[Event "RUS-CHN Summit Men 4th"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "2007.08.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2007.08.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bc5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. g3 O-O 8.
Bg2 Rb8 9. O-O Re8 10. Qc2 Bf8 11. b3 g6 12. Bb2 Bg7 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. e4 d6 15.
Rfe1 Bb7 16. f4 Nd7 17. Na4 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Rbd8 19. Qf2 a6 20. h3 f6 21. Kh2 Nf8
22. Qa7 Bc8 23. c5 Ne6 24. cxd6 cxd6 25. Qxe7 Rxe7 26. Nb6 Bb7 27. Nc4 Red7 28.
f5 Ng7 29. g4 Ne8 30. Rd2 c5 31. Red1 Kg7 32. Kg3 Re7 33. Kf4 Red7 34. h4 gxf5
35. gxf5 Kf8 36. Bf3 Bc6 37. h5 h6 38. Rg1 Rg7 39. Rg6 Rxg6 40. hxg6 Bb5 41.
Ne3 Nc7 42. Ng4 Kg7 43. Nxh6 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Buryatia Shatar"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3
Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 11. Bb5 Na6 12. Qe2 a4 13. Bxa4 Qb8 14. g4 Rc8 15.
g5 Nh5 16. Bb5 Nc7 17. Kb1 Nxb5 18. Qxb5 Bc4 19. Qd7 Rc7 20. Qg4 Nf4 21. Bxf4
Be6 22. Qg1 Rxc3 23. bxc3 exf4 24. h4 b5 25. h5 Qb7 26. h6 Qa6 27. Nc1 Bf8 28.
Qd4 Qa3 29. Qb4 Bxa2+ 30. Nxa2 Qxa2+ 31. Kc1 d5 32. Qd4 Ra4 33. Qe5 d4 34. Kd2
Qb2 35. Ke2 Qxc2+ 36. Rd2 d3+ 0-1

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 4th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2008.05.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 h6 11. e4 Bh7 12. Bf4 Rc8 {[%cal Yc6c5] This line
is generally quite harmless. Black's strong light-squared bishop guarantees
him good counterplay. Besides 12...Rc8, he can also play} (12... Qb6 13. Qe2
Bb4 14. Ne5 Nxe5 $1 (14... Rfd8 15. a3 Bf8 16. Be3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Gonda,L-Ruck,T/
Zalakaros 2006/EXT 2007 (41)}) 15. Bxe5 Nd7 16. Bf4 Rfe8 17. a3 Bf8 18. e5 (18.
Rad1 $5) 18... Qb3 19. Rac1 Red8 $11 {0-1 Joergens,M-Vengels,J/Ruhrgebiet 1996/
EXT 2002 (67)}) 13. Qe2 (13. a3 a5 14. e5 $6 Nb6 15. Qe2 Nfd5 16. Bd2 Nxc3 17.
bxc3 c5 $15 {0-1 Ippolito,D-Arnett,D/New York 1995/EXT 2002 (45)}) (13. Rad1 b5
14. Qb3 b4 15. e5 bxc3 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. bxc3 Nd5 18. Bd2 c5 $132 {0-1
Carrasco Martinez,J-Mirzoev,A/Zafra 2004/CBM 100 ext (48)}) 13... Re8 (13... c5
14. d5 exd5 15. e5 $1 Ne4 16. Nxd5 $14) 14. Rad1 b5 15. a3 a5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17.
Bxe5 Qb6 18. a4 $6 {It was better to wait:} (18. Bf3 b4 $140 19. Na4) 18... Nd7
(18... b4 19. Nb1 c5 {- game} (19... Nd7 20. Nd2)) 19. Bf4 (19. axb5 Nxe5 20.
dxe5 Bb4 $1 21. bxc6 Qxc6 22. Rc1 Qc7 $11) 19... b4 20. Nb1 Nf6 (20... c5 $5)
21. Be5 (21. Nd2 $5 Qxd4 22. Nc4 Qa7 23. Nd6 Bxd6 24. Bxd6 $44) 21... c5 $11
22. Nd2 cxd4 23. Nb3 $6 (23. Nc4 $142 Qc5 (23... Qa6 24. b3) 24. Rxd4 Red8 25.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. b3 Nd7 $11) 23... Qc6 $1 24. Qb5 $6 {A wrong change of the pawn
structure.} (24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Nxd4 $11 Qxa4 $140 $6 26. b3 Qd7 27. Nb5 Qb7 28.
e5) 24... Qxb5 25. axb5 a4 {These pawns are more dangerous than White's b5
pawn.} 26. Nxd4 Ng4 $1 27. Bf4 g5 28. Bf3 (28. Bc1 Bc5 29. h3 Red8 30. hxg4
Bxd4) 28... Nxf2 $1 29. Kxf2 gxf4 30. Nc6 fxg3+ (30... Bc5+ $5 31. Kg2 Rc7 {
[%cal Rc7b7]} 32. Rc1 Be3 33. Rc4 a3 $36) 31. Kxg3 Bf8 32. Rd7 Bg6 $2 {Chess
is a tragedy of one tempo.} (32... a3 $1 $36 33. bxa3 $140 bxa3 34. Ra1 (34. e5
Bc5) 34... Ra8 35. b6 $140 Ra6) 33. e5 $14 {[%cal Rb5b6] White's b-pawn now
comes first.} Bc5 $6 (33... a3 $142 34. bxa3 b3 $1 (34... bxa3 35. b6) 35. b6
b2 36. b7 b1=Q (36... Rb8 $2 37. Rc7) 37. Rxb1 Bxb1 38. a4 $1 {no hurry to
recapture the rook!} Bc2 $1 (38... Ba2 39. a5 Bc4 40. Bh5 $1 $18) 39. a5 Ba4 $1
40. Ne7+ $1 Bxe7 41. Rxe7 Bb5 42. bxc8=Q Rxc8 43. Rb7 Rc5 {and Black should
survive.}) 34. Rc1 Be3 35. Rc4 (35. Ne7+ $142 Kh7 $1 (35... Kg7 $2 36. Rxc8
Rxc8 37. Nxc8 a3 38. bxa3 b3 (38... bxa3 39. b6 a2 40. Ra7) 39. Nd6 $1 b2 40.
