[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gurevich, Ilya"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Ambroz,J"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bareev} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7.
Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nb3 (10. Nd4 $5 Qd7 11. N2f3 O-O 12.
Bf4 Rfe8 13. Re1 Bf8 $1 $10 {Akopian-Bareev, Debrecen 1992}) 10... Nce4 (10...
Nxb3 $6 11. axb3 {<->a}) (10... Nfe4 11. Re1 $5 O-O 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. Be3 $14 {
Fedorov-Jovic, Belgrade 1988}) 11. Bf4 (11. Nfd4 Qd7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Nf5 Bd8
14. Be3 g6 15. Ng3 Re8 $10) (11. Ng5 O-O 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxd8 (13. Be3 Qc7 $1
) 13... Rfxd8 14. Be3 Nd5 15. Bd4 Nb4 16. c3 Nd3 17. Rab1 {/\ f3, Nc1}) (11.
Nbd4 O-O 12. Nf5 Bc5 13. Be3 Rc8 $1 $10 {Rozentalis-Dokhoian, Klapeida 1988} (
13... Re8 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15. Ne3 $14 {Wang Pin-Levitina, Shanghai 1992})) 11...
O-O 12. Qd3 Re8 13. Be5 $5 Qd7 14. a4 (14. Bd4 $5 $10 {Bareev}) 14... a6 15.
Rfd1 Rac8 16. c3 Bd8 $1 {/\ Bc7, Bb6} 17. h3 h6 18. a5 (18. Bd4 Bc7 19. Nc5 Qc6
$1 (19... Nxc5 20. Bxc5 Bb8 (20... Ne4 21. Be3 (21. Qxd5 $2 Qxd5 22. Rxd5 Nxc5
23. Rxc5 Bh2+)) 21. Bd4 Ne4 22. Be3 $1 {/\ c4!} Nf6 23. Bd4 $10 Ne4 24. Be3 Nf6
) 20. b4 Bd6 $36 {><c3}) 18... Rc6 19. Bxf6 (19. Nbd4 {Bareev} Rc5 20. Nb3 Rb5
$6 (20... Rc6 $10) 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. c4 Rb4 23. Ra2 $1) 19... Nxf6 20. Nfd4 (
20. Nbd4 $142 Rc8 21. Nc2 Bc7 22. Ne3 Rcd8 23. Qc2 $5 (23. c4 dxc4 24. Qxc4 Bd6
25. Rd4 Qc7 $10) 23... Qc6 24. Nd4 Qd6 25. Nf3 Qc6 26. Ra4 $5) 20... Rc8 21.
Nc2 Bc7 22. Ne3 Rcd8 23. Nd4 (23. c4 $1 {Bareev} dxc4 24. Qxd7 (24. Qxc4 $2
Qxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 26. Nxd1 Re1+ 27. Qf1 Bh2+ $19) 24... Nxd7 25. Nxc4 Ne5 $1
$10) 23... Re4 $1 24. Nf3 Qc6 25. b4 Rde8 (25... Bf4 $15 {Bareev}) 26. Kf1 (26.
Rac1 $143 Bf4) (26. Nxd5 $2 Nxd5 27. Qxd5 Re1+) 26... Rd8 27. Rab1 (27. Kg1 $5
Bf4 (27... Rde8 28. Kf1) 28. Ng4 $5 Nxg4 29. hxg4 Qg6 $1 (29... Bc7 $5 30. Nd4
Qd6 $36 (30... Qg6 31. Nf5 $13) 31. Qh3 (31. f3 $140 Qh2+ 32. Kf1 Bg3 $19 33.
Ne2 Rxe2 $1) 31... Rde8 $1) 30. b5 $1 Rd6 31. bxa6 bxa6 32. Rab1 $13) 27... Bf4
28. Nf5 (28. b5 $10 {Bareev}) 28... Qc7 29. N5d4 Rc8 30. Rb3 (30. g3 Bxg3 $1
31. fxg3 Qxg3 $40) 30... Ree8 $1 31. Ne2 Be5 32. Rc1 (32. Nxe5 Qxe5 33. Ng3 (
33. Nd4 $2 Qh2) 33... h5 (33... Qf4 $5) 34. Qf5 Qc7 $1 $15) (32. Nxe5 $15 {
Bareev}) 32... Ne4 $1 33. Qxd5 $2 (33. Nxe5 Qxe5 34. Kg1 (34. Qd4 Qh2) 34...
Rc6 $1 35. Qd4 (35. Nd4 Nxf2 $1 36. Kxf2 (36. Nxc6 Nxd3 37. Nxe5 Nxc1 $17)
36... Qf4+) 35... Qg5 $36 (35... Nxc3 36. Rbxc3 $1 (36. Qxe5 Nxe2+ 37. Qxe2
Rxc1+ 38. Qf1 Ree1 39. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 40. Kh2 Re4 $19) 36... Rxc3 37. Rxc3 Qxe2 38.
Rc7 $10 Re7 39. Qxd5 Rxc7 40. Qd8+ Kh7 41. Qxc7 Qe1+ 42. Kh2 Qxb4 43. Qxf7))
33... Bg3 $3 34. c4 (34. Nxg3 $143 Rcd8 $1 (34... Rcd8 {Bareev} 35. Qf5 Qc4+
$19)) (34. fxg3 Rcd8 35. Qf5 Qc4 $1 $19) (34. Rb2 $143 Bxf2 $17) (34. b5 {
Bareev} Rcd8 $19) 34... Rcd8 35. Qf5 (35. Qh5 {Bareev} Qxc4 36. Re3 Bxf2 $19)
35... Qxc4 $1 (35... g6 {Bareev} 36. Qg4 h5 $19) 36. Re3 (36. Rxc4 Rd1+ 37. Ne1
Nd2+ 38. Kg1 Rxe1#) 36... Bb8 (36... Bxf2 {Bareev} 37. Rxe4 Qxe4 38. Qxe4 Rxe4
39. Kxf2 Rxb4 $15) 37. g3 Qxb4 38. Kg2 Nd6 39. Qd3 Rxe3 40. Qxe3 Re8 (40...
Qxa5) (40... Qxa5 $1 {Bareev}) 41. Qd3 (41. Qc3 Qxc3 42. Nxc3 Rc8 $19) 41...
Qxa5 $19 42. Nf4 Qf5 43. Qb3 Nb5 44. Nd5 h5 45. h4 Bd6 46. Ng5 g6 (46... Re2 {
Bareev} 47. Nf4 Bxf4 48. Rc8+ Qxc8 49. Qxf7+ $18) 47. Qc4 Kg7 48. f4 Kh6 (48...
f6 {Bareev} 49. Nc7 $1 $18) 49. Nc3 Rc8 50. Qb3 (50. Qxf7 Qxf7 51. Nxf7+ Kg7
52. Nxb5 (52. Nxd6 Nxd6 53. Rd1 Rxc3 54. Rxd6 Rb3 $19) 52... Rxc1 53. Nbxd6 Rd1
$19 (53... Rd1 {Bareev} 54. Kf3 b5 $19)) (50. Nxf7+ Kg7 51. Nxd6 Rxc4 52. Nxf5+
gxf5 $19) 50... Kg7 51. Nxb5 Rxc1 52. Nd4 (52. Nxd6 Qc2+ 53. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 54. Kf3
a5 $19) (52. Qb2+ $143 f6) 52... Qf6 53. Qxb7 Be7 54. Qd5 Rc8 55. f5 Rd8 56.
Nde6+ fxe6 57. Nxe6+ Kh6 58. Nxd8 Bxd8 59. fxg6 Kxg6 60. Qd3+ Kg7 61. Qd1 Qc6+
62. Kh2 Bc7 63. Qd2 (63. Qxh5 {Bareev} Qg6 $19) 63... Qc5 64. Kh3 Qe5 65. Qd7+
Kf6 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Dokhoian, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Be2 (6. Bb5+ Bd7 7.
Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 Qd7 11. N2b3 Nce4 12. Qf3 O-O 13.
Nf5 Bd8 $10) 6... Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nb3 Be7 9. Nfxd4 O-O 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Nxc6
bxc6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. c4 Re8 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rc1 Ba6 16. Bd3 Rab8 17. Qf3
Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Qe5 19. Rc2 Rb4 20. h3 g6 21. Rd1 Re4 22. Nd4 Nh5 23. Nf3 Qd6 24.
Qa3 $6 (24. Qb3 Nf4 25. g3 $1 Ne2+ 26. Kg2 d4 $13) 24... Qxa3 25. bxa3 Nf6 26.
g3 Rc4 27. Rxc4 dxc4 28. Kf1 c3 29. Rc1 Ne4 30. Nd4 Rd8 31. Ne2 Rd3 32. Kg2 Rd2
33. Kf3 f5 $17 34. Nxc3 $2 (34. Ke3 Rxa2 35. f3 Nf6 36. Nxc3 Rxa3) 34... Rd3+
0-1

[Event "Reno Far West op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2005.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. c3 $6 {One of the moves black seems to be
insulated against.} c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 $1 {Now we have a position similar to one
coming from 3...c5 4.dc5?! Bc5 in which the extra tempo with c3 is not that
important.} 6. Nb3 Bb6 7. exd5 exd5 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5
a6 $1 {Black is not ready to sac the pawn.} (11... h6 $2 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxd5
$16) (11... Bg4 $2 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxd5 Rad8 14. Qe4 (14. Qg5 Qxg5 15. Nxg5
Rd5 16. Bxc6 bxc6 $44) 14... h5 15. Rfe1 $16) 12. Be2 {looks like the most
logical.} (12. Ba4 Ba7 $5 (12... Bg4 $5 13. Bxf6 $140 Qxf6 14. Qxd5 Rad8 15.
Qe4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Ne5 $17) (12... Bc7 $5)) ({After} 12. Bd3 h6 (
12... Bg4) (12... Qd6) 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Ne4 15. Nfd4 f5 $40 {I would go for
my usual attacking scheme.}) 12... Re8 13. Qd3 (13. Nfd4 Qd6 $5 ({I have
calculated the safe} 13... Nxd4 $6 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. cxd4 Qb6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17.
Bf3 Qb6 (17... Be6 18. Re1 $1 Rac8 19. Re5 $14) 18. Bxd5 Be6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20.
d5 Rd6 21. Qd2 Rad8 22. Rfe1 g6 $11) (13... h6 14. Be3 (14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Ne4
$13) 14... Ne5 $132) 14. Bh4 Ne4 $40) (13. Bh4 h6 {is my game with Langer from
Las Vegas 2001.}) 13... h6 14. Bh4 g5 $1 {This is the simplest attacking
scheme for black.} (14... Re4 $6 15. Nbd2) 15. Bg3 Ne4 16. Nfd4 f5 $1 {
Consistent.} (16... Nxg3 $6 17. fxg3 $1) (16... Bxd4 $5 17. Nxd4 (17. cxd4 Nb4
(17... Bf5 18. Rae1 Qb6 19. Qd1 Nb4 $40) 18. Qd1 Bf5 19. Nc5 Nxg3 20. hxg3 b6
$36) 17... Nxd4 18. cxd4 Bf5 19. Qf3 Bg6 $36) (16... Nxd4 17. cxd4 Bf5 18. Qf3
Qd7 $15) 17. Bh5 $5 (17. f3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Ne5 $17) (17. f4 Nxg3 $1 (17... Nxd4
18. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 19. cxd4 Bd7 20. a4 g4 21. Be1 $15) 18. hxg3 Qf6 $1 (18... g4 $2
19. Bxg4 $11 {ends up in a perpetual.}) 19. fxg5 hxg5 20. Bf3 Be6 $17) 17...
Re7 {The e line is important so the rook should stay there.} (17... f4 $2 18.
Bxe8 Qxe8 19. f3 Nxd4 20. cxd4 fxg3 21. fxe4 gxh2+ 22. Kh1 dxe4 23. Qg3 $16) (
17... Rf8 18. f4 $132) 18. h3 $2 {A very bad idea! The bishop on h2 will
become a silent bystander.} (18. f4 Qd6 19. Kh1 Bd7 $13) 18... f4 19. Bh2 Ne5 (
19... Qd6 20. Rad1 Bd7 $17) 20. Qc2 Bd7 {Keeping in mind Ba4 for the future.} (
20... Qd6 $5 {was perfectly possible.}) 21. Rad1 Qf8 22. Nc1 (22. Nf3 $2 Bb5
$19) (22. Nd2 Nf6 23. Be2 Bxd4 24. cxd4 Rc8 25. Qb3 Nc6 $17) 22... Qf6 $17 {
After having taken important measures against Qb3 black is in full control of
the game.} 23. Rfe1 (23. Qb3 Nc4 $17) 23... Be8 $1 24. Be2 {Bishops exchange
surrenders the e line.} (24. Bxe8 Raxe8 25. f3 Ng3 $1 (25... Nxc3 26. bxc3
Bxd4+ 27. cxd4 Nxf3+ 28. gxf3 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 30. Kf2 Re7 $17) 26. Bxg3
fxg3 27. Re2 (27. Kh1 Bxd4 28. cxd4 Ng4 $1 29. Rxe7 Qxe7 30. Rf1 Qe1 31. Qg6+
Kh8 $19) 27... Nc4 $19) 24... Bg6 25. Qb3 Nc5 26. Qa3 Rae8 $17 {White is
totally tied.} 27. Kf1 $2 {He cracked under the pressure.} (27. Rf1 $8 Nc4 28.
Qb4 Bf7 $17) 27... Ne4 $5 {This looked even easier than} ({the obvious} 27...
Nc4 28. Bxc4 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 30. Kxe1 dxc4 $19) 28. f3 $2 (28. Qb3 Nc4 29.
Kg1 Ned2 30. Qb4 Bxd4 31. cxd4 Qxd4 $19) (28. Kg1 g4 $3 {was my humble
intention!} (28... Nd2 29. Rxd2 Nc4 30. Bxc4 Rxe1+ 31. Bf1 Rxc1 $19) (28... Nc6
29. Qb3 Nxd4 30. cxd4 Rd8 $19) 29. hxg4 Nxf2 30. Kxf2 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 Nxg4 32.
Bxf4 Qf2+ 33. Kh1 Be4 $19 {delivers checkmate.}) 28... Nc4 $19 29. Bxc4 Nd2+ {
The point!} 30. Rxd2 Rxe1+ 31. Kf2 dxc4 32. Nce2 Rh1 {Just take a look at the
fate of Bh2.} 33. Qa4 Qe5 $2 {Missing a mate in 4 is always a bad sign!} (33...
Rxe2+ $1 34. Rxe2 Bxd4+ $19 (34... Qxd4+ 35. cxd4 Bxd4+ 36. Re3 Bxe3+ 37. Ke2
Bd3#)) ({even} 33... Qe6 {was a better move.}) 34. Qxc4+ Bf7 (34... Bf7 35. Qd3
Qe3+ 36. Qxe3 fxe3+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Gagra Training Tournament"]
[Site "Gagra"]
[Date "1953.05.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[Annotator "Averbakh,Y"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1953.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. Ngf3 Nf6 8.
O-O $6 (8. dxc5 $1) 8... O-O 9. dxc5 Re8 10. Nb3 Bxc5 11. Qd3 Bb6 12. Bg5 $6 (
12. Bxd7 $142) 12... Bxb5 (12... Nc6 13. a4 h6 14. Bh4 a6 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16.
Nfd4 Re4 $1 $17 {Prandstetter,E-Uhlmann,W/Decin 1977}) 13. Qxb5 Nbd7 14. Nbd4
$6 (14. Rae1 $142 Qc7 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Qd3 $10) 14... Re4 $1 15. Rad1 Qc7 16.
c3 Rae8 17. Nf5 $2 (17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qd3 {/\ 19.Nd2 Sg4 20.Qh3}) 17... a6 18.
Qb3 (18. Qd3) 18... Re2 19. N3d4 $6 (19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. N5d4 $15) 19... Nc5 20.
Qa3 Ng4 $1 21. Ng3 Rxf2 $1 22. Rxf2 Nxf2 23. Kxf2 Qe5 $1 24. Bc1 $2 (24. Bd2
Nd3+ 25. Kf1 Bxd4 26. cxd4 Qf6+ 27. Kg1 Qf2+ 28. Kh1 Ne1 $1 $19) (24. Qb4 Qxg5
25. Qxb6 Qe3+ 26. Kf1 Nd3 $19) (24. Nf3 Ne4+ 25. Ke1 $1 (25. Kf1 $2 Qxg3 $1)
25... Qe6 26. Nxe4 h6 $3 27. Qa4 Qxe4+ (27... dxe4 $2 28. Rd6 $1) 28. Qxe4 dxe4
29. Nd4 hxg5 $17) (24. h4 h6 25. Bc1 Qf6+ 26. Kg1 Qxh4 27. Nge2 (27. Ngf5 Re1+
28. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 29. Kh2 Qxc1 $19) (27. Ndf5 Nd3+ 28. Kf1 Qh2 29. Be3 Bxe3 30.
Nxe3 Rxe3 $19) (27. Nf1 Qg4 28. Rd2 Re1 29. b4 Ne4 30. Rd3 Qe2 31. Rf3 Ng3 $19)
27... Rxe2 28. Nxe2 Nd3+ 29. Nd4 Qf2+ 30. Kh1 Ne1 31. Rd2 Qf1+ 32. Kh2 Bc7+ 33.
g3 Be5 34. Re2 Bxd4 35. Rxe1 Bg1+ 36. Kh1 Qxe1 $19) (24. b4 $1 Qxg5 $1 (24...
Ne6 $2 25. Be3 f5 26. Ndxf5 Qf4+ 27. Ke2) (24... Ne4+ 25. Nxe4 Qxe4 26. Qc1 $18
) 25. bxc5 Qe3+ 26. Kf1 Qf4+ 27. Kg1 Qe3+ $10) 24... Qf6+ 25. Kg1 $6 (25. Nf3
$142 Qg6 $1 {/\ 26... Ne4+ 27.Kf1 Qxg3} 26. Kg1 (26. Nd4 Qg4 $1) 26... Qc2 27.
Rf1 Nd3+ 28. Kh1 (28. Nd4 Ne1 $1) 28... Nf2+ 29. Kg1 Nd1+ 30. Kh1 (30. Nd4 Re1
$1) 30... Qxc1 31. Nd4 (31. Qa4 Nf2+ 32. Kg1 Qe3) 31... Re1 $1 32. Qd6 h5 33.
Qxb6 Ne3 $19) 25... Nd3 $1 $19 26. h3 (26. Nh1 Re2 27. Qa4 Qe5 28. Ng3 Re1+ 29.
Nf1 Qe2 30. Rxe1 Qf2+ 31. Kh1 Qxe1 $19) 26... Re1+ 27. Kh2 Rxd1 28. Qa4 Re1 29.
Bd2 Nc5 30. Qb4 Re8 31. Bg5 Qxg5 32. Qxb6 Ne4 33. Nxe4 Rxe4 34. Nf3 Qe7 0-1

[Event "CRO-ch"]
[Site "Slavonski Brod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rogic, Davor"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Vlatko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Ba7 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Re8 13. Qd3 Bg4 14. Rfe1
Nc6 15. c3 Qb6 16. Bf1 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 {This position is characteristic for this
line in the French Defence. Black has gotten rid of both his B, which usually
gives him good play, as the N feel very comfortable in the centre, supported
by the d5P.} a5 {Attack upon the the b2P is a typical idea in such positions.
Defending the pawn, White misses another dangerous threat.} 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19.
Qf4 a4 $1 20. Qxa4 Ne4 $19 {White collapses on the vulnerable f2-square.} 21.
Nd4 Qxb2 22. Nc2 Qb6 23. Bd3 Qxf2+ 24. Kh1 Nc5 25. Qb5 Nxd3 26. Qxd3 Re2 27.
Qxe2 Qxe2 28. Re1 Qe6 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Kg1 Kf7 31. Kf2 e5 32. Ke3 Ke6 33. Kd3
h5 34. a4 Na5 35. Ne3 b6 36. Nd1 Nb3 37. Nb2 Nc5+ 38. Ke3 g5 39. g3 Kf5 40. Kf3
g4+ 41. Ke3 Ke6 42. Kd2 Kd6 43. Ke3 Kc6 44. Kd2 Kb7 45. Kc2 Ka6 46. Kd2 Ka5 47.
Kc2 Ka6 48. Kd2 Kb7 49. Kc2 Kc6 50. Kd2 Kd6 51. Ke3 Ke6 52. Kd2 Kf6 53. Ke2 e4
54. Kd2 Ke5 55. Ke2 Ne6 56. c4 d4 57. c5 bxc5 58. a5 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Bareev,E"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 Qd7 11. N2f3 O-O 12. Bf4 Rfe8 13. Ne5 Qa4 $1 (
13... Qc8 14. Qf3 Nce4 15. Rad1 Bd6 16. Nd3 Qc4 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Ne3 Qa4 19. Be5
Rad8 20. a3 Nd7 21. Bf4 Ndf6 22. Be5 {0,5/Tiviakov,S-Bareev,E/Beograd/1993/})
14. c3 Bd6 15. Ng6 $1 (15. Re1 $2 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 Na4 17. Rb1 Nh5 $19) 15... Qd7
(15... Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 hxg6 17. Bxd6 Na4 18. Ba3 $14) 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Nh4 g6
18. Nhf3 a6 $1 19. Qc2 b5 20. Rfe1 Na4 21. g3 Re4 (21... Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Re8 23.
Rd1 $1 $14) 22. Nd2 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rxe8+ (24. Rd1 Nb6 $10) 24... Nxe8
25. Nf1 Nf6 26. Ne3 Nb6 27. Qd3 (27. b3 Nbd7 {/\ Nc5-e4=}) 27... Nc4 28. Nxc4 (
28. Nxc4 dxc4 29. Qe2 {/\ a4=}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Bareev,E"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qe2+ Be7 8.
dxc5 O-O 9. Nb3 Re8 10. Be3 a6 11. Bd3 a5 12. a4 Ng4 13. O-O Na6 14. Bxa6 (14.
Bd4 $5) 14... Rxa6 15. Rfd1 Nxe3 16. fxe3 (16. Qxe3 Bf6 17. Qc1 $44) 16... Qc8
$1 (16... Qc7 17. Rxd5 Be6 18. Qb5 Bxd5 19. Qxe8+ Bf8 20. Qe5 Qxe5 21. Nxe5
Bxb3 (21... Re6 22. Nd3 Bxb3 23. cxb3 Rxe3 24. Rd1 $14) 22. cxb3 Bxc5 23. Nc4
$14) 17. Rxd5 Be6 18. Re5 Bf6 19. Re4 Bxb2 20. Rd1 (20. Rb1 Bf6 21. Qb5 Bd7 $10
) 20... f5 $1 21. Rf4 Bf6 (21... Bxb3 22. cxb3 Qxc5 23. Nd4 (23. Rc4 Qxe3+ 24.
Qxe3 Rxe3 25. Rc8+ Kf7 26. Rd7+ $13) 23... Bxd4 24. exd4 Rxe2 25. dxc5 $14) 22.
Nfd4 Bxd4 23. Rfxd4 Bxb3 24. cxb3 Qxc5 $10 25. Rd5 Qxe3+ 26. Qxe3 Rxe3 27. Rxf5
h6 28. Rb5 Rg6 $1 29. Rd2 (29. Rxb7 Re2 30. g3 Rc6 $10) 29... b6 30. h4 Kh7 31.
h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Be2 {
Dvoiris,S} (7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 $14 {Akopian,V-Rosentalis,E/
URS-YM Tbilisi/1989/remis/38/ ->}) 7... Nc6 8. O-O c4 9. Re1 Be7 10. b3 cxb3
11. axb3 O-O 12. Ba3 Bxa3 13. Rxa3 Re8 14. Nf1 Ne4 $10 15. Qa1 Nb4 16. Qb2 Rc8
17. c4 a5 18. Ne3 b6 19. Raa1 Qf6 20. Bf1 Be6 21. Ne5 Red8 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ (7.
Be2 Nc6 8. O-O c4 $10 {Serper,G-Ropsentalis,E/URS-YM Tbilisi/1989/remis/21/ ->}
) 7... Nbxd7 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 Qd7 11. N2b3 Nce4 12. f3 (12. Qf3
O-O 13. Nf5 Bd8 14. Be3 g6 15. Ng3 Re8 $10 {Ivanchuk,V-Ulibin,M/Sochi/1986/})
12... Nd6 13. Nc5 Qc7 14. Nd3 O-O 15. b3 Rac8 (15... Rfe8 16. Qd2 $1 Rac8 17.
Qf2 $14) 16. Kh1 Rfe8 17. Qd2 a6 18. a4 $14 Bf8 19. Qf4 Qb6 20. Bb2 Re7 21. Ba3
Ree8 22. Rae1 Nh5 23. Qh4 g6 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Bc5 Qc7 26. Re1 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1
Nf4 28. Ba3 Nxd3 29. cxd3 h5 30. Qc1 Qe7 31. f4 Qe8 32. h3 Bg7 33. Bxd6 Bxd4
34. Be5 Bxe5 35. fxe5 Qxe5 36. Qc8+ Kg7 37. Qxb7 a5 38. Qb5 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nxd4 O-O 9. N2b3 Nc6 10. Be3 Ne5 11. c3 Nc4 (11... Re8 $5) 12. Bxc4 dxc4 13.
Nd2 Qc7 14. Qf3 (14. Nb5 Qa5 15. a4 Be6) (14. h3 $1 {Beliavsky} Nd5 15. Qf3
Nxe3 16. Qxe3 $14 {׭}) 14... Bg4 15. Bf4 Qd7 16. Qe3 (16. Qg3 Nh5 17. Qe3 Rfe8
$1) 16... Nd5 17. Qg3 Rac8 (17... Nxf4 18. Qxf4 Bd6 19. Qg5 h6 20. Qb5 $1) 18.
h3 Bh5 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. Re5 Bg6 21. Rae1 f6 22. Re6 b5 (22... Bc5 23. Rxe8+
Rxe8 24. Rxe8+ Bxe8 25. Nxc4) 23. Nf1 Bc5 24. Rxe8+ Bxe8 (24... Rxe8 25. Rxe8+
Qxe8 26. Ne3 Nxe3 $10) 25. Ne6 (25. Ne3 Nxf4 26. Qxf4 Bxd4 $15) 25... Nxf4 (
25... Bb6 26. Bh6) 26. Qxf4 (26. Nxf4 Bf7 27. Ne3 Re8 28. Rd1 Qc8 29. Ned5 Kh8
$10) 26... Bd6 27. Qg4 Bg6 28. Rd1 (28. Ne3 Re8 29. Nf5 Bxf5 30. Qxf5 Be5 31.
Nd4 $10) 28... Bd3 29. Nd4 f5 (29... Qxg4 30. hxg4 Bc5 $15) 30. Qf3 Be4 31. Qe2
Re8 32. Qd2 Bd3 33. Re1 f4 (33... h6 34. Rxe8+ Qxe8 35. Qe3 Qxe3 36. Nxe3 f4
37. Nd5 {׫}) 34. Nh2 h6 35. Nhf3 a6 36. Rxe8+ Qxe8 37. Ne1 Bg6 38. Kf1 Kh7 39.
Ne2 (39. Nxb5 $2 Qxb5 40. Qxd6 Qxb2 $19) 39... Qb8 (39... Qe5 40. Nf3 Qf6 $15)
40. Qd5 Qc7 41. Nd4 Qe7 42. Nf5 Qe5 43. Qxd6 Qxf5 44. Qd1 Qb1 45. Qxb1 Bxb1 46.
a3 Be4 47. Ke2 Kg6 48. Nf3 Kh5 (48... Kf6 49. g3 $10) 49. g4+ fxg3 (49... fxg3
50. fxg3 g5 (50... Kg6 $10) 51. g4+ Kg6 52. Ke3 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.05.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. dxc5 Nf6 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. Be3 a6 {Recommended after Baguio 1978.} (10... Bxc5 11.
Nxc5 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxb5 13. O-O-O $16 {Karpov,An-Kortschnoj,V (22)/Wch Baguio/
1-0/1978/}) 11. Bd3 (11. Bxd7 {Tal,M-Karpov,An/Montreal (07)/1979/1/2-1/2/})
11... Ba4 12. Nfd4 Nbd7 13. O-O-O $1 (13. O-O Bxb3 14. Nxb3 Nxc5 $10 {Larsen,
B-Portisch,L/Tilburg/1978/}) 13... Nxc5 (13... Bxb3 $1 14. Nxb3 a5 $1 15. Nd4
Bxc5 16. Qf3 a4 17. a3 Ne5 $15 {Yakovich,Y-Sherieshevsky,M/URS/1985/}) 14. Nf5
Bf8 15. Nxc5 (15. Qf3 Nxd3+ 16. Rxd3 Bb5 17. Rdd1 Bc4 $132 {Portisch}) 15...
Bxc5 16. Qf3 Bxe3+ 17. Nxe3 $14 (17. fxe3 $6 Bd7 18. g4 Bxf5 (18... Re5) 19.
Bxf5 Qe7) 17... Rc8 (17... Bc6 18. Nf5) 18. Bf5 Rc5 $5 (18... Qc7 19. Bxc8 $2 (
19. Kb1 $142) 19... Rxe3 $1 20. Qf5 g6 $19 21. Qxf6 Qxc2#) 19. Rd4 (19. Qf4 $5
Bc6 20. b4) 19... Bc6 (19... Bd7 $2) 20. b4 $5 (20. Rhd1 $14 {><d5}) 20... Rb5
(20... Rc3 21. Kb2) 21. a4 (21. Bd3 $2 Rxb4 22. Rxb4 d4 $44) 21... Rb6 (21...
Rxb4 $2 22. Rxb4 d4 23. Qd1 dxe3 24. Qxd8 Rxd8 25. fxe3 Bxg2 26. Rd1 Re8 27.
Bd7 $1 Rxe3 28. Bc8 $18 {Tal}) 22. a5 Rb5 (22... Rxb4 23. Rxb4 d4 24. Qd1 dxe3
25. Qxd8 Rxd8 26. fxe3 Bxg2 27. Rd1 Re8 28. Bd7 Rxe3 29. Bc8 $18) 23. Qf4 $1 (
23. Bd3 Rxb4 $1 (23... Ne4 $2 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Qxe4 $18) 24. Rxb4 d4) 23... b6
24. Bd3 bxa5 25. Bxb5 axb5 26. Rhd1 $1 axb4 27. Kb2 (27. Rxb4 Qa5) 27... Qc8 $1
(27... Qa5 28. Ra1) 28. Rxb4 Ne4 29. Rd3 $1 (29. Nf5 Bd7 30. Rxe4 Rxe4 31. Qxe4
Bxf5 32. Qe2 b4 $1 33. Qd2 d4 $1 $132 (33... h6 $132)) 29... Nc5 30. Ra3 Na4+ (
30... Ne6 31. Qd6 Rd8 32. Qe5) 31. Kc1 Bd7 (31... h6 $1) 32. Qd6 Bc6 (32... Bf5
33. Rxb5 $1 Rxe3 34. Rb8) 33. Rd3 h6 34. Rf4 $1 Qe6 35. Qxe6 fxe6 36. Ng4 $1 {
/\Ne5} e5 37. Rf5 Nc5 38. Rc3 Bd7 39. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.10.03"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 O-O 11. Nf5 Re8 12. Nb3 Ne6 13. Be3 (13. Nxe7+
Qxe7 14. Be3 a6 15. Nd4 Rac8 16. c3 Rcd8 17. Re1 Ne4 18. f3 Nd6 19. Bf2 Nc4 20.
Qc2 Qf6 21. Rad1 Nf4 $10 {Boleslavsky-Sokolsky USSR 1957}) 13... Qc7 14. c3 $14
{(Keene/Taulbut 84)} Rad8 15. Qf3 Ne4 16. Nxe7+ Rxe7 17. Rfd1 a6 18. Nd4 g6 19.
h4 Ng7 20. g3 f5 21. Kg2 Qe5 22. Rd3 Qf6 23. Rad1 Red7 24. Ne2 Qc6 25. Bd4 Ne6
26. Nf4 Nxf4+ 27. Qxf4 Re8 28. Re3 Qd6 29. Qxd6 Nxd6 30. Rxe8+ Nxe8 31. Be5 Kf7
32. f3 Nf6 33. Kf2 Ke6 34. Bd4 Ng8 35. Ke3 Ne7 36. Kd3 Nc6 37. Re1+ Kf7 38. a4
Re7 39. Rxe7+ Kxe7 40. Ke3 Ke6 41. Bh8 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch56"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1989.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 c4 7. O-O Bd6 8. b3
cxb3 9. axb3 Nf6 $2 (9... Ne7) 10. Bb5+ $1 Nc6 (10... Kf8 11. c4 g6 12. c5 Bc7
13. b4 Kg7 14. Nb3 Nc6 $6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Ne5 Bd7 17. Bh6+ $16 {Beliavsky})
11. Re1+ Be6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Ng5 Qd7 (13... O-O 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Rxe6 Qd7
16. Rxd6 $1 Qxd6 17. Ba3 Qf4 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Nf1 Ne4 20. f3 Nc3 21. Qd3 Qxd4+
22. Qxd4 Ne2+ 23. Kf2 Nxd4 24. Rxa6 Nxc2 25. Rxc6 Nd4 26. Rb6 $16 {Beliavsky})
14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Qe2 Bb4 (15... Kf7 16. Rxa6 $16 {Beliavsky}) 16. Qxe6+ Qxe6
17. Rxe6+ Kd7 18. Re3 Rhe8 19. Nf3 Rxe3 20. Bxe3 Bc3 21. Ra4 $16 Kc7 22. Kf1
Kb6 (22... Ne4 23. Ke2 Bb2 24. Kd3 Nc3 25. Ra5 Kb6 26. b4 Nb5 27. Ne5 Bc3 28.
Nd7+ Kc7 29. Nc5 Bxb4 30. Rxa6 Re8 31. Bf4+ Kd8 32. Rxc6 $18 {Beliavsky}) 23.
Ke2 Kb5 24. Kd3 Bb4 25. Ne5 Bd6 26. Ra1 Kb6 27. g4 Kb7 28. h3 Re8 29. f4 Bc7
30. c4 h5 31. g5 Ne4 32. Ra4 $1 a5 (32... Bd6 33. cxd5 cxd5 34. Ra5 $18 {
Beliavsky}) 33. b4 $1 Bxe5 34. dxe5 axb4 35. Rxb4+ Kc8 36. cxd5 $6 (36. Rb6 Kc7
37. cxd5 cxd5 38. Rg6 Re7 39. f5 $18 {Beliavsky}) 36... cxd5 37. Rb5 Ng3 38.
Rxd5 Nf5 39. Rc5+ Kb7 40. g6 $18 Re6 41. Ke4 Ng3+ 42. Kd5 Rxg6 43. e6 Nf5 44.
Rb5+ Ka6 45. Rb3 Rg3 46. Kc6 Ne7+ 47. Kd7 Nd5 48. Rd3 Nxf4 49. Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.07.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 Qd7 11. Qf3 O-O 12. N2b3 Nce4 13. Qf5 Rfd8 (
13... Rfc8 14. Re1 Bf8 15. c3 Nd6 16. Qxd7 Nxd7 {Fogarasi,T-Horvath,C/Slofok/
1990/1/2-1/2/}) 14. Re1 Bf8 15. c3 Qxf5 16. Nxf5 g6 17. Ne3 Re8 18. Rd1 Nc5 19.
g4 $1 $16 h6 20. h4 Nxb3 21. axb3 Bc5 22. g5 hxg5 23. hxg5 Ne4 24. Ng4 Bb6 25.
Kg2 Kg7 26. Bf4 Rad8 27. f3 Nc5 28. b4 Nb3 29. Ra3 Re2+ 30. Kg3 Rxb2 31. c4 Re8
32. c5 Bd8 33. Rxa7 Ree2 34. Rxd5 Be7 35. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "Bayamo"]
[Site "Bayamo"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alzate, Dario"]
[Black "Lebredo Zaragoitia, Gerardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1984.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. exd5 exd5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nb3 Ba7 8.
Bd3 Qe7+ 9. Be2 (9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Bg5 Qxe2+ 11. Kxe2 $14) 9... Nf6 10. O-O O-O
11. Bg5 h6 (11... Nc6 12. Bh4 $1) 12. Bh4 (12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. c3 Rd8 $13) 12...
g5 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Bxb8 Rxb8 15. Qxd5 $2 (15. Nfd4 Qf6 16. c3 Bd7 17. Bg4 Bxg4
18. Qxg4 Rbe8 19. Rad1 Nd6 20. Qf3 Qxf3 21. Nxf3 Re2 22. Rd2 Rfe8 $13) 15...
Rd8 $5 (15... Nxf2 16. Rxf2 Qxe2 17. Nbd4 Be6 $17) 16. Qa5 (16. Qe5 Qxe5 17.
Nxe5 Nxf2 18. Rxf2 Re8 19. Nd3 Rxe2 20. Kf1 Rxf2+ 21. Nxf2 Be6 $17) 16... g4
17. Qe5 (17. Ne5 b6 18. Nc6 Qe8 $19) 17... Qxe5 18. Nxe5 g3 $1 (18... Nxf2 19.
Rxf2 Re8 20. Nxg4 Rxe2 21. Kf1 $14) 19. hxg3 Re8 20. Nxf7 (20. Nd3 Nxg3 $19) (
20. Ng4 h5 21. Ne3 Nxg3 $17) 20... Be6 (20... Kxf7 21. Bh5+ $16) (20... Nxf2 $6
21. Bh5 $13) 21. Nxh6+ Kg7 22. Bd3 (22. Ng4 Nxg3 23. Bf3 Rh8 24. Nh2 Rxh2 $1
25. Kxh2 Rh8+ 26. Kxg3 Bb8#) 22... Nxf2 $1 23. Nf5+ (23. Rxf2 Rf8 24. Raf1 Rxf2
25. Rxf2 Rf8 $19) 23... Bxf5 24. Rxf2 Rf8 (24... Bxd3 25. cxd3 Rf8 26. d4 $18)
25. Raf1 Bg4 $1 26. Nd2 Rbe8 $1 27. Nf3 (27. Ne4 Re5 {/\ Rh5}) 27... Rxf3 $3
28. gxf3 Bxf3 29. Bf5 Rh8 0-1

[Event "World-ch28 Karpov-Kortschnoj +6-5=21"]
[Site "Baguio City"]
[Date "1978.08.24"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1978.07.18"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "32"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Qe7 7. Bxd7+ Nxd7
8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. Nb3 Qxe2+ 10. Nxe2 Nxb3 (10... Na4 11. Nbd4 O-O-O 12. b3 Nc5
13. f3 Ne7 14. Bb2 Nc6 15. O-O-O Rg8 16. Kb1 {Gipslis,A-Furman,S USSR-ch37
Moscow 1969 1/4-1/4}) 11. axb3 Bc5 12. Bd2 $1 (12. Nc3 $1) 12... Ne7 13. Nf4
$14 {(Mednis 81) "Karpov has prepared this move with several leading experts,
so I cannot bring myself to put a question mark." (Larsen 78)} (13. Bc3 O-O 14.
O-O Nc6 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Kf1 d4 17. Be1 {Matanovic,A-Ivkov,B Madonna di
Campiglio 1973 1/4-1/4}) 13... O-O 14. O-O $6 (14. Nd3 $142 $1 Bb6 15. Bb4 $1
Rfe8 16. Bxe7 Rxe7+ 17. Kd2 $36 {(Filip 78, Mednis 81)}) 14... Rfd8 15. Nd3 Bb6
$10 {(Filip 78)} 16. c3 {"White forestalls the advance of the d-pawn, which he
could now meet by 17 c4; however, it is hard to discern any advantage for him.
The active placement of Black's pieces renders the weakness of this d-pawn
insignificant." (Tal 78)} f6 (16... d4 17. c4) 17. Rfd1 Kf7 18. Kf1 Nf5 $6 (
18... Nc6 $5 $10 {(Tal 78, Keene 78, Mednis 81)}) (18... Rd7 $5 {(Tal 78,
Filip 78)}) 19. Be1 $1 Ne7 20. Nb4 $1 Rd7 21. Rd3 Rad8 22. Rad1 $14 {(Filip 78)
} Ke6 23. Bd2 $1 {"White's pieces unhurriedly take up good positions. Karpov's
plans include an exchange of bishops, since the resulting endgame holds out
some prospects for him." (Tal 78)} (23. f3 Nc6 $10 {(Filip 78)}) (23. f4 $5 Nf5
24. Nc2 $14 {(Filip 78)}) 23... Nc6 {"At this stage I thought Black had
comfortable equality, but my optimism was dispelled by Karpov's next few moves.
By impressively accurate play he main- tained his grip and lured Black's rook
to the horribly passive square QN3." >>} 24. Nxc6 {>>(Keene 78)} (24. Nc2 Ne5
25. Rh3 h6 26. Be3 $14 {(Filip 78)}) 24... bxc6 25. b4 $1 Kf7 (25... c5 $142 $5
{(Tal 78)}) 26. Be3 $1 Bxe3 27. Rxe3 Rb8 28. Re2 Rb5 29. Ra1 Rdb7 30. Rd2 Ke6
31. Ra6 {"Before putting his rook on the second rank, White wins a very
important tempo against the possible ... c6-c5." (Tal 78)} R5b6 32. Ra2 Kd6 33.
Ke2 Re7+ 34. Kd3 a6 $6 {"Being short of time, Black commits one of the most
typical time pressure [mistakes]: making unnecessary pawn moves. On a6 the
pawn is at least as vulnerable as on a7 and it reduces the rook on b6 to
passive defense." (EM 81)} 35. Rd1 $6 {"Karpov tried to blitz an opponent in
time trouble, which probably brought on this oversight." (Tal 78)} (35. Re2
$142 $1 {"... swapping Black's active rook and leaving him with the miserable
beast on QN3." (Keene 78)} Rxe2 36. Kxe2 c5 (36... d4 37. Ra5 $1) 37. bxc5+
Kxc5 38. Kd3 $16 {(Mednis 81)}) (35. g3 $142 {(Keene 78)}) 35... Kc7 36. Raa1
$6 (36. Rda1 $142 Kb7 37. Ra4 $1 {(Keene 78, Mednis 81)}) 36... Kd8 37. f3 (37.
Re1 Rxe1 38. Rxe1 a5 $10 {(Filip 78)}) (37. b3 $1 Re5 38. f4 Re4 39. g3 $14 {
(Tal 78, Filip 78)}) 37... Re5 $1 38. Kd4 Kc7 $1 $10 (38... Re2 39. Re1 Rxg2
40. Kc5 {"... too dangerous." (Larsen 78)}) 39. Re1 Kd6 $10 {(Mednis 81)} 40.
f4 (40. h4 $142 {(Larsen 78)}) 40... Rxe1 41. Rxe1 a5 $1 42. bxa5 Rxb2 (42...
Rxb2 43. Ra1 c5+ 44. Ke3 (44. Kd3 Rb7 45. a6 Ra7 46. c4 d4 47. Ra5 Kc6 48. g3
Kb6 $10 {Keene}) 44... Kc7 45. a6 Kb8 46. Ra5 Rxg2 47. Rxc5 Rxh2 48. Rxd5 Rg2
49. Kf3 Rg1 50. Kf2 Rg4 51. Kf3 $10 {Tal}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch16 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.11.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1948.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qe2+ Be7 8.
dxc5 O-O 9. Nb3 Bxc5 10. Bxd7 (10. Nxc5 Qa5+) 10... Nbxd7 11. O-O $2 Re8 12.
Qd3 Bb6 $15 {(Richmond 80)} 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. Be3 Ne4 15. Bd4 Rac8 16. c3 Bxd4
17. Nbxd4 Nb6 18. Rfe1 Nc4 19. Re2 g6 20. Rae1 a6 21. Qb1 b5 22. Qc1 Re7 23.
Nc2 Rce8 24. Nb4 Qd6 25. Qd1 Nf6 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Rxe7 Qxe7 28. b3 Ne5 29.
Nxd5 Nxf3+ 30. gxf3 Nxd5 31. Qxd5 Qe1+ 32. Kg2 Qxc3 33. Qa8+ Kg7 34. Qxa6 Qc5
35. Qa5 Qg5+ 36. Kf1 Qc1+ 37. Qe1 Qf4 38. Qc3+ f6 39. Qe3 Qd6 40. a4 bxa4 41.
Qa7+ Kf8 42. bxa4 Qxh2 43. Qc5+ Kg7 44. Qe7+ Kh6 45. Qxf6 Qh3+ 46. Kg1 Qg4+ 47.
Kh2 Qh5+ 48. Kg2 Qg4+ 49. Kf1 Qxa4 50. Qf8+ Kg5 51. Qe7+ Kh6 52. Qe3+ Kg7 53.
Qe5+ Kf7 54. Kg2 Qe8 55. Qf4+ Kg8 56. Kg3 Qe7 57. Qc4+ Kg7 58. f4 Qd7 59. Qc3+
Kg8 60. Qe5 Kf7 61. Qh8 Qd3+ 62. Kh4 h5 63. Qc8 Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.04.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. dxc5 Nf6 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. Nf3 a6 11. Bxd7 (11. Bd3 $1 {Tal,M-Portisch,L/Montreal 
(15)/1979/}) 11... Nbxd7 12. O-O Nxc5 13. Nfd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Juarez Flores, Carlos Armando"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O cxd4 8.
Nb3 Be7 9. Nfxd4 O-O 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Nb5 Be6 12. Bf3 Rc8 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd6
Bxd6 15. Bxd6 Re8 16. c3 Qb6 17. Ba3 Ne5 18. Nd4 Rcd8 19. Re1 Bg4 20. Qb3 Qg6
21. Kh1 Nd3 22. Rf1 Rxd4 (22... Rxd4 23. cxd4 Bf3 $1 24. gxf3 (24. Rg1 Nxf2#)
24... exf3 25. Rg1 Nxf2#) 0-1

