[Event "Filippo Vetro Memorial"]
[Site "Agrigento"]
[Date "2014.08.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2014.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 (3... c5 4. d5 d6 $1 5. Bg2 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Nf3
Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. a4 $5 {Hulak}) 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nc3 $5 dxc4 (6...
Nbd7 7. Qd3 {Kramnik-Topalov, Tromso (ol) 2014 inspired me to play this line.})
7. Ne5 c5 (7... Nc6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 c5 (11...
e5 12. Qxc4 exd4 13. Qxd4 $13) 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Rd1 Nd5 15. Bd4
Bb7 16. O-O $13 {is the critical position to appreciate this line.}) 8. dxc5
Qc7 (8... Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. Ne3 (10. Bd2 $5 {Oldman's fixation.}) 10...
Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Rd8+ 13. Ke1 $5) 9. Nxc4 Qxc5 (9... Bxc5 10. O-O $1
Bxf2+ 11. Rxf2 Qxc4 12. Rxf6 gxf6 13. Bh6 $44 {is known to be very good for
White.}) 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. Be3 Qh5 $2 {He has an affiliation for this move.} ({
Black has to improve the following line.} 11... Nd4 12. Bxd4 Qxd4 13. O-O Rb8
14. Rac1 $1 Bd7 15. Rfd1 Qc5 16. Ne4 $1 Qb5 (16... Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bc6 18. Bxc6
bxc6 $8) 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Qe3) 12. h3 $1 e5 (12... Nd5 13. g4 Qh4 14. Nxd5
exd5 15. Bxd5 Nb4 16. Ne5 $16) (12... Na5 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. O-O $16) 13. g4 Qh4
14. Nd2 $1 e4 $5 $146 {He decided to give a pawn.} (14... Nd4 $2 15. Bxd4 exd4
16. Nf3 Qh6 17. g5 Qg6 18. gxf6 $18) (14... Nd7 15. Nf3 (15. Nd5 Bc5) 15... Qf6
16. Nd5 $16) 15. Ndxe4 (15. Qb5 $5 h6 16. Ndxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 {is another way
to get the pawn.}) 15... Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. e3 Qf6 19. Qc2 Nb4
$5 20. Qe2 $5 ({I could have taken the h7-pawn as well.} 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Qe4
a5 22. a3 Bd7 23. axb4 Bc6 24. Nd5 Qd6 25. O-O Bxd5 26. Qd3 $16) 20... Qe7 21.
a3 Na6 (21... Nc6 22. Qc2 Qh4 23. O-O-O Be6 24. Bd5 $16) 22. Qc2 Qh4 23. Rd1 {
I have tried to force the events at once but this may not be the best.} (23.
Nb5 $142 Bd7 24. Nd6 $16) 23... Nc5 24. Rd5 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Qf6 $2 (25... f5 26.
gxf5 Qxe4 27. Nxe4 Bxf5 28. Nd6 Bd7 29. Rd4 Bc6 30. Rg1 Rf3 31. Rg3 Rxg3 32.
fxg3 Rf8 33. Rf4 Rd8 34. Nf5 Re8 $14) 26. Rh5 h6 27. O-O {I have played rather
safe.} (27. g5 $5 Qg6 28. Qh4 Kh7 29. gxh6 gxh6 30. Rh2 $1 $18 {I have missed
this move threatening Rh2.}) 27... Be6 28. Rd1 Rfd8 29. Rd4 Rxd4 30. exd4 $1
Rd8 31. Re5 b6 32. f4 $138 Qh4 33. Kg2 Bd7 34. d5 Qf6 35. Qe3 Rc8 $2 {Losing
at once.} (35... Qd6 36. f5 $16) 36. Re7 Qd6 37. Qe5 $18 Qxe5 38. fxe5 Rd8 39.
Kg3 Kf8 40. d6 f6 41. Kf4 $2 {Somehow the text also seemed to win quick enough.
} (41. e6 $1 Be8 42. Ne4 Bg6 43. Rxa7 $18) 41... a5 $2 $138 (41... fxe5+ 42.
Kxe5 Re8 43. Nd5 Bc6 44. Rxe8+ Kxe8 45. Nc7+ Kf7 46. h4 Bd7 47. g5 hxg5 48.
hxg5 Kg6 49. Ne6 Kf7 50. g6+ $18) 42. e6 $1 {No second chance!} Be8 43. Ne4 Bg6
44. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Lee Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 c5 $6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
dxc5 (8. Nc3 O-O {-D41} 9. e4 Nb6 10. d5 (10. dxc5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Bxc5 12. Bf4 (
12. e5 Bb4 $1 13. Bf1 (13. Bf4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Na5 15. Be3 Nd5 16. Bc5 Re8 17.
Rac1 b6 18. Bb4 Nc4 19. Rd4 (19. Bf1 Ba6 20. Rd4 (20. Nd2 $6 Nxd2 21. Bxa6 Nxb4
(21... Nf3+ 22. Kg2 Nxe5) 22. cxb4 Nf3+ 23. Kg2 Nxe5)) 19... Ba6 20. Bf1 Rac8
21. Ra1 (21. a4 $2 Nxb4 22. cxb4 Nxe5 23. Rxc8 Nxf3+ 24. Kg2 Bxf1+) (21. Rcd1
Nxb4 22. cxb4 Bb7 23. Rxc4 Bxf3 24. Rd7 g5) 21... Nxb4 22. cxb4 Bb7 23. Bxc4
Bxf3 24. Rf4 g5 25. Rxf3 Rxc4 26. Rd1 Re7 $15) 13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 Bd7 15. Be3
(15. Rb1 Nb8 16. Nd4 Nc6 17. Nf3 Nb8 $10) 15... Nd5 16. Bc5 Rfd8 17. c4 Nde7
18. Rab1 b6 19. Bd6 Be8 20. c5 Nd5 21. Rdc1 Na5 22. Nd4 Nb7 23. Bb5 $10) 12...
f6 13. Rac1 e5 14. Nb5 (14. Nd5 Bd4 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Rd2 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Rad8 18.
Nxb6 (18. Nh4 Rd7 19. Nf5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Rfd8 21. Rcc5 Kf8 $17) 18... axb6 19.
Rd5 Rc8 20. Rcd1 Rfd8) 14... exf4 15. Rxc5 fxg3 16. hxg3 Bg4 17. Rd2 (17. Rd6
Rad8 18. Nh2 Be2 $1 $10) 17... Rad8 18. Nd6 Rfe8 $1 $10) 10... exd5 11. exd5
Nb4 12. Ne1 (12. Ne5 Bd6 (12... Bf6 13. f4 Bf5 14. a3 Nc2 15. Ra2 (15. g4 Nxa1
16. gxf5 c4 17. Be3 Nb3 18. d6 Re8 $1 $13) 15... Rc8 16. b3 (16. g4 Bxe5 17.
fxe5 Bg6 18. b3 (18. d6 Qd7 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Nd4 $13) 18... Nd4 19. Be3
Re8 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Qxd4 Qc7 $10) 16... Nd4 17. Be3 Qc7 $1 $13 (17... Re8 18.
Bxd4 (18. b4 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Nc4 $1 20. Bf2 b6 21. bxc5 bxc5 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23.
Qxd4 Rxe5 $10) 18... cxd4 19. Qxd4 Qc7 20. Nb5 Bxe5 21. Qxe5 Qxe5 22. fxe5 Rxe5
23. Nd6 (23. Nxa7 Rd8 $1 $10) 23... Rc2 24. Rxc2 Bxc2 25. Rxf7 Nc8 26. Rc7 Nxd6
27. Rxc2 $10) (17... Qe7 18. b4 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Qxe5 20. Bf4 $13) (17... Be7 18.
g4 Bd7 19. b4 cxb4 20. axb4 Bxb4 $1 21. Ne4 Nb5 22. Qd3 $13)) 13. Nd3 Bg4 14.
Qxg4 Nxd3 15. Bh6 (15. Bg5 f5 16. Qh5 Qd7 17. Qe2 c4 18. Qe6+ (18. b3 $2 Rae8
19. Qd2 f4 $1 20. bxc4 Qf5 $1 21. Rad1 (21. Be4 Rxe4 22. Qxd3 f3 $1 23. Kh1 Qh3
24. Rg1 Rg4 $19) 21... Nxf2 22. Qxf2 (22. Rxf2 Qxg5 23. Ne4 Rxe4 24. Bxe4 Bc5
$19) 22... Qxg5 23. Ne4 Rxe4 24. Bxe4 Nxc4 $1 25. Bxh7+ Kh8 26. Qg2 Qh6 $17)
18... Rf7 19. a4 Re8 20. Qxd7 Rxd7 21. a5 Nc8) 15... Qf6 16. Bd2 Be5 17. Bg5
Qg6 18. Be4 f5 19. Bxd3 fxg4 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Be7 Rf7 22. Bxc5 Bxc3 23. Bxb6
Bxb2 24. Rab1 Ba3 25. Be3 b6 26. Rfd1 Rd8 27. Rb3 Bf8 $14) 12... Bf6 13. Be3 (
13. Nd3 Bg4 14. Qxg4 Nxd3 15. Rd1 c4 16. Be4 Bxc3 17. Bxd3 (17. bxc3 $2 Nxf2 $1
18. Kxf2 f5 $19 19. Bxf5 Qd7) 17... cxd3 18. bxc3 Qxd5 19. Bh6 Qe5 20. Rxd3 $10
) 13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 N4xd5 15. Bxc5 Re8 16. Qd4 (16. Bd4 Bf5 17. Rc1 Rc8 $10)
16... Qf6 17. Bxb6 Nxb6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Nd3 Na4 20. c4 Be6 21. Rfc1 Re7 22.
Nf4 Rc8 23. Bd5 Nb6 24. Re1 Kf8 25. Nxe6+ fxe6 26. Rxe6 Nxd5 27. cxd5 Rxe6 28.
dxe6 Ke7 29. Re1 Rc6 $10) 8... O-O 9. a3 (9. Qc2 Qa5 $5 10. Ng5 $5 f5 (10...
Nf6 11. Nc3 Qxc5 12. Be3) 11. Rd1 (11. e4 Ndb4 12. Qc3 Qxc5) 11... h6 $1 (11...
Rd8 12. Bxd5 Rxd5 13. Rxd5 exd5 14. Be3 Bxg5)) 9... Bxc5 10. b4 (10. Qc2 Be7
11. Rd1 Bd7 12. e4 Nb6 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. Bf4 Qe8 15. Qe2 Na5 16. Ne5 Ba4 17. Nxa4
Qxa4 18. Rac1 Nb3 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Be3 Bf6 21. Ng4 Bd4 22. Qd3 e5 23. Bxd4
exd4 24. Ne5 {0.5-0.5 Brestian,E(2470)-Hmadi,S(2335) Novi Sad olm(07) OST-TUN
1990} (24. Ne5 Nc1 $1 $40)) 10... Be7 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. Qb3 Bd7 13. Nbd2 Bxb2 14.
Qxb2 Qe7 15. Rac1 Rfc8 (15... b5 16. Ne5 (16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 a5 18. Qc5 Qxc5
19. Rxc5 axb4 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. axb4 Ra2 $132) 16... Nxe5 17. Qxe5 Rfe8 (17...
f6 18. Qd4 $16 a5 $140 $2 19. e4) 18. Nb3 $16) 16. e4 Nb6 17. e5 $1 {xd6} a5 (
17... Nd8 18. Ne4 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Nd6 Rxc1+ 21. Qxc1 Bc6 22. b5 Bd5 23.
a4 $3 (23. Qc5 Nc4 24. Qxa7 Nxd6 25. exd6 Qxd6) (23. h4) 23... Nxa4 24. Qc8 (
24. Qa3 Qc7 25. Qxa4 Qc1+ 26. Bf1 Bxf3 27. b6 Qc6 $8 28. Qxa7 $13) 24... Nb6
25. Qb8 $16 {xNd8} Nd7 (25... Nc4 26. Nh4 $1 $18 (26. Ne1 $5 Nxe5 27. Bxd5 exd5
28. Nxb7 Nec6 29. bxc6 Qxe1+ 30. Kg2 Qe4+ 31. f3 Qc2+ 32. Kh3 Qf5+ $10) (26.
Nd4 $6 Bxg2 $1 {xKg2} (26... Nxe5 27. Bxd5 exd5 28. Nxb7) 27. Kxg2 Nxe5 28. Nf3
Nxf3 29. Nxb7 Nd4 30. Nxd8 Qf8)) 26. Qc7) 18. bxa5 (18. b5 Na7 19. Nd4 Na4 $132
) 18... Nd5 19. Nc4 Nxa5 20. Nd6 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 f6 (21... Bc6 22. Nd4 $16) (
21... Ba4 22. Nd4 Nc6 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. N4f5 Qc7 $8 (24... Qd7 25. Nxg7) (24...
Qe6 25. Qxb7 Rb8 26. Qc7) (24... Qxe5 25. Qxb7)) (21... b5 22. Bf1 $1) 22. Ne4
$1 Ra6 $5 (22... Bc6 23. exf6 gxf6 24. Nd4 $16) (22... b5 23. exf6 gxf6 24.
Nfd2 $16 {xf6,x <->h1,a8}) 23. exf6 gxf6 24. Nd4 Rb6 25. Qa2 (25. Qd2 $1 Nc6 $8
(25... Qxa3 $2 26. Nc5 $18) 26. Nc5 Nxd4 27. Qxd4 Rc6 $1 (27... Bc6 28. Re1)
28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Qxd5+ Be6 (29... Qe6 30. Qd1) 30. Qe4 (30. Qd4 $2 b6 31. Nd3
Rxc1+ 32. Nxc1 Qxa3) 30... Rxc5 31. Rxc5 Qxc5 32. Qxe6+ Kg7 $14) 25... Nc6 26.
Nf5 exf5 27. Nc3 (27. Qxd5+ Be6 28. Qc5 Qxc5 29. Nxc5 Bc8 $10) (27. Nc5 Kg7 28.
Qxd5 Bc8) 27... Qe5 $1 $8 28. Qxd5+ Be6 29. Qd2 Qd4 $1 (29... Nd4 $2 30. Re1 (
30. f4 $6 Qc5 31. Na4 Qxa3 $5 32. Nxb6 Qxc1+ 33. Qxc1 Ne2+ 34. Kf2 Nxc1 35.
Bxb7 $10) 30... Rb2 $5 (30... Nb3 $4 31. Qd8+ Kg7 32. Rxe5) (30... Qd6 31. Rd1
Rb3 32. Nd5 $18) 31. Qd1 Qd6 (31... Qc5 32. Na4) (31... Bb3 32. Rxe5 Bxd1 33.
Re8+ Kf7 34. Nxd1) 32. Rxe6 Ne2+ (32... Nf3+ 33. Bxf3) 33. Qxe2) 30. Qe1 $138
Bf7 $6 (30... Qe5 31. Ne2 Bf7 $1 $10) 31. Nd5 Bxd5 32. Rd1 Qe5 33. Bxd5+ Kg7
34. Bxc6 Qxe1+ 35. Rxe1 bxc6 36. Ra1 $6 f4 $6 (36... Kf7 $1 37. Rc1 $10 (37. a4
Ke6 38. a5 Ra6 39. Kg2 Kd5 40. Kf3 c5 $17)) 37. a4 (37. gxf4 $1 Kg6 38. a4 Kf5
39. a5 Ra6 40. Ra4 Ke6 (40... c5 $2 41. Kf1 (41. Kg2 Ke6 42. Kf3 Kd5 43. Ke3
Kc6 44. Ra1 Kb5 $10) 41... Ke6 42. Ke2 Kd5 43. Kd3 $18) 41. Kg2 (41. Kf1 Kd5
42. Ke2 Kc5 $10) 41... Kd5 42. Kf3 c5 43. Ra1 f5 44. Ke3 Kc4 $10) 37... fxg3
38. fxg3 Kf7 39. a5 Ra6 40. Kf2 Ke6 41. Ke3 Kd5 42. Kd3 Kc5 43. Rc1+ $1 Kd6 $44
(43... Kb4 44. Kd4 Rxa5 45. Rb1+ Ka3 46. Ra1+ Kb4 47. Rxa5 Kxa5 48. Kc5 $18) (
43... Kd5 44. Rf1 Ke6 45. Ra1 Kd5 $10) (43... Kb5 44. Kd4 $1 $18) 44. Rf1 Rxa5
45. Rxf6+ Ke5 46. Rxc6 Ra3+ 47. Kc4 Kf5 48. Rh6 $10 1/2-1/2

[Event "Veliko Gradiste Silver Lake op"]
[Site "Veliko Gradiste"]
[Date "2016.06.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Atakisi, Umut"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 b6 {The
traditional Catalan is what I had prepared against Retardo.} 8. Nbd2 (8. Rd1
Nbd7 9. b3 Ba6 (9... Bb7 10. Nc3 Ba6 $5) 10. Nbd2 Rc8 11. e4 Bb7 (11... c5 12.
exd5 exd5) 12. Bb2 Qc7 {is an incredibly refined idea by Lputian. Despite a
loss of tempo White's Nd2 and Bb2 are both developed on passive squares since
Nc3 and Bf4 are more preferred.} 13. e5 Ne8 14. Rac1 Qb8 $132) 8... Bb7 9. e4
Na6 $5 {This little move popularised by Graf attracted me to this orthodox
follow up.} (9... Nbd7 10. e5 Ne8 11. cxd5 cxd5 (11... exd5 12. Rd1 Nc7 13. Nf1
Ne6 14. Ne3) 12. Re1 Qc8 13. Qd1 Ba6 14. Nf1 Qb7 {and Black has to crawl out
when Ne8 is a liability.}) 10. Rd1 (10. a3 dxc4 $5 11. Nxc4 b5 $132) (10. e5
$142 Nd7 11. a3 {looks like the best move order.} c5 (11... Rc8 12. b4 c5 13.
dxc5 bxc5 14. b5 Nc7 15. a4 $16) 12. dxc5 bxc5 (12... Naxc5 13. b4 Na6 (13...
Ne4 14. cxd5 Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 exd5 $14) 14. Bb2 $14) 13. Re1 $1 Nb6
$13) 10... Rc8 $1 (10... Nb4 11. Qb1 dxe4 (11... dxc4 12. e5) 12. Nxe4 c5 13.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Be4 $14) 11. e5 Nd7 {
Another good point for the home team: the knight is well placed on d7.} 12. a3
(12. cxd5 Nb4 (12... cxd5 $5 13. Qb3 Nb4 14. a3 Nc2 15. Rb1 Ba6) 13. Qe4 cxd5
14. Qg4 f5 15. exf6 Rxf6) 12... c5 13. dxc5 Rxc5 $146 {Black wants to activate
the long diagonal a8-h1 with ...Qa8.} (13... Naxc5 14. b4 Ne4 15. Bb2 Nxd2 16.
Nxd2 Qc7 17. Qb3 dxc4 18. Nxc4 (18. Qxc4) 18... Bxg2 19. Kxg2 $14) 14. b4 Rc7
15. b5 $2 {Surprised by the type of position Retardo panicks!} ({The way to
evacuate the c-file is} 15. Qb3 $1 Qa8 (15... Qc8 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Qe3 Qb7 18.
Bb2) 16. Bb2 (16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Qd3 Nab8 18. Bb2 a5 $1) 16... dxc4 (16... Rfc8
17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Qe3 Nab8 19. Ne1 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 a5 $132) 17. Nxc4 Bd5 18. Rxd5
$1 Qxd5 19. Nfd2 Qb5 20. Qd1 Ndb8 21. Nd6 $44) (15. Qd3 $2 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Bxf3
17. Bxf3 b5 18. Na5 Nxe5 $17) 15... Nac5 16. Bb2 Qa8 $17 17. Nd4 $2 {Makes
things even worse.} Nxe5 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Bxe5 Rc5 (19... Rcc8 $142) 20. Bc3
dxc4 (20... d4 $2 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Bb4 Ng5 23. Bxc5 Bxc5 (23... Nh3+ 24. Kf1
Bxc5 25. Qe4 $1 $18) 24. Qf5 $1 $18) 21. Ne4 Rd5 22. Rxd5 Bxd5 23. Rd1 Rd8 24.
Bb2 Kf8 $2 {This is one of the moments when you feel that you have done
something wrong but you are unable to see one or two tricks clearly.} (24...
Bb7 $142 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qxc4 (26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. Bxf6 Qxf6 28. Bxb7 c3 $19)
26... Qd1+ {wins a piece by force.} 27. Qf1 (27. Bf1 Qb1) 27... Qc2 $19) (24...
h6 $4 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Nc3) 25. h4 h6 26. Kh2 Qb8 $2 ({This time I saw but I
could not accept the fact that a6 remains on the board.} 26... a6 27. bxa6 b5
28. Rxd5 Qxd5 29. Ng5 Qc5 30. Nxe6+ fxe6 31. Qh7 c3 32. Bxc3 Qxc3 33. Qh8+ Kf7
34. Qxd8 Bxd8 35. a7 Qxa3 36. a8=Q Qxa8 37. Bxa8 b4 $17 {is far from being a
dead draw.}) 27. Nc3 $2 $138 (27. Nc5) ({I had seen the dangerous line} 27. Ng5
$3 Bxg2 (27... hxg5 28. Qh7 Bf6 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Bxd5 Qc7 $11) 28. Nxe6+ fxe6
29. Qg6 e5 30. Qf5+ $1 {However I did not grasp the importance of this check.}
(30. Rxd8+ $2 Qxd8 31. Qf5+ Bf6 32. Kxg2 Qd5+ $19) 30... Bf6 (30... Kg8 31.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 32. Qe6+ Kf8 33. Kxg2 $14) 31. Bxe5 $3 Qc8 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Bxf6
Qxf6 (33... gxf6 34. Kxg2 c3) 34. Qc8+ $1 Ke7 35. Kxg2 Qe6 36. Qc7+ (36. Qxe6+
$2 Kxe6) 36... Kf6 37. Qf4+ Kg6 $15 {and White comes close to drawing the game.
}) 27... Bxg2 28. Qh7 Bf6 29. Kxg2 (29. a4 g6) 29... Qb7+ (29... Rxd1 $4 30.
Qh8+) 30. Kg1 Rxd1+ 31. Nxd1 Nd4 $3 {This is the real coup de grâce!} ({
White may survive in both the following cases.} 31... Bxb2 32. Nxb2 c3 33. Nd1
Qf3 34. Ne3 $17) (31... Qf3 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Bxf6+ Kxf6 34. Ne3 $17) 32. Bxd4
Bxd4 33. Ne3 (33. Qc2 Qf3 $19) 33... Bxe3 34. fxe3 Qf3 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Qxg7
Qxe3+ 37. Kg2 c3 (37... c3 38. Qg4 c2 39. Qb4+ Ke8 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ris, Robert"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Rd1
Bb7 ({Black has another option} 8... Ba6 9. b3 Nbd7 {, which leads to a
fashionable tabya.}) 9. b3 Na6 $5 {Quite an interesting alternative to the
well-known} (9... Nbd7) 10. Nc3 c5 11. cxd5 exd5 {Maybe objectively not the
best move, but it's easy to understand Rafael, who was aiming for a
complicated game.} ({Black has good chances to equalise after} 11... Nb4 {
for example:} 12. Qb1 (12. Qb2 Nfxd5 $13) 12... Nbxd5 13. Bb2 cxd4 {1/2-1/2
Ross,D-Dizdar,G/Saint John 1988/CBM 006 (36)} (13... Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Qc7 $11))
12. Bb2 ({White can also develop his bishop another way:} 12. Bf4 Qd7 13. Be5
h6 14. Nh4 Nb4 15. Qf5 {1-0 Marin,M-Bagaturov,G/Batumi 1999/CBM 074 (41) with
some pressure.}) 12... Qc8 (12... Rc8 {is always met by} 13. Bh3 Rb8 14. Rac1
$14 {1-0 Gasthofer,V-Deutsch,A/Orel 1992/EXT 1997 (34)}) 13. Rac1 Rd8 $146 {
There are two games in my database, where this position has occurred, with
Black to move! It's understandable, since Black has played 10...c5 after he
previously started with 6...c6. Anyway, I don't believe it's very important in
this position and might change the assessment of the whole line. In my opinion
White keeps a slight edge in this position.} (13... h6 14. e3 Qe6 15. Ne5 Rfc8
16. Qb1 Bd6 17. Ne2 $14 {1-0 Veingold,A-Gonzalez Mateos,R/Benasque 1993/TD (54)
}) 14. Qb1 h6 {[%csl Gg5] Black covers the g5-square with the clear intention
to play 15...Qe6.} (14... Qe6 $2 15. dxc5 $1 bxc5 16. Ng5 Qg4 17. Nxd5 {
[%csl Gh7][%cal Gb2f6]}) 15. dxc5 {Quite a possible continuation.} ({I would
definitely prefer the solid} 15. e3 Qe6 16. Ne2 $14) 15... bxc5 16. Ne5 ({
Another option would have been} 16. Nh4 {but Black is fine after} d4 ({worse is
} 16... Qe6 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. e3 g6 19. Nh4 Bg7 20. Ne2 $14) 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Ne4
Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 (19... Re8 $5) 20. Qxe4 Qe6 21. Qxe6 fxe6 22. Nh4 Nb4 $1
$132) 16... d4 ({The natural} 16... Qe6 {is strongly met by} 17. Nd3 {and the
idea Nf4 is very unpleasant.}) 17. Bxb7 $2 {A huge strategical mistake, which
allows Black to seize the initiative.} ({White should have played} 17. Ne4 Nxe4
18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Qe6 20. e3 $1 {and after} dxe3 21. Qxe3 Bf6 22. Re1 Bxe5
23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Bxe5 Rd2 $11 {Black equalises comfortably, but White is
definitely out of danger.}) 17... Qxb7 18. Na4 {Certainly not the best square
for White's knight, where it will be completely out of the game.} Rd5 $1 19.
Nf3 ({Black is better also after} 19. Nd3 Re8 20. Ba3 Ne4) 19... Re8 $17 {
The game has been changed dramatically over the last few moves and now Black
has a clear advantage, while it's difficult to imagine White's counterplay.}
20. Ba3 Bf8 {[%csl Ge2]} (20... Bd6 $5) 21. Qd3 Ne4 22. Rc2 Rf5 23. Rf1 ({
Apparently a better try would have been} 23. Nb2 {with the idea Nc4.} {But
anyway Black keeps a clear edge after} Rf6 (23... Nc7 24. Nd2 $1 {[%csl Gf5]})
24. Nc4 Nc7 {following by 25...Nd5.}) 23... Re6 24. h4 $2 {[%csl Gg3]
Obviously a suicidal decision, now White will be helpless against Black's idea
to sacrifice something on g3.} ({Black wins nicely after the natural} 24. Nd2
c4 $1 25. bxc4 (25. Nxc4 Bxa3 26. Nxa3 Nb4 27. Qxd4 Rd5 28. Rc7 Qxc7 29. Qxb4
Nd2 $19) 25... Bxa3 26. Qxa3 Ng5 27. f3 Rxe2 {with a decisive attack.}) (24.
Nb2 $142 $17) 24... Bd6 {[%csl Gg3]} 25. Nb2 (25. Nd2 Nxd2 26. Rxd2 Rff6 {
threatening 27...Bg3} 27. Rfd1 Bxg3 (27... Re4 $5 $19 {[%cal Ge4h4]}) 28. fxg3
Re3 29. Nxc5 Nxc5 30. Bxc5 Rg6 $1 31. Qxg6 fxg6 32. Bd6 d3 $1 33. Rxd3 (33.
exd3 Qb6 $1 {[%csl Gd6,Gg1]}) 33... Rxe2 34. Rd5 Rxa2 $19) 25... Rg6 26. Nc4 (
26. Rd1 Bxg3 27. fxg3 Qb8 $1 {wins easily.}) 26... Bxg3 $1 {Not a difficult
move, but anyway it's nice.} 27. fxg3 Qb8 ({The computer shows} 27... Rxg3+ 28.
Kh1 Qc8 $19 29. Qxe4 $140 Rf4 $1 {[%cal Gc8h3]}) 28. e3 ({Of course more
stubborn was} 28. Ng5 {but White is lost after} Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Nxg3+ 30. Kf2
Qf4+ 31. Qf3 hxg5 $19) 28... Qxg3+ {Now it's mate.} 29. Kh1 Qh3+ (29... Rxf3)
30. Rh2 Ng3+ 31. Kg1 Nxf1+ 32. Kf2 Nxh2 0-1

[Event "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Site "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Black "Votava, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 a5 $2 {This is a serious mistake, since it weakens the
b5-square, Black could have allowed b2-b4. In the game a well known
theoretical postion arises, but with moves a2-a3 & a7-a5 included, this
clearly favours White.} 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Nc3 d4 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nd5 Qd8 14.
Nd2 Be6 15. Nf4 Bd7 16. Rc1 Bd6 17. Nd3 Re8 18. Ne4 Bg4 19. Re1 Rc8 20. Qb3 Re7
21. Qb5 {Exploiting the weakness of the b5-square.} Rec7 22. h3 Be6 23. Nec5
Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Qd6 25. Rec1 h6 26. Qb6 $1 Re7 27. Rxa5 Bd7 28. Rd5 Qf6 29. b4
Rce8 30. b5 Nb8 31. Qxf6 gxf6 32. Nf4 Re5 33. a4 b6 34. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Rd1 a5 11. Nc3 Ba6 12. b3 Qb6 $6 (12... Qc7) 13. Na4 Qb7
14. Bb2 Rfd8 15. Rab1 $1 $14 Rac8 (15... dxc4 16. bxc4 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 $14) 16.
Bc3 Qc7 17. Be1 (17. c5 $5 Nd7 18. Nb6 Bxc5 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 $44) (17. e3 $5 {
/\ Bf1}) 17... Bb4 18. e3 Qe7 19. Bc3 Nd7 (19... dxc4 $6 20. bxc4 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 {/\} Qb4 $6 23. Qxb4 axb4 24. Nb6 $16) 20. Qb2 Rb8 (20...
dxc4 21. Bxg7 e5 22. Bh6 Qf6 23. Bh3 Qxh6 24. Bxd7 {/\ Qe5+/-}) 21. Bf1 (21.
Bxg7 $4 e5 22. Bh6 Qf6 $19) 21... Bb7 22. Qa1 Ra8 23. Rbc1 $1 {/\ Rc2-d2} g6 $6
24. Bg2 Ba6 25. Bb2 Rab8 (25... Bd6 $5) 26. Bf1 dxc4 $1 $8 27. Bxc4 Bb5 28. Bf1
$6 (28. Bxb5 $1 cxb5 29. Nc3 Nc5 (29... Nf6 30. Nxb5 $16) 30. Ne2 Ne4 31. Nd4
$1 $16) 28... e5 $1 29. Rc2 Qe6 30. Bg2 e4 31. Bf1 h5 $132 32. Bc4 Qf5 33. Bh8
$6 (33. a3 Be7 34. Rcd2 $14) 33... Bf8 34. Rcd2 $2 Bxc4 35. bxc4 Rb4 36. Nc5 $8
Qxc5 37. Rxd7 Rxd7 38. Rxd7 Rxc4 39. Qf6 $2 (39. Rd1 {/\ Qe5-/+}) 39... Qf5 $4
(39... Rc1+ 40. Kg2 Qc4 41. Kh3 Rh1 $1 42. Rd8 Qf1+ 43. Kh4 Rxh2+ 44. Kg5 Qb5+
45. Qe5 Rxf2 46. g4 (46. Kh4 Qxe5 47. Bxe5 f6 48. Bd6 Rh2#) 46... Qxe5+ 47.
Bxe5 f6+ 48. Bxf6 Kf7 $19) 40. Qxf5 (40. Rd8 $142 Rc1+ 41. Kg2 Qf3+ $10) 40...
gxf5 41. Rd8 Kxh8 (41... f6 $5 42. Bxf6 Kf7 {/\ Bb4, Rc2=/+}) 42. Rxf8+ Kg7 43.
Ra8 Ra4 $6 (43... a4 $15) 44. Rc8 Rc4 45. Ra8 Rc5 $6 46. Kf1 Rc1+ 47. Kg2 Rc5
48. a4 $1 $10 Kf6 49. Rh8 $1 Kg6 50. Ra8 Kg7 51. h4 f6 52. Ra7+ Kg6 53. f4 $1
exf3+ 54. Kxf3 Re5 55. Ra6 Rc5 56. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nc3 ({Nach} 6. O-O dxc4 7.
Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 {ist in einer der
Hauptvarianten der Katalanischen Eröffnung eine ähnliche Stellung erreicht,
mit dem Unterschied, dass der Sb1 noch nicht gezogen hat. Nakamura hatte sie
erst kürzlich auf dem Brett:} e5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Qxc4 Be6 14. Qd3 Rad8 15.
Qe3 Qh5 16. f3 Bc4 17. Nc3 Rfe8 18. g4 Qg6 19. Qf2 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. Re1 h5
22. g5 f6 23. h4 Rde5 24. e4 f5 25. Bf4 R5e7 26. Rac1 Bxa2 27. Qxa7 Bf7 28.
Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Qxc7 fxe4 30. Rxe4 Rxe4 31. fxe4 Qxe4 32. Qe5 Qf3 33. Bg3 Bd5 34.
Qe8+ Kh7 35. g6+ Kh6 36. Qh8+ Kxg6 37. Qe8+ Kh7 {0-1 (37) Kramnik,V (2812)
-Nakamura,H (2787) Paris 2016}) 6... dxc4 ({Zur Geschlossenen Variante führt} 
6... c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3 (8. Qd3)) 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 c5 12. dxc5 ({Schwarz hat gute praktische Ergebnisse nach} 
12. Qxc4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 e5 14. Qh4 Rb8 15. O-O Rb4 16. e4 h6) 12... Qxc5 13. Be3
Qc7 14. Rd1 Bd7 {Ein neuer Zug von Nakamura.} (14... Bb7) (14... Nd5) 15. Qa3
Nd5 16. Bd4 a5 17. Rd2 Nb4 18. O-O Qb7 19. Na4 Bxa4 ({Es drohte} 19... Z0 20.
Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nc5) 20. Qxa4 Rfc8 21. Rc1 f6 22. f3 Qa6 23. Bf2 Nd5 24. Rdc2 Nb4
25. Rd2 Nd5 26. Rdc2 Nb4 27. Rc3 {Der Chinese lehnt die Einladung zur
Stellungswiederholung ab und spielt weiter. Aber viel Spannung kommt nicht
mehr auf...} h6 28. Kg2 Rab8 29. b3 cxb3 30. Rxc8+ Rxc8 31. Rxc8+ Qxc8 32. Qxb3
Kf7 33. Qa4 Qa6 34. Qd7+ Kg8 35. Qd2 Qc4 36. Qd8+ Kh7 37. Qxa5 Nxa2 38. Qd2 Nb4
39. Qb2 Nc6 40. Qb1+ Kg8 41. Qb7 Ne5 42. Qb8+ Kh7 43. Qb1+ Kg8 44. Qb8+ Kh7 45.
Qb1+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dornbirn op"]
[Site "Dornbirn"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Horvath, Jozsef"]
[Black "Donev, Ivo Hristov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nxc4 Bd7 12. Nc3 Rfd8 13. Bf4 Be8 14. Rad1
Rxd1 15. Rxd1 Rd8 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Bxd6 Na5 18. Bc7 Rxd1+ 19. Nxd1 b6 20. Bb8
Bc6 21. f3 Nd7 22. Bxa7 Bd5 23. Nc3 Nc6 24. Nxd5 Nxa7 (24... exd5 25. Bh3 $1
$16) 25. Nc3 Kf8 26. f4 Ke7 27. Kf2 e5 28. Ke3 exf4+ 29. gxf4 f5 30. Kd4 Kd6
31. Kc4 h6 32. Bh3 g6 33. e4 fxe4 34. Nxe4+ Kc7 35. Bxd7 Kxd7 36. Kd5 Nc6 37.
Nf6+ Kc7 38. Ke6 Nd4+ 39. Kf7 g5 40. fxg5 hxg5 41. Ke7 Nf3 42. Ng4 b5 43. Ke6
Kb6 44. Kd5 Ka5 45. Kc5 Ka4 46. h4 b4 47. Nf2 Nd2 48. Nd3 Nf3 49. Kb6 b3 50. a3
1-0

[Event "Match Kasparov-Andersson +2-0=4"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1985.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1985.06.13"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qc2 dxc4 7. Qxc4 a6 8. Bf4
Bd6 $5 (8... Nd5 9. Nc3 Nxf4 10. gxf4 $14) 9. Ne5 Nd5 10. Nc3 Nxf4 11. gxf4 Nd7
12. e3 (12. O-O Qh4 $1) 12... Qe7 13. O-O Rb8 $6 (13... Nf6 $1) 14. Ne4 Nf6 15.
Nc5 c6 (15... Bxc5 16. Qxc5 Qxc5 17. dxc5 Bd7 18. Rfd1 $16) 16. b4 Kh8 (16...
Bd7 $5 $14 {/\ Rfd8}) 17. a4 Nd5 18. b5 f6 19. Ned3 axb5 (19... e5 20. bxc6
bxc6 21. fxe5 fxe5 22. Ne4 $1 $16) 20. axb5 cxb5 (20... b6 $5 21. Ne4 cxb5 22.
Qxb5 Bd7 23. Qb3 Bc6 24. Rfc1 $14) 21. Qxb5 Rd8 $6 (21... b6 22. Nxe6 $5 Nxe3
$1 (22... Nc3 23. Qb2 $18) 23. fxe3 $1 (23. Nxf8 $6 Nxg2 $1 (23... Nxf1 24. Re1
$1 $18) 24. Kxg2 (24. Rae1 Nxe1 25. Rxe1 Ba6 $1 $17) 24... Bb7+ $44) 23... Bxe6
24. e4 $36) 22. Ra7 Bxc5 (22... e5 $2 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. dxe5 Bxe5 25. Nxe5 Qxe5
26. Rd1 Bg4 27. Nxb7 $3 Nxe3 $1 (27... Bxd1 28. Nxd8 Rxb5 (28... Rxd8 29. Qxd5
$1 $18) 29. Nf7+ $18) 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Ra8 $3 Bc8 30. Qe2 $1 Qg5 31. fxe3
Bxb7 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Bxb7 $18) 23. Nxc5 Bd7 24. Nxd7 Rxd7 (24... Qxd7 25.
Rb1 $1 $16) 25. f5 $1 g6 (25... Nc7 26. Qb1) 26. fxe6 Qxe6 27. Rfa1 Kg7 28. Qb3
$1 Nf4 29. Qxe6 Nxe6 30. Rb1 Nd8 31. Bf3 Rc8 32. Ra5 Rcc7 33. Rab5 f5 $2 34. h4
$1 Kf7 35. h5 Kg7 36. Kg2 Re7 37. Rb6 Rf7 38. Bd5 Rfd7 $1 39. R1b5 Re7 (39...
Nf7 40. Be6 $1 Rd6 (40... Re7 41. d5 $18) 41. Bxf7 Rxb6 42. Rxb6 Kxf7 43. hxg6+
hxg6 44. Kf3 $16) 40. Kg3 Red7 41. hxg6 hxg6 42. Kf4 Rc2 (42... Kh6 43. f3 Re7
(43... Nc6 44. Bxc6 bxc6 45. Rc5 Rd6 46. Ke5 $18) 44. Rb1 $1 Kg7 (44... Nc6 45.
Rc1 g5+ 46. Kxf5 Rxe3 47. Kf6 $18) 45. Rg1 Nc6 46. Rg2 $1 Re8 47. Bb3 Rce7 48.
d5 Ne5 49. d6 Nd3+ 50. Kg5 Rxe3 51. Rxb7+ Kf8 52. Rh2 $18) 43. Kg5 $1 Rxf2 44.
Rxg6+ Kf8 45. Bb3 $1 Nf7+ (45... Nc6 46. Kf6 Ne7 47. Rg1 f4 48. Rh5 Rd6+ (48...
fxe3+ 49. Ke6 $18) 49. Be6 fxe3+ 50. Ke5 $18) 46. Kf6 f4 (46... Rb2 47. Be6 $1
Rxb5 48. Bxd7 Rb6+ 49. Be6 Rd6 50. d5 b5 51. Rg7 Nh6 52. Rh7 Ng4+ 53. Kxf5
Nxe3+ 54. Ke5 Rb6 55. d6 Nc4+ 56. Kf6 $18) 47. e4 Rb2 48. e5 f3 49. e6 f2 50.
Bc4 (50. Bc4 f1=Q+ (50... Rxb5 51. Bxb5 Rc7 52. Rg2 Nd6 53. Bd3 Rc3 54. e7+ Ke8
55. Bb5+ $1 Rc6 56. Bxc6+ bxc6 57. Ke6 $18) 51. Bxf1 Rf2+ 52. Rf5 Rxf5+ 53.
Kxf5 Rxd4 54. Rf6 Rd5+ 55. Ke4 Re5+ 56. Kf4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:29]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:
39]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 5. g3 {[%emt 0:05:46]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:10]} 6. Bg2 {
[%emt 0:00:31]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 7. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} c5 {[%emt 0:07:
53]} 8. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qxd1+ {[%emt 0:01:30]} 9. Nxd1 {[%emt 0:04:48]}
Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 10. Ne3 {[%emt 0:22:15]} Nbd7 $146 {[%emt 0:23:20]} (
10... Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Rd8+ 13. Kc2 {1/2-1/2 (13) Ivanov,M (2492)
-Lechtynsky,J (2420) Teplice 2008}) 11. N5xc4 {[%emt 0:10:38]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:02:
37]} 12. Na5 {[%emt 0:06:02]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 13. Nec4 {[%emt 0:33:11]}
Bb4+ {[%emt 0:15:12]} 14. Bd2 {[%emt 0:03:45]} Bxd2+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} 15. Kxd2
{[%emt 0:07:45]} Rd8+ {[%emt 0:01:06]} 16. Kc3 {[%emt 0:04:15]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:
00:56]} 17. Kxc4 {[%emt 0:08:47] Grischuk's king was on c4 by move 17, but
that is not as exciting as it sounds as the truth of the position was that
Black had already taken a slight initiative in an endgame that had a
symmetrical pawn structure. Nakamura neutralized Grischuk's Catalan without
problems and another drawn rook endgame was reached.} b6 {[%emt 0:05:05]} 18.
Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 19. Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bxc6 {
[%emt 0:19:44]} 20. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 21. f3 {[%emt 0:
00:09]} Ne3 {[%emt 0:02:43]} 22. Be4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 23.
Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} exf5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 24. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Re8 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} 25. Rhe1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} g6 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 26. e4 {[%emt 0:
00:49]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 27. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:01:51]}
28. fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 29. Rd4 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Kf8 {
[%emt 0:02:37]} 30. a4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 31. Kc3 {[%emt 0:
00:14]} h5 {[%emt 0:02:52]} 32. b4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:03:13]} 33.
Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 34. Ke3 {[%emt 0:01:02]} f6 {[%emt 0:
03:20]} 35. h4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:02:47]} 36. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:22]}
Ra8 {[%emt 0:03:52]} 37. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} axb4 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 38. Rxb4 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 39. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:
33]} 40. Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rd4 {[%emt 0:04:18]} Ra5
{[%emt 0:00:39]} 42. Rb4 {[%emt 0:02:37]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Alekhine op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d5 7. Nc3 (7. Nbd2 O-O
8. Qc2 Bb7 9. e4 {-E06}) 7... Bb7 (7... O-O 8. Ne5 {-E06} Bb7 9. e4 Na6 10. Bf4
dxc4 11. Nxc4 b5 12. Ne3 $16) 8. b3 (8. Ne5 $142 Nbd7 9. e4 dxe4 (9... O-O $2
10. Nxc6 $1 Bxc6 11. exd5 exd5 12. cxd5 Bb7 13. d6 $18) 10. Nxe4 Nxe5 11. dxe5
Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Qc7 13. Qf3 $14) 8... O-O 9. Ne5 (9. Bb2 $5 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Rc8 11.
Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. e4 Nxe5 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 {Hort-Antoshin,
Luhacovice 1971}) 9... Nbd7 10. Bf4 $6 (10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nxe4
13. Bxe4 Qc7 14. Bb2 c5 $10) (10. Bb2 $5) 10... Nxe5 11. Bxe5 (11. dxe5 $6 Nd7
12. cxd5 cxd5 13. e4 Rc8 $15) 11... Rc8 12. Qd3 (12. e4 Bb4 13. Rc1 Bxc3 14.
Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Rxc3 c5 16. e5 Qe7 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 $10) (12. Rc1 Ba6
$1 $132) 12... Nd7 $1 13. Bf4 c5 14. cxd5 cxd4 15. Nb5 $8 (15. dxe6 $6 Nc5 16.
exf7+ Rxf7 $19) (15. d6 $2 Bf6 $17) 15... e5 {/\Nc5} 16. d6 $8 Nc5 17. dxe7
Qxe7 18. Qf5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 exf4 $10 20. Nxd4 fxg3 21. hxg3 Ne6 22. Nxe6 Qxe6
23. Qxe6 fxe6 24. Rac1 Kf7 25. Kf3 Kf6 26. a4 h5 27. Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.05.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Qc2 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. g3 {M.
Krasenkow folgt der Partie Kramnik-Short/Novgorod 1996.} dxc4 (7... d4 8. Nb5)
8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Qa5 10. Ne4 Nxe4 $146 (10... Nxc5 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Ng5 Bxg5
13. Bxg5 Na4 14. Bd2 Qb5 15. Rfc1 Qxb2 16. Qxb2 Nxb2 17. a4 Bd7 18. a5 Rad8 19.
Bb4 Rfe8 20. Bxb7 Bb5 21. a6 Na4 22. Rab1 $16 {Kramnik,V-Short,N/Novgorod 1996}
) (10... Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Qxc5 (11... Nxc5 12. Qxc4 $14) 12. Be3 Qd5 13. Ne5 $36)
11. Qxe4 Nxc5 (11... Qxc5 12. Be3 Qd5 13. Ne5 $36 {Kramnik}) (11... Nxc5 12.
Qxc4 $14) 12. Qxc4 {+/= Kramnik} Bd7 13. b4 $1 Qa4 (13... Qa6 14. Qxa6 Nxa6 15.
Ne5 Rad8 16. a3 Bf6 17. Bf4 $14) 14. Bb2 a5 $6 {Danach büßt Schwarz auf
taktische Weise einen Bauern ein. Bessere Chancen auf Ausgleich gewährte
Schwarz 14...Rac8.} (14... Rac8 $5 15. Qd4 Bf6 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. Qxe5 f6 18. Qd4
e5 19. Qd2 Ne6 $11) 15. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 16. Qg4+ Kh8 {Zu gefährlich erschien
Schwarz 16...Kh6!?, wonach Weiß bei materiellem Gleichgewicht gute
Angriffschancen bekäme.} (16... Kh6 $5 17. Qh3+ (17. Qf4+ Kg7 18. bxc5 Qxf4 19.
gxf4 Bxc5 20. Ne5 Bb5 $11) 17... Kg7 18. bxc5 Bf6 $5 (18... Bxc5 19. Ne5 $36)
19. Rad1 Bc6 20. Qh5 Qxa2 21. Ng5 $36) 17. Qd4+ $1 Kg8 18. bxc5 Qxd4 19. Nxd4
Bxc5 20. Nb3 Bb4 21. Rfc1 {Trotz des Läuferpaares ist das Endspiel sehr
unerfreulich für Schwarz.} Bb5 (21... Rab8 22. a3 $1 a4 23. axb4 axb3 24. Rcb1
$16) 22. Bxb7 Rab8 23. Bf3 Rfc8 24. Nd4 Ba4 25. Bc6 $1 $16 {Erzwingt das
Endspiel mit Türmen und ungleichfarbigen Läufer.} Ba3 26. Rc4 Bb2 27. Rb1 Bxd4
28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Bxa4 {[%mdl 4096]} Rb4 30. Rc8+ Kg7 31. Be8 Rb7 (31... Rb1+
32. Kg2 Rb2 33. Kf3 Rxa2 34. Rc7 $16) 32. a4 Bb6 33. Bb5 Rc7 34. Rb8 Bc5 35.
Kg2 Bd6 36. Ra8 Bb4 37. h4 h6 38. g4 {Solch ein Endspiel ist sehr unangenehm
für den Verteidiger, der meistens tatenlos zusehen muß, wie der Gegner nach
und nach seine Stellung verbessert.} Be1 39. Rd8 Kf6 $2 (39... Bb4 $16) 40. Rg8
$1 Bd2 41. e3 Be1 42. g5+ hxg5 43. h5 $1 {Weiß bildet einen Freibauern.} Ke5
44. Rxg5+ Kf6 45. Rg8 Rc5 46. Kf1 Bb4 47. Be2 Rg5 48. Rb8 Kg7 49. Rb7 Re5 50.
Bf3 Rc5 51. Bg4 Re5 52. Ke2 Re4 $2 (52... Kg8 53. h6 Rg5 54. Bf3 $16) 53. f3 (
53. f3 Re5 54. f4 $18) 1-0

