[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Black "Kogan, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Ambroz,J"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 Na5 8.
Bb3 c6 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 O-O 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nh4 Kh7 13. Qf3 Nxb3 14. axb3 d5 $1
15. Ba3 $5 (15. dxe5 Nxe4) (15. exd5 e4 16. Rxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4+ f5 18. Qe5 Qd8
$5) 15... dxe4 16. Rxe4 $1 Nxe4 17. Bxf8 Ng5 18. Qg3 Qd8 $1 19. Bxg7 $1 (19.
Bb4 Ne4 $1) 19... Kxg7 (19... Ne4 20. Qf3 Qxh4 21. Qxf7 Qxf2+ 22. Qxf2 Nxf2 23.
Bxe5 Ne4 24. Rf1 $1 Nxc3 $140 25. Rf8 $44 {/\ g4, h4}) 20. dxe5 Kh8 21. f4 (21.
Re1 $5 Qd2 $6 22. f4 Nh7 23. c4 $44) 21... Ne4 22. Qe1 Nxc3 23. f5 Ne2+ (23...
Qd4+ $5 24. Kh1 Ne2 (24... Bd7 25. Nf3 Qb4 26. Ra4)) 24. Kh1 Qd4 (24... Nf4 $5
25. Rd1 (25. Qf2 Qg5 26. Rf1 Nh5 $1 27. g4 Ng7 $15) 25... Qg5 26. Qf2 Bxf5 27.
Nxf5 Qxf5 28. Rf1 (28. Rd4 Nh5 $1) 28... Qxe5 29. Qxf4 Qxf4 30. Rxf4 $15) 25.
Nf3 Qe3 26. e6 $1 b6 (26... fxe6 27. Rd1 $1 exf5 28. Rd2 $40) 27. Qh4 (27. Rd1
$5 Bxe6 $1 (27... fxe6 28. Qh4) 28. Rd2 $5 Bxf5 29. Rxe2 Qf4 $8 30. Qc3+ Kg8
31. Qxc6 (31. Qf6 $5) 31... Rc8 32. Re8+ $10) 27... Bxe6 $1 28. Qf6+ Kh7 29.
fxe6 Qxe6 30. Qxe6 fxe6 31. Re1 Nf4 32. Re4 (32. Re4 Rf8 33. Nd4 c5 34. Nxe6
$10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Heringsdorf"]
[Date "2000.11.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Naumann, Alexander"]
[Black "Glienke, Manfred"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2000.11.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Be7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qf2 c6 11. Be3 (11. a4 Qc7 (11... Ne6 12. fxe5 dxe5 13.
Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qe2 Qe8 15. Be3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Leriche,F-Cloutier,M/Montreal 2000/
EXT 2001 (41)}) 12. Be3 c5 13. f5 a6 14. a5 Nc6 15. g4 h6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5
$14 {1-0 Isaacson,S-Assar,D/Munich 1958/(33)}) 11... b5 (11... c5 12. g4 h5 13.
g5 Nd7 14. g6 $18 {1-0 Schmachtenberg,M-Strobel,M/Hassloch 1997/(25)}) 12. Bb3
a5 13. a4 (13. a3 Nxb3 14. cxb3 Nh5 15. f5 Bg5 16. Ne2 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Qh4 18.
Rac1 Rfc8 $11 {0-1 Steinitz,W-Fraser,G/Dundee 1867/(63)}) 13... Nxb3 14. cxb3
b4 {Schwarz verfolgt damit eine solide Strategie, er strebt danach eine
dauerhafte Blockade auf den schwarzen Felder einzurichten.} 15. Ne2 Nd7 16. Ng3
(16. Qf3 {/\Ng3} exf4 17. Nxf4 Ne5 18. Qe2 c5 19. d4 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Nc6 $132)
16... Bh4 17. Qf3 Bxg3 18. Qxg3 f6 19. d4 Qe7 $11 {Die schwarzfeldrige
Blockade ist dem Nachziehenden gelungen.} 20. dxe5 fxe5 21. Rad1 Nf6 $6 (21...
Rae8 $5 22. Rfe1 exf4 23. Bxf4 Ne5 $132) (21... exf4 $5 22. Bxf4 Nc5) 22. fxe5
dxe5 23. Rf5 Rae8 24. Rdf1 $36 Nd7 (24... Nxe4 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8
27. Qf3+ Nf6 28. Qxc6 $14) 25. Bg5 Qc5+ 26. Kh2 Qd6 27. Qg4 Nc5 $6 {Schwarz
geht nun zum Angriff gegen den Pe4 über, verliert aber den Pe5.} (27... Rxf5
28. Rxf5 Rf8 $11) 28. Bf6 $1 g6 29. Bxe5 Qe7 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32.
Qf4+ $6 (32. Qg3 $1 Ke8 (32... Nb7 33. Bd4 $16) 33. Bd6 Nxe4 34. Bxe7 Nxg3 35.
Bxb4 $18) 32... Ke8 $1 {[%mdl 256]} (32... Kg8 33. Bd6 Nd3 34. Bxe7 Nxf4 35.
Bd8 $18) 33. Bd6 Nd3 34. Qg3 (34. Bxe7 Nxf4 35. Bc5 Nd3 36. Bb6 c5 37. Bxa5
Nxb2 $132) 34... Qxe4 35. Bc7 Qd5 (35... Nxb2 36. Bxa5 c5 $132) 36. Bxa5 Qxa5
37. Qxd3 Qe5+ 38. Qg3 Qxb2 39. a5 Kd7 40. Qb8 Qa1 41. Qb7+ Kd8 42. Qxb4 Qe5+
43. Kg1 c5 $1 $11 44. Qb6+ Kc8 45. Qc6+ Kb8 46. Qb5+ Ka7 47. Kf2 Qf4+ 48. Ke2
Qe4+ 49. Kd1 Qd4+ 50. Ke2 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Nc3 (5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6 7. d4 $14)
5... Bb4 (5... d6 6. a3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. g4 Nd7 $10 {
Beliavsky,A-Spassky,B/URS/1981/}) 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Re1 d6 9. h3 Re8
10. Bb3 Be6 (10... Na5 11. Be3 Nxb3 12. axb3 $14) 11. Ba4 $5 Bd7 12. Rb1 b6 13.
Nh4 Ne7 14. Bb3 Be6 $10 15. d4 Bxb3 (15... Qc8 $5) 16. axb3 a5 (16... Ng6 17.
Nxg6 fxg6 18. dxe5 Rxe5 19. f3 g5 $10) 17. Qf3 $1 Ng6 18. Nf5 $14 d5 19. exd5
e4 (19... Nxd5 20. c4 Nf6 21. dxe5 Nxe5 $13) 20. Qg3 Qxd5 21. Ne3 Qd7 22. c4 $1
a4 (22... Qxd4 23. Bb2 Qd6 24. Qxd6 cxd6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Nf5 $16) 23. bxa4
Rxa4 24. Bb2 Nh5 (24... c6 25. d5 $16) 25. Qg4 Qxg4 26. hxg4 Nf6 27. Ra1 Rea8
28. d5 $16 Rxa1 (28... Nd7 $142) 29. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 30. Bxa1 Nd7 31. Kf1 Nge5 32.
Ke2 Kh7 33. Kd2 Kg6 34. Bxe5 $1 Nxe5 35. Kc3 Kg5 (35... Nd7 36. Kd4 Nc5 37. d6
$18) 36. Kd4 Nxg4 37. Nxg4 Kxg4 38. c5 $1 (38. Kxe4 f5+ (38... h5 39. Ke5 h4
40. d6 cxd6+ 41. Kxd6 f5 42. Kc6 f4 43. Kxb6 f3 $10) 39. Ke5 f4 40. Ke6 h5 41.
Kd7 h4 42. Kxc7 f3 43. gxf3+ Kxf3 44. d6 $18) 38... bxc5+ $8 39. Kxc5 h5 40.
Kc6 f5 41. Kxc7 f4 42. f3+ $1 Kg3 $8 43. fxe4 Kxg2 44. e5 $1 $18 f3 45. e6 f2
46. e7 f1=Q 47. e8=Q h4 (47... Qc4+ 48. Qc6 Qxc6+ 49. dxc6 $1 h4 50. Kd6 h3 51.
c7 h2 52. c8=Q h1=Q 53. Qb7+ Kh2 54. Qxh1+ Kxh1 55. Ke5 $1 $18) 48. Qe4+ Kg3
49. d6 Qb5 50. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Site "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Haba, Petr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d3 (4. Nge2 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Bd3
dxe4 7. Bxe4 Qh4 8. d3 f5 $16) (4. f4 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qe7 $1 $15) 4...
Bc5 (4... Bb4 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 Na5 8. Bb3 Nxb3 9. axb3 O-O 10. c4
b6 $10) (4... Na5 5. Nge2 Nxc4 6. dxc4 d6 7. O-O Be6 8. b3 c6 9. Ng3 g6 10. h3
h5 11. Qd3 Be7 12. Be3 Qd7 $10 {Westerinen-Buy/Siegen/1970/}) 5. Bg5 {/\Nd5} (
5. f4 {Ftacnik} d6 6. Nf3 $13) 5... h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. Na4 (7. Nd5 g5 8. Bg3 Be6
9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $10) 7... Bb6 (7... Bb4+ 8. c3 Ba5 9. b4 Bb6 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. h3
$14 {^^}) 8. Nxb6 {^^} axb6 9. f3 {/^h4-f2-b6 <<} Na5 10. Ne2 Nxc4 11. dxc4 Be6
12. b3 g5 (12... Qd7 {/\Nh7,0-0,f5|^} 13. Bxf6 (13. O-O {Ftacnik} Nh7 $13)
13... gxf6 14. g4 (14. O-O f5 $10) 14... h5 $36) 13. Bf2 Nh5 14. Nc3 Ng7 15.
Qd2 f5 (15... O-O $6 {Ftacnik} 16. h4 $40) 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. O-O-O Qe7 18. Kb1
Nh4 (18... O-O-O $5 19. a4 {/\-><<}) 19. Nb5 (19. Bxh4 gxh4 20. f4 $13) 19...
Rd8 $6 (19... Ng6 $142 20. Rhe1 $14) (19... Nxg2 $2 20. Bxb6 cxb6 21. Nxd6+ Kf8
22. Qxg2 $18 {->K}) (19... O-O-O {Ftacnik} 20. Bxb6 $5 cxb6 21. Qf2 Bd7 22.
Nxd6+ Kc7 23. c5 b5 $13) 20. Bxh4 gxh4 {+/=/+/-} 21. f4 $1 d5 (21... exf4 22.
Qxf4 (22. Rhe1 {Ftacnik} O-O 23. Nxc7 Qxc7 24. Rxe6 Qg7 25. Qd5 $16) 22... Kd7
23. Rhe1 $40) 22. Qe3 e4 23. cxd5 Bxd5 (23... Bg4 24. Rd4 {קe4}) 24. Nxc7+ $1
Qxc7 25. Rxd5 $18 O-O (25... Rxd5 26. Qxe4+ $18) 26. Qxe4 Rxd5 27. Qxd5+ Qf7
28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. g3 Re8 30. gxh4 Re2 31. a4 Ke6 32. Rg1 Kf5 33. Rg7 Kxf4 34.
Rg6 1-0

[Event "Moscow International-01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1925.11.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[Annotator "Bogoljubow,E"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1925.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. Nd5 g5 8. Bg3
Nxd5 9. Bxd5 Ne7 10. Bb3 Ng6 11. Ne2 Qf6 12. d4 $1 exd4 13. Qd3 h5 14. h3 h4
15. Bh2 Ne5 (15... Bd7 $142 $17) 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Qb5+ (17. Bxf7+ $142 $1 $11
{Beide Spieler haben diese Möglichkeit übersehen} Kxf7 (17... Qxf7 18. Qb5+)
18. Qc4+) 17... Qc6 18. Qxc6+ bxc6 19. Ba4 $1 Bd7 (19... Rb8 $142 {Rubinstein})
20. Nc1 f6 21. Nd3 Bb6 22. c4 dxc3 23. bxc3 c5 24. Bxd7+ Kxd7 25. Nb2 Kc6 26.
a4 c4 27. Nxc4 Rhd8 28. Ke2 Rd7 (28... Kc5 $1 29. Ne3 $1 $14) 29. Rhd1 Rad8 30.
Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Rb1 a6 32. Rb4 Rd8 33. Rb3 Rd7 34. Rb4 Rd8 35. Rb1 Rd7 36. Rb2
Rd8 37. Rb4 Rd7 38. Rb3 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match/Nation U26 DDR-POL 19,5-20,5"]
[Site "Zinnowitz"]
[Date "1977.09.29"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Casper, Thomas"]
[Black "Borkowski, Franciszek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Casper,T"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1977.09.28"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 11/1977 Seite 489} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Na5 5. Nge2 Bc5
6. O-O d6 $2 {Besser ist es, erst auf c4 zu tauschen und dann d7-d6 zu spielen,
da Schwarz nach der Partiefortsetzung ein Tempo aufbringen müsste, um d6-d5
durchzusetzen.} 7. Bb3 a6 8. h3 O-O ({Eine interessante Idee ist} 8... Nh5 $6)
9. Ng3 c6 $2 {Diese Schwächung des Feldes b6 wirkt sich verhängnisvoll aus.}
10. Qf3 Nxb3 11. axb3 Ne8 {Es drohte Bg5} 12. Be3 Nc7 ({Auf} 12... Bxe3 13.
Qxe3 f5 {folgt} 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. f4 {mit weißem Vorteil.}) 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14.
Qh5 Qf6 15. Na4 Ne6 16. Qf5 $1 {Erzwingt ein klar besseres Endspiel.} Nd4 17.
Qxf6 gxf6 18. Rfc1 Ne6 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Nh5 Nd4 {Bauernverlust ist bereits
unvermeidbar.} 21. Kf1 Rd8 22. Ra5 Nb5 23. Nxc8 Rbxc8 24. Nxf6+ Kg7 25. Ng4 f6
26. Ne3 Kf7 27. Ke1 Ke6 28. Kd2 Rg8 29. c3 Rcd8 30. Ke2 Ra8 31. Rf1 b6 32. Raa1
a5 33. f4 Nd6 34. Rf2 b5 35. Raf1 a4 36. fxe5 fxe5 37. bxa4 Rxa4 38. Rf6+ Ke7
39. Rh6 $1 {Das Gewinnmanöver} Ra2 40. Rxh7+ Kd8 41. Rf6 Rxb2+ 42. Kf3 Ne8 43.
Rxc6 Rd2 44. Rxc5 Rf8+ 45. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Christmas Congress 1985/86-61 Premier"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1986.01.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Rukavina, Josip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1985.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Na5 5. Nge2 Be7 6. Ng3 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
c6 9. Bb3 (9. Qf3 Nxc4 10. dxc4 Be6 11. b3 d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14.
Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Nf5 Rfe8 16. Nxe7+ Rxe7 17. Qxd5 Nxd5 $11) (9. a3 Nxc4 10. dxc4
Be6 11. Qe2 Qc7 $11) 9... Nxb3 10. axb3 Be6 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 d5 13. Qf3 Qd7
14. Kh2 Kh8 15. Be5 dxe4 16. dxe4 b6 17. Rad1 Qb7 18. Nce2 Rad8 19. Nd4 c5 20.
Ndf5 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Bxf5 22. Nxf5 {[#]} Re8 (22... Rd8 23. Qg3 Rg8 24. Qg5 a5
25. Rd3 $18 Qxe4 26. Nxe7) (22... Bd8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Nxg7 $18) 23. Kg1 $5 (
23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. Qf4 (24. Rd6 Qxe4 $11) 24... Qc6 25. Rd6 Qxe4 26. Bxf6+ Bxf6
27. Qxf6+ Kf8 28. Rd7 Qe5+ $11) (23. Qf4 h6 24. Rd3 Qxe4 25. Qxe4 Nxe4 26. Nxg7
Ra8 27. Nf5+ Bf6 28. Bxf6+ Nxf6 29. Nxh6 $16) (23. Rd3 h6 24. Qg3 Rg8 25. Qh4
Re8 26. Qf4 Qxe4 27. Qxe4 Nxe4 28. Nxg7 Ra8 29. Nf5+ Bf6 30. Bxf6+ Nxf6 31.
Nxh6 Kg7 32. Nf5+ Kg6 33. Ne7+ Kh7 34. Kg3 $16) 23... Bf8 {[#]} 24. Nxg7 (24.
Bxf6 gxf6 25. Rd5 $1 $16 (25. Qc3 Qxe4 26. Qxf6+ Kg8 27. Rd3 Qe1+ 28. Kh2 Re6
29. Qg5+ Rg6 30. Qf4 Re6 $11) 25... Qc6 26. Qh5 Qe6 27. Rd3 c4 28. Rg3 Bc5+ 29.
Kh2 Rg8 30. Rxg8+ Kxg8 31. Qg4+ Kf8 32. Qf4 $16 Qe5 33. Qxe5 fxe5 34. bxc4 $16)
24... Rxe5 25. Qxf6 $16 Qe7 26. Qxe7 Bxe7 27. Nf5 Rxe4 28. Rd7 Bf8 29. Rxf7 Kg8
30. Rxa7 Re1+ 31. Kf2 Rc1 32. Ne3 Bh6 33. c3 Bxe3+ 34. Kxe3 Rc2 35. Rb7 {[#]}
Rxg2 $2 (35... Rxb2 36. Rxb6 $16) 36. Rxb6 $18 Rg3+ 37. Kf4 Rxh3 38. Rb5 Kf7
39. Rxc5 Ke6 40. b4 Kd6 41. Kg4 Rh2 42. Rh5 Rxb2 43. Rh6+ Kd5 44. Rxh7 Rf2 45.
Rc7 Kd6 46. Rc5 Rf1 47. c4 Rb1 48. Rd5+ Kc7 49. b5 Rf1 50. Rf5 Rc1 51. Rc5+ Kd6
52. Rc6+ Kd7 53. Kf5 Re1 54. c5 Rb1 55. Rd6+ Kc7 56. b6+ Kb7 57. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Match Alekhine-Lasker Ed +3-0=0"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1913.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Lasker, Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1913.08.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{WIENER PARTIE} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 ({Jetzt ziehe
ich die Zugfolge} 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 {welche das Spiel auf eine von der für
Weiß günstigen Varianten des abgelehnten Königsgambits zurückführt,
entschieden vor. Der Textzug gestattet dem Schwarzen, das Spiel auszugleichen.}
) 5... d6 6. Na4 ({Die Fortsetzung} 6. Nd5 Be6 7. Nxf6+ gxf6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9.
Qh5+ Kd7 {usw. ergibt nichts für Weiß.}) 6... Bb6 {Alekhin} ({In ähnliche
Stellungen ist es viel besser} 6... Be6 {Zu spielen, um die Zentrumslinie zu
öffnen. Natürlich ist der Läuferrückzug auch kein Fehler.}) 7. Nxb6 axb6 8.
Ne2 Be6 9. Nc3 {Sehr wichtig ist es, den Druck auf d5 aufrechtzuerhalten.} h6
10. Bh4 Qe7 11. f3 {(Alekhin) Durch diesen durchaus nicht       naheliegenden
Zug, der nach genauem Studium der Stellung gemacht wurde, behält Weiß die
Aktionsfreiheit auf beiden Flügeln und wartet eine der Rochaden des Gegners
ab, um zu entscheidenden Schritten auf dem entsprechenden Kampfplatz
überzugehen.  Die Grundmotive des Zuges f3 sind folgende: für den Fall g5
gibt es dem Läufer h4 das gute Rückzugsfeld f2 und bereitet den sofortigen
Angriff g4 für den Fall der kurzen Rochade von Schwarz vor.} ({Andere
Varianten, z.B.} 11. Qd2 $6 Bxc4 12. dxc4 Nxe4 $1 $17) ({oder} 11. O-O g5 12.
Bg3 h5 $17 {würden Schwarz die Initiative überlassen.}) 11... O-O-O $2 {
Das Weitere zeigt, dass der Angriff des Weißen, zu dessen Erfolg die
Möglichkeit der Öffnung der    a-Linie beiträgt, sich schneller entwickelt
als der Angriff des Schwarzen auf dem Königsflügel.} ({Besser wäre} 11...
Rd8 {trotzdem auch in diesem Falle Weiß nach} 12. Nd5 {usw. eine
ausgezeichnete Partie erhält.}) 12. Nd5 $1 {Erzwingt eine Reihe von
Abtauschen, wonach Weiß freie Hand bekommt und den Bauernangriff auf die
schwarze Rochadestellung beginnen kann.} Bxd5 13. Bxd5 g5 14. Bf2 Nxd5 15. exd5
Nb4 ({Etwas besser wäre} 15... Nb8) 16. c4 {Es ist interessant festzustellen,
dass Weiß von diesem Zuge ab und bis zur Erlangung des entscheidenden
Vorteils fast nur Bauernmanöver ausführt, darin den Geboten des Meisters
aller Meister des 18. Jahrhunderts, des großen Philidor folgend.} f5 17. O-O
h5 ({Das sofortige} 17... Rdg8 {hätte ein Tempo gespart, aber die Stellung
von Schwarz ist bereits derart kompromittiert, dass dieses Tempo wohl kaum
große Bedeutung haben kann}) 18. a4 Rdg8 19. a5 bxa5 20. Rxa5 {Droht 21. Ta8
und 22.Da4+} Na6 21. b4 $1 Kd8 22. c5 ({Gut wäre auch} 22. b5 Nc5 (22... Nb8
23. Ra7) 23. d4 {, aber Weiß spielt auf Figurengewinn.}) 22... Ke8 23. d4 Kf7
{Diese erzwungene Flucht des Königs betont das Fehlerhafte der schwarzen
Rochade.} 24. b5 dxc5 {Offenbar die einzige Chance,} ({denn} 24... Nb8 25. dxe5
dxe5 26. Ra7 {usw. würde zur sofortigen Katastrophe führen.}) 25. bxa6 b6 26.
d6 {Ein interessanter und auch zum Gewinn führender Zug.} ({Aber} 26. Ra2 cxd4
({oder} 26... exd4 27. Re1 Qd6 28. Rae2 {usw.}) 27. Qb3 Kg7 28. Rc1 {im
Zusammenhang miz Tac2 wäre wohl einfacher.}) 26... Qxd6 ({Wenn} 26... cxd6 {so
} 27. Qb3+ {nebst Dxb6 usw.}) 27. Qb3+ Qe6 28. d5 Qd6 29. Ra2 $18 Ra8 30. Re1 {
Der Anfang des Schlussangriffs auf die schwarzen Bauern des linken Flügels
von Schwarz.} Rhd8 (30... Kg6 31. g3) 31. Qd3 Qf6 {Die einzige Verteidigung,} (
{denn falls} 31... Kf6 {so} 32. f4 $1) ({oder} 31... Kg6 32. g3 {und Weiß
gewinnt mit Leichtigkeit.}) 32. g4 $1 {Um den Läufer zum Angriff gegen die
Bauern e5 und g-5 zu verwenden, was sich Stellung von Schwarz sofort
hoffnungslos macht.} c6 33. gxf5 Rxd5 ({Wenn} 33... cxd5 {dann} 34. Bg3 c4 35.
Qd1 $18 {und gewinnt.}) 34. Qe4 h4 {Um 35. Lg3 zu verhindern.} 35. Qg4 Qh6 36.
Be3 Kf6 37. Rg2 Rg8 38. f4 $1 {Ein tödlicher Zug!} exf4 39. Bxc5 $1 {SCHWARZ
GIBT AUF. Kommentar: A. Aljechin,"Meine besten Partien 1908-1923", 1983, S.
105-107; MDB 15: 25655} 1-0

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.08"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Firouzja,A"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rest of the World"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 0,119,25,29,36,5,5,4,17,8,35,38,15,14,14,11,2,-6,2,0,72,53,38,-3,-11,-2,
-5,-27,-24,-34,-33,-40,-33,-28,-44,-58,-14,-24,-40,-63,31,53,36,58,32,22,72,74,
77,54,76,46,51,58,59,77,77,71,71,49,70,26,32,12,41,15,30,26,38,61,55,53,63,17,
34,35,48,48,48,21,47,56,56,-3,76,89,76,81,94,85,91,87,87,92,97,104,113,95,104,
93,113,120,120,121,115,127,131,131,133,145,150,150,176,176,302,306,312,294,317,
317,1094,1115]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 {The Vienna Variation} Nc6 4. d3 Bb4
$5 {Not the main move, but interesting.} (4... Na5 {is the main move:} 5. Nge2
Nxc4 6. dxc4 Bc5 $13) 5. Nge2 d5 $1 {Now the idea behind 4...Bb4 is clear} 6.
exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be6 $1 (7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bd6 9. Ng3 O-O 10. Qh5 $14 {with a
comfortable position for White}) 8. Bxd5 $1 {I find this the most challenging
for Black here.} (8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Bxd5 Qxd5 11. Be3 b6 {and Black
had a comfortable game in Nakamura-Giri 2020.}) 8... Bxd5 9. f4 f6 $1 {A very
cool reaction by Black. The point of this move is to delay short castling for
a bit!} 10. fxe5 Nxe5 11. Nf4 $5 {Trying too keep some chances.} (11. Nxd5 {
Is the logical move but...} Qxd5 12. d4 Ng6 13. Nf4 Nxf4 14. Bxf4 O-O-O 15. c3
Bd6 $11 {with a fine game for Black.}) 11... Bxc3 (11... Bf7 $1 {It was better
to keep the advantage of the two bishops, but Black still has to solve some
problems:} 12. d4 Ng6 13. Re1+ Be7 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. Rxe6 Qd7 16. Re1 O-O-O 17.
