[Event "Gibraltar Masters 18th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2020.01.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Gschnitzer, Oswald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[Annotator "Adhiban,B"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,53,32,27,23,5,5,0,28,-20,14,9,-3,-20,-3,-3,4,4,17,25,9,1,36,36,34,33,
54,44,52,60,43,39,39,40,44,31,31,31,22,0,0,0,45,35,226,243,294,265,328,328,336,
319,313,313,574,574] Before the start of the game, I met Stuart who exclaimed,
"The beast is back!" and I wanted it to make it a reality.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 (5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 {is known to be very solid
for Black.}) 5... c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5 8. Bg2 b6 (8... Nce4 {is possibly
Black's best bet.} 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. e4 d6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Qc7
{was checked in Xiong-Caruana, Tata 2020, where Black drew.}) 9. O-O Bb7 10.
Nb5 Be4 11. Qd1 Nb7 12. a3 a6 {He said this was his prep...} ({He had
previously played} 12... Be7 13. Bf4 {White is doing quite well here.}) 13.
axb4 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. b3 $5 {This looked solid while keeping the
pressure.} ({Comp is indignant that I didn't go for the greedy} 15. cxb5 $1 {
Somehow the idea of tripled pawns didn't look so inspiring, but maybe it was
the right way.} d5 16. Bf4 {with a big advantage to white.}) (15. Bg5 $5 bxc4
16. Bxf6 gxf6 {also didn't feel so threatening for Black.} 17. Qd4 d5 18. Qxf6
Qd8 {I felt Black was in time to defend his kingside.}) 15... bxc4 16. bxc4 d5
17. cxd5 Bxd5 (17... Rd8 $5 {looked more accurate.} 18. Qd4 $1 {with advantage.
}) (17... Nxd5 $1 18. Qd4 Nd6 {Black should eventually equalize here.}) 18. Bb2
Rd8 19. Bxf6 $5 {Permanently destroying Black's kingside pawn structure.} gxf6
20. Qc1 $1 {At first I wasn't so sure about my threats, but delving deeper I
realized that Black's position was quite difficult and I have some hidden
threats one of which I managed to execute in the game.} Kg7 (20... Nd6 21. Qh6
Ne8 (21... Ne4 22. h4 $5 {followed by Nh2-g4 etc.}) 22. e4 $1 {An excellent
shot.} Bxe4 ({Black has to settle for} 22... Bb7 $1 {after which it is still
hard for White to breakthrough.}) 23. Ng5 $1 fxg5 24. Bxe4 Qxe4 25. Qxg5+ {
[%cal Gg5d8] winning.}) 21. Qc7 $1 Rd6 ({After} 21... b5 {the simple} 22. Nh4 {
would keep the advantage.}) 22. e4 $1 {This was the missing link!! And exactly
the extra firepower I needed to break through Black's position.} Rc6 (22...
Bxe4 23. Ng5 fxg5 24. Bxe4 {wins.}) 23. Qf4 {I decided that this was the
cleanest.} (23. Qe7 Qc8 $1 {was a funny idea for Black.} (23... Bxe4 24. Ng5 {
with a similar fate.}) 24. e5 {was the winning way.} (24. exd5 Rc7 {going for
the queen!})) 23... Rc4 (23... Bc4 24. e5 f5 (24... Bxf1 25. exf6+ Kf8 26. Qg5
Bxg2 27. Qg7+ Ke8 28. Qg8+ Kd7 29. Ne5+ {winning.}) 25. Qg5+ Kf8 26. Qh6+ Ke8
27. Qxh7 {followed by Ng5 next.} Qd8 28. Ng5 Rc7 29. Bc6+ {was one sample line.
}) 24. Ne5 $1 {A nice tactic, breaking up Black's defences.} fxe5 25. Qg5+ Kf8
26. exd5 e4 27. dxe6 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9697"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Motwani, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Bf4 b6 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. e3 (10. h3 Rc8 11. Qb1 Be7 12. e4 Na5 13. Nd2 d6 14. b4
Nc6 15. Nf3 Ne8 16. e5 d5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Nc7 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. Rxd8
Rfxd8 {1-0 Bareev,E-Lautier,J/Paris Immopar (01) 25' 1991 (36)}) (10. b4 Be7
11. e4 Rc8 12. Bd3 Nh5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. O-O Nf6 15. h3 Rfd8 16. Rc1 d6 17. Nd5 {
1/2-1/2 Kouatly,B-Hjartarson,J/Reykjavik FRA-ISD (08) ,CBM 35 1993}) 10... Rc8
11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O Na5 13. Ne5 d6 14. b4 Qc7 15. Nb5 (15. bxa5 $6 dxe5 16.
axb6 axb6 $15) 15... Qb8 16. Nxf7 (16. Nxd6 Bxd6 17. Nd7 Nxd7 18. Bxd6 (18.
Rxd6 $5 e5 19. Rxd7 exf4 20. bxa5 $14) 18... Qa8 19. Bxf8 Nxf8 20. bxa5 Bxg2
21. Rfe1 Rc5 $1 $44) 16... Rxf7 17. bxa5 (17. Bxd6 Be4 $6 (17... Qa8 $1 18.
Bxe7 Bxg2 19. Nd6 Bh3 $44) (17... Bxd6 18. Nxd6 Nc6 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. Bd3 Kg8
$16) 18. Qa2 Bxd6 19. Nxd6 $16 Nc6 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. f3 Bg6 $14) 17... e5 18.
Bg3 (18. Bg5 $5 a6 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Nc3 Qa8 $1 $13) 18... a6 19. Nc3 b5 (19...
bxa5 20. f4 $44) 20. Qb3 (20. cxb5 $5 axb5 21. Qb3 (21. Bxb5 $6 Qa8 22. a6 Bxg2
23. Rfe1 Bh3 $17) 21... Qa8 22. f3 Qxa5 23. Nxb5 $14) 20... Qc7 21. Rc1 bxc4
22. Bxc4 Qxc4 23. Qxb7 Bd8 24. Qb2 (24. Qb4 $5 Qxb4 25. axb4 Rfc7 26. Ne2 Rxc1
27. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 28. Nxc1 Nd5 29. Na2 $14) 24... Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Valle d'Aosta op 11th"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2003.02.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2003.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 {A surprise.This variation was
quitted some time ago since it was thought that it does not provide white with
advantage.} c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5 8. Bg2 Nce4 9. Bd2 $5 (9. O-O Nxc3 10.
bxc3 Be7 11. e4 d6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Qc7 14. Qe2 {used to be popular.} Nd7 (
14... Bd6 15. Bf4 Ne8 {For some reason people stopped playing this after
Karpov's 15...Ne8.However I am more afraid of the other line which is simply
equal.} 16. Qe4 f6 17. Nd3 Bxf4 18. Nxf4 Nd6 19. Qd4 e5 20. Nd5 $40) 15. Bf4
Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. Rab1 Rb8 20. Qe3 b6 21. c5 Bd7
$11) 9... Nxd2 10. Nxd2 Rb8 $1 {The most accurate move.} 11. O-O b6 12. Nde4
Bb7 $146 (12... Nxe4 13. Bxe4 f5 {was already seen in Kortschnoj-Gelfand,
Tilburg(rapid) 1992.}) 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bxb7 Bxc3 15. Be4 Bxb2 16. Rab1 Bd4
17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 $13 {This position should not be dangerous for black
however caution is required by both sides.} Rbc8 19. Qa4 Rc7 20. e3 Bc5 21.
Rbd1 d6 22. Kh1 $5 {The first interesting move in the game.} (22. Kg2 g6 23. h4
Kg7 24. Rh1 Rh8 25. Bf3 $13) 22... g6 23. Qb3 Kg7 24. f4 {The plan behind
whites 22nd.} a5 25. Rf3 {Do not hurry!} (25. g4 Rh8 (25... g5 26. Rf3 Rh8 27.
h3 Rh4 28. Kg2 Rc8 29. Rdf1 Rf8 30. Qb5 {can be dangerous for black.}) 26. g5
Qe7 $11) 25... Bb4 $1 26. g4 Rh8 27. a3 Qc3 28. Qxc3+ Bxc3 29. Bd3 Bb2 30. a4
d5 $5 {I thought I am doing fine in the coming complications.} (30... Ba3 31.
Kg2 (31. f5 $6 Bc5 32. Kg2 (32. f6+ Kf8 33. g5 Rh4) 32... g5 33. fxe6 fxe6 34.
Rdf1 Rh6 $11) 31... Bc5 $11) 31. cxd5 exd5 32. Kg2 Rc1 33. Rxc1 Bxc1 34. f5 Re8
35. Kf2 gxf5 $6 (35... g5 36. f6+ Kg8 37. Rh3 Re6 38. Bf5 Rxf6 39. Rh5 d4 $1
40. Rxg5+ Kf8 41. Rh5 dxe3+ 42. Ke2 Rd6 $15 {was even better.}) 36. Bxf5 Rd8 (
36... Re7 37. Bd3 (37. h4 $6 {This is pretty dangerous.} b5 $1 38. axb5 a4 39.
Bc2 a3 40. Bb3 Rb7 $1 41. Bxd5 Rd7 42. Bc4 a2 43. Bxa2 Rd2+ 44. Ke1 Rxa2) 37...
f6 38. h4 Re5 39. Bf5 Bb2 40. Ke2 Bd4 41. Kd3 Bc5 42. e4 dxe4+ 43. Bxe4 Re8 $11
) 37. Bd3 Re8 38. h4 f6 39. Ke2 Re5 40. h5 d4 $1 $132 41. e4 Rc5 42. Rf1 Kf7
43. Ba6 Kg7 44. Kd3 Be3 45. Rb1 Rg5 $1 (45... Rc3+ $2 46. Ke2 Rc2+ 47. Kf3 Rf2+
48. Kg3 Ra2 49. Rxb6 Rxa4 50. e5 fxe5 51. g5 Kf8 52. Rb8+ (52. g6 Bh6 53. Kf3
Ra3+ $11) 52... Ke7 53. Rb7+ Kf8 54. g6 (54. Kg4 d3+ 55. Kf5 d2 56. Be2 Rf4+
57. Kg6 Rf2 58. Bd1 Rg2 59. h6 Bxg5 60. h7 Bd8+ 61. Kf5 Rh2 62. Kg6 Rg2+ $11)
54... Bh6 55. Kf3 $1 (55. Rh7 Bg7) 55... Ra3+ 56. Ke4 Re3+ 57. Kf5 d3 58. Bc4
$18) 46. e5 Rxe5 47. Rxb6 Bf2 48. Kc2 $4 {GM Kortschnoj immediately realised
that he blundered a rook with this and resigned.} (48. h6+ Kg6 $11 {is
immediately equal.}) (48. Kd2 Be3+ $1 (48... Be1+ $2 49. Kc2 Bc3 50. Rb7+ Kh6
51. Bd3 Re8 52. Rh7+ Kg5 53. Rg7+ Kf4 54. h6 $18) 49. Kd1 Rc5 50. Bd3 $11 {
Both sides can not improve their positions.} (50. Rb5 Re5) (50. Ke2 f5)) (48.
Kc2 $4 d3+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 34th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2004.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2004.05.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 {An interesting decision from our
former World Junior Champion.} ({Usually he almost always went for} 4... O-O 5.
a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8. e3) 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 (7...
b6 8. Bg5 Bb7 9. Rd1 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. e4 Nh5 12. Bg3 Nc6 13. e5 $40 {was
tried by Ivan against him some rounds later.}) 8. Bf4 $5 ({Today I did not
feel like playing} 8. Bg5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. e3 Qa5 11. exd4 Qxg5 12. Qd2
Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 $14) 8... Nh5 ({If someone asks to me} 8... d5 9. e3 Qa5 {
is the best by test of the years.}) 9. Bg3 f5 10. e3 $6 {White is not taking
advantage out of black's risky play.} (10. Rd1 b6) (10. e4 $1 $36 {is played
in Gelfand-Andersson,Tilburg 1990.}) 10... b6 11. Rd1 (11. Be2 $145) 11... Bb7
12. Be2 {First I had a timid choice in the beginning of the game and now I was
all set for a tactical game.} (12. Qd2 Nf6 13. Be2 $14) 12... Nxg3 13. hxg3 Rf7
14. g4 g6 15. gxf5 gxf5 16. Rh3 $6 {I have felt something strange about this
move and I was right with my 6th sens.} (16. e4 Qf6 17. exf5 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4
19. Ne4 Qg7 20. fxe6 dxe6 21. Rh4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Bxf2+ 23. Kd2 $13) 16... Rg7
17. g3 Qf6 18. Nb5 Rc8 19. b4 {I was already in sacrificial mood but I had to
chose one way from another.} (19. Nd6 $2 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Na5 21. Nd2 b5 22. Qc3
Qxc3 23. bxc3 Nxc4 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Rh4 Bd5 $15) 19... Bf8 20. Nd6 $6 {
Brave and stupid as usual!} (20. Qb3 a5 21. Nd6 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 axb4 23. axb4 Qe7
24. c5 bxc5 25. bxc5 Nd8 26. Ne5 Rxc5 27. Rxd7 Qf8 $11 {is more or less equal
but at least white is no worse.}) 20... Bxd6 21. Rxd6 Qa1+ 22. Qd1 Qxa3 23.
Rxd7 {After the pawn sacrifice white will only have some compensation not
ample one.} (23. b5 Nb8) 23... Qxb4+ 24. Kf1 Qf8 $1 $15 {Bojan slightly short
on time and nervous but still on the full command of the game has chosen the
best defense.} 25. Rxg7+ {None of the other lines do work.} (25. Ng5 $2 Rd8) (
25. Rh6 $2 Rxd7 26. Qxd7 Qxh6 27. Qxb7 Rd8 (27... Qf8 28. Ng5 Ne7 29. Nxe6 Qf6
30. Nd4 a5 $17) 28. Kg2 e5 29. c5 bxc5 30. Bb5 Rd1 31. Nh4 Nd8 $19) (25. Rh5 $6
Rd8 26. Rxg7+ Qxg7 27. Qb1 Ne5 28. Ng5 Bc8 $17) 25... Qxg7 26. Qd6 Qa1+ (26...
Re8 27. Rh5) 27. Ne1 Qe5 (27... Qf6 28. Bf3) 28. Qd7 Rc7 29. Qe8+ Kg7 30. g4 $1
$44 {This was my trump in the game though white is still a pawn down.} (30. Rh5
Qf6 $17) (30. Qh5 Kf8 31. Qh6+ Rg7 $5 $17) 30... Re7 31. Qh5 Kf8 32. gxf5 exf5
33. Rf3 $6 {Probably I could have equalized at once!} (33. Bf3 Na5 34. Qh6+ Rg7
(34... Qg7 35. Qf4) 35. Nd3 Qa1+ 36. Ne1 $44) 33... Rf7 34. Rf4 Qf6 (34... Kg7
$5 35. Bf3 Rf6 $1 $15 (35... Na5 36. Bxb7 Nxb7 37. Nf3 $40)) 35. c5 $1 {
I had to break his pawn structure.} Ne5 36. cxb6 axb6 37. Qh3 Ng6 $2 $138 {
After the exchange of queens I felt relieved.} (37... Kg7 38. Rh4 h6 $17) 38.
Qh6+ Qg7 39. Qxg7+ (39. Qg5 Ne7) 39... Kxg7 40. Rb4 Rf6 41. Nd3 Be4 42. Rd4 $1
$44 {Now it is very difficult for black to coordinate his forces.} Kh6 43. f3
Bxd3 44. Bxd3 Ne5 45. Be2 f4 46. exf4 (46. Rxf4 $2 Rxf4 47. exf4 Ng6 48. Bd3
Nxf4 $19 {has serious winning chances.}) 46... Ng6 47. f5 $1 $11 {Now the game
is petered out to be a draw!} Rxf5 48. Rd6 Kg5 49. Rxb6 Nf4 50. Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paracin Summer op-A 10th"]
[Site "Paracin"]
[Date "2017.07.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Kosic, Dragan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2017.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5 8.
Bg2 b6 $5 (8... Nce4 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. e4 d6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5
Qc7 14. Qe2 Ne8 (14... Bd6 15. Bf4 Nd7 (15... Ne8 16. Rfd1) 16. Rfe1 Nxe5 17.
Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Qxc4 19. Red1 $44) 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Rfd1 f6 17. Nd3 Qxc4 18.
Qb2 $44) 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nb5 $1 {The key move in this system.} Nce4 (10... Be4
$142 $1 11. Qd1 Nb7 {is the popular manoeuvre and for good reason!} 12. a3 $1 (
12. Bf4 a6 13. Nd6 (13. a3 $5 axb5 (13... Be7 14. Nc3 Bc6 15. b4 {is a
transposition.}) 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 bxc4 16. Qa6) 13... Nxd6 14. Bxd6 Bxd6
15. Qxd6 Qb8 16. Qxb8 Raxb8 17. Rfd1 Bxf3 $5 (17... Rfc8 18. Ne5)) 12... Be7
13. Bf4 Rc8 (13... a6 14. Nc3 Bc6 15. b4 Rc8 16. Qd3 $5 (16. Qb3 Nd6) (16. Rc1
a5 17. b5 (17. Qb3)) 16... a5 17. Rfb1 $5 $13) 14. Rc1 a6 15. Nc3 Bxf3 (15...
Bc6 16. b4 a5 17. b5 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nc5 $13) 16. Bxf3 Na5 17. b4 (17. e4 Nxc4
18. e5 Ne8 19. Bb7) 17... Nxc4 18. Bb7 Nh5 19. Bxc8 Qxc8 20. Bd2 b5 21. e4 Qb7
22. Qe2 $13) 11. Ng5 $1 d5 12. Nxe4 $5 (12. Rd1 {This is the main line but}
Nxf2 $5 (12... Qc8 $142) 13. Kxf2 Bc5+ 14. Kf1 h6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Qf6+
17. Bf3 dxc4 18. Kg2 Bxf3+ 19. exf3 Rfd8 20. Rd2 $1 $18 {did not seem clear to
me especially considering the fact that I had missed the latter!}) 12... Nxe4
13. cxd5 exd5 14. Be3 $1 {Overprotection for the d4-square.} a6 15. Bxe4 $146 (
15. Qc7 {played by Antonsen make sense too.} Qb8 16. Qxb8 Raxb8 17. Nd4 $14)
15... dxe4 16. Rfd1 Qf6 $6 ({I was expecting} 16... Qe7 17. Qc7 axb5 18. Qxe7 (
18. Rd7 Qe6 19. Qxb7 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Rfb8 21. Qd5 bxc5 22. Qxe6 fxe6 $13) 18...
Bxe7 19. Rd7 Bc5 20. Rxb7 b4 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. a4 bxa3 23. bxa3 Rfc8 $11) 17.
Qb3 Bc5 18. Nd6 $5 (18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Nd6 Bc6) 18... Bxd6 $2 ({After} 18... Bc6
$1 {White may have to transpose with} 19. Bxc5 (19. Rac1 Rad8 20. Nc4 Bb5 21.
Bxc5 bxc5 22. a4 Bxc4 23. Rxc4 e3 $1 $132) (19. Nc4 Bb5) 19... bxc5 20. Qa3 e3
$1 21. Qxe3 Qxb2 22. Qxc5 Bd7 $44 {It is not easy to play these positions
without the fianchetto bishop.}) 19. Qxb6 Be5 $6 (19... Bxg3 20. Qxf6 gxf6 (
20... Bxh2+ $4 21. Kxh2 gxf6 22. Rd7 $1 (22. Rg1+ Kh8 23. Bd4) 22... Bc6 23.
Rg1+ Kh8 24. Bd4 $18) 21. hxg3 $16) 20. Qxb7 Rab8 21. Qxe4 Rxb2 {This should
be a clear win alas I am not sure if my technique was up to the job.} 22. Rd5 (
22. Bc5 Rfb8 (22... Rc8 23. Rac1 Rbb8 24. Ba7 $18) 23. Rab1 $16) 22... Bc3 23.
Bc5 $2 (23. Rc1 $1 Rxa2 $140 $2 (23... Rb5 24. Bc5) 24. Bc5 (24. Qc4 $2 Ra1 $1)
24... Qe6 25. Qf3 $18) 23... Qe6 $1 $138 {An excellent defence which I had
missed!} (23... Rc8 24. Rad1 Rbb8 25. Qd3 $18) 24. Qxe6 {After a long think I
went for the absolute 7th.} (24. Qd3 Rd2 25. Qxc3 Rxd5 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27. Rb1
Rd8 28. Qc2 g6 $16) (24. Qc4 Rd2 25. Qxc3) ({I did not see} 24. Qf3 $1 Re8 25.
Rad1 Bf6 26. R1d2 $18) 24... fxe6 25. Rd3 Rc2 26. Rb1 Rc8 27. Rb7 $1 Bf6 28.
Be7 $1 {The point! However I am still not sure if the whole idea consisted of
a bluff or not.} Ba1 (28... Rxe2 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Rdd7 h5 31. Rg7+ Kh8 32. a4
$1 (32. Rh7+ Kg8 33. Rbg7+ Kf8 34. Ra7 Kg8 35. Rh6 (35. Rxh5 Rc1+ 36. Kg2 Rcc2)
35... f5) 32... Rc1+ $140 $2 (32... a5 33. Rh7+ Kg8 34. Rbg7+ Kf8 35. Ra7 Kg8
36. Rhg7+ Kh8 37. Rgf7 $18) (32... Ra2 33. Rh7+ Kg8 34. Rbg7+ Kf8 35. Ra7 Kg8
36. Rhg7+ Kh8 37. Rge7 $1 Rxa4 38. Rxe6 $18) (32... f5 33. Rh7+ Kg8 34. Rbg7+
Kf8 35. Ra7 Kg8 36. Rhg7+ Kh8 37. Rge7 f4 38. gxf4 Re1+ 39. Kg2 Re4 40. Rxa6
Rxf4 41. Raa7 Rg4+ 42. Kf1 Rc1+ 43. Ke2 Rc2+ 44. Ke3 $18) (32... e5 $2 33. Rh7+
Kg8 34. Rbg7+ Kf8 35. Ra7 Kg8 36. Rxh5 Rc1+ 37. Kg2 Rcc2 38. Rf5 $18) 33. Kg2
Rcc2 34. Rgd7 Rxf2+ 35. Kg1 $18) 29. Re3 e5 30. Bd6 Re8 31. Rb8 $1 {These
types of positions are usually converted with only a pair of rooks.} (31. a3 $5
) 31... Rxb8 32. Bxb8 Rc5 (32... Rxa2 $2 33. Bxe5 $18) 33. Ra3 Rc8 34. Ba7 Rc6
35. Kg2 Kf7 36. e4 g5 37. g4 $1 $18 {Not allowing any kingside squeeze.} Bc3 (
37... Bd4 38. Bxd4 exd4 39. Ra5 h6 40. Rd5 $18) 38. Rb3 Ba5 (38... Bd4 39. Rb7+
Kf6 40. Rxh7 Rc2 41. Bxd4 exd4 42. h4 gxh4 43. Rxh4 Ke5 44. g5 $18) 39. Be3 h6
40. Rb7+ Kg6 41. Kg3 $1 {The pawn thrust h4 becomes a threat.} Bd8 42. Rb8 Ba5
(42... Be7 43. a4 $1 {and the b6-square decides the game connected with a5 and
Rb6.}) 43. h4 gxh4+ 44. Kxh4 Rd6 45. Rg8+ Kf7 46. Rh8 Bd2 $1 {The best under
the circumstances and it includes a trap!} (46... Kg7 47. Re8 Bc3 48. Kh5 $18)
47. Bxd2 $5 ({My original intention may turn out to be a safer option.} 47.
Rh7+ Kg8 48. Ra7 Bxe3 49. fxe3 Rg6 (49... Rd3 50. Kh5 $18) 50. a4 Kf8 51. a5
Kg8 52. Kh5 $3 (52. g5 hxg5+ 53. Kg4 $18) 52... Rg5+ 53. Kxh6 Rxg4 54. Kh5 Rxe4
55. Kg6 Kf8 56. Rxa6 Rxe3 57. Ra8+ Ke7 58. a6 $18 {White's king does a great
job keeping its conterpart away from the g7- and h7-squares.}) 47... Rxd2 48.
Rxh6 $4 ({The important pawn should be defended.} 48. Kg3 $142 $1 Rd6 (48...
Rxa2 49. Rxh6 $18 {back to the game}) 49. a4 $18) 48... Rxa2 $2 $138 (48...
Rxf2 $1 49. Rxa6 Re2 50. Ra4 (50. a4 Rxe4 51. Kh5 Re1 52. g5 Rg1 53. Rf6+ Kg7
54. Rb6 Ra1 55. Rb4 Kf7 56. Kg4 Ke6 57. g6 Kf6 58. Rb6+ Kg7 59. Ra6 Re1 60. Kg5
e4 61. Ra7+ Kg8 62. Kf4 e3 $11) (50. g5 Rxe4+ 51. Kh5 Re1 52. g6+ (52. Kg4 Rf1
$1) (52. a4 e4) 52... Kg7 53. Kg5 Rf1 $1 54. a4 e4 55. Re6 Re1 56. Kf4 Rc1 $1
57. Rxe4 Rc5 $3 $11) (50. Kg5 Rxe4 51. Rf6+ Kg7 52. Rf2 Ra4) (50. Kh5 Rxe4 51.
Ra7+ (51. g5 Re1) 51... Ke6) 50... Kg6 $11 {is obviously the main idea based
on the fact that this is one of those positions where no win exists despite
two extra pawns!}) 49. Kg3 $18 {Now it becomes a trivial win with the pawn
mass on the kingside.} a5 50. Ra6 a4 51. g5 a3 52. f3 Ra1 53. Kg4 a2 54. Kf5
Rf1 55. Ra7+ (55. g6+ Kg7 56. Ra7+ Kg8 57. Rxa2 Rxf3+ 58. Kxe5 Kg7 59. Ke6 $18)
55... Kg8 56. Rxa2 Rxf3+ 57. Kg6 $5 (57. Kxe5 Kf7 58. Ra6 $18) (57. Kg6 Rf8 (
57... Kf8 58. Ra5) 58. Ra7 Re8 59. Kf6 Kf8 60. Rf7+ Kg8 61. Re7 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 7th"]
[Site "Kusadasi"]
[Date "2006.04.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2006.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 {Having Ivan as my second there I came
back to Classical System in Nimzo.} c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bf4
Bb7 9. Rd1 d5 $5 {A rare move looking risky because of the d line.} 10. cxd5
Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Ng5 $5 {A move I picked up after a long thought.} (12.
e4 Qc8 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. b4 Be7 15. Qd3 Qe8 (15... Nc6 $5 16. b5 Rd8 17. Qb3 Na5
18. Rxc8 Nxb3 19. Rc7 Bxa3 20. Rxb7 Bb4+ 21. Ke2 Rac8 22. Rc7 Rxc7 23. Bxc7
Nc1+ 24. Ke3 Bc5+ 25. Kf4 Rd1 $44) (15... Qd8 $2 16. Rc7) 16. Rc7 Bc8 $132)
12... g6 13. e4 Qf6 (13... Qc8 $6 14. Qc3 Bb7 15. Qh3 h5 16. Be2 e5 17. Qxc8
Rxc8 18. Bxe5 Be7 19. Bf4 $16) 14. Qd2 Bb3 $5 {Very ambitious fitting Sarunas'
style.} (14... Bb7 15. Bd3 (15. b4 Bd4 (15... Be7 16. Nf3)) (15. e5 Qg7) 15...
Rd8 16. e5 Qg7 17. O-O $13) 15. e5 Qe7 $6 (15... Qg7 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Rc1 $13)
16. Rc1 {Sacrifices do not work yet.} (16. Ne4 $2 Bxd1 17. Nf6+ Kh8 18. Bg3 Rd8
19. Qh6 Bb4+ $1 $19) 16... Nc6 $2 ({I was expecting more} 16... f6 $1 17. exf6
(17. Ne4 fxe5 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. Bxe5 Bd5 20. f3 Nc6 $17) 17... Qxf6 18. Bc4
Bxc4 (18... Rd8 19. Qxd8+ $3 {is the point.} Qxd8 20. Nxe6 Qf6 21. Bxb3 Kh8 22.
O-O Nd7 23. Bh6 Bf8 24. Nxf8 Nxf8 25. Bd2 $18) 19. Rxc4) 17. Ne4 Qd8 (17...
Rfd8 18. Qc3 Nd4 19. Nf6+ Kh8 20. Ba6 $16) 18. Nf6+ $1 (18. Rc3 Qxd2+ 19. Bxd2
Nd4 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Rxc5 $16) 18... Kh8 19. Nd7 $1 {A very nasty invasion in
black's camp.} Nd4 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Rxc5 Nc2+ $2 {Very strange!} (21... Qb6
22. Qxd4 Rfd8 23. Qb4 Rd1+ 24. Ke2 Qa6+ 25. Kf3 $18) (21... Qh4 22. Qxd4 (22.
Bd3 $5 Bd5 23. Bg5 Qh5 24. Bf6+ Kg8 25. Be2 Nxe2 26. Qxe2 Qxe2+ 27. Kxe2 $16)
22... Rfd8 23. Qe3 Rd1+ 24. Ke2 Rb1 {looked very unclear to me during the game
but probably white is winning after} 25. Bg5 Rxb2+ 26. Kd3 Qa4 27. Qc1 $18) 22.
Rxc2 Bxc2 23. Qxc2 $18 {Bishops are tremendously strong in such a position.}
Qd4 (23... Rc8 24. Qd2) 24. Be3 Qxe5 25. Bc4 Rab8 26. b3 a5 (26... Qa5+ 27. Ke2
) 27. O-O Kg8 28. a4 Rfd8 29. g3 Rb7 30. Bb5 Rc7 31. Qe2 Rc3 32. Bc4 $1 {
Imprisons the rook.} Qe4 33. Qe1 Qc2 34. Bb6 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.01.31"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Moracchini, Fabrice"]
[Black "Efimov, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Drancy"]
[BlackTeam "Monaco"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3
Nc6 9. a3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Rc8 12. Rfd1 a6 13. Rac1 Qc7 14. Bf4 Qd8 15.
Qb1 Ne8 16. Ne4 f6 17. Nd6 Nxd6 18. Bxd6 Rf7 19. b4 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Qc7 21. Rcd1
Na7 22. R6d2 Rcf8 23. Bd3 g5 24. Be4 Bc8 25. Bd3 Nc6 26. Be2 Rg7 27. Qd3 g4 28.
Ne1 Ne5 29. Qd6 Qb7 30. Qd4 Rg5 31. e4 Qc6 32. Kh1 Bb7 33. f3 gxf3 34. Nxf3
Nxf3 35. Bxf3 Rf7 36. e5 $4 ({A terrible blunder severely punished by Black.
After prudent} 36. Qe3 {White would have a decent position.}) {[%tqu "En",
"White's last move was very careless. How can Black take advantage of it?","Go
after the enemy king!","Sacrifice your queen!","c6f3","A remarkable queen
sacrifice leads to a nice game conclusion.",5]} 36... Qxf3 $3 {[%csl Rh1][%cal
Gg5g1,Gf7f1,Gb7h1] A powerful blow concluding the game in style.} 37. gxf3
Bxf3+ 38. Rg2 Bxg2+ (38... Rxg2 {was, of course, winning too.}) 39. Kg1 ({
, and White resigned in view of the line:} 39. Kg1 Bd5+ 40. Kf1 fxe5+) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0708"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2007.11.30"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Heinemann, Thies"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "Babula/Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2007.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Bf4 ({The current main line in this variation of the
Queen's Indian/Petrosian-System goes} 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13.
Bd3 Qb8 14. Bg3 Be5 $13 {ECO (E2)}) 10... O-O 11. Rd1 e5 {Weakens the d5
square but controls d4} 12. Bg5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Bd3 h6 15. Bh4 a5 {
Black secures the c5 square for his bishop. Other attempts, e.g.:} ({I} 15...
Bxc3+ 16. Qxc3 d6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. O-O Qg5 19. f3 Rac8 20. Qd2 Qxd2 21. Rxd2
Rfd8 22. Rfd1 Kf8 23. Kf2 Ke7 24. g3 Rc7 25. a4 Bc8 26. Ra1 Be6 27. b3 a5 28.
h4 h5 29. f4 g6 30. Rad1 Rc5 31. Ke3 Bg4 32. Be2 Be6 33. Bd3 Bg4 34. Be2 Be6 {
1/2-1/2, Jaracz,P (2492)-Berg,E (2540), Stockholm 2006}) ({II} 15... a6 16. O-O
Rc8 17. Ne2 Bc5 18. b4 Be7 19. f3 b5 20. Qb3 Qb6+ 21. c5 Qc7 22. Bb1 Rcd8 23.
Ng3 d6 24. cxd6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Nf5 Qc7 27. Qc2 Bd8 28. Nxh6+ Kh7 29.
Nf5 Qxc2 30. Bxc2 {1-0/64, Farago,I (2526)-Szabo,K (2447), Budapest 2006}) ({
III Too optimistic is} 15... g5 16. Bg3 Bxc3+ 17. Qxc3 Nxe4 {due to} 18. Bxe4
Bxe4 19. f3 {along with 20.Bxe5}) 16. O-O Qe7 {The arising position is
complicated, both sides have their trumps.} 17. Kh1 (17. Ne2 Bc5 18. Ng3 Qe6 (
18... g6 19. Qd2 (19. Kh1 Qe6 20. Ne2 Nh5 21. f3) 19... Kg7 20. b4 axb4 21.
axb4 Bxb4 22. Bxf6+ Kxf6 23. Qxh6 Rh8 24. Nh5+ Ke6 25. Ng7+ Kf6 (25... Kd6 $4
26. Nf5+ Ke6 27. Qxh8 Rxh8 28. Nxe7) 26. Nh5+ $11) 19. Nf5 $13) 17... g5 ({
Gets rid of the pin but weakens his kingside, especially the f5 square.} 17...
Rac8 18. f3 (18. f4 $2 exf4) 18... Bc6 $13) 18. Bg3 Nh5 19. Nb5 Bc5 20. Be2 (
20. Nc7 Rac8 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 $13) 20... Nf6 (20... Nf4 21. Bg4 $2 (21.
Rfe1) (21. Bf3) 21... f5 $1 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. exf5 Nxg2 $1) 21. f3 Bc6 $2 (
21... Nh5 22. Bf2 Bc6 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. Nd6 Ng7 $13) 22. Nc3 $2 ({Both players
overlooked the simple} 22. Qc3 $1 {gaining the e5 pawn, since protecting it
with 22...Rf(a)-e8 fails to 23.Nc7 resp. 22...d6 fails to 23.b4.}) 22... Nh5
23. Bf2 Nf4 24. Bd3 Kh8 25. Qd2 Rg8 26. Bc2 a4 27. Rde1 ({With the idea of
Qd2-d1 attacking the a4 pawn, but better was} 27. Nd5) 27... Bxf2 28. Rxf2 Qc5
29. Nd5 {In regard to the weak c4 pawn this knight jump is almost forced.} Qa5
$6 ({This inaccuracy allows White to transfer his knight to the ideal f5 (or
d6) square. Alternatives: I} 29... Ne6 {best} 30. Ne3 (30. g3 Nd4) 30... Nd4
31. Nf5 Nxf5 32. exf5 $13) ({II} 29... Bxd5 $6 30. cxd5 (30. exd5)) 30. Ne7
Qxd2 (30... Rge8 31. Nf5 Kh7 32. g3 Qxd2 33. Rxd2 {transposes to the game}) 31.
Rxd2 Rge8 32. Nf5 Kh7 33. g3 $14 Ne6 34. h4 $1 {White starts activities
against Black's weakened kingside.} Ng7 $6 ({This premature knight retreat is
the reason for Black's difficulties. Alternatives: I} 34... gxh4 {, e.g.} 35.
Rh2 Ng7 36. Nxh4 (36. Kg2 $6 Nxf5 37. exf5 hxg3 38. Kxg3 Kg7 39. Kf2 f6 40.
Rg1+ Kf7 41. Rxh6 Rh8 $11) 36... Rab8 37. Rd1 b5 38. cxb5 Bxb5 39. b3 axb3 40.
Bxb3 $14) ({II} 34... Kg6 {, e.g.} 35. Kg2 gxh4 36. Nxh4+ Kf6 37. Nf5 h5 38.
Kf2 Rh8 39. Ke3 $14) 35. Nd6 $1 Rf8 ({The rook must stay on the 8th rank.} 
35... Re7 $2 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Rh2+ Kg6 38. Kg2 Re6 39. Nf5 $18 {with a mating
attack on the h-file}) 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. f4 $5 {Opens lines at the king's wing.
} (37. Rh2+ {gives away a tempo for the king's escape, e.g.} Kg6 (37... Kg8 $2
38. Kg2 Rfb8 39. Rh6 Kf8 40. Nf5 $18) 38. f4 (38. Kg2 Rh8 39. Reh1 Rxh2+ 40.
Rxh2 Kf6) 38... gxf4 39. gxf4 Kf6) 37... exf4 (37... Kg8 $6 38. Kg1 (38. Rh2 f5
$5) (38. fxg5 Ne6 39. Rh2 Kg7 40. Kg2 Rh8) (38. fxe5 Ra5 39. Rd5 $5 Bxd5 40.
exd5 f6 41. Kg2 $14) 38... Ne6 39. fxe5 Ra5 40. Nf5 Rxe5 41. Ne7+ Kg7 42. Nxc6
dxc6 43. Bxa4 $14) 38. gxf4 Ne6 39. Rh2+ Kg8 $2 ({A fatal mistake in
timetrouble. After the forced} 39... Kg7 {and} 40. Nf5+ Kg8 41. fxg5 Nxg5 42.
Ne7+ Kg7 43. Nd5 f6 $14 {White would only be slightly better.}) 40. f5 {
There is no cure for the advance of the f-pawn to f6.} Nf4 (40... Nd4 {is
nicely refuted by} 41. f6 $3 Nf3 42. Re3 Nxh2 43. Kxh2 Ra5 44. e5 $18 {and
even with the extra exchange Black's position is hopeless.}) 41. f6 $1 $18 {
Again the coffin-nail!} Ra5 ({Or: I} 41... Ng6 42. Kg1 Ne5 (42... Nh4 43. Kf2
Ra5 44. Rg1 Ng6 45. Nf5 Re8 46. Rxg5) 43. Re3 (43. Kg2)) ({II} 41... Rfe8 42.
Nxe8 Rxe8 43. Kg1 Re5 44. Kf2 Ng6 45. Ke3) 42. Kg1 Ng6 (42... Re5 43. Nf5 Rfe8
44. Nh6+ Kf8 45. Ng4) 43. e5 $1 ({The deadly opening of the b1-h7 diagonal.
Also but slowly winning is} 43. Re3 Re5 (43... Nf4 44. e5 Rb8 45. Nf5) 44. Reh3
Nh4 (44... Re6 45. e5 Nh4 46. Nf5 Rxe5 47. Nxh4) 45. Rg3 Ng6 (45... Kh7 46. Nf5
) 46. Rh5 g4 47. Nf5 Rfe8 48. Rxg4) 43... Rxe5 ({I} 43... Bf3 44. Kf2 (44. Rh6
Nxe5 45. Bh7+ Kh8 46. Be4+ Kg8 47. Nf5) 44... g4 45. Bxg6 fxg6 46. Rh6) ({II} 
43... Nxe5 44. Bh7+ Kh8 45. Kf1 $1 {/\Be4+, Nf5} (45. Be4+ $2 {similar to the
game doesn't work here:} Kg8 46. Nf5 Nf3+ 47. Bxf3 Rxf5)) ({III} 43... Nh4 44.
Kf2 (44. Re3)) 44. Rxe5 Nxe5 45. Bh7+ Kh8 46. Be4+ $1 {Prevents the annoying
knight fork on f3 and prepares the return of the white knight to f5 with
double threat of Ne7# and - if necessary - Nh6+.} Kg8 47. Nf5 Ng6 (47... Re8
48. Ne7+ Rxe7 49. fxe7 $18) 48. Nh6+ Kh7 49. Nxf7+ Kg8 50. Nh6+ ({Gaining the
Ng6 for nothing which is certainly stronger than} 50. Bxg6 $6 Rxf7 51. Bxf7+
Kxf7 52. Rf2) 50... Kh7 51. Ng4+ (51. Ng4+ Kg8 52. Bxg6) 1-0

[Event "Rilton Cup 36th"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "2007.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Black "Bindrich, Falko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "Bindrich,F"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 {Victory! This was the first thought I had that morning when I woke
up. I wanted to at any price to finish this tournamemt in a good way. After
this words you might understand some of my over-aggressive moves I played in
this interesting game.} 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7.
Nf3 b6 8. Bg5 Bb7 9. e4 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Be2 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O Nf4 {
This position is in my opinion simply bad for Black. Black wants to attack
with the knight on f4 and f7-f5 opening the long diagonal, but as analysis
shows, this is not enough.} 14. Rfe1 {A rare move} ({The main move is} 14. Rad1
f5 15. Rfe1 Qf6 {This was my idea in 2005... and just imagine, it was copied
in 2006!} (15... fxe4 16. Nxe4 d5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Bf1 $14) (15... Na6 16.
exf5 Rxf5 17. Nd5 $1 $14 {1-0 Georgiev,K (2647)-Perunovic,M (2479)/Jahorina
2003/CBM 094 ext (30)}) 16. exf5 Qxf5 17. Qxf5 Rxf5 18. Nd4 Rc5 19. Bf3 $1 {
Grigore shows the refutation of my idea and gets an advantage.} (19. Bf1 Nh3+
20. gxh3 Rg5+ 21. Bg2 Rxg2+ 22. Kf1 Rxh2 23. Ncb5 Nc6 24. Nf3 Rxh3 25. Kg2 Rh5
26. Nd6 Rb8 27. b4 Ba8 28. Kg3 Rf8 29. Kg4 g6 30. Re3 Ne7 31. Ne4 Rhf5 32. Rxd7
Rf4+ 33. Kg3 Rxe4 {0-1 Lapcevic,M (2269)-Bindrich,F (2391)/Belfort 2005/CBM
107 ext}) 19... Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Rxc4 21. Ne5 Rc7 22. g3 Nh5 23. Nb5 Rc5 24. Nd6
Rc7 (24... Nf6 $14 {Is more stubborn.}) 25. Rc1 Na6 26. Rxc7 Nxc7 27. Rc1 Nd5
28. Nxd7 $16 {1/2-1/2 Grigore,G (2472)-Riff,J (2444)/St Chely d'Aubrac 2006/
CBM 113 ext (59)}) (14. Rfd1 {This move was played by Sargissian some years
ago.} f5 15. Bf1 Nc6 16. g3 Ng6 17. Bg2 Nce5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. exf5 Bxg2 20.
Kxg2 Rxf5 21. Qe4 $14 {0-1 Sargissian,G (2520)-Zvjaginsev,V (2631)/Linares
2001/CBM 081/[Golod,V] (58)}) 14... f5 $6 {Maybe a bit too aggressive} (14...
Nc6 $5 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Nb5 d6 $11 {and after taking on e2 and a7-a6 Black
might survive.}) (14... Nxe2+ $6 15. Rxe2 Nc6 16. Rd1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Damjanovic,
D (2273)-Munizaba,S (2319)/Zlatibor 2006/EXT 2007 (50)  White´s position is
really pleasent.}) 15. Bf1 Qf6 $6 (15... fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nc6 17. Rad1 $14 {
And as you can see everything is in White's favour: the structure, the
development and the placing of the pieces.}) 16. g3 Ng6 17. Bg2 f4 {A very
provoking move.} (17... Nc6 18. Rad1 $16) 18. e5 Qf7 19. Nb5 (19. Ng5 $2 hxg5
20. Bxb7 Nc6 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 $44 {And Black has good compensation for the
exchange.} 22. Ne4 Qf5 23. Qc3 Ncxe5 24. f3 g4 $40) (19. Nh4 $142 $1 Nxh4 (
19... Bxg2 20. Nxg6 $18) 20. Bxb7 fxg3 21. hxg3 Nf3+ 22. Bxf3 Qxf3 23. Rad1 $16
{With an overhelming advantage.}) 19... Bxf3 20. Nd6 Qe7 (20... Nh4 {Too crazy}
21. Nxf7 Nxg2 22. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 23. Qg6+ Kh8 24. Qxh6+ Kg8 25. Qg6+ Kh8 26.
Red1 $5 $18) 21. Qxg6 (21. Bxf3 fxg3 22. Qxg6 (22. hxg3 Rxf3 23. Qxg6 Nc6 24.
Rad1 Raf8 $14 {is a better version of the game for Black.}) 22... Rxf3 23. hxg3
Nc6 24. Rad1 Raf8 $14 {is a better version of the game for black.}) 21... fxg3
22. hxg3 Nc6 23. Qd3 $1 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qg5 25. Qe4 {Good, but not the best.} (
25. Qe3 $1 {This is the move. After the exchange of the queens Black has no
counterplay and White will just move his pawns.} Qxe3 (25... Qg6 26. Qe4 Qg5
27. f4 Qg4 28. Rh1 Ne7 29. Rh4 Qg6 30. Qxg6 Nxg6 31. Rhh1 $16) 26. Rxe3 $16)
25... Ne7 {Now Black has a little counterplay on the kingside.} 26. Re3 Rad8
27. f4 Qg4 28. Rh1 Ng6 29. Rf3 h5 {The last moves were played in time trouble
and White has lost all his advantage.} 30. Kf2 (30. a4 $5 h4 31. Rh3 a5 32. b3
Ra8 33. Qe3 hxg3 34. Rfxg3 Nxf4+ 35. Kh1 Qe2 36. Rxg7+ Kxg7 37. Rg3+ $11 {
This is an interesting computer line that shows the the silicon friend
estimates the position as equal.}) 30... h4 31. Rg1 h3 32. Rh1 a6 (32... Rb8
33. Rh2 Rbd8 34. Rh1 $11 {A positional stalemate!}) 33. Rh2 b5 {Time trouble!}
34. c5 Ne7 35. Rd3 $1 Ng6 36. Qe2 Qg5 37. Ke1 (37. Rxh3 Nxe5 38. Ke1 Nxd3+ 39.
Qxd3 $18) 37... Rxf4 38. gxf4 Nxf4 39. Rdxh3 {Amazing! With one second left on
the clock my opponent took the pawn. I was shocked!} Nxh3 40. Rxh3 Rf8 {
After calming down I moved Rf8 and thought that I have good chances for a draw.
} 41. Rf3 {Played after 40 minutes of thinking! But exactly with this move
White loses the advantage!} (41. Qe3 $3 {The one and only!} Qg2 42. Qd3 $3 $18
Qg1+ 43. Kd2 Rf2+ 44. Kc3 Qc1+ 45. Kb4 Rxb2+ 46. Ka5 $18 {What a brave king!})
41... Rxf3 42. Qxf3 Qxe5+ 43. Kf1 {And here my oppoent wanted to quit this
terrible mistake - making called a chess game!} (43. Kf1 Qxc5 44. Qa8+ Kh7 45.
Qe4+ Kg8 46. Qf4 Qc2 47. Qd4 Qh2 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. e3 Nxc5 8.
Bd2 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nce4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Bxd2 14.
Qxd2 Rc8 (14... d5 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Nxd5 17. a3 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 {Remis.
Knecevic-Parma, YUG-ch 1978}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.02.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. e3 Nxc5 8.
Bd2 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 (9... Ba6 $1 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Rc8 12. O-O d5 13. Rad1
Nce4 14. Bb4 Bxc4 $1 15. Bxf8 Ba6 16. Qxe4 Bxe2) 10. O-O Qe7 (10... Nce4 11.
Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 Rc8 15. Rac1 d5 16. cxd5 Qxd5 17.
Qxd5 Nxd5 $10 {Knecevic-Smejkal, Leningrad 1977}) 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Rac8 13.
Rac1 Rfd8 14. b4 Nce4 15. Bd4 d6 (15... d5 $5) 16. Bd3 e5 $6 17. Bb2 Qe6 18.
Qe2 Qg4 $6 (18... h6) 19. h3 Qe6 20. Rfd1 Rd7 21. Nh2 $14 Rdc7 $6 (21... h6)
22. f3 Ng3 23. Qe1 Nf5 24. Bxf5 Qxf5 25. Rxd6 Ne8 26. e4 Qg5 (26... Qh5 27. Rd2
Rxc4 28. Rxc4 Rxc4 29. Rd8 f6 (29... Rc8 30. Rxc8 Bxc8 31. Qc3) 30. Qd1 $14)
27. Qd2 Qxd2 28. Rxd2 f6 29. Rdc2 Ba6 30. c5 bxc5 31. Rxc5 Rxc5 32. bxc5 Rc6
33. Ng4 Nc7 34. a4 $16 Bc8 35. Ne3 $2 Ne6 36. Nf5 $6 Kf8 37. Rd1 g6 38. Nd6 Bd7
39. Ba3 Ra6 40. a5 Nd4 (40... Rxa5 $2 41. Nc4) 41. Bb4 Ke7 42. Nc4 Ba4 43. Ra1
{*} Bb5 44. Ne3 Ke6 45. Kf2 f5 46. exf5+ gxf5 47. Rd1 Rc6 48. f4 Ba4 49. Ra1
exf4 50. Nxf5 Kxf5 51. Rxa4 Ne6 52. g4+ fxg3+ 53. Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch 82nd"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Bf4 Nh5 9. Bd2 d5 10. O-O-O Bxf2 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Rxd5 Qe8 14. e4
fxg5 15. Qxf2 h6 (15... g4 16. Qh4 Nf6 17. Ng5 h6 18. Bc4) 16. Qc5 Be6 17. Rd6
Bf7 18. Bb5 Rc8 19. Kb1 a6 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. Rxc6 bxc6 22. Ne5 Nf6 23. Nxc6 Kh7
24. Ka1 Nxe4 $2 25. Nxe4 Qxe4 26. Qxf8 Qc4 27. Nb4 a5 28. Qa8 $1 {[#]} axb4 29.
axb4 Bd5 30. Qa5 Bxg2 31. Qf5+ Kh8 32. Rd1 Qc7 33. Qf8+ Kh7 34. Qf5+ Kh8 35. b5
Qa5+ 36. Kb1 Qa8 37. Rd4 Qa5 38. Qd3 Qe1+ 39. Ka2 Qe6+ (39... Qa5+ 40. Kb3) 40.
b3 {[#]} 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1989.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bg5 Qa5 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. e3 Bxc5 10. Bd3 Kg7 11. O-O Be7 12. a3 Ne5 13. Be2 a6 14. Nd4 d6
$2 (14... f5 $2 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Qc3 $1) (14... Nc6 $5) 15. f4 Nc6 16. b4 Qb6
17. f5 $1 (17. Rad1 f5 $1) 17... Nxd4 18. exd4 Qxd4+ 19. Kh1 Bd7 20. Rad1 Qh4
21. Rd3 e5 22. Nd5 Bd8 23. Rh3 Qd4 24. Qc1 1-0

[Event "Porz op 27th"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Schoen, Wolfram"]
[Black "Budnikov, Alexandar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bg5
Bb7 9. e4 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Be2 d6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Rac1 a6 15.
h3 Nc5 16. Nd2 Rad8 17. Bg3 Qb8 18. b4 Ncd7 19. Nf3 Rc8 20. Bd3 Rfd8 21. Qe2
Qa7 22. Qe3 Ba8 23. Bf1 Nf8 24. Re1 Ng6 25. Rcd1 Bf8 26. Bh2 Be7 27. Rd2 Qb7
28. Rdd1 Bf8 29. Rd2 Qc6 30. Nd4 Qc7 31. f4 b5 32. e5 dxe5 33. fxe5 Nd7 34. c5
Nxc5 35. bxc5 Qxc5 36. Nce2 Qxa3 37. Rd3 Qb4 38. Red1 Rd5 39. Kh1 Rcd8 40. Nc3
Rc5 41. Ne4 (41. Na2 $1 Qa4 (41... Qa5 $2 42. Nb3) (41... Qb2 $2 42. R3d2 $18)
42. Nc3 Qb4 43. Na2 $13) 41... Bxe4 42. Qxe4 Rcd5 43. Qe3 Qc5 44. Rc1 Qb6 45.
Nb3 Qxe3 46. Rxe3 Ba3 47. Ra1 Rd1 48. Re1 Rxe1 49. Rxe1 Bb4 50. Re4 Rd1 51. Kg1
a5 52. Kf2 Rb1 53. Rxb4 axb4 54. Nd2 Rd1 55. Ke3 Ne7 56. Bxb5 Nd5+ 57. Kd3 b3
58. Ba4 Rh1 59. Bg3 b2 60. Kc2 Rg1 61. Kxb2 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2844"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. Bd2 Nxc5 8.
a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Nce4 10. e3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 b6 12. Be2 Ba6 13. Qb3 Rc8 {With
pressure on c4 and finished development it doesn't seem as if Black could be
worse here. Actually, if anything, White is the one that has to be careful.}
14. Qa4 Bb7 15. O-O Qc7 16. Nd4 a6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Qb4 Be4 19. Rac1 e5 20.
Nb3 d6 21. Qe1 Qb7 22. Qf1 Bc6 23. Nd2 Qe7 24. Rc3 a5 25. Rdc1 a4 {Isolating
the c4 pawn.} 26. Qd1 Ra8 27. Bf3 e4 28. Be2 Nd7 29. Qe1 Nc5 {Caruana keeps
improving his position while Nakamura is without a plan. He lashes out, but
this costs him a pawn.} 30. b4 axb3 31. Nxb3 Rxa3 32. Nd4 Rxc3 33. Qxc3 {
White's activity has greatly improved and he has ripped apart the bind on the
queenside, he also gains a chance to attack the b6 pawn. Practically speaking
this seems like a good position, but he is after all down a pawn now.} Bd7 34.
Ra1 Rb8 35. Ra7 Qd8 36. Qa1 Rc8 37. h3 g6 38. Nb5 {an unusual decision to
trade the nice knight on d4, but White does gain the spot for the queen. It
will be very difficult for Caruauna to try to make progress from this position.
} Bxb5 39. cxb5 h5 40. f4 exf3 41. Bxf3 Qg5 42. Qc3 Rd8 43. Qd4 d5 44. h4 Qf5
45. Ra1 Qd7 46. Qf6 Qe8 47. Kh1 Ne4 $2 (47... Ne6 {kept the extra pawn and
starts to actually consolidate Black's position.} 48. Ra7 $15) 48. Bxe4 dxe4
49. Qxb6 Qe7 50. Kg1 $1 Rd2 (50... Qxh4 51. Qc7 {starts to actually be bad for
Black as the b-pawn is a real concern.}) 51. Qc6 Qxh4 {In this scenario
Black's attack is very fast, but White has a good resource to neutralize it.}
52. Ra8+ Kh7 53. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 54. Qc3+ Kh7 55. Qxd2 Qg5 {White's passed pawn
on the b-file is worth more than anything else in the position. Black has the
material advantage but w ould be happy with a draw.} 56. b6 h4 57. Qf2 Kg7 58.
Qf4 Qb5 59. Qc7 h3 60. gxh3 Qb1+ 61. Kg2 Qb2+ 62. Kg3 Qf6 63. b7 Qf3+ 64. Kh2
Qf2+ 65. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 14th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2013.09.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2013.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 ({Die Hauptvariante entsteht
nach} 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 ({Häufiger sieht man} 6... b6) ({oder} 6... d6)
7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Qc2 c5 12. dxc5 Rc8 13. Bxf6
gxf6 14. Qe4 Qb5 15. b4 bxc5 16. e3 Qb7 17. Qg4+ Kf8 18. b5 Bxb5 19. Rb1 a6 20.
a4 f5 21. Qh4 Qe4 22. Qh6+ Ke7 23. Qg5+ Kf8 24. Qh6+ Ke7 25. Qg5+ Kf8 26. Qh6+
Ke7 {1/2-1/2 (26) Mamedyarov,S (2753)-Kramnik,V (2803) Moscow 2013}) 5... c5 6.
dxc5 Na6 7. c6 $5 ({Nach} 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Nxc5 {hat Schwarz eine
überragende Bilanz}) 7... bxc6 ({Die Stammpartie ist} 7... dxc6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9.
Qxc3 Nc5 10. Be3 Nce4 11. Qe5 b5 12. g4 c5 13. g5 Qa5+ 14. b4 cxb4 15. gxf6 Bb7
16. Bd2 Rfc8 17. Bxb4 Qb6 18. c5 Qd8 19. Rg1 g6 20. Rd1 Qxf6 21. c6 Bxc6 22.
Rg4 Qxe5 23. Nxe5 f5 24. Nxc6 Rxc6 25. Bg2 a5 26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. Bd2 Rc4 28. Rg5
Ra4 29. Rxb5 Rxa3 30. Rb7 a4 31. Bf4 Rb3 32. Rxb3 axb3 33. Rb1 e3 34. Bxe3 Rb8
35. Kd2 Rb4 36. f3 e5 37. Bf2 {1-0 (37) Morozevich,A (2788)-Ponomariov,R (2718)
Moscow 2008}) 8. e3 d5 9. Be2 Ne4 10. O-O Nxc3 ({Bisher wurde hier nur} 10...
Bxc3 {gespielt.} 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. Bd2 Nac5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. c4 Nxd2 15. Nxd2
Ba6 16. Nb3 Qb4 17. cxd5 Nxb3 18. axb3 Rfc8 19. Qd1 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 exd5 21. Qd3
(21. Rfb1 g6 22. Ra4 Qc3 23. Rd4 Rab8 24. Qd1 Qc2 25. Rxd5 Qxd1+ 26. Rdxd1 Rc3
27. b4 Rc4 28. b5 Rc5 29. Ra1 Rb7 30. g3 Rcxb5 31. Kg2 Kg7 32. Rd8 Rb1 33. Ra4
R1b4 34. Ra1 Rb1 {1/2-1/2 (34) Narciso Dublan,M (2535)-Gonzalez Vidal,Y (2543)
Montcada 2010}) 21... Rc5 22. g3 Qb5 23. Qd2 Qb7 24. Rfc1 {1/2-1/2 (24) Haugen,
A (2545)-Bubir,A (2555) ICCF email 2012}) 11. bxc3 Be7 12. Rb1 Nc5 13. Ba3 Ne4
14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Bd3 Nf6 (15... f5 $5) 16. Ne5 Qd6 17. f4 Ba6 18. Qa4 Bxc4 19.
Bxc4 dxc4 20. Qxc4 Nd5 {Weiß steht bequemer.} 21. Rfd1 ({Zu völligem
Ausgleich führt} 21. Qxc6 Qxc6 22. Nxc6 Rfc8 23. c4 Rxc6 24. cxd5 exd5 $11)
21... Qa3 ({Nicht} 21... Nxe3 $2 22. Rxd6 Nxc4 23. Nxc4 $19 {mit
Figurenverlust.}) ({In Betracht kam aber} 21... f6 22. Nf3 Rab8 {da} 23. e4 $2
Ne3 $19 {nun zugunsten von Schwarz wäre.}) 22. Qb3 Qxb3 ({Nach} 22... Qc5 23.
c4 Nb6 {steht Weiß etwas bequemer.}) 23. Rxb3 Nxe3 {Schwarz hat nun sogar
einen Bauern mehr, ohne wirklich schlecht zu stehen, oder....?} 24. Rd7 {
Der eingedrungene Turm kompensiert den Materialverlust allerdings völlig. Die
Ziele heißen f7, c6 und a7.} Nd5 25. c4 Nb6 ({Warum nicht} 25... Nxf4 26. Nxc6
g5 $5 27. Rxa7 Rxa7 28. Nxa7 Rd8 {mit Gegenspiel?}) 26. Rc7 c5 ({Einfacher war
} 26... f6 {zum Beispiel} 27. Rg3 g6 28. Ng4 Nxc4 29. Rc3 Nb6 30. R3xc6 Rac8 {
und nun führt} 31. Nxf6+ Rxf6 32. Rxc8+ Nxc8 33. Rxc8+ Kg7 34. Rc7+ Rf7 $11 {
zum Remis.}) 27. h4 $1 {Wenn man die schwarze Stellung am Königsflügel sieht,
eigentlich ohne Schwäche, kann man gar nicht glauben, dass Weiß hier nun die
Partie für sich entscheidet.} ({Die schwarze Idee war} 27. Rxc5 Rfc8 $11)
27... g6 $2 (27... f6 $2 28. Rg3 g6 29. Nxg6 hxg6 30. Rxg6+ Kh8 31. Rgg7 Rfd8
32. Rh7+ Kg8 33. Rcg7+ Kf8 34. h5 {mit der Absicht} Z0 35. h6 Z0 36. Rh8#) ({
Besser scheint} 27... h5 $5 28. Kf2 (28. g4 $5)) 28. h5 f6 {Guter Rat war
plötzlich schon teuer.} ({Nach} 28... Rad8 29. h6 Rd2 30. Rxa7 Nc8 31. Ra8 {
kommt Schwarz ebenfalls in große Schwierigkeiten.}) 29. Ng4 $18 g5 {Hier ging
nichts mehr.} ({Die Drohung war} 29... Z0 30. Nh6+ Kh8 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Rh3 {
nebst Matt.}) 30. fxg5 fxg5 31. Nh6+ Kh8 32. Nf7+ Kg8 33. Nxg5 h6 34. Nh7 Rf5
35. Rg3+ Kh8 36. Rg6 1-0

[Event "America m"]
[Site "Mex/NY/Salvador"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. b4
(8. Bf4 d5 9. e3 Qa5 {D37/}) (8. Bg5 Nd4 $1 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. e3 Qa5 11. exd4
Qxg5 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 $14) 8... Be7 9. e3 d6 (9... b6 $5 10. Bb2 Bb7 11.
Be2 (11. Bd3 Rc8 12. O-O h6 13. Rfd1 a5 $1 14. b5 Nb8 15. e4 Qc7 16. Qe2 d6 $15
{Najdorf,M-Reshevsky,S/New York/1952/}) 11... Rc8 12. O-O Qc7 13. Ng5 h6 14.
Nb5 Qb8 15. Bxf6 hxg5 $10 {Tajmanov/}) 10. Bb2 a5 11. b5 Nb8 12. Ng5 $6 (12.
Be2 $5) 12... Nbd7 13. Be2 h6 14. h4 Qc7 15. Nce4 e5 16. Ng3 (16. O-O-O Nxe4
17. Qxe4 Nf6 $13) 16... Rd8 17. Rc1 Nf8 18. N5e4 Be6 19. Nf5 Rac8 20. Nxe7+
Qxe7 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Qe4 b6 $15 23. h5 (23. Bd3 $5 Nd7 $5 (23... g6 24. h5
Bf5 25. Qf3 $13) 24. Qh7+ Kf8 {/\Nc5=/+/} 25. f4 $5) 23... Nd7 $1 24. f4 Bf5
25. Qf3 (25. fxe5 $6 dxe5 26. Qd5 Qg5) 25... Nc5 26. fxe5 dxe5 27. O-O Bd3 28.
Rfd1 $6 (28. Qxf6 gxf6 29. Bxd3 Nxd3 30. Rc2 Nxb2 31. Rxb2 Kg7 32. Rbf2 Rd6 33.
Rc2 Rd3 34. Rcf2) 28... Qe6 $1 29. Rd2 f6 30. Qf1 e4 $19 31. Qd1 a4 32. Bd4 (
32. Rc3 Nb3 $19) 32... Nb3 0-1

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Ruban, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 (7...
Nc6 $5 8. Bg5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. e3 Qa5 11. exd4 Qxg5 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2
b6 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. f3 Rfc8 16. b4 Ba6 17. c5 Bxd3 18. Kxd3 bxc5 19. dxc5 Ne8
20. Ne4 $14 {Bareev,E-Rajkovic,D/BRD/1991/1:0 (36) Inf 53/545/}) 8. Bg5 Bb7 (
8... h6 9. Bh4 Bb7 10. e3 Be7 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rfd1 Nh5 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. b4 Nf6 16. Rd2 Rfd8 17. Rad1 d6 $10 {Psakhis,L-Serper,G/Amsterdam-2/
1990/ Inf 50/587/}) 9. O-O-O $5 $146 (9. e3 Be7 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. Be2 d6 12. Rd2
Qb8 13. O-O h6 14. Bh4 Rd8 15. Rfd1 {Korchnoi,V-Tiviakov,S/Tilburg/1992/1:0 
(64) Inf 57/534/} Ne5 $14) (9. e4 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Be2 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13.
Qd2 $1 Rd8 14. Rd1 Nf6 15. e5 Ne8 16. Nb5 $16 {Seirawan,J-Kveinys,A/Manila(ol)/
1992/0,5 (51) Inf 55/551/}) 9... Be7 10. e4 Nc6 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bf4 (12. Bh4 Nh5
$5) 12... Rc8 13. Kb1 Na5 14. Qe2 a6 15. e5 Ne8 16. b4 $1 $16 Nxc4 (16... Nc6
17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qe4 f5 19. exf6 Nxf6 (19... Rxf6 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. b5 $36) 20.
Qg6+ Kh8 21. Qxh6+ Kg8 22. Qg6+ Kh8 23. Ng5 $40) 17. Bxc4 b5 18. Nxb5 axb5 19.
Bxb5 Nc7 (19... Rc7 20. Rd2) 20. Bxd7 (20. Rxd7 $2 Nxb5 $1 21. Qxb5 Be4+ 22.
Ka1 Qe8 $13) 20... Nd5 (20... Ra8 $5 21. Bxe6 Qb8 22. Ba2 Rxa3 23. e6 fxe6 24.
Bxc7 Qxc7 25. Rd7 Be4+ (25... Qc3 $5) 26. Qxe4 Qxd7 27. Bxe6+) 21. Bxc8 Nc3+
22. Kb2 Qxc8 23. Qc2 Nxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qa8 25. Rd7 (25. Qc3 Bd5) 25... Bxf3 26.
gxf3 Qxf3 27. Be3 Bg5 (27... Re8 28. b5) 28. Bxg5 hxg5 29. Qd2 f6 30. Rd8 (30.
exf6 Qxf6+ 31. Kb3 Qxf2 32. Qxf2 Rxf2 33. b5 Rxh2 34. b6 Rh1 35. Rd2 $18) 30...
Rxd8 31. Qxd8+ Kf7 32. Qc7+ Kg6 33. b5 $18 f5 (33... Qxf2+ 34. Qc2+ $18) 34.
Qc5 Qe2+ 35. Kb3 Qf3+ 36. Qe3 Qd5+ 37. Kb4 f4 38. Qc3 Qe4+ 39. Kc5 Qd5+ 40. Kb4
Qe4+ 41. Kb3 Qb1+ 42. Kc4 Qa2+ (42... Qe4+ 43. Qd4 Qc2+ 44. Kb4 Qb1+ 45. Ka5
$18) 43. Qb3 Qxf2 (43... Qe2+ 44. Qd3+ $18) 44. b6 Qg2 45. b7 Qd5+ 46. Kc3
Qxe5+ 47. Kd2 Qa5+ 48. Kd1 Qd8+ 49. Kc1 Qb8 50. Qxe6+ Kh5 51. Qh3+ Kg6 52. Qc8
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.28"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vietnam"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "VIE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Nf3 (6. a3 $5 Bxc5 7.
Nf3) 6... Na6 7. Bd2 Nxc5 8. e3 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 (9... Ba6 $5 10. O-O (10. a3 $6
Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Nce4 12. Bb4 Re8 13. O-O Rc8 14. b3 d5 15. Qa2 dxc4 16. bxc4 Qc7
$15 {Boensch,U-Tischbierek,R/GER/1991/0,5/63/}) 10... d5 11. cxd5 Bxc3 12. Bxc3
Nxd5 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Bd4 Qd7 15. Ng5 $14 {Nikolic,P-Gelfand,B/Sarajevo/1991/
0|1/65/}) 10. a3 (10. O-O Nce4 $1 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Qd1 Qe7 (12... Bxd2 13.
Qxd2 d5 $10) 13. Nd4 Bb7 14. Bxb4 Qxb4 15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. axb3 a5 $10 {Dao Thien,
H-Berend,T/Budapest/1996/0|1/65/}) 10... Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Rc8 (11... d6 12. b3 e5
13. O-O Rc8 14. Rfc1 $6 Qe7 15. b4 Nce4 16. Be1 Rc7 17. Qb2 Qe6 $15 {Hertneck,
G-Karpov,An/GER/1994/0|1/61/}) 12. O-O Qe7 13. b4 (13. Ng5 Nfe4 $5 $132) 13...
Nce4 14. Bd4 d6 15. Rac1 e5 (15... Rfd8 16. Bd3 e5 17. Bb2 Qe6 18. Qe2 Qg4 19.
h3 Qe6 20. Rfd1 $14 {Ivkov,B-Karpov,An/Bugojno/1978/0,5/59/}) 16. Ba1 Rc7 17.
Nd2 $1 Rfc8 18. f3 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 $14 d5 (19... Ba6 $5 20. b5 (20. c5 $2 Bxe2
21. cxd6 Rxc1 $1 22. dxe7 Rxf1#) 20... Bb7 21. e4 $16) 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Rxc7
Qxc7 22. Rd1 f6 23. Bd3 b5 24. Bf5 (24. Bxb5 Qb6 25. Bd7 Nxe3 $36) 24... Re8
25. Bb1 Qb6 (25... Kh8 26. Ba2 $6 (26. Qd3 $1 e4 27. Qxb5 $18) 26... Nb6 27.
Rc1 Nc4 28. Qc3 $14) 26. Ba2 Kf8 27. Bxd5 Rd8 28. Bd4 $1 exd4 29. Bxb7 Qxb7 30.
exd4 $16 Qd5 31. Qc2 Kg8 32. Qe4 Qxe4 (32... a6 $5 33. Qxd5+ (33. h4 $5 $16)
33... Rxd5 34. Kf2 Rd8 35. Ke3 Rc8 $14) 33. fxe4 Re8 34. Re1 Rd8 35. d5 f5 36.
Rd1 fxe4 37. Kf2 Kf7 38. Ke3 Ke7 (38... Re8 39. d6 Ke6 40. d7 Rd8 41. Kxe4 Rxd7
42. Rxd7 Kxd7 43. Kd5 $18) 39. Kxe4 Rc8 40. d6+ Kd7 41. Kd5 Rc3 42. Rf1 Rd3+
43. Kc5 Rc3+ 44. Kxb5 Rxa3 45. Rf7+ Kxd6 46. Rxg7 h5 47. Rg6+ Kc7 48. Ra6 $1
1-0

[Event "Espoo zt"]
[Site "Espoo"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bg5
Bb7 9. e4 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Rd1 Nc6 12. Be2 Nh5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qd2 Rad8 15.
O-O d6 16. Qe3 Nf6 17. Nd4 Rd7 18. Rd2 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Bc6 20. Rfd1 Rb8 21. Bf3
e5 {>< e4, c4} 22. R4d3 a5 23. Qd2 Ne8 24. Bg4 Rc7 25. Be2 Qg5 26. Qxg5 hxg5
27. Rg3 f6 28. Bh5 a4 $1 29. Rgd3 Kf8 30. f3 Bd7 31. Bxe8 Bxe8 32. Rxd6 Rxc4
33. R1d2 b5 34. Na2 g4 35. Kf2 gxf3 36. gxf3 Rbc8 37. Ke3 Rc2 38. Nb4 Rc1 39.
Rd1 Ke7 40. Rd8 Rxd1 41. Rxc8 $5 Bd7 42. Rg8 Kf7 43. Rb8 Rb1 44. Nd5 Bc6 $5 (
44... Rxb2 45. Rb7 Ke6 46. Rb6+ Kf7 47. Rb7 $10) 45. Nb4 Be8 46. Nd3 Rh1 {
46...g5} 47. f4 exf4+ 48. Nxf4 Bc6 49. Rb6 Re1+ 50. Ne2 Bd7 $6 (50... Bxe4 51.
Rxb5 $10) 51. Rb7 Ke8 52. Kd3 Rh1 53. Nc3 Rxh2 54. Nxb5 g5 55. Nc7+ Kd8 56. Nd5
Bc8 57. Rg7 Be6 58. Nxf6 Rxb2 59. Kd4 Ra2 60. Ke5 Bb3 61. Kd6 Rxa3 $2 62. Re7
Kc8 63. Kc6 Kb8 64. Nd7+ Ka7 65. Nc5+ Kb8 66. Na6+ (66. Na6+ Ka8 67. Kb6 {
/\ 68.Ta7#}) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Black "Zarnicki, Pablo Adrian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. e3 $5 Nxc5 8.
Nge2 (8. f3 $5) 8... Nce4 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. a3 (10. O-O-O $5) 10... Be7 11. Nd4
(11. O-O-O $5) 11... b6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O Qc7 $1 {><c4} 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15. Qa4
a6 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. b4 Qb8 18. Qb3 {/\ Bf3} Ne4 (18... Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20.
Bf3 Bxf3 21. Nxf3 Bf6 $10 {Zarnicki,P}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "(GER-ch) International04"]
[Site "Bad Lauterberg"]
[Date "1977.03.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gerusel, Mathias"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1977.03.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Bf4 Na6 7. Bd6 Re8 8. a3
Qa5 9. Rc1 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 11. Rxc3 Ne4 12. Rc2 Naxc5 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. b4
Na4 15. e3 a5 16. Nf3 b6 17. Nd4 Ba6 18. Be2 Rec8 19. Kd2 g6 20. Rhc1 Kf8 21.
Bf3 Rab8 22. Bd1 Ke7 23. Ra2 Bxc4 24. Rxc4 Rxc4 25. Bxa4 axb4 26. Bb3 Rc3 27.
axb4 Rbc8 28. Ra3 g5 29. Ne2 R3c6 30. Bd1 Rc4 31. Rb3 Ra8 32. Nc3 Rc6 33. Bf3
d5 34. Bd1 f5 35. h3 Ra1 36. g3 Rc8 37. h4 gxh4 38. gxh4 Rc4 39. h5 d4 40. Ne2
dxe3+ 41. fxe3 Kf6 42. Nd4 Ra2+ 43. Nc2 h6 44. Kc1 Ra1+ 45. Kd2 Ra2 46. Kc1 Ke5
47. Rd3 Rc6 48. Kb1 Ra4 49. Kb2 $16 Rd6 $2 {[#]} (49... Ra7 50. Nd4 $16) 50.
Nd4 (50. Ne1 $18) 50... Rxb4+ 51. Kc3 Rb1 $2 (51... Rbxd4 52. exd4+ $16) 52.
Nf3+ $18 1-0

