[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Aagaard,J"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4 Bc5 14. Ne4 Bb6
15. Re1 $5 $146 (15. Nfg5 Qd5 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. axb5 $11 {Leko - Gyimesi,
Ulcinj 1997.}) 15... O-O 16. Nfg5 (16. Be3 $5) 16... h6 (16... Ba5 $1 $11) 17.
Nxe6 fxe6 18. a5 $5 Ba7 19. Ra3 (19. Qg4) 19... Qd5 20. Nf6+ $1 (20. Bxh6 gxh6
21. Qh5 Nf5 22. Qg6+ Kh8 23. Nf6 $11) 20... gxf6 21. Bxh6 Kf7 $4 (21... Nf5 22.
Qg4+ (22. Rg3+ Kh7 23. Qh5 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Rf7 $1 25. Qxf7+ Kxh6 26. Qxf6+ Kh7
$11) 22... Kf7 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Rc3 c5 25. Qh5+ Ke7 26. Qh7+ Rf7 27. exf6+
Kxf6 $13) 22. Qh5+ Ke7 23. exf6+ $1 Kxf6 (23... Kd6 24. Bf4+ Kc6 25. Rc3+ Bc5
26. Re5 $18) (23... Kd7 24. Qxd5+ exd5 25. Re7+ Kc6 26. Rc3+ Bc5 27. Bxf8 Rxf8
28. b4 $18) 24. Re5 $4 (24. Bg7+ $3 Kxg7 25. Rg3+ Kf6 26. Rg6+ Kf7 27. Rg5+ $18
) 24... Qxe5 $4 (24... Qd6 $3 25. Rae3 (25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Qg5+ Kf7 27. Rae3 Ke8
$15) 25... Ke7 $3 26. Rd5 Ne2+ $3 27. Rxe2 Rxf2 $3 28. Rxd6 Rf5+ 29. Be3 Rxh5
$15) 25. Bg7+ $1 $18 Kxg7 26. Qxe5+ Kf7 27. Rh3 Nf5 28. g4 Rg8 29. Rh7+ Ng7 30.
h4 Kg6 31. Rxg7+ Rxg7 32. Qe4+ Kf7 33. Qxa8 Rxg4+ 34. Kf1 1-0

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates sf2"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[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 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3
d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. Nxd4 $6 (
13. a4 {Ftacnik} Be7 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Ne4 Ne6 16. Be3 {Karpov,An-Kortschnoj,V/
Baguio Wch/1981/}) 13... Qxd4 14. Qe2 (14. Qf3 Rd8 15. Qc6+ Qd7 16. Qxa6 Qd5 $1
(16... Bb4 17. Nf3 Qd5 $44)) 14... Rd8 15. a4 Qd5 $1 (15... Qd3 16. Qxd3 Rxd3
17. axb5 axb5 18. Ne4) (15... c6 {Ftacnik} 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nf3 $36) 16. axb5
axb5 17. Qe4 (17. Ra5 $2 Bb4 18. Rxb5 Nd4 $1 $19) (17. f4 $13 {Ftacnik}) (17.
Nf3 {Ftacnik} Be7 18. Be3 O-O $10) 17... Bc5 (17... Be7 18. Qxd5 Rxd5 19. Ra8+
Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Ne4 {/\ Be3, f4}) 18. Qxd5 Rxd5 19. Ne4 Bd4 (19... O-O
20. Nxc5 Rxc5 21. f4 $10) 20. Nc3 Bxc3 (20... Rxe5 $2 {Ftacnik} 21. Ra8+ Nd8
22. Bf4 $1 (22. Rd1 Ke7 23. Bf4 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Rc5) 22... Rf5 (22... Bxc3 23.
Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Re1 f6 25. f4 $16) (22... Re7 23. Nxb5 Bb6 24. Rd1 Rd7 25. Nxc7+
Bxc7 26. Re1+ Re7 27. Rxe7+ Kxe7 28. Bxc7 $18) 23. Bxc7 Kd7 24. Bxd8 $18) 21.
Ra8+ Rd8 (21... Nd8 {Ftacnik} 22. bxc3 Rxe5 $2 23. Rd1 Ke7 24. f4 Re6 25. Ba3+
$18) 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. bxc3 Ke7 (23... g5 $5 24. h4 h6 (24... g4 25. f3)) (
23... h5 {Ftacnik} 24. f4 g6 $15) 24. f4 f5 (24... g6 {Ftacnik} 25. g4 $10) 25.
exf6+ Kxf6 26. f5 Nc5 27. Be3 Ne4 28. Bd4+ Kf7 29. Be5 $6 (29. Ra1 $1 $10) (29.
Ra1 $1 {Ftacnik} Re8 30. Ra7 Re7 31. g4 g6 $10) 29... Re8 30. Bxc7 Nxc3 31. Ba5
(31. Bd6 {Ftacnik} Nd5 32. g4 b4 $5 33. Rd1 Ne3 34. Rb1 $10) 31... Nd5 32. Rb1
$2 (32. Rd1 Re5 33. Rb1 (33. g4 {Ftacnik} b4 $17) 33... Nf6 34. Rf1 $15) 32...
b4 $1 $17 33. Rd1 (33. Rxb4 Nxb4 34. Bxb4 Re5 35. h3 Rxf5 36. Bd6 $17) (33.
Bxb4 {Ftacnik} Rb8 $19) 33... Re5 34. g4 $2 (34. Rb1 Nc3 35. Ra1 Rb5) (34. Rd4
{Ftacnik} b3 35. Rd3 b2 36. Rb3 Re2 $19) 34... Ne3 35. Rd7+ (35. Re1 {Ftacnik}
Rxa5 36. Rxe3 Rb5 $19) 35... Ke8 36. Rd8+ $2 (36. Rd3) (36. Ra7 $6 Rb5) 36...
Ke7 37. Rd3 (37. Bc7 {Ftacnik} Rb5 38. Rd4 b3 39. Re4+ Kf6 40. Bd8+ Kf7 41.
Rxe3 b2 42. Re1 b1=Q 43. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 44. Kg2 $17) (37. Ra8 {Ftacnik} Rb5 38. Bc7
Nc4 $19) 37... Rxa5 38. Rxe3+ Kd6 39. Re6+ Kc5 (39... Kd5 $1 40. Rb6 (40. Re7
b3 $1) 40... Kc4 41. Rb7 b3 $19) 40. Re5+ (40. Re7 {Ftacnik} b3 $19) 40... Kb6
41. Re1 Rb5 42. Kf2 b3 43. Kf3 (43. Rb1 Ka5 {/\ Kb4-c3}) 43... b2 44. Rb1 Ka5
45. Ke4 Ka4 (45... Ka4 46. g5 Kb3 (46... g6 $1 {Ftacnik} 47. f6 Kb3 48. Rf1 Ka2
49. f7 Rf5 50. Rxf5 b1=Q+) 47. f6 g6 $19) 0-1

[Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.09.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1995.09.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Benjamin} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3
d5 8. dxe5 Be6 {All right, which variation will it be?} 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4
11. Ng5 $5 {The sharpest try in this variation. I imagined that Kasparov would
be very well prepared for all the main lines, and so I decided to go ahead and
use an obscure idea.} dxc3 (11... Qxg5 12. Qf3 O-O-O 13. Bxe6+ fxe6 14. Qxc6
Qxe5 15. b4 Qd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. bxc5 dxc3 18. Nb3 $16) 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. bxc3
Qd3 {Former Candidate Artur Yusupov, who is serving as one of Anand's seconds,
is one of the world's experts on the Open Ruy. Sideif-Sade - Yusupov, Frunze
1979, saw 13...Nxb3 14.axb3 Qd3.} 14. Nf3 {As we all know now, Kasparov blew a
hole into this variation in the 10th game with 14.Bc2, but let's not jump
ahead. [#]} O-O-O $1 {This was Elizbar's idea. I was first sceptical, but
later became very enthusiastic about this move. To compensate for the obvious
shortcomings in his position (weak king, White's two bishops) Black has a lead
in development and White's pieces do not coordinate very easily.  A
theoretical novelty. Karpov-Kortchnoi, Bagiuo City 1978 saw 14...Qxd1 15.Bxd1
Be7 16.Be3 Nd3 17.Bb3 Kf7 18.Rad1 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Nxe5 20.Bf4 with the better
ending for White. 17 years later this line is once again in the spotlight
during a World Championship Match.} 15. Qe1 (15. Bd2 Nxb3 16. axb3 (16. Qxb3
Rd5 $1) 16... Kb7 {/\ Be7,Rhf8}) 15... Nxb3 16. axb3 Kb7 17. Be3 {Played by
Kasparov after 20 minutes thought. Another possiblity was 17.Bg5 . After 17...
Rd5 White could choose between the speculative 18.c4!? and the strange-looking
18.b4.The latter seeks to deny Black's Bishop c5.One possible variation is 18.
b4 h6 19.Be3 g5 20.Ra2 with Rd2 and Qa1 in the works.} (17. Bg5 Rd7) 17... Be7
18. Bg5 {An interesting idea. White wants to gain access to the c5 square
which means he must eliminate Black's dark coloured bishop. Once again the
weird-looking 18.b4 is deserving consideration.} (18. Ra2 {/\ Qa1} Rhf8 $1 19.
Qa1 Rxf3 $1 20. gxf3 Qg6+ 21. Kh1 Qh5 {And Black can count on at least a draw.}
) 18... h6 {During the post-game press conference Anand mentioned that 18...
Rhe8 would have left White with a slight advantage.} (18... Rhe8 $5 {This may
well be the best move since the game continuation is quite risky for Black. I
don't see anything clear for White here.} 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Ng5 {I was worried
about this during the game, but afterwards my seconds showed me Qd2.} Qd2 $1
21. Ne4 (21. Qe4 Qxg5 22. Rxa6 Rd5 23. Rxc6 Kxc6 24. c4 Qxe5 25. cxd5+ Qxd5 $15
) 21... Qxe1 22. Rfxe1 Kb6) 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Nd4 $5 {[#]} Rxd4 $1 {The only
move. Anything else allows b4 and Nb3-c5.  Anand had forseen this possiblity
many moves before.} (20... Qg6 21. b4 Nd5 22. Nb3 $1 Nf4 23. Nc5+ Kc8 24. g3
Nd3 25. Qe3 $18) 21. cxd4 Qxb3 (21... Qxd4 {This is a serious alternative. I
wanted to have connected passed pawns in the <<, but Black has good
compensation here as well.}) 22. Qe3 $6 {Benjamin: A critical decision and one
that Garry spent twenty five minutes on. The GM commenting corp spent a lot of
time on 22.Qc1, staying in the middlegame. One possible line is 22...Ra8 
(Black has to worry about Rxa6 followed by Qxc7) 23. Ra3 Qb4 24.Rc3 Nd5 25.Rc6
Qxd4 26.Rxe6 Nc3 27.Kh1 a5 and Black is doing fine.} (22. Qc1 {Much more
dangerous than the game continuation.} Qb4 $5 {This is probably the best
defence. The point is that after 23.Qf4 Nd5 24.Qf7 Black can play 24...Qe7.} (
22... Nd5 $2 23. Rxa6 Nc3 24. Qa1 Na4 25. Rb1 Qxb1+ 26. Qxb1 Kxa6 27. Qg6 $18)
(22... Qd5 $4 23. Qa3 {I actually wasted a few seconds before I saw this.}) (
22... Ra8 23. Qf4 $1 (23. Qc5 Nc6 24. Rfc1 Qd5 $1) 23... Qd5 (23... Nd5 24. Qf7
Nc3 $2 25. Qf3+ $1) 24. Qf7 Nc6 25. Rac1 Rd8 $1 (25... Rc8 26. Rc5 Qxd4 27.
Rfc1 {/\ Qf3}) 26. Rc5 Qxd4 27. Rxc6 $1 Kxc6 28. Rc1+ Kb7 29. Qxc7+ Ka8 30. h3)
23. Qc2 (23. Rxa6 $2 Kxa6 24. Qxc7 Qa3 $1 25. Qd7 Rc8 26. Qxe6+ Rc6 27. Qf7 Rc1
$1) 23... Qxd4 24. Qa2 Qb6) 22... Qxe3 $8 (22... Qd5 $4 23. Qa3 $18) 23. fxe3 {
I didn't know what to make of this ending during the game, but now it seems to
me that Black is not in danger here.} Nd5 24. Kf2 Kb6 25. Ke2 a5 26. Rf7 (26.
e4 $6 Nb4 $1 {And now Black threatens Rd8 and Nc6.} (26... Nc3+ 27. Kd3 b4 28.
Rf7)) 26... a4 27. Kd2 {Benjamin:Anand express ed some surprise at this move.
He preferred the immediate 27.e4 and rattled off the variation 27...Nb4 28.Re7
Nc2 29.Rxe6+ Kb7 (29...Ka5 30.Rd1 with Rc6 to follow) 30.Rd1 a3 31.d5 a2 32.
Kd3 a1(Q) 33.Rxa1 Nxa1 34.Kc3.Vishy felt that the final position, where
Black's Knight is cornered and White's e-pawn is ready to run, didn't offer
the second player prospects for more than a draw.} (27. e4 Nb4 {/\ Rd8} (27...
Nc3+ $2 28. Kd3 b4 29. Kc4)) 27... c5 $2 {Another viable alternative is IM
Vitaly Zaltsman's 28...Rd8, intending to hold up e4 before advancing on the
queenside. After 29.Rxg7 c5 30.Rg6 then 30... Nc7 leads to interesting play.} (
27... Rd8 $1 {I had seen this move, but thought that c5 was a better way of
opening the position on the <<. A pity, since White would have had serious
problems to solve.} 28. Rxg7 (28. e4 $2 Nb4 29. Kc3 Nc6 30. Rd1 b4+ $1 31. Kb2
(31. Kc4 Nxe5+) 31... Nxd4 {/\ c5-+}) 28... c5 29. dxc5+ (29. Rg6 Nc7 30. Kc3
c4 $5 (30... cxd4+ 31. exd4 Ka5 {Followed by b4+ and Nb5.}) (30... Nd5+ 31. Kd2
c4 32. Rxe6+ Ka5 33. Rd6) 31. e4 Ka5 32. Rxh6 Rc8 $1) 29... Kxc5 30. Rc1+ (30.
Rg4 Nb6+ 31. Rd4 Rxd4+ 32. exd4+ Kxd4 $15 {_|_}) 30... Kb4 31. Rg4+ Ka5 32. Rd4
Rf8 $36) 28. e4 $5 {Benjamin: A disappointment for the spectators but
understandable under the circumstances. Each player has only a little over
thirty minutes left and the position is very complicated. Anand very honestly
confessed after the game: "neither of us had a clue what was happening." One
line bandied about by the GM commentators was 28.e4 Nb4 29.dxc5(as we go to
press, 29.Re7 appears to favor white, it seems that 28...Nc7 is probably best.)
Kc6 (29...Kxc5? 30.Rd7) 30.Re7 Rd8+ 31.Kc3 Kxc5 32.Rc7+ Kb6 33.Kxb4 Kxc7 34.
Kxb5 Rb8+ or 34...Nc6 and Black looks to have the better chances.} (28. e4 {
The exclamation is for the move, the question mark is for the draw offer that
accompanied it. I was a bit puzzled but taking into consideration that the
position was very difficult to evaluate, I accepted after ten minutes thought.
Later, analysis showed that my intuition was right, the position now holds
dangers only for Black. The next morning there was further confirmation of
this. Kasparov wrote in USA Today (where the players were expected to submit
daily reports of the games) that he was wrong to offer a draw! There are two
moves here:} Nc7 (28... Nb4 29. Re7 $1 cxd4 30. Rxe6+ Ka5 31. Rd6 Rf8 32. e6 $1
{This seems to me to be +/= at least. Black plans to meet Rc1 with a3 but he
doesn't have a useful move here.} Rf2+ $2 33. Kd1 $1 Rf1+ 34. Ke2 Rxa1 35. e7
d3+ 36. Rxd3 Nxd3 37. Kxd3 $1 $18) 29. dxc5+ $1 (29. Rd7 cxd4 (29... c4 $5) 30.
Rc1 Na6) 29... Kc6 30. Kc3 Rd8 (30... Na6 31. Re7 Nxc5 (31... Kxc5 32. Rxe6)
32. Rd1 $1 $16) 31. Re7 $1 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cullera op 26th"]
[Site "Cullera"]
[Date "2005.07.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Black "Garcia Roman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[Annotator "Arizmendi,J"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2005.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 exd4 {This leads to
a very nice ending for White: good chances to score the full point, almost no
chances to lose. Yet, it is a dangerous variation if White does not know his
theory.} 7. Re1 d5 8. Nxd4 Bd6 9. Nxc6 Bxh2+ 10. Kh1 $1 Qh4 11. Rxe4+ $1 dxe4
12. Qd8+ Qxd8 13. Nxd8+ Kxd8 14. Kxh2 Be6 {This position has come about almost
by force, and the assessment is clear: White is better. This is due to the
bishop-pair, especially his strong dark-squared bishop. Of course, if Black
could push his e-pawn one step back in order to keep control over some dark
squares, then everything would be different.  My opponent had already played
this ending twice against strong opposition, and won both games after white
overplayed his hand.} 15. Bf4 (15. c3 $5 {first might be better, preserving
the a4 bishop.}) (15. Nc3 $2 c5 {and b5-c4, trapping the bishop, is a nasty
trick one can easily fall into.} 16. a3 c4 $17) 15... c5 $6 (15... b5 16. Bb3
Bxb3 17. axb3 $14 {is a better option.}) 16. c3 {No second chance!} Ke7 17. Nd2
f5 18. f3 $1 $16 {This another problem with the e4-pawn is that White can
easily open up the game.} b5 19. Bc2 exf3 20. Nxf3 Rhe8 21. Re1 ({I think} 21.
Rd1 $1 {, planning Bd6, should be preferred.}) 21... Kf8 22. Bd6+ Kg8 23. Bxc5
Bxa2 24. Ne5 {In principle, White should keep the rooks on, but here,
considering how the games goes,} (24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Bxf5 Bd5 26. b4 $14 {
is probably better.}) 24... g6 {This I saw too late. The a2 bishop is not
trapped after 25.b3 due to a5-a4.} (24... Be6 25. Nc6 $16) 25. Bd4 a5 $2 {
This weakens the queenside and allows the c2-bishop to become active again.} ({
After} 25... Bd5 26. Ra1 Re7 $1 {Black´s position is very solid. The problem
here is that the c2 bishop cannot participate actively in the fight.} (26...
Re6 27. Nd7 Re2 28. Nf6+ Kf7 29. Bd1 Rxg2+ 30. Kh3 $16)) 26. Ra1 Be6 27. Bd3 b4
28. Bb5 $1 $16 Rf8 (28... Reb8 $142 29. c4 $16) 29. Bc6 {The until now passive
bishop has taken up a very strong position on the queenside. Black will now
lose a pawn, which leads to a winning ending for White.} bxc3 30. Bxc3 Ra6 31.
Rxa5 Rxa5 32. Bxa5 Bb3 $1 {Black´s only hope is to keep the pawn blocked on b2.
Once it reaches b4 nothing will stop it.} 33. Kg3 Rb8 $6 34. Kf4 Rf8 35. Ke3 ({
Transferring the knight to d4 would have decided the game inmediately.} 35. Nf3
$1 Rc8 36. Nd4) 35... g5 36. Kd4 h5 37. Kc3 $6 {This is probably not best, but
good enough.} Be6 $2 (37... Rb8 38. Nf3 Be6 39. Nd4 Rc8 40. Kd3 Kf7 41. b4 $18)
38. b4 $18 f4 39. b5 g4 40. b6 Bc8 41. Kd4 f3 42. gxf3 g3 43. Ke3 h4 44. Ng6 $1
Rf6 45. Bd5+ Kg7 46. Nxh4 Rf8 47. b7 Re8+ 48. Kf4 Bxb7 49. Bxb7 Rb8 50. Be4 1-0

[Event "Mukachevo m"]
[Site "Mukachevo"]
[Date "2009.09.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Bischoff,K"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2009.09.20"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In a short match you do normally not get too many chances to come back after
losing a game. So we can expect, that Nigel will try to get double egded
positions.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 {This is
already a small surprise. But Nigel has a lot of experience with the Open Ruy,
of course. Still, in most of these games he was sitting on the other side of
the board.} 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 g6 {# But this
is a real surprise! When I saw this move on my screen, I tried to find my old
books about the match Karpov-Korchnoi. And indeed 1978 in Baguio City Korchnoi
played g6 against Karpov in game 8. He lost quickly and g6 got a very bad
reputation. It was Miguel Najdorf, who even said that g6 was already the
decisive mistake. But there is certainly a lot of truth in Korchnoi's saying
that everything that is well forgotten is new in chess. By the way, when this
game was played Nigel was 13 years old. And Zahar had not been born yet.} 11.
Bc2 (11. Qe2 {was played by Karpov. After} Bg7 {Karpov played the risky but
energetic} 12. Nd4 $1 {Korchnoi took the pawn with} Nxe5 {but could not solve
the problems with his king after} 13. f4 Nc4 $6 14. f5 gxf5 15. Nxf5 Rg8 16.
Nxc4 dxc4 17. Bc2 Nd3 18. Bh6 {Nigel probably had an improvement ready. I can
only guess where, but my engines do not like the move Nc4 at all.}) 11... Bg7
12. Re1 O-O 13. Nb3 Nd7 {# This was played after a very long think. Nigel
keeps e5 under attack. His plan for the next moves is to get in c5 as quickly
as possible.} 14. Bg5 Qc8 15. Bf4 Ne7 16. Qd2 c5 17. Bh6 {White had a wide
choice; h3 was playable but a bit (too) careful. There is even something to be
said for h4 immediately.} Qc6 18. Qg5 Rfe8 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. h4 a5 (20... f6 $4
{is a terrible mistake.} 21. exf6+ Nxf6 22. Nbd4 $1 cxd4 23. Nxd4 {# This fork
is deadly.}) 21. a4 $5 {When I was in Zahar's age, I was taught not to touch
pawns on the side, where my opponent is attacking. But these young 2650
players do not care about "rules".} (21. h5 {was a more direct approach. After}
h6 {(Black cannot allow h6)} 22. Qg3 {White has strong pressure.}) 21... h6 22.
Qf4 Reb8 23. Nbd2 b4 24. c4 b3 $1 {#} 25. Bxb3 Rb4 26. cxd5 Nxd5 27. Bxd5 Bxd5
28. Qe3 Nf8 $1 {My engines are not impressed, but I like this move very much.
Nigel will play Ne6 next and has the board under control.} 29. b3 Ne6 30. Rac1
Qb7 31. Rc3 Rd8 32. Rd3 $6 {#} Bxf3 $1 {Now Black is winning his pawn back.}
33. Nxf3 ({Far too risky is} 33. Rxd8 {because Black has} Bxg2 {After} 34. Rd6
Rg4 35. f3 Bxf3+ 36. Kf2 Bd5 {White is in dire straits.}) 33... Rxd3 34. Qxd3
Rxb3 35. Qd1 Rb4 36. h5 g5 37. Qc2 Qc6 38. Ra1 Rg4 39. Qf5 Rf4 40. Qc2 Rg4 41.
Qf5 Rf4 42. Qc2 {#} Kg8 ({It looks tempting to sac the exchange with} 42...
Rxf3 {after} 43. gxf3 Nd4 $1 44. Qd1 Nxf3+ 45. Kg2 Nxe5+ 46. Kg3 Qf6 {Black
has two pawns for the exchange with an ongoing attack. But this is of course
easy to recommend with computer assistance.}) 43. Qd1 Rb4 44. g3 Qe4 45. Nd2
Qxe5 46. Rc1 Qd5 47. Qc2 g4 48. Re1 Qxh5 49. Qd3 Rd4 50. Qe3 Ng5 51. Qe8+ Kh7
52. Re2 Rxd2 {Black is okay!} 0-1

[Event "Mukachevo m"]
[Site "Mukachevo"]
[Date "2009.09.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Bischoff,K"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2009.09.20"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Enjoy your free day, the arbiter may have said to the players after game
three. Nevertheless we can be almost sure that Nigel and Zahar spent their
free day in front of their laptops.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6
5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Nxb3 {# Of
course he is not ready to repeat g6 against a better prepared opponent. Still,
I would not make a bet that Nigel thinks Nxb3 is the best move here. He may
intend to show the best move in game 6; classical match strategy.} 11. Nxb3 Be7
12. Nfd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 a5 14. Qc2 {So Black has weaknesses in the c-file.But
he will get a strong grip on the white squares to compensate this.} Qd7 15. Be3
Bf5 16. Qc1 {# Zahar intends Bg5, which is a strong positional threat.
Exchanging the bishops would be positional suicide and f6 is (still) highly
undesirable.} h6 $1 17. Nc5 Qc6 18. Qd1 Qg6 (18... Bxc5 $6 19. Rc1 $1 Qg6 20.
Rxc5 c6 {is not the end of the world for Black, but a guarantee he will suffer.
}) 19. Rc1 O-O 20. Bf4 h5 {Black starts with useful pawn moves. It is not at
all easy to decide where to put the rooks.} 21. f3 a4 22. Kh1 Rfe8 23. Qd2 c6 {
# Nigel seems to think that Nb7-d6 is not a problem. He could have prevented
this with Ra7 and only then c6.} 24. Nb7 Bd7 25. Rfe1 Bf8 26. Nd6 {He is going
for a very small but safe advantage.} (26. h3 {is a possible improvement. Even
a well timed g4 may be an idea later.}) 26... Re6 {Preparing mass exchanges
down the e-file.} 27. h3 Bxd6 28. exd6 Rae8 29. Re5 f6 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. Re1 {#
} Qe8 {He is keeping his queen close to the main enemy, the d-pawn.} (31...
Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Qc2 {is playable according to my engines. After} 33. Qe7 Qd1+
34. Kh2 Qxd4 35. Qxd7 Qxf4+ {it's a draw.}) 32. Rxe6 Qxe6 33. h4 Kf7 34. Kh2
Qf5 35. Bg3 Qe6 36. Qa5 Qe8 37. Qc7 Ke6 38. a3 Kf7 39. Bf4 Qe6 40. Bd2 Ke8 41.
Ba5 Kf7 42. Bd2 Ke8 43. Kg3 Kf7 44. Kf2 Kg6 45. Bf4 Kf7 {#So he can only sit
and wait.The only plan for White could be Qd8 and hyperspace the king to c7.
But how can Zahar cross the e-file? After Be3 Black has Qf5.} 46. Be3 Qf5 47.
Qd8 Qe6 48. Bf4 Qe8 49. Qxe8+ Kxe8 {0.00 according to my engines. I do not
doubt it.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.05.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1996.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wedberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3
d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4 {
The open Variation of the Ruy Lopez was the main oppening for Anand in his
match against Kasparov therefore it was supposed that he has to be well
prepared in this line. It's incredible but after six moves he was already
queen down.} Bc5 14. Ne4 O-O $2 {Wedberg: !?N Just a blunder it was better not
to look at Vishi's face when he saw the consequense of this move. I guess he
rejected the normal 14...Bb6 because of next game.} (14... Bb6 15. Nfg5 $1 {N}
Nxg5 16. Bxg5 Qd7 17. axb5 $6 (17. Re1 $140 $1 O-O 18. Ra3 $1 $40 {Rodriguez,Am
}) 17... Qxb5 18. Nc3 Qd7 $1 19. Qa4 Qxa4 20. Nxa4 h6 $1 21. Nxb6 cxb6 22. Bd2
{1/2-1/2 Rodriguez,Am-Korneev,O/Barbera del Valles 1994.}) 15. Nxc5 Nxf3+ 16.
Qxf3 Nxc5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bg5 $1 Rxa1 {Wedberg: The point of Anands novelty
is to give away the queen and build a drawing endgame fortress.} 19. Bxd8 Rxf1+
20. Kxf1 Rxd8 21. g3 $14 {It is not so easy to improve White's position as it
looks from the first sight.} (21. Qc6 Ne6 22. Qxb5 $4 Rd1+ 23. Ke2 Nd4+ $19)
21... Ne6 22. Qb7 g6 23. Qxb5 c5 24. h4 {Wedberg: After this move the draw is
a mathematical certainty. The only hope was to press through g4 and f5 to
drive the gigantic knight away, but it looks very difficult - especially if
Black posts his R on d4.} h5 25. b4 $6 {After this exchange White has no one
chance to win the game. Better was to keep the 'b' pawn and to try to
speculate with both ideas 'f4-f5' and penetration to the White's king on the
queenside.} cxb4 26. Qxb4 Kg7 27. Kg2 Kg8 28. Qc3 Ra8 29. Qf3 Rb8 30. Qe3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.05.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1996.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wedberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3
d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4 Be7
14. Nxd4 Qxd4 (14... Nxd4 {Wedberg} 15. axb5 (15. Ne4 O-O (15... Ne6 16. Be3
O-O 17. f4 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Rfb8 19. Rd7 Bf8 20. f5 $16 {1-0 Karpov,
An-Kortschnoj,V (18)/Wch30-Merano ;MAINB 1981 (41)}) 16. axb5 Nxb5 17. Be3 Qc8
18. Qc2 (18. Qd5 Rd8 19. Qc6 Qf5 20. f4 h5 21. h3 Rab8 22. Rfd1 $16 {Chandler,
M-Yusupov,A/Hastings-A1 ;TD 89\14 1989/1-0 (56)}) 18... Qe6 19. f4 f6 (19...
Rad8 20. Ra4 Rd7 21. Rfa1 Qd5 22. h3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Yusupov,A/
Hastings-A1 ;TD 89\14 1989 (36)}) 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. f5 Qe5 22. Bc5 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Yusupov,A/Linares 1989 (32)}) 15... Nxb5 16. Qg4 (16. Qc2
O-O 17. Nf3 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Qxc7 Bb4 20. e6 fxe6 21. Qc6 Qd6 22. Qe4 Bc5
23. Be3 Bxe3 {1/2-1/2 Kindermann,S-Mikhalchishin,A/Dortmund op-A (09) 1993})
16... O-O 17. Nf3 Qc8 18. Qg3 Qe6 19. Ra4 f5 20. Bg5 Rfe8 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Ng5
Qd5 23. Nxh7 Qxe5 24. Qf3 Rd8 25. Ng5 $14 {Oll,L-Vucic,M/New York op (06) 1994/
1-0 (67)}) 15. axb5 {Until now this line was considered as equal but the way
Topalov won this game says that it is not so easy for Black to get back its
pawn.} Qxe5 16. bxa6 O-O {In this position White has many opportunities to
continue the game but nor 18.Nf3 neather 18.Qg4 does not give White any
advantage.} 17. Qa4 $1 (17. Nf3 Qb5 18. Qa4 Qxa4 19. Rxa4 Nc5 20. Ra5 (20. Rc4
{Wedberg} Rxa6 21. Nd4 Ra4 22. Rxa4 Nxa4 23. b3 Nb6 24. Nb5 Nd5 25. Rd1 Rd8 26.
Ba3 Nf4 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Kf1 Ne6 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Sokolov,I/Leon (04) ;CBM
48 1995}) 20... Rxa6 $10 {Psakhis,L-Dolmatov,S/Frunze URS ch 1981.}) (17. Qg4
Qb5 18. Qc4 Rfb8 19. Ra2 Ra7 20. Rd1 Qxc4 21. Nxc4 Rba8 22. Be3 Rxa6 23. Rxa6 {
1/2-1/2 DeFirmian,N-Timman,J/Biel 1995.}) (17. Re1 {Wedberg} Qb5 18. Qa4 Qxa4
19. Rxa4 Nc5 20. Ra3 Ne6 21. Ra1 Ra7 22. Nf3 {1/2-1/2 Popovic,P-Grivas,E/Dubai
olm (02) ;TD 86\02 1986}) 17... Nc5 (17... Rfb8 18. a7 (18. Nf3 Qb5 19. a7 Rb7
20. Qxb5 Rxb5 21. Be3 Bf6 22. Ra2 Kf8 23. Nd2 Bd4 24. Nc4 Rb7 25. Rfa1 Bxe3 26.
fxe3 $14 {Hjartarson,J-Smejkal,J/BL 8990 (1990) ;BL 1990/1/2-1/2 (53)}) 18...
Rb7 19. Nf3 Qd5 20. Be3 Bc5 21. Rad1 Qb3 22. Qxb3 Rxb3 23. Bxc5 Nxc5 24. Nd4
Rb7 25. Nc6 $16 {Ehlvest J. - Marin M./Tallinn 1989.}) 18. Qc4 Rfb8 19. Ra5 Qd6
20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Qb4 22. Qxb4 Bxb4 23. Ra4 {Novelty.Nowdays it is not a
big deal when you shaw an improvement in the very deep ending. Rooks mission
on 'a4' is to attack the Black's bishop that creates a certain problems to
have the pawn back. Before was played 23.Ra2.} Rb6 24. a7 Bc5 25. Rd1 h6 $4 {
Kortschnoj is just waisting time after} (25... Rb7 26. Be3 Bxe3 27. fxe3 Kf8
28. Rda1 Rxb2 {Black is equalizing the game.}) 26. b4 $1 $16 Rxb4 (26... Bxb4
27. Be3 c5 28. Rd7 (28. Bf4 {Wedberg} Rb7 29. Bb8 $16) 28... Bd2 29. Kf1 Bxe3
30. fxe3 $16) 27. Rxb4 Bxb4 28. Be3 $18 Kf8 (28... c5 29. Rd7 c4 30. Bb6 $18) (
28... Ba5 29. Rd7 {+-}) 29. Rb1 {After 29...c5 the simple but convincing 30.
Bc5 Bc5 31.Rb8 is winning.} 1-0

[Event "World U20-ch22"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1983.08.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Trindade, Sandro Heleno"]
[Black "Grivas, Efstratios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Bulletin/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1983.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. c4
$6 {très peu joué} (8. dxe5) 8... dxc4 (8... Bg4 $142 {Euwe}) 9. Qe2 Nf6 10.
dxe5 Nd5 11. Bc2 {[%cal Gc2h7]} Bc5 (11... Ncb4 12. Be4 Bc5 13. a3 Nd3 14. Bxd3
cxd3 15. Qxd3 Be7 $44 {[%csl Gc8,Ge7]}) (11... Be6) 12. Rd1 Nce7 {[%cal Ge7d5]
Le jeu est relativement ouvert et rejouer une pièce développée ne parait pas
très sain.} (12... Ncb4 $142 $5 {[%cal Gb4c2]} 13. Be4 c6 14. a3 Nd3 15. Bxd3
cxd3 16. Qxd3 (16. Rxd3 Bf5 $44) 16... Bg4 (16... Qb6 {Dégager la Qd8 non
protégée est aussi une option saine}) 17. Nbd2 O-O $44 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Neg5
g6) 13. Nc3 Be6 14. a4 {[%csl Rb3]} Qc8 15. Nxd5 (15. Ne4 Bb6 16. Neg5 Bg4 17.
h3 $14) 15... Bxd5 16. Ng5 Bb6 $2 {Perd une pièce sans compensation} (16... Qb7
) (16... h6 $142 17. Ne4 Bb6 18. a5 Ba7 $11) 17. Rxd5 $1 Nxd5 18. Qf3 {[%cal
Gf3d5,Gf3f7]} Qd7 19. Bf5 Qc6 20. axb5 $40 Qxb5 21. Nxf7 (21. Be4 $142 {
[%cal Ge4d5,Gf3f7]}) 21... Rf8 22. e6 g6 $2 23. Bc2 (23. Be4 $18) 23... Qc5 24.
Bg5 c6 25. Rd1 Ra7 $2 26. Rxd5 $1 Qxf2+ (26... cxd5 27. Ba4+) 27. Qxf2 Bxf2+
28. Kh1 Bb6 29. Nd6# 1-0

[Event "San Sebastian International Masters-02"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "1912.03.12"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Annotator "Capablanca,J"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1912.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Capablanca Magazine 1912,p.26-27 2)Winter,E: Capablanca. p.52.} e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. a4 {What Lasker
played in his match against Schlechter 1910 in four games.} (8. dxe5 $142) 8...
Nxd4 {The right replay} 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Nc3 {It is known that Tarrasch is
very studious and having been caught once in the trap by Maróczy it wasnot to
be expected that he would allow himself to be caught ahagain without having
something prepared. Spielmann lost this game more through lack of sense of
reality tha anything else.} Nxc3 {Capablanca; This is the key to the entire
variation.} (10... Nf6 11. Qxd4 c5 12. Qe5+ Be6 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. Rd1 Qd6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 (47) Maroczy,G-Tarrasch,S San Sebastian 1911}) 11. bxc3 c5 {Discovered
by Kostic.} 12. axb5 Be7 13. Qf3 {Capablanca: Incorrect, as Bb3 is paralyzed
for the rest of the game.} (13. c4 $142 {Capablanca}) 13... Be6 14. Rxa6 O-O
15. cxd4 c4 {All this is Kostic's analysis.} 16. Ba2 (16. Ba4 Bd7 17. Qxd5 Rxa6
18. bxa6 Bxa4 19. Qxc4 Qa5 $17 {Capabalnca} (19... Qd7 $145 $19) 20. Bd2 Qxd2
21. Qxa4 g6 22. g3 Kg7 23. Qc4 $145 $11) 16... Rxa6 17. bxa6 Qa5 18. Bb1 c3 {
Capabalnca; With this move the Bb1 is fastened in chains per secula seculorum.}
19. Qg3 Rc8 20. f4 $2 {Capabalnca: Bad, because it creates a hole at e4 for
the enemy Bishop.} Bf5 21. Re1 Bf6 22. Kh1 h6 23. h3 Rb8 24. Be3 Qxa6 25. Rd1
Qa1 26. Qe1 Be4 27. Kh2 Be7 28. Qf1 f5 29. Re1 Bh4 30. g3 Be7 31. Bf2 Bd6 32.
Rc1 Kh7 33. Re1 Rb6 34. Rc1 Ba3 35. Re1 Qb2 36. Qe2 Rb4 37. Rg1 Rb6 38. Re1 Qb5
39. Qh5 Qxb1 40. Rxb1 Rxb1 41. g4 Bc1 0-1

[Event "San Francisco"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4 b4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4
15. Nb3 c5 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Qf3 Ra7 18. Rd1 Be7 19. Qg4 g6 20. Bh6 Rd7 21. e6
(21. Rac1 $1) 21... Rd6 22. Bg7 Rg8 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. Bxd4 Qd7 25. Qf3+ Qf5
26. Qxf5+ gxf5 27. Be3 Rgd8 28. Rxd6 Bxd6 29. f4 Rc8 30. Rd1 Ke6 31. Rd2 Rc4
32. g3 h5 33. Kf1 h4 34. Ke2 hxg3 35. hxg3 b3 36. Kd3 Rxa4 37. Rh2 Be7 38. Bd4
Kd5 39. Bh8 Ra1 40. Rh5 Ke6 41. Kc4 a5 42. Rh6+ Kf7 43. Kxb3 a4+ 44. Kc4 a3 45.
bxa3 Rxa3 46. Bc3 Ra4+ 47. Kd5 Ra3 48. Rh7+ Kf8 49. Kc4 Ra4+ 50. Kb3 Ra3+ 51.
Kb2 Ra6 52. Rh5 Rg6 53. Rxf5+ Ke8 54. Re5 Rxg3 55. Bb4 Rg7 56. Kc3 Kd7 57. Bxe7
Rxe7 58. Kd4 Rxe5 59. Kxe5 Ke7 60. Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch49 Final"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1981.12.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1981.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Re1 Nc5 10. Bg5 (10. Ng5 Qd7 11. Nxe6 fxe6 $10) 10... Be7 11. Bxe7 Nxe7
12. c3 Nxb3 13. Qxb3 (13. axb3 c5 14. b4 cxb4 15. cxb4 O-O $10) 13... c5 14. a4
O-O $1 15. axb5 Qb6 $10 16. Qa4 Bd7 17. Nbd2 Bxb5 18. Qh4 Ng6 19. Qg4 (19. Qg3
$142) 19... Qe6 20. Qg3 Qf5 $15 21. b4 Rac8 22. bxc5 Rxc5 23. e6 $2 Rxc3 24. e7
Re8 25. Nd4 Rxg3 26. Nxf5 Rc3 $1 $17 27. Nf3 Rc7 28. N3d4 Bc4 29. Rab1 h5 30.
Rb6 Bd3 $1 31. f3 $2 Nxe7 $19 32. Re3 $2 Rc1+ 33. Kf2 Rf1+ 34. Kg3 Bxf5 35.
Rxe7 Rxe7 36. Nxf5 0-1

[Event "Reshevsky exhibiton"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1920.03.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Lasker, Edward"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1920.03.17"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 exd4 7. Re1 d5 8.
Nxd4 Bd6 9. Nxc6 Bxh2+ 10. Kh1 Qh4 11. Rxe4+ dxe4 12. Qd8+ Qxd8 13. Nxd8+ Kxd8
14. Kxh2 Be6 15. Nc3 (15. Be3 f5 16. Nc3 Ke7 17. g4 g6 18. Kg3 h5 19. gxf5 h4+
20. Kh2 gxf5 21. Ne2 b5 $2 22. Bb3 Bxb3 23. axb3 {1-0 (69) Capablanca,J-Lasker,
E New York 1915}) 15... c5 16. Bg5+ f6 17. Rd1+ Ke7 18. Be3 c4 19. Bb6 Rhd8 20.
Bxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rxd8 Kxd8 22. Nxe4 b5 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. c3 bxa4 25. Nxa4 Kc7 26.
b4 cxb3 27. axb3 Kc6 28. Kg3 (28. Nb2 Kb5 $15) 28... a5 $17 29. b4 $2 (29. Nb2
Be6 $17 30. b4 axb4 31. cxb4 Kb5) 29... Kb5 $19 0-1

[Event "Brighton CGL Int"]
[Site "Brighton"]
[Date "1983.12.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Murey, Jacob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1983.12.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Bc5 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Nc3 $5 Nb4 (11... Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3
Qd7 14. Rad1 Nd8 $1 15. Nd4 c6 $14 (15... Nb7 16. Qc6 $1 $16)) 12. Qe2 Bxe3 $6
(12... Nxc3 $142 13. bxc3 Bxe3 14. cxb4 Bb6 $13 {/\ 15...a5; 15...c5 Nunn.})
13. Qxe3 c5 (13... Nxc3 14. Qxc3 a5 15. Nd4 $16) 14. a3 c4 (14... Nc6 15. Nxe4
dxe4 16. Qxe4 $16) 15. axb4 cxb3 16. cxb3 $16 Qe7 17. Rfd1 Qxb4 18. Nxd5 Bxd5
19. Rxd5 Rad8 20. Rad1 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 f5 (21... Rc8 22. Rd4 $18) 22. Nd4 Qa5 (
22... Qe7 23. Nxf5 $18) 23. Qc1 f4 24. f3 $18 Nd2 (24... Ng5 25. h4 $1 Nf7 26.
e6 Nh6 27. Re5 $18) 25. Kf2 $1 Qb4 26. Qc5 Qxc5 27. Rxc5 Rd8 28. e6 Kf8 (28...
Rxd4 $2 29. Rc8+ Rd8 30. Rxd8#) 29. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Interpolis-09"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1985.09.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1985.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Be3 Nf5
15. Qc2 O-O 16. Rad1 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Qc8 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. exd4 Qe6 20. Qxc7 Rac8
$1 21. Qa5 Rc2 22. Rf2 (22. Rd2 $2 Rc4 23. a3 Bd8 $19) (22. b3 Rfc8 23. Rd2 Qd5
$1 24. Nf2 Bg5 $40) 22... Rfc8 $1 {/\ 23...Qg4} (22... Qg4 $6 23. Qe1 $1 (23.
Re1 Rxf2 24. Kxf2 f5 25. exf6 Bxf6) 23... Bb4 24. Nc3 Rxf2 (24... Bxc3 25. bxc3
Rxc3 26. Qxc3 Qxd1+ 27. Rf1 $14) 25. Kxf2 f6 26. exf6 Rxf6+ 27. Kg1 $14 {
De Firmian,N-Hellers,F/Biel/1989/1/2-1/2/33/}) 23. Qe1 $8 Qxa2 $2 (23... Rxf2
$1 24. Qxf2 Qxa2 25. d5 Qb3 $1 26. Qf3 (26. Qe2 Rc2 27. Qf3 (27. Qg4 Rc1 $1 28.
Rxc1 Qe3+ $19) 27... Qxf3 28. gxf3 a5 $1 $17) 26... Qxb2 27. d6 Bd8 (27... Qxe5
$3 28. dxe7 Qxe7 $13) 28. Nf6+ (28. d7 Rc1 29. Nd6 Qd4+ $19) (28. Rf1 $1 Qa2 $1
(28... Qd4+ 29. Kh1 Qc4 30. d7 Rc7 31. Nd6 Qe6 32. Nxf7 $18) 29. Nf6+ $1 $40
Bxf6 $1 30. exf6 Qe6 31. Qg3 g6 32. Qf4 Kh8 $1 33. Rd1 a5 34. d7 Rd8 35. h3 b4
$13 36. Rd6 $16) (28. e6 $10 fxe6 29. Rf1 h6 30. Qf7+ Kh7 31. Qxe6 Bb6+ 32. Kh1
Rd8 33. Ng5+ hxg5 34. Qh3+ Kg8 35. Qe6+ Kh7 $10) 28... Kh8 $1 29. Nxh7 Rc1 $19)
(23... h6 $5 24. b3 Bh4 25. g3 Qg4 26. Rxc2 (26. Rf4 $2 Qxf4 $1 $18) 26... Rxc2
27. Nf2 Qf3 $146) 24. Nd6 $1 R8c7 (24... Bxd6 $2 25. Rxc2 Rxc2 26. exd6 $18 Rc8
27. d7 Rf8 28. Qe7 Qd5 29. Re1 Qxd4+ 30. Kh1 g6 31. Qxf8+ Kxf8 32. Re8+ Kg7 33.
d8=Q $18) 25. Rxc2 Rxc2 26. Qe4 Rxb2 (26... Qxb2 27. e6 $1 Bxd6 28. exf7+ Kxf7
29. Rf1+ $18) (26... Rc7 27. Ne8 Rc4 (27... Rc8 28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. Qg4+ $18) 28.
e6 Rc8 29. Nxg7 Kxg7 30. exf7 $18 {/\ 31.Qe7; 31.Qg4+}) 27. Rf1 h5 (27... Re2
$18 28. Qa8+ Bf8 29. Nxf7 Qa3 30. Nd6 Qe3+ 31. Kh1 Qf2 32. Qd5+ Kh8 33. Nf7+
Kg8 34. Nh6+ Kh8 35. Qg8#) (27... Qe6 $16 28. Qa8+ Bf8 29. Nxf7 $16) (27... h6
$18 28. Nxf7 {/\ 29.Qg6} Qe6 29. h4 Rd2 30. Qa8+ Kh7 31. Qh8+ Kg6 32. h5+ Kxh5
33. Qxg7 $18) (27... f6 $18 28. exf6 gxf6 29. d5 $1 Bxd6 (29... Kh8 30. Nf7+
$18) 30. Qe6+ Kg7 31. Qxf6+ Kg8 32. Qf7+ Kh8 33. Qe8+ Kg7 34. Rf7+ Kh6 35. Qe6+
$18) 28. Nxf7 Qe6 29. h3 Rd2 30. Qa8+ Kh7 31. Qh8+ Kg6 32. Qe8 Qd5 33. Rf3
Qxd4+ 34. Kh2 Rd1 35. Nd6+ Kh7 36. Qxh5+ Kg8 37. Qf7+ Kh7 38. Qh5+ Kg8 39. Qf7+
Kh7 40. Qxe7 Qg1+ 41. Kg3 Qe1+ 42. Kh2 (42. Kh2 Qg1+ 43. Kg3 Qe1+ 44. Kg4 Rd2 (
44... Rd4+ 45. Kf5 Qb1+ 46. Ke6 Qa2+ 47. Kd7 Qxg2 48. Qf7 {/\ e5-e6-e7-e8Q})
45. Qh4+ Qxh4+ 46. Kxh4 Rxg2 47. Re3 Kg6 48. e6 Kf6 49. e7 g5+ 50. Kh5 g4 51.
e8=N#) 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1987.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Be3 Nf5
15. Qc2 O-O 16. Rad1 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Qc8 18. h3 Rd8 19. Nh2 Rxd1 20. Qxd1 Qe8 $1
21. Qh5 Nc5 22. Ng3 a5 $1 $15 23. Nf5 $6 Ra6 24. Ng4 Rg6 $17 25. b3 Bd8 26. Nf2
Qc6 27. e4 Qe8 $6 (27... Nxe4 28. Qd1 Nd6 29. Ng4 Nb7 30. Rf2 $15) 28. Qd1 $10
Be7 29. Qd2 Bf8 30. Qxa5 Qxe5 31. Qxb5 Re6 32. Qb8 h5 33. Qd8 g6 $2 34. Ng4
hxg4 35. Nh6+ Kg7 36. Rxf7+ Kxh6 37. Qxf8+ Kg5 38. h4+ Kxh4 39. Qh6+ Qh5 40.
g3+ Kxg3 41. Qf4+ Kh4 42. Qf2+ g3 43. Rf4+ Kg5 44. Qxg3+ Kh6 45. Rh4 Rxe4 46.
Rxh5+ Kxh5 47. Qxc7 Ne6 48. Qb7 Re5 49. a4 Nf4 50. Qf3+ Kg5 51. b4 Re1+ 52. Kf2
Rb1 53. b5 Rb2+ 54. Ke1 Kf5 55. Qc3 Rb4 56. b6 Nd5 57. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Kemerovo1"]
[Site "Kemerovo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Sagalchik, Gennadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Bc5 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Nc3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Qd7 14. Rad1
Rad8 15. Ng5 Ne7 16. f4 Bf5 17. h3 c6 18. Qc5 Ng6 19. Kh2 f6 20. exf6 gxf6 21.
Nf3 Qd6 22. Qxd6 Rxd6 23. Nd4 Be4 24. f5 Ne5 25. Ne6 Re8 26. Nc5 Nf7 27. Rfe1
Kf8 28. g4 a5 29. a4 bxa4 30. Bxa4 Rb8 31. Rxe4 (31. Rxe4 dxe4 32. Rxd6 Nxd6
33. Nd7+ Ke7 34. Nxb8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Pinamar Masters 1st"]
[Site "Pinamar"]
[Date "2001.03.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo"]
[Black "Szmetan, Jorge"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2001.03.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Be3 Nf5
15. Qc2 O-O 16. a4 Nxe3 17. fxe3 c5 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. Nd6 Rab8 20. axb5 axb5 21.
Qe4 g6 22. Qg4 Rb6 23. Ne4 Rd8 24. Rf1 Rd3 $15 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. exf6 Rxe3 27.
Ng5 h5 28. Nxe6 Rbxe6 29. Qg5 Qd6 30. Ra8+ (30. Rad1 $1 Qf8 31. Rd5 Re1 32.
Rxc5 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Rxf6+ 34. Kg1 Qd8 35. h3 $17) 30... Re8 $8 31. Qxe3 Rxa8
32. Qh6 Qf8 33. Qf4 c4 34. Kh1 Rc8 35. Rc1 (35. Re1 b4 36. Re7 c3 $19) 35...
Kh7 36. g4 $19 hxg4 37. Qxg4 Rc5 38. Rc3 Qa8+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.10"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