[Event "Chalkidiki"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nb3 Nce4 11. Nfd4 Qd7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Nf5 Bd8 14.
Be3 g6 15. Ng3 Re8 16. c3 a5 17. Nd4 Ra6 18. Rad1 Ng4 19. Nc2 Rf6 20. Qxe4 $8 (
20. Bf4 Ng5 $1 21. Bxg5 Rxf3 22. gxf3 Nxf2 $19) (20. Qe2 Nexf2 $1 $19) 20...
Rxe4 21. Nxe4 Re6 22. Ng3 Bc7 $1 (22... Re8 23. Bf4 $5) 23. c4 (23. Rd4 Re8 24.
Rfd1 Bxg3 25. hxg3 Qf5 $19) 23... Re8 $1 (23... Qe7 24. cxd5 Qh4 25. Rfe1 $1 (
25. h3 Rxe3 26. fxe3 Bxg3 27. d6 Bf2+ 28. Kh1 Qg3) 25... Qxh2+ 26. Kf1) 24.
Rxd5 (24. cxd5 Bxg3 25. hxg3 Qf5 26. Rd2 Qh5 27. Re1 Qh2+ 28. Kf1 Qh1+ 29. Ke2
Qxg2 $19) 24... Qa4 25. Rd2 Qxc4 $4 (25... Qxa2 26. Na3 Nxe3 27. fxe3 Bb6 $19)
26. b3 $15 Qc3 27. Rfd1 Nxe3 28. Nxe3 Rxe3 $138 29. fxe3 Qxe3+ 30. Kh1 (30. Kf1
$2 Bb6 $19) 30... Bxg3 31. Rd3 $1 (31. hxg3 Qxg3 $19) 31... Qe2 32. hxg3 Qxa2
33. Re1 $2 (33. Rf3 $1 a4 34. bxa4 Qxa4 35. Rb1 $10) 33... b5 34. Ree3 Qc2 35.
Kh2 Qc5 36. Rf3 Qh5+ 37. Kg1 Qc5+ 38. Kh2 Qc6 (38... h5 39. Rd7) 39. Rc3 Qb7
40. Rfe3 h5 41. Re5 a4 42. bxa4 bxa4 43. Ree3 Kg7 44. Rf3 Qa7 (44... f5 45. Rf4
$1 Qb2 46. Rc7+ $10) 45. Ra3 g5 $8 46. Rf5 Kg6 47. Rb5 h4 48. Rb4 (48. gxh4 $5)
48... hxg3+ 49. Kxg3 Qg1 (49... Qc7+ 50. Kh3 $1 (50. Kf3 $2 Qc6+ 51. Kg3 Qd6+
$19) 50... f5 51. g4 $1 $8 fxg4+ (51... f4 52. Rbxa4 Qc1 53. Ra6+ Kf7 54. Ra7+
Ke6 55. R7a6+ Kd5 56. R6a5+ $10) 52. Rxg4 Qd7 53. Raxa4 Kh5 54. Kh2 $5 Qxg4
$140 55. Rxg4 Kxg4 56. Kg2 $10) 50. Rbxa4 f5 51. Ra1 $1 f4+ (51... Qe3+ 52. Kh2
g4) 52. Kh3 Qf2 53. Ra6+ Kh5 54. Kh2 f3 55. R6a2 Qh4+ 56. Kg1 Qd4+ 57. Kf1 Qd3+
58. Kf2 fxg2 59. Kxg2 Qe4+ 60. Kg1 g4 61. Rh2+ Kg6 62. Ra6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-02"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1952.10.12"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1952.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Qe2+ Qe7 $6 7. dxc5
Qxe2+ 8. Nxe2 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. a4 $1 (10. Bd2 Bd7 (10... Nge7 11. Ba5 $1 $16
) 11. Bc3 f6 12. O-O Nge7 13. Ned4 (13. Bd4 $14) 13... Rc8 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15.
Bxc6+ bxc6 {Smyslov-Botvinnik Budapest 1952/1/2-1/2/}) (10. c3 Nge7 11. Bf4 a6
12. Bd3 Be6 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Rac1 {Bajovic,M-Padevsky,N Plovdiv 1981/1/2-1/2/}
) 10... Nge7 11. a5 Bc7 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 a6 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Nc5 $16 Kd8
16. Kd2 Kc7 17. Rhe1 Kd6 18. Nfd3 Ra7 19. Ra3 Bf5 20. Rb3 Bxd3 21. Nb7+ Kd7 22.
Kxd3 Nc8 23. Kd4 Kc7 24. Nc5 Rd8 25. Rf3 Kd6 26. Ree3 Rf8 27. Rb3 f6 28. Rfe3
Re7 29. Rb8 Rxe3 30. fxe3 Re8 31. b3 f5 32. b4 g5 33. c3 f4 34. e4 dxe4 35. Rb7
Re7 36. Nxe4+ Ke6 37. Nxg5+ Kf5 38. Rxe7 Nxe7 39. Ne4 Nd5 40. Nc5 Ne3 41. Nxa6
Nxg2 42. Nc5 f3 43. a6 f2 44. Ne4 f1=Q 45. Ng3+ 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.05.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 (4. e5 Nc6 (4... d4 $5) 5. d4 {French})
4... exd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 (6. Bb5+) (6. Bg5 c4 (6... Be7)) 6... Be7 7. O-O (7.
dxc5) 7... O-O 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 Re8 12. Re1 Bg4 (
12... h6) 13. Qc2 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch01"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1985.11.19"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Renet, Olivier"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Chernin,A"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1985.11.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

{40/352} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. exd5 exd5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7.
Nb3 Be7 8. Be2 (8. Bd3 {- 40/(352)}) 8... Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 (10. Nfd4 $5 {
- 40/(352)}) (10. Bf4 $5 $14) 10... Nc6 11. Re1 h6 12. Bh4 (12. Bf4 $5) 12...
g5 $1 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Bd3 Bf6 $1 (14... f5 15. c4 $1 $16) 15. c3 Bg7 16. Nfd4 (
16. Bxe4 $2 dxe4 17. Rxe4 $2 Qxd1+ 18. Rxd1 f5 $19) 16... f5 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18.
Nxc6 bxc6 19. Bd6 Re8 20. Nc5 Kh7 $5 (20... Be6 $11) 21. h4 $1 Kg6 $5 (21...
gxh4 22. Bf4 Qe7 23. Qh5 $16) 22. Re3 (22. f3 $142) 22... gxh4 (22... Qf6 $1 {
/\ Rd8, Bf8-/+}) 23. f3 $5 Qg5 24. Qd2 (24. f4 $5 $15) 24... exf3 $5 (24... Kh7
$1 25. fxe4 Rd8 {(/\ Rd6)} 26. Rd3 $8 (26. e5 Bxe5) 26... fxe4 $1 27. Nxe4 (27.
Qxg5 hxg5 28. Nxe4 Kg6 {/\ Bf5}) 27... Qg6 {/\ Bf5-/+}) 25. Bf4 $1 Rd8 $1 (
25... Qxf4 $2 26. Re6+ $18) 26. Nd3 $8 Qxg2+ 27. Qxg2+ fxg2 28. Rae1 a5 $1 (
28... Ra7 29. Nb4) 29. R1e2 Ra7 30. Ne5+ Bxe5 (30... Kh7 $5 31. Nxc6 $140 Rd1+
32. Kxg2 Bb7) 31. Bxe5 (31. Rxg2+ $142 Kh5 $17) 31... f4 $1 32. Rxg2+ (32. Bxf4
h3) 32... Kf5 33. Rf2 Rd1+ $1 34. Kg2 h3+ $1 (34... h3+ 35. Kh2 (35. Kxh3 Kg6+
$19) (35. Rxh3 Kxe5 $19) 35... Rd2 $1 36. Rxd2 fxe3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Skopje Solidarnost-06"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "1976.02.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Karpov"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1976.02.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 a6 6. dxc5 {A simplifying
continuation} (6. Be2 c4 {is more complex}) 6... Bxc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8. Bd3 Ne7 9.
O-O Nbc6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. c3 (11. Be3 d4 $1 $11) 11... h6 (11... O-O 12. Bxh7+
Kxh7 13. Ng5+ $16) 12. h3 Bh5 13. Be3 {The exchange of the black-squared
bishops will weaken the black squares of Black. Mention, that already three
Black's pawns stay on white squares.} O-O (13... d4 $2 14. Nbxd4 Bxd4 15. Bxd4
Nxd4 16. cxd4 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxd4 18. Rad1 $18) (13... Bc7 $6 14. g4 $1 Bg6 15.
Bxg6 fxg6 16. Nc5 $16) 14. Bxb6 $14 Qxb6 15. Qe2 (15. Bc2 $5 {/\ Qd3}) 15...
Rfd8 16. Rad1 (16. Qe3 Qxe3 17. Rxe3 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 d4 19. cxd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4
Rxd4 $11) 16... a5 17. Bb1 {Karpov: !} ({Even} 17. g4 Bg6 18. Qe3 {looks
interesting with the same idea mentoned already at move 13.}) 17... Bxf3 $1 (
17... a4 $2 18. Nbd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Nc6 20. Rxd5 $1 $16 Rxd5 $2 21. Qe8+ Rxe8
22. Rxe8#) 18. Qxf3 a4 19. Nd4 Qxb2 20. Nxc6 (20. h4 {Looks interesting} Re8 (
20... Nxd4 21. cxd4 Nc6 22. Qf5 g6 23. Qf6 $18) 21. h5 Nxd4 22. cxd4 Rac8 (
22... Qb5 23. Re5 a3 24. Rde1) 23. g3 Qc3 24. Re3 Qc6 25. Qe2 $14) 20... Nxc6
21. Qf5 $1 {Karpov} g6 22. Qf6 $1 {Karpov: +/-} Rd7 (22... Re8 23. Bxg6 fxg6
24. Qxg6+ Kf8 25. Qf6+ Kg8 26. Re6 $18) 23. Bf5 {[#]} (23. Re3 Qa3 $1 (23...
Qb6 $2 24. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 25. Rde1 Qd8 26. Qxg6+ $18) 24. Rde1 Qf8 $1) 23... Re7
$2 (23... gxf5 {Karpov: ?} 24. Rd3 $1 f4 (24... Ne7 25. Rxe7 $18) 25. Qxf4 {[#]
} Qc2 (25... f6 $145 $1 $11 26. Qxf6 (26. Rg3+ Rg7 27. Qxf6 Rxg3 28. fxg3 Qd2
$11) 26... Rg7 $11) 26. Rg3+ Kh7 27. Qf6 Rg8 28. Rxg8 Kxg8 29. Re8+ $18 {Karpov
}) 24. Rxe7 $16 Nxe7 25. Bd3 (25. Rb1 Qd2) 25... Nf5 $2 (25... Re8 $2 26. Re1
Qd2 27. Re3 Qxa2 28. Rf3 d4 29. c4 $18) (25... Qa3 26. Re1 Kf8 (26... Nc6 $142
{RR} 27. Bxg6 Qf8 28. Bc2 $16) 27. Rxe7 Qxe7 28. Qh8# {#}) (25... Kf8 26. Rb1
Qd2 27. Rxb7 Qe1+ 28. Bf1 Qe6 29. Qh8+ Ng8 30. Qd4 $16) 26. Bxf5 $18 gxf5 27.
Re1 Qxa2 28. Qxh6 $1 {Karpov} (28. Re3 f4 29. Qxf4 Qb1+ 30. Kh2 a3 31. Rg3+ Qg6
) 28... a3 29. Qg5+ Kf8 30. Qf6 Kg8 31. Qxf5 Qd2 32. Re7 $1 {Karpov} Rf8 33.
Qg4+ Kh7 34. Re5 Qh6 35. Rh5 Ra8 36. Qf5+ $1 {Karpov} Kg7 37. Rxh6 Kxh6 38.
Qf6+ Kh7 39. Qxf7+ Kh8 40. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "Goodricke op 07th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. dxc5 Nf6 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. O-O-O (10. Nf3 a6 11. Bd3 a5 $6 12. a4 $16) 10... a6 11.
Bxd7 Nbxd7 12. Qd3 Qc7 13. Ne2 Nxc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Nd4 Re5 17.
f3 (17. Rhe1 $6 Rxe1 18. Rxe1 Qa5 19. Re7 Qxa2 $17) 17... Rae8 18. a3 Qc7 19.
Kb1 g6 20. Qd2 Re3 21. g3 Qe5 22. Qb4 Re7 23. Qb6 (23. Rd2 $5 h5 $5 (23... Re1+
24. Rd1 Rxh1 25. Rxh1) 24. Rhd1 h4 $15) 23... Kg7 (23... h5 $2 24. f4 $18) 24.
g4 $2 h5 25. h3 h4 $17 26. Rhg1 Nh7 27. Qb4 Kg8 (27... Ng5 $2 28. f4 Qxf4 29.
Nf5+ $18) 28. Rdf1 Qf4 29. Qc5 (29. Nc6 Qxb4 30. Nxb4 Rd7 31. g5 d4 32. Rg4 a5
33. Nd3 Rd5 $17) (29. Nf5 $2 Qxb4 30. Nxe7+ Qxe7 $19) 29... R3e5 30. c3 Ng5 31.
Rh1 Re8 32. Ka2 Ne6 $1 33. Nxe6 R8xe6 34. Qc8+ Kg7 35. Qxb7 Qc4+ (35... d4 $2
36. Qb4 Rb5 37. Qxd4+ Qxd4 38. cxd4 Re2 39. Rb1 $10) 36. Ka1 d4 37. Qb4 Qxb4
38. cxb4 (38. axb4 dxc3 39. bxc3 Re2 40. Rc1 R6e3 41. Rhf1 Kf6 $17) 38... Re3
39. Rh2 Kf6 40. Ka2 $6 (40. f4 R6e4 (40... Re1+ $2 41. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 42. Ka2 Rf1
43. Kb3 $10) 41. Ka2 Ke6 $17) 40... Ke5 41. f4+ Ke4 $19 42. f5 Rd6 43. fxg6
fxg6 44. Rd1 d3 45. Kb3 Rc6 (45... Re2 $4 46. Rxe2+ dxe2 47. Rxd6 Ke5 48. Rd8
$18) 46. a4 (46. Rhd2 Rxh3 $19) 46... Re2 47. Rhh1 d2 (47... Rcc2 $2 48. Rb1)
48. b5 axb5 49. axb5 Rc8 (49... Re3+ 50. Ka2 Rc2 51. Rh2 $132) 50. Rhf1 Re3+ (
50... Kd3 $2 51. Rf3+ Re3 52. Rf2) 51. Kb4 Kd3 52. Rf2 (52. b6 Ke2 53. Kb5 Rb3+
$19) 52... Re2 53. Rf6 (53. Rf3+ Kc2 54. Rc3+ Rxc3 55. Rxd2+ Rxd2 56. bxc3 Kd3
57. c4 Kd4 $19) 53... Kc2 54. Rc6+ Rxc6 55. Rxd2+ Rxd2 56. bxc6 Kxb2 57. Kc5
Rc2+ 58. Kd6 Kc3 0-1

[Event "Haifa"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 cxd4 7. Qe2+ Qe7 8.
Ne5 $6 (8. Nxd4 Qxe2+ 9. Kxe2 $14 {Huebner,R-Korchnoi,V/Merano/1980/ Inf 30/
221/}) 8... Bd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. O-O Kd8 $1 $8 (10... f6 $2 11. Qh5+ g6 12.
Nxg6 $16) 11. Nb3 f6 12. Bg5 (12. f4 $5 $13 {Anand}) 12... fxg5 13. Na5 Qe8 $1
{Ivanchuk,V-Dolmatov,S/Manila(izt)/1990/} 14. Rfe1 Kc7 $17 (14... Bb4 $6 15.
Qa6 Bxe1 16. Rxe1 $40) 15. Qf3 Bb4 (15... Nf6 16. Nexc6 Qh5 17. Qb3 Bxc6 18.
Nxc6 Bd6) 16. Qg3 $8 Bd6 17. c4 Nf6 18. Naxc6 $6 (18. c5 $8 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Nh5
20. Rxe8+ (20. Qxg5 h6 21. Qxh5 Qxh5 22. Rxh5 g5 $19) 20... Nxg3 21. Rxh8 Rxh8
22. hxg3 Rb8 23. Nb3 a5 $17) 18... Ne4 19. Rxe4 dxe4 20. c5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Kc8
$6 22. Nc4 $6 (22. c6 $8 Be6 23. Qa3 a5 $17) 22... Qe7 23. Nd6+ Kd8 $19 24. Qb3
Bc6 25. Qc4 Qf6 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 a6 6. Be2 c4 7. O-O Bd6 8. b3
b5 9. c3 Nf6 10. a4 Bb7 11. Ne5 {[%csl Ge5]} O-O 12. f4 {[%csl Re4]
Unterstützt den starken Ne5. Der Nachteil ist die Schwächung des Feldes e4.}
Qc7 13. bxc4 dxc4 (13... bxc4 14. Ba3 Bxa3 15. Rxa3 $14) 14. Qc2 Nc6 15. Rb1
Na7 (15... b4 16. Ndxc4) 16. Bf3 Rab8 17. axb5 axb5 {[%csl Rb5,Gd4] Im
entstehenden Mittelspiel kann Weiß zufrieden sein.  Er hat gut plazierte
Leichtfiguren, besonders stark steht der Springer e5. Außerdem finden wir am
Damenflügel eine typische Bauernstruktur. Weiß hat einen gedeckten
Freibauerauf d4.  Der schwarze Bauer b5 ist rückständig und schwach. In einer
derartigen Stellungen muß der Nachziehende den Bauern d4 mit einer Leichtfigur
blockieren und früher oder später den Vorstoß b5-b4 durchführen.} 18. Ra1 Nc8 (
18... Bxf3 19. Ndxf3 Nd5 20. Ng5 g6 $14) 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4
Ne7 22. Ra6 Rfd8 23. f5 (23. Ba3 Bxa3 24. Rxa3 b4 25. cxb4 Rxb4 $11) 23... Qb7
24. Qxb7 Rxb7 25. Nc6 (25. f6 Nd5 $1 26. fxg7 Nxc3) 25... Nxc6 26. Rxc6 Be7 27.
Re1 h6 28. Bf4 b4 $1 {Endlich ist der richtige Zeitpunkt für den befreienden
Vorstoß gekommen. So befreit sich der Nachziehende von dem schwachen
rückständigen Bauern b5 und bildet selbst einen Freibauer.} 29. Rb1 (29. Rxc4
bxc3 30. Rc1 Bf6 31. Be5 Bxe5 32. dxe5 Rb5 $11) 29... Rbd7 30. f6 $1 gxf6 (
30... Bxf6 $2 31. Rxb4 $16) 31. Rxc4 (31. Rxc4 bxc3 (31... h5 32. Be3 $16) 32.
Rxc3 Rxd4 33. Bxh6 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ ({
Zum andere Art Stellungen führt:} 7. Qe2+ $5 Be7 8. dxc5 O-O 9. Nb3 Re8 10. O-O
Bxc5 11. Qd3 Bb6 12. Bxd7 (12. Bg5 $5 Bxb5 13. Qxb5 Nbd7 14. Rae1 Qc7 15. Bxf6
Nxf6 16. c3 $13) 12... Qxd7 13. Bg5 Ne4 14. Rad1 Nc6 15. Qxd5 Qxd5 16. Rxd5
Nxg5 17. Nxg5 Re2 $44 18. Rd2 Rae8 19. Nf3 Rxd2 20. Nbxd2 Re2 21. c3 a6 22. Re1
Bxf2+ 23. Kf1 Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1 Ba7 25. Ke2 $11 {Donev,I-Panzalovic,S / Eppingen
(op)30` 1995}) 7... Nbxd7 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 {Auf dem Bret entsteht eine
typische Stellung mit Isolani der Variante Tarasch der französischen
Verteidigung.Aber hier gibt es eine wichtige Kleinigkeit:Schwarz hat seinen
schlechten Läufer(Bc8)abgetauscht und kontrolliert fest den zentralen Punkt e4.
Einer der grössten Spezialisten dieser Variante, GM Bareev, zeigt, wie man in
dieser Variante ausgleichen kann.} 10. Nb3 Nce4 11. Nfd4 Qd7 12. Qf3 O-O 13.
Qf5 {Dieser Zug scheint besser als die Hauptfortsetzung Nf5.Der Anziehende
will nach dem Damentausch die Schwäche des d5-Isolani noch spürbarer machen.} (
13. Nf5 Bd8 (13... Rfe8 14. Nxe7+ Rxe7 15. Be3 $14) 14. Be3 $11) 13... Qd8 $146
{In seiner Lieblingsvariante macht Bareev wieder ein Neuerung. Allerdings ist
es logisch für die Seite mit dem Isolani, den Damentausch zu vermeiden.} (13...
Rfc8 14. Re1 Bf8 15. c3 Nd6 $1 (15... Qxf5 $6 16. Nxf5 g6 17. Ne3 Re8 18. Rd1
Nc5 (18... Rad8 19. Nc2 Nc5 20. Bg5 $1 $14) 19. g4 h6 20. h4 Nxb3 21. axb3 Bc5
22. g5 hxg5 23. hxg5 Ne4 24. Ng4 Bb6 25. Kg2 Kg7 26. Bf4 Rad8 27. f3 Nc5 28. b4
Nb3 29. Ra3 Re2+ 30. Kg3 Rxb2 31. c4 Re8 32. c5 Bd8 33. Rxa7 Ree2 34. Rxd5 Be7
35. Rxb7 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Kharitonov,A/Moscow 1988 (35)}) 16. Qxd7 Nxd7 {
1/2-1/2 Fogarasi,T-Horvath,C/Slofok 1990 (16)}) 14. Bf4 g6 15. Qh3 Re8 16. Rad1
Bd6 (16... Bd6 17. Qf3 (17. Bxd6 Nxd6 $1 {[%cal Yd6c4,Yc4b2] /\Nc4}) 17... Qb8
18. Bxd6 Qxd6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Knaak} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7.
Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Re1 $1 {In dieser Partie wählt Weiß
den besten Plan gegen den Isolani d5 bei abgetauschten weißfeldrigen Läufern.
Der Turm räumt das Feld f1 für den Springer und besetzt gleichzeitig die
einzige offene Linie. Der weiße Plan klingt sehr harmonisch: Nf1,Bc1-e3-d4,c3,
Qc2,Rad1 nebst Ne3 und die weißen Steine sind perfekt plaziert!} O-O 11. Nf1 {
Knaak: Dieser N hat hier bessere Perspektiven als auf b3, wo er nur ein
zusätzlicher Bewerber für das Feld d4 wäre. Das heißt aber nicht, daß Weiß
reelle Chancen auf Vorteil besitzt.} Qc7 12. Be3 Rad8 13. c3 Rfe8 14. Bd4 Ne6
15. Be5 (15. Qc2 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bc5 $13) 15... Qb6 16. Qc2 Ng4 17. Rad1 (17. Bg3
{Knaak} d4 18. cxd4) 17... Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Bf6 $2 {Knaak: Wohl ein simpler
Rechenfehler.} (18... d4 $142 19. c4 $11 (19. cxd4 Bf6 20. Re2 (20. Re4 {Knaak}
Nxd4 $11) 20... Nxd4 $15) (19. Nxd4 Bf6)) 19. Rexd5 $16 Rxd5 20. Rxd5 Nf4 21.
Rd2 Qa6 {[%csl Ya2,Ye2,Yf2][%cal Ya6e2,Ye2f1] Knaak: Scheinbar gewinnt Schwarz
einen Bauern zurück und steht dann gut.} 22. g3 {Nach diesem Zug sind alle
taktischen Verwicklungen des Schwarzen neutralisiert, und der Anziehende
behält einfach einen Mehrbauern.} ({Es drohte} 22. Z0 {Knaak} Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Nxc3
$17) 22... Ne6 (22... Nh3+ {Knaak} 23. Kg2 Ng5 24. Nxg5 Bxg5 25. Rd5 $16) 23.
a3 Ng5 24. Qd3 Nxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Re1 26. Qd3 Qe6 27. Kg2 h5 {Der Nachziehende
versucht Initiative am Königsflügel zu bekommen, aber diese Diversion
verspricht kaum Erfolg, da die weißen Kräfte sehr gut koordiniert sind.} 28.
Ne3 h4 (28... Bg5 {Knaak} 29. Rd1 $16) 29. Qd5 h3+ {[%cal Yg2f3,Yf3g4,Yg4h3]
In einem zukünftigen Endspiel wird der Bauer h3 schwach. Es ist ein
interessantes Manöver, mit dem der weiße Monarch den h3-Bauern errobert.} 30.
Kf3 Qa6 31. Kg4 $1 g6 32. Kxh3 $18 Kg7 33. Kg2 Rb1 34. Qc4 Qb6 35. Rd7 $1 {
Wegen der starken Drohung auf f7 ist der Nachziehende selbst gezwungen, die
Damen zu tauschen. Danach entsteht für ihn ein hofnungsloses Endspiel.} Qc6+
36. Qxc6 bxc6 37. Nc4 Bg5 38. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1997.06.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Black "Del Rio de Angelis, Salvador Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1997.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Ne2 {Die Idee dieser
Variante ist erstens, die Fesselung Bg4 zu vermeiden und zweitens den Punkt f4
zu kontrollieren. Später soll durch Bf4 der schwarzfeldrige Läufer getauscht
werden.} Nf6 7. O-O Bd6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Be7 (9... Bd6 10. Bf4 $1 {Das war
die Hauptidee von 6. Ne2.} O-O 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 $14) (9... Bb6 10. a4 O-O 11. Bf4
Ne4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. a5 Bc7 14. Bxc7 Qxc7 15. f3 $14) 10. Be3 O-O 11. Bxc6 (
11. Bc5 $6 Bxc5 12. Nxc5 Qb6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qd4 Rb8 $132) 11... bxc6 12. Bc5
Bxc5 13. Nxc5 {In dieser Stellung ist es Wichtig das rückständige Bauernpaar
c6/d5 zu blockieren. Um dies zu erleichtern ist es für den Anziehenden
günstiger den schwarzfarbigen Läufer zu tauschen.} Ne4 (13... Qb6 14. Qd4 Rb8
15. Rab1 Bf5 16. Qc3 (16. Rfc1 Rfe8 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. b4 Nd7 $1 $17) 16... Ne4
17. Nxe4 Bxe4 $15) (13... Qe7 $5 14. Nd3 (14. b4 a5 $1 $15) 14... c5 $11) 14.
Nxe4 (14. Qd4 Nxc5 15. Qxc5 Ba6 16. Rfe1 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 Qb6 $11) 14... dxe4 15.
Qxd8 $6 (15. Re1 Ba6 16. Ng3 f5 17. b3 Qf6 18. Qd7 $1 $14 {[%cal Yd7f5,Yd7c6,
Yd7a7]}) (15. Ng3 f5 (15... Qe7 16. Re1 f5 17. Qh5 Be6 18. b3 g6 19. Qh6 $10)
16. c4 Be6 17. Qa4 $13) 15... Rxd8 16. Rfd1 Bg4 17. Rxd8+ $2 (17. Kf1 $142 f5 (
17... Bh5 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Ke1 f5 20. c3 $10) 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Ng3 g6 (
19... Rd2 20. Rc1 $14 {/\h3}) 20. Ke1 $14) 17... Rxd8 18. Ng3 Be6 (18... Rd2 $2
19. Rc1 $14) (18... Rd1+ 19. Rxd1 Bxd1 20. Nxe4 Bxc2 21. Nc5 $14) 19. Nxe4 Bf5
20. f3 Bxe4 21. fxe4 Rd2 {Weil der schwarze Turm sehr aktiv steht, hat der
Nachziehende mehr als genug Kompensation für den geopferten Bauern .} 22. Rc1
f6 (22... Re2 23. Kf1 Rxe4 24. Rd1 $14) 23. h3 (23. Rf1 Rxc2 24. Rf2 Rc1+ 25.
Rf1 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Kf7 27. Ke2 Ke6 $11) (23. a4 a5 $15) 23... Kf7 24. Kf1
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup7"]
[Site "Kstovo"]
[Date "1997.05.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yurtaev, Leonid"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Be3 b5 {[%csl Ra5]
Schwächt das Feld a5.} (12... Nce4 $142) 13. Bd4 Ne6 14. Be5 (14. Ne3 Nxd4 15.
Qxd4 Rc8 16. Qd3 $14 {/\Rad1 oder Nf5}) 14... Ng4 15. Ne3 Nxe3 (15... Nxe5 16.
Nxe5 d4 17. Nf5 $14) 16. Rxe3 {Mit jedem Figurenabtausch werden die schwarzen
Angriffschancen vermindert und der schwache Isolani d5 spürbarer.} Qd7 17. Qd2
Rad8 (17... Bg5 18. Nxg5 Nxg5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rxe8 Nh3+ 21. gxh3 Rxe8 22.
Qg5+ $18) 18. Rd1 Nc5 19. Bc3 Bf8 (19... Ne4 20. Rxe4 dxe4 21. Qxd7 exf3 22.
gxf3 Rxd7 23. Rxd7 $16) 20. Rxe8 Qxe8 21. Bd4 Ne4 22. Qa5 $1 $16 {[%cal Ra5a7,
Ra5b5,Ra5d8] Der Isolani d5 ist sehr bequem von dem weißen Läufer blockiert.
Außerdem versucht Weiß die Abschwächung des schwarzen Damenflügels auszunützen.
} Rc8 23. c3 Ra8 (23... Rc4 24. Qxa7 Ra4 25. Qb7 Rxa2 26. Qxd5 $16) 24. Be3 Qd7
25. Ne5 (25. c4 bxc4 26. Rxd5 Qb7 $132 {[%csl Rb2,Rc4]}) 25... Qb7 26. Nd3 Nd6
27. b3 Nf5 28. Nf4 {[%csl Rd5]} Nxe3 (28... Ne7 $5) 29. fxe3 {Alle drei weißen
Figuren sind besser als seine schwarzen Kollegen plaziert. Der schwache
Isolani d5 ist nicht mehr zum retten. Stellen wir uns vor, daß der Bf8 und der
Nf4 nicht mehr auf dem Brett sind, dann wäre der weiße Vorteil minimal. Jetzt
verstehen wir, daß man in solchen Stellungen den weißen Springer vor dem
schwarzen Läufer bevorzugt sollte, weil der Anziehende dadurch einen Schlag
mehr auf den isolierten Damenbauern d5 richten kann.} Re8 (29... Qb6 $5 30.
Qxb6 axb6 31. Rd2 b4 32. Nxd5 bxc3 33. Nxc3 Bb4 34. Rd3 $16) 30. Nxd5 h6 31. a4
bxa4 32. Qxa4 Re5 33. Qc4 $18 Qb8 34. b4 Bd6 35. h3 Re6 36. e4 Be5 37. Kh1 Qd8
38. Ne3 Qg5 39. Ng4 Rd6 40. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1996.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Meulders} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 c4 {Das ist eine
Lieblingsvariante von Kortschnoj.} 6. b3 cxb3 7. axb3 Bb4 8. Ne5 $5 {Eine neue
und sehr interessante Fortsetzung.} (8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 (9... Qxd7 10.
Ne5 $36) 10. O-O Ne7 11. Ba3 Bxa3 12. Rxa3 O-O 13. c4 a6 14. Qb1 Nc6 15. cxd5
Nb4 16. d6 Nf6 17. Ne4 Ne8 18. Nfg5 g6 19. Qc1 Nxd6 20. Qc5 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 a5
22. Rd1 Rc8 23. Qxa5 Qxd4 24. Nf6+ Kg7 25. Raa1 Nd3 26. Qg5 Qxf2+ $19 {Van der
Wiel,J-Kortschnoj,V/Amsterdam OHRA 1988}) (8. Ba3 Qe7+ 9. Qe2 Bxa3 10. Rxa3 Be6
$13) 8... Nf6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Bc3 11. Ra4 Bd7 12. Nxd7 Nbxd7 13. Nb1 {
Der lästige Läufer muß vertrieben werden.} Ba5 14. Bd2 Bc7 {Meulders: Es
gereicht Kortschnoj zur Ehre, daß er den Kampf fortsetzen will.} (14... Bxd2 {
Meulders} 15. Nxd2 Qc7 16. Nf3) 15. Nc3 Re8 16. Qf3 $14 {Die weißen Figuren
stehen harmonischer als die schwarzen, das reicht aus für leichten Vorteil.} h6
17. Raa1 (17. Nxd5 $5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Nb6 19. Qxd8 Rexd8 20. Rb4 a5 21. Rb5 $16 (
21. Rb5 {Meulders} Rxd4 22. Bxa5 $16)) 17... Nb6 18. Rae1 Qd6 19. g3 a6 20. Re3
Qc6 21. Rfe1 Bd6 22. Nd1 Rxe3 23. Nxe3 Re8 24. c4 Ne4 {Meulders: Zu ungestüm} (
24... dxc4 25. Qxc6 bxc6 26. bxc4 $16) (24... Bf8 {Meulders}) 25. Bxe4 dxe4 $6
(25... Rxe4 $142 26. Nxd5 (26. cxd5 Qe8 $14) 26... Rxe1+ 27. Bxe1 Nxd5 28. Qxd5
Qxd5 29. cxd5 $14) 26. Qg4 $1 $16 Bf8 27. Nf5 {[%cal Re1e4,Rf5h6,Rd2h6] Nach
diesem Zug gewinnt Weiß zumindest einen Bauern. Der Springer auf f5 steht sehr
aggressiv, räumt die e- Linie für den Re1 und die Diagonale c1-h6 für den Bd2.
Weiß hat starken Angriff am Königsflügel.} Kh7 28. d5 Qg6 29. Rxe4 {Der Rest
ist Sache der Technik. GM Svidler realisiert den weißen Vorteil musterhaft.}
Qxg4 30. Rxg4 Re2 31. Rd4 Bc5 32. Kf1 $1 {Dieser wichtige Zwischenzug
eliminiert das schwarze Gegenspiel.} Re5 33. Rf4 g5 34. Rf3 Kg6 35. g4 h5 36.
gxh5+ $18 Kxh5 37. Bc3 {Gewinnt auch noch die Qualität.} Kg4 {Meulders: Falls
der Turm zieht, folgt Ng7+ oder Ng3+.} 38. Kg2 Re2 (38... Nd7 39. Bxe5 Nxe5 40.
Ne3+ $1 $18) 39. h3+ 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 34th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1997.08.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 {Die natürlichste Antwort,
die zu größerem Schlagwechsel und einem für Schwarz etwas ungünstigeren
Endspiel führen kann. Auf 5...Nc6 kann Weiß mit 6.Ngf3 in die Hauptvariante
einlenken, ihm stehet aber auch 6.Qe2+ zur Verfügung.} 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. dxc5 Nf6
8. Nb3 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. Be3 a6 11. Bd3 Ba4 12. Nfd4 Nbd7 13. O-O-O (13. O-O
Nxc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. c3 Bxd4 16. cxd4 Qd7 17. f3 Bb5 $11) 13... Bxb3 14. Nxb3
a5 15. a4 Nxc5 16. Bb5 (16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Qf3 Bxe3+ 18. fxe3 Qe7 19. Rhe1 Ne4
$11) 16... Nxb3+ 17. cxb3 Qc7+ 18. Kb1 Red8 19. Bd4 $1 {[%cal Yd4f6,Yd4a7]} Ne4
20. f3 Nc5 21. Be5 Bd6 (21... Qb6 22. Bxg7 Qe6 (22... Kxg7 23. Qxe7 $16) 23.
Qxe6 fxe6 24. Bc3 Nxb3 25. f4 $16 {Weiß besitzt den Läuferpaarvorteil und die
bessere Bauernstruktur.}) 22. Rxd5 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 Nxb3 $14 {
Weiß kann zufrieden sein mit dem Abtausch seines Doppelbauer b3 für den
schwarzen Freibauer d5.} 25. Ka2 Nd4 26. Rc1 Rab8 (26... Rac8 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28.
Re7 $14) 27. Rc7 Ne6 28. Rd7 Rdc8 29. Rf5 f6 30. Rd6 Nc5 31. g4 {Hier verpaßte
der Anziehende seinen Vorteil zu vergrößern:} (31. Rb6 $1 {/\ 32.Bc6} Rc7 (
31... Ra8 32. g4 Kf7 33. Bc6 Rxc6 34. Rxc6 bxc6 35. Rxc5 $14) 32. Ka3 $1 $16 (
32. Bc6 Nd3 33. Be4 $14)) 31... b6 32. h4 Kf7 33. g5 Rd8 34. Rc6 Rdc8 35. gxf6
Rxc6 36. Bxc6 gxf6 37. Rh5 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. c3 Re8 12. Bh4 h6 13. Re1 g5 14. Bg3 Ne4
$1 15. Nfd4 f5 $5 {[%cal Yf5f4] Es droht einerseits den Bg3 mittels f5-f4 zu
fangen und gleichzeitig wird der starken Ne4 unterstützt, andererseits
schwächt er dauerhaft den eigenen König.} 16. Bh5 $1 Rf8 17. h3 Nxg3 (17... f4
18. Bh2 a5 (18... Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qf6 {[%cal Yb6f2,Yf6d4]} 20. Qb3 $1 Qe5 21.
Rad1 $16) 19. a4 Qf6 $14) 18. fxg3 Qd6 19. Qd3 Ne5 20. Qe3 Nc4 21. Qe7 (21. Qf2
Bd7 22. Re2 f4 $36) 21... Qxe7 22. Rxe7 Nd6 (22... Nxb2 23. Bf3 $1 (23. Rae1
Na4 $15) 23... Rd8 24. Re5 $1 (24. Rae1 g4 (24... Kf8 25. Rh7) 25. Re8+ Rxe8
26. Rxe8+ Kf7 27. Re2 gxf3 28. Rxb2 Bd7 $17) 24... Nd3 25. Rxd5 (25. Bxd5+ Kh8
26. Re3 Rxd5 27. Rxd3 $15) 25... Be6 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Rd1 $11 (27. Bxb7 $2
Bxb3 28. axb3 Rxd4 $1 $19)) 23. g4 fxg4 24. hxg4 (24. Bxg4 Bxg4 25. hxg4 Rae8
26. Rae1 $11) 24... Ne4 25. Rf1 Nf6 26. a4 (26. Kh1 $1 Bd8 27. Re5 Nxh5 (27...
Nxg4 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Re8+ Kg7 30. Rxd8 $18) (27... Bxg4 28. Bxg4 Nxg4 29.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Rxd5 $11) (27... Bd7 28. Nf5 Nxh5 29. gxh5 $11 {/\g4}) 28. Rxf8+
Kxf8 29. gxh5 $11) 26... a5 (26... Bxg4 27. Rxf6 $1 Bxh5 28. Rxh6 $16) (26...
Nxg4 $2 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Re8+ Kg7 29. Bxg4 $19) 27. Rf3 Ra6 28. Kh1 Bd8 29.
Re1 Nxh5 30. gxh5 Rxf3 31. gxf3 Kf7 32. Nc5 Rb6 33. Nd3 Bf6 34. Ne5+ Kg7 (34...
Bxe5 35. Rxe5 Rxb2 36. Rxd5 $15) 35. b3 Rd6 36. Kg2 Rd8 37. Ng4 Bxd4 38. cxd4
Bxg4 39. fxg4 Kf6 40. Re5 Kf7 41. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sandefjord Chess Fest"]
[Site "Sandefjord"]
[Date "1976.04.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rantanen, Yrjo A"]
[Black "Farago, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Farago,I"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1976.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. dxc5 Nf6 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Be3 a6 10. Ba4 Ng4 11. O-O-O Re8 12. Nf3 Bf6 13. Rhe1 Nxe3 14. Rd3
$5 Bxb2+ $1 15. Kb1 Bf6 16. Rxe3 Rxe3 17. Qxe3 Be6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Nfd4 Bd7
20. c3 (20. Qf4 Qb8 21. Qxb8+ Rxb8 22. Kc1 Rb4 $15) 20... a5 21. a4 Qb8 22. Qg3
Bxd4 23. cxd4 Qb4 24. Re7 Bf5+ 25. Kb2 h6 26. Qe3 Qxa4 $6 (26... Be6 27. Rxe6
fxe6 28. Qxe6+ Kh8 29. Qxc6 Rb8 30. Qxd5 Qd2+ 31. Ka3 Qc3 32. c6 Rb4 $19) 27.
Re8+ Rxe8 28. Qxe8+ Kh7 29. Qe2 Bb1 30. Qd2 Qa2+ 31. Kc3 Qa3 32. Qc1 Qb4+ 33.
Kb2 a4 (33... Be4 $142 34. Qc3 Qb7 35. Qxa5 Bxg2 36. Qb6 Qc8 37. Na5 Qg4 $17)
34. Qxb1+ g6 35. Qd3 axb3 36. Qe3 Qc4 37. Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis-02"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1978.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1978.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Be7 (6... Qe7 7.
Bxd7+ Nxd7 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. Nb3 Qxe2+ 10. Nxe2 Nxb3 11. axb3 {Karpov-Korchnoi,
1978}) 7. dxc5 Nf6 8. Nb3 (8. Ngf3 O-O 9. Nb3 Re8 10. Be3 Bxc5 11. Bxd7 (11.
Nxc5 Qa5+) 11... Nbxd7 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. Qb5 Rc8 $1 (13... Ne6 $2 14. O-O Qc7
15. c3 a6 16. Qb6 Qxb6 17. Bxb6 $14) 14. O-O Qd7 15. Qxd7 Ncxd7 16. c3 Ng4 17.
Bd4 b6 18. Rfe1 f6 19. Rad1 {1/2:1/2, Ivkov-Portisch, 1965}) 8... O-O 9. Be3
Re8 (9... a6) 10. Nf3 a6 (10... Bxc5 $5 11. Nxc5 (11. Bxd7 Nbxd7 12. Nxc5 Nxc5
13. Qb5 $1 Rc8 14. O-O a6 15. Qb4 Re4 16. Qd2 h6 17. Rad1 $14 {Larsen-Uhlmann,
Las Palmas 1971}) 11... Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxb5 13. O-O-O b6 14. Nxd7 Nbxd7 15. Kb1
Ne4 16. Qd3 Qxd3 17. Rxd3 $14 {Karpov-Korchnoi, Baguio m (22) 1978}) 11. Bd3 $5
(11. Bxd7 Nbxd7 12. O-O Nxc5 13. Rfe1 $6 $10 {Parma-Korchnoi, Moskva 1971} (13.
Nfd4 $5)) 11... Ba4 12. Nfd4 $1 (12. O-O $2 Bxb3 13. axb3 Bxc5 $15) 12... Nbd7
13. O-O Nxc5 14. Nxc5 (14. c3 $5) 14... Bxc5 15. Qf3 (15. c3 $5) 15... Qb6 16.
Nf5 Bxe3 17. fxe3 $5 (17. Nxe3 Bc6) 17... Bd7 (17... Qxb2 18. Qg3 g6 19. Nh6+
Kg7 20. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 21. Rab1 Qc3 22. Rxb7+ Kg8 23. Qh4) 18. Nd4 Re7 19. Bf5
Bb5 (19... Qxb2 $5) 20. Rfe1 (20. Rf2 Rae8 21. Re1 Qxd4) 20... Rae8 21. c3 Qc7
$10 22. Rad1 Ba4 23. Rd2 Re5 24. Bd3 {(/\ 24...Qe7 25.Rf5)} Bd7 (24... Rh5 25.
h3 (25. g4 $5 Rhe5 (25... Rg5 26. Rg2 Bd7 27. Bf5 Bxf5 28. Nxf5) 26. Rg2 Bd7 (
26... h6 27. h4 Bd7 28. g5 hxg5 29. hxg5 Ng4 30. Qf4) 27. g5 Ne4 28. Bxe4 Rxe4
29. Qg3) 25... Rg5 26. Nf5 Bd7 27. g4 $5) 25. Rf2 Rh5 26. Qf4 (26. h3 $6 Rg5 {
(/\ Rg3, Bh3)}) 26... Qxf4 27. Rxf4 Rhe5 28. Nc2 Ng4 (28... a5 $142 {/\
Re5-e6-b6}) 29. Rb4 Bc8 (29... b5 $2 30. a4 bxa4 (30... a5 $2 31. Bxb5 $1) (
30... Nxe3 31. Nxe3 Rxe3 32. Rxe3 Rxe3 33. axb5 Rxd3 34. bxa6 Kf8 35. a7 Bc6
36. Rb6 Rd1+ 37. Kf2 Ra1 38. Rxc6 Rxa7 39. Ke3) 31. Bxa6 Nxe3 32. Nxe3 Rxe3 33.
Rxe3 Rxe3 34. Rb8+ (34. Bb5 Bxb5 35. Rxb5 Kf8 36. Rxd5 a3) 34... Re8 35. Rxe8+
Bxe8 36. Bb7) 30. Rd4 Kf8 31. a4 $1 (31. h3 $6 Nxe3 32. Nxe3 Rxe3 33. Rxe3 Rxe3
34. Rxd5 Be6 35. Rd4 (35. Rd8+ $2 Ke7 36. Kf2 $2 (36. Rd4) 36... Rxh3 $1) 35...
Bxa2 36. Be4 {(/\ Kf2)} Re2) 31... a5 $5 (31... Nxe3 $5 32. Nxe3 Rxe3 33. Rxe3
Rxe3 34. Rxd5 Be6 35. Rd4 $14) 32. Bb5 $14 Rd8 (32... R8e7 33. c4 Nxe3 34. Nxe3
Rxe3 35. Rxe3 Rxe3 36. cxd5 $18) 33. h3 (33. e4 $6 Nf6 $5 34. c4 Rxe4 35. Rexe4
Nxe4 36. cxd5 Nd6) 33... Nf6 34. b4 $5 Bf5 35. Bd3 Rc8 36. Bxf5 Rxf5 37. Rd3
axb4 38. Nd4 $1 Re5 39. cxb4 Rc4 40. Rb1 Re8 41. a5 Rec8 42. Kh2 g6 43. b5 Ra4
44. a6 $1 bxa6 45. b6 Rac4 46. Ra3 Rb8 47. Rxa6 Nd7 48. b7 Rc7 49. Ra8 Ke7 50.
Rxb8 Nxb8 51. Kg3 Rc3 52. Kf4 Kd7 53. g4 h6 54. Rb6 (54. h4 g5+ 55. hxg5 hxg5+
56. Kf3 Rc5 (56... f6 57. Rh1) 57. Rb6 Rc1 58. Nf5 Rc6 (58... Kc7 59. Rf6 Kxb7
60. Rxf7+ $18 {XPg5}) 59. Rb5 Kc7 60. Ne7 $16) (54. h4 Ra3 55. g5 hxg5+ 56.
hxg5 Ra2 57. Rh1 Ke7 58. Rh8 $18) (54. h4 Ra3 55. g5 h5 56. Rb5 Kd6 57. Rb6+
Kd7 58. Nb5 {e.g.} Ra4+ (58... Ra6 59. Rxa6 Nxa6 60. Ke5 Kc6 61. Kf6 $18) (
58... Rb3 59. Rd6+ Ke7 60. Rxd5) 59. Ke5 Rxh4 60. Kf6 {(/\ 61.Rd6+, 62.Nc7+,
63.Rd8++)} Rc4 61. Kxf7 Rc6 62. Rxc6 Kxc6 63. Nd4+ Kxb7 64. Kxg6 h4 65. Nf3 h3
66. Kf5 $18) 54... Rc1 55. Ke5 (55. Rf6 Ke7) 55... Kc7 56. Rb3 (56. Rf6 $4 Nd7+
) 56... Nd7+ 57. Kxd5 h5 58. Nb5+ (58. gxh5 $6 Rc5+ $1 59. Ke4 Rxh5) 58... Kxb7
59. Nd6+ Ka6 (59... Kc7 $2 60. Rb7+ Kd8 61. Nxf7+ Ke8) (59... Ka6 60. Nxf7 hxg4
61. hxg4 Nf6+ {/\ Ng4+/=}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle op 14th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Blehm, Pawel"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nb3 Nce4 11. Nfd4 Qd7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Nf5 Bd8 14.
Be3 Rc8 15. c3 g6 (15... a5 16. Nbd4 a4 17. a3 g6 18. Ng3 Nd6 19. Rad1 Nc4 20.
Bc1 Qg4 21. Qxg4 Nxg4 22. Nc2 Re8 23. Nb4 h5 24. Nxd5 h4 25. f3 hxg3 26. fxg4
gxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Kg7 28. Kg3 Rc5 29. Rd4 b5 30. Kf3 Ne5+ 31. Kg3 Nc4 32. Kf3 Ne5+
33. Kg3 Nc4 {1/2-1/2 Akopian,V-Vaganian,R/Groningen WCh KO (3.2) 1997}) 16. Ng3
Re8 17. Rfe1 {TN} (17. Rfd1 a5 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Nd4 Bg5 20. Bxg5 Nxg5 21. Qd3
Rcd8 22. Rd2 Ne4 23. Rc2 Nd6 24. Rd1 a4 25. h3 Nc4 $11 {1-0 Kotronias,V-Zysk,R/
Munich op9293 (2) 1993 (58)}) 17... a5 $5 18. a4 (18. Nd4 $142 b5 {With idea
19...b4 counterplay.}) 18... b5 $1 19. Nxe4 (19. Bd4 bxa4 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 $15)
19... dxe4 (19... Nxe4 $5 20. Nd2 (20. axb5 Qxb5 21. Qd1 Rb8 $15) (20. Nd4 bxa4
21. Qd1 Rc4 $15) 20... bxa4 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 $15) 20. Qd1 Qb7 $1 21. Nc5 Qc6 22.
Nb3 (22. axb5 Qxb5 23. Qd4 $13) (22. b4 $11) 22... bxa4 23. Nd4 Qb7 $1 24. Qxa4
Bb6 $1 {With ideas 25...Nd5, 25...Ng4} (24... Qxb2 25. Reb1 Qxc3 26. Rc1 $18)
25. Nb5 Bxe3 26. fxe3 (26. Rxe3 Qb8 27. h3 Nd5 28. Re2 Re5 $36) 26... Qb8 $1
27. h3 (27. Qxa5 Ng4 28. g3 Re5 $19) 27... Re5 $17 28. Nd4 (28. c4 Rg5 29. Re2
Nd7 $1 $17) 28... Qxb2 29. Re2 Qxc3 30. Rf1 Nh5 31. Qd7 Rf8 32. Qd6 Qc5 $138 (
32... Ng3 $5 33. Qxe5 Nxe2+ 34. Kh2 Qxe3 $17) 33. Qxc5 Rxc5 34. Ra1 Ra8 35. Nb3
(35. Rea2 Nf6 36. Nb3 Rc3 $19) 35... Rb5 36. Nd4 Rd5 37. Ra4 Nf6 38. Rea2 Rc5
39. Rc2 Rac8 40. Re2 Nd5 0-1

