxf6 exf6 24. Ngxe4 b4 25. axb4
axb4 26. Qg4 Kh8 27. Ne2 f5 28. Qxf5 Rb5 29. Qf4 Be5 30. Qh6 Rg8 31. N2g3 Qe7
32. Nf6 Rg7 33. Rae1 Qd8 34. Re2 Bxg3 35. hxg3 Rbg5 36. Re3 Qb6 37. Rfe1 Rxg3
38. Kf1 Bxg2+ 39. Kf2 Bc6 40. Kf1 Rg1+ 41. Ke2 R7g2+ 42. Kd1 Qd4+ 43. Rd3 Rxe1+
0-1

[Event "EU-ch 9th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2008.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chudinovskih, Alexander"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. Qe1 {This straightforward attacking move is justly considered to be
premature in view of Black's reply.} Nb4 $1 {The vulnerability of the
queenside will not allow White to dispose his attacking forces in an optimal
way.} 10. Qh4 ({The more solid} 10. a3 {fails to prevent Black's queenside
play.} Nxd3 11. cxd3 Rb8 12. Nd2 (12. Qh4 b5 13. f5 b4 14. Nd1 Qb6 {offered
Black excellent counterplay, in view of the weakness of White's back rank,
Saravanan,V (2375)-Marin,M (2545)/Andorra 1998/EXT 2003/[Marin,M] (0-1, 30).
In this game, the moves ...Bg4 and ...Rb8 were played in reversed order.})
12... Bd7 $1 {Black has to evacuate the bishop.} (12... b5 13. f5 b4 14. axb4
cxb4 15. Na4 gxf5 16. h3 $16 {[%csl Gg4]}) 13. a4 e6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Nc4 d5
16. Ne5 Be8 $5 {[%csl Ga4,Gg6]} (16... Bc8 {was the start of a series of moves
without a clear plan.} 17. Bd2 Nd7 18. Qg3 Nf6 $6 19. Rad1 $14 {Polgar,S (2425)
-Piket,M (2350)/Amsterdam 1990/CBM 020/[King] (1-0, 48)}) 17. Bd2 Nd7 18. Qg3
Nxe5 19. fxe5 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 d4 $132) 10... c4 $1 11. Bxc4 Nxc2 12. Rb1 Rc8 {
During the game, I established that it is better to refrain from ...Bxf3 or ...
Qb6+ as much as possible. here are two lines that suggest that my judgement
was right.} (12... Bxf3 13. Rxf3 Rc8 14. Bf1 $5) (12... Qb6+ 13. Kh1 Rfc8 14.
Bb3 Qa6 15. Bd2 Qd3 {Tseitlin,M (2440)-Pein,M (2450)/Tel Aviv 1992/CBM 029 ext
(1/2-1/2, 40)} 16. e5 $1 $40 dxe5 (16... Bxf3 17. Rxf3 Qxd2 18. Rd1 $1 $16) 17.
fxe5 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 Qxd2 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Rxf6 exf6 21. Rd1 $16 {[%csl Gc2]})
13. Bb3 (13. Bd3 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 Qb6+ 15. Qf2 (15. Kh1 Rxc3 $1) 15... Ne1 $1 $15)
13... Bxf3 14. Bxc2 {Aiming to muddy the waters by leaving the enemy bishop in
an uncomfortable position.} (14. Rxf3 Nd4 15. Rh3 Nxb3 ({During the game I
planned} 15... h5 $5 $15) 16. axb3 h5 17. Rf3 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Qxb3 $17 {Plachetka,
J (2460)-Jansa,V (2460)/Czechoslovakia 1992/TD (0-1, 27)}) 14... Be2 ({Again,
I refrained from} 14... Qb6+ {because of} 15. Qf2 $1 {re-centralizing the
queen that had failed to threaten the king.} ({I was seduced by the variation} 
15. Rf2 $2 Ng4 16. gxf3 Nxf2 17. Kg2 Nd1 $1 $19) (15. Kh1 Be2 16. Re1 Bc4 17.
Be3 {Rogers,I (2545)-Torre,E (2530)/San Francisco 1991/CBM 023/[King] (1/2-1/2,
49)} Qa6) 15... Be2 16. Be3 Qa6 17. Rfe1 Bd3 $11) 15. Re1 (15. Rf2 $5) 15...
Bc4 $15 {I was not aware of the fact that all these moves had been played
already and in fact spent a lot of time to reach this position.} ({The
"involuntary" novelty looks better than} 15... Ba6 {Hagarova,Z-Fierro Baquero,
M/Bratislava 1993/TD (0-1, 63)}) 16. Bd2 {[%csl Gc3] After the game, my
opponent confessed that he just blundered the a2-pawn, but during the game I
thought that his move was the best way to keep White's position viable somehow.
} (16. Be3 b5 (16... Bxa2 17. Ra1 Bc4 18. Rxa7 Ba6 $13) 17. a3 (17. b3 Bxd5 $1
$19) 17... a5 $15) 16... Bxa2 17. Ra1 Bc4 ({I rejected} 17... Bb3 {because
after} 18. Bxb3 {I would have been forced to... play} Qb6+ {anyway, with the
same drawback as before:} 19. Qf2 Qxb3 20. Qxa7 $13) 18. Kh1 (18. Rxa7 $2 Qb6+
({During the game I relied on} 18... Ba6 $15 {trapping the rook.}) 19. Qf2 Rc5
$3 $17 {[%cal Gf6g4]}) 18... a5 $5 19. f5 b5 20. Bb1 (20. b3 b4 21. bxc4 Rxc4
22. Bb3 bxc3 23. Bxc4 cxd2 $17) 20... Nd7 $5 ({I did not wish to help the
enemy knight approach the kingside with} 20... b4 21. Nd1 {[%cal Gd1f2,Gf2g4]})
(20... a4 $5) 21. Re3 {Pressed by the time, my opponent failed to understand
the idea behind my previous move, and he moved his rook to the 3rd rank with a
somewhat nervous gesture.} e6 $1 {White's attack is finally over, without
having ever really started.} 22. Qxd8 Rcxd8 23. b3 $6 (23. fxe6 fxe6 {/\Rf1#})
(23. Rxa5 exf5 ({During the game, we both failed to notice that} 23... Bh6 {
is not lethal because of} 24. Re2 $1 Bxd2 25. Rxd2 exf5 $15) 24. b3 (24. exf5
$6 Bh6 25. Re2 Bxe2 26. Bxh6 Rfe8 $19) 24... Ne5 $1 $17 {[%csl Ga5,Ge3]}) 23...
Bxb3 24. Rxa5 Bh6 25. Re2 Bxd2 26. Rxd2 Rc8 $19 {The rest is easy. Black's
initiative will allow him to win another pawn and simplify to achieve a won
rook ending.} 27. Ne2 exf5 28. h3 fxe4 29. Bxe4 Rfe8 30. Bf3 Ne5 31. Rxb5 Bc4
32. Rbb2 Nxf3 33. gxf3 Bxe2 34. Rxe2 Rxe2 35. Rxe2 Rc1+ 36. Kg2 Rd1 37. Kg3
Rxd5 38. Re1 Kg7 39. h4 Kf6 40. Ra1 h5 41. Kf4 Rf5+ 42. Kg3 Re5 43. Ra6 Ke6 44.
Kf4 Rb5 45. Ra8 Rb4+ 46. Kg5 Rb5+ 47. Kf4 Kf6 48. Rd8 Rb4+ 49. Kg3 Ke7 50. Ra8
Rc4 51. Ra7+ Ke6 52. Rb7 d5 53. Rb6+ Kd7 54. Rf6 Ke7 55. Ra6 Rc7 $1 {Finally,
Black has regrouped and is ready to place his rook behind the d-pawn.} 56. Kf4
Rd7 57. Ke3 Rd6 ({I was not 100% sure whether the ending arising after} 57...
d4+ 58. Kd3 Rd6 59. Rxd6 Kxd6 60. Kxd4 {is won, although I managed to work out
the line} Ke6 61. Ke4 Kf6 62. Kf4 g5+ 63. hxg5+ Kg6 $19 {From a practical
point of view, my decision is safer, though.}) 58. Ra7+ Ke6 59. Kd4 Rc6 60. Ke3
Rc4 61. f4 Rc3+ 62. Kf2 Rh3 63. Ra4 (63. f5+ Kxf5 64. Rxf7+ Ke5 65. Re7+ Kf6
$19 66. Rd7 Rxh4 67. Rxd5 {mate in 32.}) 63... Kf5 64. Ra7 f6 0-1

[Event "Andorra op 16th"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1998.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Rb8 9. f5 $5 gxf5 (9... b5 $2 10. Nxb5 c4 11. Bxc4 Rxb5 12. Bxb5 Qb6+ 13. Nd4
$18) 10. exf5 (10. Nh4 c4 11. Bxc4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 (12. Nxf5 Bxf5 13. Rxf5 Qb6+)
12... fxe4 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. Rxf5 Qb6+ (14... Qc8 15. Qg4 Qxc4 16. Bh6 Qd4+ 17.
Kh1 e3 18. Rg5 Qxg4 19. Rxg4) 15. Kh1 Qd4) 10... Nb4 11. Be2 Bxf5 12. a3 Bxc2 (
12... Na6 13. Nh4 Bg6 14. Bd3 $44) (12... Nxc2 13. Nh4 Nxa1 14. Nxf5) 13. Qd2
Bg6 (13... Qa5 14. axb4 Qxa1 15. Qxc2 cxb4) 14. axb4 cxb4 15. Nd1 Qb6+ 16. Kh1
(16. Ne3 Rbc8 17. Kh1 Bh6 $19) (16. Qe3 Nxd5 17. Qxb6 axb6) 16... Rfc8 (16...
Rbc8 17. Nh4 Rc2 18. Nxg6 Rxd2 19. Nxe7+ Kh8 20. Bxd2 $36) 17. Qg5 (17. Nh4 Rc2
18. Nxg6 Rxd2 19. Nxe7+ Kf8 20. Bxd2 Kxe7 21. Ne3 Ne4) 17... Rc2 18. Be3 Qc7
19. Re1 (19. Nd4 Ne4 20. Qg4 (20. Qh4 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Rxe2 22. Qh6 f6) 20... h5
21. Qf3 Nd2 (21... Bxd4 22. Bxd4 Nd2 23. Qf4 Nxf1 24. Qh6) 22. Bxd2 Rxd2 23.
Nb3) 19... a6 20. Ra4 $2 (20. Nd4 Rc5 21. Bf3) 20... Rxe2 $6 (20... Qd7 21.
Rxb4 h6 22. Qh4 Nxd5 23. Rb3 Nxe3 $15) 21. Rxe2 Qc4 22. Re1 Nxd5 23. Ra1 Bf6
24. Qg3 Nxe3 25. Nxe3 Qb3 26. Nf5 Qxb2 27. Rab1 Qc2 28. N3d4 Qc3 29. Qf2 (29.
Re3 Qc5) 29... Bxd4 30. Nxd4 Bxb1 31. Rxb1 Qd3 (31... Rc8) 32. Rf1 Kh8 33. Nf5
e6 34. Nh6 (34. Nxd6 Qxd6 35. Qf6+) (34. Ne7 f5 35. Re1 Rf8 36. Rxe6 f4 $15)
34... f5 35. Re1 Qc3 (35... Rf8 36. Rxe6 (36. Qh4 Qc3) 36... f4) 36. Qh4 (36.
Nf7+) 36... Rf8 37. Rxe6 (37. Nf7+ Rxf7 (37... Kg7 38. Ng5) 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39.
Qg5+) 37... Qa1+ 38. Re1 Qf6 39. Qh5 b3 (39... Kg7 40. h4) 40. h4 $5 b2 (40...
a5) (40... Qg6 41. Qg5 Qxg5 42. hxg5 a5 $19) 41. Rb1 b5 $2 (41... Kg7 $2 42.
Rxb2 $3 (42. Qg5+ Qxg5 43. hxg5 Kg6 44. g4 fxg4 45. Nxg4 Rf4 46. Ne3 Rb4 $19)
42... Qxb2 43. Qg5+ Kh8 44. Nf7+ Rxf7 45. Qd8+) (41... Rc8 $1 42. Kh2 (42. Nf7+
Kg7 43. Ng5 h6 $19) 42... Qe5+ (42... Rc1 43. Qe8+ Kg7 44. Nxf5+ Qxf5 45. Qe7+
Kg6 46. Qxd6+ Qf6 47. Qg3+ Kf7 48. Qb3+ Kg7 49. Qg3+) 43. g3 Rc2+ 44. Kh3 Qe4
45. Nxf5 (45. Qxf5 Qg2+ 46. Kg4 Rc4+ 47. Kg5 Rc5) (45. Nf7+ Kg7 46. Qh6+ Kxf7
47. Qxh7+ Ke8 48. Qg8+ Kd7 49. Qf7+ Kc6 $19) 45... Rf2 $19 46. Nh6 Qg2+ 47. Kg4
Qf3+ 48. Kg5 Qxg3+ 49. Qg4 Qe3+ 50. Kh5 Qe8+) 42. Qg5 Qxg5 (42... b4 43. Rxb2
Qxb2 44. Nf7+) 43. hxg5 Kg7 44. Rxb2 Kg6 45. g4 fxg4 46. Nxg4 Rb8 47. Ne3 b4
48. Rd2 b3 49. Rxd6+ Kh5 50. Nc4 (50. Nd1 Rc8 51. Kg2 Rc1 52. Kf3 a5 53. Nb2)
50... Rc8 51. Na3 (51. Rd4 a5 52. Kg2 Rxc4 53. Rxc4 b2) 51... b2 52. Rxa6 Rc1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Andorra op 16th"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Saravanan, Venkat"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Rb8 9. Qe1 Nb4 10. a3 Nxd3 11. cxd3 Bg4 12. Qh4 b5 13. f5 b4 14. Nd1 (14. axb4
cxb4 15. Nd1 a5) 14... Qb6 15. Bh6 (15. Ne3 Bxf3 (15... c4 16. dxc4 Bxf3 17.
gxf3 b3 $44) 16. Nc4 (16. Rxf3 c4 17. dxc4 Qd4 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. axb4 Rxb4 $36)
16... Qc7 17. Rxf3 bxa3 18. Rxa3 Rb4 19. Bg5 Rfb8 20. Rh3 h5 21. fxg6 fxg6 22.
Bd2 Rb3) (15. axb4 c4+ 16. Be3 Qxb4 {Saravanan}) 15... c4+ 16. Kh1 (16. Be3 Qc7
(16... Qa6 17. Nf2 Bxf3 18. axb4)) 16... Bxf3 17. Rxf3 cxd3 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19.
Rxd3 Qb5 20. Nf2 bxa3 21. bxa3 (21. Rdxa3 Qxb2 22. Rxa7 Rfc8 $17) 21... Rfc8
22. Rg1 Rc2 23. Rf3 Qc4 24. fxg6 (24. Ng4 Nxg4 25. Qxg4 Rb1 26. h3 Rcc1 27.
Rxc1 Qxc1+ 28. Kh2 Qg1+ 29. Kg3 Rb2 $19) 24... Rc1 $1 (24... hxg6 $2 25. Rh3
Nh5 26. g4 $36) (24... fxg6 $2 25. Ng4 Nxg4 $2 26. Qxe7+ Kg8 27. Qe6+ Kg7 28.
Qxg4) (24... Rb1 $1 25. Nh3 Rxg1+ 26. Nxg1 Qxe4 $3 $17) 25. g4 (25. h3 Rbb1 26.
Rxc1 Qxc1+ 27. Kh2 hxg6 $19) (25. Rxf6 Rxg1+ 26. Kxg1 Rb1+ 27. Nd1 Qd4+ $1 $19)
25... Rbb1 26. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 27. Kg2 hxg6 {g5} 28. Rd3 Qf1+ 29. Kf3 (29. Kg3 Nxe4+
30. Nxe4 Qxd3+ $19) 29... Rb2 30. Re3 (30. Rc3 Rxf2+ 31. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 32. Kxf2
Nxe4+ 33. Ke3 Nxc3) 30... Nd7 (30... Rxf2+ 31. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Nxg4+ 33.
Kf3 Nxe3 34. Kxe3 Kf6 $19) (30... Nxg4 31. Kxg4 Rxf2 32. Qxe7 Rf4+ 33. Kg5 Qf2
34. Rg3 Qd2 $19) (30... Nd7 31. Rc3 Ne5+ 32. Ke3 Qe1+ $19) 0-1

[Event "ARM-ch 66th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2006.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2006.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. Bc4 {Once considered to be the introduction to the main line against
Black's setup, this move does not face Black with serious problems at the
present stage of theory.} Nc7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 a6 $6 {However, this
natural way of continuing with the Benoni queen side plan only weakens Black's
position.} ({Black should question White's domination in the centre with the
well-timed pawn break} 11... e6 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Rd1 ({In case of} 13. Be3 {
Black can restrict the activity of this bishop with} b6 {, something he will
not be able to do in the line from our main game. For instance} 14. Rad1 Qe7
15. Rd2 Kh8 16. a4 Rad8 17. Rfd1 Nh5 18. g3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Nf6 {1/2-1/2
Vasiesiu,D (2420)-Marin,M (2545)/Bucharest 1997/EXT 2001}) 13... Qe7 14. e5
dxe5 15. Qxb7 Rab8 $1 (15... Nh5 $6 16. Nb5 $1) (15... Nfd5) (15... Rfb8) 16.
Qxa7 Rb4 17. Nb5 (17. Bxe6+ Qxe6 18. Qxc7 exf4 19. Qxc5 (19. Bxf4 $4 Ne8 $19)
19... Rc4 $44) 17... Nfe8 18. Bf1 (18. Bxe6+ Qxe6 19. Nxc7 Nxc7 20. Qxc7 exf4
$44 21. Qxc5 Bd4+ $1) 18... exf4 19. c3 Re4 20. Qb7 Re5 21. Nxc7 Nxc7 22. Qf3 (
22. a4 $5 {Mastrovasilis,D}) 22... Nd5 23. a4 Ne3 24. Rd2 (24. Re1 $2 Nxg2 $1
25. Rxe5 Nh4 $17) 24... Nf5 25. Rf2 Nh4 26. Qd1 (26. Qd3 Qg5) 26... Rd5 $11 {
1-0 Mastrovasilis,D (2456)-Marin,M (2568)/Silivri 2003[Marin,M] (44)}) 12. a4
Rb8 ({Once again, the consolidation of the queen side with} 12... b6 {deserves
attention. You can find a Survey of it in the notes to 1/2-1/2 Paramos
Dominguez,R (2381)-Bogdanovski,V (2435)/Skopje 2002/CBM 088/[Gofshtein,L] (67)}
) (12... Nd7 {1-0 Golod,V (2593)-Bogdanovski,V (2463)/Ohrid 2001/CBM 084/
[Golod,V] (41)}) 13. a5 b5 (13... e6 14. dxe6 Nxe6 15. Ne2 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4
17. e5 Ne8 18. f5 $1 $36 {Wahls,M-Strikovic,A/Zaragoza op 1996}) 14. axb6 Rxb6
15. Qd3 {White enjoys great stability in the centre now.} e6 {The combination
between queen side play and this pawn break is not too inspired.} ({Black gets
nowhere with} 15... Nb5 {because ofo} 16. Bd2 $14 {1-0 Matros,A (2400)
-Odesskij,I/Moscow 1994/CBM 041 (33)}) ({The same as after} 15... Qb8 16. Ra2
Nb5 17. Bd2 Ne8 18. Ne2 Nec7 19. c3 $14 {1-0 Berescu,A (2400)-Dzhumaev,M (2495)
/Kavala 2003/CBM 095 ext (39)}) ({The only way to question White's stability
on light squares consists of transferring the king's knight to the opposite
wing.} 15... Nd7 16. Ra2 Rb4 17. Nd1 {Too passive.} ({The critical line is} 17.
Bxa6 $5 Nxa6 18. Rxa6 Qb8 {[%cal Yb8b7,Yf7f5]}) 17... Nb6 18. c3 $6 (18. Ne3
Bd4 19. Bxa6 f5 $5 {[%csl Yd5]}) 18... Rxc4 19. b3 Rxe4 $1 20. Qxe4 Nbxd5 $15 {
1-0 Bellia,F (2390)-Todorcevic,M (2463)/Las Palmas 2005/CBM 109 ext (40)}) 16.
dxe6 $146 ({White was also better after} 16. Na4 Rb8 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. e5 dxe5
19. Qxd8 Rbxd8 20. Nxc5 Nfd5 21. fxe5 Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Bxe5 23. c3 $16 {[%csl
Ya6,Ye6] 1-0 Wahls,M (2435)-Norwood,D (2405)/Baguio City 1987/EXT 97 (41)})
16... fxe6 17. Be3 $6 (17. Na4 $1 Rb8 18. e5 {would transpose to the game
Wahls-Norwood}) 17... Qe7 ({I see no reason for Black to refrain from} 17...
Rxb2 {, which would opennew perspectives for the bishop along the long
diagonal.} 18. e5 {leads nowehere after} dxe5 19. Bxc5 Qxd3 20. cxd3 Rf7 $13)
18. Rad1 Nd7 {Now, Black has avoided the unpleasant consequences of the
central break e5 and has consolidated his centre. White's position might be
still preferable, but we cannot speak about a clear advantage any more. The
following forced operation will only lead to mass exchanges and a draw.} 19. e5
d5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Qxd5+ Rf7 23. f5 Bxe5 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Rxf7
Qxf7 26. Qxf7+ Kxf7 27. Rxd7+ Ke6 28. Ra7 Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 07th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2006.03.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. Kh1 Rb8 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 Nc7 12. a4 a6 ({As always, the alternative
is the immediate} 12... e6) 13. a5 (13. Qe2 e6 14. Bc4 exd5 15. exd5 Re8 16.
Qf1 Qd7 17. f5 b5 $36 {0-1 Binder,G-Rotariu,G/GER jub50 corr 1996/Corr 2000 
(43)}) 13... e6 {But now, this looks already like the best chance for adequate
counterplay.} (13... Nb5 14. Nxb5 $1 (14. Bd2 Rc8 15. b3 Nd4 16. Rf2 e6 17. Qg1
exd5 18. exd5 Nb5 19. Na4 Nxd5 20. c4 Nd4 21. cxd5 Nxb3 22. Ra2 Nxd2 23. Rfxd2
Qxa5 24. Qb1 Qb4 25. Nb6 Rc7 26. Re2 Qxf4 27. Re4 Qg3 28. Rg4 Qe5 {1/2-1/2
Seirawan,Y (2595)-Speelman,J (2610)/Reykjavik 1990/CBM 018/[King]}) (14. Bxb5
$5 axb5 15. e5) 14... axb5 15. Bxb5 Nxe4 {In spite of having exchanged a
central pawn for a marginal, White retains the better chances because his pair
of bishops and his advantage of space in the centre and on the king side. True,
Black's position remains hard to break.} 16. Qe2 Nf6 (16... f5 17. Bd3 Nf6 18.
c4 Ra8 19. Bd2 Rf7 20. Bc2 Nh5 21. g4 fxg4 22. hxg4 Nf6 23. f5 $40 {1-0
Bachmann,B-Szewczyk,G/ICCF corr 2001/Corr 2004 (35)}) 17. c4 Kh8 18. Bd2 Ng8
19. Bc3 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 f5 21. Re3 Ra8 22. Qe1 Rf7 23. Rea3 Nf6 24. a6 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Mkrtchian,L (2374)-Socko,M (2439)/Mallorca 2004/CBM 102 ext (60)}) (
13... b5 14. axb6 Rxb6 15. Na4 Rb8 16. c4 e6 17. Bd2 Nd7 18. Qc2 exd5 19. exd5
$14 {We have a typical KI position, with virtually no counterplay for Black. 1/
2-1/2 Petrova,L-Schoeneberg,G/Baltic Sea tt6 corr9196 1991/Corr 2000 (24)}) (
13... Nd7 14. Na4 Kh8 $6 (14... e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bc4 b5 $1 17. axb6 Nxb6
18. Nxb6 Rxb6 19. Rd3 Qe7) 15. c4 e6 16. Bd2 exd5 17. exd5 $14 b5 $8 (17... f5
18. Rb1 $14 {[%cal Yb2b4]}) 18. axb6 Nxb6 19. Nc3 $14 {Again, Black's position
is pretty passive. 0-1 Thipsay,P (2492)-Lalic,B (2550)/Great Britain (ch) 1999
[Lalic,B] (45)}) 14. dxe6 $146 (14. f5 $5 exd5 15. exd5 Nd7 $6 (15... Ncxd5 16.
Nxd5 Nxd5 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Qxd5+ Kh7 20. Bg5 Qd7 21. Raf1 Qc6
22. Qc4 Rxf3 23. Rxf3 d5 24. Qh4+ Kg8 25. Bf6 Re8 $11) 16. Ne4 $1 $36 Ne5 17.
Rf1 Nxd5 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Bxa6 $1 $14 {1-0 Seidel,M-Grott,P (1948)/DESC email
2001/Corr 2004 (24)}) 14... Nxe6 $5 {[%csl Ga5][%cal Ye6d4,Yd4c6] Black aims
for active piece play. Among others, he plans to transfer the knight to c6 in
order to attack the a5-pawn.} (14... fxe6) 15. Nd5 $5 (15. Bc4 {fails to
conolidate White's control on light squares because of the relative weakness
of the e4-pawn.} Nd4 16. Re3 (16. Rf2 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 d5) 16... Re8 $132 {
[%csl Gc1][%cal Yd4c6,Yg7h6]}) 15... Nd4 16. Rf1 Nh5 (16... Nxd5 17. exd5 {
[%cal Yf4f5] would leave Black with problems stoping White's king side attack
based on f5.} f5 {is not a reliable solution because of} 18. c3 Nb5 19. g4 {
when the knight is too far from the king side.}) 17. Kh2 Nc6 18. Qd2 {Not a
very natural way to develop.} (18. Bd2 $5 Bxb2 19. Rb1 $44 {[%csl Gb6,Gd5]
[%cal Yb1b7]}) 18... Re8 19. Ra4 Ne7 20. Nxe7+ ({With his incomplete
development, White cannot afford to avoid the exchange of knights with} 20. Nb6
Nc8 21. Nc4 {because of} d5 $132) 20... Rxe7 21. b3 Qc7 22. Be2 Rbe8 $5 {
Black has completed his development and has strong counterplay based on the
pressure against the e4-pawn. However, White's king side initiative has not
been prevented completely yet.} 23. Bxh5 gxh5 24. f5 $1 Be5+ (24... d5+ 25. Kh1
{[%cal Yf5f6]}) 25. Kh1 f6 26. Qh6 Bd4 27. Bd2 {This move simplifies Black's
task.} ({The critical line seems to be} 27. Rf3 $5 Rg7 (27... Rxe4 $2 28. Rg3+
Kh8 29. Rxd4) 28. c3 Rxe4 $5 29. cxd4 Re1+ 30. Kh2 Re2 31. Rg3 Rxg3 32. Kxg3
Qc6 33. d5 $1 {[%cal Ya4h4]} Qxd5 34. Qxf6 (34. Kh4 $5) 34... Qxb3+ 35. Kh2
Qxa4 36. Bh6 Rxg2+ $1 37. Kxg2 Qc2+ 38. Kg3 Qd3+ $11) 27... Rxe4 $132 {Because
of his strong centralisation, Black has little to fear.} 28. c3 Be3 29. Rxe4
Bxh6 30. Rxe8+ Kf7 31. Re2 Bxd2 32. Rxd2 Kg7 33. c4 Qxa5 34. Rxd6 b5 35. cxb5
axb5 36. Rc6 Qc3 37. Rf3 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Qe5+ 39. Kh1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.28"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Breda"]
[BlackTeam "Bucharest RAT"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. e5 Ng4 8. h3
Nh6 9. Bxa6 $1 $146 (9. g4) 9... bxa6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Qe2 Nf5 (11... f6 {
Rogozenko} 12. e6 (12. O-O-O Nf5 13. Bf2 Bh6 14. g3 fxe5 15. dxe5 $14 {Timman})
12... Nf5 13. Bf2 Bh6 14. g3 $1 (14. g4 Ng7 $132)) 12. Bf2 f6 13. g4 $5 (13. e6
) (13. O-O-O) 13... Nxd4 $8 14. Bxd4 fxe5 15. Be3 exf4 16. Bf2 e5 (16... c5 17.
O-O-O Qa5 18. Be1) 17. O-O-O Qe7 18. Ne4 (18. Bh4 Bxf3 19. Bxe7 Bxe2 20. Bxf8
Bxd1 21. Bxg7 Bf3 22. Rf1 Bg2) 18... d5 19. Nc5 $6 (19. Bc5 $1 {Timman} Qe8 (
19... Qf7 20. Bxf8 dxe4 21. Bxg7 exf3 22. Qxe5 Re8 23. Qf6 Qxg7 24. Qxf4 $16)
20. Bxf8 Qxf8 21. Nc3 c6 (21... e4 22. Nxd5 exf3 23. Qxf3) 22. Nxe5 $1 Re8 23.
Nxg6 $14) 19... e4 20. Nxb7 Qb4 21. Bd4 Qxb7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nd4 Rae8 24. Nb3
e3 (24... c6 {Rogozenko}) 25. Nd4 c5 26. Nf3 d4 27. c4 $6 (27. c4 Qe4) (27. Rd3
$13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1999.01.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1999.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Rb8 9. Qe2 Nc7 10. a4 a6 11. a5 b5 12. axb6 Rxb6 13. Ra2 (13. Na4) (13. Kh1 Bg4
) 13... e6 $1 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. b3 Qc8 16. f5 (16. Bd2 Bg4) 16... gxf5 17. exf5
(17. Ng5 $5) 17... Bxf5 (17... Bd7) 18. Bxf5 (18. Nh4 Bg6 19. Nf5 Qe6 20. Qf3
d5) 18... Qxf5 19. Nh4 Qe5 20. Qxe5 dxe5 21. Ra5 Rc6 22. Na4 Ne6 23. Nf5 Re8
24. Bb2 (24. Bh6 $142 Bxh6 25. Nxh6+ Kg7 26. Nf5+ Kf8 27. Nh6 $11) 24... Nd7
25. Nc3 (25. Rd1 Nd4 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. c3 Nxb3) 25... Nd4 26. Rd1 $2 $138 (26.
Nd5 Nxf5 27. Rxf5 $44) 26... Nxf5 27. Rxd7 e4 $19 28. g4 (28. Na4 e3 29. Bxg7
Kxg7 30. Rd1 e2 31. Re1 Nd4 32. Nc3 (32. Rxc5 Rxc5 33. Nxc5 Nxc2 34. Kf2 Nxe1
35. Kxe1 a5 36. Nb7 Re5 $19) 32... Rg6 33. Kf2 Rf6+ 34. Kg1 Re5) (28. Rd5 Bd4+
29. Kh1 Ng3+ 30. hxg3 Rh6+) 28... Bd4+ 29. Kf1 (29. Kh1 Ne3) 29... Ne3+ 30. Ke2
Rh6 (30... Nxc2) 31. h4 (31. Nxe4 Bxb2 (31... Rxe4) 32. Kxe3 Rh3+ 33. Kf4 Bc1+
$19) 31... Rxh4 32. Rxd4 cxd4 33. Rg5+ Kh8 34. Nd1 (34. Nd5 Rh2+ 35. Ke1 Nxc2+
36. Kd1 e3 37. Nf4 e2+) 34... Rh2+ 35. Nf2 Rxf2+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 10th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2009.03.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Solomunovic, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nh5 $5 {A very
original way to put the central dark squares under pressure. Before playing
his bishop to g4, Black opens the long dark diagonal and attacks the f4-pawn.
From a general point of view, this looks somewhat risky, because Black delays
his queenside development. In practice, the variation has proved to be
playable, although it offers White chances to retain a small, but persistent,
plus.} 7. O-O Bg4 8. Be3 ({The somewhat speculative} 8. Be2 {can be effective
only in the event of careless play by Black.} Nc6 (8... e5 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. Bg5
f6 11. Be3 $14 {Prie,E (2489)-Shoker,S (2399)/Cannes 2009 (1-0, 45)}) 9. d5 (9.
e5 dxe5 10. dxe5 f6 $132) 9... Nb8 10. Be3 c6 $132) 8... e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. f5
{This is the most logical reaction to the central break. White keeps the long
diagonal closed and prepares a slow, but consistent, kingside attack.} (10.
fxe5 {Sutovsky,E (2612)-Smirin,I (2652)/Tel Aviv 1999/CBM 071/ [Smirin] (0-1,
57)}) 10... Nc6 (10... Nf4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nc6 13. Nd5 (13. Rad1 {may be
simpler, when} Nd4 14. Qf2 c6 {transposes to the main game.}) 13... Nxd5 14.
exd5 Nd4 15. Qe4 a6 (15... gxf5 16. Rxf5 Nxf5 17. Qxf5 Qh4 18. Kh2 e4 19. g3
Qf6 20. Qxe4 Qg6 21. Qf3 f5 22. Rf1 $14) 16. c3 ({White should not help the
enemy knight get closer to the perfect blocking d6-square.} 16. Rad1 $5 Nb5 17.
Qg4 Nd6 18. Bg5 $14) 16... Nb5 17. Bxb5 axb5 18. Bc5 Re8 19. a3 {This had been
given as +/= by Smirin, but in the following game White could not maintain his
domination on the light squares.} Ra4 20. Bb4 c6 $132 {Berkvens,J (2297)
-Avrukh,B (2620)/Wijk aan Zee 2000/CBM 075 (0-1, 44)}) 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd4
{Accroding to Smirin, Black has good counterplay, but the present game casts
some doubt over his evaluation. White retains an enduring advantage in space.}
13. Qf2 c6 14. Rad1 Nf4 {Black's knights are very active, but they lack
stability. The only thing White has to avoid is "winning" a pawn with Bxf4,
when the activity of the g7-bishop would offer Black good compensation.} (14...
Qe7 15. Ne2 Nxe2+ 16. Bxe2 Nf4 17. Kh2 (17. Bc5) 17... Qf6 18. g3 Nxe2 19. Qxe2
Rfd8 20. g4 $14 {Maiorov,O (2449)-Yastrebov,A (2335)/ Krasnodar 2001/EXT 2002 
(1-0, 37)}) (14... Qb6 15. Na4 Qa5 16. b3 $14 {[%cal Gc2c3]}) 15. Kh2 Qc7 16.
g3 Nxd3 17. Rxd3 Rfe8 18. g4 {Kotronias believes in the long term character of
his advantage.} ({Otherwise, he might have considered} 18. f6 Bf8 19. Bxd4 exd4
20. Qxd4 $14 {when Black's counterplay on the dark squares is not easy to
carry out.}) 18... b5 19. h4 {[%cal Gh4h5,Ge3c1,Gd3h3] The start of a very
strong plan. Since Black's counterplay develops quite slowly, White increases
his pressure gradually.} Rad8 20. h5 Rd7 {Black does not seem to find the most
active continuations.} (20... Rd6 $5 21. Bc1 Red8 {would have put some
pressure on the d-file, maintaining the sixth rank defended at the same time.})
21. Bc1 b4 (21... Red8 $5) 22. Nd1 c5 (22... Red8 $5) 23. Rh3 {[%cal Gh5g6,
Gf2h4] Suddenly, there are some concrete threats.} Qc6 {Black resorts to
tactics in order to avoid immediate disaster.} (23... Red8 $2 24. hxg6 fxg6 25.
Qh4 $1 Bf8 26. fxg6 $18) 24. f6 $1 {The start of a well calculated tactical
operation.} Qxf6 $1 (24... Bf8 $2 25. hxg6 Qxe4 (25... hxg6 26. Qh4 $18) ({
The standard reaction would be} 25... fxg6 {, but the insufficient defence of
the seventh rank and the unfortunate position of the e8-rook lead to disaster
after} 26. f7+ $1 $18) 26. gxh7+ Kh8 27. Ne3 $16 {[%csl Gf5]}) 25. Qxf6 Bxf6
26. Rxf6 Ne2 27. Ne3 Nxc1 28. Nd5 {[%csl Rc1,Rd7,Re8,Rg8][%cal Gf6f1,Gd5f6]
Black has won a pawn, but ALL his pieces are vulnerable.} Red8 $6 (28... Kg7 {
would have been the lesser evil.} 29. Rf1 Nxa2 30. h6+ Kh8 {[%csl Gh7]} 31. Ra1
b3 32. Rxb3 Nb4 33. Nxb4 cxb4 34. Rxb4 $14 {White has the more active rooks,
better structure and safer king's position.}) 29. Rf1 Ne2 30. Nf6+ Kf8 31.
Nxd7+ Rxd7 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Rh8+ Kg7 34. Rc8 $16 {Black has no compensation
for the lost exchange.} Nf4 35. Rxc5 Rd2+ 36. Kg3 Ne6 37. Rxe5 Rxc2 38. Rf2 Rc4
39. g5 Rc1 40. Rd2 Rg1+ 41. Kf2 Rg4 42. Rdd5 Rh4 43. Kg3 Rh1 44. Rd7 Kg8 45.
Rxa7 Rg1+ 46. Kf2 Rb1 47. b3 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Bd3 {Karjakin has frequently played
this move order over the past years. The last move looks a bit unnatural from
the traditional point of view (one should develop the knight first and only
then the bishop) but it has the concrete purpose of avoiding the 5...c5
variation.} O-O {This allows White to transpose to the "closed" systems 
(without 5...c5). The only way of trying to take advantage of this particular
move order is attacking d4.} ({True, the obvious} 5... e5 {has not worked too
well so far:} 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Nf3 {Even though Black has managed to disrupt
the enemy centre and weaken the e4-pawn, he will need to release the tension,
thus speeding up White's development.} exf4 8. Bxf4 O-O 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O
Be6 (10... Ng4 11. Nd5 Nce5 12. h3 Nxf3 13. gxf3 Ne5 14. Be2 $14 {Giri,A (2784)
-Van Wely,L (2667) Wijk aan Zee 2015 (1-0, 52) CBM 165 [Szabo,Kr] offered
White promising central domination.}) 11. h3 Nd7 12. Bg5 Bf6 $6 {This only
weakens the dark squares helping White's attack.} (12... f6 13. Be3 Nde5 {
is more solid but after} 14. h4 h5 {White will most likely find a favourable
way to sacrifice a pawn with g2-g4 in order to open the kingside.}) 13. h4 $16
{Karjakin,S (2776)-Wang,H (2752) Beijing 2013 (1-0, 30), White has better
development and obvious attacking chances.}) ({Karjakin has been less
convincing so far against} 5... Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. e5 (7. Be3 {allows Black to
carry out the central break under optimal circumstances since most of his
minor pieces are fighting for the d4-square:} e5 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Be2
Bxf3 11. Bxf3 O-O 12. Qd3 c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. O-O Qa5 $11 {Karjakin,S (2757)
-Stocek,J (2554) Jurmala 2015 (½-½, 38)}) 7... Bxf3 8. gxf3 Nh5 9. Be3 O-O ({
The old masters seemed to know better how to treat this type of position:} 9...
e6 $1 {[%cal Gd8h4]} 10. h4 O-O 11. Qd2 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nb4 13. O-O-O Nxd3+ 14.
cxd3 f6 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. Kb1 Rf5 $17 {[%csl Gf3,Gf4,Gh4] Fedorowicz,J (2505)
-Smyslov,V (2560) New York 1989 (½-½, 28)}) 10. Qd2 dxe5 11. dxe5 e6 12.
O-O-O Qh4 13. Rdg1 {Karjakin,S (2753)-Ding,L (2749) Heixiazi 2015 (0-1, 33)
Black is surely doing fine, but he cannot claim an advantage yet.}) 6. Nf3 Nc6
{Over the decades this has been considered the most solid move, but to my
taste it is too dry. I am not really thrilled by the blocking of the path of
the c-pawn.} ({Personally I prefer the riskier but more interesting} 6... Na6)
({and} 6... Nbd7) 7. e5 {Crossing Black's intentions to break with ...e7-e5.} (
{Karjakin had unpleasant memories with} 7. O-O e5 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 Nd4 10.
Nxe5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxe5 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. Qd2 Be6 14. Bh6 Bxb2 15. Rab1 Bd4+ 16.
Kh1 Bxd5 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 $44 {Black surely has excellent
compensation for the exchange but there was no need for throwing the game away
at once:} 19. Bxg6 $2 hxg6 20. c3 Qa5 21. Rxb7 Bb6 {0-1 Karjakin,S (2645)
-Petrosian,T (2581) Tiayuan 2005}) 7... dxe5 8. fxe5 Nd5 {The drawback of this
natural centralising move is that it allows White to consolidate the d4-pawn
with c2-c3, leaving the c6-knight passive. On top of that, ...c7-c5 is not
available.} ({Karjakin had also faced the main alternative:} 8... Nh5 9. Be3
Bg4 10. Be2 f6 11. exf6 exf6 12. O-O Re8 13. Qd2 Ne7 {Statically, Black is
doing fine but Karjakin managed to unbalance the position dynamically.} 14.
Bc4+ Kh8 15. Nh4 Nc6 16. Bf2 Ne5 {Black's kingside pieces are exposed so
starting dynamic play in the centre does not seem the best.} ({The knight
stands well on c6, putting pressure on d4, so it would have been better to
clear up matters on the kingside:} 16... g5 17. h3 Bxh3 18. gxh3 gxh4 19. Bf7
Ng3 20. Bxg3 Re7 21. Bxh4 Rxf7 $13 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Gd8d7,Ga8g8,Gf6f5]}) 17.
Bd5 $1 {[%cal Gd8d2,Gd4e5]} c6 18. h3 $1 cxd5 19. dxe5 Be6 20. exf6 (20. g4 $5
d4 21. Ne4 Bd5 22. gxh5 Bxe4 23. h6 $16) 20... Nxf6 21. Bd4 {The blockade on
d4 offers White some chances for an advantage but the next active move keeps
things within tolerable limits for Black:} Ne4 {Karjakin,S (2777)-Jones,G 
(2664) Bilbao 2014 (½-½, 45)}) 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. c3 Bg4 ({Another unlucky
game for Karjakin went} 10... f6 11. Qe2 Kh8 12. Be4 Qd8 13. Be3 {The right
strategy. Even the pressure on e5 is strong, White should not release the
tension.} (13. exf6 exf6 {[%cal Gf8e8] leaves White vulnerable along the
e-file.}) 13... fxe5 14. d5 $1 Nb8 15. O-O-O Nd7 16. Bc2 {[%cal Gf3g5,Gh2h4]}
e4 17. Bxe4 Nf6 18. Bc2 Qd6 19. Bd4 ({This offers White strong initiative for
the pawn but it would have been simpler to keep it:} 19. Qc4 $1 $16 {[%cal
Ge3c5]}) 19... Nxd5 20. Bxg7+ Kxg7 21. Rhe1 Bg4 22. Kb1 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qc6 24.
Be4 e6 25. h4 Qb6 26. h5 $4 Nxc3+ {0-1 Karjakin,S (2678)-Petrosian,T (2613)
Mainz (rapid) 2007}) 11. Qe2 {A rare continuation} ({The most popular
continuation is} 11. O-O {but White has to reckon with} Bxe5 12. dxe5 Rad8 13.
Qa4 $5 {[%csl Gg4]} (13. Be2 Bxf3 $15 14. Bxf3 $2 Qc5+) (13. Bh6 {1-0 (65)
Boudy Bueno,J-Zwaig,A Dresden 1969} Nxe5 $1 $44) 13... Bxf3 14. Rxf3 Nxe5 15.
Be2 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 {with a position which is hard to evaluate.
The bishops are threatening but Black's extra pawns and the rook's activity
along the d-file should not be underestimated.}) ({But the simple} 11. h3 {
may face Black with bigger problems for instance:} Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qd7 13. Bf4 f6
14. Bc4+ e6 15. exf6 Rxf6 {Kravtsiv,M (2571)-Wang,Y (2709) Shenzhen 2011 
(½-½, 62)} 16. Qe4 $5 $16) 11... Rad8 12. Be4 Qd7 13. Be3 {Karjakin
continues developing.} ({But once again forcing the bishop to make up its mind
is worth considering:} 13. h3 Be6 14. O-O f6 15. Bf4 fxe5 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17.
Nxe5 Qd5 18. Nd3 $14 c6 $2 19. Bc7 $18 {[%cal Gd3f4,Gc7d8] Jansa,V-Lanc,A
Czechoslovakia 1970 (1-0, 28)}) 13... f6 14. O-O-O {The same policy as in the
second game with Petrosian quoted above.} fxe5 15. Qc4+ ({Under the given
circumstances} 15. d5 {does not force the knight to retreat:} Na5 $1 16. b3 ({
The point is that} 16. b4 {does not win the knight due to} Qa4 $1 $132 {
[%csl Ge4]}) 16... b6 $13 {[%cal Ga5b7,Gb7d6]}) 15... Kh8 16. dxe5 Nxe5 $2 {
There was no need for such despairing measures.} (16... Qe6 {offers Black at
least reasonable play if not full equality.} 17. Bd5 Qf5 18. Bxc6 Rxd1+ 19.
Rxd1 bxc6 20. Qxc6 {The most forcing continuation is} Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxd1 22.
Kxd1 Qxe5 23. Bd4 Rd8 24. Qc5 Rxd4+ 25. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 26. cxd4 Kg7 {but this
ending is at least dangerous for Black since his structure is weaker than
White's.}) 17. Nxe5 Qxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 19. Kc2 Bxe5 {Black's rooks cannot
create concrete threats while many black pawns are exposed to the attack of
the white queen and bishops.This is enough to make us prefer White's position,
but the next move makes things even clearer.} 20. Bxg6 $1 Rd6 (20... hxg6 21.
Qxg4 Rd6 22. Qh4+ Kg8 23. Qxe7 $18) 21. Qxg4 $2 $14 {Failing to seize the
favourable moment.} ({After the quiet move} 21. Bd3 $1 $18 {Black is hanging
awfully:} Be6 (21... Bf5 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. Qe4 Rdf6 24. g4 {[%csl Ge5]}) (21...
Bd1+ 22. Kc1 $18 {[%cal Gc4e4]}) 22. Qe4 Rxd3 23. Qxe5+) 21... Rxg6 22. Qe4
Bxh2 23. Qxb7 a6 24. a4 {Materially Black stands more than all right, but his
pawns are weak and his king is exposed.} Bf4 25. Bd4+ e5 26. Bc5 Re8 27. Qxc7
Rxg2+ 28. Kb1 Rg6 29. Qf7 Ra8 30. b4 $18 {Due to his poor coordination Black
cannot advance his passed pawns, while White's are running ahead. The rest is
agony.} Bh6 31. b5 axb5 32. axb5 Rc8 33. Qd5 Bf8 34. Bxf8 Rxf8 35. Qxe5+ Kg8
36. Kc2 h6 37. c4 Rg5 38. Qe6+ Kg7 39. Kc3 Rf7 40. b6 h5 41. Kb4 h4 42. c5 Rf1
43. Qe4 Rgf5 44. Qxh4 R5f4+ 45. Qxf4 Rxf4+ 46. Kb5 Rf1 47. b7 Kf6 48. c6 Rb1+
49. Ka6 Rc1 50. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Metz op 30th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2012.04.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Koziak, Vitali"]
[Black "Manolache, Marius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2012.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. dxe5
Nd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Qe2 Bg4 11. Be4 (11. c3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 e6 13. Be4 Qd8 14.
h4 h5 15. Be3 Bh6 16. b4 Qc8 17. Rg1 Ne7 18. Rd1 Re8 19. Qc4 c6 20. Bc5 Kh8 21.
Qd3 Nd5 22. c4 Nxf4 23. Qd7 Kg8 24. Qxc8 Rexc8 25. Be7 Bg7 26. Bd6 Rd8 27. b5
cxb5 28. c5 Rd7 29. c6 bxc6 30. Bxc6 Rad8 31. Bxd7 Rxd7 32. Rh1 a5 33. Rh2 b4
34. Rc2 Nd5 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Ra8 Rb7 37. Rd3 Rb5 38. Ra7 g5 39. Rxf7 Kg6 40.
Ra7 gxh4 {Shanava,K (2589)-Zarkua,D (2446) Tbilisi 2012 0-1 (78)}) 11... Qd7
12. Be3 Rad8 13. O-O Nd4 14. Qf2 $146 (14. Qc4 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 a6
17. Bc5 Rfe8 18. Bb4 Qd4+ 19. Qxd4 Rxd4 20. Bc3 Rd5 21. Rd3 Rxd3 22. cxd3 Rd8
23. Rd1 e6 24. Kf2 Rd5 25. Ke3 Bf8 26. g4 Be7 27. Ke4 c6 28. Bd2 Rb5 29. Bc3
Bd8 30. Bd4 Ra5 31. a3 Rb5 32. Rc1 Be7 33. a4 Rd5 34. Rc4 Kf8 35. Rc1 Ke8 36.
b3 Kd7 37. Bb6 Ba3 38. Rc4 c5 39. d4 Rxd4+ 40. Rxd4+ cxd4 41. Bxd4 Kc6 42. Be3
Bb4 43. h3 Be1 {Dudek,R (2253)-Kountz,J (2303) Germany 2003 1/2-1/2 (67)})
14... Bf5 15. Bxf5 Nxf5 $11 16. Bd2 b6 17. Bc3 Qa4 18. g3 Rd5 19. Rae1 Rfd8 20.
h3 c5 21. b3 Qc6 22. g4 Nd4 $11 23. Qg2 Nxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Qd7 25. f5 $1 {[%csl
Rf7]} e6 26. f6 Bh6 {[%csl Gd2] Le Bh6 tient bien la position et l'attaque
s'essoufle un peu alorsque les Noirs peuvent réagir au centre.} 27. Qe2 (27. a4
c4 $5) 27... Bg5 28. Qf2 {[%cal Gh3h4] Suite illisible et gain Noir au 44ème
coup} 0-1

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Teheran"]
[Date "2017.02.16"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Buksa, Nataliya"]
[Black "Guramishvili, Sopiko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "252"]
[EventDate "2017.02.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. fxe5
dxe5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bxe5 12. Bf4 Bg7 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Rae1 Bd7
15. Bd3 Rxe1 16. Rxe1 Nf5 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. Bxb5 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Qxd5 20. c4 Qc5
21. b4 Qb6 22. Bd7 Qf6 23. Rd1 Bc3 24. Qd3 Ng7 25. Bxc7 Bxb4 26. Qd5 Qa6 27.
Bb5 Qxa2 28. Qxb7 Rf8 29. Qf3 a5 30. Be5 Qc2 31. Rf1 Nf5 32. h3 Bd6 33. Bxd6
Nxd6 34. Qd5 Nf5 35. Rf3 a4 36. Kh2 Nh4 37. Rg3 Nf5 38. Qd3 Qf2 39. Rf3 Qa7 40.
Kh1 Nd4 41. Re3 Ne6 42. Qa3 Ra8 43. Bc6 Rb8 44. Re1 Qf2 45. Qe3 Qxe3 46. Rxe3
Rb1+ 47. Kh2 Ra1 48. Bd5 Nf4 49. Bf3 Rc1 50. c5 Rxc5 51. Re8+ Kg7 52. Ra8 Rc4
53. Bd1 Rc1 54. Bxa4 h5 55. h4 Nd3 56. Bb3 Ne5 57. Bd5 Ng4+ 58. Kg3 Ne3 59. Be4
Rc4 60. Kf3 Ng4 61. Ra3 f5 62. Bd5 Rd4 63. Ba8 Kh6 64. Kg3 f4+ 65. Kf3 Ne5+ 66.
Ke2 Rb4 67. Bf3 Rb2+ 68. Ke1 Rb1+ 69. Kf2 Rb2+ 70. Kg1 Ng4 71. Kf1 Rb1+ 72. Ke2
Rh1 73. Ra4 Rxh4 74. Rxf4 Kg5 75. Ra4 Rh2 76. Rb4 Ne5 77. Rb5 Kf6 78. Kf2 {
[#] Guramishvili had several winning chances in this game and even at some
points could finish off Buksa but nerves took their toll. This position should
be a draw but in time pressure and with so much at stake, anything can happen.}
Rh1 79. Rb6+ Kg7 80. Re6 Nd3+ 81. Kg3 g5 82. Be4 Nf4 83. Re5 Kh6 $4 {[#]
Desparately seeking winning chances, Guramishvili forgot about her king safety.
} 84. Ra5 $4 {returns the favour!} (84. Re7 {would have cost Guramishvili her
knight} Ne2+ (84... Ng6 85. Re6) (84... h4+ 85. Kg4 {and mate follows soon})
85. Kf2 g4 86. Kxe2 $18) 84... Re1 85. Bf3 Re6 86. Rb5 Rf6 87. Rc5 Nd3 88. Ra5
h4+ 89. Kh3 Nf2+ 90. Kh2 g4 91. Bxg4 (91. Kg1 {was easier but this move is
good enough too}) 91... Nxg4+ 92. Kh3 Ne3 93. Kxh4 Nxg2+ 94. Kg3 Ne3 95. Rb5
Nf5+ 96. Kg4 Kg6 97. Ra5 Nd6 98. Rd5 Ne4 99. Re5 Nf2+ 100. Kg3 Nd3 101. Ra5 Rf1
102. Kg4 Kf6 103. Kg3 Ne5 104. Ra8 Kg5 105. Ra5 Kf5 106. Rb5 Rf3+ 107. Kg2 Rc3
108. Rb4 {Buksa is already defending in a non-systematic fashion. The easiest
path to make a draw is to keep the knight pinned and avoid opposition.} Ng4
109. Ra4 Kg5 110. Ra8 Ne3+ 111. Kf3 Nd5+ 112. Ke4 Nf6+ 113. Kd4 Rc1 114. Ra2
Rd1+ 115. Ke5 Ng4+ 116. Ke4 Re1+ 117. Kf3 Re3+ 118. Kg2 Kh4 119. Ra4 Rc3 120.
Ra2 Rb3 121. Ra4 Rd3 122. Ra2 Rg3+ 123. Kf1 Ne3+ 124. Ke1 Rg1+ 125. Kf2 Rg2+ $4
{[#] With her clock ticking Buksa forgets about 'stalemate'.} 126. Kxe3 $4 (
126. Ke1 Rxa2 {would have been a stalemate.}) 126... Rxa2 0-1

[Event "Copenhagen Aruna"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1997.05.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Black "Sokolovs, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Mortensen,E"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1997.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5
8. O-O Qxc5+ 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. Qe1 Rac8 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Nd2 Bd7 (13...
Be6 14. f5 Bd7 15. Nc4 Qd8 16. Qh4 $6 (16. a4 $14) 16... b5 17. Nxb5 Nb4 18.
Nxa7 Rxc4 19. Bxc4 Nxc2 20. Rae1 Qb8 21. e5 dxe5 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Bc5 Nxe1 24.
Qxe1 Qc7 25. b4 Ra8 26. Nb5 Bxb5 27. Bxb5 Rxa2 28. Bc4 Ra8 29. Qh4 e6 30. h3
Nd5 31. Rd1 Nc3 32. Rc1 e4 33. Qe7 Qxe7 34. Bxe7 e3 35. b5 e2 36. b6 Bh6 37.
Re1 Bd2 38. Rxe2 Nxe2 39. Bxe2 Rb8 {0-1 Mortensen,E-Hansen,Cu/Espoo zt ;CBM 14
1989}) 14. Nb3 Qd8 15. a4 $1 $14 Be6 (15... Nb4 16. Bxa7 $16) 16. Nd4 Nxd4 (
16... Bd7 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bxa7 c5 19. a5 $16) 17. Bxd4 a6 18. f5 Bc4 19. a5
Nd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qe2 $6 (21. Ra4 $1 Bxd3 22. cxd3 Nc5 23. Rd4 Nb3 (23...
Qxa5 24. b4 $18) 24. Rb4 Nxa5 25. Nd5 $40) 21... Bxd3 22. cxd3 e6 23. Qg4 Nf6
24. Qh3 exf5 25. exf5 d5 26. Qh4 Qd6 (26... Rc5 27. fxg6 fxg6 28. Qd4 Rxa5 29.
Rae1 $16) (26... d4 27. Ne4 Nxe4 28. Qxe4 $14) 27. Rf3 Rce8 28. Raf1 Qe5 (28...
d4 29. Ne4 Nxe4 30. dxe4 f6 31. Rh3 Rh8 32. Qh6+ Kf7 33. Rg3 g5 $2 (33... Reg8
34. Rd1 $16) 34. Rxg5 $18) (28... h6 29. fxg6 fxg6 30. Qd4 Qe5 31. Qxe5 Rxe5
32. Na4 d4 33. b4 Re3 34. Nc5 Rxf3 35. Rxf3 Rf7 36. Ne6+ $16) 29. d4 Qd6 30.
Rh3 h5 31. Qg5 Ng4 $5 (31... Nh7 32. Qd2 Nf6 33. Rhf3 Re7 34. Qg5 Ree8 35. h3
Rd8 (35... Nh7 36. f6+ $18) 36. Na4 $16) 32. Rxh5 Rh8 33. fxg6 $2 (33. Rxh8
Rxh8 34. Rf4 $1 Re8 35. g3 $18) 33... f6 $1 (33... Rxh5 34. gxf7+ $1 Rxg5 35.
fxe8=N+ $18) 34. Qxg4 Rxh5 35. h3 (35. Qxh5 Rh8 36. Qxh8+ Kxh8 $13) 35... Rg5
36. Qf3 Qe6 37. Rf2 Rxg6 $2 $138 (37... Kxg6 $15) 38. Nxd5 Qd6 39. Ne3 Kf7 $6 (
39... Kf8) 40. Qxb7+ Re7 41. Nf5 $1 $18 Qd7 42. Qxa6 $6 (42. Qb3+ $1 Qe6 43.
Qf3 $40) 42... Re1+ 43. Kh2 Qc7+ 44. g3 Re3 45. Qd6 Qxd6 46. Nxd6+ Ke6 47. Nf5
Rb3 48. d5+ Kd7 49. Re2 Rg8 50. a6 Ra8 (50... Re8 51. Rxe8 Kxe8 52. a7 Rxb2+
53. Kg1 Ra2 54. Nd6+ Kd7 55. Nb5 Kc8 56. h4 $18) 51. a7 Kc7 52. h4 Rxa7 53.
Re7+ Kb6 54. Rxa7 Kxa7 {Hecht: Auf f5 dominierender Springer mit Freibauern
und wK bei den Freibauern ==> 1-0} 55. Kh3 Kb6 (55... Rxb2 {Hecht} 56. Kg4 Rf2
57. h5 Rh2 58. h6 Kb6 59. Nh4 Ra2 60. h7 Ra8 61. Ng6 $18) 56. Kg4 Kc5 57. d6
Kd5 58. Kh5 Rxb2 59. Kg6 Ke6 60. h5 Rf2 (60... Rb8 {Hecht} 61. h6 Rg8+ 62. Ng7+
Kxd6 63. Kxf6 $18) 61. Ng7+ (61. h6 $2 {Hecht} Rxf5 62. h7 Rg5+ 63. Kh6 Rxg3
$19) 61... Kxd6 62. h6 Ra2 63. Kxf6 (63. Ne8+ {Hecht} Ke7 64. h7 Rh2 65. Nxf6
$18 {[%cal Rf6h5]}) 63... Kd7 64. Nf5 Ra6+ 65. Kf7 Ra5 66. g4 1-0

[Event "Zalakaros op 35th"]
[Site "Zalakaros"]
[Date "2016.06.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Black "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Narayanan,Srinath"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.05.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The game is too complex to comment from a brief glance, but the accuracy of
Ivanisevic is noteworthy!} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6.
e5 dxe5 7. fxe5 Nfd7 {A departure from the mainlines.} (7... Nd5 8. Bc4 Be6 {
..... goes the mainline}) 8. h4 c5 9. h5 cxd4 10. hxg6 dxc3 $2 (10... Nxe5 11.
Nxe5 hxg6 12. Nxf7 Rxf7 (12... Kxf7 13. Ne4 Nc6 14. Bc4+ Ke8 {is another line
that I would find quite hard to calculate on the board and evaluate.}) 13. Bc4
e6 14. Ne4 Nc6 {seems to give a better shot at defence according to the
computer. I'll refrain from adding much here as I need more time to understand
what's going on and why.}) 11. gxf7+ Rxf7 12. Bc4 e6 $2 (12... Qb6 $142 {
I suppose the idea here is that Black king should vacate the treacherous
Westeros(kingside or the g8 square) and begin making his way to the other side.
Qb6 vacates d8 in facilitation of that process. All the same - as with my
disclaimer at the beginning of the game, I am just not sure about much here.}
13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 {[%cal Gf7e8,Ge8d8]} 14. Qd5+ e6 15. Ng5+ Ke7 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17.
Bg5+ Nf6 18. Bxf6+ Bxf6 19. Rxh7+ Kf8 20. Qxe6 Bxe6 21. exf6 cxb2 22. Rb1 Nd7
23. Rxb2 Nxf6 24. Rhxb7 $14) 13. Bxe6 Qe8 14. Bxf7+ Qxf7 15. Ng5 cxb2 16. Bxb2
Qc4 17. Qh5 Nf8 18. Rh4 Qc7 19. Nxh7 Qa5+ 20. Kf1 Nbd7 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. Rg4+
1-0

[Event "Candidates qf4"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Nunn,J"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1988.08.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. O-O
Qxc5+ 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. Bd3 (10. Qe1 Bg4 (10... d5 11. e5 Ne4 $13 {Nunn}) 11. Bd3)
(10. Nd2 a5 11. a4 Nb4 12. Nb3 Qb6 13. g4 Bxg4 $1 {Fischer-Kortschnoj, Curacao
1962}) 10... Bg4 11. Qe1 Bxf3 12. Rxf3 Nb4 (12... Nd4 13. Rf1 Qh5 $1 $10) 13.
Be3 Nxd3 14. cxd3 Qb4 $5 {/\ a5-a4-a3} (14... Qa5) 15. Rb1 a5 (15... Rac8 16.
Bxa7 b6 17. Qg1) (15... Rfc8 $5) 16. f5 (16. Bg1 $5 a4 $6 17. a3 Qb3 18. d4 $14
{>>}) 16... Rac8 (16... a4 $5) 17. Bg1 {/\ Qd1} (17. Qd1 $1 {/\ a3} d5 $1 {
[] Nunn} 18. e5 Ng4 19. Nxd5 Nxe3 20. Rxe3 Qc5 21. Qf3 Rfd8 (21... e6 22. fxe6
fxe6 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 (23... Kh8 $5) 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. Qxf6 Qxe3 26. Rf1 $1 $16) (
21... Qc1+ 22. Re1 $16 {Nunn}) (21... gxf5 22. d4 Qc1+ 23. Re1 Qg5 24. Qxf5 $16
{Nunn}) 22. Nxe7+ $1 Qxe7 23. f6 Qe6 (23... Qb4 24. fxg7 Qxb2 $2 25. Rf1 $18)
24. fxg7 Qxa2 25. Rf1 {/\ e6} Qe6 26. Qf6 Re8 27. Ref3 (27. Qg5 Rc2 28. h3 {
/\ <<f6>>}) 27... Qxf6 28. exf6 Rc2 29. h3 $16 Ree2 $6 30. Rf4 Rxg2 31. Re1 $18
{Nunn}) (17. Qh4 a4 (17... Rxc3 18. Bd2 Rfc8 19. Qe1 $18) 18. Rh3 {/\ Nd5} h5
$13) 17... a4 (17... e6 {/\ ef, <<fe8} 18. a3 (18. Qd1 $1) (18. fxe6 fxe6 19.
a3 Qb3 20. d4 Nh5 $17 {Seirawan}) 18... Qb3 19. d4 {/\ e5, f6}) 18. a3 Qb3 (
18... Qa5 $2 19. Nd5 {Nunn}) 19. Bd4 (19. d4 Qc4 (19... Qc2 $5) 20. Rd1 Rfd8
21. Qh4 b5 $13 {Nunn}) 19... e6 $5 (19... e5 $5 20. Bf2 (20. Be3 d5 21. exd5
Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. f6 Bh8 $13) 20... d5 21. exd5 (21. Bh4 d4 22. Bxf6 dxc3
23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. f6+ Kh8 25. bxc3 Qxc3 26. Qe3 Rg8 $13) 21... Nxd5 22. Ne4 $14
{Nunn}) (19... b5 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nd5 Kg7) 20. Qg1 $6 {Nunn} (20. Qf1 {! Nunn
} e5 (20... Nxe4 $2 21. Bxg7 $1 (21. dxe4 Bxd4 22. Nd5 exd5 $1 $13) 21... Nd2
22. Qc1 $1 Nxb1 23. Qh6 Nxc3 (23... Rxc3 24. Rf1 $18 {Nunn}) 24. Rf1 $1 (24. h3
$2 Qd1+ 25. Kh2 Ne2 $1) 24... Nd5 25. Bh8 $3 Kxh8 26. fxg6 Nf6 27. g7+ Kg8 28.
gxf8=Q+ Rxf8 29. Qg5+ Kh8 30. Qxf6+ Kg8 31. h3 Qxd3 (31... Qd5 $5) 32. Rf3 Qg6
33. Qc3 $1 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 e5 35. Qc7 $1 {/\ 36.Qe7+-}) 21. Be3 (21. Bf2 d5 22.
exd5 Nxd5 23. Ne4 $16 {Nunn}) 21... d5 22. Bg5 $6 d4) (20. Qh4 $2 e5 {/\ <<c3})
20... b5 21. g4 Nxg4 $1 (21... h6 22. h4 Nxg4 23. f6 Nxf6 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25.
Rxf6 {/\ <<g6 Nunn}) (21... e5 22. Ba7 $1 Nxg4 23. Nd5 $16 {Nunn}) 22. f6 (22.
Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qxg4 Rxc3 24. f6+ (24. fxe6 Rc7) (24. Qh3 exf5 25. exf5 Rc5 $1)
24... Kh8 25. Qh3 (25. Rh3 Rxd3 26. Rxh7+ Kxh7 27. Qh4+ Kg8 28. Qh6 Rd1+ 29.
Rxd1 Qf3+ 30. Kg1 Qxf6 $19) (25. Qg5 Rxd3 26. Qh6 Rg8 $19 {Nunn}) 25... Rc5 $1
(25... h5 $5 26. Qg3 Rfc8 27. Qg5 Kh7 28. Rh3 $18) 26. Qh6 (26. d4 Qc2) 26...
Rg8 27. Rh3 Rh5 28. Rxh5 gxh5 29. Rg1 Rxg1+ 30. Kxg1 Qd1+ $10 {Short}) 22...
Nxf6 (22... Bxf6 $4 23. Rxf6 $18) 23. Bxf6 (23. Rxf6 e5) 23... Bxf6 24. Rxf6 b4
25. axb4 a3 26. Qd1 Qxb4 27. Rf2 (27. Qa4 Qb6 $1 28. Qxa3 (28. bxa3 Qe3 $1 $19
(28... Qd8 29. Qd4 e5 $19)) 28... Ra8 $1 29. Na4 Qd4 $1 $19) 27... axb2 (27...
Qd4 28. Rc2 $1 axb2 29. Ne2 $1 Qe3 30. Rcxb2 $14 {Nunn}) 28. Na2 Qd4 29. Rfxb2
d5 {Nunn} 30. Rb4 $6 (30. Qf3 dxe4 31. Qxe4 (31. dxe4 $5) 31... Rfd8 32. Qxd4
Rxd4 33. Rb8 Rxb8 34. Rxb8+ Kg7 $10) (30. Qe2) 30... Qa7 31. Nc1 $138 {?! Nunn}
(31. Ra4 {Nunn}) 31... dxe4 32. dxe4 $4 (32. Rxe4 Qa8 $10) 32... Qe3 {! -/+
Nunn} 33. Qg1 {? Nunn} (33. Nd3) (33. Nb3 Rfd8 34. Qf1 Rc2 35. Re1 $16 {Nunn})
33... Qf3+ {-+ Nunn} 34. Qg2 Qd1+ 35. Qg1 Rfd8 {/\ Qg1, <<d1} 36. Nb3 Qf3+ 37.
Qg2 Rd1+ 38. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 39. Qg1 Qe2 40. h3 (40. Qa1 e5 $1 41. Kg1 Rd8 $1 $19 (
41... Qg4+ 42. Kh1 Qf3+ 43. Kg1 Rc2 44. Rb8+ Kg7 45. Qxe5+ Kh6 $19 {Nunn}))
40... Rc2 0-1