Ne8+ {that's why 35...Kg7 was wrong!} Kf8 41. Nf6 Bb6 42. Rd1 Bc2 43. Nd7+ Ke8
44. Nxb6 Bxd1 45. Be4 $18) 36. Rxc8 Rxc8 37. Nxc8 a3 38. b6 (38. bxa3 {doesn't
work now}) 38... axb2 (38... a2 39. Ra7 b3 40. Bd1 Bc2 41. Rxf7+ Kg8 42. Ra7
Bxd1 43. Ne7+ Kf8 44. Ra8+ Kxe7 45. b7 $18) 39. Rd1 Bxb6 40. Nxb6 b1=Q 41. Rxb1
Bxb1 {and the question whether White can win remains open (I would vote for
the negative answer).}) 35... a3 36. bxa3 bxa3 37. Ra4 (37. Ne7+ Kg7 38. Nxc8
a2 39. Ra4 Rxc8 40. Rxa2 Rc4 $132) 37... Bc5 38. Ra6 a2 $4 {Just giving up the
pawn, which leads to an absolutely hopeless position.} (38... Rb8 39. Nxb8 Rxb8
{was not bad}) ({but the best possibility for Black was} 38... Kg7 39. b6 Bxb6
40. Rxb6 Ra8 41. Rd1 a2 42. Ra1 Ra3 {and White can hardly win.}) 39. Rxa2 Kg7
40. Ra6 Rb8 {Too late!} 41. Nxb8 Rxb8 42. Bc6 h5 43. Ra8 Rb6 44. Rdd8 h4+ 45.
Kf4 Bh7 46. Be4 Be7 47. Rdb8 1-0

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 1st"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2008.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 {The so called "Bishop's Opening" usually leads to a quiet
game а la Giuoco Piano.} Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bd6 6. Nc3 ({Other
theoretical lines lead to more complicated play and go as follows:} 6. exd5
cxd5 (6... Nxd5 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1) 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. O-O Nbd7 $11) 6...
dxe4 (6... d4 7. Ne2 {is a totally different story.}) 7. Ng5 {[%csl Rf7]} O-O
8. Ncxe4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Bf5 10. Qf3 {If White grabs the dark-squared bishop, he
does not get any advantage either.} (10. O-O Na6 11. Nxd6 Qxd6 12. Qf3 Be6 13.
Qg3 $2 (13. Bd2 $11) 13... Bxb3 14. axb3 Nb4 15. c3 Nxd3 16. Rd1 Rad8 $17 {
1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2770)-Kramnik,V (2790)/Frankfurt 1998/CBM 065 ext (59)}) 10...
Bxe4 (10... Bg6 $6 {is just a waste of a tempo. After} 11. h4 $1 {Black will
be forced to exchange on e4 anyway.}) 11. dxe4 Nd7 12. c3 a5 13. O-O {I would
prefer to play 13.a4 as White, not allowing Black to get space on the
queenside. Perhaps it's just a matter of taste.} (13. a4 Nc5 14. Bc2 Ne6 15.
O-O Qe7 16. Rd1 Rfd8 17. g3 Bc5 18. Bd2 Rd7 19. h4 Rad8 20. Be1 Bb6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Karjakin,S (2732)-Gelfand,B (2737)/Nice 2008/CBM 123 Extra (46)}) 13...
a4 (13... Nc5 14. Bc2 b5 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Qe2 a4 17. Rad1 Ne6 18. g3 Bc5 19. Bc1
Rad8 20. Kg2 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bruzon Bautista,L (2669)-Dominguez,
L (2658)/Havana 2005/CBM 107 (47)}) 14. Bc2 Qe7 15. Rd1 Rfd8 {The position is
equal. It is difficult for White to make use of his pair of bishops, since the
position is closed. Actually, both sides has difficulties finding a clear plan,
except the one of exchanging all the heavy pieces along the d-file, as seen in
some games mentioned above.} 16. h4 h6 {Covering the g5-square.} 17. g3 b5 18.
Bd2 Nf8 19. Qg4 {[%csl Rh6]} Qe6 20. Qxe6 {The exchange of queens does not
change the evaluation of the position as completely equal.} Nxe6 21. Kf1 Kf8 {
After swapping queens both sides feel safe in centralising their monarchs.} 22.
Be1 Ke7 23. Rd2 g5 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Bd1 {Preventing ...g5-g4 and transfering
the bishop to a more active location.} b4 $1 26. Bg4 {White should keep his
pawn on c3, otherwise Black's knight will get an excellent outpost on d4.} (26.
cxb4 $6 Rh8 27. Kg2 (27. a3 Rh1+ 28. Ke2 Nd4+ {and White has to give up the
exchange.}) 27... Bxb4 28. Re2 Bxe1 29. Rxe1 Nd4 $15 {[%csl Gd4]}) 26... bxc3
27. bxc3 Rab8 28. Rad1 $6 {I think it was the right time to eliminate the
knight and play for equality.} (28. Bxe6 $1 Kxe6 29. Rad1 $11) 28... Nc5 29. f3
a3 $1 30. Bf2 Na4 31. Be3 f6 32. c4 (32. Rh2 $2 Rh8 33. Rxh8 Rxh8 {and White
will lose either Pc3 or Pa2, or even both of them!}) 32... Nb2 33. Rc1 (33. c5
$2 Nxd1 34. cxd6+ Rxd6 35. Bc5 Ne3+ $1 36. Ke2 (36. Bxe3 Rxd2 37. Bxd2 Rb2 $19)
36... Nc4 37. Bxd6+ Nxd6 {and an extra pawn should make Black's day.}) 33...