[Event "AUT-chT 9596"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Volkmann, Friedrich Karl"]
[Black "Donev, Ivo Hristov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Be7 (3... Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 {/\c5}) 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O
6. Qc2 a6 (6... dxc4) 7. Nbd2 dxc4 8. Nxc4 Bd7 (8... b5 9. Na5 (9. Nce5 Bb7)
9... c5 (9... Ra7 $1 10. Nb3 $1 (10. Ne5 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxa5 12. Bxa5 Qxd4)) 10.
Ne5 Qxa5+ 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Bxa8 cxd4) 9. Nfe5 Bc6 (9... Nc6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11.
Bxc6 bxc6 12. Ne5 Qxd4 13. Nxc6 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 $14) 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. e3 Nb4 12.
Qd2 (12. Qb3 c5 13. a3 Nbd5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 (14... Nd7 15. c6 Nc5 16. Qc2 b5 17.
Ne5 Qd6 $13) 15. Qxb7) (12. Qe2 c5 13. Bxb7 cxd4 14. Bxa8 d3 $1 $17) 12... c5
13. dxc5 (13. a3 Nbd5 14. dxc5) (13. Bxb7 cxd4 14. Bxa8) 13... Nd3+ 14. Ke2
Nxc5 15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Bd2 Nce4 17. Ba5 Rd5 18. Rhc1 Rh5 19. h4 Rc8 20. b3
Rhc5 (20... h6 21. a3 b5) (20... Rf5 21. Bf3 h5) 21. Bb6 R5c6 22. a4 (22. g4
Ba3 23. Rf1 (23. Rc2 Rxb6 24. Nxa3)) 22... h5 (22... Bc5 23. a5 Bxb6 24. axb6)
23. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Eliskases-Bogoljubow +6-3=11"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1939.01.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Eliskases, Erich Gottlieb"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Annotator "Eliskases,E"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1939.01.04"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {1)DSB 1939, S.37 Bericht, S.43-44. Partiekommentar [Eliskases]
Spielort 8.-9.Partie: Augsburg.} d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6.
Bg2 dxc4 7. Qa4 (7. Ne5) 7... a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qd3 (9. Qb3) 9... Bb7 10. O-O c5
$11 11. Bg5 Nc6 12. Rfd1 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Nxe6 Qxd3 15. Rxd3 fxe6 16.
Kxg2 c4 17. Rd2 Rad8 (17... Ra7 {/\Rfc8}) 18. Rad1 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Kf7 20. f4 (
20. a3) 20... Rc8 {[%mdl 4096]} 21. e4 $2 {Eliskases: Verfrüht. Weiss sollte
zunächst a2-a3 ziehen} (21. a3) 21... b4 $1 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 $1 23. Ne2 $2 {
Eliskases:Weiß will den Läufer nicht nach d4 kommen lassen.} ({Mit} 23. Nd1
$142 {Eliskases} c3 24. bxc3 bxc3 25. Rc2 Bd4 26. Kf3 {war die Stellung noch
zu halten}) 23... c3 24. bxc3 bxc3 25. Rc2 Rb8 $1 26. e5 Rb2 $1 27. Rxb2 (27.
Rxc3 Bxe5 28. fxe5 Rxe2+ 29. Kf3 Rxe5 $17) (27. Nd4 Bd8 28. Kf3 Bb6 $19) 27...
cxb2 28. Nc3 Be7 29. Kf3 g5 30. fxg5 Bxg5 31. Ke2 Bd8 32. Kd3 Ba5 33. Nb1 Bc7
34. Kc2 Bxe5 35. Nd2 Kg6 36. Ne4 Kf5 37. Nc5 a5 38. g4+ Kxg4 39. Nxe6 h5 40.
Nc5 h4 41. Nd3 Bxh2 42. Kxb2 Bg3 0-1

[Event "Terres Catalanes"]
[Site "Manresa"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Black "Garcia Ilundain, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1996.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. Rd1 (10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Rad1 Rc8 12. e4 Ba6 13. Rfe1 dxc4 14.
Bg5 cxb3 15. axb3 Bb7 16. e5 Nd5 17. Ne4 Rc7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Nd6 Ba8 20. h4
h6 21. Nd2 Nb4 22. Qc3 a5 23. N2c4 Nd5 24. Qd2 c5 25. f4 cxd4 26. Qxd4 Nc5 27.
f5 Nxb3 28. f6 Qd7 29. Qg4 g6 30. Bxd5 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 exd5 32. e6 Qc6 33. exf7+
Kh7 34. h5 {1-0 Basin,L-Janjgava,L/URS-OT56 Uzhgorod 1988}) 10... Na6 (10...
Nbd7 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. e4 dxe4 13. Ne5 c5 14. Bf4 (14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. dxc5 bxc5 {
1/2-1/2 Romero Holmes,A-Nogueiras,J/Tarrassa 1990}) 14... cxd4 15. Rxd4 Bc5 16.
Rxd7 Nxd7 17. Rd1 Rc7 18. Nb5 Qe7 19. Nxc7 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 f6 21. Bd4 Qxc7 22.
Bxc5 bxc5 23. Bxe4 {1-0 Palatnik,S-Rashkovsky,N/Palma de Mallorca GMA 1989 (35)
}) 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Bf4 (12. e4 Nd7 13. Bf4 Nc7 14. Rac1 b5 15. Qe2 bxc4 16.
bxc4 Ba6 {Von Allmen,A-Atlas,V/Winterthur-B 1996/0-1 (100)}) 12... c5 $6 (12...
Nh5 $5 13. Bc1 f5) (12... Nc7 $5) 13. cxd5 Nxd5 (13... cxd4 $142 14. Nxd4 Nxd5
(14... Nb4)) 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. e4 cxd4 (15... Bb7 16. Qe2) 16. Qe2 Bb7 (16...
d3 17. Rxd3 Nc5 18. Rd4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 $16) 17. Nxd4 Qe8 18. Nb5
$1 (18. e5 $6 Bxg2 19. Qxa6 Bd5 20. Qxa7 $14) 18... f6 (18... Nb4 19. Nd6 $18 (
19. Nxa7 Ra8 20. Nb5 Rxa2 21. Rxa2 Nxa2 22. Rd6 $5 $16)) 19. Nxa7 (19. Nd6 Bxd6
20. Bxd6 Rf7) 19... Ra8 20. Nb5 $18 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ (8... Qc7 9. Nxc4 Qxc5 10. Qb3 (10. Qa4 Nc6 11. Be3 Qh5 $11) (10. b3 Nc6
$1 (10... Rd8 {walks into a surprisingly strong queen sacrifice in} 11. Ba3 $1
Rxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Qh5 13. Bxe7 $16 {Xu,X-Xu,Y Daqing 2018})) 10... Nc6 11. Be3 Nd4
12. Bxd4 Qxd4 13. O-O Qc5 $11 {Black unravels by force with ...Rb8, ...Bd7 etc.
The most testing line is} 14. Rfd1 Bd7 $1 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bb5 $1 17. Rac1
Ba6 18. Nd6 Qb6 $11 {when Black has equalised, albeit the position does not
inspire.}) 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nxc4 Nd5 {After this novelty, White
gets to line up various tactics against the minor pieces in the centre.} ({
The key to Black's position seems to be developing to e6 in two moves.} 11...
Bd7 12. Nc3 (12. Rc1 Rac8 {and Black threatens ...b5.}) 12... e5 $1 (12... Rab8
$6 13. Bf4 Rbc8 14. O-O $14 {Horvath,J-Marciano,D Izmir 2004}) 13. O-O Be6 (
13... Rad8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 $132 {might not be as good objectively,
but carries ambition}) 14. Bxc6 (14. b3 Rfd8 15. Bg5 Bd4 16. Rac1 Rac8 $11)
14... Bxc4 15. Bg2 Rac8 16. Rfd1 (16. b3 Ba6 $15) 16... b6 17. Rac1 Bb4 $11) (
11... e5 12. Rc1 $14 {doesn't really work immediately.}) 12. Rc1 b6 13. Nce3
Nce7 (13... Ba6 $5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Bxd5 $14 {is probably not 'full comp' but
is worth considering.}) (13... Rd8 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Nc3 Ne7 16. O-O $14 {
This would ensure that no fewer than 3 world champions held an isolated
queen's pawn in the same round.}) 14. b4 Bxe3 {By now the only move that makes
sense. The remainder of the commentary will consist of minor tries White could
have gone for to increase his small edge.} 15. Nxe3 Ba6 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. f3 (
17. e4 Nf6 (17... Ne7 18. a4 $14) 18. f3 $14 {would have cut out Black's ...f5.
}) 17... Bb5 18. Kf2 Rfd8 19. a3 Rd7 20. Rhd1 Ba4 21. Re1 Rad8 22. e4 Nc7 23.
Bf4 Nb5 24. Bf1 h6 25. h4 Nd4 26. h5 f6 27. Bc4 (27. e5 {This is the main
distinct structure White could have played into. I think probably this would
have been a mistake, because after} f5 {the Black knight would have taken a
while to get to d5, but I don't think it can be stopped from doing so.}) 27...
Kf7 28. Re3 Nb5 29. g4 Rd1 30. Rxd1 Rxd1 31. Bb8 a6 32. e5 Rd4 33. Bxb5 Bxb5
34. exf6 gxf6 35. Bc7 Rd2+ 36. Ke1 Rc2 37. Bxb6 e5 {Black has misplaced a pawn,
but it doesn't really matter as all of White's pawns are totally immobilised.
In fact, it's not out of the question for Black to think about winning too.}
38. Bc5 {Intending f4.} Ra2 39. Rc3 (39. f4 exf4 40. Re7+ Kg8 41. Re4 f3 42.
Rf4 Kf7 43. Rxf3 {White has succeeded in setting up a rather contrived
pawn-swap, but he will lose a pawn in the end after} Re2+ 44. Kd1 Re4 $1 $11)
39... e4 40. Bd4 Re2+ 41. Kd1 Rg2 42. fxe4 (42. fxe4 Rxg4 43. Rf3 Rxe4 44.
Rxf6+ Ke7 45. Ba1 Rh4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Ubilava, Elizbar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Franco"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. g3 b5 6. c5 a5 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. Bf4 Be7
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. O-O Nh5 11. Bd6 $1 Bxd6 12. cxd6 Nb8 13. Qc5 Bb7 14. e4 $1 Na6
15. Qa3 $1 Nb4 16. Qc3 dxe4 (16... Qxd6 17. a3 Na6 18. Qxa5 {xBb7}) 17. Nxe4
Nf6 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 (18... Qxf6 19. Ne5 $16) 19. Qd2 $1 (19. Qd2 {/\ Qh6}) 19...
Kh8 20. Qh6 Rg8 21. Nh4 Bc8 22. Rac1 Ra6 23. Rfe1 $1 (23. Rfe1 Nd3 $2 24. Be4
$18) 23... Rg7 24. Rc3 $1 (24. Rc3 {/\ 25.a3 Nd5 26.Bd5!}) 24... Nxa2 25. Rxc6
Rxc6 26. Bxc6 Nb4 27. Bxb5 Nd5 28. Bc6 Qxd6 29. Bxd5 Qxd5 30. Qxf6 Bb7 31. f3
Qg5 $6 (31... Kg8 $5 $16) 32. Qxg5 Rxg5 33. Re5 $1 h6 34. f4 Rxe5 35. dxe5 Kg7
36. Kf2 Bd5 37. Ke3 f6 38. Kd4 Kf7 39. Kc5 fxe5 40. fxe5 a4 41. Kb5 Bb3 42. Nf3
Bd1 43. Nd4 Ke7 44. Kc6 Bg4 45. Kc7 Ke8 46. Kd6 Kf7 47. Nc6 Ke8 48. Nb8 1-0

[Event "Helsinki op"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. e3 Rd8 11. a3 a5 12. b3 d4 (12... b6 $5 13. Bb2 Ba6 14.
Rfd1 Rac8 $13) 13. exd4 Bxd4 $1 (13... Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Bb2 $14) 14. Bb2
(14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qb2 (15. Qd1 e5 16. Ra2 Bg4 $17) 15... Ne2+ 16. Kh1 Rb8 17.
Nf3 Nxc1 18. Raxc1 $10) 14... Bxb2 15. Qxb2 Bd7 (15... Rb8 16. Rfd1 b6 $10) 16.
Rfe1 Be8 17. Rab1 Nd7 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Ra4 20. b5 Na5 $1 (20... Nb4 21. Bf1
Nc5 22. Re3 $14) 21. Bf1 Nc5 22. Re3 b6 23. Be2 Qc7 (23... f6 $5 $10) 24. Rc1
Nab7 25. Bd1 Raa8 (25... Ra7 $5) 26. Bc2 f6 27. Qb1 g6 28. Ne4 Qg7 29. Rce1
Rac8 30. Nfd2 Bf7 31. Qa1 (31. Qb2 f5 32. Qxg7+ Kxg7 33. Nxc5 Rxc5 34. R1e2 Na5
$15) 31... e5 32. Qa7 f5 33. Nxc5 Nxc5 34. Nb3 Nd7 35. c5 $1 Ra8 (35... Nxc5
36. Nxc5 Rxc5 37. Qxb6 $14) (35... bxc5 36. Rd1 Be6 37. Na5 $36) 36. Qc7 Rac8
37. Qa7 Ra8 38. Qc7 Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.01.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
a5 $5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bg5 (10. Qc2 $5) 10... O-O 11. Nc3 (11. Qc2 Be7 12. Nc3
h6 $1 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rad1 Be6 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. e4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 $10) 11...
d4 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Rc1 Re8 $1 16. Qd3 Bf5 17. Qb5
Rab8 18. Rc5 Be4 19. Ne1 Qe7 $1 (19... Na7 20. Qc4 b5 21. Qc1 Bxg2 22. Nxg2
Rxe2 23. Nf4 $44) 20. Bxe4 Qxe4 21. Rc2 d3 $1 22. Qxd3 (22. exd3 Qg4 23. Rc4
Nd4 $44) 22... Nd4 23. Qxe4 Rxe4 24. Rd2 Nb3 $2 (24... Nxe2+ 25. Kg2 Nd4 26.
Nf3 Nxf3 27. Kxf3 Re6 $10) 25. Rd3 Nc1 26. Rd7 $1 Nxe2+ 27. Kg2 Nd4 28. Nd3 Ne6
29. Rc1 Rd4 30. Rxd4 Nxd4 31. Rc7 Ne6 32. Rd7 b5 33. f4 $16 g6 34. Kf3 b4 $6 (
34... Kg7) 35. axb4 axb4 36. Ne5 Nd8 37. Ke4 Kf8 38. Rxf7+ $1 Nxf7 39. Nd7+ Ke7
40. Nxb8 Kd6 41. Na6 b3 42. Nb4 Nh6 43. Nd3 Ng4 44. h3 Nh2 45. g4 Nf1 46. Ne5
Ng3+ 47. Kd3 Kd5 48. Nd7 (48. Nd7 h5 49. Nf6+ Ke6 50. Ne4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Pamplona 9293 3rd"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 (5... c6 6. Qxc4 b5) 6.
g3 (6. e4 c5 7. d5 $5 exd5 8. e5 d4 9. Bg5 $5 dxc3 10. O-O-O cxb2+ 11. Kb1 Ne4
$1 12. Bxd8 Nc3+) 6... Be7 7. Bg2 O-O (7... a6 8. O-O O-O 9. Qxc4 b5 10. Qd3
Bb7 $13) 8. Qxc4 a6 9. Qd3 $1 Bd6 (9... b5 10. Ne5 $1) 10. O-O e5 11. Bg5 $1
exd4 (11... h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Nxd6 cxd6 15. e4 $14) 12. Qxd4 h6
13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. Qxf4 Nc5 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Nd4 Re8 (16... c6 $6 17. e4 Re8 (
17... Ne6 $2 18. Nf5 $1)) 17. Rfe1 (17. b4 Ne6 18. Nxe6 fxe6) (17. e4 $5) 17...
c6 18. e4 Ne6 (18... Bg4 19. Rd2) 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. e5 Nh7 (20... Nd7 21. Ne4
Bxa2 22. Nd6 Reb8 23. Nf5 Qe8 24. Qg4 $18) 21. b3 (21. Ne4 $2 Bxa2 22. Nd6 Red8
23. Nf5 Qg5) (21. Rd6 $1 Rad8 22. Red1) 21... Rad8 22. Ne4 Bc8 $1 (22... Bd5
23. Nd6 Rxd6 24. exd6 Qxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 26. Bf1 Ng5 27. Qxg5 $1 hxg5 28. d7
$18) (22... Ng5 23. Nd6 Bxb3 24. axb3 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. h4 $1) 23. h4 Rxd1
24. Rxd1 g5 $1 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Qf3 (26. Nf6+ $2 Qxf6 $1 27. Qxf6 Nxf6 28.
exf6 Kh7) 26... Qxe5 27. Nd6 Rf8 28. Nxc8 Rxc8 29. Bh3 (29. Rd7 Nf6 30. Rxb7
Rd8 31. Bf1 Rd2 $1 32. Bc4 $140 $2 (32. Qxc6 $2 Qf5 33. Qb6 Ng4) (32. Kg2 g4
33. Qf4 (33. Qxc6 Qf5 34. Qb6 Ne4 $19) 33... Qxf4 34. gxf4 Ne4 $17) 32... Qe1+
33. Kg2 Rd1 34. Bxf7+ Kf8 $19) 29... Re8 30. Rd7 Re7 31. Rxe7 Qxe7 32. Qf5 Kg7
(32... Nf8 $5) 33. Bf1 Qe6 34. Qc5 Qd5 35. Qe7 b5 36. Bg2 Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Qh5+ (
37... Nf6 38. Qe5 Kg6 (38... Qd2 $2 39. f4) 39. Be4+ Nxe4 40. Qxe4+ $10) 38.
Kg1 Qd1+ 39. Kh2 Qh5+ 40. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Alekhine op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d4 Be7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 (9. Qc2 Qe7 (9... Be7 10. Rd1 Qa5 (10... Bd7 11. e4 (11. Nc3
Nb6 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Rac1 f6 14. Bh3 Qc8 15. Qe4 Kh8 16. Bd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 e5
18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Nd5 Rd8 20. Ne7 Qc7 21. Nxc6 Qxd6 22. Nxd8 Rxd8 23. Qxb7 Qb6
24. Rc7 $16 {Helmers-Bjarnason/Reykjavik/1982/}) 11... Nb6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bf4
Rc8 14. Bf1 Qe8 15. a4 Na5 16. Ne5 Bc6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. h4 a6 19. Rac1 Bb4 20.
Qe2 Nb3 21. Nd5 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 Bc5 23. Rxc5 Qxc5 24. b4 $13 {Ribli,Z-Hmadi,S/
Luzern tt WCh/1985/}) 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. e4 Ndb4 13. Qb1 Rd8 14. Bf1 Ne5 15. Nxe5
Qxe5 16. Nc4 Qh5 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Bf4 Bd7 19. a3 Na6 20. Ne5 Be8 21. Qc2 Bg5
22. Bxg5 Qxg5 23. f4 Qd8 24. Rd1 $14 {Gronn,A-Kristiansen,E/NOR-ch (9)/1992/})
10. a3 Bb6 11. Nbd2 Nf6 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. b4 O-O 14. b5 Na5 15. Nce5 Bd6 16. Bd2
b6 17. Ng5 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. Nc6 Qe8 20. Bc3 h6 21. Bxf6 hxg5 22. Bxg5 f6
23. Be3 Qh5 24. Qc4 $16 {Polugaevsky,L-Grigorian,K/URS-ch/1973/}) 9... Bd7 (
9... O-O 10. b4 (10. Qc2 Qe7 (10... Be7 11. Rd1 Bd7 12. e4 Nb6 13. Bf4 (13. Nc3
Bf6 14. Bf4 g5 15. Bd6 g4 16. Ne1 Re8 17. e5 Bg7 18. Qe2 h5 19. f4 Rc8 20. h3
gxh3 21. Bxh3 h4 22. Ne4 Nd5 23. Qh5 f6 24. Nf3 $16 {Cvitan,O-Guyot,P/Cannes
open A(3)/1990/}) 13... Rc8 14. Nc3 Qe8 15. Qe2 Na5 16. Nd4 (16. Ne5 Ba4 17.
Nxa4 Qxa4 18. Rac1 Nb3 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Be3 Bf6 21. Ng4 Bd4 22. Qd3 e5 23.
Bxd4 exd4 {0,5/Brestian,E-Hmadi,S/Novi Sad olm/1990/}) 16... Bc5 17. Ndb5 Bxb5
18. Nxb5 Nac4 {0,5/Sturua,Z-Lputian,S/Manila olm/1992/}) 11. b4 (11. e4 Nc7 12.
b4 Bd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qb2 e5 15. Be3 Rd8 16. Nc3 Be6 17. Rad1 Rd7 18. Bxd4
exd4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bxd5 {0,5/Lobron,E-Christiansen,L/Munich (11)/1991/}
) 11... Bb6 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. Nbd2 Rac8 14. Qb3 Bc7 15. Rac1 b5 16. Ne4 a5 17.
Nc5 axb4 18. axb4 Bd6 19. Rfd1 Bxc5 20. bxc5 Na5 21. Qc2 Nc4 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23.
Bxe5 Rfe8 24. Be4 $16 {Lerner-Lputian/Moskva (11)/1987/}) 10... Be7 11. Qb3 (
11. Bb2 b5 (11... Bf6 12. Qb3 Bd7 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Qb6 16.
Ng5 h6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Ne4 Ne7 19. Qc5 Nd5 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Rdc1 Bc6 22. Nc3
Nxc3 23. Rxc3 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 $14 {Keitlinghaus,L-Blauert,J/FRG-ch/1989/}) 12.
Nbd2 a5 13. a4 Ba6 14. axb5 Bxb5 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. Nb3 {0,5/Olafsson,
H-Schussler/Scandinavian ch/1981/}) 11... Bf6 12. Ra2 Bd7 13. e4 Nb6 14. Be3 e5
15. Rd2 Be6 16. Qc3 Qc8 17. b5 Ne7 18. Qb4 Qc4 19. Qa5 Na4 20. Rfd1 b6 21. Qb4
Qxb4 22. axb4 Rac8 23. Bf1 Bb3 24. Re1 $13 {Schmittdiel,E-Blauert,J/FRG-ch/
1989/}) (9... a5 10. e4 Nf6 11. Qc2 Bd4 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Rd1 e5 14. Nd5 h6 15.
h3 Be6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qa4 Bxh3 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Bxg2 20. Rd3 Bf3 21.
Re3 Rfd8 22. Re1 Qg6 23. Qb5 {0-1/Sader,M-Knodler,D/Zurich op (7)/1988/}) (9...
Be7 10. e4 Nb6 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Nc3 Rd8 14. Rxd8+ Qxd8 15. Bf4 Bd7
16. h4 Rc8 17. Rd1 Qe8 18. e5 Na5 19. Nd4 Bxa3 20. Ncb5 Bxb5 21. Nxb5 Be7 22.
Nxa7 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Bxd8 24. Nb5 $14 {Suba,M-Vladimirov,E/Hastings Challengers/
1990/}) 10. b4 Be7 11. e4 Nb6 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nbd2 Rc8 (13... f6 14. Qb3 Kh8
15. e5 $14) 14. Rc1 f6 15. Qb3 Kh8 16. e5 $1 f5 17. Rfd1 Qe8 18. Nc4 (18. Nf1
Qh5 $14) 18... Nxc4 19. Rxc4 b5 20. Rcc1 a5 21. Nd4 $1 Nxd4 (21... axb4 22.
axb4 (22. Nxe6 bxa3 23. Rxd7 (23. Nxf8 axb2 24. Nxd7 bxc1=Q 25. Rxc1 Qxd7 (
25... Nd4 26. Rxc8 Qxc8 27. Qd5 Qc1+ 28. Bf1 $13) 26. Qxb5 Nb8 $1) 23... Qxd7
24. Nxf8 Bxf8 25. Bxa3 Bxa3 26. Qxa3 Nxe5) 22... Nxd4 23. Bxd4 $16) 22. Bxd4
axb4 23. axb4 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 f4 25. Bc5 fxg3 26. hxg3 Qf7 27. Bxe7 Qxe7 28. Rc7
Qd8 29. Qc2 Be8 30. Rc8 Qe7 31. Qc5 Qf7 (31... Qxc5 32. bxc5 Kg8 33. c6 $18)
32. Qxf8+ $1 (32. Qxf8+ Qxf8 33. Bc6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
(8. cxd5 Qxd5 $1) (8. Rd1 Nc6 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Rxd4 Qb6) 8... Nc6 (8... e5 9.
Nf5) 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Rd1 Bc5 $6 (10... e5 11. Bg5) (10... Ba6 11. b3 Nd7 12.
Bb2 Rc8 $13) 11. e3 (11. cxd5 Qb6 12. dxc6 Bxf2+ 13. Kh1 Ba6 $132) 11... Qe7
12. b3 Rd8 13. Nc3 (13. Bb2 e5) 13... Bb7 (13... Ba6 14. Na4) 14. Bb2 e5 15.
Rac1 Bb4 (15... Rac8 $6 16. Bh3 $1 Rc7 17. Na4 Bb4 18. cxd5) (15... d4 $1 16.
exd4 (16. Na4 dxe3 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. fxe3 Ng4 $1) 16... Bxd4 17. Ne4 c5 (17...
Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 $14) 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 $13) 16. Na4 Bd6 17. Bc3 h5 $5
18. Qf5 Bc8 19. Qg5 Bg4 20. f3 Bd7 21. f4 $1 Ng4 (21... exf4 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23.
Qxf6 gxf6 24. exf4 $16) (21... Re8 $6 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Bxd5 $16) (21... Bg4
22. fxe5 $1 (22. Rd2 d4 $1 23. fxe5 dxc3 24. Rxd6 (24. exf6 Qxf6 25. Qxf6 cxd2)
24... Rxd6 25. exd6 Qxd6 26. Nxc3 (26. Qa5 c2 $1) 26... Qd2) 22... Ne4 23. Qxe7
Bxe7 24. Re1 $16) 22. Qxe7 (22. cxd5 Qxg5 (22... f6 23. Qg6 (23. Qxh5 exf4 $132
) 23... exf4 24. Be4 f5 $140 25. dxc6 $1) 23. fxg5 Nxe3 24. dxc6 Nxd1 25. cxd7
Nxc3 26. Rxc3 Rab8 $13) 22... Bxe7 23. cxd5 cxd5 (23... Nxe3 24. d6 (24. dxc6
$13) 24... Bf8 25. fxe5 Nxd1 26. Rxd1 $44) 24. Bxd5 (24. Rxd5 Rac8 25. Bd2 (25.
Bh3 Bxa4 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Bxg4 hxg4 28. bxa4 Bc5) 25... Bxa4 26. bxa4 Rxc1+
27. Bxc1 Rxd5 28. Bxd5 Bc5 $10) 24... Rac8 $1 (24... Nxe3 25. Bxa8 Nxd1 26.
Rxd1 $18) 25. Ba5 $6 (25. Bb7 $1 Rc7 (25... Rb8 26. Ba5 Bxa4 27. Bxd8 Bxd8 28.
bxa4 Bb6 29. Rc8+ Rxc8 30. Bxc8 Nxe3 31. Rb1 exf4 $13) 26. Ba5 Rxc1 27. Rxc1
Rb8 (27... Re8 28. Nc5 $1 Bxc5 29. Rxc5 exf4 30. exf4 Re2 $16) 28. Rc7 Bd8 29.
Rxd7 Bxa5 30. Bd5 $16) 25... Bxa4 $1 26. Bxd8 Rxd8 27. Rc7 (27. bxa4 Nxe3 28.
Rd3 exf4 (28... Nxd5 29. Rcd1 $14) 29. Bc4 $10) 27... Kf8 (27... Bd7 $2 28. Bf3
) (27... Nxe3 28. Bxf7+ $1 Kf8 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Rxa7 $16) 28. Bf3 (28. bxa4
Nxe3) 28... Be8 (28... Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Be8 30. Rc8 $5) 29. Rxd8 Bxd8 30. Rxa7
Bb6 (30... exf4 31. Ra8 $1) 31. Ra8 Ke7 (31... exf4 32. Bc6 Bxe3+ 33. Kg2 Nf6
$13 34. gxf4 Bxf4 35. b4 Ke7 36. Bxe8 Nxe8 37. Ra7+ Ke6 38. a4 Nd6 39. a5 Be3
$13) 32. fxe5 Bxe3+ 33. Kg2 Nxe5 34. Bb7 Bd7 35. a4 Kd6 (35... Bc5 36. Ra5 (36.
a5 Nc6) 36... Nd3 37. Be4 Ne1+ 38. Kf1 Bb4 $13) 36. b4 Kc7 37. Bd5 Kd6 38. Be4
f5 39. Ra6+ $2 (39. Bb7 $142) 39... Kc7 40. Bd5 Nd3 $1 41. Rg6 (41. b5 Nb4 $1)
41... Nxb4 42. Be6 Bc6+ (42... Bxe6 43. Rxe6 Bd4 44. a5) 43. Kf1 Bh6 (43... Bd4
$1 44. Rg5 (44. Bxf5 Bf6 45. g4 Nd5 46. g5 Bd4) 44... Bxa4 45. Rxf5 g6 $17) 44.
Bb3 (44. Bxf5 Bxa4) 44... Nd3 $6 (44... Be4 $1 {/\ Nc6}) 45. a5 Nc5 (45... Ne5
46. Re6 Nf3 47. Bd1 Nxh2+ 48. Kf2 Bd7 49. Re7 Kd6 50. Rf7 Be6 $17) 46. Bf7 (46.
Bc2 Be8 47. Rb6 Bd2) 46... Ne4 47. Re6 h4 $6 (47... Ng5 $142 48. Re7+ Kd6 49.
Ra7 Nxf7 50. Rxf7 $15) (47... Bd5 48. Rxh6 $1 Bxf7 49. Rh7) 48. gxh4 f4 49. Be8
$1 Bd5 50. Re7+ Kb8 (50... Kd6 51. Rd7+ Kc5 52. Rxd5+ Kxd5 53. a6 Nd2+ 54. Ke1
Nc4 55. Bf7+ Kc6 56. Bxc4 $10) 51. Bf7 Bc6 (51... Bb7 52. Rxb7+ Kxb7 53. Bd5+)
52. Re6 $1 Kc7 (52... Bb7 53. Rb6 (53. Re8+ Ka7 54. Re7)) 53. Be8 Ba8 $6 (53...
Bd5 54. Re7+ Kb8 55. Bf7 Bc6 $10) 54. Re7+ Kd8 $2 (54... Kd6 55. Ra7 Bd5 56.
Rd7+ Kc5 57. Rxd5+ Kxd5 58. a6 Nd2+ 59. Ke2 Nc4 60. Bf7+ Kc6 61. Bxc4 $10) (
54... Kb8 55. a6 Bd5 56. a7+ Ka8 57. Bg6 Nd6 $1 58. Rd7 Bc4+ 59. Kf2 Nb7) 55.
Ra7 Nd2+ (55... Bd5 56. Rd7+ Kxe8 57. Rxd5) 56. Kf2 Ne4+ $2 (56... Bh1 $1 57.
Rd7+ Kxe8 58. Rxd2 Bb7 59. Rb2 Bc8 $10) 57. Ke1 Kxe8 58. Rxa8+ Kd7 59. a6 Kc7
60. a7 Kb7 61. Re8 Kxa7 62. Rxe4 $18 Kb6 63. Rc4 $1 Kb5 64. Rc8 Kb4 65. Ke2 Kb5
66. Kf3 Kb4 67. h5 Kb5 68. h4 Kb4 69. Ke4 Kb5 70. Kd5 Kb4 71. Rc7 (71. Rc7 Kb3
72. Kd4 (72. Ke4 $1 Kb4 73. Rf7 Kc5 74. Rxf4 Bxf4 75. Kxf4 Kd6 76. Kf5 Ke7 77.
Kg6 Kf8 $10) 72... Kb2 73. Kd3 Kb1 74. Kd2 Kb2 (74... f3+ 75. Kd3 $18) 75. Rb7+
Ka3 76. Ke2 Ka4 77. Kf3 Ka5 78. Rf7 Kb6 79. Rxf4 Bxf4 80. Kxf4 Kc7 81. Kf5 Kd7
82. Kg6 Ke8 83. Kxg7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Magem Badals, Jordi"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1990.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. c4 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. b4 Bb6 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Nbd2 Rd8 12. Qc2 e5 $1 (12... dxc4 13. Nxc4 Bc7
14. Rfd1 $14) 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. b5 (14. e4 Nf6 15. Nc4 Nd4 $1 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 $10
) 14... Nd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Nb3 Bg4 $1 (16... Nf6 17. Rad1 $14) 17. Nxd4 Ne3
$1 18. fxe3 Qxe3+ 19. Kh1 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 (20. Bxb7 Rab8 21. Bf3 Rxb5 22. Bxd4
Bxf3+ 23. exf3 Qxd4 $10) 20... Rxd4 21. Bxb7 Re8 22. Bc6 (22. Bf3 $6 Bxf3+ 23.
exf3 Rd2) 22... Rc8 23. Rad1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Bxe2 25. Qf5 $8 (25. Rc1 Bf3+ $19)
25... Rf8 26. Rd7 Bc4 27. Qf4 Qb3 28. Qf3 (28. Rxa7 Bxb5 $10) 28... Qb2 29. a4
{Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 2nd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1989.10.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3
dxc4 {N} (8... Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qa4 Qxc5 11. Be3 Qb4 12. Qxb4 Bxb4 13. Rc1
Ne4 14. O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 Be6 $10 {Korchnoi,V-Andersson,U/Tilburg/1987/ -> CBM
04}) 9. Nd2 (9. O-O Nc6 10. Bg5 Qxc5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Rfd1 b5 14.
a4 Rb8 $14 {Romanishin,O-Schneider,A/URS-sf Kherson/1989/1-0/35/ -> CBM 16})
9... Qxc5 10. Na4 Qa5 11. Qxc4 Bd7 $5 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Nb3 Qh5 14. Qf4 Bc6 15.
O-O h6 16. e4 Nbd7 17. f3 (17. h3 $5 $10) 17... a5 18. g4 $6 Qe5 19. Qg3 Qxg3
20. hxg3 Ne5 $17 21. Rd1 b5 22. Nd4 Bc5 23. Kf1 (23. Nce2 $5) 23... Bxd4 24.
Rxd4 b4 25. Nd1 Bb5+ 26. Kg1 Rc2 27. Bf4 (27. Ne3 Re2) (27. Nf2 Rac8) 27... Nd3
28. Bf1 Ne1 $1 {Ftacnik} 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[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. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Na6 {N} (10... Nh5) 11. Rfd1 Rc8 (11... c5 12. dxc5 bxc5
$13) 12. e4 c5 13. exd5 exd5 14. a3 $5 Bd6 (14... Re8 $5) 15. Be5 Re8 16. Qf5
cxd4 17. Bxd4 (17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Nxd4 Be5 20. Nb5 Nc7 $1 $10)
17... dxc4 18. Rac1 (18. Ng5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 (19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxh7+ Kf8 $17)
19... Qd7 $1) 18... Qd7 19. Qxd7 Nxd7 20. Nxc4 Bf8 21. b4 $1 Nab8 (21... Bd5
22. Ne3 $16) 22. Bb2 Rc7 23. Ne3 Rec8 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Nd4 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 a6
27. Nd5 Rc4 28. Rc1 (28. Re1 f6 29. Nf5 $16) 28... Rxc1 29. Bxc1 f6 30. Bf4 $6
(30. f4 $1 a5 31. Kf3 $16) 30... a5 31. b5 $2 (31. Bd2 $1 $14) 31... Ne5 $1 (
31... Bxa3 32. Nc6 $1 $18) 32. a4 Nbd7 33. Ne6 Kf7 34. Nxf8 Kxf8 35. Be3 Nc4
36. Bd4 Kf7 37. Kf3 Ke6 38. Nf4+ Kd6 39. Ke4 Nc5+ 40. Bxc5+ Kxc5 41. Nd3+ $8
Kd6 42. h4 Nd2+ 43. Kd4 Nf3+ 44. Ke4 Nd2+ 45. Kd4 Nf3+ 46. Ke4 {Ftacnik,L}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O e6 5. c4 Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
dxc4 (8... Nc6 9. b4) (8... a5) 9. Qc2 Nc6 (9... b5 $2 10. Ng5 $18) 10. Qxc4
Bb6 11. Nc3 Qe7 (11... e5 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Qh4) 12. Rd1 (12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6
Qxf6) 12... h6 (12... e5 13. Bg5 $22 h6 14. Nd5) 13. Na4 Rd8 14. Bf4 (14. Rxd8+
Bxd8 $5) 14... Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Nd5 (15... e5 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Nxe5 $1 Nxe5 18.
Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Rd8+ Kh7 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Qxc8 Qxe2 $14) 16. Nxb6 Nxb6 (16...
axb6 17. Bd2 $16) 17. Qc2 e5 $2 (17... Nd5 18. Bc1 $22 Bd7 19. e4 $16) 18. Nxe5
$1 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bg4 (19... Qxe5 20. Rd8+) 20. Qe4 f5 (20... Bxe2 21. Qxe2 f6
22. Bxb7 $18) 21. Qe3 Re8 22. f4 Kh7 23. Qd3 (23. h3 Nc4) 23... Qc5+ 24. Bd4
Qa5 25. Bc3 Qa4 (25... Qc5+ 26. Qd4 Qxd4+ 27. Rxd4 Rxe2 28. h3 Bh5 29. Bxb7 $18
) 26. Qd4 Re7 $1 27. Re1 Qc2 (27... Bxe2 $2 28. Qxa4 Nxa4 29. Bf1 $18) 28. Qd3
Qxd3 (28... Rxe2 29. Qxc2 Rxc2 30. h3 Bh5 31. Bxb7) 29. exd3 Rd7 30. Re5 Na4 (
30... Rxd3 31. Bxb7 Na4 32. Rd5 $18) 31. h3 Bd1 32. Rxf5 Nxc3 33. bxc3 Rxd3 34.
Be4 $1 Rxg3+ (34... Re3 35. Re5+ Kg8 36. Bd5+) 35. Kf2 g6 $8 36. Rd5 Rxh3 37.
Rxd1 Rxc3 38. Rd7+ Kg8 39. Bxg6 Rxa3 40. Rxb7 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Pamplona 9697 7th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Nc6 6. d4 Be7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
a6 (8... O-O 9. b4 Bb6 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Nbd2 Rd8 (11... Bd7 12. Qb1 Rad8 13. e4
dxe4 14. Nxe4 e5 15. c5 Bc7 {1/2-1/2 Bilek,I-Hernandez,Rom/Szolnok (02)/1975/})
12. Qc2 h6 (12... Bd7 13. e4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Rac8 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Qe2 e5 17. b5
Na7 18. a4 Bg4 19. Qe3 Qb4 20. Bxe5 Nxe4 21. Nd4 f6 22. Qxe4 fxe5 23. Qxg4 Qxd4
24. Qe6+ Kh8 25. Bxb7 {1-0 Tratar,M-Koenig,D/Werfen op (06)/1992 (29)}) (12...
e5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Rad1 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Nc4 Nb6 17. Nxe5 Bf5 18. Qxf5
Bxb2 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Nd3 Bxa3 21. Qa5 Nc4 22. Qxa7 Qxe2 23. Nf4 Qd2 24. Bd5
{1-0 Antunes,A-Lalic,S/Benasque op (09)/1996 (28)}) 13. Rad1 a6 (13... Bd7 $5)
14. e4 dxc4 (14... dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Rxd8+ Bxd8 $1 17. Qxe4 Bd7 {/\ Be8+/-
}) 15. Nxc4 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Ba7 17. Nfe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bb6 {/\ Bd7} 19. Bd4 Bxd4
20. Rxd4 Kf8 21. Qd2 Ke8 22. Bf3 {1-0 Romanishin,O-Lobron,E/Biel/1987 (38)}) (
8... dxc4 $5 9. Qa4 O-O 10. Qxc4 Bb6 11. Nc3 e5 12. Rd1 Be6 13. Qh4 Qe7 14. Ng5
Bf5 $1 $13) 9. b4 (9. Nc3 d4 10. Na4 Ba7 11. b4 O-O 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. b5 axb5 14.
cxb5 Qa5 15. bxc6 Bxc6 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qxa4 19. Qxa4 Rxa4
20. e3 Rd8 21. Rfb1 Rd7 {1/2-1/2 Gierse,HD-Barthel,A/NRW-I 8889/1989 (28)})
9... Ba7 10. Bb2 (10. Nc3 dxc4 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Nd2 Ne5 13. Bb2 Nfd7 14. Rfd1
Rb8 15. a4 f6 16. Nce4 Nc6 17. b5 Na5 18. Ba3 Bd4 19. Rab1 axb5 20. Nd6 Rg8 21.
Nf7+ Ke8 22. Nd6+ Kd8 23. Nf7+ Ke8 24. Nd6+ Kd8 {1/2-1/2 Li Manuel-Vera,R/
CUB-ch (09)/1995/}) 10... O-O 11. Nbd2 Qe7 12. Qc2 Rd8 13. e4 {This forces the
defender to choose a strategy of coping with white's center control. Das
zwingt den Verteidiger, eine Strategie zu suchen, mit der sich die weiße
Zentrumskontrolle neutralisieren läßt.} dxe4 $6 (13... dxc4 $1 14. e5 (14. Nxc4
b5 15. Nce5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bb7) 14... Nd5 15. Nxc4 $14) 14. Nxe4 e5 15. Rad1 Bg4
(15... Bf5 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qe2 Bg4 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Bd4 20. Bc1 $1 $14)
16. c5 $1 Nxe4 (16... Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 (17... Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rxd4 19. Nxf6+
gxf6 20. Qf5 $1 $18) 18. Rxd4 $16) 17. Qxe4 f5 18. Qc4+ Kh8 (18... Qf7 19.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Nxe5+ Nxe5 22. Bxe5 $16) 19. h3 Bh5 (19... Bxf3
20. Bxf3 $14) 20. g4 fxg4 (20... Bf7 21. Qc3 $16) 21. hxg4 Bg6 22. Qc3 Rxd1 (
22... Bb8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qe3 $16) 23. Rxd1 Bb8 24. Qd2 Bc7 (24... e4 25.
Nd4 Nxd4 26. Qxd4 Bf4 27. Qd7 $16) 25. Qg5 $1 (25. Qd7 $4 Rd8 26. Qxe7 Rxd1+
$19) 25... Qe6 (25... Re8 26. Qxe7 Rxe7 27. Nh4 Bc2 28. Rd2 Bb1 $14) (25...
Qxg5 26. Nxg5 Rd8 27. Re1 $14) 26. Nh4 Bc2 (26... Bd8 27. Nxg6+ hxg6 28. Qd2
Qxg4 29. Qd7 $16) 27. Nf5 Qf7 (27... g6 28. Bd5 $1 $18) (27... Bxf5 28. gxf5
Qf7 29. Bd5 Qf6 $14) 28. Rd2 Bb3 $2 (28... Bxf5 29. gxf5 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31.
Qd2 $14) 29. Qxg7+ $1 Qxg7 30. Nxg7 Rg8 (30... Kxg7 31. Rd7+ Kg6 32. Rxc7 $18)
31. Nh5 (31. Nf5 Be6 32. Nd6 Rxg4 33. Nxb7 $16) 31... Be6 (31... Rxg4 32. Rd7
Rg5 33. Nf6 Rg7 34. Rxg7 Kxg7 35. Ne8+ $18) 32. Nf6 Rg6 33. Ne8 Bxg4 (33... Bb8
34. f3 $18) 34. f3 $1 (34. Nxc7 Bf3 35. Kf1 Bxg2+ $13) 34... Bxf3 35. Nxc7 Rg7
(35... h5 36. Kh2 $18) 36. Ne8 Rg8 37. Nd6 Nd4 38. Nf7+ Kg7 39. Nxe5 Ne2+ (
39... Bxg2 40. Rxg2+ $18) 40. Kh2 Bxg2 41. Rxe2 Bd5 42. Ng4+ (42. Ng4+ Kg6 (
42... Kf8 43. Nf6 $18) 43. Re7 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch U18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 c6 7. Nc3 b6 8. Ne5
Ba6 9. e4 (9. Qa4 Qe8 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qxe8 Rxe8 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7
14. Bxe7 Rxe7 15. Rfc1 Nf6 16. e3 Rc7 17. Bf1 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Rac8 19. f3 g5 20.
Ke2 g4 21. Rf1 gxf3+ 22. Kxf3 b5 23. Nxb5 Rc2 24. Nc3 {Kanikevich,
A-Gedevanishvili,D/Sydney Cepacol (02)/1991/0.5 (48)}) (9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bf4 b5
11. Rc1 Qa5 12. a3 b4 13. axb4 Qxb4 14. Re1 Bb7 15. Nd3 Qb6 16. Na4 Qb5 17.
Nac5 Na6 18. b4 Rfc8 19. Ra1 Nc7 20. Ra5 Qb6 21. Nxb7 Qxb7 22. Qa4 a6 23. Bxc7
Rxc7 24. b5 $16 {Spiridonov,N-Sunye Neto,J/Moscow/1989/1-0 (50)}) 9... dxc4 10.
d5 Qc7 (10... cxd5 11. exd5 exd5 12. Nxd5 c3 13. Nxc3 Bxf1 14. Qxf1 Nbd7 15.
Nc6 Qe8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 18. Bf4 $14) 11. Nxc6 (11. f4 Rd8 $17)
11... Nxc6 12. dxc6 b5 (12... Qxc6 $2 13. e5) 13. e5 Rad8 (13... Qxe5 14. Bf4
Qf5 15. c7 Rac8 16. Bd6 $132) 14. Qe2 Nd5 15. Qg4 (15. Rd1 Qxc6 16. Nxd5 exd5
17. Be3 Rd7 $17) 15... Kh8 (15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 (16. Bh6 $2 Ne2+ 17. Kh1 (17.
Qxe2 gxh6 $19) 17... Qxe5) 16... Qxe5 17. Be3 Qxc3 $17) (15... Qxe5 16. Nxd5
exd5 17. Rd1 Qe6 18. Qxe6 fxe6 19. c7 Rd7 20. Bh3 Kf7 21. Re1 Rxc7 22. Bxe6+
Ke8 23. Bf4 $132) 16. Bg5 Qxe5 17. Nxd5 (17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Rad1 b4 $19) 17...
exd5 (17... Qxg5 $6 18. Qxg5 Bxg5 19. Nc7 Bc8 20. Nxb5) 18. Bf4 Qe6 19. Qxe6
fxe6 20. Rfe1 Bc8 21. Bh3 Bf6 $1 (21... Rf6 22. c7 Rdf8 $17) 22. Bxe6 Bxb2 23.
c7 Rde8 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 (24... Rxe1+ $2 25. Rxe1 Rxc8 26. Re7 Bf6 27. Rd7 c3 28.
Rxd5 a6 29. Rd6 $16) 25. Rab1 c3 26. Rbd1 (26. Kg2 Rf5 27. h3 g5 $19) 26... Rf5
27. Re7 g5 28. Bc1 (28. Be5+ Rxe5 29. Rxe5 c2 $19) 28... Bxc1 29. Rxc1 b4 (
29... b4 30. Rd7 $1 d4 31. Rd8+ Rf8 32. Rxd4 Rxc7 33. Rxb4 Rd8 $17) 0-1

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Brenninkmeijer, Joris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Ne5
Bb7 9. Bf4 dxc4 (9... Nbd7 10. cxd5 Nxe5 11. d6 $1 Nf3+ 12. Bxf3 $14) 10. Qxc4
Ba6 11. Qc2 Qxd4 12. Rd1 Qc5 13. Nc3 Nd5 $6 (13... Bb7) 14. Nxd5 $1 cxd5 (14...
Qxc2 $4 15. Nxe7+ Kh8 16. Nxf7+ Rxf7 17. Rd8+) 15. Qd2 $1 Qb4 16. Qxb4 Bxb4 17.
e4 d4 (17... Bb7 18. exd5 exd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Na6 21. a3 Be7 22. b4 Bf6
23. Rc1 $16) 18. Rxd4 Bc5 19. Rd2 f6 20. Nd3 Nd7 (20... Bxd3 21. e5 fxe5 22.
Bxa8 exf4 23. Rxd3 fxg3 24. hxg3 $16) 21. e5 Rac8 22. exf6 gxf6 23. Bh6 Rfe8 (
23... Rfd8 24. Nf4 $1) 24. Nxc5 Nxc5 25. Rad1 Kf7 (25... Bb5 26. Bf3 $1) 26. b4
Na4 27. Rd7+ Re7 28. Bf3 Rxd7 29. Rxd7+ Kg6 30. Rxa7 Bb5 31. Be3 Rc3 32. h4 h5
33. g4 $1 hxg4 34. Bxg4 f5 35. h5+ Kf6 36. Bd4+ {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "IBM-17 Grootmeestergroep A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1977.06.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Tatai, Stefano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1977.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. d4 e6 $6 (6... cxd4 $5
7. Nxd4 Ndb4 8. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Nxc6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 $10 {_|_ ><c6,a7 <=>^^/}
) 7. O-O Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 (9. Qc2 Be7 10. Rd1 Bd7 (10... Qb6 11. a3 O-O
12. e4 Nf6 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Nc3 $16 {Ribli,Z-Pomar Salamanca,A/Las Palmas/1974/
1:0/45/}) 11. Nc3 (11. e4 Nb6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bf4 $16 {Polugaevsky,L-Bukic,E/
Belgrade/1969/0,5/41/}) 11... Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Bf6 (12... O-O 13. Bf4 $16) 13. Qd3
Qe7 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Rac1 $1 b6 (15... Bxb2 $6 16. Bc5 Qf6 17. Rb1 Bc8 18. Qb5
$1 Bc3 19. Ng5 $1 $18 {Jukic,M-Tringov,G/Bugojno/1987/1:0/24/}) 16. Qe4 $1 Rc8
17. Rc2 O-O 18. Ng5 $1 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 f6 20. Be3 $16 {Jukic/}) 9... a5 (9... O-O
10. b4 (10. Qc2 Be7 11. Rd1 $14) 10... Be7 11. Bb2 (11. Ra2 Bd7 12. e4 Nb6 $13)
11... Bf6 12. Qb3 $14) 10. Qc2 (10. e4 Nf6 11. Qc2 $14) 10... Be7 (10... Qb6
11. Nbd2 O-O 12. e4 Nde7 13. Nb3 Bd6 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Rac1 $14 {Gurevich,
D-Terrie,H/USA/1989/1:0/29/}) (10... Qe7 11. e4 Nf6 12. e5 Nd5 13. Bg5 f6 14.
exf6 gxf6 15. Bh6 $16 {Gavrikov,V-Orlowski,J/SUI(cht)/1994/1:0/18/}) (10... Ba7
11. e4 Nf6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bf4 $16 {Vadasz,L-Unzicker,F/Budapest/1994/0,5/40/})
11. e4 Nf6 12. Rd1 Nd7 $6 (12... Bd7 $5 13. Nc3 {/\ e5/} e5 $14) 13. Nc3 O-O
14. Be3 $16 Qc7 15. Nd5 $1 (15. Nb5 $5 Qb8 16. Rac1 $16) 15... exd5 (15... Qd8
16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rac1 $16) 16. exd5 Ndb8 17. Nd4 $1 Bd7 (17... Bg4 18. Rdc1
$16) 18. Rac1 (18. d6 $5 Qxd6 (18... Bxd6 19. Nb5 Qd8 20. Nxd6 $16) 19. Nxc6
Qxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Bxc6 $16) 18... Qe5 (18... Bf6 19. dxc6 Nxc6 20. Nb5 Qd8 (20...
Qc8 21. Nd6 $16) 21. Nd6 $16 (21. Bh3 Bxh3 22. Rxd8 Raxd8 $16)) (18... Rc8 19.
d6 $5 (19. dxc6 Nxc6 20. Nb5 Qd8 $16 21. Bh3 $140 $2 Nd4 $1) 19... Qxd6 (19...
Bxd6 20. Nb5 Qd8 21. Nxd6 $18) 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 (20... Rxc6 $2 21. Rxd6 $1 Rxc2
22. Rxc2 Bxd6 23. Bxb7 $18) 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 $16) 19. dxc6 Nxc6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21.
Bxc6 bxc6 (21... Rac8 $2 22. Qe4 $18) 22. Bd4 $1 $18 Qb5 (22... Qg5 23. Qxc6 a4
24. Re1 $18) 23. Re1 $1 Rfe8 24. Qxc6 Qxc6 25. Rxc6 a4 (25... Kf8 26. Rc7 Bd6
27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Rd7 Re1+ 29. Kg2 $18) 26. Rc4 Kf8 27. Bc3 $1 Bf6 $6 (27...
g6 28. Kg2 $18 {/\ Ree4, /\ Rce4/}) 28. Rxe8+ Kxe8 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Rh4 $1 Rb8
(30... Ke7 31. Rxh7 f5 32. Rh4 Kf6 33. Rb4 $18) 31. Rxh7 Rxb2 32. Rh4 Kf8 33.
Rxa4 Ra2 34. Kg2 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup4"]
[Site "Perm"]
[Date "1997.02.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Kozlov, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1997.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 b6 8. Ne5
Nfd7 9. cxd5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 cxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Qxd5 Qxd5 13. Bxd5 Bh3 14.
Bxa8 Bxf1 15. Kxf1 Nd7 16. Be4 Nxe5 17. Bf4 Nc4 18. b3 g5 19. Bxg5 Bxg5 20.
bxc4 Rc8 21. Bd5 Rc5 22. f4 Bf6 23. Rd1 Ra5 24. Rd2 Bc3 25. Rc2 Bb4 26. e4 Kf8
27. e5 Ke7 28. Kg2 Ra3 29. Kh3 Re3 30. Kg4 f6 31. e6 Bc5 32. Kf5 Bb4 33. Rg2
Rd3 34. h4 Rd4 35. g4 Bd2 36. Be4 Bc3 37. Bd5 Bd2 38. Rf2 b5 39. g5 fxg5 40.
hxg5 bxc4 41. Bxc4 Rxc4 42. Rxd2 {[%csl Ra7,Rh7] [#] weißer Raumvorteil bei
einem Mehrbauern, passivem schwarzen König und Bauernschwächen a7+h7} Rc5+ 43.
Kg4 Kxe6 44. Rh2 Rc7 45. f5+ Ke5 46. Re2+ Kd6 47. f6 Rc1 48. Rh2 {einfacher
ist:} (48. Rf2 Rc8 (48... Rg1+ 49. Kh3 $18) 49. g6 hxg6 50. Kg5) 48... Rg1+ 49.
Kh5 Ke6 50. Re2+ Kf7 51. Re7+ Kg8 52. Rg7+ Kh8 53. Rxa7 Kg8 54. a4 Rh1+ 55. Kg4
Rg1+ 56. Kf5 Rf1+ 57. Ke6 Re1+ 58. Kd6 Rg1 59. a5 (59. a5 Rxg5 60. a6 (60. Rg7+
Rxg7 61. fxg7 h5 62. a6 $18) 60... Ra5 61. Rg7+ Kf8 62. a7 h5 63. Rb7 $18) 1-0

