[Event "Ubeda op 5th"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "2000.01.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Mirzoev, Azer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. O-O (11. Rc1 Bc6 12. Bf3 Qd7 13. O-O Rfe8
14. b3 b6 15. e5 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nh5 17. exd6 Be5 18. Ne2 Bxd6 19. Ng3 Qh3 20. f4
Rad8 21. Nxh5 Qxh5 22. Qd1 Qf5 23. Qe2 e5 24. fxe5 Rxe5 25. Qc2 Qg4+ {0-1
Gehlhaar,C-Eckhardt,W/Bechhofen 1998/EXT 2000 (25)}) 11... Bc6 12. f3 a6 (12...
Nd7 13. b4 b6 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bh4 Ne5 18. Nb5 Nc6 19.
Qd5+ Kh8 20. Nxa7 Nxb4 21. Qd2 Ra8 22. Qxb4 Rxa7 23. Rc2 Bc6 24. Rb1 Qa8 25.
Qd2 g5 26. Bf2 g4 27. Rxb6 {Kramnik,V-Ljubojevic,L/Monte Carlo 1996/CBM 52 ext/
1-0 (57)}) 13. Rfc1 $146 (13. Rac1 b5 14. a3 Rb8 15. b4 Qd7 16. Nd5 bxc4 17.
Bxc4 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bb5 19. Bd4 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Qb5 21. Bxg7 Qxc4 22. Bxf8 Kxf8
23. Rc1 {1/2-1/2 Aizapetian,A-Krstevski,S/Herculane 1994/TD (23)}) 13... Rb8
14. b4 b5 (14... b6) 15. Rab1 Qd7 16. a4 $1 {[%mdl 48]} bxc4 (16... bxa4 17. b5
Bb7 18. Nxa4 $16) 17. Bxc4 Bb7 18. Qd3 Ra8 19. b5 axb5 20. Bxb5 Qd8 21. Nd5 $6
{[%mdl 16384] White has a clear positional advantage .All white pieces are
very strong black has a problems to avoid white's plan to push their passed
pawn "a" ,but this move looks dubious.White exchange a pieces and their space
advantage becomes less important than it was before..} (21. Ne2 $5 {[%cal
Ge2d4]}) 21... Nxd5 22. exd5 Qa5 $1 {Now black has countrplay.} (22... Bc8 $2
23. Qd2 Bf5 24. Rb3) 23. Bd4 Rfc8 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qd4+ Kg8 26. h3 f6 27. Kh2
Kg7 28. Qe3 Rc7 29. Rxc7 Qxc7 30. Rc1 Qd8 31. Bc6 Bxc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Final
mistake.Better was to defend the bishop and not to give for white another
passed pawn.After} (31... Qc7 {situation was not so clear.}) 32. dxc6 Qc7 33.
Qb3 Ra7 34. Qb5 {Black can't stop the "a" pawn.} d5+ 35. Kh1 Qf4 36. Qc5 Rc7
37. a5 d4 38. Rc4 Qe5 39. Qxe5 fxe5 40. Kg1 Kf7 41. a6 Ke6 42. a7 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3 {In this
position Tiviakov is high class  specialist for playing by black side.And
interesting to see how hi will play from the white side.} Nd7 $5 {Rare move.
Normal continie is} (13... a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 {And white has
some advantage in the endgame.}) 14. Nd5 $1 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Bxd5 16. cxd5 (16.
exd5 a5 {[%cal Gg7b2,Gb2a3,Gd7c5] Tranformed to the similar game
Anand-Tiviakov 93}) 16... a6 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 18. Rc1 Rxc1 19. Kxc1 {White has a
clear advantage thanks to pair of bishops and space advantage but black has no
weakness.This type of position was played few times and I think that white has
60% for a win and black has 40 % for a draw.} Kf8 20. Kc2 Ke8 21. b4 Be5 22. f4
Ba1 23. a4 Kd8 24. g4 {Right plan.White need to open position,but in the
centre it's impossible,and Tiviakov start action on the kingside.} Bf6 25. g5
Bg7 26. a5 h6 {Only help for white} (26... e6 $2 27. dxe6 fxe6 28. h4 $1 $16)
27. h4 hxg5 28. hxg5 (28. fxg5 Ne5) 28... Kc7 {[%mdl 4352]} 29. Bg4 Kd8 30. Bh3
Ba1 31. Kb3 Bg7 32. Kc4 Bb2 33. Bg2 Kc7 34. Bf3 Kc8 35. Bg4 Kd8 36. Bd1 Kc7 37.
Kd3 Kd8 38. Ba4 Kc7 39. Kc2 Ba1 40. Kd2 Bb2 41. Kd3 Kd8 42. Bd1 Kc7 43. Bg4 Kd8
44. Bh3 Ke8 45. Kc4 Kd8 46. b5 $5 {Last chance to breakthrough.} axb5+ 47. Kxb5
Kc7 48. Bf1 Bc3 49. Bc4 Kd8 50. Be2 Kc7 51. Bg4 Bb2 52. f5 $5 {Doen't help.But
after} (52. a6 bxa6+ 53. Kxa6) (52. Bxd7 Kxd7 53. Kb6 Kc8 {And white achieved
nothing.}) 52... Nc5 53. fxg6 fxg6 54. Bd1 Be5 55. Bc2 Nd7 {Black's position
is impregnable.} 56. Kc4 Nc5 57. Bxc5 dxc5 58. Kxc5 Bf4 59. e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cacak"]
[Site "Cacak"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1996.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 12]} 1. e4 {Tsesarsky} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6.
Nc3 d6 7. Be2 (7. f3 $142 {Tsesarsky}) 7... Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd3
Be6 11. Bd2 (11. Be3 Qa5 12. Bd4 Rfc8 13. b3 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. f4 Nf6 16.
Kh1 a6 17. a4 Bd7 18. Rae1 Bc6 $10 {Smejkal,J-Levchenkov,V/Lubniewice/1994/0,5/
73/}) 11... Nd7 12. b3 a5 (12... Nc5 13. Qe3 Bd7 14. Rab1 Bc6 15. f3 a5 16. Kh1
Re8 17. Rfd1 b6 18. Be1 Qb8 19. Bf2 Qb7 20. Bf1 Reb8 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Tiviakov,
S/Groningen (10) ,CBM 51 1995 (31)}) (12... a6 13. Rac1 (13. f4 b5 $1 14. cxb5
axb5 15. f5 (15. Qxb5 $1 {Tsesarsky} f5 (15... Qc7 16. Rfc1 f5 17. Bf3 Rfb8 18.
Qe2 Qb6+ (18... Bxb3 19. exf5 $18) 19. Kf1 $16) 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4+ Kh8 18.
exf5 Rc8 19. Qd3 Rxf5 $14) 15... Bxb3 $3 (15... b4 16. fxe6 bxc3 17. exf7+ Rxf7
18. Rxf7 Kxf7 19. Bxc3 $16) 16. Qxb5 (16. axb3 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 b4 18. Ra6 bxc3
19. Bxc3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Ne5 $15) 16... Rb8 17. Qd3 (17. Qa6 Nc5 18. Qa3 Bc2 $17)
17... Ne5 18. Qe3 (18. Qg3 Bc4 19. Rae1 Rb2 $17) 18... Nc4 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20.
Rf3 Qb6 21. Qxb6 Rxb6 $17 {0-1 Zvjaginsev,V-Sorokin,M/Elista RUS-ch (06) 1996 
(39)}) (13. Rad1 {Tsesarsky} b5) 13... Ne5 (13... b5 $145 $5 14. cxb5 axb5 15.
Rc2 $5 {Tiviakov,S}) (13... Qb6 14. Kh1 Qd4 (14... Nc5 {Boensch} 15. Qe3 Qc6)
15. Qc2 (15. Qxd4 {Boensch} Bxd4 $10) 15... Rfc8 16. f4 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18.
Qd1 Nf6 (18... Nc5 {Boensch} 19. Nd5 $18) 19. Bf3 Rab8 (19... Qb6 {Boensch} 20.
Qe2 Re8 21. g4 Bd7 22. g5 $16) 20. Qe1 $1 $16 {Fedorowicz,J-Polgar,Zsu/
Amsterdam/1990/1:0/33/} (20. Qe1 $1 {Tsesarsky} Bg4 21. Bxg4 Nxg4 22. Nd5 $18 {
1-0 Fedorowicz,J-Polgar,Z/Amsterdam OHRA-B 1990 (32)})) 14. Qg3 $146 (14. Qe3)
(14. Qe3 {Tsesarsky} Nc6 15. Nd5 Nd4 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Bc3 e5 18. f4 Bc6 19. f5
$14 {1/2-1/2 Rodriguez,A-Antunes,A/Malaga op 1991 (46)}) 14... Nc6 15. f4 Nd4
16. Bd3 f5 $1 (16... b5 $2 17. f5 $16) 17. exf5 Bxf5 (17... Nxf5 18. Qf3) 18.
Bxf5 Rxf5 (18... Nxf5 19. Qd3 $14) 19. Qd3 $1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z-Tiviakov,S/
Buenos Aires 66/145 1996 (58)} (19. Qd3 {Tsesarsky} Qd7 20. Nd5 Raf8 21. Bc3
Nc6 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qe4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Almasi Zoltan-Tiviakov Sergei/It (cat.
13), Buenos Aires (Argentina) 1996 (58)})) (12... Ne5 13. Qg3 Nc6 14. Kh1 (14.
f4 f5 15. Bd3 Kh8 16. Rae1 Bd7 17. Kh1 e6 18. Nb5 Qe7 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Qe3 e5
21. Bc3 e4 22. Bxg7+ Qxg7 23. Be2 Rf6 24. Rd1 Rg8 25. g3 Qe7 26. Qc3 Rg7 27. c5
{1-0 Fogarasi Tibor-Almasi Istvan/It (open) Balatonbereny (Hungary) (6) 1996 
(33)}) 14... Nd4 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Rad1 a6 17. f4 b5 18. f5 bxc4 (18... Bd7 {
Tsesarsky} 19. Nd5 $14) 19. fxe6 cxd3 20. exf7+ Rxf7 21. Rxf7 (21. Qxd3 {
Tsesarsky} Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Ne6 23. Qd5 Qd7 $11) 21... Kxf7 22. Qxd3 Kg8 23. Qxa6
$18 {Smyslov,V-Kortschnoj,V/URS/1961/1:0/27/}) 13. Rac1 (13. Rad1 $10) 13...
Nc5 14. Qe3 Bd7 $1 {A very deep idea. White's bishops are not so active after
Black has played Bc6, e6, Qe7. Black then starts to control the center not
only with pieces, but with the pawn e6. In my opinion this plan is the most
flexible reply for Black after 10.Qd3.} 15. f4 (15. Rfd1 Bc6 16. f3 e6 17. Qf2
Qe7 18. Be3 Rfd8 $10) 15... Bc6 (15... b6) 16. Bf3 e6 17. Kh1 (17. Rcd1 Qe7 $10
) 17... Qe7 18. Nb5 (18. Rfe1 $10) (18. Nb5 b6 ({(} 18... f5 $5 {Tsesarsky} 19.
exf5 (19. e5 $6 dxe5 20. fxe5 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 Ne4 $15) 19... Bxb5 20. cxb5 Rxf5
21. g3 $14 {)}) (18... Rfd8 19. Nd4 (19. Bc3 Bxb5 20. cxb5 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 b6 $11
) 19... e5 (19... Be8 20. Rcd1 e5 21. Ne2 $142 (21. Nb5 exf4 22. Qxf4 a4 23. b4
Bxb5 24. cxb5 Ne6 25. Qe3 Be5 $11 (25... Nd4 26. Qd3 Re8 27. Bc3 Nxf3 28. Bxg7
Kxg7 29. gxf3 Rad8 $11)) 21... exf4 (21... b5 22. cxb5 (22. Nc3 bxc4 23. Nd5
Qb7 24. bxc4 exf4 25. Qxf4 Qb2 26. Nc7 Be5 27. Qh6 Ra7 $132) 22... Bxb5 23.
fxe5 dxe5 24. Bc3 $14) 22. Nxf4 Bc6 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Qxe3 25. Bxe3 b6 $11)
20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. f5 $14) (18... Bxb5 19. cxb5 $14) 19. Rcd1 Rfd8 20. Bc3 e5 $5
$132 (20... Bxb5 21. cxb5 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 e5 $1)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.03.13"]
[Round "13.8"]
[White "Gross, David2"]
[Black "Brendel, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Passau"]
[BlackTeam "Castrop Rauxel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+
15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. h3 Rf8 19. f4 Rad8 20. g5 Nc5 {
Interesting move , prepared to open position in the centre ,in which white's
king is unsaved.} (20... d5 $1 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. Rhd1 b5 $6 (22... e5) 23. Ke1
Bg2 24. Rc7 bxa4 25. Rdxd7 Rxd7 26. Rxd7 axb3 27. axb3 e5 28. Bxa6 exf4 29.
Bxf4 Re8+ 30. Kf2 Bc6 31. Bc4+ Kh8 32. Rc7 $16 {1/2-1/2 Nisipeanu,L-Khalifman,
A/Las Vegas 1999/CBM 72/[Hansen,Cu] (58)}) 21. Nc3 $146 {Of course .White is
loosing their advantage after} (21. Nxc5 dxc5+ 22. Bd3 b6 23. Kc2 Bd7 24. Rhe1
h6 25. h4 hxg5 26. hxg5 Kf7 27. Bd2 e6 28. Rh1 Rh8 29. Rce1 {1/2-1/2 Nisipeanu,
L-Khasin,A/Koszalin 1998/CBM 65 ext (29)}) 21... Ne4+ (21... Rfe8 22. Bf3) 22.
Nxe4 fxe4 23. Bg4 Bf5 $5 (23... Bxg4 24. hxg4 e6 {[%cal Gd6d5]} 25. Bb6 Rd7 26.
Ke3 d5 27. cxd5 exd5 28. f5 $16) 24. Bb6 Rde8 25. Rhf1 e5 (25... e6 $1 {
Looks more precise.}) 26. Bxf5 Rxf5 27. fxe5 Rfxe5 28. h4 h6 $6 {[%mdl 16384]
Dubious move .Black should activise a pieces after} (28... e3+ 29. Ke2 Re4 $11)
29. gxh6 Bxh6+ 30. Be3 Rh5 31. Bxh6 Rxh6 32. Rf4 {[%csl Rd6,Re4][%mdl 4096] In
the rook ending white has a clear advantage thanks to the better pawn
structure and active rooks.} e3+ 33. Kd3 Rg6 (33... Rhe6 34. Rg1+ Kh8 35. Ke2
Rg8 36. Rfg4 $16) 34. Re1 Rg3 35. Re4 Rxe4 36. Kxe4 Rg4+ 37. Kd5 $138 (37. Kd5
Rg3 38. Kxd6 Kh7 39. Kc5 Kh6 40. Kb6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Ubeda op 5th"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "2000.01.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Maharramzade, Javad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Rab1 Rfc8 13. b3 Ng4 14. Bd4
Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Nf6 16. Kh1 a6 17. a4 Qc5 18. Qd3 Bd7 $146 {Black has a space
problems,and with the last move black try to open the files by dubious pawn
sacrifice.} (18... Nd7 19. f4 f6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Qc7 22. Qe3 a5 23. Rf3
Rf8 24. Rh3 Rf7 25. Bd3 f5 26. Qe2 Nc5 27. Bc2 e5 28. dxe6 Re7 29. Re3 Rae8 30.
Re1 Rxe6 {1/2-1/2 Dolmatov,S-Vokarev,S/Linares ESP 2000 (42)}) 19. f4 b5 20.
axb5 axb5 21. Nxb5 Bxb5 22. cxb5 Qb4 {[%cal Gb4e4,Rc8c3]} 23. e5 {[%mdl 16384]
Dolmatov miss the best continie.} (23. Bf3 $1 Ra2 $1 (23... e5 24. Rbd1) (23...
Rab8 24. e5 Rc3 (24... dxe5 25. fxe5 Ng4 26. Qe2 $16) 25. Qd2) (23... Rc3 24.
Qd2 Ra3 25. e5 Raxb3 26. Rxb3 Rxf3) 24. Rbc1 (24. e5 Rc3 25. Qd1 Ne4) 24... Rc5
25. e5 (25. Rxc5 Qxc5 26. Qc4 Qe3 $44) 25... Rd2 26. Rc4 Rxd3 27. Rxb4 Nd5 (
27... dxe5 28. b6) 28. Rc4 Nb6 29. Rxc5 dxc5 30. Rb1 $14) 23... Ne4 24. Bf3 d5
25. Bxe4 (25. Qxd5 Nd2 (25... Nc3 26. Qd2) 26. Ra1 $1 Rab8 (26... Rxa1 27. Rxa1
Nxf3 28. gxf3 Rc5 29. Qd3 Kg7 $14) 27. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Qxf4 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares Anibal op 07th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.01.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Black "Maharramzade, Javad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2000.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe3 Be6 11. Rb1 Nd7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 a5 14. b3 Nc5
$146 (14... Qc7 15. Bb2 Bf6 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. Bf1 Qc5 18. Qh3 Ne5 19. a4 h5 20.
Qg3 Nd7 21. h3 Bxb2 22. Rxb2 Qd4 23. Rbe2 Qf6 24. Re3 Nc5 25. Be2 h4 26. Qg4 e5
27. dxe6 Rxe6 28. Bf3 Rae8 29. Bd5 {Korneev,O-Sorokin,M/Elista 1996/CBM 56/1/
2-1/2 (42)}) 15. Bb2 {Another option to keep the black square bishop after.15.
Bd2} Qd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd4+ Kg8 18. Rfe1 Qf5 19. Bg4 Qf6 $1 {[%mdl 4144]}
20. Qe3 (20. Qxf6 exf6 21. Re7 Rfe8 {And black has good endgame prospects.})
20... Qh4 21. Bf3 Rfe8 22. Rbd1 Qf6 23. Qd2 Reb8 24. Be2 {[%csl Gb5]} Ne4 25.
Qe3 Nc3 26. Rd2 b5 27. cxb5 a4 28. Bc4 (28. b6 $5) 28... axb3 29. Bxb3 Rxb5 30.
g3 (30. Rc2 $6 Nxd5 31. Qd3 Raa5 32. a4 Nf4 $1) 30... Rb7 31. Kg2 Na4 32. Bxa4
Rxa4 33. Rc1 Kg7 34. Rc3 h5 35. h4 Rbb4 36. Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares Anibal op 07th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.01.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Vokarev, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Rab1 Rfc8 13. b3 Ng4 14. Bd4
Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Nf6 16. Kh1 Qc5 17. Qd3 a6 18. a4 Nd7 $146 (18... Bd7 19. f4 b5
20. axb5 axb5 21. Nxb5 Bxb5 22. cxb5 Qb4 23. e5 Ne4 24. Bf3 d5 25. Bxe4 {
1/2-1/2 Dolmatov,S-Maherramzade,J/Ubeda ESP 2000}) 19. f4 f6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21.
exd5 Qc7 22. Qe3 a5 23. Rf3 {[%mdl 16384]} (23. Bg4 $1 f5 24. Bd1 Nf6 (24...
Nc5 25. g4 Qd7 26. Bc2 e6 (26... fxg4 27. f5) 27. dxe6 Qc6+ 28. Kg1 fxg4 29. f5
$18) 25. Bc2 Re8 26. Rbe1 $16 {[%csl Re6,Yg8][%cal Gh2h3,Gg2g4]}) 23... Rf8 24.
Rh3 Rf7 25. Bd3 f5 26. Qe2 Nc5 27. Bc2 (27. Re3) 27... e5 $1 {[%mdl 256]} 28.
dxe6 Re7 29. Re3 (29. Qd2 Rxe6) 29... Rae8 30. Re1 Rxe6 31. Qd2 Rxe3 32. Rxe3
Rxe3 33. Qxe3 Kf7 $11 34. Kg1 Qd8 (34... Qe7 35. Qxe7+ Kxe7 36. Kf2 Ke6 37. Ke3
d5 $2 38. Kd4) 35. Qd4 Qe7 36. Kf1 Ke8 37. g3 Kd7 38. Kf2 Kc7 39. Qc3 Kb6 40.
Qd4 Kc7 41. Qc3 Kb6 42. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Gr-B"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "1999.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 a6 12. b3 Qa5 13. f3 Rfc8 14. h4 (14.
Nd5 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Bxd5 (15... Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bd7 17. Rxc8+ (17. h4 f6 18. Be3
f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. g4 fxg4 21. fxg4 Bb2 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Rg1 Bc3+ 24. Kd1
a5 25. Bd3 a4 26. Ke2 {1/2-1/2 Mokry,K-Polgar,Z/Trencianske Teplice 1985/MCL 
(26)}) 17... Rxc8 18. Bxe7 (18. Rc1 Rxc1 19. Kxc1 Kf8 20. Be3 e6 {1/2-1/2
Pigusov,E-Khasin,A/Tashkent 1986/EXT 97 (20)}) 18... Bh6+ 19. Ke1 Rc2 20. Bxd6
Rxa2 21. Be5 Be3 22. h4 h5 23. g4 hxg4 {1-0 Banas,J-Dobrovolsky,L/Trnava 1983/
MCD (41)}) 16. cxd5 Kf8 17. g4 Nd7 18. h4 Bb2 19. Rc2 Rxc2+ 20. Kxc2 Bf6 21.
Be3 Rc8+ 22. Kd1 Bb2 23. h5 Kg7 24. Rh2 Ba1 25. g5 f6 26. Bf1 Ne5 27. gxf6+
exf6 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Bh6+ {.../50/. 1/2-1/2 Arnason,J-Muco,F/Luzern 1982/EXT
97-B (39)}) 14... b5 (14... Nh5 15. Nd5 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Bxd5 17. exd5 h6 18. Be3
Ng3 19. Rh3 Nxe2 20. Kxe2 b5 21. h5 bxc4 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. bxc4 Rab8 24. Rc2 h5
25. Rh1 Rb4 26. Kd3 Rcb8 27. Bd4 Bxd4 28. Kxd4 {1/2-1/2 Yudasin,L-Polgar,Z/
Oviedo 1992/TD (28)}) 15. Nd5 Qd8 (15... Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Bxd5 17. cxd5 e6 18.
dxe6 fxe6 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. a4 bxa4 21. bxa4 a5 22. Rc1 Rxc1 23. Kxc1 d5 24.
Bd3 dxe4 25. fxe4 Nd7 26. Bd2 Nc5 27. Bc2 Nb7 28. Kd1 Bf6 29. g3 Kf7 30. Ke2
Ke7 31. Be1 Kd6 32. g4 {1-0 Serper,G-Permiakov,V/Kemerovo 1995/CBM 49 ext (55)}
) 16. Nf4 Bd7 17. h5 Nxh5 18. Nxh5 gxh5 19. Bh6 $5 $146 (19. Rxh5 Rc5 20. Rh4
bxc4 21. Bxc4 Be6 22. Be3 Rc6 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Qa5+ 25. Kf2 Qc5 26. Qxc5
Rxc5 27. Rch1 Bxc4 28. Rxh7 Rac8 29. bxc4 Rxc4 30. g4 {1/2-1/2 Serper,
G-Perelshteyn,E/New York 1996/EXT 99 (40)}) 19... Bxh6 $6 {[%mdl 16384]} (19...
Bf6 $5 20. Rxh5 Be6 $13) 20. Qxh6 Qf8 21. Qxf8+ Kxf8 22. Rxh5 {[%csl Rh7][%cal
Gh5a5]} Kg7 23. Kd2 {[%mdl 6144]} Rc5 (23... bxc4 24. Rch1 $16 (24. Bxc4 Be6
25. Rch1 $16)) 24. Rxc5 dxc5 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Rxc5 Rxa2+ 27. Rc2 $1 {[%csl
Rb5] Classical endgame.Black has weak pawn on b5 and white may offer a rooks
exchange.} Ra1 (27... Rxc2+ 28. Kxc2 b4 29. Kd3 $1 Be6 30. Bd1 Kg6 31. f4 $18 (
31. Kd4 Kg5 32. g3 $18)) 28. Kc3 {[%cal Gc3b4,Rb4b5,Ye2b5]} Rb1 29. Rd2 Bc6 30.
Kb4 {Blacks position is hopless ,thanks to the next strong  idea} f5 (30... Kf6
31. Bd3 $1 {This is a point .Rooks should leave square b1 and black is losing
important b5 pawn} Rg1 32. Bxb5 Bxb5 33. Kxb5 Kg5 34. b4 $18) 31. exf5 Kf6 32.
Bd3 $1 Ra1 33. Bxb5 Bxb5 34. Kxb5 Ra8 35. Rb2 1-0

[Event "Sufe Cup"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2000.03.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2000.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Rab1 Rfc8 13. b3 Ng4 14. Nd5
Qxd2 15. Bxd2 Kf8 16. Bg5 Nf6 17. Nxf6 Bxf6 18. Bxf6 exf6 19. f4 Ke7 20. Rfd1
$1 a5 21. Rd4 {[%csl Gc4]} Ra6 $146 (21... Rc5 22. Kf2 h6 23. Ke3 Ra6 24. Kd2
g5 25. g3 gxf4 26. gxf4 f5 27. exf5 Rxf5 28. Re1 Kf6 29. Bf3 Rb6 30. Kc3 {
1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Alterman,B/Elista (ol) 74/185 1998/Inf 74/[Alterman,B] (43)})
22. Kf2 Rb6 {[%cal Gb6b1]} 23. Ke3 a4 $6 (23... g5 24. f5 (24. g3 gxf4+ 25.
gxf4 $14) 24... Bd7 $14) 24. b4 $16 Rbc6 25. b5 Rc5 26. Rb4 {[%cal Gb4a4]} Ra8
27. a3 {[%csl Ra4,Rb7,Rd6,Gf6][%mdl 4144] White has a clear positional
advantage, the black pieces should protect all the time their weak pawn
structure, and black has no active plan.} b6 28. Kd2 f5 29. exf5 Bxf5 30. Bf3
Ra7 31. Kc3 Be6 32. Bc6 {Now black should exchange the bishops, otherway he
will face a zugzwang in a few moves!} Bd7 33. Bxd7 Kxd7 34. Rb2 {[%cal Gc3b4,
Rb2d2]} Rf5 35. Rbd2 Rf6 36. g4 Re6 37. R2d3 Ke7 38. f5 gxf5 39. gxf5 Rf6 40.
Kb4 {THe black rooks stands really ugly and white's positional advantage
decides the game.} Ra8 (40... Rxf5 41. Rxd6 $18 {[%cal Gd6b6]}) 41. Re4+ Kf8
42. Rh4 h6 43. Re4 Rd8 44. Rd5 Ra8 45. Kc3 Rc8 46. Kd4 Rc5 47. h3 Rc8 48. Ke3
Rc7 49. Kf4 Rc8 50. h4 Rc7 51. h5 {White improves his position at the kingside
before he ia showing a winning plan.} Rc5 52. Kg4 Rc8 53. Kf3 Rc7 54. Ke3 Rc8
55. Kd3 Rc7 56. Kc3 Rc8 57. Kb4 Ra8 58. Re3 Ra7 59. Rd4 Ra8 60. Rf4 Ra7 61. Rd4
Ra8 62. Rf4 Ra7 63. Re2 Ra8 64. Rd4 Ra7 65. Rd5 Ra8 66. Re4 Ra7 67. Rd2 Ra8 68.
Rd3 Ra7 69. Rde3 $1 {This move finally destroys the black defence.} Ra8 (69...
Rxf5 70. Re8+ Kg7 71. Rb8 Rf1 72. Rxb6 Rb1+ 73. Kc3 Rc7 74. Kd4 $18) 70. Re7
Rb8 71. Rd7 Rxf5 72. Rxd6 {[%cal Gd6b6,Rd6h6]} Rxh5 73. Rf3 {[%csl Gf6][%cal
Gf3f6]} Rb7 74. Rff6 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Rad1 a6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5
Qxd2 (14... Qxa2 15. Nxf6+ exf6 16. Qc3 Qa4 17. Rxd6 Rac8 18. b3 Qa3 19. Rfd1
Rc7 20. h4 Kg7 21. h5 gxh5 22. Rxe6 {1-0 Tiviakov,S-Polak,T/Oakham 1992/CBM 30
(22)}) 15. Nxf6+ Kg7 $146 (15... exf6 16. Rxd2 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. a3 Rfb8 19.
f4 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Rxd6 b4 22. Ra1 Rc8 23. Bf3 bxa3 24. bxa3 Ra4 25. Bd1
Rxf4 26. a4 Rfc4 27. Bf3 Rc1+ 28. Rd1 {1/2-1/2 Campora,D-Morovic Fernandez,I/
Cala Galdana 1994/EXT 97 (36)}) 16. Nh5+ gxh5 17. Rxd2 {This variation is not
dangerous for black, thank's to strong light square bishop and good pawn
structure.} h4 {[%mdl 4128]} 18. b3 Rac8 19. f4 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Re1 Rc7
22. g3 (22. Kf2 Kf6 $11 23. g4 hxg3+ 24. hxg3 Rg8 25. Bf3 b6) 22... hxg3 23.
hxg3 Rf6 (23... b6 {[%cal Ga6a5,Gc7c5]}) 24. Kf2 Bg6 25. Red1 (25. Bf3) 25...
Rc5 26. Rd5 b6 27. Bf3 a5 $11 28. Re1 Kf8 29. Be4 Bxe4 30. Rxe4 Kf7 {Rook
ending is drawish.} 31. Kf3 Rxd5 32. cxd5 Rf5 33. Rd4 Rh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novak Nikolic Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2000.02.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zontakh, Andrey"]
[Black "Pikula, Dejan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2000.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 (12... Rac8 13. b3 h5
14. Nd5 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bf5 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Kxd3 Rfe8 19. Rhe1
Be5 20. Bg1 e6 21. dxe6 Rxe6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Krasenkow,M-Wojtkiewicz,A/Buenos
Aires 1998/CBM 67 ext (31)}) 13. b3 Nd7 14. Nb5 $146 {[%cal Gb5d4]} (14. O-O a6
15. Rfd1 b5 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 ({RR} 17. Rxd2 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 b4 19. Kf1 Bc3
20. Bd4 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Rc5 22. f4 Ra7 23. Rcd1 Nf6 24. Bf3 a5 25. Re1 a4 26. Bd1
$17 {Kawohlus,M-Tiefenbach,W/Bayern 1996/EXT 99/0-1 (43)}) 17... Bxd5 18. exd5
bxc4 19. Rxc4 Rxc4 20. Bxc4 Nb6 21. Rc1 Bb2 22. Rc2 Bd4+ 23. Kf1 Rc8 24. Ke2
Nxc4 25. Rxc4 Rxc4 26. bxc4 Kf8 27. Kd3 Bg1 28. h3 Ke8 {Matlak,M-Szczepanek,P/
Polanica Zdroj 1995/EXT 97/1/2-1/2 (51)}) (14. Nd5 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Bxd5 16. exd5
a5 $1 {[%cal Gd7c5]} 17. Rc2 Re8 18. f4 Nc5 19. Bf3 Ra6 20. Rb1 Rb6 21. Rcc1
Rb4 22. Kc2 a4 23. Bd2 Na6 24. Kd1 Ra8 25. Bg4 f5 26. Bf3 h5 27. Rc2 axb3 28.
axb3 Rb6 {Benkovic,P-Pikula,D/Kragujevac YUG 2000/The Week in Chess/1/2-1/2 
(44)}) 14... Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 a6 16. Nd4 Nc5 {[%mdl 4096]} 17. Rhd1 $6 (17. g4 $1
{[%cal Gh2h4]} b5 $2 18. Nxe6 $16) 17... a5 18. Ke1 $14 Bd7 19. Rc2 (19. g4 Na6
) 19... Bf6 20. Rdc1 Na6 $1 {[%csl Gb4][%cal Ra5a4][%mdl 32]} 21. a4 (21. a3
Nc5 {[%csl Gb3]} 22. Rb1 a4 23. b4 Nb3 $1 {[%csl Gc4]}) 21... Nc5 {[%csl Gb3,
Rc5]} 22. Rb1 Bg7 {[%cal Gf7f5]} 23. Rcc1 Ra6 $2 (23... f5 $1) 24. g4 Raa8 25.
Kd2 $6 {White king has nothing to do in the centre.} (25. h4) 25... Be5 26. h4
Kh8 27. Nb5 f5 28. exf5 gxf5 29. f4 (29. Bd4 $1 $11) 29... Bg7 30. g5 Bc6 $1
$15 {[%csl Rb1,Rc1]} 31. Nc3 e6 (31... Rd8 $1 32. Ke1 e5) 32. Rf1 (32. h5 $1)
32... Kg8 33. h5 Kf7 34. Bf3 Rd8 35. Kc2 (35. Bxc6 bxc6 36. Kc2 $11) 35... Na6
36. Na2 d5 37. Bb6 Rdc8 38. Bxa5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Blunder.Correct way was} (38.
Rbd1 $1 dxc4 39. Bxc6 Rxc6 (39... cxb3+ 40. Kxb3 bxc6 41. Rd7+ Kg8 42. Kc4 $44)
40. Rd7+ Kg8 41. Rxb7 {And now bad is} Nb4+ $2 42. Nxb4 cxb3+ 43. Kxb3 Rc3+ 44.
Ka2 axb4 45. Rxg7+ Kxg7 46. Bd4+ $16) 38... dxc4 39. Bxc6 cxb3+ 40. Rxb3 Rxc6+
41. Kb1 Nc5 42. Rb5 b6 43. Bd2 Ne4 44. Be1 Rd8 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 15th final"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1999.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Khasin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1999.10.29"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kiseljak"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk Siberia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 (9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Qe3 Qb6 12. Qd2 Rfc8 13. b3 Qa5 14.
Rac1 a6 15. f4 Rc5 16. Qe3 Rac8 (16... Re8 17. Bh4 b5 18. e5 Nd7 19. Ne4 Rc6
20. cxb5 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 dxe5 22. Qd2 (22. bxa6) 22... Qxd2 23. Nxd2 axb5 24.
Bxb5 Rb8 25. a4 {+= 0-1 Dimitrov,V-Velimirovic,D/Pozarevac 1995 (51)}) 17. Na4
R5c6 18. f5 Bd7 19. Kh1 Re8 20. Nc3 Rcc8 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Nd5 {+= 1-0
Kortchnoi,V-Wojtkiewicz,A/Antwerpen 1994 (30)}) 9... O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1
Qa5 12. O-O Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. f4 Rc5 15. Qe3 (15. Bf3 $6 Rb8 (15... Rac8 16.
Qf2 (16. Rcd1 b5 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. cxb5 Bxd5 19. exd5 axb5 20. Rf2 Rc3 {=+ 1-0
Kaiszauri,K-Spiridonov,N/EU-chT Skara 1980 (31)}) 16... R5c7 17. f5 gxf5 18.
Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 {~= 1-0 Krnic,Z-Spiridonov,N/Athens GRE 1981 (53)}) 16. Bh4
b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Bf2 (18. Qe3 Rbc8 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Rxc5 dxc5 21. exd5 Nxd5
{0-1 Wittmann,W-Fischer,W/cr EU/M - FS 1980 (21)}) 18... Rc7 {=+}) (15. Bd3 b5
16. f5 bxc4 17. fxe6 cxd3 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Be3 Rc6 20. Qxd3 Rac8 21. Bd2 Qc5+
22. Kh1 Ke8 $132 {0-1 Orlov,G-Petrienko,V/Podolsk GMA-qual ,EXT 1989 (48)}) (
15. a3 Qxa3 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. f5 gxf5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Rxf5 Bxf5 20. Nd5 Bg6
21. Nxf6+ exf6 22. b4 Re8 {-/+ 1/2-1/2 Adla,D-Palacios,L/Paranana Wtt-26 ,EXT
1993 (48)}) (15. Qe3 h6 (15... Re8 16. f5 (16. Rfd1 Ng4 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Rd2 (
18. Nd5 Bxd1 19. Rxd1 Rxd5 20. Rxd5 Qxa2 {-/+ 0-1 Riegler,P-Palacios,L/Moscow
olm SLO-MEX 1994 (27)}) 18... h6 19. Bh4 b5 (19... Qa3 20. Rcc2 b5 21. cxb5
axb5 22. Nd5 Qa7 $132) 20. Nd5 Qa3 21. Rdc2 bxc4 22. b4 Qxe3+ 23. Nxe3 Bd4 24.
Bf2 Bxe3 25. Bxe3 Rcc8 26. Rxc4 {=}) 16... gxf5 17. Nd5 Rcc8 18. Nxe7+ (18. b4
Qxa2 19. Nxe7+ (19. Nc3 Qb2 {-+ 0-1 Holzke,F-Turner,M/Goteborg 1993 (24)})
19... Rxe7 20. exf5 d5 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. fxe6 Rxe6 23. Qg3+ Kh8 24. cxd5 Rxc1
25. dxe6 Rxf1+ 26. Bxf1 Qxe6 {=+}) 18... Rxe7 19. exf5 Qxa2 {~=}) (15... Rac8
16. Na4 $1 (16. Rb1 Qd8 17. a4 a5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kruppa,Y-Tiviakov,S/St
Petersburg 1993 (58)}) 16... R5c7 (16... R5c6 17. f5 Bd7 18. Bf3 Rd8 (18... b5
19. e5 Ng4 20. Bxg4 bxa4 21. e6 {+-}) 19. e5 Qxe5 20. Qxe5 dxe5 21. Bxc6 Bxc6
22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Nc5 {+/-}) 17. Nb6 Re8 18. f5 Bc8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Qc5
21. Qxc5 Rxc5 22. Nxf6+ exf6 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Rxf6 Rxe4 25. Bf3 Re6 26. Rxe6
fxe6 27. Rd1 {+/-}) 16. Bh4 g5 17. Be1 gxf4 18. Qxf4 Qa3 19. Rc2 {Like in this
game}) 15... h6 (15... Re8 16. f5 (16. Rfd1 Ng4 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Rd2 (18. Nd5
Bxd1 19. Rxd1 Rxd5 20. Rxd5 Qxa2 {-/+ 0-1 Riegler,P-Palacios,L/Moscow olm
SLO-MEX 1994 (27)}) 18... h6 19. Bh4 b5 (19... Qa3 20. Rcc2 b5 21. cxb5 axb5
22. Nd5 Qa7 $132) 20. Nd5 Qa3 21. Rdc2 bxc4 22. b4 Qxe3+ 23. Nxe3 Bd4 24. Bf2
Bxe3 25. Bxe3 Rcc8 26. Rxc4 {=}) 16... gxf5 17. Nd5 Rcc8 (17... Bxd5 18. exd5
e6 (18... Ne4 19. Rxf5 Nxg5 20. Qxg5 {+=}) 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Rxf5 Qd8 21. Rh5 {
+/-}) (17... Nxd5 18. exd5 Bd7 (18... Bc8 19. Bd3 e6 20. Bxf5 Bd7 21. Qg3 {+/-}
) 19. Bd3 $36) 18. Nxe7+ (18. b4 Qxa2 19. Nxe7+ (19. Nc3 Qb2 {-+ 0-1 Holzke,
F-Turner,M/Goteborg 1993 (24)}) 19... Rxe7 20. exf5 d5 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. fxe6
Rxe6 23. Qg3+ Kh8 24. cxd5 Rxc1 25. dxe6 Rxf1+ 26. Bxf1 Qxe6 {=+}) 18... Rxe7
19. exf5 Qxa2 {~=}) (15... Rac8 16. Na4 $1 (16. Rb1 Qd8 17. a4 a5 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Kruppa,Y-Tiviakov,S/St Petersburg 1993 (58)}) 16... R5c7 (16... R5c6
17. f5 Bd7 18. Bf3 Rd8 (18... b5 19. e5 Ng4 20. Bxg4 bxa4 21. e6 {+-}) 19. e5
Qxe5 20. Qxe5 dxe5 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Nc5 {+/-}) 17. Nb6 Re8 18.
f5 Bc8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Qc5 21. Qxc5 Rxc5 22. Nxf6+ exf6 23. fxg6 hxg6 24.
Rxf6 Rxe4 25. Bf3 Re6 26. Rxe6 fxe6 27. Rd1 {+/-}) 16. Bh4 g5 $6 {+= With idea
of blockade on black squares. However thus the position of the black king is
loosened a little.} (16... Rac8 17. f5 gxf5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qxa2 20. Rce1
R5c7 21. Rxf5 {~=}) (16... Re8 $5 $132) 17. Be1 (17. fxg5 hxg5 18. Bg3 {+=})
17... gxf4 (17... Qa3 18. Rc2 {+=}) 18. Qxf4 Qa3 (18... Rg5 $1 19. h4 Re5 (
19... Rg6 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Bc3 Bh3 (21... Ng4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rc3 {+=}) 22.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Bxf6 Rxg2+ (23... Rxf6 24. Qg3+ {+-}) 24. Kh1 exf6 25. Rg1 {+-})
20. g4 $5 {+=} (20. Nd5 $2 Qxa2 21. Nxe7+ Kf8 {-+}) (20. Bf2 b5 $132 (20... Nh5
21. Bxh5 Rxh5 22. Nd5 Re8 23. a4 Bxd5 24. cxd5 {+-}))) 19. Rc2 Re5 $2 {+/-
Here rook becomes vulnerable.} (19... Rc7 20. Bd2 {+=} (20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5
Bxd5 $1 22. Bd3 (22. cxd5 Rxc2 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. Bd3 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Rf8 26. Qg6
Rxf1+ 27. Bxf1 Qe3 28. Qxc2 Bd4 29. Bf2 Qxf2 30. Qxf2 Bxf2 {=}) 22... Be6 (
22... e5 23. Qf5 Be6 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Bd2 {+=}) 23. Qe4 Qc5+ 24. Rcf2 Qd4 25.
Qh7+ Kf8 26. Bd2 Rac8 27. Bxh6 Bxh6 28. Qxh6+ Ke8 29. Rd1 {+=})) 20. Nd5 Bxd5
21. exd5 Rf8 (21... Rc8 22. Bc3 Rg5 23. Bd3 {+/-}) 22. Bd3 {White has par of
bishops and space advantage on the King side.} b5 $6 (22... Qc5+ 23. Bf2 Qc7
24. b4 {+/-}) 23. Bc3 bxc4 $2 {+-} (23... Rg5 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Qe4 Rg7 26.
cxb5 axb5 27. Bxb5 {+/-}) 24. Qxc4 $1 {Unexpectedly black queen falls in a
dangerous situation.} Re3 (24... a5 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Qc5 {+-}) 25. Bb4 Qxb4
26. Qxb4 Rxd3 27. Qc4 Re3 28. Qxa6 Nxd5 29. Rc8 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch KO"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.12.20"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Shchekachev, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1999.12.04"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Rac1 Rfc8 $6 13. b3 b5 (13...
Rab8 14. Rfd1 Qd8 15. f3 a6 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 b5 19. cxb5 axb5
20. Qb4 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Nf6 22. Rd1 Qc7 23. Qd2 Qb7 24. a4 bxa4 25. bxa4 Qb3 26.
a5 Nxd5 27. Ba7 Ra8 28. Qxd5 {Balcerak,P-Blaich,M/Oberhof 1999/EXT 2000/1/2-1/
2 (51)}) (13... a6 14. f4 Rc5 (14... b5 15. f5 $16)) 14. cxb5 Rxc3 $4 $146 {
[%mdl 8192]} (14... Rc7 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 Nxd5 17. exd5 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Bxd5
$16 19. Be3 e5 20. Rc7 Bf6 21. Rxa7 Rb8 22. Rd7 Ra8 23. Ra7 Rb8 24. h3 Ba8 25.
a4 d5 26. Bc5 Rc8 27. b4 d4 28. b6 Bc6 {1-0 Efler,D-Skacelova Zahorovska,L/
Pardubice 1992/EXT 2000 (28)}) 15. Rxc3 Nxe4 16. Rc8+ $1 {[%cal Rd2a5,Yc8g8]}
Bxc8 17. Qxa5 Nxg5 18. b6 1-0

[Event "Solin 7th"]
[Site "Solin"]
[Date "1999.12.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Rab1 Rfc8 13. b3 Ng4 14. Nd5
Qxd2 15. Bxd2 Kf8 16. Bg5 Nf6 17. Nxf6 Bxf6 18. Bxf6 exf6 19. Rbd1 (19. f4)
19... Ke7 20. Rd2 $146 (20. f4 Rc5 21. Rd4 a5 22. Rfd1 Ra6 23. g4 Rb6 24. R1d3
a4 25. f5 axb3 26. axb3 Bd7 27. Bd1 Re5 28. Rh3 Bc6 29. Rxh7 g5 30. h4 gxh4 31.
Rxh4 Bxe4 32. Rh3 Ra6 33. Rh2 d5 34. c5 Ra1 {Tischbierek,R-Van der Weide,K/
Berlin 1997/CBM 59 ext/1/2-1/2 (47)}) 20... a5 $1 {[%cal Ga5a4][%mdl 272]} 21.
f4 Rc5 (21... a4 22. f5 Bd7 23. b4 $16) 22. Rfd1 Ra6 {[%cal Ga6b6] With the
idea Rb6 and a5-a4!} 23. Kf2 Rb6 24. Ke3 a4 25. Rd3 Ra5 $11 26. R1d2 f5 27.
exf5 Bxf5 28. Rc3 Bd7 29. Bf3 Bc6 30. Kd4 axb3 31. axb3 h5 {Black exchange
their pawn weakness and draw becomes obvious.} 32. Re3+ Kf6 33. Kc3 Bxf3 34.
Rxf3 Ra1 35. Rfd3 Ke6 36. Re3+ Kf6 37. Red3 Ke6 38. Re3+ Kf6 39. Red3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.03.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "216"]
[EventDate "1996.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Tischbierek} c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7.
Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 {The first time I played this opening against
Kramnik, he got nothing. It is safe to say that he isn't surprised anymore
when he plays this.} (9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qd2 a6 11. O-O Be6 12. Rad1 Qa5 13. b3 b5
14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Nxf6+ exf6 17. Rxd2 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Anand,V 
(02)/Moscow PCA 25' (04) ;EXP 40 1994}) 9... O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O a6 12. f3
Qa5 13. Rab1 Rfc8 14. Rfc1 Rab8 15. b4 Qd8 16. c5 {A really crummy position.
Here I decided to first get rid of the a-pawns.} a5 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 Ra8
19. Bf1 $1 {Getting the B out of range of Ra2.} h5 20. Qe1 Ne8 21. Kh1 Kf8 {
I didn't see much else!} 22. Nd5 $6 (22. Bg1 {Would have been interesting if
only to see if I would have played Kg8}) 22... Bxd5 $1 23. exd5 dxc5 24. bxc5 (
24. Bxc5 Nd6 $10 {/\ Bf6,Kg7}) 24... Qxd5 25. Rd1 Qe5 (25... Qc6 26. Bb5 $1)
26. Rxb7 Rxc5 $1 {I had prepared this move some time ago and Black is out of
danger since all the Ps are on one side.} 27. f4 Qe4 28. Rb4 Qc6 29. Bxc5 Qxc5
30. Rb5 Qc3 31. Qe4 {Kramnik continued blitzing here and I wasn't sure whether
to offer a draw or just continue. I chose the latter.} Rc8 32. Rb7 Bf6 33. f5
$2 {Completely unnecessary.} g5 34. Rbb1 $6 $138 {With a draw offer. I was
about to accept (and if he hadn't played f4-f5, I would have agreed
immediately), but paused. It seemed to me that since Black was in absolutely
in no danger anymore, it wouldn't be out of place to keep playing for until
the time control.} (34. Qd3 $10) 34... Nd6 35. Qd3 Qe5 36. Qe2 (36. Rbc1 $1
Rxc1 (36... Ra8 37. Qf3 $1) 37. Rxc1 Ne4 (37... Kg7 $10) 38. Qd8+ $1 (38. Qf3
g4) (38. Rc2) 38... Kg7 39. Rc8 Nf2+ (39... Kh6 40. Qf8+ Bg7 41. Qxf7) 40. Kg1
Nh3+ 41. Kh1 (41. gxh3 Qe3+ 42. Kg2 Qe4+ $19) 41... Nf2+ $10) 36... Qc5 $1 37.
Re1 (37. Qxh5 Ne4 $36) (37. Qf3 $1 {Tischbierek} g4 (37... Qxf5 38. Qxh5 Ne4
39. Bc4 $5) 38. Qd5 Qxd5 (38... Nxf5 $4 39. Rbc1 Bc3 40. Rxc3 $18) 39. Rxd5 Rc2
$10) 37... h4 38. Qf3 Qxf5 39. Bd3 $2 (39. Qxf5 $1 {I think that White
shouldn't be in danger here.}) 39... Qxf3 40. gxf3 Rc3 41. Rbd1 Ra3 $1 {
Ironically, White's broken P structure, though useful to prevent Black from
creating passed pawns, gives Black' minor pieces excellent squares. The f4
square, especially beckons!} 42. Kg2 Ra5 43. Re2 e6 44. Rc1 Be5 $1 45. Rc6 Ke7
{Now Black's K is out of the last rank and Black can start trying to manoeuvre
his N to d4 or d5.Kramnik later told me that he agreed that White's position
would eventually give, and that he didn't think that he could have saved it.}
46. Ra6 Rd5 47. Ra3 Kf6 48. Rb3 Ra5 49. Rc2 Ra4 50. Re2 Ra5 51. Kh3 Bf4 52. Kg2
Ne8 $1 {The idea is to take the N to h5. White will have to prevent this by
bringing his Rb3 and Bd3 to attack f7. Then I can maybe leave my R on the
third rank to stop White from returning to d3 and b3. At leats that was the
rough outline of my plan.} 53. Rb7 Ra3 $1 54. Bh7 Nd6 $1 {Back, now that I
have achieved my objective. The Bd3 was good in controlling the squares of
entry for my N - b5 and f5 and now I can try to get my N in.} 55. Rb4 Rc3 56.
Rc2 Re3 57. Rf2 Re1 {There is no harm in wasting time in such positions.} 58.
Rb1 Re3 59. Rb4 Kg7 60. Bc2 Ne8 61. Rb3 Re1 62. Rb1 Re5 63. Rb7 (63. Bd3 Nf6 $1
{/\ Nh5, Be3}) 63... Rc5 64. Re2 Nd6 65. Rd7 (65. Bd3 Rc3 $1 {And White can't
stop Nc4 or Nf5}) 65... Kf6 66. Bh7 Nc4 {Mission accomplished} 67. Rd3 Ne5 68.
Rb3 Kg7 69. Be4 Rc1 70. Bb1 Rc8 71. Bc2 $2 {Black has made considerable
progress, but this allows an immediate finish.} h3+ $1 72. Kxh3 Nc6 $1 73. Rc3
Rh8+ 74. Kg2 Nd4 $1 (74... Rxh2+ $4 75. Kf1 Rh1+ 76. Kg2) 75. Rf2 Rxh2+ 76. Kf1
Rh1+ 77. Kg2 Rc1 $22 $19 {[#]} 78. Rc4 (78. Kh3 Rg1 $1 $19) 78... Be3 79. Rxd4
Bxd4 80. Re2 Kf6 81. Kh2 Ra1 82. Kg2 Rg1+ 83. Kh2 g4 $1 84. Rg2 Rc1 85. Kg3 (
85. fxg4 Be5+ $19) 85... gxf3 86. Kxf3 Ke5 87. Re2+ Kd6 88. Rd2 Ke7 89. Re2 Bc5
90. Kg2 Bd6 91. Bb3 Rc3 92. Ba2 Bf4 93. Bb1 Kf6 94. Ba2 e5 {Took some time,
but I realized that Black can afford to advance his Ps on the dark squares!}
95. Rb2 Kg6 96. Rb6+ f6 97. Bb1+ Kg5 98. Rb8 Kg4 99. Rg8+ Bg5 {Now all that
remains is to start pushing the e-pawn.} 100. Rf8 Rb3 101. Bg6 Rb2+ 102. Kf1
Kf3 103. Bh5+ Kf4 104. Bg6 e4 105. Re8 f5 106. Rf8 Rb5 107. Bh7 Kg4 108. Bg6 e3
0-1

[Event "SRB Central-ch op-A 5th"]
[Site "Paracin"]
[Date "2012.07.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Réti's day!} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 $5 {Aleksandar studied
the Maroczy with Velimirovic back in time.} (4... Nf6 5. g3 $5 Qb6 6. Nb5 $5 a6
(6... Ne5 7. Bg2) 7. N5c3 Ne5 8. Bg2 $1 $44 {is sharp as a blade.}) 5. e4 Nf6
6. Nc3 d6 (6... Bg7 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 d6 11. b4 O-O
12. Be2 a5 13. a3 axb4 14. axb4 Bd7 15. O-O Ra3 (15... Bc6 16. Qd2 Ra3 17. Nd5
{is the same}) 16. Nd5 Bc6 17. Qd2 Re8 18. Rc2 $14 {resembles the game.}) 7.
Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 {This looks like the most logical move.} ({A
sister line is} 9. Be3 $5 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. f3 (11. O-O a4 12. f3 Qa5 13. Rab1
Be6 14. Rfc1 Rfc8 15. b4 axb3 16. axb3 Qb4 17. Rc2 Nd7 18. Nd5 Qxd2 19. Rxd2
Kf8 20. b4 Ra3 21. Kf2 Bxd5 22. exd5 b6 {like in the game.}) 11... a4 12. Rc1
Qa5 13. Rc2 Bd7 14. O-O Bc6 15. Rfc1 Nd7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Qxa5 Rxa5 18. cxd5
Nc5 19. Kf1 $14) 9... O-O 10. Qd2 a5 $5 {It is always difficult to figure out
the accurate move order.} 11. Rc1 (11. Rd1 $5 Be6 12. b3 a4 $1 13. e5 (13. Bxf6
Bxf6 14. Nxa4 Bd7 15. Nc3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Rxa2 17. Bd3 $11) 13... dxe5 14. Qxd8
Rfxd8 15. Rxd8+ Rxd8 16. Nxa4 Bd7 17. Nc3 $13) (11. f3 a4 12. Rc1 {is just a
transposition to the game.}) 11... a4 12. f3 Bd7 $146 {A new but sound
approach to the game.} (12... Qa5 13. Rc2 Bd7 (13... Be6 14. Nd5 $14) 14. Nd5
$14) (12... Be6 13. Nb5 $5) 13. Rc2 (13. c5 $5 Be6 (13... dxc5 $2 14. e5 {
wins a piece.}) 14. cxd6 Qxd6 15. Qxd6 exd6 16. Rd1 a3 17. b3 Rfc8 18. Nb5 Ne8
$132) 13... Re8 14. O-O {It is always a sophisticated question if the king
should stay near the centre.} (14. Kf2 $5 Bc6 15. Rb1 Nd7 16. b4 axb3 17. axb3
Qb6+ 18. Be3 Qb4 19. Nd5 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Ra3 21. b4 {may well be an improvement
over the game.}) (14. c5 $6 dxc5 15. e5 Bf5 16. exf6 exf6 17. Bh4 Bxc2 18. Qxc2
a3 $17) 14... Bc6 15. Rb1 $6 {This continuation does not fit the general plan.}
(15. Rfc1 Nd7 16. Nd5 Nc5 17. Bf1 $14) (15. Rd1 Nd7 16. Nd5 Nc5 17. Bf1 Rc8 $14
) 15... Nd7 16. b4 (16. Be3 Nc5 17. b4 axb3 18. axb3 Ra3 19. b4 Nb3 20. Qd3 Na1
21. Rcc1 Nb3 $11 {draws by force.}) 16... axb3 17. axb3 Qb6+ 18. Be3 Qb4 19.
Nd5 Qxd2 20. Bxd2 (20. Rxd2 Ra3 $40 {is annoying.}) 20... Bd4+ (20... Ra3 21.
Bc1 Bd4+ (21... Ra7 22. Be3) 22. Kf1 Ra7 {is similar to the game.}) 21. Kf1 ({
Too early to exchange the bishops with} 21. Be3 $6 Bxe3+ 22. Nxe3 Ra3 23. Kf2
$15) 21... Ra7 $5 (21... Ra3 22. Bg5 (22. Bb4 $6 Ra7 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. Nxc3 Rea8
{resembles the game.}) 22... f6 23. Bc1 Ra7 24. Rd2 e5 25. Bb2 $11) 22. b4 (22.
Nb4 $6 Rea8 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. b4 Ra1 25. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 26. Rc1 Ra2 27. Ke1 c5 28.
b5 Kf8 29. Rb1 Nb6 $17) 22... b6 23. Bc3 $6 (23. Rd1 $142 $1 Kf8 (23... Ba4 $2
24. Ra2 {is obvious.}) 24. Bf4 Bg7 25. Rdd2 $11) 23... Bxc3 24. Nxc3 Rea8 25.
Ke1 $6 (25. Rbb2 $142) 25... f5 $1 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Bd3 $1 $132 {White has to
create some weaknesses in his opponent's camp.} e6 (27... Ne5 $2 28. Bxf5 Nxc4
29. Be6+ $18) 28. Be2 $5 {There is a big difference between the text} ({
and the alternative} 28. Bf1 Ra1 29. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 30. Kf2 Ra3 31. Ne2 $132 Ne5
32. Nd4 Bd7 33. c5 $11) 28... Ra1 29. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 30. Kf2 $2 (30. Kd2 $1 Rg1 31.
Ke3 $1 Kf7 (31... Rxg2 32. Rd2 e5 33. Rxd6 Rg6 {may well be risky for Black.})
32. Ra2 $132 Rxg2 $140 $2 33. Ra7 $1 $18) 30... Ra3 $1 {Shock!} 31. Nd1 Kf7 32.
Rb2 f4 33. Rd2 $1 {This is better} ({than} 33. g3 e5 34. Rd2 Ke6 35. gxf4 exf4
36. Rd4 Ke5 37. Rd2) 33... Ke7 34. g3 Ra4 $1 $138 (34... Ne5 35. gxf4 Nxf3 36.
Rd3 Rxd3 37. Bxd3 e5 38. Be2 Nd4 39. fxe5 dxe5 $11) 35. b5 fxg3+ 36. hxg3 Bb7
37. Ne3 $5 {Is it the right move order?} (37. Rd4 h5 38. Rh4 Nf6 39. Ne3 Ra2
40. g4 hxg4 41. Nxg4 Nxg4+ 42. Rxg4 $11) 37... Nf6 $1 (37... h5 38. Ng2 $132)
38. g4 $2 {This ambitious move may be a mistake.} (38. Rd4 Ra2 39. Rh4 h5 $11)
38... Ra8 $2 (38... h5 $1 39. g5 Nd7 40. Kg3 (40. f4 Nc5 41. Bf3 Ne4+ 42. Bxe4
Bxe4 $17) (40. Ng2 Ne5) 40... Ra3 41. Ng2 Ne5 42. Nh4 Be4 $17) 39. g5 Nd7 40.
Rd4 {On this move I offered a draw. We have a more or less equal position on
the board.} (40. Rd4 Rf8 41. Rh4 Rf7 {After all these obvious moves I was
stuck and could not have found a real follow up.} 42. Ng4 $1 e5 43. Nh6 Rf8 44.
Ke3 d5 45. cxd5 Bxd5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Averbakh/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 {Le nom de sicilien (il giuno siciliano) donné а ce début se trouve
déjà chez Greco, mais il n'est devenu d'usage courant que par le théoricien
anglais JH Sarratt (The works of Damiano, Ruy Lopez and Salvio, London 1813)}
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Be2 Bg7 9.
Bg5 (9. Be3 {L'alternative} O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 (10... Ng4 $6 11. Bxg4 (11. Bg5 h6
12. Bh4 (12. Bf4 Kh7 13. f3 Ne5 14. O-O Be6 15. Nd5 $14) 12... Be6 13. Rc1 Rc8
14. f3 Ne5 15. b3 f5) 11... Bxg4 12. Rc1 (12. Bd4) 12... Rc8) (10... a5) (10...
Bd7 11. O-O Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Rab1 Nc5 15. Rfd1 (15. Rfc1 e6 16. Rd1
Be5 17. Bd4 Qe7 18. Bf1 $14)) 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 (12. b3) 12... Rfc8 {[%cal
Ga5d8]} 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 (14. Nd5 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nxd5 16. cxd5 (16. exd5 $5
Bd7 17. a4 Bb2 18. Rc2 Ba3 {[%cal Ga3c5]}) 16... Bd7 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 18. Rc1) (
14. Rc2 $5 {Donnant une position proche de la partie} b5 {Tal,M (2585)-Pigusov,
E (2545) GMA-qual f Moscow 1990 (8) 1/2}) 14... Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 f5
17. exf5 (17. gxf5 gxf5 18. Rhg1 $14 {[%cal Ge3h6,Gg1g8]}) 17... gxf5 18. h3
Rf8 19. f4 {[%csl Ge5]} Rad8 (19... Nf6 {[%cal Gf6e4]}) 20. g5 Nc5 21. Nc3 Ne4+
(21... Bd7 22. Bf3) 22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. Bb6 {[%csl Rd8]} Rc8 24. Ke3 $14 {
Goloshchapov,A (2566)-Wirig,A (2408) EU-Cup 20th Izmir 2004 (4.1) 1-0}) (9. O-O
O-O 10. Qd3 Be6 11. Bd2 a6 12. b3 Nd7 13. Rac1 Ne5 14. Qe3 Nc6 15. Nd5 Nd4 16.
Bd3 Bd7 17. Bc3 e5 18. f4 Bc6 19. f5 {Rodriguez Cespedes,A (2530)-Antunes,A 
(2470) Malaga op 1991 (8) 1/2} (19. Qf2 $5 {[%cal Gf4e5,Gd6e5,Gc3b4] Rodriguez
Cespedes})) 9... O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 {91} Qa5 {90} 12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3 {88}
a6 {[%csl Rb6] 83} 14. Rc2 $6 $146 {74 Un nouveau plan dans cette position
pourtant archi théorique et ce n'était peut-être pas une préparation maison
car les Blancs ont réfléchi un 1/4 d'heure avant de placer la nouveauté. Rc2
ne promet pourtant qu'un intérêt minime et on ne devrait pas trop le revoir
souvent а l'avenir.} (14. Nd5 $142 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bd7 {C'est la
différence avec la partie, les Noirs n'ont pas le temps de prendre en c2 sur
échec} 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 18. Rc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S (2595)-Khalifman,A 
(2655)/Novosibirsk 1995/CBM 050} (18. Bxe7 $2 Bh6+ 19. Ke1 {[%csl Re1,Rh1]}
Rc1+ 20. Bd1 Ra1 {Horvath,G (2405)-Groszpeter,A (2480) Zalaegerszeg 1991 (8)
1-0} (20... f5 {Leads to potential trouble only for White (Averbakh)}))) (14.
Na4 $142 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Ga4b6] La grande ligne qui mène а une finale
favorable pour les Blancs} Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Rc6 (15... Nd7 16. g4 f6 17. Be3) 16.
Nc3 Rac8 $6 {Après cette partie de référence, ce coup a été quasiment abandonné
} (16... Kf8 $142 {Vallejo Pons,F (2662)-Malakhov,V (2696) Selfoss Milk
Masters 2nd 2003 (6) 1/2}) 17. Nd5 Kf8 (17... Bxd5 18. exd5 $14 {[%csl Rc6]})
18. Be3 {[%csl Ge2,Ge3]} Nd7 19. h4 Bxd5 $6 (19... f5 $142 $5 20. Nf4 Bf7 {
Karpov}) 20. exd5 {[%csl Rc6]} R6c7 21. h5 $16 {Karpov,A (2700)-Kavalek,L 
(2625) Nice ol (Men) fin-A 1974 (7) 1-0}) 14... b5 {73} 15. Nd5 $1 {La
manoeuvre thématique dans cette structure} Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Nxd5 17. cxd5 (17.
exd5 $143 Bf5 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Kxd3 bxc4+ $1 20. bxc4 {[%csl Rc4]} Kf8 21. Re1
Rc7 $132) 17... Rxc2+ $1 {Le coup intermédiaire qui rend la nouveauté 14.Rc2
un peu douteuse} 18. Kxc2 Rc8+ 19. Kb1 (19. Kd3 f6 (19... Bd7) 20. Be3 Bd7 21.
Rc1 Rxc1 22. Bxc1 f5 $132) 19... f6 $132 20. Be3 $1 (20. Bxf6 $6 {Gagne un P
mais trés difficile а valoriser car les Blancs ne pourront plus jouer Rc1 pour
contester le contrôle de la colonne "c" car les Noirs pourraient rentrer dans
une finale de B de couleurs opposées.} Bxf6 21. dxe6 Rc3 $44 {[%csl Re2,Gf6,
Rh1]}) (20. Bd2 Bd7 21. Rc1) 20... Bd7 21. Rc1 {[%csl Re7] 47 Les Noirs ont
quasiment égalisé mais le P arriéré "e7" pose problème et il y a une
différence entre finale nulle et finale égale.} Rxc1+ {38} 22. Kxc1 Kf7 23. Kc2
f5 $1 24. Bd3 fxe4 25. Bxe4 (25. fxe4 $6 {[%csl Re4]}) 25... Be5 26. h3 (26. f4
$5) 26... Bf6 27. g4 Be8 28. Kd3 Bd7 29. Bd2 Bg7 30. Bg5 Bf6 31. Bh6 Bg7 {
Il est tentant d'échanger le bon B des Blancs mais c'est au risque de
décentraliser le K Noir et les Blancs vont avoir le temps de gagner de
l'espace а l'aile-roi par h4g5} 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. h4 h6 34. g5 $1 $16 {[%csl
Gf6,Rg6,Rg7] Le K Noir est maintenant mal placé} hxg5 35. hxg5 Kf7 $6 (35... b4
$142 36. Kc4 a5 {[%csl Ra2] Il n'est pas facile pour les Blancs de progresser.}
) 36. a3 $1 {13} a5 {03} 37. Kd4 Kg7 38. Bd3 $1 {[%csl Rb5]} Kf7 39. f4 Kg7 40.
Kc3 Kf7 41. b4 {[%csl Rb5] Fixant la faiblesse "b5"} a4 {[%csl Rd7]} 42. Kd4
Kg7 43. Ke3 $1 {[%cal Ge3f2,Gf2g3,Gd3e2,Ge2g4] Ramène le K а l'aile-roi pour
tenter d'échanger les B} Kf7 44. Kf3 Kg7 45. Kg3 Kf7 46. Be2 Kg7 47. Bg4 $36
Bf5 48. Be2 {Appliquant un vieux principe en finale "ne pas se presser"} Bd7
49. Bf1 {Recherchant le zugzwang} Kf7 50. Bd3 {[%csl Rg6]} Kg7 (50... Be8) 51.
Kh4 Be8 (51... Kf7) 52. Be2 Kf8 53. Bg4 {[%csl Re8]} Bf7 $2 {Une première
faute sérieuse} (53... Kg7) 54. Be6 $1 {Les Noirs sont en zugzwang!} Be8 55.
Kg4 {[%cal Gf4f5]} Kg7 56. Kf3 (56. f5 gxf5+ 57. Bxf5) 56... Kf8 57. Ke4 Kg7
58. Bc8 Kf7 59. Kd4 Kf8 60. Bb7 Bd7 61. Bc6 Ke8 62. f5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. O-O a4 12. Bd4 Be6 13. Qe3 Nd7 14. Bxg7 {
[%mdl 32]} Kxg7 15. Nd5 {Da der wichtige Verteidiger der schwarzen
Königsstellung schon entfernt ist, stellt dieser Abtausch ein klares Signal
für den weißen Angriff auf dem Königsflügel dar. Die Strategie des Anziehenden
besteht nun in der allmählichen Überführung der Schwerfiguren an den
Königsflügel.} Re8 (15... Bxd5 16. exd5) 16. Rad1 Bxd5 {Der lästige Springer
muss entfernt werden. Darauf soll man allerdings verzichten, da Schwarz läßt
damit seinen Königsflügel entgültig blockieren.} (16... Qa5 $5 17. Qd4+ Kg8 18.
f4 Rac8 $132) 17. exd5 $1 {Dies soll das Spiel in Richtung des Königsflügels
festlegen.} Qb6 18. Qc3+ Kg8 (18... Ne5 19. Kh1 Qa5 20. Qg3 $14) 19. Rd4 $1 {
Weiß muss den Vorstoß e5 verhindern und bereitet deswegen Druck auf der
d-Linie vor.} Qa5 (19... e5 20. dxe6 $1) 20. Qc1 {Der schwache Königsflügel
des Nachziehenden steht nun im Mittelpunkt der Partie.} Nf6 21. a3 $1 {Dies
legt den Bauern auf a4 fest, was die Chancen des Anziehenden im Endspiel
angesichts des weißfeldrigen Läufers verbessern sollte.} (21. Qh6 Qb6 $132)
21... Rec8 22. Qe3 Qb6 23. Rb1 Qd8 (23... Ra5 24. h4) 24. h4 {Die Öffnung der
h-Linie ist kaum zu verhindern.} Qf8 {Schwarz versucht damit die
Königsstellung zu schützen, verliert aber Zeit.} (24... Ra5 $5 {Das Gegenspiel
am Damenflügel ist die einzige Möglichkeit für Schwarz, die weißen Kräfte vom
Königsflügel ablenken zu können.} 25. h5 (25. Re1 Rac5 26. Qd2 (26. Bd1 $6 Rxc4
) 26... Nd7 27. Bd1 Nb6 $36) 25... Rac5 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Rh4 Qf8 28. Re1 b5
29. cxb5 Nxd5 30. Qh3 Qg7 $132) 25. Re1 $1 Re8 (25... Ra5 26. Bf3 Rac5 27. Qxe7
Qxe7 28. Rxe7 Rxc4 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 30. Rxb7 Rxh4 31. Rb6 $16) 26. Qd2 Nd7 27. h5
Qg7 28. Bd1 Nc5 29. Re3 $1 {Die Ausgangsposition für einen Angriff am
Königsflügel ist damit perfekt.} (29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Re3 $5) 29... Rab8 30. Rh4
b6 (30... Qh6 $5 31. Qd4 Qg7) 31. Reh3 $18 b5 (31... g5 32. h6 $1) 32. cxb5
Rxb5 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. Qf4 $1 $18 {/\Rh6 gefolgt von Qh4 sowie /\Qh2} e5 35.
Qh2 Kf8 36. Rh7 Rxb2 (36... Qf6 37. Rf3) 37. Rxg7 Rb1 38. Rxf7+ Kxf7 39. Rh7+
Kg8 40. Qh6 $18 1-0

[Event "Podolsk"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 (10... a6 11. O-O Qa5 12. a3 Be6 13. b4 Qd8 14.
Rab1 {Yudasin,L-Antunes,A /Sevilla/1993 Inf 56/182/} Rc8 15. c5 $8 dxc5 16.
Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. bxc5 b5 $1 $13 {Yudasin/}) 11. Rc1 (11. f3 a6 $5 12. O-O (12. b3
$5) 12... Qa5 13. b4 $2 Qxb4 14. Rab1 Qa5 15. Bb6 Qe5 16. Rfc1 Rac8 17. f4 Nxe4
$1 18. Qe3 Qxc3 $1 $17 {Garma,E-Hernandez,Rom /Novi Sad/1990 Inf 50/192/})
11... a6 (11... Qa5 12. O-O (12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7
16. g4 f5 $5 17. gxf5 gxf5 18. Rhg1 Kh8 19. Nc3 fxe4 20. Nxe4 d5 21. Ng5 Bg8
22. cxd5 Bxd5 $10 {Lau,R-Polgar,Z /New York/1985 Inf 40/189/}) 12... Rfc8 13.
b3 a6 14. f4 b5 15. f5 Bd7 16. fxg6 hxg6 17. c5 $1 b4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5
dxc5 20. Bc4 Rf8 $6 21. a4 $1 Qb6 22. Qf2 Rac8 23. d6 e6 24. Rcd1 Qc6 25. Qh4
f5 26. Rf3 $16 {Maki,V-Frois,A /Thessaloniki/1990/}) 12. f3 Qa5 13. Nd5 Qxd2+
14. Kxd2 Bxd5 15. cxd5 $14 {Adams/} Rfc8 16. b4 $1 $146 (16. g4 e6 $1 17. g5
Nh5 18. dxe6 fxe6 $13 {Adams,M-Hodgson,J //4Hastings1991 Inf 53/167/}) 16...
Nd7 17. a4 Kf8 18. a5 Bb2 (18... h5 19. h4 Ke8 20. g4 hxg4 21. fxg4 Ne5 22. h5
$16) 19. Rc2 $1 (19. Rb1 $6 Bc3+ 20. Kd1 $8 (20. Kd3 Ne5+) 20... Rc7 $13) 19...
Rxc2+ (19... Ba3 $2 20. Rb1) 20. Kxc2 Bf6 21. Kb3 Rc8 22. Rc1 Rxc1 23. Bxc1 $16
Bd4 24. f4 h5 (24... e6 $5) 25. h3 Ke8 26. Bd2 Kd8 (26... h4 $5 27. Bg4 Kd8 28.
Be1 Bf6 29. g3 hxg3 30. Bxg3 g5 $16) 27. Kc4 Bb2 28. Be3 Bf6 29. g4 hxg4 30.
Bxg4 $1 (30. hxg4 $14) 30... Kc7 31. Bf2 Bg7 32. Kd3 Bh6 33. Be3 Kd8 34. Bf3
Kc7 (34... Nf6 35. e5 Nh5 36. Bxh5 gxh5 37. Ke4 Ke8 $16) 35. h4 Nf6 $6 (35...
Kd8 36. h5 gxh5 37. Bxh5 Ke8 $1 $16) 36. e5 $1 Nh5 (36... Nd7 37. e6 fxe6 38.
dxe6 Nf8 39. Bd5 Bg7 40. Bd4 $18) 37. Bb6+ $1 Kd7 (37... Kc8 38. Bg4+ Kb8) (
37... Kb8 38. Bxh5 gxh5 39. Ke4 Kc8 40. e6) 38. e6+ Ke8 (38... fxe6 39. dxe6+
Kxe6 40. Bxb7 Nxf4+ 41. Kc4 $1 d5+ 42. Kb3 Kd6 43. Bxa6 e5 44. Bb7 $18) 39.
exf7+ Kxf7 40. Bg4 $1 Nxf4+ 41. Ke4 e6 (41... Ng2 42. Bc8 Nxh4 43. Bxb7 Nf5 44.
Bxa6 $18) 42. Be3 $1 Nxd5 (42... exd5+ 43. Kf3) 43. Bxh6 Nxb4 44. Bd2 Nc6 45.
Bc3 $18 d5+ (45... Ke7 46. Kf4 Kf7 47. Kg5) 46. Kf4 e5+ 47. Bxe5 Nxa5 48. Bc8
Nc6 49. Bc7 (49. Bxb7 $2 Nxe5 $10) 49... Nd4 50. Bb6 Ne6+ 51. Kg4 Nf8 52. Bxb7
Nd7 53. Bd4 $1 (53. Bxd5+ $2 Ke7 54. Bd4 Nf6+ 55. Bxf6+ Kxf6 $10) 53... Nf6+
54. Kg5 Ne4+ 55. Kh6 (55. Kh6 Nf6 56. Bxa6 Ne4 57. Bd3) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.23"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "David, Alberto"]
[Black "Antunes, Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[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 "Luxembourg"]
[BlackTeam "Portugal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LUX"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O Qa5 (11... a6 12. Rfc1 Qa5 13. Rab1
Rfc8 14. b3 b5 15. b4 Qd8 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Ra3 18. Bf1 Rcxc3 19. Rxc3
Rxa2 20. Qc1 Nxe4 21. Ra3 Rxa3 22. Qxa3 $16 {Ivanchuk,V-Khalifman,A/Yalta 25'/
1995/1:0/42/}) 12. Rab1 $1 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 (13... Nd7 14. Rfc1 Qd8 15. Nd5 Nc5
16. Bf3 $5 a5 17. h4 Bxd5 18. exd5 $14 {Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V/Buenos Aires/1994/1:
0/35/}) 14. Rfc1 Qb4 (14... Nd7 15. f4 Rab8 16. b4 Qd8 17. Nd5 Nf6 18. Bf3 b6
19. Qf2 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bd7 $14 {Zarnicki,P-Spangeberg,H/ARG-ch/1995/0,5/40/}) (
14... Nd7 15. b4 Qd8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Qc7 18. Qd1 a5 19. a3 axb4 20. axb4
b6 21. f4 $14 {Kudrin,S-Dzindzichashvili,R/USA-ch/1995/0,5/45/}) 15. a3 Qa5 (
15... Qxa3 16. Ra1 Qb4 (16... Qxb3 17. Rcb1 Nxe4 18. Rxb3 Nxd2 19. Bxd2 $16)
17. Ra4 Qxb3 18. Rb1 Nxe4 19. Rxb3 Nxd2 20. Bxd2 $16) 16. b4 Qxa3 $2 (16... Qd8
$142 17. c5 dxc5 18. Qxd8+ Rxd8 19. Bxc5 $14) 17. Ra1 Qxb4 18. Ra4 (18. Rcb1 $5
) 18... Nxe4 $8 19. Rxb4 Nxd2 20. Bxd2 $16 Rc7 21. Na4 Bd4 22. Bf3 Rb8 23. c5
$1 Bxc5 (23... dxc5 24. Rxd4 $18) 24. Nxc5 dxc5 (24... Rxc5 25. Rxc5 dxc5 26.
Rxb7 Rxb7 27. Bxb7 Bc4 28. Be3 a5 29. Bxc5 $18) 25. Rbb1 (25. Rb6 $16) 25... b5
(25... Rbc8 26. Bxb7 Rb8 27. Bxa6 $16) 26. Bf4 Rbc8 27. Bxc7 Rxc7 28. Ra1 $18
Bc8 29. Kf1 c4 30. Be2 $1 Rc5 31. Ke1 c3 32. Rab1 Be6 33. Bd3 g5 34. Kd1 h5 35.
Kc2 f5 36. Rb4 Kf7 37. Ra1 Bd5 (37... Rc6 38. Ra3 $18) 38. Rxa6 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popovic, Petar"]
[Black "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qd2 a6 (10... Be6 11. O-O Rc8 12. b3 b5 13. e5 dxe5 14.
Qxd8 (14. Nxb5 a6 15. Nc3 Qc7 16. Rad1 h5 17. Bf3 Rfd8 18. Qc1 $14 {Waitzkin,
I-Klovsky,R/New York/1994/1:0/74/}) 14... Rfxd8 15. Nxb5 a6 16. Nc3 h6 17. Be3
Ng4 18. Bb6 $16 {Bologan,V-Michenka,J/Ostrava/1993/1:0/40/}) 11. O-O Be6 12. b3
(12. Rad1 Qa5 13. b3 b5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Nxf6+ exf6 17. Rxd2 {
Kramnik,V-Anand,V/Moscow(25')/1994/0,5/}) (12. f3 Qa5 13. Nd5 Qxd2 14. Nxe7+
Kh8 15. Bxd2 Rfe8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Bc3 {Short,N-Andersson,U/Novi
Sad olm/1990/0,5/}) (12. Bd3 Nd7 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Bf6 15. Be3 Nc5 16. Bc2
a5 17. Rab1 Qb6 $10 {Polgar,J-Ivanchuk,V/Buenos Aires/1994/0,5/32/}) 12... b5 (
12... Rc8 13. Rac1 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Bxf6 (15. Bxb5 Qa5 16. Nd5 Qxb5 17.
Nxe7+ Kh8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Qxd6 Kg7 22. Qd2 $14)
15... Bxf6 16. Nxb5 Qb6 $44 {Ernst,T-Bern,I/Gausdal/1993/1:0/44/}) 13. cxb5
axb5 14. Bxb5 Qa5 (14... Rc8 $5 15. Bd3 (15. Rac1 Qa5 16. Nd5 Qxb5 17. Nxe7+
Kh8 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Qxd6 Kg7 22. Qd2 $14) 15...
Rxc3 (15... Qa5 16. Ne2) 16. Qxc3 Nxe4 17. Qa5 Nxg5 18. Qxg5 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 $13)
15. Qd3 Nd7 (15... Ng4 16. Bd2 (16. Rac1 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 Ne5 18. Qc2 Qxb5 19.
Bxe7 Rfc8 $17) 16... Rfc8 (16... Ne5 17. Qe2 $16) 17. Rac1 Bxc3 $2 (17... Ne5
18. Qe2 $16) 18. Rxc3 $1 (18. Bxc3 Rxc3 19. Rxc3 Ne5 20. Qc2 Qxb5 $17) 18...
Rxc3 19. Bxc3 Qxa2 20. h3 Ne5 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Bc4 $14) 16. Bxd7 (16. Bd2 $2
Nc5 17. Nd5 Nxd3 18. Bxa5 Rxa5 19. Nxe7+ Kh8 20. Bxd3 Bxa1 21. Rxa1 Bxb3 $19)
16... Qxg5 (16... Bxd7 17. Bd2 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 $14) 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. a4 $14 Qc5
19. Rac1 Bh6 20. Rcd1 Rf6 (20... Rab8 21. Nb5 Rxf2 22. Rxf2 Be3 23. Rdf1 Rf8
24. Qe2 h5 25. g3 $18) 21. Qd4 $1 (21. Nb5 Raf8 22. Qd4 (22. Qe2 Rxf2 23. Rxf2
Rxf2 24. Qxf2 Be3 $19) (22. Nd4 $5 e5 23. Nf3) 22... Qc2 $132) 21... Qh5 22.
Rd3 Bf4 23. Rh3 (23. g3 Be5 24. Qe3 g5 $132) 23... Qg4 $6 (23... Qe5 24. Qxe5
Bxe5 25. Nb5 Rff8 26. Rc1 Rfc8 $14) 24. Nd5 $1 Rf7 (24... exd5 25. Qxd5+ Kg7
26. Qxa8 $18) 25. Nxf4 Rxf4 26. Re3 $16 Rff8 (26... Rc8 27. a5 Rc2 28. a6 $18)
27. h3 Qg5 28. Rg3 (28. Rc3 Rfc8 29. Rfc1 Qxc1+ 30. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 31. Kh2 $16)
28... Qa5 29. Rc1 Rab8 30. Qc4 $1 (30. Rgc3 Rb4 31. Qe3 Qe5 $44) 30... d5 $6 (
30... Rf6 31. Qc7 Qxc7 32. Rxc7 Kf7 33. Rgc3 $16) 31. Qc6 Rb6 (31... Rf6 32. e5
$18) 32. Qc7 $1 Qb4 (32... Rf7 33. exd5 exd5 34. Qe5 Rxf2 35. Kxf2 Qd2+ 36. Kg1
Qxc1+ 37. Kh2 Qc8 (37... Qd2 38. Rf3 e6 39. Qf6 $18) 38. Qxd5+ $18) 33. Rcc3 $6
(33. exd5 exd5 34. Re3 $16) 33... Rbb8 $2 (33... d4 34. Rcf3 Rfb8 35. Qe5 Qd6
36. Qg5 e5 37. h4 $16) (33... dxe4 $5 34. Qe5 Rd6 $132) 34. exd5 exd5 35. Qe5
$18 Rbe8 36. Qe6+ Kg7 37. Qe5+ Kg8 38. Rc6 (38. Qxd5+ $18) 38... Kf7 39. Qe6+
Kg7 40. Rxg6+ $1 hxg6 41. Qxg6+ (41. Qxg6+ Kh8 42. Qh6+ Kg8 43. Rg6+ Kf7 44.
Rg7#) 1-0