[Event "Cannes masters k.o."]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2000.02.21"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Oratovsky,M"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.02.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e5 Nfd7 (6... dxe5 $5 7.
dxe5 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Nh5 9. Bc4 Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. Be2 Rad8+ $132 {[%cal Gf7f6]
Redgard-Schussler,H/BRD 19/(167) 1974}) 7. h4 c5 8. h5 (8. e6 $5 fxe6 9. h5
gxh5 10. Rxh5 Nf6 11. Rh4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc6 $15 {Bjarnason,S-Sigurpalsson,R/
ISL-ch Reykjavik/1995/ (22)}) 8... cxd4 9. Qxd4 (9. hxg6 $6 dxc3 10. gxf7+ Rxf7
11. Bc4 (11. e6 $5 $13) 11... e6 12. Ng5 Nf8 $5 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. Qh5+ Kg8 15.
f5 Qa5 $1 $17 {Bochinski,S-Hoffmann,He/2.BLO 9394/1994/ (23)}) 9... dxe5 (9...
Nc6 10. Qf2 Re8 {[%cal Gd7f8]} 11. hxg6 hxg6 12. e6 $1 fxe6 13. Bd3 $36 {
[%csl Rg6] Hector,J-Johansen,O/Gausdal Peer-Gynt/1990/ 1-0 (20)}) 10. Qf2 (10.
fxe5 Nxe5 11. Qh4 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Bf5 13. hxg6 Bxg6 14. Bd3 h5 (14... Bxc3+ 15.
bxc3 Bxd3 16. cxd3 Qxd3 {looks very dangerouse for black}) 15. Be3 Nc6 16.
O-O-O Qa5 $15 {Sax,R-Szpisjak,S/Mid-America Class op 1995 0-1 (31)}) 10... exf4
{critical position.Other continuations are:} (10... e6 11. hxg6 fxg6 {now the
danger for Black's K will be the same as after the better 11...hxg6, and
moreover the e6 and h7 pawns will be vulnerable.} (11... hxg6 12. Ng5 Re8 $5
13. Bd3 Qe7 14. Qh4 Nf8 15. fxe5 Nc6 $1 16. Bf4 Nxe5 17. O-O-O Bd7 18. Bxe5
Bxe5 19. Rdf1 f5 20. Nf3 Qxh4 21. Rxh4 Bf6 22. Rb4 Bc6 $17 {Viksni,I-Fridmans,
D/Riga/1994/}) 12. Qg3 exf4 (12... Nc6 13. Qh3 $16 Nf6 {Mowsziszian} 14. fxe5
Nh5 15. g4 $14) 13. Bxf4 Qf6 (13... Rxf4 14. Qxf4 Nf8 (14... Nc6 15. Ng5 $18)
15. Bd3 Nc6 (15... Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Qa5 17. Ne5 $18) 16. O-O-O Qf6 {Even being
an exchange down, Black must force the Q off, as White still retains good
attacking chances.} (16... Qe7 17. Ne4 $36) (16... Bxc3 {Mowsziszian} 17. bxc3
Qa5 18. Ng5 Qa3+ 19. Kb1 Qe7 20. Rdf1 $40) 17. Qxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 $16 {_|_} Be7
19. c3 (19. g4 $5 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Yg4g5] /\g5,><h7}) 19... Kg7 20. b4 a6 (
20... Bd7 21. b5 Na5 22. Ne5 $18) 21. Rhe1 h6 22. Kb2 Bd7 23. a4 {|^[+],<<} g5
$2 {[%csl Rg6,Rh5] ׻ The decisive weakening, which eases White's task.} (23...
Be8 $142 $16) 24. Ng3 Be8 (24... Re8 25. Nh5+ Kg8 26. b5 {[%cal Rf3e5] /\Ne5+-}
) 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Nd8 27. Nf5+ $18 Kf6 (27... exf5 28. Rxe7+ Bf7 29. Rd7
$5 $18 {[%cal Rd3f5,Rf3e5] /\Bf5,Ne5}) 28. Nxe7 Kxe7 29. Nd4 Kf6 30. Re3 Bf7 (
30... Nf7 31. Rf1+ Ke7 32. Nf5+ Kd7 33. Nxh6 $18) 31. Bc4 Kg7 32. Bb3 {[%csl
Rb7,Re6] ק} g4 33. g3 Rc8 34. Ka3 h5 35. Kb4 Kg6 36. Ne2 Kg5 $2 {Loses a
piece, but Black's position was hopeless anyway.} 37. Red3 {[%csl Rd8] פd8
1-0 Vokac,M-Votava,J/Lazne Bohdanec 1996}) (13... Nc6 {Mowsziszian: !?} 14.
O-O-O $36 {Stohl}) (13... Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qf6 15. Bd2 $16 {[%csl Rg7,Rg8,Rh6]
><g7,h6,Kg8}) 14. Bg5 Qf7 15. Bc4 $40 {[%csl Re6,Rh7] 1-0 Osterman,G-Nouro,M/
FIN-chT I Division-B 1996 (23)}) (10... e4 {Recommended by theory, but if
White doesn't go for a direct attack with 11.Ng5?!, he keeps some advantage
due to his better pawn structure.} 11. Nxe4 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ exf6 13. hxg6 Re8+
14. Be3 hxg6 15. Bd3 Qa5+ 16. c3 Bg4 17. O-O $14 {Banas,J-Kindermann,S/Trnava/
1987 (23)}) (10... Nf6 11. hxg6 fxg6 12. fxe5 Ng4 13. Bc4+ e6 14. Qg3 $16 {
Hector,J-Polihroniade,E/Palma GMA-op/1989/ (20)}) 11. hxg6 hxg6 (11... fxg6 12.
Rxh7 $5 Nf6 13. Rh1 Qc7 14. Qh4 Nh5 $13 {Velema,S-Houben,J/NLD-chU20 1997/0-1 
(72)}) 12. Qh4 Nf6 13. Bxf4 Qa5 14. Bb5 $1 (14. O-O-O Qh5 $1 {after queens
exchange for white much more difficult to prove an initiative for sacrificed
pawn.}) 14... Qb4 (14... a6 15. Bh6 Nh5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. g4 $16) 15. a3 Qxb2
16. Be5 Rd8 ({doesn't work} 16... Qxa1+ 17. Nd1 g5 18. Qh2 Qxa3 19. Bxf6 Qb4+ {
[%cal Gb4e4]} 20. Kf2 $18 {[%cal Gh2h7,Gh2h8]}) 17. Nd5 Qxe5+ 18. Nxe5 Rxd5 {
[%tqu "En","","","","e5g6","",5]} 19. Nxg6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 64]} Rxb5 20. O-O-O ({
not good for white is} 20. Nxe7+ $2 Kf8 21. Nxc8 Nc6 $1 $17 {[%csl Gb4,Rc8]
[%cal Gb5h5] and 3 light pieces stronger than white queen.}) 20... Bd7 ({
other possibility is} 20... Nc6 21. Nxe7+ Kf8 $8 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Rd8+ Ke7 24.
Qd4 $1 (24. Rg8 $6 Bh6+ 25. Qxh6 Nxg8 26. Qxc6 Rab8 $13) 24... Rd5 25. Rxd5
cxd5 26. Qc5+ $16 {due to unsafed position of the king and discoordination
between black pieces ,black's position is very dangerouse.}) 21. Nxe7+ Kf8 22.
Nd5 $1 {[%mdl 64]} Nxd5 23. Qd8+ Be8 24. Rxd5 Bb2+ ({after} 24... Rxd5 25. Qxd5
Nc6 {[%cal Gg7e5,Ga8d8] black has defendible position}) 25. Kd2 Nd7 26. Qg5 Bf6
$4 (26... Rxd5+ 27. Qxd5 $14) 27. Qh6+ $18 Bg7 28. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Qingdao Daily Cup"]
[Site "Qingdao"]
[Date "1999.10.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wang, Shuo"]
[Black "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Oratovsky,M"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1999.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Qd2 (7. Bc4 c5 (
7... Nxe4 8. Nxe4 d5 9. Bd3 dxe4 10. Bxe4 c6 11. Ne5 $14 {[%cal Gd1f3]}) 8. Qe2
Nxe4 $5 9. Nxe4 d5 10. Bd3 c4 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12. Ne5 (12. Qxc4 $5) 12... Bb7 13.
Nc3 Nd7 14. O-O-O Nf6 $13 {Bologan,V-Ponomarev,R}) 7... Bb7 8. Bd3 Na6 $5 $146
{[%csl Re4][%cal Ga6b4,Yc7c5] it's more flexible than} (8... c5 9. d5 Na6 10.
Qe2 Nc7 11. a4 e6 12. dxe6 fxe6 $132 {Senador,E-Urban,K/Erevan olm 1996/0-1 
(44)}) (8... a6 9. a4 e6 10. h3 c5 11. O-O Nbd7 12. f5 $6 gxf5 13. exf5 cxd4
14. Nxd4 e5 15. Nb3 d5 $15 {0-1 Kotan,L-Sturua,Z/Cappelle op 1996 (40)}) 9. e5
Ng4 10. Bg1 c5 $36 {[%csl Rd4,Re5][%cal Gd6e5,Gc5d4] breaking whites pawn
centre} 11. h3 (11. O-O-O cxd4 12. Bxd4 dxe5 13. Bxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Nc5 15. Bc4
e6 $15) 11... cxd4 12. Bxd4 dxe5 13. Bxe5 ({Losing by forse} 13. fxe5 Bxf3 14.
Bxa6 Bh6 15. Qd3 Bxg2 16. Rg1 {[%tqu "En","","","","g4h2","",10]} Nh2 $1 {
[%cal Rh2f3]} 17. Rxg2 Qxd4 18. Rxh2 (18. Qxd4 Nf3+ $19) 18... Qg1+ $19) 13...
Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Nc5 $17 {^^Pair of the strong bishops in the open position and
development advantage makes blacks position clear better.} 15. O-O-O Qc7 16.
Nb5 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 Qc5 18. Nd7 $2 {losing immedeatly,but there is no good
advice for white.} Qb4 $19 {[%cal Rb4b2,Rb4f4]} 19. Qb3 Qxf4+ 20. Kb1 Bxg2 21.
Rhg1 (21. Nxf8 Bxh1 22. Ne6 Qf3 $19) 21... Rfd8 22. Rxg2 Rxd7 23. Rgg1 Rad8 24.
c3 Qf5+ {[%csl Rb5][%cal Rf5b5]} 0-1

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.10.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yegiazarian, Arsen"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Oratovsky,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. e5
dxe5 9. dxe5 Nd5 10. h3 (10. Qe1 {[%cal Ge1h4]} Ndb4 11. Be4 f5 12. Bxc6 (12.
exf6 exf6 13. a3 f5 14. axb4 fxe4 15. Qxe4 Re8 $44) 12... Nxc6 13. Be3 Bxf3 14.
Rxf3 e6 $11 {Ljubojevic,L-Timman,J/KRO m 1987 (24)}) 10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bf5
12. Qe2 (12. Be3 Qd7 13. Qe2 Rfd8 14. Rad1 Bxd3 15. cxd3 {[%cal Gd3d4,Gc3c4]}
b5 16. Bc5 e6 17. Ng5 $14 {[%csl Gc5,Gf6][%cal Gg5e4] 1/2-1/2 Hellers,
F-Ftacnik,L/Haninge 1989 (27)}) 12... Qd5 ({it wasn't necessary to improve
white's pawn structure after} 12... Bxd3 $6 13. cxd3 Qd7 14. Be3 b6 15. Rad1 e6
16. d4 Ne7 17. c4 Rad8 18. Rd2 Qa4 19. Rfd1 c6 20. Ng5 b5 21. Ne4 Nc8 22. d5 $1
cxd5 23. cxd5 exd5 24. Nc3 $16 {Podoba,M-Pinter,P/SVK-chT1W 9798 1997 1-0 (42)}
) 13. Be3 (13. c4 Bxd3 14. cxd3 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 16. Be3 Qd7 17. Rad1 f6 18.
d4 a6 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Gb7b5]} 19. Bf2 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Ge5e6,Yf4f5]} fxe5 20.
fxe5 b5 21. e6 Qc6 22. cxb5 $6 {after this move black gets counterplay on "a"
file.} (22. Rc1 $5 $14 {[%cal Gd4d5]}) 22... axb5 23. d5 Qc4 $132 {Spal,
M-Illetsko,J/CZE-chT1b 1995 (65)}) 13... Qa5 14. Bxf5 gxf5 15. Qc4 {[%csl Gc4]}
e6 16. Rab1 Rab8 17. Rfd1 $14 {Despite of breaking pawn structure on the
queenside white stands better:control over open "b" and "d" files and
promising initiative on kingside after g4.} h6 (17... Qa6 18. Qxa6 bxa6 19. Bc5
Rfe8 20. Nd4 $14 {[%csl Gc5,Rg7]}) 18. g4 $1 $40 fxg4 19. hxg4 Qa6 20. Qe4 {
[%cal Gf4f5,Gf5f6]} Rfd8 21. f5 exf5 22. gxf5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Re8 24. e6 $1 $18
Kh8 (24... Qxa2 25. Rd7 fxe6 26. f6 $18) (24... fxe6 25. f6 $18) 25. Rd7 Qe2
26. Rd2 Qb5 27. Rh2 Ne5 28. Bxh6 ({Other possibility is} 28. Nxe5 $5 Qxe5 (
28... Bxe5 29. Rxh6+ Kg8 $8 30. f6 $18) 29. Rxh6+ Kg8 30. exf7+ Kxf7 31. Qc4+
Kf8 32. Bc5+ $18) 28... Nxf3+ 29. Qxf3 Bxh6 30. Rxh6+ Kg7 {[%tqu "En","","","",
"h6h7","",10]} 31. Rh7+ $1 Kxh7 32. Qh5+ Kg7 {or completely hopeless pawn
endgame after} ({After} 32... Kg8 33. exf7+ Kf8 34. fxe8=Q+ Qxe8 35. Qxe8+ Kxe8
36. Kf2 Kf7 37. Kf3 Kf6 38. Kf4 $18 {black finds himself in losing endgame.})
33. f6+ $1 {[%cal Gh5b5]} Kxf6 34. Qxb5 1-0

[Event "Hotel Agro GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1999.08.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wittmann, Walter"]
[Black "Ovsejevitsch, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Oratovsky,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Be2 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. Qd2
Ne7 9. Ng5 $5 {The main idea of this strange move is to protect (after Nh3-f2
and Bf3) the only vulnerable pawn in the strong white centre - pawn e4.Other
continuations are:} (9. e5 Nfd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Bf2 Bh6 $6 12. g3 b6 13. h4
$16 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gh4h5]}) (9. O-O-O b6 10. e5 Nfd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bf2
Bb7 (12... f6 13. c4 Ne7 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Rhe1 $16 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gf2h4]
Chandler,M-McNab,C/Redbus KO 1999 1-0 (38)}) 13. h4 f6 14. c4 Ne7 15. exf6 Bxf6
16. h5 b5 17. hxg6 Nxg6 18. Be3 Qd7 $13 {Mikhalchishin,A-Beim,V/Groningen op/
1990/0,5/25/}) (9. h3 b6 10. e5 Nfd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bf2 Bb7 13. O-O-O Bh6
14. g3 dxe5 15. dxe5 Nxf4 $6 {tipical in arising position sacrifice.} 16. gxf4
Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Bxf4+ 18. Kc3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Bxe5+ 20. Bd4 Bxd4+ 21. Rxd4 $14 {
[%cal Gh1d1,Gd4d7] Berelovich,A-McNab,C/MK Cafe op 1998 (40)}) (9. Bf2 b6 10.
e5 Nfd5 11. Ne4 {[%cal Gc2c4]} f5 12. Neg5 h6 13. Nh3 dxe5 14. fxe5 b5 15. Bxb5
g5 16. Nhg1 Rb8 17. Bc4 Ng6 $132 {[%cal Gg5g4] Wahls,M-Belov,I/Wichern-op 1995
(31)}) 9... h6 10. Nh3 b6 11. Nf2 c5 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. O-O-O Qb8 $5 {[%csl Rd6]
[%cal Gf8d8]} ({capturing on d4 makes whites chanses better} 13... cxd4 $6 14.
Bxd4 d5 15. Bxf6 (15. e5 Nd7 16. g4 Nc6 $132 {[%cal Gf7f6]}) 15... Bxf6 16. Ng4
Bg7 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Qxd5 $14 {[%cal Gg4e5] black
has not enough compensation for sacrificed pawn Lutz,K-Buchal,S/Hessen-ch 1994
(25)}) 14. g4 cxd4 15. Bxd4 e5 16. Be3 d5 (16... Rd8 17. g5 hxg5 18. fxg5 Ne8
19. h4 $16 {[%cal Gh4h5]}) 17. fxe5 $6 ({White could get clear better position
after simple} 17. exd5 Rd8 18. fxe5 Nfxd5 (18... Qxe5 $4 19. Bf4 $18 {[%csl
Re5]}) 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 (19... Qxe5 $2 20. Nd3 $18) (19... Nxd5 20. Bxh6 Bxe5 21.
Rhe1 $16) 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Nd3 $16 {[%cal Ge3h6]}) 17... Nxe4 $132 18. Bxe4 (
18. Nfxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Qxe5 $15) 18... dxe4 19. Qd6 Nc6 20.
Nfxe4 Nxe5 $15 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Ge5c4,Ge5g4] pair of the strong bishops in
open position and many objects for the attack makes black chanses clearly
better.} 21. Rhg1 Qxd6 22. Nxd6 Bf3 23. Rd4 Rad8 {[%csl Rd4,Rd6,Rg4][%cal
Re5g4]} 24. Ndb5 {In whites position there are too many "hanging" pieces,so
it's very difficult for white to pass arising tactical complications without
losing material.} (24. g5 Ng4 25. Rf4 Nxe3 26. Rxf3 Rxd6 27. Rxe3 hxg5 $17) (
24. h3 Nxg4 $19 {[%cal Gg7d4]}) 24... a6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Nc7 (26. Na3 b5 $17
{[%csl Ra3][%cal Gb5b4,Ge5g4]}) 26... Nc4 $17 27. Bf4 {[%tqu "En","","","",
"c4b2","",10]} Nxb2 $1 28. Kxb2 Rd4 29. Be3 {Losing by forse but also after} (
29. Bxh6 Bxh6 30. Nxa6 Bxg4 $17 {endgame almost winning for black.} 31. Ne2)
29... Rb4+ 30. Ka3 Bxc3 31. Nxa6 Rb2 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Gf3d5,Gb2a2]} 32. Nc7 ({
Doesn't help} 32. Bd2 Rxc2 33. Bxc3 Rxc3+ 34. Kb2 Re3 $19 {[%csl Rh2][%cal
Ge3e2,Gf3b7]}) 32... b5 33. Rg3 b4+ 34. Ka4 Bc6+ 35. Nb5 Rxa2+ 36. Kb3 {
[%csl Rb3][%cal Rc6d5]} 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.02"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Oratovsky,M"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Bd3 (7. h3 c5 8.
d5 a6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Rb8 11. Qe2 $14) 7... Bb7 (7... c5 8. Qe2 (8. h3 cxd4
9. Bxd4 Bb7 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Bf2 Rc8 12. O-O-O Nb4 (12... Na5 $5) 13. Kb1 b5 $5
{[%csl Re4]} (13... Nxd3 14. cxd3 a6 $13) 14. Rhe1 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Nh5 $15 {
McShane,L-Tkachiev,V/Hastings 1998/CBM 63/ (38)}) (8. d5 Na6 9. h3 Nc7 $5 $132
{[%cal Gb6b5,Ge7e6]}) 8... Nc6 9. e5 Ng4 10. Be4 Nb4 11. O-O-O Ba6 12. Qe1 d5
13. dxc5 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 e6 15. a3 Nc6 16. Bd3 $14 {Bologan,V-Gipslis,A/Ostrava
1993/CBM 38 1-0 (47)}) 8. Qd2 (8. Qe2 c5 9. O-O-O cxd4 (9... c4 10. Bxc4 Nxe4
11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Ng5 Bb7 13. f5 $1 Nd7 14. fxg6 hxg6 15. Qg4 $40 {[%cal Gg4h4]
Bologan,V-Koeller,O/Biel 1995/CBM 48 ext/1-0 (45)}) 10. Bxd4 Nc6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. e5 Bg7 13. Be4 Qd7 14. h4 Qg4 $132 {Bareev,E-Plachetka,J/Trnava 1989/CBM
12 (39)}) (8. O-O Na6 $5 {[%cal Ga6b4]} 9. f5 c5 (9... Nb4 $5 10. fxg6 hxg6 11.
Bc4 {[%cal Gf3g5]} (11. Ng5 $13 {[%cal Gd1e1,Ge1h4]}) 11... Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4
13. Ng5 Bd5 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15. Qg4 $44 {[%cal Gg4h4]}) 10. fxg6 hxg6 11. d5 Nc7
12. Qe1 Qd7 13. h3 $14 {[%cal Ge1h4] Bologan,V-Todorcevic,M/JUG 1994/EXT 99
1-0(32)}) 8... c5 (8... a6 9. a4 e6 10. h3 c5 11. O-O Nbd7 12. f5 gxf5 13. exf5
cxd4 14. Nxd4 e5 15. Nb3 d5 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Kh8 $15 {0-1 Kotan,L-Sturua,
Z/Cappelle la Grande 1996/CBM 51 ext (40)}) ({deserved serious attention} 8...
Na6 $5 {[%cal Gc7c5,Ga6b4]}) 9. d5 Nbd7 10. h3 a6 11. a4 Qc7 $15 {[%cal Gc5c4,
Ge7e6]} 12. O-O ({doesn't work} 12. Bc4 {preventing blacks initiative on
queenside} b5 $1 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Rxa8 15. Nxb5 Qb6 $15 {[%cal Gf6e4,
Ra8a1]}) 12... c4 13. Be2 Nc5 14. e5 dxe5 (14... Nfe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qd4 Ng3
17. Rfe1 b5 $15) 15. Bxc4 (15. fxe5 Nce4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qd4 Ng3 18. Rfe1 b5
$17 {[%cal Gg3f5,Gf8d8]}) 15... Nfe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qb4 b5 (17... exf4 18.
Bxb6 Qd6 19. Qxd6 Nxd6 20. Bb3 Bxb2 $15) 18. axb5 exf4 19. bxa6 fxe3 20. axb7
Rab8 21. Bb5 (21. Ba6 Nc5 $15) 21... Ng3 (21... Rxb7 22. Qxe4 Rxb5 {and black
stands better}) 22. Bc6 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Ng3+ 24. Kg1 Nxf1 25. Rxf1 e6 26. c4 exd5
27. cxd5 Rfd8 28. Re1 Bh6 {white has only symbolical compensation for
sacrifised exchange-black can at any moment trasform material advantage into
positional after R:b7} 29. Qh4 Bf4 {[%cal Rf4g3]} 30. Re2 (30. Ng5 h5 31. Ne4
Qe5 32. d6 f5 $19) 30... Kg7 31. Ne1 h5 32. Nd3 Bh6 33. Qd4+ Kg8 34. b4 Rxb7
35. Bxb7 Qxb7 36. Nf4 Qc7 37. g3 (37. Nd3 Qd6 $19 {[%csl Rd5]}) 37... h4 $17
38. Rxe3 hxg3 39. d6 (39. Rf3 Qc2 $1 (39... Bxf4 40. Qxf4 (40. Rxf4 Qc2 $19 {
[%cal Gc2h2]}) 40... Qa7+ 41. Kg2 Rxd5 $17) 40. Ng2 Bg7 41. Qd3 Qb2 42. Rxg3
Bd4+ 43. Ne3 Ra8 $19) 39... Rxd6 40. Re8+ Bf8 41. Qe3 Qc6 {[%cal Gd6d1]} 42.
Qe4 Qb6+ 43. Qe3 Qxb4 $19 {Two pawns less and undefended position of the king
makes whites position hopeless.} 44. Kg2 Rc6 45. Ne2 Kh7 46. Re4 Qb2 47. Qxg3
Bh6 48. Qd3 Rc5 49. Rh4 Rg5+ 50. Rg4 Re5 51. Kf2 (51. Re4 Qb7 52. Nc3 f5 $19)
51... Re3 52. Qxe3 (52. Qc4 Qf6+ 53. Ke1 Rxh3 $19) 52... Bxe3+ 53. Kxe3 Qb3+
54. Kd4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-23"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.11.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Parma, Bruno"]
[Black "Ligterink, Gert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Parma,B"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1978.10.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

{Inf.26/194} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7.
O-O e5 (7... Bg4 8. e5 $14) 8. dxe5 (8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 Nd4 $5 $13) 8... dxe5
9. f5 gxf5 10. exf5 Nb4 11. Kh1 (11. Bg5 $5) 11... Nxd3 12. cxd3 Bxf5 13. Nxe5
Nd7 (13... Bg6 14. Bg5 Qd4 $1 $13) 14. Rxf5 Nxe5 15. d4 $14 Ng6 16. Be3 Qd7 17.
Qh5 Rae8 18. Bg1 c6 19. Raf1 b6 $1 20. R5f3 $2 (20. Ne2 $1 {/\ Ng3+/=}) 20...
f5 $1 $15 21. Rh3 Bh8 22. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beersheba"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shmuter, Leonid"]
[Black "Kantsler, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Bd3
dxc5 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. e5 Ne8 11. Ng5 Nb4 12. Bc4 Qd8 13. a3 Nc6 14. Be3 Qa5 15.
O-O Bf5 16. g4 Rd8 17. Qe2 Bc8 18. b4 $1 $18 Qc7 (18... cxb4 19. axb4 Qxb4 20.
Nd5 Bxg4 (20... Rxd5 21. Bxd5 Bd7 22. Rfb1 Qc3 23. Ne4 $18) 21. Nxb4 Bxe2 22.
Nxc6 Bxc4 23. Nxd8 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 $18) 19. Nd5 Qd7 20. Rad1 cxb4 (20... Qxg4+
21. Qxg4 Bxg4 22. Nxe7+ Kh8 23. Rxd8 Nxd8 24. Bxc5 $18) 21. e6 $1 $18 fxe6 22.
Nxe6 Nd6 23. Nb6 Qxe6 24. Bxe6+ Bxe6 25. Bc5 Bxg4 26. Qxg4 axb6 27. Bxb6 Rc8
28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. axb4 Nf5 30. b5 Ncd4 31. Qd7 Ne2+ 32. Kh1 Nc3 33. Rd3 Na4 34.
Bd8 Rb8 35. Bxe7 Nb6 36. Bxf8 Nxd7 37. Bxg7+ Nxg7 38. Rxd7 b6 39. Rfd1 Ne6 40.
R1d6 Nxf4 41. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U21"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1985.12.31"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Howell, James C"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Piket,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1985.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Rb8 9. Qe1 (9. Kh1 Bg4 10. Qe1 Nb4 11. Qh4 Qc8 $1 $17 {[Strhouwer - Van de
Wiel, Holland (ch) 85]}) 9... Bg4 $1 (9... Nb4 $6 10. Qh4 b5 11. f5 c4 12. a3
$1 $14 {[Sznapik - Van der Wiel, Ohra 1984]}) 10. Qh4 Nb4 11. Kh1 $2 (11. f5
$142 $13) 11... Qc8 $1 12. a3 Nxd3 13. cxd3 b5 14. f5 b4 15. Ne2 (15. Nd1 Qa6
$15) 15... Qa6 16. Nf4 Bxf3 (16... c4 17. Bd2 $1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 $1 $13) 17. Rxf3
(17. gxf3 Qa4 $15) 17... Qa4 (17... c4 18. g4 $1) 18. Rf1 c4 19. fxg6 hxg6 20.
d4 $1 (20. dxc4 bxa3 21. Rxa3 Qxc4 $17) 20... c3 21. e5 dxe5 22. dxe5 Qb5 $1
23. Rg1 (23. Rf3 Nxd5 24. axb4 c2 $1 $17) 23... Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Qxd5 25. axb4
Bxe5 $5 (25... c2 $142 $5) 26. bxc3 Bxc3 27. Rxa7 Qd4 $2 (27... Bxb4) 28. Qxe7
Bxb4 29. Qd7 $2 (29. Be3 $1) 29... Bc5 30. Rd1 Qf6 31. Rc7 Rbd8 32. Qg4 Qh4 33.
Qf3 Bd6 $2 (33... Rxd1+ 34. Qxd1 Bd6 $1) 34. Bf4 $4 $138 (34. g3 Bxg3 35. Rc2)
34... Bxf4 {Time} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Polgar,S"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[ Zsofia Polgar ]} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5
Qa5 7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. Qe2 O-O 9. Be3 Qa5 10. h3 {This move is Judith's speciality.
} e5 (10... Nh5 11. Kf2 {/\ 12.g4 with good attacking possibilities; Polgar,
J-Hennigen (London 1988)}) 11. O-O-O Nh5 $6 {>= 11...Nbd7 12.g4 Polgar,
J-Azmaiparashvili (Amsterdam OHRA 1989)} 12. f5 $1 {Leaving the rook on h1 for
a strong attack.} Ng3 {Black takes up the challange.} (12... gxf5 13. exf5 (13.
Ng5 Ng3 14. Qf3 f4 $1) 13... Ng3 14. Qe1 Nxh1 15. Qh4 $146) 13. Qe1 Nxh1 14. g4
$1 gxf5 $6 (14... d5 {This is maybe a better try, altough after ...} 15. Nxd5
Qxe1 16. Rxe1 Nc6 (16... Nd7 $2 17. Nc7 $18) (16... Ng3 17. f6 $18) 17. f6 (17.
Rxh1 Rd8) 17... Bh8 18. Rxh1 Be6 19. g5 {... it is hard to see how will the h8
bishop come back to play.}) 15. gxf5 Qd8 {I think despite Black is a whole
rook up at the moment he has no defence.} (15... Nd7 16. Qh4 Bf6 17. Rg1+ Kh8
18. Bg5 Qd8 19. Nd5 $18) (15... f6 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. Nh4 $18 {/\ 18.Ng6}) 16.
Bc4 {/\ Bg5} Kh8 17. Ng5 Bh6 (17... f6 18. Nxh7 $18) 18. Qh4 Bxg5 (18... Qf6
19. Rg1 {/\ 20.Nf7 Rf7 21.Qf6 Rf6 22.Rg8 #}) 19. Bxg5 f6 20. Bh6 Nd7 21. Rg1
Qe7 22. Qg4 {[ Zsofia Polgar ]} 1-0

[Event "Belgrade RAD 30"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1977.01.28"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Black "Radulov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1977.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. e5 dxe5 6. dxe5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Ng4 8.
Ke1 c6 9. h3 Nh6 10. g4 f6 11. exf6 exf6 12. Bc4 f5 13. g5 Nf7 14. Nf3 Nd7 $146
(14... O-O 15. Be3 Re8 16. Kf2 Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Nd4 Re7 19. Rad1 Nd7 20.
Nb3 b6 21. Bd4 Rae8 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rd3 b5 24. a3 Nb6 25. Nd4 Rc8 26. Re1
Rxe1 27. Kxe1 Nc4 28. b3 Re8+ 29. Kf2 {Vulevic,V (2240)-Krause,C Bern 1977 1/
2-1/2 (51)}) (14... Nd6 15. Bb3 Kd7 16. h4 Kc7 17. h5 gxh5 18. Rxh5 Ne4 19.
Nxe4 fxe4 20. Ne5 Bf5 21. Nf7 Rf8 22. Be3 Nd7 23. Rd1 Bxb2 24. Nh6 Bg6 25. Be6
Ne5 26. Rh3 Rae8 27. f5 Rxe6 28. fxe6 Nf3+ 29. Ke2 {Bronstein,D (2490)
-Tseshkovsky,V (2530) Moscow 1981 1/2-1/2 (33)}) (14... Nd6 15. Bb3 Na6 16. Be3
Ke7 17. Rh2 Be6 18. Re2 Bxc3+ 19. bxc3 Ne4 20. Bd4 Rhe8 21. h4 c5 22. Bxe6 Kxe6
23. Be5 Kd5 24. Rd1+ Kc6 25. h5 Rad8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Rh2 Re8
29. Kd1 {Lorenz,G-Ryc,I Dresden 1969 1/2-1/2 (40)}) (14... O-O 15. Kf2 b5 16.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 17. Be3 Be6 18. Bd4 b4 19. Na4 Nd7 20. Rhe1 Bd5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. a3
Rab8 23. b3 a5 24. Nd4 Rfe8 25. axb4 axb4 26. Nb2 Nc5 27. Ra7+ Kg8 28. Nd3
Nxd3+ 29. cxd3 {Balashov,Y-Stein,L Moscow 1972 1/2-1/2 (40)}) 15. Be3 Nb6 16.
Bb3 O-O 17. Kf2 $5 {[%cal Gh1e1,Ga1d1]} Re8 18. Rhe1 Be6 19. Bd4 (19. Bxe6 Rxe6
20. Bd4 Rae8 21. Rxe6 Rxe6 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rd1 Rd6 $11) 19... Bxb3 20. axb3
Rxe1 $1 21. Rxe1 Bxd4+ 22. Nxd4 Rd8 23. Nf3 Kf8 (23... Kg7 24. Re7) 24. h4 Nd5
25. Nxd5 Rxd5 26. h5 $1 gxh5 27. Rh1 Kg7 28. Rxh5 h6 29. gxh6+ Nxh6 30. Ke2 Ra5
31. Ne5 $14 Ra2 32. Rg5+ Kf8 33. Kd2 Ra1 (33... Rxb2) 34. Rg6 Rh1 35. Rd6 Rh2+
36. Kd3 Ng4 37. Rd7 Nxe5+ 38. fxe5 Rh3+ 39. Kd4 $16 {[%csl Gd7,Rf8]} Rh2 40.
Kc3 Re2 41. Rxb7 Rxe5 42. Rxa7 Ke8 (42... f4 {[%cal Ge5f5]} 43. Rd7 f3 44. Rd1
Kf7 45. Rf1 Rf5 46. Kd3 Kg6 47. Ke3) 43. b4 Re3+ 44. Kd4 Re4+ (44... Re2 45.
Kd3) 45. Kc5 Re2 46. c4 Rxb2 47. Rc7 f4 48. Rxc6 Ke7 49. Rh6 f3 50. Rh3 Rb3 $1
{[%cal Gf3f2,Gb3h3] Un dernier piège} 51. Rh4 Ke6 (51... Kd7 52. Rf4 Kc7 53.
b5 Kb7 54. Rf7+ Kb8 55. Kb6 $18) 52. Rf4 Ke5 53. Rf8 Ke4 54. b5 Ke3 55. b6 f2
56. Kc6 Rb4 57. c5 Rf4 58. Rxf4 Kxf4 59. b7 f1=Q 60. b8=Q+ Ke4 61. Qe8+ Kd4 62.
Qd8+ Kc3 63. Qa5+ Kd4 64. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 12th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2012.11.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Videnova, Iva"]
[Black "Koziak, Vitali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[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. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 4. f4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nf6
{[%emt 0:00:07]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:11]} 6. Bd3 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:25]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 8. d5
{[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. a4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:
30]} ({RR} 9... Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e6 12. Bd2 exd5 13. exd5 a6 14. a5 Rb8
15. Bc4 Nd7 16. Na4 Nb5 17. Qd3 Nd4 18. Rae1 h5 19. c3 Nf5 20. g4 hxg4 21. hxg4
Nh4 22. Qh3 Qxa5 23. Qxh4 Qxa4 24. b3 {Polgar,J (2540)-Todorcevic,M (2540)/
Pamplona 1990/CBM 021/[King,D]/1-0 (67)}) 10. Bc4 {[%emt 0:05:45]} Nb4 $146 {
[%emt 0:01:51][%cal Gb4d5] Un avant-poste naturel comme dans la Benoni mais le
N manque de soutien. L'idée est surout de faire pression sur le P"d5" afin de
retarder la poussée thématique e4e5} ({RR} 10... e6 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Qe2 Nb4
13. Nd1 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 d5 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Nfxd5 17. c3 Nd3 18. g3 Rfe8
19. Nf2 Nxc1 20. Raxc1 Nb6 21. b3 Nd5 22. c4 Nc3 23. Kg2 Re3 24. Rfe1 Ne2 25.
Rcd1 {Laakmann,A (2145)-Gaprindashvili,N (2405)/Piotrkow Trybunalski 1979/EXT
2002/0-1 (57)}) 11. Qe2 {[%emt 0:06:34][%cal Ge4e5,Gf1d1,Gd1d5]} b6 {[%emt 0:
17:45][%csl Ra6] Prive le Nb4 de la case de repli} 12. Rd1 $14 {[%emt 0:08:19]
[%cal Gd1d5]} (12. Nd1 {Trop lent} e6 $1 13. c3 (13. Ne3 exd5 14. exd5 Re8 $132
{[%cal Ge8e2]}) 13... exd5) 12... Bb7 {[%emt 0:11:36]} 13. e5 $36 {[%emt 0:20:
34]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:07:37]} 14. e6 {[%emt 0:08:31]} (14. a5 $5 {[%cal Ga5a6]})
14... Nc7 {[%emt 0:14:54][%cal Gc7e6,Gc7d5]} 15. f5 {[%emt 0:02:16]} (15. exf7+
$142 {[%cal Gf3g5] Plus naturel et les Blancs gardaient un avantage d'espace.}
Rxf7 16. Ng5 $16 Rf8 17. Nb5 $1 {[%cal Gc2c3]} Nba6 (17... Nxb5 18. axb5 {
[%csl Ra7][%cal Gc2c3]}) (17... Nbxd5 $4 18. Nxc7) 18. Ra3 {[%csl Re7][%cal
Ga3e3]}) 15... fxe6 {[%emt 0:05:32]} 16. fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:36][%csl Gf7]} Rf5
$132 {[%emt 0:14:47][%csl Rd5]} 17. g4 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Rxf3 $1 {[%emt 0:01:45]
} 18. Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 19. Rf1 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Qe8
{[%emt 0:07:34]} 20. Nb5 {[%emt 0:02:13]} Nxc2 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 21. Qe4 {
[%emt 0:02:31]} Ncd4 $15 {[%emt 0:04:37][%csl Gd4]} 22. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} a6
{[%emt 0:00:46]} 23. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 24. Rh3 {
[%emt 0:01:54] Les Blancs doivent tenter quelque chose а l'aile-roi avant que
les Noirs puissent terminer le développement} b5 $17 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 25. Ba2 {
[%emt 0:04:50]} e5 $1 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 26. Bg5 {[%emt 0:05:08] (=)} Ne6 $1 {
[%emt 0:00:51] Les Noirs n'auraient aucune raison d'accepter la proposition.} (
26... c4 $17 {[%csl Ra2]}) 27. Bd2 {[%emt 0:02:40]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:31][%csl
Ra2]} 28. Qe1 $2 {[%emt 0:01:07][%cal Ge1h4]} Nf4 $19 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 29. Bxf4
{[%emt 0:04:32]} exf4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 30. Qd2 {[%emt 0:03:26]} Qe4 {[%emt 0:
01:26]} 31. Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 32. Qxd5+ {[%emt 0:00:
15]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 33. b3 {[%emt 0:01:12]} c3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 34. Rd3
{[%emt 0:01:07]} c2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 35. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be4 {[%emt 0:00:
43]} 36. b4+ {[%emt 0:00:52]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 37. Rxd6 {[%emt 0:01:18]}
Bh6 0-1

[Event "Cappelle op 31st"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2015.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Djukic, Nikola"]
[Black "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O (7. e5 Nd7
8. Be3 c5 (8... Nb4)) 7... c5 8. d5 Rb8 (8... Bg4 9. Bc4 Nc7 {[%cal Gb7b5]} 10.
h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 $14) 9. Qe2 Bg4 $5 {La préparation de l'ukrainien qui
sacrifie un P} (9... Nc7 10. a4 a6 11. a5 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nd7 14. Nd1
e6 15. Ne3 exd5 16. exd5 f5 17. g4 fxg4 18. Qxg4 Qe7 19. c3 Rbe8 20. Ra4 Qf7
21. Qg2 b5 22. axb6 Nxb6 23. Re4 Nd7 24. f5 Ne5 25. Rxe5 Bxe5 26. fxg6 Qd7 27.
Bf5 Qe7 28. gxh7+ Kh8 29. Nc4 Qg7 30. Bg4 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Qxh7 32. Qf3 Qb1 33.
Qe3 Bg7 34. Qd2 Qe4 35. Nxd6 Qh1+ 36. Kf2 Qh2+ {0-1 (36) Vaisser,A (2556)
-Hamdouchi,H (2627) Pau 2012}) 10. Bxa6 $146 {Les Blancs relèvent le défi} (
10. h3 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 Nc7 12. a4 Na6 13. Bxa6 bxa6 14. Qxa6 Rb4 15. Qe2 Qb6 16.
e5 Nd7 17. e6 Nf6 18. Kh2 Qb7 19. exf7+ Rxf7 20. Qe6 Qd7 21. Qxd7 Nxd7 22. a5
Bh6 23. Ra4 Nf6 24. a6 Nxd5 25. Rxb4 Nxb4 26. Nb5 Nxa6 27. c3 c4 28. Be3 Nc5
29. Bxc5 dxc5 30. g3 a6 31. Na3 e5 32. Nxc4 exf4 33. gxf4 Rxf4 34. Rxf4 Bxf4+
35. Kg2 Kf7 36. Kf3 Bc1 37. b3 Ke6 38. Ke4 h5 39. Ne5 Bb2 {Umudova,N (2220)
-Gurieli,N (2329) Batumi 2012 1/2-1/2}) 10... bxa6 11. Qxa6 Qc7 12. Nd2 Nh5 13.
Qd3 Bc8 14. Nc4 Ba6 $44 15. b3 Qc8 16. Bd2 Bd4+ 17. Kh1 Qg4 18. Rae1 f5 19. Ne2
(19. e5) 19... Bg7 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Rf3 Bf6 22. h3 Qg6 23. g4 $1 $36 fxg4 24.
Qxg6+ $2 (24. f5 $8 {Un coup intermédiaire indispensable} Qf7 (24... Qg7 25.
hxg4 $18 {[%cal Ge1g1]}) 25. hxg4 $40) 24... hxg6 25. hxg4 Bh4 26. gxh5 Bxe1
27. Bxe1 Bxc4 28. bxc4 Rb1 29. Rf1 gxh5 30. Kg2 Rfb8 31. Kf2 R8b2 32. Rg1+ Kf7
33. Rg3 Rxc2 34. Bc3 Rh1 35. Kg2 Rh4 36. Re3 Rxf4 37. Kh3 Rf2 0-1

[Event "Vandoeuvre op 11th"]
[Site "Vandoeuvre"]
[Date "2014.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cornette, Deimante"]
[Black "Narciso Dublan, Marc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {90} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Bd3 (5. Be2) 5... e5 (5... O-O {
La grande ligne}) 6. Nf3 (6. dxe5 dxe5 7. f5 $14 {[%csl Rc8]}) 6... exd4 (6...
Bg4 7. dxe5 dxe5 {Rogers,I (2575)-Ker,A (2315) NZL-ch Auckland 1997 (7) 1-0})
7. Nxd4 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Kh1 $146 (9. f5 d5 {Hanif,M (1957)-Othman,A (2360)
Turin ol (Men) 37th 2006 (2) 0-1}) 9... Nbd7 10. f5 {[%csl Re5]} (10. Be3 Nc5
11. Qf3 Bg4 (11... Qe7)) 10... c6 11. Bg5 {66} h6 {63} 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. Nf3 Nxd3
$11 14. cxd3 gxf5 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. Rae1 $44 Nh5 $1 17. Be3 fxe4 18. dxe4 {29}
Be6 {17 Les Noirs vont finir par terminer le développement et les
compensations des Blancs sont assez légères} 19. Bd4 Rg8 20. Be3 (20. Qc2 Kh8
21. Qd2 {[%cal Gd2h6] Comme la partie commence à mal tourner pour les Blancs,
une répétition de position serait salutaire}) 20... Qe7 21. Rd1 $6 Rad8 22.
Qd3 {[%cal Ge4e5,Gd3h7]} (22. Qc2) 22... Be5 $1 $15 {[%cal Gh5f4]} 23. Qd2 Qf8
{[%cal Gf8h6,Gf8g7]} 24. Nxe5 dxe5 25. Qxd8 Qxd8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Bxa7 Rd3 (
27... Rd2 28. Rf2) 28. Rf3 Rd2 29. Rf2 Rd7 30. Bb8 f6 $15 31. a3 b5 $1 {
[%csl Rb8]} 32. g3 Bh3 33. Kg1 Kg6 34. Rc2 Ng7 35. Na2 Ne6 36. Rxc6 Rd2 37. Ba7
Rg2+ 38. Kh1 Rxb2 39. Nc1 Ng5 40. Rc3 Bg2+ 0-1

[Event "Rohde op 06th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2006.11.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chatalbashev, Boris"]
[Black "Bitensky, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 (4. Be3) 4... Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 (
6... Nc6) 7. O-O c5 8. d5 Bg4 (8... Rb8 $5 {[%cal Gb7b5]} 9. Qe2 {[%csl Gb5]} (
9. f5 b5 10. fxg6 fxg6 11. Bxb5 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Rxb5 13. Qe2 c4 14. Nc3 Bxc3 15.
bxc3 Rxd5 16. Bh6 $13) 9... Nc7 {[%cal Gb7b5]}) 9. Bc4 {[%csl Gc4]} Nd7 (9...
Nc7 {[%cal Gb7b5]}) 10. Qe2 {peu joué} ({RR} 10. a4 Nc7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 a6
13. Qd3 Nb6 14. Bb3 Nd7 15. Bd2 Rb8 16. a5 b5 17. axb6 Nxb6 18. Nd1 Qd7 19. f5
Nb5 20. Rxa6 Nd4 21. Ne3 Qb7 22. Ra3 Ra8 23. Ng4 c4 24. Bxc4 Nxc4 {Sutovsky,E 
(2612)-Kantsler,B (2539)/Israel 1999/EXT 2000/1/2-1/2 (33)}) ({RR} 10. h3 Bxf3
11. Qxf3 Rb8 12. Qe2 Nc7 13. a4 a6 14. a5 Qc8 15. Na4 e6 16. dxe6 Nxe6 17. c3
Qd8 18. Nb6 Nxb6 19. axb6 Qf6 20. Qg4 Rbe8 21. f5 Nd8 22. Bg5 Qe5 23. Bd5 Nc6
24. f6 Bh8 {Erturan,Y (2211)-Bitansky,I (2363)/Athens 2001/EXT 2002/1-0 (32)})
10... Nc7 11. a4 e6 $146 ({RR} 11... a6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Rxf3 Qb8 14. h4 Bd4+
15. Kh1 Nf6 16. Nd1 b5 17. Ba2 c4 18. c3 Bc5 19. f5 e6 20. Bh6 exf5 21. Bxf8
Qxf8 22. exf5 Qh6 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. g3 Re8 25. Qg2 Ng4 26. Rf1 {Loskutov,O 
(2395)-Fedorov,V (2430)/Moscow 1996/CBM 055 ext/0-1 (48)}) 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3
{Les blancs ont perdu un temps avec Qe2 et il semblait préférable de jouer la
ligne principale 10.h3} Nb6 14. Bd3 exd5 $1 15. exd5 Nd7 (15... Bxc3 16. bxc3
Nbxd5 17. f5 $44 {[%cal Gc1h6]} Qf6 18. Bh6 Qxc3 (18... Rfe8 $2 19. fxg6 Qxf3
20. gxh7+)) 16. Nb5 Nf6 17. c4 Nxb5 18. axb5 a6 19. bxa6 Rxa6 20. Rxa6 bxa6 21.
Bc2 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Gc1,Gc2][%cal Gc2a4,Ga4c6,Gf3a3,Ga3a6]} Nd7 22. Qa3 Qb6 23.
Ba4 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 (24. Kh2 Nf6) 24... Nf6 25. f5 Qb4 26. Qxb4 cxb4 27. fxg6 hxg6
28. Re1 (28. Bh6 Rd8 29. Bg5 Kg7) 28... Kg7 29. g4 Rd8 30. Re7 Kf8 31. Rc7 $6 (
31. Re2 Nd7 (31... Rc8 32. Bh6+ Kg8 33. b3 (33. Bc6)) 32. Bh6+ Bg7) 31... Ne4
32. Bc6 Kg7 33. Kg2 Nc5 34. h4 Nd3 35. Bg5 Bf6 36. Bxf6+ Kxf6 37. g5+ Kg7 38.
Rb7 a5 39. Ra7 Nxb2 40. Rxa5 Rb8 41. c5 $2 b3 42. cxd6 Nc4 {[%cal Gc4a5,Gc4d6]}
43. Rb5 Rxb5 44. Bxb5 b2 45. d7 b1=Q 46. d8=Q Qxb5 47. Kf3 Qb3+ 48. Kf2 Qe3+
49. Kg2 Qe4+ 50. Kg3 Qe5+ {le MI a crée la surprise dans ce tournoi avec ce
gain qui lui permet de prendre la tête du classement après cette ronde 7.} 0-1

[Event "Vandoeuvre op 11th"]
[Site "Vandoeuvre"]
[Date "2014.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gharamian, Tigran"]
[Black "Narciso Dublan, Marc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2014.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {88} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O {91} 6. e5 (6. Bd3) 6...
Nfd7 (6... dxe5 7. fxe5 (7. dxe5 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Rd8+ 9. Bd3 Nd5 10. Nxd5 Rxd5
11. Ke2 $14 {Jansa,V (2450)-Szabo,L (2525) CSR-ch int Luhacovice 1971 (2) 1/2})
7... Nd5) 7. Bc4 (7. h4 c5 8. h5 (8. e6 fxe6 9. h5) 8... cxd4 9. hxg6 dxc3 10.
gxf7+ Rxf7 11. Bc4 Nf8 12. Bxf7+ (12. Ng5) 12... Kxf7 13. Ng5+ Kg8 14. Qh5 $36
{Shirov,A (2715)-Smirin,I (2654) World Cup ACP 1st rapid 2007 (1.2) 1/2}) 7...
Nb6 8. Bb3 Nc6 9. a4 {89} (9. Be3 Na5) 9... dxe5 (9... Na5 10. Ba2 {Karpatchev,
A (2484)-Chatalbashev,B (2560) Lueneburg op 2013 (6) 1/2}) 10. fxe5 Na5 11. Ba2
Bg4 12. Bf4 $14 Bxf3 13. gxf3 {57} Nc6 {50} 14. Be3 e6 {[%csl Rd4]} 15. Qd2 {47
} Qh4+ 16. Qf2 Qxf2+ 17. Kxf2 {45} Nb4 {25} 18. Bb3 N6d5 19. Bd2 {29} (19. Nxd5
Nxd5 20. f4 (20. c4 Nxe3 21. Kxe3) 20... Nxe3 21. Kxe3 Rfd8 22. Rad1 Rd7 23. c4
Rad8 24. d5 $14 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5]}) (19. f4) 19... c5 $1 20. Nxd5 {18} Nxd5 {
19 Les deux adversaires sont en léger zeitnot} 21. Bxd5 (21. c3 cxd4 22. cxd4
Rfd8 {[%csl Rd4]} (22... Rac8)) 21... exd5 22. dxc5 $6 (22. Bc3 $142 cxd4 23.
Bxd4 {[%csl Gd4,Rd5]} Rac8 (23... Rfe8 24. Rhe1 $14) 24. c3) 22... Bxe5 23.
Rhd1 Bxb2 24. Rab1 Bd4+ 25. Be3 Bxe3+ 26. Kxe3 Rfe8+ 27. Kf2 Re7 (27... Rac8
28. Rxd5 (28. Rxb7 Rxc5 29. Rxa7 Rxc2+ $36 {[%cal Gc2a2,Ge8e2]}) 28... Re7 29.
a5 {[%csl Rb7]}) 28. Rxd5 Rae8 $15 {Sans les R, la finale de P serait perdante
pour les Blancs mais le français a de l'expérience pour tenir cette position
inférieure.} 29. Kg3 $1 Rc7 30. Rb4 {15} Re2 {09} (30... Rec8 31. Rc4 b6) 31.
Rc4 Kg7 (31... b6 32. cxb6 Rxc4 33. Rd8+ (33. b7 Rb4 34. Rb5 Rxb5 35. axb5 Re8)
33... Kg7 34. b7 Rb4 35. b8=Q Rxb8 36. Rxb8 Rxc2 37. Rb7 $11) 32. Rd6 Re5 $1
33. c6 $8 bxc6 34. Rdxc6 Rxc6 35. Rxc6 Ra5 36. Rc4 Kf6 37. Kf4 Ke6 38. Ke3 Kd6
(38... Rh5) 39. Rh4 {10} h5 {02} 40. Rd4+ Ke6 41. Rc4 Kd6 42. Rd4+ Ke6 43. Rc4
Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[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 "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

