[Event "Reykjavik op 21st"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2004.03.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 {Australian Grandmaster Rogers is known for his romantic style!
} Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. d3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 d4 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Be2 {After
this I started to try to design a plan. I have thought that g5 square is very
important. Since the only thing I could have vaguely remembered was some games
from Sax with white in which he almost always had compensation in mid 70s made
me think that whatever black does white would come up with something.} Be7 (
8... Bc5 9. O-O dxc3+ 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Qe1 $44) 9. O-O O-O 10. Bb2 Bc5 $1 {
Now since c1-g5 diagonal is not active I have stepped towards c5 with my
bishop as I have planned in the opening.} 11. Kh1 Re8 12. cxd4 Bxd4 $1 ({After
} 12... Nxd4 13. c3 Nxe2 14. Qxe2 $36 {I felt that whites massive pawn center
might have become a serious threat.}) 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bh5 $1 (14. Qd2 $2 Rxe5
15. Qf4 f6 $17) 14... g6 15. Qd2 $1 {This move has surprised me. I have
immediately realized that I could settle for a drawish ending easily but to
keep the game going on has also its drawbacks.} c5 (15... Rxe5 16. Bxg6 fxg6
17. Qf4 Rf5 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Bxd4 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Be6 $11) 16. Bf3 Rxe5 17.
Rab1 Be6 $1 {I do not like lagging in development thus I hit on his weaknesses
too.} 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. Rxb7 Qa5 20. Qf2 $1 Rd8 21. Qh4 $1 {A very strong move
which almost made me regret about my decision on the 15th move.} (21. Bg4 $6
Bf5 22. Qh4 Rde8 23. Qf6 Qd5 $40 {is a good example of attack and defense at
the same time.}) 21... Bxa2 22. Rxa7 Qxa7 23. Qxd8+ Kg7 24. h3 Qc5 25. Be4 Re7
26. Ra1 Ra7 $1 $11 {After some careful moves we have an equal position over
the board.} 27. Qb8 Qc3 28. Rf1 Ra5 29. Qd8 Be6 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Qd8+ {Ian
decided to finish the game a little bit prematurely in my opinion.} ({However
after} 31. h4 Ra1 32. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 33. Kh2 Qc3 34. h5 Qc7+ 35. Kh1 gxh5 36. Qxd4
Qxc2 $11 {the result does not change!}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dallas UTD"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2004.12.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kujovic, Michal"]
[Black "Panchanathan, Magesh Chandran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2004.12.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Qe2 Nxc3 7. dxc3 c5 8.
Be3 Nc6 9. Qf2 Qa5 10. Qg3 Be6 11. Be2 Qa4 12. Bd3 c4 13. Qxg7 O-O-O 14. Bxh7
Qb5 15. a4 $6 ({Better was Besser war} 15. O-O-O {, and it seems that Black
does not have sufficient compensation for two pawns. , wonach Schwarz für die
zwei Bauern offenbar keine genügende Kompensation hat.}) 15... Qxb2 16. O-O
Qxc3 17. Bd2 Qb2 18. Rfb1 Bf8 19. Qg5 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 Qxa1 21. Rxa1 Rxh7 22. c3 ({
Preventing 22..d4. Yet, Verhindert 22..d4. Doch} 22. Qf4 {, with the idea 23.
Ng5 was a good alternative to the text move. mit der Idee 23.Ng5 war eine gute
Alternative zum Textzug.}) 22... Rdh8 23. h3 Rh5 24. Qf4 Rg8 25. Be3 $2 ({
A final mistake. Ein letzter Fehler.} 25. Rf1 {was to be preferred, although
after war vorzuziehen, obwohl Schwarz nach} d4 $1 {(} 26. cxd4 $140 Nxd4 27.
Nxd4 $2 Bxh3 {), Black retains a very dangerous initiative. eine
brandgefährliche Initiative behält.}) 25... Bxe3 (25... Rg4 26. Qxg4 Bxg4 27.
Bxc5 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Nxe5 {was winning too, but the text move is much stronger.