[Event "Bern op"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Panchenko, Alexander N"]
[Black "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 (7...
Bg7 8. Nc2) 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O {/^a1-h8} 10. Qd2 Be6 (10... Ng4 11. Bxg4
Bxg4 12. Bh6 {()}) 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 (12. O-O) 12... Rfc8 13. b3 a6 {/\-><<
b5,<->c} 14. Nd5 {() _|_} Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Bxd5 16. cxd5 {<->c ^^} (16. exd5 b5
$5 {קd5}) 16... Nd7 {/\Bb2-a3 <->c} 17. b4 Kf8 (17... Bb2 18. Rxc8+ Rxc8 19.
Rb1 Bc3+ 20. Kd1 {/\Rc1+-}) 18. a4 Bb2 {<->c} 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Rb1 Bc3+ 21.
Kd1 Ke8 22. a5 $1 {פd7,><b6} Kd8 23. f4 {/^h3-c8} e6 24. dxe6 fxe6 25. Bf2 {
/^e1-h4-d8} Ke7 26. Rc1 {/\Be1} Kd8 27. e5 $1 g5 (27... dxe5 28. Bh4+ Ke8 29.
Be1 $18) (27... Bxb4 $4 28. Bh4+ $18) (27... Nf8 28. Bb6+ (28. exd6 $2 Bxb4 29.
Bb6+ Kd7) (28. Bf3 d5 (28... Bxb4 29. Bb6+ Kd7 30. Bxb7 Rxc1+ 31. Kxc1 dxe5 32.
fxe5 Bc3 (32... Ke7 33. Bxa6 Nd7 34. Bc7 $8 Bc3 (34... Nc5 35. Bd6+ {/\Bc4+-})
35. Bb7 $18) 33. Bxa6 $18) 29. Bc5 Rxc5 $8 30. bxc5 Bxa5 $16) (28. Be1 $6 Bxe1
29. Rxc8+ Kxc8 30. Kxe1 dxe5 31. fxe5 Nd7 32. Bc4 Nxe5 33. Bxe6+ Kc7 $10) 28...
Kd7 29. b5 $1 $18) 28. fxg5 Bxb4 29. Rxc8+ Kxc8 30. Bd3 $18 Nxe5 (30... Nf8 31.
Bxh7 $1 Nxh7 32. g6 Bc3 33. g7 $1 $18) 31. Bxh7 Ng4 32. Bd4 e5 (32... Kd8 33.
h3 e5 34. Bg1 $18) 33. Bf5+ 1-0

[Event "Beersheba"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 (9. Bd2 O-O 10. Qe3 Nd7 11. h4 $1 $40 {Keres}) (9. O-O O-O 10.
Qd3 (10. Qe3 Be6 (10... Nd7 11. Bd2 Nc5 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Be1 b6 14. f4 $40) 11.
Bd2 Qb6 12. b3 {+/=/=}) 10... Nd7 $1 (10... Be6 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Bd4 {/^a1-h8}
Ne5 13. Qd2 {/\b3,f4+/=} Nxc4 $4 14. Bxc4 Bxc4 15. Bxg7 $18) 11. Bd2 Nc5 $36)
9... O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 {/\Rc8 12.b3 b5} (10... Ng4 11. Bxg4 (11. Bd4 Bh6 $1 {Tal}
) 11... Bxg4 12. Bd4 Be6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. O-O Kg8 15. b3 Qa5 16. f4 f6 17. Rf3
$36) 11. O-O $6 (11. Rc1 Qa5 (11... Rc8 12. b3 $14) 12. O-O (12. f3 Rfc8 13.
Nd5 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bd7 16. Rc2 $10) (12. b3 a6 13. f3 Rfc8 14. a4
{+/=/=}) 12... a6 13. f4 b5 $132) 11... Qa5 12. Rac1 a6 13. f3 $6 Rfc8 14. Nd5
(14. b3 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Rxc1 17. Qxc1 (17. Rxc1 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 Rxa2
19. Rd1 Bxb3 $19) 17... Qxa2 $17) 14... Qxd2 15. Bxd2 Nxd5 16. cxd5 (16. exd5
$142 $15) 16... Bd7 $6 (16... Bd4+ $142 17. Kh1 Bd7) 17. b3 $2 (17. Bc3 Bxc3
18. Rxc3 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Rc8 20. Rc1 Rc5 $15) 17... Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Bb2 $1 $17 {
<-> c} 19. Rc4 Bb5 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. Bxb5 axb5 22. a4 $8 Rc2 23. Bh6 b4 24.
Be3 Re2 25. Bb6 Bc3 26. Kg1 Rb2 27. Rd1 f5 28. Bd4 Kf7 29. Bxc3 bxc3 30. Rc1
Rxb3 31. Kf2 Rb2+ 32. Kg3 c2 33. exf5 gxf5 34. f4 $6 Rb3+ 35. Kf2 Rc3 $19 {_|_}
36. Ke2 Rc5 37. Ke3 h5 38. g3 Ke8 39. h3 Kd7 40. Kf3 Rc3+ 41. Ke2 Rxg3 42. Rxc2
Rg2+ 43. Kd1 Rxc2 44. Kxc2 e5 45. dxe6+ Kxe6 46. Kc3 Kd5 47. Kb4 Ke4 0-1

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Liang, Jinrong"]
[Black "Wang, Zili"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. c4 Nxd4 (6... Qb6 $1 {
Der energischste Versuch den weißen Aufbau zu bekaempfen.} 7. Nc2 g6 $1 (7...
e6 8. Nc3 Nb4 9. Nxb4 Qxb4 10. Be3 $1 Bd7 (10... Qxb2 $2 11. Nb5 Qb4+ 12. Kf2
$16) 11. Qd2 a6 12. Be2 Be7 13. O-O Rd8 14. Rfd1 Bc6 15. a3 Qa5 16. b4 $16 {
Priehoda,V-Hoelzl,F/Vienna op (04) ;EXP 53 1996/1-0 (43)}) 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Rb1
Ng4 10. Qd2 Bh6 11. Qe2 Bxc1 12. Rxc1 Nge5 (12... Qxb2 $4 13. Qd2 Nge5 14. Rb1)
13. Qe3 $2 Qxb2 14. Nd5 O-O $19 {0-1 Bebcuk,E-Dragomarezkij,E/Moscow4 1991 (21)
}) (6... g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2 Bd7 9. Nc3 Rc8 10. Be2 a6 11. Rc1 Ne5 12. b3 O-O
13. O-O $14 {0-1 Mariotti,S-Testa,A/Roma op (8) 1990 (35)}) 7. Qxd4 g6 (7... e6
8. Nc3 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Be2 b6 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. O-O Qb8 13. Rfd1 Rd8 14. Rac1
$14 {Malakhov,V-Vaulin,A/St.Petersburg op (04) 1994/0-1 (42)}) 8. Nc3 Bg7 9.
Bg5 O-O 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. Be2 Be6 12. Rc1 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 Qd8 (14... Qxd2+
15. Kxd2 $14) 15. O-O Nd7 16. Kh1 Nc5 17. Nc3 (17. Nxc5 Rxc5 (17... dxc5 18.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 19. Bxe7 Rd2 20. Bd1 Rxa2 21. Bxc5 $14) 18. Be3 Rc6 19. f4 $14)
17... a5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 (19. cxd5 $6 Qd7 20. Rc2 b5 21. Rfc1 b4 22. Be3
Bc3 $15) 19... Bf6 20. Be3 {Nach} (20. Bxf6 exf6 {hat Weiß zwar praktisch
einen P mehr, er bleibt aber auf seinem schlechten B sitzen und kann alle
Angriffstraeume vergessen.}) 20... e6 $2 {Es ist nicht ratsam gegen das weiße
B-paar die Stellung zu öffnen...} 21. dxe6 Nxe6 22. Rcd1 Be7 23. f4 $16 Ng7 24.
Bg4 Rcb8 25. f5 Bf8 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Rxf7 $3 {und wird prompt bestraft.} Kxf7
28. Qd5+ Ke8 29. Bg5 (29. Bg5 Qc7 30. Re1+ Be7 31. Qg8#) 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.10.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1994.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2
Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 (9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qe3 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. O-O Rfc8 13. b3
a6 14. f4 Qc5 15. Qxc5 Rxc5 16. Na4 Rc6 17. Bf3 Rc7 18. Nb6 $16 {Landenbegue,
C-Kortschnoj,V Garmisch-Partenkirchen 25' (12) 1994 1/2 29 - EXP 43}) 9... O-O
10. Qd2 (10. Qd3 $5 Be6 11. Bd4 Nd7 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. O-O Nc5 14. Qd4+ f6 15.
b4 Nd7 16. Nd5 a5 17. a3 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qb6 19. Qc3 $14 {Horvath,T-Doery,J
Hamburg HSK (11) 1991 1-0 44}) (10. Qd1 $2 Be6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Rc1 Rfc8 13. b3
a6 14. f4 Nd7 15. f5 Bxc3 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Bg4 Nc5 18. Kh1 Bg7 19. Bxc5 Rxc5
20. Bxe6+ $15 {Barcenilla,R-Hedge,R Calcutta op (05) 1994 1-0 55}) 10... Be6
11. O-O (11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 (12... a6 13. Nd5 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 $14) 13. b3
a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. h3 Rf8 19. f4 Rad8 (
19... d5 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Rhd1 Rac8 22. gxf5 b5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Ke1 Bc6 25.
Nc5 $16 {Beljavski,A-Tiviakov,S Groningen 1993}) 20. Nc3 d5 $6 21. gxf5 $1 Bxf5
22. cxd5 Nf6 23. Bb6 Rd7 24. Ke3 Rc8 25. Bf3 $14 {Rodriguez,Am-Antunes,A
Capablanca mem-B (07) 1994 1-0 66 - CBM 43}) 11... Qa5 12. Rab1 $1 (12. Rac1
Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. f4 b5 15. f5 Bd7 16. b4 Qxb4 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxg6 Be6 (18...
hxg6 19. Rxf6 Bxf6 20. Qxd7 $14) 19. gxf7+ Bxf7 20. Bh6 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 Bxc4 22.
Qg5+ Kh8 23. Rxf6 Rg8 $19 {Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V (1) Moscow PCA 25' (03) 1994 0-1
33}) (12. Rac1 {Ftacnik}) 12... Rfc8 13. b3 (13. b4 $6 Qd8 14. c5 a5 15. a3
axb4 16. axb4 Ra3 17. Nb5 Ra2 18. Qd3 d5 $10 {Hanel,R-Stefansson,H Vienna op 
(05) 1991 1/2 30}) 13... Nd7 (13... b5 $6 {Ftacnik} 14. b4 $1 Qc7 15. e5 dxe5
16. Nxb5 $16) (13... a6 $5 {Ftacnik} 14. Rfc1 b5 15. b4 Qd8 16. cxb5 axb5 17.
Bxb5 Ra3 $1 18. Qe1 Ng4 19. Bd2 Bd4 20. Nd1 Rxa2 $132) (13... Ng4 {Ftacnik} 14.
Nd5 $1 Qxd2 15. Bxd2 Kf8 16. Bg5 $14) 14. Rfc1 (14. Nd5 Qxd2 15. Bxd2 Bxd5 16.
exd5 b5 $15) 14... Qd8 15. Nd5 Nc5 (15... Bxd5 16. exd5 (16. cxd5 Nc5 17. Bf3
a5 18. h4 $14) 16... a5 17. h4 (17. g4 $5 $14) 17... h5 $1 18. g3 $10) 16. Bf3
a5 17. h4 Bxd5 18. exd5 (18. cxd5 b5 $10) 18... Qd7 19. Qe2 $1 (19. Re1 $5 {
Ftacnik} Rc7 20. Qe2 $14) 19... Re8 (19... e5 20. dxe6 Qxe6 (20... fxe6 21. h5
$16) 21. Bd5 $16) 20. h5 Qf5 $6 21. Rd1 Be5 (21... gxh5 $5 {Ftacnik} 22. Bxh5
Ne4 23. Qd3 Qxh5 24. Qxe4 $13) (21... Qe5 $5 {Ftacnik}) 22. g4 Qc8 (22... Qf6
23. g5 Qh8 (23... Qf5 $4 24. Bg4 Qe4 25. f3 $18) 24. Bg2 $16) 23. Kg2 Bg7 24.
Rh1 Nd7 25. hxg6 hxg6 (25... fxg6 $6 {Ftacnik} 26. Bh6 {xe6}) 26. Rh4 $40 a4
27. Rbh1 axb3 28. axb3 Ra1 29. R1h3 $1 (29. Rxa1 {Ftacnik} Bxa1 $13) 29... Qa8
30. Rh7 Qa2 (30... Be5 $1 {Ftacnik} 31. Bf4 $1 Bxf4 (31... Nf8 32. Bxe5 Nxh7
33. Qe3 dxe5 34. Qh6 e6 35. d6 $18) 32. Rh8+ Kg7 33. R3h7+ Kf6 34. Qe4 $1 Bc1 (
34... Kg5 35. Rh5+ gxh5 36. Qf5+ $18) (34... Be5 35. g5+ Kxg5 36. Qh4+ Kf5 37.
Be4#) 35. g5+ $1 Bxg5 (35... Kxg5 36. Qh4+ Kf5 37. Rh5+ gxh5 38. Rxh5+ $18) 36.
Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 37. Rh7+ Kf8 38. Qxg6 $18) 31. Rxg7+ $3 Kxg7 32. Bd4+ f6 (32...
Ne5 33. Qe3 Rg8 (33... Qb1 34. Bxe5+ dxe5 35. Qh6+ Kf6 36. g5+ Kf5 37. Bg4+ Ke4
38. Bf5+ $3 Kd4 (38... Kxf5 39. Rf3+ Kg4 40. Rg3+ Kf5 41. Qh3+ Kf4 42. Qg4#) (
38... gxf5 39. Re3+ Kd4 (39... Kf4 40. Qh4#) 40. Qb6#) 39. Bxb1 $18) (33... Rb1
{Ftacnik} 34. Qh6+ Kf6 35. g5+ Kf5 36. Qh4 $19) (33... Rh8 34. Bxe5+ dxe5 35.
Qxe5+ $18) 34. Qh6+ Kf6 35. Bxe5+ dxe5 (35... Kxe5 36. Qg5+ f5 37. Qxe7+ Kf4
38. Qe3#) 36. g5+ Kf5 37. Be4+ Kxe4 38. Qh4+ Kf5 39. Rf3#) 33. Qe3 Nf8 34. Be4
$3 Kf7 (34... Rd1 35. Qh6+ Kf7 36. Bxg6+ Nxg6 37. Qh7+ Kf8 38. Qxg6 $18) (34...
Ra8 {Ftacnik} 35. Bb1 $1 Qxb1 36. Qxe7+ Kg8 37. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 38. Bxf6+ Kg8 39.
Qg7#) 35. Rh8 $1 (35. Rh8 Qa5 (35... Rd1 36. Qh6 Rxd4 37. Rxf8+ Rxf8 38. Qxg6#)
(35... e5 36. dxe6+ Rxe6 (36... Nxe6 37. Bxg6+ Kxg6 38. Qh6+ Kf7 39. Qxf6#) 37.
Qh6 $1 Rxe4 38. Qxf8+ Ke6 39. Qe8#) (35... Ra8 {Ftacnik} 36. Qh6 Re1 37. Rxf8+
Rxf8 38. Qxg6#) 36. Qh6 Rg1+ 37. Kf3 e5 38. Bxg6+ Ke7 39. Bxe8 e4+ 40. Kf4 Qd2+
41. Be3 $18) 1-0

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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 {Bönsch} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2
Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O (9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qe3 Be6 11. Rc1 a6 12. O-O b5 13. cxb5
axb5 14. a3 $14 {Arnason - Petursson, Reykjavik 1990 - Inf.48/234}) 9... O-O
10. Qd3 Be6 11. Bd2 (11. Be3) 11... a6 12. b3 Nd7 13. Rac1 Qb6 14. Kh1 Qd4 $6 (
14... Nc5 15. Qe3 Qc6) 15. Qc2 $1 (15. Qxd4 Bxd4 $10) 15... Rfc8 16. f4 f5 17.
exf5 Bxf5 18. Qd1 Nf6 (18... Nc5 19. Nd5 $18) 19. Bf3 Rab8 (19... Qb6 20. Qe2
Re8 21. g4 Bd7 22. g5 $16) 20. Qe1 $1 Bg4 21. Bxg4 Nxg4 22. Nd5 $18 Kh8 23. Bc3
Qd3 24. Bxg7+ Kxg7 25. h3 Nh6 26. Qxe7+ Nf7 27. Qf6+ Kf8 28. f5 g5 29. Rfe1 Re8
30. Nc7 Re5 31. Rxe5 dxe5 32. Ne6+ Ke8 33. Nxg5 (33. Nxg5 Nxg5 34. Qxe5+ $18)
1-0

[Event "Match/Team URS-World 20,5-19,5"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1970.03.31"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Matulovic, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Botvinnik/Matulovic"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1970.03.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 (6... Nxd4 7.
Qxd4 d6 8. f3 Bg7 9. Be3 {Botvinnik=:B}) 7. Be2 (7. Nc2 Bg7 8. Be2 Nd7 $1 $10 {
Barczay-Matulovic/Kortschnoj-Matulovic/ Matulovic=:M}) (7. f3 Qb6 8. Nc2 Bg7 9.
Rb1 Nb4 {B}) 7... Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 (9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 {B}) 9... O-O 10.
Qd2 Be6 11. f3 (11. Rc1 Qa5 12. O-O Rfc8 13. b3 a6 $132 {M}) 11... Qa5 (11...
Rc8 12. b3 b5 $2 {M} 13. e5 $1 {M} dxe5 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. Nxb5 $16 {B}) 12.
Nb5 {O'Kelly-Matulovic/Palma de Mallorca/1967} Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 (13. Bxd2 a6 14.
Nc7 Rac8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Rc1 Nd7 17. Rc2 h5 {1/2-1/2 (17) Botvinnik,M-Benko,
P Wijk aan Zee 1969}) 13... Nd7 $1 {/\ Ne5-c6 ><d4 M} 14. Rab1 $146 (14. Nc7
Rac8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Rab1 Ne5 17. Rhc1 Nc6 $10 {/\ 18... Bd4
O'Kelly-Matulovic/M}) (14. Nc7 Rac8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Rab1 Ne5 {1/2-1/2 (16)
Benko,P-Matulovic,M Venice 1969}) 14... Ne5 (14... Rfc8 15. Nxa7 Rxa7 16. Bxa7
b6 {B}) 15. Rhc1 (15. Nc7 Rac8 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. b3 Nc6 18. f4 $1 {[%eval 0,0]
/\ g4-g5, h4-h5}) 15... Rfc8 16. b3 Nc6 $10 {M} 17. f4 f5 18. Bf3 fxe4 19. Bxe4
Bf5 $1 {B} 20. Bxf5 gxf5 21. Ke2 (21. h3 h5 22. g4 hxg4 23. hxg4 fxg4 24. Rg1 {
B}) 21... Kf7 22. Rd1 $2 $15 {B/M} (22. Nc3 $10 {M}) 22... a6 23. Nd4 Nxd4+ 24.
Bxd4 b5 $1 {B} 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rdc1 (26. Rdc1 Rc5 $15 {M}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ubeda op 3rd"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1998.01.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.01.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. Rfc1 Nd7 $5 (13...
Bxc4 14. Nd5 Qxd2 15. Nxe7+ Kf8 16. Bxd2 Kxe7 17. Bxc4 Nd7 18. Rab1 $11 {_|_})
14. Rab1 (14. b3 $6 b5) (14. Bg5 $5 Kf8 $140 $4 15. Bxe7+ Kxe7 16. Nd5+ Bxd5
17. Qxa5 $18) 14... Bxc4 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Nxe7+ Kf8 17. Bxd2 Bd4+ (17... Kxe7
18. Bxc4 $11 {_|_}) 18. Kh1 Kxe7 19. Bxc4 Nb6 (19... Ne5 $5 20. Be2 Rc6 {
(/\Rac8)} 21. Rd1 $14 {/\Bg5} (21. Bb5 Rc5 {/\Rac8})) (19... Rc7 $5 20. Bd5
Rac8 21. Bxb7 Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 (22. Rxc1 Rb8 $13 {(><b2)} 23. Rc7 $2 Bb6 $17)
22... Rc2 $44 {/\Nc5-d3; /\Nc5-a4}) 20. Bb3 $1 {[><a4]} Rc6 (20... Rxc1+ $5 21.
Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8 Nxc8 23. Bd5 Bxb2 24. Bxb7 Nb6 25. g3 Bd4 26. h4 d5 $5 (26...
Kf6 27. Kg2 $14 {_|_ ^^ Aseev,Konstantin N-Vokarev,Sergey/Elista (Russia) (9)
1996}) 27. exd5 Kd6 28. Bb4+ (28. Bf4+ Be5 $11) 28... Bc5 $11) 21. Rd1 Rac8 22.
g3 (22. Bb4 $5 Be5 (22... Bc5 23. Bc3 $14) 23. g3 {(/\f4, e5, /^a3-f8)} g5 $14
{^^}) 22... Nc4 23. Bg5+ f6 $8 (23... Bf6 24. Bxf6+ Kxf6 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26.
Rxd6+ $16) 24. Bf4 (24. Rxd4 $5 fxg5 $13) 24... Be5 $8 (24... Ne3 $4 25. Rxd4
Rc1+ 26. Rd1 $18) 25. Bxc4 (25. Bc1 Na5 $13 {[]} 26. Ba4 (26. f4 $2 Nxb3 27.
axb3 Bd4 $17 {[]}) (26. Bd5 Rc2 27. f4 $140 Bd4 $8 28. b4 Nc6 $8 29. b5 Na5)
26... Rc4 27. Bb5 $140 Rc2 28. f4 Bd4 29. b4 Nc6) 25... Rxc4 26. Bxe5 $11 dxe5
27. Rd2 Rd4 28. Rbd1 Rc2 29. Rxc2 Rxd1+ 30. Kg2 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candas op"]
[Site "Candas"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Antunes, Antonio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qd2 a6 11. f3 Be6 12. Rc1 b5 $6 13. cxb5 axb5 14. a3 (
14. Bxb5 Bxa2 15. Nxa2 Rxa2 16. Bc4 Nxe4 17. fxe4 Rxb2 {Con buen juego de las
negras}) 14... Nd7 $1 {Con idea de Cc5 y Cb3} 15. b4 Rxa3 16. Nxb5 Ra2 17. Qe3
h6 $1 18. Bh4 g5 19. Bf2 Qb8 20. O-O Rc8 21. h4 Bf6 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Rxc8+
Qxc8 24. Bd3 $6 (24. Rc1 Rc2 25. Rxc2 Qxc2 $10) 24... Ne5 25. Bb1 (25. Rc1
Qxc1+ 26. Qxc1 Nxd3 $19) 25... Rb2 26. Rc1 Qb8 27. Nd4 Qxb4 28. Nxe6 Rxb1 {
[Las negras tienen apuros de tiempo. 28...fe6 da ventaja]} 29. Nc7 {[Unica]}
Nc4 30. Qe1 Qxe1+ $6 31. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 32. Bxe1 Bd4+ $6 33. Bf2 Bxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Kg7
35. g3 e6 36. f4 Kg6 37. Kf3 Nd2+ 38. Ke3 Nf1+ 39. Kf2 Nd2 40. Ke3 Nc4+ {
[En los apuros de tiempo las negras perdieron su ventaja. El peón de mís no es
suficiente para ganar]} 41. Kd4 Nb6 42. Nb5 Nc8 43. Ke3 g4 44. Kd3 f5 45. exf5+
Kxf5 46. Nd4+ Kf6 47. Nc2 Ne7 48. Ne3 Nf5 49. Nxg4+ Ke7 50. Nh2 Nxg3 51. Nf3
Kf6 52. Nd4 Nf5 53. Nf3 Ng7 54. Nd4 d5 55. Ke2 Ke7 56. Kd3 Kd6 57. Nb5+ Kc6 58.
Nd4+ Kc5 59. Nb3+ Kd6 60. Nd4 Nf5 61. Nxf5+ exf5 62. Kd4 Kc6 63. Ke5 Kc5 64.
Kxf5 d4 65. Kg6 {[Unica]} d3 66. f5 d2 67. f6 d1=Q 68. f7 Qd8 69. Kg7 Qg5+ 70.
Kh8 Qf6+ 71. Kg8 Qg6+ 72. Kh8 Qxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Haifa"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qe3 Be6 11. O-O Qb6 12. b3 Qxe3 13. Bxe3 Nd7 14. Rac1
Rfc8 15. Nd5 (15. f4 $5 Nc5 16. Nd5 $14 (16. Bf3 $2 Nd3)) 15... Kf8 16. f4 Bb2
(16... a5 17. f5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Bb2 $132 {Dolmatov,S-Tiviakov,S/RUS/1993/}) 17.
Rcd1 $1 (17. Rb1 Ba3 18. Kh1 a5 $132) 17... a5 18. Rf2 $1 Bxd5 $8 (18... a4 19.
b4 $16) (18... Ba3 19. Nc3 $1 $16 {/\f5}) 19. Rxd5 (19. exd5 $2 Ba3 $10) 19...
Nf6 20. Rd2 $2 (20. Rb5 $1 Nxe4 21. Bg4 Nxf2 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 (22... Nd1 23. Bxb7
$16) 23. Kxf2 Rc7 (23... a4 24. Rxb7 axb3 25. axb3 e6 26. Ke2 d5 27. c5 d4 28.
Bd2 $18) 24. Rxa5 Ke8 25. Ke2 Kd7 26. Kd3 $16) 20... Bc1 (20... Bc3 $2 21. Rd3
Nxe4 22. Bf3 Nxf2 23. Rxc3 $18) 21. Rd3 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Rc5 $6 (22... Nd7 $5 23.
Bg4 (23. e5 $2 dxe5 24. fxe5 e6 $15) 23... e6 24. Rd2 Ke7 $10) 23. e5 Ne8 (
23... dxe5 24. fxe5 Nd7 25. e6 Ne5 26. exf7 Rd8 27. Rf4 $14) 24. Bf3 Rb8 25.
Rfe2 Rc7 (25... e6 $2 26. Rd2 Ke7 27. Red3 dxe5 28. Rd7+ Kf6 29. fxe5+ Rxe5 30.
Rxb7 Rxb7 31. Bxb7 $36) 26. g4 b6 27. Kf2 a4 $1 $10 28. Rd2 axb3 29. axb3 b5
30. Be2 bxc4 31. Bxc4 (31. bxc4 Rc5 32. h4) 31... Rc5 32. h4 Rb6 33. Kf3 Nc7 (
33... e6 $5 34. Be2 Ke7 $132) 34. Ke4 Ra5 35. h5 g5 36. exd6 (36. Red3 Ne8 $1
$8) 36... exd6 37. Rf3 (37. Red3 Ke7 $10) 37... Ne6 38. Bxe6 fxe6 39. fxg5+ $10
Kg8 40. Rfd3 Rxg5 41. Rxd6 Rxg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.11.12"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Black "Vogt, Lothar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katernberg"]
[BlackTeam "Leipzig Gohlis"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 {White's main idea in this
theoretical line is to get a space advantage.} Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O {First of all, white completes the development of his kingside,
afterware, white's queen will be moved from long diagonal to e3. Other
possibilities are:} (9. Be3 Be6 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. f3 O-O 12. Qd2 Rfc8 13. b3 a6
14. Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 f5 {A very popular position in the Maroczy
system. White has to make his choice.} 17. exf5 (17. gxf5 $5 {Despite the very
good results this line there remains in a shadow of 17.exf5.} gxf5 18. Rhg1 Kh8
19. Bd3 Ne5 $6 20. Rxg7 $1 Kxg7 21. Bd4 $1 Rf8 $6 22. f4 $1 fxe4 23. fxe5 exd3
24. exd6+ Kf7 25. Rf1+ Ke8 26. Re1 Rf4 27. Rxe6 Rxd4 28. Nb6 Rd8 29. Rxe7+ Kf8
30. c5 $18 {1-0 Vaganian,R-Ponomariov,R, Calvia ol(Men) 2004/CBM104
[Mikhalevski,V].}) 17... gxf5 18. h3 Rf8 19. f4 Rad8 20. Nc3 d5 21. cxd5 Nf6
22. Rhg1 $5 {Leitao's novelty.} Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Ke1 $1 $14 {1/2-1/2
Dominguez,L-Ivanchuk,V/Havana 2005/CBM 107/[Mikhalevski,V] (45)}) (9. Bg5 O-O
10. Qd2 a5 {This is a rare move in this particular position. Usually Black
plays 10...Be6.} 11. f3 $146 {Strange enough, but this position did not appear
in practice before.} (11. O-O a4 12. Bd3 Qa5 13. Rae1 Kh8 14. Qc1 Re8 15. Kh1
Be6 16. Nd5 Nd7 17. f4 Nc5 18. Bb1 Bxd5 19. exd5 e6 $132 {1/2-1/2
Mastrovasilis,D-Inarkiev,E/Goa 2002/CBM ext 91 (65)}) (11. Rd1 Be6 12. Qe3 Nd7
13. O-O a4 14. Rd2 Re8 15. Nb5 Qa5 16. b3 axb3 17. axb3 Nc5 $15 {0-1
Shinkevich,V-Inarkiev,E/Kazan 2001/EXT 2002 (29)}) (11. Rc1 a4 12. O-O Qa5 13.
f3 Bd7 14. Rc2 Rfe8 15. Rb1 Bc6 16. b4 axb3 17. axb3 Qb4 18. Qc1 Ra3 $11 {
'1/2-1/2 Von Bahr,O-Faibisovich,V/Sweden 1999/EXT 2002 (23)'} 19. Na2 Qa5 20.
Nc3 Qb4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Von Bahr,O-Faibisovich,V/Sweden 1999/EXT 2002 (23)}) 11...
a4 12. Rc1 Be6 13. Rc2 $5 {A bit misterious move. On the one hand - White
using his advantage in space to afford himself such subtle moves, on the other
hand - what was wrong with the immediate castle?} Re8 14. Nb5 Bd7 15. O-O Bc6
16. Rd1 $14 {1-0 Yemelin,V-Pigusov,E/Rethymnon 2003/CBM 98/[Postny,E] (53)})
9... O-O 10. Qe3 {White moved away the queen from the unpleasant opposition
with Black's dark-squared bishop. It should be noted, that white's queen
covers the improtant b6 square.} Qb6 {Probably, the most principled
continuation. Black disturbs white to complete the development of the
queenside and tries to force White to take on b6, that will open the a-file
for Black's queenside rook. Black tried also:} (10... Be6 11. Bd2 Qb6 ({
Interesting also} 11... a6 $5) ({but not} 11... Nd7 $143 $6 $14 {[%cal Gd7c5,
Gd7e5]}) ({or} 11... Ng4 $143 $6 $14 {[%cal Gg4e5]}) 12. Qxb6 (12. b3 Qxe3 13.
Bxe3 Rfc8 (13... Bd7 14. Rac1 Rfc8 15. Rfd1 Bc6 16. f3 a5 (16... Kf8 17. Kf2 b6
$5 (17... a5 18. c5 dxc5 19. Bxc5 Bh6 20. Be3 Bxe3+ 21. Kxe3 e5 22. Na4 Bxa4
23. bxa4 Ke7 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rb1 $14 {1-0 Totsky,L-Isupov,V/Orel 1992/EXT 97
(37)})) 17. Kf2 Nd7 18. Rc2 Rc7 19. Rdd2 Rac8 20. Kf1 Kf8 (20... b5 21. cxb5
Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Bxb5 23. Rxc7 Bxe2+ 24. Kxe2 Rxc7 25. Kd1 $14) 21. Ke1 Be5 $1 (
21... b5 $2 22. Nd5 $1 (22. cxb5 Bxb5) 22... Bxd5 23. Rxd5 $14 {1-0 Petrosian,
T-Browne,W/Nice 1974/EXT 2000/ (41)}) 22. g3 Nc5 $132) (13... Nd7 14. Rac1 Nc5
15. f4 a5 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. Bf1 {1/2-1/2 Ivkov,B-Jansa,V/La Valetta 1980/EXT
2000 (17)}) 14. Rac1 Nd7 (14... a6 15. f3 (15. Na4 Rc6 16. Nb6 Re8 17. f3 Nd7
18. Nd5 Nc5 19. Rfd1 Kf8 20. Kf2 h6 21. h4 Rec8 22. Nb4 R6c7 23. Nd5 Rc6 24. g3
$14 {1/2-1/2 Bach,E-Schmenger,F/Germany 1998/GER-chT2 (34)}) 15... Nd7 16. f4
f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Bf3 Rc7 19. Rfe1 $16 {1-0 Keres,P-Hug,W/Petropolis 1973/
IZT (39)}) (14... Kf8 15. f3 Nd7 16. Nb5 a5 17. Nd4 {1/2-1/2 Balashov,
Y-Vokarev,S/Omsk/Perm 1998/EXT 2000 (17)}) 15. Nd5 Kf8 16. Nf4 Nc5 17. Nxe6+
fxe6 18. f3 a5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Savon,V-Tukmakov,V/Moscow 1973/URS-ch (41)}) (12.
Rab1 Rfc8 13. b3 Qxe3 14. Bxe3 a6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bd7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Sherzer,A-Brendel,O/Eger 1988/EXT 2000 (24)}) 12... axb6 13. a4 {This move
seems best in this position. Other continuations lead to good counterplay of
Black:} (13. Rfc1 Rfc8 14. b3 Nd7 {1/2-1/2 Bobotsov,M-Damjanovic,M/Reggio
Emilia 1966/EXT 2000 (14)}) (13. f3 Nd7 14. b3 Ra3 $1 $15 {[%csl Ra1][%cal
Gf8a8,Gg7a1]} (14... Rfc8 $6 15. a4 Nc5 (15... Bd4+ 16. Kh1 Nc5 17. Rab1 $14)
16. Rab1 Kf8 17. g3 Ke8 18. Kg2 h5 19. Bd1 Kd7 20. Bc2 $14 {1-0 Boensch,
U-Schwartz,B/Stralsund 1975/EXT 2000 (40)}) (14... b5 $5 15. cxb5 Rfc8 16. Rfc1
Bxb3 17. axb3 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Rxc3 20. Ra7 Rc7 21. Bc4 e6 $15)) (
13. f4 Rfc8 14. b3 b5 15. cxb5 (15. f5 Bd7 $132 {0-1 Nilsson,N-Schmied,A/
Copenhagen 1997/EXT 2000 (30)}) 15... Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bd4+ 17. Kh1 Bxa1 18. Rxa1
Rc2 19. a4 Bf5 20. Bd3 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 (21. Bxc2 Bxc2 22. a5 Bxb3 $44) 21... Rxd2
22. Bxb7 Ra5 $44 (22... Rb8 23. Bc6 $16 {1-0 Hausner,I-Tichy,V/Marianske Lazne
1978/MCD (28)})) (13. Be3 $6 Rfc8 14. b3 Nd7 15. Rfc1 b5 $1 $17 {0-1
Dragomarezkij,E-Neverov,V/Moscow 1990/EXT 2000 (31)}) 13... Nd7 {After this
move White has to sacrifice a P:} ({Black here was able to equalize after} 
13... Rfc8 $5 14. b3 $1 (14. Nd5 $2 Nxd5 $1 (14... Bxd5 15. exd5 Ne4 $132) 15.
exd5 (15. cxd5 Bd7 16. Be3 Rxa4 17. Rxa4 Bxa4 $17) 15... Bd7 16. Ra2 Rxa4 $15)
14... b5 $1 15. e5 $1 dxe5 16. Nxb5 Ne4 17. Bb4 Nc5 $132) 14. Ra3 (14. Ra3 Nc5
15. Rfa1 ({Or} 15. f3 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Nxa4 17. Bd4 Nc5 18. Rfa1 Rxa3 19. Rxa3 Rc8
20. Ra7 $44) 15... Bxc3 $1 (15... Rfc8 $6 16. f3 $14) 16. Bxc3 Nxe4 17. Bd4 $44
Rfc8 (17... Nc5 18. a5 Rxa5 (18... bxa5 19. b4 Na6 20. Rxa5 Rac8 21. b5 Nb4 22.
Rc1 Ra8 23. Rca1 Rxa5 24. Rxa5 Rc8 25. Bc3 $16 {[%csl Rb4]}) 19. b4 Rxa3 20.
Rxa3 Nd7 21. Ra7 Rc8 22. Rxb7 Bxc4 23. Rxd7 Bxe2 24. f3 $44) 18. Re3 Bxc4 19.
Rxe4 Bxe2 20. Bc3 {The opponent coloured- BB are the decisive factor of the
evaluation of this position: White has sufficient compensation for the
material lack .} Bb5 21. Rxe7 Bxa4 22. Rxb7 Bc6 23. Rba7 Rxa7 24. Rxa7 g5 25.
f3 h6 26. Kf2 b5 $44) 14... Nc5 15. Rfa1 ({Or} 15. f3 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Nxa4 17.
Bd4 Nc5 18. Rfa1 Rxa3 19. Rxa3 Rc8 20. Ra7 $44) 15... Bxc3 $1 (15... Rfc8 $6
16. f3 $14) 16. Bxc3 Nxe4 17. Bd4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A-Topalov,V/Wijk aan
Zee 2001/CBM 081/[Tsesarsky] (26)}) ({Worth a consideration:} 10... Nd7 {
[%cal Gd7c5] in some games played in 1967-1969 years Black reached good
position by:} 11. Bd2 (11. Kh1 Nc5 12. f4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 f5 $132 {[%csl Rc3,Rc4]
1/2-1/2 Smyslov,V-Furman,S/URS 1967/MCD (47)}) 11... Nc5 (11... a5 12. Rad1 Nc5
13. b3 Bd7 14. Nd5 e6 15. Nc3 Bc6 16. Be1 $132 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Pigusov,E/
Sverdlovsk 1987/TD (40)}) 12. Rac1 (12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Be1 (13. b4 Na4 $11 (13...
Ne6 14. Nd5 Nd4 15. Bc3 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Bxc3 17. Nxc3 Rc8 18. Nd5 $11 {1-0
Gheorghiu,F-Martin Gonzalez,A/Torremolinos 1974/EXT 99 (20)})) 13... b6 14. f4
Na4 15. b3 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qc7 18. Qg3 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 Bc6 $11 {
0-1 Geller,E-Ostojic,P/Belgrade 1969/MCD (28)}) 12... Bd7 (12... a5 13. b3 Bd7
14. Bd1 Bc6 15. Bc2 e5 (15... e6 $132) 16. Rcd1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Matulovic,M-Parma,
B/Sarajevo 1969/MCL (41)}) 13. Rfd1 Bc6 14. f3 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. f4 Qb6 17.
b3 Ne4 $11 {0-1 Adamski,J-Furman,S/Polanica Zdroj 1967/MCD (40)}) (10... a6 11.
Bd2 (11. Rd1 $5 Bd7 12. c5 Qc7 13. cxd6 exd6 14. Qg3 Rfe8 $132) 11... Bd7 12.
Rfd1 Bc6 13. b4 b6 14. Rab1 Nd7 15. h4 $5 b5 16. a3 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Ne5 18. Bb3 (
18. Be2 f5 $1 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Qg3 (20. f4 $2 Ng4 21. Qe6+ Kh8 22. Bxg4 fxg4
23. Qxg4 $2 Rg8 $19) 20... Kh8 $132) 18... Bb7 19. h5 $2 (19. Qe2 $14) 19...
gxh5 20. Qh3 Bc8 $1 21. Qg3 Bg4 22. f3 Be6 23. Nd5 Bxd5 $1 {This eliminates
the powerful knight and replaces it with a less useful bishop.} 24. Bxd5 Qb6+
25. Kh2 (25. Qf2 $2 Nxf3+ 26. gxf3 Bd4 $19) 25... Rac8 $13 {1-0 Salov,
V-Dzindzichashvili,R/New York 1996/CBM 052/[Salov] (49)}) 11. Qxb6 $146 {
The position after Black's tenth move has already appeared in practice.
Another interesting detail is that my opponent has played it with the white
pieces!} (11. b3 $2 {blunders a pawn.} Nxe4 $1) ({Lothar Vogt has prefered to
move the queenside rook from a long diagonal:} 11. Rb1 {, but after} Be6 12. b3
Rfc8 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Na4 Nd7 15. Be3 b5 {his position became unpleasant.} 16.
cxb5 Rc2 17. Bd1 Rxa2 18. f4 Ra5 $17 {0-1 Vogt,L-Schmenger,F/Schwaebisch
Gmuend 1998/CBM 062 ext (38)}) 11... axb6 12. Be3 {attacking Black's pawn on
b6.} Be6 {Black is preparing to put a serious pressure on White's queenside
pawns along the a2-g8 and h8-a1 diagonals and through the a- and c-file.} 13.
Bd4 $1 {covering the long diagonal} ({After} 13. Bxb6 {Black wins the pawn
back by} Nd7 14. Be3 Rfc8 $132) 13... Rac8 {attacking White's c4 pawn, and,
trying to weaken White's queenside.} (13... Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. f4 $14 {
[%cal Yg1f2,Yf2e3]}) (13... Rfc8 14. b3 b5 15. Nxb5 (15. cxb5 $2 Nxe4 $1 16.
Bxg7 Nxc3 $15) 15... Nxe4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Bf3 $16) 14. b3 b5 {Black decides
to change one of his doubled pawns for White's central pawn.} 15. Nxb5 (15.
cxb5 Nxe4 $15) 15... Nxe4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rfc1 $1 $14 {The c1 square is
probably the best for White's rook, as it can support the advance of the
queenside pawns. In my opinion, White's position is slightly better, thanks to
Black's weak pawn b7. White is willing to locate his light-squared bishop on
the long diagonal and will push his queenside pawns forward.} (17. Bf3 $2 {
is met by} Nd2 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Rfd1 Nxc4 $132) (17. Rfe1 $6 Nc5 18. b4 $141 $2
Na4 19. Rec1 Nb2 $132) 17... Bd7 $6 {AN unsuccessful decision. Better was an
attempt to destroy White's pawn construction on the queenside by} (17... d5 $1
18. Bf3 Nf6 (18... f5 $5) 19. Nd4 (19. c5 Bd7) 19... b6 (19... dxc4 20. Nxe6+
fxe6 21. Rxc4 $16) 20. Nxe6+ fxe6 21. Rc2 dxc4 22. Rxc4 $14 (22. Rac1 cxb3 23.
Rxc8 b2 $11)) 18. Bf3 $1 $16 Bxb5 $6 (18... f5 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Nc3 $18) (
18... Bc6 19. Na7 $18) ({It was better to keep the bishop on the board:} 18...
Nc5 19. Rc3 $1 $16 {[%cal Ya1e1,Gb3b4]}) 19. cxb5 $18 {[%cal Ya2a4,Ya4a5,Ya6a7,
Ya5a6,Gb5a6] Now White is already winning. Nothing can stop the advance of his
queenside pawns.} ({Of course not} 19. Bxe4 $2 Bc6 $11) 19... f5 (19... Nc5 20.
b4 $18) (19... d5 20. a4 $18) (19... Nc3 20. a4 $18) 20. a4 Rxc1+ {Other
continuations lose as well:} (20... Nc5 21. Rc3 $18) (20... Kf6 21. a5 Ke5 22.
Rxc8 (22. a6 $2 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 bxa6 24. bxa6 Ra8 $13) 22... Rxc8 23. a6 bxa6
24. bxa6 Kd4 25. a7 Ra8 26. Kf1 $18) (20... d5 21. a5 d4 22. a6 bxa6 23. bxa6
d3 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. a7 Ra8 26. b4 $18) 21. Rxc1 {[%cal Gc1c7] threatening
with an invasion into Black's camp.} Nc5 {preventing White's rook invasion
into the 7-th rank and stopping White's queenside pawns.} 22. Rxc5 $1 dxc5 23.
Bxb7 $18 {Black is hopeless against white's pawns phalanx on the queenside.}
Rb8 ({Nothing changes} 23... Rd8 24. Kf1 $1 Rd3 25. a5 Rxb3 26. a6 Rxb5 (26...
c4 27. a7 c3 28. Ke2 $1 $18 (28. a8=Q $2 Rb1+ 29. Ke2 c2 30. Qe8 $11)) 27. a7
Rxb7 28. a8=Q Rb1+ 29. Ke2 Rb2+ 30. Kf3 Rb3+ 31. Kf4 $18) 24. Bc6 Rd8 25. Kf1 {
bringing the king to the centre, in order to stop Black's c-pawn.} Kf6 (25...
Rd3 26. a5 Rxb3 27. a6 Ra3 28. Bb7 $18 {[%cal Yb5b6,Ga6a7,Ga7a8]}) 26. a5 Rd1+
27. Ke2 Ra1 28. b6 1-0

[Event "Gausdal MI 9394"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Black "Bern, Ivar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qd2 a6 (10... Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14.
Na4 $14) 11. Rc1 Be6 12. b3 Rc8 13. O-O $1 (13. f3 $2 b5 $1 14. cxb5 axb5 15.
Nxb5 Rxc1+ 16. Qxc1 Qa5+ 17. Qd2 Ra8 $1 $44 {Tukmakov-Vaganjan/37-181/1984/})
13... b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Bxf6 (15. Bxb5 $1 Qa5 16. Nd5 Qxb5 17. Nxe7+ Kh8 18.
Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Qxd6 Kg7 22. Qd2 $1 $14 {Csom, /\
Rc1} (22. h3 Qg5 23. f4 Qg3 24. e5 Bh4 $13)) 15... Bxf6 16. Nxb5 Qb6 17. Qe3 $6
(17. Qb4 d5 $1 $14 {^^}) 17... Qxe3 18. fxe3 Bg5 19. Kf2 Rxc1 (19... f5 $6 20.
Rxc8 Bxc8 21. Bc4+ Kg7 22. Ke2 $16) 20. Rxc1 f5 $1 21. e5 $8 f4 (21... dxe5 $2
22. Bc4 $16) 22. exd6 fxe3+ 23. Ke1 exd6 (23... Rf2 24. Nd4 $18) 24. Nxd6 Rf2 (
24... Be7 $1 25. Bc4 Bxc4 26. Nxc4 Bb4+ 27. Ke2 Rf2+ 28. Kxe3 Rxa2 $44) 25. Ne4
Rxg2 (25... Bf4 $2 26. g3 Bh6 27. Rc6 Bd7 28. Rc7 $18) 26. Nxg5 Rxg5 27. Bf1
$14 Rg1 28. Ke2 Bh3 $2 (28... Rh1 29. Kxe3 Rxh2 30. Ra1 $10 Bf7) 29. a4 $16
Bxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Rg2+ 31. Kxe3 Rxh2 (31... Rb2 $1 32. Kd4 Rxb3 33. Kc4 Rb8 34. a5
Ra8 35. Ra1 Kf7 36. a6 g5 37. a7 $16) 32. b4 Ra2 33. a5 Rb2 $1 {Forces the
white rook to the fourth rank.} 34. Rf4 g5 (34... h5 35. a6 g5 36. Rc4 $18) 35.
Rc4 Ra2 (35... Kf7 36. a6 Ke6 37. Rc8 Ra2 38. b5 $18) 36. Rc7 g4 37. Kf4 h5 38.
b5 Ra4+ 39. Kg3 Ra3+ 40. Kh4 Rh3+ 41. Kg5 g3 42. Kg6 Kf8 43. Kf6 Ke8 44. Rg7
1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial-B"]
[Site "Matanzas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador"]
[Black "Antunes, Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 (12... a6 13. Nd5 Qxd2+
14. Kxd2 Bxd5 15. cxd5 $14 {Adams-Hodgson/Hastings/1991-92/}) 13. b3 a6 14. Na4
Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 (16. Rc2 Kf8 17. g4 Rab8 18. Rhc1 Rd8 19. Ke1 b5 20.
cxb5 axb5 21. Nc3 b4 22. Nb5 d5 $10 {Kholmov,R-Pigusov,E/Sochi-A/1989/}) 16...
f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. h3 $14 Rf8 19. f4 Rad8 (19... d5 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Rhd1
Rac8 22. gxf5 b5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Ke1 Bc6 25. Nc5 Nxc5 26. Bxc5 Bf6 27. b4 $16
{Beljavski-Tiviakov/Groningen/1993/}) 20. Nc3 d5 $6 21. gxf5 $1 Bxf5 22. cxd5
Nf6 23. Bb6 Rd7 24. Ke3 Rc8 25. Bf3 $14 e6 $1 26. Bd4 (26. dxe6 $4 Rd3+ $19)
26... exd5 (26... Nxd5+ 27. Nxd5 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 exd5 29. Rc8+ $16) 27. Rcg1 (27.
Bxf6 Bxf6 28. Nxd5 Re8+ $17) 27... Re8+ (27... Kh8 28. Rxg7 Kxg7 29. Nxd5 $16)
28. Kd2 Ne4+ $1 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Rxg7+ Rxg7 31. Bxg7 Rd8+ 32. Ke2 Kxg7 33. Nd1
Rd3 34. Ne3 Bd7 (34... Bg6 $10) 35. Rg1+ Kf7 36. Rg5 Bb5 37. Rf5+ Kg6 38. Rg5+
Kf7 39. Rf5+ Ke6 $2 (39... Kg6 40. Rg5+ Kf7 41. Rf5+ Kg6 $10) 40. Re5+ Kd7 $2
41. a4 Bc6 42. f5 $16 Rd6 (42... Rxb3 43. f6 Rb2+ 44. Ke1 Rb1+ 45. Kf2 Rb2+ 46.
Kg3 Re2 47. Nf5 $18) 43. Ng4 h5 44. Ne3 Kd8 45. h4 b5 46. axb5 axb5 (46...
Bxb5+ 47. Kf2 (47. Nc4 $2 Rd3 48. Rxe4 Rxb3 49. f6 Bxc4+ 50. Rxc4 Ke8 $10)
47... Rd2+ 48. Kg3 Rd3 49. Kf4 $16) 47. Kf2 Rd3 48. b4 Rd4 49. f6 Be8 50. Nf5
Rxb4 51. Nd6 Bg6 52. f7 Bxf7 53. Nxf7+ Kd7 54. Rxh5 $18 Ke6 55. Nd8+ Kf6 56.
Ke3 Rb1 57. Kxe4 b4 58. Rf5+ Kg6 59. Rg5+ Kf6 60. Rf5+ Kg6 61. h5+ Kh7 62. Nf7
b3 63. Kd4 Rc1 (63... b2 64. Kc3 $18) 64. Rb5 Rb1 65. Kc3 b2 66. Rf5 1-0

[Event "Barcelona Casino"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2005.10.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Narciso Dublan, Marc"]
[Black "Felgaer, Ruben Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.10.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. Rd1 $5 (11. O-O a4 12. Bd4 (12. Rab1 Qa5 13.
Rfc1 Be6 14. b4 axb3 15. axb3 Rfc8 16. Qd1 Qb4 17. Bd2 Qc5 18. Be3 Qb4 19. Bf3
Nd7 $13 {Gurevich,M-Fish,G/Bremen 2005}) (12. Rac1 Qa5 13. Kh1 Be6 14. f4 Rfc8
15. b3 axb3 16. axb3 Qb4 17. Qc2 Ra3 18. Rb1 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. bxc4 Qxc3
21. Qxc3 Rxc3 22. Bd4 $14 {Najer,E-Shalimov,V/Pardubice 2005}) 12... Be6 13.
Qe3 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nd5 Re8 16. Rad1 Bxd5 17. exd5 Qb6 18. Qc3+ Kg8 19.
Rd4 Qa5 20. Qc1 $14 {Dvoirys,S-Inarkiev,E/Elista 2001}) 11... Be6 12. f3 a4 13.
Nb5 $5 {Appearently aimed against 13...Qa5.} Nd7 {May be Black should've
ignored White's ''threat'' to spoil Black's pawn structure and answered with
13...Qa5 as after the move in the game White gets a very dangerous initiative.}
(13... Rc8 14. Qb4) (13... Qa5 $5 14. Qxa5 Rxa5 15. Nc7 {[%cal Ge3b6]} Nd7 16.
Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rb1 $14) 14. O-O Nc5 $6 15. Bxc5 $1 {Excellent decision. White's
initiative on the kingside is far more important than the darksquared bishop,
which proves to be not very influencial on the diagonal a1-h8.} dxc5 16. Qg5
Qb8 (16... Qe8 $2 17. Nc7 Qc6 18. Nxa8 Bxb2 19. Qxe7 $16) 17. f4 $1 {[%csl Ge5]
[%cal Gf4f5]} (17. Qxe7 $6 Qe5 $1 $132) 17... Bxb2 $6 ({Deserved attention:} 
17... Rd8 $1 18. Rxd8+ (18. Qxe7 $2 Rxd1 $17 {[%csl Rc4,Rf4]}) 18... Qxd8 19.
Rd1 Qb8 20. g3 Bxb2 21. Qxc5 $36 {[%csl Re7][%cal Gf4f5] but White keeps
better chances anyway.}) 18. Qxe7 b6 19. f5 $1 Re8 20. Qh4 Bxf5 $8 {Black
finds the best defense.} (20... Bc8 $2 21. Rd8 Qe5 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Nc7 $18)
21. exf5 Rxe2 22. fxg6 fxg6 $8 (22... hxg6 23. Rxf7 Kxf7 24. Qh7+ Ke6 (24...
Kf6 25. Rf1+ Ke5 26. Qe7#) 25. Qxg6+ Bf6 26. Qg4+ Ke7 27. Qxe2+ $16) 23. Rd7 h5
24. Nc7 $1 (24. Qg5 Qe8 25. Rd6 Qe3+ 26. Qxe3 Rxe3 27. Rxg6+ Bg7 28. Rxb6 Re2
$132) 24... Qb7 $2 (24... Qc8 $8 25. Rfd1 Bd4+ 26. R1xd4 cxd4 27. Qxd4 Qf8 28.
Qd5+ Kh8 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Ge2e1]} 29. Rf7 Re1+ 30. Kf2 Re7 31. Qd4+ Kg8 32.
Rxf8+ Rxf8+ 33. Kg3 Rxc7 34. Qxb6 Rfc8 $14) 25. Qg3 Qc6 (25... Re6 26. Nxe6
Qxd7 27. Qxg6+ Kh8 28. Nf8 $18) 26. Rd6 $18 Bd4+ 27. Kh1 Qxc7 28. Rxg6+ Qg7 29.
Rxg7+ Bxg7 30. Qf3 Rae8 31. Qf7+ Kh8 32. Qxh5+ Kg8 33. Qf7+ Kh8 34. Qh5+ Kg8
35. h4 R8e5 36. Qf7+ Kh8 37. a3 R2e4 38. g3 Re3 39. Kg2 Rxa3 40. Rf4 Rae3 41.
Qa7 a3 42. Rf7 Re7 43. Rxe7 Rxe7 44. Qxe7 a2 45. Qe8+ Kh7 46. Qe4+ Kh6 (46...
Kh8 47. Qa8+ $18) 47. h5 $1 a1=Q 48. Qg6# 1-0