{Shirov did not have a spectacular tournament, nor did Spain A in general, but
this is one very nice wipe-out of another GM.} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4.
f4 {The Austriac attack, aggresive, and right to the point, surely you didn't
want Shirov to be playing a Classical system!} Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7.
Bxd7+ $5 (7. e5 {Is almost always played, but white hasn't really gotten
anything in the last few years after} Ng4 8. e6 fxe6 9. Ng5 Bxb5 10. Nxe6 Bxd4
$1 {With the idea of} 11. Nxd8 Bf2+ 12. Kd2 Be3+ {with a draw}) 7... Nfxd7 8.
d5 {This certainly resembles the Benoni, yet e6 has not (and will not!) been
played. This change is definetley in whites favour, so perhaps the assesment
is that white is slightly better?} b5 {Perhaps the last try, something like} (
8... O-O 9. O-O Na6 (9... a6 10. a4 b6 11. Qd3 $16) 10. Qe2 $14 {Is only good
for white.}) 9. O-O {Yet the pawn advancing so fast has its defects. Now it
must advance again, leaving the c4 square weakened, and basically blocking the
queen side.} b4 (9... a6 10. a4 {Leads to something similar}) 10. Ne2 ({
The maenouvre to c4 directly doesn't bring white anything yet.} 10. Nb1 O-O 11.
Nbd2 Nb6 {wasn't so great.}) 10... Nb6 11. a3 $1 {White makes use of his
better developed pieces to try and open the queenside in a beneficial way to
him.} a5 (11... bxa3 12. Rxa3 O-O 13. b3 $16 {Would leave a7 very weak.}) 12.
axb4 axb4 13. Rxa8 Nxa8 {Now it will take black a while to get his major
pieces on the a file, meanwhile Shirov focuses on the other side.} 14. g4 $6 {
Pushing the pawns! White's plan is rather simplistic, but very dangerous,
specially because of the lack of counterplay. Now the dubious sign is on
account of the objective value of this move, black has enough resources to
hold his position after a g5-h4 push.} (14. f5 $14 {Seemed way more natural
and with less risk, since blacks knights are far from the e5 square for the
time being.} Nd7 15. Ng5 Ne5 16. Bf4 Qd7 $1 17. c3 $14 (17. Bxe5 $2 Bxe5 18.
fxg6 hxg6 19. Nxf7 Bxh2+ $17)) 14... Qc8 15. g5 Nb6 16. h4 h6 17. Kf2 {White
controls more space, and isn't afraid of any opening in the king side.} hxg5
18. hxg5 Qa6 $2 {Going totally in the wrong direction, Tomi just
underestimates the power of the lonely queen on h7...} (18... Qh3 19. Ng3 Qg4
$13 {Had to be tried, when perhaps black is not inferior.}) 19. b3 $1 {Alexei
begins to take over, this move is designed to cut out the knight on b6.} N8d7
20. Be3 {Pure development... and it is hard now to even find a move for black!}
Na8 $2 {This knight maneouvre is way too slow, perhaps it was better} (20...
Kf8 21. Rh1 Rxh1 22. Qxh1 Qa2 {And black has much better chances then in the
game.}) 21. Rh1 Rxh1 22. Qxh1 Qa2 23. Qh7 $1 {Not caring about the c2 pawn,
Alexei knows that his initiative on the king side will crash through.} Kf8 {[#]
} 24. f5 $5 {Basically the point... but better was} (24. Nh2 $1 {When black is
lost} Qxc2 (24... Nc7 25. Ng4 e6 26. Nh6 Bxh6 27. gxh6 Nf6 28. Qg7+ Ke7 29. e5
$18) 25. Ng4 Qxe4 26. Nh6 {And black is helpless.}) 24... Qxc2 25. Bf4 Qb2 $2 {
A blunder, but the alternative} (25... gxf5 26. Qxf5 Nab6 27. g6 Nf6 28. Ng5
$16 {Was very far from happy for black}) 26. f6 Nxf6 27. gxf6 Qxf6 28. e5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.26"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Solomon, Stephen J"]
[Black "Sarno, Spartaco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Rogers,I"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[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 "Australia"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. Bc4 $5 (9. Kh1) ({and} 9. Qe1 {are considered by theory more dangerous
for Black but the text move, hoping to discourage the e6 break, is not bad.})
9... Nc7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd7 12. Be3 a6 13. a4 b6 14. Rad1 Qb8 15. e5 $1
b5 $1 ({Solomon is hoping for} 15... dxe5 16. d6 $1 exd6 17. Rxd6 {with
considerable pressure but Sarno finds a way to simply ignore White's central
advance.}) 16. Be2 bxa4 17. Nxa4 Qb4 18. b3 Nb5 19. Bc4 Nd4 20. Qf2 Qb7 21. e6
Nb6 $1 22. Nxb6 Qxb6 23. Qd2 a5 24. Rb1 Nf5 25. Bf2 Qb4 26. Qd3 Qc3 27. g4 $2 {
White mistakenly forces the Black knight to d4 because he expects to be able
to embarrass it there with a later c3. He is in for a shock.} Qxd3 28. Bxd3 Nd4
29. Kg2 fxe6 $3 ({Black could now maintain equality with} 29... Rfb8 {but he
finds a brilliant alternative.}) 30. c3 Nxb3 $1 31. Rxb3 exd5 32. Ra3 Rxf4 {
Black has managed to pick up four pawns for the piece - extremely good value.}
33. Bh4 Rxf1 34. Kxf1 c4 35. Be2 Kf7 36. Bf3 e6 37. Ke2 Ke8 38. Bf2 Ra6 39. Kd2
Bh6+ 40. Be3 $2 {White needs both bishops on the board to restrain the Black
pawn centre.} ({After} 40. Kc2 {White would have had reasonable drawing
chances.}) 40... Bxe3+ 41. Kxe3 Kd7 42. Bd1 Kc6 43. Ra1 Kc5 44. Ba4 e5 45. Rb1
Rb6 46. Rxb6 Kxb6 47. h4 $1 Kc5 48. Be8 $1 d4+ 49. Kd2 {Here Sarno immersed
himself in thought, realising that White's threat of Bxg6! followed by h5
could be very serious. After examining a few extremely risky-looking lines
after 49...d5, he found a way to force a 'safe' queen endgame with three extra
pawns and played...} e4 $2 ({As Solomon demonstrated immediately after the
game Black can win with the following marvellous variation:} 49... d5 $1 50.
Bxg6 dxc3+ 51. Kxc3 d4+ 52. Kc2 hxg6 53. h5 gxh5 54. gxh5 d3+ 55. Kd2 ({or} 55.
Kc3 a4 $1) 55... Kd4 56. h6 c3+ 57. Kc1 c2 $1 ({mhb: 57...c2 is a blunder but} 
57... d2+ 58. Kc2 (58. Kd1 {and we have the same motive:} Kd3 59. h7 c2#) 58...
Ke3 59. h7 Ke2 {wins easily}) 58. h7 (58. Kd2 {Kb3 59.h7 Kb2 is slower but
also losing for White. (mhb: apart that ...Kb3 is an illegal move and thus
White wins!)}) 58... Kc3 59. h8=Q {and now, since White's last move was not
check thanks to the useful little pawn on e5, Black can finish the game with}
d2# $1) 50. Bxg6 $1 e3+ 51. Ke2 hxg6 ({mhb:} 51... a4 {wins}) 52. h5 gxh5 ({
mhb:} 52... a4 53. hxg6 dxc3 54. Kxe3 a3 55. g7 c2 56. Kd2 a2 57. g8=Q c1=Q+
58. Kxc1 a1=Q+ {but it is probably a draw.}) 53. gxh5 dxc3 54. Kxe3 a4 55. h6
a3 56. h7 a2 57. h8=Q a1=Q {Sarno looked quite pleased with himself hereabouts
and was clearly shocked when Solomon's next move was accompanied by a draw
offer. "How rude can you get - offering a draw three pawns down," he probably
thought.} 58. Qc8+ {(=)} Kb4 59. Qb7+ Ka3 60. Qa8+ Kb2 61. Qb7+ {Now the sad
truth began to dawn on Sarno; he has no escape from the checks on the light
squares.} Ka2 62. Qa8+ Kb1 63. Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Ordzhonikidze"]
[Date "2001.09.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Berelowitsch, Alexander"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2001.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 {A Well-known
variation} ({Much more popular nowdays is} 6... Na6) 7. e5 ({Main line arise
after} 7. O-O e5 (7... Bg4 8. Be3 e5) 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nxe5 c6) 7...
dxe5 (7... Ne8 $6 8. Be3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 dxe5 11. dxe5 f6 12. O-O-O {
[%cal Gd1d8,Gd3c4]} Qc8 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Ne4 $16 {[%csl Gd3,Ge3,Re6,Re8,Rf6,
Rf7,Rg8] Smagin,Sergey-Lechtynsky,Jiri/Hartberg 1991}) 8. dxe5 (8. fxe5 {
Is another line:} Nd5 (8... Nd7 9. Be2 (9. Bf4 Nb6 10. Be4 Bg4 11. Ne2 Nd5 12.
c3 Qd7 13. O-O Bf5 14. Bxd5 $6 (14. Bxf5 Qxf5 15. Bg3 $14) 14... Qxd5 $11 {
Korneev,Oleg-Stambullan,Arsen,Krasnodar 1998}) 9... f6 10. exf6 exf6 11. Nd5 $5
{[%cal Gc1f4]} Ne7 12. Nf4 Nb6 13. O-O c6 14. c4 $14 {Wahls,Matthias-Manion,
Josh/New York 1994}) (8... Ne8 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Be2 f6 11. e6 $1 {[%cal Gd4d5]}
Nb4 12. d5 {[%csl Gd5,Ge6]} c6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nc7 15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. O-O
Qc8 17. Qd7 $14 {[%csl Ge3,Gf3] Barlov,Dragan-Shlussler,Harry Tjentiste 1975})
(8... Ng4 9. Be4 f6 10. h3 Nh6 11. exf6 exf6 12. Bf4 (12. Be3 $6 Ne7 $1 {
[%csl Re3][%cal Gh6f5,Ge7f5]} 13. Qd2 Nhf5 14. Bf4 c6 15. O-O-O Nd6 $13 {
Spassky-Timman,Amsterdam m 1977}) 12... Ne7 13. Qd2 Nhf5 14. O-O-O Nd6 15. d5
$36 {Timman-Donner,Leeuwarden 1979}) (8... Nh5 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Be2 (10. Be4 $6
f6 $1 11. exf6 exf6 12. O-O Kh8 13. Qd2 f5 {[%csl Re4]} 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Ne5
c5 16. Nxg4 cxd4 17. Bg5 Qd6 18. Nb5 Qc5 19. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 21. Be3
Bxb2 $17 {Skripchenko Lautier,Almira-Tseitlin,Mark/Biel op MTO 1997}) 10... f6
11. exf6 exf6 12. O-O f5 13. Qd2 f4 14. Bf2 Qd7 15. Rfe1 Rae8 16. Rad1 {
Shirov,Alexei-Nikolic,Predrag/Amber-blind 8th rapid 1999}) 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. c3
Be6 11. O-O Rad8 12. Bf4 Qd7 13. Qe1 $14 {Ehlvest-Anand/Reggio Emilia 1988})
8... Nd5 9. Nxd5 {The main} (9. Bd2 Ncb4 10. Be4 c6 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gb4a6,
Ga6c5]} 11. Ne2 Na6 12. Nfd4 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 $1 14. Bf3 e5 $1 15. fxe5 Ng4 $36
{Marjanovic,S-Beliavsky,A/JUG-chT Cetinje 1992}) (9. O-O Ncb4 10. Be4 c6 11.
Qe1 Qb6+ 12. Kh1 Bg4 {Shirov,Alexei-Topalov,Veselin/Amber-blind 8th rapid 1999}
) 9... Qxd5 10. Qe2 {[%cal Gd3e4]} Bg4 {The game shows that white cannot get
any advantage in this line} (10... Bf5 $5 {The white-bishop's ex-change is
favourable for black in this variation. After} 11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. O-O Rad8 13.
Be3 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 {white got nothing. Wang Zili-Antonio/Sydney Mercantile
1991}) 11. Be4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. Be3 $6 {White is not too ambitious! I
cannot understand this move} (13. Bc3 $142 Rad8 14. Qf2 $11) 13... Qb4+ 14. Bd2
Qxb2 {The young GM from Ukraine Andrei Volokitin wants to win this game!} (
14... Qb6 $11) 15. O-O {White has some compensation for the pawn but i am sure
that it's not enouth.} Rad8 (15... Rab8 $5 16. Rfb1 Qa3 $15 {[%cal Gf8d8]}) 16.
Rfb1 ({After} 16. Rab1 {Black can take the second pawn:} Qxa2 17. Rxb7 Nd4 $1
18. Qf2 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qc4 {[%csl Gd4,Rf3,Rf4][%cal Gf7f5] with clear advantage.
That happend in the old game Ankerst-Udovcic,JUG-ch Vrnjacka Banja 1962}) 16...
Qd4+ $6 {After this move white don't have nothing to worry about} (16... Bxf3
$142 17. Qxf3 (17. gxf3 Qd4+ 18. Be3 Qc3 $17 {[%csl Ra1,Rf3,Rf4][%cal Gc6d4]})
17... Qd4+ 18. Be3 Qc3 $17 {And i don't see real compensation for a pawn.}) 17.
Nxd4 Bxe2 18. Nxc6 bxc6 (18... Rxd2 $2 19. Nxe7+ Kh8 20. Rxb7 $16) 19. Bc3 $1 {
Right! The Bishop have to be on the long-diagonal against black's only idea:
f7-f6} (19. Be3 $2 f6 $17 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gg7a1]}) 19... f6 20. Re1 Bc4 21.
Bxc6 {Now there is no any advantage for black} fxe5 22. fxe5 Bh6 {[%mdl 2064]}
1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.19"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Acs, Peter"]
[Black "Bogdanovski, Vlatko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 {[%cal Ga6b4] This move is more popular nowdays than the well-known} (8...
Rb8) 9. Bc4 {[%cal Ge4e5] Seems to be most logical.} (9. h3 Bxf3 10. Rxf3 (10.
Qxf3 $5 Nb4 11. a3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 {Van Riemsdijk-Anand,Amsterdam 90}) 10... Nc7
11. a4 a6 12. Qe2 b6 13. Bd2 Qc8 14. Raf1 Qb7 15. Bc4 Nd7 $132 {
Kalka-Ponomariov,99}) (9. Qe1 {[%cal Ge1h4]} Bxf3 10. Rxf3 Nb4 11. Qe2 $6 (11.
Qh4) 11... Nxd3 12. cxd3 Qb6 13. Kh1 Rac8 14. Be3 Nd7 15. Rh3 Qb4 $36 {[%cal
Gc5c4] and black is better. Saltaev-Ponomariov, Hastings 98}) (9. Kh1 Nd7 $1
10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Rc8 {[%cal Rc5c4,Ra6c5]} 12. Qe2 Qa5 {And black hasn't
any problems. Almasi,Zoltan-Svidler,Tilburg Fontys 1996}) (9. a3 Nd7 10. h3
Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Rc8 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Qf2 c4 14. Be2 Nac5 15. Bf3 Na4 16. Nxa4 Qxa4
17. c3 Nc5 {And black's counterplay on the queen-side is enouth for equality.
Polgar,J-Svidler, Tilburg Fontys 1996}) 9... Nc7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 a6 (11...
e6 $5 {Is standard in this variation,but in this position it's already dubious
in view of:} 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Be3 {[%cal Ge4e5]} (13. Rd1 $6 {not so clear:}
Qe7 14. f5 gxf5 $1 15. exf5 d5 16. Bf1 Nfe8 $13 {[%cal Gf8f5]}) 13... b6 14.
Rad1 {[%cal Ge4e5]} Qe7 15. Rfe1 Kh8 16. g4 {with clear advantage for white
due to big space advantage and pair of bishops. Wedberg,T-Azmaiparashvili,Z/
Reykjavik op 1990}) ({But} 11... Nd7 {seems to be interesting alternative. For
example:} 12. Re1 a6 {[%cal Gb7b5]} 13. a4 Rb8 {[%cal Gb7b5]} 14. a5 b5 15.
axb6 Rxb6 16. Qd3 Qb8 {[%cal Gc7b5] and black's chanses should not be
underestimated.}) 12. a4 b6 {The idea is to avoid a4-a5 pushing. It looks
slighty slowly, but actually it's the only way to fight for equality.} (12...
Nd7 $6 {This move was tried several times by Vlatko Bogdanovski, but didn't
bring him success} 13. Qd3 (13. Qe2 $5 $146 Kh8 {[%cal Gf7f5]} (13... f5 $2 14.
e5) 14. Rd1 Rb8 (14... f5 $5 15. Bd2 {[%cal Ya1b1,Yb2b4]} fxe4 16. Nxe4 $14 {
[%csl Re6,Rf7][%cal Gd2c3,Ge4g5]}) 15. a5 b5 16. axb6 Rxb6 17. Ra2 $16 {
[%csl Ra6][%cal Gc4a6] Forster,R-Hodgson,J/Horgen-B 1995}) 13... Nb6 (13... Rb8
14. Be3 Nb6 15. b3 $1 {[%csl Gc4]} Qd7 16. a5 Nxc4 17. bxc4 {[%csl Rb7][%cal
Ga1b1,Gb1b7]} b5 18. axb6 Rxb6 19. e5 $16 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5,Rg7] And black is in
trouble due to the strong center. Yegiazarian-Bogdanovski,Ohrid 2001}) 14. Ba2
Nd7 (14... Qd7 15. a5 Nc8 16. Bd2 b5 17. axb6 Nxb6 18. Rae1 Nb5 19. Nd1 $1 $16
{[%csl Rb5,Rb6][%cal Gc2c3] Dolmatov-Chernin/Minsk ch-SU/1987}) 15. Bb3 Rb8 16.
a5 b5 17. axb6 Nxb6 18. Na4 $1 {[%cal Ga4b6] Right! after this exchange white
can play c2-c3.} Nxa4 19. Rxa4 Qd7 20. Ra2 $1 {[%cal Gb3c4,Gc2c3]} Rb4 $6 {
This move is just loss of time, but it's clear that white has advantage.} 21.
Bc4 e6 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. c3 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Gc1,Gc4,Rd6,Re6] Golod,
V-Bogdanovski,V/Ohrid MKD 2001}) (12... Rb8 {This move also cannot promise
equality for black} 13. a5 b5 14. axb6 Rxb6 15. Ra2 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Gc1,Gc4,
Gd5,Ge4,Gf4][%cal Ge4e5]}) 13. Qd3 $1 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Ge4e5,Gc4b5,Gd3b5] This
is the best place for queen.} Qb8 {[%cal Gb8b7,Gf8b8,Gb6b5]} 14. Be3 (14. e5 $6
{is dubious because of} Nd7 $1 (14... b5 $6 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17.
Nxb5 Nfxd5 18. exd6 exd6 19. Nxc7 Nxc7 20. Qxd6 $16) 15. e6 fxe6 16. dxe6 Nf6 {
[%cal Gb8b7,Ga8d8] And black's center promise good chanses.}) 14... Qb7 15.
Rab1 $1 {seems to be most logical plan in this position.} e6 16. b4 {[%csl Rb7]
[%cal Gb1b7]} (16. dxe6 $6 fxe6 17. Qxd6 $140 $2 Rad8 18. Qe5 Nfd5 $1 $19 {
[%csl Re5]}) 16... exd5 17. exd5 cxb4 $8 18. Rxb4 b5 (18... Nd7 $2 19. Ne4 {
[%csl Rd6][%cal Ge4d6]}) 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bb3 $14 {[%csl Rb5,Rc7] This
position is better for white due to the weakness on b5 and passive position of
the black knights.} (20. Nxb5 $2 Ncxd5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Rb3 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 d5
$15 {[%csl Gg7]}) 20... Ra5 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Ga5b5]} 21. f5 $36 {[%cal Gf1f6]}
(21. Bd4 $5 {[%csl Gd4]} Nfxd5 $140 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Qf3 Nxb4 24. Qxb7 Bxd4+
25. Kh1 $16 {[%cal Gf4f5]}) 21... Qa6 22. Rbf4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] it's hard to
believe in that-but only this move is new! This game shows that variation is
very hard for black if white plays correctly.} (22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Ne4 Ra1 $1
24. Nxf6+ Bxf6 25. Rbf4 $6 (25. Kh2 $1 {[%csl Rb5,Rd6][%cal Ge3f4]} Be5+ 26.
Bf4 $16) 25... Be5 26. R4f3 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Ne8 28. Bd4 {White is quite better,
but probably it's not enouth: draw. Grischuk,Alexander-Ponomariov,Ruslan/
Lausanne Young Masters 2000}) 22... Ra1 23. Bd4 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gd4f6,Gf5g6]}
(23. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 24. Rf1 Qa5 25. Bd4 $6 b4 26. Ne2 Nfxd5 $1 27. f6 Bh6 28. Ra1
Be3+ $1 29. Kh1 Qb5 30. Bc4 Qe8 $1 {And black is O.K}) 23... b4 24. Rxa1 (24.
Bc4 Qa8 25. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 26. Rf1 Qa3 $1 {[%cal Ga3d3] And after exchange of
queens there is no advantage for white.}) 24... Qxa1+ 25. Nd1 Qc1 {[%csl Gc1,
Rd1]} 26. Rf1 (26. Be3 {seems to be quite better.} Qa3 (26... Qa1 27. Rxb4 Re8
{with some compensation for the pawn, probably it;s not enouth.})) 26... Qg5
27. Bb6 $1 {[%csl Rc7] Right! there is no good place for the knight.} (27. Ne3
Nh5 $1 {and black is O.K}) 27... Nce8 28. Bd8 $1 {[%cal Gd8e7] Very strong!
This e7-square is just ideal for the bishop.} Kh8 $8 29. Be7 Rg8 30. Kh1 $6 {
Too slowly!} (30. Ba4 $1 {seems to me very strong.} Nc7 31. Bc6 {[%csl Gc6,Ge7]
with full domination.}) 30... Qh6 $2 {I cannot understand this move.} ({
This was the only way to keep the position:} 30... Bf8) 31. Ne3 Bf8 {Now it's
too late!} 32. fxg6 $1 {[%cal Gf1f6,Ge7f6]} Bxe7 (32... Rxg6 33. Bd8 $1 $18 {
[%csl Re8,Rf6][%cal Gb3a4,Ga4e8,Ge3f5,Gf1f6]}) 33. gxf7 Rg3 34. fxe8=Q+ Nxe8
$18 {[%mdl 16]} 35. Nf5 Rxd3 36. Nxh6 Re3 37. Nf5 Re5 38. Nxe7 Rxe7 39. Rf4 Kg7
40. Rxb4 Kf6 41. Kg1 Ke5 42. Ra4 Nf6 43. Rh4 h5 44. Kf2 Rg7 45. Kf3 Rc7 46. Rc4
Rf7 47. Rf4 Rc7 48. Rh4 Rc3+ 49. Ke2 Rg3 50. Kf2 Rc3 51. Rc4 Ne4+ 52. Kg1 Re3
53. Rc7 Kf4 54. Rf7+ Kg3 55. Bc4 Re1+ 56. Bf1 Nd2 57. Rf2 Rd1 58. c4 Kh4 59.
Rf4+ Kg3 60. Rf6 Kh4 61. Rf5 Kg3 62. c5 dxc5 63. d6 Nxf1 64. Rxf1 Rxd6 65. Rf3+
Kh4 66. Rf5 c4 67. Kh2 Rd2 68. Rf4+ Kg5 69. Rxc4 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lvov Cup of Galychina"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2001.12.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jonkman, Harmen"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2001.12.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 (7...
Bg4 {Is anonther line.}) 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 Nd4 {The main.} ({Other options
here:} 9... Nb4 10. Bc4 Ne8 {[%cal Ge8d6]} 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 Nd6 13. Bb3 a5
14. a4 Kh8 15. Qd2 b6 16. Rae1 Ba6 17. Rf2 $14 {[%cal Ge3h6] Balashov,Y-Timman,
J/Moscow 1981}) (9... Ne7 10. Nxe5 (10. Qe1 $5 c6 $140 11. Bg5 $1 $36 {[%cal
Gf1f6,Gg5d8]}) 10... c6 (10... Nfxd5 11. Nxd5 (11. Nxf7 $5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Rxf7
13. Rxf7 Kxf7 14. Bc4+ Be6 15. Qf1+ Bf6 16. Bxe6+ Kxe6 17. Qc4+ Kd7 18. Ba3 $40
) 11... Nxd5 (11... Bxe5 12. Bg5) 12. Nxf7 Rxf7 13. Rxf7 Kxf7 14. Bc4 $16) (
10... Nxe4 $5 11. Bxe4 Bxe5 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Rxf4 Nf5 {with slighty better
chanses fo white. Bisguier,A-Timman,J/Lone Pine op 1978}) 11. Bg5 cxd5 {
[%csl Rf6][%cal Gd8b6,Gb6f6]} 12. Bxf6 Qb6+ 13. Kh1 Bxf6 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Nc4
$1 Qd8 16. exd5 b5 17. Nd2 $1 Rb8 18. Qf3 Bxb2 19. Rab1 Be5 20. Rxb5 Rxb5 21.
Bxb5 Qc7 22. c4 $1 Bxh2 23. Ne4 $16 {[%csl Gc4,Gd5][%cal Ge4f6] Dolmatov,
S-Kuzmin,G/Vilnius 1980}) 10. Nxe5 Nxd5 (10... Nxe4 $6 {leads to clear
advantage for white:} 11. Bxe4 Bxe5 12. Bf4 Bg7 (12... Bxf4 13. Rxf4 Nf5 14.
Bxf5 Bxf5 15. Qd4 $1 {[%cal Gc3e4]} Bxc2 16. Re1 $36 {Polgar,J-Stohl,I/Brno
1991}) 13. Qd2 Bd7 (13... Re8 14. Rae1 c6 15. Kh1 f5 16. Bd3 Rxe1 17. Rxe1 cxd5
18. Bg5 $32 {[%csl Gc3,Gd3,Ge1,Gg5][%cal Gc3d5]}) (13... Nf5 14. Rae1 Nd6 15.
Bd3 Bd7 16. Bh6 f5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qf2 b6 19. Ne2 $14 {[%cal Gc2c4,Ge2d4] De
Firmian,N-Koch,W/Politiken Cup 1996}) 14. Rae1 Nf5 15. Bxf5 $1 Bxf5 16. Nb5 $36
{[%cal Gc2c4] De Firmian,N-Jonsson,B/Reykjavik 1998}) 11. Nxd5 (11. exd5 $5 {
This move seems to be more dangerous for black:} Bxe5 12. Bf4 Bg7 13. Qd2 c6
14. dxc6 (14. Bg5 $5) 14... Nxc6 (14... bxc6 $5) 15. Kh1 Ne5 16. Bh6 Nxd3 17.
Bxg7 Kxg7 18. cxd3 $14 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gd3d4] Luther,T-Slobodjan,R/Hofmann
Cup Baden-Baden 1995}) 11... Bxe5 12. Bf4 Nc6 (12... Bxf4 $6 13. Rxf4 Qg5 14.
Qf1 {[%cal Gf1f2]} Be6 15. Qf2 $1 c5 16. Nf6+ Kg7 17. e5 $1 Qxe5 18. Re1 $40 {
Dolmatov,S-Kuzmin,G/Moscow-4teams 1981}) (12... Qd6 13. Qd2 f6 14. Bxe5 Qxe5
15. Qf4 $1 Qxf4 16. Rxf4 Kg7 17. Raf1 $16 {[%csl Rc7,Rf6][%cal Gd5f6,Gd5c7,
Gf1f6,Gf4f6] Ljubojevic,Ljubomir-Parma,Bruno/Jug-ch Vrbas 1982}) 13. Qd2 (13.
Qe1 Be6 14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15. Nf6+ Kg7 {and here the best is 16.Qc3!- see the text
in the game.}) (13. Bb5 Qd6 14. Qd2 f6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Nc3 Ba6
$6 (17... Be6 $1 $11) 18. Rfd1 Rab8 19. Rab1 $14 {Lobzhanidze,D-Zakharevich,I/
Tula 1999}) 13... Be6 14. Bxe5 (14. Bh6 $5 Bg7 (14... Re8 $2 15. Bg5 $1 $16 {
[%cal Gd5f6]}) 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qc3+ f6 17. Ba6 $5 Rb8 18. Rad1 Bxd5 19. Rxd5
{[%cal Ga6b7]} Qe8 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Ge8c6]} 20. Rc5 $1 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Ga6b7,
Gc5c6]} Qxe4 21. Re1 Qh4 22. g3 Qg4 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. Rxc6 Qd7 $14 {And white
is slighty better, but it's very hard to win. Nevostrujev,V-Zakharevich,I/Orel
1992} 25. b3 (25. a3 $5)) 14... Nxe5 15. Nf6+ Kg7 16. Qc3 $1 {[%csl Re5][%cal
Gc3g7] This is the best place for queen.Now white is clear better. Other moves
cannot promise something for white:} (16. Qf4 $6 Qd4+ 17. Kh1 Rad8 18. Qh4 h6
19. Qg3 Rd6 20. Be2 Nd7 $1 $15 {Mednis,E-Kaiszauri,K/Reykjavik 1982}) (16. Qg5
$6 Ng4 $1 17. Nh5+ Kh8 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Nf4 Kg7 20. h3 Ne5 $14 {[%csl Rd3,
Ge5] Stambullan,A-Zakharevich,I/Chigorin mem op 2000}) 16... Qd6 17. Rad1 Rfd8
$146 (17... Rad8 $5 18. Kh1 $6 (18. Be2 $142) 18... Qd4 19. Qe1 Qxb2 20. Qh4 h6
21. Qg3 Nd7 $17 {Kokarev,D-Zakharevich,I/Moscow 1999}) 18. Be2 Qb6+ $8 19. Kh1
Rxd1 20. Nh5+ $1 (20. Rxd1 $6 Kxf6 21. Rf1+ Kg7 22. Qxe5+ Kg8 $15 {[%csl Re4]
[%cal Ga8d8]}) 20... Kg8 21. Rxd1 gxh5 22. Qxe5 Bg4 $14 23. Bf3 $1 (23. Bxg4
hxg4 24. Qg5+ Qg6 25. Qe7 (25. Qxg6+ hxg6 26. Rd7 Rc8 $2 (26... Re8 $1 27. Rxc7
Rxe4 28. g3 Re2 $11) 27. Kg1 Kf8 28. e5 Ke8 29. e6 $1 fxe6 30. Rg7 $16) 25...
Qe6 $1 26. Qxc7 (26. Qxe6 fxe6 27. Rd7 Rf8 $1 $11 {[%cal Gf8f7]}) 26... Qxe4
27. Rf1 Rf8 {And white is slighty better, but i don't believe that it's enouth
for win}) 23... Qf2 (23... f6 $6 24. Qg3 Kh8 25. b3 $16 {[%cal Ge4e5]}) 24.
Qg5+ $6 (24. Bxg4 $1 hxg4 25. Qxc7 Re8 26. Qd7 Kf8 27. Qd3 $16 {[%cal Gd1f1]})
24... Kf8 25. Qd2 {After this move black is O.K. But actually i don't see the
way for real advantage.For example:} (25. Bxg4 hxg4 26. Qe5 $1 Re8 27. Qh8+ Ke7
) 25... Qxd2 26. Rxd2 Ke7 27. h3 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Rg8 {[%cal Gg8g3]} 29. Kh2 h4 {
[%mdl 2048]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Ordzhonikidze"]
[Date "2001.09.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Maximov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kazakov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2001.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 (7...
e5 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 Ne7 {Is the main line.}) 8. Be3 (8. e5 {Is more common
here:} dxe5 (8... Nd7 9. Be3 dxe5 10. dxe5 f6 11. exf6 exf6 12. h3 Be6 13. Bb5
$1 Nb6 14. Qe2 Re8 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Rfe1 $14 {Hector,Jonny-Ftacnik,Lubomir/
Haninge 1990}) 9. dxe5 Nd5 10. h3 (10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. h3 Be6 (11... Bf5 $5 12.
Bxf5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 gxf5 14. Rd7 Rac8 15. Be3 Rfd8 16. Rad1 Rxd7 17. Rxd7 e6 {
[%cal Gc6b8,Gg8f8,Gf8e8] And black is O.K}) 12. Qe1 Bf5 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14. Be3
f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. c3 {Leitao,Rafael-Vescovi,Glovani P/Paulisto-ch2 1999}) (
10. Qe1 {[%cal Ge1h4]} Ndb4 11. Be4 f5 12. Bxc6 (12. exf6 exf6 13. a3 f5 14.
axb4 fxe4 15. Qxe4 Re8 $44) 12... Nxc6 13. Be3 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 e6 $11 {
Ljubojevic,L-Timman,J/KRO m 1987}) 10... Nxc3 (10... Bxf3 $6 11. Qxf3 Nxc3 12.
bxc3 f6 (12... Na5 13. h4 $1 {[%csl Gd3,Ge5,Gf4,Rg7][%cal Gh4h5]} e6 14. h5 Qe7
15. Be3 $16 {Yegiazarian,Arsen-Nalbadian,Tigran/ARM-ch Yerevan 1994}) 13. Ba3
$1 fxe5 14. f5 $36 {[%csl Ga3,Gd3] Almasi,Z-Vadasz,L/HUN-chT 9394 1994}) 11.
bxc3 Bf5 12. Be3 (12. Qe2 Qd5 13. Be3 Qa5 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Ga5c3]} 14. Bxf5
gxf5 15. Qc4 {[%csl Gc4]} e6 16. Rab1 $14 {Yegiazarian,Arsen-Minasian,Artashes
ARM-ch Yerevan 1999}) 12... Qd7 13. Qe2 Rfd8 ({it was necessary to improve
white's pawn structure after} 13... Bxd3 $6 14. cxd3 b5 15. Rad1 f6 16. Bc5 Na5
17. d4 c6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Ne5 Qd5 20. Ng4 $16 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Gf4f5]
Balashov,Yuri S-Wedberg,Tom/Helsinki 1983}) 14. Rad1 Bxd3 $8 {Here this
exchage was made in better redaction for black.} 15. cxd3 b5 16. Bc5 e6 17. Ng5
b4 18. c4 Nd4 19. Qf2 a5 20. Ne4 $14 {[%csl Gc5,Ge5,Gf4,Rg7] Hellers,
Ferdinand-Ftachnik,Lubomir/Haninge 1989}) 8... e5 9. fxe5 {The main.} (9. dxe5
{cannot promise any advantage for white:} dxe5 10. h3 exf4 $1 11. Bc5 (11. Bxf4
Nh5 12. Bh2 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Ne5 14. Qe2 c6 $15 {[%csl Rc3,Rd3,Ge5] Guliev,
L-Balashov,Yuri S/Moscow Alekhine op 1996}) 11... Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Ne5 13. Qxf4
Nh5 14. Qe3 Re8 $11 {Kaplanski-Paull/Landesliga 1999}) 9... dxe5 10. d5 Nd4 {
[%csl Gd4][%cal Gg4f3,Gf6h5]} 11. Be2 (11. Qd2 $6 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nh5 $15 {
[%csl Gd4][%cal Gc7c6,Gf7f5]}) 11... Bxf3 (11... Nxe2+ $5 12. Qxe2 Ne8 {
[%cal Ge8d6]} 13. h3 Bd7 (13... Bxf3 14. Rxf3 Nd6 15. Raf1 {[%cal Gf1f7]} f5
16. Bc5 $14) 14. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2c4]} (14. Bg5 f6 15. Bh4 Qe7 16. Rae1 Qb4 17.
Qd3 Nd6 {[%cal Gb4c4]} 18. b3 Rae8 $15 {[%cal Gf6f5] Farkas-Vadasz/HUN-chT2
1993}) 14... Nd6 {[%cal Gf7f5] And black is O.K}) 12. Bxf3 c6 {This move was
played in several games before.} ({In my opinion} 12... Ne8 {[%cal Ge8d6]} 13.
Ne2 Nxf3+ 14. Rxf3 (14. gxf3 f5 15. c4 Nd6 16. Qd3 Qh4 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gh4e4,
Gf5e4]}) 14... Nd6 {[%cal Gf7f5] seems to be interesting alternative.}) 13. Kh1
{[%mdl 16]} (13. dxc6 $6 bxc6 {[%csl Gc6,Rd5][%cal Gc6d5]} 14. Qd2 Qb6 15. Na4
Qb5 16. b3 Rad8 $15 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Gd8d2]}) 13... Qa5 $6 {[%csl Rd5][%cal
Ga8d8,Gd8d5,Ga5d5] Black wants to create pressure on the d5 pawn. But it takes
too much time and white can create some pressure on black's position.} (13...
cxd5 {was enouth for equality:} 14. exd5 (14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 f5 $11 {
[%cal Gd4f3,Ge5e4]}) 14... Ne8 {[%cal Ge8d6,Gf7f5]} 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Ne2 {
And here black can choose between several equal continuations:} Qb6 $11 {
[%cal Ge8d6]} (16... Nc7 $5 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gc7d5]}) ({and even:} 16... Nd6 $5
17. Nxd4 $140 Qh4 $1 {[%csl Rd4,Rh2][%cal Gh4d4,Gg7d4,Gg7e5,Ge5h2] with good
chanses})) 14. Bg5 Rad8 15. Be2 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gf1f6,Gg5d8]} Rd6 16. Bd3 {
[%csl Gd4] The position is equal.} h6 (16... Re8 $5) 17. Bh4 Re8 18. Bxf6 $6 {
Strange move.The dark-square is very strong in this position.} ({After} 18. Qe1
$14 {white is clear better. For example:} cxd5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxd5 Qxe1 21.
Raxe1 Bg7 22. c3 {[%csl Gd5,Rf7][%cal Gd3c4,Gf1f7]}) (18. a3 $5 {Is also
interesting.}) 18... Bxf6 19. Qg4 {Now white hasn't any advantage.} Bg7 $11 20.
dxc6 bxc6 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gc6d5]} 21. Bc4 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gf1f7,Gc4f7]} Ne6
22. Bb3 Qd8 {[%cal Gd8g5] Black's queen have nothing to do on a5} 23. Rf2 (23.
Rad1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Qc7 $11) 23... h5 24. Qf3 {[%cal Gf2f7]} Re7 {[%cal Ge7d7]}
25. Raf1 {All the pieces of both sides are already in the best places.} Nf4 $2
{This move is just loss of time.} ({After} 25... Red7 {black haven't problems:}
26. Na4 Ng5 $1 27. Qe3 Rd1 28. Nc5 $6 (28. Nc3 $11) 28... Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Rd1)
26. g3 Nh3 {Now it's clear that knigh have nothing to do on-h3.} 27. Re2 (27.
Bxf7+ $2 Kh8 28. Re2 Ng5 $1 (28... Rf6 $2 29. Qg2 $16 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Gg2h3]})
29. Qf2 Rf6 $19) 27... Ng5 28. Qe3 Red7 29. Ref2 Ne6 30. Na4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rf7]
[%cal Ga4c5,Gf1f7,Gb3f7] After black's mistake white succeed to create an
unpleasant pressure on black's position.} Re7 {What else?} 31. Nc5 Qb6 (31...
Rd1 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. c3 $16 {[%csl Rc6,Re5,Re6,Rg6]}) 32. Bxe6 Rdxe6 33. b4 $1
{[%csl Gc5][%cal Ge3b3] Great! White's Queen will be very active on b3.} Rd6
34. Qb3 {[%csl Gc5,Rc6,Rf7][%cal Gf1f7,Gb3f7]} Qc7 35. a4 {[%cal Ga4a5,Ga5a6]}
Bh6 36. Rf3 $1 {[%csl Re3][%cal Gf3e3]} Rd2 {Rook is not in place here.} (36...
Bg7 $142 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gg7f6]}) 37. Rf6 {[%csl Rc6,Gf6,Rg6][%cal Gf6g6,
Gf6c6]} (37. Rd3 $142 {[%csl Re7,Gf1]}) 37... Rd6 38. R6f3 Kg7 39. Rd3 $1 {
Right! After the exchange rook on e7 will be very passive} Rd4 $2 $138 {
After this blunder the game is over.} (39... Bg5 $16) 40. Rxf7+ $1 $18 {
[%cal Gc5e6]} Kh8 41. Rf6 (41. Ne6 $18) 41... Kh7 42. Kg2 {[%csl Gc5] Black
doesn't have any counterplay due to the brilliant position of white's knight}
Bg7 43. Ne6 Qb7 44. Nxd4 Bxf6 45. Ne6 {[%cal Gd3d6]} Qc8 46. Rd6 {Full
domination!} h4 47. Qc4 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gc4c6,Gd6c6]} Kh6 48. g4 Rf7 49. Qd3
Bg5 50. h3 Qb8 51. Nxg5 {white's knight made his job in this game!} Kxg5 52.
Qd2+ Rf4 53. Rxc6 Qb7 54. Qd8+ Kh6 55. Qh8+ Qh7 56. Qxe5 Qf7 57. Qh8+ Qh7 {
[%mdl 10240]} 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 13th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2015.01.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Blomqvist, Erik"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5
Nh5 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Be2 f6 11. exf6 exf6 12. Qd3 (12. O-O Re8 13. Qd2 Ne7 14.
Bc4+ Kh8 15. Nh4 Nc6 16. Bf2 Ne5 17. Bd5 c6 18. h3 cxd5 19. dxe5 Be6 20. exf6
Nxf6 21. Bd4 Ne4 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. Qd4+ Kg8 24. Nf3 Nxc3 25. Qxc3 Rc8 26. Qd2
Bf5 27. Nd4 Be4 28. c3 Qe7 29. Rf4 Rf8 30. Raf1 a6 31. h4 Rxf4 32. Qxf4 Kg7 33.
a4 a5 34. g4 h6 35. g5 hxg5 36. Qxg5 Re8 37. Kh2 Qd6+ 38. Qg3 Qe7 39. Qf4 Rh8
40. Kg3 Bd3 41. Rf3 Be4 42. Rf2 Re8 43. Qg5 Qd6+ 44. Qf4 Qe7 45. Qg5 {1/2-1/2 
(45) Karjakin,S (2777)-Jones,G (2664) Bilbao 2014}) 12... Re8 13. O-O-O Qe7 14.
Qc4+ (14. Bf2 Nf4 15. Qc4+ Kh8 16. Bf1 Bh6 17. Kb1 Rad8 18. h3 Be6 19. Qa4 Qd7
20. d5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Bc4 Qf7 23. Bd3 Be3 24. Bxe3 Rxe3 25. Rhf1 Qe7
26. Qh4 Bxf3 27. gxf3 f5 28. Qh6 Nb4 29. Bc4 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Re1 31. Qd2 Rxd1+
32. Qxd1 c5 33. a3 Nc6 34. Qd5 Kg7 35. f4 a6 36. Bxa6 bxa6 {1/2-1/2 (36)
Linders,J-Bos,I Netherlands 1988}) 14... Kh8 15. Bd2 Qd6 16. d5 Bxf3 17. gxf3 (
17. Bxf3 Ne5 18. Qb3 $11) 17... Ne5 18. Qh4 Qc5 19. f4 Nc4 20. f5 Rxe2 21. Nxe2
Nxd2 22. fxg6 (22. Rxd2 Bh6 $11) 22... hxg6 23. Nf4 Bh6 24. Nxg6+ Kg7 25. Qxh5
Nc4+ 26. Kb1 Qb4 27. b3 Na3+ 28. Kb2 Nc4+ 29. Kb1 Qc3 30. bxc4 Qb4+ 31. Ka1 Bc1
{Noch ein kleiner Witz, der aber am Remis nichts ändert.} 32. Rxc1 Qc3+ 33.
Kb1 Qb4+ 34. Ka1 Qc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stroebeck"]
[Site "Stroebeck"]
[Date "2015.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlstedt, Jonathan"]
[Black "Vogel, Roven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2015.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5
Nh5 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Bc4 ({Die Alternativen sind} 10. Be4 {z.B.:} f6 11. exf6
Nxf6 12. h3 Nxe4 13. hxg4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qd5 15. Qd3 e5 16. Ng5 exd4 17. Rxh7
Ne5 18. Rxg7+ Kxg7 19. Qxd4 Qb5 20. O-O-O Rf1 21. c4 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Qd7 23. Kc1
Qxd4 24. Bxd4 Kh6 25. Ne6 Nxc4 26. g5+ Kh5 27. Bf6 Kg4 28. Nxc7 Rc8 29. Nd5 Rc5
30. Ne7 Ne5 31. Kd2 Kh5 32. Ke3 Ng4+ 33. Kd3 Ra5 34. g3 Ra3+ 35. c3 Rxa2 36.
Nd5 Nxf6 37. gxf6 Kh6 38. g4 g5 39. Ne7 Rf2 40. Ke4 Rxf6 41. Ng8+ Kg7 42. Nxf6
Kxf6 43. Kd5 a5 44. c4 a4 45. Kd4 a3 46. Kc3 Ke5 {0-1 (46) Sveshnikov,E (2506)
-Moiseenko,A (2650) Dagomys 2008}) ({und} 10. Be2 {, die beliebteste
Fortsetzung, z.B:} f6 11. exf6 exf6 12. O-O Re8 13. Qd2 Ne7 14. Bc4+ Kh8 15.
Nh4 Nc6 16. Bf2 Ne5 17. Bd5 c6 18. h3 cxd5 19. dxe5 Be6 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Bd4
Ne4 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. Qd4+ Kg8 24. Nf3 Nxc3 25. Qxc3 Rc8 26. Qd2 Bf5 27. Nd4
Be4 28. c3 Qe7 29. Rf4 Rf8 30. Raf1 a6 31. h4 Rxf4 32. Qxf4 Kg7 33. a4 a5 34.
g4 h6 35. g5 hxg5 36. Qxg5 Re8 37. Kh2 Qd6+ 38. Qg3 Qe7 39. Qf4 Rh8 40. Kg3 Bd3
41. Rf3 Be4 42. Rf2 Re8 43. Qg5 Qd6+ 44. Qf4 Qe7 45. Qg5 {1/2-1/2 (45)
Karjakin,S (2777)-Jones,G (2664) Bilbao 2014}) 10... Kh8 $5 ({Üblicher ist} 
10... Na5 11. Be2 c5) 11. O-O ({Die Stammpartie von 10...Kh8:} 11. Qd2 Bxf3 12.
gxf3 f6 13. f4 fxe5 14. fxe5 Na5 15. Be2 c5 16. d5 Bxe5 17. Bxc5 Rf4 18. Qe3
Bxc3+ 19. Qxc3+ Nf6 20. O-O-O Rc8 21. Bxe7 {1-0 (21) Ostojic,P-Timman,J
Stockholm 1973}) 11... f6 12. e6 $5 {Neuerung.} (12. exf6 exf6 13. h3 Bxf3 14.
Rxf3 f5 15. Ne2 Na5 16. Qd3 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Qd7 18. c3 Rae8 19. Raf1 Rf6 20. Nf4
Nxf4 21. Bxf4 Rc6 22. Qd3 Rce6 23. Re3 Rxe3 24. Bxe3 Qd5 25. Bf4 c6 26. a3 Re4
27. Qd2 Qe6 28. Kf2 Kg8 29. Re1 Kf7 30. Rxe4 Qxe4 31. Qe3 Ke6 32. Qxe4+ fxe4
33. Ke3 Kd5 34. Kd2 b5 35. Bc7 Bh6+ 36. Kc2 Kc4 37. Be5 Bg5 38. b3+ Kd5 39. a4
Bd8 40. axb5 cxb5 41. Bf4 a5 42. Be3 g5 43. Kb2 h6 44. h4 Be7 45. Kc2 Bf6 46.
h5 Bd8 47. g4 Bb6 48. Kb2 a4 49. Ka3 Ba5 50. Bd2 Bc7 51. Be3 Bd6+ 52. Kb2 a3+
53. Ka2 Be7 54. Kb1 Bd8 55. Ka2 Ba5 56. Bd2 b4 57. cxb4 Bb6 58. Kxa3 Kxd4 59.
Ka4 Kd3 60. Be1 e3 61. Kb5 Bd4 62. Kc6 Bc3 63. Bg3 Bxb4 64. Kd5 e2 65. Bf2 e1=Q
66. Bxe1 Bxe1 67. Ke5 {0-1 (67) Silman,J (2410)-Miles,A (2520) Los Angeles 1989
}) 12... Bxf3 (12... f5 $5) 13. Rxf3 (13. Qxf3 $5 f5 (13... Nxd4 $2 14. Qd1 f5
(14... Nc6 $2 15. g4 $18) 15. g4 $16) 14. Rad1 $14) 13... f5 14. g4 Nf6 (14...
fxg4 15. Rxf8+ Qxf8 16. Qxg4 $11) 15. gxf5 $2 (15. h3 fxg4 16. hxg4 $11) 15...
Ng4 $1 16. Ne2 $2 ({Die taktische Rechtfertigung des letzten schwarzen Zuges
besteht in} 16. fxg6 Rxf3 17. Qxf3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Bxd4 $19) ({Nötig war} 16.
Kh1 Nxe3 17. Rxe3 Qxd4 18. Re4 Qxd1+ 19. Rxd1 gxf5 20. Rf4 Rad8 $17) 16... Rxf5
17. Rg3 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 Nxd4 19. Ng3 Rc5 20. Bd3 Nxc2 21. Bxc2 Qd4 $1 22. Nf1 Rf8
23. Kh1 Rxf1+ (23... Qxd1 24. Bxd1 (24. Rxd1 Rxc2 $19) 24... Rxf1+ $19) 24.
Qxf1 Qxe3 25. Qf7 {Eine Falle, ...} ({Objektiv zäher war} 25. Re1 Qh6 (25...
Qd4 $4 26. Rd1 $18) 26. Re2 Bf6 $19) {in die Schwarz,...} 25... Rf5 $1 26. Bxf5
(26. Qe8+ Rf8 27. Qb5 Qf3+ 28. Kg1 Bd4#) 26... Qf3+ {nicht hereinfällt.} (
26... gxf5 $4 27. Qe8+ Bf8 28. Qxf8#) 27. Kg1 Bd4# 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.18"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Hulak, Krunoslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ $5 (7. e5
Ng4 8. e6 fxe6 9. Ng5 Bxb5 $10 {Shirov,A-Khalifman,A/Groningen/1990/1/2-1/2/20/
-> CBM21 [King] Prie,E-Chabanon,JL/FRA-ch/1991/1-0/74/    -> CBM27 [Stohl]})
7... Nfxd7 (7... Nbxd7 $1 8. e5 (8. d5 O-O 9. O-O b5 $13) 8... Nh5 9. exd6 (9.
g4 $2 Nxf4 $1 10. Bxf4 cxd4 $17) 9... O-O 10. O-O exd6 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. f5 Ne5
$10 {Sax,G-Ehlvest,J/Haninge/1990/1/2-1/2/15/  -> CBM18 [King]}) 8. d5 Na6 9.
Qe2 O-O 10. O-O e6 $6 (10... Nc7 $142 11. Rd1 a6 12. a4 b5 $1 13. axb5 axb5 14.
Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Nxb5 Qa6 16. Nc3 Bxc3 17. Qxa6 Nxa6 18. bxc3 Rb8 $44) 11. dxe6
fxe6 12. Rd1 Nb6 (12... Qe7 $2 13. Qd3) (12... Qb6 13. Qd2 $16) 13. a4 Nc7 14.
e5 (14. a5 $142 Nc8 15. e5 d5 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Neg5 $16 {/\ 18.c4}) 14... d5 15.
Ne4 Qe7 16. Nd6 Ne8 17. a5 Nd7 $6 (17... Nc8 18. Nxe8 Qxe8 19. Qf2 $1 (19. c4
Ne7) 19... c4 $5 (19... Qc6 20. Qh4 $1 $16) 20. Qh4 $1 Qe7 (20... Ne7 21. Ng5
h6 22. Nxe6 Nf5 23. Nxg7 $18) 21. Qh3 $1 Re8 22. Be3 $14) 18. Nxe8 Rfxe8 19. c4
d4 20. Ng5 Nb8 21. Ra3 Nc6 (21... Bh6 22. Ne4 Bg7 23. Nd6 Rd8 24. Qe4 $18) 22.
Rh3 h6 23. Ne4 $18 Rad8 24. Rdd3 Qf7 25. Bd2 b6 (25... Ne7 26. Nxc5 $18) 26.
axb6 axb6 27. Nd6 Rxd6 28. exd6 Nb8 (28... Rd8 29. Rb3 $18) 29. Ra3 Kh7 30. Qe4
Bf8 31. Rhb3 1-0

[Event "Madrid Magistral 6th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1997.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 8.
d5 b5 9. Qe2 b4 10. Nd1 Nb6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nf2 $5 $146 (12. c4 bxc3 13. Nxc3
Qc8 $1 $132 {/\Qc8-a6 Martinovic-Jansa (Lingen 1988)}) 12... Qc8 13. Re1 $6 (
13. f5 $5 Qa6 14. Qe1 $13) 13... a5 (13... Qa6 $1 14. Qd1 Qc4 $15) 14. Rb1 e6
$6 (14... N8d7 $142) 15. c4 $1 $14 bxc3 (15... exd5 16. exd5 $14 Qf5 $140 17.
Ne4) 16. bxc3 Qa6 $6 (16... Na4 17. Qc2 Nxc3 18. Rb3 exd5 19. Rxc3 Bxc3 20.
Qxc3 d4 21. Qd2 $1 $14) 17. dxe6 $1 Qxe2 (17... Bxc3 18. Bb2 $3 Qxe2 (18...
Bxe1 19. Ng4 $18) 19. Rxe2 Bxb2 20. Rexb2 Na4 21. exf7+ Kg7 (21... Kxf7 22.
Rb7+ $18) 22. Rb7 Nc6 23. Ng5 Nd4 24. f5 $18) (17... fxe6 18. Qd1 $16) 18. Rxe2
Na4 19. Rd2 $2 (19. exf7+ Rxf7 20. Rc2 $16) 19... fxe6 $2 (19... Nxc3 20. Rb7
Nc6 21. Rxd6 Nd8 22. exf7+ Nxf7 23. Rdd7 Ne2+ 24. Kf1 Nxc1 25. Ng5 Nxa2 26. g3
$1 Rad8 27. Rxf7 Rxf7 28. Rxf7 $14) 20. Ng5 Re8 (20... Nxc3 21. Rb7 $1 Bd4 22.
Rxd4 $1 Ne2+ 23. Kf1 Nxd4 24. Ng4 $18) 21. Rxd6 Nxc3 22. Rb7 $1 $18 Ra6 (22...
Ne2+ 23. Kf1 Nxc1 24. Nxe6 Rxe6 25. Rxe6 Na6 26. Ree7 Bf8 27. Rxh7 $18) 23.
Rxa6 Nxa6 24. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 25. Bb2 h6 26. Bxc3+ Kf8 27. Nh7+ $2 (27. Nf3 Rb8
28. Nd2 $18) 27... Ke7 28. Ng4 Nb4 29. a3 Nd3 30. Nxh6 (30. g3 $5) 30... Nxf4
$132 31. Bf6+ Kd6 32. Nf7+ Kc6 33. a4 c4 34. Kf2 Kc5 35. Bc3 $2 $138 (35. Kf3
$1 Nd3 36. Bc3 $18) 35... Rb8 36. Nf6 Rb7 $1 37. Ne5 Rb3 38. Bxa5 Nd3+ $1 39.
Nxd3+ Rxd3 40. Ke2 Ra3 41. Be1 Kd4 42. Bf2+ Ke5 43. Bh4 Rxa4 44. Nd7+ Kd6 45.
Nf8 Ke5 46. Nd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial-13 Group A "]
[Site "Cienfuegos"]
[Date "1976.05.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sigurjonsson, Gudmundur"]
[Black "Vogt, Lothar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Sigurjonsson,G"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1976.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. h3
cxd4 9. Qxd4 dxe5 10. Qd5 e4 11. Ng5 Nh6 12. Qxb7 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Bxb5 14. Qxa8
$5 (14. Qxb5+ Qd7 15. Qxd7+ Nxd7 16. Nxe4 $14) 14... Bc6 (14... Qc7 $2 15. Rb1
$1 Qxc3+ 16. Bd2 Qg3+ 17. Kd1 Be2+ 18. Kxe2 Qxg2+ 19. Kd1 Qxh1+ 20. Be1 $18)
15. Qxa7 O-O (15... Nf5 16. g4 $14) 16. g4 $1 $16 Qd5 {[/\ f6]} 17. Ba3 Rd8 (
17... f6 $2 18. Qxe7 $18) 18. Qd4 Qa5 19. Qc5 (19. Bb4 $5) 19... Qa4 20. Rd1
Re8 21. Rh2 Nd7 22. Qb4 Qa7 23. Re2 $1 Qg1+ (23... e5 24. Nxe4 exf4 $2 25. Nf6+
Nxf6 26. Rxe8+ Nxe8 27. Qf8#) 24. Kd2 Qg3 25. Rf1 Nf6 $6 26. Qc5 $1 Bb7 27. Qe3
$18 Qxe3+ 28. Rxe3 e6 29. c4 Ba6 30. Nxe4 Nxe4+ 31. Rxe4 f5 32. gxf5 Nxf5 33.
Rb1 Kf7 34. Rb6 Bc8 35. c5 Rd8+ 36. Kc1 Ng3 37. Ra4 Ne2+ 38. Kb2 Rd5 39. Ra8
Bd7 40. c6 Bxc6 41. Rxc6 Rb5+ 42. Ka1 Nd4 43. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "Syre Memorial op 30th"]
[Site "Issy les Moulineaux"]
[Date "2007.05.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Simon, Olivier"]
[Black "Bernard, Christophe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[Annotator "Simon,O"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2007.05.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nc6 5. Be3 (5. Bb5 {Lobron,E (2575)
-Azmaiparashvili,Z (2630) Groningen PCA 1993 (4) 1-0}) 5... Nf6 6. Be2 (6. Nf3)
6... O-O 7. Nf3 Ng4 (7... a6) (7... e6) 8. Bg1 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. h3 Nf6 (10...
Nh6 {Bednarski,J-Gaprindashvili,N Goglidze mem 1971 1/2}) 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. g4
$1 Qd6 (12... a6 {Sznapik,A (2365)-Razuvaev,Y (2490) Rubinstein mem (10) 0-1})
13. Nd2 $146 {[%cal Gd2c4]} (13. Nb5 $143 {Chandler,P-Emmerich,D Hessen-ch MVT
(1) 1-0}) 13... Ne8 (13... Qb4 $2 14. a3 $1 Qd6 (14... Qxb2 $4 15. Na4 $18) 15.
Nc4 Qd8 16. Qd2 $16) 14. Nc4 Qf6 15. Be3 Bh6 $1 16. Rf1 Qh4+ 17. Bf2 $16 Qf6
18. Bd4 (18. Bg3 $1 Bf4 19. Rxf4 $1 (19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Qd2 Qh4+ 21. Rf2 g5 22.
e5 $14) 19... exf4 20. e5 Qg7 21. Bxf4 g5 22. Bg3 $16) 18... Qh4+ 19. Bf2 Qf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tel Aviv super 1st"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1999.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Smirin,I"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1999.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht. Tyomkin,D} g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nh5
$5 $146 {Almost all possible moves were tried in this position,except this one!
} (6... e6) (6... Nfd7) (6... b6) (6... a6) (6... Re8) 7. O-O {There are some
other options for white in this position:} (7. Be3) (7. f5 $5) 7... Bg4 8. Be3
{aimed against e7-e5.} (8. Be2 $142 $1) 8... e5 $1 {breaking whites pawn
centre.} 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. fxe5 (10. f5 Nc6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd4 $132) 10...
Nc6 11. Be2 Nxe5 12. Qxd8 Raxd8 13. Nxe5 Bxe2 14. Rxf7 {[%mdl 64] The
beginning of the tactical struggle.} (14. Nxe2 Bxe5 $15 {[%csl Ye4,Ge5] Blacks
advantage is obvious:control over d-file,the outpost on-e5,before e4-pawn,
better pawn structure.}) (14. Nxf7 Rxf7 15. Rxf7 Bxc3 16. Rxc7 (16. Rf2 $2 Bxb2
17. Rb1 Ba6 {[%csl Rg1]}) 16... Bxb2 17. Rb1 Ba6 $1 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Yb2e5]} (
17... Be5 18. Rcxb7)) 14... Rfe8 $1 {[%mdl 64]} 15. Rxg7+ $1 {[%mdl 64]} (15.
Nxe2 Rxe5 16. Rxc7 Rxe4 17. Bg5 Rde8 $19) (15. Rf2 Bxe5 16. Nxe2 (16. Rxe2 $2
Bxc3 17. bxc3 Rxe4) 16... Bxb2 17. Rb1 Rxe4 $15) 15... Nxg7 (15... Kxg7 16.
Nxe2 Rxe5 17. Bd4 $11) 16. Bg5 Rd6 (16... Rc8 17. Nd7 {[%cal Gd7f6]}) 17. Nxe2
Rxe5 18. Bf4 Rxe4 19. Bxd6 Rxe2 (19... cxd6 $6 20. Nc3 {allows white to get an
ending with better pawn structure.}) 20. Bxc7 {[%mdl 4096]} Rxc2 {White has a
bishop against knight in the ending,but much more importent thing is the
activity of blacks rook. Hecht: '[#] Zusätzliches Studienmaterial: Vorschlag
für bessere Verteidigung Der schwarze Turm steht beherrschend und bedeutet
mehr als nur Kompensation für den in derartigen Stellungen sonst starken
Läufer. '} 21. Bb8 (21. Be5 $142) 21... a6 22. Rd1 $2 {'!?' Hecht.  White
tries to creat threats over blacks king,but the right idea was to equalize by
following:  Hecht: 'Ich hätte versucht, Material nur unter günstigeren
Umständen herzugeben. Mein Vorschlag:'} (22. Be5 $142 Nf5 23. g3 $11 (23. Re1
Nh4 (23... Kf7 {Hecht} 24. Bc3 {[%cal Ye1e4,Ye4b4,Ya2a4] und Weiß lebt, wie
ich meine.}) 24. Bg3 Nxg2 25. Re4 {'<=>' Hecht.} (25. Re7 $132) 25... g5) (23.
Kh1 Ne3 24. Rg1 Nc4 25. Bd4 Nxb2)) 22... Rxb2 23. Be5 (23. Rd8+ Kf7 24. Rd7+
Kf6 25. Rxg7 $140 $2 {'?' Hecht.} (25. Be5+ {Hecht} Kxe5 26. Rxg7 b5 $19) 25...
Rb1+ {'-+' Hecht.}) 23... Rb5 (23... Rxa2 24. Rd7 Nf5 25. Rxb7 a5 $17) 24. Bc3
(24. Rd8+ Kf7 25. Rd7+ Ke6 26. Rxg7 Kxe5 27. Rxh7 Rb2 $17) 24... Ne6 $17 {
White doesn't have any compensation for lost pawn.} 25. Rd6 Nc5 26. g4 Kf7 27.
Rd8 Ne4 28. Bh8 {The alternative was only to go to-e1!.} (28. Bd4 $2 Rb1+ 29.
Kg2 Rd1 {[%cal Rd1d8]}) 28... Nf6 29. h3 Ke6 30. Rf8 Nd7 31. Re8+ Kf7 32. Rd8
Rd5 33. Kg2 Rd2+ 34. Kg3 Rd3+ 35. Kf4 $2 {loses another pawn.} (35. Kh4 $2 h6 {
[%csl Rh4][%cal Gg6g5]}) (35. Kg2 $142 $17) 35... Ke7 36. Rg8 Rxh3 $19 37. g5
b5 38. Bb2 a5 39. Ra8 Rh2 40. Bd4 Rxa2 41. Ke4 b4 42. Ra7 b3 43. Kd5 a4 (43...
b2 $2 44. Rb7) 44. Bc3 (44. Bc5+ Ke8 45. Ra8+ Kf7 46. Ra7 Rd2+ 47. Bd4 Ke7 $19
{and then like in the game.} 48. Rxa4 $140 Nb6+) 44... Rc2 45. Bf6+ Ke8 46.
Ra8+ Kf7 47. Ra7 Rd2+ 48. Bd4 Ke7 49. Rb7 b2 $1 {[%mdl 4096] just a
transformation to convenient ending:N+2extra pawns against B.} 50. Rxb2 Rxb2
51. Bxb2 Nf8 {[%cal Gf8e6]} 52. Ba3+ Kf7 53. Bb2 Ne6 54. Bc1 (54. Bf6 h5 {
[%csl Rf6]} (54... h6)) 54... Nxg5 $3 {[%mdl 4096] Another great move.It
creates 3 passed pawns,and white is not capable to stop them.} 55. Bxg5 a3 56.
Bd2 a2 57. Bc3 h5 (57... h5 58. Ke5 h4 59. Kf4 g5+ 60. Kg4 (60. Kxg5 h3 61. Be5
h2 (61... a1=Q)) 60... Ke6 {[%cal Ge6d5,Gd5c4,Gc4b3]}) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.14"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Speelman,J"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 {Stohl Hecht} d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7.
Bb5+ $5 (7. Bd3 {Stohl} Qxc5 8. Qe2 Bg4 9. Be3 Qa5 10. O-O Nc6 11. h3 Bxf3 12.
Qxf3 O-O 13. a3 Nd7 14. Bd2 Qd8 $5 15. Kh1 e6 16. Qg3 a6 17. f5 Be5 18. Bf4 Nf6
19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Qh4 Kg7 21. Ne2 h6 22. Nd4 $6 (22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Nd4 $13)
22... exf5 23. exf5 g5 24. Qf2 Qc7 25. Rad1 Rae8 26. c3 Re7 $17 {van de Poel,
H-Chernin,A/San Bernardino op/1994/}) 7... Bd7 8. Qe2 (8. Bxd7+ {Stohl} Nbxd7
9. O-O Qxc5+ 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Qe2 Rac8 (11... a6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Rad1 b5 14. e5
dxe5 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Bf4 Nfg4 17. h3 Qc4 $1 18. Qxc4 Nxc4 19. hxg4 Nxb2 20.
Nd5 Nxd1 21. Nxe7+ Kh8 22. Rxd1 Rad8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Kg1 Rd1+ 25. Kf2 Ra1 26.
Ne5 h6 $15 {Morais,M-Agnos,D/Arnhem EU-chJ/1989/}) 12. Be3 Qc4 $15 {Honfi,
K-Hort,V/Monaco/1969/}) 8... Nxe4 9. Bxd7+ (9. Qxe4 {Stohl} Bxb5 10. Qxb7 O-O
$17) 9... Nxd7 10. Qxe4 (10. cxd6 {Stohl} Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qxc3+ $19) 10... Bxc3+
11. bxc3 (11. Bd2 {Stohl} Nxc5 12. Bxc3 Qxc3+ $19) 11... Qxc3+ 12. Kf2 Qxa1 13.
Qxb7 (13. cxd6 O-O) 13... Rb8 14. Qc7 (14. Qxa7 $2 {Stohl} Qc3 15. cxd6 Qxc2+
16. Kg3 Qc5 $16 17. Qxc5 Nxc5 18. Re1 Ne6 $19) 14... Qb1 $1 (14... O-O $5 15.
Qxd7 Rb1 16. Qxe7 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Qxc1 18. cxd6) (14... Qc3 $2 {Stohl} 15. c6
Qxc2+ 16. Bd2 $16) (14... dxc5 $2 {Stohl} 15. Ne5 $16) 15. cxd6 (15. c6 {Stohl}
Qb6+ 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 $17) 15... Qb6+ 16. Qxb6 Rxb6 17. dxe7 f6 $1 (17... Kxe7 18.
Ba3+ (18. Re1+) (18. Re1+ {Stohl} Re6 19. Ba3+ Ke8 20. Rb1 (20. Rxe6+ fxe6 21.
Ng5 e5 $17) 20... Nb6 21. c4 $5 $17 {<=>}) 18... Kd8 19. Ng5 (19. Ng5 Re8 20.
Nxf7+ Kc7 $36)) 18. Ba3 Ra6 19. Bb4 Rxa2 20. Nd4 Kf7 (20... a5 21. Bd6 Kf7 22.
Rb1 $5 (22. Re1) 22... Rc8 23. Rb7 Ke8 $13) 21. Re1 (21. Nb5 a5 22. Re1 $1 {
see below} (22. Nd6+ Kxe7 23. Re1+ Ne5 $1 $19 (23... Kf8 24. Re8+ Kg7 25. Re7+)
(23... Kd8 24. Nf7+))) 21... Nb6 (21... a5 $5 22. Nb5 (22. Bd6 Nb6 {xBd6} 23.
Re2 (23. Bc7 $2 Nc8 24. Bd8 Re8) (23. Kf3 Nc8 24. Bc5 (24. Nb5 {Stohl} Rxc2 $17
) 24... Re8 25. Nb5 {Is the same as the line above.}) 23... Re8 24. Nb5 Nc8 25.
Bc5 Ra4 26. Kf3 (26. Nc7 $2 Rxf4+) 26... Rc4 27. Ba3 Rc6) 22... axb4 23. Nd6+
Kg7 24. e8=Q (24. Kf3 $1 Rxc2 (24... Ra6 25. Rd1 $1) 25. e8=Q Rxe8 26. Rxe8 Nc5
27. Re7+ Kf8 28. Re8+ $10) 24... Rxe8 25. Nxe8+ (25. Rxe8 $2 b3 $1 26. Re7+ Kg8
27. Rxd7 $2 (27. Ke3 bxc2 (27... b2 28. Re8+ Kg7 29. Re7+ Kh6 $19) 28. Kd2 Nc5)
27... bxc2) 25... Kf8 26. Kf3 (26. Re2 b3 $1) 26... Ra3+ 27. Kf2 (27. Kg4)
27... Ra6 {trying to trap the knight but it can run via e6 with advantage.} 28.
Nc7 Rc6 29. Ne6+ $1) 22. Kf3 $1 (22. Nb5 $2 Rxc2+ 23. Kf3 Nc8) 22... Re8 (22...
Nc8 23. c3 a6 $5) 23. Nb5 Nc8 24. Nc7 (24. c3) (24. Re2 Rb2 $1) 24... Rxc2 (
24... a5 25. Nxe8 Kxe8 (25... axb4 $2 26. Nxf6 $1 Nxe7 27. Nxh7) 26. Bd2 (26.
Bc3 Ra3 27. Re3 Nxe7)) (24... Rxe7 {Stohl} 25. Bxe7 Nxe7 26. c4 Rc2 27. Nd5 $10
) 25. Nxe8 Kxe8 26. Rd1 Nxe7 27. Bxe7 Kxe7 28. Ra1 $10 {Hecht: Blacks R and K
are too passive posted for a win.} Rc7 29. f5 (29. g4) (29. Ra6 {Hecht} f5 30.
Ke3 Kd7 $17) 29... gxf5 (29... Kd6 30. Ra6+ Ke5 31. Ra5+ $1 {Bareev}) (29... g5
{Stohl} 30. Ra6 $10 {><a7,f6}) 30. Kf4 Kf7 31. Ra5 (31. Kxf5 $4 Rc5+ 32. Kf4 a5
) 31... Kg6 32. h3 h5 33. g3 Rc4+ (33... Rd7 {Stohl} 34. Ra6 $10) 34. Kf3 Rc3+
(34... h4 {Stohl} 35. gxh4 Rxh4 36. Rxa7 Rxh3+ 37. Kf4 $10 {-34...Rc3+}) 35.
Kf4 h4 36. gxh4 Rxh3 37. Rxa7 Rxh4+ 38. Kf3 Rh1 $2 (38... Rh3+ 39. Kf4 Rh1 40.
Ra8 Rf1+ 41. Kg3 f4+ 42. Kg2 Re1 (42... Rb1 43. Kf3 Kg5 44. Ra5+ f5 45. Ra8 $10
) 43. Kf3 Kg5 $15) 39. Ra8 Rf1+ 40. Kg2 Rb1 41. Kf3 (41. Kf3 {Stohl} Rb4 42.
Rg8+ Kf7 43. Ra8 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[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. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 (6. Bd3) (6. Be3) 6...
c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. O-O Qxc5+ 9. Kh1 Nc6 (9... Nbd7 $6 10. Bd3 a6 11. Qe1 b5 12.
e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Ng4 14. e6 Nde5 15. exf7+ Rxf7 16. Be4 $36) 10. Bd3 (10. Qe1
d5 $5 (10... Bg4 11. Bd3 {-10.Ld3}) 11. e5 Ne4 12. Bd3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 f6 14. Be3
Qa5 (14... Qa3 15. exf6 exf6 16. f5 $14) 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Ne5 $5 Qc7 $13)
10... e5 $6 {Fridstein} (10... Bg4 11. Qe1 Bxf3 12. Rxf3 Nb4 13. Be3 Nxd3 14.
cxd3 Qa5 $1 15. f5 b5 16. Bg5 b4 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Kg7 19. Qd2 Rac8 $132 {
Nunn-Sznapik,Haifa tt 1989}) 11. Qe1 $1 (11. f5 $2 gxf5 12. exf5 d5 {[+]}) (11.
fxe5 dxe5 (11... Ng4 $2 12. exd6 Nf2+ 13. Rxf2 Qxf2 14. Nd5 Qc5 15. Bf4 $16)
12. Bg5 Be6 $10) 11... exf4 (11... Bg4 12. Be3 Qa5 (12... Qb4 13. a3 Qxb2 $4
14. Na4) 13. Nd2 exf4 14. Nc4 (14. Bxf4 d5 (14... Ne5 $2 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Bg5
$16) 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nc4 Bxc3 $13) 14... Qh5 $5 15. Bxf4 d5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17.
exd5 Qxd5 18. Ne3 $36) (11... Nb4 12. Be3 (12. Qh4 $5 $40) 12... Nxd3 (12...
Qa5 13. Nd5 $1) (12... Qc7 13. Nb5 $1 Nxd3 14. Nxc7 Nxe1 15. Rfxe1) 13. cxd3
Qa5 14. Nd2 $14) 12. Bxf4 $16 d5 (12... Ne5 $6 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Bg5 {><d5}) (
12... Be6 $2 13. Na4) 13. Qh4 $1 (13. e5 $2 Nh5 {><e5}) (13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ne4
Qb4 15. Bd6 Qxe1 16. Rfxe1 Rd8 (16... Re8 $2 17. c4 $18 {/\Sf6}) 17. Bc4 Be6 (
17... Bf5 $5) 18. Rad1 $6 Ne3 $1) 13... dxe4 (13... d4 14. e5 $1 {/\Se4-f6->})
(13... h5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Ne4 Qa5 (15... Qe7 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bc4 Be6 18. Rae1
$1 Qf7 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qxf6 Rxf6 22. Rxe6 $18) 16. Bg5 {/\Lc4}
f6 17. Bd2 $16) 14. Ng5 $1 Bf5 $8 (14... exd3 $2 15. Nce4) (14... h5 15. Ngxe4
Nxe4 16. Nxe4 $40) 15. Bd6 $3 Qd4 (15... Qxd6 16. Ncxe4 Bxe4 17. Rxf6 Bxg2+ 18.
Kxg2 Qd5+ 19. Be4 Qd2+ 20. Rf2 $18) (15... Qb6 $2 16. Ncxe4 h6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6
18. Qxh6 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Bxd3 20. cxd3 Rfd8 21. Qf6 $18) 16. Bxf8 (16. Ncxe4 $2
Bxe4 17. Bxe4 (17. Bxf8 Bxg2+) (17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxf8 Nd2 19. Qxd4 Bxd4 20.
Rfd1 Bxb2) 17... h6 18. Rad1 Qxb2 19. Bxf8 hxg5 $19) 16... exd3 (16... Rxf8 $2
17. Ncxe4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qxb2 20. Rab1 Qxa2 21. Bc4 $18) (16...
Kxf8 $2 17. Ncxe4 h6 18. Nf3 $18) 17. Qxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. cxd3 Bxd3 $1
20. Rfd1 Ng4 (20... Nc2 21. Rac1 Bf5 22. Nf3 {/\Sd4}) 21. Rd2 {/\Tfd1} (21. h3
$2 Nf2+ 22. Kg1 (22. Kh2 Nc2) 22... Nxd1 23. Rxd1 Ne2+) 21... Nc6 22. h3 Nge5
23. Nf3 Nxf3 (23... Bf5 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Re1 Nc6 26. Nb5) 24. Rxd3 Nfe5 25.
Re3 h5 (25... Rd8 $5 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ $16) 26. Rd1 Rf8 (26... a6 27. Ne4 {/\Sc5})
27. Nb5 {/\Sa7} f6 28. Nd6 Rd8 (28... b6 $6 29. Rc3 Rd8 30. b4 Rd7 31. Nf5+ $18
) 29. Re2 Rb8 (29... Kf8 $5 30. Red2 Rd7 31. Ne4 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 Ke7) 30. Rc2 h4
{><h4} (30... Rd8 31. Rcd2 {/\Sb7,Sf5}) 31. a3 Rd8 $6 $138 32. Rcd2 Rb8 $8 33.
b4 $18 a6 (33... Kf8 {/\Ke7} 34. b5 Na5 35. Rd4 g5 36. Rf1 $18) 34. Rd5 {
/\b5><b7} b5 35. Ne4 f5 36. Nc5 Kh6 (36... a5 37. Nd7) 37. Re1 $1 (37. Nxa6 $6
Ra8 38. Nc7 Rxa3 39. Nxb5 Rb3) 37... Nc4 38. Re6 Rc8 39. Nxa6 Kg5 (39... Nxa3
40. Rdd6) 40. Kg1 {(I.Stohl)} 1-0

[Event "Brno Morava-A"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 $5 (7...
Bg4 8. e5 dxe5 9. dxe5 Nd5 10. h3 $14) 8. fxe5 (8. dxe5 dxe5 9. f5 gxf5 10.
exf5 e4 $1 $10) 8... dxe5 9. d5 Nd4 (9... Ne7 10. Nxe5 Nfxd5 11. Nxf7 $5 $146)
10. Nxe5 Nxe4 $1 (10... Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxe5 12. Bf4 $14) 11. Bxe4 (11. Nxe4 Bxe5
12. c4 Nf5 $1 $15 {Zagorovsky,V-Mohrlok,D,1990 cr}) 11... Bxe5 12. Bf4 Bxf4 (
12... Bg7 $5 13. Qd2 Bd7 {/\Nf5-d6,f5<=>}) 13. Rxf4 Nf5 14. Bxf5 $1 (14. Rf2
Nd6 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Qf3 f5 17. Re2 Qf6 18. Qf4 Rae8 $15 {Van Wijgerden,
C-Donner,JH,Amsterdam 1977}) 14... Bxf5 15. Qd4 $5 {N} (15. Qd2 Qd6 16. Raf1 (
16. g4 $6 Bd7 17. Ne4 Qb6+ 18. Qf2 f5 $36) 16... Rae8 $10 {Bisguier,A-Timman,J,
Lone Pine 1978}) 15... Bxc2 $1 (15... Qd6 $2 16. g4 Bd7 17. Ne4 $1 $18) (15...
Qe7 $5 16. Ne4 $5 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 $14 {[+]}) 16. Raf1 (16. Re1 $5 f5 (16... Bf5
$2 17. g4 Bc8 18. d6 $1 c6 19. Re7 $18 {/\Ne4->}) (16... h5 $5 {/\Bf5}) 17. Qc4
Kh8 18. Nb5 (18. Rf2 Be4 $10) 18... Be4 19. Nxc7 Rc8 20. Qd4+ Qf6 $1 $10) (16.
g4 $6 g5 {/\Bg6}) 16... Qe7 $1 (16... Bf5 17. Rxf5 $1 (17. g4 Bd7 18. Ne4 f5
19. g5 $1 $36) 17... gxf5 18. Rxf5 f6 $8 19. Ne4 Kg7 20. Ng5 Qd7 21. Qg4 $1 (
21. Ne6+ $2 Kh8 22. Rxf6 Rxf6 23. Qxf6+ Kg8 $10) 21... Kh8 22. Nxh7 $1 Qxh7 23.
Rh5 $14 {_|_}) 17. Qd2 (17. g4 f5 $10) 17... Bf5 18. g4 Bc8 $1 $8 (18... Bd7 $2
19. d6 $1 Qe5 (19... cxd6 20. Nd5 $40) (19... Qxd6 20. Rd4 Qc5 (20... Qb6 21.
Nd5 $18) 21. Ne4 $18) 20. Nd5 Bc6 21. Nf6+ Kg7 22. d7 $16 (22. dxc7 $16)) 19.
d6 $1 (19. Ne4 f5 20. g5 Bd7 21. Nf6+ Rxf6 22. gxf6 Qxf6 $15) 19... Qxd6 (19...
cxd6 20. Nd5 $16) 20. Rd4 Qe5 21. Nd5 (21. Re1 $6 Qg7 22. Nd5 Be6 23. Nxc7 Rac8
$15 {׻}) 21... Be6 (21... f6 22. Re1 Qg5 23. Qxg5 fxg5 24. Nxc7 Rb8 25. Re7
$36) 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. b4 $1 {/\Re4,Qb2} (23. Re4 $2 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Rad8 $19 {
/\Bd5}) 23... Bf5 $8 (23... Qxf6 $6 24. Rxf6 Kxf6 25. Qh6 c6 26. a3 $5 $14 {
->עf6}) 24. g5 (24. Nxh7 Kxh7 25. gxf5 Rae8 (25... g5 $5 $15) 26. Rh4+ Kg8 $15
) 24... Rfe8 (24... Rae8 25. Rh4 h5 26. Nxe8+ Rxe8 27. Qd4 $10) 25. Rd1 $6 {
/\Rd5} (25. Rh4 $142 h5 26. Nxe8+ $10) 25... c6 $1 (25... Qe3+ $4 26. Qxe3 Rxe3
27. Rd8 $18) 26. Nxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rd6 Qe3+ $138 (27... h6 $5 28. gxh6+ Kh7 $15 {
Polgar,J}) 28. Qxe3 Rxe3 29. Rd8 h6 30. Rb8 hxg5 $6 (30... b5 $142 31. gxh6+
Kxh6 32. Rb7 Ra3 33. Rxf7 Rxa2 34. Rd6 Be4 35. Rf2 Ra1+ 36. Rf1 Ra4 37. Rd4 Bd5
38. Rfd1 Kg7 $15) 31. Rxb7 Ra3 (31... Ra3 32. Rd2 Be6 33. Rc7 a5 $1 $10 {
[Stohl]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel SKA"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 Na6 $5 {N} (5... c6 $6 6. Bd3 O-O
7. O-O Bg4 8. Qe1 Bxf3 9. Rxf3 Qb6 10. Ne2 e5 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Qh4 Nbd7 13.
Bg5 Nh5 14. Be7 Nf4 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. Qe7 Nxe2+ 17. Bxe2 exd4 18. Rb3 $16 {
Krasenkov,M-Komljakov,V,Podolsk tt 1990-TD90_02}) (5... Bg4 6. Be3 c5 $6 7.
dxc5 Qa5 8. Bd3 dxc5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rad1
Rad8 14. a3 $16 {Pirisi,G-Szollosi sr,L,Budapest Noviki-C 1989-TD89_11}) (5...
c5) (5... O-O) 6. Bc4 (6. Bd3 O-O {-5...0-0} (6... c5 7. d5 O-O 8. O-O {
-5...0-0})) 6... O-O 7. e5 (7. O-O $6 Nxe4 $1 8. Bxf7+ (8. Nxe4 d5 9. Bd3 (9.
Bxa6 $6 dxe4 $36) 9... dxe4 10. Bxe4 c5 $15) 8... Rxf7 9. Nxe4 h6 $13) 7... Nh5
8. Be3 (8. O-O c5 9. d5 $5 Bg4 10. Qe2 $36 {()}) 8... c5 $1 9. O-O (9. Bxa6
cxd4 $8 10. Bxd4 bxa6 11. exd6 Qxd6 $13) (9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. O-O Bg4 $132) (9. d5
Bg4 $13) 9... cxd4 10. Qxd4 $8 Bf5 11. Rf2 Nc5 (11... dxe5 12. fxe5 $14 {><h5})
(11... Nb4 $6 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. Qxb4 $16) 12. Rd1 Rc8 (12... Ne6 $5 13. Qd2 (
13. Bxe6 Bxe6 $132) 13... Rc8 $132) 13. Ng5 Qe8 $5 (13... h6 14. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7
15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Qd5+ Be6 17. Qf3 $40 {/\g4}) 14. Bb5 (14. h3 h6 $5 15. Bxf7+
(15. Nxf7 Ne6 $1 16. Bxe6 Bxe6 $15) 15... Rxf7 16. Nxf7 Ng3 17. Rf3 (17. Kh2
Nge4 $15) 17... Nce4 $13) (14. Nd5 $5 $36) 14... Qd8 15. Be2 $6 (15. Bc4 $10)
15... h6 16. Nf3 (16. Bxh5 hxg5 $15) 16... Bxc2 17. Rd2 (17. g4 Bxd1 18. Qxd1
Nxf4 19. Bxf4 dxe5 $15) 17... Bf5 18. Nh4 Bd7 19. Rd1 $6 (19. g4 $2 Nf6 $17) (
19. Bxh5 $8 gxh5 20. Nd5 $132) 19... Nf6 $1 20. f5 $1 (20. exf6 Bxf6 $19 {/\Bh4
}) 20... dxe5 (20... g5 21. Nf3 dxe5 22. Nxe5 $146) 21. Qb4 (21. Qxe5 Ng4 $19)
21... a5 22. Qa3 Nce4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Rff1 g5 25. f6 $1 $8 (25. Nf3 Nd6 $19)
25... exf6 (25... Nxf6 $6 26. Nf5 Re8 27. Bc5 $132) (25... Bxf6 26. Nf5 $146)
26. Nf5 Qc7 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Nxc8 Rxc8 29. Qe7 (29. g4 Bf8 30. Qd3 Bc6 $17)
29... Be6 30. Qxc7 Rxc7 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. g4 (32. Bd3 f5 33. g4 $132) 32... f5
33. gxf5 $2 (33. Bd3 $8 Bc4 (33... Kg6 34. gxf5+ Bxf5 35. Bb6 Rc6 36. Bxa5 Bf6
37. Rb8 $36) 34. Rxf5 Bxd3 35. Rxd3 Kg6 $15) 33... Bxa2 34. f6 (34. Bd3 Nf6 $17
) 34... Nxf6 35. Bb5 (35. Bd3+ e4 $19) 35... Be6 36. Bb6 Rc8 37. Rxc8 Bxc8 38.
Bxa5 Kg6 $19 39. Bc4 Bh3 40. Re1 e4 41. Re3 Bd7 42. b4 Bf8 {/\Bd6-f4} 43. Re1
Bd6 44. Rd1 Bf4 45. Bb6 h5 {/\h4-h3} 46. Ra1 Ng4 47. Bd5 (47. h3 Ne5 48. Bf1
Bd2 $19) 47... Bxh2+ 48. Kg2 Be5 49. Ra8 (49. Bxe4+ $2 f5 $19) 49... Nf6 50.
Bxb7 h4 51. Be3 h3+ 52. Kh1 Bg4 {/\Bf3,h2 [Stohl]} 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Republics 19th Group1"]
[Site "Azov"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Kantsler, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Kirgizia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KGZ"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6
Bxb5 (8... fxe6 $5 9. Ng5 Bxb5 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. c3 Qxb5 12. Nxe6 Na6 13. Nxg7+
Kf7 14. Qxg4 $5 (14. Ne6 Nf6 15. Ng5+ Kg7 16. Ne6+ $10 {Van der Wiel,
J-Seirawan,Y,Luzern tt 1989-CBM 16}) 14... Kxg7 15. Be3 Qxb2 16. O-O Qxc3 17.
Rae1 Rhf8 $1 18. f5 Rxf5 {Anand,V-Gurevich,M,Linares 1991-CBM 22} 19. Bh6+ $1
Kxh6 (19... Kh8 20. Rxf5 Qxe1+ 21. Rf1 Qc3 22. Qe6 Qxd4+ 23. Kh1 Qh4 $8 24. Bf8
$1 Rxf8 25. Rxf8+ Kg7 26. Rf7+ Kh6 27. Qe3+ $18 {Gurevich,M}) 20. Qh4+ Rh5 21.
Qf4+ Rg5 22. Qh4+ $10 {Gurevich,M}) 9. exf7+ Kd7 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 cxd4 12.
Nxd4 Bxd4 $1 (12... h5 13. h3 Nc6 14. Nde2 Nh6 15. Be3 Rhf8 16. Qd3 Nf5 17. Bf2
Rxf7 18. O-O-O h4 19. Kb1 Rc8 20. Qe4 Nd8 21. Rhe1 $14 {Beliavsky,A-Tal,M,
Brussels 1988-CBM 07}) 13. Qxd4 (13. Qxg4+ Qf5 $15) 13... Nc6 14. Qc4 $1 (14.
Qe4 Qf5 15. Bd2 Rhf8 16. Qf3 Rab8 17. Ne2 Rxf7 18. O-O-O Nf6 19. Kb1 Qe4 $13 {
Beliavsky,A-Carr,N,London op 1985}) (14. Qd1 Qf5 15. h3 Qe6+ 16. Qe2 Qxe2+ 17.
Nxe2 Nh6 18. Bd2 Rhf8 19. g4 Nxf7 20. O-O-O Rac8 21. Bc3 b5 $10 {Clausen,S-Hoi,
C,Copenhagen 1986}) 14... Rhf8 (14... Qb6 15. Qe2 h5 16. Bd2 (16. h3 Nh6 17.
Bd2 (17. Be3 Qxb2 18. Kd2 b6 19. Rab1 Qa3 $15) 17... Nf5 18. O-O-O $5 Ng3 19.
Qd3 Nxh1 20. Rxh1 {Bryson,J-Svenningson,J,1983 cor} Raf8 $1 21. Qxg6 Nd8 $13)
16... Nd4 17. Qd3 Nf5 18. Ne4 Nge3 (18... Rac8 19. O-O-O Nge3 20. Bxe3 Nxe3 21.
c3 $1 Nxd1 22. Rxd1 Qa6 23. Qh3+ Kc7 24. Qe6 Kb8 {Hellers,F-Ivanchuk,V,
Champigny 1984} 25. Qxe7 $1 Qxa2 26. Nxd6 Qa1+ 27. Kc2 Qa4+ 28. Kd2 Qxf4+ 29.
Ke1 $18) 19. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Nxe3 21. Kd2 Nxg2 22. Rhf1 Rhf8 23. Ng5 Nh4
24. Rae1 $36 {Hellers,F-Wessman,R,Sundwall 1984}) (14... Rac8 15. h3 Nf6 16.
Be3 b5 $6 17. Qb3 b4 18. Ne2 Qb5 19. c4 Qh5 20. Ng3 Qh4 21. Bf2 Qxf4 22. O-O
$40 {עd7,Chandler,M-Carr,N,BCF-ch 1989-CBM 15}) 15. Bd2 Rac8 (15... Qf5 16. h3
Nf6 17. O-O-O Qe6 18. Qd3 Qxf7 19. Rhe1 Rad8 20. Kb1 Kc8 21. g4 $14 {Timman,
J-Spassky,B,Tilburg 1981}) 16. h3 $5 {N} (16. Qe2 Qf5 17. h3 Nf6 18. g4 Qe6 19.
Qxe6+ Kxe6 20. O-O-O Rxf7 21. Rhe1+ Kd7 22. Ne4 $10 {Balashov,Y-Sigurjonsson,G,
Cienfuegos 1975}) (16. Nd5 Qc5 17. Qxc5 dxc5 18. h3 Nf6 19. Nxf6+ exf6 20.
O-O-O Kc7 21. f5 Rxf7 22. Bf4+ Kb6 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Rhe1 $14 {Borkowski,
F-Pribyl,J,Eksjö 1978}) 16... Nf6 (16... Nb4 $2 17. Qb3 $16 {/\a3}) (16... Nh6
17. O-O-O Nxf7 18. Rhe1 $16) 17. O-O-O Qa6 $8 18. Qxa6 bxa6 19. Rhe1 Rxf7 20.
b3 Nd4 $6 (20... h5 $142 $5 $132 {/\h4,Nh5}) 21. Kb2 Nh5 (21... h5 22. Be3 Nc6
23. Na4 Kc7 24. c4 $36) 22. Re4 Nb5 23. Ne2 $1 {><a7,a6} (23. Nxb5 axb5 24. g4
Nf6 25. Rb4 a6 26. a4 Nd5 $10) 23... Nf6 24. Ra4 Nc7 $8 25. Be3 Ra8 26. c4 $1 {
/\c5} Kc6 27. Nd4+ Kd7 28. Nf3 {/\Ne5} Kc6 29. Nd4+ Kd7 30. Ra5 $1 Rff8 (30...
h5 31. Nf3 Kc6 32. Nh4 $16 {><g6,a7}) 31. g4 {()} Ne4 32. f5 gxf5 33. Nxf5 {
/\Re5+-} Rf7 (33... Ke8 34. Re1 $40) 34. Re5 Nf6 $8 35. Rxe7+ $1 Rxe7 36. Rxd6+
Ke8 37. Rxf6 Rd7 $8 (37... Re6 $4 38. Ng7+ $18) 38. Bf4 {/\Bd6+-} Kd8 (38...
Rad8 39. Bd6 Rf7 40. Rxf7 $18) 39. Rf8+ Ne8 40. Bd6 $1 $18 h6 41. c5 {/\c6} Rc8
42. Nd4 (42. Nd4 Rxd6 (42... Rb7 43. c6 {/\Ne6#}) (42... Rh7 43. c6 $18) 43.
cxd6 Kd7 44. Rf7+ Kxd6 45. Rxa7 $18 {[Stohl]}) 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Prie, Eric"]
[Black "Chabanon, Jean Luc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4
8. e6 fxe6 9. Ng5 Bxb5 10. Nxe6 (10. Qxg4 Bc4 (10... Bd7 $2 11. Nxh7 Kf7 12.
Ng5+ Kf8 13. Nxe6+ Bxe6 14. Qxe6 cxd4 15. Ne4 Qa5+ 16. Bd2 Qf5 17. Ng5 Na6 18.
Qxf5+ gxf5 19. Ne6+ Kf7 20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21. c3 $1 d3 22. Be3 $16 {Atkinson,
P-Weidig,T,Mamaia-WchJ 1991-EXP 25}) 11. b3 (11. Nxh7 $6 Kd7 $1 $36) 11... Bxd4
12. Bd2 Bd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. O-O-O Nc6 $1 (14... Qd7 15. Ne6 Nc6 16. f5 Bf6
17. Rhe1 Nd8 18. Bg5 $16 {Nunn,J-Benjamin,J,Thessaloniki olm 1988-TD 88_06})
15. Qe6 Qc8 16. Qf7+ Kd7 17. Qxd5 Qg8 18. Qxg8 Rhxg8 19. Nxh7 b5 20. Ng5 b4 $10
{Nunn,J-Seirawan,Y,Skelleftea WCup 1989-CBM 14}) (10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. c3 Qxb5 12.
Qxg4 (12. Nxe6 Na6 13. Nxg7+ Kf7 14. Ne6 $5 (14. Qxg4 Kxg7 $10) 14... Kxe6 $1 (
14... Nf6 15. Ng5+ Kg7 16. b3 cxd4 17. Ne6+ Kf7 18. Nxd4 Qc5 19. Qf3 Qd5 20.
Qxd5+ Nxd5 21. c4 Ndb4 22. O-O $14 {Hellers,F-Seirawan,Y,Haninge 1990-CBM 18})
15. Qxg4+ Kf7 16. f5 $6 cxd4 17. fxg6+ hxg6 18. Rf1+ Ke8 19. Qxd4 Rxh2 $1 20.
Qf2 Qd5 21. Be3 Rxg2 $1 22. Qf8+ Kd7 23. Qxa8 Qe4 24. Qxa7 Nc5 $19 {Petursson,
M-Thorsteins,K,Reykjavik op 1990-EXP 18}) 12... cxd4 13. Nxe6 Qc4 14. f5 $5 (
14. Nxg7+ Kf7 15. Nf5 Qe6+ 16. Ne3 dxe3 17. Qxe6+ Kxe6 18. Bxe3 $10) 14... Bf6
15. fxg6 Rg8 16. g7 Nc6 17. Nc7+ Kd8 18. Ne6+ Ke8 19. Nc7+ $10 {Watson,
W-Shirov,A,Gausdal Troll Masters 1991-TD 91_06}) 10... Bxd4 11. Nxb5 (11. Nxd8
Bf2+ 12. Kd2 Be3+ $10) 11... Qa5+ 12. Qd2 (12. c3 Bf2+ 13. Kd2 Be3+ 14. Kc2
Qa4+ 15. Kb1 Qe4+ 16. Qc2 Qxc2+ 17. Kxc2 Kd7 18. Nec7 a6 19. Nxa8 axb5 20. a4
bxa4 21. Rxa4 Kc6 $146 {Lanc,A-Paehtz,T,Dresden 1988-CBM 10}) 12... Bf2+ 13.
Kd1 Ne3+ $8 (13... Qa4 14. Qe2 $1 Kf7 15. b3 $18) 14. Ke2 Qxb5+ 15. Kxf2 Ng4+
16. Kg3 Qd7 17. Re1 Nc6 $5 {N} (17... Nh6 18. b3 Nc6 19. Bb2 Nf5+ 20. Kf2 Nfd4
21. Kg1 Nxe6 $5 22. Bxh8 O-O-O 23. Bb2 Rf8 24. Rf1 $14 {De Firmian,N-Alburt,L,
Jacksonville ch-US m 1990-CBM 21}) 18. b3 $1 (18. Kxg4 $2 Nd4 19. Qe3 Kf7 $17)
18... Nd8 (18... Nh6 {-17...Nh6}) 19. Bb2 Rg8 20. Ng5 Nc6 $6 (20... h6 $2 21.
Ne4 {/\Nd6,h3+-}) (20... Nf7 $142 $1 21. h3 (21. Ne6 Nd8 $10) (21. Rad1 Ngh6 (
21... Nxg5 $6 22. fxg5 $16 {/\h3+-}) 22. Ne6 Nd8 $10) 21... Ngh6 (21... Nxg5 $2
22. fxg5 $16) 22. Ne6 $10 (22. Nxh7 $6 O-O-O $15)) 21. Rad1 $1 (21. Ne6 Nd8 $10
) 21... Nh6 22. Ne6 (22. h3 $142 $1 {-24.h3}) 22... Nd8 23. Ng5 (23. Nxc5 $4
Qg4+ $19) 23... Nc6 (23... Ndf7 $142 $1 {-20...Nf7!}) 24. h3 $1 O-O-O (24...
Nf5+ 25. Kh2 $146 {עe8}) 25. Ne6 Rde8 26. Nxc5 Qf5 27. Ne6 $16 {/\Ng7} g5 $5 (
27... Qf7 28. Kh2 $16) 28. fxg5 Nf7 (28... Rg6 29. Kh2 $1 Rxe6 30. gxh6 $16)
29. Ng7 Rxg7 30. Bxg7 Rg8 31. Bb2 Nxg5 32. Kh2 Ne4 33. Qe3 d5 {/\Rg3~/=} 34.
Rxd5 $1 (34. Rf1 Qg6 35. Qf3 e6 $132) 34... Qxd5 35. Qxe4 Qd6+ 36. Be5 Nxe5 (
36... Qd7 37. Re2 $16) 37. Qxe5 Kd7 38. Re3 {/\Rd3+-} Rg5 (38... Qxe5+ 39. Rxe5
Kd6 40. Rh5 Rg7 41. g4 $18 {_|_}) 39. Qxd6+ Kxd6 40. Rd3+ Kc6 41. g4 Ra5 42. a4
b5 43. axb5+ Rxb5 44. Kg3 Rc5 45. c4 a5 46. Rd8 Re5 47. Kf4 Re1 48. Rd5 (48.
Rh8 $142 $18) 48... Ra1 49. Ke4 $6 (49. Rh5 a4 50. bxa4 Rxa4 51. Rxh7 Rxc4+ 52.
Kf5 $18) 49... Ra3 50. h4 Rxb3 51. Rxa5 Rc3 52. Kd4 Rg3 53. Rg5 Kd6 54. c5+ Kd7
55. Kd5 Rd3+ 56. Ke4 Rc3 57. Rd5+ Kc6 58. Re5 Rc4+ (58... Rxc5 59. Rxc5+ Kxc5
60. Ke5 $18) 59. Kf5 Kd7 (59... Rxc5 {Ernst} 60. Rxc5+ Kxc5 61. Ke6 Kd4 62. g5
Ke4 63. h5 $18) 60. h5 Ke8 61. g5 $18 Rh4 62. c6 Rc4 (62... Rxh5 63. Rd5 $1 {
/\c7} Kf7 64. c7 e6+ 65. Kg4 $18) 63. Re6 Rc5+ 64. Kg4 Rc4+ 65. Kf3 Kf7 66. Rh6
Kg7 67. Ke3 Rg4 68. Re6 Kf7 (68... Rxg5 69. Rxe7+ Kh6 70. Kd4 $18) 69. Rh6 Kg7
70. Re6 Kf7 71. g6+ $1 hxg6 (71... Kxe6 72. gxh7 $18) 72. Re4 Rg3+ (72... Rxe4+
73. Kxe4 Ke8 74. hxg6) 73. Kd4 Ke8 $8 74. c7 (74. c7 Kd7 75. Rxe7+ Kc8 76. h6
$18) 1-0