[Event "POL-chT 53rd"]
[Site "Krynica"]
[Date "1997.09.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Ivanov,Se"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1997.09.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Glogow MOK Chrobry"]
[BlackTeam "Bielsko-Biala Wlokniarz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 (7...
Qd6) (7... c5) 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 c5 12. Qxc4 cxd4
13. Qxd4 e5 14. Qh4 Rb8 (14... Qe6) (14... Qb7) (14... Rd8) 15. O-O Rb4 16. e4
h6 (16... Qb7 17. f3 $6 (17. Re1 $5 Bg4 18. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 19. Qxg4 Nf6 20. Qf5
$14 {F.Levin}) 17... Qb6+ 18. Rf2 h6 19. g4 Rd8 20. g5 hxg5 21. Bxg5 Rxb2 22.
Bxf6 Rdd2 $1 23. Nd1 $2 (23. Na4) 23... Rxf2 24. Nxf2 Qxf6 25. Qxf6 gxf6 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Tukmakov - F.Levin, USSR, 1988}) (16... Bb7 17. f3 Rc8 (17... Qc5+ 18.
Kg2 Nd5 $6 (18... Rd8 19. Rf2 Rd3 20. Bg5 Rxc3 $1 21. bxc3 Nxe4 22. Be3 $8 Qd5
$8 23. Qe7 h5 24. Rd1 Qxd1 25. Qxb4 Nxf2 26. Qxb7 Nd3 27. Qc8+ Kh7 28. Qf5+ $11
{Shipov}) 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Qg5 (20. g4 $1 {with the idea Qf2}) 20... Bb7 21.
b3 $2 (21. g4 $1) 21... f5 $1 $17 {Shipov - Klovans, Budapest, 1992}) 18. g4 a5
19. Qf2 h5 20. g5 Nh7 21. Be3 Rd8 $14 {1/2:1/2 Atalik-Liang, Beijing 1997}) 17.
Re1 (17. b3 $5 {with the idea Ba3}) (17. f3 $5 Rd8 18. g4 {with the idea Qf2})
17... Rd8 18. f3 Rd3 19. Kg2 Qe6 $5 (19... Qd6 20. g4 $1 Nh7 21. Qf2 h5 22. g5
Nf8 23. Be3 Ne6 24. Rad1 $14 {Kakhiani-Gershinska - Botsari-Miladinovic,
Subotica 1991}) 20. g4 (20. a3 Rb3 21. g4 a5 $44) 20... Nh7 21. Qf2 (21. Nd5
Ng5 $1 22. Bxg5 (22. Nxb4 $2 Nxf3 23. Qg3 Nxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Qxg4+ $19) (22. Rf1
Rxd5 $5 (22... Rb8 {with the idea Bb7}) 23. exd5 Qxd5 $36) 22... Rxb2+ 23. Kg3
hxg5 24. Qxg5 f6 25. Qh5 Rdd2 $40) 21... h5 $1 22. h3 (22. g5 $2 Qh3+ $17)
22... hxg4 23. hxg4 Qg6 $44 {[X Kg2]} 24. Nd5 $6 (24. Be3 $2 Bxg4 $1 25. fxg4
Qxg4+ 26. Kh1 (26. Qg3 Rxb2+ $19) (26. Kh2 Ng5 $40) (26. Kf1 Qh3+ 27. Ke2 Rxb2+
$19) 26... Qh3+ 27. Kg1 (27. Qh2 Rxe3 $17) 27... Rd6 $19) (24. Re3 $142 Rxe3 (
24... Rdd4 25. Nd5 Rb7 $44) 25. Bxe3 Bxg4 (25... f5) 26. fxg4 Qxg4+ 27. Kf1 $13
) (24. a3 $5) 24... Rxd5 $1 25. exd5 Bxg4 $1 $40 26. fxg4 $2 (26. Qg3 $8 Bxf3+
(26... Nf6 $44) 27. Kxf3 Qf5+ 28. Ke2 $13) 26... Rxg4+ 27. Kf1 (27. Kh1 Qh5+
28. Qh2 Rh4 $19) (27. Kf3 e4+ 28. Ke3 Rg3+ 29. Ke2 Rg2 $19) 27... Qh5 $1 (27...
Qd3+ 28. Re2 Qxd5 $5 (28... Qh3+ 29. Ke1 Qh1+ 30. Kd2 Qxd5+ (30... Rd4+ 31. Kc3
$1 Qxd5 32. b3) 31. Kc2 Rc4+ 32. Kb1 Qd3+ 33. Rc2 $16) 29. Ke1 Qh1+ 30. Kd2
Rd4+ 31. Kc2 Rc4+ (31... Qd1+ 32. Kb1 Rc4 33. Rc2) 32. Kd2 (32. Kb3 $2 Qd5 $19)
32... Rd4+ $11) 28. Be3 (28. Re3 Qh1+ 29. Ke2 Rg2 $19) (28. Qf3 Rg1+ $19) (28.
Qe3 Qh2 29. Re2 (29. Rd1 Rg2) 29... Qh1+ 30. Kf2 Rg2+ $19) (28. Rd1 Qh3+ 29.
Ke1 Rg2 $19) 28... Qh3+ 29. Ke2 Rg2 30. Rac1 (30. Rad1 e4 31. d6 Qf3+ 32. Kf1
Rxf2+ 33. Bxf2 e3 $19) 30... Rxf2+ (30... Nf6 $5 31. d6 $140 Ng4 $19) 31. Bxf2
(31. Kxf2 Nf6 $19) 31... Ng5 (31... Nf6 $142) 32. Red1 Qf3+ 33. Ke1 Ne4 (33...
e4 34. Rc3 $13) 34. Rc2 (34. Bxa7 Ng3 35. Rc2 Qe4+ 36. Kd2 Qxd5+ $19) 34...
Qh1+ 35. Ke2 Qg2 36. Ke1 Ng3 (36... Nxf2 $142 37. Rxf2 Qg1+ 38. Ke2 Qg4+ 39.
Ke1 e4) 37. Rc8+ (37. d6 $5 Qf1+ 38. Kd2 Qxf2+ 39. Kc1 Qf4+ 40. Kb1 (40. Rcd2
Ne2+ 41. Kb1 Nd4 $19) 40... Qg4 41. Kc1 Qd7 $17) (37. Bxg3 $5 Qxc2 (37... Qxg3+
) 38. d6 Qe4+ 39. Kf2 Qf5+ 40. Ke1 (40. Ke3 Qg4 $19) 40... Qd7 $17) 37... Kh7
38. Bxg3 Qxg3+ 39. Kd2 e4 (39... Qg5+ 40. Kc3 $8 Qe3+ 41. Kc2 $13) 40. Kc1 e3
41. Rc2 Qf4 $1 (41... Qf3 $2 42. d6 e2 43. Re1 Qf4+ 44. Rd2 $18) 42. Kb1 (42.
Re2 Qc4+ 43. Rc2 Qxa2 44. Re2 Qc4+ 45. Rc2 Qa6 $1 {with the ideas Qa1X, e2})
42... Qf3 43. Kc1 e2 44. Re1 Qxd5 45. Rexe2 g5 $19 (45... Qxa2 $6 46. Rh2+ Kg6
47. Rhg2+ $1 $13) 46. b4 g4 47. Rc5 Qd4 48. a3 Qa1+ 49. Kd2 Qb2+ 50. Ke1 Qxa3
0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Raetsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Bjarnason, Saevar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bg2 d5 7. Ngf3 Nc6 8.
O-O O-O 9. a3 a5 10. Qc2 Bb6 11. b3 Qe7 12. Bb2 d4 13. Rae1 e5 14. e3 dxe3 15.
fxe3 Ng4 16. Qc3 f5 17. Kh1 Qc5 18. Nxe5 Ncxe5 19. Bd5+ Kh8 20. h3 Qe7 21. hxg4
Nxg4 22. Nf3 Bc7 $1 {The bishops are well placed on c7 and c8, and so it is
natural for the rook to enter the game via a6 and then to swing to the
kingside.} 23. Kg2 Ra6 24. Rh1 Rg6 {The rook is perfectly placed, defending
and attacking at the same time.} 25. e4 f4 26. e5 Nh6 27. Rxh6 Rxh6 28. e6 Rg6
29. Rh1 Rxg3+ 30. Kf1 Bxe6 31. Bxe6 Qxe6 32. Rh5 Qg4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. Qd3 Nb6 ({
Another option is} 7... c6 8. O-O b6 9. b3 a5 (9... Ba6 {is more principled})
10. e4 Ba6 11. e5 Ne8 12. h4 h6 13. Rd1 b5 14. cxb5 cxb5 15. Ne2 {and White
got a clear plus in the recent game Kramnik-Baramidze, Dortmund 2014.}) 8. c5 (
8. b3 {is less ambitious:} dxc4 9. bxc4 c5 {and Black is fine.}) 8... Nbd7 9.
O-O c6 (9... b6 {is risky but a very direct move:} 10. c6 (10. b4 {doesn't
work here} a5 11. c6 axb4 $1 12. cxd7 Ba6 13. Nb5 c6) 10... Nb8 11. Ne5 {
with sharp play but probably in White's favour.}) 10. b4 b6 (10... e5 {is a
logical attempt to free the position, but White is better due to a nasty trick:
} 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Bf4 g5 13. Nxg5 $1 Bxg5 14. Qf5 Bxf4 15. Qxg4+ Bg5 16. h4
$16) 11. Bf4 a5 12. a3 (12. b5 Bb7 13. cxb6 Qxb6 $11) 12... Ba6 13. Qc2 {
So we get a typical Queen's Gambit position with the difference that the white
bishop is developed on g2. Due to this Black can't exchange the light-squared
bishops and is suffering more than usual.} Nh5 14. Bd2 Nhf6 15. Bf4 {Not a
plan to draw early of course, just trying to avoid future time trouble and to
tease my loveable opponent a little.} Nh5 16. Bd2 Nhf6 17. Rfe1 $1 {Don't even
dream about it!} Bc4 {Trying to get ready to manoeuvre this bishop to d5 after
the (premature at the moment) move e4.} 18. Bf4 {Now Nd2 is on the agenda,
followed by e4.} (18. e4 {leads to a draw after} dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Qxc4
Nxd2 21. Nxd2 axb4 22. axb4 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 bxc5 24. bxc5 Nxc5 $11) 18... Nh5 19.
Be3 Nhf6 20. Bf4 Nh5 21. Be3 {I checked my scoresheet carefully to make sure
there was no threefold repetition.} Nhf6 22. h3 $1 {I have told you already!}
h6 (22... Re8 {was another way to slightly improve the position. In general
Black can't do much here, just to try to get ready to meet the actions of the
opponent accordingly.}) 23. Nd2 Ba6 24. f4 {That was the idea behind 22.h3
which covered the g4-square to stop ...Ng4. Now the plan is Bf2 and e4 and
good or bad Black has to do something about it.} bxc5 25. bxc5 Nxc5 {This
tactical operation changes the (unfavourable) character of the position but
doesn't bring full relief.} 26. dxc5 d4 27. Bf2 dxc3 28. Qxc3 (28. Nf3 {
is what the computer prefers, but too delicate for me, especially since I saw
that the forthcoming complications are in favour of White.}) 28... Nd5 (28...
Qc7 $142 {strangely enough Houdini gives just a tiny plus for White here,
although visually he should be better in my opinion.} 29. Rab1 $14) 29. Qc2 Bf6
30. e4 $1 {An important and powerful resource which probably made my opponent
regret his decision of two moves ago.} Bxa1 31. exd5 $16 Qf6 (31... Bf6 32. d6
$1 (32. dxe6 {is not bad either but I somehow prefer my protected passed pawn
on the sixth rank.}) 32... Qd7 33. Nf3 Rab8 34. Bd4 {that was my plan during
the game. Black has difficulties defending the key c6-pawn plus his bishop is
out of play in addition to all other problems of his position.}) 32. d6 $1 {
Most ambitious.} (32. dxe6 {is the computer's first choice, but again I had 
(justified) plans to queen my d-pawn...} Bd4 33. exf7+ Rxf7 34. Ne4 Qd8 35. Nd6
$16) 32... Qc3 (32... Bd4 {is sad, although possibly objectively best} 33. Nb3
({or} 33. Nf3 Bxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Rab8 35. Ne5 g5 36. Kg1) 33... Bxf2+ 34. Qxf2 Qc3
35. Qe3 Qc2 36. Rc1 Qa2 37. Nd4 $16) 33. Qd1 Bb2 34. Bxc6 {Tasty one.} Rad8 (
34... Rab8 {I expected this logical move (after all the rooks belong on the
open files, but the computer is not impressed with it either, giving the
following logical variation:} 35. Nb1 Qf6 36. Bg2 e5 37. Nd2 exf4 38. Ne4 Qg6
39. c6 {one of many other good options} Be5 40. Bc5 fxg3 41. d7 {and time to
call it a day.}) 35. Nb1 $1 {Not the best square for a knight in general, but
with such passed pawns White just needs to stop possible counterplay (tricks)
of the opponent. And mine is very tricky and resourceful - I experienced that
already long ago, in Elista 2006...} Qf6 36. Qd2 $18 Rb8 37. Be4 (37. d7 {
is simpler, but everything does it already, just not to blunder} e5 38. Bd5)
37... e5 38. Nc3 $1 Qe6 (38... Bxc3 39. Qxc3 exf4 40. Qxf6 gxf6 41. c6 {
and Black will be lucky if he manages to give a full rook for those pawns...})
39. Nd5 {Now, when the knight is on d5 instead of b1, it is hard to spoil it.}
Qxh3 40. Bg2 Qh5 41. d7 ({or} 41. c6) 41... exf4 42. Qxf4 Bxa3 (42... Bb5 43.
c6 Rbd8 44. Ne7+ Kh7 45. c7 Bxd7 46. cxd8=Q Rxd8 47. Qc7 {winning another
piece even if just one would be enough}) 43. Qxb8 {For the first time in the
game I had to calculate some 5 plus moves ahead. Just a dream scenario for a
pensioner like me...} Rxb8 44. Re8+ Kh7 45. Rxb8 Qd1+ 46. Kh2 Qh5+ 47. Bh3 {
No mercy.} Qf3 (47... Bf1 48. Nf4 Qf3 49. d8=Q {is what was planned} (49. Bf5+
g6 50. Bd4 {is even more humiliating}) 49... Qxf2+ 50. Bg2 {and mate follows.})
48. d8=Q Qxf2+ 49. Bg2 {A well played game by me, even if not very difficult.
Still, a rare case with me lately, so I am glad to present it to the public.}
1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.07"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Alkaloid"]
[BlackTeam "Merida Linex Magic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 c6 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 {Quite a
rare move order. It should be favourable for White as he can easily push e2-e4.
} d5 8. O-O O-O {This natural move is in fact a novelty. Black couldn't
equalize in previous games:} (8... Nbd7 9. e4 (9. Qc2 $5 O-O 10. e4 (10. a3 Be7
11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Rc8 14. Bf4 Bb7 15. b4 Re8 16. h4 Ba8 17.
Qc2 Bf6 18. Rad1 $14 {1-0 Gurevich,D-Iailian,M/Moscow 1989/TD (53)}) 10... Rc8
11. Bb2 (11. e5 Ne8 12. Rd1 Be7 13. Nf1 Nc7 14. Ne3 Bb7 15. h4 Re8 16. Bb2 c5
17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Ne1 Nf8 19. Qd2 $16 {1-0 Bacrot,E-Eliet,N/Clichy FRA 2007/
The Week in Chess 656 (40)}) 11... Be7 12. Rfe1 Bb7 13. Rad1 c5 14. exd5 exd5
15. Qf5 Re8 16. Ng5 h6 17. cxd5 g6 18. Qd3 Nxd5 19. Ne6 fxe6 20. Qxg6+ Kf8 21.
Qxh6+ Kg8 22. Qxe6+ Kf8 23. Bxd5 {1-0 Ivanenko,S-Melnikov,V/Moscow 1986/EXT
2004}) (9. Bb2 O-O 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. a3 Be7 12. Re1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 f5
15. b4 Qc7 16. f3 Bg5 17. e3 exf3 18. Nxf3 Bf6 19. e4 Qb8 20. e5 Be7 21. d5
cxd5 22. Qa4 $18 {1-0 Horvath,C-Emodi,B/Hungary 1995/EXT 2000 (31)}) 9... O-O
10. e5 Ne8 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. a3 Be7 13. Re1 Nc7 14. Rc1 c5 15. Bf1 Bb7 16. dxc5
bxc5 17. Qe2 Re8 18. h4 Rb8 19. Qe3 Bc6 20. Qf4 h6 21. Qg4 Nf8 22. cxd5 exd5
23. Nd4 Bd7 24. e6 Bxe6 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Nxe6+ Kg8 27. Nxd8 Rbxd8 28. Rxe7
Rxe7 29. Bf6 Red7 30. Bxd8 Rxd8 31. Rxc5 $18 {1-0 Dydyshko,V-Barkovsky,E/Minsk
1981/MCD (64)}) 9. Qc2 c5 {A new but dubious idea as White is better prepared
for the opening of the position.} 10. dxc5 (10. a3 $5 Bxd2 (10... Ba5 11. Ne5)
11. Bxd2 $14) 10... Bxc5 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. a3 Bb7 13. cxd5 exd5 {The black
pieces (especially his b7 bishop) are placed inappropriately for the IQP 
(Isolated Queen Pawn) structure. However,} (13... Nxd5 {had its own drawback
as the black queen comes under the fire of the white rooks:} 14. Rfd1 Be7 (
14... Qc8 15. Ng5) (14... Rc8 15. Nc4 $1) 15. e4 Nf6 16. Rac1 {etc.}) 14. b4
Be7 (14... Bd6 $142) 15. Rac1 Re8 16. Rfd1 Bd6 {It is now clear that Black has
lost a tempo.} 17. e4 $5 {[%mdl 32] An interesting idea: White opens up the
centre to make use of the active position of his pieces.} Rc8 (17... dxe4 $2
18. Nc4) (17... Nxe4 $2 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qc3 f6 20. Ng5 $1 $18) 18. Qb1 (18.
Qb3 Nxe4 19. Qxd5 $2 {was not good due to} Nxf2 $1) 18... Nxe4 19. Nxe4 dxe4
20. Nh4 {[%cal Rh4f5,Rg2e4]} g6 21. Bxe4 {[%mdl 2048]} Qe7 22. Bd5 Kf8 (22...
Be5 $2 23. Nxg6 $1 hxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kf8 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Rc4 $18) 23. Rc2 {
White is preparing a good reply to ...Be5. He could have also prevented it
directly:} (23. Nf3 $5 f6 (23... Ne5 $2 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Bxe5) 24. Qa1 Ne5 25.
Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Bxe5 Bxd5 (26... fxe5 27. Rxc8 Bxc8 28. Bc6) 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28.
Rxd5 fxe5 29. Rxe5 $16) 23... Be5 24. Re2 Qc7 (24... f6 25. Nf3 $16) 25. Rde1
$6 (25. b5 $142 $1 Na5 26. Bxb7 Nxb7 (26... Bxb2 27. Qxb2 Rxe2 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29.
Bxc8 $18) 27. Rde1 f6 $8 (27... Bxb2 $2 28. Qxb2 $18) 28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29. Rxe5
fxe5 30. Nf3 $18) 25... f6 (25... Bxb2 26. Qxb2 Rxe2 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Rxe2+ Kd6
29. Qf6+ $1 Kxd5 30. Nf3 {with a mating attack.}) 26. Nf3 Rcd8 (26... Qd7 27.
Rd1 $5) 27. Be4 $6 (27. Nxe5 {wins a pawn but the rook endgame after} Nxe5 28.
Bxb7 Qxb7 29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30. Rxe5 fxe5 31. Qa1 (31. Rxe5 Qf3) 31... Qd5 32. Rxe5
Qd1+ 33. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 34. Kg2 {may be drawn after all. However, it was better
than the text move.}) 27... Nd4 28. Bxd4 Bxd4 29. Bxb7 Rxe2 30. Rxe2 Qxb7 {
Oof!! Black has parried White's threats although he should still be careful as
his king is not quite safe.} 31. Qb3 Rd6 32. h4 b5 $6 {[%csl Rb5] Now this
pawn becomes weak.} (32... Qd7 $142) 33. Rd2 Be5 34. Rxd6 Bxd6 35. Nd4 Be5 $6 (
35... a6 $142) 36. Ne6+ $1 Ke7 37. Nc5 {[%cal Rb3g8,Rc5b7]} Qc8 38. Qd5 {
[%csl Gc5,Gd5]} a6 39. h5 $1 {Logically played. Black has weaknesses on the
queenside; now it is time to weaken his kingside.} gxh5 $6 (39... Ba1 $142 40.
h6 $1 {[%csl Rh7]} f5 {tenaciously defending.}) 40. Qe4 Qg4 (40... Qg8 41. Qf5
$1 {[%cal Rf5d7]}) 41. Qxh7+ Ke8 {Black's pawn structure is now totally ruined.
} 42. Qh8+ Kf7 43. Qh7+ Ke8 44. Kg2 Bd6 45. Ne4 $1 Be7 46. f3 Qe6 47. Qxh5+ {
and White gradually brings home his material advantage:} Kd7 48. Nf2 Qb3 49.
Qf5+ Kc7 50. Qf4+ Bd6 51. Qc1+ Kd7 52. Ne4 Qa2+ 53. Kh3 Qe6+ 54. Kg2 Qa2+ 55.
Kf1 Be5 56. Nc5+ Ke7 57. Qd1 Qc4+ 58. Kg2 Bd4 59. Nxa6 Qa2+ (59... Be3 $142 $5
60. Nc5 Bxc5 61. bxc5 Qxc5 62. Qb3) 60. Kh3 Qe6+ 61. g4 Qe3 62. Nc7 Qh6+ 63.
Kg2 Be5 64. Nxb5 Qh2+ 65. Kf1 Kf8 66. Qe2 Qh1+ 67. Kf2 Qc1 68. Qd3 Kg7 69. Nd4
Qb2+ 70. Ne2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O (5... c5) 6. Qc2 (6. d4) (6.
b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. e3 (8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nc3 Bf6 {[%cal Gf6b2]}) 8... d4) 6...
c5 {[%cal Gd5d4]} 7. d4 {Retombe sur une Catalane mais où les Noirs ont déjà
joué le coup libérateur c5 et ils égalisent assez vite.} cxd4 (7... Nbd7 $143
8. cxd5 $1 Nxd5 9. Nc3 $14) 8. Nxd4 Nc6 $1 $132 {Profitant du fait que les
Blancs ont joué trés tôt Qc2} (8... Qb6 $5 9. Rd1 Nc6 $11 {Mikenas,V-Bykhovsky,
A URS-ch33 Tallinn 1965 (19) 1-0}) 9. Nxc6 (9. Rd1 Qb6) 9... bxc6 10. b3 (10.
Rd1 {[%cal Gd1d8]} Ba6 $1 11. b3 Qb6 12. Be3 Bc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 $11 14. Nd2) (
10. Nc3 Ba6) 10... a5 11. Nc3 Ba6 12. Rd1 Qb6 ({RR} 12... Nd7 13. Na4 Nb6 14.
Nxb6 Qxb6 15. Be3 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Rac1 Qa3 18. Rd4 dxc4 19. bxc4 Rab8 20.
Rd3 Qc5 21. a3 h6 22. Qd2 Rb6 23. h4 Qe5 24. Re3 Qc5 25. Qc3 a4 26. Re5 Qe7 27.
Ra5 {Romanov,E (2624)-Riazantsev,A (2679)/Olginka 2011/Mega2011 Update 18/1-0 
(68)}) ({Pertinent:} 12... Nd7 13. Na4 Nb6 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 15. Be3 Bc5 16. Bxc5
Qxc5 17. Rac1 Qa3 18. Rd4 dxc4 19. bxc4 Rab8 20. Rd3 Qc5 21. a3 h6 22. Qd2 Rb6
23. h4 Qe5 24. Re3 Qc5 25. Qc3 a4 26. Re5 Qe7 27. Ra5 c5 28. Rxa4 Qc7 29. Ra5
Rc8 30. Rd1 Rcb8 31. Ra4 Rb3 32. Qd2 Qb6 33. Bf3 Rb2 34. Qd7 Rb1 35. Rxb1 Qxb1+
36. Kg2 Qb6 37. Qc6 Qxc6 38. Bxc6 Rb6 39. Be4 Kf8 40. Bd3 Ke7 41. Ra5 Kd6 42.
f3 {Romanov,E (2624)-Riazantsev,A (2679) Olginka 2011 1-0 (68)}) 13. Na4 Qb7
14. Bd2 $146 (14. Bb2 {Vaganian,R (2590)-Georgiev,K (2605) EU-chT (Men) 10th
1992 (7.1) 1/2}) ({Prédécesseur (3):} 14. Rb1 Rfd8 15. Bd2 Bb4 16. Bg5 Be7 17.
e4 dxe4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxe4 Rac8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Qxc6 Qxc6 22. Bxc6 Be7
23. Kf1 Rd2 24. Rb2 Rd8 25. Ke2 Bb4 26. Rc2 Rd6 27. Bb5 Bb7 28. c5 Rd5 29. c6
Re5+ 30. Kf1 Rxb5 31. cxb7 Rxb7 32. Rc8+ Bf8 33. Nc5 Re7 34. Rd8 f6 35. Nd7 Rf7
36. Ke2 g6 37. a4 Kg7 38. Nxf8 Rxf8 39. Rxf8 Kxf8 40. b4 Ke7 41. bxa5 Kd6 42.
Kd3 Kc5 43. f4 h6 {Vaganian,R (2645)-Dokhoian,Y (2580) Tilburg 1994 1-0}) 14...
Rfe8 15. Rab1 (15. Bc3) 15... Bb4 16. Bc1 Qe7 $11 17. h3 h6 18. Bb2 Nd7 19. Ba1
Rab8 20. Rbc1 (20. e4) 20... Red8 21. e3 Ba3 22. Rb1 Nc5 23. Qc3 f6 24. Nxc5
Qxc5 25. Qc2 Qe7 26. h4 Rd7 27. Bh3 f5 28. Bf1 Rbd8 29. Be5 Bb4 30. c5 Bxf1 31.
Bd6 Qf6 32. Kxf1 Rb7 33. Rd4 Rb5 (33... e5 $132 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5]}) 34. h5 e5 35.
Rh4 e4 36. Kg2 Bc3 37. Bc7 Ra8 38. Bb6 {[%csl Rb5]} Be5 39. Rhh1 Kh7 40. a3 Qg5
{[%cal Gf5f4,Gg5g2]} 41. Qe2 Qe7 (41... f4 $5 42. exf4 Bxf4 43. Rh4 Be5 44.
Rxe4 $6 dxe4 45. Qxe4+ Kh8 46. Qxc6 {[%csl Ra8,Rb5]} Rf8 47. Qxb5 Bxg3 $1) 42.
Rhd1 Qf7 43. Kg1 Bf6 44. b4 axb4 45. Rxb4 Rxb4 46. axb4 d4 47. exd4 Ra2 48. Rd2
Ra1+ 49. Rd1 Ra2 50. Rd2 {La feuille de partie s'arrête içi et le plateau DGT
a enregistré а tort une répétition de coups jusqu'au 53ème coup} Ra1+ 51. Kh2
Qd5 52. Rd1 Qf7 53. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.02.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4
b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Rc1 $5 {A relatively rare setup. White aims for rapid piece
development, in the hope of occupying the c-file.} Nh5 11. Bxb8 Qxb8 12. Ne5
Nf6 13. e3 Rd8 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. f4 Qd6 ({A novelty. Black activates his queen,
in order to put the enemy queenside under pressure. After} 15... g6 16. g4 Nd7
17. Qe1 {a draw was agreed in Khalifman-Adams, Cesme 2004, but White seems to
have a promissing attacking position.}) 16. Nb5 Qb4 17. Rc7 Ba6 18. a4 Bxb5 19.
axb5 Bd6 20. Rxf7 $5 {An interesting and almost forced attacking continuation,
which, however, fails to endanger Black's king.} Bxe5 21. fxe5 Kxf7 22. Qh5+
Kg8 23. exf6 gxf6 24. Qg4+ Kh8 ({Reaching absolute safety.} 24... Kf7 $6 25.
Qh4 {would leave White with the initiative.}) 25. Qxe6 Rf8 26. Qxd5 Rae8 {
White's initiative has been extinguished and he faces some problems now. With
a better structure (a pawn on f2 instead of h2, for instance) he would most
likely be better, but the e3-pawn is weak now and the king slightly exposed.}
27. Rf3 Qe1+ 28. Bf1 Rxe3 29. Qd6 Ree8 30. Rxf6 Kg7 31. Rxf8 Rxf8 {Apparently,
White is in big trouble.} 32. Qe5+ {The saving move. After the exchange of
queens, White will build a reliable fortress, something that is not easy to
foresee.} Qxe5 33. dxe5 Re8 34. Bc4 Rxe5 35. Kf2 Kf6 36. b3 Re4 37. Bd3 Re7 38.
Kf3 h6 39. Kg4 Re5 40. Bc4 Rc5 41. Kf4 Rf5+ 42. Ke4 Rf2 43. h4 Rd2 44. Ke3 Rd8
45. Ke4 Rd1 46. Bd5 {If Black transfers his king to the queenside, White will
simply crate a passed pawn on the other wing.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 d5 {
Tiviakov frequently employs this transposition from the Queen's Indian to the
Catalan.} 8. Nd2 O-O 9. e4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Ba6 {Black's entire approach looks a
bit over-ambitious. He moves again with this bishop for the mere sake of
winning a pawn, while the rest of the queenside is undeveloped.} 11. b3 b5 12.
Ne3 b4 13. Ne2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Qxd4 15. Bb2 Qb6 16. Nc4 {A logical move,
installing the knight on a stable square and preparing the advance of the
e-pawn.} ({Here is an entirely different approach, based on refraining to give
up the pair of bishops and the control of the d5-square:} 16. g4 $5 Rd8 17. g5
Ne8 18. h4 Nd7 19. Rfd1 Nf8 20. Nc4 Qa6 21. Bf1 Rxd1 22. Qxd1 Rd8 23. Qf3 Qb7
24. Rc1 c5 25. Ne5 Nd6 26. Bg2 Ng6 27. Nxg6 hxg6 28. h5 gxh5 29. Qxh5 Nb5 30.
g6 $16 {Kortschnoj,V (2635)-Godena,M (2420)/Switzerland 1995/CBM 049 ext (1-0,
48)}) 16... Qb5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 (17... gxf6 18. Rad1 a5 19. Rfe1 a4 20. e5 Ra7
21. Qf3 (21. Rd4 $5 f5 22. g4 $1) 21... f5 22. g4 fxg4 23. Qxg4+ Kh8 24. Kh1
$44 {Smyslov,V-Guimard,C/Groningen 1946/MCL/[ChessBase] (1/2-1/2, 39)}) 18. e5
Be7 {For some reasons, in the game Brodsky-Tiviakov, Monarch Assurance 2005 a
draw was agreed in this position. Generally speaking, Black should not be
offered such an easy exit before completing his development in some way.} 19.
Rad1 a5 20. Be4 {White's kingside attack is not easy to carry out.} ({
Therefore, it seems more logical to just preserve the advance in development
for as long as possible.} 20. Rd2 $5 Ra7 (20... Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Rd1 Be7
23. Qe3 Na6 24. Rd7 Bc5 25. Qf4 Rf8 26. h4 Nb8 27. Rc7 $16 Bb6 $2 28. Nd6 $18)
21. Rfd1 c5 22. Qe4 $14 {and only after restricting the b8-knight White can
safely consider advancing his h-pawn as in the game, building up a slow but
powerful attack. Besides, Black has to permanently take into account a knight
jump to d6.}) 20... Ra7 21. h4 Nd7 22. h5 Nxe5 $5 (22... a4 $5) 23. Qe3 Ng4 (
23... Bc5 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Qe4+ Kg8 26. Nxe5 $44) 24. Qxa7 Qxh5 25. Kg2 Bc5
26. Qxa5 Qh2+ 27. Kf3 Bxf2 $2 (27... Nxf2 $5 28. Qxc5 Nxd1 29. Bxh7+ Kxh7 $1 (
29... Qxh7 30. Rxd1 $16) 30. Rxd1 (30. Qxf8 $2 Qh5+ 31. Kg2 Qe2+ 32. Kg1 Ne3
33. Nxe3 Qxe3+ $11) 30... Ra8 31. Qxc6 Qh5+ 32. Kf2 Rxa2+ 33. Rd2 $14) 28. Rd8
Qxg3+ 29. Ke2 Bc5 30. Rxf8+ Bxf8 31. Qa7 $14 {/+/- Four unadvanced pawns are
not a worthy match for the rook, especially that check are not easy to deliver
to the white king.} Qh2+ 32. Kd1 f6 33. Qd7 Nf2+ 34. Ke1 Nxe4 35. Qxe6+ Kh8 36.
Qxe4 Qxa2 37. Qe8 Kg8 38. Rf3 Qb1+ 39. Kf2 c5 40. Qe6+ Kh8 41. Ne5 h6 42. Nd7
Qc2+ 43. Qe2 1-0

[Event "GER-ARM"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petrosian, Arshak B"]
[Black "Schlosser, Philipp"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Mowsziszian,K"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1996.07.31"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. d4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 O-O 10. Qc2 Bb6 (10... Qe7 11. b4 Bb6 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. Nbd2 Rac8
14. Qb3 Bc7 15. Rac1 b5 16. Ne4 a5 17. Nc5 axb4 18. axb4 Bd6 19. Rfd1 Bxc5 20.
bxc5 Na5 21. Qc2 Nc4 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Rfe8 24. Be4 h6 25. Qb2 f5 26. Bd3
Bc6 27. e4 fxe4 28. Bxe4 {1-0 Lerner,K-Lputian,S/Moscow-A ;TD 87\01 1987 (39)})
(10... Be7 11. Rd1 (11. e4 Nb6 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Nc3 g5 14. Be3 Nc4 15. Qe2 Nxe3
16. Qxe3 g4 17. Nd4 Bg5 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Qe2 h5 20. Rad1 Qb6 21. h3 Kg7 22.
hxg4 {1-0 Brueckner,T-Hartmann,G/BL 8788 (1988) ;BL 80 1988 (32)}) 11... Bd7
12. e4 Nb6 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. Bf4 Qe8 15. Qe2 Na5 16. Ne5 Ba4 17. Nxa4 Qxa4 18.
Rac1 Qb3 19. Bf1 Bf6 20. Rd3 {1-0 Kavalek,L-Gruenfeld,Y/Thessaloniki olm (05) ;
BIG 80 1984 (39)}) 11. Nbd2 (11. Rd1 Qe7 12. b4 Qc7 13. Bb2 Ne5 14. Qe4 Nxf3+
15. Bxf3 Rd8 16. Be5 Qe7 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Qc7 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. e3 Bc7
21. Rd1 Qe7 22. Bd4 Bd6 23. Bc5 Bxc5 24. bxc5 g6 25. Rd6 Rb8 26. Qd4 e5 27.
Rd8+ Kg7 28. Qd6 {1-0 Marin,M-Rea Villalba,R/Sevilla op (01) ;TD 94\02 1994})
11... Bd7 12. Nc4 Rc8 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. Qd3 (14. Nd6 $2 Nd4 15. Qd3 Rc2 16. e3
Bb5 $17) 14... Nd4 15. Be3 $6 (15. Bxb7 Rc7 16. Ba6 $13) (15. Nxb6 $2 Bb5 16.
Qd2 Nxe2+ 17. Kh1 Qxb6 $17) 15... Bb5 16. Rac1 h6 17. Bxd4 (17. Nf3 Nxf3+ 18.
Bxf3 Bxc4 19. Rxc4 Rxc4 20. Qxc4 Bxe3 21. fxe3 $17) (17. Ne4 $142 Nxe4 18. Bxe4
{und die Fesselung auf /^f1-a6 läßt sich nicht sofort ausnutzen.}) 17... Qxd4
$15 {^^} 18. Nf3 (18. Qxd4 Bxd4 19. Nf3 Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Bxc4 $17) 18... Qxd3 19.
exd3 Bc7 $6 (19... Bc6 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. Ne5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 $15) 20. Nd4 Ba6 21.
a4 $1 (21. b4 Rcd8 $1 22. b5 (22. Nb3 b6 $17) 22... Rxd4 23. bxa6 bxa6 $17)
21... Rfd8 22. Nb5 Bb8 23. Na5 Nd5 24. Nb3 $2 (24. Bxd5 exd5 (24... Rxc1 $2 25.
Rxc1 Rxd5 $4 26. Rc8+) 25. d4 Kf8 $10 {Weiß verbessert seine Bauerstruktur,
und das Läuferpaar verliert seine Stärke.}) 24... b6 $17 {><d3 und ^^} 25. Rxc8
Bxc8 26. Rc1 Bb7 27. Nc3 Nxc3 28. Rxc3 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Be5 30. d4 Bxd4 31. Nxd4 (
31. Rc7 $2 Bxb2 32. Rxa7 Rd3 $19) 31... Rxd4 32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. Rc7 $2 (33. a5 $1
bxa5 34. Rc7 Kg6 35. Rxa7 a4 36. Rb7 Kf6 37. h4 $15) 33... Rxa4 34. Rxf7 a5 35.
Rc7 (35. Rf3 Rb4 36. b3 $17) 35... Ra2 $1 $19 36. Rc2 b5 $1 (36... a4 $2 37.
Rc4 $1) 37. Kf3 a4 38. Re2 b4 39. Ke3 a3 0-1

[Event "Sanjin Hotel Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Tiayuan"]
[Date "2005.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Zhao, Xue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. b3 a5 11. Nc3 e5 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Na4 h6 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rac1 Be7 17. e3 Bg4 18. Rf1 Ba3 19. Ra1 Re8 20. Qd3 d4 21. c5 Qf6
22. h3 Bh5 23. e4 Qe7 24. f4 f6 25. Rf2 Bf7 26. fxe5 fxe5 27. Raf1 Be6 28. Rc2
Rcd8 29. Kh2 Kh7 30. Qa6 Qc7 31. Qb6 Re7 32. Qxc7 Rxc7 33. Rf3 Rf7 34. Rxf7
Bxf7 35. Bf1 d3 36. Rd2 Bg6 37. Rxd3 Rf8 38. Kg1 Bxe4 39. Re3 Bb1 40. Re1 Bg6
41. Bg2 $6 (41. Rxe5 {war objektiv wohl besser, auch wenn die schwarzen Läufer
sicher nicht leicht zu bezwingen sind.}) 41... Re8 42. Bxc6 Rc8 43. Bd5 Bxc5+
44. Nxc5 Rxc5 45. Bc4 (45. Rxe5 $2 Kh8 $17) 45... h5 $6 {Dieser Zug ist die
Quelle der folgenden Probleme, weil der Bauer auf einem weißen Feld festgelegt
wird.} 46. Rd1 Bf5 47. h4 a4 $2 (47... g5 48. Rd6 gxh4 49. gxh4 Kg7 {bot
wesentlich bessere Überlebenschancen.}) 48. Rd5 Rxd5 49. Bxd5 axb3 50. Bxb3 g5
(50... Bd7 51. Bc2+ Kh6 52. a4 Bxa4 53. Bxa4 g5 54. hxg5+ Kxg5 55. Bd1 h4 56.
g4 $18) 51. a4 gxh4 52. gxh4 Bd7 53. a5 Bb5 (53... Kg6 54. a6 Bb5 55. Bc2+ Kf6
56. a7 Bc6 57. Kf2 e4 58. Ke3 Kf5 59. Bd1 Kg6 60. Kf4 Ba8 61. Bc2 $18) 54. Bf7
Kh6 55. Kf2 Ba6 56. Ke3 Bb7 57. Be8 $22 e4 58. Kf4 $22 Kg7 59. Bxh5 Kf6 60. Bg4
Kg6 61. Bf5+ Kh5 62. Bxe4 Bc8 63. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Nakamura,H"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Today, I had white against Eljanov. Coming off yesterday, I wanted to win, or
to at least put pressure on him.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 {
The opening was a bit unusual, and he surprised me. I wasn't expecting c5, but
I played normal moves and the next five or six are pretty standard.} 5. dxc5
Bxc5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Ngf3 Nc6 8. O-O d5 {This was the first position of the game
where either of us had to think, and I used quite a bit of time here.} 9. e3 {
I spent maybe 25 to 30 minutes on this move, mostly looking at variations with
...b6 and ...Ba6.} Qe7 {The after only a minute or two of thinking he played 9.
...Qe7 and I was very surprised by it. It is not a mistake and is completely
playable, I just don't think it is best.} 10. cxd5 {Here I spent another 15 to
20 minutes before taking on d5, because I couldn't find a good plan, and then
I saw the plan with a4 followed by Nd4 and Qb3.} exd5 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. a4 a6 13.
Nbd4 Bg4 {Again, these moves are quite normal, and there is little to
calculate. You just play the moves that feel the most natural.} 14. Qb3 Ba7 15.
Bd2 Ne4 16. Bc3 {This was the second position where he had a decision to make
and I think he made a mistake.} Nxc3 $2 {After this he will be worse for the
rest of the game.} 17. bxc3 {Although his move may look fairly normal, it
leaves weaknesses on d5 and b7 that I can attack.} Rfd8 18. Nd2 {This is an
imprecision, possibly even a mistake.} ({Instead I should have played} 18. Ne2
{immediately and then headed to f4 as I later did in the game.}) 18... Na5 19.
Qa2 ({As a matter of fact, I had miscalculated and saw too late that after 18.
Nd2 Na5} 19. Qb4 Qxb4 20. cxb4 Bxd4 21. exd4 Nc6 {wins a pawn.}) 19... Qd7 20.
N2f3 {Pretty much I realized my whole idea was incorrect so I went back to f3
planning to play Ne2-f4.} Qe7 {I was surprised by this, and had been expecting}
(20... Nc4 21. Ne2 Qf5 {If this were to happen, it is unclear. I am probably
still a bit better since the d5 pawn is still weak.}) 21. Ne2 Bf5 22. Nf4 Be4
23. Rfd1 {I actually thought his maneuver of Bf5-e4 was correct here.} Qc5 {
This is a big mistake.} ({Variations I had considered were} 23... Nc4 24. Nd2
Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Bxe3 {I wasn't sure about this variation.} 26. Nxc4 (26. fxe3
Nxe3+ 27. Kh1 Nxd1 28. Rxd1 d4 {Here too I wasn't sure what was going on in
the position. Maybe I'm better, maybe I'm worse.}) 26... Bxf4 27. Nb6 Rab8 28.
gxf4 Rd6 {with the idea of Rg6 and Qe4. It could be winning for me, but I
wasn't sure.}) 24. Ng5 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 {This looks nothing special at first.} h6
{#} (25... Nc4 {is not possible, since after} 26. Qb1 {a pawn is hanging.}) 26.
Rxd5 $1 {I actually saw this move when I played Ng5, but I spent a long time
calculating it since it is very unusual.} Rxd5 27. Ne4 {And this is the whole
point.} Qc4 {I think Pavel played the correct move.} ({If he had played} 27...
Qe7 {instead, then} 28. Qxd5 Rd8 29. Qf5 Nc4 30. Nd5 {with a bit of an attack.}
) 28. Qxc4 Nxc4 29. Nxd5 Re8 {The correct move.} (29... Rd8 {seems close to
winning, but it doesn't quite work after} 30. Ne7+ Kf8 31. Nf5 g6 32. Nd4 (32.
Nxh6 f5 33. Ng5 Rd2) 32... Re8 (32... f5 $2 33. Ne6+) 33. Nf6 Rd8 {and White
is up a pawn. Should be winning.}) 30. Nef6+ {Completely forced.} gxf6 31.
Nxf6+ Kf8 32. Nxe8 Kxe8 33. Rb1 {#The real question now is whether black
should play passively, as Pavel played in the game, or actively.} Nd6 ({
I think the active plan doesn't work after} 33... b5 34. axb5 a5 {and here I
had planned} 35. Rd1 {with the point of preventing Kd7} (35. Ra1 Bb6 36. Kf3
Kd7 {and the position is very unclear. Maybe it is winning, maybe it is losing,
but it seemed very dangerous to play.}) 35... a4 36. Kf3 a3 37. Ke4 {followed
by Kd5, winning.}) 34. e4 {This move doesn't give Black time to bring the king
to c6. If he does, the pawns supported by the king and pieces can go very fast.
} b6 $4 {A blunder, after which Eljanov is losing.} ({Though things are bad
even after} 34... f6 35. f4 Nxe4 36. Rxb7 Bc5 37. Rb8+ Kf7 38. Ra8) 35. e5 Nb7
({I suspect that Pavel forgot that after} 35... Ne4 36. Rb4 Nxc3 {is not
possible because of} 37. Rc4 Nd5 38. Rc8+ Kd7 39. Ra8 {and the bishop is
trapped.}) 36. Rb4 {The idea is Rh4 obviously.} Nc5 (36... Kf8 {fails to} 37.
Rd4 {threatening Rd7 so} Ke8 38. Rh4) 37. Rh4 Kf8 (37... Bb8 38. f4 Nxa4 39.
Rxh6 Bc7 40. Rh8+ Ke7 41. h4 {and I think the h-pawn is too fast here.}) 38.
Rxh6 Kg7 39. Rc6 Nxa4 (39... Bb8 40. f4 Nxa4 41. Rc8 Ba7 42. Ra8 {Trapping the
bishop once more.}) 40. e6 (40. e6 fxe6 (40... Bb8 41. e7) 41. Rc7+) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.13"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I felt that my best chances in this mini match were in the classical time
control portion.So, I started to prepare in the morning, checking and
rechecking all sorts of lines, the only problem being zhat I was preparing for
the wrong colour. Luckily, at lunch Sergey Movsesian and Rustam Kasimdzhanov
both confirmed that I am playing with white, otherwise I would have a nasty
surprise at the playing hall.Well, what to do in less one hour? Play a line
which limits his possibilities to the maximum.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 d5 4.
Nc3 Be7 5. g3 {By choosing this move order, White avoids the lines ...Bb4 and .
..dxc4 followed by ...Nc6 in the Catalan.} O-O (5... dxc4 6. Bg2 Nbd7 (6... Nc6
7. Qa4 {is not good for Black here.}) 7. Nd2 Nb6 8. Nxc4 O-O 9. Ne5 c5 {
is the only serious alternative, but I would have been happy playing this
position.}) 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Ne5 Qd6 {This was the only line that I did not
manage to check before the game . Of course I knew something about it, but I
remembered only the main line of my analysis which leads to a equal position
if Black is accurate. The problem was that I was certain that Hikaru would
know all that. Hence, I started to look for alternatives at every move, hoping
to find something new and hopefully playable.} 8. O-O Qa6 9. a4 Nc6 $1 (9...
Rd8 10. Nb5 Ne8 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. Qxc4 Nxd4 13. Be3 Nf5 14. Bc5 $14 {was my own,
painful experience as black against Meier in Dortmund 2018}) (9... c6 10. Bg5
h6 (10... Nbd7 11. Ne4 Re8 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Qc2 $16) 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nf3 $44
{is quite promising for White.}) 10. Nb5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Rd8 12. exf6 {The most
natural move in the position. I tried very hard to remember my conclusions of
this sacrifice, but after failing miserably I resorted to the good old
fashioned calculation-evaluation tool.} (12. Qc2 Nd5 13. Qxc4 Bd7 14. b3 Nb6 $5
15. Qxc7 Nd5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Qc3 Bxb5 18. axb5 Qxb5 $11 {was the line I
remembered, but in all honesty, it does not look very challenging to me. If
you remember Nb6-d5, that is all you need to know.}) 12... Rxd1 13. Rxd1 ({
I spent some time on the alternative} 13. fxe7 Rxf1+ 14. Bxf1 (14. Kxf1 $2 Bd7
15. Nxc7 Qd6 16. Bf4 (16. Nxa8 Qd1#) 16... e5 17. Nxa8 exf4 $19) 14... Bd7 15.
Nxc7 Qc6 16. Nxa8 Qc8 {but I could not see how I would have winning chances
here}) 13... Bd6 14. Bf4 e5 $2 {Since this move, like all the others before,
was blitzed out by my opponent, Hikaru must have mixed up something with his
home preparation. Anyway, after this move, objectively Black is just lost.} (
14... Qa5 {was forced and also the main move I focused on. My plan was to play}
15. Nxd6 (15. Bd2 Qa6 16. Bf4 $11 {is a typical engine line,which never
crossed my mind during the game}) 15... cxd6 16. Rxd6 gxf6 17. Bh6 e5 18. Rad1
Be6 19. Bxb7 {and I thought that White may not win, but he runs no risk at all.
The engines seem to confirm that the position is indeed equal.}) 15. Nxd6 (15.
Bxe5 Qa5 (15... Bh3 16. Bxd6 Bxg2 17. Nxc7 Qc6 18. Nxa8 Bh3 19. f3 $18) 16. Bc3
Qb6 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. a5 {was also very good for white}) 15... cxd6 $2 {
The question mark is maybe harsh, but I feel that from a practical point of
view this was the decisive mistake} (15... exf4 16. Ne8 Qa5 (16... Qb6 17. a5
$1 (17. Rd8 gxf6 18. Rad1 Qxb2 {is completely unclear}) 17... Qxb2 18. Nxc7
gxf6 19. Nxa8 $18 {was the line I had seen during the game}) (16... Bg4 17.
Nxc7 Qxf6 18. Nxa8 Bxe2 19. Re1 f3 20. Nc7 $1 $18) 17. Rd8 gxf6 18. Rad1 Rb8 {
would have been a much better practical choice, because it would have forced
me to find the only winning and far from obvious move} 19. Bf3 $3 {after which
Black is curiously helpless, for example} Qxa4 20. Nxc7+ $1 (20. Nxf6+ $2 Kg7
21. Nh5+ Kh6 22. Nxf4 Bf5 $17) 20... Kg7 21. Ne8+ Kg6 22. R1d6 Qa1+ 23. Kg2
Qxb2 (23... Bh3+ 24. Kxh3 Rxd8 25. Rxf6+ Kg5 26. gxf4#) 24. g4 Qe5 25. h4 $18)
16. Bxe5 Qa5 17. Rxd6 Bg4 18. Bc3 {Arround here I felt certain that my
position is winning, but knowing how resourceful Hikaru usually is,I stayed
fully focused till the end.} Qc7 19. Rad1 g6 (19... Bxe2 20. Rd7 Qb8 21. R1d4
$18) 20. Bxb7 $18 Rf8 21. Bf3 {I could not resist to the temptation to form a
'testudo' arround my king.} Bxf3 22. exf3 h5 23. Kg2 {It is allways a good
idea not to rush when you have things under control.The winning plan is very
simple: secure the king to the maximum and then go after the black a-pawn.} Re8
24. h4 Qc8 25. a5 a6 26. Rd7 Qa8 27. R1d6 Rc8 28. Bd4 c3 29. bxc3 Re8 30. Bb6
1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Erdogdu, Mert"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
b6 9. Rd1 Bb7 {Die geschlossene Variante des katalanischen Systems steht in
letzter Zeit im Mittelpunkt der theoretischen Gespräche. Hier entwickelt
Schwarz seinen Läufer häufiger nach a6.} 10. Bf4 Na6 (10... Nbd7 {ist der
natürliche Zug, aber der Textzug hat auch seine Idee.}) 11. a3 ({Nach} 11. Nc3
dxc4 12. Ne5 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Nb4 {kommt der Springer mit
Tempogewinn nach d5. 11.a3 wird von Avrukh in seinem Buch empfohlen. Aber viel
zur Sache ändert das nicht, das Stellungstyp bleibt dasselbe.}) 11... Rc8 12.
Nc3 dxc4 13. Ne5 Nd5 14. Nxc4 Nxf4 15. gxf4 Nc7 16. Ne5 (16. Qa4 {gewinnt
einen Bauern, aber Schwarz steht nach} Nd5 {in Ordnung.}) 16... Nd5 17. e3 Kh8
({Ähnlich ist} 17... f6 {, wie Eljanov im letzten Jahr spielte.}) 18. Rac1 f6
19. Nf3 Bd6 20. f5 $6 ({Der Beginn eines falschen Plans. Weiß sollte am
Damenflügel spielen, und der Bauer f4 als zentralen Zement lassen, z.B.} 20.
Qa4 Bb8 21. Rc2 Qe7 22. Rdc1 $13) 20... Qe7 ({Gut war auch} 20... Nxc3 21. bxc3
exf5 22. Qxf5 Rc7 {Schwarz wird c6-c5 vorbereiten und die Stellung für sein
Läuferpaar öffnen.}) 21. Nh4 $6 ({Weiß übersieht die gegnerische Antwort und
gerät unter unangenehmen Druck. Schwarz steht aber nach} 21. fxe6 Qxe6 22. Qe4
(22. Nxd5 cxd5 $15) 22... Qd7 $15 {bereits etwas besser.}) 21... g5 $1 22. fxg6
(22. Nf3 {verliert einen Bauern:} Nxc3 23. bxc3 exf5 24. Qxf5 Bxa3 25. Ra1 Rc7
$17) 22... f5 23. Nf3 (23. g7+ Qxg7 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Qe2 f4 $17) 23... Rg8 {
[%cal Gg8g2,Gb7g2] Die Idee von 21...g5 war natürlich nicht die Rückeroberung
des Bauern, sondern Linienöffnung am Königsflügel.} 24. Nxd5 ({Dieser Abtausch
dient dazu, die lange Diagonale geschlossen zu halten.} 24. gxh7 Qxh7 25. Ne2 {
[%cal Ge2g3]} c5 $19 {ist keine gute Verteidigung.}) 24... exd5 ({Kräftiger als
} 24... cxd5 25. Qa4 Rxg6 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Rc1 Rg8 $15 {, was zu einem
Turmtausch führt.}) 25. Kh1 (25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Rxg6 $17 27. f4 $140 Rcg8
28. Rd2 c5 $19) 25... Rxg6 26. Rg1 Rf8 $5 {[%cal Gg6h6] Auf der g-Linie hat
sich Weiß organisiert. Schwarz bereitet ...Rh6 vor, deckt aber zuerst seinen
f-Bauern.} 27. Bh3 ({Nach} 27. b4 Rh6 {droht bereits ...Bxh2, wobei} 28. h3 f4
29. exf4 Bc8 30. Rce1 Qf6 {zu schwarzer Gewinnstellung führt.}) (27. Qc3 Rh6
28. h3 f4 29. exf4 Qf6 $17 {ist eine unangenehm zu verteidigende Stellung,
während}) (27. Ne5 $17 {den Druck zwar erleichtert, aber einen Bauern kostet.})
27... Rh6 28. Bxf5 $2 ({Das führt zum raschen Niedergang. Hartnäckiger war} 28.
Ng5 Rh5 29. f4 {da Schwarz noch einige genaue Züge finden müsste, man sehe:} h6
30. Qe2 Rh4 $1 31. Nf3 Rxh3 32. Qg2 Rxf3 33. Qxf3 c5 {Falls Schwarz auf der
g-Linie aufpasst, gewinnt er problemlos.}) 28... Qf6 29. Rg5 ({Vielleicht
hatte mein Gegner vorher} 29. Bg4 {geplant? Es ist Matt in 2 Zügen:} Qxf3+ $1
30. Bxf3 Rxh2#) 29... Bc8 30. e4 dxe4 31. Bxe4 Bxh2 32. Nxh2 (32. Rg2 Bf4+ 33.
Kg1 Bh3 $19) 32... Qxg5 33. f3 Rxh2+ (33... Rxh2+ 34. Kxh2 (34. Qxh2 Qxc1+)
34... Rg8 $19) 0-1