[Event "Mondariz zt 1.1"]
[Site "Mondariz"]
[Date "2000.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Black "Chuchelov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Chuchelov,V"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2000.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Be7 8.
Bf4 Nh5 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. e3 (10. g4 $5) 10... Nf6 11. Bd3 d5 12. O-O (12. cxd5 $5
exd5 13. Ne2 Bg4 $140 14. Bc3 Rc8 (14... Bxf3 15. gxf3 $14) 15. Ned4 Bd6 16.
Nxc6 bxc6 17. Ng5 $1 $36) 12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qc7 (13... Bd7 $5 14. Rfd1 Rc8
15. Bd3 Bd6 $11) 14. Bd3 Bd7 (14... Ne5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 $16
) 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 h6 17. Bc3 $14 (17. Rfd1 Bf6) 17... Rac8 18. Rac1 Rfd8
19. b4 a6 20. Qb2 Bf8 21. Bb1 (21. Rfd1 Be8) 21... Ne7 $1 22. Be5 (22. Bd4 Qb8
23. Be5 Qa8 24. Bc7 Re8 25. e4 Bc6 26. Bg3 Red8 $11) 22... Qb6 23. Bd4 Qb5 24.
Rc5 (24. Ne5 $5 Be8 25. Bd3 Qd5 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Rd1 $14) (24. Bc5 Nf5 25.
Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Ne5 Be8) 24... Rxc5 25. Bxc5 Be8 26. h3 (26. Nd4 Qd7 27. Qc2 g6
28. Qe4 Bg7 $132) 26... Nf5 27. Bxf8 Kxf8 28. Rc1 b6 29. Qc3 Ne7 30. Nd4 Qd5
31. Rd1 Nc6 $1 32. Bc2 Nxd4 33. Rxd4 Qe5 34. Bd3 a5 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fourmies op 21st"]
[Site "Fourmies"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Chuchelov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Chuchelov,V"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1997.05.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. b4
Be7 9. Nb5 Qc6 10. Nfd4 Qb6 11. Bb2 d6 12. Rd1 a6 13. Nc3 Qc7 14. e4 Nbd7 15.
f4 Re8 (15... Nb6 $5 16. Qe2 Rd8 17. Nf3 d5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. e5 Ng4 20. g3 a5
$5 $13) 16. Nf3 b6 17. Bd3 Bb7 18. O-O Bf8 19. Kh1 Rac8 20. Qe2 g6 21. Qe1 Bg7
22. Qd2 Qb8 23. Ng5 Re7 $1 24. Qe1 Qc7 25. Ba1 Ree8 26. Nb1 Qd8 (26... Nxe4 $2
27. Bxe4 $1 Bxa1 28. Bxb7 Qxb7 29. Ne4 $16) 27. Nd2 e5 $5 (27... Qe7 28. e5 Nh5
29. exd6 Qxd6 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Nde4 Qc7 32. Qc3+ f6 33. Be2 $16) (27... h6 28.
Ngf3 Qc7 29. Qh4 $14) 28. f5 a5 29. Bb2 Qe7 30. fxg6 fxg6 31. Qe2 Nh5 32. Nh3 (
32. Rf7 Qxg5 33. Rxd7 Bc6 34. Rxd6 Bf8) 32... Rf8 33. Nf3 axb4 34. axb4 Nf4 35.
Nxf4 exf4 36. Bxg7 Kxg7 37. Qf2 Rf6 38. Rfe1 Ne5 39. Qd4 (39. Qxb6 Nxd3 40.
Rxd3 Rxc4 $15 (40... d5 41. Qb5 {xd7})) 39... Rcf8 $1 40. Ra1 Bc8 $1 41. Be2
Qc7 42. Rec1 Bg4 43. Ra6 Bxf3 44. gxf3 Rb8 45. Rca1 Rb7 46. Rd1 (46. Qd5 g5 47.
Ra8 Qf7 48. Qxf7+ Rfxf7 $13) 46... g5 47. Rg1 Rg6 48. Kg2 Qe7 49. Kh1 (49. Rxb6
Rxb6 50. Qxb6 g4 51. fxg4 h5 $5 $36) 49... Qc7 50. Kg2 Qe7 51. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beersheba"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5 8.
Bg2 Nce4 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 d5 (10... a6 11. O-O Qc7) 11. O-O d4 (11... Bd7
12. cxd5 exd5 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qb6 15. Qb3 Bb5 16. Rfe1 Qa6 17. e3 Rac8 {
Timman,J-Kortschnoi,V Bruxelles(m/1) 1991} 18. Rac1 $14 {Timman 52/569}) 12.
Nce4 e5 $1 {N} (12... Nxe4 13. Bxe4 f5 14. Bg2 e5 15. Bd5+ Kh8 $13) 13. c5 (13.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Ne4 Qg6 15. a3 Be7 16. b4 f5 17. Nd2 e4 18. Nb3 Bf6 19. Rad1 Rd8
20. Rd2 Be6 21. Rfd1 Rac8 22. Nc5 Qf7 $15) (13. a3 Bxd2 (13... Be7 14. Nxf6+
Bxf6 15. b4 $14) (13... Nxe4 14. axb4 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Qe7 16. b5 Be6 17. b3 {
/\Ra4}) 14. Nxd2 Qe7 $10) 13... Bf5 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Be4 (15. Ne4 Qg6 16. a3
Bxc5 17. Qxc5 Bxe4 18. Qxe5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rfe8 20. Qxd4 Rxe2 $10) 15... Bh3 16.
Rfc1 Rac8 17. Bxb7 Rc7 18. Bf3 (18. c6 Bc8 19. Ne4 Qg6 20. Qd3 Bxb7 21. cxb7
Rxb7 22. a3 Be7 23. b4 f5 24. Nc5 Rc7 $10) 18... Bxc5 19. Ne4 Qb6 20. Bg2 (20.
Nxc5 Rfc8) 20... Bf5 (20... Bxg2 $142 21. Kxg2 Rfc8 (21... Bd6 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23.
axb3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Bb4 25. Rc7 a5 26. g4 f6 $10) 22. Qa4 Bf8 {<->c}) 21. g4 Bg6
22. h4 Rfc8 23. Qb3 Qxb3 (23... Qxb3 24. axb3 Bb6 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. h5 Bxe4 27.
Bxe4 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Coventry op"]
[Site "Coventry"]
[Date "2005.03.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dearing, Eddie"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Dearing,E"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2005.03.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The Coventry International tournament is an almost entirely new concept for
England. The time control is quasi-classical (40 moves in 2 hours, followed by
30 minutes to finish) but the format is two rounds per day, with one round on
the Thursday evening and then 8(!) rounds spread over the Easter weekend. This
can be quite gruelling at the best of times, however on this occasion I came
to the tournament exhausted and unprepared. Taking account of these factors I
decided to base my preparation entirely upon how I was feeling before the game.
Instead of focussing on opening prep I would have a look through my opponents'
games and try to get a feel for the way they handle certain positions. This
actually didn't help much, but what I did find useful was simply thinking
about the systems that they play and trying to come up with something new.
Nevertheless, this is easier said than done when you face an opponent who has
been one of the best players in the World for the last 10 years!} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 $5 {My favourite system, and one that has always
scored well for me.} c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 $1 ({It's important to play this now.
The more natural} 6. Nf3 {allows} Na6 $1 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Nxc5 {when
Black's active pieces guarantee excellent play.}) 6... Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bf4 ({
As a junior I preferred} 8. Bg5 {although objectively I see more purpose in
the text move, which attempts to clamp down on the dark-squared weaknesses in
the Black position.}) 8... Bb7 9. Rd1 $1 Nc6 10. e3 ({Leafing through the
pages of a New In Chess magazine before the game, I saw Bareev (one of my
favourite players) inflict a convincing victory with} 10. b4 $5 {when 10...Be7
11.e4 seems to be better for White. This captured my imagination for a while,
however eventually I came up with the idea of meeting 10.b4 with 10...Nh5. I
looked this up on the database and found that Peter Hiene Nielsen had beaten
Macieja in this line after} Nh5 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. e3 Bxf3 14. gxf3
a5 15. Be2 axb4 16. axb4 Nc6 17. Qb2 Qg5 18. f4 Qg2 19. Kd2 Qxf2 20. Rdg1 Qh4
21. Ne4 f5 22. Bxh5 e5 23. Ng3 Qe7 24. Bf3 e4 25. Be2 Nxb4 26. Ra1 Rad8 27.
Rhb1 Nc6 28. Qb5 Qf6 29. Qd5+ Kh8 30. Ra6 Ne7 31. Qd4 Qh4 32. Raxb6 Qxh2 33.
Nh5 Qg2 34. Rd6 Nc6 35. Qc3 Rf7 36. Rb5 Rg8 37. Rbd5 Ra8 38. Qb2 Qg1 39. Rxd7
Rxd7 40. Rxd7 Rg8 41. c5 {1-0 Nielsen,P-Macieja,B Drammen 2004. Nevertheless,
I don't see why Black should be worse at move 12, so ultimately I abandoned
this fashionable line in favour of the more established White systems.}) 10...
Rc8 ({In my first outing on the Black side of this variation (which came some
time before this game) I tried the continuation} 10... Nh5 11. Bg3 f5 $5 {
however} 12. Be2 Rc8 $6 13. Nb5 $1 {gave White the better chances in Erdos,
V-Dearing,E Budapest HUN 2004 (1/2-1/2 ). My annotations to this game are also
included in this issue.}) 11. Be2 Be7 12. Nb5 $1 d5 13. Qb1 a6 (13... Nh5 14.
Bg3 g6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. e4 Nxg3 17. hxg3 {was Gurevich,M-Hansen,C Esbjerg
2000, which Black ultimately won, however White definitely emerged from the
opening with some advantage.}) 14. Nc3 Na5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Be5 Re8 {
Technically this is a novelty, however I am not too sure it makes very much
difference to the position.} ({The only game I had seen in this system had run
} 16... Nc4 17. Bxc4 $5 ({I was surprised that Karpov was so willing to give
up his light-squared bishop, however in fact there was an earlier game of
which I was unaware that had continued} 17. Bd4 b5 18. O-O Qa5 19. Bd3 g6 20.
e4 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Qc7 23. Rfe1 Rfe8 24. Qc1 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Nd6 26.
Qxc7 {1/2-1/2 Gurevich,M-Macieja,B Batumi GEO 2002. In the early stages
White's position appeared preferable, however I am not sure how this can be
transformed into anything substantive.}) 17... Rxc4 18. O-O Qa8 19. Bd4 b5 20.
Ne5 Rc7 21. Qf5 Bc8 22. Qf3 {At this stage I felt that White must hold some
kind of advantage, however it proves surprisingly difficult for Karpov to
transform his slight positional edge into something more concrete.} Be6 23. h3
Qb7 24. Nd3 Rd8 25. Ne2 Ne4 26. Ng3 Ng5 27. Qe2 Rdc8 28. Nf4 Rc2 29. Rd2 Rxd2
30. Qxd2 Bd6 31. Qd3 Ne4 32. Nge2 Bf5 33. Qd1 Qc6 34. Re1 Bg6 35. Nc3 Bxf4 36.
exf4 h6 37. f3 Ng3 38. Kh2 Nf5 39. g4 Nxd4 40. Qxd4 Rd8 41. f5 Bh7 42. Nxd5 Kh8
43. Rd1 f6 44. Qe3 {0-1 Karpov,A-Macieja,B/Warsaw 2003. Although an
unfortunate last minute error cost Karpov the game, it has to be said that he
was certainly never worse. However bearing in mind that the c4-knight is
essentially on its optimum square, I did wonder whether there might be some
way to negate its influence without exchanging the light-squared bishop, i.e.
to simply play around the knight.}) 17. O-O Nc4 18. Bd4 b5 19. Ng5 $5 {
Although I hadn't quite decided how I was going to implement this manoeuvre, I
was sure that if I could make it work I would have decent chances of securing
a tangible advantage. My plan was basically to provoke a weakening of Black's
kingside, and then to drop the knight back to h3 and then follow up with Nf4,
essentially reaching the same knight formation as Karpov did in his game with
Macieja. The difference would of course be the presence of the light-squared
bishop on e2. My plan was to then play Be2-f3, ganging up on the d5-pawn with
all my minor pieces (the d4-bishop threatens to chop on f6 at some opportune
moment, thereby removing a key defender) and then perhaps double rooks on the
d-file.} ({I also considered} 19. Bd3 $5 {at the board, however I didn't feel
entirely confident that the bishop belongs here. A couple of sample lines:} g6
(19... Bd6 {allows} 20. Bf5 $1 Rc7 21. Bxf6 $5 Qxf6 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 g6
24. Bh3 Bf8 (24... Nxb2 $2 25. Rxd6 $18) 25. Rc1 Bg7 26. Rc2 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8
28. g3 h6 29. Bf1 Rd7 30. Be2 {when Black has some compensation for the pawn.})
20. Bxc4 bxc4 (20... Rxc4 21. b3 Rc8 22. b4 Ne4 23. Qd3 Bd6 24. Ne2 $14) 21. b4
$5 $14 {I should probably warn the reader that I thought about these lines,
rather than actually putting a lot of thought into them!}) 19... h6 (19... g6 {
weakens Black on the dark-squares slightly, and every little helps!}) 20. Nh3 (
{I thought about} 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Qh7+ {but simply} Kf8 23. Nf3
Bxc3 24. bxc3 Qf6 {seemed fine for Black.} (24... Rxc3 $2 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qxg7
$16) {However} 25. Rd4 $5 {may be interesting} ({during the game I only
considered} 25. Nd4 Qg6 26. Qxg6 fxg6 27. Rd3 Rec8 {which gives Black some
pressure in the endgame.}) {e.g.} 25... Qg6 (25... Rxc3 $2 26. Rf4 $16) 26.
Qxg6 fxg6 27. Rxc4 dxc4 28. Nd4 {when White probably enjoys the better chances
in the endgame because Black's pawn structure lacks mobility (and is fixed on
the same coloured squares as the bishop) whereas White enjoys an obvious and
sensible plan of expanding in the centre with f3 and e4, and then centralising
the king. Black might now try} Be4 29. f3 (29. Ra1 $5) 29... Bd3 30. Re1 Rb8 {
intending to open some lines on the queenside with a5, Rb6 (to stop Nc6) and
b4.}) 20... Bd6 21. Nf4 Bxf4 ({This is what I had been hoping for. Instead} 
21... Ne4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Nh5 Ne5 24. Bc3 Qc7 25. Ng3 Nc4 26. Bxc4 bxc4 27.
Qc2 {is less clear.}) 22. exf4 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. Bg4 $1 Ra8 25. g3 {
Now white should be somewhere between slightly and clearly better. The bishop
pair enjoy excellent scope, the isolated d5-pawn is securely blockaded,
Black's b7-bishop is hemmed in and White's doubled f-pawns enhance his control
over the dark-squares. Unfortunately things aren't as easy for White as they
might first appear.} Qd6 26. Bf3 Ree8 27. Qf5 Rad8 28. Qg4 Qf8 29. Bc3 ({
Fritz prefers} 29. Rfe1 {however I was put off by} Nd2 30. Bg2 Ne4 {when I
felt that my bishops had lost some of their scope, whereas Black's knight had
acquired a little more influence.}) 29... a5 30. b3 Nxa3 (30... b4 31. axb4
axb4 {also came into consideration. Thinking back} 32. Bd4 {is the move I had
decided to play if there was nothing better, however} (32. bxc4) ({and} 32.
Bxg7 Qxg7 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. bxc4 {also came into consideration.})) 31. Bxa5
Ra8 32. Bb6 (32. Bc7 Qe7 33. Be5 f6 34. Bb2 b4 {may preserve White's advantage.
}) 32... Ra6 33. Bd4 Nc2 34. Qf5 Nxd4 35. Rxd4 Rd8 36. Rfd1 Rad6 {With time
trouble nagging me to simplify and tiredness reminding me that this was my
first tournament for several months, I decided to stop messing around and just
bank my winnings by going into an ending a pawn up.} 37. Bxd5 Rxd5 38. Rxd5
Rxd5 39. Rxd5 g6 $1 {A very important move.} ({Instead} 39... Bxd5 40. Qxd5 Qb4
41. f5 {makes things much more difficult for Black.}) 40. Qd3 Bxd5 41. Qxd5 Qb4
{Now the position is probably drawn. I pressed on for a bit to see if I could
organise f4-f5 under favourable circumstances, or perhaps bring my king up the
board without allowing a perpetual, but there didn't seem to be any serious
winning plan.} 42. Kf1 h5 43. h4 Kg7 44. Ke2 Kg8 45. Kd3 Qe1 46. Qf3 Qb4 47.
Qa8+ Kg7 48. Qd5 Kg8 49. Kc2 (49. f5 $5 {may have kept my winning chances
alive, e.g.} gxf5 50. Kc2 $1 Qe1 (50... f4 51. Qg5+ Kf8 52. Qxf4 Qxf4 53. gxf4
Ke7 54. Kc3 Ke6 55. Kb4) 51. Qxf5 Qe2+ 52. Kc3 Qe1+ 53. Kb2 Qd2+ 54. Qc2 Qd4+
55. Kb1 {and the game goes on.}) 49... Qe1 50. Qd2 Qe4+ 51. Qd3 Qc6+ 52. Kb2
Qf6+ 53. Qc3 Qd6 54. b4 (54. Qe3 Kh7 55. Kc3 Qa3 56. Qe5 Qa5+ 57. Kd3 Qb4 58.
Qd5 Kg8) 54... Qd5 55. Kc2 Qa2+ 56. Qb2 Qc4+ 57. Kd2 Qd5+ 58. Ke3 Qe6+ 59. Kd3
Qc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS09 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2004.09.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Black "Dearing, Eddie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "Dearing,E"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2004.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bf4
Bb7 9. Rd1 Nc6 {My choice of opening can be explained on the basis that I have
played this variation as White from time to time, and I believe that this
setup provides Black with a healthy compromise between winning chances and
solidarity. Unfortunately, because I play so little chess these days, I have
never had the time to learn the solid theory of this variation, only the
general ideas. 9...Nc6 was in fact the last move of theory I knew and from
this point onwards I was effectively flying blind.} 10. e3 Nh5 (10... Be7 $5
11. Be2 Rc8 12. O-O $6 (12. Nb5 $1 {is stronger - see Dearing-Georgiev,Kir
Coventry International 2005, also annotated in this issue.}) 12... Na5 $1 13.
b3 a6 14. Qb2 d6 15. Nd2 Nc6 16. Bg3 Qc7 17. b4 Ne5 18. Rc1 Qb8 19. Rfd1 Rfd8
20. e4 Qa8 21. Na4 Ned7 {gave Black a comfortable 'hedgehog' position in
Gershon,A-Zvjaginsev,V Linares 2001. That encounter eventually ended in a draw.
}) 11. Bg3 f5 $5 12. Be2 Rc8 $6 {If I could have foreseen Erdos's response I
would have considered something which carries a more immediate impact.} (12...
a6 13. Bh4 Be7 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Nd4 Qe8 16. Bf3 Rb8 17. O-O Nf6 18. Bxb7 Rxb7
19. Qa4 {was a little better for White in Sasikiran,K-Palo,D Skanderborg 2003.}
) ({Another alternative is} 12... Nxg3 13. hxg3 Rf7 14. g4 $1 (14. O-O {
was played in Savchenko,S-Maksimenko,A Ordzhonikidze 2000, which Black
eventually won. By castling immediately White neglects the power of the
h1-rook against Black's kingside. The text is much stronger.}) 14... g6 15.
gxf5 gxf5 {and now GM Atalik (in his annotations for Chessbase Magazine 101)
suggests that White's best move is 16.e4 with unclear complications, however I
would be equally concerned about} 16. Nb5 $5) 13. Nb5 $1 {Played immediately,
and with the confidence of someone who knows their opponent has strayed into
questionable theory. Viktor Erdos gained some acclaim on the international
chess scene a few years ago when he won a gold medal in the World Under 14
Championship. His rating is now heading steadily toward the 2500 mark and he
intends to be a professional chess player. After the game Viktor explained
that he was borrowing this idea from a rapid game between Karpov and Macieja,
played in 2002. Although Karpov eventually lost Erdos had correctly concluded
that White had held the advantage in the early stages of the game and that
this manoeuvre poses a serious threat to Black's setup.} f4 $5 {Realising that
my dark-squares are now frightfully weak I felt it necessary to initiate
immediate counterplay on the kingside.} ({A more rational idea may have been
to play} 13... Nxg3 14. hxg3 Ba8 $5 (14... a6 15. Nd6 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Qe7 17. Qd2
{gives White a suffocating bind on the dark-squares.}) ({whereas} 14... Qe7 15.
b4 a6 16. bxc5 axb5 17. cxb6 (17. cxb5 Na5 $1 {gives White problems with
c5-pawn}) 17... Qxa3 18. Qd3 $1 {gives Black problems with the d7-pawn.}) 15.
g4 h6 16. gxf5 Rxf5 17. Rh3 $6 (17. Bd3 $1 Rf6 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Be4 $16 {
looks stronger}) 17... a6 18. Nc3 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Bf3 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Bf8 {
led to a draw in Baburin,A-Chandler,M 4NCL 2003}) 14. exf4 Nxf4 15. O-O a5 $5
16. Nd6 Rb8 17. Ne4 $6 {The start of a flawed combination which plays directly
into Black's plan. I was far more concerned about} (17. Bd3 $1 Nxd3 (17... h6
18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Be4 $16) 18. Qxd3 {when Black is very passively placed}) ({or
} 17. Bh4 Qc7 18. Nb5 Qc8 {when my queen is rather passively placed on c8.}) ({
Finally, note that} 17. Bxf4 Rxf4 18. Qd2 Qf6 (18... Nd4 $5 19. Nxb7 Rxb7 20.
Nxd4 Rxd4) 19. Nxb7 Rxb7 {is fine for Black.}) 17... e5 $1 18. Neg5 g6 19. Bxf4
Rxf4 20. Ne6 dxe6 $3 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $17 22. b4 $1 {Although this loses a pawn
White has to open up the position in order to gain some activity for the queen.
} (22. Rd1 Nd4 23. Nxd4 Bxd4 $17) 22... axb4 23. axb4 Nxb4 24. Qc3 $1 (24. Qb2
Bxf3 25. Bxf3 Nd3 26. Qc3 e4 $19) 24... Bxf3 $1 25. gxf3 (25. Bxf3 Nd3 {
followed by 26...e4 gives Black a decisive advantage as the f2-pawn will drop,
opening the White king up to a vicious attack.}) 25... Nc6 26. Bd1 Rdd4 $5 ({
Perhaps Black should instead play} 26... Nd4 {followed by 27...Rdf8 and g5, h5,
g4 etc, opening up White's kingside by pressurising the f3-pawn. With the text
move I attempted to tie White's pieces to the defence of the c4-pawn so that I
might incrementally improve my position in other areas of the board.}) 27. Qa1
Rf8 28. Bc2 Na5 29. Be4 Nb3 $1 (29... Nxc4 30. Qa2 {complicates matters
unnecessarily}) 30. Qa4 Nd2 31. Rd1 Nxe4 32. fxe4 Rxd1+ $4 {An awful time
trouble blunder. In fact} (32... b5 $3 {was winning on the spot: White is now
completely lost, e.g.} 33. Qc2 Rxf2 34. Kxf2 (34. Qxf2 Rxd1+) 34... Rxc4+ $19 {
In fact even 32...Rxe4 would have retained reasonable winning chances for
Black. Now the game peters out to a draw.}) 33. Qxd1 Rxf2 34. Kh1 Rf7 35. Qd8+
Kg7 36. Qc8 Re7 37. Kg2 Bd4 38. h3 Bc5 39. Kg3 h5 40. Kg2 Bd4 41. Kg3 Bc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1997.10.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Dokhojan,Y"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Bg5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. e3 Qa5 11. exd4 Qxg5 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 b6 14. b4
d6 15. Bd3 Rd8 16. f3 h5 17. h4 Kf8 18. Rhe1 Bd7 19. Rab1 $6 (19. f4 $142 {
/\Reb1,a3-a4-a5}) 19... Rac8 20. Rec1 e5 21. Nb5 Bxb5 22. cxb5 exd4 23. Rc6 Nd5
24. Rbc1 Rxc6 25. bxc6 Nc7 26. Re1 $6 (26. g4 $142 $1 $16) 26... Re8 27. f4
Rxe1 28. Kxe1 Ke7 29. Be2 g6 30. f5 Kf6 31. fxg6 fxg6 32. Kd2 Kf5 33. g3 Ke4
34. a4 Na8 35. Bd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch sf 58th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Belov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[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"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bf4
Bb7 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. e4 Ne7 11. h4 $5 {This move is obviously Bareev's
improvement to his game against Ivanchuk 2 years ago in which he didn't manage
to get anything out of the opening. The idea behind this move is to disturb
the knight on g6 by h5.} (11. Be2 Ng6 12. Bg3 (12. Bc1 Qc7 13. O-O Rac8 14. Bg5
Rfd8 15. Rd2 a6 16. h3 h6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rfd1 Nf4 $13 {Reinderman,
D-Asauskas,H/Warsaw 2005}) 12... Nh5 13. Qd2 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Bc6 15. Rh5 Qb8 16.
Kf1 Rd8 17. Nd4 Be7 18. Kg1 a6 19. f4 Qc7 $13 {Suba,M-Gruenberg,H/Sochi 1983})
(11. h3 Ng6 12. Bh2 Nh5 13. Qd2 Nf6 (13... f5 $5 14. exf5 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nh4 16.
Be2 Qf6 17. Qd3 Ng2+ 18. Kd2 Nhf4 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. Qe4 Qh6 $17 {Harikrishna,
P-Macieja,B/Bermuda 2005}) 14. Qc2 Nh5 15. Qd2 Nf6 16. b4 Be7 17. Bd3 a5 18.
Qb2 Nh5 19. O-O Nhf4 $132 {Bareev,E-Ivanchuk,V/Rethymnon 2003}) 11... Ng4 ({
Very serious intention deserved} 11... Ng6 12. Bg5 h6 13. h5 ({After} 13. Bxf6
Qxf6 14. b4 Be7 15. h5 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Rxd7 Bf6 18. Rxb7 Qxc3+ 19. Qxc3
Bxc3+ 20. Ke2 Rfd8 21. Kf3 $14 {white doesn't really have chances to win an
arising endgame.}) 13... hxg5 14. hxg6 Ng4 15. Rd2 f5 16. Bd3 (16. b4 Bxf2+ 17.
Rxf2 Nxf2 18. Kxf2 fxe4 19. Nxe4 g4 20. Bd3 gxf3 21. gxf3 $44) 16... Qf6 $13 {
with very complicated struggle.}) 12. Rd2 f5 13. Bd3 Ng6 {Very natural
response by black, but may be it was more accurate not define the position of
the knight yet.} (13... fxe4 $6 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 (14... Rxf4 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Be4
Nf5 17. g3 Nxf2 18. Rxf2 Nxg3 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Rg1 Rxf3 21. Rxf3 Bxg1 22. Qg2
Bd4 23. Rxg3 Bxc3+ 24. bxc3 Kxh7 25. Rxg7+ Kh8 26. Rg5 $18) 15. Qxe4 Nf5 16. b4
Be7 17. Nb5 $14) (13... Rc8 14. b4 $2 Bxf2+ 15. Rxf2 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxf2 17.
Kxf2 Rxf4 18. Bxb7 Rcxc4 $17) 14. Bg5 Qb8 {[%cal Gg6f4]} (14... Qe8 $5) 15. b4
Bd6 ({May be better was} 15... Be7 $5 {even though white seems to keep some
advantage after} 16. exf5 Bxg5 17. hxg5 exf5 (17... Nf4 18. Kf1 Nxd3 19. Qxd3
Rxf5 20. Qxd7 $14) 18. Bxf5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nh2 20. Be4 $14) 16. exf5 N6e5 (16...
exf5 $5 17. Bxf5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nh2) (16... Nf4 $6 17. Be4 exf5 (17... Nxg2+ 18.
Kf1 Nf4 19. Rxd6 Qxd6 20. Bxb7 Rae8 21. Qd2 $16) 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. O-O $16) 17.
Be4 $6 ({It was better to simplify a position by trading a couple of minor
pieces:} 17. Nxe5 $142 $1 Nxe5 18. fxe6 {[%csl Rh7]} Bxg2 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Be4
Bxe4 (20... Bxh1 21. Bxh1 Nf3+ 22. Bxf3 Rxf3 23. exd7 $18) 21. Nxe4 Nf3+ 22.
Kf1 Nxd2+ 23. Qxd2 $16) 17... Nxc4 (17... Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Ne5 19. Rxd6 Nxf3+ 20.
Bxf3 Bxf3 21. Rh3 Qxd6 22. Rxf3 exf5 23. Qd3 $16) 18. Rd4 Bg3 $5 {Black is
defending in a very creative manner.} (18... Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Nce5 20. Nb5 Bc7 21.
Nxe5 Nxe5 22. fxe6 dxe6 23. f4 $16) (18... Nge5 $6 19. fxe6 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Ne5
21. exd7 Bxe4 22. Qb3+ Kh8 23. Nxe4 Nxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Rxf3 25. d8=Q+ Qxd8 26. Bxd8
Rxd8 27. Nxd6 $18) 19. O-O d5 20. Bxd5 $6 {Allowing black to keep on fighting,
even though white's advanatge is unquestionable in any case.} (20. Bd3 $1 Nxf2
(20... Bh2+ 21. Kh1 Nce5 22. fxe6 $16) 21. Rxf2 e5 22. Rxd5 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxf2+
24. Kxf2 $18) 20... Bh2+ 21. Kh1 exd5 22. Rxg4 Ne5 $2 ({It was possible to put
up some resistance after} 22... Be5 $8 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. f6 $16) 23. Nxh2 Nxg4
24. Nxg4 $18 d4 25. Ne2 h6 26. Qc4+ Kh8 27. Bf4 Qe8 28. Ng3 1-0

[Event "Candidates m4"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. e3 Nxc5 7. Bd2 O-O 8.
Nf3 b6 9. Be2 Ba6 10. O-O d5 11. cxd5 Bxc3 (11... Bxe2 $5 12. Nxe2 Bxd2 13.
Nxd2 Qxd5 $10) 12. Bxc3 Nxd5 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Bd4 Qd7 15. Ng5 f5 (15... g6 16.
Rfd1 $14) 16. Nf3 Nab4 17. Qe2 Nc6 18. Rad1 Rac8 19. Rfe1 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Qc6 21.
h3 Nf6 22. Red1 Qc2 23. R4d2 Qc4 (23... Qc7 24. Nd4 $14) 24. Qxc4 Rxc4 25. Ne5
Rc7 26. Rd6 Re8 27. Rc6 Rxc6 28. Nxc6 Kf7 29. Rd6 $1 (29. Nxa7 Ra8 $10) 29...
Rc8 (29... a5 30. Nd4 Nd5 31. Nxf5 $16) 30. Nxa7 Rc1+ 31. Kh2 Ne4 32. Rd7+ (32.
Rxb6 $5 $16) 32... Kf6 33. f3 Nc5 34. Rd2 Re1 35. Nc8 b5 36. Nd6 b4 37. Rd4
Rxe3 38. Rxb4 Re2 39. a4 Nd3 40. Rb7 Nf4 $1 41. a5 Rxg2+ 42. Kh1 Rd2 43. Ne8+
$6 (43. Nc4 Rc2 44. b3 $14) 43... Kg5 44. Kg1 (44. Rxg7+ Kh4 45. Rxh7+ Kg3 $17)
44... Kh4 45. Kf1 Kg3 46. Ke1 Rd8 47. Nc7 Ng2+ 48. Ke2 Nf4+ 49. Ke1 Rd3 50. a6
Ng2+ 51. Ke2 Nf4+ 52. Ke1 Kxf3 53. Rb3 $8 (53. a7 Ng2+ 54. Kf1 Rd1#) 53... Ng2+
54. Kf1 Ne3+ 55. Kg1 (55. Ke1 Rd1#) 55... Rxb3 56. a7 Rd3 57. a8=Q+ Kg3 58. Qa1
$8 Rd1+ 59. Qxd1 Nxd1 60. Nxe6 g6 (60... Nxb2 61. Nxg7 $17) 61. b4 f4 62. Nc5 (
62. b5 f3 $19) 62... Nc3 63. Nd3 g5 64. Nf2 h5 65. Kf1 Kh2 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-14c"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Gruenfeld, Yehuda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1987.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Bg5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. e3 Qa5 11. exd4 Qxg5 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 $14 d6 14.
Bd3 Bd7 (14... e5 $6 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Rhe1 Re8 17. Nb5 $16) 15. b4 $1 $36 b6
16. Rhb1 Bc6 17. f3 Rfc8 18. a4 $1 {/\ a5} a5 19. bxa5 bxa5 20. Rb2 Kf8 $6 (
20... Rab8 21. Rab1 Rxb2+ 22. Rxb2 Nd7 23. d5 Ba8 $1 24. Nb5 Rb8 $1 $14) 21.
Rab1 h6 $6 (21... g6 $142) 22. Rb6 Ke7 (22... Nd7 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 24. Be4 $16)
23. d5 $1 exd5 (23... Bd7 $5) 24. Bf5 Rc7 $2 (24... Bd7 $142 $1 25. Re1+ Kf8 $1
26. Bxd7 Nxd7 27. Rxd6 Nc5 28. Rxd5 Rab8 $132) 25. Nb5 $1 Bxb5 26. cxb5 $18 Ne8
(26... Nd7 27. Rc6 Rxc6 28. bxc6 Nc5 29. c7 Nd7 30. Bxd7 Kxd7 31. Rb8 $18) 27.
Ra6 Rca7 (27... Rxa6 28. bxa6 g6 29. Bd3 {/\ Rb7}) 28. Rxa7+ Rxa7 29. b6 Rb7
30. Bc8 Rb8 31. b7 Kd8 $6 (31... Nc7 $142 $1 32. Rb6 $1 (32. Kc3 $2 Ne6 33. Rb5
Nc5 34. Rxa5 d4+ $1 35. Kc4 Nxb7 36. Bxb7 Rxb7 37. Rb5 Rc7+ 38. Kxd4 Rc2 $10)
32... Ne6 33. Rc6 $1 (33. Ra6 $2 Nd8 $1 $10) 33... Nc5 34. Rc7+ Kf6 35. Kc3 $1
Nxa4+ 36. Kd4 Nc5 37. Kxd5 $18) 32. Rb5 Nf6 33. Rxa5 Kc7 34. Rb5 Ng8 35. Rb1
Ne7 36. a5 g5 (36... Nxc8 37. bxc8=Q+ Rxc8 38. Rc1+ $18) 37. Rc1+ Kd8 38. a6
Nxc8 39. Rxc8+ Rxc8 40. a7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Bf4 Nh5 {Black can afford to decentralise the knight, since he enjoyis a
relative advantage in the development of his pieces.} 9. Bg5 Be7 {The retreat
of the bishop is not the best solution. Previously players with Black have
trusted the witty tactical solution after the move of the knight to the
d4-square.} (9... Nd4 10. Nxd4 (10. Qd2 Nb3 11. Bxd8 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 Rxd8 13.
Nde4 Be7 14. O-O-O Nf6 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. e4 b6 17. Kb1 Ba6 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19.
cxb5 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Knezevic,M-Cebalo,M (2510)/Borovo 1981}) 10... Qxg5 11. Nf3
(11. Ne4 Qe7 (11... Qe5 12. Nxc5 Qxd4 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. e3 d6 15. c5 dxc5 16.
Nxc5 Rd8 17. Be2 Nf6 18. O-O Bd7 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. Rac1 Rad8 21. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 22.
Bxd1 h6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Toth,B (2390)-Robatsch,K (2440)/Rome 1980 (49)}) 12. Nxc5
Qxc5 13. e3 b6 14. Be2 Bb7 15. O-O Nf6 16. Rac1 Rfc8 17. Qa4 Qg5 18. Bf3 Bxf3
19. Nxf3 Qh5 20. Qd1 Rc7 21. Qd3 Rac8 22. Rc3 d5 $11 {0-1 Whiteley,A (2395)
-Parma,B (2530)/Moscow 1977 (56)}) (11. Ne4 Qe5 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14.
e3 b6 $11) 11... Qd8 12. e3 Nf6 13. Bd3 Be7 14. O-O Qa5 15. g4 b5 16. Nd2 Bb7
17. Rac1 b4 18. axb4 Bxb4 {1/2-1/2 Farago,I (2535)-Csom,I (2500)/Budapest 1981
(19)}) 10. h4 f5 $6 (10... f6 11. Be3 Ne5 12. Nxe5 fxe5 13. O-O-O b6 14. Bg5
Bb7 15. e3 $11) 11. O-O-O h6 (11... Nf6 12. e4 $1 fxe4 13. Nxe4 $16) 12. Bxe7
Qxe7 (12... Nxe7 13. Nd4 d5 14. e3 Nf6 15. cxd5 Nexd5 16. Bc4 $14) 13. e4 $1 {
Zvjaginsev did not manage to justify the displacement of the knight on h5 with
the dubious advance 10...f7-f5. Vitiugov is rushing to open the centre before
Black can get his pieces to decent squares.} g6 (13... Nf4 14. g3 fxe4 15. Nxe4
Nh5 16. Be2 $16) 14. exf5 gxf5 (14... exf5 $2 15. Nd5 Qg7 16. c5 $16) 15. Rg1
Nf6 16. g4 $5 {[%mdl 128] White has excellent chances to succeed with his
attack, since the black bishop on c8 diminishes coordination and needs time to
get into play.} fxg4 (16... Nxg4 17. Nb5 Kh8 (17... d5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Rxd5
Be6 20. Rd6 $16) 18. Nd6 b6 19. Kb1 $16) 17. Nh2 h5 18. f3 Ne5 (18... Qh7 19.
fxg4 Qxc2+ 20. Kxc2 Kh8 21. Be2 $16) 19. fxg4 (19. Be2 Qg7 20. fxg4 hxg4 21.
Ne4 $16) 19... hxg4 (19... Nfxg4 20. Be2 Rf4 (20... Qxh4 21. Nxg4 hxg4 22. Bxg4
Qg5+ 23. Rd2 Nxg4 24. Ne4 Qg6 25. Rdg2 $16) 21. Bxg4 hxg4 22. Rde1 d6 23. Re4
$16) 20. Ne4 Qg7 21. Be2 d5 {Black is desperate to solve the problem of his
coordination. Opening the centre could bring the c8-bishop to life.} (21...
Qh6+ 22. Kb1 Qg6 23. Rd4 $1 Kh8 24. Nxf6 Qxc2+ 25. Kxc2 Rxf6 26. Nxg4 Rg6 27.
h5 Rg5 28. Rf1 $16) 22. Nxf6+ Rxf6 23. Nxg4 Rg6 24. h5 {Vitiugov is forcing
the clarification on g4, he did not have the nerve to go with the more precise
idea 24.Rd4!} (24. Rd4 $1 Kh8 (24... Nxc4 25. Nf6+ $18) 25. h5 Rxg4 26. Rdxg4
Nxg4 27. Rxg4 Qh6+ 28. Kb1 e5 29. Rg1 d4 30. Ka2 Bd7 31. Qe4 Re8 32. Rg6 $18)
24... Rxg4 25. Bxg4 Nxg4 26. Qg2 e5 {The defender is clearly suffering, but
the game is not over yet. The check on g5 might have prolonged the agony.} (
26... Qg5+ 27. Kb1 e5 28. Qxd5+ Kh8 29. Ka1 Bf5 30. Qxb7 Rg8 31. Qxa7 $16) 27.
Qxd5+ Kh8 (27... Qf7 28. Qe4 Bf5 29. Rxg4+ Kf8 30. Qf3 Bxg4 31. Qxg4 $18) 28.
Qd8+ Kh7 29. Qd3+ Kh8 (29... Kh6 30. Qd2+ Kh7 31. Qc2+ $18) 30. Qd8+ Kh7 31.
Rd6 {Possibly even more convincing was the manoeuvring of the rook via the
d2-square.} (31. Rd2 $5 Qf7 32. b3 e4 33. Qg5 $18) 31... Bf5 (31... Qf7 $1 32.
Qg5 Qf4+ (32... Qxc4+ 33. Kb1 Qf7 34. Rxg4 Qf5+ 35. Ka1 $18) 33. Qxf4 exf4 34.
Rd8 Nh6 35. Re1 $16) 32. Qxa8 Qc7 33. Rxg4 $1 Bxg4 34. Qd8 $6 {The future
winner is complicating his own life. It was much more exact to move the queen
to f8, which controlled the f4-square.} (34. Qf8 $1 Qxc4+ 35. Kd2 Qe2+ 36. Kc3
Qe3+ 37. Kb4 Qf4+ 38. Qxf4 exf4 39. h6 $18) 34... Qxc4+ 35. Kd2 Qe2+ $6 {
The last chance to put up some resistance is slipping away with this less
convincing continuation.} (35... Qf4+ $1 36. Kc3 Bxh5 37. Qc7+ Bf7 38. Rd1 Qf3+
39. Kd2 Qf4+ 40. Kc2 Qe4+ 41. Kc1 Kg6 $16) 36. Kc3 Qe3+ 37. Kb4 Qf4+ 38. Ka5
b6+ (38... Bxh5 39. Rd7+ Bf7 40. Rxb7 $18) 39. Ka6 Qf7 40. b4 $1 Be2+ 41. b5 {
The final position features an unusual spot for the white king.} (41. b5 Bg4
42. Rc6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Wereldschaaktoernooi"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1950.11.30"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Pirc, Vasja"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1950.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 Nxc5 $10 {White ^^/Black @} 9. b4 Nce4 10. Qd4 a5 $1 11. Bb2 axb4 12. axb4
Rxa1+ 13. Bxa1 d6 14. Nd2 (14. e3 e5 15. Qb2 (15. Qd3 Bf5) 15... Ng4 16. h3
Ngxf2 17. Rg1 Qb6 $19 (17... f5 {/\18... f4->})) (14. g3 e5 15. Qb2 (15. Qe3
Be6 {/\16... Da8->}) 15... Qb6 $1 (15... Ng4 $6 16. h3 Ngxf2 17. Rh2) 16. e3
Ng4 $19) 14... e5 15. Qe3 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Ne4 17. Qe3 $6 (17. Qb2 $142 f5 $1 18.
g3 (18. e3 f4 19. Bd3 Ng5 {/\20... f3} 20. exf4 Rxf4 21. O-O Nf3+ 22. gxf3 Qg5+
23. Kh1 Qh5 24. Be4 Rxe4 25. fxe4 Qf3+ 26. Kg1 Bh3 $19) 18... Qb6 19. e3 f4 $40
) 17... Bf5 18. g4 Qa8 19. Qc1 (19. Bb2 Qa4 20. gxf5 (20. Ba3 Ra8) 20... Qxb4+
21. Kd1 Qxb2 22. Qxe4 Ra8 23. Qc2 Ra1+ 24. Kd2 Qd4+ 25. Qd3 Ra2+ 26. Kc1 Qa1+
27. Qb1 Qc3+ 28. Kd1 Qd2#) 19... Qa4 20. Bc3 (20. gxf5 Qxb4+ 21. Kd1 Nxf2+ $19)
20... Rc8 $1 21. f3 Nxc3 22. Qxc3 Be6 23. e4 Qa2 24. c5 $6 dxc5 25. bxc5 Qa7
26. Qxe5 $2 Rxc5 27. Qb2 Ra5 $1 (27... Ra5 $1 28. Be2 Ra1+ 29. Bd1 Ra2) 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Wereldschaaktoernooi"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1950.11.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Rossolimo, Nicolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1950.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. e3 (6. Nf3) (6. Bg5)
6... Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 (7... d5 $142 {/\Sd7 or Sc6}) 8. Be2 d5 9. O-O dxc4 10.
Bxc4 e5 $6 (10... a6 $142 $10) 11. a3 Qe7 12. Ng5 $5 {/\13.Sd5!+-} (12. b4 Bd6
{/\13... e4->}) 12... g6 13. b4 Bb6 (13... Bd6 14. Nce4 {14.Sge4}) 14. Bb2 Bf5
15. Bd3 $1 (15. Qb3 e4 $1 {/\16... h6}) 15... Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Rfd8 17. Qc2 Rac8
18. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. h3 Rxd1+ $6 21. Qxd1 a6 (21... Qd8 22. Qb3 (22.
Qxd8+ $2 $10)) 22. Nge4 Nxe4 $138 23. Nxe4 $138 {/\24.Dd6} Bc7 (23... Qd8 24.
Qxd8+ Bxd8 (24... Nxd8 25. Bxe5) 25. Nc5 $16) 24. Qd5 $5 {/\25.Sc5 Ld6 26.Sa6}
Bb6 25. Qd6 $1 Kf8 $2 (25... Bd8 $142 26. Kf1 {/\Kb3}) 26. Bxe5 $1 Bxe3 $5 (
26... Nxe5 27. Qxb6) 27. Qxe7+ (27. fxe3 Nxe5 $10) 27... Kxe7 28. Bf6+ (28.
Bd6+ Ke6 29. fxe3 Kd5) 28... Ke6 29. fxe3 Kf5 30. Nd6+ Kxf6 31. Nxb7 Ke5 32.
Nc5 Nb8 33. Kf2 Kd5 34. Kf3 $1 (34. Ke2 Kc4) 34... Kc4 (34... a5 35. Nd3 $1
axb4 36. Nxb4+) 35. Kf4 f6 (35... a5 36. Ne4 axb4 37. axb4 Kxb4 38. Ng5 $18)
36. g4 a5 37. Ne4 axb4 38. axb4 Nd7 39. g5 fxg5+ 40. Nxg5 Kxb4 (40... Nf8 41.
Ke5 Kxb4 42. Kd6 $18 {/\43.Ke7} h6 43. Ke7 hxg5 44. Kxf8 $18) 41. Nxh7 Kc4 42.
Kg5 Kd3 43. Nf6 $1 (43. Kxg6 Kxe3 44. h4 Kf4 $1 45. h5 Ne5+ 46. Kg7 Ng4 47. Nf6
Kg5 $1 $10) 43... Nf8 (43... Ne5 44. Ng4 $18 Nxg4 45. hxg4) 44. Ng4 Ke4 45. h4
Kf3 46. Ne5+ Kxe3 47. Nxg6 Ne6+ (47... Nh7+ 48. Kf5 Kd4 (48... Kf3 49. h5 Kg3
50. h6 Kh3 51. Ne5 (51. Nf4+ Kh4 52. Kg6) 51... Kh4 52. Kg6 Nf8+ 53. Kf7 $1 Nh7
(53... Kg5 54. Ng4 $1 Nh7 (54... Ng6 55. Kg7 Nh4 56. h7 Nf5+ 57. Kf8 Nh4 58.
Ne5 $1 $18) 55. Kg7 $18) (53... Kh5 $1 54. Ng4 $1 Nh7 (54... Ne6 55. Kxe6 Kg6
56. Ke7 Kh7 57. Kf8 Kh8 58. Ne5 $1 Kh7 59. Nf7 $18) 55. Kg7 Ng5 56. Nf6+ Kh4
57. Ne4 $1 Ne6+ 58. Kf7 Nd8+ 59. Kf6 $18) 54. Kg7 Ng5 55. Nf3+ $18) 49. h5 Kd5
50. h6 (50. Nf4+ $1 Kd6 51. Kg6 $18) 50... Kd6 51. Nf4 Ke7 52. Kg6 Nf8+ (52...
Nf6 53. Nd5+ $18) 53. Kg7 Ke8 54. Ng6 Ne6+ 55. Kf6 $18) 48. Kf6 Nc5 49. h5 Ne4+
50. Kf7 $5 (50. Kg7 $2 Ng3 51. h6 Nf5+ $10) (50. Ke5 $1 Ng5 51. Kf5 Ne4 52. h6
Nd6+ 53. Ke6 Ne4 54. Ke5 Ng5 55. Kf5 $18) 50... Ng5+ $1 (50... Kf3 $5 {
According to the tournament book leads this move from H.J.v.Donk, den Haag, to
a draw. This is wrong (endgame cd 1)!} 51. Nf8 Ng5+ 52. Kg6 Kg4 53. h6 Kf4 54.
Nd7 Kg4 55. Nf6+ Kf4 56. Ne4 Ne6 57. Kf7 Nd8+ 58. Kf6 $18) 51. Kg7 Ke4 52. h6
Kf5 53. Nf8 $1 Kg4 (53... Ke5 54. Kg6 Kf4 55. Nd7 $1 $18) 54. Kg6 Kh4 55. Nd7
Kg4 56. Ne5+ Kf4 57. Nf7 Ne6 58. Kf6 (58. h7 $4 Nf8+ $10) 58... Nf8 59. Kg7
Ne6+ 60. Kg8 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Wereldschaaktoernooi"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1950.11.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1950.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Nf3 (6. a3 $142) 6...
Na6 7. Bd2 Nxc5 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 b6 $6 (9... Nce4 10. Bb4 (10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11.
e4 d6 $10) 10... d6 $10) 10. Ng5 $1 {/\11.Lf6, 12.Dh7} Re8 $1 (10... g6 11. b4
Na6 12. h4 h6 13. h5 $1 hxg5 (13... Nxh5 14. Rxh5 f5 15. Rxh6 (15. Nxe6 $145 $1
dxe6 16. Rxh6 g5 (16... Qg5 17. Rh8+ Kf7 18. Rh7+ Kg8 19. Rg7+ Kh8 20. Rxg6+
$18) 17. Rd1 Qe8 18. Qd2 $1 $18) 15... Qxg5 16. Rh8+ $16) 14. hxg6 Bb7 15. g7
$1 $18) 11. b4 (11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxh7+ Kf8 13. Qh5 Ke7 14. Qf3 (14. O-O-O Qxf2
(14... Qf4+)) 14... Qxg5 15. Qxa8 Nb3 $19) 11... h6 $1 (11... Na6 $2 $16 12. e3
(12. e4) (12. Ne4) (12. h4)) 12. h4 hxg5 (12... Na6 13. Rd1 Bb7 14. f3 $40 {
+/-/+-}) 13. bxc5 (13. hxg5 Nfe4 14. bxc5 Bb7 (14... Nxc3 15. Qh7+ Kf8 16. Qh8+
Ke7 17. Qxg7 Ne4 18. f3 (18. g6 Rf8 19. Qe5 Bb7 $10) 18... Nxc5 {/\Kd6}) 15. f3
Nxg5 16. O-O-O bxc5 17. e4 {/\Df2-h4->}) 13... gxh4 (13... g4 14. h5 e5 $1 15.
f3 $40) 14. Rxh4 bxc5 15. Qd3 $1 {/\Dh3, g4-g5,-> /\Lf6, Dh7} d6 {/\16... e5-/+
} (15... d5 $2 16. Qh3 Kf8 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Rh8+ Ke7 19. Bxf6+ gxf6 20. Qe3+
Be6 21. Qxc5+ $16) 16. g4 $1 Bb7 $1 (16... Kf8 17. g5 Ng8 18. Rh8 $18 {/\19.Dh7
}) 17. g5 Ne4 18. Rxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Qxg5 20. Qg2 Qh6 21. Qh3 Qxh3 22. Bxh3
Rab8 23. Bg2 Kf8 24. Kd2 Ke7 25. f4 (25. Bxg7 $2 Rg8 $19) 25... f6 26. Kc2 Rh8
27. Bf3 Rh4 28. Rg1 Kf7 29. f5 $2 Rxc4 (29... exf5 $2 30. Bd5+ Kf8 31. Bxf6
gxf6 32. Rg8+ $18) 30. fxe6+ Kxe6 31. e4 (31. Rxg7 $2 d5 $17) 31... g5 (31...
Rh8 32. Rxg7 $2 (32. Kb3 Rxc3+ 33. Kxc3 Rh3) 32... Rxc3+ 33. Kxc3 Rh3 $19) 32.
Rh1 {/\33.Lg4, 34.Th7+/-} Rxc3+ 33. Kxc3 Ke5 {/\34... Kf4} 34. Rf1 Rf8 35. Bg2
f5 36. exf5 Rxf5 37. Re1+ Kf6 38. Kc4 Rf4+ $138 39. Kc3 $17 (39. Kc3 g4)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage-A 18th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1990.04.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Black "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1990.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5 8.
Bg2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nb5 {N} (10. Rd1 Rc8 11. Bf4 Nce4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Qa4
a5 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 d5 $10 {Gurevich,M-Hjartarson,J/Reykjavik Summit/1990/
->CBM 18}) 10... Be4 11. Qd1 Nb7 (11... a6 $2 12. Nd6 {/\ a3 +-} Bc6) 12. a3 a6
$5 (12... Be7 13. Nc3 $14) 13. axb4 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. cxb5 Nd5 $1 16. Qd4
f5 17. Bf4 d6 18. Ng5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nd8 (19... e5 20. Qc4 exf4 21. Rd1) 20. Kg1
h6 21. Bxd6 $5 (21. Nf3 e5 22. Qc4 Nf7 23. Bd2 Rc8 $36) 21... hxg5 22. Bxf8
Kxf8 23. Rc1 Qb8 24. e4 (24. f3 f4) 24... fxe4 25. Qxe4 Qd6 26. Rc8 Ke7 27. Qd4
(27. Qg6 Qe5 $17) 27... e5 28. Qd3 g4 29. Qf5 Nf6 30. Rc1 Ne6 31. Ra1 (31. Rc6
$2 Qd1+ 32. Kg2 Qd5+ 33. Kg1 Nd4 $19) 31... Qc7 32. Re1 e4 33. Rd1 $2 (33. Qg6
$1) 33... Kf7 $1 34. Rd5 g6 35. Qe5 Qxe5 36. Rxe5 Ke7 {Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "Bern zt"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Rechlis, Gad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5 8.
Bg2 Nce4 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. e4 d6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Qc7 14. Qe2
Nd7 15. Bf4 Bd6 (15... Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. Rab1
Rb8 20. Qe3 b6 21. c5 Bd7 22. cxb6 axb6 $10 {Gurevich,M-Lalic,B/Haifa ETC/1989/
->TD 89/11}) 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Bxb7 Rab8 19. Rab1 {N} (19. Rfd1
Qc7 20. Be4 Bc8 21. Rd4 $14 {Gurevich,M-Petursson,M/Reggio Emilia/1989/}) 19...
Bc6 $1 20. Rfd1 Qc5 21. Bxc6 Rxb1 22. Rxb1 Qxc6 23. Qe5 Qxc4 24. Rb8 g6 $10 25.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Qb8+ Kg7 27. Qxa7 Qxc3 28. h4 e5 29. a4 e4 30. Kh2 h6 31. Qb6
Qd2 32. Qc5 Kh7 33. Kg2 Qa2 {Ftacnik,L} (33... Qa2 34. a5 e3 $1 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Noviki-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Marinelli, Tullio"]
[Black "Horvath, Jozsef"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. e3 (7. Nf3) (
7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Nxc5) 7... Nxc5 8. Nge2 Nce4 {= ECO} 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. a3
Qa5 11. Rd1 (11. Rc1 $10) 11... Be7 12. Nd4 $6 (12. Nf4) 12... d5 $1 13. Nb3 (
13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nb3 Qc7 15. Bd3 Nxc3 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. bxc3 Bxa3) 13... Qc7
14. Nb5 Qe5 15. cxd5 (15. c5 Bd7 16. Bd3 Rfc8) 15... Nxd5 16. Bd3 Bd7 $1 17.
Nc3 (17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Bd3 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 Nxe3 $17) (17. N5d4 $5 f5) 17... Rfc8
18. O-O Ba4 $1 (18... Nxc3 $2 19. Bxh7+ Kf8 20. Rxd7) 19. Bxh7+ Kf8 20. Rd4 (
20. Rd3 Bb5) 20... Nxe3 $1 21. fxe3 $2 (21. Qe2 Bxb3 22. fxe3 $17) 21... Qxe3+
22. Kh1 (22. Qf2 Qxf2+ 23. Rxf2 Bxb3 $19) 22... Bxb3 23. Qg6 (23. Qxb3 Qxd4 24.
Qxe6 Bf6) 23... Bf6 $1 24. Rd3 (24. Rxf6 $4 Qe1+) 24... Qe5 25. Qg3 Bc4 $19 26.
Qh3 Bxd3 27. Bxd3 Ke7 28. Qf3 Rc7 29. Be4 Rh8 30. h3 b6 31. a4 Qh5 32. Qe3 Bxc3
33. bxc3 Rd8 34. Qg3 Rc4 35. Bf3 Qg6 36. Qe5 Rc5 37. Qe2 Qd3 38. Qf2 Qxc3 39.
Be4 (39. Bh5 f6) 39... f5 40. Bf3 g5 {Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bg5
Bb7 9. e4 Be7 (9... h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Rd1 Nh5) 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. Be2 a6 12. O-O
Qc7 $2 (12... Rc8) 13. Nd5 $1 exd5 14. cxd5 Rac8 15. dxc6 dxc6 16. e5 $1 Nd5
17. Qe4 $1 Rfe8 (17... Bxg5 $2 18. Nxg5 g6 19. Qh4 h5 20. Bxh5 $1 $18) (17...
f6 18. Bd3 $1 g6 19. Bh6 $40) 18. Bc4 Bf8 19. Rfe1 h6 (19... g6 20. h4 Bg7 21.
h5 $40) 20. Bc1 Rcd8 21. Nd4 c5 $2 (21... b5 $1 22. Ba2 (22. Bd3 Nf6 $1) 22...
c5 23. Nf5 (23. Nxb5 axb5 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Qc6 26. Red1 Rd8 $19) 23... c4
$132) 22. Nf5 Nf6 $2 (22... Ne7 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. Nd6+ Rxd6 25. exd6 Bxe4 26.
dxc7 Bb7 27. Rd8 $16) 23. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Qxf6+ Bg7 26. Qxf7
Qxf7 27. Bxf7 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rxe5 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Bg8+ Kg6 31. Rd6+ Bf6 32. Bd2
$1 Re8 33. Bc3 Rxg8 34. Rxf6+ Kh5 35. f3 $1 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "1992.12.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bf4
Bb7 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. e4 (10. e3 a6 (10... Nh5 11. Bg5 f6 (11... Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7
13. Nb5 Na5 14. Nd6 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nf6 16. b4 Nc6 17. f4 Ne8 18. Qd3 Nxd6 19.
Qxd6 Qf6 20. Bg2 Qc3+ 21. Qd2 Qxc4 22. Rc1 Qa6 23. a4 Qxa4 24. Qxd7 $13 {
Ivanov,Se-Guseinov,A/URS-chT Azov/1991/}) 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 f5 14. Be2 Nxg3
15. hxg3 g4 16. Nd4 Qg5 17. Nb3 Ne5 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. Bf1 Qe7 20. Ne2 Be4 21.
Qc3 Qg7 22. Nf4 Rab8 23. Be2 Bc6 24. Rd2 $10 {Schussler-Oll/Tallinn/1983/}) (
10... Rc8 11. Bd3 (11. Be2 h6 (11... Be7 12. O-O (12. e4 Nh5 13. Bc1 a6 14. O-O
Qc7 15. e5 g6 16. Rfe1 Rfd8 17. Nd5 exd5 18. cxd5 Nd4 19. Qxc7 Nxe2+ 20. Rxe2
Rxc7 21. d6 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bf8 23. Rc7 Nf4 24. Rec2 $13 {Lautier,J-Larsen,B/
Cannes/1989/}) 12... a6 (12... d6 13. e4 Nh5 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Nb5 Qb8 16. Bg5
Rfd8 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Rfe1 a6 19. Nc3 Nf6 20. Bf1 Ng6 21. Rd2 h6 22. h3 Qc7
23. Qb1 Nd7 24. Rc1 $13 {Ree,H-Hort,V/Wijk aan Zee/1983/}) 13. b4 a5 14. b5 Nb8
15. e4 Bxa3 16. e5 Ne8 17. Ng5 g6 18. Nge4 f5 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Bg5 Be7 21. Nd6
Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Qc7 23. Qd2 Ne8 24. Rd4 $40 {Chekhov,V-Schneider,LA/Gausdal Int 
(5)/1990/}) 12. h3 d5 13. O-O Qe8 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Qa4 Qe6 16. Ba6 Bxa6 17.
Qxa6 Rcd8 18. Ne2 Ne4 19. Ned4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Nc5 22. Qb5 Qd7 23.
Qxd7 Rxd7 24. Rfd1 $14 {Foisor,O-Urday,H/Thessaloniki olm (3)/1988/}) 11... h6
12. h3 Be7 13. O-O Na5 14. Nd2 d5 15. Qb1 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18.
Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Be4 Qe5 21. Bxb7 Nxb7 22. Nf3 Qc7 23. Rc1 Qb8 24.
Nd4 $14 {Dautov,R-Ruban,V/Novosibirsk tt/1989/}) 11. Be2 Rc8 12. Ng5 Be7 13. h4
h6 14. b4 Re8 15. Bd3 Rf8 16. Nce4 hxg5 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. hxg5 fxg5 19. Qe2
Bf6 20. Bh7+ Kg7 21. Qh5 Bc3+ 22. Kf1 Qf6 23. Bxg5 Ne5 24. Bxf6+ $18 {Ruban,
V-Budnikov,A/Voronez/1988/}) (10. h3 Rc8 11. Qb1 Ne7 (11... Be7 12. e4 Na5 13.
Nd2 d6 14. b4 Nc6 15. Nf3 Ne8 16. e5 d5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Nc7 19. Nxb6
axb6 20. Rxd8 Rfxd8 21. Bc4 Ne6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. O-O Rd5 24. Rd1 $16 {Bareev,
E-Lautier,J/Paris act (1)/1991/1-0 (36)}) 12. e3 Ng6 13. Bh2 d5 14. Be2 Qe7 15.
cxd5 exd5 16. Nb5 Ne4 17. Nbd4 f5 18. Bf4 Nxf4 19. exf4 Ba6 20. O-O Bxe2 21.
Nxe2 Nxf2 22. Rxf2 Qxe2 23. Nd4 Qe4 24. Qd3 $17 {Hansen,LB-Brynell,S/Haninge 
(06)/1992/}) 10... Ng4 (10... Ne7 11. Be2 Ng6 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Qd2 Nxg3 (13...
Bc6 14. Nd4 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Qf6 16. b4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 Rfd8 19. f3 h6
20. Kf2 Kf8 21. a4 Ke7 22. Rhd1 d6 23. a5 bxa5 24. b5 $14 {Ivanov,Se-Serper,G/
URS-chT Azov/1991/}) 14. hxg3 Bc6 15. Rh5 Qb8 16. Kf1 Rd8 17. Nd4 Be7 18. Kg1
a6 19. f4 Qc7 20. Rc1 Rac8 21. Kh2 Ba8 22. Rf1 Nf8 23. g4 g6 24. Rh3 $17 {
Suba-Grunberg,HU/Sochi/1983/}) (10... Nh5 11. Bc1 (11. Bg3 Be7 12. Nb5 Nxg3 13.
hxg3 Rc8 14. Be2 Ba6 15. e5 h6 16. Qe4 f5 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Bd3 Kf7 19. g4 d5
20. Qe2 g5 21. cxd5 exd5 22. Bf5 Rc7 23. O-O Bc5 24. a4 $13 {Wiedenkeller,
M-Brynell,S/SVE-ch (05)/1991/}) 11... Nf6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Be2 a6 14. e5 Ng4 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qe4 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Qd3 Rab8 19. O-O Ba8 20. Rd2 Na5 21. b4
Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Nc6 23. Rfd1 a5 24. b5 $10 {Ree-Scheeren/Wijk aan Zee/1983/}) 11.
Bg3 f6 12. Nb5 Nge5 13. Be2 (13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. b4 a6 15. Nc3 Be7 16. Qb2 Rf7 {
0,5/Kramnik,V-Serper,G/URS-chJ Kherson/1991/}) 13... Rc8 (13... Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3
e5 15. Bg4 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. f3 Qe7 18. Bf2 Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Rfd8 20. Rd3 Ba6
21. Rhd1 Qc5+ 22. Kg3 Qxc4 23. Qxc4+ Bxc4 24. Rxd7 $14 {Seirawan-Portisch,L/
Niksic/1983/}) 14. O-O Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 e5 16. Bg4 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 $1
exd4 19. Rd1 Qe8 (19... b5 $5 20. c5 Qe7 21. Qb3+ Qf7 22. Qxb5 $36) 20. f3 (20.
Rxd4 f5 21. Bf3 d5 $1) 20... g6 (20... b5 21. c5 $16) 21. Rxd4 Bc6 22. Bd6 f5 (
22... Rf7 23. Qd2 $14) 23. Bxf8 fxg4 (23... Kxf8 24. Bh3 fxe4 25. fxe4 $16) 24.
Bd6 gxf3 25. gxf3 Qf7 26. Qd3 a6 27. Bb4 $1 Re8 28. Qe3 Re6 29. Bc3 g5 30. Rd2
(30. Qxg5+ $4 Rg6) 30... h6 31. Qd4 Kh7 32. h4 Re8 (32... gxh4 33. Rg2 $18) 33.
hxg5 Rg8 (33... hxg5 34. Rh2+ Kg6 35. Qd3 $18) 34. Rh2 Rxg5+ 35. Kf2 Rg8 36.
Qe5 Qg6 (36... a5 37. Rh5 $18) 37. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Bg5 b6 (8... h6 9. Bh4 Be7 10. e4 a6 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Be2 Rb8 13. Bg3 d6 14.
Bxd6 Bxd6 15. Rxd6 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qd3 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Rd4 b4 20.
Rxb4 Rxb4 21. axb4 Bb7 22. Bf3 Nxe4 $2 23. Nxe4 f5 24. Qc3 Qf4 25. Nf6+ gxf6
26. Bxb7 $18 {Fiorito,F-Pina,V/Buenos Aires Konex/1991/}) (8... Be7 9. e3 (9.
Rd1 h6 10. Bh4 b6 11. e4 Bb7 12. Be2 Nh5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qd2 Rad8 15. O-O d6
16. Qe3 Nf6 17. Nd4 Rc8 18. Rd2 Na5 19. Ndb5 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Nxd6 Rc7
22. Rfd1 Bc6 23. h3 Rd7 24. e5 Nd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Rc1 $10 {Yrjola,J-Franco,
Z/Novi Sad olm/1990/}) 9... b6 (9... d6 10. Be2 a6 11. O-O h6 12. Bh4 Bd7 (
12... b6 13. Rfd1 Ra7 14. Nd4 Qc7 15. Rac1 Ne5 16. b3 Rd8 17. Qb1 Bd7 18. Ne4
Ng6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Bh5 f5 21. Nc3 Bf6 22. Nxf5 Qc5 23. Nxh6+ Kg7 24. Bxg6
fxg6 25. Ne4 Qh5 26. Nxf6 $40 {Lev,R-Ziska,B/Thessaloniki olm/1988/}) 13. Rfd1
Qc7 14. Nd5 exd5 15. cxd5 Rac8 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd4 Be4 18. Qb3 Rfd8 19. Bd3
d5 20. Nf5 Qe5 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qxb7 Rc2 25.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qxe4 $16 {Lev,R-Roach,P/Thessaloniki olm/1988/}) 10. Bd3 h6 11.
Bf4 Bb7 12. h3 Rc8 13. O-O Na5 14. Nd2 d5 15. Rfd1 Qe8 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Bf1
Qc6 18. Ndb1 Bf6 19. Qe2 Nb3 20. Ra2 Bxc3 21. Nxc3 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Qxc3 23. Qg4
Qf6 24. Rd7 Nc5 25. Rd1 e5 26. Bh2 $17 {Saeed,NM-Georghiou,A/Dubai olm/1986/})
9. Rd1 (9. e3 Bb7 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Rfd1 d6 13. Rac1 Rc7 14. h3 Rd7
15. b4 Qa8 16. Rd2 Rc8 17. Rcd1 Qb8 18. Qb3 Rdd8 {0,5/Pigott,J-Wells,P/British
Ch/1988/}) 9... Be7 (9... Bb7 10. e4 Be7 11. Be2 Rc8 12. O-O Qc7 $1 13. Nb5 (
13. Rd2 a6 14. Rfd1 d6 15. b4 Nb8 16. Bf4 e5 17. Bg3 Nbd7 18. a4 Qb8 19. Qb1
Qa8 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Rc3 22. Rc2 Rxc2 23. Qxc2 Rc8 24. Qb3 Qb8 25. Nd2 Bg5
26. Nc4 $10 {Baburin,A-Horvath,T/SWZ-chI op/1992/}) 13... Qb8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
Rxd7 Ne5 16. Rxb7 $8 Qxb7 17. Nd6 Qc7 18. Nxc8 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Rxc8 20. b3 {
0,5/Horvath,Joz-Rechlis,G/Haifa/1989/}) 10. e3 Bb7 11. Be2 d6 (11... Rc8 12. e4
h6 13. Bf4 Na5 14. Ne5 d6 15. b4 Qc7 16. Nb5 Bxe4 17. Qb2 Qb8 18. bxa5 dxe5 19.
Bxe5 Qa8 20. Nd6 Rc5 21. f3 Bg6 22. axb6 axb6 23. Nb5 Ne8 24. O-O Bf6 25. Bxf6
Nxf6 26. Rd6 $10 {Geisler,R-Vogel,J/Dieren op/1989/}) 12. Rd2 Qb8 13. O-O h6
14. Bh4 Rd8 15. Rfd1 Na5 $6 (15... a6) 16. b4 Nc6 17. Bg3 Nh5 18. Ng5 $1 hxg5 (
18... Bxg5 19. Bxh5 Be7 20. Ne4 $16) 19. Bxh5 Ne5 (19... a5 20. b5 Ne5 21. Bxe5
dxe5 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Rd7 $18) 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Rd7 Bc6 23.
Bxf7+ Kf8 24. Bh5 $1 Bxd7 25. Qg6 Kg8 (25... Ke7 26. Ne4 Bc7 27. Qxg7+ Kd8 28.
Qf8+) 26. Qf7+ Kh8 (26... Kh7 27. Bg6+ Kh6 28. Be4 $18) 27. Bf3 Be7 (27... Bf6
28. Bxa8 $18) 28. Bxa8 Qe8 29. Qxe8+ Bxe8 30. Be4 a5 31. b5 Kg8 (31... Bxa3 32.
Na4 $18) 32. Na4 Bd8 33. g4 Kf8 34. Kf1 Ke7 35. Nb2 Kd6 36. Nd3 Bc7 37. a4 Bd8
38. Ke2 Bc7 39. Kd2 Bf7 40. h3 Be8 41. Kc3 Bf7 42. c5+ bxc5 43. Nb2 $1 c4 44.
Kxc4 Bd8 45. Nd3 Bb6 46. Ne1 Bd8 47. Nf3 Be8 48. Kb3 Bf7 49. Nd2 Kc5 50. Nc4
Bc7 51. Bc6 Bg6 52. e4 Bf7 53. f3 Bg6 54. Bd7 Bf7 55. Bc8 Bg8 56. Bb7 Bf7 57.
Ba6 Bg8 58. Bc8 Bf7 59. Bd7 Bd8 (59... Bg8 60. Be8 Bh7 61. Bf7 $18) 60. Nxe5
Bg8 61. Be8 Kd6 62. Nc4+ Ke7 63. Bc6 e5 64. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "1992.12.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5 8.
Bg2 (8. Bd2 b6 (8... d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Nce4 (11... Nfe4 $5
12. b4 $5 (12. Bg2 $6 Bd7 $1 13. O-O Ba4 14. Qb1 Nb3 $17) (12. Bd4 Bf5 $5 13.
Bxc5 Rc8 14. b4 b6 $36) 12... Ne6 (12... Na4 13. Qxa4 $1 (13. Bd4 $2 Bd7 14.
Bg2 Bb5 15. O-O Rc8 $17 {/\ Na4-c3}) 13... Nxc3 14. Qc2 d4 15. Qd3 $16) (12...
Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Ne4 14. Qd4 a5 15. Bg2 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1+ 17. Qxa1 Qb6 18. Qd4
$16) 13. Bg2 Qc7 (13... Nxc3 14. Qxc3 d4 15. Qd3 $16) (13... Bd7 $5 14. Be5 $5
Rc8 15. Qb2 f6 16. Bd4 Ba4 17. Rc1 Rxc1+ 18. Qxc1 Qd7 19. O-O Rc8 20. Qe3 $13)
14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Ne5 $1 (15. Bd4 $6 Qxc2 16. Rxc2 Rfc8 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 18. O-O b6
$17) 15... Ba4 (15... Rac8 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4 $16) 16. Qb2 (16. Qd3 $6 Rac8
17. Bxe4 Qxe5 $3 18. Bxd5 Rxc3 $1 19. Rxc3 Rd8 20. e4 Rxd5 21. Rc8+ Nf8 22.
Qxd5 Qa1+ 23. Ke2 Qxh1 $13) 16... Rac8 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. O-O Qb6 19. Ng4 $5 {
/\ Ne3-f5<=>>>} Rc6 20. Ne3 Qb5 21. Be5 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 f6 23. Bd6 Rd8 $2 24. Be7
$16 Re8 25. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 26. Ng4 f5 $2 27. Nh6+ Kf8 {Gurevich,M-Ehlvest,J/
FRA-chT/1992/1-0/28/}) 12. Bd4 Bg4 13. Bg2 Rc8 14. Qa4 a6 15. O-O Bxf3 16. exf3
Nc5 17. Qd1 Ne6 $13 {Dydyshko,V-Serper,G/URS/1991/}) 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Nce4 $1
$10 {A simple good move which is a theoretical novelty and which equalises.
White tries to create something, but after the forced exchange it is very
difficult.} (10... Rc8 11. Rfd1 Qe7 12. Bf4 d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nb5 Nce4 15.
Qb3 Bc5 16. Nbd4 Ng4 17. Rf1 Qf6 18. Rad1 g5 19. Bc1 Ngxf2 20. Rxf2 Bxd4 21. e3
Nxf2 22. Kxf2 Bc5 23. Kg1 Rcd8 24. Nd4 Ba6 25. Qc2 Rc8 26. Qa4 Bxd4 27. exd4
Be2 28. Re1 Rc4 29. Qa3 Rc2 30. Qe3 Bb5 31. Qxg5+ {Gurevich,M-Ivanov,AV/Moscow
25'/1992/0-1/65/}) 11. Nxe4 (11. Ng5 $6 Nxd2 12. Bxb7 $6 Nxf1 13. Bxa8 Nxg3 $17
) 11... Bxe4 12. Qa4 (12. Qd1 Be7 $5 13. Bf4 d5 $10) 12... Bxd2 (12... Bxf3 13.
Bxb4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Re8 15. Rfd1 Qc8 16. Bd6 $14) 13. Nxd2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qc7 15.
Qa3 Rfc8 16. Rac1 h6 17. Rfd1 Qe5 18. Nf3 {[ If 18..Qxe2 19.Re1 traps the
queen ]} Qe4 19. Qd3 Qxd3 20. exd3 Rc7 21. Nd4 Kf8 22. Rc3 d5 $6 23. Nb5 Rb7
24. Ra3 Rd7 $1 25. Rc1 dxc4 26. dxc4 Rd2 27. b4 {[ Active play secures the
draw ]} Rb2 28. Rxa7 Rxa7 29. Nxa7 Rxb4 30. c5 bxc5 31. Rxc5 {Gurevich,
M-Georgiev,Kir/Manila olm/1992/1/2-1/2/33/}) (8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Nce4 (9...
Ng4 $6 10. Qc2 $1 Qb6 11. b4 $16) 10. Qc2 b5 $1 $36 (10... Qa5+ $6 11. b4 $1 (
11. Nd2 Qf5 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bf4 $1 Nxg3 14. Qxf5 Nxf5 15. Rd1 $44) 11... Qf5
12. Bb2 Ng4 (12... Nxg3 13. Qxf5 Nxf5 14. Rg1 $36) 13. h3 $1 Ngxf2 14. Rh2 $16)
11. cxb5 Qa5+ (11... Bb7 $6 12. Bg2 Rc8 13. Qa4 Nc5 14. Qd1 Bd5 15. b4 Nb3 16.
Rb1 Ne4 17. Bb2 $16) 12. b4 (12. Nd2 $2 Bb7 13. Bg2 Rac8 14. Qd1 Nc3 $17) 12...
Qxb5 13. Bg2 Ba6 14. Nd4 Qd5 15. Qb2 $1 (15. Bb2 $2 Rac8 16. Qd1 e5 {/\ d1,
<<c2|^}) 15... e5 16. Nf3 (16. Nb3 Qc4 $1 17. Na5 $13) 16... Rac8 $1 17. Nd2 $6
Bxe2 $1 18. Kxe2 Nxg3+ 19. hxg3 Qxg2 20. Rh4 $8 d5 $5 $40 21. Qb1 $1 d4 $2 22.
Ne4 $16 Nd5 23. Bd2 f5 $2 24. Nc5 e4 25. Qh1 d3+ 26. Ke1 Qxh1+ 27. Rxh1 a5 $2
28. Kf1 Rfe8 29. Kg2 axb4 30. axb4 Rb8 31. Rhb1 $18 {Nikolic,Pr-Yusupov,A/
Tilburg/1987/1-0/38/}) 8... Nce4 (8... b6 9. O-O (9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Bxb7 Nxb7 11.
Bg5 Qc7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Ng4 f5 14. Ne3 Na5 15. a3 Bc5 16. Ncd1 Rac8 17. Rc1
b5 $1) 9... Bb7 (9... Bxc3 10. Qxc3 Ba6 11. b3 d5 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14.
Qe1 Ne4 15. Bb2 Rac8 16. Rac1 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Rc8 18. Rxc8+ Bxc8 19. Ne5 f5 20.
Qc1 Bb7 21. Nc6 Qc7 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Nxa7 Qxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Nc3 25. Be3 Nxe2+ 26.
Kf1 Nc3 27. Bxb6 Nxa2 28. Ba5 Kf7 29. Bd2 e5 30. Ke2 Ke6 31. Ke3 {Makarjev,
I-Kostanjeda,G/Moscow-ch/1992/1-0/61/}) 10. Nb5 $5 (10. Rd1 Rc8 11. Bf4 $5 (11.
a3 $6 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 d5 $15) 11... Nce4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Qa4 $1 a5 $8 (13...
Rxc4 $2 14. a3 Bc2 15. Qb5 $16) 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 d5 $5 16. Rac1 (16. Bg5
$6 Qc7 $1 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nd7 Rfd8 19. Nxf6+ Kg7 20. Nh5+ Kh6 21. Nf4 Qxc4
$17) 16... Qe7 17. a3 Bc5 18. Bg5 $5 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Nd3 Qf5 21. cxd5
Qxd5+ 22. Kg1 Qf5 $6 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Bd4 25. Qa6 $6 $138 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rd8
27. Rc8 Qd5 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Qb7 g5 $1 {/\ >>g7, d5=} 30. b5 Kg7 31. Kg2 {
Gurevich,M-Hjartarson,J/Reykjavik/1990/1/2-1/2/53/}) (10. Bf4 Nce4 11. Nxe4
Bxe4 12. Qa4 Be7 13. Rfd1 Qc8 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Rd8 16. Bg5 a6 17. Bxf6 b5
18. cxb5 Bxf6 19. Nf3 Bxb2 20. Rab1 axb5 21. Qxb5 Bf6 22. a4 Qc2 23. a5 Qa2 24.
Ne5 Bxe5 25. Qxe5 Rxa5 26. Rxd7 $2 Rf8 27. Rb2 {Crouch,C-Speelman,J/Hastings 
(12)/1992/1/2-1/2/27/}) 10... Be4 (10... Nce4 11. Bf4 a6 12. Nbd4 Rc8 13. Qd3
d5 14. Rac1 Bc5 15. a3 dxc4 16. Rxc4 b5 17. Rcc1 Qe7 18. b4 Ba7 19. Ne5 Rfd8
20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rc1 Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 Qd6 23. Ndc6 Bxf2+ 24. Kf1 Bxc6 25. Nxc6
Bb6 26. Qxd6 Nxd6 27. Nb8 a5 28. Bc6 axb4 29. axb4 Ng4 30. Kg2 Ne5 31. Ba8 {
Annakov,B-Danielsen,H/Manila olm/1992/0-1/57/}) 11. Qd1 Nb7 $1 12. a3 a6 13.
axb4 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. cxb5 Nd5 16. Qd4 f5 17. Ne5 $5 {Boensch,U-Browne,W/
Dortmund/1990/}) (8... Nfe4 $5 9. O-O Bxc3 (9... Nxc3 $6 10. bxc3 Ba5 11. Rd1
$14) 10. bxc3 d6 $1 {/\ >>d7-a4} (10... Qa5 $1 11. Nd4 $1 Qxc3 12. Qxc3 Nxc3
13. Ba3 N3a4 14. Nb5 $36 {/\ []d6}) 11. Nd4 (11. Nd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Qc7 13. Rd1
Rd8 14. Qg5 $13) 11... f5 12. Nb3 Bd7 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. Bf4 e5 (14... Bc6 $6
15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rad1 d5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. c4 $14) 15. Be3 e4 (15... Bc6 16.
Bxc6 bxc6 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Rd2 Rad8 20. Rfd1 $14) 16. f3 Qc7 $1
17. Qd2 Bc6 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Bf4 Qb6 $6 20. Kh1 Rd7 $6 21. Bxd6 Qd8 22. Qd4 $5
Ne6 23. Qe5 Re8 24. fxe4 Ng5 25. Qxf5 Nxe4 26. Be5 $1 $16 {Gurevich,
M-Beliavsky,A/Reggio/1991/1-0/38/}) (8... d5 $5 9. cxd5 (9. O-O Qa5 10. cxd5
Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxd5 12. Bd2 Qa4 13. Qxa4 Nxa4 14. Rfc1 Rd8 15. c4 Ne7 16. Ba5 b6
17. Ne5 Rb8 18. Bb4 Nc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Nd3 Bb7 21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22. Nxc5 Rb2
23. e3 Rdd2 24. Ne4 Re2 25. Rab1 Nc6 26. Rxb2 Rxb2 27. a3 Kf8 28. Rc3 Ke7 29.
c5 Kd7 30. g4 Ne5 31. h3 {Boensch,U-Wehmeier,S/Lippstadt/1992/1/2-1/2/43/})
9... exd5 10. O-O Be6 11. Be3 Rc8 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Nfe4 14. Qc2 Qd7 15. Qd1
Rfd8 16. Rc1 b6 17. Nd4 $14 {Glek,I-Balashov,Y/URS/1989/}) 9. O-O (9. Bd2 Nxd2
10. Nxd2 d5 (10... a6 11. O-O Qc7 (11... Qc7 12. Rfc1 (12. Nce4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4
f5 14. Qb3 (14. a3 $5 Be7 15. Nd2) 14... Be7 15. Nc3 Rb8 16. Rad1 $2 Bf6 17.
Rd3 b5 $1 $17 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Qe5 20. a4 Qxe2 21. Rb1 f4 22. Bf3 Qe5 23.
g4 Rd8 24. Qd1 d5 25. Nd4 Qd6 26. b4 Bxd4 $2 27. Rxd4 Bb7 28. b5 e5 29. Rd2 Qe6
30. Be4 $1 $8 d4 31. Bxb7 {Kortschnoj,V-Timman,J/Tilburg/1991/1-0/54/}) 12...
Be7 (12... Rb8 13. a3 (13. Nce4 {N} Nxe4 14. Bxe4 h6 15. a3 Be7 16. c5 b6 17.
cxb6 Qxb6 18. Nc4 Qb3 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Qxb3 Rxb3 21. Bc2 Rb8 22. b4 g5 23. Bd3
Kg7 24. Ra2 Bb7 25. Na5 Rfc8 26. Rac2 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Bc8 28. e3 {Illescas
Cordoba,M-Salov,V/Linares/1992/}) 13... Be7 14. Na4 b6 15. b4 a5 $1 16. b5 $6
Bb7 17. Qd3 Rfc8 18. Rc3 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qb7+ 20. Qf3 $6 d5 $1 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22.
Rc4 Bg5 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. Ne4 Be7 25. Qb3 Qc7 26. Rd1 Rc8 27. Rd3 Qc4 28. Nd2
Qxb3 29. Rxb3 f5 $17 {Boensch,U-Ivanchuk,V/Terrassa/1991/1/2-1/2/52/}) 13. Na4
d6 14. c5 d5 15. b4 $14 {Boensch,U-Lobron,E/Hannover/1991/})) (10... Rb8 11.
O-O b6 12. Rac1 (12. Nde4 {N} Nxe4 (12... Bb7 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bxb7 Rxb7 15.
Ne4 $14) 13. Bxe4 h6 (13... f5 14. Bg2 Bb7 15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. a3 Be7 17. Rad1
Qc8 18. Qd3 a6 19. Rd2 Rc7 20. Na4 Qb7 21. b4 b5 22. Nb2 bxc4 23. Nxc4 Qb5 24.
Nd6 Qxd3 25. Rxd3 Rb8 26. e4 fxe4 27. Nxe4 d5 28. Nd2 Rbc8 29. Re3 Kf7 30. Rfe1
Rc6 31. Nb3 {Kortschnoj,V-Gelfand,B (3)/Tilburg5.02 (30')/1992/0-1/80/}) 14.
Rad1 {/\ []b5} a6 $10 15. a3 Be7 16. Rd2 Qc7 17. Qd3 Rd8 18. Rfd1 d6 19. e3 {
/\ []e2-f4-h5} Bd7 $5 {[/\ b5]} 20. a4 Rbc8 21. b3 Be8 22. Ne2 b5 $1 $10 23.
axb5 axb5 24. cxb5 d5 25. Bg2 Qb6 26. Nd4 Bf6 27. Bf1 Rb8 28. e4 $1 Bxd4 29.
Qxd4 Bxb5 30. Bc4 $5 Qxd4 31. Rxd4 {Gurevich,M-Sax,G/Moscow GMA/1990/1/2-1/2/
33/}) (12. a3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qe7 16. Qf3 Rfc8 17.
Rac1 Rc7 18. Rc3 Rbc8 19. Rd3 d6 20. Nf1 Rxc4 21. Rxd6 Nd5 22. R6xd5 exd5 23.
Ne3 R4c5 24. b4 R5c6 25. Nxd5 Qe5 26. Ne3 Re6 27. Qb7 Rf8 28. Qxa7 f5 29. Rd2
f4 30. Nf1 fxg3 31. hxg3 {Chiong,L-King,D/Bern op/1992/0-1/33/}) 12... Bb7 13.
Qa4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Bxc3 15. Rxc3 Qc7 $10 {Yrjola,J-Andersson,U/Thessaloniki olm/
1988/}) 11. O-O (11. cxd5 $6 {N} exd5 12. O-O Bg4 13. Qd3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Rc8 15.
Rab1 b6 16. h3 Bh5 $2 17. f4 $1 h6 18. f5 Qc7 19. Rb4 $1 Ne4 {Finegold,
B-Winants,L/BEL/1991/}) 11... d4 (11... Bd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. a3 (13. Nxd5 $2
Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bh3 $17) 13... Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qb6 15. Qb3 Bb5 16. Rfe1 Qa6 (16...
Rfe8 17. e3 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Rac1 Rad8 20. Qb4 Bc6 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. b4 b5
$14 {Boensch,U-Palkovi,J/Stara Zagora zt/1990/}) 17. e3 Rac8 18. Rec1 $6 (18.
Rac1 $142 $14) 18... Rc6 $1 $10 19. Qb4 Rfc8 20. Rxc6 Qxc6 21. Re1 Qc5 22. Qxc5
Rxc5 23. Nf3 Kf8 $6 24. Nd4 Ba4 25. Bf1 g6 26. f3 $14 {Timman,J-Kortchnoi,V 
(01)/Brussels m/1991/1/2-1/2/}) 12. Nce4 e5 $1 (12... Nxe4 13. Bxe4 f5 (13...
Bxd2 14. Qxd2 $14 {Stempin,P}) 14. Bg2 e5 15. Bd5+ Kh8 $13) 13. c5 (13. Nxf6+
Qxf6 14. Ne4 Qg6 15. a3 Be7 16. b4 f5 17. Nd2 e4 18. Nb3 Bf6 19. Rad1 Rd8 20.
Rd2 Be6 21. Rfd1 Rac8 22. Nc5 Qf7 $15) (13. a3 Bxd2 (13... Be7 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6
15. b4 $14) (13... Nxe4 14. axb4 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Qe7 16. b5 Be6 17. b3 {/\Ra4})
14. Nxd2 Qe7 $10) 13... Bf5 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Be4 (15. Ne4 Qg6 16. a3 Bxc5 17.
Qxc5 Bxe4 18. Qxe5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rfe8 20. Qxd4 Rxe2 $10) 15... Bh3 16. Rfc1
Rac8 17. Bxb7 Rc7 18. Bf3 Bxc5 19. Ne4 Qb6 20. Bg2 Bf5 21. g4 Bg6 22. h4 Rfc8
23. Qb3 Qxb3 {Kortschnoj,V-Greenfeld,A/Beersheba/1992/1/2-1/2/23/}) 9... Nxc3 (
9... Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Nd4 $1 d5 $1 (11... Qxc3 $2 12. Qxc3 (12. Bxe4 Qxd4
13. Bg2 Qxa1 14. Bb2 Qxa2 15. Ra1 Qxa1+ 16. Bxa1 $13) 12... Nxc3 13. Ba3 Re8
14. Rfc1 Na4 15. Nb5) 12. cxd5 exd5 13. c4 Re8 14. cxd5 (14. Bb2 $6 dxc4 15.
Qxc4 Nd2 $17) 14... Qxd5 15. Bb2 Bd7 $132 16. f3 Rac8 17. Qd3 Nc5 18. Qd2 Na4
19. e4 Qd6 20. Rad1 Nxb2 21. Qxb2 Rc4 22. Rfe1 $2 Ba4 $15 23. Nb3 Qb6+ 24. Kh1
Rb4 25. Rd2 Nd7 $1 26. Qa1 Ne5 27. Nd4 Rd8 $2 28. Nf5 $1 Rxd2 29. Qxe5 Qf6 30.
Qc5 $1 Qb6 31. Qe5 {Vera,R-Adla,D/CUB/1992/1/2-1/2/}) 10. bxc3 Be7 (10... Bc5
11. Nd4 d6 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Qb3 Qc7 15. Rd1 Nd7 16. Ba3 Nc5 17.
Bxc5 dxc5 18. Rd2 Rb8 19. Rad1 b6 20. Qa4 g6 21. Rd6 Kg7 22. f4 Qe7 23. Qc2 e5
24. Qe4 Bf5 25. Qxe5+ Qxe5 26. fxe5 Rbe8 27. Kf2 Rxe5 28. Rd8 Be6 29. Rxf8 Kxf8
30. Bd5 Ke7 31. e4 {Wiedenkeller,M-Schneider,LA/SVE-ch/1992/1/2-1/2/38/}) 11.
e4 (11. Bf4 d6 12. c5 $5 dxc5 13. c4 Nd7 14. Rab1 Qe8 15. Bc7 Bd8 16. Bd6 Be7
17. Bc7 Bd8 18. Bd6 Be7 {Crouch,C-Polugaevsky,L/Hastings/1992/1/2-1/2/}) (11.
Nd4 Qc7 12. Qb3 d6 13. Ba3 Nd7 14. Nb5 Qb8 15. Rab1 a6 16. Nd4 Qc7 17. f4 Nf6
18. Rb2 d5 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Qb4 Qc7 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. f5 Re8 24.
f6 $10 {Ftacnik,L-Schlosser,P/Brno/1992/}) (11. Rb1 Qc7 12. Qd3 Rd8 13. Be3 d6
14. Nd4 Ng4 15. Nb5 Qb8 16. Bc1 a6 17. Nd4 Ne5 18. Qc2 Qc7 19. f4 Nxc4 20. f5
e5 21. Bd5 Nb6 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. f6 Bxf6 24. Qxh7 $17 {Doroshkievich,
V-Makarov,M/RSFSR-ch Kuibishev/1990/}) (11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Qd3 Rd8 (12... d6 13.
Ba3 $1) 13. Nd4 (13. Rb1 Rb8 $1 {/\ b6}) (13. a4 d5 $1 $10 (13... b6 $2 14. Bf4
$1 $16) (13... Rb8 $6 14. a5 $1)) 13... a6 14. e4 (14. Rb1 d5 $1 15. cxd5 Nxd5
$1 16. Nf5 $2 Bf6) 14... d6 15. Rb1 Rb8 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. Ba3 Ba4 18. Re1 Bf8 19.
f4 Nd7 20. Bb4 Rdc8 21. Bf1 b6 22. Rb2 b5 23. cxb5 a5 24. Ba3 $17 {Wilder,
M-Pinter,J/Dortmund/1988/0-1/49/}) 11... d6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Qc7 (13... Nd7
$6 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Bf4 Qc8 17. Bd6 $1 $14) 14. Qe2 (14. Bf4 $2 g5
) 14... Bd6 $5 (14... Nd7 15. Bf4 Nxe5 (15... Bd6 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. Bxd6 Qxd6
18. Bxb7 Rab8 19. Rfd1 (19. Rab1 Bc6 20. Rfd1 Qc5 21. Bxc6 Rxb1 22. Rxb1 Qxc6
23. Qe5 Qxc4 24. Rb8 $10 {Lobron,E-Rechlis,G/Bern zt/1990/1/2-1/2/33/}) 19...
Qc7 20. Be4 Bc8 21. Rd4 e5 22. Rd5 f5 23. Bg2 e4 24. Rad1 $16 {Gurevich,
M-Petursson,M/Reggio/1989/1-0/33/}) 16. Bxe5 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19.
Rab1 Rb8 20. Qe3 b6 21. c5 Bd7 (21... bxc5 22. Rxb8 Qxb8 23. Qxc5 Ba6 24. h4
$10 {Franco,Z-Vera,R/Barcelona (06)/1990/}) 22. Qd4 (22. cxb6 axb6 23. Rb4 (23.
Qd4 Bc6 24. Qd6 $10 {Bareev,E-Kortschnoj,V/Tilburg/1991/}) 23... b5 24. Be4 $10
{Gurevich,M-Lalic,B/Haifa EU-chT/1989/1/2-1/2/29/} (24. Rg4 e5 25. Rh4 Be6 26.
Be4 h6 {Finegold,B-Winants,L/Wijk-B/1992/1/2-1/2/}) 24... Bc6) 22... bxc5 23.
Qc4 Rb6 24. Rxb6 $15 {Kaidanov,G-Panchenko,A/Palma GMA-op (4)/1989/}) (14...
Ne8 15. Rd1 (15. Rb1 f6 16. Nf3 Nd6 17. Nd4 e5 18. Bd5+ Kh8 19. Ne6 Bxe6 20.
Bxe6 b6 21. f4 Nb7 22. Bd5 Rae8 23. fxe5 Bc5+ 24. Kg2 fxe5 25. Bg5 e4 26. Rxf8+
Bxf8 27. Rf1 Nd6 28. Be3 Be7 29. Bd4 Qd8 30. Qh5 Rf8 31. Qe5 {Vera,R-Ivanov,AV/
Linares NL/1992/1/2-1/2/81/}) 15... f6 16. Ng4 Nd6 17. Ba3 Re8 18. c5 Nf5 19.
Rd2 Rf8 20. Qc4 Rb8 21. Re1 Kh8 22. Rxe6 h5 23. Be4 Nd6 24. Qd5 $16 {Hertneck,
G-Wahls,M/BL 9293/1992/1-0/}) 15. Bf4 Ne8 $5 (15... g5 $2 16. c5 $1 (16. Ng4
Nxg4 17. Bxd6 $16) 16... Qxc5 17. Nd3 Qc7 18. Bxg5 $16) (15... Nd7 16. Nxd7
Bxd7 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Bxb7 Rab8 {cf. 14...Nfd7 15.Bf4 Bd6}) 16. Rab1 f6 $1 (
16... g5 17. c5 Qxc5 18. Nd3 Qa5 19. Be3 Rb8 20. c4 $36) 17. Nd3 Qxc4 18. Bxd6
(18. Bxb7 Rb8 (18... Bxb7 19. Rxb7 e5 $15) 19. Bxc8 Rxc8 $15) 18... Nxd6 19.
Rb4 Qc7 (19... Qxc3 $2 20. Rc1 Qa3 21. Rc7 $132) 20. Nf4 Re8 (20... Qxc3 21.
Rb3 Qc4 22. Qxc4 Nxc4 23. Bxb7 $15) (20... e5 $2 21. Bd5+ Kh8 22. Ng6+ hxg6 23.
Rh4#) 21. Rd1 a5 (21... Qxc3 22. Rbd4 Nf7 23. Nd5 Qa5 24. Rc1 $36) (21... e5 $2
22. Nd5 (22. Bd5+ $6 Nf7 (22... Kh8 23. Ng6+ hxg6 24. Rh4#) 23. Nh5 Kf8) 22...
Qc5 23. Qe3 $10) 22. Rbd4 Ra6 (22... Nf5 23. R4d3) 23. Qh5 $6 (23. Qd3 $1 Nf7
24. Qb5 Rf8 25. Rc4 $44) 23... Rf8 $17 24. g4 a4 $1 25. c4 (25. g5 Nf5 26. g6
h6 $17) 25... Nf7 (25... Ra5 26. Qxa5 $1 Qxa5 27. Rxd6 $44 Qe5 $2 28. Nxe6 Bxe6
29. Rxe6 Qxe6 30. Bd5) 26. h4 Ra5 (26... g6 $2 27. Nxg6 hxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kh8 29.
Qxf6+ $40) (26... e5 $1 27. Nd5 $5 (27. Bd5 f5 $1 28. gxf5 Rh6) 27... Qc5 28.
Be4 f5 $1 29. gxf5 Rh6 $1 $19 (29... exd4 $2 30. f6 $1)) 27. g5 Rf5 $1 28. Nh3
g6 $5 (28... e5 $5 29. R4d2 g6 30. Qe2 fxg5 31. Be4 gxh4 32. Bxf5 Bxf5 $16) 29.
Qe2 (29. Qg4 e5 30. Qg3 fxg5 31. hxg5 Qe7 $17) 29... fxg5 30. h5 Kg7 31. Be4
Rf6 32. Qg4 gxh5 (32... e5 $2 33. Rd7 Bxd7 34. Rxd7 Qxc4 (34... gxh5 $4 35.
Qxh5 $18) 35. Nxg5 $13) 33. Qxh5 Rh6 34. Qg4 Rh4 (34... e5 $2 35. Rd7 $1) 35.
Qg2 e5 36. R4d3 (36. Nxg5 Rg4 $19) 36... g4 37. f4 exf4 38. Rd5 Qb6+ 39. c5 Qf6
0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2011.12.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 {The queen move to c2 has become the main
response to the Nimzo-Indian Defence. White is ready to recapture on c3 with
the queen investing quite a lot of time.} c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6
8. e4 Nc6 {Black is definitely not behind in the development of pieces and
would love to use his mobility for generating counterplay.} (8... Ng4 9. Bg5
Qc7 10. Bh4 Ba6 11. Rd1 Bd6 12. Be2 Ne5 13. Nd4 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. Ndb5 Bb4
16. axb4 Nbc6 17. Qe2 Qxb4 18. O-O $18 {1-0 Ivanisevic,I (2550)-Jeremic,V 
(2490)/Topola 2004 (47)}) (8... Bb7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Rd1 Nh5 12. Bxe7
Qxe7 13. g3 Nc6 14. Bg2 Nf6 15. O-O d6 16. Rfe1 Rac8 17. b3 Rfd8 18. Qb2 a6 19.
h3 Qc7 20. Re3 $11 {0-1 Krasenkow,M (2672)-Markus,R (2584)/Warsaw 2005 (67)})
9. b4 $5 {The older moves have not fared especially well, as the first player
can hope to benefit only from his relative space advantage.} (9. Bd3 Ng4 10.
O-O Qc7 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. h3 Nge5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Be2 a6 15. Nc3 Qc7 16. Kh1
Bb7 17. f4 Nc6 18. Bd3 Nd4 19. Qd1 f5 20. b4 Be7 $15 {1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A 
(2747)-Jakovenko,D (2671)/Pamplona 2006 (114)}) (9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 e5 11. Be2
a5 12. Rd1 Re8 13. Nd5 g5 14. Bg3 d6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Qb1 Be6 17. h4 g4 18.
Nd2 a4 19. h5 Kh8 20. Nf1 Nd4 $15 {0-1 Likavsky,T (2478)-Dydyshko,V (2581)/
Cartak 2004 (49)}) 9... Nd4 {Vitiugov is taking the risk of opening the g-file
against his own king, since the opponent will pay the price in the form of a
damaged pawn structure. Should the concept prove to be too risky Black may
also try the interesting natural retreat of the bishop to d6.} (9... Bd6 10.
Bb2 Bb7 11. Nb5 Bb8 12. Bd3 Ng4 13. O-O $13) 10. Qd2 (10. Qd3 Nxf3+ 11. gxf3
Be7 12. e5 Ne8 13. Rg1 Bb7 14. Ne4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 a5 16. b5 f5 17. Qe2 Rc8 18.
Bb2 Bc5 19. Rd1 Rf7 20. f4 $11 {1-0 Marcetic,N (2295)-Cabrilo,G (2475)/
Mataruska Banja 1997 (37)}) 10... Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 Be7 12. Rg1 (12. e5 $6 Ne8 13.
Bb2 Bb7 $15) 12... Kh8 {The corner square for the king may not be very
desirable, but the defender does not want to weaken the a1-h8 diagonal with
the timely move ...g7-g6.} (12... a5 $5 13. b5 (13. Bb2 $2 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1+
15. Bxa1 Bxb4 16. Qg5 g6 17. e5 d5 18. exf6 d4 $17) 13... Qc7 14. Na4 Rb8 15.
Bb2 g6 $11) 13. Bb2 a5 14. b5 d6 15. O-O-O Rg8 {Prevention is definitely
better than cure, especially in the light of the failure in the event of the
natural move 15...Qc7?} (15... Qc7 $2 16. Rxg7 $1 Kxg7 17. Nd5 exd5 18. Qg5+
Kh8 19. Bxf6+ Bxf6 20. Qxf6+ Kg8 21. Bd3 Re8 22. exd5 Bh3 23. Rg1+ Kf8 24. Kb1
$18) 16. Kb1 Bb7 (16... a4 17. f4 Qc7 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Rd8 20. Qe2 Rxd1+
21. Nxd1 $16) 17. h4 {Storming the enemy barricades with the help of pawns is
a slow, but rather sure method. Morozevich might have focused his attention
also on the b6-square weakness.} (17. Na4 Nd7 18. Qf4 Qe8 19. Qe3 Qd8 20. Bd4
Rb8 $13) 17... Qc7 18. h5 h6 (18... Nxh5 19. Na4 (19. Rh1 Nf6 20. Na4 e5 21.
Qe3 Bd8 $11) 19... Nf6 20. Qd4 Nd7 21. Rxg7 e5 22. Rxg8+ Rxg8 23. Qe3 Rg1 24.
Nc3 $11) 19. Na4 e5 20. Qe3 Bd8 {Black is playing like a smart fox, since in
the event of the more natural 20...Nd7 White would not have to worry about the
defence of the e4-pawn.} (20... Nxh5 $2 21. Qxb6 Qxb6 22. Nxb6 $16) (20... Nd7
21. f4 (21. Bh3 Qxc4 22. Bxd7 Qxa4 23. Qxb6 Rab8 $15) 21... Rge8 22. f3 $11)
21. Bd3 Nd7 (21... Nxh5 22. Rh1 Nf6 23. f4 $14) 22. f4 Bf6 (22... exf4 23. Qxf4
Ne5 (23... Bg5 $2 24. Rxg5 hxg5 25. Qxf7 Raf8 26. Qe7 Qd8 27. Qxd6 $18) 24. Qe3
$14) 23. fxe5 Bxe5 {The defender was well advised to worry about White's
aggressive intentions. He could have damped them reasonably well with the help
of recapturing with the pawn.} (23... dxe5 $5 24. Nc3 Bg5 25. Qf3 Nc5 26. Nd5
Bxd5 27. exd5 Nxd3 28. Qxd3 Qd6 $11) 24. Bxe5 Nxe5 (24... dxe5 25. Be2 Rad8 26.
Kb2 $14) 25. Nxb6 (25. Qxb6 Qxb6 26. Nxb6 Nxd3 27. Nxa8 Nxf2 28. Nc7 Nxd1 29.
Rxd1 Bxe4+ 30. Kb2 $16) 25... Rae8 (25... Nxd3 26. Rxd3 (26. Nxa8 $2 Qxc4 27.
Rxd3 Bxe4 $19) 26... Rae8 27. f3 f5 28. Rd2 fxe4 29. f4 $14) 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27.
exd5 $6 {Many fine games live with the blemish of at least one weak spot. Both
players have believed, that the white pawn on c4 is nearly untouchable. With
hindsight it seems to have been a curious delusion.} (27. cxd5 Nxd3 28. Qxd3
Qc5 29. Rd2 Rb8 30. Rb2 Rgc8 31. Ka2 $16) 27... Nxd3 $2 (27... Nxc4 $1 28. Qc1
Rc8 29. Rge1 Qc5 30. Qxc4 Qxc4 31. Bxc4 Rxc4 32. Rc1 Rd4 33. Red1 Rxd1 34. Rxd1
Rb8 35. a4 g6 $14) 28. Qxd3 Re5 {[%mdl 2048] Black needs to generate
counterplay, otherwise White will find a way to advance his dangerous passed
pawns on the queenside.} (28... Qc5 29. Rd2 Re5 30. Ka2 Rxh5 31. Qd4 Qxd4 32.
Rxd4 Rf5 33. f4 $16) 29. Rde1 Rxh5 (29... Rge8 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. Qd4 f6 32. b6
Qe7 33. Ka1 $18) 30. Qd4 Qc8 (30... Rh3 31. Ka2 Qd7 32. Re3 Rxe3 33. fxe3 f6
34. b6 $16) 31. Kb2 Kh7 {Black is hoping to use the curious form of inner
symmetry in the position. He has two passed pawns on the kingside, but his
king needs much better protection against the annoying enemy pieces.} (31...
Qd7 32. Re4 f6 33. Rge1 Re5 34. f4 $16) 32. Re7 Rf5 (32... Qf5 33. Rg4 g5 34.
Qe4 Qxe4 35. Rgxe4 Kg7 36. Re3 $1 $16) 33. f4 (33. b6 Rf3 34. Rg3 Qf5 35. Rxf3
Qxf3 36. b7 h5 37. Kc2 Qxa3 38. Qe4+ Kh8 39. Rxf7 $16) 33... g5 $6 (33... Rf6
34. b6 Qh3 35. b7 a4 36. Qd1 $16) 34. fxg5 $6 {Morozevich is generous and does
not try to punish his opponent for the brave advance of the g-pawn. Pinning
the rook along the b1-h7 diagonal would have put Black on the losing edge.} (
34. Qe4 $1 Kg7 (34... Rg6 35. fxg5 hxg5 36. Rh1+ Kg7 37. Re8 $18) 35. b6 Qd8
36. Qxf5 Qxe7 37. fxg5 $18) 34... Rgxg5 (34... hxg5 35. b6 Qd8 36. Qe3 Kg6 37.
b7 $18) 35. Rge1 Rg4 (35... Rg3 36. R1e3 Rf2+ 37. Kb3 Rg4 38. Re8 $18) 36. Qd3
Kg7 37. Qc3+ {White seems to be winning, but he must take a great care in
order to tame the dangerous pair of black rooks.} (37. R1e2 Rf1 38. b6 Qc5 39.
b7 Qb6+ 40. Ka2 Rgg1 41. Qc3+ Kg6 42. Qb2 $16) 37... Kg6 (37... Rf6 38. Rf1
Rgg6 39. Re2 $18) (37... Kh7 38. b6 Rf2+ (38... Rxc4 39. Qd3) 39. Ka1 Rgg2 40.
Qd3+ Kg7 41. R7e2 Rxe2 42. Rxe2 Rxe2 43. Qxe2 Kf8 44. Qb2 $18) 38. b6 Qc5 $2 {
Time trouble has already caused lot of sorrow in the history of chess.
Vitiugov is activating his queen in order to breathe down the neck of the
white king. In the tragic twist for him White will be able to sacrifice his 
(old) queen!} (38... Rf2+ 39. Ka1 Rgg2 40. b7 Qb8 41. Qd3+ Kg7 42. Qd4+ Kg6 43.
Rh1 h5 44. Kb1 $16) 39. b7 Rg2+ (39... Qa7 40. Qh8 Rg2+ 41. Ka1 Qf2 42. Qg8+
Kh5 43. Rh1+ Rh2 44. Rxh2+ Qxh2 45. b8=Q $18) (39... Rxc4 40. b8=Q $1) 40. Ka1
Rf3 41. b8=Q $1 {In the end it becomes clear, that the black pieces have come
to show their strength simply too late.} (41. b8=Q $1 Rxc3 (41... Qxa3+ 42.
Qxa3 Rxa3+ 43. Kb1 $18) 42. Qg8+ Kh5 43. Rh1+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9293"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Crouch, Colin S"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5 8.
Bg2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bf4 Nce4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Qa4 Be7 13. Rfd1 Qc8 14. Ne5
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Rd8 16. Bg5 a6 $1 17. Bxf6 b5 18. cxb5 Bxf6 19. Nf3 Bxb2 20. Rab1
axb5 21. Qxb5 Bf6 22. a4 Qc2 23. a5 Qa2 24. Ne5 $1 Bxe5 (24... Rxa5 25. Qxd7 $1
) 25. Qxe5 Rxa5 $4 (25... Qxa5 26. Qxa5 Rxa5 27. Rxd7 $10) 26. Rxd7 $4 (26. Rb8
$1 Ra8 27. Ra1 $3 Qxa1 (27... Rdxb8 28. Rxa2 $18) 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Qxa1)
26... Rf8 27. Rb2 Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Yevgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Barrage 30'} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7.
b4 Be7 8. Bb2 (8. Nf3 d5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Bb2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qc7 12. Ba2 Bd7 13.
Ne2 Rac8 14. Rc1 Qb6 15. Qb1 a5 16. Ng5 e5 17. Ng3 axb4 18. Nh5 g6 19. Nxf6+
Bxf6 20. Ne4 Be7 21. Ba1 Bf5 22. O-O Qa5 23. Rfd1 Qxa3 24. Bd5 Rfd8 25. h3 Rxd5
26. Rxd5 $19 {Jimenez,FJ-Rodrigues,M/ESP-ch/1991/}) 8... d6 (8... a5 9. b5 d5
10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nf3 Nb6 13. Be2 (13. Bd3 Be6 14. O-O Rc8 15. Rac1
Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Ne5 Rc8 18. Qd3 Qd6 19. f4 Rfd8 20. Na4 Ne4 21. Rxc8 Bxc8
22. Rc1 Be6 23. Qd4 Bf6 24. Qb6 Qxb6 25. Nxb6 {0,5/Skomorokhin,V-Terentiev,V/
URS-sf Voronez/1991/}) 13... Be6 14. O-O Rc8 15. Qb1 Bc5 16. Qd1 Bf5 17. Nh4
Be6 {0,5/Kuzmin,G-Ljubojevic,L/Riga izt/1979/}) 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. e4 b6 11. Be2
Bb7 12. O-O a6 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. Nd2 Rfe8 16. Kh1 (16. f4 d5 17.
e5 d4 $1 18. Nce4 (18. exf6 dxc3 19. Bxc3 Bxf6 $17) 18... Nd5 $17) 16... Qb8 (
16... d5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Qa4 $1 $14) 17. Qd3 Bd8 18. f4 Bc7 19. Qg3 Qa8 (
19... e5 20. f5 $14) 20. Bd3 Nf8 21. Ne2 (21. Nb5 axb5 22. Bxf6 Ng6 23. Bb2
bxc4 24. Rxc4 e5 (24... d5 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. f5 $1) 25. f5 Nf4 $132) 21... e5
22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Nc3 Nh5 24. Qe3 Nf4 25. Bf1 N8g6 (25... a5 26. Nd5 axb4 27.
axb4 $14) 26. Nd5 Qa7 27. g3 Ne6 28. Bh3 Qb8 29. Nf3 Rcd8 30. Kg1 Bc8 31. Bg2
Bd7 32. h4 (32. c5 bxc5 33. Nxc7 Qxc7 34. bxc5 Bc6 $13) 32... h5 33. Rd3 Ba4
34. Bh3 Nd4 $6 35. Nxd4 exd4 36. Bxd4 Bc6 37. Rdc3 Bxd5 (37... Be5 38. Kg2 $16
(38. Bxb6 Bxc3 39. Bxd8 Bd4 40. Qxd4 Qxg3+ 41. Bg2 Bxd5 42. Qc3 $14)) 38. cxd5
Be5 39. Bf1 b5 40. Be2 Bxd4 41. Qxd4 Re5 42. Kg2 Rde8 43. Bf3 Qd8 44. d6 Nf8
45. Rc8 Qd7 46. Rxe8 Rxe8 47. Bxh5 Rd8 48. e5 Qe6 49. Bg4 (49. Rf1 $18) 49...
Qa2+ 50. Kh3 Qxa3 51. Ra1 Qb3 52. Rxa6 Ne6 53. Qf2 Qd5 (53... Qxb4 54. Ra7 Rf8
55. Rxf7 $18) 54. Qe1 Nd4 55. d7 Rxd7 (55... Nc2 56. Qd1 Nxb4 57. Qxd5 Nxd5 58.
e6 Kf8 59. exf7 Nf6 60. Be6 Ke7 61. Bb3 $16) 56. Bxd7 Qxd7+ 57. e6 Qb7 (57...
Nxe6 58. Ra8+ Kh7 59. Qe4+ g6 60. g4 $16) 58. Ra1 (58. e7 Qc8+ 59. g4 Ne6 60.
Rd6 $18) 58... Qd5 59. Qc3 (59. e7 Qf5+ 60. g4 Qf3+ 61. Qg3 $18) 59... Ne2 60.
Qe3 Qc4 61. Rf1 Nd4 62. Rf4 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.05.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1994.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 Nxc5 9. e3 a5 10. b3 d6 11. Nd2 (11. Be2 e5 12. O-O Nfe4 13. Qc2 f5 $132)
11... b6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O e5 14. f3 Qe7 15. Bb2 Rfc8 16. e4 (16. Rac1 b5 $5
17. cxb5 Nd5 18. Qc2 Nxe3 $19) 16... a4 17. b4 Ne6 18. Qe3 $6 (18. Rfe1 Nf4 19.
Bf1) 18... Nf4 19. Bd1 $2 (19. Rfe1 N6d5 $140 $2 20. exd5 Qg5 21. Bf1 $18)
19... N6d5 $3 20. exd5 Qg5 21. Kf2 $8 (21. g3 Nh3+) 21... Qh4+ 22. Kg1 (22. g3
Qxh2+ 23. Ke1 Ng2+ $19) 22... Qg5 23. Kf2 Qh4+ $6 $138 (23... Qxg2+ $1 24. Ke1
Qxh2 25. Rf2 (25. Rg1 b5 $1 (25... Nh3 $5 26. Rf1 Qg3+ 27. Rf2 (27. Ke2 Nf4+)
27... Qg1+ 28. Nf1 Qxf2+ 29. Qxf2 Nxf2 30. Kxf2 Rxc4 31. Ne3 Rc7 32. Be2 $17)
26. c5 Bxd5 27. cxd6 f6 $17) 25... Qg1+ 26. Nf1 Rxc4 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qa5 (9... Be7 10. e4 $1) (9... Bd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nxd5 $14) 10.
Bd2 Qc7 (10... dxc4 11. Na4 Qb5 12. e3) (10... Qd8 11. Bg5) 11. cxd5 Ne7 (11...
exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxc5 Be6 14. e4 $14) 12. Bg5 $5 (12. Na4 b6 13. Nxc5 (
13. b4 Bd6 14. Qxc7 Bxc7 15. dxe6 Bxe6 $44) 13... bxc5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 $44) 12...
Nexd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. e4 Nb6 15. Kb1 Bd7 16. Rc1 Rfc8 (16... Rac8 $2 17. Be7
$1) 17. b4 Bd6 18. Qd3 Qb8 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. Bf4 Bc7 $8 21. Be2 (21. e5 Nd5
22. Ng5 g6 23. Qh3 h5 24. Qf3 f6 $1) 21... Bd7 22. Bxc7 Qxc7 23. Rc1 Qd8 24.
Ne5 Be8 25. Qxd8 Rxd8 26. Rc7 f6 (26... Rd2 27. Bh5 $1 Rxf2 28. Rxb7 $16 Rxg2
$140 29. Bxf7+ $1 Bxf7 30. Rb8+) 27. Nc4 Bb5 (27... Rc8 $10) 28. Kc2 Rc8 29.
Rxc8+ Nxc8 30. e5 $4 fxe5 31. Kc3 Kf8 32. Bd3 (32. Bf3 Bxc4 33. Kxc4 Ke7 34.
Kc5 Nd6 $17) 32... Bxc4 33. Kxc4 h6 34. a4 Ke7 35. a5 Kd7 36. Bc2 Nd6+ 37. Kd3
(37. Kc5 Kc7 38. b5 b6+ 39. axb6+ axb6+ 40. Kb4 Nf5 $17) 37... Nf5 38. Kc4 Nd6+
39. Kd3 b6 40. axb6 axb6 41. Bd1 Ke7 42. g3 Ne8 43. Kc4 Nc7 44. h4 Kd6 45. Bc2
b5+ 46. Kc3 Kd5 47. f3 (47. Bd3 e4 48. Bf1 Ke5 49. Be2 g5 50. hxg5 hxg5 51. Bf1
e3 52. fxe3 Ke4 53. Kd2 Kf3 54. Kd3 Kxg3 55. Ke4 $132) 47... Kd6 48. Bd3 Nd5+
49. Kb3 Kc6 50. Bg6 Ne7 51. Be8+ Kb6 52. g4 (52. Bf7 Nf5 53. Kc3 Nxg3 54. Bxe6
Ne2+ $19) 52... Nd5 53. Bd7 Nf4 54. h5 $2 (54. Kc3 $1 Ne2+ 55. Kd3 Nd4 56. Ke4
Kc7 57. Kxe5 $1 Nxf3+ 58. Kxe6) 54... Ne2 $1 55. Kc2 Kc7 56. Be8 Kd6 57. Kd3
Nd4 (57... Nf4+ 58. Kc3 (58. Ke4 Nd5 $1 $19)) 58. Ke3 Kd5 59. Kd3 Nxf3 60. Bxb5
Nh2 61. Ba6 Nxg4 62. Bb7+ 0-1