[Event "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Liss, Eran"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1994.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bxd7+
Qxd7 9. d5 dxe5 10. h3 e4 11. Nxe4 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. O-O O-O 14. Be3 Bxb2
$5 $146 (14... Na6 15. Ne5 Qd6 16. Ng4 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Bg7 18. f5 Nb4 $5 (18...
Nc7 19. Rxb7 Nxd5 20. f6 $1 exf6 21. c4 h5 22. Nh6+ Kh7 23. Nf5 gxf5 24. cxd5
Kg8 25. Rxf5 $16 {Yusupov,A-Adams,M/Dortmund/1994/}) 19. c4 Nxa2 20. Rxb7 Nc3
21. Qd3 gxf5 22. Rxf5 Qg6 23. Ne5 Ne2+ 24. Kf2 Bxe5 25. Rg5 Nf4 26. Rxg6+ fxg6
27. Qe4 Bd6 $132 {Yusupov,A-Hort,V/BL 9394/1994/}) (14... e6 15. Bxc5 Rd8 16.
Bd4 Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Rxd5 19. Rad1 Nc6 20. Rxd5 exd5 21. Rd1 Rd8
22. g4 f6 23. Kf2 Kf7 24. c3 Na5 25. Nd4 $14 {Dolmatov,S-Chernin,A/Sverdlovsk
1L/1984/}) 15. Rb1 Bg7 $1 (15... Bf6 16. Ne5 $1 Qc7 17. Ng4 Nd7 18. f5 $40 Rad8
19. Bh6 Bg7 20. d6 $1 exd6 21. Qd2 Bxh6 22. Qxh6 Kh8 23. Rbe1 c4 24. fxg6 fxg6
25. Re7 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Rf8+ 27. Ke2 {1-0,Liss,E-Gofshtein,L/Rishon le Zion/
1994/}) 16. Bxc5 (16. Ne5 Qc7 17. Ng4 Nd7 18. f5 Nf6 $15) 16... Rd8 17. Ne5 Qc7
(17... Qxd5 18. Bxe7 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Nc6 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Rd7
$36 {<->d}) (17... Bxe5 18. fxe5 Qxd5 19. Bxe7 Qxd1 20. Rbxd1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Nc6
22. Bf6 $16) 18. Ba3 Nc6 $1 $132 19. Qf3 (19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. c4 cxd5 21. cxd5
Bf6 {/\Qa5-/+}) 19... Nd4 (19... Bxe5 20. fxe5 (20. dxc6 $2 Bd4+) 20... Nxe5
21. Qe4 $44 {/\Bb2,Rae1,d6}) 20. Qe4 Nf5 (20... Nxc2 $2 21. Rfc1 $18) 21. Rb3 (
21. d6 $2 Nxd6 22. Bxd6 exd6 23. Rxb7 Qc5+ $19) 21... Rac8 22. Rc1 Nd6 23. Qe2
Bxe5 $1 $15 24. Qxe5 (24. fxe5 Nc4 25. d6 exd6 26. exd6 Nxd6 27. Bb2 Nc4 $17)
24... Nc4 (24... Rd7 $6 25. Bb2 f6 26. Qe6+ Kf8 27. c4 $36) 25. Qxe7 Rd7 26.
Qe4 Nxa3 27. Rxa3 Qc5+ 28. Qe3 Qxe3+ 29. Rxe3 Rxd5 {><a2,c2,f4} 30. Re7 Rb5 31.
a4 (31. c4 $5 $132) 31... Rb4 32. a5 a6 $6 (32... Kf8 $142 $1 $15) 33. c3 Rxf4
34. Rxb7 $10 Rc5 (34... Rf5 35. Rf1 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Rxc3 37. Rb6 $10) 35. c4 h5
(35... Rxa5 $6 36. c5 Ra2 $8 37. c6 Rff2 38. c7 Rxg2+ $10) 36. Rb6 Rfxc4 37.
Rxc4 Rxc4 38. Rxa6 Ra4 39. Kf2 Ra2+ 40. Kf3 h4 41. Ra8+ Kg7 42. a6 Ra4 (42...
Ra4 43. Ra7 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lukin, Andrei M"]
[Black "Gubanov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Chekhov} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5
Ng4 8. Bxd7+ $5 (8. e6 fxe6 (8... Bxb5 {Chekhov} 9. exf7+ Kd7 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11.
Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 h5 13. h3 Nc6 14. Nde2 Nh6 15. Be3 Nf5 16. Bf2 Rac8 $132 {
Stefansson,H-Gurevich,M/Tilburg/1994/1:0/55/}) 9. Ng5 Bxb5 10. Nxe6 Bxd4 $13)
8... Qxd7 9. d5 dxe5 10. h3 e4 11. Nxe4 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. O-O O-O 14. Be3
(14. c4 $16 {Chekhov}) 14... Rd8 $5 $146 {N/} (14... Bxb2 15. Rb1 Bg7 (15...
Bf6 16. Ne5 $1 Qc7 17. Ng4 Nd7 18. f5 Rad8 19. Bh6 Bg7 20. d6 $1 exd6 21. Qd2
$40 {Liss,E-Gofshtein,L/Rishon le Zion/1994/}) 16. Bxc5 Rd8 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Ba3
Nc6 $1 19. Qf3 Nd4 20. Qe4 Nf5 21. Rb3 Rac8 22. Rc1 Nd6 23. Qe2 Bxe5 24. Qxe5
Nc4 $15 {Liss,E-Chernin,A/Rishon le Zion/1994/}) (14... Na6 {Chekhov} 15. Ne5
Qd6 16. Ng4 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Bg7 18. f5 Nc7 (18... Nb4 19. c4 Nxa2 20. Rxb7 Nc3 21.
Qd3 gxf5 22. Rxf5 Qg6 23. Ne5 Ne2+ $1 24. Kf2 Bxe5 25. Rg5 Nf4 $44 {Yusupov,
A-Hort,V/GER/1994/0,5/83/}) 19. Rxb7 $1 Nxd5 20. f6 exf6 21. c4 h5 22. Nh6+ Kh7
23. Nf5 gxf5 24. cxd5 Kg8 25. Rxf5 $40 {Yusupov,A-Adams,M-Dortmund/1994/1:0/44/
}) 15. c4 (15. Qe2 $5 Bxb2 16. Rad1 Qd6 17. Qb5 Bf6 18. Qxb7 Nd7 19. Ng5 Rab8
20. Qxa7 Ra8 21. Qb7 Rdb8 22. Qc6 Ra6 23. Qxd6 exd6 24. Rb1 Re8 25. Rb7 Rxe3
26. Rxd7 Re7 $1 $10 {Lau,R-Chabanon,J/Bad Endbach/1995/}) 15... e6 (15... Qc7
16. Qe2 Nd7 17. f5 $36) 16. Ne5 $1 Qd6 (16... Bxe5 $6 17. fxe5 exd5 18. Bg5 Nc6
$8 19. Bf6 $1 $40) 17. Ng4 Bxb2 (17... Bg7 18. dxe6 $16) 18. Rb1 (18. dxe6 f5
$5 $13) 18... Bg7 19. dxe6 (19. Rxb7 exd5 20. f5 $5 $44) 19... f5 (19... Qe7
20. Rxb7 $1 $16) (19... Qxd1 20. Rbxd1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Nc6 (21... fxe6 22. Rd8+
Kf7 23. Bxc5 $18) 22. exf7+ Kxf7 23. Rd7+ $16) 20. Ne5 $1 Bxe5 $2 (20... Nc6 $1
$8 21. Qxd6 Rxd6 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Bxc5 (23. e7 Bd4 24. Rfe1 Re8 $15) 23...
Rxe6 $10) 21. fxe5 Qxd1 (21... Qf8 22. Qf3 $18) 22. Rfxd1 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Nc6
24. Rd7 b6 (24... Nxe5 $142 25. Rxb7 Nxc4 26. Bxc5 Re8 $16) (24... Re8 $1 {
Chekhov} 25. Bh6 Rxe6 26. Rg7+ Kh8 27. Rxb7 Kg8) 25. Bh6 Nxe5 (25... Re8 26.
Rg7+ Kh8 27. Rc7 $1 $18) 26. Rg7+ Kh8 (26... Kf8 27. Rxa7+) 27. Rc7 {/\Bg7/}
Kg8 28. Bg7 $1 Re8 (28... Nxc4 29. Bf6 Nd6 30. Rg7+ Kf8 31. e7+ Ke8 32. Rg8+
Kf7 33. Rxa8 Kxf6 34. e8=Q Nxe8 35. Rxe8 $18) 29. Bxe5 $18 Rxe6 30. Bf4 $5 Re4
31. Bh6 Rxc4 32. Rg7+ Kf8 $8 (32... Kh8 33. Rf7 $18) 33. Rxh7+ Ke8 34. Rxa7 b5
35. a3 Rc3 36. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[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. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 $5 (4. f4 Bg7 5. a3 $5 O-O 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3
Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nc6 9. Be3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. f5 Nd4 12. Qf2 Nh5 13. O-O-O c6
14. Kb1 Qe7 15. g4 Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Rxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Rfd8 19. Qf2 Qe5
20. Bd3 b5 21. g5 a5 22. Qh4 b4 23. Qh6 Kh8 24. f6 Rg8 25. Rg1 $1 {1-0,
Illescas,M-Gurevich,M/Madrid rapid/1988/}) 4... Bg7 5. f4 (5. g4 c6 6. g5 Nfd7
7. h4 b5 8. h5 Rg8 9. hxg6 hxg6 10. Nf3 b4 11. Nb1 a5 12. a4 $6 c5 13. d5 Nb6
14. c4 Kd7 $1 15. Nbd2 Rh8 16. Rg1 Kc7 17. Rb1 Rh3 18. b3 Qh8 19. Nf1 N8d7 20.
Bf4 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 $17 {Kovacevic,Vl-Seirawan,Y/Wijk/1980/})
5... d5 $6 (5... c5 6. dxc5 (6. d5 O-O 7. g4 Qa5 (7... e6 $5 $13) 8. Bd2 Qb4 9.
a3 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qxa3 11. Rb3 Qa5 12. g5 Ne8 13. h4 e5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Nd5 Qa4
16. c4 Qd7 17. h5 Nc6 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. f5 gxf5 20. Rbh3 fxe4 21. Rxh7 Bxd5 22.
cxd5 Qf5 $17 {Vepkhishvili-Bednar/Pardubice op/1992/}) 6... Qa5 7. Qd3 (7. Bd2
Qxc5 8. h3 Nc6 9. Qc1 Nd4 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Qd2 a6 14.
O-O-O b5 15. Rdg1 Qa5 16. Kb1 b4 17. Ne2 Be6 18. b3 Qa3 19. Qc1 Qxc1+ 20. Kxc1
a5 21. Ned4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Bd7 23. Kd2 e5 24. Ne2 Bc6 $36 {Carballo,F-Pausin,A/
Duisburg WchJM-U12/1992/}) 7... Qxc5 8. Be3 Qa5 $132) 6. e5 Ne4 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8.
Be3 $14 {><e4} c6 9. Qd2 h5 (9... f5 10. c4 Be6 11. Rd1 {[+]}) 10. O-O-O b5 $6
(10... Bf5 $5 $14) 11. d5 $1 Bb7 (11... cxd5 12. Bxb5+ Kf8 13. Qxd5 $18) 12.
Qc3 (12. dxc6 Qxd2+ 13. Rxd2 Bxc6 14. Nh3 Nd7 $132) 12... cxd5 $8 (12... Qc8
13. dxc6 Qxc6 14. Qa5 $16) 13. Bxb5+ Kf8 (13... Nd7 $2 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. e6 $1
Bxc3 16. exd7+ $18) 14. Nh3 Na6 15. Ng5 $16 {/\Ne4} Nc7 16. Ba4 Ne6 (16... Qc8
$142 17. Bc5 $16) 17. Nxe6+ (17. Nxe4 $2 d4 $1 $17) 17... fxe6 18. h4 $1 {ץg7}
Kf7 19. Rd4 a5 20. Bb5 Qb8 21. Kb1 Rc8 22. Qd2 Rc5 (22... Ba6 $5 23. Bxa6 Rxa6
24. Ra4 Qb5 25. b3 $18) 23. Be2 {/\g4->} Qc7 24. Ra4 Qd7 $8 (24... Rc6 25. Bb5
$18) 25. b3 Rc7 26. Bd4 {><a5} e3 27. Qxe3 Bc6 28. Ra3 a4 29. Kb2 Bb5 (29...
axb3 30. Rxa8 Bxa8 31. cxb3 $18) 30. Bd1 $5 (30. Rc1 $18) 30... Rcc8 31. Rg1
$40 Qb7 32. g4 hxg4 33. Rxg4 Be8 34. Rg3 Qb4 35. h5 axb3 (35... Rcb8 {/\Qa3}
36. hxg6+ Kg8 37. Bc5 $18) 36. Rxb3 Qa4 37. a3 Rcb8 {/\Qa3} (37... Rc4 38.
hxg6+ Kg8 39. c3) 38. Bc5 Kg8 39. hxg6 Qc4 $6 40. Be2 Qa4 41. Bd3 Qa5 42. Rh3
Ba4 43. Bb6 $1 (43. Rxb8+ Rxb8+ 44. Bb4 $18) 43... d4 $8 44. Rh8+ $1 (44. Rh8+
Kxh8 (44... Bxh8 45. Qh3 {/\Qh7,Qe6,Ba5}) 45. Qh3+ Kg8 46. Qxe6+ Kh8 47. Bc4 $1
$18) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[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. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6
Bxb5 (8... fxe6 $142) 9. exf7+ Kd7 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 h5 (
12... Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc6 14. Qc4 Qb6 15. Qe2 h5 16. Bd2 Nd4 17. Qd3 Nf5 18. Ne4
Nge3 19. g3 Qd4 20. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 21. Qxe3 Nxe3 22. Kd2 Nf5 23. Ng5 Raf8 24. Rae1
h4 25. g4 Nh6 26. Re6 Nxf7 27. Rhe1 $16 {Wedberg,T-Gustavsson,B/Stockholm op/
1990/}) 13. h3 Nc6 14. Nde2 (14. Nxc6 $2 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Qxc3+ 16. Bd2 Qg3+ 17.
Ke2 Qxg2+ $19) 14... Nh6 15. Be3 Nf5 16. Bf2 Rac8 (16... Raf8 17. O-O Rxf7 18.
a3 Qa6 19. Ne4 Kc8 20. Qd5 Bxb2 21. Rab1 Qxe2 22. Rfe1 Qxc2 23. Qxf7 Bxa3 24.
Qxg6 Nfd4 25. Kh1 Qc4 26. Ng5 Bc5 27. Rbc1 Qd5 28. Bxd4 Bxd4 29. Rxe7 $16 {
Hellers,F-van Wely,L/Philadelphia World op/1992/}) 17. O-O (17. Qd2 $6 h4 18.
O-O-O Rhf8 19. Kb1 Rxf7 20. Qe1 Qa6 $132 {Yedidia,J-van Wely,L/New York/1993/})
17... Rhf8 (17... h4 $5 18. a3 Qa6 19. Ne4 Kc7 20. c3 Kb8 21. Ng5 Rhf8 22. Re1
Bf6 23. Qb3 Nd8 24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. Bxd4 Qc4 26. Qxc4 Rxc4 $15 {Ernst,Th-van Wely,
L/Wijk aan Zee/1992/}) 18. Ne4 Nd8 (18... Rxf7 19. c3 Nd8 {-18...Nd8}) 19. c3
Rxf7 (19... Nxf7 20. Qb3 $16) 20. Qd3 (20. a4 $5 {/\b4->} a6 21. Ra3 {><b6,/
\Rb3}) 20... Ne6 21. Rad1 h4 (21... Qxa2 $2 22. Qb5+ Kd8 23. Qxb7 $16) 22. Qf3
Qa6 23. Rfe1 Qc6 24. Nd4 (24. Nc1 $5 {/\Qg4->,Nd3-b4} b6 (24... Kc7 25. Nxd6 $1
$18) 25. Nd3 $16) 24... Bxd4 (24... Nfxd4 25. cxd4 Nxf4 (25... Rxf4 $2 26. d5
$18) 26. Bxh4 $36) (24... Nexd4 25. cxd4 Qb6 26. Nc5+ $1 $16 {/\Ne6}) 25. cxd4
d5 (25... Nc7 26. d5 $1 {/\} Nxd5 $2 27. Ng5) 26. Nc3 Nc7 27. Rc1 Qd6 28. Rc2
$5 (28. Re5 e6 29. Qg4 Qe7 30. Qxg6 Rg7 $44) 28... Rff8 (28... e6 29. Rec1 Rcf8
30. Ne2 $16 {><g6,e6,Kd7}) 29. Qg4 Qf6 30. Rec1 e6 31. Qd1 Nd6 32. Ne2 Ncb5 $6
(32... Na6 $5 33. Qe1 Nf5 34. Qa5 Rxc2 35. Rxc2 Rc8 36. Qb5+ Kd8 37. Rxc8+ Kxc8
38. Qe8+ Kc7 39. Qa8 $14) 33. a4 Rxc2 34. Rxc2 Nc7 35. Qe1 g5 (35... Nf5 36.
Qa5 $16) (35... Rh8 36. Nc1 $1 Qxf4 37. Nd3 Qf5 38. Nc5+ Kc8 39. Rc3 Ne4 40.
Rf3 Qg5 41. Nxe4 dxe4 42. Qxe4 $16 {ק}) 36. fxg5 Qxg5 37. Bxh4 Qg6 38. Qc1 Na6
39. Bg3 Nc4 40. Kh2 (40. Rc3 $142 $1 {/\b3+-}) 40... Nb4 $6 (40... Qd3 $132 {
/\Ne3}) 41. Rxc4 $1 $8 dxc4 42. Qxc4 Nc6 $8 (42... Nd5 43. Qb5+ Kc8 44. Qc5+
$18) 43. b4 $36 Rc8 $6 (43... Qf6 44. b5 Nd8 45. Nf4 $16 {/\Nd3-e5}) 44. Qb5 b6
45. Qa6 (45. a5 $1 Qe4 46. axb6 axb6 47. Qxb6 $1 Qxe2 48. Qb7+ Kd8 49. Bh4+ $18
) 45... Ne7 (45... Qf6 46. a5 $1 Nxd4 47. axb6 $1 Nxe2 (47... axb6 48. Qb7+ Kd8
49. Qxb6+ $18) 48. b7 $18) 46. Qb7+ Kd8 47. Nf4 Qf5 48. Qxa7 $18 b5 49. axb5
Rc4 50. b6 Rxb4 51. Qb8+ Kd7 52. Nd3 $1 {/\Ne5,Qd6} Qxd3 $8 53. Qd6+ Ke8 54.
Qxb4 Nf5 55. Be5 {/\b7} 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 (6... a6 $6 7. e5
Ne8 8. Be3 Nd7 9. h4 $1 c5 10. h5 cxd4 11. Bxd4 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nc7 13. Bc4 e6
14. Qe2 b5 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Nd5 18. g4 $16 {~/=,Podlesnik,
B-Todorovic,M,Ljubljana 1989}) (6... Na6 7. e5 $5 (7. O-O $14) 7... Ne8 8. Be3
Bf5 9. O-O Nb4 10. Rc1 e6 11. h3 Nd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 d5 15.
Be2 c6 16. g4 Be4 17. Ng5 $16 {Moretensen,E-Rosenlund,T,Copenhagen 1983}) 7.
dxc5 Qa5 8. O-O Qxc5+ 9. Kh1 Nc6 (9... b5 $5 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. Qd5
Nf2+ 13. Rxf2 Qxf2 14. Qxa8 (14. Bd3 b4 15. Ne4 Qb6 16. Qxa8 Bb7 17. Be3 Bxa8
$17) 14... b4 15. Nd5 Qxe2 16. Bf4 Kh8 {Nijboer,F-Azmaiparashvili,Z,Reykjavik
op 1990-EXP 18}) (9... Nbd7 10. Bd3 b6 11. Qe1 Bb7 12. Be3 Qc6 13. Nd4 Qc8 14.
Qh4 Nc5 15. f5 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Ba6 17. Rad1 b5 18. Rf3 b4 19. Nd5 $40 {Schlosser,
M-Ludgate,A,Haifa ETC 1989-TD 89_12}) 10. Bd3 Bg4 (10... e5 11. Qe1 $14) (10...
Nb4 11. Qe1 Nxd3 12. cxd3 b6 13. Be3 Qh5 14. Bd4 Bb7 15. a4 Ba6 16. Qd2 $6 e5
$1 17. Bg1 exf4 18. Qxf4 Ng4 $36 {Schlosser,M-Popchev,M,Sochi-A 1989-CBM 16})
11. Qe1 Rfc8 $5 {N} (11... Bxf3 12. Rxf3 Nb4) (11... Bxf3 12. Rxf3 Nb4 13. Be3
Nxd3 14. cxd3 Qa5 (14... Qb4 15. Rb1 a5 16. Bg1 a4 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Nd7 19.
a3 Qb3 20. d4 Rac8 21. Qh4 f6 22. Rh3 h5 23. Qe4 $14 {Gdanski,J-Sznapik,A,
POL-ch 1991-EXP 22}) 15. f5 b5 16. Bg5 b4 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Kg7 19. Qd2
Rac8 20. Rh3 g5 $132 {Nunn,J-Sznapik,A,Haifa ETC 1989-TD 89_12}) 12. Be3 Qa5
13. Nd2 {Pf5<->g4} (13. Qh4 Nb4 $132 {P} 14. e5 $2 Bxf3 15. exf6 Bxf6) 13...
Bd7 14. Nc4 (14. Nb3 Qd8 $13) 14... Qd8 15. Qh4 $6 (15. a3 Rab8 $132) 15... Nb4
$15 {P c4, c2} 16. Na3 $8 Qa5 {P c3} 17. Bd2 Nxd3 18. cxd3 b5 19. e5 $1 b4 20.
Nc4 Qd8 (20... Rxc4 $2 21. dxc4 bxc3 22. Bxc3 $18) 21. Ne2 (21. exf6 Bxf6 $17)
21... Nd5 22. Ng3 (22. exd6 exd6 23. Qxd8+ Rxd8 $17 {[+]|_}) 22... Nb6 $1 (
22... dxe5 $6 23. fxe5 (23. Nxe5 $2 Bb5 $17) 23... Nb6 24. Bxb4 Nxc4 25. Bxe7
$16) 23. f5 (23. Nxb6 axb6 24. Bxb4 Rc2 25. exd6 exd6 $36 {|_}) (23. Ne3 dxe5
24. fxe5 Be6 $15) 23... Nxc4 24. dxc4 dxe5 (24... Bxe5 $2 25. fxg6 hxg6 26.
Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 27. Qh7+ Ke6 28. Qxg6+ Bf6 29. Re1#) 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Ne4 f6 $5 (
26... Rxc4 $2 27. Rxf7 $1 Rxe4 (27... Kxf7 28. Ng5+ $18) 28. Rxg7+ $16) (26...
Bf5 27. Rxf5 gxf5 28. Ng5 $146 Qxd2 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qh5 Ke8 $8 31. Nxf7 $5 {
P e5, d1} (31. Rd1 $6 Qxd1+ $17) 31... Kd7 32. Rd1 $14) 27. Bxb4 Qe8 28. Nc3
Be6 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. cxd5 Rab8 31. a3 (31. Rac1 $142 $5 $132) 31... a5 32. Bc3
Rc5 $17 33. Rad1 Rd8 34. Qe4 Qf7 (34... f5 $142 $17) 35. Bxe5 Rcxd5 36. Rxd5
Qxd5 37. Qxd5+ Rxd5 38. Bc3 f5 39. Bxg7 Kxg7 $15 40. b4 (40. Kg1 $142 $15)
40... axb4 (40... a4 $1 {P} 41. Rb1 Rd3 42. b5 Rb3 $1 $19) 41. axb4 Rb5 42. Rb1
e5 43. Kg1 e4 44. Kf2 Kf6 45. Ke3 Ke5 46. h4 $2 (46. h3 f4+ 47. Kd2 (47. Ke2
Kd4 48. Kd2 Rg5 $19) 47... Kd4 48. Ke2 Rg5 49. Kf2 Kc4 50. Rd1 $132) (46. g3 g5
47. h3 f4+ 48. Ke2 $1 fxg3 (48... Kd4 49. Rd1+ Kc3 50. Rf1 $10) 49. Ke3 g2 50.
Kf2 Kd4 51. Kxg2 Kd3 52. Kf2 $10) 46... f4+ 47. Kf2 Kf5 $19 48. g3 f3 49. h5 (
49. Ke3 Kg4 50. Kxe4 f2 51. Ke3 Kxg3 $19) 49... gxh5 50. Rh1 Kg5 51. Rh4 Rxb4
52. Ke3 Kf5 53. Rxh5+ Kg4 54. Rh8 Rb3+ $1 55. Kxe4 f2 (55... f2 56. Rg8+ Kh3
57. Rf8 Kxg3 58. Rg8+ Kh2 59. Rf8 Kg2 60. Rg8+ Rg3 $19 {[Stohl,I]}) 0-1

[Event "Belgrade"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6
fxe6 9. Ng5 Bxb5 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. c3 (11. Bd2 $5 Qxb5 12. Nxe6 Qxb2 (12... Na6
$6 13. Nxg7+ Kf7 14. Qxg4 Kxg7 15. Bc3 $1 cxd4 16. Bxd4+ e5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18.
c4 Qe8 19. Bc3 Rf8 20. O-O-O Nb8 21. Rhe1 $16 {Korneev,O-Vasiliev,V/Smolensk
op/1991/}) 13. Rb1 Qxa2 14. Nxg7+ Kf7 15. O-O Nf6 16. Re1 Kxg7 17. Rxe7+ Kf8
18. Rbxb7 Nbd7 19. Qe1 h6 20. dxc5 $44 {Palac,M-Chabanon,JL/Zagreb Vukovar/
1993/}) 11... Qxb5 12. Nxe6 (12. Qxg4 cxd4 13. Nxe6 Qc4 14. Nxg7+ Kf7 15. f5 (
15. Nf5 Qe6+ 16. Ne3 dxe3 $10) 15... Kxg7 16. Be3 Nc6 17. O-O-O b5 18. Bxd4+
Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Qxa2 20. Re1 Qa1+ 21. Kd2 Qxb2+ 22. Kd1 Qb1+ 23. Kd2 $44 {
Christensen,T-Sogaard,S/Odense/1993/}) 12... Qc4 $5 (12... Na6 13. Nxg7+ (13.
Qxg4 Bf6 14. d5 Qd3 15. Qd1 Qxd1+ 16. Kxd1 h5 17. g3 Kd7 18. Kc2 Nc7 19. Nxc7
Kxc7 20. Re1 Kd7 $10 {Beliavsky,A-Timman,J/Belfort/1988/}) 13... Kf7 14. Qxg4
Kxg7 15. Be3 Qxb2 16. O-O Qxc3 17. Rae1 Rhf8 18. f5 Rxf5 {Anand,V-Gurevich,M/
Linares/1991/} 19. Bh6+ $1 Kxh6 20. Qh4+ Rh5 21. Qf4+ Rg5 22. Qh4+ $10) 13.
Qxg4 cxd4 14. Nxg7+ (14. f5 Bf6 15. fxg6 Rg8 $1 16. g7 Nc6 17. Nc7+ Kd8 18.
Ne6+ $10 {Watson,W-Shirov,A/Gausdal/1991/}) 14... Kf7 15. f5 Kxg7 16. Qh4 (16.
Be3 Nc6 {-12.Qg4}) 16... Nc6 17. Rf1 Rhf8 $1 $146 (17... Kg8 18. Bh6 Re8 19.
Rd1 Ne5 20. Rxd4 Qxa2 21. Kf2 Nf7 22. Kg1 $40 {Gruenfeld,Y-Tal,M/Tel Aviv/1990/
}) 18. Bh6+ Kh8 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. O-O-O $8 gxf5 $13 (20... Qxa2 $2 21. fxg6 $18
{/\Qh7#}) 21. Kb1 b5 22. Qh3 (22. cxd4 $2 Nb4 23. Qxe7 Qxa2+ 24. Kc1 Rc8+ 25.
Kd2 Rc2+ 26. Ke1 Nd3+ $1 27. Rxd3 Qa1+ 28. Rd1 Qa5+ $19) 22... dxc3 23. Qxc3+ (
23. bxc3 b4 $40) 23... Qxc3 24. bxc3 Ne5 25. Rd4 (25. Rd5 $142 a6 26. a4 $5 $10
{<=>}) 25... Nc4 26. Rf2 e5 $15 27. Rh4 f4 28. Kc2 Ne3+ 29. Kd3 Kg7 (29... d5
$5 $15 {/\} 30. g3 $2 Nf5 31. Rg4 e4+ $19) 30. g3 $1 Nd5 $8 31. Rg4+ Kf6 (31...
Kh8 32. gxf4 Nxf4+ 33. Ke4 $10) 32. gxf4 Nxf4+ 33. Rgxf4+ exf4 34. Rxf4+ Ke7
35. Rh4 $44 {ק} Rf7 36. a4 bxa4 (36... a6 37. axb5 axb5 38. Rh5 $10) 37. Rxa4
Ke6 38. Re4+ Kf5 (38... Kd7 39. Ra4 Kc6 40. Ra6+ $10) 39. Rd4 Ke6 40. Re4+ Kd7
41. Ra4 Rf3+ 42. Kd2 (42. Ke4 $5 Rxc3 43. Rxa7+ Rc7 44. Ra5 $10) 42... Rf2+ 43.
Kd3 Rxh2 44. Rxa7+ Ke6 45. c4 Rh1 46. Ra5 h5 47. Ke2 h4 48. Rh5 h3 49. Kf2 h2
50. Kg3 Rg1+ (50... Rc1 51. Rxh2 Rxc4 52. Kf3 $10) 51. Kxh2 Rg4 (51... Rg4 52.
c5 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5
Ng4 8. h3 $5 (8. e6 fxe6 9. Ng5 Bxb5 10. Nxe6 Bxd4 $1 11. Nxd8 Bf2+ 12. Kd2
Be3+ $10) 8... cxd4 (8... Nh6 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Be3 $16 {()}) (
8... Bxb5 9. Nxb5 dxe5 (9... cxd4 10. Qxd4 {-8...cxd4}) 10. hxg4 (10. Qe2 e4
11. hxg4 exf3 12. Qxf3 Qa5+ $6 (12... Qd7 $142 $1 $15) 13. Nc3 cxd4 14. Qxb7
dxc3 15. b3 Qa6 16. Qxa8 Qe6+ 17. Kf2 Bd4+ 18. Kf3 $18 {Coleman,D-Pein,M/
BCF-ch/1988/}) 10... Qa5+ 11. Bd2 (11. c3 e4 12. Qe2 exf3 13. Nd6+ Kd7 14. Nxb7
Qb6 15. Qxf3 cxd4 16. Qd5+ Kc7 17. Qxf7 Qxb7 18. Qxg7 Qxg2 19. Qe5+ Kb7 20. Rf1
Nc6 21. Qb5+ Kc7 22. Qe2 Qg3+ $13 {Fedorov,V-Tseitlin,Ma/USSR/1977/}) 11...
Qxb5 12. dxe5 Qxb2 $1 $13 {Nunn} (12... Nc6 13. Bc3 Qc4 14. g3 Rd8 15. Qe2 $16
{(),Kristiansen,J-Miles,A/Teeside/1974/})) 9. Qxd4 Nh6 (9... dxe5 $6 10. Qd5 $1
e4 11. Ng5 (11. Qxb7 {Ftacnik} Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Bxb5 $13) 11... Nh6 12. Qxb7
Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Bxb5 14. Qxa8 Bc6 15. Qxa7 O-O (15... Nf5 $5 $14) 16. g4 $1 Qd5
17. Ba3 Rd8 18. Qd4 Qa5 19. Qc5 $16 {Sigurjonsson,G-Vogt,L/Cienfuegos/1976/}) (
9... Bxb5 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ $2 (10... Nc6 11. Qe4 {-9...Nh6}) 11. Qc3 $1 Qxc3+ 12.
bxc3 $18 {/\Nc7,hg4}) 10. g4 (10. Bd2 {Ftacnik} Bxb5 11. Nxb5 Nc6 12. Qf2 dxe5
13. fxe5 a6 14. Nc3 Nf5 15. O-O-O Nxe5 16. Bf4 Nd7 17. g4 Nd6 18. Bxd6 exd6 19.
Rxd6 Qc7 20. Re1+ Kf8 21. Ng5 Nc5 {1-0/Sigurjonsson,G-Westerinen,H/Geneve/1977/
}) (10. Bxd7+ {Ftacnik} Qxd7 11. g4 Nc6 12. Qe4 O-O 13. Bd2 dxe5 14. fxe5 Qe6
15. O-O-O f5 16. exf6 Qxe4 17. Nxe4 exf6 18. Nc5 Rae8 19. Rhe1 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 f5
21. g5 Nf7 22. Bf4 b6 23. Nd3 Rc8 24. Kd2 $13 {Thorhallsson,T-Gretarsson,H/
Hafnarfirdi (08)/1992/}) 10... O-O (10... Bxb5 $142 11. Nxb5 Qa5+ 12. Nc3 Nc6
13. Qe4 O-O-O 14. Bd2 dxe5 15. fxe5 f5 $5 16. Qc4 fxg4 17. hxg4 Rhf8 $132 {
Hermlin,A-Chipashvili/USSR/1976/} (17... Rhf8 {Ftacnik} 18. Rf1 Qb4 19. Qe6+
Kb8 20. O-O-O Rxf3 21. Rxf3 Nd4 22. Rf4 Qxc3 $1 23. bxc3 Nxe6 24. Re4 $17 {
Hermlin,A-Chipashvili,M/USSR/1976/})) 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 {N} (11... Nxd7 12. Be3 Qa5
13. O-O-O Nb6 14. Kb1 Rac8 15. Nd5 $36 {Klovan,J-Tseitlin,Ma/USSR/1973/} (15.
Nd5 {Ftacnik} Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Qc7 17. c3 dxe5 18. fxe5 Rcd8 19. Qc5 Qb8 $2 20.
Qxe7 b6 21. Qh4 Qa8 22. Nd2 f6 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Qxh6 $18 {Klovans,J-Tseitlin,
MD/USSR/1973/})) 12. Be3 $14 {(),פh6} dxe5 (12... Nc6 13. Qe4 {/\0-0-0->}) 13.
Qxd7 Nxd7 14. fxe5 f5 15. exf6 (15. g5 f4 $1 $8 (15... Nf7 {Ftacnik} 16. e6
Nfe5 $13) 16. gxh6 fxe3 $36) 15... Rxf6 $2 (15... exf6 $142 16. O-O-O $36) 16.
Ng5 Nf7 17. O-O-O $16 Nb6 $8 (17... Nd6 $2 18. Nd5 $18) 18. Nge4 Rc6 19. Bxb6
$1 Rxb6 20. Rd7 Kf8 (20... Re8 $5 $16) 21. Nd5 Rxb2 $8 (21... Re6 22. Nc7 (22.
Nc5 {Ftacnik} Rd6 23. Rxd6 (23. Rd1 $5) 23... Nxd6 24. Ne6+ Kf7 25. Nxg7 Kxg7
26. Nxe7 $16) 22... Rxe4 23. Nxa8 $18) 22. Rf1 Rxa2 23. Rf3 $1 $18 {/\Re7} (23.
Rxe7 $4 Ra1+ $19) 23... Ra1+ 24. Kd2 Ra5 $8 (24... Kg8 25. Nxe7+ Kf8 26. Nxg6+
hxg6 27. Rfxf7+ $18) (24... Re8 25. Ng5 $18) 25. Ng5 Bf6 (25... Rxd5+ 26. Rxd5
Bf6 27. Nxh7+ Kg7 28. Nxf6 exf6 29. Rd7 $18) 26. Nxf7 (26. Nxf6 $2 Nxg5 $1 $17)
26... Rxd5+ $8 (26... Kxf7 27. Rxf6+ $18) 27. Rxd5 Kxf7 28. g5 Ke6 $8 29. c4
Bg7 30. Re3+ Kf7 31. Rd7 Re8 32. Re4 $1 (32. Rxb7 Bd4 33. Re4 Bc5 $16) 32... h6
33. h4 hxg5 34. hxg5 Kf8 35. Rxb7 {o^c} Rd8+ 36. Ke3 a5 37. c5 $1 Bc3 (37...
Rc8 38. Rexe7 $18) 38. c6 Rc8 39. Rc4 Be5 40. Ke4 Bg3 41. Kd5 {/\c7,Ke6-d7}
Rd8+ 42. Rd7 {[Stohl]} 1-0

[Event "Rostov on Don"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 $5 9. Bc4 (9. Qe1 Nb4 $1 10. Qh4 (10. a3 $142 Nxd3 11. cxd3 $13) 10... c4
$1 11. Bxc4 Nxc2 12. Rb1 Bxf3 13. Rxf3 Rc8 14. Bb3 Nd4 15. Rh3 Nxb3 16. axb3 h5
17. Rf3 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Qxb3 $17 {Plachetka,J-Jansa,V/CS-chT/1992/}) (9. h3 Bxf3
10. Rxf3 $5 (10. Qxf3 Nc7 11. Bc4 {-9.Bc4}) 10... Nc7 11. a4 e6 12. dxe6 fxe6
13. Be3 Qe7 14. Bf2 d5 15. Qe1 Rf7 16. Bh4 Qf8 17. f5 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19.
Qxe4 gxf5 20. Qxb7 $13 {Polgar,J-Zaitshik,G/Sebastian op/1991/}) 9... Nc7 (9...
Nd7 10. Qe1 (10. h3 $5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 $14) 10... Nb4 11. Qd2 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nb6
13. Be2 e6 14. a3 Na6 15. a4 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Nc7 18. Qd2 Ne6 19. f5
Nd4 $13 {Hector,J-Hoi,C/Helsingborg SVE-DEN/1990/}) 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e6 (
11... Nd7 12. a4 a6 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. Qe2 Kh8 15. a5 Re8 16. Qd3 Qc8 17. b3 Ra8
18. Rae1 b5 19. axb6 Nxb6 20. e5 $16 {Arnason,J-Hoi,C/Reykjavik op/1988/}) 12.
dxe6 fxe6 13. Be3 (13. Rd1 $5 Qe7 14. e5 dxe5 15. Qxb7 Nh5 16. Nb5 Rac8 {
Fernandez,JL-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Euskadi-Georgia tt/1991/} 17. Nxa7 Rb8 18. Nc6
$1 $14) 13... Qe7 14. e5 $1 {N} (14. Rad1 b6 (14... Rab8 15. a4 a6 $6 (15... b6
$142 $5 $13) 16. a5 b5 17. axb6 Rxb6 18. e5 $1 Nd7 (18... dxe5 19. Na4 $16) 19.
exd6 Rxd6 20. Rxd6 Qxd6 21. Ne4 Qe7 22. c3 $16 {Polzin,R-Sturua,Z/Baden Baden
op/1991/}) 15. Rfe1 Kh8 16. g4 $6 Rad8 17. Bf2 Nd7 18. Qg3 g5 $1 19. f5 Ne5 $36
{Wedberg,T-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Reykjavik op/1990/}) 14... dxe5 15. Qxb7 (15. fxe5
Nd7 $5 (15... Nfd5 $10) 16. Qxb7 Nxe5 $13) 15... Rfb8 (15... exf4 $2 16. Bxf4
$16) 16. Qf3 Rxb2 (16... exf4 17. Bxf4 $16 {><e6,c5,^^} Rxb2 $2 18. Bxc7 $18)
17. Ne4 $1 (17. fxe5 Nd7 $15) 17... Nxe4 (17... exf4 18. Bxc5 $16) (17... Rxc2
18. Bxc5 Qd8 19. fxe5 $1 Nxe4 (19... Rxc4 20. exf6 $18) 20. Qxe4 $16 {->,׻})
18. Qxe4 exf4 19. Bxf4 $36 {~/=,/\Bc7+-} Re8 20. Bb3 Rxb3 $6 (20... Nd5 21. Be5
$1 (21. Bc1 $2 Rxb3 $19) (21. Bxd5 $6 exd5 22. Qxd5+ Kh8 $10) (21. Bd2 $5)
21... Nc3 (21... Bxe5 22. Qxe5 Qg7 23. Rae1 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 $16 {_|_}) 22. Qe3 (
22. Bxc3 $5 Bxc3 23. Rad1 $44 {צb2}) 22... Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Qg7 24. Qxc5 Ne2+ 25.
Kh2 Nd4 $16 {<=>}) 21. axb3 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 $44 {><a7,c5,e6,Kg8} Nb5 (22... Nd5
23. Be5 $40) (22... e5 23. Be3 $16) 23. Be3 $1 (23. Be5 Nd6 $1 $13 {/\Nf7,e5})
23... Rc8 (23... Nd6 24. Qe5 $16) 24. Ra6 Nd6 (24... e5 25. Qd5+ Kg7 26. Re6
$18 {->}) 25. Qe5 Nf7 $8 26. Qxe6 Qxe6 27. Rxe6 $16 {_|_,/\Ra6-a5} a5 (27... c4
28. b4 $1 {><a7,c4}) 28. Bd2 Ra8 (28... c4 29. Bxa5 cxb3 30. cxb3 $16) 29. Rc6
$16 a4 30. bxa4 Rxa4 31. Rxc5 Nd6 32. Rc6 Nc4 (32... Nf5 $142 $5 $16) 33. Bg5
Kf7 34. Kf2 $1 (34. Rc7+ Ke6 35. Rxh7 Ra2 36. c3 Rc2 $14 {<=>}) 34... Ke8 35.
Rc7 Nd6 {/\Ne4-+} 36. Ke2 Rc4 (36... h5 37. Re7+ Kf8 38. Re6 $18) (36... Nf7
37. Be3 $18 {עe8,o^c}) 37. Rxc4 Nxc4 38. Kd3 Na5 39. Kd4 $18 Nc6+ 40. Kc5 (40.
Kd5 $2 Nb4+ $10) 40... Kd7 41. Bf6 $1 Na7 42. Kd5 Nc8 (42... Nc6 43. c3 $1 Na7
44. Bd4 Nc6 45. Bc5 Nd8 46. Ke5 $18) 43. Bg5 Nb6+ 44. Ke5 Nc4+ (44... Ke8 45.
Kf6 Kf8 46. Bh6+ Kg8 47. Ke6 $18 {עg8}) 45. Kf6 Na3 46. Kg7 (46. Kg7 Nxc2 47.
Kxh7 Ne1 48. g4 Nf3 49. Kxg6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Ashkhabad-A"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Saltaev, Mihail"]
[Black "Kakageldyev, Amanmurad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TKM"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Belov} g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 Na6 $5 (6...
b6 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bg1 c5 9. h3 Nh6 10. d5 Bb7 11. Qd2 Nf5 12. Bh2 dxe5 13. fxe5
e6 $1 14. O-O-O exd5 15. Nxd5 Nc6 16. c3 Ncd4 $1 17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. cxd4 Bg7 19.
d5 c4 20. Be2 Rc8 21. Kb1 Bh6 22. Bf4 Bxf4 23. Qxf4 Bxd5 24. h4 c3 25. bxc3
Rxc3 26. h5 Ne3 27. Ng5 Qc7 28. Nxh7 Rb3+ $1 {0-1,Beliavsky,A-Anand,V/Munich/
1991/}) 7. Qe2 $146 (7. e5 $5 Ng4 8. Bg1 c5 9. h3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nh6 11. g4 Bd7
12. Bc4 Bc6 13. Bd5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Bxd5 15. Nxd5 Nc7 16. O-O-O Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Qc7
18. Qc5 Rfc8 19. Qxc7 Rxc7 20. Bh2 e6 21. Rd2 Bf8 22. Rhd1 Be7 23. Rd7 Rac8 24.
c3 Kf8 25. Bf4 $16 {[%csl Rh6] פ,Shmuter,L-Bykhovsky,Av/Rishon le Zion YM/
1995/}) (7. Qd2 $5 c5 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. e5 Nfe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qb4 {Dvoirys,
S-Laketic,G/Cheliabinsk/1991/1:0/22/} Nc5 (11... d5 $13 {Belov and Stohl}) 12.
O-O-O Qc7 13. exd6 exd6 14. Bd4 Bh6 $6 15. Bf6 Bf5 16. Nh4 $36 {Dvoirys,
S-Laketic,G/Cheljabinsk/1992/}) 7... c5 8. O-O-O $6 {Not a very good idea, as
in this type of position (Sicilian Dragon) Black's attacking chances are more
realistic.} (8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. e5 Nfe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bd4 d5 12. Qe3 $13) 8...
cxd4 9. Bxd4 Qa5 10. Kb1 (10. e5 $5 dxe5 11. Qxe5 $10) 10... Be6 11. Qb5 (11.
e5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. c4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nb4 15. a3 Nc6 $36) 11... Qc7 (11...
Qxb5 {Belov} 12. Bxb5 Nb4 $10) 12. e5 {This advance is a logical follow-up of
White's previous moves, but doesn't promise White much.} (12. Be2 {Belov} Nc5
13. e5 Nfe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. exd6 Nxd6 16. Qb4 Rfc8 $36) 12... dxe5 13. Bxe5 (
13. fxe5 {Belov} Nd7 14. Be2 Nac5 $132) 13... Qc8 14. Be2 (14. Nd4 $5 Bg4 15.
Be2 $132) 14... Nc5 $36 {[%csl Rb1,Rb5] White's opening was no success. His K
is in serious danger on the Q-side, while counterplay in the center or on the
other flank is still nonexistent. Also his Q is misplaced. Black can develop
his initiative by natural moves.} 15. Rhe1 a6 16. Qb4 b5 17. Ng5 (17. Bd4 $142
$5 Ncd7 18. Ng5 $132) 17... Bf5 18. Bd4 Na4 $1 19. Bf3 (19. Qxe7 Nd5 $1 20.
Nxd5 Qxc2+ 21. Ka1 Bxd4 $19) (19. Nxa4 Bxc2+ 20. Ka1 Bxd1 21. Nb6 Qb7 22. Bxd1
Rad8 23. Bf3 Qb8 24. Rxe7 Qxf4 $19) 19... Nxc3+ 20. Bxc3 (20. Qxc3 $142 Qxc3 (
20... b4 $1 {Belov} 21. Qxc8 Raxc8 22. Rd2 h6 $17) 21. Bxc3 Rac8 22. Rd2 (22.
Rxe7 $2 b4 $1 23. Bxf6 Bxc2+ $19) 22... Rc4 $5 $36) 20... Ra7 21. h3 (21. Rxe7
$6 a5 $1 22. Qd6 Rxe7 (22... Ra6 $2 23. Qd2 {[%cal Rf3b7] /\Bb7}) 23. Qxe7 h6
$1 (23... b4 $2 24. Bxf6 Bxc2+ 25. Kc1 (25. Ka1 {Belov} Bxd1 $19) 25... Ba4+
26. Kd2 (26. Kb1 Bxd1 27. Bxd1 Qf5+ 28. Ne4 Bxf6 $19) 26... Bxf6 27. Qxf6 Qd7+
28. Ke1 Re8+ 29. Kf2 Bxd1 30. Bxd1 $16) 24. Bxf6 (24. Nxf7 Rxf7 25. Rd8+ Kh7
$19) (24. Ne4 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Re8 $19) 24... Bxc2+ $40) 21... a5 (21... h6 $1 $15
) 22. Qxb5 h6 23. g4 $6 {White's first attacking move in the game, but it's
not best.} (23. Ne4 $142 $5 Nxe4 24. Bxg7 (24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Bxc3 26. bxc3
Rb7 $19) 24... Nf6 (24... Nd6 25. Rxd6 exd6 (25... Qxc2+ {Belov} 26. Ka1 Kxg7
27. Rdd1 $13) 26. Bxf8 $16) 25. Bxf8 Bxc2+ 26. Ka1 Bxd1 27. Rxd1 Kxf8 $10)
23... Bxc2+ (23... Bd7 $2 24. Qb6 Ra6 25. Qb7 $1 hxg5 26. fxg5 $16) 24. Kxc2
hxg5 25. fxg5 Ne8 {White's two B will not be alive for long, after the
exchange of the defensive Bc3 Black will weaken White's defences considerably.}
26. Rd3 Nd6 $44 {[%csl Rc2] עc2} 27. Qd5 (27. Qb6 Rc7 $36) 27... Rc7 28. Qxa5
(28. Ree3 Rc5 29. Qb3 Nb5 $40 {[%cal Rb5d4] /\Nd4}) 28... Nc4 29. Qb4 (29. Qa4
Nxb2 $1 $19) (29. Qb5 {Belov} Bxc3 30. Rxc3 Na3+ 31. bxa3 Rxc3+ $19) 29... Ne5
30. Rde3 Nxf3 31. Rxf3 Qa8 $40 32. Rfe3 (32. Ree3 $5 Rb8 (32... Qxa2 33. Rxe7
$5) 33. Qa3 Ra7 $40) 32... Bxc3 33. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 34. bxc3 (34. Qxc3 $2 Rc8) (34.
Kxc3 Rc8+ 35. Kd2 Qd5+ 36. Ke3 Rc4 $1 37. Qb8+ Kh7 $19) 34... Qxa2+ 35. Kd3 $2
(35. Qb2 $8 Qd5 $17 {[%csl Rc2,Rg4,Rg5,Rh3] ע,P}) (35. Kc1 {Belov} Qa1+ (35...
Rd8 36. Qb2 Qd5 $17) 36. Kd2 Rd8+ 37. Ke2 Qa2+ 38. Kf1 Rd2 39. Qf4 Rh2 $19)
35... Rd8+ 36. Ke3 (36. Ke4 Qg2+ 37. Ke5 (37. Kf4 Qf2+) 37... Qg3+ $19) 36...
Qd2+ (36... Qd5 {Belov}) 0-1

[Event "Tbilisi"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ioseliani, Nana"]
[Black "Zaichik, Gennadi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 (6... Nc6 7. e5 (7.
Qd2 $5 Bg4 8. e5 dxe5 9. dxe5 Nh5 10. Qf2 f6 11. Bc4+ Kh8 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. O-O
Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 e5 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Qe2 $1 Ng7 18. fxe5 Qxe5 19.
Bd4 Qxe2 20. Bxe2 $14 {_|_ Salai,L-Ochotnik,V,Mar.Lazne op 1989}) 7... Ng4 8.
Bg1 dxe5 (8... Nh6 9. h3 f6 $2 10. d5 Nb4 11. a3 Na6 12. e6 c6 13. Bxa6 bxa6
14. Nd4 $16 {De_Firmian,N-Azmaiparashvili,Z,Reykjavik op 1990}) 9. dxe5 Qxd1+ (
9... f6 10. h3 Nh6 11. Bc4+ Kh8 12. Qe2 fxe5 13. fxe5 e6 14. Bf2 $1 (14. Bc5
Rxf3 $5 15. gxf3 Nxe5 $146) 14... Rxf3 $6 15. Qxf3 Nxe5 16. Qe2 Nf5 17. Rd1 Qe7
18. Bd3 Bd7 19. Be4 Re8 20. O-O $16 {Shirov,A-Johansen,J,Stockholm 1990-CBM 22}
) 10. Rxd1 f6 11. h3 Nh6 12. Bc4+ Kh8 13. Nb5 $14) 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bg1 c5 (8...
Bb7 $5 9. Bc4 c5 10. e6 f5 11. Bd5 Nc6 12. Qd2 Nf6 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. O-O-O Bxf3
15. gxf3 Qc8 16. Qe2 Qb7 17. Be3 Rac8 18. Kb1 a6 $13 {Renet,O-Sznapik,A,
Dortmund-B 1989-CBM 13}) 9. h3 (9. d5 dxe5 10. h3 e4 $1 $132) 9... Nh6 10. dxc5
$2 (10. d5 Bb7 $5 (10... Nf5 11. Bf2 Nd7 12. g4 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 dxe5
15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Qe3 f5 17. Bg3 Qd6 $132 {Mikhalchishin,A-Kosten,A,Budapest
1989-CBM 15}) (10... Nd7 11. Bh2 Nf5 12. Bb5 Bb7 13. g4 Nd4 $5 14. Nxd4 cxd4
15. Qxd4 Qc7 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 $146 {/\e6,f5, Beliavsky,A-Speelman,J,Reykjavik
WCup 1988-CBM 10}) 11. Qd2 Nf5 12. Bh2 (12. Bf2 $5 {Ftacnik}) 12... dxe5 13.
fxe5 e6 $1 14. O-O-O exd5 15. Nxd5 Nc6 16. c3 Ncd4 $1 17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. cxd4
Bg7 19. d5 c4 $1 $36 {Beliavsky,A-Anand,V,Munich 1991-CBM 23}) 10... bxc5 11.
Bd3 Nc6 (11... Bb7 12. Be4 Bxe4 13. Nxe4 $13) 12. Be4 Bd7 $5 {|^<->b} (12...
Bb7 13. Qe2 Qb6 $132) 13. g4 (13. exd6 Rb8 $1 $36) (13. Qe2 Nf5 14. Bf2 Rb8 $15
) 13... Rb8 $36 14. Be3 (14. Rb1 dxe5 $17) 14... Rxb2 15. O-O Qc8 $1 16. Qd2
Bxg4 17. hxg4 Nxg4 18. Rab1 (18. exd6 $142 $5 exd6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Nd5 $132)
18... Rxb1 19. Rxb1 dxe5 20. Bxc5 Rd8 $17 21. Qe2 exf4 22. Nd5 Nf6 23. Nxf6+ (
23. Nxe7+ Nxe7 24. Bxe7 Re8 $17) 23... Bxf6 24. Qg2 Kg7 25. Bd3 $2 Ne5 $19 26.
Bxa7 (26. Nxe5 Qxc5+) (26. Bf2 Nxd3 27. cxd3 Rxd3 $19) 26... Qa8 $1 27. Bb6 (
27. Nxe5 Qxa7+ {/\Be5}) 27... Nxf3+ 28. Kf2 Rxd3 29. cxd3 Qxa2+ 30. Kxf3 Qxb1 {
Stohl,I} 0-1

[Event "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Site "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vokac, Marek"]
[Black "Votava, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1996.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Mowsziszian} d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e5 Nfd7 (
6... dxe5 $5 {Mowsziszian} 7. dxe5 (7. fxe5) (7. fxe5 Nd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. c4
Qe4+ 10. Be2 c5 11. d5 Bg4 12. O-O Bxf3 13. Rxf3 Qxe5 $17 {0-1 Ramos,
J-Capaccioli,J/Buenos Aires FMDA (08) ;EXT 90op 1990 (51)}) 7... Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1
Nh5 9. Bc4 Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. Be2 Rad8+ {-/+ Redgard-Schussler,H/BRD 19/(167)
1974}) 7. h4 c5 8. h5 (8. e6 $5 fxe6 9. h5 gxh5 10. Rxh5 Nf6 11. Rh4 cxd4 12.
Nxd4 Nc6 13. Be3 Rf7 14. Nf3 Qa5 15. Bd2 Qc5 16. Na4 Qd5 17. Nc3 Qc5 18. f5 $5
Ne5 19. Ng5 exf5 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Qe2 Ng6 22. Rc4 Qb6 $13 {Bjarnason,
S-Sigurpalsson,R/ISL-ch Reykjavik/1995/}) 8... cxd4 9. Qxd4 (9. hxg6 $6 dxc3
10. gxf7+ Rxf7 11. Bc4 (11. e6 cxb2 12. exf7+ Kf8 13. Bxb2 Bxb2 14. Ng5 Qa5+
15. Kf2 Qc5+ 16. Kf3 Nf6 17. Nxh7+ Nxh7 18. Rxh7 Qf5 19. Bd3 Qg4+ 20. Ke3 Qg3+
21. Kd2 Qxf4+ 22. Ke1 Bc3+ {0-1/Kreutzkamp,H-Engelbert,C/Hamburg-ch/1989/})
11... e6 12. Ng5 Nf8 $5 (12... Nxe5 13. Qh5 h6 14. fxe5 hxg5 15. Qh7+ Kf8 16.
Qh8+ Bxh8 17. Rxh8+ Kg7 18. Rxd8 Nc6 19. Rxd6 Nxe5 20. Be2 Rd7 $15 {Perecz,
L-Nunn,J/Dortmund/1979/}) (12... cxb2 13. Bxb2 Qa5+ 14. Ke2 d5 15. Bd3 Nf8 16.
Nxf7 Kxf7 17. Kf1 Qb4 18. Bc1 h6 19. Rh3 Nc6 20. Rg3 Kg8 21. Qh5 Qe7 22. f5 Qf7
23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. f6 Bh8 25. Bxh6 Nxe5 26. Bg7 Nfg6 27. Bxg6+ Nxg6 28. Rxg6
Kxg6 29. Bxh8 $10 {Winiwarter,F-Hager,F/AUT-chT 9495/1995/}) 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14.
Qh5+ Kg8 15. f5 Qa5 16. fxe6 cxb2+ 17. Ke2 bxc1=N+ 18. Raxc1 Bxe6 19. Bxe6+ Kh8
20. Qf7 Qxe5+ 21. Kd2 Qg5+ 22. Ke2 Qxg2+ 23. Ke3 Nxe6 $19 {Bochinski,
S-Hoffmann,He/2.BLO 9394/1994/}) 9... dxe5 (9... Nc6 10. Qf2 Re8 11. hxg6 hxg6
12. e6 fxe6 13. Bd3 Nf8 14. Qg3 Qa5 15. Bxg6 Rd8 16. Rh5 e5 17. Bd2 Qb4 18. Be4
exf4 19. Qxf4 e6 20. Rb5 e5 21. Qh4 {1-0/Hector,J-Johansen,O/Gausdal Peer-Gynt/
1990/}) 10. Qf2 (10. Qg1 e4 $132) (10. fxe5 $2 {Mowsziszian} Nxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8
$17) 10... e6 $5 (10... e4 {Recommended by theory, but if White doesn't go for
a direct vabnque attack with 11.Ng5?!, he keeps some advantage due to his
better pawn structure.} 11. Nxe4 (11. Ng5 Nf6 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Qh4 Qd4 14.
Ngxe4 Re8 15. Nxf6+ exf6+ 16. Be2 Bf5 17. Qf2 Nc6 18. O-O Bxc2 19. Bf3 f5 20.
Qxd4 Bxd4+ 21. Kh2 Rad8 22. Bd2 Kg7 23. Kg3 Bf6 $19 {Kranzl,P-Hager,F/
OST-chT9394/1994/}) 11... Nf6 12. Nxf6+ exf6 13. hxg6 Re8+ 14. Be3 hxg6 15. Bd3
Qa5+ 16. c3 Bg4 17. O-O Nc6 18. Nd4 f5 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Rfe1 Rad8 21. Bc2 Re7
22. Bb3 Rde8 23. Qg3 Bf6 24. Bf2 $14 {Banas,J-Kindermann,S/Trnava/1987}) (10...
Nf6 11. hxg6 fxg6 12. fxe5 Ng4 13. Bc4+ e6 14. Qg3 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qd4 16. Nxg6
hxg6 17. Qxg6 Qf2+ 18. Kd1 Rd8+ 19. Bd3 Qf5 20. Qg3 Nc6 21. Bh6 $18 {Hector,
J-Polihroniade,E/Palma GMA-op/1989/}) 11. hxg6 fxg6 $6 $146 {Seemingly logical.
But now the danger for Black's K will be the same as after the better 11...
hxg6, and moreover the e6 and h7 pawns will be vulnerable.} (11... hxg6 12. Ng5
Re8 $5 (12... exf4 13. Qh4 Nf6 14. Bxf4 $40 {[%cal Gh1h8] <->h} e5 15. Bd2 Nbd7
16. O-O-O b6 17. Be2 Bb7 18. Rh2 Rc8 19. Rf1 Qc7 20. g4 e4 21. Bb5 Bc6 22. Bc4
b5 23. Bb3 a5 24. Rhf2 $18 {[%cal Rf2f6] /\Rf6,Weitzer,S-Hoffmann,He/2.BLO
9495/1994/}) 13. Bd3 Qe7 14. Qh4 Nf8 15. fxe5 Nc6 $1 16. Bf4 Nxe5 17. O-O-O Bd7
18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Rdf1 f5 20. Nf3 Qxh4 21. Rxh4 Bf6 22. Rb4 Bc6 $17 {Viksni,
I-Fridmans,D/Riga/1994/}) 12. Qg3 exf4 (12... Nc6 13. Qh3 $16 Nf6 {Mowsziszian}
14. fxe5 Nh5 15. g4 $14) 13. Bxf4 $44 Rxf4 (13... Nc6 {Mowsziszian: !?} 14.
O-O-O $36 {Stohl}) (13... Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qf6 15. Bd2 $16 {[%csl Rg7,Rg8,Rh6]
><g7,h6,Kg8}) 14. Qxf4 Nf8 (14... Nc6 15. Ng5 $18) 15. Bd3 Nc6 (15... Bxc3+ 16.
bxc3 Qa5 17. Ne5 $18) 16. O-O-O Qf6 {Even being an exchange down, Black must
force the Q off, as White still retains good attacking chances.} (16... Qe7 17.
Ne4 $36) (16... Bxc3 {Mowsziszian} 17. bxc3 Qa5 18. Ng5 Qa3+ 19. Kb1 Qe7 20.
Rdf1 $40) 17. Qxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 $16 {_|_} Be7 19. c3 (19. g4 $5 {[%csl Rh7]
[%cal Yg4g5] /\g5,><h7}) 19... Kg7 20. b4 a6 (20... Bd7 21. b5 Na5 22. Ne5 $18)
21. Rhe1 h6 22. Kb2 Bd7 23. a4 {|^[+],<<} g5 $2 {[%csl Rg6,Rh5] ׻ The
decisive weakening, which eases White's task.} (23... Be8 $142 $16) 24. Ng3 Be8
(24... Re8 25. Nh5+ Kg8 26. b5 {[%cal Rf3e5] /\Ne5+-}) 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Nd8
27. Nf5+ $18 Kf6 (27... exf5 28. Rxe7+ Bf7 29. Rd7 $5 $18 {[%cal Rd3f5,Rf3e5] /
\Bf5,Ne5}) 28. Nxe7 Kxe7 29. Nd4 Kf6 30. Re3 Bf7 (30... Nf7 31. Rf1+ Ke7 32.
Nf5+ Kd7 33. Nxh6 $18) 31. Bc4 Kg7 32. Bb3 {[%csl Rb7,Re6] ק} g4 33. g3 Rc8
34. Ka3 h5 35. Kb4 Kg6 36. Ne2 Kg5 $2 {Loses a piece, but Black's position was
hopeless anyway.} (36... b6 37. Rd6 (37. Nf4+ $18 {Mowsziszian ><e6,h5}) 37...
Rb8 38. Red3 $18) (36... Kf6 $8 37. Red3 Ke7 38. c4 b6 39. Rd6 Rb8 40. Nc3 {
[%cal Rc3a4] /\Na4+-}) 37. Red3 {[%csl Rd8] פd8} 1-0