gewann ebenfalls, aber der Textzug ist viel stärker.}) 26. Qxe3 {[%tqu "En",
"How can Black take advantage of the dangerous position of White's king?",
"Destroy the pawn shield around the enemy king.","Sacrifice your bishop!",
"e6h3","This impressive sacrifice spells a quick end for White.",4,"De","Wie
kann Schwarz aus der gefährdeten weißen Königstellung Vorteil ziehen?",
"Zerschlagen Sie den Bauernschild vor dem feindlichen König.","Opfern Sie
Ihren Läufer!","e6h3","Nach diesem eindrucksvolle Opfer geht es mit Weiß
schnell zu Ende.",4]} Bxh3 $1 {[%csl Rg2,Gg8,Rh1,Gh3,Gh5][%cal Gg8g1,Gh5h1] A
spectacular conclusion of Black's attack! Ein spektakulärer Abschluss des
schwarzen Angriffs!} 27. g3 ({The bishop is invulnerable: Der Läufer ist tabu:
} 27. gxh3 Rxh3+ 28. Nh2 Rxe3) (27. Nh2 {fails to scheitert an} Bxg2+ 28. Kg1
Be4+) 27... Rxg3 28. Qf4 Bg4+ 29. Nh2 Bf3+ 0-1

[Event "Sakthi"]
[Site "Sakthi"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Murshed, Niaz"]
[Black "Babu, N Sudhakar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Be7 6. d4 f5 (6... O-O 7. Bd3
f5 8. exf6 Nxf6 {Die Hauptvariante.}) 7. exf6 Bxf6 8. Bd3 Nxc3 (8... Bf5 $6 9.
Qe2 O-O 10. Nxd5 $5 Nc6 11. Nxf6+ (11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. Qxe4 Re8 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6
14. Ne5 Nxe5 $17) 11... Qxf6 12. O-O (12. c3 Rae8 13. Be3 Qe7 $44) 12... Nxd4
13. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 14. Be3 Qxb2 $6 (14... Qe5 $142 $14) 15. Bxe4 (15. Rab1 Qe5 16.
Rb5 c5 17. Bxc5 a6 $1 $13 {0-1 Christoffel,M-Euwe,M/Hastings (08) 1945 (24)})
15... Bxe4 16. Qc4+ Kh8 17. Qxe4 $18) 9. bxc3 {Weiß hat sein Bauernzentrum
wesentlich verstärk und seine Strategie besteht nun in einem Angriff auf dem
Königsflügel.} Qe7+ (9... O-O 10. O-O c6 $6 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Ne5 $5 Bxe5 13. Qh5
$1 g6 (13... Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 g6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qxg6+ Kh8 17. Rf7 $18) 14. Bxg6
hxg6 15. Qxg6+ Kh8 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Rf7 $18) 10. Ne5 $1 {dies ist der eizige
Zug an dieser Stelle, der die Initiative aufrechthält. Es droht 11.Qh5} (10.
Qe2 Qxe2+ 11. Bxe2 O-O $10) 10... O-O (10... Bxe5 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Qxe5 Qxe5+
13. dxe5 $14) 11. O-O {Es droht 12.Qh5} Bxe5 {Ein erzwungener Zug. Der
starkpostierte Springer muß beseitigt werden.} 12. Rxf8+ Qxf8 13. Qh5 $5 {
Der Schlüsselzug der weißen Idee. Wegen des starken weißen Druckes auf der
Diegonale b1-h7 sieht diese Stellung für Schwarz unangenehm aus.} (13. dxe5 $6
Qc5+ 14. Kh1 Qxc3 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Qe8+ $10) 13... Bxh2+ (13...
h6 14. Qxe5 $16) 14. Qxh2 Bf5 $6 (14... g6 15. Qxc7 Nc6 16. Bg5 $40) 15. Ba3 $1
Qxa3 16. Bxf5 h6 (16... g6 17. Be6+ $18) 17. Qxc7 $16 Na6 18. Qxb7 Rd8 19. Qc6
Qd6 20. Qxd6 Rxd6 21. Rb1 Nc7 22. Rb7 Rc6 23. Rxa7 Rxc3 24. a4 Kf8 25. a5 (25.
Rb7 $142) 25... Ke7 (25... Nb5 $142) 26. Rb7 Kd6 27. Bd3 (27. Rb6+ $142 Ke7 28.
a6 Ra3 29. Bd3) 27... Ra3 28. Rb6+ Kd7 29. a6 Ra4 30. Rg6 Kd8 31. Kf2 Rxd4 32.
Rxg7 $18 Ra4 33. Rg6 h5 34. Kg3 Ke7 35. Rh6 d4 36. Rxh5 Nxa6 37. Rh7+ Kd8 38.
Ra7 Nc5 39. Rxa4 Nxa4 40. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Olomouc After GP Mladi"]
[Site "Olomouc"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Biolek, Richard"]
[Black "Mokry, Karel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1997.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. d3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 d4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Nxd4 11. c3 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 f6 (12... Qd5 13.
Qe2 Bf5 14. d4 O-O-O 15. O-O-O Rhe8 16. c4 Qa5 17. Qb2 Re6 18. c5 Rxe5 19. Bc4
Re3 {0-1 Prueske,W-Nickl,K/Dortmund op 1990}) (12... Qh4+ 13. Qf2 Qf4 (13...