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.19"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[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 "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. f3 a4 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. Rc2 {White has to play
very patiently against the clever development by Black. Mamedov has chosen a
line that is very solid despite the fact that development of the light-squared
bishop has been postponed.} Bd7 (13... Be6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 (14... Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2
Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bc8 17. Rb1 Bf6 18. Bb5 Ra5 19. Bd3 Ra8 20. Rc4 e6 21. Rb4 exd5
22. exd5 Bd8 {1/2 Begnis,N (2293)-Coenen,N (2353)/Belgium 2011}) 15. cxd5 Rfc8
16. Qxa5 Rxa5 17. Kd2 Rxc2+ 18. Kxc2 Bd7 19. Kb1 a3 20. Rc1 axb2 21. Rc7 $16 {
1-0 Zubarev,A (2478)-Shalimov,V (2440)/Kharkov 1999 (23)}) (13... Re8 14. O-O
Nd7 15. Nd5 Nc5 16. Rd1 Be6 17. Bd4 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Qxd2 19. Rdxd2 Rec8 20. Bxg7
Kxg7 21. Kf2 {1/2 Arribas Lopez,A (2312)-Aroven,M (2201)/Ronda 2007 (71)}) 14.
O-O Bc6 15. Rfc1 Nd7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 {The first truly critical position in the
game. The defender had to decide, if he prefers the solid position without
queens or the more flexible fight after the retreat to d8.} (16... Qd8 $5 17.
Bd4 Rc8 $11) 17. Qxa5 $1 (17. cxd5 Qxd2 18. Rxd2 Rfc8 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Kf2
Nc5 $13) 17... Rxa5 18. cxd5 Nc5 19. Kf1 b6 20. Rb1 f5 {The real problems for
the second player will take some time to become truly visible. If he can not
find any counterplay White will slowly advance her pawns on the kingside and
at the suitable moment play b2-b4.} (20... Ra7 21. Bb5 $14) (20... Rc8 21. g4
Ra7 22. Kg2 $14) 21. exf5 Rxf5 (21... gxf5 22. g3 Kf7 23. Kg2 $16) 22. Rd1 {
Polgar has been enjoying her successful comeback to the chess scene. With
greater maturity she sometimes plays more cautiously than was the case in her
younger years.} (22. g4 $5 Rf8 (22... Re5 23. Bd2 Ra8 24. Bf4 $16) 23. Kg2 Be5
24. Bd2 Ra7 25. Bh6 Bg7 26. Be3 Be5 27. Rc4 $16) 22... Ra8 (22... Re5 23. Kf2
Ra8 24. f4 Rf8 25. Bf3 Ref5 26. g3 g5 27. g4 Rxf4 28. Bxf4 Rxf4 29. Kg2 $16)
23. h4 (23. f4 $5 Be5 24. g3 g5 25. Bg4 Rff8 26. f5 h6 27. Kg2 $16) 23... a3 $6
{Mamedov had every reason to worry about the future, but the advance of a pawn
will not bring the counterplay he was hoping for. White will get concrete play
for her well coordinated pieces.} (23... Be5 24. g4 Rf7 25. Kg2 Raf8 26. Rb1
Bf4 27. Bf2 $16) 24. b4 Na4 (24... Nd7 25. g4 Rff8 26. Kg2 $16) 25. Rd3 Nb2 (
25... Bb2 26. f4 h5 27. g4 Rf6 28. gxh5 gxh5 29. Bd2 $16) 26. Rb3 Rxd5 (26...
Rb8 $6 27. Rxa3 Rxd5 28. Bc1 $18) 27. Bxb6 Rb8 (27... Bd4 28. Ba5 Rf5 29. Rxa3
d5 30. Rb3 $18) 28. Ba7 $1 Rb7 (28... Ra8 29. Rxa3 Rh5 30. g3 d5 31. b5 Nc4 32.
Rxc4 dxc4 33. b6 $18) 29. Be3 Bd4 (29... Bf6 30. b5 Bxh4 31. b6 $18) 30. Bc1 $6
{Tactics in the service of strategic ideas is a well known and very efficient
tool. Judit plays a solid but academic move completely ignoring the golden
chance to decide the game immediately with the help of tactical flair.} (30.
Rd2 $1 e5 (30... Bxe3 31. Rxd5 Bc5 32. bxc5 Rxb3 33. cxd6 Rb8 34. d7 Rd8 35.
Bb5 $18) 31. Rdxb2 Bxb2 32. Bc4 Rbb5 33. Ke2 Kf7 34. Bxd5+ Rxd5 35. b5 Bd4 36.
b6 $18) 30... Ra5 (30... Kf7 31. f4 Ra7 32. Bd2 $16) 31. bxa5 Rxb3 32. Bc4+ {
The strongest woman player in the history falls in love with clever tactics
again, but not at the best moment. It was much easier to simply advance the
a-pawn, as the black rook has abolutely no squares.} (32. Rc8+ $5 Kg7 33. a6
Rb4 (33... d5 34. axb3 a2 35. a7 a1=Q 36. a8=Q $18) 34. Bd2 Ra4 35. Bb5 $18)
32... Nxc4 33. axb3 Nb2 $6 {Black should have punished the great opponent by
taking the queenside pawns. Winning in a technical ending would be an
unpleasant task for White.} (33... Nxa5 $1 34. Bxa3 Nxb3 35. Bb2 $16) 34. a6 a2
35. a7 $1 a1=Q 36. Rc8+ Kf7 37. a8=Q {It is not so common for the stronger
party to queen the pawn after the opponent with a decisive effect.} Qxa8 38.
Rxa8 Nd3 39. Bg5 (39. Bd2 Bf6 40. Ke2 $18) 39... h5 40. Ke2 Nb4 41. Ra4 Nc6 (
41... Bc3 42. Bd2 Bxd2 43. Kxd2 $18) 42. Rc4 Bc5 43. Be3 {In the end the
technical ending is very easy to win, since White enjoys the presense of the
passed pawn b3.} Ne5 (43... Bxe3 44. Kxe3 Ne5 45. Rc7 $18) 44. Rf4+ Ke6 45. b4
(45. Bxc5 dxc5 46. Ke3 Kd5 47. Rf8 $18) 45... Bxe3 46. Kxe3 Kd5 47. Rd4+ Kc6
48. Re4 (48. Re4 Kb5 49. Rxe5+ dxe5 50. Ke4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Tsesarsky} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7.
Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Rab1 (12. Rac1 Rfc8
13. b3 a6 14. f4 b5 15. f5 Bd7 16. b4 Qxb4 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxg6 Be6 19. gxf7+
Bxf7 20. Bh6 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 Bxc4 22. Qg5+ Kh8 23. Rxf6 Rg8 $19 {Ivanchuk,
V-Anand,V (1) Moscow PCA 25' (03) 1994 0-1 33}) 12... Rfc8 13. b3 b5 $5 $146 {
It was not easy to come up with a new move in such a well known position.
Black tries to take the early initiative. Es ist nicht leicht, in einer so
berühmten Stellung mit einer Neuerung aufzuwarten. Schwarz versucht die
Initiative zu übernehmen.} (13... a6 14. Rfc1 b5 (14... Nd7 15. f4 (15. b4 Qd8
16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Qc7 18. Qd1 a5 19. a3 axb4 20. axb4 b6 21. f4 $14 {
Kudrin,S-Dzindzichashvili,R/USA-ch/1995/0,5/45/}) 15... Rab8 16. b4 Qd8 17. Nd5
Nf6 18. Bf3 b6 19. Qf2 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bd7 $14 {Zarnicki,P-Spangeberg,H/ARG-ch/
1995/0,5/40/}) (14... Rab8 15. f3 Kf8 (15... Nd7 {Tsesarsky} 16. b4 Qd8 17. Nd5
Bxd5 (17... f5 18. Bg5 Nf6 19. Nxf6+ exf6 20. Bf4 Bf8 21. c5 fxe4 22. fxe4 Rc6
23. Bc4 Bxc4 24. Rxc4 $14 {Micic,J-Ptacnikova,L/Erevan olw 1996/EXT 96ch2/ - 
(51)}) 18. Qxd5 Qc7 19. Qd1 a5 20. a3 axb4 21. axb4 b6 22. f4 Rd8 23. Bf3 Bh6
24. Qb3 e5 25. f5 Bxe3+ 26. Qxe3 Kg7 27. g4 Ra8 28. g5 $14 {Kudrin,
S-Dzindzichashvili,R/USA-ch 1995/CBM 51/ - (45)}) 16. Qe1 (16. b4 Qd8 17. Nd5
$1 $14 b5 18. a3 $5 Rc6 19. a4 $5 bxa4 20. Qa2 Bd7 $8 21. Bd1 Nxd5 22. exd5 Rc7
23. Bxa4 Rcb7 24. Bxd7 Qxd7 25. c5 $1 {1-0 Psakhis,L-Rodriguez,A/Andorra 1996/
(41)}) 16... Nd7 17. b4 Qd8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 b6 20. a4 a5 21. bxa5 bxa5
22. Rb5 Nc5 23. Qd1 Ra8 24. g4 Kg8 25. Kg2 Qf8 {1-0 Morovic Fernandez,I-Kudrin,
S/NY Open, New York USA 1997}) 15. b4 Qd8 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Ra3 18. Bf1 (
18. Qe1 Ng4 19. Bd2 Bd4 20. Nd1 Rxa2 $132) 18... Rcxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxa2 20. Qc1
Nxe4 21. Ra3 Rxa3 22. Qxa3 $16 {Ivanchuk,V-Khalifman,A/Yalta 25'/1995/1:0/42/})
(13... Nd7 14. Rfc1 (14. Nd5 {Tsesarsky} Qxd2 15. Bxd2 Bxd5 16. exd5 b5 17.
Rfe1 $14) 14... Qd8 (14... Qb4 15. Rc2 a6 16. Rbc1 Rab8 17. f3 Qa5 18. Nd5 Qxd2
19. Rxd2 Kf8 20. Rdc2 f5 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Rd2 Nf6 23. Nb6 Rc6 24. Rcd1 {
Oll,L-Alterman,B/EUCup G7 1997/CBM 62/1-0 (80)} (24. Rcd1 {Tsesarsky} Re8 25.
Bf1 $14 {1-0 Oll,L-Alterman,B/EuClub Cup qual Gp 1997 (79)})) 15. Nd5 Nc5 (
15... Bxd5 16. exd5 a5 17. h4 (17. Bg4 $14 {Tsesarsky}) 17... h5 $1 18. g3 $10)
16. Bf3 $5 a5 17. h4 Bxd5 18. exd5 (18. cxd5 {Tsesarsky} b5 $10) 18... Qd7 19.
Qe2 $1 (19. Re1 $5 {Tsesarsky Ftacnik} Rc7 20. Qe2 $14) 19... Re8 (19... e5 20.
dxe6 Qxe6 21. Bd5 $16) 20. h5 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V/Buenos Aires Sicilian/
1994/ (34)}) (13... Ng4 14. Nd5 $1 Qxd2 15. Bxd2 Kf8 16. Bg5 (16. Bxg4 Bxg4 17.
Bg5 e6 18. Nf6 h6 19. Bxh6 Be2 20. Rfe1 Bxc4 21. Nd7+ Kg8 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23.
Rbd1 Bb5 24. Rxd6 Bxd7 25. Rxd7 Rc2 {1/2-1/2 Enders,P-Brendel,O/BL9596 1996/ 
(52)}) 16... Nf6 (16... f6 {Tsesarsky} 17. Bd2 Ne5 18. f4 Nc6 19. f5 Bf7 20. g4
Ne5 21. Rbc1 Bxd5 22. exd5 Kf7 23. Be3 b6 24. h4 h5 25. gxh5 g5 26. hxg5 fxg5
27. Bxg5 Bf6 28. Bf4 Bg5 29. Bxg5 $16 {1-0 Gelfand,B-Andersson,U/ 1997}) 17.
Nxf6 Bxf6 18. Bxf6 exf6 19. Rbd1 Ke7 20. f4 Rc5 21. Rd4 a5 22. Rfd1 Ra6 23. g4
{1/2-1/2 Tischbierek,R-Van der Weide,K/Berliner Sommer 1997/ (46)}) 14. b4 (14.
Nxb5 Qxd2 15. Bxd2 Nxe4 $11) (14. e5 $2 b4 $1) 14... Qc7 (14... Qd8 15. cxb5
Ng4 16. Bd4 $16) 15. e5 $1 (15. Nxb5 Qb7 $1 (15... Nxe4 16. Qc2 Qb7 17. Nxa7
$14) 16. e5 Ne4 17. Qc1 Bxe5 $11) 15... dxe5 (15... Ng4 16. Nxb5 Qb7 17. exd6
Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Bxc4 19. Nc7 $18) 16. Nxb5 Qb7 17. Rfc1 Rd8 (17... a6 18. Na3 Bf5
19. Bf3 Be4 (19... e4 {Tsesarsky} 20. Be2 $16) 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Qe2 $14) 18.
Qe1 (18. Qb2 $2 {Tsesarsky} a6 19. Na3 Bf5 20. Bf3 $1 e4 21. Be2 Ng4 $15) 18...
Ng4 19. Bc5 (19. Bxg4 Bxg4 20. a4 a6 21. Nc3 Bf5 $132) 19... e4 (19... Bf5 20.
Bf3 e4 21. Bxg4 Bxg4 22. Nc3 (22. Qe3 $5 $16 {Tsesarsky})) 20. Bxg4 Bxg4 21.
Nc3 {White passed pawns are potentially very strong, but black is not without
counterplay. Das weiße Bauernduo ist potentiell sehr stark, aber die schwarze
Stellung ist nicht ohne Gegenspiel.} (21. Qe3 Rd3) (21. Qe3 $5 $16 {Tsesarsky})
21... Bf5 (21... f5 $5 22. Nd5 (22. h3 {Tsesarsky} Bh5 23. Nd5 e5 24. g4 fxg4
25. Qxe4 Rxd5 $8 26. Qxd5+ Qxd5 27. cxd5 gxh3 28. Rb3 $16) 22... e6 23. Ne7+
Kh8 24. b5 $14) 22. Nd5 Rd7 (22... e6 23. Ne3 (23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Rd1 Bf6 25.
Nxf5 exf5 $14) 23... e5 24. Rd1 Rd3 25. Nd5 $14) (22... e5 {Tsesarsky} 23. b5
$16 (23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Nxf5 gxf5 $132)) 23. Be3 (23. Rb3 $5 {Tsesarsky}) 23...
e6 (23... Rc8 24. b5 e6 25. Nb4 $14) 24. Nc3 Rc8 25. Qe2 (25. c5 $16 {Tsesarsky
}) 25... h5 (25... Rd3 $2 26. Na4 Qb8 27. g4 $16) 26. h3 h4 27. Na4 (27. c5 $6
{Tsesarsky} Rd3 $14) 27... Bd4 (27... Rdc7 28. Nc5 Qc6 29. b5 $16) 28. Nc5 $1 (
28. Bxd4 Rxd4 29. Nc5 Qe7 (29... Qb8 {Tsesarsky} 30. a3 $14) 30. Rd1 e5 $14)
28... Bxc5 29. Bxc5 (29. bxc5 Qc6 $14) 29... e3 (29... a6 30. Be3 $16) (29...
Rd3 {Tsesarsky} 30. Be3 $16) 30. Rb2 (30. Rb3 {Tsesarsky} Rd2 31. Qxe3 Rxa2 32.
Bd4 (32. f3 Qc7 $132) 32... Qe4 $14) 30... exf2+ 31. Bxf2 (31. Qxf2 {Tsesarsky}
Rd3 32. Rb3 Qe4 $14) 31... g5 (31... Bd3 32. Qg4 Qa6 33. c5 Qc6 (33... Qa3 34.
Bd4 Bf5 35. Qxh4 e5 36. Bc3 Rd3 37. Bxe5 Rxh3 38. gxh3 Qe3+ 39. Rf2 Qxc1+ 40.
Kh2 $18) 34. Qxh4 $16) 32. b5 Qe4 (32... f6 33. c5 e5 (33... Rd5 {Tsesarsky}
34. c6 Qc7 35. a4 Qa5 36. Rc4 Kg7 37. Be1 Qb6+ 38. Qf2 Rd1 39. Qxb6 axb6 40.
Kf2 $16) 34. c6 Qc7 35. Qf3 Bh7 36. Qxf6 $18) (32... Rcd8 {Tsesarsky} 33. c5
Rd3 34. c6 $16) 33. c5 Qxe2 (33... Qf4 {Tsesarsky} 34. Be3 Qg3 35. Qf2 $16) 34.
Rxe2 Bd3 (34... Rdc7 35. a4 f6 36. c6 Kf7 37. Rd2 e5 38. a5 $16) 35. Rb2 a6 (
35... f5 {Tsesarsky} 36. a4 Be4 37. c6 $16) 36. a4 (36. b6 Be4 (36... Bb5 37.
Rxb5 axb5 38. c6 $18) 37. Re1 Bd5 $16) 36... axb5 37. axb5 Rb7 38. b6 Be4 (
38... Rc6 39. Ra1 Kg7 40. Ra7 Rxa7 41. bxa7 Ra6 42. c6 Be4 43. Rc2 $1 Bxc2 44.
c7 $18) 39. Re2 Bd5 (39... f5 40. Rxe4 fxe4 41. c6 Rbb8 42. Be3 Kf7 43. b7 Rc7
44. Rf1+ Kg6 45. Ba7 $18) 40. Re5 f6 $6 (40... Rxb6 $142 41. Rxg5+ Kf8 42. Rh5
Rbc6 43. Rh8+ Kg7 44. Rxc8 Rxc8 45. Bxh4 $16) 41. Rxd5 $1 exd5 42. c6 (42. c6
Rbb8 43. Bd4 (43. c7 {Tsesarsky} Rb7 44. Rd1 Kf7 45. Rxd5 Ke6 46. Rd8 Rcxc7 47.
bxc7 Rxc7 48. Be3 $18) 43... f5 44. c7 Rb7 45. Rc6 Kf7 46. Rd6 Ke7 47. Rd8 $18)
1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Tsesarsky} c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. f3
Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. b3 Rfc8 13. Be2 a6 14.
Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 (15... Rc6 {Tsesarsky} 16. g4 Kf8 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Nd5
Rcc8 19. Nf4 Bd7 20. g5 Ne8 21. Nd5 Nc7 22. Nb6 Rd8 23. h4 $14 {1-0
Tseshkovsky,V-Zilberman,Y/Leeuwarden op 1994 (47)}) 16. g4 f5 (16... Rc6 17. h4
(17. Rhd1 f5 18. gxf5 gxf5 19. Rg1 Kf7 20. Bd3 Ne5 21. exf5 Nxf3+ 22. Kd1 Bd7
23. Rg3 Nd4 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Bxd4+ {1-0 Dgebuadze,A-Barria,D/WchJT U26 1995 
(42)}) 17... h6 (17... Kf8 18. h5 Rac8 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. g5 Nc5 21. Nc3 b5 22.
Nd5 bxc4 23. Bxc4 a5 24. Bb5 Bxd5 25. exd5 R6c7 26. Bc6 {1/2-1/2 Short,
N-Kortschnoj,V/WchT 4th 1997 (35)}) 18. Nc3 f5 19. Nd5 Kf7 20. exf5 gxf5 21. g5
hxg5 22. hxg5 Nf8 23. f4 Ke8 24. Bf3 $16 {1-0 Soffer,R-Almasi,I/Budapest FS06
GM 1993 (46)}) (16... Kf8 17. h3 Rc6 18. f4 Nc5 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Rhd1 Rd8+ 21.
Ke1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Ke8 23. Bf3 Bc3+ 24. Kf1 Rc7 25. f5 Bc8 26. Bf4 Rd7 27. Rxd7
Bxd7 28. Ke2 {1/2-1/2 Liss,E-Alterman,B/Rishon le Zion YM 1995}) 17. exf5 (17.
gxf5 gxf5 18. Rhg1 Kh8 (18... Rf8 19. Bd4 Rf7 20. f4 Kf8 21. Bxg7+ Rxg7 22.
Rxg7 Kxg7 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Bf3 Rb8 {1/2-1/2 Alburt,L-Beliavsky,A/Vilnius zt
1975/ (32)}) 19. Nc3 fxe4 20. Nxe4 d5 21. Ng5 Bg8 22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. Rg3 Rxc1
24. Kxc1 Nf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lau,R-Polgar,Z/New York /1985 (30)}) 17... gxf5 18.
h3 (18. g5 d5 19. f4 dxc4 20. bxc4 Rd8 21. Ke1 b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Bxb5 Ra5
24. Bxd7 Bxd7 25. Bb6 Rxa4 26. Bxd8 {1-0 Suba,M-Gdanski,J/Budapest zt-A 1993/ 
(44)}) 18... Rf8 (18... Rc7 19. Rhg1 (19. Rhe1 $5 {Tsesarsky}) 19... Rf8 20. f4
Nc5 (20... Nf6 21. Bb6 Rc6 22. Bf3 d5 23. Ke3 fxg4 24. hxg4 Bd7 25. f5 $1 $16)
21. Nc3 (21. Nxc5 dxc5 22. Rcd1 Rd7+ $11) 21... fxg4 (21... b5 $5 22. gxf5 $5
Bxf5 23. Bd4 Ne6 24. Bxg7 Nxg7 25. h4 b4 26. Nd5 Rb7 27. Bf3 Kf7 28. h5 h6 29.
Ne3 $14) 22. hxg4 b5 $5 23. f5 b4 $8 $11 {1-0 Razuvaev,Y-Mantovani,R/
Reggio9697/1996/ (62)}) 19. f4 {This position will be seen more often. Black
is not so far from equality, but he has to play very carefully. Ftacnik: Diese
Stellung wird recht oft gespielt. Schwarz fehlt nicht viel zum Ausgleich, muß
aber sehr genau vorgehen.} (19. Rhf1 {Tsesarsky} fxg4 20. fxg4 Rab8 21. Nc3 Ne5
{1/2-1/2 Liss,E-Donaldson,J/Monarch Assurance, Port Erin ENG 1997}) 19... Nf6 (
19... Rad8 $5 20. Nc3 (20. Rhd1 $5 {Tsesarsky}) 20... d5 $5 21. gxf5 (21. cxd5
{Tsesarsky} Nf6 22. Bb6 Rd7 23. Rhe1 Bxd5 24. Ke3 fxg4 25. hxg4 e5 $15) 21...
Bxf5 (21... Rxf5 {Tsesarsky} 22. cxd5 (22. Nxd5 Nf6 23. Bg4 Nxd5 24. cxd5
Rfxd5+ 25. Ke2 Kf7 $11) 22... Bxd5 23. Bd3 (23. Nxd5 Nf6 $1 $11) 23... Bxh1 24.
Bxf5 Bc6 $11) 22. cxd5 Nf6 23. Bb6 Rd7 24. Ke3 Rc8 $1 25. Bf3 e6 $1 26. Bd4 (
26. dxe6 $4 Rd3+ $19) 26... exd5 (26... Nxd5+ 27. Nxd5 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 exd5 29.
Rc8+ $16) 27. Rcg1 (27. Bxf6 Bxf6 28. Nxd5 Re8+ $17) 27... Re8+ (27... Kh8 28.
Rxg7 Kxg7 29. Nxd5 $16) 28. Kd2 {1-0 Rodriguez,A-Antunes,A/Matanzas 1994/ (32)}
) (19... d5 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Rhd1 Rac8 22. gxf5 b5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Ke1 Bc6
25. Nc5 Nxc5 26. Bxc5 Bf6 27. b4 $16 {Beljavsky,A-Tiviakov,S/Groningen PCA/
1993/}) 20. Rhg1 Rad8 (20... d5 21. Nc5 Ne4+ 22. Ke1 Nxc5 23. Bxc5 fxg4 24.
Bxg4 $14) (20... Ne4+ {Tsesarsky} 21. Ke1 $14) 21. Bb6 (21. g5 {Tsesarsky} Ne4+
22. Ke1 Bd7 23. Nb6 Bc6 24. Bf3 e6 $132) 21... Rc8 (21... Rd7 22. Bf3 Kf7 23.
g5 $14) (21... Rde8 {Tsesarsky} 22. Bf3 fxg4 23. hxg4 Nd7 24. Ke3 (24. f5 Nxb6
25. Nxb6 Bd4 (25... Bh6+ 26. g5 (26. Ke2 Bxc1 27. Rxc1 Bc8 (27... Bf7 28. Nd7
$14) 28. Nxc8 Rxc8 29. Bxb7 Rb8 30. Bd5+ Kg7 31. Ke3 $44) 26... Bg7 27. Bh5 (
27. fxe6 Rxf3 28. Rcf1 Ref8 29. Rxf3 Rxf3 30. Nd5 Bf8 31. g6 $14) 27... Bf7 (
27... Bxf5 28. Bxe8 Rxe8 29. Rgf1 $16) 28. g6 hxg6 29. fxg6 Be6 30. Rcf1 Bf5
31. Ke2 $14) 26. Rgf1 Bxf5 27. gxf5 Bxb6 28. Bxb7 $11) 24... Nxb6 25. Nxb6 Rb8
(25... Bb2 26. Rb1 Ba3 27. b4 a5 28. f5 Bc8 29. Nxc8 Rxc8 30. Bxb7 Rc7 31. Bd5+
Kg7 32. Ke4 Bxb4 33. g5 $16) 26. f5 Bc8 27. Bd5+ Kh8 $16) 22. Nc3 Rc6 (22...
Ne4+ 23. Nxe4 fxe4 24. Ke3 $14) (22... d5 $5 23. gxf5 (23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. cxd5
Nxd5 25. Be3 $11) (23. cxd5 Rxc3 $1 (23... Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26.
gxf5 $14) 24. Rxc3 (24. dxe6 Nd5 25. Bc5 $15) 24... Ne4+ (24... Nxd5 25. Rcg3
fxg4 26. Bxg4 $18) 25. Kd3 Nxc3 26. dxe6 Nd5 $17) 23... Bxf5 24. Bd4 $14) 23.
Be3 fxg4 (23... d5 24. gxf5 (24. cxd5 {Tsesarsky} Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Rxc6
Bxc6 27. gxf5 $14) 24... Bxf5 25. cxd5 $14 (25. cxd5 Rd6 26. Bc5 Rd7 27. h4
Nxd5 (27... Rc8 28. Bd4 $16) 28. Bc4 Be6 $2 (28... e6 29. Bxd5 $1 Rff7 (29...
exd5 30. Bxf8 $18) 30. Bd4 exd5 31. h5 (31. Rxg7+ Rxg7 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11) (31.
Rce1 Bg6) 31... h6 32. Rcd1 Kf8 33. Bxg7+ Rxg7 34. Rxg7 Kxg7 (34... Rxg7 35.
Ke3 Rg3+ 36. Kd4 Bg4 37. Rc1 Bxh5 38. Nxd5 Rg2) 35. Ke3 $14) 29. Bd4 Rf7 30.
Bxd5 Bxd5 31. Nxd5 Rxd5 32. Rc8+ $18)) 24. hxg4 d5 25. f5 Rd8 (25... Bf7 26. g5
Ne4+ (26... Nd7 {Tsesarsky} 27. cxd5 (27. Nxd5 Bxd5 28. cxd5 Rd6 (28... Rxc1
29. Kxc1 $16) 29. Bd3 Rxd5 30. Ke2 Ne5 31. Be4 Rd7 32. Rgd1 $16) 27... Rd6 28.
f6 $1 exf6 29. Bf4 $16) 27. Nxe4 dxe4 28. Rg4 $16) 26. Ke1 d4 $2 {Georgiev
could not resist the temptation for a countetblow, but the tactics works in
white's favour. Ftacnik: Georgiev konnte diesem lockenden Gegenstoß nicht
widerstehen. Die Taktik jedoch spricht für Weiß.} (26... Bc8 27. Bf3 Rcd6 28.
g5 $18) (26... Bf7 $5 27. g5 Ne8 28. Nxd5 Bxd5 29. Rd1 $14 (29. cxd5 {Tsesarsky
} Rxc1+ 30. Bxc1 Bc3+ 31. Kf1 Ng7 32. Rg3 $1 $16)) 27. Rd1 Rcd6 (27... Bf7 28.
Rxd4 Nd7 (28... Rxd4 {Tsesarsky} 29. Bxd4 $16) 29. Rd3 $16) (27... Ne8 {
Tsesarsky} 28. Bg5 Bf7 29. Bxe7 Rd7 30. Bb4 Nd6 31. Nd5 $18) 28. c5 $1 Nd5 (
28... Bxb3 29. cxd6 Bxd1 30. dxe7 Re8 31. g5 (31. Nxd1 {Tsesarsky} dxe3 32. g5
$18) 31... Ng4 32. Nxd1 Nxe3 33. f6 $18) (28... Rc6 29. fxe6 $18) (28... R6d7
29. fxe6 $18) 29. cxd6 Nxe3 (29... Nxc3 30. dxe7 Re8 31. Rxd4 Bxd4 32. Bxd4
Nxe2 33. Kxe2 Bd7 34. f6 $18) (29... dxc3 {Tsesarsky} 30. fxe6 Nxe3 31. dxe7
$18) 30. dxe7 Re8 31. fxe6 Rxe7 (31... dxc3 32. Rd8 $18) (31... Nxd1 32. Nxd1
Rxe7 33. Bc4 $18) 32. Ne4 (32. Ne4 Rxe6 33. Bd3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 34th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Krasenkow. Ftacnik Tsesarsky} c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4
Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 Be6 10. O-O (10. f3 {Tsesarsky} a6
11. Qd2 Rc8 12. Nd5 Nd7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. O-O a5 15. b3 Nc5 16. Bd3 Kh8 17. Bb1
Bxd5 18. exd5 $14 {1-0 Bottema,T-Trauth,M/Lugano op 1989/TD 89\01 (53)}) 10...
O-O 11. Qd2 Qa5 (11... Re8 {Tsesarsky} 12. Bh6 Bh8 13. f3 Rc8 14. b3 Qa5 15.
Rac1 Bd7 16. Kh1 Bc6 17. Be3 Nd7 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Qc5 $11 {Laszlo,
D-Koberl,F/HUN-ch 1951/MCL 08/0-1 (54)}) (11... Rc8 {Tsesarsky} 12. b3 a6 13.
Rac1 Kh8 14. Rc2 Qa5 15. Rfc1 Nd7 16. f3 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. f4 $14 {
Sanguineti,R-Pelikan,J/ARG-ch Buenos Aires 1965/MCD-ch/1-0 (51)}) 12. Rab1 (12.
Rac1 {Ftacnik} Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. f4 b5 15. f5 Bd7 16. b4 Qxb4 17. e5 dxe5 18.
fxg6 Be6 19. gxf7+ Bxf7 20. Bh6 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 Bxc4 22. Qg5+ Kh8 23. Rxf6 Rg8
$19 {Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V (1) Moscow PCA 25' (03) 1994 0-1 33}) 12... Rfc8 (12...
Ng4 $5 {Ivanchuk,V} 13. Nd5 (13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Qe5 15. Qxe5 Nxe5 $11) (13.
b4 Bxc3 $1 14. Qxc3 Qe5 15. Qxe5 Nxe5 $13) 13... Qxd2 14. Bxd2 Bxd5 15. cxd5
Nf6 16. f3 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 $14) 13. b3 (13. b4 $6 {Ftacnik} Qd8 14. c5 a5 15. a3
axb4 16. axb4 Ra3 17. Nb5 Ra2 18. Qd3 d5 $11 {Hanel,R-Stefansson,H Vienna op 
(05) 1991 1/2 30}) 13... Ng4 (13... b5 $6 {Ftacnik} 14. b4 $1 Qc7 15. e5 dxe5
16. Nxb5 $16) (13... Nd7 {Tsesarsky} 14. Rfc1 (14. Nd5 Qxd2 15. Bxd2 Bxd5 16.
exd5 b5 $15) 14... Qd8 {'?!' Krasenkow.} 15. Nd5 Nc5 (15... Bxd5 16. exd5 a5
17. h4 h5 $1 18. g3 $11) 16. Bf3 a5 17. h4 {'->!' Krasenkow. Krasenkow:
'Ivanchuk-Anand, Buenos Aires 1994'} Bxd5 18. exd5 $14 {Ftacnik} (18. cxd5 b5
$11) 18... Qd7 19. Qe2 $1 Re8 20. h5 Qf5 $6 21. Rd1 Be5 22. g4 Qc8 (22... Qf6
23. g5 Qh8 24. Bg2 $16) 23. Kg2 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V/Buenos Aires Sicilian 
(03)/1994 (35)}) (13... a6 {Ftacnik} 14. Rfc1 Qb4 (14... Rab8 15. f3 Nd7 (15...
Kf8 16. b4 (16. Qe1 Nd7 17. b4 Qd8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 b6 20. a4 a5 21. bxa5
bxa5 22. Rb5 Nc5 23. Qd1 Ra8 24. g4 Kg8 25. Kg2 Qf8 {1-0 Morovic Fernandez,
I-Kudrin,S/New York op (04) 1997}) 16... Qd8 17. Nd5 {'+/=' Krasenkow.
Krasenkow: 'Psakhis-Am.Rodriguez, Andorra 1996'} (17. c5 dxc5 18. Qxd8+ Rxd8
19. bxc5 $14) 17... b5 (17... Nxd5 18. exd5 Bf5 19. Rb3) 18. a3 Rc6 19. a4 bxa4
20. Qa2 Bd7 21. Bd1 Nxd5 22. exd5 Rc7 23. Bxa4 Rcb7 24. Bxd7 Qxd7 25. c5 {
1-0 Psakhis,L-Rodriguez,Am/Andorra (08)/1996 (42)}) 16. b4 Qd8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 (
17... f5 18. Bg5 Nf6 19. Nxf6+ exf6 20. Bf4 Bf8 21. c5 fxe4 22. fxe4 Rc6 {
1/2-1/2 Micic,J-Ptacnikova,L/Erevan olw (14)/1996 (51)}) 18. Qxd5 Qc7 19. Qd1
a5 20. a3 axb4 21. axb4 b6 22. f4 Rd8 23. Bf3 Bh6 24. Qb3 e5 25. f5 Bxe3+ 26.
Qxe3 {1/2-1/2 Kudrin,S-Dzindzichashvili,R/USA-ch Modesto (02)/1995 (45)}) (
14... Nd7 15. f4 Rab8 16. b4 Qd8 17. Nd5 Nf6 18. Bf3 b6 19. Qf2 Nxd5 20. exd5
Bd7 21. Rb3 e6 22. Rd3 exd5 23. Bxd5 {1/2-1/2 Zarnicki,P-Spangenberg,H/ARG-ch 
(02)/1995 (40)}) (14... b5 15. b4 Qd8 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Ra3 $1 18. Qe1 Ng4
19. Bd2 Bd4 20. Nd1 Rxa2 $132) 15. a3 (15. f3 Nd7 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 Bxd5
18. cxd5 Bd4+ 19. Kf1 Nb6 20. f4 e6 21. dxe6 fxe6 22. Bf3 Rc6 23. Rxc6 bxc6 24.
Ba5 Nd7 25. Rd1 {Morovic Fernandez,I-Spangenberg,H/Buenos Aires Najdorf (01)
1997/1-0 (58)}) 15... Qa5 16. b4 (16. f3 Nd7 17. Nd5 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 Bxd5 19.
cxd5 Bd4+ 20. Kf1 h5 21. g3 {Zontakh,A-Velimirovic,D/Pozarevac (09)/1995/1/2-1/
2 (75)}) 16... Qxa3 17. Ra1 Qxb4 18. Ra4 Nxe4 19. Rxb4 Nxd2 20. Bxd2 Rc7 21.
Na4 Bd4 22. Bf3 Rb8 23. c5 Bxc5 24. Nxc5 dxc5 25. Rbb1 b5 26. Bf4 Rbc8 27. Bxc7
Rxc7 28. Ra1 {1-0 David,Al-Antunes,A/Erevan olm (07)/1996 (38)}) 14. Nd5 (14.
Bd4 {Ivanchuk,V} Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Nf6 $5 $14 {'+/=' Krasenkow. Krasenkow:
'Ivanchuk'} (15... Qe5 $6 16. Qxe5 Nxe5 17. f4 Nc6 18. f5 Bd7 19. f6 $16 {
Ivanchuk})) 14... Qxd2 15. Bxd2 Kf8 (15... Bxd5 $5 16. exd5 Nf6 17. Bd3 Nd7 18.
Rfe1 Bf6 19. Rbd1 a5 20. a4 $6 Rc7 21. g3 h5 22. Kg2 Kg7 23. h3 b6 24. f4 Re8
25. g4 hxg4 26. hxg4 e5 27. dxe6 Rxe6 {Popovic-Velimirovic,97}) (15... Bxd5 {
Krasenkow}) 16. Bg5 (16. Bxg4 Bxg4 17. Bg5 e6 (17... f6 $11 {Tsesarsky}) 18.
Nf6 h6 19. Bxh6 Be2 20. Rfe1 Bxc4 (20... Bxh6 21. Rxe2 Ke7 22. Ng4 $16) 21.
Nd7+ Kg8 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rbd1 (23. bxc4 Rc7 24. c5 Rxd7 25. cxd6 e5 26. f4
Kf6 $14) 23... Bb5 24. Rxd6 Bxd7 25. Rxd7 Rc2 26. a4 b5 27. axb5 Rb2 {1/2-1/2
Enders,P-Brendel,O/BL 9596 Zähringen-Duisburg [5] 1995 (52)}) 16... f6 {
'?' Krasenkow.} (16... Bxd5 17. exd5 $14 (17. exd5 {Ftacnik} Nf6 {'+/='
Krasenkow.} 18. Bf3 $14) (17. Bxg4 Bxe4 18. Bxc8 Bxb1 19. Bxb7 Rb8 20. Rxb1
Rxb7 $11)) (16... Nf6 17. Nxf6 Bxf6 18. Bxf6 exf6 19. Rbd1 Ke7 20. f4 Rc5 21.
Rd4 a5 22. Rfd1 Ra6 23. g4 Rb6 24. R1d3 a4 {1/2-1/2 Tischbierek,R-Van der
Weide,K/Berliner Sommer,1997 (47)}) 17. Bd2 Ne5 (17... Nh6 $5 {Malaniuk} 18. f4
$140 (18. Rbd1 {Ftacnik} f5 19. Bf3 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nf7 $14) 18... f5 (18... f5
19. Bf3 $11)) (17... h5 {Tsesarsky} 18. Rbd1 Kf7 19. Bc3 b5 20. h3 Nh6 21. f4
$14) (17... g5 {Krasenkow} 18. g3) 18. f4 Nc6 {'?' Krasenkow.} (18... Nd7 $5) (
18... Nf7 {Ftacnik} 19. Rfe1 $14 (19. f5 $142 {Krasenkow} Bxd5 20. exd5 Bh6))
19. f5 {Krasenkow: 'xBg7'} (19. Rfe1 {Tsesarsky} Nd4 20. Bd3 f5 21. exf5 Bxd5 (
21... Bxf5 22. Bxf5 Nxf5 23. Re4 b5 24. g4 e6 25. Rxe6 Nd4 26. Re3 bxc4 27. Bb4
$1 $16) (21... gxf5 22. Rxe6 Nxe6 23. Bxf5 $16) 22. cxd5 (22. fxg6 $5 Bc6 23.
gxh7 $14) 22... Nxf5 23. Rbc1 $14) 19... Bf7 (19... gxf5 20. exf5 Bxd5 21. cxd5
Nd4 22. Bd3 Rc5 23. Be3 Rxd5 24. Be4 Re5 25. Bxb7 $16) 20. g4 (20. fxg6 {
Tsesarsky} hxg6 21. Bg4 Rd8 22. Nc7 Rab8 23. Be3 Ne5 24. Ne6+ Bxe6 25. Bxe6 $14
) (20. Rbc1 {Tsesarsky} Nd4 21. Bd3 $14) 20... Ne5 21. Rbc1 (21. h4 $5 b5 $5) (
21. Rbd1 $5 $14 {Tsesarsky}) 21... Bxd5 $6 {Black feels exceptionally limikted,
his pieces are slowly loosing space for breathing. Schwarz fuehlt sich
ungewohnlich begrenzt, seine Figuren verlieren Raum zum atmen.} (21... Nd7 $1
22. b4 e6 23. fxe6 Bxe6 24. Bf4 $14) (21... g5 {Tsesarsky} 22. Be3 $16 (22. Be3
{Ftacnik} b6 23. b4 $14)) 22. exd5 Kf7 (22... Nf7 23. h4 g5 (23... Kg8 {
Krasenkow} 24. Rce1 Rc7 $5 (24... Bh6 25. g5 fxg5 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Bg4)) (
23... Bh6 24. g5 Bg7 25. Bg4 (25. fxg6 hxg6 26. h5 gxh5 27. Bxh5 Ne5 28. g6)
25... Ne5 26. Bh3 (26. fxg6 $5 Nxg4 27. gxh7)) 24. h5 Ne5 25. Be3 $16) 23. Be3
b6 (23... g5 {Tsesarsky} 24. Kf2 $16) 24. h4 {Krasenkow: '/\b4,c5;/\h5-h6'} h5
$2 {'?!' Krasenkow.} (24... Rc7 25. g5 (25. Kf2 $16 {Tsesarsky}) (25. fxg6+
Nxg6 26. h5 Ne5 27. g5 Rg8 28. Kh2 Ke8 $14) (25. Rce1 $16 {Ftacnik}) 25... Rac8
$16 {/+=} (25... gxf5 26. Rxf5 e6 27. dxe6+ Kxe6 28. Rcf1 fxg5 29. hxg5 Re8 $14
)) (24... Rab8 $5 {Krasenkow}) 25. gxh5 (25. fxg6+ {Ftacnik} Kxg6 $1 (25...
Nxg6 26. gxh5 Nxh4 $2 27. Bg5 $18) 26. gxh5+ Kh7 27. Rf2 Bh6 $14) 25... g5 (
25... gxf5 26. h6 (26. Rxf5 {Tsesarsky} Rh8 27. Rcf1 Rag8 28. Kh2 $18) 26...
Bh8 (26... Bxh6 27. Bxh6 Rh8 28. Be3 Rag8+ 29. Kf2 Rxh4 30. Rh1 $18) 27. Bh5+
Kg8 28. Rxf5) (25... gxh5 {Ftacnik} 26. Bxh5+ Kf8 27. a4 $18) 26. hxg5 fxg5 27.
Bxg5 (27. Kh2 {Tsesarsky} Bf6 28. Rg1 Rg8 29. Rg3 g4 30. h6 Bh4 31. Rg2 Bg5 32.
Bxg5 Rxg5 33. Kg3 Rh8 34. Rh1 Kf6 $16) 27... Bf6 (27... Rg8 28. Kf2) 28. Bf4 (
28. Bxf6 {Ftacnik} Kxf6 $16) 28... Bg5 29. Bxg5 (29. Kh2 {Ftacnik} Bxf4+ 30.
Rxf4 Rg8) 29... Rg8 30. Kf2 (30. Kh2 {Ftacnik} Rxg5 31. Rf2 Rag8 $132) 30...
Rxg5 31. Rg1 {'!?' Krasenkow.} (31. Ke3 Rag8 $132) 31... Rxf5+ (31... Rag8 {
Ftacnik} 32. Rcf1 Rxf5+ 33. Ke3) 32. Ke3 Rg8 (32... Rh8 33. Rg3 (33. Rcf1 Rxf1
(33... Kf6 {Ftacnik} 34. Ke4 Rxf1 35. Rxf1+ Kg5 36. b4 $18) 34. Rxf1+ Kg7 $16)
33... Rg8 34. Rcg1 Rxg3+ 35. Rxg3) 33. Rcf1 Rxf1 (33... Rxg1 34. Rxg1 (34. Rxg1
{Krasenkow} Rf6 35. Rf1 $18)) 34. Rxf1+ {Black has very strong knight on e5,
but the spare pawn h5 is more important. Der e5 Springer ist zwar sehr stark,
aber Mehrbauer h5 hat doch grossere Bedeutung.} Ke8 (34... Kg7 {Ftacnik} 35.
Rg1+ Kf8 36. Rxg8+ Kxg8 37. Kf4 Kf7 38. Kf5 $18) 35. Rf2 $138 (35. Rh1 $18 {
Tsesarsky}) 35... Rg3+ 36. Kf4 Rh3 37. Kg5 Rg3+ 38. Kh4 (38. Kh6 $2 {Ftacnik}
Nf7+ 39. Kh7 Kf8 40. h6 Rh3 $15) 38... Rg1 39. Kh3 (39. Bf3 {Tsesarsky} Kf7 40.
Be4+ Kg7 41. Rg2+ Rxg2 42. Bxg2 Kh6 $16) 39... Rg5 (39... Rh1+ {Ftacnik} 40.
Rh2 Rxh2+ 41. Kxh2 Kf7 42. Kg3 Kf6 43. Kf4 (43. h6 Kg6 44. Kf4 Kxh6 45. Kf5 Kg7
46. Ke6 Kf8 47. b4 Ke8 48. c5 $16) 43... Nf7 44. Bg4 Nh6 45. Be6 $18) 40. Rg2
Rf5 41. Kh4 (41. Bg4 Rf1 42. Be6 Rh1+ 43. Rh2 Rg1) 41... Kf8 (41... Rf4+ {
Ftacnik} 42. Kg5 Rf8 43. Bg4) 42. Bg4 Nxg4 (42... Rf1 43. Bh3 $18 (43. Be6 Rh1+
44. Kg5 Kg7) (43. a4 $16 {Ftacnik}) 43... Rh1 44. Rg3 (44. Rg3 {Tsesarsky} Nf7
45. Kg4 $18)) 43. Rxg4 Rf2 (43... Rf1 44. h6 Rh1+ 45. Kg5 Kg8 46. Kg6 $18) 44.
Kg3 (44. Kg3 Re2 (44... Rxa2 45. h6) (44... Rf6 {Ftacnik} 45. Rf4 $18) 45. h6
Re3+ 46. Kf4 Rh3 47. Kg5 Kg8 48. Kg6) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405 playoff"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "2005.05.08"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Fish, Gennadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2005.05.08"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nxd4 6. Qxd4 g6 7. e4 d6 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. O-O a4 12. Rab1 $5 (12. Bd4 Be6 13. Qe3 Nd7
14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nd5 Re8 16. Rac1 Nc5 17. Rc3 Bxd5 18. exd5 e5 19. dxe6 Rxe6
20. Qd4+ Qf6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Azarov,S-Inarkiev,E/Goa 2002/CBM 091 ext (30)}) (12.
f3 Qa5 13. Rab1 Be6 14. Rfc1 Rfc8 15. Rc2 Kf8 (15... Bxc4 $1 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17.
Qxa5 Rxa5 18. exd5 Rac5 $1 19. Bxc5 Bxa2 $17) 16. Qc1 Rc6 17. Nb5 Bd7 18. b4
axb3 19. axb3 Rca6 20. b4 Qd8 $132 {1-0 Ksieski,Z-Vogt,L/Leutersdorf 2003/CBM
092 ext (57)}) 12... Qa5 13. Rfc1 Be6 14. b4 axb3 15. axb3 Rfc8 16. Qd1 {
[/\17.Bd2]} (16. b4 $6 Qd8 $15) 16... Qb4 17. Bd2 Qc5 18. Be3 Qb4 $11 19. Bf3
$5 Nd7 20. Bd2 (20. Na4 $5 {(/\21.Bd2;xQb4)} Qa5 21. e5 Bf5 (21... Nxe5 22.
Bxb7 Ng4 23. Bd4 $14) 22. Bxb7 Bxb1 23. Rxb1 Bxe5 $13) 20... Qb6 21. Nd5 (21.
Be3 Qb4 $11) 21... Bxd5 22. exd5 Bd4 $36 23. Be1 Ra2 24. Rc2 Rca8 25. b4 R8a3
$1 {[/\26...Qa7]} 26. Rbc1 (26. c5 $2 dxc5 27. bxc5 Qxb1 $3 28. Qxb1 Ra1 29.
Rc1 $8 (29. Qb4 Bc3 $19) 29... Rxb1 30. Rxb1 Nxc5 $17) 26... Qa7 27. g3 Rxc2 (
27... Bb2 28. Rb1 Ne5 29. Be2 Bd4 30. Rbc1) 28. Rxc2 Ra1 29. Rc1 Ra2 30. Rc2
Ra1 31. Rc1 Ra2 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ptuj zt"]
[Site "Ptuj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Stanec, Nikolaus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Bd7 11. Qd2 Bc6 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. Rfe1 Nc5 14. Nd5 Re8
15. Bf1 a5 16. Rad1 a4 17. Qc1 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qd7 19. Bh6 Bf6 20. Re3 Ra6 21.
Rf3 Rb6 22. Rd2 Ra8 23. Re2 Qd8 24. Bg5 Bxg5 25. Qxg5 e5 26. Qc1 f5 27. Ra3 Qf6
28. Qc3 Rf8 29. Qa5 Ra6 30. Qc3 e4 31. Qxf6 Rxf6 32. f3 Rb6 33. g4 Rb4 34. gxf5
gxf5 35. fxe4 fxe4 36. Rg3+ Rg6 37. Rd2 Kf7 38. Kf2 Rxg3 39. hxg3 a3 40. b3
Nxb3 41. axb3 Rxb3 42. Rd1 {R2P<->RB. Aktiver sK, wenige Ps.} Kf6 43. c5 Ke5
44. c6 a2 45. Ra1 Rb2+ 46. Be2 bxc6 47. dxc6 d5 48. c7 Rc2 49. Rxa2 Rxc7 50. g4
Rf7+ 51. Kg3 Rg7 52. Ra5 h5 53. Bc4 Rxg4+ 54. Kh3 Kd4 55. Bxd5 Rf4 56. Bc6 h4
57. Ra4+ Ke3 58. Bd7 Kf3 59. Rb4 Ke3 60. Bg4 Rf8 61. Kxh4 Kf4 62. Rb7 Rh8+ 63.
Bh5 e3 64. Re7 Rxh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris NAO GM 3rd"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2003.12.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Murey, Jacob"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2003.12.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qe3 Be6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Rab1 Rfc8 13. b4 Qb6 14. Nd5
Qxe3 15. Bxe3 Kf8 16. f3 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Bd7 18. Rfc1 a6 19. Kf2 Ke8 20. Bd3 Bb5
21. Ke2 Kd7 22. Kd2 Bxd3 23. Kxd3 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 Rc8 25. Bd2 b5 26. Rb3 Kc7 27.
Bc3 Bxc3 28. Rxc3+ Kb7 29. Rxc8 Kxc8 {[#] A theoretically interesting ending,
because it is one possibility arising from opening variation B36. White has a
slight advantage because he has a) more space, b) the reserve tempo a3.   [#]
Theoretisch interessantes Endspiel, weil es einer der möglichen Folgen der
gespielten Eröffnung B36 ist. Weiß besitzt einen kleinen Vorteil durch a) mehr
Raum, b) das Reservetempo a3.} 30. Ke3 Kd7 31. Kf4 f6 32. h4 e5+ $6 ({I
consider Ich halte} 32... Ke8 $1 {without moving the e-pawn to be a clear draw.
}) 33. dxe6+ Kxe6 34. Ke3 d5 35. Kd4 dxe4 36. Kxe4 {In my opinion, breaking up
the central pawn barrier has been of help only to White, whose space advantage
could now be decisively removed by a zugzwang. Black can still move his king
between e6-d6-c6 because of the presence of the f6-pawn. Das Auflösen der
zentralen Bauernbarriere hat m.E. nur dem Weißen geholfen, dessen Raumvorteil
sich nun durch Zugzwang in entscheidenden Vorteil entladen könnte. Noch kann
Schwarz wegen des Bf6 auf den Feldern e6-d6-c6 mit dem König pendeln.} h6 $2 (
36... Kd6 $1 37. g4 Ke6 38. g5 Kd6 39. gxf6 (39. f4 Ke6 40. Kd4 Kf5 41. gxf6
Kxf6 42. Kc5 Kf5 43. Kb6 Kxf4 44. Kxa6 Kg4 45. Kxb5 Kxh4 46. Kc6 g5 47. b5 g4
48. b6 g3 49. b7 g2 50. b8=Q g1=Q $11) 39... Ke6 40. Kd4 Kxf6 41. Kc5 g5 $3 $19
) 37. g3 (37. g4 $1 g5 (37... f5+ 38. gxf5+ gxf5+ 39. Kd4 Kd6 40. f4 h5 41. a3
$22 $18 {illustrates Black's problems in a nutshell. beleuchtet
schlaglichtartig die schwarzen Probleme.}) (37... Kd6 38. h5 gxh5 39. gxh5 Ke6
40. f4 $18) 38. h5 Ke7 (38... f5+ 39. gxf5+ Kf6 40. a3 $18) 39. Kf5 Kf7 40. a3
$18) 37... h5 (37... f5+ 38. Kd4 g5 39. f4 $18) 38. g4 g5 (38... hxg4 39. fxg4
Kf7 40. Kd5 f5 41. gxf5 gxf5 42. Ke5 Kg6 43. a3 Kh5 44. Kxf5 Kxh4 45. Ke5 Kg4
46. Kd5 Kf4 47. Kc5 Ke4 48. Kb6 Kd4 49. Kxa6 Kc4 50. Ka5 $18) 39. hxg5 h4 40.
f4 fxg5 41. fxg5 Kf7 42. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Bar"]
[Site "Bar"]
[Date "1997.11.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Popovic, Petar"]
[Black "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1997.11.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Tsesarsky} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. f3
Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 Be6 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Qd2 a6 (11... Rc8 {Tsesarsky} 12.
Nb5 a6 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Be2 e5 15. Nb3 Be6 16. O-O Qe7 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Bg5 $16
{1-0 Bojkovic-Heinatz/Dresden, SW 1993 (53)}) 12. b3 (12. Be2 {Tsesarsky} b5
13. Nd5 (13. cxb5 axb5 14. a3 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Bxd5 $11
{1/2-1/2 Laszlo,I-Eberth,Z/Open, Cseppko HUN 1997 (28)}) 13... bxc4 14. Nxf6+
Bxf6 15. Bxc4 Rc8 16. Bxe6 Rxc1+ 17. Qxc1 fxe6 18. Qd2 d5 19. b3 Qd6 $11 {
0-1 Pimenta,A-Khenkin,I/Geneve op 1994 (31)}) 12... Rc8 (12... Qa5 {Tsesarsky}
13. Nd5 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Bxd5 15. cxd5 Rac8 (15... Rfc8 16. Rxc8+ Rxc8 17. g3 e6
18. Bh3 $16 {1-0 Donaldson,J-Perelshteyn,E/Mermaid Beach Club IM Int'l 1997 
(46)}) 16. g3 Rxc1 17. Kxc1 Nd7 18. Bh3 Ne5 19. Rf1 Re8 20. Kd2 e6 21. f4 Nd7
22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Rc1 $16 {1-0 Glatt,G-Orgovan,S/HUN-chT 1992 (71)}) (12... Qb8
{Tsesarsky} 13. Be2 Rc8 14. O-O b6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. cxd5 $16 {0-1 Hartereau,
P-Dvoirys,S/Ch. Paris 1993 (41)}) (12... Nd7 {Tsesarsky} 13. Be2 f5 14. exf5
Rxf5 15. O-O Ne5 16. f4 Nc6 17. Bg4 (17. Ne4 Bd7 18. Rfd1 Rf8 19. c5 Bf5 20.
Bc4+ Kh8 21. Ng5 Qe8 22. cxd6 exd6 23. Bb6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Jansa,V-Meduna,E/
Trinec 1972 (42)}) 17... Rf6 18. Bxe6+ Rxe6 19. Nd5 $14) 13. Be2 b5 (13... Qa5
{Tsesarsky} 14. O-O Rfe8 (14... Rc7 15. Kh1 Rfc8 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 Bxd5 18.
cxd5 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 20. Bxc1 Nd7 21. Kg1 Bd4+ 22. Kf1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ree,
H-Huguet,B/Las Palmas 1973 (50)}) (14... Rfd8 15. Rc2 Rc6 16. Bd4 Rdc8 17. Nd5
Qxd2 18. Rxd2 Bxd5 19. exd5 R6c7 20. Bb6 Rd7 21. g4 $14 {1-0 Tal,M-Ignatiev,F/
USSR 1971 (35)}) 15. Rfd1 (15. Na4 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 Nd7 17. Be3 Rc7 18. Rfd1 Rec8
19. f4 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 $14 {1-0 Kurajica,B-Toran Albero,R/Malaga 1970 (41)}) (
15. Rc2 Nd7 16. Rfc1 Ne5 17. f4 Nc6 18. Rb1 b5 19. b4 Nxb4 20. Nd5 Nc6 21. cxb5
Qxd2 22. Rxd2 axb5 23. Bxb5 $18 {1-0 Velcheva,M-Papadopoulou,T/EU-chJW U20
Zanka 1995 (36)}) 15... Nd7 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Rcd1 $14
{1-0 Solomon,S-Braga,C/Manila olm 1992 (57)}) 14. cxb5 (14. Nd5 {Tsesarsky}
Nxd5 15. exd5 Bd7 16. O-O Re8 $11) 14... axb5 15. O-O b4 16. Na4 Rb8 17. Rc6 (
17. Bc4 {Tsesarsky} d5 $1 $11) 17... Bd7 18. Ra6 Bb5 (18... d5 {Tsesarsky} 19.
Nc5 Bc8 20. Ra7 e5 21. Rc1 dxe4 22. fxe4 Qxd2 23. Bxd2 Rd8 24. Be3 $14) 19.
Bxb5 Rxb5 20. Rc1 (20. Ra7 $5 {Tsesarsky} d5 21. Rd1 e5 22. Bg5 d4 (22... Qb8
23. Ra6 $16) 23. Rc1 Qb8 24. Rcc7 $16) 20... Qd7 21. Rac6 (21. Ra7 {Tsesarsky}
Qe6 (21... Rb7 22. Nb6 $18) 22. Rcc7 Re8 23. Bd4 Nd5 24. Rc4 Bxd4+ 25. Rxd4 Nf6
26. Rxb4 $16) 21... h5 22. Qd3 (22. Nb6 {Tsesarsky} Qe6 23. R1c2 $16) 22... Rb7
23. h3 (23. Nb6 {Tsesarsky} Qe6 24. Qa6 $16) 23... Rfb8 24. Qa6 (24. Nb6 {
Tsesarsky} Qe6 25. R1c4 Nd7 26. Nxd7 (26. Rxb4 Ne5 $17) 26... Qxd7 27. Qd5 Rb5
28. Qd2 $14) 24... Kh7 (24... Ne8 {Tsesarsky} 25. Nb6 Qe6 26. R1c4 $16) 25. Rd1
(25. e5 $5 {Tsesarsky} Ne8 (25... dxe5 26. Nc5 $18) 26. exd6 exd6 27. Qd3) (25.
Nb6 $1 {Tsesarsky} Qe6 26. Qa5 Qe5 27. Qxe5 (27. Qxb4 Nd5 $3 $19) 27... dxe5
28. R1c4 $16) 25... Rc7 26. Rc4 (26. Rxc7 {Tsesarsky} Qxc7 $11) 26... Rxc4 27.
Qxc4 Qb5 28. Qxb5 Rxb5 29. Rc1 d5 (29... Bh6 {Tsesarsky} 30. Kf2 Bxe3+ 31. Kxe3
Rb7 $11) 30. exd5 (30. Rc5 {Tsesarsky} Rxc5 31. Bxc5 dxe4 32. Nb6 (32. Bxe7 Nd5
33. Bd6 Bd4+ 34. Kf1 exf3 35. gxf3 g5 $11) 32... e6 33. Bxb4 Nd5 34. Bc5 exf3
35. gxf3 $132) 30... Nxd5 31. Rc5 Rxc5 32. Bxc5 e5 (32... g5 {Tsesarsky} 33.
Nb6 Nxb6 34. Bxb6 Be5 35. Bc5 Bd6 36. Bxd6 exd6 37. Kf2 Kg6 38. Ke3 Kf5 39. Kd4
Kf4 40. Kc4 Kg3 41. Kxb4 Kxg2 42. a4 Kxh3 43. a5 g4 44. fxg4 hxg4 45. a6 g3 46.
a7 g2 47. a8=Q g1=Q 48. Qh8+ Kg3 49. Qg7+ Kh2 50. Qh6+ (50. Qxg1+ Kxg1 51. Kc3
f5 52. b4 f4 53. b5 f3 54. b6 f2 55. b7 f1=Q 56. b8=Q $11) 50... Kg2 51. Qxd6
$11) 33. Nb6 Nxb6 (33... Nc3 $6 {Tsesarsky} 34. Bxb4 Nxa2 35. Bd2 $14) 34. Bxb6
Bf8 35. Kf1 Kg7 (35... g5 $1 {Tsesarsky} 36. Ke2 Kg6 37. g4 (37. Kd3 Kf5 (37...
f5 38. Kc4 e4 39. fxe4 fxe4 40. g4 $18) 38. g4+ (38. Be3 g4 39. fxg4+ (39. Kc4
gxf3 40. gxf3 e4 41. fxe4+ Kxe4 42. Bd2 f5 $17) 39... hxg4 40. h4 Kg6 41. Ke4
f6 42. Kd5 Kh5 43. g3 Bh6 44. Bf2 Kg6 45. Be1 Be3 $132) 38... hxg4 39. hxg4+
Kf4 40. Ke2 Kg3 41. Ke3 Be7 42. Ke4 f6 43. Be3 Kg2 $11) 37... f5 38. Kd3 (38.
Bc7 hxg4 39. hxg4 e4 40. fxe4 fxg4 41. Kf2 Bc5+ 42. Kg3 Kh5 43. e5 Be3 44. e6
Bc5 45. Be5 Be7 $11) 38... e4+ $1 39. fxe4 fxg4 40. hxg4 hxg4 41. Bc7 $132) 36.
Ke2 Kf6 (36... f5 {Tsesarsky} 37. Kd3 Kf6 38. Kc4 e4 39. fxe4 fxe4 40. Be3 (40.
Kd5 Kf5 41. Be3 Be7 $11) 40... Kf5 41. Bd2 Ke5 $11) 37. Kd3 Kf5 38. Be3 h4 (
38... Ke6 {Tsesarsky} 39. Kc4 f5 40. Bd2 e4 41. fxe4 fxe4 42. Bxb4 $18) 39. Bd2
g5 40. Be3 (40. Kc4 $1 {Tsesarsky} f6 (40... e4 41. fxe4+ Kxe4 42. Bxg5 $18)
41. Bxb4 Bxb4 42. Kxb4 Kf4 43. a4 f5 44. a5 e4 45. fxe4 fxe4 46. Kc3 Kg3 47.
Kd4 $18) 40... Be7 41. Bd2 f6 42. Kc4 e4 43. fxe4+ (43. Bxb4 $1 {Tsesarsky}
exf3 44. gxf3 Bxb4 45. Kxb4 Kf4 46. a4 f5 47. a5 g4 48. fxg4 fxg4 49. a6 g3 50.
a7 g2 51. a8=Q g1=Q 52. Qc8 $16) 43... Kxe4 44. Bxb4 Bxb4 45. Kxb4 {[#] Weiß
hat nur dann Gewinnchancen, wenn er den schwarzen König vom Damenflügel
fernhalten kann. Hauptteil ist daher eine umfangreiche Analyse zu 46.Kc5.} f5 (
45... Kd5 46. Kc3 $18) 46. a4 (46. Kc5 g4 47. a4 gxh3 (47... f4 48. a5 f3 49.
gxf3+ gxf3 50. a6 f2 51. a7 {siehe C)}) (47... g3 48. a5 Ke3 49. a6 Kf2 50. a7
Kxg2 51. a8=Q+ Kh2 {[#]} 52. Kd4 (52. Qb8 Kxh3 (52... Kh1) 53. Qf4 g2 54. Qf2
f4 55. b4 f3 56. b5 Kh2 57. Qxh4+ Kg1 58. Qe1+ Kh2 59. Qf2 Kh1 60. Qxf3 $18)
52... g2 53. Qg8 g1=Q+ 54. Qxg1+ Kxg1 55. Ke5 Kg2 56. b4 (56. Kf4 Kxh3 57. Kf3
Kh2 58. Kf2 h3 59. b4 Kh1 60. b5 h2 61. b6 f4 62. b7 f3 63. Kf1 f2 $11) 56...
Kxh3 57. b5 Kg2 58. b6 h3 59. b7 h2 $11) 48. gxh3 f4 49. a5 f3 50. a6 f2 51. a7
f1=Q 52. a8=Q+ Ke3 {[#]} 53. b4 $16 {[%cal Ga8a3,Ga3h3]} Qf5+ 54. Qd5 Qf8+ 55.
Kc4 Qf4+ 56. Kc3 Qf6+ 57. Kb3) (46. Kc3 $1 {Tsesarsky} g4 (46... Ke3 47. b4 g4
48. b5 f4 49. b6 f3 50. b7 f2 (50... fxg2 51. b8=Q g1=Q 52. Qb6+ $18) 51. b8=Q
f1=Q 52. Qb6+ $1 Ke2 53. Qb2+ Ke3 54. Qd2+ Ke4 55. Qd4+ Kf5 56. hxg4+ $18) 47.
Kd2 Kf4 48. Ke2 (48. a4 Kg3 49. a5 f4 50. hxg4 f3 51. gxf3 h3 52. a6 h2 53. a7
h1=Q 54. a8=Q $18) 48... Kg3 49. Kf1 $18 gxh3 50. gxh3 Kxh3 51. b4 Kg3 52. b5
h3 53. Kg1 f4 54. b6 f3 55. b7 h2+ 56. Kh1 f2 57. b8=Q+ Kf3 58. Qb1) 46... g4 (
46... Kd5 47. Kc3 g4 48. Kd3 $18) 47. a5 (47. Kc5 $1) (47. Kc3 {Tsesarsky} f4
48. Kd2 (48. hxg4 f3 49. gxf3+ Kd5 $19) 48... f3 49. gxf3+ Kxf3 50. a5 g3 $1
51. a6 g2 52. a7 g1=Q 53. a8=Q+ Kg3 $1 54. Qc8 (54. Qg8+ Kxh3 $3 55. Qxg1 {
PATT!}) 54... Qg2+ 55. Kc3 Qxh3 $11) 47... Kd5 $1 {Erst jetzt, nachdem der
weiße König nicht mehr die schwarzen Bauern aufhalten kann, geschieht dieser
Sperrzug.} 48. Kb5 (48. Kc3 {Tsesarsky} f4 49. Kd3 (49. hxg4 $2 f3 50. gxf3 h3
$19) (49. a6 Kc6 50. Kd4 f3 51. Ke3 fxg2 52. Kf2 g3+ 53. Kxg2 Kb6 $11) 49... f3
50. Ke3 fxg2 51. Kf2 gxh3 52. a6 Kc6 53. b4 Kb6 54. b5 $11) 48... Kd6 49. Kb6 (
49. a6 {Tsesarsky} Kc7 50. Kc5 f4 51. Kd4 f3 52. Ke3 fxg2 53. Kf2 gxh3 54. b4
$11) 49... f4 50. a6 f3 51. gxf3 g3 (51... gxh3 52. a7 h2 53. a8=Q h1=Q 54.
Qc6+ Ke7 $11 {[%cal Gh4h3,Gh3h2]}) 52. a7 g2 53. a8=Q g1=Q+ {Dauerschach wegen:
} (53... g1=Q+ 54. Kb5 (54. Kb7 Qg7+ 55. Kb6 Qg1+) 54... Qc5+ 55. Ka4 Qd4+ 56.
Kb5 Qc5+) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eger Agria op"]
[Site "Eger"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Horvath, Tamas"]
[Black "Kiss, Pal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd3 Nd7 {Bekannt sind auch:} (10... Bd7) (10... Be6) 11.
Bg5 {Eine solide Alternative ist :} (11. Bd2) 11... Nc5 12. Qe3 Bxc3 (12... Ne6
13. Bh6 $14 {Almasi,Z-Spangenberg/CBM/53}) (12... Bd7 13. Nd5 Re8 14. Rab1 a5 {
Franzen-Baumbach/corr./1994/96} 15. f4 $14) 13. bxc3 Re8 $5 {Neuerung von Kiss,
P. Ein Beispiel aus den Urzeiten:} (13... b6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. f4 Bb7 16. f5 $1
e6 17. fxg6 fxg6 18. e5 $16 {Smejkal-Jansa/Hradec Kralove/1981}) 14. f4 Qb6 15.
Rab1 Qc6 16. Bf3 Qa4 17. f5 Qxc4 18. Rb4 $1 Qd3 19. Qe1 Qc2 20. Bd1 $1 Qxa2 21.
Qh4 f6 (21... a5 22. f6 axb4 23. Qh6 Ne6 24. Bg4 $18) 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Bxf6
exf6 24. Bb3+ $1 Nxb3 25. Qxf6 Bh3 (25... Bf5 26. Rxb7 Qxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Bxe4+ 28.
Kg3 Bxb7 29. Qxg6+ Kh8 30. Rf7 Re3+ (30... Rg8 31. Rh7#) 31. Kh4 Re4+ 32. Kh5
Re5+ 33. Kh6 $18) 26. Qxg6+ Kh8 27. Qh5+ Kg8 28. Qg5+ Kh8 29. Qh4+ Kg8 30. Qg3+
Kh8 31. Qxh3+ Kg8 32. Qg4+ Kh8 33. Qh5+ Kg8 34. Qg6+ Kh8 35. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+
15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 (16. Nc3 Nf6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Bd7 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20.
Rc1 Rxc1 21. Kxc1 f5 {1/2-1/2 Spassky,B-Sosonko,G/Tilburg 1981/MCD-r8}) 16...
Rc6 {16...f5} (16... Rcb8 17. Nc3 Bxc3+ 18. Rxc3 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Rc2 b4
21. Kc1 Ra3 22. Bd4 f6 23. Kb1 Kf7 24. f4 Kf8 25. Rhc1 Ra5 26. Rc8+ Rxc8 27.
Rxc8+ Kg7 28. Rc7 {1-0 Ribshtein,N-Bar,A/ISR-ch U18 1997/EXP 58}) 17. h4 {
17.Sc3!?+/=} Kf8 (17... h6 18. Nc3 f5 19. Nd5 Kf7 20. exf5 gxf5 21. g5 hxg5 22.
hxg5 Nf8 23. f4 Ke8 24. Bf3 Rb8 25. Nb4 Rc7 26. Bb6 Rd7 27. Rce1 Bf7 28. Nd5 e6
29. Nc7+ Ke7 30. Nd5+ Ke8 31. Nf6+ Bxf6 32. gxf6 {Soffer,R-Almasi,I/Budapest
FS06 GM 1993/EXT 93/1-0 (47)}) (17... Nc5 18. Nc3 b5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rcc8
21. b4 Nd7 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Kxc1 Nf6 26. Bxb5 Nxd5
27. Bd2 Nc3 28. Bc4 d5 29. Bb3 e6 30. a4 Ne2+ 31. Kb1 f5 32. a5 Be5 33. Be3 d4
34. Bxe6+ Kg7 35. Bd2 fxg4 36. fxg4 Kf6 37. Bc4 Nc3+ 38. Kc2 {1-0 Kalod,
R-Papadopoulou,T/EUCup Gr4 1995/EXP 50}) 18. h5 Rac8 19. hxg6 (19. g5 gxh5 $1 (
19... b5 20. cxb5 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rxc1 22. Kxc1 axb5 23. h6 (23. Bxb5 gxh5 $13)
23... Bxh6 24. Bxb5 $16) 20. f4 (20. Rxh5 b5 $15) 20... b5 21. Nc3 bxc4 22. b4
f5 $15) 19... hxg6 20. g5 Nc5 21. Nc3 (21. Nxc5 dxc5 22. f4 Rd6+ 23. Kc2 Bd4
24. Bxd4 Rxd4 25. Bd3 Rcd8 $11) 21... b5 22. Nd5 $6 (22. cxb5 $1 axb5 (22...
Nxb3+ 23. axb3 Bxc3+ (23... Rxc3 24. bxa6 $16) 24. Rxc3 Rxc3 25. Rh8+ Kg7 26.
Bd4+ f6 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. bxa6 $16) 23. Nxb5 Ra6 24. Rc2 Nxe4+ 25. fxe4 Rxc2+
26. Kxc2 Rxa2+ 27. Kd3 d5 $1 28. Nd4 dxe4+ 29. Kxe4 Bxb3 30. Rc1 Bxd4 31. Rc8+
Kg7 32. Bxd4+ f6 $14) 22... bxc4 23. Bxc4 a5 24. Bb5 Bxd5 25. exd5 R6c7 26. Bc6
Kg8 $1 $11 27. Rc4 e6 28. Rhc1 Rd8 29. R1c2 exd5 30. Bxd5 Re7 31. Bd4 Rde8 32.
Bxg7 Re2+ 33. Kc3 R8e3+ 34. Kb2 Kxg7 35. Rd4 Nd3+ (35... Nd3+ 36. Rxd3 Rxd3 37.
Rxe2 Rxd5 38. f4 Rd4 39. Rf2 f6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS03 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Leko,P"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 Qa5 10. Qd2 (10. Qe3 $2 Nxe4 $1 $19) 10... O-O 11. f3 Be6 12.
Rc1 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 (14. Nd5 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bd7 17. Rxc8+
Rxc8 18. Rc1 $10) 14... Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 (16. Bxe7 $2 Bh6+ $17) 16...
Kf8 17. Be3 (17. h4 f6 18. Be3 f5 19. gxf5 gxf5 $13) 17... Rab8 18. g5 $5 (18.
Ba7 Ra8 19. Be3 $10) 18... f5 (18... b5 $2 19. cxb5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 axb5 21. Bxb5
$1 $18) 19. exf5 (19. gxf6 Bxf6 20. Nb6 Nxb6 21. Bxb6 Bg5+ 22. Be3 Bxe3+ 23.
Kxe3 $10) 19... Bxf5 20. f4 b5 $1 21. cxb5 (21. Nc3 Nc5 $1 $15) 21... axb5 22.
Nc3 Nc5 $1 {/\ Bc3-+} 23. Bxc5 $8 Rxc5 24. b4 Rc6 (24... Rxc3 $6 25. Rxc3 Bxc3+
26. Kxc3 Rc8+ 27. Kd4 $10) 25. Bd3 $2 (25. Nxb5 Ra6 $1 26. a3 Bd7 $17) 25...
Bxd3 26. Kxd3 Rc4 $1 $19 27. a3 Rxf4 28. Rhf1 Rxf1 29. Rxf1+ Ke8 30. Rf4 Bxc3
31. Kxc3 Rc8+ 32. Kb3 e5 33. Rh4 Rc7 34. a4 bxa4+ 35. Kxa4 Re7 $1 36. Re4 d5
37. Re1 Kd7 38. Kb3 Kd6 39. Ra1 e4 40. Kc3 Ke5 41. b5 d4+ 42. Kd2 Rf7 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.19"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Antunes, Antonio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Makarichev,S"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[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 "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Portugal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. f3 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. Bd3 (12. Nd5 $5 Qxa2 $13 {
Sveshnikov,E-Beliavsky,A/URS-ch/1973/}) 12... Rfc8 $132 13. b3 (13. Nd5 Qxd2+
14. Kxd2 Kf8 $132) 13... a6 14. Ne2 (14. Nd5 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bd7
17. Bb6 Bh6+ $10) 14... Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. Nf4 Nc5 17. Be2 a5 $1 $132 18.
Nd5 $2 Bxd5 19. cxd5 (19. exd5 $10) 19... a4 $1 20. b4 $2 (20. Bxc5 $142 $1
axb3 21. axb3 dxc5 (21... Ra2+ 22. Rc2 $15) 22. f4 $10) 20... Nb3+ $3 $17 21.
axb3 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 a3 $1 23. Bb5 a2 24. Kd3 a1=Q 25. Rxa1 Rxa1 26. Bc6 $1 Rb1
$1 (26... bxc6 $4 27. dxc6 $18) 27. Kc4 Rb2 28. Bxb7 Rc2+ 29. Kd3 (29. Kb5 Rxg2
30. Kc6 Rc2+ 31. Kd7 Rc3 32. Bd2 (32. Bg1 Rxb3 $19) 32... Rxf3 33. Kxe7 Be5 34.
b5 Rxb3 35. Bc6 Bxh2 $19) 29... Rc3+ 30. Ke2 Rxb3 $17 31. Bd2 Bc3 $1 32. Bxc3
Rxc3 33. b5 e5 $5 34. dxe6 (34. Kd2 Rc4 $1 (34... Rb3 35. Bc6 Kf8 36. Kc2 Rb4
37. Kc3 Rb1 38. Kc2 $13) 35. Bc6 (35. Kd3 Rd4+ 36. Kc3 Kf8 37. b6 Ke7 38. Bc6
Kd8 $17) 35... Kf8 36. Kd3 Rd4+ 37. Kc3 Ke7 38. b6 Kd8) 34... fxe6 35. h4 Kf7
36. g4 Ke7 37. Kf2 h6 $1 38. f4 (38. g5 $4 hxg5 39. hxg5 Rc5 $19) 38... Rh3 39.
e5 $1 dxe5 40. fxe5 Rc3 $1 $19 (40... Rxh4 $4 41. Kg3 g5 42. Bf3 $13) 41. b6
Rb3 42. Be4 Rxb6 $1 43. Bxg6 Rb5 44. Kf3 Rxe5 45. Kf4 Kf6 46. Bd3 Ra5 47. Be4
e5+ 48. Ke3 Ra3+ 49. Bd3 Rb3 50. Ke2 Rb4 51. Kf3 Rf4+ 52. Kg3 Rd4 53. Bh7 Ra4
54. Kf3 Ra3+ 55. Ke4 Rh3 56. g5+ hxg5 57. hxg5+ Kxg5 58. Bf5 Ra3 $1 (58... Ra3
59. Kxe5 Ra5+) 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. O-O Be6 12. Rfc1 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Rab1 b5
$5 {This is the standard plan in the system based on an early ...Nxd4. However,
Black usually tries to prepare it with ...Rab8 or ...Qb4.} 15. b4 Qd8 16. cxb5
axb5 17. Bxb5 Ra3 18. Nd5 (18. Bf1 Ng4 $5 {This looks like the best try for
counterplay.} (18... Rcxc3 {did not yield Black sufficient compensation for
the exchange:} 19. Rxc3 Rxa2 20. Qc1 Nxe4 21. Ra3 $14 {Ivanchuk,V (2700)
-Khalifman,A (2635)/Yalta 1995/CBM 047 ext (1-0, 42)}) 19. Bd4 Bh6 20. f4 Rcxc3
{[%csl Ga2,Gf4] Only now that White's position has become over extended this
sacrifice may be fully justified.} 21. Rxc3 (21. Bxc3 $2 Rxc3 22. Rxc3 Qb6+ $19
) 21... Rxa2 22. Rc2 Bxf4 23. Rxa2 $5 Bxd2 24. Rxd2 Qa8 $13 {White does not
seem to have enough stability to take advantage of his passed pawn. Black
threatens ...Qxe4 followed by ...Bd5.}) 18... Rxc1+ $146 {This was analyzed by
Mozetic in his notes for Chess Informant, but never tried in practice.} (18...
Nxd5 19. exd5 Bf5 {Nikcevic,N (2466)-Mozetic,D (2442)/Vrnjacka Banja 1999/EXT
2000 (1/2, 42)}) 19. Qxc1 Rxa2 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Bc4 Ra8 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. b5
Qd7 24. b6 {Mozetic ends up his comments at this point, evaluationg the
position as "+/-". It would be interesting to know if Nakamura had analyzed
the whole line at home, finding is safe for Black, or got here by chance. In
any case, "+/=" looks like a better evaluation, because in the game Black's
disadvantage seemed to be within bearable limits.} Kf7 25. Qd1 Rb8 26. Qf3 Ke8
27. Qg4 Kf7 28. Qf3 Ke8 29. Qg4 Kf7 30. Qd1 Qb7 31. Qd3 Rc8 32. h3 d5 33. Bd4
dxe4 34. Qe3 Bxd4 35. Qxd4 Rc6 36. Kh2 Rd6 37. Qh8 Rxb6 38. Qxh7+ Kf6 39. Qh8+
Kf7 40. Qh7+ Kf6 41. Re1 Qb8+ 42. g3 Rb2 43. Qh4+ Kf7 44. Qh7+ Kf6 45. Qh4+ Kf7
46. Kg2 Rb4 47. Qh7+ Kf6 48. Qh4+ Kf7 49. Qh7+ Kf6 50. Re3 Qf8 51. Qh4+ Kg7 52.
Rxe4 Rxe4 53. Qxe4 Qf5 54. f3 Qf6 55. h4 e5 56. Kh3 Qe6+ 57. Qg4 Qa6 58. Qe4
Qe6+ 59. g4 Qf6 60. Kg3 Qd6 61. Kg2 Qf6 62. Kh3 Qd6 63. Qe3 Qf6 64. h5 gxh5 65.
gxh5 Qf5+ 66. Kh4 Kf6 67. Qh6+ Kf7 68. Qe3 Kf6 69. Qh6+ Kf7 70. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 {A relatively new plan. Traditionally, Black is
supposed to strive for ...b5, as in the game Dominguez-Nakamura from the same
tournament. The advance of the a-pawn aims to increase Black's control on dark
squares, which is a plan more typically employed in the systems with a delayed
...Nxd4 (answered by Bxd4).} 11. O-O a4 12. Bd4 Bd7 $5 $146 {Ivanchuk chooses
the most solid regrouping, which, curiously, was never tried before. Usually,
Black develops his bishop to e6, putting pressure on the c4-pawn, which cannot
be defended with b2-b3 easily, because a new weakness would appear on b3.} (
12... Be6 13. Qe3 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. b3 axb3 16. axb3 $14 {Almasi,Z (2691)
-Tiviakov,S (2643)/Reggio Emilia 2007/CBM 122/[Tiviakov] (1/2, 38)}) (12... Qa5
{This seems to be a specialty of GM Mircea Pârligras.} 13. Qe3 Be6 14. Nb5 Bd7
(14... Rfc8 15. Rfc1 Qb4 {Not finding a favourable way to defend c4, White
started the perpetual attack against the enemy queen:} 16. Bc3 {with a draw
after a few repetitions in Seel,C (2493)-Parligras,M (2547)/Muelheim 2009 (1/2,
21).}) 15. b4 axb3 16. axb3 Qb4 17. e5 Nd5 18. cxd5 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Bxb5 $11 {
Fridman,D (2630)-Parligras,M (2611)/Dresden 2008/CBM 128 (1/2, 31). Black has
absolutely no problems. In fact, it is White who has remained a bit over
extended.}) 13. Rfe1 Bc6 14. Qe3 ({Refraining from} 14. f3 {, which would
unnecessarily weaken the e3-square.}) 14... Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 {[%cal Gd8b6]}
16. Nd5 e6 17. Nc3 {White has spent two tempi for the sake of provoking a
slight weakness in Black's structure.} Qb6 18. Qd2 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Nf6 {Black
opts for maximum safety again.} ({In his days of glory, Bent Larsen used to
employ such a setup:} 19... e5 20. Bf1 Nc5 {Ivanchuk might have feared a
kingside attack starting with} 21. Re3) 20. Bf1 h5 21. Re3 Rd7 22. h3 Rad8 {
Black is perfectly regrouped and has a solid position. Of course, he cannot
display any form of activity, but finding a constructive and risk free plan
for White is far from easy. Therefore, negotiations of peace were initiated
soon.} 23. Qc2 Kh7 24. Rf3 Kg7 25. Re3 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 40th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2005.05.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2005.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 Be6 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. f3 O-O 12. Qd2 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+
15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 f5 {A very popular position in the Maroczy system. White
has to make his choice.} 17. exf5 (17. gxf5 $5 {Despite very good results this
line remains in a shadow of 17.exf5. This is a mystery for me. I believe
Vaganian's play in his game against Ponomariov should be very inspiring.} gxf5
18. Rhg1 Kh8 19. Bd3 Ne5 $6 (19... f4 $5 {An attempt to improve on
Ponomariov's play. Black blocks the position on the kingside and hopes to hold.
} 20. Bf2 $1 {Correctly rejecting the f-pawn.} (20. Bxf4 {leads to equality
after} Rf8 21. Bg5 (21. Ke3 Rxf4 $5 (21... Ne5) 22. Kxf4 Bd4 $1 {[%csl Rf4]})
21... Rxf3 22. Bxe7 Bh6+ 23. Bg5 Bxg5+ 24. Rxg5 Rf2+) 20... Ne5 21. Ke2 Rc6 22.
Nb6 Rf8 23. Nd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Dominguez,L-Felgaer,R/Dos Hermanas ESP 2005/The
Week in Chess 544 (33). (32) This position requires further tests.}) 20. Rxg7
$1 Kxg7 21. Bd4 $1 Rf8 $6 22. f4 $1 fxe4 23. fxe5 exd3 24. exd6+ Kf7 25. Rf1+
Ke8 26. Re1 Rf4 27. Rxe6 Rxd4 28. Nb6 Rd8 29. Rxe7+ Kf8 30. c5 $18 {1-0
Vaganian,R-Ponomariov,R, Calvia ol(Men) 2004/CBM104[Mikhalevski,V].}) 17...
gxf5 18. h3 Rf8 19. f4 Rad8 20. Nc3 ({White preferred} 20. g5 {in earlier
games.}) 20... d5 21. cxd5 Nf6 22. Rhg1 $5 {Leitao's novelty.} Nxd5 23. Nxd5
Bxd5 24. Ke1 $1 e6 $5 {Ivanchuk comes with a new idea. The point is not to
improve White's pawn structure with fxg4, while the pin along the g-file turns
out to be not very dangerous for Black.} ({In the origin-game Black played
inaccurately and eventually lost.} 24... Kh8 $6 25. Rc7 fxg4 26. hxg4 e6 27.
Rg3 Rc8 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Bd3 $14 {1-0 Leitao,R-Felgaer,R, Magistral Copa
Entel 2nd 2005/CBM106[Mikhalevski,V]}) ({In my annotations of Leitao's game I
offered} 24... fxg4 $5 {as the move which deserves to be tested.} 25. hxg4 (25.
Rxg4 Kh8 26. Rc7 Bf6 $11 {[%cal Gd8c8] is good for Black.})) 25. gxf5 {White
has to open the g-file to fight for advantage.} (25. Rc7 {promises no
advantage in view of} Rf7 26. Rxf7 Kxf7 27. gxf5 exf5 28. Bh5+ Kg8 29. Bd4 Rd7
$11) 25... Rxf5 (25... exf5 {also looks playable.}) 26. Bd4 {[%csl Rg7]} Rf7
27. Bh5 (27. Bxg7 {deserves attention.} Rxg7 28. Rxg7+ Kxg7 29. Rc7+ Kg8 30.
Kf2 $1 (30. Bd3 Rf8 $1 31. Bxh7+ Kh8 $11) 30... Rf8 31. Ke3 Rf7 32. Rc8+ Kg7
33. Bd3 $14 {[%cal Gd3e4] and White retains better chances, though it's still
not easy to make progress.}) 27... Rfd7 28. Rc3 {[%cal Gc3g3]} Be4 $2 {Black
blunders a pawn.} (28... Kf8 {was better.} 29. Bxg7+ (29. Bc5+ Kg8 30. Rcg3 Kh8
31. Rxg7 Rxg7 32. Bd4 Rdd7 {[%cal Gh8g8] and the bishops endgame which arises
after 33...Kg8 looks drawish.}) 29... Rxg7 30. Rxg7 Kxg7 31. Rc7+ Kh6) ({
Black also has chances to equalize after the following tactical trick.} 28...
Bg2 $5 29. Be5 $1 (29. Rxg2 Rxd4 30. Rc7 R4d7 $11) 29... Bxe5 30. Rxg2+ Rg7 31.
Rxg7+ Bxg7 32. Rc7 Rd4 33. Bg4 $1 Re4+ 34. Kd2 b5) 29. Be5 $2 {White returns a
favour.} (29. Bxg7 $1 Rxg7 30. Bf7+ $3 {It seems that both players missed this
brilliant resource. White wins a pawn.} Kf8 (30... Kxf7 $2 31. Rc7+ $18) 31.
Rxg7 Kxg7 32. Bxe6 Kf6 33. Bg4 $16) 29... Bg6 $1 {Black forces a rook endgame
in which White doesn't have enough recources to win.} 30. Bxg6 Rd1+ 31. Kf2
Rxg1 32. Bxh7+ $1 {The only chance.} ({Or} 32. Kxg1 hxg6 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Rc7+
Kf6 35. Rxb7 Rd1+ 36. Kf2 Rd2+ 37. Kf3 Rxa2 $11) 32... Kxh7 33. Kxg1 Rd1+ 34.
Kf2 Bxe5 35. fxe5 Rd2+ 36. Ke3 Rxa2 37. Rc7+ Kg6 38. Rxb7 Kf5 $11 {Black has
achieved the maximum activity of his pieces. Now draw is inevitable.} 39. Kd4
Rd2+ 40. Ke3 Rh2 41. Kd4 Rd2+ 42. Ke3 Rd5 43. Rb6 a5 44. b4 Rxe5+ 45. Kf3 axb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Santiago Entel Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Santiago de Chile"]
[Date "2005.03.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Black "Felgaer, Ruben Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CHI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+
15. Kxd2 {The theory of this endgame has been developing very fast and deep.
Russian GM Tiviakov is one of the main experts of it.} Nd7 {[%cal Gf7f5]} 16.
g4 f5 17. exf5 {The main line.} ({In my opinion} 17. gxf5 {worth a serious
attention. See a nice win in Vaganian,R-Ponomariov,R Calvia ol(Men) 2004/CBM
104[Mikhalevski,V]}) 17... gxf5 18. h3 {[%cal Gf3f4] White maintains tension
and prepares f4.} Rf8 19. f4 Rad8 {[%cal Gd6d5]} 20. Nc3 {A relatively
uncommon continuation, which however may transpose into 20.g5. See below.} (20.
Rhd1 {is not precise in view of} Nf6 21. g5 Ne4+ 22. Ke1 Bf7 {[%csl Ra4] and
the a4-knight can't come back into play.} 23. c5 dxc5 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 {1/2-1/2
Drasko,M-Kovacevic,A/Belgrade 1998/CBM 064 (24)}) (20. g5 {The main line.
White takes away the f6-square from the black knightand intends to play with
the rook on the semiopen d and e-files.} Nc5 21. Nc3 ({Doesn't promise much} 
21. Nxc5 dxc5+ 22. Ke1 Bd4 23. Kf2 {1/2-1/2 Motylev,A-Tiviakov,S/Bastia FRA
2003/The Week in Chess 469 (23) After most likely exchange of the dark-squared
bishops and all rooks White will be unable to break through.}) 21... Ne4+ 22.
Nxe4 fxe4 23. Bb6 $5 {Recommendation of IM Tsesarsky.} (23. Bg4 $6 Bf5 24. Bb6
Rde8 $132 {[%cal Ge7e5] Nijboer,F-Tiviakov,S, NED-ch 2003/CBM96 [Tsesarsky]})
23... Rc8 24. Ke3 Rc6 25. Ba5 Bf5 26. Bc3 (26. Bb4 $5 {Tsesarsky.}) 26... Bxc3
27. Rxc3 b5 28. h4 b4 29. Rc2 Rc5 30. Rd1 Rfc8 31. Rcd2 Ra5 32. Rd5 Rcc5 33.
Rxc5 dxc5 34. Rd2 $16 {[%csl Re4] 1-0 Goloshchapov,A-Wirig,A/Izmir TUR 2004/
The Week in Chess 518 (56)}) (20. Bd3 {allowed to equalize by means of} d5 21.
gxf5 Bxf5 22. cxd5 b5 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. Rxc5 e6 25. Rg1 Kh8 26. Rg5 h6 27. Rg3
Rxd5 28. Rxd5 exd5 29. Bxf5 Rxf5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Tukmakov,V-Brendel,O/Lenk 1999/
EXT 2000 (43). (43)}) 20... d5 {Nothing is new under the sun. This typical
idea of opening the d-file is one of the attempts to equalize .} (20... Nf6 21.
g5 Ne4+ 22. Nxe4 fxe4 {transposes into 20.g5.}) 21. cxd5 $1 {White chooses a
precise moves order. Now the f-rook will remain passive. Compare with 21.gxf5.}
(21. gxf5 {led to a quick draw in the following game} Rxf5 22. cxd5 Nf6 23.
Rhg1 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Rfxd5+ 25. Ke1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Palac,M-Krivoshey,S/Oberwart
2001/EXT 2002 (25)}) 21... Nf6 22. Rhg1 $5 {I believe Leitao prepared this
novelty at home. White again maintains pressure on the kingside and shows his
intentions along the g-file.} ({Earlier White moved the king to c2, which
doesn't look like the best square for the king.} 22. Kc2 $6 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5
24. Bc4 Bxc4 25. bxc4 Bd4 $1 {1/2-1/2 Marciano,D-Ekstroem,R/Biel 1998/EXT 99 
(44). (44) and White is the one who has to worry about equalizing.}) 22... Nxd5
23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Ke1 $1 {This is a much safer square for the king than c2,
chosen by Marciano.} Kh8 $6 {First inaccuracy.} (24... fxg4 $5 {determining
position on the kingside is worth testing. F.e. after} 25. hxg4 {Black can
safe a tempo since Kh8 is not needed.} ({or} 25. Rxg4 Kh8 26. Rc7 Bf6)) 25. Rc7
{[%csl Re7,Rg7]} (25. gxf5 $5 Rxf5 (25... Bf6 $5) 26. Rc7 Rf7 (26... Bf6 27.
Bg4 Bh4+ 28. Ke2 Rff8 29. Bf3 $1 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Rb7]}) 27. Bh5 Rf5 28. Bg4 Rf7
29. Bc8 {[%csl Ra6,Rb7]}) 25... fxg4 26. hxg4 e6 27. Rg3 $5 {White brings the
rook into play.} Rc8 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Bd3 $14 {White is slightly better
thanks to a better pawn structure. Thus the h-pawn is an object of attack.} Kg8
$6 (29... h6 $1 {not allowing to fix the pawn on h7 was essential.} 30. Rh3 Kg8
{and it's not easy for White to make progress.}) 30. g5 $1 {[%csl Rh7] Fixing
the h-pawn on h7 White obtains an object of attack.} Rc7 31. Ke2 Rf7 $2 {
An unbelievable blunder, which loses on the spot.} (31... Bc3 $14 {would be
better keeping the h7-pawn protected.}) 32. Bxh7+ $1 {This easy tactical blow
was definitely missed by Argenrinian GM.} Kf8 $2 ({Both} 32... Kxh7 33. g6+ Kg8
34. gxf7+ Kxf7 $18) ({and} 32... Kh8 33. Rh3 Rc7 $1 {would leave more
practical chances.}) 33. Bc5+ $18 {Now it's over.} (33. Bc5+ Ke8 34. Bg6 $18)
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 g6 {As we know the
Maroczy variation of Sicilian can be reached by different move orders. So in
this game there was a transposition from English.} 7. Be2 Nxd4 (7... Bg7 {
is the main alternative.}) 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12.
f3 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 (14. Nd5 {usually leads to a full equality after
exchange of all heavy pieces.} Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bd7 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8
18. Rc1 Rxc1 19. Kxc1 Kf8 20. a4 e6 {1/2-1/2 Grabarczyk,B-Pigusov,E/Panormo
2001/CBM 84 ext (20).}) 14... Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 f5 {A very popular
position in the Maroczy variation has been arised.} 17. gxf5 $5 {For some
reason this logical continuation is very uncommon. White opens the g-file and
tries to attack the black king having in mind the exchanging sacrifice on g7.}
(17. exf5 {is the main line.}) 17... gxf5 18. Rhg1 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Ge3d4,
Ge3h6]} (18. exf5 $6 {only helps Black to unpin the pieces.} Bxf5 19. Rhg1 Kf7
20. f4 e6 21. Bh5+ Bg6 22. Bf3 Rc7 $11 {and Black is ok.0-1 Khechumyan,G-Vogt,
L/Budapest 2000/EXT 2004 (44)}) 18... Kh8 {The most logical. Black takes his
king away from the g-file.} (18... Rf8 {doesn't seem to equalize in view of}
19. Nc3 $1 {[%cal Gc3d5]} (19. Bd4 Rf7 20. f4 Kf8 21. Bxg7+ Rxg7 22. Rxg7 Kxg7
23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Bf3 Rb8 $14 {1/2-1/2 Alburt,L-Beliavsky,A/Vilnius 1975/MCL 
(33). (32)}) 19... Kf7 20. Nd5 $1 $16 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gd5c7,Gd5e7]}) 19. Bd3
$1 {[%cal Ge4f5] The most unpleasant for Black, who has to look for tactics to
save a pawn.} ({White also tested two other options, which I believe, are also
enough for getting a slight advantage.} 19. Nc3 fxe4 20. Nxe4 d5 21. Ng5 Bg8
22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. Rg3 $6 (23. Bc4 $5 $14) 23... Rxc1 24. Kxc1 Nf6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Lau,R-Polgar,Z/New York 1985/MCD (31)}) (19. exf5 Bxf5 20. f4 {[%cal Ge2f3]}
Bf6 (20... Rab8 $5 $14) 21. Bf3 Rc7 22. Nc3 e6 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Nc5 25.
Bf3 $14 {1-0 Ganguly,S-Borg,A/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (39)}) 19... Ne5 $6 {
[%cal Ge5f3] It looks like a good way to prevent 20.exf5, but...} (19... fxe4 {
allows White to create pressure both on the queen side and along the e-file.}
20. Bxe4 Rab8 21. Nb6 (21. Ba7 {is met by} Bh6+) 21... Nxb6 22. Bxb6 $14 {
[%csl Rb7,Re7][%cal Gc1e1]}) (19... Rf8 {was worth trying, but I still
consider White's chances to be higher.}) 20. Rxg7 $1 {Ponomariov certainly
underestimated this move. Now the weakness of the dark squares combined with
the idea of Nb6 give White a clear advantage.} Kxg7 (20... Nxf3+ $2 21. Ke2
Kxg7 22. Kxf3 $18) 21. Bd4 $1 {[%cal Gf3f4,Ga4b6] A strong intermediate move.
White is not in a hurry to return an exchange and develops unpleasant
initiative on the kingside.} ({White is also better after} 21. Nb6 $5 Nxf3+ 22.
Ke2) 21... Rf8 $6 {This clever attempt to prevent f4 doesn't reach the goal.} (
{In the only preceding game Black tried} 21... fxe4 $6 {which looks wrong.
After} 22. Bxe4 Rf8 23. Ke3 (23. Bxb7 $5) 23... Kf7 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Bxb7 Ra7
26. Be4 $16 {1-0 Rotstein,A-Vogt,L/Austria 2002/CBM 91 ext (53) White obtained
a clear advantage at the endgame, which he later converted into a full point.})
(21... Kg6 $5 {seems to be the best defense with the idea} 22. Bxe5 (22. Rg1+
Kh6 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. exf5 Bf7 25. Nb6 $140 Rg8 $1) 22... dxe5 23. Nb6 f4 $1 {
[%csl Rf3,Rh2] with some counterplay.}) 22. f4 $1 {Anyway.} fxe4 23. fxe5 exd3
24. exd6+ Kf7 (24... Kh6 {is hardly better:} 25. Re1 $1 Bf5 26. dxe7 $16 {
[%csl Ge7]}) 25. Rf1+ Ke8 $6 {After this inaccurate move Black is lost, but
even after the better 25...Kg6 White has a big advantage.} ({Or} 25... Kg6 26.
Re1 $1 $16 (26. Rg1+ $5)) 26. Re1 $1 {[%csl Re6,Re7]} Rf4 {The only way to
save the bishop, which however can't save the game.} 27. Rxe6 Rxd4 28. Nb6 $1 {
Another strong intermediate move.} Rd8 29. Rxe7+ Kf8 30. c5 $18 {A pair of
connected passed pawns supported by a strong knight and a rook plus a bad king
on the 8th rank doesn't leave any doubts about the outcome of the game and
Vaganian is precise to the end.} Kg8 31. Nd7 $1 Rf4 32. Ne5 $1 Rd4 33. Nxd3 b6
34. b4 a5 35. Ke3 $1 bxc5 36. bxc5 Rh4 37. Ne5 (37. Nf4 $1 {[%cal Gf4e6] is
even better.}) 37... Rxh2 38. Nc6 Ra8 39. d7 Kf8 40. Re4 {[%cal Gd7d8]} Rxa2
41. Rf4+ Kg7 42. d8=Q Rxd8 43. Nxd8 a4 44. Rc4 $1 (44. c6 $5) 44... a3 45. c6
Ra1 46. c7 a2 47. c8=Q Re1+ 48. Kf2 Rf1+ 49. Kxf1 a1=Q+ 50. Kg2 Qa2+ 51. Kh3 {
A clear win of Vaganian!} 1-0

[Event "Jerusalem FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "Navara,D"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was the 2nd game of the second round. Dmitry had eliminated Shakhriyar
Mamedyarov in the 1st round.} 1. c4 {On the previous day, all the four games
finished in quick draws. This also contributed to my decision to play
something less forcing to avoid a theoretical draw and show respect to the
audience.} c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 {This came as a surprise, as I had
expected 3...d5 or 3...e6.} 4. d4 {Now Dmitry looked surprised.} ({Given that
I had also played} 4. g3 {several times, I thought that he might have expected
that move.}) 4... cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 {There is nothing wrong with this move, but}
(5... e6 {is considered the principal continuation.}) 6. e4 {We have
surprisingly reached the Sicilian Maroczy through an unusual move order.} ({
While} 6. g3 {is equally good, I was afraid of falling into my opponent's
preparation.}) 6... Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 {Here I spent a lot of time to choose how
to continue. I had seen some interesting ideas before, but needed to decide
between them, preferably not confusing the move order.} 8. Be3 Bg7 9. f3 O-O
10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. b3 Rfc8 13. g4 $5 {This move was first played by
the Polish IM Piotr Nguyen earlier this year, but I only knew it from a later
game Michalik - Guseinov from the European Team Championship 2019. Given that
Peter Michalik was my team-mate in Batumi, I was naturally aware of his game.}
({After} 13. Be2 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 f5 {Black generates
counterplay and probably equalizes with accurate play.}) 13... a6 {I am not
sure if this is the best way to prepare the b7-b5 advance, but it looks very
logical.} 14. Na4 $1 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 {Now 16.Be2 transposes to the previous
note, but White also has additional options.} 16. Rg1 $6 {This is not the best
way to prevent the f7-f5 advance.} ({Peter Michalik chose} 16. h4 $1 {. I did
not remember which of those two moves he played and was uncertain about} f5 $2
17. gxf5 gxf5 18. Bh3 Rf8 $6 {. That said, White is winning material after} 19.
Rcg1 $1 Kh8 20. Rxg7 $1 Kxg7 21. Rg1+ $1 {. I had already won a game against
GM Vojtech Plat in a similar way several years ago. He was neither the first
nor the last one to fall into that trap.}) 16... Rc6 ({Computer suggests a
surpising continuation:} 16... Rcb8 $1 {with the idea} 17. Nc3 b5 $1 {. Black
is only marginally worse after} 18. Nd5 Bxd5 ({Black can even consider} 18...
Ne5 $5 19. Be2 bxc4 20. Nc7 c3+ $5 {, when} 21. Rxc3 $2 ({I am too busy and
too lazy to analyze} 21. Kd1 {in detail, but} d5 $5 {looks interesting, e.g.}
22. Nxa8 Rxa8 23. f4 $1 d4 $1 24. fxe5 dxe3 25. Rxc3 Bxe5 26. Rxe3 Bd4 {
when Black should be able to maintain equality. Anyway, this line has nothing
in common with my game.}) {fails to} 21... Nxf3+ $1 22. Bxf3 Bxc3+ 23. Kxc3 Rc8
24. Bb6 Rab8 25. Ba5 Rb5 26. b4 Rxa5 27. bxa5 Rxc7+ $19 {.}) 19. cxd5 Nc5 $1 {
, as} 20. Bxc5 $6 dxc5 21. Rxc5 $4 {loses a whole rook to} Bd4 $1 {.}) 17. Be2
Kh8 $2 ({Black was probably reluctant to play} 17... Nc5 18. Nxc5 dxc5 {
, but the game continuation was no better.}) 18. f4 {White is threatening 19.
f5.} Nc5 (18... f5 19. exf5 gxf5 {is bad for Black,} 20. g5 $1 (20. Bf3 $6 fxg4
21. Bxc6 bxc6 {is only slightly better for White.}) 20... d5 21. Bf3 $1 $16 {
being probably the strongest reply. White has many promising options and I
dare not guess which one would I choose.}) 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Bf3 $6 ({The
computer likes} 20. Kc2 $5 {, but I was afraid of the b7-b5 advance.}) 20...
Rc7 $2 ({Perhaps Black should have tried} 20... Rd8+ 21. Ke2 Bd4 $1 $14 {
to liberate his cramped position by exchanging some pieces.}) 21. Ke2 b5 22. e5
Rac8 23. Bd5 $1 {White is threatening 24.Bxe6 fxe6 25.g5, locking the
g7-bishop forever.} Bxd5 ({I intended to meet} 23... g5 {with} 24. Bxe6 fxe6
25. h4 $5 {to keep the g7-bishop out of play. I have a funny story on such a
poor bishop based on my game from 2011, but it is not suitable for publication.
}) 24. cxd5 {Around this moment I realized that the position resembles a
misplayed Grünfeld, an opening with which I have had an ample experience from
Black's side.} g5 {This move has been condemned by numerous annotators, but I
consider it a sensible attempt to complicate a strategically lost position.} ({
Black's bishop would remain out of play after} 24... c4 25. bxc4 bxc4 26. g5 $1
$18 {. White might then play 27.Rgd1 to support the d-pawn while attacking the
c-pawn at the same time.}) 25. d6 exd6 26. exd6 Rd7 ({White would be a clear
pawn up after} 26... Rc6 27. d7 Rd8 28. Rxc5 (28. Rgd1 $1 {is even stronger.})
28... Rxc5 29. Bxc5 Rxd7 30. fxg5 {, with excellent winning chances.}) 27. Bxc5
$1 ({I was careful enough to discard} 27. Rxc5 $2 Re8 $1 28. Rgc1 Rxd6 29. Rc8
Rde6 $1 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 {, when the threat of 31...Bd4 allows Black to avoid
the worst.}) 27... gxf4 28. Kf3 Kg8 {Black would like to put his bishop on e5.}
({I wanted to meet} 28... Be5 {by} 29. Bd4 $1 Re8 30. Rge1 f6 31. Bxe5 fxe5 32.
Rc6 Kg7 33. Rc7 $1 {, when White is winning. That said, numerous ways lead to
Rome (or Jerusalem?) starting from move 30.}) 29. Bb4 $1 Rcd8 ({White also
remains in charge after} 29... Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Be5 31. Rc6 ({or} 31. Rd1 $18 {
with a subsequent king march to d5.})) 30. Rge1 Bf8 31. Rc7 f6 ({Black loses
material after} 31... Bxd6 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33. Rd1 $1 $18 {.}) 32. Rd1 ({White
ought to avoid} 32. Kxf4 $2 Rxd6 $1 $11 {. I was lucky to spot this trap in
time.}) 32... Kf7 33. Kxf4 ({I wanted to avoid} 33. Rxd7+ $6 Rxd7 34. Kxf4 a5
$1 {, when} 35. Bc5 $6 ({White is actually easily winning after} 35. Bxa5 $1
Rxd6 36. Rxd6 $1 Bxd6+ 37. Kf5 Bxh2 {, when any sensible move suffices, e.g.}
38. a4 $5 ({,} 38. Bc3) ({or} 38. Bb6 {. That said, there was no need to
explore this ending, as the game continuation is simpler.})) 35... Ke6 36. Re1+
Kd5 {gives Black some chances.}) 33... Rxc7 {To be honest, I missed this idea,
but it did not really matter.} ({White is winning after} 33... Bxd6+ 34. Rxd6
Rxc7 35. Rxd8) ({and the inclusion of} 33... a5 34. Bxa5 {changes nothing.})
34. dxc7 Rxd1 35. c8=Q Bxb4 36. Qxa6 Bd6+ 37. Kf3 {and Black resigned in view.
This was my first win over Dmitry Jakovenko. It was apparently not his day,
but I am happy to have played quite a good game.} ({To put up a fortress,
Black would have to play} 37. Kf3 b4 {, but then} 38. Ke2 {wins material, e.g.}
Rd5 (38... Rd4 39. Qa7+ $18) 39. Qc4 Ke6 40. Kf3 Ke5 41. Qe4# {.}) 1-0