Bb4 34. Rh2 Rh8 35. Rxh8 Rxh8 36. Kg2 Rd8 {Suddenly, White is experiencing
problems. Where did he go astray? It is really hard to point out... except his
28th move, perhaps. Still, White's position is defendable.} 37. Rh1 $2 {
I can understand Movsesian striving for active counterplay, but this is just
not the case.} (37. Rc2 Rd3 (37... Rd1 38. f4 Re1 39. Be2 {holds.}) 38. Bc1 Na4
39. f4 {White must get back his light-squared bishop into the defense.} gxf4
40. gxf4 Rc3 41. Bd1 Rxc2+ 42. Bxc2 Nc3 43. Bb3 Ne2 44. Be3 exf4 45. Kf3 fxe3
46. Kxe2 $11) 37... Nxc4 $19 38. Rh7+ Kd6 39. Ba7 c5 {Bu didn't fall into the
trap.} (39... Bc5 $4 40. Bb8+ $1 Rxb8 41. Rd7#) 40. Bh5 Ba5 ({The immediate} 
40... Kc6 {would have been more precise.}) 41. Rf7 Kc6 42. Rxf6+ Kb5 43. Kh3
Rh8 44. g4 Ra8 45. Rf7 Nd6 46. Rd7 Kc6 47. Rh7 Bb4 48. f4 {The last practical
chance.} exf4 49. e5 Nc8 50. e6 Kd6 51. Rh8 (51. Bb6 Ne7 $1 52. Bc7+ Kxc7 53.
Rxe7+ Kd6 54. Rg7 Kxe6 55. Rxg5 c4 $19) 51... Kxe6 {The pawn is gone, White
may resign.} 52. Bg6 Kd5 53. Rd8+ Kc4 54. Bf5 Rxa7 55. Rxc8 Kc3 56. Rc6 Kb2 57.
Be6 Re7 58. Kg2 Rxe6 0-1

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 1st"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2008.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. a5 {One of the
main attempts to fight for an advantage against Black's setup.} ({In the event
of} 7. e3 {White must be ready to play against the Cambridge-Springs type of
positions after the strongest} Qa5) 7... Bb4 8. Qa4 Be7 {Black's idea behind
provoking the queen to a4 is to exploit its exposed position by playing ...b5
soon.} 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 b5 $146 (10... h6 11. Bh4 (11. Bxf6 $5 Nxf6 12. c5)
11... b5 {Compared to the main game, in this situation the inclusion of the
moves h6/Bh4 certainly cannot harm Black.} 12. axb6 Nxb6 13. Qa2 Nxc4 14. Bxc4
dxc4 15. O-O Nd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qxc4 {1/2-1/2 Rause,O (2708)-Elwert,H (2687)
/ICCF email 2002} c5 $11) (10... c5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. O-O cxd4
14. Nxd4 $14 {1-0 Siebrecht,S (2451)-Kuehn,P (2446)/Kallithea 2008 (62)}) 11.
axb6 Nxb6 12. Qc2 (12. Qxc6 Bd7 13. Qb7 Bc8 14. Qc6 Bd7 $11) 12... Nxc4 13.
Bxc4 dxc4 14. O-O c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 (15... Bb7 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. Na4 Bxf3 18.
gxf3 Bxc5 19. Qxc4 Bd6 20. Qxc7 Bxc7 21. Nc5 $14) 16. Rfd1 (16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17.
Ne4 Qe7 $11) 16... Qc7 (16... Qe7 17. Ne4 Bb7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qxc4 Bxe4 20.
Qxe4 $11 {/+/=}) 17. Ra4 {Black still needs to find a safe place for the queen,
since White has better control in the centre. However, with a little accuracy
Black can neutralise White's slight pressure rather easily.} (17. Bxf6 $5 gxf6
18. Ra4 Be7 19. Rd4) 17... Be7 (17... Bb7 $6 18. Rxc4 Qe7 19. Ne5 $36 {[%cal
Ge5g4,Ge5d7]}) 18. Bf4 Qc5 ({Simpler was} 18... Qb6 19. Rxc4 (19. Ne5 Bb7 20.
Nxc4 Qc6 21. f3 Rfd8 $11) 19... Bb7 20. Bc7 Qa7 $11) 19. Ne5 Bb7 20. Rxc4 Qa5
21. Qb3 (21. Nc6 Bxc6 22. Rxc6 Rfd8 $11) 21... Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Ra4 (23.
Qxb7 $4 Qa1+) 23... Qc7 24. Rc4 Qa5 25. h3 Qa1+ ({Black has at his disposal
also a tactical possibility to keep the balance:} 25... Bd5 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27.
Nc6 (27. Bg3 Qb5 $11) 27... Qe1+ 28. Kh2 Bh4 $3 ({After} 28... Re8 29. Nxe7+
Nxe7 30. Qb7 {White is winning:} Ng6 (30... Qxf2 31. Qxe7 $18) 31. Rc8 $18) 29.
Rc2 $1 (29. Nxd8 $2 Bxf2 $19) (29. Bg3 Bxg3+ 30. Kxg3 Re8 $11) 29... Rf8 (29...
Bxf2 $2 30. Rxf2 Qxf2 31. Nxd8 $18) 30. g3 Nxf4 31. exf4 Bf6 $14 {/=}) 26. Kh2
Ba8 27. Nc6 Bxc6 28. Rxc6 Qf1 $2 (28... h6 29. Qb7 Rd7 30. Rc8+ (30. Qxa6 Qxb2)
(30. Qc8+ Rd8) 30... Kh7 31. Rc7 (31. Qb8 Qa5 $14 {[%cal Gd7d8] /=}) 31... Rxc7
32. Qxc7 Bb4 33. Qxf7 (33. Be5 Qa5 $11) 33... Qxb2 34. Na4 Qxf2 35. Qxe6 a5 $11
) (28... a5 29. Qb7 Bb4 (29... Bf8 30. Rc7 $16) 30. Rc8 Rf8 $1 31. Rxf8+ $140
Bxf8 32. Qc8 h6 $1 33. Bd6 Nh7 $14 {/=}) 29. Qb7 $16 {Now White wins at least
a pawn.} Bf8 (29... Rd7 30. Rc8+ $18) 30. Bg3 a5 (30... h6 31. Rxa6 $16) 31.
Rc7 h5 $2 {The second mistake, this time in a very difficult situation. 31...
h5 only creates additional weaknesses and leads to a completely hopeless
position.} (31... Nh5 32. Rxf7 Nxg3 33. Kxg3 Qd3 $16) (31... Qd3 32. Rxf7 Qg6
$16) 32. Rxf7 Qd3 33. Rxf6 $1 {The most effective way to victory. White will
win by force two more pawns.} gxf6 34. Ne4 Bg7 (34... Kh8 35. Qf7 $1 $18 (35.