Qxf2+ 14. Kxf2 O-O 15. f4 f6 16. Ke3 Bf5 17. d4 $14 {1-0 Sammut Briffa,
P-Abdulghafour,E/Moscow olm MLT-QTR 1994 (38)}) 14. d4 (14. Qg3 Qe3+ 15. Be2
Bf5 16. f4 Qxg3+ 17. hxg3 O-O-O 18. Kd2 c5 19. Ke3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Dekan,
J-Gustavsson,C/Wuerzburg op 1992 (45)}) 14... Bf5 15. Bc4 O-O 16. Ke2 Kh8 17.
Qe3 Qh4 18. Bd3 Bxd3+ 19. Kxd3 c5 20. Qe4 Qe7 21. d5 b5 $132 {Notizberg,
T-Krivec,J/Bled op-B 1996/1/2-1/2 (59)}) 13. f4 {[%csl Gc3,Gc5,Gd3,Gd4,Rd5,Gd6,
Ye5,Re6,Gf4,Rf5,Gf6]} (13. O-O-O fxe5 14. Re1 O-O 15. Rxe5 Qf6 16. d4 Bf5 17.
Bc4+ Kh8 18. Rhe1 Rad8 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 b6 21. Qe3 h6 22. Re6 Qf5 23. Re7
Rd7 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Qe7 Qf5 26. Re3 Qf4 $36 {0-1 Fedchenko-Onischuk,A/
UKR-chT Alushta 1994 (43)}) 13... fxe5 14. fxe5 O-O (14... Qh4+ 15. Qf2 Qxf2+
16. Kxf2 {/\[+]}) 15. O-O-O Qe7 (15... Qd5 16. d4 Bg4 (16... Qxh1 $4 17. Bc4+
$18) 17. Bg2 Bf3 18. Bxf3 Rxf3 19. Rhe1 Qc4 20. Kb2 Raf8 21. Re2 Rxc3 22. e6
Rcf3 23. Rde1 Rd3 24. Qc2 Qxd4+ 25. Kb1 Rf5 {0-1 Mariette,C-Flear,C/FRA-chT
1991/TD 91\02}) 16. d4 c5 $1 $15 (16... Qa3+ 17. Kb1 Bf5+ 18. Ka1 Rad8 19. Bg2
$14) 17. Bc4+ Kh8 18. e6 $6 (18. Rhf1 Bf5 {/\cd,Qa3,<->c}) 18... cxd4 19. Rhe1
(19. cxd4 Bxe6 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. Kb2 $19) (19. Qxd4 Bxe6 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 $17)
19... Rf6 $1 $17 {[%csl Ye6][%cal Ge1e6,Gc4e6,Rc8e6,Re7e6,Rf6e6]} 20. Qe2 dxc3
21. Kc2 Bxe6 $1 22. Bxe6 Qa3 $19 23. Rb1 Rd8 24. Red1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Qb2+ 26.
Kd3 Qxe2+ 0-1

[Event "Match Steinitz-Blackburne +7-0=0"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1876.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C29"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1876.02.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. d3 Bb4 5. fxe5 Nxe4 $6 6. dxe4 Qh4+ 7. Ke2 Bxc3
8. bxc3 Bg4+ 9. Nf3 dxe4 10. Qd4 Bh5 11. Ke3 Bxf3 12. Bb5+ c6 13. gxf3 cxb5 14.
Qxe4 Qh6+ 15. Kf2 Qc6 16. Qd4 Na6 17. Ba3 b4 18. Bxb4 Nxb4 19. Qxb4 Rc8 20.
Rab1 b6 (20... Qxc3 21. Qxc3 Rxc3 22. Rxb7 Rxc2+ 23. Ke3 $11) 21. Rb3 Rd8 22.
Re1 Rd5 23. Re4 Qh6 (23... Rc5) 24. h4 g5 $2 25. e6 fxe6 26. Qa4+ Ke7 27. Qxa7+
Rd7 28. Qxb6 Rc8 29. Qe3 Kf7 30. Rb5 Rcd8 31. Rxg5 Rd2+ 32. Kg3 R2d6 33. Rf4+ (
33. Reg4) 33... Ke7 34. Qe5 Rd5 35. Rg7+ Ke8 36. Qf6 Qxf6 37. Rxf6 R8d6 38.
Rxh7 Rc5 39. Rg6 Kf8 40. h5 Rdd5 41. Rxe6 Rxh5 42. Rxh5 Rxh5 43. a4 Rc5 44. Re3
Rc4 45. Kf2 Kf7 46. Ke2 Kf6 47. Kd3 Rxa4 48. c4 Ra1 49. c5 Ra4 50. Re4 Ra1 51.
Kc4 Ra4+ 52. Kd5 Ra3 53. c6 1-0

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates sf2"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Qe2 Nxc3 7. dxc3 c5 8.
Bf4 Nc6 9. O-O-O Be6 10. h4 (10. c4 d4 11. Nd2 Qa5 12. a3 Qa4 (12... O-O-O 13.