[Event "HUN-ch16 playoff Portisch-Szabo +1-1=1"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B36"]
[Annotator "Portisch,L"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
c5 Bg7 (8... dxc5 9. Qxc5 Bg7 10. Bg5 $14) 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. cxd6 (10. Bxd7+ Qxd7
11. cxd6 O-O 12. O-O (12. Qb4 a5 13. Qb5 Qxb5 14. Nxb5 exd6 15. f3 (15. Nxd6
Nxe4) 15... d5 $1 $11) 12... Ne8 $11) 10... Bxb5 (10... O-O 11. dxe7 Qxe7 12.
Bxd7 Nxe4 13. Qe3 $1 $14) 11. Nxb5 O-O (11... Qa5+ 12. Nc3 Rd8 13. Be3 a6 (
13... b6 14. e5 $1 Nh5 15. Qe4 Qxe5 16. Qc6+ $16) 14. O-O Rxd6 15. Qa7 $1) 12.
O-O exd6 13. Nc3 $1 $14 (13. Qxd6 Nxe4) (13. Nxd6 Ng4 14. Qd1 Nxh2 15. Kxh2
Be5+) 13... Re8 14. Qd3 Qb6 15. Be3 (15. Rb1 $142) 15... Qxb2 16. Rab1 Qa3 17.
Bd4 $2 (17. Rxb7 Nxe4 $2 18. Rb3 Nc5 19. Rxa3 Nxd3 20. Nd5 $18) 17... Rab8 18.
Rfd1 Qa6 $1 19. Qf3 (19. Qxa6 bxa6 20. f3 (20. Rxb8 Rxb8 21. Bxa7 Rc8 22. Bd4
Nxe4 $1) 20... Rxb1 21. Rxb1 Rc8 $11) 19... Re6 20. h3 b6 (20... Nd7 $5) 21.
Nb5 Qb7 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Qd3 Bf8 24. Nc3 Re6 25. Nd5 Rc8 26. f4 Bg7 27. f5 Re5
28. f6 $44 Bf8 29. Rbc1 Rc5 30. Rc4 b5 31. Rb4 a5 32. Rb2 Qc6 33. Rdb1 b4 34.
a3 Rc4 35. axb4 Rcxe4 36. Rd1 (36. bxa5 Qxd5 37. Qxd5 Rxd5 38. a6 Ra5 39. Rb8
Rxa6 40. Rd8 (40. g4 g5) 40... d5 41. Rbb8 Rxf6 42. Rxf8+ Kg7 $19) 36... axb4
37. Kh2 h5 38. Nxb4 Qb6 39. Qb1 (39. Rdb1 d5 $1 40. Nxd5 $2 Qd6) 39... Re2 40.
Rxe2 Rxe2 41. Nd5 Qf2 42. Rg1 Qd4 $1 43. Qb7 (43. Rd1 Qe5+ 44. Kh1 Bh6 45. Qb8+
(45. Qb3 Re1+) 45... Kh7 46. Qb7 Re1+ 47. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 48. Kh2 Qe6 49. h4 Bd2 $1
$19 {/\ Be1}) 43... Rd2 $1 44. Ne7+ Kh7 45. Rf1 Bh6 46. Qb3 (46. Qa8 Bf4+ 47.
Kh1 Rd1 48. Qg8+ Kh6 49. Nf5+ Kg5 $1) (46. Qf3 Rd3 47. Qf2 Qe4 $19) 46... Bf4+
47. Kh1 Qxf6 48. Qf3 Qg5 $1 49. g3 Qxe7 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.16"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 {The Accelerated "Dragon" is a
speciality of Rauf Mamedov as well as of his team mate Gadir Guseinov.} 5. c4 {
Vasilios Kotronias chooses the most solid Maroczy system.} Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2
Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 {I personally prefer to put the bishop on e3, but it's
rather a matter of taste.} O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 a5 {A typical idea, but
quite rare in this particular position. On a high level 11...Qa5 is usually
played without hesitation.} (11... Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 (14. Nd5
Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bd7 17. g4 Kf8 $11 {1/2-1/2 (70) Filippov,A (2637)
-Guseinov,G (2616) Tashkent 2012}) 14... Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 f6 17. Be3
f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. h3 Rf8 20. f4 Nf6 21. Rhg1 Rad8 22. Bb6 Rc8 23. Bf3 $14 {
1-0 (47) Kotronias,V (2573)-Tiviakov,S (2635) Catalan Bay 2003}) 12. f3 a4 13.
Rc2 (13. O-O Qa5 14. Nd5 Qxd2 15. Nxe7+ Kh8 16. Bxd2 Rfe8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5
Bxd5 19. Bb5 Re5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (38) Balogh,C (2559)-Guseinov,G (2625) Plovdiv
2008}) 13... Nd7 $146 {This logical move hasn't appeared beforehand, simply
because only a few games had reached this position.} (13... Qd7 14. O-O Rfc8
15. Rfc1 Qd8 16. Nb5 Nd7 17. Kh1 Nc5 18. Qe3 Qf8 19. Rd2 $2 (19. Rd1 {keeps a
slight edge for White.}) 19... Bd7 20. Nc3 Ne6 21. Nd5 Nxg5 22. Qxg5 Bh6 23.
Qxe7 Bxd2 24. Rd1 Be6 25. Qxf8+ Kxf8 26. Rxd2 $17 {1/2-1/2 (105) Xiu,D (2508)
-Hou,Y (2602) Xinghua Jiangsu 2011}) (13... Qa5 14. Nd5 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 $14 {
is the point of delaying the castling.}) 14. Nb5 $6 {I don't think it's the
best square for the knight, I think it belongs to the central d5-square.} (14.
O-O Ne5 15. Nd5 Nc6 16. Be3 {would keep the slight pressure for White -
typical for this system.}) 14... Ne5 15. O-O Nc6 16. Rd1 (16. f4 {could make
the matters more sharp, but, objectively White is not better. For instance:} f5
17. Bd3 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 h6 20. Bh4 (20. Qe2 hxg5 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22.
Qxe6+ Kh7 23. Qh3+ Kg8 $11) 20... Bxc4 21. Rxc4 Qxb5 22. Qd5+ Qxd5 23. Bxd5+
Kh7 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Bxe7 Rfb8 26. Bxd6 Rxb2 27. a3 $11) 16... Qa5 17. Qxa5
Rxa5 $11 18. Bf1 Rc8 {All Black's pieces are well placed. White can't make use
of his space advantage, in fact he already has to be slghtly careful.} 19. Bd2
Raa8 20. Bc3 Bh6 $1 {A good practical decision, keeping more pieces on the
board.} (20... Na5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rdc1 $11) 21. b3 (21. Kf2 Na5 22. Bxa5
Rxa5 23. Nc3 b5 $1 24. Nd5 (24. cxb5 $2 Bxa2) 24... Kf8 $15) 21... Be3+ 22. Kh1
Bc5 23. g3 Bd7 24. Rb2 Be6 {Sort of a silent draw offer.} 25. Kg2 {White
decided not to repeat the position.} Bb6 26. Be2 Ra6 27. b4 a3 28. Rb3 Ra4 29.
Rxa3 $6 {This leads to the exchange of both a-pawns, which is in Black's
favour.} (29. Rc1 {would keep the balance.}) 29... Rxa3 30. Nxa3 Ra8 31. Nb5
Rxa2 32. Rd2 Ra4 {Black's rook is very active now and controls the only open
file.} 33. Bd1 Ra8 34. Be2 Be3 35. Rc2 Ra4 36. Nc7 $2 {White is on the
defensive, but there was still no reason to panic.} (36. Rb2 Ra1 {threatening
mate in one.} 37. h3 $15) 36... Nxb4 37. Bxb4 (37. Rb2 Na2 $17) 37... Rxb4 38.
Nxe6 fxe6 39. f4 Kf7 {Probably Kotronias believed that he would manage to make
a draw somehow thanks to the opposite coloured bishops. However, as long as
the rooks are on the board, White's task is difficult.} 40. Ra2 Kf6 $6 (40...
Bd4 {was better, followed by e6-e5, getting rid of the doubled pawn.}) 41. Ra5
{Threatening 42.Rb5 to swap the rooks, so Black doesn't have time to play
Be3-d4 to prevent the e4-e5 advance.} b6 42. e5+ Kf7 43. Ra8 {Now White's
chances for a draw are reasonably high, as Black's king is stuck.} dxe5 44.
fxe5 Rb2 45. Kf1 Bc5 46. Rd8 Ra2 47. h4 h5 48. Rd3 Kg7 49. Rd8 (49. g4 $6 hxg4
50. Bxg4 Rf2+ 51. Ke1 Rf4 52. Bxe6 Rxh4 {would exchange a lot of pawns, but
allow Black a passed pawn.}) 49... Bb4 50. Rb8 Bc5 51. Rd8 Rc2 {Moving here
and there, Black is looking for chances.} 52. Rd7 Rc3 53. Bd3 Rc1+ 54. Ke2 Rh1
55. Be4 $6 (55. Kf3 Rh2 56. Rd8 $15) 55... Rh2+ {Now White's king has to go
backwards, which is already suspect.} 56. Kf1 Rf2+ 57. Ke1 Ra2 58. Kf1 Ra5 59.
Bc6 $2 {The Greek grandmaster got tired and lost concentration. The bishop
should cover the third rank instead.} (59. Bd3 Bb4 60. Rb7 Rxe5 61. Rxb6 Be1
62. g4 $1 hxg4 63. Rb5 Re3 64. Rg5 Rxd3 65. Kxe1 Rd4 66. h5 Kh6 67. Rxg6+ Kxh5
68. Rxe6 Rxc4 69. Kf2 $1 {and it's a draw. Not a forced line, of course, but
quite illustrative.}) 59... Ra3 60. Kg2 Re3 {Winning a second pawn.} 61. Rd2
Rxe5 62. Bf3 Re1 63. Re2 Rg1+ 64. Kh2 Kf6 65. Rc2 Re1 66. Re2 Rc1 67. Re4 Rc2+
68. Kh3 Bd6 69. Be2 $2 {The final mistake in a bad position.} Rc3 {[%csl Rg3]}
0-1

[Event "Selfoss Milk Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Selfoss"]
[Date "2003.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2003.10.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 ({Another common move is} 9. Bg5) 9... O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O
Qa5 12. Rab1 ({Possible is} 12. Rac1 {, but the move in the text is more
popular on the high level.}) 12... Rfc8 13. b3 Ng4 (13... b5 $6 {- see the
commented game Gruenfeld,Y-Perelshteyn,E/New York 2001/CBM 84 [Tsesarsky]}) ({
Another popular continuation is} 13... a6) 14. Nd5 (14. Bd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 {
- see the annotated game Dolmatov,S-Maherramzade,J/Ubeda 2000/CBM 75 (Alterman,
B]}) 14... Qxd2 15. Bxd2 {White seems to have small, but long-lasting
advantage in the endgame.} Kf8 (15... Bxd5 16. exd5 Nf6 17. Bd3 Nd7 18. Rfe1
Kf8 19. Bf1 a5 20. Bg5 Bf6 21. Bh6+ Kg8 22. g3 Rc7 23. h4 Re8 24. Re2 Ne5 25.
Bh3 a4 26. Be3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Motylev,A-Macieja,B/Bermuda 2003 (87)}) 16. Bg5
Bxd5 (16... Nf6 17. Nxf6 Bxf6 18. Bxf6 exf6 19. Rfd1 Ke7 20. f4 a5 21. Rd4 Rc5
22. Kf2 h6 23. Ke3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Alterman,B/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (43)}
) 17. exd5 Nf6 18. Bd3 (18. Rfe1 h6 19. Bh4 Rc7 20. f3 g5 21. Bf2 b5 22. Rbd1
b4 23. c5 Rxc5 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. d6 e6 26. Bb5 Rd8 27. Kf1 Nh5 $44 {1/2-1/2
Nunn,J-Pigusov,E/Reykjavik 1999/EXT 2000 (80)}) 18... h6 $146 (18... Nd7 19.
Rfe1 Bf6 20. Bh6+ Kg8 21. Bd2 a5 22. a4 Re8 23. Rbd1 Nc5 24. Bc2 b6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Nikcevic,N-Velimirovic,D/Vrnjacka Banja 1999/EXT 2000 (37)}) (18... Rc7
19. Rfe1 Re8 20. Be3 Nd7 21. f4 Nc5 22. Bc2 e6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nikcevic,
N-Velimirovic,D/Vrnjacka Banja 1998/EXT 2002 (27)}) 19. Bd2 Nd7 20. Rfe1 a5 21.
Rbc1 $6 ({White should fix the queenside by} 21. a4 $1 $14 {Afterwards, white
can try to get an active play on the kingside.}) 21... Rc7 $6 ({Why not} 21...
a4 {?}) 22. f4 $2 ({Again it was much better to play} 22. a4 $1) 22... Bd4+ 23.
Kf1 a4 $36 24. b4 {[%csl Rc4] This move weakens the c4 pawn, but in other case
black will use the "a" file to develop the initiative.} Rac8 25. Re4 $2 {
The decisive mistake.} ({The right move was:} 25. Rc2 a3 $5 (25... b5 $6 26.
Rec1 bxc4 (26... Nb6 $6 27. cxb5 Nxd5 28. Rc6) 27. Rxc4 Rxc4 28. Rxc4 Rxc4 29.
Bxc4 Nb6 30. Bb5 Nxd5 31. Bxa4 $14) 26. Bc1 Bb2 27. Be3 b5 28. c5 dxc5 29. bxc5
Nxc5 30. Bxb5 $11) 25... Bb2 $1 26. Rc2 a3 27. Bc3 (27. Be3 Nf6 {[%csl Re4]}
28. Bb6 Nxe4 29. Bxc7 Nc3 $19 {[%csl Ra2,Ga3]}) 27... Nb6 28. Bxb2 axb2 29.
Rxb2 Nxc4 {Despite the material balance, white's position is lost, he has
weaknesses all around, while black's rooks control the most important file.}
30. Rf2 Nb6 31. Rd4 (31. f5 Rc1+ 32. Re1 R8c3 33. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 34. Ke2 Ra1 $19)
31... Rc1+ 32. Ke2 Ra8 33. Ke3 Ra3 {Black's pieces are totally dominating.
White is not able to hold this position.} 34. g4 Nc4+ 35. Ke2 Rxa2+ 36. Kf3 Ra3
37. Kg2 Ne3+ (37... Ne3+ 38. Kf3 Nc2 $19 {[%csl Rd4]}) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O Qa5 12. b3 (12. Rac1) ({or} 12. Rab1 {
is probably more flexible.}) 12... a6 13. f3 Rfc8 14. a4 {Dvoirys decided to
prevent black's possible b7-b5 thrust.} (14. Rac1 b5 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 Nxd5
17. cxd5 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Bd7 $11 {Gurevich,M-Van der Weide,K/Bundesliga 1998})
14... Nd7 15. Rfc1 $146 (15. Bd4 Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Qb4 (16... Qc5 $5) 17. Rab1 Nc5
18. Qe3 Nd7 19. Kh1 Nf6 20. f4 Qc5 21. Qg3 $14 {1-0 Kosteniuk,A-Milman,L/
Philadelphia 2003 (33)}) (15. Rac1 Nc5 16. Qc2 Qb4 17. Bd1 f5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19.
exd5 Qb6 (19... b5 $142) 20. Re1 $14 {1-0 Anisimov,P-Delorme,L/Artek 2000/CBM
78 ext (28)}) 15... Qb4 16. Qc2 $6 {This is not the best place for the queen.}
(16. Rab1 $142) 16... f5 $1 {Typical strike against white's solid pawncentre.}
17. Rab1 Qxc3 (17... Nf6 $6 18. Qd1 fxe4 19. fxe4 $13 {[%cal Gc3d5]}) 18. Qxc3
Bxc3 19. Rxc3 fxe4 20. fxe4 b5 {White's pawnstructure is under pressure.} 21.
Bg5 (21. axb5 axb5 22. Rbc1 b4 $15) 21... bxc4 22. bxc4 Kf7 23. Rb7 Rc5 $1 {
The best place for black's rook. From the 5th rank it can attack white's
numerous pawn weaknesses.} 24. h4 Ke8 25. Bf3 Rac8 26. Ra7 Ra5 (26... Bxc4 $2
27. Bg4 R8c7 28. Ra8+ Kf7 29. Rf3+ Kg7 30. Bxe7 $36) {[%tqu "En","Try to find
the best continuation for white.","","","e4e5","This is the least of the evils
for white. Since he is losing the pawn anyway, Dvoirys is opening the
diagonals for the light-squared bishop.",15]} 27. e5 $1 {[%mdl 256] This is
the least of the evils for white. Since he is losing the pawn anyway, Dvoirys
is opening the diagonals for the light-squared bishop.} Rxe5 28. Rxa6 Rxc4 29.
Rxc4 Bxc4 30. Ra7 Nc5 31. a5 {White reasonable compensation for the pawn,
thanks to his active pieces.} Kf7 32. Kh2 d5 33. Rc7 Nd3 34. Ra7 Nb4 35. Rb7
Na6 (35... Nc6 $2 36. a6 $1 Bxa6 37. Rb6 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6] and black is losing a
piece.}) 36. Rd7 Ke8 37. Ra7 Nc5 ({The advance of the "d" pawn gives nothing
to black as well:} 37... d4 38. Kg3 d3 39. Bd2) 38. Rc7 Ne4 39. Bf4 Re6 40. Be3
h5 41. Bf4 {Black can not achieve real progress. The position is balanced.} Nf6
42. Rb7 Nd7 43. Bd1 $1 {[%cal Gd1a4]} Nc5 44. Rc7 Na6 45. Ba4+ Kf7 46. Rc8 Re2
47. Bg5 Bd3 48. Ra8 Nc5 (48... Ra2 49. Be8+ Ke6 50. Bxg6 Nc7 51. Rg8 Bxg6 52.
Rxg6+ Kf7 53. Rh6 {and white can start think even about a win...}) 49. Be8+ Kg7
50. Ra7 Kf8 51. Ra8 Kg7 52. Ra7 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.10.02"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Black "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 {This is a rare move in this particular
position. Usually black plays 10...Be6.} 11. f3 $146 {Strange enough, but this
position did not appear in practice before.} (11. O-O a4 12. Bd3 Qa5 13. Rae1
Kh8 14. Qc1 Re8 15. Kh1 Be6 16. Nd5 Nd7 17. f4 Nc5 18. Bb1 Bxd5 19. exd5 e6
$132 {1/2-1/2 Mastrovasilis,D-Inarkiev,E/Goa 2002/CBM ext 91 (65)}) (11. Rd1
Be6 12. Qe3 Nd7 13. O-O a4 14. Rd2 Re8 15. Nb5 Qa5 16. b3 axb3 17. axb3 Nc5 $15
{0-1 Shinkevich,V-Inarkiev,E/Kazan 2001/EXT 2002 (29)}) (11. Rc1 a4 12. O-O Qa5
13. f3 Bd7 14. Rc2 Rfe8 15. Rb1 Bc6 16. b4 axb3 17. axb3 Qb4 18. Qc1 Ra3 19.
Na2 Qa5 20. Nc3 Qb4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Von Bahr,O-Faibisovich,V/Sweden 1999/EXT 2002
(23)}) 11... a4 12. Rc1 Be6 13. Rc2 $5 {A bit misterious move. On the one hand
- white using his advantage in space can afford himself such subtle moves, on
the other hand - what was wrong with the immediate castle?} Re8 14. Nb5 Bd7 15.
O-O Bc6 16. Rd1 Qb8 17. c5 $6 {This is not the decision, since it allows black
to solve his problem of space.} ({Deserved attention} 17. Be3 $14) 17... d5 $4
{This move simply loses important pawn.} ({Simple and good was} 17... dxc5 18.
Rxc5 (18. Bf4 e5 $13) 18... Rd8 19. Qxd8+ Qxd8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $11) 18. Bxf6
Bxf6 19. exd5 Rd8 20. Bc4 Be5 (20... b6 21. dxc6 $1 Rxd2 22. Rcxd2 {[%csl Gc6]
and white's strong passed pawn decides the game quickly.}) 21. d6 Bxb5 22. Bxb5
exd6 23. f4 {Important intermediate move, keeping white's extra pawn live and
kicking.} Bg7 24. cxd6 $18 Qa7+ 25. Qf2 Qa5 {Black is trying the
simplification.} 26. Rd5 Qb4 27. Rc4 {Black's queen is trapped for the
exchange.} Qxb2 28. Qxb2 Bxb2 29. Rxa4 Rxa4 30. Bxa4 Ra8 31. Bb5 f5 32. d7 Rd8
33. Rd2 Bf6 34. Re2 Kf7 35. Re8 {Black is completely paralized, but the way to
a win is still far from easy, because of opposite colour bishops.} Be7 36. Kf2
Ke6 37. Ke3 Kd6 38. Kd4 Bf6+ 39. Kc4 Be7 (39... b6 40. Re3 $18 {[%cal Ge3d3]})
40. h3 h5 {[%tqu "En","Find the most convincing way to a win.","","","e8e7",
"This sacrifice is the most convincing way to win.",12]} 41. Rxe7 $1 {[%mdl
4608] This sacrifice is the most convincing way to win.} Kxe7 42. Kc5 g5 ({
The pawns endgame is lost a s well:} 42... Rxd7 43. Bxd7 Kxd7 44. h4 $1 Kc7 45.
Kd5 Kd7 46. Ke5 Ke7 47. a4 b6 48. g3 $18) 43. Kb6 Rg8 44. Kxb7 Kd8 45. a4 gxf4
46. Bc6 Rg3 (46... f3 47. Bxf3 Kxd7 48. a5 $18 {[%csl Ga5]}) 47. Bf3 Rg7 48. a5
Rxd7+ 49. Kb8 Rd6 50. Bb7 {The "a" pawn will cost black a full rook.} Ke7 51.
a6 Rxa6 52. Bxa6 f3 53. gxf3 Kd6 54. Bb7 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Rfc1 (12. Rac1 Rfc8 13. b3 a6
14. f4 b5 15. f5 Bd7 16. b4 Qxb4 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxg6 Be6 (18... hxg6 19. Rxf6
Bxf6 20. Qxd7 $14) 19. gxf7+ Bxf7 20. Bh6 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 Bxc4 22. Qg5+ Kh8 23.
Rxf6 Rg8 $19 {Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V/Moscow PCA 25'(03)/1994/0-1/33/}) (12. Rab1 $5
Rfc8 (12... Ng4 $5 13. Nd5 (13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Qe5 15. Qxe5 Nxe5 $10) (13.
b4 Bxc3 $1 14. Qxc3 Qe5 15. Qxe5 Nxe5 $13) 13... Qxd2 14. Bxd2 Bxd5 15. cxd5
Nf6 16. f3 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 $14) 13. b3 a6 (13... Ng4 14. Nd5 $1 Qxd2 15. Bxd2 Kf8
16. Bg5 $14) (13... Nd7 14. Rfc1 (14. Nd5 Qxd2 15. Bxd2 Bxd5 16. exd5 b5 $15)
14... Qd8 $6 15. Nd5 {Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V/Buenos Aires/1994/} Bxd5 16. cxd5 (16.
exd5 a5 17. g4 $5 $14 (17. h4 h5 $1 18. g3 $10)) 16... Nc5 17. Bf3 a5 18. h4
$14) (13... b5 14. b4 $1 Qc7 15. e5 $1 (15. Nxb5 $6 Qb7 $1) 15... dxe5 16. Nxb5
Qb7 17. c5 $14) 14. Rfc1 Rab8 (14... b5 15. b4 $1 Qd8 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5
Ra3 18. Bf1 Rcxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxa2 20. Qc1 Nxe4 21. Ra3 $16 {Ivanchuk,V-Khalifman,
A/Yalta act 25'/1995/1:0/42/}) (14... Qb4 15. a3 Qa5 16. f3 Nd7 17. Nd5 $14 {
Zontakh,A-Velimirovic,D/Pozarevac/1995/0,5/75/}) (14... Nd7 15. f4 Rab8 16. b4
Qd8 17. Nd5 Nf6 18. Bf3 $36 {Zarnicki,P-Spangenberg,H/ARG-ch/1995/0,5/40/}) 15.
f3 Nd7 16. b4 Qd8 17. Nd5 $14 {Kudrin,S-Dzindzikhashvili,R/USA-ch/Modesto/1995/
0,5/45/}) 12... Nxe4 (12... Rfc8 13. b3 a6 (13... b5 14. cxb5 Rxc3 15. Rxc3 Rf8
16. Rc8 Qxd2 17. Rxf8+ Kxf8 18. Bxd2 Nxe4 19. Rd1 $18) 14. a4 Nd7 15. Rab1 b5
16. b4 Qc7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxb5 Bxe4 19. Rxc7 Rxc7 20. Rc1 {Dorfman,
J-Nikcevic,N/Cannes op/1995/}) 13. Nxe4 Qxd2 14. Nxd2 Bxb2 15. Bf3 Bxc1 (15...
Rfb8 $1 16. Nb3 (16. a4 Bd7 $1) 16... Bxa1 17. Nxa1 Bd7 18. c5 $13) 16. Rxc1
Rac8 (16... Rfb8 $6 17. Rb1 Bc8 18. c5 $36) (16... Rab8 $5 17. Bxa7 Ra8 18. Be3
Rxa2 19. Bxb7 Rb8 $14) 17. Bxb7 Rc7 18. Bf3 (18. Ba6 Rb8 19. Nb3 Bc8 20. Bxc8
Rbxc8 21. c5 $14) 18... Rb8 19. Bd1 Rb2 20. Bb3 d5 21. Rd1 (21. c5 $5 d4 22.
Bf4) 21... dxc4 22. Nxc4 Re2 (22... Bxc4 23. Rd8+ Kg7 24. Bd4+ f6 25. Bxb2 Bxb3
26. axb3 Rc2 27. Ba3 Ra2 28. Bc1 $18) 23. Nd2 (23. Kf1 $5 Bxc4 24. Bxc4 Rc2 25.
Bb3 R2c6 $8 (25... R2c3 $2 26. Rd8+ Kg7 27. Bd4+ $18) 26. Bf4 Rc8 27. Rd7 $18)
23... Bg4 (23... Bxb3 24. axb3 Rc3 25. Kf1 Rexe3 26. fxe3 Rxe3 27. Ra1 Rd3 28.
Ke2 Rd7 29. Ne4 $18) 24. Nf3 Rd7 25. Rc1 (25. Rxd7 Bxd7 26. Bxa7 $18) 25...
Bxf3 26. gxf3 Kg7 (26... Rb2 27. Bh6 Rd8 28. Rc7 e6 29. Rxa7 $18) 27. Kf1 (27.
Rb1 Rd3 28. Bxa7 (28. Bc4 Rdxe3 29. fxe3 Rxe3 30. Rb7 Kf6 31. Kf2 Rc3 32. Bb3
a5 33. Rb5 $18) 28... Rxf3 29. Be3 $18) 27... Rb2 28. Ra1 a5 (28... Rd3 29.
Bxa7 $5 (29. Bc1 Rdxb3 30. axb3 Rxb3 31. Rxa7 Rb1 32. Rc7) 29... Kf8 30. Be3
$18) 29. Bc1 Rbd2 30. Bxd2 Rxd2 31. a4 (31. a4 Rd3 32. Bd1 Kf6 33. Be2 Rc3 34.
Kg2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Andorra op 14th"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O (11. f3 Qa5 12. O-O Rfc8 13. Rfc1 a6
14. Rab1 Kf8 15. b4 Qd8 16. c5 Qd7 17. cxd6 Qxd6 18. Qxd6 exd6 {Rodriguez,
A-Antunes,A/Mondariz op/1994/}) 11... Qa5 12. Rab1 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Rfc1 Rab8
(14... Qb4 15. a3 Qa5 16. f3 Nd7 17. Nd5 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 Bxd5 19. cxd5 $14 {
Zontakh,A-Velimirovic,D/Pozarevac/1995/0,5/75/}) (14... b5 $6 15. b4 $1 Qd8 16.
cxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Ra3 18. Bf1 Rcxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxa2 20. Qc1 Nxe4 21. Ra3 $16 {
Ivanchuk,V-Khalifman,A/Yalta act/1995/1:0/42/}) (14... Nd7 15. f4 Rab8 16. b4
Qd8 17. Nd5 Nf6 18. Bf3 $14 {Zarnicki,P-Spangenberg,H/ARG-ch/1995/0,5/40/}) 15.
f3 Kf8 {N/} (15... Nd7 16. b4 Qd8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 (18. cxd5 $5) 18... Qc7
19. Qd1 a5 20. a3 axb4 21. axb4 $14 {Kudrin,S-Dzindzichashvili,R/USA-ch/1995/0,
5/45/}) 16. b4 Qd8 17. Nd5 $1 $14 (17. c5 dxc5 18. Qxd8+ Rxd8 19. bxc5 $14)
17... b5 (17... Nxd5 18. exd5 Bf5 19. Rb3) 18. a3 $5 (18. cxb5 axb5 19. Rxc8
Bxc8 20. Nxf6 Bxf6 21. Rc1 Bd7 $10) (18. a4 $6 bxa4 19. Qa2 (19. Nxf6 Bxf6 20.
Qa2 Bd7) 19... Nxd5 $1 20. cxd5 (20. exd5 Bf5) 20... Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Bd7 $15)
18... Rc6 (18... Nxd5 19. exd5 Bf5 20. Rb3 $14 (20. Bd3 $6 bxc4 21. Bxf5 gxf5
22. Bd4 $140 Bxd4+ 23. Qxd4 Qb6 $1)) (18... Bd7 $5) 19. a4 $5 (19. Nxf6 Bxf6
20. cxb5 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 axb5 22. Bd4 Bxd4+ 23. Qxd4 $14) (19. cxb5 $1 Rxc1+ 20.
Rxc1 axb5 (20... Bxd5 21. exd5 axb5 22. Rc6 $16) 21. Nc7 Bd7 22. e5 $1 Ne8 (
22... dxe5 23. Bxb5 Bxb5 24. Qxd8+ Rxd8 25. Nxb5 $16) 23. exd6 (23. Nxe8 Bxe8
24. exd6 Qxd6 25. Qxd6 exd6 26. Rc7 Ra8 27. Bf4 $14) 23... Nxd6 (23... exd6 24.
Bf4 $1 (24. Ba7 Rb7 25. Nxe8 Qxe8 (25... Bxe8 26. Bc5 Rd7 27. Bd4 Re7 28. Bxg7+
Kxg7 $14) 26. Bf2 $36) 24... Qf6 25. Rd1 $1 $16) 24. Rc5 $1 Nf5 (24... Rc8 25.
Nxb5 $1 Bxb5 26. Bxb5 Nxb5 27. Qxd8+ Rxd8 28. Rxb5 $18) 25. Rd5 $16) 19... bxa4
(19... bxc4 20. Bxc4 Rbc8 21. Qa2 $1 $16) 20. Qa2 Bd7 $8 21. Bd1 Nxd5 22. exd5
Rc7 23. Bxa4 Rcb7 (23... Bf5 24. Bc2 Bxc2 25. Qxc2 Rcb7 26. Qa4 $16) 24. Bxd7
Qxd7 25. c5 $1 (25. Qa5 Qc7 26. Qxc7 Rxc7 $14) 25... Rxb4 $1 $138 (25... Qb5 $1
$8 26. c6 Rc7 27. Qa5 Rcc8 28. Ba7 Ra8 $1 $14) 26. Rxb4 Rxb4 27. c6 (27. cxd6
$2 exd6 28. Qxa6 Rb8 $14) 27... Qc8 28. c7 $1 Ke8 29. Qc2 f5 (29... Rb2 $2 30.
Qc6+ Kf8 31. Qxa6 $1 Qxa6 32. c8=Q+ Qxc8 33. Rxc8#) 30. Qe2 $1 Rb2 (30... Rb3
$1 31. Bg5 (31. Bf2 Rc3 32. Rxc3 Bxc3 33. Bb6 Qb7) (31. Bd2 Bd4+ 32. Kh1 Bc5
33. Ba5 Be3 (33... Re3 34. Qb2 $16)) 31... Be5 32. Qc4 $1 (32. f4 Bd4+ 33. Kf1
(33. Kh1 $2 Qxc7) 33... Be3 $1) 32... Rb5 33. f4 $18) 31. Qc4 Kf7 32. Bd4 $1 (
32. h4 $5) 32... Bxd4+ 33. Qxd4 Rb7 (33... Rb3 34. Qh4 h5 35. Qe1 $1 $18) 34.
Qe3 $1 $18 Qxc7 (34... Rxc7 35. Qe6+ $1 Qxe6 36. dxe6+ Kxe6 37. Rxc7 $18) (
34... e5 35. dxe6+ Ke8 36. Qd4 Ke7 37. Qh4+ $1 Kxe6 38. Qd8) 35. Rxc7 Rxc7 36.
Qa3 Rc5 (36... Ra7 37. Qa5) 37. Qxa6 Rxd5 38. Qc4 e6 39. Qc7+ Kg8 40. Qd8+ Kf7
41. Qd7+ Kf6 42. Qxh7 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 50th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2017.07.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "Quintiliano,R"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game made a great impression on me, because it's a good example of how
annoying it can be to defend a slightly inferior position in which your
opponent has threats in both sides of the board. Harikrishna skillfully
manages to confound and beat Hou Yifan, who was in the way to achieving her
best result ever in Elite tournaments, winning Biel in a clear first-place.} 1.
c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 {Starting with an English, we
have now an Accelerated Dragon on the board, with the solid Maroczy Variation,
which in general usually gets a tiny advantage for White.} Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2
Nxd4 {Hou Yifan has played this variation many times against the Maroczy.} (
7... Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 {is the most played.}) 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O
10. Qd2 a5 (10... Be6 {is the other way to put rapid pressure on White's
position, but in my opinion White retains the better chances, for example} 11.
Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 {[%cal Yb7b5]} 14. Na4 $1 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16.
g4 $1 {and despite the simplifications, practice has shown that White keeps
the best chances in this endgame, enjoying his space advantage.}) 11. O-O a4 {
[%csl Ga4][%cal Yd8a5] With the last two moves, Black is trying to prevent
White's expansion on the queenside, and to get a nice square for his queen on
a5.} 12. Rad1 {The beginning of a less played but very interesting idea.} ({
A lot of games followed} 12. f3 Qa5 13. Rab1 Be6 14. Rfc1 Rfc8 15. b4 axb3 16.
axb3 Qb4 $1 {(necessary to stop b4)} 17. Rc2 $1 {Short,N (2688)-Vocaturo,D 
(2592) Xtracon Chess Open 2017 (7.3) 1-0 Despite the computer evaluating this
position as equal, I like White's chances in the endgame, even although this
is probably a matter of taste, and objectively the position should be just
even, but we can find some interesting examples of how White can play for a
win, like}) 12... Qa5 13. Bd4 Be6 14. Qe3 {[%cal Gc3d5] Now White is ready for
Nd5.} (14. f4 {is the most played .}) 14... Nd7 (14... Rfc8 {would be similar}
15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Re8 17. h4 $5) 15. Nd5 Rfe8 16. h4 $1 {A very useful
move, this pawn can put pressure on Black's position quite unexpectedly.} Bxd5
({For example} 16... Rac8 17. h5 Ne5 18. h6 $1 Bh8 19. b4 $1 axb3 20. axb3 {
[%cal Yf2f4] and the presence of the h6-pawn helps White to create mating
threats.}) 17. cxd5 $1 {More usual in Maroczy positions is to take on d5 with
the e-pawn, opening the e-file and trying to build pressure against the
e7-pawn, but as White has not played f3 yet, he can try to win the c-file
thanks to a good detail.} (17. exd5 e5 $1 18. dxe6 (18. Bc3 Qc5 19. Qh3 f5 20.
h5 e4 $1 $132) 18... Rxe6 19. Qf3 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Qb4 {gives a totally playabe
position for Black.}) 17... Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Qb6 19. Qd2 Rec8 (19... Nc5 20. h5 {
[%cal Yd2h6,Ye4e5,Gd4h4]} Kg7 21. Rc4 Rac8 22. Rfc1 f6 23. e5 $1 fxe5 24. R1c3
{[%cal Yc3g3] with a strong attack coming.}) 20. Bg4 $1 {This is the point,
now White can win the c-file, or transpose to a favourable Q+R endgame.} Rc7
21. Rb4 Qa5 22. Bxd7 Rxd7 23. Rc1 Rc7 (23... a3 $5 24. bxa3 Qxa3 25. h5 $36
Qxa2 $4 26. Rc8+ Kg7 27. h6+ Kf6 28. Qf4#) 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. a3 $1 {[%csl Ga4]
A good move, fixing the a-pawn as a weakness. Black's position doesn't look
terrible, maybe just slightly more difficult to play, but in Q+R endgames, the
side with prospects of an attack on the opponent's king always has winning
chances. Practice has shown this even between very strong grandmasters. In the
current position, White can harass the a4-pawn for a long time, the h5-ideas
are always in the air, and in addition the Rb4 is excellently placed, pressing
on a4 and b7, and is ready to join in an eventual attack in the kingside after
a well timed e4-e5. Watching the game, I felt that it would be a very
unpleasant task for Hou to defend this position.} Qd7 26. Qd1 b5 27. Qe2 Ra5 $6
{I'm not sure, but maybe Hou wanted to avoid ideas like b3.} ({for example} 
27... Rb8 28. Qd3 Rb7 29. b3 axb3 30. Qxb3 {[%cal Ya3a4] but here} Rc7 $1 31.
Rxb5 Qg4 $132 {with enough counterplay}) 28. g3 {Do not hurry - a golden rule
in such positions! White just makes some small improvements without changing
character of the position - in general a good way to proceed in positions
where you have an easier game, but no clear way to break through your
opponent's defences.} h5 29. Kg2 Kh7 30. Qf3 Kg8 31. Qc3 Ra7 {Black should
take some care here.} (31... Kh7 32. Qc6 $1 {this shows that the defender's
task it is not so easy} Qxc6 33. dxc6 Ra6 34. Rxb5 Rxc6 35. Rb7 Kg7 36. Rxe7
Rb6 37. Ra7 Rxb2 38. Rxa4 $16) 32. Qd3 Ra5 ({Thanks to the small improvements
of White's king} 32... Rb7 {is not possible anymore} 33. b3 axb3 34. Qxb3 {
[%cal Ya3a4]}) 33. Qf1 {Still playing with patience.} Kg7 34. Qd1 {Now the
threat is Qd4+ and Qb6.} Qc7 35. Qd3 Qc5 {The black queen has reached a more
active position now, but this doesn't means that Black has really improved her
position.} 36. Qe2 Kf8 $6 {And here, as happens in such positions, due to the
tiredness of continually being on the defensive or time pressure (or both)
Black leaves White a good chance to start concrete operations, which
Harikrishna takes immediately.} (36... Qc8 $1 {[%csl Yg4] was the move,
guarding the g4-square. White can keep moving the queen from one side to
another, but the only way to try to win now is} 37. e5 (37. Rxb5 $2 Qa6 $1)
37... Qf5 $1 38. Re4 (38. Rxb5 Rxb5 39. Qxb5 Qe4+ 40. Kh2 dxe5 41. b4 axb3 42.
Qxb3 Qd4 43. Kg2 f5 {and it looks like Black should have good chances to draw
this endgame} 44. a4 f4 $132) 38... Ra7 39. Qe3 (39. Rf4 Qxe5 40. Qxb5 Rc7 41.
Qxa4 (41. Rxa4 Rc1 $1 $19 {[%cal Re5e1]}) 41... Qxd5+ 42. Qe4 Qb5 $13) 39...
Rc7 40. exd6 exd6 41. Qd4+ Qf6 {and Black has no problems.}) 37. g4 $1 hxg4 38.
Qxg4 Ra8 39. h5 $36 {Taking the initiative against Black's king.} Kg7 40. hxg6
fxg6 $2 {This is the real mistake, in an already difficult situation. Black
had two good moves here, but to be fair, both were very difficult to calculate.
} (40... Rg8 $1 {would be a beautiful resource, but also difficult to find} 41.
Qd7 $1 Kxg6 42. Qxe7 Rh8 $1 {the point is an unavoidable draw by perpetual
check} 43. Qd7 Rh2+ 44. Kxh2 Qxf2+ $11) (40... Rf8 {is the engine's mysterious
suggestion} 41. gxf7+ Kxf7 42. Qf4+ Ke8 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Yf8f2,Yc5f2] the
mystery is revealed: counterplay against f2!} 43. Qg3 Kf7 $1 {[%cal Yf8g8]} 44.
Qc3 Qxc3 45. bxc3 Rc8 $11) 41. Qd7 {[%csl Rb5,Re7]} Rf8 (41... Ra7 {was worse}
42. Qe6 $1 Qc1 {[%cal Yc1g5]} 43. e5 $1 Qg5+ 44. Rg4 Qh5 45. exd6 exd6 46. f4
Rf7 47. Rg5 Qh6 48. Qxd6 $18) 42. Qxe7+ Rf7 43. Qh4 {Now the queen comes just
in time to protect the f2-pawn.} g5 $6 44. Qg3 {The fact that a player of
Harikrishna's strength refuses this pawn, only shows how dangerous it is to
open your king in positions like this.} (44. Qxg5+ Kf8 45. Qd2 Rg7+ 46. Kf1 Rh7
$1 {objectively, White should be winning, but Black still has some ideas to
try.}) 44... Kg6 45. Qe3 {Looking for the safest win.} Qc8 ({The endgame seems
lost for Black:} 45... Qxe3 46. fxe3 {[%csl Gb5]} Re7 47. Kf3 Rf7+ 48. Ke2 Rb7
49. b3 $1 axb3 50. a4 $1 Kf6 51. axb5 Ke5 52. b6 $18) 46. e5 $1 {Now White can
enjoy better coordination of his Q+R, and playing with care, it's basically
over.} dxe5 47. Qxe5 Qc2 48. Qe3 Rf6 49. Rd4 $18 Kf7 (49... Qxb2 50. d6 {
and the pawn's march is unstoppable.}) 50. Re4 Qc8 51. Qxg5 Qc5 (51... Rg6 52.
Re7+) 52. Qh5+ {At first sight, a simple win by Harikrishna, but with some
analysis we can see how difficult Hou's position was. A nice example of how to
handle Q+R endgames!} 1-0

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bobras, Piotr"]
[Black "Cyborowski, Lukasz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katowice Szopienice"]
[BlackTeam "Dankowice"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Bg5 (8. Be3 {L'alternative}) 8... Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. b3
a6 13. f3 Rfc8 14. Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Rc6 (15... Nd7 16. Be3 f5 17. exf5 gxf5
18. f4 Rab8 19. Bf3 Rd8 20. Nb6 Nf6 21. Ke2 Bf7 22. Rhd1 Ne4 23. Bd4 e5 24. Bb2
exf4 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rd4 Re8 27. Kf1 Re7 28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Rf8 30. Rd4
Rf6 31. Rcd1 Rh6 32. h3 Ree6 33. Bxe4 fxe4 34. Re1 f3 35. Rexe4 fxg2+ 36. Kxg2
Rhg6+ 37. Kf3 Rxe4 38. Kxe4 Kf7 39. Kd5 Ke8 40. Rh4 h6 41. Rg4 Rf6 42. Rg7 b5
43. Ra7 bxc4 44. Kxc4 Rf3 45. h4 {Popov,I (2632)-Guseinov,G (2631)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2013 1/2-1/2 (92)}) 16. Nc3 (16. Be3) (16. g4 Kf8 17. Be3)
16... Kf8 17. Nd5 (17. g4 $5) 17... Bxd5 18. cxd5 Rcc8 (18... Rxc1 $6 19. Rxc1
$16 {[%csl Ra8,Gc1][%cal Gc1c7]}) 19. Rxc8+ (19. Be3 Nd7 20. b4 $14 {[%csl Gc5]
} Bb2 21. Rc2 Rxc2+ 22. Kxc2 Be5 (22... Bg7) 23. f4 Rc8+ 24. Kd3 $14 {Braga,F 
(2434)-Ghaem Maghami,E (2511) Bled ol (Men) 2002 (5.1) 1-0}) (19. g4 Nd7 20. h4
{Arnason,J (2470)-Muco,F (2440) Luzern ol (Men) 1982 (2) 1/2}) 19... Rxc8 20.
Rc1 Rxc1 21. Kxc1 Nd7 22. Be3 Ke8 $1 {[%cal Ge8d8] Malgré la paire de B,
l'avantage Blanc est assez minime} 23. Kc2 Kd8 24. b4 Ba1 $146 (24... h6 25. g3
g5 26. a4 Nf6 27. Bd4 Kc7 28. f4 gxf4 29. gxf4 Nh5 30. Be3 Nf6 31. Bf3 Nd7 32.
a5 f5 33. exf5 Ba1 34. Bh5 b5 35. Bf7 Bf6 36. Be6 Kd8 37. Bf7 Kc7 38. Kd2 Kd8
39. Kd3 Kc7 40. Bf2 Kd8 41. Be1 Bb2 42. Be6 Kc7 43. Bd2 Nf6 44. Be3 Kb7 45. Bb6
Nh5 46. Bf7 Nxf4+ 47. Kc2 {1/2-1/2 (47) Vallejo Pons,F (2662)-Malakhov,V (2696)
Selfoss 2003}) 25. g4 e5 26. g5 {[%csl Rf7,Rh7]} Kc7 27. a4 (27. Kb3) 27... Kd8
28. a5 Kc7 29. Kb3 Kc8 30. Bc4 (30. Ka4) 30... Kd8 31. Bf1 $1 {[%cal Gf1h3,
Gh3d7]} Kc8 32. Bh3 Kd8 33. Ba7 Kc7 34. Bf2 (34. Kc4 b5+ $1) 34... Kd8 35. Bf1
Kc7 36. Bd3 Kc8 37. Be3 Kd8 38. Kc4 (38. h4 Kc8 39. Bf1 Kd8 40. Bh3 Kc7 41. Bg4
Kd8 42. h5) 38... Bb2 39. Bc2 Kc7 40. Kb3 Ba1 41. Bd3 Kc8 42. Bf1 Kc7 43. Kc4
Bb2 44. Bh3 Kd8 45. b5 axb5+ 46. Kxb5 Kc7 47. Bxd7 Kxd7 48. Kb6 Bc3 49. Kxb7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.09.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2877"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "23"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. f3 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 ({The most popular continuations here are} 10...
Be6) ({and} 10... Qa5 {but the text move is also well known.}) 11. b3 {
Restricting Black's activity on the queenside.} ({Another way to handle the
position was shown by 13th World Champion:} 11. Be2 a4 12. O-O Qa5 13. Rac1 Bd7
(13... Be6 $5) 14. c5 Bc6 15. cxd6 Rfd8 16. Nb1 Qxd2 17. Nxd2 exd6 18. Nc4 d5
19. Nb6 Ra5 20. e5 Nd7 21. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G (2825)-Alterman,B (2615)/
Tel Aviv 1998/CBM 065/[Tsesarsky] (25)}) 11... a4 $6 {This move is quite risky
from a strategic point of view: the a-pawn may become a target, while Black
has a couple of weak squares on the queenside.} ({In the following recent game
Black had a solid, but rather passive position:} 11... Bd7 12. Be2 Bc6 13. O-O
Nd7 14. Rfd1 Nc5 15. Rac1 Qb6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Qb4 18. Rc2 Qxd2 19. Bxd2
$14 {1-0 Khismatullin,D (2671)-Vorobiov,E (2587)/Vladivostok RUS 2014}) ({
The most reasonable setup is connected with:} 11... Be6 12. Rb1 (12. Be2 $5 Nd7
13. O-O Nc5 14. Rac1) 12... Nd7 13. Be2 Nc5 14. O-O Qb6 15. Rfc1 Rfc8 16. Kh1 (
16. Nd5 $5 {deserves a serious attention, but after} Bxd5 17. cxd5 Qb4 {
Black is a tempo up compared to Khismatullin-Vorobiov,2014.}) 16... Qb4 17. Bg5
a4 18. Bxe7 axb3 19. axb3 Nxb3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L (2691)-Iturrizaga,E 
(2627)/Istanbul TUR 2012 (122)}) 12. b4 Be6 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. Be2 {Fabiano is
not in a hurry.} ({Black's position also looks unpleasant after} 14. Nd5 f5 (
14... a3 15. Nf4 Rc8 16. Be2 $14) 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Be2 $14) 14... Nb6 15. Nb5
$5 $146 {This ambitious continuation is a novelty. Having a serious space
advantage, White wants to keep as many pieces as it possible.} ({In the
preceding game Black was able to defend an inferior position after:} 15. Nd5
Nxd5 16. exd5 Bd7 17. a3 (17. O-O a3 18. c5 dxc5 19. bxc5 $14) 17... e6 18.
dxe6 Bxe6 19. O-O d5 20. c5 d4 21. Bf2 Qd7 22. Bd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Felgaer,R 
(2586)-Cuenca Jimenez,J (2477)/La Massana AND 2013}) 15... a3 {Desperately
looking for any kind of counterplay.} ({After} 15... Rc8 16. Na3 f5 17. exf5
gxf5 18. O-O $16 {Black's position lacks any active ideas.}) 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. h4
$1 {Once again, Caruana chooses the most ambitious way to handle the position.}
(17. O-O Na4 18. f4 Qc7 19. Kh1 $14 {was a quiet alternative. White maintains
a stable advantage.}) 17... h5 (17... e6 18. h5 Qe7 19. Nb3 $16 {followed by
20.c5 is extremely unpleasant.}) 18. g4 $1 {Now Black is under a direct attack.
} hxg4 19. fxg4 ({Correcty deviating from} 19. h5 e5 20. Nb3 gxf3 21. Bxf3 Be6
22. Qh2 Nd7 $132) 19... e5 {This is an obvious positional concession, but
Magnus had no choice.} (19... Be5 20. h5 Na4 21. Nf3 $40) 20. Nb3 (20. Nb5 $5 {
also deserved serious attention:} Bxb5 21. cxb5 d5 22. h5 d4 23. Bh6 $36) 20...
Bc6 21. Bf3 f5 {Now Black's king is exposed, but Black cannot sit and wait
anymore.} 22. gxf5 (22. Na5 $5 Rxa5 (22... f4 23. Bf2 Qc7 24. h5 $16) 23. bxa5
Na4 24. gxf5 gxf5 25. Bg5 $16) 22... gxf5 23. Na5 {Keeping an eye on the
light-squared bishop.} f4 (23... Rxa5 24. bxa5 Na4 25. Bg5 {leads to a
position from the previous note. Black has some practical chances, but
objectively there is no compensation for an exchange.}) 24. Bf2 $16 {White's
monarch feels quite safe now, while Black has numerous weaknesses.} Na4 25.
Nxc6 (25. Rg1 Kh8 26. Ke2 Bf6 27. h5 $16) 25... bxc6 26. O-O {Caruana doesn't
mind spending some time on removing his king from the centre.} ({Also good
enough was} 26. h5 Bf6 27. Rg1+ Kh8 28. Ke2 $16) 26... c5 {In such a difficult
situation, Magnus is trying to fix the pawn structure in order to set up some
kind of blockade.} (26... Bf6 27. Kh1 Kh8 (27... Bxh4 $2 28. Rg1+ Kh8 29. Rg2
$18) 28. Rg1 Qe7 29. Rg2 Rf7 (29... Rg8 30. Bg4 Rg7 31. Rcg1 Rag8 32. Qe2 $16)
30. Bg4 Rh7 31. Bf5 Rh6 32. b5 Bxh4 33. Rh2 $16) (26... Rf6 27. Kh1 Rh6 28. Rg1
Kh8 29. Rg2 Bf6 30. h5 $16) 27. b5 Bf6 28. Kh1 Nb6 $2 {This could be a
decisive mistake.} ({A better move was} 28... Ra7 $142 29. Rg1+ Kh8 30. h5 Nb6
31. Rg6 Rg8 32. Bg4 Rag7 33. Bf5 $16) ({The pawn was untouchable:} 28... Bxh4
29. Rg1+ Kh8 30. Rg2 {with a decisive attack.}) 29. Rcd1 $2 {Wrong rook!} ({
Fabiano misses a clear win:} 29. Rfd1 $1 Be7 30. Bxc5 Kh8 31. Bf2 Bxh4 $140 32.
Bxb6 Qxb6 33. Qxd6 $18 {and the 2 strong passed pawns will decide the game.})
29... Kh8 $1 30. Qxd6 $6 {Underestimating Black's defensive resources in the
resulting endgame.} ({After} 30. Bg4 Bxh4 31. Qxd6 Qxd6 32. Rxd6 Bxf2 33. Rxb6
Be3 $14 {Black gets excellent drawish chances.}) ({It was still possible to
pose serious problems by means of} 30. Be2 $1 Be7 31. Rg1 Rf6 32. Qd3 Qd7 33.
Qf3 $36) 30... Qxd6 31. Rxd6 Nxc4 {[%cal Gc4e3] The knight is heading to e3,
forcing White to exchange the dark-squared bishop.} 32. Rd5 (32. Rd7 {also
achieves nothing special:} Rad8 33. Bxc5 (33. Rfd1 Ne3 34. Bxe3 fxe3 35. Be2 c4
36. Rxd8 (36. Bxc4 Rc8 37. Bd3 Bxh4 $11) 36... Rxd8 37. Rxd8+ Bxd8 38. Bxc4
Bxh4 39. b6 Bd8 40. b7 Bc7 $11) 33... Rxd7 34. Bxf8 Rd2 35. Rc1 Ne3 36. b6 Rxa2
37. Bxa3 Rxa3 38. b7 Rb3 39. Rc8+ Kg7 40. b8=Q Rxb8 41. Rxb8 Bxh4 $11) 32...
Ne3 33. Bxe3 fxe3 34. Be2 Bxh4 {Magnus should be happy with his position at
this moment.} 35. Rf5 ({After} 35. Rxf8+ Rxf8 36. Rd3 {the easiest way is} c4
$1 37. Rxe3 Rc8 38. Rc3 (38. Rxa3 c3 39. Bd3 Bf2 40. Bc2 Bd4 41. Rb3 Rf8 $11)
38... Be1 39. Rxc4 Rxc4 40. Bxc4 Ba5 $11) 35... Rxf5 36. exf5 Rd8 $11 {
Liquidating into a drawish bishop endgame.} 37. Rxd8+ (37. Rxe5 Rd2 38. Rxe3
Rxa2 $11) 37... Bxd8 38. Kg2 Kg7 39. Kf3 Kf6 40. Ke4 c4 41. Bxc4 Bb6 42. Bd3 ({
A draw was agreed in view of} 42. Bd3 Bd4 43. Kd5 Ba7 44. Kc6 e4 45. Be2 Kxf5
46. b6 Bxb6 47. Kxb6 Kf4 48. Kc5 Kg3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 15th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2005.12.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2005.12.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 {A tricky order
of move. Now 7.Be3?! is not good in view of 7...Ng4, so white cannot avoid the
following line.} 7. Be2 Nxd4 ({Another common theme here is:} 7... Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. O-O Bd7) 8. Qxd4 Bg7 {Here white has a large choice of theoretical
continuations.} 9. O-O {This move is less popular on the top level these days.}
({The most common lines are:} 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qd2) ({and} 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2)
9... O-O 10. Qe3 Be6 11. Bd2 {Restricting the mobility of Qd8, which is
usually placed at a5 in the Maroczy.} Qb6 {Black is ready to double his
queen-side pawns.} (11... Nd7 12. Rac1 Qb6 13. b3 {usually leads to the same
position.}) 12. b3 ({As the practise shows, black's problems are not that
serious after} 12. Qxb6 axb6 {-See comments to 1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A-Topalov,V/
Wijk aan Zee 2001/CBM 081/[Tsesarsky] (26)}) 12... Qxe3 13. Bxe3 Nd7 {
Delivering the knight to c5 - this is the standard manoevre in this system.
Usually white cannot achieve much without pushing it away by a2-a3 and b3-b4,
but it's not so easy to make this advance possible!} (13... Rfc8 14. Rac1 Kf8
15. f4 Bd7 16. Bf3 Bc6 17. e5 Ne8 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. exd6 Nxd6 20. Rfd1 a6 21.
Nd5 $14 {1-0 Gelfand,B-Topalov,V/Monaco 2002/CBM 087 ext (52)}) 14. Rac1 Nc5
15. f3 {In my opinion, this natural prophylactic move is too slow!} ({A very
importand game for understanding this type of position was played by Boris
Gelfand:} 15. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 (15... Nxe4 16. Nxe7+ Kh8 17. Bf3 $16) 16. exd5 a5
17. Rc2 $1 f5 18. g3 Be5 19. f4 Bf6 $6 20. Rb1 Rfc8 $6 21. g4 $1 $16 {1-0
Gelfand,B-Malisauskas,V/Moscow 1989/TD (45)}) 15... Rfc8 16. Rfd1 $146 {
This move looks logically, but actually it is a loss of time!} ({I would prefer
} 16. Nd5 Bxd5 (16... Kf8 $6 17. Rfd1 Rc6 18. Bg5 Re8 19. b4 Nd7 20. c5 dxc5
21. Bb5 $16 {1-0 Vaganian,R-Nikolic,N/Haarlem 1993/EXT 98 (36)}) 17. exd5 {
with a small but permanent advantage, like in Gelfand-Maliskauskas.} ({after} 
17. cxd5 $6 {black may equalize by:} Bb2 $1 (17... a5 18. Rc2 $14 {[%cal Gf1c1]
}) 18. Rc2 Ba3 $11 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Ya3c1,Ga7a5,Ga5a4] taking control of the
'c1' square and intending to push the Pa7.})) 16... a5 17. Nd5 ({White could
wait with forcing matters, but after} 17. Kf1 Kf8 {it's not easy to make
progress, while Nc3-d5 may be also met by Rc8-c6, since the Pe7 is protected.})
17... Bxd5 18. cxd5 ({After} 18. exd5 Bb2 19. Rb1 Ba3 $11 {[%cal Gc5a6,Ga3c5]
black takes a full control of dark squares.}) 18... Bb2 $1 19. Rc2 Ba3 20. Bb5
{There was no need to prevent 20...a5-a4.} ({Deserved attention} 20. Kf1 $5 {
intending to meet} a4 (20... Na6 $1 {looks like the best answer. In this case
the advantage of Kg1-f1 becomes clear.}) {with} 21. Rb1 axb3 22. axb3 Na6 23.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Ra1 $14) 20... Na6 {Black is ready to double the pawns for the
second time in this game!} 21. Rxc8+ ({After} 21. Rc4 Rxc4 22. Bxc4 Bc5 23. Kf2
Bxe3+ 24. Kxe3 Nc5 $11 {black has no problems.}) 21... Rxc8 22. Bxa6 bxa6 23.
Kf1 ({Deserved attention:} 23. Kf2 $5 Bb4 ({after} 23... Rc2+ 24. Rd2 Rc1 25.
Ke2 Kf8 (25... Bb4 26. Rb2 {[%cal Ge2d3]}) 26. Kd3 {[%cal Gd2c2] the rook's
exchange is unavoidable anyway.}) 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 a4 26. bxa4 $14 {
and although the endgame should be drawn white still has some practical
winning chances.}) 23... f6 (23... a4 24. bxa4 Rc2 25. Rb1 $14 Bb2) 24. Ke2 $6
{This move is a serious inaccuracy which allows black to exchange the
queen-side pawns.} ({At the same time he could still cause black some problems
by direct play:} 24. Rd4 $1 {[%cal Gd4c4]} Rc2 (24... Bc1 $2 25. Bf2 $16 {
[%cal Gd4c4]}) 25. Ra4 Rxa2 (25... Bb4 $6 26. a3 Bc5 27. Bxc5 Rxc5 28. Ke2 $14
{/+/- In this endgame black still has some diffculties, since white's pieces
are more active.}) 26. Bd4 $1 {black cannot avoid the loss of his 'a' pawns.
However, after} (26. Rxa5 Ra1+ 27. Ke2 Bb2 $11) 26... Kf7 27. Rxa5 Rd2 $1 {
it looks like black escapes in all the cases. For instance,} 28. Bb6 (28. Rxa3
Rxd4 29. Rxa6 Rb4 30. Ra3 f5 $11) 28... Bb4 29. Rxa6 Rd1+ 30. Kf2 Rd3 $11)
24... a4 25. Kd3 ({After} 25. bxa4 Rc4 26. a5 (26. Rd4 Rc2+ 27. Rd2 Rc4 $11)
26... Bb4 {the draw is also unavoidable.}) 25... axb3 26. axb3 Rb8 {Now white
also has some weakness.} 27. Rb1 Kf7 {[%mdl 32] White cannot make any progress,
so a draw was agreed.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch sf 58th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 48]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7.
Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 (9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qd2 {-->is another common
continuation here. However,it can transpose to the game after:} Be6 11. f3 Qa5
12. Rc1 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 (16. Bxe7 $2 Bh6+)
16... f6 17. Be3 f5) 9... O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14.
Na4 {As practice shows, White has more chances of getting an advantage in the
endgame.} Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 {That is a well-known theoretical position.
White's chances are preferable due to his space advantage, but Black has some
counterplay.} f5 {That is practically necessary-Black has no other useful idea.
} 17. gxf5 {That tackle gains some popularity since the game Vaganian,
R-Ponomariov,R/ Calvia (ol) 2004. White opens the g-file to exploit some
weakness of Black's monarch.} ({It seems that Black manages to solve his main
problems after:} 17. exf5 gxf5 18. h3 Rf8 19. f4 Rad8 20. Nc3 d5 21. cxd5 Nf6
22. Rhg1 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Ke1 e6 $5 {1/2-1/2 Dominguez,L-Ivanchuk,V/
Havana 2005/CBM 107/[Mikhalevski,V] (45)}) 17... gxf5 18. Rhg1 Kh8 19. Nc3 $5 {
Sending the knight towards d5 White takes more control of the centre. However,
it gives Black some time for regrouping his pieces.} ({As modern practice
shows, Black faces some problems after:} 19. Bd3 f4 (19... Ne5 $6 20. Rxg7 $1
Kxg7 21. Bd4 $1 Rf8 $6 22. f4 $1 fxe4 23. fxe5 exd3 24. exd6+ Kf7 25. Rf1+ Ke8
26. Re1 Rf4 27. Rxe6 Rxd4 28. Nb6 Rd8 29. Rxe7+ Kf8 30. c5 $18 {1-0 Vaganian,
R-Ponomariov,R, Calvia ol(Men) 2004/CBM104[Mikhalevski,V].}) 20. Bf2 $1 Ne5 21.
Ke2 Rc6 22. Nb6 Rf8 23. Nd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Dominguez,L-Felgaer,R/Dos Hermanas
ESP 2005/The Week in Chess 544 (33). (32)}) 19... Rf8 $146 (19... fxe4 20. Nxe4
(20. fxe4 Be5 (20... Nf6 21. Rg2 $36 {[%cal Gc1g1]}) 21. Nd5 Nf6 22. Bd3 $14 {
and White retains better chances,as the Nd5 is very unpleasant for Black.})
20... d5 21. Ng5 Bg8 22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. Rg3 Rxc1 24. Kxc1 Nf6 25. Bd3 h6 26. Nh3
e5 27. Bg6 Rc8+ 28. Kd2 e4 29. f4 Rd8 30. Ke1 Rc8 31. Kd2 {1/2-1/2 Lau,
R-Polgar,Z/New York 1985/MCD (31)}) 20. Nd5 Bxd5 {That exchange is necessary,
as Black cannot do with the statement of Nd5.} 21. exd5 {Intending to advance
the queenside pawns. However, Black gets a nice square on e5 for his knight
and may attack White's kingside pawns.} (21. cxd5 $5 {also comes into
consideration:} f4 (21... fxe4 22. fxe4 Nc5 23. Rg4 Rac8 ({After} 23... a5 $6
24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. Rxc5 $16 {Black has seriuous difficulties, though there are
bishops of opposite colors on the board.}) 24. b4 Nd7 25. Rgg1 $14) 22. Bf2
Rac8 23. h4 $14 {and White has a risk-free advantage.}) 21... f4 22. Bf2 Ne5 (
22... Rf5 $5 {The immediate transfer of the rook was also possible:}) 23. Rg5 {
Evgeny tries to activate his rooks along the g-file.} ({The alternatives were:
} 23. a4 a5 24. Rg2 Rf5 25. Rcg1 Bf6 $14) ({and} 23. Rg2 Rf5 24. Rcg1 Bf6 $14 {
White retains better chances, but it's not very hard to make progress.}) ({
while after} 23. b4 a5 24. a3 axb4 25. axb4 Rfc8 {Black has sufficient
counterplay.}) 23... Bf6 (23... b5 $5 {also deserves attention: intending to
open the b-file for the rooks.} 24. c5 dxc5 25. Rxc5 Rfd8 $1 {[%cal Ge7e6,
Ga8c8]} (25... Rfc8 26. b4 Rxc5 27. Bxc5 Rd8 28. Bxe7 Rxd5+ 29. Kc2 $14) 26. a4
bxa4 27. bxa4 e6 $132) 24. Rgg1 ({After} 24. Rg2 Rg8 25. Rcg1 Rxg2 26. Rxg2 {
White's rook is too far away from the queenside, so Black can exploit that by:}
b5 $1 $132) ({Nothing promised also:} 24. Rf5 Rg8 $1 25. h4 Rg2 26. Rf1 Rf8 27.
Kd1 Ng6 28. h5 Bg7 $1 29. Rxf8+ Nxf8 {and Black is by no means worse.}) 24...
Bg7 {[%cal Gf8f5,Gf5h5] Black should keep the rooks on the board in order to
attack White's king-side pawns.} ({Worse was:} 24... Rg8 25. Rxg8+ Rxg8 26. Rg1
$14 {and after swapping the rooks White would have had a clear edge due to
pair of the bishops.}) 25. Rc2 Rf5 26. h4 {Here the pawn is even more
vulnerable, but i can hardly recommend something more promising.} (26. b4 Rh5
27. Rg2 Rh3 28. Rc3 (28. c5 $6 dxc5 29. Rxc5 (29. bxc5 Rd8 $17) 29... Nxf3+ 30.
Bxf3 Rxf3 31. Rc7 Bf6 $15) 28... Bf6 $132 {[%cal Ga8g8]}) 26... Bf6 {Finally
black has regrouped his pieces.} 27. Rcc1 Rh5 28. Rg2 Rg8 29. Rh2 {Here the
draw was agreed.} ({The alternative was:} 29. Rxg8+ Kxg8 30. b4 Ng6 {[%csl Rd5]
[%cal Yh5d5] and Black prevents white from pushing c4-c5, while the Ph4 is
under attack. It seems that Black shouldn't be worse here.}) (29. Rh2 {looks
too passively,so Black shouldn't be worse here. For instance,} Rh6 {[%cal
Gh6g6]} 30. b4 (30. h5 Rg5 31. b4 Rhxh5 32. Rxh5 Rxh5 33. c5 dxc5 34. bxc5 Rh2
$132) 30... Rhg6 {[%cal Gg6g2]} 31. Ke1 (31. c5 dxc5 32. Rxc5 Rd8 $132) 31...
Rg3 $1 32. Bxg3 fxg3 33. Rg2 Ng6 $132 {[%cal Gg6f4]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York CITS"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe3 a6 11. Bd2 (11. Rd1 $5 Bd7 12. c5 Qc7 13. cxd6 exd6
14. Qg3 Rfe8 $132) 11... Bd7 12. Rfd1 Bc6 13. b4 b6 14. Rab1 Nd7 15. h4 $5 b5
16. a3 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Ne5 18. Bb3 (18. Be2 f5 $1 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Qg3 (20. f4
$2 Ng4 21. Qe6+ Kh8 22. Bxg4 fxg4 23. Qxg4 $2 Rg8 $19) 20... Kh8 $132) 18...
Bb7 19. h5 $2 (19. Qe2 $14) 19... gxh5 20. Qh3 Bc8 $1 21. Qg3 Bg4 22. f3 Be6
23. Nd5 Bxd5 $1 {This eliminates the powerful knight and replaces it with a
less useful bishop.} 24. Bxd5 Qb6+ 25. Kh2 (25. Qf2 $2 Nxf3+ 26. gxf3 Bd4 $19)
25... Rac8 {At this point things seemed promising for Black, who has strong
attacking chances on the c-file and g-file.} 26. Rbc1 $8 (26. Qh4 Ng6 $1 27.
Qxh5 Be5+ 28. Kh1 Qf2 $36) 26... e6 27. Bb3 Kh8 28. Bg5 Rg8 29. Qe1 (29. Rxc8
Rxc8 30. Be7 $2 (30. Qe1 $5 Rc3 $1) 30... Ng4+ $1 31. fxg4 Be5 32. Bf6+ Bxf6
33. Rxd6 Qb5 $19) 29... Rxc1 30. Bxc1 Bf6 31. Be3 Qd8 32. Bf4 Qf8 33. a4 Qg7 (
33... Bg5 $5) 34. Qg3 Ng6 $2 {Too ambitious. Black should have offered to
repeat the position by retreating to f8 with the queen.} 35. Bxd6 h4 36. Qf2
Be5+ 37. Kh1 Bg3 $2 {Capturing on d6 would have been better.} (37... h3 38. g3
Bxd6 39. Rxd6 Ne5 40. Bd1 $13) (37... Bxd6 $1 38. Rxd6 Qf6 $15) 38. Bxg3 hxg3
39. Qxg3 Qc3 40. Qg5 $2 (40. Rb1 $8 Qd3 41. Qe1 $1 Nf4 $1 (41... Nh4 42. Bc4 $1
Qc2 43. Bf1 Nxg2 44. Qc1 $1) 42. Qd1 (42. Rb2 Rg5 $1 $40) 42... Qc3 $36) 40...
f6 $4 (40... Nf8 $1 41. Rc1 Qxb3 (41... Qb2 42. Rc2 Qb1+ 43. Rc1) 42. Qf6+ Rg7
43. Qe7 Qb2 $1 $19) 41. Qh6 $1 $18 Qe5 (41... Qxb3 42. Rd7 $18) 42. Rd7 (42. b5
$18) 42... Nf8 43. Rd8 (43. Rf7 $2 Qa1+ 44. Kh2 Qe5+ 45. f4 Rxg2+ $1 46. Kxg2
Qb2+ $10) 43... Qc3 $1 44. Rd1 (44. Rxf8 $4 Qe1+ 45. Kh2 Qg3+ 46. Kg1 Qxg2#)
44... Qb2 (44... Rg7 $142) 45. Bc2 $1 Ng6 46. Rd7 Nf8 47. Rf7 $18 Qc3 48. Qxf6+
Qxf6 49. Rxf6 Rg7 50. e5 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Panno, Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1993.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O Qa5 (11... Rc8 12. b3 b5 $5 13. e5 (13.
cxb5 Rxc3 (13... Qa5 14. Rac1 Rxc3 15. Qxc3 Qxc3 16. Rxc3 Nxe4 17. Rg3 $14) 14.
Qxc3 Nxe4 15. Qe3 Nxg5 16. Qxg5 Bxa1 17. Rxa1 Re8 $10) 13... dxe5 14. Nxb5 Qxd2
15. Bxd2 $14) 12. Rac1 Rfc8 (12... Rac8 13. b3 b5 14. e5 $1) 13. b3 a6 14. f4
$1 Qd8 (14... b5 15. f5 gxf5 (15... Bd7 $2 16. fxg6 hxg6 17. e5 $1 Ng4 18. Qf4
Nxe5 19. Nd5 Re8 20. Nxe7+ Rxe7 21. Bxe7 Qxa2 22. Rf2 Qxb3 23. Bxd6 $18) 16.
exf5 Bd7 17. Kh1 $14) 15. Rcd1 $1 Kh8 16. f5 gxf5 17. exf5 Bd7 18. Nd5 $6 (18.
Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5 Be5 20. Qh6 $1 Qf8 (20... f6 21. Rd3 $16) 21. Qxf8+ Rxf8 22.
Nxe7 $16) 18... Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Qb6+ $1 20. Kh1 f6 21. Bd2 $1 Rc5 $6 (21... Bc6
22. Qe6 Qc5 23. Bf3 Qe5 $16) 22. Qd3 Re5 $6 23. Bc3 Re3 24. Qd2 Bc6 (24... Re4
25. Bf3 Rh4 26. Bd5 $16) 25. Bd4 Qxd4 26. Qxd4 Rxe2 27. Rf2 Re4 $6 (27... Re5
28. Qc3 {/\ Re1}) 28. Qc3 Rg8 29. Re1 Re5 30. h3 $6 (30. Kg1 Bh6 31. Kf1 $18)
30... Bh6 31. Rxe5 dxe5 $1 (31... fxe5 32. c5 $1) 32. Qb4 $1 Rg7 33. Qb6 Kg8
34. b4 $1 Rg3 35. b5 axb5 36. cxb5 Be4 37. Re2 $1 Bd3 (37... Rxh3+ 38. Kg1 Rh4
39. Qd8+ Bf8 40. Rxe4 Rxe4 41. Qd5+) (37... Bxf5 38. Qxb7 $18) 38. Rxe5 $138
1-0