[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Denmark"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Black "Andreasen, Per Naesby"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 e5
$6 (7... a6 8. e5 (8. d5 $5 Nb8 9. a4 a5 10. O-O c6 11. Nd4 cxd5 12. exd5 Na6
13. h3 Nb4 14. Bc4 Qc7 15. Bb3 b6 16. Re1 Bb7 17. Ndb5 Qd8 18. Qd2 Na6 19. Bd4
Nc5 20. Bc4 Re8 21. Rad1 Qd7 22. Re2 Rad8 23. Rde1 Ba6 24. b3 $16 {[%csl Gd4,
Gd5,Ge4] ()[+],Lanka-Azmaiparashvili/Jurmala-mm/1983/}) 8... Ng4 9. Bg1 b5 10.
h3 Nh6 11. Bf2 Bb7 12. a3 $5 (12. O-O Na5 13. b4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. Qe2 e6
16. Rad1 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 d5 18. Na4 a5 19. b5 Rb8 20. Rb1 Qe8 21. Qa3 Rxb5 22.
Nc3 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 f6 24. Qxa5 $14 {Balashov,Y-Keene,R/Skara EUchT/1980/}) 12...
Na5 13. O-O Rc8 14. b3 c5 15. dxc5 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 dxe5 17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. Qe1 Bg7
19. Rd1 Qe8 20. Nd5 Nc6 21. Nb6 Rc7 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Nd5 e5 24. Nxc7 Qxc7 25.
Qd2 $18 {Kindermann,S-Mohr,S/Debrecen/1989/}) (7... Ng4 8. Bg1 e5 9. fxe5 dxe5
10. d5 Nb8 11. h3 Nf6 12. Be3 c6 13. O-O cxd5 14. exd5 e4 15. Ne5 Nh5 16. Nxf7
$1 Rxf7 17. Rxf7 Kxf7 18. Nxe4 Qe7 19. Bd3 Bf5 20. Qf3 Nf6 21. Ng5+ Ke8 22. Re1
Bxd3 23. cxd3 Nbd7 24. d6 $40 {Balashov,Y-Cseshkovsky,V/URS-ch44 Moscow/1976/})
(7... Bg4 8. e5 dxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. Ng5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 h6 12. Nge4 f5 13. Nc5
Nxc5 14. Bxc5 Kh7 15. Rd1 Qc8 16. Nd5 Rd8 17. O-O e6 18. Ne7 Nxe7 19. Bxe7 Rxd1
20. Rxd1 Qe8 21. Bh4 $14 {[%cal Gd1d8] <->d,Mikhalchishin,A-Pirttimaki,T/Lvov
Kotov-mem/1983/}) (7... e6 $142 8. Qd2 (8. O-O Ne7 9. Nd2 (9. Qe1 b6 10. Rd1
Bb7 11. Bd3 c5 12. Qh4 c4 $1 13. Bxc4 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bd3 Nf5 16. Qxd8
Raxd8 17. Bc1 d5 18. c3 Nfd6 19. Rde1 b5 20. a3 Rc8 21. Nd2 f5 22. Nxe4 fxe4
23. Be2 a5 24. Bd2 Rc6 $17 {Brueckner,T-Mohr,S/BL 9293/1992/}) 9... b6 10. Bf3
c5 11. Nb3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bb7 13. Qd2 a6 14. a4 Qc7 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Qf2 Nd7
17. f5 exf5 18. exf5 Bxf3 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Nxf3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Nf5 22. Bd4 Nc5
23. Re1 Re8 24. Ng5 d5 $10 {Dam,R-Nijboer,F/Amsterdam OHRA II/1990/}) (8. h3 b6
9. g4 $6 Ne7 10. g5 Nh5 11. Rg1 c5 12. Qd2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 e5 14. Nf3 Nxf4 15.
Bxf4 exf4 16. O-O-O Be6 17. Qxf4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rc8 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Rxc3
21. Kd2 Rc6 22. Rd3 Rc5 $15 {[%csl Ra2,Rc2,Re4] _|_,ק,Shirov,A-Hansen,C/Biel/
1992/}) (8. Qd3 b6 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. a3 Ne7 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nh3 Qc8 13. g4 c5 14.
dxc5 bxc5 15. Qxd6 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe7 Bxh1 18. Qxc5 (18. Rxh1 Re8 19.
Qxc5 Qb7 $40) 18... Bd5 19. Qxc8 Rfxc8 20. c3 a5 21. Bd4 Bb3 22. Rd2 Rd8 23.
Bxg7 Kxg7 $17 {Westerinen,H-Kindermann,S/Wiesbaden/1981/}) 8... Ne7 9. Bf2 (9.
O-O-O b6 10. h4 Bb7 11. h5 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Ng5 Bxg2 14. Rh2 Bb7 15. hxg6
hxg6 16. Ba6 Bd5 17. c4 f6 18. cxd5 fxg5 19. dxe6 d5 20. Rdh1 Qd6 21. fxg5 Qxe6
22. Bf4 Qc6+ 23. Kb1 b5 24. Qe2 Rxf4 25. Qxe7 Rf7 26. Qe3 Rb8 27. Qh3 Kf8 28.
Bc8 Qc4 29. Be6 Rf4 {0-1,Chandler,M-Nijboer,F/London Lloyds/1992/}) 9... b6 10.
e5 Nfd5 11. Ne4 f5 12. Neg5 h6 13. Nh3 dxe5 14. fxe5 b5 $1 15. Bxb5 g5 16. Nhg1
Rb8 17. Bc4 Ng6 18. h4 g4 19. h5 Nge7 20. Nh4 Rxb2 21. Bb3 c5 22. O-O-O c4 23.
Bxc4 Rb4 24. Bb3 Qa5 25. Kb2 Ba6 26. a3 Rxb3+ 27. cxb3 Qb5 $44 {Wahls,M-Belov,
I/Hamburg op/1995/}) 8. dxe5 $1 (8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 Ne7 10. O-O Ng4 11. Bc5 b6
12. Nd2 bxc5 13. Bxg4 Bxg4 14. Qxg4 c6 15. d6 $1 Qxd6 16. Rad1 Qd4+ 17. Kh1 $44
{Van der Wiel,J-McNab,C/Marbella zt-A/1982/}) 8... dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. fxe5
Ng4 11. Bg5 Rd7 12. Nd5 h6 (12... Ngxe5 13. O-O-O Nxf3 14. Bxf3 Ne5 $6 (14...
h6 15. Nf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf6 $16 {[%csl Gf3,Gf6] _|_@^^}) 15. Nxc7 $1 Rb8 (15...
Rxc7 16. Rd8+ Bf8 17. Bh6 Nd7 18. Rd1 $18) 16. Nd5 Kf8 17. Be2 h6 18. Bh4 g5
19. Bg3 Rd6 20. Ne3 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Be6 22. Ng4 Bxg4 23. Bxg4 Re8 24. Bf5 Bf6
25. Rd5 $18 {Bellin,R-Ludgate,A/BCF-ch Clacton On Sea/1974/}) 13. Nf6+ $5 $146
(13. Bh4 Ngxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. O-O-O Kg7 16. Rdf1 Nd4 17. Bd1 Ne6 18. Bg4 Rd6
19. Be7 Rc6 20. Nb4 Rc4 21. Nd3 Bd4 22. b3 Be3+ 23. Kb1 Rxe4 24. Bf6+ Kg8 25.
Bf3 Rf4 26. Nxf4 Bxf4 27. Rd1 $16 {Beliavsky,A-Cekro,E/Sarajevo/1982/}) 13...
Nxf6 (13... Bxf6 14. Bxf6 Nd4 15. Bd3 $5 $16) 14. Bxf6 Nb4 (14... Bxf6 15. exf6
Rd6 16. e5 Re6 17. O-O-O $1 (17. Bc4 Re8 18. O-O-O Bg4 $13) 17... Re8 (17...
Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Rd8+ Kh7 20. Bc4 $18) 18. Rd2 (18. h3 Bf5 $5) 18... Bg4
19. Rhd1 $16) 15. Kf2 $1 Nxc2 16. Rac1 Nb4 17. Bc4 {[%cal Re5e6] @,/\e6} Nd3+
$5 {Loses more time with his N, but there was hardly a better choice.} (17...
c6 18. e6 (18. Rhd1 b5 $132) 18... Bxf6 19. exd7 Bxd7 20. a3 Na6 21. e5 $16) (
17... Bxf6 18. exf6 {[%cal Rf3e5] /\Ne5+-}) 18. Bxd3 Rxd3 19. Bxg7 (19. Rxc7 $5
$16) 19... Kxg7 20. Rxc7 {[%csl Ge4,Ge5] The extra pawn, although doubled,
gives White a considerable advantage and leaves Black fighting desperately for
a draw.} Be6 $1 21. Rhc1 $1 (21. Rxb7 $6 Rc8 $1 22. Rxa7 Rc2+ 23. Kg3 g5 $40)
21... Bxa2 22. Rxb7 a5 23. Ke2 Rad8 (23... Rb3 24. Rxb3 Bxb3 25. Nd4 $16) 24.
Ra1 (24. Ra7 Rb3 25. Rc2 Rdb8 26. Rxa5 Bb1 $10) 24... Bc4 25. Kf2 R8d7 26. Rb8
(26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Rxa5 $6 Rb7 $14) 26... Ra7 (26... Rd8 $142 $5 27. Rb6 $5 $16
(27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Ra4 Be6 29. Nd4 Rb8 $14)) 27. Ra4 Bb3 28. Rd4 $1 Rxd4 29.
Nxd4 {[%cal Rd4b5,Rb5d6,Rd6e8,Re8f6] White has managed to exchange his
opponent's active R and prevent an immediate exchange of the Q-side pawns. In
connection with his more active pieces and possible mating threats 
(Nb5-d6-e8-f6) this decides the game.} Ba2 (29... Be6 $2 30. Nb5 Re7 31. Nd6
$40) 30. Nb5 Re7 31. Nc3 Bc4 (31... Be6 32. Rb5 (32. Ke3 $5 {[%cal Re3d4,Rc3d5]
/\Kd4,Nd5+-}) 32... Ra7 33. Nd5 a4 34. Nf6 $16 (34. Rb8 Ra5 $1 $132)) 32. Ke3
$5 Bf1 (32... Rxe5 $2 33. Kd4 $18) 33. Kf2 (33. Kd4 Bxg2 34. Nd5 Rd7 35. Ra8
Rb7 36. Nf6 h5 $13) 33... Bc4 34. Rc8 Be6 35. Rc5 Rb7 36. Rb5 Rxb5 $2 (36...
Ra7 $142 $8 37. Nd5 a4 38. Nf6 $5 Ra8 39. g4 $16) 37. Nxb5 $18 {[%csl Ra5]
[%cal Re3b6] The exchange of R simplifies White's task considerably, as Black
will have absolutely no counterplay against White's pawns.  Hecht: [#] guter
wS + aktiver wK, Raum, schwarze B-Schwäche a5} Kf8 38. Ke3 Ke7 39. Kd4 Kd7 40.
Kc5 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Rb5d4,Rc5b5] /\Nd4,Kb5,><a5} Bb3 41. Nd4 Bd1 (41... Ba2
42. Kb5 $18 (42. Kb5 Bb1 43. Kxa5 Bxe4 44. g3 Kc7 45. Kb5 Kb7 46. Kc5 Kc7 47.
b4 $18)) 42. Kd5 a4 43. e6+ $1 fxe6+ 44. Ke5 Bb3 (44... Bg4 45. h3 Bd1 46. Nxe6
Kc6 47. Kd4 Kd6 48. Nc5 $18) 45. Nxb3 $1 (45. Nxb3 axb3 46. Kf6 (46. Kd4 Kd6
47. e5+ Kc6 48. Kc4 $18) 46... Kd6 47. e5+ Kd5 48. g4 $22 $18) 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 04th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 {A more
aggresive alternative to} (7. O-O e5 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 11.
Bxe4 Bxe5 12. Bf4 Bg7 (12... Bxf4 $142 13. Rxf4 Nf5) 13. Qd2 Nf5 14. Rae1 Nd6
15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Bh6 f5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qf2 b6 19. Ne2 Qf6 20. Nd4 Rae8 21. c4
a5 22. b3 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rxe8 Nxe8 25. g3 Nd6 26. Qe3 Kf7 27. Kf2 Qe7
28. Nf3 Qxe3+ 29. Kxe3 Kf6 30. Kd4 Nb7 31. a3 $16 {[%cal Yb3b4,Yc4c5] _|_/\b4,
c5,De Firmian,N-Koch,W/Copenhagen PC/1996/}) 7... dxe5 8. fxe5 Nh5 9. Be3 Bg4 (
9... f6 $6 10. Bc4+ Kh8 11. e6 $1 f5 12. a3 a6 13. Qd2 Qd6 14. O-O Nd8 15. d5
b5 16. Ba2 c6 17. Rad1 Nf6 18. b4 $1 cxd5 19. Bc5 Qxe6 20. Rfe1 Qc6 21. Nd4 Qc7
22. Rxe7 Qb8 23. Rxg7 Kxg7 24. Bxf8+ Kxf8 25. Qh6+ Kf7 26. Nxd5 Ne6 27. Nf4 {
1-0,Hector,J-Nouro,M/Copenhagen PC/1996/}) 10. Be2 (10. Bc4 $5 Kh8 (10... Qd7
11. Qd2 Rad8 12. O-O-O Na5 13. Be2 f6 14. Qe1 fxe5 15. dxe5 Qc8 16. Nd5 Nc6 17.
Bg5 Rde8 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Qf5 20. Qh4 Qxe5 21. c3 h6 22. Bxe7 Nxe7 23. Rhe1
Nf5 24. Qc4 Nd6 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. Rxe5 Nxc4 27. Rxe8 Nxf6 28. Re7 Ne8 $15 {
Jakubiec,A-Pacl,V/CZE-chT/1993/}) (10... Na5 11. Be2 c5 12. dxc5 (12. d5 Bxf3
13. gxf3 Bxe5 14. Qd2 Bg7 15. O-O-O b5 16. Bxc5 Rc8 17. Bb4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4
19. Ne4 $13 {1/2,Pytel,M-Flueckiger,C/SUI-chT/1995/}) 12... Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nc4
14. Qe2 Nxe5 15. Bxh5 gxh5 16. Rd1 Qc8 17. Nd5 Qg4 18. h3 Qxe2+ 19. Kxe2 Nc6
20. c3 e5 21. g4 h6 22. Rdf1 f6 23. Rf5 Rad8 24. c4 hxg4 25. hxg4 Nd4+ 26. Bxd4
exd4 27. Kd3 $18 {Glek,I-Tatenhorst,V/Bern op/1994/}) 11. Qd2 (11. O-O f6 12.
exf6 exf6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 f5 15. Ne2 Na5 16. Qd3 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Qd7 18. c3
Rae8 19. Raf1 Rf6 20. Nf4 Nxf4 21. Bxf4 Rc6 22. Qd3 Rce6 23. Re3 Rxe3 24. Bxe3
Qd5 25. Bf4 c6 26. a3 Re4 $15 {Silman-Miles/American Open/1989/}) 11... f6 12.
exf6 Bxf6 (12... exf6 $142) 13. O-O Bxf3 14. Rxf3 e5 15. d5 Nd4 16. Rff1 Nf5
17. Bf2 Nd6 18. Bb3 Bg5 19. Qe1 Qe7 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Rf4 22. Qe2 Raf8 23.
Rae1 a5 24. c3 Nf6 25. Qxe5 Qxe5 26. Rxe5 Ng4 27. Rxg5 Nxf2 28. Bc4 $1 a4 29.
Rg3 $16 {Karpov,An-Nikolaevsky,Y/URS-ch39 Leningrad/1971/}) 10... f6 11. exf6 (
11. d5 $5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 fxe5 14. O-O-O Qd7 15. Qb5 Qg4 16. Qxb7
Rab8 17. Qc6 Qb4 18. b3 Nf4 19. Qc5 Nxg2 20. Qxb4 Rxb4 21. Bc5 Rbf4 22. Bxe7
R8f7 23. d6 cxd6 24. Bxd6 Rf3 25. Ne4 $36 {Browne,W-Timman,J/Amsterdam IBM/
1971/}) 11... exf6 (11... Bxf6 12. Ne4 Bxf3 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Bxf3 e5 15. dxe5
Nxe5 16. O-O Nxf3+ 17. Rxf3 Qxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Ne4 19. Rxf8+ Rxf8 20. Bh6 Rc8 21.
Rd7 Nf6 22. Rg7+ Kh8 23. Re7 Kg8 24. Rg7+ Kh8 25. Re7 Kg8 26. h3 $14 {[%cal
Gh7c7] Timman,J-Kuzmin,G/Bled/Portoroz/1979/}) 12. Qd2 (12. d5 $6 Qe7 $1 13.
Qd2 Nb4 14. O-O-O Rfe8 15. a3 Nxc2 16. Bf2 Ne3 17. Rde1 Bh6 18. Kb1 Qf8 19.
Bxe3 Bxe3 20. Qd1 Nf4 21. Bf1 Bb6 22. Qd2 Bxf3 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Qxf4 Bh5 25.
g4 g5 26. Qc4 Bg6+ 27. Bd3 Qc5 $19 {Kalesis,N-Dao Thien Hai/Budapest Exp9/1993/
}) 12... Ne7 (12... f5 13. O-O-O f4 14. Bf2 Kh8 $5 (14... Qd7 15. d5 Bxf3 16.
gxf3 Ne5 17. Ne4 Qa4 18. Kb1 b6 19. Ng5 Bf6 20. Ne6 Rf7 21. Bd4 c5 22. Bxe5
Bxe5 23. d6 Nf6 24. Nc7 Rd8 25. Bb5 Qd4 26. Qxd4 cxd4 27. Bc4 $16 {Almasi,
Z-Farago,S/Budapest Honved/1991/}) 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Ng3 17. Bxg3 fxg3 18.
Ne2 Qh4 19. Kb1 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Rad8 21. c3 c5 22. Rhe1 cxd4 23. Re4 dxc3 24.
Qxd8 Qxd8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. bxc3 Bxc3 27. Rc4 {1/2,Prandstetter,E-Grunberg,S/
Bukarest/1980/}) (12... Re8 13. O-O Qe7 14. Bf2 Rad8 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 f5
17. Rae1 Qd7 18. Bxh5 gxh5 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Ne2 Qf7 21. c3 Qxa2 22. Ng3 Qf7
23. Qf4 $44 {Xu,Y-Segal,A/Halle Wch-U20W/1995/}) 13. Ng5 $5 $146 (13. O-O Nf5
14. Bc4+ Kh8 15. Rae1 Re8 16. h3 Nxe3 17. Rxe3 Bxf3 18. Rfxf3 Rxe3 19. Qxe3 f5
20. Ne2 Qd6 21. c3 Qc6 22. Qe6 Qxe6 23. Bxe6 Re8 24. Bc4 c6 25. Nf4 Re1+ 26.
Kf2 Rb1 27. Nxh5 Rxb2+ 28. Kg3 gxh5 29. Rxf5 $10 {Fehling,M-Koch,W/Dusseldorf/
1994/}) (13. Bd3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 f5 15. O-O-O f4 16. Bf2 Nf5 17. Bc4+ Kh8 18. Ne4
b6 19. Kb1 Bh6 20. d5 Ne3 21. Bxe3 fxe3 22. Qc3+ Ng7 23. d6 cxd6 24. Rxd6 Qh4
25. Be2 Rad8 26. Rhd1 Rxd6 27. Nxd6 Bf4 $36 {Popova,N-Segal,A/EU-chJW U20
Zanka/1995/}) (13. O-O-O $6 Nf5 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Re8 16. Ne4 Nhg3 17. Nxg3
Nxe3 18. Rde1 Bh6 19. Kb1 $10 {1/2,Gretarsson,H-Lamm,S/Reykjavik op/1990/})
13... Qd7 $8 (13... Bxe2 14. Ne6 Qd6 15. Nxg7 (15. Nxf8 $2 Ba6 16. Ne4 Qc6 $19
{[%csl Rf8] פf8}) 15... Nxg7 16. Nxe2 $14 {[%csl Rg7,Rh6] ׻}) (13... fxg5 14.
Bxg4 $16) 14. Nge4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Nd5 16. Nxd5 (16. Nc5 Qf7 $10) 16... Qxd5 17.
Nc3 Qc6 18. d5 Qd7 19. O-O-O {Hector as usual goes for the more complicated
alternative with opposite castling. However, due to the open center both sides
have no realistic attacking chances.} (19. O-O f5 $10) 19... Rae8 (19... f5 20.
Qb5 $5 $14) 20. Qf3 f5 (20... a6 $5 $132) 21. Bxa7 $5 {An ambitious try to
imbalance the position. White will not lose his B, but it will be out of play
till the very end of the game.} b6 22. d6 $8 Ra8 23. dxc7 Qxc7 24. Nb5 Qf7 25.
Qa3 $8 (25. Bxb6 $2 Qxa2 $40) 25... Nf6 26. Rd3 Ne4 $44 27. Rhd1 Nc5 (27... Qc4
$2 28. Qb3 $16) 28. Rd5 Rfe8 29. c3 h5 (29... Bf6 $5 {The text weakens Pg6, as
the comment to move 33 shows.}) 30. b4 {This weakening is practically forced,
as there is no other way to activate the pieces, stuck on the Q-side.} (30. Nd6
$2 Rxa7 31. Nxf7 Rxa3 $17) 30... Ne4 31. Rd7 Qc4 (31... Qf6 $6 32. Qb3+ {
[%cal Rb3f7] /\Qf7}) 32. Qb3 $8 Qxb3 33. axb3 Bxc3 (33... Nxc3 $2 34. Nxc3 Bxc3
35. R1d6 $16) 34. Nxc3 Rac8 $1 (34... Nxc3 35. R1d6 $40) 35. Kb2 (35. Bxb6 $2
Nxc3 36. Bc5 $8 Nxd1 $17) 35... Nxc3 $132 36. R1d2 (36. R1d6 $6 Re2+ $15) 36...
Rc6 37. Rb7 (37. Rc2 Rec8 $36) 37... Nb5 38. Bxb6 (38. Rdd7 $2 Re2+ $19) 38...
Nd6 39. Rd7 Ne4 $1 $14 (39... Rxb6 40. R7xd6 Rxd6 41. Rxd6 Re2+ 42. Kc3 Rxg2
43. b5 $18 {[%csl Gb5] o^b}) 40. Rd8 $8 Kf8 41. Rxe8+ Kxe8 {Although White has
a B and an extra passed pawn, Black's centralized N and K-side pawns give him
sufficient counterchances.} 42. Rd8+ Ke7 43. Rb8 g5 44. b5 Rd6 45. Ba5 Rd5 $132
46. b4 f4 47. b6 Nd6 48. Kc3 (48. b7 Rb5 $10) (48. Rh8 $5 Rd2+ (48... g4 49. b7
$1 Nxb7 50. Rh7+) 49. Kc3 Rxg2 50. b7 Nxb7 51. Rh7+ Ke6 52. Rxb7 Rxh2 $13)
48... Ke6 49. Rh8 g4 50. Rh6+ (50. Rf8 Rf5 $5 $10) 50... Kd7 51. Rh7+ (51. Rf6
$5 Ne4+ 52. Kc4 Rxa5 $1 (52... Nxf6 $2 53. b7) 53. b7 (53. bxa5 $2 Nxf6 54. a6
Kc6 $19) (53. Rf7+ $2 Kc6 (53... Kc8 $2 54. Rc7+) 54. b7 Nd6+ 55. Kb3 Rb5 $19)
53... Nd2+ 54. Kc3 Ne4+ 55. Kd4 Rb5 56. Kxe4 Rxb4+ $10) 51... Kc8 52. Rh8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.10.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1996.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 {Nowadays the
most popular and fashionable line against 4.f4, together with 5...c5. However,
the alternative 6...Nc6 still remains playable.} 7. O-O c5 8. d5 Bg4 $5 {
An important resource, aiming to exchange one of the attackers. Many games
have been decided by the standard atacking scheme Qe1-h4,f5,Bh6,Ng5 etc.} 9.
Kh1 {It's not easy to decide what is White's best reply, but I like the direct
9.Qe1!?} (9. a3 Nd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Rc8 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Qf2 c4 14. Be2
Nac5 15. Bf3 Na4 16. Nxa4 Qxa4 17. c3 Nc5 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. Rae1 (19. e5 $5 Qa5
20. Rae1 Qb6 {[%cal Yc5b5] /\Rb5=}) 19... Qa5 20. Qg3 Qb6 21. Rf2 e6 $1 22.
dxe6 fxe6 23. Bg4 Rf6 24. Qe3 h5 25. Bd1 Rc8 26. Qxb6 {1/2,Polgar,J-Svidler,P/
Tilburg Fontys/1996/}) (9. Bc4 Nd7 (9... Nc7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 a6 (11... Nd7
12. Be3 a6 13. a4 b6 14. Rad1 Qb8 15. e5 b5 16. Be2 bxa4 17. Nxa4 Qb4 18. b3
Nb5 19. Bc4 Nd4 20. Qf2 Qb7 21. e6 Nb6 22. Nxb6 Qxb6 23. Qd2 a5 24. Rb1 Nf5 25.
Bf2 Qb4 26. Qd3 Qc3 $132 {Solomon,S-Sarno,S/Jerevan olm/1996/}) 12. a4 b6 13.
Re1 Nd7 14. Ra3 Rb8 15. Rb3 Kh8 16. Kh1 Qc8 17. Be3 b5 $1 18. axb5 Nb6 19. Qf1
Nxc4 20. Qxc4 axb5 21. Nxb5 Rxb5 22. Rxb5 {1/2,Wahls,M-Nogueiras,J/Cienfuegos
Capablanca mem/1996/} Qa6 23. Rb4 Qa5 $1 24. c3 $1 cxb4 25. cxb4 Qb5 26. Qxc7
Qxb4 $10) 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 Nc7 12. a4 Rb8 13. Qd3 Re8 14. Be3 a6 15. Raf1 (
15. a5 $14) 15... Qc8 16. e5 $6 dxe5 17. d6 exd6 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Ne4 Kg8 20.
Nxd6 Qd8 21. f5 gxf5 22. Rxf5 Re6 23. Rg5 Nf8 24. Nf5 Ng6 25. Qe2 Qe8 26. h4
Bf6 $19 {Finkel,A-Zilberman,Y/ISR-ch Jerusalem/1996/}) (9. Be3 Bxf3 10. gxf3
Nd7 11. Ne2 Nc7 12. c3 b5 13. a4 a6 14. Ra2 Qb8 $13 {1/2,Nijboer,F-Svidler,P/
Ter Apel/1996/}) (9. Be2 $6 Nc7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. d6
exd6 14. Qxd6 Ne6 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bc6 Nb6 17. fxe5 Qh4 18. Rxf7 Qe1+ {0-1,
Tonning,E-Hoi,C/Copenhagen PC/1996/}) (9. h3 Bxf3 10. Rxf3 Nc7 11. Qe1 (11. a4
a6 12. a5 Nb5 13. Bd2 Nd4 14. Re3 e6 15. g4 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Qf6 18.
Re4 Qh4 19. Kg2 f5 20. Re1 g5 21. Rf1 $1 $14 {Olivier,JC-Todorcevic,M/Cannes
op/1996/}) 11... e6 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. a4 d5 14. e5 Nd7 15. h4 c4 16. Be2 Rf7
17. Rh3 Qf8 18. Qg3 d4 19. Ne4 Bh6 20. h5 Bxf4 21. Bxf4 Rxf4 22. hxg6 Rxe4 23.
Rf1 Rxe2 24. Rxh7 Qc5 25. Rh8+ {1-0,Ankerst,Mil-Praznik,A/Bled op/1996/}) (9.
Qe1 $5 Nb4 10. a3 (10. Qh4 $6 c4 $1 11. Bxc4 Nxc2 12. Rb1 Rc8 $36) (10. Nd2 {
[%cal Rf4f5] /\f5} Bd7 11. Qh4 b5 $132) 10... Nxd3 11. cxd3 Rc8 12. Nd2 Bd7 13.
a4 a6 14. a5 Bb5 15. Nc4 Bxc4 16. dxc4 b6 17. Bd2 Rb8 18. e5 Nd7 19. e6 Nf6 20.
f5 bxa5 21. Nd1 fxe6 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. fxg6 Qc8 24. Qxe7 Qg4 25. Bc3 Qxg6 26.
Qxd6 Rbe8 27. Nf2 $16 {Kovacevic,A-Todorcevic,M/JUG-chT Budva/1996/}) 9... Nd7
$1 $146 {This logical move is surprisingly a novelty. The Na6 remains flexible
(Nb4 or Nc7) and Black makes another useful move.} (9... Nc7 10. Qe1 Bxf3 11.
Rxf3 Nd7 (11... e6 12. dxe6 Nxe6 13. f5 Nd4 14. Rh3 Ng4 15. Qg3 h5 16. Bf4 Be5
17. Rf1 Qf6 18. Nd5 Qg7 19. Ne7+ Kh7 20. Qxg4 {1-0,Cabrilo,G-Gerer,J/Royan
open A/1989/}) (11... a6 12. Qh4 e6 13. f5 exf5 14. exf5 b5 15. Bg5 c4 16. Be2
Nce8 17. Raf1 Qa5 18. Rh3 h5 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Nc7 21. Bxh5 Rfe8 22. Qh4
gxh5 23. f6 Qa4 24. Qxh5 Qxc2 25. fxg7 Qg6 26. Qh8# {1-0,De Firmian,N-Hoi,C/
Copenhagen PC/1996/}) 12. Bd2 Rb8 13. a4 a6 14. a5 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bc4 b5
17. axb6 Nxb6 18. Bxa6 Nxa6 19. Rxa6 Nc4 20. b3 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Ra8 22. Ra4 c4
23. h3 cxb3 24. cxb3 Qb6 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Na4 Qc6 27. Rd3 $14 {Winterstein,
W-Hoi,C/Copenhagen Politiken op/1991/}) (9... Bxf3 10. Rxf3 Nc7 11. a4 e6 12.
dxe6 fxe6 13. Qe1 Nd7 14. Bd2 Kh8 15. Rh3 e5 16. Qg3 Qe8 17. Nb5 Nxb5 18. Bxb5
Qf7 19. Rxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qh3+ Bh6 21. fxe5 Qg7 22. Bxd7 dxe5 23. Bg5 Rad8 24.
Bxd8 Rxd8 $14 {Jonkman,H-Reinderman,D/Wijk-B/1994/}) (9... e6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11.
h3 Bxf3 12. Rxf3 Nb4 13. f5 gxf5 14. exf5 Qc8 15. fxe6 Qxe6 16. Bf5 Qe5 17. g4
Nbd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Rb1 b5 20. Bg5 Rae8 21. Rd3 Nf4 22. Rf3 Nd5 23. Rd3 Nf4
24. Rf3 {1/2,Okkes,M-Cuijpers,F/NLD-chT9495/1995/}) 10. h3 (10. Qe1 Bxf3 11.
Rxf3 Nb4 {[%cal Rc5c4] /\c4} 12. Qh4 Nxd3 13. cxd3 e6 $10) 10... Bxf3 11. Rxf3
Rc8 $5 {[%cal Rc5c4,Ra6c5] /\c4,Nac5} 12. Qe2 Qa5 13. Bd2 (13. Nd1 Nb4 14. Bc4
Nb6 15. c3 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Na6 $10) (13. a3 $2 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qxc3 15. Rb1 c4 $19)
(13. Rb1 Nb6 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 $132) 13... Nb4 $10 14. Nd1 Qc7 15. c4 (15. Bxb4 $2
cxb4 {[%cal Rd7c5] /\Nc5=/+}) 15... e6 (15... Nxd3 16. Rxd3 e6 $13) 16. Bb1
exd5 17. cxd5 (17. exd5 Rfe8 18. Qf1 Re7 $10 {[%cal Ge7e1] <->e}) 17... Rfe8 {
[%cal Rb4d5] /\Nd5} 18. Qf1 Na6 19. Bc3 (19. Bd3 c4 20. Rc1 b5 {[%cal Ra6c5] /
\Nac5|^}) 19... c4 $1 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nc3 b5 $1 22. Nxb5 $8 (22. a3 Nac5 $36)
22... Qb6 23. a4 Nac5 24. Bc2 (24. Nc3 Qxb2 25. Ra2 Qb4 $132 {[%csl Re4] ><e4})
(24. Qxc4 $2 Nxe4 25. Qd4+ Qxd4 26. Nxd4 Rc1+ 27. Kh2 Nd2 $19) 24... Nxe4 25.
Bxe4 Rxe4 26. f5 f6 $5 (26... Ne5 $6 27. f6+ Kh8 28. Rf4 $14) 27. fxg6 hxg6 28.
Rf4 Rce8 {Black's pieces are nicely centralized and he holds the balance
easily.} (28... Rxf4 $6 29. Qxf4 Ne5 30. Rf1 f5 31. Nd4 $40 {[%csl Rf5,Rg6] ׻}
) 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. Re1 Re5 $5 (30... Rxe1 $10) 31. Rd1 (31. Rxe5 Nxe5 $15)
31... Re4 (31... Qc5 32. Nd4 Nf8 33. Nc6 Rxd5 34. Rxd5 Qxd5 35. Nxa7 $10) 32.
Re1 Rxe1 (32... Rxe1 33. Qxe1 Ne5 34. Qb4 Qf2 35. Qxd6 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Nf3+ $10 (
36... Ng4+ $10)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Santa Clara"]
[Site "Santa Clara"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vilela de Acuna, Jose Luis"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Nc7 (8... Rb8 9. a3 (9. Qe1 Nb4 $5 $132) (9. Bc4 $5 Nc7 10. a4 e6 $6 11. dxe6
Bxe6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qe2 d5 14. e5 Nd7 15. Nb5 a6 16. Nxc7 Qxc7 17. c4 dxc4
18. Qxc4 Qc6 19. a5 $1 $16 {Khalifman,A-Schlosser,M,Sochi-A 1989-CBM 16}) (9.
Kh1 Bg4 10. a3 Nc7 11. Qe1 b5 12. Qh4 Bxf3 13. Rxf3 e6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. e5
Nfd5 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. exd6 Rxd6 18. Ne4 Rc6 19. c3 c4 20. Bf1 a5 $10 {
Renet,O-Piket,J,Lyon zt 1990-CBM 18}) 9... Nc7 10. Qe1 Bg4 11. Qh4 b5 12. f5
gxf5 13. exf5 (13. e5 $5 $146) 13... c4 14. Be4 Nxe4 15. Qxg4 Nf6 16. Qg3 Kh8
17. Rd1 a5 18. Ng5 b4 19. Ne2 Ncxd5 20. Kh1 $40 {Rogers,I-Ftacnik,L,Sydney
Mercantile 1991-CBM 23}) 9. a4 (9. Qe1 $142 $5 e6 $6 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. f5 Bd7
12. Qh4 b5 13. Bg5 b4 14. e5 $1 dxe5 15. Ne4 Nce8 16. fxg6 hxg6 17. Nxe5 Bf5
18. Nc6 Qc7 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Bxf6 Qxc6 21. Rxf5 {1-0;Cabrilo,G-Strikovic,A,
Niksic 1991-CBM 24}) 9... Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e6 12. Bd2 exd5 13. exd5 b6
$5 {N} (13... a6 14. a5 Rb8 15. Bc4 Nd7 16. Na4 Nb5 (16... b5 $5 17. axb6 Nxb6
18. Nxb6 Rxb6 19. Bc3 $14) 17. Qd3 Nd4 18. Rae1 $36 {Polgar,J-Todorcevic,M,
Pamplona 1990-CBM 21}) 14. Bb5 $5 (14. f5 $6 Nd7 {/\Ne5}) (14. Rae1 Re8 $5 $132
(14... Qd7 $2 15. f5 $40)) 14... Nxb5 $8 (14... a6 15. Bc6 Rb8 16. f5 $36) 15.
axb5 Nd7 16. Rfe1 Qc7 $13 17. Kh1 (17. Ra4 Rfe8 18. Rae4 Nf6 $10) 17... Rfe8
18. f5 Bd4 (18... Ne5 $6 19. Qf4 $36 {/\f6}) 19. Ne4 Bxb2 20. Rad1 $146 {/\c3}
Bg7 $8 (20... Nf6 $2 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. fxg6 $18) 21. Bf4 (21. f6 Bf8 $13 (
21... Rxe4 $5 22. Rxe4 Nxf6 23. Rf4 Nh5 24. Ra4 Be5 $132)) 21... Be5 (21... Ne5
$5 22. Qg3 $146) 22. fxg6 $2 (22. Bh6 $5 Qd8 23. Rf1 $40) 22... hxg6 23. Bxe5
Rxe5 (23... Nxe5 24. Nf6+ Kg7 25. Nxe8+ $16) 24. Nf6+ Kg7 (24... Nxf6 $5 25.
Rxe5 dxe5 26. Qxf6 Qd7 $1 (26... Rd8 $6 27. d6 Qd7 28. Rd5 $1 e4 29. Re5 {
/\Re7+-} Qxd6 30. Re8+ $18) (26... Re8 $6 27. Qc6 Qd8 28. d6 $36) 27. Qc6 (27.
Qxe5 Qxb5 $15) 27... Rd8 28. c4 Kg7 $13) 25. Nxd7 Qxd7 (25... Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1
Qxd7 27. Qc3+ Kg8 28. Qf6 Qxb5 29. Qxd6 $146) 26. Rxe5 dxe5 27. d6 Rd8 28. Qd5
$146 Qe6 29. Qxe6 fxe6 30. Kg1 Kf7 31. Kf2 Ke8 32. Ke3 Kd7 33. Ra1 $1 $8 (33.
Ke4 Rf8 34. Kxe5 Rf5+ 35. Ke4 Rf2 $17) 33... Rf8 $8 (33... Ra8 34. Ke4 Kxd6 35.
Rd1+ Ke7 36. Kxe5 $36) (33... Kxd6 $2 34. Rd1+ $1 Ke7 35. Rxd8 Kxd8 36. Ke4 $18
) 34. Rxa7+ Kxd6 35. Ra2 (35. Rb7 Kd5 36. Rxb6 Rf1 $10 {<=>}) 35... Kd5 36. Ra6
Rf1 (36... Rb8 37. Kd3 c4+ 38. Kc3 Kc5 39. Ra4 Kxb5 40. Rxc4 $10) 37. Rxb6 Re1+
38. Kd2 Rg1 39. g4 Rg2+ 40. Kd1 Rg1+ $10 (40... Rh2 41. Rb8 Rxh3 42. b6 Rh1+ (
42... Kc6 43. Re8 $10) 43. Kd2 Rb1 44. b7 Kc6 45. Re8 $10) 41. Kd2 Rg2+ 42. Kd1
Rg1+ {[Stohl,I]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Santa Clara"]
[Site "Santa Clara"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ruban, Vadim"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. O-O
Qxc5+ 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. Bd3 e5 $6 (10... Bg4 $142 11. Qe1 Rac8 $5 12. Be3 Qa5 13.
Nd2 Be6 14. f5 Bd7 15. Nc4 Qd8 16. Qh4 b5 $1 17. Nxb5 Nb4 18. Nxa7 Rxc4 19.
Bxc4 Nxc2 20. Rae1 Qb8 21. e5 dxe5 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Bc5 Nxe1 24. Qxe1 Qc7 $17
{Moretensen,E-Hansen,C,Esboo zt 1989-CBM 14}) 11. Qe1 (11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Bg5
Be6 $10) 11... exf4 (11... Nb4 $5 12. Qh4 $36) (11... Bg4 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Nd2
exf4 14. Nc4 Qh5 15. Bxf4 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Ne3 $14) 12. Bxf4
Re8 {N} (12... Ne5 $6 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Bg5 $16 {><d5}) (12... d5 13. Qh4 $1
dxe4 14. Ng5 Bf5 15. Bd6 $3 $16 {Sax,G-Nikolic,P,Manila izt 1990-CBM 19}) 13.
Qh4 Be6 14. Ng5 $36 {/\15.e5 de5 16.Nce4+-} Ne5 15. Rae1 {/\Be3,Rf6} (15. Bxe5
$6 Qxe5 16. Rxf6 Bxf6 17. Qxh7+ Kf8 $17) 15... h6 $8 (15... Nh5 16. g4 $1 Nxf4
(16... Nxg4 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qxg4 $18) (16... Bxg4 17. Bxe5 $18) 17. Qxh7+ Kf8
18. Rxf4 Nxd3 19. Nxe6+ Rxe6 20. cxd3 $16) 16. Nxe6 fxe6 (16... Rxe6 17. Bxh6
Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Nfg4 19. Qd2 $16) 17. Be3 (17. Bxh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Nfg4 19. Qd2
Rf8 $146) 17... Qb4 18. Bxh6 (18. Rxf6 $6 g5 19. Bxg5 (19. Qf2 $2 Ng4) 19...
hxg5 20. Qxg5 Nxd3 21. Rg6 Nf2+ 22. Kg1 Qd4 23. Rxg7+ $8 Qxg7 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7
25. Kxf2 $13) 18... Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Nfg4 20. Qd2 Rf8 (20... Qxb2 $2 21. Rb1 Qa3
22. Rxb7 $16) 21. h3 Nf6 22. Rd1 Nh5 23. Kh2 Qxb2 (23... a6 24. Be2 $16) (23...
Rxf1 24. Rxf1 Rf8 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Be2 $16) 24. Be2 $1 Nf6 $8 25. Rb1 Qa3 26.
Rxb7 Qc5 27. Nb5 $2 (27. Qh6 Nfd7 28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Qxg6+ Kh8 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31.
Qxe6+ $18) 27... Nxe4 28. Rxf8+ (28. Qh6 Ng4+ $1 29. hxg4 (29. Bxg4 Qe5+ 30.
Kg1 Qc5+ $10) 29... Qe5+ 30. Kg1 Qc5+ 31. Kh2 $10 (31. Kh1 $2 Rxf1+ 32. Bxf1
Nf2+ $1 $19 {/\Ng4})) 28... Rxf8 29. Qd4 Qxc2 $5 (29... Qxd4 30. Nxd4 $16) 30.
Nxd6 $2 (30. Qxa7 Nf6 31. Nd4 Qc8 (31... Qd2 32. Nxe6 $1 Qxe2 33. Rg7+ Kh8 34.
Rh7+ $1 $18) 32. Rc7 $14 {/\Ne6}) 30... Qc5 $2 (30... Nxd6 31. Qxd6 Qxe2 32.
Qxe6+ Kh8 (32... Rf7 33. Qe8+ (33. Rxf7 $4 Nf3+ 34. Rxf3+ Qxe6 $19) 33... Rf8
34. Qe6+ Kh8 {-32...Kh8}) 33. Qe7 Nf3+ 34. Kg3 Qxe7 35. Rxe7 Nd4 36. Rxa7 $146)
31. Qxc5 Nxc5 32. Rxa7 $18 Rf2 33. Bb5 Rd2 34. Nc4 Nxc4 35. Bxc4 Rd4 36. Bb5 {
/\a4-a5} Rb4 37. Be8 g5 38. Rc7 Rc4 (38... Ne4 39. Bf7+ $18) 39. Bf7+ Kf8 40.
Bxe6 Rc3 41. Bd5 {[Stohl,I]} 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 32nd"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Dolmatov} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O
c5 8. d5 Rb8 (8... Bg4 9. Qe1 $6 Nb4 10. Qh4 c4 $1 11. Bxc4 Nxc2 12. Rb1 Bxf3
13. Rxf3 Rc8 14. Bb3 Nd4 15. Rh3 Nxb3 16. axb3 h5 17. Rf3 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Qxb3 19.
Qe1 b5 20. Ra1 Qc4 21. e5 Nxd5 22. Rxa7 Nb4 $19 {Plachetka,J-Jansa,V/CL
Trnava-Bohemians/1992/}) 9. Kh1 (9. Qe2 $5 Nc7 10. a4 b6 11. Nd1 e6 12. dxe6
fxe6 13. c4 d5 14. Nf2 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Ne8 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Ra3 Nd6
19. Rad3 Nf5 20. b3 Nd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 22. Be3 Bg7 23. Bf2 e5 24. fxe5 Bxe5 25.
Bd5+ $36 {Shirov,A-Hodgson,Ju/Gausdal Troll Masters/1990/}) (9. a3 $5 Nc7 10.
Qe1 Bg4 11. Qh4 b5 12. f5 gxf5 13. exf5 c4 14. Be4 Nxe4 15. Qxg4 Nf6 16. Qg3
Kh8 17. Rd1 a5 18. Ng5 $14 {Rogers,I-Ftacnik,L/Sydney Mercantile/1991/}) (9. e5
{Dolmatov} dxe5 $2 (9... Ne8 $13) 10. Bxa6 bxa6 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. Bf4 $16 {
Dolmatov,S-Pfleger,H/BRD/1991/1:0/40/}) 9... Bg4 10. Qe1 Nb4 11. Qh4 (11. a3
Nxd3 12. cxd3 Qb6 13. Nd2 Qa6 14. Qe3 Bd7 15. a4 e6 16. Ra3 exd5 17. exd5 Rfe8
18. Qg3 Bf5 19. Nc4 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. f5 Bxd5 22. f6 Bxc4 23. dxc4 Qxc4 24.
Raf3 Bf8 $19 {Velimirovic,D-Van der Wiel,J/Sarajevo/1984/}) 11... b5 (11... c4
$5 12. Bxc4 Nxc2 13. Rb1 Rc8 14. Bb3 Bxf3 15. Bxc2 (15. Rxf3 Nd4 $15) 15...
Rxc3 $1 16. bxc3 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 $44) (11... Nxd3 12. cxd3 b5 13. f5 Bxf3
14. Rxf3 Qc8 15. e5 $6 dxe5 16. d6 exd6 17. Bg5 b4 18. Ne2 Nd5 19. f6 Bh8 20.
Qh6 Re8 21. Raf1 Re6 22. Rh3 Nxf6 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. Rhf3 Ke7 $17
{Manca,F-Belotti,B/Reggio mem Chicco/1991/}) 12. a3 Nxd3 13. cxd3 $14 a5 (13...
b4 14. Ne2 $1 (14. axb4 cxb4 15. Ne2 a5 16. f5 Qb6 $13) 14... a5 15. f5 {
-13...a5}) 14. f5 b4 15. Ne2 $1 $146 {N} (15. Nd1 gxf5 16. Bh6 (16. Ne3 $5 {
Dolmatov} fxe4 17. Ng5 Bh5 18. Nf5 Bg6 $13) 16... Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Bxf3 18. Rxf3
Kh8 19. Ne3 fxe4 20. Rh3 Rg8 21. Rf1 Rg6 22. Qh4 Qg8 23. dxe4 bxa3 24. bxa3 Rb2
25. e5 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Rbxg2 27. Qe1 dxe5 28. Qxe5+ f6 29. Qe3 Qxd5 {0-1/Wells,
P-Hodgson,J/BCF-ch Eastbourne/1991/}) 15... bxa3 (15... Bxf3 16. Rxf3 $36) (
15... gxf5 16. Ng3 $44 {->} (16. Ng3 {Dolmatov} fxe4 17. Ng5 $40)) 16. Rxa3 Rb4
$5 {[%cal Rg4f5] /\Bf5} 17. fxg6 (17. Bh6 $6 Bxf3 (17... Bxf5 $2 18. Ng5 $40)
18. Rxf3 Rxb2 $17) 17... hxg6 (17... fxg6 18. Nf4 {[%csl Re6][%cal Rf3g5] /
\Ng5,><e6}) 18. Nf4 Bxf3 $8 (18... Qb6 19. Ng5 Rb3 (19... c4 {Dolmatov} 20. Bd2
Rxb2 21. Bc3 Rb1 22. Ra1 $40) 20. Nfh3 $1 {[%cal Rf1f6] /\Rf6} Re8 (20... Bh5
21. Nf2 {/\g4}) 21. Nxf7 $1 Bxh3 (21... Kxf7 22. Qxg4 $18) 22. Nh6+ Bxh6 23.
Qxh6 $40) 19. gxf3 $5 {[%cal Gg1g6,Yf1g1,Yh4g3,Yf4g6] <->g,/\Rg1,Qg3,Ng6} (19.
Rxf3 {Dolmatov} Qb6) 19... Qb6 20. Rc3 (20. Rg1 $5 $14) 20... c4 $1 (20... Rb3
21. Rc2 {[%cal Yc2g2,Yf1g1] /\Rg2,Rg1}) 21. dxc4 (21. Rxc4 Rxc4 22. dxc4 Qb3
$15 (22... Qb4 $40 {Dolmatov})) 21... Qa6 (21... Rc8 {Dolmatov} 22. Be3 $40)
22. Qe1 $1 (22. b3 $6 {Dolmatov} Nxe4 (22... Rxb3 $2 23. Rxb3 Qxc4 24. Rd3 $18)
23. fxe4 Bxc3 $17) 22... Nd7 (22... Rxc4 23. Qe2 Rfc8 24. Bd2 {[%cal Rb2b3] /
\b3+-} (24. b3 $18 {Dolmatov})) 23. Rc2 Rc8 (23... Rxc4 24. Qe2 Nb6 25. b3 $18)
24. Qe2 a4 (24... Rbxc4 $6 25. b3 (25. Be3 Qb5 26. Rfc1 Ne5 {[%cal Yb5b3] /\Qb3
}) 25... Rxc2 26. Qxa6 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 28. Kg2 $16) (24... Ne5 $5 {Dolmatov
}) (24... Nc5 {Dolmatov} 25. Be3 Nb3 $132) 25. Nd3 Rb3 $2 (25... Rbxc4 $1 26.
Nb4 Rxb4 $1 $8 (26... Qb5 27. Nc6 $18) 27. Qxa6 Rxc2 $44) 26. Bg5 Kf8 27. Rfc1
Nb6 (27... a3 {Dolmatov} 28. bxa3 Qxa3 29. Ra2 $16) 28. e5 $1 $16 Rxd3 (28...
Rxc4 $142 29. exd6 exd6 (29... Rxc2 30. dxe7+ Ke8 31. Qxc2 $18) 30. Rxc4 Nxc4
31. Nf2 $5 (31. Nf4 Rb4 32. Qe7+ Kg8 33. Qe8+ Kh7 34. Qxf7 Ne5 $16) 31... Rxb2
(31... Rb4 32. Qe7+ Kg8 33. Qe8+ Kh7 34. Ne4 {[%cal Re4f6] /\Nf6+-}) 32. Qxc4
Qxc4 33. Rxc4 f6 (33... Rxf2 $4 34. Rc8#) (33... Be5 34. Nd3 $18) 34. Nd3 (34.
Be3 a3 35. Bd4 Rd2 (35... Rb1+ 36. Kg2 a2 37. Ra4 $18) 36. Ne4 Rd1+ 37. Kg2 a2
{[%cal Rd1d4] /\Rd4}) 34... Rb3 (34... Rb1+ 35. Bc1) (34... a3 35. Bc1 Rb3 (
35... Rb1 36. Rc2) 36. Nb4 $18) 35. Nf4 $5 (35. Nc1 fxg5 (35... Rxf3 36. Bf4)
36. Nxb3 axb3 37. Rc7 b2 38. Rb7 $14) 35... fxg5 36. Ne6+ $16) (28... Nxc4 {
Dolmatov} 29. exd6 $18) 29. Qxd3 {The extra exchange plus attack will quickly
decide the game.} Bxe5 30. f4 Bg7 31. f5 $40 gxf5 (31... f6 32. Be3 g5 33. h4
$18) 32. Qxf5 Rxc4 $2 (32... Nxc4 33. Qxc8+ $1 Qxc8 34. Rxc4 $18) (32... Qb7
33. Rf1 $18) 33. Rxc4 Nxc4 34. Qd3 $18 Bxb2 35. Qxc4 (35. Qxc4 Qxc4 36. Rxc4 a3
37. Bc1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Horgen-B"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Forster, Richard"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. Bc4 $5 (9. h3 Bxf3 10. Rxf3 Nc7 11. a4 Rb8 12. Qe1 Nd7 13. Bd2 Na6 14.
Nd1 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bc3 Bxc3 17. Nxc3 Nb4 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. Qd2 Rbd8 20. Bc4
Nb6 21. Bf1 Kh8 22. a5 Nc8 23. Bc4 Nc6 24. Ne2 $14 {Polgar,Zso-Hodgson,J/
Amsterdam Donner op/1995/}) (9. a3 $5 Nc7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e6 12. f5 exd5
13. exd5 Nd7 14. Qg3 Be5 15. Bf4 Ne8 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. Ne4 c4 18. fxg6 hxg6 19.
Ng5 $1 f6 20. Bxg6 fxg5 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Rf1+ Kg7 23. Bxe8 Qxe8 24. Qxg5+ Ng6
25. Qf6+ Kh6 26. Qxd6 $44 {Zulfugarli,M-Kochetkov,G/Nikolaev zt/1995/}) (9. Kh1
e6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Rxf3 Nb4 13. f5 gxf5 14. exf5 Qc8 15. fxe6
Qxe6 16. Bf5 Qe5 17. g4 Nbd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Rb1 b5 20. Bg5 Rae8 21. Rd3 Nf4
22. Rf3 Nd5 23. Rd3 Nf4 24. Rf3 {1/2/Okkes,M-Cuijpers,F/NLD-chT9495/1995/}) (9.
Qe1 $6 Nb4 10. Qh4 c4 11. Bxc4 Nxc2 12. Rb1 Bxf3 $1 (12... Rc8 13. Bb3 Qb6+ 14.
Kh1 Bxf3 15. Bxc2 Be2 16. Re1 Bc4 17. Be3 Qa5 18. a3 Rfe8 19. Bd4 Nd7 20. Bxg7
Kxg7 21. Re3 Nf6 22. Rh3 h5 23. Rg3 Qb6 24. h3 Ba2 25. Ra1 Bb3 $13 {Rogers,
I-Torre,E/San Francisco/1991/}) 13. Rxf3 Rc8 14. Bb3 Nd4 15. Rh3 Nxb3 16. axb3
h5 17. Rf3 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Qxb3 19. Qe1 b5 20. Ra1 Qc4 21. e5 Nxd5 22. Rxa7 Nb4
23. exd6 exd6 24. Qf1 Rfe8 25. Bd2 Qd4 26. Qf2 Qxf2 27. Rxf2 Bd4 {0-1/
Plachetka,J-Jansa,V/CL Trnava-Bohemians/1992/}) 9... Nc7 (9... Nd7 10. h3 Bxf3
11. Qxf3 Nc7 12. Be3 a6 13. Rad1 b5 14. Be2 b4 15. Na4 Nb5 16. e5 Qa5 17. b3
dxe5 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Qf2 Nd4 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21. Bxd4 Qxc2 22. Qe3 Qc7 23. Rfe1
Rfe8 24. Bf1 Nd7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qd4+ $13 {Hector,J-Hoi,C/Kobenhavn op/1990/}
) 10. h3 (10. a4 a6 11. Qe2 $1 (11. a5 $6 Nb5 $1 $132 {[%csl Re4] ><e4}) 11...
Nd7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Rxf3 $14) 10... Bxf3 11. Qxf3 a6 (11... e6 $6 12. dxe6 fxe6
13. Rd1 $5 (13. Be3 b6 (13... Qe7 14. e5 dxe5 15. Qxb7 Rfb8 16. Qf3 Rxb2 17.
Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Re8 20. Bb3 Rxb3 21. axb3 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Nb5 23.
Be3 $44 {Dolmatov,S-Smirin,I/Rostov/1993/}) 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Rfe1 Kh8 16. g4
Rad8 17. Bf2 Nd7 18. Qg3 g5 19. f5 Ne5 20. Bf1 h5 21. a4 h4 22. Qe3 Nc6 23. Nb5
Nxb5 24. axb5 Bd4 $17 {Wedberg,T-Azmayparashvili,Z/Reykjavik op/1990/}) 13...
Qe7 14. f5 $36 (14. e5 $5 dxe5 15. Qxb7 $16)) 12. a4 Nd7 (12... Rb8 13. a5 b5
14. axb6 Rxb6 15. Ra2 $14 {[%csl Gc1,Gc4,Gd5,Ge4,Gf4,Ra6] ^^,[+],><a6}) 13. Qe2
$146 (13. a5 b5 14. axb6 Nxb6 15. Be2 (15. Qd3 $6 Rb8 16. Nd1 (16. Bxa6 Ra8 17.
Be3 Rxa6 18. Rxa6 c4) 16... e6 $1 17. c3 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 exd5 19. exd5 f5 $1 20.
Ra2 Re8 21. Nf2 Qd7 22. Rd1 Qf7 23. b4 $6 Nb5 $17 {Harley,A-Hodgson,J/BCF-ch
Dundee/1993/}) 15... f5 $1 $13) (13. Qd3 Nb6 14. Ba2 Qd7 15. a5 Nc8 16. Bd2 b5
17. axb6 Nxb6 18. Rae1 Nb5 19. Nd1 Nd4 20. Ne3 Rab8 21. c3 Qb5 22. Qxb5 Nxb5
23. Bb3 Nc7 24. Bc2 a5 25. Ra1 a4 $132 {Dolmatov-Chernin/Minsk ch-SU/1987/}) (
13. Bd2 Rb8 14. a5 b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Be2 Nb5 17. Rfc1 Qc8 18. Nxb5 axb5 19.
Bc3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Na4 21. Qe3 Nxb2 22. Rcb1 Nc4 23. Qc3 Qc7 24. h4 Qd7 25. h5
$44 {Pedzich,D-Czerwonski,A/POL-chT Lubniewice/1994/}) 13... Kh8 $5 (13... f5
$2 14. e5 $16 {()}) 14. Rd1 Rb8 (14... f5 15. Bd2 {[%cal Ya1b1,Yb2b4] /\Rab1,
b4|^<<} fxe4 16. Nxe4 {[%csl Rf6,Rf7,Rg7,Rh6][%cal Yd2c3] /\Bc3,׻}) 15. a5 b5
16. axb6 Rxb6 17. Ra2 $14 (17. Bxa6 $2 Qa8 $19) 17... Qb8 18. Na4 (18. Bxa6 $5
Nxa6 19. Rxa6 Rxa6 20. Qxa6 f5 21. Qd3 $14) 18... Rb7 19. Bxa6 (19. Ra3 Nb5 20.
Rg3 Nd4 $13) (19. c3 $5 {[%cal Yc1d2,Ya2a1] /\Bd2,Raa1+/=}) 19... Nxa6 20. Qxa6
f5 $1 $132 {[%csl Ra4] פa4} 21. Qe2 (21. Nc3 Bd4+ (21... Bxc3 22. bxc3 fxe4
23. Qe2 Nf6 24. c4 {[%cal Rc1d2,Rd2c3] /\Bd2-c3|^}) 22. Kh1 Nf6 $44) 21... fxe4
22. Qxe4 Nf6 23. Qf3 {White has to move his Q around too much and Black's has
time to get strong counterplay.} (23. Qd3 Rb4 24. c3 Rb3 $44) 23... Nh5 {
[%cal Rh5f4] /\Nf4} 24. Qe4 g5 $5 (24... Nf6 $10) 25. f5 $2 (25. fxg5 $5 Ng3 (
25... Rb4 26. Qe1 $5 Bd4+ 27. Be3 $16) 26. Qd3 Be5 $132) 25... Ng3 26. Qd3 Nxf5
$36 27. Nc3 (27. Bxg5 c4 $1 28. Qxc4 Rb4 {[%cal Rb8a7] /\Qa7->}) 27... Bd4+ 28.
Kh1 c4 29. Qxc4 $8 (29. Qf3 Ne3 $19) 29... Ng3+ 30. Kh2 Be5 31. Re1 $1 Ne2+ (
31... Rb4 32. Qa6 Ne2+ 33. Kh1 Nxc3 34. bxc3 Bxc3 35. Rd1 Rb1 36. Qd3 $10) 32.
Kh1 Nxc1 33. Rxc1 Rxb2 $17 34. Re1 (34. Rxb2 Qxb2 35. Ne2 Rf2 $36) 34... Qb4 $5
(34... Rxa2 35. Nxa2 Qb6 {[%cal Rb6f2,Rf2g3] /\Qf2-g3-+} 36. Rf1 Rf4 $5 $17)
35. Qxb4 Rxb4 36. Ne4 $2 (36. Nb1 $8 Rfb8 37. Nd2 Bg3 $1 (37... Bc3 38. Re2 Rd4
39. Nf3 $10) (37... Rd4 38. Nf3 Rxd5 39. Nxe5 Rxe5 40. Rxe5 dxe5 41. Ra7 $10)
38. Rf1 (38. Rd1 Rd4 39. c4 Bf4 $19) (38. Rxe7 $2 Rb1+ 39. Nxb1 Rxb1+ $19)
38... Rd4 39. Nf3 Rxd5 $17) (36. Ne2 Re4 {[%cal Re4e2,Re5c3] /\Re2!,Bc3-+})
36... Rxe4 $1 (36... Rxe4 37. Rxe4 Rf1#) 0-1

[Event "Pamplona 9697 7th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Be2 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 {
A flexible setup, which by it's pawn structure somewhat ressembles the
Hedgehog (A30). Also Black's practical results in this system are suprisingly
good, his flexible position can withstand any premature and unprepared
assaults.} 8. h3 (8. Qd3 b6 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. a3 Ne7 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nh3 Qc8 13.
g4 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Qxd6 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe7 Bxh1 18. Qxc5 (18.
Rxh1 Re8 19. Qxc5 Qb7 $40) 18... Bd5 19. Qxc8 Rfxc8 20. c3 a5 21. Bd4 Bb3 22.
Rd2 Rd8 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Nf2 g5 $17 {Westerinen,H-Kindermann,S/Wiesbaden/1981/
}) (8. O-O Ne7 9. Qe1 (9. Nd2 b6 10. a4 a6 11. Qe1 c5 12. Qf2 Bb7 13. Bf3 Qc7
14. a5 cxd4 15. Bxd4 b5 16. Bb6 Qc8 17. Rac1 Nd7 18. Bd4 e5 19. Be3 f5 20. g3
exf4 21. gxf4 b4 22. Nd1 Nf6 $36 {Engedal,N-Davies,N/Gausdal Peer-Gynt/1990/})
9... b6 10. Rd1 (10. Qh4 d5 11. Ng5 h6 12. f5 dxe4 13. fxe6 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Qxd4+
15. Kh1 fxe6 16. Rad1 Qe5 17. Bf4 g5 18. Bxg5 Ng6 19. Bxf6 Nxh4 20. Bxe5 Bxe5
21. Nxe4 Bb7 {0-1,Fontaine,R-Nijboer,F/Groningen op/1994/}) 10... Bb7 11. Bd3
c5 12. Qh4 c4 13. Bxc4 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bd3 Nf5 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17. Bc1 d5
18. c3 Nfd6 19. Rde1 b5 20. a3 Rc8 21. Nd2 f5 22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. Be2 a5 24. Bd2
Rc6 25. g4 Rb8 26. Ra1 b4 $17 {Brueckner,T-Mohr,S/BL/1992/}) ({Probably the
most testing alternative is} 8. Qd2 $5 Ne7 $142 $5 (8... a6 $6 9. O-O-O Ne7 10.
e5 Nfd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. h3 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. g4 Qf8 15. Rde1 Bd7 16. Nh4
c5 17. dxc5 Rc8 18. g5 dxc5 19. gxf6 Qxf6 20. c3 Qxh4 21. Bg4 Bxg4 22. hxg4 Qf6
23. f5 Qf7 24. Bg5 Nc6 25. fxg6 Qxg6 26. Qxd5+ Kh8 27. Re6 {1-0,Wolff,P-McNab,
C/London WFW/1989/}) (8... b6 $6 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. Rhe1 (10. e5 Ng4 11. h3 Nxe3
12. Qxe3 Ne7 13. g4 f6 14. Bc4 Bxf3 15. Bxe6+ Kh8 16. Qxf3 fxe5 17. dxe5 Bxe5
18. Ne2 g5 19. f5 Ng6 20. Qc6 Nf4 21. Nxf4 Bxf4+ 22. Kb1 Be5 23. Rhe1 Qe7 24.
Re4 Qg7 25. c3 Rae8 26. a4 $36 {[%csl Re5,Ge6] ^-,Nunn,J-Kindermann,S/
Wiesbaden/1981/}) 10... Ne7 11. Bd3 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bf2 Rb8 14. e5 Bxf3
15. gxf3 Nfd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. c4 dxe5 18. fxe5 Nc6 19. f4 Nd4 20. Bxd4 cxd4
21. Kb1 dxc4 22. Bxc4 Qh4 23. Re4 Rbd8 24. Qe2 $16 {Gruenfeld,Y-McNab,C/Novi
Sad olm/1990/}) 9. e5 (9. Bd3 a6 10. h3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rae1 c5 13. Bf2 cxd4
14. Bxd4 b5 15. a3 Nc6 16. Bf2 Rc8 17. Bh4 Qb6+ 18. Kh2 Qc7 19. g4 Na5 20. e5
dxe5 21. Nxe5 Nc6 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. Bg3 Qb7 24. Qe2 Rcd8 $17 {[%csl Rh2] ע,
Nikitin,A-Schmaltz,R/St.Ingbert op/1994/}) (9. Bf2 b6 10. e5 Nfd5 11. Ne4 f5
12. Neg5 h6 13. Nh3 dxe5 14. fxe5 b5 $5 15. Bxb5 g5 16. Nhg1 Rb8 17. Bc4 Ng6
18. h4 g4 19. h5 Nge7 20. Nh4 Rxb2 21. Bb3 c5 22. O-O-O c4 23. Bxc4 Rb4 24. Bb3
Qa5 25. Kb2 Ba6 26. a3 Rxb3+ 27. cxb3 Qb5 28. a4 Qb7 29. Ne2 Rb8 30. Nc1 Bc4
31. Qc2 Qb4 $44 {1/2,Wahls,M-Belov,I/Hamburg Wichern-op/1995/}) (9. O-O-O b6
10. e5 (10. h4 Bb7 11. h5 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Ng5 Bxg2 14. Rh2 Bb7 15. hxg6
hxg6 16. Ba6 Bd5 17. c4 f6 18. cxd5 fxg5 19. dxe6 d5 20. Rdh1 Qd6 21. fxg5 Qxe6
22. Bf4 Qc6+ 23. Kb1 b5 24. Qe2 Rxf4 25. Qxe7 Rf7 26. Qe3 Rb8 27. Qh3 Kf8 28.
Bc8 Qc4 29. Be6 Rf4 {0-1,Chandler,M-Nijboer,F/London Lloyds/1992/}) 10... Nfd5
11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bf2 Bb7 13. h4 f6 14. c4 Ne7 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. h5 b5 17. hxg6
Nxg6 18. Be3 Qd7 19. Kb1 Be4+ 20. Bd3 Bxd3+ 21. Qxd3 bxc4 22. Qxc4 Rab8 23. Bc1
Rb5 24. Rhe1 Rd5 $132 {1/2,Mikhalchishin,A-Beim,V/Groningen op/1990/}) 9...
Nfd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Bf2 Bh6 12. g3 b6 13. h4 dxe5 14. dxe5 Bb7 15. h5 Nxf4
16. gxf4 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Bxf4+ 18. Be3 Rad8+ 19. Bd3 Bxf3 20. Bxf4 Bxh1 21. Rxh1
Rd5 22. c4 Rd4 $13 {Olafsson,H-Benjamin,J/Jerevan olm/1996/}) 8... b6 9. O-O
$146 {A solid move, which suprisingly hasn't been tried before.} ({A bit too
wild is the adventurous} 9. g4 Ne7 (9... Bb7 10. g5 Nh5 11. Rg1 f6 12. Qd2 Qe8
13. O-O-O Kh8 14. Nh4 fxg5 15. fxg5 Ne7 16. Bxh5 gxh5 17. g6 Nxg6 18. Bh6 Rg8
19. Nxg6+ hxg6 20. Bxg7+ Rxg7 21. Qh6+ Rh7 22. Qxg6 Qxg6 23. Rxg6 Rg8 24. Rdg1
Rgg7 25. Kd2 Bc6 26. h4 Be8 27. Rxg7 Rxg7 28. Rxg7 Kxg7 29. Ke3 $14 {_|_,Van
der Wiel,J-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Groningen/1994/}) 10. g5 Nh5 $1 (10... Nd7 $143 $6
11. Qd2 Bb7 12. O-O-O a6 13. h4 b5 14. a3 Rc8 15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Re8 17. Nc3
Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Nf5 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Rxe4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Bf3 Re7 23. h5
$44 {Kovacevic,P-Vujadinovic,G/JUG-chT Tivat/1995/}) 11. Rg1 c5 $1 12. Qd2 cxd4
13. Nxd4 e5 14. Nf3 Nxf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. O-O-O Be6 17. Qxf4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rc8
19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Rxc3 {[%csl Ra2,Rc2,Re4,Rg5,Rh3] ק,Shirov,A-Hansen,C/
Biel/1992/ White's pawns are totally ruined.}) 9... Bb7 $6 ({Logical and
consistent is} 9... Ne7 $142 $1 10. e5 Nfd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bd2 Bb7 13. c4
Ne7 $132) 10. e5 Nd5 $5 (10... Ne8 $6 11. Qd2 $36 {[%csl Re8] (),פe8}) (10...
Nd7 11. Ng5 $5 (11. exd6 $6 cxd6 12. d5 exd5 13. Qxd5 Re8 $36) 11... h6 12.
Nge4 $14 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4,Ge5,Gf4] ()[+],->>>}) 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Qd2 (12. g4 $5
$36) 12... f6 13. exf6 (13. e6 $6 f5 $1 {[%csl Re6] ><e6}) 13... Qxf6 {To
counterbalance White's imposing center Black has agreed to compromise his pawn
structure. But his doubled d-pawn has also positive merits-it controls
important central squares (e4,e5). Also White's pieces are not too well placed,
especially the Be3 is very poor. The position is rather unclear and if White
has any advantage due to his extra pawn on the >>, it's minimal.} 14. Rae1 Rae8
15. c3 Na5 {[%cal Ra5c4] /\Nc4} ({Interesting was} 15... Qd8 $5 {[%cal Yg8h8,
Yc6g8,Yg8e4] /\Ne7,Kh8,Ng8-f6-e4}) 16. b3 $8 c5 17. Nh2 (17. dxc5 dxc5 (17...
bxc5 $5 18. c4 Qc3 $11) 18. Ne5 Qd6 $132) (17. Bd3 $5 $14) 17... Kh8 18. Ng4 (
18. Bd3 Nc6 $132) 18... Qf5 19. Bd3 Qh5 20. Bf2 Rxe1 (20... Nc6 21. Rxe8 Rxe8
22. Re1 Rf8 {-see game.} (22... Rd8 $5 {[%cal Rb7c8] /\Bc8})) 21. Rxe1 Nc6 22.
Re6 $5 $36 cxd4 23. cxd4 Nd8 $1 (23... Nxd4 $2 24. Re7 $18 {[%cal Re7b7,Re7g7]
/\Rb7,Rg7}) (23... Bxd4 $2 24. Bxd4+ Nxd4 25. Bxg6 $18 {->}) 24. Re7 Bc8 25.
Qe2 (25. Rxa7 Bxg4 26. hxg4 Qxg4 $132 {[%csl Rd4,Rf4] ><d4,f4}) (25. Be2 $142
$1 $36) 25... Bf5 26. Re8 {After this Black by careful defence manages to hold
the slightly worse endgame.} (26. Bb5 Be4 27. Rxa7 Ne6 $1 $36) (26. Rxa7 Ne6 (
26... Bxd3 27. Qxd3 Ne6 28. Qb5 $36) 27. Bxf5 Qxf5 28. g3 h5 29. Nh2 (29. Ne3
Qe4 $44) 29... h4 $5 {could be dangerous for White.}) 26... Bxd3 27. Rxf8+ Bxf8
28. Qxd3 Ne6 29. Be3 Qf5 $1 {Seems risky, but Black's positional judgement was
correct-the _|_ is tenable.} 30. Qxf5 (30. Qd2 h5 31. Nf2 Bh6 $11) 30... gxf5
31. Nf6 $1 (31. Nh2 Bg7 32. Nf3 h5 $11) 31... Nc7 $8 32. Nh5 (32. g4 Be7 $5 (
32... Kg7 33. Nh5+ Kg6 34. Ng3 $14) 33. Nh5 Ne8 34. Ng3 Ng7 $1 {holds the f5
outpost and the game.}) 32... Ne8 33. g4 Kg8 34. Kf2 Kf7 35. Ng3 Ng7 $8 (35...
fxg4 36. hxg4 $36 {gives White's majority the needed mobility and would start
an extra round of trouble for Black.}) 36. Ne2 (36. Nxf5 Nxf5 37. gxf5 Kf6 $11)
(36. gxf5 Kf6 $11) 36... Ne6 $5 37. gxf5 (37. Kf3 $142 $5 Kg6 38. gxf5+ Kxf5
39. Ng3+ Kf6 40. Kg4 $14) 37... Ng7 $1 (37... Nc7 38. Kf3 Kf6 39. Ng3 $36) 38.
Nc3 Nxf5 39. Nxd5 Bg7 $11 40. Nc7 (40. Kf3 Bxd4 41. Bxd4 Nxd4+ 42. Ke4 Ne2 $11
{<=>}) 40... Bxd4 41. Bxd4 Nxd4 42. Ke3 Nf5+ 43. Ke4 Ng3+ 44. Kf3 (44. Kd5 Ne2
$1 45. Kxd6 Nxf4 (45... Nc1 46. Nb5 a5 47. Kc6 Nxa2 48. Kxb6 Nc1 49. Nd4 Kf6
50. Kxa5 Nxb3+ 51. Nxb3 Kf5 $11) 46. h4 Ng2 47. h5 Nf4 48. h6 Kg6 $132) 44...
Nf5 45. Nb5 a6 46. Nc7 a5 47. Ke4 (47. Nd5 b5 $11) (47. Nb5 Ke6 48. Ke4 Ng3+
$11) 47... Ng3+ 48. Kf3 Nf5 49. Ke4 Ng3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamburg SKA"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1991.06.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1991.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bd3 (7. Qd3
Qxc5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qb5+ Qxb5 10. Nxb5 Na6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Bd4 Bd7 13. Nc3 Nb4
14. O-O Nc6 15. Be3 Rfc8 16. h3 Nb4 $10 {Dvoiris,S-Zaichik,G,Polanica Zdroj
1989}) 7... Qxc5 8. Qe2 Bg4 (8... O-O 9. Be3 Qa5 10. h3 $5 e5 11. O-O-O Nh5 12.
f5 $1 Ng3 13. Qe1 Nxh1 14. g4 $146 gxf5 $2 15. gxf5 Qd8 16. Bc4 Kh8 17. Ng5 $40
{Zso,Polgar-Van Wely,L,Wijk II 1990-CBM 17}) 9. Be3 (9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 O-O
11. Be3 Qa5 12. g4 Nc6 13. Bd2 Nb4 14. h4 h5 15. g5 Ng4 $132 {Polgar,Zso-Van
Wely,L,Amsterdam OHRA II 1990-CBM 20}) 9... Qa5 10. O-O (10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3
Nc6 12. O-O-O $6 O-O 13. Kb1 Rfc8 14. Ne2 Nb4 15. a3 Nxd3 16. Rxd3 Rc6 17. Rhd1
Rac8 $36 {Hector,J-Ehlvest,J,Haninge 1990-CBM 18}) 10... O-O 11. h3 (11. Qe1
Nc6 12. Kh1 Nb4 (12... Bxf3 13. Rxf3 Rac8 14. a3 d5 $5 15. e5 d4 16. exf6 Bxf6
17. Ne4 dxe3 18. Nxf6+ exf6 19. Rxe3 Qb6 $13 {De_Firmian-Chernin,A,Moscow GMA
final 1990}) 13. Nd4 Nxd3 14. cxd3 Bd7 15. Nb3 Qd8 16. a4 Ng4 17. Bg1 f5 18. h3
Nf6 $132 {Kuijf,R-Nijboer,F,Wijk 1990-CBM 17}) 11... Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nc6 13. Kh1
$5 (13. a3 Nd7 14. Bd2 (14. Rab1 $6 Bxc3 $1 15. bxc3 Qxc3 16. Bc1 Rac8 17. Bb2
Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Nb6 19. e5 dxe5 20. f5 Nc4 $17 {Schmittdiel,E-Chernin,A,
Dortmund-A 1991-CBM 23}) 14... Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Nc5 16. Rab1 Nxd3 17. cxd3 f5 $1 (
17... e6 $2 18. f5 $1 exf5 19. exf5 Nd4 20. Qg3 Nxf5 21. Rxf5 gxf5 22. Nd5 $40
{Tolnai,T-Gurevich,M,Luzern tt 1989-CBM 16}) 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Nd5 Qb3 20. Rfe1
Rf7 21. Bc3 e6 $1 $10 {Sax,G-Seirawan,Y,Skelleftea WCup 1989-CBM 14}) (13. Ne2
Nd7 14. c3 $2 Nde5 $1 $19 {Huebner,R-Kortschnoi,V,Skelleftea WCup 1989-CBM 14})
13... Nd7 (13... Nb4 14. a3 Nxd3 15. cxd3 e6 16. f5 $36 {Reeh,O-Espig,L,
Potsdam FRG-GDR 1988-CBM 09}) 14. Bd2 Nc5 (14... Qb6 15. Rab1 Nc5 16. Bc4 $5
Qb4 17. b3 Nd4 18. Qd1 Qa3 (18... Ndxb3 $2 19. Bxb3 Bxc3 20. Bxf7+ $18) 19. f5
b5 20. Bd5 $16 {Lanc,A-Chabanon,JL,Trnava op 1990}) 15. Rad1 Qb6 16. Bc1 Bxc3
$2 (16... Nxd3 17. cxd3 f5 $132) 17. bxc3 Qa5 18. Bc4 $16 {׻} Qa4 19. Qe2 Na5
20. Bd5 e6 21. Rd4 $1 Qd7 22. Bb3 {><d6} Qe7 23. Qf3 {/\f5->} f5 24. exf5 Rxf5
(24... gxf5 25. Re1 $16 {/\Ba3}) 25. Re1 Raf8 26. Qd1 $1 {><d6,e6} Rd8 27. Ba3
Naxb3 $8 28. cxb3 b6 29. c4 {->/^a1-h8} a5 30. Qd2 e5 31. Rd5 $1 e4 $8 (31...
Rxf4 $2 32. Qxf4) 32. Rd4 (32. Bb2 $5 $40) 32... Qh4 33. Bxc5 bxc5 34. Rdxe4
$18 {<->e,׻} Rdf8 35. Qxd6 Rxf4 36. Qe6+ (36. Qd5+ $18) 36... Kh8 (36... R8f7
37. Rxf4 Qxf4 38. Qc8+ Kg7 39. Qxc5 $18) 37. Qe5+ Kg8 38. Qd5+ Kh8 39. Qxc5 $1
Rf1+ 40. Kh2 {Stohl,I} 1-0