Ne4 Qa4 14. Bg5 Bxg5+ 15. Nxg5 d3 16. Rxd3 Nd4 17. Qf2 Qxc4 18. b3 Qd5 19. Nf3
Bf5 20. Rc3 Kb8 21. Bc4 Qe4 22. Re1 Qf4+ 23. Kb2 Bg6 24. Qh4 $15 {Hector,
J-Ivkov,B/Cannes op/1989/0-1 (49)}) 13. Qf3 O-O-O 14. Kb1 g5 15. Bg3 h5 16. h3
g4 17. Qf2 Na5 18. hxg4 hxg4 19. Rxh8 Rxh8 20. Bd3 Rh5 21. Qe2 Nc6 22. Be4 Nd8
23. Bd5 Qd7 24. Ne4 $13 {Hector,J-Brinck Claussen,B/Naestved op/1988/0.5 (65)})
10... h6 11. g3 Qd7 (11... Qa5 12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. Bh3 b5 14. Bxe6+ fxe6 15. Qd3
Rhe8 16. Qg6 Bf8 17. Rhf1 Qb6 18. g4 Kb8 19. h5 Ka8 20. Nh4 Rb8 21. Qd3 c4 22.
Qd2 b4 23. Ng6 bxc3 24. Qxc3 {Sorensen,J-Slettebo,J/Copenhagen op (06)/1991/
0-1 (24)}) 12. Bg2 O-O-O 13. h5 (13. Qf1 $5 Rhe8 14. Bh3 $13) 13... Na5 14. b3
Nc6 15. Qf2 (15. Kb1 $5) 15... Qc7 16. Kb1 (16. Be3 Qa5 17. Kb2 Rd7 $13) 16...
Kb8 17. Nh4 d4 $1 18. cxd4 Nxd4 19. Kb2 Qb6 (19... Nb5 $5 {/\ Qa5}) 20. Be3 Qa5
21. Bd2 (21. Bxd4 $2 cxd4 22. Rxd4 Ba3+ 23. Kb1 Qc3 $19) 21... Qa6 22. Be3 Qa5
23. Bd2 Qa6 24. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "London International"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1899.07.05"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C29"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1899.05.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{London 1899 ist als eines der ganz großen Turniere in Erinnerung geblieben,
denn die Weltspitze war fast komplett versammelt (nur Tarrasch fehlte). Groß
war das Turnier auch in einer anderen Beziehung: die 15 Teilnehmer spielten
jeder gegen jeden, und das auch noch doppelt. Emanuel Lasker, damals 31 Jahre
alt, distanzierte die Konkurrenz um satte 4,5 Punkte.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3.
f4 d5 4. d3 {Der Zug geht auf Steinitz selbst zurück. Heute wird nur 4.fxe5
gespielt.} Nc6 ({Der sicherste Weg zum Ausgleich besteht in} 4... exf4) 5. fxe5
Nxe5 6. d4 Ng6 7. exd5 ({Nur mit} 7. e5 {kann Weiß auf Vorteil hoffen.}) 7...
Nxd5 8. Nxd5 {Weiß hofft darauf, daß die schwarze Dame auf d5 nicht so gut
stehen wird.} Qxd5 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be2 O-O-O 11. c3 $6 {Das vergeudet womöglich
ein Tempo.} ({Weiß sollte gleich} 11. O-O {spielen.}) 11... Bd6 12. O-O Rhe8
13. h3 Bd7 14. Ng5 $2 {Steinitz träumt davon, die Dame auf d5 mittels Bf3 zu
vertreiben, aber dies sollte mit} (14. c4 {geschehen. Ob Weiß dann alle
Schwächen verteidigen kann, ist schwer zu beurteilen.}) 14... Nh4 $1 ({
Natürlich nicht} 14... f6 15. Bf3 Qg8 16. Ne4 {und Weiß kann gut mitspielen.})
15. Nf3 {Es sieht so aus, als ob das weiße Springermanöver völlig sinnlos
gewesen wäre. Aber wenn Schwarz jetzt 15...Nf5 spielen würde, käme abermals 16.
Ng5 und Weiß wäre wieder zu Bf3 bereit.} ({Die Aufgabe des Läuferpaars durch} 
15. Bf3 {kann nicht im Interesse des Weißen sein, aber dennoch war es die
notwendige Maßnahme.}) 15... Nxg2 $3 {Weiß hat einiges Verteidigungspotential
bei der Hand, dennoch schlägt das Opfer durch.} 16. Kxg2 Bxh3+ $1 17. Kf2 {
Die Annahme des zweiten Figurenopfers verliert forciert:} (17. Kxh3 Qf5+ 18.