[Event "Metz op 21st"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2003.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sprenger, Jan Michael"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2003.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 Qd7 11. N2f3 Bd6 (11... O-O 12. Bf4 Rfe8 13. c3
Nce4 14. Ne5 Qc8 15. Nd3 Bd6 16. Re1 Bxf4 17. Nxf4 Qc7 18. g3 Qd7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Yemelin,V-Baklan,V/Halkidiki GRE 2002/The Week in Chess 412 (29)}) 12. Re1+ {TN
} (12. Bg5 Nfe4 13. Be3 O-O 14. Qe2 a6 15. Rad1 Rfe8 16. c3 {1/2-1/2 Geller,
E-Petrosian,T USSR-ch Moscow 1983}) (12. Qe2+ Nce4 13. Qb5 Rc8 14. c3 Qxb5 15.
Nxb5 Bc5 16. Bf4 O-O 17. Rad1 a6 18. Nbd4 Rfe8 19. h3 b5 20. Be3 Nd6 21. Nc2
Nc4 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Rb1 $11 {0-1 Rasmussen,C-Gurevich,M/Frankfurt 2000/CBM
76 ext (47)}) 12... Nce4 13. Nh4 $5 {[н/\13...0-0 14.Nhf5|^]} Ng4 $5 14. f3
Bxh2+ 15. Kf1 O-O-O (15... Bg3 $5 16. Nhf5 Bxe1 17. Qxe1 g6 18. Nh6 $13) 16.
fxg4 $6 (16. fxe4 dxe4 17. Rxe4 (17. Nhf5) 17... Nf6 18. Re1 Bg3 (18... Qxd4
19. Qxd4 Rxd4 20. Nf3 $16) 19. Nhf5 Bxe1 20. Qxe1 $16) 16... Bg3 17. Nhf3 (17.
Nhf5 Bxe1 18. Qxe1 g6 $132) 17... Qxg4 {[н/\h7-h5-h4|^>>]} (17... h5 $1 18. g5
h4 (18... Bxe1 19. Qxe1 Qc7 20. Qh4 $13) 19. Re2 h3 $40) 18. Be3 h5 $1 19. c4 (
19. Re2 h4 20. c4 h3 21. gxh3 Qxh3+ (21... Rxh3) 22. Rg2 dxc4 $36) 19... Bxe1 (
19... h4 20. Ng5 $1 Qxd1 21. Rexd1 $16) 20. Qxe1 h4 $17 21. cxd5 (21. Nh2 Qg3
22. Qxg3 hxg3 23. Nhf3 dxc4 24. Rc1 Rh1+ 25. Ng1 Nd6 $17) 21... Rxd5 22. Rc1+
Kb8 23. Bg1 Ka8 $1 $19 (23... h3 24. Bh2+ Ka8 25. Qe2 Ng3+ 26. Bxg3 Qxg3 $17)
24. Qe3 Re8 {[н/\25...Ng3+]} 25. Ne6 Ng3+ 26. Ke1 Qxe6 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.11.22"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Lau, Ralf"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 (5... c4 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2
{TN} Qe7+ 8. Qe2 Nb4 9. Qxe7+ Bxe7 10. Kd1 Bf5 11. Ne1 Nf6 12. Nf1 Ne4 (12...
Be4 $5) 13. Ne3 Be6 14. c3 $5 Nxf2+ 15. Ke2 Nxh1 16. cxb4 Nxg3+ 17. hxg3 Bxb4
18. Nxd5 Bd6 19. Kf2 O-O-O 20. Ne3 $13 {1-0 Scholz,C-Gurevich,M/St Ingbert GER
2003/The Week in Chess 473 (97)}) 6. Be2 Bd6 (6... Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nb3 Be7
9. Nfxd4 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Re8 12. c3 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qc2 Qg5 15.
Bf3 Bh3 16. Kh1 Bf5 17. Nxf5 Qxf5 18. Kg1 Re7 19. Rad1 Rae8 20. Nd4 Qf6 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S-Potkin,V/Krasnoyarsk RUS 2003/The Week in Chess 461 (55)})
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. O-O O-O 10. c3 Bg4 (10... h6 11. Nbd4 Nc6 12. h3 Re8
13. Re1 Qd6 14. Bd3 Rxe1+ 15. Qxe1 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 Babaev,R-Baklan,
V/Saint Vincent 2003/CB05 (16)}) 11. Nbd4 Nc6 $5 (11... Nbd7 12. Be3 Re8 13.
Re1 Rc8 14. h3 Bh5 15. Nf5 Bc7 16. Bd4 Nb6 17. N3h4 $14 {Dorfman,J-Furman,S
USSR ch Yerevan 1975 1-0(60)}) 12. Be3 Re8 13. h3 Bh5 14. Re1 Ne4 $5 {[/\15...
Qf6|^>>]} 15. Qa4 (15. Nc2 Bxf3 $5 16. Bxf3 Ne5 $132) 15... Qf6 16. Qb5 Rad8 (
16... Bxf3 17. Bxf3 (17. Nxf3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Ng3 $36) 17... Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4
19. cxd4 Qxd4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Rad1 $11) 17. Rad1 Bxf3 $5 18. Bxf3 Ne5 19. Be2
Ng6 $5 {[/\20...Nf4|^>>]} 20. Bf1 Nf4 21. Qa4 Re5 22. Qc2 Rde8 23. Qc1 $5 Ng6 (
23... g5 $5 24. g4 (24. h4 h6 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Bb5 R8e7 $36) (24. g3 Ne6 25.
Bg2 Nxd4 26. cxd4 R5e7 $36) 24... h5 $36) 24. g3 $6 (24. Bb5 R8e7 25. Nf3 $13)
24... R5e7 $5 25. Bg2 h6 26. Rf1 Ne5 $15 {[Xf3,c4]} 27. Qc2 Nc4 28. Bc1 (28.
Bf4 g5 29. Bc1 h5 $36) 28... a6 29. Kh2 Qg6 $5 {[/\30...Bxd4,31....Nxg3;XQc2]}
30. Qd3 Ne5 $17 31. Qb1 $2 $138 (31. Qe2 Bxd4 (31... Nc6 $5) (31... h5 $5) 32.
cxd4 (32. Rxd4 Nc6 33. Rxd5 Nxg3) 32... Nc6 $36) (31. Qc2 Bxd4 32. Rxd4 Nxg3
33. Qxg6 Nxf1+ $19) 31... Nxg3 (31... Nxg3 32. Qxg6 Nxf1+ 33. Rxf1 Nxg6 $19)
0-1

[Event "Belfort Comtois 4th"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1999.12.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nb3 Nce4 11. Nbd4 Qc8 12. c3 O-O 13. Be3 $5 {
[/\14..Nc2,15.Bd4]} Re8 14. Nc2 Bd6 $1 15. Bd4 Qc6 (15... Nh5 $5 {(/\16...
Nf4|^>>)} 16. Ng5 $1 Nf4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 $1 (17... Rxe4 18. Ne3 $11) 18. Bxg7 Re6
$1 $40) 16. Ne3 Rad8 17. Re1 Bb8 18. Qc2 Nh5 $5 {[/\19...Nf4->]} 19. g3 $1 Qg6
20. Nh4 Qg5 21. Nf3 Qg6 22. Nh4 $11 Qg5 23. Nf3 (23. Nhg2 f5 $36) 23... Qg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "1998.04.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Borge, Nikolaj"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1998.04.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nb3 Nce4 11. Nfd4 Qd7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Nf5 Bd8 14.
Nbd4 Bb6 15. Rd1 g6 16. Nh6+ Kg7 17. h3 Rac8 18. c3 Rfe8 19. Be3 Nd6 20. Nc2
Nc4 21. Bxb6 axb6 22. Ng4 Nxg4 23. hxg4 Rcd8 24. Rd4 Ne5 25. Qg3 Nc6 26. Rd2
Re5 27. Rad1 Qe6 28. Ne3 h5 29. g5 Re4 30. Qf3 Ne7 31. Rd4 Rxd4 32. Rxd4 Qe5
33. Qf4 Qxf4 34. Rxf4 Nc6 35. Nc2 Re8 36. Kf1 Re5 37. Ne3 Rxg5 38. Ke2 Re5 39.
b4 g5 40. Rf5 Rxf5 41. Nxf5+ {[#] Black's extra pawn will bring success by
means of a breakthrough on the king's wing. [#] Der schwarze Mehrbauer wird
mit einem Durchbruch am Königsflügel zur Geltung gebracht.} Kf6 42. Nd6 Ke6 43.
Nb5 (43. Nxb7 $2 Kd7 44. b5 Ne7 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Rd7c7]}) 43... d4 44. a3 (44.
cxd4 Nxb4 45. a3 Nd5 $17 {[%cal Rf7f5,Rh5h4] the knight on b5 stands
particularly awfully. insbesondere steht der Sb5 lausig.}) (44. Nxd4+ Nxd4+ 45.
cxd4 Kd5 46. Kd3 b5 $19 {formation of an outside passed pawn on the h-file.
Bildung eines entfernten Freibauern auf der h-Linie}) 44... dxc3 45. Nxc3 Ne7
46. Ne4 f6 47. f3 Ke5 48. Kd3 h4 49. Kc4 (49. Ke3 Nd5+ 50. Kf2 Kd4 51. Ke2 Kc4
{[%csl Ra3,Rb4][%cal Yc4b3]}) 49... g4 50. Nd2 h3 51. fxg4 hxg2 0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 Qd7 11. N2f3 O-O 12. Ne5 Qc8 13. Re1 Re8 14.
Nd3 Nce4 15. f3 Nd6 16. b3 Nd7 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. Bb2 Bf6 19. Kh1 g6 20. Nb4 Qa5
21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Re1 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Ne5 24. a3 h5 25. Qc1 Nd7 26. Ne2 Bxb2
27. Qxb2 Nf5 28. Ng3 Ne3 29. Ne2 Nc5 30. Qc1 Nf5 31. Ng3 Nxg3+ 32. hxg3 {
[#] A white pawn weakness on g3 and after Black plays ...d4, a weakness on c2
as well. [#] weiße Bauernschwächen g3 und nach erfolgtem schwarzen d4 auch c2.}
Ne6 33. Qe1 d4 34. a4 Qc7 35. Qf2 Qe5 36. Nd3 Qg5 37. Kh2 Qd5 38. Qe2 Qc6 39.
Kg1 Qc7 40. Kf2 a6 41. Ne5 d3 42. Nxd3 (42. cxd3 $5 Nd4 (42... Qc3 43. Nxg6)
43. Qe4 Qc2+ 44. Kf1 $13 (44. Kg1 Ne2+ 45. Kh2 Qd1 $19 {[%cal Yd1g1,Yg1h1]}) (
44. Ke3 Nf5+ 45. Kf4 Qc1+ $19)) 42... Nd4 43. Qe8+ Kh7 44. Ne5 Kg7 45. Kg1 (45.
Nc4 {[%cal Ye8e5]} Nxc2 46. Qe5+ Qxe5 47. Nxe5 $11) 45... Nxc2 46. Nd7 Qd6 47.
Qe5+ Qxe5 48. Nxe5 {Now the white king stands poorly, which helps the black
knight to get to an advantageous position. Jetzt steht der weiße König
schlecht, was dem schwarzen Springer zu einer günstigen Position verhilft.} Nd4
49. b4 Ne2+ $1 50. Kf2 Nc3 51. a5 (51. Ke3 Nxa4 52. Kd4 Kf6 $17) 51... Nd5 52.
Nd3 {Now White's protective knight gets in the way of his own king's
activation. Der weiße Deckungsspringer verhindert nun eine Aktivierung des
eigenen Königs.} Kf6 53. g4 hxg4 54. fxg4 Ke7 55. Kf3 Kd6 56. g5 Nc7 57. Nc5
Kc6 0-1

[Event "Yerevan zt 1.5"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2000.06.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2000.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. dxc5 Nf6 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Be3 a6 10. Bd3 Ba4 11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. Nfd4 Re8 13. O-O-O Bxb3 14. Nxb3
Nxc5 15. Qf3 Nxb3+ 16. cxb3 Qa5 17. Kb1 Bc5 18. Bd2 Qb6 19. Be1 Bb4 20. Bc2
Bxe1 21. Rhxe1 g6 22. a3 a5 23. Qf4 Rac8 24. h4 h5 25. Qd2 Ng4 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8
27. Qxd5 Nxf2 28. Rf1 Re6 29. Qc4 Rc6 30. Qf4 Rf6 31. Qb8+ Kh7 32. Re1 Ng4 33.
Qf8 Rf2 34. Re8 Qf6 35. Qc5 Kh6 36. Qc8 Qxh4 37. Rh8+ Kg5 38. Qc5+ f5 39. Qe7+
Nf6 40. Rf8 Qd4 41. Rd8 Rf1+ 42. Ka2 Qg1 43. b4 Re1 44. Qxb7 a4 45. Bxa4 Ra1+
46. Kb3 Qe3+ 47. Kc4 Qe2+ 48. Kc5 Qxb2 49. Rd3 Rxa3 50. Rxa3 Ne4+ 51. Kd5 Qxa3
52. Qe7+ Nf6+ 53. Kc4 Qxa4 54. Qe3+ f4 55. Qe5+ Kg4 56. Qxf6 {[#] Thema:
doppelter Übergang ins Bauernendspiel.} Qc2+ {erzwingt Übergang 1} 57. Kb5 (57.
Kd4 Qb2+ $19) (57. Kd5 Qxg2+ $19) 57... Qf5+ 58. Qxf5+ Kxf5 (58... gxf5 59. Kc5
Kg3 60. b5 Kxg2 61. b6 f3 62. b7 f2 63. b8=Q f1=Q $19) 59. Kc6 (59. Ka5 f3 60.
gxf3 h4 61. b5 h3 62. b6 h2 63. b7 h1=Q 64. b8=Q Qa1+ 65. Kb6 Qb2+ 66. Kc7
Qxb8+ 67. Kxb8 Kf4 $19) (59. Kc5 f3 60. gxf3 h4 61. b5 Ke6 62. Kc6 h3 63. b6 h2
64. b7 h1=Q 65. b8=Q Qxf3+ 66. Kc5 Qc3+ $19) 59... f3 60. gxf3 h4 61. b5 h3 62.
b6 h2 63. b7 h1=Q 64. b8=Q {[#]} Qxf3+ {erzwingt Übergang 2} 65. Kc5 (65. Kd7
Qd5+ 66. Ke7 Qe5+ $19) 65... Qe3+ $1 (65... Qe3+ 66. Kd5 (66. Kc4 Qf4+ $19) (
66. Kc6 Qe6+ 67. Kc5 Qe5+ $19) 66... Qe4+ 67. Kc5 Qe5+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Be3 Nfe4 13. c3 Qd6 14. Ng3
Bf8 15. Qc2 Qa6 16. Red1 Rad8 17. Ng5 Nxg5 18. Bxg5 Rd7 19. Be3 b6 20. Qf5 g6
21. Qg4 Ne6 22. Bd4 Qb5 23. Nh5 Be7 24. Bf6 d4 25. Bxe7 Qxh5 26. Qxh5 gxh5 27.
Bf6 d3 28. Rd2 Nf4 29. Kf1 Re2 30. Rad1 Ne6 31. g3 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 {TL-TS:
ungleiche B-Verteilung, Taktik pur, "S-Veitstanz!"} Rd5 33. Kg2 h6 34. c4 Rd6
35. Kf3 Kh7 36. Be5 Ng5+ 37. Kf4 Rd7 38. h4 Nh3+ $1 39. Kf3 (39. Ke4 Nxf2+ $1)
39... Ng1+ 40. Ke4 Re7 41. Rd1 Nh3 42. Kf5 Nxf2 43. Rd2 Ng4 44. Bd4 Ne3+ 45.
Kf4 Nxc4 46. Rxd3 Rd7 47. b3 Na3 48. Rd2 Nb1 49. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Cabrilo, Goran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. dxc5 $6
Bxc5 8. Nb3 Bb6 $1 9. Qxd5 Ngf6 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Nf3 Re8+ 12. Be3 Bxe3 (12...
Ng4 $5 13. O-O-O (13. Nbd4 $2 Nde5 $1 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 {/\ Bd4-+}) (13. Nfd4 $5
Nde5 (13... Qf6 $5) 14. Qe2 $1 Nxe3 15. fxe3 $13) 13... Nxe3 14. fxe3 Bxe3+ 15.
Kb1 Nf6 $10) 13. fxe3 Qb6 14. O-O-O Rxe3 $10 15. Qd4 Re2 16. Rd2 Rxd2 17. Qxd2
a5 $6 18. Nbd4 a4 19. a3 {>< b4, b5} Ne4 20. Qb4 Qh6+ 21. Kb1 Ndc5 22. Re1 Rd8
$2 23. Rxe4 Nxe4 24. Qe7 Nc3+ 25. bxc3 Qb6+ 26. Ka2 h6 27. Ne5 Kh7 28. Qxf7 Qa5
29. Qf5+ Kg8 30. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Moscow International"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1982.05.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zeitlein, Michael"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1982.05.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. dxc5 Nf6 8.
Ngf3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nb3 Bxc5 11. Qd3 Bb6 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 $1 {Ist wohl noch
stärker als die Ausgleichsfortsetzung 12...Nbxd7.} 13. Bg5 Ne4 14. Rad1 Nc6 15.
Qxd5 {Das ist zwar konsequent, aber im Ausgleichssinne war} (15. c3 {
vorzuziehen. Allerdings besitzt Schwarz auch dann die besseren Aussichten.})
15... Qxd5 16. Rxd5 Nb4 17. Rd7 Nxc2 18. Rxb7 {Weiß hat einen Bauern mehr,
kann also kaum schlechter stehen? Vaganian beweist schnell das Gegenteil. Es
ist bemerkenswert, wie wenig die weißen Springer leisten.} f6 19. Bd2 Rab8 $3 {
Damit wird die aktivste weiße Figur abgetauscht. Andererseits lag es ach nahe,
den Rb7 wegzufangen.} (19... Rad8 20. Rc1 (20. Ba5 {(Fritz)}) 20... Bxf2+ 21.
Kh1 Ne3 $2 (21... Nxd2 {(Fritz)} 22. Nbxd2 Rc8) 22. Rcc7 {hat Weiß starkes
Spiel.}) 20. Rxb8 Rxb8 21. Rc1 Nb4 (21... Bxf2+ 22. Kf1 Rc8 23. Bc3 {(!)
schrieb ich damals, aber:} ({Besser ist} 23. Na1 $1 Be3 24. Rxc2 Rxc2 25. Nxc2
Bxd2 26. Nxd2 Nxd2+ 27. Ke2 $16) 23... Ne3+ $1 24. Ke2 Nxg2) 22. Be1 $2 (22.
Bxb4 $1 Bxf2+ 23. Kf1 Rxb4 $15 {Weiß kann sich vielleicht in ein 2-3 am
Königsflügel retten.}) 22... Nxf2 $3 23. Bxf2 Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Nd3+ 25. Ke2 Nxc1+
26. Nxc1 Rxb2+ 27. Nd2 {Als Ergebnis der Kombination ist ein Endspiel
entstanden, das man auf den ersten Blick als ungefähr gleich einschätzen
könnte. Jedoch harmonisieren die weißen Figuren überhaupt nicht miteinander.
Die Springer werden nicht von Bauern gedeckt, sondern müssen diese im
Gegenteil gegen die Angriffe des Turmes verteidigen. Da noch Bauern auf zwei
Flügeln stehen, setzt sich der langschrittige Turm gegen zwei Springer und
einen König durch.} Rc2 28. Kd1 Rb2 29. Ke2 h5 30. Kd3 h4 31. Kc3 Rb5 32. Nd3
Ra5 $1 33. Kb3 Rg5 34. Ne1 h3 35. gxh3 Rh5 36. Nf1 Rxh3+ 37. Kb4 Rh4+ 38. Kc3
Ra4 39. Kb3 Rf4 $1 40. Ng3 Rf2 41. h4 Rf4 42. h5 Rh4 43. Nf5 Rxh5 44. Ne7+ Kf7
45. Nc6 a6 46. Nb4 a5 47. Nbd3 Rf5 48. Kc4 g5 49. a4 Kg6 50. Kd4 Rf1 51. Ke3
Rh1 52. Nf3 Ra1 53. Nc5 Ra3+ 54. Ke2 g4 55. Nd4 f5 56. Ndb3 f4 57. Nxa5 f3+ 58.
Kf1 Ra1+ 59. Kf2 Ra2+ 60. Kf1 g3 61. Nab3 Rh2 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qe2+ Be7 8.
dxc5 O-O 9. Nb3 Re8 10. Be3 a6 (10... Bxc5 11. Bxd7 Nbxd7 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13.
O-O-O $14) 11. Bd3 Ng4 $5 (11... Ba4 $5) (11... Nc6 $5 {/\ Bg4, Ne5}) 12. O-O
a5 13. a4 $5 (13. h3) 13... Bf6 $2 (13... Na6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 $44 {^^ /\ Rg6})
14. c3 Na6 (14... Nxe3 15. fxe3 {/\ Nfd4->}) 15. Bb5 $1 Nc7 16. Nbd4 Nxb5 17.
axb5 Qc7 18. b4 Bxd4 (18... axb4 19. Rxa8 (19. cxb4 $4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Bxd4 21.
Nxd4 Qxh2+ $19) 19... Rxa8 20. cxb4 $18) 19. b6 $1 (19. cxd4 axb4 20. b6 Qc6 {
/\ Qb5|^}) 19... Qb8 $8 (19... Rxe3 20. fxe3 Bxe3+ 21. Qxe3 Nxe3 22. bxc7 Nxf1
23. Ne5 $1 $18 (23. Kxf1 Rc8 24. Rxa5 Rxc7 25. Nd4 $18) 23... Rc8 24. Nxd7 Rxc7
25. Rxa5 f6 (25... g6 26. Nf6+) (25... h5 26. Ra8+ {/\ Nf8}) (25... f5 26. Ne5)
26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. Kxf1) 20. cxd4 axb4 21. Qd2 b3 (21... Nxe3 22. fxe3 $16) 22.
Bf4 Qc8 23. Qb4 $1 (23. h3 Nf6 {/\ Bh3|^}) 23... Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Re2 25. Bg3 b2
26. Rb1 Rc2 27. Rxb2 Rc1+ 28. Ne1 Qe8 29. Rb1 Rc4 30. Qd2 Qe4 31. Ra1 h6 32.
Nf3 $6 (32. f3 $1 Rxd4 33. Qc1 Qe3+ 34. Qxe3 Nxe3 35. Bf2 Rd1 36. Rxd1 Nxd1 37.
Bd4 {/\ Nc2-b4+-}) 32... Rc2 33. Re1 $1 Qf5 (33... Rxd2 34. Rxe4 $18 {/\ Re7}
Rxf2 35. Rxg4) 34. Qa5 Kh7 35. Qa8 Bc6 36. Qb8 $6 (36. Qd8) 36... Rb2 37. Qd8
Bb5 38. Qe7 Qc2 39. Qxf7 Rb1 $6 (39... Nxf2 $142 40. Ng5+ hxg5 41. Bxf2 $16)
40. h3 Nf6 1-0

[Event "Bern zt"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Black "Bruk, Ofer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Be2 {
Diesen Zug sieht man erst in letzter Zeit häufiger. Er wird vermutlich nicht
aus Überzeugung gespielt, sondern weil 7.De2+ und 7.Lxd7+ zu wenig positive
Ergebnisse brachten.} Nc6 {7...c4 ist auf zwei weiteren Partien dieser
Diskette zu sehen.} 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nb3 Be7 10. Nfxd4 (10. Nbxd4 O-O 11. Be3 Ne4
(11... Re8 12. c4 Bg4 13. h3 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bh5 15. Rfd1 dxc4 16. Qxc4 $14 {
Dvoirys,S-Nikolenko,O/URS-chT/1988/1-0}) 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. c4 Bf6 14. Bd4 Be6
$10 {Dvoirys,S-Zlotnik,B/URS-chT/1988/0,5-0,5}) 10... O-O 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Be3
Re8 $10 13. c4 Bd6 14. cxd5 {>= 14.Tc1 oder 14.c5} Nxd5 $1 {Die Aktivität der
schwarzen Figuren kompensiert die Bauernschwächen reichlich.} 15. Bd4 $2 (15.
Bc5) 15... Qg5 16. Bf3 (16. Re1 Bb4 $1 $17) 16... Bh3 $1 $17 17. Kh1 (17. Re1
Qf4 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. gxh3 (19. g3 Re1+ 20. Qxe1 Qxf3 $19) 19... Qxh2+ 20. Kf1
Nf4 21. Be3 Qxh3+ 22. Ke1 Bb4+ $19) (17. Qd2 Nf4 18. g3 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 {19.Kf1
Db5+} Qg6 $1 20. Bxc6 Ne2+ 21. Kh1 Bf4 $19) 17... Qh6 $1 (17... Bxg2+ $2 18.
Bxg2 Qh4 19. f4) 18. Rg1 Bxh2 $1 19. gxh3 Bxg1 20. Bxd5 (20. Kxg1 $5) 20...
Qxh3+ $19 21. Kxg1 cxd5 22. Qf1 Qh6 23. Qg2 Re6 24. Qxd5 Rae8 25. Be3 Qh3 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 07th semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Yevgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Tigran Petrosian"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow CSKA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O cxd4 8.
Nb3 Be7 9. Nfxd4 O-O 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Qd3 Bf6 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. c3 $14 Bxd4 14.
Nxd4 Qf6 15. Bc1 Rad8 16. Qf3 $1 Qg6 17. Qh5 $1 Rfe8 18. Qxg6 hxg6 19. Rfe1 $16
{^^} Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Bc6 21. Be3 (21. Rdd1 $142 Nd6 22. f3 {/\ Kf2}) 21... Nd6
22. Rdd1 Nc4 23. Bc1 a5 24. b3 Nd6 25. f3 a4 26. Kf2 Nb5 27. Bb2 Nc7 28. c4 $2
axb3 29. axb3 Ra8 30. Ra1 Rxa1 31. Bxa1 Ne6 32. Bb2 Nf4 33. Bf1 Rxe1 34. Kxe1
dxc4 35. bxc4 g5 36. Kd2 f6 37. Ke3 Ne6 38. Ba3 Kf7 39. Bd6 Ke8 40. Bd3 Kf7 41.
g3 g6 42. g4 Ng7 43. f4 gxf4+ 44. Bxf4 g5 45. Bc7 Ne6 46. Bd6 Nf8 47. Bf5 Nd7
48. Kd4 Kg7 49. Be6 Kg6 50. Bc7 Kg7 51. Bd8 Kg6 52. Be7 Kg7 53. Bd6 Kg6 54. Bc7
Kg7 55. c5 Kg6 56. Bd6 Kg7 57. Bc7 Kg6 58. Bd5 f5 59. gxf5+ Kxf5 60. Bg8 Nf8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Sjodahl, Pontus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nb3 Nce4 11. Nfd4 Qd7 12. f3 Nd6 13. Nc5 Qc7 14.
Nd3 O-O 15. b3 {Akopians Aufbau.} Rfe8 (15... Rac8 16. Kh1 Rfe8 17. Qd2 a6 18.
a4 $14 {Akopian-Rosentalis/Tbilsi/1989 CBM 12}) 16. Bb2 $6 (16. Qd2) (16. Kh1
h6 $6 17. Qd2 Rac8 18. Qf2 a6 19. a4 $14 {Akopian-Dokhoian/Erevan/1989 s. a.
CBM 14 S. 57}) 16... Nc4 $1 17. Bc1 (17. bxc4 dxc4 18. Nf2 c3 19. Bc1 Rad8 $17)
17... Bd6 $5 (17... Qb6 18. c3 Nd6 {קc3}) 18. bxc4 dxc4 19. Nf2 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1
Nh5 $2 (20... Bg3 $44) 21. f4 $1 Nxf4 22. Ng4 Nh5 $6 (22... Bg3 $6 23. Nf5 $18)
(22... Rad8 $5 23. Nxh2 Ne2 (23... Rxd4 $2 24. Qxd4 Ne2 25. Bf4 $18) 24. Qxe2 (
24. Nxe2 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rxe2 26. Bf4 Qc8 $13) 24... Rxe2 25. Nxe2 Qe5 $13) 23.
Nh6+ $1 (23. Nh6+ gxh6 24. Qxh5 Be5 25. Nf5 $1 Bxa1 26. Nxh6+ Kh8 27. Nxf7+ Kg8
28. Qg4+ Bg7 29. Bh6 $18) (23. Nxh2 $2 Ng3+ 24. Kg1 Rad8 $40) 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial-19 Group B"]
[Site "Cienfuegos"]
[Date "1984.05.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pinal, Nelson Borges"]
[Black "Vilela de Acuna, Jose Luis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1984.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 8/1984 Seite 357} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7
6. Qe2+ Be7 7. dxc5 Nf6 8. Nb3 O-O 9. Bxd7 $2 {Das verliert auf jeden Fall ein
Tempo.} ({Richtig ist} 9. Be3) 9... Nbxd7 10. Bg5 $2 Bxc5 11. O-O-O Qb6 12. Nh3
$2 {Alle weißen Züge zielen nach d5. Aber die Zeit reicht nicht aus.} ({
Geboten war} 12. Nxc5 Qxc5 13. Nf3) 12... Rac8 13. Kb1 Rfe8 14. Qf3 a5 15. a4
$2 ({Immer noch bestand die beste Chance in} 15. Nxc5) 15... Qc6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6
17. Nf4 {[#]} Be3 $3 18. fxe3 {Weiß lässt sich die Sache zeigen.} ({Nach} 18.
c3 {hätte Schwarz mehrere gute Möglichkeiten, u.a.} Qxa4 (18... Bxf4 19. Qxf4
Ne4 (19... Re4 20. Qf5 $1 Rxa4 21. Nd4 Qc7 22. b3 $1 $13)) 19. fxe3 Qxb3 20.
Nxd5 Ne4 $40) 18... Qxc2+ 19. Ka2 Rc4 20. Rd4 Re4 $1 21. Ka3 ({Folgende
Variante war nun möglich:} 21. Qxe4 Nxe4 22. Rc1 Nc3+ 23. Ka3 b5 $3 24. axb5 {
-sonst matt-} Nxb5+ 25. Ka2 Nxd4 {mit Gewinn.}) 21... Rb4 $1 22. Rxb4 Rxb4 23.
e4 Qc6 $1 24. Nc5 Qxc5 25. Nd3 Qc4 26. Qd1 dxe4 0-1

[Event "Hastings 9091"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1990.12.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 Qd7 11. Qf3 O-O 12. Rd1 {N} Rfe8 13. Nf1 Nce4
14. Be3 g6 15. c3 Ng4 16. Nb3 Ne5 17. Qe2 Bf8 $10 18. Bd4 Nc4 19. Qc2 b5 20.
Nbd2 Qc6 21. Nxe4 dxe4 $15 22. Nd2 Nd6 23. Re1 Re6 24. Rad1 a5 25. Be3 a4 26.
Bf4 Rae8 27. Nf1 Nb7 28. Be3 h6 29. Re2 f5 30. h4 Kh7 31. Bd4 Nd6 32. g3 g5 33.
h5 Kg8 34. Rde1 Kf7 35. Nd2 R8e7 36. b3 axb3 37. axb3 Qd5 38. Nf1 f4 39. g4 b4
40. Rd1 Nb5 $1 41. Bh8 (41. Bf6 Qc6 42. Bxe7 Bxe7 {/\ Nc3}) 41... Qc6 42. c4
Nc7 43. Ba1 Ne8 44. Rd5 Bg7 45. Rf5+ Kg8 46. Bxg7 Kxg7 47. Qb2+ Nf6 48. Nd2 e3
49. fxe3 Rxe3 50. Rxe3 Rxe3 51. Nf1 Rh3 52. Qe2 Qh1+ 53. Kf2 Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Georgiev, Krum"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 c4 7. O-O Bd6 8. b3
b5 9. a4 c3 (9... Bb7 $6 10. bxc4 bxc4 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Be7 13. Re1 Qc7
14. Rb1 Qxc4 15. Rxb7 Nc6 16. Nd2 Qxd4 17. Bb2 Qxa4 18. Re4 Qa2 19. Bxg7 O-O-O
20. Rb3 $18 {Geller,E-Dreev,A/New York/1990/}) 10. axb5 cxd2 11. Bxd2 Nf6 $1 (
11... Bb7 $2 12. bxa6 Nxa6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Qe2+ Qe7 15. Qxa6 $3 Bxa6 16. Rxa6
Qc7 17. Re1+ Kd7 18. c4 $16 {Geller,E-Kekki,J/Matynkyla-ZSKA/}) (11... Ne7 $2
12. c4 Ng6 13. c5 Bf4 14. bxa6 O-O 15. b4 Nxa6 16. g3 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 $16 {
Mannion,S-Buchanan,W/SCO-ch/1988/}) 12. c4 dxc4 $1 (12... O-O $2 13. c5 Bc7 14.
b6 Bxb6 15. cxb6 Qxb6 16. Ba5 $16 {Dolgener,T-Liepold,S/2.BLS 9091/1991/}) 13.
bxc4 $44 O-O 14. c5 $6 {>< d5} Be7 15. Re1 Be6 16. Qb1 Bd5 17. Ba5 Qc8 18. bxa6
Bd8 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20. a7 Nc6 21. Qb6 Nd7 $17 0-1