Nxf6 Qf5 $16)) 35. Qe7 $18 Rf8 36. Qxe6+ Kh8 37. Qf5 a4 (37... Qd1 38. Qxa5 $18
) 38. Bd6 Rf7 39. Qe6 ({There is a quicker win after} 39. Qxh5+ $18) 39... Qb3
(39... Kg8 40. Qe8+ Bf8 41. Bxf8 Rxf8 42. Nxf6+ $18) 40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Qf5+ Kg8
42. Ba3 h4 43. Nd6 Rc7 44. Qe4 Qb8 45. Qxa4 Bf8 46. Qg4+ Rg7 47. Qc4+ Kh7 48.
Qxh4+ Kg6 49. Qe4+ Kh6 50. Qe6 Kh7 51. Qxf6 {A rare case of 5 pawns versus
none.} Rg6 52. Qf7+ Bg7 53. Qf4 Bh6 54. Qe5 Bg7 55. Qe7 Kh8 56. e4 Bf6 57. Qe6
Kh7 58. Qf5 Qg8 59. g3 Qb3 60. e5 Bg7 61. Nf7 Qd5 62. h4 1-0

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men 7th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2010.08.05"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf3 Nc6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb8 13. Bd2 a5 14. a4 Qc7 15.
Re3 Nbd7 16. Rc3 Nc5 17. Be3 b6 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. Rb3 Nd7 20. Rb5 f5 21. Bd2
Ra7 22. Qe1 Rfa8 23. Be2 Qd8 24. Ra3 Bg5 25. Bc3 e4 26. Bf1 Bf6 27. Bd2 Bd4 28.
Rab3 Nf6 29. h3 h6 30. Rb7 Kh7 31. Bc4 Nh5 32. R3b6 Rxb7 33. Rxb7 Qh4 34. Bf1
Nf6 35. c3 Be5 36. g3 Qh5 37. c4 Re8 38. Be3 Qg6 39. Bg2 Nh5 40. Qd2 Rf8 41.
Re7 f4 42. gxf4 Nxf4 43. Bxf4 Rxf4 44. Rxe5 dxe5 45. d6 Rf8 46. d7 Qg5 47. Qxg5
hxg5 48. Bxe4+ g6 49. Kg2 Kg7 50. Kg3 Kf6 51. Kg4 Rh8 52. Kg3 Ke7 53. Bc6 Rh4
54. b3 Rd4 55. f3 Rd2 56. h4 gxh4+ 57. Kxh4 Rb2 58. Kg5 Rxb3 59. f4 Rg3+ 0-1

[Event "CHN-ch"]
[Site "Xinghua Jiangsu"]
[Date "2011.04.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "190"]
[EventDate "2011.03.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. h3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O Bb7
9. Qe2 e6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Rac1 Qb8 13. Rfd1 a6 14. Na4 Qc7 15. cxd5
exd5 16. Bb2 Ne4 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Qd6 19. Rc2 a5 20. a4 Re6 21. Ra1 Qe7
22. Ba3 Qd8 23. Rac1 Bf6 24. Qd1 Kg7 25. Bf1 Be7 26. Bxe7 Qxe7 27. g3 Qb4 28.
Rb1 Nf6 29. Ne5 Ne4 30. Nd3 Qd6 31. Bg2 Rae8 32. Nf4 R6e7 33. Rbc1 Qf6 34. h4
h6 35. Nd3 Rd8 36. Qf3 Qe6 37. Qd1 Qd6 38. Qg4 f5 39. Qd1 Qf6 40. Qe1 Rde8 41.
Ne5 c5 42. f4 cxd4 43. exd4 g5 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Rc7 Qd6 46. Rxe7+ Rxe7 47.
fxg5 Nxg5 48. Qf2 Qf6 49. g4 f4 50. Rf1 Ba6 51. Rc1 f3 52. Rc6 Qxc6 53. Nxc6
Re2 54. Qh4 Rxg2+ 55. Kh1 Nf7 56. Ne7 f2 57. Nf5+ Kg8 58. Ne3 Rg1+ 59. Kh2 Re1
60. Kg2 Rxe3 61. Kxf2 Re2+ 62. Kf3 Re6 63. Qh5 Bd3 64. Kg3 Be4 65. Qh2 Rf6 66.
Qd2 Rf3+ 67. Kh4 Rxb3 68. Qf4 Kg7 69. Qc7 Rb1 70. Kg3 Rb4 71. g5 Rxa4 72. Qe7
Bg6 73. Qf6+ Kh7 74. Qxb6 Ra3+ 75. Kf2 a4 76. Qc5 Ra1 77. Qxd5 a3 78. Kg3 Rd1
79. Kf4 Rd2 80. Ke3 Rd3+ 81. Kf2 Rc3 82. Qa5 Nd6 83. Kg2 Rc2+ 84. Kg3 a2 85.
Qa6 Nf5+ 86. Kf4 Rf2+ 87. Ke5 Re2+ 88. Kf4 Rf2+ 89. Ke5 Ne3 90. d5 Rf5+ 91. Kd6
Rxd5+ 92. Ke6 Rf5 93. Qa7+ Bf7+ 94. Ke7 Nd5+ 95. Kf8 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup 36th"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2014.07.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2014.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. g3 c5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. e3
e5 9. b3 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 e4 13. Bg2 Ne5 14. Bb2 Qd7 15.
Qc2 Rfe8 16. d3 exd3 17. Qd2 Qf5 18. Rad1 Ne4 19. Bxe4 Qxe4 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21.