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2002.07.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2002.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qb3 {Um die
Hauptfortsetzungen zu vermeiden, ist Viktor Kortschnoj bereit, Zeit mit seiner
Dame zu verlieren!} c5 7. cxd5 ({Vernünftiger ist wohl} 7. O-O Nc6 8. cxd5 Qxd5
$11) 7... exd5 $5 8. dxc5 Nbd7 9. O-O (9. c6 bxc6 10. Nd4 Rb8 11. Qc2 Bb7 {/\c5
}) 9... Nxc5 10. Qd1 {Von 2 Mehrtempis ist hier aber nicht die Rede. Denn der
Nc5 steht nicht ideal, nimmt er ja nicht zur Kontrolle von d4 teil.} Bg4 $6 ({
Ich verbrauchte viel Zeit, um zu bestimmen, wie ich meine Figuren aufstellen
sollte, fand aber keinen Vorteil für Schwarz. Etwas enttäuscht spielte ich
dann diesen schablonenhaften Entwicklungszug, ohne mir wirklich zu realisieren,
dass Weiß dann die Initiative übernehmen kann. Richtig war also} 10... Nfe4 11.
Be3 Bf6 12. Bd4 Be6 $11 {[%csl Rc3]}) 11. Be3 Rc8 12. Nc3 a6 (12... Nce4 13.
Nb5 a6 14. Nbd4) 13. Ne5 Be6 14. Bd4 $14 Nfe4 $1 {Es gilt eben schon, um den
Ausgleich zu kämpfen. Dafür muss Schwarz seine Figuren etwas aktivieren.} 15.
Rc1 (15. Bxc5 Rxc5) 15... Qd6 16. Nd3 ({Falls} 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 17. Nxe4 dxe4 (
17... Rxc1 18. Nxd6 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Bxd6 20. Nc4 Bxg3 21. hxg3 dxc4 22. Bxb7 a5
$11) 18. Qxd6 Bxd6 19. Rxc5 Bxc5 20. Bxe4 Bd4 21. Nd3 Bxa2 22. Bxb7 Rb8 {
wird Schwarz wohl die Partie trotz Minusbauern remisieren.}) 16... Nxc3 17.
Rxc3 ({Auf} 17. Bxc3 {wollte ich mit} b6 $13 {reagieren} ({, da} 17... d4 18.
Nxc5 dxc3 19. Qxd6 Bxd6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Rxc3 Rxc3 22. bxc3 $14 {vorteilhaft
für Weiß ist.})) 17... Ne4 18. Rb3 {Weiß möchte so viele Figuren behalten wie
möglich. Dieser Turm wird für die Belagerung des isolierten Bauern benützt.} b5
19. Nf4 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gb3d3]} Rfd8 (19... Bg5 $2 20. Bxg7) 20. Rd3 Qc6 21.
h4 a5 ({Schwarz soll am Damenflügel Raum gewinnen.} 21... Bd6 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23.
Bh3 {war weniger genau.}) 22. Kh2 b4 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Re3 Bf6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 $6
{[%csl Rg8]} ({Es gab keinen Grund, diesen riskanten Zug zu wählen, zumal} 
25... Nxf6 26. Qd4 Qd6 27. Bh3 Re8 {[%cal Gc8c2,Ge6e5] für Schwarz völlig in
Ordnung ist.}) 26. Rd3 f5 27. f3 Nc5 28. Rd2 Qd6 29. e3 Rd7 30. Rc2 Rg7 31. f4
Rgc7 32. g4 {Kortschnoj macht natürlich dort auf, wo ich kritisch stehe. Zum
Glück hat auch er dort Schwächen.} fxg4 (32... Qe7 $2 33. gxf5 Qxh4+ 34. Bh3
$16) 33. Qxg4+ Rg7 34. Qh5 (34. Qd1 Qd8 $1 {[%csl Rh4]} 35. Kh3 (35. Qd4 Qxh4+
36. Kg1 Qg3 37. Rff2 Rgc7) 35... Nd7 $1 (35... Qf6 36. f5) 36. Rxc8 Qxc8 $13
37. f5 $140 Nf6 $36) 34... Kh8 35. Qe5 ({Ich hoffte auf die Fortsetzung} 35.
Rfc1 $2 Rcg8 36. Bf3 Nd3 37. Rc6 (37. Rd1 Nxf4) 37... Qe7 38. Rd1 Qf6 $1 $19)
35... Qd8 ({Mir gefiel das Enspiel nicht nach} 35... Qxe5 36. fxe5 Rgc7 (36...
Rg4 {(/\ Rc4)} 37. b3 $1 $16) (36... Rcc7 37. Rfc1 Na6 38. Rc6) 37. Rf6 $14) ({
und auch} 35... Qe7 36. Rg1 $36 {erweist sich als ungenau.}) 36. Rfc1 (36. h5
Qh4+ $1 (36... h6 37. Rg1 Rcc7 38. Bh3 $16) 37. Kg1 Rcc7 $13) ({und} 36. Rg1
Nd3 $1 37. Rxc8 Qxc8 38. Qf6 Qc2 $11 {stellen keine Schwierigkeiten.}) 36...
Qxh4+ 37. Kg1 Qg3 38. Re2 Rcc7 $138 39. Qf6 $6 ({Auf} 39. Qd6 {hatte ich den
Zug} Nb7 {vorbereitet, wobei Schwarz nach} 40. Qxc7 Rxc7 41. Rxc7 Nd6 {genug
Aktivität mit seinem Figurenduo entfaltet.}) 39... h5 $6 ({Mit hängendem
Blättchen führte ich diesen Zug aus, ohne natürlich alle Konsequenzen im
voraus gesehen zu haben. In der Tat ist es großes Glück, dass Schwarz dann
nicht verliert. Besser war aber auf jeden Fall} 39... Rcf7 40. Qd4 Nd7 {
, wonach Weiß noch etwas aufpassen müsste.}) 40. Rxc5 Rxc5 41. Qf8+ Kh7 42.
Qxc5 h4 {Weiß kann es nicht vermeiden, dass die Mehrfigur gerade vom Brett
verschwindet. Aber ganz fertig ist noch nicht.} 43. e4 (43. Qc2+ {war die
Alternative, aber Schwarz erreicht den Remishafen mittels} Kh6 ({oder} 43...
Kg8 44. Qc8+ Kh7 {- 43...Kh6}) 44. Qc8 Kh7 45. Qxe6 h3 46. Qxd5 hxg2 47. Qh5+
Kg8 48. b3 Kf8 {[%csl Rg1] , denn es ist nicht zu sehen, wie Weiß Fortschritte
erzielen kann.}) 43... h3 44. exd5 hxg2 $1 ({Verführerisch war} 44... Qd3 $2 {
, da Weiß die Ressource} 45. Qe3 $1 {zur Verfügung hat.} (45. Qc2 Qxc2 46. Rxc2
exd5 47. Kf1 hxg2+ 48. Rxg2 Rf7 $1 $11) {Nach} 45... Rxg2+ ({oder} 45... Qxe3+
46. Rxe3 Rxg2+ 47. Kh1 Kg7 48. dxe6 Kf8 49. f5 Rxb2 50. e7+ Ke8 51. f6 Rf2 52.
Re6 a4 53. Rd6 $18) 46. Kh1 Qd1+ (46... Qxe2 47. Qxh3+ Kg6 48. Qxg2+ Qxg2+ 49.
Kxg2 exd5 50. Kf3 $18) 47. Re1 Qg4 48. Qe4+ Kg7 49. dxe6 Qg3 50. Qe5+ Kg8 51.
Qg5+ Qxg5 52. fxg5 Kf8 53. e7+ Ke8 54. Rg1 $1 $18 {gibt es keine Hoffnung mehr.
}) 45. Qe3 ({Andere Möglichkeiten bringen auch nichts ein:} 45. dxe6 Qh4 46.
Rxg2 (46. Qf5+ $2 Kh8 $1 $19)) (45. Rxe6 Qh3 46. Qc2+ Kg8 47. Qc8+ Kh7 48. Qc2+
Kg8 {mit Dauerschach in beiden Fällen, oder}) (45. Qc2+ $2 Kh8 $1 $19) 45...
Qxe3+ 46. Rxe3 exd5 47. Rh3+ Kg8 48. Rh2 Rc7 49. Rxg2+ Kf7 50. Kf2 b3 ({
Einfacher als} 50... a4 51. Ke3 b3 52. axb3 (52. a3 Kf6 53. Rd2 Rc2 $1 54. Rxc2
bxc2 55. Kd2 Kf5 56. Kxc2 (56. b4 $4 axb3 57. a4 d4 58. a5 d3 59. Kc1 Kxf4 60.
a6 Ke3 $19) 56... Kxf4 57. b4 axb3+ 58. Kxb3 Ke3 59. Kc2 $11) 52... axb3 53.
Rd2 Ke6 54. Rd3 $14) 51. axb3 Rb7 52. Rg3 Kf6 53. Rd3 Kf5 54. Ke3 (54. Kf3 d4
55. Ke2 Ke4) 54... Rb5 55. b4 Rxb4 56. Rxd5+ Ke6 57. Rd2 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle op 32nd"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yu, Zong Yang"]
[Black "Castellanos Rodriguez, Renier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. b3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bb2 Bb7
9. Nbd2 Na6 {Une ligne secondaire} (9... Nbd7 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. e3 c5 12. Qe2 Rc7
13. Rfd1 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Qa8 15. dxc5 Rxc5 16. Ba3 Rxc4 17. Bxe7 Rxc1 18. Rxc1
Rc8 19. Ba3 {1/2-1/2 (19) Saric,A (2545)-Kuljasevic,D (2578) Porec 2014}) 10.
Ne5 Rc8 11. Rc1 c5 12. e3 Rc7 13. Qe2 Qc8 14. Rfd1 cxd4 $146 (14... Rd8 15.
dxc5 Nxc5 16. Ng4 Ncd7 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Nc4 N5f6 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6
21. Ne5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rc2 23. Rd2 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 h6 25. Qc1 Qxc1+ 26. Bxc1 Bd6
27. Nc6 a6 28. Kf1 Kf8 29. f3 Nd5 30. Bd2 Ke8 31. e4 Ne7 32. Nd4 Kd7 33. Ke2 h5
34. Kd3 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 (36) Le,Q (2519)-Magalashvili,D (2459) Yerevan 2006}) 15.
exd4 dxc4 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. bxc4 Rfc8 18. Nf1 Bd6 19. Ne3 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Ne4 21.
h4 h6 22. Rd4 Rd7 23. Rcd1 Rcd8 24. Kh2 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. Bxd4 Qd7 27. Nc2
Nac5 28. Kg2 $6 (28. f3) 28... Qa4 29. Bxc5 Nxc5 30. Nd4 a6 31. Nf3 Qd7 32. Qb2
Na4 33. Qb4 Qc6 34. h5 b5 35. cxb5 axb5 36. Qe7 Qa8 37. a3 Nb2 38. Qd7 Nc4 39.
Qxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance 12th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2003.10.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2003.09.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.10.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. d4 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. b3 e5 11. Bb2 e4 (11... Bd6 12. Nd2 Qe7 13. Rac1 Bg4 14.
e4 d4 15. c5 Bc7 16. Nc4 Rfd8 17. Ba3 Be6 18. Nb2 h5 19. Nd3 {1/2-1/2 Dautov,
R-Pigusov,E/USSR 1986/Inf 42 (19)}) 12. cxd5 (12. Nc3 Be6 13. Rfd1 Qb8 14. Rac1
Rc8 15. Na4 h5 16. Bd4 h4 17. Qd2 hxg3 18. hxg3 Ng4 $132 {0-1 Vekshenkov,
N-Baburin,A/USSR 1986 (34)}) 12... cxd5 13. Bd4 $1 $146 {[%csl Gd4]} (13. Nc3
Bf5 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. Qd2 Be6 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. Na4 Qb7 18. Qf4 Bd7 19. Bxf6 gxf6
20. f3 f5 21. Qe5 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bxa4 23. bxa4 Ba3 24. Rd1 Qa6 {
Turbostar-BlitzMonster/MicroWM-Amateure 1985/Vaiser/1/2-1/2 (44)}) 13... Be6
14. Nc3 Rc8 15. Qb2 Qa5 (15... Bc5 16. Na4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 $14) 16. a3 Rfd8 17.
e3 {[%cal Gf1c1,Gg2f1]} Ne8 18. Rfc1 $14 Rd7 (18... Qa6 $5) 19. b4 Qd8 (19...
Qa6 20. Bf1 Qb7 21. Na4 $36) 20. Na4 $1 (20. Nb5 $5) 20... Rdc7 21. Bf1 Rxc1 (
21... Bf6 $5 {[%csl Gd4]}) 22. Rxc1 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Nd6 24. Qc6 $1 $16 Bd7 (24...
a5 $142 $1 25. Bb6 $140 Qd7) 25. Qa6 Nf5 (25... Nc8 26. Nc3 $1 Be6 27. Nb5 {
[%csl Ra7]}) 26. Bxa7 d4 27. exd4 Bxa4 (27... Qe8 $5 28. Nc3 e3) 28. Qxa4 Nxd4
29. b5 $1 Nf3+ 30. Kh1 Qa8 (30... Nd2 31. b6 $1 Nxf1 32. b7 Bd6 33. Qc2 {
[%cal Gc2c8]} Qf8 34. Qc8 f5 35. Qxf8+ Kxf8 36. Bc5) (30... Qd5 31. Be3 $18)
31. b6 h5 32. Qb5 (32. Qa6 $1 Bc5 33. Qb5 Bd6 34. Qd7) 32... Bd6 33. Qa6 $6
$138 (33. Bc4 $1 $18) 33... Qd5 34. b7 Kh7 35. b8=Q (35. Qb5 $5 Qd1 36. Qxh5+
Kg8 37. Qb5) 35... Bxb8 36. Bxb8 Qd1 37. Qe2 Qb1 38. Bf4 $18 Nd4 (38... h4 $5
39. gxh4) 39. Qc4 (39. Qxh5+ Kg8 40. Kg2) 39... Kg8 40. Be3 Nc2 41. Qe2 Ne1 (
41... Nxa3 42. Kg2 g6 43. Bd4 $18) 42. h4 Nf3 43. Kg2 Qa1 44. Qb5 Ne1+ 45. Kh1
1-0

[Event "Budapest FS02 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.02.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Black "Yu, Shaoteng"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 {Eine wenig bekannte
Nebenvariante. Die Hauptidee des Anziehenden ist, die klassische Variante 
(nach 6.0-0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6) zu vermeiden, denn jetzt kommt nach 6...dxc4?! 7.
Nbd2 mit positionellem Vorteil für Weiß.} c5 7. dxc5 (7. cxd5 $6 cxd4 8. dxe6
Bxe6 $15 {In diesem Fall ist der Pd4 nicht isoliert, sondern aktiv und sichert
den positionellen Druck von Schwarz.}) (7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6) 7... Qa5+ 8.
Nc3 (8. Qc3 Qxc5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O Nc6 12. a3 Bd7 13. Nbd2 Nd4
$11) 8... dxc4 (8... Qxc5 $5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ng5 (10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Rc1 Nf6 12.
Qb1 Qb6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Be3 Qa6 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nge4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Qxe2 18. Bc5
Bxc5 19. Nxc5 Bc8 20. Nxb7 {1/2-1/2 Tukmakov,V-Gruenfeld,Y/Biel 1999/EXT 2000 
(20)}) 10... Bxg5 11. Bxg5 Bd7 12. Bd2 {1/2-1/2 Stohl,I-Rozentalis,E/Batumi
1999/CBM 74 (12)}) 9. Nd2 $5 (9. O-O Qxc5 10. Bg5 (10. Rd1 Bd7 $1 (10... Nc6
11. Be3 Qh5 12. Bg5 Rb8 13. Qa4 $14) 11. Be3 Qh5 12. Ne4 Bc6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 $15
) 10... Nc6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 (11... Bxf6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Rfd1 $44) 12. Ne4 Qb4 $13
) 9... Qxc5 (9... Nc6 $5 10. Nxc4 Qxc5 11. b3 Nb4 12. Qb1 Nfd5 $11) 10. Na4 Qa5
11. Qxc4 Bd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Schwarz folgt der "Theorie". Obwohl dieser Zug
von Short höchstpersönlich gespielt wurde, ist er schlicht ein Fehler.} (11...
Nc6 $11) (11... e5 $11) 12. Bxb7 $1 {Das ist eine vorbereitete Neuerung für
Weiß. Auf den ersten Blick erscheint das schwarze Gegenspiel gefährlich, aber
Weiß hat alles präzise kalkuliert.} (12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Nb3 Qh5 14. Qf4 Bc6 15.
O-O h6 16. e4 Nbd7 17. f3 a5 18. g4 $6 Qe5 19. Qg3 Qxg3 20. hxg3 Ne5 $17 {
Ftacnik. 0-1 Kortschnoj,V-Short,N/Luzern 1989/CBM 16/[Ftacnik] (28)}) 12...
Bxa4 (12... Bb5 13. Qh4 (13. Qf4 Nd5 14. Qe4 Bc6 15. Bxc6 (15. Bxa8 Bxa8 $17 {
[%csl Re4,Rh1][%cal Ga8h1] Droht 16...Nb6 - Schwarz hat mehr als ausreichend
Kompensation für das Material.}) 15... Nxc6 $44 {Weiß hat einige Probleme bei
der Entwicklung und Koordination seiner Figuren.}) 13... Nd5 14. Qh5 Nb4 15.
O-O $16) 13. Bxa8 Nbd7 14. Bg2 Ne5 15. Qf4 Nh5 16. Qe3 Bc5 17. b4 $1 $16 {
[%mdl 256] Das ist der Schlüsselzug - Weiß gibt den Bauern und befreit seine
Stellung. Zugleich öffnet er die b-Linie für den Turm.} (17. Qc3 Bb4 18. Qe3
$11) (17. Qg5 $2 Nf3+ 18. Bxf3 Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Qxg5 $19) (17. Qxe5 Bxf2+ $19)
17... Bxb4 18. O-O Bc3 (18... Bc2 19. Nb3 $18) 19. Rb1 Bc2 20. Rb7 Ng4 21. Qxa7
$18 (21. Qf3 Bxd2 22. Qxg4 $18) 21... Qe5 (21... Bxd2 22. Qxa5 Bxa5 23. Rb5 $18
{[%cal Rb5h5,Rb5a5]}) 22. Nf3 $1 Qxe2 23. Rb8 Bb4 {Dieser Zug verliert
weiteres Material, aber Schwarz ist ohnehin schon verloren.} (23... g6 24. Ba3
Rxb8 25. Qxb8+ Kg7 26. Bf8+ $18 (26. Qf8+ $18)) 24. Rxb4 1-0

[Event "Donetzk zt"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "1998.11.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Maksimenko, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1998.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O e6 (4... Nc6 5. d4 e6 (5... cxd4 6. Nxd4
$14 {Weiß spielt eigendlich die Grünfeld-Indische Verteidigung mit Mehrtempo.
Ribli.}) 6. c4 dxc4 {Mit Zugumstellung wäre die Katalanische Eröffnung
erreicht.}) 5. c4 Be7 6. d4 cxd4 (6... O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 (7... Nxd5 8. dxc5 Bxc5
9. Qc2 $14 {Und im folgenden kann Weiß mit 9.a3, 10.Rd1 nebst 11.e4 die etwas
besseren Chancen erlangen.}) 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Bg5 {Das ist eine Hauptvariante der
Tarrasch-Verteidigung.}) 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd4 O-O {[%csl Rc8,Gg2]} 9. Nb5 {
Diese Stellung ist typisch für die Katalanische Eröffnung. Der weiße Läufer
steht ausgezeichnet auf der langen Diagonalen. Mit dem Textzug bereitet Weiß
den Springertausch mit 10.N1c3 vor.} (9. Qb3 Nd7 (9... Na6 10. Nf5 exf5 11.
Bxd5 Nb4 12. Nc3 Qa5 13. Be3 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bd6 15. Rfd1 Qa6 16. Qc3 f6 17. Bc5
Bxc5 18. Qxc5 Qxe2 19. Re1 Qxb2 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Ng6+ hxg6 22. Qxf8+ Kh7 23.
Re7 {1-0 Lisitsin,G-Poliak,A/Leningrad 1938/EXT 98 (23)}) 10. Rd1 Nc5 11. Qc4
Nb6 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. Nc3 Qc8 14. Bf4 f6 15. Nb3 Nca4 16. Na5 Nxc3 17. Bxb7 Ba4
18. Bxc8 Bxc2 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 20. Rd2 Nb5 21. Nc6 Be4 22. Nxe7 Rae8 23. Bd7 Nxd7
24. Rxd7 Rf7 25. a4 $16 {1-0 Sorokin,M-Van Riemsdijk,H/Boca 1997/CBM 58 ext 
(31)}) (9. e4 Nb4 (9... Nb6 10. Nc3 Bf6 11. Ndb5 Nc6 12. Qe2 a6 13. Rd1 Qe7 14.
Be3 Nd7 15. Nd6 Be5 16. Nc4 b5 17. Nxe5 Ndxe5 18. f4 Nc4 19. Bf2 Bb7 20. b3 Na3
21. Rac1 {1/2-1/2 Ujtelky,M-Van Scheltinga,T/Beverwijk 1967/EXT 99 (67)}) 10.
Nc3 N8c6 11. Nb3 b6 12. Qh5 Ba6 13. Rd1 Qe8 14. Bg5 f6 15. Qxe8 Rfxe8 16. Bf4
g5 17. Bd6 Bxd6 18. Rxd6 Rad8 19. Rad1 Rxd6 20. Rxd6 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Nxd8 22. Bf1
{1/2-1/2 Schlosser,P-Luther,T/Altensteig 1992/CBM 31 (22)}) 9... Nc6 10. N1c3 {
[#]} Nxc3 $6 {Diese Fortsetzung gefällt mir nicht. Weiß erlangt einen
dauerhaften kleinen Vorteil, während Schwarz ohne Gegenspiel bleibt.} (10... a6
11. Nxd5 exd5 (11... axb5 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Be3 $14 {Weiß besitzt das
Läuferpaar und die schwarzen b-Bauern sind schwach, aber Schwarz kann im
folgenden ...e6-e5 mit Aktivität spielen.}) 12. Nc3 d4 13. Nd5 Bc5 (13... Be6
14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qxd4 c5 $14 {Schwarz hat Kompensation für den
Bauern, denn die weißen Felder, besonders in der weißen Königsstellung, sind
schwach.}) 14. Bf4 $14) 11. Nxc3 Qa5 12. Be3 $14 {[%csl Ge3,Gg2] Die
Bauernstellung ist symmetrisch, aber die weiße Läufer - besonders der
"Katalanisch-Läufer" auf g2 - sind viel aktiver als ihre Gegenüber.} Rd8 13.
Qa4 $1 Qxa4 {Nach dem Damentausch bekommt Weiß freie Hand am Damenflügel.} (
13... Qh5 $5 14. Qb5 $14 (14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qxc6 Bd7 $44 {Schwarz besitzt das
Läuferpaar und kann Spiel auf den weißen Feldern entfalten, aber ich bin nicht
sicher, ob das als Kompensation für den Bauern ausreichend ist.}) (14. Rfd1 Bd7
$11)) 14. Nxa4 Nd4 $6 {Es wäre besser, zunächst die Entwicklung des
Damenflügels in Angriff zu nehmen.} (14... Bd7 15. Nc5 (15. Bc5 Bf6 {[%csl Gf6]
}) 15... Bxc5 16. Bxc5 $14) 15. Rfd1 $1 e5 (15... Nxe2+ $5 16. Kf1 {[%csl Re2]}
Bd7 {[%cal Rd7a4]} 17. Rxd7 (17. Nc5 Bb5 18. Ke1 Rac8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Bxb7
Bf6 $15) (17. Bxb7 Bxa4 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Kxe2 Rb8 $17 {[%csl Rb2,Rb7,Re2]
[%cal Rb8b2]}) 17... Nxg3+ (17... Rxd7 18. Kxe2 $16) 18. hxg3 Rxd7 19. Rc1 $14
{Schwarz hat Turm und zwei Bauern gegen zwei Leichtfiguren, aber mit dem
Läuferpaar steht Weiß aktiver.}) 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Rac1 {[%csl Ga4,Gc1,Gg2]
Weiß entfaltet spürbaren positionellen Druck am Damenflügel. Schwarz hat dort
noch Schwierigkeiten mit der Entwicklung.} Rb8 18. Nc5 (18. Rc7 Bd6 (18... Kf8)
) 18... Kf8 19. f4 {Weiß gewinnt Raum am Königsflügel und bereitet Kf2 vor.} b6
20. Nd3 {[%csl Yc6,Gd3][%cal Gd3e5,Ge5c6,Gd3b4,Gb4c6]} Ba6 {[%cal Ga6d3] Das
ist die einzige schwarze Gegenchance: Er tauscht auf d3 und versucht das
Endspiel mit den ungleichfarbigen Läufern.} (20... Bg4 $6 21. Kf2 $14) 21. Rc7
{[%csl Gc7][%cal Rc7a7]} Bxd3 22. exd3 a5 (22... Rbc8 $5 23. Rdc1 (23. Rxa7 Rc2
$132 {[%csl Gc2]}) 23... Rxc7 24. Rxc7 $14 {[%csl Gc7]}) 23. Rdc1 {[%csl Gc1,
Gc7,Gg2][%mdl 4096] [#] Die Struktur ist zwar symmetrisch, aber Weiß hat das
viel aktivere Figurenspiel.} Bd6 24. R7c6 Bc5 25. a3 {Weiß muß früher oder
später mit b2-b4 kommen, denn der schwarze Läufer blockiert die Stellung auf
c5 gut.} Re8 {[%cal Ge8e3]} (25... a4 26. Rc4 {[%cal Rc4a4]} Ra8 27. Rc7 $5 $16
{[%csl Ra4,Ra8,Gc4,Gc7,Gg2]} (27. R6xc5 bxc5 28. Bxa8 Rxa8 29. Rxc5 Rb8 30. Rc4
Rxb2 31. Rxd4 Rb3 32. Rxa4 Rxd3 $14 {Weiß hat einen Mehrbauern im Turmendspiel,
aber Schwarz sollte das dank seines aktiven Turmes überleben können.})) 26. Be4
{[%csl Ge4] Weiß verhindert das Eindringen des Turmes nach e3.} g6 {[%cal
Gf7f5]} 27. g4 Rbd8 28. Kg2 Ke7 (28... Rd6 $2 29. R1xc5 $18) 29. Rc7+ Kf8 (
29... Rd7 30. Rxd7+ Kxd7 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Rxe4 (32... Bxb4 33. Bc6+ $16 {
[%cal Rc6e8]}) 33. dxe4 $16) 30. f5 $1 gxf5 31. gxf5 Rd6 32. Rc4 $1 {Der weiße
Läufer e4 verhindert jegliches schwarzes Gegenspiel, während sein Gegenüber
auf c5 gleich mit b2-b4 verjagt wird.} Rh6 {[%cal Rh6h2,Rc5d6,Rd6h2]} 33. h3 {
Es ist nützlich, den Bauern auf "Weiß" zu stellen.} Re7 {Unter Bauernopfer
tauscht Schwarz ein Turmpaar.} (33... Rd8 34. b4 axb4 35. axb4 Be7 36. Rb7 $16
{[%csl Gb7,Gc4,Ge4][%cal Rc4c7]}) 34. Rc8+ Re8 35. Rxe8+ Kxe8 36. b4 {Weiß
vertreibt den Läufer und gewinnt so den schwarzen d-Bauern.} axb4 37. axb4 Be7
38. Rxd4 {Weiß besitzt einen Mehrbauern, aber die Verwertung ist wegen der
ungleichfarbigen Läufer nicht so leicht. Er muß um jeden Preis die Türme auf
dem Brett behalten.} Rd6 39. Rc4 (39. Rxd6 $2 Bxd6 40. b5 Ke7 $11) 39... b5 $5
{Schwarz tauscht so die b-Bauern.} 40. Rc8+ Rd8 41. Rc7 Bxb4 42. Bc6+ Kf8 43.
Bxb5 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Rb5c4,Rc7f7] Das Material ist reduziert, aber Weiß hat
noch die Initiative. Er droht, mit Bc4 den schwarzen Bauern f7 unter Beschuß
zu nehmen.} Rd5 {[%cal Rd5f5,Rd5b5]} 44. f6 $1 $16 {[%csl Gc7,Gf6,Rf8] Weiß
besitzt nur einen Mehrbauern, aber seine Figuren stehen so aktiv, daß die
schwarze Stellung kaum zu retten sein dürfte.} Ba5 {[%cal Ra5c7]} (44... Rxb5
45. Rc8# {[%csl Rf8]}) 45. Rc8+ (45. Rc6) 45... Rd8 (45... Bd8 46. Kf3 Rd6 47.
Ke4 $18 {[%csl Gc8,Rd8,Rf8]}) 46. Rc6 {[%csl Gc6,Gf6,Rf8] Der weiße Turm steht
ausgezeichnet. Er verteidigt den f6-Bauern und schränkt die Beweglichkeit des
schwarzen Läufers ein.} h5 47. Bc4 {[%cal Gc4f7]} Kg8 48. Kf3 Rd7 49. Kf4 {
Die Aktivierung des weißen Königs ist höchst unangenehm für Schwarz.} h4 50.
Kg5 Kh7 51. Rc8 $1 {[%csl Gc8][%cal Gc8h8] Weiß nimmt nicht auf h4, denn
Aktivität ist wichtiger als ein Bauer. Mit dem Textzug bereitet Weiß ein
Mattnetz vor.} (51. Kxh4 $2 Kg6 $14 {[%csl Rf6]}) 51... Bd2+ (51... Rd8 52.
Rxd8 Bxd8 53. Bxf7 $18 {[%csl Gf6,Gf7,Rh7] Mit zwei Bauern mehr ist der Gewinn
nicht immer leicht in Endspielen mit ungleichfarbigen Läufern, aber hier steht
der schwarze König auf h7 zu schlecht.}) 52. Kf5 Bb4 53. Re8 Rc7 (53... Ba5 54.
Re7 $18) 54. Bd5 Rd7 (54... Rc5 55. Ke5 Ra5 56. d4 $18) 55. Be4 $18 {[%csl Rh7]
[%cal Rf5g5] Schwarz gab auf.} (55. Be4 Rd4 56. Kg5+ Rxe4 57. Rxe4 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[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"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Ne5 {Eine
relativ selten gespielte Variante. Weiß machte Nc3 statt Rochade, was in
einigen Varianten von Vorteil ist. Ribli.} Nc6 (7... c5) 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6
Qe8 (9... Qd6 $6 10. Qa4 $1 {Jetzt muß Weiß nicht sofort auf e7 schlagen, denn
Schwarz ist so an ...c7-c5 gehindert.}) 10. Nxe7+ (10. Qa4 Bd6 $1) 10... Qxe7
11. Qa4 c5 12. Qxc4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 {Weiß besitzt einen Mehrbauern, aber ohne
seinen Katalanisch-Läufer ist die Königsstellung etwas schwach.} e5 (13... Rd8
14. Qh4 Rb8) 14. Qh4 {[#]} Rb8 (14... h6 15. O-O Qe6 16. Rd1 Bb7 17. e4 Rac8
18. Be3 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Bxe4 20. Re1 Ba8 $44 {0-1 Archengelsky,M-Ahlender,B/
Norresundby 1993 (41)}) (14... Qb7 15. O-O Be6 16. Rd1 $6 (16. b3) (16. e4)
16... Rac8 17. e4 Rc4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Ionov,S-Zaitsev,I/Moskva op 1991 (30)}) 15.
O-O (15. Bg5 {Diese ruhige Fortsetzung spielte seinerzeit der
WM-Herausforderer Kortschnoj, als er nicht viel riskieren wollte.} Rxb2 16. O-O
Qe6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Rab1 Rxb1 20. Rxb1 Be6 21. f3 Rc8 22. Rc1
Rb8 23. Rc2 Rc8 24. Kf2 Bxa2 25. Rxa2 {1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,V-Karpov,A/
Wch29-Baguio City 1978 (25)}) 15... Rb4 {[%csl Gb4][%cal Rb4h4]} (15... Qe6 $5
16. e4 h6 17. Re1 Rd8 18. b3 Bb7 19. f3 Rd3 20. Na4 Rxf3 21. Kg2 Nxe4 22. Kxf3
g5 23. Qxe4 Qf5+ {0-1 Smejkal,J-King,D/BL9596}) 16. e4 Bb7 (16... h6 17. Re1
Rd8 18. f3 Rd3 19. Kg2 Qe6 $5 (19... Qd6 20. g4 Nh7 21. Qf2 h5 22. g5 Nf8 23.
Be3 Ne6 24. Rad1 $14 {Kakhiani-Botsari Subotica 1991}) 20. g4 Nh7 21. Qf2 h5
22. h3 hxg4 23. hxg4 Qg6 $44 {0-1 Markowski,T-Ivanov,S/Krynica 1997 (50)}) (
16... Qb7 17. f3 (17. Re1 $5 Bg4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Qxg4 Nf6 20. Qf5 $14 {Levin})
17... Qb6+ 18. Rf2 h6 19. g4 Rd8 20. g5 hxg5 21. Bxg5 Rxb2 22. Bxf6 Rdd2 23.
Nd1 (23. Na4) 23... Rxf2 24. Nxf2 Qxf6 25. Qxf6 gxf6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Tukmakov,
V-Levin,F/USSR 1988}) 17. f3 (17. Bg5 Rxb2 {1/2-1/2 Volzhin,A-Rosentalis,E/
Koszalin 1998 (17)}) 17... Qc5+ $44 (17... Rc8 18. g4 a5 19. Qf2 h5 20. g5 Nh7
21. Qe3 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 Atalik,S-Liang Jinrong/Bejing 1997 (21)}) 18. Kg2 {
[%csl Rh4][%cal Gb7g2] Die weiße Dame auf h4 und der weiße Läufer auf c1
stehen schlecht. Schwarz hat aktives Figurenspiel für den Bauern, aber es gibt
noch nichts konkretes.} Nd5 $6 {[#]} (18... Rd8 $44 {Shipov}) 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20.
g4 $5 {Weiß bereitet den Damenzug 21.Qf2 vor.} (20. Qg5 Bb7 21. b3 $2 (21. g4)
21... f5 22. Qe3 Rd4 23. Bb2 fxe4 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Qc1 Qe5 26. Qc4+ Bd5 27.
Qc5 e3 28. b4 d3 $19 {Shipov,S-Klovans,J/Budapest Sprong op 1992 (40)}) 20...
Bc6 (20... Rxe4 $2 21. fxe4 Bxe4+ 22. Kh3 $18) 21. Re1 (21. b3 $2 Rxe4 22. fxe4
Bxe4+ $17 {[%cal Re4g2]}) (21. Qf2 {Führt zu ähnlichen Varianten wie die
Partiefortsetzung.} Qxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Rfb8 $14) 21... Qd4 22. Qf2 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2
$14 {Weiß besitzt einen Mehrbauern, aber die ungleichfarbigen Läufer bieten
dem Schwarzen gute Remischancen.} Ra4 24. a3 (24. b3 Ra6 25. Re2 $14) 24... Rb8
{[%csl Gb3]} 25. Re3 (25. b4 $2 Rbxb4 26. axb4 Rxa1 $11) 25... Kf8 26. Rc3 {
[%csl Gc3]} Bb5 27. Rc2 Rc4 (27... a6 $14) 28. Rxc4 Bxc4 29. b4 (29. h3 Rb3)
29... a6 30. Be3 Ke8 31. Rc1 Rc8 (31... Bd3 $2 32. Rc7 $16 {[%csl Rb8,Gc7,Re8]
[%cal Gc7h7]}) 32. Bc5 Bb5 {[%cal Gb5f1] Der Läufer verhindert a3-a4 und
kontrolliert wichtige Felder.} (32... Be6 33. Ke3 $14) 33. Rd1 f6 (33... Rd8 $2
34. Rxd8+ Kxd8 35. Bf8 g6 36. Bg7 $16 {[%csl Re5][%cal Rg7e5]}) 34. h4 Rc7 (
34... Rd8 35. Ra1 Ba4 (35... Rd2+ 36. Kg3 (36. Ke3 Re2#) (36. Ke1 {Ähnlich
spielte Weiß in der Partie.}))) 35. Ra1 (35. Rd6 Rc6) 35... Rd7 $6 (35... Ba4
$5 {[%csl Ga4] Der a-Bauer ist blockiert, sodaß Weiß am Königsflügel spielen
müßte.}) 36. a4 Rd2+ 37. Ke1 (37. Kg3 {Der König kann jetzt nicht am
Damenflügel unterstützen.}) 37... Re2+ 38. Kd1 Rh2 39. Ra3 Bc6 40. h5 (40. b5 {
Die richtige Idee, aber zu früh.} axb5 41. a5 Rxh4 42. a6 h5 43. gxh5 (43. a7
hxg4 44. a8=Q+ Bxa8 45. Rxa8+ Kf7 $11) 43... f5 $11) 40... Kd7 (40... g6 $5 {
Ich empfehle diesen Zug. Schwarz kann eventuell mit ...f6-f5 vereinfachen.})
41. b5 $1 {Unter Bauernopfer bildet der Weiße einen entfernten a-Freibauern.} (
41. Rd3+ $5 Kc8 (41... Ke8 42. a5 (42. b5 axb5 43. a5) 42... Bb5 43. Rd6) (
41... Kc7 42. Bf8 Bxa4+ 43. Ke1 g6 44. hxg6 hxg6 45. Bg7)) 41... axb5 42. a5
Rh1+ (42... g6 $2 43. hxg6 hxg6 44. Rd3+ $16) (42... Rb2 $2 43. Kc1 $16) 43.
Kd2 Rh2+ 44. Kc3 (44. Kd3 $6 b4 $1 45. Bxb4 Bb5+ {[%csl Gb5,Rd3]} 46. Kc3 (46.
Ke3 Re2#) 46... Rf2 $132 {[%csl Rc3,Rf3][%cal Rf2f3]}) 44... Rh1 {[%cal Rh1c1,
Rc1c5] Schwarz droht 44...Rc1 nebst 45...Rc4+.} 45. Bf8 g6 46. hxg6 (46. a6 $6
gxh5 47. a7 Ba8 48. gxh5 Rxh5 49. Ra6 f5) (46. h6 $5 {[%csl Rh7]}) 46... hxg6
47. a6 Rc1+ $6 (47... Ke8 $1 48. Bd6 (48. Bb4 Rf1 (48... f5 49. a7 Ba8 50. Ra5)
49. Kc2 Rf2+) (48. Bc5 $2 Rc1+ {[%cal Rc1c5]}) 48... Kd7) 48. Kb4 Rc4+ $2 (
48... Ke8 $5 49. Bh6 (49. Bd6 Kf7 50. Rd3 Rc4+ 51. Ka5 Rd4 $11) 49... Rc4+ 50.
Ka5 Ra4+ 51. Rxa4 bxa4) 49. Ka5 Ra4+ 50. Kb6 Rxa3 51. Bxa3 $16 {[%csl Ga6,Gb6,
Rd7] Wir haben ein ungleichfarbiges Läuferendspiel mit ausgeglichenem Material,
aber die weißen Figuren sind viel aktiver und der a-Freibauer ist äußerst
gefährlich.} f5 {Die einzige Chance des Schwarzen, denn auf f6 ist der Bauer
zu schwach.} 52. gxf5 gxf5 53. exf5 Bxf3 54. Bb2 $1 (54. Kxb5 $2 Kc7 55. Bb2
Kb8 56. Bxe5+ Ka8 $11 {Die Stellung ist gleich. Wenn nötig gibt Schwarz seinen
Läufer für den f-Bauern und Weiß behält den Randbauern mit dem "falschen"
Läufer. Mit weißfeldrigem Läufer stände Weiß auf Gewinn.}) (54. a7 $2 Ba8 55.
Kxb5 e4 $11) 54... b4 (54... Kd6 55. f6 Bd5 56. Bxe5+ $1 Kxe5 57. Kc5 $1 b4 58.
a7 b3 59. f7 $1 b2 60. f8=Q b1=Q 61. Qd6+ Kf5 62. Qxd5+ $18 {Und Weiß bekommt
eine zweite Dame.}) 55. Bxe5 {Schwarz kann mit dem König nicht das rettende
Eckfeld erreichen.} b3 56. a7 Kc8 57. Bd4 Kd7 58. Bg7 Kd6 59. Bc3 Kd7 60. Kc5
Kc7 61. f6 $18 {[%csl Ga7,Gc5,Gf6] Der schwarze König muß den f-Bauern, der
Läufer den a-Bauern aufhalten. Weiß gewinnt den Bauern b3.} Kd7 62. Kc4 {
Und Schwarz gab auf. Weiß holt sich zunächst den schwarzen Bauern, geht dann
mit dem König nach b8, sodaß Schwarz den Läufer für den a-Bauern opfern muß.
Der Rest ist leicht. Ein von Shipov sehr gut gespieltes Endspiel.} (62. Kc4 Ke6
63. Kxb3 Bb7 64. Kc4 Kd6 65. Be5+ Ke6 66. Kc5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.03.13"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1999.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Godesberg"]
[BlackTeam "Tegernsee"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 {Statt der Partiefortsetzung wäre 3...dxc4
interessant - mit Übergang ins Angenommene Damengambit, aber Weiß kann hier
nicht die gefährliche e4-Variante spielen (das ginge nur nach 1.d4 d5 2.c4
dxc4 3.e4!?), hier wäre "nur" die klassische Fortsetzung 4.e3 möglich.} 4. g3
Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 Na6 {Dieser Springerzug scheint mir etwas unnatürlich.
Meiner Meinung nach bietet die traditionelle Fortsetzung 6...c5 Schwarz gute
Ausgleichschancen.} 7. O-O (7. a3 c5 8. O-O (8. dxc5 Qa5+ (8... Nxc5 9. b4 Nce4
) 9. Nbd2)) 7... Nb4 (7... c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Rd1 Rc8
12. Be3 Qa5 13. Nd4 {1-0 Tu Hoang Thong-Barrios,R/Yerevan 1996/EXT 97 (28)}) 8.
Qb3 {Dieser Damezug wirkt auf den ersten Blick logischer als 8.Qd1,
tatsächlich aber verliert die Dame hier weitere Zeit.} (8. Qd1 dxc4 9. Na3 c5
10. Nxc4 b5 11. Nfe5 $1 Nfd5 12. a3 bxc4 13. axb4 cxd4 14. Nxc4 $6 (14. Nc6 $5
Qc7 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Qxd4 Bb7 $1 17. Qxc4 $14) 14... Bf6 $8 15. Bf4 $1 Re8
16. Bd6 Bb7 (16... Ba6 $5 17. Rxa6 Qc8 18. Qa4 Qxc4 19. Rxa7 Rad8 $1 $13) 17.
Bc5 Qb8 {1-0 Gleizerov,E-Cesarsky,I/USSR 1987/ Filipenko,A) (22)}) 8... dxc4 9.
Qxc4 b5 (9... Qd5 10. Nbd2 (10. Qxc7 Bd6 11. Qc3 Nxa2 $13) 10... c5 11. dxc5
Qxc5 12. a3 Nbd5 13. Ne5 Qd6 14. Ndf3 Nd7 15. Bf4 Nxf4 16. gxf4 Nb6 17. Qb3 Bd7
{1/2-1/2 Tukmakov,V-Delchev,A/Zadar 1997/EXT 99 (26)}) 10. Qb3 (10. Qxb5 Ba6 (
10... Nc2 $2 11. Qc6 $18) 11. Qa4 Bxe2 12. Re1 $13 Bb5 $2 13. Qxb5 Nc2 14. Nc3
Nxa1 15. Qe2 $16) 10... a5 $5 $146 {Schwarz spielt strategisch riskant - er
hat viele Bauern - aber auch viele schwache Punkte am Damenflügel. Wie kann
Weiß daraus Kapital schlagen?} (10... Bb7 11. a3 Bd5 12. Qd1 Nc6 13. Nc3 b4 14.
Nxd5 exd5 15. Qa4 Qe8 16. axb4 Nxb4 17. Bd2 a5 18. Rfc1 {1-0 Gyorkos,L-Roos,C/
Budapest 1993/EXT 98 (34)}) 11. Nc3 Rb8 (11... a4 12. Qd1) 12. Bf4 (12. a4 bxa4
13. Qxa4 Bb7 $11 {[%csl Gb4]}) 12... a4 13. Qd1 Bb7 $11 {Schwarz kann mit der
Eröffnung zufrieden sein - er hat keine Entwicklungsprobleme, und obwohl das
Feld c5 ein wenig schwach ist, kontrolliert er die wichtigsten Zentrumsfelder.}
(13... Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 $11) 14. Rc1 (14. Nxb5 $6 Bxf3 15. Bxc7 Qd7 16. Bxb8
Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qxb5 $15) 14... Nbd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bd2 Nb6 {[%cal Gb6c4]} 17.
Bf4 Rc8 (17... Nd5) (17... Bd6 $11) 18. Qd3 $1 $14 {[%cal Rd3b5,Gd3h7]} b4 $2 {
[%mdl 8192]} (18... c6 19. Ne5 Nd5 20. Bd2 $14) (18... c5 19. Qxb5 Bc6 (19...
cxd4 20. Rxc8 Bxc8 21. Be5 $16) (19... c4 20. a3 $16) 20. Qd3 Bxf3 21. Bxf3
Qxd4 22. Qxd4 cxd4 23. Be5 $14) {[#]} 19. Ng5 $1 {[%cal Rd3h7,Rg2b7] Ein
bekanntes Motiv in solchen Stellungem, noch dazu, wenn der schwarze Bb7 nicht
verteidigt ist.} Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. Bxb7 Rb8 22. Rxc7 $16 {Nach einigen
forcierten Zügen hat Weiß einen wichtigen Bauern gewonnen, und seine Stellung
ist aktiver.} Nd5 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 (23... exd5 24. Rfc1 $16) 24. b3 axb3 (24...
Rfd8 $5 25. Rc4 $16) 25. axb3 e5 (25... Rfd8) 26. dxe5 Qxe5 27. Qc4 {[%csl Gc4,
Gc7] Weiß hat nicht nur einen Bauern mehr, sondern auch die viel aktivere
Stellung.} Rb6 28. Rd1 {Weiß kontrolliert die offene c- und d-Linie.} Rf6 29.
Rc8 Qe7 $8 30. Qc7 (30. Ra1 $1 g6 (30... Rd6 31. Rxf8+ Qxf8 (31... Kxf8 32.
Ra8+ Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Qxd8 34. Qxb4+ $18) 32. Qxb4 $18 {Jetzt nach 32...Rd1+
kommt 33.xd1 und die schwarze Grundlinie ist schwach.}) 31. Raa8 Rxc8 32. Qxc8+
Kg7 33. Qh8+ Kh6 34. Re8 Qd6 35. Re4 Rf5 36. Rh4+ Rh5 37. Rxh5+ gxh5 38. h4 $18
) (30. Rd4 $5 Rb6 31. Rc7 Qf6 32. Rdd7 $16) 30... Qxc7 31. Rxc7 {[%mdl 4096]
Durch den Damentausch ist die schwarze Stellung nicht leichter geworden - der
Pb4 ist immer ein Schwachpunkt, und die weißen Türme sind viel aktiver.} g6 (
31... Rb6 32. Rdd7 g6) 32. Rb7 $18 {[%csl Rb4] Durch diesen Zug gewinnt Weiß
den zweiten Bauern und damit die Partie.} Re8 33. e3 {Schwarz gab in völlig
hoffnungsloser Stellung auf.} (33. e3 Re4 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Rdb8 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 20th"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2004.10.04"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Horvath, Jozsef"]
[Black "Marciano, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2004.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zalaegerszeg"]
[BlackTeam "Monaco"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MNC"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ (8... Qc7 9. Nxc4 {'+/='} (9. Nxc4 $14) 9... Qxc5 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. Be3 Nd4
12. Bxd4 Qxd4 13. O-O Bd7 14. Rfd1 Qc5 15. Rac1 {1-0 Horvath,J-Casagrande,H/
Austria 1997/CBM 57 ext (29)}) 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. Bd2 (10. Nxc4 Bb4+ $11) 10...
Nc6 (10... Na6 11. Rc1 Rb8 12. Nxc4 Nd5 13. a3 Bd7 14. Ne5 Be8 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16.
Bxc3 Bb5 17. Rd1 Rfc8 18. Nd7 Bxd7 19. Rxd7 Bxa3 20. O-O Bf8 21. Rxb7 {1-0
Horvath,J-Schroll,G/Graz AUT 2001/ (37)}) 11. Nxc4 Bd7 (11... Nd5 $1) 12. Nc3
Rab8 13. Bf4 Rbc8 (13... e5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bxf2+ 16. Kf1 $1 $18 {
Nach diesem Zug gewinnt Weiß Material - Schwarz hat diese Möglichkeit
übersehen, als er 12..Rab8 spielte.} (16. Kxf2 $2 Ng4+ $15)) 14. O-O {'+/='
Weiß hat eine bequeme Stellung, seine Figuren stehen sehr aktiv, besonders der
g2B. Ich muss auch anmerken, dass der d6-Punkt eine positionelle Schwächung
der schwarzen Stellung ist.} (14. Bd6 $5 Bxd6 15. Nxd6 Rb8 16. O-O-O $16) 14...
Rfd8 15. Nd6 (15. Rfd1) 15... Bxd6 16. Bxd6 {Weiß hat das Läuferpaar und einen
kleinen, aber dauerhaften Positionsvorteil.} Be8 17. Rfd1 Rd7 {'!' Schwarz
möchte auf der d-Linie verdoppeln und die Türme tauschen.} 18. Rac1 (18. e4 Ng4
$14) (18. Rd3 Na5 $14) 18... Rcd8 19. Bxc6 (19. Bc5 $14) 19... bxc6 20. Be7
Rxd1+ 21. Nxd1 Rd5 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Kf1 Kf8 24. Ke1 Ke7 25. Rc4 Rh5 26. h4 {
'?' Ein schablonenhafter Zug, wonach sich Schwarz besser verteidigen kann.} (
26. Ra4 $1 Rxh2 (26... a5 27. h4 $16) 27. Rxa7+ $16) 26... Ra5 27. Nc3 c5 28.
Rg4 Kf8 29. Kd2 f5 {'+/='} 30. Rc4 Ke7 31. a3 Bd7 (31... Bc6) 32. e4 e5 33.
exf5 Bxf5 34. Ne4 Bxe4 35. Rxe4 Ke6 36. f4 f6 37. fxe5 fxe5 {Weiß hat einen
kleinen Vorteil im Turmendspiel, weil der a5R passiv steht, aber Schwarz hat
gute Remischancen.} 38. Rg4 Kf6 39. Rg5 (39. Rg8) 39... Rb5 40. Kc3 c4 {
'?' Dieser scheinbar aktive Zug verliert eigentlich einen Bauern.} (40... Rb7
41. g4 $14) 41. Rh5 Rb3+ 42. Kxc4 Rxb2 (42... Rxg3 43. Rxh7 $16) 43. Rxh7 Rg2
44. Rxa7 Rxg3 45. h5 {Jetzt ist der weiße h-Bauer sehr gefährlich für Schwarz.}
Rg8 (45... Rh3 46. h6 $18) 46. h6 Rd8 47. h7 e4 48. Rd7 (48. Ra6+ Kg7 49. Re6
Rc8+ $1 $11) 48... Re8 49. Rd2 {Der weiße Turm muss zurückgehen, er muss den
e-Bauern blockieren.} Kg7 50. Rh2 {Jetzt lautet die weiße Drohung 51.h8Q+ mit
sofortigem Gewinn.} Kh8 51. Kd4 e3 52. Re2 Rd8+ 53. Ke4 (53. Kxe3 Kxh7 54. a4
Kg6 55. Ra2 Kf5 $11) 53... Kxh7 54. Rxe3 Kg6 55. Rf3 {Der Turm verschneidet
den gegnerische Koenig.} Ra8 56. Ke5 Ra5+ 57. Kd4 Ra8 58. Kc5 Kg5 59. Kb4 Rb8+
60. Kc4 Rc8+ 61. Kb3 Rb8+ 62. Ka2 {Weiß muss mit dem König zurückgehen, sonst
er kann sich nicht gegen die Turmschachs verteidigen.} Ra8 63. Rf2 Kg6 64. Rf1
Kg5 65. Kb3 Rb8+ 66. Kc4 Ra8 67. Kb4 Rb8+ 68. Kc5 Ra8 69. Ra1 {Der Turm steht
gut auf a1, jetzt kann Weiß schon a3-a4-a5 usw. spielen.} Kf6 70. a4 Ke7 (70...
Rc8+ $2 71. Kb6 Rb8+ 72. Kc7 $18) 71. Kb5 Kd8 72. a5 {'?'} (72. Kb6) 72... Kc8
{'='} 73. a6 Kb8 74. Kb6 Ra7 75. Rh1 Rb7+ 76. axb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 14th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2004.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Mohota, Nisha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 {Das ist die
richtige Antwort, im Falle von 6...dxc4?! kommt entweder 7.Qxc4 a6 8.Bf4, oder
7.Nbd2 mit weissem Positionsvorteil.} 7. O-O (7. dxc5 Qa5+ 8. Qc3 Qxc5 9. cxd5
Nxd5 10. Qxc5 Bxc5 $11) 7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. b3 {Weiss kann
seinen zweiten Läufer auf die andere lange Diagonale entwickeln. Anzumerken
ist, dass Weiss eigentlich die Gruenfeld-Indische Verteidigung im Anzug spielt,
aber mit Tempoplus.} Ba6 (10... Bb7 11. Bb2 Qb6 12. Nc3 dxc4 13. Na4 Qa6 14.
Qxc4 Qxc4 15. bxc4 Rfd8 16. Rab1 Rd7 17. Bc3 Rc8 18. Bb4 Ba6 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20.
Rfc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,J-Saric,A/Split 2003/EXT 2004 (46)}) 11. Nd2 (11. Rd1
Qb6 12. Nd2 Ng4 13. e3 Bf6 14. Rb1 Ne5 15. Ba3 Rad8 16. Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Qa5
18. Bb2 Qxa2 19. Ra1 Qxb2 20. Qxb2 Bxb2 21. Rxa6 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 Khalil,I-Saleh,N/
Abu Dhabi 2004/CBM 103(42)}) 11... Rc8 (11... Bb7 12. Bb2 Qb6 13. Rac1 Rac8 14.
e4 a5 15. c5 Qb5 16. Rfe1 Ba6 {1/2-1/2 Tukmakov,V-Dautov,R/Budapest 1996/CBM
56 (16)}) 12. Bb2 Qa5 $6 {Dieser Zug gefällt mir nicht, die Dame steht auf a5
nicht gut, besser erscheint die Alternative 12...Qb6, wonach die Stellung
ungefähr gleich ist.} (12... Qb6 $5 13. Rad1 (13. Rac1 Rfd8 14. e3 Nd7 15. Rfd1
Bb7 16. Nf3 c5 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 d4 {0-1 Gulko,B-Karpov,A/Thessaloniki
1988/TD (57)}) 13... Rfd8 14. Rfe1 Bc5 15. e3 Nd7 16. a3 Be7 17. b4 {1/2-1/2
Vilela,J-Rizouk,A/Albacete 2002/EXT 2003 (17)}) (12... d4 13. Rfe1 (13. Nf3 c5
14. Rfe1 Qc7 15. e3 e5 16. exd4 exd4 17. Bc1 Bb7 18. Bf4 Qd8 19. Rad1 Bxf3 20.
Bxf3 {1-0 Stohl,I-Muir,A/Pula 1997/CBM 57 ext (40)}) 13... c5 14. e3 e5 15. Nf3
Bd6 16. Rad1 Re8 17. exd4 cxd4 (17... exd4) 18. Ng5 g6 $6 (18... Qb6) 19. f4 $1
Bc5 20. Qd2 $1 Qb6 21. fxe5 Bb4 22. Qf2 $18 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Kramnik,V/Monte
Carlo 1998/CBM 63 ext (29)}) 13. Rfd1 Qb6 14. e3 Rfd8 15. Rac1 $14 {[%csl Gb2,
Gg2][%cal Gg2a8,Gb2h8] Weiss hat zwei gute Läufer auf den grossen Diagonalen,
und obwohl die schwarze Stellung fest ist, hat es Schwarz nicht leicht,
aktives Gegenspiel finden.} Bc5 16. Nf3 Ne4 17. Bd4 (17. Ne5 $14) 17... h6 {
Auf diese Weise öffnet Schwarz die Grundreihe, meiner Meinung nach wäre aber
der sofortige Läufertausch auf d4 logischer.} (17... Bxd4 $5 18. Nxd4 (18. exd4
c5 $11) 18... c5 19. cxd5 cxd4 (19... exd5 20. Nf5 $14) 20. Qxe4 Rxc1 21. Rxc1
Rxd5 22. Qf4 Rd8 23. exd4 Rxd4 $11) 18. Ne5 Bxd4 19. exd4 Nf6 20. c5 {[%mdl 32]
Mit diesem Zug bekommt Weiss nachhaltigen Raumvorteil am Damenflügel.} Qb8 21.
Re1 Nd7 {Schwarz muss den starken e5-Springer möglichst abtauschen.} 22. Qd2 (
22. Qc3 Nxe5 23. Rxe5 $14) 22... Nxe5 23. Rxe5 Rc7 24. Rce1 Qb5 25. g4 $5 {
[%cal Gh2h4,Gg4g5] Der Raumvorteil gibt Weiss freie Hand, im folgenden möchte
er mit 26.h4 und 27.g5 einen Angriff am Königsflügel führen.} Qb8 26. h4 Bc8
27. g5 hxg5 (27... h5 28. g6 fxg6 29. Qg5 $16) 28. hxg5 f6 29. R5e3 fxg5 30.
Rg3 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Ge1e5,Ge5g5] Weiss gewinnt den g5-Bauern bei besserem
Spiel zurück.} Rf7 31. Re5 Qc7 32. Rexg5 Rdf8 33. Bf1 $1 {[%cal Gb3b4,Gb4b5]
Weiss verbessert seine Läuferstellung und möchte im folgenden den Plan
b2-b4-b5 durchführen.} (33. f3 $14) (33. a3 $14) 33... Rxf2 34. Rxg7+ $1 $16 {
Mit dieser Vereinfachung bekommt Weiss eigentlich ein sehr chancenreiches
Läuferendspiel.} (34. Qxf2 Rxf2 35. Rxg7+ (35. Kxf2 $2 Qf4+) 35... Qxg7 36.
Kxf2 {wäre nur Zugumstellung zur Partiefortsetzung.}) 34... Qxg7 35. Qxf2 Rxf2
36. Kxf2 a5 (36... Qxg3+ 37. Kxg3 Kf7 38. Kf4 Kf6 39. b4 $18 {[%cal Ga2a4,
Gb4b5]}) 37. a3 Kf7 38. Rxg7+ Kxg7 39. Ke3 {[%mdl 4096]} Kf6 40. Kf4 {[%csl
Gf4][%cal Gb3b4,Gb4b5] Die schwarzen Bauern (c6,d5,e6) sind auf den weissen
Feldern festgelegt und der c8B ist eingeschlossen. Der weisse König steht sehr
aktiv auf f4 und Schwarz kann gegen b4-b5 eigentlich nichts machen. Nur mit
den besten und einzigen Zügen könnte Schwarz das Remis halten.} Bb7 $6 {
Dieser Wartezug ist schon schlecht - Schwarz müsste seinen Läufer auf d7
halten, um den Vorstoß b4-b5 zu verhindern, denn bei der Läuferstellung auf b7
kann Weiss b4-b5 durchsetzen.} (40... Bd7 $142 $1 41. Ba6 Be8 42. b4 axb4 43.
axb4 Bd7 44. Bb7 Be8 (44... Ke7 $2 45. Ke5 Be8 46. b5 cxb5 47. c6 b4 (47... Kd8
48. Kd6 $18) 48. c7 Bd7 49. c8=Q Bxc8 50. Bxc8 b3 51. Bxe6 b2 52. Bf5 $18) 45.
Bc8 $1 (45. b5 cxb5 46. c6 b4 47. c7 Bd7 48. c8=Q Bxc8 49. Bxc8 b3 50. Ba6 b2
51. Bd3 Ke7 52. Ke5 Kd7 $11 {Weiss hat eine Figur mehr, aber es geht nicht
weiter.}) 45... Ke7 (45... Bf7 46. Bd7 $18) 46. Ke5 Bf7 47. Bb7 (47. b5 cxb5
48. c6 Kd8 49. Ba6 Kc7 50. Bxb5 Bh5 51. Kxe6 Bf3 $11) 47... Kd7 (47... Be8 48.
b5 cxb5 49. c6 b4 50. c7 Bd7 51. c8=Q Bxc8 52. Bxc8 b3 53. Bxe6 b2 54. Bf5 $18)
48. Ba6 Bh5 49. b5 cxb5 50. Bxb5+ Kc7 51. Kxe6 Bf3 52. Ke5 Be4 $11) 41. b4 axb4
42. axb4 Bc8 43. b5 Bd7 44. bxc6 $1 (44. b6 Bc8 45. Ke3 e5 46. Bh3 Bb7 $11)
44... Bxc6 45. Ba6 Kf7 $2 (45... Bd7 $2 46. Bb7 $18 {[%cal Gc5c6,Gc6c7]}) (
45... Ba8 $2 46. Bb5 Bb7 47. c6 Bc8 48. Bd3 Ke7 49. Ke5 $18) (45... Ke7 $1 46.
Ke5 Kd7 (46... Be8 $2 47. Bc8 Bf7 48. c6 $18) (46... Ba4 $2 47. Bc8 $18) 47.
Be2 {[%cal Re2g4,Rg4e6]} Ba4 $1 (47... Ke7 $2 48. Bg4 Bd7 49. Bh3 Bc8 50. c6
$18) 48. Bg4 Bb3 49. Bxe6+ Kc6 50. Bf7 Bc4 $11 {Weiss hat einen Bauern mehr,
ist aber nicht in der Lage, seinen Vorteil zu verwerten.}) 46. Ke5 $18 Ke7 47.
Bc8 Bd7 48. Bxd7 Kxd7 49. Kf6 $22 1-0