{Se informator} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 {[#]} Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4
13. a4 Bc5 $1 {[#]} (13... Be7 $14) (13... Rb8 $14) 14. Nb3 $146 (14. Ne4 Bb6
15. Nfg5 $14 {Rodriguez,Am-Korneev/Barbara del Valles op/1994/} (15. Be3 O-O
16. a5 $1 (16. axb5 $6 axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 $15 {de Firmian,N-Ernst,T/Osterskar
Op/1994/}) (16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Qxd4 Nxd4 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Nc5
bxa4 $10 {Sammaluno,T-Ernst,T/Gausdal/1994/}) 16... Ba7 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Bxd4
Qxd4 19. Qxd4 Nxd4 20. Nc5 Rfd8 21. Rfd1 Rd5 $3 $10 {/\ c7-c6,Kf8-e7}) (15.
Nxd4 Qxd4 $1 (15... Bxd4 16. Ng5 $1 $14 {Tischbierek,R-Chekhov,V/Potsdam/1985/
i/39/(411)/}) 16. Qxd4 Nxd4 17. axb5 Nxb5 $10)) (14. Nxd4) 14... Nxb3 15. Qxb3
O-O $1 (15... Rb8 $6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rd1 Qc8 18. Ng5 $16) 16. axb5 axb5 17.
Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Qxb5 h6 $44 19. Qc4 Rd8 20. h3 Qb7 21. Qc2 Qd5 22. Re1 Bb4 23.
Rf1 Bc5 24. Re1 Bb4 25. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tel Aviv"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2001.02.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gruenfeld, Yehuda"]
[Black "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2001.02.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Ng5 Qxg5 12. Qf3 O-O-O 13. Bxe6+ fxe6 14. Qxc6
Qxe5 15. b4 dxc3 16. bxc5 cxd2 17. Qxa6+ Kd7 18. Bxd2 Qxc5 19. Rfd1 (19. Bf4 $1
Qc6 (19... e5 20. Rac1) 20. Rfd1+ (20. Qxc6+ Kxc6 21. Rfc1+ Bc5 22. Bxc7 Rd5
23. Ba5 Kd7 24. Bc3 Rf8 25. Rc2 g6 $11) 20... Bd6 21. Qa7 $44 Kc8 22. Bxd6 Rxd6
23. Rxd6 cxd6 24. Qxg7 Rd8 25. Qxh7 $16) 19... Bd6 20. Be3 Qe5 (20... Qc6 $15)
21. g3 Ra8 22. Qb7 Rab8 23. Qg2 Ke7 24. Rac1 Rhd8 25. Bd4 Qg5 26. Qe4 Qg6 27.
Qxg6 hxg6 28. Bxg7 Ra8 29. Rc2 Kf7 $15 30. Bh6 Ra4 31. Rd3 e5 32. Be3 Rda8 33.
Rdd2 Ke6 34. Kg2 Re4 35. Kf3 Raa4 36. h4 Rec4 37. Rxc4 Rxc4 38. g4 b4 39. h5
gxh5 40. gxh5 Rh4 41. h6 c5 42. Rd1 e4+ 43. Ke2 Rh5 44. Rg1 c4 45. Rg6+ Kd5 46.
Rg5+ Rxg5 47. Bxg5 Be5 $11 48. Kd1 Ke6 49. Be3 Kf7 50. Ke2 b3 51. axb3 cxb3 52.
Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 256]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7.
Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 ({The main alternatives are:} 10...
Bg4) ({and} 10... Be7) 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4 {Trying to create a
weakness in black's queenside pawn structure.} ({Another theoretical line goes
with} 13. Ne4) 13... Bb4 {Quite a rare move, which braught black success in
the following game.} (13... Be7 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 (14... Nxd4 15. Ne4 Ne6 16. Be3
O-O 17. f4 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 $14 {Karpov,A-Kortschnoj,V/Merano 1981}) 15. axb5
Qxe5 16. bxa6 O-O 17. Qa4 Nc5 18. Qc4 $14 {Topalov,V-Kortschnoj,V/Madrid 1996})
(13... Bc5 14. Ne4 Bb6 15. Nfg5 (15. Be3 O-O 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18.
Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Nf6+ gxf6 20. Bxd4 Rd8 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Be3 Rg8 23. Qh3 fxe5 $15
{Georgiev,K-Gyimesi,Z/Vrnjacka Banja 1998}) 15... Qd5 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. axb5
Nxb5 18. Ng5 Qg6 19. e6 O-O $11 {Leko,P-Gyimesi,Z/Ulcinj 1997}) (13... Rb8 {
--> 1/2-1/2 Hansen,C-Sokolov,I/Malmo 1997/CBM 60 [Mikhalevski,V] (40)}) 14.
axb5 (14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Nf3 Qd5 17. Be3 Rfd8 18. Qc2 c5 $13 {
Passerotti,P-Thipsay,P/Lucerne 1982}) 14... Nxb5 (14... Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 O-O 16.
Ne4 axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Qg4 Kh8 $132 {Fehling,M-Beikert,G/Germany 1989/
GER-chT2}) (14... axb5 $2 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qg4 $16 {[%csl Rb4,
Rd4,Rg7]}) 15. Qa4 $5 {This move appears to be a novelty. The queen is very
well placed on a4, since it could be easily transferred either to the kingside
or to c4.} (15. Qb3 a5 16. Qc4 Nbd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Qc6+ Ke7 19. Nf3 Qd7 20.
Qc2 $14 {Azarov,S-Mamedyarov,S/Nakhchivan 2003}) (15. Ne4 O-O 16. Be3 Qxd1 17.
Rfxd1 {White keeps small, but stable advantage thanks to a superior pawn
structure.} a5 18. Nfg5 $1 Nxg5 19. Nxg5 Rfe8 20. f4 f6 21. Nf3 fxe5 22. fxe5
$1 $14 {Shirov,A-Anand,V/Mainz 2004}) 15... Be7 16. Ne4 ({There was no point
in putting the knight on b3.} 16. Nb3 O-O 17. Be3 c5 18. Rfd1 Qb6 19. Qg4 Rfd8
$13) 16... O-O 17. Rd1 Qc8 18. Bg5 (18. Be3 $5 c5 19. Rac1 Qc6 20. Nd6 Rfd8 21.
Nf5 Bf8 22. Qg4 $14) (18. Ng3 $5 {[%cal Ga4g4,Gg3f5]}) 18... Nxg5 19. Nexg5 h6
$1 {[%csl Ge7]} (19... Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Qf5 21. f4 $14) 20. Ne4 $6 {The knight
has nothing much to do on e4, so more in the spirit of the position was} (20.
Nh3 $1 Qf5 21. Nf4 {[%cal Gf4d5]} c6 22. Ne2 Rfb8 (22... c5 23. Nf4 Rfd8 24.
Nd5 Qe6 25. Qe4 $14) 23. Qc4 $14 {[%cal Ge2d4] with better chances.}) 20... Qe6
21. h3 c5 22. Rac1 Rac8 {[%cal Gc5c4,Gc8c6,Gf8c8]} 23. Qc4 ({Nothing promises} 
23. Rc4 Nd4 $5 24. Nxd4 cxd4 25. Rcxd4 Rb8 $1 (25... Qxe5 $2 26. Qxa6 Rc1 27.
Rxc1 Qxd4 28. Qb7 $1 $16) 26. f4 Rxb2 27. Nd6 Qg6 $11 {and black is doing fine.
}) 23... Rc7 24. Qxe6 fxe6 25. Ra1 (25. Rc4) 25... Ra8 26. Ra5 Rc6 27. Rd7 (27.
Rda1 Nd4 28. Nfd2 Rb6 29. Nc4 Rb4 $132) 27... Ra7 28. Rxa7 Nxa7 29. Nfd2 Rb6 $1
30. Nc4 Nc6 $1 31. Nxb6 (31. Ra4 Rb4) 31... Nxa5 32. Nc8 Bf8 33. Ncd6 Nb3 34.
Kf1 Bxd6 35. exd6 (35. Nxd6 Nc1 (35... g5 36. Ke2 Kg7 37. Kd3 Na5 38. g3 $16)
36. Nc4 g5 37. Ke1 Nd3+ 38. Ke2 Nf4+ 39. Kf3 $14) 35... Kf7 36. Ke2 c4 37. Kd1
Nd4 38. Nc5 (38. Kd2 Nb5 39. Ke3 e5 $11) 38... e5 39. Kd2 Nb5 40. d7 Ke7 41. f3
g5 42. Kc2 Kd8 43. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 18th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.03.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2849"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Ng5 Qxg5 12. Qf3 O-O-O 13. Bxe6+ fxe6 14. Qxc6
Qxe5 15. b4 Qd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. bxc5 dxc3 18. Nb3 d4 19. Ba3 g6 {This
variation is not for fainthearted, black is hoping at the compensation for the
piece due to the strong central pawns c3-d4.} (19... Be7 20. Bb4 Bf6 21. a4 Kd7
22. axb5 axb5 23. Ra6 (23. Rfd1 Ke6 24. Rac1 Rd5 25. Rd3 c6 26. Ra1 (26. f3 Ra8
27. Re1+ Kf7 28. Ra1 Rxa1+ 29. Nxa1 Rd8 30. Nc2 Ra8 {0-1 Harley,A-Morris,P/
Stockholm/1994/ (31)}) 26... Kf7 27. Kf1 Re8 28. Re1 Ra8 29. Ra1 Rxa1+ 30. Nxa1
Rd8 {1/2-1/2 Harley,A-Ernst,T/London/1991/ (48)}) 23... c6 24. Rd1 Ke6 25.
Rxc6+ Kd5 26. Rxf6 Kc4 27. Rd6 Rxd6 28. cxd6 Kxb4 (28... Kxb3 29. Rxd4 Kb2 30.
Kf1 c2 31. Bd2 {1-0 Dimitrov,V-Korneev,O/Linares/1996/ (54)}) 29. Nxd4 Kc4 30.
d7 b4 31. Nc2 Rd8 32. Rd4+ Kc5 33. Rxb4 Rxd7 34. Rb1 {1-0 McDonald,N-Morris,P/
London/1994/ (37)}) (19... c2 20. Bb4 g6 21. a4 bxa4 22. Rxa4 Bg7 23. Rxa6 Kb7
24. Ra2 Kc6 25. Rxc2 d3 26. Ra2 Rb8 27. Na5+ Kd5 28. Bd2 Rb5 29. Ra3 {1-0
Cunningham,R-Vucic,M/Philadelphia/1992/ (29)}) 20. Bb4 Bg7 21. a4 Kd7 (21... d3
22. axb5 d2 23. bxa6 c2 24. Nxd2 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 Rhe8 26. Rc1 Re4 27. Bc3 Rc4 28.
a7 Kb7 29. Rxc2 Rd3 30. Ra2 Ka8 31. Kf1 Rcxc3 {0-1 Berry,N-Eynon,D/Grangemouth/
1999/ (44)}) 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rfd1 (23. Rad1 Ke6 24. Rfe1+ (24. Rd3 Kd5 25.
Na5 Ra8 26. Bxc3 Ke4 27. Rfd1 dxc3 28. Re3+ Kf5 {0-1 Sargissian,G-Danilovic,A/
Moscow/1997/ (55)}) 24... Kd5 25. Bxc3 Kc4 26. Ba5 Kxb3 27. Rb1+ Kc4 28. Rec1+
Kd5 29. c6 Kd6 30. Rxb5 {1-0 Shirov,A-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee/1996/ (49)}) 23...
Ke6 24. Rac1 Rhe8 {Novelty that will be hard pressed to find any followers.
Black has to use strong meassures to breath life into the pawn chain. The move
24...Rd5!? could well have been more unpleasant for Kasparov.} (24... Rd5 $5
25. Ba5 (25. Rd3 $5) (25. c6 $5) 25... Ra8 26. Rd3 Rxa5 27. Nxa5 Rxc5 28. Kf1
b4 29. Nb3 Rd5 (29... Kd5 $3 30. Nxc5 Kxc5) 30. Ra1 $14 {1-0 Van den Doel,
E-Timmermans,I/Deizisau/1999/ (39)}) 25. Kf1 Kf5 26. c6 $1 g5 (26... Re6 $2 27.
Bxc3 Rxc6 28. Bb2 $18) 27. Ba5 Rd6 (27... Re7 28. Bxc3 $18) 28. Bb4 (28. Bxc7
Rxc6 29. Ba5 Rc4 $15) 28... Rdd8 29. Rd3 $1 g4 (29... Ke4 30. Rcd1 Bf6 (30...
c2 31. R1d2 c1=Q+ 32. Nxc1 Re6 33. Be7 Rg8 (33... Rxc6 34. Bxd8 Rxc1+ 35. Ke2
$18) 34. Rb3) 31. Nxd4 Bxd4 (31... Rxd4 32. Rxd4+ Bxd4 33. Re1+ $18) 32. Bxc3
Bxc3 33. f3+ Kf4 34. Rxd8 $18) 30. Bc5 Ke4 31. Rcd1 (31. Bxd4 $2 Bxd4 32. Rxd4+
Rxd4 33. Re1+ Kd5 34. Rxe8 Rb4 35. Nc1 Rb1 36. Re1 b4 $17) 31... h5 (31... Rd5
32. Bxd4 c2 (32... Bxd4 33. Nxd4 Red8 34. Re3+ Kf4 35. Ne2+ $18) 33. Re3+ Kf5
34. Rde1 Rxe3 35. fxe3 $18) (31... c2 32. R1d2 Bh6 33. f3+ $18) 32. Nxd4 $1 {
[%mdl 2048] Black dreams about strong counterplay are dying with the pawn d4.
With the exact white's play the whole black's queenside will be eliminated.} b4
(32... Bxd4 33. Rxd4+ Rxd4 34. Rxd4+ Kf5 35. Rd3 $18) 33. Re3+ Kd5 (33... Kf4
34. Rxe8 Rxe8 35. Bxb4 $18) 34. Bxb4 (34. Ne6+ $2 Kc4 $1 35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Nxd8
c2 $1 37. Re1 Kxc5 38. Ne6+ Kb6 $15) 34... Kc4 (34... Bxd4 35. Bxc3 Re4 36. Ke2
(36. Rxe4 Kxe4 37. f3+ gxf3 38. gxf3+ Ke3 39. f4 $16) 36... Rd6 37. Rxe4 Kxe4
38. f3+ gxf3+ 39. gxf3+ Ke5 40. Rxd4 Rxd4 41. Ke3 $18) 35. Bxc3 Rxe3 36. fxe3
Rf8+ (36... Kxc3 37. Ne2+ $18) 37. Ke2 Kxc3 38. Ne6 {The number of pieces has
leveled, but black has not a shade of compensation for two pawns.} (38. Ne6 Rg8
(38... Rf7 39. Rd7 $18) 39. Nxc7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2004.07.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Ng5 Qxg5 12. Qf3 O-O-O 13. Bxe6+ fxe6 14. Qxc6
Qxe5 15. b4 Qd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. bxc5 dxc3 18. Nb3 d4 19. Ba3 g6 20. Bb4 Bg7
21. a4 d3 $1 22. axb5 d2 23. bxa6 {Very unusual theoretical position. Black is
very correctly fighting for the real counterplay with 21...d3! and impressive
central pawns.} (23. c6 Kb8 24. Rad1 Rd5 25. bxa6 Rhd8 26. Na1 Ka7 27. Nc2 Rb8
28. Rb1 Rdb5 29. Rb3 R8b6 30. Rxc3 Bxc3 31. Bxc3 Rc5 32. Bxd2 Rxc2 33. Be3 Kxa6
34. Bxb6 cxb6 35. f4 b5 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Anand,V/Mainz 2004/ (42)}) 23... c2
24. Nxd2 (24. Bxd2 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 Rhe8 26. a7 Kb7 27. a8=Q+ Rxa8 28. Rc1 {
1/2-1/2 Delchev,A-Gyimesi,Z/Nova Gorica 2004/ (28)}) 24... Bxa1 25. Rxa1 Rhe8
26. Rc1 Re4 27. Bc3 Rc4 28. Rxc2 {[%mdl 4] The first independent move,
unfortunatelly with promotion of the a pawn white only manages to hold the
balance.} (28. a7 Kb7 29. Rxc2 Rd3 30. Ra2 Ka8 31. Kf1 (31. Ba5 Rc1+ 32. Nf1
Rdd1 33. g4 Rxf1+ 34. Kg2 Rg1+ 35. Kf3 Rxc5 36. Bd2 $15) 31... Rcxc3 32. Ke2
Ra3 33. Rxa3 Rxa3 34. Ne4 Kxa7 {0-1 Berry,N-Eynon,D/Grangemouth 1999/ (44)})
28... Rd3 29. Rb2 Rcxc3 (29... Ra4 $2 30. a7 Rxa7 31. Rc2 $18) 30. a7 Ra3 31.
Rb8+ Kd7 32. a8=Q Rxa8 33. Rxa8 Rxd2 34. g4 Kc6 {After the demise of the c5
pawn the position is completely equal.} 35. Kg2 (35. Ra5 Rd5 36. Kg2 Rxc5 $11)
35... Kxc5 36. Kg3 Rd7 37. f4 Kd4 38. Ra1 Rf7 39. Rd1+ Ke3 40. Re1+ Kd4 (40...
Kd2 41. Re5 Kd3 42. Kf3 Kd4 43. Re4+ $11) 41. Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.09.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1995.09.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Benjamin:Garry opened with 1.d4 in game two and 1.Nf3 in game four, but
got nothing out of the opening. His 1.e4 in the sixth and eighth games was
strongly answered by Anand opening novelties, so one can safely assume that
Gary and his team have prepared a surprise for Vishy in the Open Spanish.} e5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9.
Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Ng5 dxc3 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. bxc3 Qd3 {All these moves
were played more or less instantly. Now Garry varies from game six (14.Nf3)
and instantly plays.. .[#]} 14. Bc2 $3 $146 {Tal's idea.This move, in
conjunction with White's next, is the prelude to a spectacular Rook sacrifice.
Kasparov mentioned at the press conference that he had discovered it last
weekend.} Qxc3 {Vishy spent only four minutes on this move, which suggests
that the game is still following his pre-match preparation.} 15. Nb3 {Once
again Garry played this move instantly.} Nxb3 {Played after a 45 minute
thought.} 16. Bxb3 Nd4 (16... Qxa1 17. Qh5+ (17. Qf3 Nd8 18. Qxa8 (18. Bf4 Qd4
19. Rd1 Qa7 20. Bxe6 Nxe6 21. Qc6+ Kf7 22. Rd7+ Be7 23. Be3 Qb8 24. Qf3+ Kg8 (
24... Ke8 25. Qc6 Kf7 26. Qf3+ $10) 25. Rxe7 (25. Qd5 Qe8 26. Qxe6+ Kf8 $19)
25... Qf8 26. Rxe6 Qxf3 27. gxf3 Kf7 $17) 18... Qxe5 19. Qxa6 Bd6 20. f4 Qc5+
21. Kh1 O-O $13) 17... g6 (17... Kd7 18. Bxe6+ Kxe6 19. Qg4+ Kf7 (19... Kd5 20.
Qd7+ Bd6 21. Qf7+ Kxe5 22. Qxg7+ Ke6 23. Qxa1 $18) 20. Qf3+ Ke6 (20... Kg8 21.
Qd5#) 21. Qxc6+ Bd6 22. exd6 Qe5 23. Bd2 $18) 18. Qf3 Nd8 (18... O-O-O 19. Qxc6
Qxe5 20. Qxa6+ Kb8 (20... Kd7 21. Bb2 $1 $18) 21. Be3 $18) 19. Rd1 (19. Bf4 Qd4
20. Rd1 Qa7 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Bg5+ Be7 23. Bxe7+ Kxe7 24. Qf6+ Kd7 25. Qxe6+
Kd8 26. Qf6+ Kd7 27. Qe6+ Kd8 28. Qf6+ Kd7 $10) (19. Qf6 Rg8 20. Bxe6 (20. Bg5
Qc3 (20... Qxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Ba3 22. Qf3 $16) 21. Rd1 (21. Bxe6 Rg7 22. Rd1 Re7 $1
$19) 21... Bd6 $1) 20... Rg7 (20... Be7 21. Bd7+ $1 Kxd7 22. e6+ Nxe6 23. Qxa1
$16) (20... Nxe6 21. Qxe6+ Be7 22. Qxg8+ $18) 21. Ba3 Qxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Bxa3 23.
Qxg7 Nxe6 24. Qxh7 (24. Qg8+ Nf8 25. e6 Be7 $17) 24... Rd8 25. Qxg6+ Ke7 $13) (
19. Qxa8 Qxe5) 19... Rb8 $5 (19... Qxe5 20. Bf4 Qf6 21. Qxa8 Bc5 (21... Be7 22.
Bxc7 $16) 22. Rxd8+ Ke7 (22... Qxd8 23. Qc6+ Qd7 24. Qxc5 $18) 23. Qc6 Bxf2+
24. Kf1 (24. Kxf2 Qxf4+ $19) 24... Rxd8 25. Bg5 Rd1+ (25... Qxg5 26. Qxe6+ Kf8
27. Qf7#) 26. Bxd1 Qxg5 27. Qxc7+ Ke8 28. Kxf2 $18) 20. Qd3 $1 (20. Qf6 Rg8 21.
Bg5 (21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Qxe6+ Be7 23. Qxg8+ Kd7 24. Qe6+ Ke8 25. Qf7+ $10)
21... Qxd1+ 22. Bxd1 h6 23. Be3 Be7 $13) 20... Be7 (20... Bd6 21. exd6 Qg7 22.
Bb2 e5 (22... Qxb2 23. dxc7 $18) 23. d7+ $18) 21. Qd7+ Kf7 22. Bg5 Qxd1+ 23.
Bxd1 Re8 24. Qxc7 (24. Bg4 h5 25. Bh3 $40) 24... Rb7 25. Qc1 $16) 17. Qg4 Qxa1
(17... Nxb3 18. Qxe6+ Be7 19. Bg5 $18) 18. Bxe6 {Garry was still moving more
or less instantly and was over an hour ahead on the clock.} Rd8 {This move was
played quite quickly by Anand. Black can try other moves, but they also seem
to lose.} (18... Nxe6 19. Qxe6+ Be7 20. Bg5 $18) (18... Qc3 19. Bd7+ Kf7 (19...
Kd8 20. Bg5+ Be7 21. Bxe7+ Kxe7 22. Qxg7+ $18) 20. Be3 Bc5 (20... c5 $2 21.
Bxd4 Qc4 22. e6+ Kg8 23. e7 $18) 21. Rd1 Ne2+ 22. Kh1 $1 (22. Qxe2 Bxe3 (22...
Qxe5 23. Qf3+ Ke7 24. Bxc5+ Qxc5 25. Bh3 $40) 23. e6+ Ke7 24. fxe3 $40) 22...
Bxe3 23. Qe6+ Kf8 24. Qf5+ Ke7 25. Be6 $18) 19. Bh6 {Once again Kasparov
blitzed out his move.} Qc3 {According to Garry, Vishy found the only way to
survive for awhile. Here 19...Qxf1+ 20.Kxf1 gxh6 21.Qh5+ mates.} (19... Qxf1+
20. Kxf1 gxh6 21. Qh5+ $18) 20. Bxg7 Qd3 (20... Bxg7 21. Qh5+ $1 $18) 21. Bxh8
Qg6 (21... Ne2+ 22. Kh1 Ng3+ 23. hxg3 Qxf1+ 24. Kh2 Qd3 25. Bf5 $1 Qc4 (25...
Qd1 26. f3 $18) 26. f4 Qxa2 27. Bxh7 $18) 22. Bf6 Be7 23. Bxe7 Qxg4 {Necessary
as 23...Kxe7 would allow 24.Qh4+.} (23... Kxe7 24. Qh4+ Ke8 25. Bg4 $18) 24.
Bxg4 Kxe7 {[#]} 25. Rc1 {A star move that abruptly stops Black's counterplay.
If Anand were allowed to play ...c7-c5-c4 things would be far from clear.
Garry spent a lot of time on the final phase of the game. As he put it, "Its
been a long time since I went two weeks without a victory, and I didn't want
to spoil things after my brilliant novelty". The only previous time Garry had
experienced such a drought was his first match with Karpov, back in 1984- 85.}
c6 26. f4 a5 (26... Rg8 27. Bd1 $18) 27. Kf2 a4 28. Ke3 b4 29. Bd1 {Accurately
played. The tempting 34.Rc4 would allow 34... a3 and Black is much better than
in the game.} a3 (29... b3 30. axb3 a3 31. g4 $18) 30. g4 {Now everything is
clear. Black's advance on the queenside has been stymied and Garry is ready to
roll with his e and f pawns.} Rd5 31. Rc4 c5 (31... Nf5+ 32. gxf5 Rxd1 33. f6+
Kd7 34. Rxb4 $18) 32. Ke4 Rd8 33. Rxc5 Ne6 (33... b3 34. Bxb3 Nxb3 35. axb3 Ra8
36. Rc7+ Kf8 37. Rc1 $18) 34. Rd5 Rc8 35. f5 Rc4+ 36. Ke3 Nc5 37. g5 Rc1 38.
Rd6 1-0

[Event "Parnu-A"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1996.02.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wedberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3
d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Ng5 dxc3 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. bxc3 Qd3
14. Bc2 Qxc3 15. Nb3 Rd8 $5 (15... Nxb3 16. Bxb3 Nd4 17. Qg4 Qxa1 18. Bxe6 Rd8
19. Bh6 Qc3 20. Bxg7 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Anand,V (10)/PCA-Wch (New York)/1995 (38)}
) 16. Bd2 Rxd2 (16... Qxe5 $5 17. Qg4 (17. Re1 Qd5 18. Bf4 (18. Qg4 {Wedberg}
Ne5 (18... e5 19. Bg5 Rd7 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21. Be4 $16) 19. Rxe5 Qxe5 20. Re1 Qd5
21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Rxe6+ Kf7 23. Bb3 {+-}) 18... Nb4) 17... Bd6 (17... Nxb3 18.
Rae1 Nxd2 19. Rxe5 Nxe5 20. Qxe6+ Be7 21. Qxe5) 18. f4 Qf6) (16... Qc4 17. Qh5+
Kd7 18. Rac1 $40) 17. Nxd2 $14 {Kasparov} Nxe5 $6 (17... Qxe5 18. Re1 Qf6 19.
Nb3 $14) 18. Nb3 Ned7 (18... Ncd3 19. Bxd3 Nxd3 20. Qf3 $16) (18... Bd6 19. Rc1
Ncd3 20. Bxd3 Qxd3 21. Nc5 $16) 19. Nd4 $1 Bd6 20. Rc1 Qb2 (20... Qa3 21. Qh5+
Kf8 22. Bb3 $16) 21. Bb3 Nxb3 (21... O-O 22. Rc2 Qa3 23. Nxe6 Nxb3 24. Nxf8 $18
) 22. axb3 {Black has too many weaknesses: a6,c7 and e6 pawns.} O-O (22... c5
$2 23. Re1 $18) (22... e5 {Wedberg} 23. Ne6 $16) 23. Rc2 Qa3 24. Nxe6 Qxb3 (
24... Rf7 25. Nxc7 Qxb3 26. Nxa6 $18) 25. Nxf8 Nxf8 (25... Kxf8 $6 26. Rxc7 $1
$18) 26. Qb1 Qxb1 (26... Qe6 27. Qa2 $18) (26... Qf7 {Wedberg} 27. Qa2 Ne6 28.
Re1 {+-}) 27. Rxb1 Nd7 28. Rd1 (28. Rc6 Nb8) 28... Nc5 (28... Nb6 29. Rc6 Be5
30. g3 g5 31. Re1 $18) 29. Rd5 Ne4 30. Rc6 (30. Rc6 Nf6 31. Rf5 b4 32. Rxa6 $18
) 1-0

[Event "Candidates final"]
[Site "El Escorial"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 c6 10. Nd2 $5 (10. Be3 Be7 11. Nd2 (11. c3 O-O 12. f3 Nc5 13. Bc2
f5 $5 {Barle-Tukmakov,V/Jugoslavia-URS/1976/}) 11... Bf5 (11... Nxd2 12. Qxd2
O-O 13. Qc3 $1) 12. Nf3 $1 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 (13... Bxf3 14. Qxf3 O-O 15. c3 $14 {
Ciocaltea-Kristinsson/Vrnjacka Banja/1972/}) 14. g4 (14. c3 Bc5 15. Bxc5 Nxc5
16. Bc2 O-O {Yudasin,A-Chekhov,V/URS/1981/}) 14... Bg6 15. Nd4 Qc8 $2 16. Nxc6
Qxc6 17. Bxd5 Qc8 18. Qf3 $16) 10... Nxd2 11. Bxd2 Be7 (11... Bc5) 12. Qh5 Be6
13. c3 Qd7 14. Bg5 Bf5 15. Rfe1 (15. Bxe7 Bg6) 15... Bg6 16. Qh4 Bxg5 17. Qxg5
O-O 18. Rad1 Rfe8 19. Re3 Qf5 20. Qxf5 Bxf5 21. h3 h5 22. Rde1 (22. Rd2 $1 Re7
23. Bc2) 22... Rad8 23. Bd1 g6 24. b4 (24. g4 hxg4 25. hxg4 (25. Bxg4 $5) 25...
Be6 26. b4 c5) 24... c5 (24... d4 25. cxd4 Rxd4 26. a3 $10) (24... a5 $5) 25.
bxc5 Rc8 26. a4 Rxc5 27. axb5 axb5 28. g4 (28. g4 hxg4 29. Bxg4 Be6 30. Ra1
Rec8 31. Ra5 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 14th final"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1999.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1999.01.11"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Beer-Sheva Chess Club"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