[Event "Prestwich"]
[Site "Prestwich"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nb3 Be7 (
7... Bb6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Qe2+ Qe7 10. Qxe7+ Kxe7 11. Bd3 Re8 $10 {Wahls,M-Frick,
R/Bern zt (11)/1990/1-0}) 8. Bd3 $5 (8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bf5 10. Re1 Nc6 11. c3
Ne4 $10 {Adams,M-Dolmatov,S/Hastings-A1/1989/0,5-0,5}) 8... O-O 9. h3 Nc6 10.
c3 Ne4 11. O-O Bf6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Nbd4 Na5 14. Qc2 Bd7 15. Rfe1 Rc8 16. Rad1
Nc4 17. Bf4 Qa5 18. Qb1 Qb6 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Be3 Qd6 21. Qd3 Ra4 22. a3 Bd8
23. Ne2 Bc6 24. Nfd4 Bh4 25. Nf5 Qf6 26. Nxh4 Qxh4 27. Nd4 h6 28. f3 Nd6 29.
Bf2 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Qf6 31. Bg3 g6 32. Qd1 Ra5 33. b4 Rxa3 34. Be5 Qe7 35. Qc1
Nc4 36. Nxc6 bxc6 37. Bd4 Qf8 38. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?.3"]
[White "Hennigan, Michael"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wuppertal"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qe2+ Be7 8.
dxc5 O-O 9. Nb3 Re8 10. Be3 a6 11. Bd3 Ba4 12. Nfd4 Nbd7 13. O-O-O Bxb3 14.
Nxb3 Nxc5 15. Qf3 Nxd3+ 16. Rxd3 a5 17. Nd4 a4 18. a3 (18. Nf5 a3 19. Nxe7+
Qxe7 20. b3 Ne4 21. Bd4 Ra6 $11) 18... Nd7 $5 {Selbst diese Idee ist nicht neu;
Dolmatov hat so gespielt, aber ohne die Züge a4 und a3. Zapata konnte dann Rb3
spielen. Obwohl ich auf den Zug sehr stolz war, ist vielleicht 18...Ne4 besser.
} 19. Bf4 $1 {Verhindert Nd7-e5-c4 mit Druck auf b2.} (19. Qxd5 $2 Nc5 $17)
19... Nc5 (19... Bf6 $2 20. Nb5 Ne5 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Rhd1 $16) 20. Re3 Bf6 {
Das Bauernopfer brachte ich ungern, aber wie sonst weiter?} 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22.
Qxd5 Rc8 $1 $44 23. Kb1 $1 Ne4 $1 24. f3 {[#]} (24. Nb5 $5 Rd8 (24... Rc5 25.
Nd6 Rxd5 26. Nxe8 Be5 27. Nc7 $16) 25. Nc7 $1 Qe7 26. Qxb7 g5 27. Be3 $13)
24... Nf2 $1 25. Rf1 Rd8 26. Bd6 Qe3 27. Nb5 {Nicht so notwendig, wie ich
glaubte.} (27. Nf5 Qb6 28. c3 Bxc3 29. Rxf2 Qxf2 30. bxc3 $11) 27... Qe2 28.
Rc1 h6 {Obwohl ich mich sehr wohl fühlte, kann von Vorteil noch keine Rede
sein. Zunächst glaubten wir nach der Partie sogar an Zugzwang doch Weiß hat}
29. Qxb7 $2 (29. Qf5 $1 {Genau genommen muß jetzt sogar Schwarz das Remis
anstreben:} Bg5 $1 (29... Nd1 $6 30. Qd3 Qxd3 31. cxd3) (29... Qe3 $6 30. Bf4
$1 (30. Bc5 $4 Qxc1+ 31. Kxc1 Rd1#)) 30. f4 Bf6 31. Bc7 Ne4 $1 (31... Re8 32.
Nd6 Re6) 32. Bxd8 $1 Nd2+ 33. Ka2 (33. Ka1 Nb3+ 34. Kb1 Nd2+ $11) 33... Qc4+
34. Ka1 Nb3+ $11) 29... Nd3 $1 30. Nd4 $6 (30. Rg1 $6 Nxb2 31. Qc6 Nc4 $19) (
30. Nc3 $1 Bxc3 31. cxd3 Qxd3+ $1 (31... Bd2 $6 32. Bc7 $1 Qxd3+ (32... Re8 33.
Rc5 $1 $13) 33. Rc2 Re8 34. Bg3 $13) 32. Rc2 Bxb2 $1 33. Kxb2 (33. Bc7 Rd5)
33... Qxd6 $17) 30... Bxd4 31. cxd3 Rxd6 $19 32. Qa8+ Kh7 33. Qe4+ Qxe4 34.
dxe4 Rb6 35. Rc2 Kg6 36. Rd2 Bc5 37. Kc2 Rd6 38. Re2 f6 39. Kc3 Rb6 40. Kc4 Bd6
0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nb3 Nce4 11. Nfd4 Qd7 12. f3 Nd6 13. Nc5 Qc7 14.
Nd3 O-O 15. b3 {Dieser von Akopian 'erfundene' Aufbau macht es Schwarz nicht
leicht. Die Punkte e4 und c4 sind für die N gesperrt.} Rfe8 (15... Nd7 $5 {
Die Überführung des B nach f6 ist vielleicht der richtige Weg.} 16. Be3 Rfe8
17. Qd2 Bf6 18. Rad1 Rac8 19. Nf2 Ne5 $10 {0-1 Rowson,J-Kaminski,M/WchJM-U16
Bratislava 1993 (53)}) 16. Kh1 (16. Bb2 $6 Nc4 17. bxc4 dxc4 18. Nf2 c3 19. Bc1
Rad8 $17) (16. Qd2 $1 {[%cal Gc1b2,Gb2h8] /\ Qf2, Bb2}) 16... Qb6 $5 17. Be3 {
Der B besetzt nicht sein Idealfeld (b2), dennoch kommt Weiß im folgenden in
Vorteil.} (17. Bb2 $2 Nc4 $15) 17... Bd8 18. Bf2 Qa5 19. a4 Rc8 20. Re1 a6 21.
g4 h6 22. Rxe8+ Nfxe8 23. Qe2 Bf6 24. Nf4 Nc7 25. Rd1 Re8 26. Qd3 Qb4 27. Qd2
Qxd2 28. Rxd2 {+/=/+/-} Nc8 29. h4 Ne7 30. Re2 g6 31. Nd3 Nc8 32. Nc5 Rxe2 33.
Nxe2 b5 (33... Nd6 34. Bg3 Nce8 35. Nf4 d4 36. Ne2 $16) 34. Bg3 Ne6 35. Nxa6
bxa4 36. bxa4 Nb6 37. a5 (37. Nb4) 37... Nc4 38. Nc7 Nxa5 39. Nxd5 {+/-/+-} Bd8
40. Kg2 Kf8 41. Bf2 Nc4 42. Kg3 Ke8 43. Nef4 Kd7 44. Nxe6 (44. h5 {und Weiß
vermeidet die in der Partie folgende Festlegung seines h-P auf einem schwarzen
Feld.}) 44... Kxe6 45. Nf4+ Kd7 46. Nd3 h5 $1 47. gxh5 gxh5 48. Kf4 Kc6 49.
Ne5+ Nxe5 50. Kxe5 Be7 51. c4 Bd8 52. f4 Be7 53. f5 Bd8 54. f6 Ba5 55. Kf5 Bd2
56. Bd4 Bc1 57. Ke4 Bd2 58. Bf2 Bc3 59. Kf5 Bd2 60. Bg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 02nd final play-off"]
[Site "Bad Lauterberg"]
[Date "1979.11.27"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1979.11.23"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Burevestnik"]
[BlackTeam "Rotterdam Volmac"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Qe7 7. Bxd7+ Nxd7
8. dxc5 Qxe2+ 9. Nxe2 Bxc5 10. Nb3 Bb6 (10... b6) 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. f3 $146 (12.
O-O {Kantardzhiev,M-Karastoichev,E BUL-ch Sofia 1945 (19) 1-0}) 12... O-O 13.
O-O-O Rfc8 (13... a5 $5) 14. Nbd4 $6 (14. Nc3 $142) 14... g6 15. g4 a6 16. Bg3
Re8 17. b3 Rac8 18. Kb2 Ne5 $11 {[%csl Ge5]} 19. Rhf1 Nc6 20. Bf2 Nxd4 21. Nxd4
Nd7 22. h3 Ba5 23. Kb1 Ne5 24. Be1 Bb6 25. Bf2 Ba5 26. Be1 Bd8 27. Bg3 Bf6 28.
Rfe1 Nc6 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Nxc6 bxc6 31. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch 70th"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "1998.11.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Heinemann, Thies"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 Qd7 11. N2f3 O-O 12. Bf4 Bd6 {Der Abtausch der
Läufer ist sehr solide, aber möglich ist auch 12...g6.} 13. Bxd6 (13. Ne5 Qe8)
13... Qxd6 14. Nf5 Qd7 15. Ne3 Rfe8 16. c3 Rad8 17. Qc2 Qe6 (17... Ng4 $1 18.
Nxg4 Qxg4 {sieht sehr remislich aus.}) 18. Rad1 $14 Qe4 19. Rd2 Qf4 20. Rd4
Nce4 21. Rfd1 {Der Druck auf d5 ist nun sehr stark - Schwarz braucht
Gegenspiel.} g5 $1 22. h3 h5 23. Nh2 $1 Qe5 ({Das "logische"} 23... g4 {
scheitert leider an} 24. hxg4 hxg4 25. Nhxg4 $1 Nxg4 26. Nxg4 Qxg4 27. f3 $16 {
+-}) 24. Nhf1 $1 {Das Springermanöver Nf3-h2-f1 erschien mir während der
Partie mehr als Notidee, aber in Wirklichkeit ist es sehr stark, denn der
Springer stand auf f3 soundso nicht so gut; außerdem liegt immer f2-f3 in der
Luft.} Rd6 (24... g4 25. hxg4 hxg4 26. f3 $1) 25. Qd3 g4 ({Nach} 25... Red8 26.
f3 Nc5 27. Qd2 {ist auch g5 schwach.}) 26. hxg4 Nxg4 27. Nxg4 hxg4 28. Rxd5
Rxd5 29. Qxd5 $16 Qf4 30. Qd4 Re6 31. Re1 Qf5 32. Re2 b6 33. b3 Qh7 {Etwa hier
blickte ich etwas genauer auf die elektronische Garde-Uhr und war sehr
erschrocken - noch knapp über 1 Minute statt der erwarteten drei Minuten von
der Analog-Anzeige.} (33... Kh7 $5) 34. Re3 $1 $18 (34. Nh2 {war mein Wunsch.}
Rd6 $1 35. Qe3 (35. Qxe4 $4 Rd1+ 36. Nf1 Rxf1+ 37. Kxf1 Qh1#) 35... f5 $13)
34... Kf8 35. Qd7 $2 {Der überraschte mich und die Folge war ein grober Patzer.
} Rh6 $2 ({Nach} 35... Qf5 {hat Weiß technische Schwierigkeiten.} 36. Re2 g3 $5
) 36. Qc8+ $18 Kg7 37. Qxg4+ Kf8 38. Qc8+ Kg7 39. Ng3 Nd6 40. Qg4+ Kf8 41. Qd1
Qg6 42. Qd3 Qg4 43. c4 Qg7 44. Re1 Qh8 45. Kf1 Qf6 46. Qe3 Qh4 47. Qf3 Rf6 48.
Qh5 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1994.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Qe7 7. Bxd7+ Nxd7
8. dxc5 Qxe2+ (8... Nxc5 9. Nb3 Qxe2+ 10. Nxe2 Nxb3 11. axb3 Bc5 12. Bd2 Ne7
13. Nf4 O-O 14. Nd3 Bb6 15. Bb4 Rfe8 16. Bxe7 Rxe7+ 17. Kd2 $14) 9. Nxe2 Bxc5
10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. f3 O-O 13. O-O-O Rac8 (13... Rfc8 14. Nbd4 $6 (14.
Nc3 $1) 14... g6 15. g4 a6 16. Bg3 Re8 17. b3 Rac8 18. Kb2 Ne5 $10 {Balashov,
Y-Kortschnoj,V/Bad Lauterberg/1979/}) (13... a5 $5) (13... Nc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5
15. Rd3 $14) 14. Nc3 $1 $16 {6...Qe7 bleibt eine zweifelhafte Variante. A hard
blow against the line with 6...Qe7.} Rc4 15. Bg3 Rfc8 (15... Be3+ 16. Kb1 Nb6
17. Na5 $18) 16. Kb1 d4 $6 (16... Nf8 17. Rhe1 Ne6 18. Be5 d4 19. Nb5 Rxc2 20.
Nd6 R8c6 21. Nf5 R6c4 (21... Kh8 $5) 22. Nd2 Rc5 23. Bd6 Rxb2+ 24. Kxb2 Rxf5
25. Re5 $16 {Beliavsky}) 17. Nb5 $18 Rxc2 18. Nd6 R8c6 19. Nf5 Nd5 (19... R6c4
20. Nd2 $18) 20. Nbxd4 Rxg2 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Rhe1 N7f6 23. Nh4 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petkevich, Jusefs"]
[Black "Zlochevskij, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. dxc5 Nf6 8.
Ngf3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bxd7 Nbxd7 11. Nb3 Bxc5 12. Qb5 $6 $146 (12. Qd3 $10)
12... Bb6 13. Bf4 $2 Re4 $1 14. Be3 (14. Bg5 $6 Rc4 {/\ 15...Rxc2, 15...a6})
14... Bxe3 15. fxe3 Nb6 $17 {>< Pe3} 16. Rfe1 (16. Nc5 Rxe3 17. Nxb7 Qc7 18.
Nc5 Nc4 $17) 16... Qe7 17. Qc5 Qe8 18. Nbd2 Re7 19. c3 Na4 20. Qb4 b6 21. Nf1
Rc8 22. Rad1 h6 23. Rd4 Nc5 24. N3d2 Re6 25. h3 Rc7 26. a4 Nb7 $1 {/\ Nd6-f5}
27. c4 Rc5 28. Nb3 $6 (28. cxd5 Nxd5 29. Qb3 Na5 30. Qd3 (30. Qa3 Nc6 $17)
30... Nc6 $1 $19) 28... a5 $19 29. Qd2 (29. Qc3 Rc7 $19) 29... Rxc4 30. Rxc4
dxc4 31. Nd4 Rd6 32. Qd1 Nc5 33. Ng3 Nxa4 34. Ngf5 Rd5 35. e4 Re5 36. Nd6 Qd7
37. Nxc4 Rxe4 38. Rxe4 Nxe4 39. Ne5 Nxb2 40. Nxd7 Nxd1 41. Nxb6 Ndc3 42. Kf1 a4
43. Nc2 Kf8 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. dxc5 Nf6 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Be3 a6 10. Ba4 $146 Ne5 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. Nf3 Nc4 14.
Bd4 Ne4 {Einsteller?} (14... Rad8) 15. Bxg7 $1 Rfe8 $1 16. Bd4 $1 (16. Qxc4
dxc4 17. Rxd7 cxb3 18. Bd4 bxa2 19. b4 Rad8 $36) (16. Qxe4 Bg5+ 17. Nxg5 Rxe4
18. Nxe4 Kxg7 19. Nc3 $13) 16... Nc3 $1 17. Qd3 $16 (17. bxc3 Qa4 $1 (17...
Bg5+ 18. Be3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Rxe3 20. Qd2 $18) 18. Rd3 Qxa2 $40) 17... Nxd1 18.
Rxd1 Qg4 19. h3 Qg6 20. Bc3 Bf8 21. Qxd5 Bh6+ 22. Kb1 Qe4 23. Qh5 Qg6 24. Qh4
Re2 25. Nbd4 Re4 26. g4 Bf8 27. Nf5 Rae8 28. a4 (28. Rd8 $5 Bxc5 $2 29. Ne5 $1
$18) 28... Bxc5 29. Rd7 Bf8 30. Rxb7 h6 31. Ng3 $2 Rf4 32. Nd4 $2 (32. Ne1 Rxf2
$13) 32... Rxd4 $1 33. Nh5 (33. Bxd4 Nd2+ 34. Kc1 (34. Ka2 Qxc2 $19) 34... Nf3
$19) 33... Nd2+ 34. Bxd2 Rxd2 35. Nf6+ Kh8 (35... Kh8 36. Nxe8 Qxc2+ $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Carlsson, Pontus"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sollentuna"]
[BlackTeam "Kiseljak"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 c4 7. O-O Bd6 8. Re1
Ne7 9. b3 b5 10. a4 Bb7 {Apart from this natural move black, I think, can play
10...c3 11.Nf1 b4 hoping in spite of big lead in development of white to hold
the position and then eventually to exploit his space advantage.} 11. bxc4 bxc4
12. Bxc4 $5 (12. Ba3 {would lead to a position with about equal chances. The
piece sacrifice had been introduced into practice by famous grandmaster Efim
Geller, who managed to win this way a number of spectacular lightning games.})
12... dxc4 13. Nxc4 {Here after} (13. Nxc4 Nbc6 14. Nxd6+ Qxd6 15. Ba3 Qd5 16.
c4 Qxc4 17. Rc1 {or 17.d5 black can hardly survive. And throughout more than
30 years this position was considered lost for black. But the era of the
computers brings some wonders with itself...}) 13... Bb4 14. c3 {And now it is
obvious that after 14...Bxc3 15.Ba3 Bxe1 16.Nd6+ black is losing. But the
computer (and his conductor Pr. Nikolic!) has something else up his sleeve.}
Bd5 $3 {This move, to the best of my chess understanding, refutes the
brilliant idea of Geller.} 15. Qb3 {The move looks as the most natural, but
the computer would prefer a tricky 15.Nfd2!  He (it!!)points out a line which
leads to an equality:} (15. Nfd2 Bxc3 16. Ba3 Nbc6 17. Nd6+ Kf8 18. Nf5 Be6 $1
(18... Ra7 19. Qg4 g6 20. Nxe7 Nxe7 21. Rxe7 Rxe7 22. Bxe7+ Qxe7 (22... Kxe7
23. Qg5+ f6 24. Qe3+ $14) 23. Qc8+ Kg7 24. Qxc3 $14) 19. Nxe7 Nxe7 20. Rxe6
fxe6 21. Qf3+ Kg8 22. Bxe7 Qe8 23. Qxc3 Qxe7 24. Qc6 $11) 15... Bxc4 16. Qxb4
Bd5 17. Ne5 {17.Ba3 was called for. After} (17. Ba3 Nbc6 18. Qc5 (18. Qb7 Ra7
19. Rxe7+ Qxe7 20. Qc8+ Qd8 21. Re1+ Re7 $19) 18... Rc8 19. c4 Bxf3 20. gxf3
O-O 21. d5 Ne5 22. Qxe7 Nxf3+ 23. Kf1 Nxe1 24. Qxf8+ Qxf8 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26.
Rxe1 Rxc4 27. Rb1 $1 Rxa4 28. d6 $1 {white would save the game.}) 17... f6 $1
18. Nc4 O-O $1 {Every move of black deserves an exclamation. 19.Rxe7 is not
possible because of Nc6; 19.Qxe7 leaves Nc4 unprotected.} 19. Ba3 Ra7 20. Nb6 (
{Or} 20. Rxe7 Nc6 21. Rxa7 Nxb4 22. Bxb4 Bxc4) 20... Bf7 $2 {In the position
full of tactical tricks black does not find the right way. He had to continue}
(20... Nbc6 21. Qc5 (21. Qd6 $2 Qxb6 22. Rxe7 Rd8 $19) 21... Bf7 22. d5 Ne5 $15
) 21. a5 $2 {Correct was, given by the computer,} (21. Rxe7 Nc6 22. Rd7 $1 Nxb4
23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Bxb4 a5 25. Bc5 Rb7 26. Rb1 Be8 27. Re1 $14) 21... Re8 {
Now black is out of danger - white does not have enough compensation for a
piece.} 22. Qa4 Rc7 23. c4 Nd7 24. d5 $2 {This move is bad. More stubborn was}
(24. Bd6 Rb7 25. c5) 24... Nc5 $17 25. Qd1 Nf5 26. Qg4 Bg6 27. Rad1 Re5 28.
Rxe5 fxe5 29. h3 Nd4 30. Kh2 {Black has an advantage. Still, white had no
reason to overstep the time limit...} 0-1

[Event "Wenzhou m"]
[Site "Wenzhou"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Xie, Jun"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Re1 $5 (10. Nd4) (10. Nb3) 10... O-O 11. Nf1 Re8
12. Be3 Nfe4 $6 (12... Qd7 $5) 13. c3 Rc8 14. Qc2 Qa5 15. Nd4 $1 (15. Bxc5 $5
Qxc5 16. Ne3 $14) 15... Qa4 16. Qe2 $14 Bf6 17. Nf5 Qd7 18. Qg4 h5 $1 (18... g6
19. Nh6+ Kg7 20. Qxd7 Nxd7 21. Ng4 Bd8 22. Rad1 $16) 19. Nh6+ (19. Qxh5 Re5 20.
g4 Nd3 21. Re2 g6 22. Nh6+ Kg7 23. Qh3 d4 24. cxd4 Nexf2 25. Rxf2 Rxe3 26. Nxe3
Nxf2 27. Kxf2 Bxd4) 19... Kf8 20. Qxh5 $6 (20. Qxd7 Nxd7 21. Nf5 g6 22. N5g3
$14) 20... gxh6 21. f3 Re5 22. Bxc5+ Kg8 23. Qxh6 Bg5 (23... Bg7 24. Qf4 Nxc5
25. Rxe5 Nd3 $17) (23... Bg7 24. Qxg7+ $1 Kxg7 25. Bd4 f6 26. Bxe5 fxe5 27.
fxe4 d4 28. Rad1 $13) 24. Qh3 Qxh3 25. gxh3 Rxc5 26. fxe4 dxe4 $44 27. Rad1 f5
28. Rd7 $6 (28. Ng3 Rc7 29. Rd6 Kf7 30. h4 Bxh4 31. Rh6 Bxg3 32. hxg3 Rd7 $15)
28... Rcd5 $1 29. Rxb7 f4 30. Rb4 $2 (30. c4 Rd4 31. Rb5 Rxb5 32. cxb5 Kf7 $15)
30... e3 $19 31. h4 (31. Kg2 e2 $19) 31... Bxh4 32. Re2 Rg5+ 33. Ng3 Bxg3 34.
hxg3 Rxg3+ 35. Rg2 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "BL2-Ost 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.03.07"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Jansa, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Kosten,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT2"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Forchheim"]
[BlackTeam "Schott Mainz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
{I have always liked this variation of the Tarrasch French, as, although White
has exchanged a piece, and it is normally a good plan to do this when the
opponent has an isolated queen's pawn, the exchanged piece (the light-squared
bishop) can often become a problem for Black. Without it, Black no longer has
to worry about 'good knight versus bad bishop' endgames.} 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5
Nxc5 10. Nd4 Qd7 11. N2f3 O-O 12. Bg5 $5 {This is Jansa's pet move, and as far
as I am aware, he is the only strong player who plays it. The idea is to
exchange a further piece, but I can't believe it causes Black any problems as
his dark-squared bishop will become a strong piece. In fact, whilst preparing
for this game, I saw two recent games where Jansa played this way, and I
immediately decided to play the French against him.} (12. Ne5 {as played by
Botvinnik, is the normal move here.}) 12... Nce4 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 {Psakhis played}
(13... Nxf6 {instead, against Jansa, and, according to my opponent, explained
afterwards that the knight is required on f6 to defend the d5-pawn, and the
bishop must come to c5. Psakhis is a great expert on the French Defence, so he
may be right. However, everyone is entitled to their opinion, of course, and I
wanted to see why Black cannot keep his knight on the active e4-square.}) 14.
c3 Rfe8 15. Qc2 a6 16. Rad1 b5 {This is a standard plan in this variation,
sometimes the black knight can be brought to c4 when the white queenside will
be under pressure.} 17. Ne2 Rad8 {I had a long, hard, look at} ({the active
move} 17... Rac8 $5 {, at first it seems that Black must lose a pawn by} 18.
Nf4 d4 19. Ne2 {but then Black has the move} ({but} 19. Nh5 {is more annoying
for black, and finally I decided not to 'play with fire'.}) 19... b4 $1 {
when the pin on the c-line is as important as that on the d-file}) 18. Ng3 {
Afterwards, my opponent felt that} (18. a3 {would have been more precise, but
I don't think that White can be better- Black is too active.}) 18... Nxg3 {
This leads to a complete draw, which, as it is an important match, should be a
good result with black, but, under different circumstances I would have tried}
(18... Qg4) 19. hxg3 Qg4 {The queen takes an unusual route towards the
c4-square. I suppose that} (19... Qc6 {would amount to the same.}) 20. Rd2 Qc4
$1 {This is the point, Black threatens to take the a-pawn, and ...b4, and ...
d4, are also possible.} 21. Qb3 {If} (21. a3 {then} d4 22. cxd4 Qxc2 23. Rxc2
Bxd4 {draws immediately.}) 21... Qxb3 22. axb3 b4 23. cxb4 Rb8 $1 {I wanted to
play} (23... Re4 {but unfortunately White can play} 24. Re1 $1 {and if} Rxb4 {
then} 25. Rxd5 $1 {because of the back-rank mate. Black is still drawing, of
course, but may have a little work ahead of him.}) 24. Ra1 Rxb4 25. Rxa6 Rxb3
26. Rd6 {After the game my opponent said that he thought I wouldn't have known
about his previous two games in this line, because they hadn't been published.
In fact, they were the only two games I looked at!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Csiba, Dominik"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 (3... Nf6) (3... c5) 4. Ngf3 c5 5. exd5 exd5 6.
dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 (7... Ba7 8. Bd3 $32) 8. Bd3 Qe7+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ ({RR} 9...
Nc6 10. c3 Bg4 11. O-O Qxe2 12. Bxe2 Nf6 13. h3 Bh5 14. Bf4 h6 15. Rfe1 O-O-O
16. Ne5 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 Rhe8 18. Rae1 g5 19. Be3 Rxe5 20. Bxb6 Rde8 21. Be3 Nh5
22. Nc1 f5 23. Kf1 f4 24. Bc5 {Hjartarson,J (2634)-Nikolic,P (2643)/Qaqortoq
2003/EXT 2004/1/2-1/2 (49)}) 10. Kxe2 Nf6 11. Re1 {[%cal Ge2f1,Ge1e8]} ({RR} 
11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Kxe3 O-O 13. Rae1 Nc6 14. Nfd4 Ne5 15. Kd2 Re8 16. Re2 Nc4+
17. Kc1 Rxe2 18. Nxe2 Ng4 19. f3 Nge3 20. Rg1 Bf5 21. Nbd4 Re8 22. g4 Bxd3 23.
cxd3 Nd6 24. Kd2 Kf8 25. b3 h5 {Doncevic,D (2360)-Cabrilo,G (2480)/Royan 1989/
EXT 1997/1-0 (32)}) 11... O-O 12. Kf1 $32 {[%csl Ra8,Rb8,Rc8]} Bg4 (12... Nc6
13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Nb4) 13. Ne5 (13. Nbd4) 13... Be6 14. Be3 (14. a4 $5 {
[%cal Ga4a5]}) 14... Bc7 15. Bd4 {[%csl Gd4]} Ne4 $146 (15... Re8 {Garcia
Martinez,S-Sorri,K WchT U26 fin-B 14th 1967 (2.1) 1/2}) 16. Bxe4 (16. f3 f6)
16... dxe4 17. Rxe4 Bd5 18. Ree1 f6 19. Ng4 Nc6 20. Bc3 Bb6 21. Ne3 Be6 22. Nd2
Rae8 (22... Kf7 {[%cal Gf8e8]}) 23. a3 Bc7 24. Nf3 Rd8 25. Rad1 Bb6 26. Rd2
Rxd2 27. Nxd2 Ba7 28. Nec4 Bd5 29. Na5 Nxa5 30. Bxa5 Rc8 31. c3 Kf7 32. Bb4 Re8
33. Rxe8 Kxe8 34. c4 Bc6 35. f3 Be3 36. Nb1 Ba4 37. Nc3 Bb3 38. c5 f5 39. Ke2
Bc1 40. Nd1 Bxd1+ $1 {le Bb4 n'est pas trés bon} 41. Kxd1 Bxb2 42. Kc2 Bd4 (
42... Be5) 43. Kd3 Bg1 44. h3 Kd7 45. Kc4 Kc6 46. a4 g6 $17 {[%csl Rb4,Rc5]}
47. Ba3 Be3 48. Bb4 Bf2 49. Ba3 a5 50. Bb2 Bxc5 51. Bc3 Bb6 52. Bd2 Bd8 53. Bc3
(53. g4) 53... h5 54. Bd2 b6 55. Be3 Be7 56. Bd4 Bb4 57. Be3 Bc5 58. Bf4 Bd6
59. Be3 Bg3 60. Bd2 {Dominique PRIMEL} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.09"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Carlsson, Pontus"]
[Black "Firat, Burak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. Ne2 Ngf6
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 Qd7 11. N2b3 Nce4 12. f3 Nd6 13. Nc5 Qc8 14.
Nd3 O-O 15. b3 {Against the QG isolani (with a white pawn on the e-file
instead of the c-file), the Queen's fianchetto is a natural plan. Here, it
should be regarded as less effective, because White is left with a backward
pawn on the c-file.} Nf5 $5 {The player with an isolani usually avoids any
minor piece exchanges. The last move may be justified, though, by White's
weaknesses on e3 and c3.} ({The usual continuation is} 15... Bd8 {followed by .
..Bb6.}) 16. Nxf5 Qxf5 17. Re1 Rfe8 18. Bb2 Nd7 19. Qd2 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Re1 Qc8 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. c3 h6 25. Nf4 Qe5 26. Ne2 a6 27. Nd4
Nd7 28. Ne2 Nf8 29. Nf4 Qg5 30. Qd4 Ne6 31. Nxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.12"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"]
[Black "Szabo, Gergely Andras"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. dxc5 $2 {A surprising move at this level. White
should wait with this exchange until Black moves with his bishop or else plays
...a6.} ({They will get into the following old-fashioned line with a tempo
down:} 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nb3 Bb6) 4... Bxc5
5. exd5 exd5 6. Nb3 Bb6 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. Qe2+ Nge7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 {Something
surely went wrong for White. In the usual lines (with dxc5 at the right moment)
the bishop should go to e3, neutralising its counterpart on b6.} Be6 11. Nf3
O-O 12. O-O Qc8 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Nfd4 Nc6 15. c3 Bg4 {Black has achieved a
dream position.} 16. Qd2 Ne5 17. h3 Bh5 18. Qf4 Qc7 19. Qh4 Bg6 20. f4 Bd3 21.
Bxd3 Nxd3 22. Kh1 Qd8 23. Qh5 Qd6 24. Nf5 Qf6 25. Rf3 Nf2+ 26. Kh2 Ne4 27. Nbd4
Rad8 28. Rd1 Bc7 29. Kg1 Bb6 30. Ne3 Qd6 31. Ndf5 Bxe3+ 32. Nxe3 Qb6 33. Kh2
Nf6 34. Qh4 Qe6 35. Rd4 Rfe8 36. Kg1 Ne4 37. f5 Qb6 38. Kh2 Ng5 39. Rg3 Re4 40.
Rxe4 dxe4 41. Qf4 Qxb2 42. h4 Nf3+ 43. Kh3 Ng1+ 44. Kh2 Nf3+ 45. Kh3 Ng1+ 46.
Kh2 Nf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-chT "]
[Site "Mamaia"]
[Date "2015.10.09"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Vovk, Andrey"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Timisoara Luxten"]
[BlackTeam "Bucharest Apa Nova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 cxd4 $5 {This was
Korchnoi's surprise weapon for his 1980 Candidates' final against Hübner.
Korchnoi achieved a remarkable 2.5/4, not without a good share of luck, but
the line never became too popular. The reason may be that the general feeling
was that Black was struggling most of the time, but this was mainly due to
Korchnoi's match strategy, according to which a draw with Black is a good
result. In my article for CBM 164 I did my best to prove this line playable
and did not shy away from using it when given a chance.} 7. Qe2+ {The only way
to pose problems.} ({The natural} 7. Nxd4 {was Hübner's choice when facing
the opening surprise for the first time, but it offered Black very comfortable
play. This evaluation was confirmed in a recent game of mine:} Bd7 8. N2f3 Nf6
9. O-O Be7 10. h3 ({Deviating from} 10. Re1 {Huebner,R (2600)-Kortschnoj,V 
(2695) Merano 1980 (½-½, 34) My opponent's last move was obviously aimed at
preventing a later ...Bg4, but remarkably enough Black will find good squares
for all his minor pieces anyway.}) 10... O-O 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Bf4 {White's
position looks active, but the next move takes full advantage of the French
Isolani's strength.} Ne4 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 $1 ({Forced and strong. Suddenly, the
f4-bishop is clumsily placed and sometimes hanging. The strategically more
consistent} 13... bxc6 $2 {loses a pawn to} 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Ne5 $16) 14. c3 (
{Returning with the bishop on the right path at once would not have spared
White problems:} 14. Be5 Qb6 15. Bd4 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Rb1 Nxd3 18. cxd3 d4
$15) 14... Bc5 15. Qc2 Qf6 16. Be3 (16. Bh2 $6 Bd7 {[%cal Gd7h3] puts the
white kingside in trouble.}) 16... Bxe3 17. fxe3 Qh6 $15 {Haubro,M (2382)
-Marin,M (2579) Helsingor 2015 (1/2-1/2, 42)}) 7... Qe7 8. Nxd4 Qxe2+ 9. Kxe2
Bd7 {This is the main tabyia of the variation.} 10. Nxc6 {During the game I
thought this was a novelty, but later discovered there had been just one
previous game with it.} (10. N2b3 {and}) (10. N2f3 {are usually played. Both
continuations are covered in my article.}) 10... bxc6 11. Ba6 $146 {The most
consistent move, trying to imobilise the black queenside. My opponent seemed
to be on his own from an early stage, since he spent a lot of time on the next
phase.} (11. Bd3 f6 {[%cal Ge8f7]} ({To my taste, this is slightly premature.
I would play} 11... Bd6 {keeping the same kind of flexibility as in the game.})
12. c4 (12. Nb3 Kf7 13. Be3 {[%csl Gc5] is also logical.}) 12... Ne7 13. Rd1
Kf7 14. Nb3 Be6 15. Na5 {Sivuk,V (2491)-Shariyazdanov,A (2568) Voronezh 2014 
(½-½, 46), with some slight initiative.}) ({The pressure along the a4-e8
diagonal set by} 11. Ba4 {is ineffective.} Nf6 12. c4 (12. Re1 {prevents ...
Bd6 followed by 0-0, but with the bishop on a4 Black has} O-O-O $1 13. Kf1 Bd6
14. Nb3 Rde8 15. Be3 Kc7 $15) 12... Bc5 13. Rd1 O-O 14. cxd5 Rfe8+ 15. Kf1 cxd5
16. Bxd7 Nxd7 17. Nb3 Bb6 $11 18. Rxd5 Nf6 $44 {[%cal Ga8c8,Gf6g4]}) 11... Bd6
{Delaying the decision regarding the knight's development.} ({I was briefly
considering putting my pawns into motion as soon as possible with} 11... Rb8
12. Nb3 c5 {but thought it would be dangerous in view of} 13. Re1 {Still,
Black seems to be doing fine here, too.} Bd6 14. Kf1+ Ne7 15. Be3 d4 16. Bd2
O-O 17. Bf4 (17. c3 Nc6) 17... Bxf4 18. Rxe7 Bf5 19. Rxa7 Bxc2 20. Nxc5 Bd6 $11
) 12. Nb3 ({I planned to meet} 12. Re1 {with} Ne7 ({I also thought of} 12...
Nf6 $5 13. Kf1+ Kd8 $11 {[%cal Gh8e8] but it looked a bit too exotic to me.})
13. Nb3 c5 (13... O-O 14. Be3 {><c5}) 14. Na5 O-O 15. Nb7 Bc8 16. Nxd6 Bxa6+
17. Kd1 Ng6 $13) 12... Nf6 {There is no reason to refrain from the most active
knight development now.} 13. Be3 O-O 14. f3 $8 {White needs to clear the
f2-square for his king as soon as possible.} (14. Rhe1 Rfe8 {[%cal Gc6c5] /\ ..
.c5} 15. Kf1 Bxh2 $5 16. g3 Bh3+ 17. Ke2 c5 {Curiously, the bishop is not easy
to trap.} 18. Kf3 (18. Kd2 $2 Ne4+ 19. Kc1 d4 $19) (18. Kd1 $2 d4 19. Bf4 Rxe1+
20. Kxe1 Re8+ {/\ ...Ne4 x f2 -+}) 18... c4 19. Nd4 Re4 {/\ Rae8} 20. Rh1 $6
Ng4 {with a strong initiative.}) (14. Rad1 Rfe8 {[%csl Ge2]}) 14... Bc8 {
After a long period thought, I decided that the most urgent need was the
unblocking of the a-pawn.} (14... Rfe8 {is pointless now due to} 15. Kf2) 15.
Bd3 {The only way to keep some tension.} (15. Bxc8 Rfxc8 {frees Black's play
at once.} 16. Bc5 Be5 17. c3 (17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 c5 19. Nf5 Kf8 $11) 17...
Nd7 18. Bf2 a5 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 Rab8 21. Rab1 Rb5 $11) 15... a5 {I did
not consider any alternatives to this move seriously, since I wanted to weaken
White's squares along the b-file and ensure the exchange of the potentially
bad bishop with ...Ba6. But at the same time the resulting weakness of the
b5-square will cause some micro problems. Black could have safely played the
same plan without the insertion of the moves ...a7-a5 and a2-a4.} (15... Nd7 $5
16. Rhe1 ({The same reaction as in the game is insufficient:} 16. Kf2 $6 c5 17.
Bb5 d4 18. Bd2 Rb8 {The main differences are that the bishop is not stable on
b5 while the black a-pawn is not hanging.} 19. Be2 Ne5 $17) 16... a5 (16... c5
{is good, too, but less dangerous for White since after} 17. Bb5 d4 {he has
the regrouping} 18. Bf2 Ne5 19. Bg3 $11) 17. a4 Ba6 $11) 16. a4 ({I planned to
meet} 16. Bc5 {with} Re8+ 17. Kf2 Be5 18. c3 Nd7 {Indeed, Black has excellent
play and it is White already who needs to be careful:} 19. Ba3 (19. Bd4 a4 $17)
19... Bc7 20. Rhe1 Ne5 21. Bc2 Ba6 22. Nc5 Bb6 23. Kg3 Bb5 $13) 16... Nd7 $1 {
It may seem that Black is retreating on all fronts, but in fact this is the
continuation of a harmonious regrouping. After f2-f3 the knight had little to
do on f6. The last move takes advantage of the previous clearance of the
d7-square to make White forget about his dreams of a blockade on c5.} 17. Kf2 (
17. Rhe1 Ba6 {transposes to 15...Nd7 16.Rhe1 above.}) 17... g6 $5 {The most
difficult move in the game.} ({The idea behind White's last move was to allow
him to meet} 17... Ba6 $6 {with} 18. Bf5 $1 {for instance} Ne5 19. Bc5 (19.
Nxa5 $5) 19... Bxc5+ 20. Nxc5 g6 21. Rhe1 $16) (17... c5 $6 18. Bb5 $16 {
[%csl Ra5,Gb5] x b5, /\xPa5}) 18. Rad1 Ba6 $11 {In the absence of Bf5, this
solves all Black's problems.} 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Nd4 Nc5 (20... c5 21. Nb5 $14)
21. b3 Ne6 22. Rhe1 (22. h4 $5) 22... Bb4 23. Re2 Bc3 {By this moment,
encouraged also by my opponent's approaching time trouble, I started hoping to
take over the initiative by setting my central pawns in motion. But Andrey
kept regrouping adequately, maintaining approximate equality.} 24. g3 {[%csl
Gf4]} (24. Rd3 $2 Bxd4 25. Bxd4 Nf4 $19) 24... Rc8 25. Rd3 Bb4 (25... Bxd4 26.
Bxd4 c5 $11 27. Be5 (27. Bb2 d4 28. c3 Rb8 $11) 27... d4 28. h4 (28. c3 $6 f6
$1 29. Bxf6 c4 $36 {[%cal Ge6c5] /\ Nc5, xBf6}) 28... Rb6 29. Rdd2 c4 $11) 26.
Kf1 $5 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Re3f2]} Nc5 ({I might have got better chances to
confuse my opponent with the active} 26... c5 27. Nb5 d4 28. Bf2 c4 29. bxc4 {
but when reaching this point I failed to find the strongest continuation.} Raa8
$1 {[%cal Ga8f8]} (29... Rxc4 30. Nxd4) 30. Bxd4 (30. Nxd4 Nc5) (30. f4 Rxc4
31. Nxd4 Nc5 {[%csl Ga4]}) 30... Rxc4 $11 {[%csl Ga4][%cal Gb4f8]}) 27. Rd1 Ne6
{While failing to find ways to take over the initiative, I also became a bit
short of time, so I did not mind a move repetition. But my opponent avoided it!
} 28. Bh6 Nxd4 {Already heading for a draw.} (28... c5 29. Nb5 d4 {is probably
less dangerous than it looks.} 30. Re5 c4 31. bxc4 (31. Nxd4 $2 Rd6 $19) 31...
Be7 (31... Rxc4 $2 32. Rxd4 $1 {[%csl Gg8]}) 32. Rd5 Rxc4 33. Nxd4 Rxa4 34.
Nxe6 fxe6 35. Rd7 Bf6 $132 {[%cal Ga5a1]}) 29. Rxd4 Ra7 30. Rd3 f6 31. Be3 Rd7
32. Bd4 Kf7 33. Bb2 Rcc7 34. Rde3 $6 {It looks logical to occupy the open file,
but reducing the pressure against the central pawns could have put White in a
slightly unpleasant situation.} ({A neutral constructive move such as} 34. g4
$5 $11 {would have maintained the equality.}) 34... Re7 $6 ({I must have lost
faith in my central pawns as I now missed the kind of operation I had been
dreaming for a bit earlier:} 34... d4 $5 35. Rd3 ({It is necessary to block
this pawn. If} 35. Re8 $2 d3 36. cxd3 Rxd3 37. R8e3 Rcd7 {White will at least
lose his b3-pawn. The point is that a waiting move such as} 38. g4 {loses even
more material:} Rxe3 39. Rxe3 Rd1+ 40. Kf2 {To be able to meet ...Rd2+ with
Re2 but:} Bc5 $19) 35... c5 $15 {with chances to set up long term pressure.})
35. Rxe7+ Bxe7 $1 $11 {It is essential to keep one rook on board in order to
maintain the dynamism of the hanging pawns..} ({After} 35... Rxe7 $2 36. Rxe7+
{the ending is unpleasant for Black, due to the weakness of the a-pawn and
White's chances to create a passed pawn with c3 and b4.} Bxe7 (36... Kxe7 37.
Bd4 c5 38. c3 Ba3 39. Be3 $14) 37. Bc3 Bd8 38. Bd4 $14 {[%cal Gf1d3,Gc2c3,
Gb3b4] /\ Ke2-d3, c2-c3, b3-b4}) 36. Bc3 Ra7 37. Ke1 c5 38. Kd2 Ra6 39. Kd3 Bd8
40. Be1 Rc6 41. Bf2 Bb6 42. Kd2 Bc7 (42... c4 $2 43. bxc4 dxc4 (43... Bxf2 44.
cxd5 $1 $16) 44. Kc3 $14) 43. Kd3 Be5 {It was my turn to reject the move
repetition.} (43... Bb6 $11) 44. Be1 c4+ 45. bxc4 {Andrey must have had enough
of this sterile fight as he now decides to simplify.} (45. Kd2 g5 (45... cxb3
46. cxb3 Bc3+ 47. Kd3 Bxe1 48. Rxe1 Rb6 49. Kc3 d4+ $5 $11) 46. g4 Kg6 47. Bg3
Bxg3 48. hxg3 d4 49. Re4 $11) 45... Rxc4 46. Bxa5 Rxa4 {Around this moment I
felt that there were some chances to keep White under pressure but failed to
understand how.} (46... Rd4+ 47. Ke3 Rxa4 48. Bd2 g5 49. Re1 h5 50. Rb1 h4 51.
Be1 h3 $5 {/\=/+ Black's advantage is purely symbolic, but in a practical game
White could start fearing ghosts as there is no obvious way to activate his
position.}) 47. Be1 Rd4+ 48. Ke3 Rd1 49. f4 Bd4+ 50. Kf3 f5 51. Rd2 Rxd2 52.
Bxd2 Ke6 53. Be3 Bc3 $11 ({Only not} 53... Bxe3 $4 54. Kxe3 Kd7 55. Kd4 Kd6 56.
h3 $1 (56. c3 $2 h6 57. h4 h5 $11) 56... h6 57. h4 h5 58. c3 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch 89th"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2002.08.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2002.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nb3 Nce4 11. Nfd4 Qd7 12. f3 Nd6 13. Nc5 Qc8 (13...
Qc7) 14. Nd3 O-O 15. Be3 Re8 16. Bf2 Bd8 $5 {[%cal Yd8b6]} 17. a4 $5 {[%csl
Rb6][%cal Ya4a5]} Nf5 ({Perhaps} 17... a6 $142 {but maybe I can still disturb
his bishop with} 18. c3 $5 {[%cal Yd1b3]}) 18. Qd2 Bb6 $6 {The idea of
exchanging pieces is dubious. I get a pleasant advantage.} 19. Nxf5 Bxf2+ 20.
Qxf2 Qxf5 21. Rfe1 $14 {[%csl Gd3,Rf5,Rf6]} Qc8 (21... a6 {but then} 22. Qb6 $5
{[%csl Gb6,Rb7]}) 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. b3 Qc6 24. Re1 Re8 $6 (24... a5 {might be
better here.}) 25. Rxe8+ Nxe8 26. Qe3 $1 Kf8 $2 (26... Nd6 27. Nb4 {[%csl Rd5]
wins a pawn.}) (26... a6 27. Nb4 Qd7 28. Nxd5 {also wins a pawn.}) (26... Nc7
27. Qxa7 Qxc2 28. Qb8+ {is now mate, which is the subtle point behind 26.Qe3!})
(26... a5 27. Qc5 $1 {is strong now that his queenside is softened up.}) (26...
d4 {may be the best move, but then I can continue to increase the pressure with
} 27. Qe7 $36 {[%csl Ge7]}) 27. Qxa7 Qxc2 28. Qc5+ $1 {Now the queens come off
with a very good ending.} Qxc5+ 29. Nxc5 {[%csl Rb7]} b6 (29... Nd6 30. a5 $1
Ke7 31. Nxb7 $1 {[%csl Ga5][%cal Ya5a8]}) 30. Nd7+ Ke7 31. Nxb6 $16 {[%csl Ga4,
Gb3]} Kd6 32. Kf2 Kc5 33. a5 Nc7 34. Ke3 Na6 $5 35. Na4+ Kb4 36. Kd4 Nc7 $6 (
36... Kxa5 {was the best try.} 37. Kxd5 (37. Nc5 Nc7 $13) 37... Kb4 38. Kd6
Kxb3 39. Ke7 (39. Nc5+ {I thought was winning the pawn ending but overlooked
42...f5!} Nxc5 40. Kxc5 Kc3 41. Kd6 Kd4 42. Ke7 f5 $1 43. Kf7 Ke3 44. Kxg7 Kf2
45. g4 f4 46. g5 Kxf3 47. Kxh7 Kg2 48. h4 (48. g6 Kxh2 49. g7 f3 50. g8=Q f2
$11) 48... f3 49. g6 f2 50. g7 f1=Q 51. g8=Q+ $14) (39. Nb6 $16 {must give
reasonable winning chances as well}) 39... f5 40. Kf7 Kxa4 41. Kxg7 $16) (36...
Kxb3 $4 37. Nc5+ $18 {[%csl Ga5]}) 37. Nb6 Ne6+ (37... Kxa5 38. Nxd5) 38. Ke5
$1 (38. Kxd5 $2 Kxa5 {gives Black chances to hold.}) 38... d4 39. a6 $1 d3 40.
a7 d2 (40... Nc7 41. Nd5+ $18) 41. a8=Q (41. Nd5+ $2 Kxb3 42. Ne3 Nc7 {and my
king can't cross the d-file due to ...Nb5+.}) 41... d1=Q 42. Nd5+ $1 $18 {
The Black queen is unfortunately placed for knight forks.} Kxb3 (42... Kc5 43.
Qc8+ Kb5 44. Qc4+ Ka5 45. Qa4#) (42... Kb5 43. Qa4+ Kc5 44. Qc4#) 43. Qb7+ {
[%csl Rb3,Gb7,Rd1,Gd5]} (43. Qb7+ Ka3 (43... Kc4 44. Ne3+) (43... Kc2 44. Ne3+)
(43... Ka4 44. Qb4#) (43... Ka2 44. Nc3+) 44. Qb4+ Ka2 45. Nc3+ Ka1 46. Qa3#)
1-0