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.09"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ {Diese Variante ist sehr populär in
Großmeisterturnieren.} 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 {Schwarz spielt die
geschlossene Variante und der weiße Läufer auf d2 steht weniger gut, da die
Zugfolge b3 gefolgt von Bb2 nun unmöglich ist.} 8. Bf4 b6 9. Nc3 Ba6 (9... Bb7
10. Rc1 Nh5 11. Bxb8 Qxb8 $5 12. Ne5 Nf6 13. e3 Rd8 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. f4 g6 16.
g4 Nd7 17. Qe1 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Adams,M/Izmir 2004/CBM 104}) 10. cxd5 cxd5
11. Ne5 {Dieser Springerzug ist eine natürliche Fortsetzung, aber die
Alternative 11.Rc1 kommt ebenfalls in Betracht.} (11. Rc1 Nc6 $6 (11... Bb7 $5
12. Nb5 a6 13. Nc7 Ra7 14. Qa4 Ne4 15. Nb5 Ra8 16. Nc3 b5 17. Qd1 Nc6 18. Ne5 {
1/2-1/2 Prusikin,M-Gyimesi,Z/Miskolc 2004/(18)}) 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Ne5 Nxd4 $8
14. Bxd5 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 $1 Bxe2 16. Bxa8 Rxa8 17. Rfe1 Bb5 18. Rc2 $1 Nd5 19.
Rec1 Ba6 (19... Bc5 20. Bd2 f6 21. b4 $1 Bf8 22. Ng4 {1-0 Ponomariov,R-Topalov,
V/Sofia 2005/CBM 107/[Ribli] (40)}) 20. Bd2 f6 21. Nc4 $1 $14 Rd8 22. a3 Kf7
23. Ne3 {1-0 Kramnik,V-Topalov,V/Dortmund 2005/CBM 108/[Ribli Zoltan] (41)})
11... Bb7 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. Nb5 {Einfacher ist wohl die Alternative 13.Qa4, die
zu einer ausgeglichenen Stellung führt..} (13. Qa4 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 a6 (14... Ng4
15. Bf4 a6 16. Qb3 b5 17. Na4 $1 Rc8 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 e5 20. Bh3 $36) 15.
Bc7 Qxc7 16. Nxd5 Qd6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxb7 Ra7 19. Be4 Qxd4 20. Qxd4 Bxd4
21. e3 Bf6 $11) 13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 $6 {Weiß nimmt den Doppelbauern in Kauf,
da er das d4-Feld mit dem Springer besetzen möchte. Der große Nachteil des
Textzugs ist, dass nun der e5P der Zielpunkt des schwarzen Spiels wird.} (14.
Bxe5 $11) 14... Nd7 (14... Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxd8 Bxd8 17. Rfd1 a6 18. Nd6
Bd5 19. a3 f6 20. Rc3 b5 21. h4 {1/2-1/2 Sturua,Z-Rodriguez Cespedes,A/Yerevan
1996/EXT 97 (65)}) 15. h4 {Weiß sichert seine Läuferstellung auf f4, sonst
kann Schwarz immer g7-g5 ziehen.} (15. Nd6 Ba6 16. Qa4 Bxe2 17. Rfe1 Bh5 18.
Nb7 Nc5 19. Nxd8 Nxa4 20. Nc6 Bc5 21. b4 Rfc8 $17) 15... Rc8 16. Qd2 (16. Nxa7
Rc5 17. b4 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Qa8 19. Qc7 Qxa7 20. Qxd7 Bxb4 21. Rc1 Bc5 $17) 16...
Rc5 17. Nd4 (17. a4 a6 18. Nd6 Ba8 19. b4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Bxd6 $17)
17... Qb8 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gb8e5]} 18. Qe3 (18. Nf3 $142 Rfc8 19. Rfd1 Qc7 20.
Qd3 $11) 18... Rfc8 $15 {[%cal Gc8c1]} 19. Bh3 {[%cal Gd4e6]} Nf8 $1 {[%csl
Re3,Rf4,Gf8,Rh3][%mdl 256] Der Springer steht gut auf f8; er verteidigt die
schwarze Stellung gegen eventuell Nxe6. Schwarz kontrolliert die c-Linie, weil
die weißen Figuren etwas unglücklich am Königsflügel stehen.} (19... Rxc1 20.
Rxc1 Rxc1+ 21. Qxc1 Nxe5 $4 22. Qe3 Bf6 23. Kf1 {Mit diesem Zug bereitet Weiß
20.Nf3 vor.} h6 24. Nf3 $18) 20. h5 h6 21. Rfd1 Ba6 {[%csl Ga6][%cal Ga6e2]
Mit der Verbeserung der schwarzen Läuferstellung ist ein seltenes Bild in der
Katalanische Verteidigung erreicht, denn der schwarze weißfeldrige Läufer
steht viel aktiver, als sein Kollege auf h3.} 22. b4 $2 (22. Qd2) 22... Rxc1
23. Rxc1 Bxb4 $1 $17 24. Nc6 {[#]} Rxc6 $1 {[%mdl 64] Das ist die Pointe des
schwarzen Spiels, er opfert temporär die Qualität, die er schnell
zurückgewinnt.} 25. Rxc6 Bc5 {[%csl Rc6]} 26. Qb3 (26. Rxc5 bxc5 27. Qxc5 Bxe2
$19) 26... Qb7 (26... Bb7 $17) 27. Qa4 (27. Rd6 Bxd6 28. exd6 Bxe2 $19) 27...
Bxe2 {[%csl Gc5,Ge2,Rh5] Schwarz hat zwei Mehrbauern für die Qualität und die
weißen Figuren sind schlecht koordiniert.} 28. Be3 d4 $19 (28... Bd1 29. Qb5)
29. Bg2 (29. Bf4 Bf3 $19) 29... dxe3 30. Rxc5 Bf3 {[%csl Rc5,Rg1]} 31. Bxf3
Qxf3 {[%csl Ge3,Gf3,Rg1]} 32. Rc8 Qxf2+ 33. Kh1 e2 0-1