[Event "Ostrava"]
[Site "Ostrava"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. fxe5
dxe5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Qe1 $6 (10. Nxe5 Nxe4 $5 (10... Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxe5 12. Bf4
Nc6 (12... Qd6 13. Qd2 f6 $6 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. Qf4 Qxf4 16. Rxf4 Kg7 17. Raf1
$16 {Ljubojevic,L-Parma,B,JUG-ch 1982}) 13. Qd2 Be6 14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15. Nf6+ Kg7
16. Qf4 Qd4+ 17. Kh1 Rad8 18. Qh4 h6 19. Qg3 Rd6 $13 {Mednis,E-Kaiszauri,K,
Reykjavik 1982}) 11. Bxe4 Bxe5 12. Bf4 Bxf4 (12... Bg7 $6 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Rae1
c6 15. Kh1 $1 f5 16. Bd3 Rxe1 17. Rxe1 cxd5 18. Bg5 Qf8 19. Nxd5 $40 {
Winterstein,W-Brewttschneider,S,Baden Baden op 1991}) 13. Rxf4 Nf5 14. Bxf5 (
14. Rf2 Nd6 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Qf3 f5 17. Re2 Qf6 $10 {Van Wijgerden,C-Donner,JH,
Amsterdam 1977}) 14... Bxf5 15. Qd4 $5 (15. Qd2 Qd6 16. Raf1 Rae8 $10 {
Bisguier,A-Timman,J,Lone Pine 1978}) 15... Bxc2 16. Raf1 Qe7 17. Qd2 Bf5 18. g4
Bc8 19. d6 Qxd6 20. Rd4 Qe5 21. Nd5 $44 {Polgar,J-Stohl,I,Brno 1991-CBM 26})
10... Ne8 $1 {N} (10... Nxf3+ 11. Rxf3 Bg4 12. Rf2 Nh5 13. Be3 a6 14. Qd2 Qd6
15. Raf1 Bd7 16. Ne2 $16 {Dovzik,J-Calvo,JM,Cannes op 1992-TD 92_04}) 11. Be3
Nd6 {/\f5|^} 12. Ne2 (12. Qf2 f5 $1 $15) 12... Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 (13. Rxf3 f5 14.
Nc3 Bd7 $15 {/\f4,g5-g4}) 13... Bh3 (13... f5 $5 $40) 14. Rf2 f5 $36 15. Kh1 $8
{/\Ng1} f4 (15... Bf6 $2 16. Ng1 f4 17. Nxh3 fxe3 18. Qxe3 $16) (15... fxe4 16.
fxe4 $13 {/\c4-c5}) 16. Bd2 Bf6 17. Ng1 Bd7 18. Qf1 Nf7 19. Bb5 (19. c4 $142
Be7 20. b4 a5 $5 21. a3 axb4 22. axb4 c5 $5 $13) 19... Bc8 $1 20. c4 Be7 21. b4
$8 a6 22. Ba4 b5 $1 $15 23. Bb3 (23. cxb5 Bd7 $17 {/\Nd6,ab5}) 23... bxc4 24.
Qxc4 Bd6 25. Ba4 Qe7 26. Be1 g5 (26... Rb8 $5 $15) 27. Rg2 h5 28. Bc6 Rb8 29.
a4 Kh7 (29... Nd8 $2 30. Bh4 $16) (29... Bxb4 $6 30. Rb2 a5 31. Bxb4 Rxb4 (
31... axb4 32. a5 $44) 32. Rxb4 Qxb4 33. Qxb4 axb4 34. Rb1 $13) 30. b5 Nd8 $1 (
30... axb5 31. axb5 {<=><->a}) 31. bxa6 Nxc6 32. Qxc6 (32. dxc6 Ra8 $17) 32...
Rb6 33. Qc2 Rxa6 34. a5 Bd7 $17 {/\g4,׻,^^} 35. Rb1 Rfa8 36. Qd3 Kh6 37. Rgb2
(37. Rb8 $2 Rxa5 $1 $19) 37... g4 38. Rb8 Kg7 39. Qb3 (39. Rxa8 Rxa8 40. a6 Bc5
$17 {/\Qd6}) 39... Bc5 40. Rxa8 Rxa8 41. Bc3 (41. Qb7 Ra7 $40) 41... Bc8 $1 42.
Qb2 Bd6 43. Qd2 {/\Qf4} Kh7 44. Rb3 Ba6 {/\Rg8,Qg7-g6} 45. Bb4 Bxb4 46. Qxb4
Qg7 $1 $40 47. Qe1 Rg8 48. Rb2 $8 (48. fxg4 Qxg4 49. Qf2 Qd1 $19) 48... Qg6 49.
Rg2 (49. fxg4 Bd3 $19) 49... Qf6 50. Qf2 (50. fxg4 hxg4 $17 {><e4,h2}) 50...
Rg7 51. Qe1 Qg6 52. Rd2 $6 (52. Qf2 Bd3 $17) 52... gxf3 53. Nxf3 Bd3 $1 $19 54.
Re2 $8 (54. Rxd3 Qg2#) 54... Bxe4 $1 (54... Bxe2 $6 55. Qxe2 $17) (54... Bxe4
55. Qf1 Bxf3+ 56. Qxf3 Qg1# {[Stohl]}) 0-1

[Event "Hafnarfirdi"]
[Site "Hafnarfirdi"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Black "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "206"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. h3 $5
(8. e6 fxe6 $5 9. Ng5 Bxb5 10. Nxe6 Bxd4 $1 $13) 8... cxd4 (8... Bxb5 9. Nxb5
dxe5 (9... cxd4 10. Qxd4 {-8...cd4}) (9... Qa5+ 10. Nc3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nh6 12.
Bd2 (12. g4 $142 $1 Nc6 13. Qe4 $14 {(),פh6}) 12... Nc6 13. Qd5 Qxd5 14. Nxd5
O-O-O 15. O-O-O dxe5 16. Bc3 Nf5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. fxe5 e6 $10 {Zimmersman,
R-Kunszt,K,HUN-chT 1991-TD91_05}) 10. hxg4 (10. Qe2 e4 11. hxg4 (11. Qxe4 Qa5+
12. Nc3 Nc6 $36) 11... exf3 12. Qxf3 {Coleman,D-Pein,M,BCF-ch 1988-TD88_02} Nc6
$15) 10... Qa5+ 11. c3 Qxb5 (11... e4 12. Qe2 exf3 13. Nd6+ Kd7 14. Nxb7 $1 $16
) 12. dxe5 Nc6 {Coleman,D-Walker,GB-ch Eastbourne 1991} 13. Qe2 $14 {_|_<->h()}
) 9. Qxd4 Nh6 $5 (9... Bxb5 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ $2 11. Qc3 $1 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 $18) (
9... dxe5 10. Qd5 (10. Qc4 $6 e4 11. hxg4 exf3 12. gxf3 Nc6 13. Bd2 a6 14. Bxc6
Bxc6 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. Ne4 Qb6 18. Bc3 $10 {Klovans-Gofshtein,
URS-ch OT 1976}) 10... e4 11. Ng5 Nh6 12. Qxb7 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Bxb5 14. Qxa8 Bc6
15. Qxa7 $14 {Sigurjonsson,G-Vogt,L,Cienfuegos 1976}) 10. Bxd7+ (10. g4 $5 $14)
(10. Bd2 Nf5 11. Qf2 Bxb5 12. Nxb5 a6 13. Nc3 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nc6 $132) 10...
Qxd7 {N} (10... Nxd7 11. g4 $36) 11. g4 Nc6 12. Qe4 O-O 13. Bd2 dxe5 14. fxe5
Qe6 (14... f5 $142 $5 15. exf6 exf6 16. O-O-O Nf7 17. Bf4 $36) 15. O-O-O f5 $8
16. exf6 Qxe4 17. Nxe4 exf6 18. Nc5 $16 {/\Ne6,Nb7} Rae8 19. Rhe1 (19. Nxb7 $5
Rb8 20. Nc5 f5 21. Bxh6 Bxh6+ 22. g5 Bg7 23. c3 $16) 19... Rxe1 20. Rxe1 f5
$132 21. g5 Nf7 22. Bf4 (22. Nxb7 $2 Rb8 $15) (22. Ne6 Re8 23. Nxg7 Rxe1+ 24.
Bxe1 Kxg7 $15) 22... b6 23. Nd3 Rc8 $10 24. Kd2 Nfd8 (24... Kf8 $5 $10 {/\Re8})
25. b4 a5 (25... Nxb4 26. Nxb4 Bc3+ 27. Kd1 Bxb4 28. Re8+ Kf7 29. Rh8 $146) 26.
bxa5 $5 (26. a3 axb4 27. axb4 $13) 26... Nxa5 27. Re7 Ndc6 28. Rd7 Rd8 29. Rc7
Nb4 30. Be5 $14 Bxe5 31. Nfxe5 Nd5 32. Ra7 Rd6 33. Nf7 Re6 34. Nde5 (34. Nh6+
Kf8 35. Rxh7 Nc4+ $146) 34... Nc6 35. Nxc6 Rxc6 36. Nh6+ Kf8 37. Rxh7 Nb4 $132
38. Rf7+ Ke8 39. c3 (39. Rf6 Rxc2+ 40. Kd1 $8 Rh2 $10) 39... Nxa2 40. Rf6 Rxc3
41. h4 (41. Rxb6 Rxh3 42. Rxg6 Nc3 $10) 41... Rh3 42. Rxg6 Rxh4 43. Nxf5 Rh2+
44. Kd3 Rg2 45. Rg7 Nb4+ 46. Kd4 Kf8 (46... Nc6+ $5 47. Kd5 Nd8 48. g6 Kf8 49.
Ke5 Rg5 $10) 47. Rg6 Nc6+ $1 48. Rxc6 (48. Kd5 Ne7+ 49. Nxe7 Kxe7 $10) 48...
Rxg5 $10 49. Ke5 Ke8 50. Rd6 Rg1 51. Kf6 Rf1 52. Rd5 b5 $5 53. Rxb5 Kd7 54. Rc5
Re1 55. Rc3 Re6+ 56. Kg5 Re1 57. Kf4 Re8 58. Rc1 Rc8 59. Rd1+ Kc7 60. Nd6 Rh8
61. Ke5 Rh6 62. Rc1+ Kb6 63. Ne4 Rh5+ 64. Kd4 Rh4 65. Rc4 Rh1 66. Rc2 Rh4 67.
Rc8 Rh1 68. Nd6 Rd1+ 69. Ke5 Re1+ 70. Kd5 Rd1+ 71. Ke6 Rh1 72. Nf5 Re1+ 73. Kd7
Rd1+ 74. Nd6 Rh1 75. Rc6+ Ka5 76. Rc4 Kb6 77. Nf5 Kb5 78. Rc2 Rd1+ 79. Ke6 Kb6
80. Ke5 Rh1 81. Kd5 Rh5 82. Rf2 Kc7 83. Rf4 Kb6 84. Kc4 Kc6 85. Ne7+ Kd6 86.
Ng6 Rc5+ 87. Kd4 Rd5+ 88. Ke4 Rd1 89. Rf6+ Kc5 90. Rf5+ Kd6 91. Nf4 Re1+ 92.
Kd4 Rd1+ 93. Nd3 Ke6 94. Rf2 Rh1 95. Nc5+ Ke7 96. Kd5 Rh5+ 97. Kc6 Rh1 98. Re2+
Kf7 99. Ne4 Rd1 100. Nd6+ Kf6 101. Kd7 Ra1 102. Re6+ Kg5 103. Nf7+ Kf4 {[Stohl]
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 {In a nearly hopeless must-win situation with Black, the seemingly
logical Sicilian is not necessarily the best choice. This is due to a large
number of forced drawing lines at White's disposal in almost all the critical
variations. Ivanchuk opts for the Pirc, which he has played recently in a few
games.} ({He foregoes the standard move order} 1... d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 {
, possibly because Sutovsky's favourite line} 4. Bg5 {is more effective here,
than after the early fianchetto.}) 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 {An aggressive
system, which suits Sutovsky's style well enough.} ({In the tie-break he went
for the more restrained manoeuvring option} 4. Be3 c6 (4... a6 $5) 5. a4 Nf6 6.
h3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 (7. g4 $5 $13 {is more ambitious}) 7... O-O 8. a5 Qc7 9. Qd2 (9.
Be2 Re8 10. O-O e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Qd2 $14 (12. Nxe5 Rxe5 13. Bf4 Rxa5 14.
Qxd6 Qxd6 15. Bxd6 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 Be6 17. Be5 a6 18. Rd1 g5 $11 {Zarnicki,P 
(2515)-Ginzburg,M (2470)/Buenos Aires/1998/})) 9... Re8 10. Bc4 (10. Be2 $142
$5 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. O-O {- 9.Be2}) 10... Nxe4 $1 11. Nxe4 d5 12. Bb3 (12.
Bd3 dxe4 13. Bxe4 e5 $32 {->}) 12... dxe4 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. Nxe4 Nf6 15. Nxf6+
Bxf6 16. h4 $6 ({Too ambitious. White should have preferred the modest} 16. c3
$11) 16... Qd6 17. h5 Be6 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. O-O Rfd8 21. Qb4 Rd7
22. Rfd1 Kg7 23. c4 Rh8 24. Qc5 Qe4 25. d5 Qh4 $40 {[%cal Gh8h1] Sutovsky,E 
(2700)-Ivanchuk,V (2768)/WCup Khanty Mansiysk/2011/ Black whipped up a strong
-> along the <->h, which White so kindly opened for him.}) ({Sutovsky's pet
line is the ambitious sortie} 4. Bg5 {, which is still less forcing, than the
text move. It would be interesting to know, what was on Ivanchuk's mind here,
perhaps he intended to play} a6 $5 5. Nf3 b5 (5... Bg4 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 Bf6 9. Be3 e6 10. O-O-O Bg7 11. h4 h6 12. Qg3 h5 13. Bg5 Nce7 14. Ne2 Qd7
15. Nf4 c6 16. Rhe1 d5 17. Bb3 Nf6 18. f3 dxe4 19. fxe4 Ng4 20. d5 $18 {
Sutovsky,E (2660)-Azmaiparashvili,Z (2676)/Moscow rpd/2002/}) 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. a4
b4 8. Ne2 Bb7 9. O-O Ngf6 10. Ng3 O-O (10... e5 11. c3 exd4 12. cxd4 h6 13. Bd2
c5 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. Nh4 $1 $36 {[%cal Rh4f5] /\Nhf5|^, Lim Yee Weng (2336)
-Azmaiparashvili,Z (2606)/Singapore/2007/}) 11. Re1 c5 12. c3 cxd4 13. cxd4 e5
14. Qd2 exd4 15. Nxd4 Re8 16. Rad1 Nc5 17. Qf4 {Aroshidze,L (2470)-Flores,D 
(2560)/Balaguer/2007/} Qe7 $132 (17... Nxa4 $5 $13)) 4... Nf6 {Black
transposes back to a normal Pirc.} 5. Nf3 O-O ({The second main line is the
somewhat less often played} 5... c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6 fxe6 9. Ng5
Bxb5 10. Nxe6 (10. Qxg4 Bc4 11. b3 Bxd4 12. Bd2 Bd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. O-O-O Nc6
15. Ne6 Qc8 16. f5 Bf6 17. fxg6 Rg8 18. g7 Kf7 19. Bh6 Ne5 20. Qh5+ Kxe6 21.
Qh3+ Kf7 22. Qh5+ Ng6 23. Rhf1 Qc6 24. Rde1 Rxg7 25. Rxe7+ Kg8 26. Rxf6 Rxe7
27. Rxg6+ hxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kh8 29. Qf6+ Kh7 30. Qxe7+ Kxh6 31. Qf6+ Kh7 32. Qf7+
{1/2, Sgherri,M-Viviani,E/corr/2009/}) 10... Bxd4 {From Ivanchuk's point of
view this whole line was unsuitable, as White can immediately bail out with}
11. Nxd8 (11. Nxb5 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ (12... Bf2+ 13. Kd1 Ne3+ 14. Ke2 Qxb5+
15. Kxf2 Ng4+ 16. Kg3 Na6 17. Re1 Nh6 18. b3 Nf5+ 19. Kf2 h5 20. Bb2 Rg8 21.
Rad1 Kd7 22. c4 $44) 13. Bxd2 Kd7 14. Nbxd4 (14. Nec7 $142 Nc6 15. Nxa8 Rxa8
16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Rc1 Rf8 18. c3 Nf5 {1/2 Vestergard,S (2306)-Pfiffner,P (2401)
/ICCF email 2009/Corr 2011 (32)} 19. Ke2 $5 $14) 14... cxd4 15. Nxd4 Rc8 16.
O-O Rc5 17. c3 Nc6 18. Nf3 b5 19. h3 Nf6 20. Be3 Rd5 21. Nd4 Na5 22. Rad1 Nc4
23. Bc1 a5 24. Nc2 $6 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rc8 26. Kf1 Nb6 27. a3 a4 $15 {Karjakin,S 
(2788)-Grischuk,A (2746)/Moscow/2011/ - For more details see the notes to this
game in CBM 144.}) 11... Bf2+ 12. Kd2 Be3+ $11) 6. e5 {This must have come as
a surprise for Ivanchuk and he started spending large amounts of time. No
wonder, Sutovsky has never played this line before, preferring the more
popular and usual} (6. Bd3 {Here Black has numerous alternatives:} {Perhaps
Ivanchuk would have gone for} Nbd7 (6... Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5 Nc7 $6 (8... Rb8
$142) (8... Bg4 $5 {are both stronger, Black retains the option to play Nb4 at
a suitable moment.}) 9. a4 b6 10. Qe1 e6 $6 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. e5 Nfd5 (12...
Nh5 13. f5 $1 $40) 13. Ne4 $40 {Karjakin,S (2776)-Ivanchuk,V (2776)/Medias/
2011/ White has a huge attack, which quickly broke through. The winner's notes
are in CBM 143.}) (6... Nh5 $5 {is extremely rare:} 7. O-O (7. Be3 $14) (7. f5
$5) 7... Bg4 8. Be3 (8. Be2 $142 $5 {takes the sting out of the following break
}) 8... e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. fxe5 $6 (10. f5 Nf4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nc6 13.
Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd4 15. Qe4 a6 16. c3 Nb5 17. Bxb5 axb5 18. Bc5 Re8 19. a3
Ra4 20. Bb4 c6 $132 {Berkvens,J (2297)-Avrukh,B (2620)/Wijk aan Zee/2000/})
10... Nc6 11. Be2 Nxe5 12. Qxd8 Raxd8 13. Nxe5 Bxe2 14. Rxf7 $1 Rfe8 15. Rxg7+
Nxg7 16. Bg5 Rd6 17. Nxe2 Rxe5 18. Bf4 Rxe4 19. Bxd6 Rxe2 20. Bxc7 Rxc2 {
Sutovsky,E (2612)-Smirin,I (2652)/Tel Aviv/1999/} 21. Be5 $11) ({My own
experience with the Pirc concentrated mostly on} 6... Nc6 7. O-O (7. e5 {
also promises chances to fight for an edge}) 7... e5 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 Nd4 10.
Nxe5 Nxe4 $5 11. Bxe4 Bxe5 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Rxf4 Nf5 14. Bxf5 Bxf5 15. Qd4 Bxc2
16. Re1 Bf5 {Here the latest try is} 17. Re3 $5 ({The direct} 17. g4 Bd7 18.
Ne4 f5 {leads only to a perpetual after} 19. d6 fxe4 20. Qc4+ Kg7 21. Qc3+ $11)
17... Bd7 18. Rf6 (18. Rfe4 a5 19. Re7 Ra6 20. Qh4 Bf5 $13) 18... c6 19. Rd6 c5
20. Qxc5 Re8 21. h3 Rxe3 22. Qxe3 f5 23. Nb5 (23. g4 $5) 23... Kf7 $1 {[%cal
Yd8e7] /\Qe7} 24. Qh6 Kg8 {and White couldn't find anything better than} 25.
Qe3 Kf7 26. Qh6 Kg8 {1/2, Felgaer,R (2584)-Tristan,L (2393)/ARG-ch Buenos
Aires/2010/ However, the whole line seems suspect for Black and I wouldn't be
surprised if White's play can be improved.}) 7. O-O (7. e5 $5 Ne8 8. Ne4 c5 9.
c3 Qb6 $14 {/<=>}) 7... e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. f5 Nc5 10. Bg5 Nxd3 11. Qxd3 Qxd3
12. cxd3 c6 13. Rae1 Nd7 14. g4 b6 15. Rf2 Re8 16. Rd2 Bf8 17. Kg2 a5 18. d4 f6
19. Be3 exd4 20. Bxd4 b5 21. h3 Ra6 22. Red1 Be7 23. Bf2 Nb6 24. Ne2 Nc4 25.
Rc2 Bf8 26. Ng3 c5 $132 {Karjakin,S (2788)-Ivanchuk,V (2768)/WChT Ningbo/2011/}
) 6... Nfd7 (6... dxe5 7. dxe5 (7. fxe5 Nd5 8. Bc4 Be6 $13) 7... Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1
{is again out of the question for Black, as equality in this _|_ is the
maximum of his efforts.}) (6... Ne8 {is rather passive and makes it more
difficult for Black to attack the P [+]. Therefore even the direct} 7. h4 $5 {
is dangerous.} (7. Be3 {()}) 7... c5 (7... Bg4 8. Be2 (8. h5 $5 {/\} Bxh5 9.
Rxh5 gxh5 10. Bd3 $40) 8... Nd7 9. Ng5 $1 $36 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 h6 11. Nf3 c6 12.
h5 gxh5 13. Be3 f5 14. O-O-O d5 15. Rxh5 Nb6 16. g4 fxg4 17. Nh4 Nc4 18. Rg1
$18 {Gipslis,A-Czerniak,M/Pecs/1964/}) 8. h5 (8. dxc5 $5) 8... cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc7
(9... Nc6 10. Qf2 dxe5 (10... Bf5 $5) 11. hxg6 $36) 10. hxg6 fxg6 11. Bc4+ Kh8
12. Ng5 h5 13. Qd1 Qe8 14. g4 Qc6 15. Bd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 e6 {Fier,A (2581)
-Kakageldyev,A (2449)/Beijing rpd/2008/} 17. Qd3 $1 $18 {/\} Qxd5 18. Rxh5+ Kg8
19. Rh8+ $1) 7. h4 {[%mdl 64] White's intentions are clear enough: he wants to
mate Black, or in the worst case - force a draw to win the match!} ({Although
White still has the restrained} 7. Bc4 {, the text move is played more often
and is the principled choice. It's easy to criticise Sutovsky after we know
the result, but one can only admire Ivanchuk's performance - he managed to
retain the tension and avoid a diunlike his opponent!) he presumably hadn't
analysed the evening before the game.}) 7... c5 {Black has to act fast.} (7...
Nb6 8. h5 Bg4 9. hxg6 fxg6 10. Be2 dxe5 11. Ng5 (11. fxe5 Nc6 12. Be3 $14 {
Botvinnik}) 11... Bf5 12. fxe5 (12. Nxh7 exd4 13. Nxf8 Nc6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. Ne4
$14) 12... h5 13. g4 hxg4 14. Bxg4 Nc6 15. Ne6 Qd7 16. Bxf5 Rxf5 17. Nxg7 Kxg7
18. Be3 Nc4 19. Qe2 Nxb2 20. d5 Rxe5 21. Bd4 Nc4 22. Bxe5+ N6xe5 23. Rh4 Rh8
$17 {Gipslis,A-Botvinnik,M/Moscow/1965/}) 8. h5 {The whole line was introduced
into practice more than half a century ago by Bronstein, but occurrs only very
seldom nowadays. Due to this many older games and also theoretical manuals
from pre-computer times quite naturally contain a number of tactical mistakes
and erroneous recommendations. And current powerful analytical engines are an
indispensable tool exactly in these razor-sharp positions.} ({An alternative
to the text move is} 8. e6 fxe6 9. h5 gxh5 10. Rxh5 (10. dxc5 $13) 10... Nf6
11. Rh4 $44 {Although even here White's -> chances can't be underestimated,
Black's task is somewhat easier than in the game.}) 8... cxd4 9. hxg6 $5 {
[%mdl 512] White attacks, but his [+] is falling apart, so he increases the
tension with a piece sacrifice.} ({Less committal, but also less enterprising
is} 9. Qxd4 dxe5 10. Qf2 (10. fxe5 $2 Nxe5 11. Qh4 Bf5 $17) {The move with the
(probably deservedly) best reputation is} 10... e4 $5 (10... e6 11. hxg6 hxg6 (
11... fxg6 12. Qg3 exf4 13. Bxf4 Rxf4 14. Qxf4 Nf8 15. Bd3 Nc6 16. O-O-O Qf6
17. Qxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 $16 {Vokac,M (2455)-Votava,J (2540)/Lazne Bohdanec/1996/}
) 12. Qg3 $1 (12. Ng5 Re8 13. Bd3 Qe7 14. Qh4 Nf8 15. fxe5 Nc6 16. Bf4 Nxe5 17.
O-O-O Bd7 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Rdf1 f5 20. Nf3 Qxh4 21. Rxh4 Bf6 22. Rb4 Bc6 $17 {
Viksni,I-Fridman,D (2440)/Riga/1994/}) 12... Qa5 13. Qh3 Rd8 14. f5 $1 {/\} e4
15. Qh7+ Kf8 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6+ Ke7 18. Ng5 Qxf5 19. O-O-O $32 {->}) (10...
Nf6 11. hxg6 fxg6 12. Bc4+ $1 (12. fxe5 Nh5 13. Qh4 Nc6 14. Be2 $2 Nxe5 15. Ng5
h6 16. Nge4 Bf5 17. g4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Nf4 19. Bxf4 Rxf4 $19 {Martin del Campo,R
(2415)-Bluvshtein,M (2589)/Toluca/2011/}) 12... e6 13. fxe5 Nd5 (13... Ng4 14.
Qg3 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qc7 16. Bf4 Rxf4 17. Qxf4 Bxe5 18. Qg4 $16) 14. Bg5 Qa5 15.
Bxd5 exd5 16. O-O-O Nc6 17. Qh4 h5 18. Rxd5 $16 {Fauth,D-Urankar,H (2220)/
Oberliga Bayern/1995/}) ({Dangerous for Black is} 10... exf4 11. hxg6 hxg6 12.
Bxf4 Nf6 13. Qh4 Qa5 14. Bb5 $5 (14. O-O-O Qh5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Qxh5 gxh5 17.
Rxd5 Bg4 18. Ne5 $44) ({The stem game went} 14. Ng5 {, but here Black's play
can be improved upon:} Bg4 (14... Nh5 $5 15. Bd2 Qe5+ $15) 15. Bd3 Nbd7 16. O-O
Bh5 17. Rae1 e5 $2 (17... Qb6+ $13) 18. Bd2 Qc5+ 19. Be3 Qc6 20. Bb5 Qc7 21.
Be2 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Rfc8 23. Nce4 $40 {Bronstein,D-Palmiotto,F/Munich olm/1958/})
14... Qb4 15. a3 (15. O-O-O Nh5 16. Be5 Qxh4 17. Rxh4 Nc6 (17... a6 $142 $5 {/\
} 18. Bc4 Nc6 $15) 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nd5 Nf6 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Nxe7 $14 {
Termeulen,A (2155)-Gooris,J (2127)/Geraardsbergen/2010/}) 15... Qxb2 16. Nd5 $1
(16. Be5 Qxa1+ $1 (16... Rd8 $2 17. Nd5 Qxe5+ 18. Nxe5 Rxd5 19. Nxg6 Rxb5 20.
O-O-O Bd7 21. Nxe7+ Kf8 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Qd8+ Be8 24. Rxd5 Bb2+ 25. Kd2 Nd7 $13
{Vaisser,A (2549)-Palac,M (2570)/Cannes/2000/}) 17. Nd1 Qc1 $1 18. Bxf6 Qh6 19.
Qxh6 Bxh6 20. Bxe7 Nd7 $1 {[%cal Rf8e8] /\Re8} 21. Bxf8 Bxf8 $17) 16... Re8 (
16... Qxa1+ 17. Ke2 $18) 17. Nxf6+ exf6+ 18. Bxe8 Qxa1+ 19. Kf2 Qxa3 20. Qh7+
Kf8 21. Rd1 $1 $18) 11. Nxe4 (11. Ng5 Nf6 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Qh4 Qd4 14. Ncxe4 (
14. Nb5 Qb6 15. Bc4 Bg4 16. f5 gxf5 17. Nh7 Nbd7 18. Nxf8 Nxf8 19. Nc3 Rc8 20.
Bb3 e6 21. Qf2 Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Ng6 23. Be3 f4 24. Bxa7 e3+ 25. Bxe3 Rxc3 26.
bxc3 Ne4+ $19 {Padevsky,N-Matanovic,A/Havana ol/1966/}) (14. Ngxe4 Re8 $1 15.
Nxf6+ exf6+ 16. Be2 Bf5 17. Qf2 Nc6 18. O-O Bxc2 19. Bf3 f5 20. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 21.
Kh2 Rad8 $17 {Kranzl,P (2275)-Hager,F (2275)/AUT-chT/1994/}) 14... Rd8 15. Bd3
(15. Nf2 $5 Nc6 16. c3 Qc5 $132) 15... Nxe4 (15... Bf5 $5 $15) 16. Bxe4 $1 (16.
Nxe4 Bf5 17. Nf2 Bxd3 18. cxd3 Nd7 19. Rb1 Rac8 20. Bd2 Rc2 21. Kd1 Rdc8 22.
Ke2 Nb6 23. Rhc1 g5 24. Qg3 gxf4 25. Qf3 Qe3+ $19 {Montag,G-Krabbe,C/corr/1991/
}) 16... Qb6 $13 (16... f6 $6 17. c3 {/\} Qc4 18. Bxg6 fxg5 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20.
fxg5 $18)) 11... Nf6 12. Nxf6+ exf6 13. hxg6 Re8+ 14. Be3 hxg6 15. Bd3 Qb6 $5 (
15... Qa5+ 16. c3 Bg4 17. O-O Nc6 18. Nd4 f5 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Rfe1 Re7 $5 (
20... Rad8 21. Bc2 Re7 22. Bb3 Rde8 23. Qg3 Bf6 24. Bf2 Re2 25. Rxe2 Rxe2 26.
Re1 $132 {Banas,J (2400)-Kindermann,S (2520)/Trnava/1987/}) 21. Bc4 Rae8 22. a4
Bf6 23. g3 Bg7 24. Bf1 Re4 25. Bd3 R4e7 26. Bf1 Re4 27. Bd3 {1/2, Simmelink,J 
(2306)-Lazan,R (2229)/corr/2005/}) (15... Qe7 16. Kd2 Qb4+ 17. Kc1 Qa5 18. a4
Nc6 19. Bb5 Bg4 20. Ra3 Rac8 21. Qh4 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Qb4 23. Rc3 Rxe3 24. Rxe3
Nd4 25. Re8+ Rxe8 26. Bxe8 f5 27. c3 Ne2+ 28. Kc2 Nxc3 29. Qd8 $16 {Neuberger,
G-Lorscheid,G (2235)/Manderscheid/1989/}) 16. Kd2 Qxb2 (16... Qa5+ 17. Kc1 Nc6
18. Bd2 Qd5 {Varadi,V (2272)-Ianov,V (2392)/Nyiregyhaza/2002/} 19. Qh4 $13 {
-><->h}) 17. Bc5 (17. a3 f5 $15) 17... Rd8 (17... f5 18. Ne5 Nd7 19. Rhb1 Bxe5
20. Rxb2 Bxb2 21. Re1 $14) 18. Nd4 (18. Qh4 $2 Rxd3+ 19. Kxd3 Bf5+ $19) 18...
Na6 19. Rhb1 (19. Bxa6 f5 $1 $17) 19... Qxa1 20. Rxa1 Nxc5 $15) 9... dxc3 $8 (
9... hxg6 $2 10. Qxd4 dxe5 11. fxe5 {/\} Nxe5 12. Qh4 {-><->h} Nxf3+ 13. gxf3
f5 14. Qh7+ Kf7 15. Rh6 Qd4 (15... Rg8 16. Rxg6 Qd4 17. Qh5 Kf8 18. Bh6 Nc6 19.
Bd3 Nb4 20. O-O-O Nxa2+ 21. Nxa2 Qxb2+ 22. Kd2 Qxa2 23. Rxg7 Rxg7 24. Bxg7+
Kxg7 25. Rg1+ Kf6 26. Qh8+ {1-0, Figueredo Losada,L (2338)-Ordunez Echarte,D 
(2304)/Havana/2010/}) 16. Qxg6+ Kg8 {Gu Xiaobing (2336)-Wang,X (2265)/Xinghua
Jiangsu/2009/} 17. Nb5 $5 (17. Qh7+ Kf7 18. Bd2 $40) 17... Qe5+ 18. Kf2 $18)
10. gxf7+ Rxf7 $8 (10... Kh8 $2 11. Rxh7+ $1 (11. Qd3 $18) (11. Ng5 $18) 11...
Kxh7 12. Ng5+ Kh6 13. Qd3 Nf6 14. exf6 Rh8 15. f5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd3h3] allows
White to mate quickly.}) 11. Bc4 {The main continuation.} (11. Ng5 $143 $2 cxb2
12. Bxb2 (12. Bc4 Nxe5 13. Qh5 Qa5+ 14. Kf1 d5 15. Bxb2 Rxf4+ 16. Nf3 dxc4 $19
{Bykhovsky,A-Bebchuk,E/Moscow/1966/}) 12... Qa5+ 13. c3 Nxe5 $1 14. Qb3 (14.
Qh5 Rxf4 15. Qxh7+ Kf8 $19) (14. Nxf7 Nxf7 $19) 14... Qc5 15. Be2 Qe3 16. Bc1
Qg3+ 17. Kd1 Bg4 18. Re1 Qd3+ 19. Bd2 Nc4 {0-1, Bronstein,D (2455)-Conquest,S 
(2540)/Reykjavik/1996/}) ({Less clear, but hardly sufficient is} 11. e6 $6 cxb2
({After} 11... Rf6 12. exd7 Bxd7 {the simple, but yet untested} 13. b3 $5 $44 {
can be dangerous for Black, as his king is more vulnerable.}) 12. exf7+ Kf8 13.
Bxb2 Bxb2 14. Bc4 $142 (14. Rb1 Qa5+ 15. Kf2 Bg7 (15... Qc5+ 16. Kg3 Nf6 17.
Bd3 Bd4 18. Qe2 (18. Nxd4 Qxd4 $17) 18... Nc6 19. Ng5 e5 (19... a6 $5 20. Rxb7
Be3 $36) 20. Nxh7+ Kxf7 (20... Nxh7 $5 21. Rb5 exf4+ 22. Kh2 Nf6 $5 23. Rxc5
dxc5 $15) 21. Ng5+ $2 (21. Rb5 exf4+ 22. Kxf4 Be5+ 23. Kg5 Qd4 24. Rxe5 dxe5
25. Rf1 $13) 21... Kg8 22. Rb5 exf4+ $19 {Kalbermatter,P-Urech/corr/1992/}) 16.
Rb5 (16. Ng5 Nf6 $17) 16... Qc3 17. Bd3 Nc5 18. Ng5 Qd4+ 19. Kf3 h6 20. Rxh6
Nxd3 21. cxd3 Bxh6 22. Qh1 Qxd3+ 23. Kf2 Qg6 24. Qa1 Bg7 25. Qc1 Nc6 26. Qc4
Ne5 {0-1, Pokojowczyk,J-Nowak,I/Poznan/1971/}) 14... Qa5+ 15. Kf1 Qc3 $5 16.
Bb3 Nf6 (16... Bxa1 $2 17. Ng5) 17. Ng5 (17. Rb1 Nc6 $1 (17... Bg4 $2 18. Ng5
$1 Bxd1 (18... Qxb3 $142 19. cxb3 Bxd1 20. Ne6+ Kxf7 21. Nc7 Na6 22. Nxa8 Bc2
23. Rxb2 Be4 $14) 19. Rxh7 Nxh7 20. Nxh7+ Kg7 21. f8=Q+ Kg6 22. f5+ Kh5 23.
Qe8+ Kg4 24. Qg6+ Kf4 25. Qg5+ Ke4 26. Rxd1 Qe5 27. Bd5+ Qxd5 28. Qg4+ {
1-0, Edelmann,H-Sytjov,A/corr/1990/}) 18. Ng5 (18. Qd3 Qxd3+ 19. cxd3 Bc3 20.
Ng5 Bf5 $19) 18... Bf5 {/\} 19. g4 Nxg4 20. Nxh7+ Kg7 $19) 17... Bf5 18. g4 Qe3
$5 (18... Bd7 19. Rh3 Qb4 20. Qf3 Nc6 (20... Bxa1 $2 21. Rxh7) 21. Re1 $13) 19.
gxf5 Qxf4+ 20. Qf3 Qxf3+ 21. Nxf3 Bxa1 22. Ng5 d5 23. Ne6+ Kxf7 24. Nc7 Nc6 25.
Nxa8 Be5 $15 {White's attack is over and he must fight for a draw in an
unpleasant _|_.}) 11... e6 {Ivanchuk is on the right track, this is the best
reaction. From now on a majority of the games with this position are from
times, when the engines were non-existent, or very weak. Thus they are not too
relevant and I will rely heavily on the elaborate and contemporary notes of
Russian GM Lysyj, who definitely had the full assistance of Houdini & Co.} ({
The weaker} 11... Nf8 {gives White a pleasant choice:} {However, even more
dangerous is} 12. Ng5 $5 (12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 13. Ng5+ Kg8 14. Qh5 h6 15. Qf7+ Kh8
16. Qb3 ({Objectively stronger is} 16. bxc3 $5 $36 {, which allows White to
continue the fight without much risk.}) 16... Qa5 17. Nf7+ Kh7 18. Ng5+ $11) {
This practically forces the yet untested} 12... d5 $142 $1 {, but White is
still on top after} (12... e6 $2 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 {and now:} {However, the right
way to continue the -> is the immediate} 14. f5 $1 {Here contrary to the
position, which arose later in the game, White's queen has direct access to h5
and this is decisive. The computer rather quickly confirms this and provides
lines as} (14. Qh5+ Kg8 15. Bd3 (15. f5 $6 Qa5 $1 16. fxe6 cxb2+ 17. Ke2 Qc7
18. Bb3 d5 19. Bxb2 Bxe6 20. Raf1 Nbd7 21. Rf3 Nc5 22. Kd1 Rc8 23. Rc3 Qxe5 24.
Qxe5 Bxe5 25. Rxc5 Bg4+ {0-1, Schneider,A-Forgacs,G/Hungary/1975/}) 15... h6
16. g4 (16. Rh4 dxe5 17. Rg4 e4 18. f5 {doesn't allow Black to attack the R
with his queen from c7, but he has} exf5 $1 (18... Qd4 $2 19. Bxh6 cxb2 20. Rb1
Qc3+ 21. Kf1 exf5 22. Bxg7 Qxg7 23. Bc4+ Be6 24. Bxe6+ Nxe6 25. Qe8+ Nf8 26.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qe7+ {1-0, Bermudez Vives,S (2223)-Valdes,L (2362)/San Jose
Julio/2005/}) 19. Rxg7+ Kxg7 20. Bxh6+ Kg8 21. Bc4+ Be6 22. Bxe6+ Nxe6 23. Qg6+
Kh8 24. Qxe6 Qh4+ 25. Ke2 Nc6 $17) (16. Rh3 dxe5 17. Rg3 e4 18. f5 (18. Qxh6
Qd4 $19) 18... Qc7 $1 19. Qh4 exd3 20. f6 (20. Bxh6 Qe5+ 21. Kf1 Qxf5+ 22. Kg1
Ng6 {Alvim,A (2242)-Shields,G (2172)/corr/2000/} 23. Rxg6 Qxg6 24. Qd8+ Kh7 25.
Bxg7 Qxg7 26. Qh4+ Kg6 27. Rf1 Qe5 $17) 20... Qe5+ 21. Kf1 Ng6 22. Rxg6 Qf5+
23. Kg1 Qxg6 24. fxg7 d2 $17 {Koeller,O-Alber,H (2335)/Hessen-ch/1992/}) 16...
Bd7 17. g5 Be8 $15 {also seems too slow.}) 14... Qa5 (14... cxb2 15. Bxb2 Qa5+
16. Kf1 d5 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. f6 dxc4 19. fxg7 Kxg7 20. Rd1 $1 Nc6 21. Rh3 Qc7
22. Ba3 $18) (14... Kg8 15. f6 Bxf6 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Qg4+ Kh8 18. Rf1 Qe5+ 19.
Kd1 Ng6 20. Bg5 cxb2 21. Rb1 Kg8 22. Bf6 {1-0, Lemke,H-Grimm,H/corr/1988/}) 15.
fxe6+ Ke8 (15... Bxe6 16. Bxe6+ Nxe6 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. Qxh7+ Kf8 19. Qf5+ $1 {
1-0, Pirrot,D (2390)-Hardt,C (2165)/Vienna/1998/}) 16. Qh5+ Ng6 17. O-O $1 Qc5+
(17... Qxe5 18. Qxh7 Ne7 (18... Nf8 19. Qg8 (19. Rxf8+ $5 $18) 19... Qd4+ 20.
Rf2 Bxe6 21. Bxe6 Qd1+ 22. Rf1 Bd4+ 23. Be3 Bxe3+ 24. Kh1 Qh5+ 25. Bh3 $18) 19.
Bh6 $1 Qc5+ 20. Rf2 cxb2 (20... Bd4 21. Be3 $1 {[%cal Rf2f8]}) 21. Re1 $18) 18.
Rf2 $8 (18. Kh1 $2 Qxc4) 18... Qxe5 (18... Qxc4 19. Qxh7 Qxe6 20. Qxg7 {
[%cal Rf2f6]} Nd7 21. exd6 $18) 19. Qxh7 Nf8 20. Rxf8+ $1 Kxf8 (20... Bxf8 21.
Qf7+ Kd8 22. Qxf8+ $18) 21. Bg5 $1 $18) 13. Qxd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 e6 15. Nxf7 cxb2
16. Bxb2 exd5 (16... Kxf7 17. Bf3 Nc6 18. O-O-O $36) 17. Nd6 Nc6 18. Nxc8 Rxc8
19. O-O-O $14 {/+/-}) 12. Ng5 {Other moves are clearly weaker:} (12. Bxe6 $2
Nxe5 $17) (12. Qxd6 $2 Qb6 $17 (12... cxb2 $5 13. Bxb2 Qa5+ $17)) (12. f5 Nxe5
13. fxe6 Re7 $1 (13... Nxf3+ $2 14. Qxf3 $1 Re7 15. Qf5 h6 16. Rxh6 $11 Qe8 17.
Qh7+ Kf8 18. Qf5+ Kg8 {1/2, Filipov-Yefremov,D/USSR/1970/}) 14. Nxe5 Qa5 $19)
12... cxb2 $5 {The evaluation is mainly for Black's courage.} ({However,
objectively the safest is} 12... Nxe5 $1 13. Qh5 (13. fxe5 $2 cxb2 14. Qh5 Qxg5
$1 $19) 13... h6 (13... Bf6 $6 14. fxe5 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 cxb2 16. Rb1 Qa5+ 17. Kd1
Qxe5 18. Bd3 $32 {->}) 14. fxe5 (14. Nxe6 $2 {Nestler,K-Del Noce,R/corr/1976/}
Qe7 $1 $19) 14... hxg5 15. Qh7+ Kf8 16. Qh8+ Bxh8 17. Rxh8+ Kg7 18. Rxd8 Nc6 (
18... Rc7 19. Bd3 cxb2 20. Bxb2 d5 21. Ba3 Bd7 22. Bf8+ Kf7 23. Kd2 Rc8 24. Bh7
$3 {1-0, Perecz,L-Hever,M/Hungary/1974/} Rxd8 25. Rf1+ Ke8 26. Bg6#) 19. Rxd6
Nxe5 20. Be2 $5 (20. Bb3 Bd7 21. bxc3 Rh8 22. Bb2 Rh1+ {Vaassen,J-Copie,J/corr/
1992/} 23. Kd2 Rxa1 (23... Rh2 24. Rd1 $1) 24. Bxa1 Rf2+ 25. Ke3 Rf1 (25...
Ng4+ 26. Kd3 Ne5+ 27. Ke3 $11) 26. Bb2 Rb1 27. Ba3 Kf6 28. Bc5 b6 29. Bd4 Ke7
$1 30. Bxe5 Re1+ $15) 20... Rd7 (20... Rc7 $5 21. Rd8 $44 {=}) 21. Rxe6 (21.
Rxd7+ Bxd7 22. bxc3 Kf6 23. c4 $11) 21... Rd1+ 22. Kxd1 Bxe6 23. Bxg5 $4 (23.
bxc3 Rh8 24. c4 $11 {[%cal Yc1b2]}) 23... Rh8 {0-1, Perecz,L (2315)-Nunn,J 
(2500)/Dortmund/1979/ As an equal _|_ without real winning chances is not
interesting for Black, Ivanchuk spurns this line.}) (12... Nf8 $2 13. Nxf7 Kxf7
(13... cxb2 14. Bxb2 Qa5+ 15. Kf1 Kxf7 16. Qh5+ (16. f5 $142 $1 $18) 16... Kg8
17. Bd3 Qb4 18. Rb1 Bd7 19. c4 Qd2 20. Bxh7+ Nxh7 21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Rh4 {
1-0, Nakamura,H (2613)-Smirin,I (2644)/Mashantucket/2005/}) 14. f5 $18 {
- 11...Nf8 transposes to the above lines.}) (12... d5 $6 13. Bd3 $40 {/\} Nxe5
14. fxe5 cxb2 15. Bxh7+ Kf8 16. Qh5 Rf4 (16... bxc1=Q+ 17. Rxc1 Rf4 18. Rh4 $1
$18) 17. Bxb2 $18) 13. Bxb2 Qa5+ ({Now it's already too late for} 13... Nxe5 $2
14. Qh5 Bf6 (14... Qa5+ 15. Kd1 Rxf4 16. Bxe6+ Kf8 17. Qxh7 $18) 15. O-O-O Qe7
(15... Bxg5 16. fxg5 {[%cal Rg5g6] /\g6+-}) 16. Bxe5 Bxg5 17. Bxd6 Qf6 (17...
Bxf4+ 18. Bxf4 Rxf4 19. Rd8+ $18) 18. Kb1 $1 Qg6 19. Qxg6+ hxg6 20. fxg5 $32 {
->+-}) 14. Ke2 (14. c3 $143 Nxe5 15. Qh5 Nbc6 16. fxe5 $2 (16. O-O-O $1 h6 17.
fxe5 hxg5 18. exd6 g4 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Kb1 $44 {Lysyj}) 16... Qxe5+ 17. Kd1 Rf2
18. Qxh7+ Kf8 19. Qg6 Na5 20. Nh7+ Ke7 21. Re1 Nxc4 22. Rxe5 Bxe5 23. Bc1 d5
$17 {Gwozdz,J-Nicholls,M (2210)/corr/2001/}) 14... Nf8 $146 {[%mdl 8] This is
the first new move.} ({Previously Black has tried} 14... d5 15. Bd3 h6 $142 $5
{is perhaps playable:} (15... Nf8 $6 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. Kf1 Qb4 18. Bc1 (18.
Qh5+ $5 Kg8 (18... Ke7 19. Qg5+ Kf7 20. Rb1 $36) 19. Rb1 $40) 18... h6 (18...
Nc6 19. Qh5+) 19. Rh3 Nc6 20. Rg3 Kg8 21. Qh5 Qe7 {Winiwarter,F (2240)-Hager,F
(2230)/AUT-chT/1995/} 22. Qxh6 $16) 16. Bh7+ (16. Nxf7 Kxf7 $13) 16... Kf8 17.
Nxe6+ Ke7 18. Qd3 Kxe6 19. Bg8 Qa6 20. f5+ Ke7 21. Bxf7 Nxe5 22. Qxa6 Nxa6 23.
Bxd5 Bxf5 24. Bxb7 Rb8 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. Bxa6 Bxa1 27. Rxa1 Bxc2 $11 {is an
unforced, but pretty liquidation.}) (14... Nc5 $2 15. Ke3 $1 {[%cal Rd1h5]}
dxe5 16. Qh5 Rf5 17. Raf1 $1 $40) (14... Qc7 15. Bd3 Nf8 16. Rxh7 Nxh7 17.
Bxh7+ Kf8 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Qd3 $40) 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. f5 $2 {The key moment
of the game. In a better position and up on the clock White embarks upon a
suicidal attack, probably not realising the difference between the position of
the king on e2 and f1.} ({After the natural} 16. Qxd6 {it's Black, who has to
fight to keep afloat:} Qa4 $5 (16... Bd7 17. f5 Bb5 18. Qc5 Bxc4+ 19. Qxc4 $16)
(16... Nc6 17. Raf1 $5 Qa4 (17... Kg8 18. f5 Qa4 19. Bb3 Qg4+ 20. Ke1 Qg3+ 21.
Kd1 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Qxe5 Nxe5 24. Rh4 $1 $16) 18. Qd3 Nb4 19. Qc3 $36)
17. Qd3 (17. Bd3 Nc6 $132) 17... Nbd7 18. Bb5 {According to Sutovsky he
underestimated this move, after} Qa5 19. Ba3 a6 20. Bc4 $1 (20. Bxd7 Bxd7 21.
Bxf8 {doesn't win a piece due to} Qa4 $1 22. Bb4 a5 $132) 20... Nxe5 21. fxe5
Qxe5+ 22. Kd2 Qg5+ 23. Kd1 Bd7 (23... Bxa1 $2 24. Rf1+ Bf6 25. Qd6 Ng6 26. Bb2
$18 {->}) (23... Qg4+ $5 24. Kc1 b5 25. Rf1+ Kg8 26. Qd6 Bd7 27. Bd3 $14) 24.
Rb1 Bc6 $14 {White has a material advantage, but the position still remains
sharp and double-edged.}) 16... Bxe5 $19 {Essentially speaking, the game is
already decided.} 17. Rh5 {White tries a trick, as other alternatives are
hopeless. However, this square was needed for his queen!} (17. Qf1 Kg8 $19) (
17. fxe6+ Bxe6 18. Bxe6+ Kxe6 $19 (18... Nxe6 $5 $19)) 17... Ke8 $1 18. fxe6 $6
({An oversight, but even after} 18. Bxe5 Qxe5+ 19. Kd2 Nbd7 $19 {Black
gradually unravels his forces.}) 18... Bxe6 (18... Qb4 $142 $1 $19 {wins on
the spot.}) 19. Bxe6 Qb5+ 20. Qd3 {White does his best.} (20. Kf3 Qxb2 21. Bd5
Nbd7 $1 $19) 20... Qxb2 $1 {Ivachuk converts his advantage in an ->. This is
the best solution, as} (20... Qxd3+ $6 21. cxd3 Bxb2 22. Bd5 $15 {causes
serious technical problems.}) 21. Qf5 Qb5+ 22. c4 (22. Ke3 Nbd7 $19) 22... Qb2+
23. Kf3 Nc6 $1 {Both strong and pretty, but also} (23... Nxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kd8 {
was good enough:} 25. Rxh7 $2 Qc3+ 26. Kg4 Qg3+ 27. Kh5 Qh2+ 28. Kg6 Qxg2+ 29.
Kh5 Qh2+ 30. Kg6 Qc2+ $19) 24. Qf7+ (24. Rd1 Bf6 25. Rh6 Be7 $19) 24... Kd8 25.
Qxf8+ Kc7 {[%mdl 128] In return for a piece Black has finally safeguarded his
king, now the counterattack will decide.} 26. Rxh7+ (26. Qxa8 Nd4+ 27. Ke4 Qe2+
28. Kd5 Qxg2#) (26. Qf7+ Kb6 27. Rd1 Qc3+ 28. Ke4 Qc2+ 29. Rd3 Qe2+ $1 30. Re3
Qxg2+ 31. Rf3 (31. Qf3 Qc2+ 32. Rd3 Re8 $19) 31... Qc2+ 32. Rd3 Nb4 $19) 26...
Kb6 27. Qxa8 {Loses by force, but the same goes for other moves as well.} (27.
Qf7 Nd4+ 28. Kg4 Qxg2+ 29. Kh5 Nxe6 30. Rb1+ Kc5 31. Rb5+ Kd4 $19) 27... Nd4+
28. Kg4 Qxg2+ 29. Kh5 Qh2+ 30. Kg6 Qc2+ 31. Kh6 Bf4+ 32. Kg7 Nxe6+ 33. Kf6 Qxh7
34. Kxe6 Qg6+ 35. Ke7 (35. Kd5 Qf5+ $19) 35... Bg5+ 36. Kf8 (36. Kd7 Qf7+ 37.
Kxd6 Bf4#) 36... Qf6+ 0-1

[Event "Taastrup"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. Qe2
Bg4 9. Be3 Qa5 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nc6 13. Kh1 (13. a3 Nd7 14. Bd2
Qd8 $5 (14... Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Nc5 16. Rab1 Nxd3 17. cxd3 f5 18. g4 e6 19. gxf5
exf5 20. Nd5 Qd8 $1 21. Bc3 Ne7 22. e5 dxe5 23. Nxe7+ Qxe7 24. Bb4 Qf7 25. Bxf8
Rxf8 26. fxe5 Bxe5 $146 {Glek,I-Chernin,A,Neu Isenburg 1991}) 15. Kh1 e6 16.
Bc4 Nd4 17. Qd1 d5 $1 18. exd5 Nb6 19. Ba2 (19. Bd3 $142 $10) 19... exd5 20.
Ne2 Nf5 21. Rf3 Nc4 $36 {Campora,D-Chernin,A,San Bernardino op 1991}) 13... Nb4
$6 {N} (13... Nd7 14. Bd2 Nc5 15. Rad1 Nxd3 $1 (15... Qb6 16. Bc1 Bxc3 $2 17.
bxc3 Qa5 18. Bc4 Qa4 19. Qe2 Na5 20. Bd5 e6 21. Rd4 Qd7 22. Bb3 $16 {
Kindermann,S-Khalifman,A,Hamburg SKA 1991-CBM 24}) 16. cxd3 e6 17. a3 (17. f5
exf5 18. exf5 Nd4 19. Ne2 Nxf3 20. Bxa5 Nd4 $10) 17... f5 18. g4 Qb6 19. gxf5
exf5 20. b4 Nd4 21. Qf2 (21. Qg2 $142 $13) 21... Qc6 $1 22. Nd5 Rae8 $15 {
Tischbierek,R-Gurevich,M,Oostende op 1991-EXP 26}) 14. a3 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Nd7 (
15... e6 16. f5 $36) 16. Bd2 Rac8 17. f5 $36 {->>>} e6 18. Qg3 (18. fxe6 $6
fxe6 19. Qg4 Rce8 $10) 18... Qb6 19. Rab1 Rfe8 (19... Rce8 {/\} 20. Bg5 Bf6 21.
Bh6 Bg7 22. Qh4 $36) 20. Bg5 $1 Ne5 (20... f6 21. fxe6 Rxe6 22. Nd5 $16) (20...
Qd4 21. Ne2 (21. Nb5 $6 Qc5 22. Nxd6 Be5 $19) 21... Qe5 22. Bf4 $16) 21. f6 Bh8
22. Be3 $16 {ץh8} Qa6 23. d4 Nc4 24. Qf2 Qb6 (24... Nxa3 $4 25. Ra1 $18) 25.
Qe2 {/\Bg1,e5} Nxe3 $8 26. Qxe3 Rc4 (26... e5 27. Nd5 Qxd4 28. Qxd4 exd4 29.
Ne7+ Rxe7 30. fxe7 Re8 31. Rbc1 Rxe7 32. Rc8+ Kg7 33. Rd8 Rxe4 34. Rd7 $16) 27.
Ne2 Rec8 (27... e5 28. Qd3 Rec8 29. dxe5 dxe5 30. Nc3 $16 {/\Nd5}) 28. Qd3 Qd8
29. Qf3 {/\e5} Rc2 {/\Qf6!} 30. e5 $8 Qb6 31. Qd3 dxe5 32. dxe5 Rxb2 33. Rxb2
Qxb2 34. Rd1 {/\Qd8+-} h5 35. Qd7 Ra8 36. Nd4 Qxa3 37. Nf3 b6 38. Qe7 Qc5 39.
Rd7 Rf8 40. Rxa7 Qc1+ (40... Qxe7 41. Rxe7 {/\Rb7,Ng5+-,ץh8} (41. fxe7 Re8 42.
Rd7 Kg7 $10 {/\f6})) 41. Ng1 Qc5 42. Rd7 g5 (42... Qxe5 $4 43. Qxf8+ $18) 43.
Ne2 Kh7 {/\Qe7} 44. Rd6 $1 Qc8 $8 45. Rxb6 $18 Kg6 46. Rb7 Qd8 47. Qb4 Kh6 48.
Kh2 Kg6 49. h4 $40 gxh4 50. Qe4+ Kh6 51. Qe3+ Kg6 52. Nf4+ Kf5 (52... Kh7 53.
Qf3 $18) 53. Nxh5 Qd1 54. Ng7+ Kg6 (54... Bxg7 55. fxg7 Rg8 56. Rxf7+ Kg6 57.
Rf6+ $18) 55. Qe4+ Kg5 56. Rb4 Bxg7 57. fxg7 (57. fxg7 Rg8 58. Qf4+ Kg6 59.
Qf6+ $18 {[Stohl]}) 1-0

[Event "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Site "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Pribyl, Josef"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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. e4 d6 2. f4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 (4... c5 {-B2}) 5. d4 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 (
6... Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5 Nh5 9. Ne2 Bg4 (9... f6 $142 $5 $132) 10. c3 Bxf3
11. gxf3 e6 12. O-O Ne7 13. f4 Nd5 14. Be4 c6 15. Ng3 $1 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Qc7 17.
Kg2 Rad8 18. Qe2 c5 19. c4 Nb6 20. dxc5 $16 {Wells,P-Dao Thien Hai/Budapest
FebGM/1994/}) 7. O-O c5 8. d5 Rb8 (8... Bg4 9. Kh1 Bxf3 10. Rxf3 Nc7 11. a4 e6
12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Qe1 Nd7 $6 (13... Qe7 $5 14. Bd2 Rae8 $13) 14. Bd2 Kh8 15.
Rh3 {/\e5} e5 16. Qg3 Qe8 17. Nb5 $1 Nxb5 18. Bxb5 Qf7 19. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 20.
Qh3+ Bh6 21. fxe5 Qg7 22. Bxd7 dxe5 23. Bg5 $44 {Jonkman,H-Reinderman,D/Wijk-B/
1994/}) 9. a3 (9. e5 $5 Ne8 (9... dxe5 $2 10. Bxa6 $1 bxa6 (10... e4 11. Ne5
$16) 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. Qe2 $16 {[+]()}) (9... Nd7 10. e6 fxe6 11. dxe6 Nb6 12.
Ng5 c4 13. Be2 Nc5 14. Bg4 Rf6 15. Be3 Nxe6 16. Nd5 $1 Nxg5 17. Bxb6 axb6 18.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. fxg5 Bxb2 20. Rb1 Be5 21. Qd5+ Kh8 22. Be6 $36 {Prie,E-Sarno,S/
Debrecen EU-chT/1992/}) 10. Kh1 (10. e6 $6 fxe6 11. dxe6 Nac7 12. Ng5 Bd4+ 13.
Kh1 Ng7 14. f5 gxf5 15. Bxf5 Nxf5 16. Nf7 Qe8 17. Rxf5 Bxe6 18. Nh6+ Kh8 19.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 20. Bg5 Qg7 21. Qh5 Rf8 $19 {Almasi,Z-Fridmans,Z/Duisburg WchJ/1992/
}) 10... Nac7 11. a4 a6 12. a5 Bg4 13. Qe1 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 e6 (14... dxe5 15.
fxe5 Nxd5 16. e6 $5 $13) 15. dxe6 Nxe6 16. f5 Nd4 17. f6 Nxf3 18. gxf3 Nxf6 19.
exf6 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Be5 21. f4 $14 {Luther,T-Hickl,J/GER-ch Wildbad/1993/}) (9.
Qe2 Nc7 10. a4 a6 11. a5 e6 12. dxe6 Nxe6 13. f5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Nd5 Nxd5
16. exd5 Be5 17. Qf3 Qh4 18. g3 Qh3 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Bxg6 Bg4 21. Bf5 {
1/2:1/2/Suetin,A-Laketic,G/Moscow4/1992/} Bxf3 22. Bxh3 Bxd5 $13) 9... Nc7 (
9... b5 $5 10. e5 (10. Qe1 $142 $13) 10... dxe5 11. Nxe5 c4 12. Be2 Qb6+ 13.
Kh1 Bb7 14. a4 b4 15. Nxc4 Qd8 16. Nb5 Bxd5 17. Be3 Rb7 18. Ne5 Nc7 $15 {
Tzioufas,K-Gurieli,N/Katerini GP/1993/}) 10. Qe1 Bg4 11. Qh4 b5 12. Ng5 (12. e5
$6 Bxf3 13. Rxf3 (13. exf6 Bxf6 $19) 13... dxe5 14. fxe5 Nfxd5 $17) (12. f5 $5
c4 (12... gxf5 13. exf5 c4 14. Be4 Nxe4 15. Qxg4 Nf6 16. Qg3 Kh8 17. Rd1 a5 18.
Ng5 b4 19. Ne2 Ncxd5 20. Kh1 Qb6 21. Nd4 Ne4 22. Nxe4 Bxd4 23. Qh4 Nf6 24. axb4
axb4 25. Ng5 $44 {Rogers,I-Ftacnik,L/Sydney Mercantile/1991/}) 13. Be2 gxf5 14.
h3 Bxf3 15. Rxf3 $13) 12... h6 13. Nxf7 (13. Nf3 c4 14. Be2 e6 $132) 13... Rxf7
14. e5 Bf5 $1 (14... Nfxd5 $2 15. Qxg4 $40) 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Qg3 (16. Qxh6 $2
Rh7 $19) 16... Kh7 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. Qd3 Qd7 19. Ne2 Rg8 $10 20. c3 Rfg7 21.
Rf2 (21. Ng3 $6 Kh8 {/\Bh4}) 21... Bh4 $5 22. g3 $8 Bf6 23. Be3 a5 24. b4 $5 c4
(24... axb4 $6 25. axb4 cxb4 26. Ra7 $1 $36 {/\Bb6,cb4,Nd4}) (24... cxb4 25.
axb4 a4 26. Nd4 $16) 25. Qd2 Ra8 $1 26. bxa5 (26. Rb1 axb4 27. axb4 Ra3 $10)
26... Rxa5 27. Bb6 Ra6 28. Bxc7 Qxc7 29. Nd4 Bxd4 $1 $8 30. Qxd4 Qa7 31. Qxa7
Rxa7 32. Rb2 Ra5 33. Kf2 h5 34. Re2 h4 $5 (34... Kg8 $10) 35. gxh4 (35. Re3
$142 $10) 35... Ra7 $1 36. h3 Kh6 $44 37. Re3 (37. Re3 Kh5 38. Rg3 Rxg3 39.
Kxg3 Ra8 $15) (37. Rb2 $5 Ra5 38. Rb4 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 9192"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ernst} d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O (7.
e5 Nd7 (7... dxe5 8. dxe5 Nd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Qe2 Bf5 11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. O-O f6
13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Be3 Rad8 15. Bxa7 $5 $14 {Van der Sterren,P-Haik,A,Budel zt
1987-CBM 03}) (7... Ng4 $5 8. h3 Nh6 9. g4 (9. Ne4 $6 Nb4 10. Be3 Nxd3+ 11.
Qxd3 Bf5 12. g4 d5 $1 13. gxf5 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Nxf5 $15 {Dam,R-Piket,M,Amsterdam
OHRA II 1990-CBM 20}) 9... c5 (9... f6 $5 $132) 10. d5 Nc7 11. Bc4 Kh8 12. O-O
b6 13. a4 a6 14. Rb1 Bd7 15. Qe2 Qe8 16. b4 b5 17. bxc5 bxc4 18. c6 {Palatnik,
S-Vasiukov,E,Palma GMA-op 1989-TD 89_13} Bxc6 $15) (7... Ne8 8. Be3 c5 9. dxc5
(9. Be4 Qa5 10. a3 cxd4 11. b4 $6 Qd8 12. Qxd4 Nb8 13. Rd1 Nc6 14. Qd2 Bg4 $36
{Krpelan,W-Kudishev,L,Vienna op 1991-EXP 25}) 9... Nxc5 10. Bxc5 (10. Bxg6 $5
$14) 10... dxc5 11. Qe2 Qa5 12. h4 $40 {Semeniuk-Tseitlin,Mi,Moscow 1975}) 8.
Be3 Nb6 (8... c5 9. Bxa6 cxd4 10. Bxd4 dxe5 11. fxe5 bxa6 12. e6 $1 fxe6 13.
Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qd4+ $14 {Timman,J-Nunn,J,Wijk 1982}) 9. a3 c5 10. Bxa6 cxd4 11.
Bxd4 bxa6 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Bxg7 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Kxg7 15. Rd4 Bf5 16. Kd2 Rfc8 {
1/2:1/2,Van der Wiel,J-Short,N,Marbella 1982}) 7... Rb8 $5 {N} (7... c5 8. d5
Rb8 9. Kh1 (9. a3 $5 $14) 9... Bg4 10. Qe1 Nb4 11. Qh4 b5 12. a3 Nxd3 13. cxd3
a5 14. f5 b4 15. Nd1 gxf5 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 Kh8 19. Ne3 $2 (
19. Rxf5 bxa3 $132) 19... fxe4 20. Rh3 Rg8 21. Rf1 Rg6 22. Qh4 Qg8 $17 {
Wells,P-Hodgson,J,Eastbourne ch-GB 1991}) 8. e5 Ne8 9. a3 (9. Be3 $5 Nb4 (9...
c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 12. Bxc5 $16) 10. Bc4 Bf5 11. Bb3 $14) 9...
c5 10. Be3 (10. d5 $6 Nac7 $36 {/\de5,e6}) 10... cxd4 11. Bxd4 dxe5 12. fxe5 {
()} b6 (12... Bg4 $142 $5 13. Bxa7 Ra8 14. Bf2 Bxe5 $13 {/\} 15. Bxa6 Qxd1 16.
Rfxd1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 bxa6) 13. Ne4 (13. Bc4 Nac7 $13 {/\Be6}) 13... Nec7 (13...
Nac7 14. Qe2 Ne6 15. Be3 N8c7 16. c4 $36 {()}) 14. b4 $1 {פa6} Ne6 15. Be3
Nac7 16. c4 f5 17. exf6 exf6 18. c5 $1 (18. Rc1 f5 $13 {<=>}) 18... f5 19. Nd6
bxc5 20. bxc5 Bxa1 (20... Ba6 21. Rc1 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 $16) 21. Qxa1 $146 Rb3 (
21... Qf6 22. Ne5 {/\Bh6,Bc4,Nc6->}) 22. Rd1 Ba6 (22... f4 23. Bf2 Ba6 24. Bxa6
Nxa6 25. Nf7 Rxf7 $8 26. Rxd8+ Nxd8 27. h4 {/\Qe5,Bd4+-}) 23. Bxa6 Rxe3 (23...
Nxa6 24. Nf7 (24. Bh6 {Ernst 24.Sxf5 Df6!.} Rf6 (24... Naxc5 $1 {Ernst} 25. Nd4
$5 (25. Nxf5 $1 {Ernst} Qf6 26. Bxf8 $10) 25... Qb6 $1 {25.-Dxd6? 26.Sxe6+-}
26. Bxf8 Nd3 $3 {Sonst folgt 27.Sc4 +-.} 27. Bh6 Nxd4 $19) 25. Ne4 $1 $18)
24... Rxf7 (24... Kxf7 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Ng5+ Nxg5 27. Bxg5 $40) (24... Qxd1+
$1 {Ernst} 25. Qxd1 Rxe3 $15) 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8 26. Qe5 $18) 24. Nxf5 gxf5 (24...
Qf6 $142 25. Qxf6 Rxf6 26. Nxe3 Nxa6 27. c6 $16) 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Bc4 $18 Re4
27. Qc3 {/\Ng5} Nd5 28. Qb3 Nec7 $8 (28... Re3 29. Qb7 $18) 29. c6 Kf8 30. Ng5
Re3 31. Qb7 {/\Bd5+-} Re7 32. Qb2 $1 Rg7 (32... Kg8 33. Qf6 Rde8 34. Qd6 $18)
33. Bxd5 Rxd5 (33... Nxd5 34. Ne6+ $18) 34. Qb8+ (34. Qb8+ {Ernst} Ke7 35.
Qxc7+ Kf6 36. Qf4 Rxg5 37. c7 Rg8 38. Qc4 Rd1+ 39. Kf2 Rc8 40. Qa6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 (7. d5 Nb8
8. Be2 c6 9. O-O cxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Kh1 Qa5 12. a3 Ng4 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14.
Qxd4 Qb6 15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. Nd4 Nf6 17. Rfe1 a6 18. Bf3 Re8 19. Ne4 Nfxd5 20.
Nxd6 $10 {Donchev,D-Smejkal,J,Bratislava 1983}) (7. e5 Ng4 8. Bg1 dxe5 $1 9.
dxe5 (9. fxe5 Nh6 $8 (9... Bh6 $2 10. Qe2 Bg7 11. h3 Nh6 12. d5 Nb4 13. O-O-O
b6 14. a3 Na6 15. g4 Qd7 16. Be3 Kh8 17. Qd2 Ng8 18. Bb5 $16 {[+],Palac,
M-Garabedian,V,Cannes op 1990}) 10. Qe2 Bf5 11. a3 Bg4 12. O-O-O Nf5 13. Qe4
Bxf3 14. gxf3 e6 15. Bh3 $13 {1/2:1/2,Sax,G-Azmaiparashvili,Z,Manila olm 1992})
9... Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 f6 11. Bc4+ Kh8 12. exf6 exf6 13. h3 Re8+ 14. Kf1 Nh6 15.
g4 Na5 $1 16. Bb5 $6 c6 17. Bd3 Be6 18. Rh2 Nc4 19. Rb1 f5 $15 {Sorensen,
J-Mortensen,E,DEN-ch 1991-TD 91_06}) (7. Qd2 Bg4 8. d5 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nb8 10.
O-O-O c6 11. Kb1 Nbd7 12. h4 Nh5 13. f5 Qa5 14. Rg1 Rfc8 15. Bh6 Bxc3 $1 16.
Qxc3 Qxc3 17. bxc3 cxd5 18. Rxd5 Nhf6 $15 {_|_ק,Bologan,V-Asanov,B,Manila olm
1992}) 7... e6 8. h3 {N} (8. Qd2 Ne7 9. O-O-O b6 10. e5 Nfd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12.
Bf2 Bb7 13. h4 f6 14. c4 Ne7 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. h5 b5 17. hxg6 Nxg6 18. Be3 Qd7
$13 {Mikhalchisin,A-Beim,V,Groningen op 1990-CBM 22}) (8. O-O Ne7 9. Nd2 b6 10.
Bf3 c5 11. Nb3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bb7 13. Qd2 a6 14. a4 Qc7 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Qf2
Nd7 17. f5 exf5 18. exf5 Bxf3 $13 {Dam,R-Nijboer,F,Amsterdam OHRA II 1990-CBM
20}) 8... b6 9. g4 $6 Ne7 $1 10. g5 (10. Qd2 Bb7 11. e5 Nfd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13.
Bf2 f6 $36) 10... Nh5 11. Rg1 c5 $36 12. Qd2 (12. dxc5 bxc5 {/\Rb8->} 13. Nh2
Bd4 $1 14. Bxd4 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Nxf4 16. Ng4 e5 $17) 12... cxd4 13. Nxd4 (13.
Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Nxd4 e5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Nf3 Qc7 $17) 13... e5 $17 14. Nf3 (14.
fxe5 dxe5 15. Nf3 Bxh3 $17) 14... Nxf4 (14... exf4 15. Bd4 Bxh3 $17) 15. Bxf4
exf4 16. O-O-O (16. Qxf4 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Qc7 $40 {->עe1}) 16... Be6 17. Qxf4 (
17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Bxh3 $19) 17... Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rc8 (18... Qc7 $6 19. Qxd6
Qxc3 20. Qxe7 Rac8 21. Bd3 $8 (21. Nd4 $2 Qa1+ $19) 21... Rfd8 22. Ne1 $1 $8 (
22. Rg2 Qa1+ 23. Kd2 Rxd3+ 24. cxd3 Qb2+ $19) 22... Bc4 23. Qf6 $16) 19. Qxd6
Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Rxc3 21. Kd2 Rc6 (21... Rfc8 $142 22. Nd4 Bxh3 23. Bd3 R3c7 24.
Nb5 Rd7 $17) 22. Rd3 (22. Rxc6 Nxc6 $17 {_|_ק}) 22... Rc5 (22... Bxa2 $5 23.
Ra3 (23. Rd7 Nc8 $17) (23. Ra1 Bc4 $17) (23. Ne5 Rc7 24. Nd7 Rfc8 $17) 23...
Bc4 24. Bxc4 (24. Rxa7 Nc8 $5 $17) 24... Rxc4 25. Rxa7 Rxe4 26. Re1 Rd8+ 27.
Kc1 Rxe1+ 28. Nxe1 Nf5 29. Nd3 $15) (22... Bxh3 $142 23. Nd4 (23. Ne5 Rc5)
23... Rd6 24. Nb5 Rxd3+ 25. cxd3 $15 {[+]~/=}) 23. Nd4 Bxa2 24. Ra1 Bc4 25. Rc3
$1 $15 Bxe2 26. Rxc5 bxc5 27. Nxe2 {קa7,c5} Nc6 28. Ra4 {/\Rc4} Re8 $8 29. Ke3
Kg7 (29... a5 30. Rc4 Re5 31. h4 {/\Nf4-d3}) 30. Nf4 h6 (30... Nd4 31. c3 Nb5
32. Nd5 $132) 31. gxh6+ Kxh6 32. Nd3 Kg7 33. Nxc5 Rh8 34. Ra6 $132 Rxh3+ 35.
Kd2 Ne5 36. Rxa7 g5 37. Rc7 (37. Nd3 Nc4+ 38. Kc3 Nd6 $36) 37... g4 38. Nd3 $1
$8 g3 (38... Nxd3 39. cxd3 g3 40. Rc1 $10) (38... Ng6 $5 $15 {/\g3,Nh4}) 39.
Nxe5 g2 40. Rxf7+ Kg8 41. Rf4 $1 g1=Q {[Stohl]} (41... g1=Q 42. Rg4+ Qxg4 43.
Nxg4 Kf7 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.01.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. O-O
Qxc5+ 9. Kh1 Nbd7 10. Bd3 (10. Nd2 a6 11. a4 (11. Nb3 Qc7 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Qe1
b5 14. a3 Bb7 15. Be3 Ba8 16. Rd1 Rfc8 17. Qf2 b4 18. axb4 Rxb4 19. Rd4 a5 20.
Ra1 Nc5 $132 {Schmaus,H-Guenther,C/Munich/1992/}) 11... b6 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Nd5
Nxd5 14. exd5 Bb7 15. Bf3 Rac8 16. c3 Nf6 17. Qd3 Rfd8 18. Be3 e6 19. dxe6 fxe6
20. Rae1 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 Qc4 22. Qxc4 Rxc4 23. Bxb6 Rb8 24. a5 Nd5 $10 {
Mortensen,E-Hoi,C/Esbjerg/1981/}) (10. Qe1 a6 (10... d5 $5 11. e5 Ne4 $132) 11.
a4 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Ra3 e6 14. Bd2 Rad8 15. b4 Qc7 16. Qh4 Nh5 17. g4 Nhf6
18. f5 exf5 19. gxf5 Rde8 20. Bh6 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 d5 $36 {Conquest,S-Bernard,C/
Clichy op/1991/}) 10... b6 11. Qe1 Bb7 12. Be3 Qh5 $5 $146 (12... Qc6 13. Nd4 (
13. f5 Nc5 14. fxg6 fxg6 15. Bc4+ Kh8 16. Bd5 Qd7 17. Ng5 Ba6 18. Rf3 Nxd5 19.
exd5 Qg4 20. Qd2 Rxf3 21. Nxf3 Rf8 $15 {Mortensen-Gurevich,D/Helsinki mart/
1983/}) (13. Qh4 Nc5 14. Nd4 (14. Rf2 h6 15. Nd4 Qd7 16. f5 g5 17. Qg3 Bxe4 18.
Bb5 Qb7 19. h4 g4 20. b4 a6 21. bxc5 bxc5 22. Ba4 Qb2 23. Rb1 Qxc3 $19 {
Kuijf,M-Gurevich,D/Beersheva/1987/}) 14... Qc7 (14... Qd7 15. f5 Nxd3 16. cxd3
h5 17. h3 e5 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Qg3 Kh7 20. Nf3 b5 21. Nh4 Qe8 22. Rac1 a6 23.
Ne2 e5 24. Qg5 Rc8 $10 {Gyimesi,Z-Oral,T/WchJ-14/1991/}) 15. f5 e5 16. Nde2 d5
17. exd5 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. f6 Bh8 21. Ng3 Qc6 22. Ne4 Bxe4
23. dxe4 Rfd8 $13 {1/2:1/2/Fette,M-Engelbert,C/Hamburg-ch/1991/}) 13... Qc8 14.
Qh4 Nc5 15. f5 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Ba6 17. Rad1 b5 18. Rf3 b4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5
Bf6 21. Bg5 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 f6 23. Bh6 Rf7 24. Rc1 $36 {Schlosser,M-Ludgate,A/
Haifa ETC/1989/}) (12... Qc7 13. Qh4 e6 14. Rae1 a6 15. a4 Rae8 16. e5 dxe5 17.
fxe5 Nh5 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Bxb6 f5 22. Nc5 Qxb2 23.
a5 Qxc2 24. Nxe6 Bf6 $15 {Chandler,M-Pfleger,H/BL 9091/1991/}) 13. Nd2 (13. Ng5
h6 14. Be2 Ng4 15. h3 Ndf6 $1 $8 16. e5 Nxe3 $1 17. Bxh5 Nxg2 $36) (13. Bg1 Nc5
$13) 13... Ng4 14. Bg1 Bd4 $1 15. Rf3 (15. h3 Bxg1 16. Kxg1 Qc5+ $1 17. Kh1
Ngf6 $10) 15... Bxg1 16. Qxg1 Qc5 17. Qe1 Ngf6 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. Qh4 Qd8 $5 {
/\e5,d5} 20. Raf1 e6 21. Rh3 Nh5 $5 22. Nb5 $5 (22. Qxd8 Rfxd8 $10) 22... Ndf6
23. Nd2 (23. e5 $2 dxe5 24. fxe5 Qd5 25. Qg5 h6 $17) 23... e5 $6 (23... a6 24.
Nc3 e5 $132) 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Nc4 Nf4 (25... a6 26. Nbd6 Bc6 27. Rhf3 b5 28.
Rxf6 $1 Nxf6 29. Rxf6 bxc4 30. Bxc4 $44) 26. Nxe5 (26. Re3 {/\Ne5} Nd7 $13) (
26. Nbd6 $5 {/\} Bc6 $6 27. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 28. Nxe5 $40) 26... Nxh3 27. Rxf6 Kg7
(27... Bxe4 28. Nd6 $5 (28. Qxe4 Qxf6 29. gxh3 Rae8 $36) 28... Bxd3 29. Nexf7
Qe7 30. cxd3 Rxf7 31. Nxf7 Rf8 32. Nh6+ Kg7 (32... Kh8 33. Rxf8+ Qxf8 34. Qd4+)
33. Nf5+ $1 (33. Rxg6+ $2 Kxg6 $19 {/\Rf1#}) 33... gxf5 34. Rg6+ Kf7 35. Rg7+
$1 $18) 28. Ng4 Bxe4 $2 (28... h5 $1 $8 29. Nd6 hxg4 30. Nf5+ gxf5 31. Qh6+ Kg8
32. Rg6+ fxg6 33. Qxg6+ $10) 29. Qh6+ Kh8 30. Nd6 $1 $18 Bd5 (30... Bxd3 31.
Rxf7 $18) 31. Qxh3 Be6 32. Qg3 $1 {/\Qe5} Bxg4 33. Nxf7+ Rxf7 34. Rxf7 Qd5 (
34... Qd4 35. Qc7 $18) 35. Qf4 (35. Qc7 $18) 35... Bf5 36. Re7 Rd8 (36... Rf8
37. Qh6 $18) 37. Qh4 g5 (37... h5 38. Qf6+) 38. Qxg5 Qd4 39. Qxf5 1-0