Be3 $15) 12. bxc3 O-O 13. c4 Bf7 14. Rb1 b6 15. Qe1 {So here I was optimistic
about my attacking chances. In this position the idea is to bring the queen to
g3, the bishop to b2 and put pressure on the pawn on f6!} Re8 16. Qg3 Qd7 $5 {
Planning to attack the weaknesses of White's queenside structure by ...Qa4!}
17. h3 {First preventing the queen trade on g4!} Qa4 18. Rb3 $5 {White should
be careful to not lose the c2-pawn because after that the whole position would
collapse.} Qxa2 19. Ne2 $5 {A very tricky move both targeting the f6-pawn and
maybe trapping the queen on a2!} Qa4 {Here my opponent thought the queen was
more important than the f6-pawn!} (19... Qxc2 $4 20. Nd4 Qa2 21. Ra3 Qb1 22.
Bh6 Qxf1+ 23. Kxf1 $18) 20. Rxf6 Qd7 21. Rf2 $16 {Now the bishop on b2 will be
just a monster!} Ng6 22. Bb2 Qd6 $1 {With the queens on the board Black will
probably get mated on g7!} 23. Qxd6 cxd6 24. Ng3 {So now there still is a
target on g7, and one on d6!} Be6 {Stopping Nf5} 25. Nh5 Ne5 26. Rb5 Bf7 27.
Ng3 Bg6 28. Rd5 {Now all of my pieces are in the game.} Rad8 29. Bc3 h6 30. Rf1
Nc6 31. h4 {Still trying to put pressure on the kingside.} Rf8 32. Re1 Bf7 33.
Rb5 Rfe8 34. Rxe8+ Bxe8 35. Nf5 Rd7 36. Rd5 Ne7 $1 37. Nxe7+ Rxe7 38. Rxd6 Ba4
39. Bb4 Rf7 40. c3 {So here we both were under time pressure, and Black still
has to solve some problems.} Rd7 41. c5 bxc5 42. Rxd7 Bxd7 43. Bxc5 a5 $2 {
A very big mistake. After this things just get tougher for Black.} (43... Bf5
44. d4 Kf7 $1 {giving up the a7-pawn for a very nice blockade on the light
squares.}) 44. Kf2 $18 Kf7 45. Ke3 Ke6 46. c4 Bc6 47. g3 Bg2 48. Bf8 {And now
this is just a technical win.} Kf7 49. Ba3 Bf1 50. Kd4 g5 51. hxg5 hxg5 52. Kc3
Ke6 53. d4 g4 54. Bc1 a4 55. d5+ Kd6 56. Kd4 Bg2 57. c5+ Kc7 58. Ke5 Bf3 59.
Ke6 Bg2 60. d6+ 1-0

[Event "Interpolis-02"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1978.09.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[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 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 (3. Nc3 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3
f5 8. Qd5 Qe7 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 $17) 3... Nc6 (3... c6) 4. Nc3 Bc5 (4...
Bb4) (4... Na5) 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. Na4 $5 Bb6 8. Nxb6 axb6 9. f3 $1 Be6 10.
Ne2 $14 d5 $5 (10... Qe7 $5) 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Nc3 $14 Be6 $1 (
13... Bxc4 $2 14. dxc4 {/\ Nd5+/-}) 14. Bxe6 (14. Qe2 {e.g} Nd4 (14... Qd4 15.
O-O-O O-O-O 16. g3) 15. Qf2 c6 16. O-O b5 17. Bb3) 14... fxe6 15. Qd2 f5 16.
O-O (16. O-O-O $2 b5 $1) (16. a3 $5 {/\ 0-0-0}) 16... Qd4+ 17. Kh1 O-O-O 18.
Rae1 h5 19. a3 (19. Qf2 Qb4 20. Rb1 h4) 19... h4 20. Qf2 Rhg8 $6 (20... Qd7 21.
f4 (21. b4 $1 Qg7 22. Ne2 Rhg8 23. f4 Nd4 24. Nxd4 Rxd4) 21... exf4 22. Qxf4
Nd4 23. Rf2 h3) (20... h3 $5) (20... Qd6 21. b4 Ne7 {(/\ Ng6)} 22. f4 h3) 21.
Qxd4 $1 exd4 $6 (21... Rxd4 $5) 22. Nb1 $16 Kd7 (22... e5 23. f4 $16) 23. Nd2
Ke7 24. Rf2 Kf6 25. f4 $16 Rde8 (25... Ne7 26. Rfe2 Rd6 27. Nc4 Rc6 28. b4 $1
b5 29. Na5 Rb6 30. Nxb7 $5 Nd5 $1 31. Nc5 Nxf4 32. Rf2 Kg5 $1) (25... b5 26.
Rfe2 Rd6 27. Re5 $1) 26. h3 e5 $6 27. Rfe2 (27. fxe5+ $1 Rxe5 28. Rxe5 Nxe5 29.
Rf4 Nc6 (29... Re8 30. Rxd4 Nc6 31. Rc4 $1) 30. Nf3 $1) 27... Re7 28. Nf3 exf4
29. Rxe7 Nxe7 30. Nxd4 $18 Nd5 31. Re6+ Kf7 32. Rh6 $2 (32. Re2 $1 Ne3 33. Nf3
Rh8 34. d4 Rh7 (34... b5 35. c3 Rh7 36. Ne5+ Kf6 37. Nd3 Re7 38. Kg1) 35. c3
Rh8 36. Ne5+ Kf6 37. Rf2 Kg5 38. Nd3 Nd5 39. c4) 32... Ne3 33. Rxh4 Nxg2 $2 (
33... c5 $1) (33... Rxg2 34. Rxf4 (34. Rh7+ Kg6 35. Rxc7 Rf2 36. h4 Rf1+ 37.
Kh2 Rf2+ 38. Kh3 $2 Ng4) 34... Rd2 $1 35. Nxf5 Nxf5 36. Rxf5+ Ke6) 34. Rh7+ Kf6
35. Rh6+ (35. Rxc7 $2 Ne1 36. Rxb7 f3) 35... Kg5 (35... Kf7 36. Rh7+ Kf6 37.
Kg1) 36. Rh7 Kf6 37. Kg1 $5 (37. Rxc7 $2 Ne1 $1 {/\ f3-f2}) 37... c5 38. Ne2 f3
39. Nc3 Nh4+ $4 (39... Ne3+ 40. Kf2 Nxc2 41. Kxf3 Ne1+ $1) 40. Kf1 Kg5 41. Nd5
$18 Re8 42. Rg7+ Kh6 43. Re7 Rg8 44. Re6+ $1 Kg5 45. Rxb6 Re8 46. Nc7 $1 Rg8 (
46... Re2 $2 47. Ne6+) 47. Ne6+ Kf6 48. Nxc5+ Ke5 49. Rh6 Kf4 $5 (49... Ng2 50.
Kf2 $18) 50. Rxh4+ Ke3 51. Ne4 $1 fxe4 (51... Rg2 52. Nc3) 52. Rxe4+ Kd2 53.
Kf2 1-0

[Event "DDR-ch31 Final"]
[Site "Salzwedel"]
[Date "1982.02.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vogt, Lothar"]
[Black "Moehring, Guenther"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1982.02.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 d6 (4... Na5 5. Nge2 $1 Nxc4 6. dxc4 Be7
7. O-O d6 8. b3 O-O 9. Ng3 c6 10. Bb2 $14 {Larsen-Portisch/cm/1968/}) 5. a4 $2
Be7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O Be6 8. Nd5 $6 (8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 $14)
8... Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb4 $1 10. Nc3 a5 11. Bd2 c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Ne2 d5 14. Bb3
Qb6 15. Be3 Qb7 16. Ng3 Rfe8 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. d4 Qd7 $1 (18... e4 19. f3 $1) 19.
dxe5 (19. Qf3 e4 20. Qf4 $13) 19... Qxf5 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. c3 Na6 22. Bc2 Bc5
23. Bd2 $6 g6 24. Kh1 Rab8 25. Rb1 Bd6 26. Be3 Nc5 27. Bd4 Qh4 28. g3 Qh3 29.
Kg1 Ne4 30. Qf3 $2 (30. Bxe4 Rxe4 {/\Rh4!} 31. Qf3 Rbe8 $17) 30... Nd2 $1 31.
Qf6 Be5 $1 32. Bxe5 Rxe5 33. Rfd1 (33. Qf4 Rh5 $1 34. Qxb8+ Kg7 $19 35. g4 Nf3+
36. Kh1 Qxh2+ 37. Qxh2 Rxh2#) 33... Rh5 $1 (33... Rf5 $6 34. Qxf5 gxf5 35. Rxd2
) 34. Rxd2 Qxh2+ 35. Kf1 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "Pamplona 9697 7th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Magem Badals, Jordi"]
[Black "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nge2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
Nxc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Re1 Na5 11. Bb3 Re8 12. f4 Nxb3 13. axb3 exf4 14.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 15. Bxf4 c6 16. Qd2 Be6 17. Qf2 a6 18. Qb6 Qd7 19. h3 Re8 20. Re1 h6
21. c4 f6 22. Bg3 Kh7 23. Kh2 Bf7 24. Rxe8 Bxe8 25. Qe3 Bg6 26. Kg1 Qe8 27. Kf2
Kg8 28. Qxe8+ Bxe8 {[#] aktiver wK vs akiven sL führt zur Wegnahme aller
B-Schwächen ==> Remis} 29. Ke3 Kf7 30. Kd4 Ke6 31. Kc5 Bh5 32. Kb6 Bd1 33. Kxb7
Kd7 34. d4 Bxc2 35. d5 Be4 36. dxc6+ Bxc6+ 37. Kxa6 Bxg2 38. h4 Kc6 39. Bf2 Bf1
40. Bd4 g5 41. Bxf6 gxh4 42. Bxh4 Bxc4+ 43. bxc4 Kc5 44. Kb7 Kxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Arnason, Jon Loftur"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Na5 5. Nge2 Nxc4 6. dxc4 c6 $5 (6... Bc5
7. h3 h6 8. Ng3 d6 9. O-O Be6 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Bd2 a6 $1 $10 {
Makarichev-Razuvaev,Y/Moscow GMA/1989/}) (6... Be7 7. O-O d6 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 (
9. Ng3 c6 10. Bb2 Qa5 11. Qe1 Qc7 12. a4 Be6 13. Rd1 a6 14. Qe2 Bg4 15. f3 Bd7
16. Kh1 Rab8 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Rfe8 19. Rd2 Rbd8 20. Rfd1 Nh5 $2 21. Ba3
$14 {Larsen,B-Portisch,L/Porec m/1968/1-0/28/ -> 5/213}) 9... Nd7 10. a4 a5 11.
Nd5 Nc5 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Nc3 f5 14. f4 $1 $16 {Larsen,B-Portisch,L/Las
Palmas/1976/}) 7. O-O Be7 8. b3 O-O 9. Ng3 d6 10. a4 g6 $5 (10... Be6 $10) 11.
Bh6 Re8 12. Qd3 Ng4 (12... Be6 13. h3 $14 { 14.f2-f4}) 13. Bd2 $6 (13. Bc1 Be6
14. Ba3 $14) 13... Bf8 14. Rad1 Be6 $10 15. h3 Nf6 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Qa5 $1
(17... Nd7 $5 18. Bxd6 Nc5 $44) 18. Qf3 Nd7 19. Nd5 $6 (19. Nge2 Ne5 20. Qg3
$10) 19... Bg7 20. b4 (20. Bxd6 $2 cxd5 21. cxd5 Qb6+ $19) 20... Qxa4 $1 21.
Bxd6 Qxc2 22. Rc1 $4 (22. Nc7 Bxc4 23. Rf2 Qb3 24. Nxa8 Rxa8 $17) 22... Qb2 $19
23. Nc7 $2 (23. Kh1 cxd5 24. cxd5 Ne5 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. dxe6 fxe6 $19) 23...
Qd4+ 24. Kh1 Qxd6 25. Nxa8 Rxa8 26. c5 Qe7 27. Ne2 a5 28. Qa3 a4 29. Qe3 a3 30.
Nc3 a2 31. Qd2 Ra3 32. Qb2 Rb3 33. Qxa2 Rxc3 34. Qa8+ Nf8 0-1

[Event "Match Janowski-Mieses +6-6=2"]
[Site "Paris (Cafe de la Regence)"]
[Date "1895.01.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Janowski, Dawid Markelowicz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[Annotator "Janowski,D/Hoffer,L"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "1895.01.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 a6 8. h4 g4
9. h5 Be7 {Force} ({car si} 9... d6 10. Bh4 {donnerait aux Noirs une position
desagreable (J)}) 10. Nd5 d6 11. Nxe7 Qxe7 12. Bh4 (12. a3 {aurait evite
l'echange du F contre le C, mais avec la ligne de jeu que les Blancs ont
adoptee, ils ne veulent pas renoncer a l'attaque et comme les Noirs devront
roquer du cote de la Dame, ils affaiblissent aussi ce cote (H)}) 12... Na5 13.
Bd5 c6 14. Qd2 b6 {plus fort que} ({tout de suite} 14... cxd5) 15. b4 cxd5 16.
bxa5 dxe4 17. dxe4 Bb7 18. f3 gxf3 19. gxf3 {Les Blancs ont joue d'une maniere
risquee; la position des Noirs estcompromise, mais celle des blancs l'est
egalement et nous ne saurions dire quelle est la plus mauvaise. Dans de telles
positions la chance est un grand facteur (H)} Qe6 20. Rd1 O-O-O {Evidemment en
roquant de ce cote les Noirs s'exposent a l'attaque mais, en compensation, ils
ont toutes leurs pieces degagees et les Tours en communication, tandis que le
R blanc se trouve dans une situation decouverte et exposee (J)} 21. Rb1 b5 22.
a4 bxa4 23. Qc3+ Kb8 24. Qc6 Rd7 25. Qxa6 ({La Deutsches Wochenschach fait
remarquer que les Blancs pouvaient gagner la partie par} 25. Bxf6 Rc8 ({
...mais il serait interessant de savoir ce que joueraient les Blancs, si les
Noirs repondaient} 25... a3 $1 {(J)}) 26. Qxa4 Rc4 27. Qb3 {conservant la
piece de plus}) 25... a3 26. Qb5 a2 {Une excell ente avance; ce pion non
seulement chasse la T de la ligne ouverte, mais il devient un danger pour
l'adversaire (H)} 27. Ra1 Nxe4 {Une ingenieuse maniere de sortir des
difficultes (H)} 28. fxe4 {Force} ({si} 28. a6 Nc3 29. Qb4 Rc8 {avec une
attque gagnante car les Blancs ne peuvent continuer} 30. axb7 {a cause de} Rxb7
{suivi de Tb1+ (H)}) 28... Qg4 29. Qe2 {Le seul coup pour parer l'attaque (J)}
Qxe4 30. Qxe4 {Il n'y avait aucune necessite d'echanger les Dames;} ({nous
aurions essaye la continuation suivante:} 30. Rh3 Qb4+ 31. c3 Qb1+ 32. Qd1 Be4
({si} 32... Qe4+ 33. Ne2 {mieux}) 33. Rh2 Qxd1+ 34. Kxd1 Bb1 35. Raxa2 Bxa2 36.
Rxa2 {restant avec les deux pieces pour la Tour (H)}) 30... Bxe4 31. Rh2 Bd5
32. Rd2 Be6 33. Bf6 {Pour prevenir f5 (H)} Rc8 34. Ne2 Rc5 35. Nc1 Rxa5 36. c3
Rb7 37. Nxa2 Kc7 {coup indispensable; le plan des Noirs etant de doubler les
Tours sur la colonne a, ils ne peuvent permettrent a l'adversaire de se
degager par l'echec de la T en b1 (J)} 38. Be7 Rb6 39. Bf8 e4 {une grosse
erreur;} ({par} 39... Rba6 {les Noirs regagnaient la piece et restaient avec
une meilleure partie, mais ils n'ont pas voulu precipiter la liquidation dans
la crainte qu'en restant avec des Fous de couleurs differentes, la partie ne
soit nulle.} 40. Bxh6 (40. Rad1 Rxa2 41. Bxd6+ Kc8 42. Bxe5 Rxd2 43. Kxd2 Bg4 {
nullite probable}) (40. c4 Kd7 41. Rad1 Rxa2 42. Rxd6+ Rxd6 43. Bxd6 Bg4 {
nullite probable}) 40... Rxa2 41. Raxa2 Rxa2 42. Rxa2 Bxa2 43. Bf8 f5 {etc...
mieux}) ({La meilleure continuation etait} 39... Ra8 40. Bxh6 Rh8 41. Be3 Ra6
42. h6 f5 43. c4 f4 44. Bg1 Rxh6 {etc... (J)}) 40. Rh2 Rba6 41. Bxh6 Bg4 {
M.Janowski dedaigne de s'assurer la nullite} ({qu'il pouvait obtenir par} 41...
Rxa2 42. Raxa2 Rxa2 43. Rxa2 Bxa2 44. Bf4 Be6 45. h6 Bf5 {au mois partie nulle
(H)}) 42. Bg7 Bxh5 (42... Rxh5 {valait mieux (J)}) 43. Rc1 {degageant enfin la
T immobilisee (H)} Rxa2 44. Rxh5 Kd7 45. Rf5 Ke6 46. Rf6+ Ke7 47. Rf2 Ke6 48.
Rf6+ Ke7 49. Rf2 Ke6 50. Rf6+ Ke7 51. Rf4 {Maintenant M.Janowski accepterait
la nullite volontiers, mais M.Mieses veut essayer de gagner (H)} d5 52. Rf2
R2a4 53. Rb1 Ra1 54. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 55. Kd2 Rg1 56. Bd4 Rg3 57. Rf5 Ke6 58. Re5+
Kd6 59. Kc2 Rf3 60. Rh5 f6 61. Rh2 f5 {sans ce faible coup la partie aurait
ete nulle} ({il fallait jouer} 61... Ke6 {(H)}) 62. Rh6+ Ke7 ({si} 62... Kd7
63. Bc5 {gagne egalement un pion (H)}) 63. Bc5+ Kf7 64. Rd6 f4 65. Rxd5 Ke6 66.
Rd2 e3 67. Rd6+ Ke5 68. Rd1 Kf5 69. c4 {le coup gagnant (H)} Ke4 70. Rd4+ Ke5
71. Kd3 Kf5 72. Rd5+ Kg4 ({si} 72... Ke6 {la jolie variante suivante se serait
produite} 73. Ke4 Rf1 ({si} 73... e2 74. Re5+ Kf6 75. Be7+ {Roi joue et RxT})
74. Rd6+ Kf7 75. Kf5 e2 76. Rd7+ Kg8 77. Kg6 Rd1 78. Rg7+ Kh8 79. Rf7 Rd8 80.
Bd4+ Kg8 81. Rg7+ Kf8 82. Bc5+ Ke8 83. Re7+ {et gagnent (H)}) 73. Re5 Rf1 74.
Bxe3 {Ceci reduit la partie a une fin de partie bien connue gagnee par les
Blancs} fxe3 75. Rxe3 Kf4 76. Re8 Rc1 77. Kd4 Rd1+ 78. Kc5 Rh1 79. Kb5 Kf5 80.
c5 Kf6 81. c6 Rb1+ 82. Ka6 Rc1 83. Kb7 Rb1+ 84. Kc7 Kf7 85. Re4 Rc1 86. Kd7
Rd1+ 87. Kc8 Rc1 88. c7 Rd1 89. Re5 Kf6 90. Rc5 Ke7 91. Kb7 {Toute cette
partie a ete tres difficile dans ses differentes phases, elle fait honneur au
vaincu aussi bien qu'au vainqueur. (H) Commentaires:"La Strategie" 1895 p42,
les notes suivies de (H) sont de Hoffer et celles suivies de (J) de Janowski.}
1-0

[Event "Match Janowski-Mieses +6-6=2"]
[Site "Paris (Cafe de la Regence)"]
[Date "1895.02.01"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Janowski, Dawid Markelowicz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C28"]
[Annotator "Janowski,D/Hoffer,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1895.01.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 {M.Janowski se
rend compte enfin que la defense - vancer les pions du cote du Roi - qu'il a
adopte jusqu'ici, est incorrecte et choisit une continuation plus sure (H)} 7.
Qd2 {Ce malheureux coup coute un pion. (H)} Nxe4 8. Nxe4 ({si} 8. Bxd8 Nxd2 9.
Bxc7 Nxc4 10. dxc4 Kd7 11. Nd5 Nb4 $1 12. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 13. c3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Kxc7
{un pion de plus et la mauvaise position des pions Blancs seraient suffisant
pour assurer le gain de la partie (J)}) 8... Qxh4 9. Nxc5 dxc5 10. Nf3 Qe7 11.
O-O Bg4 ({si} 11... O-O {les Blancs regagneraient le pion par} 12. Rae1 {(J)})
12. Nxe5 {les Blancs ayant un pion de moins cherchent leur salut dans
l'attaque (J)} Nxe5 13. Rae1 O-O ({si} 13... O-O-O 14. Qf4 {regagnerait la
piece (J)}) 14. Qf4 ({si} 14. Qc3 Be2 $1 15. Rxe2 Nf3+ 16. gxf3 Qxe2 {restant
avec un echange et une meilleure position (J)}) 14... Rae8 15. Re4 ({Ils
pouvaient gagner deux pieces pour la Tour par} 15. Rxe5 Qxe5 16. Qxg4 {et bien
qu'ils restent avec un echange en moins, c'etait meilleur que le texte (H)})
15... Qf6 {Par ce coup ils commencent une attaque que M.Janowski conduit de
maniere tres vigoureuse jusqu'a la fin. (H)} 16. Qg3 Bf5 17. Rf4 g5 18. h4 Ng6
19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Rf3 Re5 21. Re3 Rfe8 22. Rxe5 Rxe5 23. f4 gxf4 24. Rxf4 Kf8
25. Rf1 Qh4 26. Qf3 c6 27. g4 {La partie etant desesperee les Blancs peuvent
tout tenter (J)} Qg5 28. Kh1 Re3 29. Qxf5 {Les Noirs font mat en sept coups.
Commentaires:"La Strategie" 1895 p72, les notes suivies de (H) sont de Hoffer
et celles suivies de (J) de Janowski. Temps Blancs: 1h 28 Temps Noirs: 1h 20} (
29. Qxf5 Qh4+ 30. Kg1 Qg3+ 31. Kh1 Qh3+ 32. Kg1 Rg3+ 33. Kf2 Rg2+ 34. Ke1 Qe3+
35. Kd1 Qd2#) 0-1

[Event "Match Janowski-Mieses +6-6=2"]
[Site "Paris (Cafe de la Regence)"]
[Date "1895.01.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Janowski, Dawid Markelowicz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[Annotator "Le Lionnais,F"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "1895.01.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Cahiers de L'Echiquier Francais (53eme cahier page 288) A l'aurore de leurs
brillantes carrieres, en janvier 1895, Janowski et Mieses disputerent un match
a Paris. Le resultat fut l'egalite, chacun des adversaires gagnant 6 parties
et en annulant 2. La dixieme partie donna lieu a un litige, puis a un incident.
Le litige fut resolu comme on pouvait l'esperer avec un maitre de la
courtoisie de Mieses. Les temoins officiels etaient MM. Antoniadi et Neron,
secondes par MM. Fraenkel et Silbert.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5
5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 h5 {trop nerveux} (7... a6 {comme dans la 8eme
partie}) ({ou} 7... d6 {valait mieux}) 8. h4 g4 9. f4 gxf3 10. Nxf3 Ng4 (10...
d6 {etait necessaire ici. Impossible maintenant de bien defendre la case f7.})
11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Qf3 Nd4 13. Bxf7+ Ke7 14. Nd5+ Kd6 15. Qd1 c6 16. b4 Bb6 17. c4
$2 (17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. Qd2 {etait plus fort}) 17... cxd5 18. c5+ Ke7 19. O-O ({
si} 19. cxb6 Qxb6 {empecherait le roque}) 19... d6 ({si} 19... Ne3 20. exd5 $3
{etc...}) 20. cxb6 Qxb6 21. Kh1 Be6 22. Qd2 {offrant une figure pour l'attaque.
} Bxf7 23. Nxf7 Ne6 ({la prise} 23... Rxf7 {semble perdante. Cependant Hoffer
demontra apres la partie que c'eut ete le meilleur coup pour les Noirs} 24.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qg5 Nf6 26. Rf1 Qd8 27. Qxh5+ Ke7 28. Qg6 Qh8 {etc...}) 24. exd5
Qe3 $1 25. Qxe3 Nxe3 26. Rfe1 Nxd5 27. Nxe5 {echangeant ce Cavalier contre 3
pions.} dxe5 28. Rxe5 Rad8 29. Rae1 Rf6 30. Rxh5 b6 31. Rh7+ Rf7 32. Rh6 Rf6
33. Rh7+ Rf7 34. Rh5 Nxb4 35. Rhe5 Rf6 36. h5 Rd4 $1 ({et non pas} 36... Nxd3
37. Rxe6+ Rxe6 38. Bh4+ Kd7 39. Rxe6 Kxe6 40. Bxd8 {etc...}) 37. R5e4 Rxe4 38.
dxe4 Ke8 39. Bh4 Rf4 40. g3 Rf2 41. h6 Rf7 42. g4 Nd3 $1 43. Rg1 ({et non} 43.