[Event "Heusenstamm Schloss op 1st"]
[Site "Heusenstamm"]
[Date "2014.11.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Black "Zuyev, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[Annotator "Skembris,S"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2014.11.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 {After some transpositions we
have got a Dragon with a classical Maroczy set-up, and that's what I was
prepared for.} Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Be6 11.
Qe3 Qb6 {I think that this is the most critical try, as in general it's good
for Black to take the queens off the board and to try to get his chances in
the endgame.} ({In a later game Black tried here} 11... a5 {but I think that
after} 12. Rad1 Nd7 13. f4 {White has a long lasting initiative.} f6 14. Bh4
Qb6 15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. b3 Rfe8 (16... a4 $142 17. Bf2 axb3 $140 18. axb3 Nd7 19.
Nd5 $14) 17. f5 {1/2-1/2 Stefansson,H (2496)-Rindlisbacher,L (2366)/Budapest
2013/CBM 152 Extra (40)} (17. Nb5 $5 $16)) 12. Rac1 $5 $146 {This was my
preparation.The idea behind this move is to consolidate my queenside and to
trade the queens on b6 under good conditions. Here are some other White tries:}
(12. Rad1 Rfc8 13. b3 Qxe3 14. Bxe3 a6 15. Bd4 g5 16. e5 Ne8 17. exd6 Nxd6 18.
Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 h6 21. h4 gxh4 22. Bf3 Rc7 23. Rfd1 Rac8 24.
Bg4 Rb8 25. Bf3 Rbc8 26. Bg4 Rb8 27. Bf3 Rbc8 28. Bg4 {1/2-1/2 Tkachiev,V 
(2637)-Hamdouchi,H (2613)/ Nancy 2013/CBM 156}) (12. Qxb6 $6 axb6 $36 13. Rac1
(13. a4 Rfc8 14. b3 Nd7 15. Rac1 Nc5 $36 16. Nd5 $140 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Nxb3 18.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 19. Bxe7 Nd2 20. Re1 Nxe4 21. Bb5 Nc3 22. Bxd6 Nxd5 23. Kf1 Bf6)
13... Rfc8 (13... h6 $5 $15) 14. b3 Kf8 $6 (14... b5 $132) 15. Be3 (15. a4 $14)
15... Nd7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Popilsky,G (2389)-Brkic,A (2587)/Plovdiv 2012 (58)}) (
12. Qd2 $5 Rfc8 (12... Qa5 $142 13. Rac1 $140 Rfe8 (13... a6 14. Qe3 $5 $36)
14. b3 $36) 13. b3 a6 14. Bf3 Rab8 15. Rac1 Qd8 16. Nd5 $14 Bxd5 17. exd5 b5
18. cxb5 axb5 19. Rc6 Rxc6 $2 20. dxc6 $16 {1/2-1/2 Givon,A (2415) -Pettersson,
A (2279)/Golden Sands 2013 (52)}) 12... Qxe3 ({I think that the most critical
way to face White's novelty was the tactical} 12... h6 $5 13. Bxh6 $140 Bxh6
14. Qxh6 Qxb2 15. Qe3 Qb6 16. Qd3 Rac8 17. Nd5 $36 Bxd5 18. exd5 {after which
the position is unbalanced and both sides have their pluses. White has more
space and a safer king, but Black has the better endgame structure.}) (12...
Qxb2 $6 13. Rb1 Qa3 (13... Ng4 14. Bxg4 Qxc3 15. Qxc3 Bxc3 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17.
Bxe7 Rf7 18. Bxd6 $14 Bd4 $140 19. Rbc1 Rc8 (19... e5 $142 $44) 20. e5) 14.
Rxb7 h6 15. Bf4 g5 16. Bg3 Rfe8 (16... Ng4 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Nd5 $16) 17. Rb3
$36) ({The point is that after} 12... Rfc8 13. b3 {White consolidates his
queenside and gets the better game while the rook on a8 is not playing.}) 13.
Bxe3 $14 Ng4 (13... Rfc8 $142 14. b3 Ng4 15. Bxg4 Bxg4 16. Nd5 Kf8 17. c5 $14)
14. Bxg4 Bxg4 {A difficult choice I think that this move offers the best
practical defence.} 15. Nd5 $1 {Xc7 X e7. White can be happy with the result
of the opening.} Rae8 (15... e6 16. Nc3 $16 {X d6 XBg4}) (15... Bxb2 16. Nxe7+
Kg7 17. Rb1 Bf6 18. Rxb7 Be2 19. Rc1 Rfe8 20. Nd5 Rxe4 21. f3 $1 $14 Rxc4 $140
22. Re1 Bd3 23. Nxf6 Kxf6 24. Rd1 Bf5 25. Rxd6+ Kg7 26. a3 a5 27. Bd4+ Kf8 28.
h3 Rc2 29. Kh2 Ra2 30. Kg3 h5 31. Bb2 $14) 16. b4 $5 {This creates more
problems for Black.} ({After} 16. Bxa7 Ra8 17. Nxe7+ Kh8 18. Be3 Rxa2 19. f3
Be6 20. b3 Ra3 21. Bf4 (21. Rb1 Bxc4) 21... Rxb3 22. Bxd6 Ra8 23. Nd5 Rb2 $44 {
the bishop pair and the active black rook on b2 offer good compensation.})
16... Be6 (16... a6 17. c5 $14 dxc5 $140 18. Bxc5 $18) (16... Be2 $5 17. Rfe1
Bd3 18. Bg5 $14 (18. f3 f5 $132) 18... e6 (18... f6 19. Bf4 g5 20. Re3 $14 Bxc4
$140 21. Rxc4 gxf4 22. Nxf4 f5 23. g3 fxe4 (23... Bh6 24. e5 $14) 24. Rexe4 $36
) 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. Bxf6 Rc8 21. c5 dxc5 22. bxc5 Rfe8 23. f3 $36) 17. Bxa7
Bxd5 (17... Ra8 18. Nxe7+ Kh8 19. Be3 Rxa2 20. Rfd1 $16 Rb2 $140 (20... Be5
$142 $16) 21. b5 $18) 18. cxd5 {In the long run this should win a pawn.} ({
I was not sure if White gets an advantage after} 18. exd5 Ra8 19. Be3 Rxa2 20.
c5 $140 Ra4 $132) 18... Ra8 19. Be3 Rxa2 20. Rc7 b5 $1 {Black finds the best
practical defence.} ({After} 20... f5 21. Rxe7 $16 {White is a lot better.}
fxe4 $140 22. b5 {X b7 X e4} Rf7 23. Rxe4) 21. Rb7 $1 (21. Rxe7 Rb2 22. Bc1 Rb3
$44) 21... Bc3 22. Rxb5 Rb2 23. Rb7 $16 Rxb4 24. Rxe7 Bf6 25. Rd7 Be5 26. f3 {
This slightly weakens the white king position and the bishop on e3, but I did
not see another promising way to keep the extra pawn.} ({After} 26. f4 Rxe4 27.
fxe5 Rxe3 28. exd6 Rd3 29. Re7 Rxd5 30. d7 Kg7 31. h4 h5 32. g3 Rd3 33. Kg2
Rd2+ 34. Kh3 {I did not see a way how I could profit from my pawn on d7.})
26... Ra8 27. g3 $5 Kf8 $5 {Black continues with good defensive moves taking
his king out of the danger zone.} (27... Ra2 28. Rf2 Rb1+ 29. Kg2 Rxf2+ 30.
Kxf2 Rb2+ 31. Kf1 $1 $16 Rxh2 $140 (31... Kf8 $142 $16) 32. f4 Bc3 33. Rxd6 $18
) 28. f4 $5 $138 (28. Bf4 Ke8 29. Rc7 Bxf4 30. gxf4 Ra2 31. Rf2 Rbb2 32. Rxb2
Rxb2 33. Rc6 Kd7 34. e5 dxe5 35. fxe5 Rd2 36. Rc5 $16) 28... Ke8 $8 (28... Rxe4
29. fxe5 $18) 29. Ra7 {Finally I am close to consolidating my position and to
keeping my extra pawn.} Rxa7 30. Bxa7 Bc3 31. Rf3 $6 $138 {With short time I
chose the wrong way and now I have no way to keep the extra pawn.} ({After} 31.
Rc1 $1 Bd4+ (31... Bg7 32. Re1 $16) (31... Bd2 32. Rc2 $16) (31... Bb2 32. Rc2
$16) 32. Bxd4 Rxd4 33. Re1 Rd2 34. h3 h5 35. Kf1 Kd7 36. Re2 {Black has to
fight hard to hold the rook endgame.}) 31... Bg7 $1 {X e4} 32. Ra3 ({Luckily I
saw in time trouble that after} 32. Re3 $4 Rb7 {X Ba7. Black could even could
win and remain a piece up after} 33. Ra3 Rxa7 34. Rxa7 Bd4+) 32... Kd7 (32...
Rxe4 33. Re3 Rxe3 34. Bxe3 Bc3 $11) 33. Bf2 Rxe4 34. Ra7+ Ke8 35. Ra8+ Kd7 36.
Ra7+ {Here It was clear to me that the bird had flown the coop and I offered a
draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brno"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Blatny,P} c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Be2
Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O (9. Bg5 {Blatny,P} Qa5 10. Qd2 O-O 11. f3 Be6 12. Rc1
Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 $1 16. g4 Kf8 17. Be3 Rab8 18. g5 f5
19. exf5 Bxf5 20. f4 b5 $1 $36 {Polgar,Zso-Leko/Budapest Exp/1993/}) (9. Be3 {
Blatny,P} O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Nd5 Qxd2+ 15.
Kxd2 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bd7 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 18. Rc1 Rxc1 19. Kxc1 Kf8 20. Bb6 e6 $10
{Dorfman-Gdanski/Polanica Zdroj/1993/}) 9... O-O 10. Qe3 (10. Qd3 Bd7 11. Be3
a6 12. Rfd1 Bc6 13. Qc2 (13. Rac1 $142 $5) 13... Qa5 14. Rac1 Rfc8 15. Qb1 h5
16. b4 Qe5 17. Bd4 Qg5 18. Bf3 b5 $132 {Schlosser,M-Leko,P/Brno/1993} (18... b5
{Blatny,P} 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Be3 Qh4 21. cxd5 Ng4 $10 {Schlosser,P-Leko/Brno/
1993/})) 10... Bd7 (10... Be6 $5) 11. Rb1 $5 {N} (11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Qxb6 axb6 13.
Be3 Bc6 14. f3 Nd7 $132 {Illescas,M-Leko,P/Leon/1993/}) (11. Bd2 Qb6 $5 $10)
11... Qb6 12. b3 (12. Qd3 $142 $14 {/\Be3()}) 12... Bc6 (12... Qxe3 $1 13. Bxe3
Bc6 14. Nd5 $8 (14. f3 Ng4 $1 $15) 14... Bxd5 (14... Nxd5 15. exd5 Bd7 16. Bd3
a6 17. a4 $14) 15. exd5 Ne4 16. Rbc1 (16. Bd3 Nc3 17. Ra1 b5 $36) 16... Nc3 17.
Rc2 Nxe2+ 18. Rxe2 Bf6 $10) 13. Qd3 $1 $14 Rfc8 14. Be3 Qd8 (14... Qb4 15. Bd2
$1 Qb6 16. Kh1 {/\f4|^}) 15. f3 a6 16. Rfc1 $6 (16. a4 $142 a5 17. Nd5 {()})
16... Rab8 $1 (16... b5 $6 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Bxb5 $8 (18... Rxa2 $2 19.
Na7) 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Qxb5 Rxa2 21. Rc1 Qa8 22. b4 $16 {^^,o^b}) 17. Ba7 Ra8
18. Be3 (18. Bd4 {Blatny,P} Nd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 $10 {Nd7>Be2}) 18... Rab8 19. a4
(19. b4 b5 $132) 19... a5 20. Nd5 Nd7 (20... Nxd5 21. exd5 Bd7 22. Qd2 Bf5 23.
Bd3 $16) (20... e6 21. Nc3 {><d6,b5}) 21. Bg5 Bxd5 (21... Bf8 22. Qd2 $36) 22.
exd5 Bf6 23. Be3 Nc5 24. Qd2 Ra8 $6 (24... b6 $142 {/\Qf8,Re8,Rbd8,e6<=>[+]})
25. Bd1 $1 Qf8 (25... e6 26. dxe6 fxe6 27. Bc2 $16 {ה}) 26. Bc2 Qg7 27. Rf1
Ra6 (27... b6 $142 {Blatny,P /\Rc7,Re8}) (27... Bc3 $5 {Blatny,P} 28. Qf2 (28.
Qe2 $6 Bd4 $1 {N:B}) 28... Rc7 {/\Re8(f8)}) 28. Kh1 Bc3 29. Qf2 Rb6 $6 30. f4
Ra6 31. g4 $1 $40 Nd7 (31... h6 32. h4 {/\h5,g5->}) (31... Kf8 $5 {
/\Ke8-d7-c7-b8}) 32. g5 f5 (32... Kf8 33. f5 $16) (32... Kh8 33. Rg1 $1 $40 {
/\Rbf1,h4-h5}) (32... Re8 $142 {Blatny,P}) 33. gxf6 exf6 (33... Nxf6 34. Rg1 {
/\f5+-}) 34. Bf5 $1 Kh8 (34... Re8 35. Be6+ Kh8 36. Rbc1 Bb4 37. f5 $16 {->>>})
(34... Re8 $5 {Blatny,P}) 35. Bxd7 Qxd7 36. Rbc1 (36. Bd4 Bxd4 37. Qxd4 Kg7 38.
Rbe1 Re8 39. Re3 $16) 36... Bb4 37. f5 $1 $18 (37. Bd4 Qf5 $16) 37... gxf5 $2 (
37... Qxf5 38. Qh4 $18 {->} (38. Qxf5 {Blatny,P} gxf5 39. Bd4 Rf8 40. Rxf5 $18
{_|_})) (37... g5 $8 38. Bd4 (38. h4 $5) 38... Qf7 (38... Qe7 {Blatny,P} 39.
Rce1 $1 Bxe1 40. Rxe1 Qg7 41. Re6 $40) 39. Rc2 $1 (39. Qe3 Kg8 40. Qe6 Re8 41.
Qxf6 Qxf6 42. Bxf6 h6 $132) (39. Rg1 h6 40. Rc2 $1 Re8 41. Re2 Rxe2 42. Qxe2
Ra8 43. Rg3 Re8 44. Re3 $1 $16 {_|_}) 39... Re8 40. Re2 Rxe2 41. Qxe2 Ra8 42.
Qe6 Kg7 43. Rf2 {/\Re2,Qf7,Re6+-} Re8 $2 44. Bxf6+ $18) 38. Bd4 Rf8 39. Qh4 $1
Qg7 $8 40. Rxf5 Bc5 41. Rg1 (41. Rg1 Qe7 42. Rxf6 Bxd4 43. Rxf8+ Qxf8 44. Qxd4+
$18) 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2014.12.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:30"]
[BlackClock "1:30:30"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Be3 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Be2 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 $1 {
This is the point of this system! Black prepares for ...b5, but he weakened
the b6 square.} Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. h3 Rf8 19. f4
Rad8 20. g5 Bf7 $146 {The new move in the game.} (20... Nc5) ({and} 20... d5 {
are the main moves.}) 21. Rhd1 (21. Bf3 $5 {was also an interesting
alternative,} Nc5 (21... b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Nc3 $14) 22. Nxc5 dxc5+ 23. Kc2
b6 24. Rhe1 {and White has a little bit more comfortable endgame.}) 21... e5
22. Ke1 {The king opens the d-file for the R.} exf4 ({Probably} 22... Rfe8 $142
{was more accurate} 23. Kf1 exf4 24. Bxf4 b5 25. cxb5 Rxe2 $1 26. Kxe2 axb5 27.
Nc3 Bxc3 28. Rxc3 Bh5+ 29. Kd2 Bxd1 30. Kxd1 Nc5 {should be an equal endgame.})
23. Bxf4 Be5 24. Bxe5 Nxe5 25. Nc3 (25. Kf2 $5 {was an interesting option,} f4
(25... Be6 26. c5 dxc5 27. Nxc5 $14) 26. Rd4 Be6 27. Bf1 $14 {and White is
slightly better.}) 25... Be6 26. Kf2 Kg7 27. Rd4 f4 28. Bf1 Nf7 $6 {Too
passive.} ({In the event of} 28... Nc6 29. Rd2 Kg6 30. Rcd1 $14 {and White has
a comfortable endgame.}) 29. Re1 $1 {A very nice move. White doesn't protect
the g5 P, he tries to activate his pieces.} (29. h4 Ne5 {followed by ...Ng4.})
29... Nxg5 (29... Ne5 {could have been met by} 30. Ne4 $16) 30. h4 Nh3+ 31.
Bxh3 Bxh3 32. Ne4 {White gains back the P and he is very active, Black faces
with some difficulties.} h5 $6 {Black prepares for Bg4, but he weakened the g5
square.} (32... d5 33. Rg1+ Kh6 34. cxd5 f3 35. Ng5 $16 {and White is also
better here.}) 33. Ng5 $6 {An inaccuracy by White.} ({The natural} 33. Nxd6 $1
{was more stronger} Rd7 34. c5 Kg6 35. Re5 $16 {and Black is in trouble.})
33... Bg4 (33... Bc8 $142 {was more precise to protect the b7 P.} 34. Re7+ Kg6)
34. Re7+ Kg6 35. Rxb7 Rde8 36. Ne4 $6 ({The cheeky} 36. Nh7 {was better} Re2+
37. Kf1 Rfe8 38. Rxd6+ R2e6 39. Rxe6+ Bxe6 40. Ng5 $14 {and White has a P up.})
36... Re6 37. Rb6 Rfe8 {Suddenly Black is very active, he has a nice
counterplay on the e-file.} 38. Nc3 Kf5 $2 {A big mistake, which allows White
strong reply.} (38... Re3 $1 {was correct} 39. Rbxd6+ Kg7 40. Rd3 Re2+ $1 41.
Nxe2 Rxe2+ 42. Kf1 (42. Kg1 Re1+ 43. Kf2 Re2+ $11) 42... f3 $44 {and Black has
very unpleasant counterplay.}) 39. Rd5+ $1 {Probably Black missed this
unpleasant check.} Re5 40. Rbxd6 Rxd5 41. Rxd5+ Kf6 42. Rd4 {Now White pieces
are well placed, the N protects the important light squares.} Kf5 43. b4 (43.
c5 $1 {was more precise, because} Bf3 $2 {is not working, as} 44. Kxf3 Re3+ 45.
Kf2 Rxc3 46. Rc4 $1 $18 {and White wins.}) 43... Bf3 $1 44. a4 (44. Kxf3 $2
Re3+ 45. Kf2 Rxc3 $11) 44... Re3 $2 {Loses immediately, but Black's position
was already difficult.} (44... Bb7 $1 {was tougher, for example:} 45. c5 Rg8 {
and Black can try to create some counterplay.}) 45. Nd5 $1 $18 Bxd5 46. cxd5
1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.26"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[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 "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Skopje Alkaloid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. f3 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 $5 11. Be2 a4 12. Rc1 (12. O-O Qa5 13. Rac1 {
- 12.Rac1 Qa5 13.0-0}) 12... Be6 $146 13. Nd5 (13. O-O) 13... Nd7 (13... Nxd5
$6 14. cxd5 Bd7 15. O-O $14 (15. Qb4 $14)) 14. O-O (14. Qb4 Nc5 $13) 14... Nc5
15. Rfd1 (15. Qb4 Bxd5 (15... Re8 $5 {/\Qa5}) 16. cxd5 Qa5 $11) 15... Re8 (
15... Bxd5 $142 16. cxd5 Qa5 $11) 16. Bd4 (16. Qb4 Qa5 $11) 16... Bxd5 (16...
Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4 $14) (16... Qa5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd4+ $14) 17. cxd5 (17. Bxg7
$5 Bxe4 (17... Kxg7 18. cxd5 Qa5 19. Qd4+ $14) 18. Bc3 $44 (18. Bd4 Bc6 19. Qh6
$140 Ne6)) 17... Qa5 18. Rc3 (18. Bxg7 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Kxg7 $11) (18. Qe3 $142 $5
$11) 18... Qb4 $1 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qc2 (20. a3 Qa5 {(><b3)}) 20... Rec8 $1 {
(<->c)} 21. Rc4 (21. Kh1 a3 $1 22. bxa3 (22. b3 Nxe4 23. Rxc8 Nf2+ 24. Kg1 Nxd1
$18) 22... Rxa3 23. Rxa3 Qxa3 $15) (21. a3 {(><b3)} Qa5 {/\b5-b4}) (21. Rc1 $5
b5 $5 {/\Qa5, b4-b3}) 21... Qa5 {(/\b5-b4-b3)} 22. Qc3+ Qxc3 23. Rxc3 a3 $1 24.
b3 $8 (24. bxa3 Ra5 $15 {/\Rca8, ><a3, a2}) (24. b4 Na4 (24... Na6 25. Rxa3
Nxb4 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Rb1 $11) 25. Rxa3 Nc3 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Rd2 Nxa2 $15 (
27... Rxa2 28. Rxa2 Nxa2 29. b5 Nc3 $15)) 24... Na6 {(/\Nb4)} 25. Rxc8 $8 Rxc8
26. Bxa6 $8 bxa6 27. Rd2 $2 (27. Rd4 Rc1+ (27... Rc2 28. Ra4 Rxa2 29. Rxa6 $11)
28. Kf2 Rc2+ 29. Kg3 Rxa2 30. Ra4 $11) 27... Kf6 28. f4 (28. Kf2 Rc3 {/\Ke5, f5
}) 28... g5 29. g3 gxf4 $6 {(><g3)} (29... Rc3 30. Kf2 h5 $17) (29... h5) 30.
gxf4 Rc3 31. Kf2 h5 32. Rd4 $1 (32. Ke2 Rh3 33. Ke1 h4 $17) 32... Rc2+ 33. Kg3
Rxa2 34. Ra4 Re2 (34... h4+ $5 35. Kxh4 Re2 36. Rxa3 (36. e5+ dxe5 37. Rxa6+
Kf5 $17) 36... Rxe4 37. Kg4 Rd4 38. Rxa6 (38. Ra5 Rb4) 38... Rxd5 $15) 35. Kf3
Rxh2 36. Rxa3 Rh3+ 37. Kf2 a5 38. Rxa5 Rxb3 39. Ra6 Rb7 (39... h4 40. e5+ Kf5
41. exd6 exd6 42. Rxd6 h3 43. Rd7 $5 (43. Rh6 Kg4) 43... f6 44. Rd6 $15) (39...
Kg7 40. Ra7 Kf8 41. Ra8+ Kg7 42. Ra7 Kf6 43. Ra6) 40. e5+ Kf5 41. exd6 exd6 42.
Rxd6 Kxf4 43. Rd8 Rb2+ (43... h4 44. d6) 44. Ke1 Kf3 (44... h4 45. d6 h3 $140
46. Rh8) 45. d6 Re2+ $5 (45... h4 46. Re8 $1 Rb1+ 47. Kd2 Rb6 $140 $6 48. Re3+
$1 Kg2 $8 49. d7 Rd6+ 50. Rd3 Rxd7 51. Rxd7 h3 $11) (45... f5 46. Rf8 $11) 46.
Kf1 Ra2 47. Kg1 $6 (47. Ke1 $11) 47... h4 48. Rb8 (48. Rf8 Ra7 49. Rd8 $15)
48... Rd2 $2 (48... Rg2+ $1 49. Kh1 (49. Kf1 Rd2 50. Rb3+ Kg4 51. Rb4+ Kg5 52.
Rb6 f5 $17 (52... h3 53. Kg1 f5 $17)) 49... Rd2 $17 50. Rf8 $140 Kg3 51. Rg8+
Kh3 52. Kg1 Rxd6) 49. Rf8 Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares Anibal op 05th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.01.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1998.01.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[Having the smallest Bucholz among the group of 7 players, sharing the 1st
place with 7 points out of 9, the author of these lines had to win his last
round game in order to get a reasonable prize. But to win with Black pieces is
always not an easy task to do! So I was quite happy with the pairing, placing
me against Oleg Korneev. I have already met with him in a couple of games,
having well studied his aggressive style of play. Oleg spends a lot of time,
preparing himself for every game, always opting for the most principle lines,
never playing for a draw.]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 {[The Dragon was on board in
all my previous encounters with Oleg, so I could have expected him being less
prepared for the Maroczy bind. But one can say, that Maroczy is not the
opening to be selected, when the win is necessary, and nobody can argue with
that. But, there are always exceptions to the rule! The choice of an extremely
solid system exactly fits to be selected against the player, always trying to
win every game.]} 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4
Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Rab1 {[I could have expected that
line to be on board. Before our game this setup has been considered to be the
most dangerous for Black, who has to play carefully in order not to find
himself in a very passive position.]} Rfc8 13. b3 Ng4 $1 {[Black has to
exchange some of the pieces in order to have more space available for the
remaining ones.]} 14. Bd4 $5 $146 {[This move has been recommended by V.
Ivanchuk and has never been tried before. The alternative to the text is} (14.
Nd5 Qxd2 15. Bxd2 {. But with the queens gone off the board, Black doesn't
have much to worry about. E.g.} Kf8 (15... Bxd5 {is worse, since after} 16.
exd5 Nf6 17. Bd3 Nd7 18. Rfe1 $14 {White is slighlty better due to his pair of
bishops.} Bf6 19. Rbd1 a5 20. a4 Rc7 21. g3 h5 22. Kg2 Kg7 23. h3 b6 24. f4 Re8
25. g4 hxg4 26. hxg4 e5 27. dxe6 Rxe6 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Be3 Kf7 30. g5 Be7 31.
Rh1 Bf8 32. Rh8 Bg7 33. Rd8 d5 34. cxd5 exd5 35. Bb5 d4 36. Bf2 Nc5 37. Bc4+
Ke7 38. Rg8 Kd6 39. Re8 Re7 40. Rd8+ Kc7 41. Rd5 Ne4 42. Bxd4 Nd2 43. Kg3 Nxc4
44. bxc4 Bxd4 45. Rxd4 Re1 46. Rd5 Rc1 47. Re5 Kd7 48. Rb5 Kc6 49. Re5 Kd7 50.
Rd5+ Ke7 51. Rb5 Rxc4 52. Rxb6 Kf7 53. Rb7+ Kf8 54. Rb6 Kf7 55. Rb7+ Kf8 {
1/2-1/2 Popovic,Petar-Velimirovic,Dragoljub/Niksic (Yugoslavia) (12) 1997}) 16.
Bg5 {is stronger, than 16.Bg4, but still after the correct} (16. Bxg4 Bxg4 17.
Bg5 f6 $5 $11 {with equal chances.} (17... e6 $6 {leads to the unnecessary
complications with the White, who has the upper hand, emerging from them.} 18.
Nf6 h6 19. Bxh6 Be2 20. Rfe1 Bxc4 21. Nd7+ Kg8 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rbd1 Bb5 24.
Rxd6 Bxd7 25. Rxd7 Rc2 26. a4 b5 27. axb5 Rb2 28. h4 Rxb3 29. Rb7 Rc8 30. Re2
Rc5 31. Rxa7 Rcxb5 $14 32. e5 Rb2 33. Re3 R2b3 34. Rxb3 Rxb3 35. Kh2 Rb5 36. f4
Rb3 37. g3 Re3 38. Kh3 Rc3 39. Kg4 Rb3 40. Ra1 Kh6 41. Rh1 Ra3 42. h5 gxh5+ 43.
Rxh5+ Kg7 44. Rh1 Kg6 45. Rb1 Rc3 46. Rb6 Kg7 47. Rb1 Kg6 48. Rf1 Ra3 49. Rf3
Ra1 50. Rb3 Rg1 51. Ra3 Kh6 52. Kf3 Rb1 {1/2-1/2 Enders,Peter-Brendel,Oliver/
Germany 1995})) 16... Nf6 $1 (16... f6 17. Bd2 $14 {and White is slightly
better.} Ne5 18. f4 Nc6 19. f5 Bf7 20. g4 Ne5 21. Rbc1 Bxd5 22. exd5 Kf7 23.
Be3 b6 24. h4 h5 25. gxh5 g5 26. hxg5 fxg5 27. Bxg5 Bf6 28. Bf4 Bg5 29. Bxg5
Rg8 30. Kf2 Rxg5 31. Rg1 Rxf5+ 32. Ke3 Rg8 33. Rcf1 Rxf1 34. Rxf1+ Ke8 35. Rf2
Rg3+ 36. Kf4 Rh3 37. Kg5 Rg3+ 38. Kh4 Rg1 39. Kh3 Rg5 40. Rg2 Rf5 41. Kh4 Kf8
42. Bg4 Nxg4 43. Rxg4 Rf2 44. Kg3 {1-0 Gelfand,Boris-Andersson,Ulf/Polanica
Zdroj (Poland) (3) 1997}) 17. Nxf6 {(the only way to try to fight for the
advantage.)} Bxf6 18. Bxf6 exf6 19. Rbd1 Ke7 20. f4 Rc5 21. Rd4 a5 22. Rfd1 Ra6
$11 {the chances are level.} 23. g4 Rb6 24. R1d3 a4 25. f5 axb3 26. axb3 Bd7
27. Bd1 Re5 28. Rh3 Bc6 29. Rxh7 g5 30. h4 gxh4 31. Rxh4 Bxe4 32. Rh3 Ra6 33.
Rh2 d5 34. c5 Ra1 35. Kf2 Rc1 36. b4 Bc2 37. Bf3 Bb3 38. Rh8 Rc2+ 39. Kg3 Rc3
40. Kf4 Re1 41. Rh2 Bc4 42. Rf2 Rb1 43. g5 fxg5+ 44. Kxg5 f6+ 45. Kf4 Kf8 46.
Rg2 Rcb3 47. Bxd5 {1/2-1/2 Tischbierek,Raj-Van Der Weide,Karel/Berlin (Germany)
(3) 1997}) 14... Bxd4 15. Qxd4 {[Usually the exchange of the dark-squared
bishops is in Black favour,since White is left with the 'bad' Be2. The only
try to get the advantage for White lies in the creation of the attack on the
king's side (by the march of the pawn f2). That's why Black has to regroup his
pieces in order to deal with the White's plan.]} Qc5 $5 (15... Nf6 $5 {,
followed by Qc5, Bd7, a5, Bc6, leads to the same position as the text. Please,
note, that}) (15... Qe5 $6 {is bad because of the march of the pawn f2 to f6
after the exchange of the queens.} 16. Qxe5 Nxe5 17. f4 Nc6 18. f5 Bd7 19. f6
$16 {with advantage for White, since the pawn d6 is weak.}) 16. Qd3 {[Stronger,
than} (16. Qd2 Nf6 $11 {, when after Bd7, a5, Bc6, the pawn e4 is not defended
by the queen.}) 16... Nf6 (16... Ne5 $6 {is worse, since after} 17. Qg3 {
and 18.Kh1, the march of the pawn f2-f4-f5 is very unpleasant for Black.} (17.
Qd2 $5 {is possible as well.})) 17. Kh1 Bd7 18. f4 {[After} (18. b4 Qc7 {
White pawns on the queen's side are weak.}) 18... a5 $11 (18... Bc6 $2 {
is a serious mistake. After} 19. b4 $16 {White is much better.}) 19. a4 $6 {
[The idea to prevent the possible counter-play of Black on the queen's side,
fixing the pawn on a5, is understandable. But after 19.a4, White pawns on the
queen's side are also fixed, thus, making them a target in the nearest future 
(especially the pawn b3). White should have played 19.Bf3 or 19.Rbe1, both
giving Black a choice between immediate 19...a4 and 19...Bc6, improving the
position of the bishop. Black chances are at least not worse.]} Bc6 20. Nd5 Re8
{[Black keeps the tension in the centre, preferring not to exchange the knight
on d5 immediately.]} 21. Rbd1 {[After} (21. Nxf6+ exf6 22. Bf3 $11 {the
chances are equal. The weak pawns e4 and d6 compensate each other.}) (21. Rbe1
Rad8 $11 {is equal as well.} (21... Nd7 $5 {and e6, deserves attention.}))
21... Rad8 {[Stronger, than} (21... Nd7 {, which is met by} 22. Bg4 $5 {and now
} e6 {is impossible because of} 23. Nc7 Bxe4 24. Qxd6 {, winning the exchange.}
) 22. h4 $2 {[Probably, the decisive mistake, seriously weakening the king's
side. After it, it's very easy for Black to develop the initiative, exploiting
the numerous weaknesses in the White camp. After the correct} (22. Nxf6+ exf6
23. Bf3 $11 {the position is equal.}) (22. Bf3 {is worse, since after} Nd7 {
Black has the better perspectives, preparing the move e7-e6 or e7-e5. The
bishop f3 is 'bad'.}) 22... Bxd5 23. cxd5 (23. exd5 e6 24. dxe6 Rxe6 $15 {
/-/+ allows Black to seize the control over the 'e' file, bringing him an
unquestionable advantage. The squares e4 and e3 are weak.}) 23... Qb4 24. Bf3
$8 {[The only move, since} (24. e5 $4 dxe5 25. fxe5 Qxh4+ $19 {and Rd5 or Nd5
loses 2 pawns.}) 24... Rc8 25. Rc1 (25. e5 $5 {deserved attention, after which
Black had a choice between winning the pawn immediately by 25...dxe5 26.fxe5
Qxh4+ 27.Kg1 Nd7=/+ or keeping the tension: 25...Nd7, with advantage in both
cases.}) 25... Rxc1 $1 {[Stronger, than} (25... Nd7 {, which allows White to
consolidate the position by} 26. Qe3 {(the only move) and if} Nc5 {, then} 27.
Rb1 {(again, the only).} (27. Rc3 $2 {loses after} Nxe4 $1 {(Korneev)} 28. Rxc8
Ng3+ 29. Kg1 Rxc8 $19 {.})) 26. Rxc1 e5 27. dxe6 (27. fxe5 Rxe5 {(threatening
to win the pawn e4)} 28. Kh2 $1 {deserved attention, planning to meet} Nxe4 $6
{by} 29. Rc4 Nc5 30. Rxb4 Nxd3 31. Rxb7 {. But the control over the black
squares after 28...Re8 and 29...Nd7 should secure Black advantage. 28...Nd7
immediately deserves attention.}) 27... Rxe6 28. Kh2 $6 {[Missing a strong
reply by Black} (28. Rc4 $2 Qe1+ 29. Kh2 Qxh4+ 30. Kg1 Qxf4 $19 {loses 2 pawns.
But}) (28. Qc4 $5 {is, probably, the best. After} Qd2 $1 (28... Nxe4 29. Qxb4
axb4 30. Rc4 $13 {is unclear.}) 29. f5 {,} Re5 $5 {with advantage, is
interesting.} (29... gxf5 30. exf5 Re1+ 31. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 32. Kh2 Qe5+ $15 {
and Black is only slightly better.})) (28. Qc3 Qxc3 29. Rxc3 Nxe4 $17 {leads
White to a difficult, probably, lost ending. E.g.} 30. Rc7 b6 31. Rc6 d5 32.
Rxe6 $2 fxe6 33. Bxe4 dxe4 34. Kg1 Kf7 35. Kf2 Kf6 36. g4 h5 $19 {and Black
wins.}) 28... d5 $1 (28... Nxe4 $2 {is not good in view of} 29. Rc4 {.}) 29.
exd5 $8 {[The only, since} (29. Rc8+ Kg7 30. exd5 {loses after} Qxf4+ {. For
example,} 31. g3 (31. Kh3 Re3 $19 (31... Re1 32. g3 Re3 33. gxf4 Rxd3 $19))
31... Re3 32. gxf4 Rxd3 $19) 29... Qxf4+ 30. g3 (30. Kh3 Re3 $19 {with attack,
is hopeless for White.}) 30... Re3 $1 (30... Qxc1 31. dxe6 $13 {is unclear.})
31. gxf4 Rxd3 $17 {[Now only the technique is required to convert the
advantage into a full point.]} 32. Kg3 $5 {[Not an easy decision to make,
since both} (32. Bh1 $5 {and}) (32. Kg2 $5 {deserve serious attention as well.}
) 32... Nxd5 {[It took a lot of time for me to make this move, since} (32...
Nh5+ $5 33. Kf2 Nxf4 $17 {and}) (32... Rxb3 $5 $17 {are both worthy
alternatives to the text. But, finally, I decided to eliminate the most
dangerous 'soldier' in the White camp.}) 33. Rc8+ $6 $138 {[Being short of
time, my opponent misses the most stubborn defence:} (33. Rc5 Ne7 34. Rxa5 Rxb3
$17 {, and now because of the threat Nf5-h4, Black must win.}) 33... Kg7 34.
Rd8 Nxf4 $19 35. Rxd3 Nxd3 36. Bxb7 f5 $1 {[Black is just in time to bring his
king into the centre, preventing the march of the White king to the queen's
side.]} 37. Kf3 (37. Ba6 Nb4 $5 38. Bc4 Kf6 39. Kf4 h6 40. Ke3 Ke5 $19 {
loses as well.}) 37... Kf6 38. Ke3 Nc5 39. Bd5 Ke5 {[The rest is very easy,
since Black has 2 extra pawns on the king's side with the White pawns on the
queen's side being blocked.]} 40. Bf7 f4+ 41. Kf3 Kf5 42. Bc4 (42. Bg8 {
loses after} h6 43. Bh7 Kf6 $5 {(threatening to win the bishop by means of Kg7)
} 44. h5 (44. Bg8 Ke5 $19 {and g5.}) 44... g5 $19 {.}) 42... h6 43. Kf2 g5 44.
hxg5 hxg5 45. b4 axb4 46. a5 Ke4 47. a6 Nxa6 48. Bxa6 b3 49. Bc4 b2 50. Bf7 Kd3
51. Kf3 Kd2 {[Luckily for me, I was the only player from the top 7 to win the
last game, which allowed me to become the clear winner of the Linares
tournament.]} 0-1

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2000.10.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2000.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+
15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 f6 17. Be3 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. h3 Rf8 20. f4 Nf6 21. Rhg1
Rad8 22. Bb6 Rc8 $1 {[#]} (22... Rd7) (22... Rde8) 23. Bf3 $1 $146 (23. Nc3 {
(Ivanchuk Vassily (UKR)-Georgiev Kiril (BUL)/Belgrade (Yugoslavia) 1997, Inf
71/163)} fxg4 $1 24. hxg4 d5 $36) 23... fxg4 (23... Nd7 $5) 24. hxg4 Nd7 25.
Rce1 (25. Be3 $5 b5 $13) (25. f5 Bf7 $13) 25... Rxf4 $1 26. Bxb7 (26. Rxe6 Rxf3
27. Rxe7 Rf7 $11) 26... Rb8 27. Rxe6 Nxb6 28. Nxb6 (28. Rxe7 $2 Bf6 29. Rc7 Bd8
$17) (28. Bxa6 Nxa4 (28... Rf2+ 29. Re2 Rxe2+ 30. Kxe2 Nxa4 31. bxa4 Rb2+ 32.
Kd3 Rxa2 33. Bb5 $14) 29. bxa4 Rb2+ (29... Rf2+ 30. Kd3 Rxa2 31. Bb5 Kf7 32.
Re3 $14) 30. Ke3 Rff2 $13) 28... Rxb7 {[29.Nd5 Rf2+ 30.Re2 Rxe2+ 31.Kxe2=]}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen Festival"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1998.12.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Asrian, Karen"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1998.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. Qe3 Qb6 12. Rab1 Qxe3 13. Bxe3 Rfc8 14. b3
Ng4 $5 (14... Nd7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nc5 17. Rbc1 a5 18. Rc2 Na6 19. a3 b5
20. Rfc1 b4 {1/2-1/2 Anand, Viswanathan - Tiviakov, Sergei/Groningen 
(Netherlands) 1993}) 15. Bd2 (15. Bxg4 Bxg4 16. Nd5 Kf8 17. Bg5 f6 18. Be3 $11
Be2 19. Rfe1 Bd3 20. Rbd1 Bxe4 21. Nxe7 Kxe7 22. Bf4 f5 23. f3 Be5 24. Bxe5
dxe5 25. fxe4 f4 26. Rd5 Ke6 27. Red1 Re8 28. Rd6+ Kf7 29. R1d5 Re7 30. c5 Rae8
31. b4 Re6 32. Rd7+ R8e7 33. b5 Rxd7 34. Rxd7+ Re7 35. Rxe7+ Kxe7 36. h4 h6 37.
Kf2 Kd7 38. Kf3 a6 39. a4 axb5 40. axb5 Ke7 41. Kg4 Ke6 42. Kf3 Kd7 43. Ke2 Kc7
44. Kf3 Kd7 45. Kg4 Ke6 46. h5 g5 47. Kf3 Kd7 48. Kg4 {1/2-1/2 Stangl,
Markus-Schindler,Werner Dr/Germany 1990}) 15... Be5 (15... Bxc3 16. Bxc3 b5 17.
h3 $14 (17. f3 $5)) (15... Bd4 $5) 16. Nd5 (16. h3 Nf6 $11) 16... Kf8 $146 (
16... Bxd5 $142 17. Bxg4 (17. exd5 Nf6 {/\Ne4-c3, /\b5}) 17... Be6 18. Bxe6
fxe6 $11 19. Be3 Bc3 20. Rfd1 Bb4 21. e5 dxe5 22. Rd7 b6 23. Rbd1 Kf7 24. Kf1
Ke8 25. R7d3 Rc6 26. Ke2 Rd6 27. f4 Rxd3 28. Rxd3 exf4 29. Bxf4 Rd8 30. Rxd8+
Kxd8 31. Kf3 Bd6 32. Ke4 Kd7 33. h3 Kc6 34. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Vaganian,
R-Velimirovic,D/Zonal 1.5, Panormo (Greece) 1998}) 17. h3 $6 {[17...Nf6=]} (17.
Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Bg5 f6 (18... e6 19. Nf6 $16) 19. Be3 Be6 (19... e6 $2 20. f4
exd5 21. fxe5 $16) (19... g5 20. f3 Be6 21. g3 Bxd5 22. exd5 $14 {/\f4}) 20. f4
Bxd5 21. exd5 Bc3 $14) (17. Bg5 Nf6 (17... f6 18. Bxg4 Bxg4 {- 17.Bg4 Bg4 18.
Bg5 f6}) 18. Nxf6 Bxf6 19. Bxf6 exf6 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 1st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.07.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Beshukov, Sergei"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 {[#]} Bh6 $5 $146 6. Bxh6 Nxh6
7. Nc3 O-O (7... d6) 8. Be2 d6 (8... f5 $5) 9. Qd2 (9. O-O Be6 $5 (9... f5 $5
$14)) 9... Ng4 (9... Kg7) 10. Bxg4 (10. O-O Nge5 $11) 10... Bxg4 11. h3 (11.
O-O $142 Be6 (11... Qb6 $5) (11... Rc8)) 11... Be6 12. b3 Qb6 (12... Nxd4 $142
13. Qxd4 Qa5 $11) (12... Qa5 $5 {/\a6, b5}) 13. Nc2 (13. Rd1 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4
15. Rxd4 $11 {_|_}) 13... a6 (13... f5 $5) (13... Qc5 $5) 14. Ne3 Qc5 {[/\b5]}
15. Rc1 $14 Qe5 (15... Rac8) 16. O-O Qf4 (16... g5 $5 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 50th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2007.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. O-O a4 12. Bd4 $5 Be6 (12... Qa5 13. Qe3 Be6
14. f4 Rfc8 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Bd7 18. Rfe1 {1/2-1/2 Stock,
L-Hendriks,W/Trieste ITA 2007/The Week in Chess 670 (18)}) 13. Qe3 Nd7 (13...
Qa5 {- 12...Qa5 13.Be3 Be6}) 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. b3 $1 $146 (15. Nd5 $6 Bxd5 (
15... Re8 16. Rac1 (16. Rad1 Bxd5 17. exd5 Qb6 18. Qc3+ Kg8 19. Rd4 Qa5 20. Qc1
Nf6 21. a3 Rec8 22. Qe3 Qb6 23. Rb1 Qd8 24. h4 Qf8 25. Re1 Re8 26. Qd2 Nd7 27.
h5 Qg7 28. Bd1 Nc5 29. Re3 Rab8 30. Rh4 b6 31. Reh3 b5 32. cxb5 Rxb5 33. hxg6
hxg6 34. Qf4 e5 35. Qh2 Kf8 36. Rh7 Rxb2 37. Rxg7 Rb1 38. Rxf7+ Kxf7 39. Rh7+
Kg8 40. Qh6 {1-0 Dvoirys,S-Inarkiev,E/Elista 2001/CBM 083 (40)}) 16... Nc5 17.
Rc3 Bxd5 18. exd5 e5 19. dxe6 Rxe6 20. Qd4+ Qf6 21. Qxf6+ Kxf6 22. Bf3 Ke7 23.
Bd5 Re2 24. b4 axb3 25. axb3 Ra3 26. Rf3 Ne6 27. Bxb7 Rb2 28. Bd5 Raxb3 29.
Rxb3 Rxb3 30. c5 Rb5 {1/2-1/2 Azarov,S-Inarkiev,E/Goa 2002/CBM 091 ext (30)})
16. exd5 Qb6 $11 17. Qc3+ (17. Qxe7 Nc5 18. Qe3 Qxb2 $15) 17... Ne5 18. Kh1 Qa5
19. Qd4 Qa7 20. Qc3 Qa5 21. Qd4 Qa7 22. Qc3 Qa5 {1/2-1/2 Azarov Sergei (BLR)
-Timofeev Artyom (RUS)/Dresden (Germany) 2007 (22)}) 15... axb3 (15... Qb6 16.
Nxa4 Qxe3 17. fxe3 $14) 16. axb3 $14 Qc7 (16... Qb6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. f4 $14 {
פb6}) 17. Nb5 (17. f4 $5 Qc5 18. Kf2) 17... Qc5 18. Qc3+ (18. Nd4 Nf6 (18...
Ne5 $5 {/\Nc6}) 19. f4 $14) 18... Qe5 19. Qxe5+ (19. Nd4 $14) 19... Nxe5 20. f4
$14 {_|_} Nc6 21. Bf3 (21. Kf2 Bd7 $14 {_|_}) 21... Bd7 22. Rfd1 {(/\e4-e5,
<->d)} Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Rc8 24. Kf2 Kf8 25. Ke3 Nb4 $5 (25... Nd8 {/\e6, Ke7}) 26.
Ra7 (26. Ra4 Nc2+ 27. Kd2 Nd4 $5 28. Nxd4 Bxa4 29. bxa4 Rxc4 30. Kd3 Rxa4 $11)
26... Bxb5 27. cxb5 Nc2+ 28. Kf2 (28. Kd2 Nd4) (28. Kd3 Ne1+ $11 (28... b6 $5))
28... b6 {(/\Nd4, ><b3, b5)} 29. Rb7 Nd4 30. Rxb6 Nxb3 {(/\Nc5, צb6)} 31. e5
dxe5 32. fxe5 Nc5 33. Rc6 (33. Be2 Ke8 34. Ke3 $140 Nd7 {><e5}) (33. Ke3 $5 Nd7
$140 34. Rc6 Rb8 35. e6 fxe6 36. Be2 $14) 33... Rxc6 34. bxc6 Ke8 35. Ke3 Kd8
36. Bd5 e6 37. Kd4 Na4 38. Be4 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Beshukov, Sergei"]
[Black "Vokarev, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe3 Bd7 11. Bd2 (11. Rd1 {Illescas Cordoba,M} Qb6 $5 {N
} 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Be3 Bc6 14. f3 Nd7 15. Rdc1 $6 (15. Bd4 $14 {Illescas
Cordoba,M}) 15... Nc5 16. Rc2 Rfc8 $10 {1-0 Illescas Cordoba,M-Leko,P/Leon
1993 (43)}) 11... Bc6 12. Rab1 (12. Rac1 a6 13. a3 a5 14. b3 Nd7 15. b4 axb4
16. axb4 b6 17. Ra1 e6 18. f3 Re8 {1/2-1/2 Liberzon,V-Damjanovic,M/Amsterdam
IBM 1969}) 12... Qb6 13. Qd3 (13. Qxb6 axb6 14. f3 Nd7 15. a3 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 Rfc8
$11 (16... Nc5 17. Nd5 $14)) 13... a5 14. Be3 Qd8 15. f3 (15. b3 Nd7 16. f3 $14
) 15... Nd7 16. Rfd1 a4 17. b4 (17. Nd5 Re8 18. Nb4 Ne5 19. Qd2 (19. Nxc6 bxc6
20. Qd2 c5 21. f4 Nc6 $11 {[%csl Yd4]}) 19... Qc7 20. Rbc1 $14) 17... axb3 18.
axb3 Qa5 19. b4 (19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 (20. cxd5 Ne5 21. b4 Qa4 22. Qd2 Rfc8
$11) 20... Qb4 $11 (20... Nc5 $6 21. b4 Nxd3 22. bxa5 Nc5 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24.
Rxb7 Rfe8 25. Rb5 Bc3 26. Rxc5 $16)) 19... Qe5 $6 (19... Qd8 $14) 20. Rb3 (20.
Nd5 $5 Ra2 21. f4 Qe6 22. Bf3 (22. b5 $6 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Qf6 24. Rd2 Rfa8 25.
Rxa2 Rxa2 26. Bf3 b6 27. Qb3 Ra5 28. Rc1 Nc5 $15) 22... Bxd5 23. cxd5 Qf6 24.
Bg4 Nb8 25. Qb3 Ra8 26. Rbc1 (26. b5 {[%csl Rb8]} Qh4 (26... Rd8 27. g3 $1 {
[%csl Gb6,Rd8,Rf6][%cal Ge3d4]} (27. Rbc1 Nd7 28. Rc7 Nc5 29. Qc2 b6 30. g3 Ra1
31. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 32. Qd1 (32. Kg2 Ra8 $15) 32... Qxd1+ 33. Bxd1 Ra8 34. Kg2 Nxe4
35. Rxe7 Nc3 36. Bf3 Nxb5 37. Bxb6 Bf6 $11) 27... Qc3 28. Qxc3 Bxc3 29. Rbc1
Ba5 30. Bc8 $1 b6 31. Rc7 Kf8 32. Rdc1 Ke8 33. Kf2 Nd7 34. Bb7 Ra7 (34... Rab8
35. Bc6 $18) 35. Kf3 h5 36. R1c6 $22 $18 {[%cal Ge3d4,Ge4e5]}) 27. Bh3 f5 (
27... Bh6 28. Rf1 $16) 28. exf5 gxf5 29. Rbc1 $16) 26... Na6 27. Rd2 $16) 20...
b6 (20... Qe6 21. Nd5 Ra2 22. Nf4 Qe5 (22... Qf6 23. b5 Ne5 (23... Nc5 24. Bxc5
dxc5 25. Qb1 $1 (25. bxc6 Qxf4 26. Rxb7 $2 (26. cxb7 Bd4+ 27. Kh1 Rb8 28. Rb5
$1 (28. g3 Qc7 29. Rdb1 Ra7 $11) 28... Ra7 $140 29. Qb3 Qc7 30. Rb1 $16) 26...
Bd4+ 27. Kh1 Qd6 28. Rdb1 (28. Rd7 $4 Qxc6 29. Rxe7 Rb8 $19 {[%csl Re7]}) 28...
e5 29. R1b6 Rc8 30. Rd7 Qf6 31. Rbb7 Rxc6 32. Rxf7 Qxf7 33. Rxf7 Kxf7 34. h4
Rd6 $11) 25... Ra4 26. bxc6 Qxf4 27. cxb7 $16) 24. Qb1 $18) 23. Ra3 (23. b5 $2
Nc5 $15)) 21. f4 Qe6 22. Bf3 Rfc8 23. Nd5 Bxd5 (23... Ba4 $4 24. f5 Qe5 (24...
gxf5 25. exf5 Qe5 26. Bf4 Qd4+ 27. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 28. Rxd4 Bxb3 29. Nxe7+ Kg7 30.
Nxc8 Rxc8 31. Rxd6 $18) 25. Bf4 Qd4+ 26. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 27. Rxd4 Bxb3 28. Nxe7+ Kf8
29. Nxc8 Rxc8 30. Bxd6+ $18) 24. cxd5 $16 Qf6 25. Bg4 Rc7 26. Bxd7 Rxd7 27.
Bxb6 $2 (27. Rc1 Bh6 (27... e5 28. dxe6 Qxe6 29. f5 Qe5 30. Bxb6 d5 31. Rd1 Rb7
32. Bd4 Qxd4+ 33. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 34. Rxd4 dxe4 35. fxg6 f5 36. gxh7+ Kxh7 37. b5
Ra1+ 38. Kf2 Ra2+ 39. Kg3 Rg7+ 40. Kf4 Rf2+ 41. Ke5 Rgxg2 42. b6 Rf3 43. Rdb4
Rg8 44. b7 Rb8 45. Rb1 $1 $18 (45. Kd6 $2 Rxb3 46. Rxb3 f4 47. Ke5 (47. Kc7 $2
Rxb7+ 48. Rxb7 (48. Kxb7 f3 $19) 48... f3 49. Kd6+ Kg6 50. Ke5 f2 51. Rb6+ Kg5
52. Rf6 e3 $19) 47... f3 48. Kxe4 f2 $11) 45... Kg6 (45... e3 $2 46. Rh4+ (46.
Kd6 e2 47. Kc7 Rxb7+ 48. Rxb7 Rf1 $11) 46... Kg6 47. Rg1+ Kf7 48. Rh7+ Kf8 49.
Kf6 {Mate}) 46. Rb6+ Kg5 47. Rc6 Re8+ 48. Re6 Rb8 49. Rg1+ Kh5 50. Re7 Kh6 51.
Rgg7 {Mate}) 28. g3 Rb7 29. Ra3 $16) 27... Qxf4 28. Be3 Qg4 29. h3 Qg3 30. Bf2
Qxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vokarev, Sergey"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Tsesarsky} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 (5... e5 {-B54}
) 6. c4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Nd7 (11...
Qa5 12. Nd5 Qxd2+ (12... Qxa2 13. Nxe7+ Kh8 14. Be2 Ng8 (14... Rfe8 15. Nd5
Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bxd5 $2 17. exd5 Qxb2 18. Qxb2 Bxb2 19. Rc2 Bf6 20. Kf2 Re7 21.
Rd1 $18 {1-0 Tsesarsky-Shevelev/Petach-Tikva 1992 (64)}) 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. cxd5
Qxb2 17. Qxb2 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Bc3+ 19. Kf2 b6 20. Rhc1 Be5 21. Rc7 f5 22. exf5
Rxf5 23. g4 Rff8 24. g5 Rae8 25. Rxa7 Re7 26. Ra4 $1 $16 Rb7 27. f4 Rbf7 28.
Kg3 Bg7 29. Bg4 Ne7 30. Be6 Nf5+ 31. Kf3 Rb7 32. Bxf5 Rxf5 33. Ra8+ Rf8 34.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 35. Rxb6 Rxb6 36. Bxb6 $18 Kg8 37. f5 gxf5 38. Kf4 Kf7 39. Kxf5 Bg7
40. h4 Be5 41. h5 Bc3 42. Be3 Bb2 43. Bd2 Bd4 44. Bb4 Be5 45. Ba3 Bg3 46. Bb2
Bf2 47. g6+ hxg6+ 48. hxg6+ Kg8 49. Ke6 Bc5 50. Bf6 {1-0 Tsesarsky-Zilberman/
Ramat-Gan 1991}) 13. Kxd2 Nxd5 (13... Bxd5 14. cxd5 $16 {[%cal Gg2g3,Gf1h3]})
14. cxd5 Bd7 15. Rc7 $16) 12. Be2 Qa5 $146 (12... Ne5 13. b3 f5 14. O-O Kh8 15.
Rfd1 b6 16. f4 Nd7 17. Bf3 Rc8 18. Bd4 h6 19. Nb5 a6 20. Bxg7+ Kxg7 21. Nd4 $16
{1-0 Horvath,G-Parkanyi,A/Zalakaros op 1994 (38)}) (12... Rc8 13. b3 a6 14. O-O
Ne5 15. f4 Nc6 16. f5 Bd7 17. Nd5 Rb8 18. f6 $1 exf6 19. Bb6 Qe8 20. Nxf6+ $16
{1-0 Smejkal,J-Visier Segovia,F/EU-chT Kapfenberg 1970 (30)}) 13. b3 $6 (13.
Nd5 $5 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Bxd5 15. cxd5 Rac8 (15... Bxb2 16. Rc7 Nc5 17. Rb1 Bf6
18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Rbxb7 $16) 16. b3 a6 $14) 13... Rfc8 $11 {[%cal Ga7a6,Gb7b5]}
14. Nb5 Qxd2+ (14... Qd8 $2 15. Nxa7 $16) 15. Kxd2 a5 $6 {Takes Black squares
and gives b5 point} (15... a6 16. Nd4 Nc5 17. b4 Na4 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. f4 a5
20. b5 Nc5 21. Bf3 e5 $11) 16. Nd4 (16. Nc3 Kf8 17. h4 h5 {[%cal Gd7c5]} 18.
Nd5 a4 $11) 16... Nc5 17. Rc2 (17. Rb1 $14 {[%cal Gh1c1]}) 17... Bd7 18. g4 Na6
$5 19. a4 $6 (19. h4 Nb4 20. Rb2 Nc6 21. Kd3 (21. Kc3 b5 $1) 21... a4 $132 (
21... Nb4+ $11)) (19. a3 $142 Nc5 20. Rb1 Kf8 $14 (20... a4 21. b4 Bxd4 22.
Bxd4 Nb3+ 23. Kd3 Rc6 (23... Nxd4 24. Kxd4 f6 (24... g5 25. Rh1 h6 26. h4 Kg7
$14) 25. h4 $14) 24. Bf2 Rac8 25. b5 Nc5+ 26. Ke3 R6c7 27. f4 $14)) 19... Nc5
20. Rb1 Rf8 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Gf7f5]} 21. Rcc1 f5 22. gxf5 (22. exf5 gxf5 23. h3
(23. h4 fxg4 24. fxg4 Be5 $15) 23... fxg4 24. hxg4 $11) 22... gxf5 23. exf5
Bxf5 24. Nxf5 Rxf5 25. Rg1 Kf7 26. Rg5 (26. Rg3 Rf8 27. Bd1 $140 {[%csl Yb3]
[%cal Gd1c2] To free the rook b1}) 26... Rxg5 27. Bxg5 Bf6 28. Be3 Rg8 29. Bf1
(29. b4 $2 Nxa4 30. bxa5 Rg2 $19) 29... Bg5 30. f4 Bf6 31. Bh3 Rg6 {[%cal
Gg6h6]} 32. f5 $6 (32. Bxc5 $142 dxc5 33. Re1 $11) 32... Rg8 33. Bxc5 dxc5 $15
34. Rf1 (34. Re1 Bg5+ (34... Bd4 35. Re2 Rg1 36. Bg2 b6 37. Bd5+ Kf6 38. Re6+
Kxf5 39. Rxe7 $11) 35. Kc2 Bf4 36. Re2 Rg1 $15) 34... Bd4 35. Rf4 Rg1 36. Rh4
Rb1 37. Rxh7+ Bg7 (37... Kf6 38. Rh6+ Ke5 39. Re6+ Kf4 40. Rxe7 Rxb3 41. Rh7
Rb2+ 42. Kd3 Rxh2 43. Rh5 $15) 38. Bg4 Rxb3 39. Bd1 Ra3 40. Rh4 (40. Bc2) 40...
Bc3+ 41. Ke2 Bf6 42. Rh7+ Ke8 43. Bc2 Kd7 44. Rh6 Rc3 45. Bd3 Rb3 46. Bc2 Rc3
47. Bd3 Kd6 48. Rg6 Ra3 49. Bc2 Rh3 50. Rg2 Ke5 (50... Rh4 51. Bd3 Be5 52. Kf3
Bxh2 53. Rg6+ Kd7 54. f6 exf6 55. Rxf6 Bc7 56. Bf5+ Ke7 57. Re6+ Kf7 58. Re4
Rh1 $17) 51. Kd2 Rh4 52. Bd3 Kd4 53. h3 $2 (53. Kc2 Rh3 (53... Be5 54. h3 $1
$11) (53... b6 54. Rd2 Bg5 55. Re2 Be3 56. Rg2 Bf4 57. Re2 Be3 58. Rg2) 54. Rd2
Bg5 55. Bf1+ Bxd2 56. Bxh3 Bf4 57. Bg2 Bxh2 58. Bd5 $11) 53... Rxh3 $17 54.
Rg4+ Ke5 55. Re4+ Kd6 56. Re6+ Kd7 57. Rb6 Kc7 58. Re6 Rh1 59. Be2 $2 (59. Bc2
$17) 59... Bg5+ 60. Kc2 Ra1 61. Kb3 Rb1+ 62. Kc3 (62. Ka2 Rb4 63. Ka3 Bc1+ $19)
62... Bf6+ 63. Kd3 Ra1 $19 64. Ke4 Rxa4 65. Kd5 b6 66. Re3 Ra2 67. Bf3 Rd2+ 68.
Ke6 Bg5 69. Ra3 Rd6+ 70. Kf7 Rd4 71. Bd5 Bf6 72. Ke6 Rd1 73. Re3 Rd2 74. Rb3
Re2+ 75. Kf7 Bb2 76. Bf3 Rd2 77. Re3 Bf6 78. Bh1 a4 79. Ra3 b5 $1 80. cxb5 Rd4
0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Belov} c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2
Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O (9. Bg5 {Boensch} O-O 10. Qe3 Be6 11. Rc1 a6 12. O-O b5
13. cxb5 axb5 14. a3 $14 {Arnason - Petursson, Reykjavik 1990}) 9... O-O 10.
Qd3 Be6 11. Bd2 (11. Be3 {Boensch}) (11. Be3 {Belov} Qa5 12. Bd4 Rfc8 13. b3
Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. f4 Nf6 16. Kh1 a6 17. a4 Bd7 18. Rae1 Bc6 $10 {Smejkal,
J-Levchenkov,V/Lubniewice/1994/0,5/73/}) 11... Nd7 12. b3 a6 (12... Ne5 13. Qg3
Nc6 14. Kh1 Nd4 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Rad1 a6 17. f4 b5 18. f5 bxc4 $6 (18... Bd7 19.
Nd5 $14) 19. fxe6 cxd3 20. exf7+ Rxf7 21. Rxf7 (21. Qxd3 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Ne6 23.
Qd5 Qd7 $11) 21... Kxf7 22. Qxd3 Kg8 (22... Qd7 23. Qxa6 Nxb3 $2 24. axb3 Bxc3
25. Rc1 $18) 23. Qxa6 Kh8 24. Qd3 Qa5 25. Rf1 Rc6 $6 (25... Nc6 $142 $16) 26.
Ne2 Qc5 $6 (26... Qb5 27. Qxb5 Nxb5 28. Rc1 $18) (26... Qa6 27. Qxa6 Rxa6 28.
Nxd4 Bxd4 29. a4 $18) 27. Be3 {1-0 Smyslov,V-Kortschnoj,V/URS-ch28 Moscow 1961
(Tsesarsky)}) (12... Nc5 13. Qe3 Bd7 14. Rab1 Bc6 15. f3 a5 16. Kh1 Re8 17.
Rfd1 b6 18. Be1 Qb8 19. Bf2 Qb7 20. Bf1 Reb8 21. Nd5 Qd7 22. Qg5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5
Qc7 24. Qd2 Rd8 25. Qe3 Rab8 26. Rd5 e6 27. Rd2 e5 {Black squares blockade -
The main idea of this variation} 28. Rdd1 Ne6 29. Qd2 Nd4 30. Bd3 Qe7 31. Rf1
Bf6 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Tiviakov,S/Groningen 1995}) 13. f4 (13. Rad1 b5) (13. Rac1
{Boensch} Qb6 (13... Ne5 14. Qe3 (14. Qg3 Nc6 15. f4 Nd4 16. Bd3 f5 17. exf5
Bxf5 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. Qd3 Qd7 20. Nd5 Raf8 21. Bc3 Nc6 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qe4
$14 {1/2-1/2 Almasi Zoltan-Tiviakov Sergei/It (cat.13), Buenos Aires 
(Argentina) 1996 (58)}) 14... Nc6 15. Nd5 Nd4 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Bc3 e5 18. f4 Bc6
19. f5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Rodriguez,A-Antunes,A/Malaga op 1991 (46)}) 14. Kh1 Qd4 $6
(14... Nc5 {Boensch} 15. Qe3 Qc6) 15. Qc2 $1 (15. Qxd4 {Boensch} Bxd4 $10)
15... Rfc8 16. f4 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Qd1 Nf6 (18... Nc5 {Boensch} 19. Nd5 $18
) 19. Bf3 Rab8 (19... Qb6 {Boensch} 20. Qe2 Re8 21. g4 Bd7 22. g5 $16) 20. Qe1
$1 Bg4 21. Bxg4 Nxg4 22. Nd5 $18 {1-0 Fedorowicz,J-Polgar,Z/Amsterdam OHRA-B
1990 (32)}) 13... b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. f5 $2 (15. Qxb5 $1 f5 (15... Qc7 16.
Rfc1 f5 17. Bf3 Rfb8 18. Qe2 Qb6+ (18... Bxb3 19. exf5 $18) 19. Kf1 $16) 16.
Bc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4+ Kh8 18. exf5 Rc8 19. Qd3 Rxf5 $14) 15... Bxb3 $1 $17 (15...
b4 {Belov} 16. fxe6 bxc3 17. exf7+ Rxf7 18. Rxf7 Kxf7 19. Bxc3 $16) 16. Qxb5 (
16. axb3 $2 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 b4 $17 (17... b4 {Belov} 18. Ra6 bxc3 19. Bxc3 Bxc3
20. Qxc3 Ne5 $15)) 16... Rb8 17. Qd3 $8 (17. Qa6 {Belov} Nc5 18. Qa3 Bc2 $17)
17... Ne5 (17... Nc5 $5 18. Qe3 Bc2 19. Rac1 Rb2 (19... Bxc3 $2 20. Qxc3 Bxe4
21. Bh6 $16) 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Bf3 e6 $17) 18. Qe3 (18. Qg3 {Belov} Bc4 19.
Rae1 Rb2 $17) 18... Nc4 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. Rf3 (20. Rfb1 $142) 20... Qb6 21.
Qxb6 $8 Rxb6 22. Rc1 $6 (22. a4 gxf5 23. exf5 Ra8 $17) 22... Rb2 23. Bg5 $6 (
23. Be3 Bxa2 24. Nxa2 Rxa2 $17) 23... Bd4+ 24. Be3 (24. Kh1 {Belov} f6 25. Be3
Bxe3 26. Rxe3 Bxa2 $17) 24... Bxe3+ 25. Rxe3 Bxa2 $19 26. e5 (26. Nxa2 Rxa2 27.
Rc7 Rb8 28. h3 (28. Re1 {Belov} Rbb2 29. Rxe7 Rxg2+ 30. Kh1 Rxh2+ 31. Kg1 Rhg2+
32. Kh1 Kg7 $19) 28... Rbb2 29. Rg3 Kf8 $19) (26. Nd5 e6 $19) 26... dxe5 27.
Rxe5 (27. Nxa2 Rxa2 28. Rxe5 Rd8 {The game}) 27... Rd8 $1 28. Nxa2 (28. Na4
Rbd2 (28... Rb4 29. Nc3) 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. Rxe7 Bd5 31. g3 Rg2+ (31... Kf8 32.
Rec7 Rg2+ 33. Kf1 Rxh2 $19) 32. Kf1 Rxh2 33. Rcc7 Ra8 34. Ra7 Rxa7 35. Rxa7 Ra2
$19 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Ya2a7]}) (28. Rxe7 {Belov} Rdd2 29. Nxa2 $8 (29. f6 Rxg2+
30. Kf1 Bc4+ 31. Ke1 Rg1#) 29... Rxg2+ 30. Kf1 Rxa2 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. h4 Rh2
$19) 28... Rxa2 29. fxg6 (29. Rxe7 Rdd2 30. f6 Rxg2+ 31. Kh1 Rxh2+ 32. Kg1 h5
33. Rc8+ Kh7 34. Rxf7+ Kh6 35. Rff8 Rhg2+ 36. Kh1 Rgf2 37. Kg1 Rf5 38. Rc7 Raf2
39. f7 Kg5 40. Rc5 Rxc5 41. Kxf2 Rc7 $19) 29... hxg6 30. h4 (30. h3 Rdd2 31.
Rg5 Kg7 $19) 30... Rd4 (30... Rdd2 {Belov} 31. Rg5 e6 32. h5 $132) 31. h5 (31.
g3 {Belov} Rg4 32. Re3 e6 $17) 31... Rg4 32. Rc8+ Kg7 33. hxg6 Rgxg2+ 34. Kf1
Rgf2+ 35. Kg1 Rfd2 36. Rc1 Rg2+ 37. Kh1 Rh2+ 38. Kg1 Rag2+ 39. Kf1 Rxg6 (39...
Rxg6 {Belov} 40. Rxe7 Rh1+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Najdorf Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1997.05.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Spangenberg, Hugo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 (10. Qd3 $5 Be6 11. Bd4 Nd7 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. O-O
Nc5 14. Qd4+ f6 15. b4 Nd7 16. Nd5 a5 17. a3 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qb6 19. Qc3 $14 {
Horvath,T-Doery,J Hamburg HSK (11) 1991 1-0 44}) (10. Qd1 $2 Be6 11. O-O Qa5
12. Rc1 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. f4 Nd7 15. f5 Bxc3 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Bg4 Nc5 18. Kh1
Bg7 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20. Bxe6+ $15 {Barcenilla,R-Hedge,R Calcutta op (05) 1994
1-0 55}) 10... Be6 11. O-O (11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+ 15.
Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. h3 Rf8 19. f4 Rad8 20. Nc3 d5 $6 21. gxf5
$1 Bxf5 22. cxd5 Nf6 23. Bb6 Rd7 24. Ke3 Rc8 25. Bf3 $14 {Rodriguez,Am-Antunes,
A Capablanca mem-B (07) 1994 1-0 66 - CBM 43}) (11. f3 Qa5 12. O-O Rfc8 13.
Rfc1 a6 14. Rab1 Kf8 15. b4 Qd8 16. c5 Qd7 17. cxd6 Qxd6 18. Qxd6 exd6 {
Rodriguez,A-Antunes,A/Mondariz op/1994/}) 11... Qa5 12. Rab1 (12. Rac1 Rfc8 13.
b3 a6 14. f4 b5 15. f5 Bd7 16. b4 Qxb4 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxg6 Be6 19. gxf7+ Bxf7
20. Bh6 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 Bxc4 22. Qg5+ Kh8 23. Rxf6 Rg8 $19 {Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V 
(1) Moscow PCA 25' (03) 1994 0-1 33}) 12... Rfc8 13. b3 (13. b4 Qd8 14. c5 a5
15. a3 axb4 16. axb4 Ra3 17. Nb5 Ra2 18. Qd3 d5 19. Rbd1 Nxe4 $17 {1/2-1/2
Hanel,R-Stefansson,H/Vienna op 1991 (29)}) 13... a6 (13... Nd7 14. Rfc1 (14.
Nd5 Qxd2 15. Bxd2 Bxd5 16. exd5 b5 $15) 14... Qd8 15. Nd5 Nc5 (15... Bxd5 16.
exd5 a5 17. h4 h5 $1 18. g3 $10) 16. Bf3 a5 17. h4 Bxd5 18. exd5 (18. cxd5 b5
$10) 18... Qd7 19. Qe2 $1 $14 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V/Buenos Aires Sicilian
1994 (34)} (19. Re1 $5 {Ftacnik} Rc7 20. Qe2 $14)) (13... b5 $6 {Ftacnik} 14.
b4 $1 Qc7 15. e5 dxe5 16. Nxb5 $16) (13... Ng4 14. Nd5 $1 Qxd2 15. Bxd2 Kf8 16.
Bg5 $14 (16. Bxg4 Bxg4 17. Bg5 e6 18. Nf6 h6 19. Bxh6 Be2 20. Rfe1 Bxc4 21.
Nd7+ Kg8 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rbd1 (23. bxc4 Rc7 24. e5 Rxd7 25. exd6 b6 $15)
23... Bb5 24. Rxd6 Bxd7 25. Rxd7 $16 {1/2-1/2 Enders,P-Brendel,O/BL 1995 (52)})
) 14. Rfc1 Qb4 (14... Rab8 15. f3 Kf8 (15... Nd7 16. b4 Qd8 17. Nd5 f5 18. Bg5
Nf6 19. Nxf6+ exf6 20. Bf4 Bf8 21. c5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Micic,J-Ptacnikova,L/32nd
ol (women), Yerevan ARM 1996 (51)}) 16. Qe1 (16. b4 Qd8 17. Nd5 $1 $14 {
1-0 Psakhis,L-Rodriguez,A/Andorra 1996 (41)} (17. c5 dxc5 18. Qxd8+ Rxd8 19.
bxc5 $14)) 16... Nd7 17. b4 Qd8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 b6 20. a4 a5 21. bxa5
bxa5 22. Rb5 Nc5 23. Qd1 Ra8 24. g4 Kg8 25. Kg2 Qf8 {1-0 Morovic Fernandez,
I-Kudrin,S/NY Open, New York USA 1997}) (14... b5 15. b4 Qd8 16. cxb5 axb5 17.
Bxb5 Ra3 $1 18. Qe1 (18. Bf1 Rcxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxa2 20. Qc1 Nxe4 21. Ra3 Rxa3 22.
Qxa3 $16 {Ivanchuk,V-Khalifman,A/Yalta 25'/1995/1:0/42/}) 18... Ng4 19. Bd2 Bd4
20. Nd1 Rxa2 $132) (14... Nd7 15. f4 (15. b4 Qd8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Qc7 18.
Qd1 a5 19. a3 axb4 20. axb4 b6 21. f4 $14 {Kudrin,S-Dzindzichashvili,R/USA-ch/
1995/0,5/45/}) 15... Rab8 16. b4 Qd8 17. Nd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Zarnicki,
P-Spangenberg,H/Presidencia ARG ch 1995 (39)}) 15. f3 (15. a3 Qa5 (15... Qxa3
16. Ra1 Qb4 17. Ra4 Qxb3 18. Rb1 Nxe4 19. Rxb3 Nxd2 20. Bxd2 $16) 16. b4 (16.
f3 Nd7 17. Nd5 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 Bxd5 19. cxd5 $14 {Zontakh,A-Velimirovic,D/
Pozarevac/1995/0,5/75/}) 16... Qxa3 $2 (16... Qd8 $142 17. c5 dxc5 18. Qxd8+
Rxd8 19. Bxc5 $14) 17. Ra1 Qxb4 18. Ra4 (18. Rcb1 $5) 18... Nxe4 $8 19. Rxb4
Nxd2 20. Bxd2 $16 {1-0 David,A-Antunes,A/Erevan olm 1996 (37)}) 15... Nd7 16.
Nd5 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Bd4+ 19. Kf1 $14 Nb6 (19... h5 20. g3 Ne5 21.
h3 Kg7 22. f4 Nd7 23. Bf3 $14) 20. f4 {[%cal Ge2g4]} (20. a4 $14) 20... e6 $5 (
20... Kf8 21. Bg4 $1 f5 22. exf5 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Nxd5 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Ke2 $14)
21. dxe6 fxe6 22. Bf3 Rc6 (22... Kf7 23. Ke2 $14) 23. Rxc6 bxc6 24. Ba5 Nd7 $2
(24... Rb8 25. Rd1 e5 26. g3 c5 27. Ke2 $14) 25. Rd1 (25. Bc7 e5 (25... d5 26.
Rd1 Bb6 27. Bxb6 Nxb6 28. Ke2 $16) 26. Rd1 $16) 25... e5 26. Bc7 $16 Rf8 $8 27.
Bxd6 Rxf4 28. Rxd4 $1 (28. Bxe5 Nxe5 (28... Bxe5 29. Rxd7 Rf7 $11) 29. Rxd4
Nxf3 30. gxf3 Rxf3+ $11) 28... Rxf3+ $8 29. gxf3 exd4 30. Ke2 Kf7 31. f4 $6 $14
(31. Kd3 $1 Ke6 32. Bg3 c5 (32... Ne5+ 33. Kxd4 $1 (33. Bxe5 Kxe5 34. b4 (34.
f4+ Kxf4 35. Kxd4 g5 36. b4 h5 37. e5 Kf5 38. Kc5 Kxe5 39. Kxc6 g4 40. a4 h4
41. b5 axb5 42. axb5 g3 43. hxg3 h3 44. b6 h2 45. b7 h1=Q+ $19) (34. h4 c5)
34... g5 35. a3 h6 36. a4 h5 37. h3 h4 38. a5 Kf4 39. Kxd4 Kxf3 40. e5 g4 41.
hxg4 (41. e6 g3 42. e7 g2 43. e8=Q g1=Q+ $11) 41... h3 42. e6 h2 43. e7 h1=Q
44. e8=Q Qg1+ $11) 33... Nxf3+ 34. Kc5 Kd7 35. Kb6 h5 36. h4 $1 (36. Kxa6 h4
37. Bb8 Kc8 38. Ka7 g5 39. b4 g4 40. a4 Nxh2 41. b5 cxb5 42. axb5 Nf3 (42... g3
43. b6 $18) 43. b6 Nd4 44. b7+ Kd7 45. Kb6 Nc6 46. Bf4 g3 47. e5 g2 48. e6+ (
48. Bh2 Nb8 49. Bg1 Ke6 $11) 48... Kxe6 49. Kxc6 g1=Q 50. b8=Q $11) 36... g5
37. hxg5 Nxg5 (37... h4 38. Bf4 h3 39. g6 $18) 38. e5 Ne4 39. Be1 c5 40. a4 Ke6
41. a5 Kxe5 42. Kxa6 Kd5 43. Kb6 Nd6 (43... c4 44. b4 $1 (44. bxc4+ Kxc4 45. a6
Nd6 46. Bg3 Nc8+ 47. Kb7 Kb5 48. Bc7 h4 49. Bf4 Ka5 50. Be5 Kb5 51. Bc7 h3 52.
Bg3 Ka5 53. Bh2 Kb5 54. Bc7 Kc5 $1 (54... h2 55. Bxh2 $18) 55. Kxc8 h2 56. Bxh2
Kb6 $11) 44... c3 45. Bxc3 (45. a6 c2 46. a7 c1=Q 47. a8=Q+ $14) 45... Nxc3 46.
a6 Kd6 47. a7 Nd5+ 48. Kb7 Nc7 49. b5 h4 50. b6 h3 51. bxc7 h2 52. c8=Q h1=Q+
53. Kb8 $18) 44. Bg3 $1 $18) 33. b4 cxb4 34. Kxd4 g5 35. Kc4 (35. h3 a5 36. Kc4
Ne5+ 37. Bxe5 Kxe5 38. Kb5 Kf4 39. Kxa5 h5 (39... Kxf3 40. e5 $18) 40. Kxb4
Kxf3 41. e5 g4 42. e6 $1 (42. hxg4 hxg4 43. e6 g3 44. e7 g2 45. e8=Q g1=Q 46.
Qc6+ $16) 42... g3 43. e7 g2 44. e8=Q g1=Q 45. Qxh5+ $18) 35... Nf6 36. Kxb4 (
36. h3 $5) 36... g4 37. fxg4 Nxe4 38. Ka5 $18) 31... Ke6 32. Ba3 (32. Bc7 Nc5
33. Kf3 Nd3 $132 {[%cal Gd3c1]}) 32... c5 33. h4 $1 (33. Kd3 g5 $1 34. fxg5 (
34. f5+ Ke5) 34... Ne5+ 35. Kc2 (35. Ke2 c4 $1 36. Kd1 $13 (36. bxc4 d3+ 37.
Ke3 (37. Kf2 Nxc4 38. Bb4 Ke5 39. Kf3 Kd4 40. h4 a5 41. Be1 d2 42. Bxd2 Nxd2+
43. Kf4 Nxe4 44. h5 a4 45. g6 hxg6 46. hxg6 Nf6 47. Kf5 Ne8 48. a3 Kc3 49. Ke4
Kb3 50. Kd3 Kxa3 51. Kc3 Ng7 52. Kc2 Kb4 53. Kb2 a3+ 54. Ka2 Ka4 55. Kb1 Kb3
56. Ka1 Nf5 57. Kb1 a2+ $19) 37... Nxc4+ 38. Kxd3 Nxa3 39. h4 Ke5 40. h5 Nb5
41. g6 hxg6 42. hxg6 Kf6 43. Kc4 Kxg6 44. Kc5 $11)) 35... Nd7 (35... Nf3 36.
Bxc5 Ke5 37. Kd3 $16) 36. h4 Ke5 37. Kd3 Kf4 $132) 33... h6 34. Kd3 g5 35. hxg5
hxg5 36. fxg5 Ne5+ 37. Kc2 Kd6 (37... Nd7 $5 38. Bc1 Ke5 39. Kd3 c4+ $5 40.
Kxc4 $1 (40. bxc4 Nc5+ 41. Kc2 Kxe4 42. g6 Ne6 43. Bh6 d3+ 44. Kc3 d2 $1 45.
Kxd2 (45. Bxd2 Kf5 46. Kb4 Kxg6 47. Ka5 Kf7 48. Kxa6 Ke8 49. Kb7 Kd7 50. Be3
Nd8+ 51. Kb6 $18) 45... Kd4 46. g7 Nxg7 47. Bxg7+ Kxc4 $11) 40... Kxe4 41. b4
Ne5+ 42. Kb3 $16) (37... Nf3 38. Bxc5 Nxg5 39. Kd3 $18) 38. Bc1 Ng6 39. Bd2 Ke6
(39... Ke5 40. Kd3 Kd6 41. Be1 Nf4+ 42. Kc4 Ng6 (42... Ke5 43. Bg3 $18) 43.
Bg3+ Ne5+ 44. Bxe5+ Kxe5 45. Kd3 a5 46. a3 Ke6 47. b4 $18) 40. Kd3 Ne5+ 41. Ke2
Ng6 42. Be1 Nf4+ 43. Kf3 (43. Kd2 Nh3 44. Bh4 (44. g6 Kf6 45. Bg3 Kxg6 46. Kd3
(46. Bd6 Nf2 $1 $11) 46... Kf7 47. b4 (47. Kc4 Ng5 48. e5 Ke6 $11)) 44... Ng1
45. Kd3 Nf3 46. Bg3 Nxg5 $11) 43... Nd3 44. Bd2 (44. Bg3 Nc1 $132) 44... Ne5+
45. Ke2 Ng6 46. Bc1 Ke5 47. Kd3 Kd6 48. Ba3 Kc6 $2 (48... Ne5+ $1 49. Ke2 Ng6
$14) 49. Bb2 Ne7 (49... Kd6 50. Bc1 Ne5+ $16) (49... Ne5+ 50. Kc2 (50. Ke2 Ng6
51. Bc1 (51. Kf3 Ne5+) 51... Kd6 (51... Kb5 52. Bd2 c4 53. a4+ Kc5 54. bxc4
Kxc4 55. a5 $16) 52. Bd2 Ke5 53. Kd3 Kd6 54. Be1 Ne5+ 55. Ke2 Ke6 56. Bg3 Nc6
57. Kd2 $1 (57. Kf3 Nb4 58. a4 (58. Kg4 Nxa2 59. Kh5 d3 60. Bf4 Nc3 $17) 58...
Nc2 59. Ke2 (59. Bh4 Na1 60. g6 Nxb3 61. e5 c4 62. g7 Kf7 63. Bf6 Nc5 $17)
59... Na1 60. Kd3 Nxb3 61. Bc7 Kf7 62. Bd8 Kg6 63. Kc4 Nd2+ 64. Kxc5 d3 65. Kd4
Nxe4 66. Kxd3 Nc5+ $11) 57... Nb4 58. a3 Na2 (58... Nc6 59. Kd3 $18) 59. g6 Kf6
(59... Nc3 60. Kd3 $18) 60. Bd6 Kxg6 61. Bxc5 Kg5 62. Bxd4 Kf4 63. e5 $18)
50... Kd6 51. Bc1 Ng6 (51... c4 52. Bf4 $18) 52. Bd2 $16) (49... Kb5 50. Bxd4
cxd4 51. Kxd4 Kc6 (51... Kb4 52. e5 Ka3 53. e6 Kxa2 54. b4 Kb3 55. Kc5 Kc3 56.
Kd6 Nh4 (56... Kxb4 57. e7 Nxe7 58. Kxe7 a5 59. g6 a4 60. g7 a3 61. g8=Q $18)
57. e7 Nf5+ 58. Ke6 Ng7+ 59. Kf7 Nf5 60. g6 $18) 52. e5 Kd7 53. Kc5 Nxe5 54.
Kb6 Ke6 55. Kxa6 $18) (49... Nf4+ $5 50. Kc2 Kd6 51. Bc1 Ng6 52. Bd2 $16) 50.
Kc2 $18 (50. b4 cxb4 51. Bxd4 Kb5 52. Bf6 Ng6 53. e5 Kc5 54. Ke4 a5 55. Kf5
Nh4+ 56. Ke6 a4 57. Kd7 Ng6 58. e6 Nf8+ 59. Ke7 Ng6+ 60. Kf7 $18) 50... Ng6 51.
b4 Kb5 52. bxc5 Kxc5 53. Kb3 Ne5 54. Ba3+ Kc6 55. Bc1 Kc5 56. Bf4 Ng6 57. Bb8
d3 (57... Nh4 58. Ba7+ $18) 58. Kc3 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Black "Vokarev, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht Ivanchuk,V} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3
d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O Qa5 (11... a6 12. f3
Qa5 13. b4 Qxb4 14. Rab1 Qa5 15. Rxb7 Rfb8 16. Rfb1 Rxb7 17. Rxb7 Nd7 18. Nd5
Qxd2 19. Bxd2 Kf8 20. Bg5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Bd4+ 22. Kf1 $16 {1/2-1/2 De Firmian,
N-Dzindzichashvili,R/USA-ch Modesto 1995 (50)}) 12. f3 (12. Rfc1 Nxe4 $2 13.
Nxe4 Qxd2 14. Nxd2 Bxb2 15. Bf3 Bxc1 16. Rxc1 Rac8 17. Bxb7 Rc7 18. Bf3 Rb8 19.
Bd1 Rb2 20. Bb3 d5 21. Rd1 dxc4 22. Nxc4 Re2 23. Nd2 Bg4 24. Nf3 Rd7 25. Rc1
Bxf3 26. gxf3 Kg7 27. Kf1 Rb2 28. Ra1 $1 a5 29. Bc1 Rdd2 30. Bxd2 Rxd2 31. a4 {
1-0 Psakhis,L-Alterman,B/ISR t-ch 1996}) (12. Rab1 $5 {Ivanchuk,V N} Rfc8 (
12... Ng4 $5 {Ivanchuk,V} 13. Nd5 (13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Qe5 15. Qxe5 Nxe5 $10)
(13. b4 Bxc3 $1 14. Qxc3 Qe5 15. Qxe5 Nxe5 $13) 13... Qxd2 14. Bxd2 Bxd5 15.
cxd5 Nf6 16. f3 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 $14) 13. b3 Nd7 (13... a6 {Ivanchuk,V} 14. Rfc1
Rab8 $5 (14... b5 $6 15. b4 $1 Qd8 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 $16)) (13... b5 {
Ivanchuk,V} 14. b4 $1 Qc7 15. e5 $1 (15. Nxb5 $6 Qb7 $1) 15... dxe5 16. Nxb5
Qb7 17. c5 $14) (13... Ng4 {Ivanchuk,V} 14. Bd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Nf6 $5 $14 (15...
Qe5 $6 16. Qxe5 Nxe5 17. f4 Nc6 18. f5 Bd7 19. f6 $16)) 14. Rfc1 Qd8 $2 (14...
a6 $142 {Ivanchuk,V} 15. f4 Rab8) 15. Nd5 $16 {/\ Qh6 1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V/
Buenos Aires 1994 (34)}) 12... Rfc8 (12... a6 13. b4) 13. Rfc1 Nd7 14. Rab1 $1
(14. b3 b5 $15) 14... Bxc4 15. Nd5 $1 Qxd2 $8 16. Nxe7+ Kf8 17. Bxd2 Bd4+ 18.
Kh1 $8 Kxe7 (18... Bxa2 19. Nxc8 Bxb1 20. Bh6+ (20. Nxd6 Ba2 21. Nxb7 $16)
20... Bg7 21. Bxg7+ Kxg7 22. Nxd6 Ba2 23. Rc7 Be6 24. Nxb7 $16) 19. Bxc4 $14
Nb6 20. Bb3 (20. Bd3 $14) 20... Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8 Nxc8 23. Bd5 Bxb2
24. Bxb7 Nb6 25. g3 (25. Kg1 Nc4 26. Be1 $14) 25... Bd4 26. h4 (26. Kg2 h5 27.
f4 $14) 26... Kf6 27. Kg2 d5 $6 28. Kf1 $2 (28. exd5 $8 Ke7 (28... Nc4 29. Bg5+
(29. Bc1 Ne3+) 29... Kf5 30. Bf4 (30. g4+ Ke5 31. Kg3 Be3 32. f4+ Kd6 33. Kf3
Bc1 34. Ke4 Nd2+ 35. Kd3 Nf3 36. Bh6 Nh2 37. g5 (37. Bf8+ Kc7) 37... Bxf4 38.
Bf8+ Kc7 39. Bc6 Bg3 $11) (30. Kf1 $1 $16) 30... Be5 31. Bc8+ Kf6 32. Bg5+ Kg7
33. f4 Bd4 34. Bd8 Ne3+ 35. Kf3 Nxd5 36. Ke4 Bb6 37. Bxb6 Nxb6 38. Ba6 Kf6 39.
Kd4 $14) (28... h5 29. Bg5+ Kf5 30. Bf4 a5 (30... f6 $4 31. Ba6 {Mate}) 31. Kf1
Be5 32. Be3 Nc4 33. Bc8+ Kf6 34. Bf2 Ke7 35. Ba6 $16) 29. Bb4+ $16) 28... dxe4
29. Bxe4 Nc4 $11 30. Bh6 (30. Bc1 Be3 31. Bxe3 Nxe3+ 32. Ke2 Nf5 $11) 30...
Ne3+ 31. Ke2 Nf5 32. Bxf5 (32. Bg5+ Ke5 33. Bf4+ Ke6 $11) 32... Kxf5 33. Be3 (
33. g4+ $11 {Hecht}) 33... Bxe3 (33... Ke5 34. Kd3 Bxe3 35. Kxe3 h5 36. Kd3 Kd5
37. Ke3 a5 (37... Kc4 38. Ke4 a5 39. Ke5 $18) 38. Kd3 a4 39. Kc3 Kc5 40. a3 f6
41. Kd3 Kd5 42. Kc3 f5 43. Kd3 Ke5 44. Ke3 (44. f4+ Kd5 $19) 44... f4+ 45.
gxf4+ Kf5 46. Ke2 Kxf4 47. Kf2 g5 48. hxg5 Kxg5 49. Kg3 Kf5 50. Kh4 Kf4 51.
Kxh5 Kxf3 52. Kh4 $11) 34. Kxe3 {[#]_|_ Hecht Fragliche Abwicklung ins
P-Endspiel nach B-Tausch. Fehlerhafte Aktivität des wK wegen schwarzem
P-Durchbruch} h5 35. Kd4 (35. a4 f6 36. a5 g5 (36... Ke5 37. g4 f5 (37... Kd5
38. Kf4 Kc5 39. g5 $18) 38. gxh5 gxh5 39. a6 f4+ 40. Kd3 Kd5 41. Kc3 Kc5 42.
Kd3 Kb6 43. Ke4 Kxa6 44. Kxf4 Kb5 45. Kg5 a5 (45... Kc6 46. f4 Kd7 47. Kg6 a5
48. f5 a4 49. f6 a3 50. f7 a2 51. f8=Q a1=Q $14) 46. f4 a4 47. f5 a3 48. f6 a2
49. f7 a1=Q 50. f8=Q Qe5+ 51. Qf5 Qxf5+ 52. Kxf5 Kc5 53. Kg5 Kd6 54. Kxh5 Ke7
55. Kg6 Kf8 $11) 37. hxg5 (37. a6 gxh4 38. gxh4 Ke5 39. Ke2 Kf4 40. Kf2 f5 41.
Ke2 Kg3 42. Ke3 Kxh4 43. Kf4 Kh3 $19) 37... fxg5 38. a6 h4 39. gxh4 gxh4 40.
Kf2 Kf4 41. Kg2 $11) (35. f4 {Hecht} Kg4 36. Kf2 Kh3 37. Kf3 (37. f5 gxf5 38.
Kf3 f6 39. Kf4 Kg2 40. a4 a5 $19) 37... f5 38. a3 a6 39. a4 a5 40. Kf2 Kh2 41.
Kf3 Kg1 $19) 35... f6 36. a4 (36. Ke3 g5 (36... Ke5 {Hecht} 37. g4 f5 38. gxh5
gxh5 39. f4+ Kd5 40. Kd3 a5 41. a4 $11) 37. hxg5 fxg5 38. a4 (38. Kf2 h4 39.
gxh4 gxh4 40. Kg2 Kf4 41. Kh3 $11) 38... a5 39. Kf2 h4 40. Kg2 Ke5 41. Kh3 hxg3
42. Kxg3 Kf5 $11) 36... g5 37. Kc5 $4 (37. Ke3 $2 gxh4 38. gxh4 a5 39. Kd4 (39.
Ke2 $4 Kf4 40. Kf2 f5 $19 (40... f5 {Hecht} 41. Ke2 Kg3 42. Ke3 Kxh4 43. Kf4
Kh3 44. Kxf5 Kg3 45. Kg5 h4 $19)) 39... Kf4 40. Kc4 Kxf3 41. Kb5 f5 42. Kxa5 f4
43. Kb6 Kg3 44. a5 f3 45. a6 f2 46. a7 f1=Q 47. a8=Q Qf6+ $17) (37. hxg5 $1
fxg5 (37... Kxg5 {Hecht} 38. Ke4 $11) 38. Ke3 a5 39. Kf2 Ke5 40. Ke3 Kd5 41. f4
Ke6 $11 (41... h4 42. fxg5 hxg3 43. Kf3 Ke5 44. Kxg3 Kf5 45. Kh4 Kg6 46. Kg4
Kf7 47. Kf5 Kg7 48. Ke5 Kg6 49. Kd5 Kxg5 50. Kc5 Kf6 51. Kb5 Ke6 52. Kxa5 Kd7
53. Kb6 Kc8 $11)) 37... g4 $19 (37... gxh4 $6 {Hecht} 38. gxh4 Kf4 39. Kb5 Kg3
$1 (39... Kxf3 $2 40. Ka6 f5 41. Kxa7 f4 42. a5 Kg4 43. a6 f3 44. Kb6 f2 45. a7
f1=Q 46. a8=Q {Endspiel-CD: Remis auch ohne den Bh4 und mit Schwarz am Zuge!})
40. Ka6 Kxh4 41. Kxa7 Kg3 42. Kb6 h4 43. a5 h3 44. a6 h2 45. a7 h1=Q 46. a8=Q
Qxf3 {Endspiel-CD: Schwarz gewinnt in 54 Zügen}) 38. f4 (38. fxg4+ {Hecht} Kxg4
39. Kb5 Kxg3 40. Ka6 f5 41. Kxa7 f4 42. a5 f3 43. a6 f2 $19) 38... Ke4 39. Kd6
(39. Kb5 {Hecht} Kf3 40. Ka6 Kxg3 41. Kxa7 Kxh4 42. a5 g3 43. a6 g2 $19) 39...
Kf3 40. f5 Kxg3 41. Ke6 Kxh4 0-1