{[%mdl 2] This game was played in the first round of European Club Cup Final.
It was very important to hold all blacks in this match.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Bc5 10.
Nxe4 $5 dxe4 11. Ng5 $1 {In my opinion 11.Ng5 is better,than:} (11. Qxd8+ $6) (
{and} 11. Bxe6) 11... Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bxb3 13. axb3 ({Worse is:} 13. cxb3 Bd4 $5
(13... O-O $143 14. e6 fxe6 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Nb4 17. Rac1 $13 {0-1 Rowson,
J-Gyimesi,Z/Bratislava 1993/TD (56)}) 14. Nxe4 (14. Bf4 $143 Bxb2 15. Rab1 Bxe5
16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. Rd5 f6 18. Nxe4 Rd8 $15 {0-1 Duncan,C-Flear,G/Hastings 1994/
EXT 98 (41)}) 14... O-O-O 15. Bg5 Rd5 16. Nc3 Rxe5 17. Bf4 Rf5 18. Bg3 Rd8 $15
{0-1 Pink,S-Flear,G/London 1993/EXT 98 (52)}) 13... O-O {Besides,black has
several options:} (13... Bd4 $5 14. Nxe4 (14. e6 $6 f5) 14... Bxe5 15. c3 (15.
Nc5 $5) 15... O-O 16. f4 f5 {+/=/=}) (13... Ke7 $6 14. Nxe4 Bb6 15. Bf4 h6 16.
Nc3 Nb4 17. Nd5+ Nxd5 18. Rxd5 {+/=/+/- Peng,X-Gretarsson,H/Moscow(ol),1994
(1-0);(52)}) (13... Bb6 $5 14. Nxe4 (14. e6 $6 f5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 h6 17.
Nh3 (17. Nf7 $5 O-O $11) 17... g5 18. Rd7 Nd8 19. Rd5 Rf8 20. Rxb5 axb5 21.
Rxa8 Ke7 22. Rb8 c6 23. c4 Nxe6 24. Rb7+ Kf6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Dimitrov,V-Cozianu,C/
Varna 1994/EXT 97 (44)}) 14... Nxe5 $5 (14... Nd4 15. Bg5 $1 h6 $5 (15... O-O
16. Rd2 Nc6 17. Nc3 $1 {/\ Nd5+/-} Bd4 18. Bf4 Rfe8 $2 (18... Bxe5 $142 19.
Bxe5 Nxe5 20. f4 Ng6 21. g3 Rfd8 22. Rad1 $14) 19. Kf1 $1 $16 {1-0 Wang
Zili-Kolev,A/Moscow (ol) 1994/Inf 62/[Wang Zili] (51)}) (15... Nxc2 $2 16. Rxa6
$1 $16 {[%csl Re8]}) 16. c3 Nxb3 17. Rxa6 O-O 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Be7 Na5 20. e6
f5 $2 (20... fxe6 $14) 21. Ng3 g6 22. Rd8+ Rxd8 23. Bxd8 $16 {1-0 Wang
Zili-Mikhalevski,V/Groningen 1996/EXT 98 (34)}) 15. Nc3 (15. Bg5 $5 O-O (15...
f6 $6 16. Nxf6+ $5 (16. Bf4 $14) 16... gxf6 17. Bxf6 Bxf2+ $5 (17... O-O $2 18.
Bxe5 Rxf2 19. Bxc7 $1 $16) 18. Kh1 $8 (18. Kxf2 $4 Ng4+ $19 {[%csl Rf2,Rf6]}) (
18. Kf1 $4 O-O 19. Bxe5 Bd4+ $19) 18... Ng6 19. Bxh8 Nxh8 20. Rd5 $14 {[%csl
Ra8,Rh7][%cal Gd5h5,Gd5b5]}) 16. Rd2 Nc6 17. Nc3 Bd4 18. Bf4 $14) (15. Bf4 Ng6
16. Be3 Bxe3 (16... O-O 17. Bxb6 cxb6 18. f3 b4 19. Nd6 $14 Rfd8 20. Kf2 Kf8
21. Nc4 Rdc8 22. Rd6 b5 23. Ne3 a5 24. Rd5 Rcb8 25. Rd4 Ne7 26. Rd7 {1/2-1/2
Smirin,I-Khalifman,A/Novosibirsk 1995/CBM 50 (26)}) 17. fxe3 Ke7 18. Nc5 Rhd8
19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Nxa6 Rd2 21. Nxc7 Nh4 22. Nxb5 Rxg2+ 23. Kh1 Rxc2 24. Nd4
Rxb2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sammalvuo,T-Taivainen,J/Helsinki 1995/EXT 99 (28)}) (15. Rd5
$6 Nc6 16. Rxb5 $140 $4 Rd8 $19 {[%csl Rb5,Rg1][%cal Gd8d1,Ga6b5]}) 15... Ng4
16. Nd5 O-O-O 17. Nxb6+ cxb6 18. Bf4 Kb7 19. Kf1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Todorovic,
G-Kolev,A/Vrnjacka Banja 1990/EXT 97 (50)}) ({Badly:} 13... Nxe5 {in view of:}
14. Rd5 {[%csl Rc5,Re5]} Nd7 15. Nxe4 Bb6 16. Rxb5 $16) ({Dubious:} 13... Nb4
$6 {because of:} 14. Bf4 $1 (14. e6 $6 f5 15. Bd2 $13) (14. c3 Nc2 15. Rb1 e3
16. Kf1 exf2 17. Ne4 $11) 14... e3 15. Bxe3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Nxc2 17. Rac1 Nxe3
18. Rd3 Ng4 19. e6 $36) 14. Nxe4 Bb6 $6 (14... Bd4 $142 $5 15. c3 (15. e6 $5 {
-see comments to Wang Zili-Karaklajic,N/Beijing 1997/CBM 61(1-0)(Mikhalevski,V)
(75)}) 15... Bxe5 16. f4 f5 $1 17. fxe5 (17. Nc5 $5) 17... fxe4 18. Rd5 (18.
Re1 Nxe5 19. Rxe4 Nd3 $11) 18... Rae8 19. Rc5 Nxe5 20. Rxc7 Ng4 21. h3 e3 22.
hxg4 e2 23. Be3 (23. Bd2 $2 Rd8 $17) 23... Rxe3 24. Re1 Rf4 25. Rc6 Rxg4 26.
Rxa6 b4 27. Ra4 h5 28. Rxb4 Rxb4 29. cxb4 Rxb3 30. Rxe2 Rxb4 31. g3 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Jonsson,B-Gretarsson,H/Reykjavik 1993/EXT 97 (46)}) 15. Bf4 $1 (15. Nc3
$6 {-was checked in the previous games:} Nb4 16. Bg5 $2 (16. Rd2 $5) 16... Nxc2
17. Rac1 Nd4 18. b4 Rfe8 19. Re1 h6 20. Bf4 Rad8 21. Ne4 Rd5 {=/+/-/+
Sutovskij,E-Golod,V(Rapid),Rishon Le Zion,1997(0-1).}) (15. Be3 $6 Bxe3 16.
fxe3 Nxe5 17. h3 f6 18. Nc5 {+/=/= Tyomkin,D-Rapoport,E/ISR(ch),1996(1-0);(53)}
) 15... Rfe8 ({Badly:} 15... Nd4 $2 {[%csl Rc2,Rf4][%cal Gd4e2,Gd4c2] because
of:} 16. Rd2 {+/=/+/-}) 16. Nc3 Nd4 {is the best move.} (16... Nxe5 $2 {
is refuted by:} 17. Nxb5 $1 (17. Nd5 $5 f6 18. Nxb6 cxb6 19. Rd6 {+/=/+/-})
17... axb5 (17... Ng4 $2 18. Nxc7 Nxf2 19. Nxa8 Nxd1+ 20. Kf1 $18) 18. Rxa8
Nf3+ 19. gxf3 Rxa8 20. Rd7 c6 21. Bc7 {+/=/+/-}) ({Also badly:} 16... Bd4 {
in view of:} 17. e6 {[%csl Rc7]} fxe6 18. Bxc7 e5 19. Nd5 Bxb2 20. Ra2 Bd4 21.
c3 Bc5 22. b4 $16) 17. Rd2 Ne6 $5 $146 (17... Rad8 $143 18. Rad1 c5 19. Kf1 h6
20. Ne4 Ba5 (20... Nxc2 $142) 21. b4 $1 $18 {1-0 Rowson,J-Ledger,D/Newcastle
1995/EXT 99 (27)}) 18. Be3 $1 (18. Bg3 $143 Bd4 $44) 18... Bxe3 19. fxe3 {
[%mdl 4096] +/=/+/-} b4 $1 {[%mdl 256]} (19... Nf8 $143 20. Nd5 Ra7 21. Nb4 $16
{[%csl Ra6]}) 20. Nd5 $1 ({Slightly worse is:} 20. Ne4 Nf8 21. Ra5 Ng6 22. Rdd5
(22. Rd7 $143 Nxe5 23. Rxc7 Ng4 $11) 22... f6 $14) 20... Reb8 21. Ra5 Kf8 22.
Nf4 $5 {[%cal Gg1f1,Gf1e2] /\Kf1-e2} Rb6 ({Badly:} 22... Rb5 {in view of:} 23.
Rxb5 $1 (23. Rd5 Rb6 24. Kf2 {+/=/+/-}) 23... axb5 24. Nxe6+ fxe6 25. Rd7 $16 {
and white has a big advantage in the endgame.}) 23. Kf1 Ke8 24. Ke2 Nd8 $5 {
/\25...Nb7 26.Rad5 Rd8} 25. Nd5 Rb7 26. Rd1 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gd1a1]} c6 $1 27.
Nf4 Rb6 {[%cal Gd8b7]} 28. Nh5 $6 ({Possibly:} 28. Ra4 $5 {[%csl Rb4] /\Nd3,
Rda1}) 28... Ne6 29. Rda1 Ra7 {[%cal Ya7e7]} 30. Nf4 Nd8 31. Rc5 Re7 32. Rca5
Ra7 {/\Nb7} 33. Rc5 $138 Re7 34. Nd3 $5 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Gc5c4]} Nb7 35. Rc4 a5
36. Rf1 Nd8 {[%cal Yd8c6,Gb6b5]} 37. Rh4 $5 h6 38. Rc4 Rb5 39. g4 Rd5 $14 40.
Rd4 Red7 $5 ({Loses:} 40... Rxd4 $2 41. exd4 Ne6 42. Ke3 Rd7 43. c3 bxc3 44.
bxc3 Rb7 45. Rb1 $18) 41. Rc4 Rc7 ({Can be recommended:} 41... Re7 $5) 42. Rc5
$5 {קa5} Rxc5 43. Nxc5 Re7 44. Nd3 Rb7 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gd8e6,Ye6f4,Gb7b5]
with the idea:Rb5,Ne6(קa5)} 45. Rf4 $1 {/\Rc4(קc6)} Ne6 $1 46. Rc4 Kd7 47.
Nf4 $5 ({After:} 47. Nc5+ $5 Nxc5 48. Rxc5 Rb5 $1 (48... Ra7 $2 49. Kd3 $16)
49. Rxb5 $8 cxb5 {I have a forcing draw in the pawn endgame:} 50. Kd3 Ke6 51.
Kd4 a4 $3 ({Loses:} 51... g5 $2 52. Kc5 Kxe5 53. Kxb5 f5 $1 54. gxf5 $140 g4
55. c4 $1 bxc3 56. bxc3 h5 57. c4 h4 58. c5 g3 59. hxg3 hxg3 60. c6 Kd6 (60...
g2 61. c7 g1=Q 62. c8=Q $18) 61. f6 g2 62. f7 Ke7 63. c7 g1=Q 64. f8=Q+ Kxf8
65. c8=Q+ Kf7 66. Qd7+ Kf8 67. Qd6+ Kf7 68. Qf4+ Ke6 69. Kxa5 $18) 52. bxa4
bxa4 53. Kc4 a3 54. bxa3 bxa3 55. Kb3 Kxe5 56. Kxa3 g5 57. Kb4 f5 $1 58. gxf5
$140 g4 59. c4 (59. Kc3 h5 60. Kd2 h4 61. Ke2 Kxf5 62. c4 Ke4 63. Kf2 Ke5 64.
Ke2 Ke4 $11 {[%csl Gc4,Ge3,Ye4]}) 59... Kxf5 60. c5 Ke6 61. Kb5 Kd7 62. Kb6 Kc8
63. e4 h5 64. e5 h4 65. e6 g3 66. hxg3 (66. c6 $4 g2 $1 67. c7 g1=Q+ $19) (66.
Kc6 $4 gxh2 (66... Kd8 $19) 67. e7 h1=Q+ $19) (66. e7 Kd7 67. hxg3 hxg3 68. c6+
Kxe7 69. c7 $11) 66... hxg3 (66... h3 $4 67. c6 Kd8 (67... h2 68. e7 h1=Q 69.
e8=Q#) 68. c7+ Kc8 69. e7 $18) 67. Kc6 (67. e7 Kd7 68. c6+ Kxe7 69. c7 $11)
67... Kd8 68. Kb7 g2 69. c6 g1=Q 70. c7+ Ke7 71. c8=Q Qb1+ $11) 47... Rb5 $1
48. Nxe6 fxe6 49. Rd4+ (49. Rf4 Ke7 50. Rc4 Kd7 51. Rd4+ {and see-49.Rf4})
49... Kc7 (49... Ke7 $2 50. Rd6 Rc5 51. Kd3 $16) 50. Rf4 Rc5 $1 {[%csl Rc2,Re5]
is the only move!} ({Badly:} 50... Rd5 {because of:} 51. h4 $1 $16 ({After:} 
51. Rf7+ Rd7 52. Rxd7+ $2 (52. Rf8 $5) 52... Kxd7 {Again I have a forcing draw
in the pawn endgame.} 53. g5 h5 $1 {[%cal Gg7g6]} ({Loses right away:} 53...
hxg5 $4 54. Kf3 c5 55. Kg4 c4 56. Kxg5 cxb3 57. cxb3 Ke7 58. Kg6 Kf8 59. h4 $18
{[%csl Re6][%cal Gh4h5,Gh5h6]}) 54. g6 c5 55. Kf3 Kc6 56. e4 c4 57. Kf4 Kc5 58.
Ke3 (58. Kg5 $2 Kd4 59. Kxh5 c3 60. bxc3+ Kxc3 (60... bxc3 $2 61. h4 Ke3 62.
Kg4 Kd2 63. h5 Kxc2 64. h6 Kxb3 65. hxg7 c2 66. g8=Q c1=Q 67. Qxe6+ $18) 61. h4
Kxc2 62. Kg4 a4 63. h5 axb3 64. h6 gxh6 65. g7 b2 66. g8=Q b1=Q 67. Qxe6 $15)
58... cxb3 59. cxb3 Kb5 60. Kd4 Kb6 61. Kc4 Kc6 $11)) ({and:} 50... Rxe5 $2 {
because of:} 51. Rf7+ Kb6 52. Rxg7 Rc5 53. Kd2 Rd5+ 54. Kc1 Re5 55. Rh7 Rxe3
56. Rxh6 $18) 51. Kd2 Rd5+ $1 {[%csl Re3]} 52. Ke2 {After this move Khalifman
proposed a draw as this game has no an influence on the mach which had already
been won by our team.} ({Though all:} 52. Ke2 Rc5 53. Rf7+ $5 Kd8 $140 (53...
Kb6 $6 54. Kd3 Rd5+ 55. Ke4 Rc5 56. Rf2 $16) 54. Kd3 Rd5+ 55. Ke4 Rd2 56. Rxg7
Rxc2 (56... Rxh2 $2 57. Kd3 $16) 57. h4 Rxb2 58. h5 Rh2 $1 {[%csl Ga5,Gb4] I
have a good chances for a draw.} (58... Rxb3 $2 59. g5 hxg5 60. h6 Rb1 61. h7
Rh1 62. Rg8+ Kc7 63. h8=Q Rxh8 64. Rxh8 $18)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2000.07.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2000.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Bc5 10. Nxe4 $5 dxe4 11. Bxe6 {[%mdl 4] Besides white has two
lines:} (11. Qxd8+ $143) ({and} 11. Ng5 $1 {You can see comments to Khalifman,
A-Golod,V/Belgrad,1999/CBM 69 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V) (52)}) 11... Qxd1 12. Rxd1
fxe6 13. Ng5 O-O 14. Nxe4 Bb6 {} 15. Kf1 $5 {There are two principales
alternatives:} (15. a4 $5 {See comments to Gruenfeld,Y-Mikhalevski,A/Jerusalem,
1996/CBM 56(1-0) (Kanstler,B)(45)}) ({and} 15. Be3 $5 {See comments to Wahls,
M-Haba,P/BRD, 1991/Inf 51/333(1/2-1/2)(Haba,P)(25)}) 15... Nxe5 ({Other
possibilities are:} 15... Rf5 $5) ({and} 15... h6 $5 {See comments to Zontakh,
A-Skembris,S/Cutro,1999/Inf 75/309 (1/2-1/2) (Skembris,S)(44)}) 16. Ke2 Nc4 $5
$146 {[%mdl 8] This move was not played in the next games:} (16... Rad8 $5 17.
Bg5 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Nc4 19. Be7 Re8 20. b3 Rxe7 21. bxc4 bxc4 22. Rd8+ Kf7 23. c3
h6 $11 {See Shtyrenkov,V-Golod,V/Smolensk,1991 (1/2-1/2)(36)}) (16... Ng4 17.
f3 Nf6 18. Nc3 Rad8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Bd2 Nd5 {+/=/= Adams,M-Pribyl,M/GER-chT,
1996(1-0) (57)}) 17. f3 Rad8 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gc4d6]} 18. Rxd8 $1 Rxd8 19. Bg5
Rd5 ({It deserves attention:} 19... Rd7 $5 20. b3 Nd6 21. Rd1 Nxe4 (21... Kf7
$143 22. c4 $1 $36 {[%cal Gc4c5]} (22. Bf4 Ke7)) 22. Rxd7 Nxg5 23. Rd8+ Kf7 24.
h4 Ke7 25. Rg8 Nf7 (25... Kf7 $4 26. Ra8 $18 {[%csl Ra6,Rg5]}) 26. Rxg7 Kf6 (
26... Kf8 $2 27. Rxh7 Kg8 28. Rh5 Kg7 29. g4 Kg6 30. f4 $18 {[%cal Gf4f5]}) 27.
Rg8 $14 (27. Rxh7 $4 Kg6 {[%csl Rh7]} 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 $19)) ({Extremely dubious:
} 19... Rc8 20. b3 Nd6 21. Rd1 $14) 20. b3 Nd6 21. Bf4 Nf5 $2 {After this move
white has a big positional advantage.} ({Can be recommended:} 21... e5 $5 22.
Bg3 (22. Bd2 $2 Nxe4 23. fxe4 Rd4 $15 {[%csl Re4]} 24. c3 $140 $2 Rxe4+ 25. Kf3
Rh4 $17) (22. Nc3 Rc5 23. Bd2 Nf5 $13 {[%cal Gc5c6]} (23... b4 $2 24. Na4 Rxc2
25. Kd3 Rc6 26. Bxb4 $16)) 22... Nxe4 23. fxe4 Rd4 24. Kf3 Rd2 25. Rc1 b4 26.
Be1 (26. Bxe5 Rf2+ 27. Kg3 Re2 $11) 26... Rd4 27. Ra1 {[%cal Ga2a3] +/=/=}) ({
Is a possible continuation of the play:} 21... Nxe4 22. fxe4 Rd4 23. c3 Rd7 (
23... Rxe4+ $4 24. Kf3 {[%csl Re4]}) 24. a4 Kf7 {+/=/=}) 22. c3 $14 h6 23. a4
$1 {[%csl Ga1,Rc7][%cal Ga4a5]} bxa4 $6 ({Probably,better is:} 23... Rd7) 24.
Rxa4 Rb5 (24... a5 $2 25. g4 {/\ 26.c4+-}) 25. g4 $1 $16 Ne7 {It's best move.}
({Leads to hopeless position:} 25... Nh4 $2 26. Bg3 $1 (26. c4 $2 Rxb3 {
[%csl Rf3]}) 26... Ng6 (26... g5 27. Bxh4 gxh4 28. c4 Rxb3 29. c5 Ba7 30. Rxa6
$18) 27. c4 Rxb3 28. c5 Ba7 29. Rxa6 $18) ({and} 25... g5 $2 26. gxf5 exf5 (
26... gxf4 27. fxe6 $18) 27. c4 $1 (27. Nf6+ $2 Kf7 28. c4 $140 Rxb3 29. Be5 $2
(29. c5 $1 $11) 29... Re3+ {[%csl Re5]}) 27... Rxb3 (27... Ra5 28. Rxa5 Bxa5
29. Nf6+ Kf7 30. Be5 $18) 28. Nd2 $18) 26. c4 $1 Rxb3 (26... Ra5 $143 27. Rxa5
Bxa5 28. Nc5 {[%csl Ra6,Re6]}) 27. c5 Nd5 28. Bg3 $5 ({After:} 28. Bd2 {
interestingly:} a5 (28... Ba7 $143 29. Rxa6 Bb8 30. Rxe6 {+/-/+-}) 29. cxb6
cxb6 $16) 28... a5 $6 {At white's bishops to g3,this idea very dubious.} ({
Most probably more stubborn resistance after:} 28... Ba7 29. Rxa6 Bb8 30. Rxe6
Kf7 31. Ra6 Rb2+ 32. Ke1 Rb1+ 33. Kf2 Rb2+ 34. Kg1 $16) 29. cxb6 cxb6 {[%mdl
1024]} 30. Be5 $1 {/^a1-h8} Kf7 31. Rc4 b5 32. Rc5 {[%csl Rb3,Ge4,Rf7][%cal
Gc5b5]} ({A little bit better is:} 32. Rc8 $5 a4 33. Ra8 a3 34. Ra7+ Ke8 35.
Bxg7 $18) 32... Ke7 33. Nc3 a4 34. Kd2 {[%cal Gc5b5]} Nb6 $8 ({Much worse is:} 
34... b4 35. Nxd5+ exd5 36. f4 $18) 35. Bxg7 ({White win right away after:} 35.
Nxb5 Nd7 36. Bd6+ Kf6 (36... Kd8 $143 37. Rh5 Rxf3 (37... Nf6 38. Nd4 $18) (
37... g6 $2 38. Rxh6 Rxb5 $140 39. Rh8+ {[%csl Rd8]} Nf8 40. Rxf8+ Kd7 41. Bg3
$18) 38. Nd4 $18) 37. Rc7 Rxb5 38. Rxd7 Rd5+ 39. Kc2 Kg6 40. Rd8 $18 {[%cal
Gd6e7,Gd6c7]}) 35... b4 36. Ne4 Rxf3 37. Rc7+ Kd8 38. Rc6 {[%csl Rb6,Re6]} Nd7
(38... Nd5 $143 39. Rxe6 {[%csl Rd5,Rd8][%cal Ge6d6]}) 39. Rc4 {[%csl Ra4,Rb4]}
Rh3 40. Rxb4 Rxh2+ 41. Ke3 a3 42. Ra4 $1 a2 $140 ({Senselessly:} 42... Nb6 43.
Ra7 Nd5+ 44. Kf3 {[%csl Rd8]} Rh3+ 45. Ng3 $18) 43. Nf2 $1 $18 {[%csl Rh2]} h5
(43... Rg2 44. Kf3 $1 Rg1 $140 45. Nh3 Rf1+ 46. Kg2 $18 {[%csl Ra2,Rh6]}) 44.
g5 Rg2 45. Bf6+ Kc7 (45... Nxf6 46. gxf6 Ke8 47. Rxa2 (47. Ne4 $5) 47... Kf7
48. Kf3 Rg1 (48... Rh2 49. Kg3 {[%csl Rh2]}) 49. Ne4 $18) 46. Kf3 {The rest is
the matter of technics.} Rg1 47. Rxa2 h4 48. Rc2+ $1 Kb7 49. Ne4 h3 50. Nd6+
Ka8 $8 (50... Kb8 51. Rc8+ Ka7 52. Bd4+ {[%csl Ra7,Rg1]}) (50... Ka6 51. Ra2+
Kb6 52. Bd4+ {[%csl Rb6,Rg1]}) (50... Kb6 51. Bd4+ {[%csl Rb6,Rg1]}) 51. Rc8+
Nb8 52. Rh8 {[%csl Gg5,Rh3] Whole this game despite the my mistakes Luke
McShane conducted very strong.} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.25"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kovacevic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Boksit Milici"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Bc5 10. Nxe4 $5 dxe4 11. Bxe6 {[%mdl 4] Besides white has two
lines:} (11. Qxd8+ $143) ({and} 11. Ng5 $1 {You can see comments to Khalifman,
A-Golod,V/Belgrad,1999/CBM 69 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V) (52)}) 11... Qxd1 12. Rxd1
fxe6 13. Ng5 O-O 14. Nxe4 Bb6 15. Kf1 $5 {There are two principales
alternatives:} (15. a4 $5 {See comments to Gruenfeld,Y-Mikhalevski,A/Jerusalem,
1996/CBM 56(1-0) (Kanstler,B)(45)}) ({and} 15. Be3 $5 {See comments to Wahls,
M-Haba,P/BRD, 1991/Inf 51/333(1/2-1/2)(Haba,P)(25)}) 15... Nxe5 ({Other
possibilities are:} 15... Rf5 $5) ({and} 15... h6 $5 {See comments to Zontakh,
A-Skembris,S/Cutro,1999/Inf 75/309 (1/2-1/2) (Skembris,S)(44)}) 16. f3 ({
It deserves attention:} 16. Ke2 Nc4 (16... Rad8 $5 17. Bg5 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Nc4
19. Be7 Re8 20. b3 Rxe7 21. bxc4 bxc4 22. Rd8+ Kf7 23. c3 h6 $11 {See
Shtyrenkov,V-Golod,V/Smolensk,1991 (1/2-1/2)(36)}) (16... Ng4 17. f3 Nf6 18.
Nc3 Rad8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Bd2 Nd5 {+/=/= Adams,M-Pribyl,M/GER-chT,1996(1-0) 
(57)}) 17. f3 Rad8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 {-transfer to 16.f3(see the game after 18...
Nc4)}) 16... Rad8 17. Rxd8 ({Pretty dubious:} 17. Bg5 {in view of:} Rd5 $1 18.
Nc3 $140 Nxf3 $1 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Gd5g5]} 19. Nxd5 Nxg5+ $17) 17... Rxd8 18.
Ke2 Nc4 19. b3 $5 $146 {This move was not played in the next game:} (19. Bg5 $5
{See comments to McShane,L- Golod,V/Copenhagen,2000/CBM 78(1-0) (Golod,V) (52)}
) 19... Nd6 20. Nxd6 ({Now after:} 20. Bg5 $5 Rd7 21. Rd1 Kf7 {you can find
commentary in the game: McShane,L-Golod,V/Copenhagen,2000 /CBM 78}) 20... cxd6
$14 {[%mdl 4096]} 21. c3 ({Also can be recommended:} 21. Bd2) ({and} 21. a4)
21... Rc8 ({After:} 21... Kf7 $6 22. a4 Rb8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra6 {white has a
firm advantage in the endgame.}) 22. Bd2 Bd8 $1 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gd8f6] /\Bf6
קc3;/^a1-h8} 23. a4 Bf6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra6 {Probably,it's inaccuracy.} ({
In my opinion better is:} 25. b4 $5 Rc4 (25... Bxc3 $4 26. Rc1 {[%csl Rc8]})
26. Kd3 d5 27. Ra5 (27. Ra8+ $143 Kf7 28. Ra7+ Kf8 29. Rb7 d4 30. cxd4 Rxd4+
31. Kc2 Rd5 32. Bc3 e5 33. Rc7 Be7 $11) 27... d4 28. Rxb5 (28. cxd4 Rxd4+ 29.
Kc2 Rd5) 28... dxc3 29. Be3 $5 $14 (29. Kxc4 $4 cxd2 30. Rb8+ Kf7 {[%csl Yf6]
[%cal Yf6d8]} 31. Rb7+ Ke8 32. Rb8+ Bd8 $19)) 25... Bxc3 26. Rxd6 Bxd2 $1 {
After bishops was exchanged black always will have a approximately equal
endgame.} (26... Kf7 $2 27. Be3 $14) 27. Kxd2 Kf7 28. Rb6 Rc5 29. b4 Rh5 $1 30.
h3 $140 Rd5+ 31. Ke3 h5 {[%cal Gh5h4] /\h4} 32. g3 ({Also equality after:} 32.
h4 g5 $11) ({and} 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 g5 $11) 32... g5 $11 33. h4 gxh4 34.
gxh4 Kf6 35. Ke4 Re5+ 36. Kf4 Rf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch29 Karpov-Kortschnoj +6-2=10"]
[Site "Merano"]
[Date "1981.11.14"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1981.10.01"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Be3 Nf5
{In der 14.Partie geriet Kortchnoi nach 14...Sd4xf3+ rasch in eine schlechte
Stellung. Er verbessert nun das schwarze Spiel mit einem Zug, der im Kommentar
zur 14.Partie vorgeschlagen wurde.} 15. Qc2 O-O 16. Neg5 {Das ist also Karpovs
Zug, mit dem er hofft, Kortchnois Verbesserung im 14.Zug erfolgreich bekämpfen
zu können.} Bxg5 (16... g6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 {Unmöglich ist 17...Se3: s.Var..} (
17... Nxe3 18. Nxd8 Nxc2 19. Nc6 $1 {Mit dem Verlust zweier Figuren gegen
einen Turm.}) 18. Bc5 {Führt zu den gleiche Lähmungserscheinungen wie in der
Partie.}) (16... Nxg5 17. Bxg5 {Diese Fortsetzung ist ebenfalls nicht
berauschend, weder bei 17...g6, noch bei 17...Sd4, noch bei 17...Lg5:.} g6 (
17... Nd4 18. Nxd4 Bxg5 19. Rad1 {Mit der Absicht f4 und Sc6.}) (17... Bxg5 18.
Qxf5 Be7 (18... Bh6 19. Rad1) 19. Rfd1) 18. Rfd1) 17. Nxg5 {Um den schwarzen
Läufer ist es wirklich schade.} g6 (17... Nxg5 18. Qxf5 Ne6 19. Rad1 {Mit der
Möglichkeit, De4 samt f4 sieht nicht gerade vertrauenerweckend aus.}) (17...
Ned4 18. Qe4 (18. Bxd4 Qxg5 19. Bc5 Rfd8) 18... h6 {Oder auch g6, nicht aber
18...c5 19.Ld4: bzw. 18...f6 19.Sh7:.}) 18. Nxe6 fxe6 {Schwarz müßte daran
gelegen sein, alle Leichtfiguren zu tauschen.} 19. Rae1 {Wirkt im ersten
Moment verblüffend, wird aber rasch klar, wenn man sich 19.Lc5 s.Var.
betrachtet. Der Läufer auf e3 sowie das Feld e2 bedürfen zunächst einer
Deckung.} (19. Bc5 Nd4 20. Qe4 {Oder Dd1.} Rf4 21. Qxf4 Ne2+) 19... Qd5 20. b3
Rac8 {Bei 20...Se3: 21.Te3: stünde Schwarz den Drohungen Dc7: und Td1 recht
hilflos gegenüber.} 21. Bc5 Rfd8 22. h3 Qc6 $2 {Unverständlich! Warum gibt
Kortchnoi diese starke Zentralstellung und damit den Angriff gegen e5 auf? 22..
.a5 bot sich an, um den Läufer in der Luft hän- genzulassen. Bei 23.a3 müßte
Karpov mit Sd4 rechnen.} 23. b4 Rd7 {Aktiv war fraglos 23...Td5, während das
Manöver Sf5-e7-d5 wegen der damit ver- bundenen Vereinsamung der
Königsstellung mit Vorsicht zu genießen war.} 24. Rd1 Rcd8 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26.
Re1 Qd5 {Nachdem Weiß alle Punkte gut überdeckt hat, ist die Beherrschung der
d-Linie nicht mehr weiter wichtig und gibt Karpov nur das Signal zu weiteren
Sticheleien.} 27. a4 {Entledigt sich einer Bauernschwäche, verpaßt dem Gegner
eine angreifbare Bau- ernschwäche auf b5 und möchte sich über die a-Linie
Zugang zum schwarzen Hinterland verschaffen.} Nh4 $2 {Erneut eine
Zeitverschwendung zugunsten einer weißen Stellungsverbesserung.} (27... Nd4 28.
Qd1 a5 $1) 28. f3 Nf5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Qe2 Qc6 31. Rc1 Rd8 32. Be3 Qd5 33. Bf2
c6 34. Qe1 Qb3 35. Ra1 Qb2 36. Rb1 Qa2 {Erlaubt Karpov Turmtausch, wonach die
schwarzen Schwächen schärfer markiert  werden. Richtig war Db2-c2.} 37. Rd1 Rd5
38. Rxd5 cxd5 {Schwer zu sagen, ob Dd5: besser war. Kortchnoi verbessert seine
Bauernstellung , verliert aber momentan die Kontrolle über die zentralen
Felder.} 39. g4 Ng7 (39... Ne7 40. Qc1 Qc4 41. Qa3 {Offenbar fürchtete
Kortchnoi diese Fortsetzung und stellte den Springer auf das 'scheußliche'
Feld g7.}) 40. Bc5 h6 41. Qe3 {Ob Karpov diese Abrufstellung gewinnen kann,
hängt im wesentlichen davon ab, ob er seinen König in Sicherheit bringen kann.}
Qc2 {Kortchnois Abgabezug.} 42. Kf1 (42. Qxh6 d4 43. Qf4 d3 44. Be3 Qd1+ {
Mit Dauerschach.}) 42... g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch29 Karpov-Kortschnoj +6-2=10"]
[Site "Merano"]
[Date "1981.11.09"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1981.10.01"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 {Im WM-Kampf in Baguio 1978 führte Karpov
in der 10.Partie den interessanten Zug 11.Sf3-g5 in die Praxis ein (EuCup
Finale 1979 Timman-Smyslov).} Nxe6 12. cxd4 (12. Nb3 dxc3 13. Qc2 {Sax-Tal,
Tallin 1979 z.B.:} Qd5 14. Rd1 Nb4 $1 {Mit Vorteil für Schwarz.}) 12... Ncxd4 (
12... Ncxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Qf3 (14. Qc2 c5 15. Nf3 Qd5 16. Rd1 Qc6 17. Ng5 {
Aus Velimirovic-Szmetan, Buenos Aires 1978.}) 14... Rd8 15. Qc6+ Qd7 16. Qxa6
Bb4 {Nach Angaben von Dorfman.}) 13. Ne4 {Karpov bringt eine neue Idee.} Be7
14. Be3 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 O-O 16. Rfd1 Qe8 17. Nf6+ $1 Bxf6 18. exf6 Qc8 19. fxg7
Rd8 20. h4 $1 {Verbliebene Bedenkzeit: Karpov 100 Min. - Kortchnoi 40 Min..} c5
21. Rac1 Qc7 22. h5 Qe5 {Die Aktivierung der schwarzen Dame kommt zu spät.} 23.
h6 Qxb2 24. Rd7 $1 {Infolge der Mattdrohung auf f7 muß Schwarz einen Turm
tauschen, das zwingt den anderen in die traurige Rolle eines Hüters der 8.
Reihe. Nebenbei gewinnt Weiß den geopferten Bauern zurück.} Rxd7 25. Qxa8+ Rd8
26. Qxa6 Qe2 27. Rf1 Rd1 28. Qa8+ Rd8 29. Qc6 b4 30. Qa4 Qd3 31. Rc1 Qd5 32.
Qb3 Qe4 33. Qc2 Qxc2 34. Rxc2 f5 35. f4 Kf7 36. g4 Rd5 37. gxf5 Rxf5 38. Rd2
Rf6 39. Rd7+ Kg8 40. f5 Rxf5 41. Re7 Nxg7 42. Rxg7+ Kh8 43. Rc7 Kg8 44. Bxc5
Rg5+ 45. Kf2 Rg6 46. Be3 1-0

[Event "World-ch29 Karpov-Kortschnoj +6-2=10"]
[Site "Merano"]
[Date "1981.11.18"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1981.10.01"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 {Ein drittes Mal wird
dieses schwierige Thema erörtert.} 13. a4 $1 {Man wird den Eindruck nicht los,
daß Karpov ganz einfach viel besser vorberei- tet diesen Wettkampf bestreitet.
Es ist möglich, daß die schwarze Position in Ordnung ist. Am Brett gelingt
Kortchnoi dieser Nachweis nicht.} (13. Ne4 Qd5 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Re1 Be7 16.
Nf6+ gxf6 17. exf6 Rg8 18. Rxe7+ Kd8 19. Qf1 Rxg2+ {Soweit ein kurzer
korrigierender Rückblick auf den Kommentar zur 14.Partie.}) 13... Be7 14. Nxd4
Nxd4 15. Ne4 Ne6 {Kortchnoi verliert seinen Einfluß im Zentrum und sieht sich
einem rasch wachs- endem positionellen Druck gegenüber.} 16. Be3 O-O 17. f4 {
Karpovs Figuren stehen aktiver und beherrschen alle wichtigen Zentralfelder.
Die Schwächen am Damenflügel sind bereits markiert. Nun droht die Aushebung
der schwarzen Leichtfiguren mittels f5.} Qxd1 (17... g6 18. Qf3) (17... f5 18.
exf6 Bxf6 19. Qb3) 18. Rfxd1 {Der Zeitverbrauch von nur 10 Min. für Karpov
gegenüber 95 Min. für Kortchnoi spricht Bände und zeugt einmal mehr von der
schlechten Verfassung des Heraus- forderers.} Rfb8 $2 {Das geplante Gegenspiel
auf der b-Linie läßt sich nicht verwirklichen. Zu versuchen war deshalb 18...
Tfd8 oder das rabiate 18...f5 ..} (18... f5 19. exf6 gxf6 20. f5 Ng7 21. g4 h5)
19. Rd7 Bf8 20. f5 Nd8 {Alle schwarzen Figuren sind auf die 8.Reihe gedrängt
worden. Der weiße Raum-  vorteil ist eklatant. Das mögliche schwarze
Gegenspiel b5xa4 wird von Karpov verhindert.} 21. a5 Nc6 22. e6 fxe6 23. f6 {
Paralysiert die schwarze Stellung. Vielleicht wäre 23...Tb8-d8 noch der beste
Versuch. Untauglich dagegen wäre 23...Tb8-c8 ..} Ne5 (23... Rc8 24. Rc1 Nxa5
25. Bc5 Nb3 26. Bxf8) 24. Rxc7 Rc8 25. Rac1 Rxc7 26. Rxc7 Rd8 27. h3 h6 (27...
Rd7 28. Rc8 Rf7 29. fxg7 Rxg7 30. Bh6 Rf7 31. Ng5) 28. Ra7 {Jetzt wendet sich
der Weltmeister liebevoll der Schwäche auf a6 zu. Kortschnoj steht vor dem
Verlust dieser Partie und damit des ganzen Weltmeisterschaftskampfes.} Nc4 29.
Bb6 Rb8 (29... Nxb6 30. axb6 Rb8 31. f7+ Kh8 32. b7 {Nebst Ta8 und
Figurengewinn.}) 30. Bc5 {Durch die Bedrohung von g7 gewinnt Weiß Zeit zu b4.
Es ist aus.} Bxc5+ 31. Nxc5 gxf6 32. b4 Rd8 33. Rxa6 Kf7 34. Ra7+ {Lieben Sie
Tricks wie 34.Ta6xe6..? Karpov bleibt gelassen.} (34. Rxe6 Nxa5 35. bxa5 Rc8 $2
) 34... Kg6 35. Rd7 {Läßt die Aktivierung des schwarzen Turms nicht zu. Bei
Turmtausch wäre der a-Bauer nicht aufzuhalten. Karpov gewinnt nun, wie er will.
} Re8 36. a6 Ra8 37. Rb7 Kf5 38. Rxb5 Ke5 39. Rb7 Kd5 40. Rf7 f5 41. Rf6 {
In dieser für Kortschnoj trostlosen Stellung wurde die Partie abgebrochen.
Kortschnoj gab die Partie am 20. Nov. auf, ohne sie wiederaufzunehmen. Damit
war der Weltmeisterschaftskampf 1981 zu Ende.} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 1st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.07.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2000.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Bc5 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ng5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bxb3 13. axb3 Bb6 14. Bf4
Ke7 15. Nxe4 Ke6 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Ke7 18. Rd5 Nb4 19. Rc5 Rac8 20. Rd1
Rhd8 21. Rd4 a5 22. Kf1 Rd7 23. Nd6 Rb8 24. Nf5+ Kd8 25. Nxg7 c6 26. e6 fxe6
27. Nxe6+ Ke7 28. Re5 Kf6 29. Rxd7 Kxe5 30. Nd4 c5 31. Nf3+ Ke6 32. Rd2 a4 33.
c3 Nc6 34. Ng5+ Ke5 35. Nf7+ Ke4 36. bxa4 Kxe3 37. Re2+ Kd3 38. axb5 Rxb5 39.
Ke1 Ra5 40. Ne5+ Nxe5 41. Rxe5 Ra2 42. Re2 Ra6 43. Rd2+ Kc4 44. b4 ({einfacher
war} 44. Kf2 Kb3 45. g4 Ra2 46. h4 Rxb2 47. Rxb2+ Kxb2 48. g5 (48. c4 Kc3 49.
g5 Kxc4 50. h5 Kd3 51. g6 hxg6 52. hxg6 c4 53. g7 c3 54. g8=Q $18) 48... Kxc3
49. h5 c4 50. g6 hxg6 51. h6 $1 $18 (51. hxg6 $2 Kb2 52. g7 c3 53. g8=Q c2 $11)
) 44... cxb4 45. cxb4 Kxb4 {[#] Bei abgeschnittenem schwarzen König hat Weiß
relativ leichtes Spiel} 46. Rd7 Rh6 (46... h6 47. Kf2 Rf6+ 48. Kg3 Rg6+ 49. Kh3
Kc5 50. g4 h5 51. gxh5 Rg5 52. Kh4 Rg2 53. h3 Kc6 54. Rd3 Rg1 55. h6 Rg8 56.
Kh5 Kc7 57. h7 $18) 47. h3 Kc5 48. Kf2 Kc6 49. Rd3 Rg6 50. Kf3 Rf6+ 51. Ke4 Rf2
52. g4 Rf7 53. Ke5 Rg7 ({Hoffnungslos ist auch das weitere Abwarten mit} 53...
Rf1 54. h4 Kc7 55. g5 Rh1 56. Rd4 Rf1 57. h5 Rh1 58. h6 Rf1 59. g6 hxg6 60. Rh4
g5 61. Rh5 Rf8 62. h7 Rh8 63. Kf6 g4 64. Kg7 $18) 54. Kf6 Rg6+ 55. Kf5 Rh6 56.
Kg5 Rg6+ 57. Kh5 Kc7 58. Rd5 Ra6 59. h4 Ra4 60. g5 Ra6 61. Rf5 Kd8 62. Rf7 Ke8
63. Rxh7 {[#] Es folgt das elementare Gewinnverfahren mit den Bauern g+h.} Kf8
64. Rb7 Kg8 65. g6 Ra4 66. Kg5 Rc4 67. h5 Rc5+ 68. Kh6 Rc8 69. Rb5 $1 Ra8 70.
Kg5 Kg7 71. h6+ Kh8 72. h7 {[%cal Rg5h6]} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "Howell,David"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 {Mamedyarov reverts to
one of his favourite lines, the Open Spanish.} 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6
9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 {The old main line. This was debated for decades amongst
top players.} ({However} 10... Be7 {has taken over in popularity in recent
times and is the pet move of Mamedyarov himself.}) 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4
13. a4 Bc5 $5 {A strange idea, as Black will have to lose another tempo with
this bishop. Black has many options in this position, and I guess that this
move was chosen mainly in the hope of surprising Kramnik. It is possible that
Mamedyarov based his preparation on the many correspondence games which have
reached this position.} ({I have tried out} 13... Bb4 {with mixed success}) ({
while} 13... Rb8 {and}) (13... Be7 {are also playable.}) 14. Ne4 Bb6 15. Nfg5 {
White attempts to remove the strong blockader on e6.} Qd5 $1 {Mamedyarov was
still blitzing out his moves.} 16. Nxe6 ({The calm yet mysterious} 16. Re1 {
is the engine's suggestion, although it is unclear why this is an improvement.}
) 16... Qxe6 (16... fxe6 $2 {would be a mistake as it exposes the black king:}
17. Qh5+ g6 18. Nf6+ Kf7 19. Qh4 $18 {with an ongoing initiative.}) 17. axb5 a5
{It is likely that this was still preparation.} (17... Nxb5 {should be fine
too, though} 18. Ng5 {would force Black to be accurate.}) 18. b4 a4 19. Be3 {
Both sides have several options on every move. Unfortunately it is impossible
to cover all the variations.} ({While analysing the position, I stumbled
across one dramatic and fascinating line:} 19. Nc5 Qc4 $5 (19... Bxc5 20. bxc5
Nb3 21. Ra3 O-O 22. Be3 $14) 20. Rxa4 Rd8 21. Bg5 $1 {(willingly allowing ...
Ne2+)} f6 (21... Ne2+ $2 22. Kh1 Rxd1 23. Ra8+ Rd8 24. Rxd8#) 22. exf6 Ne2+ 23.
Qxe2+ Qxe2 24. fxg7 Rg8 25. Bxd8 {and despite the material imbalance, play
should end in a draw:} Rxg7 26. Bf6 Rxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Qg4+ 28. Kh1 Qf3+ 29. Kg1
Qg4+) 19... Qxe5 20. Nc3 Ne6 21. Bxb6 {The game now fizzles out.} (21. Qd5 {
is tempting, but also leads to nothing:} Qxd5 22. Nxd5 Bxe3 23. fxe3 O-O 24.
Ne7+ Kh8 25. Nc6 $11 {it appears that this strong knight paralyses Black's
rooks, but in reality White's broken pawn structure means that he cannot hope
to win.} a3) 21... Qxc3 22. Bc5 Nxc5 23. bxc5 O-O 24. Rxa4 Qxc5 25. Rxa8 Rxa8
26. Qc1 Qxb5 27. Qxc7 Qb8 28. Qxb8+ Rxb8 29. h3 h6 30. f3 f6 31. Kh1 {A
well-played game by both sides.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gruenfeld, Yehuda"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Kantsler,B"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1996.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Baburin} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3
d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Bc5 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bxe6 (11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. Ng5 Bd5
13. e6 fxe6 14. Bxd5 exd5 15. Ne6 Bb6 16. Nxd8 Kxd8 $13 {Stisis,Y-Mikhalevsky,
A/ISR/1996/0:1/50/}) (11. Ng5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bxb3 13. axb3 Ke7 (13... Bb6 14.
Nxe4 Nd4 (14... Nxe5 $5 15. Bg5 O-O 16. Rd2 Nc6 17. Nc3 Bd4 18. Bf4 $14 {
Wang,Z-Kolev,A/Moscow-olm/1994/1:0/51/})) (13... O-O 14. Nxe4 Bb6 15. Be3 $6 (
15. Bf4 $5 Rfe8 16. Nc3 $14) 15... Bxe3 16. fxe3 Nxe5 17. h3 f6 18. Nc5 $14 {
Tyomkin,D-Rapoport,E/ISR-ch/1996/1:0/52/}) 14. Nxe4 Bb6 15. Bf4 h6 16. Nc3 Nb4
17. Nd5+ Nxd5 18. Rxd5 $14 {Peng,X-Gretarsson,H/Moscow-olm/1994/}) 11... Qxd1
12. Rxd1 fxe6 {Baburin: Here in compensation for the doubled and weak pawns on
the e-file Black has pressure along the f-file and against the e5-pawn.} 13.
Ng5 O-O 14. Nxe4 Bb6 15. a4 Nd4 $5 {N/} (15... Nxe5 16. h3 $6 (16. Kf1 $5) (16.
Kf1 $142 $5 {/\} Ng4 17. f3) 16... Nc4 {/\ Nd6 ><f2} 17. Re1 Rac8 {><c2} (17...
Nd6 $6 18. Be3 $1) 18. Kf1 (18. b3 Nd6 19. Be3 Nxe4 20. Bxb6 cxb6 21. Rxe4 Rxc2
) 18... Nd6 19. f3 Nf5 {/\ Nd4, |^/^a7-g1 ><g3} 20. c3 Rcd8 {Baburin} 21. Bf4 {
/\ a5} Rd5 $1 22. Red1 (22. a5 Ba7 23. Bxc7 Ne3+) (22. Ng5 e5 $1) 22... bxa4 $1
23. Rxd5 $1 $17 (23. Re1 $1 $8) 23... exd5 24. Nf2 g5 $1 $19 25. Be5 (25. Bxg5
$2 Ng3+ 26. Kg1 Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Ne4+) (25. Bd2 Ng3+ 26. Kg1 Re8 27. Re1 $8 Rxe1+
28. Bxe1 Ne2+ $1 29. Kf1 Nf4 {/\ Bf2, Nd3} 30. Bd2 Bxf2 31. Bxf4 gxf4) 25...
Re8 $1 (25... Ne3+) 26. Ng4 $8 Re6 $1 (26... Kf7 $6 27. Bh2 {/\ Ne5}) 27. Re1
$8 h5 28. Nf6+ Rxf6 $1 29. g4 $1 $8 (29. Bxf6 $2 Ng3#) 29... Ne3+ $1 30. Rxe3
Bxe3 31. Bxf6 hxg4 32. hxg4 Kf7 33. Bh8 c5 $1 34. Ke2 Bc1 35. Kd3 Bxb2 36. Kc2
Ba1 $3 37. Be5 {  0-1 Gruenfeld,Y-Mikhalevski,V/Tel_Aviv 1994}) 16. axb5 $6 (
16. c3 $5 Nb3 17. Ra3 (17. Rb1 bxa4 $17) 17... Rad8 18. Re1 Nxc1 19. Rxc1 Rd5
20. axb5 axb5 21. Re1 (21. Kf1 $2 Bxf2 $1 22. Nxf2 Rd2 $19) 21... Rxe5 22. Kf1
$10) 16... Nxc2 17. Rxa6 Rad8 18. Rd2 $2 (18. Rf1 $32 Rd5 $15) 18... Rd5 $1 19.
Ra4 Nd4 20. Ng3 $2 (20. Kf1 $2 Nb3 21. Rxd5 exd5 $19) (20. Rc4 Ne2+ 21. Kh1
Nxc1 22. Rxc1 Rxd2 23. Nxd2 Rxf2 $17) (20. Nc3 $32 Rxe5 21. Rd1 $15) 20... Rxe5
$6 (20... Nb3 $1 21. Rxd5 Bxf2+ 22. Kh1 exd5 $17) 21. Rd1 Nxb5 22. Be3 $5 (22.
Bf4 $6 Rd5 $17) (22. Rf1 $6 Rxf2 $1 23. Rxf2 Re1+ 24. Nf1 Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Rxc1
$17) 22... Bxe3 23. fxe3 Rxe3 24. Rc4 h6 25. Rc5 Nd4 26. Rxc7 Ne2+ 27. Kh1 (27.
Nxe2 Rxe2 28. Rc3 Rxb2 $15) 27... Nxg3+ 28. hxg3 Rxg3 29. Rd2 Rb8 30. Kh2 Rg5
31. Re7 e5 32. Re2 Rb5 33. Rf2 Kh7 34. Re6 h5 35. Re7 Kh6 36. Re8 g6 37. Re6
Rg4 38. Re2 Rg5 39. Rf2 h4 40. Kh1 Kh5 41. Kh2 Kh6 $10 42. Kh1 Kh5 43. Kh2 Rf5
44. Re2 Kh6 45. Re4 Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 10th final"]
[Site "Lyon"]
[Date "1994.11.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1994.11.18"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lyon-Oyonnax Echecs"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 {Dorfman} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3
d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Ng5 Bd5 $5 {This is a new idea} (11...
dxc3 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. bxc3 {+=}) (11... Qxg5 12. Qf3 {~} Bd7 13. Bxf7+ Ke7 14.
Bd5 Nxe5 15. Qe2 d3 {~}) 12. Bxd5 (12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. Qf3+ Ke6 {~}) 12... Qxd5
13. Nb3 Nxb3 (13... Rd8 {Dorfman} 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. e6 fxe6 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17.
Re1 Ne5 18. Qh5+ {+-}) (13... d3 {Dorfman} 14. Nd4 Nxe5 15. Re1 Be7 16. Nf5 $36
) 14. axb3 Be7 15. Nf3 Nxe5 (15... d3 $1 {~} 16. Bg5 {Dorfman} (16. Nd4 {~})
16... Bxg5 17. Nxg5 O-O {=}) 16. Nxd4 Ng6 17. Qf3 Qxf3 18. Nxf3 c5 19. Rd1 {+=}
O-O 20. Be3 Rfc8 (20... Rfd8 {Dorfman} 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Kf1 Ra8 23. Rd1 {+/-}
) 21. Kf1 Nf8 (21... Kf8 $6 {Dorfman} 22. Rd7 Ke8 23. Rb7 {+/- /\Rb6}) 22. Ne5
Bf6 23. Rd5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Ne6 25. f4 $6 (25. Rd5 Rc6 26. Ke2 {+=}) 25... g6 26.
g4 Kg7 27. f5 $2 (27. Ke2 $142 {+/-}) 27... gxf5 28. gxf5 $2 (28. Rxf5 $142)
28... Kf6 29. Rd5 Rd8 30. Rad1 $2 (30. Rxd8 Nxd8 31. Bxc5 Kxf5 {=+}) 30... Rxd5
31. Rxd5 Rd8 32. Rxd8 Nxd8 33. Bxc5 Kxf5 {-/+} 34. Ke2 Ke4 35. Be7 Ne6 36. Bf6
Nf4+ 37. Kd2 Nd5 38. Bg7 f5 39. Bf8 (39. c4 Nc7 {/\Ne6}) 39... Ne3 40. Ke2 f4
41. Bd6 f3+ 42. Ke1 Nc2+ 43. Kd2 Na1 $1 {-+} 44. b4 Nb3+ 45. Ke1 Nc1 {Winning
a pawn.} 46. Kf1 Nd3 47. b3 Nc1 48. c4 Nxb3 49. c5 Nd4 50. Bg3 Nc6 51. Be1 Ke3
52. Bf2+ Kd3 53. Be1 a5 $1 (53... a5 54. bxa5 b4 55. Bh4 b3 56. Bf6 Nd4 {-+})
0-1