Rd1 Rd7 $1) 43... Ne5 44. g5 Ng6 45. Be1 Rf4 46. Bd2 Rh4+ ({pourquoi pas} 46...
Rxe4 {?}) 47. Kg2 Rxe4 48. Kg3 Rd4 49. Bc1 Rh4 50. Re1 Ke7 51. Rf1 Ra4 52. a3
Rc4 53. Bd2 a5 54. Rf3 Rc5 {Le match eta it joue a la vitesse de 18 coups par
heure, de sorte que le controle avait lieu au 54eme coup. Janowski avait du
jouer precipitamment ses derniers coups, etant presse par la pendule. Voici
comment "La Strategie" de fevrier 1895 relate, page 56, l'incident qui survint
a ce moment: "Au moment ou M. Janowski a joue son 54eme coup, M.Mises a
declare que le temps etait depasse. Constatation faite par les temoins, il a
ete reconnu que Mr Janowski avait excede son temps d'un quart de minute. Les
arbitres consultes ont decide que M.Mieses avait le droit de reclamer la
partie, toutefois ils lui ont conseille de ne pas user de ce droit, attendu
que la position de la pendule expliquait l'erreur; du cote de M.Janowski,
l'aiguille ne semblait pas avoir depasse l'heure, tandis que de l'autre cote,
comme le croyait M.Mieses, il semblait qu'il y avait plus d'une minute. M.
Mieses ayant suivi le conseil des arbitres, la partie a ete continuee apres
une interruption d'une heure environ. Il y a lieu de constater que si M.Mieses
avait reclame cette partie, ce qui lui faisait 6 points, le match aurait ete
egalement nul, M.Janowski, qui lui avait 3 ayant gagne les 3 parties suivantes.
"} 55. Rf6 Ngf8 56. Be3 Re5 57. Bd2 Nxg5 $2 {ce coup compromet la victoire} (
57... Nh7 {donnait un gain facile}) 58. Rxb6 Ne4+ {curieusement toutes les 3
figures vont disparaitre a travers des echecs doubles. mais la perte du pion
Tour-Dame noir privera les Noirs de la superiorite que leur conferait un
Cavalier de plus.} 59. Kf4 Nxd2 60. Kxe5 Nc4+ 61. Kd5 Nxb6+ 62. Kc6 Nc8 63. Kb5
Kd6 64. Kxa5 Kc5 {redonnons la parole a "La Strategie": "Au 65eme coup la
position presentait deux Cavaliers seuls du cote de M.Janowski et deux pions
isoles du cote de l'adversaire. A ce moment M. Mieses a demande a etre mate
dans les 50 coups qu'accordent le reglement - en France la regle en usage est
de 60 coups - M.Janowski a proteste. Les temoins ont decide que les coups
seraient comptes sous la reserve de la decision des arbitres.} 65. Ka4 Kc4 66.
Ka5 Kc5 67. Ka4 Nb6+ 68. Kb3 Nh7 69. a4 Nc4 70. Kc3 Na5 71. Kd3 Kd5 72. Ke3 Ke5
73. Kd3 Nf6 74. Kc3 Kd5 75. Kd3 Nc6 76. a5 Nh7 77. a6 Nb4+ 78. Kc3 Nxa6 {
au 78eme coup, M.Janowski a pris un pion; suivant l'usage on a recommence a
compter les coups a partir de ce moment. Au 137eme coup (NDLR: nous n'avons
pas retrouve la suite de la partie apres le 78eme coup. Elle ne devait
presenter aucun interet et n'a pas ete notee), c'est a dire apres 59 coups
depuis la seconde reprise, la partie a ete ajournee. A ce moment la position
presentait une nullite certaine et evidente, il n'y a aucune difficulte, mais
si par hasard, le mat avait pu etre donne au 65eme ou au 75eme coup,
qu'auraient du imposer les arbitres ? Dans cette fin de partie, deux cavaliers
contre un pion, il existe de nombreuses positions dans lesquelles le mat ne
peut etre donne qu'en 70 ou 75 coups. Peut-on adjuger nulle une partie dont le
mat, avec tous les coups justes, ne peut etre donne en 50 ou 60 coups !" De
pareil incident demontrent bien la necessite d'une regle internationale des
echecs.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Janowski-Mieses +6-6=2"]
[Site "Paris (Cafe de la Regence)"]
[Date "1895.01.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Janowski, Dawid Markelowicz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[Annotator "Le Matin"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1895.01.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 h5 {
L'avancement de ces pions affaiblit trop le cote du Roi} (7... d6 {valait mieux
}) 8. h4 g4 9. Qd2 a6 {Pour pouvoir retirer le Fou a a7, si l'adversaire joue
son Cavalier a a4} 10. f4 gxf3 11. Nxf3 Ng4 {Ils etaient menaces de Cg5} 12.
Nd5 d6 13. Rf1 f6 {M.Janowski considere ce coup comme une grave erreur} ({
il indique comme meilleur} 13... Be6 {et si} 14. Qg5 {alors} Kd7) 14. Nh2 {
Un tres bon coup} Rf8 15. Nxg4 Bxg4 16. Qh6 Nd4 ({il etait probablement
preferable de jouer} 16... Nb4) 17. Kd2 ({si} 17. Nxf6+ Rxf6 18. Rxf6 Nxc2+ {
et les Blancs doivent accepter l'echec perpetuel} 19. Kf1 ({car si} 19. Kd2
Be3+ {gagnerait la Dame}) 19... Ne3+ 20. Ke1 Nc2+ {etc}) 17... f5 18. Qh7 Rf7 (
18... Bb6 {etait meileur}) 19. Qg8+ Rf8 20. Qg6+ Kd7 21. c3 Ne2 22. Bf2 Bxf2
23. Rxf2 Ng3 24. Qg7+ Kc6 {Coup fatal} ({avec} 24... Kc8 {la partie pouvait
encore etre defendue}) 25. a4 {Apres ce joli coup la partie des Noirs ne peut
plus etre sauvee} Rc8 26. a5 Qxh4 27. Ne7+ Kd7 28. Ng6+ {Temps Blancs: 1h 30
Temps Noirs: 1h 45 Analyse Le Matin 1895-02-19} 1-0

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.13"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Macedonia"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Na5 5. Nge2 Nxc4 (5... c6 {is played more
frequently, because now White has to make difficult decision.} 6. a4 (6. O-O $6
{allows Black to grab the |^ in the [+].} b5 7. Bb3 b4 8. Nb1 Nxb3 9. axb3 d5
10. Nd2 Bd6 $15 {Mitkov-Winants, FRA-chT 1998 CBM 71}) 6... Nxc4 7. dxc4 {
The insertion of moves c6 and a4 favours Black in most of the cases.} Bc5 {
- Mitkov-Onischuk, Polkovsky 2001 CBM 84}) (5... Be7 {- Morozevich-Leko,
Dortmund SuperGM 2001 CBM 85}) 6. dxc4 Bc5 {Black has the ^^, but White has a
strong pressure on >< d5.} 7. Qd3 (7. h3 d6 (7... h6 8. Ng3 d6 9. O-O Be6 10.
Qd3 O-O 11. Bd2 a6 {/\ c6, b5 attacking White's P [+] from the side.} 12. a4 c6
13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Kh1 Rad8 15. f4 {This works only for Black in view of} exf4
16. Bxf4 Ng4 $1 $15 {Makarychev-Razuvaev, Moscow 1989}) 8. Qd3 {- 7.Qd3}) (7.
Bg5 $4 Bxf2+ $1 $19) (7. Ng3 d6 8. O-O Be6 9. Qd3 g6 {against Ng3.} 10. Bd2 Nd7
11. Rad1 h5 12. Nf5 {using tactics in order to improve the N's position.} Qf6
13. Ne3 c6 $13 {Bielczyk-Ivkov, Riga 1981}) (7. O-O d6 8. Qd3 {- 7.Qd3}) 7...
d6 (7... Ng4 $5 {is an early attempt to grab the |^ on the >>.} 8. O-O $142 {
is the logical reply.} (8. Qf3 $6 {is not correct.} Bxf2+ (8... Nxf2 $6 {
loses material after} 9. Rf1 O-O 10. b4 $1 $16 {Motwani-Lev, Netanya 1987}) 9.
Kf1 (9. Kd1 d5 $1 10. cxd5 (10. exd5 Bb6) 10... Bc5 $15) 9... d5 (9... Qh4 10.
Nd5 Bb6 11. h3 Nh6 12. c5 $1) 10. exd5 Bc5 11. h3 (11. Ne4 Be7) 11... Nf6 12.
Qg3 (12. Bg5 Be7) 12... O-O 13. Qxe5 Re8 $44 {with good attacking chances for
the P because of the vulnerable white K in the middle.}) (8. Nd1 $6 {is too
passive.} d6 9. f3 Nf6 10. Ndc3 Be6 11. b3 Nd7 12. Bd2 O-O $15 {Zinn-Matanovic,
Lugano ol (Men) 1968}) 8... O-O (8... Qh4 {is not frightening in view of} 9.
Qg3 Qxg3 10. Nxg3 d6 {(1/2:1/2 Zelkind-Colias, Chicago 1990)} (10... O-O 11. h3
Nf6 12. Bg5 $14) 11. Nd5 $14) 9. h3 Nf6 $14 {loses some tempi at the end.}) 8.
Be3 (8. h3 Be6 9. b3 (9. Bd2 a6 {/\ c6, b5 as usual.} 10. Rf1 {This is not an
easy move to understand.} Nd7 11. b3 O-O 12. g4 c6 {Since White cannot castle
>> this standard plan is even more dangerous than usually.} 13. Qg3 b5 $15 {
Ermenkov-Kostro, Polanica Zdroj 1973}) 9... c6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Rd1 a6 12. O-O
b5 13. cxb5 axb5 $15 {and Black has the ^^ and the better P structure,
Skytte-S.Petersen, Copenhagen 1999.}) (8. O-O a6 (8... c6 9. b3 Be6 10. Na4 (
10. Bb2 {The B has no real perspectives here.} Qe7 11. Rad1 Rd8 12. Na4 Nd7 13.
Nxc5 Nxc5 14. Qe3 O-O 15. f4 f6 $11 {with a very stabil position for Black, M.
Markovic-Votava, CZE 1996.}) 10... Nd7 11. Nxc5 Nxc5 12. Qe3 b6 {Black's
strategy is extraordinary in this game.} 13. f4 f6 14. Ba3 Nb7 15. Nc3 Qc7 16.
Rad1 O-O-O $13 {Short-Karpov, Tilburg 1991}) 9. a3 {/\ b4, but this is not
dangerous.} h6 10. b4 Ba7 11. Bb2 Be6 12. Rad1 O-O 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bd7 {
Now Black's ^^ has a bright perspective.} 15. Ng3 {White has to fight against
f5.} g6 16. Kh1 Qh4 {against f4} 17. c4 Rae8 18. Rde1 b5 $1 $15 {blowing up
White's P chain on the other flank, Kupper-Gyimesi, Budapest 1993.}) 8... Bxe3
9. Qxe3 Be6 (9... O-O 10. Ng3 Be6 11. b3 Ng4 12. Qf3 Nh6 {/\ f5} 13. Nf5 {
(McCue-Curdo, Middletown 2001)} Qf6 14. Nd5 (14. Nxh6+ Qxh6 $15) 14... Bxd5 15.
Nxh6+ Qxh6 16. cxd5 f5 $1 {only Black can be better here.} 17. exf5 e4 18. Qe2
Rxf5 19. O-O Qh4 $11) 10. b3 O-O 11. h3 (11. f3 Nd7) 11... a6 12. a4 {White
has to prevent Black from b5.} Nd7 13. g4 $5 {Now f5 is no problem anymore,
but the dark squares are weakened.} (13. O-O f5 $11) 13... h6 {/\ Qg5} 14. Ng3
Qg5 15. Qxg5 hxg5 16. f3 (16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 $11 {was simpler}) 16... g6 {
This is the precise move order threatening Kg7 and Rh8.} (16... Kh7 {runs into
the opening h <->.} 17. Nd5 Bxd5 (17... Rac8 18. h4) 18. cxd5 g6 19. h4 gxh4
20. Rxh4+ Kg7 21. Kd2 Rh8 $11) 17. h4 gxh4 18. Rxh4 Kg7 19. Kf2 Rh8 20. Rxh8 (
20. Rah1 Rxh4 21. Rxh4 {was more to the point.}) 20... Rxh8 21. Rh1 Rxh1 22.
Nxh1 {[%mdl 32]} f5 $1 {Black grabs the |^ in the _|_.} 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Ng3
f4 {gaining space on the >> and fixing >< f3.} 25. Nge2 c6 $15 {All the white
pawns are on the colour of the B.} 26. Nc1 (26. a5 $142 {was better to put at
least one P on a dark square.} Kf6 27. Nc1 Bf7 28. Nd3 Bh5 29. Na4 Ke6 $15)
26... a5 $1 $17 {fixing all the targets in the future.} 27. Nd3 Kf6 28. Nb1 b6
29. Nd2 Nb8 {The N is striving to e6.} 30. Nb1 Na6 31. Nc3 Bf7 {/\ Bh5
attacking >< f3.} 32. Kg2 Nc7 33. Kf2 Ne6 34. Ne2 Bh5 35. Kg2 Ng5 {Now all the
black pieces are attacking the weak P forcing White into passivity.} 36. Ng1
Ke6 $1 {/\ d5 widening the battlefront.} 37. Ne1 d5 38. cxd5+ cxd5 39. exd5+
Kxd5 {Now the centralized K is ready to penetrate.} 40. Ne2 Bg6 {regrouping
the pieces to the other flank.} 41. Kf2 Ne6 42. Nc1 Kd4 43. Na2 {otherwise Kc3
is coming.} Kc5 44. c3 (44. Ke2 Nd4+ 45. Kd2 Bh5 $19 {and >< f3 falls.}) 44...
Kd6 {clearing the way for the N.} 45. Nc1 Nc5 46. b4 {Desperation.} (46. Ke2
Bf7 47. c4 Ne6 $17) (46. c4 Ne6 $17) 46... axb4 $19 47. cxb4 Nxa4 48. Nb3 Kd5
49. Nd2 Nc3 0-1

[Event "Dortmund 7th-8th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2004.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Na5 5. Nge2 Be7 (5... c6 {-
Charbonneau-Onischuk, Lindsburg Inv rapid 2003 CBM 99}) 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 (7.
Ng3 d6 8. a4 {Finally forcing Black to take on c4. The P on a4 is also
fighting against blowing up the [+] by b7-b5.} (8. f4 {The position is not
ripe for a tactical skirmish. This only ruins White's P structure, and the
activity of the white pieces is not so dangerous.} exf4 9. Bxf4 c6 10. Kh1 (10.
Bb3 d5 $1 11. Kh1 dxe4 12. Ngxe4 (12. Ncxe4 Nd5 13. Bxd5 cxd5 14. Nc3 Nc6 15.
Qh5 Be6 16. Rae1 Qd7 {Black's ^^ may become very strong in the long run.} 17.
h3 Nb4 18. Re2 d4 19. Nce4 Rac8 20. Rff2 f6 21. a3 Nd5 $15 {Gdanski-Stempin,
Warsaw 1990}) 12... Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 {^^} 15. Qf3 Bg6 $11 {
Makarichev-Malaniuk, URS Cup rapid 1988}) 10... d5 $1 {This solves all the
problems in the [+] again.} 11. exd5 (11. Bb3 {- 10.Bb3}) 11... cxd5 12. Bb3
Nxb3 13. axb3 d4 14. Nce2 Nd5 15. Qd2 Nb4 16. Ng1 {/\ Nf3 activating the
passive N.} Bg4 17. h3 Be6 18. Nf3 Rc8 19. Rac1 {(Kaidanov-Malaniuk, Lvov,
1988)} Re8 $11) (8. h3 {is too moderate.} c6 9. Bb3 d5 (9... Nxb3 {immediately
is also playable.} 10. axb3 Be6 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 d5 13. Qf3 Qd7 14. Kh2 Kh8
15. Be5 {(Balashov-Rukavina, Hastings, 1985)} Rfe8 $11) 10. Qf3 h6 11. Re1 Nxb3
12. axb3 d4 13. Nce2 {(Hennigs-Smejkal, Sochi 1973)} Re8 14. Nf5 Bf8 $11 {^^})
(8. Qe2 c6 9. a3 {Soon or later White has to provoke Black to take the B.} (9.
a4 $5 Nxc4 10. dxc4) 9... Nxc4 10. dxc4 Re8 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. b3 Bg4 13. f3 Be6
14. Bb2 Rad8 15. Kh1 a6 $1 {/\ b5 is the typical method to attack White's
stronghold on c4.} 16. a4 $5 (16. Rd2 b5 $15 {Nikitin-Klovans, SU-ch 1968})) (
8. a3 {The P has to fight against b7-b5, as it was mentioned before.} Nxc4 9.
dxc4 c6 10. Qd3 Re8 11. Re1 Bf8 12. h3 Be6 13. Be3 g6 14. Rad1 Qc7 $11 {
Bowden-Miles, Lloyds Bank op 1982}) 8... Nxc4 9. dxc4 {Now White has a strong
pressure along the d <->, but Black's ^^ may compensate this.} Be6 (9... c6
$142 {looks more precise.} 10. Qd3 (10. b3 Bg4 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. h3 Nc5 13. Qe3
Be6 14. Ba3 Bg5 15. Qf3 g6 $15 {Knezevic-Hebden, FRA-chT 1997}) 10... Be6 11.
Bg5 (11. b3 {allows the freeing move} d5 $11) 11... Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rfd1
Nc5 14. Qxd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Bxc4 16. b3 Be6 17. Rad1 a5 $11 {neutralizing
White's pressure, Mirumian-Hebden, Capella la Grande 1997.}) 10. b3 (10. Qd3
Nd7 {/\ Bg5 activating the passive B.} 11. Be3 Bg5 12. b3 g6 13. Rae1 f6 14.
Kh1 Rf7 15. Nd5 Nc5 16. Qd2 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Bxd5 18. cxd5 a5 $11 {
Vogt-Lechtynsky, Berlin East 1982}) 10... Nd7 (10... c6 $6 11. Bb2 (11. Ba3 Qc7
(11... d5 $6 {is a premature action in the [+].} 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. cxd5 Rad8
14. Nh5 $1 Nxh5 15. Qxh5 cxd5 16. Qxe5 dxe4 17. Rad1 $16 {Vogt-Mikhalchishin,
Baku 1980}) 12. Qf3 (12. Qe2 Rad8 13. Rad1 Rfe8 14. Rd2 d5 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 $11)
12... Rad8 13. Rfe1 Rfe8 14. h3 d5 $1 {If Black can play this without losing
instantly, his position cannot be bad.} 15. exd5 cxd5 16. Nb5 Qb8 17. Bxe7 Rxe7
18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 a6 21. Na3 Re6 $11 {Larsen-Xie Jun,
Veterans-Women 1994}) 11... Qc7 (11... Qa5 $5 12. Qe2 Rfd8 13. Rad1) 12. Qe2 (
12. Qf3 g6) 12... Rfe8 13. h3 Rad8 14. Rad1 a6 $6 {This is the beginning of a
questionable plan with a P sacrifice by b7-b5.} (14... Bf8 15. Rd2) (14... Nd7
{/\ Nc5, Bg5 was the correct plan regrouping his pieces.} 15. Qf3 (15. Rd2 Bg5
$11) (15. Rd3 Nc5 16. Rdd1 Bg5 $11) (15. Nd5 $6 cxd5 16. cxd5 Bxh3 17. gxh3 Bg5
$13) 15... Nc5 16. Nf5 Bg5 $11) 15. Rd2 {Still} Nd7 {was required as in the
previous move.} (15... b5 $6 {The P sacrifice is very interesting, but not
completely correct.} 16. axb5 axb5 17. cxb5 d5 $1 {This was the point of the
combination.} 18. b6 $1 (18. bxc6 d4 19. Nd1 Qxc6 $44) (18. exd5 cxd5 19. Na4
d4 20. b6 Qb8 $44) 18... Qxb6 {He had to begin with} 19. exd5 $1 (19. Na4 {
This is a mistake in the move order.} Qa5 20. Bxe5 (20. exd5 $6 {Continuing
the wrong plan.} Nxd5 $1 {This is the difference!} 21. Rfd1 (21. Bxe5 Bb4 22.
Rdd1 Bc8 $15) 21... Bg5 $1 {was winning more material.} (21... f6 $15 {
Morozevich-Leko, Dortmund 2001 CBM 85}) 22. Qxe5 f6 23. Bc3 (23. Rxd5 Bxd5 24.
Qc3 Qc7 $17) 23... Qb5 $17) 20... Nxe4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Rxd8 Bxd8 (22... Rxd8
23. Qxe4 $16) 23. Bd4 Qb5 24. Qe3 Bg5 25. Qc3 f6 26. Be3 $14 {with some
pressure on the dark squares.}) 19... cxd5 {and only after that playing} 20.
Na4 $1 (20. Qxe5 Bd6 (20... Qc6 21. Nf5 $1) 21. Qd4 Qb8 22. Nce2 $14) 20... Qc6
21. Bxe5 Nd7 22. Bd4 Bd6 (22... Bg5 23. f4) 23. Qf3 Ne5 24. Qc3 $16) 16. Rfd1
a5 $1 (16... Nf8 $6 17. Qh5 Ng6 18. Nce2 $14 (18. Nf5 Nf4 19. Qg4 Bf6 20. Ba3
$14)) (16... Nc5 $5) 17. Qf3 (17. Ba3 Nc5 18. Qh5 g6) 17... Nc5 18. Nf5 Bxf5
19. Qxf5 h6 $11) 11. Bb2 Kh8 $11) 7... Nxc4 8. dxc4 d6 9. b3 (9. Qd3 c6 10. b3
Ne8 11. Ng3 Be6 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Bg5 {fighting for >< e5.} 14. Nf5 Bxf4 15.
Rxf4 Bxf5 16. exf5 Nf6 $11 {Mitkov-Watzka, Chalkidiki 2002}) (9. Ng3 {- 7.Ng3})
9... Nh5 (9... Be6 10. Ng3 {- 7.Ng3}) 10. Nd5 (10. f4 Nxf4 11. Nxf4 {1/2:1/2
Dragojlovic-Vorotnikov, Moscow 1990}) 10... Bh4 (10... f5 $142 11. exf5 Bxf5
12. Nec3 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 $13 {and Black's ^^ can be strong in the long run.}
) 11. Nec3 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Be3 (13. Qd3 Bg5 $11) 13... Bg5 {exchanging
the passive B.} 14. Qd2 h6 (14... Bxe3 15. Qxe3 f5 16. f4 c6 17. Rad1 Qe7 $11 {
and Black can hold his [+].}) 15. Bxg5 hxg5 (15... Qxg5 $2 {forgets about his
<<.} 16. Qxg5 hxg5 17. Nb5 $1 $16) 16. Qe3 (16. a5 a6) 16... Be6 17. a5 f6 (
17... a6 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 g6 21. c4 Kg7 $11 {and Black has
enough counterplay on the >> neutralizing White's << pressure.}) 18. c5 $1 {
White now opens up the position for his pieces.} dxc5 19. Qxc5 Rf7 20. Rfd1 Qf8
21. Qe3 $14 Qe8 22. h3 Qc6 (22... g4 23. hxg4 Bxg4 24. Rd3) 23. Rd2 Rd7 24.
Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Rd1 Qc6 26. Rd3 b6 27. Qd2 {White has now a total control over
the only opened d <->.} bxa5 {If White gets back this P, Black's << is in
ruins.} (27... Rf8 28. Nd5 Rf7 29. c4 $14) 28. f3 {/\ Na4} Re8 29. Na4 Re7 30.
Qc3 Qxc3 31. Rxc3 {[%mdl 4096] attacking Black's shattered << pawns.} Rd7 32.
Kf1 (32. Nc5 Rd1+ 33. Kf2 Bf7 34. Na4 Rd7 35. Ke3 $14) 32... Bf7 33. Ke1 {
Now there is no threat of penetration on the d <->.} Be8 34. Rc5 Rd6 35. Rxa5
$6 {Taking the wrong P!} (35. Rxc7 $1 {was the best chance.} Bxa4 36. bxa4 Rd4
37. c4 g6 38. Ke2 Kf8 39. Ke3 Ke8 40. g3 $16 {/\ f4 and White has a virtual P
majority because of the doubled a pawns.}) 35... Bxa4 $1 36. Rxa4 Rc6 37. Kd2
a6 38. c4 Rd6+ $1 39. Kc3 c5 $1 $11 {and Black has an impregnable defensive
wall.} (39... Rc6 {is not so clear.} 40. Rb4 $1 g6 41. Rb8+ Kf7 42. Rh8 Kg7 43.