[Event "Sao Paulo zt 2.4"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Black "Oblitas Guerrero, Carlomagno"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[Annotator "Melao,H"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.06.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. dxc5 Qe7+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 Bxc5 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Bf4 (12. Rd1 O-O 13.
Bd2 Rfe8+ 14. Kf1 Ne4 15. Be1 Ndf6 16. Nfd4 Nd6 17. Rab1 Nc4 18. h3 Rac8 19.
Ne2 Re5 20. Nbd4 Rce8 21. b3 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Nd2+ 24. Kg1 Nxb1 25.
Rxb1 Kf8 26. f3 g6 27. Kf2 a6 28. Rd1 Ke7 29. Ne2 Rc8 30. Rd2 Kd6 31. g4 Kc5
32. Nf4 h6 33. h4 Rd8 34. c3 b5 35. g5 hxg5 36. hxg5 Nh7 37. Nd3+ Kb6 38. f4 a5
39. Ne5 f6 40. gxf6 Nxf6 41. Ke3 Kc5 42. Rg2 Rg8 43. a3 Ne4 44. b4+ Kd6 45. Kd4
a4 46. Rxg6+ Rxg6 47. Nxg6 Nd2 48. f5 Nb1 49. f6 Ke6 50. Nf4+ Kxf6 51. Nxd5+
Kf7 52. c4 Nxa3 {1/2-1/2 Arnason,J-Kishnev,S/Eupen 1994/CBM 44 (52)}) 12... O-O
13. Rhe1 Rfe8+ (13... Ne4 14. Nfd4 g5 15. Be3 f5 16. f3 f4 17. fxe4 fxe3 18.
Rf1 dxe4 19. Rf5 Rxf5 20. Nxf5 Ne5 21. a4 Rf8 22. a5 Rxf5 23. axb6 axb6 24. Nd4
Rf2+ 25. Kxe3 Rxg2 26. Ra8+ Kg7 27. Rb8 Kg6 28. Rg8+ {Heissler,J-Piskov,Y/
Germany 1992/GER-chT/0-1 (39)}) 14. Kf1 Re4 15. Bg3 Rae8 16. Rad1 h6 17. c3
Rxe1+ 18. Nxe1 Ne5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Nd3 Re7 21. Nf4 Rd7 22. Nd4 Kf8 23. h3
Bxd4 24. Rxd4 {como as Pretas não apresentam outras debilidades além do Peão
Dama Isolado e restam poucas peças, especialmente por restar uma Torre para
cada lado, a partida deve empatar.} Ke7 25. g4 Kd6 26. Ng2 b5 27. Ne3 g6 28. h4
Kc5 29. Ke2 a5 30. a3 a4 31. f3 Ne8 32. Rf4 Nd6 33. Kd2 Re7 34. Rd4 Nc4+ 35.
Nxc4 bxc4 {[%csl Rb2,Yb3]} 36. Rf4 {[%csl Rf7]} Rb7 37. Kc2 Re7 38. Kd2 Rb7 39.
Kc2 Re7 40. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.07.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gharamian, Tigran"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2013.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. e4 {01h30} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 (6. dxc5)
6... c4 7. O-O Bd6 8. b3 (8. Re1) 8... cxb3 9. axb3 Ne7 10. Re1 {77} Nbc6 11.
Nf1 O-O 12. Ne3 (12. Ng3) (12. Ba3) 12... Be6 (12... h6) 13. Bd3 $6 $146 {
49 Joué après une longue réflexion et la nouveauté a probablement été
trouvée devant l'échiquier mais d3 ne fait pas trés bonne impression. Les
Blancs perdent un tempo avec Be2d3 et le Ne3 gêne le Bc1 et la Re1} (13. c4 h6
14. Bb2 (14. Ba3 Bxa3 15. Rxa3 Qd6) 14... Bb4 {Bosman,M (2330)-Gurevich,M 
(2641) NED-chT playoff 2002 (1.4) 1/2-1/2}) 13... Ng6 $1 $11 {[%cal Gg6f4,
Gf4d3]} 14. g3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Bb4 15. Bd2 {63} Bxd2 16. Qxd2 Qf6 17. Qd1 Rad8
18. Bf1 Nge7 1/2-1/2

[Event "La Roche sur Yon"]
[Site "La Roche sur Yon"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[EventDate "2006.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4096]} 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7
7. Qe2+ Be7 8. dxc5 O-O 9. Nb3 Re8 10. Be3 a6 11. Bd3 Ba4 12. Nfd4 Nbd7 13.
O-O-O Bxb3 14. Nxb3 Nxc5 15. Qf3 Nxb3+ 16. axb3 Qa5 17. Kb1 Bc5 18. Rhe1 Rad8
19. Bd2 Qb6 20. Bg5 Bxf2 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Qxd5 b5 24. Qd7 Rf8
25. Rf1 g6 26. b4 Kg7 27. g3 Rd8 28. Qc7 Re8 29. Qc3 Re1+ 30. Rxe1 Qxc3 31.
bxc3 Bxe1 32. Kb2 f5 33. Be2 Kf6 34. Bf3 Ke6 35. Kb3 Kd6 36. Bb7 Bf2 37. Bxa6
Kc6 38. c4 bxc4+ 39. Bxc4 Bg1 40. h3 Bf2 41. Bg8 h5 42. Bh7 Bxg3 43. Bxg6 h4
44. Bxf5 Kb6 45. Kc4 Bd6 46. c3 Be5 47. Kd3 Bf6 48. Bd7 Bg7 49. Ba4 Bf6 50. c4
Be7 51. c5+ Bxc5 52. bxc5+ Kxc5 $11 {[%csl Ga6,Ga7,Ga8,Gb5,Gb6,Gb7,Gb8,Gc4,Gc5,
Gc6,Gc7,Gc8,Gd5,Gd6,Gd7,Gd8,Ge4,Ge5,Ge6,Ge7,Ge8,Gf5,Gf6,Gf7,Gf8,Gg6,Gg7,Gg8,
Gh7,Gh8] Denn der schwarze Monarch befindet sich in Rausers Remiszone.} 53. Ke4
Kd6 54. Kf5 Ke7 55. Kg6 Kf8 56. Bb3 Ke7 57. Kg7 Ke8 58. Bc4 Ke7 59. Bf7 Kd7 60.
Kf6 Kd6 61. Be6 Kc6 62. Ke7 Kc7 63. Bd7 Kb7 64. Kd8 Kb6 65. Ba4 Kb7 66. Kd7 Kb6
67. Bc6 Ka6 68. Kc7 Ka7 69. Bf3 Ka6 70. Kb8 Kb5 71. Kb7 Kc5 72. Kc7 Kb5 73. Bb7
Kc5 74. Bc6 Kd4 75. Kd6 Kc4 76. Bd7 Kb4 77. Kc6 Kc4 (77... Ka5 $2 78. Bc8 Kb4
79. Ba6 Ka4 80. Kb6 Ka3 81. Kb5 Kb3 82. Bb7 Kc3 83. Kc5 Kb3 84. Bc6 Kc3 85. Bf3
Kd3 86. Bg2 Ke3 87. Kd5 Kd3 88. Bf1+ Kc3 89. Kc5 Kb3 90. Bb5 Kc3 91. Bc4 Kb2
92. Kb4 Kc2 93. Bb5 Kd2 94. Kc4 Ke3 95. Kd5 Kf4 96. Bd3 Kg3 97. Bf5 Kf4 98. Ke6
Kg5 99. Ke5 $18) 78. Bc8 Kb4 $2 {Nun kommt der König nicht mehr in die
Remiszone zurück.} (78... Kd4 79. Kd6 Ke4 80. Bg4 Kd4 81. Bf5 Kc4 82. Be6+ Kb5
$11) 79. Ba6 Ka5 80. Bb5 Kb4 81. Kb6 Kc3 82. Kc5 Kb3 83. Bd7 Ka3 $6 {[%mdl
4096]} (83... Kc3 {war zäher, z.B.} 84. Bc6 Kd3 85. Bg2 Ke3 86. Kd5 Kd3 87.
Bf1+ Kc3 88. Kc5 Kb3 89. Bb5 Kc3 90. Bc4 Kb2 91. Kb4 Kc2 92. Bb5 Kd2 93. Kc4
Ke3 94. Kd5 Kf4 95. Bd3 Kg3 96. Bf5 Kf4 97. Ke6 Kg5 98. Bd3 Kh5 99. Kf6 Kh6
100. Bf5 Kh5 101. Kg7 Kg5 102. Bg4 Kf4 103. Kf6 Ke4 104. Be6 Kd4 105. Kg5 Ke5
106. Ba2 Ke4 107. Kxh4 $18) 84. Kc4 Kb2 85. Ba4 Ka2 86. Kb4 Kb2 87. Bb3 Kb1 88.
Kc3 Ka1 89. Bf7 Kb1 90. Kd3 Kb2 91. Ke4 Kc3 92. Kf5 Kd4 93. Kg5 Ke5 94. Bb3 (
94. Bb3 Kd6 95. Kxh4 Ke7 96. Kg5 Kf8 97. Kf6 Ke8 98. h4 $18 {[%cal Gh4h8]}) 1-0

[Event "World-ch17 Tournament"]
[Site "The Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.04.20"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[Annotator "Myers,D"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1948.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 a6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nb3 Ba7 8.
Bg5 Nf6 9. Nfd4 (9. Qe2+ Be6 10. Nbd4 Qe7 $10) 9... O-O 10. Be2 Qd6 11. O-O Ne4
$11 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxe3 14. fxe3 bxc6 15. Bd3 Nf6 16. Qe1 Ng4 17. Qh4 f5
18. Rf4 Ne5 19. Qg3 Ra7 20. Raf1 Raf7 21. Nd4 Nxd3 22. cxd3 c5 23. Nf3 Qb6 24.
Rh4 h6 25. Ne5 Rf6 26. d4 cxd4 27. Rxd4 Qxb2 28. Rxd5 Be6 29. Rd4 Kh7 30. Nd7
Bxd7 31. Rxd7 Rg6 32. Qf3 Qe5 33. Rd4 Rb8 34. Qf4 Qe6 35. Rd2 Rb5 36. h3 Re5
37. Kh2 Rf6 38. Rfd1 Re4 39. Qb8 Rxe3 40. Rd8 Qe5+ 41. Qxe5 Rxe5 42. R1d2 g5
43. g4 Rf7 44. R8d7 Kg7 45. gxf5 Rexf5 46. a3 Rf2+ 47. Kg3 Rxd2 48. Rxd2 Rc7
49. Rd4 Rc6 50. a4 Kg6 51. h4 Kh5 52. hxg5 hxg5 53. Rd3 Rc4 54. Ra3 a5 55. Kh3
Rb4 56. Kg3 Rf4 57. Ra1 Rg4+ 58. Kh3 Re4 59. Ra3 Kg6 60. Kg3 Kf5 61. Kf3 Ke5
62. Kg3 Rd4 63. Ra1 Kd5 64. Rb1 Rb4 65. Rf1 Ke4 66. Re1+ Kd4 67. Kh2 Rxa4 68.
Rg1 Rc4 69. Rxg5 a4 70. Kg2 Kc3 71. Kf3 a3 72. Ra5 Kb3 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 04th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2003.04.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2003.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Be3 Qc7 13. c3 (13. Bd4
Ncd7) 13... Ncd7 $1 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Ge8e4,Gd7b6] Vor einem Jahr habe ich in
derselben Variante gegen Michael Adams verloren. Dabei hatte ich diesen
anscheinend passiven Springerzug nicht gespielt, obwohl ich das Mannöver
früher mal zu Hause vorbereitet hatte. Nun verpasste ich die Chance nicht zum
zweiten Mal!} 14. Bd4 Bc5 {Der weisse Läufer steht sehr gut auf d4, da er auf
beiden Flügeln wirkt.} 15. Ne3 {Der Turmtausch auf e8 vor diesem Zug kam
ebenfalls in Frage.} Re4 $1 {In dieser Variante besetzt normalerweise ein
schwarzer Springer dieses starke Feld. Die Idee von Nbd7 ist, den zentralen
Stützpunkt mit einem Turm zu kontrollieren.} 16. Bxc5 (16. Ng5 Re7 {bringt
nichts ein, während}) (16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nxd5 {wegen dem taktischen Schlag}
Bxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Qc5+ 19. Kg3 Qd6+ 20. Kf2 Qc5+ 21. Kg3 $11 {ebenfalls nichts
taugt.}) 16... Qxc5 17. Nd2 {Von nun an verpasste ich mehrere Züge, die den
klaren Ausgleich sicherten.} Re5 (17... Re7 $142 {[%cal Ye7a7]}) 18. Qb3 Nb6 (
18... Rae8 $142 19. Qxb7 $140 (19. Nf3 R5e6) 19... Rb8 20. Qa6 Rxb2) 19. a4
Rae8 20. Nf3 R5e7 $6 ({Nach} 20... Re4 21. a5 (21. Qb5 Nxa4 22. Nd4 Qxb5 23.
Nxb5 R8e6 24. b3 a6 25. bxa4 axb5 26. axb5 g6 $11) 21... Nc4 22. Nxc4 Rxe1+ 23.
Rxe1 Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1 Qxc4 $11 25. Qxb7 $2 {übersah ich} Qe2 $1 {[%csl Rg1]}) 21.
Qb5 Qc6 (21... Qc8 22. Red1) 22. Red1 (22. Nd4 Qc8) 22... a6 (22... Re4 23.
Qxc6 bxc6 24. a5 Nc4 25. Nxc4 Rxc4 26. Nd4 $11) 23. Qxc6 bxc6 24. a5 Nc8 25. c4
$6 ({Nach dieser Vereifachung muss Schwarz nur noch einige genaue Züge finden.
Mittels} 25. Nd4 Na7 26. b4 (26. Nb3 Ne4 {[%csl Rc5]}) 26... Ne4 27. Rd3 {
konnte Weiss etwas Druck ausüben.}) 25... Rb7 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. Nxd5 Nxd5 28.
Rxd5 Rxb2 29. Re1 Kf8 30. Rc1 Ne7 31. Rdc5 (31. Rd6 Rc8 $1 32. Ne1 $1 Ra8 $11 {
[%csl Ra5] /\ Rb5}) 31... Reb8 32. g3 (32. Ne5 R8b5) 32... Rb1 33. Rxb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match/Training Botvinnik-Kan +8-0=8"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1954.01.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1954.01.22"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 (3... Nf6 {L'alternative jouée lors de la
rencontre précédente dans cette défense française} 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 {
Kan,I-Botvinnik,M URS training m 1952 0-1}) 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Qe2+ (
6. Ngf3 {La ligne principale}) 6... Qe7 (6... Be7 $142) 7. dxc5 Qxe2+ 8. Nxe2
Bxc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Bd2 (10. a4 $5 {Szabo,L-Barcza,G Saltsjobaden Interzonal
1952 (17) 1-0}) 10... Bd7 (10... Nge7 {Euwe,M-Botvinnik,M World Championship
18th 1948 (7) 1/2}) 11. Bc3 Nge7 $146 (11... f6 {Smyslov,V-Botvinnik,M
Budapest 1952 (12) 1/2}) 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfe1 Rfd8 14. Ned4 Nf5 15. Nxc6 bxc6
16. Ba6 Nd6 $13 17. a4 Ne4 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Rab8 {[%csl Rb2]} 20. b3 Kf8
21. f3 Nd6 22. Bf1 Re8 23. Rxe8+ (23. Kf2) 23... Kxe8 24. Kf2 a5 25. Rd1 Ke7
26. Ne2 Ne8 27. Ke3 Nc7 28. Nf4 Kd6 29. h4 c5 30. Bc4 Bc6 31. Kf2 g6 32. g3 f6
33. h5 $14 gxh5 34. Nxh5 Ne6 35. Bd3 Ke7 36. g4 h6 37. Re1 Kd6 38. Kg3 Rf8 39.
Rh1 c4 40. bxc4 dxc4 41. Bxc4 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik zt 1.3"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2000.09.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.09.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nb3 Nce4 11. Nfd4 Qd7 12. f3 $5 {It looks that
this move promiced more for White that popular line -} (12. Qf3 {[%cal Gd4f5]}
O-O 13. Nf5 Bd8 14. Be3 Rc8 15. c3 g6 16. Ng3 Re8 17. Rfd1 Qb5 $1 {[%cal Gb5b2]
} 18. Ne2 a5 19. Ned4 Qd7 20. Nd2 Ng4 $36 {Berelovich,A-Goloshchapov,A/Moscow
75/(260) 1998/Inf 75 (23)}) 12... Nd6 13. Nc5 Qc8 ({White got small advantage
after} 13... Qc7 14. Nd3 O-O 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Be3 Qd8 17. c3 Re8 18. Re1 a6 19.
Qb3 Qc7 20. Bf4 Qc4 21. Ne5 Qxb3 22. axb3 Nh5 23. Nd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 McShane,
L-Rozentalis,E/Hastings 1997 (43)}) 14. Nd3 O-O 15. b3 (15. Re1 Bd8 $1 {
[%cal Gd8b6]} 16. Be3 Bb6 17. c3 Re8 18. Bf2 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Qd7 20. Qd2 Nc4 21.
Qc2 Re8 22. Re1 Rxe1+ 23. Nxe1 Qe8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Akopian,V-Vaganian,R/Wch
Groningen 1997 (31)}) 15... Nf5 16. Nxf5 Qxf5 17. Be3 $5 $146 {[%cal Gf2a7]
[%mdl 4] Possible improvment compare to} (17. Bb2 Nd7 18. g4 Qg5 19. f4 Qh4 20.
Qf3 Rac8 21. Qg2 Bf6 $11 {Nevostrujev,V-Nikolenko,O/RUS t-ch Smolensk 2000/ 1/
2-1/2 (49)}) 17... Rfe8 18. Qd2 a6 19. Rae1 Rac8 {[%cal Gc8c2]} 20. Rf2 {
[%cal Gf2e2]} Bd6 21. Rfe2 Nd7 {[%cal Gd7b8,Gb8c6,Gd7f8,Gf8e6]} 22. a4 h6 23.
Bf2 Rxe2 24. Rxe2 Nf8 {Knight went to the wrong direction. Much stronger was
another move with knight -} (24... Nb8 $142 $5 {[%cal Gb8c6] and I don;t see
how White can get real advantage, for example:} 25. Nb4 $140 Bxb4 26. Qxb4 Rxc2
27. Re8+ Kh7 28. Qxb7 (28. h3 Rc8) 28... Rc1+ 29. Be1 Nc6 $132) 25. Bg3 $1 $14
Bxg3 26. hxg3 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gd3f4,Gd3b4]} Qg6 (26... Ne6 27. Qb4 $36) 27.
Qb4 Qc6 28. Nf4 (28. Ne5 Qc7 29. Qd4 Rd8 {[%cal Gf8e6]}) 28... Ne6 $6 {Somehow,
Brynell is not very lucky with knight manoeuvres in this game! After} (28...
Nh7 {[%cal Gh7f6]} 29. Re7 b6 30. Qd4 Nf6 $13 {it is very difficult to crack
black's defence.}) 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Qg4 {[%csl Re6]} Re8 (30... Qb6+ 31. Kh2
Rc6 32. a5 $5) 31. Qh5 Qd7 32. Qe5 Qf7 33. f4 {[%cal Rf4f5]} Rc8 $5 (33... Qf6
34. f5 Qxe5 35. Rxe5 Kf7 36. fxe6+ Kf6 $5 37. Rxd5 Kxe6 38. Rd4 $16 {[%cal
Gd4b4]}) (33... g6 34. g4) 34. g4 Rc6 35. f5 exf5 36. gxf5 Rf6 $2 {Final
mistake} (36... h5 $1 37. Qb8+ $140 Kh7 38. Re8 Qxf5 39. Rh8+ Kg6 40. Qe8+ Qf7)
37. Qb8+ Kh7 38. g4 {[%cal Re2e8]} h5 (38... g6 $142 $5 39. Qd8 Qg7 40. Re7 Rf7
41. Rxf7 Qxf7 42. f6 g5 43. Qc8 $16) 39. Re8 $18 Kh6 (39... g6 40. Qe5 Qg7 41.
Re7 Rf7 42. f6 Qf8 43. gxh5 $18) 40. g5+ $1 Kxg5 41. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "Flamenco Veterans-Women"]
[Site "Marbella"]
[Date "1999.10.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Xie, Jun"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1999.10.21"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 ({Usually
black choose in this position} 6... Nxd7 {but I afraid that after} 7. Ne2 Ngf6
8. O-O Bd6 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Be3 {white chances are slightly better,
for example} Nce4 12. Bd4 Bc5 13. c3 Re8 14. Qc2 Bxd4 15. Nexd4 Qd7 16. Rad1 g6
17. Qc1 Kg7 18. Nc2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Zapata,A-Psakhis,L/Wch Las Vegas 1999 (40)})
7. Qe2+ $5 ({Black hasn,t any troubles after} 7. Ne2 c4 $1 8. O-O Bd6 9. b3
cxb3 10. axb3 Ne7 11. c4 O-O 12. Nf3 Nbc6 13. Nc3 Bb4 14. Qd3 Bxc3 15. Qxc3
Rfe8 16. b4 dxc4 17. b5 Nd8 18. Qxc4 Qd5 19. Qa4 Ne6 20. Re1 Ng6 21. Be3 a6 {
Zapata,A-Psakhis,L/Wch Las Vegas 25' 1999/1/2-1/2 (60)}) 7... Be7 8. dxc5 Nf6
9. Ngf3 $146 ({White can try to keep pawn c5, but without big success-} 9. Nb3
O-O 10. Be3 Na6 11. Nf3 Rfe8 12. O-O Nxc5 13. Bxc5 Bxc5 14. Nxc5 Qc6 15. Qd3
Qxc5 16. Rfe1 Re4 17. Nd2 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Qb4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Xie,J-Kortchnoi,V/
Wenzhou m 1995 (25)}) 9... O-O 10. Nb3 Re8 11. O-O Na6 12. c6 $5 (12. Ne5 Qc7
13. c6 bxc6 14. Qxa6 Qxe5 15. Qxc6 Rac8 $36) 12... Qxc6 13. Nfd4 Qc7 14. Qf3
Bd6 {[%cal Gd6e5,Gf6e4]} 15. h3 Bh2+ 16. Kh1 Be5 17. c3 Nc5 $11 {It is easy to
see, that Black equlaized game- his pieces are active and white can,t organize
real preasure on isolated pawn.} 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Be3 Qb6 20. Nb3 Qb5 21. Qd1
Ne4 22. a4 Qd7 23. Nc5 Qc6 24. Nd3 Bc7 25. Kg1 Rad8 26. Qb3 g5 $6 {Agressive,
ambitious, but surely not the best move- too many weaknesses black gets on the
king side.} (26... a6 $142 27. Rad1 b5 28. axb5 axb5 $11) 27. Rfe1 Qd6 28. f4
$1 Ng3 (28... b6 $142 $5) 29. Bc5 Qg6 (29... Qa6 $5) 30. Qxb7 Qxd3 31. Qxc7
Ne2+ 32. Rxe2 Qxe2 33. fxg5 $16 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ga1f1]} a6 (33... Qxb2 34. Rf1
) 34. Rf1 Qe6 35. Rf6 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Qe5+ 37. Qxe5 Rxe5 38. Rxa6 $18 {[%csl Ga4,
Gb2,Gc3,Gc5]} Rc8 39. b4 Rxg5 40. a5 f5 41. Re6 f4 42. a6 Kf7 43. Re7+ Kf6 44.
a7 d4 45. Rc7 (45. cxd4 $2 Rgxc5) 1-0

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Blehm, Pawel"]
[Black "Antoniewski, Rafal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nb3 Nce4 11. Nfd4 Qd7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Nf5 Bd8 {
This variation became very popular for black mostly thank,s to efforts of
Bareev and Dokhoian.} 14. c3 ({White continued as usual here} 14. Be3 $5 g6 15.
Ng3 {but after for example} (15. Nh6+ $5) 15... Re8 {could,t get any advantage}
) 14... g6 15. Ng3 Re8 (15... a5 $5 16. Nd4 Re8 17. Bf4 b5 18. a3 Bb6 19. Qd3
Qg4 $132 {0-1 Perchman-Kaminski/Moscow olm 1994 (33)}) 16. Be3 a5 $1 {[%cal
Ga8a6,Ga6e6,Ga5a4,Ga4a3]} 17. Rfd1 ({After} 17. Nd4 Ra6 $1 18. Rad1 Ng4 {
black pieces are very active, White sac queen-} 19. Nc2 Rf6 $1 20. Qxe4 $5 Rxe4
21. Nxe4 Re6 22. Ng3 Bc7 $17 {1/2-1/2 Kotronias,V-Psakhis,L/Khalhidiki 1992 
(62) but Black,s advantage was obvious.}) 17... a4 18. Nd2 $1 {Only move} (18.
Nd4 a3 {leads to black,s favour.}) 18... Qb5 19. Rab1 Ra6 {[%cal Ga6e6]} 20.
Bd4 (20. c4 $2 Nxd2) 20... Ng5 (20... Rae6 $5) 21. Qf4 Ne6 22. Qf3 (22. Qe5
Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Rae6 $15) 22... Ng5 $6 ({Black decided to repeat moves, but easy
could continue game-} 22... Nxd4 23. cxd4 Rae6 $15 (23... Rc6 $5 $15)) 23. Qf4
Ne6 24. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Black "Iljushin, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. exd5 exd5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 {
Psakhis: 'I also like this move. Black keeps his bishop on the important
diagonal g1-a7 and is ready for active counterplay. Another options are'} (7...
Ba7) ({or} 7... Be7) {Psakhis: Big popularity got} 8. Qe2+ {Psakhis: 'in
modern practice but I think that Black has good chances for equality after for
example'} (8. Bd3 Qe7+ $5 9. Qe2 (9. Be2 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5
13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Bxb8 Rxb8 15. c3 Be6 16. Nfd4 Qf6 17. Bd3 Rbe8 18. Bc2 Bc8 19.
Qd3 Qg7 20. Rad1 {1/2-1/2 Zatonskih,A-Kiriakov,P/Philadelphia World op 2003/})
9... Nc6 10. Bg5 (10. c3 Bg4 11. O-O Qxe2 12. Bxe2 Nf6 13. h3 Bh5 14. Bf4 h6
15. Rfe1 O-O-O 16. Ne5 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 Rhe8 18. Rae1 g5 19. Be3 Rxe5 20. Bxb6
Rde8 21. Be3 Nh5 22. Nc1 f5 23. Kf1 f4 {1/2-1/2 Hjartarson,J-Nikolic,P/
Qaqortoq Greenland op 2003/The Week in Chess 451 (48)}) 10... f6 (10... Qxe2+
11. Kxe2 Nge7 12. Rhe1 f6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Kxe3 Nb4 15. Nfd4 Nxd3 16. Kxd3 Kf7
17. Rad1 Ng6 18. c3 Nf4+ 19. Kd2 Nxg2 20. Rg1 Nf4 21. Ke3 g5 22. Kf3 Re8 {
0-1 Promyshliansky,V-Maleychik,A/UKR-ch B18 Dnepropetrovsk 2001/ChessBase (44)}
) 11. Bf4 Nb4 12. Nfd4 Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 Bg4 14. f3 Bd7 15. Bd6 Qxe2+ 16. Kxe2 Kf7
17. Rac1 Re8+ 18. Kd2 Ne7 19. Bc5 Bc7 20. g3 Rc8 21. Rhe1 Rhe8 {1/2-1/2 Van
der Wiel-Nikolic/Leeuwarden 1994/ChessBase (45)}) (8. Bg5 Nf6 (8... Ne7 9. Qd2
O-O 10. O-O-O Nbc6 11. h3 Re8 12. Be3 Bf5 13. Nfd4 Bg6 14. h4 Rc8 15. h5 Be4
16. f3 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. fxe4 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Qc7 20. Bd3 Nf5 21. Qg5 Ng3
22. h6 Qe5 {0-1 De la Villa,J-Topalov,V/Palma op. 1992/ChessBase (55)}) 9. Qe2+
(9. Qd2 Qe7+ 10. Qe2 Be6 11. O-O-O h6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Nfd4 O-O 14. f3 a5 15.
Nb5 Qd8 16. Nc5 Nbd7 17. Nxb7 Qb8 18. Bxb6 Nxb6 19. Nc5 Bf5 20. Qe3 Rc8 21. Rd2
Bg6 22. Qa3 Qf4 23. Nd4 Qd6 {Jaracz,P-Gurevich,M/Metz op 2002/ 1-0 (68)}) 9...
Be6 10. Nfd4 O-O $146 {This is an interesting novelty. Kovacevic sacrifices
pawn but gets advantage in development. I am not sure that Black is getting
full compensation for the pawn, but at least the game becomes very interesting!
} (10... Qe7 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. g3 Qb4+ 13. c3 Qe4 14. Bg2 Qxe2+ 15. Kxe2 Nc6
16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. f4 f5 18. Rac1 $14 {Sermek,D-Dizdar,G/CRO t-ch Porec 1998/1/
2-1/2 (63)}) 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Qxe6+ Kh8 13. O-O-O ({Weaker is} 13. Be3 {
after for example} Re8 14. Qh3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Qb6 16. O-O-O Nc6 $5 17. Nd4 Ne4
$44 {Black's pieces are very active.}) 13... Nc6 14. Bd3 (14. Bxf6 Rxf6 15.
Qxd5 Qxd5 16. Rxd5 Rxf2 $13) 14... Qc7 {[%cal Ga8e8,Gc6b4]} (14... Bxf2 15.
Rhf1 $36) 15. f3 (15. Kb1 $5 Rae8 $140 16. Qh3 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Be3) 15...
a5 16. Bxf6 (16. a4 Rae8 17. Qh3 Be3+ 18. Bxe3 Rxe3 $44 {[%cal Gc6b4,Gc6e5]})
16... a4 17. Bc3 ({In case of} 17. Bd4 $5 Nxd4 (17... axb3 $2 18. Qh6 $1 Qf4+
19. Qxf4 Rxf4 20. Bxb6 bxa2 21. Kd2 $18) 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd5 Rad8 20. Qc4
Qb6 21. c3 a3 $5 {it is not so easy to evaluate this position despite Black's
material losses}) 17... axb3 18. Qh6 $1 Be3+ $1 (18... Qf4+ 19. Qxf4 Rxf4 20.
axb3 $18) 19. Qxe3 bxa2 20. Kd2 Qd6 $1 {[%cal Rd5d4]} 21. Qb6 $1 ({I think
that White correctly avoided the line} 21. Bxg7+ Kxg7 22. c3 Kh8 $5 23. Kc2 d4
$1 $36) 21... Qf4+ {Kovacevic plays his last trump ! After the normal} (21...
d4 22. Bxd4 Qxd4 23. Qxd4 Nxd4 24. Kc3 $16 {[%cal Gb2b3,Gc3b2] White would
keep a clear advantage.}) 22. Qe3 Qd6 23. Qb6 Qf4+ 24. Ke2 Rae8+ {The
strongest move is} 25. Kf2 $1 (25. Kf1 $2 {A terrible mistake!} d4 26. Be1 $4 {
A typical situation - one mistake often follows another !} Qe3 $1 $19 27. Bf2 (
27. Qb5 Rxf3+ 28. gxf3 Qxf3+ 29. Kg1 Qxd1 $19) 27... Rxf3 {0-1 Sermek,
D-Kovacevic,V/Salona 60' 2002/CBM 93/[Psakhis]} (27... Rxf3 28. gxf3 Qxf3 29.
Ra1 Qxh1+ $19)) 25... Qh4+ 26. Kf1 {with big advantage}) 8... Ne7 (8... Qe7 9.
Nfd4 $146 (9. Bg5 f6 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. O-O-O (11. Bd6 Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 Nge7 13. Rd1
Bf5 14. c3 Bc2 15. Rd2 Bxb3 16. axb3 O-O-O 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. O-O Rd6 19. Rfd1
Rhd8 20. b4 Nc6 21. b5 axb5 22. Bxb5 Kc7 23. Kf1 g6 24. h3 Ba7 25. Ra1 Bb6 26.
Rad1 Ba7 27. Ra1 {1/2-1/2 Delgado,N-Kiriakov,P/Santo Domingo op 2003}) 11...
Qxe2 12. Bxe2 Nge7 $14) 9... Bg4 $1 (9... Nc6 10. Be3 $16) 10. f3 (10. Qxe7+
Nxe7 11. Be3 Nd7 $14) 10... Bd7 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. O-O-O Qxe2 13. Bxe2 Nge7 14.
Nxc6 $1 (14. Rhe1 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 O-O-O $11) 14... Bxc6 15. Bd3 (15. Nd4 Bd7 16.
Rhe1 O-O-O) 15... O-O 16. Rhe1 Rfe8 17. Be3 Bc7 (17... Bxe3+ 18. Rxe3 Ng6 19.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Nd4 $14) 18. g3 Ng6 (18... Bd7 19. Nc5) 19. f4 Nf8
(19... Bd7 $142 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Rxd5 Be6 22. Rd2 $14) 20. Bf5 Nd7 (20... Ne6)
21. Bd4 $1 {1-0 Adams,M-Gurevich,M/Deutschland 83/251 2001/ChessBase/[Adams,M]
(55)} (21. Bxd7 Bxd7 22. Rxd5 $14)) (8... Be6 9. Ng5 Qe7 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Be3
Nf6 12. g3 O-O 13. Bh3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 e5 15. O-O Nc6 16. Rad1 Qf7 17. Bg2 Rad8
18. f4 Qh5 19. Bf3 Qh6 20. Qc5 exf4 21. gxf4 Qg6+ 22. Kh1 Ne4 23. Qe3 Rfe8 24.
Bg2 Nf6 25. Qd2 Qh5 26. Bf3 Qf5 27. Qg2 Ne4 28. Bg4 Qf7 29. Nd4 Rd6 30. f5 Nxd4
31. Rxd4 Rh6 32. Bf3 Qc7 {0-1 Kwiatkowski,F-Kiriakov,P/BCF t-ch2 0405 2005}) 9.
Be3 (9. Bg5 Nbc6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Nfd4 Re8 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qd2 a5 14. Nd4
Bd7 15. Kb1 a4 16. a3 Ba5 17. Qc1 Qb6 18. c4 c5 19. Nb5 f6 20. Be3 d4 $36 {
0-1 Anisimov,P-Potkin,V/Pardubice op-A 2005/ (51)}) 9... Nbc6 (9... Bg4 10.
Bxb6 Qxb6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nbc6 {1/2-1/2 Oral,T-Nikolic,P/Selfoss 2002/}) (
9... Bxe3 10. Qxe3 O-O 11. Be2 Nbc6 12. O-O Nf5 13. Qd2 Be6 14. Rad1 Qf6 15. c3
Rfd8 16. Nbd4 Nd6 17. Qg5 Qxg5 18. Nxg5 Bf5 19. Nxf5 Nxf5 20. Bd3 Nce7 21. Rfe1
h6 22. Nf3 Kf8 23. Re5 Ng6 24. Ree1 {1-0 Grigoriants,S-Eryomenko,V/Pardubice
KB op 2003}) 10. O-O-O O-O 11. h3 $146 {This move is not bad at all, but it
looks like White should play more energetically in order to reach a small
advantage.} (11. Bxb6 $5 Qxb6 12. Nfd4 Nf5 13. Qd2 (13. c3 $5) 13... Nd6 14.
Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qd4 Qc7 16. Bd3 a5 17. Nc5 a4 18. Nxa4 Be6 19. a3 Nb7 20. Nc3
Rfd8 21. Qh4 h6 22. f4 Nc5 23. Qf2 Qa7 24. Rd2 Rdb8 25. Nb1 Qb6 {Heim,S-Solem,
T/NOR t-ch Qualifier 2001/The Week in Chess 387/1/2-1/2 (45)}) 11... Bf5 12.
Bxb6 (12. Nfd4 Bg6 $13) 12... Qxb6 13. Nfd4 Be4 $5 (13... Bg6 14. Qe3 $5) 14.
f3 (14. Qe3 Rfe8 15. Nf5 Qb4 16. Nxe7+ Rxe7 17. Qc5 Qa4 $11) 14... Bg6 {
[%csl Gb6,Gg6] Black has solved all his opening problems and has rather easy
play here} 15. h4 $6 {And now Iordachescu starts to complicate the position at
his own risk.} (15. Qe3 $142 Rfe8 16. Re1 $5 {with more or less equal chances.}
) 15... Rac8 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Gc8c2,Gg6c2]} 16. Rd2 (16. h5 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Nf5
$1 $36) 16... Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc6 $1 $17 18. Nxc6 $8 Rxc6 {Black's bishop on g6
severely hampers white's development and the coordination of the pieces.} 19.
Qf2 (19. h5 Bxc2 $1 20. Rxc2 Rfc8 21. Rxc6 Qxc6+ 22. Kd2 Qc2+ 23. Ke1 Qb1+ 24.
Kf2 Rc2 $19) (19. c3 $2 Rxc3+ $1) (19. Kb1 Rfc8 $19) (19. Qd1 Qe3 20. c3 Rb6 $1
$19 {[%cal Re3c3]}) 19... Re8 $1 {Possibly Iordachescu overlooked this simple
and strong move. Black gets a very strong attack.} 20. c4 (20. Qxb6 $2 Re1+ 21.
Rd1 Rxc2+) (20. b3 Qa5 21. Kb1 Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Rc8 $19) 20... Qc7 (20... Qb4 $5)
(20... Qa5 $5 21. h5 Bf5 22. g4 dxc4 $1 23. gxf5 $140 c3 $19) 21. Bd3 (21. Rd4
dxc4 (21... Qa5 $5)) 21... Rxc4+ $1 22. Kb1 (22. Bxc4 Qxc4+ 23. Rc2 Qxa2 $19)
22... Rc8 23. Qe1 Qb6 {This attractive move is actually an inaccuracy, which
allows White to simplify the position.} (23... Bxd3+ $142 $1 24. Rxd3 Rxh4 $1
$19 {wins at once!}) 24. Bxg6 (24. h5 Bxd3+ 25. Rxd3 Rc2 26. Qe5 Qc6) 24...
Qxg6+ 25. Ka1 h5 $19 26. a3 b5 (26... Qh6 $5 27. Qe2 d4) 27. Qd1 (27. Rxd5 Qxg2
(27... b4 $5) 28. Rxh5 Qxf3 $19) 27... b4 28. axb4 (28. a4 Qc6 29. b3 (29. Rxd5
b3 $1 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Qd3+ g6 $19) 29... Qf6+ 30. Ka2 Rc3 31. Re1 d4 $19 {
[%cal Gd4d3]}) 28... Rxb4 29. Rd4 (29. Rxd5 $2 Rc1+ $1) 29... Rb5 (29... Rxd4
$140 30. Qxd4 Qc2 31. Qxd5 Rc4 $19) 30. Rxd5 Qxg2 31. Rxb5 axb5 32. Rg1 Qf2 33.
Rg5 (33. Kb1 b4) 33... Qxh4 34. Rxb5 Qf4 (34... Re8 $142 $1 35. Ka2 Qc4+ 36.
Qb3 Ra8+ {with mate in a few moves.}) 35. Kb1 h4 36. Rd5 h3 37. Rd4 (37. Rd8+
Rxd8 38. Qxd8+ Kh7 39. Qd1 h2 $19) 37... Qf5+ 38. Qd3 Qxd3+ (38... Qg5 $5 {
[%cal Gg5c1,Gh3h2]}) 39. Rxd3 g5 40. Rd1 Kg7 41. Rh1 Rh8 42. Kc2 f5 43. Kd3 g4
44. fxg4 fxg4 45. Ke3 g3 46. Kf3 g2 (46... g2 47. Rg1 Kf6 $19) 0-1

