[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Saint Quentin"]
[Date "2014.05.29"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2014.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Metz Fischer"]
[BlackTeam "Strasbourg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

{Even top GMs learn again and again that in chess, one move is enough to spoil
a beautiful position.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {An unusual line against
the Rossolimo, but not without merit.} 4. Nc3 (4. e5 Ng4 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 g6
7. Bf4 Nh6 $11 {Wallace-Naiditsch, 2014}) 4... g6 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Ne4
Bg7 8. O-O d6 9. c4 f5 $1 {This is already shaping up to be a sharp game.
White's superior structure and slight development edge can easily be
overshadowed by Black's majority in the center and the bishop pair. Both sides
must play carefully.} 10. Nxc5 $1 {A nice counter.} (10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Nxf6+
Bxf6 12. d3 O-O $15 {Is the type of position Black dreams of. Notice how
useless White's knight is for now, and even on e4 it is not that great.}) 10...
dxc5 11. cxd5 Qxd5 {Black's structure is even worse, but White's is also
shattered now. As long as White retains his pawn on e5 he can keep the bishops
decently controlled.} 12. b3 $1 O-O (12... Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Ba3 $16 {
will allow White to recover the pawn on c5 and emerge with a great advantage
as Black's bishop is nowhere near as useful as White's.}) 13. Ba3 Bxe5 $2 {
This simply reverts to the previous variation, Black had to be more patient.} (
13... Ba6 14. Re1 Rfe8 $1 {defending the e7 pawn is key to allow c4.} 15. Rc1
c4 $14 {and White is a little better, but its nothing too bad.}) 14. Nxe5 Qxe5
15. Re1 Qf6 16. Qc2 $1 {Nice! White's queen will be even better than the
bishop on c5.} f4 17. Qxc5 f3 18. Qc4+ Rf7 19. Bxe7 Qf5 {White's up a pawn and
he has the better attacking prospects. All he has to do is not underestimate
the f3 pawn.} 20. Qxc6 $4 {Surprisingly this is exactly what Riazantsev does!
It is unclear what exactly he missed as Qg4 is the most natural move.} Qg4 {
And it's all over! There is no good way to prevenet checkmate! A dramatic end
to a game that White had played perfectly.} 0-1

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2014.08.18"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2014.08.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ankara Demirspor"]
[BlackTeam "Besiktas Jimnastik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bc4 b5 8. Bf1
Bg4 9. a4 b4 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 e5 12. d5 Nd4 13. Be3 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Bh5 15.
a5 Be7 16. Qa4+ Nd7 17. Bh3 Bh4 18. Nd2 g6 19. Nc4 f5 20. Nxd6+ Kf8 1-0