Qxd3 Qxd3 22. Rxd3 Re7 23. Rfd1 Kf8 24. Kg2 f6 25. Rd6 Rae8 26. R1d5 b6 27. Kf3
Kf7 28. Ke4 h5 29. Rd7 g6 30. R5d6 Rxd7 31. Rxd7+ Ke6 32. Rxa7 Rd8 33. Rb7 f5+
34. Kf3 Rd6 35. g4 hxg4+ 36. hxg4 Kf6 37. Kg3 e4 38. gxf5 Kxf5 39. a4 Ke5 40.
Rb8 Kf5 41. Kh4 Rf6 42. Rc8 Ke5 43. a5 bxa5 44. Rxc5+ Kd6 45. Rd5+ Kc6 46. Kg3
Rf3+ 47. Kg2 Rf5 48. Rxf5 gxf5 49. Kg3 Kc5 50. Kf4 Kb4 51. Kxf5 Kxb3 52. c5 a4
53. c6 a3 54. c7 a2 55. c8=Q a1=Q 56. Qb7+ Kc2 57. Qxe4+ Kb3 58. Qd3+ 1-0

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Nc4 c5 13. Bd2 Be4 14. Bc3 Nd5 15.
Rfc1 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Bf6 17. Ncd2 Bc6 18. Rac1 Rad8 19. R3c2 Qa5 20. Nb3 Qxa2 21.
Nfd2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qa4 23. Nxc5 Nxc5 24. Rxc5 Rd7 25. b3 Qb4 26. Ne4 Be7 27.
Rc7 Rxc7 28. Rxc7 f5 29. Nd2 Bd6 30. Rc2 b5 31. Rc6 a5 32. Nf3 Rd8 33. Qa2 Ra8
34. Rb6 Kh7 35. Qc2 Rd8 36. Ra6 Kh8 37. Qa2 Bc7 38. Rxe6 Qc3 39. Qb1 a4 40.
bxa4 bxa4 41. Qxf5 a3 42. Nh4 Qa5 43. Ng6+ Kh7 44. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit 9th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2015.07.19"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2015.07.15"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bd6 12. O-O Rb8 13. e4 b6 14. Bb2
O-O 15. e5 Bb4 16. Rfc1 Bb7 17. Rc7 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Ra8 19. Rac1 Rfe8 20. Kf3 Bf8
21. Rb7 Re7 22. Rxe7 Bxe7 23. Rc7 Bf8 24. a4 a5 25. Ke4 Rb8 26. Bc3 h5 27. d5
exd5+ 28. Kxd5 b5 29. axb5 Rxb5+ 30. Kc4 Rb8 31. Bxa5 g5 32. Bc3 g4 33. Kd3 Re8
34. Ke4 Re6 35. Kf5 Bg7 36. Bd4 Re8 37. Rd7 Re6 38. Rd5 Rg6 39. Be3 Re6 40. Bf4
Kh7 41. Kg5 Bh6+ 42. Kh4 Bxf4 43. gxf4 Ra6 44. Rd7 Kg7 45. Kxh5 Rh6+ 46. Kxg4
Rxh2 47. e6 Kf6 48. e7 1-0

[Event "China Mind Team 3rd"]
[Site "Zaozhuang"]
[Date "2015.09.01"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.08.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tianjin"]
[BlackTeam "Shandong"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
a6 9. b3 e5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. e4 Qc7 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Qxc2 14. Bxc2 exd4
15. Bb2 Nf6 16. Nxd4 Be5 17. Rad1 Rd8 18. Rfe1 Rxd5 19. Nc6 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Bf5
21. Nxe5 Bxc2 22. Rd6 Bb1 23. a3 Rc8 24. f3 Ba2 25. b4 Nd5 26. Nd3 f6 27. Bd4
Rc2 28. Bc5 Bc4 29. g3 b6 30. Bf2 Bxd3 0-1

[Event "China Mind Team KO 3rd"]
[Site "Zaozhuang"]
[Date "2015.09.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.09.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Jiangsu Province"]
[BlackTeam "Shandong"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. Nc3
d6 9. a3 O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. h3 h6 12. Ne2 Bf8 13. Ng3 Qd7 14. c3 d5 15. Qe2
Rad8 16. Bc2 g6 17. Be3 a5 18. a4 b4 19. Rad1 Ba6 20. c4 d4 21. Bc1 Qe7 22. Rf1
Nd7 23. b3 Nc5 24. Qe1 Bc8 25. Nh2 f5 26. f4 exf4 27. Rxf4 fxe4 28. Nxe4 Bf5
29. Qg3 Bxe4 30. dxe4 g5 31. Ng4 Bg7 32. Rf5 d3 33. Rxd3 Rxd3 34. Bxd3 Nxd3 35.
Qxd3 Qxe4 36. Qd7 Qd4+ 37. Qxd4 Nxd4 0-1

[Event "China Mind Team KO 3rd"]
[Site "Zaozhuang"]
[Date "2015.09.03"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.09.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Shandong"]
[BlackTeam "Jiangsu Province"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. e3 e6 4. c4 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Ne5 Bd7 10. Nd2 Be8 11. f3 Bh5 12. Qe1 Nbd7 13. Kh1 Rad8 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15.
e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 f4 17. e5 Bb4 18. a3 Bxd2 19. Qxd2 g5 20. Rae1 Bg6 21. Bxg6
hxg6 22. d5 cxd5 23. cxd5 Nb6 24. d6 Qh7 25. Qe2 Qh4 26. Rf3 g4 27. Rxf4 Qxe1+
28. Qxe1 Rxf4 29. g3 Rf5 30. Bd4 Nd5 31. Kg2 Rc8 32. Qe4 Kf7 33. Qxg4 Rc2+ 34.
Kg1 Rd2 35. Qe4 Ke8 36. Be3 Rd1+ 37. Kg2 a6 38. g4 Rf7 39. Bg5 Rdf1 40. Qa4+ b5
41. Qd4 R1f3 42. Bd2 Rxb3 43. Qc5 1-0

[Event "China Chess King 1st"]
[Site "Taizhou"]
[Date "2015.11.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2015.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 {Die Botwinnik-Variante sieht man heute eher selten.} Be7
({Die Hauptvariante entsteht nach} 10... Nbd7) 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bxf6 (12. Be3
{kommt auch vor.}) 12... Qxf6 13. g3 Na6 {[#]} (13... Bb7) 14. a4 {Kam bisher
kaum vor.} ({Der Hauptzug ist} 14. Bg2 Bb7 15. Nxb5 ({Die Alternative ist} 15.