Kg2 Qg4+ 19. Kh1 Qh3+ 20. Kg1 Qg3+ 21. Kh1 Re4 22. Bg5 Rg4 23. Rf2 Qxf2 24. Qf1
Qg3 {usw.}) 17... f6 $1 {Das Schlagen auf f1 hätte die Verteidigung des Weißen
erheblich erleichtert.} 18. Rg1 g5 {Gegen den schwer aufzuhaltenden Vormarsch
des g-Bauern verteidigt sich Steinitz nun durch Rückgabe der Figur.} 19. Bxg5
fxg5 20. Rxg5 {Außer der miserablen Königsstellung hat Weiß noch ein weiteres
Handicap: der Ra1 ist nicht entwickelt.} Qe6 21. Qd3 Bf4 22. Rh1 {Zieht der
bedrohte Turm, so folgt Be3+ und der Ra1 ist abgeschnitten.} Bxg5 23. Nxg5 Qf6+
24. Bf3 Bf5 25. Nxh7 Qg6 26. Qb5 c6 27. Qa5 Re7 28. Rh5 Bg4 29. Rg5 Qc2+ 30.
Kg3 Bxf3 {Lasker erhielt für diese Partie den 1. Schönheitspreis des Turniers.}
0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2000.06.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Maljutin, Evgeni"]
[Black "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3 {This is an old-forgotten
line, which doesn't lead to an advantage for White.} (5. Nf3 {is more usual.})
5... Nc6 6. Bb5 (6. Nxe4 $2 {is punished by} Nd4 $1 7. Qf4 dxe4 8. Bc4 Bf5 9.
c3 g5 $1 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. Qf2 e3 $1 12. Qf1 exd2+ $19 {Boros-Lilienthal,
Budapest 1933}) 6... f5 $6 {This is an unsuccessful novelty here.} ({The main
line goes} 6... Nxc3 7. bxc3 (7. dxc3 {helps for development, but ruins the P
structure.} Be7 ({or simply} 7... Qh4+ 8. g3 Qe4+ 9. Qxe4 dxe4 $11)) 7... Be7 (
7... Qh4+ {is also worthy of consideration:} 8. g3 Qe4+ 9. Qxe4 dxe4 10. Bxc6+
(10. d4 exd3 11. cxd3 Bd7 $17) 10... bxc6 11. Ne2 Be7 (11... c5 {Tartakower}) (
11... Ba6 $6 12. Rf1 g5 (12... c5 $6 13. Rf4 Bb7 14. c4 g6 15. Rb1 Bc6 16. Nc3
f5 17. exf6 Bd6 18. Rf2 Kf7 19. Ba3 Rhe8 20. Ke2 a6 {(Vulfson-Lilienthal,
Kuibyshev 1942)} 21. g4 $16) 13. Rf6 O-O-O 14. Rxc6 Bb7 15. Rf6 Bd5 16. d4 $14
{Hromadka-Johner Pistyan 1922}) (11... Bh3 $5 12. Nf4 Bg4 13. d4 g5 14. Ng2 Be7
15. h3 Be6 16. Ne3 h5 17. Rb1 O-O-O 18. a4 $11 {Hromadka-Bogoljubov,
Mahrisch-Ostrau 1923}) 12. Nd4 $1 (12. Rf1 O-O $1 13. Rf4 f6 14. Rxe4 {This
was a time-consuming operation!} Bf5 {Now the ^^ begins to work.} 15. exf6 (15.
Rc4 fxe5 16. Rxc6 Bh3 $17 {is even worse for White.} (16... Bd6 {
Hromadka-Spielmann, Trencianska Teplice 1928})) (15. Re3 fxe5 16. Rxe5 Bd6 17.
Re3 Bxc2 18. Nd4 Ba4) 15... Bxf6 16. Re3 Bxc2 $11 {Hromadka-Krticka, Rakovnik
1940}) (12. d4 exd3 13. cxd3 Bf5 $15 {^^}) 12... Bd7 13. O-O $14 {Sozin} (13.
Rf1 O-O 14. Rf4 c5 15. Nb3 Rae8 16. Rxe4 Bf5 17. Re2 Bxc2 $15 {Kazic-Poljakov,
JUG-ch Novi Sad 1945})) 8. d4 O-O 9. Bd3 f6 (9... Be6 10. Nh3 Bh4+ 11. Nf2) 10.
Qh5 g6 11. Bxg6 {White has no more than a draw by perpetual...} hxg6 12. Qxg6+
Kh8 13. Qh6+ Kg8 14. Qg6+ {1/2:1/2 Hromadka-Lasker, Mahrrich-Ostrau 1923,
which is not a bad result again the ex-World Champion!}) 7. Nge2 (7. d3 {
seems to be OK as well:} Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be6 9. Ne2 ({There is no need to hurry
with} 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Ne2 Be7 11. Nf4 Qd7 12. O-O O-O) 9... Qd7 10. O-O a6
11. Bxc6 Qxc6 12. Be3 $14) 7... g6 (7... Bc5 8. d4 Bb6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6
11. Be3 $14) 8. Nd4 $1 Qh4+ $2 {This "adventureous" move leads to fatal
consequences.} ({The "normal"} 8... Bd7 {would have minimized the demage:} 9.