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qd2 (10. Qe3 $6 Be6 11. O-O Qb6 12. Qd2 (12. Qxb6 axb6
13. b3 $132 (13. f4 Rfc8 14. b3 Nd7 15. Rfc1 Bd4+ 16. Kf1 f6 17. Bh4 Nc5 $15) (
13. a4 h6 14. Be3 Nd7 $132)) 12... Qa5 $6 (12... Rfc8 13. b3 a6 $132 14. Kh1
$140 Qa5 15. Rac1 (15. f4 $2 Nd5 $3 16. Nb1 (16. exd5 Bxc3 17. Qe3 Bxa1 18.
dxe6 (18. Rxa1 Bf5 19. Bxe7 Re8 20. Bf1 Rac8 $19) 18... f6 19. Rxa1 fxg5 20.
fxg5 Rc5 $17) 16... Nb4 (16... Qxd2 17. Nxd2 Ne3 18. Bxe7 Rc6 19. Rf3 Bxa1 20.
Rxe3 Re8 $17) 17. e5 $132) 15... b5 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 Bxd5 18. exd5 Ne4
$132) 13. Rad1 (13. b4 $2 Qxb4 (13... Qa3 14. Rab1 $132) 14. Rab1 Qc5 15. Rxb7
Rfe8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 $11) 13... Rfc8 14. b3 a6 15. f4 b5 16. f5 b4 17.
fxe6 bxc3 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Qd5+ (19. Qf4 $2 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,I-Tangborn,E/
Budapest Spring op 1992}) 19... Qxd5 20. exd5 $14) 10... Be6 11. Rd1 Qa5 12.
O-O Rfc8 (12... a6 13. Bxf6 (13. b3 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxb5
Rfb8 17. b4 Qxa2 (17... Qb6 18. a3 Bd7 19. Nc3 Be6 (19... Bc6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21.
Qxd5 Rxa3 22. b5 $15) 20. Nb1 $44 {1/2-1/2 Sherzer,A-Karolyi,T/HUN-chT 1993 
(56)}) 18. Nc7 Ra3 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 $17) 13... Bxf6 14. Nd5 Qxd2 (14... Qxa2 15.
Nxf6+ exf6 16. Qc3 Qa4 17. Rxd6 Rac8 18. b3 Qa3 19. Rfd1 Rc7 20. h4 Kg7 21. h5
gxh5 22. Rxe6 {1-0 Tiviakov,S-Polak,T/Oakham 1992}) 15. Nxf6+ exf6 16. Rxd2 b5
17. cxb5 axb5 18. a3 Rfb8 19. f4 $16 {- Campora,D-Morovic Fernandez,I/ESP-chT
1994/EXT 94ch (36)}) 13. b3 Rc5 $6 $146 (13... a6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Qxd2
16. Nxf6+ Kg7 17. Nh5+ gxh5 18. Rxd2 Rc5 19. f4 f6 20. a4 (20. Re1 Ra7 21. e5
$5 (21. a4 $14) 21... dxe5 22. Bxh5 b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. fxe5 Rxe5 25. Rxe5
fxe5 26. Bf3 $132 {1-0 Reeh,O-Vatter,H/BL 1994 (46)}) 20... Rg8 (20... a5 21.
Rf3 Rg8 22. f5 Bf7 23. Rg3+ Kh6 24. Rxg8 Bxg8 25. Kf2 Bf7 26. Rd3 Re5 27. Ke3
Be8 28. Kf4 Bc6 29. Re3 b6 30. Bxh5 Bxe4 31. Rxe4 Kxh5 32. Rd4 Re2 33. Rd3 $2 (
33. g4+ Kh4 (33... Kh6 34. h4 $14) 34. g5 $1 Rxh2 35. gxf6 exf6 36. Rxd6 Rf2+
37. Ke4 Kg5 38. Rxb6 $16) 33... Rf2+ $17 {0-1 Prie,E-Trauth,M/Cannes op 1992/
TD 92\04 (37)}) 21. Rf3 Kh8 22. Rg3 Rxg3 23. hxg3 Kg7 24. Kf2 f5 25. Bxh5 (25.
Ke3 $14) 25... fxe4 26. Be2 a5 27. Ke3 d5 28. Kd4 b6 29. Ke5 $16 {1-0 Prie,
E-Adrian,C/Belfort op 1989/TD 89\04 (39)}) (13... b5 $2 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxb5
$16 {De Vreugt,D-Van der Weide,K/Donner mem op 1996/EXT 96op2/1-0 (39)}) (13...
Kf8 14. f4 (14. Bh6 a6 15. Bxg7+ Kxg7 16. f4 b5 17. f5 Bd7 18. g4 h6 19. h4 b4
20. g5 hxg5 21. hxg5 bxc3 22. gxf6+ exf6 23. Qxd6 Rd8 24. b4 Qe5 25. Qxe5 fxe5
26. fxg6 $16 {1-0 Fernandez Cazorla A-Lenoble P/Ch Catalunya 1995 (39)}) 14...
Rc5 15. Bf3 Rxg5 $6 16. fxg5 Nd7 17. Nd5 Qc5+ 18. Qf2 Be5 19. g3 Bxd5 20. Qxc5
Nxc5 21. exd5 $16 {1-0 Renet,O-Tiviakov,S/Clichy op 1991/TD 91\02 (50)}) 14.
Be3 Ng4 $6 (14... Rc6 15. f4 Ng4 16. Bd4 Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4 Nf6 (17... Qc5 $2 18.
f5 $18) 18. e5 $14) 15. Bd4 $16 (15. Bxc5 $2 Bxc3 16. b4 Qa3 17. Qc1 Bb2 18.
Qg5 dxc5 19. Bxg4 Bxc4 (19... Bf6 20. Qf4 Bxc4 21. e5 $16) 20. Qxc5 Bxf1 21.
Kxf1 e5 $15) 15... Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Nf6 (16... Ne5 17. f4 Nc6 18. Qe3 Nb4 19. Rd2
$16) 17. f4 Rd8 (17... Rac8 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Nd7 20. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 21. cxd5
Qxa2 22. e6 fxe6 23. Bg4 e5 24. Be6+ Kh8 25. Qh4 Rc2 26. Qg5 $18) 18. e5 Ne8
19. g4 $1 Ng7 (19... Rd7 20. Ne4 $6 (20. f5 $1 dxe5 21. Qe3 (21. fxe6 Rxd4 22.
exf7+ Kf8 $19) 21... Rxd1 22. Bxd1 gxf5 23. gxf5 Bd7 24. Qg5+ Ng7 25. f6 exf6
26. Qxf6 Be8 (26... Be6 27. b4 $1 Qxb4 28. Qd8+ Ne8 29. Qxe8+ Kg7 30. Rf3 $16)
27. Ne4 Rc6 28. Qe7 Rg6+ 29. Kh1 Qxa2 30. Nf6+ Rxf6 31. Qxf6 $16) 20... Rcc7
21. f5 dxe5 22. Qf2 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Bd7 24. Rf1 (24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Rf1 f6 $17)
24... gxf5 25. gxf5 Bc6 26. Qg2+ Kh8 27. Kh1 Nd6 28. Bf3 Nxe4 (28... Nxf5 29.
Rg1 Rc8 30. Qg5 $16) 29. Bxe4 Bxe4 30. Qxe4 Qc5 $15) 20. Qe3 (20. Ne4 $5 Rcc8 (
20... Rc6 21. exd6 exd6 (21... f5 22. gxf5 gxf5 (22... Nxf5 23. Qe5 $1 $18) 23.
Kh1 $1 exd6 (23... fxe4 24. Rg1 $18) 24. Rg1 Rc7 25. Qf6 Rf7 26. Rxg7+ Rxg7 27.
Qxe6+ $18) 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Bf3 Rcc8 24. Rf2 $16) 21. exd6 f5 22. gxf5 Bxf5 23.
Bf3 Qxa2 24. Qd5+ e6 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. Qxb7 Rb8 27. Rf2 $1 $16) 20... Rc6 21.
Nb5 (21. Bf3 Ra6 22. c5 dxc5 (22... dxe5 23. b4 Qc7 24. Qxe5 $18) 23. Rxd8+
Qxd8 24. Bxb7 (24. Qxc5) 24... Rb6 25. Rd1 Qc7 26. Bf3 c4 27. Qd4 Ne8 28. b4 (
28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. Bxd5 cxb3 30. Bxb3 e6 31. Ba4 Rb8 32. Qe3 a6 $14) 28... Rb8 (
28... Rxb4 $2 29. f5 $1 $16) 29. b5 $16) 21... Ra6 $6 (21... a6 $142 22. Nd4
Rc5 23. a3 $3 Qxa3 (23... Qc7 24. b4 Rxc4 25. Nxe6 Nxe6 26. Bxc4 Qxc4 27. Rc1
$16) 24. exd6 exd6 (24... Rxd6 25. Nc2 $18) 25. Nc2 Qb2 26. Qxc5 Qxc2 27. Qe3
$16) 22. exd6 exd6 23. f5 $1 $18 (23. a3 $2 $16) 23... gxf5 $8 24. gxf5 Bc8 (
24... Nxf5 25. Qg5+ Kf8 (25... Ng7 26. b4 Qb6+ 27. c5 $18) 26. b4 h6 27. Qf6
$18) (24... Bxf5 25. Rxf5 Nxf5 26. Qg5+ Ng7 27. b4 $18) 25. f6 Ne6 $8 26. Rf2
$1 (26. Bg4 $2 Qb6 (26... Kh8 27. Qg3 Rg8 $17) 27. Qxb6 Rxb6 28. Nxa7 Bd7 29.
Rf2 $18) 26... Kh8 27. Bd3 (27. Bf3 $5) 27... Rg8+ 28. Rg2 (28. Kh1 Qb6 29.
Qxb6 Rxb6 30. Bf5 Bd7 31. Nxd6 Bc6+ 32. Be4 $18) 28... Rxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Qd8 30.
Qh6 Qg8+ 31. Kh1 Bd7 (31... Nf8 32. Be4 Rxa2 33. Nxd6 Be6 34. Rg1 Ng6 35. Bxg6
fxg6 36. Re1 Rb2 (36... Bd5+ 37. Kg1 Rg2+ 38. Kf1 $18) 37. Rxe6 Rb1+ 38. Kg2
Rb2+ 39. Kg3 Rxb3+ 40. Kf4 g5+ 41. Qxg5 Rf3+ 42. Kxf3 Qxg5 43. Re8+ Qg8 44.
Nf7#) 32. Nc3 (32. Be4 $1 d5 $8 33. cxd5 Nf8 34. Nc3 $18) 32... Ra5 (32... Bc6+
33. Nd5 Nf8 34. Bxh7 $1 $18) 33. Nd5 Nf8 $8 34. Rg1 Ng6 35. Rxg6 $1 fxg6 36.
Ne7 Bc6+ (36... Rh5 37. Nxg8 Bc6+ 38. Kg1 Rxh6 39. Nxh6 $18) 37. Kg1 Qf7 38.
Bxg6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 1st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.07.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[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. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Rab1 Rfc8 13. Rfc1 a6 (13...
Bxc4 14. Nd5 Qxd2 15. Nxe7+ Kf8 16. Bxd2 Kxe7 17. Rxc4 Rxc4 18. Bxc4 Nxe4 19.
Re1 f5 20. f3 $18) 14. b3 Rab8 15. f3 h5 {This pawn structure is standard in
this variation. The last move idea is to play Bh6 after Qd8-f8 and maybe Kh7.}
(15... Nd7 16. b4 Qd8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 (17... f5 18. Bg5 Nf6 19. Nxf6+ exf6 20. Bf4
$14 {1/2-1/2 Micic,J-Ptacnikova,L/32nd ol (women), Yerevan ARM 1996/ (51)}) 18.
Qxd5 (18. cxd5 $14) 18... Qc7 (18... Rc6 19. Qd2 Rbc8 20. a4 Qc7 (20... Nb6 21.
Qa2 Qc7 22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 $16) 21. b5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Erwich,F-Hendriks,W/
Hoogeveen NED 1999/ (39)}) 19. Qd1 a5 20. a3 axb4 21. axb4 b6 $14 {1/2-1/2
Kudrin,S-Dzindzichashvili,R/USA ch Modesto 1995/(45)}) (15... Kf8 16. Qe1 (16.
b4 {See comments to the game  1-0 Psakhis,L-Rodriguez,A/Andorra 1996/ (42)})
16... Nd7 17. b4 Qd8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 $14 {1-0 Morovic Fernandez,I-Kudrin,
S/New York 1997/EXP 57/ (25)}) (15... Qd8 16. Kh1 h5 17. a4 Kh7 18. Bd3 Bd7 19.
Re1 Qa5 20. b4 Qd8 21. a5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Zarnicki,P-Minzer,C/Clarin GP 1997 (52)}
) (15... b5 16. b4 Qd8 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Ra8 19. Na7 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 $16 {
1-0 Rowson,J-Palliser,R/Scarborough ENG 1999/(26)}) 16. Rc2 {Of course, both
of sides play surround b7-b5 promotion.} Kf8 (16... b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. b4 Qa3
19. Bd4 Bd7 20. Bd3 $14 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gb1b3]}) 17. Bf1 Qd8 18. a4 {[%csl
Rb4][%cal Gb7b5] Now to play b7-b5 is more difficult. This move weaken b4
square.} Kg8 ({Interesting is} 18... a5 $5 {[%csl Rb4,Rc5,Re5][%cal Gf6d7,
Gd7c5] with the idea of Blockade on black squares.} 19. Nd5 $1 (19. Rd1 Nd7)
19... Nd7 (19... Nxd5 20. exd5 Bf5 21. Bd3 $14) 20. Bg5 {[%csl Re7]} Bxd5 (
20... f6 21. Be3 Nc5 22. Rcc1 $14 {[%csl Rg6,Rh5]}) 21. exd5 Nc5 22. Qe3 Qc7
23. Re1 $14) 19. Kh1 Kf8 {Black K is dancing on f8-g8 and wait for White
activity.} 20. Rbc1 Kg8 21. Kg1 Kf8 22. Kh1 Kg8 23. Ne2 $1 {[%csl Re6][%cal
Ge2d4,Gd4e6] At last White start to do something.} Nd7 (23... Bd7 24. c5 $1 $14
) 24. Nf4 (24. Nd4 Nc5 25. Nxe6 Nxe6 26. a5 $14 {like in this game}) 24... Nc5
25. Nxe6 Nxe6 26. a5 Nc5 27. Rb1 b6 28. axb6 Qxb6 29. Ra2 $6 $132 (29. b4 $1 a5
30. b5 Ra8 31. Ra2 $14 {[%csl Ra5]}) 29... a5 $6 $14 {Black put mistake.
Instead of this move} ({right was} 29... Qb4 $1 {[%csl Rb4,Rc5][%mdl 32] With
blockade on black squares - one of the main ideas in this opening.} 30. Qf2 (
30. Qxb4 Rxb4 31. Bxc5 dxc5 32. Rxa6 Rcb8 $44) (30. Qc2 Nxb3 31. Rxa6 Nd4 32.
Rxb4 Nxc2 33. Rxb8 Rxb8 34. Rb6 Ra8 35. Bf2 Bd4 36. Bxd4 Nxd4 $17) 30... a5 $11
(30... Nxb3 31. Rxa6 Rb7 $11)) (29... Nxb3 $2 30. Bxb6 (30. Qd3 Qb4 31. Bd2 $16
) 30... Nxd2 31. Rxd2 Rc6 32. c5 dxc5 33. Rd8+ Rxd8 34. Bxd8 $16) 30. Qxa5 Qb4
(30... Qc6 $1 31. b4 Ra8 32. Qxa8 Rxa8 33. Rxa8+ Qxa8 34. bxc5 dxc5 35. Bxc5
Kf8 36. Be3 $14) (30... Qxa5 $6 31. Rxa5 Nxb3 32. Rb5 Rxb5 33. cxb5 Nc5 34. b6
$16) 31. Qxb4 Rxb4 32. Ra5 Rcb8 (32... Nxb3 33. Rb5 $1 Rxb5 (33... Rb8 34.
Rxb8+ Rxb8 35. c5 $18 {[%csl Rb3,Gc5][%cal Gf1c4,Gb1b8]}) 34. cxb5 Nc5 35. b6
$16) 33. Rb5 R8xb5 $4 $18 {Decisive mistake.} ({Good was} 33... Bc3 $1 {
[%csl Rb4,Rc5][%cal Gc3b4]} 34. Bxc5 (34. Be2 R8xb5 35. cxb5 Rxb3 (35... Nxe4
$2 36. fxe4 Rxe4 37. b6 d5 38. b7 Be5 39. Bf2 $18 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Gf2g3,Gb7b8]
}) 36. Rxb3 Nxb3 37. b6 Nc5 38. Bc4 Ba5 39. Bxc5 dxc5 40. b7 Bc7 $11) 34...
dxc5 35. Rxc5 Rxb3 36. Rc8+ Rxc8 37. Rxb3 Bd4 38. g3 Kg7 $14) 34. cxb5 Bd4 ({
Now Black has no enough time for} 34... Rxb3 35. Rxb3 Nxb3 36. b6 Nc5 37. Bxc5
dxc5 38. f4 $1 Bh6 39. g3 $18) 35. Bg5 Bf6 (35... Kf8 36. Bc4 {[%cal Gg5d2]}
Bc3 37. Bc1 $18 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Gc1a3]}) 36. Bxf6 exf6 37. Kg1 (37. Rd1 Nb7
38. Bc4 Na5 39. Kg1 (39. Be2 Nb7 40. Bc4 $18 (40. Ra1 Rxb3 41. Kg1 Nc5 42. Ra8+
Kg7 43. Kf2 $16)) 39... Nxb3 40. Rb1 Rxc4 41. Rxb3 $18) 37... Ne6 (37... Kf8
38. Bc4 Ke7 39. Ra1 (39. Kf2 f5 40. exf5 gxf5 41. Ke3 $18) 39... Nxb3 40. Ra7+
Kd8 41. Bxf7 $18) 38. Rd1 (38. Bc4 Nd4 39. Kf2 $18) 38... Nd4 39. b6 Nb5 (39...
Kf8 40. Bc4 Nxb3 41. Rb1 Rxc4 42. Rxb3 $18) (39... Nxb3 40. Rb1 $18 {[%csl Rb3]
}) 40. Rd5 1-0

[Event "NED-ch58"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "2003.06.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2003.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 12]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7.
Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 Be6 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3 a6
14. Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. h3 Rf8 19. f4 Rad8 20.
g5 {The best.} ({Of course, Black was ready for} 20. Bf3 $6 {Badly is} d5 $2 (
20... fxg4 $1 {Strong move.} 21. hxg4 d5 22. cxd5 (22. Bxd5 Nf6 23. Nb6 Nxd5 (
23... Nxg4 24. Rcg1 Kh8 $132) 24. cxd5 Bxg4 $132) 22... Ne5 23. Ke2 (23. fxe5
Rxf3 24. Nb6 Bxd5 25. Nxd5 Rxd5+ 26. Ke2 Rg3 $11) 23... Bxg4 24. Bxg4 Nxg4 25.
Nb6 Nxe3 26. Kxe3 e6 $1 $11) 21. cxd5 Nf6 {in view of} 22. gxf5 $1 (22. Nb6 $2
Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Nxd5 Rxd5+ 25. Ke2 e5 $132 {0-1 Coelho,L-Braga,C/
Americana 2001/EXT 2002 (37)}) 22... Bxf5 23. Nb6 Be6 {[%csl Rd5]} 24. Rc7 $16)
20... Nc5 ({Premature is} 20... d5 $6 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. Rhd1 e5 23. Ke1 Bc6 ({
Or} 23... exf4 24. Rxd5 fxe3 25. Rcd1 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Gd1d8]} b5 26. Nb6 Nxb6
27. Rxd8 $18) 24. Bxa6 exf4 25. Bxf4 Rde8+ 26. Kf1 $16 {1-0 Goloshchapov,A-Van
der Weide,K/Hoogeveen 2001/CBM 84 ext (44)}) 21. Nc3 Ne4+ $2 $16 {This move is
serious positional mistake.} ({Strongly recommended to play} 21... Bd7 $1 22.
Bf3 Bc6 23. Nd5 Rd7 24. b4 (24. Rhe1 e6 25. Bxc5 exd5 26. Bb4 dxc4 27. Bxc6
bxc6 28. Rxc4 c5 $11) 24... Ne4+ 25. Bxe4 fxe4 $11) 22. Nxe4 fxe4 {[%csl Re4]}
23. Bg4 $6 $14 {Returning to Black a good part of advantage.} ({Worth of
attention} 23. Bb6 $1 {Mr Sergey Tiviakov, prepare some defence!} Rc8 (23...
Rde8 24. Ke3 Bf5 25. Rcd1 $16) 24. Ke3 {[%csl Re4]} Rc6 25. Ba5 Bf5 26. Bb4 e5
27. fxe5 Bxe5 28. Rcf1 $16) 23... Bf5 24. Bb6 Rde8 25. Rhf1 $5 (25. Ke3 $144 e5
26. Rcf1 Bxg4 27. hxg4 exf4+ 28. Rxf4 Rxf4 29. Kxf4 {[%csl Rg4,Rg5]} Bc3 30.
Rh6 $14 {A doubled PP g are straight consequence of the move Bg4.}) 25... e5
26. Bxf5 ({Or} 26. Ke3 $6 Bxg4 27. hxg4 exf4+ 28. Rxf4 Rxf4 29. Kxf4 Kf7 30.
Rd1 Re6 $11 {[%csl Rg4,Rg5]}) 26... Rxf5 27. fxe5 Rfxe5 28. h4 e3+ $5 {This
move was recommended by I. Tsesarsky in following game:} (28... h6 $6 {-see
commented with mistakes game 1-0 Gross,D-Brendel,O/Germany 2000/CBM 76
[Tsesarsky,I] (37)}) 29. Ke2 Re4 30. h5 $6 $11 {This inaccuracy allows Black
to equalize:} ({Much better was} 30. Rh1 Bd4 31. Bxd4 Rxd4 32. Rcd1 {and here;}
Rf4 (32... Rg4 $1 33. Kf3 (33. Rh3 $1 Rg2+ (33... h6 34. gxh6 Rg2+ 35. Kd3 Rxa2
36. Rxe3 Rxe3+ 37. Kxe3 Rb2 38. Rd3 Kh7 39. Kd4 Rf2 40. Ke4 Rf6 41. Rf3 Rxh6
42. Rf7+ $16) 34. Kd3 e2 (34... Rxa2 35. Rxe3 Rxe3+ 36. Kxe3 Rb2 37. Rd3 Kf7
38. Ke4 Ke7 39. Re3 b5 40. cxb5 axb5 41. Kd5+ Kd7 42. Rf3 Rd2+ 43. Ke4 Ke7 44.
Rf6 Rb2 45. Rh6 Rxb3 46. Rxh7+ Ke6 47. Rh6+ Ke7 48. h5 $16) 35. Re1 b5 36. cxb5
axb5 37. Re3 Rxe3+ 38. Kxe3 $14) 33... Ree4 34. Rh2 Rxh4 35. Rxh4 e2 $1 (35...
Rxh4 36. Rxd6 Re4 37. Ke2 $16) 36. Rhh1 exd1=Q+ 37. Rxd1 Re6 $11) 33. Rh2 $16 {
[%csl Rd6,Re3]}) 30... Bd4 31. Bxd4 Rxd4 32. Rcd1 Rh4 33. Rh1 Rg4 34. Rhg1 Rh4
35. Rh1 Rg4 36. Rh2 Rxg5 37. Rxd6 Rg1 {[%cal Gg1a1]} 38. Rd1 Rxd1 39. Kxd1 Kg7
40. h6+ Kg6 41. Ke2 a5 42. Rh3 Re6 43. c5 Re5 44. Rxe3 Rxc5 45. Re6+ Kf7 46.
Rb6 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 3rd "]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.08.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Xie, Jun"]
[Black "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1997.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Rfc1 Rfc8 (12... Nxe4 13. Nxe4
Qxd2 14. Nxd2 Bxb2 15. Bf3 Bxc1 (15... Rfb8 $5) 16. Rxc1 Rac8 17. Bxb7 Rc7 18.
Bf3 $16 {1-0 Psakhis,L-Alterman,B/ISR t-ch 1996 (30)}) 13. b3 a6 14. Rab1 (14.
a4 Nd7 15. Rab1 b5 16. b4 Qc7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxb5 Bxe4 19. Rxc7 Rxc7 20. Rc1
{1-0 Dorfman,J-Nikcevic,N/Cannes op 1995}) 14... Qd8 (14... b5 15. b4 Qd8 16.
cxb5 axb5 (16... Rxc3 17. Qxc3 Bxa2 18. Ra1 axb5 (18... Nxe4 19. Qc6 Bxa1 20.
Rxa1 axb5 21. Qxe4 Bd5 22. Qd4 Rxa1+ 23. Qxa1 $18)) 17. Bxb5 Ra3 18. Bf1 Rcxc3
19. Rxc3 Rxa2 (19... Nxe4 20. Rxa3 $8 Nxd2 21. Bxd2 $16) 20. Qc1 Nxe4 21. Ra3
Rxa3 22. Qxa3 $16 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Khalifman,A/Yalta rapid 1995/EXP 47 (41)}) (
14... Rab8 15. f3 Kf8 16. Qe1 Nd7 17. b4 Qd8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 b6 20. a4 (
20. Bxa6 $18) 20... a5 21. bxa5 bxa5 22. Rb5 Nc5 23. Qd1 (23. Qxa5 $18) 23...
Ra8 24. g4 Kg8 25. Kg2 Qf8 {1-0 Morovic Fernandez,I-Kudrin,S/New York op 1997/
EXP 57}) 15. f3 Nd7 16. Rc2 (16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Nc5 18. a3 a5 19. Bf1 Qd7
20. Rd1 Rc6 21. Rd2 Qe8 22. Rf2 {1/2-1/2 Belikov,V-Moldovan,D/Gyor-J 1991/EXT
91}) 16... a5 17. a3 Nc5 18. b4 (18. Nb5 a4 19. b4 Nb3 20. Qe1 Bd7 21. Nc3 (21.
Na7 Rc7 22. Qd1 b6 23. Nb5 Bxb5 24. cxb5 Bd4 25. Bxd4 Nxd4 26. Rcc1 Rac8 27.
Bf1 Nc2 $1 28. Bd3 Nxa3 29. Ra1 Rc3 30. Rxc3 Rxc3 31. Qxa4 Rxd3 32. Rxa3 Rxa3
33. Qxa3 $15) 21... Nd4 22. Rcc1 Nxe2+ (22... b5 23. Nxb5 $16) 23. Qxe2 e6 24.
Qd3 Qc7 25. Ne2 $14) 18... axb4 19. axb4 Nd7 (19... Na4 20. Nd5 (20. Nb5 Bd7
21. Nd4 $132) 20... Bxd5 21. exd5 Nb6 22. Bd3 (22. Rd1 Ra3 $1 $132) 22... Ra3
$1 $132 (22... Nd7 23. c5 Ne5 24. Be2 Ra3 25. Ra2 Rxa2 26. Qxa2 $14)) 20. Nd5
Bxd5 21. exd5 b6 (21... Nb6 $11) 22. f4 Ra3 $132 23. Bg4 f5 $6 (23... Rc7 $11)
24. Bf3 $14 Nf6 (24... b5 $2 25. c5 Nb6 26. Qc1 Nc4 27. Rxc4 Rxe3 28. Qxe3 bxc4
29. c6 $16) 25. h3 (25. Bd4 Ne8 26. Re1 Rca8 27. Qf2 Bxd4 28. Qxd4 R8a7 29.
Rce2 Nf6 $132) 25... h5 26. Re1 (26. Bd4 Ne8 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Qd4+ Nf6 29. Re2
Rca8 30. Rbe1 R8a7 31. Qb2 h4 32. Qd4 R3a4 $132) 26... Nd7 27. Kh2 Rca8 (27...
Qc7 28. Bd4 Bxd4 29. Qxd4 Nf6 30. Re6 Rf8 (30... Kf7 31. Rce2 Re8 32. Rxf6+
exf6 33. Rxe8 Kxe8 34. Qxf6 $18) 31. Rce2 (31. c5 bxc5 32. bxc5 Qa7 33. Qd2 Ra1
(33... dxc5 34. d6 exd6 35. Qxd6 Qf7 36. Re7 Rd3 37. Qe5 Qb3 38. Rxc5 Rxf3 (
38... Kh8 39. Rc8 $18) 39. gxf3 Qa2+ 40. Qe2 $18) 34. Qe3 $16) 31... Rf7) 28.
c5 $5 bxc5 29. bxc5 Nxc5 30. Bxc5 dxc5 31. d6 Qxd6 (31... Rxf3 32. dxe7 Qxd2
33. Rxd2 Bd4 34. Ra2 $1 (34. gxf3 Kf7 35. Rde2 Re8 $11) 34... Re8 35. gxf3 Kf7
36. Ra6 $16) 32. Bxa8 Rxa8 33. Qxd6 $5 (33. Rxe7 $5 Bd4 $14 (33... Qxe7 34.
Qd5+ Kh7 35. Qxa8 $14)) 33... exd6 34. Re6 Rd8 (34... Bh6 35. g3 $1 (35. Rxg6+
Kh7 36. Rf6 Bxf4+ 37. Kg1 (37. g3 Be5 38. Rxf5 Kg6 39. Rxe5 (39. Rf3 h4 $17)
39... dxe5 40. Rxc5 $11) 37... Be5 38. Rxf5 Kg6 39. Rf3 $44) 35... Kf7 36. Rxd6
h4 37. Rxc5 Ra2+ 38. Kg1 Ra1+ 39. Kf2 Ra2+ 40. Ke3 Ra3+ 41. Ke2 Ra2+ (41...
hxg3 42. Rc7+ Ke8 43. Rxg6 $18) 42. Kd3 $16) 35. Rxg6 Kf7 36. Rg5 h4 $2 (36...
Rh8 $1 37. Re2 (37. Rxf5+ Ke6 38. Rg5 Bh6 39. Re2+ Kf6 40. Rd5 Bxf4+ $14) 37...
Bh6 $1 (37... Kf6 38. Rd2 Bh6 (38... Bf8 39. Rd5 $16) 39. Rxd6+ Ke7 40. Rxh6
Rxh6 41. Rxf5 $16) 38. Rxf5+ Kg6 39. Rd5 Bxf4+ $14) 37. Rxf5+ $16 Bf6 (37...
Ke6 38. Rh5 Rh8 39. Rxh8 Bxh8 40. g4 $18) 38. Rh5 Rc8 (38... Rg8 $1 39. Re2 c4
40. Rd5 Rd8 41. g4 hxg3+ 42. Kxg3 c3 43. Kf3 Rc8 44. Rc2 Ke6 45. Ra5 d5 46. Rc1
d4 47. Ke4 (47. f5+ $2 Kf7 48. Ra7+ Kf8 49. Ke4 Re8+ 50. Kd5 (50. Kd3 Re3+ 51.
Kc4 d3 52. Rb1 c2 $19) 50... d3 51. Rc7 d2 52. Rb1 Re5+ $19) 47... Re8 48. Kd3
Kf7 49. Ra7+ Kf8 $16 50. Rb1 Re3+ 51. Kc4 Re8 (51... c2 52. Rb8+ Re8 53. Rxe8+
Kxe8 54. Ra1 $18) 52. Rb6 Bg7 53. Rbb7 Bh8 54. Rc7 $18) 39. Rh7+ Ke6 40. Re2+
Kd5 (40... Kf5 41. Rh5+ Kg6 42. Rd5 Rc6 43. g4 hxg3+ 44. Kxg3 c4 45. Re6 $18)
41. Rh5+ Kc6 42. Rh6 Bg7 (42... Bd8 43. Ree6 Bc7 44. Rxh4 $18) 43. Rxh4 c4 44.
Rg4 Bh8 45. f5 Kd5 46. Kg3 c3 47. Rc2 Rb8 (47... Rf8 48. Kf4 Be5+ 49. Kg5 $18)
48. Kf3 Rb2 49. Rc1 Kc5 50. Rg8 Bd4 51. Rc8+ Kd5 52. R8xc3 Rf2+ 53. Kg3 Rxf5
54. Rf3 Rg5+ 55. Kh2 Be5+ 56. g3 Rg8 57. h4 1-0

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.01.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2003.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Rab1 Rfc8 13. b3 Ng4 14. Nd5
Qxd2 15. Bxd2 Bxd5 {Black yields space advantage and the pair of BB and will
play defencive game for long term.} ({More popular mainline is} 15... Kf8 16.
Bg5 Nf6 17. Nxf6 Bxf6 18. Bxf6 exf6 19. f4 (19. Rbd1 Ke7 20. Rd2 a5 21. f4 {
-see commented game 1/2-1/2 Morovic Fernandez,I-Cebalo,M/Solin 1999/CBM 75 
[Alterman,B](39)}) 19... Ke7 20. Rfd1 a5 21. Rd4 Ra6 (21... Rc5 22. Kf2 {
-see commented game 1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Alterman,B/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext 
[Tsesarsky,I](43)}) 22. Kf2 Rb6 23. Ke3 a4 24. b4 {-see commented game 1-0 Ye
Jiangchuan-Pigusov,E/Shanghai 2000/CBM 76 [Alterman,B](74)}) 16. exd5 Nf6 17.
Bd3 (17. Bf3 Kf8 18. Rfe1 Rc7 19. h4 Nd7 20. h5 Nc5 21. Be3 Bf6 22. Red1 a5 23.
g3 Kg7 24. Kg2 $14 {1-0 Gruenfeld,Y-Pavlovic,M/Biel 1999/EXT 2000 (38)}) 17...
Nd7 (17... a6 18. Rfc1 Nd7 19. Kf1 Bd4 20. Ke2 Re8 21. Rd1 Nc5 22. Be1 Bf6 23.
Bc2 Nd7 24. b4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ibragimov,R-Maherramzade,J/Baku 2000/EXT 2002 (33)}
) 18. Rfe1 Kf8 (18... Bf6 19. Rbd1 a5 20. a4 Rc7 21. g3 h5 22. Kg2 Kg7 23. h3
b6 24. f4 Re8 25. g4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Popovic,P-Velimirovic,D/Niksic 1997/EXT 2000
(55)}) 19. Bf1 (19. Rbc1 a5 20. Bf1 Rc7 21. g3 Nc5 22. Rb1 Nd7 23. Kg2 Bd4 24.
Bg5 Re8 25. Bh6+ Kg8 26. Bf4 $14 {0-1 De Sousa,J-Prie,E/FRA 1999/EXT 2000 (35)}
) (19. f4 Bd4+ 20. Kf1 a5 21. Re2 f6 22. g3 Bc5 23. Rd1 $16 {1-0 Jansa,
V-Gonzalez de la Torre,S/Andorra 2000/CBM 76 ext (70)}) 19... a5 20. Bg5 Bf6
21. Bh6+ Kg8 22. g3 Rc7 23. h4 Re8 24. Re2 Ne5 25. Bh3 a4 26. Be3 Nf3+ 27. Kg2
Nd4 28. Rd2 Nf5 29. Bb6 Rcc8 30. h5 {White plays over whole board.} axb3 31.
axb3 Ra8 32. b4 Ra4 33. Rb3 Ra1 34. Bxf5 {White chooses exchange way. Doubled
PPf will not be great addition to black's defence.} ({Possibly was} 34. c5 Rc1
35. Bg4 $16 {with a bit more complicated game.}) 34... gxf5 35. Be3 Rc8 36. c5
Kg7 37. Rc2 ({Dubious is} 37. Kf3 $6 {in view of} Rh1 $1 (37... Be5 38. Rc2 Kf8
39. c6 b5 40. Ke2 Ke8 41. h6 e6 42. Rd3 Ra6 43. dxe6 Raxc6 44. exf7+ Kxf7 45.
Rxc6 Rxc6 46. Rd5 $18) 38. Ra2 Rxh5 39. Ra7 dxc5 40. bxc5 f4 $1 {This is a
key-move of Black's defence.} 41. Kxf4 Rxd5 42. Rbxb7 $14) 37... Rd1 38. c6 b5
39. Ra3 Rxd5 40. Ra7 Bd4 (40... f4 41. Bxf4 Rxh5 42. Rb7 Kf8 43. Be3 $18 {
[%csl Gc6]}) 41. Rxe7 Kf6 42. Rb7 Bxe3 43. fxe3 h6 44. Kf2 ({Winning plan is} 
44. Kf3 Ke6 45. Rb6 Re5 46. Rc3 (46. Ra2 Re4) 46... Ke7 47. Ra3 Re4 48. Rxb5
Rxc6 49. Rxf5 Rxb4 50. Ra7+ Ke6 51. Rfxf7 $18) 44... Ke6 45. Ke2 Re5 46. Rb6
Ke7 47. Ra2 {White decided to go to this forced variation with Ke2 and Ra2
instead of Kf3 and Ra3 - see above.} Re4 48. Rxb5 Rxc6 49. Rxf5 Rc3 50. Rf3
Rxb4 51. Ra7+ Ke8 52. Rfxf7 Re4 53. Kf2 (53. Rf3 $2 d5 54. Ra6 d4 $11) 53...
Rexe3 54. Rg7 Rf3+ 55. Kg2 Kf8 56. Rg6 d5 57. Rh7 $6 {Inaccuracy} ({Wins easily
} 57. Kh3 $1 Rce3 (57... d4 58. Kh4 Rf7 59. Ra8+ Ke7 60. Rxh6 Rc7 61. Ra3 $18)
58. Rd7 Rd3 59. Kh4 $18) 57... Rf7 58. Rhxh6 d4 59. Rh8+ Ke7 60. h6 Rc2+ 61.
Kh3 Rc1 62. Rg4 Rf6 63. Rg7+ Ke6 64. Kg4 Rh1 65. Re8+ $2 {After this mistake
Black survives.} ({Strong was} 65. h7 Rfh6 66. Kg5 R6h5+ (66... d3 67. Re8+ Kd5
68. Rd8+ Kc5 69. g4 $18) 67. Kf4 d3 68. g4 R5h2 69. g5 (69. Re8+ Kf6 70. Rgg8
d2 71. g5+ Kf7 72. g6+ Kf6 73. Ref8+ Ke6 74. Rd8 d1=Q 75. Rxd1 Rxd1 76. h8=Q
Rxh8 77. Rxh8 Kf6 $11) 69... d2 70. Re8+ Kd6 71. Rd8+ Ke6 72. Rg6+ Ke7 73. Rgd6
Rxh7 74. Kf5 $1 $18 {[%cal Gf5g6]}) 65... Kd6 66. Rd8+ Ke6 67. Rxd4 (67. h7
Rfh6 68. Rdd7 d3 69. Rxd3 Rxh7 70. Rxh7 Rxh7 71. Rf3 Rh8 $11) 67... Rfxh6 68.
Rf4 Rh7 69. Rg6+ Ke7 70. Rg5 Re1 71. Ra4 Rf7 72. Ra7+ Kf8 73. Ra8+ Ke7 74. Rgg8
Re4+ 75. Kh3 Kf6 76. g4 Re3+ 77. Kg2 Rg7 78. Rgf8+ Kg5 79. Ra4 Re5 80. Rh8 Rge7
81. Rg8+ Kh6 82. Kg3 R5e6 83. Ra5 (83. Kh4 Re1 $11) 83... Rg7 84. Rh8+ Kg6 85.
Rah5 Re1 86. Ra5 Rg1+ 87. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bar"]
[Site "Bar"]
[Date "1997.11.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1997.11.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 (11... a6 12. f3 Qa5 13. Nd5 Qxa2
$2 (13... Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Bxd5 15. cxd5 $14 {Adams/} Rfc8 16. b4 $1 (16. g4 e6
$1 17. g5 Nh5 18. dxe6 fxe6 $132 {1-0 Adams,M-Hodgson,J/Hastings A 1992 (60)})
16... Nd7 17. a4 (17. f4 Kf8 18. a4 Ke8 19. a5 Kd8 20. Kd3 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8
22. Rxc8+ Kxc8 23. g4 Kc7 24. h4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Ignatiev/ 1971 (84)})
17... Kf8 18. a5 Bb2 19. Rc2 $1 $16 {1-0 Dvoirys,S-Tiviakov,S/Podolsk 1993 (54)
}) 14. Nxe7+ Kh8 15. O-O Qa4 (15... Ng8 $2 16. Bd4 Nxe7 17. Ra1 $18) (15... Qb3
$2 16. Bd1 Qa2 17. Bd4 $1 Rfe8 (17... Bxc4 18. Qc3 $1 Bxf1 19. Bxf6 $18) (17...
b5 18. Qc3 b4 19. Qxb4 $18) 18. Nd5 $18 {1-0 Ibragimov,I-Khasin,A/URS-sf
Russia-ch Gorky 1989 (20)}) 16. Qxd6 $16) 12. f3 (12. b3 a6 13. f3 Rfc8 14. a4
Qb4 15. Nd5 $14 {Reeh,O-Tal,M Deutschland Cup 1989} Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Nxd5 17.
exd5 Bd7 18. a5 $14) (12. O-O Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. f4 b5 15. f5 Bd7 16. fxg6 hxg6
17. c5 $1 b4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 dxc5 20. Bc4 $40 {Maki,V-Frois,A /
Thessaloniki/1990/ (25)}) 12... Rfc8 (12... Rac8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+ 15.
Kxd2 Nd7 16. Rc2 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Rhc1 Rc6 19. f4 $14 {1-0 Gheorghiu,
F-Giertz,N/Bad Ragaz op 1993 (38)}) 13. Nd5 $6 $11 (13. b3 $143 Nd7 (13... Rab8
$6 14. Nd5 (14. Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Bd7 16. Nc3 a6 17. a4 b6 18. g4 Be8 19. Nd5
{1/2-1/2 Kavalek,L-Christiansen,L/Wijk aan Zee 1982}) 14... Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nxd5
16. cxd5 Bd7 17. Bxa7 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Ra8 19. Rc7 Rxa7 20. Ke3 (20. Rxd7 Rxa2+
21. Ke3 Bf6 22. Rxb7 $16) 20... Bh6+ 21. Kf2 Rxa2 22. Rxd7 Kf8 23. Rxb7 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Smejkal,J/Moscow olm GEO-CZE 1994 (55)}) 14. O-O a6
15. Rfd1 b5 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 b4 19. f4 $142 (19. g4 $6 Nc5
20. Rcd1 a5 21. Bxc5 {1/2-1/2 Larsen,B-Panno,O/Buenos Aires Najdorf 1991}) (19.
Rcd1 $5 $14) 19... Nf6 20. Rd4 h5 21. e5 dxe5 22. fxe5 Ne8 23. Rd7 Rc7 24. Rxc7
Nxc7 25. Bc5 $14) 13... Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Nxd5 15. exd5 (15. cxd5 Bd7 16. Rxc8+ (
16. Rc2 Rxc2+ 17. Kxc2 Rc8+ 18. Kb1 a6 19. Rc1 $11 {1-0 Nielsen,J-Schoenherr,H/
corr W-7ch sf/7 (FS-73/187) 1973 (43)}) 16... Rxc8 17. Rc1 Rxc1 18. Kxc1 a6 19.
Kc2 {1/2-1/2 Rossolimo Nicolas USA-Bobotsov Milko G BUL/Wijk aan Zee Netherl
1968}) 15... Bd7 16. f4 (16. b3 h5 $132 (16... Kf8 17. Bd3 b6 $6 18. g4 Rc7 (
18... Rab8 19. h4 f5 $2 20. h5 $16 {1-0 Zieher,H-Weichert,H/BL 1981 (25)}) 19.
h4 h6 $132)) 16... a6 (16... Bxb2 $2 17. Rb1 Bf6 18. Rxb7 Bf5 19. Bd3 $16) 17.
b4 (17. b3 b5 $132) 17... a5 (17... b5 $5 18. c5 $5 a5 $1 19. a3 (19. c6 Bf5
20. Bxb5 axb4 21. Bc4 Bb2 22. Rcd1 Bc3+ 23. Kc1 $15) 19... axb4 20. axb4 dxc5
21. bxc5 b4 22. c6 Bf5 23. Bc5 Bc3+ 24. Ke3 Ra3 25. Kf2 Ra5 26. Bxe7 Rxd5 27.
Bf3 $132) 18. b5 (18. a3 $2 axb4 19. axb4 Ra4 $17) 18... Bb2 19. Rc2 Ba3 20.
Bd3 (20. g4 Bc5 21. a4 $11) 20... Bc5 21. h4 (21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. Re1 Kf8 23. a4
e6 $132) 21... Bg4 $5 22. Rf1 (22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. g3 Rac8 24. Re1 Kf8 25. a4
$132) 22... e6 (22... Bb4+ 23. Kc1 e6 24. dxe6 fxe6 25. g3 Bf5 26. Rd1 Bg4 27.
Rf1 Bf5 $11) 23. dxe6 fxe6 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Re1 Rac8 26. Be4 (26. g3) 26...
R8c7 27. b6 $6 (27. g3 b6 28. Bd3 $11) 27... Rd7 28. Rcc1 (28. g3 Kf7 29. Ke3
$11) 28... Kf7 29. g3 Kf6 30. Re3 (30. Ke3 $132) 30... d5 $5 31. cxd5 (31. Rd3
Bf5 32. Bxf5 (32. cxd5 Rxc1 33. Bxf5 Ra1 (33... Kxf5 34. Kxc1 Rxd5 35. Rb3 Kg4
$17) 34. Bxe6 Rxa2+ 35. Ke3 Rd6 36. g4 Rh2 37. g5+ Ke7 38. Rc3 Rxb6 39. Rc7+
Kd6 40. Rd7+ Kc5 41. Rc7+ Kb4 42. Rxh7 a4 43. f5 gxf5 44. g6 a3 45. g7 a2 46.
g8=Q a1=Q 47. Qf8+ Ka4 48. Qe8+ Kb3 49. d6+ Kb4 $19) 32... Kxf5 33. cxd5 Rxc1
34. Kxc1 Rxd5 35. Rb3 Kg4 $17) 31... Rxc1 32. Kxc1 exd5 33. Bg2 (33. Bh1 Rd6
34. Ra3 Rc6+ 35. Kd2 Rxb6 36. Rxa5 (36. Bxd5 Rd6 $19) 36... Rb1 37. Bxd5 b6 $1
$17) 33... Rd6 34. Ra3 Rc6+ 35. Kd2 Rxb6 36. Ke3 $1 (36. Bxd5 $2 Rd6 37. Rd3
Bf5 (37... b5 38. Bg8 $11) 38. Be4 Rxd3+ 39. Kxd3 b5 (39... h5 40. Kd4 (40. a4
Bxe4+ 41. Kxe4 Ke6 42. Kd4 Kd6 43. Kc4 Kc6 44. Kd4 b5 45. axb5+ Kxb5 46. g4
hxg4 47. f5 gxf5 48. h5 a4 49. h6 a3 50. Kc3 (50. h7 a2 51. h8=Q a1=Q+ $19)
50... g3 51. h7 a2 52. Kb2 g2 53. h8=Q a1=Q+ 54. Kxa1 g1=Q+ $17)) 40. Kd4 Bxe4
41. Kxe4 h5 $1 (41... b4 42. Kd4 $1 (42. g4 h5 $1 (42... a4 $4 43. Kd3 h5 44.
gxh5 gxh5 45. Kc4 b3 46. axb3 axb3 (46... a3 47. Kc3 Kf5 48. b4 $18) 47. Kxb3
Kf5 48. Kc4 Kxf4 49. Kd3 Kg3 50. Ke2 $11) 43. gxh5 gxh5 44. Kd4 Kf5 45. Kc4
Kxf4 $19) 42... Kf5 43. Kc5 Kg4 44. Kb5 Kxg3 45. Kxa5 Kxf4 46. Kxb4 Ke5 $1 47.
Kb5 h6 48. a4 g5 $11) 42. Kd4 Kf5 43. Kc5 Kg4 44. Kxb5 Kxg3 45. Kxa5 Kxh4 $19)
(36. Kc3 Rb5 37. Kd4 Rb4+ 38. Kxd5 Rb2 $17) 36... Rb5 37. Bf1 $1 (37. Rb3 Rxb3+
38. axb3 b5 39. Bxd5 Be6 40. Kd4 Bxd5 41. Kxd5 a4 42. bxa4 bxa4 43. Kc4 Kf5 $19
) (37. Kd4 Rb4+ 38. Kxd5 Rb2 $17) 37... Rb1 38. Bd3 $5 (38. Bg2 $1 Re1+ (38...
Rb5 39. Bf1 $11) 39. Kd4 Be6 40. Rxa5 Rd1+ 41. Kc5 Rd2 42. Bh1 $11) 38... Rg1
39. Rxa5 $2 (39. Kf2 $1 Rd1 40. Ke3 Bf5 41. Bxf5 Kxf5 42. Rxa5 Kg4 43. Rb5 Kxg3
44. Rxb7 h5 45. Rb6 $11) 39... Rxg3+ $17 40. Kd2 Be6 41. Rb5 $2 (41. Ra7 $1
Rg2+ 42. Kc3 (42. Ke3 Rb2 $17) 42... Bf5 $17 43. Bxf5 Kxf5 44. Rxb7 Rxa2 45.
Rxh7 Kxf4 46. Rg7 Kf5 47. Kd4 Rd2+ 48. Ke3 Rd1 49. Rf7+ Ke5 50. Re7+ Kd6 51.
Rg7 Re1+ 52. Kd3 Re6 53. Rh7 Ke5 54. h5 g5 55. Rg7 Kf5 56. Kd4 Rh6 57. Kxd5
Rxh5 58. Rf7+ Kg4 59. Ke4 Rh8 60. Ke3 Kg3 61. Rf3+ Kg2 62. Rf2+ Kg1 63. Rf5
Rh3+ $19) 41... Rg4 $19 42. Rxb7 (42. Ke3 d4+ 43. Kxd4 Rxf4+ $19) 42... Rxh4
43. a4 Rxf4 44. a5 Ra4 45. a6 h5 46. Bb5 (46. a7 h4 47. Bb5 Ra2+ 48. Kd3 h3 $19
) 46... Ra2+ 47. Kc3 h4 48. Rh7 h3 49. Kb3 d4+ 50. Kb4 h2 51. a7 Bd5 52. Bc4
Rxa7 53. Rxh2 Bxc4 (53... Ke5 $19) 54. Kxc4 Ke5 55. Rg2 (55. Re2+ Kf4 56. Kxd4
Rd7+ 57. Kc5 g5 $19) 55... Rc7+ 56. Kd3 Rc3+ 57. Kd2 Kf5 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.08.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Namgilov, Sogto"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e4 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Bg5 Bg7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Bd3 $14 {Existing theory so far says: White has an
advantage.} Nd7 {This novelty doesn't change position evaluation..} (10... a6
11. O-O Rb8 (11... Be6 12. Rfe1 Rc8 13. Nd5 Re8 14. Rac1 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bd7 16.
b4 $14 {1-0 Santo Roman,M-Adrian,C/FRA 1995/EXT 97 (69)}) 12. Rfe1 Bd7 13. a4
a5 14. Rad1 Bc6 15. b3 Nd7 16. Bc2 Nc5 $14 {1-0 Schinzel,W-Fabisch,C/St Johan
ID Haide 1981/EXT 2001 (42)}) (10... Bd7 11. O-O Bc6 (11... a6 12. Rfe1 Bc6 {
-see commented game 1-0 Petrosian,T-Beliavsky,A/Yerevan 1975/URS-ch [Belov)(42)
} (12... Rb8 13. Nd5 e6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bf4 Bc6 16. Rad1 Be5 17. Bh6 Re8 18.
Bg5 Bf6 19. Bf4 Be5 20. Bg5 Bf6 21. Bf4 Be5 22. Bg5 Bf6 {1/2-1/2 Overeem,
M-Hendriks,W/Wijk aan Zee 1999/EXT 2000 (22)}) (12... Re8 13. Rad1 (13. Rac1
Qa5 14. Bb1 b5 15. e5 Ng4 16. exd6 exd6 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. Qxd6 Be6 19. h3 (19.
c5) 19... bxc4 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Ga5g5]} 20. Ne4 Bf5 $132 {1-0 Micic,J-Heinatz,
G/Germany 1992/EXT 97-B (38)}) 13... Qa5 14. Nd5 Qxd2 15. Rxd2 Nxd5 16. exd5 e5
17. dxe6 Rxe6 18. Rxe6 Bxe6 19. b3 h6 20. Be3 Rd8 21. Be4 (21. f3 {1/2-1/2
Dueball,J-Gruenberg,R/Germany 1982/GER-chT (21)}) 21... b5 22. Bd5 bxc4 23.
bxc4 $14)) 12. b4 (12. Rae1 a6 13. b3 Re8 14. Kh1 Qa5 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Bxd2
Nxd5 17. exd5 Bd7 18. Bg5 Kf8 19. Re2 b5 20. Rfe1 e5 21. dxe6 fxe6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Pogorelov,R-Yuferov,S/Moscow 1996/EXT 2000 (65)}) 12... b6 13. Rac1 a5
14. a3 axb4 15. axb4 Ra3 16. f3 Qa8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Ra2 19. Rc2 $14 {
1-0 Rukavina,J-Van der Werf,M/Bern 1990/TD (61)}) (10... a5 11. Rc1 a4 12. O-O
Qb6 13. Rfe1 Be6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Rfe8 16. Rc2 $14 {0-1 Anisimov,
P-Inarkiev,E/Vladimir RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 384 (49)}) 11. Nd5 {[%csl Re7]
[%cal Gd5e7,Gg5e7]} Re8 12. O-O Nc5 13. Rad1 Bg4 ({Avoiding transparent trap:} 
13... Nxd3 $6 14. Qxd3 f6 (14... Bxb2 $6 15. c5 $1 $16 {[%csl Rd8,Re7][%cal
Gc5d6,Gd1d8,Gg5d8]}) 15. Be3 Bd7 16. c5 $16) 14. f3 Be6 15. Kh1 Rc8 16. b3 a5
17. Bc2 Bxd5 18. exd5 Bf6 19. Be3 ({Worth of attention} 19. f4 $5 $14) 19...
Qb6 {This position is definitely in White's favour: space advantage, pair of
BB and plan of Attack preparing on the kingside.} 20. a3 $5 {[%csl Gb4]
Preventing Qb6-b4} ({Worth of attention} 20. f4 $5 Qb4 21. Qf2 (21. f5 $6 Qxd2
22. Rxd2 g5 $11 {[%csl Ga5,Gc5,Gd6,Gf6,Gg5] with blockade on black squares.})
21... a4 22. Qg3 {[%cal Gf4f5]} (22. f5 g5 23. Qg3 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Ge3g5,
Gg3g5]} (23. Rb1 Qa3 24. bxa4 Qxa2 25. Qd2 h6 $11) 23... Qc3 {[%cal Gc3g3]} 24.
b4 $1 h6 $1 (24... Qxc2 25. bxc5 Qc3 26. Rc1 Qe5 27. Qxe5 Bxe5 28. Rb1 Rc7 29.
Rb6 h6 30. Rfb1 dxc5 31. Rxb7 $16 (31. Rxh6 Bf6 32. g4 $16)) 25. bxc5 (25. h4
Be5 26. Qg4 Nd7 27. Bd3 (27. hxg5 Rxc4 $1 $19) 27... Nf6 28. Qe2 gxh4 29. Rb1 (
29. Bxh6 Rxc4 30. Bd2 (30. Bxc4 Qg3 $19) 30... Qa3 31. Bc1 Rxc1 (31... Qc3 32.
Bb2 Qxb2 33. Qxb2 Bxb2 34. Bxc4 Ne4 $44) 32. Rxc1 Nxd5 $44)) 25... Qxc2 26.
cxd6 Rxc4 (26... exd6 27. Qxd6 $16) 27. dxe7 Rxe7 28. d6 Rd7 29. Rd2 Qe4 $132)
22... Qc3 23. Bf5 $14) 20... Qa6 21. Qe2 {[%cal Ga5a4,Gc5b3]} (21. f4 $6 a4 22.
b4 Nb3 $15 {[%csl Rc4]}) ({Interesting is} 21. a4 $5 e6 {Otherwise it is
difficult to put pieces on active positions.} 22. dxe6 Rxe6 23. f4 Rce8 24. Rf3
Ne4 25. Bxe4 Rxe4 26. f5 g5 27. Rg3 {[%csl Rg5]} h6 28. Kg1 $14) 21... e6 {
[%cal Ge8e2]} (21... a4 $6 22. b4 Nb3 23. Bd3 $16) 22. f4 exd5 23. f5 $2 $132 (
{Better was} 23. Rxd5 $1 a4 24. b4 Rxe3 25. Qxe3 Qxc4 26. Rfd1 Qxc2 27. bxc5
dxc5 28. Rc1 Qb3 29. Qxb3 axb3 30. Rdxc5 $14) 23... g5 $1 {Avoiding another
trap:} (23... Bg5 $2 24. fxg6 fxg6 (24... Rxe3 25. gxf7+ Kf8 26. Qg4 $18 {
[%csl Rc8,Rg5]}) 25. Qg4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gc2g6]}) 24. Rxd5 a4 25. b4
Ne4 $1 {[%cal Ge8e2] Good decision!} ({Equal position after} 25... Rxe3 $5 26.
Qxe3 Qxc4 {[%csl Rc2,Rd5,Rf1]} 27. Rdd1 Qxc2 28. bxc5 (28. Rxd6 $2 Ne4 (28...
Kg7 29. Rxf6 Kxf6 30. Qd4+ Ke7 31. bxc5 $18) 29. Rxf6 Rc3 (29... Nxf6 30. Qxg5+
$18) 30. Qb6 Qd3 31. Kg1 Nxf6 32. Qxf6 h6 $17) 28... dxc5 29. Rb1 (29. Rc1 Qb3
$17) 29... c4 30. Rxb7 Rd8 $44) 26. b5 Qa5 27. b6 $2 $17 (27. Qf3 $142 {
[%csl Re4]} Rxc4 $1 (27... Nc5 28. Rxd6 $16) 28. Bd3 Qc3 $1 29. Rd1 {[%csl Rc4]
} (29. Bxc4 Qxc4 30. Rdd1 Qxb5 31. Bd4 $132) 29... Nc5 30. Bd2 Qxd2 $8 31. Rxd2
Re1+ 32. Bf1 Rf4 33. Qxf4 gxf4 34. Kg1 Be5 35. Rd1 Re3 $132) 27... Qc3 28. Bxa4
Ng3+ 29. hxg3 Rxe3 30. Qd1 Rxg3 $5 ({Possible also} 30... Rxc4 $1 31. Bb5 Rce4
{[%csl Rg3][%cal Ge3e1,Ge3g3]} 32. Rd3 Qe5 33. Rxe3 (33. Rxd6 Rxg3 (33... Qxb5
34. Rxf6 Rxg3 35. Rh6 $11) 34. Rd8+ Kg7 $19) 33... Rxe3 34. Bc4 Rxa3 35. Qd5
Qe7 36. Kh2 Be5 $17) 31. Bb5 Be5 32. Qe2 Qxa3 33. Rfd1 (33. f6 Qc3 34. Kg1 (34.
Qd2 Qxd2 35. Rxd2 h5 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gg8h7,Gh7g6]} 36. Ra2 Kh7 37. Ra7 Rb8 38.
Ra2 Kg6 39. Rd2 Ra8 $19) 34... Bf4 35. Bd7 Ra8 36. Bf5 Qxf6 37. Qh5 h6 $17)
33... Qc3 34. f6 ({After} 34. R5d3 Rxd3 35. Qxd3 Qxd3 36. Rxd3 {[%cal Gg2g4]
Threatening g2-g4} h5 $1 {Black wins this endgame easily in spite of opposite
colour BB.} 37. Kg1 (37. g3 Kg7 38. Kg2 Kf6 39. Kf3 g4+ 40. Ke4 Rc5 {[%csl Rg3]
[%cal Gd6d5,Ge5g3] Threatening d6-d5.} 41. Rb3 d5+ 42. cxd5 Bxg3 $19) 37... Kg7
38. Kf2 Kf6 39. Kf3 Ra8 40. c5 (40. g4 hxg4+ 41. Kxg4 Rh8 $19) 40... dxc5 41.
Rd7 Kxf5 42. Rxf7+ Bf6 43. Rxb7 Ra3+ 44. Ke2 Ra2+ 45. Kf1 Rb2 46. Bd3+ Ke5 47.
Rb8 Kd4 48. Bg6 h4 49. b7 c4 $19 {[%cal Gf6e5,Gb2b8]}) 34... Re3 35. Qd2 g4 36.
Qf2 ({Or} 36. Qxc3 Rxc3 37. R5d2 h5 {[%csl Rb5]} 38. Ra2 Kh7 39. Ra7 Rb8 $19 {
[%csl Rf6,Rh1][%cal Gh7g6]}) 36... g3 37. Qf1 ({More stubborn was} 37. Qd2 Qxd2
38. R5xd2 Ra8 39. Kg1 h5 $19 {[%csl Rf6,Rg1][%cal Gg8h7,Gh7g6]}) 37... Re4 38.
R5d3 Rh4+ (38... Rh4+ 39. Kg1 Bd4+ $19 {[%csl Rg1]}) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 13th Group7"]
[Site "Krynica"]
[Date "1997.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "1997.09.15"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warszawa Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Petah-Tikva Elitzur"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2
Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O (11. f3 Qa5 12. O-O Rfc8 13.
Rfc1 a6 14. Rab1 Kf8 (14... Bxc4 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Nxe7+ Kf8 17. Bxd2 Kxe7 18.
Bxc4 $14) 15. b4 Qd8 16. c5 $14 {Rodriguez,A-Antunes,A/Mondariz op/1994/ (18)})
11... Qa5 12. Rab1 Rfc8 (12... Rfe8 13. b3 Ng4 14. Nd5 $14 {1-0 Gelfand,
B-Andersson,U/ 1997 (43)}) 13. b3 (13. b4 $2 Qd8 14. c5 a5 (14... Ng4 15. Bxg4
Bxg4 $11) 15. a3 axb4 16. axb4 Ra3 17. Nb5 Ra2 18. Qd3 d5 19. Rbd1 Nxe4 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Hanel,R-Stefansson,H/Vienna op 1991 (29)}) 13... Nd7 (13... a6 14. Rfc1
Rab8 (14... Qb4 15. a3 Qa5 16. b4 (16. f3 Nd7 17. Nd5 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 Bxd5 19.
cxd5 $14 {Zontakh,A-Velimirovic,D/Pozarevac/1995/0,5/75/}) 16... Qxa3 17. Ra1
Qxb4 (17... Nxe4 18. Rxa3 Nxd2 19. Bxd2 Bxc4 20. Bf3 $14) 18. Ra4 Nxe4 19. Rxb4
Nxd2 20. Bxd2 $14 {David,A-Antunes,A/Yerevan (ol) 1996 (24)}) (14... b5 $6 15.
b4 $1 Qd8 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Ra3 18. Bf1 Rcxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxa2 20. Qc1 Nxe4
21. Ra3 $16 {Ivanchuk,V-Khalifman,A/Yalta act/1995/1:0/42/}) (14... Nd7 15. f4
Rab8 16. b4 Qd8 17. Nd5 Nf6 18. Bf3 $14 {Zarnicki,P-Spangenberg,H/ARG-ch/1995/
0,5/40/}) 15. f3 Kf8 (15... Nd7 16. b4 Qd8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Qc7 19. Qd1 a5
20. a3 axb4 21. axb4 $14 {Kudrin,S-Dzindzichashvili,R/USA-ch/1995/0,5/45/}) 16.
Qe1 $5 (16. b4 Qd8 17. Nd5 $1 $14 {1-0 Psakhis,L-Rodriguez,A/Andorra 1996 (41)}
(17. c5 dxc5 18. Qxd8+ Rxd8 19. bxc5 $14)) 16... Nd7 17. b4 Qd8 18. Nd5 Bxd5
19. cxd5 $16 {1-0 Morovic Fernandez,I-Kudrin,S/New York op 1997/EXP 57 (25)}) (
13... b5 14. b4 Qc7 15. e5 $1 dxe5 16. Nxb5 $14 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Kovacevic,A/
Investbanka, Belgrade YUG 1997 (41)}) (13... Ng4 14. Nd5 Qxd2 15. Bxd2 Kf8 16.
Bxg4 Bxg4 17. Bg5 e6 18. Nf6 h6 19. Bxh6 Be2 20. Rfe1 Bxc4 21. Nd7+ Kg8 22.
Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rbd1 (23. bxc4 Rc7 24. c5 Rxd7 25. cxd6 $14) 23... Bb5 24. Rxd6
Bxd7 25. Rxd7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Enders,P-Brendel,O/BL 1995 (52)}) 14. Rfc1 Qb4 $146
(14... Qd8 $2 15. Nd5 $16 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V/Buenos Aires Sicilian 1994/
CBM 44/[Boensch,U] (34)}) (14... a6 $5) 15. Rc2 $14 a6 16. Rbc1 (16. Nd5 Qxd2
17. Rxd2 Kf8 18. Nf4 $14 {^^}) 16... Rab8 (16... Ne5 17. Nd5 $14) 17. f3 (17.
Bg5 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 (19... Qxd2 20. Nxf6+ Kg7 (20... exf6 21.
Rxd2 $16) 21. Nh5+ gxh5 22. Rxd2 b5 23. Rdc2 $14) 20. exd5 Qxd2 21. Rxd2 Bf5
$11) 17... Qa5 18. Nd5 $1 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Kf8 (19... Bxd5 20. Rxd5 $14 (20. exd5
a5 21. Kf2 $14)) 20. Rdc2 f5 $5 (20... Nf6 21. Nb6 Rc6 22. b4 Nd7 23. Nd5 Rbc8
24. a4 $14) 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Rd2 Nf6 (22... Rc6 $14) 23. Nb6 Rc6 24. Rcd1 Re8
(24... h5 $14) 25. Bf1 Be6 (25... h5) 26. g3 Rc7 27. Bg2 Nd7 28. Nd5 Bxd5 $6 (
28... Rc6 29. h4 Rec8 30. Kf2 $14) 29. Rxd5 Nf6 (29... Rb8 30. h4 (30. f4 b5
$14) 30... b5 31. cxb5 Rxb5 32. Bf1 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 Rc2 34. Ra5 Ne5 35. Bg2 $14)
30. Ra5 Nd7 (30... Kf7 $14) 31. f4 Bc3 32. Rg5 Bb4 $6 (32... Bf6 33. Rgd5 $14)
33. f5 $1 $16 (33. h4 $6 e6 34. h5 Kf7 $11) 33... Bc5 (33... Kg7 34. fxg6 hxg6
35. Be4 Nf8 (35... Ne5 36. Bd4 Bc5 37. Rxg6+ Kh8 38. Bxc5 Nxg6 39. Bb6 $18) 36.
h4 $16) 34. Bxc5 Rxc5 35. Bxb7 Ne5 (35... Rb8 36. Bxa6 Ne5 37. Rf1 Kg7 38. fxg6
hxg6 39. Bb5 (39. Kh1 $2 Ra5 40. Bb5 Rxa2 $15) 39... Nf3+ 40. Rxf3 Rxg5 41. a4
$16) (35... Kg7 36. Bxa6 $16) 36. fxg6 hxg6 37. h4 Kg7 (37... Rb8 38. Bd5 $16)
38. Kg2 a5 39. Bd5 Rb8 40. Re1 (40. Rd2 Rb4 (40... a4 41. bxa4 Rb4 42. h5 Kh6
43. hxg6 Kxg5 44. g7 Rc8 45. g8=Q+ Rxg8 46. Bxg8 Rxa4 $11 (46... Nxc4 47. Re2
e5 48. Re4 Rb2+ 49. Kh3 Na5 50. a3 $14)) 41. Be4 a4 42. Bc2 axb3 43. axb3 Ra5
44. Re2 Ra2 45. Kf2 $16) 40... a4 41. h5 (41. Rexe5 $2 dxe5 42. h5 Rb6 $1 (
42... Kh6 $2 43. Rxg6+ Kxh5 (43... Kh7 44. Re6 $18) 44. Be4 $18 (44. Bf7 $18))
43. bxa4 Kh6 44. Rxe5 gxh5 45. Rxe7 Rb4 46. Kh3 Rxa4 $11) 41... axb3 42. axb3
Rxb3 (42... Rb6 $5 43. b4 $1 Rc7 $1 (43... Rxb4 44. Rexe5 dxe5 45. Rxg6+ $16)
44. Rexe5 dxe5 45. b5 $1 (45. c5 Rxb4 46. Rxg6+ Kh7 $132 {[%csl Rd5]}) 45... e6
$1 (45... Kh6 46. Rxg6+ Rxg6 47. hxg6 Kxg6 48. b6 Rc8 49. b7 $18) (45... Rc5
46. Rxg6+ Rxg6 47. hxg6 Kxg6 48. b6 $18) 46. Rxg6+ Kf7 47. Kf3 $1 Rd6 $1 48. g4
Rc5 (48... exd5 49. Rxd6 dxc4 50. b6 $18) 49. g5 Rc8 (49... Ke7 50. h6 exd5 51.
Rxd6 Kxd6 52. h7 Rc8 53. g6 $18) 50. Bc6 $16) 43. Rexe5 dxe5 44. Rxg6+ Kh8 (
44... Kh7 45. Re6 $16) 45. Re6 Ra5 46. Rxe5 Raa3 47. Rg5 e5 48. Kh3 Rc3 49.
Rg8+ Kh7 50. Rg6 e4 $2 (50... Ra7 $16) 51. Bxe4 $18 Kh8 (51... Rxc4 52. Ra6+
Rxe4 53. Rxa3 $18) 52. Bd5 Ra7 53. Kh4 Re7 54. g4 Rd3 55. Rh6+ Kg7 56. Rd6 Rc3
57. Kg5 Re5+ 58. Kf4 Re7 59. h6+ Kh7 60. Be4+ Rxe4+ 61. Kxe4 Rxc4+ {[#] Hecht
Die Verwertung der verbundenen Freibauern h+g ist ein technisches Problem und
etwas schwieriger als bei verbundenen Freibauern ohne einen Randbauern.
Gewinnplan: Der schwarze König wird auf Matt gestellt, was den schwarzen Turm
auf die letzte Reihe zwingt. Dann wandert der weiße König zum Damenflügel und
erzwingt von der 7.Reihe aus den Turmtausch auf der 8. Reihe.} 62. Kf5 Rc5+ 63.
Kf4 Rc1 64. Kg5 Rc5+ 65. Kh4 Rc1 66. Kh5 Rh1+ 67. Kg5 Ra1 68. Rd7+ Kh8 69. Kh5
Ra5+ 70. g5 Kg8 71. Re7 Rb5 72. Kg6 Rb6+ 73. Kf5 Rb5+ 74. Kf6 Rb6+ 75. Re6 Rb8
76. g6 Rf8+ 77. Ke5 Ra8 78. Rd6 Re8+ 79. Kf6 Ra8 80. Ke7 1-0

[Event "New York Mayor's Cup"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2001.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gruenfeld, Yehuda"]
[Black "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Rab1 Rfc8 13. b3 b5 $2 $16 {
This move meets elegant refutation!} (13... Nd7 14. Rfc1 Qb4 (14... f5 15. b4
Qd8 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Rb3 $14 {1-0 Deep Fritz-Gandalf 4.32g/Cadaques ESP 2001/
The Week in Chess 324 (42)}) 15. Rc2 $14 {-see detailed commented game 1-0 Oll,
L-Alterman,B/Krynica 1997/CBM 62 [Tsesarsky,I](80)}) 14. b4 Qc7 ({Or} 14... Qd8
15. cxb5 Rxc3 16. Qxc3 Nxe4 17. Qe1 $16 {1-0 Balcerak,J-Pavlovic,M/Biel 2000/
CBM 77 ext (52)}) 15. e5 dxe5 16. Nxb5 Qb8 $16 {[%csl Ga2,Gb4,Gc4,Re5,Re7]
[%cal Gb4b5,Gc4c5] This novelty doesn't change position evaluation: White has
an advantage because his PP on the queenside are much stronger than black PP
on the kingside.} (16... Qb7 17. Rfc1 {-see commented game 1-0 Ivanchuk,
V-Kovacevic,A/Belgrade 1997/CBM 62 [Ftacnik,L, Tsesarsky,I] (42)}) 17. Rfc1 Bf5
18. Rb3 Ne4 19. Qe1 Nd6 ({Or} 19... a6 20. Nc3 Nxc3 21. Rcxc3 $16 {[%cal Ga2a4,
Gb4b5,Gc4c5]}) 20. Nxd6 $5 {White a little improves black PP chain.} ({Quite
effective was} 20. a4 Be4 21. Nc3 Bc6 22. b5 Nf5 23. Bd3 Nd4 24. Rbb1 Bb7 25.
a5 $16) 20... exd6 21. b5 Qb7 (21... Be4 22. Ra3 Qb7 23. f3 Bf5 24. Qd2 Rd8 25.
Bd3 $16 {[%cal Gd3e4,Gd3f5]}) 22. Rbc3 (22. a4 $16) 22... Be6 23. Qd2 Rd8 (
23... d5 $2 {would refute by} 24. cxd5 Rxc3 25. Rxc3 Bxd5 26. Qc2 $1 Bxg2 27.
Rc7 Be4 28. Rxb7 Bxc2 29. Bc4 $18) 24. R3c2 f5 ({Badly is} 24... d5 $2 {again:}
25. cxd5 (25. c5 $2 d4 26. Bg5 f6 27. c6 Qc7 28. Bh4 d3 $1 29. Bxd3 e4 $17)
25... Bxd5 (25... Rxd5 26. Qa5 Rd7 27. a4 $18 {[%cal Gc2c7]}) 26. Rc7 Bxg2 $1
27. Qb4 Qd5 28. Bc4 $18) 25. Bf3 {White provokes e5-e4 promotion in order to
blockade black central PP.} (25. Bg5 Rd7 26. a4 Rc8 27. a5 $16) 25... e4 ({
And here also dubious is} 25... d5 $6 {in view of} 26. cxd5 (26. Bxd5 Bxd5 27.
cxd5 Rxd5 {[%csl Rb5]} 28. Rc8+ Bf8 $15) 26... Bxd5 27. Bg5 $1 Bh6 $1 28. Rc8
$3 e4 $8 29. Bxe4 $1 fxe4 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Bxh6 Qxb5 32. Qd4 Qb7 33. Rc7 Qb1+
34. Bc1 Bf7 35. h3 $18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg1h2,Gc1b2]}) 26. Be2 Be5 27. f4 Bf6 (
{Or} 27... exf3 28. Bxf3 d5 29. Rd1 $16 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gf3b7]}) 28. a4 Rac8
29. a5 Rc5 {Despair. Black hasn't any active plan.} 30. Rd1 $1 ({White doesn't
hurry to capture exchange:} 30. Bxc5 $6 dxc5 31. Qe1 Bd4+ 32. Kh1 $14) 30...
Kf7 31. Qb4 Be7 (31... Rcc8 32. a6 $16) 32. Rcd2 Rdc8 33. Bxc5 dxc5 34. Qa3 h6
35. Qg3 (35. Qh3 Kg7 $16) 35... Rh8 36. Qc3 Bf6 37. Qe3 Be7 38. Rd6 $1 {
White is ready to return exchange.} Qc7 $6 $18 ({Or} 38... Bxd6 39. Rxd6 Qc7
40. Rc6 (40. Ra6 Rd8 41. b6 axb6 42. axb6 Qc6 $132) 40... Qxa5 41. Qxc5 Rd8 42.
Qe5 (42. Bf1 Qd2 43. Rc7+ Rd7 44. Qxa7 e3 45. Rxd7+ Bxd7 46. h3 Qf2+ 47. Kh2
Qxf4+ 48. g3 Qf2+ 49. Bg2 Qd2 $132) 42... Re8 43. Qc7+ Qxc7 44. Rxc7+ Re7 45.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 46. c5 g5 47. g3 e3 48. Bd3 gxf4 49. gxf4 $16) 39. Ra6 Bc8 40. Qc3
$6 $16 (40. b6 $1 axb6 41. Rxb6 $18) 40... Bxa6 $6 $18 (40... Re8 $142 41. b6
axb6 42. Rxb6 Qxf4 43. Qd2 Qxd2 44. Rxd2 $16 {[%csl Ga5][%cal Ga5a8]}) 41. Qxh8
Bc8 42. Qh7+ Kf6 43. b6 axb6 44. axb6 1-0