Ne4 Qe7 16. O-O O-O-O 17. a4 f5 18. axb5 cxb5 19. Rxa6 Bxa6 20. Nc5 Qxc5 21.
dxc5 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 b4 23. Ra1 Rd8 24. Bf1 Bb5 25. b3 c3 26. Bxb5 c2 27. Be2 a5
28. Rc1 Rd2 29. Kf1 {1-0 (29) Nakamura,H (2767)-Aronian,L (2797) Saint Louis
2014}) 15... O-O-O 16. Qa4 cxb5 17. Bxb7+ Kxb7 18. Qxb5+ Ka8 19. Qc6+ Kb8 20.
Qb5+ Ka8 21. Qc6+ Kb8 22. Qb5+ Ka8 {1/2-1/2 (22) Svidler,P (2740)-Lu,S (2595)
Ningbo 2015}) 14... Nb4 15. axb5 cxb5 16. Nxb5 Kf8 {Rochade ist in dieser
Variante sowieso eine Utopie, insofern ist das ein logischer Zug auf die
weiße Gabeldrohung.} 17. Qd2 a5 {[#]} 18. Bxc4 $2 {Dafür war keine Zeit, der
Läufer fehlt bei der Verteidigung der weißen Felder und der Zug öffnet
Schwarz auch noch die c-Line.} (18. Bg2 {war nicht möglich:} Nd3+ 19. Kf1 Rb8
$19) ({Richtig war} 18. Be2 Bb7 19. f3 ({Nicht} 19. O-O $4 Rxh2 20. Kxh2 Qh8+
21. Kg1 Qh1#) 19... Nd3+ 20. Bxd3 Qxf3 21. Rf1 Qxd3 22. Qxd3 cxd3 $11 {Mit
gleichen Chancen und Spielmöglichkeiten für beiden Seiten.}) 18... Bb7 19. f3
$2 {Noch ein Fehler.} ({Nicht schön, aber besser war} 19. Rf1 Rxh2 20. Rxa5 (
20. Rc1 Bg2 21. Rg1 Bd5 $19) 20... Nc2+ 21. Kd1 Rxa5 22. Qxa5 Bg2 23. Rg1 Be4
$17) 19... Rc8 {Es stellt sich heraus, dass der Lc4 nun gar nicht ziehen kann.}
20. Qc3 (20. b3 Rxc4 21. bxc4 Qxf3 22. Rf1 Nd3+ $19) 20... Rxc4 21. Qxc4 Qxf3
22. Kd2 {[#]} (22. Rf1 Nd3+ $19 {Damenverlust oder Matt.}) 22... Rh5 $1 {
Ein nüzlicher Wartezug. Was soll Weiß jetzt ziehen?} 23. Rhe1 (23. Nd6 Qf2+
24. Qe2 Qxd4+ 25. Ke1 Re5 $19) (23. h4 Qf2+ 24. Qe2 Qxe2+ 25. Kxe2 Bxh1 26.
Rxh1 Rxb5 $19) 23... Rxh2+ 24. Re2 Bd5 25. Qc8+ Kg7 26. Rxh2 Qd3+ 27. Ke1 Qxg3+
28. Rf2 Nd3+ 29. Ke2 Nxf2 30. Qc3 Qg2 31. Ke1 Ne4 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 23rd"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2016.05.09"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.05.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[BlackTeam "Novosibirsk Siberia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. d4 e6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Bd6 10. Re1 h6 11. Qc1 ({Diese Variante kennt Bu auch aus der
anderen Perspektive:} 11. h3 Re8 12. Qc2 e5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bc3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qg5 19. Kf1 Bf5 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21.
Rac1 Rac8 22. Qd2 Qe5 23. Kg1 g6 24. Red1 h5 25. a4 Rc6 26. Rxc6 bxc6 27. Rc1
Rb8 28. Rc3 c5 29. Rxc5 Rxb3 30. Qd1 Ra3 31. Rxd5 Qa1 32. Qxa1 Rxa1+ 33. Kh2
Rxa4 34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 Rxg4 {1/2-1/2 (35) Sargissian,G (2693)-Bu,X (2670)
Istanbul 2012}) ({In einigen Vorgängerpartie geschah} 11. e4 {z.B.:} dxc4 12.
bxc4 e5 13. c5 Bc7 14. Qc2 exd4 15. Ne2 Ng4 16. Nexd4 Nde5 17. h3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3
Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Be3 Qf6 21. Rad1 Rd8 22. Qc4 Bc7 23. Qc2 Qg6 24. Kf1 Bd7
25. f4 Qf6 26. f5 b6 27. Nf3 bxc5 28. Bxc5 Bg3 29. Bd4 Qe7 30. Bc5 Qf6 31. Bf2
Bxf2 32. Kxf2 Qe7 33. e5 Be8 34. Qc3 c5 35. f6 Qe6 36. Qxc5 gxf6 37. Rd6 Rxd6
38. exd6 Qxa2+ 39. Re2 Qa4 40. Qf5 Kg7 41. Re7 Rd8 42. d7 Bxd7 43. Qd5 Qc2+ 44.
Kg1 Qxg2+ 45. Kxg2 Bxh3+ 46. Kxh3 Rxd5 47. Ra7 Ra5 48. Nd4 Kg6 49. Nc6 Ra3+ 50.
Kh4 Ra4+ 51. Kh3 h5 {1/2-1/2 (51) Bacrot,E (2705)-Rublevsky,S (2681) Poikovsky
2011}) 11... e5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. e4 exd4 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Qf6 16. Qc4
Nb6 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd5 {Eine nahezu symmetrische Stellung, in der
Weiß aber zwei Tempi gewonnen hat. Der Ld2 ist entwickelt, ebenso der Te1.