[Event "Biel MTO op 43rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2010.07.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosintseva, Nadezhda"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Kosintseva,N"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 {A small surprise. Black chooses what was at one
time the most principled variation of the October Variation of the Spanish. Of
course, I knew that Victor Mikhalevski is rightly considered one of the
greatest specialists of the October Variation, but, frankly speaking, I did
not think for one moment that my opponent would choose this well-developed
system. This move offers a wide range of ways to simplify the position, where
White will in the process retain the better, albeit only slightly better,
position, whilst Black will have no chances to confuse matters. And since, in
my preparations, I had noted above all my opponent's tactical mastery in
complicated positions as being the strongest aspect of his play, such an
opening approach suited me fully.} 11. Bxe6 ({The alternative is the
combinational} 11. Ng5 {, leading to sharp tactical complications.}) 11... Nxe6
12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4 Bb4 {The key position of the variation.} 14. axb5 Nxb5
15. Qa4 $5 (15. Qb3 $5 {also deserves attention.}) 15... Bxd2 {Black does not
spent a tempo retreating, and at the same time deprives White of the potential
attacking knight on e4, but in order to do so, he gives up bishop for knight.
The true cost of this is the key question of the variation.} 16. Bxd2 O-O 17.
Rfd1 c5 18. Be3 Qb6 {A novelty. Black's idea is to take control of his
queenside, preparing as soon as possible the exchange of rooks along the
d-file, and at the same time, depriving White of the most comfortable
arrangement of his pieces, since now he must permnanently concern himself with
the defence of the pawn b2.} ({In all previous games, Black chose a different
square for his queen -} 18... Qe7 {Victor Mikhalevsky himself chose this, a
year ago playing the following game:} 19. Qe4 h6 20. h4 Rfe8 21. Re1 Kh8 22.
Ra4 Qd7 23. Rea1 Nbc7 24. Qf5 Rab8 25. Qh5 Rb4 26. Rxb4 cxb4 27. Nh2 Rf8 28.
Rd1 Qa4 29. Rd2 Qc6 30. Qd1 a5 31. Nf3 Kg8 32. Kh2 Qc4 33. Rd7 Qb5 34. Rd6 Ra8
35. Rb6 Qc4 36. b3 Qd5 37. Qc2 {1/2-1/2 Jakovenko,D (2742)-Mikhalevski,V (2625)
/Novi Sad 2009/CBM 133/[Mikhalevski,V]}) 19. h3 {A useful waiting move.} ({
The direct} 19. Rd2 {fails to} Rfd8 20. Rad1 ({ili} 20. b4 Rxd2 21. Nxd2 Nc3
22. bxc5 Qxc5 23. Bxc5 Nxa4 $11) (20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. b4 Nbc7 22. bxc5 Nxc5 23.
Qc2 Qb3 $1) 20... Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Rd8 {and in view of the lack of a bolthole for
his king, White cannot avoid mass exchanges.}) ({I don't like the computer's
recommendation} 19. h4 {mainly because it deprives the knight of the h4-square,
and thus rules out one of White's main ways of developing the initiative,
namely the manoeuvre Nh4-f5. This variations could develop further as follows:}
Nbc7 20. Qc2 (20. h5 Qxb2 21. h6 (21. Rab1 Qc3 22. h6 Rfb8 23. hxg7 Rxb1 24.
Rxb1 Rd8 $13) 21... Rfd8 22. Rdb1 Qe2 23. hxg7 Nd5 24. Re1 Qb5 25. Qe4 Qb4 26.
Qf5 Nxe3 27. Rxe3 Qf4 28. Qc2 a5 $132) (20. Rd2 Rad8 21. Rad1 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 h6
23. h5 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Nxd8 25. b3 Nde6 26. Qc4 Qb5 $11) 20... Rfd8 21. Ng5 (21.
h5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rb8 23. Rd2 h6 24. Nh4 Nd4 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. Nf5 Ne6 $11)
21... Nxg5 22. Bxc5 Nf3+ $1 23. gxf3 Qc6 $44) ({Worthy of attention was} 19.
Rac1 Nbc7 ({But not} 19... Rad8 $2 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. b4 $16) 20. Qc2 {
immediately going after the c5-pawn} (20. Nd2 Qxb2 21. Nc4 Qb4 22. Qc2 Nb5 23.
Bd2 Nbd4 24. Bxb4 Nxc2 25. Bxc5 Nxc5 26. Rxc2 a5 27. Nb6 Rad8 $11) (20. h3 Qxb2
21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Rxc5 Ne6 23. Ra5 Qb6 $11) {but after} 20... Rad8 {, it turns
out that the white pawn on b2 is an object of attack in its turn.} 21. Rxd8 (
21. Nd2 Nd5 22. Bxc5 (22. Nc4 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qb4) 22... Nxc5 23.
Qxc5 Qxc5 24. Rxc5 Nb4 $44) 21... Rxd8 22. h3 (22. Ne1 Nb5 23. Bxc5 Qc7) 22...
Rb8 23. Bxc5 Qxb2 24. Qxb2 Rxb2 25. Bd6 Rb7 26. Nd2 f6 27. Nc4 Nb5 {Black
should hold.}) 19... Nbc7 {Attacking b2 and indirectly preparing the move Rd8.}
({The immediate} 19... Rfd8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Qxa6 {loses a pawn.}) 20. Rd2 {
It is impossible to avoid the exchange of one pair of rooks, but in return,
White manages for some time to dominate the d-file.} ({Nothing is achieved by
the impatient} 20. Nh4 Qxb2 21. f4 Rfd8 $15) ({or the retreat} 20. Qc2 Rfd8 21.
Nd2 Nd4 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Nc4 Qc5 $11) 20... Rad8 21. Rad1 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Qb5 ({
Not} 22... Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Nxd8 24. Qd7 $16) ({After the immediate} 22... h6 {
the standard} 23. Nh4 {is promising.} ({If} 23. Qg4 {there is the strong} Rd8
24. Bxh6 Rxd2 25. Nxd2 Qxb2 {and White is not sufficiently active, eg.} 26. Nc4
Qa1+ 27. Kh2 a5 28. f4 Qd4 29. Nd6 a4 30. Qf5 (30. Nf5 $2 Qe4 $1 31. Nxg7 Qg6
$19) 30... gxh6 31. Qxf7+ Kh8 32. Qf6+ Ng7 33. f5 Qf4+ 34. Kh1 a3 35. Nf7+ Kg8
36. Nxh6+ Kh8 $11) {in order after} 23... Rd8 {to play} ({or} 23... Qb4 24.
Qxb4 cxb4 25. Nf5 Rd8 26. Nd6 Ne8 (26... Nb5 27. Nxb5 axb5 28. Rxd8+ Nxd8 29.
f4 $14) 27. Bb6 Rb8 (27... Rd7 28. Ba5 $16) 28. Nc4 N8c7 29. f4 {with an
unpleasant initiative, even in the endgame}) 24. Rxd8+ Nxd8 25. Nf5 {creating
unpleasant threats against the black king, even though little material remains.
} Nde6 (25... Qxb2 26. Qd7 Qb8 (26... Nde6 27. Qc8+ Kh7 28. Ne7 $18) 27. Ne7+
Kh8 28. f4 $1 c4 29. Kh2 Nde6 30. f5 $40) 26. Qd7 Qb5 27. Qc8+ Kh7 (27... Qe8
28. Qb7 Qb5 29. Nd6 Qxb7 30. Nxb7 $16) 28. Ne7 Qe8 29. Qxe8 Nxe8 30. f4 $14) ({
White is also better after} 22... Qb4 23. Qxb4 (23. Qc2 Nb5) 23... cxb4 24. Bb6
{eg.} Rb8 (24... Nb5 25. Rc2 h6 26. Rc4 Rb8 27. Ba5 b3 28. Kf1 $14) 25. Rd6 Nb5
26. Rc6 Nf4 27. Be3 Nd3 28. b3 $14) 23. Qc2 {Taking the c-pawn under control.}
({After the tempting} 23. Qe4 {there follows the preliminary} h6 ({but not} 
23... Rd8 $2 24. Ng5 $36) {and if White carries out the same idea as in the
game} 24. Nh4 {then there is nothing wrong with the move} ({and after} 24. Qg4
{the same defence is possible} Rd8 $1 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8 {and after} 26. Bxh6 {
simply} Nde6 {and White cannot hold his extra pawns without undue consequences:
} 27. Bc1 Qe2 $1 28. Bd2 Qd1+ 29. Kh2 Qc2 30. Bc3 Nd5 31. Qc4 Nxc3 32. bxc3 a5
$44) 24... Rd8 {with simplifications.}) 23... h6 ({It is not so easy for Black
to manage without this kingside pawn advance. For example, after} 23... Rb8 {
there follows the same idea as in the game:} 24. Nh4 g6 ({A tactical nuance
prevents Black going after the e5 pawn here:} 24... c4 25. Nf5 {and now} Qxe5 {
loses to} 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Nc6 $18) 25. Nf3 $1 {Seemingly losing a tempo, but
in fact, forcing a weakening of the black kingside.} ({Unfortunately,} 25. f4 {
fails because of} Qb3 26. Qe4 Rb4 27. Qf3 Nd4 {with mass exchanges.} 28. Bxd4
cxd4 29. Qxb3 Rxb3 30. Rxd4 Ne6 $1 (30... Rxb2 $2 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. f5 $36) 31.
Ra4 Rxb2 32. f5 Nc5 33. Rc4 Rb5 34. f6 h6 35. Nf3 Ne6 $11) {and now after}
25... c4 {there is the interesting} 26. Bh6 {and then, for example} a5 27. Nh2
Nd5 ({ili} 27... Qxe5 28. Ng4 Qe1+ 29. Kh2 $40) 28. Ng4 Nb4 29. Qe4 Nd3 30. Qf3
Qb7 (30... Nxe5 31. Nf6+ Kh8 32. Qc3 $18) 31. Qf6 $36) ({Nor is it possible to
exchange rooks by} 23... Rd8 {because there follows} 24. Rxd8+ Nxd8 25. Qxc5
$16) ({After the attempt to break out by} 23... c4 {and on} 24. Qe4 {then} Rb8
({after} 24... Rd8 25. Rc2 Nd5 26. Qxc4 Qxc4 27. Rxc4 Nxe3 28. fxe3 $14 {
White has an extra pawn}) {correct is} 25. Rc2 ({since after} 25. Nh4 g6 26.
Nf3 {Black is able tio simplify the position by} Qb3 27. Bh6 c3 28. bxc3 Qxc3
29. Qh4 Qb4 30. Qf6 $140 Ne8) 25... Nd5 ({on} 25... c3 26. bxc3 Qb1+ 27. Kh2
Rb2 {there is} 28. Ne1 a5 29. Bc1 Rxc2 30. Qxc2 Qxc2 31. Nxc2 Nd5 32. Bd2 Nb6
33. Na3 {with an extra pawn.}) ({whilst after} 25... Qd5 26. Nd2 Qxe4 27. Nxe4
Rb5 28. Rxc4 Rxb2 (28... Rxe5 $140 29. f4 Rb5 30. f5 Rxf5 31. Bb6 $18) 29. f4
g6 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. g4 {,despite the small amount of material remaining, White
can create very unpleasant threats against the black king.}) 26. Bd2 $1 (26.
Qxc4 Qxc4 27. Rxc4 Nxe3 28. fxe3 Rxb2 29. Rc8+ Nf8 30. Ng5 Rb6 $11) 26... Rc8
27. Nd4 Nxd4 28. Qxd4 $14 {with somewhat the better chances, thanks to the
superiority of the bishop over the knight.}) 24. Nh4 Qb4 $2 {Strangely, this
is possibly the first, yet decisive mistake. Black should not in any
circumstances have allowed the white knight into f5 without a fight, since
from there it hangs dangerously over his king} ({It was essential to play} 
24... c4 $1 {centralising and including the queen in the defence. And after}
25. Nf5 ({If White continues to defend the pawn by} 25. Qe4 {,then Black
succeeds in the vital task of removing the rooks from the board by means of}
Rd8 $1 {having in mind after} 26. Rc2 {the fact that he has available the very
interesting pawn sacrifice} ({after} 26. Rxd8+ Nxd8 27. f4 {White's attacking
resources do not appear sufficient, eg} ({or} 27. Nf5 Qxb2 28. Qxc4 Qa1+ $1 (
28... Qxe5 $2 29. Nxg7 $1)) 27... Nd5 28. Nf5 (28. Bd4 Ne6) 28... Nxe3 29. Nxe3
Qxb2 30. Nxc4 Qb4 31. Kh2 a5 32. f5 a4 33. Qd5 Qe7 $11) 26... c3 $1 27. bxc3
Rd1+ 28. Kh2 Nd5 29. Nf5 (29. c4 $140 Nxe3 $1) 29... Qb1 {and already it is
White's pieces which feel uncomfortably placed.}) 25... Qxe5 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27.
Qxc4 {,it seemed to me during the game that although White should be a little
better, because of the superiority of the bishop over the knight, it is far
from clear whether this will be of real significance, since Black's position
has no weaknesses, his knights have good outposts in the centre and most
importantly of all, now there are no threats against the black king. Play
could continue} Qf6 (27... Nb5 28. Qc6 $14) 28. Nc6 Rc8 29. Qa4 $14) 25. Nf5 a5
({Not} 25... Rb8 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Nc6 $18) ({after} 25... c4 26. Nd6 $16) ({or
} 25... Nb5 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Nc6 Qh4 28. Bxc5 Rc8 29. Bb6 $16 {the c-pawn is
lost}) 26. Rd7 Qb5 {It is already hard to know what to advise Black.} ({if} 
26... Nb5 {then} 27. Bd2 Nbd4 28. Bxb4 Nxc2 29. Bxa5 $16 {with an extra pawn;})
({on} 26... c4 {there is the strong} 27. Qd1 {bringing another piece to the
battle zone} Qxb2 $140 {there is already} 28. Bxh6 $1 Qxe5 (28... gxh6 29.
Nxh6+ Kg7 30. Nf5+ Kg8 31. Qg4+ Kh7 32. Qh5+ Kg8 33. Rd4 $1 $18) 29. Qh5 $40 {
with a decisive initiative.}) ({Nor can Black play the rook move} 26... Rb8 {
after which White wins by} 27. Nxh6+ gxh6 28. Qf5 Rf8 29. Bxh6 $18) ({on} 26...
a4 {the queen again comes in effectively:} 27. Qe2 Qb5 ({or} 27... a3 28. Ne7+
(28. bxa3 $2 Qb1+) 28... Kh8 29. bxa3 Qb1+ (29... Qxa3 30. Qh5 Kh7 31. Qf5+ Kh8
32. Rxc7 Nxc7 33. Ng6+ fxg6 34. Qxf8+ Kh7 35. Kh2 $16) 30. Rd1 Qe4 31. Qh5 $36)
28. Qd1 (28. Qxb5 $5 Nxb5 29. Bxc5 Nxc5 30. Rd5 $14) 28... Qxb2 29. Bxh6 gxh6 (
29... Qxe5 30. Qh5 $36) 30. Nxh6+ Kg7 31. Nf5+ Kg8 32. Qg4+ Kh8 33. Qh4+ Kg8
34. Qg3+ Kh8 35. Kh2 $1 {with a decisive attack.}) 27. Qd2 c4 ({The attempt to
repeat moves by} 27... Qb4 {fails to} 28. f4 $1 Qxd2 29. Ne7+ Kh7 30. Bxd2 Nb5
31. f5 Ned4 32. Bxa5 $16) ({whilst on} 27... Rb8 {there is the simple
combination} 28. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 (28... Qxb2 29. Qd7 Qxe5 30. Ne7+ Kxf7 31. Nc6+
$18) 29. Nd6+ $18) 28. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 ({No better is} 28... Qxe5 {because of} 29.
Nxe6 Nxe6 30. Rd5 Qe4 31. Bxh6 Rb8 32. Rxa5 Rxb2 33. Qc3 $1 Rb3 34. Rg5+ Kh7
35. Rg7+ Kh8 (35... Kxh6 36. Qf6+ Kh5 37. g4+ Qxg4+ 38. hxg4#) 36. Qf6 Qd4 37.
Rxf7+ Qxf6 38. Rxf6 {with a winning endgame}) 29. Bxh6+ Kg8 30. Rxc7 ({Also
possible was} 30. Bxf8 c3 $8 (30... Kxf8 31. Qd6+ Kg7 32. Qe7 $18) 31. bxc3
Kxf8 32. f4 a4 33. c4 Qb1+ (33... Qxc4 34. f5 Qc5+ 35. Qf2 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 $18)
34. Kh2 Qe4 35. g3 {with an absolutely winning position, from the computer's
point of view, but less obviously so from a human viewpoint.}) 30... Qxe5 31.
Rxc4 Rd8 32. Qc1 Qe2 (32... Nd4 $140 33. Qg5+ $18) 33. Rc8 ({A quicker win was
} 33. Rg4+ Kh7 34. Qc3 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Rd4 (35... Qd6+ 36. Bf4 $18) 36. f4 $1 Kxh6
37. Qg3 Qxg4 38. Qxg4 Rxf4 39. Qg8 $18) ({or} 33. Qc3 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Qd6+ 35. g3
Nd4 36. Qxa5 $18) 33... Rxc8 34. Qxc8+ Kh7 35. Qc1 a4 36. Be3 Qd3 37. Kh2 Qd6+
38. Kg1 Qd3 39. Kh2 Qd6+ 40. g3 {The time control is past, and it is possible
to relax a little and settle down to the task of converting the two extra
pawns.} Qd3 41. Qc6 Qb3 42. Qe4+ Kg8 43. Qe5 Qd1 44. h4 Qg4 45. Qb5 Kh7 46. Qd5
Kg8 47. h5 {Planning to take away a couple of squares from the black king and
thereby put him into a position of zugzwang.} Qb4 {Now new material losses
cannot be avoided.} ({Longer resistance was possible by} 47... Ng7 48. h6 Nf5
49. Bf4 Qh5+ 50. Kg1 Kh7 {but here too White should win after} 51. Qe4 Qd1+ 52.
Kg2 Qg4 53. f3 Qg6 54. Qxa4 Nxh6 55. Qe4) 48. Qa8+ Kh7 49. Qe8 Qb7 50. h6 {
Zugzwang. Black must part with another pawn.} Qf3 51. Qxa4 Ng5 52. Qf4 ({
White could also disregard his opponent's tactical tricks, and calmly consume
the knight. But I could not find the strength to calculate the variation} 52.
Bxg5 Qxf2+ 53. Kh3 Qf1+ (53... Qf5+ 54. Kh4 $18) 54. Kh4 Qh1+ 55. Kg4 $18)
52... Qh5+ 53. Kg2 {and here Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1909.03.07"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Annotator "Lasker,Emanuel"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1) Lasker:The international congress St.Petersburg 1909. Translation by
R.Teichmann (2) Lasker: Der internationale Schachkongreß zu St.Petersburg.
1909. Berlin.1909. (Nachdruck Olms.1989.)} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6
5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. a4 Rb8 {Is there anything better here?} ({If
} 8... Be6 9. dxe5 Na5 10. Nd4 {and now} c5 $2 11. Nxe6 fxe6 {White can obtain
an advantage;} {only by} 12. axb5 $14 ({for after} 12. Qg4 Qd7 {Black would
reply to both} 13. f3 {with} (13. axb5 c4 $13) 13... c4 $13 {and the issue
appears very doubtful.})) 9. axb5 axb5 10. dxe5 Be6 11. c3 Bc5 12. Nbd2 O-O 13.
Bc2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Qd7 15. Qf4 Ne7 {So far Black's moves admit of no censure.
But here the question arises, why Black failed to play} ({the strong move of.} 
15... f6 {if} 16. Qh4 {Black would break the attack} {by} Bf5) 16. Nd4 {
Now White obtains at least the advantage of two Bishops.} Bxd4 {Now the point
c5 becomes very weak, so that the c-pawn is prevented from advancing and
remains in want of support by the pieces.} ({if} 16... Ng6 17. Qg3 {and the
f-pawn threatens to advance}) ({and if} 16... b4 $2 {White plays} 17. Nb3 {
Black is already somewhat in difficulty.}) 17. Qxd4 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Qc5
Ra8 20. Bf4 h5 21. h3 Ra4 $2 {And finally a blunder which costs a pawn.
Schlechter was particularly indisposed at St.Petersburg.} 22. Rxa4 bxa4 23. Rd1
c6 24. Qa5 Qe7 25. Qxa4 Qh4 26. Rd3 d4 27. Rf3 ({Not} 27. g3 Qxh3 28. cxd4 {
on account of} Nh4) 27... dxc3 28. bxc3 Ne7 29. Qe4 Nd5 30. c4 Nxf4 31. Rxf4
Qg5 32. e6 Qe7 33. Rxf7 Rxf7 34. exf7+ Qxf7 35. Qxc6 Kh7 36. Qe4+ g6 37. c5 Qd7
38. c6 Qd1+ 39. Kh2 Qd6+ 40. g3 Qc5 41. Kg2 Kg7 42. h4 Qd6 43. Qc4 Qc7 44. Qb5
{White's play in this game appears most accurate and sound.} 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Nxb3 $5 11. Nxb3 Be7 12. h3 ({Just two months earlier,
Efimenko had played} 12. Nfd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 {, which was considered to be the
main line. However, after} a5 $5 $146 {Black obtained good counterplay:} 14.
Qc2 Qd7 15. Be3 Bf5 16. Qc1 h6 17. Nc5 Qc6 18. Qd1 Qg6 19. Rc1 O-O 20. Bf4 h5
21. f3 a4 {Efimenko,Z (2654)-Short,N (2706)/Mukachevo 2009/CBM 133 (1/2, 50)})
12... O-O 13. Be3 ({Another game of Short went} 13. Re1 a5 {(Apparently, this
is Short's favourite method in this line: by advancing the a-pawn at an early
stage, he forces White to define his intentions on the queenside).} 14. a4 bxa4
15. Rxa4 Qd7 16. Nbd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Rfb8 18. Bd2 Rxb2 19. Rxa5 Rxa5 20. Bxa5
Bf5 21. Bc3 Rb6 22. Kh2 h6 23. Qa1 Rg6 $36 {Adams,M (2698)-Short,N (2707)/
London 2009 (1/2, 43). We can notice certain similarity between the two games
with Short on the black side: counterplay on light squares and some kingside
pressure. The main difference is that in one game he placed his queen on g6
and in the other one - his rook.}) 13... f6 14. Nfd4 $146 (14. Nbd4 Nxd4 15.
cxd4 {Leitao,R (2571)-Sega,C (2291)/Sao Paulo 2002/CBM 088/[Postny] (1/2, 27)})
14... Nxd4 15. Qxd4 c5 16. Qd2 Rc8 $1 {A strong move, overdefending the
c5-pawn in order to ensure the mobility of the dark-squared bishop.} 17. exf6
Rxf6 18. Bg5 Rg6 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Rae1 Qh4 {Once again, Black has obtained
strong pressure against the white kingside. Besides, he has an advantage in
the centre. The queen can occupy this active square only because the c5-pawn
is well defended.} 21. Re3 d4 22. Rg3 Rxg3 23. fxg3 Qxg3 24. cxd4 Bxb3 25. axb3
cxd4 26. Qxd4 Qxb3 27. Qd6 Re8 28. Qxa6 Qxb2 29. Qb7 Qd4+ 30. Kh1 Qc4 31. Rf5
h6 32. Kh2 b4 33. Rf3 Qe4 34. Qxe4 Rxe4 35. Rf5 b3 36. Rb5 Re3 37. Rb4 h5 38.
h4 Kf8 39. Kg1 Rc3 40. Kf1 Ke8 41. Ke2 g6 42. Rb6 Kf7 43. Kd2 Rc2+ 44. Kd1 Rxg2
45. Rxb3 Kf6 46. Ke1 Kf5 47. Kf1 Rg4 48. Rh3 Ra4 49. Rf3+ Kg4 50. Rf6 Rf4+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 10th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Valeanu, Eduard Andrei"]
[Black "Simacek, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Nd3 $5 {A risky experiment, which seems to be Simacek's
specialty. This knight has been moving a lot already, at a moment when Black's
development is incomplete.} 11. Qe2 Nf4 12. Qe3 g5 {The knight occupies an
active, but vulnerable, square. In order to ensure some relative stability to
this ambitious piece, Black has been forced to weaken his kingside chronically.
} 13. Rd1 {White threatens to put the weak c5- and f6-squares under pressure
with Nd2-e4.} Na5 $5 {An indirect way to parry the threat. Black gets ready to
exchange the b3-bishop, which is an important defender of White's back rank.} (
13... h6 14. Ne4 Bg7 (14... Be7 {, keeping the control of the c5-square, may
be better, but Black's position looks suspicious.}) 15. Qc5 $16 {Vesselovsky,S
(2435) -Simacek,P (2255)/Czechia 1997/EXT 1998 (1-0, 36). The d5-pawn cannot
be saved.}) (13... Qe7 {does not parry the threat.} 14. Ne4 $3 dxe4 15. Qxe4
Bd7 16. Bxf4 f5 (16... gxf4 17. Rxd7 $1 $18) 17. Qd5 gxf4 18. e6 $18 {Fiorito,
F (2455)-Panelo Munoz,M (2220)/Buenos Aires 1996/EXT 99 (1-0, 22)}) 14. h4 {
Before undertaking anything active, White avoids back rank problems by
clearing the h2-square for his king.} (14. Ne4 dxe4 $5 {reveals the idea
behind Black's previous move. White has back rank problems, but the final
conclusion is far from clear to me.} (14... Nxb3 15. Nf6+ $1) (14... Be7 15.
Nfxg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 $16) 15. Rxd8+ Rxd8 16. Bxe6 $1 {The only testing move.} (
16. Nd2 Bxb3 17. axb3 Nxb3 $13) (16. Qxe4 $2 Nxb3 17. Bxf4 Bd5 {0-1 Jimenez,
G-Plivelic/ARG-Cup corr 1990/Corr 2000}) 16... Rd1+ (16... exf3 17. Bxf7+ $1
Kxf7 18. Qxf3 $18) 17. Ne1 fxe6 {[%cal Gf4d3]} (17... Nd3 18. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 19.
e6+ Ke8 20. Bd2 Rxa1 21. Qd4 $16 {[%cal Gd4h8,Gd4d7]}) 18. b4 $1 {[%csl Gc6]} (
18. Qxe4 Nd3 $13) 18... Nc4 19. Qxe4 {Black does not seem to have sufficient
development to maintain his initiative. He may have to look at building a
fortress on the light squares, because} Nd3 $2 {loses after} 20. Qc6+ Kf7 21.
Qd7+ Be7 22. Bxg5 $18) ({It remains a mystery what Simacek planned to do after
} 14. Bc2 {, which once caused him a defeat against a strong opponent.} Bh6 15.
Ne4 g4 16. Nfg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Qxg5 18. Qxf4 Qxf4 19. Bxf4 c5 20. Bg5 $16 {
Luther,T (2547)-Simacek,P (2341) /Pardubice 2000/EXT 2001 (1-0, 55)}) 14... h6
15. Ne4 dxe4 $2 {Now, the queen sacrifice will be even less effective than in
the previous line.} ({Since White has weakened his kingside, it would have
made some sense to adopt a more restrained policy with} 15... Be7 {[%cal Ga5c4,
Ge8f8] with possibilities of counterplay.} 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Nfxg5 $2 {[%cal
Gh8h1] does not work because of} Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Qxg5 19. Qxf4 Qh5 $19) 16. Rxd8+
Rxd8 17. Nd2 (17. Bxe6 {works out at least as well as in the previous lines,
but White seems to have a wide choice of winning continuations after the
insertion of the moves h4 and ...h6.}) 17... Nxb3 18. axb3 Rd3 19. Qe1 (19.
Qxe4 Bd5) 19... e3 20. fxe3 Nd5 21. Nf3 Bc5 22. Nd4 Bg4 23. Rxa6 $18 {Black
has little to show for the sacrificed queen.} Kd7 24. Bd2 Nxe3 25. Bxe3 $6 (25.
Kh2 $5 $18) 25... Rd1 26. Qxd1 Bxd1 27. b4 Bxd4 28. cxd4 (28. Bxd4 $1 $16)
28... Bb3 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Bxg5 Bd5 $44 31. Bf4 Rg8 32. g3 Rh8 33. Rh6 Rxh6
34. Bxh6 Ke6 35. Kf2 c6 36. g4 Be4 37. Ke3 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4 Bb4 14. Nxd4 ({
The other possibility} 14. axb5 Nxb5 $1 {was covered in the notes to Volokitin,
A (2671)-Nakamura,H (2660)/Biel 2005/CBM 108/[Mikhalevski,V] (1/2-1/2, 41)})
14... Nxd4 $146 {Black makes a curious novely in a variation where things were
supposed to be OK for him.} ({The temporary pawn sacrifice} 14... Qxd4 {
activates the queen and leaves White slightly underdeveloped.} {"Winning"
pawns with} 15. axb5 (15. Qc2 O-O 16. Nf3 Qc4 17. Qxc4 bxc4 18. Be3 c3 19. bxc3
Bxc3 20. Rac1 Ba5 {Otero,D (2400)-Alonso,R (2387)/Santa Clara 2005/CBM 105 ext
(1/2-1/2, 41). The e6-knight ensures Black almost absolute stability in the
centre.}) (15. Qe2 O-O 16. Nf3 Qd5 (16... Qc4 {transposes above.}) 17. Be3 Rfd8
18. Qc2 c5 19. Rfd1 Qc6 20. h3 c4 $132 {Passerotti,P-Thipsay,P (2430)/Lucerne
1982/EXT 97-B (1/2-1/2, 26). Black has an active queenside position, while the
other wing is safely defended by his knight.}) 15... O-O 16. bxa6 $6 {looks
too risky, because of the pin along the d-file.} (16. Nf3 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 axb5 {
Djukic,N (2521)-Predojevic,B (2543)/Vrnjacka Banja 2005/EXT 2006 (1/2-1/2, 23)}
) (16. Rxa6 $2 Rad8 17. Qc2 Bxd2 18. Rd1 Bxc1 19. Rxd4 Nxd4 $19 {Predojevic}) (
16. Qa4 Bxd2 17. Qxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd2 Nb3 19. Rad1 axb5 20. Bc3 c5 $36) 16...
Rfd8 17. Qf3 (17. Qc2 Bxd2 18. Rd1 Bxc1 $1 19. Rxd4 Nxd4 20. Qxc7 Bxb2 $17)
17... Bxd2 18. Rd1 Bxc1 19. Rxd4 Nxd4 20. Qb7 {Navara,D (2646)-Hracek,Z (2581)/
Czechia 2005/EXT 2007 (1/2-1/2, 36)} Ra7 $3 21. Qxa7 Nc6 {[%cal Yd8d1]} 22.
Rxc1 Nxa7 $17) 15. Nf3 (15. axb5 {could lead to similar positions after} a5 (
15... axb5 $5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Qg4 $16 {[%csl Yd4,Yg7]}) 16. Nb3 (16. Nf3 {
transposes to the game.}) 16... Nxb3 17. Qxb3 O-O 18. Rd1 Qe8 {The white queen
is probably better placed on f3, because it keeps the a8-rook and the
f7-square under pressure at the same time.}) 15... Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 O-O 17. axb5
a5 {Black consolidates his bishop and hopes to obtain compensation on light
squares.} ({However, I wonder whether Black had intended to play that from the
beginning or whether he simply noticed too late that} 17... axb5 $2 {loses to}
18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Qg4 c5 20. Bh6 $18) 18. Rd1 Qe8 19. Rd5 c6 20. bxc6 Qxc6 21.
Be3 (21. Bf4 Qc2 22. b3 $14 {offered White chances to consolidate his material
advantage.}) 21... Qc2 22. Qd1 $6 (22. Bd4 Rad8 $44) (22. Rd7 $1 {[%csl Ga8]
[%cal Yd7f7]} Rad8 23. Qd1 $1 $14 {maintains White's minimal material
advantage.}) 22... Qxb2 23. Bd4 Bc3 $11 24. Rb1 Qd2 25. Qxd2 Bxd2 26. Kf1 Rfd8
27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Rb7 f6 29. Bb6 Re8 30. Bc7 Bc3 31. Ra7 Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Predeal"]
[Date "2007.10.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Thesing, Matthias"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2007.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400"]
[WhiteClock "0:00:16"]
[BlackClock "0:00:01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 g6 $5 {For decades, this move has enjoyed a bad
reputation, as a consequence of having led Korchnoi to his first defeat in the
dramatical Baguio match against Karpov, back in 1978. However, in recent years
Korchnoi has come back to his old "invention", obtaining entirely adequate
positions.} 11. Qe2 {Following Karpov's "recipe".} (11. Re1 {is probably
premature because of} Nd3 12. Re3 Nxc1 13. Rxc1 Bh6 14. Rd3 (14. Re1 $5) 14...
O-O 15. Qe2 Ne7 16. c4 {(! van der Tak)} (16. Rd1 c5 $17 {[%csl Gd3] Fedorchuk,
S (2564)-Kortschnoj,V (2634)/Warsaw 2002/CB03 (1-0, 87)}) 16... bxc4 $1 {/\Qb8}
(16... Bf5 17. cxd5 $1 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 $44 {van der Tak})) ({Therefore, it is
useful to play} 11. Bc2 {first.} Bg7 12. Re1 O-O ({For the over-ambitious} 
12... Nd7 {see Baramidze,D (2470)-Belikov,V (2499)/Dortmund 2003/CBM 097/
[Postny] (1/2-1/2, 46)}) 13. Nb3 Nxb3 14. Bxb3 Na5 15. Bf4 (15. Bg5 $5 {
Kortschnoj} Qd7 16. Bf6 {deserves practical testing.}) 15... c5 (15... Nc4 $1
16. Qe2 c5 17. h3 Re8 18. Rad1 Qb6 19. Nh2 Rad8 20. Bg5 Rd7 21. Bf6 d4 $132)
16. Qd2 Nxb3 17. axb3 $14 {Barasz,Z-Hromadka,K/Bad Pistyan 1912/HCL (1-0, 61)})
(11. Nd4 $5 {is an accelerated version of the sacrifice of the central pawn.}
Nxe5 ({Here, too,} 11... Qd7 {comes into consideration, as in our main game.})
12. Bc2 Bg7 ({Maybe Black should keep queenside castling in reserve with} 12...
Qd7) 13. f4 Nc4 $6 (13... Ned3 $5) 14. Nxc4 dxc4 15. f5 gxf5 16. Nxe6 Nxe6 17.
Qh5 $40 {Nijboer,F (2584)-Sokolov,I (2676)/Hilversum 2006/TWIC 608 (1-0, 21)})
11... Bg7 12. Nd4 Qd7 $5 (12... Nxe5 13. f4 Nc4 $2 ({Korchnoi recommends} 13...
Ned3 14. f5 gxf5 15. Nxf5 O-O 16. Nxg7 Kxg7 17. Bc2 Nxc1 18. Raxc1 Qd6 19. b4
Nd7 20. Nf3 Rae8 21. Qd3 f5 22. Nd4 Ne5 23. Qg3+ Kh8 {"=/+/=". His evaluation
is entirely correct, but I felt that after} 24. Bxf5 {Black risks getting into
an unpleasant knight ending. When I play the Open Ruy Lopez, I aim for
positions that are full of strategic tension.}) 14. f5 gxf5 15. Nxf5 Rg8 16.
Nxc4 dxc4 17. Bc2 Nd3 18. Bh6 $40 {Karpov,A (2725)-Kortschnoj,V (2665)/Baguio
City 1978/MainBase (1-0, 28)}) 13. f4 O-O 14. N2f3 $146 {A logical move,
maintaining the tension still.} (14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bc2 d4 $132 {Esch,H-Hase,W/
GER-ch qgC05 corr9395 1993/Corr Nr. 1 (0-1, 52)}) 14... f6 ({I disliked} 14...
Rae8 {because of} 15. Be3 f6 16. Nxe6 Nxe6 17. Rad1 {, but Black seems to
remain solid after} Ne7 $13 {/+/=. Still, I prefer the game continuation.}) 15.
Be3 (15. Nxe6 Qxe6 $1 {[%csl Re5][%cal Ge6e2]} 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Nxb3 18.
axb3 c5 {Attacking White's centre from both sides.} 19. Be3 Rfe8 20. Rae1 $11)
15... Bg4 $5 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 {I spent a long time on this move, because I felt
it is not easy to choose the right moment to exchange on b3.} (16... Nxb3 $5
17. axb3 (17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Nce5 $2 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe2 20. Nxd7 Nxa1 21. Rxa1
Rfd8 22. Ne5 {ץe2} g5 23. fxg5 Re8 24. Bf4 Re7 25. Kf2 Rf8 $17) 17... Qxc6 18.
exf6 Rxf6 19. Qd2 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 Re8 21. Bd4 Rfe6 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qd4+ Kg8 24.
Rd1 Re1+ $132) 17. Bxc5 (17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Qd2 Nxb3 19. axb3 {would transpose
to 16...Nxb3, meaning that the move order chosen by me just gave White an
additional opportunity. Maybe not a good one, though...}) 17... Qxc5+ 18. Qf2
Qxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Bxf3 (19... c6 20. Nd4 (20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Nd4 Bd7 $15 {^^})
20... fxe5 (20... Bd7 $2 21. e6 Be8 22. f5 $16) 21. Nxc6 exf4 22. Bxd5+ Kh8 $13
) 20. Rxf3 {Matthias offered a draw here. The presence of opposite coloured
bishops make this result look quite probable, but I liked my central pawns
very much, because they restrict the enemy bishop. Black's advantage is of
rather symbolic nature, but it would have been a pity not to play on, at least
for a couple of moves until obvious equality.} c6 21. e6 $5 (21. exf6 {still
leaves Black with the slightly more pleasant position.} Rxf6 22. Re1 (22. g3
Re8 $15) 22... Bf8 $5 (22... Raf8 23. h4 $5 Rxf4 24. Rxf4 Rxf4 25. Re6 Rf6 26.
Rxc6 $1) 23. g3 Bc5+ 24. Kg2 Kf7 $15) 21... f5 $8 $15 {[%csl Rb3,Re6] All
Black's pawns are on light squares now, leaving the enemy bishop looking very
passive on b3. At the same time, the e6-pawn is doomed in the long run.
Black's main plan is to win that pawn by keeping one pair of rooks on board,
but this is not easy. On the other hand, I thought that sometimes even the
pure bishop ending would offer wining chances, because of Black's strategic
advantage.} (21... Rfe8 22. f5 $1 $14 gxf5 $2 23. Re1 Re7 24. Bc2 $16) 22. Re1
(22. a4 $5) 22... Rae8 23. h3 Rf6 24. Rfe3 (24. e7 $6 Kf7 25. Rfe3 Rd6 26. g4
fxg4 27. hxg4 Bf6 $17) 24... h5 25. Kf2 Kf8 (25... Bf8 $2 {would reveal the
hidden force of the enemy bishop:} 26. e7 Bh6 27. Re6 Kf7 28. Rxc6 $1 $14) 26.
Bc2 Ke7 27. b3 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gc3c4] /\c4} Rd8 28. Kf3 (28. c4 $2 d4 29. Re5
d3 30. Bd1 Rff8 $19 {צe5}) 28... Rd6 29. R3e2 (29. c4 $5 d4 30. R3e2 d3 $6 31.
Rd2 $1 $11 dxc2 $2 32. Rxd6 Kxd6 33. e7 c1=Q 34. e8=Q $18 {עd6}) 29... Rf8 30.
c4 (30. Re3 h4 $17) 30... Bc3 31. Rg1 (31. c5 Rdd8 32. Rc1 d4 $17) 31... Rxe6
32. cxd5 (32. Rxe6+ Kxe6 33. cxd5+ Kxd5 $5 (33... cxd5 34. g4 fxg4+ 35. hxg4
Be5 36. f5+ Kd6 37. Rh1 hxg4+ 38. Kxg4 gxf5+ 39. Bxf5 Rg8+ $17) 34. g4 Bd4 35.
Re1 (35. Rd1 Re8 $36) 35... fxg4+ 36. hxg4 g5 37. f5 h4 $17 38. Re6 Rf6 $1 {
If White exchanges rooks, the passed h- and c-pawns would decide the game in
Black's favour.}) 32... Rxe2 33. Kxe2 cxd5 34. Kf3 Kd6 35. Rd1 (35. g4 $2 fxg4+
36. hxg4 Be5 37. f5 hxg4+ 38. Kxg4 gxf5+ 39. Bxf5 $2 Rg8+ $19) 35... h4 $19 {
[%csl Gd5,Gf4] Black has a passed pawn in the centre and a target on the
kingside. This should be enough for a win.} 36. Rd3 Bb4 (36... d4 $5) 37. a4
Rc8 38. Bd1 Rc1 39. axb5 axb5 40. Be2 Kc5 41. Re3 Be1 42. Bd3 Rc3 43. Bf1 (43.
Ke2 Kd4 44. b4 Ra3 45. Rf3 Bxb4 46. Bxb5 Ra2+ 47. Kf1 Bc5 $22 48. Bd3 Ra1+ 49.
Ke2 Rg1 50. Kf2 Kc3+ 51. Ke2 Rxg2+ 52. Kf1 Rg1+ 53. Ke2 Kd4 $19) 43... d4 44.
Rd3 (44. Rxc3+ dxc3 45. Bd3 Kb4 46. Bc2 Ka3 47. Ke2 Kb2 48. Kd3 Bg3 49. Bd1 Kc1
50. Bc2 b4 $19) 44... Rc2 $1 (44... Kb4 45. Ke2 $1 $132) 45. Be2 Rb2 $22 (45...
Rb2 46. b4+ Rxb4 47. Ra3 Ra4 48. Rb3 b4 {/\...Ra3}) 0-1

[Event "Bad Nauheim Olympia Trainingsturnier"]
[Site "Bad Nauheim"]
[Date "1935.08.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Richter, Kurt Paul"]
[Black "Eliskases, Erich Gottlieb"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Annotator "Michel,P"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1935.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {DSB 1935,S.244.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. d5 bxa4 8. dxc6 d6 9. Re1 Nc5 (9... Nf6 $142) 10. Be3 Ne6 11. c4 Be7 12. Nc3
O-O 13. c5 f5 (13... f6 $142 14. cxd6 Qxd6 $1 (14... Bxd6 $11) 15. Qxa4 Rd8 16.
Ne4 Qb4 $17) 14. Qd5 Kh8 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Rad1 Rb8 $2 (16... e4 17. Nd4 Nc7
18. Qa5 f4 19. Bc1 $14) (16... f4 17. Bc1 a5 18. Qc4 Qe8 19. Nb5 Ra6 20. Nxd6
Rxc6 21. Qxe6 Bxe6 22. Nxe8 Rxe8 $11) 17. Nxe5 $1 $16 f4 (17... dxe5 18. Qxe5
Qc7 19. Qxc7 Nxc7 20. Bf4 Bd8 21. Rxd8) 18. Ba7 Ra8 (18... Rxb2 19. Nc4) 19. c7
Nxc7 20. Nf7+ Rxf7 21. Qxf7 Be6 22. Rxe6 Nxe6 23. Qxe6 Rxa7 24. Nd5 Bf8 25. Rc1
Qd7 26. Qe4 Rb7 27. Qxf4 Qe8 28. h3 Rf7 29. Qd2 Qe5 30. Re1 Qf5 31. Qd4 h5 32.
Re8 Kh7 (32... Qb1+ 33. Kh2 Qxa2 34. Nf4 Qb1 35. Ne6 Kg8 36. Rxf8+) 33. g4 hxg4
34. hxg4 Qb1+ 35. Kg2 Qc1 (35... Qxa2 36. Qe4+ Kg8 37. Qe6) 36. Qe4+ g6 37. Re6
Qg5 38. Kg3 Bg7 39. f4 Qh6 40. g5 Qh5 41. Re7 Rxe7 42. Qxe7 Kh8 43. Qe8+ Kh7
44. Ne7 1-0

[Event "Itau Mercosul Cup 6th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "2002.10.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2002.09.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played with a strange time rate. The first time rate was 1 hour
for 23 moves, if I remember well. It made the opening preparation much more
important than in games with a classical time rate. So I decided to choose a
very risky line which however requires from White to spend some time on it.} 1.
e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 {In according to modern theory after this move White
has an advantage at all lines. The main problem is Karpov's} 11. Ng5 $1 {
This move was introduced in Karpov-Kortchnoj in 1978. Since then Black is
trying to find equality but without any success for the moment. The main idea
of the move is to exploit the weakness of the c6-a8 diagonal which was just
weakened by 10...d4.} Qxg5 {The general move in this position. Usually it
leads to an endgame with an extra piece for White vs two strong pawns.
Theory's verdict says that White is better.} ({Kortschnoj played} 11... dxc3 {
and after} 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. bxc3 Qd3 14. Nf3 {and now} ({However the main
surprise came in the 10th game of Kasparov-Anand match in New York,1995.} 14.
Bc2 Qxc3 15. Nb3 $3 Nxb3 16. Bxb3 Nd4 17. Qg4 $1 Qxa1 18. Bxe6 Rd8 19. Bh6 {
The game is annotated by Ftacnik in CBM 49}) 14... Qxd1 ({Anand played} 14...
O-O-O {against Kasparov and equalized in their match in New York,1995 This
game is annotated by Anand in CBM 49.}) 15. Rxd1 Be7 {and eventually the game
ended in a draw. Karpov-Kortschnoj, Wch1978}) 12. Qf3 Bd7 $5 {This move was
tested only twice. Black is ready to give up the f7-pawn with check but to
keep an extra piece. To say that this move is dangerous is to say nothing.} ({
The main line goes:} 12... O-O-O 13. Bxe6+ fxe6 14. Qxc6 Qxe5 15. b4 Qd5 16.
Qxd5 exd5 17. bxc5 dxc3 18. Nb3 d4 19. Ba3 $1 {Kasparov-Shirov,CBM82 [Ftacnik]}
) 13. Bxf7+ {[%csl Re8]} ({Doesn't promise much} 13. Qxf7+ Kd8 {and Black
seems to hold.}) 13... Ke7 14. Bd5 $1 {[%csl Ra8,Rc6] White forces opening of
the e-file.} Nxe5 15. Qe2 {[%cal Ge2e7,Gc3d4]} d3 $8 ({Bad is} 15... Bg4 $2 16.
Nf3 Qf5 17. Qxe5+ Qxe5 18. Nxe5 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Rg4] 1-0 Pinter,E-Federic,P/
Komarno 1999/EXT 2002 (24)}) 16. Qe1 {[%cal Gd2f3,Gd2e4]} Re8 $1 $146 {This is
the move I prepared for the game. It looks better than the previously played
16...c6.} (16... c6 17. f4 Qh6 18. Bf3 $1 {[%cal Ge1e7]} Kd8 19. fxe5 $16 {
1-0 Wolff,P-Flear,G/London 1990/CBM 18 (34)}) 17. f4 ({Worse is} 17. Nf3 $2 Qh5
18. Nxe5 Kd6 $1 {[%csl Rd5,Re5]}) 17... Qg4 (17... Qh5 $5) 18. Qxe5+ ({
Probably better is} 18. fxe5) 18... Kd8 19. Qd4 Ne6 $1 {A pawn sacrifice for
initiative. Black forces the exchange of one of the bishops.} 20. Bxe6 Rxe6 {
[%cal Ge6e2]} 21. Qxd3 (21. Nf3 $13 {[%cal Gf3e5] looks better}) 21... Bc5+ 22.
Kh1 Re2 23. Qf3 Qxf3 24. Nxf3 Bc6 $15 {[%csl Gc5,Gc6,Rg2] In the arised
endgame Black is better thanks to his strong bishops.} 25. b4 Bb6 26. a4 Rf8 $5
{[%csl Rg2][%cal Gf8f6,Gf6g6] Bringing the rook to g6.} ({During the game I
wasn't sure how to meet 27.c4} 26... bxa4 $5 27. c4 {[%cal Gc4c5]}) 27. axb5
axb5 28. Rb1 $1 {The best defence. White has to trade the e2-rook.} Rf6 {
[%csl Rg2][%cal Gf6g6]} ({I was also considering} 28... Kc8 $5 {taking the
king away of check along the d-file, but probably it only leads to
transposition.} 29. h3) 29. Rb2 {Just in time.} Rxb2 30. Bxb2 Rxf4 $17 {
[%csl Gb6,Gc6] Strong bishops on b6 and c6 promise a clear edge.} 31. h3 Re4 $1
{[%cal Ge4e2]} 32. Rd1+ Ke7 $2 {A serious inaccuracy. The king gets under
attack while it would be much safer on c8.} (32... Kc8 $1 $17 33. Nd4 $140 Bxd4
34. cxd4 Bd5 $1 {[%cal Ge4e2]} 35. Rd2 Re3 {[%cal Ge3h3,Ge3b3] with good
chances for a win.}) 33. Nd4 Bb7 $1 ({Now} 33... Bxd4 34. cxd4 Bd5 {is not
enough for a win because of} (34... Re2 35. d5 $1) 35. Bc3 $1 {This is the
move I missed playing Ke7.} Re2 36. Re1 Bxg2+ 37. Kh2 $11) 34. Bc1 Bxd4 35.
cxd4 Ke6 $1 {[%csl Rb4,Rd4] Despite inaccuracy on the 32th move Black still
has chances for a win. White's queen side pawns are weak.} 36. Kh2 Kd5 37. Kg3
({Probably the best defense was} 37. Bg5 $5 {[%cal Gg5d8] attacking the pawns
from behind.} Rxd4 $140 38. Rxd4+ Kxd4 39. Be7) 37... Rxd4 $1 {Black's b-pawn
will be very fast. So even one extra pawn can be enough for a win.} 38. Rxd4+
Kxd4 39. Kf2 $1 {Preparign to meet c5 with Be3+} Kc4 40. Bf4 c5 $5 {Winning a
tempo.} ({Probably not enough is} 40... Kxb4 41. Bxc7 Kc4 (41... Kb3 $5) 42. g3
b4 43. Ke1 $1) 41. bxc5 b4 $1 42. g4 $2 {This move loses in all lines.} ({
White would have chances for a draw after} 42. h4 $1 {[%cal Gg2g4]}) 42... Kd3
$4 {This move which I played instantly throws the win.} ({After} 42... b3 $1 {
Black wins in all lines. The main idea is to prevent penetration of white king
to black pawns fixing on the way weaknesses on h3 and g4.} 43. Be5 ({Doesn't
help} 43. Bc1 g5 $5 {[%csl Rg4,Rh3]} (43... Kxc5 $2 44. g5 $1) 44. Ba3 Kc3 45.
Ke3 (45. Kg3 b2 46. Bxb2+ Kxb2 47. h4 h6) 45... Bg2 46. Kf2 (46. Bc1 b2 47.
Bxb2+ Kxb2) (46. h4 gxh4 47. g5 b2 48. Bxb2+ Kxb2 49. Kf4 Kc3 50. c6 Bxc6 51.
Kg4 Be4) 46... Bxh3 47. Kf3 (47. Kg3 Bf1) 47... b2 48. Bxb2+ Kxb2 49. c6 Bf1
50. c7 (50. Ke4 Bg2+ 51. Kf5 Bxc6 52. Kxg5 Be4) 50... Ba6 51. Ke4 Bc8 52. Ke5
Bxg4 53. Kf6 h6 54. Kg6 Bc8 55. Kxh6 g4) 43... g5 $1 {[%csl Rg4,Rh3] fixing
the king side.} 44. Ke3 Bg2 45. Kf2 $1 (45. c6 Bxc6 $1 (45... Bxh3 46. Kf3 Kd5
$5 47. c7 h5 $3 48. gxh5 Kxe5 49. h6 b2 50. h7 b1=Q 51. h8=Q+) 46. Kd2 Bg2 47.
Bf6 Bxh3 48. Bxg5 Bxg4 $19) (45. Kd2 Bxh3 46. Bf6 Bxg4 47. Bxg5 (47. c6 Bf5 48.
c7 g4 $19) 47... Kxc5 $19) 45... Kd5 $1 {Stoping the c-pawn with a tempo} (
45... Bxh3 $5 46. Kg3 (46. c6 Bxg4) 46... Kd5 $1 47. c6 $1 Bf1 48. c7 Ba6 49.
Bf6 Ke6 50. Bg7 Kd6 51. Kf3 Kxc7 $19 {[%cal Ga6c8]}) 46. Bb2 (46. c6 Kxe5 47.
Kxg2 (47. c7 Bb7) 47... Kd6) (46. Bf6 Bxh3 47. Kg3 Bf1 (47... Bxg4 $5 48. Kxg4
h6 $1 49. Bd4 Kxd4 50. c6 b2 51. c7 b1=Q 52. c8=Q Qe4+ $17) 48. Kf2 Bb5 49. Ke3
Kxc5 50. Kd2 Kc4 51. Bxg5 Bd7 $19) 46... Bxh3 47. Kg3 (47. Kf3 Kxc5) 47... Bf1
48. Ba3 Be2 $1 {[%csl Rg4]} 49. Kh3 Bb5 $1 50. Kg3 Kd4 $19 {[%csl Rc5][%cal
Gd4c3] and Black wins.}) 43. h4 $1 $11 {I missed this strong idea. Now my king
side pawns become targets and I don't have time to come with the king to c2.}
b3 44. Be5 g6 45. Kg3 {[%csl Rg6,Rh7][%cal Gg3f4,Gf4g5,Gg5h6]} Ke4 46. Bb2 h6 {
[%cal Gg6g5] Last trap.} 47. g5 $1 {Only defense. White stops g5 and ready to
penetrate to e5 if black king goes to c2. Weakness of the g6-pawn doesn't
allow Black to win.} h5 48. Ba1 Bc6 ({Not enough also} 48... Ba8 49. Bb2 Bc6
50. Ba1 Bd7 51. Bb2 Bf5 52. c6 Kd3 53. Kf4 Kc2 54. Bd4 b2 55. Bxb2 Kxb2 56. Ke5
Kc3 57. Kf6 Kd4 58. c7 Ke4 59. c8=Q Bxc8 60. Kxg6 Bg4 61. Kh6 $11) 49. Bb2 Kd5
(49... Kd3 50. Kf4 Kc2 51. Ba1 b2 52. Bxb2 Kxb2 53. Ke5 Kc3 54. Kf6 Be4 55. c6)
(49... Be8 50. Ba1 Ke3 51. Bb2 Kd3 52. Kf4 Kc2 53. Ba1 b2 54. Bxb2 Kxb2 55. Ke5
Kc3 56. Kf6 Kd4 57. c6 $11) 50. Kf2 (50. Kf4 Kxc5 51. Ke3) 50... Kxc5 51. Ke3 {
The rest doesn't require comments. The position is a dead draw.} Kc4 52. Kd2
Be4 53. Kc1 Kd3 54. Be5 Ke2 55. Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas 10th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1999.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht,Hj} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3
d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Ng5 Bd5 $2 {A new idea of I.Sokolov
and J.Piket tried by the first against Anand in Leon in 1994.It's interesting
that it was born not as an attempt to alive 10...d4 line after brilliant win
of Kasparov in the 10-th game of his match against Anand,but a year before
against the same opponent! Up to the current game it seems to be working,but
Svidler shows that attack is much more strong than it was considered before.} (
11... dxc3 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. bxc3 Qd3 14. Bc2 $1 Qxc3 15. Nb3 $3 {
Kasparov-Anand,New York(m/10) 1995.}) (11... Qxg5 12. Qf3) 12. Nxf7 $1 ({
Lately the line} 12. Bxd5 Qxd5 13. Nb3 Nxb3 (13... d3 {Dorfman} 14. Nd4 Nxe5
15. Re1 Be7 16. Nf5 $36) 14. axb3 Be7 15. Nf3 d3 $1 $13 {was discussed.} ({
In the origin game Black played worse and White obtained better play.} 15...
Nxe5 16. Nxd4 Ng6 17. Qf3 Qxf3 18. Nxf3 c5 19. Rd1 $14 {0-1 Anand,V-Sokolov,I/
Lyon 1994/CBM 45/[Kortschnoj] (53)}) 16. Be3 (16. Nd4 $13) (16. Bg5 {Dorfman}
Bxg5 17. Nxg5 O-O $10) 16... O-O 17. Bd4 $146 (17. b4 Rfd8 18. Re1 a5 19. bxa5
Rxa5 20. Rxa5 Nxa5 21. Nd4 Nc4 22. b3 Nxe5 23. f4 Ng6 24. b4 Qc4 25. Qd2 c5 26.
bxc5 Bxc5 27. f5 Ne5 28. Kh1 f6 29. Ne6 Bxe3 30. Qxe3 d2 31. Rd1 Qb3 32. Qg1
Ng4 {0-1 McDonald,N-Gyimesi,Z/Budapest 1995/EXT 97 (32)}) 17... Rfd8 18. Qxd3 {
White has nothing from the opening.} (18. b4 Bxb4 19. Qxd3 Be7 $15) 18... Qxb3
19. Qe2 Qe6 20. Rfd1 Rd5 21. h3 a5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Onischuk,A-Sokolov,I/Wijk aan
Zee 1997/CBM 57/[Wedberg] (62)}) (12. Re1 {1-0 Szelag,M-Jedryczka,K/Augustow
1996/EXT 99 (42)}) 12... Kxf7 13. Qf3+ Ke6 14. Qg4+ $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (14. Ne4
{was played and analysed by Cuban players.In according to Wedberg Black forces
a draw after} Nxb3 (14... Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Ne7 $13) 15. Qg4+ Kf7 16. Qf5+ Kg8 $1 (
16... Ke8 {'?' Wedberg.} 17. e6 Bxe6 (17... Ne5 18. axb3 $16) (17... Qc8 18.
Qxd5 Nba5 19. b4 Ne7 20. Qh5+ $16) 18. Qxe6+ Ne7 19. Qxb3 Qd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21.
cxd4 $16 {2.30-2.15. 1/2-1/2 Dominguez,L-Rios,E/Cienfuegos 1996/CBM 52 ext (49)
}) 17. e6 h6 (17... Qe7 $2 18. Qxd5 Nxa1 19. Bg5 Rd8 20. Qxc6 Qe8 21. Qxc7 Rc8
22. Qe5 $16) 18. Qf7+ (18. axb3 Rh7 $17) 18... Kh7 19. Ng5+ hxg5 20. Qh5+ Kg8
21. Qf7+ $11) 14... Ke7 $8 (14... Kf7 $2 15. Qf5+ Ke7 (15... Kg8 16. e6 $18) (
15... Ke8 16. e6 Bxe6 17. Bxe6 Qf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Bd5 Kd7 20. cxd4 $18) 16.
e6 Nxb3 (16... Nxe6 17. Bxd5 $18 {[%cal Gf1e1]}) (16... Bxe6 17. Re1 $1 (17.
Qxc5+ Qd6 $8 18. Qg5+ Kd7 $16 (18... Kf7 19. Qf5+ Ke7 20. Re1)) 17... Qd6 18.
Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Nb3 $1 {[%cal Gc1g5,Gb3c5]} (19. Ne4 $5 Qe5 20. Bg5+ Kd7 (20...
Nxg5 21. Nxg5 $18 {[%cal Re1e7]}) (20... Ke8 21. Nf6+ $18) 21. Nc5+ $1 Bxc5 (
21... Qxc5 22. Qxe6#) 22. Rxe5 Nxe5 23. Qxe5 $18) 19... Ncd8 20. Bg5+ Kd7 21.
Bxd8 Kxd8 (21... Rxd8 22. Nc5+ $1 Kc8 23. Rxe6 Qxc5 24. Re5+ $18) 22. Rxe6 Qd7
23. Nxd4 $18) 17. Nxb3 {[%cal Gc1g5]} Bxe6 18. Re1 (18. Bg5+ $2 Kd7) 18... Qc8
19. Nxd4 (19. cxd4 $5) 19... Nxd4 20. cxd4 $18 {[%cal Gd4d5]}) 15. e6 $1 {
[%cal Gg4g5]} Bxe6 (15... Nxb3 {doesn't save} 16. Nxb3 Bxe6 17. Re1 Qd5 (17...
Qd6 $2 18. Nc5 Nd8 19. Bg5+ Kf7 20. Qf3+ {[%cal Rf3f7,Rf3a8]}) 18. Nc5 Nd8 19.
cxd4 $1 {[%cal Ge1e5,Gc5e6]} h6 $8 (19... g6 $2 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 21. Re5 Qd6 22.
Bg5+ Kd7 (22... Kf7 23. Qf3+ {[%cal Rf3f7,Rf3a8]}) 23. Rae1 Re8 24. d5 $18) (
19... Kf7 $2 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 21. Re5 Qd6 22. Qf3+ $18 {[%cal Rf3f7,Rf3a8]}) 20.
Bf4 $1 Kf7 21. Nxe6 Nxe6 22. Re5 Qd7 23. Qf5+ $18) 16. Re1 Qd7 (16... Qd6 {
allow White to bring knight into play with tempo.} 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. Ne4 Qe5
19. Bd2 $1 {[%cal Ge4c5,Ge4g5]} (19. Bg5+ Kd7 20. Nc5+ Bxc5 (20... Qxc5 21.
Qxe6#) 21. Rxe5 Nxe5) 19... h5 (19... Qd5 20. Ng5 Ncd8 21. Nxe6 Nxe6 22. Rxe6+
Qxe6 23. Re1 Qxe1+ 24. Bxe1 $16) 20. Qh4+ (20. Qg6 $5) 20... Kd7 21. Ng5 Qf5
22. Nxe6 Qg4 23. Qxg4 hxg4 24. cxd4 $16) 17. Bxe6 ({Unfortunately} 17. Ne4 $2 {
doesn't work because of} Nxb3 ({In case of} 17... Bxg4 $4 {White beautifully
mates} 18. Bg5+ Ke8 19. Nd6#)) 17... Nxe6 18. Nf3 (18. Nb3) 18... Re8 (18...
Kf7 $2 19. Rxe6 (19. Ng5+ $5)) 19. Ng5 Ncd8 $8 20. Bd2 $1 {[%cal Gc3d4,Gd2b4]
Svidler brings another piece into attack.} h6 $6 {[%csl Rg6]} ({It was
interesting to seek a refuge on the queenside.Here is examplary variation:} 
20... Kd6 $5 21. cxd4 Kc6 22. Qe4+ Kb6 23. d5 Bc5 $1 (23... Nxg5 24. Qxe8 Qxe8
25. Rxe8 {with an advantage for White.}) 24. Nxe6 (24. b4 Nxg5 25. bxc5+ Ka7
$13) 24... Nxe6 25. b4 Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Nd8 {and Black is still alive.}) 21. Nf3
$1 $16 {[%cal Gf3e5,Ge5g6] White's attack on its final stages.} ({After} 21.
Nxe6 Nxe6 22. Rxe6+ Qxe6 23. Re1 Qxe1+ 24. Bxe1 $14 {[%csl Re7] White is
better,but Svidler already goes for more.}) 21... Qd5 22. Re5 Qd6 23. cxd4 {
[%cal Gd4d5]} h5 (23... c6 24. d5 cxd5 $140 25. Bb4 $18) 24. Qe4 Kf7 25. d5 Kg8
26. Qg6 (26. dxe6 $5 Rxe6 27. Bf4 (27. Bc3 $5) 27... Rxe5 28. Bxe5 $18) 26...
Re7 27. Rae1 Nd4 $8 28. Qxd6 Nxf3+ 29. gxf3 cxd6 30. Rxe7 Bxe7 31. Rxe7 $18 {
Certainly White is winning anyhow and that can sometimes be a problem. Hecht,
Hj: '[#] Aktiver Turm, Mehrbauer: Urteil: +- Partieverlauf: Anand gibt für
höchste Aktivität den Damenflügel auf und erreicht dennoch nur ein anscheinend
verlorenes Endspiel mit einem Springer gegen drei vereinzelte weiße Freibauern.
Doch mit seinem letzten Bauern als "Siegfried" kann Schwarz Remis erreichen.
Wirklich?! Siehe dazu die Anmerkung am Partieende!!'} Nf7 32. Ra7 $6 {First
inaccuracy.} (32. h4 $1 {preventing possible counterplay was the simplest way
to the victory.} Ne5 33. Kg2 Kh7 34. Bc3 $18) 32... h4 $1 {[%cal Gh8h5]} 33.
Ra8+ Kh7 34. Rxa6 Kg6 {[%cal Gh8h5]} 35. Rb6 Rc8 36. Rxb5 $2 {[%mdl 16384] A
serious mistake.White should prevent possible counterplay.} (36. Bc3 $5 h3 37.
f4 $1 {[%cal Gf2f3]} Re8 38. Kf1 $18) (36. h3 $5 Rc2 37. Bc3 $18) 36... Rc2 37.
Bc3 h3 {[%csl Rg1,Rh2] Now suddenly Black creates counterplay.} 38. Kf1 Ng5 {
[%csl Rf3,Rh2]} 39. Rb7 Nxf3 40. Rxg7+ Kf5 {[%csl Rf1]} 41. Rg3 Ke4 {[%cal
Gf3h2]} 42. Rxh3 $8 {It's time to sacrifice a piece.Otherwise 42...N:h2+ is
following.} Rc1+ 43. Ke2 (43. Kg2 $4 Rg1#) 43... Rxc3 $1 44. bxc3 Ng1+ 45. Kf1
Nxh3 {Look at the position ten moves ago.It's just unbelievable.Fortunately
White is still better,but now he must prove his superiority.} 46. a4 Kxd5 47.
Kg2 Ng5 48. h4 Ne4 49. h5 Ke6 50. c4 Nd2 ({Or} 50... Kf5 51. f4 $1) 51. a5 Nxc4
52. a6 Nb6 53. a7 Kf5 54. f4 $18 {White gets winning position once again.Now
first part of his plan is to bring king to the queenside and force d5-d4.Black
has to wait.} Na8 55. Kf3 d5 56. Ke3 Nc7 {Only defensive setup.} 57. Kd2 Kf6
58. Kc2 Kf5 59. Kb3 d4 60. Kc4 Kf6 61. Kd3 Kf5 {Second part of White's plan is
to reach the board position with Black to go.The triangle makes the day.} 62.
Ke2 Kf6 63. Kf2 (63. Kd2 {is shorter.} Na8 ({or} 63... Kf5 64. Kd3 Kf6 65. Ke4)
64. Kd3 Nc7 65. Ke4) 63... Kf5 ({or} 63... Ke6 64. h6 Kf6 65. f5) 64. Kf3 Na8
65. Ke2 Nc7 66. Kd3 {two extra moves and White reaches the position of
zugzwang.} Kf6 67. Ke4 Kf7 68. f5 Kf6 (68... Kg7 69. Kd3 Kf6 70. h6 {leads to
the same.}) 69. h6 Kf7 {It's incredible.White accepts draw in the situation
when a win as close as never. Hecht,Hj: '[#] Entgegen meinen Anmerkungen im
Vorspann ist Anand überraschenderweise doch verloren. Wenn Swidler seinen
a-Bauern gegen den d-Bauern hergibt, stellt er dabei den Springer so schlecht,
daß der entweder gar nicht mehr eingreifen kann oder aber selbst den Verlust
verursacht. Das geht so:'} (69... Kf7 {After} 70. Kxd4 {White wins by force}
Nb5+ $8 71. Kc5 Nxa7 72. Kb6 $1 Nc8+ (72... Kg8 73. f6 $1 (73. Kxa7 $4 Kh7 74.
Kb6 Kxh6 75. Kc6 Kg5 $11) 73... Nc8+ 74. Kc7 Na7 75. Kd7 $18) 73. Kc7 Ne7 (
73... Na7 74. Kd7 {'!' Hecht,Hj.} Nb5 (74... Kf6 75. h7 $1 Kg7 76. f6+ Kxh7 77.
f7 Kg7 78. Ke8 $1 $18 {'+-' Hecht,Hj.}) 75. h7 Kg7 76. f6+ Kxh7 77. f7 Kg7 78.
Ke7 $18) 74. h7 Kg7 (74... Nd5+ 75. Kd6 (75. Kd6 {Hecht,Hj} Kg7 76. Kxd5 Kxh7
77. Ke6 Kg7 78. Ke7 $18)) 75. f6+ $1 $18 {'+-' Hecht,Hj. It's clear that
Svidler missed this nice idea.Even the sun has spots!}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-ch 54th"]
[Site "Sopot"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Black "Grabarczyk, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 Be7 8. Qe2
(8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Bb7 10. Qg4 (10. Bd5 Bxd5 11. Qxd5 Nc5 12. Be3 (12. f4 c6
13. Qf3 O-O 14. Be3 f5 (14... f6 $5) (14... Qc7 $5 15. Nc3 d5) 15. exf6 Rxf6
16. Nc3 d5 $11 {1-0 Kupreichik,V-Norri,J/EU-chT Debrecen 1992 (36)}) 12... c6
13. Qf3 d5 14. exd6 Qxd6 15. Rd1 $14 {1-0 Elkaim,O-Lacrosse,M/Paris op 1995 
(25)}) 10... O-O 11. Nc3 (11. f3 Ng5 (11... Bc5+ 12. Kh1 Nf2+ 13. Rxf2 Bxf2 14.
Bg5 $44) 12. Nc3 (12. f4 Ne4 13. f5 {Tal,M-SmyslovSSSR(ch)1977} Bc5+ 14. Kh1
Kh8 15. Nc3 Nf2+ 16. Rxf2 Bxf2 17. Bg5 f6 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Bh6 Rg8 $19) 12...
Kh8 13. f4 f5 14. exf6 Bc5+ 15. Kh1 Qxf6 $15) (11. Bh6 Ng5 $11 {Smyslov,V}) (
11. Re1 Bg5 (11... Ng5 $5 {Smyslov,V}) (11... d5 $5 {Gufeld}) 12. Nc3 Bxc1 13.
Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Raxc1 Bc6 15. Re3 $16 {Tseitlen-PukshanskiSSSR1978}) 11... Nxc3
12. Bh6 (12. bxc3 Kh8 13. Bf4 d5 14. exd6 Bxd6 15. Rad1 Qc8 (15... f5 $5) 16.
Qxc8 Raxc8 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Rxd6 Rxc3 19. Re1 Bc8 20. f3 Rc7 21. Rb6 g6 22.
Re2 Rd8 23. Kf2 Kg7 24. Re3 Rd2+ 25. Re2 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Piket,J/Roquebrune
rapid 1992}) 12... Bf6 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Be3 Nd5 15. Rad1 Qe6 16. Qh5 c6 17.
Bxd5 cxd5 18. Rd4 Qg6 19. Qh3 f5 20. Bd2 Rac8 21. Bc3 Rfe8 22. Rfd1 Rc4 23. Qd3
Bc6 24. f3 Re6 25. b3 Rxd4 26. Bxd4 f4 27. Qxg6 hxg6 28. Kf2 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,
A-Smyslov,V/Tallinn rapid 1996}) (8. dxe5 O-O (8... Nc5 9. Bd5 O-O 10. Nd4 Bb7
11. Bxc6 dxc6 12. Nf5 Bc8 13. Qg4 Bxf5 14. Qxf5 f6 $13 {Kavalek-Sampouw,New
Zealand1977}) 9. Bd5 Nc5 10. Nc3 (10. Be3 Bb7 11. Nc3 Ne6 12. Ne4 Kh8 (12...
Rb8 $5) 13. c3 f5 $6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Qd2 Qe7 $2 (15... Qe8 $142) 16. Bxe6 {
/\Nc5;Bc5 1-0 Van Riemsdijk,H-Lacrosse,M/Liechtenstein op 1995} (16. Bxe6 Qxe6
17. Nc5 $18)) 10... Bb7 11. Bf4 Ne6 12. Bg3 Kh8 13. a4 b4 14. Ne4 f5 15. exf6
Bxf6 16. c3 $14 Rb8 17. Re1 Be7 18. Bxe6 dxe6 19. Qxd8 Rbxd8 20. Neg5 $16 {
1-0 Kamsky,G-Anand,V/Monaco blind 1995 (46)}) (8. Bd5 Nf6 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10.
dxe5 Re8 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Nc3 $14) (8. Re1 d5 9. dxe5 Be6) 8... d5 9. dxe5 Na5
10. Rd1 (10. Nbd2 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 Nxb3 12. axb3 O-O 13. b4 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 $11 {
0-1 Nokso Koivisto,A-Norri,J/FIN-ch Helsinki 1990 (34)}) 10... Be6 11. Nbd2
Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Nxb3 13. axb3 c5 $2 (13... O-O 14. b4 $11) 14. Rxa6 $1 O-O 15.
Qxb5 $18 Bg4 16. Rda1 Rb8 17. Qe2 c4 18. h3 Bh5 19. Qe3 cxb3 20. cxb3 Bxf3 21.
Qxf3 d4 22. Rd1 Qc7 23. Rc6 Qb7 24. Bf4 Qa7 25. e6 Rb7 26. Be5 fxe6 27. Qg4 Bc5
28. Qxe6+ Kh8 29. Qd5 Bb6 30. Bxd4 Rd7 31. Rd6 Rfd8 32. Bxb6 1-0