Bxc6 ({The ambitious} 9. e6 $6 {leads nowhere after} Nxd4 $1 10. Bxd7+ (10.
exd7+ $2 Kf7 $19) 10... Ke7 11. Nxd5+ (11. Qd3 Nxe6) 11... Kd6 12. Qf4+ Kxd5
13. c4+ (13. d3 Nxc2+ 14. Kd1 Bd6 15. dxe4+ fxe4 16. Qd2+ Nd4 {with a funny
mess on the d <->!}) 13... Kxc4 14. d3+ Kd5 15. dxe4+ fxe4 16. Qf7 Bb4+ 17. Kd1
Rf8 $17) 9... Bxc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Ne2 $14 {/\ d3 chasing away the
centralized N.}) 9. g3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Qxd4 11. Qxd5 Qxd5 12. Nxd5 Kd8 13. d4 $18
{/\ Bg5 and Black's position is hopeless.} Be6 (13... h5 14. Bg5+ $18) (13...
Nxd4 $4 14. Bg5+ $18) 14. Bg5+ Kc8 (14... Kd7 15. Nf4 $18) 15. Nf4 Bf7 (15...
Nxd4 16. O-O-O $18) (15... Bb4+ 16. c3 Nxd4 17. Nxe6 $18) 16. Bf6 Rg8 17. Rxh7
g5 (17... Nxd4 18. O-O-O $1 Bc5 19. Bd7+ Kxd7 20. e6+ Kc6 21. exf7 $18) 18.
Rxf7 gxf4 19. gxf4 Bh6 (19... Nxd4 20. O-O-O $18) 20. c3 a6 21. Bd3 Rg1+ 22.
Bf1 b5 23. Kf2 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.14"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 {It's never boring when such creative and aggressive
players face each other!} d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Bc5 (5... Be7 6. Qe2 Nxc3 7.
dxc3 c5 {is a solid alternative.}) 6. Qe2 {White doesn't care about the f2
spot. An unusual position arises from the very beginning.} (6. d4 Bb4 7. Bd2 c5
8. Nxe4 $6 (8. Bb5+ Nc6 {appeared in practice as well, with good results for
Black.}) 8... dxe4 9. Bxb4 cxb4 10. Ng1 O-O $17 {1-0 (54) Andreikin,D (2683)
-Kramnik,V (2791) Moscow 2010}) 6... Bf5 (6... Bf2+ 7. Kd1 Nxc3+ 8. bxc3 ({
Another option is:} 8. dxc3 Bb6 9. Bg5 Qd7 10. Kd2 O-O 11. Rd1 {with mutual
chances, but I prefer Black.}) 8... Bc5 9. d4 Be7 10. Qf2 Bf5 $6 (10... O-O $15
) 11. Rb1 Qc8 12. Qg3 O-O 13. Bh6 Bg6 14. h4 $1 Qf5 15. Bd3 Qh5 16. Bxg6 hxg6
17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 $14 {1-0 (58) Uritzky,M (2420)-Kogan,A (2475) Tel Aviv
1996}) 7. Nd1 {White is now threatening to trap Black's centralized knight by
8.d3.} Nc6 $6 $146 {Mamedyarov simply ignores the threat and continues the
development. Frankly speaking, it's a bluff that worked out well in the game.}
(7... d4 {is good enough.} 8. c3 $6 (8. g4 Bg6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. d3 Nf6 $132 {
[%cal Gf8e8]}) (8. d3 $2 Bb4+ $17) 8... Bb6 9. d3 Nc5 10. Nf2 Nc6 $15 {0-1 (41)
Nikitin,Y-Tseshkovsky,V Alma-Ata 1968}) 8. d3 Qe7 (8... Bg4 $2 9. dxe4 (9. c3
$2 {doesn't really prevent the move that now follows...} Nd4 $1 10. cxd4 Bb4+
11. Nc3 Nxc3 $19) 9... Nd4 10. Bg5 (10. Qd3 $2 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Bf5 12. Bb5+ c6
$19) 10... Bxf3 (10... Qxg5 11. Nxg5 Bxe2 12. Bxe2 Nxc2+ 13. Kd2 Nxa1 14. exd5
$16) 11. Qd2 $1 f6 (11... Nxc2+ $2 12. Qxc2 Qxg5 13. Qxc5 Bxe4 14. Nc3 $18) 12.