[Event "Gausdal Jubilee"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Black "Gruenfeld, Yehuda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1982.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Bf4 Na6 7. a3 (7. Bd6
Re8 8. a3 Qa5 (8... Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Ne4 10. Qd4 Qa5+ 11. b4 Nxb4 12. axb4 Qxb4+
13. Kd1 Nxf2+ 14. Kc2 $13) 9. Rc1 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 11. Rxc3 Ne4 12. Rc1
Naxc5 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. b4 Ne4 15. e3 $10) 7... Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Nxc5 9. b4 (9.
Rd1 d5 10. f3 Bd7 11. e3 Rc8 $17 {Hort,V-Ivkov,B/Petropolis izt/1973/0:1/27/})
(9. e3 d6 10. f3 e5 11. Bg3 a5 $17 {Ungureanu,E-Gipslis,A/Lublin/1972/0:1/19/})
(9. f3 d5 10. e3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bd7 12. Bd6 Na4 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Ne2 Bc6 15. b3
Nb6 $10 {Marovic,D-Ivkov,B/Malaga/1968/}) 9... Nfe4 10. Qd4 Nb3 11. Qxe4 Nxa1
12. Be5 (12. Qb1 $2 a5 $17 (12... Qf6 13. Bc1 $13)) 12... a5 13. Bxa1 axb4 14.
Qd4 Qg5 $5 (14... f6 15. axb4 d5 16. e3 e5 (16... dxc4 $6 17. Bxc4 Qc7 18. Bb2
Rd8 19. Qc3 $1 $16 {Tatai}) 17. Qd1 Be6 18. c5 $1 (18. cxd5 $2 Qxd5 $1 $19)
18... b6 19. Bc3 $1 bxc5 20. bxc5 Qc7 21. Bd3 Qxc5 22. Ne2 $10 {Poulsen,
A-Tatai,S/Dortmund/1981/1/2-1/2/39/}) (14... Qf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 $13 {Salov}) 15.
f4 Qg6 $13 16. f5 $1 Qh6 $6 (16... exf5 17. axb4 $13) (16... Qf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6
$13) 17. g4 f6 (17... d5 18. Nf3 $5 (18. cxd5 exf5 $13) 18... exf5 19. g5 Qg6
20. Rg1 Rxa3 21. Bb2 $1 (21. Nh4 Rxa1+ 22. Qxa1 Qh5 23. Qd4 b3 $44) 21... Rc3
22. Bxc3 bxc3 23. Qxc3 $16) (17... Rxa3 18. Bb2 $1 $36 {P f3}) 18. Nf3 Rxa3 $6
(18... e5 19. Qd5+ Kh8 20. g5 $5 fxg5 21. Nxe5 Rxa3 22. Bb2 $1 $16) (18... exf5
$5 19. gxf5 d6 $132) 19. Bb2 Rb3 $6 (19... Ra2 $5 20. c5 $5 $36 {P e3, c4 <->
h6} (20. h4 e5 21. Qd5+ Kh8 22. g5 Qh5 23. gxf6 gxf6 24. Bxe5 Qxf5 $13)) (19...
exf5 $5 20. Bxa3 bxa3 $44) 20. Nd2 $1 $16 Re3 21. h4 Re5 22. Nf3 Ra5 23. g5 Qh5
24. Rg1 e5 $6 (24... Rxf5 25. gxf6 R5xf6 (25... R8xf6 26. Bh3 Rf4 27. Rxg7+ $1
$18) 26. Rg5 $16) 25. Qd6 Ra6 26. Qd5+ Qf7 (26... Kh8 27. gxf6 gxf6 28. Nxe5
$16) 27. gxf6 $18 Qxd5 28. cxd5 d6 (28... Rfxf6 29. e4 $1 Ra2 30. Bxe5 Rf7 31.
Bc4 Rc2 32. Bb3 Rc1+ 33. Kf2 Rxg1 34. Kxg1 $18) (28... Raxf6 29. Bxe5 Rxf5 30.
Rxg7+ Kh8 31. Rg3+ $18) 29. Rxg7+ Kh8 30. e4 Ra2 (30... Rxf6 31. Rc7 $18) 31.
Rg2 b3 $6 (31... Bd7 32. Bc4 $18) 32. Bc4 Rf7 (32... Rxf6 33. Bxb3 Ra8 34. Nxe5
$18) 33. Bxb3 Ra5 (33... Ra8 34. Nxe5 $1 dxe5 35. d6 Rf8 36. f7 $18) 34. Rc2 $2
(34. Nxe5 $1 dxe5 35. d6 Rf8 36. f7 $18) 34... Bd7 35. Rc7 Rb5 36. Rxd7 $1 Rxd7
37. Ba4 Rxb2 38. Bxd7 h6 (38... b5 39. Ng5 h6 40. Ne6 Kg8 41. Be8 $18) 39. h5 {
P h4} Rb4 40. Kf2 Rxe4 41. Kg3 {P h4} Re3 42. Kf2 Re4 (42... Rd3 43. Nh4 $1 $18
) 43. Nd2 Rh4 (43... Rd4 44. Ke3 Rxd5 45. f7 Kg7 46. Be6 Rd4 47. Ne4 $18 {
P f6-d7}) 44. Kf3 b5 (44... Rxh5 45. Ne4 $18) (44... Rd4 45. Ne4 Rxd5 46. f7
Kg7 47. Be6 Rd3+ 48. Ke2 $18 {P f6-d7}) 45. Bxb5 Rf4+ (45... Rxh5 46. Bd7 $18 {
P e4}) 46. Ke3 Rxf5 47. Ne4 Kg8 48. Be8 Kf8 49. Bg6 Rf1 50. Nxd6 Rxf6 51. Nf5
Ra6 52. Ke4 Rb6 53. Kxe5 Ra6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.10.03"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[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 "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bf4
Bb7 (8... Nh5 $5 {It's main line.You can see annotations to Gershon,A-Macieja,
B/Bermuda,2003/CBM 94(1-0)(Golod,V)(62)}) 9. Rd1 ({Is a possible continuation
of the play:} 9. e3 $5 {See comments to Maksimenko,A-Ovsejevitsch,S/Nikolaev,
1993/CBM 35(1-0)(Belov)(35)}) 9... Nc6 $5 ({From my point of view,it was
dubiously:} 9... Bxf3 $6 {You can see comments to Ivanchuk,V-Zvjaginsev,V/
Elista,1998/CBM 65(1-0)(Gershon,A)(26)}) ({Also were checked up in previous
games:} 9... Nh5 $5 {9...a6; 9...d5?!; 9...Qc8; 9...Ng4?! and 9...Be7.}) 10. e4
{It was checked in the previous games:} (10. e3 $5 {You can see annotations to
game: Lalic,B-Motwani,P/Hastings,1996/CBM 57(1/2-1/2) (Alterman,B)(24)}) (10.
b4) ({and} 10. h3 $5 {[%csl Yh2,Yh3][%cal Yh3g4,Yf4h2]}) 10... Ne7 $5 {[%csl
Ye7,Rf4][%cal Ye7g6] Usually the games,which have reached this position were
continued as follows:} (10... Ng4 {See comments to Lautier,J-Wahls,M/
Baden-Baden,1992/CBM 33(1-0)(Ftacnik,L)(37)}) (10... Nh5 $5) (10... Rc8) ({or:
} 10... e5 $5 {[%csl Re1,Re4]}) 11. h3 $146 {[%csl Yf4][%cal Yf4h2] White want
to keep the bishop.} ({Also were checked in the preceding game:} 11. Be2 Ng6
12. Bg3 (12. Bc1 $143 a6 13. O-O Qc7 14. Nd4 Rac8 15. Kh1 Rfe8 16. f4 $6 Bxd4
17. Rxd4 e5 $1 18. fxe5 Qxe5 $15 {[%csl Rd4,Re4] Krush,I-Serper,G/Seattle,2003
(1/2-1/2)(57)}) 12... Nh5 {[%csl Rg3]} 13. Qd2 (13. Bd6 Bxd6 14. Rxd6 Qe7 $11)
13... Nxg3 (13... Bc6 $143 14. Nd4 (14. b4 $5) 14... Nxg3 15. hxg3 Qf6 16. b4
Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 $14 {Ivanov,Se-Serper,G/Azov,1991(1/2-1/2)(40)})
14. hxg3 Bc6 15. Rh5 Qb8 16. Kf1 Rd8 $11 {Suba-Grunberg,HU/Sochi,1983(26)(0-1)}
) 11... Ng6 12. Bh2 Nh5 {[%csl Rf4]} 13. Qd2 Nf6 $1 {[%csl Re4] Sometimes it
is desirable to repeat the moves.} 14. Qc2 {Besides this move,White has three
principales moves:} (14. Bd3 $6 d5 $1 15. exd5 exd5 $11 {[%csl Re1]} 16. Bxg6
$140 $6 hxg6 17. cxd5 Re8+ $36) (14. e5 $5 Ne4 {[%csl Rd2,Rf2]} (14... Bxf3 $2
15. gxf3 Nh5 16. b4 Be7 17. f4 $1 {[%csl Rd7,Rh5][%cal Gf1e2]}) 15. Nxe4 Bxe4
16. Be2 (16. Qxd7 $6 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qh4 {[%csl Rf2]} 18. Bg3 Qh5 $36 {[%csl Re5,
Rf3]}) 16... a5 17. O-O {+/=/=}) (14. b4 {The same position has met in ours
game,after 16.b4.}) 14... Nh5 15. Qd2 {Evgeny Bareev decided to continue the
game and to not repeat moves.} Nf6 16. b4 {In my opinion,it's discrepancy,
which allows to improve a position of the Black's pieces.} ({Can be
recommended:} 16. e5 {(see comments to 14.e5)}) 16... Be7 17. Bd3 {White had
no other worthy alternative:} (17. e5 $6 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Be2 (19. Qxd7 $6
a5 $36 {[%csl Ra3,Rb4]}) 19... a5 20. O-O axb4 21. axb4 Qc7 $11) 17... a5 $1 {
[%csl Ra3,Rb4] Now Black has,as a minimum,an equal position.} 18. Qb2 ({
Leads to favourable complications for Black:} 18. e5 $2 axb4 19. axb4 (19. exf6
$2 bxc3 {[%csl Rd2,Re1][%cal Gc3d2]}) 19... Bxb4 $1 20. Qb2 (20. exf6 $2 Qxf6
$19 {[%csl Ga8,Gb4,Rc3,Gf6][%cal Ga8a3]}) (20. Bxg6 $2 fxg6 21. exf6 Bxf3 {
[%csl Rc3][%cal Gd8f6,Ga8a3]} 22. fxg7 Bxd1 23. gxf8=Q+ Qxf8 {[%csl Ga8,Rh1]
[%cal Ga8a1]} 24. O-O Bb3 $19) 20... Bxc3+ 21. Qxc3 Ne4 {=/+/-/+}) 18... Nh5 {
[%csl Rf4][%cal Gh5f4] And,nevertheless Black's knight will penetrate on point
"f4".} 19. O-O Nhf4 20. Rfe1 {White continue to play without the concrete plan.
} (20. Ne5 $5 Nxe5 21. Bxf4 axb4 22. axb4 Bf6 $11 (22... Nxd3 $2 23. Rxd3 $14 {
[%csl Rd7][%cal Yb2b3,Gf1d1]})) 20... axb4 21. axb4 f5 $1 {[%csl Yd3,Re4][%cal
Gf4d3,Yd3e4] All Black's pieces have occupied ideal positions and are ready to
opening a position.} 22. Nd4 $2 {It was necessary to play on the equation of a
position:} (22. Re3 $5 {[%csl Ye3][%cal Ye3d3,Ye3f3]}) 22... Nxd3 23. Rxd3 {
[%csl Rd8][%cal Gd4e6]} Qc8 {[%csl Rc4] The game of Black corresponds to the
requirements of a position.} 24. Ndb5 ({It was weakly:} 24. Qb3 $2 {because of:
} fxe4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 $140 Qxc4 $1 {[%csl Rg1]} (26... Ra1+ $5 27. Rd1
Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Qxc4 $17) 27. Qxc4 Ra1+ 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Qf1 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Rc8
{-/+/-+} (30... Bxb4 $2 31. Nxe6 $11 {[%csl Rb4,Rf8]})) (24. exf5 $143 Qxc4 $17
{[%csl Rd3][%cal Ge6f5]}) 24... fxe4 25. Nd6 (25. Nxe4 {is refuted by:} Qxc4
$19 {[%csl Rb5,Gb7,Gc4,Rd3,Re4]}) {[%tqu "En","Please enter the best move for
Black.","","","e4d3","Black have calculated precisely all consequences of this
move.",10,"e7d6","",0]} 25... exd3 $3 {Black have calculated precisely all
consequences of this move.} (25... Bxd6 $143 26. Rxd6 {[%csl Rb6,Rd7,Re4]} Qxc4
27. Rxd7 {[%csl Gb2,Gd7,Rg7]} Rf7 {=/=/+}) 26. Nxc8 Raxc8 {[%csl Rc4]} 27. Qd2
{White can not simultaneously protect all weaknesses:} (27. Qb3 Nf4 28. Ra1 (
28. Bxf4 Rxf4 {[%csl Rc4]}) 28... Nxg2 29. Ra7 Bc6 30. b5 Bf3 31. Rxd7 Bc5 $36
{[%csl Rb3,Gf8,Rg1][%cal Gc5f2,Yf3d1]}) 27... Bxb4 28. Qxd3 Nh4 $1 $17 {
[%csl Gb7,Rg2,Gh4][%mdl 1024] This move a little bit better,than:} (28... Ba6 {
[%csl Rc4]} 29. Bd6 Bxc4 30. Qg3 Bxc3 31. Qxc3 Rf5 $17) 29. Rb1 {Is very
difficult to give good advice for White.} ({Leads to hopeless position:} 29. f3
$2 Nxf3+ $1 30. gxf3 Rxf3 $19 31. Qxd7 $140 $2 Bc5+ {[%csl Gb7,Yc5,Rd7,Rg1]
[%cal Gf3f7]} 32. Kg2 Rf2+ $1 (32... Rf7+ 33. Qxb7 Rxb7 $19) 33. Kg3 (33. Kg1
$144 Rg2+ 34. Kf1 (34. Kh1 Rg1#) 34... Rf8+) 33... Rg2+ 34. Kf4 (34. Kh4 g5+
35. Kh5 Bf3+ 36. Kh6 Bf8+) 34... Rf8+ 35. Ke5 Rg5+ 36. Kxe6 Rf6#) ({After:} 29.
Rc1 {immediately wins a game the following move:} Bxg2 $3 (29... Bc5 $6 30. Bg3
Nf5 31. Bf4 $15) (29... Nxg2 $143 30. Qxd7 (30. Ne4 $2 Nh4 31. Qxd7 Nf3+ 32.
Kg2 Bc6 $1 33. Qxe6+ $140 Kh8 $19 {[%csl Re4,Re6,Rg2]}) 30... Rf7 31. Qxe6 Nh4
32. Nd5 $15 {[%csl Yd5]}) 30. Bg3 $140 Bc6 $1 31. Bxh4 Rf3 {[%csl Rc3,Rg1,Rh4]
[%cal Gf3h3]} 32. Qf1 (32. Qd4 Rxh3 33. Ne4 Bc5 $1 $19 {[%csl Rd4,Re4,Rg1,Rh4]}
) 32... Bxc3 $19) 29... Bxc3 30. Qxc3 Bxg2 31. Bg3 ({Senselessly:} 31. Qg3 $2 {
in view of:} Rxc4 {[%csl Yc4][%cal Yc4h4]}) 31... Be4 {[%csl Rb1] The
important intermediate move.} 32. Rxb6 Rxc4 $1 $19 {Vassily Ivanchuk
excellently plays this game,without discrepancies!} 33. Qa3 ({Impossibly:} 33.
Qxc4 {because of:} Nf3+ {[%csl Rc4,Rg1][%cal Gf3d2]} 34. Kg2 Nd2+ {[%csl Rc4,
Rg2]} 35. Qxe4 Nxe4 $19 {[%csl Gd7,Ge6,Rf2,Gg7,Rh3,Gh7]}) 33... Nf3+ 34. Kf1 (
34. Kg2 $143 Rfc8 $19 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gc4c1,Gc1g1]}) 34... Nd2+ 35. Kg1 ({
Hardly is better:} 35. Ke2 Rc2 {[%csl Ra3,Rb6,Gc2,Re2][%cal Gd2c4]}) ({or:} 35.
Ke1 Rc2 36. Rb8 Rxb8 37. Bxb8 Nf3+ 38. Kf1 d5 $19) 35... Rcc8 $5 {[%csl Yc8,
Yf8] Black do not give the contender to exchange RR in point "b8".} (35... e5
$5 $19 36. Bxe5 $140 $2 Nf3+ {[%csl Re5,Rg1]}) 36. Rb4 h5 $5 {[%csl Yh7][%cal
Yg8h7]} 37. h4 Rf3 {White can not find protection against numerous threats.}
38. Qb2 Rc2 39. Rb8+ (39. Qa1 $2 Rxg3+ $1 40. fxg3 Nf3+ 41. Kf1 (41. Kh1 Rh2#)
41... Bd3#) 39... Kh7 {[%csl Rb2,Gc2,Rg1][%cal Gc2c1]} 40. Qb5 Rc1+ 41. Kh2 Rf5
{[%csl Rb5,Rh2][%cal Gc1h1,Gf5b5] Final chord! Good achievement of my former
countryman, GM Vassily Ivanchuk!} 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.06"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bg5
Bb7 9. e4 Be7 10. Be2 d6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Rfd1 ({Another option is:} 12. Rad1
$5 {See the comments to Ivanov,S-Taimanov,M/St.Petersburg,1996/CBM 56(1-0)
(Kantsler,B)(35)}) 12... Qc7 13. b4 {Theoretically a new move.} ({Previously:} 
13. Rac1 $5 Rac8 {was played and now:} 14. b4 Qb8 {For further information you
can see my annotations to Sokolov,I-Sulskis,S/Mallorca,2004/CBM 104(1-0)(51)})
13... Rac8 14. Rac1 Rfe8 $5 $146 {But in practice only this move is really a
novelty.} ({In his previous game Sarunas Sulskis played:} 14... Qb8) ({In
addition to 14...Qb8 Black has good alternatives like:} 14... a6 $5) ({and} 
14... Rfd8 $5) 15. Qd3 $5 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gd3g3,Gg5f4,Gg3d6,Yf3d2] The
beginning of an interesting plan. White's idea is to play 16.Nd2 and
transfering his Q to g3 and to play Bf4 in order to put pressure on the Pd6.} (
{Senseless is:} 15. Nb5 $6 Qb8 {[%cal Ga7a6]}) 15... Red8 16. Nd2 h6 17. Bf4
Ne5 18. Qg3 Ng6 19. Be3 {+/=/= White has executed his plan and has a little
advantage thanks to the weakness on d6.} Qb8 20. f3 d5 {A typical move for
such structures. Black tries to ged rid of the weak pawn on d6.} (20... Nh5
$143 21. Qf2 Nhf4 22. Bf1 $14) 21. Qxb8 Rxb8 22. exd5 exd5 23. Nb5 dxc4 $6 {
Sarunas Sulskis missed a good chance to equalize fully:} (23... a6 $1 24. Nd4 (
24. Bxb6 $143 axb5 25. Bxd8 Bxd8 (25... Rxd8 $2 26. cxb5 $16 {[%csl Ga3,Gb4,
Gb5]}) 26. cxd5 Nxd5 27. Bxb5 Bb6+ 28. Kh1 Ne3 29. Re1 Nf4 $36) 24... dxc4 25.
Bxc4 (25. Nxc4 $2 Nd5 26. Bf2 Bg5 27. Rc2 b5 28. Na5 Ne3 $17 {[%csl Rc2,Rd1,
Rd4,Gd8,Ge3,Rg1,Gg5]}) 25... b5 $11) 24. Nxc4 Nd5 (24... a6 $2 {is not good
here because of:} 25. Nc7 Rxd1+ (25... b5 $144 26. Na5 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 {+/-/+-})
26. Rxd1 b5 27. Na5 {+/-/+-}) (24... Rxd1+ $5 {deserves attention - an attempt
to protect the Pa7:} 25. Rxd1 Ra8 {White's position is clearly better, but
Black continues to play with equal material.}) 25. Nxa7 $14 Nxe3 (25... Ngf4
$143 26. Bxf4 (26. Bf1 $6 Nxe3 27. Nxe3 Bg5 $44) 26... Nxf4 27. Bf1 {+/=/+/-})
26. Nxe3 Bg5 27. Kf2 Rxd1 (27... Re8 $143 28. Rc3 $16) (27... Nf4 $5) 28. Rxd1
Ra8 29. Nb5 Bc6 30. Nc2 $16 Bxb5 $2 {A doubtful decision. It's clear that GM
Sulskis wanted to go to the endgame with bishops of opposite colors. But I
think, that for Black was better to refrain from this exchange right now and
to try to enter his knight in the game. After the last move, the coordination
of Black's pieces is very bad, and he failed to organize counterplay.} (30...
Ne7 $142) 31. Bxb5 Rc8 32. Ne3 Rc3 33. Rd3 Rc1 34. g3 Ra1 ({Hopeless:} 34...
Bxe3+ 35. Kxe3 Re1+ 36. Kf2 Rh1 37. h4 Ra1 38. a4 $18) 35. f4 Bf6 36. Kf3 Nf8
37. Nd5 {White's position is winning. Due to the extra pawn and the weakness
on b6 the rest of the game is a matter of technique.} Bd8 38. Bc4 Ne6 39. Ne3 {
[%csl Gd3,Rd8,Ye6][%cal Gc4e6,Ye6d8]} Be7 40. h4 $1 {[%csl Yh4][%cal Gf4f5,
Yh4g5]} g6 41. Bxe6 fxe6 42. Nc4 b5 43. Ne5 g5 44. Nc6 Bf6 45. hxg5 hxg5 46.
Na7 {This endgame is a good example for the superiority of the knight over the
bishop.} gxf4 47. gxf4 e5 48. fxe5 Bxe5 49. Ke4 {Further resistence is
senseless.} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.09.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Chuchelov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2830"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[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 "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Eupen Rochade"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7.
Nf3 b6 8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Bg5 {From this move I shall use also comments of Garry
Kasparov to this game in the site : www.worldchessrating.ru/  Further I shall
designate comments of Garry Kasparov - G.K. G.K. "As a rule, in this position
was met: 9. Bg3 that, on my sight, can cause of easy surprise".} (9. Bg3 {
It's main line.You can see my comments to game: Gershon,A-Macieja,B/Bermuda
2003/CBM 94(1-0)(62)}) 9... Be7 10. h4 $5 {In my opinion, this continuation is
much better than:} (10. Bxe7 {You can see annotations to games: Gurevich,
M-Gulko,B/New York,1998/CBM 64(1-0)(Gurevich,M)(44) and Granero Roca,A-Marin,M/
Andorra,2000/CBM 76(0-1)(Marin,M)(29)}) 10... Bb7 ({Also once were checked in
the preceding games:} 10... Nc6) ({and} 10... f6) 11. O-O-O {[%csl Yc1] G.K.
"Already here Black has problems. Up to the White king to reach difficultly,
and White has pressure on a <->d and prepare to force threats on the king
side".} Nc6 ({Were checked in the preceding game:} 11... Bxf3 $5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7
13. exf3 f5 $5 14. Kb1 Nc6 15. g3 Nf6 16. Nb5 Ne8 17. Qd2 Rf7 18. f4 $14 {
Kreizberg,M-Zagrebelny,S/Tel Aviv,2003(1/2-1/2)(70)}) 12. e4 $1 $146 {G.K.
"For Black is not easy to make a move - threatens a Nb5; there is idea: to be
exchanged on point "e7" /\g4 and Qd2".} ({The game,which have reached this
position were continued as follows:} 12. g4 $6 Nf6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ng5 $6
Bxg5+ 15. hxg5 Qxg5+ 16. e3 h6 $15 {Svetushkin,D-Ionescu,C/Bucharest,2002(0-1)
(25)}) 12... Nf6 {G.K. "After this move, we receive a known position with
superfluous tempo for White: pawn, already in h4, and it has an effect. The
position was played from a sheet".} 13. e5 Ng4 ({Very dubiously:} 13... Ne8 {
in view of:} 14. Qd3 {[%csl Rd7]}) 14. Bf4 Rc8 ({Can it was necessary to
decide on the more active continuation:} 14... f5 {(=14...f6)} 15. exf6 Bxf6
16. Bd6 (16. Ng5 $5 Bxg5 (16... g6 $4 17. Nxe6 {[%csl Rd8,Rf8]}) 17. Bxg5 Rxf2
$36) 16... Bxc3 17. bxc3 Rf6 18. Bd3 h6 $14) 15. Kb1 f5 $5 ({Leads to
favourable complications for White:} 15... Na5 $2 16. Ng5 g6 17. f3 $1 Nh6 $140
18. Nxe6 {[%csl Rh6]} fxe6 19. Bxh6 $16) 16. exf6 Nxf6 ({Hardly it was better:
} 16... Bxf6 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Qe8 19. f3 {[%csl Rg4]} Nge5 20. Nb5 {
[%csl Rd6]} Nf7 21. Bd3 $36) 17. Ng5 Qe8 18. Nb5 {G.K. "I made this positional
move, as I did not see the forced win,after:} (18. Bd3 g6 19. h5 (19. Nxh7 Kxh7
20. h5 Kg7 21. Bxg6 Qd8 $13) 19... Nxh5 $13 {".}) 18... e5 19. Bd3 $5 {G.K.
"Very attractive move. But,maybe, it was necessary to play:} (19. Be3 $5 {
keeping all benefits of a position".}) 19... e4 $5 {Besides Black has two
principales moves.G.K. "After a game the debate was unwrapped around of:} (
19... exf4 $143 {and here White has a win:} 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Bg6 Qd8 22. Rhe1
$1 {This position I have estimated during the game and has come to a
conclusion, that White has a win. The analysis shows, that it is a correct
estimation:} f3 {(most interesting answer for Black)} (22... a6 23. Nd6 Bxd6
24. Rxd6 {(/\Qd1; Rxf6 and Qh5)} Qc7 (24... Na5 $2 25. Bf7 $18 {[%csl Gc2,Gd6,
Yf6,Rh8][%cal Gc2g6,Gd6f6,Gg6h5,Yf7c4]}) 25. Qd1 f3 26. Nxf3 $18) 23. gxf3 a6
24. Bf7 $1 axb5 $140 25. Qg6 $3 {Continuation of attack: h4-h5-h6, roughly
breaking a defense of the contender, Black has no protection"}) ({G.K. "Alas,
all these beauty are not obligatory.At Black there is a correct,rigid move:} 
19... g6 $1 20. Nxh7 $5 (20. h5 exf4 21. hxg6 $13) 20... Kxh7 21. h5 $44 {".})
20. Be2 ({Leads to unclear position:} 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 (21. Nxe4 $2 Rxf4
22. Ned6 {[%csl Rb7,Rc8,Re8]} Qf8 {[%csl Rf2]} (22... Bxd6 $143 23. Nxd6 Qe6
24. Rhe1 Ne5 $13 {[%csl Rc4]}) 23. Nxb7 Rxf2 $15) 21... Bxg5 22. Qxe8 (22. Qd5+
$143 Kh8 23. Bxg5 Rxf2 $132) 22... Rcxe8 23. Bxg5 Rxf2 24. Rxd7 Bc8 $44 {
[%csl Rb1,Rg2]}) 20... h6 21. Nd6 Bxd6 22. Bxd6 hxg5 $2 {Black had an uneasy
choice, and he did not manage to find the best continuation. This move is
connected with tactical miscalculation.} ({Also weakly:} 22... Ne5 $2 {[%cal
Ge5d3] in view of:} 23. Qc3 $16 {[%csl Re5,Rf8]}) ({It was necessary:} 22...
Ne7 23. Nh3 $14) 23. hxg5 Nh7 {[%tqu "En","Black's 22-th move was a blunder.
How can White exploit it?","","","h1h7","G.K. 'The contender has yawned this a
little bit not obvious move'. White have broken through a defense of the
contender.",10]} 24. Rxh7 $1 {G.K. "The contender has yawned this a little bit
not obvious move". White have broken through a defense of the contender.} Kxh7
25. Bxf8 Qxf8 ({I do not think that it was much better:} 25... Ne5 26. Bd6 Nd3
27. f3 {[%csl Rd3,Rh7]}) 26. Qxe4+ $18 Kg8 $8 (26... g6 $2 27. Rxd7+ {[%csl
Rb7,Rh7][%cal Ge4g6,Ge4h4]}) (26... Kh8 $2 27. Rh1+ Kg8 28. Qd5+ Qf7 29. Rh8+)
27. Qd5+ $1 (27. Qd5+ $1 {After this move Black resigned, because of these
variations:} Qf7 (27... Kh7 $2 28. Rh1+ Kg6 29. Bd3+ Qf5 30. Qxf5#) (27... Kh8
$2 28. Rh1#) 28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. Rxd7+ {[%csl Rb7,Rf7]}) 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zhu, Chen"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bf4
Bb7 9. e3 Nh5 10. Bg3 Bxf3 $5 {From my point of view, it's a correct
positional step, can be a next games in this variation will change my opinion!
Besides Black has two main alternatives:} (10... Be7 $5 {You can see my
annotations to game: Sasikiran,K-Barsov,A/Hastings,2003/CBM 93(1/2-1/2)(27)
and Gershon,A-Macieja,B/Bermuda,2003/CBM 94(1-0)(62)}) ({On:} 10... h6 $5 {
you can find six games in Mega DataBase 2004.}) 11. gxf3 $140 f5 {[%csl Yd7,
Ye6,Yf5,Rg3]} 12. f4 {I am sure in correctness of a choice. Also there were
three alternatives:} (12. Bd3 {[%csl Gc2,Gd3,Rh7]}) (12. O-O-O) ({and} 12. Rd1)
12... Nc6 13. Be2 Nf6 ({Certainly, illogically:} 13... Nxg3 14. hxg3 $14 {
[%csl Ye3,Yf2,Yf4,Yg3]}) 14. Rd1 $146 ({In this position also once were
checked the following moves:} 14. O-O $142 {[%csl Yg1]} Rc8 $140 15. Rfd1 {
You can see annotations to Gurevich,M-Rogozenko,D/Moscow,2001/CBM 86(1-0)
(Rogozenko,D)(44)}) (14. Bh4 $143 Be7 15. O-O-O Rc8 {[%csl Rc1,Gc8]} 16. Kb1
Ne8 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11 {You can see my comments to Agrest,E-Onischuk,A/New
Delhi,2000/CBM 80(0-1)(38)}) 14... Rc8 15. O-O {White have hidden the king and
now can quietly begin game on centre and queen side.} Be7 {Black's bishop
already has executed the his work on point "c5".} 16. Qa4 Na5 $11 {[%csl Rc4]
This move is directed against progress "b4".} (16... Qe8 $143 17. b4 $140 a5 {
[%csl Ra3,Rb4]} 18. Rb1 {+/=/=}) 17. Bh4 {[%csl Rd7,Yf6][%cal Gh4f6,Yf6d7,
Ga4d7,Gd1d7]} Qe8 {The game of Black corresponds to the requirements of a
position.} 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 ({It was very badly:} 18... Rxf6 $2 {in view of:} 19.
Rxd7 Nxc4 $140 20. Rxe7 Qxe7 21. Bxc4 Rg6+ (21... Rh6 22. Rd1 $16 {[%cal Yg1f1]
}) 22. Kh1 Qh4 23. Qd7 {[%csl Gc4,Yc8,Gd7,Re6,Rg8][%cal Gd7e8,Gd7c8]} Rd8 24.
Qc6 $16 {[%csl Yc6][%cal Yc6g2]}) 19. Qxd7 {This move is much better than:} (
19. Rxd7 $6 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nb7 $1 {[%csl Ra4,Rd7][%cal Gb7c5]} 21. Qd1 Rf7 22.
Rxf7 Qxf7 {[%cal Yb7c5,Gc8d8] =/=/+}) 19... Bxc3 ({Can be recommended:} 19...
Nxc4 $5 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Qxa7 b5 $1 {[%csl Rc3,Gc4,Gf6][%cal Gb5b4]} (21...
Bxc3 $143 22. bxc3 Rxc3 {[%csl Ra3]} 23. Rd7 Rf7 (23... Qg6+ $6 24. Kh1 $40 {
[%csl Rg7][%cal Gf1g1]} Qg4 $140 $2 25. Qb7 $18 {[%csl Yb7,Rg7][%cal Yb7g2,
Gf1g1]}) 24. Rxf7 Qxf7 25. Qb8+ $1 Qf8 26. Qxb6 $14 {[%csl Re6]} Rxa3 27. Qxe6+
Qf7 $14) 22. Rd3 Qc6 $44) 20. bxc3 Qf7 (20... Nxc4 $143 21. Qxa7 Rf7 22. Qa6 $8
Rfc7 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gc8a8]} 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Qxb6 Rxc3 25. Rd6 (25. Qb4 $5)
25... Rxa3 26. Rxe6 Qh5 27. Qb7 $14 {[%csl Yb7]}) (20... Rf7 $143 21. Qxe8+
Rxe8 22. c5 $1 bxc5 $140 23. Rd6 $14 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gd6a6]}) ({Leads to
absolutely equality:} 20... Qxd7 21. Rxd7 Rf7 22. Rfd1 (22. Rd4 Rfc7 {[%csl
Rc4]}) 22... Nxc4 $1 23. Rxf7 $140 Kxf7 24. Rd7+ Kf6 25. Rxa7 Na5 $1 {[%csl
Ra3,Rc3]} 26. Ra6 Rxc3 27. a4 Nc4 $11 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Gc3c2]}) 21. Rd6 Rfe8 {
[%csl Ye8][%cal Ye8e7]} (21... Nxc4 $5 22. Qxf7+ Rxf7 (22... Kxf7 $2 23. Rd7+
Kf6 24. Rxa7 $14) 23. Rxe6 Nxa3 24. Ra1 Nc4 (24... Nc2 $143 25. Ra2 Rxc3 26.
Re8+ Rf8 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Rxa7 {[%csl Rb6] +/=/=}) 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Re8+ Rf8
27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Rxa7 Rxc3 $11) ({After:} 21... Qxd7 22. Rxd7 Rf7 {we can
receive the same position as in the previous variation: 20...Qxd7}) 22. Qa4 $5
{/\23.Rd7 Re7 24.Rfd1 <->d} Nb7 23. Rd4 (23. Rd7 $2 {is refuted by:} Qg6+ 24.
Kh1 Nc5 $17 {[%csl Ra4,Rd7]}) 23... Nc5 24. Qb5 Kh8 (24... e5 $5 25. fxe5 Rxe5
26. Bf3 Kh8 27. Rfd1 Rce8 28. Rd8 h6 $11) 25. Bf3 $11 {[%csl Yf3][%cal Yf3a8,
Yf3h1]} Rg8 26. Kh1 g5 {The rather interesting plan, but now is weakened K of
Black.} 27. Qb1 g4 (27... gxf4 $5 28. exf4 $11) 28. Bg2 Rg6 29. Qd1 {The
White's queen has finished the travel and has returned on the "d1".} Qe7 {
[%csl Rh2][%cal Gg6h6,Ge7h4]} 30. Rd6 {[%cal Gd1d4]} Rh6 $6 (30... Qh4 $5 31.
Qd4+ Kg8 32. Rd1 Qxf2 ({after:} 32... Rh6 $2 {with rearrangement of moves we
receive a position from a game.}) 33. Rd8+ {[%csl Rg8]} Rxd8 34. Qxd8+ Kg7 35.
Qe7+ Kh6 $13) 31. Qd4+ Kg8 32. Rd1 Qh4 $2 {Still it was possible to change the
previous dubious decision:} (32... Rf8 33. Rd8 {+/=/=}) 33. Rd8+ Kf7 ({It was
necessary:} 33... Rxd8 34. Qxd8+ Kf7 (34... Qxd8 $143 35. Rxd8+ Kg7 36. Ra8 $16
{[%csl Ra7]}) 35. Qxh4 Rxh4 36. Rd8 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gd8a8]} Ke7 37. Ra8 a6 38.
Rb8 Nd7 39. Rb7 Kd6 40. c5+ $1 bxc5 41. Ra7 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gg2f1] +/=/+/-}) {
[%tqu "En","Find the killer move!","","","d8d7","",10]} 34. Rd7+ $3 Nxd7 $8 (
34... Ke8 $4 35. Qh8#) (34... Kg8 $4 35. Qg7#) (34... Kg6 $4 35. Rg7+ Kh5 36.
Rg5+ Qxg5 37. fxg5 $18) 35. Qxd7+ {[%csl Rc8,Rf7][%cal Gd7c8]} Kf6 $8 (35...
Kg6 $4 36. Qxe6+ {[%csl Rc8,Rg6][%cal Ge6f5,Ge6c8]} Kg7 37. Qd7+ $1 {[%csl Rc8,
Rg7][%cal Gd1d6]} Kg6 38. Rd6+ {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gd7f5]}) 36. Kg1 Rf8 ({
Unexpectedly at once loses a game:} 36... Qxh2+ $2 37. Kf1 {[%csl Rc8,Re6]
[%cal Gd1d6]} Rf8 $8 38. Rd6 $140 Rf7 39. Rxe6+ Kg7 40. Re7 {[%cal Gg2d5]} Rhf6
(40... Rxe7 $143 41. Qxe7+ Kg6 $8 42. Bd5 $18 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gd5f7]}) 41. Bd5
Qh5 (41... Rxe7 $143 42. Qxe7+ Kg6 {[%tqu "En","Find immediate win here!","",
"","d5f7","",10]} 43. Bf7+ $3 Kg7 (43... Rxf7 44. Qg5#) 44. Be8+ {[%csl Ge7,
Rf6,Rg7][%cal Yg7f6]}) 42. Bxf7 Rxf7 43. Qxa7 $1 Kf8 44. Rxf7+ Qxf7 45. Qxf7+
Kxf7 46. Kg2 $18 {[%csl Ga3,Yb6,Gc3,Gc4,Rf5,Yg2][%cal Yg3h4,Yg2g3]}) 37. Rd6
Kg6 ({After:} 37... Qxh2+ $2 38. Kf1 Rf7 {we can receive the same position as
in the previous variation: 36...Qxh2?}) 38. Qxa7 $16 {White have decided to
get rid from contender's pawns on the queen side.} ({Can it was necessary to
involve the bishop in attack:} 38. Bd5 $5 {[%csl Rg6]}) 38... Qf6 (38... Qxh2+
$2 39. Kf1 Rf6 40. Qe7 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gd6e6,Ge7e8]} Kh5 (40... Qh4 $143 41.
Qe8+ {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gd6d7,Gd6e6]} Rf7 $8 42. Qg8+ $1 Kf6 (42... Rg7 43. Qxe6+
Kh5 44. Qxh6#) 43. Bd5 {[%csl Re6]} Qh3+ 44. Ke1 Re7 (44... Ke7 45. Qd8#) 45.
Rxe6+ Rxe6 46. Qxe6+ Kg7 47. Qf7+ Kh8 48. Qg8#) 41. Rxe6 {[%csl Rf6,Rg5,Rh5]
[%cal Ge7g5,Ge6f6]} Qh4 (41... Rfg6 42. Rxg6 Kxg6 $8 43. Bd5 {[%csl Rg6][%cal
Ge7f7]}) 42. Re5 $22 {[%csl Ge5,Ge7,Yf6,Gg2,Rh5,Yh6][%cal Yf6f5,Yh6h7,Yh4g5] A
nice example of zugzwang:} Kg6 (42... Qh2 43. Qg7 {[%cal Gg7g5]} Qh4 44. Bc6 $1
{[%cal Gc6e8]}) 43. Qe8+ Rf7 (43... Kg7 44. Re7+) 44. Qg8+ Kf6 (44... Rg7 45.
Re6+ Kh5 46. Qxg7 Rxe6 47. Qxh7+ Rh6 48. Qxf5+) 45. Rxf5+ Kxf5 46. Qxf7+ Qf6 (
46... Rf6 47. Be4+ $1 Kxe4 48. Qd5#) 47. Be4+ $1 Kxe4 48. Qd5#) 39. Qxb6 {
[%csl Re6]} Qxc3 $6 ({More stubborn resistance after:} 39... Re8 $5) 40. Rxe6+
Rf6 $8 41. Rxf6+ Qxf6 42. c5 $18 Qxb6 $8 (42... Kh5 $143 43. Qxf6 Rxf6 44. Bb7
{[%cal Gc5c6]} Rf7 45. c6 $18 {[%csl Ga3][%cal Ga3a4,Ga4a5,Ga5a6,Ga6a7,Ga7a8]})
(42... Kg7 $143 43. Qb7+ {[%csl Gc5][%cal Gc5c6]} Kf8 44. Bd5 $1 $18 {[%csl
Rf8][%cal Yg1g2,Gc5c6]}) 43. cxb6 Kf7 44. b7 Rb6 45. h3 $1 {[%cal Yh2g3,Yg1h2]
It's necessary to open a road to the king.} gxh3 46. Bxh3 $1 (46. Bf3 $2 {
[%csl Rh3][%cal Gg1h2,Gh2h3]} Ke7 (46... Rb2 $2 {[%csl Rf2]} 47. a4 {[%cal
Ga4a5,Ga5a6,Ga6a7]} Ke7 48. a5 Kd7 49. a6 Kc7 50. a7) 47. Kh2 (47. a4 $2 Kd8
48. a5 $140 Rg6+ $8 49. Kh2 Kc7 {[%csl Yc7]} 50. Kxh3 Ra6 $14 {[%csl Ra5]})
47... Kd6 48. Kxh3 Kc7 49. Kh4 Rb2 50. Kg5 Rxf2 51. Bd5 Rd2 $1 52. Be6 Re2 {
[%csl Re3] with good chances to drawn game.}) 46... Rxb7 47. Bxf5 {[%csl Rh7]
White has an absolutely winning position, but for realisation of material
advantage is required certain time.} h5 48. a4 Kf6 49. Bd3 Rb3 50. Bb5 Rb2 51.
Kg2 h4 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gh4h3]} 52. Bd7 {[%csl Yd7][%cal Yd7h3]} Rd2 53. Bg4
Ra2 54. a5 Ke7 (54... Rxa5 55. Kh3 Ra2 56. f3 Ra3 57. e4 {[%csl Ge4,Gf3,Gf4]})
55. e4 Kd6 56. a6 Kc7 57. a7 Ra3 {[%cal Ya3h3]} (57... Kb7 58. f5 {[%csl Ge4,
Gf5,Yg4][%cal Gf5f6,Gf6f7,Ge4e5,Ge5e6]}) 58. f3 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gg2h3]} Ra1
59. Bh5 {[%csl Ge4,Gf3,Gf4,Rh4,Yh5][%cal Gg2h3,Gh3g4,Yh5e8]} Rxa7 (59... Kb7
60. f5 Kxa7 61. f6 Kb6 62. e5 $18 {[%csl Yh5][%cal Ge5e6,Ge6e7]}) 60. Kh3 Kd6
61. Kxh4 {The further resistance is senseless.} Rg7 62. Bg4 Rg8 63. Kh5 Rf8 64.
Kg5 Rg8+ 65. Kh6 Rf8 66. f5 {[%csl Ge4,Gf3,Gf5,Yg4][%cal Gh6g7]} (66. f5 {
After this move Black resigns, because of next variatinion:} Ke5 67. Kg7 {
[%cal Gf5f6]} Rf6 $140 68. f4+) 1-0

[Event "Montreal 6th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2005.08.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2005.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bf4
Bb7 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. b4 Nh5 {After this inaccurate move Black will have to fight
for equality. Comments to this part of the game and also to:} (10... Be7 $5 {
can you find in my annotations to the games: Lautier,J-Macieja,B/Mallorca,2004/
CBM 104(1/2-1/2)(31) and Bareev,E-Korotylev,A/Moscow,2004/CBM 104(1-0)(58)})
11. Bc1 $5 $146 {It seems that this is the best square for the bishop retreat.}
({The games which have reached this position were continued as follows:} 11.
Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. e3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 a5 15. Be2 axb4 16. axb4 Nc6 (16...
Nf6 $5) 17. Qb2 Qg5 18. f4 Qg2 $13 {Nielsen,P-Macieja,B/Drammen,2004(1-0)(41)})
(11. Ng5 g6 12. Bc1 Be7 13. Nf3 Rc8 14. e3 a5 15. b5 Nb8 16. Bb2 d6 17. Ne4 Nf6
(17... f5 $5) 18. Neg5 Nbd7 19. h4 $40 {Dreev,A-Hellsten,J/Gothenburg,2005(1-0)
(82)}) 11... Be7 12. e4 $14 {White got the centere (Pc4,Pe4), and his piece
placement is rather harmonic: The Ra1 is already working on the d -file, and
the Bc1 guards the Pa3.} a5 {A bit risky continuation, but after:} (12... d6
13. Be2 $14 {White has a standard opening advantage.}) 13. b5 {White had no
other alternative.} Nb8 ({After:} 13... Na7 $6 {It is unclear how Black is
going to get his knight into the game.}) 14. Be2 Qc7 15. e5 {Irina Krush
didn't play this on her previous move, as she didn't want to double her pawns
on the f-file. Now White has created the threat - g4 (פh5).} g6 $6 {Black has
prepared a runaway square for his knight on g7, but he has severely weakened
his kingside, because already on the next moves, he has to play f6. But it was
better to play it right away:} (15... f6 $5 16. Bd3 ({Now this is senseless:} 
16. g4 $2 {in view of:} fxe5 {פf3}) (16. exf6 $6 Nxf6 $11) 16... Bxf3 17.
Bxh7+ Kh8 18. gxf3 fxe5 (18... Qxe5+ $2 19. Be4 Ra7 (19... f5 $4 20. f4 Nxf4
21. Bxf4 Qxf4 22. Bxa8 $18) (19... d5 $2 20. Nxd5 $18 {[%csl Gd1,Re5,Rh5]}) 20.
Nd5 $1 {[%csl Gd1,Re5,Rh5][%cal Gc1b2] with a decisive advantage.}) 19. Be4 Ra7
20. Ne2 Rc8 $140 21. Bb2 $14) 16. Ne4 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Ge4d6]} f6 {Black can't
allow White to put his knight on Black's weakest spot the square d6.} 17. exf6
(17. Bb2 $5 {/^a1-h8; ><f6}) 17... Nxf6 18. Nxf6+ ({Also good enough:} 18. Bd3
$5 Nh5 19. O-O Nf4 20. Rfe1 $14) 18... Bxf6 19. Be3 {White takes the diagonal
a7-g1 and the Pb6 under control.} d5 20. h4 $5 $40 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gh4h5]} Qe7
{I do not think that the following moves were much better:} (20... Nd7 21. h5
gxh5 22. Rxh5 Rf7 23. Ng5 $16) (20... Rf7 $5 21. h5 gxh5 22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. Bxg5
$40) (20... d4 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Bxg2 23. Nxe6 Qe7 (23... Qe5 $143 24.
Nxf8 Bxh1 25. Nxg6 $18) 24. Nxf8 Be4 (24... Bxh1 $143 25. Nxg6 $18) 25. Qd2
Bxh1 26. Nd7 Nxd7 27. Qxd7 $16) 21. h5 {On this move, and the next one, I
could recommend moving the c-pawn:} (21. c5 $5 bxc5 $140 22. h5 $1 (22. Bxc5
$143 Qc7 23. b6 Qc6 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Qb1 e5 26. Be3 $14) 22... g5 (22... d4 $6
23. Bh6 $16) 23. Bxc5 Qc7 24. b6 Qc6 25. Bd3 $16) 21... g5 22. Rh3 $6 (22. c5
$142 g4 ({After:} 22... bxc5 23. Bxc5 {with rearrangement of moves we receive
a position from the previous variation.}) 23. Nd2 bxc5 24. Bxc5 Qc7 25. Bxg4
$16) (22. Bxb6 Nd7 23. Be3 Rac8 $44) 22... Kh8 {This is a good decision by
Black to move his king to the corner.} (22... Qxa3 $6 23. Nxg5 Qe7 24. Bd3 $40)
23. Rg3 Rg8 (23... h6 $2 24. Qg6 {קb6,h6} Bc3+ (24... Bg7 $2 25. Ne5 $1 {
[%csl Ge2,Gg6,Rh8][%cal Ge2d3]} Nd7 (25... Bxe5 $2 26. Qxh6+ Kg8 27. Bxg5 $18)
26. Bd3 Rf5 (26... Nf6 27. Bxg5 hxg5 28. Qxg5 Qc7 29. h6 $18) 27. Bxf5 exf5 28.
Nf7+ Kg8 29. Nxh6+ Kh8 30. Nxf5 $18) 25. Kf1 Rf6 26. Qc2 {ץc3 +-}) 24. Nd4 {
Now the white knight goes to the centre, where he controls c6 and e6.} (24.
Bxb6 $5 g4 25. Nh2 Nd7 26. Be3 $14) 24... Nd7 $6 {It was important to make an
important intermezzo first:} (24... Be5 $1 25. Rg4 $140 Nd7 {with the idea to
free the square f6 for the knight:} 26. Nc6 Bxc6 27. bxc6 Nf6 28. Rxg5 Rxg5 29.
Bxg5 Qc5 $1 (29... Qxa3 $2 30. Bxf6+ Bxf6 31. cxd5 exd5 32. Rxd5 $16) 30. Qd3
Rf8 {+/=/=}) 25. Nc6 $1 $16 Qd6 (25... Bxc6 $143 26. bxc6 Ne5 (26... d4 $2 27.
cxd7 dxe3 28. Rxe3 Rgd8 (28... Rad8 $143 29. Bg4 {[%csl Re6,Rg8][%cal Gg4e6]})
29. Qe4 Ra7 30. Qxe6 Rdxd7 31. h6 $1 $18) 27. cxd5 exd5 28. Kf1 $16) 26. cxd5
exd5 27. Qf5 {קd5} Raf8 (27... Bxc6 $5 28. bxc6 Qxc6 29. Qxd5 Qxd5 30. Rxd5
$16 {[%csl Rd7,Rg5]}) 28. Qxd5 Qxd5 (28... Bc3+ 29. Bd2 $1 Bxd2+ (29... Qxd5 $4
30. Bxc3+) 30. Rxd2 Qxd5 (30... Qc5 $2 {[%csl Rf2]} 31. Qxd7 $1 Qxf2+ 32. Kd1
Qxg3 $140 33. Qd4+ Rg7 34. h6 Qb3+ 35. Rc2 $18) 31. Rxd5 Nf6 32. Rdxg5 Rxg5 33.
Rxg5 Ne4 34. Re5 Nxf2 35. Re7 Bc8 36. Ne5 $18) 29. Rxd5 Nb8 30. Bxg5 $6 {
There was no reason to give the pawn on the queenside away:} (30. Rd6 $142 {
[%csl Rb6]} Nxc6 31. bxc6 Bc3+ (31... Be5 32. cxb7 Bxd6 33. Bd4+ Rg7 34. h6 $18
) 32. Kf1 Ba8 (32... Be5 $2 33. Rd5 $1 Bxg3 34. Bd4+ Rg7 35. h6 Kg8 36. hxg7
$18) 33. Rxg5 $18) 30... Nxc6 31. bxc6 {All of the exchanges could have been
achieved with a different move order:} (31. Bxf6+ Rxf6 32. Rxg8+ Kxg8 33. g4 $5
(33. bxc6 Bxc6 {transfers to - 31.bxc6.}) 33... Re6 (33... Ne7 $143 34. Rd7 {
ץb7,Ne7}) (33... Na7 $143 34. Rd7 Bf3 (34... Rf7 $2 35. Bc4) 35. Bxf3 Rxf3 36.
Rxa7 Rxa3 37. Ra6 $18) 34. bxc6 Bxc6 (34... Ba6 $5 35. Rd2 Bxe2 36. Rxe2 Rxc6
$16) 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Kd2 Rf6 $16) 31... Bxc6 32. Bxf6+ Rxf6 33. Rxg8+ Kxg8 34.
Rg5+ (34. Rd8+ $142 Kf7 35. g4 $16) 34... Kf8 35. g3 {White's pawn movement on
the kingside is too slow.} Bd7 ({Hardly it was better:} 35... Bf3 36. Bd3 h6
37. Re5 {/\Kd2-e3}) 36. Rd5 Ke7 37. f4 h6 38. Kd2 {White's plan is: Ke3, g4-g5}
Bc6 39. Re5+ Re6 40. Rxe6+ Kxe6 41. g4 Be8 $2 {It was obvious that Black
couldn't allow g5. It's possible that this mistake was stillmade in
time-trouble.} (41... Kf6 42. Kc3 Bd5 (42... b5 $2 43. Kd4 b4 44. axb4 axb4 45.
Kc5 Bd7 46. Kxb4 $18 {[%cal Yc5d4,Ye3f2,Yb4c5,Yd4e3,Yf2g3,Yg3h4,Gg4g5]}) 43.
Kd4 Bb7 {Now White must be accurate to win the game:} 44. Bd1 Bg2 45. Kc4 Bc6 (
45... Bf1+ 46. Kd5 b5 47. Kc5) 46. Be2 $22 Bd7 47. Kd5 Be8 48. Kd6 b5 49. Kc5
Bd7 (49... b4 $143 50. axb4 axb4 51. Kxb4 {[%cal Yb4c5,Yc5d4,Yd4e3,Ye3f2,Yf2g3,
Yg3h4]} Bxh5 52. gxh5 Kf5 53. Kc5 Kxf4 54. Kd6 Kf5 55. Ke7 $18) 50. g5+ $1 hxg5
51. fxg5+ Kxg5 52. Bxb5 Bg4 53. Be8 Bd1 (53... Bxh5 54. Bxh5 Kxh5 55. a4 Kg6
56. Kb5 Kf7 57. Kxa5 Ke7 58. Kb6 Kd8 59. Kb7) 54. Kb5 a4 55. Kb4 {with an easy
won BB endgame.}) 42. g5 $18 Kf7 ({After:} 42... Kf5 43. Bg4+ $1 {Black can't
leave the white h-pawn:} Kxg4 (43... Kxf4 44. gxh6 {[%cal Gh6h7,Gh7h8]}) 44.
gxh6 Bxh5 45. h7 Kxf4 46. h8=Q $18) 43. Ke3 {White threatens to go with his
king to e5, and then to play g6 and then start moving the f-pawn, so Black
must create counterplay on the queenside.} b5 44. Kd4 b4 45. axb4 axb4 46. Kc4
hxg5 47. fxg5 Ke6 {Otherwise, White grabs the Pb4, gets his K to the kingside,
and begins to move his g- and h-pawns.} 48. h6 Bg6 49. Bd3 (49. Bd3 {White
goes into a pawn ending, and it's the end of the game:} Kf7 50. Bxg6+ Kxg6 51.
Kxb4 Kh7 52. Kc5 Kg6 53. Kd6 Kh7 54. Ke7 Kg6 55. Ke6 Kh7 56. Kf6 {with mate in
7 moves.}) 1-0