[Event "NED-ch55"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "2000.05.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De Vreugt, Dennis"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2000.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Tiviakov} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2
Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14.
Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. Rc2 {'?!' Tiviakov.} (16. g4 {-mainline}) 16... f5
$5 {This move included to plan of Black, so better immediately to play f7-f5} (
16... Rab8 17. Rhc1 f5 18. Nb6 Nxb6 19. Bxb6 fxe4 20. fxe4 Bh6+ 21. Be3 Bxe3+
22. Kxe3 b6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Udovcic,Mijo-Pirc,Vasja/Sarajevo (10) ;MCD 1960 (32)})
(16... Rc6 17. Nc3 (17. Rhc1 f5 18. exf5 (18. Nc3 fxe4 19. fxe4 (19. Nxe4 Rac8
$132) 19... Rf8 $11) 18... Bxf5 19. Bd3 Rf8 (19... Bxd3 20. Kxd3 Kf7 21. Nc3
Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Ne5+ 23. Kd2 b5 24. Bd4 $14 {Kokorev,Dmitry-Kovchan,Alexander/
EU-ch U14 Rimavska Sobota (2) ;EXT 97 1996/0-1 (78)}) 20. Nc3 Bxd3 21. Kxd3 Rf5
22. Nd5 Kf7 23. Ke2 Nf6 24. Nb4 $14 {Ginsberger,Alexander-Glusman,K/Netanya-B 
(3) ;MCD 1973/1/2-1/2 (56)}) 17... Rac8 (17... a5 18. Rhc1 Nc5 {1/2-1/2 Panno,
Oscar-Reshevsky,Samuel Herman/Siegen olm (11) ;MCD 1970}) 18. Rhc1 Kf8 19. Nd5
Bxd5 20. cxd5 Rxc2+ 21. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 22. Kxc2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kieninger,Georg-Van
der Lijn,Dick/IBM-B Amsterdam (1) ;MCD 1964 (41)}) (16... Kf8 17. g4 Rab8 18.
Rhc1 Rd8 19. Ke1 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Nc3 b4 22. Nb5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kholmov,
Ratmir D-Pigusov,Evgeny/Sochi-A ;CBM 16 1989 (33)}) (16... Rcb8 17. Nb6 Nxb6
18. Bxb6 Bh6+ 19. Be3 Bxe3+ 20. Kxe3 Rc8 21. Rhc1 b6 22. f4 {1/2-1/2 Wintzer,
Joachim-Voekler,Bernd/Bern op (7) ;CBM 51 ext 1996}) 17. exf5 $6 {Premature
change 'N' Tiviakov.} (17. Bd3 $142 $5 $14 Rc6 (17... Rc7 18. Nc3 Bxc3+ 19.
Rxc3 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Bf5 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. Kxd3 Kf7 23. h4 $14 {1/2-1/2
Istratescu,Andrei-Neamtu,Serban/ROM-chT (2) ;EXT 98 1993 (39)}) (17... Rab8 18.
exf5 gxf5 19. Nc3 Nf6 20. Rhc1 Rd8 21. Ke2 $14 {Toth,Andras-Gonzalez de la
Torre,Sa/Aviles op (7) ;EXT 2000 1999/0-1 (57)}) 18. Nc3 b5 19. Nd5 Kf7 20. Nb4
(20. Rhc1 Ne5 21. cxb5 (21. Nb4 Nxd3 22. Kxd3 bxc4+ 23. bxc4 Rc7 $11) 21...
Rxc2+ 22. Bxc2 axb5 23. Bb1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Marciano,David-Parmentier,Xavier/
FRA-ch Acc Montpellier (8) ;EXT 99 1991 (35)}) 20... Rcc8 21. cxb5 $14) 17...
Bxf5 (17... gxf5 $5 {Tiviakov}) 18. Rcc1 {Tempo loss is not so important in
this position, but it is evidence that Black solved opening problems.} (18. Bd3
{Also bring equal position:} Bxd3 (18... b5 19. Nb6 (19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Nb6 Nxb6
21. Bxb6 bxc4 $11) 19... Bxd3 (19... Nxb6 {Tiviakov} 20. Bxb6 bxc4 21. Rxc4 $14
) 20. Kxd3 {'[]' Tiviakov.} bxc4+ 21. Nxc4 $14) 19. Kxd3 b5 $11 (19... Kf7 $11
{Tiviakov}) (19... Rc6 $5 {Tiviakov}) 20. Nb6 $8 Nxb6 21. Bxb6 $14) 18... Kf7 {
'!?' Tiviakov.} (18... Rab8 $11 {Tiviakov}) 19. h4 (19. Nc3 {Tiviakov} Nf6 $11)
19... Rab8 (19... h5 {[%csl Rg5]} 20. g4 $14) 20. h5 {'?' Tiviakov. Tiviakov:
'[#]'} (20. g4 Be6 21. Nc3 $132) (20. Nc3 {Tiviakov} Nf6 $11) 20... b5 {
'!' Tiviakov.} 21. hxg6+ (21. cxb5 {Tiviakov} axb5 22. Nc3 (22. Rxc8 {Tiviakov}
Rxc8 23. Bxb5 Rc2+ 24. Kd1 (24. Ke1 {Tiviakov} Rxa2 $17) 24... Rxg2 $17 (24...
Rxa2 $5 {Tiviakov})) 22... Ra8 23. a4 $15 {ץf5}) 21... Bxg6 {'!' Tiviakov.} (
21... hxg6 $6 {(Tiviakov) <->h, ץf5}) 22. cxb5 $6 $15 {Wrong plan.} ({Right
was} 22. Nc3 $1 Nb6 (22... bxc4 {Tiviakov} 23. Bxc4+ Rxc4 $1 24. bxc4 Rb2+ 25.
Kd1 (25. Ke1 {Tiviakov} Ne5 $1 $17 (25... Rxg2 $2 {Tiviakov} 26. Ne2 $14 {
/\Kf1, צg2})) 25... Rxg2 $17 (25... Ne5 $5 {Tiviakov}) 26. Ne2 $140 Bb2 {צc1}
) 23. cxb5 Bxc3+ 24. Rxc3 Rxc3 25. Kxc3 Nd5+ 26. Kd4 (26. Kd2 axb5 (26... Nxe3
27. Kxe3 axb5 $11) 27. Bf2 Nf4 28. g3 Nxe2 29. Kxe2 Ra8 30. Ra1 $11) 26... Nxe3
$11 (26... Nb4 27. Kc3 Nd5+ 28. Kd4 $11)) 22... axb5 23. Nc3 $2 $17 {'?!'
Tiviakov.} (23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Bxb5 Rc2+ 25. Kd1 {'[]' Tiviakov.} (25. Ke1 {
Tiviakov} Rxa2 $17 26. Bxd7 $140 Ra1+ $19) 25... Ne5 $15 26. Bd2 (26. Re1 {
Tiviakov} Rxa2 27. Re2 Ra1+ 28. Kd2 Rb1 $5 $15 {><b3}) (26. a3 {Tiviakov} Rxg2
$17 {/\Bc2, ><b3}) 26... Rxa2 27. Ke2 $15) 23... Ra8 $1 {This strong move was
probably missed by White '-/+!' Tiviakov.} 24. a4 (24. Nxb5 Rxa2+ 25. Ke1 Rxc1+
26. Bxc1 Ne5 $17) 24... Bxc3+ 25. Rxc3 Rxc3 26. Kxc3 bxa4 27. Bb5 {'?!'
Tiviakov.} (27. bxa4 Rxa4 $17) (27. Bc4+ $142 {Tiviakov} Ke8 (27... e6 {
Tiviakov} 28. Rd1 $1 $15) 28. Bb5 $17) 27... Rc8+ {'!' Tiviakov.} 28. Kb2 Rc2+
29. Ka3 axb3 $1 {Good temporary piece sacrifice!} (29... Ne5 30. Bxa4 Rxg2 $17)
30. Bxd7 (30. Kxb3 Nc5+ 31. Bxc5 Rxc5 $17) 30... b2 {Tiviakov: '[/\Re2]'} 31.
f4 (31. Rb1 Re2 32. Rxb2 Rxe3+ $17) 31... e6 {'!' Tiviakov.} 32. g4 {[%cal
Gf4f5]} Be4 33. f5 $2 $19 {The last mistake in the game} ({Certain chances for
successful defend would remain after} 33. Rb1 $5 Rc3+ 34. Kxb2 Rxe3 35. Rf1 Rg3
36. g5 (36. f5 e5 $19) 36... Ke7 37. Ba4 $17) 33... Bxh1 34. fxe6+ Kg6 (34...
Kg6 35. e7 Rc3+ 36. Kxb2 Rxe3 37. e8=Q+ Rxe8 38. Bxe8+ Kg5 $19) (34... Kf6 $5
35. g5+ Ke7 36. Ka2 (36. Bd4 b1=N+ (36... b1=Q $4 37. Bf6+ Kf8 38. e7+ Kf7 39.
e8=Q#) 37. Kb4 Re2 38. Bf6+ Kf8 $19) 36... Bd5+ 37. Kb1 Re2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 ({In my
opinion, more problems to Black makes the move} 7. f3 $5) 7... Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7
9. O-O O-O 10. Qe3 ({More logical seems} 10. Bg5 $5 {and then Q can retreat to
d2 or e3- mainline.}) 10... Be6 ({Worth of attention also} 10... Nd7 {[%cal
Gd7c5] in some games played in 1967-1969 years Black reached good position:}
11. Bd2 (11. Kh1 Nc5 12. f4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 f5 $132 {[%csl Rc3,Rc4] 1/2-1/2
Smyslov,V-Furman,S/URS 1967/MCD (47)}) 11... Nc5 (11... a5 12. Rad1 Nc5 13. b3
Bd7 14. Nd5 e6 15. Nc3 Bc6 16. Be1 $132 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Pigusov,E/
Sverdlovsk 1987/TD (40)}) 12. Rac1 (12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Be1 (13. b4 Na4 $11 (13...
Ne6 14. Nd5 Nd4 15. Bc3 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Bxc3 17. Nxc3 Rc8 18. Nd5 $11 {1-0
Gheorghiu,F-Martin Gonzalez,A/Torremolinos 1974/EXT 99 (20)})) 13... b6 14. f4
Na4 15. b3 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qc7 18. Qg3 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 Bc6 $11 {
0-1 Geller,E-Ostojic,P/Belgrade 1969/MCD (28)}) 12... Bd7 (12... a5 13. b3 Bd7
14. Bd1 Bc6 15. Bc2 e5 (15... e6 $132) 16. Rcd1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Matulovic,M-Parma,
B/Sarajevo 1969/MCL (41)}) 13. Rfd1 Bc6 14. f3 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. f4 Qb6 17.
b3 Ne4 $11 {0-1 Adamski,J-Furman,S/Polanica Zdroj 1967/MCD (40)}) ({Good also} 
10... Bd7 11. Bd2 Bc6 {-see commented game 1/2-1/2 Beshukov,S-Vokarev,S/Elista
1996/CBM 56/[Tsesarsky] (30)} (11... a6 $5 $132)) 11. Bd2 Qb6 {In commented
game 1-0 Petrosian,T-Browne,W/Nice 1974/EXT 2000/[Razuvaev/Geller] (41) the
last move is evaluated '+/=' by Razuvaev/Geller. I can't agree with this
opinion.} ({Interesting also} 11... a6 $5) ({but not} 11... Nd7 $143 $6 $14 {
[%cal Gd7c5,Gd7e5]}) ({or} 11... Ng4 $143 $6 $14 {[%cal Gg4e5]}) 12. Qxb6 (12.
b3 Qxe3 13. Bxe3 Rfc8 (13... Bd7 14. Rac1 Rfc8 15. Rfd1 Bc6 16. f3 a5 (16...
Kf8 17. Kf2 b6 $5 (17... a5 18. c5 dxc5 19. Bxc5 Bh6 20. Be3 Bxe3+ 21. Kxe3 e5
22. Na4 Bxa4 23. bxa4 Ke7 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rb1 $14 {1-0 Totsky,L-Isupov,V/
Orel 1992/EXT 97 (37)})) 17. Kf2 Nd7 18. Rc2 Rc7 19. Rdd2 Rac8 20. Kf1 Kf8 (
20... b5 21. cxb5 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Bxb5 23. Rxc7 Bxe2+ 24. Kxe2 Rxc7 25. Kd1 $14)
21. Ke1 Be5 $1 (21... b5 $2 22. Nd5 $1 (22. cxb5 Bxb5) 22... Bxd5 23. Rxd5 $14
{1-0 Petrosian,T-Browne,W/Nice 1974/EXT 2000/ (41)}) 22. g3 Nc5 $132) (13...
Nd7 14. Rac1 Nc5 15. f4 a5 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. Bf1 {1/2-1/2 Ivkov,B-Jansa,V/La
Valetta 1980/EXT 2000 (17)}) 14. Rac1 Nd7 (14... a6 15. f3 (15. Na4 Rc6 16. Nb6
Re8 17. f3 Nd7 18. Nd5 Nc5 19. Rfd1 Kf8 20. Kf2 h6 21. h4 Rec8 22. Nb4 R6c7 23.
Nd5 Rc6 24. g3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Bach,E-Schmenger,F/Germany 1998/GER-chT2 (34)})
15... Nd7 16. f4 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Bf3 Rc7 19. Rfe1 $16 {1-0 Keres,P-Hug,W/
Petropolis 1973/IZT (39)}) (14... Kf8 15. f3 Nd7 16. Nb5 a5 17. Nd4 {1/2-1/2
Balashov,Y-Vokarev,S/Omsk/Perm 1998/EXT 2000 (17)}) 15. Nd5 Kf8 16. Nf4 Nc5 17.
Nxe6+ fxe6 18. f3 a5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Savon,V-Tukmakov,V/Moscow 1973/URS-ch (41)})
(12. Rab1 Rfc8 13. b3 Qxe3 14. Bxe3 a6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bd7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Sherzer,A-Brendel,O/Eger 1988/EXT 2000 (24)}) 12... axb6 13. a4 {This move
seems the best in this position. Another continuations lead to good
counterplay of Black:} (13. Rfc1 Rfc8 14. b3 Nd7 {1/2-1/2 Bobotsov,
M-Damjanovic,M/Reggio Emilia 1966/EXT 2000 (14)}) (13. f3 Nd7 14. b3 Ra3 $1 $15
{[%csl Ra1][%cal Gf8a8,Gg7a1]} (14... Rfc8 $6 15. a4 Nc5 (15... Bd4+ 16. Kh1
Nc5 17. Rab1 $14) 16. Rab1 Kf8 17. g3 Ke8 18. Kg2 h5 19. Bd1 Kd7 20. Bc2 $14 {
1-0 Boensch,U-Schwartz,B/Stralsund 1975/EXT 2000 (40)}) (14... b5 $5 15. cxb5
Rfc8 16. Rfc1 Bxb3 17. axb3 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Rxc3 20. Ra7 Rc7 21.
Bc4 e6 $15)) (13. f4 Rfc8 14. b3 b5 15. cxb5 (15. f5 Bd7 $132 {0-1 Nilsson,
N-Schmied,A/Copenhagen 1997/EXT 2000 (30)}) 15... Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bd4+ 17. Kh1
Bxa1 18. Rxa1 Rc2 19. a4 Bf5 20. Bd3 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 (21. Bxc2 Bxc2 22. a5 Bxb3
$44) 21... Rxd2 22. Bxb7 Ra5 $44 (22... Rb8 23. Bc6 $16 {1-0 Hausner,I-Tichy,V/
Marianske Lazne 1978/MCD (28)})) (13. Be3 $6 Rfc8 14. b3 Nd7 15. Rfc1 b5 $1 $17
{0-1 Dragomarezkij,E-Neverov,V/Moscow 1990/EXT 2000 (31)}) 13... Nd7 {After
this move White have to sacrifice P:} ({Black here was able to equalize after} 
13... Rfc8 $5 14. b3 $1 (14. Nd5 $2 Nxd5 $1 (14... Bxd5 15. exd5 Ne4 $132) 15.
exd5 (15. cxd5 Bd7 16. Be3 Rxa4 17. Rxa4 Bxa4 $17) 15... Bd7 16. Ra2 Rxa4 $15)
14... b5 $1 15. e5 $1 dxe5 16. Nxb5 Ne4 17. Bb4 Nc5 $132) 14. Ra3 (14. Ra3 Nc5
15. Rfa1 ({Or} 15. f3 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Nxa4 17. Bd4 Nc5 18. Rfa1 Rxa3 19. Rxa3 Rc8
20. Ra7 $44) 15... Bxc3 $1 (15... Rfc8 $6 16. f3 $14) 16. Bxc3 Nxe4 17. Bd4 $44
Rfc8 (17... Nc5 18. a5 Rxa5 (18... bxa5 19. b4 Na6 20. Rxa5 Rac8 21. b5 Nb4 22.
Rc1 Ra8 23. Rca1 Rxa5 24. Rxa5 Rc8 25. Bc3 $16 {[%csl Rb4]}) 19. b4 Rxa3 20.
Rxa3 Nd7 21. Ra7 Rc8 22. Rxb7 Bxc4 23. Rxd7 Bxe2 24. f3 $44) 18. Re3 Bxc4 19.
Rxe4 Bxe2 20. Bc3 {Opponent colours BB is decisive factor of this position
evaluation: White has sufficient compensation for material lack} Bb5 21. Rxe7
Bxa4 22. Rxb7 Bc6 23. Rba7 Rxa7 24. Rxa7 g5 25. f3 h6 26. Kf2 b5 $44) 14... Nc5
15. Rfa1 ({Or} 15. f3 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Nxa4 17. Bd4 Nc5 18. Rfa1 Rxa3 19. Rxa3 Rc8
20. Ra7 $44) 15... Bxc3 $1 (15... Rfc8 $6 16. f3 $14) 16. Bxc3 Nxe4 17. Bd4 $44
Rfc8 (17... Nc5 18. a5 Rxa5 (18... bxa5 19. b4 Na6 20. Rxa5 Rac8 21. b5 Nb4 22.
Rc1 Ra8 23. Rca1 Rxa5 24. Rxa5 Rc8 25. Bc3 $16 {[%csl Rb4]}) 19. b4 Rxa3 20.
Rxa3 Nd7 21. Ra7 Rc8 22. Rxb7 Bxc4 23. Rxd7 Bxe2 24. f3 $44) 18. Re3 Bxc4 19.
Rxe4 Bxe2 20. Bc3 {Opponent colours BB is decisive factor of this position
evaluation: White has sufficient compensation for material lack} Bb5 21. Rxe7
Bxa4 22. Rxb7 Bc6 23. Rba7 Rxa7 24. Rxa7 g5 25. f3 h6 26. Kf2 b5 $44 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "195"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. Rfc1 Bxc4 {This
capture leads to the endgame with pair of BB. This endgame pops up in several
games played this variation - see below.} (13... Nd7 14. Rab1 Bxc4 (14... a6
15. b3 Qb4 $14 (15... b5 $2 16. b4 Bxc3 (16... Qc7 $2 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxb5 Qd8
19. exd5 $18 {1-0 Ivanov,A-Perelshteyn,E/Needham 1999/EXT 2002 (42)}) 17. Rxc3
$16)) (14... f5 {This plan isn't supported by Rf8-c8.} 15. b4 Qd8 16. exf5 Bxf5
17. Bd3 Ne5 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Nb5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Chumfwa,S-Mirzoev,A/Cairo 2002/
CBM 87 ext (54)}) 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Nxe7+ Kf8 17. Bxd2 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Kxe7 19.
Bxc4 Nb6 20. Bb3 Rc6 (20... Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8 Nxc8 23. Bd5 Bxb2 24.
Bxb7 Nb6 25. g3 $14 {-see detailed commented game  0-1 Aseev,K-Vokarev,S/
Elista 1996/CBM 56 [Tsesarsky,I](41)}) 21. Rd1 Rac8 22. g3 Nc4 23. Bg5+ f6 24.
Bf4 (24. Bh6 Be3 25. Bxc4 Bxh6 26. Bd5 R6c7 $11) 24... Be5 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26.
Bxe5 dxe5 27. Rd2 $11 {-see detailed commented game 1/2-1/2 Rodriguez Cespedes,
A-Tiviakov,S/Ubeda 1998/CBM 62 ext [Tsesarsky,I](30)}) (13... a6 14. Rab1 Qd8 (
14... Qe5 15. b3 $14 {1-0 Iskusnyh,S-Tregubov,A/Tomsk 1999/EXT 2001 (31)}) (
14... Bxc4 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Nxe7+ Kf8 17. Bxd2 Kxe7 18. Bxc4 {Again and again
we see the same endgame.} b5 19. Bb3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Nikcevic,N-Bakre,T/Belgrade
2001/CBM 85 ext (31)}) 15. b3 Rab8 16. Ba7 (16. Kh1 Nd7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5
$14 {0-1 Nikcevic,N-Pikula,D/Herceg Novi 1999/EXT 2001 (72)}) 16... Ra8 17. Be3
Rab8 18. Rc2 Kf8 19. Ba7 Ra8 20. Be3 Rab8 21. g3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Hendriks,W-Van
der Weide,K/Enschede 1996/CBM 55 ext (89)}) (13... h5 14. Rab1 Qd8 15. Nb5 a6
16. Nd4 Bd7 17. b4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Tukmakov,V-Cebalo,M/Mendrisio 1999/EXT 2000 
(34)}) 14. Nd5 Qxd2 15. Nxe7+ Kf8 16. Bxd2 Kxe7 17. Bxc4 (17. Rxc4 Rxc4 18.
Bxc4 Rc8 19. Rc1 Nd7 20. Bd5 Rxc1+ 21. Bxc1 $14 {_|_ 1-0 Drasko,M-Olivier,J/
Montpellier 2000/EXT 2001 (77)}) 17... Nd7 18. Rab1 Nb6 19. Bb3 Rc6 $1 {
[%mdl 4] Do you remember mentioned above game Rodriguez Cespedes,A-Tiviakov,S?
Rc8-c6 with the idea to play Ra8-c8, Nc4 was applied there and Black equalized.
This idea is very good and allows Black to equailize relatively easy.} (19...
Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Rxc8 Nxc8 22. Bd5 Bxb2 23. Bxb7 Bd4+ 24. Kf1 Nb6 25. Ke2
$14 {_|_ 1-0 Vokarev,S-Isupov,V/Novokuznetsk 1999/EXT 2001 (52)}) 20. Kf1 (20.
Rxc6 bxc6 21. Kf1 a5 $132 {And pair of BB is compensated by strong initiative
and better pieces locations.}) 20... Rac8 21. Ke2 (21. Rxc6 Rxc6 22. Bg5+ (22.
Ke2 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Kd3 (24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 d5 $11) 24... Rd4+ $11 25.
Ke3 Rc4 26. Rc1 Rxc1 27. Bxc1 d5 28. exd5 Kd6 $11 {[%csl Rd5]}) 22... Bf6 23.
Bxf6+ Kxf6 24. Ke2 $14) 21... Nc4 22. Bg5+ (22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Rxc4 Rxc4 $11 {
-see above comments to the 21 move.}) 22... Bf6 23. h4 ({Or} 23. Bxf6+ Kxf6 24.
Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Rxc4 Rxc4 26. Kd3 Rc7 27. f4 Ke6 28. g4 d5 $11) 23... Na5 24.
Rxc6 Rxc6 25. Bd1 (25. Ba4 Rc4 26. b4 Nc6 27. Bxc6 Rxc6 28. Rb2 b5 $11) 25...
Nc4 26. Ba4 ({Interesting is} 26. f4 h6 (26... b5 27. Rc1 h5 28. b3 Bxg5 29.
hxg5 Na5 30. Rxc6 Nxc6 31. Ke3 $14) 27. Bxh6 Bxh4 28. Ba4 Rc5 29. g4 Bf6 30. g5
Bd4 31. b4 Rc8 32. Kd3 Be3 33. Bb3 Nd2 $11) 26... Rb6 27. Bb3 Rc6 28. Ba4 Rb6
29. b3 Bxg5 30. hxg5 Na3 31. Rc1 Rb4 32. Rc7+ Kd8 33. Rxf7 ({More precisely was
} 33. Rd7+ Kc8 34. Rxf7 b5 35. Bxb5 Nxb5 36. Rxh7 a5 $11 (36... d5 37. exd5
Nc3+ 38. Kd3 Nxd5 39. Rxa7 $14)) 33... b5 34. Rxh7 $6 $15 ({Possibly} 34. Bxb5
Nxb5 35. Rxh7 a5 $11) 34... bxa4 35. Rxa7 Nb5 (35... axb3 36. axb3 Rxb3 37. Rg7
Nc4 38. Rxg6 Ke7 $15) 36. Ra8+ Ke7 37. bxa4 Nc7 38. Rh8 (38. Ra7 Kd7 39. Ke3
Kc6 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gc6b6]} 40. a5 $8 Ra4 41. g3 Ra3+ 42. Kf2 Rxa2+ 43. Ke3
Ra3+ 44. Kf2 Ra4 45. Ke3 Kd7 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gd7c8,Gc8b8]} 46. f4 Kc8 47. a6
$8 Kd7 48. f5 $11) 38... Ne6 (38... Rxa4 39. Rh7+ Kd8 40. Rh8+ Kd7 41. Rh7+ Kc6
42. Rh6 Ne6 43. Kf1 Nxg5 44. Rxg6 Nf7 $15) 39. Rh7+ Ke8 40. a5 Ra4 41. Ra7
Rxa2+ 42. Kf1 Nxg5 43. Rg7 Ne6 44. Rxg6 Kf7 45. Rh6 Rxa5 {This position
actually is drawn, but Black can try to realise his certain initiative. Even
if Black will exchange all white P for his single P it will not be a problem
to for White to save the game.} 46. Rh7+ Kg6 47. Rd7 Ra6 48. Kf2 Kf6 49. Kg3
Nc5 50. Rd8 Ke7 51. Rh8 Ne6 52. Rh7+ Kf6 53. Rd7 Nf8 54. Rd8 Ke7 55. Rb8 Ra2
56. f4 Nd7 57. Rb7 Ra3+ 58. Kg4 Re3 59. Kf5 ({Badly is} 59. e5 $2 {in view of}
d5 60. Kf5 d4 61. g4 d3 62. Rb4 Nc5 63. Rd4 Re2 64. g5 d2 65. g6 Nb3 66. Rd6
Re1 $19) 59... Rg3 60. e5 dxe5 61. fxe5 Rxg2 62. Ra7 {Next step is to capture
Pe5.} Rf2+ 63. Ke4 Re2+ 64. Kf4 Re1 65. Ra5 Nb6 66. Rb5 Nc4 67. Rc5 Rc1 68. Ke4
Re1+ 69. Kd4 Ne3 70. Rc7+ Ke6 71. Rc6+ Kd7 72. Rd6+ Ke7 73. Ra6 Ng4 74. Ra7+
Ke6 75. Ra6+ Kf7 76. e6+ Kf6 77. Kc5 Ke7 78. Kd5 Nf6+ 79. Kd4 Nh5 {[%cal Gh5f4,
Gf4e6]} 80. Ra7+ Kxe6 {All right, the P is captured, but the game is equal.}
81. Ra6+ Kf5 82. Ra5+ Kg4 83. Ra8 Nf4 84. Rg8+ Kf3 85. Rf8 Ra1 86. Ke5 Ke3 87.
Rb8 Ra5+ 88. Kd6 Nd3 89. Rh8 Ke4 90. Rh4+ Nf4 91. Rh8 Kd4 92. Rc8 Rh5 93. Kc6
Nd5 94. Rd8 Kc4 95. Kd6 Nf4 96. Rg8 Kb5 97. Rb8+ Kc4 98. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

{[%mdl 256]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7.
Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 (10. Qd3 Be6 11. Bd4 Nd7 12. Bxg7 Kxg7
13. O-O Nc5 14. Qd4+ f6 15. b4 Nd7 16. Nd5 a5 17. a3 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qb6 19. Qc3
$14) (10. Qd1 Be6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Rc1 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. f4 Nd7 15. f5 Bxc3 16.
fxe6 fxe6 17. Bg4 Nc5 18. Kh1 Bg7 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21. Rc2 $14)
10... Be6 11. O-O (11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 (12... a6 13. Nd5 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 $14
) 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. h3 $14) (11.
f3 Qa5 12. O-O Rfc8 13. Rfc1 a6 14. Rab1 Kf8 (14... Bxc4 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Nxe7+
Kf8 17. Bxd2 Kxe7 18. Bxc4 $14) 15. b4 Qd8 16. c5 $14) 11... Qa5 12. Rab1 (12.
Rac1 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. f4 b5 15. f5 Bd7 16. fxg6 (16. e5 b4 17. exf6 bxc3 18.
Rxc3 Bxf6 19. Bd4 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Bxf5 $15) (16. b4 Qxb4 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxg6
Be6 (18... hxg6 19. Rxf6 Bxf6 20. Qxd7 bxc4 21. Nd5 Qa5 22. Nb6 Rd8 $15) 19.
gxf7+ Bxf7 20. Bh6 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 Bxc4 22. Qg5+ Kh8 23. Rxf6 Rg8 $19) 16... hxg6
17. e5 b4 18. exf6 bxc3 19. Rxc3 Bxf6 20. Rd3 Qxd2 21. Rxd2 $14) 12... Rfc8 13.
b3 (13. b4 Qd8 14. c5 a5 (14... Ng4 15. Bxg4 Bxg4 $11) 15. a3 axb4 16. axb4 Ra3
17. Nb5 Ra2 18. Qd3 d5 (18... d5 19. Rbd1 Nxe4 $15 {1/2-1/2 Hanel,R-Stefansson,
H/Vienna op 1991 (29)})) 13... Ng4 (13... Nd7 14. Rfc1 (14. Nd5 Qxd2 15. Bxd2
Bxd5 16. exd5 b5 17. Rfe1 $14) 14... Qd8 (14... Qb4 15. Rc2 a6 16. Rbc1 (16.
Nd5 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Kf8 18. Nf4 $14) 16... Rab8 (16... Ne5 17. Nd5 $14) 17. f3 (
17. Bg5 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 (19... Qxd2 20. Nxf6+ Kg7 (20... exf6
21. Rxd2 $16) 21. Nh5+ gxh5 22. Rxd2 b5 23. Rdc2 $14) 20. exd5 Qxd2 21. Rxd2
Bf5 22. b4 $14) 17... Qa5 18. Nd5 $1 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Kf8 (19... Bxd5 20. Rxd5 $14
(20. exd5 a5 21. Kf2 $14)) 20. Rdc2 f5 $5 (20... Nf6 21. Nb6 Rc6 22. b4 Nd7 23.
Nd5 Rbc8 24. a4 $14) 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Rd2 $14 {1-0 Oll,L-Alterman,B/Krynica
1997/CBM 62/[Tsesarsky] (80)}) (14... a6 $5 15. b4 Qe5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5
$14) 15. Nd5 Nc5 (15... Bxd5 16. exd5 a5 17. Bg4 $14) 16. Bf3 a5 17. h4 $14 {
1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V/Buenos Aires Sicilian 1994 (35)}) (13... b5 14. b4 (14.
Nxb5 Qxd2 15. Bxd2 Nxe4 $11) 14... Qc7 (14... Qd8 15. cxb5 Ng4 16. Bd4 $16) 15.
e5 $1 dxe5 (15... Ng4 16. Nxb5 Qb7 17. exd6 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Bxc4 19. Nc7 $18) 16.
Nxb5 Qb7 17. Rfc1 $16 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Kovacevic,A/Belgrade 1997/CBM 62 (42)}) (
13... a6 14. Rfc1 b5 (14... Rab8 15. f3 Kf8 (15... Nd7 16. b4 Qd8 17. Nd5 Bxd5
(17... f5 18. Bg5 Nf6 19. Nxf6+ exf6 20. Bf4 Bf8 21. c5 fxe4 22. fxe4 Rc6 23.
Bc4 Bxc4 24. Rxc4 $14 {Micic,J-Ptacnikova,L/Erevan olw 1996/EXT 96ch2/ - (51)})
18. Qxd5 Qc7 19. Qd1 a5 20. a3 axb4 21. axb4 $14 {Kudrin,S-Dzindzichashvili,R/
USA-ch/1995/0,5/45/}) 16. Qe1 $5 (16. b4 Qd8 17. Nd5 $1 $14 {1-0 Psakhis,
L-Rodriguez,A/Andorra 1996 (41)} (17. c5 dxc5 18. Qxd8+ Rxd8 19. bxc5 $14))
16... Nd7 17. b4 Qd8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 $16 {1-0 Morovic Fernandez,I-Kudrin,
S/New York op 1997/EXP 57 (25)}) (14... Qb4 15. a3 Qa5 16. b4 (16. f3 Nd7 17.
Nd5 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 Bxd5 19. cxd5 $14 {Zontakh,A-Velimirovic,D/Pozarevac/1995/0,
5/75/}) 16... Qxa3 17. Ra1 Qxb4 (17... Nxe4 18. Rxa3 Nxd2 19. Bxd2 Bxc4 20. Bf3
$14) 18. Ra4 Nxe4 19. Rxb4 Nxd2 20. Bxd2 $14 {David,A-Antunes,A/Yerevan (ol)
1996 (24)}) (14... Nd7 15. f4 (15. b4 Qd8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Qc7 18. Qd1 a5
19. a3 axb4 20. axb4 b6 21. f4 $14 {Kudrin,S-Dzindzichashvili,R/USA-ch/1995/0,
5/45/}) 15... Rab8 16. b4 Qd8 17. Nd5 Nf6 18. Bf3 $14 {Zarnicki,P-Spangenberg,
H/ARG-ch/1995/0,5/40/} (18. Bf3 b6 19. Qf2 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bd7 $14 {Zarnicki,
P-Spangeberg,H/ARG-ch/1995/0,5/40/})) (14... Qd8 15. f3 Nd7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17.
cxd5 $14 (17. exd5 a5 18. a3 b6 19. Bd1 (19. f4 $14) 19... Rcb8 20. a4 $6 Nc5
21. Bc2 Qf8 22. Re1 Re8 23. Bf2 Bf6 24. Re2 Qg7 $1 $11 {[%csl Gb4,Gc5][%cal
Gg7b2] 1/2-1/2 Dorfman,J-Cebalo,M/Open, Torino ITA 1998 (31)})) 15. b4 $1 Qd8
16. cxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Ra3 18. Bf1 Rcxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxa2 20. Qc1 Nxe4 21. Ra3 $16
{Ivanchuk,V-Khalifman,A/Yalta act/1995/1:0/42/}) 14. Nd5 (14. Bd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4
Qc5 16. Qd2 (16. Qd3 Nf6 17. Kh1 Bd7 18. f4 a5 $11 {0-1 Korneev,O-Tiviakov,S/
Linares 1998/EXP 62(51)}) 16... Nf6 17. Bf3 (17. Rfc1 a5 18. Bf3 $14 (18. Re1
Kg7 19. Bf3 Rab8 20. Nd5 $14 (20. Rbc1 Re8 21. Na4 Qb4 22. Qxb4 (22. Qb2 Bxc4
$15 {0-1 Carvalheiro,F-Antunes,A/Team Championships, Lisbon POR 1998 (29)})
22... axb4 23. e5 $14))) 17... Rab8 18. Rfe1 Qa5 19. Qe3 a6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21.
exd5 Rc7 22. b4 Qxa2 23. c5 Rd8 24. Ra1 Qb2 25. c6 bxc6 26. Qb6 Rdc8 27. Rab1
Qa2 28. Ra1 Qb3 29. dxc6 d5 30. Rec1 Qb2 31. Qxa6 Qxb4 $17 {0-1 Vouldis,
A-Motylev,A/Rotterdam NED 1998 (53)}) 14... Qxd2 15. Bxd2 Kf8 (15... Bxd5 16.
exd5 Nf6 17. Bd3 Nd7 18. Rfe1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Popovic,Petar-Velimirovic,Dragoljub/
Niksic (Yugoslavia) (12) 1997 (55)}) 16. Bg5 (16. Bxg4 Bxg4 17. Bg5 e6 (17...
f6 18. Bd2 Be6 19. Rbc1 Kf7 20. Rfe1 Bd7 21. Bf4 Bc6 22. f3 $11 {1/2-1/2
Franzen,J-Wirthensohn,H/18th Mitropa Cup, Portoroz SLO 1998 (32)}) 18. Nf6 h6
19. Bxh6 Be2 20. Rfe1 Bxc4 21. Nd7+ Kg8 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rbd1 (23. bxc4 Rc7
24. c5 Rxd7 25. cxd6 $14) 23... Bb5 24. Rxd6 Bxd7 25. Rxd7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Enders,
P-Brendel,O/BL 1995 (52)}) 16... Nf6 (16... f6 17. Bd2 Ne5 18. f4 Nc6 19. f5
Bf7 20. g4 Ne5 21. Rbc1 Bxd5 22. exd5 Kf7 23. Be3 b6 24. h4 h5 25. gxh5 g5 26.
hxg5 fxg5 27. Bxg5 Bf6 28. Bf4 Bg5 29. Bxg5 $16 {1-0 Gelfand,B-Andersson,U/
1997}) 17. Nxf6 Bxf6 18. Bxf6 exf6 19. f4 $14 (19. Rbd1 Ke7 20. f4 Rc5 21. Rd4
a5 22. Rfd1 Ra6 23. g4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Tischbierek,R-Van der Weide,K/Berliner
Sommer 1997/ (46)}) 19... Ke7 20. Rfd1 (20. Rb2 a5 21. Kf2 Rc6 22. Ke3 $14)
20... a5 21. Rd4 Rc5 22. Kf2 h6 (22... Rac8 23. Ke3 $14) 23. Ke3 Ra6 24. Kd2 (
24. Rbd1 g5 25. f5 Bd7 26. g3 Rb6 27. h4 Re5 28. Kf2 Rc5 29. R1d2 $14) 24... g5
25. g3 gxf4 26. gxf4 f5 27. exf5 (27. Bf3 fxe4 28. Bxe4 Rh5 29. Rh1 Ra7 30. Bf3
Rh3 31. Bg2 Rh4 $11) 27... Rxf5 (27... Bxf5 28. Re1 Kd7 29. Bf3 b6 30. a4 Bg6 (
30... Ra7 31. Kc3 Rac7 32. Red1 $18) 31. Rd1 Ke7 32. Kc3 Bh5 33. Bxh5 Rxh5 34.
Rxd6 Rh3+ 35. R1d3 Rxd3+ 36. Rxd3 Ra8 37. Rd5 $16) 28. Re1 (28. Bg4 Rc5 29. Re1
Kf6 30. Bf3 Rb6 (30... a4 31. b4 Rc7 32. a3 Bxc4 33. Bxb7 $16) 31. Kc3 Ke7 $14)
28... Kf6 29. Bf3 Rb6 30. Kc3 (30. Kd3 Rc5 $14) 30... Rc5 31. a3 (31. Red1 Ke7
(31... Kf5 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Rxd6 Kxf4 34. Bxb7 $16) 32. Re1 Kf6 $14) 31... Rc7
32. Red1 (32. h4 Rc8 (32... Rc5 33. Red1 (33. Rg1 Rc7 34. Rg8 a4 35. b4 $16)
33... Ke7 34. Rg1 Kf6 35. Rg8 Rc8 36. Rxc8 Bxc8 37. Rd5 Ra6 38. Rb5 Ra7 39. Kd4
$16) 33. Red1 Ke7 34. Rg1 Rb5 (34... a4 35. b4 $16) 35. a4 Rb6 36. Rg7 Rh8 $14)
32... Ke7 33. Rf1 $6 (33. Rg1 $1 Rb5 34. a4 (34. Rg8 Rbc5 35. Rh8 $2 (35. a4 d5
36. f5 dxc4 (36... Bxf5 37. Bxd5 $14) 37. fxe6 cxb3+ 38. Kb2 Rc2+ 39. Kb1 Rc1+
40. Kb2 R1c2+ $11) 35... a4 $15) 34... Rbc5 35. Kd2 (35. Rg8 d5 $1 $11) 35...
Bf5 36. Re1+ Kd7 37. Rd1 Ke6 38. Kc3 Rd7 39. h4 $16) (33. a4 Rc8 34. Rg1 $14 (
34. h4 Rg8 35. R4d3 Rg3 36. Be2 Rg2 37. Re3 Kf6 38. Bf3 Rg3 39. Rdd3 Bf5 40.
Bd1 Rg1 41. Rd2 $14)) 33... Rb5 34. b4 $6 (34. a4 $1 $14) 34... axb4+ 35. axb4
Rf5 36. Re1 $6 $11 (36. Be4 $1 $14 Rf6 (36... Rh5 37. f5 Rh3+ 38. Bd3 Bc8 39.
f6+ Ke6 40. Re4+ Kd7 41. Re7+ Kc6 42. Rf2 $16) 37. Kd3 Bd7 38. Re1 Re6 39. Ra1
b5 40. cxb5 Bxb5+ 41. Kd2 f5 42. Bf3 (42. Bd3 Bxd3 43. Kxd3 Rb7 44. Rg1 Kf6 (
44... Kd7 45. Rg7+ Re7 46. Rxe7+ Kxe7 47. Kc4 Rc7+ 48. Kd5 Rc2 49. Rc4 Rd2+ 50.
Kc6 Rxh2 51. b5 $16) 45. h4 $14) 42... Kf6 43. Ra5 Bf1 44. Rdd5 Bh3 45. Ra6 Ke7
46. Be2 Bg2 47. Rd4 $14 (47. Rxf5 Be4 48. Rfa5 Rc2+ 49. Kd1 Rg6 $19)) 36... Kf6
37. Kb2 (37. Kd2 Bxc4 38. Rc1 b5 39. Bg4 Rc6 $44) (37. Be2 b5 38. Rxd6 Rxf4 39.
c5 Ra7 40. Rf1 Ra3+ 41. Kd2 Rxf1 42. Bxf1 Ke5 (42... Rb3 43. Rd4 Ke5 44. Rh4 f5
45. Bxb5 f4 46. Bd3 Rb2+ 47. Kc3 (47. Kc1 Rxb4 48. Rxh6 $11) 47... Rb3+ 48. Kd2
Rb2+ $11) 43. Bxb5 Rb3 $11) 37... Bxc4 38. Rc1 b5 39. Bg4 Rc6 40. Rcd1 d5 41.
Re1 Ra6 42. Bxf5 Kxf5 43. Re5+ (43. Re5+ Kg6 44. Rexd5 Ra2+ 45. Kc3 Bxd5 46.
Rxd5 Rxh2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Black "Petrushin, Alexander I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan"]
[BlackTeam "Cherepovets Severstal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 (1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nc2 (7.
f3 Qb6 8. Be3 $1 (8. Nc2 $6 Bg7 9. Rb1 Ng4 (9... Nb4 10. Nxb4 Qxb4 11. a3 Qb6
12. Bd3 O-O 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. Be3 Qa5 15. O-O $132) 10. Qd2 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qf2+
12. Kd1 O-O $15) 8... Qa5 9. Nb3 Qd8 (9... Qe5 10. Qd2 (10. c5 dxc5 11. Nxc5
Bg7 12. Bb5 O-O 13. Qa4 $132) 10... Bg7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O $14) 10. c5 (10.
Be2 Bg7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. O-O $14) 10... Be6 11. cxd6 exd6 12. Nd4 Bg7 13. Nxe6
fxe6 14. Bc4 Qe7 15. O-O O-O $14 {0-1 Anikaev,Y-Khasin,A/Vladivostok op 1990 
(29)}) (7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 $5 (9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5
12. O-O Rfc8 13. b3 a6 $132)) 7... Bg7 8. Be2 Nd7 $1 $10 {Barczay-Matulovic/
Kortschnoj-Matulovic/ Matulovic=:M}) 1... c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. f3 Nc6 6. c4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Be2 Qa5
$6 (11... Rc8 $1 12. Nd5 (12. b3 d5 $3 (12... b5 $2 13. e5 $1 dxe5 14. Qxd8
Rfxd8 15. Nxb5 $16) 13. e5 (13. cxd5 Nxd5 $19) (13. exd5 Nxd5 $17) (13. Rc1
dxc4 $17) 13... Nd7 (13... Nh5 $1 14. Nxd5 (14. g4 Bxe5 15. gxh5 (15. Rd1 dxc4
$19) 15... d4 $17) 14... Bxd5 15. Rd1 (15. Qxd5 Qxd5 16. cxd5 Bxe5 17. Rc1 (17.
Rd1 Rc2 $17) 17... Rxc1+ (17... Nf4 18. Bxf4 Bxf4 19. Rc4 Bd6 20. Kd2 Rfd8 $15)
18. Bxc1 Rc8 $17) 15... Bc6 16. g4 Qxd2+ 17. Bxd2 (17. Rxd2 Bxe5 18. gxh5 Bc3
$19) 17... Bxe5 18. gxh5 gxh5 $17) 14. Nxd5 (14. cxd5 Nxe5 (14... Bxe5 15. Rc1
Bf5 16. g4 Qa5 17. Bc4 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 19. Rxc3 Bb1 20. Kd2 Bxa2 21. Ra1
$16) 15. Rc1 (15. Bd4 Bxd5 $17) (15. dxe6 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxc3 $19) 15... Bxd5
16. Nxd5 Rxc1+ 17. Qxc1 Qxd5 18. O-O Qa5 $17) 14... Bxd5 (14... Nxe5 15. Rd1
Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Qc7 $11) 15. Qxd5 Nxe5 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. O-O Rfd8 18. Qe4 Nc6 $11)
12... Nxd5 13. cxd5 Bd7 14. O-O (14. Bxa7 Bxb2 15. Qxb2 Qa5+ 16. Qd2 Qxa7 $15)
14... a6 15. Rac1 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Qb8 17. Qa5 Rc8 18. Rxc8+ Qxc8 19. Qb6 Kf8 $11)
12. O-O (12. Nb5 {O'Kelly-Matulovic/Palma de Mallorca/1967} Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 (13.
Bxd2 a6 14. Nc7 Rac8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Rc1 Nd7 17. Rc2 h5 {1/2-1/2 Botvinnik,
M-Benko,P/Wijk aan Zee 1969}) 13... Nd7 $5 (13... a6 14. Nc7 Rab8 15. Nxe6 fxe6
16. Rac1 $14 {Cebalo,M-Grabert,R/18th op, Bled SLO 1997/1/2-1/2 (75)}) 14. Rab1
(14. Nc7 Rac8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Rab1 Ne5 17. Rhc1 Nc6 $14 {/\ 18... Bd4
O'Kelly-Matulovic/M}) 14... Ne5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Botvinnik,M-Matulovic,M/Belgrade
URS-World [08] 1970 (25)} (14... Rfc8 15. Nxa7 $14)) (12. Rb1 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 (
13... Ng4 14. Nd5 Qxd2+ 15. Bxd2 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nf6 $14) 14. Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2
Nd7 16. Rhc1 Rcb8 17. Nc3 Rc8 18. Rc2 b5 19. Rbc1 bxc4 20. Na4 Nc5 21. Bxc4
Nxa4 22. Bxe6 Rxc2+ 23. Rxc2 fxe6 24. bxa4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Araque,R-Hernandez,T/
Capablanca mem Masters II, Havana CUB 1998 (43)}) 12... Rfc8 13. Rfc1 (13. Rac1
Nd7 14. b3 a6 15. f4 Nc5 16. f5 $40 {1-0 Lehner,O-Nedilsky,D/WchJM-U16 1991 
(56)}) (13. Nb1 Qxd2 14. Nxd2 Nd7 15. Rab1 Rc7 16. b3 b6 $11 {Sorsak,J-Hava,C/
Marijampole op 1994/1-0 (57)}) 13... a6 (13... Bxc4 14. Nd5 Qxd2 15. Nxe7+ Kf8
16. Bxd2 Kxe7 17. Rxc4 Rxc4 18. Bxc4 Nd7 19. Bd5 $5 $14 (19. Be3 Nb6 $11) (19.
Bg5+ Bf6 20. Bxf6+ Nxf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Yandemirov,V-Vaulin,A/Russian Cup f 1997})
) 14. Rab1 Nd7 (14... Kf8 15. b4 Qd8 16. c5 (16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 $14) 16...
Qd7 17. cxd6 Qxd6 18. Qxd6 exd6 {1/2-1/2 Rodriguez,A-Antunes,A/Mondariz
ACEIMAR op 1994} 19. a4 $14) 15. b4 Qd8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 $11 (17. cxd5 b5
$1 $11) 17... a5 $1 18. bxa5 (18. a3 axb4 19. axb4 Ra4 20. c5 Rca8 21. Rc2 $132
) 18... Qxa5 (18... Rxa5 19. Bb6 $1 Rxa2 $1 (19... Nxb6 20. Qxa5 $16) 20. Qxa2
Nxb6 $14) 19. Qxa5 Rxa5 20. Rxb7 Rxa2 (20... Nc5 $5 21. Bxc5 (21. Rxe7 Kf8 22.
Re4 Nxe4 23. fxe4 Rxa2 $17) 21... Rcxc5 22. Rc2 $14 (22. Rxe7 Kf8 23. Rb7 Rxa2
$11)) 21. Kf1 (21. Bf1 Rd8 $11) 21... Rd8 $11 22. Rcb1 Ra1 (22... Bf6 $11) 23.
Rxa1 Bxa1 $14 24. Rc7 (24. Ke1 Kg7 25. Kd2 h5 26. g3 Bf6 27. f4 Kf8 (27... Nc5
28. Bxc5 dxc5 29. Rc7 $16) 28. f5 (28. h3 Nc5 29. Bxc5 dxc5 30. Rc7 Bd4 $11)
28... Ne5 $11) 24... h5 25. Bd1 Bf6 26. f4 Nf8 27. Ba4 Ra8 28. Ba7 $1 e5 $2 (
28... Rd8 29. Bc6 Kg7 30. g3 g5 31. fxg5 Bxg5 32. Ke2 Ng6 $11) 29. Bc6 $16 Rd8
(29... Bd8 30. Bxa8 Bxc7 31. fxe5 dxe5 32. c5 $18) 30. g3 $2 $11 (30. Rb7 $1
$16 exf4 31. Bb8 Be7 32. Bc7 Ra8 33. Bb6 Ra1+ 34. Ke2 Ra2+ 35. Kd3 Bf6 36. c5
dxc5 37. Bxc5 (37. d6 Ra3+ 38. Kc4 Rc3+ 39. Kb5 Ne6 40. Be8 (40. Bd5 Nd4+ 41.
Ka4 Rc1 $19) 40... Nd4+ 41. Ka4 Rc1 42. Bxf7+ Kh8 43. Bxc5 Rxc5 $19) 37... Rxg2
38. Be8 Rb2 39. Bxf7+ Kg7 40. Ra7 Nh7 $8 41. Be6+ Kh8 (41... Kh6 42. Bg8 Rxh2 (
42... Rb3+ 43. Kc4 Rc3+ 44. Kb4 Bg7 45. Bxh7 $18) 43. Rxh7+ Kg5 44. Be6 $16)
42. Ra8+ Kg7 43. Rg8+ Kh6 44. Bf7 $18) 30... exf4 (30... Kg7 31. Rb7 exf4 32.
gxf4 g5 33. Bb8 gxf4 34. Bc7 $16) 31. gxf4 Nh7 $2 $16 (31... Kg7 32. Rb7 $16) (
31... g5 $1 32. fxg5 (32. f5 Be5 33. h3 Nh7 (33... Kg7 34. Rb7 Kf6 35. Bb6 Rc8
36. c5 Kxf5 37. Rxf7+ Ke4 38. Bc7 Rxc7 (38... dxc5 39. d6+ Kd3 40. Bb7 Re8 41.
Re7 Bxd6 42. Rxe8 Bxc7 43. Rxf8 $18) 39. Rxc7 dxc5 40. Rf7 Bd6 41. Rg7 $16) 34.
Rb7 Nf6 35. Ke2 (35. Be3 g4 36. hxg4 Nxg4 $132) 35... g4 36. hxg4 hxg4 $132)
32... Bxg5 33. Ke2 (33. c5 dxc5 34. Bxc5 Bf4 $11) 33... Bf4 34. h3 Ng6 35. Kf3
Bh2 36. Ke4 Ne5 37. Bb5 Kg7 38. Kf5 Ng6 39. Rb7 $132) 32. Rb7 Bg7 $2 $18 (32...
Kg7 33. Ke2 $16) (32... g5 33. Bb8 gxf4 34. Bc7 Ra8 35. Bxd6 $16) 33. Rb8 $1 (
33. Ke2 $16) 33... Rf8 (33... Rxb8 34. Bxb8 Bf8 35. c5 dxc5 36. d6 c4 37. d7
Be7 38. Bc7 c3 39. Ke2 $18) 34. c5 Bd4 (34... dxc5 35. Be8 $1 (35. d6 Rxb8 36.
Bxb8 Bf6 37. Bc7 Nf8 38. d7 Ne6 $15) 35... Nf6 36. d6 c4 37. d7 Nxd7 38. Bxd7
Rxb8 39. Bxb8 c3 40. Ba4 $18) 35. Be8 $1 Nf6 (35... Bxc5 36. Bxc5 dxc5 37. d6
Nf6 38. Rc8 $1 c4 (38... Nxe8 39. d7 $18) (38... Rxe8 39. Rxe8+ Nxe8 40. d7 $18
) 39. d7 Nxd7 40. Bxd7 Rxc8 41. Bxc8 c3 42. Ke2 Kg7 43. Kd3 h4 44. Kxc3 f5 45.
Bxf5 (45. Kd4 g5 46. fxg5 Kg6 47. Ke5 Kxg5 48. Bxf5 Kh6 49. Kf6 Kh5 50. h3 Kh6
51. Be4 Kh5 52. Kg7 Kg5 53. Bg6 Kf4 54. Kf6 $18) 45... gxf5 46. Kd4 $18) 36. c6
Nxe8 37. Bxd4 Nc7 38. Rb7 Nxd5 39. c7 Ne7 40. Rb8 Nc8 41. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Belgrade olympia hopes"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2002.06.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zivanic, Marko"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2002.06.26"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Nh4 Bd7 6. e4 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. Nf3
a6 9. O-O c5 10. Be3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc6 {Black won one tempo comparing to
standard theoretical position: Bd7. Because White had played Nf3-h4-f3, and
Black Bc8-f5-d7. This tempo is not so important, but probably is enough to
recieve good counterplay.} 12. f3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Be6 {The game is transferred
to a well-known theoretical position. White has slight advantage.} ({Another
plan is} 13... Bc6 {- justifying extra tempo.}) 14. Be3 ({Or} 14. Qd2 Qa5 15.
Rac1 (15. Rab1 $6 Rfc8 16. b4 Qd8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Bd7 $11) 15... Rfc8 16.
b3 Nd7 17. Be3 $14 {[%cal Gf1d1]}) 14... Qa5 15. Rb1 $6 {Inaccuracy. Now Black
equalizes easily.} ({Better looks} 15. Qd2 Rfc8 16. Rac1 (16. b3 $2 b5 $1)
16... Nd7 (16... Bxc4 $2 17. Nd5 Qxd2 18. Nxe7+ Kf8 19. Bxd2 Kxe7 20. Bxc4 $16)
17. b3 Nc5 18. Rc2 $14) 15... Rfc8 16. b4 Qd8 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Ge6c4,Gc8c4]}
17. Nd5 ({Equal but not simple position after} 17. c5 $5 Nd7 18. Nd5 dxc5 19.
bxc5 Bxd5 (19... Nxc5 $2 20. Nb6 $16) 20. Qxd5 e6 21. Qd3 Rc7 22. Rfd1 Qc8 23.
c6 bxc6 24. f4 $44 {[%csl Gc6,Ge2,Ge3]}) 17... Nxd5 18. cxd5 Bd7 19. Qd2 $6 ({
Equal position after} 19. Bd3 $11 {[%cal Gd1e2,Gf1c1]}) 19... Bc3 20. Qd1 Qe8 {
Black doesn't want draw in this absolutely equal position.} (20... Bg7 21. Qd2
$11) 21. Bd3 e6 22. dxe6 Bxe6 23. a3 (23. a4 $2 Ba2 24. Rc1 Bxb4 $17) 23... d5
24. Qe2 $6 $15 (24. Bc5 $142 d4 25. f4 Rc6 {[%cal Gb7b6]} 26. f5 Ba2 27. Ra1 $1
b6 (27... Bxa1 28. Qxa1 b6 29. fxg6 bxc5 30. gxh7+ Kxh7 31. Qxa2 c4 32. Bxc4
Qxe4 33. Qb3 (33. Bd5 $2 Qe3+ 34. Qf2 (34. Kh1 Rc1 $17) 34... Qxf2+ $17) 33...
Qe3+ 34. Qxe3 dxe3 35. Bd5 Rac8 36. Bxc6 Rxc6 37. Rxf7+ Kg6 38. Rf1 $16) 28.
Rxa2 bxc5 $11) 24... Qa4 {[%csl Ra3]} 25. exd5 Bxd5 26. Bc1 Bd4+ 27. Kh1 Re8
28. Qd2 (28. Qc2 $2 Qxc2 29. Bxc2 Ba2 $17 {[%csl Rb1]}) 28... Be3 29. Qb2 Rad8
30. Bc2 ({Worth of attention} 30. Bxe3 $5 Rxe3 31. Qd4 (31. Be4 Bxe4 32. fxe4
Rxe4 33. Qf6 Qe8 $17) 31... Qe8 32. Be4 Bxe4 33. Qxe3 Bxb1 34. Qxe8+ Rxe8 35.
Rxb1 Re3 36. Ra1 $15 {-exactly position from this game! see above.}) 30... Qc6
31. Bb3 Bc4 32. Bxc4 Qxc4 33. Bxe3 Rxe3 34. Rfe1 Qe6 (34... Qd3 35. Rxe3 (35.
Qf2 Rde8 $17 {[%csl Ra3]}) 35... Qxe3 $15) 35. Qf2 Re8 36. Rxe3 Qxe3 37. Qxe3
Rxe3 38. Ra1 {We have seen already this position in 30-th move annotation.
Black has slight advantage, but White is able to draw easily.} b5 39. h3 $6 ({
The endgame is not dangerous for White. The way to equalize is} 39. Kg1 Kg7 40.
Kf2 Rb3 41. h4 Rb2+ (41... h5 42. Kg3 Kf6 43. Kf4 Ke6 44. g4 $11 (44. Kg5 $11))
42. Kg3 Kf6 43. Re1 Rb3 44. Ra1 Ke5 45. Re1+ Kd6 ({And if black K will walk to
the queenside, white R will capture black PP on the kingside, position will be
complicated, but it is difficult to say definitely, which side has an
advantage.} 45... Kd4 46. Re7 Rxa3 47. Rxf7 Kc4 48. Rxh7 Kxb4 49. Rg7 a5 50.
Rxg6 a4 51. h5 Re3 52. h6 Re8 53. Kh4 a3 54. Ra6 $132) 46. Rd1+ $15) 39... Kg7
40. a4 $6 ({Why not} 40. Kg1 Kf6 41. Kf2 Rb3 42. h4 Kf5 43. Kg3 $15) 40... Rb3
41. axb5 axb5 42. Ra7 Rxb4 43. Rb7 Rb2 44. Kh2 ({White should play} 44. Rb6 {
[%csl Rg7][%cal Gb6f6] in order to restrict Kg7.} h5 45. h4 Kf8 46. Rb7 $15)
44... h5 (44... Kf6 $5 45. h4 h5 46. Kh3 Ke6 47. g4 $44 {-see below.}) 45. h4 (
45. Rb6 h4 $19 {[%csl Rh2]}) 45... Kf6 46. Kh3 Ke6 47. g3 $6 ({Why not active} 
47. g4 $1 b4 (47... Rb1 48. Kg3 b4 49. gxh5 gxh5 50. Rb5 $44) (47... hxg4+ 48.
fxg4 b4 (48... Rb3+ 49. Kg2 b4 50. h5 gxh5 51. gxh5 Kf6 52. h6 $44) 49. Kg3)
48. gxh5 gxh5 49. Rb5 f5 50. Kg3 $44) 47... b4 48. Rb6+ $4 {Decisive mistake.}
({After the serie of unaccurate moves White still is able to draw:} 48. g4 b3 (
48... hxg4+ 49. fxg4 b3 50. h5 gxh5 51. gxh5 Rb1 52. h6 $44) 49. gxh5 gxh5 50.
Rb5 Rb1 51. Kg2 f5 52. Kg3 Kd6 53. Kf4 Kc6 54. Rb8 Kc5 55. Kxf5 Kc4 56. Kg5 $44
) 48... Kd5 49. Rb7 f5 50. Rb6 {too late.} b3 51. Rxg6 Rf2 52. f4 Kc4 53. Rc6+
0-1

[Event "NED-ch55"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "2000.05.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2000.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe3 Be6 11. Rb1 Qb6 12. Qd3 Rfc8 13. b3 Nd7 (13... a6
14. Bd2 (14. Be3 Qa5 15. Bd2 $5 Qb6 (15... Qd8 16. a4 $1 (16. f4 b5 $132) 16...
Nd7 17. Nd5 Nc5 18. Qe3 a5 19. f4 Bd7 20. Bc3 Bxc3 21. Nxc3 Bc6 22. Bg4 $14 {
1-0 Korneev,Oleg-Antunes,Antonio/Benasque op (8) ;CBM 53 ext 1996 (41)}) 16.
Kh1 Bd7 17. f4 Bc6 18. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bd7 20. f5 $1 Bxf5 21. Rxf5 gxf5
22. Qxf5 $14 {[%cal Ge2d3]}) 14... Qd8 15. Rbc1 Bd7 16. a4 Bc6 17. Nd5 Nd7 18.
Bg5 f6 19. Be3 e6 20. Nc3 Nc5 21. Qc2 a5 22. Rfd1 Qe7 23. f3 $14 {1-0 Tukmakov,
Vladimir B-Yrjola,Jouni/Katerini op ;CBM 32 ext 1992 (41)}) (13... Qd8 14. Bg5
a6 15. a4 Nd7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Bf6 18. h4 Qf8 19. Qe3 a5 20. Bg4 $14 {
1-0 Mueller,Mat-Herbrechtsmeier,Christof/Bundesliga 9394 ;GER-chT 1994 (41)})
14. Nd5 (14. Be3 Ne5 15. Qd2 (15. Qd1 Qa5 16. Bd4 Nc6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11 {
0-1 Grabics,Monika-Lakos,Nikoletta/EU-ch U20 Girls (7) ;EXT 97 1995 (31)})
15... Qa5 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 Kf8 $11) 14... Bxd5 15. exd5 Qa5 (15... Qd4 16.
Qh3 Nc5 17. Be3 Qf6 18. f4 Qc3 19. Rfc1 Qf6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Krasenkow,
Michal-Khalifman,Alexander/RUS-ch Elista (8) ;CBM 50 1995 (24) This position
is equal. Par B and Q on the a1-h8 diagonal is very strong. White can't play
b3-b4 because of Nc5-a4 with good position and domination of Black pieces on
the black squares.-Tsesarsky}) 16. Bb2 (16. a3 Rc7 (16... b5 17. cxb5 Rc3 18.
Qd1 $16) 17. Qe3 (17. b4 Qa4 18. Re1 Ne5 19. Qe4 f5 20. Qe3 Qd7 $11 {[%csl Rc4]
}) 17... Bf6 (17... Kf8 18. f4 $14) 18. Rd1 (18. b4 Qa4 $11) 18... a6 $132)
16... Bxb2 (16... Qxa2 $2 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qc3+ Kg8 19. Bg4 Nc5 (19... f5 20.
Ra1 $18) 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. Rfe1 $16) 17. Rxb2 Qa3 $1 {Black was lucky to
change 3 pars of pieces and now White attack on Kg8 is not dangerous. In other
side, Black is ready to develop initiative on Queenside.} 18. Rd2 a5 19. Qe3 (
19. h4 a4 20. Qe3 axb3 21. axb3 Qb4 22. Bd1 b5 {And Black develop the
initiative on the Queenside than White on the Kingside faster.}) 19... Re8 20.
Bg4 Nf6 (20... Nc5 21. Rb1 Qb4 (21... a4 22. b4 Qxe3 23. fxe3 Ne4 24. Rd4 f5
25. Bf3 Ng5 26. c5 $14) 22. a4 f5 (22... Nxa4 23. Bd7 Nc3 24. Bxe8 Nxb1 25.
Qxe7 $3 $18) 23. Bd1 Nxa4 24. Bc2 Nc5 25. Qg5 $44) 21. Bh3 (21. Bd1 $132 {
[%cal Gh2h4,Gd1a4]} Qb4 22. a4 e6 23. dxe6 Rxe6 24. Qd4 Rae8 25. Bc2 $11) 21...
a4 22. g3 (22. Qb6 axb3 23. axb3 Qa5 24. Qxa5 Rxa5 25. b4 Ra4 26. Rb1 $11)
22... axb3 23. axb3 Qb4 24. Rc1 Ra3 (24... b5 25. Rdc2 Ra3 26. Rc3 $11 {
[%csl Yc4][%cal Gh3f1]}) 25. Rd3 b6 26. Kg2 (26. Rb1 $11) 26... Ra2 {Position
is equal: White haven't enough resourses for Attack on the Kingside, in other
side, White is able to defend the Queenside.} 27. Rd4 Qa3 (27... Ra3 28. Rc3
Ra1 (28... Rea8 29. c5 $16) 29. Qd2 (29. c5 $2 Qb5 $1 $19) 29... Ra2 30. Qxa2
Qxc3 31. Rd1 $11) 28. Rf4 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gf4f6]} (28. Rb1 $11) 28... Qc5 (
28... Kg7 $2 29. Re1 Qc5 (29... Qa7 30. Rxf6 $18) 30. Qc3 {[%csl Re7][%cal
Ge1e7]} Qa5 31. b4 Qa3 32. Qd4 Qb2 33. Qxb6 $16) (28... Qb2 29. Rd1 Ra3 30. Rf3
{[%csl Gb3]} b5 $132) 29. Qe1 (29. Qc3 Rea8 30. b4 Qc7 31. Qe1 $132) 29... Raa8
30. b4 $11 {This P promotion don't change Position evaluation - equal.} Qc7 31.
Qd2 (31. Rc3 {[%cal Gc3e3,Ge3e7,Gf4f6]} b5 32. Re3 {[%csl Rf6]} Kf8 33. Qc3
bxc4 34. Rxc4 Qb7 35. Rd3 Ra2 36. Rc7 (36. Bc8 Qb5 $132) 36... Qb5 37. Bd7 Qb6
38. Rf3 Rea8 39. b5 Kg8 $132) 31... Ra7 32. Kg1 Rea8 33. c5 $2 $17 {[%mdl 8192]
} (33. Rd4 $11) 33... bxc5 34. bxc5 Ra1 (34... dxc5 35. d6 Qd8 36. Rxc5 (36.
Bg2 Rb8 $19) 36... Qxd6 $1 37. Qxd6 exd6 38. Rc1 Kg7 39. Rd4 Ra1 $17) 35. Bf1
$2 $19 (35. Rfc4 dxc5 36. Bg2 Qd6 $17 {And White must try to change Pd5 for
Pc5 with 3P against 4P with chances to draw.}) 35... Rxc1 36. Qxc1 Qxc5 37.
Qxc5 dxc5 38. d6 (38. Rc4 Ra5 39. Bg2 Ra1+ 40. Bf1 Nd7 $19) 38... Nh5 39. Rf3
exd6 40. Bc4 Ra7 41. h4 Kg7 (41... Ng7 $19) 42. g4 Nf6 43. g5 Ng4 44. Bd5 Ne5
45. Rf6 Ra1+ 46. Kg2 Rd1 47. Rxd6 Nd3 {[%csl Rd5,Rg2][%cal Gd1d6]} 48. Rf6 Ne1+
49. Kf1 Nc2+ 0-1