Und Weiß ist am Zug. Objektiv ist die Stellung wohl ausgeglichen, aber es
gibt ein paar Feinheiten.} 19. Be4 Nf6 ({Im Sinne der Symmetrie hätte man} 
19... Be5 {fortsetzen können:} 20. Bxd5 Bxd4 21. Rad1 ({Nach} 21. Rac1 {
verliert Weiß einen Bauern:} Rd8 22. Bf3 Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Rxd2+ 24. Re2 Rxe2+
25. Kxe2 Rb8 {Zum Gewinn reicht der schwarze Mehrbauer wegen der Aktivität
der weißen Steine jedoch nicht:} 26. Rc7 b6 27. Bd5 Bg4+ 28. Kf2 Bh5 $11)
21... Bg4 {mit der interessanten Möglichkeit} 22. Bb4 $5 ({Oder} 22. Rc1 Rad8
23. Bxb7 Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Rxd2+ 25. Kg3 Be2 26. a4 $11) 22... Bxd1 23. Rxd1 Rfd8
24. Rxd4 Rd7 25. Ba5 {Weiß hat zwei Läufer für den Turm. Wahrscheinlich
endet die Partie remis.}) 20. Bf3 Bc5 21. Be3 Rb8 22. h3 (22. Rac1 Ba3 23. Rcd1
Bg4 $11) 22... Bd7 23. Ne6 Bxe6 ({Den Qualitätsverlust} 23... Bxe3 24. Nxf8
Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Kxf8 $18 {kann sich Schwarz nicht leisten.}) 24. Bxc5 {Weiß
hat das Läuferpaar gewonnen. Die Partie ist immer noch ausgeglichen, aber
etwas bequemer für Weiß.} Rfd8 25. Rad1 {Droht Tausch auf d8 und Lxb7.} Nd5
26. Re5 b6 ({Möglich war auch} 26... Nc3 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Bxb7 Nxa2 29. Bxa6
Bxb3 $11) 27. Bxd5 bxc5 28. Rd3 a5 29. Be4 Rxd3 30. Bxd3 $11 {Mit der letzten
Abwicklung wurden die schwarzen Bauern am Damenflügel vereinzelt, was aber
nicht ins Gewicht fallen sollte. [#]} a4 31. bxa4 c4 32. Be4 g5 $2 {Eine
Nachlässigkeit mit bösen Folgen. [#]} ({Richtig war} 32... Rb2 33. f4 (33.
Rb5 c3) 33... g6 {und auf} 34. a5 Rxa2 35. Bb7 $2 (35. g4 c3 36. Rc5 $11) {
bringt} 35... c3 {Schwarz schon in Vorteil:} 36. a6 Bc4 $17) 33. Rb5 $16 {
Nun hat Schwarz ernsthafte Probleme.} Rc8 34. a5 {Wie hält man den a-Bauern
auf?} c3 35. a6 Bc4 36. a4 $1 {Die Pointe.} ({Weniger überzeugend ist} 36. Ra5
c2 37. Bxc2 Bxa6 38. Rxa6 Rxc2) 36... Rc7 (36... Bxb5 37. axb5 c2 38. Bxc2 Rxc2
39. b6 {Und einer der Bauern läuft durch.}) 37. Rb7 Rc8 (37... Rc5 38. a7 Ra5
39. Rb8+ $18) 38. a7 Bd5 39. Rb8 (39. Bxd5 $4 c2 {Haha.}) 1-0

[Event "Danzhou 7th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2016.07.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2016.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game occured in the first round and both players are in a fighting mood.
Harikrishna plays his pet-Catalan and boldly enters Bu's favorite Anti-Catalan
system, making this game both instructive and theoretically important.} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8. Qb5 $5 {
This also is Avrukh's recommendation in his latest opening manual "GM
Repertoire 1.d4 1A."} ({Bu also recently faced the other popular line here:} 8.
Bxb4 Ndxb4 9. O-O Rb8 10. Na3 O-O 11. Qb5 b6 $1 12. Qxc4 Ba6 13. Nb5 Qd5 14.
Qxd5 Nxd5 15. a4 Na5 16. Ne5 (16. Rfe1 c6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (31) Zhou Weiqi (2635)
-Bu Xiangzhi (2719) China CHN 2016}) 16... Rbd8 $11 {0-1 (41) Ghaem Maghami,E 
(2549)-Bu Xiangzhi (2724) Abu Dhabi UAE 2016, where he both successfully
equalized from the opening.}) 8... Bxd2+ 9. Nbxd2 c3 10. bxc3 Nxc3 11. Qb2 ({
Another moves tried here was} 11. Qd3 {which Avrukh recommends this in his book
} Nd5 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfc1 h6 (13... Qe7 14. a3 Rd8 15. Rab1 $44 Nb6 {and here
in 1/2-1/2 (45) Studer,N (2438)-Demuth,A (2550) Bad Ragaz SUI 2016, White
could've played:} (15... f6 16. e3 $44) 16. Rxc6 $1 bxc6 17. Ne5 Bd7 (17... Bb7
18. Bxc6 Rab8 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Nc6) (17... Qf8 18. Nxc6 Re8 19. Ne4 f6 20. Nc5
$14 {with a strong bind}) 18. Bxc6 Rab8 19. Bxd7 Nxd7 20. Nc6 Rxb1+ 21. Qxb1
Qe8 22. Nxd8 Qxd8 23. Qb7 Qb8 24. Qc6 $14) 14. e3 {this is the novelty
recommended by Avrukh in his book} ({previously played was} 14. Rab1 Nde7 15.