[Event "Montreal 6th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2005.08.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2005.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Bf4 b6 8. Nf3
Bb7 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. e3 {Besides this move White has two main alternatives:} (10.
e4 $5 {You can see my annotations to game: Harikrishna,P-Macieja,B/Bermuda,
2005/CBM 106(1-0)(37)}) ({and} 10. b4 $5 {You can see my comments to Bareev,
E-Korotylev,A/Moscow,2004/CBM 104(1-0)(58)}) 10... Rc8 11. Be2 Be7 12. Nb5 $5 {
Sergei Shipov does not choose the most popular continuation.} ({The main
continuation is:} 12. O-O {For further comments you can see my annotations to
game: Gurevich,M-Riazantsev,A/Batumi,2002/CBM 090(1-0)(35)}) 12... d5 13. Qb1 (
{This was seen once in this position:} 13. Qa4) ({and} 13. O-O {but without
much success.}) 13... a6 (13... Nh5 $6 {The wrong decision, this not a
successful place for Black's knight.} 14. Bg3 g6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. e4 Nxg3 17.
hxg3 d4 18. Qc1 $16 {Gurevich,M-Hansen,C/Esbjerg,2000(0-1)(39)}) 14. Nc3 Na5
15. cxd5 exd5 {Black has an isolated pawn, but he has the square c4 for his
knight.} 16. Be5 Nc4 {I don't think this was any better:} (16... Re8 $5 {
You can see annotations to game: Dearing,E-Georgiev,K/Coventry,2005/CBM 105 (1/
2-1/2)(Dearing,E)(59)}) 17. Bxc4 {Otherwise, White can't get out of the
opening with something:} (17. Bd4 $143 b5 18. O-O Qa5 19. Bd3 g6 $11 {Gurevich,
M-Macieja,B/Batumi,2002(1/2-1/2)(26)}) 17... Rxc4 18. O-O ({Again a little bit
prematurely:} 18. Bd4 Qd6 19. O-O Rfc8 20. Ne5 R4c7 21. Qf5 b5 22. h3 Qe6 23.
Qxe6 fxe6 $11 {Matveeva,S-Bojkovic,N/Istanbul,2003(1/2-1/2)(54)}) 18... b5 $146
({The other game, which has reached this position was continued as follows:} 
18... Qa8 $5 19. Bd4 b5 20. Ne5 Rc7 21. Qf5 Bc8 22. Qf3 {Dearing,E: "At this
stage I felt that White must hold some kind of advantage, however it proves
surprisingly difficult for Karpov to transform his slight positional edge into
something more concrete".} Be6 23. h3 Qb7 24. Nd3 Rd8 25. Ne2 Ne4 $11 {Karpov,
A-Macieja,B/Warsaw,2003(0-1)(44)}) 19. Bd4 {White prepares Ne5 with the idea
to kick the black rook out of c4, but Black beats him to it, by freeing the
nearest spot for it:} b4 ({Hardly better was:} 19... Re8 20. Ne5 Rc8 21. Qf5
$14) (19... Qa8 $5 {with similar ideas as in game Karpov,A-Macieja,B/Warsaw,
2003}) 20. axb4 Rxb4 ({Leads to benefit of the contender:} 20... Bxb4 $6 21.
Bxf6 (21. Ng5 $143 {[%csl Yf6,Rh7][%cal Gd4f6]} g6) 21... Qxf6 22. Nxd5 Qe6 23.
Qd3 $1 Bxd5 (23... Rfc8 $143 24. Nxb4 Bxf3 (24... Rxb4 $2 25. Ng5 {[%csl Rg8,
Rh7][%cal Gd3d8]}) 25. Qd8+ Qe8 $8 26. Qxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rd4 $1 $16) 24. Qxd5 $14)
21. Ne5 {I think it was better to provoke Black to weaken his king:} (21. Ng5
$5 g6 $140 22. Nf3 {גa1-h8}) 21... Bd6 22. Qf5 Qc7 $2 {It's a bad move, which
allows his opponent to gain a material advantage.} (22... Qc8 $1 23. Qxc8 (23.
Qg5 h6 24. Qg3 Qe6 25. f4 Re8 $11) 23... Rxc8 $11 24. Nd3 Rbc4 $11) 23. Nd3 $1
{[%csl Rb4,Rf6][%cal Gd4f6,Gd3b4]} Bc8 ({This doesn't change anything:} 23...
Rxd4 24. exd4 Bxh2+ 25. Kh1 Bd6 26. Rfe1 Bc8 27. Qg5 h6 28. Qh4 {with
rearrangement of moves we receive the position from the game.}) 24. Qg5 Rxd4 (
24... Bxh2+ $144 25. Kh1 Rxd4 26. exd4 {- 26.Kh1}) 25. exd4 Bxh2+ 26. Kh1 {
White threatens to exchange the Bh2 and to grab d5 in the process, thus, this
following black move is a must:} h6 (26... Rd8 $4 {is refuted by:} 27. f4 h6 (
27... Ng4 28. Nxd5 $18) 28. Qh4 Ng4 29. Ne5 $18) (26... Bd6 $2 27. Nxd5 Nxd5
28. Qxd5 Be6 29. Qg5 $16) 27. Qh4 Bd6 28. Rfe1 $14 {Let's see what we have on
the board: Black has a pawn for the exchange. The center is closed (Pd4/Pd5)
thus Black's bishops are not so strong. White's goal - to exchange as many
pieces as possible and to begin realizing his material advantage, and Black's
goal is - not let White carry out his plan, use his weak pawns around the king
and try to get piece play.} Be6 29. Rd2 {White, for prophylactics, defends his
Pb2 with the idea to free the Nd3 in the future from this job, but I think
this was better:} (29. Ra1 $5 {קa6}) ({or} 29. Ne5 $5) 29... Rb8 $6 (29... Bf5
$5 {/^b1-h7 with the idea to play Ne4 at cases.}) 30. Rc1 Qb6 31. Kg1 $6 {
A weird prophylactic move.} (31. Ne5 $5 $14) 31... Rc8 {Mark Bluvshtein could
have used his opponent's mistake, and could have taken control of the central
square e5:} (31... Ng4 $5 {[%csl Yg4][%cal Yg4e5]} 32. Ne5 (32. Nxd5 $2 Qxd4
33. Ne7+ Bxe7 34. Qxe7 Nxf2 $1 35. Rxf2 Qxd3 $15) (32. Ne2 Bf5 $44) 32... Nxe5
33. dxe5 Bxe5 34. Nxd5 Bxd5 35. Rxd5 Bxb2 36. Rcd1 Bf6 $11) 32. Nc5 $5 Bf5 {
/^b1-h7} ({After:} 32... Bxc5 $5 33. dxc5 Rxc5 34. Qd4 Qc7 {Black has 2 pawns
for the exchange, but White's position is still nicer.}) 33. Rcd1 {[%csl Gc3,
Gd1,Gd2,Rd5] Now White defends the Pc5 indirectly.} Kh7 34. f3 $1 {White frees
the square f2 for his queen and is thinking about the pawn attack g4-g5.} Bxc5
$6 (34... Kg8 $5 {with the intent to keep the position unclear.}) 35. dxc5 Rxc5
$2 {A painful blunder leading to a very tough endgame. Probably, this mistake
was made in time-trouble.} (35... Qxc5+ $142 36. Qf2 Qxf2+ (36... Be6 37. Qxc5
Rxc5 38. Ra1 $14) 37. Kxf2 Rb8 38. Ra1 $14) 36. Na4 Rc4+ 37. Nxb6 Rxh4 38. Rd4
$1 $16 {After the rook exchange, White easily gets to the pawn a6, and the
b-pawn will quickly decide the game in White's favour.} Bc2 39. Rxh4 Bxd1 40.
Kf2 a5 (40... Bb3 41. Ke3 {[%csl Ra6,Ye3][%cal Gh4h1,Gh1a1,Ye3d4,Yd4c5]}) 41.
Rh1 Bb3 42. Ra1 Kg6 43. Ra3 $1 {Before grabbing the Pa5, Sergei Shipov
worsened the placement of the black bishop.} a4 (43... Bc2 44. Ke3 (44. Rxa5 d4
45. Nc4 $18) 44... a4 45. Nxa4 Kf5 46. Kd4 $18) 44. Nxa4 Bc2 45. Nc3 $18 {
The further resistance is senseless!} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Korotylev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bf4
Bb7 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. b4 {Comments to this part of the game and also to:} (10. e4
{You can find in my annotations to game: Bareev,E-Ivanchuk,V/Rethymnon,2003/
CBM 98(0-1)(41)}) ({Besides White has two another alternatives:} 10. e3 $5 {
You can see annotations to Lalic,B-Motwani,P/Hastings,1996/CBM 57(1/2-1/2)
(Alterman,B)(24)}) ({and} 10. h3 $5 {><g4 with preparing point "h2" for bishop.
}) 10... Be7 11. e4 Rc8 $6 {After this inaccurate move Black should struggle
for equality up to the end of this game.} (11... a5 $5 {קa5,b4 /^a3-f8 Black
has decided to begin active actions at the queen side with the purpose to
spoil a pawns structure of White and to create by him of weakness.For further
annotations you can see my comments to Lautier,J-Macieja,B/Mallorca,2004/CBM
104(1/2-1/2)(31)}) 12. e5 $1 $146 {A very good novelty,which shows deep
positional understanding of the position. Black's main problem in this line is
the poorly placed knight at "h5" or "e8". White will protect his central
e5-pawn in order to avoid ideas like "f6" or "d6".} (12. Bd3 $143 Nh5 13. Be3
Qc7 14. O-O Nf6 15. h3 $11 {Kouatly,B-Hjartarson,J/Reykjavik,1993(1/2-1/2)(17)}
) 12... Nh5 ({I do not think that it was much better:} 12... Ne8 13. Bd3 $36 (
13. Qd3 $143 {קd7} Nb8 14. Ne4 f6 $132)) 13. Be3 Qc7 {Black had no other
worthy alternative:} (13... f6 $143 14. Bd3 {קh7; /^b1-h7}) (13... a5 $143 14.
b5 Nb8 15. Bd3 f5 $140 16. Na4 {קb6.}) 14. Nb5 Qb8 15. Nd6 Bxd6 (15... Rcd8
$143 16. c5 $16) 16. exd6 $14 {White has a obvious positional advantage (the
best chain of pawns + two bishops).} f5 {It is necessary to grasp any space,
differently after:} (16... Nf6 $6 17. Be2 (17. Bd3 $143 e5 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nh7
Nxh7 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Be4 Nd4 $1 22. Bxd4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Rxc4 24. O-O (24. Qxe5
$4 Re8 {[%csl Re1,Re5,Ge8]}) 24... exd4 25. Rxd4 $14) 17... a5 18. b5 Nd8 19.
O-O {the black's position becomes very hard.}) 17. Be2 Nf6 18. O-O Nd8 ({
Is senseless the following maneuver of knight:} 18... Ng4 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bc1
$140 Nce5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Qc3 $1 Nxc4 $140 23. Bxc4 b5 (23... Ba6 $2 24. Bb2
Rf7 25. Bxa6 Rxc3 26. Bxc3 $18) 24. Bxe6+ dxe6 25. Qg3 $16) 19. Ne5 {This move
is compels of Black,early or late,to exchange this knight.White's N don't have
another good parking and consequently this correct positional decision.} Nf7
20. Nxf7 Rxf7 21. Bf4 {This move is directed against progress "e5".} b5 {
This progress only improves a pawns structure of White,but Alexey Korotylev
did not have choice:} ({After:} 21... Qa8 22. f3 Re8 23. Qc3 {absolutely not
clear what to do further.}) 22. c5 Bc6 23. Rfe1 Qa8 24. Bf1 {White take under
the reliable control a field "e5".} Nd5 25. Bd2 a6 26. Qd3 Re8 27. Re5 $16 {
Black have remained without counterplay.White,in turn,slowly prepare a break
on queen side (a4) or king side (f3 and g4).} Qd8 28. Qd4 h6 29. f3 Qc8 30.
Rde1 {White gradually improve a location of the pieces and wait a favorable
moment for a sacrifice on point "d5".} Ref8 31. Bd3 Qb7 32. Bb1 Qc8 {Black
don't have any clear plan,they wait and prepare for active actions on the part
of White.} 33. Ba2 Kh7 34. Bc1 $1 {There is no sense to hasten with a
sacrifice on "d5":} (34. Bxd5 $6 Bxd5 $140 35. Rxd5 exd5 36. Qxd5 Qa8 $1 $14)
34... Qd8 35. Bd2 Rf6 36. h3 {White prepare a point "h2" for his king.} R6f7
37. Bb3 Rf6 38. Kh2 R6f7 39. Ra1 g5 $6 {[%csl Rh7] Doubtful idea.It is rather
dangerous to open the king without the special necessity.} 40. Bc2 Kg8 41. a4
$1 {It is necessary to open even one line,differently,it will be not simple to
win this game.} Rg7 42. axb5 axb5 43. Bb3 Rg6 (43... Qf6 44. Bxd5 Bxd5 45. Bc3
{and there is no protection against threats: 46.Rxd5 or 46.Rxf5}) 44. Bxd5 $1 {
White in time has chosen the moment.He have broken through a defense of the
contender.} Bxd5 45. Rxd5 exd5 46. Bc3 Rgf6 ({Hardly it was better:} 46... Kh7
47. Qxd5 Qe8 48. Ra7 Qf7 49. Qb7 Rd8 50. Qb6 Rgg8 51. Qxb5 {and so on.}) 47.
Qxd5+ R6f7 48. Qd3 {The Pb5 doomed on destruction.} h5 (48... Qb8 $143 49. Ra5
{[%csl Rb5]}) 49. Qxb5 {White has a absolutely winning position,but for
realization of advantage is required the certain time.} g4 {The rather
doubtful decision,but is very difficult to give good advice.} 50. Qc4 Qh4 ({
After:} 50... gxf3 51. Qf4 (51. gxf3 $5) 51... Kh7 {it looks very strong:} 52.
Ra8 $1 Qxa8 $140 $8 53. Qg5 {/\54.Qxh5+ Kg8 55.Qh8#} Rf6 $8 54. Bxf6 Rxf6 $8
55. Qxf6 Qd5 (55... Qe4 $2 56. Qe7+ Kg6 57. Qxe4 fxe4 58. gxf3 e3 59. Kg2 $18)
(55... fxg2 $143 56. Qxf5+ Kh6 57. Qxd7 Qg8 58. Kg1 $18) 56. Qg5 Qe5+ (56... f2
$2 57. Qxh5+ Kg7 58. Qg5+ Kf7 59. Qf4 $18) 57. Qg3 $18) 51. Qf4 Kh7 (51... g3+
52. Qxg3+ Qxg3+ 53. Kxg3 $18) 52. Kh1 $18 {White reliably have hidden the king
and soon will begin to actuate PP on the queen side.} Rg8 (52... Re8 53. b5 {
/\c6}) 53. Rf1 Re8 (53... Qg5 $142 54. Qxg5 Rxg5 55. h4 Rg8 56. b5 $18) 54. b5
Kg6 55. Bd2 {/\Qh6#} Rh8 56. c6 dxc6 57. bxc6 Qf6 58. Rc1 {[%csl Yc1,Gc6,Gd6]
[%cal Gd6d7] The further resistance is impossible.} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Golod,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 "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bg5
Bb7 9. e4 Be7 {Black try to play this variation without a preventive move:} (
9... h6 $5 {You can see my comments to Sokolov,I-Kurajica,B/Sarajevo,2004/CBM
101(1-0)(50)}) 10. Be2 (10. Rd1 $5 {You can see annotations to game: Petursson,
M-Gulko,B/New York,1991/Inf 51/559(1-0)(Petursson,M)(35)}) 10... d6 {Too
passively,but reliably.} ({On:} 10... Nc6 {you can find two games}) ({and
after:} 10... h6 $5 {you can find three games in Mega DataBase 2004.}) 11. O-O
({On:} 11. Rd1 {I have found six games in my database.}) 11... Nbd7 12. Rfd1 ({
Is a possible continuation of the play:} 12. Rad1 {See comments to Ivanov,
S-Taimanov,M/St.Petersburg,1996/CBM 56(1-0)(Kantsler,B)(35)}) 12... Qc7 $5 {
Also in this position once were checked the following moves:} (12... Qb8 13.
Rac1 a6 14. h3 $6 (14. b4 $142) 14... Qc7 15. Qb1 Nc5 $36 {Hareux,H-Chuchelov,
V/Bethune,2000(0-1)(35)}) ({and} 12... a6 $5 13. Nd4 Rc8 14. f3 Ne5 15. Qb3 Qc7
$11 {Krivoshey,S-Alexandrova,O/Alushta,2003(1/2-1/2)(23)}) 13. Rac1 $146 {
Is paradoxical,but only this logical move is a novelty.} ({Was checked in the
preceding game:} 13. Nd4 a6 14. Rac1 Rfe8 15. Be3 Rac8 16. f3 Qb8 17. Qd2 Bd8
18. Nb3 Bc7 19. Bf4 Ne5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 $11 {Grigore,G-Tjiam,D/Montecatini Terme,
2000(1/2-1/2)(63)}) 13... Rac8 14. b4 Qb8 $11 {It became already clear,that
Black have decided all opening problems.The black's pieces are located rather
harmoniously,they attack of the white's pawns "c4" and "e4".} 15. Qb1 Rfe8 16.
h3 {><g4 White prepare a point "e3" for his bishop.} Ba6 {Black begin to
attack a weak part of the contender - Pc4.} 17. Qa2 Rc7 18. Bf4 Qc8 19. Nd2 ({
Leads to favourable simplifications for Black:} 19. Bxd6 $6 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Bxc4
21. Qb1 Bxe2 22. Nxe2 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Qxc1+ 24. Nxc1 Kf8 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gf8e7]
} 25. Nd3 e5 $11) 19... Ne5 {The right positional decision.} 20. Bxe5 dxe5 {
Sarunas Sulskis has received the control above the centre (><d4), White,in
turn,has a pawns advantage on the queen side,but can't use it.} 21. Qb2 Rd8 {
<->d} 22. Re1 Nd7 {Black want to move him N on the ideal point "d4",but it
cannot be made,after the following move:} 23. Nb5 $1 Bxb5 ({Hardly it was
better:} 23... Rb7 24. Nf3 {קe5}) 24. cxb5 $11 Nf6 ({It deserves more
attention:} 24... Bg5 $5 25. Rxc7 Qxc7 26. Nf3 Bh6 $11 {/^c1-h6}) 25. Rxc7 Qxc7
26. Rc1 Qd7 27. Rc2 {White fairly avoid a exchange of the central pawns.} (27.
Nc4 $143 Nxe4 28. Qxe5 Nd6 {=/=/+}) 27... Rc8 28. Rxc8+ Qxc8 {Presence of
bishops of opposite color in endgame - "harbinger" of drawn game.} 29. Bd3 (29.
Qxe5 $2 {is refuted by:} Qc1+ 30. Nf1 Qxa3 {קb4}) 29... h6 (29... Nd7 $5 30.
Nf3 $140 Qc7 $11) 30. Nf3 Nd7 31. h4 {White's idea is: to create of additional
weakness in camp of the contender.} (31. Nxe5 $6 Nxe5 (31... Bf6 $143 32. Nc6
$1 (32. f4 $2 Qc7 $15) 32... Bxb2 $140 33. Ne7+ Kf8 34. Nxc8 Bxa3 35. Nxa7 Bxb4
$11) 32. Qxe5 Qc1+ 33. Bf1 Qxa3 34. Qb8+ Bf8 {=/=/+}) 31... Qc7 32. g3 Kf8 33.
Kg2 g5 $6 {Doubtful idea.It is rather dangerous to open the king without the
special necessity.} (33... Bd6 $5 34. Nd2 Qc8 35. Nc4 Bb8 $11) 34. Qd2 Qd6 35.
hxg5 hxg5 36. Qc3 Kg7 37. Bc2 g4 (37... Bf6 $6 38. Qc6 $1 $36 {/\Qb7(קa7)})
38. Nh2 Nf6 39. Qe3 Qd4 $4 {Painful blunder leading to immediate loss of Pg4.}
({Can be recommended:} 39... Qc7 $5 40. Bb3 (40. Bd1 Qc4 41. Nxg4 Nxg4 42. Bxg4
Qxb5 $11) 40... Qb7 41. Qg5+ Kf8 42. Qxe5 Qxe4+ 43. Qxe4 Nxe4 44. Nxg4 Nc3 $11)
40. Qxd4 exd4 41. e5 Nd5 42. Nxg4 $16 {In this position White don't have any
weakness,in the same time,Black has a very weak pawn "d4".} f5 43. Nh2 $1 Bd8
44. Nf3 Bc7 45. Bb3 $1 {/\46.Bxd5 exd5 47.Nxd4} (45. Nxd4 $143 Bxe5 46. Nxe6+
Kf6 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Ge5b2] /\Bb2 and Black gets a some chances for rescue.})
45... Nc3 46. Bxe6 Nxb5 (46... Kg6 47. Nh4+) 47. Bxf5 Nxa3 48. Bd3 $1 $18 {
[%csl Ra3,Yd3][%cal Yd3a6,Yd3b1]} a5 49. bxa5 bxa5 50. g4 a4 51. Kg3 {[%cal
Gg3f4,Gf4e4] The further resistance is senseless.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Qb6 {
Black chose a very rare idea for this specific position.} (7... b6 $5 {It's
the main line.For example you can see my annotations to Sokolov,I-Sulskis,S/
Mallorca,2004/CBM 104(1-0)(51)}) 8. e3 Be7 ({Also repeatedly were checked up
in previous games:} 8... Qc7 $5) 9. Bd3 $5 {White chose this continuation as
an alternative: 9.b3!?; 9.Be2; 9.b4!? and 9.e4.} d6 {Black didn't want to
change the picture in this game:} (9... d5 $5 {You can see comments toYakovich,
Y-Kharitonov,A/Sochi,1997/CBM 062(1-0)(Yakovich,Y)(69)}) 10. b4 ({You can find
7 games in this position with the following move:} 10. O-O $5) ({and only one
with this one:} 10. g4 $1 {For further information, you can see comments to
Lazarev,V-Dragomarezkij,E/Alushta,1993/CBM 036(1-0)([Hansen,LB)(52)}) 10...
Nbd7 ({A little prematurely:} 10... a5 11. Na4 Qa7 12. Bb2 axb4 13. axb4 Nc6
14. Qb3 e5 15. Nc3 Qb8 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. O-O Bg4 18. Nd2 $14 {Toth,C-Skembris,
S/Dortmund,1992(1-0)(32)}) 11. Bb2 a6 12. g4 {Alot of responsibility behind
this move.White is playing on both sides! This is a typical idea for positions
with this pawn structure.} ({Leads to quieter game:} 12. O-O $5) 12... Qc6 $5
$146 ({It was dangerous to accept the pawn sacrifice right away:} 12... Nxg4 $6
{because of:} 13. Rg1 (13. Bxh7+ $5 Kh8 14. Rg1 f5 15. Bg6 $36) 13... h5 (13...
f5 $5) 14. O-O-O f5 15. Kb1 Bf6 16. h3 Nge5 17. Ng5 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Ne5 19. Qe2
$40 {Greenfeld,A-Zak,U/Corfu,1991(1-0)(22)}) 13. Ke2 g6 $2 ({Now this required
some attention:} 13... Nxg4 $1 14. Bxh7+ (14. Rag1 $5) 14... Kh8 {[%csl Rc4,
Rh7]} 15. Qe4 Nge5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Qxc6 bxc6 18. Bd3 Nxd3 19. Kxd3 e5 $11)
14. h4 $1 {White begins a wide pawn attack on the king side!} b5 $6 (14... Nxg4
$5 15. Rag1 Nge5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. h5 $40) ({Hardly it was better:} 14... b6
15. h5 Bb7 16. Nd4 $40) 15. cxb5 axb5 16. h5 $1 $40 {Apparently this
continuation is stronger, than:} (16. g5 Nh5 17. Bxb5 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Qxa6+ 19.
Qd3 Qb7 {+/=/+/-}) 16... Nxg4 17. Rag1 Bb7 (17... Nde5 18. Nd4 Qb6 19. f4 Nxd3
20. Qxd3 $16) 18. Nd4 $1 Qxh1 {It seems that Black didn't appraise the
position he will get after his 21st move, correctly.} (18... Qc8 $5 19. Rh3 (
19. Rxg4 $143 Bxh1 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Bxg6 Ne5 22. Bh7+ Kh8 23. Rg3 Bb7 24.
Ncxb5 Qxc2+ 25. Bxc2 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gf2f4]}) 19... Nge5 20. Bxb5 g5 21. f4
$16) 19. Rxh1 Bxh1 20. f3 $1 Nge5 21. Bxb5 $16 {All would have been fine for
Black, if it weren't for his "h1" bishop, it can't return to the game, and
soon enough will be eliminated from the board. If Black succeeds in recovering
it, he will face different material losses.} Nb6 (21... Nf6 $142 22. hxg6 fxg6
23. Qd1 Nh5 (23... Bg2 $143 24. Qg1 Bh3 (24... Bxf3+ 25. Nxf3 Nxf3 26. Kxf3
Nd5+ 27. Ke2 Nxc3+ 28. Bxc3 Rxa3 29. Qg4 $1 $18 {[%csl Gb5,Re6,Gg4]}) 25. Qh1
Bf5 26. e4 Nh5 27. Kd1 $18) 24. f4 Nf7 25. Nxe6 {+/-/+-}) 22. Qd1 Nbc4 ({
That bishop has nowhere to run:} 22... Bg2 23. Qg1 Bh3 24. Qg3 Bf5 25. e4 {
[%csl Rf5] and White will trap it in the middle of the board!}) 23. Bc1 Nxa3 ({
This doesn't change anything:} 23... Bg2 24. Kf2 Bh3 25. Kg3 Bf5 26. e4 $18)
24. Qxh1 Nxb5 25. Ndxb5 $18 {White has Q+N for his opponent's RR. Objectively,
the position is won, however, white's king is a bit exposed, and that why he
has to be very accurate when realizing his material advantage.} Ra1 26. f4 {
First, it is necessary to enter the most important piece into the game.} Ng4
$140 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Qb7 Rxc1 ({I don't believe this was any better:} 28...
Bh4 29. Bd2 d5 30. e4 $18) 29. Qxe7 Rc2+ 30. Kd3 Rb2 31. Nxd6 {The black rook
must defend the "f7" square, that's why Black doesn't have anything to attack
the white king.} Nf2+ 32. Kc4 Ng4 33. e4 Ne3+ 34. Kd3 Ng2 35. f5 $1 {White
gets to his opponent's king first.} exf5 $140 36. Nd5 $1 {Great Knights! Now
White has created a threat: 37.Nf6+ Kg7 37.Nde8+} fxe4+ 37. Qxe4 {Black
resigns, because he can not find protection against numerous threats.} 1-0

[Event "Bermuda"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2005.02.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.01.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bf4
Nc6 {This move became very popular in the last five years.} ({The main
alternative continuations are:} 8... Nh5) ({and} 8... Bb7) 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. e4
Ne7 11. h3 Ng6 12. Bh2 Nh5 13. Qd2 f5 $5 $146 {All of Black's pieces are
looking at the white's kingside, that's why this move looks quite logical. It
is also tactically sound. Comments to this part of the game and also to:} (
13... Nf6 $5 14. Qc2 Nh5 15. Qd2 Nf6 16. b4 {You can find in my annotations to
game: Bareev,E-Ivanchuk,V/Rethymnon,2003/CBM 98(0-1)(41)}) 14. exf5 $2 {
White couldn't see the nuances of the position. Exchanging the queens was a
necessary, to prevent black's attack:} (14. Qxd7 $5 Qxd7 15. Rxd7 Bc6 (15...
fxe4 $5 16. Rxb7 exf3 17. Ne4 fxg2 18. Bxg2 Nhf4 19. O-O Bd4 $11) 16. Rd2 fxe4
17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Nhf4 $1 $13) ({Of course this couldn't be good for White:
} 14. e5 {in view of:} Bxf3 15. gxf3 a5 16. Qxd7 $140 Qxd7 17. Rxd7 f4 $1 {
/\Nxe5|^}) 14... Bxf3 $1 {Black immediately disassembles white's pawn
structure and begins attacking it.} 15. gxf3 $140 Nh4 16. Be2 Qf6 $1 {Black
brings out the heavy artillery! After a long analysis, I realized, that this
was stronger, than an obvious continuation:} (16... Rxf5 $143 17. b4 (17. Qxd7
Qf6 18. Ne4 Qxb2 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Nxc5 Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 Qc3+ $1 22. Rd2 Qxf3 23.
Qe4 bxc5 24. Qxf3 Rxf3 {at minimum, Black is not standing worse!}) 17... Bf8 (
17... Rxf3 $143 18. bxc5 Ng2+ 19. Kf1 Ne3+ 20. Ke1 $1 (20. Qxe3 $2 Rxe3 21.
fxe3 Qf6+ 22. Kg2 Qxc3 23. Bxh5 Qb2+ 24. Kg1 Qxa3 $15 {[%csl Rc5,Re3]}) 20...
Ng2+ 21. Kf1 Ne3+ $11) 18. Qxd7 $140 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Qxd7 20. Rxd7 Rxf3 21. Be5
a5 $15) 17. Qd3 {White is preparing a way out for his king.} ({Leads to
immediate disaster:} 17. b4 $2 Be7 18. Rg1 Qxf5 19. Qxd7 $140 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3
Qxf3 $17) 17... Ng2+ 18. Kd2 ({Hardly it was better:} 18. Kf1 Nhf4 19. Qxd7
Qxf5 $17) 18... Nhf4 {Black got everything he possibly could in this position.
All of pieces are ideally placed.} 19. Bxf4 {White can't stand black's knights
on "g2" and "f4".} Nxf4 20. Qe4 (20. Qc2 $143 Rad8 $17 21. Kc1 $140 $2 {
[%tqu "En","Find the killer move!","","","c5a3","",10]} Bxa3 $1 22. fxe6 (22.
bxa3 Qxc3 $1 23. Qxc3 Nxe2+ 24. Kb2 Nxc3 25. Kxc3 Rxf5 $19) 22... Qxc3 $1 23.
Qxc3 Nxe2+ 24. Kc2 Nxc3 25. bxa3 Nxd1 26. e7 Nxf2 27. exd8=Q Rxd8 28. Rh2 Rc8
29. Rxf2 Rxc4+ $19) 20... Qh6 {Black had more interesting continuations:} (
20... Qxf5 $1 21. Qxf5 (21. Kc1 d5 $1 22. Qxf5 Rxf5 $17) 21... Rxf5 22. b4 (22.
Rdf1 $143 Bd4) 22... Bxf2 23. Ne4 Bd4 $17) ({or} 20... Qh4 $5 21. Kc1 (21. fxe6
$140 $2 Rae8 22. Kc1 Rxe6 23. Qc2 Nxe2+ 24. Nxe2 Rxf3 $19) 21... exf5 22. Qc2
Rae8 $17) 21. Kc2 Rae8 22. Kb1 {White has managed to hide his king, but if you
look closely at the position, you can see that Harikrishna is long from
solving all of his problems: the white pawn structure on the king side
resembles the ruins of a old city, the black pieces are more actively standing.
} exf5 $6 {A dull choice. Black gained an advantage with this continuation:} (
22... d5 $1 23. Qc2 (23. cxd5 exd5 24. Qc2 Qh5 $17) 23... Nxe2 24. Qxe2 exf5
25. Qd3 dxc4 26. Qxc4+ Kh8 27. Rd7 Bxf2 $17 {[%csl Rc4,Yf2][%cal Gb6b5]}) 23.
Qc2 Bxf2 {These two continuations also lead to a small advantage:} (23... Nxe2
24. Nxe2 Qc6 25. Rd5 Bxf2 26. Rhd1 $15) (23... Qc6 $5 24. Bd3 g6 25. Nd5 Nxd5
26. cxd5 Qd6 27. h4 $15) 24. Bd3 $15 Nxd3 ({I don't believe it was good to
immediately give away his extra pawn:} 24... Bd4 $6 25. Nb5 Be5 26. Nxa7 Qh5
27. Nb5 $15) 25. Rxd3 Re1+ $2 {Black has obviously lost the edge in this game.
After this exchange, Black can't even consider any advantage here.} (25... Be3
$1 26. Rxd7 $140 Qc6 {[%csl Rc4,Rd7,Rf3]} 27. Qd1 (27. Qd3 $6 Qxf3 28. Rg1 g6
29. Nd5 Qe4 $1 30. Qxe4 Rxe4 $17) 27... Qxc4 28. Rxa7 $15) 26. Rxe1 Bxe1 27.
Rxd7 Qxh3 $6 {It was the last straw. Black needed to think about how to
equalize this position.} (27... Qc6 $1 28. Re7 (28. Rxa7 $5 Qxf3 $13) 28...
Bxc3 29. Qxc3 Rf7 $11) 28. Qd1 Qh4 (28... Bxc3 $4 29. Qd5+ Kh8 30. Rd8 $18) 29.
Qd5+ Kh8 30. Nb5 $1 $14 {[%csl Gb5,Rh8][%cal Gb5d6,Gd6f7] White puts his
knight back in the game. And the picture has instantly changed from the last
10 moves. Nothing left from Black's advantage. Now he needs to defend himself.}
h5 $2 (30... Qf6 $5 31. Nd4 h6 32. Ne6 Rg8 (32... Rf7 $2 33. Rd6 $1 Qe7 (33...
Bg3 34. Nd8 $1 Bxd6 35. Nxf7+ Kh7 36. Nxd6 $18) 34. Nf4 Kh7 35. Re6 Qh4 36. Ng2
$18) 33. Rxa7 Bf2 $14) 31. Nd6 $2 {White doesn't utilise his opponent's
decisive mistake. This won on the spot:} (31. Qe5 $1 {[%csl Re1,Rg7]} Qg3 (
31... Rf6 32. Nd6 Bg3 33. Qe8+ Kh7 34. Nf7 $18) (31... Rg8 32. Nd6 $18) 32. Qe7
Kg8 $8 (32... Rg8 $2 33. Nd6 Bf2 34. Nf7+ Kh7 35. Ng5+ {with an easy win in
all variations!}) 33. Nd4 Bf2 34. Ne6 Bc5 35. Qxg7+ Qxg7 36. Rxg7+ Kh8 37. Rg5
Rf6 38. Rxh5+ Kg8 39. Nxc5 bxc5 40. Kc2 $18) 31... Qf4 $2 {I think that
Bartlomiej Macieja became very upset with the circumstances of his game, which
changed the advantage of the game from black to white. That's the only way I
can explain his next serious error.} (31... Qf6 32. Nf7+ Kh7 33. f4 Bh4 34.
Rxa7 Re8 $16) 32. Qe6 $18 {That's it! All of white's pieces have invaded
black's side.} Bh4 33. Qg6 $1 {This time White doesn't miss any chance given
to him. He develops a very strong attack, which immediately ends the game in
his favour.} Bf6 (33... Qg5 $142 34. Nf7+ Rxf7 35. Qxf7 Kh7 36. Rxa7 Qg6 37.
Qd5 Bf6 38. Ka2 h4 39. Ra8 $18 {[%csl Rh7]}) 34. Qxh5+ Kg8 35. Nxf5 {Black
doesn't have any more defense against white's direct threats.} Rc8 $2 (35...
Qe5 $142 36. Ne7+ Qxe7 37. Rxe7 Bxe7 38. Qd5+ Rf7 39. b4 $18) (35... Qg5 $2 36.
Qxg5 Bxg5 37. Rxg7+ Kh8 38. Rxg5) 36. Qg6 (36. Rxg7+ $1 Bxg7 37. Ne7+ Kf8 38.
Ng6+) 36... Qe5 (36... Rc7 37. Nxg7 Rxd7 38. Ne6+ Rg7 39. Qe8+) (36... Kh8 37.
Rxg7) 37. Nh6+ {Now Black gets mated in one move, or will have to give up his
queen. This game was quite interesting, despite the amount of errors the
players made.} 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 34th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2004.05.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2004.05.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bg5
Bb7 9. e4 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Rd1 Nh5 12. Bg3 {White's idea is to get an
activity on <-> "h" for his rook.} ({The main line is:} 12. Bxe7 $5 {For
further information,you can see my comments to Shipov,S-Shneider,A/Port Erin,
1999/CBM 74/(1/2-1/2)(24)}) 12... Nc6 ({GM Bartlomiej Macieja, European
champion in 2002, considered one of the best experts in this variation,has
tried twice:} 12... a6 $5 {It can be recommended to see his comments to
Kortschnoj,V-Macieja,B/Bled,2002(0-1)(60)} 13. e5 $5 $13 {Was played by Merab
Gagunashvilli against the same Bartlomiej,and led to complicated position.})
13. e5 $5 $146 {[%csl Rd6,Ge5][%cal Gc3e4,Ge4d6] A little bit agressive,but a
logical move.White prevents future Ng3-d6 idea,and plans to bring his knight
to d6.} ({In only one game that reached this position was:} 13. Be2 a6 ({
In this redaction worse is:} 13... Nxg3 $6 14. hxg3 a6 15. e5 $36 {[%csl Rg8,
Gh1][%cal Gg3g4,Gg4g5]}) 14. O-O $6 (14. e5 $5) 14... Nxg3 15. hxg3 Qc7 $1 16.
Rd2 Rac8 17. Rfd1 d6 {=/=/+ Black is at least ok... Sakaev,K-Van Wely,L/
Panormo,2002(1-0)(70)}) 13... Rc8 $1 ({Also playable, but worse is:} 13... a6 {
[%cal Ya6b5,Gf7f5]} 14. Ne4 (14. Bd3 $5) 14... f5 (14... Ra7 $143 $6 15. Be2 $1
{/\Nfg5 +/=}) 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Bxd6 Ne7 {/\Ne4 ~~}) 14. Be2 $6 {
[%csl Gc2,Ge2,Rg8,Rh5][%cal Gf3g5]} ({From my point of view,it was better:} 14.
Qd3 $5 {[%csl Rd7]} Nxg3 ({Too passive is:} 14... Nb8 15. Ne4 $14) 15. hxg3 Qc7
16. Rh5 $36) 14... f5 $6 {The right decision was to attack white's position,
until his pieces still undeveloped:} (14... Na5 $1 15. Nb5 (15. b3 $2 Bxa3 16.
Bh4 Be7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nb5 Nf4 $15) (15. Ne4 Nxc4 $1 16. Bxc4 $140 b5 17.
Rd4 bxc4 18. Rxc4 Rxc4 19. Qxc4 Qa8 $1 $36 20. Nfd2 $140 $2 Rc8 $19) (15. Rd4
$2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Nxc4 $17) 15... a6 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Nxg3
18. hxg3 Bd5 $1 {[%csl Rc4,Rd6][%cal Ga5b7]} 19. Rh4 $5 Nb7 20. Rxd5 $1 {
The best moment to make the sacrifice,when black's knight is far away:} exd5
21. Qf5 {/\Bd3} dxc4 (21... d6 $2 22. Bd3 g6 23. Qf4 $18) 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 $1 {
Well done re-sacrifice!} 23. Rxc4 d6 $15 {[%csl Re1]}) 15. exf6 Bxf6 (15...
Nxf6 $143 16. O-O $14) 16. Nb5 {><d6} Ba8 $6 ({In my opinion,obviously better:
} 16... Nxg3 $5 17. hxg3 d5 18. Qg6 {/\Bd3} Ne7 19. Qg4 Nf5 $1 $13 {This
position is very unclear and have to tested more in practice.}) 17. Qg6 Nxg3
18. hxg3 Ne7 19. Qg4 {[%csl Re6,Yg4]} a6 ({Seems logical,but leads to unclear
consequences:} 19... Bxb2 20. Rd2 Bf6 21. Rxh6 Nf5 22. Rh1 a6 23. Nd6 $8 (23.
Nbd4 $2 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 Bc3 $19) 23... Nxd6 24. Rxd6 Qc7 25. Rd1 $36 {[%cal
Ge2d3,Gg4g6] Although Black has a better pawn structure,white's pieces may
develop strong attack on the king,so in this position I would prefer to play
for White.}) 20. Nd6 Rc6 21. Ne4 ({Less accurate is:} 21. b4 Nf5 (21... Bc3+
22. Kf1 Nf5 $13) 22. Ne4 (22. Nxf5 $143 exf5 23. Qf4 Re6 $1 $15) 22... Rc7 {
- transfers to the game}) (21. Rxh6 $2 {is refuted by:} Nf5 $1 22. Rxf6 Qxf6
$17) 21... Nf5 ({Too dangerous is:} 21... Bxb2 22. Rxh6 Nf5 23. Rh3 $40) 22. b4
$13 (22. Nxf6+ $6 Qxf6 23. Rd2 (23. Rxd7 $2 Qxb2 $17 {[%csl Re1]}) 23... b5 $1
$15) (22. Rd2 {/\0-0 =}) 22... Rc7 (22... Bb2 $5 23. Rb1 Bxa3 24. Rb3 d5 25.
Rxa3 dxe4 26. Qxe4 $13) 23. Bd3 $6 {It was better to simplify the position and
achieve an equal endgame:} (23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Qf4 Qc3+ 25. Qd2 Qxd2+ (25...
Qxa3 $2 26. g4 Ne7 27. Qd6 $16) (25... Qf6 $143 26. Qf4 {+/=/=}) 26. Rxd2 $11)
23... Bxe4 $6 {Strange decision.Bojan Kurajica gives up his two bishops
advantage,instead of trying to use them.And now,after Bojan has protected Ph6,
He could go for the pawn:} (23... Bb2 $1 24. Rb1 (24. a4 $143 Qe7 {[%csl Rb4]})
24... Bxa3 25. Rb3 d5 $1 26. Ned2 Bc1 $15) 24. Qxe4 Bc3+ 25. Kf1 Qf6 26. g4 Nd6
27. Qh7+ Kf7 28. Rh5 $1 {[%csl Gd3,Yh5][%cal Yh5a5,Gc4c5] Nice move.Finally,
White has completed the idea of 12.Bg3.} ({Useless is:} 28. c5 $2 bxc5 29. Bxa6
e5 $1 {[%cal Yf6d6,Gf7e7,Gc3d4,Ge5e4]} 30. Qd3 cxb4 $15) 28... Ke7 {[%csl Ye7]}
29. c5 bxc5 30. Rxc5 Rxc5 (30... Ra7 31. Kg1 $14) 31. bxc5 Nb7 32. c6 $1 dxc6
33. Qe4 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6,Re6,Re7]} Rc8 34. Bxa6 Nc5 $2 ({The only move was:} 
34... Rd8 35. Rc1 (35. Rxd8 Nxd8 36. Bd3 $14 {[%csl Ga3][%cal Ga3a4]}) 35...
Na5 36. Qe3 Bd4 37. Qe1 Rd5 $14 {White's advantage is more symbolic than a
real one.}) 35. Qc4 Nxa6 36. Qxa6 $16 {Now white's advantage is clear.His
knight is much better than black's bishop,and finally his queen successfully
has penetrated to black's camp.} Rc7 $2 {Mistake drags other mistake.It was
better immediately to give up the Pc6 and find a safe place for a king:} (36...
Re8 37. Qxc6 Kf8 $16) 37. Qb6 Rd7 38. Qc5+ Kd8 39. Rb1 $1 Bd4 $2 {It at once
loses a game.} (39... Rd5 $142 40. Qxc6 Ba5 41. g5 hxg5 42. Nxg5 $1 Rxg5 (42...
Qxg5 $2 43. Rb8+ Ke7 44. Re8+ Kf7 45. Qxe6#) 43. Rb8+ Ke7 44. Re8+ Kf7 45. Qd7+
Kg6 46. Rxe6 $18) 40. Qxc6 $2 {Ivan Sokolov misses very simple way to finish
the game immediately,although it is not so difficult win. Well maybe they both
were in zeitnot?} (40. Nxd4 $1 Rxd4 (40... Qxd4 $2 41. Qf8+ Kc7 42. Qb8#) 41.
Rb8+ Kd7 42. Rf8 {[%csl Rd4,Yf6][%cal Yf6d4,Gf8f6]} Rd1+ $140 43. Ke2 Qd4 44.
Rf7+ Kc8 45. Qxc6+ {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gc6b7,Gc6e8]}) 40... Ba7 41. g3 Qf8 ({
Doesn't change a matter:} 41... e5 42. Qe4 Bd4 43. Rb8+ Ke7 44. Nxd4 Rxd4 45.
Qb7+ Rd7 46. Qc8 $18 {[%csl Gb8,Gc8,Re7]}) 42. Qa8+ Ke7 43. Qe4 Qc8 $6 {
Releases the knight from Pf2.} 44. Ne5 $18 Rc7 45. Kg2 Bc5 46. Qh7 Qa8+ (46...
Kf6 47. Re1 $18) 47. Kh3 Kf6 48. Qg6+ $1 Kxe5 $140 49. Re1+ Be3 (49... Kd4 50.
Rd1+ Kc3 (50... Ke5 51. f4#) (50... Kc4 51. Qd3#) 51. Qd3+ Kb2 52. Rb1+ Ka2 53.
Qb3#) (49... Kd5 50. Qe4+ Kd6 51. Qxe6#) (49... Kd6 50. Qxe6#) 50. Rxe3+ 1-0

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Li, Wenliang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Qb6 {
Black chose a very rare idea for this specific position.} (7... b6 $5 {It's
the main line.}) 8. e3 Qc7 $5 {In the previous chessbase magazine (CBM 106) I
commented another continuation:} (8... Be7 $5 {Beliavsky,A-Shaposhnikov,E/
Moscow,2005(1-0)(37)}) 9. b4 {Except this move there are other possibilities
in this position:} (9. Bd3 $5) (9. Bd2 $5) ({and} 9. b3 $5) 9... Be7 10. Bb2 (
10. Nb5 $143 Qd8 11. e4 a6 12. Nbd4 d6 13. Bd3 b6 14. O-O Bb7 15. h3 Nbd7 16.
Be3 Rc8 17. Qb1 Qc7 18. Rc1 Qb8 $11 {Medic,M-Koskela,N/Mallorca,2004(1-0)(64)})
10... d6 $146 (10... a6 $5 11. Bd3 d6 12. g4 Nxg4 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Bd3 b5 15.
Rg1 {1/2-1/2 Rochev,Y-Berzinsh,R/Panormo,2001(15)}) (10... a5 $6 11. Nb5 Qd8
12. bxa5 (12. Ng5 $5) 12... Qxa5+ 13. Bc3 Qa4 14. Bd3 Qxc2 15. Bxc2 Na6 16. Ke2
Nc5 17. Bb4 b6 18. Rhd1 Bb7 19. a4 d5 20. Ne5 Rfc8 {1/2-1/2 Reinderman,D-Greet,
A/Gausdal,2005(20)}) 11. Bd3 Nbd7 (11... Nc6 $143 12. Nb5 Qb8 13. Rd1 a6 14.
Nc3 Rd8 15. O-O $14) ({Another option was:} 11... a6 $5 {preventing White's
knight to jump to b5.}) 12. g4 $5 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gg4g5,Yf6h7,Gg5f6] A
fashionable move. In past years this move became a firm sign of various
openings. In this specific position such idea was already tested (see game
Rochev - Berzinsh,2001, annotation to 10th move of Black). White planned to
start an attack on black's kingside immediately, without castling. Of course,
a more quiet continuation was:} (12. O-O $5) 12... g6 13. g5 Nh5 (13... Ng4
$143 14. Nb5 Qb8 15. h4 $40) 14. Nb5 Qb8 {It's not so easy to evaluate this
position. Right to now, White has more space. But Black's position is very
tough. Besides White's king still remains in the centre, that gives Black good
chances for counterplay after the opening.} 15. Nbd4 Nb6 {[%cal Ge6e5,Gc8g4]}
16. a4 $6 {A very sharp move. The next maneuvre of White's knight deserved
attention:} (16. Ne2 $5 Bd7 17. Ng3 Bc6 18. Be4 Nxg3 19. hxg3 $14) 16... e5 17.
Nb3 {It was interesting was to check up a pawn sacrifice:} (17. a5 $5 exd4 18.
axb6 dxe3 19. fxe3 axb6 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. O-O $14 {After this move, Black has
time to finish development and to coordinate his pieces.}) 17... Bg4 18. Nfd2
Rc8 $11 {All attempts of White to create something on the kingside finished
without result and now the initiative gradually went over to Black.} 19. Rg1
Bd7 (19... Be6 $5 20. Na5 (20. a5 $143 Nxc4 21. Nxc4 Bxc4 22. Bxc4 d5 23. Qc3 (
23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. bxc5 Rxc5 $15) 23... Rxc4 24. Qxe5 Bxb4+ 25. Kf1 Qxe5 26. Bxe5
a6 $15) 20... d5 21. c5 Nd7 {with complicated play.}) 20. Na5 (20. a5 $143 Na4
21. Be4 Nxb2 22. Qxb2 Bc6 23. Bd5 b5 $13) 20... Rc7 $15 {[%csl Ra4,Rc4][%cal
Gb8e8,Ga8c8] Begins regrouping. It is too early to open the game:} (20... d5
$143 21. c5 Nxa4 22. Rxa4 b6 23. Ba6 Bxa4 24. Qxa4 bxa5 25. Bxc8 Qxc8 26. Qxa5
$11) 21. Be2 ({Very risky was:} 21. Be4 d5 22. c5 dxe4 23. Qxe4 Bf5 24. Qxe5 f6
25. gxf6 Bxf6 26. Qxf5 Bxb2 27. cxb6 axb6 28. Rd1 (28. Rb1 bxa5 29. Qxh5 Bc3
30. Qd5+ Rf7 $17) 28... bxa5 29. Qxh5 axb4 30. Qd5+ Kh8 $15) 21... Ng7 22. f4 {
Frankly speaking, I don't like White's position after this move. But with that,
it's hard to recommend something good for him. Questionable moves like 22.Bf3
or 22.Qb3 could solve all problems for White.} Qe8 $6 {Why don't open a
central file firstly?} (22... exf4 $142 23. exf4 Bf5 24. Qc3 Bf8 {[%csl Re1]
[%cal Gb8e8,Ge8e1]}) 23. b5 {Loek Van Wely preferred to avoid the next sharp
continuations:} (23. fxe5 $5 dxe5 24. Bxe5 Rcc8 (24... Bxb4 $5 25. Bxc7 Bxa5 (
25... Qxe3 $2 26. Rg3 $18) 26. Kf2 Bf5 27. e4 Qc6 $44) 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Nxb7
Rab8 $44) 23... Be6 {Again for some reason Black didn't open the e-file.} (
23... exf4 $142 24. exf4 Bf5 25. Qc3 Bf8 $36) 24. Qd3 Rac8 25. Kf2 Nf5 $6 {
What happened with Black? Maybe the authority of his opponent pressured him?} (
{After} 25... exf4 26. exf4 d5 $1 $17 {his advantage is obvious, if not
decisive.}) 26. e4 Nd4 27. Bxd4 exd4 28. Rgc1 (28. f5 $2 Bxc4 29. Ndxc4 Nxc4
30. Nxc4 Rxc4 31. Qxc4 Rxc4 32. Bxc4 Bxg5 33. Rxg5 Qxe4 $19) (28. Qxd4 $2 d5 {
/\Bc5 -+}) 28... f5 $6 {Certainly, it was not Li Wenliang's day. He missed
another option to get a decisive advantage:} (28... d5 $1 29. exd5 Bf5 30. Qf3
(30. Qb3 Bc5 $19) 30... Bb4 31. Nab3 Re7 $17) 29. Bf3 Qf7 30. exf5 (30. Kg2 $2
fxe4 31. Qxe4 d5 32. Qxd4 dxc4 $19) 30... Bxf5 31. Qxd4 d5 32. Kg2 dxc4 {
Also good was:} (32... Bf8 $1 {[%csl Ra1,Rd4][%cal Gf8g7]}) 33. Ne4 Bxe4 34.
Qxe4 Bb4 {-/+/-+} 35. Nxb7 Re8 (35... Re7 $142 36. Qb1 Nd5 37. Kh1 Re3 38. Bg2
Rce8 $19) 36. Qb1 Bf8 $6 {Recommended could be:} (36... Nd5 $1 37. Kh1 Re3 38.
Nd8 Qd7 39. Nc6 Rxf3 40. Ne5 Qh3 41. Qe4 Rd3 42. Nxd3 Qxd3 43. Qxd3 cxd3 44.
Rxc7 Nxc7 $19) 37. Re1 (37. a5 $2 Nd5 38. a6 Nxf4+ 39. Kh1 Nd3 40. Rf1 Re1 41.
Qxe1 Nxe1 42. Raxe1 c3 {-/+/-+}) 37... Rxe1 38. Qxe1 Rxb7 39. Bxb7 Qxb7+ $17 {
Probably black's position is still winning, but now he has some technical
problems:A weak king and a couple of white's pawns on the queenside remain to
White chances for counterplay.} 40. Kg3 Qf7 41. Qe4 {First of all, activity of
the queen - "e4" is the perfect square for it.} Nd5 $2 {The mistake. It's hard
to say what Black missed in his calculations, maybe it was already
time-trouble. But anyway, why give up a passed pawn?} (41... c3 $5) 42. Qxc4
$15 Bd6 43. Rf1 Qf5 44. Kg2 Kf8 (44... Bxf4 $2 45. Rxf4 Qxg5+ 46. Kf3 $18) 45.
Qd4 {[%cal Gd4a7,Gd4h8]} Nxf4+ 46. Kh1 Be5 (46... Qe5 $2 47. Qxe5 Bxe5 48. a5
Ke7 49. b6 axb6 50. a6 Bb8 51. Rxf4 $18) 47. Qc5+ $132 (47. Qxa7 $2 Qe4+ $19)
47... Kg8 48. Qc4+ $6 {Surprisingly, Loek Van Wely started playing for win.} ({
This deserves attention:} 48. Qc6 Qxg5 (48... Kg7 $4 49. Qb7+ Qf7 $140 50.
Qxf7+ $1 Kxf7 51. a5 Ke7 52. b6 axb6 53. a6 Bb8 54. Rxf4 $18) 49. Qa8+ Kg7 50.
Qxa7+ Kh6 51. Qb7 Bc7 52. Qe4 Nd5 $11) 48... Kg7 49. a5 Qxg5 50. Qe4 Bc7 $2 (
50... Bd6 $142 51. b6 a6 $17) 51. b6 axb6 52. a6 (52. axb6 $143 Bb8 $15) 52...
Qb5 $6 (52... Bb8 $5 53. a7 Bxa7 54. Qd4+ Kg8 55. Qxf4 (55. Rxf4 $143 b5 56. h4
Bxd4 57. hxg5 Bc3 $11) 55... Qxf4 56. Rxf4 Bb8 57. Rf6 Be5 58. Rxb6 Bd4 $11)
53. Rc1 Nd5 54. Qd4+ {It's seems, that thequeen's ending after:} (54. a7 $142
Qb2 55. Rxc7+ Nxc7 56. Qe7+ Kh6 57. Qxc7 Qb1+ 58. Kg2 Qe4+ {probably is
drawish. But any way it was best continuation for White.}) 54... Kh6 55. a7 {
Unbelievable! In final of this long-suffering game Li Wenliang resigned in
drawish position (or probably he lost on time):} (55. a7 Qe2 56. Qh4+ Kg7 57.
a8=Q Qf3+ 58. Kg1 Qe3+ 59. Kf1 (59. Kh1 $2 Qxc1+ 60. Kg2 Nf4+ $19) (59. Kg2
Nf4+ 60. Kf1 Qe2+ 61. Kg1 Qe3+ 62. Kf1 Qe2+ (62... Qxc1+ $6 63. Qe1 Qc4+ 64.
Kg1 Qc5+ 65. Kh1 $16) 63. Kg1 Qe3+ $11) 59... Qxc1+ 60. Qe1 Qf4+ 61. Qf2 Qc1+
62. Qe1 (62. Kg2 $2 Nf4+ $19) 62... Qf4+ 63. Qf2 $11) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov Ekonomist SGSEU"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bg5
Bb7 9. e4 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Rd1 Nh5 12. Bxe7 $5 (12. Bg3 $5 {White's idea is
to get an activity on the h-file for his rook. For further information, you
can see my comments to Sokolov,I-Kurajica,B/Sarajevo, 2004/CBM 101(1-0)(50)})
12... Qxe7 13. Qd2 d5 14. Bd3 $5 $146 {A logical novelty. White finished the
development of his pieces.} ({Comments from 13.Qd2 till 14.Bd3!? also for 14.
cd5?! and} 14. Qe3 $6 {can you find in my annotations to Shipov,S-Shneider,A/
Port Erin,1999/CBM 74(1/2-1/2)(24)}) (14. e5 $5 dxc4 15. Be2 (15. Qe3 $143 {
Macieja,B} Qc5 $13) 15... Nc6 (15... f6 $5 16. Nh4 (16. Bxc4 $5) 16... Qf7 17.
Nb5 fxe5 18. O-O Nf4 19. Nd6 Qf6 20. Nxb7 Qxh4 21. Bf3 Na6 22. g3 Nh3+ 23. Kg2
Qf6 24. Bc6 Rac8 25. Qd6 Ng5 26. h4 Nf7 27. Qd7 Rc7 {0-1 Kiriakov,P-Macieja,B/
playchess.com INT,2004(27)}) 16. Qe3 f5 (16... f6 $5) 17. Bxc4 Na5 18. Ba2 Rac8
19. O-O Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Nd4 a6 22. f3 g5 23. Nb3 Rc6 24. Rd4 Nf4 25. Rfd1
Rc7 26. Rd6 $16 {Volzhin,A-Taimanov,M/Stockholm,1999(1-0)(38)}) 14... dxc4 15.
Bxc4 Na6 {Black develops his knight and connects his rooks.} (15... Rc8 $144
16. Be2 Nf6 17. Qe3 Nbd7 18. O-O $14) 16. O-O $14 {White has little advantage
after the opening thanks to the unsuccessful position of black's knight on h5.}
Nc5 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gc5e4,Gb7e4]} (16... Rad8 $143 17. Qe2 Nf4 18. Qe3 Qc7 19.
Bb5 $14) (16... Rac8 $6 17. Be2 $14 {/\e5}) 17. Qe3 Rac8 {[%csl Rc4,Gc8][%cal
Gc5e4,Gc8c4]} 18. Ba2 ({This deserves attention:} 18. Rc1 $5 {/\19.b4}) 18...
Rfd8 {Black's play is very logical: he finishes his development and put the
rooks on the open files. The only defect of his position is the knight on h5.}
19. Bb1 (19. e5 $143 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qg5 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Re1 g6 $11) ({
It is interesting to check next continuation:} 19. b4 Nd7 20. Nb5 (20. Rfe1
$143 Nhf6 21. h3 Ne8 $11) 20... Ba6 21. Nxa7 Rc7 22. Nd4 {><c6} Ne5 23. Nab5
Rcd7 24. Bb3 Qh4 25. f3 Qf4 $44) 19... Nd7 20. Rd2 Nhf6 $11 {Black
successfully solved his last problem. Now the position is fully equal and
opponents could easily agree for draw. But Petr Kiriakov demonstrates his
fighting spirit (maybe it's linked to the team format of the competition).} 21.
Rfd1 Nf8 $6 {A sure way to draw - exchanging the pieces. But why not to put a
knight on a more active position:} (21... Nc5 $5 22. Nd4 (22. b4 Rxd2 23. Nxd2
(23. Rxd2 $144 Na4) 23... Ncd7 $11) 22... a5 23. e5 Nd5 24. Qg3 Nxc3 25. bxc3
Ne4 26. Bxe4 Bxe4 27. a4 Rd5 $11) 22. Ne5 $14 Rxd2 23. Qxd2 Qc5 24. Qd4 (24.
Qf4 $143 Qc7 25. Nb5 Rd8 26. Rd3 (26. Bd3 $2 Qb8 27. f3 $140 $2 (27. Nc3 $142)
27... N8d7 28. Bf1 g5 29. Qg3 Nh5 30. Nxd7 Nxg3 31. Nxb8 Rxd1 32. hxg3 Rd8 33.
Nxa7 Rxb8 34. Nb5 Rd8 {-/+/-+}) 26... Rxd3 27. Bxd3 Qb8 28. g3 $11) 24... Qxd4
25. Rxd4 Rc7 {/\26...N8d7} 26. f3 (26. Rd8 $2 Bxe4 27. Bxe4 Nxe4 $17) ({
A good option here was:} 26. Rc4 $5 Rxc4 (26... Rc5 27. Rxc5 bxc5 28. Nc4 $14)
(26... Re7 27. f3 $14) 27. Nxc4 N8d7 28. Nd6 Ba8 29. b4 Kf8 30. f3 $14) 26...
N8d7 27. Rc4 {Now it's too late. Black has made progress in the coordination
of his pieces.} Rxc4 28. Nxc4 Ne8 {Preventing White's knight to go to d6.} 29.
Bd3 {Relatively good was now and in the next move:} (29. b4 $5 {with space's
advantage.}) 29... Bc6 30. Ne3 $6 {The start of strange maneuvre of the knight.
Probably better was:} (30. b4 $5) ({or} 30. Kf2 $5) 30... Nd6 $11 31. Nc2 Ne5
32. Be2 g5 {Prevented 33.f4.} 33. Nd4 Bd7 34. b3 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Yb3c4] White
also needs to think about defence.} Kf8 35. Kf2 Ke7 36. Ke3 Nc6 37. g3 f6 38.
f4 (38. Ndb5 $144 Nxb5 39. Nxb5 e5) 38... Na5 39. Bd1 Be8 40. h4 gxf4+ 41. gxf4
Bf7 42. Ndb5 ({After:} 42. Ndb5 {the opponents agreed to a draw in light of
the next variation:} e5 43. Nxa7 Nxb3 44. fxe5 fxe5 45. Nc6+ Kf6 46. Bxb3 Bxb3
$11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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 "France"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bf4
Bb7 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. b4 {Comments to this part of the game and also to:} (10. e4
{You can find in my annotations to game: Bareev,E-Ivanchuk,V/Rethymnon,2003/
CBM 98(0-1)(41)}) ({Besides White has two another alternatives:} 10. e3 $5 {
You can see annotations to Lalic,B-Motwani,P/Hastings,1996/CBM 57(1/2-1/2)
(Alterman,B)(24)}) ({and} 10. h3 $5 {><g4 with preparing point "h2" for bishop.
}) 10... Be7 11. e4 a5 $5 $146 {קa5,b4 /^a3-f8 Bartlomiej Macieja has decided
to begin active actions at the queen side with the purpose to spoil a pawns
structure of White and to create by him of weakness.} ({Recently was checked
up another continuation:} 11... Rc8 $143 12. e5 (12. Bd3 $143 Nh5 13. Be3 Qc7
14. O-O Nf6 15. h3 $11 {Kouatly,B-Hjartarson,J/Reykjavik,1993(1/2-1/2)(17)})
12... Nh5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nb5 Qb8 15. Nd6 Bxd6 16. exd6 $14 {You can see my
comments to Bareev,E-Korotylev,A/Moscow,2004/CBM 104(1-0)(58)}) 12. b5 {
White had no other worthy alternative.} Nb8 (12... Na7 $143 {because now
black's knight can not get on a field "c5".}) 13. e5 $1 ({It was very
dubiously:} 13. a4 {in view of:} Bb4 {/^a5-e1 (עe1); /^a8-h1}) 13... Nh5 14.
Be3 {קb6} Bxf3 $1 {Black can not simultaneously protect all weaknesses and
consequently should agree to the next positional concession.} ({Leads to
benefit of the contender:} 14... Bxa3 $6 15. Be2 $1 {/\Nd2 (פh5) or Na4 (קb6)
|^} (15. Bd3 $143 f5 $13) (15. Ng5 $143 g6 16. Be2 Ng7 17. O-O $44 {><b6,d6,f6}
)) 15. gxf3 Bxa3 16. Bd3 ({After:} 16. Na4 $6 Bb4+ 17. Ke2 d5 $5 $13 {the
white's king is located rather unsuccessfully.}) 16... f5 $1 {Differently,Joel
Lautier will develop strong pressure on the black's position:} (16... h6 $6 17.
Rg1 $40) (16... g6 17. Be4 Ra7 18. Na4 {קb6}) 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Na4 {[%csl
Rb6]} d6 ({Now is senselessly:} 18... Bb4+ 19. Ke2) 19. Nxb6 (19. Bxb6 $6 Bb4+
20. Ke2 Qe7 {/\Nbd7}) 19... Ra7 20. c5 {[%csl Gd1,Rd8]} Bxc5 $1 {Correct idea!
Black have calculated precisely all consequences of this move.Now he has a
equal chances in the subsequent tactical complications.} (20... Rc7 $6 21. c6
Bb4+ (21... Bc5 $4 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. Bxh7+ Nxh7 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Qxc5 $18) 22.
Ke2 d5 23. Na4 $14) 21. Bxc5 $140 Rc7 (21... dxc5 $4 {is refuted by:} 22. Bxh7+
Nxh7 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Qxc5 {+/-/+-}) 22. Na4 ({In my opinion,it is not enough
for the equation:} 22. Bc4 $6 Rxc5 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Qxc5 $8 (24. Nc4 $4 d5 $19
) 24... dxc5 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 {[%csl Rb6,Re1,Re6][%cal Gd8e8,Gd8d6]} 26. Ba2 Nbd7
$15) 22... Nbd7 23. b6 Rxc5 (23... Rc8 $5 {/\Nxc5} 24. b7 (24. Bc4 $5 Nxc5 25.
Nxc5 Rxc5 (25... Qxb6 $5 26. Bxe6+ (26. Nxe6 $4 Qb4+ 27. Qd2 $140 (27. Kf1 $142
Rxc4 $19) 27... Qxc4 $19 28. Nxf8 Re8+) 26... Kh8 27. Bxc8 Rxc8 $44) 26. Bxe6+
Kh8 27. Qxc5 dxc5 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. O-O Rb8 30. Rb1 a4 31. Rb5 $11) 24... Rxc5
25. Nxc5 Nxc5 {and absolutely not clearly: than position of the white's pawn
on point "b7" is better in comparison with position on point "b6"? :} 26. Rb1
Qc7 27. Be4 Rb8 {קb7}) 24. Nxc5 Nxc5 $44 25. Rb1 Rf7 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Gf7b7]}
26. O-O {The castle on the 26-th move - it's rather strange,but correct
decision.} Rb7 27. Bc4 Rxb6 ({Hardly it was better:} 27... Nfd7 28. Rfe1 d5 29.
Bb5 Rxb6 30. Bxd7 Nxd7 31. Rxb6 Qxb6 32. Qc8+ Nf8 33. Ra1 $11 {[%csl Ra5][%cal
Gc8a8]}) 28. Qa2 {קa5,Pe6} d5 ({Leads to benefit of White:} 28... Rxb1 $6 29.
Bxe6+ Kh8 30. Rxb1) 29. Qxa5 Ncd7 (29... Nfd7 $144 30. Rxb6 Qxb6 31. Qxb6 Nxb6
32. Bb5 {with approximate equality in endgame.}) 30. Bd3 Qb8 31. Rxb6 $11 (31.
Rxb6 Qxb6 (31... Nxb6 $6 32. Rb1 Nfd7 33. Qb4 $14) 32. Qxb6 Nxb6 33. Rb1 Nbd7
34. f4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2003.08.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2003.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. e3
{A little bit passive continuation. Besides White has two main alternatives:} (
8. Bf4 $5 {You can see comments to Gershon,A-Macieja,B/Bermuda,2003/CBM 94(1-0)
(Golod,V)(62)}) (8. Bg5 $5 {You can see annotations to game: Morovic Fernandez,
I-Milos,G/Santos,2003/CBM 95(1-0)(Golod,V)(45)}) 8... Bb7 9. Bd3 ({Also
repeatedly were checked up in previous games:} 9. Be2 $5) 9... Bxf3 $1 $146 {
Novelty on the early stage of the game! Black has decided to spoil a pawns
structure of White and then to begin active actions at the centre.} ({Once
were checked in the preceding games:} 9... Qc7 {9...d5 and 9...a6}) ({On:} 9...
h6 {you can find four games}) ({and after:} 9... Nc6 $5 {you can find three
game in Mega Database 2003}) ({Repeatedly were checked up in previous games:} 
9... Be7 $5 {For an example one of them:} 10. O-O Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nc6 12. f4 $13
{Leitao,R-Kasimdzhanov,R/Guarapuava,1995(1/2-1/2)(32)}) 10. gxf3 Nc6 11. Bd2 $6
({Can it was necessary to decide on the more active continuation:} 11. b4 $5
Be7 {[%cal Gd7d5]} 12. Bb2 (12. f4 $143 d5 $36) 12... Ne5 {[%csl Rc4,Rd3,Ge5,
Rf3][%cal Ga8c8]} (12... Rc8 $5) 13. Be2 Rc8 {[%csl Rc4]} (13... a5 $5) 14. Qb3
(14. Nb5 $2 Nxc4 $1 15. Nxa7 (15. Bxc4 $2 d5 $17 {[%csl Rc2,Rc4]}) 15... Rc7
16. Nb5 Rc6 $1 17. Nd4 $140 (17. Na7 $4 Nxe3 $19 {[%csl Rc2]}) 17... Rc8 $15)
14... a5 $13 {[%csl Ra3,Rb4,Rc4]}) ({Leads to favourable simplifications for
Black:} 11. Ne4 $6 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 (12. fxe4 Qh4 $36) 12... f5 13. Bxc6 (13. Bd3
Qg5 {[%csl Rf3,Rh1][%cal Gg5g2]}) 13... dxc6 14. Bd2 {[%cal Ye1c1,Ya1d1]} Qh4
$15 {[%csl Rf2]}) 11... d5 $1 {[%cal Gd5d4] It became already clear, that
Black have decided all opening problems.} 12. cxd5 (12. b4 $143 Be7 13. f4 (13.
cxd5 exd5 {-this line transfers to 12.cxd5}) 13... Rc8 $15 {[%csl Rc2]}) 12...
exd5 13. b4 $6 {The pleased doubtful decision,but White,already can not
equalize a position:} (13. O-O-O Ne5 {[%csl Rd3,Rf3]} (13... d4 $143 14. Ne4
$13) 14. Be2 (14. f4 $2 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 d4 $36 {[%csl Rd3]}) 14... Rc8 15. Kb1 {
=/=/+}) 13... Be7 {White have lost the opportunities to make castle in the
long party.} 14. Nb5 ({Pretty dubiously:} 14. O-O {because of:} Ne5 15. Be2 (
15. f4 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Qd7 $15 {[%csl Rg1]}) 15... d4 16. exd4 $140 Nc6 $1 $15) {
[%tqu "En","Please enter the best move for Black.","It is necessary to use a
weakness of the White's bishop!","It is necessary to use a weakness of the
White's king!","d5d4","",10,"a8c8","",0]} 14... d4 $1 {[%csl Rd3,Re1] All
Black's pieces have occupied ideal positions and are ready to opening a
position.} ({Leads to favourable complications for White:} 14... Rc8 $6 15. Bf5
{[%csl Rc6,Rc8][%cal Yc8c6]} Nd7 (15... Nxb4 $2 16. Qa4 $16 {[%csl Rb4,Rc8]} (
16. Qxc8 $2 Qxc8 17. Bxc8 Nc2+ 18. Ke2 Nxa1 19. Nxa7 Nb3 $11)) 16. Qb3 $13 (16.
Bxh7+ $6 Kh8 $36 {[%csl Rc2,Gc8,Rh7][%cal Gc6d4]})) 15. Be4 $6 (15. Bxh7+ $142
Nxh7 16. Qxc6 dxe3 17. Bxe3 (17. fxe3 $143 Qd3 $1 $36 {[%csl Gd3,Re1][%cal
Ge7h4]}) 17... Rc8 18. Qe4 Ng5 $36) (15. Qxc6 $142 dxe3 16. Bxh7+ (16. fxe3
$143 Qxd3 {=/+/-/+}) 16... Nxh7 {-this line transfers to 15.Bxh7}) ({It was
badly:} 15. e4 {in view of:} Rc8 {[%csl Rc2,Rd3,Rf3][%cal Gc6e5]}) 15... Nxe4
16. Qxe4 (16. fxe4 $143 Rc8 {[%csl Rc2]} 17. Qd3 Ne5 18. Qe2 d3 19. Qh5 Bf6 $17
{[%csl Ra1]}) {[%tqu "En","Please enter the best move for Black.","It is
necessary to use a weakness of the White's rook!","","e7f6","",10,"a8c8","",0]}
16... Bf6 $1 {[%csl Ra1] The important intermediate move!} (16... Rc8 $2 17.
Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Rc2 $44 (18... Bf6 $143 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. Ra2 $14)) 17. Rc1
({Can be recommended:} 17. Rd1 {[%csl Rd8]} Qd7 {[%cal Gf8e8]} (17... Rc8 $5 {
[%cal Gf8e8]}) 18. O-O Rfe8 $140 19. Qg4 {-/+/=/+}) (17. Qxc6 $2 dxe3 {[%csl
Ra1,Rd2]} 18. Bc3 Rc8 $19 {[%csl Rc3]}) 17... dxe3 {[%csl Re1,Re4][%cal Gf8e8]}
18. fxe3 ({In this position I would accept the following decision:} 18. Bxe3 $5
Ne5 {[%cal Gd8d7,Gf8e8] -/+/=/+}) 18... Ne5 19. Ke2 ({After:} 19. Nd4 Re8 {
Unexpectedly at once loses a game:} 20. O-O $2 Nc4 $1 21. Qxe8+ (21. Qd3 $143
Nxd2 22. Qxd2 Rxe3 {[%csl Gd4,Rg1][%cal Gf6d4]}) 21... Qxe8 22. Rxc4 Rd8 $19)
19... Qd7 20. Nd4 Rad8 (20... Rfe8 $143 21. Qf5 $15) {Previous move of Black,
is directed against "Qf5", but nevertheless:} 21. Qf5 Qd6 $1 {/\Rfe8 <->e(
עe2)} (21... Qxf5 $143 22. Nxf5 Nxf3 {[%csl Rd2]} 23. Bc3 Ne5 (23... Bxc3 $143
24. Rxc3 Ne5 25. Rc7) 24. Rhd1 {=/+/-/+}) 22. Bc3 $6 (22. Rc2 $142 a6 $36 {
[%csl Rb5,Re2][%cal Ga6b5,Gf8e8]} (22... Rfe8 $143 23. Nb5 Qe7 $15)) 22... Rfe8
$17 {[%csl Re2,Re3][%cal Ge5c4]} 23. Ba1 ({After:} 23. Bb2 {it was very strong:
} b5 $1 {[%csl Rc4,Re3,Ge5][%cal Ge5c4]} 24. Nxb5 $140 $4 Qd2+) 23... Ng6 {
[%csl Re2][%cal Gf6d4]} 24. Rc4 Nf4+ {[%csl Re2,Re3]} 25. Kd2 (25. Kf2 $2 Bh4+
{[%csl Re3]}) 25... Ne6 $1 {[%csl Rd4] The game of Black corresponds to the
requirements of a position.} 26. Kc1 {The rather doubtful decision,but is very
difficult to give good advice.} Nxd4 27. Bxd4 ({Hardly it was better:} 27. exd4
g6 28. Qg4 h5 $1 {[%csl Yc4,Rd4,Yg4,Gh5][%cal Gh5g4,Gb5c4,Gb6b5]}) 27... Bxd4
28. exd4 {White can not simultaneously protect all weaknesses and consequently
should agree to the next positional concession.} (28. Rxd4 $143 Qc6+ {[%csl
Rc1,Re3,Rf3]} 29. Qc2 (29. Kd2 Rxd4+ 30. exd4 Qc4 $19 {[%csl Rd2,Rd4][%cal
Ge8e2,Gc4d4]} 31. Qd3 $140 Qa2+ {[%csl Rh1]} 32. Qc2 (32. Kc1 Rc8+ 33. Kd1 Qa1+
{[%csl Rh1]}) 32... Re2+ {[%csl Rc2,Yd2]}) (29. Kb1 Rxd4 30. exd4 Qc3 $19 {
[%csl Rb1]}) 29... Qxf3 $19) 28... g6 29. Qg5 (29. Qd3 Qf4+ {[%csl Rf3][%cal
Ge8e3]}) 29... Rc8 $19 {[%csl Rc1,Gc8,Gd6,Ge8] Black develop a decisive attack,
all their pieces are ready for this purpose.} 30. Qb5 (30. Rxc8 Rxc8+ {[%csl
Rc1,Rd4]}) 30... Qf4+ 31. Kb2 (31. Kc2 Qxf3 {[%csl Rc2,Rc4,Rh1][%cal Ge8e2,
Gf3e2,Gf3h1]}) 31... Qd2+ {[%csl Rb2,Rc4][%cal Gd2d3]} 32. Ka1 $8 Re1+ ({
In this hopeless position Anatoli Vaisser stopped to resist:} 32... Re1+ 33.
Rxe1 Qxe1+ 34. Kb2 Qe2+ 35. Kc3 (35. Kb3 Qd3+ {[%csl Rc4,Gc8,Gd3]}) 35... Re8
$1 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Ge8e3]} 36. d5 Re3+ 37. Kd4 Qd3# {Good achievement of GM
Andrei Sokolov!}) 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance 08th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "1999.11.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Shneider, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 {Is the
main line.Another alternative is:} (7. Bf4 $5 {See comments to Ostenstad,
B-Hansen,S/Munkebo,1998/CBM 67(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(26)}) 7... b6 $5 ({Another
options is:} 7... Nc6 $5 {You can see comments to games: Sokolov,I-Van der
Sterren,P/Amsterdam, 1999/CBM 73 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(41)}) 8. Bg5 ({In my
opinion better is:} 8. Bf4 {See comments to Ionov,S-Janssen,R/Wijk aan Zee,
1999/CBM69(1-0)(Golod,V) (34)}) 8... Bb7 9. e4 {Other options are:} (9. e3 $5 {
See comments to games: Shipov,S- Ivanchuk,V/ Las Vegas,1999/CBM 72 (0-1)(Golod,
V)(31) and Onischuk,A-Marin,M/Koszalin,1999/CBM 73(1-0)(Golod,V)(48)}) (9. Rd1
{/\e4}) ({and} 9. O-O-O) 9... h6 $5 ({Another possibility is:} 9... Be7 $5 {
See comments to Ivanov,S-Taimanov,M/St.Petersburg,1996/ CBM 56(1-0)(Kanstler,B)
(35)}) 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Rd1 $5 {Transfer to variation:9...Be7!? 10.Rd1 h6 11.
Bh4.} ({Another alternative is:} 11. Be2 $5 {Seirawan,Y-Kveinys,A/Manila(ol),
1992/Inf 55/551(1/2-1/2) (Seirawan,Y)(51)}) 11... Nh5 ({Slightly worse is:} 
11... Nc6) 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qd2 {Is the best move.} ({Besides:} 13. Be2) (13.
Nb5 $6) ({and} 13. Nd4 {was checked in the previous games.}) 13... d5 $5 {
[%mdl 4]} ({Also interestingly:} 13... f5 $5 14. Bd3 (14. e5 $6 Bxf3 15. gxf3
Qh4 16. Ne2 Nc6 $36 {Sakalauskas,V-Grosar,A/Batumi,1999(0-1) (61)}) 14... Nf6 (
14... fxe4 $5 {Gurevich,M} 15. Bxe4 d5 $132) 15. Qe3 $5 {+/=/= Gurevich,
M-Macieja,B/Beograd,1999/Inf 74/553 (1-0)(Gurevich,M)(72)} (15. exf5 $6 {
Dao Thien Hai-Macieja,B/Zagan,1997/Inf 70/504(0-1)(Macieja,B)(49)})) 14. Qe3 $6
$146 ({Badly:} 14. cxd5 {in view of:} exd5 15. e5 $140 d4 $1 16. Qxd4 Bxf3 17.
gxf3 Nc6 18. Qe4 Nxe5 $17 {[%csl Re1] Pisulinski,J-Shipov,S/Cheliabinsk,1991
(0-1) (40)}) ({Probably much better is:} 14. e5 $5 {(Macieja,B)} dxc4 15. Be2 {
[%csl Rh5][%cal Gg2g4]} (15. Qe3 $143 Qc5 $13) 15... f6 $132) 14... dxe4 {
This logical move.} ({After:} 14... dxc4 $6 15. Bxc4 Nd7 16. O-O Nhf6 {white
equalizes.}) 15. Nxe4 $140 Rd8 16. Rxd8+ ({Dubious:} 16. Bd3 {in view of:} e5
$1 {with the idea 17...f5 or 17...Nf4}) 16... Qxd8 {[%csl Re1][%cal Gd8d1] =/=/
+} 17. Be2 ({Again badly:} 17. Bd3 {because of:} Nf4 $1 $36) 17... Nf6 ({
Can be recommended:} 17... Qc7 {/\Nf4}) 18. Nc3 $5 ({Slightly worse is:} 18.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 {[%csl Rb2]} 19. b4 Qa1+ 20. Bd1 Qa2 {[%csl Rc4]} 21. Be2 Qb1+ 22.
Bd1 Qe4 $5 {with small advantage of black in the endgame.} (22... Qa2 $11)) ({
and} 18. Ng3 Nbd7 19. O-O Qc7 {=/=/+}) 18... Nbd7 19. O-O a6 $5 {[%csl Ya6,Rb5]
[%cal Ya6b5] with the idea 20...Qc7} 20. Rd1 ({Senselessly:} 20. Ne5 {in view
of:} Qc7 21. Nxd7 Nxd7 22. Rd1 Rc8 {=/=/+}) 20... Qc7 21. h3 $5 {Against 21...
Ng4(קh2),though after:} (21. Rd2 {also impossibly:} Ng4 22. Qd4 $140 Bxf3 $4
23. Bxf3 Qxh2+ 24. Kf1 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Rd7,Rg4]}) 21... Rc8 22. Qd4 Kf8 $6 ({
Also dubios:} 22... Bxf3 $6 23. Bxf3 $140 Ne5 (23... Qxc4 $143 24. Qxc4 Rxc4
25. Be2 $14 {[%csl Ra6]}) 24. Be2 Nxc4 25. Bxc4 Qxc4 26. Qxb6 {+/=/=}) ({
In my opinion slightly better is:} 22... Qc5 {=/=/+}) 23. Qe3 Qc5 (23... Bxf3
$6 24. Qxf3 (24. Bxf3 $2 {is refuted by:} Qxc4 25. Be2 Qb3 $15 26. Bxa6 $140 $4
Rxc3 $19 {[%csl Gb3,Rd1][%cal Gb3d1]}) 24... Ne5 25. Qe3 Nxc4 26. Bxc4 Qxc4 27.
Qxb6 {+/=/=}) ({Again can be recommended:} 23... Kg8 $5 24. Qd4 $140 Qc5 {=/=/+
}) 24. Qf4 Qc7 (24... Qc7 25. Qe3 Qc5 (25... Kg8 $5 {-see 23...Kg8!?}) 26. Qf4
$11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1999.08.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 (7. Bf4
$5 {-see comments to Ostenstad,B-Hansen,S/Munkebo,1998/CBM 67(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)
(26)}) 7... Nc6 $5 ({Another options is:} 7... b6 $5 {You can see comments to
games: Shipov,S-Ivanchuk,V/Las Vegas,1999/CBM 72(0-1)(Golod,V)(31) and
Onischuk,A-Marin,M/Koszalin,1999/CBM 73 (1-0)(Golod,V)(48)}) 8. Bg5 $5 {
Is the main line,other alternatives are:} (8. Bf4 $5) (8. e3) (8. b4) ({and} 8.
g3) 8... Nd4 $5 {[%mdl 4] After this move white has a forced transfer to
slightly better endgame.Though hardly better is:} (8... Be7) (8... b6) ({or} 
8... h6) 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. e3 Qa5 {[%csl Ga5,Rc3,Rg5]} (10... Be5 $6 11. Bd3 h6
12. Bh4 b6 13. f4 $14 {Petrosian,A-Mnatsakanian,E/Warsaw,1989 (1/2-1/2)(38)}) (
10... Bxc3+ $6 11. Qxc3 $140 Ne4 $2 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bc7 Na4 $2 (13... Ne4 $16
) 14. Bd6 Re8 15. b3 {[%csl Ra4] 1-0 Crouch,C-O'Cinneide,M/Dublin,1993 (15)}
Nb6 $140 16. e4 $18 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Gc4c5]}) 11. exd4 Qxg5 12. Qd2 $5 (12. g3
$143) 12... Qxd2+ {Differently after:12...Qa5 or 12...Qg6-white has a big
advantage.} 13. Kxd2 b6 $5 {This move better than:} (13... d6 {/\Bd7,Rfc8,
Kf8-e7}) ({and of course:} 13... d5 14. c5 Bd7 15. f3 Rfe8 16. Bd3 e5 17. Rhe1
exd4 18. Ne2 $14 {Arlandi,E-Valenti,G/Torino,1998(1/2-1/2)(57)}) 14. b4 ({
Also possibly:} 14. f3) ({and} 14. Bd3) 14... Bb7 {Besides,black has two
options:} (14... d6 $5 {-see comments to Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V/ Tilburg,1997/
CBM 61(1/2-1/2)(Dokhojan)(35)}) ({and} 14... Ba6 $6) 15. f3 d6 16. Bd3 Rfd8 $5
(16... Rfc8 $5 {-was checked in the previous games:} 17. Rhb1 $5 (17. Rhc1 $5
Kf8 18. a4 (18. Ne4 $143 Nxe4+ 19. Bxe4 d5 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 {1/2-1/2
Cramling,P-Akesson,R/Stockholm, 1999(21)}) 18... a5 19. Rab1 axb4 20. Rxb4 Nd7
21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Ra5 {+/=/= Mohr,S-Tolnai,T/Dortmund,1989(1/2-1/2) (58)})
17... Bc6 18. a4 a5 19. bxa5 bxa5 20. Rb6 Kf8 21. Rab1 $5 (21. Be4 $2 Bxe4 22.
fxe4 Rxc4 23. Kd3 Rac8 $17 {Andruet,G-Pavlovic,M/Athens Akropolis op 1989(0-1)
(29)}) 21... Ke7 22. d5 Bd7 23. Rb7 Rc5 24. g4 h6 25. h4 $14 {Mohr,S-Muse,M/
Berlin,1989(1/2-1/2)(52)}) 17. Rhc1 (17. Rhb1 $5 {-see comments to Salov,
V-Andersson,U/ Reykjavik,1991/CBM 26(1-0)(Salov)(61)}) 17... Kf8 $5 (17... g6
$5 18. Ke3 Rac8 19. Ne4 Kg7 20. Nd2 $6 e5 $11 {Dimitriadis,K-Johansen,D/
Thessaloniki,1984(0-1)(57)}) 18. Rab1 $5 $146 {[%cal Gf8e7] /\a4-a5,<->b} (18.
Nd1 $5 {[%cal Gd1e3]} g6 19. Ne3 Nd7 20. Bc2 a5 21. Ba4 axb4 22. axb4 Ke7 23.
Bb5 $14 {Sonntag,H-Stertenbrink,G/BL2-W,1990/ GER-chT2(1/2-1/2)(48)}) 18... Bc6
({In my opinion slightly better is:} 18... Ke7 19. a4 Rab8 20. a5 bxa5 21. bxa5
Bc6 {+/=/=}) 19. a4 $140 a5 {[%csl Ra4]} 20. bxa5 bxa5 21. Rb6 $14 {[%csl Gb6]}
Rdc8 {[%cal Gf6d7]} 22. Rcb1 ({Senselessly:} 22. d5 {in view of:} exd5 23. cxd5
Bxd5 (23... Nxd5 $2 24. Rxc6 Rxc6 25. Nxd5 Rxc1 26. Kxc1 Rc8+ 27. Kd2 Rc5 28.
Nb6 $16) 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd6 Rxc1 26. Kxc1 Ne3 $1 27. g3 $140 Rc8+ $11 {
[%cal Ge3c4]}) 22... g6 {[%csl Yg6,Yh7]} ({Also can be recommended:} 22... Nd7
23. R6b3 Nf6 24. Ke3 Ke7 $14) ({Dubious:} 22... g5 {in view of:} 23. d5) 23. h4
{[%csl Gh4][%cal Yh4g5]} Ke7 {with the idea:Nd7 and Rab8} 24. Be2 ({Logically:
} 24. Ke3 Nd7 25. R6b2 Rab8 26. Nb5 $14) 24... Nd7 25. R6b2 Rab8 26. Nb5 $5 ({
After:} 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Rxb8 Nxb8 {-equality.}) 26... e5 $5 {Probably this
solution is better,than passive move:} (26... Rb7) 27. Na7 {Necessary move.
Differently after:} (27. Ke3 exd4+ 28. Kxd4 {or}) (27. d5 Bxb5 28. Rxb5 Rxb5
29. Rxb5 Rc5 {[%csl Yc5] -equality.}) 27... Rxb2+ 28. Rxb2 Rc7 $8 29. Nxc6+ ({
Dubious:} 29. Nb5 Rb7 $140 30. d5 $2 {because of:} Bxb5 31. Rxb5 Rxb5 32. axb5
(32. cxb5 $2 Nb6 $17 {[%csl Rd5]}) 32... Kd8 $15 {[%cal Gd8c7,Gc7b6]}) 29...
Rxc6 30. Rb5 {[%csl Ra5]} (30. Kd3 $143 exd4 31. Rb5 Nc5+ 32. Kxd4 Ne6+ (32...
Nxa4 $143 33. Rxa5 Nc5 34. Ra7+ $14) 33. Ke3 Rc5 $11 {[%csl Yc5]}) 30... exd4
$1 ({Badly:} 30... Ra6 {in view of:} 31. dxe5 Nxe5 (31... dxe5 32. Kc3 $16) 32.
Rb7+ $16) 31. Rxa5 Rc7 {[%csl Yc7][%cal Gd7c5,Yc7a7]} 32. Rb5 {[%cal Ga4a5]} ({
Senselessly:} 32. Kd3 {in view of:} Nc5+ 33. Kxd4 $140 $4 Nb3+ {[%csl Ra5,Rd4]}
) 32... Nc5 (32... Ra7 33. Bd1 Nc5 {-transfer to 32...Nc5}) 33. Bd1 (33. a5 Ra7
{[%csl Ra5][%cal Gc5b7]} 34. g3 Nb7 35. Kd3 Nxa5 36. Kxd4 $11) 33... Ra7 {
[%csl Ra4]} 34. Rb4 (34. a5 Nb7 $11) 34... f5 $5 {Blakc's plan is:f4,Kf6-e5,d5.
} 35. Bc2 f4 36. Rb1 {[%csl Yc5,Rd4,Rf4][%cal Gb1e1]} d5 $5 $11 ({Also
equality after:} 36... d3) 37. cxd5 Kd6 38. Rb8 {[%cal Gb8d8]} Kxd5 39. Rd8+
Kc4 40. Rc8 {[%cal Gc2d3]} ({Dubious:} 40. Rf8 {in view of:} Nxa4 $36) 40...
Kd5 41. Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch playoff"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2000.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zaja, Ivan"]
[Black "Hulak, Krunoslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2000.03.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 $5 {
Another line is:} (7. Bf4 {See comments to Ostenstad,B-Hansen,S/Munkebo,1998/
CBM 67(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(26)}) 7... Nc6 ({Another options is:} 7... b6 $5 {
You can see comments to games: Shipov,S-Ivanchuk,V/Las Vegas,1999/CBM 72(0-1)
(Golod,V)(31) and Onischuk,A-Marin,M/Koszalin,1999/CBM 73 (1-0)(Golod,V)(48)})
8. Bg5 {It's main line,other alternatives are:8.Bf4!?; 8.e3;8.b4 and 8.g3} Be7
{Besides this move black has three options:} (8... Nd4 $5 {See comments to
Sokolov,I-Van der Sterren, P/Amsterdam,1999/CBM 73 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V) (41) 
(Golod,V)}) (8... b6) ({and} 8... h6) 9. e3 {Besides,white has two principales
moves:} (9. Rd1) ({and} 9. e4) 9... b6 {Repeatedly was checked in the previous
games:9...d6;9...a6;9...h6 and 9...Qa5.} 10. Be2 ({Another possibility is:} 10.
Bd3) 10... Bb7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Rfd1 a6 $5 {[%csl Ya6,Rb5][%cal Ya6b5]} ({Badly:
} 12... Qc7 {in view of:} 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rxd7 Ne5 (15... Rfd8
$142) 16. Rxb7 Qxb7 17. Nd6 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Qc7 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Rc1 Qe5 21. b4
Qb2 22. c5 Qxa3 23. Rb1 $1 $16 {Hillarp Persson,T-Gunnarsson,J/ Copenhagen,
1997(1-0)(30)}) ({Also possibly:} 12... Ne8) (12... Ng4) ({and} 12... Na5 $5)
13. b3 $146 {/\Qb2,Rac1 and so on.} ({Probably a little bit better is:} 13.
Rac1 Na5 $5 (13... d6 14. b4 Nb8 $6 (14... Qc7 $5) 15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Ng5 Nf6 (
16... Bxg5 $2 17. Bxd6 $18 {[%csl Rf8,Rh5]}) 17. Nce4 $14 {Michaelsen,
N-Schlosser,P/Germany,1994 (0-1)(52)}) 14. Nd2 Ne8 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. b4 Nc6 17.
Na4 Qd8 18. Qb2 Rb8 19. Nb3 Nf6 20. Bf3 $14 {Azadharf,F-Spassov,L/Hamburg,1981
(1/2-1/2)(50)}) 13... Qc7 14. Qb2 ({Impossibly:} 14. Nd5 $4 exd5 15. cxd5 {
because of:} Nd4 $1 16. Qxc7 (16. Nxd4 Qxc2 17. Nxc2 Rxc2 $19) 16... Nxe2+ 17.
Kf1 Rxc7 18. d6 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Ne4 20. Rxb6 Nxg5 21. Nxg5 Nc3 $19) 14... d6 $11
15. Rac1 {[%cal Gc3d5]} Nb8 $5 {Typical manoeuvre.Black's idea is:Nbd7, Qb8-a8
and so on.Probably this manoeuvre better,than:} (15... Qb8) 16. Nd2 {[%cal
Ge2f3]} Rfe8 ({In my opinion more logically:} 16... Nbd7 {/\Qb8} 17. Nde4 (17.
Bf3 $5) 17... h6 18. Nxf6+ (18. Bh4 $6 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 g5 20. Nxg5 hxg5 21. Bxg5
Rfe8 $15) 18... Nxf6 19. Bf4 Rfd8 $11) 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 {+/=/=} h6 19. Bh4
({Dubious:} 19. Bf4 {because of:} Nh5 {[%csl Rf4]}) 19... Nbd7 20. Nd4 ({After:
} 20. e4 {strongly:} Ne5 $1 21. Nxe5 (21. Qe2 Ng6 22. Bg3 Nh5 {=/=/+}) 21...
dxe5 $13 {[%csl Rd4]}) 20... Qb8 $5 {[%cal Ge7d8,Gd8c7] Again typical
manoeuvre.} ({It deserves attention:} 20... Qb7 $5 {/\21...d5}) 21. f3 (21. e4
$2 {is refuted by:} Nxe4 $1 22. Bxe7 (22. Nxe4 Bxh4 $17) 22... Nxc3 23. Rxc3
Rxe7 $17) ({Pretty dubious:} 21. Qe2 {because of:} d5 $1 {[%csl Ra3]}) ({
Probably could be recomended:} 21. h3 Bd8 $140 22. Qe2 {+/=/=}) 21... Bd8 22.
Bg3 Bc7 {[%csl Yb8,Yc7]} 23. Nc6 ({Weakly:} 23. e4 {in view of:} Nh5 24. Bf2
$140 $2 d5 $36 {[%csl Rh2]}) 23... Qb7 24. Nb4 {[%csl Rd6]} Ne5 25. Nd3 ({
Another alternative is:} 25. Bxe5 dxe5 {with approximately equal position.})
25... Ng6 ({Is a possible continuation of the play:} 25... Nxd3 26. Rxd3 d5 $11
) 26. Nf2 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gf2e4]} Red8 27. Nfe4 Ne8 $5 $11 {[%cal Gb6b5]} ({
Also equality after:} 27... Nxe4 28. Nxe4 d5 29. Bxc7 Rxc7 $11) 28. a4 {
[%csl Ya4,Yc4][%cal Ya4b5,Yc4b5]} Bb8 29. Qa3 (29. Qd2 $5) 29... d5 $1 30. cxd5
exd5 31. Nf2 ({White has a slight better tactical alternative:} 31. Nxd5 $5
Rxc1 (31... Bxg3 32. Rxc8 Bxh2+ 33. Kxh2 Qxc8 $11) 32. Qxc1 Rxd5 (32... Bxg3 $4
33. Ndf6+ {[%csl Rd8]}) 33. Rxd5 Qxd5 (33... Bxg3 $2 34. Rd8 Qe7 35. Rxe8+ Qxe8
36. Nxg3 $16) 34. Bxb8 Qxb3 $11) 31... Bxg3 32. hxg3 Nf6 (32... Ne7 {[%csl Re3,
Rg3][%cal Ge7f5] From my point it's best decision!} 33. g4 $140 Rc7 {[%cal
Gd8c8] =/=/+}) 33. Ne2 {[%csl Ye2][%cal Ye2d4]} Re8 $11 {[%csl Re3]} 34. Rd3 h5
({More safely:} 34... Ne5) 35. Rdc3 Rxc3 $1 36. Rxc3 $140 d4 {[%csl Re2,Ge8]
Differently,after:} (36... Rc8 37. Qc1 {white has a positional advantage.} (37.
Qd6 $5)) 37. Nxd4 $8 Nd5 38. Rc1 Nxe3 (38... Rxe3 $6 {leads white to better
position,after:} 39. Qd6 Re8 40. Ne4 $36) 39. Qd6 h4 40. Re1 Qc8 41. Ne4 Ne5 $2
{Mistaken sacrifice.Probably black blundered because he didn't see 45.Kd2 or
black are in zeitnot.} (41... Rd8 $2 42. Qxb6) ({It is necessary:} 41... Qd8
42. Qxd8 (42. Qc6 $6 Ne5) 42... Rxd8 43. Rxe3 Rxd4 44. gxh4 Nxh4 $11) 42. Rxe3
Qc1+ 43. Kf2 hxg3+ 44. Ke2 $8 ({After:} 44. Nxg3 $4 {white gets mate in 2
moves:} Nd3+ 45. Rxd3 (45. Ke2 Rxe3#) 45... Qe1#) (44. Kxg3 $4 Qxe3 $19) 44...
Qg1 {[%csl Rg2]} 45. Kd2 $1 $18 Qxg2+ 46. Ne2 ({Much worse is:} 46. Re2 Qh3 47.
Ng5 Qh4 48. Nde6 {[%csl Re5]} Ng6 $13) 46... Nxf3+ 47. Kc3 {[%csl Ge3,Re8]
[%cal Ge4f6]} Rc8+ 48. Kb2 Qf1 ({Loses:} 48... Ng1 {because of:} 49. Nf6+ $1 {
[%csl Rg2,Rg8][%cal Ge3g3]} Kh8 50. Qe5 $1 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Ge5h5,Ge5e8]} gxf6
51. Qh5+ Kg8 52. Rxg3+) 49. Qxg3 {[%csl Rg8]} Ne1 50. Nf4 $1 $40 {[%csl Rg8]}
Nc2 ({Senselessly:} 50... Rc2+ 51. Ka3 {[%csl Re1,Rg8][%cal Ge4f6]}) 51. Nf6+ {
Please pay your attention to the rough work of the white knight.} Kf8 (51...
Kh8 52. Qh4#) 52. Ng6+ fxg6 53. Qd6+ (53. Qd6+ Kf7 54. Qe7#) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 {
From 7...b6 to 9.Bg3 of this game, you can find in annotations to game:
Gurevich,M-Gulko,B/New York,1998/CBM 64(1-0)(Gurevich,M)(44)} 8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Bg3
$5 {Besides,was checked in the previous games:} (9. Bg5 $5 {See comments to
Gurevich,M-Gulko,B/New York,1998/CBM 64(1-0)(Gurevich,M) (44)}) ({and} 9. Bd2
$5 f5 10. e4 $5 (10. b4 $5) (10. e3 $143 Bb7 11. Be2 Nf6 12. O-O Nc6 $11 {
Dietz,H-Knoedler,D/Giengen,1987(1/2-1/2) (36)}) 10... Bb7 11. Bd3 g6 $5 12. b4
Be7 13. O-O {+/=/= Golod,V-Janssen,R/Dieren,1999(1/2-1/2) (21)}) 9... Bb7 $5 {
In my opinion,this move slightly better than:} (9... f5 {[%csl Rd6,Re5] You
can see comments to games: Ionov,S-Janssen,R/Wijk aan Zee,1999/CBM 69 (1-0)
(Golod,V)(34) and Karpov,A-Gelfand,B/Monaco,2000/CBM 76(0-1)(Golod,V)(53)}) 10.
e3 $146 ({Also nor leads to advantage of white:} 10. Rd1 h6 11. e4 Be7 12. e5
a6 13. Bd3 Qc7 $11 {Brenninkmeijer,J-Barsov,A/Breda,1999 (0-1)(48)}) 10... Bxf3
$1 {[%mdl 32] From my point of view,it is a correct positional step.} 11. gxf3
$140 f5 $11 {[%csl Yd7,Ye6,Yf5,Rg3]} 12. f4 {I am not sure in correctness of a
choice.There are three alternatives:} (12. Bd3 $5 {[%csl Gc2,Gd3,Rh7]}) (12.
O-O-O) ({and} 12. Rd1) 12... Nc6 13. Be2 Nf6 ({Certainly,illogically:} 13...
Nxg3 $2 14. hxg3 $14) 14. Bh4 Be7 {Black's bishop already has executed the
work on point "c5".} 15. O-O-O Rc8 {[%csl Rc1,Gc8]} 16. Kb1 Ne8 {Again it's
correct positional step.} 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Rd2 ({After:} 18. h4 {[%cal Gh4h5]
very unpleasantly for white:} Na5 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Ge8d6]}) 18... Qh4 $5 (18...
Nf6 {-this way, leads to more simple game:} 19. Rhd1 Rfd8 $11) 19. Rxd7 ({
Is a possibe continuation of the play:} 19. Bf3) 19... Qxf2 20. Qc1 $6 ({
Leads to approximately equal position.} 20. Rd3 e5 21. Bd1 Qh4 22. Qd2 $11)
20... Nf6 21. Rd6 Na5 $1 ({Dubious:} 21... Rfd8 {in view of:} 22. Rxd8+ (22.
Rxe6 $6 Kf7 23. Rf1 Qh4 (23... Qxh2 $2 24. Rh1 {[%csl Rh2]} Qg2 25. Rg1 Qf2 $11
(25... Qxg1 $4 26. Rxf6+ Kxf6 27. Qxg1 $18)) 24. Re5 Nxe5 25. fxe5 Ne4 26.
Rxf5+ Kg8 27. Rf4 Nxc3+ 28. Qxc3 Qxh2 $15) 22... Rxd8 23. Qg1 Qxg1+ 24. Rxg1
$11) 22. Rxe6 Nxc4 $15 23. Ka2 Kf7 $6 {Apparently both contenders did not
see-24.Qc2!?(an interesting idea which was mentioned by Frits 6)} ({It
deserves attention:} 23... Rfd8 $5 24. Qg1 Ng4 $1 $15) 24. Rxf6+ $5 {[%mdl 64]
It is heavy to tell or it better than:} (24. Qc2 $5 {[%csl Gc2,Rf2,Rf7][%cal
Ge2h5,Ge2c4,Gc2f5]} g6 $8 (24... Kg8 $4 25. Rxf6 $18 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Ge2c4]})
25. Rxb6 $1 {[%csl Rf2] Only so.} (25. Rxf6+ $2 Kxf6 26. Nd5+ Kg7 $1 27. Qc3+
Kh6 28. Bxc4 b5 29. e4 Rxc4 30. Qh3+ Kg7 31. exf5 Rc2 32. Qb3 gxf5 $17 (32...
Rxf5 $2 33. Ne3 {[%csl Rc2,Rf5]})) 25... Kg7 (25... Nxb6 $2 26. Bc4+ Nxc4 27.
Qxf2 $16) 26. Rb7+ Kh8 $13) 24... gxf6 $8 (24... Kxf6 $4 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 $140 26.
Nd5+) 25. Qc2 $2 {After this mistake practically it is impossible to correct a
situation.} ({It was necessary:} 25. Rf1 $1 Qg2 (25... Qh4 $4 26. Nb5 $18 {
[%csl Gb5,Rc4,Rf7]}) (25... Qxh2 $6 26. Rh1 Qg2 27. Rxh7+ Kg8 28. Rh1 $36 {
[%csl Rg2,Rg8][%cal Gh1g1]}) 26. Rg1 Qc6 27. Bh5+ Ke6 28. Ne2 Kd6 29. Nd4 Qd5
$13) 25... Kg7 $17 {[%csl Yh8][%cal Yg7h8]} 26. Qxf5 Kh8 27. Bxc4 ({Also white
has a big advantage in the following variant:} 27. Rf1 Qxe3 28. Bd3 Rc7 29. Nd5
Qd4 {[%csl Rb2]}) 27... Rxc4 28. Nd5 Rc5 29. e4 Qd4 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Gc5c2]
The queen at the centre occupies an ideal position.} 30. Qe6 Rc2 31. Rb1 Rxh2
32. Ne7 $2 {Decisive mistake.} ({More stubborn resistance after:} 32. Qe7 $5
Qc5 33. Qe6 $17 Rc2 $140 34. Nxf6 Qc4+ 35. Qxc4 Rxc4 {[%csl Re4,Rf4]} 36. e5
Rxf4 37. Rh1 (37. Rc1 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gc1c7,Gc7h7]} R8xf6 38. exf6 Rxf6 39. b4
$17) 37... Rf7 38. Rg1 R4xf6 (38... Rg7 $4 39. Rxg7 Kxg7 40. Nh5+) (38... Rf8
39. Rh1) 39. exf6 Rxf6 $17) 32... Re2 $19 {[%csl Re4]} 33. e5 fxe5 34. f5 Rh2 {
[%csl Yh2][%cal Yh2h7] The accuracy is necessary up to the end} 35. Nc6 Qf4 36.
Rf1 Rh6 $1 37. Rxf4 (37. Qe7 $2 Qc4+ {[%csl Ra2,Rf1]} 38. b3 Rh2+) (37. Qxe5+
Qxe5 38. Nxe5 Rh5 $19) 37... Rxe6 38. fxe6 exf4 0-1