Rd8 $16) 40. Ra5 Rc6 41. Ra2 Kf7 42. Rd2 Ke7 43. Rd5 Rc8 44. Kb2 Rc6 45. Ka3
Rc8 46. Ka4 Rc7 47. Ka5 Rc6 48. Rd2 Ke8 49. Rd3 Ke7 50. Rd5 Ke8 51. b4 $1 {
Otherwise White cannot come forward.} cxb4 52. Kxb4 Ke7 53. c5 Ke8 54. g3 Ke7
55. h4 gxh4 56. gxh4 g6 57. Rd1 Rc8 58. Rg1 Rh8 59. Rxg6 Rxh4 60. Rg7+ Kd8 61.
Ka5 Rh3 62. Kxa6 (62. Kb6 $6 Rxf3 63. Rg8+ Ke7 64. c6 Rb3+ 65. Kc7 Rb4 $1 $11)
62... Rxf3 63. c6 Kc8 64. Rf7 (64. Kb6 Rb3+ 65. Kc5 Rc3+ 66. Kd6 Rd3+ 67. Ke6
Rc3 68. Kxf6 Rxc6+ 69. Kxe5 Kd8 $11) 64... Rb3 65. Ka5 Rb1 66. Rxf6 Kc7 67. Re6
Rb2 68. Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donetzk zt"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "1998.11.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zubarev, Alexander2"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Na5 5. Qe2 $6 {White is playing for 0-0-0,
but this move is not so precise.} (5. Nge2 Nxc4 6. dxc4 c6 $5 {See
Arnason-Hjartarson, Reykjavik 1992 CBM 28}) 5... Be7 ({Other possible moves
include:} 5... Nxc4 6. dxc4 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qe7 10. Nf3 d6
11. Nd2 Nd7 $1 {[%mdl 4] /\ f5} 12. Nf1 $6 Nc5 13. b3 (13. Ng3 Na4 $1) 13... f5
$1 {This is the ideal plan for Black in this opening!} 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Ng3
Bg6 $15 {Hromadka-Duras, Bad Pistyan 1912}) ({or} 5... Bc5 $5 {activating the
B.} 6. Nf3 d6) 6. Nf3 d6 7. Bd2 (7. h3 O-O 8. Be3 c6 9. Bb3 d5 10. Bg5 h6 11.
Bh4 Nh5 $1 {After the exchange of the dark-squared bishops Black gains control
over the dark squares.} 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. g3 Nf6 $13 {Wegrich-Hector, BL 1996})
7... O-O (7... Nxc4 8. dxc4 Bg4 $6 {This exchange is out of question in this
type of position.} 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11. O-O-O $14) (7... c6 $5 8. h3 (8.
O-O-O b5 9. Bb3 Nxb3+ 10. axb3 a5 $36) (8. a3 {/\ Ba2} Nxc4 9. dxc4 a6 10.
O-O-O Qc7 $13 {/\ b7-b5 is the standard plan for Black in this line.}) 8... O-O
9. g4 d5 $1 {- 7...0-0 8.h3 c6}) 8. h3 a6 $6 (8... c6 $1 9. O-O (9. g4 $6 d5 $1
{Flank -> is parried by a push in the [+].} 10. Bb3 (10. exd5 cxd5 11. Bb3 Nxb3
12. axb3 d4 13. Ne4 (13. Nb5 a6 14. Na3 Re8 $17 (14... Bxa3 15. Rxa3 e4 16.
dxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Re8 18. Ne5)) 13... Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Bd6 $17) 10... d4 11. Nd1
Nxb3 12. axb3 Nd7 $17 {with a huge space advantage for Black.}) 9... Nxc4 10.
dxc4 Nd7 11. Rad1 Nc5 $11 {^^}) 9. g4 Nxc4 (9... b5 10. Bb3 c5 11. g5 {White
comes first!} Nd7 12. Bd5 Rb8 13. h4 $16) 10. dxc4 b5 11. g5 Nh5 $2 {The N is
not well-placed here.} (11... Nd7 {would have brought the N into the battle:}
12. O-O-O (12. cxb5 axb5 13. Nd5 ({accepting the poisoned P is not advisable:} 
13. Nxb5 $2 Ba6 14. c4 c6 15. Nc3 Nb6 16. b3 Qd7 17. O-O-O Qe6 $40) ({or} 13.
Qxb5 $2 Ba6 14. Qb3 (14. Qc6 Nc5 $40) (14. Qb4 d5 $40) 14... Nc5 15. Qb4 d5 $1
$17) 13... c6 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 $15) 12... Nb6 13. c5 $1 (13. cxb5 $2 axb5 14.
Qxb5 $2 Ba6 $17) 13... Nc4 $1 $13) 12. O-O-O (12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qxh5 c6 14.
O-O-O {- 12.0-0-0}) 12... c6 {[#]} 13. Nxe5 $1 {Now we see the drawback of the
N on h5.} dxe5 14. Qxh5 bxc4 (14... Qa5 $2 15. Nd5 $1 $18) (14... Be6 15. Be3
$1 Qc7 16. c5) 15. Rhg1 g6 (15... Rb8 16. Ne2 Qb6 17. Bc3 Qxf2 18. Bxe5 $18) (
15... Bc5 16. Qe2 Bd4 17. Na4 $16) 16. Qf3 Rb8 17. Ne2 Qb6 18. Bc3 {White's
only weakness on b2 can be well-defended.} Re8 19. h4 $16 (19. Bxe5 $2 Bxg5+
20. Rxg5 Rxe5 $1 $19) 19... Bc5 20. Rgf1 Bb4 (20... a5 21. h5) 21. Bxb4 Qxb4
22. Qc3 Qb6 $2 {It is not easy to opt for a worse _|_, but here this was the
only chance. With queens on the board White's attacking chances are much
higher, because his only weakness on b2 is well-defended.} (22... Qxc3 23. Nxc3
Be6 24. Rd6 Rec8 $16) 23. Rd2 a5 24. a3 Be6 25. h5 Rbd8 (25... Qc5 26. f4 $1 {
opening up the long /^.} exf4 27. h6 $18) 26. Rxd8 Qxd8 27. Qe3 Bg4 28. hxg6
fxg6 29. f3 Be6 30. Rd1 Qe7 31. Kb1 Rf8 32. Nc3 Qf7 $2 (32... Rd8 33. Rxd8+
Qxd8 34. Qc5 Qxg5 35. Qxc6 $16) 33. Qc5 $1 $18 Qxf3 34. Qxe5 {Now the
centralized Q decides the battle.} Bg4 35. Rd6 Qf1+ 36. Ka2 Qf2 37. Rxc6 Qxc2
38. Qd5+ Rf7 (38... Kh8 39. Rc7 Qb3+ 40. Ka1 Rf1+ 41. Nb1) 39. Qd8+ Rf8 40.
Qd5+ Rf7 41. Qxc4 Qd2 42. e5 Kg7 43. e6 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 02nd"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2001.05.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2001.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Na5 5. Nge2 c6 {Black is waiting with the
taking of the c4 B, until White prepares his retreat.} 6. a4 (6. O-O $6 {
allows Black to drive back the white pieces on the <<.} b5 7. Bb3 b4 8. Nb1
Nxb3 (8... d5 9. Nd2 Nxb3 10. axb3 Bd6 {^^} 11. h3 h5 12. c4 {1/2:1/2
Short-Onischuk, Wijk aan Zee 1996}) 9. axb3 d5 10. Nd2 Bd6 11. Ng3 O-O 12. h3
Be6 {Black has successfully finished his development.} 13. Re1 Kh8 14. Nf3 Qc7
15. Qe2 Rfe8 $13 {Mitkov-Winants, FRA-chT 1999 CBM 71}) (6. a3 Nxc4 {It's time
to take it!} 7. dxc4 Be7 (7... Bc5 $5 8. O-O (8. b4 $6 {only weakens White's
<<.} Be7) (8. Ng3 O-O 9. O-O (9. Nf5 d5 $1) 9... d6 10. Na4 {Otherwise the ^^
may pose real danger.} (10. Qd3 Be6) 10... Be6 $11) (8. h3 $6 {is too slow.} d6
9. Qd3 Be6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 (12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. b4 Bb6 {^^ in an
opened position.}) 12... g5 $1 13. Bg3 {The B on g3 is completely out of play.}
Nh5 14. Rad1 (14. Na4 $2 Qa5 $1 15. b3 f5 $1 {Black grabs the |^ on the >>.}
16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Nc3 f4 18. Bh2 {This B is a pest.} Rad8 19. Rfd1 a6 $1 20.
Na4 Qa5 21. Qc3 Qc7 $17 {Morvay-Lukacs, HUN-chT Budapest 1985}) 14... a5 $13)
8... d6 9. Qd3 Be6 10. b3 (10. Bg5 a6 {/\ b5, and securing the retreat for the
B} 11. Kh1 $5 h6 12. Bxf6 (12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 h5 $1 {and the g3 B is again
very passive.}) 12... Qxf6 13. f4 exf4 14. Nxf4 Qe5 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. Ne2 O-O
17. Ng3 g6 {The N on g3 is rather inferior.} 18. Rf3 Rae8 19. Raf1 Qe5 20. c3
Re6 21. Rf4 h5 $1 $15 {Schnoberg-Lukacs, Leipzig, 1986}) 10... O-O 11. Na4 Qe7
12. Nxc5 dxc5 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. Qg3 Nxe4 15. Qxe5 Qf6 $11 {with mass exchanges
in a more or less symmetrical position, Finkel-Marciano, Corsican op Bastia
1998.}) 8. Qd3 (8. Ng3 d6 {The B on e7 is not so active, but he is less
vulnerable as well.} 9. O-O Be6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 a6 {/\ b5} 12. a4 Qc7 13.
Qe2 Rad8 14. Rad1 Rfe8 15. Rd2 g6 16. Rfd1 h5 $13 {Seul-Skembris, Agios
Nikolaos 1995}) 8... d6 9. O-O (9. Bg5 {The B has nothing to do here.} h6 10.
Bh4 (10. Bxf6 Bxf6 {Now Black has an active ^^ again.} 11. Rd1 Be6 12. b3 Qa5
13. a4 Rd8 14. O-O O-O 15. Qf3 Bg5 16. Ng3 g6 $15 {Tomescu-Godena, Saint
Vincent op 1999}) 10... Be6 11. f4 (11. f3 Qa5 12. Bf2 O-O 13. O-O Rfd8 14.
Rfd1 d5 $15 {with a successful breakthrough in the [+], Djurhuus-Wedberg,
Politiken zt Munkebo 1998.}) 11... g5 12. fxg5 Ng4 13. Bg3 hxg5 14. O-O-O Qb6
15. h3 Nf2 16. Bxf2 Qxf2 17. Ng3 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Qxg3 19. Rhf1 Qe3+ 20. Kb1 Rh7
21. Rf3 Qc5 $15 {and White has no adequate compensation for the P, Ivanovic-V.
Kovacevic, Bugojno 1984.}) (9. f3 Be6 10. Be3 Qa5 11. g4 Rd8 12. g5 Nh5 13. Rg1
d5 $1 {White's unprepared >> assault is countered by Black's counterattack in
the [+].} 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qb5+ Qxb5 16. Nxb5 d4 17. Nc7+ Kd7 18. Nxe6 Kxe6
$15 {Tomescu-Slobodjan, Arco op 2000}) 9... Be6 10. b3 (10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Bg5 h6
12. Bxf6 Bxf6 {^^} 13. Ng3 g6 14. b3 Rd8 $15 {Bryson-Young, SCO-ch Glasgow 2000
}) 10... O-O $13) (6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 {and the white B is again passive.}) (
6. f4 Nxc4 7. dxc4 Bc5 $1 8. Ng3 d6 9. f5 a6 $15 {/\ b5, Rigo-Bitansky, EU-ch
U20 Aviles 2000.}) 6... Nxc4 (6... d5 $5 {is the other plan to grab the |^ in
the [+].} 7. exd5 (7. Ba2 {leads to mass exchanges favouring somewhat for
Black.} dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. dxe4 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 b6 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. Bc3 f6 13.
Ke1 Nb7 14. f3 Rd8 $15 {Ivanovic-P.Nikolic, JUG-ch Vrbas 1982}) 7... cxd5 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. d4 Bf5 13. Bg5 Bg6 14. Nf4 Rc8
15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Ne2 Ne4 $11 {Mitkov-Godena, EU-ch 2nd Ohrid 2001}) 7. dxc4
Bc5 (7... d6 {is less active, but also playable, as it was seen before.} 8. Qd3
Be6 9. O-O Be7 (9... Qa5 10. b3 Rd8 11. Bb2 Be7 12. f4 Ng4 13. f5 Bc8 14. Qg3
h5 15. h3 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 a5 17. Ba3 Qe3 18. Rf3 Qh6 19. Rd1 $16 {Mitkov-C.Santos,
POR-chT Aveiro 2000}) 10. b3 O-O {- 7...Be7}) (7... Be7 8. Qd3 O-O 9. O-O d6
10. b3 Be6 11. f4 (11. Bb2 Qa5 12. f4 exf4 13. Nxf4 Ng4 {fighting for the
control of the dark squares, especially >< e5.} 14. Qg3 Qc5+ 15. Kh1 Qg5 16.
Nce2 Bd7 17. h3 Qh6 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Kg1 Ne5 $15 {with a wonderful blockading
N in the [+], Mitkov-Z.Almasi, Pula EU-chT 1997}) 11... exf4 12. Nxf4 Ng4 13.
a5 Qd7 14. h3 Ne5 {with a N like that Black can bravely look into the future.}
15. Qg3 $13 {Dragojlovic-Godena, Lido Estensi op 2000}) 8. Qd3 (8. O-O d6 9.
Qd3 Be6 10. b3 O-O 11. Be3 Bb4 {Black wants to keep his ^^.} 12. Rad1 Qe7 13.
Na2 Ba5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxd6 Rfd8 17. Qa3 Bg4 18. Nac1 Rxd1 19.
Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rd3 Rxd3 21. cxd3 Qg5 $44 {Black's active ^^ can compensate the
lost P in this _|_, Mirumian-Wells, Berlin 1999.}) (8. f3 $5 d6 9. Qd3 Be6 10.
b3 a5 11. Be3 Qb6 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. O-O-O O-O-O {Black's d6 P is not a real
weakness.} 14. Kb2 h5 $13 {Kuijf-Onischuk, Hoogovens-B Wijk aan Zee 1996}) 8...
d6 9. Be3 (9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 Ng4 12. Qd3 f5 {Black can grab the
|^ very easily in this variation.} 13. Rad1 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Bf5 15. N2g3 Bg6 16.
Qe2 (16. Qxd6 {is countered by} Qh4 17. h3 Nxf2 $1) 16... Qh4 17. h3 Nxf2 $1 {
This is a nice simplifying combination for a drawish _|_} 18. Rxf2 Rxf2 19.
Kxf2 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Rf8+ 21. Kg1 Qxg3 22. Rxd6 Qf2+ 23. Kh2 Qf4+ 24. Qxf4 {
Hampl-Hawkes, NZD-ch 1989} exf4 $11) 9... O-O ({or simply} 9... Bxe3 10. Qxe3
O-O $11) 10. Bxc5 (10. Rd1 Qb6) 10... dxc5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 $11 {The whole
opening is rather harmless for Black, and this _|_ looks also rather easy for
him.} 12. a5 Kf8 13. f3 Ke7 14. Nc1 Be6 15. b3 (15. Nd3 Nd7 16. b3 $11 {- 15.b3
}) 15... Nd7 16. Nd3 Rdb8 17. Ke2 b5 18. axb6 axb6 19. Ke3 f6 20. g3 g5 (20...
h5 $11) 21. h4 (21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. h4 h6 23. hxg5 hxg5 $11) 21... Rxa1 22. Rxa1
gxh4 23. gxh4 Rf8 ({taking the opened g <-> by} 23... Rg8 {looks also
reasonable.} 24. Ra6 Kd6 25. Na4 Kc7 $11) 24. Kf2 f5 25. Ra7 Kd6 26. Rb7 f4 27.
Na4 Ra8 $1 28. Ke2 (28. Nxb6 $2 {falls into the simple trap after} Nxb6 29.
Rxb6 Kc7 $17) 28... h5 (28... Ra6 29. Kd2 h5) (28... Bxc4 $4 {is terrible
because of} 29. Rxd7+ $1 $18) 29. Ndb2 (29. Nxb6 $2 {is again dubious in view
of} Nxb6 30. Rxb6 Kc7 31. Nxc5 Kxb6 32. Nxe6 Ra1 $15) 29... Rg8 (29... Ra6 30.
Kd2 Ke7 31. Rc7 Kd6 $11 {with a possible repetition of moves.}) 30. Nxb6 Nxb6
31. Rxb6 Rg2+ 32. Ke1 Rxc2 (32... Rh2 $5 {and the o^ on h5 will be a threat.})
33. Nd3 Rh2 34. b4 Kc7 (34... Bxc4 35. bxc5+ Kc7 {- 34...Kc7}) 35. bxc5 Bxc4
36. Nb4 (36. Nxe5 $6 Bb5 $44) 36... Bb5 37. Na6+ Kc8 (37... Bxa6 {is also
drawish, for example:} 38. Rxa6 Rxh4 (38... Kb7 39. Rb6+) 39. Ra7+ Kd8 40. Ra8+
Ke7 41. Ra7+ Ke6 42. Rc7 Rh1+ 43. Kf2 Rh2+ 44. Kg1 $11) 38. Nb8 (38. Rb8+ Kd7
39. Rb7+ $11) 38... Kc7 39. Na6+ Kc8 40. Nb8 Be2 41. Nxc6 Bxf3 42. Nxe5 Bxe4
43. Rb4 Rh1+ 44. Kf2 Rh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2002.12.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Finkel, Alexander"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2002.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 Na5 5. Nge2 Nxc4 {Black is not in a hurry
to take the B.} (5... Be7 {- Morozevich-Leko, Dortmund Super GM CBM 85}) (5...
c6 6. a4 (6. O-O $6 b5 7. Bb3 b4 8. Nb1 Nxb3 9. axb3 d5 10. Nd2 Bd6 $15 {
- Mitkov-Winants, FRA-chT 1998 CBM 71}) 6... Nxc4 7. dxc4 Bc5 {-
Mitkov-Onischuk, Polkovsky 2001}) 6. dxc4 d6 (6... Bc5 {- Mitkov-Akopian, WchT
Yerevan 2001 CBM 86}) 7. b3 (7. O-O Be6 (7... Be7 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 {- 7.b3} (9.
Ng3 g6 {neutralizing the N on g3.} (9... Be6 10. h3 Nd7 {/\ Bg5 activating the
B.} 11. Be3 Bg5 12. Qh5 Bxe3 13. fxe3 {This P structure gives White
semi-opened lines, but the defects of the pawns structure may cause problems
in the long run.} g6 14. Qh6 f6 15. Rf2 Qe7 16. Raf1 Qg7 $11 {Roeder-Renner,
Bayern ch 1988}) 10. Bh6 Re8 11. h3 Be6 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. Rad1 Bf8 14. Kh2 Bg7
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nce2 a6 17. a4 Rf8 $11 {Arnason-Howell, Hafnarfirdi 1992}))
8. b3 (8. Qd3 Be7 (8... g6 $6 {is strongly met by the opening of the position.}
9. f4 $1 exf4 10. Nxf4 Bg7 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Qh3 Qe7 13. e5 $1 {clearing >< e4
for the N.} dxe5 14. Bg5 O-O 15. Ne4 $16 {L.Hansen-Brinck Claussen , DEN-chT
1994}) 9. Ng3 O-O {- 7.Qd3}) 8... c6 (8... g6 {is again met by} 9. f4 exf4 10.
Bxf4 Bg7 11. Qd2 h6 12. Nd4 Qd7 13. e5 {White has a big lead of development in
an opened position.} Nh5 14. exd6 Nxf4 15. Qxf4 $14 {Arapovic-Psakhis,
Sarajevo 1981}) 9. Bb2 (9. Qd3 Be7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Rad1 Be7 {
White has a strong pressure along the d <->, but Black's ^^ has the future.}
13. c5 $5 {(Schlechter-Steinitz, DSB-11.Kongress Cologne 1898)} (13. Qg3 O-O
14. f4 Bh4 15. Qf3 exf4 16. Nxf4 Qe7 $11) 13... Qa5 $1 14. cxd6 O-O-O) 9... Be7
) (7. Ng3 Be7 8. Qd3 O-O 9. O-O Ne8 {/\ Bg5} 10. Nf5 Bg5 11. Bxg5 Qxg5 12. h4
Qd8 13. Qg3 g6 14. f4 exf4 15. Rxf4 Kh8 {Black has nothing to fear on the >>.}
16. Nh6 Be6 17. Raf1 f6 18. Nd5 c6 $15 {Trygstad-Lobzhanidze, Bergen op 2000})
(7. Qd3 Be7 (7... Be6 8. Bg5 Be7 (8... h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. f4 c6
12. f5 {Now White gets a big space advantage.} Bd7 13. Ne3 Be7 14. O-O-O $16 {
Gurgenidze-Psakhis, SU 1981}) 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. c5 O-O 11. cxd6 cxd6 {and the
>< d5 is an ideal blockading square for the knights.} 12. Nd5 $16 {
Gurgenidze-Klovans, SU 1981}) (7... g6 8. f3 Nd7 9. Be3 Nc5 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Nd5
Nd7 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bh6 {losing a couple of tempi in order to exchange Black"s
passive B is not recommended.} Bxh6 14. Qxh6 c6 15. Ndc3 Bxc4 16. Qg7 Rg8 17.
Qxh7 Qe7 18. Qh4 b5 $15 {Moldovan-Kosahvili, Kfar Sava-B 1993}) 8. O-O O-O 9.
b3 (9. Ng3 Be6 (9... c6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 {
Now White has pressure on the light squares, a N on e4 will be ideal.} Rad8 14.
Bxf6 Bxf6 {(Liiva-Wedberg, Cup Stockholm 1992)} 15. Ne4 $14) 10. Be3 Ng4 11.
Bd2 Bg5 12. Rad1 b6 13. h3 Nh6 14. Nf5 {(Ledger-Hector, Isle of Man op 1996)}
Bxd2 15. Rxd2 Qf6 $11) 9... Be6 10. a4 Nd7 11. Ba3 Kh8 12. Ng3 g6 13. Nd5 Bg5
14. Rad1 $14 {Watson-Prasad, Calcutta 1988}) (7. Bg5 h6 (7... Be6 {allows} 8.
Nd5 c6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Ne3 {Black has serious weaknesses on the >>,
especially >< f5 looks nasty.} Qa5+ 11. Nc3 Qb4 12. Qd3 Bh6 13. b3 Bxe3 14.
fxe3 {This exchange makes the doubled f pawns more vulnerable.} Ke7 15. O-O $16
{Sorensen-Larsen, DEN-ch 1991}) 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. O-O c6 10. f4 Be7 11. Qd3 exf4
12. Rxf4 Qe5 {The white knights are far from the key-square e5.} 13. Raf1 Be6
14. Nd4 Bf6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Ne2 O-O $15 {Sorensen-Miles, Sommerstak
Copenhagen 1993}) 7... Be7 (7... g6 8. Bb2 {The B is not well-placed here.} Bg7
9. Qd3 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. Nd5 Nc5 12. Qe3 f5 {with a good King's Indian for
Black!} 13. f3 a5 $15 {Johansson-Karpatchev, Peer Gynt Gausdal 1993}) 8. Bb2 {
The B is rather passive here, so f2-f4 is the only plan to free him.} (8. O-O {
- 7.0-0}) 8... O-O 9. O-O (9. Ng3 c6 10. h3 a6 {/\ b5} 11. a4 Be6 12. O-O Qc7
13. Qe2 Rfe8 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. Rd3 Nd7 16. Nh5 g6 17. f4 exf4 {1/2:1/2
Olafsson-Gligoric, Tilburg 1977}) 9... c6 (9... Nh5 $6 10. Qd3 Be6 11. Rad1 Qc8
12. Nd5 Bg5 13. Ng3 Nf4 14. Nxf4 Bxf4 15. Ne2 Bg5 16. c5 $1 $14 {opening up
the long /^ again, Barle-Pavasovic, SLO-chT Bled 1996.}) (9... Nd7 10. a4 a5
11. Nd5 Nc5 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Nc3 Be6 (13... f5 $6 {is answered by} 14. f4 $1
$14 {and suddenly the B on the long /^ becomes strong, Larsen-Geller, Las
Palmas 1976.}) 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. f4 c6 $11) (9... Be6 10. h3 Nd7 11. Kh1 f5 12.
f4 $1 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Kh8 14. Qd2 Qe8 15. fxe5 dxe5 $13 {Conquest-Kavalek,
Ostrava 1994}) 10. Kh1 (10. a4 {looks a bit useless now.} Be6 11. Qd2 Qc7 12.
Rad1 Rad8 13. Qe3 Ng4 14. Qd3 f5 15. h3 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nf6 17. Ng5 Bc8 18. Nf4
$1 {is witty, but not enough.} exf4 19. Bxf6 g6 {parrying all the threats.} 20.
Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Nf3 Bf5 $11 {Larsen-Wedberg, Espoo zt 1989}) 10... Qc7 11. Ng3
Be6 12. Qf3 g6 13. h3 a6 {/\ b5} 14. a4 b5 $5 {If this works anyway, Black has
no problems at all!} (14... Rad8 $11) (14... a5 $11) 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 (
16. cxb5 cxb5 17. Nxb5 Qxc2 18. Ba3 Ne8 $15) 16... Rxa8 17. cxb5 cxb5 18. Nf5
$1 {otherwise the N remains utterly passive on g3.} Bxf5 (18... Bd8 $5) 19.
exf5 Rb8 20. Qd3 b4 21. Nd1 $2 {This is too passive and now Black grabs the |^
in the [+].} (21. Ne4 Rc8 22. c4 bxc3 23. Nxc3 Qb7 $15) 21... d5 $1 22. Ne3 Rd8
23. Re1 Bc5 24. Ng4 Nxg4 25. hxg4 e4 26. Qd2 Qe7 (26... e3 {deserved serious
attention, for example:} 27. Rxe3 (27. fxe3 Qg3 28. Bf6 Re8 $17) 27... Bxe3 28.
Qxe3 d4 29. Bxd4 Qxc2 30. Bf6 (30. Kh2 Qd1) 30... Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Qd6+ 32. Be5 Qd2
33. Qb6 Qg5 $1 $17) 27. g5 (27. Qh6 $5 d4 (27... f6 28. f3 (28. fxg6 Bxf2 29.
g5 fxg5 $17) 28... e3 29. fxg6 d4 $15) 28. Re3 $5 f6 $1 29. Re1 (29. Rh3 e3 $19
) 29... g5 $15 {and Black's central pawns are still rather frightening.}) 27...
e3 $1 28. fxe3 Qxg5 29. Qf2 (29. fxg6 hxg6 30. Kg1 Re8 31. Bd4 Bxd4 32. Qxd4
Re4 $15) 29... gxf5 $2 {This allows White to escape.} (29... Bd6 $1 {was the
correct continuation of the ->.} 30. Ra1 Qh5+ 31. Kg1 Rc8 $1 $17) 30. Qf4 $1 {
Now the black K is also vulnerable, and the _|_ is nothing special.} Qh5+ 31.
Kg1 Re8 32. Bd4 Bf8 33. Rf1 Bh6 34. Qxf5 Bxe3+ 35. Bxe3 Qxf5 36. Rxf5 Rxe3 37.
Rxd5 Re2 $11 38. Rc5 Kg7 39. Kh2 Kg6 40. Kg3 f5 41. Kf3 Rd2 42. Rc8 Kf6 43. Rc4
h6 44. Kg3 Ke5 45. Kf3 Kf6 46. g3 h5 47. Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch U20"]
[Site "Nojabrsk"]
[Date "2005.03.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Novikov, Stanislav"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2005.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 (4... Na5 {is the main line of the
Vienna Game.}) 5. Bg5 (5. Nf3 {leads to the Canal Variation of the Italian
Game.}) 5... h6 6. Bh4 {Here the B can easily find himself in a passive
position after a well-prepared ...g5.} (6. Bxf6 $142 Qxf6 7. Nf3 d6 {- C50,
see the note before.}) (6. Be3 {provoking h6 is not a big deal.} Bb6 (6... Bxe3
$5 7. fxe3 Na5 {and White's P structure is far from ideal.}) 7. Qf3 (7. Bxb6
axb6 8. Nge2 (8. a3 {against Na5.} d6 $11) 8... Na5 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 {/\ Ba2}
Nxc4 11. dxc4 d6 {White has some pressure against >< d5, but he can hardly
advance his pawns without creating serious weaknesses.} 12. Qd3 Be6 13. b3 Nh5
14. Rad1 Qg5 $11 {Larsen-Plaskett, Copenhagen 1985}) 7... O-O 8. Nge2 d6 9.
Bxb6 axb6 10. a3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 {This P structure is very safe for Black.}
12. Qh3 Qe8 13. O-O Nh5 14. Nb5 Rc8 15. c3 Qg6 $11 {Larsen-Spassky, Niksic 1983
}) 6... d6 (6... g5 $143 {is premature.} 7. Bg3 a6 (7... h5 8. h4 g4 9. Qd2 d6
10. Nge2 Qe7 11. O-O $14 {Capablanca-Martinez, Buenos Aires 1914}) (7... d6 8.
h4 g4 9. Na4 $14) 8. h4 $1 {This is the main threat if Black plays ...g5 too
early.} Rg8 9. hxg5 hxg5 10. Nf3 d6 11. Qd2 Na5 (11... Be6 $6 {Black loses the
g P without any fight.} 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nxg5 Qe7 14. Rh6 $16 {Sax-Mariotti,
Budapest 1975}) 12. Nxg5 Nxc4 13. dxc4 $14) (6... a6 {against Na4.} 7. Nd5 g5
8. Bg3 d6 9. h4 $5 {White wants to exploit the weakness of >< g5 and free his
passive B.} (9. c3 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Qf6 11. Ne2 (11. h4 Ne7 12. Bc4 Ng6 13. Nf3
Bg4 $11) 11... Ne7 12. Bb3 Ng6 {Black's main idea is the pressure on the dark
squares.} 13. d4 Bb6 14. Qd2 h5 {Black wants to make profit from the awkward
position of White's dark-squared B.} 15. h3 (15. f3 $2 h4 16. Bf2 h3 $17) 15...
h4 16. Bh2 Be6 {(Larsen-Gligoric, Lone Pine 1981)} 17. f3 $11) 9... g4 (9...
Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Ne7 11. Bb3 g4 12. h5 $1 $14 {otherwise ...h5 comes.}) 10. h5 $1
Nxd5 11. Bxd5 (11. exd5 Na5 $13) 11... Qg5 12. Ne2 Be6 13. c3 Bxd5 14. exd5 Ne7
15. Qb3 Bb6 (15... O-O-O $2 {loses to} 16. Bh4 $18 {Rogers-Rogulj, Mendrisio
1985}) 16. Qa4+ Kf8 17. Bh4 Qf5 18. Qe4 $1 Qxe4 19. dxe4 $14) 7. Nge2 (7. Na4
$142 {exchanging the important dark-squared B is usually a good strategy.} Bb6
(7... a6 $5 {/\ Ba7} 8. Nxc5 dxc5 9. Ne2 Qd6 10. Bb3 g5 11. Bg3 Be6 $11 {
depriving White from his ^^, Larsen-Letelier, La Habana 1967.}) (7... Be6 8.
Nxc5 dxc5 9. Bxe6 (9. b3 $6 {allows Black to worsen White's P structure.} Bxc4
10. bxc4 Qd6 $13 {Larsen-Castro, Costa Brava 1976}) 9... fxe6 {This P
structure with two doubled pawns is not so bad, as it looks at first sight.}
10. Nf3 Qd6 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Nd2 $14) 8. Nxb6 axb6 9. f3 $1 {against any ...
g5.} Na5 (9... Be6 10. Ne2 g5 (10... d5 11. exd5 Bxd5 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6
{Now Black's P formation is really ugly.} 14. Qd2 $14 {Larsen-Spassky, Tilburg
1978}) 11. Bf2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Qd2 (13. O-O $14) 13... Qe7 14. O-O $14 {
Larsen-Matanovic, Biel 1967}) (9... Qe7 10. Ne2 Be6 11. Nc3 Na5 12. b3 Nxc4 13.
dxc4 g5 14. Bf2 Nh5 15. Qd2 Nf4 16. Be3 (16. O-O f5) 16... Ng6 17. O-O-O $5 f6
18. Kb1 Rd8 19. g3 $14 {Rogers-Hort, Essent op 2002}) 10. Ne2 Nxc4 (10... Be6
11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. O-O $14) 11. dxc4 Be6 12. b3 g5 13. Bf2 {Black's position is
a bit weakened by g5.} Nh5 (13... Nd7 14. Nc3 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Qd2 Nf6 17.
O-O-O {Rogers prefers 0-0-0 in this type of position, his K is relatively safe
there.} Qd7 18. Kb2 O-O-O (18... Be6 19. Be3 {/\ h4}) 19. Nb5 $16 {Rogers-Z.
Polgar, Vejtsrup 1989}) 14. Qd2 $5 (14. Nc3 Ng7 15. Qd2 {- 14.Qd2}) 14... Qf6 (
14... Qd7 15. Nc3 $14) (14... Nf4 15. Nxf4 gxf4 16. g3 $14) (14... Ng7 15. Nc3
f5 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. O-O-O Qe7 18. Kb1 Nh4 19. Nb5 $14 {Rogers-Haba, Lazne
Bohdanec 1994}) 15. Nc3 Nf4 16. Be3 $14 {Rogers-Davies, London 1991}) (7. Nd5 {
is here less logical than in case of 6...a6.} g5 8. Bg3 Nxd5 (8... Be6 9. c3
Bxd5 10. exd5 Ne7 11. Bb5+ (11. Qf3 $5) 11... c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 $13) 9. Bxd5 Ne7
10. Bb3 (10. h4 $6 {is worse because of} Nxd5 11. exd5 Qf6 12. Qd2 Rg8 $15 {
Schlechter-Rubinstein, Berlin 1918}) 10... Ng6 11. Ne2 Qf6 $13 {with a strong
pressure on the dark squares, Bogoljubow-Rubinstein, Moscow 1925.}) 7... Nd4 (
7... Na5 $11) (7... a6 $142 {keeping the dark-squared B alive was more
flexible.} 8. a3 {copying Black's strategy.} (8. Qd2 $2 {runs into the
well-known tactical blow.} Nxe4 $1 (8... Na5 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Ng3 Nxc4 11. dxc4
c6 (11... Be6 12. Nd5 Qd8 $142 $5 (12... Bxd5 13. cxd5 g6 14. O-O h5 $13 {
and the c5 B is better than the white N, Zaichik-Shereshevski, Moscow 1979.}))
12. O-O Be6 $13) 9. Nxe4 (9. Bxd8 Bxf2+ 10. Kf1 Nxd2+ 11. Kxf2 Nxd8 $17) 9...
Qxh4 10. Nxc5 dxc5 $15 {and Black has a strong P [+].}) 8... Be6 9. Nd5 g5 10.
Bg3 Bxd5 11. Bxd5 (11. exd5 Ne7) 11... Nxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4
Nxd5 15. O-O $44) 8. Na4 $6 {forgetting about tactics...} (8. Nxd4 Bxd4 $11)
8... Bg4 $1 $15 {[%mdl 64]} 9. Nxc5 (9. f3 $2 Bxf3 $1 $19 {is the point!}) 9...
Bxe2 (9... dxc5 $5 {deserved serious attention, for example:} 10. f3 (10. Bxf6
Qxf6) 10... Bxf3 $1 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. gxf3 Nxf3+ 13. Kf2 Nd2+ 14. Kg1 Qg5+ 15.
Kf2 (15. Ng3 h5) 15... O-O $40 {with good attacking chances for the sacrificed
piece.}) 10. Nxb7 $2 (10. Qd2 {was the only way.} Bf3 $1 (10... dxc5 11. c3)
11. c3 $1 (11. Nxb7 Qd7 12. c3 (12. O-O $2 Ne2+ 13. Kh1 Qh3 $19) (12. Kf1 $2
Bxg2+ 13. Kxg2 Qg4+ $19) 12... Bxg2 13. cxd4 Bxh1 14. dxe5 dxe5 (14... Ng4 15.
exd6 Ne5 $13) 15. Qb4 Qe7 $15) 11... Bxg2 12. cxd4 Bxh1 13. Nxb7 Qd7 14. dxe5
dxe5 15. Qb4 Qe7 16. Qb5+ Kf8 17. Na5 $44 {with some compensation for the
sacrificed exchange.}) 10... Qc8 $1 (10... Bxd1 11. Nxd8 Bh5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13.
c3 Nc2+ 14. Kd2 Nxa1 15. Nc6 Rg8 $132) 11. Qd2 (11. Qc1 Bh5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13.
c3 Ne2 $1 {This is the difference to 11.Qd2.} 14. Nxd6+ cxd6 $17) 11... Nxe4 $1
(11... Bh5 $2 {doesn't work here:} 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. c3 $16) 12. dxe4 Bxc4 13.
Na5 Qg4 14. Nxc4 Qxe4+ 15. Ne3 Qxh4 16. O-O Ne6 $17 {Black is a healthy P up
after the sharp tactical battle.} 17. Nd5 O-O 18. f4 c6 19. g3 Qd8 20. Ne3 f6 (
20... exf4 21. gxf4 d5 $17 {was also simple.}) 21. Nf5 d5 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Qc3
$6 (23. c4 $5 $17) 23... Qb6+ 24. Kg2 Nd4 $1 $19 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Qb3 Rae8 (
26... Rxf1 27. Rxf1 Qxb3 28. axb3 Re8 {deserved attention, because now the
white R will become passive.}) 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Qxb6 axb6 29. a4 Ra8 30. Kf3
(30. b4 $5 Kf7 31. a5 bxa5 32. bxa5 Ra6 33. Kf3 c5 {and although White has the
" Tarrash R ", he cannot strengthen his position, meanwhile the black K comes.}
) 30... Kf7 (30... c5 {avoiding any complications.}) 31. Ke2 (31. b4 {- 30.b4})
31... c5 32. Kd3 Ke6 33. b3 (33. b4 $5 Kd6 $19) 33... Kd6 34. Rf1 Re8 {
parrying the threat of penetration.} 35. Rf4 g5 36. Rf3 Re4 37. Rf6+ Re6 38.
Rf3 Ke7 39. Rf5 Re3+ 40. Kd2 Kd6 41. Rf6+ Re6 42. Rf8 Ke5 43. Kd3 Rf6 44. Re8+
(44. Rxf6 Kxf6 45. b4 Ke5 $19) 44... Kd6 (44... Kf5 $142) 45. Rh8 (45. Rd8+ Ke5
$1 (45... Kc6 46. b4) 46. Re8+ Kf5 {- 45.Rh8}) 45... Re6 46. Rb8 Kc7 47. Rh8
Kd6 48. Rb8 Ke5 $1 {finally Black finds the clear-cut way, he has to bring his
K to the >>.} 49. Rf8 Rf6 50. Re8+ Kf5 $1 51. b4 {White has to do something on
the other flank.} Re6 52. Rb8 Ke5 53. b5 (53. bxc5 bxc5 54. c4 dxc3 $19) 53...
c4+ 54. Ke2 Ke4 55. Rc8 c3 56. Kd1 (56. Rc6 Re8 57. Kd1 Ke3 {- 56.Kd1}) 56...
Ke3 57. Rc6 Re8 58. Rxb6 d3 $1 {In the P race Black comes first, the white K
is passive and vulnerable.} 59. Rd6 d4 60. b6 d2 61. Rf6 Ke4 (61... d3 $19) 62.
Rf1 Kd5 (62... d3 63. a5 Kd4 64. b7 dxc2+ 65. Kxc2 Re1 $19) 63. a5 Kc6 64. h4
Re5 65. hxg5 hxg5 66. Rf6+ Kb7 67. Rf7+ Ka6 68. Rf1 Rxa5 69. Ke2 Re5+ 70. Kd1
Kxb6 71. g4 Kc5 72. Rh1 Kc4 73. Rf1 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 (4. Nf3 {leads to the Italian Game.}) 4...
Bb4 {/\ d5 and a quick mobilization of the pieces.} (4... Na5) 5. Nge2 (5. Nf3)
5... d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O $1 {This is the logical way solving the pin.} (7.
Bxd5 {is an unecessary exchange giving up the ^^.} Qxd5 8. O-O Qd8 9. f4 exf4
10. Bxf4 (10. Nxf4 O-O 11. Ncd5 Ba5 12. Qh5 f6 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Bc5 Rf7 15. h3
b6 16. Bf2 Bb7 $15 {Leipzig-Berlin, corr 1893}) 10... O-O 11. Qe1 Ne7 12. Qf2
Bg4 13. a3 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Bd6 15. Rae1 Bxf4 16. Nxf4 Qd7 17. Re4 Ng6 $11 {
Balashov-Nunn, Dortmund 1988}) (7. Bd2 {is too quiet.} Be6 8. Nxd5 Bxd5 9. Bxd5
Qxd5 $11) (7. a3 {doesn't look frightening either.} Nxc3 8. Nxc3 Bd6 9. Ne4 Bf5
10. Be3 Qe7 11. Qf3 Be6 12. Bg5 Nd4 $11 {Nei-Romanovsky, SU 1956}) 7... Be6 8.
Bxd5 (8. Bb3 {allows Black to finish the development without any trouble.} O-O
9. Ne4 Be7 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Nb4 13. Qc3 Bxb3 14. Qxb3 Qd5 $11
{Gufeld-Zhukhovitsky, SU ch 1969}) (8. Nxd5 Bxd5 9. Bxd5 Qxd5 {These mass
exchanges help only for Black, his Q controls the [+] undisturbed.} 10. a3 (10.
Ng3 O-O 11. Kh1 Rad8 12. f4 Rfe8 13. Qg4 Kh8 14. f5 f6 15. Ne4 Nd4 16. Qd1 Bf8
17. Be3 Nb5 18. Qh5 Nd6 $11 {Stempin-Pedzich, Warsaw 1990}) 10... Be7 11. f4 {
(Pietzsch-Kostro, Polanicza Zdroj 1968)} O-O $11) (8. Ne4 Be7 9. Bb3 (9. c3 $6
{is again very slow.} f5 {Black grabs the |^ in the [+].} 10. Qb3 Na5 11. Qa4+
c6 12. Bxd5 Bxd5 13. N4g3 b5 14. Qc2 O-O 15. f4 exf4 16. Nxf4 g6 $15 {
Spielman-Euwe, Wiesbaden 1925}) (9. f4 exf4 10. Bxd5 (10. Nxf4 $2 {loses
material after} Nxf4 11. Bxf4 Qd4+ 12. Kh1 Bxc4 {0-1 Mariotti-Tatai, ITA-ch
1977}) 10... Bxd5 11. Bxf4 Bxe4 12. dxe4 O-O 13. Qe1 Bf6 14. Qg3 Qe7 $17 {
Mamatow-Podgaets, SU 1977}) 9... O-O $11) 8... Bxd5 9. f4 $1 {This is White's
main idea.} (9. Nxd5 Qxd5 {- 8.Nxd5}) 9... O-O (9... exf4 10. Nxf4 {and the d5
B is in a small trouble.} Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qh5 f5 13. Ba3 {1/2-1/2
Roeder-Galdunts, Bad Wildbad 1991}) 10. f5 $1 {White gains space on the >>
with direct attacking threats.} (10. fxe5 {is completely worthless.} Nxe5 11.
Bf4 Re8 $5 (11... Ng6 $11) 12. Qd2 (12. d4 $6 {pushes it too hard, already
White has to play carefully.} Nc4 13. Bxc7 Qd7 14. Bf4 Nxb2 15. Qb1 Bxc3 16.
Nxc3 Nc4 $15 {Honfi-Melts, corr 1984-89}) 12... Ng6 $15) 10... Bxc3 $5 (10...
Re8 $6 {allows the devastating} 11. f6 $5 $40) (10... f6 {is critical, now
White has to build up a stronghold on e4.} 11. Nxd5 {exchanging the dangerous
B looks logical, White can put only one N on e4 anyway.} (11. a3 Bc5+ 12. Kh1
Nd4 13. Ng3 $1 b5 14. Be3 c6 15. Nce4 Bb6 16. Rc1 Bf7 17. Qg4 $36 {with good
attacking chances on the >>, Mitkov-Rodriguez Lopez, Mondariz 1998.}) (11. Ng3
Bf7 12. Nce4 {The position has some similarity with the Ruy Lopez 6.Bxc6
variation.} (12. Be3 {White has to keep this B for the >> ->.} Ba5 {/\ Bb6} 13.
Kh1 Bb6 14. Bd2 a5 15. a3 Nd4 16. Rc1 Qe7 17. Nce4 $13 {Mitkov-Motwani,
Yerevan 1996}) 12... Kh8 (12... Be7 13. Qg4 Kh8 14. Kh1 Qe8 15. Be3 b6 16. Qh4
Rd8 17. Rf3 Nb4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Mitkov-Norri, Pula 1997}) 13. a3 Ba5 14. Kh1 Nd4
15. Be3 Bb6 16. Rc1 a5 17. Qg4 a4 {White's pieces look nice but it is not easy
to continue the -> on the >>.} 18. Rf2 Qd7 19. Re1 Qc6 20. Nc3 Rfd8 21. Nge4
Ba5 22. Bc1 Rd7 23. Re3 b5 24. Rg3 {1/2-1/2 Mitkov-Norri, Pula 1997}) 11...
Qxd5 12. Ng3 Rf7 13. Ne4 Bf8 14. Be3 b6 15. Qh5 Bc5 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. b3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Kosteniuk-Shchekachev, Moscow 2000}) 11. bxc3 (11. Nxc3 f6 12. Be3 Nd4
13. Rf2 $11) 11... f6 12. Ng3 Qd7 (12... Kh8 13. Qg4 Qd7 14. Be3 $14 (14. Ne4
b6 15. Qh4 Ne7 $132 {Dragicevic-Rogers, Canberra 2004})) 13. Be3 {Because of
the ^- White has some pressure on the >>.} Ne7 (13... Rad8 14. Qg4 $14 (14. c4
Bf7 15. Ne4 Nd4 16. Qg4 Bg6)) 14. c4 Bc6 (14... Bf7 15. Qg4 $14) 15. Qg4 Kh8
16. Rae1 $14 b6 {It is not easy to find a clear-cut counterplay for Black.} 17.
Re2 Rf7 18. Qh5 Nc8 {/\ Nd6} 19. c5 $5 Rf8 20. Ne4 Qf7 21. Qh4 $5 {White wants
to complicate matters and avoids the exchange of Q.} (21. Qxf7 Rxf7 22. g4 Ne7
$13 {and the _|_ is not difficult for Black.}) 21... Qxa2 22. g4 {White has
sacrificed a P, but now begins a direct assault against the black K.} Ne7 $6 (
22... Bxe4 23. dxe4 Qc4 24. Rg2 Qxe4 25. Rg3 {Now Black has two extra pawns,
but White's threats on the >> cannot be underestimated.} Kg8 26. Rh3 h6 27.
Bxh6 $1 gxh6 28. Qxh6 Kf7 {The K has to run!} (28... Qd4+ $2 29. Rf2 Qd1+ 30.
Kg2 Kf7 31. Qh5+ Ke7 32. Rd3) 29. Qg6+ (29. Qh5+ $2 Ke7) 29... Ke7 30. Rh7+ Kd8
31. Rd1+ Nd6 32. Qg7 Qe3+ $11 {and draw by perpetual checks.}) 23. g5 $1 fxg5
$6 {The opening of the position clearly favours White.} (23... Bxe4 $6 24. dxe4
fxg5 25. Bxg5 Qc4 26. f6 $1 {White's -> comes first!} Rg8 (26... Ng6 27. fxg7+
Kxg7 28. Bf6+ Kg8 29. Rg2 $16) (26... Qf7 27. Rg2 $16) (26... Qxe2 27. fxg7+
Kxg7 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Qe6+ Kh8 30. Qxe5+ Kg8 31. Qe6+ Kh8 32. Bf6+ Rxf6 33.
Qxf6+ Kg8 34. Qxe7 $40) 27. Rg2 Ng6 28. Qf2 $36) (23... Qg8 $5 {was the
persistant defence.} 24. gxf6 (24. Rg2 fxg5 25. Rxg5 Nd5) (24. Ref2 Nd5 $17)
24... gxf6+ 25. Rg2 Qf7 26. Rg3 Bxe4 27. dxe4 Rg8 $13) 24. Nxg5 Qg8 (24... h6 {
founders on the devastating} 25. f6 $1 Ng8 26. fxg7+ Kxg7 27. Nf3 $1 $14) 25.
Ref2 Bd7 $2 {[#] Now White gets the upper hand.} ({and still} 25... Nd5 $1 {
was playable!}) 26. Nxh7 $1 Qxh7 27. Qxe7 Bxf5 28. Qg5 $1 {The ^- helps
usually for the attacking party.} (28. Qxe5 {allows Black to exchange queens
and liquidate to a slightly worse _|_.} Qg6+ (28... Rae8 29. Rxf5) 29. Qg3
Qxg3+ 30. hxg3 Rfe8 $14) 28... g6 29. h4 $1 {White calls for the last reserves!
} Rae8 (29... Rf7 30. h5 $1 Rg8 31. h6) 30. d4 $6 (30. h5 $142 {was the
logical follow-up.} Re6 31. Rh2 Kg7 32. Rg2 $16) 30... bxc5 $6 {Now White has
again chances to open up the long /^.} (30... Qe7 $1 31. Qh6+ Qh7 {with
exchange of Q.}) 31. dxe5 Rf7 (31... Rxe5 {opens the /^ for the enemy B.} 32.
Bc1 $1 Rb8 33. Bd2 $16) 32. h5 Re6 $2 {This loses without a fight.} (32... Qg7
33. hxg6 Bxg6 34. Rf6 $16) 33. Bxc5 Qg7 34. Rh2 Qh7 35. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.10.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vogt, Lothar"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[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 "Leipzig Gohlis"]
[BlackTeam "Kirchheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Na5 5. Nge2 c6 6. a4 Nxc4 (6... d5 $5 {
is the other plan to grab the |^ in the [+].} 7. exd5 (7. Ba2 {leads to mass
exchanges favouring somewhat for Black.} dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. dxe4 Qxd1+ 10.