[Event "Muenster"]
[Site "Muenster"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Emunds, Hans Georg"]
[Black "Padevsky, Nikola Bochev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 $6 7. Qd2 (7. Bd3
Na6 $5 (7... Qb6 8. Qc1 Na6 9. h3 Nb4 10. O-O Nxd3 11. cxd3 Ne8 12. g4 f5 13.
gxf5 gxf5 14. Kh2 fxe4 15. dxe4 d5 16. e5 Bf5 17. Nh4 $40 {Beliavsky,A-Kuzmin,
A,URS-ch 1981}) 8. e5 dxe5 9. dxe5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Qe2 Nb4 12. Bc4 Qe4
13. O-O-O Bg4 14. Rd4 Qf5 15. Bb3 c5 16. Rc4 Nd5 17. Bd2 b5 $13 {Korolev,
S-Appel,R,Leningrad op 1991}) 7... b5 (7... Nbd7 {/\e5<=>} 8. e5 Ng4 9. Bg1 {()
}) 8. Bd3 (8. e5 b4 9. exf6 bxc3 $10) 8... Nbd7 9. e5 (9. a3 $5 e5 10. dxe5
dxe5 11. f5 $36) 9... b4 10. Ne2 Nd5 11. Bf2 N7b6 (11... a5 $5 {/\} 12. O-O Ba6
$132) 12. a3 a5 13. O-O $14 {()} Bg4 (13... f6 14. exd6 exd6 15. f5 $36) 14.
Bh4 f6 15. exf6 exf6 16. h3 (16. f5 Qe8 17. h3 Bxf5 18. Bxf5 gxf5 $132) 16...
Bxf3 17. Rxf3 {/\f5} Bh6 $8 18. c4 $1 (18. Qe1 Qe7 $13) 18... bxc3 19. bxc3 Qd7
(19... Ne7 20. Qa2+ $1 d5 21. f5 $16) 20. Rb1 (20. Qa2 f5 21. c4 Nf6 $13) 20...
Rab8 21. Qa2 Qf7 (21... f5 $2 22. c4 Nf6 23. Rxb6 Rxb6 24. c5+ $18) 22. c4 (22.
f5 $1 $36 {/\} Be3+ 23. Kh1 g5 24. Be1 {/\c4}) 22... Ne7 23. Be1 a4 (23... d5
$5 24. c5 Nc4 $44) 24. Ba5 Nd7 25. Bc7 Rxb1+ 26. Qxb1 Qe6 27. Qb4 (27. f5 Nxf5
28. Bxf5 gxf5 29. Ng3 Be3+ 30. Kh1 Bxd4 31. Nxf5 Be5 $13) 27... c5 28. Qd2 (28.
Qxa4 $142 $1 cxd4 29. Nxd4 Qe1+ 30. Bf1 $1 Nc5 31. Qc2 $16) 28... Nb8 $1 $8 29.
dxc5 (29. d5 Qd7 30. Ba5 $14 {()}) 29... dxc5 30. Qe3 Qd7 (30... Qxe3+ 31. Rxe3
Nbc6 32. Bd6 $16) 31. Bb6 Na6 32. Bxc5 $14 Nxc5 33. Qxc5 Rc8 34. Qd4 (34. Qe3
$142 $14) 34... Qxd4+ 35. Nxd4 Nc6 $1 $132 {קa3} 36. Nxc6 (36. Nb5 Bf8 $44)
36... Rxc6 37. Be4 Rc8 (37... Rxc4 $4 38. Bd5+ $18) 38. Kf2 Bf8 39. Rd3 Kg7 40.
Bd5 (40. Rd7+ Kh6 $10) 40... f5 41. g4 Rb8 42. gxf5 {[Stohl]} (42. gxf5 gxf5
43. Ke3 Rb3 44. Rxb3 axb3 45. Kd3 Bxa3 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nc6 (4... Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Bd3 c5
8. Qe2 Nc6 9. e5 Ng4 10. Be4 Nb4 $5 11. O-O-O Ba6 12. Qe1 d5 13. dxc5 Nxe3 14.
Qxe3 e6 15. a3 Nc6 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Rxd3 $14 {Bologan,V-Gipslis,A/Ostrava/1993/
}) 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. e5 (7. Qd2 Ng4 8. Bg1 e5 9. d5 Nb8 10. h3 Nf6 11.
fxe5 dxe5 12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. Kb1 Ne8 14. g4 Nd6 15. Bd3 a6 16. Be3 b5 17. Bh6
Bxh6 18. Qxh6 f6 19. Qe3 Qe7 20. Rhg1 $14 {Lau,R-Mohr,S/BL 9293/1993/}) (7. Be2
e6 8. h3 b6 9. g4 $6 Ne7 10. g5 Nh5 11. Rg1 c5 12. Qd2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 e5 14. Nf3
Nxf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. O-O-O Be6 $17 {Shirov,A-Hansen,Cu/Biel/1992/}) 7... dxe5
(7... Ng4 8. Bg1 Nh6 $5 $132) 8. dxe5 Nh5 $5 (8... Ng4 9. Bg1 (9. Bd2 $6 f6 10.
Bc4+ Kh8 11. h3 Nh6 12. exf6 exf6 13. O-O Nf5 14. Kh2 Nd6 15. Bd5 Ne7 16. Be3
Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Re8 18. Bf2 $15 {1/2:1/2,Zarnicki,P-Nogueiras,J/Capablanca mem-A/
1993/}) 9... f6 (9... Qxd1+ $142 $5 10. Rxd1 f6) 10. Bc4+ Kh8 11. h3 Nh6 12.
Qe2 fxe5 13. fxe5 e6 14. Bb5 Rxf3 $6 {N} (14... Nf5 15. Rd1 Qe8 16. Bf2 a6 17.
Ba4 b6 18. O-O Bb7 19. Ne4 $36 {Seirawan,Y-Spraggett,K/Moscow Final GMA/1990/})
15. Qxf3 Nxe5 16. Qe2 Nf5 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. Bh2 Nf7 19. O-O N7d6 20. Be5 $16 {
Hellers,F-Nogueiras,J/Biel izt/1993/}) 9. Bc4 Bh6 10. g3 {N} (10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11.
g3 Bf5 12. Rc1 Na5 13. Be2 Be6 14. b3 Nc6 15. O-O f6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Bb5 Nd5
18. Nxd5 Bxd5 $10 {Sanz Alonso,FJ-Lobron,E/Malta ol/1980/}) 10... Bg4 11. Qe2
$6 (11. Qxd8 $142 Rfxd8 12. Kf2 $13) 11... Kh8 $1 {/\f6<=>} 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Ne4
f6 $132 14. O-O (14. exf6 $142 exf6 15. Nf2 $10) 14... Qf5 (14... fxe5 15. fxe5
Bg7 $5 $36) 15. Nc5 (15. Nf2 $2 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nxe5 $17) 15... fxe5 {/\e4-+} 16.
Be6 Bxf3 $8 17. Rxf3 (17. Qxf3 Qf6 (17... Qxc2 $2 18. Rf2 e4 19. Qg4 $18) 18.
f5 gxf5 $1 19. Bxh6 Qxh6 $17) 17... Qf6 18. Bg4 (18. f5 Bxe3+ {/\Nd4|^}) 18...
exf4 19. Bxh5 (19. Nd7 $5 Qg5 20. Bxh5 Qxh5 21. Nxf8 fxe3 (21... Ne5 $2 22. Bd4
$18) 22. Nd7 $13 {[]} e5) 19... gxh5 20. Nd7 Qg7 $1 21. Nxf8 fxe3 22. Ne6 $8 (
22. Rdf1 Nd4 $19) 22... Qg4 23. Nxc7 Rc8 {/\Rc7,Nd4,Ne5} 24. h3 Qe4 25. Qg2 {
/\Rf8+-} (25. Nb5 Ne5 26. Rff1 Rxc2 27. Rd4 Qg6 $19) 25... e2 $1 26. Re1 Qd4+
27. Kh2 Rxc7 28. c3 Qd6 29. Qxe2 h4 $17 30. Rd1 Qg6 31. gxh4 Rc8 (31... e5 $5 {
/\e4,Bf4}) 32. h5 Qg5 33. Kh1 Rg8 34. Rff1 Qh4 35. Rd3 Bf4 36. Rg1 Rxg1+ 37.
Kxg1 Qg5+ 38. Qg4 Qe5 (38... Qxg4+ 39. hxg4 Ne5 40. Rd8+ Kg7 $17) 39. Kf1 Qf6
40. Ke2 $132 Qe5+ 41. Kd1 Qe4 42. Qf3 Qf5 43. h6 $5 e5 44. Qd5 Bxh6 45. Kc2
Qf2+ (45... Qf1 $5 $17) 46. Kb1 Qf1+ 47. Rd1 $1 (47. Kc2 Qe2+ 48. Kb3 e4 $19)
47... Qxh3 48. Qf7 {/\Rd7<=>} Qg4 49. Qe8+ Qg8 50. Qd7 Bf8 (50... Qb8 $6 51.
Qf7) 51. Qxb7 Qg6+ 52. Ka1 h5 53. Qc8 Kg7 54. Rd7+ Ne7 (54... Kg8 55. a4 $13)
55. a4 h4 56. Qc5 Qg5 57. Rd1 Ng6 (57... h3 $2 58. Rg1) 58. Qxa7+ Be7 59. Rg1
Qf6 60. Qe3 Qf4 61. Qxf4 exf4 62. b4 f3 63. Kb2 (63. a5 $5 Bd8 64. Kb2 h3 65.
Kc2 f2 66. Rf1 h2 67. Kd2 Nf4 68. Ke3 Nd5+ $10) 63... h3 64. Kc2 h2 65. Rh1 f2
66. Kd2 Nf4 67. Ke3 Nd5+ 68. Kxf2 Nxc3 (68... Nxc3 69. Rxh2 Bxb4 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial-B"]
[Site "Matanzas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Black "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
(8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 Ne7 (9... Nd4 $5 $13) 10. Nxe5 c6 11. Bg5 cxd5 $1 12. Kh1 (
12. Bxf6 Qb6+) 12... Qd6 13. Nf3 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Qc7 16. c3 Be6 17.
Nd4 Bc4 18. Re1 Nc6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Qa4 Bb5 21. Qb4 Rfe8 22. Bf3 h6 23. Be3
$14 {Almasi,Z-Hansen,Cu/Malmo/1994/}) 8... dxe5 9. f5 (9. fxe5 $6 Nxe5 $1 10.
Nxe5 Qd4+ 11. Kh1 Qxe5 12. Bf4 Qc5 13. Qf3 Be6 14. Nb5 Ne8 15. Be3 Qe7 16. c3
c5 17. Qf2 b6 18. a4 Rd8 19. Qe2 Be5 $15 {Relange,E-Bernard,C/FRA-chT/1993/})
9... gxf5 $1 (9... Nb4 10. Bg5 $1 (10. fxg6 hxg6 11. Bg5 Qd6 $5 12. Qe2 Nxd3
13. cxd3 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Rxf3 c6 16. Raf1 Nh7 17. Be3 b6 18. Qf2 Qe7 19. a4
Rad8 20. a5 Rxd3 21. axb6 axb6 22. Qe2 Rd7 23. Bxb6 Ng5 $15 {Sasaki,K-Olsen,H/
Manila olm/1992/}) 10... Qd6 11. Kh1 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 $1 Qxd3 13. cxd3 c6 14. Rad1
Nd7 15. Be3 gxf5 16. exf5 Nb6 17. Nd2 Rd8 18. Nde4 f6 19. g4 Nd5 20. Bc1 b6 21.
g5 Bb7 22. h4 c5 23. Kh2 $16 {Sax,G-Torre,E/Rio de Janeiro izt/1979/}) (9...
Nd4 10. Ne1 $6 (10. Bg5 $5 $14) 10... gxf5 11. exf5 e4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4
Re8 14. Qd3 (14. Bd3 Bxf5 $1) 14... Qh4 15. Bf4 Qe7 16. Bf3 Bxf5 $15 {Watson,
W-Dekan,H/San Bernardino op/1991/}) 10. exf5 e4 $8 (10... Ne7 11. Ng5 $16) 11.
Nxe4 (11. Bxe4 $2 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxf5 $36) 11... Bxf5 12. Nxf6+ (
12. Ng3 Bxd3 13. cxd3 Qd5 $1 (13... Nd4 14. Nh4 $1 $36 {><f5}) 14. Bf4 Rad8 15.
Bxc7 Rd7 $10) 12... Qxf6 13. Bg5 (13. Bxf5 Qxf5 14. c3 Rad8 $10) 13... Qe6 (
13... Qg6 $6 14. Nh4 $1 Qxg5 15. Nxf5 $36) 14. Bxf5 (14. Re1 $5 Qd5 15. Bxf5
Qxf5 16. c3 Rfe8 17. Qb3 $14) (14. c3 Bg6 $1 15. Qe2 Qxe2 16. Bxe2 Rfe8 17.
Rae1 Ne5 (17... Bf8 $10) 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Bf4 Re4 (19... Re7 $5) 20. Bb5 c6
21. Rxe4 Bxe4 22. Bc4 Bd5 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Rd1 Rd8 $14 {Sax,G-Hazai,L/HUN-ch/
1977/}) 14... Qxf5 15. c3 (15. Qd2 Bf6 $5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qg5+ Qxg5 18. Nxg5
Rae8 19. Rad1 h6 20. Nf3 Rd8 21. Rfe1 Kg7 22. Kf2 Kf6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Re4 Rd7
$10 {Huenerkopf,H-Treppner,G/BL 8182/1981/}) 15... Rfe8 16. Qd2 {/\Nh4-f5->} f6
$1 17. Be3 Rad8 18. Nd4 Qh5 (18... Qg6 $5 $10) 19. Rf5 $5 (19. Qf2 Nxd4 20.
Bxd4 Re2 21. Qg3 Qg5 $10) 19... Qxf5 20. Nxf5 Rxd2 21. Bxd2 Re2 22. Rd1 Bf8 23.
Kf1 $14 Re5 24. Nh6+ (24. g4 $5 $14 {/\Bf4}) 24... Kg7 (24... Bxh6 $6 25. Bxh6
$36) 25. Ng4 Rf5+ 26. Ke2 Bd6 27. h3 Kg6 $10 28. Be3 Ra5 29. a3 f5 30. Nf2 Ne5
31. Rd4 h6 32. Nd3 (32. Rh4 Nf7 $10) 32... Nxd3 33. Kxd3 a6 34. Bd2 Rb5 (34...
Re5 $6 35. Bf4 $16 {ק}) 35. b4 Rb6 36. Rd5 (36. c4 Be5 $1 (36... c5 $2 37. Rd5
{/\} cxb4 38. c5) 37. Rd5 Rd6 $10) (36. Rh4 h5 $10) 36... Bg3 37. c4 Rd6 38.
Rxd6+ Bxd6 39. g4 (39. c5 Bg3 40. Kc4 c6 $10) 39... fxg4 40. hxg4 c6 41. a4
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 64th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.08.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2011.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 {Grischuk admitted he wanted to win, so he opted
for a complex, but risky opening.} 4. f4 {Karjakin is rather persistent in his
opening choices, which is not bad in itself, but sometimes it eases his
opponent's preparation. A good example of this was Karjakin-Carlsen, Wijk aan
Zee 2010, in which Carlsen had success playing the French possibly for the
first time in his life (see his notes in CBM 135).} Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 ({Recently
Karjakin twice faced the other main move} 5... O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 {is a rare
alternative, which Ivanchuk took up subsequently.} (6... Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Nc7 $6 ({It has long been known that} 8... Rb8 {and}) (8... Bg4 {are both
stronger. Black retains the option to play Nb4 at a suitable moment.}) 9. a4 b6
10. Qe1 e6 $2 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. e5 Nfd5 (12... Nh5 13. exd6 (13. f5 $1 $40 {
Karjakin}) 13... Qxd6 14. Ne4 Qe7 15. Neg5 Bb7 (15... Nd5 $5 $132) 16. f5 gxf5
17. Qh4 Qe8 18. Bf4 Nd5 $2 (18... Rc8) 19. Bd6 h6 20. Nxe6 Bf6 21. Qe1 $16 {
Jakubiec,A (2535)-Gazik,I (2313)/Orlova op/2011/}) 13. Ne4 dxe5 14. fxe5 Bb7
15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Qh4 Nb4 17. Rad1 Qc6 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Bxf6 Rxf6
21. exf6 Rf8 22. Qg5 {1-0, Karjakin,S (2776)-Ivanchuk,V (2776)/Medias/2011/ A
real opening disaster, as Karjakin explains in his notes in CBM 143.}) 7. O-O (
{An ambitious way to go is} 7. e5 $5 Ne8 8. Ne4 $142 (8. Ng5 e6 9. h4 $6 (9.
O-O $13) {is too much, after} 9... c5 $1 {Black's [+]<=> is faster and more
concrete:} 10. h5 (10. Nxh7 Kxh7 11. h5 cxd4 12. hxg6+ Kg8 $17) 10... cxd4 11.
hxg6 hxg6 12. Qg4 dxc3 13. Qh4 Nef6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. bxc3 Re8 16. Bb2 Bd7 17.
c4 Qa5+ 18. Ke2 e5 19. fxe5 Rxe5+ 20. Bxe5 Qxe5+ 21. Kd2 Ng4 22. Rae1 Qf4+ 23.
Kd1 Nf2+ {0-1, Casser,A (1127)-Fischer,R (1094)/corr/2001/}) 8... c5 9. c3 Qb6
$14 {/<=>}) 7... e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. f5 Nc5 10. Bg5 Nxd3 11. Qxd3 Qxd3 12. cxd3
c6 13. Rae1 Nd7 14. g4 b6 15. Rf2 Re8 16. Rd2 Bf8 17. Kg2 a5 18. d4 f6 19. Be3
exd4 20. Bxd4 b5 21. h3 Ra6 22. Red1 Be7 23. Bf2 Nb6 24. Ne2 Nc4 25. Rc2 Bf8
$13 {Karjakin,S (2788)-Ivanchuk,V (2768)/WChT Ningbo/2011/}) 6. Bb5+ {Nowadays
White mostly plays the text move.} (6. dxc5 Qa5 {A paradoxical, but
interesting recent attempt to fight for an opening advantage is} 7. Qd4 $5 ({
The former main line} 7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. Qe2 O-O 9. Be3 Qa5 10. O-O Bg4 ({or} 10...
Nc6 {has been around since the World Championship match in Reykjavik 1972. It
resembles the Dragon Sicilian and gives Black reasonable <=>.})) 7... dxc5 8.
Qc4 O-O 9. e5 Be6 10. Qa4 (10. exf6 $5 Bxc4 11. fxg7 Rd8 12. Bxc4 Nc6 13. O-O
Qb4 14. Bd3 c4 15. Be4 Kxg7 16. Kh1 e6 17. Rb1 Ne7 18. Be3 Nf5 19. Bf2 Kg8 20.
Ne5 f6 21. a3 Qd6 22. Nxc4 Qxf4 23. b3 Qc7 24. Nb5 Qe7 25. Rbe1 $36 {
Grabliauskas,V (2494)-Samraoui,M (2420)/corr/2004/}) 10... Qxa4 11. Nxa4 Ne4 $5
(11... Nfd7 12. Be3 $14 f6 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. Bxc5 Nc6 15. Bb5 fxe5 16. Bxc6
bxc6 17. fxe5 Bd5 18. Bxe7 Rxf3 19. gxf3 Bxe5 20. Kf2 Bxb2 21. Rad1 Bxa2 22.
Rd8+ Rxd8 23. Bxd8 Bc3 24. Rd1 $16 {Savchenko,B (2642)-Selbes,T (2263)/TUR-chT
Konya/2010/}) 12. Be3 (12. Bd3 Bd5 13. c4 Bc6 $11) 12... b6 13. Bb5 Bd7 14.
Bxd7 Nxd7 15. O-O-O Rad8 16. Rhe1 f6 17. Bg1 f5 18. Rd3 Nb8 19. Nc3 Rxd3 20.
cxd3 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Rd8 22. Kc2 Nc6 23. Bf2 Bh6 $11 {1/2, Andersen,J (2130)
-Conterno,D (2190)/corr/2008/}) 6... Bd7 7. e5 (7. Bxd7+ {is rather harmless:}
Nfxd7 (7... Nbxd7 8. e5 (8. d5 O-O 9. O-O b5 $1 $132) 8... Nh5 9. exd6 O-O 10.
O-O exd6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qd2 Nhf6 13. Kh1 Nb6 14. b3 Nbd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bg1
Nf6 17. Rae1 Qd7 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Qxd7 Nxd7 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Rd1 Re7 22. Bf2
b6 $11 {1/2, Carlsen,M (2714)-Mamedyarov,S (2752)/Moscow/2007/}) 8. d5 b5 {
is played more often and also gives Black suffcient <=> after} 9. Qe2 (9. Nxb5
$5 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qxc3+ 12. Bd2 Qc4 13. Qe2 Nb6 $132) 9... b4 10.
Nd1 Qb6 11. O-O Qa6 $1 12. Qe1 Nb6 13. Ne3 (13. Nf2 N8d7 14. a3 {Shirov,A 
(2737)-Tkachiev,V (2645)/Bastia rpd/2003/} O-O $13) 13... N8d7 14. c3 $2 bxc3
15. bxc3 Qd3 16. Bd2 Qxe4 17. Ng5 Qa4 18. f5 Nf6 19. Qe2 Qh4 20. Nf3 Qh5 21.
Qb5+ Kf8 22. a4 gxf5 23. a5 Nbd7 24. Rae1 f4 25. Nc4 Qxd5 26. Bxf4 a6 27. Qa4
Rc8 $17 {Livshits,G (2406)-Grischuk,A (2709)/Rishon Le Ziyyon blitz/2006/})
7... Ng4 8. e6 (8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 (8... Nxd7 $2 9. e6 fxe6 10. Ng5 $16) 9. d5 dxe5
10. h3 e4 11. Nxe4 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. O-O O-O 14. Be3 {was popular in the
mid-1990s, subsequent practice has shown Black has more ways to equalize:} Bxb2
(14... Qd6 $5 15. Ng5 (15. Ne5 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Bxc5 Rfd8 18. Re1 Qb5 19.
Ba3 Rxd5 20. Qf3 e6 21. c3 Rad8 $36 {Van de Oudeweetering,A (2388)-Gurevich,M 
(2694)/NED-chT/2001/}) 15... Nd7 16. Ne4 Qb6 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. f5 Qxb2 19.
Bxc5 Rfc8 (19... Qc3 $5 20. Bd4 Qc4) 20. Bd4 Qxc2 21. d6 (21. fxg6 $11) 21...
Qxd1 22. Raxd1 Nd5 23. Bf2 Nc3 24. d7 Rd8 25. Rd3 Ne4 26. Bh4 {Hnydiuk,A (2355)
-Mista,A (2240)/Trzebinia/1998/} Nc5 $15) 15. Rb1 Bg7 (15... Bf6 16. Ne5 Qc7
17. Ng4 Nd7 18. d6 (18. f5 $44) 18... Qc6 (18... exd6 19. Qd5 Rab8 20. f5 $13)
19. f5 e6 $6 (19... exd6 $142 {/\} 20. Qf3 d5 $5 21. Nxf6+ Nxf6 22. Bh6 Ne4 23.
Bxf8 Rxf8 $15) 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Bh6 Rf7 23. Bg5 Nd7 24. Rxf7
Kxf7 25. Be7 $36 {L'Ami,E (2550)-Gurevich,M (2633)/EU-ch Kusadasi/2006/}) 16.
Bxc5 Rd8 17. Bd4 (17. c4 Qc7 18. Bd4 Qxc4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rxb7 Qxd5 21. Qxd5
Rxd5 22. Rxe7 Nc6 23. Rc7 Nd8 24. Re1 a5 25. Ree7 Ra6 26. Red7 Rad6 27. Rxd6
Rxd6 28. Ra7 Nc6 29. Ra6 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 {1/2, Palac,M (2573)-Lalic,B (2520)/Pula/
2000/}) (17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Ba3 Nc6 19. Rxb7 Qxb7 20. Nxc6 e6 21. Nxd8 Rxd8 22. d6
Bb2 23. Bxb2 Qxb2 24. Rf2 {Rajlich,V (2309)-Resika,N (2190)/Budapest/2000/} Qb6
25. d7 a5 $11 {[%cal Yb6a7] /\Qa7}) 17... Qxd5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qxd5 Rxd5 20.
Rxb7 Nc6 21. Rc7 Nd4 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 23. Rxe7 Rc8 24. f5 g5 25. Rxa7 Rxc2 26. Rf3
h6 27. a4 Ra2 28. a5 Rdd2 {1/2, Nisipeanu,L (2611)-Badea,B (2486)/Sovata/2000/}
) 8... fxe6 {Introduced by Seirawan in 1988, this has replaced the older} (8...
Bxb5 9. exf7+ Kf8 $5 {possibly deserves more attention:} (9... Kd7 {has been
around for more than 50 years, but it doesn't seem ideal - in practice Black
has had problems with his more exposed K after} 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 cxd4 12.
Nxd4 h5 (12... Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc6 14. Qc4 Qb6 15. Qe2 $36) 13. h3 Nc6 14. Nde2
Nh6 15. Be3 Nf5 16. Bf2 Raf8 17. O-O Rxf7 18. a3 $14) 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3
cxd4 12. Nxd4 Kxf7 13. Qxg4 (13. O-O Qc5 14. Qxg4 Bxd4+ 15. Kh1 Bxc3 16. bxc3
Qf5 17. Qe2 Nd7 18. Rb1 b6 19. Be3 Rhe8 20. Rb5 Nc5 21. a4 Kg8 22. a5 Rab8 23.
axb6 axb6 24. h3 Qe6 25. Re1 Ne4 $132 {Karjakin,S (2732)-Mamedyarov,S (2760)/
Nice rpd/2008/}) 13... Bxd4 14. Bd2 Nc6 15. O-O-O Bf6 16. Rhe1 Qf5 17. Qxf5 (
17. Qe2 $5 {gives White more chances to fight for an advantage}) 17... gxf5 18.
Nd5 Rhg8 19. g3 Rad8 20. Nxf6 Kxf6 21. c4 Kf7 22. Bc3 Rd7 23. Rd5 e6 24. Rd3
Rc8 25. Kb1 b6 26. Red1 Rcd8 27. b3 h5 $11 {Haarr,J (2188)-Tjiam,D (2385)/
Tromsoe/2010/}) 9. Ng5 Bxb5 10. Nxe6 {Other moves have gradually disappeared
from practice.} (10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. c3 (11. Bd2 Qxb5 12. Nxe6 Qxb2 13. Rb1 Qxa2
14. Nxg7+ Kf7 15. O-O {brought White success in the past, but I doubt this
idea can survive the onslaught of computer analysis after} Nf6 {or} (15... h5
$5)) 11... Qxb5 12. Nxe6 Qc4 13. Qxg4 cxd4 14. Nxg7+ Kf7 15. Nf5 Qe6+ 16. Ne3
dxe3 17. Qxe6+ Kxe6 18. Bxe3 Nc6 $11 {leads to a dull _|_.}) (10. Qxg4 Bc4 11.
b3 (11. Nxh7 Kd7 12. Qxg6 Bxd4 $36) 11... Bxd4 12. Bd2 Bd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14.
O-O-O Nc6 15. Ne6 (15. Qe6 Qc8 16. Qf7+ Kd7 17. Qxd5 Qg8 18. Qxg8 Rhxg8 19.
Nxh7 b5 20. Ng5 b4 21. Rhe1 a5 $15 {Nunn,J (2620)-Seirawan,Y (2585)/Skelleftea/
1989/}) 15... Qc8 16. f5 Bf6 17. fxg6 Rg8 18. g7 Kf7 (18... Ne5 19. Qh5+ Kd7
20. Qf5 Kc6 21. Bh6 Qe8 {Van Tricht,M-Soh,E/corr/1998/} 22. g4 $1 $36) 19. Bh6
Ne5 20. Qh5+ Kxe6 21. Qh3+ Kf7 22. Qh5+ Ng6 23. Rhf1 Qc6 24. Rde1 Rxg7 25.
Rxe7+ Kg8 26. Rxf6 Rxe7 27. Rxg6+ hxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kh8 29. Qf6+ Kh7 30. Qxe7+
Kxh6 31. Qf6+ Kh7 32. Qf7+ {1/2, Sgherri,M-Viviani,E/corr/2009/}) 10... Bxd4
11. Nxb5 {The only way to continue the fight.} ({Many games have finished with
the uninspired} 11. Nxd8 Bf2+ 12. Kd2 Be3+ $11) (11. Nxd4 Bd7 (11... Bc4 $5)
12. Nf3 Nc6 $15 {is fine for Black - he has an extra P and White's B is
limited by the Pf4.}) 11... Qa5+ 12. Qd2 (12. c3 Bf2+ 13. Kd2 Be3+ 14. Kc2 Qa4+
15. Kb1 Qe4+ 16. Qc2 Qxc2+ 17. Kxc2 Bxc1 18. Kxc1 Kd7 19. Nec7 a6 20. Nxa8 axb5
21. a4 bxa4 22. Rxa4 Kc6 23. Ra7 c4 $5 (23... Na6 24. Re1 Re8 25. Kd2 Nc7 26.
Nxc7 Kxc7 27. h3 Nf6 28. Kd3 Nh5 29. Ra4 Kd7 30. g4 Nf6 31. b4 $14 {Nataf,I 
(2545)-Fressinet,L (2593)/Cergy Pontoise rpd/2003/}) 24. Re1 e5 25. Re4 d5 26.
Re2 e4 27. h3 Nf6 28. b4 cxb3 29. Rb2 Kd6 30. Nb6 Nh5 31. Rxb3 Nxf4 32. Rxb7 e3
33. Rxb8 Rxb8 34. Nc4+ Kc7 $11 {Acker,H (2020)-Kondziela,A (2077)/corr/2004/})
12... Qxd2+ {A rare continuation, Grischuk goes for an _|_ and avoids the main
line} (12... Bf2+ 13. Kd1 Ne3+ 14. Ke2 Qxb5+ 15. Kxf2 Ng4+ 16. Kg3 Na6 (16...
Qd7 17. Re1 $36) 17. Re1 (17. Kxg4 Qd7 18. Re1 Nc7 19. Qc3 (19. Qe2 Kf7 20. f5
gxf5+ 21. Kxf5 Rag8 $19 {[%cal Rg8g6] /\Rg6}) 19... Rf8 20. Qb3 d5 21. Qxb7
Nxe6 22. Qxd7+ (22. Qxa8+ Kf7 $40) 22... Kxd7 $11 {[%csl Gc5,Gd5,Ge7] /3,[+]})
17... Nh6 18. b3 Nf5+ 19. Kf2 h5 20. Bb2 Rg8 21. Rad1 Kd7 22. c4 $44 {leads to
the critical position. White has good long-term compensation, but the outcome
of the game remains open. After the game Grischuk stated he considered this
position rather dangerous for Black.}) 13. Bxd2 Kd7 14. Nbxd4 $146 {Karjakin
probably wasn't prepared for this line and chooses an insipid continuation.
The only way to fight for an advantage was to take the offered material with
the principled} (14. Nec7 $5 a6 (14... Nc6 15. Nxa8 Rxa8 16. Nxd4 (16. c3 Bg7
17. O-O e6 18. Rae1 a6 19. Na3 d5 20. Rf3 b5 21. Bc1 b4 22. Nc2 a5 23. Rd1 Kd6
$44 {Besozzi,F-Lanzani,P (1931)/corr/2009/}) 16... Nxd4 17. Rc1 Rf8 18. c3 Nf5
19. h3 (19. Ke2 $5 h5 20. g3 $14) 19... Nf6 20. g4 Ng3 21. Rg1 Nfe4 22. Rc2 h5
23. Be3 b6 24. Kd1 h4 25. Re1 e6 26. Rc1 Nf6 27. c4 d5 28. Kc2 d4 29. Rcd1 e5
$1 30. fxe5 Nfe4 31. Bxd4 cxd4 32. Rxd4+ {1/2 Vestergard,S (2306)-Pfiffner,P 
(2401)/corr/2009/} {Black's forces are so active that after} Ke6 33. Rdxe4 Nxe4
34. Rxe4 Rf3 35. b4 $1 $132 {White must play accurately to hold the balance})
15. Nxa8 axb5 16. a4 bxa4 17. Nb6+ Kc6 18. Nxa4 Nd7 19. Nc3 Nb6 20. Nd1 Nc4 21.
c3 Bg7 22. Ke2 (22. Bc1 h5 23. O-O h4 24. Re1 Bf6 25. h3 Nh6 26. Nf2 Nf5 27.
Ng4 Rf8 28. Nxf6 Rxf6 29. b3 Nb6 30. c4 Nd7 31. Bb2 Rf8 32. Bc3 $14 {1/2,
Radjabov,T (2729)-Ivanchuk,V (2750)/Monte Carlo rpd blindfold/2007/}) 22...
Nxd2 (22... e5 $142 $5 23. fxe5 Re8 $132) 23. Kxd2 Bh6 24. Ke2 Rf8 25. g3 e5
26. h3 Nf6 27. fxe5 Re8 28. Re1 Rxe5+ 29. Kf1 Ne4 30. Kg2 Bg7 31. Ne3 $14 {
/+/-, Muzychuk,A (2537)-Hamdouchi,A (2268)/Port Marly/2011/}) (14. Nbc7 $2 Na6
15. Nxa6 (15. Nxa8 Kxe6 $19) 15... bxa6 16. Nxd4 cxd4 $15 {/-/+}) 14... cxd4
15. Nxd4 Rc8 {[%csl Gd6,Gd7,Ge7][%mdl 4096] In the resulting _|_ Black has no
problems whatsoever. His K is well placed, while his [+]P can potentailly
become strong (compare with the situation after move 30). Grischuk's opening
choice has paid off, although objectively at this moment the position is
roughly equal, it's still full of play for players willing to fight.} 16. O-O
Rc5 $1 {[%cal Gc8c2] [+],<->c} (16... Nc6 17. Nf3 $11) 17. c3 ({Black's last
move activated the R and stopped the aggressive try} 17. f5 $2 Nc6 18. Nxc6
Rxc2 $1 $17) 17... Nc6 18. Nf3 (18. Nxc6 bxc6 {[%csl Gc6,Gd6,Ge7] strengthens
Black's [+]}) 18... b5 19. h3 (19. a4 $5 bxa4 20. Rxa4 Rb8 21. b4 Rc4 22. Nd4
$5 (22. Ra3 Nf6 $11) 22... Nxd4 23. Rxa7+ Ke8 24. cxd4 Rxd4 25. Re1 Rxd2 26.
Rexe7+ Kf8 27. Rf7+ Kg8 28. Rg7+ Kh8 29. Rxh7+ Kg8 30. Rhg7+ $11) 19... Nf6 20.
Be3 ({White still had a chance to play more actively with} 20. a4 $5 bxa4 21.
Rxa4 Rb8 22. Ra2 Ne4 23. Re1 $132) 20... Rd5 21. Nd4 (21. a4 b4 $1 22. cxb4 (
22. c4 Rd3 $36) 22... Nxb4 $11 {/=/+}) 21... Na5 $5 22. Rad1 (22. b3 Ne4 $15 {
><c3}) (22. a4 $5 Nc4 23. Bf2 b4 24. cxb4 Ne4 25. Rfc1 $13) 22... Nc4 23. Bc1
a5 {[%mdl 32] Black's position is already more comfortable. He has () on the
<< and his well placed centralised Rd5 prevents White's most important active
ideas. Although it's still far from a tangible advantage, Grischuk's
purposeful strategic play will gradually force new concessions.} 24. Nc2 $6 {
Objectively speaking, it is only this passive move which is the first
inaccuracy.} (24. Rfe1 $142 a4 $5 (24... Rc8 25. b3 Nb6 26. Rd3 Rdc5 (26... e5
27. fxe5 dxe5 28. Rf3 $14 (28. Nf3 $6 e4 $1 $36)) 27. Bd2 Nbd5 28. Ne6 (28. b4
Rc4 29. bxa5 Ra4 30. Nxb5 Rcc4 $1 $44) 28... R5c6 29. Nd4 $11) 25. b3 Na5 26.
Rd2 {[%cal Yd2e2] /\Rde2<=>}) 24... Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rc8 $15 26. Kf1 (26. Nd4 b4
$15 (26... Rc5 $5)) 26... Nb6 {[%cal Rb5b4] /\} 27. a3 {This allows Black to
increase his positional advantage.} (27. Nd4 $142 $5 b4 28. cxb4 axb4 29. Ke2
Nfd5 $15 {/<=>}) 27... a4 $1 {[%csl Ra3,Ga4,Rb2,Gb5,Rc1,Rc3] The P are
blockaded on the dark squares, with 2 blackP fixing 3 whiteP. This - 1) limits
White's B. 2) gives Black a mobile extra P in the [+].} 28. Rd4 {[%cal Rd4b4,
Rc2d4] /\Rb4, Nd4} (28. Nd4 Nc4 {/\} 29. Nxb5 Rb8 30. Nd4 Nxb2 $17 {[%csl Ra3,
Rc3] ק}) 28... Nfd5 29. Ke2 e5 $36 30. fxe5 dxe5 {See the previous note -
Black has a [+]o^.} 31. Rd1 ({A serious and logical alternative was} 31. Rh4 $5
h5 32. g4 $15 {, promising White more <=>.}) 31... Ke6 32. Rf1 (32. Ne1 $142
$15 {Grischuk}) 32... Nc4 33. Rf3 h6 {()>>} (33... g5 $5 $36) 34. Nb4 Nxb4 35.
axb4 g5 36. g4 {[%cal Yh3h4] /\h4<=> By now White is clearly on the defensive.
His hopes are either to hold a fortress, or create some <=>.} Rg8 $5 {Prevents
h4.} 37. Rf1 Nb6 {[%cal Yb6d5,Yd5f4] /\Nd5-f4 Although the N was well placed
on c4, Black had no obvious way to penetrate into White's camp. Therefore
Grischuk transfers it to f4.} ({Trading R would probably be enough for a win,
but} 37... Rg7 {[%cal Yg7f7] /\Rf7 allows} 38. Rf8 $132) 38. Be3 Nd5 39. Rh1
Rc8 (39... Nf4+ $5 40. Kd1 (40. Bxf4 gxf4 $17) 40... h5 $36 {/\} 41. gxh5 Rh8
$17) 40. h4 $2 (40. Bc5 $142 $1 $15 {/-/+, Grischuk}) (40. Ra1 Nf4+ 41. Kd2 Kd5
$36) 40... a3 $1 41. bxa3 Rxc3 42. Bc5 (42. Bd2 Nf4+ $1 43. Bxf4 (43. Kd1 Rxa3)
43... gxf4 $19) (42. hxg5 Rxe3+ 43. Kd2 hxg5 (43... Rxa3 44. gxh6 e4 $1 45. Kc2
(45. h7 Ra2+ $19) 45... Ra2+ 46. Kb3 Ra8 47. h7 Rh8 $19) 44. Rh6+ Ke7 45. Rh7+
Ke8 46. Rh8+ Kf7 $1 47. Rd8 (47. Rh7+ Kg6 48. Rd7 Nf6) 47... Ke6 48. Rxd5 (48.
Re8+ Kd7 $19) 48... Kxd5 49. Kxe3 e4 $19) 42... Nf4+ 43. Kd2 Rxa3 ({The text
probably wins as well, but possibly more accurate was} 43... Rd3+ $5 {/\} 44.
Kc2 Rxa3 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Rh8 Kd5 47. Rb8 Kc4 48. Re8 Ra2+ {and contrary to
the similar line in the game, White's K must go to the back rank:} 49. Kd1 (49.
Kb1 Kb3 50. Rxe5 Rb2+ 51. Ka1 Nd3 52. Rf5 (52. Re3 Rd2) 52... Ne1 $19) 49...
Kd3 50. Rd8+ Kc3 $19) 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Rh8 Kd5 (45... Rg3 $5 46. Rb8 Rxg4 47.
Rb6+ Kd5 48. Rxb5 Rg2+ 49. Ke1 (49. Kc3 Ne2+ 50. Kb3 g4 $19) 49... g4 $19) 46.
Rd8+ Kc4 47. Re8 Kd5 (47... Ra2+ $142 $1) 48. Rb8 (48. Rd8+ Kc4 $1 (48... Ke4
49. Rb8 (49. Rg8 Ne6 50. Rg6 $17) 49... Kf3 50. Rxb5 e4 51. Kc2 $17) 49. Re8
Ra2+ {transposes to the game.}) 48... Kc4 49. Re8 Ra2+ $1 50. Ke3 (50. Ke1 Nd3+
51. Kf1 Nxc5 52. bxc5 Kd5 53. c6 (53. Ke1 b4 54. Kd1 Rg2 $19) 53... Kxc6 54.
Rxe5 b4 55. Re3 Kd5 56. Ke1 Rg2 $19) 50... Nd5+ 51. Kf3 $8 (51. Ke4 Nf6+) 51...
Ra3+ 52. Ke2 Nc3+ 53. Ke3 Ra2 $1 $19 {[%csl Ge5] Indirectly protects the o^e5
and prepares its advance.} 54. Rc8 (54. Be7 Nd5+ 55. Ke4 Nxe7 56. Rxe7 Rf2 $1
57. Ke3 (57. Rxe5 $2 Re2+) 57... Rf4 58. Rxe5 Rxg4 59. Kf3 Rh4 60. Rxg5 Kxb4
61. Ke3 Rc4 62. Kd3 Rc7 $19 {is a TB win.}) (54. Rxe5 $4 Re2+) 54... Re2+ 55.
Kf3 e4+ 56. Kg3 Rc2 $1 57. Kh3 ({Once again the P was indirectly protected:} 
57. Be7+ Kb3 58. Bxg5 $2 Ne2+ $19) 57... Nd5 58. Be7+ {Loses by force.} (58.
Kg3 $5 {was more resilient:} Rc3+ 59. Kh2 Kb3 60. Rg8 {, but Black still wins
after} Nxb4 $5 (60... e3 61. Rxg5 e2 62. Bf2 Nf4 $19 {should also suffice}) 61.
Bxb4 Kxb4 62. Rxg5 Rc5 63. Rh5 Kc4 $19) 58... Kb3 59. Rxc2 Kxc2 60. Bxg5 Nxb4
61. Bh4 (61. Bd8 e3 62. Kg2 e2 63. Bh4 Nd3 64. g5 b4 65. Kf3 b3 66. g6 b2 67.
g7 b1=Q 68. g8=Q Qf1+ 69. Ke3 e1=Q+ 70. Bxe1 Qf4+ 71. Ke2 Nc1#) 61... Nd5 62.
g5 b4 63. Kg4 (63. g6 Nf4+ $19) (63. Kh2 Ne7 64. Bf2 b3 65. Bd4 e3 $19) 63...
b3 64. g6 b2 65. g7 b1=Q (65... b1=Q 66. g8=Q Qg1+ (66... Nf6+ 67. Bxf6 Qg1+)
67. Bg3 Nf6+ $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ruban, Vadim"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Arkhipov} d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 Na6 $5 7.
Qd2 (7. e5 $5 Ng4 8. Bg1 c5 9. h3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nh6 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. g4 Be6
13. Qa4 Qxa4 14. Nxa4 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nb4 16. a3 Nc6 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. Be3 b6 19.
Bb5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 bxc5 21. Nc6 $16 {Bareev,E-Todorcevic,M/Marseille/1990/})
7... c5 8. Bxa6 $6 (8. dxc5 $142 Nxc5 9. e5 Nfe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qb4 (11. Qd5
Bf5 12. g4 $2 Bxg4 13. Qxe4 d5 $17) 11... d5 $13 (11... Nc5 $6 12. O-O-O Qc7
13. exd6 exd6 14. Bd4 Bh6 15. Bf6 Bf5 16. Nh4 Bg4 17. Re1 $16 {Dvoirys,
S-Laketic,G/Cheljabinsk/1992/})) 8... cxd4 9. Bxd4 bxa6 10. O-O-O $146 (10. O-O
$142 Bb7 11. Rfe1 $13) (10. e5 dxe5 11. Bxe5 Qxd2+ 12. Nxd2 Rd8 13. Nc4 Bf8 14.
Ne3 Ng4 15. Nxg4 Bxg4 16. Nd1 f6 17. Bc3 Bf5 18. Ne3 Be4 19. Ke2 Bh6 20. Rhf1
e5 21. Ng4 Bg7 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 $10 {Nilsson,N-Larsen,FB/Kobenhavn
op/1991/}) 10... Bb7 $15 11. Rhe1 Qc7 12. h3 (12. e5 $6 dxe5 13. fxe5 Ng4 {
/\Bh6,><e5}) 12... Rfe8 $1 {/\e5,><e4} 13. e5 (13. Kb1 e5 $17 14. fxe5 dxe5 $36
) 13... dxe5 14. fxe5 (14. Bxe5 $5 Qa5 15. Nd4 $15) 14... Nd5 15. e6 f6 $1 $17
{^^,-><->b,c} (15... Nxc3 $6 {Arkhipov} 16. exf7+ Kxf7 17. Ng5+ Kg8 18. Bxg7 $1
Rad8 (18... Nxa2+ 19. Kb1) 19. Qf2 $1 Kxg7 20. Ne6+ $18) 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Be5
$2 (17. Kb1 Qc6 {><e6}) (17. Bxf6 $2 Bxf3 18. Bxg7 Bxd1 $19) (17. Bc3 $5 {
Arkhipov} Bc6 (17... Bxa2 18. b3 Rac8 19. Kb2 Bh6 20. Qd4 Red8 21. Qb4 $13) 18.
Kb1 Rad8 $13) 17... fxe5 18. Qxd5 e4 $1 $40 19. Qxe4 (19. Nd4 $1 {Arkhipov}
Rac8 20. c3 $13) 19... Rab8 20. Ne5 (20. c3 Rxb2 $1 $19) (20. b3 Qc3 21. Rd3
Qb2+ 22. Kd2 Bh6+ $40) 20... Bh6+ $1 21. Rd2 $8 (21. Kb1 Rxb2+ $1 22. Kxb2 Rb8+
23. Ka3 Qc5+ (23... Qa5+ {Arkhipov} 24. Qa4 Qc5+ $19) 24. Ka4 Qb5+ 25. Ka3 Qb2+
26. Ka4 Qxa2#) 21... Rxb2 $1 22. Nf7 (22. Kxb2 Bxd2 {/\Rb8-+} (22... Bxd2 {
Arkhipov} 23. Rd1 Rb8+ $19)) 22... Rb1+ $1 23. Kxb1 Bxd2 24. c4 (24. Rd1 Qb6+ {
/\Bc3#}) 24... Bxe1 (24... Bxe1 25. Qxe1 Rb8+ 26. Ka1 Qxc4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.01.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kuijf, Marinus"]
[Black "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1992.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Bc4 $5 O-O $6 (5... c6 $6 6. e5 (6.
Bb3 O-O 7. Nf3 Na6 8. e5 Ne8 9. Be3 Nec7 10. O-O dxe5 11. fxe5 Be6 12. Qd2 Bxb3
13. axb3 Ne6 14. Rad1 Nac7 15. Bh6 f6 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. Ne4 $36 {Kavalek,
L-Mednis,E,USA-ch 1972}) 6... dxe5 7. fxe5 Nd5 8. Nxd5 cxd5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. c3
O-O 11. Nf3 Bg4 (11... f6 $142 $5 $14) 12. O-O b5 13. a3 a5 14. Qe1 Qb6 15. Kh1
Bxf3 16. Rxf3 b4 17. Qh4 $40 {Ankerst,M-Van Vely,L,Munich op 1991}) (5... Nxe4
$5 6. Bxf7+ (6. Nxe4 $2 d5 $15) 6... Kxf7 7. Nxe4 Re8 (7... Rf8 8. Nf3 Kg8 9.
c3 Qe8 10. O-O a5 11. a4 Kh8 12. Qe1 Nd7 13. Neg5 Nf6 14. Bd2 Bf5 15. Ne6 Bxe6
16. Qxe6 Qd7 17. Ng5 $14 {Trapl,J-Kubicek,A,Trinec ch-CS 1972}) 8. Nf3 Kg8 9.
O-O Nd7 10. c3 b6 $1 11. Qb3+ e6 12. Nfg5 Nf8 13. Be3 h6 14. Nf3 Bb7 15. Qc2
Qe7 16. Rae1 Qf7 $10 {Ljubojevic,L-Donner,JH,Wijk 1972}) 6. e5 Ne8 7. Nf3 $14 {
()} c6 8. O-O Bg4 9. Kh1 (9. Be3 $14) 9... Nc7 (9... dxe5 10. fxe5 c5 11. dxc5
Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Bxe5 14. Nd5 $16) 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 d5 12. Bd3
e6 (12... f6 $142 13. exf6 $5 Bxf6 (13... exf6 14. f5 $16) 14. Be3 {/\f5->})
13. b3 $1 $16 f6 14. Ba3 fxe5 (14... Rf7 15. Qg3 {/\h4-h5->}) 15. dxe5 (15.
Bxf8 $2 e4 16. Qf2 Qxf8 17. Be2 Qb4 $17) 15... Rf7 (15... Bxe5 $5 16. Bxf8 Bxc3
17. Bh6 Bxa1 18. Rxa1 Qf6 19. Re1 $146) 16. Qg4 Nd7 17. Bd6 {><e6,/\Bc7} Nf8 $8
18. Na4 b6 19. Rad1 Qe8 20. c4 Rd8 (20... c5 21. Bxc7 Rxc7 22. cxd5 exd5 23.
Nc3 d4 24. Nb5 $40) 21. c5 b5 22. Nc3 Kh8 23. Ne2 $18 {()׻} Qd7 24. Nd4 Re8
25. Nf3 Bh6 $8 26. Nd4 Rc8 27. Qh4 Kg7 (27... Bg7 28. g4 {/\f5+-}) 28. Qg4 Kh8
29. Rf3 Re8 30. Qh4 Kg7 31. Rdf1 {/\g4,f5+-} Rf5 $6 32. Bxf5 gxf5 33. Qf6+ {
[Stohl]} 1-0

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 $5 (6... c5 $13) (
6... c6 7. O-O Na6 8. Kh1 (8. e5 $142 $14) 8... Nc7 9. a4 b6 10. Be3 c5 11. Qd2
Bb7 12. e5 Nfd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bg1 Bh6 15. Ng5 dxe5 16. dxe5 Nb4 $15 {
Utasi,T-Titov,G,Budapest Festival 1991-TD 91_05}) 7. e5 (7. O-O c5 8. Kh1 (8.
e5 Ne8 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Be3 b6 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. Rad1 Qc8 13. Nd5 Qd7 14. Qe1 e6
15. Nc3 Qe7 16. Qg3 Rc8 $13 {Jonsson,M-Bjorkving,L,Taby 1991}) 8... b6 (8...
cxd4 $142 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. Bf3 a6 $132) 9. a4 Bb7 10. d5 e6 11. dxe6 fxe6 12.
Ng5 Nc7 13. f5 exf5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Bf4 h6 16. Bc4+ $16 {Kuijf,M-Piket,M,
Amsterdam 1986}) 7... Nd7 {N} (7... Ne8 8. Be3 Bf5 9. O-O $14 {()}) 8. O-O (8.
Ne4 $5 c5 9. c3 {()}) 8... c5 9. Be3 (9. dxc5 $2 dxe5 $15) 9... cxd4 10. Qxd4 (
10. Bxd4 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nc7 12. Bc4 Nb6 $10) 10... b6 (10... dxe5 11. fxe5 Nc7
12. Rad1 Ne6 13. Qh4 $36) 11. Rad1 Bb7 12. Qd2 Ndc5 $8 13. exd6 Qxd6 (13...
exd6 $6 14. f5 $1 $36) 14. Qxd6 exd6 15. Bd4 $14 (15. Rxd6 $6 Rfe8 16. Bd4 (16.
Kf2 Bxc3 $19) 16... Bf8 17. Bxc5 $8 Nxc5 $146) 15... Bh6 16. g3 (16. f5 $6 Nb4
$15) 16... Nc7 (16... Nb4 17. Rd2 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. c3 Nc6 20. Bf6 d5 21.
Ng5 $14) 17. Bf6 Rfe8 $5 (17... d5 18. Be5 N5e6 19. Nd4 $16) 18. Rxd6 Nd5 $8
19. Rxd5 $1 Bxd5 20. Bb5 Bb7 21. Bxe8 Rxe8 22. Kf2 Nd7 (22... Ne4+ 23. Nxe4
Bxe4 24. Re1 $14) 23. Bd4 Bf8 24. Re1 $14 {_|_^^} Rxe1 25. Nxe1 f6 26. Nd3 Kf7
27. Ke3 Ke6 28. Ne4 h5 29. h3 a6 30. c4 b5 31. b3 (31. c5 $6 a5 {><c5}) 31...
bxc4 32. bxc4 Kf5 33. Ndf2 a5 34. Nc3 (34. g4+ $5 hxg4 35. hxg4+ Ke6 $14 {
/\Be7,f5}) 34... Ke6 35. Nfe4 {/\Nb5-c7-d5} Kf5 $1 36. Nd5 g5 $132 37. Nexf6
gxf4+ 38. gxf4 Nxf6 39. Nxf6 Ba6 40. c5 (40. Kd3 $142 Kxf4 41. Nxh5+ Kg5 $14)
40... Bxc5 41. Nxh5 Ba3 {/\Bc4=} 42. Ng3+ Kg6 43. Bc3 Bc4 44. Bxa5 Bxa2 45. f5+
(45. Kf3 Bb3 $1 {/\} 46. Kg4 $4 Bd1+ $19) 45... Kh6 46. Ne4 Be7 47. Kf4 (47. f6
Ba3 $10 {/\Kg6,Bb1,Bb2}) 47... Kh5 48. Be1 (48. f6 Ba3 49. Kf5 Kh4 $10) 48...
Bd8 49. Ke5 Bc7+ 50. Kf6 Bd8+ 51. Kg7 Bb1 $1 $10 52. Nd6 Be7 53. Nc8 Bxf5 54.
Nxe7 Bxh3 55. Ng6 Kg5 {[Stohl]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Taastrup"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. O-O
Qxc5+ 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. Qe1 Rfc8 (11... Bxf3 12. Rxf3 Nb4 13. Be3 Nxd3
14. cxd3 Qb4 $5 15. Rb1 Rfc8 (15... a5 16. f5 Rac8 17. Bg1 a4 18. a3 Qb3 19.
Bd4 e6 20. Qg1 b5 21. g4 Nxg4 $5 $146 {Short,N-Speelman,J,London cq 1988-CBM 09
}) 16. f5 Rc6 17. a3 Qb3 18. Bd4 Rac8 19. Bxf6 $6 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Bg5 $1 21. d4
Qa4 22. Qg3 Rc1+ $15 {Peelen,P-Cifuentes,R,Groningen op 1991-EXP 26}) 12. Be3
Qa5 13. Bd2 {N} (13. Nd2 Bd7 14. Nc4 $6 (14. Nb3 $142 $13) 14... Qd8 15. Qh4
Nb4 16. Na3 Qa5 17. Bd2 Nxd3 18. cxd3 b5 19. e5 b4 20. Nc4 Qd8 21. Ne2 Nd5 $15
{Chandler,M-Ivanchuk,V,Reykjavik WCup 1991-CBM 26}) 13... Nb4 14. Ng5 (14. Qh4
Qh5 $10) 14... h6 15. h3 Bd7 (15... hxg5 $6 16. fxg5 $1 $40) 16. Nf3 Qh5 $1
$132 17. e5 $2 (17. a3 Nxd3 18. cxd3 $10) 17... dxe5 18. fxe5 Ng4 19. Bf4 Bc6
$1 {><e5} 20. e6 $8 f5 $17 21. Ne2 $6 (21. Kg1 Nxd3 22. cxd3 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 Bd4+
$36) 21... Nxc2 $1 22. Ng3 (22. Bxc2 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 (23. gxf3 Qxh3+ 24. Kg1 Rxc2
25. fxg4 Qxg4+ $19) 23... Rxc2 24. Ng3 Qh4 $19) (22. Qd2 Bxf3 (22... Nxa1 $2
23. Ng3) 23. Rxf3 Nxa1 24. Ng3 Qh4 $19) 22... Nxe1 23. Raxe1 $8 Nf6 24. Nxh5
Nxh5 25. Ne5 (25. Bh2 Bxb2 $19) 25... Nxf4 26. Rxf4 Bxe5 27. Rxe5 Rd8 28. Bb5
Rac8 (28... Rd5 29. Rxd5 Bxd5 30. Bd7 Bxa2 $19) 29. Rc4 Bxb5 (29... Rd6 $142
$19) 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rxb5 Rc7 (31... b6 $1 32. Rd5 Rc6 33. Rd7 Rxe6 34. Rxa7
Re2 $19) 32. Rd5 Rc6 $8 33. Rd7 Rxe6 34. Rxb7 a6 35. a4 Kf7 36. a5 Kf6 37. b4
Re4 38. Kh2 h5 $6 (38... e5 39. Rb6+ Kg5 40. Rxa6 Rxb4 $17) 39. Kg3 g5 40. Kf2
e6 41. Rb6 h4 $2 (41... g4 $142 42. hxg4 (42. Rxa6 gxh3 43. gxh3 Rxb4 44. Ra8
Ra4 $17) 42... hxg4 43. Rxa6 Rxb4 44. Ra8 Ke5 45. a6 f4 46. a7 Rb2+ 47. Kf1 Ra2
48. Rg8 Rxa7 49. Rxg4 Kf5 $17) 42. Rxa6 Rxb4 43. Ra8 Rb2+ 44. Kg1 Ke5 45. a6
Ra2 (45... Kf4 46. a7 Kg3 $2 47. Rb8 $16) 46. a7 $10 Kf4 (46... g4 47. hxg4
fxg4 48. Rg8 Rxa7 49. Rxg4 $10) 47. Re8 Rxa7 48. Rxe6 Ra1+ 49. Kf2 Ra2+ 50. Kg1
Ra1+ 51. Kf2 g4 52. hxg4 fxg4 53. Rf6+ (53. g3+ $5 hxg3+ 54. Kg2 $10) 53... Ke5
54. Rh6 Ra2+ 55. Ke3 Ra3+ 56. Kf2 Kf4 57. Rf6+ (57. Rxh4 $2 Ra2+ 58. Kf1 Kg3
59. Rh8 Ra1+ 60. Ke2 Kxg2 $19) 57... Kg5 58. Rf8 Ra2+ 59. Kf1 Ra1+ 60. Kf2 g3+
61. Ke2 Ra4 (61... Rg1 62. Rg8+ Kf6 63. Kf3 $10) 62. Kf1 Rf4+ 63. Rxf4 Kxf4 64.
Kg1 Kg4 65. Kh1 h3 66. Kg1 $10 (66. gxh3+ $4 Kxh3 67. Kg1 g2 $19) 66... h2+ 67.
Kh1 Kf4 {[Stohl]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Bd3 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Nf3 exf4 8.
Bxf4 O-O 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O Ng4 $146 {A logical novelty by Van Wely. The N
would like to gain a foothold on e5.} ({Two years ago Wang Hao played} 10...
Be6 11. h3 Nd7 12. Bg5 Bf6 13. h4 h5 14. Qf4 Bxg5 15. hxg5 Qe7 16. Bb5 Nb6 17.
Bxc6 bxc6 18. Ne5 $16 {with a brilliant position for White, Karjakin-Wang Hao,
Beijing 2013.}) 11. Nd5 Nce5 12. h3 ({The solid} 12. Be2 $5 {was the another
option.}) 12... Nxf3 ({The engine suggests} 12... c6 $5 13. hxg4 Nxd3+ 14. cxd3
cxd5 15. Bh6 f6 {with a double-edged battle.}) 13. gxf3 Ne5 14. Be2 Be6 {
Black has also finished his development, however White has a space advantage
and his pieces are more powerful.} 15. Bg5 ({Probably} 15. Qe3 $1 {was more
accurate. Now Black faces a lot of threats.}) 15... f6 16. Be3 c6 17. f4 $1 {
The right answer by Giri! White doesn't come back with his N, he finds
counterplay and he also attacks the opponent's N.} Nf7 ({In the event of} 17...
cxd5 18. exd5 $1 ({Of course not} 18. fxe5 $2 dxe4 $15 {and Black is slightly
better.}) 18... Bf5 19. fxe5 Rc8 (19... fxe5 20. d6 $36 {and White is active.})
20. Bd3 Qxd5 21. Bxf5 Qxd2+ ({The seemingly dangerous} 21... Qxa2 $2 {could
have been met by} 22. Qd7 $1 gxf5 23. Rhg1 $18 {and White wins.}) 22. Rxd2 gxf5
23. e6 Rc6 24. Rg1 Rxe6 25. Bc5 Rfe8 26. Rd7 Re1+ 27. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 28. Kd2 Rh1
29. Bxa7 $14 {and finally White's endgame is slightly better.}) 18. f5 $1 {
Another strong reply!} gxf5 $6 {An inaccuracy, which weakens Black's kingside
especially on the g-file.} ({Nevertheless} 18... Bxd5 19. exd5 $14 {is also
very comfortable for White.}) 19. Nf4 {This is the point of White's previous
sacrifice!} Qxd2+ 20. Bxd2 (20. Rxd2 $2 {is bad, as} Bh6 $1 {and Black looks
nicely placed.}) 20... Rae8 21. Rhg1 Kh8 {Black has to avoid the unpleasant
pin.} ({The greedy} 21... fxe4 $2 {loses because of} 22. Nh5 Ng5 23. h4 $18)
22. Rxg7 $2 {A very good-looking move, but in this position this is a mistake,
which loses the advantage.} ({The cool-blooded} 22. Kb1 {was the correct
reaction, for example} Bh6 23. Bc3 $1 Ne5 24. Nxe6 Rxe6 25. Bb4 $16 {followed
by exf5 and White is better.}) 22... Kxg7 23. Nh5+ Kg6 $6 {Black returns the
error.} (23... Kh8 {was the only good move} 24. Bc3 Ne5 25. Nxf6 Rxf6 26. Bxe5
Kg7 27. Rg1+ Kf7 28. Bh5+ Rg6 $11 {and Black is in a pin, but he can equalise
the position.}) 24. Rg1+ Ng5 25. Nf4+ {More accurate than 25.h4.} (25. h4 h6
26. hxg5 hxg5 {is also slightly better for White, but the text move was
stronger.}) 25... Kg7 26. h4 h6 27. Bh5 $6 {A good looking move, but probably
not the best.} ({The computer suggests} 27. Bb4 $5 Rf7 28. hxg5 fxg5 29. exf5 (
29. Nxe6+ Rxe6 30. Bc4 $2 Rxe4 31. Bxf7 Kxf7 $15 {and Black's three Ps are
really strong.}) 29... Bxf5 30. Bh5 $14 {and White is a piece up against two
Ps, still Black has some chances to survive.}) 27... Bf7 28. exf5 Bxh5 29.
Nxh5+ Kf7 30. hxg5 fxg5 $2 (30... hxg5 {was the correct recapture} 31. Bc3 (31.
Bb4 Rh8 $1) 31... Re3 $1 32. Bxf6 Rh3 33. Rxg5 Rxh5 34. Rxh5 Kxf6 {and
probably Black will reach the draw.}) 31. Ng3 $6 (31. Bb4 $1 {was the
strongest continuation,} Rg8 32. Bc3 $16 {and White's minor pieces are really
active, Black is in a big trouble.}) 31... Rd8 32. Rh1 Rd4 {Black couldn't
protect his P, so he tries to activate his R.} (32... Rd6 $2 33. Bb4 $18) ({or
} 32... Rh8 $2 33. Bc3 Rh7 34. Ne4 $18 {and Black can't avoid White's threats.}
) 33. Rxh6 Rfd8 34. Rh7+ Kg8 35. Rh2 Rg4 36. Ne2 (36. Be1 $5 {was also
possible.}) 36... Rd5 37. Rf2 {Usually these types of endgames are nearly
equal, because the R can hold the minor pieces. Now it is a little bit
difficult for Black, because White is active, and the g5 P is always weak.} Kf7
38. b3 b5 39. b4 c5 $2 {Black tries to play actively, but this is too
optimistic.} ({Black should play the solid} 39... a6 {.}) 40. a3 $6 (40. Nc3 $1
{was stronger} Re5 41. Nxb5 cxb4 42. Nd6+ $18 {and it should be a winning
position for White.}) 40... cxb4 41. axb4 (41. Bxb4 $5) 41... a5 42. Nc3 (42.
bxa5 $5) 42... Re5 43. bxa5 b4 44. Na2 Rxa5 45. Nxb4 ({The cool-blooded} 45.
Kb2 $5 {was also possible.}) 45... Rg1+ $6 (45... Rb5 {was tougher} 46. c3 Kf6
47. Kc2 Rh4 (47... Rxf5 $4 {lose because of} 48. Nd5+ Ke5 49. Rxf5+ Kxf5 50.
Ne3+ $18 {and White wins.}) 48. Nc6 Rc5 {and still Black has some practical
chances to survive.}) 46. Kb2 g4 47. Nd3 Rb5+ 48. Kc3 g3 49. Rf3 Rb7 50. Bf4 g2
51. Rg3 Re7 $6 {Loses immediately.} (51... Kf6 52. Be3 Ra1 53. Rxg2 {- longer
torture.}) 52. Ne5+ $1 {What an interesting game!} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 (6... Na6 {is by
far the most popular alternative.}) 7. dxc5 Nbd7 {Black sacrifices a P in
order to open up the e <-> attacking e4. However the idea doesn't look
completely sound.} (7... dxc5 {is the natural move.}) 8. cxd6 exd6 9. O-O (9.
Be3 Re8 10. Qd2 {/\ 0-0-0}) 9... Re8 10. h3 $146 {Novelty. Karjakin isn't
afraid of ...b5.} (10. a4 {preventing ...b5.} Ng4 11. Kh1 Qb6 {Black will win
the exchange, but loses the game!} 12. Bc4 Nf2+ 13. Rxf2 Qxf2 {
(Mchedlishvili-Paichadze, Tbilisi 2013)} 14. Bxf7+ $1 {is the decisive blow,
the black K remains in the middle.} Kxf7 15. Ng5+ Ke7 16. Be3 $1 Qh4 (16...
Qxe3 17. Nd5+ $18) 17. Nb5 $18) 10... b5 {Mamedyarov takes up the gauntlet.}
11. Nxb5 (11. Bxb5 $142 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Rxe4 13. Ng5 Re7 14. Qxd6 h6 15. f5 $1 {
is a typical line by Mr. Houdni 3.}) 11... Nxe4 ({The cold-blooded} 11... Qb6+
$1 {was the best} 12. Kh2 Bb7 {and Black has nice compensation, because the e4
P will be lost.}) 12. Bxe4 Rxe4 13. Nxd6 Re7 14. Nxc8 Rxc8 15. Re1 Rxe1+ 16.
Nxe1 {White is two P up, but his pieces are on the back-rank, however it is
difficult for Black to show something concrete.} Qb6+ 17. Kh2 Nc5 18. Nd3 (18.
c3 Re8 19. Nf3 {looks more to the point.}) 18... Nxd3 $6 {This is an
inaccuracy.} ({The immediate} 18... Re8 $1 {was the correct reply} 19. Bd2 Nxd3
20. cxd3 Qf2 $1 $132 {and Black has a very dangerous counterplay.}) 19. Qxd3
Re8 20. Bd2 {Just in time...} Qxb2 21. Re1 Rb8 22. a4 ({The computer suggests} 
22. Re7 Qxa2 23. Be3 a5 24. c4 {but in a practical game Karjakin's move is
more logical.}) 22... Bf6 23. Qc4 h5 24. Re3 Qa1 $6 {The plan is Rb1 with a
counterattack on the back rank, but White's -> looks more dangerous.} (24...
Rd8) 25. Re1 (25. Rd3 $1 {/\ Rd7 ><f7} Rb1 26. Rd7 Rh1+ 27. Kg3 h4+ 28. Kf3 {
In a practical game the march of the K looks a bit frightening...} Qd1+ 29. Qe2
Rf1+ 30. Ke3 {and the White K escapes, so he wins.}) 25... Qb2 26. a5 (26. Re3
$142 {transposing to the previous lines.}) 26... Rd8 27. Bb4 Qd4 28. Re4 (28.
Qxd4 Rxd4 29. Bc5 Ra4 30. Bxa7 Rxa5 {and it is hard to believe that White can
win this _|_.}) 28... Qa1 29. a6 (29. Re1 Qd4 {with repetition of moves.})
29... h4 $1 {Blockading the >>. Now Black has real threats on the back rank.}
30. Re1 Qd4 31. Qxd4 Rxd4 32. Re8+ Kh7 33. c3 Rc4 (33... Rxf4 34. Ra8 Be5 35.
Kg1 Kg7 36. Bc5 (36. Rxa7 Rxb4 $1) 36... Bxc3 37. Rxa7 Bd4+ 38. Bxd4+ Rxd4 39.
Rb7 Ra4 40. a7 Kf6 $11) 34. Ra8 Bxc3 35. Bxc3 Rxc3 36. Rxa7 Kg7 37. Rb7 Ra3 38.
a7 Kf6 {is a theoretical draw.} 39. Kg1 Ke6 40. Kf2 f6 41. Ke2 Kf5 42. Rh7 Ke4
43. Rxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 2nd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Tolnai, Tibor"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Tischbierek,R"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1989.10.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 {Raj Tischbierek} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5
7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. Qe2 O-O 9. Be3 Qa5 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nc6 13. a3 (
13. Ne2 Nd7 14. c3 $2 Nde5 $19 {Huebner,R-Kortschnoj,V/Skelleftea WCup/1989/
0-1/  -> CBM14}) 13... Nd7 14. Bd2 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Nc5 16. Rab1 Nxd3 17. cxd3 e6
$6 (17... f5 18. exf5 (18. Nd5 Qb3 19. Bc3 Rf7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qe3 e6 22. Nc3
d5 $15 {Kindermann,S-Gurevich,M/EU-chT Haifa/1989/0-1/ -> TD 1989/12}) 18...
gxf5 19. Nd5 Qb3 20. Rfe1 Rf7 21. Bc3 e6 22. Nb4 Nd8 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rec1 Qa4
25. Rc4 {1/2-1/2; Sax,G-Seirawan,J/Skelleftea WCup/1989/}) 18. f5 exf5 19. exf5
Nd4 20. Qg3 Nxf5 $2 (20... Be5 21. Qg4 Qb3 22. Bf4 Kh8 23. Bxe5+ dxe5 24. f6
$14 {Arnason,J-Pergericht/Bela Crkva/1989/1-0/39/}) 21. Rxf5 $1 $18 gxf5 22.
Nd5 f4 (22... Qc5 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Qh4 Bxf6 25. Qxf6+ Kg8 26. Bc3 $18) 23. Nf6+
Kh8 24. Qh4 h6 25. Qxf4 $1 d5 26. Bc3 {/\ Qf5} d4 (26... Qe6 27. Re1) 27. Bxd4
Qe6 28. Bc3 {/\ 29.Re1} Rfe8 $8 (28... Rad8 29. Re1 Qc8 30. Qe4 Bxf6 31. Bxf6+
Kg8 32. Re3 Rfe8 33. Rg3+ Kf8 34. Qb4+) 29. Nxe8 Rxe8 30. Rf1 (30. Re1 $2 Qxe1+
31. Bxe1 Rxe1+ 32. Kh2 Be5 $19) 30... Re7 31. Rf3 Kh7 32. Rg3 Be5 33. Bxe5 Qxe5
34. Qg4 $1 Qg5 35. Qf3 Qe5 36. d4 Qe6 (36... Qxd4 37. Qf5+ Kh8 38. Qc8+ Kh7 39.
Qg8#) 37. d5 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Qe5 39. d6 $1 Rd7 40. Qg4 Rd8 41. Qc4 Qf6 42. Qe4+
Kh8 43. d7 h5 44. Qd5 {(Tischbierek)} 1-0