[Event "Leonid Stein Memorial-B"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2000.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2000.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 $5 {Other
alternatives are:6.Bg5;6.Nf3;6.Bd2 and 6.Bf4.} Bxc5 7. Nf3 $5 (7. Bf4 $5 {
See comments to Ostenstad,B-Hansen,S/Munkebo,1998/CBM 67(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(26)}
) 7... Be7 {Besides black has two principales moves:} (7... Nc6 {See comments
to Zaja,I-Hulak,K/Zagreb, 2000/CBM 76(1-0)(Golod,V)(53)}) ({and} 7... b6 {
It's main line.You can see comments to Karpov,A-Gelfand,B/Monaco,2000/CBM 76
(0-1)(Golod,V)(53)}) 8. Bf4 Nh5 $5 ({Other alternatives are:} 8... d5 9. cxd5
Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. e4 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Bc3 Bd7 15. Bd3 Rfd8
16. e5 h6 17. Qe2 Be8 18. h4 $14 {Bykhovsky,A-Anikaev,Y/URS,1984(1-0)(41)}) (
8... a6 9. e4 Nc6 10. e5 Nh5 11. Be3 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Bd3 Qa5 14. O-O Qh5
$14 {Tomaszewski,R-Barbulescu,D/Naleczow, 1988(0-1)(56)}) (8... b6 9. e4 Bb7
10. Bd3 d6 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. Qe2 a6 13. O-O Qc7 14. Bb1 Rac8 15. Ba2 Ne5 16. Nd2
Rfe8 $132 {Hauchard,A-Tiviakov,S/Oakham,1992(0-1) (48)}) 9. Bd2 Nc6 $146 ({
Was checked in the previous games:} 9... a6 $5 10. e3 (10. g4 $5 Nf6 11. g5 Ne8
12. h4 d5 13. Bg2 Nc6 14. h5 f5 15. O-O-O d4 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Nxd6 $132 {
Dao Thien Hai-Vadasz,L/Budapest,1997 (0-1)(42)}) 10... Nf6 11. Bd3 d6 12. O-O
Nbd7 13. b4 b6 14. h3 (14. e4 $5 {with standard position.}) 14... Bb7 15. e4
Qc7 16. Rfe1 Rac8 17. Rac1 $132 {Dzhandzhava,L-Chachere,L/Geneva,1991 (1-0)(95)
}) ({and} 9... d6 10. e4 Re8 11. Be2 a6 12. O-O Qc7 13. Rac1 Nd7 14. b4 $14 {
Hoang Than Trang-Rodriguez Lopez,R/ Budapest,1998(1/2-1/2)(34)}) 10. g4 $5 $132
{We saw this idea of Dao Thien Hai in his game against Vadasz.This idea is
interesting ,not standard, but not dangerous for black.} ({Probably,normal:} 
10. e4 {is better.}) 10... Nf6 11. g5 Ng4 {[%cal Gg4e5]} ({Also} 11... Ne8 {
was quite good, like in noted game Dao Thien Hai-Vadasz.} 12. O-O-O $132 (12.
h4 $5 $36)) 12. Rg1 Nge5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Qe4 $1 d6 15. f4 {Position is far
from to be standard.} Nd7 16. e3 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gf1d3,Gd3h7]} Nc5 17. Qc2 a5
{[%csl Yc5]} (17... f5 18. gxf6 Bxf6 19. b4 (19. O-O-O a5 20. Bd3 Nxd3+ 21.
Qxd3 Ra6 22. Ne4 $14) 19... Bh4+ 20. Kd1 Nd7 21. Bd3 Nf6 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4
h6 24. Bc3 Bf6 $14) 18. Bd3 {Black knigh is very strong, so white agree to
change Nc5 for Bf1.} Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 $132 Bd7 20. Ne4 Bc6 21. Bc3 {[%csl Gg1,
Rg8][%cal Ge4f6,Gd3d4,Gc3g7]} Bxe4 ({It deserves attention:} 21... Kh8 $5 22.
Ng3 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gg3h5]} Rg8 23. Rd1 d5 24. cxd5 Qxd5 $11) 22. Qd4 $1 {
After this intermediate strong move black forced to play e6-e5.} (22. Qxe4 Qb6
$132) 22... e5 ({Another possibility is:} 22... f6 $5 23. Qxe4 Qd7 24. g6 h6
25. f5 $5 (25. O-O-O Rfc8 (25... f5 $2 26. Qd4 Bf6 27. Qxd6 Qxd6 28. Rxd6 $16)
26. f5 exf5 27. Qd5+ Kh8 28. Rgf1 $44) (25. Rd1 f5 26. Qd4 Bh4+ 27. Ke2 Rfd8
$132) 25... exf5 26. Qd5+ Kh8 27. Rf1 (27. O-O-O $5) 27... Rfc8 28. Rd1 $14 {
[%csl Gg6,Rh8]}) 23. Qxe4 $14 ({Impossibly:} 23. fxe5 $4 {because of:} d5 $1
$19) 23... Re8 24. O-O-O (24. Rd1 $6 exf4 {[%csl Re1]} 25. Qxf4 Bf8 $132) 24...
exf4 25. Qxf4 (25. Qd4 $1 {One more intermediate move on the same square!} Bf8
26. exf4 $14 {[%csl Rd6]}) (25. exf4 $2 Bf6 $1 26. Qxe8+ (26. Qd3 Bxc3 27. Qxc3
b5 $15 {[%csl Rc1]}) 26... Qxe8 27. gxf6 g6 28. Rge1 Qc6 29. Rd4 Re8 $15) 25...
Qc8 26. Rd5 Qe6 {[%csl Rc4,Re3]} 27. a4 $1 {Fixing PP on the queenside.} (27.
Qd4 $6 Bf8 {[%csl Rd6,Re3,Yf8,Rg7][%cal Yf8d6,Yf8g7]} 28. Re1 (28. Rg3 Rac8 29.
a4 Rc5 $11) 28... Rac8 $5 29. e4 (29. Rxa5 $2 Rxc4) (29. Bxa5 $2 b5 $1) 29...
a4 $11) 27... Bf8 28. Rg3 Rac8 29. Qg4 (29. Qd4 Rc5 $11) 29... Qxg4 30. Rxg4
Rxe3 31. Rxa5 Rh3 {[%mdl 256]} ({Much worse is:} 31... Re2 32. h4 Rce8 33. Ra7
R8e7 34. a5 Rh2 35. Kb1 $1 $16 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Yb1a2]}) 32. Ra7 Rb8 33. Rg2 h6
$1 {Black releasing Bf8 ang Kg8.} 34. gxh6 g6 (34... Rxh6 $143 {[%csl Rf8]} 35.
a5 $14) 35. h7+ Kxh7 36. Re2 (36. a5 Bh6+ {[%cal Gh6f4]} 37. Bd2 Bg7 38. a6
bxa6 39. Rxf7 Kg8 $11 {[%csl Rb2,Rf7]}) 36... Bh6+ 37. Bd2 Rc8 (37... Bg7 38.
Re7 Rb3 39. Rxf7 Kg8 40. Rxg7+ Kxg7 41. Bc3+ Kh6 42. Kc2 (42. a5 $2 {[%csl Rb3]
[%cal Gc1c2]} d5 43. cxd5 Rd8 44. Kc2 Rb5 $17) 42... Rb6 43. b4 Rc6 44. Kd3 $44
) 38. Rxb7 Rxc4+ 39. Kb1 Bxd2 40. Rxd2 Rxa4 41. Rxf7+ Kh6 {It was possible
here to agree - half of point to each chessplayer.} 42. Rf6 d5 43. Rg2 Kh7 44.
Rfxg6 Rxh2 $1 {Mark Taimanov plays endgames very well!} 45. Rg7+ Kh8 46. Rg8+
Kh7 47. R2g7+ Kh6 48. Rg4 Kh7 $1 (48... Rxg4 $6 49. Rxg4 $14) 49. R4g7+ Kh6 50.
Rg2 Kh7 $1 (50... Rxg2 $6 51. Rxg2 $14) 51. Rxh2+ Kxg8 52. Rf2 Ra7 53. Rf5 Rd7
54. Kc2 Kg7 55. b4 Kg6 56. Rf1 Rf7 $1 {[%mdl 256]} 57. Re1 Kf6 58. Kd3 (58. Kd3
Re7 59. Rf1+ (59. Rxe7 Kxe7 $11) 59... Ke5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 $5 ({Other lines are:
} 6. Bg5) (6. Nf3) (6. Bd2) (6. Bf4) 6... Bxc5 7. Nf3 {This is the main line.}
(7. Bf4 $5 {-see comments to Ostenstad,B-Hansen,S/Munkebo,1998/CBM 67(1/2-1/2)
(Golod,V)(26)}) 7... b6 8. Bg5 ({In my opinion better is:} 8. Bf4 $5) 8... Bb7
9. e3 $5 {Other options are:} (9. e4) (9. Rd1 {/\e4}) ({and} 9. O-O-O) 9... Be7
{Also possibly:} (9... h6 $5 {-see comments to Shipov,S-Ivanchuk,V/Las Vegas,
1999/CBM72(0-1)(Golod,V)(31)}) ({and} 9... Nc6) 10. Rd1 ({Another alternative
is:} 10. Be2) 10... Bxf3 $5 {Besides,was checked in the previous games:} (10...
h6 $5 11. Bf4 (11. Bh4 $143 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11) 11... Nh5 12. Bg3 (12. Bd6
$143 Bxd6 13. Rxd6 Bxf3 (13... Qe7 $5 14. Qd2 $140 $6 Nf6 {[%csl Rd6][%cal
Gb7d5] (Greenfeld,A)}) 14. gxf3 Nc6 15. Be2 {+/=/= Sakalauskas,V-Sulskis,S/
Koszalin,1997 (1/2-1/2)(64)}) 12... Nc6 (12... Nxg3 $6 13. hxg3 d6 14. Bd3 $36)
13. Be2 Nxg3 (13... a6 $143 14. Bd6 $1 Bxd6 15. Rxd6 Qe7 16. Qd2 {><b6, d7}) (
13... Rc8 $5) 14. hxg3 a6 $6 (14... Rc8 $142 15. Qd3 Bf6 16. Qxd7 Bxc3+ 17.
bxc3 Na5 $44) 15. g4 $36 {Gofshtein,L-Greenfeld,A/Israel,1996/Inf 68/(447)
(Greenfeld,A)(21)}) (10... Na6 $6 11. Be2 Nc5 12. Rd4 d6 13. O-O a6 14. b4 $14
{Farago,I-Spassov,L/Moscow,1977/EU-chT (0-1)(42)}) (10... a6 11. Be2 (11. Bd3
$143 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. O-O Ra7 14. Be2 Ba8 $11 {Shamkovich,L-Kudrin,S/
NewYork,1984 (1/2-1/2)(28)}) 11... Qc7 12. O-O d6 13. Rd2 Nbd7 14. Rfd1 {
+/=/= Gladyszev,O-Neverov,A/Gyongyos,1995 (1-0)(45)}) (10... d6 $5 11. e4 (11.
Bd3 $5) 11... Nbd7 12. Be2 Qc7 13. O-O a6 $11 {Dao Thien Hai-Fish,G/Budapest,
1993(1/2-1/2) (22)}) (10... Nc6 $5 11. Be2 $6 (11. Bd3 $142) 11... Rc8 12. O-O
Na5 $36 {[%csl Rc4] Karason,A-Olafsson,H/Kopavogur,1994 (0-1)(43)}) 11. gxf3 {
[%mdl 16]} Nc6 12. Be2 $5 $146 {This move better than:} (12. f4 {You can see
comments to game:Vasilescu,L - Marin,M/Bucharest,1999/CBM 70(0-1) (Marin,M)(30)
}) ({and} 12. Bd3 {Marin,M} Ne5 13. Be2 Qc7) 12... Rc8 $5 {[%cal Gc6e5]} ({
After:} 12... h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne4 {[%csl Rd6] white has a positional
advantage.}) 13. f4 $1 {[%cal Yf4e5] +/=/=} Ne8 ({Again dubious:} 13... h6 14.
Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ne4 Rc7 16. Rg1 $14) 14. Rg1 {[%csl Yg1]} ({Another possibility
is:} 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qd3 {[%csl Rd7]} d6 16. b4 $1 {+/=/=} a5 $140 $2 17. b5
Nd8 18. Na4 {[%csl Rb6]} Rb8 19. Qd4 Qc7 20. Rg1 $16) 14... f6 $5 ({
Considerably worse is:} 14... Bxg5 15. fxg5 {[%csl Gc4,Gg5]} Qc7 16. f4 {()})
15. Bh4 $140 f5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 (16... Nxe7 $143 17. Qd2 Nf6 18. Nb5 {[%csl Rd6,
Rd7][%cal Gb5d6] +/=/+/-}) 17. Qa4 $5 {White's plan is:b4,Bf3 with pressure on
queen side blacks.} ({Also good enough:} 17. Nb5 a6 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 {
with small advantage of white.}) 17... Nf6 18. Kf1 $5 {Preventive inspection!}
d6 19. b4 $14 e5 $6 ({Can be recommended:} 19... Rfd8 $5 20. Bf3 (20. Kg2 $5
$14 {[%cal Gg2h1]}) 20... Nb8 $14) 20. Nd5 $1 Qf7 ({Badly:} 20... Nxd5 $2 21.
cxd5 Nd8 22. fxe5 dxe5 (22... Qxe5 $143 23. Qxa7 {[%csl Rb6] +/-/+-}) 23. d6
$16) 21. Bf3 {[%csl Rc6,Gf3][%cal Gd5f6]} Ne4 (21... e4 $143 22. Be2 Nxd5 23.
Rxd5 $16) 22. Rg2 $5 {[%csl Yg2] Probably with the idea:Kg1-h1,Rdg1->} exf4 23.
exf4 ({Badly:} 23. Nxf4 {in view of:} Ne5 {[%csl Rc4,Rf3]} (23... Qxc4+ $6 24.
Be2 Qf7 25. Ba6 $36) 24. Bxe4 fxe4 $15) 23... Ne7 $6 {[%csl Rc4] After this
move white transfers to much better endgame.} ({In my opinion it is necessary:
} 23... Rfe8) 24. Qxa7 Nxd5 25. Qxf7+ Rxf7 (25... Kxf7 $143 26. Rxd5 {[%csl
Rd6,Rf5,Rg7]}) 26. Rxd5 $1 {[%csl Rb6,Rd6,Ye4][%cal Gf3e4][%mdl 4096]} ({Badly:
} 26. cxd5 {because of:} Rc2 $132) 26... Rxc4 27. Bxe4 fxe4 {[%csl Rf4]} 28. f5
$1 {[%csl Rb6,Rd6][%cal Yg2g3,Yg3a3,Yd5f5]} (28. Rxd6 $2 Rxf4 29. Ke2 Rf3 30.
Rxb6 Rxa3 $132 {[%csl Re2]}) 28... Rf6 $6 ({Probably better is:} 28... Rd7 {
[%csl Yd7]} 29. Rg3 Kf7 30. Re3 Kf6 31. Kg2 {[%cal Gg2g3,Gg3f4] +/=/+/-}) 29.
Rb5 {[%csl Rb6]} g6 (29... Rc6 {is refuted by:} 30. Rg4 {[%csl Re4]}) 30. Ke2
$5 {[%csl Re4][%cal Ge2e3]} Kf7 ({Another possibility is:} 30... Rc2+ $5 31.
Ke3 Rc3+ 32. Kxe4 Rxa3 {+/=/+/-}) 31. fxg6+ hxg6 32. Rxb6 $16 Ke6 ({Dubious:} 
32... d5 {in view of:} 33. Rxf6+ Kxf6 34. Kd2 $16 {[%csl Ga3,Gb4]}) 33. a4 {
[%csl Ga4,Yb4,Yb6][%cal Ga4a5,Yb6b4,Yb4a5,Ga5a6,Yb6a6]} Ke5 $6 ({More stubborn
resistance after:} 33... Rc3 $1 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Ge4e3]} 34. Rg3 $1 (34. a5 $2
e3 $132) (34. Rg5 $2 Rc2+ 35. Ke3 Rcxf2 36. Kxe4 $140 R6f4+ 37. Kd3 R2f3+ $11 {
[%csl Gf3,Gf4][%cal Gf3f2,Gf2f1]}) 34... Rc2+ 35. Ke3 Rcxf2 36. Kxe4 Rxh2 37.
a5 $16) 34. a5 Rc2+ 35. Kd1 $1 ({By mistake:} 35. Ke1 $2 {because of:} Kd4 (
35... e3 $4 36. f4+ {[%csl Rc2]}) 36. a6 Ra2 37. b5 Ra1+ $132) 35... Rc3 {
[%cal Gc3a3]} 36. a6 Ra3 37. Rg5+ $1 Kd4 $140 (37... Rf5 38. Rxf5+ gxf5 39. b5
{/\Rb7,a7 and so on.}) 38. Ra5 {[%csl Ga6]} Rd3+ ({Also loses:} 38... Rxa5 39.
bxa5 Rf8 40. Rxd6+ Ke5 41. Rxg6 $18) 39. Kc1 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Guite enough
for win:} 39. Ke1 $1 e3 $140 40. f4 $18 {[%csl Ga6,Rd6]}) 39... Rxf2 $4 {
[%mdl 8192] Also gross error.} ({It is necessary:} 39... e3 $1 {[%csl Ge3]} 40.
fxe3+ $140 Kc4 $1 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Gf6f1,Gc4b3] /\Rf1+ or Kb3} 41. a7 (41. Rc6+
$4 Kb3 {[%cal Gf6f1]} 42. Kb1 (42. Ra3+ Kxa3 43. Kc2 (43. a7 $143 Kb3 {[%csl
Rc1][%cal Gf6f1]} 44. Kb1 Rd1+ 45. Rc1 Rff1 $19) 43... Rxe3 44. a7 Rf2+ 45. Kd1
Re8 $19 {[%csl Rd1]}) 42... Rd1+ 43. Rc1 Rff1 {[%csl Rb1]} 44. Ra3+ $8 Kxa3 45.
Rxd1 Rxd1+ 46. Kc2 Ra1 $19) 41... Rf1+ (41... Kb3 $4 42. Ra3+ Kxa3 43. a8=Q+
Kb3 44. Qg8+ $18) 42. Kc2 Rf2+ $11) 40. Rxd6+ Kc3 (40... Ke3 $144 41. Rxd3+
exd3 42. a7 Rf1+ (42... d2+ $2 43. Kc2 Rf1 44. Re5+ $18) 43. Kb2 d2 44. Rd5 Rf8
45. b5 $18 {[%csl Ga7]}) 41. Ra3+ $1 $18 Kxb4 42. Rdxd3 exd3 43. a7 {[%csl Ga7]
} Rc2+ 44. Kd1 Kxa3 45. a8=Q+ Kb3 46. Qg8+ {[%csl Rg6]} Kc3 47. Qg7+ Kc4 48.
Qxg6 (48. Qxg6 Rxh2 $140 49. Qe6+ {[%csl Rd6,Re5,Rh2][%cal Ge6d6,Ge6e5,Gd6h2]})
1-0

[Event "Politiken zt"]
[Site "Munkebo"]
[Date "1998.09.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ostenstad, Berge"]
[Black "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1998.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2104]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O $5 ({Black
has several options:} 5... Bxc5 $5) (5... Nc6 $5) (5... Na6 $5) 6. a3 $5 {
This is the main line} ({Other lines are:} 6. Bg5) (6. Nf3) (6. Bd2) (6. Bf4)
6... Bxc5 7. Bf4 (7. Nf3 $5 {This is the main line}) 7... Nh5 $5 ({Black has
few options:} 7... b6) (7... Nc6) (7... d5 $5) 8. Bg3 (8. Bd2 $143 Be7 $6 (8...
d5 $5) 9. Nf3 d6 10. e4 Re8 11. Be2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Hoang Thang Trang-Rodriguez
Lopez,R/FSGM April, Budapest HUN 1998 (34)}) 8... Nc6 9. e3 {[%cal Gf1e2]} f5
10. Be2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 g6 ({Possibly:} 11... h6 12. Nh3 Ne5 13. Nf4 b6 14. Nd3
Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 Bb7 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 $11 {0-1 Von Herman,U-Andersen,J/
BL2-N 1984/BIG 80 (35)}) 12. O-O-O $6 $146 {White's plan:g4;Nh3-f4(play on the
king side and centre;weaknessPd7).Black's plan:play on the centre(strong point
f6 for queen)and play on the queen side.} (12. Nf3 $5 Qf6 13. g4 $1 Ne5 14.
gxf5 Qxf5 15. Qxf5 Rxf5 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 17. g4 {[%csl Re5]} b5 $2 (17... a5 $5)
18. b4 Be7 19. Bf3 $16 {1-0 Dorfman,J-Chernin,A/Volgodonsk 1981/MCD-ch (37)}) (
12. Nh3 $6 a6 13. g4 fxg4 14. Bxg4 Bxe3 $1 15. O-O Bd4 16. Rad1 $15 {1-0
Timoshchenko,G-Duriga,S/SVK-chT 1994/TD 94\03 (46)}) 12... b6 $13 (12... Qf6 $5
) 13. Nh3 $6 {[%csl Ye5,Gh3][%cal Gh3f4] (><e5)} ({After:} 13. Nf3 {possible
move:} Bb7 $13) 13... Ne5 $5 {[%cal Ye5d7] (><d7)} (13... Qf6 $5 14. Nf4 Ne5 {
-see 13...Ne5}) 14. Nf4 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gf4e6]} Qf6 {/\Bb7,Rac8|^} 15. Nd3 $1
{[%csl Yd3,Ge5][%cal Gd3e5] (this is the best move)} Nxd3+ (15... Nxc4 $4 16.
Nxc5 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Ge2c4]} bxc5 17. Bxc4 $18) 16. Rxd3 Rf7 $5 $11 {[%cal
Yf7d7,Gc8b7]} 17. Bf3 Rb8 18. Ne2 $5 {[%cal Gc2c3]} ({Dubious:} 18. Nb5 $6 {
because of:} Ba6 $1 19. Nd6 $6 (19. Nxa7 $2 d5 $17 {[%csl Ra7]}) (19. Qa4 $5)
19... Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Rc8 $36 {[%csl Rc4]}) 18... Bf8 $5 19. Qc3 Qe7 $6 {[%cal
Gf8g7]} (19... Qxc3+ $142 20. Nxc3 (20. Rxc3 Ba6 $15) 20... Ba6 21. Rhd1 Rd8
$15 (21... d5 $2 22. cxd5 Bxd3 23. dxe6 $14)) 20. Kb1 Bg7 21. Qb4 Qc5 (21...
Qxb4 $143 22. axb4 a5 $6 23. Rb3 $14) 22. Rb3 d6 (22... Bf8 $5) 23. Qxc5 dxc5
24. Nc3 $5 {[%csl Rb5]} (24. Rd3 $143 Ba6 25. Rc1 (25. b3 $6 b5 $1 26. Rd6 Rb6
$15) 25... b5 $36) 24... Ba6 25. Nb5 Rd8 26. Kc2 Rfd7 (26... Rfd7 27. Rd1 Rxd1
28. Bxd1 {and black has a slight advantage in the endgame}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[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 20528]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. Nf3 {
Nowadays this move is not actual.} (6. a3 $5 {- is the main line. See comments
to Vaisser,A-Fressinet,L/Meribel,1998(cbm67)1-0(40)Golod,V}) 6... Nxc5 $5 ({
Other lines are:} 6... O-O) (6... Qa5) ({worse:} 6... Bxc5 $6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Rd1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lorscheid,G-Grimm,R/Wuerttemberg-ch 1995/
EXT 97 (19)}) 7. Bd2 {White has three options :7.Bd2;7.a3;7.g3.} O-O $5 ({
Other lines are:} 7... b6) (7... Bxc3) 8. e3 b6 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gc8b7,Gb7h1]}
9. a3 $5 (9. Be2 Bb7 (9... Ba6 $143 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 d5 12. Rd1 Rc8 13.
cxd5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nxd5 15. Be5 f6 16. Bg3 Ne4 17. Nd4 $14 {1-0 Justo,D-Harper,
H/Buenos Aires 1993/EXT 97 (23)}) 10. O-O Nce4 $5 (10... Nfe4 $144 $5 11. a3
Nxc3 $5 (11... Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 f5 $5 14. Rad1 Rf6 15. Qd4 $14 {
1-0 Bilyap,S-Gunnarsson,G/Vrnjacka Banja 1967/EXT 97 (29)}) 12. Bxc3 Be4 13.
Qd2 Nb3 14. Qd1 Bxc3 15. Qxb3 Bf6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Nd4 a6 18. Rd2 Rfd8 19. Rc1
d5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Wallinger,M-Ploetz,W/BL2-O 1992/BL2 (44)}) (10... Rc8 $6 11.
Nb5 $5 (11. Rfd1 Qe7 12. Rac1 Rfd8 13. Be1 d6 14. Nd4 g6 15. Bf3 $11 {1-0
Koerholz,L-Blauert,J/Dortmund 1992/TD 92\03 (56)}) 11... Bxd2 12. Nxd2 a6 13.
Nd6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Pigott,J-Carton,N/London 1994/EXT 94 (29)}) 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12.
Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 d5 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Nxd5 17. a3 Rac8 18.
Rac1 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Kf8 20. Kf1 Ke7 {1/2-1/2 Kholmov,R-Kortschnoj,V/Bucharest
1954/MCL 08 (20)}) 9... Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Bb7 $5 (10... Nce4 $5 11. Be2 Nxc3 12.
Qxc3 Bb7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Rfd1 d5 15. Rac1 Qe7 16. Qb3 dxc4 17. Rxc4 Rxc4 18.
Qxc4 {1/2-1/2 Platt,J-Rohacek,I/Trencianske Teplice 1949/MCL 08 (18)}) 11. Be2
({Dubious a)} 11. b4 Nce4 12. Be2 (12. Bd3 $143 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Rc8 14. Qd4 d6
15. e4 Ba6 16. b5 Bb7 $15 {0-1 Franz,G-Christiansen,L/Leverkusen 1997/EXP 60 
(36)}) 12... d5 13. Bd4 Rc8 $11 {0-1 Enevoldsen,J-Keres,P/Buenos Aires 1939/
HCL 37 (43)}) ({and b)} 11. Ng5 $6 Nce4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Qd2 d5 14. f3 Bg6 15.
cxd5 Nxd5 16. Bd4 Qe7 17. Bc4 Rfd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kozul,Z-Bewersdorff,O/
Frankfurt 1990/CBM 20 (26)}) 11... d5 (11... Nce4 $5 12. O-O Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Ne4
14. Qb4 Rc8 15. Rfd1 Qc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sokolsky,A-Boleslavsky,I/Moscow 1949/
URS-ch (22)}) (11... Rc8 $143 12. O-O Qe7 13. Ng5 e5 14. f4 $14 {1-0 Foldi,
I-Horvath,J/Budapest 1991/EXP 23 (54)}) (11... d6 $5 12. b3 e5 13. O-O Rc8 14.
Rfc1 Qe7 15. b4 Nce4 16. Be1 Rc7 $11 {0-1 Hertneck,G-Karpov,A/BL9394 1994/BL
90 (61)}) 12. O-O (12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Bd4 $6 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Rac8 15. Qb4 Nd5 16.
Qd2 Nb3 17. Qd3 Nc1 18. Qd2 Nxe2 19. Qxe2 f6 $1 $17 {0-1 Pfeiffer,U-Markgraf,A/
Osnabrueck 1994/JUN 97 (61)}) 12... dxc4 $146 (12... Rc8 $142 $5 13. Rad1 Qe7
14. b3 Rfd8 15. Qb2 Nce4 16. Bb4 Qe8 $11 {0-1 Benkner,O-Blau,M/Moscow 1956/
MCD-ol (29)}) 13. Rfd1 $5 (13. Bxc4 $5 Bxf3 (13... Rc8 $5) 14. gxf3 Nd5 {
[%csl Rc3][%cal Gd8g5]} 15. Kh1 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 $11) 13... Qe7 (13... Nd3 $6 14.
Ne5 $1 $14 {[%csl Rc4,Rd3]} (14. b3 Qe7 15. bxc4 Nc5 $11)) 14. Bxc4 Nfe4 15.
Bd4 (15. Be5 $5) 15... Rac8 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gc8c2]} 16. Qe2 $2 (16. b4 $1 {
(><a6)} Nd7 17. Qe2 Nd6 $5 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 18. Bb3 e5 19. Bb2 {+/=/=}) 16... Nd6
$1 {[%csl Yb7,Rc4][%cal Gb7a6]} 17. b4 (17. Ba2 Ba6 18. Qd2 (18. Qc2 Nce4 $15)
18... Nce4 19. Qb4 Be2 $1 $36) 17... Nxc4 18. bxc5 $6 (18. Qxc4 Bd5 $5 (18...
Bxf3 19. gxf3 {=/+/=}) 19. Qe2 Nb3 $15) 18... e5 $1 19. Qxc4 $6 ({Better:} 19.
Bc3 $5 Bxf3 (19... b5 $143 20. c6 $1 Rxc6 $8 21. Bb4 Nd6 22. Qxb5 $11 (22. Rd5
$13 {[%cal Ga1d1]})) 20. Qxf3 (20. gxf3 $143 b5 $15) 20... bxc5 21. Qd5 Qe6 22.
Qxe6 fxe6 {=/+/=_|_}) 19... Bxf3 $5 (19... exd4 $5 20. Nxd4 (20. exd4 Bxf3 21.
gxf3 Qg5+ 22. Kh1 bxc5 $15) 20... Rxc5 21. Qd3 Rfc8 $15) 20. gxf3 exd4 $15 21.
Rxd4 (21. exd4 Qg5+ 22. Kh1 bxc5 $15) 21... Qf6 {[%csl Rf3]} 22. Rad1 (22. f4
$5 Rxc5 23. Qd3 $15) 22... Rxc5 23. Qe2 g6 24. f4 ({Dubious:} 24. Rd7 {in view
of:} Ra5 $1 (24... Rfc8 25. f4 $5 $15 (25. Rxa7 $2 Rc2 $40)) 25. R7d3 (25. R1d3
$2 Qa1+ {[%csl Ra3]}) 25... Rc8 $15) 24... Rfc8 {<->c} 25. Qg4 $6 (25. Kg2 $5)
25... Rc1 $5 {weakness:Kg1} 26. Kg2 Kg7 27. Rd6 Qe7 28. f5 $6 (28. R1d4 $5 {
[%cal Gf4f5]} Qb7+ 29. e4 Qa6 30. Rd3 $15) 28... R1c4 29. R6d4 (29. R1d4 $2
Qxd6 $1 30. Rxc4 Qd5+ 31. Re4 $8 Rc4 $19) 29... b5 {[%csl Ra3]} 30. h4 $6 (30.
R1d3 $5 $15) 30... R8c5 {[%cal Gc5f5]} 31. e4 $2 (31. fxg6 hxg6 32. a4 $1 $15)
31... Qe5 $1 $17 32. Rxc4 $6 (32. Qg3 Qxg3+ 33. fxg3 gxf5 $17) (32. f4 $2 Qxd4
$1 33. Rxd4 Rxd4 $19) 32... Rxc4 33. fxg6 (33. Re1 Qxf5 $1 34. Qxf5 gxf5 35.
exf5 Kf6 $1 $19) 33... Rxe4 34. Qf3 hxg6 $19 {[%csl Ra3,Rg2,Rh4]} 35. Rd3 Rf4
36. Rd5 (36. Qd5 Qf6 $1 {[%csl Rf2,Rh4]} (36... Qxd5+ $5 37. Rxd5 a6 {-+_|_})
37. f3 Rxh4 38. Qxb5 Qa1 $19) 36... Qf6 37. Qe2 (37. Qg3 Rxh4 38. Rxb5 Qc6+ $1
39. f3 $8 (39. Kf1 $2 Rh1+ 40. Ke2 Qxb5+) 39... Qc2+ 40. Kg1 $8 Qc1+ 41. Kg2 (
41. Kf2 Rh1 42. Qe5+ Kh7 $19) 41... Qh1+ 42. Kf2 Rh2+ 43. Ke3 Qc1+ $19) 37...
Qxh4 38. Qe5+ (38. Rxb5 Rg4+) 38... Kh7 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Black "Janssen, Ruud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O $5 ({Black has several
options:} 5... Bxc5 $5) (5... Nc6 $5) ({and} 5... Na6 $5) 6. a3 $5 ({Other
alternatives are:} 6. Bg5) (6. Nf3) (6. Bd2) (6. Bf4) 6... Bxc5 7. Nf3 $5 {
-is the main line.} ({Another line is:} 7. Bf4 {-see comments to Ostenstad,
B-Hansen,S/Munkebo 1998/CBM 67(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(26)}) 7... b6 {from 7...b6
to-9.Bg3 of this game, you can see comments in the game: Gurevich,M-Gulko,B/
New York 1998/CBM 64 (1-0) (Gurevich)(44)} 8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Bg3 $5 $146 {Besides,
was checked in the previous games:} (9. Bg5 $5 {-see comments to Gurevich,
M-Gulko,B/New York 1998/CBM 64(1-0)(Gurevich,M)(44)}) ({and} 9. Bd2 $5 f5 10.
e3 (10. b4 $5) 10... Bb7 11. Be2 Nf6 12. O-O Nc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Dietz,H-Knoedler,
D/Giengen 1987/GER (36)}) 9... f5 $5 {[%csl Rd6,Re5] In my opinion slightly
better is:} (9... Bb7) 10. e3 ({Can be recommended at first:} 10. Rd1 Bb7 (
10... Nxg3 $143 11. hxg3 Bb7 12. e4 $5 $36) 11. e3 {+/=/=}) 10... Bb7 11. Be2 (
{Good enough:} 11. Rd1) 11... h6 ({After:} 11... Nxg3 12. hxg3 Nc6 (12... Qf6
$143 13. g4 $36) 13. g4 $1 {white has a positional advantage.}) 12. Rd1 $5 {
[%csl Rd6][%cal Gg3d6,Gd1d6]} ({Dubious:} 12. O-O-O {in view of:} Nxg3 (12...
f4 $6 13. Bh4 g5 $140 $4 14. Bxg5 $1 hxg5 15. Qg6+ Ng7 16. Nxg5 $18 {[%csl Rg8]
[%cal Gg6h7]}) 13. hxg3 Qf6 $132 {[%csl Rc1]}) 12... Nxg3 ({Dubious:} 12... f4
{because of:} 13. Bh4 (13. exf4 $143 Nxf4 14. Bxf4 Rxf4 15. b4 Be7 16. Qd2 Qf8
$13 (16... Rf6 $5)) 13... Qe8 (13... g5 $4 14. Bxg5 hxg5 15. Qg6+ Ng7 16. Nxg5
$18) 14. b4 $1 $14) 13. hxg3 {+/=/=} a6 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Ya6b5]} ({Slightly
worse is:} 13... Qf6 {because of:} 14. e4 {or:} (14. b4)) 14. O-O $5 {White's
plan is:Rd2,Rfd1with pressure on: Pd7 and point d6.Also very interestingly:} (
14. e4 {with play on the centre.}) 14... Qc7 ({After:} 14... Qf6 $6 {strongly:}
15. e4 $14) 15. Rd2 Nc6 ({Worse is:} 15... Be7 16. Rfd1 Rd8 {+/=/=}) 16. Rfd1
Rad8 $2 ({Good enough:} 16... Rf7 $5 17. b4 $140 Bf8 $11) 17. b4 Be7 18. Nd5 $1
{[%csl Rb6,Gc2,Rc7][%cal Gd5b6,Gd5c7,Gd5e7]} exd5 $8 ({Badly:} 18... Qb8 {
because of:} 19. Nxe7+ (19. Nxb6 $5 Nxb4 20. axb4 Be4 (20... Bxf3 $2 21. Nxd7
$18) 21. Qa4 Qxb6 22. c5 $16) 19... Nxe7 20. Rxd7 $16) 19. cxd5 {[%csl Rc6,Rc7,
Re7][%cal Gd5c6,Gd5d6]} Rf6 {Besides,black has several options:} (19... Qd6 $6
20. dxc6 Qxc6 21. Qb3+ Kh8 22. Bc4 $16 {[%cal Gc4d5]}) (19... b5 $6 20. d6 Bxd6
21. Rxd6 $16) (19... Bf6 $6 20. dxc6 Qxc6 21. Bc4+ (21. Qxf5 $2 Bc3 22. Qd5+
Qxd5 23. Rxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 $44) 21... Kh8 22. Bd5 {[%cal Gc4d5]} Qxc2 23. Rxc2
$16) 20. dxc6 $6 ({Very strongly:} 20. Nd4 $1 $16) 20... dxc6 {is the best
move.} 21. Bc4+ $1 Kh8 $140 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Qd3 $1 {[%csl Ra6,Rd8]} Rf8 $8 (
{Away loses:} 23... Be7 {in view of:} 24. Qd7 {[%csl Rb7,Re7]} Bd6 $8 25. Qxc7
Bxc7 26. Rd7 $18) 24. Bxa6 $16 ({Slightly worse is:} 24. Nd4 {[%csl Rc7,Rd8,
Rf5,Rf8][%cal Gd4e6,Gd4f5] because of:} b5 (24... Bc8 $6 25. Bxa6 $16) 25. Ba2
Bc8 {+/=/+/-}) 24... Bxa6 (24... Ba8 {is refuted by:} 25. Nd4 {[%cal Gd4e6]})
25. Qxa6 Bf6 26. Qc4 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gd1c1]} Ra8 {is the best chance!} 27. Rd3
({Dubious:} 27. Rc1 Rxa3 28. Qxc6 Qxc6 29. Rxc6 Ra1+ $1 30. Kh2 $140 Ra2 {
[%csl Rf2]} 31. Rxb6 (31. Kg1 Ra1+) 31... Rxf2 {+/=/+/-_|_}) ({and} 27. b5 Rxa3
(27... c5 $2 28. Rd3 $16) 28. Qxc6 (28. bxc6 $143 Rc3 29. Qe6 Rxc6 30. Qxf5 Rc1
$1 $14) 28... Qxc6 29. bxc6 Rc3 30. Rd6 {+/=/+/-}) 27... c5 28. Rd5 $2 ({
Good enough:} 28. b5 {[%csl Rb6,Rc5]} Qe7 {[%cal Ge7e4]} 29. Nd2 $16) 28...
Rxa3 29. Rxf5 (29. bxc5 $2 Rc3 $11 {[%csl Rc5]}) 29... Ra4 30. Qe6 $5 {[%csl
Ra4][%cal Ge6e8,Gf3e5]} Rxb4 $6 (30... Ra1+ $142 31. Kh2 cxb4 {[%csl Rh2][%cal
Gc7c1]} 32. Rb5 $5 (32. Ne5 $5 $13) (32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. Qe4 $11) 32... Qc1 33.
Kh3 Qh1+ 34. Kg4 $13 (34. Nh2 $5)) 31. Ne5 $14 Bxe5 ({Loses:} 31... Rb1+ {
in view of:} 32. Kh2 {(/\33.Qe8+ Kh7 34.Rf6! gxf6 35.Qg6+ Kh8 36.Nf7++-)} Rd1 (
32... Bxe5 33. Rf8+ Kh7 34. Qf5+ g6 35. Qxb1 $18) 33. Ng6+ Kh7 34. Rxf6 gxf6
35. Ne7 $1 {[%csl Rf7,Rg8][%cal Ge6f7,Ge6g8]} Rd8 36. Qf7+ Kh8 37. Ng6#) 32.
Rxe5 Rb1+ $6 (32... Qb8 $142 $1 {[%cal Gb8e5,Yb8e8]} 33. f4 Ra4 $14 {[%cal
Ga4a8]}) 33. Kh2 Rd1 $2 $138 (33... Rb2 $2 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Rf5 $18 {[%csl Rh7]
[%cal Gf5f8,Gf8h8]}) (33... Qb8 $5 {[%cal Gb8e5]} 34. f4 Ra1 $14 {[%cal Ga1a8]}
) 34. Qe8+ {Black lost on time.} (34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Re6 {(/\36.Qg6+ Kh8 37.
Re8+-)} Rd8 $8 36. Qg6+ Kh8 37. Rxb6 Rc8 38. f4 $16 {with the idea after:} c4
39. f5 $5 (39. Rb2 $5) 39... c3 $2 (39... Rf8 $142) 40. f6 c2 41. Rc6 $1 {
[%csl Rc2,Rc7,Rh8]} c1=Q 42. Rxc1 $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.07"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[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. d4 {King} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O $5 ({Black has
several options:} 5... Bxc5 $5) (5... Nc6 $5) (5... Na6 $5) 6. a3 $5 ({Other
lines are:} 6. Bg5) (6. Nf3) (6. Bd2) (6. Bf4) 6... Bxc5 7. Nf3 {This is the
main line.} (7. Bf4 $5 {-see comments to Ostenstad,B-Hansen,S/Munkebo,1998/CBM
67(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(26)}) 7... b6 8. Bg5 {In my opinion better is:} (8. Bf4 $5
Nh5 9. Bg3 $5 {Besides,was checked in the previous games:} (9. Bg5 $5 {-see
comments to Gurevich,M-Gulko,B/New York,1998/CBM 64(1-0)(Gurevich,M)(44)}) ({
and} 9. Bd2 $5 f5 10. e3 (10. b4 $5) 10... Bb7 11. Be2 Nf6 12. O-O Nc6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Dietz,H-Knoedler,D/Giengen 1987/GER (36)}) 9... f5 $5 {[%csl Rd6,Re5]}
(9... Bb7 $142) 10. e3 {-see comments to Ionov,S-Janssen,R/Wijk aan Zee,1999/
CBM 69(1-0)(Golod,V)(34)}) 8... Bb7 9. e3 $5 {Other options are:} (9. e4) (9.
Rd1 {/\e4}) ({and} 9. O-O-O) 9... h6 $5 {Also possibly:} (9... Be7) ({and} 9...
Nc6) 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Rd1 $5 (11. Be2 {-repeatedly was checked in the previous
games.}) 11... d6 (11... Nc6 $5 12. Be2 Rc8 13. O-O Nh5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. b4
Nf6 16. Qb3 Rfd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Chekhov,V-Reeh,O/Gausdal 1990/TD (43)}) 12. Be2
a6 {[%csl Ya6,Rb5][%cal Ya6b5] /\Qc7} 13. O-O Qc7 $11 14. Rd2 $6 {[%cal Gf1d1]}
({Seemingly better is:} 14. b4) 14... Nbd7 15. Rfd1 ({Somewhat dubious:} 15. b4
Rac8 16. Bg3 Nh5 17. Rc1 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Rfd8 19. g4 Qb8 20. Qb1 Rc7 {=/=/+;
Knaak,R-Hort,V/Leipzig,1973(0-1)(35)}) 15... Rfd8 16. Qb1 $6 $146 {[%csl Rc4,
Yd2][%cal Yd2c2]} (16. Bg3 $6 Nc5 17. b4 Nce4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Rd4 Nxg3 20.
hxg3 a5 {=/=/+; Kaposztas,M-Eperjesi,L/Salgotarjan, 1979(1/2-1/2)(24)} (20...
Rac8 $5)) ({Can be recommemded:} 16. Nd4 $5) ({Dubious:} 16. b4 {in view of:}
Bxf3 (16... Rac8 $5) 17. Bxf3 Rac8 18. Be2 b5 {[%csl Rc3]}) 16... Nc5 $5 {
[%cal Gc5e4]} 17. Rc2 Rac8 18. Nd4 ({Probably better is:} 18. Nd2) 18... Nce4
$5 ({Also not bad:} 18... Nfe4) 19. Bf3 $6 (19. Nxe4 $142 Bxe4 20. Bd3 {=/=/+})
19... Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Bxf3 21. gxf3 ({After:} 21. Nxf3 {strongly:} g5 (21... Qb7
$5 {/\d5}) (21... Qb7 $15 {King Black has the better chances: he has the
option of two pawn breaks (...b5 or ...d5); the possibility of playing the
knight into e4 after ...g5; and White's pawn on c4 is slightly vulnerable.})
22. Bg3 $140 Nh5 {[%csl Rc4,Rg3][%cal Ge7f6] King: ' is also possible. The
bishop will be strong on f6.'} 23. Qd3 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Bf6 $15) 21... Qb7 $5 $15
{(weaknessPf3);/\d5 '!' King. King: 'The queen takes the diagonal unopposed.'}
22. Kg2 ({Badly:} 22. Qd3 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Yd3e2] because of:} d5 23. cxd5 Rxc3
24. bxc3 Qxd5 $17) ({Maybe slightly better is:} 22. Rc2) 22... g5 $5 {'!' King.
} ({Good enough:} 22... d5 $5 23. Bxf6 $6 (23. Rdc1 $5 $15) 23... Bxf6 24. cxd5
Rxc3 25. bxc3 Qxd5 $17 {[%cal Ge6e5]}) 23. Bg3 g4 {[%csl Yd4,Rf3][%cal Ge6e5]
King: 'If White's queen could find its way to f3 to neutralise its counterpart,
then White would still be okay. As it is, Ivanchuk's lightning attack strikes
home.'} 24. h3 $2 ({Also badly:} 24. Kg1 {with the idea after:} gxf3 25. Nxe6
$2 {in view of:} fxe6 26. Qg6+ Kh8 27. Qxh6+ Nh7 28. Qxe6 Bf6 $17) ({Boldly
and not badly:} 24. e4 $5 gxf3+ 25. Kxf3 {[%csl Re4,Yf3]} d5 26. cxd5 exd5 27.
e5 Rxc3+ 28. bxc3 Ne4 $15) 24... gxf3+ $1 $17 (24... e5 $143 25. hxg4 $1 (25.
Nf5 $2 Qxf3+ 26. Kh2 gxh3 $1 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gf3g2]} 27. Nxe7+ Kf8 28. Kxh3
Kxe7 {[%csl Rh3] -/+/-+}) 25... exd4 26. Rxd4 {=/+/-/+}) 25. Kh2 (25. Nxf3 $143
Ne4 {[%csl Rc3,Rc4,Rf3]} 26. Rcc1 Ng5 {'-+' King.} 27. e4 Nxe4 $17) 25... Kh8
$5 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gd8g8,Gc8c5,Gc5h5]} ({Another alternative is:} 25... Ne4)
26. Rcc1 $6 (26. Rg1 $142) 26... Rc5 27. b4 ({Slightly better is:} 27. Qd3 Rh5
$140 28. e4 Ng4+ 29. Kg1 Rxh3 30. Qxf3 Rg8 $40) 27... Rh5 $40 {[%csl Rh3][%cal
Gf6g4][%mdl 128]} 28. Rh1 Rg8 {/\29...Ng4+ 30.Kg1 Ne3 or 29...Rg3} 29. Qd3 Rxg3
$1 30. Kxg3 (30. fxg3 Ng4+ 31. Kg1 f2+ $19 {[%csl Rh1]}) 30... Rg5+ 31. Kh4 $8
(31. Kf4 e5#) (31. Kh2 Rg2#) 31... Ne4 {[%csl Rh4] mate in 6 moves!} 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bykov, Andrei"]
[Black "Nikolenko, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. Nf3 {Nowadays this move
is not actual.} (6. a3 $5 {Is the main line.You can see comments to game:
Vaisser,A-Fressinet,L/Meribel,1998/CBM 67(1-0)(Golod,V)(40)}) 6... Nxc5 $5 ({
Other lines are:} 6... O-O) (6... Qa5) (6... Bxc5 $6) 7. a3 $5 {[%mdl 4]} ({
Besides,white has two options:} 7. Bd2 $5 {-see comments to Galkin,
A-Sveshnikov,E/St. Petersburg,1998/CBM 67(0-1)(Golod,V)(38) and:7.g3!?}) 7...
Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 b6 $5 (8... O-O) (8... a5) (8... Nce4) ({and} 8... d5 {-was
checked in the previous games.}) 9. e3 {/\Be2,0-0} ({Dubious:} 9. b4 {in view
of:} Nce4 10. Qd4 Bb7 11. Bf4 O-O 12. e3 d5 13. cxd5 Qxd5 $11 {0-1 Calistri,
T-Verat,L/Paris 1994/EXT 98 (21)}) 9... O-O (9... Bb7 $5 10. Be2 (10. b4 $5)
10... a5 $5 11. a4 {1/2-1/2 Pekarek,A-Hausner,I/CSR 1992/TD (11)}) 10. Be2 ({
Ohter alternatives are:} 10. b4) ({and} 10. Nd2) 10... Ba6 $5 ({Also possibly:
} 10... Bb7 $5) ({and} 10... Nce4 $5) 11. b4 ({Dubious:} 11. O-O {because of:}
Rc8 {[%csl Rc4,Gc8][%cal Gc8c4]} 12. b3 d5 13. Qc2 dxc4 14. bxc4 Bb7 15. Rd1
Qc7 $15 {0-1 Kirby,K-Darga,K/Munich 1958/MCD (45)}) ({Can be recommended:} 11.
Nd2 $5 d5 12. b4 Nce4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qe5 Rc8 15. Bb2 Nf6 16. b5 Bb7 17. Rc1
$13 {0-1 Renman,N-Bergstrom,C/SWE-ch 1989/EXT 97 (59)} (17. Rd1 $142)) 11...
Nce4 12. Qb3 $2 (12. Qd4 $142 d6 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. Rc1 Rc7 15. O-O Qc8 16. b5 $2
(16. Nd2 $1 e5 17. Qd3 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Qe6 19. Rfd1 $11) 16... Bb7 17. Qd1 e5 18.
Nd2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Ne4 $15 {0-1 Hamann,S-Kaunas,K/Copenhagen 1989/EXT 97 (72)})
12... Qc7 $1 $146 {[%csl Rc4,Ge4,Rf2,Rh2][%cal Ga8c8,Gf6g4]} ({Worse is:} 12...
d5 13. cxd5 Bxe2 14. Kxe2 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 Nxd5 16. Bb2 f6 17. Rac1 Rfc8 18. Nd4
$11 {0-1 Schroeder,R-Marini,L/Mar del Plata 1951/MCL (57)}) 13. Bb2 $6 (13. O-O
$142 Rac8 {[%csl Rc4]} 14. b5 Bb7 {and black has a positional advantage.})
13... Ng4 14. O-O $4 {[%mdl 8192] Gross mistake!} (14. Rf1 $8 Nxh2 15. Nxh2
Qxh2 16. Qa4 $1 {[%csl Ra6,Rd7]} Bc8 17. Bf3 f5 $15) 14... Nd2 $1 $19 {[%csl
Rb3,Rf1,Yf3,Rh2][%cal Gd2f3,Gc7h2,Gg4h2,Yf3h2]} 15. Be5 $8 Nxf3+ $5 ({Also win:
} 15... Nxb3 $5 16. Bxc7 Nxa1 17. b5 $1 (17. Rxa1 Rfc8 $19 {[%csl Rc4]}) 17...
Rfc8 18. Bd6 Bxb5 19. cxb5 Nb3 $19) 16. Bxf3 Nxe5 17. Bxa8 Bxc4 $1 ({Slightly
worse is:} 17... Rxa8 18. b5 Bb7 19. Rac1 Rc8 $19 {[%csl Rc4]}) 18. Rfc1 (18.
Qc3 $144 Rxa8 19. f4 Ng4 {/\d5-+}) 18... Rxa8 19. h3 (19. f4 {is refuted by:}
Rc8 $1 {[%cal Yc8c7]} 20. Qd1 Ng6 $19) 19... d5 20. a4 Qe7 {The rest is the
matter of technics.} 21. Qc3 Nd3 {[%csl Rb4,Rc1][%cal Gd3c1,Gd3b4]} 22. Rcb1
Qh4 23. Qd2 e5 24. b5 (24. Ra3 e4 {/\Rf8,f5-f4}) 24... h6 $5 {[%csl Yh7][%cal
Ga8e8,Ge8e6,Ye6b6]} 25. a5 Re8 26. axb6 axb6 27. f3 e4 28. f4 Qg3 29. Rf1 ({
Loses right away:} 29. Ra6 {because of:} d4 30. exd4 e3 $19) 29... Bxb5 30.
Rab1 Bc4 (30... Bc4 31. Rxb6 Ra8 $19 {[%csl Rd2,Rg2][%cal Ga8a2]}) 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2003.04.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Popov, Valerij"]
[Black "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Bg5 Nd4 {After this move,White has compulsory moving to slightly better
endgame.} 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. e3 Qa5 11. exd4 Qxg5 12. Qd2 $5 Qxd2+ {Differently,
after:12...Qa5 or 12...Qg6- White will receive the big advantage.} 13. Kxd2 b6
$5 {[%cal Gc8b7] In my opinion,it's best continuation in this position.} 14. b4
Ba6 $6 {The too rare and dubious decision.Besides,Black has two basic moves} (
14... Bb7 {See comments to Sokolov,I-Van der Sterren,P/Amsterdam,1999/CBM 73(1/
2-1/2)(Golod,V)(41)}) ({and} 14... d6 $5 {See comments to Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V/
Tilburg,1997/CBM 61(1/2-1/2)(Dokhojan)(35)}) 15. a4 $1 $146 (15. f3 $143 Rac8
16. c5 Bxf1 17. Rhxf1 bxc5 18. dxc5 d6 $1 $11 {Seirawan,Y-Dzindzichashvili,R/
Philadelphia,1988(1/2-1/2)(24)}) 15... d5 ({Differently,after:} 15... d6 $6 16.
a5 {[%csl Ga5,Ra6,Gb4,Gc4,Gd4] Black will be in a complete clip.}) 16. c5 ({
Leads to benefit of the contender:} 16. b5 $2 Bb7 $140 17. c5 $2 bxc5 18. dxc5
d4 {[%csl Rc3,Rc5][%cal Gd4c3,Yf6e4]}) 16... Bxf1 17. Rhxf1 {Already it is now
clear, that White has a big positional advantage.} bxc5 $6 ({Can be
recommended:} 17... Rfc8 {[%csl Rc5]}) 18. bxc5 (18. dxc5 $143 Rfc8 {[%csl Rb4,
Rc5][%cal Ga7a5]}) 18... e5 {The rather doubtful decision,but is very
difficult to give good advice.} 19. dxe5 Nd7 20. c6 $1 $16 {This move is
better,than:} (20. Nxd5 Rfd8 {[%csl Rd2,Gd8] with some counterplay.}) 20... Nb6
({Pretty dubiously:} 20... Nxe5 {in view of:} 21. c7 d4 22. Nb5 {[%cal Gb5d6,
Yb5c7,Ga1c1]}) 21. a5 Nc4+ 22. Kc2 $1 Rfd8 ({I do not think that it was much
better:} 22... Nxe5 23. c7 d4 24. Nd5 {+/-/+-}) 23. Rfd1 d4 (23... Nxe5 $2 24.
c7 $18 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gc3d5]}) 24. c7 $1 {White have calculated precisely
all consequences of this move.} Rd7 25. Nb5 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gd1d4]} Rc8 $2 ({
Also weakly:} 25... Nxe5 {because of:} 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Nxd4 {[%cal Ga1b1,
Gb1b8]} Rc8 28. Nb5 Kf8 $8 (28... a6 $143 29. Rd1 Nc6 30. Rd6 $18 {[%csl Yc6,
Rd8][%cal Gd6c6]}) 29. Rd1 $1 {[%cal Gd1d8]} Ke7 $140 30. Re1 {[%cal Gf2f4]}
Kf6 $8 31. Kb3 $18 {[%csl Yc7,Rf6][%cal Gb5d6,Gd6e8]}) ({More stubborn
resistance after:} 25... a6 26. Rxd4 (26. e6 $5) 26... Rxd4 27. Nxd4 Rc8 $16 {
[%csl Rc7]}) 26. Ra4 {[%csl Rc4,Rd4]} d3+ ({After:} 26... a6 27. Rxc4 axb5 28.
Rdxd4 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxc7+ 30. Kb3 {[%cal Gb3b4,Yd4d2] White has a easy win in
the RR endgame.}) 27. Rxd3 $1 Rxd3 $140 28. Rxc4 {[%cal Gb5d6,Gb5a7]} Rd7 $8
29. a6 $18 {This move is directed against progress "a6",on the part of Black.}
g5 30. Rc6 Kf8 31. Kb3 {At first it is necessary to move the king, and then to
pull the pawns of the king side.} Ke7 32. Kb4 g4 33. f4 {[%cal Ge5e6,Yf4f5]}
Rd2 $2 {It's last mistake in a hopeless position.} 34. Nxa7 $1 Kd7 $140 35.
Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2003.02.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2003.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bf4
Nh5 9. Bg3 Bb7 10. Rd1 $5 (10. e3 {I have already commented three games on
this subject.You can see,at least last of them: Sasikiran,K-Barsov,A/Hastings,
2003/CBM 93(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(27)}) 10... h6 {Besides this move,black has two
interesting alternatives:} (10... f5 11. e3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 f4 13. exf4 (13. Bd3
$1 $36) 13... Nc6 $13 {Krush,I-Barsov,A/Hampstead,2001(1-0)(37)}) ({and} 10...
Be7 $5 11. e3 h6 (11... Nxg3 $143 12. hxg3 h6 13. g4 d6 14. Ne4 {[%cal Gg4g5]}
d5 15. Nc3 $14 {Nielsen,P-Van Wely,L/Panormo,2002(1-0)(24)}) 12. Bd3 Nc6 13.
Bh7+ Kh8 14. Be4 Qc8 15. O-O (15. Bd6 $5) 15... Na5 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Qa4 Nf6
18. Nb5 Ne4 19. Nd6 Bxd6 20. Bxd6 Rfc8 21. Bb4 Nc6 22. Bd6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Sokolov,I-Zvjaginsev,V/Poikovsky,2002(22)}) 11. e4 f5 $5 $146 ({Were checked
in the preceding game:} 11... Be7 $5 12. e5 a6 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. Qe2 b5 $5 $132 {
Brenninkmeijer,J-Barsov,A/Breda,1999(0-1)(48)}) (11... Nxg3 $143 12. hxg3 {
[%cal Gg3g4,Gg4g5,Ge4e5]}) 12. b4 Be7 ({Is a possible continuation of the play:
} 12... Nxg3 $5 13. hxg3 fxe4 (13... Be7 $143 14. Nd4 $1 {[%csl Rd8][%cal
Gd4e6]} (14. exf5 Rxf5 15. Bd3 Rxf3 $1 16. gxf3 Bxf3 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 Bxd1
19. Qxd1 Nc6 20. b5 $140 (20. Qh5 $142) 20... Ne5 $44) 14... Qe8 $13 {[%csl
Re1]}) 14. Nxe4 Be7 15. Ne5 $36 (15. Bd3 $6 a5) 15... a5 $13) 13. exf5 exf5 {
[%csl Rg3][%cal Gf5f4] This strange decision is much better,than:} (13... Rxf5
14. Nd4 $1 {[%csl Rd8][%cal Gd4f5,Gd4e6]} (14. Bd3 $143 Rxf3 15. gxf3 Bxf3 16.
Be4 Bxd1 17. Qxd1 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Nc6 19. b5 Ne5 $44) 14... Nxg3 15. hxg3 Re5+
16. Be2 Nc6 (16... Bxg2 $2 17. Rh2 Bb7 18. f4 {[%csl Re5]} Re3 19. Kf2 Rxe2+
20. Ncxe2 {+/=/+/-}) 17. Nf3 Rf5 18. Bd3 $14) 14. c5 $13 {A very risky
decision. Ivan Sokolov gives back the "Bg3", but makes active the other pieces.
} ({Very badly:} 14. Nd5 {in view of:} f4 {[%csl Rg3]} 15. Qg6 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 (
16. cxd5 Qe8 $17) 16... Nf6 17. Bxf4 Nxd5 18. Bxh6 Bxb4+ $1 19. axb4 Qe8+ 20.
Qxe8 Rxe8+ 21. Kd2 Nxb4 $17) ({Leads to quieter game:} 14. Bd3) 14... Bxf3 {
It's best move.} (14... bxc5 15. Bc4+ Kh8 16. Bd5 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 $36 f4 $140 $2
18. Ne5 $16 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Ge5g6]}) (14... f4 $2 15. Bc4+ Kh8 16. Ne5 {
[%csl Rh8][%cal Ge5g6]}) 15. gxf3 Nc6 {Differently, after:} (15... f4 $2 16.
Bc4+ Kh8 17. Bd5 Na6 18. Qe2 Nc7 19. Bxa8 Nxa8 20. Rd5 {[%csl Rh5]}) ({or} 
15... bxc5 $2 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. Bd5 {[%csl Ra8] white has a big advantage.}) 16.
b5 ({Senselessly:} 16. Bc4+ Kh8 $140 17. b5 {because of:} Na5 18. Bd5 Rc8 $36)
16... Na5 17. c6 ({Pretty dubiously:} 17. Qa2+ Kh8 18. c6 Bf6 19. Ne2 Qe8 {
[%csl Re1][%cal Gf6c3]}) 17... f4 {[%csl Rg3]} 18. Bh3 {The correctness of
this move is confirmed by the following variant:} (18. Qg6 Qe8 19. Qxe8 Raxe8 {
[%csl Re1]} 20. cxd7 Rd8 {[%csl Rg3]} 21. Bh3 fxg3 22. Be6+ Kh7 23. hxg3 g6 $15
{[%csl Ra3][%cal Ya5b7,Yb7c5]}) 18... fxg3 19. hxg3 Nf6 20. Bxd7 Nxd7 $6 {
Leads to a drawn game. In my opinion black could continue the struggle:} (20...
Qc7 $5 21. f4 Kh8 22. a4 $44) (20... Kh8 $5) 21. Rxh6 $1 $11 (21. Rxd7 $6 Qe8
$15 {[%csl Re1]}) 21... gxh6 $8 ({Loses right away:} 21... Qe8 22. Qh7+ Kf7 23.
Rxd7 Rd8 24. Rg6 Rg8 $140 25. Rf6+ $1 Kxf6 26. Nd5+ Kg5 (26... Ke6 27. Qe4+ Kf7
28. Qf5#) (26... Ke5 27. Qe4#) (26... Kf7 27. Qf5#) 27. f4+ Kg4 28. Ne3+ Kf3
29. Qh1#) ({Also loses:} 21... Rf6 22. Qh7+ Kf8 (22... Kf7 23. Rxf6+ Nxf6 (
23... Kxf6 24. Rxd7 {[%cal Gc3d5,Gc3e4]}) (23... Bxf6 24. Ne4 Nf8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8
26. Qf5 $18) 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Qc2 $18 {[%csl Ra5]}) 23. Rxf6+ Bxf6 24. Rxd7
Bxc3+ 25. Kf1 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Gh7h8]} Qxd7 $8 26. cxd7 Rd8 (26... Ke7 $4 27.
Qe4+ {[%csl Ra8,Re7]}) (26... Kf7 $4 27. Qf5+ {[%csl Ra8][%cal Gf5d5,Gf5e4]})
27. Qd3 Bf6 28. Qd6+ {[%csl Gf3,Gg3][%cal Gf3f4,Gg3g4,Gg4g5]} Be7 29. Qf4+ Kg8
30. Qc7 $18) 22. Qg6+ $11 Kh8 23. Qxh6+ Kg8 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Qh6+ {White is
obliged to repeat moves.} (25. Rd5 $4 Nf6 26. Rg5 Rf7 27. Qxf7 Qf8 $19) 25...
Kg8 26. Qg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mario Covas 3rd"]
[Site "Santos"]
[Date "2003.04.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2003.04.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bg5
Bb7 9. e3 Be7 10. Be2 (10. Rd1 $5 {See comments to Onischuk,A-Marin,M/Koszalin,
1999/CBM 73(1-0)(Golod,V)(48)}) 10... d6 ({Recently was checked up another
continuation:} 10... a6 $5 11. O-O h6 12. Bh4 d6 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Rac1 Nbd7 15.
Bg3 Nh5 $11 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Gh5g3] Karpov,A-Macieja,B/Warsaw,2003(1-0)(47)})
11. O-O Nbd7 12. Rfd1 a6 {[%csl Ya6][%cal Ya6b5] It is rather difficult to
continue a game without this move:} (12... Qb8 $6 13. Bf4 Rd8 14. b4 Nf8 15. c5
Ne8 16. Rac1 $14 {Gurevich,M-Graf,A/Lanzarote,2003(1/2-1/2)(50)}) 13. Bf4 $5 {
[%csl Rd6] Also were checked up in previous games: 13.Rac1; 13.b4; 13.e4 and
13.Rd2.} Qc7 14. Qd2 {[%csl Rd6]} e5 $5 $146 ({From my point of view,it is not
enough for the equation of a position:} 14... Ne5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Bg5 (16.
Bg3 $5) 16... Bc6 17. b4 h6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rac1 {+/=/= Soppe,G-Najdorf,M/
ARG,1989(1/2-1/2)(22)}) 15. Bg5 {[%csl Rd5]} Rac8 16. Rac1 Qb8 $6 {This move
is directed against Nd5.} ({It was a much better:} 16... Nc5 $5 {[%csl Rb3]
[%cal Gc5e4,Gc5b3]} 17. Qc2 $140 Nce4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11) 17. Nh4
$1 $14 {[%csl Rd5,Rf5][%cal Gh4f5] Position of White more preferably at the
expense of the best pawn chain and weaknesses in camp of Black.} Rfd8 $6 ({
Can be recommended:} 17... g6 18. b4 $14) 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. b4 {[%csl Rd6][%cal
Yb4c5,Gf5d6]} (19. Nxd6 $4 {is refuted by:} Nc5 {[%csl Rd6]}) 19... h6 20. Bh4
g5 {The rather doubtful decision,but is very difficult to give good advice.}
21. Bg3 Qa8 {[%csl Rg2]} 22. f3 Nh5 ({Leads to favourable complications for
White:} 22... g4 $6 23. e4 gxf3 24. gxf3 $16) ({or} 22... d5 $2 23. cxd5 Nxd5
24. Bxa6 $1 $18 {[%csl Ga6,Ya8,Yb7,Rd5]}) 23. Bf2 Ndf6 24. e4 $16 {[%csl Rb6]
All Black's pieces are located ideally.} b5 {Differently,after:} (24... Nd7 25.
Qe3 {Black will be in a complete clip.}) 25. cxb5 d5 (25... axb5 $143 26. Bb6
$1 (26. Nxb5 $2 d5 $132) 26... Qxa3 $140 $2 27. Nxb5 $18 {[%csl Ra3,Rd8]}) 26.
bxa6 Bxa6 27. Bxa6 dxe4 $8 ({Pretty dubiously:} 27... Qxa6 {in view of:} 28.
Nxd5 Nxd5 29. exd5 Qxa3 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. d6 $18) 28. Qe1 ({After:} 28. Qb2
Qxa6 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Nxe4 (30. fxe4 $143 Nf4) 30... Nf4 {[%csl Rd3,Re2][%cal
Gf4d3,Gf4e2]} 31. Ra1 Nd3 32. Qc3 Nd5 33. Qb3 N5f4 {Black has some
compensation behind pawn.}) 28... Qxa6 29. Nxe4 $6 {White obviously have lost
a "string of game".} (29. Rxd8 $142 Rxd8 30. b5 Qxa3 31. Ra1 Qb3 32. Rb1 Qc4
33. Ne3 Qc8 34. Nxe4 $16) 29... Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Nxe4 31. Qxe4 (31. fxe4 $6 Qxa3
32. b5 Nf4 $132 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Gf4d3]}) 31... Qxa3 32. Re1 Nf4 $2 ({It was
necessary:} 32... Qb2 $14 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Yb2e5] and White can not create
threats to the Black's king.}) 33. Qxe5 Qxb4 34. Qf6 $40 {[%csl Rg8,Rh6]} Qa5 (
34... Qd2 $142 35. h4 $40 (35. Nxh6+ $4 Bxh6 36. Qxh6 Nd3 37. Rf1 Nxf2 38. Rxf2
Qe3 {[%csl Rd1,Rd2][%cal Gd8d1]})) 35. h4 $1 {[%csl Ge1,Gf2,Gf5,Gf6,Gg1] Black
develop a strong attack,all their pieces are ready for this purpose.} Nd3 36.
Re7 $1 {[%csl Rf7,Rg8][%cal Gf6f7,Gf6g7] White have calculated precisely all
consequences of this move.} Qa2 37. Bg3 gxh4 (37... Ra8 38. Nxh6+ Bxh6 39. Qxh6
Qa1+ 40. Kh2 $16) 38. Qxh4 $6 $138 {White have missed an easy win:} (38. Re4 $1
{[%csl Rd8,Rg8][%cal Ge4g4,Gg4g7]} Kh7 39. Rxh4 $18 {[%csl Rd8][%cal Gh4h6]})
38... Bxe7 (38... Qa6 39. Re4 $40) 39. Qxe7 Qa1+ $2 {It already decisive
mistake.} ({Also loses right away:} 39... Qd5 $2 40. Qf6 Qc5+ 41. Bf2 $1 (41.
Kh2 $5) 41... Qf8 (41... Qxf2+ $143 42. Kh2 {[%csl Rd8,Rg8][%cal Gf6d8,Gf6g7]})
42. Nxh6+ Kh7 43. Nxf7 {[%csl Rd3,Rd8]} Nxf2 44. Qh4+ Kg6 45. Nxd8 $18 {
[%csl Rf2]}) ({More stubborn resistance after:} 39... Rc8 40. Kh2 $16) 40. Kh2
$18 Rf8 (40... Ra8 $144 41. Qe4 $1 {[%csl Rd3,Rg8][%cal Ge4g4]} Rd8 42. Bh4 Qa5
{[%csl Rd3,Rd8,Rg8][%cal Ge4e8,Yd8e8]} 43. Nxh6+ Kg7 44. Nf5+ Kg8 45. Qg4+ Kf8
$8 46. f4 $1 {[%csl Re5,Yf4,Rh2][%cal Yf4e5,Gg4g7] and there is no protection
against numerous threats.}) 41. Nxh6+ Kg7 42. Nf5+ Kg6 (42... Kg8 $2 43. Qg5+
Kh7 44. Qh6+ Kg8 45. Ne7#) 43. Qxf8 Kxf5 44. Qxf7+ Qf6 (44... Kg5 45. Bh4+ $1
Kxh4 46. Qg6 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gg6g4,Gg2g3]}) 45. Qd5+ {[%csl Rd3,Gd5,Rf5][%cal
Gd5f5,Gd5d3] Despite the mistakes the game was very interesting.} 1-0