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.03.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Qc2 {So kann Weiß die
populäre 6.0-0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6-Variante vermeiden.} c5 {Das ist klar die beste
Möglichkeit für Schwarz - er möchte sofort die Zentrumsstellung klären. Die
schwarze strategische Pointe ist, dass nach} 7. dxc5 (7. cxd5 cxd4 8. dxe6 $6
Bxe6 {der schwarze d4-P zwar isoliert, aber auch sehr stark ist.}) 7... Qa5+ 8.
Nc3 dxc4 9. O-O {Weiß kümmert sich nicht um den c5-Bauern und strebt eine
schnelle Figurenentwicklung an.} (9. Nd2 Qxc5 (9... Nc6 $5 10. Nxc4 Qxc5 11. b3
Nb4 12. Qb1 Nfd5 $11) 10. Na4 Qa5 11. Qxc4 e5 (11... Bd7 $2 12. Bxb7 $1 Bxa4
13. Bxa8 Nbd7 14. Bg2 Ne5 15. Qf4 Nh5 16. Qe3 Bc5 17. b4 $1 $16 {1-0 Horvath,
C-Yu Shaoteng/Budapest 2000/CBM 76/[Ribli] (24)}) (11... Nc6) 12. O-O Nc6 13.
Nb3 Qb4 14. Qxb4 Nxb4 15. Bd2 Bg4 16. Rac1 Bxe2 17. Nbc5 Nd3 18. Nxd3 Bxd3 19.
Rc7 {1-0 Horvath,C-Radocaj,D/Pula 2000/CBM 78 ext (43)}) 9... Nc6 (9... Qxc5
10. Bg5 (10. Be3 Qh5 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nc6 13. Qxc4 e5 14. Rfd1 Be6 15. Qb5
Rab8 16. Rac1 f6 17. Qa4 Qf7 {1/2-1/2 Wojtkiewicz,A-Van Buskirk,C/Philadelphia
2001/EXT 2002 (42)}) (10. Rd1) 10... Bd7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Qxc4 Bc6
14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Nd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nd7 17. Rfd1 Nb6 18. Qb3 Rad8 19. Nb5 Nc8
20. a4 h6 21. Rac1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 Tukmakov,V-Ribli,Z/Bled
2001/EXT 2002 (23)}) 10. Bg5 Qxc5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 {Das ist die natürliche
Antwort, aber die scharfe Alternative 11..gxf6 kommt auch in Betracht.} (11...
gxf6 12. Ne4 Qb4 $13) 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Rfd1 {[%cal Gd1d8] Schwarz hat einen
Bauern mehr, aber - wie gewöhnlich in der Katalanischen Eröffnung - hat sein
c8-B Entwicklungsprobleme.} (13. Nfd2 Rd8 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Ne4 Qe5 16. Rfd1
Bd7 17. Qxc4 Be8 18. Nc5 {1/2-1/2 Adamski,J-Lyrberg,P/Copenhagen 1998/CBM 65
ext (18)}) (13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Nd2 e5 15. Nxc4 Bf5 $15) 13... b5 {Schwarz
verteidigt seinen Plusbauern - wenn er noch zu Bb7 kommt, hätte er eine viel
bessere Stellung.} (13... Rb8 $5 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Nd2 e5 16. Nxc4 Bf5 $11)
14. a4 Ba6 $146 {Der Läufer steht - auf den ersten Blick - sehr schlecht auf
a6, aber Schwarz verteidigt den b5-Bauern und gleichzeitig entwickelt er den
Läufer.} (14... Rb8 15. axb5 Rxb5 16. Qxc4 Rb6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Nd2 Bb7 19.
b3 Ne5 20. Qd4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nc6 22. Qe3 Rfb8 23. Ne4 Qe7 24. Nc5 {1-0
Romanishin,O-Shneider,A/Kherson 1989/CBM 16 (35)}) 15. Nxf6+ (15. Rd6 Rac8 16.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 {Das wäre - mit Zugumstellung - unsere Hauptfortsetzung.}) (15. Nfg5
Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. Bxc6 Rad8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. axb5 Bxb5 20. Bxb5 Qxb5 21.
Rxa7 $11) 15... Qxf6 16. Rd6 {[%mdl 2048]} (16. Ng5 Qxg5 17. Bxc6 Rad8 18. Rxd8
Rxd8 19. axb5 Bxb5 20. Bxb5 Qxb5 21. Rxa7 $11) 16... Rac8 17. Nd2 Nd4 (17...
Bb7 18. axb5 Nb4 (18... Nd4 19. Rxd4 Bxg2 (19... Qxd4 20. Bxb7 $18) 20. Rf4 $18
(20. Rxc4 $16)) 19. Qc3 Qxc3 20. bxc3 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nd5 22. Ra3 $14) (17... Nb4
18. Qc3 Qxc3 19. bxc3 Rfd8 20. Ne4 Rxd6 21. Nxd6 $36) {[#]} 18. Qd1 $13 {
Es scheint, dass Weiß gewinnt, denn es droht 19.Ne4 und es hängt der a6B.} (18.
Qe4 Nf5 19. Rxa6 Qxb2 {[%csl Gb2]} 20. axb5 Qxd2 21. R6a2 $15) 18... Rcd8 $1 {
[%mdl 64]} 19. Ne4 (19. Rxa6 Nb3 $19 {[%cal Rd8d1,Rb3a1]}) 19... Qe5 20. f4 (
20. Rxa6 Nb3 21. Qe1 Nxa1 22. Qxa1 b4 $13) 20... Qxd6 $8 {Schwarz muss die
Dame opfern.} 21. Nxd6 Rxd6 22. e3 Nf5 23. Qe1 {Schwarz hat Turm, Springer und
Bauern gegen die Dame - in dieser sehr zweischneidigen Stellung wurde die
Partie Remis gegeben.} (23. Qe1 bxa4 24. Rxa4 Rb8 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 {Der schwarze
Spieler (früher Nenashev, seit diesem Jahr Graf) wählt die geschlossene
Variante der Katalanischen Verteidigung. Schwarz nimmt nicht auf c4, sondern
beabsichtigt, die Entwicklung des Damenflügels mit Nbd7 und b6 zu beenden.} 7.
Qc2 b6 8. Rd1 {Dieser prophylaktische Turmzug ist üblich in dieser Variante.}
Ba6 (8... Bb7) 9. Ne5 Qc8 $6 {Dieser Zug scheint mir etwas zu passiv. Nach 9...
Nfd7 läßt sich kaum ein weißer Eröffnungsvorteil nachweisen.} (9... Nfd7 $5 10.
cxd5 (10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3 Nf6 (12... Rc8) 13. Bf4 Qd7 14. Rac1
Rac8 15. Qb1 Rfd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Breedveld,A-Happel,H/Wijk aan Zee NED 2001/The
Week in Chess 325 (33)}) 10... cxd5 (10... Nxe5 11. d6 Bf6 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13.
Nc3 {1/2-1/2 Fine,R-Ragozin,V/Semmering 1937/HCL (41)}) 11. e4 Nxe5 12. exd5
Nd3 13. d6 Nb4 14. dxe7 Qxe7 15. Qa4 Nd5 16. Nc3 Bb7 {1/2-1/2 Bilek,I-Osnos,V/
Budapest 1965/EXT 99 (16)}) 10. Bf4 (10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bf4 Nxe5 13.
dxe5 Nd7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Rb8 17. Rac1 Rd8 18. Qb1 Nc5 19.
Bh7+ Kh8 20. b4 {1-0 Kozlov,O-Havranek,M/Decin 1998/EXT 2000 (67)}) 10... Nbd7
11. Nc3 $5 (11. Nd2) 11... Qb7 {Die Dame steht etwas unnatürlich auf b7.
Schwarz möchte damit jedoch den Zug Rac8 vorbereiten.} (11... Bxc4 12. Nxc4
dxc4 13. e4 $44 {Weiß hat das Läuferpaar und ein starkes Bauernzentrum. Das
bedeutet ausreichende Kompensation für den Bauern.}) (11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nh5 (
12... Nd7 13. cxd5 exd5 (13... cxd5 14. e4 $14) 14. e4 $14) (12... Ng4 $5) 13.
Bc1 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Rg3g4,Rg4h5]} (13. Be3 f5 $13) 13... f5 14. Bf3 g6 $13 (
14... Qe8 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bxd5+ Kh8 (17... Rf7 $2 18. Qxf5 $18)
18. Bxa8 Qxa8 19. Rd7 $36)) 12. b3 Rac8 (12... Nxe5) (12... Nh5) 13. e4 h6 (
13... Rfd8) (13... Nh5) 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 (14... Nxd7 $2 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. exd5
exd5 17. Bxd5 $16 (17. Nxd5 $2 Qxd5 (17... Rxc2 $2 18. Nxe7+ Kh7 19. Bxb7 Bxb7
20. Rdc1 $18) 18. Qxc8 Qxg2+ 19. Kxg2 Rxc8 $15)) 15. e5 Ne8 16. Bf1 {Ein
bescheidener Platz für einen Läufer, aber Weiß muss die Spannung im Zentrum
aufrecht erhalten.} Nc7 {Schwarz verbessert die Stellung seines Springer und
möchte c6-c5 durchsetzen.} 17. a4 Bb7 (17... Rfd8 $5) 18. Qe2 {[%cal Ge2g4]} c5
{Normalerweise muss Schwarz in der geschlossenen Variante versuchen, c6-c5
durchzusetzen. Hier aber scheint mir dieser Zug verfrüht, denn in der Folge
gerät Schwarz in Fesslungen auf der d-Linie und auf der Diagonale h1-a8.} (
18... Rfd8 $5) 19. Bg2 $14 {[%cal Gg2b7] Der weiße Läufer nimmt seinen
angestammten Platz auf g2 ein - das ist unangenehm für Schwarz, denn er
bekommt jetzt Schwierigkeiten im Zentrum.} cxd4 20. Rxd4 Bb4 $2 {[%mdl 16384]
Weiß macht Druck auf den Punkt d5. Deshalb möchte Schwarz den Nc3 entweder
abtauschen oder vertreiben. Dennoch bedeutet der Läuferzug einen strategischen
Fehler - der Läufer darf den Königsflügel nicht verlassen.} (20... f6) (20...
Bc5) 21. Ne4 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Ge4f6,Gd4d7]} Qe7 (21... Qc6 22. Bxh6 $1 $18) (
21... Ne8 22. Rad1 $16 {[%cal Gd1d7]}) (21... Bc5 22. Nf6+ $1 {Dieses
Springeropfer ist hier ebenso stark wie in der Partie.} gxf6 23. Bxh6 f5 24.
Qh5 $40) {[#]} 22. Nf6+ $1 $16 {[%mdl 64]} (22. Nd6 Bc3 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Rad1
Bxd4 25. Rxd4 $14 Ba8 $6 26. Qg4 {[%cal Rf4h6,Gg4g8]} Kf8 $2 27. cxd5 Bxd5 28.
Bxd5 Nxd5 29. Rxd5 $18 {[%cal Gg4c8]}) 22... gxf6 (22... Kh8 23. Bxh6 gxh6 24.
Rh4 $18) 23. Bxh6 (23. exf6 Qxf6 24. Be5 Qg6 25. Rg4 $18) 23... f5 (23... Ne8
24. Qg4+ Kh7 25. Qh5 $18) 24. Qh5 $18 {[%cal Rd4g4,Rg4g8] Der schwarze König
befindet sich im Mattnetz - es droht 25.Rg4+.} Ne8 25. Rh4 Bc3 26. Bg5 (26.
Bxf8 Qxh4 27. Qxh4 Bxa1 28. Bd6 $18) (26. Rh3 $5 {Damit verhindert Weiß das
Damenopfer auf h4 und droht zugleich 27.Bg7.} f6 27. Bxf8 $18) 26... f6 27.
Qh8+ Kf7 28. Rh7+ Kg6 29. Rh6+ $1 Kf7 (29... Kxg5 30. h4+ (30. f4+ Kg4 31. Rh4#
) 30... Kg4 31. Rg6#) 30. Qh7+ Ng7 31. Rxf6+ Ke8 32. Rg6 {[%csl Re8][%cal
Rg5e7,Rg6g7,Rh7b7]} 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS12 GM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2001.12.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Black "Bokros, Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2001.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qc2 {Das ist eine
Nebenvariante statt der gewöhnlichen Rochade.} dxc4 {Ein automatischer Zug,
welcher aber nicht die beste Möglichkeit für Schwarz ist. Die Alternative 6...
c5 bietet Schwarz bessere Chancen auff Ausgleich.} (6... c5) 7. Qxc4 (7. Nbd2
$5 Nc6 (7... b5 $2 8. a4 c6 9. axb5 cxb5 10. Ng5 $18) 8. Qxc4 Qd5 $14) 7... a6
8. Bf4 {Jetzt muss Schwarz den c7-Bauern verteidigen. Nach 8.0-0?! haben wir
die 6.0-0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 Variante.} Nd5 9. Nc3 b5 (9... Nxf4 10. gxf4 b5
11. Qd3 Bb7 (11... Ra7) 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Bxb7 Ra7 14. Be4 (14. fxg5 Rxb7 15. h4
Nd7 $11) 14... Bxf4 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 $11) 10. Qd3 Bb7 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 (11...
exd5 $2 12. O-O $16 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Ga1c1,Gc1c7]}) 12. O-O Nd7 (12... f5 $6
13. Rac1 $14) 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. e4 Bb7 $14 15. Qe2 (15. Qc2 $5 c5 (15... Bd6 16.
e5 Be7 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Bxb7 Rb8 20. Qxc7 $16) (15... Nf6 16. Ne5
c5 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Bxd5 (18... Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Bxd5 20. Rd1 $18) 19. Bxd5
Nxd5 20. Qb3 c4 21. Qf3 $18) 16. d5 $14) 15... Bd6 16. Bg5 {Nach 16.Bxd6 cxd6
wäre die schwarze Stellung nur mikroskopisch schlechter.} (16. Qe3 $14) (16.
Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qe7 18. Rd2 $14) 16... Be7 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Bd2 {Weiß hat ein
Übergewicht im Zentrum, deshalb ist er nicht zufrieden mit der Zugwiederholung.
} c5 {Endlich kann Schwarz diesen Zug machen, was ihn in die Nähe des
Ausgleichs bringt.} 19. dxc5 Bxc5 (19... Rxc5 $2 20. Bb4 $18) (19... Nxc5 $2
20. Bf4 Nxe4 21. Ne1 $18) 20. b4 Be7 (20... Bb6 21. Bf4 $36) 21. Bf4 {[%cal
Gf4b8,Gd1d8]} Qe8 {Mit diesem Zug befreit sich Schwarz aus der Fesselung auf
der d-Linie.} (21... Bxb4 22. Ne5 Rc7 23. Nd3 $16 (23. Qd3 Bc8 24. Rac1 Rxc1 (
24... Bc5 25. Rxc5 Rxc5 26. Nxd7 $16) 25. Bxc1 $18)) 22. Qe3 e5 $6 {Dieses
zeitweiliges Bauernopfer gefällt mir nicht - stattdessen hat Schwarz
verschiedene Möglichkeiten.} (22... Bxb4 $5 23. Qd4 Bc3 24. Qxd7 Qxd7 25. Rxd7
Bxa1 26. Rxb7 Rc2 $13) (22... Rc4 $5) (22... Nf6 $5) 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5
Bxb4 25. Bxg7 $1 {[%mdl 64] Mit dieser kleiner Kombination gewinn Weiß einen
Bauern.} Kxg7 26. Qd4+ {[%cal Rd4b4,Rd4g7]} f6 27. Qxb4 $16 Rc4 $1 28. Qd6 (28.
Qa5 $1 Rxe4 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Qd7 31. Qb4 Rf7 32. Bxb7 Qxb7 33. Qg4+ Kf8
34. Qe6 $14) 28... Rxe4 $5 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Mit diesem schönen Zug gewinnt
Schwarz den Bauern zurück.} 29. Rac1 (29. Bxe4 $2 Qxe4 $19) 29... Rf7 30. h4
Qe6 (30... Re6 31. Qf4 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 $14) 31. Qb8 (31. Qxe6 Rxe6 $11) 31... Qe7
32. Rd8 Re1+ 33. Kh2 (33. Rxe1 $2 Qxe1+ 34. Kh2 Qxf2 $19) 33... Qxd8 $8 34.
Qxd8 Rxc1 {Schwarz hat zwei Türme für die Dame, aber die schwarze
Königsstellung ist geschwächt und die Dame ist aktiv.} 35. Qb6 Bc8 $2 {Es ist
wahr, dass Schwarz mit diesem Zug den a6-Bauern verteidigt, aber diese
Fortsetzung ist sehr passiv.} (35... Bxg2 36. Kxg2 Rfc7 37. Qxa6 R7c5 $14) 36.
Bd5 $36 {[%csl Gb6,Gd5]} Rfc7 37. Qe3 R1c2 (37... b4 38. h5 $36) 38. h5 Bf5 $2
(38... R2c5) 39. h6+ Kg6 40. g4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rf5]} Bxg4 41. Be4+ {[%cal Re4g6,
Re4c2]} f5 (41... Bf5 42. Qg3+ $18) 42. Bxc2 Rxc2 43. Kg3 {[%csl Gg3] Schwarz
hat R+B+P gegen der Dame, aber sein König steht schlecht.} Rc4 44. Qe6+ Kh5 45.
Qf7+ Kxh6 46. Qf6+ (46. Qf6+ Kh5 47. f4 (47. f3 $2 f4+ $132) 47... h6 48. Qf7#)
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.02.08"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Luebeck"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O c5 {Dieser Zug ist
ein seltener Gast in der Turnierpraxis: gewoehnlich wird hier 6...dxc4, oder 6.
..c6, oder 6...Nbd7 gezogen. Mit der Partiefortsetzung geht die Erföffnung in
die Bahnen der Tarrasch Verteidigung über.} 7. dxc5 (7. cxd5 exd5 {Auf diese
Weise - mit Zugumstellung - haben wir die Grundstellung der Tarrasch
Verteidigung.} (7... Nxd5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 $14)) 7... Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 (8...
dxc4 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. Qxc4 Qd5 11. Qh4 (11. Nbd2 Bd7 12. b4 Be7 13. Bb2 Rac8 14.
Qxd5 Nxd5 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Nc4 Be8 17. Rfd1 b5 18. Nce5 {1/2-1/2 Gulko,
B-Bezgodov,A/New Delhi/Theran 2000/CBM 80 (18)}) 11... Qe4 12. Qxe4 Nxe4 13. b4
Bb6 14. Bb2 Rd8 15. Nc3 {1-0 Gurevich,D-Li,L/Geneve 2001/EXT 2002 (26)}) (8...
a5) 9. b4 Bb6 10. Bb2 Qe7 (10... dxc4 11. Nbd2 e5 12. Nxc4 e4 13. Qxd8 Bxd8 14.
Ng5 Bg4 15. Rfe1 Re8 16. Nd6 {1-0 Sorokin,M-Paglilla,C/Villa Martelli 1995/EXT
97 (44)}) 11. Nbd2 Rd8 12. Qc2 e5 $1 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5][%cal Gc8g4] Schwarz
mobilisiert seine Zentrumsstellung. Weiß hat zwar zwei Läufer auf den großen
Diagonalen, aber Schwarz besitzt ein Uebergewicht im Zentrum.} (12... h6 13.
Rad1 a6 14. e4 dxc4 15. Nxc4 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Ba7 17. Nfe5 {1-0 Romanishin,
O-Lobron,E/Biel 1987/CBM 03 (38)}) (12... Bd7 13. e4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Rac8 15.
Nxb6 axb6 16. Qe2 {1-0 Tratar,M-Koenig,D/Werfen 1992/EXT 97 (29)}) 13. b5 {
Dieser Zug scheint mir zu optimistisch zu sein. Es waere besser 13.cxd5 zu
ziehen.} (13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Rad1 $5 (14. b5 Nd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Nb3 Bg4 $1 (
16... Nf6 17. Rad1 $14) 17. Nxd4 Ne3 $1 18. fxe3 Qxe3+ 19. Kh1 Bxd4 20. Bxd4
Rxd4 21. Bxb7 Re8 {Ftacnik,L. 1/2-1/2 Magem Badals,J-Illescas Cordoba,M/Leon
1990/CBM 20/[Ftacnik] (29)}) (14. e4 Nf6 15. Nc4 Nd4 $1 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 $10)
14... Nd4 (14... Bg4) 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Nc4 Nb6 17. Nxe5 Bf5 18. Qxf5 Bxb2 19.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Nd3 Bxa3 21. Qa5 Nc4 22. Qxa7 Qxe2 23. Nf4 {1-0 Antunes,A-Lalic,
S/Benasque 1996/CBM 53 ext (28)}) 13... Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. c5 $1 (15. cxd5
Qxe2 $36) 15... Bxc5 (15... Qxc5 16. Qxc5 Bxc5 17. Nb3 Bb6 (17... b6 18. Bxd4
$11) 18. Bxd4 $11) 16. Nb3 Bb6 17. Bxd4 $11 {Der schwarze d5P ist isoliert,
aber Weiß hat einige Bauernschwächen am Damenfluegel und Schwarz kommt zu
aktivem Figurenspiel.} (17. Nxd4 $11) 17... Bg4 18. Rfe1 (18. e3 $11) 18...
Rac8 19. Qb2 h5 $5 $36 {[%cal Gh5h4] Im folgenden kann Schwarz h5-h4 spielen,
mit starker Initiative am Koenigsfluegel.} 20. a4 (20. h3 $11) 20... h4 21. a5
Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Qe5 {[%csl Ge5,Gh4][%cal Gc8c1] Schwarz hat eine sehr aktive
Figurenstellung.} 23. Rab1 Ne4 {[%mdl 2048]} 24. Nf3 $6 (24. f3 $2 Nc3 $17) (
24. e3 $11) 24... Qxb2 25. Rxb2 h3 $15 26. Bf1 (26. Bh1 $142 $15 {Dieser
Lauferzug erscheint passiv, aber der Vorteil des Zuges ist, dass Weiß den
f3-Springer verteidigt.}) 26... d4 {[%csl Yc3][%cal Ge4c3]} 27. Rd1 $2 $138 {
[%mdl 8192]} (27. Ne5 Be6 28. Nd3 $15) 27... d3 $1 $19 {[%csl Rd1,Rf3][%cal
Gg4d1]} 28. Rb4 (28. Rxd3 Rxd3 29. exd3 Bxf3 30. dxe4 Rc1 $19 {[%cal Rf3g2,
Rc1g1]}) 28... Bxf3 29. exf3 Nc3 $1 {[%csl Gc3,Gc8,Gd3,Gd8]} (29... Nc3 $1 30.
Rxd3 Ne2+ 31. Bxe2 Rc1+ 32. Bf1 Rxd3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.12.11"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Neukoelln"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Qc2 {Dieser Zug wird
relativ selten gespielt. Auf diese Weise vermeidet Weiß die Variante 6.0-0
dxc4 7.Qc2 a6, nach 6...dxc4(?!) spielt Weiß entweder 7.Qxc4 a6 8.Bf4, oder 7.
Nbd2 - in beiden Fällen mit sehr guten Chancen auf Eröffnungsvorteil.} c5 7.
O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 e5 {Dieser Zug wird wenig gespielt, die beliebtere
Fortsetzung ist 8...Nc6, aber auch 8...Qb6!? kommt in Betracht.} (8... Nc6) (
8... Qb6 $5) 9. Nf5 (9. Nf3 Nc6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be6 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Salov,V-Kotronias,V/Haifa 1989/EU-chT (42)}) 9... d4 $5 {Der Nachteil
des Zuges 8...e5 ist die Öffnung der Diagonale für den Läufer auf g2; jedoch
gewinnt Schwarz mit dem Textzug Raum im Zentrum und Weiß kann seinen Springer
nicht auf c3 platzieren.} (9... dxc4 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. Nxc4 $14) 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 {
Diese Stellung erinnert mich an eine Variante der Englischen Eröffnung: 1.c4
c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.g3 0-0 7.Bg2 d5 8.Qb3 Bxc3+ 9.
Qxc3 e5 10.Nb3 d4. Sowohl dort als auch in unserer Partiestellung besitzt
Schwarz Raumvorteil im Zentrum. Das weiße Läuferpaar hingegen ist nicht viel
wert.} 11. b3 $146 {[%cal Rc1a3,Ra3e7] Weiß möchte seinen Läufer nach a3
ziehen.} (11. Bg5 Nc6 12. Nd2 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. a3 (14. c5 Bf5 15. Qa4 Qe7
16. b4 a5 17. b5 Nb4 18. a3 Nc2 19. Rac1 d3 20. exd3 Nd4 21. Rfe1 {1-0
Zilberstein,V-Geller,A/Belgorod 1989/TD 89\02 (47)}) 14... Bg4 15. b4 Qe7 16.
Nb3 Rac8 17. e3 dxe3 18. fxe3 Kh8 {0-1 Pereira,J-Vescovi,G/Sao Paulo 2000/ (40)
}) 11... Nc6 12. Ba3 Nb4 13. Bxb4 (13. Qd2 a5 14. e3 Rd8 $11) 13... Qxb4 14.
Nd2 Qe7 15. Ne4 Ne8 $5 {[%cal Gf7f5][%mdl 32] Schwarz möchte seinen Springer
auf dem Brett halten und den gegnerischen Springer mit f7-f5 von e4 verjagen.}
(15... Bf5 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 $11) 16. Rae1 $6 {Dieser Zug
erscheint mir schablonenhaft, ich glaube, 16.f4!? wäre besser.} (16. f4 $142 $5
f5 17. Nf2 exf4 18. gxf4 Nf6 $11) 16... f5 17. Nd2 Nf6 $15 {[%csl Gd4,Ge5,Gf5]
Schwarz hat eine starke Bauernmacht im Zentrum.} 18. e3 dxe3 19. Rxe3 e4 {
[%csl Rg2] Nach diesem Zug ist der Bg2 abgeschnitten.} 20. Qc3 (20. f3 Bd7 $15
21. fxe4 $2 Qc5 22. Qc3 Ng4 $19 {[%csl Re3][%cal Rc5g1]}) 20... b5 $1 {[%cal
Gc8b7,Gb7g2,Gb5b4] Ein ausgezeichneter Zug! Schwarz agiert nicht nur am
Königsflügel. Nach 21.cxb5? 21...Nd5 verliert Weiß Material, sonst kann
Schwarz b5-b4 ziehen, mit großem Raumvorteil.} 21. Ree1 (21. cxb5 $2 Nd5 22.
Qc4 Be6 $17) 21... b4 22. Qe3 Bb7 23. f3 Rad8 {[%csl Gd8][%cal Gd8d2] Alle
schwarzen Figuren stehen ausgezeichnet.} 24. Re2 (24. fxe4 Ng4 25. Qe2 Qd6 (
25... Qc5+ 26. Kh1 Qd6 27. Nb1 (27. h3 Qxd2 28. Qxd2 Rxd2 29. hxg4 fxe4 30.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 32. Rxe4 a5 $15) 27... Qh6 28. h4 Rde8 $15) 26. h3
Qd4+ 27. Kh1 Qxd2 28. hxg4 (28. hxg4 Qh6+ 29. Kg1 Rd2 $17) 28... Qh6+ 29. Kg1
Rd2 $17) 24... Bc6 25. h3 (25. fxe4 Ng4 26. Qf4 (26. Qf3 h5 27. h3 Qc5+ 28. Kh1
fxe4 $19) 26... g5 27. Qf3 h5 $19 {[%csl Rf3] Gegen die schwarze Drohung 28...
fxe4 hat Weiß keine Verteidigung; zusätzlich steht seine Dame auf f3 sehr
passiv.}) 25... Nh5 26. fxe4 Qe5 27. Rf3 (27. Kh2 f4 28. gxf4 Nxf4 29. Qg3 Rd3
30. Rf3 Rxf3 31. Bxf3 Bd7 $17) {[#]} 27... Nxg3 $1 {[%csl Re4,Gg3][%mdl 64]
Mit diesem Zug gewinnt Schwarz den Bauern in überlegener Stellung zurück.} 28.
Ref2 (28. Rxg3 f4 $19 {[%cal Rf4e3,Rf4g3]}) 28... Nxe4 (28... f4 29. Qxa7 Nxe4
30. Nxe4 Bxe4 31. Re2 Qf5 $19) 29. Nxe4 Bxe4 $19 30. Rf4 g5 {[%csl Rf4]} 31.
Qg3 (31. Rxf5 Rxf5 32. Rxf5 Qxf5 33. Bxe4 Rd1+ 34. Kg2 Qf1+ 35. Kh2 Qf4+ $19)
31... Qg7 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 33rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2005.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ {Eine sehr populäre Variante in
Großmeisterturnieren. Schwarz stört die weiße Entwicklung.} 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2
O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4 b6 9. Nc3 Ba6 (9... Bb7 10. Rc1 Nh5 11. Be3 (11. Bxb8 Qxb8
$5 12. Ne5 Nf6 13. e3 Rd8 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. f4 g6 16. g4 Nd7 17. Qe1 {1/2-1/2
Khalifman,A-Adams,M/Izmir 2004/CBM 104}) 11... Nf6 12. Qb3 Nbd7 13. cxd5 cxd5
14. Rc2 Nb8 15. Ne5 Nbd7 16. Nd3 Nb8 17. Nb4 Qd6 18. a3 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20.
Rfc1 Qd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sakaev,K-Sargissian,G/Moscow 2005/(25)}) 10. cxd5 cxd5
11. Rc1 Nc6 $6 {Dieser extravagante Springerzug wurde zuerst in der Partie
Ponomariov,R - Topalov,V Sofia 2005 gespielt. Wahrscheinlich bieten die
Alternativen 11...Qe8, oder 11...Bb7!? Schwarz ohne Komplikationen viel
bessere Ausgleichchancen.} (11... Qe8 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Qa4 Qxa4 14. Nxa4 Na6 15.
a3 Rac8 16. Nc3 Nc7 17. Nd3 Nfe8 18. Rfd1 Nd6 {1/2-1/2 Sosonko,G-Karpov,A/
Brussels 1987/CBM 02 (52)}) (11... Bb7 $5 12. Nb5 a6 13. Nc7 Ra7 14. Qa4 Ne4
15. Nb5 Ra8 16. Nc3 b5 17. Qd1 Nc6 18. Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Prusikin,M-Gyimesi,Z/
Miskolc 2004/(18)}) 12. Nxd5 {Die konsequente Fortsetzung, um
Eröffnungsvorteil zu erlangen.} (12. Qa4 Bb7 $11) 12... Qxd5 13. Ne5 Nxd4 14.
Bxd5 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 (15. Kh1 $6 Nxd5 16. Qa4 Bb7 17. Qd7 Rab8 $40) 15... Bxe2
16. Bxa8 Rxa8 {Bis jetzt ist nach 11...Nc6?! alles forciert.} (16... Bxf1 17.
Rc7 $1 $16) 17. Rfe1 Bb5 18. Rc2 Nd5 19. Rec1 Ba6 $146 {Diese Neuerung
entspringt wohl der häuslichen Analyse Topalovs.} (19... Bc5 {[%csl Gc5]} 20.
Bd2 f6 $5 (20... a5 $1 21. Rxc5 (21. b3 f6 22. Nc4 a4 23. b4 Bd4 $132) 21...
bxc5 22. Rxc5 Rb8 23. Bxa5 f6 24. Nf3 Be2 $11) 21. b4 $1 Bf8 22. Ng4 Rd8 $6 (
22... Kf7 $142) 23. Rc8 Rd7 {[#]} 24. Nh6+ $1 {Ein wirklich unerwartetes
Springeropfer.} gxh6 25. Bxh6 Rf7 26. Rd8 {[%csl Rf7,Rf8,Rg8] Die schwarzen
Figuren sind gefesselt.} Ne7 27. Rc7 {1-0 Ponomariov,R-Topalov,V/Sofia 2005/
CBM 107/[Ribli Zoltan] (40)}) 20. Bd2 f6 21. Nc4 $1 $14 {[%cal Gc4e3,Ge3d5]
[%mdl 32] Weiß verfolgt eine sinnvolle Strategie: er möchte den starken
d5-Springer tauschen.} (21. Nc6 Bd6) 21... Rd8 22. a3 Kf7 23. Ne3 h5 $2 (23...
Bd6 $142 $1 24. Nxd5 exd5 25. Bf4 (25. Bb4 Bb8) 25... Bxf4 26. gxf4 d4 27. Rc7+
Ke6 $1 28. Rxa7 Be2 $132) 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Bb4 $1 Bd8 (25... Bxb4 26. axb4 $16
{[%cal Gc2c7]}) 26. Rc6 $1 {[%cal Gc6d6,Gd6d5,Gd6d8] Um mit 27.Rd6 die Türme
zu tauschen.} Be2 27. Rd6 Rxd6 28. Bxd6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Schwarz hat nur einen
Bauern für die Qualität und mit guter Spieltechnik kann Weiß seinen Vorteil
verwerten.} Ke8 29. Bb8 $1 {Mit diesem Zug provoziert Weiß die Schwächung des
schwarzen Damenflügels.} a5 30. Bc7 Bf3 31. Rc3 (31. Bxd8 Kxd8 32. Rc3 $16)
31... Bd5 32. f4 Kd7 33. Bxd8 Kxd8 34. Kf2 Kd7 35. Ke3 e5 (35... Kd6 36. Rc8
$16) (35... Bb7 $142) 36. fxe5 fxe5 37. Rc1 $1 {[%cal Gc1f1,Gf1f8]} a4 (37...
g6 38. Rf1 Ke7 39. b4 axb4 40. axb4 Bb7 41. Ra1 Kd6 42. Ra7 Kc7 43. h4 Kc8 (
43... Kb8 44. Ra1 Kc7 45. Rf1 $1 $18) 44. b5 Kc7 45. Rxb7+ $1 Kxb7 46. Ke4 $18)
38. Rf1 {[%cal Rf1f5,Rf5h5,Rf5e5]} Ke6 39. Rf8 $18 {[%csl Gf8][%cal Rf8b8,
Rb8b6] Das Eindringen des Turms auf der schwarzen Grundlinie entscheidet die
Partie.} b5 40. Rg8 Kf6 41. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 1st"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2005.05.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ {Eine sehr populäre Variante in
Großmeisterturnieren; Schwarz stört die übliche weiße Entwicklung.} 5. Bd2 Be7
6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4 b6 9. Nc3 Ba6 (9... Bb7 10. Rc1 Nh5 11. Bxb8 (11.
Be3 Nf6 12. Qb3 Nbd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc2 Nb8 15. Ne5 Nbd7 16. Nd3 Nb8 17. Nb4
Qd6 18. a3 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Rfc1 Qd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sakaev,K-Sargissian,G/
Moscow 2005/(25)}) 11... Qxb8 $5 (11... Rxb8 12. Ne5 a6 $5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14.
Na4 Nf6 15. Qb3 Ba8 16. e3 Nd7 17. Nd3 a5 $1 {1/2-1/2 Roiz,M-Macieja,B/Cesme
92/(470) 2004/Inf 92/[Roiz,M] (25)}) 12. Ne5 Nf6 13. e3 Rd8 14. cxd5 cxd5 15.
f4 g6 16. g4 Nd7 17. Qe1 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Adams,M/Izmir 2004/CBM 104}) 10.
cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Nc6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 4] Eine interessante Neuerung - Schwarz
fürchtet nicht den Bauernverlust.} (11... Qe8 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Qa4 Qxa4 14. Nxa4
Na6 15. a3 Rac8 16. Nc3 Nc7 17. Nd3 Nfe8 18. Rfd1 Nd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sosonko,
G-Karpov,A/Brussels 1987/CBM 02 (52)}) (11... Bb7 12. Nb5 a6 (12... Nc6 13. Ne5
Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxd8 Bxd8 17. Rfd1 a6 18. Nd6 Bd5 19. a3 f6
20. Rc3 b5 21. h4 {1/2-1/2 Sturua,Z-Rodriguez Cespedes,A/Yerevan 1996/EXT 97 
(65)}) 13. Nc7 Ra7 14. Qa4 Ne4 15. Nb5 Ra8 16. Nc3 b5 17. Qd1 Nc6 18. Ne5 {
1/2-1/2 Prusikin,M-Gyimesi,Z/Miskolc 2004/(18)}) 12. Nxd5 {Das ist die
konsequente Fortsetzung.} (12. Qa4 Bb7 $11) 12... Qxd5 13. Ne5 {[%cal Rg2a8]}
Nxd4 $8 14. Bxd5 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 $1 {Weiß muss die Dame zurückgeben, sonst
gerät er in eine zu passive Stellung.} (15. Kh1 $6 Nxd5 16. Qa4 Bb7 17. Qd7
Rab8 $40) 15... Bxe2 16. Bxa8 Rxa8 $1 (16... Bxf1 17. Rc7 $1 $16) 17. Rfe1 Bb5
18. Rc2 $1 {[%cal Ge1c1,Gc1c8]} Nd5 $13 {Schwarz hat zwei Bauern für die
Qualität und das Läuferpaar. Anderseits besitzt Weiß seine zwei Türme und wenn
er in die schwarze Stellung eindringen kann, sind seine Gewinnaussichten
besser.} 19. Rec1 Bc5 {[%csl Gc5]} 20. Bd2 f6 $5 {Schwarz spielt auf Gewinn -
im Falle von 20...a5 hätte Schwarz das Remis erreichen können.} (20... a5 21.
Rxc5 bxc5 22. Rxc5 Rb8 23. Bxa5 f6 24. Nf3 Be2 $11) 21. b4 $1 Bf8 (21... Nxb4
22. Bxb4 Bxb4 23. Rc8+ Rxc8 24. Rxc8+ Bf8 25. Nc6 Bxc6 (25... a5 26. Nd8 $1)
26. Rxc6 $14) (21... Bxb4 22. Bxb4 fxe5 23. Rc8+ Rxc8 24. Rxc8+ Kf7 25. Bd6 e4
26. Be5) 22. Ng4 Rd8 $6 (22... Nxb4 23. Rc8 Rxc8 24. Rxc8 Nxa2 25. Nxf6+ gxf6
26. Bh6 $16) (22... Bxb4 23. Bxb4 Nxb4 24. Rc8+ Rxc8 25. Rxc8+ Kf7 26. Rc7+ Kg6
27. Rxa7 $16) (22... Kf7 $142) 23. Rc8 $14 Rd7 24. Nh6+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Ein
wirklich unerwartetes Springeropfer.} gxh6 25. Bxh6 Rf7 26. Rd8 {[%csl Rf7,Rf8,
Rg8] Die schwarzen Figuren sind gefesselt.} Ne7 {[%cal Ge7g6]} (26... Ba6 27.
b5 Bb7 (27... Bxb5 28. Rcc8 $18) 28. Rb8 $22) 27. Rc7 {Droht 28.Rxe7 Rxe7 29.
Rxf8#.} Ng6 28. Rcc8 e5 29. f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4f5,Rf5g6]} (29. f3 Bd7 30. Rb8 Bh3
$8 {Sonst kommt Weiß mit 31.h4 und 32.h5.}) 29... Bd7 (29... exf4 30. gxf4 f5
31. Kf2 (31. h4 Be2) 31... Bd7 (31... Ba6 32. Rb8 $18) 32. Rb8 $18 {[%cal
Rh2h4,Rh4h5]}) 30. Ra8 Bh3 {Der Läufer muss den h-Bauern blockieren.} 31. Kf2
b5 (31... Bf5 32. h4 Bg4 33. h5 Bxh5 34. f5 $18) (31... e4 32. a4 $1 f5 33. a5
bxa5 34. bxa5 Bg4 35. a6 $1 Bh3 36. Ke3 Bg4 (36... Bf1 37. h4) 37. Rdb8 Bh3 38.
Rb7 $18 {[%csl Ra7]}) 32. Rdb8 $22 {Schwarz befindet sich in Zugzwang.} exf4
33. gxf4 Bd7 34. h4 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Rh4h5,Rh5g6,Ra8g8]} Bc6 35. h5 Bxa8 36.
hxg6 hxg6 37. Rxa8 $22 $18 {Schwarz hat einen Bauern mehr, aber steht auf
Verlust, ihm bleiben nur einige Bauernzüge.} f5 38. Kg3 a6 39. Kh4 Rg7 40. Kg5
$1 {[%csl Ga8,Rf8,Gg5,Rg7,Rg8,Gh6]} 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 32nd"]
[Site "Cienfuegos"]
[Date "1997.05.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Borges Matos, Juan R"]
[Black "Schlosser, Philipp"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. d4 e6 (6... cxd4 {
In dieser Zugfolge kann Schwarz sofort ausgegleichen, aber ich glaube, der
deutsche Spieler wollte eine kompliziertere Variante spielen. Ribli.} 7. Nxd4
Ndb4 8. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Nxc6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 {[%csl Rc6] In dieser Stellung
hat Schwarz einen schwachen Bauern auf c6, aber sein Läuferpaar kompensiert
diesen Nachteil. Der weiße Traum ist bei dieser Bauernstruktur ein Endspiel
mit Nc5 gegen Bc8. Ribli.}) 7. O-O Be7 (7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 $14
{[%csl Rc6] Schwarz hat einen aktiven Springer auf d5, aber eine Schwäche auf
c6. Weiß steht etwas besser und strebt ein Endspiel an. Ribli.}) 8. dxc5 Bxc5
9. a3 (9. Qc2 Qe7 (9... Be7 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. a3 O-O 12. e4 Nf6 13. Be3 Qa5 14.
Nc3 Ng4 15. Bf4 Bc5 16. Rf1 Nd4 17. Qd1 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 e5 19. b4 Bxf2+ 20. Rxf2
Qb6 21. Bd2 f5 22. Nd5 Qxf2+ 23. Qxf2 Nxf2 24. Kxf2 Be6 25. Nc7 Rad8 26. Bg5 {
Ribli,Z-Pomar Salamanca,A/Las Palmas 1974/1-0 (45)}) 10. a3 a5 (10... O-O 11.
b4 Bb6 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Rfc8 15. Rfd1 Rc7 16. Qd2 {1-0 Ribli,
Z-Unzicker,W/BL8586 1986 (34)}) 11. Nbd2 Nc7 12. Ne4 (12. e4 Nb5 {[%csl Rd4]})
12... Ba7 13. Rd1 {[%csl Rd6]} O-O 14. Nd6 f6 15. Nxc8 Raxc8 16. Bd2 Kh8 17. e3
$14 {Horvath,Jo-Csiszar,Cs/Zalakaros 1996. Weiß hat einen kleinen Vorteil, er
hat das Läuferpaar und eine feste Stellung. Schwarz hat einige Schwächn am
Damenflügel. Ribli.}) 9... O-O 10. Qc2 (10. b4 $5 Bb6 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. e4 Nf6
13. e5 Nd5 14. Nbd2 Rd8 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. Ne4 Bc7 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Rac1 Bb8 19.
Rc4 Be8 20. Rdc1 a6 21. h4 Na7 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxc8 Nxc8 24. Neg5 Ncb6 25.
Nxh7 {[#]} Kxh7 26. Ng5+ Kg8 27. Qh5 Qc7 28. Bd4 Nd7 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Qh7+ Kf8
31. e6 {1-0 Ribli,Z-Unzicker,W/BL9495 1995}) 10... Bb6 $5 {Nach meiner Meinung
ist das eine interessante Idee. Der schwarze Läufer steht aktiv auf b6. Ribli.}
(10... Be7 11. Rd1 $14) 11. Rd1 (11. Nbd2 $5 {[%cal Rd2c4]}) (11. Nbd2 Qe7 12.
Nc4 Bc7 13. b4 Nb6 {Todorcevic,M-Permuy,C/La Coruna TH op 1995/1/2-1/2 (59)})
11... Bd7 (11... Qe7 12. b4 Qc7 (12... Bd7 13. Bb2 Rac8 14. Qb3 Rfd8 15. Nbd2
Be8 16. Nc4 Bc7 17. Rac1 {Kandyba,L-Kron,V/URS-sf Voronez 1991/1-0 (59)}) 13.
Bb2 Ne5 14. Qe4 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 {1-0 Marin,M-Rea Villalba,R/Sevilla op 1994 (27)
}) 12. e4 {Weiß kann den Springer auf d5 mit Tempo vertreiben. Allerdings wird
nun der Punkt d4 schwach. Ribli.} (12. Nbd2 $2 Bxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Qb6+ 14. Ke1 Ne3
$19) 12... Nde7 13. Nc3 (13. Bf4 $14 {[%csl Rd6]}) 13... e5 14. Be3 $5 {
Weiß muß den gefährlichen Läufer tauschen. Die Doppelbauern kontrollieren alle
wichtige Punkte im Zentrum. Ribli.} Bxe3 15. fxe3 {[%csl Yd4,Yd5]} Qc8 16. Nd5
{[%csl Gd5]} Bg4 (16... Nxd5 $2 17. exd5 {[%csl Re5]}) 17. Rac1 Rd8 18. b4 Nxd5
(18... a6 $2 19. Nb6) 19. exd5 Ne7 20. Qd3 (20. e4 Qxc2 21. Rxc2 f5 22. h3 fxe4
23. hxg4 exf3 24. Bxf3 Nc8 $13 {[%cal Rc8d6]}) (20. Qe4 Qf5 $11) 20... Qf5 $8
21. e4 Qf6 {Weiß hat einen starken Zentrumsbauern auf d5, aber Schwarz kann
ihn später mit Nc8-d6 blockieren. Anderseits besitzt der weiße "katalanische
"Läufer auf g2 wenig Wirkung. Ribli.} 22. Rf1 Bxf3 $1 {Eine gute strategische
Entscheidung. Schwarz gibt seinen Läufer auf, um das weiße Springermanöver
Nd2-c4 zu verhindern. In den folgenden Zügen kann Schwarz den weißen d-Bauern
mit dem Springer blockieren und erlangt eine feste Stellung. Ribli.} 23. Bxf3
Nc8 {[%csl Gd6]} 24. Rc5 Nd6 25. Bg4 $13 {Das ist eine leere Diagonale,aber
Weiss kann die moegliche Rc8 vermeiden.Ribli.} Qg5 26. Bf5 Re8 (26... Nxf5 $2 {
Das wäre ein strategischer Fehler. Ribli.} 27. Rxf5 $14) 27. h4 $6 {Diese Zug
gefällt mir gar nicht. Weiß schwächt nur seine Königsstellung für nichts.
Ribli.} (27. Kg2) 27... Qd8 28. Bh3 Qb6 29. Bg2 a5 $1 $15 {[%cal Ya8a2] Mit
diesem Zug, der seinen Turm aktiviert, übernimmt Schwarz die Führung der
Partie. Ribli.} 30. Rb1 {[%cal Yb6g1]} axb4 31. axb4 Ra2 {[%csl Ga2][%cal
Ya2h2]} 32. Kh1 h5 $1 {[%csl Rg4] Schwarz hat Positionsvorteil.Mit diesem Zug
er befestigt der Punkt g4.Ribli.} 33. Rc2 Ra4 34. Qc3 $2 (34. Qb3 Rea8 $15)
34... Rc8 $17 35. Qxc8+ {Weiß ist strategisch verloren. Mit diesem Zug
versucht er im Trüben zu fischen. Ribli.} (35. Qd2 Rxc2 36. Qxc2 Rxb4 37. Rxb4
Qxb4 $17 {[%csl Gd6,Rg2] Obwohl Schwarz nur einen Bauern mehr hat, ist der
Vorteil ganz einfach zu realisieren. Das Zusammenspiel der Dame mit dem
Springer plusVormarsch des b-Bauern garantieren früher oder später den
schwarzen Gewinn. Ribli.}) 35... Nxc8 36. Rxc8+ Kh7 37. Rf1 Rxb4 38. Rxf7 Rb1+
39. Rf1 (39. Kh2 Qg1+ 40. Kh3 Rb2 $19) 39... Rxf1+ 40. Bxf1 Qb1 41. Kg1 Qxe4 {
Weiß hat nur - als letzte Hoffnung - den Bauern d5. Wenn er diesen Bauern
vorziehen kann, wäre das eine wirkliche Gefahr für Schwarz. Andererseits hat
Schwarz eine sehr aktive, wirksame Dame im Zentrum. Ribli.} 42. Bg2 (42. d6
Qd4+ $19) 42... Qg4 {[%cal Rg4c8,Rg4g3]} 43. Rc1 (43. Rc3 Qd4+ $19) 43... Qxg3
44. Rd1 (44. d6 Qe3+ $19) 44... Qg4 (44... Qxh4 45. d6) 45. Rd3 (45. Rd2 Qxh4
46. d6 Qe1+ $19) 45... Qc4 (45... e4 46. Rd4 {[%csl Re4]}) 46. Re3 (46. Rd1 Qe2
) 46... Qd4 47. Kf2 Qxh4+ 48. Ke2 Qc4+ 49. Kf2 Qd4 50. Ke2 b5 $19 {Schwarz hat
noch drei Mehrbauern, und der weiße d-Bauer kann immer noch nicht vorrücken.
Ribli.} 51. Rd3 Qc4 52. Ke3 (52. d6 e4 $19) 52... Qc5+ 53. Ke2 Qd6 54. Be4+ g6
55. Rc3 Qb4 (55... b4 $6 56. Rc6 {[%csl Rg6]}) 56. Rc7+ Kh6 57. Ke3 Qe1+ (57...
Qe1+ 58. Kf3 (58. Kd3 Qf2 $19) 58... Qd2 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 33rd"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2017.10.14"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Danchevski, Orce"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[BlackTeam "Gambit Aseko See"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. Nf3 d5 {My opponent has more experience in various KID systems, but this
move didn't came as a real susrprise.} 2. g3 {A decade ago, the Reti occupied
a major part in my opening repertoire. Nowadays, almost all the top players
have experience with this somewhat ''modest'' move.} c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Nc6
5. d4 e6 {A solid choice.} ({Another interesting option is:} 5... cxd4 6. Nxd4
e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. c4 Be6 {- The resulting reversed Grünfeld doesn't
guarantee White any advantage, even though the extra tempo is significant.}) 6.
c4 Be7 (6... dxc4 {would transpose to one of major systems of the Catalan.}) 7.
dxc5 (7. cxd5 exd5 {leads to the Classical Tarrasch.}) 7... Bxc5 ({In the
event of} 7... O-O 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Be3 {it would be not easy for Black to
regain the pawn. For instance,} Ng4 10. Bd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Be6 12. Nbd2 Bf6 13.
Qb4 $16 {Andreikin,D - Robson,R Moscow RUS 2012}) 8. a3 $5 {This time I didn't
want to release the tension in the centre and unlock the diagonal for my
opponent's light-squared bishop. Obviously, White's main idea is seizing a
space on the q-side and completing development of all the queenside pieces.}
O-O ({After} 8... dxc4 9. Qa4 {White manages to regain the pawn and keep some
pressure along the long diagonal:} O-O 10. Qxc4 Be7 11. Nc3 e5 12. Rd1 Be6 13.
Qb5 Qb8 (13... Qc7 14. Be3 Rad8 15. Ng5 Bd7 16. Qd3 $14 {Lysyj,I - Kachar,V
Voronezh 2004}) 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Qxc5 $14
{Piorun,K - Berelowitsch,A Dresden GER 2014}) (8... a5 9. cxd5 exd5 {is well
met by} 10. Qc2 $1 {, making the d1-square vacant for the rook:} Bb6 11. Bg5 h6
12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Qb3 $1 Qd8 15. Rfd1 d4 16. Qb5 O-O 17. Na4 Ra6
18. Rac1 $16 {Bogdanovich,S - Kovalevskaya,E Moscow RUS 2015}) 9. b4 Be7 10.
Bb2 $6 {This inaccurate move enables Black to enter into favourable
complications.} ({A better way of handling the position seems to be} 10. Nbd2
$1 b6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. e4 Nc7 15. Qb3 Qd7 16. Nc4 $36
{Postny,E - Gindi,S Leiden NED 2015}) 10... Bd7 $6 {Returning the favour! Now
Black is doomed to a passive defence in an unpleasant position - the Bd7 is
still clearly misplaced!} ({Much more challenging was} 10... dxc4 $1 11. Nbd2 (
{In case of} 11. Qc2 Bd7 {The vulnerable location of White's queen allows
Black to fully consolidate:} 12. Qxc4 b5 $1 13. Qd3 Qb6 14. Nbd2 Rfd8 15. Rac1
Rac8 $11 {Raspor,G - Susnik,M Kranj SLO 1999}) 11... Qc7 $1 12. Rc1 (12. Nxc4
Nxb4 13. axb4 Qxc4 14. Ne5 {offers White sufficient compensation for a pawn,
but hardly more.}) 12... b5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 $1 ({But not} 13... Nd5 $2 14. Ndxc4
bxc4 15. Rxc4 Qxe5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Qxd5 Nxc4 19. Qxa8 Nxa3 20.
Qxa7 Bxb4 21. Qa4 Be7 22. Ra1 $18 {Kraai,J - Akobian,V Tulsa 2008}) 14. Bxa8
Ned7 15. Bg2 Bb7 {with very double-edged play.}) 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. Rc1 Nb8 $146
{Obviously, this awkward retreat shouldn't make Black's position harmonious.
However, Orce was desperately looking for any counterplay.} ({The previously
played} 12... a6 {is hardly much better:} 13. Nb3 dxc4 14. Rxc4 Nb8 15. Rxc8
Qxc8 16. Qb1 Bc6 17. Rc1 $36 {Kengis,E - Ginsburg,G Zurich SUI 2003}) 13. Ne5 {
The knight's move looks most tempting,} ({Though} 13. Qb3 $5 {was also good
enough:} dxc4 14. Nxc4 Bc6 15. Rfd1 Bd5 16. Nfe5 Qe8 17. h4 $16) 13... a5 $6 {
This natural move was played rapidly, but it turns out to be a decisive
mistake!} ({Black should rarher have chosen} 13... Bc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Nb3
$16) (13... Be8 14. Qb3 Nbd7 15. Rfd1 $16 {- White is much better in both
cases, but lots of play lie ahead.}) 14. b5 {The pawn structure which arises
leaves no good prospects for the Bd7.} Be8 {This move makes a poor impression,
but Black lacks any other adequate ideas.} 15. a4 Nbd7 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 ({There
was no hope after} 16... Nxd7 17. cxd5 Rxc1 18. Bxc1 exd5 19. Nb3 Nf6 20. e4 $1
Nxe4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Qxd8 Bxd8 23. Ba3 $18) 17. cxd5 $6 {This natural
exchange could have spoiled the lion's part of my positional advantage.} ({
A much stronger move was} 17. e4 $1 dxe4 (17... Bb4 18. Qe2 dxc4 19. Nxc4 $18)
18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 b6 20. Qd3 f5 21. Bf3 Qc7 22. Rfd1 Rcd8 23. Qe3 Bc8 24.
Be5 Qc5 25. Qc3 $18) 17... Nxd5 $2 {This move loses on the spot.} ({The correct
} 17... exd5 $1 18. Nb3 Rc4 $1 19. Bxf6 (19. Rxc4 dxc4 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nc5
Bc8 $16) 19... Bxf6 20. Qxd5 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 b6 $16 {would make White's
technical task much tougher.}) 18. Nc4 $1 $18 {Now Black is almost paralysed.}
b6 ({Or} 18... Bb4 19. e4 Nc3 20. Bxc3 Rxc4 21. Bxb4 Rxb4 22. e5 $18) 19. Qd2 {
Everything is simple - all White's pieces are getting active, whereas Black is
stuck with a poor Bd7.} Bc5 20. Rfd1 Rc7 ({The more natural} 20... Qe7 {
runs into} 21. e4 Nf6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. e5 $1 ({Only not} 23. Qxd7 $2 Rfd8 24.
Qb7 Bxf2+ 25. Kh1 Rxc4 $19) 23... Qf5 24. Qxd7 Bxf2+ 25. Kh1 $18 {, and White
is a major piece up.}) 21. Be5 Ra7 22. Bd4 {Exchanging the only defender of
Black's position.} Qe7 23. Bxc5 bxc5 ({After} 23... Qxc5 {White would have a
wide choice of winning possibilities, such as} 24. e4 ({Or} 24. Bxd5 exd5 25.
Ne3 Qd6 26. Nxd5 $18) 24... Nf6 25. e5 Nd5 26. Ne3 Qa3 27. Bxd5 exd5 28. Nxd5
$18) 24. e4 Nb4 25. Qd6 {Black ran out of time, but the position is absolutely
lost anyway.} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.21"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mednyi Vsadnik"]
[BlackTeam "Siberia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Ne5 Qd6 $5 {
Vladimir Kramnik employs the rather rare continuation. As usual, it was played
after deep home preparation and came as a real surprise for Peter.} ({The main
alternatives here are:} 7... c5) ({and} 7... Nc6) 8. Nxc4 {The most natural
reply.} ({The resulting position offers different interesting possibilities
for both sides. For instance, White could have opted for} 8. O-O $5 Rd8 9. Bg5
h6 (9... c5 $5) 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Ne4 Qxd4 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Nxc4 {with
sufficient compensation for a pawn.}) 8... Qa6 {A very concrete approach -
White has to waste a tempo on protecting the knight, while Black is ready to
put pressure on White's centre along the d-file.} 9. Qb3 {After this move
White is well prepared to meet the standard c7-c5 advance, but the
vulnerablity of the Pd4 offers Black more counterplay.} ({After} 9. Qa4 Rd8 10.
e3 c5 (10... Nd5 $6 11. Qxa6 Nxa6 12. O-O Rb8 13. Rd1 Nb6 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. e4
$14 {1/2 Gnusarev,P (2357)-Lutz,C (2596)/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104 (32)}) 11. dxc5
Nfd7 12. O-O Nxc5 13. Qxa6 Nbxa6 14. b3 Rb8 {Black should be able to solve the
problem of passive Bc8 and equalise.}) ({Black's idea is well illustrated in
the following line:} 9. b3 Rd8 10. O-O c5 11. a4 Bd7 ({After} 11... cxd4 12.
Nb5 Ne8 13. Ba3 Bxa3 14. Nbxa3 $44 {White gets full compensation.}) 12. dxc5
Bc6 13. Qc2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Bxc5 $11 {with comfortable equality.}) 9... Nc6 10.
e3 {The most natural way of protecting the pawn.} ({After} 10. Be3 Nd5 11. O-O
Nxe3 12. fxe3 Na5 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 $132 {White has some compensation for an
exposed pawn structure, but hardly more.}) 10... Rb8 {Obviously, this move is
aimed at solving the problem of the passive light-squared knight. The
vulnerable state of White's queen gives Black an additional tempo for the
fianchetto.} 11. Qb5 ({Black shouldn't face any problems in the event of} 11.
O-O b5 12. Nd2 Na5 13. Qc2 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Nce4 Be7 $11 {- Vaulin,A (2515)
-Ivanovic,B (2470)/Podgorica 1993}) ({The consistent attempt to reduce Black's
q-side activity by means of} 11. a4 {is well met by} b5 $1 12. Nxb5 Bd7 13. O-O
(13. Rb1 Na5 14. Nxa5 Bxb5 15. axb5 Rxb5 16. Qc2 Bb4+ 17. Bd2 Bxd2+ 18. Qxd2
Rxa5 $11) 13... Nxd4 14. exd4 Bxb5 15. axb5 Qxa1 16. Ne5 Bd6 17. Nc6 Qa6 $1 (
17... Rb6 18. Bg5 Qa6 19. bxa6 Rxb3 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nxa7 Rxb2 22. Ra1 c5) 18.
Nxb8 Rxb8 $11) 11... Qxb5 12. Nxb5 Nb4 $146 {A logical novelty - the Nc6 was
clearly misplaced, so Vladimir removes in order to free a way for the c-pawn.}
(12... Bd7 13. O-O Na5 14. Nxa5 Bxb5 15. Rd1 Nd5 16. Bd2 b6 17. Nb3 a5 $11 {
1/2 Pedersen,S (2390)-Wells,P (2485)/Budapest 1993/CBM 036 ext (42)}) ({
Another decent way of handling the position is:} 12... a6 $5 13. Nc3 (13. Nxc7
$2 b5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Ng4 $17 {[%csl Rc7]}) 13... b5 14. Bxc6 bxc4 15.
O-O Bb7 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 $11) 13. O-O Bd7 14. Nc3 Rfc8 $1 {Black reasonably
doesn't hurry with the c6-c5 advance.} ({After} 14... c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. a3
Nbd5 17. Bd2 Rfc8 18. Rac1 $14 {White's position would be preferable.}) 15. a3
Nbd5 16. Bd2 c5 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. Ne5 Be8 $11 {Black has successfully solved
all the opening problems.} 19. Nxd5 ({After} 19. Nd3 Rcc8 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21.
Bxd5 exd5 22. Nf4 Bg5 $11 {White cannot put any pressure on the isolated pawn.}
) 19... Nxd5 20. Rfc1 Rxc1+ {Vladimir doesn't mind exchanging the rooks, since
White has no squares for penetration along the c-file.} ({There was nothing
wrong with} 20... Rcc8 $11) 21. Rxc1 Bf6 22. Nc4 {The knight is obliged to
leave the central square.} ({Quite risky from the strategic point of view is:} 
22. f4 Bxe5 23. fxe5 Bc6 $11) 22... Rd8 {The position is balanced now, but
White has to take care of the Pb2 now.} 23. b4 {The first step in a wrong
direction.} ({The safest way to equality was:} 23. e4 Nb6 24. Nxb6 axb6 25. Bc3
Bxc3 26. bxc3 e5 27. Bf1 Bc6 28. f3 Ra8 29. Ra1 $11) 23... b5 24. Na5 Nb6 {
Black's pieces are somewhat more active now, but White's position remains very
solid.} 25. Bc3 {A correct choice.} (25. Rc2 {was too passive:} Nc4 26. Bc1
Rd1+ 27. Bf1 a6 $15) 25... Rc8 ({Black achieves nothing after} 25... Bxc3 26.
Rxc3 Rd1+ 27. Bf1 Kf8 28. Kg2 $11) 26. Bc6 ({Obviously, Peter didn't like} 26.
Bd2 Bb2 27. Rxc8 Nxc8 {and the pawn is gone. However, it looks like after} 28.
Nc6 Bxa3 29. Bc3 f6 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. Ke2 $11) 26... Bxc6 27. Bxf6 Bd5 $1 {
The resulting position is almost symmetrical, but White is in definite danger,
since the Na5 is out of moves.} 28. Rxc8+ Nxc8 {[%csl Ra5]} 29. Bd4 f6 30. Bc5
{Black's knight is now restricted by the bishop, but the b6-square is still
vacant.} Kf7 31. Kf1 e5 ({It was worth considering} 31... g5 $5 {seizing more
space on the k-side and intending to occupy the weak light squares later on.})
32. Ke2 Ke6 33. f3 f5 34. h4 g6 35. Kf2 Nb6 36. g4 $6 {Inviting more troubles
- opening up the position would suit Black here.} ({A much safer move was} 36.
f4 Nc8 37. Ke2 a6 38. Kd2 Nd6 39. Bxd6 Kxd6 40. Kd3 h6 41. Kc3 Ke6 42. Kd3 Kf6
43. Kc3 $11) 36... fxg4 37. fxg4 h5 $1 {Vladimir immediately takes advantage
of White's inaccuracy - now Black's king gets much more space.} 38. Kg3 {
The best reply.} (38. gxh5 $6 {is worse:} gxh5 39. Ke2 Kf5 40. Kd3 Nc8 41. Bf8
a6 42. Bc5 Ba8 $17 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gf5g4]}) 38... Na4 {Vladimir sacrifices a
pawn in order to keep the Na5 trapped. Well, this idea was fully justified in
the game, but it is not the best choice from an objective point of view.} ({
The more patient} 38... Kf6 $1 39. Kh3 {would force White to give up a pawn:} (
{Even worse is} 39. gxh5 gxh5 40. Bd6 Kf5 41. Bc7 Nd7 $17 {and Black is
dominating over the board.}) 39... Be6 40. e4 Bxg4+ 41. Kg2 Bd7 $15 {The
limited material balance leaves White definite drawish chances, but a pawn is
a pawn!}) 39. Bxa7 Nc3 {A critical moment.} 40. Bb8 $4 {As often happens in
chess, the last move before passing the time control turns out to be a
decisive mistake.} ({The correct way was:} 40. gxh5 gxh5 41. Bb6 Nd1 ({Black
cannot make progress after} 41... Kf5 42. Kf2 Kg4 43. Bd8 Nb1 44. Ke2 Nxa3 45.
Kd2 $11) 42. e4 $8 (42. Bc5 Kf5) 42... Bxe4 43. Nb3 Bc6 44. Nd2 {The knight is
back into the game, so White should be able to achieve a draw.}) 40... Ne4+ {
The loss of the k-side pawn is fatal here, since the Na5 is still out of play.}
41. Kh3 (41. Kf3 Nf6+ 42. e4 Bxe4+ 43. Ke3 hxg4 $19) 41... Nf2+ 42. Kg3 Nxg4
$19 43. e4 (43. Ba7 {offers no hope either:} Kf5 44. Bc5 Ke4 45. a4 bxa4 46. b5
Nxe3 47. b6 Nc2 48. b7 Bxb7 49. Nxb7 a3 $19) 43... Bxe4 44. Nb3 {The knight is
coming back too late.} Kd5 45. Nd2 Ne3 {Impressive positional play by Vladimir
Kramnik!} 0-1