[Event "USA-ch GpB"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Milman, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Nxe4 {Simple chess. White is trying to outplay his young
opponent in the arising endgame.} (10. c3 {is the main and most popular
alternative. The following position is now the headache for the White's
players after the game Karjakin,S-Vallejo,P, Cuernavaca 2006/CBM112
[Mikhalevski,V].} O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Nxe6
Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5 17. a4 Rad8 $1) 10... dxe4 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ng5 Qxd1 {
Probably the best reaction.} ({Ivan Sokolov prefers to keep the queens by
means of} 12... Qd5 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qg4 ({White has to test} 14. Qh6 $5 Nxe5
15. Bf4 $36 {with initiative.}) 14... Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Nxe5 16. Qg3 (16. Qh4 $5
Nf7 17. Bf6 O-O 18. Rad1 Qc6 19. Rfe1 $6 (19. Be7 $1 Rfe8 20. Qf6 Qxc2 21. Rd7
$36) 19... Nd6 20. Be7 $2 (20. Bc3 $5) 20... Nf5 21. Qxe4 $2 (21. Qg5 $142)
21... Qxe4 22. Rxe4 Nxe7 $19 {0-1 Van der Velde,W-Van Bavel,F/Groningen NED
2005/The Week in Chess 582 (57)}) 16... Nf7 17. Bf6 O-O 18. Rad1 Qf5 ({Fritz 9
advocates the following beautiful draw:} 18... Qxa2 19. Rd7 e5 20. Qxe5 Nxe5
21. Rg7+ Kh8 22. Rf7+ $11) 19. Bc3 (19. Be7 {also leads to an approximately
equal position.} Rfe8 20. Rd7 e5 21. Rfd1 Qe6 22. Qa3 Rac8 $11) 19... c5 20. b3
Rad8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z-Sokolov,I/Godesberg GER 2005/The Week in Chess 579 
(34)}) ({Euwe's} 12... Bxg5 {also deserves further tests.} 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qxg5
O-O $1 (14... Qxg5 $6 {is dubious in view of} 15. Bxg5 Rf8 16. Bf6 Nb4 17. Rae1
Nd5 18. Bh4 $16) 15. Qg4 {[%csl Re4,Re6]} Qd5 $1 16. Re1 (16. Bh6 Nxe5 (16...
Rf5 $5) 17. Qe2 (17. Qh4 $5) 17... Rf5 18. Rad1 Qc6 (18... Qc4 $5) 19. Rd4 Nf7
20. Bd2 Nd6 $15 {0-1 Von Gelder-Euwe,M/Amsterdam 1920/EXT 2002 (33)} (20...
Qxc2 $142 21. Qxe4 Qxe4 22. Rxe4 Re5 $15)) 16... Rf5 17. Bh6 Nxe5 (17... Qxe5
18. Re2 (18. Qxe4 $5 Qxe4 19. Rxe4 $14) 18... Rd8 $11 {1-0 Geller,E-Krasenkow,
M/Cappelle la Grande 1992/EXT 97 (25)} (18... Qxb2 $142)) (17... Qd4 $5 {
[%csl Rb2,Rf2]}) 18. Qxe4 Rd8 19. Qe2 Qc6 20. Rad1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Nf7 22. Be3
Rd5 23. Re1 Re5 {with a slight edge in 1/2-1/2 Zarnicki,P-Sorin,A/Buenos Aires
1996/CBM 053}) 13. Rxd1 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Rf8 $1 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gf8f5] The rook
comes to f5 in order to attack the e5-pawn.} (14... Nxe5 15. Rd4 $14 {is
slightly better for White.}) 15. a4 $1 (15. Bh4 e3 16. fxe3 Rf5 17. a4 b4 18.
Bg3 Rd8 19. Rd3 Rf7 20. Rad1 Rdd7 21. Bf4 Na5 22. h4 b3 23. Rc1 bxc2 24. Rxd7
Rxd7 25. Rxc2 Rd1+ 26. Kh2 Kd7 27. h5 Ra1 28. Rd2+ Ke8 29. Rd4 Rb1 30. Rb4 Nc6
31. Rc4 Kd7 32. Bg3 Rxb2 33. Rg4 g6 34. hxg6 hxg6 35. Rxg6 Rb4 36. Rg7+ Ne7 37.
Bf4 Ke8 38. Bg5 Nd5 39. a5 Rg4 40. Kh3 Kf8 41. Kxg4 Kxg7 42. e4 Nb4 {1/2-1/2
Sax,G-Tarjan,J/Hastings 1977/MCD}) 15... b4 (15... Kf7 $5 {[%cal Gf8a8,Gf7g6]
is interesting, but it seems that White retains a slight edge after} 16. Rd7+
Kg6 17. h4 $1 (17. Rxc7 Rac8 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. axb5 axb5 $11 {[%csl Re5]})
17... Nxe5 (17... h6 $5 18. Be3 $14 (18. Rxc7 Rac8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. axb5 axb5
21. Be3 Nxe5 $11)) 18. Rd4 (18. Rxc7 Rac8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 $11) 18... Nf7 19. Be7
$1 Rfe8 20. Bc5 e5 21. Rxe4 (21. Rd7 $5) 21... Kf5 22. Rb4 c6 23. Rb3 $14) 16.
Bh4 {[%cal Gh4g3] White transfers the bishop to g3.} (16. Re1 Rf5 17. Bh4 Rxe5
18. Bg3 Rc5 19. Rxe4 O-O-O 20. c3 {1/2-1/2 Veroci,Z-Magyar,O/Hungary 1993/TD})
16... Rf5 17. Bg3 {[%csl Re4] Black starts to experience problems with the
e4-pawn.} h5 {[%cal Gg7g5,Gh5h4]} (17... Nxe5 $1 {temporarily sacrificing a
pawn was good enough for equality.} 18. Rd4 Nc6 19. Rxe4 (19. Rc4 Kd7 20. Rxe4
Rd5 21. Rae1 Re8) 19... O-O-O $1 20. Rxe6 Rc5 $1 $11 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Gc6d4]
and Black wins back the c2-pawn thanks to the idea of Nd4.}) 18. h4 (18. Rd2 $5
{[%cal Ga1e1] leads to a better version of the endgame, which arises after 17..
.Nxe5.} Nxe5 {[%cal Ge5c4]} 19. Re2 O-O-O 20. Rxe4 Nc6 21. Rxe6 Rc5 22. c3 {
[%csl Rg6][%cal Ge6g6]} bxc3 23. bxc3 Rxc3 $14) 18... g6 $6 (18... g5 $5) 19.
Rd2 {[%csl Re4][%cal Ga1e1]} e3 $5 {Black gives up a pawn, but at least
creates some weaknesses.} ({Black could try to keep it by means of} 19... g5 {
although after} 20. Re2 $1 (20. hxg5 Rxg5 21. Re1 Rg4 $11 {[%cal Ga8d8]
protecting the e4-pawn.}) 20... gxh4 21. Bxh4 (21. Bh2 $2 O-O-O $1 $15) 21...
Rxe5 22. Bg3 Rc5 23. Bxc7 Nd4 24. Rxe4 Nxc2 25. Bb6 $1 Rc6 26. Rc1 $14 {
White is better anyway.}) 20. fxe3 $14 {White won a pawn and the e5-pawn is
untouchable in view of e4. Moreover White may try to exploit weaknesses on the
kingside.} Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. b3 $1 {Preparing the opening of the c-file
by means of c3.} Ke8 (22... Kc8 {[%csl Rc7] Keeping the c7-pawn protected
looks better.} 23. Rc1 Rf8 24. c3 Rd8 {and now after} 25. cxb4 Nxb4 {we see
the reason for playing 22...Kc8.}) 23. c3 $1 bxc3 24. Rc1 Kd7 25. Rxc3 {
[%csl Ra6,Rc7]} Rf8 26. Rd3+ Ke7 27. Bf4 $1 {[%cal Gf4g5] Shabalov transfers
the bishop to a more active position.} Rb8 $1 {[%csl Rb3] Black also finds an
object of attack.} 28. Kf2 Na5 29. Bg5+ Ke8 30. Kf3 $5 {[%csl Rg6,Rh5][%cal
Gg5f6,Gf3f4,Gf4g5] White is heading to the weak kingside pawns.} Nxb3 {Black
has won the pawn back, but hadn't solved all his problems yet. His g6 and
h5-pawns are weak.} 31. Bf6 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gf3f4,Gf4g5]} Na5 $6 {It would be
better to keep the knight on b3 in order to have an option of Nc5.} (31... a5
$5 32. Kf4 Rb4+ 33. Kg5 Nc5 34. Rd8+ (34. Rd4 $2 Kf7 $1 $15) 34... Kf7 35. Rc8
{[%csl Rc7]} Ne4+ 36. Kh6 Rc4 37. Bg7 $14 {[%cal Gc8f8]} (37. Bd8 Nc3 38. Rxc7+
Rxc7 39. Bxc7 Nxa4 40. Bxa5 Nb2 $11)) 32. Kf4 Rb4+ 33. Kg5 Rg4+ 34. Kh6 Nc6 $1
{[%csl Rd8]} (34... Rxg2 $2 {is bad as it allows to activate White's rook.} 35.
Rd8+ Kf7 36. Rd7+ Kf8 37. Rxc7 $18 {[%csl Ra5,Ra6,Re6,Rf8]}) 35. Rd2 $1 {
[%csl Rg2] Shabalov is trying to create a zugzwang position.} Ne7 (35... a5 $5
36. Kg7 $1 {and Black has run out of useful moves.}) 36. a5 $1 {[%csl Ra6]
Moving his pawn from attack and fixing the a6-pawn White creates an additional
object of attack.} c5 (36... Rc4 37. Bxe7 Kxe7 38. Kxg6 Rxh4 39. Rc2 Kd7 40.
Kf7 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gc2d2]} Rh2 41. Rd2+ Kc6 42. Kxe6 h4 43. Kf7 $1 h3 44. e6
hxg2 45. Rxg2 Rh3 (45... Rxg2 46. e7 Rf2+ 47. Ke6 $18 {[%cal Ge7e8]}) 46. Rc2+
Kd6 47. Rd2+ Kc5 48. e4 $18 {[%cal Ge6e7]}) (36... Rg3 $1 {seems to be the
best chance.} 37. Bg5 Rg4 38. Rc2 Nf5+ 39. Kxg6 Nxh4+ 40. Kxh5 Rxg2 41. Rxc7
Nf5 (41... Nf3 42. Bf6 Ra2 43. Re7+ $140 Kf8 44. Rxe6 Rxa5 45. Kg6 $18 {
[%csl Rf8][%cal Gf6g7]}) 42. Kg6 Nxe3 43. Re7+ Kd8 44. Rxe6+ Kc7 45. Rxa6 Nc4 {
with the idea} 46. e6 $2 (46. Ra7+ $5 Kb8 47. Re7 Nxa5 48. e6 Nc6 {and
probably the best White can get is a position with a rook and bishop vs rook.})
46... Kb7 $1 {[%csl Ra6]} 47. e7 Re2 48. Rf6 Rxe7 49. a6+ Ka7 $11) 37. Bxe7
Kxe7 38. Rd6 {[%csl Ra6]} c4 (38... Rxh4 {deserved attention.} 39. Rxa6 Rg4 40.
Ra8 Kd7 $1 (40... Rxg2 {loses to} 41. a6 Ra2 42. a7 $18 {[%cal Ga8h8]}) 41. a6
Ra4 42. a7 Kc7 43. Kxg6 Kb7 44. Re8 Rxa7 45. Re7+ $16) 39. Rxa6 Kd7 {[%csl Gc6]
Staking on the c-pawn.} ({Once again Black could try to capture the h-pawn.} 
39... Rxh4 40. Rc6 Re4 41. Rc7+ Kd8 42. Rc5 Rxe3 43. Kxg6 Rg3+ 44. Kxh5 Rxg2
45. Rxc4 Ra2 46. Rc5 Ra4 47. Kg5 Kd7 $16 {and I'm not sure whether White can
win this position.}) 40. Rd6+ Kc7 41. a6 $1 {White exchanges a and c-pawns and
obtains good chances for a win thanks to his active king.} Rxg2 (41... c3 42.
a7 Kb7 (42... Ra4 43. Rd3 $1 $18) 43. Rxe6 Ra4 (43... Rc4 $2 44. Ra6 $1 Ka8 45.
e6 $1 c2 46. e7 Re4 47. Rc6 $18 {[%csl Rg6,Rh5]}) 44. Rf6 c2 45. Rf1 Rxh4 46.
Kg7 $1 Re4 47. Kf6 Kxa7 48. e6 Rxe3 49. e7 Re2 50. Rc1 Rf2+ 51. Kxg6 Re2 52.
Kf7 Rf2+ 53. Ke6 Re2+ 54. Kd7 {with the idea} Rd2+ 55. Kc7 $1 $18 {[%csl Ra7]
[%cal Ge7e8,Gc1a1]}) 42. a7 Ra2 (42... Kb7 $5) 43. Rd4 $1 {Eliminating the
dangerous c-pawn, which means the end of Black's counterplay.} Rxa7 44. Rxc4+
Kd7 45. Kxg6 $16 {[%csl Re6,Rh5] Now the active king and the weak e6 and
h5-pawns promise White good chances for a win.} Ke7 46. Rb4 (46. Kxh5 $5) 46...
Rc7 (46... Ra5 47. Re4 $18) 47. Ra4 Rb7 48. Ra5 {[%csl Ge5]} Rb3 49. Ra7+ Kd8
50. Kf6 Rxe3 (50... Rb4 {doesn't help:} 51. Kxe6 Rxh4 52. Kd6 Kc8 ({or} 52...
Ke8 53. e6 Kf8 54. Ra8+ Kg7 55. Ke5 $1 {[%cal Ge6e7]}) 53. e6 Re4 54. e7 $18 {
[%cal Ga7a8]}) 51. Rh7 {Black loses both the h- and e-pawns and so he resigned.
Good technique of Shabalov!} 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 05th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1997.06.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.06.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4 Rb8 (13... b4 14.
Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Nb3 c5 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Qf3 Ra7 18. Rd1 Be7 19. Qg4 g6 20. Bh6
$16 {Huebner,R-Polgar,S/San Francisco/1995}) (13... Be7 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Ne4
O-O 16. axb5 Nxb5 17. Be3 Qc8 18. Qd5 $14 {Chandler-Yusupov, Hastings 1989/90.}
) 14. axb5 axb5 15. Ne4 (15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Qf3 Bb4 17. Qc6+ {1/2-1/2 Xie
Jun-Polgar,Zsu/Moscow olw/1994}) 15... Be7 (15... Qd5 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Nc3 Qc4
18. Be3 Nf5 19. Qf3 Nh4 20. Qh3 Be7 21. Rfd1 O-O 22. Nd5 Bd8 23. e6 $16 {
1-0 De Firmian,N-Abdel Megid,M/WchT Luzern 1989 (39)}) 16. Be3 (16. Nd6+ cxd6
17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 dxe5 19. Qxe5 O-O 20. Bf4 Rb7 21. Qe4 Rd7 22. Qc6 {
1/2-1/2 Nunn,J-Timman,J/Amsterdam OHRA 1985} (22. Be3 Qb8 {1/2-1/2 Boudre,
J-Flear,G/Paris-ch 1989})) 16... Nf5 17. Ba7 (17. Qc2 Nxe3 18. fxe3 O-O 19.
Rad1 Qc8 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. exd4 $14) 17... Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Rd8 19. g4 Rxd1+ (
19... Nh6 20. h3 $16) (19... Nh4 20. Nxh4 Bxh4 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Be3 O-O 23.
f4 f5 $1 24. gxf5 Rxf5 25. Ra8 Rf8 26. f5 Be7 $1 27. Ra6 Nd8 $14) 20. Rxd1 Nh6
$6 $146 ({Smirin} 20... Nh4 21. Nxh4 Bxh4 22. Be3 $2 (22. Rd5 $1 c6 ({
Mikhalevski,V} 22... h5 $1 23. f3 (23. gxh5 $140 $6 c6 $1 {/\Rh5}) (23. h3 Nf4)
23... hxg4 24. fxg4 Be1 $1 $11 {/\Rh4}) 23. Rd6 Nd8 24. Bb6 Be7 25. Bxd8 $1
Bxd8 26. Rxc6 $16) 22... O-O $10 23. g5 (23. f4 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 $14) (23.
Rd5 $1 c6 24. Rd6 Rc8 25. f4 $36 {_|_}) 23... Ra8 24. Kg2 Ra4 25. Kf3 (25. Nc5
Rb4 $1) 25... h6 26. gxh6 gxh6 27. Bxh6 Kh7 (27... Nd4+ $2 28. Kg4) 28. Be3 Kg6
$44 29. Nc5 (29. Rd5 Rb4 30. Rd2 Kf5) 29... Rc4 30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. b3 Rb4 32.
Rd3 Bg5 33. Bc5 Rf4+ 34. Kg2 Kf5 35. Rd7 Rg4+ 36. Kh1 Bf4 37. Rxc7 Rh4 38. Bd6
Rxh2+ 39. Kg1 Rh3 40. b4 Ke4 41. Kg2 {1/2-1/2 Smirin,I-Huebner,R/Polanica
Zdroj 1995}) 21. h3 {><h6} f5 22. exf6 gxf6 {><h7,f6,b5} 23. Be3 Nf7 (23... f5
24. Bxh6 fxe4 25. Nd4 $1 (25. Nd2 Bg5 26. Bxg5 Nxg5 27. Kg2 O-O 28. Re1 Re8 (
28... Nf3 29. Nxf3 exf3+ 30. Kg3 $16) 29. Re2 $1 {/\h4+/-}) 25... Kf7 (25...
Nxd4 26. Rxd4 $16) 26. Nxe6 Kxe6 27. Rd4 $1 $16) 24. Nd4 $1 $16 Nfd8 (24...
Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Ne5 26. Nxf6+ $1 (26. Bxe5 fxe5 27. Rd5 c6 28. Rxe5 $16) 26...
Bxf6 27. Bxe5 Bxe5 28. Re1 $16) 25. Nxb5 h5 26. Ng3 (26. f3 $5) 26... hxg4 27.
hxg4 Nc6 28. Kg2 (28. f4 $1 Rh4 29. f5 $1 {><c7,f6;o^b}) 28... Ne5 29. Nd4 (29.
f3 $5) 29... Nxd4 30. Rxd4 Kf7 31. Nf5 Rb8 32. Nxe7 Kxe7 33. b4 Ke6 34. Kg3 Rb5
$1 {/\c5} (34... Nc6 35. Re4+ Kd5 36. Rf4 Ke6 37. Bc5) 35. Re4 $6 (35. f4 $5
Nc6 36. f5+ $1 (36. Rc4 Nxb4 37. Rxc7 Nd5 38. Rc6+ Kd7 39. Rc5 Rxc5 40. Bxc5
$11) 36... Ke5 37. Rc4 Kd5 (37... Nxb4 38. Bf4+ Kd5 39. Rxc7 $16) 38. Rc5+ Rxc5
39. Bxc5 $16) 35... f5 $1 36. gxf5+ Kxf5 37. Rh4 Rb8 (37... c6 $5) 38. Rh5+ Ke4
39. Rh4+ Kf5 40. Rf4+ Ke6 $14 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 17th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2009.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4 Bb4 14. axb5 Nxb5
15. Qa4 {Svidler's idea.} Bxd2 {A relatively fresh move, which was introduced
by the Cuban GM Bruzon in 2008. The idea is to exchange a potentially active
knight, which comes to e4 after 15...Be7.} (15... Be7 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P (2735)
-Sokolov,I (2685)/Wijk aan Zee 2005/CBM 105/[Finkel,A] (43)}) 16. Bxd2 O-O 17.
Rfd1 {[%cal Gd2b4] Earlier White started with 17.Be3, but it most likely to
lead to transposition.} (17. Be3 c5 18. Rac1 (18. Rfd1 Qe7 {transposes to the
text.}) 18... Nbd4 $1 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. Rfd1 Qd5 {[%csl Re5]} 21. Nxd4 Qxe5 22.
Nxe6 Qxe6 23. g3 Rab8 24. Rd2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Krivoruchko,Y-Bezgodov,A (2502)/
Sochi 2008(24).}) 17... c5 {[%csl Yd4][%cal Gb5d4] Black needs to control the
d4-square as one of his main ideas is to jump to d4 at the appropriate moment
exchanging his weak c-pawn for the e-pawn.} 18. Be3 Qe7 19. Qe4 $14 {A new and
very logical continuation. White takes control over the light squares and
strengthens his e5-pawn.} ({In two previous games White tried two different
moves, but in both games Black had no problems in equalising.} 19. Qc4 Rfd8 20.
h3 h6 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rxa6 Nbd4 23. Bxd4 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 cxd4 25. Rd6 Rxd6 26.
exd6 Qxd6 27. Qc8+ Kh7 28. Qf5+ {1/2-1/2 Quezada Perez,Y (2546)-Bruzon
Bautista,L (2607)/Aguascalientes 2008 (28).}) (19. Rac1 h6 20. Rd2 Nbd4 21.
Bxd4 cxd4 22. h3 Ng5 23. Nxg5 Qxg5 24. Qa5 Rab8 25. Rc5 Rb5 26. Rxb5 axb5 27.
Qb4 Qxe5 28. Qxd4 Re8 29. Qxe5 {1/2-1/2 Kryvoruchko,Y (2628)-Holzke,F (2516)/
Paleochora 2008 (29).}) 19... h6 $5 {[%csl Gg8] Black needs some fresh air as
after the immediate 19...Rfe8 the idea of Ned4 won't work in view of the back
rank problems.} 20. h4 {Now also White king gets some air.} ({After} 20. Qg4
Kh8 21. Qh5 Kg8 22. Ra4 {White has not time to bring the rook to the kingside
in view of} Rfd8 $11) 20... Rfe8 $1 {[%csl Re5][%cal Ge6d4]} 21. Re1 (21. Rd5
Qb7 {[%csl Rd5] looks ok for Black.}) (21. Qg4 $5 Kh8 $1 (21... Nbd4 {is also
possible, but I believe White should be better after} 22. Bxh6 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3
Qb7 24. Be3 (24. Rab1 $5) 24... Qxb2 25. f4 Rad8 26. f5 $14) 22. Nd2 {[%cal
Gd2c4]} Ned4 23. Nc4 f5 $1 24. Qh3 f4 $1 25. Bxd4 Nxd4 $13 {with a complicated
position.}) 21... Kh8 ({Probably more precise would be} 21... Red8 $1 {[%cal
Gb5d4]} 22. Ra4 Rab8 $1 23. Rxa6 Nbd4 {[%csl Rb2]} 24. Ra2 Nxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Qxh4
26. Ra7 Rf8 $11) 22. Ra4 $1 {[%cal Ge1a1,Ga4c4] White covers the d4-square,
prepares doubling of rooks along the a or c-files and finally gets ready to
bring the rook into attack on the kingside.} Qd7 ({Once again} 22... Red8 $5
23. Rc1 Rab8 $132 {[%csl Rb2] deserved attention.}) 23. Rea1 {[%csl Ra6]} Nbc7
24. Qf5 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gf5h5]} ({After} 24. Rc4 {[%csl Rc5]} Qb5 25. b4 cxb4
26. Rxb4 Qd5 27. Qf5 Qd7 $14 {Black is pretty solid though his position
remains passive.}) 24... Rab8 $1 {[%csl Rb2] White also has weaknesses.} 25.
Qh5 {[%cal Ge3h6] White is launching a direct attack.} Rb4 {I felt I needed to
prevent White's rook from getting to the kingside.} ({It turns out that after} 
25... Rxb2 $5 26. Bxh6 Kg8 ({Certainly not} 26... gxh6 $4 27. Qxh6+ Kg8 28.
Rg4+ $18) 27. Ng5 Nd4 28. Ne4 (28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qf6+
Kf8 $11) 28... Qf5 $1 $11 {Black should be able to equalise.}) 26. Rxb4 cxb4
27. Nh2 {[%cal Gh2g4,Gg4f6] A clever idea, which is however not sufficient for
obtaining an advantage.} (27. Qf5 $1 {would be a better try.}) 27... Rf8 $1 {
[%csl Rf7] After the game Jakovenko told me that that was a strong move and
indeed this way I free my queen from the defence of the f7-pawn, which allows
me to create counterplay.} ({In the event of} 27... Nd5 $2 28. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 29.
Ng4 $1 {White's attack is very strong. Here is an illustration:} Qc8 $2 30.
Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Ra5 Ng7 32. Nf6+ Nxf6 33. exf6 $18) 28. Rd1 ({Now} 28. Bxh6 {
leads to equality.} gxh6 29. Qxh6+ Kg8 30. Ng4 Ne8 $1 {[%csl Rf6]} ({But not} 
30... Nd5 $2 31. Rd1 $18 {[%cal Gd1d5]}) 31. Qh5 $1 {[%cal Gg4h6]} Qb7 $1 32.
Nh6+ Kg7 33. Nf5+ Kg8 $11) 28... Qa4 $1 {[%csl Rd1] This way Black prevents 29.
Ng4.} 29. Rd2 $1 (29. Bxh6 $6 {is not dangerous as after White can't bring
both the knight and the rook into the attack.} gxh6 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Rd3 (31.
Rc1 Rd8 32. Ng4 Ne8 {also looks ok for Black.}) {would be met by means of}
31... Qa1+ $1 32. Nf1 Ne8 $15 {[%cal Ge8g7]}) 29... Qc6 $1 {[%cal Gc6e4,Gc6c1]}
30. Qd1 (30. Ng4 $5 {was a better try to fight for the advantage.} Qe4 31. Rd7
a5 32. Kh2 a4 (32... Qc2 $5) 33. Nxh6 gxh6 34. Bxh6 Qh7 35. g4 Kg8 36. Bxf8
Qxh5 37. gxh5 Kxf8 38. f4 a3 39. bxa3 bxa3 40. f5 a2 41. Rd1 Nd4 42. Ra1 Nxf5
43. Rxa2 Ne6 $14 {[%cal Gf5h6] and with the knights on h6 and e6 Black seems
to hold.}) (30. Bxh6 $6 Qc1+ {is in Black's favour.}) 30... a5 $1 {[%cal Ga5a4]
Black also has his trumps.} 31. Nf3 Kg8 $138 {Being in time trouble I decided
to play it safe.} (31... a4 $1 32. Nd4 $1 (32. Rd6 Qa8 33. Qa1 a3 34. bxa3 bxa3
35. Rb6 Qa5 $17) (32. Rd3 Ra8 $15) 32... Nxd4 33. Rxd4 a3 34. Rd6 (34. Rxb4 $2
a2 35. Ra4 Ra8 {[%csl Ga2]} 36. Rxa8+ (36. Ba7 Nb5 $17) 36... Qxa8 37. Qa1 Qd5
$1 $19 {[%cal Gc7a6,Ga6b4,Gb4c2]}) 34... Qc4 35. Rd4 $1 $11 {and White
equalises.}) 32. Kh2 $6 $138 (32. Rd6 $5 Qa8 33. b3 {[%csl Ga4] preventing a4
was better.}) 32... Qc4 $6 (32... a4 $1 33. Nd4 Nxd4 34. Rxd4 a3 $15 35. Rd6
$140 $2 Qb5 $17 {[%cal Gb5e5]}) 33. Rd7 Qb5 34. Rd6 $6 (34. b3 $1) 34... Ra8 {
[%cal Ga5a4]} (34... a4 $1 35. Rb6 Qa5 36. Rb7 Nd5 $15) 35. Rb6 Qc4 $1 {
Leaving the d5-square for the knight and provoking b3.} (35... Qd5 36. Qa4 $11)
36. b3 Qd5 $1 (36... Qe4 37. Rd6 $11) 37. Qc2 {Here Jakovenko offered a draw,
which I accepted as I was short on time.} (37. Qc2 {The game could continue}
Nb5 (37... Rd8 $5 38. Rc6 Nb5 39. Qc4 (39. Rc8 Nc3 $15) 39... Nc3 40. Bb6 Ra8
41. Bd4 Qxc4 42. Rxc4 Nd5 $15) 38. Qc6 (38. Qf5 Rc8 39. Qh5 Nbc7 $15) (38. Qd2
$5 Nc3 39. Qc2 Rd8 $5 $15 (39... Qd1 40. Qxd1 Nxd1 41. Nd2 Nxe3 42. fxe3 Nc5
43. Rb5 Rd8 44. Rxa5 Rxd2 45. Rxc5 Rd3 46. Rb5 Rxb3 $11)) 38... Qxc6 39. Rxc6
a4 40. bxa4 Rxa4 41. Rb6 Nc3 42. h5 Nd5 43. Rb8+ Kh7 44. Bd2 Nc5 $15 {[%csl
Gb4] So probably I should play on even though I knew the team was losing
anyway.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2005.07.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 $5 {The key-line of the Open variation of The Ruy
Lopez.} 11. Bxe6 {Since 11. Ng5 proved to be insufficient for obtaining
advantage White switched to this less ambitious line.} (11. Ng5 {doesn't
promise more than an equal rook endgame:} Qxg5 12. Qf3 O-O-O 13. Bxe6+ fxe6 14.
Qxc6 Qxe5 15. b4 Qd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. bxc5 dxc3 18. Nb3 d4 19. Ba3 g6 $1 20.
Bb4 Bg7 21. a4 d3 $1 {This brilliant idea of Gymesi allows Black to equalize.}
22. axb5 d2 23. bxa6 ({An attempt to improve upon White's play with} 23. c6 $2
{is dubious in view of} Kb8 {See Shirov,A-Anand,V Maintz(rapid) 2004/CBM103 
[Postny].}) 23... c2 24. Nxd2 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 Rhe8 26. Rc1 Re4 27. Bc3 Rc4 28.
Rxc2 Rd3 29. Rb2 $1 Rcxc3 30. a7 Ra3 31. Rb8+ Kd7 32. a8=Q Rxa8 33. Rxa8 Rxd2
34. g4 Kc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A-Ponomariov,R/Biel SUI 2004/The Week in
Chess 508 (41). (40)}) 11... Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4 $1 {For the moment
this is the only try to create some problems.} Bb4 $1 {A modern way to deal
with this line.} ({Black also tested} 13... Bc5) ({and} 13... Be7) 14. axb5
Nxb5 $1 {Although the knight on b5 is not great and the a6 and c7-pawns are
potential weaknesses White didn't find a clear way for advantage.} (14... Nxf3+
$6 {is dangerous as Black doesn't have time for castling.} 15. Nxf3 axb5 16.
Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Ng5 $1 Qc6 ({The main problem of 14...Nxf3 is that after} 17...
Nxg5 18. Bxg5 O-O 19. Qg4 $18 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Gg5f6] Black can't protect both
the bishop and the king.}) 18. Qg4 Qc4 19. Qf5 Nd8 20. Rd1 Qc6 (20... Be7 21.
Be3 Qc6 22. Rxd8+ {[%csl Rf7,Rh8][%cal Gg5f7] 1-0 Ganguly,S-Iuldachev,S/Dhaka
BAN 2005/The Week in Chess 545 (22)}) 21. Nxh7 (21. Be3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rf7]
[%cal Gd1d8] and White wins at least a pawn.}) 21... Be7 22. Qh5 $2 {1/2-1/2
Kramnik,V-Shirov,A/Monte Carlo MNC 2005/The Week in Chess 541 (30). (30)}) 15.
Qb3 (15. Qa4 $5 $146 {can be found in Svidler,P-Sokolov,I, Corus Wijk aan Zee
2005/CBM 105 [Finkel,A]}) (15. Ne4 $146 {occuried in the game Shirov,A-Anand,V,
Mainz m rapid 2004/CBM103[Postny]}) 15... a5 (15... Be7 $2 {Black can't move
the bishop in view of} 16. Rxa6 $1 $16 {[%csl Rb5]}) 16. Qc4 Nbd4 {Playing
this way Black agrees with the fact that he loses a right to castle.} 17. Nxd4
Qxd4 18. Qc6+ {[%csl Ra8,Re8]} Ke7 {The only move.} 19. Nf3 Qd7 20. Qc2 h6 $5
$146 {[%csl Rg5] Nakamura comes with a new idea. He covers the g5-square.
Despite having a worse pawn structure and the king on e7 Black's position is
rather solid. His strong minor pieces: a nice knight on a good blockade square
e6 and a bishop on b4 supported by the a-pawn allow Black to hope for
equalization.} ({The only earlier game saw a quick draw after} 20... Rad8 21.
Bg5+ {White forces an exchange of the strong knight.} Nxg5 22. Nxg5 Qd3 $1 {
Sacrificing a pawn for initiative.} 23. Qxc7+ Rd7 24. Qc6 Qd5 25. Rac1 h6 26.
Nf3 {1/2-1/2 Azarov,S-Mamedyarov,S/Nakhchivan AZE 2003/The Week in Chess 452 
(26). and a draw was agreed in view of a clear superiority of the bishop over
the knight, which compensates a pawn.}) 21. Rd1 Qb5 22. Nd4 $1 {A correct idea.
White has to trade the strong e6-knight.} Nxd4 23. Rxd4 (23. Qxc7+ {seems to
lead to a beautiful perpetual check.} Ke6 24. Rxd4 Rac8 $1 {Black has to keep
the other rook on the h-file in order to control the Bxh6-sacrifice.} (24...
Rhc8 $6 {is dangerous in view of} 25. Rd6+ Bxd6 26. Qxd6+ Kf5 27. Bxh6 $1 {
[%csl Rf5]} Rc6 (27... gxh6 $2 {loses on the spot:} 28. Qf6+ Ke4 29. Re1+ Kd3
30. Qd6+ Kc2 (30... Kc4 31. Rc1+ Kb3 32. Qa3#) 31. Qd1+ Kxb2 32. Qb1+ Kc3 33.
Qxb5 $18) 28. Qe7 $1 {[%csl Rf5] and Black experiences serious problems with
the king.}) 25. Rd6+ $1 (25. Qa7) 25... Bxd6 26. Qxd6+ Kf5 27. h3 $1 Rhd8 28.
g4+ Ke4 29. f3+ $1 Kxf3 30. Ra3+ Ke4 (30... Ke2 $4 31. Re3#) 31. Re3+ Kf4 32.
Rc3+ $1 Ke4 33. Re3+ $11 {and neither side can avoid repetition of moves.})
23... Rhd8 $1 {I believe this idea was prepared by Nakamura at home. Black
sacrifices a pawn. but forces a number of exchanges and in the arisen endgame
Black has compensation for a pawn thanks to a strong bishop on b4.} 24. Qxc7+
Rd7 25. Rxd7+ Qxd7 26. Qc2 $1 ({After} 26. Qxd7+ Kxd7 {[%cal Ga8c8,Gc8c2,Gd7e6]
} 27. f4 Rc8 28. Kf2 Rc2+ 29. Kf3 Ke6 {activity of the black pieces
compensates a pawn.}) 26... Rd8 27. Be3 Qd3 28. Qxd3 (28. Qc1 Rd5 29. f4 {
doesn't look like play for a win since all white pieces are very passive.})
28... Rxd3 {[%cal Gd3b3] Now a combined attack of the e5 and b2-pawns doesn't
allow White to make progress.} 29. Kf1 Rb3 30. Bd4 Ke6 31. Ke2 g5 $1 {Black
prevents f4 and thus discannects the e-pawn for the other pawns of the
kingside.} 32. Rd1 Kd5 {[%csl Rb2,Re5] Now Black is simply waiting with the
king on the e6 and d5-squares} 33. Bc3+ Ke6 34. Bd4 Kd5 35. Rd3 {The only way
to deal with the annoying rook on b3 is to exchange it, however the arising
bishop endgames is equal.} Rxd3 36. Kxd3 a4 $1 {A very important move.
Otherwise White would fix the a5-pawn on the dark square by means of b3.} 37.
f3 h5 38. Be3 Be7 39. Bd4 Bb4 40. Be3 Be7 41. Bd4 Bb4 {White can't make
progress and so a draw was agreed. The line deserves further tests as I
believe there is a room for improvements.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.12.11"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 {A relatively rare line, introduced by Max Euwe, which
sometimes transposes to the main line. See below.} (9... Nc5 {is the main line.
}) 10. Nxe4 {An attempt to exploit Black's last move. In this line White
sacrifices a pawn for longlast initiative and hopes to win it back with
dividends.} (10. c3 Nc5 11. Bc2 {transposes to 9...Nc5.}) 10... dxe4 11. Bxe6
fxe6 12. Ng5 {[%csl Re4,Re6] Attacking both the e4 and e6 pawns White forces
exchange of Black's dark-squared bishop.} Qd5 {This is more precise than
Eiwe's 12..Bxg5.} ({In the origin game Black played} 12... Bxg5 {at once.} 13.
Qh5+ g6 14. Qxg5 O-O ({Certainly not} 14... Qxg5 $2 15. Bxg5 Nxe5 $4 16. Bf6
$18 {[%csl Re5,Rh8]}) 15. Qg4 Qd5 16. Bh6 ({After} 16. Bg5 {the game would
transpose to 12..Qxd5, but this time White has a choice, while in the
above-mentioned line the bishop is already on g5. So a simple comparison makes
it clear that it's better to start with 12...Qxd5.}) 16... Nxe5 (16... Rf5 $5)
17. Qe2 (17. Qh4 $5) 17... Rf5 18. Rad1 Qc6 $11 (18... Qc4 $1) 19. Rd4 $140 Nf7
{[%cal Gf7d6] 0-1 Von Gelder-Euwe,M/Amsterdam 1920/EXT 2002 (33)}) 13. Qh5+ g6
14. Qg4 {From here the queen attacks both the e6 and e4-pawns and thus forces
exchange on g5.} ({Almasi already faced this line earlier. That time he played
} 14. Qh3 Nd4 15. c3 Nf5 $6 (15... Ne2+ $1 {wins a piece.} 16. Kh1 Nxc1 17.
Nxe6 Kf7 18. Nxc7 Qc4 19. Raxc1 Qxc7 20. f4 {[%cal Gf4f5] yields White some
compensate for a piece. Probably Hungarian Gm wasn't satisfied with this
position and so he played 14.Qg4.}) 16. Re1 (16. Qg4 $5) 16... Bxg5 17. Bxg5
Qxe5 18. Rad1 $14 {[%csl Re4,Re8] 1-0 Almasi,Z-Unzicker,W/Germany 1997/GER-chT
(31)}) 14... Bxg5 (14... Nxe5 {leads to a better for White ending after} 15.
Nxe6 $1 {[%csl Rd5,Re8][%cal Ge6c7]} Kd7 16. Nf4+ $1 Nxg4 17. Nxd5 $14 {
[%csl Rd7,Re4]}) 15. Bxg5 Nxe5 (15... O-O {allows penetration of a white rook
to d7.} 16. Rad1 Qxe5 17. Rd7 h5 18. Qh4 Nd4 19. Be3 Nf5 20. Qg5 Qf6 21. Qf4
$14 {[%csl Rc7,Re4,Re6]}) 16. Qg3 (16. Qf4 {trying to prevent short castling
is senseless since Black anyway plays} Nf7 $1) 16... Nf7 {[%cal Gf7d6] The
knight goes to d6 in order to support the e4-pawn.} 17. Bf6 ({Ivanchuk played} 
17. Be3 {[%csl Rc5] and obtained some advantage after} e5 (17... O-O $5) 18.
Rfd1 Qc6 19. Rd2 O-O 20. Rad1 Rae8 (20... Rad8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rxd8+ Nxd8 23.
Qxe5 $14) 21. b4 Nd6 22. Bc5 Rf6 23. Rd5 Nf7 24. Qe3 Qe6 25. Qxe4 $16 {1/2-1/2
Ivanchuk,V-Shirov,A/Monte Carlo MNC 2005 (57) , but Black's play can be
improved.}) 17... O-O 18. Rad1 Qf5 ({Black also tested} 18... Qc6 {which looks
passive.} 19. Bc3 Rae8 20. Rfe1 e5 21. Re2 Re6 (21... b4 $1 $15) 22. Rde1 Nd6
23. Bxe5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Rowson,J-Condie,M/Scotland 1994/EXT 98 (62)}) ({I see
nothing wrong with} 18... Qxa2 {although it looks dangerous.} 19. Rd7 e5 {
[%csl Rd7,Rf6][%cal Ga2e6]} 20. Qxe5 (20. Qh3 Rfe8 $1 21. Rxc7 Qe6 $1 $11) (20.
Qh4 Qxb2 21. Qh6 (21. Re7 Rfe8 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 $13) 21... Nxh6 22.
Rg7+ Kh8 23. Rf7+ $11) 20... Nxe5 21. Rg7+ Kh8 22. Rf7+ $11 {with perpetual.})
19. Bc3 {Only this move turns out to be a novelty and probably not the best
one.} ({In the only preceding game White played} 19. Be7 $1 {, which I believe
is the only way to fight for opening advantage.} Rfc8 (19... Rfe8 $5 20. Rd7 (
20. Qxc7 Rac8 21. Qb7 Rxc2 $13) 20... e5 21. Rfd1 $14) 20. b4 {[%csl Rc5]} (20.
Rfe1 $5 {[%csl Re4]}) 20... Ne5 (20... a5 $5) 21. Rfe1 Re8 (21... a5 $5) 22.
Qh4 Nc6 $2 (22... a5 $142 23. a3 Qg4) 23. Bf6 $14 {1-0 Geller,E-Unzicker,W/
Bern 1987/EXT 97 (34)}) 19... c5 {[%cal Gb5b4] Black improves his pawn
structure on the queenside and prepares b4. He's by no means worse anymore.}
20. b3 {White wants to keep his bishop on a long diagonal.} Rad8 {[%cal Gd8d5]
Black prepares doubling of rooks. So} 21. Qe3 {[%csl Rc5]} Rxd1 ({When white
queen attacks c5} 21... Rd5 {is not so effective as after} 22. Rxd5 {Black
can't take back with a pawn.} Qxd5 $11) 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Re1 $1 {White needs a
rook to attack the e4-pawn.} (23. Rxd8+ Nxd8 24. Qh6 e5 25. Qd2 Nf7 $15) 23...
b4 24. Bb2 Rd5 {[%cal Gf7d6] A correct move. Before bringing the knight to d6
Black improves a position of his rook.} 25. h3 {[%cal Ge3e4]} Nd6 {Finally
Black consolidated his position. Now he enjoys an extra pawn, however weakness
of the e-pawns yields White sufficient compensation.} 26. a3 Qg5 $1 {A
necessary exchange of queens.} (26... a5 $6 {allows counterplay from the
queenside.} 27. axb4 axb4 ({or} 27... cxb4 28. Qb6) 28. Ra1) 27. Qxg5 ({
White can't keep the queens by means of} 27. Qe2 {in view of} Qd2 $1) 27...
Rxg5 28. axb4 cxb4 29. Ra1 a5 30. c4 $1 {White forces exchange of the
queenside pawns, which leads to a full equality.} bxc3 31. Bxc3 Nb7 32. b4 axb4
33. Bxb4 Rb5 34. Bc3 e5 (34... e5 {and a draw was agreed in view of the
following.} 35. Ra8+ Kg7 (35... Kf7 36. Rh8 h5 (36... Kg7 37. Re8) 37. Bxe5
Rxe5 38. Rh7+ $11) 36. Re8 Kf6 37. Rf8+ Ke7 ({or} 37... Ke6 38. Re8+ Kd6 39.
Kf1 {and Black can't make progress.}) 38. Rh8 h5 39. Bxe5 Rxe5 40. Rh7+ Kf6 41.
Rxb7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lee Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wang, Zili"]
[Black "Karaklajic, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Bc5 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ng5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bxb3 13. axb3 O-O (13...
Bb6 14. Nxe4 Nxe5 (14... Nd4 15. Bg5 O-O 16. Rd2 Nc6 17. Nc3 Bd4 18. Bf4 Rfe8
19. Kf1 Kf8 20. e6 fxe6 21. Bxc7 e5 22. Rb1 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Ra7 24. Bb6 Rb7 25.
Bc5+ Kf7 26. Rbd1 Rc8 27. Rd7+ Rxd7 28. Rxd7+ Kg8 29. Ke2 Nd8 30. Bd6 Nc6 31.
b4 h6 32. Kd3 Kh7 33. Ke4 Kg6 34. Bc7 Nb8 35. Rd6+ Kf7 36. Bxb8 Rxb8 37. Rxa6
Rc8 38. Kd3 e4+ 39. Kd2 Rd8+ 40. Kc1 Rd5 41. c4 bxc4 42. Rc6 Rf5 43. Rxc4 Rxf2
44. Rxe4 Rxg2 45. b5 Rxh2 46. b6 Rh1+ 47. Kb2 Rd1 48. c4 Rd8 49. c5 Rb8 50. Kc3
g5 51. Rc4 {1-0 Wang Zili-Kolev,A/Moscow olm 1994/EXP 44}) 15. Bf4 Ng6 16. Be3
O-O 17. Bxb6 cxb6 18. f3 b4 19. Nd6 Rfd8 20. Kf2 Kf8 21. Nc4 Rdc8 22. Rd6 b5
23. Ne3 a5 24. Rd5 Rcb8 25. Rd4 Ne7 26. Rd7 {1/2-1/2 Smirin,I-Khalifman,A/
Novosibirsk 1995/CBM 50}) 14. Nxe4 Bd4 (14... Bb6 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Nxe5
17. h3 f6 18. Nc5 a5 19. Kf2 Rfd8 20. Rxa5 Rxd1 21. Rxa8+ Kf7 22. Ra7 Rd2+ 23.
Kg3 Rxc2 24. Rxc7+ Kg6 25. Ne6 Rxb2 26. Rxg7+ Kh6 27. Rg8 Rxb3 28. Nd4 Rb2 29.
Nf5+ {Tyomkin,D-Rapoport,E/ISR-ch 1996/CBM 56/[Baburin]/1-0 (53)}) 15. e6 (15.
c3 Bxe5 16. f4 f5 17. fxe5 fxe4 18. Rd5 Rae8 19. Rc5 Nxe5 20. Rxc7 Ng4 21. h3
e3 22. hxg4 e2 23. Be3 Rxe3 24. Re1 Rf4 25. Rc6 Rxg4 26. Rxa6 b4 27. Ra4 h5 28.
Rxb4 Rxb4 29. cxb4 Rxb3 {Jonsson,B-Gretarsson,H/Reykjavik op 1993/EXT 93op/1/
2-1/2 (46)}) 15... fxe6 16. c3 Bb6 17. Be3 Rfd8 (17... Bxe3 18. fxe3 a5 19. Nc5
(19. Rd7 $6 Rf7 20. Rxf7 (20. Rad1 Ne5) 20... Kxf7 21. Ng5+ Kf6 22. h4 h6 23.
Rf1+ Ke5) (19. Ng5 Rfe8 20. Rd7 Rac8 21. Nf3 Red8 22. Rad1 Kf8 $1 23. Ng5 Ke8
24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8 26. Kf2 (26. Nxh7 $6 Nf7 27. Kf2 a4 $1 $15 {><b2}
) 26... h6 $11) 19... Rae8 20. Nb7 Ra8 21. e4 Rf7 $11) (17... Rad8 18. Re1 $5 (
18. b4 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Nxd8 $14) 18... a5 19. Bxb6 cxb6 20. Rad1
$14 (20. Ng5 Rd2 21. Rxe6 Rfxf2 22. Nf3 Rxg2+ 23. Kh1 Rde2 24. Rxc6 Rgf2 25.
Re1 Rxe1+ (25... Rxh2+ $13) 26. Nxe1 Rf1+ 27. Kg2 Rxe1 28. Rxb6 Re5 $11)) 18.
Kf1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Ra1 Bxe3 21. fxe3 a5 $11 22. Ke2 Rd5 23. Nd2 Kf7 24.
Nf3 Ke7 25. e4 Rd8 26. Ke3 e5 (26... Rb8 $5 27. Nd4 Nxd4 28. Kxd4 a4) 27. h4 b4
(27... Rb8 {/\a4,/\b4}) 28. Rc1 bxc3 29. bxc3 (29. Rxc3 Kd6 (29... Rd6) 30.
Rd3+ Ke7 (30... Kc5 $2 31. Nxe5 $1 $16) 31. Rxd8 Kxd8 32. Ng5 Ke7 33. Nxh7 Nd4
$11) 29... Rb8 30. Nd2 Ke6 31. Rf1 h6 32. Kd3 Ne7 33. Ra1 Rd8+ 34. Ke3 Nc6 35.
Rf1 Na7 36. Nc4 Nc6 37. g3 Rb8 38. Nd2 Rd8 39. Ra1 Rb8 40. Ra3 Rd8 $2 (40...
Rb5 $142) 41. Ke2 $2 (41. Nc4 Rb8 (41... Ra8 42. b4) 42. Nxa5 Nxa5 43. Rxa5
Rxb3 44. Ra6+ $18 {see below}) 41... Rf8 $2 (41... Rb8 42. Nc4 Rb5) 42. Nc4 Rb8
43. Ke3 $2 (43. Nxa5 Nxa5 44. Rxa5 Rxb3 45. Ra6+ Rb6 (45... Ke7 46. Kd3 $18)
46. Rxb6+ cxb6 47. Kd3 Kd6 (47... b5 48. c4 Kd6 49. cxb5 Kc5 50. b6 Kxb6 51.
Kc4 Kc6 52. h5 $18) 48. Kc4 Kc6 (48... h5 49. Kb5 Kc7 50. c4 Kb7 51. c5 $18)
49. h5 b5+ 50. Kb4 Kb6 51. c4 bxc4 52. Kxc4 Kc6 53. g4 $18) 43... Rb5 44. Kd3
Rb8 $2 (44... Ke7 $14) 45. Nxa5 Nxa5 46. Rxa5 Rxb3 47. Ra6+ $18 Ke7 (47... Rb6
48. Rxb6+ cxb6 49. Kc4 Kd6 50. Kb5 Kc7 51. c4 {/\c5+-}) 48. Rc6 Rb7 49. Kc4 Ra7
50. Kd5 Ra5+ 51. Rc5 Ra7 52. Rc6 (52. Kxe5 $18) 52... Ra5+ 53. Kc4 (53. Rc5 $18
) 53... Ra4+ 54. Kd3 Ra7 55. g4 Kf8 56. Kc4 Ra1 57. Kd5 Rg1 58. Rg6 Ra1 59. c4
Rd1+ 60. Kxe5 c5 61. Rc6 Rg1 62. Ke6 Kg8 63. Kf5 h5 64. g5 Kf7 65. e5 Rf1+ 66.
Ke4 Rh1 67. e6+ Kg6 68. Ke5 Rxh4 69. Rc8 Rh1 70. e7 Re1+ 71. Kd6 Kxg5 72. e8=Q
Rxe8 73. Rxe8 h4 74. Kxc5 Kg4 75. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 64]} 1. e4 {Kortschnoj} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4
6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Bg4 11. Bc2 d4 $5 {In
according to my database this position has been played only once before.Maybe
this game will bring popularity to this unexplored line.} (11... Ne6 $6 {
Hansen,Cu: A seldom played move} 12. Re1 (12. h3 Bh5 13. Re1 Bc5 14. Nb3 Ba7
15. Be3 Bxe3 (15... Nxe5 $6 16. g4 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Bg6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Bxa7
Rxa7 20. Nc5) 16. Rxe3 Ne7 17. g4 $6 Bg6 18. Nfd4 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 Ng6 $132 {
0-1 Kourtesis,G-Flear,G/Athens Akropolis op 1989 (31)}) 12... Qd7 (12... Bc5
13. Nf1 (13. Nb3 {Mikhalevski,V} Ba7 14. Be3 (14. a4 b4 15. Qd3 Bh5 16. Nfd4
Bxd4 17. cxd4 Bg6 18. Qd1 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 Ncxd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Qc5 Ne6 22.
Qc6+ Ke7 23. Be3 d4 24. Bxd4 $1 Nxd4 25. Qc5+ Ke6 26. Rad1 Qd5 27. Qxd4 Qxd4
28. Rxd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lutz,C-Jussupow,A/Germany 1996/GER-chT (54)}) 14... Bxe3
15. Rxe3 Ne7 16. h3 Bf5 (16... Bh5) 17. Nfd4 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 O-O 19. Rf1 Rc8 20.
Nxe6 fxe6 21. Nc5 Nf5 22. Rd3 Qe7 23. b4 a5 24. Qe2 $14 {1-0 Wahls,M-Rhodin,C/
Hamburg-ch 1987 (31)}) (13. a4 {Mikhalevski,V} Ne7 14. Nb3 Bb6 15. axb5 axb5
16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Qd3 $14 {1:44-1:24 1-0 Rodriguez,A-Sorin,A/Capablanca mem-B
1993 (31)}) 13... Bh5 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. h4 $5 (15. Bb3 Ne7 16. h4 h6 17. h5 Bh7
18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. cxd4 O-O 20. Qg4 Kh8 21. Be3 (21. a4 $6 {/\Bd2} c5 $5) 21...
Qd7 22. Rac1 $14 {1-0 Kovalev,A-Kaidanov,G/URS-OT56 Blagoveshchensk 1988 (43)})
15... Bxc2 {Mikhalevski,V} (15... d4 $1 $132) (15... O-O $4 16. Bb3 $1 $16 {
[%cal Rb3d5,Rh4h5] 1-0 Almasi,Z-Jussupow,A/Ubeda 1997/CBM 58/[Hansen,Cu] (47)}
(16. h5 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 f6 $1)) 16. Qxc2 O-O $11 (16... d4 $6 17. cxd4 Ncxd4 18.
Nxd4 Bxd4 (18... Qxd4 19. Be3 Qc4 (19... Qb4 20. Rac1 $18) 20. Qxc4 bxc4 21.
Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Rec1 $16) 19. Qc6+ Kf8 $16)) 13. Nf1 Rd8 14. Ne3 Bh5 15. Nf5 Bc5
16. Qd3 Bg6 17. a4 Ne7 18. g4 Bb6 {1-0 Grunthal,R-Alava,M/FIN-chT 1993/EXT 98 
(41) and black seems to be OK.}) (11... Be7 {(see 10...Be7)} 12. Re1 Qd7 {
has been played a lot - however at the moment whites chances seems to be
preferred.} (12... O-O)) 12. Nb3 {[%mdl 8]} (12. h3 Bh5 13. Nb3 d3 14. Bb1 Bg6
15. Nbd4 Qd5 16. a4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxa4 18. Ba2 Qb7 19. e6 {1/2-1/2 Hakki,
I-Odendahl,S/Gausdal 1982/MCD (19)}) (12. Ne4 $2 d3 13. Nxc5 dxc2 14. Qxd8+
Nxd8 $15) 12... d3 13. Bb1 {[%csl Rd3]} (13. Nxc5 $2 dxc2 {see 12.Ne4?}) 13...
Qd5 $1 {'N!?' Kortschnoj. Black has been preparing B:f3 weakening pawn
sructure on the king side and taking back e5 pawn. Kortschnoj: 'Very important,
new way to treat the modern line of the open Spanish with black. If it works,
then many grandmasters will be compelled to modify their opening repertoire.'}
(13... Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15. Be3 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Ge3d4,Gf3d4]}) 14. Nxc5 {
Kortschnoj: 'White does not have much choice. After'} (14. h3 {Kortschnoj} Bxf3
15. Qxf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3 O-O-O {he has problems to equalize (17.Be3? Na4)}) 14...
Bxc5 ({Worse is} 14... Bxf3 $2 15. Qxf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3 Bxc5 17. Bxd3 {as after}
O-O-O (17... Nxe5 $2 18. Re1) 18. Bf5+ {has become possible(compare with the
game position with black bishop on g4).}) 15. Qxd3 (15. Bxd3 O-O-O $1 (15...
Bxf3 $2 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 {leads to above-mentioned position.}) 16. Be2 (
16. Bc2 $6 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Nxe5 {leads to the game with white's
bishop on c2 instead of e4 that is in the black's favour.}) 16... Qxd1 $5 (
16... Qe4 $5 17. Qe1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe2 $1 19. Nxf7 Rd1 20. Qxd1 Bxd1 21. Nxh8
Bc2 $1 22. Be3 $1 (22. Nf7 $2 Bd3 23. Rd1 (23. Ng5 Bxf2+ $1) 23... Qe2 24. Be3
Bxe3 25. fxe3 Be4 $19) 22... Bxe3 23. fxe3 Qxe3+ 24. Kh1 Bd3 $44) 17. Bxd1 (17.
Rxd1 Bxf3 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {[%cal Gc6e5] and Black is OK.}) 17... Bxf3 18. Bxf3
Nxe5 {[%cal Ge5d3]} (18... Nxe5 {Kortschnoj} 19. Bh5 Nd3 {and black has no
problems.})) 15... Qxd3 16. Bxd3 O-O-O $1 {Kortschnoj: 'On the move 12 white
could interpose h3 Bh5, then long castle would not be possible due to Bf5+...'}
(16... Bxf3 $2 {leads to 14...B:f3?}) 17. Be4 (17. Be2 $6 Nxe5 $1 18. Nxe5 (18.
a4 $6 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Bh3 $15) 18... Bxe2 19. Re1 (19. Nxf7 Bxf1 20. Nxd8 Bc4
21. Nc6 Re8 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Rxe3 $15) 19... Bh5 (19... Rhe8 $5)) 17...
Bxf3 18. gxf3 {Leko is still trying to fight for an advantage. Kortschnoj: 'Or'
} (18. Bxf3 {was safer.} Nxe5 $11 {[%cal Ge5d3]}) 18... Nxe5 19. a4 $1 {
'?' Kortschnoj. Kortschnoj: 'A critical line is'} (19. b4 {Kortschnoj followed
by a2-a4 , e.g.} Bd6 20. a4 Kd7 21. Bb7 Rb8 22. Bxa6 Nxf3+ 23. Kg2 Nxh2 24. Rh1
Ng4 25. Bxb5+ {- white, having two bishops, stands somewhat better.}) 19... b4
$1 (19... Rhe8 $2 20. axb5 axb5 21. b4 $1 Bb6 22. f4 $1 Nd7 23. Bc6 $1 {
[%cal Ga1a8,Gc6b5]}) 20. Bg5 $5 (20. Be3 $5 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Rd2 {[%cal Gh8d8]} (
21... g6 $5 {[%cal Gf7f5]}) 22. cxb4 Rxb2 23. b5 $1 axb5 (23... a5 24. Rf2 $14)
24. axb5 Rxb5 25. Ra8+ Rb8 26. Ra7 $1 $36 {[%cal Gf1c1,Gf3f4]} (26. Rxb8+ Kxb8
27. Rb1+ Kc8 $1 28. Bf5+ Nd7 29. Ra1 Rf8 $1)) 20... f6 21. cxb4 (21. Be3 $5)
21... Bxb4 22. Be3 Nc4 (22... g6 $5 {[%cal Gf6f5] is a way to try to catch
initiative.}) 23. Bf4 Bd2 $1 (23... Bd6 24. b3 $1 Bxf4 25. bxc4 {[%cal Ga1b1,
Ge4b7,Ge4f5]}) 24. b3 $1 Nd6 $1 $11 {'!' Kortschnoj.} 25. Bxd6 (25. Bxd2 $6
Nxe4 26. fxe4 Rxd2 $15) (25. Bxd6 Rxd6 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gg7g6,Gf6f5] Black
could continue trying to use uncomfortable position of white's bishop by g6
and then f5.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal-B 5th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2004.08.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Garcia, Gildardo"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2004.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 $5 {This move is back on track. Thanks to the new
black idea on the 21th move the endgame which theory considered to be worse
for Black now seems to be playable.} 11. Ng5 $1 Qxg5 12. Qf3 O-O-O 13. Bxe6+
fxe6 14. Qxc6 Qxe5 15. b4 Qd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. bxc5 dxc3 18. Nb3 d4 19. Ba3 g6
$1 {Practice shows that this is the best move in the position. Black brings
the bishop to g7 in order to support his central pawns.} ({A new dubious idea
was tested in the following game.} 19... Rd5 $2 {Naiditsch-Rogers, Wijk aan
Zee 2003/CBM93 [Postny]}) 20. Bb4 Bg7 21. a4 d3 $1 {The recent games prove
that this move allows Black to equalize the game. I believe that Hungarian GM
Gyimesi was the first to test the move on GM level. The idea is to advance the
d-pawn to d2 and thus to reduce White's resources.} ({Earlier black preffered} 
21... Kd7 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rfd1 Ke6 {Here is one of the most known games in
this line.} 24. Rac1 Rhe8 25. Kf1 Kf5 26. c6 $1 g5 27. Ba5 Rd6 28. Bb4 Rdd8 29.
Rd3 $1 g4 30. Bc5 Ke4 31. Rcd1 h5 32. Nxd4 $1 $18 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Shirov,A/
Linares 2001/CBM 82/[Ftacnik] (38)}) ({Another new idea} 21... bxa4 $5 {
worth considering.} 22. c6 $1 d3 $1 23. Rxa4 d2 24. Rxa6 Kb8 25. Nxd2 cxd2 26.
Rd1 Rhe8 27. Kf1 Re1+ $1 28. Rxe1 dxe1=Q+ 29. Bxe1 Bd4 {White is a pawn up,
but black's resources seems to be sufficient for maintaining the balance.
White's main concern is a weakness of Pc6.1/2-1/2 Hracek-Haba, CZE-ch 2003/
CBM94 [Postny]}) 22. axb5 d2 {This position is a headache for White these days.
} 23. bxa6 (23. c6 $5 {[%cal Ga1a6] A very fresh idea in this line was tested
in a recent match in Mainz.} Kb8 $1 24. Rad1 Rd5 (24... axb5 $5 25. Nc5 Rd5)
25. bxa6 Rhd8 {[%cal Gd5b5]} 26. Na1 Ka7 27. Nc2 Rb8 28. Rb1 Rdb5 29. Rb3 R8b6
$1 30. Rxc3 Bxc3 (30... Rxb4 $1 31. Rd3 Rb2 32. Rxd2 Bc3 (32... Rxc6 33. Rd7)
33. Re2 Rxc6 $15) 31. Bxc3 Rc5 32. Bxd2 Rxc2 33. Be3 Kxa6 34. Bxb6 cxb6 35. f4
$11 {The f and b-pawns are worth each other.} b5 36. g4 Rxc6 37. f5 gxf5 38.
gxf5 b4 39. f6 Rc8 40. Kg2 b3 41. Rb1 Rf8 42. Rxb3 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Anand,V/
Mainz GER 2004/The Week in Chess 509 (42). An important game for theory.})
23... c2 $1 {Black returns some material.} 24. Nxd2 $1 {The right choice.} (24.
Bxd2 $2 {loses a piece.} Bxa1 25. Rxa1 Rd3 $1 (25... Rhe8 $2 26. a7 Kb7 27.
a8=Q+ Rxa8 28. Rc1 {1/2-1/2 Delchev,A-Gyimesi,Z/Nova Gorica SLO 2004/The Week
in Chess 483 (28). Here a draw was agreed, but it's possible that the game saw
24.Nxd2, but not Bxd2...}) 26. a7 Kb7 27. Na5+ Ka8 28. Nc4 Rd4 $19 {and Black
wins a piece.}) 24... Bxa1 25. Rxa1 Rhe8 $1 {Black prepares to attack the
bishop by means of Re4.} ({Doesn't work} 25... Rd4 $2 {in view of} 26. Bc3 Rd3
27. a7 $1 Kd7 (27... Kb7 28. Bxh8 Rxd2 $140 $4 29. a8=Q#) 28. Bxh8 Rxd2 29. Rf1
$1 Rd1 30. Bb2 $18 {and the a-pawn is unstoppable.}) 26. c6 $2 $146 {This move
loses a piece. Morozevich showed the right way to equality.} (26. Rc1 $1 Re4 $1
({It would be wrong to attack the bishop by the other rook.} 26... Rd4 $2 27.
Bc3 Rd3 28. Rxc2 Re1+ 29. Nf1 Rb1 {[%cal Gd3d1]} 30. a7 Kb7 31. Ra2 Ka8 32. Bd2
$18) 27. Bc3 Rc4 $1 28. Rxc2 (28. a7 $2 {Ftacnik} Kb7 29. Rxc2 Rd3 30. Ra2 Ka8
31. Kf1 Rcxc3 {0-1 Berry,N-Eynon,D/Grangemouth/1999/ (44).}) 28... Rd3 29. Rb2
$1 {The saving idea. White cuts the black king off the a-pawn and forces an
equal rook ending.} (29. Ra2 $2 Kb8 30. Ba5 Rc1+ 31. Nf1 Rdd1) 29... Rcxc3 30.
a7 Ra3 31. Rb8+ Kd7 32. a8=Q Rxa8 33. Rxa8 Rxd2 34. g4 Kc6 {Black wins the
c-pawn.} 35. Kg2 Kxc5 36. Kg3 Rd7 37. f4 Kd4 38. Ra1 Rf7 39. Rd1+ Ke3 40. Re1+
Kd4 41. Rd1+ {1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A-Ponomariov,R/Biel SUI 2004/The Week in
Chess 508 (41) A very important game. It's not so easy to improve upon White's
play in the game. Anyway new tests of the line are expected.}) 26... Kb8 $8 {
Now Morozevich's idea will not work.} 27. Rc1 Re4 $1 28. Bc3 ({Nothing changes
} 28. Ba5 Ra4 (28... Re5 $5 29. Bc3 Rc5 30. Rxc2 Rd3) 29. Bc3 Rd3 30. Rxc2 Rc4
{-28.Bc3.}) (28. Nxe4 $4 Rd1+) 28... Rc4 $1 {Rook-kamikaze!} 29. Rxc2 (29. Ba5
{is bad in view of} Rc5 $1 30. Bb4 Rb5 31. Bc3 Rb1 $1 $19) (29. Nxc4 $4 Rd1+)
29... Rd3 $1 {Finally we got the position from the game Morozevich-Ponomariov
with the only, but very important difference. The moves c6 and Kb8 are
included and so White can't save a piece.} 30. Rb2+ (30. Nxc4 $4 Rd1+) 30...
Ka8 $1 {The only chance to play for a win is to keep the c7-pawn.} ({The
difference between the game and} 30... Ka7 {can be seen in the following line.}
31. Ba5 Rc1+ 32. Nf1 Rdd1 33. g3 Rxf1+ 34. Kg2 Rg1+ 35. Kh3 $1 (35. Kf3 $2 Rxc6
36. Rb7+ $2 Kxa6 37. Rxc7 Rf6+ $1) 35... Rxc6 36. Rb7+ {This move is possible
thanks to position of the black king on a7.} Kxa6 37. Rxc7 $1 {and I believe
it would be impossible to win on one flank.}) 31. Ba5 Rc1+ 32. Nf1 Rdd1 $17 {
Finally Black wins a piece and obtains real chances for a win.} 33. g3 (33. g4
$5) 33... Rxf1+ 34. Kg2 Rg1+ 35. Kh3 Rxc6 36. Re2 ({The point of 28...Ka8 was
to meet} 36. Rb7 $6 {with} Rxa6 {[%csl Ra5,Rb7] and the c7-pawns remains
untouchable.}) 36... Ra1 {Now also the a-pawn is falling.} 37. Re5 ({Doesn't
change much} 37. Bd2 $5 Raxa6 38. Re7 h5) 37... Ka7 {Picking up the a-pawn.} (
37... Ra2 $5) 38. Bd2 Kxa6 39. Re7 h5 40. Bf4 {White's counterplay includes
both attack of the c7-pawn and advance of the kingside pawns. So still there
are considerable technical difficulties in converting an extra exchange into a
win.} Kb7 41. Kh4 {[%cal Gh4g5] White is preparing Kg5 with the attack of the
g6-pawn.} ({An attempt to strengthen the bishop on e5 doesn't bring fruits.} 
41. Be5 Ra2 42. f4 Re2 $1 {[%cal Gc6c2]} (42... Rcc2 $143 43. Kh4 $1 Rxh2+ 44.
Kg5 {[%csl Rc7,Rg6]}) 43. g4 (43. Rg7 Rcc2 44. Kh4 Rxh2+ 45. Kg5 Rhg2 46. Rxg6
$140 $2 Rxg3+ 47. Kxh5 $4 Rh2#) 43... hxg4+ 44. Kxg4 Rxh2 $19) 41... Kc8 $1 {
Now Black's ready to stop Kg5 with a check from a5. See below.} 42. h3 {
[%cal Gg3g4]} (42. Kg5 {doesn't reach the goal.} Ra5+ 43. Kh4 (43. Be5 $2 Kd8
$1 {The idea behind 41...Kc8!}) (43. Kh6 $2 g5+ {[%csl Rf4,Rh6]}) 43... Rc4 44.
Rg7 Ra6 45. Kg5 Rc5+ 46. Kh4 Re6) ({And again} 42. Be5 $2 {doesn't work. This
time because of} Ra2 $1 {[%csl Rf2,Rh2]} 43. Rf7 Re2 $1 $19 {[%csl Rf2,Rh2]
[%cal Gc6c2]}) 42... Ra4 $1 {This way Black prevents g4.} 43. Re5 $5 {[%cal
Gh4g5] Now I need to move the c6-rook to open a way for the c-pawn. e6 looks
like the best square for the rook and this is the reason for my next move.} ({
In case of} 43. Kg5 $5 {I would try to regroup the pieces the following way.}
Ra5+ 44. Kh4 Rc4 45. Rg7 Ra6 46. Kg5 Rc5+ 47. Kh4 Re6 48. g4 hxg4 49. hxg4 Kb7
{[%cal Gb7b6]}) 43... Raa6 $5 {[%cal Gc6e6]} 44. Kg5 ({White could try to
prevent my idea with.} 44. Re7 $5 {Then} Rc4 {is logical.}) 44... Re6 $1 45.
Rc5 Rac6 (45... c6 {[%cal Ga6b6,Gb6b5] was an alternative, but I planned to
play it with a tempo and White helps me to do so.}) 46. Rd5 $6 (46. Ra5 $5 {
avoiding loss of a tempo which took place in the game.}) 46... Rb6 $1 {[%cal
Gc7c6,Gb6b5]} 47. Be3 c6 $1 48. Rd1 $1 (48. Bxb6 cxd5 49. Bd4 Kd7 50. f4 Re4
$19 {[%cal Gd5d4]}) 48... Rb5+ 49. Kh6 (49. Kh4 $143) 49... Rd5 (49... c5 $6 {
leaves the b5-rook out of play after} 50. Rd5) 50. Ra1 $1 {[%cal Gg3g4,Ga1a8,
Ga8g8]} c5 $1 {Finally.} 51. Ra5 $1 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Ga5d5] Pinning the c-pawn
White makes my task more difficult.} (51. Ra8+ Kc7 52. Rg8 c4 {couldn't
satisfy White.}) 51... Rc6 52. g4 h4 $1 {The key-move. Black not only keeps
one more pawn in the game, but also fixes the h3-pawn which turns out to be
the decisive factor.} (52... Kb7 53. g5 Kb6 54. Ra8 {[%cal Ga8g8,Ga8f8,Gf8f6]})
53. g5 (53. Rb5 $5 {Preventing Kb7-b6.}) 53... Kb7 54. Kg7 Rd7+ {This way
Black unpins the c-pawn.} 55. Kh6 c4 56. Ra7+ Kc8 57. Ra8+ Kc7 58. Rg8 ({Or} 
58. Bf4+ Kb6 59. Rg8 Rd3) 58... Rd3 $1 {[%cal Gd3e3] The move is based on
precise calculation.} (58... c3 59. Rxg6 Rxg6+ 60. Kxg6 Rd3 61. Bf4+ {-58.Bf4})
59. Rxg6 {White is looking for escape in an interesting endgame with the
g-pawn vs queen in which queen is restricted by the own king on c7 and the
e3-pawn.} (59. Bf4+ Kd7 60. Rg7+ Ke8 61. Rg8+ Kf7 62. Rg7+ Kf8 63. Rxg6 Rxg6+
64. Kxg6 Kg8 $1 $19) 59... Rxg6+ 60. Kxg6 Rxe3 $1 61. fxe3 c3 62. Kh7 $1 c2 63.
g6 c1=Q 64. g7 {This is the position White went for playing 59.Rxg6. However I
calculated further.} Qc2+ 65. Kh8 Qc3 66. Kh7 {Now if my king was situated on
b7 I would win without problems with Qc7. Now I have to show a study-like idea.
} Qd3+ 67. Kh8 {Now also the e3-pawn plays its roal. The d4-square is not
available for the queen. Nevertheless Black is able to win.} {[%tqu "En","Try
to find a nice winning idea.","","","d3e3","",10]} Qxe3 $1 68. g8=Q Qe5+ $3 {
The idea behind 58...Rd3! Now it turns out that White can't escape pawn ending
in a favourable for Black version..} (68... Qxh3 $2 69. Qc4+ {leads to
perpetual.}) 69. Kh7 ({The point is to meet} 69. Qg7+ {with} Kd6 $1 {A
study-like move. Black wins a critical tempo and thus reaches the g3-square
before the white king gets to h4.} (69... Qxg7+ $2 70. Kxg7 {leads to a draw.})
70. Kh7 Qxg7+ 71. Kxg7 Ke5 $19 {[%cal Ge5f4,Gf4g3] and only now we can
appreciate h4!}) 69... Qh5+ $1 ({White resigned as after} 69... Qh5+ $1 70. Kg7
Qg5+ 71. Kh7 Qxg8+ 72. Kxg8 Kd6 73. Kf7 Ke5 $19 {Black is first again. After
the game I felt really good as not every day I create study over the board.})
0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance 14th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2005.09.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.09.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 256]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7.
Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 g6 {Postny: "This rare line is used
sometimes by Kortschnoj and Murey. Black is intending to put pressure on
white's Pe5 as quick as possible.'' I've chosen this line to surprise the
opponent, who was prepared to other lines I played earlier.} 11. Bc2 {White
saves the light-squared bishop which in future is going to support an advance
of the f-pawn to f5 and at the same time covers the d3-square.} ({Other
important games in this rare variation:} 11. Re1 Nd3 12. Re3 Nxc1 13. Rxc1 Bh6
14. Rd3 {'?' Postny.} (14. Re1 $11) 14... O-O 15. Qe2 Ne7 16. Rd1 c5 17. Bc2
Bf5 $17 {1-0 Fedorchuk,S-Kortschnoj,V/Warsaw 2002/CBM 092 ext (87)}) (11. Qe2
Bg7 12. Nd4 Nxd4 (12... Nxe5 13. f4 Nc4 14. f5 gxf5 15. Nxf5 Rg8 16. Nxc4 dxc4
17. Bc2 Nd3 18. Bh6 $36 {1-0 Karpov,A-Kortschnoj,V/Baguio City 1978/MainBase 
(28)}) 13. cxd4 Nb7 14. Bc2 c5 15. f4 cxd4 16. Nb3 Qb6 17. Qf2 O-O 18. Nxd4 $14
{0-1 Fishbein,A-Murey,J/Moscow 1989/CBM 14 (66)}) (11. Nd4 Nxe5 12. Qe2 Ned3
13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bc2 Nxc1 15. Raxc1 Qd6 16. Rfe1 Bh6 17. Rcd1 O-O 18. b4 Nd7
19. Qxe6+ Qxe6 20. Rxe6 Rfe8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Smirin,I-Murey,J/Tel Aviv 1991/CBM
27 ext (30)}) 11... Bg7 ({The immediate} 11... Nd7 {is interesting. The point
is that the knight now doesn't get under the white pawn after Nd4 Nxd4 exd4
and moreover he can come with the immediate c5 using a tempo he saved by not
playing Bg7.} 12. Nb3 Bg7 13. Bg5 Qc8 14. Nfd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 (15. cxd4 $5)
15... c5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. f4 O-O 18. h4 Qe8 19. h5 gxh5 20. Rf3 (20. Qb1 $1
$36) 20... h6 21. Bh4 c4 $14 {0-1 Fercec,N-Murey,J/Pula 2002/CBM 088 ext (43)})
12. Nd4 $1 {The most logical. White doesn't lose a tempo for preparatory moves
like 12.Re1 and 12.Qe2, but tries to exploit the fact that Black's king is
still in the centre.} ({White has also tested another option:} 12. Re1 Nd7 {
and now three games went in three different directions:} 13. Nd4 (13. Nf1 Ncxe5
14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. f4 Nc4 16. f5 gxf5 17. Qh5 Qf6 18. Bxf5 Kd7 19. Ng3 h6 20.
Bxe6+ fxe6 21. Rf1 Qe5 22. Qf7+ Kc6 23. Bf4 Raf8 24. Qxf8 Bxf8 (24... Rxf8 $5
25. Bxe5 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Bxe5 $44) 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. Rae1 Bc5+ 27. Kh1 Kd6 28.
h3 {0-1 Rogovoi,M-Petrov,A/Tallinn 2001/CBM 083 ext (48) and White is better.}
(28. b4 $1 Bb6 29. Rf6 $1 Ke7 30. Nh5 $1 $16)) (13. Nb3 $6 $146 {1/2-1/2
Baramidze,D-Belikov,V/Dortmund 2003/CBM 097/[Postny] (46).}) 13... Nxd4 (13...
Ndxe5 {Kortschnoj} 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. f4 Nf7 16. Rxe6+ Ne7 17. Qe2 {and White
has a clear edge.}) 14. cxd4 c5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z-Kortschnoj,V/Budapest
2003/CBM 095 (28)}) 12... Nxe5 13. f4 Nc4 {[%cal Gc4e3]} 14. Nxc4 $1 {An
obvious novelty. This is certainly better than the earlier played 14.f5?!} ({
The straightforward} 14. f5 $6 {is not good in view of} Ne3 15. Qf3 Nxf5 ({
But not} 15... Nxc2 $2 16. fxe6 Bxd4+ 17. cxd4 f5 18. dxc5 Nxa1 19. b4 $16) (
15... Nxf1 {leads to a position with compensation for missing material.} 16.
fxe6 Bxd4+ 17. cxd4 Nxe6 18. Kxf1 (18. Nxf1 $5 Nxd4 19. Qe3+ Ne6 20. Qe5 O-O
21. Ne3 $44) 18... Nxd4 19. Qc3 Qh4 (19... Nxc2 20. Qxh8+ Kd7 21. Qxd8+ Rxd8
22. Rb1 c5 $13) 20. Nf3 Nxf3 21. Qe3+ Qe7 22. Qxf3 $13 {0-1 Neumann,J-Brendel,
V/Kiel 1978/EXT 2001 (43). (43)}) 16. Bxf5 gxf5 (16... Bxf5 17. g4) 17. Nxf5
Bxf5 18. Qxf5 O-O $15) 14... dxc4 $1 {[%cal Ge6d5] Preparing the retreat of
the bishop to d5.} ({In case of} 14... bxc4 $6 15. f5 {Black would have to
make a favourable exchange for White on f5 destroying his pawn structure on
the kingside.} gxf5 16. Nxf5 Be5 17. Qe2 Nd7 18. Bf4 $36) 15. f5 Bd5 $1 (15...
gxf5 $2 {is dangerous in view of} 16. Nxe6 $1 Nxe6 (16... fxe6 $2 {loses on
the spot to} 17. Qh5+ $18) 17. Qf3 $40 {[%cal Gc2f5,Gf3f5] with a dangerous
initiative.}) 16. Qe1+ $5 {The main point of this check is that after Qe7
White's queen is protected and so he will be able to develop the bishop with a
tempo to g5. See below.} ({I planned to meet} 16. Re1+ {with} Kf8 $13 {since
now the rook is not longer on f1.}) ({White rejected} 16. Qe2+ $5 Qe7 17. Qf2 {
in view of} Nd7 $5 {(Neelotpal)} (17... Be5 {also deserves attention.}) {
However the position after} 18. Bf4 O-O-O $1 19. Rae1 Ne5 20. Bg3 Rd6 21. f6
Bxf6 22. Qe3 Re8 23. Rxf6 Qxf6 24. Bxe5 Qh4 $1 $13 {remains very sharp.}) 16...
Kd7 $1 {The king is trying to escape on the queenside.} (16... Qe7 {would
allow White to demonstrate his idea.} 17. Bg5 Qxe1 (17... f6 18. fxg6 fxg5 19.
Nf5 Qxe1 20. Raxe1+ Kd8 21. Nxg7 hxg6 22. Re5 c6 23. Rxg5 $14 Nd3 24. b3 $1 $14
) 18. Raxe1+ Kd7 19. Re7+ Kc8 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Bxg6 $14 {In both cases White
is on top.}) 17. Qg3 {White transfers the queen to the c8-h3 diagonal from
where he will be able to create the threat of a discovered check to the black
king.} Kc8 $1 {The king continues his run.} ({I saw also an alternative.} 17...
Bxd4+ $5 18. cxd4 Nd3 $1 $13 {and White is just slightly better, but I wanted
to keep my dark-squared bishop and so 17...Kc8.}) 18. Bg5 Qd7 $6 {An
inaccuracy.} ({It would be wiser to provoke the dark-squared bishop to f4
first and only then Qd7 and White doesn't have the same strong idea he applied
in the game.} 18... Qd6 $1 19. Bf4 ({With the king on c8 the move} 19. Qh3 {
is not especially dangerous for Black.} Qd7 (19... Kb7 $5 20. f6 Bf8) 20. Rae1
f6 21. Bd2 Kb7 $13 {and a position with mutual chances arises.}) 19... Qd7) 19.
Rae1 $1 {[%cal Ge1e7] With the white bishop on f4 White wouldn't create the
threat of Re7.} (19. a4 Nxa4 $1 $13) 19... f6 $1 {The only logical way to
prevent Re7.} 20. Bc1 {[%cal Gf5g6]} (20. fxg6 {looks dangerous for Black, but
in fact reaches nothing.} fxg5 21. Bf5 Bxd4+ 22. cxd4 Ne6 23. Qe5 Kb7 $15 {
and the arising rook endgame is slightly better for Black.}) 20... g5 {A
necessity. Otherwise White wins the g6-pawn and gets the f5-square for his
pieces.} 21. b4 $6 (21. Re6 $5 {deserves attention.} Kb7 22. Rfe1 Bf8 23. Rxf6
Bd6 $132) ({However the best was} 21. Ne6 $1 Bf8 (21... Nxe6 22. fxe6 Qe7 (
22... Bxe6 $2 23. Rxe6 $1 Qxe6 $140 24. Bf5 $18) 23. Be4 $16 {[%csl Ge6]} (23.
Bf5 $5)) 22. Rd1 $1 c6 23. Qf2 $1 {and White is better.}) 21... cxb3 ({In case
of} 21... Nd3 22. Bxd3 cxd3 23. Qxd3 {It's not easy for Black to solve the
problem of the dark-squared bishop.}) 22. axb3 Bf8 $1 {Now the bishop enters
the game.} 23. Ba3 $2 {White misses a simple tactical blow, but the position
still remains sharp.} (23. b4 $5 {chasing the knight to a passive position on
b7 was better.} Bd6 24. Qe3 {[%cal Gc2e4]} Nb7 25. Be4 Be5 26. Rd1 $36) 23...
Nxb3 $1 24. Bxb3 (24. Bxf8 Nxd4 25. cxd4 Rxf8 $17 {is better for Black who has
two extra pawns.}) 24... Bxa3 25. Re6 {Finally White penetrates to e6.} Bc5 $5
({With} 25... Bxb3 $1 {I could force the position I was trying to get in the
game.} 26. Nxb3 Qd5 27. Nd4 Bc5) 26. Kh1 $1 {White unpins the knight and
starts to create some threats.} (26. Bxd5 {transposes to 25...Bxb3.}) 26... Kb7
$5 {I've decided to give one pawn back in order to consolidate the position.} (
{If Black protects the f6-pawn by means of} 26... Rf8 {White obtains
counterplay by penetrating with the knight to c6.} 27. Bxd5 Qxd5 28. Nc6 $36 {
[%cal Gc6e7]}) 27. Rxf6 ({Now after} 27. Bxd5+ Qxd5 28. Nc6 {Black has} Rae8 $1
29. Na5+ (29. c4 $5) 29... Kc8 30. Rxa6 Re3 $17 {taking the initiative.}) 27...
Bxd4 28. cxd4 ({After} 28. Bxd5+ Qxd5 29. cxd4 Qxd4 30. Qxg5 $15 {White could
get some counterchances thanks to his strong f-pawn.}) 28... Rhe8 $5 {
Activating the rook.} ({In case of the materialistic} 28... Bxb3 29. Qxb3 Qxd4
30. Qf3+ Kb8 31. Rc6 $44 {White obtains a clear compensation for two pawns.})
29. Rc1 {White creates the threat of Bxd5.} (29. Bxd5+ $5 Qxd5 30. Rc1 Rac8 {
transposes to 29.Rc1.}) 29... Rac8 $5 (29... Bxb3 30. Qxb3 Qxd4 31. Rfc6 $44 {
leads again to compensation for two pawns.}) 30. Bxd5+ Qxd5 31. Qa3 $1 {
Provoking a weakening of the position.} c6 $1 32. Ra1 $5 (32. Rd6 $1 {was
strong.} Re3 $1 {A nice counter blow.} ({In case of} 32... Qxf5 33. d5 Qe5 $1
34. h3 $1 $40 {White develops a strong attack.}) 33. Qxe3 Qxd6 34. Qxg5 Qxd4
35. f6 Rc7 36. Rf1 Rf7 $13 {and despite the strong f-pawn Black retains some
chances for a win.}) 32... a5 $1 {An indirect protection of the a-pawn. This
is certainly better than the passive 32...Ra8.} 33. Rd6 $1 (33. Qxa5 {The
a-pawn is untouchable in view of} Ra8 34. Qc3 Re3 $1 35. Qc1 Re2 $1 $19 {
and Black wins.}) 33... b4 $1 {In the mutual time-trouble I've correctly
assumed that the exchange of queens is necessary.} (33... Qxf5 $2 {is
dangerous as it allows to create a strong attack.} 34. d5 $1 {[%csl Rb7]} Rf8
35. h3 $1 a4 36. Qc5 $1 Ka6 $1 37. Rxc6+ Rxc6 38. Qxc6+ Ka5 39. Qc7+ Kb4 40.
Rc1 $40 {and Black is in danger.}) 34. Qg3 $2 $138 {And this is already a
decisive mistake.} ({It was necessary to look for escape in the following
lines.} 34. Rxd5 $1 bxa3 35. Rxa5 (35. Re5 c5 $1 36. Rxe8 Rxe8 37. dxc5 Kc6 $15
{[%csl Ga5,Gc6]}) 35... Ra8 36. Re5 $1 $44 {The key-move which allows White to
hope for a draw.}) 34... Qxf5 $19 {Now it's over. Black is two pawns up
without any real compensation.} 35. h3 Qf4 $1 {The exchange of queens makes
Black's task easier.} 36. Qxf4 (36. Rd7+ {Changes nothing. F.e.} Rc7 37. Rxc7+
Kxc7 38. Qd3 Kb6 $1 $19 (38... Qf2 $5)) 36... gxf4 37. Rxa5 Red8 $1 {[%csl Rd4]
Eventually Black gets two extra pawns on the queenside. The d4-pawn is doomed.}
(37... Rcd8) 38. Rh6 Rc7 $1 {[%csl Rd4,Rh7] First Black protects the h7-pawn
and then picks up the d-pawn.} 39. d5 Rxd5 40. Rxd5 cxd5 41. Rh4 Rf7 $1 {
Black protects all his pawns and then the b-pawn goes forward. White has no
chances for escape and so he resigned. An interesting game despite a number of
mistakes from each side.} 0-1