[Event "Yongchuan zt 3.3"]
[Site "Yongchuan"]
[Date "2003.07.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wang, Rui"]
[Black "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2003.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Be7 8.
Bf4 Nh5 9. Bg3 $6 {Rare and not so successful continuation.On this line you
can find only three games in Mega DataBase 2003.In my opinion,it was better to
keep the bishop.  Comments to this part of the game(6-8 moves)} ({and also:} 9.
Bd2 $5 {you can find in annotations to game: Atalik,S-Taimanov,M/Lviv,2000/CBM
77(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(58)}) 9... Nc6 ({Once were checked in the preceding games:
} 9... d6 $5 10. e3 a6 11. Be2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 h6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Rfd1 Qc7 $11 {
Bensdorp,M-Michiels,B/Hengelo,2003(0-1)(47)}) ({and} 9... f5 $5 10. e3 b6 11.
O-O-O (11. Be2 $5 {/\0-0}) 11... Nc6 12. Nb5 Ba6 13. Bc7 Qc8 14. Bd6 Nf6 $13 {
Arlandi,E-Milos,G/Copenhagen,1982(0-1)(33)}) 10. e3 h6 $5 {Preventive move:
><h7(/\Nxg3). It became already clear,that Black have decided all opening
problems.} ({Senselessly:} 10... f5 $6 11. Rd1 (11. Be2 $5) 11... Nxg3 $140 12.
hxg3 $14) 11. Be2 (11. Rd1 $5 {and White keep two opportunities of development
of the his bishop: "Bd3" or "Be2".}) 11... Nxg3 12. hxg3 b6 13. O-O Bb7 $11 14.
Rfd1 ({Is a possible continuation of the play:} 14. b4 $5 {/\Rab1}) 14... d6
$146 ({The game,which have reached this position were continued as follows:} 
14... a6 $5 {[%csl Ya6][%cal Ya6b5]} 15. Rd2 Qc7 16. Rc1 Rfd8 17. Qd1 Rac8 18.
Na4 Nb8 $11 {Sumets,A-Gushpit,I/Sevastopol,2000(1-0)48)}) 15. Rac1 $6 {The a
little bit sample decision.} ({It deserves attention:} 15. Rd2 {/\Rad1,b4,Qb3})
15... Qb8 {[%cal Yb8d6] ><d6} 16. Bd3 (16. b4 $142 {/\Qb3}) 16... Rc8 17. b4 ({
It was dubiously:} 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 {because of:} a6 19. b4 $140 b5 $36 {
[%csl Ga8,Rc2]}) 17... a6 18. Qb3 Ra7 19. Bb1 {Absolutely not clearly: than
position of the White's bishop on point "b1" is better, in comparison with
position on point "e2" ?} Ba8 $1 {[%cal Ya7c7] /\Rac7<->c The game of Black
corresponds to the requirements of a position.} 20. Qc2 (20. Rd2 $5 Rac7 21.
Bd3 {[%cal Yc1d1,Yd3f1]}) 20... g6 21. Qb3 {White continue to play without the
concrete plan.} Rac7 $15 22. Ne4 $2 ({Can be recommended:} 22. Bd3 {[%csl Yb3,
Yc4,Yd3]}) 22... d5 $1 {All Black's pieces have occupied ideal positions and
are ready to opening a position.} 23. cxd5 $6 ({It was much better:} 23. Ned2
dxc4 24. Rxc4 (24. Nxc4 $4 b5 25. Nb2 (25. Ncd2 Nd4 {[%csl Rb3,Rc1,Rg1][%cal
Gd4b3,Gc7c1,Gd4e2]}) 25... Nd4 $19 {[%csl Rb3,Rc1][%cal Gc7c1,Gd4b3]}) 24... b5
25. Rc2 a5 {[%csl Ra3,Rb4]} 26. bxa5 Nxa5 27. Qb2 Nc4 $1 {=/+/-/+}) 23... Nd4
$17 24. Nxd4 $2 {White obviously have lost a "string of game".} ({It was
necessary:} 24. Rxc7 Nxb3 $8 25. Rxe7 Rd8 $1 (25... exd5 $2 26. Ne5 $1 {
[%csl Rf7,Rg8][%cal Ge4f6]} dxe4 $140 27. Nd7 {[%csl Rb8,Rg8]} Rc1 $1 (27...
Rd8 $4 28. Bc2 {[%csl Rb3,Rb8][%cal Gc2b3,Yc2d1]} Qc8 29. Bxb3 $18 {[%csl Rf7,
Rg8]}) 28. Rxc1 $8 Qd8 (28... Qd6 $6 29. Re8+ Kg7 {[%csl Rc1,Rd7]} 30. Rcc8 $8
{[%csl Rg7][%cal Ge8g8]} (30. Re1 $2 Bc6 {[%csl Rd7,Re8]}) 30... Qxd7 31. Rg8+
(31. Red8 $2 Qb5 32. Rxa8 Nc1 $40 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gc1e2,Gb5h5]}) 31... Kf6 32.
Rgd8 Qa4 33. Rxa8 Qxa3 {[%csl Rb1,Rb4,Rg1][%cal Ga3c1,Ga3b4]} 34. Bxe4 Qxb4 35.
Bd5 $36) 29. Re8+ (29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Ne8+ Kf8 31. Rcc7 Qxe7 32. Rxe7 Kxe7 33.
Nc7 Bb7 34. Ba2 Nd2 $11) 29... Qxe8 30. Nf6+ Kf8 31. Nxe8 Nxc1 $11) 26. d6 Bxe4
27. Bxe4 Rxd6 $17) 24... Rxc1 25. dxe6 (25. Nc6 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Bxc6 27. dxc6
Rxc6 $19) 25... Bd5 $1 {[%csl Rd1]} 26. exf7+ Bxf7 $2 ({Immediately wins a
game the following move:} 26... Kh8 $1 {[%csl Rg1]} 27. Qxd5 $140 (27. Qd3 Bxe4
{[%csl Gc1,Rd1,Yd3,Ge4][%cal Ge4d3,Yd3d1]}) 27... Rxd1+ 28. Kh2 Rcc1 {[%csl
Rh2][%cal Gd1h1]} 29. Kh3 h5 $1 $19 {[%csl Gb8,Rh3,Yh5][%cal Yh5g4,Gd1h1,Gb8g3]
}) 27. Qd3 Qe5 28. Bc2 $2 {White did not use discrepancy of the contender.It's
already decisive mistake.} (28. g4 $17) 28... R8xc2 ({After:} 28... R8xc2 {
[%csl Re4] White resigns,because of next variant:} 29. Nxc2 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Qxe4
$19) 0-1

[Event "POL-ch 60th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2003.04.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grabarczyk, Miroslaw"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2003.04.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Nf3 $6 (6. a3 {It's
main line.See comments to Gershon,A-Macieja,B/Bermuda,2003/CBM 94(1-0)(Golod,V)
(62)}) 6... Na6 {Now Black has time for this move.} 7. a3 {Besides White has
three principales options: 7.g3; 7.Bd2 and 7.e3.} Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Nxc5 9. Bg5 {
[%mdl 4] Rare and not so successful continuation.} ({It's more popular:} 9. b4
{See comments to Lamprecht,F-Reddmann,H/Hamburg,1997(0-1)(Reddmann)(28)}) ({and
} 9. e3 $5 {See comments to Hertneck,G-Lutz,C/Munich,1994/CBM 42(1/2-1/2)
(Ftacnik,L)(23)}) 9... Nfe4 ({I do not think that it was better:} 9... Nce4)
10. Bxd8 (10. Qe3 $6 Nxg5 11. Nxg5 d6 {and the position of Black as a minimum
is not worse.}) 10... Nxc3 11. Be7 Nb3 {It became already clear,that Black
have decided all opening problems.} 12. Bxf8 ({Leads to favourable
complications for Black:} 12. bxc3 $2 Nxa1 13. Nd2 (13. Bxf8 $142 Kxf8 {
[%cal Ya1c2,Ya1b3]}) 13... Re8 14. Bd6 e5 15. Kd1 b6 $17 {[%csl Rd6][%cal
Ge8e6]}) 12... Kxf8 $1 {[%csl Ra1] This move is much better,than:} (12... Nxa1
$6 13. Be7 Na4 14. Kd2 $1 {[%csl Ra1,Ra4]} Nxb2 15. e4 Na4 16. Nd4 $14 {
[%csl Ra1,Yd4]}) 13. Rd1 Nxd1 14. Kxd1 a5 $1 {Differently,White equalizes a
position:} (14... d5 15. e3) ({or} 14... b6 15. Nd2 $11) 15. e3 ({It deserves
attention:} 15. Nd2 Nc5 (15... Nxd2 16. Kxd2 $11) 16. e4 $11) ({It was checked
in the previous game:} 15. Kc2 a4 16. e3 b6 17. Nd4 Nc5 18. f3 Ba6 19. Kc3 $11
{Janisch,R-Schroecker,H/AUT,1996(1-0)(32)}) 15... a4 16. Nd2 $6 {Now it was
illogically to do this move.} ({Can be recommended:} 16. Bd3) 16... Nc5 17. Be2
d6 $5 {=/=/+ Position of Black more preferably at the expense of the best pawn
chain.} (17... b6 $143 18. Kc2 (18. Bf3 $5) 18... Ba6 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. Kd1 {
=/=/+ Schulz,K-Lau,R/Bad Neuenahr,1987(0-1)(41)}) 18. Kc2 e5 $5 $146 {[%cal
Yc8h3] /^c8-h3} ({It was checked up in previous game of Bartlomiej Macieja:} 
18... Bd7 19. f3 f5 20. Rc1 $6 (20. Kc3 $5 {/\e4}) 20... Ke7 21. Kb1 Bc6 $15 {
Ovod,E-Macieja,B/St.Petersburg,1997(1/2-1/2)(82)}) 19. g4 {[%csl Yc4,Yg4]
White too early have begun to build a fortress .} Bd7 20. Rd1 Re8 {[%cal Ye8e6,
Ye6h6] Black translate a rook on more active position.} 21. Nb1 {[%csl Rd6]
[%cal Gb1c3,Gc3d5]} Re6 22. Nc3 ({From my point of view,it was better:} 22. h4
Rg6 (22... Rf6 23. f3) 23. g5 Bf5+ 24. Kd2 {[%cal Yd2e1]} Ne4+ 25. Ke1 h6 26.
f4 $1 {[%csl Ye3,Yf4,Yg5,Yh4]}) 22... Rh6 23. h4 $2 {Absolutely unjustified
sacrifice of the pawn.} (23. h3 $142 $15 {[%csl Rd6]}) 23... Rxh4 {[%csl Rg4]}
24. f3 (24. Rxd6 Bxg4 $17) 24... e4 $1 $17 {[%csl Yf3,Rg4][%cal Ge4f3,Yf3g4]
Black perfectly use weakness of the king side of White.} 25. fxe4 Bxg4 26. Bxg4
Rxg4 27. Rxd6 Nxe4 28. Nxe4 Rxe4 29. Kd3 Re6 30. Rd8+ ({Hardly is better:} 30.
Rd4 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Gc4c5]} g5 {[%cal Gh7h5,Gh5h4]}) 30... Ke7 31. Ra8 Ra6 $1
32. Rh8 ({After:} 32. Rxa6 bxa6 {[%csl Gf7,Gg7,Gh7] Black has a easy win in
the pawns endgame.}) 32... h6 33. c5 Rc6 $19 34. Rb8 (34. Kd4 $144 b6 {[%csl
Rb2]} 35. Ra8 (35. cxb6 Rxb6 {[%csl Rb2]} 36. Kc3 g5 37. Ra8 Rb3+ {[%csl Rb2,
Re3]}) 35... Rxc5 36. Rxa4 g5 $19) 34... Rxc5 35. Rxb7+ Kf6 36. Ra7 Rb5 {
[%csl Rb2]} 37. Kc2 h5 38. Rxa4 g5 {[%csl Gf7,Gg5,Gh5][%cal Gh5h4] The PP on
the king side easily win a game.} 39. b4 h4 40. Ra6+ Kg7 41. Rd6 ({Nothing
changes,after:} 41. Kd3 g4 42. Ke2 h3 43. Kf2 h2 44. Kg2 Rh5 45. Kh1 g3 {
[%csl Gh2][%cal Gg3g2]}) 41... h3 42. Rd1 g4 {[%csl Gg4,Gh3][%cal Gh3h2,Gg4g3]
Further resistance is impossible.} 0-1

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.01.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gershon, Alik"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bf4
Nh5 9. Bg3 Be7 {Besides black has two options:} (9... Bb7 $5 {See comments to
Sokolov,I-Macieja,B/Reykjavik,2003/CBM 94 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(26)}) ({and} 9...
f5 $5 {See comments to Karpov,A-Gelfand,B/Monaco,2000/CBM 76 (0-1)(Golod,V)(53)
}) 10. e3 Bb7 11. Be2 ({After:} 11. Rd1 h6 12. Bd3 {Black easily equalizes:}
Nc6 13. Bh7+ Kh8 14. Be4 Qc8 15. O-O Na5 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Qa4 Nf6 18. Nb5 Ne4
$11 {Sokolov,I-Zvjaginsev,V/Poikovsky,2002(1/2-1/2)(22)}) 11... h6 12. Rd1 a6
$146 {There is no necessarity to spend a tempo for this move. It's better at
once:} (12... Nc6 {You can see comments to Sasikiran,K-Barsov,A/Hastings,2003/
CBM 93(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(27)}) 13. Rd2 {[%csl Yd1] Alik Gershon prepares a
point "d1" for Q or R.} Nxg3 14. hxg3 d6 ({Can it was necessary to take under
the control ><e4:} 14... f5) 15. Ne4 $1 {[%csl Rd6,Rg8][%cal Gg3g4,Gg4g5]} Bxe4
(15... Qc7 $2 {is refuted by:} 16. Neg5 {[%csl Rg8]} Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Rc8 18. Qh7+
Kf8 19. Nf3 $16 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gh7h8]}) 16. Qxe4 $14 Nd7 ({Impossibly:} 16...
Ra7 $2 {because of:} 17. Bd3 g6 18. Rxh6 $18) 17. Nd4 d5 $6 ({Can be
recommended:} 17... Nc5 18. Qg4 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gh1h6]} f5 19. Qf3 $14) 18.
cxd5 Nf6 19. Qd3 Nxd5 $6 (19... Qxd5 $2 20. Bf3 {[%csl Ra8,Rd5]}) ({From my
point of view it was a much better:} 19... exd5 20. Bf3 Qd7 21. O-O $14) 20. e4
Nf6 (20... Nc7 $143 21. Nc6 Qe8 $8 22. Qd7 Bd8 23. O-O {[%csl Rc7,Rd8]}) 21. e5
Nh7 {It's the best place for the knight. It confirms the following variants:} (
21... Nd5 22. Bd1 {[%csl Gd1,Gd3,Rg8][%cal Gd1c2]}) (21... Nd7 22. Nxe6 $1 (22.
Nc6 Nc5 23. Qxd8 Bxd8 24. b4 $16) 22... fxe6 23. Qxd7 Qxd7 24. Rxd7 {+/-/+-})
22. Nc6 $16 Qe8 (22... Qc7 $144 23. Qd7 Qxd7 24. Rxd7 {transfers to 22..Qe8.})
23. Qd7 Qxd7 24. Rxd7 Bd8 25. O-O {[%csl Rd8][%cal Gf1d1]} Rc8 {There is no
other defence:} (25... b5 26. Rfd1 Bb6 27. Bf3 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Gc6e7]} Kh8 28.
Rb7 Bd8 (28... Bc5 $2 29. b4 {[%csl Rc5]}) 29. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 30. Nxd8 Rxf3 31.
gxf3 Nf8 32. Rd6 $18) 26. Na7 {Alik Gershon has not counted on this move.
Leads to an easy win:} (26. Rc1 $1 {[%csl Ra6]} b5 (26... a5 $143 27. Ba6 Ra8
28. Bb7 Bg5 29. f4 {[%csl Ra8,Rg5]}) (26... Ra8 $2 27. Rcd1 {[%csl Rd8]}) 27.
Ra7 {[%csl Ra6]}) 26... Rc5 ({It was very dangerously:} 26... Rc7 27. Rfd1 b5
28. R1d6 Rxd7 29. Rxd7 Bb6 30. Nc6 $16) 27. Bf3 ({Hardly better is:} 27. f4 b5
28. Rd6 Rc2 29. Bd3 Rxb2 30. Rxa6 {[%csl Rb5]} b4 31. axb4 Rxb4 32. Nc6 $14)
27... Bg5 28. Bb7 $6 {White has lost the string of the game.} (28. b4 $142 Rc3
(28... Rxe5 $2 29. Nc6 Rf5 30. Rb7 b5 $140 31. Be4 {[%csl Rf5,Rg5][%cal Gf2f4]}
) 29. a4 $14) 28... Rd8 $1 {It is necessary to exchange this active rook.} 29.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Bxa6 $6 ({It deserves attention:} 30. Rd1 Bc7 31. Nc6 Nf8 32. b4
Rc3 33. a4 $14) 30... Rxe5 31. Nc6 $6 {Again is not best decision.At disposal
of white there were three equivalent continuations:} (31. Rd1 Bf6 (31... Rd5 $6
32. Rxd5 exd5 33. Nc6 Bf6 34. b4) 32. b4 {+/=/=}) (31. b4) ({and} 31. Rc1)
31... Rd5 32. Nxd8 $6 {It was better to keep the knight:} (32. a4 $5) 32...
Rxd8 $11 33. Rc1 Nf6 {[%cal Gd8d2]} 34. Rc8 {It was not necessary to hasten
with this exchange.} Rxc8 35. Bxc8 Kf8 36. Kf1 Ke7 37. Bb7 (37. Ke2 $144 Kd6
38. Bb7 {transfers to 37.Bb7}) 37... Kd6 38. Ke2 Nd7 39. b4 {[%csl Ya3,Yb4]
[%cal Ya3a4]} b5 40. Be4 Ne5 41. Bc2 $2 {The my home analysis has shown,that
at once leads to a drawn result:} (41. Bd3 Nxd3 (41... Kc6 42. Be4+ $11 {
[%cal Ye4d3]}) 42. Kxd3 e5 43. Kc3 f5 44. Kb3 e4 45. a4 bxa4+ 46. Kxa4 g5 47.
Kb5 {[%cal Yb5c4]} (47. Kb3 $5 Kd5 48. Kc3 h5 49. b5 Kc5 50. b6 Kxb6 51. Kd4 g4
52. Ke3 (52. Ke5 $4 h4 {[%cal Gh4h3]} 53. gxh4 $140 g3 54. fxg3 e3) 52... Kc5
53. Ke2 $1 (53. Kf4 $4 Kd4 54. Kxf5 Kd3 55. Kf4 Ke2 56. Kxe4 Kxf2 $19) 53...
Kd6 54. Ke3 (54. Kd2 $4 f4 55. gxf4 h4 $19) 54... Ke5 55. Ke2 f4 56. gxf4+ Kxf4
57. g3+ Kf5 58. Kd2 $11) 47... Kd5 $1 48. Ka6 f4 49. gxf4 gxf4 50. b5 e3 {
[%csl Ra6][%cal Ge3f2,Gf2f1]} 51. fxe3 $8 fxe3 52. b6 e2 53. b7 e1=Q 54. b8=Q
Qa1+ 55. Kb7 Qb2+ 56. Kc8 Qxb8+ 57. Kxb8 h5 58. Kc7 Ke6 59. Kd8 $1 {[%csl Rh5]}
h4 60. Ke8 Kf5 61. Kf7 Kg4 62. Kg6 $11) 41... Kd5 42. f4 Nc4 $17 43. a4 ({
After:} 43. Bb3 Kd4 44. a4 bxa4 45. Bxa4 Nd6 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Gd4c4,Gd4c3]
White also lose of the pawn "b4".}) 43... bxa4 44. Bxa4 Kd4 {[%csl Rb4,Yc4,Gd4]
[%cal Yc4d6,Gd4c3]} 45. Bd7 h5 {[%csl Ye6,Rf4,Rg2,Rg3,Yh5] After this progress,
white can exchange pawns on the king side.} ({Is a possible continuation of
the play:} 45... Nd6 $5 $17) 46. Bc6 Nd6 47. Bf3 g6 $2 {Bartlomiej Macieja
thus misses the victory. It was necessary:} (47... Ne4 $1 48. b5 (48. Bxe4 $2
Kxe4 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Ge4d4,Gd4c4]}) 48... Nc3+ 49. Kf2 Nxb5 50. Bxh5 f6 {
[%cal Ge6e5]} 51. Bg6 e5 52. fxe5 fxe5 53. Bh7 e4 54. Ke2 Nc3+ 55. Kd2 Nd5 {
[%csl Rg2][%cal Gd5e3] -/+/-+}) 48. g4 hxg4 (48... h4 49. g5 Kc4 50. Ba8 Kxb4
51. Kf3 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gf3g4] with good chances to draw.}) 49. Bxg4 Kc4 50.
Ke3 Nf5+ 51. Ke4 (51. Bxf5 $4 gxf5 52. b5 Kxb5 53. Kd4 f6 $19) 51... f6 {
[%csl Yf6]} 52. Bd1 Nd6+ 53. Kf3 Kxb4 54. g4 Kc5 (54... g5 55. fxg5 fxg5 56.
Ke3 Kc4 (56... Kc5 57. Bb3 $1 {/^a2-g8(><d5)}) 57. Bf3 {[%csl Yf3][%cal Yf3a8]
with the idea to not give the Black's king to occupy a field "e5".} (57. Be2+
$4 Kd5 $19 {[%cal Gd5e5,Yd6c8,Yc8e7,Ye7d5]}) 57... Nf7 58. Ke4 $11) 55. Bb3 Nc4
(55... e5 $143 56. Ke3 $1 {[%cal Gg4g5]} g5 57. fxg5 fxg5 58. Kd3 $11) 56. Ba2
Kd4 (56... f5 $143 57. Kg3 Kd4 58. Kh4 $11 {[%cal Gh4g5]}) 57. g5 $1 {[%csl
Rg6]} fxg5 ({Also nothing changes after:} 57... f5 58. Kg3 Nd6 (58... e5 59.
fxe5 Nxe5 60. Kf4) 59. Bxe6 Ke3 60. Bg8 Ne4+ 61. Kh4 Kxf4 62. Bf7 $11) 58. fxg5
$11 Ne5+ 59. Kg3 Nc4 60. Kf3 Kd5 $4 {The improbable and tragical end of the
game.} (60... e5 $4 61. Bxc4 e4+ (61... Kxc4 62. Ke4 $18) 62. Kf4 Kxc4 63. Kxe4
$18) (60... Nd2+ 61. Ke2 Ne4 62. Bxe6 Nxg5 $11) 61. Bxc4+ Kxc4 62. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nadera, Barlo A"]
[Black "Barsov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2001.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bg5
({In my opinion better is:} 8. Bf4 $5 {See comments to Agrest,E-Onischuk,A/New
Delhi,2000/CBM 80 (0-1)(Golod,V)(38)}) 8... Bb7 9. e4 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Be2 (
11. Rd1 $5 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qd2 $1 {You can see comments to Shipov,
S-Shneider,A/Port Erin,1999/CBM 74 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(24)}) 11... Nh5 $5 {
Comments to this move you can find in annotations to Sargissian,G-Zvjaginsev,V/
Linares, 2001/CBM 81(0-1)(Golod,V)(58)} 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. g3 $6 $146 {[%cal
Rb7h1][%mdl 16384] The not compelled easing /^a8-h1} (13. O-O {(and also
annotations to 13.Qd2!?) You can see in the game: Sargissian,G-Zvjaginsev,V/
Linares, 2001/CBM 81(0-1) (Golod,V)(58)}) 13... Nc6 14. O-O-O $6 {[%mdl 16384]
The very doubtful and dangerous decision. In future,white's king (on queen
side) will get under direct attack(<->c).} ({Can be recommended:} 14. O-O $5)
14... d6 {[%csl Yd6,Ye6] =/=/+ The important preventive move. Now in a
position black are absent of weakness.} (14... Nf6 $143 15. Nb5 {[%csl Rd6]
[%cal Gb5d6]}) 15. Rd2 $6 {[%cal Gh1d1][%mdl 16384] White again will carry out
the mistaken plan.It was necessary to try to exchange the pieces:} (15. Nd4 $5
Nf6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. f4 {=/=/+}) 15... Nf6 16. h3 $6 {The unnecessary
preventive move!} (16. Rhd1 $142 {[%csl Rd6]}) 16... Rac8 {[%csl Rc1,Rc2,Gc8]
[%cal Gc8c1]} 17. Rhd1 Na5 $1 $17 {[%csl Rc4] The strategy of white suffers
complete crash.} 18. Rxd6 ({Also leads to material losses:} 18. e5 Bxf3 19.
exf6 (19. Bxf3 $143 dxe5 $19 {[%csl Rc4]}) (19. exd6 $2 Qb7 {[%csl Yb7][%cal
Yb7f3]}) 19... Qxf6 {[%csl Rc4]} 20. Bxf3 Qxf3 21. Rd3 Qc6 $17) 18... Nxc4 19.
Bxc4 $8 ({Badly:} 19. R6d4 $2 {in view of:} Nxa3 $1 20. bxa3 Qxa3+ {[%csl Rc3]}
21. Kd2 Nxe4+ 22. Rxe4 Bxe4 $19) 19... Rxc4 {[%csl Rc1,Gc4,Re4][%cal Gf6e4,
Gb7e4]} 20. Ne5 (20. R6d4 $143 Bxe4 $1 21. Qd2 Rc5 22. Ne1 $140 e5 $1 23. Rd8 (
23. Rd6 $2 Bd5 {[%csl Rd6]}) 23... Nd5 24. Rxf8+ Qxf8 $19) 20... Bxe4 $1 21.
Nxc4 $2 {White have decided to speed up the end of a game.More stubborn
resistance after:} (21. Qd2 Rc7 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Ge4b1,Ge4h7]} 22. Rd4 Bf5 {
[%cal Gf6e4]} 23. Nd7 e5 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Rd6 Be6 {-/+/-+}) 21... Bxc2 22.
Kxc2 Rc8 {Alexei Barsov gets a absolutely won position.} 23. Kb3 Rc5 $5 {
[%csl Rd6][%cal Gf6d5]} ({Also good enough:} 23... Qe8 $5 {[%csl Rb3,Yc3][%cal
Gf6d5,Ge8b5,Yc3b5,Yc3d5] with the idea 24...Nd5(><b5).}) 24. f4 Nd5 25. Nxd5 (
25. Ne4 $2 Rxc4 26. Kxc4 f5 $19 {[%csl Rd6,Ye4][%cal Ye4d6]}) 25... exd5 26.
R1xd5 $2 (26. R6xd5 $142 b5 27. Rxc5 Qxc5 28. Nd6 Qe3+ {[%csl Rg3]}) 26... b5
$1 27. Rd8+ (27. Ne5 $2 Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Qe6 {[%csl Rd5]}) 27... Kh7 28. Rxc5 Qxc5
$2 ({Much better is:} 28... bxc4+ 29. Kxc4 Qxd8) 29. Nd2 Qe3+ 30. Kc2 Qxg3 $19
{The rest is the matter of technics.} 31. Rd3 Qxf4 32. b4 f5 33. Nb3 Qh2+ 34.
Kc3 Qa2 35. Rd5 f4 36. Rf5 (36. Rxb5 $144 f3 37. Rf5 f2 38. Nd2 Qe6 39. Rf8 (
39. Rxf2 $2 Qe3+) (39. Rf3 Qc6+ 40. Kd4 Qxf3 41. Nxf3 f1=Q) 39... Qxh3+ 40. Kc2
Qe3 $19 {[%cal Gg7g5,Gg5g4,Gg4g3,Gg3g2]}) 36... Qg2 37. Rxb5 Qxh3+ 38. Kc2 f3
39. Nd2 f2 {[%cal Gf2f1]} 0-1

[Event "Linares Anibal op 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.01.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[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. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bg5
(8. Bf4 $5 {-another mainline.}) 8... Bb7 9. e4 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Be2 (11. Rd1
$5 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qd2 $1 {See commented game: Shipov,S-Shneider,A/Port
Erin,1999/CBM 74 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(24)}) 11... Nh5 (11... Na6 $6 12. b4 d5 13.
exd5 exd5 14. Rd1 Nc7 15. O-O $14 {1-0 Nogueiras,J-Sunye Neto,J/Linares MEX ,
EXT 1994 (36)}) (11... Nc6 12. Rd1 a6 13. O-O Qc7 14. b4 d6 15. h3 Rac8 16. Qd2
Rfd8 $132 {1-0 Gladyszew Oleg-Kasantsev A/It (cat.2), Budapest (Hungary) 1996/
(54)}) ({Not bad possibility is} 11... d6 $5 {[%cal Gb8d7,Ga7a6] and black
builds "Hedgehog" structure:} 12. Rd1 (12. O-O Nbd7 13. Nd4 (13. Rfd1 Qc7 14.
Nd4 a6 $132 {1-0 Grigore,G-Rogozenko,D/Iasi 1999/CBM 75/(63)}) 13... Rc8 14.
Rfd1 a6 {1/2-1/2 Petursson,M-Rechlis,G/Manila 1990/ (77)}) 12... Nbd7 13. O-O
Qc7 14. Rfe1 a6 $132 {1-0 Hoang Thanh Trang-Zhang Pengxiang/Budapest HUN 1999/
(38)}) 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O (13. Qd2 Rd8 (13... Nf6 14. e5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4
16. O-O Nc6 (16... Rd8 17. Rad1 Na6 18. b4 Nc7 19. Qf4 Bb7 20. Rd4 Ne8 21. Rfd1
$14 {1-0 Wiedenkeller,M-Astrom,G/Swedish tt ch 1995/ (42)}) 17. Qf4 Bxf3 18.
Bxf3 Qg5 19. Qxg5 hxg5 20. Rad1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Leitao,R-Janssen,R/Wijk aan Zee
NED 1999 (117)}) 14. Rd1 Nf6 15. e5 Ne8 16. Nb5 Nc6 17. O-O Rac8 18. Qf4 {
-see comments to the game 1/2-1/2 Seirawan,Y-Kveinys,A/Manila olm 1992/Inf 55/
[Seirawan,Y] (51)}) 13... Nf4 $5 $146 (13... Nc6 14. Rfe1 Rac8 15. b3 d6 16.
Bf1 $132 {1-0 James,D-Grant,J/4NCL,Kenilworth,1997 (63)}) 14. Rfd1 f5 {[%cal
Gb7g2] Looks dubious. First Black must complete developmant.} 15. Bf1 (15. e5
g5 16. Qd2 Qg7 $132 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gf4g2,Gg5g4]}) 15... Nc6 (15... fxe4 16.
Nxe4 d5 17. Ned2 Qf6 18. Re1 $132) 16. g3 Ng6 17. Bg2 Nce5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 {
[%cal Gf5f4]} 19. exf5 $1 (19. Qd2 Rad8 {[%csl Rc4]} 20. Qd4 (20. b3 fxe4 21.
Nxe4 d5 $17) 20... Qc5 21. Qxc5 bxc5 22. b3 f4 $132) 19... Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rxf5 {
[%csl Rd7,Re6]} 21. Qe4 $14 (21. Ne4 Raf8 22. f4 $14) 21... Raf8 22. f4 Ng4 $5
(22... Nc6 23. b4 $14) 23. Qe2 h5 24. h3 ({Interesting was also} 24. Nb5 $14 {
[%csl Ra7][%cal Gb5d6]}) 24... Nf6 25. h4 $6 $132 {[%csl Rg4]} ({It was
necessary to play here} 25. Nb5 $1 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gb5d6]} h4 $1 (25... d5 26.
Nd4 $18) (25... a6 26. Nd6 Rc5 27. Rd4 h4 28. b4 Rh5 29. g4 $16) 26. Nd6 Nh5 (
26... Rh5 27. g4 $16) 27. Nxf5 Rxf5 28. Rd4 Nxg3 29. Qd2 d5 30. Rd1 $14) 25...
Qc5 26. Nb5 {Too late.} Ng4 $1 {[%csl Rc4,Rd1,Rg2][%cal Gg4e3]} 27. Nd4 $6 $15
({Why not} 27. b4 $1 Qe3 (27... Qxc4 $6 28. Qxc4 Ne3+ 29. Kg1 Nxc4 30. Nxa7 $14
) (27... Qc6+ 28. Kg1 e5 29. Rd6 Qb7 30. Rd5 R5f6 $132) 28. Re1 Re5 $1 $11)
27... R5f7 28. b4 Qxc4 $1 {Now this move is very strong! Nd4 can't take on a7!}
29. Qxc4 Ne3+ 30. Kh3 Nxc4 31. Rac1 Ne3 32. Re1 Nd5 {White has certain
compensation for the P lack.} 33. Nb5 Ra8 (33... a6 34. Nd6 Rf6 $15) 34. Nc7 $6
$17 {[%mdl 4096]} (34. Nd6 $142 Rf6 35. Re5 (35. Kg2 a5 $15) 35... g6 $15)
34... Nxc7 35. Rxc7 Kf8 36. Rec1 Ke7 37. Rb7 Kd8 38. a4 Rc8 $1 {Unpleasant
surprise!} 39. Re1 ({White can't play} 39. Rxc8+ Kxc8 40. Rxa7 Kb8 41. Ra6 Kb7
{[%csl Ra6]} 42. b5 Rf5 43. Kg2 Rc5 44. Kf3 Rc3+ 45. Kf2 Ra3 $22 $19 {[%csl
Ra6][%cal Gd7d5]}) 39... Rc7 40. Rb8+ Ke7 41. Re5 Rf5 42. Rxf5 $6 {Without
pair of RR advantage realisation became very easy.} (42. Re4 $142 $17) 42...
exf5 $19 43. Kg2 Rc2+ 44. Kf3 Ra2 {[%csl Ra4,Rb4]} 45. Rg8 Kf7 46. Rd8 Ke6 47.
Re8+ Kd6 48. Rf8 Ra3+ $1 49. Kf2 $140 Rxa4 50. Rxf5 Rxb4 51. Rxh5 a5 {[%csl
Ga5,Gb6]} 52. Rh8 a4 53. Ra8 b5 54. Ra6+ Kd5 55. Kf3 Rb3+ 56. Kg4 a3 57. h5 b4
58. f5 Rb2 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2002.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Bf4 (8. Bg5 $5 {It's main line.You can see comments to Zaja,I-Hulak,K/Zagreb,
2000/CBM 76(1-0)(Golod,V)(53)}) 8... b6 9. e3 Bb7 10. Be2 Be7 11. Rd1 Rc8 12.
O-O ({A little prematurely:} 12. Nb5 d5 13. Qb1 a6 14. Nc3 Na5 15. cxd5 exd5
16. Be5 Nc4 17. Bd4 b5 18. O-O Qa5 19. Bd3 g6 $11 {Gurevich,M-Macieja,B/Batumi,
2002(1/2-1/2)(26)}) 12... Na5 13. b3 $5 {Besides,white has two principales
moves:} (13. Nb5 $5 {See comments to Maksimenko,A-Ovsejevitsch,S/Nikolaev,1993/
CBM 35 (1-0)(Belov)(35)}) ({and} 13. Ne5 {See comments to Lalic,B-Motwani,P/
Hastings,1996/CBM 57(1/2-1/2)(Alterman,B)(24)}) 13... d5 $6 $146 {Rather
doubtful decision,in positional sense.Were checked in the preceding games:} (
13... a6 $5 14. Qb2 d6 15. Nd2 Nc6 (15... Qc7 $5 16. Rc1 Qb8 17. e4 Nc6 18. Be3
Ba8 $11 {Pogorelov,R-Wahls,M/Zaragoza,1996(1/2-1/2)(34)}) 16. Bg3 Qc7 17. b4
Ne5 18. Rc1 Qb8 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. e4 Qa8 21. Na4 Ned7 22. Qd4 $11 {Gershon,
A-Zvjaginsev,V/Linares,2001(1/2-1/2)(31)}) (13... Bxa3 $6 14. Nb5 {[%csl Ra3,
Ra7]}) 14. Qb2 $14 {Now black receives a isolated pawn.} Qe8 ({On:} 14... Nh5
$6 15. Be5 $140 f6 $6 {white has a very strong objection:} 16. Nd4 $1 {[%csl
Rh5]} fxe5 17. Nxe6 Qe8 {[%csl Ye8,Rh5][%cal Ye8h5]} 18. Nxf8 Bxf8 19. Nxd5 Nf6
20. Bf3 {+/=/+/-}) 15. cxd5 Nxd5 ({Very weakly:} 15... Bxa3 {because of:} 16.
Qxa3 Rxc3 17. Qa1 $1 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Gf4d6]} Rxb3 $140 18. Be5 $1 (18. Nd4 $2
Nxd5 (18... Rb4 $2 19. Bd6 {[%csl Rb4,Rf8]}) 19. Bd6 (19. Nxb3 $6 Nxb3 20. Qxa7
Qc6 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gf8a8]} 21. Ba6 Ba8 $44 {[%csl Ga8,Gc6,Rg2]}) 19... Nc3
20. Rd2 Nxe2+ 21. Rxe2 Ba6 $13) 18... Bxd5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qxf6 $16 {->} Qd8
$2 21. Qxd8 Rxd8 22. e4 $18 {[%csl Rd8]}) 16. Bb5 $1 {The important
intermediate move!} Qd8 $6 ({It was much better:} 16... Bc6 17. Bxc6 (17. Nxd5
$2 Bxb5 (17... exd5 $2 18. Ba6 Rd8 19. Be5 f6 20. Bc7 Rd7 21. Bf4 {+/=/+/-})
18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Bd6 Qf6 $8 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. Bxf8 Bxf1 22. Kxf1 Kxf8 $11)
17... Qxc6 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Rc1 (19. Be5 $6 f6 $140 20. Nd4 Qc3 21. Qxc3 Rxc3
22. Nf5 fxe5 23. Nxe7+ Kf7 24. Nxd5 Rxb3 $11) 19... Qe6 20. Be5 f6 21. Bg3 $14)
17. Nxd5 exd5 (17... Bxd5 $4 {is refuted by:} 18. e4 {[%csl Rd5,Rd8]}) 18. Be5
$1 {[%mdl 32] It is important to cause easing of king side the contender.} f6
19. Bg3 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gf3d4,Gd4e6]} Bd6 20. Nd4 Bxg3 21. hxg3 Qe7 (21... Qd6
$5 {[%cal Ga5c6]}) 22. Rc1 Qe5 $6 ({Can be recommended:} 22... Rc5 $5 23. Bd3 (
23. b4 $143 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Nc4 $1 25. Bxc4 $140 dxc4 26. Rxc4 Qe4 {[%csl Gb7,
Ge4,Rg2]}) 23... Rfc8 (23... Nc6 $2 24. Rxc5 bxc5 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. Qc2 {
[%csl Rc6,Rg8][%cal Gb3b4,Gd3c4]}) 24. Bf5 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 g6 $14)
23. Qe2 {[%cal Gb5a6]} Rxc1 ({Can it was necessary to give back a pawn "d5":} 
23... Rc5 24. b4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Nc4 26. Bxc4 dxc4 27. Qxc4+ Bd5 {+/=/+/-}) 24.
Rxc1 $16 Rc8 $6 {After exchange of rooks,black be not capable to protect of
all weakness.} (24... Bc8 $142) 25. Rxc8+ $1 Bxc8 26. b4 Nb7 $8 27. Qc2 Qb8 (
27... Nd6 $143 28. Qc7 $18) 28. Bd3 {[%csl Rg8]} g6 (28... h6 $142 29. Qc6 {
[%csl Rc8,Rd5,Rg8]}) {[%tqu "En","White here can win immediately.How?","","",
"d3g6","",10,"c2c6","",0]} 29. Bxg6 $1 {[%mdl 64]} ({Also good enough:} 29. Qc6
$5 {[%csl Rd5]}) 29... hxg6 30. Qxg6+ Kf8 ({Also loses right away:} 30... Kh8
31. Qe8+ Kh7 (31... Kg7 32. Nf5+) 32. Nc6 Qc7 33. Ne7 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Ge8g8,
Ge8g6]}) 31. Qxf6+ Ke8 (31... Kg8 32. Nc6 {[%cal Gc6e7]} Qd6 33. Ne7+ Kh7 34.
Qf7+ Kh6 (34... Kh8 35. Qg8#) 35. Ng8+ Kg5 36. f4+ Kg4 37. Qg7+ Kf5 (37... Kh5
38. Qg5#) 38. g4+ Ke4 39. Qd4#) 32. Qh8+ Kd7 (32... Kf7 $142 33. Nf5 (33. Nc6
$5) 33... Ke6 34. g4 $18 {[%csl Re6]}) 33. Qg7+ Ke8 (33... Kd6 $144 34. Qf7 {
[%csl Rb8,Rd6][%cal Gf7f4]} Qa8 35. Nb5+ Ke5 (35... Kc6 36. Qe8+ Bd7 37. Nd4+ {
[%csl Ra8]}) 36. Nc7 Qb8 $140 37. Qf4#) 34. Qg8+ Kd7 35. Qf7+ {[%csl Rb8,Rd7,
Gf7][%cal Gf7f4,Gd4c6]} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 0203 78th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2003.01.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Barsov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2002.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bf4
Nh5 9. Bg3 $5 {Besides black has two options: 9.Bg5!? and 9.Bd2!?} Bb7 ({
Is a possible continuation of the play:} 9... f5 {See comments to games: Ionov,
S-Janssen,R/Wijk aan Zee,1999/CBM 69 (1-0)(Golod,V)(34) and Karpov,A-Gelfand,B/
Monaco,2000/CBM 76(0-1)(Golod,V)(53)}) 10. e3 Be7 $5 {[%mdl 4]} (10... Bxf3 {
You can see comments to games: Agrest,E-Onischuk,A/New Delhi,2000/CBM 80(0-1)
(Golod,V)(38) and Gurevich,M-Rogozenko,D/Moscow,2001/CBM 86(1-0)(Golod,V)(44)})
11. Rd1 h6 ({Pretty dubiously:} 11... Nxg3 $6 12. hxg3 h6 13. g4 d6 14. Ne4 d5
15. Nc3 Bf6 16. Rh5 Nd7 17. g5 $36 {Nielsen,P-Van Wely,L/Panormo,2002(1-0)(24)}
) 12. Be2 (12. Bd3 $143 Nc6 13. Bh7+ Kh8 14. Be4 Qc8 15. O-O Na5 16. Bxb7 Qxb7
17. Qa4 Nf6 18. Nb5 Ne4 19. Nd6 Bxd6 20. Bxd6 Rfc8 21. Bb4 Nc6 22. Bd6 {
1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Zvjaginsev,V/Poikovsky,2002(22)}) 12... Nc6 ({Is not
necessary to spend tempo on:} 12... a6 13. Rd2 Nxg3 14. hxg3 d6 15. Ne4 Bxe4
16. Qxe4 Nd7 17. Nd4 d5 18. cxd5 Nf6 19. Qd3 Nxd5 20. e4 $14 {Gershon,
A-Macieja,B/Bermuda,2003(1-0)(62)}) 13. Rd2 $146 {The idea of white is simple:
Qd1(קd7),but on the other hand a lot of time is spent for it.} ({Were checked
in the preceding game:} 13. O-O Nxg3 14. hxg3 d6 15. Rd2 Qb8 16. Rfd1 Rd8 17.
b4 a6 18. Bd3 Qa7 $11 {Gurevich,M-Marin,M/Batumi,2002(1-0)(80)}) 13... Rc8 14.
Qd1 Nxg3 15. hxg3 (15. Rxd7 $4 Nxh1 16. Rxd8 Rfxd8 $19) 15... Nb8 (15... d6 $2
16. Nb5 {[%csl Rd6]}) ({Whether has sense to sacrifice the pawn?} 15... Qc7 16.
Rxd7 Qb8 $44 {[%cal Gf8d8]}) 16. Nb5 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gb5d6]} a6 17. Nd6 Bxd6
18. Rxd6 Qc7 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gb7d5]} 19. Rd4 {Differently rook will be caught.
} Rfd8 ({Leads to tactical complications:} 19... d5 $5 20. Rg4 Rfd8 21. Rxh6 f5
22. Rg5 dxc4 $13) 20. Rg4 Bxf3 (20... d5 $5 21. Rxh6 {transfers to 19...d5!?})
21. gxf3 ({Senselessly:} 21. Bxf3 {in view of:} Nc6 {[%cal Gc6e5]}) 21... Nc6 (
{Badly:} 21... Kf8 {because of:} 22. Qd4 $36 f6 $140 $2 (22... e5 23. Qd3 $16 {
[%cal Gd3h7]}) 23. Rxh6 $1 {[%csl Rf8]}) 22. Rxh6 Ne5 23. Rg5 d5 $6 {[%csl Rd1,
Re1]} ({In my opinion,it was better:} 23... d6 $5 {[%csl Rc4,Rg5,Rh6][%cal
Gf7f6,Gc7e7]} 24. Qd4 $140 {[%tqu "En","?Please enter the best move for black.
","It is necessary to use a weakness of the black king!","","c7c4","",10]} Qxc4
$1 25. Bxc4 (25. Rxg7+ $4 Kxg7 26. Bxc4 Rxc4 27. Qxb6 Rc1+ 28. Ke2 Rdc8 $19 {
[%csl Re2,Rh6][%cal Gc8c2]}) 25... Nxf3+ 26. Kd1 Nxd4 27. Bxa6 Nf3 $11) 24. Qc2
g6 25. Rhh5 $6 ({It deserves attention:} 25. Qc3 Kg7 $140 26. Rhxg6+ $1 (26.
Rh4 $2 f6 {[%csl Rg5]}) 26... fxg6 27. Rxe5 Kf7 28. Qd4 $40 {[%csl Rf7]}) (25.
f4 $143 Kg7 $140 26. Rgh5 Nxc4 (26... gxh5 $143 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29.
Qf6+ Kd7 30. fxe5 $14) 27. Rh7+ Kf8 28. R5h6 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Gh6g6]} Nd6 $11)
25... Kg7 {Besides black has two principales moves:} (25... Nxc4 $2 {is
refuted by:} 26. Rxg6+ $1 Kf8 (26... fxg6 $2 27. Qxg6+ Qg7 $8 (27... Kf8 28.
Qf6+ Ke8 29. Qxe6+ Kf8 30. Qf6+ Ke8 31. Rh8+ Kd7 32. Rh7+ Ke8 33. Qh8#) 28.
Qxe6+ Qf7 (28... Kf8 $2 29. Rf5+) 29. Rh8+ Kxh8 30. Qxf7 $18) 27. Rgh6 $16) ({
and} 25... dxc4 $5 {[%cal Ge5d3]} 26. Rxe5 (26. Qc3 $143 f6 27. Rxe5 fxe5 28.
Rxe5 Rd6 29. Rg5 Qf7 $15) 26... gxh5 27. Rxh5 Kf8 28. Qc3 $44) 26. f4 $6 {
Position very complex and it is no wonder that the contenders frequently are
mistaken.} (26. Qc3 $142 f6 $140 27. Rxe5 fxe5 28. Rxe5 Kf7) (26. Rxe5 $6 gxh5
27. Rxh5 dxc4 $15) 26... Nxc4 27. Qc3+ d4 ({Probably,Alexei Barsov had the
right to continue the game:} 27... d4 28. exd4 (28. Qxc4 $2 Qxc4 29. Bxc4 Rxc4
$19 {[%csl Gc4,Gd8,Re1]}) 28... f6 29. Rg4 Nd6 {[%cal Yd6f5]} 30. Qxc7+ Rxc7
31. Rh3 Nf5 $15 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gc7c2]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.26"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Kiik, Kalle"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[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 "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[BlackTeam "Joensuu"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bg5
Bb7 9. e3 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Be2 $5 ({More seldom in this position was met:} 
11. Rd1 $5 {You can see comments to Shipov,S-Ivanchuk,V/Las Vegas,1999/CBM 72
(0-1)(Golod,V)(31)}) 11... d6 ({Also it was repeatedly checked on practice:} 
11... d5) (11... Nh5) ({and} 11... Nc6) 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Rfd1 {It is the most
logical setting of white's rooks in that position.} a6 14. Bg3 {White are
moving a bishop on "g3",at the same time attacking Pd6 and in consequence of
this black don't have enough time to perform:Nh5.} Nc5 $6 {Most probably it is
loss of the tempo.Soon the knight will have to come back on point "d7".} (14...
Qc7 $5 15. Qd2 e5 16. Rac1 Nc5 17. Qc2 Nce4 18. Nd2 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Rac8 $11 {
Knaak,R-Liebert,H/Leipzig,1973(1/2-1/2)(46)}) 15. Nd2 {[%csl Yc3,Yd2] ><e4} Rc8
$146 ({I don't think,that it could be better:} 15... e5 16. b4 $140 Ne6 17. Nb3
Qc7 18. Rac1 $14 {Kaabi,M-Priehoda,V/Budapest,1996(1/2-1/2)(28)}) 16. Rac1 Re8
17. h3 Ncd7 ({Also,after:} 17... d5 {white save a clear positional advantage:}
18. b4 Ncd7 19. Qb2 $14) 18. b4 Bf8 ({I recommend:} 18... Qc7 19. Nde4 $140 $6
Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Qc6 {[%csl Rg2]} 21. Bf3 d5 $132) 19. Qb1 $14 {White make
threates: Nde4(קd6)and it is not clear how black can protected themselves
from this threat by not doing positional concession.} Qc7 20. Nde4 Nxe4 21.
Nxe4 Bxe4 (21... e5 $143 22. Qd3) (21... Ne5 $2 22. c5 {it is bad for black in
all variants.}) 22. Qxe4 {+/=/+/- Now the white has not only advantage in
space,but advantage of two bishops.} a5 23. Qd4 {[%csl Rd6]} e5 {White
achieves a big positional concession - weakness ><d5 and /^a8-h1,but otherwise
Pd6 was lost.} ({Again badly:} 23... Ne5 {because of:} 24. bxa5 bxa5 25. c5 $18
{[%csl Gc5,Yd6,Re5,Gg3]}) 24. Qd2 axb4 25. axb4 Ra8 26. Bf3 Ra4 27. Rc2 Nf6 28.
Bh4 g5 {Black protects from threat:Bxf6 with help of the new weakening (><f5;/
^b1-h7).} 29. Bg3 Qc8 30. Ra2 {<->a} Rxa2 31. Qxa2 h5 32. b5 $1 {/\Bc6 Now
black can not usefully use the weak point "c5".} h4 33. Bh2 Qc5 34. Bc6 Rc8 35.
Qc2 {גb1-h7;><f5} Rxc6 {Black decides to sacrifice a quality not from a good
life.} (35... Bg7 $143 36. Qf5 Rf8 37. g4 {[%csl Rg5,Rh4]} hxg3 38. Bxg3 {
+/-/+-}) 36. bxc6 Qxc6 37. Qf5 $16 Nh7 38. Qd3 Nf6 {The same position was
repeated,but the white's queen already on point "d3".} 39. Kh1 {Loek Wely is
planning to transfer his Bh2 through field ''g1'' on /^g1-a7.} Be7 40. Re1 Ne4
41. Bg1 Kg7 42. Kh2 {/\f3,e4} Nc5 43. Qb1 e4 {Otherwise white might play
''e4''.} 44. Rd1 Nd3 45. Qb3 Bf6 46. Kh1 {Now bishop is ready to come back on /
^h2-b8.} Be5 47. Rb1 Qa8 48. Bh2 {For exchanging of bishops-Pf2 can be given
off.} Nxf2+ 49. Kg1 Nd3 (49... Bxh2+ $143 50. Kxh2 Qa5 51. Qb2+ {[%csl Rf2,Rg7]
} Qe5+ $8 52. Qxe5+ dxe5 53. Rxb6 Nd3 54. Rb5 $16) 50. Bxe5+ dxe5 $2 {Fatal
mistake.} ({More stubborn resistance after:} 50... Nxe5 51. Qxb6 Qa2 $16) 51.
Qxb6 $18 {[%csl Gc4,Rg7][%cal Gb1f1] Further resistance is impossible.} 1-0

[Event "Zuerich op-A 29th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2005.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Solleveld, Maarten"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2005.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 {This was a big surprise for me. I was preparing to play
against the King's indian.} 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3
b6 8. Bg5 ({In previous games, before this one, I usually played:} 8. Bf4 $5)
8... h6 9. Bh4 Bb7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. e3 Nc6 {/\Rc8,Na5 קc4} ({Most common in
this position was:} 11... d6 $5 {/\a6,Nbd7}) ({and} 11... a6 $5) 12. Be2 {
I simply finish development, as I have a defensive move on move 14.} Rc8 13.
O-O Na5 14. Ne5 $1 d6 $140 15. b4 Qe8 $1 {Other continuations were obviously
good for White:} (15... Qc7 $4 16. Nb5 $1 Qb8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd7 $18) (15...
Nc6 $6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bg3 $14 {()}) 16. bxa5 $146 {It's interesting that
this logical recapture is a novelty.} (16. Ng6 $143 fxg6 17. bxa5 bxa5 18. f4
Qc6 (18... Ba6 $5) (18... d5 $5) 19. Rf3 g5 20. fxg5 Ne4 21. Nxe4 Qxe4 22. Qxe4
Bxe4 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 $11 {Kalesis,N-Graf,A/Aegina,1996(0-1)(53)}) 16... dxe5 17.
axb6 axb6 18. Qb1 $1 {After a long thought, I chose a good spot for my queen's
retreat.} (18. Qb2 $6 Qc6 $1 19. Bf3 $140 (19. f3 $2 Bc5 20. Bf2 Ng4 $36 {
[%csl Gb7,Gc6,Rg2]}) 19... Qxc4 20. Bxb7 Qxc3 21. Qxb6 Rc4 {ץh4,Pa3} 22. Bxf6
Bxf6 23. Qa6 Qc2 $11) (18. Bxf6 $143 Bxf6 (18... gxf6 $5) 19. Ne4 Bxe4 (19...
Be7 20. Nd6 Bxd6 21. Rxd6 Rc6 $11) 20. Qxe4 Qc6 $11) 18... g5 $6 {Not a forced
weakening of the kingside, now Black has to fight for the equality again.} (
18... Bxa3 $142 19. Qxb6 Qc6 (19... Bc6 $6 20. Qa5 $1 {ץa3,Pe5}) 20. Qxc6 Bxc6
21. Nb5 Bc5 22. Bg3 Nd7 $11) 19. Bg3 $140 Qc6 20. Bf3 $1 (20. f3 $2 Ng4 {
קg2,Pe3} 21. Rd3 Bc5 22. Nd1 f5 $36) 20... e4 21. Be2 $14 {/^ b8-h2 Now my
bishop on "g3" came alive!} Bxa3 $2 {This is simply a tactical mistake.} 22.
Nb5 {[%csl Ra3,Rc6,Rc8][%cal Gb5a3,Gb5a7]} Be7 ({The following move, loses the
game immediately:} 22... Ra8 $4 23. Nxa3 Rxa3 24. Qb2 $1 $18 {[%csl Ra3,Rf6]})
23. Na7 $16 Qc5 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 25. Qb2 $5 {My threat is "Be5" with the idea to
grasp /^a1-h8.} Qc6 $140 26. Bd6 $1 {[%csl Gb2,Rf6] With the chance, I
exchange pieces, while getting to my opponent's king.} Bxd6 27. Qxf6 Bf8 28.
Rd8 {/\Bh5} Rxd8 29. Qxd8 Ba6 $1 {Black has a very imaginative defense.} (29...
Kg7 $143 30. Rd1 {/\Rd7 +/-}) 30. h4 $6 {I decided to get to my opponent's
king.} ({On:} 30. Ra1 $2 {Maarten prepared:} Bxc4 $1 31. Ra8 $140 Qxa8 $8 32.
Qxa8 Bxe2 33. Qxe4 b5 {I can't win this endgame}) (30. Rc1 $142 $16) 30... gxh4
31. Ra1 Bxc4 32. Bxc4 ({Again, upon:} 32. Ra8 $2 {this leads to salvation:}
Qxa8 $1 {[]} 33. Qxa8 Bxe2 34. Qxe4 h3 35. gxh3 b5 $11) 32... Qxc4 33. Ra8 Qb4
$6 (33... Qc1+ $142 $1 34. Kh2 Qc5 35. Qxh4 Kg7 36. Qxe4 Qh5+ 37. Kg3 (37. Kg1
Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Qh5+) 37... Bd6+ 38. f4 Be7 39. Qe5+ (39. Kf2 Qh1 $132) 39... Qxe5
40. fxe5 Bc5 41. Kf4 Kg6 $14) 34. Qf6 $5 {I made this move without calculating
any variations, only on general thoughts.} ({This was also good:} 34. Qxh4 $5
Kg7 (34... Kh7 $2 35. Qf6 Qe7 (35... Kg8 36. Ra7 $18 {קf7}) 36. Qxe7 Bxe7 37.
Ra7 Bc5 38. Rxf7+ Kg6 39. Rf4 $18 {קe4}) 35. Qg3+ Kf6 36. Qf4+ Kg6 37. Qe5 $1
$16) 34... b5 35. Rd8 $2 {/\Rd7 קf7 This inaccuracy loses all of my advantage.
} (35. Ra7 $2 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Bd6+ 37. Kh3 (37. g3 $2 hxg3+ 38. Kg2 Qxf2+ 39. Qxf2
gxf2 40. Kxf2 b4 $19) 37... Qh1+ 38. Kg4 Qxg2+ 39. Kxh4 (39. Kh5 $2 Qg5+ 40.
Qxg5+ hxg5 $19) 39... Qh2+ (39... Qg7 $5) 40. Kg4 Qg1+ 41. Kh5 $15) (35. Qxh6
$1 Qe7 36. Qh5 b4 37. Qg4+ Kh7 38. Qxe4+ Kh6 39. Rb8 $16) 35... Qc5 $1 36. Qxh4
(36. Rd7 Qh5 (36... Qf5 $2 37. Rxf7 Qxf6 38. Rxf6 $16) 37. Qf4 h3 $11) (36.
Qxh6 $4 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Qc7+) 36... Qg5 $1 {Now I am forced to exchange Queens
and go to a drawn endgame.} 37. Qxg5+ hxg5 38. g4 $1 $11 b4 39. Rd4 Bc5 $2 {
My opponent miscalculated, he thought I couldn't take on "e4".} (39... b3 $143
40. Rd8 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Yb8b3,Yd8b8]}) (39... f5 $2 40. gxf5 exf5 41. Rd5 {
קf5,Pg5}) (39... Kh7 40. Rxe4 b3 41. Re5 b2 42. Rb5 Bg7 $11) 40. Rxe4 {+/=/+/-
} b3 41. Ra4 $8 b2 42. Ra8+ Kg7 43. Rb8 {I have the time to stop the "b2" pawn.
} Ba3 44. Rb7 (44. Kf1 $5 f5 $140 45. f3 {/\Ke2-d3 and so on.}) 44... Kf6 45.
Kf1 Ke5 46. Ke2 {White's plan is very obvious: get the king closer to "b2" and
gradually try to recapture it.} f5 (46... Ke4 $4 47. Rb5 {[%csl Re4][%cal
Gf2f3]}) 47. Rb5+ Kd6 48. gxf5 $2 {A very bad strategical mistake. The pawn
structure on the kingside should have remained the way it was. After this
exchange, it will be easier for Black to get to my last "e3" and "f2" pawns.} (
48. f3 $1 fxg4 (48... Kc6 $144 49. Rb3) 49. fxg4 Kc6 50. Rb3 {/\Kd3-c2} Kd6 51.
Kd2 Ke5 52. Kc2 Be7 (52... Bc5 53. Rb5 $1 Kd6 (53... b1=Q+ 54. Kxb1 Kd6 55. e4
$16) 54. Kd3 Ba3 55. e4 $16) 53. Kd3 Ba3 54. Rb5+ Kd6 55. e4 $16 {[%csl Rb2,
Rg5][%cal Gd3c2]}) 48... exf5 49. Kd3 Kc6 50. Rb8 $6 {Losing a tempo.} (50. Rb3
$142 Kd5 (50... g4 $2 51. Kc2 Bd6 52. Rxb2 $16) 51. Kc2 Bd6 52. Rxb2 Ke4 53.
Kd1 Kf3 54. Ke1 g4 {unfortunately, on a draw:} 55. Rb6 Bc7 56. Rb7 Bd6 57. Rd7
Bb8 58. Rd8 Bc7 59. Rc8 Bd6 60. Rc4 f4 61. exf4 Bxf4 62. Kf1 g3 63. Rc3+ Kg4
64. f3+ Kh3 65. Rc2 Be3 66. Rg2 Bf4 $11) 50... g4 {Now Black doesn't have any
problem getting all of my pawns.} 51. Kc2 Kd5 52. Rb3 Bc5 53. Rxb2 Ke4 54. Kd1
g3 $11 55. fxg3 Kf3 (55... Kxe3 $144 56. Rb5 (56. Rb3+ Kf2 {/\Bd6 קg3}) 56...
Bd6 $11) 56. Rb5 Bxe3 57. Rxf5+ Kxg3 58. Ke2 Bb6 59. Kd3 Ba7 60. Ke4 Bb6 61.
Rf6 Bc5 62. Rg6+ Kf2 63. Rg7 Bb6 64. Rb7 Bc5 65. Rb3 Bd6 66. Rf3+ Kg2 67. Rf6
Bc5 68. Rf5 Bb6 69. Rb5 Bc7 {Afterwards, I finally got my opponent's king to
"h1". In the end, we played another 20 moves or so, and when we each had 2
minutes left on the clock, we agreed to a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.22"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bf4
Bb7 9. e3 ({The main alternative is:} 9. Rd1) 9... Nh5 {A novelty, from the
point of view of my games. Before, this was played against me:} (9... Be7) ({
and} 9... Bxf3) 10. Bg3 Be7 $5 ({This was checked up in previous games:} 10...
Bxf3 $6) (10... f5) ({and} 10... h6 $5) 11. Be2 (11. Rd1 {was twice tested in
preceding games.}) 11... g6 $6 $146 {An unsuccessful novelty. Black
irrevocably weakens his king. His dark squared bishop cannot defend both the
weak squares around his king, and the weak square "d6".} (11... h6 12. Rd1 a6
13. Rd2 Nxg3 14. hxg3 d6 (14... f5 $142) 15. Ne4 $1 {קd6; /\g4-g5} Bxe4 (15...
Qc7 $2 16. Neg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Rc8 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19. Nf3 $16) 16. Qxe4 $14 {
Gershon,A-Macieja,B/Bermuda,2003/CBM 094(1-0)(Golod,V)(61)}) 12. Rd1 {/\Bd6 
(><d6)} Nxg3 13. hxg3 $14 {I created a very nasty threat for my opponent: Qd2,
e4 and Qh6->} d6 14. Qd2 {[%csl Rd6,Rh7][%cal Ge3e4,Gd2h6]} Bf6 (14... Nd7 $143
15. Nb5 {קd6}) 15. e4 $1 {I made this move in the most suitable moment.} (15.
Qxd6 $2 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Na6 $44) 15... Bg7 $140 (15... Bxc3 $2 16.
Qxc3 $140 Bxe4 $2 17. Qe3 $1 {[%csl Re4,Rh7][%cal Ge3h6,Ge3e4]} f5 $140 18. Ng5
$18) 16. e5 $1 d5 (16... Nc6 $143 17. exd6 e5 {/\Nd4} 18. Kf1 Qd7 (18... Nd4 $2
19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Nb5 $16) 19. Qe3 $14) 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Nxd5 (18. Qf4 $144
Nd7 (18... d4 $2 19. Rxd4 Qe7 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Nc6 22. Bb5 $16) 19. Nxd5
Re8 {and we get the position from the game.}) 18... Re8 (18... Qxd5 $2 19. Qxd5
Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Nc6 21. Bb5 $16) 19. Qf4 $1 {It seems that Black's position is
falling apart like a house of cards, but for that I had to make my next move
very accurately.} Nd7 (19... Bxd5 $2 20. Bc4 g5 $140 (20... Nc6 $2 21. Bxd5
Nxe5 22. O-O $18 {[%csl Ra8,Rd8,Rf7]}) 21. Qg4 $1 (21. Qf5 $2 Bxc4 22. Rxd8
Rxd8 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Nxg5 Nd7 {עe1 <=>}) (21. Qd4 $2 Nc6 22. Qxd5 Nxe5 (
22... Qxd5 $2 23. Bxd5 Nxe5 24. Bxa8 Nxf3+ 25. Kf1 Rxa8 26. gxf3 Bxb2 27. a4
$16) 23. O-O $11) 21... Qd7 22. Qxd7 Nxd7 23. Bxd5 Rad8 24. Bc6 $16) 20. Ne3 $2
{This move does not create big problems for Black. I rather spent a lot of
time choosing between this and the other three continuations:} (20. Rxh7 $2 {
is refuted by:} Nxe5 $1 (20... Kxh7 $4 21. Ng5+ Kg8 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Qxg6 Nf8
24. Nf6 $1 $18 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gg5f7,Gg6h5]}) 21. Nxe5 Bxd5 22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 23.
Bf3 g5 24. Qe3 Qf6 25. Rxd5 Rad8 26. Rxd8 (26. Rb5 $143 a6 27. Rxb6 Rxe5 28.
Rxf6 Rxe3+ 29. fxe3 Kxf6 $15) 26... Rxe5 27. Rd2 Rxe3+ 28. fxe3 {=/+/=}) (20.
Nf6+ $1 Bxf6 21. exf6 Qc8 (21... Rxe2+ $6 22. Kxe2 Ba6+ 23. Ke3 $1 (23. Kd2 $2
Nc5+ (23... Rc8 $2 {עd2} 24. Qd6 $1 $16) 24. Ke3 Qe8+ 25. Qe5 (25. Ne5 $2 Qb5
$40) 25... Qa4 $36) 23... Qe8+ 24. Qe4 (24. Kd2 $4 Qe2+ 25. Kc1 Bd3 26. Qc7 Nc5
$19) 24... Nxf6 25. Qxe8+ Rxe8+ 26. Kd4 Ng4 27. Rd2 Rd8+ 28. Kc3 Rxd2 29. Kxd2
Nxf2 30. Rc1 $16) 22. O-O $1 Nxf6 (22... Rxe2 $143 23. Rxd7 {/\Qh6 and Qg7#}
Bxf3 (23... Qxd7 $4 24. Qh6 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ce2b2,Gh6g7]}) 24. gxf3 $16) (
22... Re4 $143 23. Qg5 Rxe2 24. Rxd7 {/\Qh6 and Qg7#} Bxf3 25. gxf3 $16) 23.
Bc4 $14) (20. e6 $1 Rxe6 21. Ng5 Rxe2+ 22. Kxe2 {I choose White, here!}) 20...
Qe7 $13 21. Bc4 (21. Bb5 {leads to an unclear position:} Red8 $1 22. Rxd7 (22.
Nd5 $2 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Nxe5 $1 24. Rxd8+ (24. Rxe5 $2 Bxe5 25. Nxe5 (25. Qxe5
Qxe5+ 26. Nxe5 Rd5 $19) 25... Rd5 26. Qxf7+ Qxf7 27. Nxf7 Rxb5 $19) 24... Rxd8
25. O-O Nxf3+ 26. Qxf3 Bxb2 $17) 22... Rxd7 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 $44) 21... Rad8 $1 {
It was bad to grab the "Pe5" right away:} (21... Nxe5 $2 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23.
Qxf7+ $1 Qxf7 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Rxh7+ Kf6 (25... Bg7 $143 26. Rd7+) 26. Rxb7
Bxb2 27. Rd3 $16) (21... Bxf3 $2 22. Qxf7+ $1 Qxf7 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. Rxd7+ Kg8
25. gxf3 Rxe5 26. Ke2 $16) 22. e6 {I was very close to sacrifice my rook:} (22.
Rxh7 $4 {but I then figured out, that Black has a strong intermezzo:} Bxf3 $1 (
22... Kxh7 $4 23. Ng5+ Kh8 24. Nxf7+ Kh7 25. Ke2 $1 $18 {/\Rh1+}) 23. Rxg7+ $8
Kxg7 24. gxf3 Nxe5 {-/+/-+}) ({This was also very weak:} 22. Ng5 $2 Nxe5 23.
Rxd8 Rxd8 $17) 22... fxe6 23. Ng5 $2 {After this mistake, the picture suddenly
changes, and not in my favor :(} (23. Qc7 $5 $13) 23... Nf8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 $17
25. Rxh7 $1 {White had no other worthy alternative.} Bd5 $1 {Nyback Tomi
continues a series of excellent moves.} (25... Rd4 $4 {unexpectedly loses the
game at once:} 26. Qxd4 $1 (26. Rxg7+ $5 Qxg7 27. Qb8 $16 Qe7 $140 28. Bxe6+
Kh8 29. g4 {[%csl Rd4,Rh8][%cal Gb8h2,Gb8e5]}) 26... Nxh7 27. Bxe6+ $1 Kh8 {
[%tqu "En","Find the killer move!","","","d4d8","",10,"g5f7","",0]} 28. Qd8+ $1
(28. Nf7+ $4 Qxf7 $19) 28... Bf8 (28... Qxd8 $2 29. Nf7+ Kg8 30. Nxd8+ Kf8 31.
Nxb7) 29. Qxe7 Bxe7 30. Nxh7 Kxh7 31. Bd5 $18) (25... Nxh7 $4 26. Bxe6+ Kh8 27.
Nf7+ Kg8 28. Nxd8+ Kh8 29. Qd6 $1 $18) 26. Rh4 (26. Bxd5 $6 {was hardly better:
} exd5 27. Rxg7+ (27. Rh3 $143 d4 28. Kf1 Be5 $1 (28... dxe3 $2 29. Qc4+ Ne6
30. Qxe6+ $8 (30. Nxe6 $2 Qf7 31. f4 Re8 $19) 30... Qxe6 31. Nxe6 Rd1+ 32. Ke2
exf2 33. Kxf2 Bxb2 $17) 29. Qe4 Qxg5 30. f4 Bxf4 31. gxf4 Qb5+ 32. Ke1 dxe3 $19
) 27... Kxg7 28. Kd2 d4 $17) 26... Bxb2 (26... Bxc4 $143 27. Nxc4 $140 Rd5 $1 (
27... Rd4 28. Qe3 {[%csl Ye3,Yh4][%cal Ye3g5,Yh4c4]}) 28. Rg4 $8 Rd4 29. Qf3
Rxc4 30. Rxc4 Qxg5 {-/+/=/+}) 27. Kf1 Bf6 {The bishop did his job, and
returned to the defence.} (27... Bxc4+ $5 28. Nxc4 Bf6 29. Rg4 Rd1+ 30. Ke2 Qd8
31. Nd2 Ra1 $17) 28. Rg4 Bxc4+ 29. Nxc4 e5 $2 {By this mistake Black lost all
of his advantage.} (29... Rd4 $5 30. Ne4 Bg7 31. Ne5 Qc7 $17) (29... Rd1+ $5 {
transfers to 27...Bxc4}) 30. Qe3 Qd7 {[%csl Rf1,Rg4][%cal Gd7g4,Gd7d1]} (30...
Rd1+ 31. Ke2 Qd7 32. Ne4 $1 Bg7 (32... Qxg4+ 33. f3 Qe6 34. Nxf6+ Kg7 35. Kxd1
Kxf6 36. Nd2 $11) 33. Qb3 $1 Qxg4+ $140 34. f3 Qe6 35. Kxd1 $11) 31. Qe2 Qb5 {
[%csl Gd8,Rf1][%cal Gb5b1]} 32. Ne3 (32. Kg1 $4 Qb1+ {Fish,G} 33. Kh2 $140 Rd1
$19) 32... Qb1+ (32... Qxe2+ 33. Kxe2 b5 $11) 33. Qe1 Qd3+ 34. Qe2 Qb1+ 35. Qe1
Qd3+ 36. Qe2 {I didn't have the strength to keep fighting, as we lost the
match anyway.} (36. Kg1 $5 Qxa3 37. Ne4 Bg7 38. Qb1 $44 {[%csl Rg8]}) 36...
Qb1+ 37. Qe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kostakiev,D} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O (5... Bxc5 {
Kostakiev,D} 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. e3 $14 {Stefansson,H-Bradbury,
N/VISA GP 1998/CBM 64_06/1-0 (64)}) 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 (7... Nc6 $5 {
Kostakiev,D} 8. Bg5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. e3 Qa5 11. exd4 Qxg5 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13.
Kxd2 b6 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. f3 d6 16. b4 Rfd8 17. Rhb1 Bc6 18. Nd1 g6 19. Ne3 $14 {
Salov-Andersson/Reykjavik/1991}) 8. Bf4 (8. Bg5 {Kostakiev,D} Bb7 (8... Be7 9.
Rd1 Bb7 10. e4 Nc6 11. Be2 Qb8 12. O-O d6 13. Rfe1 a6 14. Bf1 Ra7 15. b4 {
1/2-1/2 Mohamed,E-Ovsejevitsch,S/Golden Cleopatra, Cairo EGY 1998}) 9. e3 (9.
e4 {inf 70/504; 71/560}) 9... Be7 10. Be2 d6 11. O-O $14 {Karason,A-Akesson,R/
VISA GP 1998/CBM 64_06/0-1 (55)}) 8... Nh5 (8... Bb7 {Kostakiev,D} 9. Rd1 {
1/2-1/2 Seirawan,Y-Kudrin,S/Lugano open 1984 (16)} (9. e3 Nc6 10. Rd1 Rc8 11.
Be2 Be7 12. O-O $1 (12. Nb5 $6 {Spragett-Fedorowicz/Philadelphia/1982/ (19)
Belov}) (12. e4 $6 {Belov} Nh5 $1 (12... Na5 $2 {Kaidanov-Ervin Nagy/
Balatonbereny/1987/ (13)}) 13. Bc1 a6 14. O-O Qc7 15. e5 g6 16. Rfe1 Rfd8 $15 {
Lautier-Larsen/Cannes/1989/}) 12... Na5 (12... d6 {Belov Ree-Hort/Wijk aan Zee/
1983/} 13. Nb5 $5 d5 14. Qa4 $16 {Hort}) 13. Nb5 {[#]} (13. Ne5 {Belov} Ba6 14.
b3 Qe8 $1 $13 {Kaidanov}) 13... Be4 $5 $146 {1-0 Maksimenko,A-Ovseevich,S/
Nikolaev zt 1993/[Belov] (34)})) 9. Bg5 (9. Bd2 {Kostakiev,D 1/2-1/2 Dietz,
H-Knoedler,D/Wuert-ch Giengen 1987/GER 01 (18)}) 9... Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. e4
{TN} (11. e3 {Kostakiev,D 1/2-1/2 Petursson,M-Hansen,L/Munich 1989 (16)}) (11.
Rd1 {Kostakiev,D 1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Ivanov,A/New York op 1990/EXP 16 (18)}) 11...
Bb7 12. Rd1 f5 $5 13. Bd3 (13. e5 $6 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nc6 15. Qe2 Qc5 $17) 13...
Nf4 14. O-O a5 $5 (14... Qf6 $1 15. Ne1 (15. e5 Qg6 16. Nh4 Qg5 $19) (15. Rfe1
Qg6 $1 16. g3 (16. Bf1 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nh3+ 18. Kh1 Bxe4 $19) 16... Qh5 $1 17.
Re3 (17. Nh4 Nh3+ 18. Kg2 Nxf2 $1 19. Be2 Ng4 $17) 17... Nh3+ 18. Kg2 f4 $17)
15... Nxd3 (15... Nc6 16. f3 (16. exf5 Nd4 17. Qd2 Nxg2 $40) 16... Ne5 $36) 16.
Qxd3 fxe4 $15) (14... Qf6 $5 $15 {Kostakiev,D}) 15. Qd2 Na6 $5 16. Bb1 fxe4 17.
Nxe4 $6 (17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Nc3 $14) 17... Nc5 18.
Rfe1 a4 $5 (18... d5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Qe3 $14) 19. Qd6 Qxd6 (19... Rae8 $5 {
Kostakiev,D}) 20. Rxd6 Rab8 (20... Bc6 21. Ne5 $14) (20... Rac8 {Kostakiev,D})
21. g3 $6 (21. Ne5 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 b5 23. cxb5 (23. Nxd7 Nxd7 24. Rxd7 bxc4 25.
Rd2 Rfd8 $11) (23. g3 $14 {Kostakiev,D}) 23... Rxb5 24. Nxd7 Nxd7 25. Rxd7 Rxb2
26. Bc6 Ne2+ 27. Kf1 Nc3 28. f3 $11) 21... Nh3+ 22. Kg2 {[#]} Rxf3 $1 23. Nxc5
$5 (23. Kxf3 Ng5+ 24. Kf4 Ngxe4 25. Bxe4 e5+ $1 (25... Rf8+ 26. Ke5 Bxe4 27.
Rxe4 Nxe4 28. Kxe4 Rxf2 29. Rxb6 $11) 26. Kxe5 Bxe4 $15 (26... Nxe4 {Kostakiev,
D} 27. Rxb6 Nd2 $15)) 23... bxc5 (23... Re3+ 24. Kxh3 Rxe1 25. Nxd7 Rc8 26. Bd3
$44 (26. Nxb6 Rc6 27. Rxc6 Bxc6 28. Bc2 $13)) (23... Rxf2+ 24. Kxh3 bxc5 {
-23...bxc5}) 24. Kxh3 Rxf2 25. Rxd7 Bg2+ (25... Rxb2 26. Be4 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 $11)
26. Kh4 (26. Kg4 {Kostakiev,D} Bf3+ 27. Kg5 Rfxb2 $17) 26... Bc6 (26... Rfxb2
$5 {Kostakiev,D} 27. Bd3 Bc6 28. Rc7 Rxh2+ 29. Kg5 h6+ $19) 27. Rc7 Rxh2+ (
27... Bf3 28. h3 Rfxb2 (28... h6 29. Bg6 $14) 29. Be4 $11) 28. Kg4 Be8 (28...
Rhxb2 29. Bxh7+ Kxh7 30. Rxc6 $11) 29. Kf4 $1 (29. Rxe6 $2 Bh5+ 30. Kf4 Rf8+
31. Ke5 Re2+ 32. Be4 (32. Kd6 Rd8+ 33. Ke7 (33. Rd7 Rxd7+ 34. Kxd7 Bg4 $19)
33... Re8+ $19) 32... Bf3 33. Kd5 Rxe4 34. Rxe4 Rf5+ $19) (29. Rxc5 $142 {
Kostakiev,D} Rhxb2 $17) 29... Rhxb2 30. Be4 R2b3 (30... R8b3 31. Ke5 $1 (31.
Rxc5 Rxa3 32. Rc7 Rf2+ 33. Ke5 Rxg3 34. c5 $17) 31... Rxg3 32. Rc8 Kf7 33. Rc7+
Kg8 34. Rc8 $11) 31. Ra1 Rc3 (31... h6 $1 {Kostakiev,D} 32. Rxc5 g5+ 33. Kg4
Re3 $19) 32. Rxc5 Bd7 $6 (32... Bg6 $11) 33. Rd1 Rf8+ (33... Be8 $1 {Kostakiev,
D} 34. Rd6 Bf7 $17) 34. Ke5 Bc8 $6 $138 (34... Be8 35. Rc8 (35. Rd8 {Kostakiev,
D} Bg6 $15) 35... Rxg3 36. c5 $44) 35. Rd3 $1 $14 Rc1 (35... Rxd3 {Kostakiev,D}
36. Bxd3) 36. Re3 (36. Rc7 {Kostakiev,D} Re1 37. g4 $14) 36... Rd8 37. Rc7 Rf1
38. c5 $16 Ba6 39. c6 Bb5 40. Rb7 Ba6 41. Rd7 Re8 42. Kd6 Rd1+ 43. Kc5 Rb8 $4
$138 44. Rxd1 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2004.04.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2004.01.30"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gonfreville"]
[BlackTeam "Mulhouse"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bf4
Bb7 9. e4 Nc6 (9... Nh5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. h4 h6 12. Bd2 Nf6 13. e5 Ng4 14. Be2
Bc5 15. Rf1 Nc6 16. Qe4 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Qc2 Qe8 (18... Ng4 $5) 19. O-O-O
Rc8 20. Kb1 $36 {1-0 Harikrishna,P-Chandler,M/Catalan Bay ENG 2004/The Week in
Chess 482 (56)}) 10. O-O-O Ng4 $5 {(н/\11...f6,12...Nge5<=>)} (10... Nh5 11.
Bd6 (11. Bg5 Be7 12. h4 Nf6 13. e5 Ng4 {1/2-1/2 Touzane,O-Palac,M/Cap d'Agde
2003/EXT 2004 (13)}) 11... Bxd6 12. Rxd6 Qe7 13. Qd2 Rfd8 14. e5 f6 $132 {
0-1 Grooten,H-Mola,P/Bratto 2002/EXT 2003 (54)}) 11. e5 $6 f6 (11... Nxf2 12.
Ng5 g6 13. Nce4 Nxd1 (13... Nxh1 14. Rxd7 $16) 14. Nf6+ (14. Qxd1 Nxe5 $1 15.
Bxe5 Be3+ 16. Kb1 Bxg5 $17) 14... Kg7 15. Qxd1 Be7 $17) 12. exf6 $6 (12. Bd3 $1
Ncxe5 (12... Nxf2 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. exf6 $44) 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Be4) 12... Qxf6
13. Bg5 Qf7 $15 14. Bd3 (14. Bh4 $142 Nce5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bg3 Ng4 $36) 14...
Qh5 $1 $17 15. Ne4 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxe4 (16... Bxd4 17. h4 Nxf2 $17) 17. Bxe4
Qxg5+ 18. Kb1 Rxf2 19. Qd3 $5 (19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Qe4 Raf8 $19) 19... Raf8 20.
Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Qh3 Rxb2+ $6 (21... Qh6 $1 22. Qxh6 (22. Be4 Qxh3 23. gxh3 Ne3
24. Rd3 Nxc4 $19) 22... gxh6 23. Bg6 Ne3 $19) 22. Kxb2 Nf2 23. Qg3 $1 Nxd1+ 24.
Rxd1 Qxg3 25. hxg3 Kxh7 26. Nf3 $1 $17 Rf6 (26... d6 27. Ng5+ Kg6 28. Nxe6 Rf2+
29. Kb3 Kf6 (29... Rxg2 30. Nf4+) 30. Nxc5 dxc5 31. Rd7 Rxg2 32. Rxa7 Rxg3+ 33.
Ka4 $132) 27. Rxd7 Rg6 28. Rxa7 Rxg3 29. Kc2 $1 {[н/\30Kd3]} Rxg2+ 30. Kd3 Rg3
31. Ke4 Kh6 32. Ra8 (32. a4 $5 {н/\33a5}) 32... Kg6 33. a4 Kf6 34. a5 Rg4+ 35.
Kd3 e5 36. Nd2 (36. Re8 $1 bxa5 37. Rxe5 Bb4 38. Rb5 $132) 36... Rd4+ 37. Kc3
bxa5 38. Rxa5 Rxd2 39. Rxc5 Rd8 40. Rc6+ $1 Kf5 41. Rc7 $15 g5 42. c5 g4 43.
Rf7+ $1 Kg6 44. Rf1 Kg5 45. Rf7 $1 $11 Rg8 (45... g3 46. Rg7+ Kf4 47. Rf7+ Ke3
48. Rg7 Kf2 49. Rf7+ Kg1 50. Re7 $11) 46. Kd3 Rc8 47. Kc4 Rg8 48. Kd3 g3 49.
Ke2 $11 Kh4 50. Kf3 e4+ 51. Kg2 Kg4 52. c6 Ra8 53. Rg7+ Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Lanzarote"]
[Date "2003.05.09"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2003.05.06"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "La Caja de Canarias"]
[BlackTeam "Morgote CA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bg5
Be7 9. e3 Bb7 10. Be2 d6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Rfd1 Qb8 $5 {TN [ /\13...Rd8,
Nd7-f8-g6} (12... a6 13. Bf4 $5 (13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Qb1 Qc7 15. Bh4 Rfd8 16. h3
Qb8 17. Nd2 Qa8 18. Bf1 Re8 $13 {1-0 Kaposztas,M-Berczes,D/Budapest HUN 2003/
The Week in Chess 436 (27)}) 13... Qc7 14. Qd2 e5 15. Bg5 Rac8 16. Rac1 Qb8 17.
Nh4 Rfd8 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. b4 h6 20. Bh4 g5 21. Bg3 Qa8 22. f3 $16 {1-0 Morovic
Fernandez,I-Milos,G/Santos BRA 2003/The Week in Chess 442 (45)}) 13. Bf4 $5 Rd8
(13... Nh5 14. Ng5 $36) 14. b4 (14. Ng5 $5 {н/\15.Nge4 Graf,A}) 14... Nf8 15.
c5 $5 Ne8 (15... Ng6 16. Bg3 bxc5 17. bxc5 Qc7 18. Rab1 $36) 16. Rac1 (16. Ne4
Qc8 17. Rac1 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Nf6 19. Qc2 dxc5 $13) 16... Ng6 17. Bg3 bxc5 18.
bxc5 Qc8 $1 {[/\19...dxc5;} (18... Qc7 19. Qb1 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Rab8 21. Qd3 Qxc5
22. Nd5 $13) 19. Ne4 dxc5 (19... d5 20. Ned2 Ba6 21. Nb3 $14) 20. Nxc5 Rxd1+ (
20... Qxc5 21. Qxc5 Bxc5 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rxc5 $14) 21. Bxd1 Bd5 $1 {[/\22...
Qd8,23...Rc8=]} 22. e4 $5 Qxc5 23. Qxc5 Bxc5 24. exd5 Bxa3 25. Ra1 Bd6 (25...
Bc5 26. dxe6 fxe6 27. Bb3 Nf8 28. Ng5 $14) 26. dxe6 fxe6 27. Bxd6 (27. Nd4 $5
$44 {(н/\28.Bf3)}) 27... Nxd6 28. Ra6 Rd8 29. Bb3 Nf8 30. Rxa7 $14 Ne4 $5 {
[/\ 31...Nd2=;31...Nc5]} 31. Ra2 Nc5 32. Bc2 h6 33. g3 Rd5 34. Ra8 Kf7 35. Kg2
Nfd7 $11 36. h4 Ne5 37. Nxe5+ Rxe5 38. Bh7 Rd5 39. Bg8+ Ke7 40. Ra5 (40. Bh7
Kf7 $11) 40... Kf6 41. Rb5 h5 42. Ra5 Rf5 43. Ra7 Kg6 44. Rc7 Ne4 45. f3 Rc5
46. Bf7+ Kh6 47. Re7 Rc2+ 48. Kg1 Rc1+ 49. Kh2 Rc2+ 50. Kg1 Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.10"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5 8.
Bd2 {[ 8.Bg2 is the regular move, Gurevich beat Ehlvest a week ago in the
French Team Championship with this move ]} b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Nce4 $1 $10 {
[#] A simple good move which is a theoretical novelty and which equalises.
White tries to create something, but after the forced exchange it is very
difficult.} (10... Rc8 {[ Is the normal move. ]}) 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Qa4 Bxd2
13. Nxd2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qc7 15. Qa3 Rfc8 16. Rac1 h6 17. Rfd1 Qe5 18. Nf3 {
[ If 18..Qxe2 19.Re1 traps the queen ]} Qe4 19. Qd3 Qxd3 20. exd3 Rc7 21. Nd4
Kf8 22. Rc3 d5 {[ Maybe not best - Gurevich ]} 23. Nb5 Rb7 24. Ra3 (24. Rdc1 {
[ /\ Ra3 was better, Black's reply is quite unexpected since he just played ..
Rb7 but nevertheless it is very good and White must now play accurately ]})
24... Rd7 $1 25. Rc1 dxc4 26. dxc4 Rd2 27. b4 {[ Active play secures the draw ]
} Rb2 28. Rxa7 Rxa7 29. Nxa7 Rxb4 30. c5 bxc5 31. Rxc5 g5 {[ If 31..Ra4 32.
Rc8+ and Rc7+ ]} 32. Rc2 Nd5 33. Nc6 Ra4 {[ Thanks to Mikhail Gurevich for his
comments ]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.01.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5 8.
Bg2 Nce4 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bc5 $5 (10... Be7 11. e4 (11. Bf4 d6 12. c5 $5
dxc5 13. c4 Nd7 14. Rab1 Qe8 15. Bc7 Bd8 16. Bd6 Be7 17. Bc7 Bd8 18. Bd6 Be7 {
1/2-1/2/Crouch,C-Polugaevsky,L/Hastings/1992/}) (11. Nd4 Qc7 12. Qb3 d6 13. Ba3
Nd7 14. Nb5 Qb8 15. Rab1 a6 16. Nd4 Qc7 17. f4 Nf6 18. Rb2 d5 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20.
Qb4 Qc7 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. f5 Re8 24. f6 Re3 25. fxg7 Rxg3+ 26.
hxg3 Qxg3+ 27. Kh1 Qh4+ 28. Kg1 Qg3+ 29. Kh1 {1/2-1/2/Ftacnik,L-Schlosser,P/
Brno/1992/}) 11... d6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Qc7 14. Qe2 Bd6 $5 (14... Nd7 15.
Bf4 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rab1 (18. Qe3 Qc7 19. Rab1 $5 Qxc4 20.
Rb4 Qxa2 21. Rg4 Qa5 $13 {Annakov,B-Utemov,V/Moscow-ch/1994/}) 18... Rb8 19.
Rfd1 Qc7 20. Qe3 b6 21. c5 Bd7 22. cxb6 axb6 23. Qd4 Bc6 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6
Bxg2 26. Kxg2 b5 $10 {Bareev,E-Kortchnoj,V/Tilburg/1991/}) 15. Bf4 Ne8 16. Rab1
f6 $1 17. Nd3 Qxc4 18. Bxd6 Nxd6 $15 {Hertneck,G-Karpov,A/Baden Baden/1992/})
11. Rb1 (11. Nd4 $5 d6 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Qb3 Qc7 15. Rd1 Nd7 16.
Ba3 Nc5 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Rd2 Rb8 19. Rad1 b6 20. Qa4 $14 {Wiedenkeller,
M-Schneider,LA/SVE-ch/1992}) (11. e4 $5 d6 12. e5 {Nikolic,P}) 11... d6 12. Nd4
Qc7 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Qd3 e5 $1 (14... Ng4 $6 15. Ba3 $1 $16) 15. Ba3 Rd8 16.
Rfd1 e4 $1 $8 (16... Ne8 17. c5 dxc5 18. Qxd8 Qxd8 19. Rxd8 Bxd8 20. Nxc5 $16)
17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Be6 $10 19. Nd2 $5 (19. Nd4 $142 Qxc4 20. Qxb7 $10 {
P.Nikolic}) 19... Rac8 20. Qf4 h6 21. Rb2 $6 (21. Rb3 $142 $10) 21... Qc6 22.
Bb4 $4 (22. Rb3 $142) 22... Qa4 $1 $19 {X Bb4} 23. Ra1 (23. Rb3 $142) 23... Bc7
$1 24. Rb3 a5 25. Ra3 Qc2 $1 26. Rxa5 $8 (26. Bxa5 Qb2 $19) 26... d5 $1 27. Qe3
dxc4 28. Nf3 Bxa5 29. Bxa5 Rd1+ 30. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 31. Kg2 Re8 32. Qd2 Qxd2 33.
Nxd2 Ra8 (33... Ra8 34. Bb6 Rxa2 35. Be3 (35. Nf3 Rxe2 $19) 35... Rc2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Alushta"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lazarev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Dragomarezkij, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O (5... Bxc5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. e3
Qc7 8. a3 (8. b3 a6 9. Bb2 b6 (9... Be7 10. g4 $1 h6 11. Rg1 Nc6 12. h4 h5 13.
gxh5 Nxh5 14. Be2 d5 $6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Qa5+ 17. Qd2 $16 {Nogueiras,
J-Kortschnoi,V/Zagreb izt/1987/}) 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Ne4 Be7 12. O-O (12. Ke2 Nc6
13. a3 h6 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. Rhg1 $1 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bf6 17. g4 Nb4 $5 18. axb4
Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Bxb2 20. Rc2 Bf6 21. Ra2 $14 {Hansen,LB-Stempin,P/Warsaw/1990/})
12... d6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Be4 d5 $5 16. Bd3 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Nd7
18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Qb2 Qb8 20. Be2 O-O $10 {Yakovich,Y-Gurevich,M/Moscow
Alekhine op/1992/}) 8... a6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O d6 11. b4 b6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Qe2
Nbd7 14. h3 O-O 15. e4 $14 {Sherbakov,R-Gurevich,M/Helsinki op/1992/}) 6. a3
Bxc5 7. Nf3 Qb6 $5 {An interesting idea of Mikhail Gurevich.Black sacrifices a
tempo to lock up Bc1 behind Pe3.This game shows the correct way of playing
against this set-up.} (7... b6 8. Bf4 (8. Bg5 Be7 9. e3 Bb7 10. Be2 d6 11. O-O
Nbd7 12. Rfd1 a6 $10 {Onischuk,A-Papaioannou,I/Vejen J-EUch/1993/}) 8... Bb7 9.
Rd1 Nc6 10. e4 Ng4 11. Bg3 f6 12. Nb5 Nge5 13. Be2 Rc8 14. O-O Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3
e5 16. Bg4 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 $1 exd4 19. Rd1 Qe8 20. f3 g6 21. Rxd4
Bc6 22. Bd6 $16 {Lautier,J-Wahls,M/Baden Baden/1992/}) (7... Nc6 8. Bf4 (8. Bg5
Nd4 (8... b6 9. Rd1 Be7 10. e3 Bb7 11. Be2 d6 12. Rd2 Qb8 13. O-O h6 14. Bh4
Rd8 15. Rfd1 $14 {Kortschnoj,V-Tiviakov,S/Tilburg/1992/}) 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. e3
Qa5 11. exd4 Qxg5 12. Qd2 (12. g3 $5 $14) 12... Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 d6 (13... b6 14.
Bd3 Bb7 15. f3 d6 16. b4 Rfd8 17. Rhb1 Bc6 18. Nd1 g6 19. Ne3 $14 {Salov,
V-Andersson,U/Reykjavik/1991/}) 14. Bd3 Bd7 15. b4 e5 16. Ne4 Nxe4+ 17. Bxe4
Rac8 18. Rhc1 b6 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. c5 Rfd8 21. Ke3 $14 {Lautier,J-Kortschnoj,V/
Biel/1992/}) 8... b6 (8... Nh5 9. Bg3 f5 10. e4 g6 11. O-O-O b6 12. Qd2 $1 $16
{Gelfand,B-Andersson,U/Tilburg/1990/}) 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. e3 (10. b4 Be7 11. e4 Rc8
12. Bd3 Nh5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. O-O Nf6 15. h3 Rfd8 16. Rc1 d6 17. Nd5 $5 $13 {
1/2/Kouatly,B-Hjartarson,J/Reykjavik FRA-ISD/1993/}) 10... Rc8 11. Be2 Be7 12.
O-O $1 (12. e4 $6 Nh5 13. Bc1 a6 14. O-O Qc7 $15 {Lautier,J-Larsen,B/Cannes/
1989/}) 12... Na5 13. Nb5 Be4 14. Qa4 a6 15. Nd6 b5 16. cxb5 Bc2 17. Qd4 Nb3
18. Nxc8 $1 Nxd4 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Rxd4 Nd5 21. Bg3 f5 22. bxa6 $16 {
Maksimenko,A-Ovseevich,S/Nikolaev zt/1993/}) 8. e3 Be7 (8... Qc7 9. Bd3 h6 $1 {
prevents g2-g4} 10. b3 (10. Rg1 $5) 10... b6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4
Be7 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. O-O Rc8 $1 16. Qd3 d6 $10 {Savchenko,S-Shneider,A/
Kherson/1989/}) 9. Bd3 d6 (9... h6 $5) 10. g4 $1 {A strong idea in this type
of position;first seen in Nogueiras,J-Kortschnoi,V, Zagreb izt/1987.White uses
the won tempo(Qb6)to grab the initiative.} g6 11. g5 Nh5 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. Rg1
Nc6 14. Ne4 $1 Rac8 15. Bc3 e5 $8 16. Nh4 $1 $16 {/\Be2} Kh8 (16... Na5 17. Be2
Nxc4 $2 18. Bxh5 gxh5 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. gxf6+ Kh8 21. Rg7 $18) 17. Be2 Ng7 18.
Rd1 $1 Nf5 (18... Na5 $2 19. c5 $1 $18) 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. Bg4 $1 Bxg4 21. Rxg4
Qc7 (21... Na5 22. Bxa5 Qxa5+ 23. Nc3 $16) 22. Rd5 $1 Rcd8 23. Qd3 Qc8 24. f3
Qe6 25. Rg2 $5 (25. Kd1 $5 {/\Kc2-b1} h6 (25... h5 26. Rg2) 26. h4 h5 27. Rg3
$16) 25... Qh3 26. Qf1 h6 $1 27. Rgd2 $1 Qh4+ 28. Qf2 Qh5 (28... hxg5 29. Qxh4+
gxh4 30. Nxd6 $16) 29. Nxd6 Bxg5 30. Ke2 Rd7 (30... f6 31. Nxb7 $18) 31. Bxe5+
Nxe5 32. Rxe5 f6 (32... Rfd8 $2 33. Nxf7+ $1 $18) 33. Red5 Re7 34. R2d3 f5 35.
Kd2 Bf6 36. Kc2 Be5 37. Rd2 a6 (37... Bxd6 $142 38. Rxd6 Rc7) 38. c5 Bg7 39. e4
$1 $18 Qg5 40. f4 Qg4 41. exf5 gxf5 42. Kb1 Rf6 43. Qg3 Qh5 44. Qd3 $1 Qg4 45.
Nxf5 Re1+ 46. Ka2 Qxf4 47. Nxg7 Kxg7 48. Rg2+ Kf8 49. Rd8+ Re8 50. Qh7 $1 Qc4+
51. b3 Qf7 52. Rg8+ $1 (52. Rg8+ $1 Qxg8 53. Rxe8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.12.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grigore, George Gabriel"]
[Black "Ionescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1998.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bg5
Bb7 9. e4 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Rd1 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nb5 d5 14. e5 dxc4 15.
Qxc4 a6 16. Nd6 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qg5 18. Qe4 Ra7 19. h4 Qf4 20. Qxf4 Nxf4 21. Rd4
Nd5 22. Bc4 Nc6 23. Re4 Rd8 24. f4 Nxf4 25. Rxf4 Nxe5 26. Re4 Rxd6 27. Rxe5 Rc7
28. Re4 b5 29. Bf1 Rc1+ 30. Ke2 Rc2+ 31. Kf3 Rxb2 32. Be2 Ra2 33. Re3 Rd4 34.
h5 Ra4 35. Rc1 R2xa3 36. Rc8+ Kh7 37. Bd3+ f5 38. Rd8 Rh4 39. Kg2 Raa4 40. Rxe6
Rxh5 41. Rf8 Rg5+ 42. Kf3 Ra3 43. Re3 Kg6 44. Rxf5 Kh5 45. Kf4 Kh4 46. Rxg5
hxg5+ 47. Kf3 g4+ 48. Kg2 b4 49. Be2 Rxe3 50. fxe3 a5 {[#] Wieso ist die
Position remis? Der schwarze g-Bauer bindet den weißen König, die
Damenflügelbauern den Läufer. Der e-Bauer ist deshalb nicht zu halten.} (50...
a5 51. Bd1 Kg5 52. Bc2 Kf6 53. Kg3 Ke5 54. Kxg4 (54. Kf2 $6 Kd5 {[%cal Rd5c4]})
54... b3 (54... Kd5 55. Kf5 Kc4 56. e4 b3 57. Bxb3+ Kxb3 58. e5 $11) 55. Bxb3
Ke4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Iasi"]
[Date "1999.12.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Grigore, George Gabriel"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bg5
Bb7 9. e4 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Be2 d6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Nd4 a6 15.
Bg3 Rac8 16. a4 Rfe8 17. Rd2 Qb8 18. Rad1 Qa8 19. f3 Nh5 20. f4 Nxg3 21. hxg3
Nf6 22. Bd3 d5 23. cxd5 exd5 24. e5 Ne4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Nf5 Bc5+ 27. Kh2 Re6
28. Qb3 Rce8 29. Nd5 Qc8 30. Nde3 Rf8 31. Nd6 Qc6 32. Nef5 e3 33. Qxe6 fxe6 34.
Ne7+ Kh7 35. Nxc6 Bxc6 36. Re2 g5 37. f5 exf5 38. b4 Bxb4 39. Rxe3 Bxa4 40. Ra1
b5 41. Rc1 a5 42. Rc7+ Kg6 43. Rc6 Kg7 44. Rd3 h5 45. Nc8 Re8 46. Rd7+ Kf8 47.
Rf6+ Kg8 48. Rg6+ Kh8 49. Rh6+ Kg8 50. Rg6+ Kh8 51. Nd6 Bxd6 52. exd6 b4 53.
Rb7 Rd8 54. Rh6+ Kg8 55. Rg6+ Kh8 56. Re6 Bb3 57. Rh6+ Kg8 58. Rg6+ Kh8 59.
Rh6+ Kg8 60. Rg6+ Kh8 {[#] Taktik (Freibauer, Fesselung)} 61. d7 Ba4 62. Ra6
Kg7 (62... Kg8 63. Rxa5 Bxd7 (63... Rxd7 64. Rb8+ $18) 64. Rd5 $18) (62... Rxd7
63. Rxd7 Bxd7 64. Ra8+ Kg7 65. Ra7 Kf6 66. Rxd7 Ke5 67. Ra7 b3 68. Rxa5+ Kd4
69. Rxf5 b2 70. Rb5 Kc3 71. g4 h4 72. g3 $18) (62... Bxd7 63. Rd6 $18) 63. Ra8
1-0