exf6 gxf6 13. Be3 Bxd1 14. Rxd1 Nxc2+ 15. Qxc2 Bxe3 16. Rxd5 Qe7 17. Bb5+ $16)
(8... Bb6 $5 9. Ne3 Be6 10. dxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2 O-O {It's hard to estimate
Black's compensation, but he definitely has some.}) 9. Ne3 $2 {Putting the
wrong piece on this square.} (9. dxe4 $2 dxe4 10. Ng5 Nd4 $19) (9. Be3 $1 {
was the real test for Black's idea.} O-O-O (9... d4 10. dxe4 dxe3 11. exf5
O-O-O 12. g3 Nxe5 13. Bg2 $16) (9... Bxe3 $2 10. Nxe3 Qb4+ 11. c3 Nxc3 12. Qd2
$18 {[%csl Rc3,Rf5]}) 10. dxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2 Nd4 (11... Nxe5 $2 12. Qf2 $18 {
[%csl Rc5,Rf5]}) 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. c3 Bxe5 14. Qf2 $16) 9... Be6 $5 {
Consistently continuing to offer White a piece, again when there was a safe
alternative.} (9... Bxe3 10. Qxe3 (10. Bxe3 $6 Qb4+ 11. c3 Nxc3 12. a3 Qb3 $17)
10... Qb4+ 11. Kd1 d4 12. Qe1 Qxe1+ 13. Kxe1 Nc5 $15) 10. c3 $2 {Declining the
offer. However, if White doesn't take the piece, it's clear that Black's
conception has succeeded - he is simply better developed! Good or bad, Baadur
should have taken the piece.} (10. dxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2 O-O-O 12. Nb3 $1 (12. Nxe4
$2 Qh4+ 13. Nf2 Nxe5 $1 ({After} 13... Nd4 $2 14. Qd1 Nb3 15. axb3 Rxd1+ 16.
Nexd1 {White has too many pieces for the queen.}) 14. Bd2 Rxd2 15. Qxd2 Rd8 16.
Qe2 Qf4 $40) 12... Bxb3 13. axb3 f5 (13... Nxe5 14. h4 $1 $13 {preventing ...
Qh4+. In some case the kingside rook may join the game via h3.}) 14. exf6 Qxf6
15. Ra4 Rhf8 16. g3 Nd4 17. Rxd4 Bxd4 18. Bh3+ Kb8 19. Rf1 {with an
approximately balanced position.}) 10... O-O-O 11. d4 (11. g3 d4 $1 $17) 11...
Bb6 ({It's too early for the sacrifice on d4:} 11... Bxd4 $2 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13.
Nxd4 Qb4+ 14. Bd2 Qxd4 15. O-O-O $14) 12. Qc2 g5 $1 13. g3 ({Also after} 13.
Bd3 g4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 Qh4+ 16. g3 Qh5 {White can't hold his centre.} 17.
Nxe4 Nxe5 $1 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. O-O Rhe8 $17) 13... f6 {Undermining White's
pawn chain.} 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Bg2 g4 16. Nh4 Bxd4 $1 {Time for the strike!}
17. Rf1 Qe5 18. cxd4 Nxd4 19. Qa4 $2 ({The lesser evil for White was:} 19. Qd3
Rhf8 20. Bd2 Rxf1+ 21. Bxf1 (21. Kxf1 Nf3 $1 22. Nxf3 gxf3 23. Bxf3 Rf8 24. Kg2
Bh3+ $1 $19) 21... Nc6 $17) 19... Kb8 $2 (19... Nc5 $1 20. Qxa7 (20. Qd1 Rhf8
$40) 20... b6 $1 {could trap the queen in an amazing way.} 21. Rf2 Kd7 $1 22.
Qa3 Nb5 $19 {[%csl Ra3]}) 20. Bxe4 $6 (20. Rf4 Rhf8 (20... Rhe8 $36) 21. Nc4 $1
{could confuse Black a little. For instance:} dxc4 22. Rxe4 Qd5 23. Bf4 Bd7 24.
Qd1 Rde8 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8+ 26. Kf1 Qc5 27. Rc1 Ne2 28. Qxe2 Rxe2 29. Kxe2 $15)
20... Bd7 $1 {A useful intermezzo, opening the e-file for Black's major pieces.
} 21. Qa5 $2 (21. Qd1 $1 {The only move that could keep White, more or less,
in the game.} Qxe4 (21... dxe4 22. Rf4 Bb5 {is also promising for Black.}) 22.
Rf4 Qh1+ 23. Rf1 Qxh2 24. Qxd4 Qxg3+ 25. Kd2 Qxh4 26. Kc2 $17) 21... Qxe4 22.
Rf4 Qh1+ 23. Kf2 Nf3 $1 {Now Black is crushing through.} 24. Nxg4 b6 $1 (24...
Nxh4 $2 25. Qxa7+ $1 Kxa7 26. Be3+ {could prolong the game for a while.}) 25.