Kxd1 b6 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. Bc3 f6 13. Ke1 Nb7 14. f3 Rd8 $15 {Ivanovic-P.Nikolic,
JUG-ch Vrbas 1982}) 7... cxd5 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Be7 (10... d4 11.
Nb1 Nd5 {gains tempi and control in the [+], but irreversibily weakens >< d4.}
12. O-O Nxf4 13. Rxf4 Bd6 14. Re4+ Be6 15. Nxd4 Bc5 16. Bxc6+ bxc6 17. Rxe6+
Kf8 18. Rxc6 Bxd4+ 19. Kh1 Bxb2 20. Ra2 Qd5 21. Rc4 $14 {Mitkov-Nevednichy,
Lido Estensi op 2002}) 11. O-O O-O 12. d4 Bf5 13. Bg5 Bg6 14. Nf4 Rc8 15. Nxg6
hxg6 {The ^^ is not so important here.} 16. Ne2 Ne4 $11 {Mitkov-Godena, EU-ch
2nd Ohrid 2001}) 7. dxc4 Be7 (7... Bc5 8. Qd3 (8. O-O d6 9. Qd3 Be6 (9... O-O
10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 Ng4 12. Qd3 f5 {Black can grab the |^ very easily in
this variation.} 13. Rad1 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Bf5 15. N2g3 Bg6 16. Qe2 (16. Qxd6 {
is countered by} Qh4 17. h3 Nxf2 $1) 16... Qh4 17. h3 Nxf2 $1 {This is a nice
simplifying combination for a drawish _|_} 18. Rxf2 Rxf2 19. Kxf2 Bxe4 20. Qxe4
Rf8+ 21. Kg1 Qxg3 22. Rxd6 Qf2+ 23. Kh2 Qf4+ 24. Qxf4 {(Hampl-Hawkes, NZD-ch
1989)} exf4 $11) 10. b3 O-O (10... a5 11. h3 O-O 12. Kh1 d5 {Black now grabs
the |^ in the [+].} 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Bg5 dxe4 15. Qg3 Be7 16. Qxe5 Rc8 17.
Rad1 Qc7 18. Qb5 Qc5 19. Qxc5 Rxc5 20. Nxe4 Rxc2 21. Nd4 Nxe4 22. Bxe7 Nxf2+
23. Kg1 Nxd1 $15 {Miroshnichenko-Malaniuk, Lasker mem op 2002}) 11. Be3 Bb4 {
Black wants to keep his ^^.} 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. Na2 Ba5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6
16. Qxd6 Rfd8 17. Qa3 Bg4 18. Nac1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rd3 Rxd3 21. cxd3 Qg5
$44 {Black's active ^^ can compensate the lost P in this _|_, Mirumian-Wells,
Berlin 1999.}) (8. f3 $5 d6 9. Qd3 Be6 10. b3 a5 11. Be3 Qb6 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13.
O-O-O O-O-O {Black's d6 P is not a real weakness.} 14. Kb2 h5 $13 {
Kuijf-Onischuk, Hoogovens-B Wijk aan Zee 1996}) 8... d6 9. Be3 O-O ({or simply
} 9... Bxe3 10. Qxe3 O-O $11) 10. Bxc5 (10. Rd1 Qb6) 10... dxc5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8
$11 {The whole opening is rather harmless for Black, and this _|_ looks also
rather easy for him.} 12. a5 Kf8 13. f3 Ke7 14. Nc1 Be6 15. b3 (15. Nd3 Nd7 16.
b3 $11 {- 15.b3}) 15... Nd7 16. Nd3 Rdb8 17. Ke2 b5 18. axb6 axb6 19. Ke3 f6
20. g3 g5 (20... h5 $11) 21. h4 (21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. h4 h6 23. hxg5 hxg5 $11)
21... Rxa1 22. Rxa1 gxh4 23. gxh4 Rf8 $11 {Mitkov-Onischuk, Poikovsky 2001 CBM
84} ({taking the opened g <-> by} 23... Rg8 {looks also reasonable.} 24. Ra6
Kd6 25. Na4 Kc7 $11)) (7... d6 {is less active, but also playable, as it was
seen before.} 8. Qd3 Be6 9. O-O Be7 (9... Qa5 10. b3 Rd8 11. Bb2 Be7 12. f4 Ng4
13. f5 Bc8 14. Qg3 h5 15. h3 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 a5 17. Ba3 Qe3 18. Rf3 Qh6 19. Rd1
$16 {Mitkov-C.Santos, POR-chT Aveiro 2000}) 10. b3 O-O {- 7...Be7}) 8. O-O (8.
Qd3 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. b3 Be6 11. f4 (11. Bb2 Qa5 12. f4 exf4 13. Nxf4 Ng4 {
fighting for the control of the dark squares, especially >< e5.} 14. Qg3 Qc5+
15. Kh1 Qg5 16. Nce2 Bd7 17. h3 Qh6 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Kg1 Ne5 $15 {with a
wonderful blockading N in the [+], Mitkov-Z.Almasi, Pula EU-chT 1997}) 11...
exf4 12. Nxf4 Ng4 13. a5 Qd7 14. h3 Ne5 {with a N like that Black can bravely
look into the future.} 15. Qg3 $13 {Dragojlovic-Godena, Lido Estensi op 2000})
8... O-O 9. b3 d6 10. Ng3 (10. Ba3 Be6 11. Qd3 Qc7 12. f4 {Otherwise White
cannot activate his pieces.} (12. Rfd1 Rfd8 $13) (12. a5 Rad8 $13) 12... Rad8
$1 (12... Bg4 $5 13. f5 Bxe2 (13... Rfd8 14. Ng3) 14. Qxe2 {The exchange of
the bishop works for White.} Rfd8 15. Qf3 $14) (12... exf4 13. Nxf4 Rad8 14.
Nxe6 fxe6 15. Qh3 e5 16. Rad1 $14 {with a somewhat better P structure for
White.}) 13. f5 Bc8 14. Kh1 b6 $1 {The passive B comes back for fighting.} 15.
Rad1 Bb7 16. Qf3 {White has to put a maximum pressure on d5, otherwise the
freeing move ...d6-d5 will come.} Rd7 17. Ng3 (17. g4 h6 18. Rg1 Nh7 $15 {
controlling the dark squares on the >>.}) 17... Rfd8 18. Nh5 Nxh5 19. Qxh5 Bf6
20. Qf3 Kh8 21. Rd3 {/\ Rad1 with the maximum pressure on d5.} d5 $5 {It is
time to come out of passivity, Charbonneau-Onischuk, Kansas 2003 CBM 99}) 10...
Be6 11. Ba3 Qc7 (11... g6 12. Qe2 h5 {making profit from the awkward position
of the g3 N.} 13. Qd2 h4 14. Nge2 Qc7 15. f4 exf4 16. Nxf4 Ng4 17. h3 Ne5 18.
Nce2 Rad8 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Nd4 Qd7 21. Qh6 Bf6 22. Rad1 Qe7 23. Nf3 Bg7 24.
Qe3 c5 25. Kh1 {1/2:1/2 Tischbierek-Schoene, DDR-ch Cottbus 1983}) 12. Re1 {
It is not so easy to find a suitable plan for White. He is fighting against b5
and d5, but how can he advance? The f4 plan is double-edged, and there are no
other logical pawn moves.} (12. Qf3 Bg4 13. Qd3 Rad8 14. h3 (14. Rfe1 Nh5 $15)
14... Be6 $15) (12. Qd3 Rfd8 13. Rad1 a6 $13) 12... Rad8 13. Qf3 g6 (13... Bg4
14. Qe3 a5 15. h3 Be6 16. Rad1) 14. Qe3 (14. Bc1 $6 {Bringing back the B to
the c1-h6 /^ leads to nowhere after} Kg7 (14... h5 $5 15. Bg5 (15. Bh6 Rfe8 16.
Bg5 Nh7 $15) 15... Ne8 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qe3 $13) 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 h5 $15)
14... Ne8 (14... a6 $5 {looked logical.}) 15. Rad1 (15. Qxa7 $5 {is brave, but
probably White can grab the P.} h5 $5 (15... c5 16. a5 $16) (15... f5 16. exf5
gxf5 17. f4 e4 18. Bb4 $16) 16. Qe3 (16. a5 h4 17. Nge2 h3 $44) 16... h4 17.
Nge2 h3 18. g3 (18. c5 hxg2 19. Kxg2 (19. cxd6 Nxd6 20. Kxg2 Kg7 {- 19.Kg2})
19... Kg7 20. cxd6 Nxd6 21. Bc5 $14) 18... Nf6 19. f3 {and Black has still to
show something for the lost P.}) 15... Ng7 16. h3 (16. Qxa7 {is less clear now:
} f5 17. c5 Ra8 $13) 16... f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. f4 (18. Qxa7 $4 {is already
losing to} f4 $19) 18... e4 19. Qxa7 {[#]} c5 $5 (19... Rf6 $5 20. Bb2 Rg6 21.
Qe3 (21. Nce2 c5 {and the Q is cut off.}) 21... d5 $1 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Nce2
Qxc2 24. Rd2 Qc5 25. Bd4 $13) 20. Nb5 Qc6 21. Qa5 Bf6 22. Qd2 {Finally the Q
arrived home, but Black can open up the [+] for his ^^.} (22. Kh2 Rd7) 22... d5
23. cxd5 Rxd5 24. Qe2 (24. Qe3) 24... Rfd8 25. Bc1 (25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Nf1 Qd7
27. Kh2 {looked safer.}) 25... c4 $1 26. bxc4 {Now White's P structure is
corrupted on the <<.} Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Bxc4 28. Rxd8+ (28. Qe1 Bxb5 $15) 28...
Bxd8 {Black's active ^^ gives him enough counterplay for the sacrificed P.} 29.
Qf2 (29. Nd4 Qxa4 30. Qd1) 29... Bh4 30. Qe3 (30. Qd4 Bf6 31. Qa7 Bxb5 32. axb5
Qxb5 $11) 30... Bxb5 31. axb5 Qxc2 32. Kh2 Kf7 33. Ne2 Ne6 34. Bd2 Bf2 $5 (
34... Qb2 35. g4 Qxb5 36. gxf5 (36. Kg2 Kg6) 36... Qxf5 37. Qb3 b5 (37... Kg6
38. Qxb7 Bf2 39. Qc6 $11) 38. Nd4 Qg6 $11) 35. Qc3 Qd1 36. Qe5 $1 {It is high
time for White to fight for the draw.} Qxd2 37. Qxf5+ Ke7 38. Qxh7+ Kd6 39.
Qxe4 $44 Qe3 (39... Be3 40. Qe5+ Kd7 41. f5 Ng5 42. Qg7+ Kd6) 40. Qxe3 Bxe3 41.
Kg3 Nc7 42. Kf3 Ba7 43. g4 {White's three connected passed pawns are simply
strong.} Nxb5 44. Ke4 Ke6 45. f5+ Kf6 46. h4 Nd6+ 47. Kf4 Nb5 (47... Nb5 48.
g5+ Kg7 49. h5 Bb8+ 50. Kg4 Be5 51. h6+ Kh7 52. Kh5 Nd6 53. g6+ Kh8 54. Kg4 Ne4
$11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2001.07.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Na5 5. Nge2 Be7 (5... c6 {-
Mitkov-Winants, FRA-chT 1999 CBM 71}) 6. O-O O-O 7. Ng3 d6 8. a4 {Finally
forcing Black to take on c4. The P on a4 is also fighting against blowing up
the [+] by b7-b5.} (8. f4 {The position is not ripe for tactical skirmish.
This only ruins White's P structure, and the activity of the white pieces is
not so dangerous.} exf4 9. Bxf4 c6 10. Kh1 (10. Bb3 d5 $1 11. Kh1 dxe4 12.
Ngxe4 (12. Ncxe4 Nd5 13. Bxd5 cxd5 14. Nc3 Nc6 15. Qh5 Be6 16. Rae1 Qd7 {
Black's ^^ may become very strong in the long run.} 17. h3 Nb4 18. Re2 d4 19.
Nce4 Rac8 20. Rff2 f6 21. a3 Nd5 $15 {Gdanski-Stempin, Warsaw 1990}) 12... Nxe4
13. Nxe4 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 {^^} 15. Qf3 Bg6 $11 {Makarichev-Malaniuk, URS Cup
rapid 1988}) 10... d5 $1 {This solves all the problems in the [+] again.} 11.
exd5 (11. Bb3 {- 10.Bb3}) 11... cxd5 12. Bb3 Nxb3 13. axb3 d4 14. Nce2 Nd5 15.
Qd2 Nb4 16. Ng1 {/\ Nf3 activating the passive N.} Bg4 17. h3 Be6 18. Nf3 Rc8
19. Rac1 {(Kaidanov-Malaniuk, Lvov, 1988)} Re8 $11) (8. h3 {is too moderate.}
c6 9. Bb3 d5 (9... Nxb3 {immediately is also playable.} 10. axb3 Be6 11. f4
exf4 12. Bxf4 d5 13. Qf3 Qd7 14. Kh2 Kh8 15. Be5 {(Balashov-Rukavina, Hastings,
1985)} Rfe8 $11) 10. Qf3 h6 11. Re1 Nxb3 12. axb3 d4 13. Nce2 {
(Hennigs-Smejkal, Sochi 1973)} Re8 14. Nf5 Bf8 $11 {^^}) (8. Qe2 c6 9. a3 {
Soon or later White has to provoke Black to take the B.} (9. a4 $5 Nxc4 10.
dxc4) 9... Nxc4 10. dxc4 Re8 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. b3 Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. Bb2 Rad8 15.
Kh1 a6 $1 {/\ b5 is the typical method to attack White's stronghold on c4.} 16.
a4 $5 (16. Rd2 b5 $15 {Nikitin-Klovans, SU-ch 1968})) (8. a3 {The P has to
fight against b7-b5, as it was mentioned before.} Nxc4 9. dxc4 c6 10. Qd3 Re8
11. Re1 Bf8 12. h3 Be6 13. Be3 g6 14. Rad1 Qc7 $11 {Bowden-Miles, Lloyds Bank
op 1982}) 8... Nxc4 9. dxc4 {Now White has a strong pressure along the d <->,
but Black's ^^ may compensate this.} Be6 (9... c6 $142 {looks more precise.}
10. Qd3 (10. b3 Bg4 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. h3 Nc5 13. Qe3 Be6 14. Ba3 Bg5 15. Qf3 g6
$15 {Knezevic-Hebden, FRA-chT 1997}) 10... Be6 11. Bg5 (11. b3 {allows the
freeing move} d5 $11) 11... Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rfd1 Nc5 14. Qxd6 Qxd6 15.
Rxd6 Bxc4 16. b3 Be6 17. Rad1 a5 $11 {neutralizing White's pressure,
Mirumian-Hebden, Capella la Grande 1997.}) 10. b3 c6 $6 (10... Nd7 11. Bb2 Kh8
$11) 11. Bb2 (11. Ba3 Qc7 (11... d5 $6 {is a premature action in the [+].} 12.
Bxe7 Qxe7 13. cxd5 Rad8 14. Nh5 $1 Nxh5 15. Qxh5 cxd5 16. Qxe5 dxe4 17. Rad1
$16 {Vogt-Mikhalchishin, Baku 1980}) 12. Qf3 (12. Qe2 Rad8 13. Rad1 Rfe8 14.
Rd2 d5 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 $11) 12... Rad8 13. Rfe1 Rfe8 14. h3 d5 $1 {If Black can
play this without losing instantly, his position cannot be bad.} 15. exd5 cxd5
16. Nb5 Qb8 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 a6 21. Na3 Re6
$11 {Larsen-Xie Jun, Veterans-Women 1994}) 11... Qc7 (11... Qa5 $5 12. Qe2 Rfd8
13. Rad1) 12. Qe2 (12. Qf3 g6) 12... Rfe8 13. h3 Rad8 14. Rad1 a6 $6 {This is
the beginning of a questionable plan with a P sacrifice by b7-b5.} (14... Bf8
15. Rd2) (14... Nd7 {/\ Nc5, Bg5 was the correct plan regrouping his pieces.}
15. Qf3 (15. Rd2 Bg5 $11) (15. Rd3 Nc5 16. Rdd1 Bg5 $11) (15. Nd5 $6 cxd5 16.
cxd5 Bxh3 17. gxh3 Bg5 $13) 15... Nc5 16. Nf5 Bg5 $11) 15. Rd2 b5 $6 {The P
sacrifice is very interesting, but not completely correct.} ({Still} 15... Nd7
{was required as in the previous move.} 16. Rfd1 a5 $1 (16... Nf8 $6 17. Qh5
Ng6 18. Nce2 $14 (18. Nf5 Nf4 19. Qg4 Bf6 20. Ba3 $14)) (16... Nc5 $5) 17. Qf3
(17. Ba3 Nc5 18. Qh5 g6) 17... Nc5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 h6 $11) 16. axb5 axb5
17. cxb5 d5 $1 {This was the point of the combination.} 18. b6 $1 (18. bxc6 d4
19. Nd1 Qxc6 $44) (18. exd5 cxd5 19. Na4 d4 20. b6 Qb8 $44) 18... Qxb6 19. Na4
{This is a mistake in the move order.} ({He had to begin with} 19. exd5 $1 cxd5
{and only after that playing} 20. Na4 $1 (20. Qxe5 Bd6 (20... Qc6 21. Nf5 $1)
21. Qd4 Qb8 22. Nce2 $14) 20... Qc6 21. Bxe5 Nd7 22. Bd4 Bd6 (22... Bg5 23. f4)
23. Qf3 Ne5 24. Qc3 $16) 19... Qa5 20. exd5 $6 {Continuing the wrong plan.} (
20. Bxe5 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Rxd8 Bxd8 (22... Rxd8 23. Qxe4 $16) 23. Bd4 Qb5
24. Qe3 Bg5 25. Qc3 f6 26. Be3 $14 {with some pressure on the dark squares.})
20... Nxd5 $1 {This is the difference!} 21. Rfd1 (21. Bxe5 Bb4 22. Rdd1 Bc8 $15
) 21... f6 {This is very safe, but} (21... Bg5 $1 {was winning more material.}
22. Qxe5 f6 23. Bc3 (23. Rxd5 Bxd5 24. Qc3 Qc7 $17) 23... Qb5 $17) 22. c4 $2 {
This works only for Black.} (22. Qf3 $1 {would have minimized the demage.} Nf4
$1 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $15) 22... Nf4 23. Qe3 Rxd2 ({missing the
forceful} 23... Bxc4 $1 24. Nf5 (24. Bc3 Qb5 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27.
bxc4 Qxa4 $17) 24... Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Bd5 $17) 24. Rxd2 Bxc4 25. bxc4 (25. Bc3 Qb5
(25... Bb4 26. Bxb4 (26. bxc4 Qxa4 27. Nf5 Qb3 28. Bxb4 Qxb4 29. Kh2 Qb1 $17)
26... Qxb4 27. bxc4 Qxa4 $17) 26. bxc4 Qxa4 27. Qe4 Rd8 $17) 25... Qxa4 26. Qe4
Rd8 {After exchanging the rooks White gets some drawing chances because of the
passive black B.} (26... Rb8 $1 {looked clearly better.} 27. Nf5 Bf8 $17) 27.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Kh2 Qa8 29. Nf5 Qb7 30. Bc1 Ne6 31. Qg4 Kh8 32. Qd1 Be7 33. Nxe7
Qxe7 34. Qa4 Qe8 35. Be3 Kg8 36. Qa7 Qd8 37. Qb7 Qc7 38. Qa8+ Kf7 39. g4 Qd7
40. Kg2 h6 41. Qb8 c5 42. Qb1 Qc6+ 43. f3 Nd4 44. Qe4 $1 Qxe4 45. fxe4 {
The pawns are on the opposite colour of the B, so the defence is not hopeless.
Hecht: 'Gleichwertige Leichtfiguren bei einem schwarzen Mehrbauern.'} Ke6 (
45... g6 $142 {Hecht Anregung von Bischoff/Pfleger} {z.B} 46. Kg3 (46. Bxh6 {
Hecht} g5 47. h4 Ne6 {[%csl Gf8,Gg5]} 48. h5 Kg8 $19 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Rg8h7]})
46... h5 47. Kh4 hxg4 48. Kxg4 (48. hxg4 {Hecht} f5 $19) 48... f5+ 49. exf5
gxf5+ 50. Kg5 Ke6 51. h4 Nf3+ 52. Kh5 f4 53. Bxc5 (53. Kg4 {Hecht} Nh2+ $19)
53... Kf5 54. Bb4 e4 55. c5 Ne5 56. Bd2 e3 57. Bc1 Ke4 $19) 46. Kf2 g5 47. Bd2
Kf7 48. Ba5 Nb3 49. Bc7 Nd4 50. Bb6 Ne6 51. Kg3 Ke7 52. h4 gxh4+ 53. Kxh4 Kd6
54. Kh5 Ng5 55. Kxh6 Nxe4 56. Kg6 Ke6 (56... Nf2 {Hecht} 57. Kf5 e4 58. Kf4 Ke6
59. Ba7 (59. Ke3 {Hecht} Nxg4+ 60. Kxe4 f5+ 61. Kf4 Ne5 62. Kg3 $11) 59... e3
60. Kxe3 Nxg4+ 61. Ke4 f5+ 62. Kf4 Ne5 63. Kg3 $11) (56... Nd2 {Hecht} 57. Kxf6
Nxc4 58. Ba7 e4 59. g5 e3 60. g6 e2 61. Bb8+ Kd5 $15) 57. Ba7 Nf2 58. g5 fxg5 (
58... f5 59. Bxc5 Ne4 60. Bb6 f4 61. Kh6 f3 62. g6 $1 $11) 59. Bxc5 (59. Kxg5
Nd3 60. Kg4 e4 61. Bb8) 59... Ne4 60. Be3 g4 61. Kh5 Kf5 62. Kh4 Nf6 (62... g3
63. Kh3) 63. c5 Nd5 64. c6 Ke4 65. Bc5 Kf3 66. Bd6 e4 67. c7 Nxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2868"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Na5 5. Nge2 Be7 ({In the last and
decisive game of an old Candidates' quarter-final, Black hurried with the
exchange of bishops exchange, thus offering White a wider choice at a later
moment.} 5... Nxc4 6. dxc4 Be7 7. O-O d6 {Now, 8.f4 would transpose to our
game, but Larsen thought} 8. b3 {to be more flexible and he eventually proved
to be right, at least from a practical point of view, see Larsen,B-Portisch,L/
Porec 1968/Candidates/[ChessBase] (1-0, 28)}) 6. O-O d6 7. f4 ({With the
bishop alive, it would make little sense to bury it with} 7. b3 $2) 7... Nxc4
8. dxc4 c6 9. Kh1 O-O $146 {Not fearing the kingside attack.} ({I did not find
anything wrong with the more cautious} 9... h5 10. f5 h4 11. Qd3 Bd7 12. h3 Qc7
13. Be3 O-O-O {Zinn,L (2410)-Kovacs,L (2385)/Decin 1975/EXT 2003 (1/2, 21)})
10. f5 {If allowed to play g4-g5, White would get a very strong attack. With
the d5-square under firm control of the white pawns, a breakthrough seems to
be difficult to cary out, but Carlsen thought differently.} b5 $5 11. cxb5 d5
12. exd5 (12. bxc6 d4 13. Na4 Nxe4 $17) 12... cxd5 13. Bg5 Bb7 $44 {A brief
glance at the position reveals Black's compensation. However, the ulterior
course of the game proves that White's position is easier to handle, since
Black cannot advance any of his pawns without giving away part of his dynamic
potential.} 14. Ng3 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qe2 Qe7 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Nh5 e4 19.
Nxf6+ ({It would have made some sense to keep the tension. The h5-knight may
cause some troubles still, for instance with Nxg7, while the f6-bishop is not
going to run away.} 19. Qg4 $5) 19... Qxf6 20. Na4 Ba8 (20... Bc8 $5 {[%csl
Gf5]}) 21. c3 d4 22. cxd4 Rxd4 23. Nc3 Rxd1 24. Nxd1 Rd8 25. Qe3 a6 26. a4 axb5
27. axb5 Rd3 28. Qa7 Bd5 29. Nc3 e3 30. Nxd5 Rxd5 31. Qxe3 Qxb2 32. Qe8+ Kh7
33. Qxf7 Qxb5 34. Qg6+ Kg8 35. Ra1 Rxf5 36. Ra8+ Rf8 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. h3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sao Paulo zt 2.4"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Oblitas Guerrero, Carlomagno"]
[Black "Lima, Darcy Gustavo Macha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Melao,H"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[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 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Bc4 Bb4 4. Nf3 d6 5. d3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ (6... Ba5 7. b4
Bb6 8. Na4 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Bb2 Kh8 13. c3 Qd7 14.