[Event "Rijeka Liburnija 1st"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2005.04.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fercec, Nenad"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nb3 Nce4 11. Nfd4 Qd7 (11... O-O $6 12. Nf5 Re8 13.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Be3 Nd6 15. Bd4 Nd7 16. Qd2 Ne4 17. Qf4 Nef6 18. Rad1 Qb4 19.
Qf3 a6 20. c3 $14 {[%csl Gd4] 1-0 Ye Jiangchuan-Pelletier,Y/Bled Olympiad 2002/
(38)}) 12. f3 (12. Qf3 O-O 13. Nf5 Bd8 14. Be3 g6 15. Ng3 Re8 16. Rfd1 Qc8 17.
c3 a5 18. a4 Ra6 19. h3 Nxg3 20. Qxg3 Ne4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Holzke,F-Psakhis,L/
Pardubice KB op 2003/ (26)}) 12... Nd6 13. Nc5 Qc8 (13... Qc7 14. Nd3 O-O 15.
b3 Rfe8 16. Be3 g6 (16... Nd7 17. Qd2 Bf6 18. Rfe1 Nb6 19. Bf2 h6 20. a4 Rad8
21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Re1 Rxe1+ 23. Nxe1 Nbc8 24. Nd3 Ne7 25. Ne2 Ndf5 {'~~' '1-0
Timofeev,A-Lastin,A/Moscow Aeroflot op-A 2004/(62)'} 26. Ndf4 g6 27. g3 b6 28.
Kg2 d4 29. Qd3 h5 30. Qe4 Qd7 {1-0 Timofeev,A-Lastin,A/Moscow Aeroflot-A 2004/
The Week in Chess 486 (61)}) 17. Qd2 Bf8 18. a4 a6 19. Rfe1 Bg7 20. Bf2 Rac8
21. Rxe8+ Ndxe8 22. Re1 Nd7 23. Qf4 Qd8 24. g4 Nf8 25. h4 Nc7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Grigoriants,S-Dolmatov,S/RUS-ch Krasnoyarsk 2003/(33)}) 14. Nd3 O-O 15. b3 (15.
Qd2 Re8 16. Qf2 a6 17. b3 Bd8 18. Bf4 Nf5 19. Nxf5 Qxf5 20. Rae1 Ba5 21. Bd2
Bxd2 22. Qxd2 h6 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Qc8 26. Qd2 Qc7 27. g3
Qb6+ 28. Kg2 Qd4 29. c3 Qb6 {Popovic,D-Psakhis,L/2nd Internet EUR-ch Gp E
blitz 2004/Chess Today/1/2-1/2 (49)}) (15. Re1 Bd8 16. Bg5 $5 (16. c3 h6 $5
$146 (16... Bb6 17. Be3 $14) 17. a4 (17. Bf4 Nc4 18. b3 Na5 19. Qd2 Nc6 20. Bd6
Re8 $132) (17. Be3 $5) 17... Nc4 $1 (17... Bb6 18. Be3 $14) 18. Kh1 (18. b3 Na5
19. Be3 Bb6 $11) 18... Bb6 19. b3 Na5 $1 20. Ba3 Re8 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 (21... Nxe8
22. Rc1 Nc6 23. Bc5 Bxc5 24. Nxc5 b6 25. Nd3 Nxd4 (25... Nf6 $11) 26. cxd4 Qf5
$132) 22. Nf5 Nc6 (22... Qd7 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Ra2 Nc6 25. Re2 Re8 26. Nxc6 (26.
Qe1 Ba5 27. Nc5 Qd6 28. Nxc6 Rxe2 29. Qxe2 bxc6 $15) 26... Rxe2 27. Qxe2 bxc6
28. Bc5 $11) 23. Qc2 $1 Qd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Timofeev,A-Potkin,V/Russia 90/241
2004/Inf 90/[Potkin,V] (41)}) 16... Re8 (16... Bb6 {(Timofeev,Ar)} 17. Bxf6
gxf6 18. Nf2 (18. c3 Nf5 19. Nf4 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Qc4 21. Ne2 Rfe8 $132) 18... Qc4
19. c3 (19. Nb3 Rfe8 20. Qd2 Nf5 21. c3 Re6 $1 $36) 19... Rfe8 20. Qd2 Bxd4 21.
cxd4 Nf5 22. Ng4 Kg7) (16... Nd7 17. Bxd8 Qxd8 18. c3 $14) 17. Rxe8+ Ndxe8 18.
Bh4 Bb6 19. Bf2 Nd6 20. c3 Qd7 21. Qc2 Re8 22. Re1 Rxe1+ 23. Nxe1 h5 24. Nd3
Nc4 {1-0 Lenic,L-Kovacevic,B/Rijeka GM 2005 (51)}) (15. Be3 Bd8 (15... Re8 16.
Bf2 Nf5 17. Qd2 Bd6 18. Rae1 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Qf5 20. Rxe8+ Nxe8 21. Re1 Nc7 22.
Be5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 $14 {1/2-1/2 McShane,L-Summerscale,A/Southend Redbus KO 2002/
(35)}) 16. Bf2 Re8 17. a4 (17. Re1 Bb6 18. Qd2 Qc4 19. b3 Qc7 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8
21. Re1 Qd7 22. Rxe8+ Ndxe8 23. a4 Qd8 24. g3 g6 25. Kg2 Kg7 26. Qc3 Kg8 27.
Qd2 Kg7 28. Nf4 $14 {Godena,M-Sharif,M/FRA t-ch final 2004/1/2-1/2 (43)}) 17...
Nc4 $5 $146 (17... Nf5 18. Qd2 Bb6 19. Nxf5 Bxf2+ 20. Qxf2 Qxf5 21. Rfe1 Qc8
22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. b3 Qc6 24. Re1 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Nxe8 26. Qe3 $36 {1-0 McShane,
L-Pert,N/BCF-ch Torquay 2002/CBM 91/[McShane] (43)}) (17... a6 18. Kh1 Bb6 19.
a5 Ba7 20. b3 Qd7 21. Nf4 Rac8 22. Qd2 h6 {1/2-1/2 Wells,P-Kindermann,S/AUT
t-ch 0203 2003/ (22)}) 18. Qc1 (18. b3 Ne3 19. Bxe3 Rxe3 20. Qd2 Re8 {[%cal
Gd8b6]} 21. a5 $5) 18... Bb6 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Gb6f2] This is also a typical
maneuvre for such positions.} 19. b3 Na5 {[%cal Ga5c6] Sergey Dolmatov wants
to exchange the strong white knight. Understanding which pieces to exchange
and which to keep characterizes a very good player!} (19... Ne5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5
21. Qd2 $14) 20. Qf4 Nc6 {An optimal place for the knight} (20... Bxd4 21. Bxd4
Qxc2 22. Nb4 $140 Nh5) 21. Nf5 $1 {[%csl Gf5]} Bxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Qd8 $11 {1/2-1/2
Akopian,V-Dolmatov,S/RUS t-ch Dagomys 2004/CBM 101/[Psakhis] (26)}) 15... Nf5 (
15... Bd8 $5 16. Kh1 (16. Be3 Re8 17. Bf2 Ba5 18. a4 a6 19. b4 Bb6 20. a5 Ba7
21. Nb3 Bxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Qc3 23. Qd2 Qc4 24. Ndc5 Re7 25. Na4 Rae8 $11 {Sakelsek,
T-Doornbos,Y/FRA t-ch 2004/1/2-1/2 (65)}) 16... Re8 17. Qd2 Nf5 18. Bb2 Bb6 19.
Nxf5 Qxf5 20. g4 Qe6 21. Rae1 Be3 22. Qb4 a5 23. Qxb7 Rab8 24. Qc7 Rbc8 25. Qg3
Rxc2 26. Bd4 Ne4 {1/2-1/2 Azarov,S-Kovalev,A/BLR-ch Minsk 2005/ (30)}) 16. Nxf5
Qxf5 17. Be3 $1 {[%csl Gd4] Beyond any doubt this move is the most crucial for
the evaluation of the whole variation.} Rfd8 $146 (17... Rfe8 18. Qd2 a6 19.
Rae1 Rac8 20. Rf2 Bd6 21. Rfe2 Nd7 22. a4 h6 23. Bf2 Rxe2 24. Rxe2 Nf8 25. Bg3
Bxg3 26. hxg3 Qg6 $14 {1-0 Hansen,C-Brynell,S/Reykjavik zt 2000/CBM 79/
[Psakhis,L] (41)}) 18. Re1 Ne8 ({Worth considering} 18... Nd7 $5 {[%cal Gd7f8,
Gf8e6]}) 19. Bb6 $5 Rd7 (19... axb6 20. Rxe7 $36) 20. Bd4 Bf6 $5 21. Bxf6 (21.
c3 Rc8 $5 (21... Bxd4+ 22. cxd4 Qf6 23. Re5 Nc7 24. Qd2 $14) 22. Qd2 b6 $36)
21... Qxf6 22. Qd2 Nc7 {[%cal Gc7e6]} 23. Rad1 ({Doesn't work} 23. Nc5 Rdd8 24.
Nxb7 $140 $4 Qb6+) 23... Ne6 {Black doesn't have to limit himself to passive
defense, so it was worth considering} (23... d4 $5 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gc7d5,
Gc7b5] with dream to bring night on c3}) 24. Ne5 Rc7 (24... Rdd8 $5) 25. c3 ({
I think that after principal} 25. Qxd5 $5 Rxc2 26. Qxb7 Rac8 $5 (26... Rf8 27.
Qe4 Rxa2 $140 $2 28. Qb1 $1 Ra3 29. Nd7 $18) 27. Kh1 $36 {white could simply
win the pawn.}) 25... Rd8 (25... h6 26. Qxd5 Rxc3 27. Qxb7 $16) 26. c4 $5 d4
27. Nd3 $14 {[%csl Gd3,Ge1] Now Black has to sit and wait while White
strengthens his position.} Rcd7 28. Re5 b6 (28... Re7 29. Rde1 Rde8 $13) 29.
Rde1 $14 {White's got a clear plan to improve his position, while it is not so
easy for black to come up with active counter-play.} h6 30. f4 $5 (30. Nb4 $5 {
[%cal Cf6f4,Cf4d2,Gb4d5]}) 30... Rc8 31. f5 Nc7 32. Nf4 {Now Black is almost
helpless against the combined threats to his king and to the weak pawn d4.} (
32. Qf4 $5) (32. R1e4 $5 {[%csl Rd4]}) 32... Kh7 (32... Qg5 $5) 33. Nd5 $6 {
Giving up the major part of the advantage.} (33. Qd3 $142 {[%cal Ge5e6]} Kg8
34. R1e4 Rcd8 $16) 33... Qh4 $2 (33... Nxd5 34. cxd5 (34. Rxd5 $2 Rxd5 35. cxd5
Rd8 $17) 34... Qg5 $5 35. Qxd4 f6 36. Re6 Qxf5 37. d6 Rc6 $11) 34. f6 $2 {
This is a serious blunder, White pushes too hard and forgets about simple
defence.} (34. R5e4 $5 Qh5 35. Qd1 $5 Qxd1 (35... Qxf5 $2 36. Ne7) 36. Rxd1
Nxd5 37. Rexd4 $16) 34... d3 $2 (34... Nxd5 $142 35. cxd5 Qxf6 36. Qxd4 Rc2 $11
) 35. fxg7 $2 {Absolutely unnecessary move, which could spoil White's victory.}
(35. R1e4 $1 Rxd5 $8 36. Rxh4 Rxe5 37. fxg7 $18) 35... Rd6 $2 {Comedy of
mistakes continues!} (35... Qd4+ $8 36. Qf2 Qxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Nxd5 38. Rxd5 Rxd5
39. cxd5 Rc5 40. d6 Rd5 41. Ke3 Rxd6 42. Rd1 $11) 36. Ne7 (36. g8=Q+ $1 Rxg8
37. Nxc7) 36... Rcd8 37. Nf5 Qg5 38. Qxg5 hxg5 (38... hxg5 39. Nxd6 Rxd6 40.
Rxg5 $18) 1-0