[Event "URS-ch45 First League"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Moiseev,V"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Nxb3 $6 (10... Bg4) (10... Be7) (10... d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6
12. cxd4 (12. Nb3 $6 {Kuzmin/} dxc3 13. Qc2 Qd5 $1 14. Rd1 (14. bxc3 Be7 15.
Rd1 Qc4 $15) (14. Qxc3 Bb4 15. Qe3 O-O 16. a3 Be7 17. Bd2 a5 $15) 14... Nb4 15.
Qe2 Qc4 16. Qxc4 bxc4 17. Na5 Nc2 18. Rb1 Na3 19. Ra1 Nc2 20. Rb1 $15 {Sax,
G-Tal,M/Tallinn/1979/0:1/52/}) 12... Ncxd4 13. a4 (13. Ne4 Be7 14. Be3 Nf5 15.
Qc2 O-O 16. Rad1 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Qc8 18. h3 Rd8 19. Nh2 Rxd1 20. Qxd1 Qe8 21. Ng3
a5 $5 {N 21...Rd8-48/453/} 22. Ng4 Ra6 23. Nh5 Nf8 24. Qf3 Ng6 $10 {Mokry,
K-Haba,P/Deutschland/1992/1/2-1/2/31/}) 13... Be7 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. axb5 Nxb5
16. Qc2 $5 {N} O-O 17. Nf3 Nd4 $1 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Qxc7 Bb4 $1 $10 {
Kindermann,S-Mikhalchishin,A/Dortmund/1993/1/2-1/2/}) 11. Nxb3 Be7 12. Nfd4
Nxe5 $2 (12... Nxd4 $142 13. cxd4 a5 $14 (13... O-O 14. Bd2 $16)) 13. Re1 Ng6
14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Nd4 $1 (15. Rxe6 $2 O-O $13) 15... Nf8 (15... e5 16. Ne6 Qd7
17. Qxd5 $1 $18) 16. Qg4 h5 17. Qxg7 Bf6 18. Qg3 Qd7 19. Bf4 $18 O-O-O 20. a4
c5 21. Be5 $1 (21. axb5 $6 cxd4 22. cxd4 Qxb5 23. Rec1+ Kd7 $13) 21... h4 22.
Qf4 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Rh6 24. axb5 (24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra8+ Kb7 26. Rxd8 Qxd8 27.
Qg7+ $18) (24. axb5 cxd4 25. Rxa6 Rh7 26. Rea1 Qxb5 27. Ra8+ Kd7 28. Rxd8+ Kxd8
29. Qd6+ Ke8 30. Ra8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Acs, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katernberg"]
[BlackTeam "Eppingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4 Bb4 14. axb5 Nxb5
15. Qb3 Bxd2 16. Rxa6 Rxa6 17. Qxb5+ Qd7 18. Qxa6 Bxc1 19. Rxc1 O-O 20. Qb7 Rd8
21. g3 h6 22. Kg2 Qd3 23. Ra1 Rd5 24. Qb4 Kh7 25. Ra3 Qb5 26. Qe4+ g6 27. Qc2
Qb4 28. Re3 Kg7 29. h4 Rc5 30. Rc3 Rxc3 31. Qxc3 Qe4 32. Kg1 c5 33. Nd2 Qd5 34.
Qe3 Nd4 35. Qe4 Qa2 36. Qb7 Qe6 37. Qe4 Qb6 38. Nc4 Qb4 39. Qd5 Qe1+ 40. Kg2
Ne2 41. Qxc5 Qg1+ 42. Kf3 Nc1 43. Qd6 Qh1+ 44. Kf4 Qf1 45. Qf6+ Kg8 46. Nd6
Qxf2+ 47. Ke4 Qc2+ 48. Kd5 Qb3+ 49. Kc6 Nd3 50. Qd8+ Kh7 51. Qe7 Qa4+ $2 (51...
Nb4+ 52. Kd7 (52. Kc5 Na6+ 53. Kc6 Nb4+ $11) 52... Qa4+ 53. Kc8 Qa8+ 54. Kd7
Qc6+ 55. Kd8 Qa8+ $11) 52. Kb7 Qb3+ $2 (52... Qb4+ 53. Kc8 Qc5+ 54. Qc7 Qxe5
55. Qxf7+ Qg7 {hätte Schwarz noch nicht zu unterschätzende Remischancen
gegeben.}) 53. Kc8 $18 Kg8 (53... Qe6+ 54. Qxe6 fxe6 55. Nc4 $18) 54. Qd8+ Kh7
(54... Kg7 $2 55. Ne8+ Kf8 56. Nf6+ Kg7 57. Qg8#) {[%tqu "De","Wie brach Weiß
durch?","","","d6f7","der entscheidende Schlag",3]} 55. Nxf7 $1 {Der
entscheidende Schlag.} Qc4+ (55... Qxf7 56. Qxd3 Qe8+ 57. Qd8 Qxe5 58. Qc7+ $18
) 56. Qc7 Qa6+ (56... Nxb2 57. Nd6+ Qxc7+ 58. Kxc7 Nd3 59. e6 Nb4 60. e7 Nd5+
61. Kd8 Nxe7 62. Kxe7 $18) 57. Kd8 Qa8+ 58. Qc8 Qxc8+ (58... Qa5+ 59. Qc7 Qa8+
60. Ke7 Kg7 61. Nd8 Qe4 62. Ke8+ Kg8 63. Qf7+ Kh8 64. e6 Ne5 65. Qf4 $18) 59.
Kxc8 Kg7 60. e6 Kf6 61. Kd7 Nc5+ 62. Kd6 Nxe6 63. Nxh6 Nd4 64. b4 g5 65. h5 1-0