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
{This way of deviating from the main theoretical lines doesn't promise White
any serious advantage, but definitely leads to fresh, playable positions.} Nc6
(8... e5 9. Nf5 d4 {is a more aggressive way to handle the position.}) 9. Nxc6
bxc6 10. Rd1 Ba6 (10... Qa5 11. b3 Ba6 {provokes White to put the knight on d2
instead of c3. That looks like a concession, but as the following game shows,
Black still has some problems to solve:} 12. Nd2 Qb6 13. Nf3 Rfd8 14. Ne5 Bb7
15. Bb2 c5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. e3 $14 {1-0 (46) Wojtaszek,R (2698)
-Cheparinov,I (2672)/Rhodes GRE 2013}) 11. b3 {The most flexible continuation.}
({The modest-looking} 11. Nd2 {makes Black's task easier:} Qb6 12. b3 Ng4 13.
e3 Bf6 14. Rb1 Rfd8 15. h3 Ne5 16. Bb2 Rac8 $11 {0-1 (35) Wojtkiewicz,A (2525)
-Karpov,A (2775)/Internet 1996/EXT 1998}) 11... Qb6 {The queen isn't really
safe there, but it's quite important to connect the rooks as soon as it is
possible.} 12. Be3 Bc5 ({The alternative is} 12... Qb7 {, but it looks a bit
awkward and hardly offers Black an easy equality:} 13. Bd4 dxc4 14. Nd2 c3 15.
Qxc3 Bxe2 16. Bxc6 Qa6 17. Bxa8 Bxd1 18. Bg2 $14 {0-1 (56) Romanov,E (2627)
-Azarov,S (2667)/Warsaw 2011/CBM 145 Extra}) 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Nd2 (14. Nc3
dxc4 15. e3 Rfd8 16. bxc4 Rab8 $11) 14... Rfd8 {Vladimir Kramnik chooses the
most natural setup for his rooks.} ({The following alternatives didn't offer
him full equality:} 14... e5 15. e3 e4 16. a3 Qb6 17. b4 Ng4 18. Rac1 Rad8 19.
b5 Bb7 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Qc7 $14) (14... Rab8 15. Rac1 Rfc8 16. e3 h6 17. a3 $1
(17. Nf3 dxc4 18. Qc3 Qb6 19. bxc4 c5 $11) 17... Qb6 18. b4 $14) 15. e3 Rac8
16. Rac1 {[%csl Ra6] The position looks approximately equal, but Black has to
solve the problem of the passive bishop.} Qa5 $146 {Freeing the way for the
c-pawn.} (16... Nd7 17. Qc3 Qb6 {as was played in Bromann,T (2355)-Smirnov,I 
(2459)/Krakow 2006 doesn't look like a convincing way to equalise. For
instance,} 18. Nf3 Nc5 19. Nd4 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Ne2 $14 {and White's
position is preferable due to his better pawn structure.}) 17. Nf3 c5 {That
move looks very natural, but now White gets clear targets for an attack.} ({
Possibly, a more accurate move was} 17... h6 $5 {in order to meet} 18. Ne5 (18.
Qb2 dxc4 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. bxc4 c5 21. Ne5 Qd2 $11) {with} 18... Nd7 19. Nxd7
Rxd7 20. Qc3 Qxc3 21. Rxc3 Kf8 {and this endgame looks drawish, though White's
position is somewhat more pleasant.}) 18. cxd5 {Anish prefers to clarify the
pawn structure.} ({That decision could be delayed:} 18. Ne5 $5 h6 19. Qb2 Qb4
20. cxd5 exd5 21. Rc2 $14 {with some pressure on Black's hanging pawns.}) 18...
Nxd5 $5 {Vladimir is trying to prove that some activity of his pieces will
compensate for a weak Pc5.} ({The alternatives were} 18... exd5 19. Ne5 Qb6 {
with a slighlty worse, but very solid position.}) ({and} 18... Rxd5 $5 {
intending to meet} 19. Nd2 {with} Be2 $1 20. Bxd5 Bxd1 21. Rxd1 exd5 $11) 19.
Ne5 (19. a3 c4 20. bxc4 Rxc4 21. Qb2 Rcc8 $1 22. Ne5 Nc3 $1 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24.
Bf3 Qb6 $11) (19. Ng5 Nf6 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $11) 19... h6 {This prophylactic move
definitely makes sense from a human point of view, but it gives White an
important tempo for consolidating.} (19... Nb4 $1 {was stronger:} 20. Qc3 Qb6
21. Qa1 (21. Qb2 f6 22. Nc4 Bxc4 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxc4 Rd1+ 25. Bf1 Qd6 $132)
21... Nd3 22. Nxd3 Bxd3 23. Rd2 c4 $11) 20. Bf3 ({Possibly, it was better to
restrict Black's active possibilities by means of} 20. a3 $5 Qc7 21. Qb2 $14)
20... Qc7 ({It looks like here the more active approach was called for:} 20...
Nb4 $1 {would promise Black excellent chances for equality. For instance,} 21.
Qc3 Qc7 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Rd1 Qf6 $11) 21. Qb2 Bb7 (21... Nb4 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8
23. a3 Nd5 24. Nc4 $14) 22. Rd2 {GM Giri is not in a rush.} ({There was an
interesting opportunity for changing the character of play:} 22. b4 $5 f6 (
22... Qb6 23. b5 Qc7 24. Rd2 $14) 23. Bg4 $1 Qxe5 24. Qxe5 fxe5 25. Bxe6+ Kf8
26. Bxc8 Rxc8 27. Rxc5 Rxc5 28. bxc5 $14) 22... Nf6 23. Bxb7 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Qxb7
{[%csl Rc5] The simplifications didn't really solve Black's permanent problems
with the pawn structure.} 25. Qe2 a5 {A double-edged decision. Obviously,
Vladimir was trying to swap one pair of q-side pawns, but the Pa5 is becoming
a cause of worries.} (25... Qd5 26. Nc4 Rd8 27. f3 $14) 26. Nc4 Ra8 27. Nb2 $14
{White has a small, but stable positional advantage now.} Nd7 28. f4 (28. e4 $5
{also deserved serious attention:} Qb4 29. Rc4 Qb5 30. Qe3 $14) 28... e5 29.
Nc4 $6 {For some reason, Anish allows Black to get a rid of weak Pa5 and
activate the pieces.} ({At the same time, the precise} 29. Qg2 $1 e4 (29... Qa7
30. Rd1 $14) 30. Rc4 f5 31. Qd2 $14 {would put Black under strong positional
pressure.}) 29... a4 30. bxa4 Rxa4 ({After} 30... exf4 31. exf4 Rxa4 32. a3 Nf6
$11 {Black should be OK either.}) 31. fxe5 Qa6 (31... Qe4 {was also possible:}
32. Qc2 Rxc4 33. Qxc4 Qxe3+ 34. Kg2 Nxe5 35. Qxc5 Qf3+ {with an immediate draw
by perpetual.}) 32. Qd3 Qe6 33. Qb3 Ra8 34. Qb2 ({A beautiful end of this game
could be} 34. a4 Nxe5 35. Qb7 Rxa4 {(not the only, but quite an effective
response)} 36. Qb8+ Kh7 37. Nxe5 Rb4 38. Qc7 Rb2 39. Nc4 Qe4 40. Nxb2 Qxe3+ $11
) 34... Ra4 35. Qc2 Ra8 36. Qb2 {White has many weaknesses now, so Anish
doesn't mind calling it a day. However, it looks like Vladimir was quite
ambitious at this moment.} Qd5 ({It was possible to disturb White's king by
means of} 36... h5 37. a3 h4 38. gxh4 {but after} Ra4 39. Qc2 Qg4+ 40. Kh1 $11
{White shouldn't be in any danger.}) 37. a3 Re8 38. Qd2 {White is out of
danger.} Qc6 {After this move Black couldn't avoid an endgame anyway.} (38...
Qxd2 39. Nxd2 Kf8 40. a4 Ra8 41. e6 fxe6 42. Ra1 Ne5 43. a5 Ke7 $11) 39. Qd6
Nxe5 40. Qxc6 Nxc6 {The resulting edngame is equal, but the a-passer requires
some accuracy.} 41. Kf2 Kf8 42. Ke2 Ra8 43. Ra1 Ke7 44. a4 Na5 45. Nb6 {
Now Anish isn't satisfied with a draw!} ({After} 45. Kd3 Ke6 46. Nxa5 Rxa5 47.
Kc4 Ke5 $11 {neither side can make any progress.}) 45... Ra6 46. Nd5+ Kd6 47.
Rd1 Kc6 {There was no need to allow the transfer of opponent's knight to f5.} (
47... Ke5 $11 {was simpler.}) 48. Ne7+ Kc7 49. Rf1 {Black's kingside pawns are
in danger, but Kramnik's posiiton is still quite safe at this moment.} f6 ({
Possibly, the easiest way was connected with exchanging the knights:} 49... Nc6
50. Rxf7 Rxa4 51. h4 Ne5 52. Rxg7 Ra2+ $11) 50. Nf5 Nb3 {The first step in the
wrong direction.} (50... g6 {was better:} 51. Nxh6 Nc6 52. Ra1 c4 53. h4 Ne5
54. a5 Kb7 $132 {with sufficient counterplay.}) 51. Nxg7 c4 52. Ne8+ Kd8 53.
Nxf6 Rxa4 54. Rd1+ Kc8 {The king is far away from White's k-side pawns now.} (
54... Ke7 {was safer} 55. Nd5+ Ke6 56. Nc3 Ra8 {and Black is close to a draw
due to his activity.}) 55. Ne4 Ra2+ 56. Kf3 Rxh2 $1 {Correctly liquadating one
of the opponent's pawns.} (56... Kc7 57. h4 h5 58. Rd5 $16) 57. Nd6+ Kd7 58.
Nxc4+ Ke7 59. e4 {As a result, White is a solid pawn up now. However, the
position remains drawish due to the reduced material balance.} Nc5 60. Ne3 Ne6
61. Nd5+ $1 ({The text move is stronger than} 61. Nf5+ Kf6 62. Rd6 Ke5 63. Rd5+
Kf6 {and White cannot make progress.}) 61... Kf7 62. Ra1 Ng5+ 63. Kf4 (63. Ke3
Rg2 64. Ra7+ Kf8 65. Kf4 Nxe4 66. Kxe4 Rxg3 $11) 63... Rf2+ (63... Re2 $1 {
seems more accurate:} 64. Ra4 Kg6 65. Ne7+ Kf6 66. Ng8+ Kg6 67. Ke5 Nf3+ 68.
Ke6 Ng5+ 69. Kd5 Nf3 $11) 64. Ke5 Nf3+ 65. Kd6 Ng5 66. e5 Ne4+ 67. Kd7 Nc5+ 68.
Kc6 Rc2 $2 {Being tired from a tough defence, Vladimir commits a serious
mistake.} ({It was necessary to prevent White from activating the king:} 68...
Ne4 $1 69. Ra7+ Ke6 70. Re7+ Kf5 71. Ne3+ Kg6 72. Re6+ Kh5 73. Re8 Nxg3 74. e6
Re2 $11) 69. Ra7+ Kg6 $1 {Correctly keeping the king active. The resulting
endgame is extremely complicated, but it looks like Black still has good
drawing chances.} (69... Kf8 70. Ne7 $1 Ne4+ 71. Kd7 Kg7 (71... h5 72. Nf5 Rf2
73. Ra8+ Kf7 74. Nd6+ Nxd6 75. exd6 Rf3 76. Ra5 $18) 72. Ke8 Rb2 73. g4 Rb8+
74. Kd7 Kf8 75. e6 Nf6+ 76. Kc6 Re8 77. Ng6+ Kg8 78. Kd6 $18) 70. Ne7+ $1 (70.
Nf4+ {is less convincing:} Kf5 71. Kd5 {was more promising:} Nd7 72. e6 (72.
Rxd7 Rd2+ 73. Kc6 Rxd7 74. Kxd7 Kxe5 75. Ke7 Kf5 76. Kf7 Kg4 77. Ne2 h5 $11)
72... Nf6+ 73. Kd4 Rd2+ 74. Ke3 Rd8 75. Kf3 Ng8 76. Rd7 Ra8 77. Rf7+ Ke5 $16 {
and Black is in the game.}) 70... Kg5 71. Kd5 Nd3 $1 {Kramnik manages to find
the only way to stay in the game.} (71... Rc3 72. Ra8 $1 Kg4 73. Rc8 Na4 74.
Rg8+ Kf3 75. e6 Nb6+ 76. Kd4 Rc4+ 77. Ke5 $18) 72. Ng8 Nb4+ $1 {The best
practical chance.} ({Black correctly rejects} 72... Kg6 73. e6 Nb4+ 74. Kd6
Rd2+ 75. Kc5 Nd3+ 76. Kd4 Nc1+ 77. Ke4 Re2+ 78. Kd5 Rd2+ 79. Kc6 Rd8 80. Nxh6
$1 Kxh6 81. e7 Rb8 82. Kc7 Rg8 83. Ra3 Ne2 84. Re3 Nd4 85. e8=Q Rxe8 86. Rxe8
$18) 73. Ke6 (73. Kd6 Rc6+ 74. Kd7 {led to the same.}) 73... Rc6+ 74. Kd7 Rc3 {
This move looks natural, but actually it made White's task much easier.} (74...
Rc1 $1 {was much more stubborn:} 75. e6 Nc6 {and here the winning way isn't
trivial at all:} 76. Ra4 $1 (76. Rc7 Ne5+ 77. Kd6 Rxc7 78. Kxc7 Ng6 79. Kc6 Kg4
80. Nxh6+ Kxg3 $11) (76. Rb7 Ne5+ 77. Kd6 Nc4+ 78. Ke7 Ne3 79. Ke8 Nf5 80. Rb5
Kg6 81. Ne7+ Nxe7 82. Kxe7 Rc7+ 83. Kd6 Ra7 84. g4 Kg7 85. Rc5 Kf6 86. Rf5+ Kg7
$11) 76... h5 77. Kd6 Rc3 78. Re4 Rc1 79. Rf4 Na7 80. Nf6 Nc8+ 81. Kd7 Nb6+ 82.
Ke7 Kg6 83. Rf3 Rc6 84. Rd3 Nc8+ 85. Kd7 Kxf6 86. Kxc6 Kxe6 87. Re3+ $18) 75.
e6 Rd3+ (75... Nc6 76. Rb7 Ne5+ 77. Kd6 Nc4+ 78. Kd5 Ne3+ 79. Kd4 Rc6 80. Kxe3
Rxe6+ 81. Kf3 $18) 76. Ke8 Kg6 77. Ra4 $2 {Luckily for Vladimir, White failed
to find the most precise moves until the end.} ({Black would be helpless after
} 77. Rd7 $1 Ra3 (77... Rxg3 78. Kf8 Rf3+ 79. Rf7 $18) 78. e7 Kg7 79. Rd4 $1
Ra8+ (79... Nc6 80. Rg4+ Kh8 81. Nf6 Ra8+ 82. Kf7 Ne5+ 83. Ke6 Nxg4 84. Nxg4
Kg7 85. Nf6 Ra6+ 86. Ke5 $18) 80. Kd7 Kxg8 81. e8=Q+ Rxe8 82. Kxe8 Nc6 83. Re4
Kg7 84. Kd7 Na5 85. Rb4 $18) 77... Nd5 $11 {Now the draw is unavoidable.} 78.
Rg4+ ({Or} 78. Ne7+ Nxe7 79. Kxe7 Rxg3 80. Re4 Rd3 $11) 78... Kf5 79. Nxh6+
Kxe6 80. Re4+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 $5 {This move heads towards
Catalan-like positions.} dxc4 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8
10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 Qc7 {In the 2nd round of the
event, Magnus had this position against Karjakin with a pawn on a3.} 14. O-O-O
$5 $146 {According to Caruana, he found this idea a few months ago.} Ng4 15.
Rd2 {It is more important to cover b2 than to attack the weak c4-pawn.} ({
Another possible way to continue is} 15. Rd4 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Rb8 17. Rhd1 (17.
Rxc4 $4 Qb7) 17... e5 18. Rxc4 Qb6 $11) 15... Nxe3 16. fxe3 Rb8 17. Rhd1 a5 {
This fresh middlegame position is dynamically balanced, but it seems
practically easier to play White rather than Black. The latter has more weak
pawns to take care of and it is better to have the knight in this type of
structure.} (17... e5 $5 {While the engine suggests this, it's difficult to
decide on it otb. It opens up a diagonal for the bishop but it also gives
White's knight a good square on d5.} 18. Nd5 Qb7 19. Qc6 $1 Be6 20. Qxb7 Rxb7
21. Nc3 {with a roughly equal ending, but I think it might be easier to play
for White when one or both pairs of rooks are traded off.}) 18. Kb1 $1 {
Necessary prophylaxis to improve king safety.} h6 {Black does the same by
creating an airhole for his king.} 19. Ka1 Rb4 20. Qc2 Rb8 {Nakamura couldn't
find a way to coordinate his pieces well with a rook on b4 so decided to
reconnect with the other rook.} (20... Bb7 21. Rd7 Qb6 (21... Qe5 22. Qd2) (
21... Qc5 22. Qd2) 22. Qd2 {and in all cases, White has improved his piece
harmony more than Black did.}) 21. Qe4 Bb7 22. Qd4 Ba8 23. e4 (23. Qd7 {
doesn't lead anywhere after} Qb6 24. Qd4 Qc7 25. Qd6 Qa7 $1 $11) 23... Rfc8 24.
Qf2 (24. e5 $5 {Preparing a kingside expansion is an interesting idea here:}
Qb7 (24... Qe7 25. h4 {[%cal Gd4f2,Gg3g4]}) 25. Qf4 Qb6 26. h4 $40 {[%cal
Gg3g4,Rg4g5,Rh4h5]}) 24... Bc6 25. Qc5 $1 {This must've been annoying for
Nakamura to face as it almost forces an ending which makes life more difficult
for Black due to his weak pawns.} Be8 26. Qxc7 Rxc7 27. Rd6 (27. Rd8 $5 Rcc8
28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rd6 $14) 27... Kf8 28. Ra6 Rc5 29. Ra7 $14 {The rook on a7
is both annoying and powerful!} Rbc8 30. Kb1 Rh5 31. h4 Re5 32. Kc2 g5 33. Rf1
{I like this more than the engine's suggestion of letting go of the h-pawn.} (
33. Rd6 Bc6 34. Rd4 Be8 35. Kd2 gxh4 36. gxh4 Rh5 $132) 33... Kg7 ({Now} 33...
gxh4 34. gxh4 Rh5 {can be met with} 35. Rf4 {where White keeps his advantage
without allowing counterplay.}) 34. Rb7 $1 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gc2d2,Gd2e3,Gb7b2,
Gb7b8] An important controlled move to make before bringing the king to the
center.} Kg6 35. Kd2 f5 $2 {Nakamura gets impatient, but it's difficult to
blame him as such positions are difficult to play.} ({The best plan is to try
to get rid of the annoying rook on b7.} 35... Rec5 36. Ke3 (36. Rh1 $5 R5c7 37.
Rxc7 Rxc7 38. hxg5 Kxg5 (38... hxg5 39. Rh8 Bc6 40. Ke3 $14) 39. Rh4) 36...
R5c7 37. Rxc7 (37. Rb6 Rc6) 37... Rxc7) 36. hxg5 fxe4 (36... hxg5 37. Rh1 {
[%cal Rb7h7,Rh1h6] looks scary for Black.} fxe4 38. Ke3 Bc6 39. Rbh7 Kf5 40.
Rg1 Kg4 41. Rh6 $1 $16 {[%cal Re3d4,Rc3d1,Rd1f2]}) 37. Ke3 Bc6 38. Re7 $1 {
Tying down the rook to the defence of e6. It's impressive how accurately
Caruana is playing here!} Rxg5 (38... hxg5 39. Kd4 {A nice picture of the king,
with his troops, capturing an enemy rook in the middle of the board.} Rf5 40.
Rxe6+ $18) 39. Rxe6+ Kg7 {Now there's more than one way that leads to Rome as
Black's pawns simply drop off and his pieces are severely lacking coordination.
} 40. Re7+ Kg6 41. Rd1 Kf6 (41... Rxg3+ 42. Kf4 Rg2 43. Rd6+ Kh5 44. Re5+ Rg5
45. Ree6 $18) 42. Ra7 Ke6 43. Rh1 h5 44. g4 $1 {The last small tactic or
tactical blow, whatever you like to call it leads to a nice win for White!} Be8
45. gxh5 Bxh5 46. Nxe4 {The power of centralisation.} Rf5 47. Ra6+ Ke7 48. Nd6
Re5+ 49. Kd4 {Black is suffering too much material loss, so he resigned.  A
nice opening idea and controlled technical play by Caruana. It's an
interesting coincidence that he used an opening and style that Magnus used to
win earlier in the event, almost as if he is saying "Whatever you can do, I
can do!"} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I really, really needed to do well at Tata Steel Chess this year.  First, I
have been coming here since I was sixteen years old and my goal has always
been to rise to the A group and win it. Okay, I finally got into A group when
I was twenty, but when oh when, was I ever going to win it? The field gets
stronger every year and this year was the fiercest competition ever. If I
didn’t make a big push right now, if it didn’t happen for me this year …
who knows? Maybe I would never get another chance.  Second, I heard a whisper
that Karpov was coming to present the top award. What? I have studied just
about every game he ever played. Would I actually meet him in person? Would it
be a great moment? Or an embarrassing one? Third, I wanted to be invited to
the Tata Steel Chess 80th anniversary in 2018 and my performance last year 
(2016) wasn’t that hot.    Before this game I'd made four draws in a row. I
was still leading the tournament with 6.0/9 but I knew that of course sooner
or later someone would catch up with me. Yikes, I needed to start winning
games! But the question was, how? I know it seems "easy" to people watching
but trust me you need more than "luck" to swim in a tank of hungry and savvy
predators. It makes me laugh when people make comments that you should do this
or do that. Stepping it up against chess players of this calibre takes an
incredible amount of nerve.   For example, in the 10th round I was playing GM
Radoslaw Wojtaszek, one of the strongest players in the world. In terms of
chess skill he is a totally solid, well-rounded and detailed player, with a
very well-prepared and excellent opening repertoire. In the opening lines he
chooses, he has vast experience. My only hope was that Radek was having a
slightly unstable tournament in Wijk. Before this game he had 4.0/9 and the
positions he had been getting were not entirely to his taste. Feeling the need
to advance, I tried to psyche myself up with the thought that although it
would be a tough fight, I might have a chance. MIGHT. In these super
tournaments you need to build up in your mind any slight hope that you imagine
exists or you go in unarmed.} 1. c4 (1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6 {I seriously considered going for 1.e4 and the Najdorf Sicilian
although Radek has played hundreds of games here with Black. I dropped the
idea because after briefly checking some lines I realised how hard it is to
find an advantage for White in any of them. No wonder even top players have
started experimenting with 6.a3 or 6.Nb3...}) 1... Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4
({I wanted to avoid} 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 c5 {as it looks really
solid for Black. In Gibraltar, Michael Adams outplayed his opponent} 7. Ne5 Qc8
8. d3 Nc6 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Nd2 {followed by Nf3, but the computer insists the
position is approximately equal.}) 4... Be7 {Anyway, I said a prayer and
decided on the Catalan. Perhaps inspired by Levon Aronian's victory with the
Black pieces against Eljanov in Round 5, Radek simply goes for the solid
classical main line.} ({But also the check} 4... Bb4+ 5. Bd2 {is always going
to be a very solid choice against the Catalan. Here 5...Bxd2+, 5...Bd6, and 5..
.Be7 are all completely fine options.}) 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 $5 {A relatively
rare variation which is like a breath of fresh air compared to the deeply
analysed main line 6.0-0. This 6.Qc2 has been played by Top GMs such as
Aronian, Gelfand, Giri, Nakamura, Li Chao, and Wojtaszek(!). It had been
suggested to me by my coach and I was also inspired to try it after Nakamura
used it against Carlsen in Bilbao 2016. I analysed it for both sides and found
there were ways for Black to equalise, but decided to give it a try anyway.} ({
Radek has tons of experience in the Catalan as well, playing it with both
sides. Let me show one highly entertaining game of his played recently in the
Bundesliga, which is also very important for the theory of the 8.Nxc6 line:} 6.
O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Ba6 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. Qa5
Rb6 13. a4 Qd6 14. Qc3 (14. e4 Qb4 15. Qxb4 Rxb4 16. Ba3 Rxa4 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18.
a3 c5 $11) 14... Rd8 15. Ba3 Qxd4 16. Qxd4 Rxd4 17. Bc5 Rd5 $1 {A very
powerful move, which the computer has trouble understanding at first.} ({
White has better chances after} 17... Rd6 18. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rb8 20. Bxa7
Rf8 21. Bxc6 Nd5 22. a3 $14) 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Bxb6 axb6 {The connected pawn
chains provide sufficient compensation for the sacrificed rooks.} 20. Rab1 (20.
Rfb1 Kf8 21. a5 b5 22. a4 c6 23. axb5 cxb5 24. Rxb5 Bxb5 25. a6 Bxa6 26. Rxa6
Ke7 $11) 20... Kf8 21. a5 ({After} 21. Rb4 Ne4 22. Rc1 Ke7 {I would prefer
Black.}) 21... b5 22. a4 c6 23. axb5 cxb5 24. Rxb5 $1 {Sacrificing a rook for
a pawn! White didn't really have another choice here.} (24. Rb4 Ne4 25. Rc1 Ke7
26. f3 Nd6 $19 {is totally winning for Black.}) 24... Bxb5 25. Rb1 Bd7 $1 (
25... Bc6 $2 26. Rb6 $18) 26. a6 Ne8 27. a7 Bc6 28. Rb6 Ba8 29. Rb8 Bc6 30. Rc8
Bb7 31. Rb8 Bc6 32. Rc8 Bb7 33. Rb8 {½-½ (33) Wojtaszek,R (2746)-Jakovenko,D
(2714) Germany 2016}) 6... c5 (6... dxc4 7. Qxc4 a6 {gives White the extra
options of 8.Bg5 or 8.Qc2.}) 7. O-O Nc6 (7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 e5 9. Nf5 d4 10.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 {was played in a game between Aronian and Carlsen, with Black
holding an easy draw.}) 8. dxc5 d4 9. a3 (9. Bg5 {was what Radek played a few
months ago. After} Nd7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. b4 Nxb4 12. Qb2 Nc6 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14.
Qxd4 Nxc5 $11 {it's clear that with such a strong knight on c5, Black has
absolutely no problems.} 15. Nd2 Rd8 16. Qe3 Rb8 17. Nb3 b6 18. Rfd1 Ba6 19.
Nd4 Bb7 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Nb3 Qc7 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Qxc5 bxc5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8
25. Rb1 g6 26. Rb7 Rd2 27. Rxa7 Rxe2 28. Ra5 Rc2 29. Rxc5 Rxa2 30. Kg2 Rc2 31.
Rc7 Kg7 {½-½ (31) Wojtaszek,R (2729)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2682) Poland 2016}) 9...
a5 (9... e5 10. b4 e4 11. Ng5 {does not give Black enough activity for his
pawn.} d3 12. exd3 Nd4 13. Qb2 exd3 14. Nc3 $16) 10. Rd1 e5 ({A good
alternative is} 10... Bxc5 11. Nc3 Qe7 12. Na4 e5 13. Bg5 Ba7 {where the
position is complex, but Black should be okay. He is going to win the bishop
pair next with h7-h6.}) 11. Nc3 Bxc5 (11... Nd7 12. Nd5 Nxc5 13. b3 Be6 14. Rb1
$13) 12. Nd5 h6 ({The alternative} 12... Ng4 $5 {is very concrete but perhaps
very good. I don't think Black should play it without having analysed it at
least, but it should be enough to equalise.}) 13. Bd2 {Preparing b2-b4.
Starting from move 10 onwards Radek was using quite a lot of time, and it gave
me hope that I might be able to fight for something real in this game.} a4 (
13... Bg4 $1 14. b4 (14. h3 Bh5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qf5 Bxe2) 14... axb4 15. axb4
d3 $1 16. Qxd3 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 e4 {is the main line of my analyses, with the
game petering out to a draw. So 13...Bg4 might be the simplest solution.}) (
13... Ng4 $5) 14. Bb4 Nxb4 (14... Bd6 {might be the best defence, but it's not
an easy move to make as the pawn on a4 will be hanging.} 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Nb6
(16. Rac1 Nd7) 16... Ra5 {but here it turns out that Black will get enough
activity if White captures the pawn on a4:} 17. Nxa4 e4 18. c5 Qd8 19. Ne1 d3
20. exd3 Nd4 21. Qc4 Be6 $132) (14... Nd7 {is not very attractive, with the
bishop on c8 locked in.} 15. e3 $14) 15. axb4 Nxd5 16. bxc5 ({After} 16. cxd5
$2 Bd6 17. Rxa4 Bd7 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 $15 {Black is simply better even with a pawn
down! Fortunately I did not choose this, as my bishop is blocked in and White
would have to suffer for a while here.}) 16... Nb4 17. Qd2 Nc6 18. b4 $1 {
Radek said afterwards that he missed this while calculating his 14th move. And
I agree, it can be easy to miss! Of course for me this is the only way to
continue my fight for an advantage so I am holding my breath.} Qe7 ({During
the game and even now I think that} 18... Be6 $1 {is the best move for Black.
Again, I was happy that Radek was using quite a bit of time and in the end
chose 18...Qe7. But after 18...Be6, attacking c4 Black might be just fine, for
example:} 19. b5 (19. e3 Bxc4 20. exd4 e4 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bd3 $11) 19...
Na5 20. Qb4 (20. Rxa4 Nxc4 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22. Qb4 Qa2 $132) (20. Nxe5 Nb3 21.
Qb4 (21. Qf4 Nxc5 22. Rxd4 Qa5 $44) 21... Nxa1 22. Rxa1 Qe7 $13) 20... Nxc4 (
20... Nb3 21. Ra3) 21. Rac1 $1 {Of course I didn't see this move from afar, 
(it's almost impossible to spot it over the board) but it's not enough for an
advantage anyway.} Na5 22. Nxe5 (22. c6 bxc6 23. Nxe5 cxb5 24. Bxa8 Qxa8 25.
Qxb5 a3 $44) 22... Nb3 23. Bxb7 Nxc1 24. Rxc1 Qa5 25. Qa3 Qxb5 26. Bxa8 Rxa8
27. Nf3 Qb3 28. Qxb3 axb3 29. Rb1 {and White even has to take some little care
to draw.}) 19. Qb2 $1 {Now my queen is ideally placed, and I achieve some
stability over the position. I can protect my c4-pawn with Nd2, and I can
slowly round up the a4-pawn or start pushing my queenside pawns with b5, etc.}
Bg4 20. Re1 {A good prophylactic move! Later some people told me they really
liked this move, and it's also the choice of the computer! The idea is simple
and logical : I want to play Nd2 to control the centre, while I get pressure
on the e-file by recapturing with the e-pawn if he decides to swap off my
knight on f3.} (20. b5 {is not enough after} Nd8 {and later ...Ne6.} 21. Qa3
Re8 {followed by ...Rc8, etc.}) 20... Rfd8 (20... Bxf3 21. exf3 Qe6 22. Bf1 Qf5
23. Ra3 $16) 21. Nd2 Be6 $6 (21... d3 {can be simply met by} 22. e3) 22. b5 $1
{White's advantage is growing with each move and now the time to strike has
come!} Nb8 (22... Na5 23. Rxa4 Qxc5 24. Qa2 $18) 23. Qb4 f5 (23... a3 24. Nb3
a2 25. Na5) 24. Nb3 $1 {I was about to take on a4, fortunately I spotted an
even stronger continuation!} (24. Rxa4 Rxa4 25. Qxa4 Qxc5 26. Bxb7 e4 $14 {
is not very clear.}) 24... Nd7 {This loses right away, but then again it's
probably too late for Black to make a comeback.} (24... a3 25. Rxa3 Rxa3 26.
Qxa3 Bxc4 27. Na5 $18) (24... e4 25. Rxa4 Rxa4 26. Qxa4 Nd7 (26... Bf7 27. Rd1)
27. c6 bxc6 (27... Nb6 28. Qa7) 28. Nxd4 Nc5 29. Qa1 $18) 25. Bxb7 Rab8 26.
Rxa4 Rxb7 27. c6 Qxb4 28. Rxb4 Rc7 29. cxd7 Rxc4 (29... Rdxd7 30. c5 Bxb3 31.
c6 $18) 30. Rxc4 Bxc4 31. Rc1 {It's quite unfortunate for Black, but
everything from move 25 is forced up to here. His king is one square too far
away from the battle.} Be6 32. Rc8 ({Even faster is} 32. b6 $1 Rxd7 (32... Kf7
33. b7 Bxd7 34. Rc7) 33. Rc8+ Kf7 34. Nc5 $18 {but I didn't really consider
anything but 32.Rc8, as with my move I trade all the pieces and win a piece
for a pawn.}) 32... Rxc8 33. dxc8=Q+ Bxc8 34. b6 {Here Radek resigned as Black
has no way to set up a fortress. White definitely has enough pawns to make
sufficient progress in this ending.} (34. f4 $18 {This game was really
important to win the Tata Steel tournament, as it ended my series of draws and
it motivated me to do even better in the remaining rounds in order not to
relinquish the lead. Kudos and respect to GM Radek, an excellent chess player
and very nice human being!}) 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 36th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1999.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1999.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ribli} d5 2. g3 {Ribli: 'Grossmeister Markowski spielt immer die
Systeme g3 / Bg2 mit Weiss und g6 / Bg7 mit Schwarz. Ribli.'} Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 {
Ribli: '3...c6 mit folgendem ...Bg4 oder ...Bf5 ist auch eine gute Variante
für Schwarz.'} 4. c4 Be7 (4... dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 $11 {gives Black
quite reliable equality, but Onischuk had something else on his mind.}) 5. d4
O-O {Ribli: 'Mit Zugumstellung haben wir die klassische Variante der
Katalanischen Eröffnung erreicht, in der Schwarz nicht sofort den c4-Bauern
nimmt, sondern zuerst die Entwicklung des Königsflügels beendet.'} 6. Nc3 $5 {
Markowski's favourite move in this position,instead of the more usual Ribli:
'Eine relativ seltene Variante. Häufiger wird ist die Hauptfortsetzung 6.0-0
gespielt, wonach Schwarz die Wahl zwischen 6...dxc4 oder 6...c6 (6...Nbd7) mit
geschlossener Stellung hat.'} (6. O-O) 6... dxc4 {Immediately resolving the
situation in the [+], this is Black's most popular reaction even after 6.0-0.
Black strives for actvie piece play, the closed Catalan alternatives are
somewhat passive: Ribli: 'Das ist die prinzipielle Fortsetzung. 6...c6 oder 6..
.Nbd7 führt zur geschlossenen Variante.'} (6... c6 7. O-O Nbd7 (7... dxc4 $143
8. Ne5 $14) 8. b3 $142 $5 (8. Qb3 Nb6 (8... b6 9. Bf4 Ba6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nb5
Bxb5 12. Qxb5 a6 13. Qc6 Rc8 14. Qa4 Ra8 15. Qc6 Rc8 16. Qa4 Ra8 17. Rfc1 b5
18. Qc2 Rc8 19. Bc7 Qe8 20. Qd2 Nb8 21. Ne5 Nfd7 22. e4 Nxe5 23. dxe5 $16 {
Markowski,T-Filippov,V/Koszalin op/1999/}) (8... a5 $5 {/\a4<=>}) 9. c5 Nbd7
10. Qa4 e5 $5 $13 (10... b5 11. Qc2 a5 12. e4 b4 13. exd5 exd5 14. Na4 Ba6 15.
Rd1 Qb8 16. Bh3 Qb7 17. Bg5 Rae8 18. Nh4 h6 19. Be3 Ne4 20. Nf5 Bg5 21. Re1 Qc7
22. Bg2 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 Ndf6 24. f3 Ng5 25. Rae1 Rxe3 26. Rxe3 Re8 27. Qd2 Rxe3
28. Qxe3 Kf8 29. Nb6 $36 {Horvath,J-Mahmud,S/Novi Sad olm/1990/})) 8... b6 9.
Bb2 Ba6 10. a4 $5 (10. Nd2 $14) 10... dxc4 11. bxc4 Bxc4 12. Nd2 Ba6 13. Bxc6
Rc8 14. Bg2 Nb8 15. Nb5 Qd7 16. Qb1 Bxb5 17. axb5 Qxb5 18. Rxa7 Qxe2 19. Bc1 $1
$16 {/\Bf3,Re7,Kortschnoj,V-Nogueiras,J/Moscow olm/1994/}) ({Somewhat more
refined is} 6... Nbd7 7. Qd3 $5 (7. O-O dxc4 8. e4 c6 9. a4 e5 $5 10. dxe5 Ng4
11. Bf4 Qa5 12. e6 fxe6 13. Qe2 Nge5 14. Nd4 Nb6 15. Bd2 Bb4 16. Nc2 c5 17. Qh5
Nc6 18. Ne3 Bd7 19. e5 Be8 20. Qh3 Nd4 21. Be4 Bg6 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Kh1 Rae8
24. Qg4 Nd7 {Gelfand,B-Timman,J/Tilburg/1990/} 25. Qe4 $5 $44) (7. b3 dxc4 8.
bxc4 c5 $1 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. Rb1 Nxc4 12. Bxb7 Bxb7 13. Rxb7 Bc5 14.
Nb3 Bb6 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Bf4 Ne8 17. Nb5 e5 18. Bc1 f6 19. Re7 a6 20. Na3
Ncd6 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Ne4 $17 {Wojtkiewicz,A-Gorelov,S/Wisla op/1992/})
7... c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Nb4 10. Qb1 Nf6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bg5 Nbd5 13. Nxd5
exd5 14. Qc2 Bb6 15. Rad1 h6 16. Bf4 Re8 17. Be5 Bg4 18. Bd4 Rc8 19. Qd3 Bxf3
20. Bxf3 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Qa5 22. a3 Rc2 23. e3 a6 24. Rfe1 Rec8 25. Re2 $14 {
Karpov,A-Sokolov,A/Brussels/1988/}) 7. Ne5 (7. O-O Nbd7 {-6...Nbd7}) (7. Qa4 a6
8. Qxc4 b5 {[%cal Yc8b7,Yc7c5] /\Bb7,c5=}) 7... Nc6 $5 {A typical motive, even
in the 6.0-0 line. Black doesn't want to play a dull symmetrical position, in
which he has to tread very carefully, after Ribli: 'Schwarz gibt das
Materialvorteil sofort zurück und opfert noch einen Bauern, aber er bekommt
gutes Spiel auf den weissen Feldern.'} (7... c5 8. dxc5 Qc7 (8... Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1
Bxc5 10. Bd2 $5 {Ribli: 'In dieser Variante riskiert Weiss nichts. Er hat
einen starken "katalanischen" Läufer auf g2 und etwas besseres Spiel.'} (10.
O-O {Ribli In dieser Variante riskiert Weiss nichts. Er hat einen starken
"katalanischen" Läufer auf g2 und etwas besseres Spiel.}) 10... Nd5 11. Nxc4
Rd8 $5 (11... Nc6 12. Rc1 Be7 13. Nde3 Nxe3 14. Bxe3 Bd7 15. O-O Rfd8 16. Rfd1
Be8 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. a3 $1 $16 {Beliavsky,A-Karpov,A/Reykjavik/1991/}) 12. Rc1
b6 13. Nde3 Bb7 14. Na5 $1 $14) 9. Nxc4 Bxc5 $5 (9... Qxc5 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. Be3
Nd4 12. Bxd4 Qxd4 13. O-O Qc5 14. Rac1 Rb8 15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. Ne4 Qb5 17. Nxf6+
Bxf6 18. Qe3 $1 b6 19. b3 Bg5 20. f4 Be7 21. Nd6 Qa6 22. Rc7 $16 {Horvath,
J-Sinkovics,P/Budapest/1991/}) 10. O-O Bxf2+ 11. Rxf2 Qxc4 12. Rxf6 gxf6 13.
Bh6 Nd7 14. Ne4 Qb4 15. Rc1 f5 16. Nd6 Ne5 17. Bxf8 Qb6+ 18. e3 Qxe3+ 19. Kh1
Ng4 20. Rc2 Kxf8 21. Nxc8 Nf2+ 22. Rxf2 Qxf2 23. Bxb7 Rb8 24. Qd8+ Kg7 25. Qg5+
Kh8 26. Qd8+ Kg7 27. Qg5+ Kh8 {1/2,Psakhis,L-Stefansson,H/Winnipeg/1997/}) 8.
Bxc6 {If White has any ambitions, he must accept the challenge. Dull and
lifeless is} (8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bxc6 Rb8 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bxb7 Rxb7 12. e3 c5 13.
dxc5 Bxc5 $11 {[%csl Rb2,Rc4]}) 8... bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 (9... Qd6 $6 10. Qa4 $1
$14) 10. Nxe7+ (10. Qa4 Bd6 $1 $36) 10... Qxe7 11. Qa4 c5 ({Anti-positional
and against the spirit of the chosen line is an attempt to hold the ><c4:} 
11... Bb7 12. O-O Bd5 $6 13. Bg5 c5 14. Qa3 Rac8 15. Rad1 Ba8 16. f3 h6 17.
Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxa7 cxd4 19. Qxd4 e5 20. Qe3 Rb8 21. Rd2 Rb4 22. Rfd1 Rfb8 23.
Qc5 $16 {Savchenko,S-Dutreeuw,M/Vienna 1991/}) (11... e5 $6 {is an alternative
in the line with 0-0 instead of Nc3, here it's less effective:} 12. dxe5 Qxe5
13. Qxc4 {[%cal Rc1f4] /\Bf4+/-}) 12. Qxc4 (12. Qa3 $2 Qb7 $17) 12... cxd4 13.
Qxd4 {Ribli: 'Weiss hat einen Bauern mehr, aber Schwarz ist gut entwickelt und
die Schwäche der weissen Felder ist spürbar.'} e5 14. Qh4 {Here the Q will be
out off play, but White needs it to defend the >> and hopes the offside is
only temporary.} (14. Qa4 Bh3 $5 {anyway forces White to chase away the
annoying B with} (14... Rb8 15. O-O Bh3 16. Rd1 Rb4 17. Qa5 Qb7 18. f3 $14) (
14... Qb7 15. f3 e4 $5 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Qxe4 18. fxe4 Re8 $44 {_|_^-})
15. Qh4 Qb7 16. f3 Be6 {and a similar position as in the game arises.}) 14...
Rb8 $1 {Logical and best, Black wants to activate his R as soon as possible
via the 4-th rank and at the same time stops the development of Bc1. If
White's N was still on b1, he would have 15.b3!? /\ Ba3} (14... Rd8 $143 $6 15.
O-O Rd4 16. e4 Ba6 17. Re1 h6 18. Be3 Rc4 19. Rad1 Re8 20. f3 Rc6 21. g4 Bc4
22. Qf2 Qe6 23. b4 $16 {Karpov,A-Hjartarson,J/Belfort WCup/1988/ White has
achieved his ideal in this line and went on to convert his material advantage.}
) ({Another try has been} 14... Qb7 15. O-O Be6 {but accurate play} 16. Bg5 $1
(16. Rd1 Rac8 17. e4 Rc4 18. f3 h6 19. g4 Rfc8 20. Qf2 Rb4 21. Qe3 Qa6 22. Rb1
h5 23. g5 Nh7 24. Bd2 Nf8 25. Nd5 Rb7 26. Bc3 Ng6 27. a3 Rd7 $132 {Ionov,
S-Zaitsev,I/Moscow/1991/}) 16... Nd5 (16... Qxb2 $2 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Ne4 $18)
17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Rfd1 Qb5 19. Be7 $5 Rfc8 20. Rd2 $14 {gives White some
advantage.}) 15. O-O {Both players lost in round 1 so Markowski avoids the
"cowardly" Ribli: 'Diese Stellung können wir auch mit der Zugfolge 6.0-0 dxc4
7.Ne5 Nc6 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Nxc6 Qe8 10.Nxe7+ Qxe7 11.Qa4 c5 12.Qxc4 cxd4 13.Qxd4
e5 14.Qh4 Rb8 15.Nc3 erreichen.'} (15. Bg5 Rxb2 16. O-O (16. Nd5 Qb7 $1 17.
Nxf6+ gxf6 18. O-O fxg5 19. Qxg5+ $11) 16... Qe6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6
19. Rab1 Rxb1 20. Rxb1 Be6 21. f3 Rc8 22. Rc1 Rb8 23. Rc2 Rc8 24. Kf2 Bxa2 25.
Rxa2 {1/2,Kortschnoj,V-Karpov,A/WCh Baguio City/1978/}) 15... Rb4 {O
nebezpeciach, ktore cihaju na bieleho, svedci partia Smejkal-King, Bundesliga
1996, kde sa ciernemu podarilo preobetovat sa az ku kralovi:} ({The dangers of
playing this line for a win are well demonstrated by} 15... Qe6 $5 16. e4 h6
17. f3 $142 $13 (17. Re1 Rd8 18. b3 $6 Bb7 19. f3 $2 Rd3 20. Na4 Rxf3 21. Kg2
Nxe4 $1 22. Kxf3 g5 23. Qxe4 Qf5+ {0-1,Smejkal,J-King,D/BL9596/1996/})) 16. e4
h6 $5 (16... Bb7 17. f3 Qc5+ 18. Kg2 Rd8 $142 $1 ({Too slow is} 18... Nd5 $6
19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. g4 $1 Bc6 21. Re1 Qd4 22. Qf2 $14 {/+/-,Shipov,S-Goldin,A/St.
Petersburg/1998/} (22. Qf2 $14 {/+/-})) 19. Rf2 Rd3 20. Bg5 Rxc3 21. bxc3 Nxe4
$1 22. Be3 Qd5 23. Qe7 (23. cxb4 Nxf2 24. Bxf2 Qxf3+ 25. Kf1 Qd3+ $11) 23... h5
24. c4 (24. Rd1 Qxd1 25. Qxb4 Nxf2 26. Qxb7 Nd3 27. Qc8+ $11) 24... Rxc4 25.
Rb2 Bc6 26. Rb8+ Kh7 27. Rd8 Nd6 $1 28. Rf1 Qd3 29. Qxe5 Qe2+ 30. Rf2 Bxf3+ 31.
Kh3 Bg4+ $11) (16... Qb7 17. Re1 $142 $1 {/\Bg5} (17. f3 $6 Qb6+ 18. Rf2 $8 (
18. Kg2 $2 Rxb2+ $19) (18. Kh1 $2 Ba6 {/\Qf2-/+}) 18... h6 19. g4 Rd8 20. g5
hxg5 21. Bxg5 Rxb2 22. Bxf6 Rdd2 23. Nd1 Rxf2 24. Nxf2 Qxf6 25. Qxf6 gxf6 {
1/2,Tukmakov,V-Levin,F/Riga/1988/}) 17... Bf5 (17... Bg4 18. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 19.
Qxg4 Nf6 20. Qf5 $36) 18. f3 Be6 19. b3 $5 (19. g4 Rc8 20. Rd1 a5 21. Qe1 a4
22. Be3 h6 23. Rd2 Rbc4 24. Rad1 Kh7 25. a3 Qb3 $44 {Sorokin,M-Kruppa,Y/Minsk/
1990/}) 19... Rc8 20. Na4 Rc2 21. Be3 $14 {White has good chances to
consolidate his forces.}) 17. Re1 $2 {Although this move has already been
played, Black convincingly proves it's a serious mistake after which White
can't coordinate his pieces suitably any more.} ({Already tried has been} 17.
f3 Rd8 (17... Qc5+ 18. Kg2 Rd8 (18... Ba6 19. Rd1 Rfb8 20. Rb1) 19. g4 $14 (19.
Rf2 Rd3 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. Qxf6 Bh3+ 22. Kxh3 Qxf2 23. Nd5 Rxd5 24. exd5 Rxb2
25. Qxe5 Qxh2+ 26. Kg4 Rb6 $40)) 18. g4 $5 Rd3 19. Qf2 Qb7 $5 $13 (19... Be6 $6
20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Nxd1 Rd4 22. Be3 Rd3 23. Nc3 $14 {Almasi,I-Estrada Nieto,J/
Zalakaros op/1997/ helps White to get his pieces into play.}) 20. Re1 $142 {
[%cal Ye1e3] /\Re3} (20. Rd1 $6 Rxd1+ 21. Nxd1 Nxe4 $1 22. fxe4 Qxe4 $40 {e.g.}
23. Qg3 Bb7 24. Nc3 Qh1+ (24... Qxg4 $143 25. Qxg4 Rxg4+ 26. Kf1 Rg2 $13) 25.
Kf2 Rb6 $1 26. Ke2 Rd6 27. b4 Ba6+ 28. b5 Bxb5+ 29. Nxb5 Qd1+ 30. Kf2 Qc2+ 31.
Kf3 e4+ 32. Kf4 g5+ 33. Ke5 Qc5+ 34. Kxe4 Qc4+ 35. Ke3 Re6+ 36. Kf2 Qe2+ 37.
Kg1 Qd1+ 38. Kg2 Re2+ 39. Qf2 Qd5+ $19) 20... a5 $1 (20... Be6 21. Re3 Rxe3 22.
Qxe3 Rd4 23. Qf2 $14) 21. Re3 Rxe3 22. Qxe3 a4 $44 {><b2,/\ White's problem of
<< development remains unresolved} 23. Bd2 Rxb2 24. Nxa4 $2 Rxd2 $1 25. Qxd2
Qa7+ $17) ({So further attempts to resurrect this line should be connected with
} 17. b3 $5) 17... Rd8 18. f3 {White of course wants to activate his Q as fast
as possible, but now he loses practically by force.} ({Somewhat better was} 18.
b3 $5 Rd3 (18... Qc5 $2 19. Bxh6 $1) 19. Na4 (19. Bb2 $2 Kh7 {/\g5}) 19... Qd8
20. Nc5 (20. Bb2 Kh7 $1 21. Bxe5 g5 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Qh5 Rd2 24. Rf1 Rxe4 $17
{->}) 20... Rc3 (20... Rd1 $143 $6 21. Be3) 21. a3 (21. Be3 Rxe3 $1 22. Rxe3
Qf8 $1 $19 {/\Qc5,g5}) 21... Rb8 22. b4 a5 $5 $40 {[%csl Rh4] ףh4}) 18... Rd3
19. Kg2 Qb7 $1 $146 {[%cal Rb4b2][%mdl 8] /\Rb2! '!?' Ribli. Only this is new,
White probably wanted to improve on a previous game of his Ribli: 'Dieser
Damenzug ist eine theoretische Neuerung und ich glaube, ein Ergebnis der
häuslichen Analyse. Die Opposition der Dame und des Königs in der langen
Diagonalen ist für Weiss unangenehm und in einigen Varianten droht das
Qualitätsopfer auf b2.'} (19... Qe6 20. g4 Nh7 21. Qf2 h5 22. h3 hxg4 23. hxg4
Qg6 24. Re3 $5 $13 {After Onischuk's powerful move these speculations reamin
purely academic.} (24. Nd5 $6 Rxd5 25. exd5 Bxg4 26. fxg4 Rxg4+ 27. Kf1 Qh5 28.
Be3 Qh3+ 29. Ke2 Rg2 $19 {Markowski,T-Ivanov,S/POL-chT Krynica/1997/})) 20. Re2
{'?' Ribli.} (20. g4 Bxg4 $40 (20... Rxb2+ 21. Bxb2 Qxb2+ 22. Ne2 Rd2 23. Qf2
Ba6 $17) (20... Bxg4 $1 {Ribli} 21. fxg4 Nxe4 $40 {[%cal Rb7g2]})) (20. Kf2
Qb6+ $1 21. Kg2 Rxb2+ {'!' Ribli.} 22. Bxb2 Qxb2+ 23. Ne2 Rd2 $19 (23... Re3 {
Ribli} 24. Kf2 Rxe2+ 25. Rxe2 Qxa1 $17)) {Ribli: [#]} 20... Bg4 $1 {[%mdl 128]
The decisive blow, Black unleashes a quick attack, which will break through
due to White's misplaced forces. (Qh4,Ra1) Ribli: 'Ein schönes Figurenopfer.
Schwarz möchte um jeden Preis die Diagonale a8-h1 öffnen.'} 21. fxg4 (21. Rf2
Bxf3+ 22. Rxf3 Nxe4 23. Rxd3 Nxc3+ 24. Kf2 (24. Rf3 Rxh4 25. gxh4 Ne2 $19)
24... Rxh4 25. gxh4 Qb6+ $19) 21... Nxe4 {'-/+' Ribli.} 22. Rxe4 (22. Kh3 Nf6
$1 {[%cal Rb7f3,Rb4g4,Rh6h5] /\Qf3,Rg4,h5 and White has no defence against the
numerous threats, e.g.} 23. Rxe5 Rxg4 24. Qxg4 Nxg4 25. Kxg4 Qf3+ 26. Kh3 Qf1+
27. Kg4 Rd4+ 28. Ne4 Rxe4+ $19) (22. Kg1 Nxc3 23. bxc3 Rd1+ 24. Kf2 Qh1 $40 {/\
} 25. cxb4 Qg1+ 26. Kf3 Rf1+ 27. Ke4 Qd4#) 22... Rxe4 23. Kh3 (23. Nxe4 Qxe4+
24. Kh3 Qe1 25. Bxh6 (25. Qe7 Rxg3+ $1 26. hxg3 Qh1#) 25... Qxa1 26. Qg5 Qf1+
27. Kh4 Qf6 $19 {_|_}) 23... Re1 {/\Rg1,Qh1 Ribli: 'Schwarz hat einen Turm
gegen zwei Leichtfiguren, aber die weissen Figuren stehen sehr passiv.'} 24.
Bxh6 {Desperation, but there was no suitable defence. Ribli: 'Dieses Opfer
hilft nichts, aber Weiss möchte im Trüben fischen.'} Rxa1 25. Qg5 f6 26. Qg6
Rxc3 {'!' Ribli.} (26... Rxc3 27. bxc3 Rg1 28. Kh4 Rg2 29. h3 Rh2 30. g5 Qf7
31. Qf5 Rf2 $1 $19 {is simply hopeless, White will remain a R down.}) 0-1