[Event "GRE-GEO"]
[Site "Athens"]
[Date "2003.09.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikolaidis, Ioannis"]
[Black "Khetsuriani, Besarion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2003.09.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. e3 Nxc5 8.
Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. b3 Nce4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 d5 14. Bb2
dxc4 15. Qxc4 Be7 16. Ne5 Qd5 17. Qxd5 Nxd5 18. e4 Nf6 19. Nc6 Rfe8 20. Nxe7+
Rxe7 21. f3 Rd7 22. Rad1 Rc8 23. Rxd7 Nxd7 24. Rd1 Nf6 25. Kf2 Kf8 26. Ke3 Ke8
27. g4 Rc5 28. h4 h6 29. Rd3 Rc2 30. Rd2 Rc5 31. Bd4 Rc6 32. Kd3 Kd7 33. Bc3
Ke8 34. Rc2 Kd7 35. Bb4 Rxc2 36. Kxc2 {Weiß besitzt die bessere Leichtfigur
und hat einigen Raumvorteil.} h5 $5 (36... e5 37. Bf8 Ne8 38. h5 Ke6 39. Kd3 f6
$14) (36... g6 37. Bc3 Ke7 $14) 37. Bc3 Ke7 38. g5 Ne8 39. Kd3 f6 40. f4 fxg5
41. fxg5 Kd6 42. Kc4 a6 $6 {weicht die Bauernstruktur am Damenflügel auf.} (
42... e5 $1 $11 {schränkt den Läufer ein und macht den Springer beweglich.})
43. Bd4 b5+ 44. Kb4 g6 45. Ka5 Kc6 46. Be5 $1 {[%mdl 4128] [#] Das ist der
Punkt! Der Springer wird völlig lahmgelegt und kommt - wenn möglich - auch
über g7 nicht ins Spiel.} Kb7 47. Bg3 Ka7 48. Bf4 Kb7 49. Be5 Ka7 50. a4 bxa4
51. Kxa4 Kb6 52. Kb4 Kc6 53. Ka5 Kb7 54. b4 Ka7 55. b5 axb5 56. Kxb5 Kb7 57.
Kc5 {Nach dem Verschwinden aller Bauern am Damenflügel geht ans ans
Eingemachte, sprich dem Springer an den Kragen.} Kc8 58. Kc6 Kd8 59. Bd6 ({
Zwingender erscheint} 59. Bf6+ Kc8 (59... Nxf6 60. gxf6 Ke8 61. Kd6 Kf7 62. e5
g5 63. hxg5 h4 64. g6+ Kxg6 65. Kxe6 h3 66. f7 h2 67. f8=Q h1=Q 68. Qg8+ $18)
60. e5 Nc7 61. Kd6 Nd5 62. Kxe6 Nf4+ 63. Ke7 Ng2 64. e6 Nxh4 65. Kf7 Nf5 66. e7
Nd6+ 67. Kxg6 h4 68. Be5 Ne8 69. Kf7 Kd7 70. g6 h3 71. g7 Nxg7 72. Bxg7 $18)
59... Ng7 60. Bf8 Ne8 61. e5 Kc8 62. Be7 Ng7 63. Kd6 Nf5+ 64. Kxe6 Nxh4 65. Kf7
Nf5 66. Bc5 h4 67. Kxg6 h3 68. Bg1 {Jetzt wird der e-Bauer der Gewinnbauer
sein, der von h2 aus gedeckt werden kann unter gleichzeitiger Blockade des Bh3.
} Ne7+ 69. Kf7 Kd8 70. g6 Nf5 71. g7 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch 56th"]
[Site "Herceg Novi"]
[Date "2001.04.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Djukic, Nikola"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2001.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bg5
Bb7 9. e4 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Be2 d6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Rac1 a6 15.
Nd2 Rac8 16. Bg3 Qb8 17. Qd3 Bc6 18. b4 Ne5 19. Qd4 Rfd8 20. Nb3 Ng6 21. a4 Qb7
22. f3 d5 23. cxd5 exd5 24. e5 Nh5 25. f4 Nxg3 26. hxg3 Nf8 27. f5 Bg5 28. Rb1
Qb8 29. Bxa6 Rc7 30. a5 Re7 31. Re1 Nd7 32. e6 fxe6 33. fxe6 Qxg3 34. Nxd5 Kh8
35. Qc3 Qxc3 36. Nxc3 Nb8 37. Bc4 Rc8 38. Bd5 bxa5 39. Nxa5 Bd2 40. Nxc6 Nxc6
41. Bxc6 Rxc6 42. Nd5 Bxe1 43. Nxe7 Rxe6 44. Nd5 Bg3 45. b5 Re5 46. Nc7 {
[#] Gute Kooperation zwischen Turm und Läufer kompensieren den weißen
Freibauer - und mehr!} Rf5 $1 {mit versteckter Matt- und Abzugsdrohung.} 47.
Na8 $6 (47. b6 $2 Bf2+ 48. Kf1 Bxb6+ $19) (47. Ne6 $2 Bf2+ 48. Kf1 Bb6+ 49. Ke2
Re5+ $19) (47. Na6 $1 Bf2+ 48. Kf1 Bb6+ 49. Ke1 Kg8 $15) 47... Rf8 48. Ra1 Bf2+
49. Kh2 Rf5 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Rf5h5]} 50. g4 Rxb5 51. Nc7 Rb2 52. Ne6 Bd4+ 53.
Kh1 Be5 (53... Bf6 $1 54. Ra8+ Kh7 55. Nf8+ Kg8 56. Nd7+ Kf7 57. Nxf6 Kxf6 58.
Ra5 Kg6 $1 (58... Rb4 $2 59. g5+ $11) 59. Rc5 (59. Ra6+ Kg5 60. Ra7 g6 61. Rh7
Rb4 $19) 59... Rb4 60. g5 h5 $19) 54. Ra8+ Bb8 (54... Kh7 55. Nf8+ Kg8 56. Nd7+
) 55. Nf8 Rb7 (55... Bd6 $142 56. g5 Kg8 57. gxh6 gxh6 58. Ne6+ Kf7 59. Nd4 $15
) 56. Nd7 Rxd7 57. Rxb8+ Kh7 58. Kg2 Kg6 59. Rb5 $15 Rd6 60. Ra5 Kf6 61. Kf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.01.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Jacoby,G"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1994.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. e3 {Ohne
große Ansprüche gespielt.Gebräuchlicher ist 7.g3.} Nxc5 8. Bd2 b6 9. Be2 Bb7
10. O-O Qe7 $10 11. Rfd1 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen,wie die folgende
Variante zeigt:} (11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Rac8 13. Nd2 Nfe4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Qd1
Qg5 16. g3 (16. Bf3 Bd3 17. Be2 Be4 $10) 16... Bb7 17. b4 Ne4 18. Bb2 d5 19.
cxd5 Qxd5 $10) 11... Rac8 12. Nb5 (12. a3 $6 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Be4 14. Qd2 Nb3 15.
Bb4 Qd8 16. Qc3 Nxa1 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. Rxa1 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 d5 $15) 12... Be4 13.
Qc1 Bxd2 14. Nxd2 $6 {Das bringt Weiß in Schwierigkeiten.Vorsichtiger war 14.
Qxd2.} (14. Qxd2 d5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nc3 Rfd8 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Qb4 $10) 14...
d5 $1 15. Nxe4 Ncxe4 $15 {Das entstandene Gegenüberstehen Rc8-Qc1 ist sehr
unangenehm für Weiß.Es droht eindeutig a6 nebst dxc4.Weiß strebt deswegen
Damenabtausch an.} 16. b3 (16. f3 a6 $1 17. fxe4 (17. Na3 Nd6 $17) 17... axb5
$17) 16... a6 17. Qa3 (17. Nc3 dxc4 18. bxc4 b5 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Qc2 Nd6 21.
c5 Nc4 22. Bxc4 Rxc5 $17) 17... Qxa3 18. Nxa3 Nc3 $1 19. Re1 dxc4 20. Bxc4 $2 {
Weiß greift nochmals falsch.Die beiden anderen Möglichkeiten waren besser.} (
20. Nxc4 b5 21. Na5 Nxe2+ (21... Rfd8 22. Bf1 Rd2 23. a4 $15) 22. Rxe2 Rfd8 $15
) (20. bxc4 Rfd8 21. Bf1 $15 {/\} Rd2 22. Nb1 $1) 20... b5 21. Bf1 Ncd5 $1 $17
{Ausgezeichnet! Schwarz spielt auf den schlechten Na3.Der schwarze Springer
verläßt rechzeitig den guten Posten c3 wegen des noch besseren b4.} (21... Rfd8
22. Rec1 h6 23. Nc4 Nfe4 24. Ne5 $15) 22. Red1 {/\ 22..Nb4 23.Rd4} (22. Nb1 $2
Nb4 $17) (22. Rac1 Nb4 $17) (22. Rad1 Nb4 23. Rd2 (23. Rd6 Rfd8 24. Red1 Rxd6
25. Rxd6 Kf8 26. Nb1 Ke7 27. Rb6 Nd7 28. Rb7 Nxa2 $17) 23... Rfd8 24. Red1 Rxd2
25. Rxd2 Kf8 $17 {/\Rc1}) 22... Rfd8 {Es droht erneut Nb4.} 23. Nb1 {Dies wird
glänzend widerlegt,aber die weiße Stellung war bereits sehr schwer.} (23. Rac1
Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Nb4 $17) (23. Rd4 e5 $17) 23... Nxe3 $3 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. fxe3
Rd1 {Schwarz hat seinen Springer für nur einen Bauern geopfert, aber die
schreckliche Fesslung auf der Grundlinie zwingt seinen Gegner zur Rückgabe des
Materials.} 26. Kf2 (26. h3 Ne4 27. a4 b4 $19 {/\Ng3}) (26. a4 bxa4 27. Rxa4 (
27. bxa4 Ng4 28. e4 Ne3 29. Kf2 Nxf1 30. Ke2 Rc1 $19) 27... Rxb1 28. Rxa6 g6
$17) 26... Ng4+ 27. Ke2 Rc1 28. g3 $8 Nxe3 $1 (28... Nxh2 $6 29. Bg2 $13) 29.
Kxe3 Rxf1 30. Kd4 $1 {Der weiße König muß nach b2 laufen,aber die Marschrouten
sind nicht gleich:} (30. Kd2 $2 e5 31. Kc2 e4 32. Kb2 b4 $1 33. Nd2 Rf2 34. Kc2
e3 $19) 30... Rc1 $1 31. a4 bxa4 $1 (31... b4 $6 32. a5 $1 f5 33. Ra4 Rxb1 34.
Rxb4 Kf7 35. Rb6 $132) 32. bxa4 f5 33. Kd3 e5 34. Kd2 Rh1 35. Kc2 (35. h4 f4
36. gxf4 exf4 37. Kd3 (37. Kc2 $2 f3 $19) 37... Kf7 38. Ke4 Rf1 39. Ra3 Rxb1
40. Kxf4 Rb4+ 41. Kg5 (41. Kg3 a5 $19) 41... h6+ 42. Kh5 Kg8 43. a5 Kh7 $19)
35... e4 36. Ra3 Rxh2+ 37. Nd2 h5 38. Kd1 h4 $5 39. gxh4 (39. g4 $6 fxg4 40.
Nxe4 g3 41. Nxg3 Rh3 $19) 39... Rxh4 {Der Weg ist frei für die schwarzen
Freibauern.Schwarz steht auf Gewinn,aber Vorsicht ist angesagt.} 40. Rc3 Rh1+
$2 {Ein unnötiges Schach.Richtig war sofort 40..Kf7.} (40... Kf7 41. Rc6 (41.
Rc7+ Kf6 42. Rc6+ Ke5 43. Rxa6 Rh1+ 44. Ke2 g5 $19) 41... Rh6 42. Rxh6 gxh6 43.
Ke2 Kf6 44. Ke3 Kg5 $19) 41. Ke2 Kf7 (41... Ra1 42. Rc5 g6 43. Rc6 Kg7 44. Rxa6
Kh6 $17) 42. Rc6 Rh6 $6 {Es sollte zum Remis führen.Nach dem Fehler des
Gegners im 40.Zug hatte Weiß bereits gute Rettungschancen.} (42... a5 43. Nc4
$1 Ra1 44. Ra6 $1 Rxa4 45. Nd6+ Ke6 46. Nxe4+ Ke5 47. Ng5 $15) (42... Ra1 43.
Rxa6 g5 44. Nxe4 fxe4 45. Ke3 Re1+ 46. Kf2 Rb1 47. Ke3 Rb4 48. a5 $10) 43. Rc7+
$2 {Weiß verpaßt seine Chance.Das Endspiel N gegen 3P war jetzt zu halten.} (
43. Rxh6 $1 gxh6 44. Ke3 h5 45. Kf4 Ke6 (45... h4 46. Kxf5 e3 47. Nf3 h3 48.
Kg4 $10) 46. Nf1 h4 (46... Kd5 47. Ne3+ Kc5 48. Nxf5 Kb4 49. Kxe4 Kxa4 50. Nd4
$10) 47. Ne3 h3 48. Nxf5 h2 49. Ng3 Kd5 50. Ke3 Kc4 51. Kxe4 Kb4 52. Kf3 Kxa4
53. Kg2 a5 54. Ne2 Kb4 55. Kxh2 a4 56. Nd4 $10) 43... Kf6 44. Ra7 Rh2+ 45. Ke3
Rh3+ 46. Ke2 g5 47. Rxa6+ Ke5 $19 {Jetzt ist der schwarze König von seinen
Bauern nicht abgeschnitten und dies bedeutet das Ende für Weiß.} 48. Rb6 Rh2+
49. Ke1 Rh1+ 50. Nf1 (50. Ke2 Ra1 51. a5 Kf4 52. a6 g4 $19) 50... Rh3 51. Rg6
Kf4 52. a5 Ra3 53. a6 g4 54. Kf2 e3+ 55. Ke1 Ra1+ 56. Ke2 Ra2+ 57. Ke1 Kf3 58.
Rd6 Ra1+ 59. Rd1 Rxa6 60. Nh2+ Kg2 61. Nxg4 fxg4 62. Ke2 Ra3 63. Rd8 g3 64. Rg8
Kh2 65. Rh8+ Kg1 66. Rg8 g2 67. Rh8 Ra2+ 68. Ke1 e2 69. Rh7 Ra1+ 70. Kxe2 Ra8
71. Ke1 Re8+ 72. Kd2 Re5 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Kantsler,B"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 (6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Na6
8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Nxc5 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qxf6 gxf6 12. b4 Na4 $10 {Kozul,
Z-Kasparov,G Beograd 1989}) (6. Nf3 Na6 7. e3 (7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Nxc5 9. e3
a5 10. b3 d6 11. Nd2 b6 12. Be2 Bb7 {Hertneck,G-Lutz,Ch Munchen 1994 60/(510)})
7... Nxc5 8. Bd2 b6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Bb7 11. Be2 d6 12. O-O e5 $10 {
Hertneck,G-Karpov,An Deutschland 1994 60/510 0:1 61}) 6... Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bg5 Bb7 (8... Nc6 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. e4 Be7 11. Be2 Rc8 12. O-O Qc7 13. Nb5 Qb8 14.
Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rxd7 Ne5 16. Rxb7 Qxb7 17. Nd6 Qc7 18. Nxc8 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Rxc8
20. b3 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,J-Rechlis,G/Haifa/1989}) 9. e4 (9. O-O-O Be7 10. e4 Nc6
11. Bd3 h6 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Kb1 $16 {Azmaiparashvili,Z-Ruban,V Groningen PCA
1993 1:0 52}) 9... Be7 10. Be2 d6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Rad1 Rc8 13. Nd4 a6 14. f3 (
14. f4 $6 b5 $1 $17) 14... Ne5 (14... Qc7 $5 $13) 15. b3 Qc7 {16...b5; 16...d5}
16. a4 d5 $6 (16... Qb8 $5) (16... Ng6 $13) 17. f4 $1 Nc6 $6 (17... Ned7 $2 18.
e5 $18) (17... Ng6 18. e5 $14) (17... Neg4 $13) 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 (18... Bxc6 19.
e5 (19. exd5 Bxd5 (19... exd5 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nxd5 $16) 20. cxd5 (20. Bxf6 $2
Bxf6 21. Nxd5 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 exd5 $10) 20... Qxc3 21. Qxc3 Rxc3 22. dxe6 fxe6 23.
Bc4 $16) 19... Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Rd6 $16) 19. exd5 exd5 20.
Bf3 $1 {Nd5} Qc5+ 21. Kh1 dxc4 (21... Rfd8 22. Qb1 {23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.Nxd5+/-})
22. Bxb7 cxb3 23. Qe2 $1 Rc7 24. Bxf6 gxf6 (24... Bxf6 25. Ne4 $16) 25. Ne4 Qc2
26. Bxa6 f5 27. Ng3 Ra8 28. Rd2 Qc3 29. Bb5 Bb4 30. Rd3 Qc2 31. Qf3 b2 32.
Qxa8+ Rc8 33. Rd8+ Rxd8 34. Qxd8+ Bf8 35. Qd3 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rychagov, Andrey"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1996.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 (7...
b6 8. Bg5 Bb7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. e4 Nc6 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Kb1 Na5 14.
Qe2 a6 15. e5 Ne8 $13 {Azmaiparashvili,Z-Ruban,V/Groningen/1993/1|0/52/}) 8.
Bg5 Nd4 (8... b6 9. Rd1 Be7 10. e3 Bb7 11. Be2 d6 12. Rd2 Qb8 13. O-O h6 14.
Bh4 Rd8 15. Rfd1 $14 {Korchnoi,V-Tiviakov,S/Tilburg/1992/1|0/64/}) 9. Nxd4 Bxd4
10. e3 Qa5 11. exd4 Qxg5 12. Qd2 Qg6 $5 {N/} (12... Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 b6 14. Bd3
Bb7 (14... Ba6 $5 15. Rhc1 Rac8 16. Nd1 Nh5 17. g3 {Salov,V-Ljubojevic,L/
Reykjavik/1991/0,5/45/} (17. Ne3 $5 f5 18. b4 $14)) 15. f3 Rfd8 (15... Rfc8 16.
b4 Ba6 17. c5 Bxd3 18. Kxd3 bxc5 19. dxc5 d6 20. cxd6 Ne8 21. Ne4 Rd8 22. Rhd1
$14 {Bareev,E-Rajkovic,D/GER/1991/1|0/36/}) 16. b4 d6 17. a4 (17. Rhb1 Bc6 18.
Nd1 g6 19. Ne3 $14 {Salov,V-Andersson,U/Reykjavik/1991/1|0/61/}) 17... e5 18.
d5 a5 19. Rhb1 Bc8 20. bxa5 bxa5 21. Rb6 Kf8 22. Nb5 Ra6 23. Rc6 $16 {Sokolov,
I-De Firmian,N/Biel/1989/0,5/48/}) 13. O-O-O d5 14. Bd3 (14. cxd5 exd5 15. Bd3
Bf5 $10) (14. c5 Ne4 (14... b6 $5 $132) 15. Nxe4 dxe4 $132) 14... Ne4 $1 (14...
Qxg2 $6 15. Rhg1 Qf3 $8 (15... Qxh2 $2 16. Rxg7+ Kxg7 17. Qg5+ Kh8 18. Qxf6+
Kg8 19. Qg5+ Kh8 20. Rg1 $18) 16. Qg5 Ne8 (16... g6 $2 17. Rg3 Qxf2 18. Rf1 $18
) 17. cxd5 $36) (14... Qh5 15. c5 $16) 15. Nxe4 (15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Rde1 f5 17.
f3 exf3 18. gxf3 Bd7 $132) (15. Qe3 f5 16. cxd5 Nxc3 17. bxc3 exd5 $13) 15...
dxe4 16. Bc2 b6 (16... Qxg2 $2 17. Rdg1 Qf3 18. Rxg7+ $18) 17. f3 Bb7 18. fxe4
(18. Rde1 Rac8 19. b3 b5 $1 20. c5 Rfd8 21. fxe4 (21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. fxe4 (22.
Rxe4 $2 Rxc5+ $1 $17) 22... e5 23. d5 Rxc5+ 24. Kb2 $13) 21... e5 22. d5 Rxc5
$13) 18... Bxe4 19. Rhe1 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 Qh6+ (20... Qxc2+ 21. Kxc2 Rac8 22. Kc3
Rfd8 $10) 21. Kb1 Rac8 (21... Qxh2 $4 22. Rh1 $18) 22. Rd3 g6 23. g3 Rfd8 24.
Red1 Qh5 $10 25. R1d2 Qg4 (25... b5 $5 26. c5 Qd5 $13) 26. Qb3 h5 27. Ka2 Qe4 (
27... h4 28. Rd1 $10) (27... e5 28. dxe5 Rxd3 29. Qxd3 Qxc4+ 30. Qxc4 Rxc4 31.
Rd8+ Kg7 32. Rd7 Re4 $10) 28. Re3 Qc6 29. Rc3 Qe4 (29... Rd6 30. Rd1 Rcd8 31.
Rcd3 $10) 30. Re3 Qc6 31. Rc3 Qe4 32. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.12.09"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Markos, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R/Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "206"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Bindlach"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bg5
Bb7 9. e4 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. O-O-O ({Solider und vermutlich auch besser ist} 
11. Rd1 {/\Be2, 0-0}) 11... Nc6 12. e5 Ne8 (12... Nh5 13. Bg3 (13. Bxe7 Qxe7
14. Qd2 (14. Qe4 $5 {/\15.Qg4 g6 16.Ne4} f6 15. Bd3 f5 16. Qe3) 14... Rad8 15.
Be2 f5 $6 (15... f6 $5 16. Ne1 Na5 17. Qe3 fxe5 18. Bxh5 Nxc4 19. Qg3 d5) 16.
Kb1 $16 {1-0 Obukhov,A (2425)-Grigoriev,V (2237)/St Petersburg 2000/EXT 2001 
(44)}) 13... Rc8 14. Bd3 Na5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Olafsson,H (2531)-Hellsten,J (2564)/
Mallorca 2004/CBM 104 (39)}) 13. Bg3 (13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qd3 Rd8 15. Ne4 Na5 16.
Kb1 Ba6 (16... Rc8) 17. Qd4 Nc6 (17... d6 $142 $1) 18. Qd2 {0-1 Serper,G (2574)
-Zhang Zhong (2636)/Cap d'Agde 2000/CBM 080 (57)}) 13... Na5 14. Be2 Rc8 15.
Rd4 $14 Bxf3 (15... a6 16. Rhd1 Rc7 $6 (16... Bc6 17. b4 (17. Kb1 b5 $13) 17...
b5 18. c5) 17. Kb1 Bxf3 (17... Nc6) 18. gxf3 $16 {1-0 Esen,B (2287)-Erdogdu,M 
(2414)/Warsaw 2005/CBM 108 (33)}) 16. Bxf3 (16. gxf3 $5 {, obwohl vielleicht
besser, verwarf der Anziehende aus prinzipiellen Erwägungen.}) 16... Nxc4 17.
Rhd1 d5 $5 ({Nach langem Nachdenken ein mutiger Gegenstoß, der aber eher aus
der Verlegenheit geboren ist, während das prosaische} 17... Rc7 {nach} 18. Qd3
Qc8 19. Rxd7 b5 20. Rxc7 Nxc7 21. Qd7 $14 {nur Weiß etwas gäbe.}) 18. exd6 Bxd6
$6 ({Trotz längerem Nachdenken verfängt Schwarz sich in seine hausgemachten
Probleme. Bessere Alternativen:  I} 18... Nexd6 19. Be2 Qe8 20. Rxd6 (20. Bxd6
Nxd6 21. Rxd6 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Qe7 $14) 20... Nxd6 21. Rxd6 Bxd6 22. Bxd6 Qd8 23.
Bxf8 Qxf8 $14) ({II} 18... Ncxd6 19. Kb1 $14 b5 20. Qd2 a6 21. Bxd6 Nxd6 22.
Rxd6 Bxd6 23. Qxd6 Qa5 $14) 19. Be2 $1 {Eine böse Überraschung! Wegen
Überlastung kann Schwarz sich jetzt nur durch ein Verzweiflungsopfer mehr
schlecht als recht im Spiel halten.} Nxa3 $8 20. bxa3 $5 ({I Aus
schachpraktischen Erwägungen verdiente das unkomplizierte} 20. Qd2 $5 {auch
Beachtung:} b5 (20... Qf6 21. Bxd6 Nxd6 22. Rxd6 Nc4 (22... b5 23. Qd4 $1) 23.
Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Kb1 $16) 21. Rxd6 Nxd6 22. Bxd6 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Bxf8 Qxf8
25. Kb1 $16) ({II Ein grober Fehler wäre indes} 20. Qb3 $4 {wegen} Qg5+ 21. f4
(21. R1d2 Bxg3 22. fxg3 Qc5 $17) 21... Qc5 $1 $17) 20... Bxa3+ 21. Kb1 Qe7 {
Drei Bauern für eine Figur und der weiße König steht offen - scheinbar hat
Schwarz gute Kompensation. Aber einige seiner Figuren sind schlecht postiert,
deshalb steht Weiß deutlich besser.} (21... Qg5 $2 22. Ba6 Rc5 (22... Rc6 23.
Ra4 Be7 (23... Qc5 24. Bb7) 24. Ne4) 23. h4 $1 Qh5 24. Be2 Qf5 25. Qxf5 Rxf5
26. Ra4) 22. Qb3 $2 {Sieht zwar natürlich aus, aber versäumt das sofortige und
sehr effiziente Nachsetzen} (22. Ba6 $1 {und nun:} Rc5 (22... Ra8 23. Nb5 Bc5
24. Rd7 Qg5 25. f4 $18) (22... Rc6 23. Nd5 $1) 23. Rd7 Qg5 (23... Qf6 24. Ne4
$1) 24. h4 Qf5 25. Qxf5 Rxf5 26. Rxa7 $16) 22... Nf6 23. Ba6 Ra8 $6 (23... Bc5
$1 24. R4d3 Rcd8 $14) 24. Bh4 $1 Bc5 ({Besser ist wohl} 24... g5 {, aber so
wird man in einer Partie kaum spielen:} 25. Bg3 Bc5 26. R4d3 Rad8 27. h4 Rxd3
28. Rxd3 Rd8 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Qd1 Rxd3 31. Bxd3 $13) 25. Rd7 $1 Qxd7 26. Rxd7
Nxd7 {Die schwarzen Türme sind schlecht platziert.} 27. f4 ({Um ...Ne5 zu
verhindern, aber eigene Aktivitäten hatten jetzt den Vorrang:} 27. Ne4 $142 $1
Ne5 (27... Bd4 28. Qa4 Bf6 (28... Nc5 $2 29. Qxd4 Nxa6 30. Bf6 $3 $18) 29. Bg3
Nc5 30. Nxc5 bxc5 31. Bd6 Rfe8 32. Bb7 Rad8 33. Bc6 Rxd6 34. Bxe8) 28. Bg3 (28.
Qa4 Ng6 29. Nxc5 bxc5 30. Bg3 $16) 28... Bd4 29. Qb5 Ng6 30. Qh5 {/\Bd6+/-})
27... Bd4 28. Qa4 Bf6 (28... Nc5 29. Qxd4 Nxa6 30. Ne4 Nc5 (30... Rfc8 $6 31.
Nd6 Rc7 32. f5 $40) 31. Be7 (31. Nxc5 bxc5 32. Qe5 Rfc8 33. Be1 Rab8+ 34. Kc2
Rb6 35. g4 f6 36. Qe4 Rcb8 37. Bc3 $16) 31... Rfc8 32. Ng3 g6 33. h4 h5 34. Qf6
$16) 29. Qxd7 Bxh4 30. f5 $6 ({Voreilig; nach} 30. g3 $142 {und z.B.} Rfd8 31.
Qb7 Bf6 32. Ne4 Rd1+ 33. Kc2 Rad8 34. Qxa7 Rh1 35. Nxf6+ gxf6 36. Qe7 Rxh2+ 37.
Kc3 Rdd2 38. f5 $1 $16 {wäre dieser Bauernzug besser getimt.}) 30... exf5 $6 ({
Alternativen: I Mit der Turmverbindung auf der d-Linie nach} 30... Rfd8 31. Qb5
Be1 32. Ne4 exf5 33. Qxf5 Rd4 34. Qe5 Rad8 $14 {hätte Schwarz eine zähe
Verteidigungsstellung.}) ({II Nicht} 30... Be1 $2 31. fxe6 $1 Bxc3 32. exf7+
Kh8 33. Bd3 Rad8 34. Qf5 Rxd3 35. Qxd3 Bf6 36. Qg6 a5 37. g4 b5 38. Qh5 a4 39.
h4 $18) 31. Qxf5 Rad8 32. Bc4 Rd4 (32... Rd2 33. Bd5 Rf2 34. Qg4 Bf6 35. Ne4)
33. Bb3 Rd2 $2 ({Erforderlich war} 33... Bf6 {und z.B.} 34. Ne4 $16 (34. Bc2
Rfd8 35. Ne4 $16)) 34. Ne4 $2 ({Jetzt kraftlos, während} 34. Bc2 $1 g6 (34...
Rfd8 35. Qh7+ Kf8 36. Qh8+ Ke7 37. Qxg7 Bf6 38. Qg3) 35. Qg4 $40 {tödlichen
Druck erzeugt hätte:} Bg5 36. h4 Be3 37. Ne4 $1 Rdd8 (37... Rd4 38. Bb3 Kh7 39.
Qf3 $18) 38. h5 Bd4 39. Ng3 $18 {/+/-}) 34... Rxg2 $11 35. h3 Rg1+ 36. Kc2 Rg2+
37. Kb1 Rg1+ 38. Kc2 g6 39. Qd7 Rg2+ 40. Kb1 Rg1+ 41. Kb2 Rf1 42. Bc4 Bf6+ 43.
Nxf6+ (43. Kc2 Rf4 44. Bd5 $13) 43... Rxf6 44. Qxa7 Rc8 45. Bd5 Rc5 46. Qd7 Rf5
47. Bb3 Rf2+ 48. Ka3 Ra5+ 49. Kb4 Rf4+ 50. Kc3 Rg5 51. Qe8+ Kg7 52. Qe3 Rgf5
53. Bd1 Rc5+ 54. Kb3 Rf6 55. Qd4 Rcf5 56. Be2 Rf2 57. Qe3 h5 58. Bd1 Rg2 59.
Qe5 Rd2 60. Be2 $2 (60. Bxh5 $1 {Der wurde gesehen und hätte auch gespielt
werden müssen. Später kommt dieser Bauer ersatzlos abhanden. Nach dem weiteren}
Rd3+ 61. Kc4 Rxh3 62. Be2 $11 {hätte Schwarz aber aufgrund seiner viel
größereren Bedenkzeitreserve (!) einfach weitergespielt.}) 60... Rdd6 61. Bc4
Rc6 62. Bd5 Rc1 63. Bc4 Rh1 64. Qc3 Rg1 65. Qe3 Rg2 66. Bd5 Rgf2 67. Qd4 Kh7
68. Qe5 R2f5 69. Qe7 Kg7 70. Qd7 Rg5 71. Be4 Rg3+ 72. Kc4 Re3 73. Qd4 $2 {
Hier hatte Weiß sein Tempo schon deutlich erhöhen müssen.} (73. Kd4 Rg3 74. Kc4
Re6 75. Bd5 Rf6 76. Be4 $11) 73... Rxh3 $19 {Schlicht eingestellt.} 74. Kb5
Rb3+ 75. Ka6 Rg3 76. Bd5 Rg4 77. Qc3 Rgf4 78. Kb7 R4f5 79. Qd4 h4 80. Bg2 Rf4
81. Qe5 Rg4 82. Bd5 Rgf4 83. Bg2 R4f5 84. Qd4 g5 85. Bh3 Rf3 86. Qe5 Rxh3 87.
Qxg5+ Rg6 88. Qe5+ Kh7 89. Qf5 Rhg3 90. Qh5+ Rh6 91. Qf5+ Rgg6 92. Ka6 Kg7 93.
Qe5+ Rf6 94. Qg5+ Rhg6 95. Qxh4 Rg2 96. Qd4 Rg5 97. Kb7 Kg6 98. Qe4+ Kg7 99.
Qd4 b5 100. Qc3 Rgg6 101. Qd4 b4 102. Kc7 b3 103. Kd7 Kg8 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Perunovic, Milos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Be7 {Not the most popular move order; however, various
transpositions may lead to similar positions in this system.} 10. Rd1 b6 11. e3
(11. e4 {is another plan.}) 11... Bb7 12. Be2 Rc8 ({In the following game
Black did without the rook move, and White kept some pressure:} 12... a6 13.
O-O Nh5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Qd2 Nf6 16. Ne5 d5 17. cxd5 Nexd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19.
Rc1 Qb8 20. Qc3 b5 21. Qc7 Ra7 22. Qxb8 Rxb8 23. Rfd1 Kf8 24. f3 Ba8 25. e4 $14
{1/2 (41) Bukavshin,I (2487)-Shomoev,A (2582) Izhevsk 2012}) 13. O-O Na5 (13...
Nh5 $5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. b4 (15. Qa4 Nf6 16. Nb5 d5 17. Nxa7 Nxa7 18. Qxa7 Qc7
19. Qa4 dxc4 $11 {1/2 (22) Izoria,Z (2541)-Georgiev,K (2637) Rethymnon 2003}) (
15. Qd2 $5) 15... Nf6 16. Qb3 Rfd8 17. Rd2 a5 18. Rb1 axb4 19. axb4 d5 20. cxd5
Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 exd5 23. b5 Na5 24. Qd3 Nc4 25. Nd4 Nd6 26. Bg4 Rc5
$11 {1/2 (43) Chekhov,V (2495)-Reeh,O (2465) Gausdal 1990}) 14. Nd2 (14. b3 d5
15. Qb2 Qe8 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 $11 {0-1 (31) Ramirez,A (2331)-Coleman,
P (2535) ICCF 2001}) (14. Ne5 d6 (14... d5 $5 15. b4 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. cxd5
exd5 18. Bb5 Rc8 19. Qb3 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 Ne4 21. Bxe7 Nxc3 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 23. a4
Nxd1 24. Rxd1 Kf8 25. Kf1 Rc8 $11 {1/2 (41) Lauber,A (2380)-Gipslis,A (2470)
Pardubice 1996}) 15. b4 Qe8 $1 16. bxa5 (16. Ng6 fxg6 17. bxa5 bxa5 18. f4 {
0-1 (53) Kalesis,N (2390)-Graf,A (2580) Aegina 1996} d5 $15) 16... dxe5 17.
axb6 axb6 18. Qb1 $1 g5 (18... Bxa3 19. Qxb6 Qc6 20. Qxc6 Bxc6 21. Nb5 Bc5 22.
Bg3 Nd7 $11 {V.Golod}) 19. Bg3 Qc6 20. Bf3 e4 21. Be2 {1/2 (69) Golod,V (2578)
-Solleveld,M (2463) Zuerich 2005 CBM 110 ext [Golod,V]} Ba6 $132) 14... d5 15.
b4 Nc6 (15... Nxc4 16. Nxc4 Qc7 17. Bg3 Qc6 {1/2 (23) Gomez,A-Emmanuel,B LSS
2008} 18. b5 Qc5 19. Na4 Qxb5 20. Nd6 $1 Rxc2 21. Bxb5 $14) 16. Nf3 Qe8 (16...
a5 $5 17. Qb2 $5 (17. b5 $143 Nb8 18. Qb2 Nbd7 19. Na4 g5 20. Bg3 Ne4 21. Nd2
Bf6 22. Qa2 Nxg3 23. hxg3 Qc7 $15 {1-0 (43) Nadera,B (2390)-Hamid,R (2105)
Manila 1992}) 17... axb4 $140 18. axb4 Bxb4 $6 (18... Nxb4 $6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20.
cxd5 $36) 19. Nxd5 $1 exd5 20. cxd5 Qe7 21. dxc6 Bxc6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Nd4 $36
) 17. Qb3 dxc4 18. Bxc4 a6 19. Be2 Nb8 $11 {Black has solved his opening
problems.} 20. Ne5 $6 {This risky move looks like a blunder. Is it indeed a
voluntary sacrifice?} Nd5 $1 {[%mdl 64]} (20... b5 {[%cal Yb8d7] is quite
enough for equality but the text move wins an exchange.}) 21. Nxd5 (21. Bxe7
Nxc3 (21... Rxc3 $143 22. Qb2 Qxe7 23. Rxd5 Qc7 24. Rd4 Rc2 25. Rc4 $1) 22.
Bxf8 Nxe2+ 23. Kh1 Kxf8 {is clearly poor for White.}) 21... Bxd5 22. Rxd5 $8
exd5 23. Bg3 Rd8 $6 {Black starts playing passively, and White gradually
obtains good compensation.} (23... Bh4 $5 24. Bxh4 (24. Bf4 g5 $1 25. Nf3 Bxf2+
26. Rxf2 gxf4 27. exf4 Qe6) 24... Qxe5 25. Bg3 Qc3 26. Qxd5 Rfd8 $15 {[%csl
Gc3,Gc8,Gd8]}) 24. Rc1 Bf6 25. Ng4 Qe6 26. Nxf6+ Qxf6 27. Bc7 Rc8 $6 (27... Rd7
$142 $1 $15 28. Bg4 $140 $2 Rc8 $1 29. Bxd7 Rxc7 $1 $19) 28. Bg4 Nd7 29. Qxd5
Qb2 30. Qd1 f5 31. Be2 Nf6 $2 {Why give up the a6-pawn?} (31... b5 {was more
appropriate, e.g.} 32. a4 $1 Nf6 33. axb5 axb5 34. Rb1 Qa2 $13 {[%cal Yf6e4]})
32. Bxa6 Rce8 (32... Qxa3 33. Bxc8 Rxc8 34. h3 $1 Qxb4 (34... Ne8 $143 35. Ra1
$1 Qxb4 36. Qd5+ Kh8 37. Be5) 35. Rb1 Qc4 36. Bxb6 $16) 33. Qc2 (33. Bxb6 $5
Qxa3 34. Bc4+ Kh8 35. b5 $16) 33... Qxa3 34. Bc4+ Kh8 35. Bd6 Ne4 36. Bxf8 Rxf8
{White has won a pawn and, despite a lot of technical problems, manages to
convert it.} 37. Rb1 Rc8 38. Qd3 Nc3 39. Rf1 f4 (39... Qxb4 40. Be6 Ra8 41.
Bxf5) 40. exf4 Qxb4 41. Be6 Re8 $2 {Black overlooks a strong rearrangement of
White's pieces.} (41... Rf8 $142) 42. Qg6 Rd8 43. Bf5 Kg8 44. Qe6+ Kh8 45. Qg6
Kg8 46. g3 (46. Qh7+ Kf7 47. Bg6+ Kf6 48. Bd3 $1 Kf7 49. Qf5+ Kg8 50. Qe6+ Kh8
51. Qg6 Kg8 52. Re1 Ne2+ 53. Kf1 $1 {was winning by force.}) 46... Qd6 47. Qh7+
Kf7 (47... Kf8 48. Re1 Qd5 49. Bg4 $18 {[%cal Yf4f5]}) 48. Re1 Ne2+ 49. Kg2 Nd4
50. Re5 b5 51. Bg4 Qc6+ 52. Kh3 Qc4 53. Bh5+ Kf8 54. Qg6 Qc8+ 55. f5 Kg8 56.
Bg4 Qc7 57. Re8+ Rxe8 58. Qxe8+ Kh7 59. Bh5 1-0

[Event "RUS-CHN Summit Men 4th"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "2007.08.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2007.08.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bf4
Bb7 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. e3 Nh5 (10... Be7 {is probably more solid.}) 11. Bg3 f5 12.
Be2 Rc8 {This line was examined in CBM102ext, annotations to Erdos-Dearing. It
seems that it is rather favorable for White} 13. Qd2 $146 {[%mdl 8] Directly
attacking the backward d7 pawn.} (13. O-O $5 {is an interesting alternative,
which brought White success in the following game:} Nxg3 14. hxg3 Be7 15. Nb5
Rf7 16. Rd2 a6 17. Rfd1 $1 Nb8 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Re7 20. Ne5 Rc5 21. f4 Qc7
22. Qd2 $16 {1-0 Jelen,I-Jovanic,O/Ljubljana 2005/CBM 107 ext (31)}) (13. Nb5
f4 (13... Nxg3 14. hxg3 Ba8 15. g4 h6 16. gxf5 Rxf5 17. Rh3 $6 (17. Bd3 $1 Rf6
18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Be4 $16 {Dearing}) 17... a6 18. Nc3 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Bf3
Bxf3 21. gxf3 Bf8 {1/2-1/2 Baburin,A-Chandler,M/West Bromwich 2003/EXT 2005 
(28)}) 14. exf4 Nxf4 15. O-O a5 $5 16. Nd6 Rb8 17. Ne4 $6 (17. Bd3 $1 $16 {
Dearing}) 17... e5 $1 18. Neg5 g6 19. Bxf4 Rxf4 20. Ne6 dxe6 $3 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8
$44 {1/2-1/2 Erdos,V-Dearing,E/Budapest 2004/CBM 102 ext/[Dearing] (41)}) 13...
Nxg3 14. hxg3 Qf6 {Black gives up the pawn but doesn't get sufficient
compensation.} (14... Rf7 15. Nb5 $5 $36 (15. e4 $5)) 15. Qxd7 Rf7 16. Qd2 Rd8
17. Qc2 Rxd1+ 18. Bxd1 g6 19. Qd2 $6 (19. g4 $142 $1 fxg4 $140 20. Ne4) 19...
h5 {Not only losing time but also weakening the g6 pawn.} (19... Rf8 $1 $132 {
[%cal Yf8d8]} 20. Ne2 (20. e4 Nd4 $1) 20... Rd8 21. Qc3 Be7 $44) 20. Ne2 Qg7 (
20... Rf8 {is too late:} 21. Ba4 Rd8 22. Qc3 Be7 23. Nf4 {[%csl Re6,Rg6]}) 21.
Ba4 Rd7 22. Qc3 Rc7 23. O-O Be7 24. Rd1 Qxc3 25. Nxc3 {and White gradually
converted his extra pawn in the endgame:} a6 26. b4 Kg7 27. Bb3 Kf6 28. Na4 b5
29. Nb6 bxc4 30. Bxc4 Nb8 31. Nd4 Nd7 32. Nxd7+ Rxd7 33. Rb1 Rd6 34. Nb3 Be4
35. Rc1 Bd3 36. Nd4 Bxc4 37. Rxc4 e5 38. Nc6 Bf8 39. f4 exf4 40. gxf4 g5 41.
fxg5+ Kxg5 42. Nd4 Kg6 43. Kf2 Rf6 44. Kf3 Bd6 45. Rc6 Be5 46. Rxf6+ Kxf6 47.
Nb3 Bd6 48. Na5 Be5 49. Nb7 Bb2 50. a4 Bc3 51. b5 axb5 52. axb5 Ke6 53. b6 Bb4
54. Nd8+ Kd7 55. Nf7 Bc5 56. Ne5+ Kd6 57. Kf4 Ke6 58. Nc4 Kd5 59. b7 Ba7 60.
Na5 Kc5 61. Kxf5 Kb6 62. e4 $1 (62. e4 Kxa5 63. e5 Kb6 64. e6 Kc7 65. Kf6 $18)
1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.01.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fodor, Tamas Jr"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 Nxc5 9. b4 $6 Nce4 10. Qd4 d6 11. Bg5 $6 {The whole line is good for
Black but after this voluntary exchange of White's bishop Black is clearly
better as he has a huge development advantage without any compensation for
White.} (11. Nd2 e5 12. Qe3 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Be6 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Qd3 {1-0 (35)
Bargan,S (2267)-Soltanici,R (2400) Chisinau MDA 2016} Rc7 $17 {[%cal Yd8e7,
Yf8c8]}) (11. Ng5 $142 e5 12. Qb2 (12. Qd3 Bf5) 12... a5 13. f3 (13. Nxe4 Nxe4
14. e3 Qh4 $36) 13... Nxg5 14. Bxg5 axb4 15. Qxb4 (15. axb4 Rxa1+ 16. Qxa1 Be6
17. e4 Qc7 {[%csl Rc4]}) 15... h6 {0-1 (60) Peng,Z (2402)-Chuchelov,V (2534)
Netherlands 2005} 16. Bh4 $15) 11... Nxg5 12. Nxg5 a5 (12... e5 $5 13. Qb2 (13.
Qh4 a5 14. b5 d5 15. e3 e4 16. Rd1 h6 17. Nh3 Bg4 18. Be2 Bxe2 19. Kxe2 Qc7 $19
{0-1 (27) Freeman,M-Pritchett,C (2425) Glasgow 1977}) (13. Qd3 a5 14. b5 {
1/2 (30) Gonda,L (2522)-Predojevic,B (2652) Zupanja 2009} e4 $1 15. Qd4 Qe7 $17
{[%cal Rh7h6,Yd6d5]}) 13... h6 (13... e4 $5) 14. Nf3 e4 15. Nd4 e3 16. f3 Nd7 (
16... Bd7 $5) (16... a5 $5) 17. g3 Qf6 18. Qc3 Nb6 19. Rc1 Be6 20. Qxe3 Bxc4
$36 {0-1 (28) Paulsen,D (2330)-Lobron,E (2470) Germany 1982}) 13. b5 (13. e3 e5
14. Qb2 e4 {[%cal Rh7h6]}) 13... h6 ({Here, too,} 13... e5 14. Qb2 e4 {was
quite strong but Nakamura prefers to follow Lobron's footsteps in an improved
version.}) 14. Nf3 e5 15. Qb2 e4 16. Nd4 (16. Nd2 {was not much better, e.g.}
e3 17. fxe3 Re8 18. Qd4 b6 {[%cal Yc8b7]}) 16... e3 $1 {[%mdl 544]} 17. f3 Bd7
18. g3 Rc8 19. Rc1 Qb6 {[%cal Rd6d5]} 20. Qc3 Rfe8 21. Bg2 Qc5 22. O-O d5 {
White has managed to complete his development but now he suffers material
losses.} 23. Nb3 (23. Rfd1 {was more stubborn.}) 23... Qxa3 24. Nxa5 Qxc3 25.
Rxc3 b6 26. Nb7 Rxc4 27. Rxc4 dxc4 28. Rc1 Rc8 29. Nd6 Rc5 {[%cal Rc4c3]} 30.
Rc3 Rd5 $1 31. Nxc4 Rc5 {White has recovered the pawn but now he loses his
knight.} 32. Rc2 Bf5 0-1

[Event "Pamplona-A 16th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2006.12.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "227"]
[EventDate "2006.12.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. e4
Nc6 (8... Bb7 {leads to a more popular position, which, by the way, can arise
from the Petrosian system in the QI defense.}) 9. Bd3 $146 {A harmless novelty.
} (9. Bg5 {is met by} h6 10. Bh4 e5 $1 {, e.g.} 11. Be2 a5 12. Rd1 (12. O-O d6
13. Rad1 Be6 14. Nd5 g5 15. Bg3 Rc8 16. Kh1 Nd4 {1/2-1/2 Grigorov,G-Riff,J/La
Fere 2006/CBM 113 ext}) 12... Re8 13. Nd5 g5 14. Bg3 d6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Qb1
$6 Be6 17. h4 g4 18. Nd2 a4 19. h5 Kh8 $17 {0-1 Likavsky,T-Dydyshko,V/Cartak
2004/EXT 2005 (49)}) (9. b4 $5 {deserves serious attention. If} Nd4 $6 (9...
Bd6 $1 {needs practical testing}) {then} 10. Qd3 Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 $1 {followed
by a strong attack along the g-file, e.g.} Be7 12. e5 Ne8 13. Rg1 Bb7 14. Ne4
Bxe4 15. Qxe4 a5 16. b5 f5 17. Qe2 Rc8 18. Bb2 Bc5 19. Rd1 Rf7 20. f4 g6 21.
Qh5 Bf8 22. Qf3 Ng7 23. Be2 Bc5 24. Bd4 Ne8 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Qe3 Rg7 27. Rg3
Qc7 28. h4 Qd8 29. h5 $36 {1-0 Marcetic,N-Cabrilo,G/Mataruska Banja 1997/EXT
2002 (36)}) 9... Ng4 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. h3 Nge5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Be2
a6 15. Nc3 Qc7 {A typical hedgehog-like position, very solid for Black, has
arisen.} 16. Kh1 Bb7 17. f4 Nc6 18. Bd3 Nd4 19. Qd1 f5 $1 {Starting Black's
counterplay.} 20. b4 Be7 21. Bb2 fxe4 (21... a5 $1 {was apparently very strong.
}) 22. Bxe4 Nf5 23. Qd3 Bxe4 24. Nxe4 Rac8 {It was better to insert ...a7-a5
b4-b5 first:} (24... a5 $5 25. b5 (25. g4 Nd6 $36) 25... Rac8 26. Rac1 Qb7 27.
Kh2 d5 28. cxd5 Qxd5 29. Qe2 Qa2 $1 $36 {[%cal Re7a3]}) 25. Rac1 Qb7 (25... a5
$5) 26. Kh2 d5 (26... a5 27. g4 {is not so clear now.}) 27. cxd5 Qxd5 28. Qe2
$1 Rxc1 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Not a good idea - to give up the c-file.} ({Even now} 
28... Qa2 {[%cal Ya6a5] was better!}) 29. Rxc1 Nd6 30. Rc7 (30. Nxd6 $5 Bxd6 (
30... Qxd6 31. Be5) 31. Rd1 $1 Qf5 (31... Bxf4+ $2 32. g3) 32. g3 Be7 33. Qc4
$1 $16 {[%cal Yd1d7]} (33. Rd7 $143 Rc8 $1)) 30... Rf7 31. Nc3 Qf5 32. Bc1 b5
33. Rc6 $16 Bf8 34. Rxa6 Rc7 35. Bd2 Nc4 36. Be1 Rd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]
Blundering a second pawn.} (36... Rf7 $142 $16) 37. Nxb5 $1 $18 Nd6 (37... Qxb5
38. Qxe6+ Rf7 (38... Kh8 39. Ra8) 39. a4 Qf5 40. Qxc4 $18) (37... Qxf4+ 38. Bg3
$18) 38. Nc3 (38. Nxd6 Bxd6 39. g3 {was good enough, too.}) 38... Qxf4+ 39. Bg3
Qc4 40. Ra8 (40. a4) 40... Qxe2 41. Nxe2 {The rest is a matter of technique...}
Kf7 42. Nd4 Nc4 43. Nc6 {[%cal Yc6e5]} Bd6 44. Bxd6 Rxd6 45. b5 Rd5 46. a4 e5
47. Ra7+ Ke6 48. Rxg7 Kd6 49. Rxh7 e4 50. Rh4 Nd2 51. Rh6+ Kc5 52. Re6 e3 53.
g4 Rd3 54. Kg3 Ra3 55. Kf4 Nf1 56. Re4 Ra2 57. Nd4 Rf2+ 58. Ke5 Nd2 59. Ne6+
Kb6 60. Rxe3 Nc4+ 61. Kd4 Nxe3 62. Kxe3 Ra2 63. g5 Ra3+ 64. Kf4 Rxh3 65. g6 Rh8
66. g7 Rg8 67. Ke5 Ka5 68. Kf6 Kxa4 69. Nd4 (69. b6 Kb5 70. b7 Kc6 71. b8=Q
Rxb8 72. Nf8 $18) 69... Rd8 70. Ke7 Rxd4 71. g8=Q Kxb5 {[%mdl 4096] Game over?
Not quite, as the famous Gelfand - Svidler rapid game (Moscow wch 2001) shows.
But with a normal time rate?} 72. Qc8 Rd5 73. Ke6 Rd4 74. Ke5 Rd3 75. Qc2 Rd8
76. Qb3+ Kc5 77. Qc3+ Kb5 78. Ke6 Kb6 79. Qc4 Rg8 80. Qd4+ Kc6 81. Qc3+ {
Checks are not the best way to make use of the queen.} (81. Ke7 $142 {as White
played in a similar position... 20 moves later.}) 81... Kb5 82. Kd6 Rg6+ 83.
Kc7 Rg4 84. Qc6+ Kb4 85. Qd6+ Kc3 86. Kc6 Rd4 87. Qa3+ Kd2 88. Kc5 Re4 89. Kd5
Rg4 90. Qf3 Rb4 91. Kc5 Ra4 92. Qf6 Kd3 93. Qd6+ Ke3 94. Qg3+ Ke2 95. Qc3 Rf4
96. Kd5 Rg4 97. Ke5 Rh4 98. Kf5 Kf2 99. Qd3 Rh7 100. Qd4+ Kf3 101. Kg5 Rh2 102.
Qf4+ Kg2 103. Kg4 Kg1 104. Qd4+ Kg2 105. Qd3 Kg1 106. Qe3+ Kf1 107. Qc1+ Kf2
108. Qd2+ Kg1 109. Qe1+ Kg2 {Almost every practical Q vs R ending results in
this position, which (with White to move, of course) is Black's last defensive
line! In fact, it is much more important than the Philidor position, i.e. Kf3,
Qh4- Kg1,Rg2. However... for unknown reasons it is by no way distinguished in
endgame books! In the famous Averbakh monograph it is just one of 20 positions
illustrating this endgame. In "Dvoretsky's endgame manual" it is simply absent
(instead of being put in blue)! Not surprisingly, even top GMs have no idea
how to finish Black off here! And finding it under time pressure is not too
easy. By the way, it was the same obstacle that GM Peter Svidler failed to
overcome!} 110. Qg3+ (110. Qe5 {wins simply:} Kg1 111. Kg3 Rg2+ 112. Kh3 {etc.}
) ({I like another method - passing the move to Black in the following way:} 
110. Qa1 Kf2 111. Qd1 Rg2+ 112. Kf4 Rh2 113. Qd2+ Kg1 114. Qe1+ Kg2 115. Kg4)
110... Kh1 111. Kf3 $4 {And this is hard to understand. GM A.Morozevich falls
into a trap, which is really well-known.} (111. Qe5 {was still correct.})
111... Rf2+ $1 112. Ke3 Re2+ 113. Kd3 Rd2+ 114. Kxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5 8.
Bg2 Nce4 9. O-O Bxc3 (9... Nxc3 {is more common and logical, not yielding
White the bishop pair.}) 10. bxc3 d5 {Hardly a good idea - to open up the
position against White's bishops.} (10... d6 11. Nd4 Nc5 12. Rd1 (12. Ba3 Bd7
13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Nb5 Bxb5 15. cxb5 Qc7 16. Rfd1 Rad8 $11 {0-1 (67) Vera
Gonzalez Quevedo,R (2510)-Rivera,A (2440) Cienfuegos 1997}) 12... Bd7 13. Nb3
Qc7 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 {0-1 (53) Neubauer,M (2465)-Stefansson,H (2574) Rijeka 2010}
15. Bxb7 Rab8 16. Bf3 $14) (10... Qc7 $5 11. Nd4 (11. Bf4 $5 Qxc4 $4 12. Ne5)
11... d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Rac1 Qe5 15. e3 Bd7 {1/2 (15) Brunner,N
(2412)-Renet,O (2469) Haguenau FRA 2013}) (10... Qa5 $5 11. Nd4 d5 (11... Qxc3
$6 12. Qxc3 Nxc3 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Rfc1 e5 15. Rxc3 exd4 16. Rd3 Rxe2 17. Rxd4
$36) 12. cxd5 exd5 13. c4 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bb2 Bd7 16. f3 (16. Qb3 $5)
16... Rac8 17. Qd3 Nc5 18. Qd2 Na4 19. e4 Qd6 $11 {1/2 (31) Vera Gonzalez
Quevedo,R (2495)-Adla,D (2435) Matanzas 1992}) 11. Ng5 $5 {White wants to
immediately get rid of Black's centralised knight. A tactical fight now starts.
} (11. Bf4 $5 {was probably more appropriate, though,} dxc4 $140 $6 12. Ne5)
11... Nd6 $1 (11... Nxg5 12. Bxg5 dxc4 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. Qa4 {with unpleasant
pressure.}) 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rd1 Bf5 14. Qb3 h6 15. Nh3 Bxh3 16. Bxh3 Re8 17.
Bg2 Rxe2 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Qf6 20. Bf4 Ne4 $2 {[%mdl 64] The wrong choice.
} (20... Nf5 $1 21. Qxb7 Rae8 22. Qf3 (22. Qxa7 Nh4 $1 23. Qb7 g5) 22... R2e4 {
gave Black a decent compensation for the pawn.}) 21. Qd3 Nxc3 22. Rac1 {
Black's pieces are in trouble.} Nxd1 $2 (22... g5 $8 23. Rxc3 gxf4 24. Qxe2
Qxc3 25. Qg4+ Qg7 26. Qxf4 $16 {[%csl Rg8]}) 23. Qxe2 Nc3 24. Qc4 {The knight
is trapped, and further resistance is hopeless.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. c6 $6 $146 {
[%mdl 8] This move looks so senseless... However, if you want to avoid
thoroughly investigated theoretical lines, you must look for paradoxical
decisions.} ({The most common moves are} 7. a3) (7. g3) (7. Bd2) (7. e3) 7...
dxc6 {In several games from the following blitz tournament Black tried} (7...
bxc6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Nc5 ({or} 9... d5 10. e3 (10. b4 Ne4 11. Qc2 c5 12. b5
Nc7 13. e3 a6 14. a4 Ne8 15. Bd3 N8d6 16. O-O Bb7 17. Bb2 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Nxc4
19. Qxc4 Bd5 20. Qe2 axb5 21. axb5 Qb6 $15 {1/2 Carlsen,M (2775)-Leko,P (2741)/
Moscow RUS 2008/The Week in Chess 721 (46)}) 10... Nc5 11. Qc2 Nce4 12. Be2 a5
(12... Bb7 13. O-O c5 14. b3 Qe7 15. Bb2 h6 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Ne5 Rfd8 18. f3
Nd6 19. Bd3 Nd7 20. Ng4 dxc4 21. bxc4 e5 22. e4 f6 23. Ne3 Nf8 24. Nd5 $14 {
1-0 Morozevich,A (2788)-Alekseev,E (2708)/Moscow RUS 2008/The Week in Chess
721 (35)}) 13. b3 Qb6 14. O-O Rb8 15. Rb1 Ba6 16. Ne5 c5 17. f3 Nd6 18. Bd2
Rfc8 19. Bd3 h6 20. a4 Qc7 21. Qc3 Rb4 22. Qa1 Rb7 23. Rfc1 $14 {1/2
Morozevich,A (2788)-Leko,P (2741)/Moscow RUS 2008/The Week in Chess 721 (44)})
10. Qc2 a5 11. Be3 Nce4 (11... Qe7 12. g3 a4 13. Bg2 Ba6 14. Ne5 Rfc8 15. Rd1
d5 16. O-O Ncd7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Qxa4 Bxc4 19. Qc2 Rcb8 20. Rd4 Rb3 21. Rfd1
Rab8 $132 {1-0 Morozevich,A (2788)-Karpov,A (2651)/Moscow RUS 2008/The Week in
Chess 721 (33)}) 12. c5 a4 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Bxd2 Ba6 15. g3 Nd5 16. Bg2 f5 17.
e4 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Qf6 19. f4 Rab8 20. O-O-O Bc4 21. Rde1 Bb3 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23.
Qg6 Qd4 $1 $19 {0-1 Morozevich,A (2788)-Ponomariov,R (2718)/Moscow RUS 2008/
The Week in Chess 721 (34)}) {Of course, we can hardly derive any conclusions
from the blitz games except the one that 7...bxc6 is worth testing in serious
chess. I'll dare to say that the text move is inferior.} 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3
Nc5 (9... Ne4 $6 10. Qe5 Nac5 11. b4 f6 12. Qf4 Nc3 13. Bd2 N5e4 14. Bxc3 Nxc3
15. Qe3 Na4 16. Qb3 Nb6 17. c5 Nd5 18. e4 $16) 10. Be3 Nce4 $2 (10... Qe7 {
is safer but White keeps a small plus after} 11. Rd1) 11. Qe5 $1 {[%csl Re4]
[%cal Rg2g4] The e4-knight now finds itself in serious trouble.} b5 (11... Qe7
12. O-O-O {[%cal Rg2g4]}) (11... Qd6 12. Rd1 Qxe5 13. Nxe5 $18 {[%cal Rf2f3]})
12. g4 $1 c5 (12... h6 13. h4) 13. g5 Qa5+ 14. b4 cxb4 15. gxf6 $18 {White has
won a piece; the game is over.} Bb7 16. Bd2 Rfc8 17. Bxb4 Qb6 18. c5 Qd8 19.
Rg1 g6 20. Rd1 Qxf6 21. c6 Bxc6 22. Rg4 Qxe5 23. Nxe5 f5 24. Nxc6 Rxc6 25. Bg2
a5 26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. Bd2 Rc4 28. Rg5 Ra4 29. Rxb5 Rxa3 30. Rb7 a4 31. Bf4 Rb3
32. Rxb3 axb3 33. Rb1 e3 34. Bxe3 Rb8 35. Kd2 Rb4 36. f3 e5 37. Bf2 1-0

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 3rd"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2015.02.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bd2 (7. Bxf6
{is possible, too, but White looksfor a more complicated position.}) 7... Qxc5
(7... Na6 8. a3 Nxc5 9. e4 $5 $36 (9. Rc1 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Qa4 11. Qxa4 Nxa4 12.
Bxf6 gxf6 13. b3 Nc5 14. b4 Na4 15. Nf3 b6 16. Nd2 Ba6 $11 {1/2 (46) Krush,I 
(2380)-Dragomarezkij,E (2468) Moscow 2002})) 8. e3 (8. a3 Bxc3 9. Qxc3 d5 10.
cxd5 Qxc3 11. Bxc3 Nxd5 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. e4 Nb6 14. Be3 e5 15. Bxb6 axb6 16. Bc4
Nd4 $132 {0-1 (45) Balla,T (2377)-Prodileanu,A (2204) Sarata Monteoru 2012}) (
8. e4 Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 e5 11. Nf3 d6 12. h3 a5 13. Bd3 a4 14. O-O Be6
15. Bd2 Rfc8 16. Be3 Qa5 17. Qe2 h6 18. Rad1 Nd7 $132 {0-1 (43) Borulya,L 
(2105)-Serper,G (2420) Pula 1990}) 8... Qc7 (8... b6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 {
[%cal Rc3b4]} Qe7 11. Bd3 $36) (8... d5 $6 {(not a good time to open up the
position!)} 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 a5 11. Bd4 Qc7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Rc1 dxc4 14.
Bxc4 Bd7 15. Nf3 Rc8 16. O-O $14 {1/2 (16) Jaracz,P (2548)-Jedynak,R (2475)
Czechia 2013}) (8... Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 e5 (10... Qe7 11. Bd3 e5 12. Ne2
Re8 13. Ng3 $14 (13. O-O $4 e4 14. Bxf6 gxf6 {0-1 (14) Ivanov,J (2300)-Dautov,
R (2535) Sverdlovsk 1989})) (10... a5 11. Nf3 (11. b3 $6 e5 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Be2
d5 14. O-O d4 15. exd4 exd4 16. Bb2 Bg4 $132 {0-1 (29) Wagner,A (2241)-Kishnev,
S (2488) Germany 2004}) 11... e5 12. Bd3 $14) 11. Nf3 $5 (11. b4 Qe7 12. b5 Nb8
13. Nf3 d6 14. Be2 Nbd7 15. O-O b6 16. Nd2 Bb7 17. a4 d5 18. Qb2 d4 19. Bb4 Nc5
$132 {1/2 (53) Krivko,Y-Khasin,A (2530) Omsk 1996})) ({Black's queen can
therefore retreat to give to his bishop a route back to e7.} 8... Qc6 {is not
the best square:} 9. Nf3 a6 10. Bd3 (10. a3 Be7 11. Bd3 d6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. b4
Qc7 14. h3 Rd8 15. Rac1 Nf8 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Qb3 Rdc8 18. f4 $14 {1-0 (61)
Marovic,D (2485)-Tatai,S (2465) Beersheba 1976}) 10... Qc7 11. g4 $5 Nxg4 12.
Bxh7+ Kh8 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Rg1 Nce5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Be2 f5 17. Nb1 Bxd2+ 18.
Nxd2 $36 {1-0 (71) Mascarinas,R (2465)-Smagin,S (2540) Zenica 1989}) (8... Qb6
$142 $5 9. a3 (9. Nf3 $5) 9... Be7 10. Nf3 a6 11. Be2 Qc7 12. Rc1 b6 13. O-O
Bb7 14. Rfd1 d6 15. e4 Nbd7 16. h3 Nc5 17. Bd3 Rac8 18. b3 Qb8 19. Nd4 Rfe8 $13
{1/2 (56) Tozer,R (2235)-Smagin,S (2535) London 1989}) (8... Qh5 $5 9. a3 Be7
10. Nge2 b6 11. Nf4 Qe5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O Nc6 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. b4 d5 16.
cxd5 exd5 $132 {[%cal Yd5d4] 0-1 (60) Hartston,W (2465)-Ornstein,A (2450)
Skara 1980}) 9. Nf3 (9. Nb5 $5 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Qb6 11. Nd6 {needs checking.
Black can try to oust White's knight by means of ...Nf6-e8 later on.}) 9... Be7
10. Bd3 Nc6 ({A more classic hedgehog setup was seen in the following game:} 
10... Na6 11. a3 Nc5 12. Be2 d6 13. O-O b6 14. b4 Ncd7 15. Rac1 Bb7 16. e4 Rac8
17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Bf4 Qb8 19. h3 h6 20. Qb1 Ne8 $13 {1/2 (39) Zysk,R (2395)
-Ribli,Z (2620) Germany 1988}) ({but} 10... a6 11. O-O d6 {[%cal Yb7b6,Yc8b7,
Yb8d7] was a more direct way to get a hedgehog.}) 11. a3 b6 (11... a6 $5 {
not allowing the following manoeuvre, which is, however, quite harmless.}) 12.
Nb5 Qb8 13. Bc3 h6 (13... a6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Nc3 g6 17. Bxg6
fxg6 18. Qxg6 {looks risky for Black but objectively White hardly has anything
better than a perpetual check.}) 14. Rd1 a6 15. Nbd4 (15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd6 Be7
17. Nxc8 Qxc8 18. O-O Qc7 {is hardly promising for White.}) 15... Nxd4 16. Bxd4
d6 $5 ({Equally good was} 16... Bb7 {(here or on the next move). ...b6-b5
would be possible in any case.}) 17. O-O Bd7 18. e4 e5 19. Bc3 Rc8 (19... b5
20. c5 $5 {although after} Rc8 21. cxd6 Bxd6 {Black is OK, too.}) 20. Qe2 Be6
21. Nh4 $5 g6 22. g3 {A passive continuation after the sharp previous move.} (
22. f4 $5 {was more logical:} Bg4 (22... exf4 $2 23. Nf5 $1) 23. Nf3 exf4 24.
h3 Bh5 (24... Bxf3 $2 25. Qxf3 g5 26. g3) 25. e5 dxe5 26. Bxe5 Qb7 27. Bxf4 Re8
28. Qc2 {[%cal Rg2g4,Rf4h6]} g5 $13) 22... Qc7 {The c4 pawn is now doomed.} 23.
Ng2 (23. b3 b5) (23. Bd2 $5 Bxc4 24. Bxh6 Bxd3 25. Rxd3 Qc2 26. Qf3 $1 d5 27.
Nf5 gxf5 28. Qxf5 Nxe4 29. Qg4+ (29. Rf3 $143 Nd6 30. Qxe5 Qg6 31. Qxe7 Nf5)
29... Ng5 30. Rfd1 $13 {(Chesspro.ru)}) 23... Bxc4 24. Ne3 Bxd3 25. Rxd3 Nxe4
26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Nd5 Qd6 (27... Nxg3 28. fxg3 Qb7 {looks too risky.}) 28. Qxe4
Bf8 29. Rfd1 $44 {White has powerful pieces but Black has no real weaknesses
so this compensation can only be enough for equality.} b5 30. Qf3 (30. Nf4 Qf6
31. Nd5 $11 Qe6 32. Re1 {[%cal Rd5c7,Re4e5]} (32. Nc7 $2 Qc4 $1)) 30... Kg7 31.
Nc3 $6 {[%mdl 16384] White takes the wrong way by preparing a rook invasion,
which doesn't bring him any benefit. He had a good opportunity to regain the
pawn:} (31. Nc7 $1 Qxc7 32. Rd7 Qc4 33. R1d5 Be7 $8 34. Rxe7 Rf8 35. Rdxe5 $11)
31... Qe6 32. Rd7 Bc5 33. Qe4 Ra7 {Black has improved the position of his
pieces, and White's compensation has vanished.} 34. Rd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]
Blundering another pawn. Positional mistakes often lead to tactical oversights
when you try to prove the unprovable: the correctness of your wrong plan.} Rxd8
35. Rxd8 Bxf2+ $1 36. Kg2 (36. Kxf2 Qb6+) 36... Bb6 37. Rd2 Rc7 38. Qa8 Bd4 39.
Ne2 Rd7 40. b4 h5 0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires Masters"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2012.06.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Valerga, Diego"]
[Black "Flores, Diego"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2012.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Bf4 e5 9. Bg5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Nd5 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qd8 13. Bg5 d3 14. Bxf6
dxc2 15. Bxd8 Rxd8 16. Rc1 b5 17. Rxc2 bxc4 18. e3 Rb8 19. Kd2 Ba6 20. b4 Bd6
21. Bxc4 Bb7 22. Rd1 a5 23. bxa5 Ra8 24. Ke2 Bxa3 $6 (24... Rxa5 25. Nf6+ $1
gxf6 $14) 25. a6 $18 Bxa6 26. Bxa6 Rxa6 27. Ra2 Ra5 (27... Rb8 28. Rda1 Rb3 $18
) 28. Rd3 $2 (28. Ne7+ $1 Bxe7 29. Rxa5 $18) 28... Rda8 $16 29. Nb6 Bf8 30.
Rxa5 Rxa5 31. Rxd7 Ra2+ 32. Kf3 Ra6 33. Rb7 g6 34. g4 Ra2 35. Nc4 Rc2 36. Ne5
f6 37. Nd7 Be7 38. Nb6 Rb2 39. Rxe7 Rxb6 40. h4 Rb5 41. Kg3 h5 42. f4 hxg4 43.
Kxg4 Rb1 44. Kf3 Rh1 45. Kg3 Kf8 46. Rc7 f5 47. Rc2 Kg7 48. Rh2 Re1 49. Kf2 Ra1
50. Kf3 Rf1+ 51. Ke2 Ra1 52. Rh3 Kh6 53. Kf3 Kh5 54. Rg3 Rh1 55. Rg5+ Kh6 56.
Kg3 Re1 57. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-ch U20"]
[Site "Sroda Wielkopolska"]
[Date "2006.02.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Szoen, Dariusz"]
[Black "Luch, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[Annotator "Macieja,B"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2006.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bg5
Bb7 9. e4 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Rd1 Nh5 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 a6 14. Be2 Qc7 ({
A novelty. In the game against Viktor Korchnoi, played during the Olympiad in
Bled in 2002, I went for} 14... Nc6 15. e5 ({Bad is} 15. O-O Rc8 {(with the
idea Na5)} 16. b4 a5 $1 17. b5 Nb8 18. Qb3 Qc7 {with advantage for Black
Sakalauskas - Macieja Polanica Zdroj 1997}) 15... Qc7 16. Nd5 ({Interesting is
} 16. Qe4 $5 Na5 17. Qg4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qxe5 (18... Rfc8 $2 19. Rxh6 Nxc4 20.
Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Ne4 {and White wins.}) 19. Rxh6 (19. Rxd7 $6 {leads to a small
advantage for Black after} Bxa3 $1 20. Rxh6 Bxb2) 19... Qg5 $1 ({Bad is} 19...
Bxa3 20. Rh1 g6 21. Qh4 Qg7 22. bxa3 Qxc3+ 23. Kf1 Qg7 24. Rxd7 {with
advantage for White.}) 20. Qxg5 Bxg5 21. Rh5 Bf6 22. Rxd7 (22. Na4 g6 $11)
22... g6 23. Rh1 Rac8 24. Ra7 Nxc4 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Rxa6 Bxc3+ 27. bxc3 Rxc3
28. Ke2 Rc2+ 29. Kf1 $11) 16... exd5 17. cxd5 Rfe8 $1 18. Rh5 $6 (18. O-O $11)
18... Bf8 $1 19. dxc6 Qxc6 20. Qb3 b5 $1 {obtaining a small edge.}) 15. e5 $2 {
This pawn sacrifice is incorrect. I would recommend} (15. Qd2 $5 {with the
idea to play g4-g5, and also the rook sacrifice on h6, or the immediate}) (15.
g4 $5 Qf4 16. g5 $1 Bxg5 17. g3 Qf6 ({dangerous for Black is} 17... Qc7 18.
Nxg5 hxg5 19. Qd2) 18. Qb3 $1 {, in both cases with a strong initiative}) 15...
Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qxe5 17. f4 Qc7 18. f5 Nc6 19. Rh5 Rfe8 $6 (19... Rfd8 {looks
much better, as after} 20. Ne4 {Black can play} d5) 20. Ne4 f6 $2 {An
anti-positional move. More natural is} (20... Bf8 21. f6 g6 {while for players
with less courage I would recommend simply}) (20... exf5 21. Rxf5 Bf8) 21. c5
$6 ({Prior to concrete actions, it is worthy to secure the king, that's why I
would start with} 21. Kf1) 21... b5 $2 ({Being a pawn up and having a king
under a potential attack, Black should try to open a position himself,
tempting for massive exchanges, that's why it was better to play} 21... bxc5
22. fxe6 dxe6 23. Nxc5 (23. Bc4 Bf8) 23... Ne5 {with advantage.}) 22. Kf1 e5 $2
({Another anti-positional move, weakening white squares. Necessary was} 22...
Ne5 {, though White's compensation is out of question.}) 23. Qb3+ Kh8 (23...
Kf8 {led to advantage for White after} 24. Rxh6 gxh6 25. Bh5 Nd8 26. Bxe8 Qc6
27. f3 Ra7 28. Bg6) 24. Qf7 Nd4 {Best, but insufficient.} 25. Nxf6 $1 ({
Even more nicely White could win after} 25. Qg6 $1 d5 (25... Qc6 26. Rxd4 $1
exd4 27. Bd3 $1 {A beautiful, quiet move after which black is defenceless.} Bf8
{There is nothing better.} 28. Ng5 $3 fxg5 29. f6) 26. Rxh6+ gxh6 27. Qxh6+ Kg8
28. Qg6+ Kf8 (28... Kh8 29. Kg2 $18) 29. Qh7 $1 $18) 25... Bxf6 26. Rxh6+ gxh6
27. Qxf6+ Kg8 28. Qg6+ Kf8 29. Qxh6+ Kg8 30. Qg6+ Kf8 31. f6 d5 (31... d6 {
didn't help either, due to} 32. Kg2 Qf7 33. Qh6+ Kg8 34. Rh1 Qd5+ 35. f3 Kf7
36. Qg7+ Ke6 37. Rh7 $18) 32. cxd6 $6 ({The simplest was} 32. Kg2 $1 {followed
by Rh1 with unavoidable mate.}) 32... Qb7 33. Qh6+ Kg8 34. Rxd4 $2 ({White
could still win after} 34. d7 $1 Qxd7 35. Qg6+ Kf8 (35... Kh8 36. Kg2 $18) 36.
Bh5 $18) 34... exd4 35. Bf3 Qh7 36. Bd5+ $2 (36. f7+ {was leading to a
perpetual check :} Qxf7 37. Bd5 Qxd5 38. Qg6+ Kf8 39. Qf6+ Qf7 40. Qh8+) 36...
Kh8 37. Qf4 Ra7 $1 {The only move allowing to fight for a win.} 38. Kg2 $2 ({
There were still real chances for a draw after} 38. f7 Rxf7 39. Qxf7 Qxf7 40.
Bxf7 Rd8) 38... Re1 39. Kf3 Qh5+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.10.31"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Macieja,B"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