[Event "ISR-Kasparov handicap"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1998.05.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1998.05.19"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. f3 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 (10... Be6 11. Rc1 (11. Nb5 a6 12. Nd4 Rc8 13.
Nxe6 fxe6 14. Be2 d5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Haensel,T-Grafl,F/GER-chJM U15 Pinneberg
1996 (31)}) (11. Bd3 Nd7 12. O-O Ne5 13. b3 Qa5 14. Rac1 Rfc8 (14... Nxd3 15.
Qxd3 a6 $11) 15. Rfd1 a6 $11 {0-1 Rudolph,R-Friedman,A/St.Martin op 1993 (18)})
11... Qa5 12. Nd5 $14 {Main line}) (10... Qa5 11. Rc1 $1 $14 (11. a3 Be6 12. b4
Qd8 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Nb5 (14. Nd5 $132) 14... a6 15. Nd4 Bd7 $132 {Savon,V-Tal,
M/Suhumi 1972/1/2-1/2 (69)}) (11. Nb5 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 b6 13. a4 Nd7 14. Ra2 Bb7
15. Be2 Rfc8 16. a5 Bc6 17. axb6 axb6 18. Na7 Bb7 19. Rha1 Rc7 20. Nb5 Rcc8 {
Richardson,K-Estrin,J/corr W-7ch f 1975/1-0 (48)} 21. Ra7 $14) (11. Be2 Be6 12.
Nd5 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bd7 15. Rac1 Rfc8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Averbakh,
Y-Georgadze,T/Polanica Zdrój 1976 (20)})) (10... a6 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. b3 Qa5 13.
Be2 Rfc8 14. Bd4 Bc6 15. O-O Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Kh1 (17. f4 b5 18. Qd4+ Kg8
19. cxb5 axb5 20. b4 Qb6 $11 {Hobusch,W-Rosenhahn,E/3.DDR-PK/E L62/64/75 S.917
1975/1/2-1/2 (53)}) 17... Kg8 18. f4 b5 19. Qb2 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Nf6 21. Rce1 Qh5
22. Qf2 Bb5 23. e5 Bxc4 24. bxc4 Ng4 25. Qg3 Rxc4 $15 {Suetin,A-Forintos,G/
Budapest 1970/1-0 (86)}) 11. Be2 (11. b3 $6 a4 12. b4 (12. Rc1 axb3 13. axb3
Qa5 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. O-O Nc5 $11) (12. bxa4 Nd7 13. Rb1 Nc5 $15) 12... Be6 (
12... b5 13. cxb5 Bb7 14. Rd1 $14) 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 (15. cxd5
Nxe4 $19) 15... e6 $1 (15... b5 $6 16. cxb5 Ne4 17. Qd3 $8 Qc3+ 18. Qxc3 Bxc3+
(18... Nxc3 19. Rd2 Rac8 20. b6 Nb1 21. Rd1 (21. Ba6 Rc1+ (21... Ra8 22. b5 Bc3
23. Ke2 Nxd2 24. Bxd2 Bxd2 25. Kxd2 Rab8 26. b7 e6 27. Rc1 exd5 28. Rc8 Kg7 29.
Kc3 Kf6 30. Kb4 Ke7 31. Kxa4 $16 (31. Ka5 d4 32. Kxa4 Kd7 33. Kb4 $16)) (21...
Nxd2 22. Kxd2 Rc3 23. Rc1 Rxc1 24. Kxc1 $16) 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 Nc3+ 24.
Kd2 Nxd5 25. b5 $14) 21... Nc3 22. Rd2 Nb1 $11) 19. Ke2 Nf6 20. a3 $16) 16.
dxe6 Qxe6 17. Kf2 Rfe8 18. Bf4 Rad8 19. Bd3 d5 20. c5 Qc6 21. Rhe1 Rxe1 22.
Rxe1 b6 23. Rc1 bxc5 24. Rxc5 Qb7 25. a3 (25. Rc7 Qb6+ 26. Kf1 Nh5 $15) 25...
Nh5 26. Be3 d4 27. Bh6 Qe7 $132) 11... a4 12. O-O Qa5 13. Rac1 Bd7 (13... Be6
$5 14. Nd5 Rfe8 (14... Bxd5 15. Qxa5 Rxa5 16. cxd5 $16) (14... Nxd5 15. Qxa5
Rxa5 16. cxd5 Bc8 17. Rc7 Bxb2 18. Rxe7 f5 19. Bh6 (19. Rc7 $5 $16) 19... Bd4+
20. Kh1 Rd8 21. Bd3 $16) 15. Qxa5 Rxa5 16. Nc7 Rc8 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Rfd1 Kf7
19. Rc2 $14) 14. c5 (14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Bf1 (15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Qxd2 17. Rxd2
Rdc8 18. Rdc2 Rxc2 19. Rxc2 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Bb5 Bxb2 22. Bxa4 $11) 15...
Bc6 16. Qf2 Nd7 17. Nd5 Re8 18. b4 axb3 19. axb3 $14) 14... Bc6 (14... dxc5 $4
15. e5 $18 {[%csl Rd7]}) (14... Rfd8 15. cxd6 Bc6 {This game}) 15. cxd6 Rfd8
16. Nb1 (16. Nd5 $6 Qxd2 (16... Bxd5 17. Qxa5 (17. dxe7 Re8 18. exd5 Qxd2 $1 (
18... Nxd5 19. Qxa5 Rxa5 20. Rfd1 (20. Rc5 Nxe3 21. Rxa5 Nxf1 22. Kxf1 Bxb2 23.
Rb5 Bf6 24. Rxb7 Rxe7 $11) 20... Bxb2 (20... Nxe3 21. Rd8 Ra8 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23.
Bb5 Bxb2 24. Rb1 Bd4 25. e8=Q+ Rxe8 26. Bxe8 $18) 21. Rc5 Rxc5 (21... Nxe3 22.
Rc8 $1 Rxc8 23. Rd8+ Kg7 24. Rxc8 (24. e8=Q Rxd8 25. Qxd8 Rd5 26. Qe8 a3 $44)
24... Re5 25. e8=Q Rxe8 26. Rxe8 $16) 22. Bxc5 Nxe7 23. Bb5 Nc6 24. Bxa4 $14)
19. Bxd2 Nxd5 $11) 17... Rxa5 18. dxe7 Re8 19. Bb6 Raa8 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Bc5
Bxb2 22. Rc2 b6 23. Bxb6 Ba3 24. Bf2 Rxe7 25. Rd1 (25. Bb5 Ne3 26. Bxe3 Rxe3
$11) 25... Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Nc3 $11) 17. Nxe7+ Kh8 18. Bxd2 Rxd6 19. Bb4 $18)
16... Qxd2 17. Nxd2 (17. Bxd2 exd6 18. Rfd1 d5 19. e5 Nd7 20. f4 Re8 21. Bg4
$11) 17... exd6 (17... Rxd6 18. Nc4 (18. e5 Re6 19. exf6 Rxe3 20. Kf2 Bh6 $15)
18... Rdd8 19. Nb6 Ra5 20. Rfd1 $14) 18. Nc4 d5 19. Nb6 Ra5 20. e5 Nd7 21. f4
Nf8 (21... Bb5 22. Bxb5 Rxb5 23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24. Rc8+ Bf8 25. f5 $18) 22. Bd2 (
22. Rfd1 Ne6 23. Bd2 Rc5 24. Rxc5 (24. Bf3 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 f6 26. Nxd5 (26. exf6
Bxf6 27. Nxd5 Bd4+ $17) 26... fxe5 27. Ne7+ Kf7 28. Nxc6 bxc6 29. Rxd8 Nxd8 30.
fxe5 Bxe5 31. g3 $16 (31. Kf2 $16)) 24... Nxc5 25. Bb4 (25. g4 d4 26. Kf2 g5
$132) 25... Ne6 26. g3 $16) 22... Ra7 23. Be3 (23. Rfd1 $14) 23... Ra5 24. Bd2
Ra7 25. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9697 39th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1997.01.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Black "Mantovani, Renzo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1996.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 (9. Bg5 {- 61/(188)}) 9... O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 (11. O-O {
- 61/(188)}) 11... Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 (15...
Rc6 16. g4 Kf8 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Nd5 Rcc8 19. Nf4 Bd7 20. g5 Ne8 21. Nd5 Nc7 22.
Nb6 Rd8 23. h4 $14 {1-0 Tseshkovsky,V-Zilberman,Y/Leeuwarden op 1994 (47)}) 16.
g4 (16. Nc3 {/\ Nd5}) 16... f5 (16... Rc6 17. h4 h6 18. Nc3 f5 19. Nd5 Kf7 20.
exf5 gxf5 21. g5 hxg5 22. hxg5 Nf8 23. f4 Ke8 24. Bf3 $16 {1-0 Soffer,R-Almasi,
I/Budapest FS06 GM 1993 (46)}) (16... Kf8 17. h3 Rc6 18. f4 Nc5 19. Nxc5 dxc5
20. Rhd1 Rd8+ 21. Ke1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Ke8 23. Bf3 Bc3+ 24. Kf1 Rc7 25. f5 Bc8
26. Bf4 Rd7 27. Rxd7 Bxd7 28. Ke2 {1/2-1/2 Liss,E-Alterman,B/Rishon le Zion YM
1995}) 17. exf5 (17. gxf5 gxf5 18. Rhg1 Kh8 19. Nc3 fxe4 20. Nxe4 d5 21. Ng5
Bg8 22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. Rg3 Rxc1 24. Kxc1 Nf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lau,R-Polgar,Z/New
York (Manhattan) 1985 (30)}) 17... gxf5 18. h3 (18. g5 d5 19. f4 dxc4 20. bxc4
Rd8 (20... Rc7 $11) 21. Ke1 b5 $5 (21... Rac8 $11) 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Bxb5 Ra5
$2 (23... Bxa2 24. Rc7 Nf8 $1 $11 25. Rxe7 $140 Bb3 $1 26. Bc6 Rxa4 27. Bxa4
Bxa4 $17) 24. Bxd7 $1 $16 {1-0 Suba,M-Gdanski,J/Budapest zt-A 1993 (44)}) 18...
Rc7 $146 (18... Rf8 {/\ f4} 19. f4 Rad8 $5 {N} (19... d5 {- 59/200}) 20. Nc3 d5
$5 (20... Nf6 21. g5 Ne4+ 22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. Bb6 Rd7 24. Ke3 $16) 21. gxf5 (21.
cxd5 Nf6 22. Bf3 fxg4 $1 23. hxg4 Bxg4 $15) 21... Bxf5 (21... Rxf5 $5 {/\ d4}
22. cxd5 Nf6 $13) 22. cxd5 Nf6 23. Bb6 Rd7 24. Ke3 Rc8 $1 25. Bf3 (25. Bc4 Rd6
26. Bd4 b5 27. Be2 Rxc3+ $1 $17) 25... e6 $1 26. Bd4 exd5 27. Rcg1 (27. Rhg1 $5
) 27... Re8+ 28. Kd2 Ne4+ 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Rxg7+ (30. Ke3) 30... Rxg7 31. Bxg7
Rd8+ 32. Ke2 Kxg7 $11 {1-0 Rodriguez,A-Antunes,A/Matanzas 1994 (65) R 9/i}) 19.
Rhg1 Rf8 20. f4 Nc5 (20... Nf6 21. Bb6 Rc6 22. Bf3 d5 23. Ke3 fxg4 24. hxg4 Bd7
25. f5 $1 $16 (25. Bd4 $2 Nxg4+ $1 26. Rxg4 Bxg4 27. Bxd5+ (27. Bxg4 $4 Bxd4+
28. Kxd4 Rxf4+ $19) 27... e6 28. Bxg7 exd5 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 30. Rg1 Re6+ 31. Kf2
h5 32. cxd5 Re2+ 33. Kg3 Rxa2 $15)) 21. Nc3 (21. Nxc5 dxc5 22. Rcd1 Rd7+ $11)
21... fxg4 (21... Kf7 $5 {[%cal Gb7b5]}) (21... b5 $5 22. gxf5 $5 Bxf5 23. Bd4
Ne6 24. Bxg7 (24. Nd5 Rb7 25. Bxg7 Nxg7 26. Bf3 Ra7 $11) 24... Nxg7 25. h4 b4
26. Nd5 Rb7 27. Bf3 Kf7 28. h5 h6 29. Ne3 $14) 22. hxg4 b5 $5 23. f5 b4 $8 $11
{!} (23... Bf7 24. b4 Bxc3+ 25. Kxc3 Nb7 26. Kd4 e5+ 27. fxe6 Bxe6 28. cxb5
Rxc1 29. Rxc1 axb5 30. Bxb5 $16) 24. Nd1 $2 (24. Nd5 $8 Bxd5 25. cxd5 Ne4+ 26.
Kd3 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Nc3 $11) 24... Bc8 $1 (24... Bd7 $6 25. Nf2 (25. Bf3 e6 26.
Bf4 Bc6 27. Bxc6 Rxc6 $15) 25... e6 26. fxe6 Bc3+ 27. Kc2 Bxe6 (27... Nxe6 28.
Rcd1 Re8 29. Bf3 Nc5 $11) 28. Rcd1 Be5 $11) 25. Nf2 $6 (25. Bf3 $142 e6 26. Bf4
Be5 $1 (26... exf5 27. Bxd6 $18 Rd8 28. Bd5+) 27. Bh6 (27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. Ne3
Kh8 29. Rce1 Rd7+ $1 (29... Rg7 30. Nc2) 30. Ke2 Rdf7 $17) 27... Rff7 (27...
Bg7 28. Bf4 $1 $11) 28. Ne3 (28. Ke3 Rce7 $17) 28... Kh8 $5 29. Ke2 Rce7 $17)
25... a5 $2 (25... e6 $1 26. fxe6 Bc3+ (26... Re7 $1 27. Rcf1 (27. Bd3 Bc3+ 28.
Ke2 Nxe6 29. Be4 Nf4+ 30. Kd1 Nh3 31. Bd5+ Kg7 $19) 27... Bc3+ 28. Kd1 Rxe6 29.
Bd2 Bd4 $1 30. Be1 Ne4 31. Nxe4 Bxg1 32. Rxg1 Rxe4 33. Bxb4 Rf2 34. Bd3 Rxg4
$19) 27. Kc2 Re7 28. Rcf1 Rxe6 29. Rg3 $1 (29. Nd1 Rfe8 30. Rf3 Bd4 31. Kd2 (
31. Bxd4 Rxe2+ 32. Kb1 R8e4 33. Re3 R2xe3 34. Bxe3 Rxg4 35. Rxg4+ Bxg4 36. Nf2
h5 37. Bf4 Bf5+ 38. Kc1 (38. Kb2 Nb7 $19) 38... Nb7 $19) 31... Bb7 32. Rh3 Ne4+
$19 {[%csl Rd2][%cal Ge4g5]}) 29... Bd4 30. Bxd4 (30. Nd1 $1 Rfe8 (30... Bb7
31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Bd3 Nxd3 33. Kxd3 Bxe3 34. Nxe3 $11) 31. Bxd4 Rxe2+ 32. Kc1
Rxa2 (32... R8e4 33. Rf2 Rxf2 34. Bxf2 Rxg4 35. Rxg4+ Bxg4 36. Bxc5 dxc5 37.
Nb2 h5 38. Kd2 h4 39. Ke3 Bc8 40. Kf4 Kf7 41. Nd3 a5 42. Nxc5 Ke7 43. Ne4 $11)
33. Bb2 Bb7 34. Kb1 Ra5 35. Kc1 d5 36. Re3 Rxe3 37. Nxe3 Nd3+ 38. Kc2 Nxb2 39.
Kxb2 dxc4 40. Nxc4 Rg5 $17) 30... Rxe2+ 31. Kc1 (31. Kb1 Ne4 $19) 31... Rxa2
$19 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Gf8f1,Ga6a5]}) 26. Bd3 a4 $6 (26... e6 $1 27. fxe6 Bc3+
28. Ke2 Nxe6 $15) 27. Bc2 (27. Bxc5 dxc5 28. Ne4 e6 29. bxa4 (29. fxe6 axb3 30.
axb3 Bxe6 31. g5 $5 Bd4 32. Rgf1 Rcf7 33. Rxf7 Rxf7 34. Rh1 Rf3 35. Nf6+ (35.
Nd6 Bh3 $1 $15) 35... Bxf6 36. gxf6 Rh3 37. Rg1+ Kf7 38. Rg5 Kxf6 39. Rxc5 Rh2+
40. Ke3 Rb2 $11) 29... exf5 30. gxf5 Rxf5 31. Rcf1 Rxf1 32. Rxf1 Bd4 $15) 27...
axb3 28. axb3 Bb7 (28... e6 29. fxe6 Bxe6 30. Rh1 Bc3+ 31. Ke2 $11) (28... d5
$2 29. cxd5 Rd8 30. Ke2 Rxd5 31. Be4 Ba6+ (31... Re5 32. Bf4 $18) 32. Kf3 Re5
33. Bf4 $18) 29. Nd3 (29. Ke2 Ra8 $1) 29... Bc3+ 30. Ke2 Ra8 $5 (30... Nxd3 31.
Bxd3 Ra8 $1 $11) (30... Ne4 31. Nf4 $14) 31. Nxc5 dxc5 32. Rcd1 Bc6 $2 (32...
Ra2 $1 33. Rd8+ Kf7 34. Kd3 (34. Rc1 $4 Be4 35. Bh6 (35. Kd1 Bf3#) 35... e6 $19
) 34... e5 $1 35. fxe6+ Kxe6 $11) 33. g5 $14 Ra2 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Kd3 Rxc2 $5 (
35... Rd7+ 36. Rxd7 Bxd7 37. Rf1 Ra1 (37... e5 38. Bd1 Bd4 39. Bg4 (39. f6+)
39... Kf8 40. Bxd4 (40. g6 Rg2 41. gxh7 e4+ 42. Kxe4 Rxg4+ 43. Kd5 Rh4 $19)
40... exd4 41. Ke4 Rb2 42. Bd1 Rg2 43. Kf4 $14) 38. Rxa1 (38. Rf2 Ra5 39. Ke4
$14) 38... Bxf5+ 39. Ke2 Bg4+ 40. Kf2 Bxa1 41. Bxc5 Bc3 42. Bxe7 h6 43. Kg3 Bd7
44. gxh6+ Kxh6 45. Kf4 $16) 36. f6+ $8 (36. Kxc2 Be4+ 37. Kd1 Bf3+ 38. Kc1 Ra7
$11) 36... exf6 37. gxf6+ (37. Kxc2 Be4+ 38. Kd1 f5 $1 (38... Ra7 39. gxf6+
Kxf6 40. Rf8+ Ke6 41. Re8+ Re7 42. Rxe7+ Kxe7 43. Bxc5+ $18) (38... Bf3+ $6 39.
Kc1 f5 (39... Ra7 40. gxf6+ Kxf6 41. Rf8+ $18) 40. Rf1 Be4 41. Rfd1 $16) 39.
Rf1 Ra7 40. Bxc5 Ra2 41. Rd6 Bc2+ 42. Ke2 Bxb3+ 43. Ke3 Bxc4 44. Rf4 Ba6 45.
Rxf5 b3 $132) 37... Kxf6 38. Rf1+ (38. Kxc2 Be4+ $132) 38... Kg7 39. Kxc2 Be4+
40. Kd1 Ra7 $2 (40... h5 $5 $16) 41. Bxc5 $18 Ra2 42. Rf4 $4 (42. Rg1+ Bg2 $8
43. Rd7+ Kf6 44. Ra7 Rd2+ 45. Kc1 Be4 46. Rf1+ Kg6 47. Rf2 $18) 42... Bc2+ $14
43. Ke2 Bxb3+ (43... h5 $5) 44. Ke3 h5 $1 (44... Bc2 $2 {[%cal Gb4b3]} 45. Bf8+
Kg6 46. Rd6+ Kh5 47. Be7 Be1 48. Rd5+ $1 (48. Rf1 Bg3 49. Rd5+ Kg4 (49... Kh6
50. Rf6+ Kg7 51. Rg5+ Bg6 52. Rxg3) 50. Rg5+ Kh3 51. Bxb4 $16) 48... Kh6 49.
Rg4 Ra8 50. Bg5+ (50. Bd6 Bg6) 50... Kh5 (50... Kg7 51. Bh4+) 51. Kf3 $1 $18)
45. Bf8+ (45. Bd4+ Bxd4+ 46. Rfxd4 (46. Rdxd4 Bc2 $11 {[%cal Gb4b3]}) 46... Rc2
47. c5 Rxc5 48. Rxb4 $11) 45... Kg6 (45... Kh7 46. Rd7+ Kg6 47. Rd6+ Kh7 48. c5
Be6 $1 {See later}) 46. Rd6+ Kh7 47. c5 (47. Rd7+ Kg6 48. c5 Be6 $1 (48... Ra6
$5 49. Rd6+ Rxd6 50. cxd6 Be6 $11) 49. Rd6 Kh7 $1) 47... Ra8 $6 (47... Be6 $3
48. Rf2 $1 (48. Rxe6 Bd2+ 49. Ke4 Bxf4 50. Kxf4 Rf2+ 51. Kg5 Rxf8 52. Re7+ Kg8
53. c6 Rc8 54. c7 Kf8 55. Rd7 Ke8 56. Rd4 $11) (48. c6 Be5 49. Rxe6 Bxf4+ 50.
Kxf4 Rf2+ 51. Kg5 Rxf8 52. Re7+ Kg8 53. c7 b3 $11) 48... Rxf2 49. Kxf2 Bg4 $13
(49... Kg8 50. c6 Kxf8 51. Rxe6 Bd4+ 52. Kf3 Bb6 53. Re4 $18) 50. Rb6 Kg8 51.
Bd6 Kf7 $11) 48. c6 $5 Be5 49. Rd7+ Kg6 50. Re4 $5 (50. Rxb4 $2 Be6 $1 51. Re7
Kf6 52. Bg7+ Kxe7 53. Bxe5 $11) 50... Kf5 51. Bxb4 Rc8 52. Bd6 $5 Bf6 53. c7 (
53. Bc7 h4 54. Rf4+ Kg5 55. Ke4 (55. Kf3 h3 (55... Rxc7 56. Rxc7 Bd5+ 57. Ke3
Be5 58. Rd4 Bxc7 59. Rxd5+ Kg4 60. Rd7 Bb6+ 61. Ke4 $18) 56. Rb4 Be6 57. Bf4+
Kg6 58. Rd6 Rxc6 $1 59. Rxc6 Bd5+ 60. Kg4 Bxc6 61. Kxh3 Kf5 $11) 55... h3 (
55... Bc2+ 56. Kf3 h3 57. Kg3 Rxc7 58. Rxf6 Kxf6 59. Rxc7 Ke6 60. Ra7 Be4 61.
c7 Kd7 62. Kxh3 Kc8 63. Kg4 Bb7 64. Kf5 Kxc7 $11)) 53... Be6 $2 (53... Bc2 $1
54. Rf4+ Ke6 55. Rxf6+ Kxd7 $11) 54. Rh7 $16 Bg5+ 55. Bf4 Kg6 56. Rxe6+ Kxh7
57. Rc6 Bxf4+ $4 (57... Bd8 58. Rh6+ Kg7 59. cxd8=Q Rxd8 60. Rxh5 $16) (57...
Be7 58. Ke4 (58. Rh6+ Kg7 59. Rxh5 Kf6 60. Ke4 Ke6 61. Rh6+ Kd7 62. Kd5 Rxc7
63. Bxc7 Kxc7 64. Rh7 Kd8 65. Kc6 Bb4 66. Rd7+ Ke8 $11) 58... Bd8 59. cxd8=Q
Rxd8 60. Rh6+ Kg7 61. Rxh5 $16) 58. Kxf4 $18 Kg7 (58... h4 59. Ke5 h3 60. Rc3
h2 61. Rh3+ Kg6 62. Kd6 $18) 59. Ke5 h4 60. Kd6 h3 61. Kd7 h2 62. Rc1 Rh8 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup02"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Black "Vorobiov, Evgeny E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. c4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 g6 8.
Nc3 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Qa5 (10... a6 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. b3 Qa5 13. Be2 Rfc8
14. Bd4 Bc6 15. O-O Nd7 16. Be3 $14 (16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Kh1 Kg8 18. f4 b5 $132 {
1-0 Suetin,A-Forintos,G/Budapest 1970 (85)})) 11. Be2 (11. a3 Be6 12. b4 Qd8
13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Nb5 a6 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Be2 Qc7 17. O-O Rfd8 18. Rfe1 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Savon,V-Tal,M/Suhumi 1972 (68)} (18. Rfd1 Ba4 19. Re1 $14)) (11. Nb5
Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 b6 13. a4 Nd7 14. Ra2 Bb7 15. Be2 Rfc8 16. a5 Bc6 17. axb6 axb6
18. Na7 Bb7 19. Rha1 $14 {1-0 Richardson,K-Estrin,J/corr W-7ch f 1975 (48)})
11... Be6 12. O-O (12. Nd5 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bd7 (14... Bd7 {
1/2-1/2 Bellin,R-Parma,B/Teesside 1972}) 15. Rac1 Rfc8 16. Rxc8+ Rxc8 17. Rc1
Rxc1 18. Kxc1 a6 19. Kc2 Kf8 20. Kb3 e6 {1/2-1/2 Averbakh,Y-Georgadze,T/
Polanica Zdrój 1976}) 12... Rfc8 13. Rfc1 Kf8 14. b3 a6 15. Rab1 Rab8 (15...
Qb4 16. Qb2 $1 (16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Bd7 $11) 16... Qa5 17. a3
$14) 16. Bf1 Rc6 17. b4 Qd8 18. Nd5 $14 Bxd5 $2 (18... Rbc8 19. a4 Rb8 $14) (
18... Kg8 $14) 19. exd5 $16 Rcc8 20. a4 $5 (20. Re1 b5 21. Rbc1 Kg8 22. Bd4 Qd7
23. Bd3 $14) 20... a5 $5 (20... Kg8 21. a5 $16) 21. bxa5 Nd7 22. Rb5 (22. Ba7
$2 Ra8 23. Rxb7 Rc7 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Bd4 Rxa5 26. Bxg7+ Kxg7 27. Ra1 (27. Re1
Qa7+ $11) 27... Nc5 $11) 22... Nc5 23. Rcb1 Qc7 24. Bxc5 (24. a6 $1 bxa6 (24...
Nxa6 25. Ba7 Nc5 26. Bxb8 Rxb8 27. a5 $16) 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Qa5 $1 Qa7 27.
Rxb8+ Qxb8 28. Bxc5 dxc5 29. Qxc5 h5 30. g3 $16) 24... dxc5 25. d6 $6 (25. g3
Rd8 26. Qe1 $16) 25... exd6 $8 $14 (25... Qxd6 26. Qxd6 exd6 27. a6 $18) 26.
Qd5 Qe7 (26... Re8 27. g3 Bd4+ 28. Kg2 Re5 29. Rxb7 $1 Rxd5 30. Rxc7 Rxb1 31.
cxd5 Ra1 32. Bb5 Ra2+ 33. Kf1 (33. Kh3 h5 34. a6 Bg1 35. g4 Rxh2+ 36. Kg3 h4+
37. Kf4 c4 38. a7 $18) 33... Ra1+ 34. Ke2 Ra2+ 35. Kd3 Ra3+ 36. Kc2 Ra2+ 37.
Kb3 Rb2+ 38. Ka3 $18) 27. a6 $1 (27. Rxb7 Rxb7 28. Rxb7 Bd4+ (28... Qe3+ 29.
Kh1 Bd4 30. Qxf7#) 29. Kh1 Rc7 30. Rxc7 (30. a6 $4 Qe1 $19) 30... Qxc7 31. a6
Qa5 $132) 27... Bd4+ 28. Kh1 Qe3 29. Bd3 (29. Be2 b6 30. a7 Ra8 31. Rxb6 Rxa7
32. Qe4 $11) 29... Qxd3 30. a7 Ra8 31. Rxb7 Qxb1+ $4 (31... Qf5 32. Qxf5 (32.
Rb8 Rxa7 33. Qxf5 gxf5 34. Rxc8+ Kg7 $14) 32... gxf5 33. Rb8 Rxa7 (33... Kg7
34. Rxc8 Rxa7 $14) 34. Rxc8+ Kg7 35. Rd8 Rxa4 36. Rxd6 Rxc4 37. g3 Rc2 38. Rd7
Bb2 $14) 32. Rxb1 $18 Rxa7 33. g3 $2 (33. Rb7 $1 Rxb7 34. Qxb7 Re8 35. g3 Re1+
36. Kg2 Re2+ 37. Kf1 Rxh2 38. a5 Rf2+ 39. Ke1 Rb2 40. a6 $18) 33... Rca8 $16
34. h4 (34. Rb6 Kg7 (34... Rxa4 35. Rb7 $18) 35. Rxd6 Rxa4 36. Rd7 Rf8 37. Kg2
$16) 34... Kg7 35. h5 Rxa4 (35... gxh5 36. Qg5+ Kh8 37. Qxh5 $16) 36. Rb7 Rf8
37. Qxd6 Rxc4 $4 (37... gxh5 $16) 38. h6+ $18 Kg8 39. Rb8 (39. Rb8 Bg7 40. hxg7
Rxb8 41. Qxb8+ Kxg7 42. Qb3 Rd4 43. Qc3 h5 44. Qxc5 Rd7 45. Qe5+ Kf8 46. Kg2
Rd8 47. f4 Kg8 48. f5 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Nikolaidis, Ioannis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. e4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Bg5 (8. f3 $5 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Nd5 $14) 8... Bg7 9.
Qd2 Be6 (9... Qa5 10. Be2 Be6 11. O-O (11. Rc1 Rc8 12. b3 $14) 11... Rc8 12. b3
b5 $1 13. e5 $5 Nd7 (13... dxe5 14. Nxb5 Qxd2 15. Bxd2 $14) 14. Nxb5 Qxd2 15.
Bxd2 a6 16. Nd4 Bxe5 17. Be3 $11 {1-0 Stefanov,K-Stoilov,A/Bankia tt 1992 (34)}
) 10. Bd3 (10. Rc1 Rc8 (10... a6 11. Bd3 (11. f3) 11... h6 12. Bf4 g5 13. Bg3
Nh5 14. Nd5 O-O 15. O-O Bd7 16. Qe3 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Bg7 19. Rxb7 e6
$15 {Van der Sterren,P-Brendel,O/Munich op9192 1992/1-0 (58)}) (10... Qa5 11.
f3 O-O 12. Be2 Rfc8 13. b3 Rab8 14. Nd5 (14. O-O) 14... Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Bxd5 $2
(15... Nxd5 16. exd5 Bd7 $10 {/\ e6} 17. Rhd1 Kf8 $10) 16. cxd5 $14 {Lutz,
C-Schlosser,P/Dresden 1995/1-0 (54)}) 11. b3 Qa5 12. f3 h6 13. Be3 O-O 14. Bd3
Kh7 15. O-O a6 16. h3 Nd7 17. f4 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Be2 Nc5 20. g4 Be6 21.
Bd4 Ne4 22. Qe3 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Qc5 24. Qxc5 Nxc5 25. Rf3 $14 {Polugaevsky,
L-Beliavsky,A/URS-ch43 Erevan 1975/1-0 (52)}) 10... Rc8 (10... h6 11. Bf4 g5
12. Be3 Ng4 13. O-O Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Qa5 15. Nd5 Rc8 16. Kh1 Qc5 17. Qe2 Qd4 18.
Rac1 h5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Szymczak,Z-Georgadze,T/Lublin 1976 (36)}) 11. Nd5 Bxd5 (
11... Nxd5 12. exd5 Bd7 13. O-O $14) 12. exd5 b5 (12... Nd7 $5 13. O-O h6 14.
Be3 (14. Bh4 Ne5 15. Rac1 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Bg7 18. Rxb7 Rc7 19. Rfb1
(19. Rxc7 Qxc7 20. Re1 g5 21. Bg3 O-O 22. h4 $11) 19... O-O 20. Qe3 g5 21. Bg3
Bf6 $11) 14... Ne5 15. Rac1 (15. Bxa7 $2 b6 16. Qe3 Nd7 $17) 15... Nxd3 16.
Qxd3 Qa5 17. Qb1 O-O (17... Qb4 18. b3 b6 19. Qe4 $14) 18. b4 Qa4 19. Rfe1 Rfe8
$11) 13. cxb5 Rc5 $5 (13... Nxd5 $5 14. O-O (14. Be4 Nb6 15. Bc6+ Nd7 16. O-O
h6 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 (17... Qxe7 18. Rae1 Be5 19. f4 $16) 18. Rae1+ Ne5 19. f4 Kf8
(19... f5 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Qb4+ Kf6 $132) 20. fxe5 Bxe5 $132) 14... O-O 15.
Rac1 Nf6 16. a4 $14) 14. Be3 Rxd5 (14... Rc7 15. b6 $18) 15. Qc2 O-O (15...
Qa5+ 16. Bd2 Re5+ 17. Kf1 (17. Be2 Rxe2+ 18. Kxe2 Qxb5+ 19. Qd3 (19. Ke1 O-O
$15) 19... Qxb2 $15)) 16. O-O Qb8 17. Be2 (17. a4 Rc8 18. Qb3 e6 19. Rfc1 Rxc1+
20. Rxc1 Ng4 21. Bf4 (21. Be4 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Rh5 $17 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gd6d5,
Gg7h6]}) 21... Bd4 22. Rc2 Rc5 23. Bg3 Qb6 24. Rxc5 Qxc5 25. Qc2 Qb4 $15) 17...
Re5 18. Bd4 Rc8 19. Qd3 Rd5 20. Qe3 Rc7 21. Rad1 Ne8 $4 (21... e5 22. Bc3 Qb6
$11 (22... Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rc5 24. a4 Nd5 $11)) 22. Bxa7 $1 $18 Rxa7 23. Rxd5 e6
24. b6 $1 (24. Rd2 Rxa2 25. b4 Rxd2 26. Qxd2 d5 27. Rc1 $16) 24... Rxa2 25. Rb5
d5 26. b7 Nd6 27. Qg3 $1 e5 (27... Bxb2 28. Qxd6 $18) 28. Rb6 Ra7 (28... Nxb7
29. Qb3 Ra7 30. Ba6 $18) 29. Ba6 Nxb7 30. Qb3 Rxa6 31. Rxa6 Qc7 32. Qxd5 Nd8
33. Ra8 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Yrjola, Jouni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

1. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2
Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14.
a4 Nd7 (14... Qb4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Bd7 18. a5 $1 $14 {
Ree O.-Tal M., 1989}) 15. Nd5 (15. O-O b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nd5 Qxd2 18. Bxd2
Bxd5 19. cxd5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Nc5 21. Bxb5 Nxb3 22. Rd1 Bd4+ 23. Kf1 Ra2 24. Be1
Be5 25. Bc4 Rb2 26. Bxb3 Rxb3 27. h3 $11 {- Schlosser M.-Stanisic L., Wien op
1990}) 15... Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Bxd5 17. exd5 (17. cxd5 Bb2 18. Rxc8+ Rxc8 19. Rb1
$11 {- Gabor-Schrancz, corr. 1969}) 17... Nc5 (17... a5 18. Kc2 Re8 19. Rhe1 e6
{1/2-1/2 Dochev,D-Delchev,A/Sofia ch-BG 1994}) 18. Rb1 e6 (18... a5 19. Rhe1 (
19. g4 e6 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. h4 Ra6 22. h5 Rb6 23. Kc2 d5 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Bxc5
Rxc5 26. Bd3 Kf7 27. Kd2 Rd6 28. Ke2 b6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Reeh,O-Blass,G/FRG BL
1987 (45)}) (19. f4 Re8 20. Bf3 Rad8 21. Rhe1 b6 22. Kc2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Reeh,
O-Polak,T/Bern op 1993 (32)}) 19... Rc7 20. Bd3 b6 21. f4 Rd7 22. h4 h5 23.
Bxc5 $6 $11 (23. g3 $14) (23. f5 $14) 23... bxc5 24. f5 Bh6+ 25. Kc2 g5 26.
hxg5 Bxg5 {1/2-1/2 Hracek,Z-Khalifman,A/BL 1995}) (18... Re8 {[#]} 19. Bxc5 $5
(19. a5 $5 {P b4, hc1[]}) 19... dxc5 20. b4 e6 21. d6 Rad8 22. bxc5 Bd4 23.
Rxb7 {Cimmino 1/2-1/2 Zanetti,A-Stigar.P/corr Alg-jub 1992}) 19. dxe6 $14 Nxe6
(19... fxe6 20. a5 $14 {BB}) 20. Rhd1 Be5 (20... f5 21. f4 Re8 22. Bf3 Re7 23.
Kc2 Nc5 24. Bf2 $14) 21. g3 Bd4 (21... g5 22. Bd3 h6 23. Bf5 $14) 22. Bh6 $6 (
22. Re1 Bxe3+ (22... d5 $5 23. Bxd4 Nxd4 24. Kd3 (24. cxd5 Rd8) 24... Nxe2 25.
Rxe2 dxc4+ 26. bxc4 Rc7 $11) 23. Kxe3 $14) (22. Bd3 $14) 22... Re8 (22... b6
$11) 23. Bf1 (23. f4 Nc5 $11) 23... Rad8 (23... f5 24. a5 Bg1 (24... f4 25.
gxf4 Ng7 26. Bd3 Be3+ 27. Kc3 Ne6 28. Be4 Nxf4 29. Rxd6 Ne2+ 30. Kd3 Bxh6 31.
Kxe2 $16) 25. h3 Bf2 26. g4 Nd4 27. Bg2 Re2+ 28. Kd3 Rae8 29. Rd2 Rxd2+ 30.
Bxd2 Nc6 31. f4 $16) 24. b4 Bf6 (24... b6 25. Bd3 d5 $140 $11) 25. Be3 Nd4 26.
Bg2 Rc8 (26... d5 27. c5 Nf5 28. Bf2 d4 29. f4 Re7 30. Kd3 (30. g4 Ne3 31. Bxe3
dxe3+ (31... Rde8 32. Bxd4 Bxd4 33. Kd3 Be3 34. f5 $14) 32. Ke2 Rxd1 33. Rxd1
Bc3 (33... g5 34. fxg5 Bxg5)) 30... Ne3 31. Bxe3 $11 (31. Rg1 Ng4 $17)) 27. Kd3
Nf5 28. Bd2 b5 $5 (28... h5 29. a5 $14 (29. Bh3 d5 (29... Rc7 30. Bxf5 gxf5 31.
Re1 Rec8 32. Rbc1 $16) 30. c5 d4 31. Bxf5 gxf5 32. Re1 $16)) (28... b6 $5 29.
f4 (29. Bh3 d5 $1 30. cxd5 Re5 $11) 29... Rc7 $14) 29. cxb5 axb5 30. axb5 $14
Ra8 (30... Ne3 $5 31. Rg1 (31. Bxe3 $2 Rc3+ 32. Ke2 (32. Kd2 Rcxe3 $11) 32...
Rcxe3+ 33. Kf2 Re2+ 34. Kf1 Ra2 (34... Bc3 35. b6) 35. Re1 Rb8 36. Rbd1 Rxb5
37. Rxd6 Kg7 38. Re2 $11) (31. Rdc1 $1 Rxc1 (31... Nxg2 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Rg1
Nh4 34. gxh4 Bxh4 35. Be3 Rb8 36. Kc4 $16) 32. Rxc1 Nxg2 33. Rg1 Rb8 (33... Nh4
34. gxh4 Bxh4 35. Be3 $16) 34. Rxg2 Rxb5 $16) 31... Nc4 (31... Nxg2 32. Rxg2
$16) 32. Bf4 g5 33. Bh3 Rc7 34. b6 Nxb6 35. Rgc1 Rxc1 36. Bxc1 $14) 31. Bc1
Rec8 (31... Reb8 32. f4 Ra2 $14) 32. f4 (32. Bb2 Bxb2 33. Rxb2 $14) 32... Ra2
$2 (32... Rc3+ 33. Ke2 Rb8 34. Bd2 $14) 33. Rd2 Rc3+ (33... Rxd2+ 34. Bxd2 Rb8
35. Bc6 Nd4 (35... Ne7 36. Rb3 (36. Rc1 Kf8 37. Bc3 Bxc3 38. Rxc3 $16) (36. Bc3
Bxc3 37. Kxc3 Kf8 $16 (37... Rc8 38. Kd4 Nxc6+ 39. bxc6 Rxc6 40. b5 Rb6 41. Kc4
Kf8 42. Ra1 Ke7 43. Ra6 Rb7 44. b6 Ke6 45. Kb5 $18)) 36... Kf8 37. Ra3 $18) 36.
Bc3 $18) 34. Ke2 Nd4+ (34... Rxd2+ 35. Bxd2 Nd4+ 36. Kd1 Nxb5 37. Bf1 $18) 35.
Kd1 $16 Rxc1+ 36. Kxc1 Ne2+ 37. Rxe2 Rxe2 {[#] Hecht wegen des weißen
b-Freibauern alsbald passive schwarze Figuren; Angriff gegen die schwarzen
K-Flügel-Bauern} 38. Bf3 Re1+ (38... Rf2 39. Rb3 $18) (38... Rxh2 39. b6 Bd4
40. b7 $18) 39. Bd1 Bd8 40. Ra1 Kf8 41. Ra8 Ke7 42. Ra7+ Ke8 43. Kd2 Re7 44.
Ra6 Rb7 $2 (44... Re4 $142 45. Bf3 Rxb4 46. Kc3 Rb1 47. Rxd6 Ke7 (47... Rxb5
48. Bc6+ Ke7 49. Rd7+ $18) 48. Rd5 $16) 45. Kd3 $18 Ke7 46. Kc4 Bb6 47. Bf3 Rb8
48. Bc6 d5+ (48... Kd8 49. Kd5 Ke7 50. Ra2 Bc7 51. Re2+ Kf6 52. Bd7 Rb6 53. Re8
$18) 49. Bxd5 Bg1 50. Ra2 Rc8+ 51. Bc6 Rd8 52. Rg2 Bb6 53. Re2+ Kd6 54. g4 h6
55. h4 Bg1 56. Kb3 Bb6 57. Be8 Kc7 58. Rc2+ Kb7 59. Bxf7 Rf8 60. Bd5+ Kb8 61.
Rc6 Bf2 62. Rxg6 Rxf4 63. b6 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.01.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Maharramzade, Javad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2001.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. e4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+
15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 {Here Black has very many possibilities, but the best plan
is connected with Rc8-c6.} Rcb8 $6 $14 {In my opinion, this plan is bad.} ({
Interesting is} 16... f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. g5 d5 19. f4 (19. cxd5 Bxd5 {
1/2-1/2 Luther,T-Van der Weide,K/Wijk aan Zee NED 2001/The Week in Chess 325 
(19)}) 19... dxc4 20. bxc4 Rd8 21. Ke1 Rab8 $1 (21... b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Bxb5
$14 {1-0 Suba,M-Gdanski,J/Budapest 1993/CBM 34 (45)}) 22. Nb6 Nxb6 23. Bxb6 $11
{0-1 Garcia Martinez,S-Tiviakov,S/Ubeda 1999/CBM 68 ext (37)}) (16... Kf8 17.
h3 (17. h4 Rc6 18. h5 Rac8 $132) 17... Rc6 $1 {-right plan!} 18. f4 Nc5 19.
Nxc5 dxc5 20. Rhd1 Rd8+ 21. Ke1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Ke8 23. Bf3 Bc3+ 24. Kf1 Rc7 25.
f5 Bc8 26. Bf4 Rd7 27. Rxd7 Bxd7 28. Ke2 {1/2-1/2 Liss,E-Alterman,B/Rishon Le
Ziyyon 1995/CBM 46 (28)}) (16... Rab8 17. h4 (17. Nc3 Ne5 18. Nd5 Kf8 19. h4 b5
$132 {1-0 Postl,A-Eibersberger,M/AUT 1996/EXT 98 (41)}) 17... Rc6 $1 $132 {
-noted right plan} (17... b5 18. cxb5 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 axb5 20. Nc3 b4 21. Na4 $14
) (17... b6 18. Nc3 Nc5 19. h5 a5 20. Rc2 $14 {1-0 Arbakov,V-Mandl,R/Bayern
1996/EXT 99 (52)})) (16... Rf8 $6 {[%cal Gf7f5]} 17. h4 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. g5
f4 20. Bf2 Rf5 21. Nc3 Bxc3+ 22. Kxc3 b5 23. Bd3 $16 (23. cxb5 axb5 24. Kb2 b4
25. Rc7 $14 {1-0 Van den Doel,E-Schmenger,F/Porz GER 2000/The Week in Chess
310 (59)})) 17. Nc3 b5 $2 $16 {Another continuations also don't promise good
future for Black, but better than the last move in the game:} (17... Rc8 $142 {
Black recognized his mistake...} 18. h4 Kf8 19. h5 b5 (19... Rc6 $5 $14) 20.
Nd5 bxc4 21. Bxc4 Ne5 22. Be2 $14 {[%csl Ra6] () 1-0 Kalod,R-Sriram,J/Medellin
1996/Juniors (54)}) (17... Bxc3+ $5 18. Rxc3 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Rc2 $14 {
1-0 Ribshtein,N-Bar,A/Petah Tiqwa 1997/CBM 58 ext (28)}) (17... Kf8 18. g5 f5
19. gxf6 Nxf6 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Bd7 22. Rc7 Ke8 23. Rhc1 $14 {1-0 Tukmakov,
V-Vogt,L/Lenk 1999/EXT 2000 (53)}) 18. Nd5 bxc4 $2 $18 ({Much better is} 18...
Bxd5 19. cxd5 {^^ and now} Rc8 (19... b4 $6 20. Rc7 Rd8 21. Rhc1 Bc3+ 22. Kd1
Kf8 23. a4 Ke8 24. Ba7 Nc5 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. Rxc5 $18 {1-0 Matlak,M-Krzywicki,
D/Polanica Zdroj 1995/EXT 97 (41)}) 20. Rc6 $1 (20. f4 Nc5 21. e5 Nb7 $14)
20... Ne5 21. Rxc8+ (21. Rb6 Nd7 22. Rb7 Bc3+ 23. Kd1 Nc5 $1 $11) 21... Rxc8
22. Rc1 Rxc1 23. Kxc1 Kf8 24. a4 $16) 19. Bxc4 {[%csl Rc7,Re7][%cal Gd5c7,
Gd5e7]} Kf8 (19... Bxd5 20. Bxd5 $18 {[%csl Ra8]}) 20. Nc7 $1 {[%csl Ra8]} Bxc4
21. Rxc4 Ne5 22. Ra4 Nxf3+ 23. Ke2 Ne5 24. Rc1 (24. Nxa8 Rxa8 25. Rc1 $18 Nxg4
$140 26. Rxa6 $1) 24... Nxg4 25. Nxa8 Nxe3 26. Nb6 (26. Rxa6 $18) (26. Nc7 $18)
26... Ke8 27. Rxa6 f5 (27... Bd4 28. Nd5 Nxd5 29. exd5 Bc5 30. Rc3 $16 {
preparing queenside PP promotion.}) 28. Ra8 $5 (28. Rc8+ Rxc8 29. Nxc8 f4 30.
Ra7 Bf6 31. a4 $18) 28... Rxa8 29. Nxa8 Ng2 30. exf5 gxf5 31. b4 Nf4+ 32. Kf1
Nd3 33. Rc8+ Kd7 34. Rc7+ Kd8 35. b5 d5 36. b6 Be5 37. Rc2 ({Wins also} 37. Rc6
Nb4 38. Rh6 Nxa2 39. b7 Nb4 40. Rb6 $18) 37... Nb4 38. Rc5 e6 39. b7 Kd7 40.
Nb6+ Ke7 41. Rc8 Bxh2 42. a4 Na6 43. a5 Bb8 44. Na4 Kd6 45. Nc5 Nxc5 46. Rxb8
1-0

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.07.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4356]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7.
f3 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. Nd5 Qxa2 13. Nxe7+
Kh8 14. Be2 Ng8 (14... Nd7 15. Bd4 Rfe8 16. O-O Qb3 (16... Rxe7 17. Ra1 Qb3 18.
Ra3 $18) 17. Bd1 (17. Nd5) 17... Qa2 18. Qc3 Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4+ f6 20. Nd5 (20.
Qxd6 Qxb2 21. Qxe6 Qxc1 22. Qxd7 Rad8 23. Qe6 Rf8 (23... Rxd1 24. Qxf6#) 24.
Nd5 Qxc4 25. Qe7 $16) 20... Bxd5 21. cxd5 Rec8 22. Ba4 Ne5 23. f4 Rc4 24. Rxc4
Qxc4 25. Rd1 b5 26. Qxc4 Nxc4 27. Bxb5 Nxb2 28. Ra1 $16 (28. Rb1 Rb8 29. Rxb2
a6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Andersson,U-Reshevsky,S/Palma de Mallorca 1971/Inf 12 (41)})) (
14... Rfe8 15. Nd5 Bxd5 (15... Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bd7 17. O-O Rec8 18. Bd4 Qb3 19.
Bd1 Qb5 20. Be2 Qa4 (20... Qb3 $5) 21. b4 Qb3 22. Bd1 Qa3 23. Ra1 $16 {(...50.)
. 1/2-1/2 Thormann,W-Blaess,G/BL2-N 1981/BIG 80 (45)}) 16. cxd5 Rac8 17. O-O a6
18. Ra1 Qb3 19. Bd3 Nd7 20. Rfb1 $18 {1-0 Jansa,V-Gasic,B/Sarajevo 1972 (33)})
15. Nd5 (15. Nxg8 Kxg8 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qa5+ 18. Kf2 Qe5 19. Rcd1 Rfc8 (
19... Rfd8 20. Rd2 Qxd4+ 21. Rxd4 $14 {1-0 Ribli,Z-Ghitescu,T/Kecskemet 1972/
Inf 13 (54)}) 20. b3 (20. g3 Rc6 21. f4 Qxd4+ 22. Rxd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Timman,
J-Ree,H/Amsterdam IBM 1972 (42)}) 20... a5 (20... Rc6 21. Qe3 (21. Rd2 Rb6 22.
Qe3 $14 {0-1 Pytel,K-Bednarski,J/Polanica Zdrój 1972 (42)}) 21... a5 (21... Rb6
22. Rd3 h5 23. f4 Qc5 24. h3 Qxe3+ 25. Rxe3 $14 {1-0 Andersson,U-Ree,H/
Teesside 1972 (34)}) 22. Rd4 a4 $11 {Andonovski,L-Baumbach,F/corr 1984/Inf 40 
(22)}) 21. Qxd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 a4 23. bxa4 Rxa4 24. Rb1 Ra2 25. Ke3 Bxc4 26.
Bxc4 Rxc4 27. Rxb7 (27. Rd8+ $4 $11 Kg7 28. Rxb7 Rxg2 {1/2-1/2 Andersson,U-Hug,
W/Las Palmas 1973 (50)}) 27... Rxg2 28. Rf6 $18) 15... Bxd5 (15... Qxb2 16.
Qxb2 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Bxd5 (17... Bg7 18. Nc7 Rac8 19. Rxb7 Rb8 20. Rxb8 Rxb8 21.
Nxe6 fxe6 22. Bxa7 Rb1+ 23. Bd1 Ne7 (23... Rb2 24. O-O $16) 24. O-O $14 {
1/2-1/2 Schmidt,W-Andersson,U/Warszawa 1973/Inf 15 (43)}) 18. Rxb2 Bc6 19. Bf4
Rfd8 20. Rd2 Nf6 21. Bxd6 Ne8 22. Bc5 Rxd2 23. Kxd2 Kg7 24. Ra1 $14 {1/2-1/2
Soltau,A-Hurst,P/corr 1981 (37)}) 16. cxd5 Qxb2 (16... Rfc8 17. O-O Qa4 (17...
a5 18. Bd4 Qa4 19. Bc3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qa3 21. c4 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 a4 $132 {1/2-1/2
Schmidt,W-Hug,W/EU-chT Bath 1973/EU-chT (42)}) 18. b4 a6 19. Bd4 Qd7 20. Qb2
$14 {Ghitescu,T-Bednarski,J/Wijk aan Zee II 1973/Inf 16 (20)}) 17. Qxb2 Bxb2
18. Rb1 $6 (18. Rc7 $1 f5 (18... b6 19. Kd2 f5 20. Rb1 Bg7 21. Bb5 fxe4 22.
fxe4 Bh6 23. Bc6 Rab8 24. Rxa7 Rf2+ 25. Kd3 Bxe3 26. Kxe3 Rxg2 27. Rd7 Rxh2 28.
Rxd6 $14) 19. Rxb7 Bc3+ 20. Bd2 Bxd2+ 21. Kxd2 fxe4 22. fxe4 Nf6 23. Bf3 a5 24.
Ra1 a4 25. Ra3 $14) 18... Be5 $1 $11 (18... Bc3+ $6 19. Kf2 b6 20. Rhc1 Bg7 (
20... Be5 21. Rc7 f5 22. exf5 Rxf5 23. g4 Rff8 24. g5 Rfc8 (24... Rae8 25. Rxa7
Re7 26. Ra4 $1 $16 {1-0 Tsesarsky,I-Zilberman,Y/Ramat-Gan 1991/[Tsesarsky] (50)
}) 25. Rbc1 Rxc7 26. Rxc7 $14) 21. Ba6 f5 22. exf5 Rxf5 23. Bc8 Rf7 24. Be6 Rb7
25. Bf4 Bf8 26. Rc6 $14 {1-0 Bosch Jeroen-Van Der Weide Karel/Ch Netherlands 
(team) Netherlands 1996 (50)}) 19. Rxb7 a5 20. Kd2 (20. f4 Rab8 21. Rxb8 Bc3+
22. Kf2 Rxb8 23. Rc1 Nf6 24. Rxc3 Nxe4+ 25. Ke1 Nxc3 26. Bd4+ Kg8 27. Bxc3 a4
28. Kd2 a3 29. Bc4 f5 $11) 20... a4 21. Kd3 (21. f4 Bg7 22. Bc4 a3 23. Ba2 Nf6
24. Kd3 Ra4 (24... Rfe8 25. Rxf7 Rxe4 26. Rb1 Rae8 27. Bd2 Nxd5 28. Rxg7 (28.
Bxd5 Rd4+ 29. Kc2 Rxd5 $19) 28... Nxf4+ 29. Bxf4 Kxg7 30. Bg5 $16) 25. Re7 (25.
e5 dxe5 26. fxe5 Ng4 27. Re1 Bxe5 28. Bg1 Bxh2 29. Bd4+ Kg8 $17) 25... Ng4 26.
Rc1 Bf6 27. Rd7 Nxe3 28. Kxe3 Re8 29. Rc4 Rxc4 30. Bxc4 Rc8 31. Rxd6 Rxc4 32.
Rxf6 Ra4 33. d6 a2 34. d7 a1=Q 35. d8=Q+ Kg7 36. Rxf7+ Kxf7 37. Qd7+ $11) 21...
a3 22. Bd4 (22. f4 Bb2 23. Bd4+ (23. e5 dxe5 24. Rd1 exf4 $19) 23... Bxd4 24.
Kxd4 Ra4+ 25. Kd3 Nf6 26. Bf3 Re8 27. Ra1 Nxe4 28. Bxe4 Raxe4 29. Ra7 (29. Rxf7
Re3+ 30. Kc2 Re2+ 31. Kd3 $11) 29... Re3+ 30. Kc4 R8e4+ 31. Kb5 Rxf4 32. Kc6
$11) 22... Bxd4 23. Kxd4 f5 (23... Rfb8 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Ra1 Ra8 $11) 24. Rb6
(24. exf5 Rxf5 25. Bc4 Nf6 26. Ra1 Ra5 27. Re1 (27. Ra2 Nxd5 28. Rb3 $11) 27...
Ra4 28. Kc3 $11) 24... fxe4 25. fxe4 (25. Rxd6 a2 26. Ra1 exf3 27. Bxf3 Kg7 $11
) 25... Nf6 26. Rxd6 Ra4+ 27. Bc4 (27. Ke3 Rxe4+ 28. Kd3 Ra4 29. Ra1 $11) 27...
Nxe4 28. Ra6 Rxa6 29. Bxa6 Ra8 (29... Nd2 30. Kc3 Rf2 31. Bd3 Kg7 32. Ra1 Rxg2
$132) 30. Bb5 Nd2 31. Kc3 a2 32. Ra1 Nb1+ 33. Kb4 Kg7 34. d6 Kf6 35. Bc4 Rb8+
36. Bb5 (36. Kc5 Rc8+ 37. Kd4 Rd8 $11) 36... Ra8 37. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup3"]
[Site "Omsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Permiakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Alterman,B} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7.
Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd3 Be6 (10... Bd7 11. Be3 a6 12. a4 a5 13.
c5 $1 $14 {Almasi,Z-Khalifman,A/Wijk aan Zee/1995/0,5/43/}) (10... Nd7 $6 11.
Bg5 Nc5 12. Qe3 Ne6 13. Bh6 (13. Bh4 $1 $16) 13... Bxh6 14. Qxh6 $14 {Almasi,
Z-Spangenberg,H/Buenos Aires/1996/0,5/25/}) 11. Be3 (11. Bd2 Nd7 12. b3 a6 (
12... Nc5 13. Qe3 Bd7 $1 14. Rab1 Bc6 15. f3 a5 $10 {Leko,P-Tiviakov,S/
Groningen/1995/0,5/31/}) 13. Rac1 (13. f4 $6 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. f5 $2 (15.
Qxb5 $1 {Tsesarsky}) 15... Bxb3 $1 16. Qxb5 Rb8 17. Qd3 Ne5 $17 {Zvjaginsev,
V-Sorokin,M/Elista(RUS-ch)/1996/0-1/39/}) 13... Ne5 14. Qg3 Nc6 15. f4 Nd4 16.
Bd3 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. Qd3 $14 {Almasi,Z-Tiviakov,S/Buenos
Aires/1996/0,5/58/}) 11... Nd7 (11... Qa5 12. Bd4 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. f4 b5 15.
cxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Rab8 17. f5 Bd7 18. a4 $14 {Hardicsay,P-Alterman,B/Hartberg/
1991/0,5/39/}) 12. Bd4 $146 (12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. cxd5 Nc5 (13... Bxb2 14. Rab1 Bg7
15. Rxb7 Nc5 16. Bxc5 dxc5 $14) 14. Qc4 Bxb2 15. Rab1 Bf6 16. Bxc5 Rc8 17. Rb5
(17. Rxb7 Rxc5 18. Qa4 $11) 17... b6 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. Qb4 Rc2 20. Bc4 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Nikolaidis,K-Muco,F/Aegina op 1995 (43)}) 12... Bxd4 (12... Ne5 13. Qe3
Nxc4 $140 $2 14. Bxc4 Bxc4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd4+ $18) 13. Qxd4 Qa5 14. b3 a6 (
14... Qe5 15. Qd2 (15. Qe3 f5 16. f4 Qc5 $10) 15... Nc5 16. f3 {/\Qe3,f4/ /
\Qe3,f4/} f5 17. exf5 Qxf5 18. Rae1 $14) (14... Ne5 $14 {Alterman,B}) (14...
Nf6 $1 {Alterman,B} 15. f4 Rac8 $14) 15. Kh1 $5 (15. f4 $1 f5 (15... Qc5 $6 16.
Qxc5 Nxc5 (16... dxc5 $2 17. f5 $18) 17. b4 (17. f5 {Alterman,B} Bd7 18. f6 $14
) 17... Nd7 18. c5 $1 {[%cal Gf4f5]} (18. f5 $6 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Rac8 20. Bxa6
bxa6 21. Nd5 Rfe8 22. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 e6 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Nc7 Rc8 26. a4
Nb6 27. Rc6 Nxa4 (27... Na8 28. Nd5 Rxc6 29. Ne7+ Kf7 30. Nxc6 Nb6 $11) 28.
Rxa6 Rxc7 29. Rxa4 Rc4 30. Ra6 Rxb4 31. Rxd6 Rxe4 $15) 18... f5 (18... dxc5 19.
f5 gxf5 20. exf5 cxb4 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Ne4 $16) (18... a5 19. f5 axb4 20. fxe6
fxe6 21. Rxf8+ Nxf8 22. Nb5 dxc5 23. Bc4 $16) 19. cxd6 exd6 20. Rad1 a5 21.
bxa5 Rxa5 22. Rxd6 Nc5 (22... Rc8 23. Rc1 Kf7 24. e5 Rac5 25. Rd3 Nb6 26. Rb1
R8c6 27. Bf3 Rxc3 28. Rxc3 Rxc3 29. Rxb6 $16) 23. e5 $16) 16. Nd5 Rae8 17. b4
Qd8 18. e5 $14) 15... Rac8 16. f4 f6 (16... f5 17. Nd5 (17. Bf3 $14 {Alterman,B
})) 17. Rf3 $1 (17. Nd5 {Alterman,B} Bxd5 18. exd5 $16) 17... Kh8 $2 (17... Bg4
18. Re3 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Qc5 20. Qd2 b5 21. Nd5 Rf7 (21... Rfe8 {Alterman,B} 22.
cxb5 Qxb5) 22. cxb5 axb5 $14) (17... f5 18. Nd5 Rf7 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Re3 (20.
b4 Qa4) 20... e6 21. Nc3 Nc5 22. Rd1 $14) (17... Rf7 $14) 18. Re3 g5 $6 (18...
Bf7) 19. Nd5 $6 (19. g3 gxf4 20. gxf4 Rg8 21. Nd5 Qd8 22. Rg3 (22. Rd1 Bf7 $14)
22... Rxg3 23. hxg3 Bf7 24. Kg2 e6 (24... b6 25. Rd1 e5 26. Qe3 Be6 27. Rh1 f5
$5 28. exf5 Bxf5 29. Bd3 Qf8 30. Ne7 $1 Bxd3 31. Nxc8 Bf5 32. Nxb6 Nxb6 33.
Qxb6 Be4+ 34. Kg1 Bxh1 35. Kxh1 exf4 36. Qd4+ $18) 25. Ne3 Qb6 26. Qxb6 Nxb6
27. Rd1 Rc6 28. Bf3 $16) 19... gxf4 20. Nxf4 (20. b4 $6 Qd8 21. Nxf4 Bf7 22.
Nd5 e6 23. Nc3 Ne5 24. Rd1 Rg8 25. Qxd6 (25. Na4 Nxc4 26. Bxc4 e5 27. Qxd6 Qxd6
28. Rxd6 Rxc4 29. Nc3 Rgc8 $17) 25... Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Rxc4 $1 27. Bxc4 Nxc4 28.
Red3 Nxd6 29. Rxd6 Rc8 30. Rd3 Bg6 31. Kg1 Rc4 32. a3 Bxe4 $17) 20... Bf7 21.
Nd5 $6 (21. Bg4 $5 Rcd8 (21... e5 22. Qxd6 exf4 23. Ree1 Qe5 (23... Rcd8 24.
Bxd7 Bh5 25. e5 f3 26. Re3 $1 (26. b4 $2 Qa3 (26... fxg2+ 27. Kg1 $18) 27. Qc5
(27. e6 Qb2 28. Qg3 Rg8 29. Qh3 Bg4 30. Qg3 fxg2+ 31. Kg1 Bxe6 $19) 27... fxg2+
28. Kg1 b6 29. Qe7 Qf3 30. Rad1 (30. e6 Qd3 $19) 30... fxe5 31. Qxe5+ Qf6 32.
Rd6 Qxe5 33. Rxe5 $11) 26... fxg2+ (26... f2 27. Rf1 Qxa2 28. e6 $18) 27. Kg1
$18)) 22. Ne6 Bxe6 23. Bxe6 Qe5 24. Qxe5 Nxe5 25. Kg1 $14) 21... Rce8 (21...
Bxd5 22. exd5 Ne5 23. Bg4 $16) 22. b4 (22. a4 Qc5 23. Qd2 a5 $11) 22... Qd8 $5
(22... Qa4 $5 $132) 23. Bd1 $2 (23. Rf1 Rg8 $132 (23... Ne5 {Alterman,B} 24.
Rh3 Rg8 $132)) 23... Rg8 $2 (23... e6 $1 24. Nc3 Qc7 (24... Ne5 $6 25. Ba4 Re7
26. Rd1 Qc7 $11) 25. Bb3 (25. Ba4 e5 26. Qd2 Bxc4 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. exd5 Rc8 29.
Rae1 f5 $17) 25... Rc8 26. Rd1 Ne5 27. Qxd6 Nxc4 28. Bxc4 Qxd6 29. Rxd6 Rxc4
$17) (23... b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. a4 $16) 24. Ba4 Rg6 25. c5 $2 (25. Bxd7 $2
Qxd7 26. Rf1 Reg8 27. Rf2 $11) (25. Qa7 $1 e6 (25... Qc8 26. Nb6 Nxb6 27. Bxe8
$16) 26. Nf4 (26. Qxb7 exd5 27. Qxd7 Qxd7 28. Bxd7 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 dxe4 $10)
26... Rg4 27. Qxb7 Rxf4 (27... Re7 $1 {Alterman,B}) 28. Qxd7 Qxd7 29. Bxd7 Rd8
30. Bc6 $16) 25... dxc5 (25... e5 $2 26. Qc3 Reg8 27. Re2 dxc5 28. bxc5 b5 29.
Bb3 (29. cxb6 Nxb6 30. Nxb6 Qxb6 $11) 29... Qf8 (29... a5 30. c6 b4 31. Qc2 $1
$18) 30. c6 Nc5 31. c7 Be6 32. Rc1 Nxb3 33. axb3 Bc8 (33... Qg7 34. c8=Q Bxc8
35. Qxc8 Rxg2 36. Qxg8+ Qxg8 37. Rxg2 $18) 34. Rf2 $16) 26. bxc5 Reg8 27. Rd1
$2 (27. Nf4 Rg4 28. Qxd7 (28. Rd3 {Alterman,B} Rxf4 29. Bxd7 e5 (29... Qc7 30.
g3 $18) (29... e6 $13) 30. Qe3 Bc4 31. Rdd1 f5 32. Bxf5 Qg5 33. Qh3 $16) 28...
Qxd7 29. Bxd7 Rxf4 30. Kg1 Rg5 (30... Bg6 $2 31. Be6 Rd8 32. Bd5 $14) 31. Rc1
Bg6 (31... Bxa2 32. Bc8 Bf7 33. Bxb7 $14) 32. Rc4 Re5 33. c6 bxc6 34. Bxc6 $11)
(27. Re2 $2 Ne5 28. Rd1 Rg5 {[%cal Gf7h5]} 29. Rf2 Bxd5 30. Qxd5 (30. exd5 Rg4
31. Rf4 Rxf4 32. Qxf4 Rg4 $19) 30... Ng4 $1 31. Rf5 (31. Qxd8 Nxf2+ 32. Kg1
Rxg2+ 33. Kf1 Nxd1 $19) 31... Nf2+ 32. Rxf2 Rxd5 33. exd5 Qa5 $19) 27... Rxg2
$2 (27... Ne5 $2 28. Nf4 Qxd4 29. Nxg6+ hxg6 30. Rxd4 Rc8 31. Rc3 Bxa2 $16) (
27... e5 $1 28. Qa1 Nxc5 (28... Rxg2 29. Bxd7 Qxd7 30. Nxf6 $16) 29. Nf4 exf4
30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Ra3 Nxa4 32. Rxa4 Rd2 $17) 28. Rh3 $2 (28. Nf4 e5 $19) (28.
Nb6 Qc7 $19) (28. Nxf6 $3 exf6 29. Bxd7 Bh5 (29... Rxa2 {Alterman,B} 30. e5 $17
) 30. Rf1 (30. Rb1 R8g7 31. c6 bxc6 32. Rd3 Rd2 $3 $19) 30... Be8 31. Rd3 $11)
28... e5 $2 (28... Ne5 29. Nxf6 $1 $16) (28... Nf8 29. Qe3 e5 {see 28...e5/} (
29... Bxd5 {Alterman,B} 30. exd5 Rxa2)) (28... Be6 $1 29. Bxd7 (29. Rh6 Bg4 30.
Rd3 Re2 $19) (29. Rg3 {Alterman,B} R2xg3 30. hxg3 Rxg3 $19) (29. Rh4 Nf8 30.
Rd2 Rxd2 31. Qxd2 Ng6 $19) 29... Qxd7 30. Rh4 Bg4 (30... R8g7 31. Rd2 Bh3 32.
Rf4 $19) 31. Rf1 (31. Kxg2 Bxd1+ 32. Kf2 Bg4 $19) 31... Bh3 $19) 29. Qe3 (29.
Qd3 $8 {Alterman,B} Nf8 30. Qf1 Rg1+ 31. Qxg1 Rxg1+ 32. Kxg1 Qa5 33. Bb3 Qxc5+
$15) 29... Nf8 (29... Be6 $2 30. Rh6 R2g6 (30... Bxd5 31. exd5 Nf8 {[%csl Rd5]}
(31... Rxa2 $4 32. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 33. Qh3+ Kg7 34. Rg1+ Kf8 35. Qh6+ Kf7 36.
Qh7+ $18) 32. Bb3 $13) 31. Rxg6 Rxg6 32. Nb6 $18) 30. Bb3 R2g6 (30... R2g7 31.
Rh6 Rg6 32. Rxg6 Rxg6 (32... Nxg6 33. Qf3 $11) 33. Qf3 $11) (30... R8g7 $17 {
Alterman,B}) 31. Qf3 (31. Qf2 Bxd5 $1 $8 (31... Ne6 32. Rhd3 (32. Nf4 Nxf4 33.
Rxd8 Nxh3 34. Rxg8+ Kxg8 $19) 32... Nd4 33. Nf4 R6g7 34. Bxf7 Rxf7 35. Ne6 Qa5
36. Nxd4 exd4 37. Rc1 $11) 32. exd5 Qc8 33. Rf3 (33. Qh4 Qxc5 $19 {[%csl Rg1]})
33... Rg2 34. Qh4 R8g5 35. c6 bxc6 (35... Ng6 $2 36. Qb4 bxc6 37. Qd6 Qf8 38.
Qxf8+ Nxf8 39. dxc6 $18) 36. Rxf6 Ng6 37. Qh6 Qg4 $19) (31. Qf2 $5 {Alterman,B}
) 31... Be6 $2 (31... Ne6 $1 32. Qf2 Ng5 33. Re3 Qf8 34. Rf1 Qxc5 35. Nxf6 Bxb3
36. axb3 Rf8 $19) 32. Rh4 $2 (32. Rg3 $1 Rxg3 33. hxg3 Nd7 (33... Rg6 34. Nf4
Rh6+ 35. Kg1 Qe7 36. Nxe6 Nxe6 37. Qg4 f5 38. Qxf5 Qxc5+ 39. Kg2 Rg6 40. Rd5
Qc3 (40... Rxg3+ 41. Kxg3 Qg1+ 42. Kf3 Qf1+ 43. Ke3 Qe1+ 44. Kd3 $18) (40...
Nf4+ 41. Qxf4 Qxd5 42. Qf8+ $18) 41. Qxe5+ (41. Rd8+ Kg7 42. Rd7+ Kh8 43. Rd8+
$11) 41... Qxe5 42. Rxe5 Nd4 43. Re8+ Kg7 44. Re7+ Kf6 (44... Kh6 45. Rxb7 Nxb3
46. axb3 $16) 45. Rxb7 Nxb3 46. axb3 Ke5 47. Kf3 h6 48. Rd7 Rb6 49. Rd5+ Ke6
50. Kf4 Rxb3 51. Rh5 a5 52. Rxh6+ Ke7 53. Ra6 Ra3 $16) (33... Bg4 {Alterman,B}
34. Qxf6+ Qxf6 35. Nxf6 Bxd1 36. Bxg8 Kg7 $19) 34. Nxf6 Qxf6 35. Qxf6+ Nxf6 36.
Bxe6 Rxg3 (36... Nxe4 $2 37. Bxg8 Nf2+ 38. Kh2 Nxd1 39. Bd5 $16) 37. Bd5 Rg7
38. Rb1 Nxd5 39. exd5 $11) 32... Bg4 $4 {Black is ruining his position} (32...
f5 33. exf5 $1 (33. Rh5 fxe4 34. Qxe4 Bg4 35. Re1 (35. Qxe5+ R8g7 $19 {/\Bf3/})
35... Bxh5 36. Qxe5+ Qf6 $3 $19 (36... R8g7 37. Qxh5 Qe8 $1 38. Qh4 (38. Qd1
Rg1+ $1 39. Rxg1 Qe4+ $19) 38... Qe2 $1 $19)) 33... Qxh4 34. fxg6 Nxg6 (34...
Bg4 35. g7+ Kxg7 36. Qg2 Kh8 37. Ne3 Be6 38. Qxb7 $11) 35. Qf6+ Qxf6 36. Nxf6
Bxb3 37. axb3 Rf8 38. Ne4 Kg8 39. Rd7 Rf7 40. Rd8+ Kg7 41. Nd6 Rf2 42. Kg1 Rc2
43. Nxb7 Nh4 $17) 33. Rxg4 $1 Rxg4 34. Nxf6 Rf4 (34... Qxd1+ 35. Qxd1) 35. Rxd8
Rxf3 36. Nxg8 1-0

[Event "HUN-ch"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Fogarasi, Tibor"]
[Black "Kiss, Pal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {King} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4
d6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd3 Nd7 11. Bg5 (11. Bd2 Nc5 12. Qe3 Bd7 13. Rac1
Bc6 14. f3 a5 15. b3 e6 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Bf1 Rfd8 18. Qf2 b6 19. Be3 Be5 20.
Rc2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Andersson,U-Tukmakov,V/Madrid 1973 (44)}) 11... Nc5 12. Qe3 {
King In Maroczy positions it is pleasant for White to be in control of th
c1-h6 diagonal so that, if necessary, the bishops can be exchanged, or simply
so that the bishop may remain on g5 without being driven away by ...h6.} Bxc3
$6 $14 {King: Black gambles. In return for giving the bishop, Black damages
White's pawns on the queenside, again, quite typical fo this kind of position.}
(12... a5 $142 13. Nd5 Re8 14. Rab1 Be6 15. b3 Bxd5 16. exd5 Bf6 17. Bxf6 exf6
18. Qd2 Ne4 19. Qd4 f5 20. Rfe1 Qf6 21. Qxf6 Nxf6 $11 {0-1 Isupov,V-Mikhailov,
V/Kemerovo2 1995 (38)}) 13. bxc3 Re8 (13... b6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. f4 Bb7 16. f5 $1
e6 17. fxg6 fxg6 18. e5 $1 d5 19. Rf4 Ne4 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Rxe4 $1 dxe4 22.
Bc4+ Bd5 23. Qxe4 $1 Be6 24. Qb7 Re7 25. Bxe6+ Kh8 26. Qc6 Qe8 27. Bd5 Qxc6 28.
Bxc6 Rc8 29. Bg5 {1-0 Smejkal,J-Jansa,V/Hradec Králové 1981}) (13... f6 14. Bh6
Re8 15. f4 Qa5 16. Kh1 Na4 17. Rac1 Qc5 18. Qg3 Nb6 19. f5 Kf7 20. Be3 {
1-0 Fogarasi,T-Deak,S/HUN-chT1 1994}) 14. Kh1 (14. f4 Qb6 15. Rab1 Qc6 16. e5
Qe4 17. Qf2 Qc2 18. Bf3 Qxf2+ $132 {1/2-1/2 Mohrlok,D-Kamenets,A/cr Wch-16 sf
1994 (27)}) 14... Qb6 $140 $146 (14... f6 {King} 15. Bh6 Be6 16. f4 Nd7 {
Looks a better way for Black to play.   If White plays f5, then the knight
will find a square on e5, and in the meantime Black threatens ...Qc7.}) 15. Bh6
$6 {Black Changes The Queens} (15. Rab1 $1 Qa5 16. f4 (16. Rb2 Na4 17. Rc2 Qc5
18. Qg3 Qc6 19. e5 Qe4 $17) 16... Qxa2 17. f5 $1 f6 (17... Qc2 18. Bf3 (18. f6
$2 exf6 19. Bxf6 Nxe4 20. Bd3 (20. Bd4 Qxe2 $19) 20... Qd2 $17 (20... Nf2+ 21.
Qxf2 Qxd3 22. Bd4 (22. Qh4 Re6 23. Bd4 f6 24. Rbe1 Bd7 25. Rxf6 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1
Re8 $17) 22... f5 23. Qh4 $16 {Black squares})) 18... f6 19. Bh6 (19. fxg6 fxg5
20. Qxg5 Ne6 21. gxh7+ Kh8 22. Qg6 Rf8 23. Bg4 Nf4 $19) (19. Bxf6 exf6 20. fxg6
Bf5 $19) 19... g5 20. h4 (20. Bxg5 $2 fxg5 21. Qxg5+ Kh8 22. f6 Rg8 23. f7 (23.
Qh6 Be6 24. fxe7 Qxc3 25. e5 Qxe5 26. Rbe1 Qg5 27. Rxe6 Nxe6 28. Qxe6 Rae8 29.
Qxd6 Rxe7 $17) 23... Rxg5 24. f8=Q+ Rg8 25. Qxe7 Qxc3 $19) 20... gxh4 (20... g4
21. Bxg4 (21. Qf4 $2 Kh8 22. Qxg4 Rg8 23. Qf4 Qxc3 24. Rfc1 Qd4 25. Rc2 $15)
21... Qxe4 22. Qg3 $18 {[%cal Gg4f3]}) 21. Qf4 Kh8 (21... Rd8 22. Qg4+ Kf7 23.
Qg7+ (23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. e5 (24. Qxh4 $2 Kh8 25. Bh5 Qxe4 $17) 24... Bxf5 25.
exf6 Bg6 26. Bd5+ e6 27. f7+ Kh8 28. Qxh4 $18 (28. Bg5 $18)) 23... Ke8 24. e5
$1 dxe5 25. Qg8+ Kd7 26. Qd5+ $18) 22. Qxh4 Qxc3 23. Bh5 Rg8 24. Bg6 Nxe4 25.
Bd2 $1 Ng3+ 26. Kh2 Nxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Qe5+ 28. Bf4 $18) 18. fxg6 fxg5 19. Qxg5 Ne6
20. Qh6 hxg6 21. Qxg6+ Ng7 22. Bd3 $18) 15... Na4 16. Qd2 (16. Qg3 Qb2) (16.
Qd4 f6) 16... Qb2 17. Qxb2 Nxb2 18. c5 $1 (18. a4 Bd7 $1 (18... Be6 19. Rfb1
Nxc4 20. Rxb7 $14) 19. Rfb1 (19. a5 Na4 20. Ra3 Nc5 21. f3 Rec8 $15) 19... Nxa4
20. Rxb7 Bc6 21. Rc7 Nxc3 22. Rxc6 Nxe2 23. Rca6 Rac8 24. Rxa7 f6 $15 (24...
Rxc4 $2 25. Rxe7 $1)) 18... Be6 (18... a6 19. a4 Bd7 20. cxd6 Nxa4 21. Rfb1
exd6 22. Rxb7 Nc5 23. Rc7 Nxe4 24. Kg1 Nc5 25. Be3 Rec8 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Bxc5
(27. Bxa6 $2 Ra8 28. Bxc5 dxc5 $19) 27... Rxc5 28. Rxa6 Rxc3 29. Rxd6 $11) (
18... dxc5 $2 19. Rfb1 Na4 20. Bb5 $18) 19. cxd6 exd6 20. Rfb1 (20. Rab1 Na4
21. Bb5 Nxc3 22. Bxe8 Nxb1 23. Rxb1 Rxe8 24. Rxb7 Bd5 $1 25. Rxa7 Rxe4 $11)
20... Na4 21. Rxb7 (21. Bb5 Nxc3 22. Bxe8 Nxb1 23. Rxb1 Rxe8 24. Rxb7 Bd5)
21... Nxc3 22. Bf3 Nxa2 (22... Reb8 23. Rc7 Rc8 24. Re7 a5 25. a4 Rab8 26. Ra7
Rb2 27. Kg1 Nxa4 28. h3 Nc5 29. R1xa5 Nd3 30. R5a6 Ne5 31. Rxd6 Nxf3+ 32. gxf3
Bxh3 $11) 23. h3 Reb8 24. Re7 Nc3 (24... Rb2 25. Bf4 Rxf2 26. Bxd6 a5 27. e5
Rc8 28. Ra7 Rb2 29. Rxa5 Kg7 $11) 25. Ra6 (25. Rexa7 Rxa7 26. Rxa7 Nb5 27. Re7
Nd4 28. Bd1 d5 29. exd5 Nf5 30. Rc7 Bxd5 $11) 25... Re8 $6 (25... Nb5 26. Be2 (
26. e5 $6 d5 27. Be3 (27. Raxe6 $2 fxe6 28. Bg4 Nd4 $19) 27... Re8 28. Rxe8+
Rxe8 29. Ra5 Rb8 30. Be2 (30. Bxa7 Nxa7 31. Rxa7 Rb1+ 32. Kh2 Re1 33. Kg3 Rxe5
34. Kf4 Re1 $17) 30... d4 31. Bxb5 dxe3 32. fxe3 h5 $15) 26... Nc3 27. Bf3 $11)
26. Raxa7 $14 Rac8 27. Reb7 Ra8 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Rb4 (29. Kh2 d5 30. exd5 Bxd5
$11) (29. Rb6 d5 30. exd5 (30. e5 Bf5 31. Rb7 Be4 $11) 30... Bxd5 $11) 29... d5
30. e5 Rc8 (30... Bf5 $11 {[%cal Gf5e4]}) 31. Kh2 Rc4 $6 (31... Bf5 32. g4 Be4
33. Bxe4 Nxe4 34. f3 Nc5 35. f4 Ne4 36. Rb7 Nc5 37. Ra7 d4 38. Kg2 d3 39. f5 (
39. Kf2 d2 40. Ke2 Rd8 41. Kd1 Ne4 $19) 39... Rd8 40. Ra1 gxf5 41. gxf5 d2 42.
Rd1 Nb3 43. Kf3 Rd3+ 44. Be3 h5 45. Ke4 Rd7 $11) 32. Rb6 Ne4 33. Bxe4 dxe4 34.
Rd6 Rc8 35. Rd4 e3 $2 (35... f5 $1 36. exf6 Kf7 37. Bg7 (37. Bg5 Rc4 38. Rd8
Rc8 39. Rd6 Rc5 40. h4 h6 41. Bxh6 Kxf6 42. Bg7+ Kf7 $14) 37... Rc4 38. Rd8 Rc8
39. Rd6 g5 $14) 36. Bxe3 $18 h5 (36... Kg7 37. Bg5 h6 38. Bf6+ Kh7 39. f4 Rc2
40. Rd8 Rc8 41. Rd2 Rc4 (41... h5 $2 42. Kg3 $18) 42. Kg3 Bf5 43. Rd8 Rc8 44.
Rd4 Be6 45. Kh4 Bf5 (45... g5+ $2 46. fxg5 Rc4 47. Rxc4 Bxc4 48. g4 (48. Kh5
hxg5 49. Kxg5 Bf1 $11) 48... Kg6 49. gxh6 Kxh6 50. Kg3 Kg6 51. h4 Kh7 52. h5
Bb3 53. Kf4 (53. Bg5 Kg7 54. Be3 f6 $1 $11) 53... Be6 54. Kg5 Bb3 55. Be7 Kg7
56. Bc5 Bc2 57. Bd4 Bd3 58. Kh4 Kh7 59. g5 Kg7 60. Be3 Bc2 61. g6 fxg6 62. h6+
Kf7 63. Bg5 Bf5 64. Kg3 Be6 65. Kf4 Kf8 66. Ke3 Bg8 67. Kd4 Bh7 68. Kd5 Ke8 69.
e6 Bg8 70. Ke5 Bh7 71. Kf6 $18) 46. g4 Be6 47. Rd3 Rc4 48. Kg3 h5 49. Kh4 $2 (
49. Rd8 Rc8 50. Rd4 Rc4 51. Rd6) (49. Rd6 Kh6 50. Kh4 hxg4 51. hxg4 Rc1 52. Rd8
Rc8 53. Rd3 $18) 49... hxg4 50. Rd8 Rc8) 37. Bg5 Ra8 38. Kg3 Rc8 39. f4 Kh7 40.
Bf6 Rc2 41. Rd8 Rc8 42. Rd2 Rc4 43. Bg5 Rc3+ 44. Kh4 Rc1 45. Rb2 (45. Bf6 Kh6
46. Rb2 $22 Kh7 (46... Rd1 47. Rb8 $18) 47. Kg5 (47. g4 hxg4 48. hxg4 Rg1 49.
Rb8 Rxg4+ 50. Kh3 Rxf4+ 51. Kh2 g5 52. Bxg5 $11) 47... Rc3 48. g4 Bxg4 49. hxg4
Rg3 50. Kh4 Rxg4+ 51. Kh3 Rxf4 52. Rb8 g5 53. Rh8+ Kg6 54. Rg8+ Kh7 55. Rxg5
$18) 45... Rc4 46. Rd2 Rc1 47. Bf6 Kh6 48. Rd3 Rc4 49. g4 hxg4 50. hxg4 Rc1 51.
Kg3 Kh7 52. Kf3 (52. Rd8 Rc3+ 53. Kh4 Rc8 54. Rd3 Kh6 55. Rh3 g5+ 56. Bxg5+ $18
) 52... Rc4 53. Rd2 Rc3+ 54. Ke4 Bxg4 55. e6 $1 Rc6 (55... Rc4+ 56. Kd3 Rc6 57.
e7 Re6 58. Rh2+ Bh5 59. f5 Re1 (59... gxf5 60. Rxh5+ Kg6 61. Rh8 $18) 60. Rh1
$18) 56. Rh2+ Bh5 57. e7 Rxf6 58. e8=Q Re6+ 59. Qxe6 fxe6 60. Ke5 Kg7 61. Kxe6
Bg4+ 62. Ke5 Bf5 63. Rb2 Bd3 64. Rb3 Bc2 65. Rb7+ Kh6 66. Rb2 Bf5 67. Kf6 Kh5
68. Rg2 Bd3 69. Rg3 Be4 70. Rg5+ Kh6 71. Rc5 Bb1 72. Rc1 Be4 73. Re1 Bc6 74.
Re5 Ba4 75. Rg5 Be8 (75... Bc2 76. Rg2 Bd1 77. Rxg6+ $18) 76. f5 1-0

[Event "NED-ch sf"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "2006.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Hendriks, Willy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Van den Doel,E"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2006.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Be3 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. Na4 $3 $146 {I am very proud of this novelty.
It stops Black's plan of a5-a4 followed by ...Qa5 and it eyes on the weak
b6-square. It breaks the rules that one should not put a knight on the rim and
that one should develop one's pieces in the opening.} (11. Be2 {was what
Kasparov played in a clock simul. I presume he did not spend any thinking time
here.}) 11... Nd7 ({If Black tries to open the position by playing} 11... e6 {
he merely creates another weakness on d6.} 12. Nb6 Rb8 13. Rd1 Ne8 14. Be2 {
with a clear advantage.}) 12. O-O-O $1 (12. h4 {allows Black to free himself a
bit.} Nc5 13. Nc3 (13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Bxc5 (14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Bxc5 $2 {does not
work.} Bxb2 16. Rb1 Bc3+ 17. Kf2 Rd2+ {and black is better.}) 14... Qc7 15. Be3
Rd8 {with compensation.}) 13... Be6 {with counterplay.}) 12... Ne5 (12... Qc7
13. Kb1 Nc5 14. Nc3 Be6 15. h4 a4 16. h5 a3 17. b3 {and it is unclear how
Black's attack will continue, whereas White can go for Bh6 or Bd4.}) 13. Nb6
Be6 14. Kb1 $5 {I was not interested in exchanging the great knight for a
passive rook. I wanted to attack on the kingside. It is a matter of taste.} a4
15. a3 {Not necessary.} Qc7 16. Rc1 Nc6 17. h4 Na5 18. Rc2 Nb3 19. Qf2 Ra5 20.
Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 {Keeping the c-file closed. Now finally the time has come to
attack. Black has no counterplay.} Qd7 22. h5 Qf5 23. g4 Qf6 24. f4 e5 25. hxg6
exf4 26. gxh7+ Kh8 27. Qxf4 Qg6 28. Qf5 Re8 29. Qxg6 fxg6 30. Re2 Raa8 31. Bf4
Rxe2 32. Bxe2 Rf8 33. Bxd6 Rf2 34. Rh2 $1 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 86th"]
[Site "Scarborough"]
[Date "1999.08.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Ward, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 $5 {Well, he certainly got his surprise in first. I half
expected 2...Nc6 3 Nc3 e5 as we had already had in one quick-play game, or
perhaps 2...Nc6 3 Nc3 Nd4!? which seems . I had never seen Chris playing the
black side of a Maroczy Bind before, although of course in the 'pure' Dragon
he is a well known specialist.} 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7.
Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 {It is also possible to
castle here, but I think the text and white's next two prophylactic moves form
the most logical set-up. White prevents tactical breaks ( notably those
involving a quick ...b5 ) by solidly bolstering his c4 and e4 pawns. Most
importantly since there is a high probability of a queen exchange on d2
following black's ...Qa5,there is a strong case for keeping the king in the
centre for the ensuing ending ( or more properly perhaps 'queenless
middlegame' ).} Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3 {[%csl Yc4,Ye4][%cal Ga7a6,Gb7b5]} Kf8
$5 {At the time I was very struck by the logic of this move - black also
centralises his king, and prepares to answer almost any Nd5 which white may
care to throw at him by capturing with the knight, without relying on a
tactical defence to e7 ( compare the note on 13...a6. ) Also white has to find
a good move, since in the absence of a weakness on b6, there is little mileage
in attempting to head for the ending immediately. There are two possible
objections to black's move: 1) White can try to punish it in 'middle-game'
terms - trying to prove that the king is substantially more vulnerable on f8
and that this justifies a switch to direct attack. This seems in principle a
bit doubtful, although it is the course the game eventually takes. 2) White
can find a strong preparatory move for the endgame. Since to create play black
will have to play ...a6 anyway, he may have committed himself to a move ( 13...
Kf8!? ) which while generally useful, is not critical in the particular case.
This should be a more serious question!} (13... a6 {is the main line. White
has two routes to provoke an endgame:} 14. Na4 $5 (14. Nd5 {is now generally
acknowledged to be less dangerous in view of} Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nxd5 $5 (15...
Bxd5 16. cxd5 $14 Kf8 17. g4 Nd7 18. h4 Bb2 19. Bh6+ Kg8 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. Be3
Bc3+ 22. Kd1 Nc5 23. h5 Bf6 24. g5 Bg7 25. Bf1 $5 {[%cal Yh2c2,Gf1h3,Yh1h2]}
Rc7 26. Rh2 Nd7 27. h6 Bh8 28. Bh3 $16 {1-0 Cifuentes Parada,R-Monell,C/
Andorra op 1995/EXT 95op (41)}) 16. cxd5 Bd7 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 $11 {although the
argument does rest upon black's compensation after} 18. Bxe7 $140 Bh6+ (18...
Bc3+) 19. Ke1 $8 {Few white players have wanted to test this, although it is
not totally clear what is black's best course. Perhaps} f5 $5 (19... Rc2 20.
Bxd6 Bb5 $6 21. Bxb5 axb5 22. Rf1 $14) (19... Rc1+ 20. Bd1) 20. Bxd6 (20. exf5
Bxf5 21. Bxd6 Bb1 $1 $13 {[%cal Rb1a2,Ra2d5]}) 20... fxe4 21. Kf2 (21. fxe4 $2
Rc1+ 22. Bd1 Bg4 $17) 21... e3+ 22. Kg3 Rc2 $132) 14... Qxd2+ (14... Qd8 15. c5
$1 $14) 15. Kxd2 Nd7 (15... Rc6 16. Nc3 Rac8 17. Nd5 Kf8 18. Be3 Nd7 19. h4 $1
{As we shall see, this genaration of play on the king-side is white's main
strategy here.} Bxd5 20. exd5 R6c7 21. h5 Kg8 22. f4 $1 {[%cal Ge2g4]} Nc5 23.
Bg4 Ne4+ 24. Kd3 f5 25. Bf3 b5 26. g4 bxc4+ 27. Rxc4 Rxc4 28. bxc4 Nc5+ 29.
Bxc5 $1 Rxc5 30. h6 Bf8 31. Kc3 $16 {[%csl Rf8] 1-0 Karpov,A-Kavalek,L/Nica 
(ol) 1974/Inf 17 (45)}) 16. h4 (16. g4 $5) 16... Kf8 $6 (16... f6 $1 {is the
modern approach. One example:} 17. Be3 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Bd3 Rab8 20. Nc3
Nc5 21. Nd5 Kf7 22. g4 Nxd3 23. Kxd3 b5 $132 {0-1 Vaisser,A-Antunes,A/Tilburg
1994/CBM 44 (39)}) 17. h5 h6 18. Be3 g5 19. g3 $1 $40 {[%cal Gf3f4]} Rcb8 20.
Nc3 b5 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. cxd5 b4 23. Rc7 Nc5 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. f4 Bc3+ 26. Ke3
Rc8 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 28. e5 {1-0 Psakhis,L-Pigusov,E/USSR 1980/Inf 31 (41)}) 14.
h4 $1 {The appeal of this stage of the game is that it is as yet unclear
whether I have opted for strategy 1) or 2). In fact, I have a suspicion it was
none too clear to me either. Others fail to convince:} (14. Rc2 a6 15. Na4
Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Nd7 17. g4 (17. h4 f5 $5) 17... Bd4 18. Rhc1 Ke8 19. Be3 Bxe3+
20. Kxe3 {1/2-1/2 Agrest,E-Andersson,U/Skelleftea 1999 (20)}) (14. O-O {
Another way to switch to the direct attack approach, but black's counterplay
on the queenside could come quite quickly.} a6 15. Be3 Rab8 $6 (15... b5 $1
$132) 16. f4 b5 17. f5 b4 18. fxe6 bxc3 19. Qxc3 Qxa2 20. Bd1 Qa3 21. Bd4 fxe6
22. e5 $40 {1-0 Eising,J-Westerveld,W/Amsterdam 1976/MCL.}) 14... a6 {[%csl
Rb6] So there we are - this move is critical to black's counterplay, despite
the potential weakness of b6.} 15. h5 $5 {This probably should be '?!' but it
is redeemed because it did provide a high level of entertainment. Objectively
better, and in my view fully vindicating 14 h4! is} (15. Na4 $1 Qxd2+ (15...
Qd8 $14) 16. Kxd2 Nd7 17. h5 {I had now expected} h6 18. Be3 g5 {considered 19
g3! clearly the way forward, but in ignorance of Psakhis - Pigusov above,
failed to comprehend quite how promising this was.}) 15... Rc5 $1 {The point -
suddenly there is no going back. White's next move is just about forced} 16. f4
{[%csl Re1,Re4] Reluctantly - this weakening of e4 seriously adds to black's
counterplay, and emphasises the discomfort of white's king in the middle.} (16.
Bxf6 $6 {hardly comes into consideration, and}) (16. hxg6 $2 Rxg5 17. gxh7 (17.
b4 Qxb4 18. Qxg5 hxg6 $17 {[%csl Rc4,Re1][%cal Gg7c3]}) 17... Rh5 $19) 16... b5
$6 {Maybe black in turn underestimates his opponent's resources.} (16... Rac8
$1 {was much safer, since after} 17. hxg6 {black can capture with the h-pawn,
preparing to answer} hxg6 $1 18. f5 $6 gxf5 19. Bh6 {with} Bxh6 20. Qxh6+ Ke8 {
and with his rook protected the black king can run to the queenside.}) 17. hxg6
fxg6 (17... hxg6 18. f5 gxf5 19. Bh6 $40 {[%csl Ra8] is now strong.}) 18. Bxf6
Bxf6 19. Rxh7 Bg8 {Andrew Martin, in his entertaining comments on the
Championship web site, here commented: " White is attempting a hybrid of the
Maroczy Bind, Yugoslav Attack and the Levenfish Variation, a marriage made in
hell". In fact after 15...Rc5 my course of action was strictly limited, and
the Levenfish element was definitely involuntary. Still, the following
sacrifice I was very proud of. Retreat would clearly pass the initiative to
black, but after...} 20. e5 $1 {[%mdl 640] there is no way for black to avoid
ceding good compensation for the exchange.} dxe5 (20... Bxe5 $5 21. fxe5 (21.
Rxe7 $5 Qd8 $1 $132) 21... Bxh7 22. exd6 $44) 21. fxe5 Bg5 $1 (21... Bxh7 22.
exf6 Kg8 (22... exf6 $2 {[%csl Rc5]} 23. Qd6+) 23. Qe3 $16 {[%csl Rc5,Rg8,Rh7]}
) 22. Qxg5 Bxh7 23. Qh4 $1 {[%csl Rc5,Re7,Rh7][%cal Yh4f2] An important
resource which black had overlooked.} Kg8 24. Qxe7 Rc7 $8 {[%cal Gc7g7] Here,
sadly in appalling time-trouble my play went to pieces. I had underestimated
the extent to which black's basic defences would be held together by 24...Rc7,
and although the position still favours white it is not easy to prove.} 25. Qd6
Re8 26. Kf2 $5 {Even now, when a little concern for the king would be quite
understandable, my main concern was to bring in the knight. White has two
pawns for the exchange, black's bishop is out of the play ( although the
possibility of ...g5 is not to be underestimeted ) and the dark squares around
black's king are weak. Still, the e-pawn's status as asset or weakness is
still up for grabs, and the whole thing is not as good as it looks!} (26. b4 $6
Qa3 27. Kd1 Rcc8 28. Nd5 Rcd8 {Simply gives white a new king problem.}) (26.
Bf3 $5 bxc4 27. Bd5+ Kh8 28. b4 Qa3 29. Ne2 Rg7 30. Bxc4 $14) (26. Rc2 $6 g5
$132) 26... Rf7+ 27. Bf3 $2 $138 {[%mdl 8192] This self-pin is disastrous.} (
27. Kg3 $1 {Seems the way to confirm e-pawn as asset. Black's countreplay is
greatly curtaimed with ...bxc4 no longer a problem.} b4 (27... Qc7 28. Qxc7
Rxc7 29. Nd5 Rf7 30. cxb5 Rxe5 31. Bc4 $16) 28. Nd5 Qxa2 (28... Rd8 29. Qc6 $1
{[%cal Ye5e8]} (29. Qe6 Qxa2 30. Rf1 Rdf8 $13) 29... Qxa2 30. e6 $16) 29. e6
Rff8 30. e7 Qxb3+ 31. Kh2 $16) 27... bxc4 28. e6 Rfe7 (28... Rf6 $5) 29. b4 Qc7
$4 $138 {He who blunders last loses.} (29... Qa3 $1 30. Rc2 g5 $1 {[%csl Rc2,
Rc3][%cal Gh7c2] would have completely swung matters in black's favour.}) 30.
Qxc7 Rxc7 31. Nd5 $18 {The rest presents no technical problems even in high
time-trouble.} Rce7 32. Nxe7+ Rxe7 33. Rxc4 Kg7 34. Rc6 Ra7 35. Be2 a5 36. b5
Ra8 37. Rc7+ Kh6 38. b6 g5 39. e7 Be4 40. Bf3 Bxf3 41. gxf3 {A great scrap,
albeit marred by the consequence of some mutually shocking clock handling.} 1-0