Re1 Rae8 15. Bb3 Nd8 16. Bc1 h6 17. Ba4 b5 18. Bc2 Qc6 19. Bd2 Ne6 20. g4 Nxg4
21. Nxe5 {Sola,R-Soppe,G/Mar del Plata 2000/CBM 75 ext/1/2-1/2 (45)}) 7. bxc3
Ne7 (7... h6 8. Rb1 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bb5 Ne7 12. d4 Ng6 13. h3 Bd7
14. Bd3 Re8 15. Bd2 Bc6 16. d5 Bd7 17. c4 Nh7 18. Kh2 Rf8 19. Ng1 f5 20. exf5
Bxf5 21. Bf1 Qf6 22. Be3 {Bhend,E-Unzicker,W/Bern 1987/EXT 97/0-1 (60)}) (7...
Be6 8. Bxe6 (8. Bb3 O-O 9. O-O Ne7 10. Bg5 Nd7 11. d4 Bxb3 12. cxb3 f6 13. Be3
Qe8 14. Rc1 Qg6 15. Qd3 d5 16. Nd2 c6 17. f3 Rfd8 18. Qe2 Re8 19. Bf2 {1/2-1/2
Arnetta,M-Riccio,E/Toscana 1999/CBM 73 ext (19)}) 8... fxe6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1
Qe8 11. Be3 Qg6 12. Qb1 Rab8 13. Nd2 Nh5 14. Qb3 Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Nf3 Kh8
17. Rab1 e5 18. d4 Rfe8 19. Qc4 Re7 20. Qa4 a6 21. h3 h6 22. d5 Nd8 23. c4 Ra8
24. c5 dxc5 25. Red1 Rc8 26. Qc4 Qd6 27. a4 a5 28. Nd2 Nf7 29. Rxb7 g5 30. Qe2
Qg6 31. Nc4 Rce8 32. Rb5 h5 33. f3 g4 34. fxg4 hxg4 35. Qxg4 Qxe4 36. d6 cxd6
37. Nxd6 Nxd6 38. Rxd6 Rg8 39. Rh6+ Rh7 40. Rxh7+ Kxh7 41. Qh4+ Kg7 42. Rb6
Qd4+ 43. Kh2 Qd8 44. Qh6+ Kf7 45. Rb7+ {1-0 Ivanovic,B-Mijailovic,Z/Banja
Vrucica 1991/EXT 97 (45)}) (7... Bg4 8. Rb1 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bd2 O-O 11. O-O
Kh8 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Qe2 Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Rxb7 h5 17. Ne5 Nxe5
18. Qxe5 hxg4 19. hxg4 Qc8 20. Qd5 Qxg4+ 21. Qg2 Qf5 22. Rb5 c5 23. Kh2 a6 24.
Rb6 Rab8 25. Rc6 Bh5 26. Rg1 Qh7 27. Qh3 Bf3 28. Rxc5 Rb6 29. Qxh7+ Kxh7 30.
Rg2 Rh6+ 31. Kg1 Re8 32. d4 Re1+ 33. Bf1 Be2 {0-1 Bonner,G-Littlewood,J/Ayr
1978/EXT 99 (33)}) 8. Bg5 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Gg5d8]} Ng6 {[%cal Yh7h6]} 9. Nh4 $5
Nxh4 10. Bxh4 h6 11. Rb1 {[%csl Rb7]} Rb8 {[%csl Gb7]} 12. Qf3 {[%csl Gd5]} Be6
{[%csl Yd5][%cal Yd6d5]} 13. Bb3 c5 $5 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. O-O Ke7
17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. c4 f5 19. exf5 exf5 20. f4 Kf6 21. fxe5+ dxe5 {o Rei preto
está ativo e a estrutura de Peões pretos й melhor.} 22. Rb5 b6 23. a4 $132 Rhd8
24. g3 Rd4 25. Rfb1 {[%csl Rb6,Rb8,Rc5][%cal Yb5c5,Ya4a5,Rb1b8]} e4 26. Rxc5
bxc5 (26... Re8 $5 27. Rcb5 exd3 (27... e3 28. Kf1 e2+ 29. Kf2 $16 {[%csl Re2]
[%cal Yb1e1,Ye1e2]}) 28. cxd3 Rxd3 $11) 27. Rxb8 exd3 28. cxd3 Rxd3 29. Rc8 (
29. Rb5 $142 $5) 29... Ra3 $11 30. Rc6+ Kg5 31. Kg2 Rxa4 32. Rxc5 Ra2+ 33. Kh3
a5 34. Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Metz op 30th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2012.04.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shanava, Konstantine"]
[Black "Klinova, Masha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2012.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. a3 (5. f4 Na5 6. f5 Nxc4 7. dxc4 g6
8. g4 gxf5 9. gxf5 c6 10. Nf3 Be7 11. Qd3 Rg8 12. Be3 Qc7 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Bg5
O-O-O 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Bg7 18. Rhd1 f6 19. Ne2 Kc7 20. Ng3
Bc8 21. c5 Rdf8 22. Nh5 Bh8 23. Rg1 Rxg1+ 24. Nxg1 b6 25. b4 bxc5 26. bxc5 Ba6
27. Kd2 Rd8 28. Rxd8 Kxd8 29. Kc3 Ke7 30. Kb4 Bf1 31. Ng3 Ba6 32. Nh5 Bf1 33.
c4 Bg2 34. Ng3 Bg7 {Nabaty,T (2563)-Golod,V (2570) Israel 2012 1/2-1/2}) 5...
Be7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O Be6 8. f4 d5 $146 (8... Bxc4 9. dxc4 exf4 10. Nxf4 Ne5
11. Qe2 c6 12. Be3 Nfg4 13. Bd4 Bf6 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. h3 Nh6 16. Nh5 Bg5 17. b4
b6 18. Ng3 Qe6 19. c5 dxc5 20. bxc5 b5 21. Nb1 Nc4 22. c3 Rae8 23. Rde1 Bh4 24.
Qd3 Ne5 25. Qe3 Qg6 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. Rf3 Qg5 28. Qxg5 Rxg5 29. Ree3 Rxc5 30.
Rd3 Rd8 31. Rxd8+ Bxd8 32. Rd3 Bb6 33. Nd2 {0-1 (33) Borzovic,V-Stec,A
Bratislava 1993}) 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Bxd5 11. f5 Nd4 12. Ng3 Bc6 13. Nce4 f6
{L'inconvénient de genre de poussée est de donner de la prise а une marée de P
а l'aile-roi comme dans la partie} 14. Rf2 {[%cal Gf2c2,Gd1g4]} Rf7 (14... Qd7
15. Be3 Rad8) 15. Be3 Qd7 16. Qg4 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Rd8 18. Raf1 (18. Kh1 $5 a5 19.
Rg1 {[%cal Gg4d1,Gg2g4]}) 18... a5 19. Qd1 {[%cal Gg2g4,Gh2h4]} a4 20. g4 b6
21. h4 c5 22. c3 {Les Blancs sont obligés de chasser le N central qui faisait
pression sur le P"f" afin de réaliser la poussée thématique g4g5} (22. Kh1)
22... Nb5 23. Qxa4 Qxd3 24. Re1 $13 Nd4 $1 {Un fort coup de défense et les
Noirs ont maintenant beaucoup de contre-jeu} 25. Ng3 b5 26. Qa5 Nb3 $1 $15 27.
Qa6 {[%csl Ra6]} Qc4 28. Rg2 Rd6 $6 (28... Qxg4 29. Qxb5) 29. Qa8+ $1 Rf8 30.
Qf3 {trouve l'occasion de recycler la Q qui était hors-jeu} Rfd8 31. Ne4 Rd3
32. g5 $36 Qf7 33. gxf6 Bxf6 34. Qg4 Rxe3 $2 35. Rxe3 c4 36. Reg3 Rd7 37. Qh5
$1 Re7 38. Qh6 {[%cal Gh6f6,Gh6g7]} 1-0

[Event "Lost Boys op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1998.08.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Maryasin, Boris Feliksovich"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. a3 {Very rare line.} Nd4 $5 $146 {
The idea of this novelty is to prevent 6.Na4 that is possible in case of 5...
d6.} (5... d6 6. Na4 (6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 h5 9. h4 g4 10. f4 gxf3 11.
Nxf3 Bg4 12. Qd2 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Rg8 14. Bh2 Nd4 15. O-O-O Nxf3 16. Qe2 Nd4 17.
Qf1 c6 $15 {Efimov,I-Okhotnik,V/URS-ch otbor56 1988/0-1 (62)}) (6. f4 Ng4 7. f5
Nf2 $5 (7... h5 8. Nh3 Qh4+ 9. Kf1 Ne3+ 10. Bxe3 Bxe3 11. Qe1 $11 {1/2-1/2
Heymann,A-Goihl,M/GER-chJW U15 1996 (38)})) 6... Bb6 7. Nxb6 axb6 8. Ne2 (8. c3
Bg4 (8... Ne7 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 d5 11. exd5 Nexd5 12. Ne2 O-O 13. O-O Qe7 14.
Qd2 Be6 15. Bg5 Qc5+ 16. Nd4 Ng4 $13 {1-0 Lipschuetz,S-Chigorin,M/USA-06.
Congress 1889 (27)}) 9. f3 Bh5 10. Ne2 h6 11. O-O g5 12. Bb3 Qe7 13. Bc2 Nd8
14. Ng3 $14 {Lipschuetz,S-Gossip,G/USA-06.Congress 1889/0-1 (72)}) 8... d5 (
8... Be6 9. Bb5 d5 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Bittner,P-Bender,
S/Klinge-U20 1993 (40)}) 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 Bg4 12. h3 Bxe2 13.
Qxe2 exf4 14. Bxf4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Alapin,S-Berger,J/DSB-06.Kongress 1889 (40)}) (
5... h6 6. Be3 (6. f4 exf4 7. Bxf4 d6 8. Nf3 Nd4 9. Qd2 Nh5 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11.
Be3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Nf6 13. O-O $14 {Becker,M-Becker,M/Meisdorf op 1996/1-0 (54)}
) 6... Bb6 7. Qd2 d6 8. Nge2 (8. Bxb6 axb6 9. f4 O-O 10. f5 Ne7 11. Rd1 d5 12.
Bb3 d4 13. Nce2 Ng4 14. Ng3 Ne3 15. Rc1 g6 16. fxg6 Nxg6 17. Nf3 Nh4 18. Nxh4
Qxh4 19. Kf2 Kh7 20. Kg1 f5 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Nf1 Qf4 23. Re1 Nxf1 24. Qxf4
exf4 25. Rxf1 Rae8 26. h3 Bd7 27. Bd5 Re2 28. Rf2 Re3 29. Kh2 Kg6 30. Rhf1 Kg5
31. Be4 c6 32. Rf3 b5 33. Kh1 Rf6 34. R3f2 h5 35. Kh2 b6 36. Kg1 h4 37. Kh2 Be8
{Thoms,M-Trabert,B/Badenweiler op 1995/0-1 (49)}) 8... Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10.
Bxb6 axb6 11. f4 O-O 12. O-O Qe7 13. Rae1 Kh7 14. f5 d5 15. Ng3 dxe4 16. Ncxe4
Nxe4 17. dxe4 Rad8 18. Qe2 Nd4 19. Qh5 Kh8 20. c3 Nc6 21. Qg6 Rf6 22. Qg4 Rdf8
23. fxe6 Rf4 24. Rxf4 Rxf4 25. Qe2 Qxe6 $11 {Winawer,S-Tarrasch,S/Budapest
1896/1-0 (89)}) (5... a6 6. Be3 d6 7. Qd2 b5 8. Ba2 b4 9. axb4 Bxb4 10. Nge2
Be6 11. O-O d5 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Bg5 $14 {1-0 Lorelli,C-Facino,E/Vicente Lopez
op 1993 (37)}) 6. Nf3 d6 {The same position with White's pawn on a2 can be
reached by the following move order:1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.
Bc4 Bc5 6.d3 d6} 7. Na4 $5 Bg4 (7... b5 8. Nxd4 (8. Nxc5 bxc4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10.
Na4 Bd7 11. b3 c3 $5 {[%csl Ra4] ><a4}) 8... bxc4 (8... bxa4 9. Nf3 (9. Bb5+
$140 Bd7 10. Nc6 Qc8 11. c3 Qb7 12. Qxa4 a6) 9... Rb8 $14) 9. Nf3 cxd3 10. Nxc5
dxc2 11. Qxc2 dxc5 12. Be3 $1 $14) 8. Nxc5 (8. c3 $142 Nxf3+ 9. gxf3 Bh5 10.
Rg1 $14 {[%cal Gd3d4] /\d4}) 8... dxc5 9. c3 Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Bh5 11. Rg1 Qd7 $1
{[%cal Gd7h3] /\Qh3;/\0-0-0} 12. Be3 (12. Rxg7 Bg6 13. Qb3 c6 {[%csl Rc4,Rg7]
[%cal Gb7b5] ><g7,c4}) 12... O-O-O $1 13. Qb3 $1 (13. Bxc5 Nxe4 $1 14. Bxa7 (
14. dxe4 Qc6 $15)) (13. Qe2 $5) 13... Bxf3 $8 {Black has to leave White's king
in the centre.} (13... Qh3 $6 14. Rg3 Qxh2 15. O-O-O $14 {[%csl Rc5,Rf7,Rg7]})
14. Rg3 $5 (14. Rxg7 Rhg8 $1 15. Rg3 $5 (15. Rxf7 Rg1+ 16. Kd2 Nxe4+ 17. Kc2
Rxa1 18. Rxf3 (18. Rxd7 Bd1#) 18... Kb8 $1 19. Bd5 $1 Nd6 20. Bxc5 b6 $13))
14... Bh5 15. Bxc5 c6 $1 16. a4 (16. Bxa7 $6 b5 17. Bxb5 $5 (17. Bb6 bxc4 18.
Qxc4 (18. Qa4 Qb7 $1 19. Bxd8 Qxb2 $1 $19) 18... Qb7 $1 19. Bxd8 Qxb2 $1 $19)
17... cxb5 18. Bb6 {[%cal Ga3a4]}) 16... b6 17. Ba6+ (17. Be3 $142 $5 Ng4 $140
18. Bg5 {and} f6 $4 {is impossible in view of} 19. Be6) 17... Kc7 18. Be3 Ng4
$1 {[%cal Gg4e3,Gg4h2] /\N:h2;N:e3} 19. d4 $5 (19. a5 $5 Nxe3 $1 (19... b5 20.
c4 (20. Bxa7 $2 Ra8 21. Bb6+ Kb8 {[%csl Ra6] ><a6}) 20... Nxe3 21. fxe3 Qxd3
22. Qxd3 Rxd3 23. cxb5 $13) 20. axb6+ axb6 21. fxe3 Ra8 $1 $15 22. Rxg7 $140
Rhg8 {[%csl Re1]}) 19... Nxe3 (19... Nxh2 $5 {Fritz} 20. a5 b5 21. d5 Nf3+ 22.
Kf1 $13) 20. fxe3 Qe7 $5 {[%csl Re1,Re4,Rh2][%cal Ge7h4] /\Qh4;><e4,h2} 21. Bd3
$1 {[%cal Ga4a5]} (21. a5 Qh4 (21... b5 $5) 22. axb6+ axb6 23. Be2 Ra8 24. Rxa8
Rxa8 25. Bxh5 Qxh5 26. Rxg7 Ra1+ 27. Kd2 Rf1 $1 $40 {[%cal Gf1f2] /\Rf2}) 21...
a5 $1 {[%cal Ge7h4] Preventing 22.a5} 22. Kd2 Qh4 23. Rag1 $5 Qxh2+ (23... Bg6
$5) 24. R3g2 (24. R1g2 $142 Qh1 25. Rxg7 Rd7 26. Rg1 Qh4 27. R7g3 Bg6 28. Qc4
Qe7 (28... Bxe4 29. Bxe4 Qxe4 30. Rg7 $44) 29. d5 Qc5 $15) 24... Qh4 25. Qc4
Bg6 $1 $17 26. d5 (26. b4 Qe7 $1) 26... Qf6 (26... Rd6 $5) 27. Rf1 (27. b4 Qd6)
27... Qd6 28. Rxg6 (28. b4 $5 f6 29. Rb1 Ra8 30. Kc1 Rhc8 31. Rgb2 (31. bxa5
Rxa5 32. Rgb2 Qc5 (32... Rc5 33. Qa6 cxd5 34. Rxb6) 33. Rxb6 (33. Qxc5 Rxc5)
33... cxd5 34. Rb7+ Kd8 $19) 31... Kd8 $1 32. bxa5 cxd5 $1 $19) 28... Qxg6 29.
Qa6 $2 {Decisive mistake.} ({The only chance was} 29. Rxf7+ $1 {[]} Rd7 $1 (
29... Qxf7 $5 30. d6+ Rxd6 31. Qxf7+ Rd7 32. Qe6 Rhd8 33. Qxe5+ Kb7 34. Kc2
Rxd3 35. Qxg7+ R3d7 $15) 30. Rxd7+ Kxd7 31. Qa6 $1 {[%csl Ra5,Rb6] ><b6,a5} Rc8
$1 32. dxc6+ (32. Qxb6 Qd6 $1) 32... Rxc6 33. Bb5 Qd6+ 34. Ke2 Ke7 35. Bxc6
Qxc6 $17) 29... Ra8 $19 30. Rxf7+ $4 (30. Qc4 $142) (30. d6+ Kxd6 31. Qxb6 $140
Rhb8 {[%csl Rb6] ><b6}) 30... Qxf7 31. d6+ Kxd6 32. Qxb6 Rhb8 0-1

[Event "American Continental 3rd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2005.08.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Sorin, Ariel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2005.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. Nge2 Na5 8. f3
c6 9. a3 Nxc4 10. dxc4 Ba5 11. Qd3 Be6 12. O-O-O Bc7 13. b3 Qe7 14. f4 g5 15.
fxg5 Ng4 16. h3 hxg5 17. Be1 O-O-O 18. Ng3 Nf6 19. Bd2 Rhg8 20. Rhf1 d5 21.
cxd5 cxd5 22. Rxf6 Qxf6 23. exd5 e4 24. Ngxe4 Qe5 25. Be3 Bf5 26. d6 Bxe4 27.
Nxe4 Bb6 28. Bxb6 axb6 29. Kb1 Kb8 30. Nc3 Rge8 31. a4 Qe3 32. Nb5 Qxd3 33.
Rxd3 Re2 34. g4 Rc8 35. Nd4 Rf2 36. Kb2 Rd8 37. Nf3 f6 38. Nd2 f5 39. Nc4 f4
40. Ne5 Re2 41. Nf7 Rd7 42. Nxg5 Re3 43. Rd4 f3 44. Ne4 Re2 45. Nf6 Rd8 46. d7
Rh2 47. Rf4 Rxh3 48. Kc3 Kc7 49. Kc4 Kc6 50. c3 Rdh8 51. Rf5 Rd8 52. b4 Rg3 53.
b5+ Kc7 54. Kd5 Rxd7+ 55. Nxd7 Kxd7 56. Rf7+ Ke8 57. Rf4 f2 58. Rxf2 Rxg4 59.
Kd6 Rg7 60. Rf6 Rd7+ 61. Ke5 Kd8 62. Rd6 Kc7 63. Rxd7+ {Nor can more progress
be made with rooks: Auch mit Türmen geht es nicht recht weiter:} (63. Rd4 Re7+
(63... Rxd4 $4 64. cxd4 Kd7 65. Kf6 (65. d5 $2 Ke7 66. d6+ Kd8 $11) 65... Kd6
66. Kf7 Kd7 67. d5 Kd6 (67... Kd8 68. Ke6 Ke8 69. d6 Kd8 70. d7 Kc7 71. Ke7 Kb8
72. d8=Q+ Ka7 73. a5 $18) 68. Ke8 Kxd5 69. Kd7 Kc5 70. Kc7 Kb4 71. Kxb7 Ka5 72.
Kc6 Kxa4 73. Kxb6 $18) 64. Kd5 Re1 65. Rh4 Ra1 $11) 63... Kxd7 64. Kf6 Kd6 65.
Kf7 Kd7 66. c4 Kd8 67. Ke6 Ke8 68. Kd6 Kd8 69. Kd5 Kd7 70. c5 bxc5 71. Kxc5 Kc7
72. Kd5 Kd7 73. a5 Kc7 74. Ke6 {Nach} ({After} 74. Kc5 {hält} b6+ $1 {Black's
fortress holds out. die schwarze Festung:} 75. axb6+ Kb7 $11) 74... Kc8 75. Kd6
Kd8 76. Kc5 Kc7 (76... Kc8 $2 77. Kb6 Kb8 78. a6 bxa6 79. Kxa6 Ka8 80. b6 Kb8
81. b7 Kc7 82. Ka7 $18) 77. b6+ Kb8 78. Kd6 Ka8 79. a6 Kb8 $1 (79... bxa6 $4
80. Kc7 a5 81. b7+ Ka7 82. b8=Q+ Ka6 83. Qb6#) 80. a7+ Ka8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 4th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2017.04.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "Prasanna,V"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 {White just hopes for a fresh position
apart from the usual Ruy Lopez Berlin.} Na5 5. Nge2 Bc5 6. O-O O-O 7. Ng3 {
We have a relatively fresh position in just 7 moves and there are barely any
games here.} h6 (7... Nxc4 8. dxc4 d6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12.
b4 Bb6 13. a4 c6 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. Qd3 {is =. Caruana's choice promises a long
game.}) 8. h3 d6 9. Bb3 c6 10. Na4 Nxb3 11. axb3 Bb4 12. Bd2 (12. d4 $5 {
opening the position when the opponent has 2 bishops is counter intuitive, but
is White's best choice.} Be6 (12... exd4 13. Qxd4) 13. c3 Ba5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15.
Nc5 Bc8 16. b4 Bb6 17. Be3 Qe7 $14 {White's position is slightly more pleasant
although as always in 1...e5 Black is solid.}) 12... Bxd2 13. Qxd2 d5 14. Qb4 (
14. exd5 $5 {was 'less creative' but quite good objectively.} Nxd5 15. Nc3 f6 (
15... f5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. f4 e4 18. dxe4 dxe4 19. Rfd1 Be6) (15... Nxc3) 16.
Nxd5 Qxd5 $11) 14... b6 15. Nc3 c5 16. Qa3 {I am not sure White's idea is
objectively correct as his queen is misplaced and he ends up re-routing it
anyway.} d4 17. Nce2 a5 18. f4 Be6 19. Rae1 exf4 20. Nxf4 Nd7 21. Qa1 Qg5 22.
Kh2 Ne5 {Black is slightly better. White's queen is very poorly placed. A
manoeuvering phase begins now.} 23. Qd1 Rae8 24. Nge2 Ng6 25. Qc1 Qe5 26. Kg1
Nh4 27. g3 Ng6 28. Kg2 Qd6 29. Kh2 Ne5 30. Kg2 {White is unable to find
anything constructive to do. Now Black is ready for a strong strike.} f5 31.
Nxe6 Rxe6 (31... Qxe6 32. Nf4 Qc6 33. Nd5 Rf7 $15) 32. exf5 Qd5+ 33. Kg1 (33.
Kh2 $8 {was forced.} Ref6 34. g4 Nf3+ 35. Rxf3 Qxf3 36. Qf4 Qc6 37. Ng3 {
White has some compensation here and is not as passive anymore so he should be
happy.} Re6 38. Ne4 $44) 33... Ref6 34. Nf4 Nf3+ 35. Kf2 Qxf5 $1 {Not sure if
this is the move White missed. He is dead lost now.} 36. Kxf3 Qxh3 37. Re4 g5
38. Ke2 Qxg3 39. Rf3 Qg4 40. Qh1 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.21"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Yurtaev, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chile"]
[BlackTeam "Kyrgyzstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KGZ"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 d6 5. f4 Na5 6. f5 (6. Nf3 Nxc4 7. dxc4
Be6 8. Qd3 exf4 9. Bxf4 Be7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. cxd5 Nd7 13. g4 Re8
$13 {Rogers,I-Klovans,J/Biel/1991/0,5/43/}) 6... Nxc4 7. dxc4 g6 (7... c6 8.
Nf3 Qb6 9. Qd3 Nd7) 8. g4 Bd7 {N/} (8... gxf5 9. gxf5 b5 $5 10. cxb5 d5 11. Bg5
d4 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nd5 Qh4+ 14. Kf1 Bb7 $132 {Morvay,M-Martynov,P/Budapest/
1991/0:1/39/}) 9. Qf3 gxf5 10. gxf5 Bc6 (10... c6 $5) 11. Nh3 Rg8 12. Nf2 a6
13. Be3 b5 14. O-O-O $5 bxc4 15. Qe2 Qb8 (15... Bb5 16. a4) 16. Qxc4 Qb7 17.
Rhg1 Rxg1 18. Rxg1 Rb8 19. Ng4 $5 (19. b3 Bb5 (19... d5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Nxd5
Nxd5 22. Bc5 $16) 20. Nxb5 axb5 21. Qd3 Ra8 $13) 19... Nd7 (19... Nxg4 20. Rxg4
Qxb2+ 21. Kd2 Qb7 22. Rg8 Bb5 23. Qb3 Bc6 24. Bh6 Qxb3 25. axb3 Ke7 26. f6+
Kxf6 27. Rxf8 (27. Bxf8 Ke6 $1) 27... Rxf8 28. Bxf8) 20. Nh6 $1 Qxb2+ (20... d5
21. exd5 Qxb2+ 22. Kd2 Bb5 (22... Bb7 23. d6) 23. Qxc7 Qb4 24. Rg4 Qd6 25. Qxd6
Bxd6 26. Rg7 $18) 21. Kd2 Qb4 $2 (21... Bxh6 $5 22. Bxh6 Qb4 (22... Nc5 $2 23.