[Event "BLR-ch 71st"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2005.03.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"]
[Black "Kovalev, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2005.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nb3 Nce4 11. Nfd4 Qd7 (11... O-O $6 12. Nf5 Re8 13.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Be3 Nd6 15. Bd4 Nd7 16. Qd2 Ne4 17. Qf4 Nef6 18. Rad1 Qb4 19.
Qf3 a6 20. c3 $14 {[%csl Gd4] 1-0 Ye Jiangchuan-Pelletier,Y/Bled Olympiad 2002/
(38)}) 12. f3 (12. Qf3 O-O 13. Nf5 Bd8 14. Be3 g6 15. Ng3 Re8 16. Rfd1 Qc8 17.
c3 a5 18. a4 Ra6 19. h3 Nxg3 20. Qxg3 Ne4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Holzke,F-Psakhis,L/
Pardubice KB op 2003/ (26)}) 12... Nd6 13. Nc5 Qc8 (13... Qc7 $5 14. Nd3 O-O
15. b3 (15. Kh1 Rfe8 16. Bf4 Qb6 17. c3 Nc4 18. b3 Na3 19. Qd2 Bf8 20. Rfe1 g6
21. Be3 Qc7 22. Bf4 Qb6 23. h3 Rac8 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Re1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Adams,
M-Baklan,V/FRA t-ch 2003/ (41)}) 15... Rfe8 16. Be3 g6 (16... Nd7 17. Qd2 Bf6
18. Rfe1 Nb6 19. Bf2 h6 20. a4 Rad8 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Re1 Rxe1+ 23. Nxe1 Nbc8
24. Nd3 Ne7 25. Ne2 Ndf5 $13 {1-0 Timofeev,A-Lastin,A/Moscow Aeroflot op-A
2004/(62)}) 17. Qd2 Bf8 18. a4 a6 19. Rfe1 Bg7 20. Bf2 Rac8 21. Rxe8+ Ndxe8 22.
Re1 Nd7 23. Qf4 Qd8 24. g4 Nf8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Grigoriants,S-Dolmatov,S/RUS-ch
Krasnoyarsk 2003/ (33)}) 14. Nd3 O-O {As practice has sufficiently shown,
Black doesn't experience any serious problems in this line.} 15. b3 (15. Be3
Bd8 (15... Re8 16. Bf2 Nf5 17. Qd2 Bd6 18. Rae1 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Qf5 20. Rxe8+
Nxe8 21. Re1 Nc7 22. Be5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 $14 {1/2-1/2 McShane,L-Summerscale,A/
Southend Redbus KO 2002/ (35)}) 16. Bf2 Re8 17. a4 (17. Re1 Bb6 18. Qd2 Qc4 19.
b3 Qc7 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Re1 Qd7 22. Rxe8+ Ndxe8 23. a4 Qd8 24. g3 g6 25. Kg2
Kg7 26. Qc3 Kg8 27. Qd2 Kg7 28. Nf4 $14 {Godena,M-Sharif,M/FRA t-ch final 2004/
1/2-1/2 (43)}) 17... Nc4 $5 $146 (17... Nf5 18. Qd2 Bb6 19. Nxf5 Bxf2+ 20. Qxf2
Qxf5 21. Rfe1 Qc8 (21... a6 {but then} 22. Qb6 $5 {[%csl Gb6,Rb7]}) 22. Rxe8+
Qxe8 23. b3 Qc6 24. Re1 Re8 (24... a5 {might be better here.}) 25. Rxe8+ Nxe8
26. Qe3 $14 {1-0 McShane,L-Pert,N/BCF-ch Torquay 2002/CBM 91/[McShane] (43)}) (
17... a6 18. Kh1 (18. c3 $5 {[%cal Yd1b3]}) 18... Bb6 19. a5 Ba7 20. b3 Qd7 21.
Nf4 Rac8 22. Qd2 h6 {1/2-1/2 Wells,P-Kindermann,S/AUT t-ch 0203 2003/ (22)})
18. Qc1 (18. b3 Ne3 19. Bxe3 Rxe3 20. Qd2 Re8 {[%cal Gd8b6]} 21. a5 $5) 18...
Bb6 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Gb6f2] This is also a typical manoeuvre in such positions.
} 19. b3 Na5 {[%cal Ga5c6] Sergey Dolmatov wants to exchange the strong white
knight. Understanding which pieces must be exchanged and which must be keet
characterizes a very good player!} (19... Ne5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21. Qd2 $14) 20.
Qf4 Nc6 {An optimal place for the knight} (20... Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Qxc2 22. Nb4
$140 Nh5) 21. Nf5 $1 {[%csl Gf5]} Bxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Qd8 23. g4 {[%csl Gf5]} (23.
Rd1 Nh5 24. Qg4 g6 $11 {doesn't give something special for White.}) 23... d4 $5
{[%cal Gf6d5,Gd5e3]} 24. Qg5 (24. Nd6 Re7) 24... g6 25. Nh6+ Kg7 (25... Kf8 26.
Qf4 $5 $36) 26. Nf5+ Kg8 27. Nh6+ {1/2-1/2 Akopian,V-Dolmatov,S/RUS t-ch
Dagomys 2004/CBM 101/[Psakhis] This is a quite important game for theory.}) (
15. Re1 Bd8 $1 (15... Re8 16. Bg5 Bd8 17. c3 Rxe1+ 18. Nxe1 Nh5 19. Be3 Nc4 20.
Bf2 Bb6 21. Nd3 Qd7 22. b3 Nd6 23. Qd2 Nf6 24. Kh1 Re8 $11 {1-0 Ionica,I-Medic,
M/Rijeka WGM 2005/(72)}) 16. c3 h6 $5 $146 (16... Bb6 17. Be3 $14) 17. a4 (17.
Bf4 Nc4 18. b3 Na5 19. Qd2 Nc6 20. Bd6 Re8 $132) (17. Be3 $5) 17... Nc4 $1 (
17... Bb6 18. Be3 $14) 18. Kh1 (18. b3 Na5 19. Be3 Bb6 $11) 18... Bb6 19. b3
Na5 $1 20. Ba3 Re8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Timofeev,A-Potkin,V/Russia 90/241 2004(41)})
15... Bd8 16. Kh1 $146 {According to my database, this position appeared for
the first time.} (16. Be3 Bb6 ({RR} 16... Re8 17. Bf2 Ba5 18. a4 a6 19. b4 Bb6
20. a5 Ba7 21. Nb3 Bxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Qc3 23. Qd2 Qc4 $11 {Sakelsek,T-Doornbos,Y/
FRA t-ch 2004/ChessBase/1/2-1/2 (65)}) 17. Qd2 Re8 18. Bf2 Qc7 19. Rae1 Red8
20. Re2 Rac8 21. Qf4 Qc3 22. Rfe1 h6 23. h3 {1/2-1/2 Nezad,H-Sharavdorj,D/
Asia-ch Doha 2003/}) 16... Re8 17. Qd2 $5 (17. Re1 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Bb6 $11)
17... Nf5 18. Bb2 Bb6 19. Nxf5 Qxf5 {The future of this variation depends upon
the evaluation of this position.} 20. g4 $1 {A straightforward approach!} Qe6
$8 (20... Qg6 21. Ne5 $1 Rxe5 22. Bxe5 Nxg4 $5 23. fxg4 Qe4+ 24. Qg2 Qxe5 25.
Rae1 Qd6 26. Rf5 $18) 21. Rae1 (21. Nf4 Qe3 (21... Qd6 $143 22. Bxf6 Be3 23.
Qxd5 Qxf4 24. Bh4 $14) 22. Qxe3 Bxe3 23. Ng2 d4 24. Rad1 Rac8 $11) 21... Be3 (
21... Qd6 $5 22. Qf4 Qc6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 {[%csl Rc2]} 24. c4 dxc4 25. bxc4 Ba5 $5
$13) 22. Qb4 a5 {This move is the main reason for further difficulties for
Black.} (22... Qc6 $142 $5 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qxb7 Rad8 $44) 23. Qxb7 Rab8 24.
Qc7 $8 Rbc8 25. Qg3 (25. Qxa5 $142 Rxc2 26. Bxf6 gxf6 (26... Qxf6 $2 27. Rxe3
$18) 27. Rf2 $1 $14) 25... Rxc2 26. Bd4 Ne4 $1 {I believe that Azarov missed
this great move. Now Black is OK.} 27. fxe4 Bxd4 28. Nf4 (28. e5 Rxa2) 28...
Qc8 29. exd5 (29. Nxd5 $2 Be5 $1) 29... Be5 30. Qf3 (30. Qf3 Qc7 $132) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 ({Rublevsky and Bareev have already played this variation at
the 1998 Russian Championship in Saint Petersburg. White chose} 9. dxc5 {
and after} Nxc5 10. Nb3 Nce4 11. Nfd4 Qd7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Qf5 Qd8 14. Bf4 g6
15. Qh3 Re8 16. Rad1 Bd6 {a draw was agreed.}) 9... O-O 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Nf1
Re8 12. Be3 {This plan is considered to be the most unpleasant for Black as
White can play for a win without any risk.} b5 {Donev: 'Schwächt das Feld a5.'}
(12... Qc7 13. c3 Ncd7 14. Bd4 Bc5 15. Ne3 Re4 16. Bxc5 (16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nxd5
Bxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Qc5+ 19. Kg3 Qd6+ 20. Kf2 Qc5+ 21. Kg3) 16... Qxc5 17. Nd2 Re5
18. Qb3 Nb6 19. a4 Rae8 $13 {Svidler,P (2713)-Pelletier,Y (2623)/Poikovsky
2003/CBM 95/1/2-1/2 (33)}) (12... Ne6 13. Nd4 a6 14. Qf3 Rc8 15. c3 Bc5 16. Nb3
Bf8 17. h3 b5 {1/2-1/2 Xie Jun (2564)-Short,N (2684)/Taiyuan Sanjin Hotel Cup
2004/T 507}) (12... Nce4 13. c3 Qc7 14. Bd4 Bc5 15. Ne3 Rad8 16. Qd3 Qb6 17.
Re2 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Nc5 19. Qc2 Qa6 20. a3 Qd3 21. Qxd3 Nxd3 22. Rd1 Nc5 23. Kf1
Rd7 24. Ng4 Nce4 25. Nxf6+ Nxf6 26. Rxe8+ Nxe8 27. Nf5 {1-0 Adams,M (2740)
-Pelletier,Y (2545)/FRA t-ch 0102 2002/ChessBase (51)}) ({According to theory} 
12... a5 $5 {has the best reputation, but I am sure that Sergei Rublevsky had
in mind intreresting ideas.} 13. c3 (13. Bd4 Ne6 14. Ne3 (14. Be5 Bc5 15. Re2
Ne4 16. Ne3 N6g5 17. Nxg5 Qxg5 18. Bd4 Nxf2 19. Rxf2 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Qxe3 21.
Qxd5 Re7 22. Rd1 h6 {1/2-1/2 Rozentalis,E (2645)-Gurevich,M (2620)/Belfort
1997/ChessBase}) 14... Nxd4 15. Qxd4 $6 (15. Nxd4 $140) 15... Rc8 16. Qd3 Bc5
17. Nd4 Qb6 $36 {1/2-1/2 Ramesh,R (2467)-Ravi,L (2383)/Calcutta op 2001/
ChessBase (34)}) (13. Re2 b5 14. Bd4 Ne6 15. Be5 Ng4 16. Bg3 b4 {with
sufficient counterplay.}) 13... a4 14. a3 Nb3 15. Rb1 Qd7 16. Qc2 Na5 17. Re2
Nc4 18. Rbe1 Nxe3 19. Nxe3 Bc5 20. Qd3 Re6 21. Nd4 Re5 22. Nec2 Rxe2 23. Rxe2
Re8 {1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,R (2616)-Dizdar,G (2549)/SLO t-ch Bled 1999/ChessBase 
(47)}) 13. c3 (13. Bd4 Ne6 14. Be5 $5 (14. Ne3 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Rc8 16. Qd3 {
Donev: '/\Rad1 oder Nf5'} (16. Qxa7 $2 Bc5 17. Qa6 Rb8 18. Nf5 Ng4 19. Rxe8+
Qxe8 20. N3d4 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Qe5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S (2565)-Ulibin,M (2510)
/Elista 1994/ChessBase (43)})) 14... Ng4 15. Ne3 Nxe3 (15... Nxe5 16. Nxe5 d4
17. Nf5 $14) 16. Rxe3 {Donev: 'Mit jedem Figurenabtausch werden die schwarzen
Angriffschancen vermindert und der schwache Isolani d5 spürbarer.'} Qd7 17. Qd2
Rad8 18. Rd1 Nc5 19. Bc3 Bf8 20. Rxe8 Qxe8 21. Bd4 $14 {1-0 Yurtaev,L (2495)
-Ulibin,M (2555)/Kstovo 1997/CBM 59/ (40)}) 13... Qd7 ({The continuation} 13...
a5 14. Bd4 b4 {looks logical but in the game Svidler-Ulibin, Maikop 1998 it
was met by} 15. Ne3 Nce4 16. c4 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Rc8 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Nc4 Rc8 20.
Nb6 Rb8 21. Na4 Bf8 22. Rc1 Qd5 23. Qb3 Qxb3 24. axb3 {with a better ending
for White due to the weakness of the Pa5.}) 14. Bd4 {[%mdl 4]} Rad8 $146 {
Only this move turns out to be a novelty.} (14... Nce4 {led to equality after}
15. Ne5 (15. Ne3 $5 {looks more logical.}) 15... Qb7 16. Nd3 Ng5 17. Ne3 Ne6
18. Nf5 Nxd4 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. cxd4 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Qb6 22. Nc5 {Yemelin -
Dokutchaev, Novgorod 1995.}) 15. Ne3 Nce4 16. Qb3 {[%csl Rd5] As usual, the
best results are obtained by playing for small advantages, by not overreacting!
} a6 17. Ne5 Qb7 18. Nd3 $14 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Ga2a4,Gf2f3] The c5 square is
under White's control.} Qc6 19. a4 $1 Nd2 (19... Bd6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Nf5 $36)
20. Qc2 (20. axb5 $5) 20... Nc4 21. axb5 axb5 ({Or} 21... Nxe3 $5 22. Rxe3 axb5
23. Rae1 Bf8 24. Ne5 $14) 22. Nf5 {White's got a clear plan to improve his
position, while it is not so easy for Black to come up with active
counter-play.} Bf8 (22... Qd7 23. Nxe7+ Rxe7 24. Bxf6 $16 (24. b3 $5)) 23. b3 {
Rublevsky skilfully changes the direction of his attack - White's knight will
run soon on e5, very close to the residence of the black monarch .} Nb6 (23...
Na3 {[%csl Ra3]}) 24. Ne5 Qe6 25. f3 $5 (25. Ra6 Rb8 26. Ng3 $5 $14) 25... Ra8
$6 ({In case of} 25... Nbd7 $1 {White would have had a great choice:} 26. Nxd7
Qxd7 27. Nh6+ $5 ({After} 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. b4 $1 Rc8 {[%csl Rc3]
Black has chances to defend.}) 27... gxh6 (27... Kh8 28. Qf5 $16) 28. Bxf6 Rc8
29. Qd2 $16) 26. Rad1 b4 ({Possibly} 26... Nbd7 $5 $16 {would have been
somewhat more stubborn, although the outcome of the game was decided anyway.})
27. Ng4 $1 {[%csl Gd4,Gf5,Gg4] The beginning of a decisive attack.} Qxe1+ 28.
Rxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Kf2 Rea1 30. Nfh6+ $1 $18 Kh8 (30... gxh6 31. Nxf6+ Kh8 32.
Qxh7#) 31. Nxf7+ Kg8 32. Nfh6+ Kh8 33. Nxf6 $1 gxf6 (33... R8a2 34. Nf7#) 34.
Qf5 {[%csl Rh8]} Bg7 35. Nf7+ (35. Qxf6 $5 {wins as well.}) 35... Kg8 36. Qe6
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.11.13"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Naumann, Alexander"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 Qd7 11. Qf3 (11. N2f3 O-O 12. Bf4 (12. Ne5 Qc8
13. Qf3 g6 14. h3 Nce4 15. Nd3 Re8 16. Be3 a6 17. Rfd1 Bf8 18. c3 Qc4 19. Bf4
Qa4 20. Re1 Rac8 21. Qd1 Qc4 {1/2-1/2 Gruenfeld,Y (2471)-Rodshtein,M (2372)/
ISR-ch Ramat Aviv 2004}) 12... Rfe8 13. c3 Nce4 14. Ne5 Qc8 15. Nd3 Bd6 16. Re1
Bxf4 17. Nxf4 Qc7 18. g3 Qd7 19. Qc2 Nc5 20. Rad1 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Rd1 g6
23. Ng2 Qh3 24. Ne3 Ng4 25. Nxg4 Qxg4 26. f3 Qd7 27. Qd2 Qa4 28. b3 Qa6 29. Re1
{1/2-1/2 Yemelin,V (2534)-Baklan,V (2614)/EUR-Cup Halkidiki 2002/}) 11... O-O
12. Nf5 (12. Rd1 Rfe8 13. Nf1 Nce4 14. Be3 g6 15. c3 Ng4 16. Nb3 Ne5 17. Qe2
Bf8 18. Bd4 Nc4 19. Qc2 b5 20. Nbd2 Qc6 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Nd2 Nd6 23. Re1 Re6
24. Rad1 a5 25. Be3 a4 {0-1 Speelman,J (2605)-Bareev,E (2590)/Hastings 1990/
ChessBase (53)}) (12. c3 g6 13. N2b3 Nce4 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Ne2 Nxf4 16. Nxf4
Rad8 17. Rad1 Qf5 18. Nd4 Qe5 19. Rfe1 Bd6 20. g3 Rfe8 21. Qd3 Qf6 22. Nh3 Re5
23. f3 Rh5 24. fxe4 dxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxh3 26. Kg2 Rh5 27. Rf1 Qg5 {1/2-1/2 Korbut,
E (2400)-Saunina,L (2280)/St.Petersburg Rudenko mem 2004/ChessBase (49)}) 12...
Rfc8 $146 {Interesting novelty from great master. But according to theory and
simple} (12... Bd8 $5 {promise to black quite comfortable game, for example:}
13. Rd1 (13. h3 Re8 14. Rd1 Rc8 15. Nf1 Nce4 16. c3 Re5 17. N5g3 Qb5 18. a4 Qb3
19. Ne3 Nxg3 20. Qxg3 Be7 21. Qf3 Re8 22. g3 Bd6 23. Kg2 Bc5 24. Qe2 a6 {
1-0 Carlsson,P (2330)-Potkin,V (2530)/Wch B20 Athens 2001/ (46)}) 13... Re8 14.
c4 (14. Nf1 Nce4 15. Be3 (15. c3 Bb6 16. Be3 Re5 17. N1g3 Qb5 18. Rab1 Rae8 19.
Bxb6 {1/2-1/2 Arnason,J (2500)-Bareev,E (2590)/Moscow 1990/ChessBase}) 15...
Re5 16. N1g3 Nxg3 17. Nxg3 Bb6 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. h3 Qb5 20. Qc3 Rae8 21. Qd4
Qc5 22. c3 h6 23. a4 Qc6 24. Kh2 R5e6 25. Rd3 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 Gruenfeld,Y-Lahav,E/
Tel Aviv ASA 1989/ChessBase (83)}) 14... Re5 (14... dxc4 15. Nxc4 Qe6 16. Be3
Qxc4 17. Rac1 Qe4 18. Rxc5 Qxf3 19. gxf3) 15. Ng3 Qe6 (15... d4 $6 16. b4 $1
Ne6 17. Nb3 Rc8 18. Bf4 Nxf4 19. Qxf4 Qe8 20. Qxd4 Bb6 21. c5 Bc7 22. Qc4 h5
23. Nd2 Rd8 24. Nf3 Red5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Re1 {1-0 Nevednichy,V (2544)
-Cabrilo,G (2487)/Srbija i Crna Gora (63)}) 16. b4 (16. cxd5 Rxd5 17. Ndf1 Rxd1
18. Qxd1 Bb6 19. Be3 Ng4 20. Qf3 Re8) 16... Re1+ 17. Ndf1 Rxd1 18. Qxd1 Na6 (
18... Nce4 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 21. Ng3 Qc4 22. Bb2 {~~}) 19. b5 Nc7 20.
cxd5 Qxd5 $15) 13. Re1 (13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. c3 (14. Nb3 Nxb3 15. Qxb3 Qe5 {
[%cal Cb3b7,Gf6g4]} 16. h3 a5 $5 17. a4 d4 {with reasonable position}) 14...
Re8 15. Nb3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Qe2 $13) 13... Bf8 $11 {Vaganian has managed to
complete his development and has nice position.} 14. Nf1 (14. Nb3 Nxb3 15. cxb3
Ne4 $11) 14... Nce4 15. c3 b5 $1 {[%cal Ga7a5,Gb5b4]} 16. a3 (16. Be3 b4 17.
Bd4 bxc3 18. bxc3 Bc5 $11) 16... a5 17. Be3 b4 18. axb4 axb4 19. cxb4 (19. Rxa8
Rxa8 20. Bd4 bxc3 21. bxc3 Qe6 $11) 19... Bxb4 20. Red1 Bf8 (20... Rxa1 21.
Rxa1 g6 $5 22. Nd4 (22. Nh6+ Kg7 23. Ng3 (23. Ra7 Rc7) 23... Bc5 $1 $15 {
[%csl Rh6]}) 22... Qg4 $11) 21. Bd4 Qe6 22. N1e3 Nd2 $5 (22... Rxa1 23. Rxa1 g6
{also leads to equal game.}) 23. Qf4 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Nb3 {[%csl Gd4] Although
the position is balanced, black seems to have the easier play.} 25. Rd1 Nxd4
26. Nxd4 Qb6 {[%csl Rb2]} 27. b3 (27. Ng4 Nxg4 28. Qxg4 Rc4 $1 29. b3 Rb4 $15)
27... Re8 $1 28. Nec2 (28. Qg5 $143 $2 Ne4 $1 $17) 28... g6 (28... Bc5 $5 $15)
29. h3 Ne4 30. Qf3 $1 ({I think that Naumann rightly avoided the line} 30. Ne3
$2 Nc3 31. Rd3 Qa6 $1 32. Rxc3 Qa1+ 33. Kh2 Bg7 $1 $17 {[%cal Oa1c3,Ce3d5,
Rg7e5]} (33... Qxc3 $2 34. Nxd5)) 30... Bg7 (30... Bc5 $5 {[%csl Gc5]}) 31. Ne2
Qb5 32. Ncd4 Qc5 33. Qd3 Rc8 34. Qe3 Qb4 35. Qd3 Nc3 36. Nxc3 Rxc3 37. Qb5 (37.
Qd2 $5) 37... Qxb5 (37... Qxb5 38. Nxb5 Rc5 39. Nd4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.23"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. exd5 exd5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 {
I like this move.Black keep bishop on important diagonal g1-a7 and ready for
active counterplay. Another options are:} (7... Ba7) (7... Be7) 8. Bg5 ({
Big popularity got in modern practice} 8. Qe2+ {but I think that black has
good chances for equalization after for example} Ne7 $5 (8... Qe7 {I believe
that it's better for black to avoid queen's exchange , and in modern practice
white often get small, but lasting advantage, for example} 9. Nfd4 $146 Bg4 $1
(9... Nf6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. O-O-O Qxe2 13. Bxe2 Nc6 14. f4 O-O 15.
Bf3 Rd8 16. Rhe1 Kf8 17. c3 Ne7 18. Nc2 Be6 19. Nbd4 Rd6 20. Re2 Bd7 21. g3 Rc8
22. Red2 Ba7 23. Ne3 Ba4 24. Re1 Bd7 $14 {1-0 Motylev,A (2634)-Nikolic,P (2653)
/EUR-Cup Halkidiki 2002/(61)}) 10. f3 (10. Qxe7+ Nxe7 11. Be3 Nd7 $14) 10...
Bd7 11. Bf4 (11. Bg5 Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 Nc6 13. O-O-O Nge7 14. Rhe1 Nxd4 15. Nxd4
f6 16. Be3 Bc7 17. f4 Kf7 18. Bf3 Rad8 19. g3 h5 20. Bg1 h4 $14 {0-1 Zapata,A 
(2472)-Kiriakov,P (2555)/Santo Domingo op 2003/(58)}) 11... Nc6 12. O-O-O Qxe2
13. Bxe2 Nge7 14. Nxc6 $1 (14. Rhe1 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 O-O-O $11) 14... Bxc6 15. Bd3
(15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Rhe1 O-O-O) 15... O-O 16. Rhe1 Rfe8 17. Be3 Bc7 (17... Bxe3+
18. Rxe3 Ng6 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Nd4 $14) 18. g3 $14 {1-0 Adams,M
(2744)-Gurevich,M (2633)/Deutschland 2001/ChessBase (56)}) 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Bxb6
Qxb6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nbc6 {1/2-1/2 Oral,T-Nikolic,P/Selfoss 2002/ (12)'})
8... Nf6 ({It is possible to recommend also} 8... Ne7 {and after for example}
9. Qd2 O-O (9... Nbc6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O h6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Rad1 Bg4 (13...
Nf5 $1 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15. Rfe1 Be6 {#C5 a5=}) 14. Rfe1 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Ng6 16. Qd2
Qf6 17. Nfd4 $14 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 Rxe2 19. Qxe2 Nf4 $11 {1-0 Matulovic,
M-Andersson,U/Titovo Uzice ChessBase (50)}) 10. O-O-O Nbc6 11. h3 Re8 12. Be3
Bf5 13. Nfd4 Bg6 14. h4 Rc8 15. h5 Be4 {0-1 De la Villa,J-Topalov,V/Palma op.
1992/ChessBase (55) black easily equalized chances}) 9. Qe2+ (9. Qd2 Qe7+ 10.
Qe2 Be6 11. O-O-O h6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Nfd4 O-O 14. f3 a5 15. Nb5 Qd8 16. Nc5
Nbd7 17. Nxb7 Qb8 18. Bxb6 Nxb6 19. Nc5 Bf5 20. Qe3 Rc8 21. Rd2 Bg6 $132 {
1-0 Jaracz,P (2513)-Gurevich,M (2641)/Metz op 2002/ (68)}) (9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O
Nc6 11. Qd2 Bg4 12. Qf4 Bc7 13. Qxg4 Nxg4 14. Bxd8 Rfxd8 15. Rad1 Bb6 16. h3
Nge5 17. c3 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Ne5 19. Kg2 Nc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Nd2 Rac8 22. Ne4
Kf8 23. f4 Ke7 {Ivanov,V (2460)-Tereick,B (2155)/Bad Zwesten op 2005/CBM 104
ext/1-0 (53)}) 9... Be6 10. Nbd4 $146 ({It is not easy correctly evaluate
positiona and after} 10. Nfd4 O-O {Interesting novelty.Black sacrifice pawn
but gets advantage in development.I am not sure that Black is getting full
compensation for the pawn, but at least game become very interesting!} 11. Nxe6
fxe6 12. Qxe6+ Kh8 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Bd3 Qc7 {with some compensation for
sacrificed pawn.}) 10... Qe7 (10... O-O 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Qxe6+ Kh8 13. O-O-O
Nc6 14. Bxf6 $16) 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Nxc6 (12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 $5 $11 (
13... fxe6 14. Rxd5 Bxf2 $5)) 12... bxc6 13. Nd4 Bxd4 14. Rxd4 h6 15. Bh4 (15.
Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qe3 O-O 17. Rf4 Qd8 $132) 15... g5 ({Perhaps Kiriakov should
have considered} 15... c5 $5 {but after} 16. Rd1 ({Greedy} 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17.
Rxd5 O-O 18. Rxc5 Rab8 {[%csl Rc1]} 19. Re5 Rfc8 20. Qe3 $5 Bxa2 21. Bd3 Bc4
$132 {promise good counter play for black.}) 16... d4 17. Qe5 O-O ({or} 17...
g5 18. Bg3 O-O 19. h4 $14) 18. Bd3 Rab8 {[%cal Cd3a6,Ge7b7]} 19. Bxf6 {I would
prefer to play with white pieces.}) 16. Bg3 Ne4 17. f3 (17. Qe3 $5) 17... Nxg3
18. hxg3 Qf6 $6 {This move is the main reason for further difficulties for
Black.} ({After} 18... c5 $5 19. Rd2 (19. Ra4 c4 $132) 19... Qd6 20. g4 d4 {
Black's position is not so bad.}) 19. Ra4 (19. Qe3 $6 {[%cal Ge3c3]}) 19... O-O
20. Qe3 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Rg8] White will systematically improve his position,
black has big troubles to defend both flanks.} Kg7 (20... Rfb8 $5 21. c3 Bf5
22. g4 $14) 21. g4 Rfe8 22. Qc5 Bd7 23. Bd3 $36 {[%csl Ra6,Rg7,Rh6]} Re5 24.
Rd1 a5 25. a3 $1 {Avoiding simple trap:} (25. Rxa5 $4 Qf4+ $1 26. Kb1 Qd2 $19)
25... Qd8 26. Kb1 Qc7 27. Bf1 (27. g3 $5) 27... Be8 (27... Kg8 $5) 28. Rad4 {
[%cal Rd4d5]} Qb7 29. f4 (29. Bd3 $5) 29... Qe7 30. Qc3 gxf4 31. Rxf4 f6 32.
Bd3 c5 33. Rdf1 Re6 (33... c4 34. Rxf6 $1 Re1+ (34... Qxf6 35. Rxf6 Kxf6 36.
Bxc4 $1 $18) 35. Ka2 $1 Qe5 36. Rb6 Qxc3 37. Rb7+ Bf7 38. Rfxf7+ Kh8 (38... Kg8
$4 39. Bh7+) 39. bxc3 cxd3 40. cxd3 $18) 34. Rf5 {[%cal Of5d5,Cc5c4,Cc4d3,
Gg4g5]} d4 $8 (34... c4 35. g5 Kg8 36. gxf6 Qf7 37. Bxc4 $1 dxc4 38. R5f3 Kf8
39. Rg3 $18) 35. Qxc5 Re1+ (35... Qxc5 36. Rxc5 Bf7 37. Kc1 $5 $18 {[%cal
Gc1d2]}) 36. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 37. Ka2 Bf7+ 38. Bc4 $18 {Blck has lost simply pawn
without getting anything for it!} Rf8 39. Bxf7 (39. Qxd4) 39... Rxf7 40. Qxd4
Qe2 41. Rxa5 ({Another promising possibility was} 41. c4 $5 Qxg2 42. Rxa5 $18)
41... Qxc2 42. g5 $1 {This move clearly shows that White choose Black Monarch
as a main target!} Qxg2 43. gxf6+ Rxf6 (43... Kg6 44. Qf4 Kh7 45. Rh5 Qg6 46.
Rf5 $18) 44. Ra7+ Kg6 45. Qd3+ Kh5 (45... Rf5 46. Ra6+ Kg5 47. Qe3+ Rf4 48.
Qe5+ Kg4 49. Rg6+) 46. Ra5+ Kg4 {It is better to die standing than to live on
your knees! Kiriakov plays this part of the game in Steinitz style.} 47. Qd4+ (
47. Ra4+ $5) 47... Rf4 48. Qd7+ Kg3 49. Rc5 (49. Rh5 $1) 49... Qa8 (49... Qe4
$5 50. Qg7+ Kf2 51. Qxh6 $18) 50. Qg7+ Kf2 51. Qxh6 Qg8+ 52. Kb1 Re4 53. Qh2+
Kf3 54. Rc3+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.24"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Samara Termosteps"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nb3 Nce4 11. Nfd4 Qd7 (11... O-O $6 12. Nf5 Re8 13.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Be3 Nd6 15. Bd4 Nd7 16. Qd2 Ne4 17. Qf4 Nef6 18. Rad1 Qb4 19.
Qf3 a6 20. c3 $14 {[%csl Gd4] 1-0 Ye Jiangchuan-Pelletier,Y/Bled Olympiad 2002/
(38)}) 12. f3 (12. Qf3 O-O 13. Nf5 Bd8 14. Be3 g6 15. Ng3 Re8 16. Rfd1 Qc8 17.
c3 a5 18. a4 Ra6 19. h3 Nxg3 20. Qxg3 Ne4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Holzke,F-Psakhis,L/
Pardubice KB op 2003/ (26)}) 12... Nd6 13. Nc5 Qc8 (13... Qc7 14. Nd3 O-O 15.
b3 Rfe8 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Qd2 Bf6 18. Rfe1 Nb6 19. Bf2 h6 20. a4 Rad8 21. Rxe8+
Rxe8 22. Re1 Rxe1+ 23. Nxe1 Nbc8 24. Nd3 Ne7 25. Ne2 Ndf5 $13 {1-0 Timofeev,
A-Lastin,A/Moscow Aeroflot op-A 2004/(62)}) 14. Nd3 O-O 15. Be3 (15. b3 Bd8 16.
Be3 Re8 17. Bf2 Ba5 18. a4 a6 19. b4 Bb6 20. a5 Ba7 21. Nb3 Bxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Qc3
23. Qd2 Qc4 24. Ndc5 Re7 25. Na4 Rae8 $11 {Sakelsek,T-Doornbos,Y/FRA t-ch 2004/
1/2-1/2 (65)}) 15... Bd8 (15... Re8 16. Bf2 Nf5 17. Qd2 Bd6 18. Rae1 Nxd4 19.
Bxd4 Qf5 20. Rxe8+ Nxe8 21. Re1 Nc7 22. Be5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 $14 {1/2-1/2 McShane,
L-Summerscale,A/Southend Redbus KO 2002/ (35)}) 16. Bf2 Re8 17. a4 (17. Re1 Bb6
18. Qd2 Qc4 19. b3 Qc7 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Re1 Qd7 22. Rxe8+ Ndxe8 23. a4 Qd8
24. g3 g6 25. Kg2 Kg7 26. Qc3 Kg8 27. Qd2 Kg7 28. Nf4 $14 {Godena,M-Sharif,M/
FRA t-ch final 2004/1/2-1/2 (43)}) 17... Nc4 $5 $146 (17... Nf5 18. Qd2 Bb6 19.
Nxf5 Bxf2+ 20. Qxf2 Qxf5 21. Rfe1 Qc8 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. b3 Qc6 24. Re1 Re8 25.
Rxe8+ Nxe8 26. Qe3 $36 {1-0 McShane,L-Pert,N/BCF-ch Torquay 2002/CBM 91/
[McShane] (43)}) (17... a6 18. Kh1 Bb6 19. a5 Ba7 20. b3 Qd7 21. Nf4 Rac8 22.
Qd2 h6 {1/2-1/2 Wells,P-Kindermann,S/AUT t-ch 0203 2003/ (22)}) 18. Qc1 (18. b3
Ne3 19. Bxe3 Rxe3 20. Qd2 Re8 {[%cal Gd8b6]} 21. a5 $5) 18... Bb6 {[%csl Gb6]
[%cal Gb6f2] This is also a typical maneuvre for such positions.} 19. b3 Na5 {
[%cal Ga5c6] Sergey Dolmatov wants to exchange the strong white knight.
Understanding which pieces to exchange and which to keep characterizes a very
good player!} (19... Ne5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21. Qd2 $14) 20. Qf4 Nc6 {An optimal
place for the knight} (20... Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Qxc2 22. Nb4 $140 Nh5) 21. Nf5 $1 {
[%csl Gf5]} Bxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Qd8 23. g4 {[%csl Gf5]} (23. Rd1 Nh5 24. Qg4 g6 $11
{doesn't give something special to white}) 23... d4 $5 {[%cal Gf6d5,Gd5e3]} 24.
Qg5 (24. Nd6 Re7) 24... g6 25. Nh6+ Kg7 (25... Kf8 26. Qf4 $5 $36) 26. Nf5+ Kg8
27. Nh6+ {Quite important game for theory.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Black "Goloshchapov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Be3 a5 $5 {Black make this
move in every second in this popular variant, but they have and other options,
I don,t see white advantge after} (12... Nce4 {for example} 13. Bd4 Qc7 14. Ne3
Rad8 15. c3 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 $11 17. Qc2 {1/2-1/2 Iuldachev,S-Psakhis,L/
Elista ol 1998 (17)}) 13. Re2 $5 (13. Bd4 Ne6 14. Be5 Bc5 15. Ne3 Ne4 16. Re2
N6g5 17. Nxg5 (17. Qxd5 Bxe3 18. Qxd8 Bxf2+ 19. Kf1 Raxd8 20. Bf4 h6 21. Rxf2
Nxf2 22. Kxf2 Nxf3 23. gxf3 Rd4 $19 {0-1 Kostenko-Dizdar,G/World t-ch Luzern
1997 (49)}) 17... Qxg5 18. Bd4 Nxf2 19. Rxf2 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Qxe3 21. Qxd5 Re7
22. Rd1 Qb6 23. c4 Rae8 24. c5 Qb5 25. h3 {1/2-1/2 Sermek,D-Dizdar,G/Pula 1993
(25)}) (13. Nd4 Qd7 14. Qf3 Nce4 15. Nf5 Bf8 16. Bd4 Re6 17. Qd1 Rae8 18. N5e3
Bc5 19. c3 Qb5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 {1/2-1/2 Yemelin,V-Dolmatov,S/Novgorod op 1999 
(20)}) 13... b5 14. Bd4 Ne6 15. Be5 Ng4 {Deserves attention also} (15... Bc5 $5
16. Ne3 Ng5 {1/2-1/2 Rozentalis,E-Gurevich,M/Belfort 1998 (16)}) 16. Bg3 b4 17.
Rd2 {N/ Improvment compare to unsufficient exchange sacrifice-} (17. Rxe6 $6
fxe6 18. Nd4 Bf6 (18... e5 $5 19. Ne6 $140 Qd7 20. Qxg4 Bf6) 19. Qxg4 h5 20.
Qd1 h4 21. Bf4 e5 $15 {0-1 Rozentalis,E-Bareev,E/Elista olm 1998/CBM 66 ext 
(40), but I am not sure that black have serious troubles after modest move in
the game}) 17... Qb6 ({Possible also} 17... Nc7 {and in the case of} 18. Bxc7
$140 Qxc7 19. Rxd5 Bc5 $44 {black has enough compensation for the pawn.}) 18.
Rxd5 (18. h3 $5 Nf6 19. Ne3 Ne4 20. Nxd5 Qb7 21. Rd3 Nxg3 22. fxg3 Bc5+ (22...
Nc5 $5)) 18... Bc5 {[%csl Gb6,Gc5,Ge6,Gg4]} 19. Qd2 (19. Rd2 Rad8 20. Qc1 $1 a4
$44) 19... Nf6 {It is clear, that black solved all opening problems and it is
time fore white beware of blacks activity/} 20. Re5 $8 (20. Rd3 Ne4 21. Qe1 Nf4
$1 {[%csl Gb6,Gc5,Ge4,Ge8,Gf4][%cal Rc5f2,Re4f2,Re8e1]}) 20... Rad8 21. Qe1 (
21. Qc1 $142 $5) 21... Nd4 $1 22. Rd1 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Bd4 24. Re7 Qc5 $1 25.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Qd2 Bxb2 $36 {[%csl Ra2,Rc2,Rf3] Black won pawn back, there
pieces are active, pawn structure perfect and it is difficult to believe in
this moment, that Lastin will manage to win this game.} 27. Ne3 h6 (27... Qc6
28. Qe2) (27... g6 $5) 28. Qd3 g6 29. Nc4 Bc3 30. Bf4 Rc8 31. Nd6 Rd8 32. Qe2
Qc6 (32... Qc7 $5 33. Bg3 Nh5 $36) 33. Rd3 Nh5 $2 ({After} 33... Rd7 $1 {
black still slightly better}) 34. Qe7 Rd7 (34... Rf8 $5 35. Bxh6 Bg7 36. Bxg7
Nxg7 37. Nxf7 $1 Nf5 38. Qe4 Qxe4 39. fxe4 Rxf7 40. exf5 Rxf5 41. c3 $1 $14)
35. Qe8+ Kg7 $2 $138 {[%mdl 8192] Big mistake ( time troubles? ) allows white
get big advantage, while after} (35... Kh7 $1 36. Nxf7 Rxd3 $1 37. Qxc6 Rd1+
38. Kg2 Nxf4+ 39. Kg3 Bd2 $1 40. h4 (40. Qc7 Rg1+ 41. Kh4 Ng2+ 42. Kg4 Nf4+ 43.
Kh4 $11) 40... Ne2+ 41. Kh3 Rh1+ 42. Kg2 Rg1+ 43. Kh2 Bf4+ $11 {drawish result
of the game was inevitavle !}) 36. Bxh6+ $1 {Punishment!} Kh7 (36... Kxh6 37.
Nxf7+ Kh7 38. Rxd7 $18) 37. Nxf7 ({Enough for victory, but even stronger was
to play} 37. Ne4 $142 Rc7 (37... Rxd3 38. Qxc6 Rd1+ 39. Kg2 Kxh6 40. Nxc3 bxc3
41. h4 $1 Nf4+ 42. Kh2 $18) 38. Qf8 f6 (38... Bf6 39. Rd6) 39. Bg5 $1 $18 {
with quick end.}) 37... Rc7 38. Qxc6 Rxc6 39. Rd7 Bg7 40. Be3 Rc8 (40... Rxc2
41. Ng5+ Kh6 42. Ne6+ g5 (42... Kh7 43. Nxg7 Nxg7 44. Bd4) 43. Rd5 $1 Bf6 (
43... Rxa2 44. Rxg5 $18) 44. Rxa5 $18) 41. Ra7 Kg8 42. Ng5 Bf6 43. Rxa5 Rxc2
44. Ra8+ Kg7 45. Ra7+ Kg8 46. Ne6 Bb2 47. Bh6 $18 {Other moves were not
obligatory, white with two pawns up and active pieces slowly, but surely
transformed material advantage into victory.} Bc1 48. f4 Re2 49. Ng5 Re8 50.
Nh3 Rb8 51. Kg2 b3 52. axb3 Rxb3 53. Ra4 Rc3 54. Re4 Rb3 55. Ng1 Kh7 56. Bg5
Rb7 57. Rc4 Bb2 58. Ne2 Rf7 59. Ng3 Ng7 60. Kf3 Ba1 61. h4 Bb2 62. Kg4 Ba1 63.
Rb4 Bc3 64. Rb5 Bd4 65. f3 Bc3 66. f5 gxf5+ 67. Nxf5 Ne6 68. Rb6 Nd4 69. Rf6
Rd7 70. Rh6+ Kg8 71. Ng3 Bb4 72. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Sonsbeek SNS"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1999.05.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Xie, Jun"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nb3 Nce4 11. Be3 {Rather rare and quite harmless
move, ussualy white played} (11. Nfd4 {[%cal Gd4f5]}) 11... O-O 12. Nbd4 {N/} (
12. c3 Re8 13. Bd4 Bd6 14. Re1 Qc7 15. h3 a6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nbd4 Ne4 18. Qb3
Rad8 19. Rad1 Bc5 20. Re2 Ba7 21. Rde1 Rf8 22. Qd1 Bb8 23. Qb3 g6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Nokso Koivisto,A-Tuominen,R/Turku 1998 (84)}) (12. Bd4 Qc7 13. c3 b5 14. Bxf6
Nxf6 15. Nbd4 b4 (15... a6 $5) 16. cxb4 Bxb4 17. Rc1 Qd7 18. Ne5 Qd6 19. Nec6
$36 {1-0 Sulskis,S-Kaminski,M/Cappelle le Grande op 1998 (56)}) (12. Qd3 Re8 (
12... Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Bd4 Bd6 15. c3 Re8 16. Re1 a6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. g3
Re4 $11 {0-1 Marinkovic,I-Vaganian,R/BL 1991 (57)}) 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. c3 a6 15.
Nbd4 Bc5 16. h3 Rad8 17. Rfe1 Nh5 18. Qc2 g6 19. Qc1 Bd6 20. Ne2 Rd7 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Kortchnoi,V/Monaco 1992 (71)}) 12... Ng4 13. Nf5 (13. Bf4 Bc5)
13... Bf6 ({I am not sure that black could get real problems after} 13... Nxe3
14. Nxe3 Nf6 15. Qd4 (15. Qd3 Bc5) 15... Qa5 {but Kortchnoi avoids unnecessary
simplications.}) 14. Bd4 g6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. N5d4 Qb6 $11 17. Rb1 Rfe8 18. c3
Rad8 19. h3 Ngf6 {[%csl Gb6,Ge4,Ge8] Black pieces are active, white can,t
organised real preasure on the isolated pawn, game is compleatly equal.} 20.
Qb3 Qc7 21. Rbd1 a6 22. Ne1 g5 $6 {It is very difficult to try to comment this
move from pure chess point of view. I am sure that Kortchnoi undersood that
this move just can,t be good, but with normal continuation black chances for
win are minimal and he hopes to start complications, but ....} 23. Nd3 g4 24.
h4 $1 Kh8 (24... g3 25. fxg3 Qxg3 26. Nf5 {[%csl Gf5]}) 25. Qc2 {[%cal Gc2c1,
Gc1f4]} Nh5 26. Qc1 {[%cal Rc1h6]} Qd6 (26... Qe7 $5 27. g3 (27. Qh6 Qxh4 28.
Nf4 Re5 (28... Qf6 $5)) 27... Qd6 {[%cal Rh5g3]}) 27. Rde1 Rg8 (27... g3 28. f3
$1) 28. Qe3 Qf6 29. g3 $16 Rde8 30. Nb3 Nexg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Final mistake,
after} (30... Qd6 $5 {white advantage is obvious, but move in the game lose
immediately.}) 31. Qxe8 $1 Rxe8 (31... Nxf1 32. Qe5 $1 {Maybe Kortchnoi missed
this move ?} Qxe5 33. Nxe5 $18) 32. Rxe8+ Kg7 33. fxg3 Qd6 34. Ne5 f6 35. Nd4
$1 $18 Qb6 36. Nxg4 Qxb2 37. Rfe1 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 c4 6. b3 cxb3 7. axb3 (7. Bb5+
Bd7 8. Qe2+ Qe7 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. axb3 Nh6 (10... f6 11. Nf1 Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 Bd6
13. Ne3 Ne7 14. Ba3 Bxa3 15. Rxa3 Kf7 16. Ne1 Nf8 17. Nd3 Ne6 18. c3 Rhd8 19.
Kd2 Nc6 20. Rd1 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Nikolic,P/BIH t-ch Neum 2002/}) 11. Ra5
Nb6 12. Nf1 Qxe2+ 13. Kxe2 Nf5 14. c4 f6 15. c5 Nc8 16. Ne3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 a6
18. Kd3 Na7 19. Bd2 g6 20. Ng1 Nb5 21. Ne2 Kd7 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A-Nikolic,P/
Belgrade INV 1991/ChessBase (40)}) 7... Bb4 8. Ne5 $5 (8. Bd3 Ne7 9. O-O Nbc6
10. Ba3 O-O 11. Qc1 Bxa3 12. Qxa3 Bf5 13. Bxf5 Nxf5 14. c3 a5 15. Rfe1 Qd6 16.
Qa4 f6 17. Qb5 Qd7 18. Nf1 Rfd8 19. Qd3 Nd6 20. Ne3 Qf7 21. Nh4 Rac8 22. Re2 b5
{0-1 Nevostrujev,V-Andreev,A/RUS-sf Novosibirsk 2002/ (60)}) (8. Bb5+ Bd7 9.
Qe2+ Qe7 (9... Ne7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ba3 Bxa3 12. Rxa3 Bxb5 13. Qxb5 Qc7 14. Re1
Qxc2 15. Qxb7 Nbc6 16. Raa1 Rab8 17. Qc7 Rfc8 18. Qf4 h6 19. h3 Ng6 20. Qg4 Nb4
21. Rxa7 Nd3 22. Rf1 Ndf4 {1/2-1/2 Korneev,O-Garcia Martinez,S/Mislata op 1999/
(49)}) 10. Ne5 Nf6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bd3 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 Sarakauskas,G-Alekseev,V/
Pelaro op 2002/}) 8... Ne7 (8... Nf6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Bc3 11. Ra4 Bd7 12.
Nxd7 Nbxd7 13. Nb1 Ba5 14. Bd2 Bc7 15. Nc3 Re8 16. Qf3 Nb6 17. Raa1 h6 18. Rae1
Qd6 19. g3 a6 20. Re3 Qc6 21. Rfe1 Bd6 22. Nd1 Rxe3 23. Nxe3 {Svidler,
P-Kortchnoi,V/Groningen 1996/ 1-0 (39)}) 9. Bd3 $146 (9. c3 Bxc3 10. Qf3 Bxd2+
11. Bxd2 O-O 12. Bd3 Nbc6 13. Ra4 Ng6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. O-O Bd7 16. Ra6 Qh4 17.
Be3 Rfb8 18. Rb1 Rb6 19. Ra5 Bg4 20. Qg3 Qxg3 21. hxg3 Ne7 22. Rb2 f6 {1/2-1/2
Bondarets,V-Hryhorenko,N/Lvov-8 2003/}) 9... Nbc6 10. O-O {[%mdl 512] Showing
a clear intention to sacrifice the pawn d4 if necessary.} (10. Bb2 $5) 10...
Bc3 {[%cal Gc3a1,Gc3d4] This tempting move wins a pawn at the cost of
development.} ({Worth considering} 10... O-O 11. Bb2 $14) 11. Ra4 $1 Bxd4 (
11... Nxe5 $5 12. dxe5 Bd7 (12... Bxe5 13. Qh5 Bf6 14. Re1 $44 {[%csl Gh5]
[%cal Ge1e8]}) 13. Ra2 Nc6 14. Ba3 $14) 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Ba3 $1 {[%csl Ga3,
Re8][%cal Ga3f8]} Be6 14. Nf3 Bb6 $6 (14... Bf6 $142 15. Re1 Be7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7
17. Rh4 $44 {but it was lesser evil.}) 15. Qa1 $1 {[%cal Ra1g7] Immediately
begins an offensive against Black's king.} Qc7 (15... f6 16. Re1 Kf7 17. Rf4
$40) 16. b4 $5 (16. Qxg7 O-O-O {[%cal Cd3h7,Gh8g8]} 17. Qf6 $36) 16... f6 $2 (
16... O-O $5 17. b5 Ne7 18. Re1 $44) 17. Re1 Kf7 $5 (17... Nd8 18. b5 Kf7 19.
Qd1 $40 {[%csl Rf7]} (19. Bb2 $5)) ({Good or bad, but Black had to play} 17...
Ne5 $142 $5 {otherwise White will attack in a very comfortable situation.
Continuation could be :} 18. Nxe5 fxe5 19. b5 $5 (19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5 Kd7
21. b5 $36) (19. Rxe5 O-O $1 20. Rxe6 $140 Bxf2+ 21. Kh1 Qd7 {[%cal Rd7a4,
Rd7e6]}) 19... Qf7 (19... d4 20. f4) 20. Re2 (20. Rxe5 Bxf2+ 21. Kh1 O-O-O 22.
Bb2 $36 {[%cal Gb2d4]}) 20... Qf6 21. Qxe5 Qxe5 22. Rxe5 {with clear advantage
of white, but at least black king doesn't afraid of direct attack.}) 18. b5 Na5
(18... Nd8 $5) 19. Qd1 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf3g5]} (19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 $40) 19...
Rae8 (19... Nc4 20. Bf5 $1 Ne5 21. Bxe6+ Kxe6 22. Nxe5 fxe5 23. Qg4+ $18) (
19... g6 20. Ng5+ $1 fxg5 21. Qf3+ Kg7 22. Rxe6 Rhf8 $5 (22... Rhe8 23. Qf6+
Kg8 24. Bxg6 $1 $18) 23. Bxf8+ Rxf8 24. Qxd5 Rxf2 25. Kh1 $18) 20. Ng5+ $1 {
This heavy blow is a signal to the decisive assault.} fxg5 21. Qf3+ Kg8 22.
Rxe6 {The rook is untouchable in view of the mating threat} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.01.29"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Werle, Jan"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. dxc5 Nf6 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Be3 a6 10. Bd3 Re8 11. Nf3 Ba4 12. Nfd4 Nbd7 13. O-O-O Bxb3 (13...
Nxc5 14. Nf5 (14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Qf3 Qb6 16. Nf5 Bxe3+ 17. Nxe3 Bb5 18. Bxb5
axb5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Red8 21. Qb3 Qxf2 22. Rdf1 Qd2+ {0-1 Rublevsky,
S-Gurevich,M/Frankfurt Ordix op 2000/ (53)}) 14... Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 Bf8 16. Bg5
h6 17. Bh4 g5 18. Bg3 Bb5 19. Qd4 Re4 20. Qd2 Re2 21. Qd4 Re4 22. Qd2 Re2 23.
Qd4 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S-Bareev,E/Frankfurt Masters 2000/}) 14. Nxb3 a5 {
This is an interesting way for Black to avoid the complexities of the line} (
14... Nxc5 15. Qf3 Nxb3+ (15... Qc7 16. Bd4 Nfe4 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Bxe4 dxe4
19. Qe3 Bf8 20. Rd2 b5 21. h4 f5 22. Qb3+ Qf7 23. Be3 Red8 24. Rhd1 Be7 25. Bg5
Qxb3 26. axb3 Bxg5 27. hxg5 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Kf7 29. Rd6 {Lintchevski,D-Rodshtein,
M/Kirishi Young Stars of the World 2004/0-1 (56)}) (15... Nxd3+ 16. Rxd3 a5 17.
Nd4 a4 18. a3 (18. Nf5 a3 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. b3 Ne4 21. Bd4 Ra6 $10) 18... Nd7
$5 {Selbst diese Idee ist nicht neu; Dolmatov hat so gespielt, aber ohne die
Züge a4 und a3. Zapata konnte dann Rb3 spielen. Obwohl ich auf den Zug sehr
stolz war, ist vielleicht 18...Ne4 besser.} 19. Bf4 $1 {Verhindert Nd7-e5-c4
mit Druck auf b2.} (19. Qxd5 $2 Nc5 $17) 19... Nc5 (19... Bf6 $2 20. Nb5 Ne5
21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Rhd1 $16) 20. Re3 Bf6 {Das Bauernopfer brachte ich ungern,
aber wie sonst weiter?} 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 {0-1 Hennigan,M-Knaak,R/BL 1996/
ChessBase/[Knaak] (40)}) 16. axb3 Qa5 (16... Bd6 $5 17. Bg5 Be5 18. Kb1 h6 19.
Bxf6 {1/2-1/2 Ljubojevic,L-Kortchnoi,V/Buenos Aires 1979 (19)}) 17. Kb1 Bc5 18.
Bxc5 ({Black's tasks are even easier after} 18. Bg5 Ne4 $1 {for example} 19.
Bxe4 dxe4 20. Qf5 g6 21. Qd5 Qb5 22. Bh4 Re6 23. c3 Qb6 24. Rhf1 Rae8 25. b4
Bf8 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S-Psakhis,L/Istanbul olm 2000/ (25)}) 18... Qxc5 19. Qf4
$146 {This is a new try, but I think, that Black has nothing to fear here} (19.
Rhe1 Qb4 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. h3 a5 22. g4 h6 23. Bf5 a4 24. Qc3 Qxc3 25. bxc3
axb3 26. cxb3 Re2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Arzumanian,G-Lastin,A/RUS-Cup Tula 2001/ (41)})
19... Ne4 $6 ({Worth a consideration is:} 19... a5 $142 20. Rhe1 b5 $11 {
[%cal Gb5b4] with complicated and double-edged play.}) 20. Rhe1 $1 Rac8 (20...
Nxf2 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Rf1 $18) 21. Re2 $36 {1-0 Akopian,V-Bauer,C/Enghien
les Bains 2001/CBM 83/[Psakhis] (40) /\ and the game steers into more placid
channels.}) 15. a4 Nxc5 16. Bxc5 $6 $146 {This move appears to be a novelty,
but I doubt whether it is better than} (16. Bb5 {which was previously tried in
this position. A continuation could be} Nxb3+ 17. cxb3 Qc7+ 18. Kb1 Red8 19.
Bd4 Ne4 20. f3 Nc5 21. Be5 Bd6 22. Rxd5 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 Nxb3 25.
Ka2 Nd4 26. Rc1 Rab8 27. Rc7 Ne6 28. Rd7 Rdc8 29. Rf5 f6 30. Rd6 Nc5 {
Rublevsky,S-Bareev,E/Polanica Zdroj 1997/1/2-1/2 (37)}) 16... Bxc5 17. Qf3 Bb6
{[%csl Gb6] White has got nothing from the opening: Black's pieces are well
developed and coordinated.} 18. Kb1 (18. Rhe1 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Qd6 {[%cal Gd6h2]}
20. h3 Qb4 $36) (18. g3 $5) 18... Qd6 {[%cal Gd6b4]} 19. Bb5 {A dubious
decision, which leads to initiative for Black.} (19. c3 $5 $11) 19... Re4 20.
Rd2 $2 (20. g3 $142) 20... Rf4 $1 $17 21. Qd1 $8 (21. Qg3 Ne4 $1 22. Rxd5 Qf6
$19) 21... Rxf2 22. Rxf2 Bxf2 23. Nd4 $5 {[%cal Gd4f3,Gd4f5]} Qf4 24. Nf3 Rd8
25. Qe2 (25. Qd2 $5) 25... Qe3 26. Qd1 (26. Qxe3 Bxe3 27. Re1 {with some
chances for survival}) 26... Qf4 27. g3 Qd6 28. Rf1 Bb6 29. Nh4 {[%cal Gh4f5]}
g6 $1 30. Qf3 Bd4 31. Ng2 Be5 32. Ka2 Qe7 (32... Rc8 $142 33. c3 (33. Kb1 Qb4
$19) 33... d4 $1) 33. Nf4 Bxf4 $5 34. Qxf4 Ne4 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Gd8d6,Gd6f6]}
35. c3 Rd6 36. Qe3 Re6 37. Qd4 (37. Rd1 $5) 37... Qc5 38. Rd1 Qxd4 39. Rxd4 Re5
{[%mdl 4096]} 40. Bd3 ({The lesser evil for White was} 40. c4 $5 dxc4 (40...
Nf6 41. b4 $5 axb4 42. Kb3 {[%csl Gb3]}) 41. Bxc4 Kf8 42. Rd7 Re7 43. Rd8+ Kg7
44. b4 $5 $17) 40... Nc5 41. Bb5 Ne4 42. Ka3 {Werle prefers to sit and wait
while Black strengthens his position.} ({Worth considering was} 42. c4 $5)
42... Kf8 43. b4 {[%csl Rc3]} b6 $1 44. Kb3 Ke7 45. c4 (45. Bc6 Nf6) 45...
dxc4+ 46. Bxc4 Nd6 (46... f5 $5) 47. Bd3 Rh5 48. h4 Re5 49. g4 h6 $5 {[%cal
Gg6g5]} 50. Kc3 Ke6 51. bxa5 (51. Bc4+ Nxc4 52. Rxc4 Re3+ 53. Kd2 Kd5 $1) 51...
bxa5 52. Kd2 ({White could have offered a tougher resistance after} 52. Bc4+ $5
Ke7 $5 $17 (52... Nxc4 53. Rxc4 Re3+ 54. Kd2 Kd5 55. Rf4 Re4 56. Rxf7 Rxg4 57.
h5 $1)) 52... Rc5 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 53. Rf4 Ke5 54. Rf1 Rd5 $19 55. Kc3 Rd4 56.
Re1+ Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.04"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lithuania"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Re1 {[%cal Gd2f1] Eduard Rozentalis always
preferes this move to} (10. Nb3 {with possible continuation} Nce4 11. Nfd4 Qd7
12. Qf3 O-O $13) 10... O-O 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Be3 a5 {Bareev tryed many moves in
this position, one year ago against same opponent he played} (12... Qd7 {
but White seized initiative after} 13. Re2 b5 14. c3 Nce4 15. Ne5 Qb7 16. Nd3
a5 17. Bd4 b4 18. cxb4 axb4 19. Qb3 Bf8 20. Ne3 Qa6 21. Rc2 $14 {1/2-1/2
Rozentalis,E-Bareev,E/Kazan}) (12... Nce4 13. Bd4 Qc7 14. Ne3 Rad8 15. c3 Bc5
16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Qc2 {1/2-1/2 Iuldachev,S-Psakhis,L/Elista ol 1998 (17)}) 13.
Re2 {N/ New move, before White choose} (13. Bd4 Ne6 14. Be5 Bc5 15. Ne3 Ne4 16.
Re2 N6g5 $1 17. Qxd5 $6 Bxe3 18. Qxd8 Bxf2+ 19. Kf1 Raxd8 20. Bf4 h6 $17 {
0-1 Kostenko-Dizdar,G/World t-ch Luzern 1997 (49)}) ({or} 13. Qe2 Qd7 14. Nd4
a4 15. a3 Nce4 16. Qb5 Qc7 17. Rad1 Nd6 18. Qd3 Nc4 19. Bc1 Bc5 $36 {1/2-1/2
Gurevich,I-Bareev,E/Hastings A 1993 (46), but without big success-black got
better chances in both cases.}) 13... b5 14. Bd4 Ne6 15. Be5 Ng4 (15... Bc5 16.
Qd3 $5 (16. Ne3 b4 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nxd5 Qxb2 19. c4 Qa3 $13)) 16. Bg3 b4 {
[%csl Rb2][%cal Ge7f6]} 17. Rxe6 $2 {Surely, not forced sacrificed, after
simple} (17. h3 $142 $5 Nf6 18. Ne3 {white has nothing to worry.}) 17... fxe6
18. Nd4 {[%cal Rd4e6,Rd1g4]} Bf6 {Interesting move, but looks that stronger
then move in the text was} (18... e5 $5 19. Nf5 Nf6 20. Bxe5 Bf8 $17) 19. Qxg4
h5 $1 20. Qd1 (20. Qxh5 Bxd4) 20... h4 21. Bf4 e5 22. Be3 (22. Bxe5 $5 Bxe5 23.
Ne3) 22... exd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Qg5 $15 {Black keeps little material
advantage, but it is not easy to transform it to the victory.} 25. Qd3 (25. Nd2
h3 26. g3 Qe5 27. Nf3 Qe4) 25... Qe5 $1 {[%csl Rb2]} 26. a3 Qe4 (26... Qxb2 $6
27. Qxd5+) 27. Qd1 {White will not have to many chances for survival in ending.
} Rac8 28. axb4 Rxc2 $6 {Gives to white additional chances, clearly stronger
was} (28... axb4 $1 29. Rc1 $17 (29. Ra7 $2 Rxc2 30. Qh5 Rf8 31. Qg5 Qd4 $19))
29. bxa5 Qf5 30. Qd4 (30. Nd2 $142 h3 (30... Rxb2 31. a6 Qd3 32. Nf1) 31. Nf3
$17 (31. a6 $2 Qg5 $19) (31. g3 Rxd2 $1 32. Qxd2 Qf3 $19) 31... Ree2 $140 $2
32. a6 Rxf2 33. a7 Rxg2+ 34. Kh1) 30... Re4 31. Qb6 d4 $6 (31... Ree2 32. Qd8+
Kf7 33. Qxh4 Qxf2+ 34. Qxf2+ Rxf2 35. a6 $1 $18) (31... Kh7 $1 32. a6 $140 d4
33. f3 Rxg2+ $1 34. Kxg2 Re2+ 35. Kg1 Qg5+ 36. Ng3 Qe3+ $19) 32. Qb3+ Re6 33.
f3 Kh7 {[%cal Re6g6,Re6e2]} 34. Rd1 (34. g4 $5 $17) 34... Ree2 35. Rxd4 (35.
Qd3 Qxd3 36. Rxd3 Rxg2+ 37. Kh1 Rg5 $5 38. Rxd4 $140 Rc1 39. Rxh4+ Kg8 $19)
35... Rxg2+ 36. Kh1 Qh3 37. Qd3+ Kh6 $1 {Bareev avoids last trap, after} (37...
g6 $2 38. Rd7+ Kh6 39. Qe3+ Rg5 {white can make draw -} 40. Rh7+ $1 Kxh7 41.
Qe7+ Kh6 42. Qf8+ $11) 38. Qe3+ (38. Rd6+ g6 39. Qe3+ Rg5 40. Rxg6+ $8 Kxg6 41.
Qe8+ Kf6 42. Qf8+ Ke6 43. Qe8+ Kd6 44. Qd8+ Kc6 45. Qa8+ (45. Qf6+ Kb7 46. Qb6+
Kc8 47. Qa6+ Kd7 48. Qd3+ Ke6 49. Qb3+ Kf6 50. Qb6+ Kg7 $19) 45... Kb5 (45...
Kd7 $19) 46. Qb8+ Ka4 $19) 38... Rg5 39. Rd6+ Kh7 40. Qd3+ Rf5 0-1