Qc3 Nxh4 26. gxh4 Bxg4 27. Be3 (27. Rxg4 Qxh2+ 28. Ke1 Rde8+ 29. Be3 Rhf8 $19)
27... Qxh2+ {[%mdl 128] A fabulous game by Shakhriyar.} 0-1

[Event "Rohde op 07th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2007.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirazi, Kamran"]
[Black "Bojkov, Dejan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2007.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 exf4 (4... e4 {Plus courant}) 5. Bb5+ $5 {
[%csl Gd5] Un coup naturel pour essayer d'exploiter le P d5 qui doit tomber а
terme} (5. Nf3) (5. Bc4) 5... c6 (5... Bd7) 6. dxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 Bd6 ({RR} 7...
Nbd7 {[%cal Gd7b6,Gb6c4,Gb6d5]} 8. d4 Nb6 9. Qe2+ Be7 10. Bb3 O-O 11. Bxf4 a5
12. a3 a4 13. Ba2 Ba6 14. Qf2 Nbd5 15. Nge2 Nxf4 16. Qxf4 Rb8 17. Rb1 Bd6 18.
Qf3 c5 19. d5 Rb7 20. O-O Re8 21. Rf2 Rbe7 22. Ng3 {Kurenkov,N (2413)
-Shinkevich,V (2427)/Kazan 2001/EXT 2002/0-1}) 8. Qe2+ Kf8 9. d4 Nbd7 10. Nf3
Nb6 11. Ne5 Bxe5 (11... Nxc4 12. Qxc4 Be6 $11 13. Qxc6 Rc8 14. Qb5 $11) 12.
dxe5 Bg4 (12... Ng4 13. Bxf4 {[%cal Ga1d1,Gd1d8]} Qd4 {[%cal Gd4c4,Gd4f4]} 14.
Bxf7 $3 Qxf4 15. Rf1 Qxh2 16. O-O-O $36 {[%csl Rf8]}) 13. Qf2 Nxc4 14. Qc5+ {
[%cal Gc5c4,Gc5f8]} Qe7 15. Qxe7+ Kxe7 16. exf6+ Kxf6 17. O-O g5 (17... Bf5 {
[%cal Gf5c2]} 18. Rxf4 Ne5 19. g4 Nxg4 20. Ne4+ Kg6 21. Nd6 Be6 22. Nxf7 $1
Rhf8 23. Nd6) 18. Bxf4 $1 Rhe8 (18... gxf4 19. Rxf4+ Kg5 20. Rxc4) (18... Kg6
19. b3 Nb6) 19. b3 Nb6 20. Be3+ Kg6 21. Bd4 f5 22. h3 Be2 23. Rfe1 Ba6 24. Bxb6
(24. Rad1) (24. a4 {[%cal Ga4a5]} Rad8 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. a5 $14) 24... axb6 25.
Na4 Rad8 26. Nxb6 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Rd2 $44 {[%csl Gd2]} 28. g4 fxg4 29. hxg4 Be2
$1 30. a4 Rxc2 31. a5 h5 32. gxh5+ Kxh5 33. Nc4 Ra2 34. Ne5 Bb5 35. Rc1 Rxa5
36. Kf2 g4 37. Kg3 Ra3 38. Rc3 c5 39. Rxc5 Rxb3+ 40. Nf3+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Qe2 Ng5 7. d4 c6 8. Qf2
$6 {8.Be3=} Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Qb6 10. Qf2 f6 $1 11. Qg3 Be6 $1 12. Qxg7 Rg8 13.
Qxh7 Qxd4 14. Bd2 (14. exf6 Bc5 15. Qh5+ Kd7 16. Qf3 Bg4 $19) 14... Qxe5+ {
14. - fxe5!} 15. Be2 Qf5 16. Qh6 Qxc2 17. O-O Kd7 18. Qe3 Qg6 19. g3 b6 20. Kh1
Bc5 21. Qf3 Bd4 22. Bf4 Bg4 23. Qg2 Bxc3 (23... Bxe2 $1 24. Nxe2 Bxb2 $13 {
(Hellers)}) 24. Bxg4+ Qxg4 25. bxc3 Re8 26. c4 Re2 27. Rf2 Rxf2 28. Qxf2 Na6
29. cxd5 Qh5 30. dxc6+ Kxc6 31. Rc1+ (31. Qg2+ Qd5 32. Rd1 Qxg2+ 33. Kxg2 $16)
31... Nc5 32. Be3 Rf8 33. a4 Qd5+ 34. Kg1 f5 35. a5 Re8 36. axb6 axb6 37. Bxc5
bxc5 38. Rf1 Re5 39. Qc2 c4 $10 {Time} 0-1

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Qe2 Nxc3 (6... Nc6 $2
7. Nxe4 Nd4 8. Qd3 Bxf3 9. Ng3 $18 {Euwe-Yates, Haag 1921.}) 7. dxc3 Qd7 8. Bf4
Na6 9. h3 Be6 10. Nd4 1/2-1/2