Rg8+ Ke7 24. f6+ $1 Kxf6 25. Bg5#) 23. Rg8+ (23. Qxc6 Qd4+) 23... Ke7 24. Bg5+
Nf6 (24... f6 $4 25. Qe6#) 25. Qxc6 Rxg8 (25... Qd4+ 26. Kc1 Qg1+ 27. Nd1 Rxg8
28. Qxc7+ Kf8 29. Bxf6 $18) 26. Qxc7+ Ke8 27. Qc8+ (27. Bxf6 $2 Qd4+ 28. Kc1
Rg1+ 29. Kb2 Qb4#) 27... Ke7 28. Qxg8 Qd4+ 29. Kc1 Qxc3 30. Bxf6+ Kxf6 31. Qd8+
Kg7 32. Qxd6 $14) 22. Qxf7+ Kd8 23. Rb1 (23. Rg8 Kc8 $1 (23... d5 24. exd5) 24.
Rxf8+ Nxf8 25. Qxf8+ Kb7 26. Qg7 Bxe4 27. a3 $1 Qa5 28. f6 $16) 23... Qxc3+ (
23... Qxb1 24. Nxb1 Rxb1 25. Bg5+ Kc8 26. Qe8+ Kb7 27. Nf7 Ba4 (27... Bxe4 28.
Nd8+ Kb6 29. Qxd7 $18) 28. Nd8+ Ka7 29. Be3+ c5 30. Ne6 Rb8 31. Qf7 $18) 24.
Kxc3 Rxb1 25. Ng4 (25. Ng8 $1 d5 26. Bg5+ Kc8 27. Be7 $1 $18) 25... d5 $8 26.
exd5 Bb4+ 27. Kd3 Bxd5 $1 (27... Rd1+ 28. Ke2 (28. Ke4 $5) 28... Rxd5 29. Qg8+
Nf8 30. Bh6 Bb5+ 31. Kf3 Bc4 32. Qh8 $18) 28. Qxd5 (28. Bg5+ Kc8 29. Qe8+ Kb7
30. Qxd7 Rd1+ $1 31. Bd2 $8 (31. Ke3 $6 Bc5+ 32. Ke2 Bf3+ 33. Kxf3 Rxd7 34.
Nxe5 $15) 31... Rxd2+ 32. Ke3 $16) 28... Rd1+ 29. Ke4 Rxd5 30. Kxd5 Ke7 (30...
Bc3 31. Bg5+ Kc8 32. Nf6 $18) 31. h3 $1 $16 (31. Bg5+ Kf7 32. Nxe5+ Nxe5 33.
Kxe5 Bd6+) 31... Bd6 (31... Bc3 32. Bg5+ Kf7 33. Kc6 $18) 32. c4 h5 33. Nf2
Nf6+ 34. Kc6 Kf7 (34... Ke8 35. a4 $5) 35. Bg5 (35. a4 $5) 35... Be7 36. Be3 (
36. Nd3 e4 37. Ne5+ Kg7 38. Ng6 $16) 36... Bd8 37. Nd3 e4 $2 (37... Ne4 $1 38.
Nxe5+ (38. Kd5 Nc3+ 39. Kxe5 Nxa2) 38... Kf6 39. Nf3 Kxf5 40. Kd7 Bf6 41. Kxc7
$16) 38. Nc5 a5 39. Ne6 Be7 40. Nxc7 $18 Nh7 41. Nd5 Bh4 42. c5 Nf6 43. Nxf6
Kxf6 44. Kd7 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.20"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belorechensk"]
[BlackTeam "Socar"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{This game is mainly interesting because of the exciting R+N endgame that was
reached around move 28. Michael Adams showed why he is one of the best in the
world.} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Na5 5. Qf3 {This seems patzer
like opening play but it quite a playable opening and Rublevsky has already
tried it thrice in the month of October - once in rapid, once in blitz and the
current one in classical format.} c6 6. Nge2 Be7 7. O-O ({Trying to win a pawn
with} 7. Qg3 {is quite dangerous.} O-O 8. Qxe5 Re8 9. Qg3 d5 $36) 7... O-O 8.
h3 d5 (8... b5 9. Bb3 b4 10. Nd1 d5 {was the direct way to play. Adams goes
for the same idea in a different fashion.}) 9. exd5 b5 10. Bb3 (10. dxc6 $2
bxc4 11. c7 Qxc7 12. Qxa8 Bb7 13. Qxf8+ (13. Qxa7 Bc5 $19) 13... Bxf8 $19)
10... b4 11. d6 $1 (11. Ne4 Nxb3 12. axb3 cxd5 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 $15 {is a very
pleasant position for Black.}) 11... Qxd6 $1 (11... Bxd6 12. Ne4 $11) 12. Nd1
$1 {The knight retreat looks passive but the idea is to place it on the
excellent square on c4 via e3.} (12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 (13. dxe4 Nxb3 $1 (13...
Ba6 $5) 14. axb3 f5 $1 $15 {with an excellent initiative for Black.}) 13...
Nxb3 14. axb3 f5 $15 {Black has everything he can ask for - pair of bishops
and a mobile centre.}) 12... Bb7 13. Ne3 c5 14. Qg3 Qd7 15. Ba4 $5 (15. Qxe5 {
I have to agree that taking a pawn like this when you are lagging behind in
development is not easy to play. But White can take the pawn and get away with
it.} Bd6 16. Qg5 (16. Qf5 Qc6 $13) 16... h6 17. Qh4 Kh7 {Threatening g5.} 18.
Nc4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Rfe8 $44 {The two bishops and the connected rooks give Black
excellent play for the pawn.}) 15... Qe6 (15... Qxa4 $2 16. Nf5 $1 $16 {
[%cal Gf5e7,Gf5g7]}) 16. b3 Nd5 17. Bb2 f6 18. Rae1 Bd6 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 (19...
Bxd5 $2 20. Nf4 $1 exf4 21. Rxe6 fxg3 22. Rxd6 $16) 20. f4 Bc6 (20... exf4 21.
Nxf4 Qf5 {was relatively better}) 21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. Nf4 Qd6 23. Bxe5 fxe5 24.
Nh5 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Qg6 26. Bxc6 Nxc6 27. Qxg6 hxg6 28. Ng3 $14 {Rublevsky has
played the opening and the middlegame really well and has quite a nice
position. Let's focus on this endgame and try to understand how rich such
positions really are. The position looks completely in White's favour because
of the pawn structure. Black has doubled isolated pawns on the kingside, an
isolated guy on e5 and a weak pawn on c5. But White's position is not
fireproof. The c2-pawn is a little weak and with his next move Adams shows
that he doesn't really need to move his rook in order to activate it.} a5 $1
29. Ne4 Nd4 30. Rf2 $1 {Rublevsky rightly decides that keeping control is the
key here.} (30. Nxc5 Rc8 $1 $132 {gives Black enough counterplay.} (30... Nxc2
31. Rc1 (31. Rf2 Nd4) 31... Nd4 32. Re1 $14) 31. Ne4 Ne2+ 32. Kf2 Rxc2 33. Ke3
Nc1 {[%csl Ra2] where it will be White who would have to struggle for the half
point.}) 30... a4 $1 {The right spirit. Whether it works or not, activity is
the key.} (30... Rc8 31. Nd6 Rd8 32. Nc4 $14 {leads to a thankless position
that would have to be constantly defended. One of the rules that top players
have hammered into their heads is that it is better to be materially down and
have activity than to have equal material but be passive.}) 31. Nxc5 a3 $1 {
Fixing the a2-pawn and getting a real asset in this position. But to attack
the a2-pawn is not so easy, the black knight cannot reach c3 because the
knight on e4 will all the time keep an eye on it.} (31... axb3 32. cxb3 $1 (32.
axb3 $6 Ra7 $1 $11 {[%cal Rc5b7,Rc5d7,Rc5e6,Rc5a6] dominating the knight and
threatening Rc7.} 33. Ne4 Rc7 34. Nd6 Rxc2 35. Rxc2 Nxc2 36. Kf2 Nd4 $11) 32...
Nb5 33. Nd7 Nc3 34. Nxe5 Nxa2 35. Nc6 $16) 32. Nd7 (32. Kf1 Rc8 33. Na6 Nxc2
34. Ke2 Rc6 35. Kd2 Rxa6 36. Kxc2 $11) 32... Re8 $6 {It was necessary to keep
the active play going.} (32... Nb5 $1 33. Nxe5 (33. Nb6 Rd8 34. Rf1 Rd6 (34...
Nc3 $6 35. Na4 $1 Nxa2 36. Ra1 Nc3 37. Nxc3 bxc3 38. Rxa3 e4 39. dxe4 Rd1+ 40.
Kh2 Rd2 41. Ra2 Kf7 42. Kg3 g5 43. b4 $18) 35. Nc4 Re6 $13 {[%cal Gb5c3]})
33... Nc3 {As we mentioned previously, the white knight went away from e4 and
the other knight made its way to c3.} 34. Nxg6 Nxa2 35. Ne7+ Kh7 36. Nc6 Ra6
37. Nd4 Nc3 38. Rf1 Rd6 $15 {Only Black can be better here in spite of being
two pawns down.}) 33. Nb6 Rd8 {Stopping Nd5.} 34. Kf1 (34. Nc4 Rd5 35. g3 Nb5
36. Nd2 Nc3 37. Rf1 Nxa2 38. Ne4 $14 {The general idea of this variation is
that the knight should remain in the centre and not like in the game where it
was sidelined on a4.}) 34... Nb5 35. Na4 {N to c3 had to be stopped. But in
that bid the knight on a4 has becoming quite passive.} Rc8 (35... e4 36. dxe4
Rd1+ 37. Ke2 Ra1 38. Kd3 Rxa2 {would have been pretty nice but after} 39. Rf1
$18 {[%csl Ra2] The rook on a2 is trapped.}) 36. Ke1 Nd4 37. Kd1 (37. Nb6 $5
Rxc2 38. Rxc2 Nxc2+ {How do we assess this knight ending? Well it should be in
White's favour, but the only problem is that the a2-pawn is quite weak. If
White can take care of that he will be better.} 39. Kd1 Nd4 (39... Ne3+ 40. Kd2
Nxg2 41. Nd5 Nf4 42. Nxb4 Nxh3 43. Nc2 g5 44. Nxa3 g4 $11) 40. Nd5 Nxb3 41.
Nxb4 Nd4 42. Nc2 Nb5 43. Kd2 Kf7 44. d4 exd4 45. Kd3 Nc3 (45... Ke6 $4 46.
Nxd4+ Nxd4 47. Kxd4 $18) 46. Nb4 g5 47. Kxd4 $14 {with slight practical chance
for white}) 37... Rc6 $1 {[%csl Ra4] The knight on a4 has been dominated.} 38.
h4 $2 {What could be more natural than to restrict the doubled g-pawns? But
now Adams shows his class.} (38. Kc1 Kh7 39. g4 g5 40. Kd1 Kg6 41. Kc1 {
It is true that all of White's pieces are passively posted but they are
passive because the black pieces are well placed. If the black pieces move
then White's ones can also wriggle out. So the position should most likely end
in a draw.}) 38... g5 $1 {This is the right way to activate the king.} 39. hxg5
Kh7 {Rublevsky is lost now because while all his pieces are tied down, the
black king is free to roam and collect stuff.} 40. Kc1 Kg6 {As it is known
every attacking piece has much more value than a defending one. Though the Rf2
is very badly placed it has no target to attack. No one likes to suffocate. So
White tries a desperate attempt.} 41. c3 {Now the game ends quickly.} bxc3 42.
b4 c2 (42... Kxg5 $6 43. Rf7 c2 44. Nc5 $15) 43. Nc5 {Blocks the c-file but
the black rook shifts its attention.} Rb6 44. Rf1 Rxb4 45. Nb3 Nxb3+ 46. axb3
Rxb3 47. Kxc2 Rb2+ 48. Kc3 Rxg2 {From being two pawns down, Black has cleaned
up so many pawns that he is a pawn up.} 49. Re1 a2 50. Kb3 Kf5 51. Ka3 Rd2 52.
Kb3 g6 {A beautiful performance by Mickey Adams who showed us the most
important thing in the endgame is not material, but activity.} 0-1

[Event "Match Rubinstein-Schlechter +2-1=3"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1918.01.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[Annotator "Schlechter,C"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1918.01.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)DSZ 1918, S.28 [Schlechter]} e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 (4...
Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qxf6 8. Ne2 d6 9. O-O {/\f2-f4} Na5 (9...
g5 $5) 10. Bb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 g5 12. c4 O-O 13. Nc3 c6 14. Qd2 Qf4 15. Rfd1 Qxd2
16. Rxd2 f6 17. d4 Kf7 18. d5 c5 19. Nb5 Ke7 20. Nxa7 {1-0 Mieses,J-Rubinstein,
A/Vienna 1908/HCL (49)}) 5. Be3 (5. Nf3) 5... Bb6 (5... Bxe3 6. fxe3 Z0 7. Qf3
Z0 8. Nge2 Z0 9. O-O $36) 6. Qd2 d6 7. Nge2 Be6 8. Bxe6 $6 (8. Bb3) (8. Bb5) (
8. O-O $5) 8... fxe6 9. Bxb6 axb6 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 d5 $1 12. exd5 (12. fxe5
Nxe5 13. Qg5 Qd6 $15 {Schlechter} 14. d4 Nf7 15. Qe3 e5 $11 {Mieses}) 12...
exd5 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd4 Qd7 15. Rae1 Rae8 16. Qg5 {Damit ist eine für
Schwarz sehr gefährliche Stellung entstanden. Rubinstein dachte nun sehr lange
nach und fand den besten Zug.} Nc6 $1 (16... Nf7 17. Qf5 {Schwarz hätte ein
gedrücktes Spiel.}) (16... Ng6 $2 17. h4 $1) (16... Qg4 17. Qxg4 Nexg4 18. Ne6
Rf7 19. h3 $14) 17. Ncb5 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Re8 20. Re5 h6 21. Qe3
Rxe5 22. Qxe5 Qe8 23. Qe6+ Qxe6 24. Nxe6 Ne8 25. Kf2 Kf7 (25... Kf7 26. Nf4 $11
(26. Nd8+ $4 Ke7 27. Nxb7 Kd7 28. Ke3 Kc8 $19)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Szolnok Mezogep-Cup 4th"]
[Site "Szolnok"]
[Date "1987.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hausner, Ivan"]
[Black "Heyken, Enno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Schoeneberg,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1987.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 10/1987 Seiten 17-18} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bg5
h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. Nge2 Be6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 Bxc4 10. dxc4 {Hausner weist nun
eindrucksvoll und ohne großen Zeitverbrauch Vorteil nach. Er kann seinen
Doppelbauern auflösen, und Schwarz behält einen schwachen Pd6 oder öffnet
mit d5, wonach in Verbindung mit dem langen Läufer die weiße
Bauernmajorität am Damenflpügel zur Geltung kommt.} g5 11. Bg3 Qd7 12. Qd3
O-O-O 13. O-O-O Nh5 14. f3 $1 Ne7 {Der Abtausch auf g3 würde neue Schwächen
bei Schwarz schaffen.} 15. Bf2 Nf4 16. Qf1 Kb8 17. c5 $1 Qc6 18. g3 Nfg6 ({Auf
} 18... Ne6 {folgt} 19. Nd5 $1 Rhe8 20. Nb4 {und Schwarz behält seinen
rückständigen Bauern d6.}) 19. cxd6 Rxd6 20. Rxd6 cxd6 (20... Qxd6 $2 21.
Bxa7+ $1) 21. Qd3 Rd8 22. Rd1 b6 23. a4 $1 Nc8 24. Qa6 Nge7 25. a5 Rd7 26. axb6
axb6 {[#]Weiß hat seine Stellung immer mehr verstärkt und kann in das schon
erwähnte Endspiel abwickeln.} 27. Qb5 $1 Qxb5 28. Nxb5 d5 $6 {Hausner tadelt
selbst diesen Zug, aber Weiß unterbindet sonst mit c4 schwarze Aktivitäten.}
29. exd5 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Nxd5 31. c4 Nde7 32. Kd2 Kb7 ({Oder} 32... f5 33. g4 $1)
33. g4 Ng6 34. Kd3 Kc6 35. Ke4 Nce7 36. b4 f6 37. Nc3 Nf4 38. b5+ Kc7 39. c5 $1
{So einfach ist das: Ivan Hausner hat nur 9 Züge für den Sieg im Endspiel
gebraucht. Schwarz gab auf.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow International-01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1925.12.06"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[Annotator "Tartakower,S"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1925.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Tartakower: Schachmethodik. Berlin. 1928. S.126. 2)Tartakower:My Best
Games of Chess. 1905-1930. 3)Bogoljubow: Moskau 1925. S.203 4)DSZ 1926,Februar
5)WSZ 1925,S.370 [Kmoch]} e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Be3 d6 6. Bxc5
dxc5 7. Nge2 {[%cal Gf2f4]} Na5 $2 (7... O-O $142 8. O-O Be6 $1) 8. Bb3 Nxb3 9.
axb3 O-O 10. O-O Ng4 {Bogoljubow: Die Steinitzsche Idee.} 11. h3 Nh6 {[%mdl
128]} 12. f4 exf4 (12... f6 13. fxe5 fxe5 14. Rxf8+ Qxf8 15. Qd2 $14 {[%cal
Ga1f1,Gf1f8]}) 13. Nxf4 f6 14. Qf3 Nf7 15. Rf2 Ne5 16. Qg3 c6 (16... Z0 17.
Ncd5 c6 18. Nh5 Ng6 19. Nc7 Rb8 20. Na6 Ra8 21. Nxc5 Qd4 22. Na4 b5 23. Nc3 b4
24. Nd1 $16) 17. Nh5 Qe7 18. Raf1 Kh8 19. Nd1 Bd7 20. Ne3 Rad8 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22.
exf5 {[%csl Ge4,Re6]} Qd7 {Bogoljubow: Schwarz muß jetzt dafür sorgen, daß
der weiße Springer nicht nach e6 gelangt.} 23. Rf4 Rfe8 24. Kh1 Re7 25. Re4
Rde8 26. Qh4 $1 ({Bogoljubow: Weiß verzichtet zunächst auf den naheliegenden
Plan} 26. Rf2 Z0 {und} 27. Nf4 {weil Schwarz darauf} Qxf5 28. Nd5 Qxf2 {
mit sicherem Spiel antworten könnte.} (28... cxd5 $1 29. Rxf5 dxe4 $11)) 26...
Kg8 27. Qf2 b6 28. Rfe1 ({Bogoljubow: Auf} 28. Nf4 {antwortet Schwarz} Nf7 $11
{wonach sich der weiße Springer nicht auf e6 behaupten könnte.}) 28... Kh8 ({
Bogoljubow: Falls} 28... Nf7 {so} 29. Qg3 Ng5 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Rxe7 Qxe7 32.
h4 $1 Qe2 33. Nf4 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Nf7 35. Ne6 $18 {und Weiß gewinnt.}) 29. R1e3
Kg8 30. Rg3 Kh8 $2 {Bogoljubow: Auf den Partiezug hat Dr.Tartakower eine sehr
feine Kombination ausgeklügelt.} (30... Rf7 $2 31. Rxg7+ Rxg7 32. Nxf6+) ({
Bogoljubow: Hier mußte} 30... Rf8 $142 {geschehen}) 31. Rxg7 $1 Rxg7 (31...
Nxd3 32. cxd3 Rxg7 33. Nxf6 $18 {Bogoljubow}) 32. Nxf6 Qe7 33. Nxe8 Qxe8 34.
Qf4 $1 (34. f6 $2 Rf7 35. Qf5 Qd8 36. Qxe5 Qxf6 37. Qxf6+ Rxf6 38. Re7 Rf2 39.
Rxa7 Rxc2 40. Rb7 b5 41. Rc7 Rxb2 42. Rxc6 Rxb3 43. Rxc5 Rxd3 44. Rxb5 Kg7 $11)
34... Re7 35. f6 Ng6 (35... Rf7 36. Rxe5 $18) ({Bogoljubow: Zu einem sehr
hübschen Schluß würde} 35... Re6 {führen} 36. Rxe5 Rxe5 37. f7 {und Weiß
gewinnt leicht}) 36. Rxe7 Nxe7 37. f7 $1 (37. f7 Qf8 38. Qf6+ Qg7 39. f8=Q+ Ng8
40. Q6xg7#) 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1999.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Black "Winants, Luc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Winants,L"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1999.02.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 16]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Na5 5. Nge2 c6 6. O-O $6 (6.
a4) 6... b5 7. Bb3 b4 8. Nb1 Nxb3 9. axb3 d5 10. Nd2 Bd6 $15 {[%csl Gc8,Gd6]}
11. Ng3 O-O (11... h5 12. Nf3 h4 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Qd7 15. Re1 Qxf5 (15...
e4 16. dxe4 Nxe4 17. Ng5) 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. f4 $132) 12. h3 (12. Qf3 Bg4) 12...
Be6 (12... Re8) 13. Re1 (13. Qf3 Qd7 14. Re1 Kh8 $5 {[%cal Yf6g8,Yg8e7]} 15.
Ndf1 Ng8 16. Ne3 Ne7 {[%csl Gf5]}) 13... Kh8 14. Nf3 Qc7 15. Qe2 (15. Nh4 Rfe8
16. Nhf5 Bf8 17. Qf3 Ng8) (15. Ng5 Bc8) 15... Rfe8 16. Bd2 Bd7 17. Nh4 Bf8 18.
Qf3 Be6 19. Ngf5 Ng8 20. Qg3 {/\ 21.Bxb4} (20. g4) 20... f6 21. Ne3 Qd7 22. Nf3
a5 23. Ra4 Qb7 24. Rea1 Qb5 25. Nh4 Red8 {[%csl Rd2,Gd8]} 26. Be1 Rd7 27. Qf3
Nh6 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Yh6f7,Yf7d8,Yd8b7,Yb7c5]} 28. Nhf5 Nf7 29. Qg3 {/\ 30.Bxb4
} Nd8 30. Qh4 dxe4 (30... Nb7 31. exd5 cxd5 32. Bxb4 d4 33. Bxf8 Rxf8 34. Nxd4
exd4 35. Rxd4) 31. dxe4 Nb7 32. Ng3 Rad8 33. Qh5 Bc5 34. Qf3 Bb6 35. Rc1 Nc5
36. Raa1 Bf7 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Yc5e6]} (36... a4 37. bxa4 Nxa4 38. Ngf5 Nxb2 39.
Rcb1) 37. Rd1 Ne6 38. Rxd7 Rxd7 39. Qg4 (39. Rd1) 39... Bxe3 40. fxe3 $15 {
[%csl Ye4]} Qc5 41. Qe2 Rd8 42. Kh2 h6 43. Nf5 Kh7 44. Rd1 (44. Bh4 $142 $132 {
[%csl Rf6,Rg7,Rh6][%cal Ya1f1]}) 44... Qf8 45. Ra1 Qc5 46. Rd1 Qb6 47. Nd6 Bg6
48. h4 Qc7 49. Nf5 Rxd1 50. Qxd1 Nc5 {[%csl Ye4]} 51. h5 Be8 52. Qg4 Qf7 53.
Ng3 Ne6 $1 $17 {[%csl Ye1,Re4][%cal Ge8c6,Ge6g5]} 54. Qe2 Qa7 55. Bd2 Ng5 56.
Qc4 Qd7 57. Qe2 c5 {[%csl Ga5,Gb4,Gc5,Yd2,Ge3,Ge5,Gf6,Gg7,Gh6]} 58. Be1 Qc6 59.
Qd3 Bf7 60. Qd8 Be6 $1 (60... Nxe4 61. Qd3 f5 (61... Bd5 62. c4 bxc3 63. bxc3
Qa8 64. c4 Bb7 65. Bxa5) 62. Nxe4 fxe4 63. Qe2 {[%csl Ye5][%cal Ge1g3]}) 61.
Qxa5 (61. Qe7 c4 62. bxc4 Qxc4) 61... Nxe4 62. Qa4 (62. Nxe4 Qxe4 63. Qxc5 Bd5
$19 {[%csl Rg2]}) 62... Qb7 63. Qe8 (63. Nxe4 Qxe4 64. Qe8 Bf5 65. c3 Qg4 66.
Qd8 Be4 $19) 63... Bf7 64. Qf8 Nxg3 65. Kxg3 (65. Bxg3 Qc7 {[%cal Rf7h5]})
65... Bd5 66. Qxc5 Bxg2 67. Qxb4 (67. e4 Qxe4 68. Qf2 f5 69. Kh2 Bf3) 67...
Qf3+ 68. Kh2 Qh3+ (68... Bh3 $2 69. Qd2) 69. Kg1 Bf3 (69... Bf3 70. Qd2 Qh1+
71. Kf2 Qg2#) 0-1