{That was the first game in my life against the living legend of chess, so I
was very excited and decided to concentrate and prepare as much as it was only
possible.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 {My favourite line.} 5. dxc5
O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bg5 ({The other possibility is} 8. Bf4 Bb7 (8...
Nh5 9. Bg3 Be7 10. e3 Bb7 11. Be2 h6 12. Rd1 a6 13. Rd2 $1 $14 {Gershon -
Macieja, Bermuda 2003}) 9. e3 Nc6 10. Be2 Be7 11. Rd1 Rc8 {with good chances
for equalizing, as it was shown in my games against Alexander Rabinovich 
(European Championship, Saint Vincent 2000) and Mikhail Gurevich (European
Championship, Batumi 2002)}) 8... Bb7 9. e4 ({3 weeks after that game, my
opponent tried to play more positional} 9. e3 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Be2 {but
failed to get any advantage after} a6 12. O-O d6 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Bg3 Nh5 $1
$11 {Korchnoi - Macieja, Curacao 2002}) 9... h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Rd1 {
preventing development of black's knight} ({After} 11. Be2 d6 12. O-O Nbd7 {
black doesn't have any problem.}) 11... Nh5 12. Bg3 {That move wa s prepared
home. White counts, that as a compensation for a pair of bishops he will open
"h" file and get some attacking chances.} ({More natural is} 12. Bxe7 {though
black easily holds the position} Qxe7 13. Be2 (13. Qd2 f5 $11 {Dao Thien Hai -
Macieja, World Championship under 20, Zagan 1997}) 13... Nf4 14. O-O d6 15.
Rfe1 Rd8 16. Bf1 Nc6 17. Qd2 Ng6 18. Re3 Nge5 $11 {Jacimovic - Macieja,
Olympiad, Elista 1998}) 12... a6 $1 $146 {A very important novelty.} ({After} 
12... Nxg3 13. hxg3 Nc6 14. e5 $1 {white gets a dangerous attack.}) 13. Be2
Nxg3 14. hxg3 Nc6 15. e5 $1 {The only chance to fight for an advantage.} (15.
O-O Rc8 {(with the idea Na5)} 16. b4 a5 $1 17. b5 Nb8 $15 {Sakalauskas -
Macieja, Polanica Zdroj 1997}) 15... Qc7 16. Nd5 {Looks natural, but in fact
leads only to an equal position.} ({I was more afraid of} 16. Qe4 $5 Na5 {
(17.Bd3 was threatening)} 17. Qg4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qxe5 (18... Rfc8 {would be too
slow, because of} 19. Rxh6 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Ne4 $18) 19. Rxh6 {Black's
position looks dubious, but hopefully there is a defence:} ({I doubt if white
have enough compensation for a pawn after} 19. Rxd7 $6 Bxa3 $1 20. Rxh6 Bxb2
$15) 19... Qg5 $1 ({All other moves lead to clear advantage for white, for
instance:} 19... Bxa3 20. Rh1 g6 21. Qh4 Qg7 22. bxa3 Qxc3+ 23. Kf1 Qg7 24.
Rxd7 $16) 20. Qxg5 Bxg5 21. Rh5 Bf6 {Now the drawn result is obvious, for
instance:} 22. Rxd7 (22. Na4 g6 $11) 22... g6 23. Rh1 Rac8 24. Ra7 Nxc4 25.
Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Rxa6 Bxc3+ 27. bxc3 Rxc3 28. Ke2 Rc2+ 29. Kf1 $1 $11) 16... exd5
17. cxd5 Rfe8 $1 18. Rh5 $6 {Too aggressive and too optimistic.} ({Correct was
} 18. O-O {with equal position.}) 18... Bf8 $1 $15 {Now my opponent understood
that after playing all aggressive moves he had to start playing carefully to
equalize. After a long thought he played} 19. dxc6 {and ... offered me draw.} (
{I believe} 19. Kf1 $5 {was more precise.}) 19... Qxc6 {I was understanding
that my position was better, so I decided to keep playing.} 20. Qb3 {I think
the correct decision was to change queens.} b5 $1 {A very important move. Now
c4 square is under control and white gets into more serious troubles.} 21. Kf1
Rad8 22. Rh4 Qe6 $1 23. Qc2 $5 {Korchnoi understood very well, that every
ending would be worse for him and preferred to play with queens on a board.} d6
$1 ({It would be a very stupid idea to win a pawn} 23... Bxf3 $2 24. Bxf3 Qxe5
25. Bd5 {and white would get a nice compensation due to a very weak f7 pawn.})
24. exd6 ({A try to complicate the game after} 24. Ng5 {would fail after} Qg6
25. Qxg6 fxg6 26. Nf3 dxe5 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Nxe5 g5 {with clearly better
ending for black.}) 24... Rxd6 ({I decided to change a pair of rooks and made
white king's position less comfortable, though I must admit, that it was also
possible to play} 24... Bxd6 25. Rhd4 Rc8 26. Qd2 Bc5 27. Rd7 Bc6 28. Rd3 Be4
$17) 25. Rxd6 ({After that move Rh4 encountered unsolvable problems to come
back to the game.} 25. Rhd4 $142) 25... Qxd6 $1 $17 (25... Bxd6 26. Rd4) 26.
Kg1 (26. Rd4 $2 Bxf3 27. Rxd6 Bxe2+ 28. Kg1 Bxd6 29. Qc6 Re6 $19) 26... Qc5 $1
27. Qd2 (27. Qxc5 Bxc5 $17) 27... Qb6 28. Bf1 Bd6 29. Qd4 $1 Bc5 30. Qd2 Rd8
31. Qc2 Be7 (31... Qd6 {didn't work, because of} 32. Rf4) 32. Rf4 Bf6 $17 {
Black has a very pleasant endgame. Both bishops are monsters and additionally
white's rook cannot find any work. This is why Korchnoi decides to make the
game more sharp.} 33. a4 $6 (33. Rb4 $17) 33... bxa4 34. Qxa4 {I was short of
time in that moment and only in the last moment I managed to calculate all
lines and play the correct move.} (34. Rxa4 Bxb2 $19) 34... Qxb2 $1 35. Rb4 (
35. Bxa6 $4 Ra8 $19) 35... Bc6 $19 36. Qa5 ({When counting 34...Qxb2! I had
problems to see in the first moment that after} 36. Rxb2 Bxa4 37. Rb4 {I had}
Bb5 $1 38. Bxb5 Rb8 $19) 36... Qc3 37. Qb6 Rd1 {Korchnoi seemed to be very
upset in that moment, but he managed to find the last trick} 38. Qb8+ Kh7 39.
Rb1 $1 Qc2 $1 ({A big surprise! He was probably only counting for} 39... Rxb1
40. Qxb1+ g6 41. Bxa6 Bxf3 42. gxf3 Qxf3 43. Qb7 {with dead draw.}) 40. Rxd1
Qxd1 41. Qf4 {Eventually white got into time trouble either and the rest of
the game was played almost only with 30 seconds per move.} ({There was no
perpetual check after} 41. Qc8 Bb5 42. Qf5+ Kg8 43. Qc8+ {because of} Bd8 $19)
41... Qa1 {A safe move, protecting both a6 pawn and Bf6.} 42. g4 ({The best
chance was to made me scared after} 42. Kh2 $1 {though the ending appearing
after} Qxf1 43. Qf5+ g6 44. Qxf6 Bd5 45. g4 a5 {would be anyway won for black.}
) 42... Bb5 43. Nd2 Bxf1 44. Nxf1 g6 $1 {Black doesn't need to hurry and can
safe his king's position first, before pushing a pawn.} 45. g3 a5 46. Kg2 a4
47. Ne3 Kg7 ({It was not too late to make an unforgivable mistake} 47... a3 $4
48. Nc2 Qc3 49. Nxa3 Qxa3 50. Qxf6 $11) 48. Qd6 Be5 (48... a3 $2 49. Nc2) 49.
Qd5 Qd4 {Black easily wins.} 50. Qa5 Bd6 51. g5 Qe4+ 52. Kh2 Qh4+ 53. Kg2 Qxg5
54. Qxa4 Bxg3 $1 55. fxg3 Qxe3 56. Qc4 h5 57. Qc2 Qd4 58. Qe2 h4 59. g4 Qf4 60.
Kh1 Kh6 ({White could have played one more move before resigning} 60... Kh6 61.
Qf2 $5 {hoping for} Qxf2 $4 (61... Kg5 $19) 62. g5+ $1 Kxg5 {stalemate!}) 0-1

[Event "Andorra op 18th"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "2000.06.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Granero Roca, Antonio"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2000.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bf4
Nh5 $5 (8... Bb7 {There are several moments in which black can play this move:}
9. Rd1 Nc6 (9... Nh5) 10. e3 Nh5) 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. e3 Bb7 12. Be2
Nc6 13. Rd1 $6 ({White should have taken the central lines under control with} 
13. O-O Rac8 14. Rfd1 $11 {/\Rac1}) 13... Rac8 (13... Nf6) 14. O-O (14. Nb5 d5)
14... Nf6 {Black did not succeed in doubling white's pawns on the c file, as
Nimzovitch's initial idea was, but he managed to weaken this wing anyway. (/
\Na5, ><c4, b3)} 15. b4 {><c4} Rfd8 16. Qb2 d6 {(/\Ng4-e5, ><c4)} 17. Rd2 {
There was no other way to bring the other rook into the play.} Ng4 18. Rfd1
Nce5 19. Nb5 (19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Nb5 Qg5 21. g3 Nf3+ 22. Bxf3 Bxf3 23. Nxd6 Rb8
$17) 19... Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 (20. Bxf3 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Ne5 22. Rxd6 Rxd6 23. Nxd6
Qg5+ 24. Kh1 Qh5 25. Qd4 $5 {Braga} (25. Nxc8 Qxf3+ 26. Kg1 Qxd1+ 27. Kg2 Qg4+
28. Kh1 Qe4+) 25... Nxf3 26. Qf4 g5 27. Qg3 Nxh2 28. Nxc8 Nf1+ $19) 20... Ne5
21. e4 (21. Nxd6 Nxf3+ 22. Bxf3 Bxf3 $17) (21. f4 Nf3+ 22. Bxf3 Bxf3 23. Nxd6
Qh4 $19) 21... Qg5+ (21... Qf6 $2 22. Nxd6 Rxd6 $2 23. Rxd6 Nxf3+ $2 24. Bxf3
Qxb2 25. Rd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxd8#) 22. Kh1 d5 23. Qd4 $5 (23. cxd5 exd5 24. exd5 a6
25. Nc3 (25. Nd4 Rxd5 $17) 25... Qh5 $17) 23... Qh5 $1 (23... Rxc4 24. Bxc4
Nxf3 25. Qe3 Qh5 26. Kg2 Qg4+ 27. Kf1 Nxh2+ $11) (23... Nc6 24. Qe3) 24. Rg1 (
24. Qe3 Nxc4 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Nxa7 d4 27. Kg2 (27. Rxd4 Rcxd4 28. Rxd4 Rxd4
29. Qxd4 Qxf3+ 30. Kg1 h6) (27. Qd3 Ra8 28. Qxc4 (28. Kg2 b5) 28... Qxf3+ 29.
Kg1 Bxe4 30. Kf1 Qh1+ 31. Ke2 Bf3+ 32. Kd3 Bxd1 $19) 27... e5 28. Nb5 Rc6) (24.
exd5 exd5 (24... Nxf3 25. Qf4) 25. cxd5 (25. c5 bxc5 26. bxc5 Nxf3 27. Qf4 d4
$19) 25... Rxd5 $17) 24... g6 {(/\dxe4)} 25. Qe3 Nxc4 26. Bxc4 Rxc4 27. Nxa7 d4
28. Qf4 (28. Qd3 Ra8) 28... e5 29. Qg3 (29. Qf6 Rd6) 29... Rc3 0-1

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1999.03.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vasilescu, Lucian Mihail"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1999.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bg5
Bb7 9. e3 (9. e4) 9... Be7 (9... Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nc6 11. O-O-O $40) 10. Rd1 (10.
Be2 d6) 10... Bxf3 $5 11. gxf3 Nc6 12. f4 (12. Be2 Rc8) (12. Bd3 Ne5 13. Be2
Qc7) 12... Ne8 13. Rg1 (13. h4 h6 14. Bd3 Rc8 $1 (14... f6 $2 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16.
Bh7+ Kh8 17. Qg6 $18) (14... f5 $5)) 13... f6 14. Bh4 f5 15. Bg5 (15. Bg3 Rc8)
15... Rc8 {><c4} 16. Qa4 (16. Be2) 16... Bxg5 17. Rxg5 (17. fxg5 f4 {
/\Qd8-c7-e5, ><h2, e3.}) 17... Qe7 18. Bg2 (18. Be2) 18... Nf6 (18... Nd6 $5 {
/\Nb7-c5} 19. Bf3 (19. Nb5 Nxb5 20. cxb5 Na5 21. b4 Nc4 22. Qxa7 Rfd8 23. Rd4
Qf7 24. Bf3 d5 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. a4 Ra8 27. Bd1 Nb2 $15 {צg5}) 19... Na5 20.
b3 (20. Qb4 Naxc4 21. b3 a5) 20... Qf6 (20... Nf7 21. Rg1 d5 $2 22. cxd5 Rxc3
23. Qd4) 21. Ne2 Nf7 22. Rg1 Qb2 23. Nd4 Rfd8) 19. Nb5 h6 20. Rg3 e5 $5 $36 21.
fxe5 $138 (21. Nd6 $142 $13 exf4 22. Nxf5 (22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. Rh3 Ng4 $44) 22...
Qe5 23. Rxg7+ Kh8 24. Qc2 (24. Qb5 d5 25. Bh3 (25. e4 Nxe4 26. Rxd5 Rxf5 $1)
25... fxe3 26. fxe3 Qxh2 $17) 24... fxe3 25. fxe3 (25. Nh4 exf2+ 26. Kf1 Nd4
27. Qd3 Qxh2 $19) 25... Rg8 (25... Nh5 26. Rh7+) (25... Na5 26. Rg6 (26. Bf1
Rc5 27. Bd3) 26... Ng8 27. Nd6 Qxe3+ 28. Qe2 Qg1+ 29. Kd2 Nxc4+ 30. Nxc4 Qd4+
31. Kc2 $14) 26. Rg3 Rxg3 27. hxg3 Na5 28. Bf1 (28. b3 Nxb3) 28... Rc5 29. Bd3
(29. b4 Qxf5 30. Bd3 Qg5 31. bxc5 Qxe3+ $44) 29... Nxc4 30. Bxc4 Qxf5) 21...
Qxe5 22. Nd6 (22. f4 Qxb2 23. Nd6 Nh5 24. Bd5+ Kh8 25. Rh3 Qc3+ 26. Kf1 Nxf4)
22... f4 $40 23. Rf3 fxe3 24. Nxc8 (24. Rxe3 Qxh2) 24... Qxh2 $1 25. Bf1 (25.
Kf1 e2+ 26. Kxe2 Qxg2 27. Nd6 Qg4 $19) 25... exf2+ 26. Rxf2 (26. Ke2 Rxc8) (26.
Kd2 Ne4+ 27. Ke3 (27. Ke2 Rxc8 $19) 27... Re8 $19) 26... Qh4 $19 27. Rdd2 (27.
Ne7+ Nxe7 28. Ke2 Re8 $19) 27... Ne4 28. Qc2 Nxf2 29. Rxf2 Nd4 30. Qd2 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.12.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Danilov, Ilie Vladimir"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1998.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. e3 Nxc5 8.
Bd2 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Rc8 ({Mutarea egalizatoare se pare} 10... Nce4 {
nici nu mi-a trecut prin minte. Eu doream o pozitie complicata.}) ({Totusi,
judecata Mircidiana bazata pe întrebarea "în ce etapa ma aflu?" m-ar fi dus la
concluzia ca nu ar fi stricat sa fac legatura între ture cu} 10... Qe7 11. Rad1
$140 Rfd8 12. Nb5 $6 a5) 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. a3 (12. Nb5) 12... Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Rfd8
{Acum totul a reintrat în normal pentru negru.} 14. b4 Nce4 15. Ba1 (15. Bd4)
15... d5 16. Qb3 Nd6 $1 {Mi-a luat ceva timp sa gasesc aceasta mutare.
Schimbul la c4 ar fi avut dezavantajul de a permite schimbul unei perechi de
ture. Albul trebuie lasat sa sufere cu turele rau plasate si trebuie atacata
slabiciunea c4.} 17. cxd5 (17. Bxf6 Qxf6 {ar fi evitat problema nebunului rau,
dar slabiciunea câmpului c3 ar fi putut deveni neplacuta, ca în partida mea 
(eu cu albul) cu Rechlis.}) 17... Bxd5 18. Qb2 Bc4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8
21. Qc3 b5 22. Rc1 Ne8 (22... a6 23. Nd2 (23. Nd4 Ne4 24. Qc2 Qd5 25. Nb3 Rd8)
23... e5 24. Nxc4 Rxc4 25. Qe1 (25. Qb2 Qd3 26. h3 Nd7 $15)) 23. Nd4 Qd5 (23...
e5 24. Nb3 (24. Nxb5 Ncd6 $17)) 24. Nb3 {Albul cade în cursa pregatita de mine,
dar are noroc.} e5 ({Cursa consta în} 24... Nxe3 $4 {Din pacate, sau din
fericire, am vazut brusc} 25. Qxg7+ $3 $18 ({Danilov planuise} 25. Qxe3 {
nevazând} Qxb3 ({ci doar} 25... Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 Qxb3 27. h3 $15) 26. Re1 Qxe3
27. fxe3 $19)) 25. Nc5 a5 26. e4 Qc6 27. Qg3 axb4 $6 (27... Qd6 28. h3 (28. Nb7
Qd2 29. Rf1 axb4 30. axb4 Qxb4 $17 31. Bxe5 $2 Qe7 $19) 28... Nf6 29. Qf3 a4 {
nu ar fi fost lipsit de unele parti negative: atârna mereu Nxa4.}) 28. axb4 Qd6
29. h3 Ra8 30. Bc3 Nf6 31. Qf3 h6 32. Rd1 Qe7 33. Kh2 Ra3 (33... Ra2) 34. Rd3
Ne8 35. Rd7 (35. Bxe5 {nu merge deocamdata.}) 35... Qf6 36. Rd3 (36. Qxf6 Nxf6
37. Rd3 Ra2 38. Kg3 (38. f3 Nh5 39. Rd8+ Kh7 40. Nd7 f6 41. Nf8+ Kg8) 38... Kh7
39. Kf3 g5) 36... Qxf3 37. Rxf3 Ned6 38. Rd3 f6 (38... f5 $2 39. f3 $14) 39. f3
h5 40. Kg3 Kf7 $6 ({Mai tehnic ar fi fost} 40... Ra2 {nepermitând mutarea
eliberatoare din partida. Singura scuza este ca nu mai aveam multe minute
pentru ultima mutare. Daca as fi folosit putin mai rational timpul dupa ce
obinusem avantaj...} 41. h4 Kf7 42. Kh3 Rc2 43. Kg3 Ke7 44. Kh3 Re2 (44... g6
45. Kg3 f5) 45. Rd1 $5 (45. Kg3 Ne3 $17 46. Rd2 $140 Nf1+) (45. Nb3 g6 $17 {
/\f5}) 45... Ne3 46. Ra1 Rxg2 (46... Rc2 47. Ra7+ Ke8 48. Ba1 Nxg2 49. Ne6 g6
50. Nc7+ Kd8 51. Nd5) 47. Ra7+ Kf8 48. Rd7 (48. Ne6+ Kg8 49. Rd7 Rf2 50. Kg3
Rc2 $19) 48... Rf2 $3 {Hiarcs 6.0} (48... Ndc4 49. Ne6+ Kg8 50. Be1 Rg6) 49.
Kg3 (49. Rxd6 Rxf3+ 50. Kh2 Ng4+ 51. Kg2 Rxc3) (49. Ne6+ Ke8) 49... Rc2 $1 $19)
41. f4 exf4+ 42. Kxf4 Ra2 43. Kf3 (43. Kg3 h4+ 44. Kf3 Ke7 45. g3 Nf7 $19)
43... Ke7 $6 (43... h4 44. g3 hxg3 45. Kxg3 $15) 44. h4 Rc2 45. Kg3 Rc1 46. Kh2
Rf1 47. Rg3 Ne8 48. Rd3 Ned6 49. Rg3 Nc8 50. Rd3 N8d6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Benasque op 20th"]
[Site "Benasque"]
[Date "2000.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pogorelov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2000.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bg5
Bb7 9. e4 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Be2 (11. Rd1 Nc6) 11... d6 12. Rd1 Nbd7 13. O-O (
13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Qe8 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11) 13... Qc7 14. b4 (14.
Nb5 Qc6) 14... a6 15. Rd2 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Bg3 Ne8 $1 {This move defends
safely d6 and white will find himself with no active plan. Besides, e4 and c4
are weak.} (17... e5 $6 18. Rc1) 18. Qb1 Qb8 19. a4 $6 {><b4} Bf6 20. Na2 (20.
Bxd6 Nxd6 21. Rxd6 Bxc3 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Rxd7 Bc6 24. Rd1 (24. Rd3 Bxe4) 24...
Bxa4 $15) 20... Qa8 21. Bxd6 (21. Bd3 a5 $1) 21... Bxe4 22. Qb3 Nxd6 23. Rxd6
Ne5 24. Rxb6 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Nxc4 26. Bxc4 Rxc4 $17 {^^, פa2} 27. Qd6 Bb7 (
27... Kh7 {Pogoreov}) 28. h3 Rc8 29. Qd3 Bd5 30. Qe2 Bc4 (30... Bxa2) 31. Qd2
Bxa2 (31... Bd8 32. Rd6 Bxa2) 32. Qxa2 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Bd8 34. Rxe6 Bc7+ 35. Re5
Qe4 36. Qb2 Re1 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. c6 $5 {
A relatively new idea, advocated by Morozevich. White intends to spoil Black's
general harmony.} ({The old main continuations are} 7. g3 Nxc5) ({and} 7. Bd2
Nxc5) 7... d5 (7... dxc6 {1-0 Morozevich,A (2788)-Ponomariov,R (2718)/Moscow
2008/CBM 126/[Krasenkow] (37)}) (7... bxc6 8. g3 Nc5 9. Bg2 Ba6 (9... Nce4 10.
O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 Be7 12. e4 d5 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. e5 Ne8 15. Rd1 $14 {1-0
Ivanisevic,I (2630)-Vocaturo,D (2570)/Wijk aan Zee 2011/CBM 141 (37)}) 10. Nd2
Qa5 11. Ncb1 e5 12. O-O Ne6 13. a3 Bxd2 14. Nxd2 Nd4 15. Qd1 d5 16. e3 Ne6 17.
b4 Qb6 {Ivanisevic,I (2630)-Bogosavljevic,B (2561)/Kragujevac 2011/CBM 141
Extra (1-0, 67)} 18. Bb2 $5 $14) 8. Bd2 $6 $146 ({The previously played} 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 {looks safer.} Ne4 10. Qc2 bxc6 (10... Qa5+ 11. Nd2 Nb4 12. Qb1
Nxc6 13. b4 Nxd2 14. Bxd2 Qd8 15. e3 dxc4 16. Qe4 Qd5 17. Qxc4 Qxc4 18. Bxc4
Ne5 19. Be2 Rd8 20. O-O-O Nd3+ 21. Bxd3 Rxd3 22. Bc3 Rd7 $11 {Miedema,R (2432)
-Van Oosterom,C (2402)/Enschede 2009 (1/2, 38)}) 11. e3 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Nxd2 13.
Nxd2 c5 14. Bd3 h6 15. O-O Bb7 16. Rfc1 Qb6 17. b4 $5 $36 {Morozevich,A (2751)
-Ivanchuk,V (2746)/Leon 2009/CBM 130 Extra (1/2, 51)}) 8... d4 9. Nb5 bxc6 10.
Nbxd4 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Qb6 {White is heavily underdeveloped and likely to get
into trouble soon.} 12. e3 Rd8 13. c5 Nxc5 14. Bc4 e5 $5 (14... Nce4 15. Qc2 c5
$36 {is simpler}) 15. Bxf7+ (15. Nxe5 Nce4 16. Qe2 Qa5+ 17. Kf1 Qxe5 18. Nxc6
Qd6 19. Nxd8 Qxd8 $15) 15... Kxf7 16. Nxe5+ Kf8 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Qb4 Rd5 19. O-O
Rb8 20. Qa3 Kg8 $17 21. Rac1 Nce4 22. f3 Rh5 23. f4 c5 24. Ne5 Qb7 25. Ndc6 Ra8
26. b4 Be6 27. bxc5 Bd5 28. Nd4 Qe7 29. Qa5 Qd8 30. Qxd8+ Rxd8 31. Rfd1 Rc8 32.
g4 Rh3 33. Nf5 Kf8 34. g5 Bxa2 35. gxf6 gxf6 36. Nd7+ Kf7 37. Nd6+ Nxd6 38.
Rxd6 Rg8+ 39. Kh1 Rxe3 40. Nxf6 Rb8 41. Ng4 Re4 42. Ne5+ Ke8 43. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Braganca Paulista op"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Sunye Neto, Jaime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Milos,G"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 (7...
d5 {- 71/(560)}) 8. Bg5 Bb7 9. e4 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Rd1 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13.
Be2 Nf4 14. O-O Nc6 15. Rfe1 Nxe2+ $6 $146 (15... d6 {- 35/635}) 16. Rxe2 Na5
17. Red2 Rfd8 (17... Bc6 $142 18. Ne5 Qg5 19. Nxc6 dxc6 20. c5 $14) 18. Nb5 f5
$2 19. Nd6 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. Qxe4 $16 Nc6 22. Rd6 Rac8 23. Qd3 Rc7 24. b4
Qf6 25. Qe4 Qf5 26. Qxf5 exf5 27. h4 $1 Nb8 $5 (27... Kf8 28. h5 $16) 28. Ne5
Re8 29. f4 Nc6 $1 (29... h5 30. b5 $18) 30. Nxd7 (30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Rxd7 Nxe5
32. fxe5 a5 $1 33. Rb7 axb4 34. axb4 Rc8 $132) 30... Re4 31. h5 $1 Rxf4 32. b5
Ne7 33. Ne5 Re4 34. Re6 Rc5 35. Ng6 $3 Rc7 (35... Rxe6 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Rf8#) (
35... Kf7 36. Rxe4 fxe4 37. Rd7 $18) (35... Nxg6 36. hxg6 Rc8 37. Rxe4 fxe4 38.
Rd7 $18) 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Rxe4 fxe4 38. Rf8+ Ke6 39. Re8 $18 Kd6 40. Rxe7 Rxe7
41. Nxe7 Kxe7 42. Kf2 Kd6 43. Ke3 Kc5 (43... Ke5 44. g4) 44. Kxe4 Kxc4 45. Kf5
Kxb5 46. Kg6 Ka4 47. Kxg7 Kxa3 48. g4 $1 (48. Kxh6 b5 $11) 48... b5 49. g5 b4 (
49... hxg5 50. h6) 50. gxh6 b3 51. h7 b2 52. h8=Q b1=Q 53. Qf8+ Ka4 $8 (53...
Ka2 54. Qf7+) 54. Qf4+ Ka5 $8 (54... Ka3 55. Qe3+) 55. Qe5+ Ka6 $8 56. h6 Qb7+
57. Kg6 Qg2+ 58. Kf7 Qh1 (58... Qb7+ 59. Qe7) 59. Qf6+ Kb7 (59... Kb5 60. Kg6
$1) 60. Kg8 Kc7 61. h7 Qa8+ 62. Qf8 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Markus, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Be7 12. Rd1 Nh5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. g3 Nc6 15.
Bg2 Nf6 16. O-O d6 17. Rfe1 Rac8 18. b3 Rfd8 19. Qb2 a6 20. h3 Qc7 21. Re3 Nd7
22. Qa2 Qb8 23. Nd4 Nc5 24. Nce2 Ba8 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. Nd4 Ba8 27. a4 Qc7 28.
Qb2 Rb8 29. Qe2 Kh7 30. f4 Qe7 31. h4 e5 32. Nf5 Qf6 33. Qh5 Rd7 34. b4 Ne6 35.
Rxd6 Rxd6 36. Nxd6 exf4 37. e5 Qg6 38. Qxg6+ fxg6 39. gxf4 Bxg2 40. Kxg2 Rf8
41. Rf3 a5 42. bxa5 bxa5 43. Kg3 Rb8 44. h5 gxh5 45. f5 Nd4 46. e6 h4+ 47. Kf4
Nc6 48. Ke4 Rb1 49. Kd5 Ne7+ 50. Kc5 Re1 51. Rh3 g5 52. f6 Ng6 53. e7 Nxe7 54.
fxe7 Rxe7 55. Kb6 Kg6 56. c5 Re6 57. Rd3 g4 58. c6 Re7 59. c7 Rxc7 60. Kxc7 g3
61. Nc4 Kf5 62. Rf3+ Ke4 63. Nd2+ Ke5 64. Rf1 g2 {Vermutlich in Zeitnot
geschehen nun wundersame Dinge:} 65. Rg1 $2 (65. Kb6 gxf1=Q 66. Nxf1 Kf4 67.
Kxa5 Kf3 68. Kb5 Kf2 69. a5 Kxf1 70. a6 h3 71. a7 h2 72. a8=Q Kg1 73. Qg8+ Kf2
74. Qd5 Kg1 75. Qd1+ Kg2 76. Qg4+ Kf2 77. Qh3 Kg1 78. Qg3+ Kh1 79. Qf2 h5 80.
Qf1#) 65... h3 66. Nf1 $2 (66. Nf3+ $8 Kf4 67. Ne1 Kg3 (67... h2 68. Nxg2+ Kg3
69. Rc1 Kxg2 70. Kb6 h1=Q 71. Rxh1 Kxh1 72. Kxa5 h5 $11) 68. Kb6 (68. Nxg2 $2
hxg2 69. Rc1 Kh2 70. Rc6 h5 71. Rh6 Kg3 72. Rg6+ (72. Rxh5 Kf4 73. Rh4+ Kf5 74.
Rh5+ Kf6 75. Rh6+ Kg7 $19) 72... Kh3 73. Kc6 h4 74. Kb5 Kh2 75. Kxa5 g1=Q 76.
Rxg1 Kxg1 $19) 68... Kf2 69. Rxg2+ hxg2 70. Nxg2 Kxg2 71. Kxa5 $11) 66... Kf4
67. Kd6 Kf3 68. Nh2+ 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.10.02"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[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 "Tbilisi"]
[BlackTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bg5
({Another popular continuation is} 8. Bf4) 8... Bb7 9. e4 (9. e3 Be7 10. Be2 a6
11. O-O h6 12. Bh4 d6 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Rac1 Nbd7 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Bh4 Nhf6 $11 {
1-0 Karpov,A-Macieja,B/Warsaw rapid 2003 (47)}) 9... h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Rd1 {
This continuation gained popularity lately.} ({Another way of play is} 11. Be2
Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7) 11... Nh5 12. Bg3 $5 {This position can also arise after 8.
Bf4 Nh5 9.Bg3 Bb7 10.Rd1 h6 11.e4 Be7 with white's turn to move. In case of
exchange on g3, white wants to make use of the "h" file.} ({More solid way of
play is} 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qd2 {- see Shipov,S-Schneider,A/Isle of Man 1999/
CBM 74 [Golod,V]}) 12... a6 {This move is flexible.} (12... Nxg3 13. hxg3 a6
14. e5 Qc7 15. Ne4 Nc6 16. Nf6+ Bxf6 17. exf6 Ne5 18. fxg7 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Kxg7
20. Qc3+ f6 21. Be2 $40 {1-0 Gagunashvili,M-Mirzoeva,E/Dubai 2003/CBM 93 ext 
(27)}) 13. e5 $5 $146 (13. Be2 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Nc6 15. e5 Qc7 16. Nd5 exd5 17.
cxd5 Rfe8 18. Rh5 Bf8 19. dxc6 Qxc6 $15 {0-1 Kortschnoj,V-Macieja,B/Bled 2002/
EXT 2003 (60)}) 13... Bxf3 $6 {Probably black should not hurry with this
exchange.} ({After} 13... Nxg3 14. hxg3 {the position could transpose to the
above-mentioned game Gagunashvili-Mirzoeva.}) (13... Qc7 $5) 14. gxf3 Qc7 (
14... Nc6 15. f4 $14) 15. f4 d6 $6 ({Stronger was} 15... Nc6 {not allowing
white to play f4-f5.}) 16. f5 $1 $36 {This strong move creates numerous weak
squares in black's camp.} dxe5 (16... Nxg3 17. hxg3 $16) 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Qg6
Nf6 19. Rg1 Rf7 20. Bh3 (20. Qxh6 Nc6 (20... Bxa3 $2 21. bxa3 gxh6 22. Bxe5+
Kf8 (22... Rg7 23. Bxc7 Rxg1 24. Rd8+ $18) 23. Bxc7 Rxc7 24. Rd8+ Ke7 25. Rh8
$18) 21. Qg6 $16) 20... Qxc4 21. Rd5 $2 {Very spectacular move, but serious
mistake.} ({Strong enough was:} 21. Bxe5 Nc6 (21... Kf8 22. b3 Qc8 23. Nd5 Nc6
(23... Nbd7 24. Nxe7 Rxe7 25. Bd6 Qc3+ 26. Ke2 $18) 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Nxb6 Ne5
26. Nxc8 Nxg6 27. Bxe6 $16) (21... Nbd7 $2 22. Rxd7 Nxd7 23. Bxe6 Nxe5 24.
Qxg7#) 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Ne4 Nd4 (23... Bc3+ 24. bxc3 Ne5 25. Nf6+ Kf8 26. Qg3
gxf6 27. Qg8+ Ke7 28. Qxa8 Qxc3+ 29. Kf1 Qxh3+ 30. Rg2 $18) 24. Nxf6+ (24.
Qxf7+ Kh8 $1 25. Rxd4 Bxd4 $16) 24... Kf8 25. Rxd4 Qxd4 26. Nh7+ Ke8 27. Bxe6
Qxf2+ 28. Kd1 Rd8+ 29. Kc1 Qd2+ 30. Kb1 Qd3+ 31. Qxd3 Rxd3 32. Bxf7+ Kxf7 33.
Rf1+ $16) (21. Bh4 $6 Nbd7 22. Rxd7 Nxd7 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Qxe6 Bxh4 {and
black has reasonable compensation for the queen.}) 21... Qc6 $1 (21... exd5 $2
22. Be6 $18) 22. Rxe5 Nbd7 23. Rxe6 Qc4 24. Re3 (24. Re4 Nxe4 25. Be6 Qxe6 26.
Qxe6 Nxc3 27. bxc3 Bxa3 $44) 24... Nf8 {Now black's king is safe.} 25. Qd3 Qb3
26. Bg2 $2 {This obvious move is losing by force!} ({It was necessary to
exchange queens by} 26. Nd1 {. In this case the position would be
approximately balanced.}) 26... Rd8 27. Nd5 (27. Qe2 Bc5 $19) 27... Qxb2 28.
Rxe7 $6 ({The least of evils was:} 28. Nxe7+ Rxe7 29. Qxd8 Rd7 30. Qxd7 N8xd7
31. Bf3) 28... Qa1+ 29. Ke2 Qa2+ $1 ({Less convincing is} 29... Qxg1 $6 30.
Nxf6+ Rxf6 31. Qxd8 Qxg2) 30. Kf1 Nxd5 31. Re2 {Allowing spectacular finish,
but white's position is hopeless anyway.} (31. Bxd5 Rxd5 32. Qe4 Rd1+ 33. Kg2
Rxe7 34. Qxe7 Qd5+ 35. f3 Rd3 $19) (31. Re1 Nf4 $1 $19) {[%tqu "En","How black
can conclude the game in style?","","","d5e3","",10]} 31... Ne3+ $1 {[%mdl 64]}
32. Qxe3 Rd1+ 33. Re1 Qc4+ 34. Qe2 Rxe1+ 0-1

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent Crown"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2003.10.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2003.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 $6 {Usually black is
waiting for a move a2-a3, that's why the move in the text may lead to a loss
of tempo.} ({The main line goes with} 5... O-O) 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Rd1 (
8. e4 d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be2 a6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bh4 b6 14. Nd2 Bb7
$11 {0-1 Dao Thien Hai-Annageldyev,O/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (45)}) 8... h6 9.
Bh4 b6 (9... Nc6 10. e4 Nh5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qd2 $14 {1-0 Servat,R-Najdorf,M/
Argentina 1989/EXT 97 (40)}) (9... d6 $5 10. e4 Nbd7) 10. e4 Bb7 11. Be2 a6 12.
O-O Ne8 $6 $146 (12... Nc6 13. Qd2 Bc8 14. e5 Ne8 15. Bg3 f5 16. exf6 Nxf6 17.
Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bb7 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qxd7 $16 {1-0 Kalesis,N-Serrat,I/Berga
1995/EXT 97 (33)}) 13. Bg3 ({Objectively stronger was} 13. Bxe7 $1 Qxe7 14. Qb3
Qd8 15. c5 b5 16. a4 $16) 13... d6 14. e5 Qc7 15. exd6 Nxd6 $8 (15... Bxd6 $2
16. Rxd6 Nxd6 17. Rd1 Rd8 18. Qd2 $18 {[%csl Rd6]}) 16. Rd4 (16. Ne4 Bxe4 17.
Qxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxc7 b5 $14) 16... Qc6 $2 {It's easy to understand Karpov's
desire to avoid the unpleasant pin as quick as possible, but this move
obstructs the development of black's queenside.} (16... Nc6 17. Rd2 Rad8 18.
Rfd1 Rd7 {and it's not easy for white to make use of the pin along the
diagonal h2-b8.}) 17. Bd3 Ne8 (17... Nd7 $2 18. Bxd6 Bxd6 19. Be4 $18) 18. Bh7+
{Useful intermediate check. The Pf7 will be undefended, which may become
important in the near future.} Kh8 19. Be4 Qc8 20. Na4 $1 Bc5 21. Nxc5 bxc5 22.
Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Rd2 {Despite the material balance, black's position is very
tough. White controls important "d" file, while black has numerous weaknesses
in his camp and his pieces are badly placed.} Nf6 24. Rfd1 Qc8 (24... Nbd7 25.
Ne5 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 {and white is dominating.}) 25. Bd6 Re8 26. Ne5 Kg8 {[%tqu
"En","Find the best move for white.","","","d6e7","",5]} 27. Be7 $1 $18 Qc7 28.
Bxf6 gxf6 29. Qe4 {White's attack is irresistible.} Ra7 30. Ng4 Kg7 31. Qe3 Rh8
32. Rd8 $1 {[%mdl 2048] This nice move crowns the excellent game of Levon
Aronian.} (32. Rd8 Rh7 33. Qf3 f5 34. Qc3+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Match/Nation FRA-BUL 31-41"]
[Site "St Maxime"]
[Date "1984.10.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kouatly, Bachar"]
[Black "Spassov, Liuben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1984.10.10"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. Bd2 Nxc5 8.
a3 (8. e3) 8... Bxc3 9. Bxc3 a5 $146 (9... b6 10. Ng5 Re8 11. b4 h6 12. h4 hxg5
13. bxc5 gxh4 14. Rxh4 bxc5 15. Qd3 d6 16. g4 Bb7 17. g5 Ne4 18. Rxe4 Bxe4 19.
Qxe4 Qxg5 20. Qg2 Qh6 21. Qh3 Qxh3 22. Bxh3 Rab8 23. Bg2 Kf8 24. Kd2 Ke7 25. f4
f6 26. Kc2 Rh8 27. Bf3 Rh4 28. Rg1 Kf7 29. f5 Rxc4 30. fxe6+ Kxe6 31. e4 g5 32.
Rh1 Rxc3+ 33. Kxc3 Ke5 34. Rf1 Rf8 35. Bg2 f5 36. exf5 Rxf5 37. Re1+ Kf6 38.
Kc4 Rf4+ 39. Kc3 {Reshevsky,S-Euwe,M Amsterdam 1950 1/2-1/2}) 10. Ng5 {[%cal
Gc3f6,Gc2h7]} g6 11. h4 Ne8 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1+ 14. Bxa1 Na6 15. Qc3 f6
16. h5 gxh5 17. Rxh5 Nxb4 18. Nxh7 Rf7 19. Rg5+ Rg7 (19... Kxh7 20. Qh3#) 20.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 21. Nxf6 Nxf6 22. Qxb4 d6 23. e3 Kf7 24. Bb2 Qc7 25. Qc3 Qd8 26. c5
d5 27. Qe5 Kg6 28. f4 Qh8 29. Bd3+ Kf7 30. Qc7+ {[%csl Rc8,Rf6]} 1-0

[Event "Pula zt 1.2"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2000.04.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zaja, Ivan"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2000.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 {After this modest move White
can't pretend for an advantage.} (5. a3 {is a main line}) 5... c5 6. dxc5 Na6
7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Nxc5 9. Bg5 ({Black doing well and after} 9. g3 b6 10. Bg2
Ba6 {for example} 11. Nd2 Rc8 12. b4 Bb7 13. f3 Na6 14. Bb2 d5 {[%cal Gc8c3]
0-1 Lower,S-Serper,G/USA op 1996 (27)}) 9... Nfe4 {I spent almost half of hour
trying to choose between move in the game and} (9... Nce4 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 $11 {
[%cal Gb7b6,Gc8a6] with very drawish position.}) 10. Bxd8 Nxc3 11. Ba5 $5 $146
{[%mdl 8] Interesting novelty was found by my young opponent on the board.} (
11. Be7 Nb3 12. Bxf8 Kxf8 13. Rd1 $1 Nxd1 14. Kxd1 {leads to equal chances,
for example} a5 (14... d5 15. e3 Bd7 16. Kc2 Ba4 17. Kc3 Rc8 18. Kb4 Nc5 19.
Nd2 b6 20. b3 a5+ 21. Kc3 Bxb3 22. Nxb3 Ne4+ 23. Kd4 Nxf2 {1/2-1/2 Barbero,
G-De Firmian,N/Lugano 1989 (29)}) 15. e3 a4 16. Nd2 Nc5 17. Kc2 (17. Be2 b6 18.
Kc2 Ba6 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. Kd1 Ke7 21. Rc3 f5 22. f3 d6 23. Rc2 g5 24. Ke1 f4 25.
exf4 gxf4 {Schulz,K-Lau,R/FRG-ch 1987/0-1 (41)}) 17... d6 18. Be2 Bd7 19. f3 f5
20. Rc1 Ke7 21. Kb1 Bc6 22. Ka2 g5 23. b4 axb3+ 24. Nxb3 Nxb3 25. Kxb3 Ra5 {
Ovod,E-Macieja,B/St.Petersburg Chigorin 1997/1/2-1/2 (82)}) (11. Rc1 $2 Nxe2
12. Bxe2 Rxd8 {0-1 Gittens-Mack,A/corr 1988 (12)}) 11... Nb3 12. Bxc3 Nxa1 13.
Nd2 {[%csl Ga1] Black knight on a1 is serious danger and I I didn't found how
to save it even after hour of calculations.} d5 (13... a5 {was most prinicipal
replay, but I didn't like black position after} 14. b3 $1 Nc2+ 15. Kd1 Nxa3 16.
Bb2 a4 (16... Nxc4 17. Nxc4 b5 18. Nd6 $13) 17. b4 $5 (17. Bxa3 axb3 18. Bc1 d5
$1 19. cxd5 Rd8 $36) 17... Nxc4 18. Nxc4 b5 19. Na3 {[%csl Rb5] and two pieces
are clearly stronger than rook+2P}) (13... b5 14. cxb5 (14. b3 Nxb3 15. Nxb3
bxc4 16. Nd4 Rb8) 14... Bb7 15. Nc4 {[%cal Gc4d6,Gc4a5]}) 14. e3 $8 (14. cxd5
exd5 15. Kd1 d4 $1 16. Bxd4 Rd8 17. e3 Be6) 14... Rd8 15. Bd3 $1 {[%cal Ge1e2]}
dxc4 (15... a5 16. Ke2 dxc4 17. Bxc4 b5 18. Bxb5 $18) (15... e5 16. cxd5 Rxd5
17. Ke2 $18) 16. Bxc4 Bd7 17. Ke2 Nc2 18. Rc1 Ba4 19. b3 (19. Bd3 Nxa3 (19...
Rxd3 20. Kxd3 Rd8+ 21. Ke2 {[%cal Gb2b3]}) 20. bxa3 Rac8) 19... Nxa3 (19...
Bxb3 20. Nxb3 Nxa3 21. Bd3 a6 22. Be4 $16) 20. bxa4 Nxc4 21. Nxc4 {[%mdl 4096]}
Rac8 22. Na3 (22. Bd4 $5 b6 23. Rc3 f6 24. f4 {[%cal Ge2d3,Gc3b3,Gg2g4,Gh2h4]})
22... Rd5 {To be honest, I didn't worried too much about my position in the
time of the game and hoped, that it will be not so difficult to equalise
chances. Unfortunately, I was wrong.} 23. Rc2 (23. e4 $6 Ra5) 23... b6 24. Bd2
({Deserves attention} 24. e4 $5) 24... Rxc2 25. Nxc2 {[%cal Gc2d4,Gd4b5]} e5
26. e4 Rd6 27. Bc3 f6 28. Nb4 Kf7 29. h4 h5 30. f3 (30. g3 {[%cal Gf2f4]})
30... Ke6 31. Nd5 Rd8 32. Kd3 Rc8 33. f4 $1 g6 (33... exf4 34. Nxf4+ Kf7 35.
Nxh5 Rh8 36. g4 $18) 34. fxe5 fxe5 35. Nb4 (35. Ne3 $5 {[%csl Re5][%cal Ge3c4]}
Rg8 (35... Rf8 $5) 36. Nc4 g5) 35... Rf8 36. Nc6 Rf4 $138 (36... Rc8 $5 37.
Nxa7 Rd8+ 38. Kc4 (38. Ke3 Ra8 39. Nb5 Rxa4) 38... Ra8 39. Nc6 Rxa4+ 40. Kd3
Ra3) 37. Nxe5 ({Maybe} 37. Bxe5 {is more dangerous for Black, but I think that}
Rxh4 38. Ke3 a6 {[%cal Gh4h1,Gh1a1] keeps balance.}) 37... Rxh4 38. Ke3 (38.
Nc6 Rg4) 38... g5 $8 39. Nf3 (39. Bd4 Rh2 40. Kf2 Rh4) 39... Rg4 40. Nd4+ Kf7
41. Kf3 Rf4+ 42. Ke3 Rg4 (42... h4 43. Nf3 Kg6 44. Bd2 $1) 43. Kf3 Rf4+ 44. Ke3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wichern op 4th"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lamprecht, Frank"]
[Black "Reddmann, Hauke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Reddmann,H"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1997.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 Nxc5 {Eine erste Einschätzung: Weiß hat das Läuferpaar und die
angenehmere Stellung. Als Kompensation sitzt für Schwarz ein Chaot am Brett.}
9. b4 Nce4 10. Qd4 a5 {Nun könnte Weiß auf die Idee kommen, den Se4 zu fangen,
z.B. mit 11.Sg1 12.f3 oder 11.e3 12.Ld3. Wird er dabei zu dreist - 11.g4!? -
geht zur Not 11...d5. Weiß versucht es daher positionell:} 11. Ng5 {Und nun
ist 11...Sxg5 12.Lxg5 ayb4 13.axb4 Txa1 14.Dxa1 De7 15.Lxf6 gxf6 oder irgend
etwas ähnliches erzwungen? Irrtum!} e5 {Ein bauerantes Brillenopfer. Weiß
nimmt an und gerät in Entwicklungsrückstand.} 12. Qxe5 Re8 13. Qb2 axb4 14.
Qxb4 (14. axb4 $2 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 Qb6) 14... d5 {Nun hängen ständig
Doppelangriffe in der Luft.} 15. f3 Nd6 16. c5 Nc4 17. e4 {Am besten war
vielleicht 17.h4, um die Hauptdrohung h6 nebst Lxh3 zu entschärfen. Die Partie
wäre allerdings eine einzige Tortur.} h6 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Qxc4 (19. Nh3 Bxh3
20. gxh3 Nxe4 {braucht man nicht zu berechnen. Der König würde in der Mitte
zertrampelt.}) 19... hxg5 20. Bxg5 Be6 21. Qc1 Qa5+ 22. Bd2 Qa6 23. Kf2 Nd7 24.
Be3 Rec8 {Nun droht zu allem Ärger Sxc5 nebst b6} 25. Rb1 Ba2 {Noch eine
Gemeinheit. Der Turm muß in die Familiengabel.} 26. Rb2 Ne5 27. Rd1 Qxa3 28.
Qa1 {"Die Fehler sind da, sie warten nur darauf gemacht zu werden." - Dr.
Tortakower. Weiß war allerdings schon in leichter Zeitnot. Mit 28.Tbd2 konnte
man sich weiter quälen.} Nc4 {aufgegeben (29.Te2 Sxe3 30.Txe3 Dxc5 gewinnt
sogar ein HR).} 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 (6. Nf3 Na6 $11) 6...
Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bf4 Nh5 (8... Bb7 {is also possible. Usually it makes little
difference to the game move if Black plays Nh5 next.}) 9. Bg3 (9. Bd2 Bb7 10.
e4 Nc6 11. Be2 Qb8 12. b4 Be7 13. g3 f5 14. O-O f4 15. Kg2 Ne5 16. Nd4 Qe8 17.
Qd1 g6 18. Nf3 Bf6 19. Rc1 Nxf3 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Gulko,B/New Delh/2000}) (9.
Bg5 {is harmless:} Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 {Black achieved two goals - traded
bishops and developed the queen. Next plan is to play Bb7, Nc6, Rac8 and Na5
with an equal game.}) 9... Bb7 (9... f5 {Although Black managed to win in the
following game, White probably had an opening advantage:} 10. e3 Bb7 11. Be2
Nc6 12. Rd1 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Rf7 14. Nb5 {White has a space advantage and more
possibilities for active play, Karpov,A-Gelfand,B/Monte Carlo 2000}) 10. e3
Bxf3 {Most principled way.} 11. gxf3 f5 {Black's idea looks very attractive -
to play f5-f4 and if White plays f3-f4 himself, then his bishop on g3 looks
very bad. During my preparation at home I stoped here, being sure Black must
be okay. I was very surprised during the game to see that Mikhail continued to
play very quick in this position.} 12. f4 Nc6 13. Be2 Nf6 14. O-O $146 {
Played in his usual quick manner. I couldn't help thinking that Black must be
okay here, but I started to be slightly nervous, because I didn't see a clear
way to create counterplay. White's plan is very simple - he wants to double
rooks on the d-file, play Qa4 and then advance his queenside pawns. What can I
do? The obvious way of counterplay is to play Rc8 and Na5, but concrete
calculations showed me that White is the first one to create threats on the
d-file. The "bad" bishop on g3 has its role - it protects very well the
kingside (for instance I can forget about g7-g5) and also it can always come
into play after Bh4. I would have been happy to trade dark-squared bishops,
but of course White keeps them and does not harry with Bh4.} (14. Bh4 $6 {
It looks natural to activate the bishop, but in fact this is a positional
mistake. After trading bishops White's kingside becomes vulnerable.} Be7 15.
O-O-O Rc8 16. Kb1 Ne8 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Rd2 Qh4 $1 {A direct consequence of
trading bishops.} 19. Rxd7 Qxf2 20. Qc1 Nf6 21. Rd6 Na5 22. Rxe6 Nxc4 $17 {
Agrest,E-Onischuk,A/New Delhi 2000}) 14... Rc8 15. Rfd1 $14 {/\Rd2, Rad1,Qa4,
b4 - XPd7.} (15. Bh4 $6 Be7 {As I mentioned, this only helps Black.}) 15... Ne8
$5 {An interesting plan to solve my problems on the d-file by retreating
pieces back, clearing the seventh rank for my rook and then start counterplay
on the c-file. The pawn on d6 will be well protected.} (15... Be7 {This would
have been the most natural way to create counterplay for Black in this
variation. However, during the game I couldn't make it work:} 16. Qa4 $1 (16.
Rd2 Na5 17. Qa4 Qc7 18. Nb5 Qc6 $1 {is fine for Black.}) 16... Na5 (16... Qc7
17. Bh4 $1 {This move is very unpleasant now. White will double rooks next on
the d-file, while I can't create my own play yet.} (17. b4 a5 $1 $132)) 17. Bh4
$14 Rf7 $140 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nb5 $14) 16. Rd2 Rf7 17. Rad1 Bf8 18. Qa4 (18.
b4 a5 $1 {A typical move.} 19. b5 Nb8 $11 {Black has solved all the problems.
The pawn will be well protected on d6 and I can play Rf7-c7 (after d7-d6),
then transfer the knight on c5. Another possible plan is to delay the move d6
and try to create some initiative on the kingside (for instance g6, h6, Rg7
and g5, or g6, h5-h4, Rg7 and g5). White's only way to do something is the
advance e3-e4, which will create further weaknesses in his camp.}) 18... d6 19.
b4 {White has finished his first stage of the plan. He created pressure on the
d-file and took space advantage on the queenside. Now his threat would be Nb5,
followed by Bf3 and I will have problems defending a7-pawn. On the other hand
the pawn structure favours me and all I have to do is to find a defence
against White's plan. I felt that if I will succeed to find a defencive idea,
then the future might belong to me, since at one moment White's aggressive
ideas would come to an end.} Nb8 $1 {Like in a hedgehod-type of position, I am
going to play a6, taking away square b5 from his knight. d6-pawn is not a real
weakness, because it is well protected. After I will play a6, the move b5 will
become a threat, either immediately or after the previous Rfc7.} (19... g6 20.
Nb5 $16) 20. Nb5 $1 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gb5d4] The knight goes to d4.} Qd7 ({
a mistake would have been} 20... a6 {because it only helps White:} 21. Nd4 Qf6
22. Qb3 {and it is not easy to stop the advance c4-c5, attacking both on e6
and b6.}) 21. Qb3 Nc6 {With the obvious goal to control square d4. In case I
will trade knights, White will no longer have any sensible active plans.
Unfortunately all this took me too much time and giving the fact that we
played with a new Fide time control, soon I was condamned to be in time
trouble for the whole game...} (21... a6 $2 22. Nd4 $16 {would only help White,
of course.}) 22. Bf3 a6 23. Nc3 Qc7 $2 {Wrong move order, which allows White a
very nice tactical solution.} (23... Nd8 $1 {This was the right move to start
with. It might look a bit strange - the knight goes back again, but in fact
Black defended against White's advance c4-c5, protected the weakness on e6 and
is ready for counterplay like Qc7 or b5, which should not be underestimated.
In my opinion the position is balanced now and White has to start thinking
about some defencive plans too.}) 24. c5 $1 {Starting tactical complications
at the right moment.} d5 $2 {Second mistake in a raw, played very quick, like
the previous one since I already was short of time.} (24... Nd8 $8 {was the
only move to hold. White is clear better, but there is no direct win like in
the game.} 25. cxd6 (25. Qa4 $5) 25... Nxd6 26. Rd3 $16) 25. Nxd5 $1 $18 (25.
cxb6 Qxb6 26. Nxd5 exd5 27. Bxd5 {is similar to the game and was also possible.
}) 25... exd5 26. Bxd5 bxc5 27. Be6 $1 {with the idea Rd7. Here I used almost
all my time and realized that there is no defence.} Nd6 (27... Nf6 28. Bh4 $18)
28. Rxd6 (28. bxc5 {wins too:} Na5 29. cxd6 Nxb3 30. dxc7 Nxd2 31. Bxc8 Rxc7
32. Be6+ Kh8 33. Rxd2) 28... Bxd6 29. bxc5 Bxc5 30. Rd7 Qxd7 {Couldn't find
anything better. However, White wins in all lines.} 31. Bxd7 Rb8 32. Qa2 (32.
Qd5 {was even more precise.} Nd8 33. Be8 Bxa3 34. Bh4) 32... Nd8 33. Be8 Be7 (
33... Kf8 34. Bxf7 Nxf7 35. Qd5 Bxa3 36. Qxf5 $18) 34. a4 g6 (34... Kf8 35.
Bxf7 Nxf7 36. Qe6 Nd6 37. Bh4 {An amazing and quite a typical moment - the
bishop which stayed the whole game without taking part in the battle, finally
makes a move and immediately decides the game.}) 35. Bxf7+ Nxf7 36. Qe6 Kf8 37.
Qxa6 {The rest was not necessary to be played.} Kg7 38. Qa7 Rb1+ 39. Kg2 Bd8
40. a5 h5 41. h3 h4 42. Bh2 Rb2 43. a6 Bb6 44. Qb7 ({a possible continuation
would be:} 44. Qb7 Bd4 45. exd4 Rxb7 46. axb7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Kings 7th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2013.10.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "231"]
[EventDate "2013.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. g3 {A
variation played by Radjabov before: White is heading for a small,
long-lasting advantage.} Nxc5 8. Bg2 b6 ({The main continuation is} 8... Nce4
9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. e4 d6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 {which has been seen a
few times in Radjabov's practice.}) 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nb5 {The weakness of square
d6 is one of Black's main problems in this variation and Radjabov is trying to
use it right away.} Nce4 (10... d6 $4 {would just lose the bishop after} 11. a3
) 11. Ng5 {The only way to fight for an advantage.} ({Nothing is achieved by} 
11. a3 Be7 12. Ng5 Nc5 13. b4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 h6 $5 15. bxc5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 Rc8
17. cxb6 Qxb6 {with sufficient counterplay for Black.}) 11... d5 ({After} 11...
a6 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 axb5 15. cxb5 {White remains with an
extra pawn.}) 12. Rd1 ({Another tempting option looks to be} 12. a3 Be7 13.
Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bf4 {with the idea that if} a6 $2 {then White has} 15. Nc7 Rc8
16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Rfd1 {winning.}) 12... Qe7 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. a3 a6 {Black
must go for a more or less forced variation that ends with a pleasant edge for
White.} (14... Bc5 {is worse:} 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. b4 a6 17. bxc5 axb5 18. cxb5
bxc5 (18... Qxc5 19. Qxc5 bxc5 20. Be3 {is also difficult for Black}) 19. a4 {
and White is clearly better.}) 15. axb4 axb5 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. cxd5 exd5 18.
Be3 {The kind of position White is happy to achieve in this opening variation:
his bishop pair secures White a stable advantage and basically the draw is the
most Black can dream of.} Rc8 19. Qb3 h6 20. Bxb6 Rc4 21. Bd4 Ng5 $1 {The
knight goes to e6 in order to disturb the stability of White's centralised
bishop on d4.} (21... Rxb4 {runs into a highly unpleasant pin} 22. Qa3 {
and Black is in big troubles.}) ({and} 21... Qxb4 {leads to un unpleasant
endgame:} 22. Qxb4 (22. Qe3 $5) 22... Rxb4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Bc3 Rc4 25. Rd8+
Kh7 26. Rd7 b4 27. Be5) 22. Qd3 ({The Azerbaijani GM wasn't willing to weaken
the light squares with} 22. e3 {due to} Bc8 {"which can be unpleasant in the
approaching time-trouble" (Radjabov).}) 22... Ne6 23. Be5 ({Another option was
} 23. Bc3 d4 24. Bd2) 23... d4 (23... f6 $2 24. b3 $1) 24. b3 Rc3 25. Qxb5 Bxg2
26. Kxg2 Rxb3 27. Qd5 ({In the event of} 27. Qb8+ Kh7 28. Bd6 Qd7 29. Qb6 Rb2 {
the activity of the rook secures Black sufficient compensation to keep the
balance.}) ({Also after} 27. Ra1 {Nisipeanu was going to continue with the
active} Qg5 {(with the idea Qf5 and Ng5). Then for instance} 28. Qd5 $4 {
would run into a nice fork} Nf4+) 27... Rxb4 (27... Qxb4 28. Bxd4 Nxd4 29. Rxd4
Qb7 {leads to a theoretically drawish endgame, but Black still must defend it
for a long time and Nisipeanu wanted to avoid it.}) 28. Qa8+ ({White had at
his disposal the tricky move} 28. e3 $1 {with the idea that} dxe3 $2 {runs into
} 29. Bd6) ({The immediate} 28. Bd6 {brings White nothing due to} Qb7) 28...
Kh7 29. Qe4+ g6 30. Bxd4 Qd6 31. Qe5 (31. e3 {allows counterplay with} Ng5)
31... Qxe5 32. Bxe5 Re4 33. Bc3 Rxe2 34. Rd7 Rc2 $2 ({When finally the draw
was practically achieved, Nisipeanu had a hallucination. He panicked, thinking
that} 34... Kg8 {is impossible because of} 35. Rd8+ {with mate... As the
result the Romanian GM had to work for few more hours and another 82 moves
before reaching the draw.}) 35. Rxf7+ Kg8 36. Rf3 Ng5 37. Re3 Ne4 38. Be1 Nf6
39. Re7 {The endgame is unpleasant for Black, although with a precise defense
it must be a draw.} h5 40. h3 Nd5 41. Rd7 Nf6 42. Ra7 Ne4 43. Ra4 Nf6 44. Kf3
Kf7 45. Ra7+ Ke6 46. Ra6+ Kf7 47. Ra5 Ke6 48. Bb4 Ne4 $1 {If Black exchanges
the knight for the bishop there will be a relatively simple draw.} 49. Be1 (49.
Kxe4 Rc4+) 49... Nc5 ({Missing} 49... Rc1 $1 {and Black achieves the task to
exchange the minor pieces:} 50. Ra6+ (50. Bb4 Rc2) (50. Ke2 Nc3+ 51. Kd2 Rd1+)
50... Kf7 51. Ba5 Ng5+ 52. Kg2 Ra1 {and White will have to exchange the rooks
soon, which is also a relatively simple draw.}) 50. Ke3 Rc4 51. f3 Nd7 52. Kd3
Rc6 53. Bc3 Nc5+ 54. Ke2 Ne4 55. Be1 Nd6 56. g4 hxg4 57. hxg4 Nc4 58. Rg5 Kf6
59. Bh4 Re6+ 60. Kf2 Ne5 61. f4 Nc6 62. Rd5+ Kf7 63. Kf3 Nb4 64. Rd7+ Ke8 65.
Rd8+ Kf7 66. Bf2 Nc6 67. Rd5 Ne7 68. Rd7 Ke8 69. Rb7 Rc6 70. Bd4 Nd5 71. Kg3
Nc7 72. Be5 Ne6 73. g5 Ra6 74. Bf6 Kf8 75. f5 Nxg5 {Nisipeanu decides to give
up the knight right away and go for the theoretically drawn endgame.} (75...
gxf5 76. g6 {was White's idea and Black will have to give the knight anyway.})
76. Bxg5 gxf5 77. Kf4 Ke8 78. Kxf5 (78. Re7+ Kf8 79. Kxf5 Ra5+ 80. Kf6 Ra6+ $1
$11 ({but not} 80... Rxg5 $4 81. Ra7 {and White wins})) 78... Rd6 79. Rh7 Rd7
80. Rh8+ Kf7 {Black's main defensive setup.} 81. Bf6 Rd5+ 82. Be5 Rd7 83. Rh6
Ke8 84. Bd6 Rf7+ 85. Ke6 Re7+ $1 {The main idea of Black's defensive method.
Radjabov tried for 30 more moves, but in vain: Nisipeanu defended precisely.}
86. Kd5 Rg7 87. Rf6 Rf7 88. Re6+ Kd7 89. Rh6 Rf5+ 90. Be5 Rf7 91. Rb6 Ke8 92.
Bf6 Rd7+ 93. Ke6 Re7+ 94. Kf5 Rc7 95. Rd6 Rd7 96. Re6+ Kf7 97. Be5 Rd5 98. Rh6
Rd7 99. Bd6 Ke8 100. Rh8+ Kf7 101. Ke5 Kg6 102. Ke6 Rf7 103. Rg8+ (103. Be5 {
leads to a similar stalemate idea:} Rf6+ $1 {chasing away his opponent's king.}
) 103... Rg7 104. Rf8 Kg5 105. Rf1 Rg6+ 106. Ke5 Kg4 107. Bc5 Rg5+ 108. Kd4 Rf5
109. Rg1+ Kf3 110. Bd6 Kf2 111. Rg4 Ra5 112. Bb4 Kf3 113. Rh4 Rg5 114. Rf4+
Kxf4 115. Bd2+ Kf3 116. Bxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Bg5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. e3 Qa5 11. exd4 Qxg5 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 b6 14. Bd3
(14. b4 d6 15. Be2 Bb7 16. f3 Rfc8 (16... Rfd8 $142) 17. a4 a5 18. Rhb1 Bc6 19.
bxa5 bxa5 20. Nb5 Rd8 21. Ke3 Kf8 22. Ra3 Ke7 $10 {Polugaevsky-Andersson,
Haninge 1989}) 14... Bb7 15. f3 d6 16. b4 Rfd8 17. Rhb1 {TN} (17. a4 e5 $6 18.
d5 a5 19. Rhb1 Bc8 20. bxa5 bxa5 21. Rb6 $36 {Sokolov,I-de Firmian,N,Biel1989,
-48/751}) 17... Bc6 $1 18. Nd1 (18. a4 a5 19. bxa5 bxa5 20. Rb6 Rdc8 21. Nb5 (
21. d5 $6 exd5 22. Bf5 Bd7 23. Bxd7 Nxd7 24. Rxd6 Nc5 $15) 21... Nd7 22. Rxc6
Rxc6 23. Be4 Rac8 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. Kd3 $14) 18... g6 19. Ne3 $14 Kf8 20. Rb2
h5 21. h4 (21. a4 $6 a5 22. bxa5 bxa5 23. Rb6 Rdc8 24. d5 exd5 25. cxd5 Bxd5
26. Rxd6 Be6 $15) 21... Ke7 22. Re1 Kf8 23. Ra1 Ke7 24. Re1 Kf8 25. Nd1 Bd7 26.
Nc3 Rdc8 27. Reb1 Bc6 28. Ra1 Ke7 29. Re1 Kf8 30. Rbb1 Bd7 31. Rec1 Rab8 32.
Rb2 Ra8 33. Nd1 Rc7 34. Ne3 Ke7 35. Rbc2 Rac8 36. Rc3 Be8 37. Be2 Bd7 38. c5 $1
dxc5 39. dxc5 bxc5 40. Rxc5 (40. Ba6 Rd8 41. Ke2 Bc8 42. Bb5 $14) 40... Rxc5
41. Rxc5 Rxc5 42. bxc5 e5 43. Kc3 Be6 44. Bc4 $14 Kd7 45. Bxe6+ Kxe6 46. Kc4
Ne8 $5 47. Kb5 Kd7 $1 48. Kc4 (48. c6+ $2 Kd6 49. Nc4+ Kd5 {/\Ne8-c7}) 48...
Nc7 (48... Ke6 $142) 49. Nd5 Ne6 50. g4 hxg4 $2 (50... g5 $1 51. gxh5 gxh4 52.
h6 Nf8 $1 53. Nf6+ Kc6 54. Ng4 Ng6 $1 55. Nf2 Nf8 $10) 51. fxg4 f5 (51... Ng7
$142) 52. gxf5 gxf5 53. h5 f4 54. h6 Ng5 55. Nf6+ Kc6 56. Ne4 Nh7 (56... f3 57.
Kd3 $18) 57. Nf2 $1 Ng5 58. Nd3 Nf7 59. h7 $18 a6 60. Nf2 Nh8 61. Nd3 (61. Nd3
Nf7 62. Kb4 Kd5 63. c6 $18) 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Bg5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. e3 Qa5 11. exd4 Qxg5 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 b6 14. Bd3
(14. f3 $5 Ba6 15. b4 Rac8 (15... d6 $142) 16. c5 Bxf1 17. Rhxf1 $14 {
Seirawan-Kudrin,USA(ch)1986}) 14... Ba6 15. Rhc1 Rac8 {TN} (15... Rfc8 16. Nd1
Rc7 (16... d6 17. b4 Bb7 18. f3 e5 $6 19. d5 g6 $6 (19... b5 $142 20. Ne3 $14 {
Bykhovsky,Av}) 20. Nc3 Ne8 21. g4 $1 $16 {Bykhovsky-Gligoric,Belgrade 1988})
17. b4 Rac8 18. Ne3 $14 {Savchenko-Brodsky,Herson 1989}) 16. Nd1 Nh5 $5 17. g3
(17. Ne3 $5 f5 18. b4 $14 (18. a4 d5 19. cxd5 Bxd3 20. Kxd3 Nf4+ 21. Kd2 Nxd5
$10)) 17... f5 18. a4 Bb7 19. a5 Nf6 $132 20. b4 d6 21. axb6 axb6 22. Ra7 Rf7
23. f4 (23. Ne3 g5 $1 24. c5 dxc5 25. Nc4 cxb4 26. Nd6 Rxc1 27. Nxf7 Rc7 28.
Nd8 Rd7 29. Nxb7 Kg7 $44) 23... Be4 24. Ra6 (24. Rca1 Rxa7 25. Rxa7 Bxd3 26.
Kxd3 b5 $1 27. cxb5 Nd5 $44) 24... Rb7 25. Be2 Bc6 26. Nc3 Ne4+ 27. Nxe4 Bxe4
28. Rc3 Kf7 29. Ke3 h6 30. h4 Kf6 31. h5 Bc6 32. Rca3 d5 $1 33. c5 (33. b5 Bd7
$1 34. Ra7 Rxa7 35. Rxa7 dxc4 $1 $10) 33... bxc5 34. bxc5 Bb5 $1 35. Ra7 Rxa7
36. Rxa7 Bxe2 37. Kxe2 Rb8 $1 $10 38. Kd2 Rb4 39. Kc3 Rc4+ 40. Kd3 Rc1 41. Kd2
Rc4 42. Kd3 Rc1 43. Rd7 Rg1 44. c6 (44. Kc3 $2 Rxg3+ 45. Kb4 Rd3 46. c6 Rxd4+
47. Kc5 Rxf4 48. c7 Rc4+ 49. Kd6 d4 $17) 44... Rc1 45. c7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-NED"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Miralles, Gilles"]
[Black "Ligterink, Gert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. g3 Bb4 6. Qb3 c5 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Qxb4
Na6 9. Qa3 dxc3 10. Qxc3 Nc5 11. O-O O-O 12. b3 d5 13. Rd1 Nce4 14. Qb2 Qe7 15.
cxd5 Bxd5 16. Be3 Rac8 17. Bd4 Rc7 18. Ne1 Rfc8 19. f3 Nc5 20. Rac1 Ncd7 21.
Nd3 Bb7 22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. e4 h6 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 Qd6 26. Qc3 Ne8 27. Qb4
Qxb4 28. Nxb4 Nd6 29. Kf2 f6 30. h4 h5 31. Bh3 Kf7 32. Nd3 Nf8 33. Bb2 e5 34.
Nb4 Ne6 35. Ke3 Nc5 36. Nd5 Ne6 37. Nb4 Nc5 38. Nd5 Ne6 39. Nb4 $14 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 6th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2002.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gershon, Alik"]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Teske,H"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bg5
Bb7 9. e3 Be7 10. Rd1 h6 11. Bh4 d5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. cxd5 exd5 {mit
Remisangebot} 14. Be2 Qc8 15. Nd4 {[#]} Nc6 16. Nxd5 Bxd4 17. exd4 Qd7 18. Bf3
Na5 19. Ne3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rac8 21. Qd3 Qh3 22. Rg1 Rfe8 23. d5 $4 {Damit
überspannt Weiß den Bogen. Der schwarze Springer gelangt auf das wichtige Feld
e5.} (23. b3 $1 $13) 23... Nc4 24. Qd4 Ne5 25. Ke2 {[#]} Rc2+ $6 {Gewinnt die
Dame, aber Schwarz hat danach noch einige technische Probleme zu lösen.} (25...
Qxf3+ $1 {gewinnt komfortabler.} 26. Kf1 (26. Ke1 Qh3) (26. Kd2 Qxf2#) 26...
Qh3+ 27. Rg2 (27. Ke2 Rc4 $1 {Weiß muß die lange Diagonale verlassen und geht
chancenlos unter.} 28. Nxc4 Nxc4+ $19 {Hier wird deutlich, warum Schwarz erst
den Bf3 vernichten sollte. Der weiße König kann nun nicht mehr über d3
entwischen.}) 27... g5 $1 28. d6 Nf3 29. Qd3 Nxh2+ 30. Kg1 Nf3+ 31. Kf1 Qh1+
32. Ke2 Qxg2 $19) 26. Nxc2 Nxf3+ 27. Ne3 Nxd4+ 28. Rxd4 Qxh2 29. Kf1 Qh3+ 30.
Rg2 Qh1+ 31. Rg1 Qh3+ 32. Rg2 Rd8 33. Kg1 Qc8 34. Rc4 Qd7 35. Rg3 f5 36. Rd4 g5
37. Nc4 f4 38. Rgd3 b5 39. Ne5 Qd6 40. Re4 Re8 41. Nc4 bxc4 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup Final"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Yakovich,Y"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1997.09.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3
Qb6 8. e3 (8. e4 $6 Ng4 9. Na4 Qa5+ $1 (9... Bxf2+ 10. Ke2 Qc7 11. h3 $18) 10.
Bd2 Bxf2+ 11. Ke2 Qh5 12. h3 Bg3 $17) 8... Be7 (8... Qc7 9. Bd3 Be7 10. b3 a6
11. Bb2 d6 12. g4 Nxg4 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. Rg1 f5 16. Rg3 Nde5 17.
Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Be2 Bf6 19. O-O-O b5 20. cxb5 Bb7 21. f4 Nf7 22. Kb1 Rac8 23. Rc1
{Relange,E-Hartereau,P/FRA-chT 1995/EXT 95ch/1-0 (33)}) 9. Bd3 d5 $146 (9... d6
10. O-O Nbd7 (10... a6 11. b4 Qc7 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Rac1 b6 14. Ne4 h6 15. Ng3
Bb7 16. e4 Ne5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Rfd1 Nd7 19. Bc3 Nb8 20. Qb2 Nc6 21. Ne2 f5
22. Qc2 g6 23. Bd2 Nd4 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. c5 bxc5 26. bxc5 Qc6 27. f3 Bg5 28.
Bxg5 hxg5 29. Qd2 g4 30. Qg5 Kg7 31. Re1 gxf3 32. gxf3 Rf7 33. Re2 e5 {1-0
Mitenkov,A-Gelman,A/Moscow-ch 1994/EXP 43}) 11. b4 Qc7 12. Bb2 b6 13. Rac1 Bb7
14. Nb5 Qb8 15. e4 a6 16. Nc3 Qa7 17. Ne2 Rac8 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20.
Bxe5 h6 21. Qb2 Rfd8 22. Rcd1 Ba8 23. Nf4 Qb7 24. f3 Qc6 25. Kh1 Rd7 26. Qe2
Rcd8 27. Nh3 Qa4 28. Bb2 Bb7 29. Nf2 Qc6 30. Be5 Qc8 31. Bc2 Rxd1 32. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 33. Nxd1 Nd7 34. Qd3 g6 35. Bc3 Qc7 36. Ne3 h5 37. Kg1 Ne5 38. Qe2 Bf6
39. Nd1 Bg7 40. Bb3 Qd6 41. Bc2 Nxf3+ 42. gxf3 Bxc3 43. Nxc3 Qd4+ 44. Qf2 {
Hsu Li Yang-Johansen,D/Dubai Asian Cities 1992/EXP 32/0-1 (54)}) 10. cxd5 exd5
11. h3 $1 (11. O-O Bg4 $11) 11... Nc6 12. O-O Rd8 13. b4 $1 Bd6 (13... d4 14.
Na4 Qc7 15. b5 $18) 14. Bb2 Ne5 $8 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Rac1 Be6 17. Na4 Qd6 18.
Nc5 Bc8 (18... Rac8 19. Nxb7 $1 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 $1 Qe7 21. Nxd8) 19. Nb3 Bd7 20.
Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Qc7 Qg5 22. Kh2 (22. f4 Qh4 {[%cal Rd7h3]}) 22... b6 23. Nd4 Ne8
24. Qg3 Qf6 25. Rc2 $138 a5 $138 26. Rfc1 axb4 27. axb4 g6 28. Bb5 Bxb5 29.
Nxb5 Qe7 30. Nd4 Qd6 31. Nc6 Qxg3+ 32. Kxg3 Rd7 33. Ne5 Re7 34. Nd3 Nd6 35. Nf4
Ne4+ 36. Kf3 Rd7 37. Rc8+ Rxc8 38. Rxc8+ Kg7 39. Rc6 b5 40. Rb6 Nc3 (40... Nd2+
41. Ke2 Ne4 42. f3 Nc3+ 43. Kd3 $18) 41. Ne2 Nxe2 42. Kxe2 Ra7 43. Rxb5 Ra2+
44. Kf3 Rb2 (44... Rd2 $5 {/\d4}) 45. g4 $1 {White pawns capture space on king
side} h6 46. h4 Rd2 47. Rc5 $1 d4 48. Rc4 $1 (48. Rd5 $2 d3 49. Ke4 Rb2 50. b5
d2) 48... dxe3 (48... d3 49. Ke4 $1 Rd1 (49... Rxf2 50. Kxd3 $18) 50. Rd4 d2
51. Kd3 $18) 49. Kxe3 {[#] Hecht:  Der Freibauer wird günstig von der Seite
gedeckt, und der weiße König steht bereits günstig. Für die ideenreiche
Endspielführung in startegischer wie auch taktischer Hinsicht gibt es eine
Medaille} Rb2 50. f4 Rh2 51. b5 Rb2 (51... Rxh4 $2 52. Rb4 $18) 52. Rc5 Rb4 {
[%cal Gb4h4]} 53. h5 $1 gxh5 54. gxh5 $1 (54. Rxh5 Kg6 55. Rc5 f6 56. Kf3 Kg7
57. Kg3 {[%cal Rg3h4,Rh4h5]} Rb1 $11 (57... Kg6 $2 58. Rc7 $1 h5 59. Rc5))
54... Kf6 55. Rc6+ $2 $138 (55. Kf3 $1 {/\Kg4} Rb1 56. Ke4 Rb4+ 57. Kd5 Kf5 58.
Kc6+ Kxf4 59. b6 $18) 55... Kf5 56. b6 Rb3+ $2 $138 (56... f6 $3 57. Kd3 Rb1
58. Kc2 Rb5 59. Kc3 Rb1 60. Kc4 Kxf4 61. Rxf6+ Kg5 $11) 57. Kd4 Kxf4 {[#]} 58.
Kc4 $1 (58. Rc4 $5 {Hecht: Indirekte Verteidigung des Bb6 und Vorbereitung des
Manövers Kc5 samt Tb4. Die nachfolgenden Varianten sind beispielhaft und
müssen sorgfältig geprüft werden.} f5 (58... Kg5 $5 59. Kc5 Kxh5 60. Rb4 Rc3+
61. Kd6 Rc8 62. b7 Rb8 63. Kc7 Rxb7+ 64. Rxb7 (64. Kxb7 $5 Kg5 65. Kc6 h5 66.
Kd5 h4 67. Ke4 Kg4 68. Rb8 Kg3 69. Ke3 h3 70. Rg8+ Kh2 71. Kf2 $18) 64... Kg4
65. Kd6 h5 66. Ke5 h4 67. Rxf7 h3 68. Ke4 h2 69. Rg7+ Kh3 $11) (58... Rb5 $5
59. Kc3+ Kg5 60. Rb4 Rc5+ 61. Kd4 Rc8 62. b7 Rb8 63. Ke5 f5 (63... Kxh5 64. Kf6
$22) 64. Kd6 f4 65. Kc7 Rxb7+ 66. Rxb7 Kxh5 67. Kd6 Kg4 68. Ke5 f3 69. Ke4 f2
70. Rf7 Kg3 71. Ke3 h5 72. Rg7+ $18) 59. Kc5+ Kg5 (59... Kg3 60. Rb4 Rc3+ 61.
Kd6 Rc8 62. b7 Rb8 63. Kc7 Rxb7+ 64. Rxb7 f4 65. Kd6 f3 66. Ke5 f2 67. Rf7 Kg2
68. Rf5 f1=Q 69. Rxf1 Kxf1 70. Kf5 $18) (59... Ke5 60. Rb4 Rc3+ (60... Rxb4 61.
Kxb4 Kd6 62. Kb5 f4 63. Ka6 f3 64. b7 f2 65. b8=Q+ $18) 61. Kb5 Rc8 62. b7 Rb8
63. Kc6 f4 64. Kc7 Rxb7+ 65. Rxb7 f3 66. Kc6 Kf4 67. Rf7+ $18) 60. Rb4 Rc3+ 61.
Kd6 Rc8 62. b7 Rb8 63. Kc7 Rxb7+ 64. Rxb7 Kxh5 65. Kd6 Kg4 66. Ke5 $18) 58...
Rb1 59. Rxh6 Kg5 60. Rd6 Kxh5 61. Rd5+ Kg4 62. Rb5 Rc1+ 63. Kd5 Rc8 64. b7 Rb8
{[#]} 65. Rb4+ $3 {Hecht: Gewinnt, wie es aussieht, das entscheidende Tempo.}
Kf3 (65... Kg5 66. Kc6 f5 67. Kc7 Rh8 (67... Rxb7+ {Hecht} 68. Rxb7 f4 69. Kd6
Kg4 70. Ke5 f3 71. Rf7 Kg3 72. Ke4 f2 73. Ke3 $18) 68. b8=Q Rxb8 69. Rxb8 f4
70. Kd6 f3 71. Ke5 Kg4 72. Rf8 Kg3 73. Ke4 f2 74. Ke3 $18) (65... Kf5 {Hecht}
66. Kd6 f6 67. Kc7 Rxb7+ 68. Rxb7 Ke4 69. Kd6 f5 70. Re7+ Kd4 71. Rf7 Ke4 72.
Ke6 f4 73. Kf6 f3 74. Kg5 Ke3 75. Kg4 f2 76. Kg3 $18) 66. Ke5 Ke3 67. Kf6 Kd3
68. Kxf7 Kc3 69. Rb1 1-0