[Event "DDR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Glauchau"]
[Date "1987.02.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Black "Espig, Lutz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Tischbierek,R"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1987.02.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 4/1987} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 {
Eine brauchbare Alternative zu dem mehr geläufigen 6. Bd3.} ({Ein aktuelles
Beispiel} 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Qd2 dxc5 9. Nb5 Qa4 $1 10. e5 Ne4 11. Qe3
Qb4+ 12. Nd2 Bf5 13. Nc7 {mit grossen Verwicklungen; Beliavsky,A-Timman,J/
Tilburg 1986}) 6... a6 $6 7. Bd3 b5 8. e5 Ng4 9. Bg1 f6 {Schwarz muss
versuchen, dass weisse Zentrum zu knacken, bevor Weiss seine Entwicklung
beenden kann.} 10. h3 Nh6 11. Qe2 fxe5 ({Jetzt und später würde auf} 11... Nf5
{mit Blickrichtung g3 einfach} 12. Bf2 {nebst g2-g4 folgen.}) 12. fxe5 c6 13.
O-O-O {Weiss ist mit klarem Vorteil aus der Eröffnung herausgekommen.} d5 14.
Kb1 Nd7 15. Rf1 e6 (15... Nb6 $142) 16. Be3 Nf5 17. Bf2 c5 18. dxc5 Qc7 19. c6
$2 {Zu sehr für die Galerie gespielt.} ({Einfach} 19. g4 $1 Ne7 20. h4 {
ergab entscheidenden Vorteil, da} Nxe5 {an} ({und bei} 20... Nxc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5
22. h5 {das Matt nicht mehr lange auf sich warten lässt.}) 21. Bg3 {scheitert})
19... Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 $2 {Revanchiert sich.} ({Unklar war} 20... Qxe5 $1 21.
Bc5 Re8 22. Qf3 Qc7) 21. g4 Ne7 {[#]} ({Noch ärger wäre} 21... Nd4 22. Bxd4
Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Bxd4 24. Nxd5 $1 exd5 25. Qe8+ Kg7 26. Qf8#) 22. Bb6 $1 Rxf1+
23. Rxf1 Qxb6 24. Qxe5 Qxc6 25. h4 ({Nicht} 25. Qf6 Qe8) ({oder} 25. Ne4 dxe4
26. Bxe4 Nd5) 25... Qe8 26. h5 Nc6 27. Qf6 Qe7 $8 28. hxg6 Qxf6 29. Rxf6 $6 {
Gibt dem Schwarzen in Zeitnot noch einmal eine Chance.} ({Richtig} 29. gxh7+
Kg7 30. Rxf6 Bd7 {mit einigen technischen Problemen, aber klarem Vorteil.})
29... hxg6 (29... h6 $1 {mit guten Rettungschancen}) 30. Nxd5 $1 Ne5 ({Oder} 
30... exd5 31. Rxc6 {nebst Rxg6 mit leichtem Sieg.}) 31. Nb6 Rb8 (31... Kg7 32.
g5 $1) 32. Nxc8 Rxc8 33. Rxe6 Nxd3 34. cxd3 Kf7 35. Rxa6 Rd8 36. Rb6 Rd4 37.
Rxb5 Rxg4 38. Kc2 g5 39. Kd2 Kf6 40. Ke3 Rg1 41. a4 g4 42. Kf4 g3 43. Kf3 Ke6
44. a5 Kd7 45. Rb3 g2 46. Ra3 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bronstein, David Ionovich"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was a very interesting match-up. Bronstein's philosophy and approach to
the game are well known, and the current co-champion of Hastings, Stuart
Conquest, has a remarkably similar outlook. Both aim for uncompromising chess,
preferably via steering the game into unknown territory as soon as possible.
It is not unusual for either of them to be immersed in thought at a very early
stage of the game. There are of course many practical drawbacks with such an
apporach, though it is satisfying when it works. Here, Bronstein reinvents
"the wheel", and not a particularly round one.} 1. e4 {Mowsziszian,K} d6 2. d4
Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e5 Nfd7 (6... dxe5 {Mowsziszian,K} 7.
fxe5 Nfd7 (7... Nd5 $142) 8. h4 c5 9. h5 cxd4 10. hxg6 hxg6 (10... dxc3 11.
gxf7+ Rxf7 12. Bc4 $40) 11. Qxd4 Nxe5 12. Qh4 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 f5 14. Bg5 Qd5 15.
Bxe7 Qe5+ 16. Kd2 f4 17. Re1 Qd4+ 18. Kc1 Bf5 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Qe7+ Kg8 21.
Bc4+ Qxc4 22. Qe8+ Bf8 23. Rh8+ Kxh8 24. Qxf8+ Qg8 25. Rh1+ {1-0 Bolz,
H-Schmidt,R/Endingen HT2 (05) ;GER 04 1987}) 7. h4 c5 8. h5 cxd4 9. hxg6 (9.
Qxd4 {Mowsziszian,K} dxe5 10. fxe5 Nxe5 11. Qh4 Nxf3+ $17) 9... dxc3 10. gxf7+
Rxf7 11. Ng5 $2 {This violent move seems to have a had a brief and ignominious
history as far as I can determine. The most testing line, I believe, is 11.Bc4.
} (11. e6 cxb2 12. exf7+ Kf8 13. Bxb2 Bxb2 14. Ng5 Qa5+ 15. Kf2 Qc5+ 16. Kf3
Nf6 17. Nxh7+ Nxh7 18. Rxh7 Qf5 19. Bd3 Qg4+ 20. Ke3 Qg3+ 21. Kd2 Qxf4+ 22. Ke1
Bc3+ {0-1 Kreutzkamp,R-Engelbert,C/Hamburg-ch ;TD 89\05 1989}) 11... cxb2 12.
Bxb2 {The main game in this line featured similar themes after the more violent
} (12. Bc4 {. Black defended successfully (or perhaps counterattacked
convincingly) by using tactics based on the e5 square:} Nxe5 13. Qh5 Qa5+ 14.
Kf1 d5 (14... Qa6 15. Bxa6 bxa1=Q 16. Qxh7+ Kf8 17. Ke2 Bg4+ {0-1 Kirsch,
B-Seret,J/FRA-ch Epinal (06) ;EXT 86ch 1986}) 15. Bxb2 Rxf4+ 16. Nf3 dxc4 17.
Bc1 Rf6 18. Qxh7+ Kf8 19. Bh6 Bxh6 20. Rxh6 Nxf3 21. Rh5 Ng5+ {0-1 Bykhovsky,
Av-Bebcuk,E, Moscow 1966.}) 12... Qa5+ 13. c3 Nxe5 $1 {Again black exploits
the looseness of the Ng5 and open lines against white's own king.} 14. Qb3 {
Now there is a threat of Bc4, but this is easily parried.} (14. Qh5 Rxf4 15.
Qxh7+ Kf8 {/\Bf5}) 14... Qc5 15. Be2 Qe3 $1 16. Bc1 (16. fxe5 Qxg5 17. Bc4 e6)
16... Qg3+ 17. Kd1 Bg4 18. Re1 (18. fxe5 Qd3+ 19. Bd2 Bxe2+ 20. Kc1 Qc4 {
is a simple way to play, though there are doubtless other ways to win.}) 18...
Qd3+ 19. Bd2 Nc4 0-1

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2002.04.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Black "Maryasin, Boris Feliksovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2002.01.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 {Surprise! I usually play 2.c4 as 1.d4 player!} d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4.
f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Qd2 c5 8. O-O-O Nc6 $5 {I find this move not
worse than 8..Bb7 which is main there;} 9. d5 {Building up strong pawn centre;
White will advance e4-e5 at some point and black wouldn't be able to prevent
it;} Nb4 $5 $146 (9... Na5 10. h3 Rb8 11. e5 Nd7 12. h4 $5 dxe5 13. h5 e4 14.
Nxe4 Nf6 15. Nxf6+ exf6 (15... Bxf6 16. hxg6 hxg6 (16... fxg6 17. Ne5 $16) 17.
g3 $16 {[%cal Gd2h2]}) 16. Rh4 (16. Qf2 $16 {[%cal Gh5g6,Gf2h4]}) 16... f5 17.
g3 Re8 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Ne5 $16 {0-1 Ninov,N-Chatalbashev,B/Tsarevo 2001/CBM
82 ext (54)}) 10. h3 {Intending e4-e5;  Immediate e4-e5 would allow black to
trade Nf6 for Be3- there was nothing wrong it, but I just wanted to avoid
trades while having space advantage;} (10. e5 Ng4 11. h3 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 $16 {
[%cal Gh3h4,Gh4h5]}) 10... Bb7 11. a3 a5 $5 {Boris is known as very creative
and attacking player, and I expected such a play from him;} (11... Na6 12. e5
$16) 12. Kb1 {The sacrifice can not be accepted:} (12. axb4 $2 axb4 13. Nb1
Nxe4 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Ge4g3,Ya8a2]}) 12... b5 13. Bxb5 {and again black knight
can not be captured:} (13. axb4 $2 axb4 14. Nxb5 $19 {[%cal Gd8a5]}) 13... Qb6
14. Qe2 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Nxa6 16. e5 Nd7 17. Bf2 $6 (17. Bc1 $5 {[%cal Gf3d2,Gd2c4]
it was correct to place that bishop on c1, getting b2 overprotected; I don't
see compensation for black after 17.Bc1;}) 17... Rab8 18. Na4 (18. b3 $5) 18...
Qb7 19. Be1 $6 {Blundering 19..c4; The idea was to play c4 following by Bc3;}
Nc7 {Fortunately my opponent has missed 19..c4 as well, which was his chance
to complicate things;} (19... c4 $1 {[%cal Gd7c5]} 20. Qxc4 Rfc8 21. Qb3 Qc7
22. Qc3 $11) 20. c4 Nb6 (20... Qb3 21. Qc2 $1 {That was my trap setted by 19.
Be1 move;} Qxa3 22. Rd3 $18) 21. Nxb6 Qxb6 22. Qc2 a4 23. Bc3 Qa6 24. exd6 Bxc3
25. Qxc3 $16 Rb3 26. Qc2 exd6 27. Nd2 (27. Rd3 $5 Rb6 $1 {[%cal Gf8b8,Yb8b2]})
27... Re3 $1 28. Rhe1 {I was pretty sure that my position is totaly winning 
(and I was right!), but unfortunately I lost concentration which had led to
the series of unaccuracies;} Rfe8 29. Rxe3 Rxe3 30. Nf3 $2 {moving the knight
to the wrong square and missing the forthcoming monouevre of black knight;} (
30. f5 $1 Re2 31. g4 $18 Na8 32. Qd3 Re5 33. Ne4 {[%csl Rd6] and black doesn't
have Nb6 because of weakness of d6;}) 30... Na8 $1 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Ga8b6]
Suddenly black knight, which was passive all the time, turned to dangerous
attacking puice; c4 becomes a target after Na8-b6;} 31. f5 (31. Qf2 $5) 31...
Nb6 32. Rc1 (32. Nd2 $1) 32... Qc8 33. fxg6 hxg6 34. Ng5 (34. Nh2 $5 {[%cal
Gh2g4,Gh2f1]} Qf5 $1 35. Qxf5 gxf5 36. Nf1 $14 {[%csl Rc4,Ye3] but black has
counterplay here thnx to the active rook and weakness of c4-pawn of white;})
34... Nxc4 $1 {I just blundered it;} 35. Qxc4 {Lacking time on my clock, I
decided to offer draw and I did another mistake! Black is better already after
35.Qxc4, but my opponent was lucky to achieve a draw in this game;} (35. Qf2 $1
Nxa3+ 36. Ka2 Qe8 37. Nxf7 Re2 38. Nxd6 $16 Qe5 39. Qf7+ Kh8 40. Qf8+ Kh7 41.
Qb8 $16) (35. Qxc4 Qf5+ 36. Rc2 Qxg5 37. Ka2 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was the last chance of the World Champion Kramnik to fight for the
top places in Corus 2005, but Corus simply isn't his tournament. And this game
was one of the most interesting (there were many!) and intensive games of
Corus 2005!} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. e5 Nfd7 7.
exd6 cxd4 {7...0-0 is the main continuation here, black also tried 7...exd6
but without much success.} 8. Nb5 {Kramnik definitely did not prepare this,
while Grischuk probably spent some time on this variation at home.} (8. Nxd4
O-O 9. Be3 Nf6 (9... e5 $5) 10. Be2 exd6 (10... Qxd6 $142 $1) 11. O-O Re8 12.
Qd2 Nbd7 13. f5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Sapi,L/Hungary 1974/MCD (40)}) 8... O-O 9.
Nc7 Nc5 $146 {This move definitely changes the evaluation of the whole line.} (
9... exd6 10. Nxa8 Nc6 (10... Re8+ 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Nc5 13. Bb5 Bg4 14. h3
Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxa8 16. f5 Ne5 17. Qd5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Weber,A-Pleyer,R/Passau
1997/EXT 2001 (52)}) 11. Be2 Nc5 12. O-O $16 {1-0 Gonzalez Custodio,R-Medina,J/
Ceuta 1993/EXT 97 (26)}) 10. Nxa8 {[%mdl 1024]} (10. Nxd4 exd6 (10... Qxd6 11.
Ndb5 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 a6 13. Nxa8 axb5 $44) 11. Nxa8 Re8+ {with a strong
intiative - the white king will stay in the centre here more likely.}) 10...
Qxd6 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O Be6 {Grischuk had some other tempting moves, and I am
not sure he chose the best one.} (12... Nxd3 13. cxd3 (13. Qxd3 Bf5 $15) 13...
Bf5 $44) (12... Nb4 $5) 13. Ng5 Bd5 14. f5 $1 {Aggresive move by the World
Champion - it opens files and diagonals on the kingside, as well as white
intends Bf4.} Rxa8 15. fxg6 (15. Qg4 Ne5 $15) 15... hxg6 16. Qg4 {[%cal Gg4h4,
Gg4h3]} Nxd3 17. cxd3 f6 18. Nf3 (18. Ne4 f5 $1 19. Nxd6 fxg4 20. Nxb7 Nb4 {
[%cal Gb4c2,Yd5b7] and black is definitely not worse in this ending.}) 18...
Bf7 (18... f5 19. Qh3 {[%cal Gf3g5]}) 19. Nh4 Ne5 (19... Nb4 $5 20. Bd2 (20.
Nxg6 $2 f5 $17) (20. Rf3 f5 21. Qg5 Qf6 {and black looks good here.}) 20...
Nxd3 21. Nxg6 f5 22. Qf3 Qxg6 23. Qxd3 Bd5 $15 {[%cal Ge7e5]}) 20. Qg3 Qd7 $2 {
Alex was already in some time trouble her... Qe6 was a better move - the black
queen is closer to the kingside in that case, which is important in variations
mentioned below.} (20... Qe6 21. Bf4 (21. Bd2 Qg4 22. Qxg4 Nxg4 {[%cal Gg4e5]})
21... g5 22. Bxg5 (22. Bxe5 gxh4 {and no Qf2 move as in the Qd7 line.}) 22...
fxg5 23. Nf5 Bf6 {the black queen on e6 is very useful again!} 24. h4 g4 $1 25.
Rae1 Bg6 26. Qxg4 Qxf5 $1) 21. Bf4 g5 22. Bxg5 $6 {Kramnik plays this game
aggresively - he wanted to win this game badly to come back in the tournament..
. But it seems like 22.Bxe5 guarantees white some advantage, while the game
line allows black to escape.} (22. Bxe5 $142 gxh4 23. Qf2 {[%csl Yd4][%cal
Yf2f7]} Rd8 24. Rac1 $14 Bg6 25. Rc7 Qd5 26. Bf4 Bxd3 (26... e5 27. Rxg7+ Kxg7
28. Bh6+ Kxh6 29. Qxh4+ Kg7 30. Qxf6+ Kh7 31. Rf3 $16 {black must give up a
queen for white rook to stop white's attack here.}) 27. Rd1 Be4 28. Qxh4 {
and white must be better here, however black still has some couunterplay.})
22... fxg5 23. Nf5 Bg6 {23...Bf6 doesn't help, unlike in the 20...Qe6
variation.} (23... Bf6 24. h4 (24. Rae1 Ng6 25. Nh6+ (25. Qh3 Qd5 {and no
danger for black.}) 25... Kg7 26. Nxf7 Kxf7 27. Qxg5 Kg7 {and black is safe.})
24... Be6 25. hxg5 Bh8 26. Nh6+ Kh7 27. Rae1 Ng6 28. Qh2 Kg7 29. Qh3 $3 Nf4 30.
Qg3 Ng6 31. Qg4 $1 Nf8 32. Qe4 $16 {[%cal Rf1f8]}) 24. Nxg7 Nf7 25. Rxf7 $1 {
The only way to save the white knight - Kramnik definitely saw this blow when
playing 22.Bxg5.} Kxf7 26. Qe5 Bxd3 (26... Qd6 27. Rf1+ Kg8 28. Qxd6 exd6 29.
Nf5 Re8 {and I don't see more than a draw for white here.}) 27. Rd1 Rg8 {
it seems like black escapes by 27...Qb5 move.} (27... Qb5 28. Qxd4 e5 29. Qxd3
Qxd3 30. Rxd3 Kxg7 31. Rd7+ Kf6 32. Rxb7 Rc8 $1 33. Rxa7 Rc1+ 34. Kf2 Rc2+ 35.
Kf3 g4+ $1 36. Kg3 Rxb2 {and probably this is just a draw.}) 28. Rxd3 Rxg7 29.
Rxd4 Qe6 30. Qxe6+ {White can keep queens on the board, however this doesn't
give white real winning chances.} (30. Qg3 Rg6 $1 {and black looks safe.})
30... Kxe6 {This rook ending must be objectively a draw, although white wins a
pawn in many lines.} 31. Rb4 b6 32. Ra4 a5 (32... Rg8 33. Rxa7 Rc8 34. b4 Rc2 {
very close to a draw here too.}) 33. b4 axb4 $2 {Grischuk attempts to screw it
up.} (33... Kf5 $1 34. bxa5 bxa5 35. Rxa5+ e5 36. Rb5 (36. h3 Rc7 $11 {[%cal
Gc7c2]}) 36... Ra7 37. Rb2 g4 38. Kf2 Ra3 {and this is just a dead draw.}) 34.
Rxb4 Kf5 35. Rxb6 e5 36. a4 Ke4 37. Rb3 Ra7 38. Ra3 $18 Ra5 {Just compare this
position with the position which arises at the end of 33...Kf5 where black has
a rook on a3 and white pawn is still on a2.... Now black is in trouble.} 39. h3
Kf4 (39... Kd4 40. Kf2 Kc5 41. Kf3 Kb4 42. Ra1 $18) 40. Kf2 Ke4 41. g3 g4 $1 {
the best chance!} (41... Kd4 42. Kf3 e4+ 43. Ke2 e3 44. Rd3+ Kc5 45. Rxe3 Rxa4
46. Re5+ $18) 42. hxg4 $1 (42. h4 Kd4 43. h5 e4 44. h6 Rf5+ 45. Kg2 e3 46. h7
Rf2+ $1 47. Kg1 Rf8 48. a5 Ke4 $1 (48... e2 49. h8=Q+ Rxh8 50. Kf2 $18) 49. a6
e2 $11 {and no h8Q with a check as in the 48...e2 line.}) 42... Kd4 (42... Kd5
43. Ke3 $18) 43. g5 Kd5 44. Ke3 Ke6 45. Ke4 Kf7 46. Kd3 $2 {Very strange that
Kramnik with his super endgame technique failed to find the following simple
way to win ...} (46. Kf5 Kg7 47. g4 Kf7 48. g6+ Kg7 49. Ra2 $1 {Zugzwang!} Kg8
50. Kf6 e4 51. Rb2 Ra6+ 52. Kg5 e3 (52... Rxa4 53. Rb8+ Kg7 54. Rb7+ Kg8 55.
Kh6 Ra8 56. Re7 {-see the main line how to win this ending with two pawns "g"
of white.}) 53. Kh6 Ra8 54. a5 Re8 55. Re2 Re6 56. a6 Rxa6 57. Rxe3 Ra8 58. g5
Rb8 59. Re6 $1 {to prevent the following stalemate idea.} (59. g7 Rb6+ 60. g6
Rxg6+ $1) 59... Rd8 60. g7 Rc8 61. Rf6 Rd8 62. Rf8+ Rxf8 63. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 64.
Kh7 $18) 46... Kg6 47. Kc4 Kxg5 48. Kb4 Ra6 $1 {And again Alex finds the most
resistant move.} (48... Ra8 49. a5 e4 50. Kc4 $1) 49. a5 e4 50. Kc4 (50. Kb5
Re6 51. Re3 Re5+ 52. Kb4 Re6 $11) 50... Rd6 $3 (50... Kg4 51. Kd4 Kf5 52. Ke3
Rg6 53. Ke2 Ra6 54. Ra4 $1 {Zugzwang!} Ke5 55. Ke3 Kf5 56. g4+ $1 Kxg4 57. Kxe4
$18) 51. a6 (51. Kc5 {Mueller,Karsten} Rd3 (51... Ra6 $2 52. Kd4 Kf5 53. Ke3
$18) 52. Ra4 (52. Ra1 Kg4 (52... e3 $2 53. a6 e2 54. a7 Rd1 55. a8=Q e1=Q 56.
Qg8+ $18) 53. a6 Kxg3 54. a7 Rd8 $11) 52... e3 53. Re4 Kf5 54. Re8 Kf6 55. Kc4
Ra3 56. Kb4 Kf7 57. Re5 Kf6 58. Re4 Rd3 59. a6 Rd6 60. Kb5 Rd3 61. a7 Ra3 62.
Kb6 Rb3+ 63. Kc7 Rc3+ 64. Kb7 Rb3+ $11) 51... e3 52. a7 (52. Kb5 Re6 53. a7 e2
54. Ra1 (54. a8=Q e1=Q 55. Qg8+ Kh6 56. Qh8+ Kg6 57. Qg8+ {white doesn't have
more than a perpetual check here - the white rook can't join the attack.})
54... Re8 55. Re1 Re5+ 56. Kb4 Re4+ 57. Kc5 Re5+ 58. Kc6 Re6+ $11 {when white
king goes to d-file, black will move the rook to a-file.}) 52... e2 53. a8=Q
e1=Q 54. Ra5+ {White starts checking first and has an extra pawn, but the
existence of this pawn actually allows black to save the game - the black king
will hide behind this pawn.} (54. Qg8+ Rg6 55. Qd8+ Rf6 56. Ra5+ Kg4 $1 {
[%cal Ge1a5]} 57. Qd4+ Kh3 58. Rh5+ Kg2 59. Qxf6 Qe2+ {[%cal Ge2h5]}) 54... Kg4
55. Qg8+ Kf3 $1 (55... Kh3 56. Rh5+ Kg2 57. Qa8+ $18) 56. Qf7+ Kg2 $1 (56...
Kxg3 $4 57. Rg5+) 57. Ra2+ Kg1 58. Qa7+ Kf1 59. Qf7+ Kg1 60. Qa7+ Kf1 61. Ra1 {
But even here black has a defense!} Rd1 62. Qf7+ Kg1 63. Qa7+ Kf1 64. Rxd1 Qxd1
{This ending is a draw, but Kramnik makes it easy for black - after the next
of white black has a perpetual or wins the g-pawn.} 65. Qd4 Qa4+ 66. Kd3 Qb3+
67. Qc3 Qd5+ (67... Qd5+ 68. Ke3 Kg2 $1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-23"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.10.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Unzicker,W"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1978.10.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "New Zealand"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NZL"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e5 dxe5 (6... Nfd7) 7.
fxe5 Nd5 8. Bc4 Be6 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. Bxd5 Qxd5 11. Qe2 b5 (11... c5 $5 12. c4
Qd7 13. d5 e6 14. d6 Nc6 15. Bf4 f6 16. O-O-O $13) 12. O-O Nd7 13. c3 Nb6 (
13... a6 {/\ c5}) 14. b3 a5 15. Ba3 Qd7 16. Bc5 Nd5 17. Qd2 Rfb8 $6 (17... c6)
18. Rac1 b4 $2 (18... c6) 19. c4 Nc3 20. Rfe1 a4 21. Rc2 (21. Bxb4 $2 Nxa2 $1
$15) 21... axb3 22. axb3 $16 f5 $1 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Bxb4 Rxb4 25. Rxc3 Rab8
26. Ree3 c5 $2 (26... Bg7 $142) 27. Rcd3 $18 cxd4 28. Nxd4 Bxd4 (28... Bg5 29.
Nc2 $18) 29. Rxd4 Qa7 30. Rd7 $2 (30. Rd8+ Rxd8 31. Qxd8+ Kf7 32. Qd5+ Kg7 33.
c5) 30... Qc5 31. Qd5+ Qxd5 32. cxd5 Rd4 $2 (32... R8b7 $1 33. Rdxe7 Rxb3 $1
34. d6 (34. Rxb7 Rxb7 35. Kf2 $16) 34... Rxe3 35. Rxb7 Rd3 36. d7 Kf8 $11) 33.
Rexe7 $18 Rd2 34. Rg7+ Kf8 35. Rxh7 Ke8 36. Ra7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 1st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.07.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Black "Simonenko, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2000.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. O-O
Qxc5+ 9. Kh1 Bg4 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Qe1 Bxf3 12. Rxf3 Nd7 13. Rh3 Bxc3 $5 {
In this context I have to say that this exchange looks really risky. Still,
white is (understandably!) lured into the 'commitment to the attack' which we
have discussed at several junctures.} 14. bxc3 Rfe8 15. Bd2 Na5 16. Qh4 Nf8 17.
Rf1 Nc4 18. Bc1 Rac8 19. e5 e6 20. exd6 Nxd6 21. Be3 Qxc3 22. Bxa7 Qb2 23. a4
b6 24. f5 $5 exf5 25. a5 {White threatens to bring his bishop back into the
fray in a couple of moves. Yes, white is highly 'committed' on the king-side,
but his f8 knight, which is single-handedly able to cope with the threat to h7,
will not have much to offer if the dark squares come under fire too.} Re4 $5 {
A fascinating decision. As an attacking move, it removes the defender of d3,
and secures black a strong knight on an outpost which can participate in
creating certain threats against white's king. As a defensive move, it cuts
white's queen off from contact with the d4 square, and thus helps prevent the
return of the potentially dangerous a7 bishop. On the other hand, it must be
said that the white piece it exchanges off, certainly did not pose a threat.
On balance I am inclined to think black's forthcoming counterplay is enough to
applaud this brave decision.} 26. Bxe4 Nxe4 27. Bxb6 Rxc2 28. Rg1 g5 29. Qh5 $2
{Missing a shot, but amazingly, black's initiative is really tough to dampen
after} (29. Qh6 $1 Rd2 $1 30. Rf3 Rd6 31. Qh5 $1 Qe2 $1 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Yd6b6]
too.}) 29... Qxb6 $1 $19 30. Rf3 Qxa5 31. Rgf1 Ng6 32. Rb3 Qd2 33. Qf3 Nh4 0-1

[Event "HUN-ch"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1997.10.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 $1 8.
fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 Nb4 10. Bc4 (10. Nxe5 Nfxd5 11. exd5 Bxe5 $15) 10... Ne8 (10...
Nh5 11. a3 Na6 12. Be3 c6 13. Bxa6 bxa6 14. dxc6 Qc7 15. Nd5 Qd6 16. b4 Rd8 17.
Bc5 Qe6 18. Ng5 Qg4 19. Ne7+ {1-0 Toth,A-Racsko,G/Eger op 1993/EXT 93op}) 11.
Bg5 (11. a3 Nd6 12. Bb3 Na6 13. Be3 f5 $132) 11... f6 12. Bh4 (12. Be3 Nd6 13.
Bb3 a5 14. a4 Kh8 15. Qd2 b6 16. Rae1 Ba6 17. Rf2 Qd7 18. Bh6 Nb7 19. Bxg7+
Kxg7 20. Re3 Nc5 21. Nh4 Nxb3 22. cxb3 Rad8 23. Rh3 Kg8 24. Rg3 Qf7 25. Nb5 Rd7
26. h3 Kg7 {Balashov,Y-Timman,J/Moscow 1981/MCL 06/[Belov]/0-1 (39)}) 12... Nd6
13. Be2 a5 14. a3 Na6 15. b4 $1 Qe8 {/\f5} 16. Bf2 f5 17. Nd2 (17. b5 Nb8 18.
Nd2 Nd7) 17... Bd7 18. bxa5 (18. Rb1 axb4 19. axb4 $11 {/\Bc5,/\b5,Bc5}) 18...
Qe7 19. Nc4 Kh8 20. Nxd6 (20. Rb1 Nxc4 21. Bxc4 Qxa3) 20... cxd6 21. Rb1 Rfc8
22. Qd2 Be8 23. Bb5 (23. Bb6 f4 24. Bg4 Bd7 $14) 23... Nc5 $1 (23... f4 24.
Bxe8 Rxe8 25. Na4 $16) 24. Bxe8 (24. exf5 gxf5 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Bxe8 (26. Rxf5
e4) 26... Rxe8 27. Rxf5 e4 $44) 24... Qxe8 25. Bxc5 (25. exf5 gxf5 26. Bxc5
Rxc5 27. Rxb7 e4 28. Rxg7 Kxg7 29. Rxf5 Rc4 30. Qg5+ Qg6 31. Qe7+ Kh8 $13 32.
Rf8+ Rxf8 33. Qxf8+ Qg8) 25... Rxc5 26. Rxb7 Qc8 27. Rb3 Rcxa5 28. a4 Qc5+ 29.
Kh1 {29.Qd4,29.f4©} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Meribel"]
[Date "1998.08.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Chomet, Pascal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1998.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 (6. Be3) (6. Bd3) 6...
c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. O-O Qxc5+ 9. Kh1 Nc6 (9... Ng4 10. Nd5 $6 (10. Qd3 Nc6 11. a3
{/\h3} (11. h3 Nb4 12. Qd2 Nf2+ 13. Kh2 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nxe4 15. cxb4 Nxd2 16.
bxc5 Nxf1+ 17. Bxf1 dxc5 $13)) 10... e6 11. b4 $5 (11. h3 exd5 12. hxg4 dxe4) (
11. Ne7+ Kh8 12. Nxc8 Rxc8 13. Ng5 Nf2+ 14. Rxf2 Qxf2 15. Nxf7+ Kg8 16. Nxd6
Rxc2 $1) 11... Qf2 12. h3 (12. Ng5 Bxa1 $2 (12... exd5 $19) 13. Bxg4 Qh4 $4 (
13... Qd4 14. Ne7+ Kg7 15. Bd2 Bb2 16. c3 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Qxc3 18. Qxd6 Nc6 $17)
14. g3 Qh6 15. Nc7 $18) (12. Nc7 Bxa1 13. h3 Ne3 14. Rxf2 Nxd1 15. Bxd1 Bd7 16.
Nxa8 Rc8 $13) 12... Bxa1 13. hxg4 Qg3 14. Ne7+ Kh8 15. Qxd6 Bg7 $13) 10. Bd3 e5
11. Qe1 exf4 $6 (11... Re8) (11... Qa5) 12. Bxf4 Ne5 $2 (12... Nb4 13. Rd1 (13.
Qd2 Nh5 (13... Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Ne8 15. Rad1 $36) 14. Be3 Qc6 $16) 13... Be6 14.
a3 Nxd3 15. cxd3 $14) 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Bg5 Nh5 (14... Qd6 15. Qh4 Nh5 16. Be7)
(14... Qc6 15. Qh4 Nh5 16. Bb5 (16. Be7) 16... Qb6 17. Be7) 15. Nd5 f6 (15...
Re8 16. b4 Qd6 17. c4 $16) 16. Bd2 Rf7 (16... Re8 17. Bb4 Qd4 18. Bb5 Re6 19.
Rd1 Qxb2 20. c3 $18) 17. Bb4 Qd4 18. Rd1 Qxb2 $4 (18... a5 19. c3 Qa7 20. Bd6
$16 (20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Bc4 Rf8 22. Ba3 Bg4 $16)) (18... Nf4 19. Nxf4 exf4 20. c3
Qe5 21. Bc4 Be6 22. Bd6 Bxc4 23. Bxe5 Bxf1 24. Qxf1 (24. Bxf4 Bb5 $18 {/\Bc6,
Re8}) 24... fxe5 25. Qc4 Kf8 26. Kg1 $18) 19. c3 Qxa2 (19... a5 20. Rf2 (20.
Bc5 $18) 20... Qxf2 21. Qxf2 axb4 22. cxb4 $18 (22. Nb6 Bg4 23. Nxa8 (23. Rc1
Re8 $18) 23... Bxd1 24. Bc4 bxc3 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. Qe3 c2 $13)) 20. Ra1 Qb3
21. Ra3 Qb2 22. Rf2 {Yudasin} 1-0

[Event "Linz"]
[Site "Linz"]
[Date "1997.05.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Beim, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1997.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O (7. e5 $1)
7... c5 $1 8. d5 Bg4 (8... Rb8 9. Kh1 Bg4 10. Qe1 Nb4 11. Qh4 b5 12. a3 Nxd3
13. cxd3 a5 14. f5 b4 15. Ne2 (15. Nd1 $5) 15... bxa3 16. Rxa3 Rb4 17. fxg6
hxg6 18. Nf4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qb6 20. Rc3 c4 21. dxc4 Qa6 22. Qe1 Nd7 23. Rc2 Rc8
24. Qe2 $14 {De Firmian-Markowski,T,Polanica Zdroj,1995}) 9. h3 (9. Kh1 {
Stohl It's not easy to decide what is White's best reply, but I like the
direct 9.Qe1!?} Nd7 $1 $146 {This logical move is surprisingly a novelty. The
Na6 remains flexible (Nb4 or Nc7) and Black makes another useful move.} 10. Qe1
Bxf3 11. Rxf3 Nb4 {[%cal Rc5c4] /\c4} 12. Qh4 Nxd3 13. cxd3 e6 $10) (9. a3 Nc7
10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd7 12. f5 e6 $13) 9... Bxf3 10. Rxf3 $1 {[%cal Ra6b4,
Gd3f1]} Nd7 $1 (10... Nb4 $140 11. Bf1) 11. Kh1 Rc8 $1 {[%cal Gc5c4] /\c4,Nac5}
12. Qe2 Qa5 $1 (12... Nc7 13. a4 {[%cal Gd3c4]}) 13. Bd2 (13. Nd1 {Stohl} Nb4
14. Bc4 Nb6 15. c3 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Na6 $10) (13. a3 $2 {Stohl} Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qxc3
15. Rb1 c4 $19) (13. Rb1 {Stohl} Nb6 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 $132) 13... Nb4 $1 $11 {
[%csl Rc2]} 14. Nd1 Qc7 15. c4 (15. Bxb4 $2 {Stohl} cxb4 {[%cal Rd7c5] /\Nc5=/+
}) 15... e6 $1 (15... Nxd3 {Stohl} 16. Rxd3 e6 $13) 16. Bb1 (16. dxe6 $140 fxe6
$11 {[%cal Gb4c6,Gc6d4]}) 16... exd5 17. exd5 $146 (17. cxd5 {Stohl,I} Rfe8 {
[%cal Rb4d5] /\Nd5} 18. Qf1 Na6 19. Bc3 (19. Bd3 c4 20. Rc1 b5 {[%cal Ra6c5] /
\Nac5|^}) 19... c4 $1 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nc3 b5 $1 {Almasi,Z-Svidler,P/Tilburg
Fontys 1996/1/2-1/2(32)}) 17... Rce8 (17... Rfe8 18. Qf1 Re7 $10 {[%cal Ge7e1]
<->e}) 18. Qf1 Qd8 {[%cal Gb4a6,Ga6c7,Ya7a6,Yb7b5]} 19. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 9798"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1998.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Bd3 (7. h3 c5 8.
d5 a6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Rb8 11. Qe2) 7... c5 8. h3 (8. d5 Na6 9. h3 Nc7 $5)
8... cxd4 9. Bxd4 (9. Nxd4 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 {/\Nc5,/\a6,e5,/\e5}) 9... Bb7 10.
Qd2 (10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 Rc8 12. Qd2 e5 $5) 10... Nc6 11. Bf2 Rc8 12. O-O-O Nb4
(12... Nd7 $5) (12... Na5 $5) 13. Kb1 b5 (13... Nxd3 14. cxd3 a6 $13) 14. Rhe1
(14. Bxa7 Qa5 15. Bd4 Nxe4) 14... Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Nh5 (15... b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17.
exd5 a5 18. Qb5 Qc7 19. Rd2 {/\Bb6}) 16. Ne2 Qc7 (16... Nf6 17. Nc3 a6 $13 {
/\Nd7}) 17. g4 Nf6 18. Ned4 b4 19. Bg3 Qb6 $2 (19... Qc4 $1 $15) 20. f5 $1 Rfd8
$2 (20... Nd7 $1 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. e5 $10) 21. Ng5 Qc5 (21... h6 22. Nxf7 Kxf7
23. Qb3+ d5 24. e5 $40) (21... Rf8 22. e5 $36) 22. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 23. Ne6 Qc6 (
23... Qb6 24. Qb3 d5 25. e5 Ne8 26. Nxd8+ Rxd8 27. Qf3 $40) 24. Qb3 d5 25. e5
Ne8 26. Nxd8+ Rxd8 27. Qxb4 $16 Rc8 28. Rc1 $6 (28. Rd2 {/\Rf2}) 28... Ba6 29.
Bh4 Qc5 30. Qf4 (30. Qxc5 Rxc5 31. Bf2 Rc7 32. Rcd1 e6 33. f6 Bh6 34. Be3 $16)
30... gxf5 31. gxf5 d4 $5 32. Bf2 Rd8 33. Red1 $4 (33. Rcd1 Rc8 34. Bxd4 Qxc2+
35. Ka1 $40) 33... Qxe5 34. Qg5 (34. Qxe5 Bxe5 35. Re1 Bf6 36. Rcd1 Ng7 $17)
34... Be2 (34... d3 35. c3 Qe2 (35... Nf6 36. Bd4 $132) 36. Rd2 Bf6 37. Qe3)
35. Rd2 (35. Re1 d3) 35... d3 36. cxd3 (36. c3 Nf6 37. Bd4 Rxd4 38. cxd4 Qxd4
$19 {/\Ne4}) 36... Bxd3+ 37. Ka1 Rb8 $19 38. Qh5+ {38...Kf8,39...Rb2 Yudasin}
0-1

[Event "Hastings 9798"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1998.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Plaskett, H James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Qd2 c5 (7... Bb7
8. e5 Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Ng5 Bb7 11. O-O-O $36) 8. d5 Nbd7 (8... a6 9. a4 Bg4
10. Be2 Nbd7 (10... Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nbd7 12. g4 $40) 11. e5 Ne8 12. e6 fxe6 13.
Ng5) 9. h3 Rb8 $5 (9... a6 10. a4 Rb8 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nh5 13. e6 fxe6 14.
dxe6 Ne5 $13) 10. Bb5 $6 (10. a4) 10... a6 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 $1 (11... Bxd7 12. e5)
(11... Nxd7 12. O-O b5 $13) 12. e5 Ne8 13. O-O $6 (13. Ne4 {[%cal Gc2c4] /\c4})
13... Bb7 14. Rad1 Nc7 15. a3 $5 Rbd8 (15... Rfd8 $5 16. b4 dxe5 17. bxc5 exf4
18. Bxf4 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Nxd5 20. Qb3 $16) 16. b4 Qc8 (16... dxe5 17. Nxe5 Qc8
$17) 17. Qf2 Qa8 $6 (17... dxe5 18. bxc5 $2 exf4 $19 (18... bxc5 19. Bxc5 Nxd5
20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Bxd5 22. Nxe5 $15) 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Nxd5) 18. bxc5
dxc5 $2 (18... bxc5 19. Qh4 $2 (19. f5 $1 dxe5 20. Bxc5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Rxd5 22.
Rxd5 Bxd5 23. Bxe7 Re8 24. f6 $13) 19... Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 $15) 19. Rb1 Nxd5
20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxb6 $10 c4 22. Bc5 Rd7 23. c3 Rb8 24. Rfb1 Rbd8 (24... Rxb6
25. Rxb6 Rb7 $10) 25. Bd4 e6 (25... Bxf3 26. gxf3 {[%cal Gf2e3,Gg1g2] /\Qe3,Kg2
}) 26. h4 Bf8 (26... Bxf3 27. Qxf3 Qxf3 28. gxf3 Bh6 29. Rxa6 Bxf4 30. Rc6 Rd5
$10) 27. a4 Bc6 $6 (27... h5 $10) 28. h5 $1 (28. a5 Bb5 {[%cal Ga8e4] /\Qe4})
28... gxh5 $5 (28... Bxa4 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Qh4 Bg7 31. Ng5 $40) (28... Bxf3
29. gxf3 $14) 29. f5 $1 Be4 (29... exf5 30. Nh4 Be4 31. Rf1 $40) 30. fxe6 fxe6
31. Rf1 Bf5 $5 (31... Bd5 32. Qh4 Rg7 33. Qxh5 $13 (33. Rxa6 $2 Bxf3) 33... Rb8
$132) 32. Ng5 Re8 (32... Rb8 33. Nxe6 Rxb6 34. Qxf5 $40) 33. Qh4 Rg7 $6 (33...
Bg4 34. Rf6 Qd5 $13) 34. Qxh5 Be7 $4 (34... Bg6 35. Qh3 Bf5 36. Qh5) {[%tqu
"En","","","","b6a6","",10]} 35. Rxa6 $1 {[%csl Re8]} Qc8 $8 {[%tqu "En","","",
"","f1f5","",10]} 36. Rxf5 $1 exf5 {[%tqu "En","","","","g5h7","",10]} 37. Nxh7
$3 Qxa6 (37... Rxh7 38. Rg6+ Rg7 39. Rxg7+ Kxg7 40. e6+ $18) {[%tqu "En","","",
"","h7f6","",10]} 38. Nf6+ $1 Bxf6 39. Qxe8+ Kh7 40. exf6 {[%cal Rf6f7] /\f7}
1-0

[Event "Lee Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Xie, Jianjun"]
[Black "Tong, Yuanming"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Bd3 e5 (5... Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. e5 (7.
Be3 e5 $1 8. dxe5 (8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 Nd4) 8... dxe5 9. Bb5 exf4 10. Qxd8+ Rxd8
11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Bxf4 O-O 13. h3 (13. Bxc7 Rd7 14. Bg3 Re8 $15) 13... Bxf3
14. gxf3 Nh5 $15 {Rogers-Gufeld, Camberra 1988}) 7... Bxf3 (7... dxe5 8. dxe5
Nd5 $10) 8. gxf3 Nd7 (8... Nh5 $142 9. Be3 e6 {[%cal Yd8h4]} 10. h4 O-O 11. Qd2
dxe5 12. dxe5 Nb4 13. O-O-O Nxd3+ 14. cxd3 f6 $17 {Fedorowicz-Smyslov, New
York 1989}) 9. Be3 Nb6 10. Qd2 Nb4 11. O-O-O Qd7 12. Kb1 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O-O
14. h4 h5 $15 {Jachs,W-Hon,A/Finkenstein op 1996/EXT 96op2/1/2-1/2 (62)}) 6.
dxe5 dxe5 7. Nf3 (7. f5 gxf5 8. exf5 e4 9. Nxe4 Bxf5 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Qe2+
Be6 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Ng5 Qd4+ 15. Be3 Qxb2 16. Rab1 Nd4 17. Qh5
Qxa2 {1/2-1/2 De Firmian,N-Seirawan,Y/USA-ch Estes Park 1987/EXT 87ch}) 7...
Nc6 $6 $146 (7... Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. f5 $14 {
Cyborowski,L-Bartolomaeus,C/Dresden U20 1995/EXT 951/2-1/2 (28)}) (7... exf4 8.
Bxf4 O-O 9. Bg5 $6 (9. O-O) 9... h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nc6 12. O-O Be6 13. Bb5
Qe7 14. Bxc6 bxc6 $15 {Dieks,R-Timman,J/NLD-ch Leeuwarden 1975/MCD-ch/0-1 (40)}
) 8. fxe5 Ng4 9. Bg5 Qd7 10. Qe2 Ngxe5 11. O-O-O Qg4 $2 (11... O-O $142 12. Nd5
Qd6 13. Bf4 $14) 12. h3 Qg3 $4 (12... Qe6 13. Nd5 (13. Nb5 Qxa2 14. Nxc7+ Kf8
$132 {[%cal Ga2a1,Ya2a5]}) 13... O-O (13... Qd6 14. Bb5 $18) 14. Kb1 $1 (14.
Bf4 Nxf3 15. gxf3 Nd4 16. Qe3 c6) 14... Nxf3 15. gxf3 Qe5 16. Bc1 $16 {[%cal
Gf3f4]}) 13. Nd5 $18 {[%cal Gd5c7,Gg5f4]} Nxf3 (13... Nxd3+ 14. Rxd3 Nd4 15.
Qd2 Ne6 16. Bh4 $18) (13... Nd4 14. Bb5+ $1 $18 (14. Nxc7+ Kd7 15. Nxa8 $1
Nxe2+ 16. Bxe2+ Kc6 17. Nd4+)) 14. Bf4 Nfd4 (14... Bh6 15. Nxc7+ Kd8 16. Bxh6
$18) (14... Ncd4 15. Bxg3 Nxe2+ 16. Bxe2 $18) 15. Nxc7+ Kf8 16. Bxg3 $2 (16.
Qd2 Qh4 17. Nxa8 $18) 16... Nxe2+ 17. Bxe2 Rb8 18. Bd6+ Kg8 19. Rhf1 {[%cal
Ge2c4]} Be5 20. Bc4 Bxd6 21. Bxf7+ Kg7 22. Rxd6 Rf8 23. Bc4 Rxf1+ 24. Bxf1 {
white has two pawns up and a winning position in this ending.The rest is easy
job} Kf7 25. Bc4+ Ke7 26. Rd1 Ne5 27. Bb3 Bd7 28. Nd5+ Kf8 29. Nf6 Bc6 30.
Nxh7+ Ke7 31. Ng5 Rf8 32. c3 Rf2 33. Rd2 Rf1+ 34. Kc2 Kf6 35. h4 Ke7 36. Bd5
Bb5 37. b3 b6 38. c4 Bd7 39. Kc3 Rh1 40. Kd4 Kd6 41. Nf7+ Nxf7 42. Bxf7 Rxh4
43. Bxg6 Be6 44. Rf2 Rg4 45. Rf6 {[%cal Rf6e6]} Rxg2 46. Bf5 1-0

[Event "VISA GP"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Jonsson, Bjorgvin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. fxe5
dxe5 9. d5 Nd4 $6 (9... Nb4 $5 10. Bc4 (10. Be2 a5 11. Bg5 Qd6 12. Kh1 Bd7 13.
Nd2 Ne8 14. a4 f6 15. Be3 Qe7 16. Bb5 Bc8 17. Nc4 f5 18. Bxe8 Rxe8 19. Qd2 f4
20. Bg1 Bg4 21. Nb5 Rf8 22. d6 cxd6 23. Nbxd6 f3 $13 {0-1 Ippolito,M-Chomet,P/
1st FSGT It, Argenteuil FRA 1997 (35)}) 10... Ne8 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bh4 Nd6 13.
Be2 a5 14. a3 Na6 15. b4 Qe8 16. Bf2 f5 17. Nd2 Bd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,
Z-Chernin,A/ch-HUN, Budapest HUN 1997 (28)}) (9... Ne7 $6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 c6
12. Nxe5 Qb6+ 13. Kh1 Qxb2 14. Qe1 g5 15. Rb1 Qa3 16. Nc4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Pedzich,
D-Czerwonski,A/Polish Team-ch, Krynica POL 1997 (46)}) 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 11. Bxe4
Bxe5 12. Bf4 Bg7 13. Qd2 Bd7 $6 $146 (13... Re8 $6 14. Rae1 c6 15. Kh1 f5 16.
Bd3 Rxe1 17. Rxe1 cxd5 18. Bg5 Qf8 19. Nxd5 Ne6 20. Be7 Qf7 21. Bc4 b5 22. Bb3
{1-0 Winterstein,W-Brettschneider,S/Baden Baden op 1991}) (13... Nf5 $5 14. Nb5
(14. Bxf5 Bxf5 15. Rae1 c6 16. Be5 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 f6 18. Bd6 Rfe8 19. b3 cxd5 20.
Qxd5+ Kh8 21. Bc5 Qc6 22. Qxc6 bxc6 23. Bxa7 Bxc2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Pedzich,
D-Schmaltz,R/Lippstadt 1996 (43)}) (14. Rae1 $5 Nd6 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Bh6 f5 17.
Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qf2 b6 19. Ne2 Qf6 20. Nd4 Rae8 21. c4 $14 {De Firmian,N-Koch,W/
Politiken Cup 1996/1-0 (52)}) 14... Nd6 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. Qb4 Re8 17. Bd3 Be5
18. Rae1 a5 $5 (18... f6 19. Kh1 a5 20. Qd2 Bd7 21. c4 b6 22. Rf2 Rb8 23. Ref1
f5 24. g4 $36 {Polgar,S-Arduman,C/Budapest FS03 GM 1993/1-0 (49)}) 19. Qb3 Bxf4
20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Rxf4 Qe3+ 22. Rf2 Qc5 $15 {0-1 Sylvan,J-Koch,W/Politiken
Cup 1996 (41)}) 14. Rae1 $32 Nf5 $6 (14... Re8 $142) 15. Bxf5 $1 Bxf5 16. Nb5
$14 {[%csl Rc7] /\c4} Rc8 $6 (16... c6 $5 17. Nc7 (17. Nd6 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Qxb2
19. Nxf5 gxf5 $13) 17... Rc8 18. d6 Bxb2 19. Qb4 Qf6 20. Qxb7 Qd4+ $1 21. Rf2
Qb6 $11) 17. c4 (17. Nxa7 $2 Ra8 18. Nb5 Rxa2 19. Bxc7 Qd7 $36) 17... Bd7 (
17... a6 $142 18. Nd4 (18. Nc3 $6 Qd7 $11) 18... Bd7 19. Bh6 $1 $14) 18. Nc3 $1
{[%csl Yc4,Yd5][%cal Gc3d5,Gf4e5,Gf4h6]} (18. Nd4 $143 $13) 18... Bf5 19. h3 {
/\19...Qd7? 20.g4+/-} h5 {[%csl Rg5] ><g5} (19... a6 $5 {><b5}) 20. Bg5 $1 {
[%csl Re7][%cal Gg5d8]} f6 $6 {[%csl Re6]} (20... Qd7 $142 $14) 21. Bh6 Qd7 (
21... a6 $142) 22. Nb5 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Re6][%cal Gb5d4,Gd4e6]} Rce8 23. Nd4 (
23. Nxa7 $2 Qa4 $1 $15) 23... Rxe1 (23... Re5 $5 24. Nxf5 Rxf5 (24... gxf5 $143
25. Rxe5 fxe5 26. Qg5 f4 27. Qxh5 $16) 25. Rxf5 Qxf5 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qa5 $16)
24. Rxe1 Bxh6 25. Qxh6 Re8 $2 (25... Bd3 $8 26. Re3 {[%csl Rd3,Rg6][%cal Gd3g6]
} Bb1 (26... Bxc4 $2 27. Qxg6+ Kh8 (27... Qg7 $2 28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 29. Ne6+ $18)
28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Rg3+ $18) 27. Ne6 Re8 28. Qf4 $16) 26. Rf1 $1 {[%csl Yf5,Rf6]
[%cal Gf1f5]} Qg7 $6 (26... Bd3 $5 27. Rxf6 Re1+ 28. Kh2 Qg7 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30.
Re6 $1 $16) 27. Nxf5 gxf5 $2 (27... Qxh6 $8 28. Nxh6+ Kg7 29. Nf5+ gxf5 30.
Rxf5 $16 {_|_}) 28. Qxh5 $18 Re4 29. Qxf5 Re2 (29... Rxc4 30. Qe6+ Qf7 $8 (
30... Kh7 31. Rxf6 $18 {[%csl Yg7,Yh7][%cal Gf6f7]}) 31. Rxf6 Qxe6 32. dxe6 Re4
33. g4 $18) 30. Rf2 Rxf2 31. Kxf2 Qf8 {[%cal Gf8c5]} 32. Kf3 Kg7 33. Qd7+ Kg6
34. Qxc7 Qb4 35. d6 {[%cal Gd6d8,Gf3g3,Gg3h2]} Qxb2 36. d7 Qc3+ 37. Kf2 Qd4+
38. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Badea, Bela"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1998.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bg1
Nh6 $5 $146 {/\Bg4} (8... dxe5 $2 9. dxe5 h5 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. O-O-O
$40 {1-0 Findlay,I-Berry,J/CAN-ch 1984 (35)}) (8... b5 $5 9. Qe2 c5 10. O-O-O
cxd4 11. Nxd4 dxe5 12. Nb3 Qe8 13. h3 Nh6 14. fxe5 Nc6 15. g4 Be6 $13 {
Khalifman,A-Svidler,P/Moscow PCA-Intel qual 1995/1/2-1/2 (60)}) (8... f6 $6 9.
h3 Nh6 10. Qe2 fxe5 11. fxe5 e6 12. g4 Nf7 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Bg2 dxe5 15. dxe5
Qe7 16. Ne4 $14 {1-0 Hulak,K-Dizdarevic,E/Pula op 1996 (25)}) 9. h3 {[%csl Yg4]
[%cal Gh3g4]} b5 $5 {[%cal Gc8b7,Gb7h1]} 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Qe2 c5 $5 $13 12. dxc5
(12. exd6 $2 exd6 $15 {[%csl Re2][%cal Gf8e8,Ge8e1]}) 12... Nc6 $1 $44 (12...
b4 $2 13. Ne4 d5 14. Ned2 $16 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gd2b3]}) 13. O-O-O (13. cxd6
exd6 14. O-O-O Qa5 $44) 13... Qa5 $1 {[%csl Ra2,Yc1,Rc3][%cal Gb5b4]} (13...
dxe5 $2 14. Bxg6 Qc7 15. Be4 $16) 14. Kb1 $6 (14. cxd6 $142 $1 exd6 15. Be4 {
[%cal Re4a8] /\15...b4 16.Rd5+/-} Rfd8 $14) 14... dxe5 (14... b4 $143 15. Nd5
dxc5 16. Be4 $1 $16 {[%cal Ge4b7] /\g4,><h6}) 15. fxe5 Rad8 16. Bf2 $14 {
[%csl Re5][%cal Gh1e1]} b4 $1 17. Ne4 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. g4 (19. Nd2 $142
$5 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gd2b3,Gd2c4]}) 19... f6 $5 $13 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gh6f7]} 20.
Rhe1 Nf7 21. Nd2 $5 {[%cal Gd2c4,Gd2b3]} (21. Bc4 $5 {/^a2-g8}) 21... Qa4 22.
Be4 $6 (22. Bc4 $142 {+/=/+/-}) 22... Bxe4 23. Qxe4 $6 (23. Nxe4 $142 Rxd1+ 24.
Rxd1 Rc8 25. Qc4 Qc6 $14) 23... Qd7 $1 {[%csl Yd1,Yd2][%cal Gd7d1]} 24. Qe2 $14
(24. h4 $5) 24... Qb7 25. Nf3 a5 26. Rd3 $6 (26. Nxe5 Nxe5 27. Bg3 $14 (27. Bd4
$5 Qf3 28. Qa6 $36)) 26... Rxd3 27. cxd3 Bb8 $1 {[%csl Yc6,Yd5][%cal Gf8d8] /
\Rd8,><c6,d5} 28. d4 Rd8 29. Qe4 $5 (29. h4 e5 $5 $13) 29... Qxe4+ 30. Rxe4 e5
$1 $11 {/\f5} (30... Kf8 31. Kc2 $14 {[%csl Rc5,Rd4][%cal Gc2b3,Gb3c4,Gc5c6,
Gd4d5]}) 31. dxe5 (31. Re2 $5) 31... Nxe5 32. Nxe5 Bxe5 {_|_} 33. Kc2 {><d1-d3}
Kf7 (33... Bxb2 $4 34. Kxb2 Rd2+ 35. Kb1 Rxf2 36. c6 Rf1+ 37. Kc2 Rf3 (37...
Rf2+ 38. Kd1 Rf1+ 39. Re1 $18) 38. Rc4 $18) 34. g5 $6 (34. Re2 $5 {[%csl Ra5,
Rb4][%cal Gc2a4]} a4 (34... h5 $5) 35. Re4 a3 36. bxa3 bxa3 37. Re3 $14) 34...
Rd5 $5 (34... Bxb2 $5 35. Kxb2 Rd2+ 36. Kb1 Rxf2 37. c6 Rf1+ 38. Kb2 Rf2+ $8 (
38... Rf3 $2 39. Rc4 Rc3 40. Rxc3 bxc3+ 41. Kxc3 Ke6 42. gxf6 $18) 39. Kc1 Rf1+
40. Kd2 Rf2+ 41. Kd1 $11 (41. Kd3 $2 Rf3+ (41... Rxa2 $2 42. Rc4 b3 43. c7 b2
44. Kc2 $1 $18) 42. Kc4 Rxh3 $17)) 35. gxf6 Kxf6 36. c6 Bc7 (36... Kf5 $5 37.
Rc4 (37. Rxe5+ $4 Rxe5 $8 38. c7 Re8 39. Bh4 g5 $19) 37... Bc7 $11) 37. h4 Rd6
38. Rc4 Re6 $11 {[%csl Rb2,Rf2][%cal Ge6e2]} 39. Kb3 Re2 40. Ba7 Ke6 {[%csl
Rc6][%cal Ge6d5]} 41. Ka4 $4 {/\Kb5,Bb6} (41. a3 $5 Kd5 42. axb4 (42. Rc5+ Kd6
43. axb4 axb4 44. Rc4 Kd5 45. Rc5+ Kd6 $11) 42... a4+ 43. Kc3 Rc2+ $1 (43...
Be5+ $2 44. Kd3 Rd2+ 45. Kxd2 Kxc4 46. Bb6 $18) 44. Kxc2 Kxc4 45. Bc5 h6 46.
Bf8 Bg3 47. Bxh6 Kxb4 $11) 41... Rxb2 42. Kb5 Rxa2 43. Bb6 Bh2 $4 (43... b3 $1
44. Rc1 (44. Bxc7 b2 45. Re4+ $8 Kf7 46. Rf4+ Kg8 $1 47. Rf1 Ra1 48. Be5 Rxf1
49. Bxb2 Rb1 50. c7 Rxb2+ $19) 44... Bxb6 45. Kxb6 Rc2 46. Rb1 a4 47. c7 (47.
Kb5 a3 48. Rxb3 Rb2 $1 49. c7 (49. Kb4 Rxb3+ 50. Kxb3 Kd6 $19) 49... Rxb3+ 50.
Kc4 Kd7 $19) 47... b2 48. Kb7 a3 $19) 44. c7 Bxc7 45. Bxc7 b3 46. Bxa5 $14 Rc2
47. Rb4 b2 48. Bd8 (48. Bd8 h6 {/\Kf5,g5+/=/=}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup02"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kotsur, Pavel"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[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. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 (6. Be3 b6) 6... Nc6
7. O-O (7. a3 Bg4 8. Be3 e5) 7... Nb4 8. Be2 b6 $5 (8... c6 9. a3 Na6 10. Bxa6
bxa6 11. h3 $36) 9. a3 Na6 10. e5 (10. b4 c5 11. dxc5 Nxe4) 10... Ne8 11. Ne4
c5 (11... Bb7 12. Bd3 c5 13. Qe2 Nac7 14. c3 $13) 12. c3 Bb7 13. Bd3 {/\f5!?}
e6 14. Qe2 Nac7 15. exd6 $1 (15. Rd1 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nd5 $132) 15... Nxd6 16.
dxc5 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 bxc5 19. Qc6 Nd5 20. Qxc5 Qb8 $146 21. Qc4 Rc8
22. Qe4 Qb6+ $6 (22... Qb3 $5) 23. Kh1 Qb5 24. Re1 (24. Qe1 Rc4 {/\a5-a4}) (24.
Rd1 Rab8 25. a4 Qb3) 24... Rab8 25. Ne5 $1 Nb6 (25... Qb3 26. a4) 26. a4 Qd5 $1
27. Qxd5 (27. Qe2 Rd8 (27... Qb7 $5) (27... a5 $5) 28. a5 Nd7 29. c4 Qa8 $13)
27... Nxd5 $146 28. Kg1 a6 29. Kf2 Rb7 30. Re2 Nb6 31. Ra2 (31. a5 Nd5 $146)
31... h5 32. g3 Nd5 33. Ra1 $5 (33. Kf3 Rb3 34. Bd2 Nb6 $13) 33... Nb6 (33...
Bf8 $1 $132 {/\Bc5,Bd6}) 34. a5 Nd5 35. Be3 $5 (35. Ra2 $13) 35... g5 $1 36.
Nd3 (36. Nf3 gxf4 37. Bxf4 Nxf4 38. gxf4 Rc5) 36... gxf4 37. gxf4 $1 (37. Nxf4
Nxf4 38. Bxf4 Rb5 $10) 37... Rb5 38. Kf3 Kh7 39. Bf2 Rd8 $1 (39... Rc4 40. Re4
Rxe4 41. Kxe4 f5+ 42. Kf3 Bf8 $14) (39... Bf8 40. Ra4 Rd8 41. Ne5) 40. Nc5 (40.
c4 $2 Rb3) 40... Nc7 41. Ra3 (41. Ra2 Bf8 42. Ne4 Rd3+ 43. Re3 Rd1 $13) 41...
Rbb8 $132 {/\Rd1,Rbd8} 42. Ra1 Rd5 43. Be3 $6 (43. Rg1 $14) 43... Rf5 $1 44.
Ra4 Bh6 45. Ne4 (45. Nd3 Rd8 46. Ne5 Rd1) 45... Nd5 46. Ng3 Nxe3 47. Rxe3 (47.
Kxe3 Re5+ 48. Kf3 Rxe2) 47... Rd5 48. b4 Rc8 (48... h4 49. Ne2 Rc8 50. Ra2 Rc4
$13) 49. Ra2 Rc4 50. Ne2 Bg7 $146 51. Rc2 $2 (51. Ra3 Rd2) (51. Re4 Rd3+ 52.
Re3 Rxe3+ (52... Rd5 $10) 53. Kxe3 Bxc3 54. Kd3) 51... e5 $1 52. f5 $2 (52.
fxe5 Bh6 $17) (52. Re4 Rd3+ 53. Re3 e4+ 54. Kf2 Rd5 55. Ng3 $2 Bd4) 52... Bh6
53. Ng3 Bxe3 54. Kxe3 Rd1 55. Nxh5 Kh6 56. Ng3 Kg5 57. Ke2 (57. Rg2 Rxc3+ 58.
Ke2 Rc2+) 57... Rd8 58. Ke3 Rd1 59. Ke2 Rd8 60. Ke3 Kg4 61. Ne4 (61. f6 e4 62.
Nxe4 Re8 63. Rg2+ Kh3 64. Rg3+ Kh4) 61... Kxf5 $17 62. Rf2+ Kg6 63. Rg2+ $2 (
63. Rf6+ Kg7 64. Rxa6 Rh8 65. Kd3 Rc7 $17) 63... Kh6 64. Rf2 Kg7 $1 65. Rf5 f6
$1 66. Nxf6 (66. h4 Rd1 67. Nxf6 Kg6 68. Rf2 Rxc3+ 69. Ke2 Rc2+ 70. Kxd1 Rxf2
71. Nd7 e4 72. Nc5 e3 73. Nxa6 Kf5 74. Nc5 Ra2 $19) 66... Rxc3+ 67. Ke4 Rc4+
68. Kxe5 Rxb4 69. Ke6 Rd2 {-/+ 70.Rg5 Kh6 71.Re5 Rh2 Yudasin} 0-1

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1986.03.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zaitsev, Igor A"]
[Black "Konopka, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[Annotator "Zaitsev,I"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1986.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Inf.41/130} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5
Ng4 8. e6 Bxb5 9. exf7+ Kd7 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4
Nc6 14. Qd2 h5 (14... Rhf8 15. Nd5 (15. b4 $6 Nxb4 16. Rb1 Rac8 $1 $17) (15. h3
{- Inf.3/154}) 15... Qxd2+ 16. Bxd2 Rxf7 17. h3 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ exf6 19. O-O $11)
15. b3 Rhf8 16. Bb2 Rxf7 $6 (16... Qc5 $1 17. Ne4 (17. Nd5 e6 18. h3 Nf2) (17.
O-O-O Qe3 18. Nd5 Qxd2+ 19. Rxd2 Rxf7 (19... e6 20. h3 $16) 20. g3 (20. h3 Nh6
21. g4 hxg4 22. hxg4 Nxg4 23. Rg2 (23. Rh4 Nf6 24. Bxf6 exf6 25. Rh6 Rg8 26. f5
Ne5) 23... e6 24. Rxg4 exd5 25. Rxg6 Ne7 $11) 20... Raf8 $11) 17... Qe3+ 18.
Qxe3 Nxe3 19. Kd2 (19. Ng5 Nxc2+ 20. Kd2 Nxa1 21. Bg7 e6 22. Rxa1 Ke7 23. Re1
Rxf7 24. Rxe6+ Kd7) 19... Nxg2 20. Ng5 Nxf4 21. Bg7 (21. Raf1 e5) 21... Ne6 22.
Bxf8 $11) 17. O-O-O Qf5 $6 (17... Raf8 18. g3 Kc8 19. Qe2 $14) 18. g3 Rc8 19.
Rhe1 $1 $16 Rh7 {[/\ Qf8]} (19... Kc7 20. Rxe7+ $1 Rxe7 21. Qxd6+ Kb6 22. Nd5+
$18) 20. Ne4 Kc7 21. h3 Nh6 22. Nxd6 $1 $18 (22. Ng5 Kb8 23. Nxh7 (23. Re2 $16)
23... Nb4 $13) 22... exd6 23. Qxd6+ Kb6 24. Rd5 Qf8 $8 {[><a3]} 25. Bd4+ Ka6
26. Qxg6 Qb4 (26... b6 27. Qd3+ Kb7 28. Qxh7+) 27. Ree5 Rhc7 28. Qd3+ b5 29.
Rxb5 Qxd4 (29... Nxe5 30. Rb6+ Ka5 31. Ra6#) 30. Rb6+ $1 (30. Rb6+ Kxb6 31.
Qb5#) 1-0