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 {Nakamura has very
good statistics in his games against Anand. A few month ago he won after 6.0-0,
which is considered as the main line.} (6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4
Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qd1 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Nbd2 Bc6
16. Nb3 Be7 17. Na5 h6 18. Be3 $11 {Nakamura,H (2814)-Anand,V (2816)1-0 (43)
Saint Louis USA 2015}) 6... c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 {Now Black has a choice
between 8...Nc6, which is the most popular continuation; 8...e5; 8...Qb6 and 8.
..Na6!?. I would recommend 8...e5 as the most reliable continuation or 8...Na6
for those who like unexplored tracks.} Qb6 (8... Na6 $5 {Of late it has been
played in 2 games.} 9. cxd5 {It seems to me that White doesn't have any
alternatives.} (9. Rd1 $2 Nb4 10. Qd2 (10. Qb3 $2 dxc4 11. Qxc4 e5 $19) 10...
dxc4 $15) (9. Bd2 $6 e5 10. Nf5 d4 {In comparison with the line 8...e5 9.Nf5
d4 Black could get an extra tempo, because White's dark-squared bishop is
misplaced and he should play 10.Nxe7+ Qxe7 11.Bg5.}) 9... Nb4 $1 ({Kurajica,B
proved that} 9... Nxd5 $6 {is not a strong move due to} 10. Rd1 Ndb4 11. Qb3
Qb6 12. Be3 Nc5 13. Qc4 Nd5 14. Nf5 exf5 15. Bxd5 $16 {Kurajica,B (2495)
-Groszpeter,A (2490) 1-0 (52) Oberwart 1984}) 10. Qd1 (10. Qb3 e5 11. Nc2 Nbxd5
{Black should be satisfied with the opening results. He even has a small
advantage.} 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 e4 14. Be3 Qd5 15. Bd4 Qh5 16. f3 exf3 (16...
Be6 $5 17. Qc7 Rfe8 18. Qxb7 Rac8 19. Rac1 Bc5 $44) 17. exf3 Bd7 18. Ne3 Rac8
19. Qb3 Bc5 20. Qc3 $11 {Khairullin,I (2630)-Riazantsev,A (2688) 1/2 (34)
Sochi RUS 2015. White almost levelled the game.}) 10... e5 11. Nf3 e4 (11...
Qxd5 $5 {leads to complications after} 12. Qxd5 Nfxd5 13. Nxe5 Nc2 14. Bxd5
Nxa1 $13) 12. Ng5 e3 $5 (12... Qxd5 $5 13. Qxd5 Nfxd5 14. Bxe4 Nf6 15. Nc3 h6
$44) 13. Nc3 exf2+ 14. Kh1 $1 (14. Rxf2 $6 Ng4) 14... h6 15. a3 $1 hxg5 $6 (
15... Nbxd5 16. Nxd5 hxg5 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bxg5 Qe5 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qd2 $14
) 16. axb4 Qb6 17. Bxg5 Qxb4 18. Qd2 Ng4 19. Bf4 $16 {Khismatullin, D (2654)
-Bukavshin,I (2657) 1/2 (50) Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2015}) (8... e5 {Sergey
Karjakin prefers this move.} 9. Nf5 d4 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 {It seems that Black is
OK. He controls the centre and White's c4-pawn might be a target. However,
there are a lot of strong GMs, who like to play it with White. White's
light-squared bishop is very strong. He can also rely on the pair of bishops
and on the majority on the queenside. White should choose between 11.b4 and 11.
Bg5. Evgenij Miroshnichenko played 11.b3 but this option doesn't have many
supporters.} 11. b4 (11. b3 {- Miroshnichenko,E-Anand,V Bundesliga 2004,
annotated by Ribli,Z.}) (11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nd2 Nc6 (13... Bf5 14.
Qb3 Nd7 15. Qa3 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. b4 a5 18. c5 Qa6 $2 (18... Qb5 19. Qf3 $1
Be6 20. Qd3 $1 (20. Qxb7 $2 Qxe2 21. Ne4 axb4 22. Nd6 Rcb8 $17) 20... Qxd3 (
20... Qxb4 21. a3 $1 Nxc5 22. axb4 Nxd3 23. exd3 axb4 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Kf1 Ra2
26. Ke1 $16) 21. exd3 Rc7 22. a3 $14) 19. Nc4 Be6 20. Nd6 $18 {Aronian,L (2826)
-Carlsen,M (2872) 1-0 (53) Zuerich 2014}) 14. c5 Qe7 15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Qc4 Bxe4
17. Bxe4 Kh8 18. b4 f5 19. Bd5 Rad8 20. Rab1 Qd7 21. Bxc6 bxc6 $11 {Wojtaszek,
R (2698)-Karjakin,S (2762) 1/2 (83) Rhodes 2013}) 11... Be6 12. Nd2 Rc8 (12...
Qc7 13. Ba3 Nbd7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. b5 Rfd8 16. c5 Nd5 $6 (16... Bd5 17. Qd3
Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Re8 $13) 17. Ne4 Bf5 $6 18. c6 $1 bxc6 19. Bd6 $16 {Li Chao2 
(2750)-Kreisl,R (2437) 1-0 (39) Skopje MKD 2015}) 13. Qd3 Nc6 14. b5 Na5 15.
Ba3 Qd7 16. Rac1 a6 17. Bb4 axb5 18. cxb5 Nd5 19. Bxd5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Qxd5 21.
a3 b6 22. Rc7 (22. e4 $5 Qd8 (22... dxe3 23. Qxd5 Bxd5 24. fxe3 f6 25. Rc7 $14)
23. f4 f6 $11) 22... h6 $11 {Wang,Y (2725)-Karjakin,S (2756) 1/2 (36) Antalya
2013}) (8... Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Nd2 (10. b3 a5 11. Nc3 Ba6 12. Na4 Rb8 13.
Rd1 {I played this tournament and during the game I didn't like this move.
However the game Jobava,B-Zhukova,N convinced me that the natural 13...Nd7 is
not a panacea for all woes.} Bd6 (13... Nd7 14. Bf4 Rb4 $6 (14... Rb7 15. e4
$14) 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Bc7 Qc8 17. Rac1 $16 {1-0 (31) Jobava,B (2722) -Zhukova,
N (2470) Doha QAT 2014}) 14. Be3 ({I believe White should have played} 14. Bb2
Qe7 15. e4 {with advantage.}) 14... Qe7 15. Bb6 Bb5 $1 16. Bxa5 Bxa4 17. bxa4 (
17. Bc3 $1 Bb5 (17... Bb4 18. Be5 Ra8 19. bxa4 $14) 18. cxb5 cxb5 19. a4 Rfc8
20. Qd2 bxa4 21. bxa4 Rb3 22. Rdc1 $14) 17... Bb4 18. Bxb4 Rxb4 19. cxd5 cxd5
20. Rd3 $6 Qa7 21. Rb1 Rxa4 22. Rd2 $15 {1/2 (22) Li Chao2 (2722)-Rausis,I 
(2586) Heusenstamm GER 2014. Of course, we have to respect top GMs but I'd
like to see how Li Chao played this unpleasant position.}) 10... Qb6 11. b3 a5
12. a3 Rb8 13. Bb2 dxc4 $6 14. Nxc4 Qxb3 15. Qxb3 Rxb3 16. Rab1 $14 {Li,C 
(2700)-Rozentalis,E (2623) 1-0 (42) Reykjavik 2014}) 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Qxc6
11. Bg5 $146 (11. Na3 Bxa3 12. bxa3 Qxc4 13. Qxc4 dxc4 14. a4 (14. Rd4 c3 15.
Rc4 Bd7 16. Rxc3 Nd5 17. Rb3 Bc6 $11) 14... Bd7 15. Ba3 $6 (15. Bxb7 Rab8 16.
Ba6 c3 17. Ba3 Rb6 $1 18. Bxf8 c2 19. Rdc1 Rxa6 20. Bb4 Bxa4 21. a3 Nd5 $11)
15... Bxa4 16. Rdc1 b5 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 $15 {Aronian,L (2780)-Anand,V (2804) 0-1 
(51) Blitz Stavanger NOR 2015}) (11. a4 Bd7 12. b3 (12. Nd2 Qc7 13. b3 Rac8 14.
Bb2 Bc6 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 a5 $5 (17... Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Rfd8 $11)
18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Rac1 g6 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Qxg6 $13 {1/2 (32)
Melkumyan,H (2622)-Dominguez Perez,L (2732) Baku AZE 2015}) 12... Qc8 $6 {
A weird move.} (12... Rac8 13. Bb2 Qa6 14. Nd2 Rfd8 15. Bd4 Bc6 {With good
chances to equalise.}) 13. Ba3 Bxa3 14. Nxa3 Bc6 15. Rac1 a6 16. cxd5 exd5 17.
Qd3 $14 {Lei Tingjie (2444) -Ushenina,A (2486) Chengdu CHN 2015. Black's
position is unpleasant,}) (11. b3 b5 12. Na3 $6 (12. Ba3 $5 Bxa3 (12... b4 $5
13. Bb2 Bb7) 13. Nxa3 bxc4 14. bxc4 Bb7 15. Rab1 (15. cxd5 Qa6 $1 {This is
stronger than 15...Qxc2, which is also not bad.} (15... Qxc2 16. Nxc2 Bxd5 17.
Ne3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rfd8 $11) 16. Qd3 Qxd3 17. Rxd3 Bxd5 $11) 15... Rfc8 16. Qb2
Ba6 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nb5 Qxb5 19. Qxb5 Bxb5 20. Rxb5 Nc3 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22.
Rdb1 Nxb1 23. Rxb1 g6 24. Rb7 {Black still has some problems.}) 12... bxc4 13.
bxc4 Bb7 (13... Bd7 $1 14. cxd5 $6 Nxd5 15. Qxc6 Bxc6 $15) 14. Rb1 Qa6 15. Qb3
Bc6 16. cxd5 Bxd5 (16... Ba4 17. Qd3 Qxd3 18. Rxd3 Nxd5 $11) 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18.
Nb5 Qb7 19. Qf3 Qc6 $11 {Mkrtchian,L (2443)-Ushenina,A (2486) 1/2 (30) Chengdu
CHN 2015}) 11... h6 ({Probably Black could have got an equal position after} 
11... Qxc4 $5 12. Qxc4 dxc4 13. Nd2 Bd7 (13... c3 $6 14. bxc3 Rd8 15. Nc4 Rxd1+
16. Rxd1 Kf8 17. Na5 {I don't see how Black can finish his development.}) 14.
Nxc4 (14. Bxb7 Rab8 15. Bf3 h6 $1 16. Bf4 Rxb2 17. Nxc4 Rc2 $11) 14... Bb5 15.
Rac1 Rac8 16. Ne5 h6 $1 {It seems to me that Black has got an equal position.
For example} 17. Be3 (17. Bxf6 $6 gxf6 18. Nd3 b6 $15) (17. Bf4 Bxe2 (17... Nd5
$11) 18. Bxb7 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rb8 20. Rc8+ Rxc8 21. Bxc8 Bc5 $11) 17... Nd5 18.
Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Rxd5 Bxe2 21. Rd7 Bf6 $11) 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Na3 {
Now White's queen is protected and he wants to take on d5.} Bd7 14. Rab1 (14.
Rd2 Rac8 15. Qb3 (15. cxd5 $6 Qxc2 16. Rxc2 Rxc2 17. Nxc2 Rc8 $1 18. Ne3 Bxb2
19. Rb1 Rc1+ 20. Rxc1 Bxc1 $15) 15... Qa6 16. cxd5 Qa5 17. Qd3 Rc5 $44) (14.
cxd5 $2 Qxc2 15. Nxc2 Ba4 16. Rd2 Bxb2 $15) 14... Rac8 15. Qd3 Rfd8 16. cxd5
Qa4 17. Rd2 b5 {I shouldn't assess the last move as a dubious one, because
objectively Black is not worse, but the resulting positions are complicated
and it is easier to make a mistake.} (17... exd5 {I believe that this is the
most practical decision.} 18. Bxd5 Bg5 19. Rdd1 (19. f4 Be7 20. e4 Be6 21. Rbd1
Bb4 22. Rc2 Bxa3 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. bxa3 Bxd5 25. exd5 Rc3 26. Qd4 Rc4 $11)
19... Bc6 20. e4 Bxd5 21. exd5 Rc5 22. d6 Bf6 23. Qe2 Rc6 24. Nb5 a6 25. Nc3
Bxc3 26. bxc3 Rcxd6 27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. Rxb7 Rd1+ 29. Kg2 Qc6+ 30. Kh3 Qxb7 31.
Qxd1 Qc8+ 32. Kg2 Qxc3 $11) 18. Rbd1 (18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Qxb5 Qxb5 20. Rxd8+
Rxd8 21. Nxb5 Bxa2 22. Ra1 Bc4 $11) 18... exd5 $6 (18... a6 {Black protects
his b5-pawn and he is ready to play ...exd5 and after Bxd5 Be6.} 19. d6 (19.
Bf3 exd5 20. Bxd5 Be6 21. e4 Rd6 22. Kg2 Rcd8 23. Qe2 Bxd5 24. exd5 g6 {
White can't improve his position.}) 19... Rc5 20. Bf3 a5 21. Kg2 Rdc8 $44) (
18... Bc6 19. e4 (19. dxc6 $2 Rxd3 20. Rxd3 a6 $17) (19. Qb3 Qxb3 20. axb3 exd5
21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 a6 $44) 19... exd5 (19... Bg5 $6 20. f4
Be7 21. Qc2 $16) 20. exd5 Bd7 21. d6 $14 {Definetely the knight on a3 is
misplaced but the d6-pawn is strong and Black still has some problems.}) (18...
Bg5 $5 19. f4 (19. Rc2 Bf6 {and White doesn't have anything better than Rcd2.})
19... Bf6 (19... Be7 $5 20. d6 Bf6 21. e4 e5 22. Bf3 Rc5 23. Qb3 Rdc8 24. Qxa4
bxa4 $44) 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21. axb3 e5 22. e4 exf4 23. gxf4 Re8 24. Bf3 g5 $44) 19.
Bxd5 Bc6 20. e4 a6 21. h4 (21. Qb1 $1 {Sakaev,K} Bxd5 22. exd5 Bg5 (22... Qb4
23. d6 g6 24. Nc2 Qxb2 25. Qxb2 Bxb2 26. d7 $1 Rc7 27. Nb4 Bc3 28. Nxa6 Bxd2
29. Nxc7 Rxd7 30. Nxb5 Kf8 31. Kf1 Ke7 32. Ke2 Rb7 33. Rxd2 Rxb5 34. a4 Ra5 35.
Ra2 $18 {See the last game of the match Alekhine-Capablanca.}) 23. Rc2 Bf6 24.
Rxc8 Rxc8 25. d6 $16 {Black is in trouble, the d6-pawn is very strong.}) 21...
Bxd5 22. exd5 Qb4 (22... Rd7 {Sakaev,K} 23. d6 Rcd8 24. Qe2 Bxb2 25. Nxb5 Qxb5
26. Qxb5 axb5 27. Rxb2 Rxd6 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Rxb5 Ra6 30. Rb2 h5 $14 {The
endgame is drawish, but a few people like to have the white pieces.}) (22...
Rd6 {Sakaev,K} 23. Nc2 Bxb2 24. Ne3 Bc1 25. Rc2 Rxc2 26. Nxc2 Bb2 27. Ne3 $16 {
Due to his d6-pawn White has a huge advantage. For example} Bf6 (27... Qa3 28.
Qe4 Rd8 29. Nf5 Qa4 30. Qxa4 bxa4 31. Kg2 Kf8 32. h5 $16) 28. Rd2 b4 29. Nc4
Rd8 30. d6 Bc3 31. Re2 Qb5 32. Re7 Bf6 33. Rc7 a5 34. Qf3 a4 35. Qb7 Qxb7 36.
Rxb7 Bc3 37. Kg2 Kf8 38. Kf3 $16 {White's king is heading to d5.}) 23. Rb1 (23.
d6 $5 Rd7 24. Nc2 Qxb2 25. Ne3 Qe5 26. Ng4 Qe6 27. Qf3 $16) 23... Qa5 24. b4
Qa4 $2 {This is a serious mistake, which leads to a very difficult position.} (
24... Qb6 25. Rb3 g6 26. Nc2) 25. Rb3 {The black queen is trapped.} Be7 26. Re2
$1 {Probably Anand hoped for 26.Qb1 a5.} Rc7 (26... Bxb4 27. Re4 a5 28. Kg2 Re8
29. Rd4 Rcd8 30. d6 $16) 27. Kg2 Bf6 28. Qf3 Re7 29. Rd2 Red7 30. Qe2 g6 $6 (
30... Re7 31. Qd1 Rc7) 31. h5 g5 32. Qd1 $1 {White needn't assess the position
which arises after} (32. Nc2 $6 Qxa2 33. Nd4 Qxd2 34. Qxd2 Rxd5 35. Qa2 Bxd4
36. Qxa6 $16) 32... Bg7 33. Nc2 $18 Qxa2 34. Ne3 Qa1 35. Qxa1 Bxa1 36. Ra2 Bd4
37. Nf5 Bg7 38. Rxa6 Bf8 39. d6 Bxd6 40. Nxh6+ Kh7 41. Ng4 (41. Ng4 Be7 42. Rf3
(42. Ne5) 42... Rf8 43. Ne5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2000.10.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2000.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Rd1 Na6 {[#]} (10... Nbd7) 11. Nc3 (11. Ne5 Nd7 $5 (11... Qc8
12. Nc3 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bg5 d4 15. Nb5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nb4 17. Qb1 Nc6 18.
Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nf3 e5 20. e3 dxe3 21. fxe3 Qg4 22. e4 Rad8 23. Qc2 Rxd1 24. Rxd1
Rd8 25. h3 Qc8 26. Nc3 Rxd1 27. Qxd1 Qe6 28. Nh4 Nd4 29. Nd5 f5 30. exf5 Nxf5
31. Qg4+ Ng7 32. Qg5 Kf8 33. Nf3 e4 34. Ne5 Ne8 35. Ng4 Qg6 36. Qe5 f5 37. Ngf6
Nxf6 38. Nxf6 Be7 39. Nd7+ Ke8 40. c5 $138 {0-1 Smejkal,J-Wirthensohn,H/
Altensteig 1990/CBM 20 (40)}) (11... Rc8 $5 12. Nc3 Nd7 (12... dxc4 13. Nxc4 b5
14. Qb3 Nb4 15. Ne5 Qb6 16. Bg5 Rfd8 17. Ne4 Nbd5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rac1 Ne7
20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Ng4 Kg7 22. Qf3 f5 23. Ne5 Ng6 24. Qe3 Kg8 25. b4 Rd6 26.
Nf3 a5 27. a3 Qd8 28. h4 axb4 29. axb4 f4 30. Qc3 fxg3 31. fxg3 f5 32. Ra1 Rc7
33. Qe3 Rg7 34. Kh2 f4 35. gxf4 Nxh4 36. Rg1 Nxf3+ {1-0 Kozul,Z-Dizdar,G/Graz
1994/EXT 98}) 13. Qa4 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 f6 15. Bf4 g5 16. Be3 f5 17. f4 g4 18. h3
gxh3 19. Bf3 Rf6 20. Kf2 dxc4 21. Qxc4 Nb4 22. Rh1 a5 23. Rxh3 Bf8 24. Rah1 h6
25. Qb3 Ba6 26. g4 fxg4 27. Bxg4 Nd5 28. Ne4 Rg6 29. Bh5 Rg7 30. Bf3 Rf7 31.
Rg3+ Kh8 32. Rg6 Bg7 33. Ng5 Rf6 34. Qc2 Qe7 35. Rxf6 Nxf6 36. Qg6 Rf8 37. d5
exd5 38. Bxb6 Qe8 39. Rxh6+ Bxh6 40. Qxh6+ Kg8 41. e3 Qe7 42. Bd4 Bd3 43. Qh3
Re8 44. a3 Qg7 45. Ke1 Qg6 46. Bg4 c5 47. Be6+ Kg7 48. Be5 Rh8 49. Qg2 Be4 50.
Qg3 Rh1+ 51. Kd2 d4 52. Nxe4 dxe3+ 53. Kxe3 {1-0 Komljenovic,D-Pogorelov,R/
Cordoba 1994/EXT 97 (53)}) (11... c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nc3 Qe7
15. Qf5 Qe6 16. Qxe6 fxe6 17. Nd3 Nb4 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. Nb5 Ne8 20. Rac1 Na6
21. Bh3 Bc8 22. e4 Bd7 23. a4 d4 24. b4 Nxb4 25. Rxc5 d3 26. Bd2 Na6 27. Rc3
Nf6 28. f3 e5 29. Bf1 Rfd8 30. Bxd3 Be6 31. Be3 Nb4 32. Be2 Rxd1+ 33. Bxd1 Rd8
34. Be2 a5 35. Rc5 Bb3 36. Nc3 Nc2 37. Kf2 Rf8 38. h3 Nd7 39. Rc7 Nf6 40. Rc5
Be6 41. Bf1 h5 42. Rxe5 Rc8 43. Rc5 Rb8 44. Nb5 Nb4 45. Nd4 Bxh3 46. Rxa5 Bxf1
47. Kxf1 Rc8 48. Rb5 Nc2 49. Nxc2 Rxc2 50. a5 Ra2 51. Bd4 Nh7 52. Rb7 Nf6 53.
Bxf6 gxf6 54. Rb5 h4 55. gxh4 Kg7 56. h5 Kh6 57. Rf5 Kg7 58. Ke1 {1-0 Gulko,
B-Chandler,M/Hastings 1988/CBM 11 (58)})) (11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. e4 c5 13. exd5 exd5
14. Bh3 Nb4 15. Qb3 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Qd5 17. Bg2 Qh5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Bd6 Ng4 20.
Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Ne3 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Qxe3 23. fxe3 Nc2 24. Rac1 Nxe3 25. Rxc8 Rxc8
26. Rd7 Be4 27. Ne1 Nxg2 28. Nxg2 g5 29. Ne3 a5 30. Ng4 Kg7 31. Ne5 Rc1+ 32.
Kf2 Rc2+ 33. Ke3 Bg6 34. Rd2 Rc5 35. Kd4 Rb5 36. b3 Bf5 37. Nc4 Be6 38. Ne3
Rb4+ 39. Kc3 Re4 40. Nc2 h5 41. Rd6 b5 42. Nd4 b4+ 43. Kd3 Re1 44. Nxe6+ fxe6
45. Ra6 Re5 46. Kd4 Kf6 47. Kc4 Kf5 48. Ra8 Kg4 49. Rh8 Re2 {0-1 Giemsa,
S-Dizdar,G/Hamburg 1993/EXT 97 (49)}) (11. a3 Rc8 (11... dxc4 $5) 12. Nc3 dxc4
13. Ne5 Nd5 14. Nxc4 Nxf4 15. gxf4 Nc7 16. e3 Nd5 17. Ne5 Bd6 18. Rac1 c5 19.
Nxd5 cxd4 20. Qd3 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Bxe5 22. fxe5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Qxd4 Qf3
25. Rc7 h5 26. Rxa7 Rc8 27. Rc7 Rxc7 28. Qd8+ Kh7 29. Qxc7 Qd1+ 30. Kg2 Qg4+
31. Kf1 Qd1+ 32. Kg2 Qg4+ {1/2-1/2 Horvath,J-Yegiazarian,A/Ljubljana 1995/CBM
51 (32)}) 11... dxc4 $1 12. Ne5 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Nb4 15. Qd2 $146 (
15. Qb3 Nd5 16. e3 Rc8 $11 17. Ne5 Rc7 18. Rac1 Qb8 19. Ne4 c5 20. dxc5 bxc5
21. Qb5 Ba8 22. Qxb8 Rxb8 23. b3 Nb4 24. Rd2 f5 25. Ng5 Bxg5 26. fxg5 Bxg2 27.
Kxg2 Nd5 28. Rdc2 Nb4 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. Rxc5 Nxa2 31. Ra5 Nc1 32. b4 Rd8 33.
Rxa7 Nd3 34. Nc6 Rd6 35. b5 Nc5 36. Ra8+ Kf7 37. Ne5+ Ke7 38. Ra7+ Kf8 39. Rf7+
Ke8 40. Rxg7 Rb6 41. Rxh7 {1-0 Khalifman,A-Wirthensohn,H/Nurnberg rapid 1990 
(41)}) 15... Nd5 16. Rac1 (16. e4 Nxc3 $13) 16... f5 17. Nxd5 (17. Ne5 Bd6 $11)
17... cxd5 18. Qe3 Qd7 19. Ne5 Qd6 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund 46th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Trent,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Nc3 $5 {An interesting
move order. The heavily analysed mainline begins with 6.0-0:} (6. O-O dxc4 7.
Ne5 Qd6 8. Na3 Rd8 9. Naxc4 Qa6 10. Qc2 Rxd4 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 13.
Rxd1 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qa5 15. Bf4 Nd5 16. Be4 g6 17. Bh6 Qc5 18. Qd2 Qb4 19. Qc2
Qc5 20. Qd3 Qd6 21. Nc4 Qc5 22. Qf3 c6 23. Bd3 Nf6 24. e4 e5 25. Be3 Qb4 26.
Nxe5 Qxb2 27. Bf4 Be6 28. Rb1 Qxa2 29. Rxb7 Bc5 30. Kg2 Re8 31. h3 Bxf2 32.
Qxf2 Bxh3+ 33. Kg1 Qxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Rxe5 35. Bxe5 Ng4+ 36. Kg1 Nxe5 37. Be2 Kg7
38. Rxa7 Kf6 39. Ra5 Bd7 40. Kf2 Ke6 41. Ke3 Kd6 42. Ra1 h5 43. Rd1+ Ke7 44.
Kd4 f6 45. Kc5 Bh3 46. Ra1 Bg2 47. Ra4 Ke6 48. Rd4 Nf3 49. Rd8 Ng5 50. Bc4+ Ke7
51. Rg8 Nxe4+ 52. Kxc6 Nd6+ 53. Kc5 Nxc4 54. Kxc4 Kf7 {1/2-1/2 (54) Kramnik,V 
(2800)-Mamedyarov,S (2809) Berlin 2018}) 6... dxc4 7. Ne5 Qd6 $5 {This idea
was seen most recently played by Mamedyarov in the Candidates (with 0-0
instead of Nc3). Black avoids mass exchanges and puts the queen on a6. Meier,
a strong theoretician, seems to believe that this move order benefits White
and by the looks of this game, he is absolutely right.} 8. O-O $5 (8. Nxc4 {
is most played} Qa6 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. e3 Rb8 11. Qb5 Qxb5 12. Nxb5 Nb4 13. O-O Bd7
14. Nc3 Rfc8 {0-1 (45) Svidler,P (2727)-Kramnik,V (2777) Skopje 2015 CBM 169 
[Roiz,M]; and Black was more than ok and indeed went on to win.}) 8... Qa6 {
So White sacrifices a pawn but has an idea up his sleeve.} 9. a4 $5 {
Threatening to simply play Nb5 and exploit the weakness on c7.} Rd8 $5 (9...
Nc6 $5 10. Nb5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Rd8 12. Qc2 Nd5 13. Qxc4 c6 14. Nd6 Qxc4 15. Nxc4
b6 16. Bd2 Ba6 17. Rfc1 {½-½ (17) Efimenko,Z (2647)-Kravtsiv,M (2623) Lvov
2015 seemed like perfectly acceptable play. It would be interesting to know
what improvement Georg had found.}) 10. Nb5 Ne8 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. Qxc4 $5 Nxd4
13. Be3 Nf5 14. Bc5 Bxc5 15. Qxc5 {White sacrifices another pawn to maintain
decent pressure and it seems to work out very well.} Qb6 (15... Bd7 $5 16. Nxc7
Nxc7 17. Qxc7 Qd6 18. Rfc1 Rac8 19. Qxd6 Nxd6 20. Rxc8 Bxc8 {was a way to
cleanly equalise.}) 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Rfd1 Nfd6 18. Rac1 $36 f6 19. Nc4 Bd7 $6
(19... Rxa4 $5 20. b3 Rxc4 21. Rxc4 Rd7 $1 22. Nxd6 Nxd6 23. Ra4 Re7 24. Ra8
Re8 {seemed like a decent attempt for Black to construct a fortress of sorts.})
20. Nxc7 $1 Bxa4 21. Rxd6 $1 Nxd6 22. Nxd6 {The point, White wins two pieces
for the rook.} Ra7 23. Nc4 Rd1+ 24. Rxd1 Bxd1 {The dust has settled and White
is clearly better. What's more, Georg loves playing these positions so it is
no surprise he managed to convert from here.} 25. Nxe6 Ra1 26. Bd5 Bxe2+ 27.
Kg2 Bxc4 28. Bxc4 Kf7 29. Nd4+ Ke7 30. Nf5+ Kf8 31. b3 Rd1 32. Ne3 Rd2 33. h4
g6 34. g4 Rb2 35. Nd1 Rd2 36. Nc3 Rd4 37. Kg3 Rd8 38. f3 Kg7 39. Kf4 Rd2 40.
Ne4 Rd1 {Black is simply helpless and White can improve his positions slowly
but surely.} 41. h5 b5 42. Be6 Rh1 43. Bd5 b6 44. hxg6 hxg6 45. Nc3 b4 46. Na2
g5+ $2 {A critical mistake under huge pressure.} ({It seems as though Black
still had chances to hold after} 46... Re1 $1 47. Be4 g5+ 48. Kf5 Re3 49. Nxb4
Rxb3 50. Nd5 $16 {and even though this is no fun, Black should probably be
able to hold with correct play.}) 47. Ke3 {Now b4 falls and Black can't even
win the b3-pawn.} Kf8 48. Nxb4 Ke7 49. Be4 {Nd5 is coming next and either b6
or f6 falls so Black understandbly threw in the towel.} 1-0

[Event "Dov Porath Memorial"]
[Site "Givataim"]
[Date "1998.06.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Tsesarsky, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.05.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qc2 a6 (6... b6 7. cxd5
exd5 8. Nc3 $14) 7. Nbd2 b6 $1 $146 {After Nbd2 Queen-Indian scheme is
exceptable for Black} 8. e4 $5 {White tryes to use a "slow play" - a7-a6,b7-b6
-of Black , but the last move doesn't provide advantage for White} (8. O-O Bb7
9. Ne5 Qc8 $5 (9... Nbd7 10. cxd5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nxd5 12. a3 c5 13. Rd1 Qb8 14.
e4 Nc7 15. Nc4 $14) (9... c5 $1 10. dxc5 Qc7 11. Nd3 (11. Ndf3 Bxc5 12. Rd1 (
12. cxd5 $4 Bxf2+) 12... Bd6 13. Bf4 b5 $17) 11... bxc5 12. Nf3 Nbd7 13. Bf4
Qa5 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 $11) 10. Ndf3 (10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ndf3 c5 12. Bf4 Nbd7 13.
Rfd1 Ne4 14. Bh3 f5 15. Rac1 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Qe6 17. Bg2 Rac8 18. Qa4 b5 19. Qa5
c4 $132) 10... dxc4 11. Nxc4 Be4 12. Qb3 Bd5 13. Qc2 Be4 $11 (13... Qb7 14. Bg5
Nbd7 15. Ncd2 Rfc8 16. e4 Bc6 17. Ne5 $16)) 8... dxc4 9. Nxc4 (9. e5 Nd5 10.
Qxc4 (10. Ne4 Nb4 11. Qxc4 Qd5 12. Qe2 Qb5 13. Qd2 Nd3+ 14. Kd1 Nb4 (14... Bb7
15. Nc3 $16) 15. Nc3 $13) 10... Bd7 11. Qc2 (11. a4 b5 $15) 11... Bb5 12. a3 c6
13. Ne4 h6 14. h4 Nd7 $15) (9. Ng5 $2 Qxd4 10. O-O Qd3 $17) (9. Qxc4 Bd7 10.
Ne5 (10. a4 b5 $15) 10... Bb5 (10... c5 $6 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. O-O
Rc8 14. Qe2 Nc6 15. Nb3 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 (16... Qxd4 17. Rd1 Qe5 18. Bf4 Qh5
19. Bf3 Qg6 20. e5 Nd5 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Rxd5 $16) 17. Rd1 e5 18. Be3 $16) 11.
Qc3 c5 $132) 9... Bb7 10. e5 Nd5 (10... Be4 11. Qe2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd5 13. O-O
$14) 11. O-O Nd7 12. h4 h6 (12... Nb4 13. Qe2 c5 14. Rd1 $14) 13. Qe4 Kh8 (
13... c5 $5 14. Qg4 Kh8 15. dxc5 $5 (15. Qh5 b5 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Bxh6 N7f6 (
17... g6 18. Qg4 Bc7 $15) (17... gxh6 18. Qxh6+ Kg8 19. Ng5 N5f6 20. exf6 Nxf6
21. Bxb7 $18) 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Bxg7+ Kxg7 20. Qg5+ Kh7 21. dxc5 Be7 $17) 15...
Nxc5 16. Rd1 Rc8 17. Bd2 Qe8 $132 (17... Qc7 18. Rac1 $14)) 14. Qg4 $6 $15 (14.
a3 $132) (14. Rd1 $132) 14... Qe8 $6 $132 (14... Nb4 $1 15. a3 (15. Qh5 Be4 (
15... Bd5 16. Ne3 $132) 16. Bxh6 (16. Bg5 Bg6 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qg4 Bd3 19.
Rfc1 Nc2 $17) 16... Bg6 17. Bxg7+ Kxg7 18. Qg4 Rh8 $17) 15... Nc2 16. Ra2 b5
17. Na5 Bd5 18. b3 c5 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. Rxc2 Bd5 $15) 15. Bd2 Rc8 $6 (15... Rd8
16. Rac1 c5 17. dxc5 (17. Rfd1 b5 18. Na5 Ba8 19. Re1 (19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Qh5 f5
21. Qxe8 Rfxe8 22. Be1 Na4 23. b3 Nac3 24. Bxc3 Nxc3 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. Rxc3
Bxa5 $15) 19... c4 $15) 17... Nxc5 18. Rfd1 f5 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Qh3 Nd3 $17)
16. Rac1 Ba8 (16... Rd8 $5) 17. Kh2 b5 18. Na5 c5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Nd4 $8 (20.
Rfd1 $2 f5 $1 21. exf6 Nxf6 $19) 20... f5 (20... Nd3 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Qh5 N5b4
(22... Nxb2 23. Bxh6 $16) 23. Bxa8 Qxa8 24. Bxh6 gxh6 25. Qxh6+ Kg8 26. Nxe6
fxe6 27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. Qh6+ $11) (20... Rd8 21. Rfd1 f5 22. Qe2 Qd7 (22... Qf7
23. Nac6 $16) 23. b4 Ne4 24. Nac6 Rc8 25. Nxe7 Qxe7 $132) 21. exf6 Nxf6 22. Qe2
Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qd7 (23... Nfe4 24. Nxe6 $14) 24. Nf3 $138 Qd5 $6 $138 (24... Qd3
$1 25. Qxd3 (25. Rfe1 Ng4 26. Bb4 Qf5 27. Nb7 Nd3 28. Rxc8 Nxe1+ 29. Nxe1 Rxc8
30. Bxe7 Qd5+ 31. Qf3 Rc7 32. Nc5 Rxe7 33. Nxa6 Ne5 $17) 25... Nxd3 26. Rc3 (
26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Bc3 Nd5 $15) (26. Rc6 Rxc6 27. Nxc6 Bd6 28. Bc3 Ng4 $15)
26... Rxc3 27. Bxc3 Ng4 28. Nc6 Bc5 29. Ncd4 Rf6 (29... e5 30. Ne6 Rc8 $132)
30. Nc2 Rf7 (30... Rxf3 $2 31. Kxf3 Nh2+ 32. Ke2 Nxf1 33. Kxd3 Kg8 (33... Bxf2
34. Ke2 $16) 34. Nd4 $14) 31. Nfd4 e5 32. Nc6 Bxf2 33. Nxe5 Ngxe5 34. Bxe5 Nxe5
35. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Nd3+ 37. Ke3 Nxb2 $15) 25. Rfd1 Qxa2 $2 (25... Qh5 26.
Be3 Nd5 27. Bxc5 Rxc5 28. Rxc5 Bxc5 29. Nb3 Bb6 30. Nbd4 Qg4 31. Nxe6 Ne3+ 32.
fxe3 Qxe6 33. e4 Qxa2 34. Rd6 Bc7 35. Rc6 Bb8 36. Nd4 $132) (25... Qd3 26. Qxd3
Nxd3 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Bc3 $14) 26. Bb4 Nce4 $4 $18 (26... Qa4 27. Ra1 $1 (27.
Rd4 Nb3 28. Nxb3 Bxb4 29. Rxc8 (29. Nc5 Qa5 30. Nb3 Qa4 $11) 29... Rxc8 30.
Qxe6 Re8 31. Qf7 Rf8 32. Qe6 Re8 $11) 27... Qxb4 28. Rd4 $14) (26... Nd5 27.
Ra1 Qxa1 28. Rxa1 Nxb4 29. Ne5 Rf6 30. Rd1 $16) 27. Bxe7 Qxa5 28. Bxf8 Rxf8 29.
Rd4 Qa2 30. Rxe4 Nxe4 31. Qxe4 Qxb2 32. Rc2 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.03.10"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Muse, Mladen"]
[Black "Kalka, Arkadius Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Koenig Tegel"]
[BlackTeam "Gelsenkirchen Koenigsspringer"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Qc2 Nf6 4. g3 Nbd7 5. d4 e6 6. Bg2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Nbd2
Be7 9. Rd1 ({interesting game in this variation was played about 3 week after
our game:} 9. e4 $5 dxe4 10. Nxe4 c5 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. b4 Be7
14. Ne5 Bxg2 15. Qa4+ Kf8 16. Kxg2 Qd4 17. Bf4 g5 18. Nf3 Qxc4 19. Bxg5 Kg7 20.
Rac1 (20. a3 $5 $14 {[%csl Rg7]}) 20... Qxb4 21. Bxf6+ Kxf6 22. Qa6 $44 {
1/2-1/2 Filippov,V-Malakhov,V/Bled SLO 2001/The Week in Chess 334 (53)}) 9...
O-O 10. b3 {after this move Black equalizes.} (10. e4 $142 $5 Rc8 11. e5 {
-see detailed commented game  1-0 Iljushin,A-Kharlov,A/Samara 2000/CBM 78
[Tsesarsky,I] (57)}) 10... c5 $11 11. Bb2 Rc8 {[%cal Gc8c2]} 12. e3 (12. dxc5
Bxc5 $11) 12... b5 ({Black can simplify this equal position by} 12... cxd4 13.
exd4 (13. Nxd4 Qc7 $11 {[%cal Gd5c4]}) 13... Rc7 $11 {[%cal Gd8a8]}) 13. dxc5
Bxc5 (13... dxc4 14. bxc4 Bxc5 15. Qb3 b4 16. a3 a5 $132) 14. Qb1 Qb6 $6 $14 {
Black overlooked a little tactical action:} ({Equal position after} 14... bxc4
15. bxc4 Qb6 $11) 15. b4 $1 Be7 (15... Bxb4 $2 16. Bxf6 $16 {[%csl Rb4]}) 16.
c5 {[%csl Gc5]} Qc7 17. Nd4 ({I would prefer} 17. Nb3 $14 {[%cal Ga2a4,Gb3a5]})
17... a6 18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Rfe8 (19... Nb8 20. Qa1 $14) 20. Qa1 Bf8 21. Bf1
(21. c6 $6 Bxc6 22. Rc1 Qb7 23. Rxa6 Nb8 24. Ra2 Bd7 $132 (24... Qxb4 25. Ba3
Qb7 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27. Rb2 Qd7 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Nxc6 Ra8 $14)) (21. Rxa6 $6
Bxa6 22. Qxa6 Ra8 23. Qd3 Reb8 $15) 21... Nb8 22. b5 $5 {Interesting tactical
impact} ({Worth of attention also} 22. N2b3 e5 23. Nc2 Ne4 24. Na5 Ba8 25. Ne1
$16 {[%csl Re5][%cal Ge1d3,Gf1g2,Gd3e5]}) 22... axb5 (22... Bxc5 23. bxa6 Ba8
$16) 23. Nxb5 Qd8 ({Badly is to take a "poisoned" P:} 23... Qxc5 $2 24. Bxf6
gxf6 25. Rg4+ Bg7 26. Qxf6 Qf8 27. Nd6 Nd7 28. Rxg7+ Qxg7 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30.
Nxb7 $18) 24. Na7 $5 {White wins exchange for P, but position is too
complicated for exact evaluation.} (24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Qxf6 gxf6 26. Nd6 Bxd6
27. cxd6 {This position looks OK for Black: Pd6 is weak, no piece is
vulnerable...but Black had to work for equalizing:} Red8 (27... Bc6 28. Ra7 (
28. Rb4) 28... Rcd8 (28... Red8 29. Rc7 $22 $18) 29. Bg2 $132 Rxd6 $4 30. Ne4
$18) 28. Ra7 Rd7 (28... Bc6 29. Rc7) 29. Bb5 Bc6 30. Rxd7 Bxd7 31. Rb1 Bxb5 32.
Rxb5 Rd8 33. e4 dxe4 34. Nxe4 f5 35. Nc5 $14) 24... Rxc5 25. Bd4 Nc6 26. Bxc5
Bxc5 27. Nb5 ({Good also} 27. Rb1 {[%cal Gb1b7]} Qc7 28. Qc3 Nd7 29. Nb5 $16)
27... e5 28. Nb3 ({Or} 28. Bg2 $16) 28... Bf8 (28... Bb6 29. Bg2 $16) 29. Nc3
Qb6 30. Rb1 (30. Nxd5 $2 Nxd5 31. Rxd5 Nb4 (31... Qxb3 32. Rb5 $18) 32. Rb5 Qc6
33. Rxb7 $8 Qxb7 34. Ra7 Qd5 $132) (30. Bg2 $1 {[%cal Gg2b7]} Nb4 (30... Rd8
31. Na5 Nxa5 32. Rxa5 $16) (30... Qxb3 31. Rb1 Qc2 32. Rxb7 $16) 31. Na5 Ba8
32. Rb1 $16) 30... Bb4 $2 $18 {After this mistake Black's position is hopeless,
though, maybe a little hope remains...} (30... Qc7 31. Bg2 $16) 31. Na2 d4 {
Despair} (31... Bd6 32. Na5 $18 {[%csl Rb7]}) 32. exd4 Ng4 33. Be2 $2 {White
starts to play terrible...} ({Why not} 33. Bg2 Nxf2 34. Nxb4 $18) 33... Nxf2 $1
34. Kxf2 $4 $132 ({Wins by force} 34. Nxb4 Nh3+ 35. Kf1 Nxb4 36. Rxb4 Qxb4 37.
Nc5 Qxd4 38. Qxd4 exd4 39. Rxb7 $18) 34... Nxd4 $4 ({Right was} 34... exd4 $1
35. Bf3 d3+ 36. Kf1 Re2 $13) 35. Nxd4 exd4 36. Raxb4 ({Or} 36. Rbxb4 Qh6 37.
Qf1 d3 38. Kg1 dxe2 39. Qxe2 Qc6 $3 (39... Rxe2 40. Ra8+ $18) 40. Qxe8+ Qxe8
41. Rxb7 Qe3+ 42. Kg2 Qe2+ $11) 36... Qf6+ $4 $18 ({Strong was} 36... Qh6 $1
$11 {[%cal Gh6e3,Gh6h2] threatening Qe3+ and Qxh2+} 37. Qb2 Qxh2+ 38. Ke1 Qg1+
39. Kd2 Qe3+ 40. Kd1 Qg1+ 41. Kd2 $11) 37. Ke1 Qf3 $1 38. Nc1 (38. R4b2 Qh1+
39. Kd2 Rxe2+ 40. Kxe2 Qg2+ $11 {White can't avoid perpetuum check.}) 38... d3
39. Qa2 $4 $132 {Instead of this mistake} ({Strong was} 39. Qb2 $1 dxe2 40.
Nxe2 Qh1+ (40... Bc8 41. Rf4 $18) 41. Kd2 Rxe2+ (41... Qxh2 42. Re1 Qf2 43. Qd4
$18) 42. Kxe2 Qg2+ 43. Kd3 Qf3+ 44. Kc2 Qe2+ 45. Kb3 Qd3+ 46. Ka2 Bd5+ 47. Rb3
$18 (47. Ka1 Qa6+ $19)) 39... Qh1+ 40. Kd2 dxe2 41. Nxe2 $4 $19 ({Right was
only} 41. Nd3 $1 Qxh2 $1 (41... e1=Q+ 42. Rxe1 Qxh2+ 43. Kc3 Rc8+ 44. Rc4 $18)
42. Re1 Qxg3 43. Qa7 (43. Rxb7 Qe3+ $19) 43... Bf3 44. Qd4 h5 $13) 41... Rxe2+
42. Kxe2 Qxh2+ 43. Ke3 Qxa2 44. Rxb7 h5 {This position is lost for White, but
we'll see one more miracle in this game...} 45. R7b2 Qe6+ 46. Kf2 Qh3 47. Rb4
g5 48. R1b3 Kg7 49. Kg1 Qd7 $6 ({Very simple plan - to exchange Pg3 on Ph5-
would lead to victory:} 49... g4 50. Rb7 h4 51. gxh4 Qxh4 52. Kg2 Kg6 $19 {
[%cal Gf7f5]}) 50. Rb2 Qd1+ 51. Kg2 Qd5+ 52. Kh2 Qf3 53. R4b3 Qf1 54. Rb5 Kg6
55. Rb6+ f6 56. R6b4 Kf5 (56... g4 57. R4b3 f5 $1 ({not} 57... Qh3+ $4 58. Kg1
h4 59. Rh2) {Here badly is} 58. Rb6+ (58. Ra2 h4 $19) 58... Kg5 59. Rg6+ Kxg6
60. Rb6+ Kf7 61. Rf6+ Ke7 62. Re6+ Kd7 63. Rd6+ Kc7 64. Rc6+ Kb7 65. Rb6+ Ka7
66. Rb7+ Ka6 67. Ra7+ Kb6 68. Rb7+ Ka5 69. Ra7+ Qa6 $19) 57. Rb5+ Ke6 58. Rb6+
Ke5 59. R6b5+ Kd6 60. Rd2+ Ke6 61. Rb4 f5 62. Rb6+ Ke5 63. Rbb2 g4 $4 $11 ({
Wins easily} 63... f4 64. gxf4+ Qxf4+ 65. Kg2 Qe4+ 66. Kg1 Qe3+ 67. Kg2 Kf6 $19
) 64. Re2+ Kf6 (64... Kd5 65. Rbd2+ Kc4 66. Rc2+ $11 {with perpetuum check})
65. Rb6+ Kg5 (65... Kf7 66. Rb7+ $11) 66. Rg6+ {We have already seen this idea.
..} (66. Rg6+ Kxg6 67. Re6+ Kf7 68. Re7+ Kf6 69. Re6+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lake Sevan"]
[Site "Martuni"]
[Date "2016.07.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Vidit,S"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.07.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 {My opponent usually plays the Ragozin,
but for this game he decided to go with something which is ultra-solid :)} 5.
g3 {I usually played Bf4 or Bg5, but I decided it was time for a change.} O-O
6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 {This is the most solid choice. There are two other more
complicated lines, Kramnik's creative 7...Qd6!? and the double edged 7...Nc6!?}
(7... Qd6) (7... Nc6) 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. Nc3 Rd8 (10... Nc6 11.
Nxc4 {is how the games usually went} (11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Na4 Bd4 13. Nxc6 Bb7
14. Nxd4 Bxh1 15. f3 Bg2 16. Kf2 Bh3 17. g4 h5 18. g5 Nd5 $17)) 11. O-O Be7 {
By supporting the rook on d8 Black is preparing ...Nd5.} ({I must confess that
the alternative doesn't look so tempting:} 11... Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bxc6 Rb8
14. Bf4 Rb4 15. Rfd1 Rf8 16. Na4 Be7 17. Bd2 Rb8 18. Rac1 Ba6 19. Be3 $14) 12.
Nb5 $6 {A careless move.} (12. Nxc4 Nc6 13. b3 Nd5 14. Bb2 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Bd7
16. Na5 $14 {still keeps some advantage.}) ({The best way was the counter
intuitive Bf4-Rfd1 wit the idea of allowing an exchange on f4:} 12. Bf4 $1 Nd5
13. Rfd1 Nxf4 (13... g5 14. Bd2 $14) 14. Rxd8+ Bxd8 15. gxf4 Bc7 16. Rd1 $14 {
and because of the undeveloped queenside White retains an edge.}) 12... Nd5 $5
13. Nxc4 ({White could still keep some pressure with} 13. e4 $5 Nb4 $1 (13...
a6 14. Na3 $1 {I underestimated this idea!} Nb4 15. Naxc4 Nc2 16. Rb1 $14) 14.
Nxc4 (14. Nc7 Bd6 15. Nxa8 Bxe5 $15) 14... N8c6 $11 15. Bf4 e5 16. Nxe5 g5 $1 {
although it's still messy!}) (13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Nc7 Bd6 $19) 13... Bd7 14. a4
Na6 $6 {I was relieved to see this as I didn't see a clear way to play after ..
.Nc6:} (14... Nc6 $1 15. Bd2 Be8 16. e4 Ndb4 $11) 15. Ne3 $1 {Exchanging
Black's best piece!} Bc6 (15... Nab4 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxb5 18. Bxb7 Bxe2
19. Bxa8 Bxf1 20. Kxf1 Rxa8 21. Bd2 $14) 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 (17. Be3 Bxg2
18. Kxg2 Bc5 $11) 17... exd5 {This leaves Black with a weak IQP. I was mainly
considering ...Rxd5.} (17... Rxd5 18. Be3 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20. Rfd1 {was my
intention during the game. I thought the activity will be unpleasant for Black.
} (20. Rfc1 Kf8 (20... Rac8 21. Rxc5 Rxc5 22. Rd1) 21. Kg2 Ke7 22. b4 Rc6 23.
Nd4 Rcc8 (23... Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rd8 25. Rc4 Rd7 26. Nb5 b6 27. Kf3)) 20... Rc2
21. Rd7 Rxe2 22. Rxb7 Rxb2 23. Rc1 h6 24. Rc6 Nb4 25. Rcc7 a6 26. Nd6 Nd3 $11 {
And as it is in chess, best moves from both sides results in a draw :)}) 18.
Rd1 Nb4 19. Bd2 $1 {It's important to drive the knight.} Nc6 20. Be3 $14 Rd7 (
20... Bf6 $5 {would have been better. White doesn't get time to consolidate
his position.} 21. Nc7 (21. Nd4 Bxd4 22. Bxd4 Rac8 $11) 21... Rab8 22. Nxd5
Bxb2 23. Rab1 Be5) 21. Nd4 $1 (21. Rac1 d4 $1 $15) 21... Bf6 (21... Ne5 22. b3
(22. Rac1 Nc4 23. Nf5 $5) 22... Bc5 23. Rac1 b6 24. h3 f6 25. Kg2 $14) 22. Nxc6
bxc6 23. Rac1 Rd6 24. b4 h6 $5 {A very nice move. Black now threatens the
unpleasant ...a5, liquidating his queenside weaknesses.} (24... a5 $5 25. Bf4
Re6 26. b5 cxb5 27. axb5 a4 28. Rxd5 a3 29. b6 Rxb6 30. Ra5 Re8 31. Rxa3 $16) (
24... d4 25. Rc4 $14) (24... a6 25. Rc2) 25. Rc5 (25. Kf1 $5 {Protecting e2 in
advance made sense:} a5 26. Bf4 Re6 27. b5 cxb5 28. axb5 a4 29. Bc7 $1) 25...
Re6 26. b5 cxb5 27. Rxb5 $6 {Played this quickly and foolishly. As soon as I
played this I saw ...Re4.} ({Although this leads to a 4 vs 3 this was the best:
} 27. axb5 d4 28. Bxd4 Rd8 29. e3 a6 30. bxa6 Rxa6 $16) 27... Re4 $1 {I missed
this move.} 28. a5 {With the hope that my opponent's time pressure and the
illusion of playing for a win will help me :)} d4 29. Rb4 Rd8 30. Kf1 Re5 $6 (
30... g5 $11) 31. Bf4 $1 {Althought it doesn't objectively change the
evaluation. White has the easier game now.} (31. Rbxd4 Rxd4 32. Bxd4 Rxa5 33.
Bxf6 gxf6 $11) 31... Re6 (31... Rh5 32. g4 Rc5 33. Rb7 Ra8 34. Bd2 Rc2 {
Engines with their 0.00 are sometimes annoying, aren't they? :)}) 32. Rb7 a6
33. Rc1 $1 {Now it's already not easy for Black to play.} (33. Bc7 Rde8 34. Rd2
R6e7 35. Ra7 (35. Rc2 Rc8 36. Rc6 Kh7) 35... Rc8 36. Bb6 Rxa7 37. Bxa7 Rc1+ 38.
Kg2 Ra1 39. Bb6 Kf8) 33... Rd5 {This just helps White organize his pieces.} (
33... g5 34. Bd2 Rde8 35. Rcc7 Rxe2 36. Rxf7 Rxd2 37. Rxf6 Rf8 38. Rbb6 $14)
34. Bc7 d3 (34... Kh7 35. Bb6 Kg6 36. Ra7 Rb5 37. Rxa6 Bd8 38. Rd1 Bxb6 39.
axb6 Rbxb6 40. Rxb6 Rxb6 41. Rxd4 h5 42. h4 $16) 35. exd3 Rxd3 36. Bb6 $16 (36.
Rb6 Bd4 37. Rxe6 fxe6 38. Rc6 Rc3 39. Rxc3 Bxc3 40. Ke2 Kf7 41. Kd3 Be1) 36...
Bc3 37. Ra7 (37. Rc7 Bd4 38. Rd7 {transposes to the next note.}) 37... Bd4 38.
Rxa6 $2 {Careless move! Now Black can draw the game} (38. Rd7 Rc3 39. Rxc3 Bxc3
40. Ra7 Kh7 $1 41. Rxf7 {Transposes to 38.Rc8} (41. Rxa6 Bxa5 $1)) (38. Rc8+ $1
Kh7 39. Rd7 Rc3 {This leads to some amazing lines :)} (39... Bxb6 40. Rxd3 Bxa5
41. Rf3 {I was worried about Black having a fortress here. Now I realize it
was just a stupid illusion :) With two rooks Black is going to have a
difficult time holding this position.} (41. Rd7 Rf6 42. Rf8 Kg6 43. Rb7 Bc3))
40. Rxc3 Bxc3 41. Rxf7 Re5 {Looks like Black is going to capture the a5-pawn
and it will be an easy draw, but chess isn't that simple, is it? :D} 42. Ra7
Bxa5 43. Bd4 $1 Rg5 44. f4 Rg6 45. Rb7 $1 {Important to stop the black bishop
from coming to b6. White now slowly plans to bring his king and push the pawns.
} (45. f5 Rg4 46. Ba1 Bb6 47. Rxa6 Rb4 $132) 45... Bd8 $5 {Threatening ...Bf6.
Not the best move, but it does have a deep trick! I would show the rest of the
lines just for fun :)} (45... Kg8 46. Kf2) (45... h5 46. Ke2 Kh6 47. Kf3 $18)
46. f5 Rg4 47. f6 $2 {this leads to a theoretically drawn position!} (47. Bc3
$1 {Threat is stronger than execution! Black can't really parry f6.}) 47...
Rxd4 48. f7 Rd6 $1 49. f8=Q Rf6+ 50. Qxf6 Bxf6 51. Ra7 h5 $1 52. Rxa6 Bd4 53.
Ke2 g6 $1 $11 {and this endgame is theoretically drawn! Black should maintain
the bishop on the a1-h8 diagonal. Even after White achieves Ke6, Ra7 he can't
progress.}) 38... Kh7 $1 {Taking away Ra8 check possibilities.} 39. Rc4 $6 {
I was so upset because of Rxa6 that I carelessly played this move.} (39. Ra7 {
I of course saw this.} Bxb6 40. axb6 Rxb6 41. Rxf7 Rf6 $1 42. Rxf6 gxf6 43. Rc5
Kg6 44. g4 Rh3 45. Kg2 Rb3 {looks tough for White to win.}) 39... Rd2 (39...
Rd1+ 40. Kg2 Rd2 41. Rxd4 Rxd4 42. Ra7 Ra4 43. Rxf7 Rc6 $11) 40. Rxd4 Rxd4 41.
Bxd4 Rxa6 42. Bb6 {I was optimistic here for some time. Black can't escape the
queenside cage!} Kg6 43. Ke2 Kf5 {But here I realized that Black simply
invades on the kingside and starts pushing the pawns.} 44. Kf3 $11 {The game
was nothing special, but I like the small subtleties in the early endgame and
on move 38! Such small finesses show how rich the game of chess is!} (44. Kd3 {
is of course the more fun way to draw} Kg4 $1 (44... Ke6 45. Kc4 Kd7 46. Kb5
Ra8 47. a6 Kc8 {I thought this is winning for White, but apparently it's still
drawn!} 48. f4 g6 49. g4 f5 50. gxf5 gxf5 51. Bd4 h5 52. h3 Rb8+ 53. Kc6 Rb3
54. a7 Ra3 $11) 45. Kc4 (45. h4 f6 46. Kc4 g5) 45... Kh3 46. Kb5 Ra8 47. Kc6
Kxh2 48. Kb7 Rxa5 49. Bxa5 Kg2 50. Bb6 h5 51. Kc6 g5 52. Kd5 h4 53. gxh4 gxh4
54. Bc7 Kxf2 55. Ke4 $11) 1/2-1/2