[Event "Donetsk m"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2001.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Ponomariov,R"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.01.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kortschnoj} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7.
Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 Nc5 $5 {'?!' Kortschnoj. Kortschnoj: '9...Be7'} 10.
Nc3 Nxb3 11. cxb3 $1 Be7 12. Rc1 Qd7 (12... O-O $5 13. Nxb5 axb5 14. Rxc6 Rxa2
15. Qb1 Ra8 16. Rfc1 Rc8 17. Qc2 $14) 13. h3 $1 (13. Ne2 Rc8 14. Nf4 O-O 15.
Bc5 Rfd8 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Qd4 Bg4 18. Ne1 (18. Nd2 c5 $1 19. Rxc5 Rxc5 20.
Qxc5 g5 21. h3 gxf4 22. hxg4 Ng6 $132) 18... c5 $3 19. Rxc5 Nf5 20. Qc3 d4 $132
{Smagin-Mikhalchishin, Moscow 1989}) 13... O-O (13... Nd8 $5 {/\c5} 14. Ne2 Nb7
15. Nf4 c5 16. Nh5 O-O 17. Qd2 Kh8 18. Bg5 d4 19. Qf4 $40) 14. Ne2 {'+/-'
Kortschnoj.} f6 $6 $146 {Kortschnoj: 'A novelty. More stubborn already applied
several times is 14...Rfc8'} (14... Rfc8 15. Nf4 a5 16. a3 Nd8 17. Nd3 Bf5 18.
Nc5 Bxc5 19. Bxc5 Ne6 20. Nd4 $14 {Groszpeter-Brunner, Biel 1990}) 15. exf6
Rxf6 {'?' Kortschnoj.} (15... Bxf6 $142 16. Ned4 (16. Qc2 {Kortschnoj Still it
had to be played:} d4 (16... Nb4 17. Qd2 $1) 17. Qxc6 dxe3 18. fxe3 Bxb2 19.
Qxd7 Bxd7 20. Rxc7 {with two bishops black has some practical chances to save
the game.}) 16... Bxd4 (16... Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Rae8 18. Re1 $16) 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18.
Bxd4 $14) 16. Ned4 {'!' Kortschnoj. Kortschnoj: 'After this strong move it
becomes clear that black is totally outplayed and will be not able to hold the
game too long.'} Nxd4 $8 (16... Bf7 $2 17. Rxc6 $1 $18) (16... Bxh3 $6 17. Rxc6
Qg4 18. Nh4 Qxh4 19. Rxf6 Bxf6 20. Nf3 Qh5 21. gxh3 $18) 17. Bxd4 {Kortschnoj:
'Of course not'} (17. Nxd4 $4 {Kortschnoj} Bxh3 $1) 17... Rf5 18. Ne5 Qc8 {
Kortschnoj: 'Black makes the only moves not to lose at once...'} 19. Nc6 $16
Bd6 20. Bc5 Qd7 21. Bxd6 cxd6 $6 {Kortschnoj: 'Since superiority of white is
based on domination along the c-file black clears it off. But now white gets
an excellent square for his pieces-d4!  '} (21... Qxd6 22. Nd4 Rf4 $1 (22...
Re5 23. Rc6 Qd7 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Bf7 26. Qe5 Re8 27. Rxc7 $16) 23. Nxe6 (
23. Rc6 $140 $6 Rxd4 $1 24. Rxd6 Rxd1 25. Rxe6 Rd2 26. Rc1 Ra7 27. Re8+ Kf7 28.
Rc8 Rxb2 29. R8xc7+ Rxc7 30. Rxc7+ Kf6 31. Rc6+ Ke5 32. Rxa6 d4 $13) (23. Qd2
$5 Bd7 24. b4) 23... Qxe6 24. Rxc7 $16) 22. Nd4 Re5 23. Rc3 b4 {'?!'
Kortschnoj. Kortschnoj: 'It is hard to find good moves in a bad position.
Still, it was better not to create new pawn weaknesses, but to play with the
rook a8-to c8 or e8.'} 24. Rg3 {'!' Kortschnoj. Kortschnoj: 'Unexpected turn
of the game - white begins an assault on the king side!'} a5 25. Kh2 {
Kortschnoj: 'Very important preparatory move - after'} (25. f4 $6 Re4 26. f5 (
26. Nf5 $6 g6 27. Ne3 d4 28. Nc2 Qa7 $132) 26... Qa7 $1 {Kortschnoj: 'black
gets some counterplay.'}) 25... Bf7 26. Nf3 Rf5 27. Qd4 $1 {'+-!' Kortschnoj.}
g6 (27... Bg6 {Kortschnoj} 28. Nh4 {winning at least a pawn.}) 28. Qd2 Re8 29.
Nd4 Rfe5 30. f4 Re4 31. f5 $40 Kh8 32. Qh6 $1 $18 Qe7 (32... Rxd4 33. fxg6 Bxg6
34. Rf8+ Rxf8 35. Qxf8#) 33. Nf3 (33. fxg6 Bxg6 34. Rxg6 Rxd4 $1 (34... Rh4 $2
35. Re1 $3 $18) 35. Rgf6 Rg8 36. Rf7 Rh4 $1 $16) (33. f6 $5 Qf8 34. Qd2) 33...
Qf8 34. Qg5 (34. Ng5 $5 Qxh6 35. Nxf7+ Kg7 36. Nxh6 Kxh6 37. fxg6 hxg6 38. Rf6
Rg8 39. Rxd6 Re2 40. Rxd5 Rxb2 41. Rxa5 $18) (34. Ng5 {Kortschnoj was also
strong but white prefers to finish the the with mating attack.}) 34... Qg7 35.
f6 Qf8 36. Rc1 h6 37. Qd2 g5 (37... Re2 38. Qd4 R2e4 39. Qb6 Rf4 40. Qxa5 Rxf6
41. Qxb4 $18) 38. Rc7 Re2 (38... Rf4 39. h4 $1 gxh4 40. Rg7 Rxf6 41. Rcxf7 $1)
39. Qc1 R2e6 $138 40. h4 Rxf6 {Kortschnoj: '40...gh 41.Rg7 Rf6 42.Rcf7'} 41.
hxg5 Rg6 42. Qf4 Be6 43. Nh4 $1 Rg7 44. Qd4 Kh7 (44... Kg8 45. gxh6 Rxg3 46.
h7#) 45. Qd3+ (45. Qd3+ Kg8 46. gxh6 Rxg3 47. Qh7#) 1-0

[Event "Karadjordje Serbia"]
[Site "Topola"]
[Date "2004.05.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Goloshchapov, Alexander"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 {This sharp variation requires good preparation.} ({
The main alternatives are:} 10... Be7) (10... Bg4) 11. Ng5 {The most principal
continuation to fight for an opening advantage.} Qxg5 ({Another common
alternative nowadays is} 11... Bd5 {but requires a strong nerves from black,
since after} 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. Qf3+ {white has a dangerous attack.}) 12. Qf3
O-O-O (12... Bd7 {--> 1/2-1/2 Korneev,O-Mikhalevski,V/Sao Paulo 2002/CBM 90
ext [Mikhalevski,V] (55)}) (12... Kd7 13. Bd5 $36) 13. Bxe6+ fxe6 14. Qxc6 Qxe5
15. b4 Qd5 (15... dxc3 16. bxc5 cxd2 17. Qxa6+ Kd7 18. Bxd2 Qxc5 19. Bf4 $36 {
1-0 Sutovsky,E-Mikhalevski,V/Internet Chess Club 2002/EXT 2003 (34)}) 16. Qxd5
exd5 17. bxc5 dxc3 18. Nb3 d4 19. Ba3 {White has an extra piece, but black has
two dangerous passed pawns. The practice shows, that in general white has
preferable chances, but black's counterplay is usually sufficient for a draw.}
Be7 ({Not recommended is} 19... Rd5 $2 {as in the game Naiditsch,A-Rogers,I/
Wijk aan Zee 2003/CBM 93 [Postny,E]}) ({Logical alternative is} 19... g6 {
which leads to similar positions as after the move in the text - Hracek,Z-Haba,
P/Luhacovice 2003/CBM 94 [Postny,E]}) 20. Bb4 Bf6 21. a4 d3 $146 (21... bxa4
22. Rxa4 d3 23. Rxa6 d2 24. c6 Kb8 25. Nxd2 cxd2 26. Bxd2 $4 (26. Rd1) 26...
Rxd2 27. Rb1+ Rb2 28. Rba1 Kc8 {0-1 Dovliatov,S-Mamedyarov,S/Baku 2000/EXT
2002 (28)}) (21... Kd7 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ra6 (23. Rfd1 Ke6 24. Rac1 Rd5 25. Rd3
c6 26. Ra1 Kf7 27. Kf1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Harley,A-Ernst,T/London 1991/TD (48)})
23... c6 (23... Ra8 24. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 25. Nxd4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Martinez Lozano,
M-Baron Rodriguez,J/Spain 1998/EXT 2003 (31)}) 24. Rd1 Ke6 25. Rxc6+ Kd5 26.
Rxf6 $1 Kc4 27. Rd6 Rxd6 28. cxd6 Kxb3 29. Rxd4 $16 {1-0 Dimitrov,V-Korneev,O/
Linares 1996/CBM 51 ext (54)}) 22. axb5 d2 23. bxa6 (23. c6 Kb8 24. Nc5 c2 25.
Nd7+ Rxd7 26. cxd7 Bxa1 27. Bxd2 Rd8 $19) 23... c2 24. a7 {Quite an amazing
position. There are 3! pawns one move before promotion.} (24. c6 Kb8 25. Nxd2
Bxa1 26. Rxa1 Rxd2 27. Bxd2 Rd8 28. Kf1 Rxd2 29. Ke1 Rd6 $17) (24. Nxd2 Bxa1
25. Rxa1 Rd4 (25... Rxd2 $2 26. Bxd2 Rd8 27. a7 Kb7 28. Kf1 $18) 26. Bc3 Rd3
27. Bb4 Rd4 $11) (24. Bxd2 $2 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 Rd3 $19) 24... Kb7 25. a8=Q+ (25.
Nxd2 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 Rd4 27. Bc3 Rd3 28. Bb4 Rhd8 29. Kf1 R3d4 30. Bc3 Rd3 $11)
25... Rxa8 26. Rxa8 c1=Q ({After} 26... d1=Q $2 27. Rxh8 {white has
significant material advantage.}) 27. Nxc1 dxc1=Q 28. Ra7+ $6 {Useful
intermediate check forcing black's king to a less active place. However in the
forthcoming endgame white's winning chances are very low.} ({Stronger seems to
me:} 28. Rxh8 Qb2 29. Be1 {White will sooner or later coordinate his rooks and
will get reasonable winning chances.}) 28... Kxa7 29. Rxc1 Rd8 {Black is a
pawn down, but can draw this position relatively easily using his pieces
activity and white's Pc5 weakness.} 30. Kf1 Ka6 31. Bc3 Bxc3 32. Rxc3 Kb5 {
The Pc5 is doomed to fall, so the draw becomes inevitable.} 33. Re3 {[%cal
Ge3e7]} Rd7 34. Re5 c6 35. Ke2 (35. h4 g6 36. Ke2 Rd5 37. Re7 Rh5 $11) 35...
Rd5 36. Re7 Rg5 37. g3 Kxc5 38. f4 Kd6 39. Ra7 Rh5 40. h4 g6 41. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Luhacovice"]
[Date "2003.02.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Haba, Petr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 {The beginning of a sharp variation. The
alternatives are: 10...Be7 and 10...Bg4.} 11. Ng5 Qxg5 ({Another common
alternative nowadays is} 11... Bd5 {but requires a strong nerves from black,
since after} 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. Qf3+ {white has a dangerous attack.}) 12. Qf3
O-O-O 13. Bxe6+ fxe6 14. Qxc6 Qxe5 15. b4 Qd5 (15... dxc3 16. bxc5 cxd2 17.
Qxa6+ Kd7 18. Bxd2 Qxc5 19. Bf4 $36 {1-0 Sutovsky,E-Mikhalevski,V/Internet
Chess Club 2002/EXT 2003 (34)}) 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. bxc5 dxc3 18. Nb3 d4 19. Ba3
{Up to now it is well known theoretical variation, which does not have a
determined evaluation yet.} g6 ({Bad is} 19... Rd5 $2 {in view of} 20. Rfd1 {
[%csl Rd4] Naiditsch,A-Rogers,I/Wijk aan Zee 2003/CBM 93 [Postny]}) ({Another
common move is} 19... Be7 {which leads to a similar position after} 20. Bb4 Bf6
21. a4) 20. Bb4 Bg7 21. a4 bxa4 $146 {In this particular position this move is
new, although the idea itself was already tried after 19...Be7 20.Bb4 Bf6 21.
a4 bxa4.} ({Almost all previous games went with} 21... Kd7 {. For instanse see
the encounter Kasparov,G-Shirov,A/Linares 2001/CBM 82/1-0 (38)}) 22. c6 $1 {
[%csl Rc8][%cal Ga1a8] Black must take into account this reply, before playing
21...bxa4. The black king is in danger now, but black's central pawns still
can save him.} (22. Rxa4 d3 (22... Kd7 $5) 23. c6 {is a transposition.}) 22...
d3 $1 {[%csl Gc3,Gd3]} (22... axb3 $4 23. Rxa6 Kb8 24. Rfa1 {mating.}) 23. Rxa4
d2 24. Rxa6 Kb8 {[%cal Gd2d1]} 25. Nxd2 ({A curious variation arises after} 25.
Bc5 $6 d1=Q 26. Ba7+ Kc8 27. Bd4 {[%cal Ga6a8]} Qxb3 28. Ra8+ Qb8 29. Rxb8+
Kxb8 30. Rb1+ Kc8 31. Ra1 Kb8 $11) 25... cxd2 26. Rd1 ({The tactical tricks
does not work:} 26. Bd6 $2 cxd6 27. Rb1+ Kc8) (26. Bxd2 $2 Rxd2 27. Rb1+ Rb2
28. Rba1 Kc8 {[%cal Yb2b8]}) 26... Rhe8 27. Kf1 Re1+ $1 {After the exchange of
one pair of rooks, the black king is out of danger.} 28. Rxe1 dxe1=Q+ 29. Bxe1
Bd4 {White is a pawn up, but black's resources seems to be sufficient for
maintaining the balance. White's main concern is a weakness of Pc6.} 30. Ra4 (
30. f3 Rd6 31. Bf2 Bxf2 32. Kxf2 Rd2+ 33. Kg3 Rb2 $11 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gb2b6]})
30... Rd6 31. f4 Bb6 32. Rc4 Ka7 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Ga7a6,Ga6b5]} 33. Ra4+ Kb8
34. Rc4 Ka7 {White is not able to hold his temporary material advantage.} 35.
Bb4 Rd4 36. Rxd4 Bxd4 37. Ba5 Bb6 38. Bc3 (38. Bc3 Ka6 $11 {[%csl Rc6]})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund m"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2003.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Baramidze, David"]
[Black "Belikov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.07.31"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kortschnoj} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7.
Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 g6 {This rare line is used sometimes by
Kortschnoj and Murey. Black is intending to put pressure on white's Pe5 as
quickly as possible.} 11. Bc2 (11. Qe2 Bg7 12. Nd4 Nxd4 (12... Nxe5 13. f4 Nc4
14. f5 gxf5 15. Nxf5 Rg8 16. Nxc4 dxc4 17. Bc2 Nd3 18. Bh6 $36 {1-0 Karpov,
A-Kortschnoj,V/Baguio City 1978/MainBase (28)}) 13. cxd4 Nb7 14. Bc2 c5 15. f4
cxd4 16. Nb3 Qb6 17. Qf2 O-O 18. Nxd4 $14 {0-1 Fishbein,A-Murey,J/Moscow 1989/
CBM 14 (66)}) (11. Re1 Nd3 12. Re3 Nxc1 13. Rxc1 Bh6 14. Rd3 $2 {[%csl Rd3]} (
14. Re1 $11) 14... O-O 15. Qe2 Ne7 16. Rd1 c5 $17 {1-0 Fedorchuk,S-Kortschnoj,
V/Warsaw rapid 2002 (87)}) (11. Nd4 Nxe5 12. Qe2 Ned3 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bc2
Nxc1 15. Raxc1 Qd6 16. Rfe1 Bh6 17. Rcd1 O-O 18. a4 Nd7 19. Qxe6+ Qxe6 20. Rxe6
Rfe8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Smirin,I-Murey,J/Tel Aviv 1991/CBM 27 ext (30)}) 11... Bg7
12. Re1 Nd7 13. Nb3 $6 $146 {'?' Kortschnoj. White is sacrificing a pawn for
the initiative, but objectively speaking, this is dubious decision. Kortschnoj:
'A weak move. After'} (13. Nd4 $1 Ndxe5 {Kortschnoj} ({Kortschnoj: or} 13...
Nxd4 14. cxd4 c5 15. Nf3 (15. f4 {Kortschnoj}) 15... Bg4 16. Bb3 c4 17. Bc2 O-O
18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nb8 20. Be3 Nc6 21. Qg3 f6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,
Z-Kortschnoj,V/Budapest 2003 (28)}) 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. f4 Nf7 16. Rxe6+ Ne7 17.
Qe2 {white has a clear edge.}) 13... Ndxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. f4 Nc4 (15... Nc6
$5 {Kortschnoj}) 16. f5 gxf5 17. Qh5 (17. Bxf5 O-O 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rxe6 Qh4 {
with strong counterattack.}) 17... O-O 18. g4 {Logical attacking continuation.
On the other hand white's king is unsafe now as well.} (18. Nd4 $6 Bxd4+ 19.
cxd4 Qf6 $17) 18... Bc8 $1 {[%mdl 256] Very strong and flexible retreat.
Kortschnoj: 'The threat g4xf5 + f5-f6 is worrysome, but it is a pity to move
back to c8 the already developed piece. More subtle was 18...Re8 19.gf Bd7. By
the way, with the knight on c6 (instead of c4) black would have had a more
active reply: 18...d4! (19.gxf5 d3!) '} (18... Re8 {Kortschnoj} 19. gxf5 Bd7)
19. Nd4 {'!' Kortschnoj. Kortschnoj: 'Interesting way to run an assault
against the black king. Otherwise after 19.gxf5 Bf6 white would not have much
on the king side.'} (19. gxf5 Bf6 $1 {and white's attack is coming to an end,
while his king is quite exposed.}) 19... Bxd4+ {Kortschnoj: 'The only move.'} (
19... Nd6 {(Kortschnoj) was bad because of} 20. Nc6 $1) 20. cxd4 Kh8 $1 ({
Dangerous for black is} 20... Qf6 21. Bh6 Qxd4+ 22. Kh1) 21. gxf5 Nd6 {[%csl
Ge4][%cal Gd6e4] Transfering the knight to better pastures.} (21... Qf6 22. Kh1
$1 $44) 22. Bh6 $6 ({Deserved attention:} 22. Bf4 Ne4 (22... Rg8+ 23. Kh1 Ne4
$2 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Qxf7 Qxd4 26. Qe7 $18 {[%cal Rf4e5]}) 23. Rac1 {[%csl Rc7]
}) ({It seems, white is winning after} 22. f6 {Kortschnoj} Rg8+ 23. Kh1 Ne4 24.
Rxe4 dxe4 25. Bxe4 {But not! After} Rg1+ $1 26. Kxg1 Qxd4+ 27. Kf1 Qxe4 {
black is certainly not in danger.}) 22... Rg8+ 23. Kh1 Ne4 {Threatening mate
in one.} 24. Bxe4 $6 {Quite a risky exchange.} (24. Re2 $5) ({It was very
tempting to sacrifice an exchange:} 24. Rxe4 {Kortschnoj} dxe4 25. Bxe4 Rb8 26.
f6 {Still, after} Qxd4 (26... Qxf6 $4 27. Bg5 Qg7 28. Bf6 $18) 27. Bg7+ (27.
Re1 $4 Rg1+ $19) 27... Rxg7 28. fxg7+ Kxg7 29. Rg1+ Kf8 {black manages to
defend himself.}) 24... dxe4 25. Qxf7 (25. Rg1 Bb7 26. Rxg8+ Qxg8 27. d5 e3 $1
(27... Bxd5 $4 28. f6 $18 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gh6g7,Gh5d5]}) 28. f6 Qg6 $17) 25...
e3 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Gc8b7,Gb7h1] '!' Kortschnoj. Kortschnoj: 'Excellent!'} ({
After} 25... Bb7 {Kortschnoj} 26. Re3 Bd5 27. Qh5 {white, due to the threat
Bf4-e5 had better chances.}) 26. d5 (26. Rad1 Bb7+ 27. d5 {is a transposition.}
) 26... Bb7 $8 {[%csl Rd5,Rh1][%cal Gb7h1]} (26... Qh4 $4 {[%cal Gh4e4,Gh4h6]}
{[%tqu "En","Please enter a move for white.","","","h6g7","",8]} 27. Bg7+ $1
Rxg7 28. Qe8+ Rg8 29. Qe5+ Rg7 30. f6 $18) 27. Rad1 $8 {[%cal Gf5f6]} Qh4 $8 {
[%cal Gh4e4,Gh4h6]} 28. Qe6 $8 Rge8 $1 (28... Rae8 $2 29. Bg7+ $1 Kxg7 30. Rg1+
Kh8 31. Rxg8+ Rxg8 32. Qe5+ Rg7 33. Qe8+ {with perpetual check.}) (28... Bxd5+
{Kortschnoj} 29. Qxd5 Qxh6 {would lead to a quick draw, but black is playing
for win. Unfortunately for him, the natural 28...Rae8 does not work, due to 29.
Bg7!, winning for white.}) 29. Rg1 $1 {This tactical resource saves white from
the immediate loss. Kortschnoj: 'The only move!'} Rxe6 30. Bg7+ Kg8 31. Bf6+
Kf7 32. Bxh4 Re5 {After a sequence of forced moves the opponents landed in the
endgame with good winning chances for black.} 33. Rg3 Bxd5+ 34. Kg1 Rxf5 $2 {
It's clearly wrong to give strong passed pawn on e3. Kortschnoj: 'Presumably,
at severe time trouble.'} ({Possible was} 34... Rg8) ({After} 34... e2 {
Kortschnoj} 35. Re1 Re4 36. Rd3 c6 37. Bg3 Bxa2 {white would hardly be able to
hold the game.}) 35. Rxe3 Rg8+ 36. Rg3 Rxg3+ 37. Bxg3 c5 38. a3 b4 $2 {This
careless advance spoiles black's winning chances. Almost any other move would
have been better.} 39. axb4 cxb4 40. Rd4 $1 a5 41. Rf4 $11 {After the exchange
of rooks white draws easily.} Ke6 42. Rxf5 Kxf5 43. Kf2 a4 (43... Ke4 44. Ke2
$11) 44. Ke3 a3 45. bxa3 bxa3 46. Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 4th"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2002.05.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2002.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Bc5 10. Qe1 $5 {This rare move was already played by GM Luther
with success.} ({A principal continuation is} 10. Nxe4) ({Also appearing in
practice} 10. Qe2) (10. c3 {leads to the main line.}) 10... Nxd2 11. Bxd2 (11.
Qxd2 Qd7 12. Qg5 (12. a4 O-O 13. Rd1 Ne7 14. Qe2 Bb6 15. h3 Ng6 16. c3 Rfe8 17.
Be3 c5 18. Bc2 Qc6 19. Ng5 Rad8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra6 Qb7 22. Qxb5 $18 {
1-0 Kuzmin,G-Gretarsson,H/Lyon 1994/CBM 45 (31)}) 12... O-O 13. Be3 Be7 14. Qg3
f6 15. Bh6 Bc5 16. Rae1 Nd4 $2 (16... Nxe5 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. Rxe5 Rf7) 17. Nxd4
Bxd4 18. c3 Bb6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Rxe6 Rxe6 21. Bxd5 $18 {1-0 Dvoirys,S-Ernst,
S/Hoogeveen 2000/CBM 78 ext (23)}) 11... Bg4 $6 $146 {A concrete move, which
is not recommended, especially after this game...} (11... O-O 12. Rd1 (12. Be3
d4 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Qe4 h6 15. Bd2 Rae8 16. Rfe1 Re7 17. Qh4 Bd5 18. Qg3 {
1/2-1/2 Luther,T-Gretarsson,H/Gausdal 1994/EXT 97 (18)}) 12... Qd7 13. Bg5 d4
$6 (13... Rfe8) 14. c3 h6 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Be3 Nf3+ 17. gxf3 Qc6 18. Bxc5 Qxc5
19. Qe4 $14 {1-0 Luther,T-Mikhalevski,V/Turin 1996/EXT 98 (54)}) 12. Be3 $1
Bxf3 $6 {Krasenkow is being very consequent. However this is very risky.} (
12... d4 $6 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. e6 $1 Bxe6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Qxe5 $16 {[%csl Rc5,
Rg7]}) ({Relatively better for black is} 12... Bxe3 13. Qxe3 O-O {although
white keeps stable advantage.}) {[%tqu "En","Please enter a  move for white.",
"","","e1c3","This Q thrust actually refutes the whole black idea started with
11...Bg4.",15,"e3c5","",0]} 13. Qc3 $1 {[%mdl 128] This Q thrust actually
refutes the whole black idea started with 11...Bg4.} (13. Bxc5 $2 Qg5 14. g3
O-O-O $15) 13... d4 14. Qxc5 dxe3 15. gxf3 (15. fxe3 $2 {[%csl Rf7]} Qe7 $8 16.
Qxe7+ Kxe7 17. gxf3 Nxe5 $11) 15... Qg5+ ({After} 15... exf2+ 16. Kh1 $1 Ne7
17. Rad1 Qb8 (17... Qc8 18. Rxf2 $18 {[%csl Re8]}) 18. e6 {black can not
survive the attack.}) 16. Kh1 Nxe5 17. Rae1 $1 ({An interesting alternative,
which is more complicated, suggested by our metal friend - Fritz is:} 17. Bd5
$5 O-O-O 18. Qa7 c6 (18... Kd7 19. Qxa6) 19. f4 $1 Qf5 (19... Qxf4 20. fxe3 Qh6
(20... Qg4 $2 21. Qxa6+ Kc7 22. Rxf7+ Kd6 23. Rf4 $40) 21. Qxa6+ Kb8 22. Qb6+
Kc8 23. Bg2 Rd2 24. a4 Ng4 25. Qxc6+ Qxc6 26. Bxc6 $16) 20. Qxa6+ Kc7 21. Qa7+
Kd6 (21... Kc8 22. Bg2 e2 23. Rfe1 Qxf4 24. Rxe2 $16) 22. fxe5+ Kxd5 23. Rad1+
Ke6 24. Qxe3 $16 {[%csl Re6]}) 17... O-O-O 18. Qa7 $2 {This move throws away
all of white's advantage.} (18. Rxe3 {was called for and black is in real
trouble.} Rhe8 (18... f6 19. Qa7 {Now this move is winning, since black's
defensive resource Qg5-f6 is no longer possible.}) (18... Nxf3 19. Qa7 Nd4 20.
c3 $1 $18) 19. Rfe1 Qf4 (19... f6 20. Bf7 $1 $18 {[%csl Re8]} Rf8 21. Qa7 Rxf7
(21... Nxf7 22. Re7) 22. Qa8+ Kd7 23. Rd1+) 20. Kg2 {[%csl Re5]} Qg5+ 21. Kf1 {
and black is simply paralized.}) 18... Qf6 19. Rxe3 ({Probably the last chance
to fight for the advantage was:} 19. fxe3 Qc6 (19... Qb6 $2 20. Qa8+ Kd7 21.
Rd1+ Ke7 22. Qe4 $18) 20. e4 {but after} Qb6 $1 21. Qa8+ Kd7 22. Qd5+ Qd6 23.
Rd1 Ke7 {black has got a reasonable position.}) 19... Qc6 $1 20. Rxe5 (20. Rc3
$6 Qb7) 20... Qxf3+ 21. Kg1 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adianto, Utut"]
[Black "Schneider, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 ({The main theoretical alternative is} 9. Nbd2) 9... Be7 (9... Bc5 {
was unsuccessfully played by Adianto as black in the game Akopian,V-Adianto,U/
Tripoli 2004/CBM 102 (1-0,43) [Postny,E]}) 10. Nbd2 {A rare move-order and not
the most precise one.} ({The immediate} 10. c3 {should be played here.}) 10...
Nc5 11. c3 {The alternatives do not yield White an advantage as well.} (11. Ng5
O-O 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Nf3 Kh8 14. c3 Nxb3 15. axb3 Qd7 16. Qe2 Nd8 17. Ne1 c5
$132 {1/2-1/2 Firman,N-Mikhalevski,V/Denver 2003 (41)}) (11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4
Qd7 13. c3 Na4 14. Rb1 c5 15. Be3 O-O 16. Nf3 Rad8 17. Qe2 Bf5 18. Rbd1 Qe6 19.
Rfe1 h6 20. Bc2 Bg6 21. Bc1 Rd7 22. h3 Rfd8 23. Bb3 Nb6 24. Bc2 Na4 25. Bb3 Nb6
26. Bc2 {1/2-1/2 Tseshkovsky,V-Balashov,Y/Rostov on Don 1980}) (11. Bxc5 Bxc5
12. c3 Qd7 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. Bc2 Bf5 16. Nb3 Bb6 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18.
Nbd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 f6 {1/2-1/2 Handke,F-Marin,M/Andorra 2002}) 11... Nd3 $1 {
This additional possibility became available only after white's inaccurate
order of moves.} 12. Qc2 (12. Qb1 Ndxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bd4 f6 15. Bc2 c5 16.
Bxe5 fxe5 17. Re1 Qd6 18. a4 O-O 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 $17 {0-1 Frolov,
A-Huzman,A/Uzhgorod 1988 (39)}) 12... Ndxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bd4 Ng4 $5 $146 {
A very interesting novelty. Black decided not to suffer for the pawn, but to
sacrifice himself and take over the initiative.} (14... f6 15. Rfe1 (15. Rae1
Qd6 16. Qd1 O-O 17. Qe2 Bf7 18. Bxe5 fxe5 19. Qxe5 Rfe8 $15 {0-1 Klinger,
J-Anand,V/Baguio 1987 (40)}) 15... Qd6 16. Rad1 O-O (16... Rd8 17. Bxe5 fxe5
18. c4 Bg4 19. cxd5 Bxd1 20. Qxd1 c5 21. dxc6 g6 22. Qe2 $40 {1-0 Tseshkovsky,
V-Kaidanov,G/Moscow 1985 (26)}) 17. Ne4 Qc6 18. Ng3 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Ne4
Qc6 21. Ng5 fxg5 22. Rxe5 Rad8 23. Qd3 Qd6 24. Rxg5 Qf4 25. Qe3 Qxe3 26. fxe3
Rde8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Panchenko,A-Tukmakov,V/Tashkent 1980 (37)}) 15. Bxg7 Qd6 {
[%csl Rh2]} 16. Nf3 Rg8 17. Qxh7 O-O-O {Black has completed the development
and all his pieces are excellently placed, which certainly compensates the
lack of a pawn. White has to play very accurately in order not to get a under
dangerous attack.} 18. Rae1 (18. a4 Qf4 19. axb5 Bf5 {[%csl Rg7,Rh7] and black
is winning a piece.}) 18... Qf4 19. Bd1 (19. Bd4 $1 Nf6 $6 {[%csl Rf3,Rh7]} (
19... Bf5 20. Qxf7 Nh6 21. Qxe7 Qxf3 22. Bg7 Qg4 23. Qc5 Rxg7 24. Bxd5 $13) 20.
Qd3 Bh3 (20... c5 $2 21. Be5 Qg4 22. Bg3 c4 23. Qe3 cxb3 24. Qa7 Bd6 25. Qxa6+
Kc7 26. Nd4 $18) 21. g3 (21. Ng5 $2 {[%cal Gd3h3]} Bxg2 $1 22. Qg3 Nh5 $1 23.
Qxf4 Nxf4 24. Rxe7 Rxg5 $19) 21... Ne4 22. Ne5 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Qf5 24. Bxd5 Rxd5
25. Qxe4 Qxe4 26. Rxe4 f5 27. Nc6 Bd6 28. Ne7+ Bxe7 29. Rxe7 $16) 19... Bf6 20.
g3 $2 {The decisive mistake.} (20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Qh4 Rg4 22. Qh3 Rdg8 23. g3
Ne4 24. Qg2 Qh6 {Black's compensation is obvious, but he does not have
anything decisive.} (24... Nxg3 $2 25. fxg3 Rxg3 26. hxg3 Rxg3 27. Re2 {
and White gets too much material for the queen.})) {[%tqu "En","How should
black continue?","","","g8g7","",10]} 20... Rxg7 $1 21. Qxg7 {[%tqu "En","And
now?","","","f4f5","Probably this move was missed by GM Adianto. White's queen
is trapped.",5]} Qf5 $1 {Probably this move was missed by GM Adianto. White's
queen is trapped.} 22. Nd4 $8 Bxg7 23. Nxf5 Bxf5 {From the materialistic point
of view, white's position is not that bad. However, in this endgame Black's
excellent light pieces easily overcome White's rook + pawn.} 24. Re7 Nh6 25.
Bf3 Be6 26. Re1 Rd6 $1 (26... Bf6 27. R1xe6 fxe6 28. Rxe6 {and after capturing
the Pa6 White will get 3 pawns for a piece.}) 27. Re8+ Kd7 28. Ra8 Nf5 {
All is well protected in black's camp. The following d5-d4 breakthrow will
yield black an easy victory.} 29. Rg8 Bf6 30. h4 d4 31. cxd4 Bxd4 32. b3 c5 33.
h5 Bc3 34. Rc1 b4 35. Ra8 Nd4 36. Bd1 Bd5 37. Ra7+ Kd8 38. Kh2 Nb5 {[%csl Ra7]}
0-1

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 {This move is a prelude to an extremely sharp
struggle. Solid alternatives are: 10...Be7 and 10...Bg4.} 11. Ng5 {White is
accepting the challenge. Also appeared in practice 11.cxd4 and 11.Bxe6.} Qxg5
12. Qf3 O-O-O 13. Bxe6+ fxe6 14. Qxc6 Qxe5 15. b4 Qd5 (15... dxc3 16. bxc5 cxd2
17. Qxa6+ Kd7 18. Bxd2 $36 {1/2-1/2 Gruenfeld,Y-Gyimesi,Z/Tel Aviv 2001/CBM 82
(52)}) 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. bxc5 dxc3 18. Nb3 d4 19. Ba3 {After more or less
forced sequence of moves the position is still can not be exactly evaluated.
What is worth more - white's extra piece or black's passed pawns in the centre?
} Rd5 $2 $146 {A strange move, which should be considered as a losing one.} ({
The theoretical lines are:} 19... g6) (19... Be7) 20. Rfd1 {Now white just
captures one of black's passed pawns, however the matters are still not that
simple...} Be7 (20... d3 21. Rac1) 21. Rxd4 Rxd4 22. Nxd4 Bf6 23. Nb3 $1 {
Preventing the a6-a5 and b5-b4 advance.} (23. Nc2 a5 $132 {[%cal Gb5b4]}) 23...
Re8 24. Bb4 $2 {This mistake throws away all of white's advantage.} (24. f3 $1
{It is important to cover the e4 square.} Re2 25. Kf1 Rc2 26. c6 {and black's
compensation for the piece is not sufficient.}) 24... Re4 $1 25. a3 (25. Ba5 c2
26. Rc1 Rc4 {[%cal Gf6b2] is similar to the game.}) 25... c2 26. Rc1 (26. Rf1
Bb2 {following by 27...Rc4 and after white plays 28.Bd2 black will capture the
Pa3.}) 26... Rc4 27. Kf1 Bb2 28. Ke2 Bxc1 29. Nxc1 {The material balance is
now approximately equal as well as the evaluation of the whole endgame.} Rd4 {
[%mdl 1024]} 30. Bc3 Rd1 31. Bd2 Kd7 (31... Rh1 32. Bf4 Rd1 $11) 32. Kd3 Kc6
33. Kxc2 ({The variation} 33. Nb3 c1=Q 34. Nxc1 Kxc5 35. Kc3 {makes no
difference.}) 33... Rg1 34. g3 (34. Nd3 Rxg2 35. Bf4 g5 36. Bg3 h5 37. Ne1)
34... Kxc5 {Usually in the endgame R+P vs B+N, the rook is preferable, but
white can maintain the equality here, since his pieces coordination is good
enough.} 35. Nd3+ Kc4 36. Bc3 (36. Bb4 $5 g6 $13 (36... Ra1 $6 {[%cal Ga6a5]}
37. Bf8 {[%csl Ra1][%cal Gd3c1]})) 36... g6 37. Ne5+ Kd5 38. Ng4 c5 39. h4 (39.
Nf6+ $2 Kc4 {[%cal Rb5b4]}) 39... Rh1 40. Kd3 Rd1+ (40... Rd1+ 41. Kc2 Rg1 $11
42. Nf6+ $2 Kc4 43. Nxh7 Rf1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Barbera del Valles op"]
[Site "Barbera del Valles"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Rodriguez,Am"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4 Bc5 {Later I
could find only one more game with this move.} (13... Be7 {The main line and
most popular alternative.}) (13... Rb8) 14. Ne4 (14. Nb3 Nxb3 15. Qxb3 O-O $1
16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Qxb5 Qd5 $44) 14... Bb6 15. Nfg5 $1 $146 {
A strong novelty found over the board.} (15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Ng5 O-O (16... Nxg5
17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Qxd4 O-O 19. Qc5 $16) 17. axb5 Nxg5 18. Bxg5 Bxf2+ 19. Rxf2
Qxg5 20. bxa6 Qxe5 21. Kh1 $2 (21. Qf1 $5 $14 {Recommended by Tischbierek.})
21... Qb5 $1 $10 {Tischbierk-Cejov/Potsdam/1985/}) 15... Nxg5 (15... h6 16. Qh5
$40) (15... O-O $2 $16 {Now both 16.Qd3 or 16.Qh5 promise a dangerous attack.})
16. Bxg5 (16. Nxg5 h6 17. Qh5 O-O $5 18. Ne4 Qd5 $1 $13) 16... Qd7 (16... Qd5
17. Nc3 (17. Re1 $5 $16) 17... Qc6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8+ Qxa8 20. Qg4 $16)
17. axb5 $6 (17. Re1 $1 {/\} O-O 18. Ra3 $1 $40) 17... Qxb5 18. Nc3 Qd7 $1 (
18... Qxb2 $2 19. Qa4+ $1 $16) 19. Qa4 Qxa4 20. Nxa4 h6 $1 $10 (20... O-O 21.
Rfd1 Ne6 22. Nxb6 cxb6 23. Be3 $16) 21. Nxb6 cxb6 22. Bd2 (22. Bd2 Nb3 23. Rad1
Nxd2 24. Rxd2 Ke7 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 30th"]
[Site "Matanzas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador"]
[Black "Sorin, Ariel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Rodriguez,Am"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Be3 Nf5
15. Qc2 O-O 16. Nf6+ {This is considered harmless but, a player myself of the
Open Spanish as Black, I knew it was not so easy in practice.} Bxf6 17. Qxf5
Be7 18. Rfd1 (18. Rad1 Qc8 19. Qc2 (19. Nd2 Rd8 20. f4 (20. f4 Nd4 21. Qe4 Nf5
$10) (20. f4 g6 $5) 20... c5 21. Qh3 Rd3 $2 22. Ne4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Qc7 24. Nc3
Rd8 25. Nd5 Qb7 26. Qf3 Kh8 27. Nxe7 Qxe7 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {Van der
Wiel-Kortschnoj/Sarajevo/1984/1/2-1/2 (45)}) 19... c5 20. Nd2 Qc7 21. f4 c4 22.
Ne4 Bc5 23. Qf2 Rac8 24. f5 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Qxe5 26. fxe6 f5 27. Qc3 Qxe4 {
Tilak-Jakubovics/London LB (07) 1994/1-0 (43)}) 18... Qc8 19. Rac1 Rd8 20.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Qe4 c5 22. b3 Ra7 23. g3 {The new move based on the same idea,
White is playing comfortably for the endgame.} (23. h3 Qa8 24. Nd2 Qxe4 25.
Nxe4 Rc7 26. f4 c4 27. bxc4 Rxc4 28. Rxc4 bxc4 29. Kf2 $16 {Bellin-Botterill,
BCF-ch 1987}) 23... g6 24. Kg2 Kg7 25. h4 h5 26. Rc2 Rd7 $2 {It was necessary
to play 26...Qc7 or 26...Qb6 to avoid penetration via c6} 27. Qc6 $1 Rd1 28.
Rd2 Rxd2 29. Nxd2 Nd4 30. Bxd4 cxd4 {Puting all hopes in advancing quickly
this passed pawn.} (30... Qxd4 31. Nf3 $18) 31. Ne4 $3 d3 32. Nd6 f6 (32... d2
$2 33. Qd5 $18) (32... Bxd6 33. exd6 Kf6 34. Qd5 Qd7 {was probably the best
defence, but White should be winning.} (34... d2 $2 35. Qg5+ $1)) 33. Qd5 Qg8
34. exf6+ Bxf6 35. Qxd3 Qe6 36. Ne4 Be7 37. Qd4+ Kh7 38. Nd2 $1 Qc6+ 39. Qe4
Qd6 40. Nf1 Kg7 41. Ne3 Bf6 42. Qb7+ Kh6 43. Qf7 Qc6+ 44. Nd5 Bg7 {Up to here
it was nice.} 45. Kh2 (45. Qf3 $1 {was the simplest positional win to put Nf4,
my original idea when I played 38.Nd2, but the Kh6 suggested playing for mate.}
) 45... Qc2 46. Ne7 $2 {I played this a tempo and it is hard to believe that
the position is now drawn, it should not be, but from now on, the win, if it
really exists is problematic and I used a lot of time.} (46. Nb4 $5 Qc8 (46...
Qd2 47. Nxa6 Qxa2 48. Nc7 $16) 47. Kg2 {White is on the way to an easy win.}) (
46. Kg2 {yes, it was still time to go back} Qxa2 $2 47. Nf4 Qc2 48. Ne6 $1 $18
{/\ Ng5, Qg8}) 46... Kh7 $1 47. a3 $6 a5 48. a4 bxa4 49. bxa4 Qe4 50. Kg1 Qe1+
51. Kg2 Qe4+ 52. Kh2 Qc2 53. Qf4 Be5 $1 54. Qf7+ Bg7 55. Qf4 Be5 56. Qe3 Bg7 $1
57. Qb6 Qe4 58. Qd8 Qxa4 59. Qg8+ Kh6 60. Qf7 Qc2 61. Ng8+ Kh7 62. Nf6+ Kh6 63.
Ng8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gausdal Int"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Prasad, Devaki V"]
[Black "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 (9... Bc5 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bxe6 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 fxe6 13. Ng5 O-O
14. Be3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Nxe5 16. Nxe6 Rf7 $10 {Prasad,D-Krasenkov,M, Gausdal
1989 (CBM 25/game 454).}) 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. Ne4 Be7
14. Be3 Nf5 15. Qc2 O-O 16. Rad1 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Qc8 18. h3 Rd8 19. Nh2 Rxd1 20.
Qxd1 Qe8 {20. - Nc5? 21.Qd5 + =} 21. Ng4 (21. Qh5 Nc5 22. Ng3 a5 $1 23. Nf5 Ra6
$1 $15 {Tal-Kortjnoj, Reykjavik 1987.}) (21. Ng3 Rd8 22. Qc2 c5 23. Ng4 Rd7 {
23. - c4!} 24. Nf5 $14 {Mokry-Ernst, Gausdal 1989.}) 21... Rd8 22. Qc2 c5 23.
Ng3 {Transposing to Mokry-Ernst, Gausdal 1989.} c4 $1 24. Qe4 Rc8 25. Nf5 b4
$10 26. Nfh6+ gxh6 27. Nxh6+ Kh8 28. Nxf7+ Kg8 29. Qg4+ Ng7 30. e6 Bc5 31. Qg5
Qe7 32. Nh6+ Kh8 33. Qe5 Qc7 {34.e7 Qxe5 35.Rf8+ Rxf8 36.exf8Q+ Bxf8 37.Nf7+ =}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. a4 b4 10. a5 Nc5 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Bh4 Be7 (13... g5 14. Bg3
Bg7 15. c3 $13 {Kindermann-Marin, Novi Sad (ol) 1990}) 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. c3
bxc3 $5 (15... O-O 16. Bc2 Bg4 17. h3 {Kindermann-Tukmakov, Biel 1988.} Bxf3
18. Nxf3 bxc3 19. bxc3 Nxe5 20. Qxd5 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Rfe8 $10 {Kindermann}) 16.
bxc3 Nxb3 17. Nxb3 O-O 18. Re1 Rab8 $10 19. Nfd4 Na7 20. Ne2 c5 21. Nf4 Rfd8
22. Qc2 Nc6 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. f4 Rb5 25. c4 Nb4 26. Qe2 dxc4 27. Qxc4 Nd3 28.
Reb1 Rb4 29. Qxa6 c4 30. Nd4 Qc5 31. Qxe6+ Kh8 32. h3 Qxd4+ 33. Kh1 Nf2+ 34.
Kh2 Qxf4+ 35. Kg1 Qd4 36. Kh2 Rxb1 37. Rxb1 c3 38. Rb7 Qf4+ 39. g3 Ng4+ $1 40.
hxg4 Rd2+ 41. Kh3 Qf1+ 42. Kh4 Rh2# 0-1