[Event "Morso"]
[Site "Morso"]
[Date "2002.02.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Black "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2002.02.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nf6 {Rare and not very strong move, but Latvian GM has his own opinion
about this line.} 9. Re1+ Be6 10. Nb3 Bb6 ({Black can't equalize after} 10...
Qb6 11. Nxc5 Qxc5 {for example} 12. Nd4 O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Rxe6 fxe6 15.
Nxe6 Qb4 16. Nxf8 Rxf8 17. Be3 c5 18. c3 $16 {1-0 Euwe,M-Broadbent,R/London
ENG-NED 1948 (42)}) 11. Nbd4 {[%cal Ge1e8]} O-O {Almost forced pawn sacrifice,
because White will have too easy and nice game after} (11... Ne4 12. Be3 Qc7
13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bd3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Nc5 16. Ng5 O-O-O 17. Nxe6 Nxe6 18. Bf5 $16
{1/2-1/2 Donev,I-Svec,J/Trinec 1990 (33)}) 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nxc6 Qd6 14. Nce5
Ng4 $146 (14... Bg4 15. Be3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Ng4 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. Qd4 Qg6 19. c3
$18 {Batceceg-Shabani/Moscow olw 1994/1-0 (40)}) 15. Nxg4 Bxg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 {
It is time to sum results of opening.White won pawn, but Black got couple of
strong bishops and some advantage in development.I am not sure that Black has
enough compensation for the pawn, but White must play very carefully.} 17. Bd2
(17. Be3 $2 Bc7 $36 (17... Bxf3 18. gxf3 (18. Bxb6 $2 Be4) 18... d4 $44)) 17...
Bh5 (17... Bc7 18. g3 Qf6 19. Nd4 $14) 18. Rxe8 ({Worth considering} 18. Bc3 $5
Bg6 19. Qd2 {[%cal Gc3b4]}) 18... Rxe8 19. Re1 Rxe1+ 20. Bxe1 ({I would prefer
} 20. Nxe1 $142 $14) 20... h6 21. Bc3 Bg6 $44 {[%csl Gb6,Gg6]} 22. Qd2 Be4 23.
Bd4 $2 ({Still} 23. Ne1 $1 {looks not so bad}) 23... Bxf3 24. gxf3 Bc7 ({
Black could choose} 24... Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Qg6+ 26. Kf1 Qa6+ 27. Ke1 Qxa2 $15 {
but Miezis preferes more complicated line.}) 25. Kf1 (25. f4 Qg6+ 26. Kf1 Qe4)
25... Qxh2 26. Bxa7 $132 {[%csl Ga2,Gh6]} Qh3+ 27. Ke2 Qe6+ 28. Be3 (28. Kd1
Qa6) 28... h5 ({For some reasons Black doesn't want to spend time for} 28...
Qa6+ $5 29. Qd3 Qxa2) 29. Qd4 (29. Qb4 $5 $13) 29... Be5 30. Qb6 Qd7 (30... Qc8
31. Kd2 h4) 31. c3 h4 32. Kf1 ({After} 32. f4 {but} Bf6 $1 {[%csl Gh4] keeps
tension} (32... h3 {leads just to draw -} 33. fxe5 Qg4+ (33... h2 34. Qb8+ Kh7
35. e6 $1) 34. Kd2 h2 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Qxd5 Qg1 37. Qe4+ $11)) 32... h3 33. f4
$2 {[%mdl 16384] Decisive mistake} ({White position looks quite dangerous, but
he still could keep balance after} 33. Kg1 $1 Kh7 34. Qb4 $1 Qf5 35. Qh4+ Kg8
36. Qd8+ $11) 33... Bf6 34. Qb3 Qc6 {[%cal Gd5d4]} (34... d4 $1 35. cxd4 Qg4
$19 {wins as well}) 35. Bd4 Bxd4 36. cxd4 Qc1+ 37. Ke2 h2 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.09.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dashko, Andrey"]
[Black "Diu, Viacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2002.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. dxc5 Nf6 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. O-O-O a6 (10... a5 $5 11. a4 Na6 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. Qb5
Qxb5 14. axb5 Nc7 15. c6 bxc6 16. bxc6 a4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Holmsten,A-Psakhis,L/
Linares op 2001/ (21)}) 11. Bd3 $6 {Dashko just looks for troubles} (11. Bxd7
$5 Nbxd7 12. Qd3 Qc7 {allows Black to equalized after for example} 13. Nh3 a5
14. a4 Qc6 15. Nf4 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Qxf2
$11 {1/2-1/2 Reinaldo Castineira,R-Pelletier,Y /Linares op 2001/ (22) but
after text Black can easy seize initiative on the queenside.}) 11... a5 $1 12.
Nf3 a4 13. Nbd4 Bxc5 (13... a3 14. b4 $140 b6) 14. h3 (14. Bf5 Nc6 15. Bxd7
Qxd7 16. a3 Na5 17. Qb5 Qc8 18. Qd3 Nc4 $36 {0-1 Sareen,V-Dolmatov,S/Calcutta
op 1996 (22)}) 14... a3 15. b3 Qa5 {[%csl Rc1,Rc3] Unfortunately for White,
the residence of her monarch isn't safe, which White proves energetically} 16.
Qe1 $146 {The text move is artificial and throws White into serious trouble.
However, he has some problems anyway} (16. c4 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Nc6 $36) (16. Qd2
Bb4) 16... Bb4 17. Qf1 Na6 {[%cal Gb4c3,Ga6b4]} (17... Bc3 $5) 18. Bb5 (18.
Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Qd3 Ne4) 18... Qc7 $1 {[%cal Rc7c3]} 19. c4 (19. Rd3 Nc5) 19...
dxc4 20. Qxc4 Rec8 $1 {It seems that White's position can no longer be saved -
there are too many black' pieces pointed at the his king} 21. Kb1 (21. Bxa6 Qa5
22. Bxb7 Rxc4+ 23. bxc4 Rb8 $19) 21... Ne4 $1 22. Bxa6 (22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. Rc1
Nc3+ 24. Rxc3 Bxc3 $19) 22... Nc3+ 23. Kc2 (23. Ka1 Nxd1 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. Bf4
Bd6 $1) 23... Qa5 $1 $19 {It's funny, how easy Black got winning position.} 24.
Ng5 (24. Qxc8+ Rxc8 25. Bc4 b5) 24... Rxc4 (24... Nxa2 $5 25. Bxb7 Rxc4+ 26.
bxc4 Rb8 $19) 25. Bxc4 Nxd1 26. Rxd1 Rc8 27. Kd3 Bf5+ (27... Be8 $5 {[%cal
Gb7b5]}) 28. Ke2 Bg6 29. g4 h6 {Rest is simple.} 30. Ngf3 Bc3 31. Nb5 Rxc4 $1 {
Eliminating last white active piece.} 32. bxc4 Qb4 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. Nd6 Qb1 35.
Nh4 Qd3+ 36. Kf3 Be4+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Timofeev, Andrei"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 exd5 {Rare move} (5... Qxd5 $5
{leads to well known complicated lines}) 6. Be2 ({Worth considering} 6. Nxd4
Nc6 7. Bb5 {for example} Bd7 8. N2f3 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 $5 h6
12. Bh4 $14 {Bauer-Vaisser/ FRA-ch 2000 with small, but stable advantage, but
I am sure that Dolmatov had something in mind and in this line}) 6... Nf6 7.
O-O Nc6 (7... Bc5 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. Bb5+ $1) 8. Nb3 Be7 9. Nbxd4 O-O {Black
managed to develop pieces without any trouble, but I don't like position of
his bishop on e7.} 10. c3 Re8 (10... Bg4 11. h3 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Re8
14. Be3 Qd7 15. Rad1 Rac8 16. Qb5 $14 {Dvoirys,S-Kovalev,A/Bela Crkva op 1990/
0-1 (58)}) (10... Ne4 11. Bf4 Bg4 12. h3 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Bc5 15.
Rad1 Qf6 16. Qf3 Rad8 17. Bc7 Rc8 18. Qxf6 Nxf6 19. Be5 Ne4 20. Nf5 $14 {
1-0 Egorov,E-Khmelnitski,A/Voronezh op 2001/Week in Chess 347 (27)}) 11. Bg5
$146 (11. h3 Ne4 12. Be3 a6 13. Re1 Bd6 14. Bd3 Bd7 15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Qf6
17. Bd5 Rac8 $11 {Sebastian,D-Marquardt,A/JBLN West 9798 1998/EXT 2001/1/2-1/2
(68)}) 11... h6 12. Bh4 g5 $5 {Typical plan. Black is ready to weaken pawn
structure on the K side, but in return he will get chance to put pieces on
active position.} 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Qa4 ({I have feeling that} 14. Bb5 $142 $5 {
can produced more troubles for Black, for example} Qb6 (14... Bd7 15. Bxc6 bxc6
16. Ne5) 15. Ne5 Nxg3 16. hxg3 $36 (16. fxg3 Bc5 $1)) 14... Bd7 15. Bb5 ({
Black has nothing to worry about in the case of} 15. Nxc6 bxc6 $5 16. Ne5 Bd6
17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 $13) 15... Nc5 (15... Qb6 $5) 16. Qc2 Bf6 17. Rad1
Qb6 18. a4 a6 (18... Ne4 $5 {was better option}) 19. a5 $1 Qd8 {Pawn was
poisoned -} (19... Nxa5 $2 20. Bxd7 Nxd7 21. Nf5 Bg7 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Rxd5 $16
) (19... Qxa5 $2 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. b4 $18) 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Nd2 {[%cal Gb2b4]}
Ne4 22. Nxe4 Rxe4 23. f3 Re8 {[%cal Gc6c5]} 24. b4 Bxd4+ $5 25. Rxd4 ({
Possibly, that after} 25. cxd4 $5 Qf6 26. Be5 Qg6 $14 {White could try to use
better bishop.}) 25... Qf6 26. f4 $6 Bf5 $1 (26... Bf5 $1 27. Qd2 g4 $11) (
26... g4 $2 27. f5 $1 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 c4 {I never played this line,
but it was second game at day , everybody were tired and I wanted to get out
of theory.} 6. a4 $6 {Surprise! I never suspect about existence of this move/}
({As usual White plays} 6. b3 cxb3 7. axb3 ({worth considering} 7. Bb5+ $5 Bd7
8. Qe2+ Qe7 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. axb3 Ngf6 11. Nf1 Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 Bb4 13. Bd2 Bxd2
14. N3xd2 Nf8 $1 15. g3 Ne6 16. c3 $14 {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Gulko,B/Reykjavik 1991/
Inf 52/[Beliavsky,A] (33)}) 7... Bb4 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Qe2+ Ne7 10. O-O O-O 11.
Ba3 Bxa3 12. Rxa3 Bxb5 13. Qxb5 Qc7 14. Re1 Qxc2 15. Qxb7 Nbc6 16. Raa1 Rab8
$13 {1/2-1/2 Korneev,O-Garcia Martinez,S/Mislata op 1999/Ajelibre (49)}) 6...
Nc6 $146 (6... Bb4 7. c3 Ba5 8. Be2 Ne7 9. O-O Qd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bxc4 Bxc3
12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bf1 Bg4 {Hurley,P-Brajkovic,N/Toronto op 1992/1-0 (43)}) 7. b3
cxb3 ({I spent some time checking} 7... c3 $5 8. Nb1 Bb4 {and} 9. Qd3 $140 $6 {
works bad -} ({but I could't find something real after} 9. Bd3 $142 Nf6 10. O-O
O-O 11. Ba3 a5 12. Bc1 $5 {[%cal Gb1a3,Ga3b5] with too strange position for
second game of the day!}) 9... Nf6 10. Nxc3 $2 Qe7+ $1 11. Kd1 Ne4 $19) ({
Worth considering simple} 7... Bf5 $5 {and after} 8. c3 cxb3 9. Qxb3 Qe7+ $132
{black is doing very well.}) 8. Nxb3 (8. cxb3 Bb4 $15) 8... Bg4 9. Be2 Bd6 (
9... Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Nf6 12. Ne5 $11 {was enough for equalization,
but I pretended already for more}) 10. O-O Nge7 11. Ne5 $5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 O-O
13. f4 $1 {Somehow I missed this possibility.} Qc7 (13... Rc8 $5 {[%cal Gc6b4]}
) 14. Bb2 Rae8 15. Rae1 f6 $5 ({Unfortunately} 15... Bb4 16. c3 (16. Rd1 f6 $15
) 16... Bxc3 {doesn't work, because of} 17. Bxc3 Nxe5 18. Ba5 $1 Qc4 19. Qxc4
Nxc4 20. Bb4 $14) 16. Nd3 Qc8 17. Qf3 b6 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Gc8a6]} (17... Nb4 $5
{was safer option, for example} 18. Ndc5 (18. Nxb4 Bxb4 19. Re2 Qc4 {[%cal
Ge7f5,Gf5d6]}) 18... Nxc2 19. Re2 Nb4 20. Ne6 Rf7 $132 {but, to be honest, I
underestimate white's attacking chances}) 18. f5 $1 Qa6 (18... Nb4 $5) 19. Re6
Rd8 20. Qh5 $1 {[%cal Gf1f3,Gf3h3,Ge6e3,Ge3h3] Just now I brought my mind to
understanding how dangerous is my position.} Qc4 $1 $138 (20... Qxa4 21. Re3 {
[%csl Ra4]}) 21. Re3 Kh8 $8 {[%mdl 256] It was not so easy to make this
passive move, but I remembered well old clever words - nothing to be got
without pain - and was ready to suffer!} (21... Qxc2 22. Rh3 h6 23. Bc1 $1 Qxb3
24. Bxh6 $40) 22. Rh3 h6 {[%cal Ge7g8]} 23. Rf2 (23. Bc1 Ng8 {looks passive,
but safe!My biggiest problem was that time that I had left 1-2 minutes on my
clock. Fortunately my charming opponent hadn't much more!}) 23... Ng8 24. Bc1
Rfe8 (24... Rde8 $5) 25. g4 $1 $138 {Kosteniuk adds oil to the fire!} Nb4 $1
$138 {Only move} (25... Nxd4 $2 {lose quickly after} 26. g5 Nxb3 27. gxh6 $1
$18) 26. g5 (26. Nxb4 $5 Bxb4 27. g5 fxg5 28. Bxg5 (28. f6 gxf6 29. Qg6 Re1+
30. Kg2 Rd7 $19) 28... Re1+ (28... Be7 29. Re3 $1) 29. Kg2 Be7 30. f6 (30. Bd2
Re4) 30... Bxf6 31. Bxf6 gxf6 $13 (31... Nxf6 $2 32. Rxf6 $18)) 26... fxg5 27.
f6 Nxd3 $1 ({it was another good chance to lose game -} 27... gxf6 $2 28. Rxf6
$1 Bf8 29. Bxg5 $1 Nxd3 30. Rxh6+ Bxh6 31. Bf6+ Nxf6 32. Qxh6+ Kg8 33. Qg6+ $18
) 28. fxg7+ (28. Qg6 Re1+ 29. Kg2 Nxf6 $5 30. cxd3 Qc8 $1 31. Rxh6+ Kg8) 28...
Kh7 $8 (28... Kxg7 $2 29. cxd3 (29. Bxg5 Re1+ 30. Kg2 Nxf2 31. Bxh6+ Nxh6 32.
Qxh6+ Kf7 $19) 29... Re1+ 30. Kg2 Qc6 (30... Qxb3 31. Bxg5 $18) 31. Bxg5 Be7
32. Rf7+ Kh8 33. Bf4 $1 $18) 29. Rxd3 (29. cxd3 Qxb3 30. Qxg5 (30. Bxg5 Re1+
31. Kg2 Qb1) 30... Re6 $1 31. Qxd8 Rg6+ 32. Rg3 Bxg3 33. hxg3 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 Qxc1
$19) 29... Re7 $6 {It's little bit strange even for me, but after} (29... Re1+
$1 30. Kg2 Rd7 $17 {black's chances are much better}) 30. Bxg5 Rxg7 31. Rf7 $1
Qxc2 $2 {Second mistake in row, but I hope for understanding : we hadn't any
time and played just according to intuition.} (31... Rf8 $142 $1 32. Rxg7+ Kxg7
$17) 32. Rxg7+ $2 $138 (32. Rd2 $142 $1 Qb1+ $1 (32... Qxb3 $2 33. Rxg7+ Kxg7
34. Bxh6+ Nxh6 35. Rg2+ Bg3 $8 36. Rxg3+ Qxg3+ 37. hxg3 Nf7 $16) 33. Rd1 Qxb3
34. Rxg7+ Kxg7 35. Bxd8 Qe3+ 36. Kg2 Qe4+ 37. Qf3 Qc2+ $13) 32... Kxg7 $17 {
Now it's became clear, that Black off the hook!} 33. Rh3 $2 {Final mistake,
rest is simple} (33. Bxd8 Qxd3 34. Qxd5 Qe3+ 35. Kf1 Bxh2 $17) 33... hxg5 $19
34. Qh8+ (34. Qxg5+ Qg6) 34... Kf8 35. Rh7 Qd1+ 36. Kg2 Qg4+ 37. Kf2 Qf5+ (
37... Rd7 $5) 38. Kg1 Qf6 (38... Qf6 39. Qxf6+ Nxf6 40. Rxa7 Ne4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Enghien les Bains 4th"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "2001.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7.
Qe2+ Be7 8. dxc5 O-O 9. Nb3 Re8 10. Be3 a6 11. Bd3 Ba4 12. Nfd4 Bxb3 13. Nxb3
Nbd7 14. O-O-O Nxc5 {Popular line in modern parctice, and , as usual, black
managed to equalize chances.} 15. Qf3 Nxb3+ 16. axb3 Qa5 (16... Bd6 $5 17. Bg5
Be5 18. Kb1 h6 19. Bxf6 {1/2-1/2 Ljubojevic,L-Kortchnoi,V/Buenos Aires 1979 
(19)}) 17. Kb1 Bc5 18. Bxc5 ({Black's tasks even easy after} 18. Bg5 Ne4 $1 {
for example} 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Qf5 g6 21. Qd5 Qb5 22. Bh4 Re6 23. c3 Qb6 24.
Rhf1 Rae8 25. b4 Bf8 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S-Psakhis,L/Istanbul olm 2000/ (25)})
18... Qxc5 19. Qf4 $146 {This is a new try, but I think, that Black has
nothing to fear here} (19. Rhe1 Qb4 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. h3 a5 22. g4 h6 23. Bf5
a4 24. Qc3 Qxc3 25. bxc3 axb3 26. cxb3 Re2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Arzumanian,G-Lastin,A/
RUS-Cup Tula 2001/ (41)}) 19... Ne4 $6 ({Worth consideration} 19... a5 $142 20.
Rhe1 b5 $11 {[%cal Gb5b4] with complicated and double-eged game.}) 20. Rhe1 $1
Rac8 (20... Nxf2 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Rf1 $18) 21. Re2 $36 g6 22. Rde1 Qd6 ({
I would prefer} 22... Kg7 $5 {[%cal Ge4f6] preparing Nf6}) 23. Qxd6 Nxd6 {
[%mdl 4096]} 24. Ka2 {[%cal Ga2a3,Ga3b4]} Kf8 25. Ka3 Rxe2 ({After} 25... Ne4
$5 {just} 26. Rd1 $1 $14 {secure small advantage for White.} (26. Kb4 $2 Nxf2
$1)) 26. Rxe2 {Hecht: '[#] Anhaltender weißer Vorteil wegen der Bauernschwäche
d5. Klarer schwarzer Fehler Zug 30. '} Ne4 27. b4 $5 {[%cal Ga3a4]} b5 28. Kb3
Nf6 {Unaccuracy.} (28... Re8 $142 $1 {leads to equal ending.}) 29. Re5 Re8 30.
f4 $5 {'?!' Hecht.} (30. Rxe8+ Kxe8 31. Kc3 Ke7 32. Kd4 Kd6 $11) 30... Rc8 {
'?' Hecht.} ({In the case of} 30... Rxe5 31. fxe5 Nd7 32. Kc3 Ke7 (32... Nxe5
33. Kd4) 33. Kd4 Ke6 34. Be2 Nxe5 35. Kc5 $36 {[%csl Gc5] active position of
white king more than compensate pawn.} Nc4 36. Bf3 (36. Bxc4 {Hecht} dxc4 37.
Kb6 Kd5 38. Kxa6 Kc6 $19 {[%cal Rf7f5]}) 36... Ne3 37. c3 f5 38. Kb6 g5 39. g3
Nf1 40. Kxa6 Nxh2 41. Be2 f4 42. gxf4 gxf4 43. Kxb5 f3 44. Bd3 f2 45. Kc6 f1=Q
46. Bxf1 Nxf1 47. b5 Nd2 48. b6 Nc4 49. b4 Ne5+ 50. Kc7 h5 51. b7 Nd7 52. b8=Q
Nxb8 53. Kxb8 h4 $19) 31. Be2 h5 32. g3 Rc6 33. Bf3 Rd6 34. Kc3 $16 {[%csl Gc3,
Rd5] White's advantage became obvious} Rc6+ 35. Kd3 Rc4 36. c3 d4 $8 (36... Rc6
{Hecht} 37. h3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gb2b3,Gg3g4,Gd3d4]}) 37. Bb7 $1 dxc3 38.
bxc3 Ng4 (38... Nd7 39. Rd5 Nf6 40. Rd4 $18) 39. Re2 Nf6 40. Bxa6 Nd5 41. Bxb5
{The technical part of the game was greatly conducted by Vladimir Akopian.} (
41. Bxb5 Rxc3+ 42. Kd4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.01.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Del Rio de Angelis, Salvador Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2001.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 Qd7 11. N2b3 Na4 $6 {I was very surprised when
my opponent made this move - I never even suspect about this possibility.} ({
After the "normal"} 11... Nce4 $1 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Nf5 Bd8 $13 {black's
position is a difficult nut to crack.}) 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Nf5 Bd8 14. Bh6 $1 {
To be honest in this moment I hoped that the game will be not too long.} g6 $8
(14... Ne8 $2 15. Qg4 Bf6 16. Bxg7 {[%cal Rf5h6]}) 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. Ne3 ({
Also possible is} 16. Nfd4 $5 {but I was afraid that after the almost forced
moves} Nxb2 17. Nc5 Qe7 $1 (17... Qc8 18. Qa3 $1) 18. Qxf6 Qxf6 19. Nd7+ Kg7
20. Nxf6 Bxf6 $14 {it will be difficult to win this endgame}) 16... Nxb2 17.
Qf4 $6 $146 {Funny, but just this move is a novelty and not the best one.} ({
In the case of} 17. Rab1 Na4 18. Rbd1 $5 ({Also not bad is} 18. c4 dxc4 (18...
Nc3 $5) 19. Nxc4 Qd5 20. Qf4 Nc3 21. Rb2 Nfe4 22. Ne3 Qb5 23. Qf3 Bf6 24. Rc2
Re8 25. h3 Nxa2 {1-0 Serper,G-Kovalev,A/Krumbach 1991/ (38)}) 18... Nc3 19.
Nxd5 Nxd1 20. Nxf6 Bxf6 21. Qxf6 Kg8 22. Nc5 Qc7 $1 23. Ne4 (23. Ne6 Qc3 $1)
23... Rd8 (23... Qxc2 $2 24. Qd4 {[%csl Rd1][%cal Re4f6]}) 24. Re1 $36 {
[%csl Rd1,Rg8] White's advantage is quite obvious.} (24. Qa1 Qxc2 25. Nf6+ Kf8
26. Nxh7+ Kg8 27. Nf6+ Kf8 28. Qe5 $40)) 17... Rc8 $1 18. Qb4+ ({After} 18. Qd4
Nc4 19. Rad1 (19. Nxc4 dxc4 $5) 19... Nxe3 20. fxe3 {Black have a strong reply
-} Rxc2 $1 21. Rxf6 $140 Bxf6 22. Qxf6 Rxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Qg4+) 18... Kg8 19. Nc5
Qe7 20. Qxb2 (20. Nd3 Qxb4 21. Nxb4 d4 22. Ned5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Rxc2 24. Rfc1
Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Ba5 $13) 20... Rxc5 21. Rad1 Bb6 {It' became clear that Black
got some compensation for the exchange, but White's chances are still better.}
22. Rfe1 Ne4 $8 23. Ng4 $6 $138 {Missing the chances for victory, much
stronger was to play} (23. c4 $1 {with the possible continuation} dxc4 (23...
Qh4 24. cxd5 Ba5 25. Rf1 $16) 24. Nd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 f5 26. Re2 $16) 23... Qg5
24. Rxe4 {Leads to a forced draw; but after} (24. h3 h5 (24... f5 25. Qe5 $1
fxg4 26. Qe8+ Kg7 27. Rxe4) (24... Ba5 25. Rxe4 (25. f4 Qxf4 26. Rxe4 dxe4 27.
Nf6+ Kf8 28. Nxh7+ Kg8 29. Nf6+ Kf8 30. Nd7+ Kg8 31. Nxc5 Qe3+) 25... dxe4 26.
Nf6+ Kh8 27. Rd5 $1 Rxd5 28. Nxd5+ f6 $8 (28... Kg8 29. Nf6+ $18) 29. Nxf6 Bc3
$140 $5 30. Qxc3 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 Qf4+ 32. Qg3 Qxf6 33. Qb8+ Kg7 34. Qxb7+ $18) 25.
Rxe4 dxe4 26. Nf6+ Kh8 (26... Kg7 27. Nxh5+) 27. Nd7+ (27. Rd7 Rxc2 $1 28. Qxc2
Qxf6 $44) 27... Kg8 28. Nxc5 Qxc5 {[%cal Ge4e3] Black is doing well.}) 24...
dxe4 25. Nf6+ Kh8 (25... Kg7 26. Nd7+ (26. Ne8+ Kf8 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Nd6 Rd5 $1
)) 26. Nd7+ Kg8 27. Nf6+ (27. Nxc5 Qxc5 28. c3 e3 $44) 27... Kh8 28. Nd7+ Kg8
29. Nf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lasker Memorial op"]
[Site "Barlinek"]
[Date "2001.07.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Babaev, Rashad"]
[Black "Schmidt, Wlodzimierz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2001.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ ({Worth
considering simple} 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. Qe2+ {with chances for small, but stable
advantage.}) 6... Be7 7. dxc5 Nf6 8. Nb3 O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. O-O-O {Very risky
move!} ({After} 10. Nf3 $142 a6 11. Bd3 Ba4 12. Nfd4 {Black still needs to
fight hart for equalization, for example:} Bxb3 13. Nxb3 Nbd7 14. O-O-O Nxc5
15. Qf3 Nxb3+ 16. axb3 Qa5 17. Kb1 Bc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qf4 $5 Ne4 20. Rhe1
Rac8 21. Re2 g6 22. Rde1 Qd6 23. Qxd6 Nxd6 24. Ka2 $5 $14 {[%cal Ga2a3,Ga3b4]
1-0 Akopian,V-Bauer,C/Enghien les Bains 2001/CBM 83 (41)}) 10... a5 $1 {
[%cal Ga5a4] Natural and strong reaction.} 11. a4 Na6 {[%cal Ga6c7,Ga6c5]} 12.
Bxd7 ({Black got initiative after} 12. Nf3 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. Nd4 Ng4 $1
15. Qf3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Bxb5 17. Nxb5 Bxe3+ 18. Kb1 d4 $17 {0-1 Jicman,
L-Brustman,A/Ostrava ztW 1999 (37)}) 12... Qxd7 13. Qb5 Qxb5 14. axb5 Nc7 {
Position of white's king is not safe enough even after queen's exchange.} 15.
b6 ({Maybe just} 15. c6 $142 $5 {could be good enough for equality -} bxc6 16.
bxc6 a4 17. Nd4 a3 18. b3 Ne4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Holmsten,A-Psakhis,L/Linares op
2001/The Week in Chess 324 (21)}) 15... Ne6 16. Kb1 $146 ({White will suffer
and after} 16. Nf3 a4 17. Nbd4 Bxc5 $5 (17... Nxc5 18. Nb5 Ne6 19. Nfd4 a3 20.
Kb1 Ne4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Babaev,R-Vunder,A/St. Petersburg WN op 2000/The Week in
Chess 295 (35)}) 18. Nb5 (18. Nxe6 Bxe3+ 19. fxe3 Rxe6 $17) 18... Bxe3+ 19.
fxe3 Ra6 {[%csl Rb6] but text is hardly possible to call as an improvement.})
16... a4 17. Nd4 Ng4 $1 {[%mdl 4]} (17... Nxc5 18. Nb5 Ne6 19. Ne2 a3 $15) 18.
c6 (18. Nf5 $142 Bxc5 19. Bxc5 (19. Rxd5 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Nf2 $19) 19... Nxc5 20.
Nh3 a3 $36) 18... Nxe3 19. fxe3 Ra6 $1 {It's became clear after this strong
move that White's position is bad and he desperately needs good advice.} 20.
Nf5 (20. cxb7 Rxb6 21. Ngf3 Rxb7 {[%cal Gb7b1]}) 20... bxc6 $17 21. e4 Bf6 22.
exd5 cxd5 23. Nf3 {Finishing development, but it is already too late.} (23.
Rxd5 a3 $1 $40) 23... Rxb6 24. N5d4 Reb8 $19 {[%csl Rb1]} 25. b3 Nc5 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Melilla"]
[Date "2011.11.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2011.11.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Colegio Marcote EIKM"]
[BlackTeam "Cajacanarias"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. exd5 exd5 7. Qe2+ Qe7 8.
Qxe7+ Bxe7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nbd4 Nc6 13. Be3 Nb4 14.
Be2 Ng4 15. Bd2 Nc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. c4 Re8 18. Rae1 Be6 19. Bc3 dxc4 20. Ng5
Bf5 21. h3 Nf6 22. Bxc4 Nd5 23. Bd2 a5 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Rc1 Bd4 26. b3 Bb2
27. Bxd5 Bxc1 28. Bxf7+ Kf8 29. Bxe8 Bxd2 30. Nf3 Bc3 31. Bxc6 Ke7 32. Ng5 Bb1
33. Be4 h6 34. Bxb1 hxg5 35. Kf1 Bb4 36. Ke2 Bc5 $6 (36... Kd6 37. Bg6 Ke5 $14)
37. f3 $6 (37. Kf3 Kf6 38. Be4 $18) 37... Kd6 $14 38. Be4 Ke5 39. Kd3 Kf4 40.
Kc4 Bb4 41. g4 Ke5 42. Bb7 Kd6 43. Kd4 Ke6 44. Bc8+ Kf6 45. Kd5 Ba3 46. Bf5 Bb4
47. Be4 Ba3 48. Kc4 Ke5 49. Kb5 Bb4 50. a3 Bxa3 51. Kxa5 Bc1 52. Kb5 Bd2 53.
Kc5 Be3+ 54. Kc4 Bd2 55. Ba8 Be1 56. Bb7 $6 (56. b4 Bf2 57. Bc6 $18) 56... Bf2
57. b4 Be3 58. Be4 Kd6 59. Kd3 Bf2 60. Ke2 $6 (60. Kc4 Ke5 61. Kb5 $18) 60...
Bb6 61. f4 gxf4 62. g5 Ke5 63. Kf3 Bc7 64. b5 Bd8 65. h4 Ba5 66. Bc6 Bb6 67.
Bd7 Kd6 68. Bf5 Ke5 69. Bd3 Ba5 70. Kg4 Bb6 71. Be2 Bc5 72. Bd1 Bb6 73. h5 Bc7
74. Bf3 Ba5 75. Be2 $2 (75. g6 Kf6 76. Kxf4 $18) 75... Bc7 76. Bd1 Ba5 77. Bc2
Bc7 78. Bd3 Ba5 79. Kf3 $6 (79. h6 gxh6 80. gxh6 $18) 79... Bd8 80. Kg4 Ba5 81.
Bg6 $6 (81. h6 gxh6 82. gxh6 $18) 81... Bd8 82. Bf7 f3 83. Bc4 f2 84. g6 Kf6
85. Kf4 Bc7+ 86. Ke4 Kg5 87. Be2 Ba5 88. Ke5 f1=Q 89. Bxf1 Kxh5 90. Kf5 Kh6 91.
Bd3 Bb6 92. Bc2 Bf2 93. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.03"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Wang, Yu A"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China (W)"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. c3 $6 {A pointless move which allows black to
equalize the game without any problems.} ({The main line is:} 4. Ngf3 c5 5.
exd5 exd5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nb3) 4... c5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 ({There is
nothing wrong with} 6... Nc6) 7. Bd3 Nc6 ({Dubious is:} 7... c4 $6 8. Bc2 Qe7+
9. Ne5 $36 {and white gets a serious development advantage.}) 8. dxc5 ({
An equal position would arise after} 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 $11)
8... Bxc5 9. O-O ({Nothing promises also} 9. Nb3 Bb6 (9... Qe7+ 10. Qe2 Qxe2+
11. Kxe2 Bd6 12. Re1 $14) 10. Qe2+ Be6 11. Ng5 Qe7 $11) 9... O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 {
Black has an excellent development which compensates the weakness of the
isolated Pd5.} (10... Ba7 11. Bg5 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Qd3 Bg6 15.
Qd2 Be4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Zozulia,A-Grabuzova,T/Minsk 2001/EXT 2003 (38)}) 11. Bg5 {
That pin is not dangerous for black, since white doesn't put pressure on Pd5.}
h6 {I have decided to avoid the pin immediately.} ({Possible would be also:} 
11... Bg4 12. Be2 Re8 13. h3 Bf5 $11) 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Nfd4 f5 $6
$146 {This move is too optimistic! Black weakens his king-side pawn structure
and allows white to exchange several minor pieces.} ({Two other possibilities
were much better:} 14... Nxg3 15. hxg3 Qf6 16. Qf3 Qxf3 17. Nxf3 Kg7 18. Rfe1
Kf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Perdomo,C-Bauer,C/Cannes 1996/CBM 051 ext (54)}) (14... Qf6
15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Nd4 Qf6 18. Re1 Re8 19. Qh5 Bd7 20. Rad1 Rad8
21. h4 Kg7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bogachev,A-Drozdovskij,Y/Odessa 2000/EXT 2001 (30)})
15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Be5 $1 {I have completely overlooked this move - there is no
way to trap the bishop.} ({Ofcourse,not} 16. Qh5 $2 Qe8 17. Qxe8 Rxe8 $17)
16... Kh7 ({I failed to find an equalizing way. For example:} 16... Qe7 17. Bd4
Bc7 (17... c5 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. Qd5+ Be6 21. Qxc5 $16) 18. g3 $36
{[%cal Gf2f3]} (18. Re1 $5 $36)) ({or} 16... Re8 17. Bd4 c5 18. Bxe4 cxd4 19.
Bc2 $14) 17. Bd4 c5 18. Bxe4 cxd4 {Here a draw was agreed.} ({At the same time,
after} 18... cxd4 19. Bc2 dxc3 20. bxc3 $14 {[%csl Rd5,Rh7] white has a
free-risk advantage due to the weakness of Kh7.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle op 20th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2004.03.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Murdzia, Piotr"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Rozentalis,E"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2004.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ ({Very rare move. Almost
automatically is played} 5. Ngf3) 5... Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. Ngf3 Bd6 ({Normal
way is} 7... Ngf6 8. O-O Be7 {, but I wanted to deviate from the known
position, though I believed that the knight was better placed on f6 than on e7.
}) 8. O-O Ne7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nb3 Ne4 11. Bg5 ({The difference from the
position with the knight on f6 is that after} 11. Nbd4 {White doesn't threaten
to jump on f5, so Black doesn't have to waste time on} Qd7) ({In the game
White decides to exchange his bishop to an active black knight. It gives Black
an equal play, but leaves less pieces on the board. White is slightly better
after} 11. Be3) 11... Nxg5 12. Nxg5 h6 13. Nf3 O-O 14. c3 b5 15. Nbd4 ({
Good move, but more prudent and solid would be} 15. a3 {, preventing immediate
counterplay.}) 15... b4 $5 {Positionally risky continuation, but it's the only
moment to sharpen the game.} (15... a6 {or}) (15... Qb6 {would lead to a solid
and equal position.}) 16. cxb4 Bxb4 17. a3 Bc5 18. b4 {White got a pawn
majority on the queen side, and immediately starts to move it.} Bb6 19. a4 Qd6
20. b5 ({But not} 20. a5 $2 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Nc6 $15) 20... Ba5 $1 {Black blocks
a-pawn.} 21. Rc1 $6 {Natural move, but white rook leaves a-file.} (21. Nb3 {
doesn't give anything because of} Bc3) ({but} 21. Qd3 Rfc8 22. Rfc1 {would
preserve some advantage for White.}) 21... Rfc8 22. Qd3 Bb6 $1 {a4-a5 is no
more a threat nad Black can return his bishop to the more active location.} 23.
g3 Qb4 $6 {Second moment, when I decided to sharpen the game. My opponent had
already not so much time left on, what made my decision easier to come, in
fact this time could had have dangerous for me complications.} 24. Nc6 ({Bad is
} 24. Nf5 Nxf5 25. Qxf5 Bxf2+ $1 26. Kg2 (26. Kxf2 Qb2+) 26... Rxc1 27. Rxc1
Bb6 28. Qxd5 Re8 {anf Black is better due to an open opposition of white king.}
) 24... Nxc6 25. bxc6 Qd6 ({Of course, after} 25... Qxa4 26. Qxd5 {white pawn
is too dangerous}) 26. Qc3 {protecting c6, and threatening a5.} d4 27. Qc4 Qf6
28. Kg2 Rc7 29. Rfd1 $2 {Finally it paid off!} (29. Qa6 {leads only to a draw,}
Qf5 30. Qb5 Qxb5 31. axb5 a6) ({but after} 29. Qb5 $1 Re7 30. a5 Bc7 31. Qb7 {
White wins a pawn, and despite some Black's counterplay stands better.}) 29...
Rac8 30. Qa6 $2 {Another, probably decisive mistake.} ({Right move was} 30.
Nxd4 $1 Rd8 $1 31. Nb5 ({but not} 31. Nf3 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Rxc6 {and Black is
slightly better.}) 31... Qxf2+ 32. Kh3 Qf5+ 33. Kg2 {and Black has nothing
better than perpetual check, as c6 pawn is still very dangerous.}) 30... Rxc6
31. Qxc8+ Rxc8 32. Rxc8+ Kh7 33. Rc2 Qg6 34. Rcd2 Qc6 {Black has an extra pawn,
also white knight is tied, what is the main problem for White. He has to give
up his a-pawn in an exchange on the central pawn.} 35. a5 Bxa5 36. Rxd4 Bb6 37.
Rf4 f6 (37... g5 $2 {Of course, not} 38. Rxf7+ Kg6 39. Rdd7 g4 40. Rg7+ Kh5 41.
Rdf7 gxf3+ 42. Kh3 {and White wins.}) 38. g4 a5 39. h3 a4 {Black has to push
his promoted pawn at all costs, while didn't consolidate his pieces.} 40. Ra1
Qc2 (40... Qc5 $2 41. Ng1 a3 42. Rf3 {and White simply gains the pawn.}) 41.
Ng1 ({After} 41. Ne1 Qd2 42. Raxa4 Qxe1 {Black wins the knight.}) 41... g5 $1 (
{After natural} 41... Be3 $2 {White probably achieves a drawing position:} 42.
Raxa4 $1 Bxf2 (42... Bxf4 43. Rxf4) 43. Rac4 Qd2 44. Nf3 Qe2 45. Ng1 Bxg1+ 46.
Kxg1) 42. Rfxa4 ({Other possibilities:} 42. Rxf6 Bd4 43. Rf7+ Kg6 44. Rxa4 Qc6+
45. Nf3 Qxa4 {with an extra material;}) (42. Rf3 Bd4 43. Raa3 Kg6 {and White
is simply in ZugZwang.}) 42... Qxf2+ 43. Kh1 Bd4 44. R4a2 (44. Rxd4 Qxd4 45.
Rf1 Kg6 {followed by h6-h5 must be also winning for Black.}) 44... Qg3 45. Rg2
({More stubborn is} 45. Ra3 Qd6 46. R1a2 Bc5 47. Rf3 Qd1 (47... Qd5 {doesn't
win because of fantastic-} 48. Rg2 Bxg1 49. Rf5 $1) 48. Rg3 Kg6 {and white
pieces are very passive, while Black can prepare h6-h5 and should finally
break White's resistance.}) 45... Qd3 $1 {Black wins second pawn anyway, but
it's important to prevent white rook from immediate coming to f1.} 46. Re1 Bxg1
47. Kxg1 Qxh3 48. Rf1 Kg6 {White is in Zug Zwang. If it would be Black to play,
he couldn't have played h5, because after gxh5 Qxh5 Rgf2 White would have
achieved a draw. Now, White has to move his rook to e1 or f2, what lets Black
to implement his plan.} 49. Re1 h5 50. gxh5+ Qxh5 51. Rf1 f5 {Black managed to
exchange his h-pawn and has now two extra promoted pawn. However, the win is
far to be easy, as White always threatens to exchange two rooks for a queen
and one pawn achieving a drawing pawn ending.} 52. Rgf2 Qg4+ 53. Rg2 Qd4+ 54.
Kh1 Qe4 55. Kh2 Kf6 56. Rgf2 f4 {White already wanted to take on f5 with a
draw.} 57. Rf3 Kf5 58. R1f2 Kg4 59. Kg2 {Uf... Black's idea is to push the
rook from f3, then pawn promotion to f3 would be possible, because then a pawn
ending would be winning. But, with the king on g4 and queen on e4 it is not
possible to do, as White protects it by his king. So, lets look for another
way.} Qd5 60. Rf1 Kf5 61. Kg1 Kg6 62. Kh2 Qe6 {Now queen goes to g4 and king
goes to e4.} 63. Kg2 Qg4+ 64. Kf2 Qh4+ 65. Ke2 $6 {King goes to the wrong side.
} (65. Kg2 {It was more stubborn to stay on the king side, but Black would
bring his queen on g4 and his king e4- the right to win:} Kf6 ({better than} 
65... Kf5 66. R1f2 Qg4+ 67. Kh2 Ke4 68. Ra3) 66. R1f2 Qg4+ 67. Kh2 Kf5 68. Rf1
(68. Ra3 Qh4+ 69. Kg2 g4 {final push, winning even at the cost of one pawn.:}
70. Ra5+ Ke6 71. Rxf4 Qh3+ 72. Kf2 g3+ 73. Ke2 g2) 68... Ke4 69. Ra3 (69. R3f2
f3) 69... Qe2+ {and wins.}) 65... Kf5 66. R1f2 Qh5 67. Kf1 Qh1+ 68. Ke2 Qc1 69.
Rf1 Qc2+ 70. Ke1 Qe4+ 71. Kd2 g4 {White resigned, as the pawn ending is lost,
Black just has to be careful:} (71... g4 72. Rxf4+ Qxf4+ 73. Ke2 g3 $1 (73...
Qxf1+ $2 74. Kxf1 $11) (73... Ke4 $2 74. Rxf4+ Kxf4 75. Kf2 $11) 74. Rf3 Kg4
75. Rxf4+ Kxf4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 cxd4 7. O-O Bd6 8.
Re1 (8. Nb3 Ne7 9. Bg5 Nbc6 10. Bh4 Qb6 11. Bg3 Bxg3 12. hxg3 O-O 13. Nfxd4 Nf5
14. c3 Nfxd4 15. cxd4 Bf5 16. Qd2 $14) 8... Ne7 9. Nb3 Nbc6 (9... O-O 10. Nbxd4
h6 11. h3 Qb6 $13) 10. Nbxd4 O-O 11. Be3 (11. h3 Qb6 $13) 11... Bg4 12. c3 Qc7
13. h3 Bh5 14. Qc2 Rfe8 (14... Bg6 15. Bd3 Na5 16. Re2 Nc4 17. Rae1 $14) 15.
Bd3 h6 (15... Bg6 16. Re2 $14) 16. Nh4 $1 Ne5 17. Be2 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 $14 N7g6 (
18... Nc4 $6 19. Rae1) (18... Bc5 19. Rae1 $14) 19. Nxg6 (19. Nhf5 Nc4 20. Rae1
Re5 21. Bc1 Rae8 $10) 19... Nxg6 20. Nf5 Bc5 (20... Be5 $32 21. Rae1 Re6 (21...
Bf6 22. Qd3 Rad8 23. Bd4 Rxe2 24. Rxe2 $14)) 21. Rd2 Rad8 22. Rad1 Nf4 (22...
Re5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Rd4 $14) 23. Qa4 Bxe3 $8 24. fxe3 Ne6 25. Rxd5 $16 h5 $6
26. Nd6 Rf8 (26... Re7 27. Qh4 g6 28. Qf6 $18) 27. Qb4 g6 $1 28. c4 (28. Nxb7
Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Rb8) (28. Qxb7 Rxd6 $1 29. Qxc7 Rxd5 30. Qxf7+ Kxf7 31. Rxd5 Ke7
$17) 28... b6 29. Qc3 $18 Nc5 30. Qf6 (30. b4 $2 Rxd6 31. Rxd6 Ne4 $14) 30...
Ne6 31. b3 b5 32. c5 (32. cxb5 $18) 32... b4 33. Ne4 Rxd5 34. Rxd5 Rc8 35. Qf1
$1 Qc6 (35... Rd8 36. Rxd8+ Qxd8 37. Qxa6 $18) 36. Qa1 (36. Rd7 Ng5 $1 37. Qf4
Qxe4 38. Qxg5 Qb1+ 39. Kh2 Qxa2 40. Qf6 Qxb3 41. c6 $18) 36... Rd8 37. Rxd8+
Nxd8 38. Qd4 Ne6 39. Qxb4 f5 40. Nc3 Qxc5 41. Qxc5 Nxc5 42. b4 $18 Nd3 43. Nd5
Kf7 44. a3 Nb2 (44... Ke6 45. Nc7+ $18) 45. Kf2 h4 46. Ke2 g5 47. Nb6 Ke6 48.
a4 Kd6 (48... Ke5 49. a5 Kd6 50. b5 $18) 49. Kd2 (49. Kd2 Kc6 50. Kc2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Match/Nation BUL-DDR"]
[Site "Albena"]
[Date "1983.05.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Radulov, Ivan"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Uhlmann,W"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1983.05.21"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgarien"]
[BlackTeam "German Dem Rep"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DDR"]

{SCHACH 8/1983 Seiten 343-344 Inf 35/379} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5
exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. dxc5 Nf6 8. Nb3 O-O 9. Bg5 Re8 $1 10. O-O-O a5
$1 11. Nh3 a4 12. Nd4 Bxc5 13. Qf1 Qb6 $1 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Bxd7 Nxd7 16. Qd3
a3 17. b3 Ne5 $1 18. Qc3 Rac8 19. Rhe1 Ba7 $1 ({Auch} 19... Qb6 {war stark
wegen der Drohung Bb4}) 20. Qe3 Re7 $1 21. Nf4 Bxd4 $1 22. Qxd4 ({Falls} 22.
Rxd4 {,so} Nd3+ $1 {mit leichtem Gewinn.}) 22... Qf5 $1 23. c3 {Die einzige
Verteidigung.} ({So scheitert} 23. Re2 {an} Nf3 $1 24. gxf3 Rxe2) ({bzw.} 23.
Nd3 {an} Nxd3+ 24. Qxd3 Qxd3 25. Rxd3 Rxe1+) ({oder} 23. Rd2 {an} Nc6) 23...
Nc6 24. Qd2 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Nb4 $1 26. g3 ({Hoffnungslos ist} 26. Kd1 Nxa2 $1 ({
als auch} 26... Qb1+ 27. Ke2 Re8+ 28. Kf1 Qxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 30. Kxe1 Nxa2
31. Kd2 Nb4 $1 32. Kc1 g5 $1 {mit gewonnenem Springer- oder Bauernendspiel.}))
26... g5 $1 {Materialverlust ist nicht mehr zu vermeiden.} 27. Re3 ({Auf} 27.
Kd1 {gewinnt} Qb1+ 28. Ke2 Re8+ 29. Kf1 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 31. Kxe1 Nxa2 32.
Nxd5 Nc1 {denn der a-Bauer läuft unaufhaltsam. siehe auch "SCHACH" 12/1983
Seite 557}) 27... gxf4 28. gxf4 Kf8 29. c4 Nc6 30. Rg3 dxc4 31. bxc4 Rd8 32.
Qe3 Nb4 0-1