[Event "WchT 2nd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Abdel Megid, Mostafa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[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 "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Africa"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4 Rb8 $6 (13... Be7
14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Ne4 O-O 16. axb5 Nxb5 17. Be3 Qc8 18. Qd5 $14 {
Chandler-Yusupov, Hastings 1989/90.}) 14. axb5 axb5 15. Ne4 Qd5 16. Nxd4 Nxd4
17. Nc3 Qc4 18. Be3 Nf5 19. Qf3 Nh4 20. Qh3 Be7 21. Rfd1 O-O 22. Nd5 Bd8 23. e6
fxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Rac1 Qe2 26. Nf4 Qxb2 27. Bd4 Qb4 28. Bxg7+ Kxg7 29.
Nh5+ Kh8 30. Qe5+ Bf6 31. Nxf6 Ng6 32. Rxc7 Qh4 33. Rdd7 Rxf6 34. Rxh7+ Qxh7
35. Qxf6+ Kg8 36. Qe6+ Kh8 37. Rxh7+ Kxh7 38. f4 b4 39. f5 Nf8 40. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Watson, William N"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Be3 Nf5
15. Qc2 O-O 16. Rad1 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Qc8 18. h3 Rd8 19. Nh2 Rxd1 20. Qxd1 Qe8 21.
Ng3 a5 {This is a new and interesting idea. Black tries to improve on the game
Mokry-Ernst by getting his rook into play along the sixth rank.} (21... Rd8 22.
Qc2 c5 23. Ng4 Rd7 24. Nf5 Kh8 25. Qe4 $14 {Mokry-Ernst, Gausdal 1989.}) 22.
Nf5 Ra6 23. Qd5 Bd8 24. Ng4 h5 25. Nh2 Nf8 26. Nf3 Rg6 27. Rd1 Be7 28. N3d4 Bg5
29. h4 c6 30. Qf3 Bd8 31. Nd6 Qxe5 32. Nxc6 Qf6 33. Nf5 Qxc6 34. Qxc6 Rxc6 35.
Rxd8 Rc1+ 36. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stara Zagora zt-B"]
[Site "Stara Zagora"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sznapik, Aleksander"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Be3 Nf5
15. Qc2 O-O 16. Rad1 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Qc8 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. exd4 Qe6 20. a3 (20.
Qxc7 Rac8 21. Qa5 Rc2 22. Rf2 Qg4 $1 23. Qe1 Bb4 24. Nc3 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 f6 26.
exf6 Rxf6+ 27. Kg1 Re6 $10 {De Firmian-Hellers, Biel 1989}) 20... c6 21. Rf3 f6
22. Rc3 fxe5 23. Rxc6 Qd5 24. Rc7 Rae8 25. dxe5 Qxe5 26. Rcd7 $2 Rf4 $1 $19 27.
R7d4 {If the knight had moved 27. - c5 would have followed.} Bf8 0-1

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. a4 $6 b4 10. a5 Nc5 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Bh4 Be7 14. Bxe7 Nxe7
15. Nd4 O-O 16. c3 bxc3 17. bxc3 Rab8 $10 18. Bc2 Bg4 19. Qe1 Rb2 20. Qe3 Bf5
21. Bxf5 Nxf5 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. Qxc5 Rxd2 24. Qxc7 Rc8 25. Qd6 Rxc3 26. Qxa6
Rcc2 27. Qb6 d4 28. Qd8+ Kh7 29. Qh4 g5 30. Qh3 Qxh3 31. gxh3 Ra2 32. a6 Rxf2
33. Rxa2 Rxa2 34. Rxf7+ Kg8 35. Rd7 Rxa6 36. Rxd4 Kf7 37. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel-B"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Groszpeter, Attila"]
[Black "Brunner, Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Nc5 10. Nc3 Nxb3 11. cxb3 Be7 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. h3 (13. Ne2 Rc8 14.
Nf4 O-O 15. Bc5 Rfd8 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Qd4 $14 {Smagin-Mihalcisin, Moscow (GMA)
1989. 13. - Bg4!?}) 13... O-O 14. Ne2 Rfc8 15. Nf4 a5 16. a3 Nd8 17. Nd3 Bf5
18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Bxc5 Ne6 20. Nd4 Bg6 21. Qd2 c6 22. Rfe1 Re8 23. Bd6 Nxd4 24.
Qxd4 f6 25. Qb6 Rec8 26. Re3 Qa7 27. Qxa7 Rxa7 28. Bc5 Rb7 29. exf6 gxf6 30.
Bd4 b4 31. Rc5 bxa3 32. bxa3 Rcb8 33. Rxc6 Rxb3 34. Ra6 Rxe3 35. fxe3 Be4 36.
Rxa5 Rb1+ 37. Kf2 Rh1 38. Ra8+ Kf7 39. Ra6 Rh2 40. Rxf6+ Ke7 41. Kg3 Rxg2+ 42.
Kh4 Rg6 43. Rf2 Rg2 44. Rf1 Rg6 45. a4 Bg2 46. Rf2 Be4 47. a5 Bd3 48. Rb2 Kd8
49. Rb8+ Kc7 50. Be5+ Kd7 51. Rb7+ Ke6 52. Bd4 h6 53. Kh5 Kf5 54. Rf7+ Ke6 55.
Rg7 Rxg7 56. Bxg7 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wedberg Hecht Endspiel-CD Knaak} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5.
O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Ng5 Qxg5 (
11... Bd5 $5 {Wedberg Anand,V-Sokolov,I/Lyon 1994/0-1 (53)}) 12. Qf3 O-O-O (
12... Bd7 {Wedberg} 13. Bxf7+ Ke7 14. Bd5 Nxe5 15. Qe2 d3 $13) 13. Bxe6+ fxe6
14. Qxc6 Qxe5 15. b4 (15. Nf3 {Wedberg} Qd5 16. Nxd4 e5 17. Qxd5 Rxd5 18. Nb3
Nd3 {=Wolff,P-Mephisto/Harvard/1992}) 15... Qd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. bxc5 dxc3 18.
Nb3 d4 19. Ba3 g6 $1 $146 (19... Be7 20. Bb4 Bf6 {Timman,J - Smyslov,V/BRD 28/
274  1979} (20... Bf6 {Wedberg} 21. a4 Kd7 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rfd1 Ke6 24. Rac1
Rd5 $13 {Harley,A-Ernst,T/London/1991})) (19... c2 $2 {Wedberg} 20. Bb4 g6 21.
a4 bxa4 22. Rxa4 Bg7 23. Rxa6 $18 {Cunningham,R-Vucic,M/Philadelphia/1992}) 20.
Bb4 Bg7 21. a4 (21. Rad1 d3 22. Nc1 d2 23. Ne2 Rd3 24. Nf4 Rhd8 25. Nxd3 Rxd3
26. c6 g5 $1 $44) 21... Kd7 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rad1 Ke6 24. Rfe1+ (24. Rd3 Kd5
25. Bxc3 (25. Na5 $2 Ra8 26. Rfd1 Rxa5 27. Bxa5 Kc4 $19) 25... Kc4 26. Rfd1
dxc3 27. Na5+ Kxc5 28. Nb7+ Kc4 29. Na5+ (29. Nxd8 $4 c2 $19) 29... Kb4 30.
Nc6+ Kc4 31. Na5+ $10) 24... Kd5 (24... Kf7 {Wedberg} 25. Rd3 (25. c6 Rhe8)
25... Rhe8 26. Red1 $16) 25. Bxc3 (25. Na5 c2 26. Rd2 (26. Rd3 Bh6 27. Bd2 Bxd2
28. Rxd2 Ra8 29. Nb3 Kc4 30. Nc1 (30. Nxd4 Rhd8 $1) 30... d3 31. Re4+ Kc3 32.
Rxd3+ Kb2 33. Re1 Ra3 34. Rxa3 (34. Rd4 Ra4) 34... Kxa3 35. Re3+ Kb2 36. Nd3+
Kc3 37. Ne1+ (37. Kf1 b4 38. Ne1+ Kb2 39. Nd3+ Kc3 $10) 37... Kb2 (37... Kd2 $2
38. Kf1 c1=N 39. Nf3+ Kd1 40. Re1+ Kc2 41. Nd4+ Kd2 42. Nxb5 $16) 38. Nd3+ Kc3
$10) 26... c1=Q 27. Rxc1 Bh6 $13) 25... Kc4 26. Ba5 $1 (26. Na5+ Kxc3 27. Rc1+
Kb2 $1 (27... Kd2 $4 28. Kf1 Kd3 29. Nc6 $18) (27... Kd3 $4 28. Nc6 Rde8 29.
Nb4+ Kd2 30. Red1+ Ke2 31. Rd3 Bh6 32. Rc2+ Ke1 33. Rb3 $18) 28. Rb1+ Kc3 (
28... Ka2 29. Ra1+ (29. Nc6 $6 d3 $1 30. Nxd8 Rxd8 31. Rxb5 d2 32. Rd1 Bc3 $1
$44) 29... Kb2 $10) 29. Rbc1+ Kb2 $10) 26... Kxb3 27. Rb1+ Kc4 28. Rec1+ Kd5
29. c6 $1 Kd6 $1 (29... Be5 $2 30. Rxb5+ Ke6 31. Rxe5+ Kxe5 32. Bxc7+ Kd5 33.
Bxd8 Rxd8 34. c7 Rc8 35. Kf1 Kd6 36. Ke2 $18) 30. Rxb5 Rb8 $1 (30... Rhe8 {
Wedberg} 31. Bxc7+ Kxc7 32. Rb7+ Kc8 33. Rxg7 d3 34. Kf1 (34. c7 $2 d2 $3 35.
cxd8=Q+ Kxd8 $19) 34... d2 35. Rd1 Rd6 36. Rd7 (36. Rxh7 $4 Rxc6 $19) 36...
Rxd7 37. cxd7+ Kxd7 38. Rxd2+ $16) 31. Bb4+ (31. Rb7 Rxb7 32. cxb7 c5) 31...
Ke6 32. Re1+ Kf6 $1 (32... Kf7 $2 33. Re7+ (33. Rb7 $1 Rxb7 34. cxb7 $18) 33...
Kf6 34. Rbe5 Rxb4 $4 (34... Bf8 $1 35. R5e6+ Kf5 36. Re5+ Kf6 $10) 35. g4 Bh6
36. h4 $18) 33. Be7+ (33. Rb7 Rxb7 34. cxb7 Rb8 35. Rb1 Rxb7 36. Be7+ Kxe7 37.
Rxb7 Kd6 $44) 33... Kf7 34. Rd5 Rhc8 $6 (34... Rhe8 $1 35. Rd7 Kg8 36. Kf1 d3
37. Rxd3 Rb6 $10) 35. Rd7 Kg8 36. g3 $1 Rb6 (36... Re8 $14) 37. Rc1 Rb3 38. Bc5
d3 $2 (38... Rc3 $4 39. Rxg7+ $18 (39. Rxg7+ {Wedberg} Kxg7 40. Bxd4+ $18)) (
38... Bh6 $10) 39. Rd1 $16 Rcb8 (39... Rc3 $4 40. Rxg7+ $18) 40. Kg2 Bf8 41.
Bxf8 Rxf8 42. R1xd3 Rxd3 43. Rxd3 Rf7 44. f4 Re7 45. g4 $2 (45. Kf3 Re6 46.
Rd8+ (46. Rc3 $16) 46... Kf7 47. Rd7+ Re7 48. Rxe7+ Kxe7 49. Kg4 Kd6 50. Kg5
Kxc6 51. Kh6 Kb7 52. Kxh7 c5 53. Kxg6 c4 54. f5 c3 55. f6 c2 56. f7 c1=Q 57.
f8=Q Qc2+ $16) 45... Re6 (45... Kf7 46. Kf3 $18) 46. Rd8+ Kf7 47. Rd7+ Re7 48.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 {Hecht: B-B: gedeckter vs Einzel-Freibauer / Analyse} 49. g5 (49. g5
Kd6 50. h4 (50. f5 {Wedberg} gxf5 (50... Kxc6 51. f6 Kd6 52. Kf3 Ke6 53. Ke4
Kd6 54. Kd4 Ke6 55. Kc5 Kd7 56. Kd5 Ke8 57. Kc6 Kd8 58. h3 $18) 51. h4 Ke5 52.
Kf3 f4 53. h5 Kf5 54. g6 hxg6 55. h6 Kf6 56. Kxf4 g5+ $10) 50... Kxc6 51. f5
Kd6 (51... gxf5 $2 52. h5 Kd6 53. g6 hxg6 54. h6 $18) 52. f6 $18 Kd7 (52... Ke6
53. Kf3 (53. Kg3 $5 {Wedberg Knaak} Kd6 $2 (53... Kf7 54. Kg4 Ke6 $10) 54. h5
$1 Ke6 55. hxg6 hxg6 $18) 53... Kd6 (53... Kf7 $142 $3 $10 {Wedberg Knaak}) 54.
Kg4 (54. Ke4 {Wedberg} Ke6 55. Kd4 Kd6 (55... Kd7 {Hecht} 56. Kd5 Ke8 (56...
Kd8 57. Kc6 $18 {Zugzwang}) 57. Ke6 Kf8 $1 {führt zu nichts...} 58. Kd7 $2 c5)
56. Kc4 c6 57. Kd4 Ke6 58. Kc5 Kd7 {White cannot break through on the Q-side})
54... Ke6 55. h5 Kf7 $1 $10 {Knaak} (55... Kd6 {Wedberg} 56. hxg6 hxg6 57. Kf4
Ke6 58. Ke4 Kd6 59. Kd4 c6 60. Kc4 Ke6 61. Kc5 Kd7 62. f7 {With the h-P:s
exchanged this wins.} Ke7 63. Kxc6 Kxf7 64. Kd7 Kg7 65. Ke7 Kh7 66. Kf6 Kh8 67.
Kxg6 Kg8 68. Kf6 (68. Kh6 $18) 68... Kf8 69. g6 Kg8 70. g7 Kh7 71. Kf7 $18) (
55... gxh5+ 56. Kxh5 c5 57. Kh6 (57. Kg4 $2 {Wedberg} h6 $10) 57... c4 58. Kg7
c3 59. f7 c2 60. f8=Q c1=Q 61. Qf6+ Kd5 62. Kxh7 $18 {ENDSPIEL-CD: Weiß
gewinnt in 43 Zügen beginnend mit z.B:} Qc7+ 63. Kg8 Qc8+ 64. Kg7 Kc4 65. Qf3
$1 Kb5 66. g6 Ka4 67. Qe3) 56. Kh4 (56. hxg6+ {Wedberg} Kxg6 $1) (56. h6 {
Wedberg} Ke6 57. Kf4 Kf7 58. Ke5 Kf8 59. Ke6 Ke8 60. Kd5 Kd7 (60... Kf7 61. Kc6
Kf8 62. Kxc7 Kf7 63. Kd7 Kf8 64. Ke6 Ke8 65. f7+ Kf8 $10) 61. Kc5 Ke8 62. Kc6
Kd8 63. f7 Ke7 64. Kxc7 Kxf7 65. Kd7 Kf8 66. Kd8 Kf7 67. Kd7 Kf8 68. Ke6 Ke8
69. Kf6 Kf8 $10) 56... c5 $1 57. hxg6+ Kxg6 58. Kg4 h6 $10) (52... c5 $2 {
Wedberg} 53. Kf3 Ke6 54. Ke4 Kd6 55. Kd3 Ke6 56. Kc4 Kd6 57. Kb5 $18) 53. Kf3
Ke6 54. Kf4 Kf7 55. Ke5 Ke8 56. Kd5 Kd7 57. Kc5 Ke8 $10) 1-0

[Event "Stockholm Four Masters"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1919.12.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Annotator "Spielmann,R"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1919.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{TFS 1920,S.12 (Spielmann) DSZ 1920,S.3; Schachjahrbuch 1919,S.83 (Mieses).} 1.
e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nc3 $2 {Weiß folgt einer Analyse von Dr.Henneberger in der
Schweizerischen Schachzeitung.} (9. c3) 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Ne7 $1 {Dieser
vorzügliche Zug findet sich nicht in der erwähnten Analyse. Er bereitet das
Vorrücken des c-Bauern vor. Auf dem Königsflügel bewacht er das Feld f5 und
hemmt damit das Vorrücken des weißen f-Bauern.} 11. Ba3 {Der weiße Plan
kalkuliert das kommende Opfer bereits ein.} ({Nach} 11. Be3 Nf5 {wird Schwarz
in jedem Fall zu c7-c5 kommen.}) 11... a5 12. Nd4 ({Auch nach} 12. Bxe7 Bxe7
13. a4 c5 14. axb5 O-O {steht Schwarz übelegen. Der weiße Königsläufer ist
eingeschlossen.}) 12... a4 13. f4 axb3 14. Bxe7 Bxe7 15. f5 Bd7 16. e6 b2 17.
Rb1 Rxa2 {Mit der Rückgabe der Figur beschreitet Schwarz einen sehr bequemen
Weg zum Gewinn.} ({Die gewonnene Figur konnte Schwarz mit} 17... Bc8 18. exf7+
Kf8 $1 {behalten.}) 18. exd7+ ({Auf} 18. exf7+ {folgt} Kf8 $1 ({und nicht} 
18... Kxf7 $4 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. f6 $1 gxf6 21. Qxd5+ Kg7 22. Qxa2)) 18... Qxd7
19. f6 {Dieses Bauernopfer verhindert die schwarze Rochade, aber es hilft Weiß
nict viel. Der Rest der Partie ist ein Kampf mit ungleichen Mitteln.} Bxf6 20.
Qe2+ Kf8 21. Nxb5 {[#]} h5 22. Qd3 Rh6 23. Nd4 Rg6 24. Ne2 Kg8 25. Nf4 Rg5 26.
Nh3 Re5 27. Kh1 Qe8 28. Ng1 c6 29. Nf3 Re4 30. h3 g6 31. Nd4 Bg7 32. Qd2 Re3
33. Nxc6 Bxc3 34. Qxd5 Ra1 35. Kh2 Rxb1 36. Rxb1 Re1 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg International Final"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.05.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "200"]
[EventDate "1914.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Lasker"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.01.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Tarrasch,S} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 {After
getting nothing from the opening against Rubinstein and Tarrasch with White,
Lasker decides to give the Open Ruy Lopez a try with Black.} 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5
8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 {Tarrasch,S: 'Bernsteins Neuerung. Bezüglich der Eröffnung
vergleiche man die Partie Bernstein - Tarrasch (Nr. 55).'} Nc5 10. c3 d4 {
A very topical position, even in contemporary high-level tournaments. Tarrasch,
S: 'Dieser Vorstoß ist hier verfrüht. In der zitierten Partie geschah Be7.'}
11. cxd4 {In 1981 Karpov came up with} (11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. Ne4 {
and also} (13. a4 {in his WCh match against Kortschnoj. Despite his success
Black has later found satisfactory antidotes to both ideas.})) ({But Black's
task is more difficult after I.Zaitsev's idea, first used also by Karpov in
the WCh match in 1978:} 11. Ng5 $1 {This move causes Black great problems even
now:} Qxg5 12. Qf3 O-O-O 13. Bxe6+ fxe6 14. Qxc6 Qxe5 15. b4 dxc3 $5 16. bxc5
cxd2 17. Qxa6+ Kd7 18. Bxd2 Qxc5 19. Rfd1 (19. a4 $5 $40) 19... Bd6 20. Be3 (
20. Bf4 $44) 20... Qe5 21. g3 Ra8 22. Qb7 Rab8 23. Qg2 Ke7 24. Rac1 Rhd8 25.
Bd4 Qg5 $13 {Gruenfeld,Y-Gyimesi,Z/Tel Aviv/2001/ One can easily understand
that such complications are not going to arise in the first game ever to reach
this position.}) 11... Nxd4 12. Nxd4 (12. Bxe6 Ncxe6 {-11.Be6}) 12... Qxd4 13.
Bxe6 Nxe6 ({Tarrasch,S: 'Mit dem Bauern zu schlagen ist nicht gut.'} 13... fxe6
$5 $11 {is OK for Black, but the text is more logical and even more promising.}
14. Qh5+ {Es folgt} g6 15. Qf3 Rd8 16. Qf6 Rg8 17. Nb3 {Mit Vorteil für Weiß,
auch weil} Bg7 $2 18. Nxd4 Bxf6 19. Nc6 {mindestens die Qualität verliert.})
14. Qf3 {Tarrasch,S: 'Wegen dieses Angriffs, den Schwarz gerüstet sein müßte
mit der Rochade zu beantworten, ist das Vorgehen des Damenbauern verfrüht.
Weiß kommt nun etwas in Vorteil.'} Rd8 15. a4 ({Tarrasch,S: 'Der Versuch mit '
} 15. Qc6+ Qd7 16. Qxa6 {gives Black a choice: Tarrasch,S: 'den a-Bauern zu
erobern, verliert nach'} Nc5 $5 (16... Qd5 {Tarrasch,S: 'entweder den Pe5 oder
nach Ra8 die Qa6.'} 17. Qa5 Qxe5 18. Nf3 Qd5 19. Be3 Ra8 20. Qc3 b4 21. Qc2 Bd6
22. Rfd1 Qb7 $11 {Nieminen,K-Paldanius,P/FIN-chT/2000/}) (16... Bb4 $143 $6 17.
Nb3 $1 Qd5 18. Na5 Nd4 19. Be3 Ra8 20. Qb7 $14) 17. Qa5 Nd3 $44 18. Ne4 Qc6 19.
Nc3 b4 20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. Nxb5 c6 22. Nd6+ Bxd6 23. exd6 Rxd6 $32 {|^,Hendriks,
T-Ernst,S/Vlissingen/2000/}) {Tarrasch,S: 'Jetzt aber droht Qc6+.'} 15... Qd5 {
The text is not bad, but much simpler is to continue development with} (15...
Bb4 $5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Qc6+ Qd7 18. Qxd7+ Rxd7 19. Ra8+ Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8
21. Ne4 Ke7 22. Be3 Rd8 23. f4 Rd5 (23... f5 $5 {or}) (23... Rd3 {were
stronger, Black has a comfortable _|_ in both cases.}) 24. Kf2 Bc5 25. Rc1
Bxe3+ 26. Kxe3 c5 27. b3 f6 $11 {Van den Doel,E-Gyimesi,Z/WChJ Zagan/1997/})
16. Qxd5 Rxd5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ra8+ Nd8 $6 {Ambitious, but artificial.} (18...
Rd8 $11 {is about equal, as} 19. Ra7 $6 Bc5 20. Rb7 Bb6 {only misplaces the R.}
(20... c6 {Tarrasch,S} 21. Ne4 {Mit Vorteil für Weiß.})) ({More to the point
was the seemingly risky} 18... Kd7 $5 19. Nf3 (19. Ne4 Rxe5 20. Rd1+ Kc6 $15 {
and White can't profit from the pin on the 8-th rank, Black has time to play
g6,Bg7.}) 19... g6 20. Ng5 Bg7 21. Rxh8 Bxh8 22. Nxf7 Bg7 $32 {=/+ Black wins
his P back with a pleasant _|_.}) 19. Ne4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 512] Tarrasch,S: '!' A
strong sacrifice, which is however necessary to achieve active development.
Tarrasch,S: 'Überraschend und gut. Weiß hält mit dem Bauernopfer den Angriff
fest, indem er sich der d-Linie bemächtigt.'} (19. Nf3 {Tarrasch,S: 'hätten 99
von 100 Spielern gezogen und Schwarz hätte ein bequemes Spiel.'} Bc5 20. Bg5
O-O $11 {/=/+ is comfortable for Black.}) 19... Rxe5 (19... Be7 20. f4 O-O 21.
Be3 $36) 20. Rd1 Be7 21. f3 $32 {[%csl Re5] Now White threatens Bf4 and the
Re5 is misplaced. But perhaps even better was Tarrasch,S: 'Der Re5 sreht sehr
beengt. Es droht Bf4 und Bxc7.'} (21. Nc3 $5 O-O 22. Bf4 Rc5 23. Nd5 Bd6 24.
Bxd6 cxd6 25. b4 Rc4 26. Rb8 $14 {[%csl Gb4] and the outside bo^ gives White a
permanent edge.}) 21... Rf5 {Tarrasch,S: 'Ein eigentümlicher, verblüffender
Zug!'} (21... c6 22. Bf4 Rd5 23. Rxd5 cxd5 24. Nc3 $36 {wins the P back with a
better _|_, but the same will happen after the text.}) 22. Rc8 ({Tarrasch,S:
'Lasker behext seine Gegner! Und nicht nur seine Gegner, sondern die gesamte
Schachwelt! Capablanca und nach ihm die gesamte Schachwelt sah nicht, daß er
hier mit'} 22. g4 Rxf3 ({Auch bei} 22... Re5 23. Bf4 Re6 24. Bxc7 {ist der Nd8
verloren.}) 23. Kg2 Rb3 24. Nc5 Rb4 25. Nb7 {Tarrasch,S: 'den Nd8 und damit
die Partie gewinnen konnte! Capablanca sieht ganz andere, tiefer liegende
Kombinationen, und hierbei diesem so einfachen Gewinnspiel versagt sein
genius! Wie ist das zu erklären? Auf natürliche Weise sehr schwer. Er ist der
Suggestion erlegen, die Lasker mit dem verblüffendem Zuge Rf5, an dessen
Stelle die Rochade objektiv besser war, auf ihn ausgeübt hat, und die gesamte
Schachwelt mit ihm! Indem Lasker den Turm ohne Scheu dem so nahe liegenden
Angriff des g-Bauern aussetzte, hat er seinem Gegner bedeutet, daß dieser
Angriff schlecht sei, und der Cubaner hat es ihm geglaubt.'} O-O 26. Nxd8 Rxg4+
$44 (26... Bf6 $5)) 22... O-O {Tarrasch,S: 'Der c-Bauer war nicht zu retten.'}
(22... c5 $2 23. Rcxd8+ Bxd8 24. Nd6+ $18) 23. Rxc7 $14 {[%csl Rb5,Gc7][%cal
Gd1d8] White's forces are more active and Black's ><b5 is vulnerable.} (23. Rd7
$2 Ne6 $17 24. Rxf8+ {Tarrasch,S} Bxf8) 23... Bb4 {Tarrasch,S: 'Der einzige
Zug. Schwarz steht noch immer unter Druck. Aber zu gewinnen ist die Partie
nicht mehr."Was man von der Minute ausgeschlagen, gibt keine Ewigkeit zurück!"
Und eine Ewigkeit dauert die Partie noch.'} 24. Be3 (24. Rcd7 Ne6 25. Bd2 $14)
24... Ne6 25. Rcd7 (25. Rb7 $5 Rc8 26. Rdd7 $36) 25... Rc8 {[%mdl 4352] With
this move Lasker starts a forced operation, leading to a worse, but defensible
_|_. Tarrasch,S: 'Nun ist Schwarz endlich entwickelt und nimmt den weißen
b-Bauern aufs Korn, da er seinen eigenen nicht retten kann.'} 26. R1d5 Rxd5 27.
Rxd5 Rc2 $1 ({Too passive is} 27... Rb8 28. Kf2 $14) 28. b3 (28. Rxb5 Rxb2 29.
Rb8+ Nf8 30. g4 (30. Bd4 $4 Rb1+ 31. Kf2 Be1+ $19) 30... Ba3 31. Ra8 Be7 $11)
28... Rb2 29. Rxb5 Rxb3 {Tarrasch,S: 'Schwarz droht mit 30....Rb1 31.Kf2 Be1+
32. Ke2 Rxb5 33.Kxe1 die Qualität zu gewinnen.'} 30. Bd2 {Now Black loses
material, he must choose the right way to give it. Tarrasch,S: 'Der Bb4 ist
nicht zu decken.'} Bc5+ $1 {Tarrasch,S: 'Lasker wählt mit trefflichem
Scharfblick von zwei Übeln das kleinere, indem er zwei Figuren für den
feindlichen Turm gibt. Der Kampf von BN:RN, den er mit Bxd2? einleiten konnte,
wäre weit ungünstiger; ein Turm ist eine zu starke Figur.'} (30... Bxd2 $2
31. Rxb3 $18 {is hopeless in the long run, while now the resulting _|_ is
drawish. But this necessitates accurate defence.}) 31. Rxc5 Nxc5 32. Nxc5 Rb2 {
Romanishin,O (2470)-Dvoretzky,M (2495) URS-ch42 Leningrad 1974 1/2 White has
only one possible plan, which can lead to success: fix a weak P and attack it
with both minor pieces, transposing into a won P_|_. This indicates also what
Black should do-try not to split his pawns and limit himself to one weakness,
which can usually be protected tactically. Once the defender has more than one
weakness, he is usually lost (Mueller-Jussupow, Hamburg 1991; Timman-Karpov,
Bugojno 1980). An important example from contemporary top-level practice with
model defence is} 33. Be3 Re2 34. Bf2 f6 35. Kf1 {Tarrasch,S: 'Capablanca
versucht nun alles Mögliche, um noch den Gewinn zu erzielen, aber vergebens.'}
Ra2 36. g4 Kf7 37. Ne4 h6 38. Kg2 Ra3 39. f4 Rb3 40. Ng3 Ra3 41. Nf1 Rd3 42.
Ne3 Rc3 43. Kf3 Ra3 44. f5 Ra2 45. Nd5 Rb2 46. Nf4 {White has fixated the
g-pawn, but in this pawn constellation he can attack it only with Ne6 and Bf8.
However Black can not only <=> White's pawns, but can easily prevent this by
protecting f8 passively. Therefore White must allow more pawn exchanges to get
at the ><g7.} Ra2 47. h4 Ra5 48. Bd4 {Tarrasch,S: 'Auf den Pg7 ist es gemünzt.
Aber der Gewinn ist bei richtigem Gegenspiel nicht zu erzwinegn. Ja, wenn die
Bauern nicht auf gleichen Linien einander gegenüber ständen! Übrigens ist ein
solches Endspiel in der gesamten Schachliteratur noch nicht dagewesen.'} Ra3+
49. Be3 (49. Ke4 $2 {Tarrasch,S: 'darf wegen'} Rg3 {Tarrasch,S: 'nicht
geschehen. (Tarrasch gibt in der Variante Rh3 an, was nur ein Druckfehler sein
kann.)'}) 49... Ra5 50. Nh5 Ra4 (50... g6 $2 51. fxg6+ Kxg6 52. Ng3 $18 {
[%csl Rf6,Rh6][%cal Rh4h5,Rg3f5] ><f6,h6,/\h5,Nf5}) 51. Ng3 Kg8 52. Ne4 Kf7 53.
Bd2 Ra1 54. Bc3 Rf1+ 55. Nf2 Rc1 56. Bd4 Re1 57. Ne4 Rf1+ 58. Bf2 Ra1 59. Kf4
Ra4 60. Bc5 Rc4 61. Kf3 Rc1 62. Bf2 Ra1 63. Kf4 Ra4 64. Kf3 Ra3+ 65. Be3 Ra5
66. Nc5 Ra1 67. Ne6 Ra3 68. Ke4 Ra4+ 69. Bd4 Rb4 70. Kd3 Rb3+ 71. Ke4 Rb4 (
71... Rh3 72. Bf2 (72. h5 Ra3 $11) 72... Rh2 {was also possible.}) 72. Kd5 Rb1
73. g5 {Without this move no further progress is possible. Tarrasch,S: 'Mit
großer Mühe ist Weiß endlich vorwärts gekommen. Wenn er den f-Bauern frei
machen könnte, das wäre der Gewinn. Aber der Gegner leidet es nicht!'} hxg5 74.
hxg5 fxg5 75. Nxg5+ {Tarrasch,S: 'Den Freibauern kann Weiß dem Gegner nicht
gestatten.'} Kg8 76. Ne6 {Tarrasch,S: 'Endlich ist ein doppelter Angriff auf
den Pg7 gerichtet. Nun muß sich in kürzester Frist zeigen, ob dieser Angriff
erfolgreich ist.'} Rd1 $1 77. Ke4 ({Tarrasch,S: 'Mit'} 77. Nxg7 Rxd4+ 78. Kxd4
Kxg7 79. Ke5 Kf7 $11 {Tarrasch,S: 'ist das Spiel sofort remis.'}) 77... Kf7 $1
78. Ng5+ ({Tarrasch,S: 'Auf'} 78. Bxg7 Re1+ 79. Kd5 Rf1 $1 (79... Rxe6 $4 80.
fxe6+ Kxg7 81. Kd6 $18 {Tarrasch,S: 'würde Weiß natürlich gewinnen.'}) 80. Ke5
Re1+ $11 81. Kf4 {Tarrasch,S} Rf1+ 82. Kg5 Rg1+ {mit Remisschluß. Damit ist
die Sache erledigt. Capablanca hat sich überzeugt, daß der Gewinn nicht zu
erzielen ist.}) 78... Kg8 $11 {Black has beaten off the attack against g7,
further manoeuvring by White doesn't bring him anything.} 79. Ke5 Re1+ 80. Kf4
Rf1+ 81. Kg4 Rd1 82. Nf3 Rf1 83. Be5 Kf7 84. Kf4 Kg8 85. Ke4 Rd1 86. Ng5 Re1+
87. Kd5 Rd1+ 88. Ke6 Re1 89. Nh3 Rb1 90. Nf4 Rb6+ 91. Ke7 Rb5 92. Ng6 Rb6 93.
Bd6 Ra6 94. Ke6 Rb6 95. Ne7+ Kh7 96. Nc8 Ra6 97. Ne7 Rb6 98. Nd5 Ra6 99. Nc3
Kg8 100. Ne4 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 32nd"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4 Rb8 (13... b4 14.
Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Nb3 c5 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Qf3 Ra7 18. Rd1 Be7 19. Qg4 g6 20. Bh6
$16 {Huebner,R-Polgar,S/San Francisco/1995}) 14. axb5 axb5 15. Ne4 (15. Nxd4
Qxd4 16. Qf3 Bb4 17. Qc6+ {1/2-1/2 Xie Jun-Polgar,Zsu/Moscow olw/1994}) 15...
Be7 16. Be3 Nf5 17. Ba7 (17. Qc2 Nxe3 18. fxe3 O-O 19. Rad1 Qc8 20. Nd4 Nxd4
21. exd4 $14) 17... Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Rd8 19. g4 $1 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Nh4 21. Nxh4
Bxh4 22. Be3 $2 (22. Rd5 $1 c6 (22... b4 23. Rb5 Be7 24. Rb8+ Nd8 25. Bc5 $16)
(22... O-O 23. Rxb5 $16) (22... h5 23. h3 $16) 23. Rd6 Nd8 24. Bb6 Be7 25. Bxd8
$1 Bxd8 (25... Bxd6 26. Nxd6+ Kxd8 27. Nxf7+ Ke7 28. Nxh8 $18) 26. Rxc6 $16)
22... O-O $10 23. g5 Ra8 24. Kg2 Ra4 25. Kf3 h6 26. gxh6 gxh6 27. Bxh6 Kh7 28.
Be3 Kg6 $44 29. Nc5 Rc4 30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. b3 Rb4 32. Rd3 Bg5 33. Bc5 Rf4+ 34.
Kg2 Kf5 35. Rd7 Rg4+ 36. Kh1 Bf4 37. Rxc7 Rh4 38. Bd6 Rxh2+ 39. Kg1 Rh3 40. b4
Ke4 41. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1997.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5
8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Ng5 Bd5 $5 {This is Ivan Sokolovs
contribution to this line. At the present moment it seems to hold very well.}
12. Bxd5 (12. Nxf7 {Black has at least a draw after this sacrifice.} Kxf7 13.
Qf3+ Ke6 14. Ne4 Nxb3 (14... Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Ne7 $13) 15. Qg4+ Kf7 16. Qf5+ Ke8
$2 (16... Kg8 17. e6 h6 {Forcing the draw.} (17... Qe7 $2 18. Qxd5 Nxa1 19. Bg5
Rd8 20. Qxc6 Qe8 21. Qxc7 Rc8 22. Qe5 $16) 18. Qf7+ (18. axb3 Rh7 $17) 18...
Kh7 19. Ng5+ hxg5 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Qf7+ $11) 17. e6 Bxe6 (17... Ne5 18. axb3
$16) (17... Qc8 18. Qxd5 Nba5 19. b4 Ne7 20. Qh5+ $16) 18. Qxe6+ Ne7 19. Qxb3
$16 {Dominguez,L-Rios,E/Capablanca mem-D/1996/1/2-1/2 (48)}) 12... Qxd5 13. Nb3
Nxb3 14. axb3 Be7 15. Nf3 d3 (15... Nxe5 16. Nxd4 Ng6 17. Qf3 Qxf3 18. Nxf3 c5
19. Rd1 $14 {Anand,V-Sokolov,I/EUCup f Lyon 1994/0-1 (53)}) 16. Be3 O-O 17. Bd4
$146 (17. b4 Rfd8 18. Re1 a5 19. bxa5 Rxa5 20. Rxa5 Nxa5 21. Nd4 Nc4 22. b3
Nxe5 $17 {0-1 McDonald,N-Gyimesi,Z/Budapest FS07 GM 1995 (32)}) 17... Rfd8 18.
Qxd3 {White has nothing from the opening.} (18. b4 Bxb4 19. Qxd3 Be7 $15) 18...
Qxb3 19. Qe2 Qe6 20. Rfd1 Rd5 21. h3 a5 $15 22. Be3 Rad8 23. Rxd5 Qxd5 24. Bf4
Qd3 25. Qxd3 Rxd3 26. Kf1 h6 27. Ke2 Rd5 (27... Rd7 $5) 28. h4 a4 29. e6 $1
fxe6 30. Bxc7 Bf6 31. c4 {Not strictly necessary, but it simplyfies the game.}
Nd4+ 32. Nxd4 Rxd4 33. cxb5 Rb4 34. b6 Rxb2+ 35. Kf1 Rb4 36. Rxa4 $1 Rxa4 37.
b7 Rb4 38. b8=Q+ Rxb8 39. Bxb8 {[#] Hecht Nur 2-3 Bauern auf einem Flügel und
den falschen L bezogen auf h1 ==> Remis} Bxh4 {This type of ending is
generally considered to be drawish. White exchanges P for P and sacrifices his
B for the remaining Black P.} 40. Ke2 Kf7 41. Ke3 Kg6 42. g3 Bf6 43. Ke4 h5 44.
f4 Bc3 45. Be5 Be1 (45... Bxe5 46. Kxe5 Kf7 47. f5 exf5 48. Kxf5 g6+ 49. Kg5
Kg7 50. g4 $11 (50. g4 {Hecht} hxg4 51. Kxg4 $11)) 46. Kf3 Kf7 47. Bd4 g6 48.
Bb2 Ke7 49. Be5 Kd7 50. Bf6 Kd6 51. Be5+ Kd5 52. Bf6 Kc4 53. g4 Kd5 (53... h4
54. f5 exf5 55. gxf5 gxf5 56. Bxh4 Bxh4 57. Kf4 $11) 54. gxh5 gxh5 55. Be7 h4
56. Kg4 Ke4 57. Bg5 h3 58. Kxh3 Kf3 59. Bf6 Bg3 (59... Kxf4 60. Kg2 $11) 60.
Bg7 Bxf4 61. Bf6 e5 62. Bxe5 Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4 Be7 (13... Bc5
14. Ne4 (14. Nb3 Nxb3 15. Qxb3 O-O $1 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Qxb5 h6
$44 {Adams,M-Sokolov,I/Moscow olm/1994}) 14... Bb6 15. Nfg5 $1 Nxg5 16. Bxg5
Qd7 17. axb5 $6 (17. Re1 $1 {/\} O-O 18. Ra3 $1 $40) 17... Qxb5 18. Nc3 Qd7 $1
$10 {Rodriguez,Am-Korneev/Barbera del Valles op/1994}) 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 (14...
Nxd4 15. axb5 (15. Ne4 O-O 16. axb5 Nxb5 17. Be3 Qc8 18. Qc2 Qe6 19. f4 $14 {
Ivanchuk,V-Yusupov,A/Linares/1989}) 15... Nxb5 16. Qg4 (16. Qc2 O-O 17. Nf3 Nd4
18. Nxd4 Qxd4 $10 {Kindermann,S-Mikhalchishin,A/Dortmund/1993}) 16... O-O 17.
Nf3 Qc8 18. Qg3 Qe6 19. Ra4 $40 {Oll,L-Vucic,M/New York op/1994}) 15. axb5 Qxe5
16. bxa6 O-O 17. Qg4 (17. Nf3 Qb5 18. Qa4 Qxa4 19. Rxa4 Nc5 20. Rc4 Rxa6 $10 {
Adams,M-Sokolov,I/Leon/1995}) 17... Qb5 18. Qc4 Rfb8 19. Ra2 Ra7 20. Rd1 Qxc4
21. Nxc4 Rba8 22. Be3 Rxa6 23. Rxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Magem Badals, Jordi"]
[Black "Slipak, Sergio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Bc5 10. Qd3 (10. Qe2 Ne7 11. Nbd2 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 c5 14.
c3 Qd7 15. Rad1 $14 {1-0 Hracek,Z-Krasenkov,M/Brno (04) ;CBM 43 1994 (40)})
10... Ne7 (10... O-O 11. Nc3 (11. Nbd2 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Ne7 14. Qc3
a5 15. a4 b4 16. Qc5 Qd7 17. Nd4 c6 18. c3 bxc3 19. bxc3 Qa7 20. Qxa7 Rxa7 $10
{Lobron-Yusupov/Sarajevo/1984}) 11... Nb4 (11... Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3
Qd7 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. Ng5 Ne7 16. f4 $14 {1-0 Dolmatov,S-Sagalchik,G/Kemerovo1
(02) ;CBM 50 1995 (31)}) 12. Qe2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Nc6 15. Qc5 Na5
16. a4 Nb7 17. Qc6 Na5 18. Qc5 Nb7 19. Qc6 {1/2-1/2 Stefansson,H-Piket,J/
Moscow olm (04) ISD-NED ;EXP 44 1994}) 11. Nc3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Nf5 13. Qe1 Nc5
14. Rd1 c6 15. Ne2 O-O 16. c3 Nxb3 17. axb3 Qb6 18. b4 a5 19. Ned4 Nxd4 20.
Nxd4 axb4 21. cxb4 $14 {/\Nb3-c5} c5 22. bxc5 Qxc5 23. Qd2 {White seems to
have achieved all his aims. The N is visibly stronger than the B and f4-f5-f6
is in the air. Blacks hope is to disturb White by infiltrating on the open a-
and c-files.} Qb6 24. h3 (24. f4 f6 $132) 24... Rfc8 25. Kh2 Qa5 26. Qe3 {
Preserving the Q for the attack.} (26. f4 Qxd2 27. Rxd2 Bd7 $14) 26... Qb4 27.
Rd2 Rc4 $2 (27... Ra2 $142 $13) 28. f4 $1 $40 Ra4 29. Rfd1 Ra2 30. f5 Bc8 31.
f6 gxf6 $2 (31... Bd7 $142 $16) 32. Qg3+ Kh8 33. exf6 Qf8 34. Re1 Be6 35. Rxe6
$1 {+-} fxe6 36. Nxe6 Qf7 37. Qg7+ Qxg7 38. fxg7+ Kg8 39. Rf2 1-0