Nb3 a5 16. Qc2 Ra7 17. e3 b6 $1 $11 {1/2-1/2 (23) Ponomariov,R (2743)
-Frolyanov,D (2610) Olginka 2011}) 14... Qe7 15. a3 ({Avrukh here recommends} 
15. Rab1 {first but it simply transposes to the mainline}) 15... Rd8 16. Rab1 {
White has a typical position & compensation. This is similar to the game under
move-order 13...Qe7, only h6 & e3 are inserted} (16. Qb3 {only helps Black} Na5
17. Qc2 c6 {1/2-1/2 (81) Donchenko,A (2569)-Sanikidze,T (2537) Drancy FRA 2016}
(17... b6 $5 18. Ne5 Bb7 19. Ndc4 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 Rac8 $1 {...c5 is next} 21. Nc6
Bxc6 22. Qxc6 Qd6 $15)) 16... a6 (16... f6 17. Nh4 $1) (16... Nb6 17. Qb3 $5 (
17. Qc3 Nd5 18. Qb2 $44 {Avrukh}) (17. Rxc6 $5 bxc6 18. Ne5 Qf8 19. Nxc6 Re8
20. Ne4 $44) 17... Bd7 18. Ne1 $1 Be8 19. Nd3 $14) 17. Nc4 Ra7 18. Nce5 $1 Bd7
19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Rb2 Nce7 21. Qb1 b6 22. Rbc2 $44) 11... Na4 $1 {[%csl Gb6]
[%cal Gc3a4,Ga4b6] Retreating to a safe square with gain of time.} ({The other
retreat is} 11... Nd5 12. O-O O-O 13. Rac1 $1 {with the queen already putting
pressure on the b-file, it makes more sense to place the Rs on c & d-files}
Nde7 (13... Nb6 14. Rfd1 Bd7 15. Nb3 Ne7 16. Ne5 c6 17. Nc5 $16 {1-0 (27)
Nilsen,J (2362)-Oszczanowski,W (2084) Prague CZE 2015}) 14. Rfd1 Rb8 15. Nc4
Bd7 16. e4 $36 {and Black can only sit and wait for White to keep making
progress, a very unpleasant position to be in.}) 12. Qc2 Nb6 13. e3 $5 $146 {
White want to keep things flexible as far as where he wants to place his
knight.} (13. Nb3 O-O 14. O-O Qe7 15. Rfc1 a5 $6 (15... Rd8 $142 16. e3 Rb8 17.
Nc5 $44) 16. e3 Bd7 17. a3 (17. Nc5 Rfb8 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Ne1 $1 $14 {[%cal
Ge1d3,Gd3c5,Gc1c7]}) 17... Nd5 18. Nc5 Rfb8 19. e4 Nf6 {1-0 (37) Kantor,G 
(2403)-Der Manuelian,H (2163) Porto Carras GRE 2015, here White can easily
increase his edge with} 20. d5 $1 exd5 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Re1 Qd6 (22... Qd8 23.
Rad1 Nce7 24. Ng5 Bf5 25. Bxd5 Bxc2 26. Bxf7+ Kh8 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Rxe7 $16)
(22... Be6 23. Nxb7 $16) 23. Ng5 g6 24. Rac1 $40) 13... O-O 14. O-O Qe7 15.
Rac1 $6 ({I believe it's better to use the other R on the c-file due to an
important detail as will be seen later in the game:} 15. Rfc1 Rd8 16. Nb3 (16.
Rab1 $6 e5 $1) 16... Rb8 17. Nc5 Nd5 18. a3 $1 {necessary prophylaxis. Now
Black cannot play} (18. Rab1 b6 $1 19. Nd3 Bb7 20. Nfe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Rbc8 22.
Nc6 Bxc6 23. Qxc6 Qd6 {Black is ok, and it's White who has to be careful to
avoid being worse.} 24. Qa4 c5 $1 $36 25. dxc5 Rxc5 26. Rxc5 (26. Rd1 Qe7) (26.
Qxa7 Nc3) 26... Qxc5 27. Qxa7 Nc3 $15) 18... b6 $2 ({It's best to play useful
waiting moves} 18... h6 19. Rab1 b6 $6 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Qxc6 Qxa3 22. Ra1 Qd6
23. e4 $14) 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Qxc6 $14 {White has regained the pawn and has a
nice bind on the queenside.}) 15... Rd8 16. Nb3 Rb8 17. Nc5 Nd5 18. a3 h6 $1 {
Prophylactic against a later Nf3-g5.} ({Too hasty is} 18... b6 19. Nxe6 Bxe6
20. Qxc6 Qxa3 {just to point out if White played 15.Rfc1, this won't even be
possiblity as the a-pawn is defended by the a1-rook!} 21. Ng5 Qd6 22. Nxe6 fxe6
23. Bh3 Kf7 24. Qb5 $14 {[%csl Ra7,Rc6,Rc7,Re6,Rf7][%cal Gc1c7,Gh3e6,Gb5a6,
Gb5c6] nevertheless, White is still better here thanks to his active pieces
and weaknesses in Black's position.}) 19. Rfe1 {Preparing e4 followed by a d5
pawn break, unfortunately Black intiaties action first!} ({Maybe a better
square is d1 in light of the following forcing line but there isn't much
difference in the ensuing complex positions:} 19. Rfd1 b6 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21.
Qxc6 Qxa3 22. Ne5 $1 (22. Ra1 $2 Qd6 $1 23. Qxd6 cxd6 24. Rxa7 b5 25. e4 Nc3
$17) 22... Nb4 (22... Qd6 23. Qxd6 Rxd6 24. e4 Nb4 25. d5 $16) 23. Qe4 Rbc8 24.
Ra1 Qc3 (24... Qb3 25. Rdb1 Qc3 26. Rxa7) 25. Rxa7 c5 26. Bf3 $13) 19... b6 $1
20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Qxc6 Qxa3 22. Ra1 (22. Ne5 $5 Nb4 23. Qe4 (23. Qxc7 Rdc8)
23... Rbc8 24. Ra1 Qc3 25. Rec1 $1 (25. Red1 c5 $1 (25... a5)) (25. Rxa7 $4
Qxe1+) 25... Qd2 26. Rd1 Qc3 27. Rxa7 c5 28. Bf3 $13) 22... Qd6 {This is the
exact position from line B) starting with 15.Rfc1, only here the white R is on
e1 instead of the more useful c1 which is clearly a gain for Black.} 23. Qxd6
cxd6 $1 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Gd6e5,Gf3e5] Covering the important e5-square} 24.
Rxa7 Nc3 {The forcing moves has ended and by giving back the pawn, Black has
managed to trade off White's most active piece, kept the enemy knight off e5 &
c6, and gained a passed pawn on the queenside. Therefore it's safe to say that
the momentum has shifted and it's White who has to play carefully in the next
phase of the game.} 25. e4 $1 {White has to quickly create counterplay.} (25.
Bf1 $2 b5 26. e4 d5 $1 27. e5 b4 (27... Bf5 $1) 28. Nd2 Bf5 $1 29. Nb3 Bc2 $17)
25... b5 26. d5 $1 (26. Bf1 $2 d5 $1 {see note to move 25.}) 26... Bg4 $1 {
Giving White practical problems.} (26... Bd7 27. Nd4 b4 28. Nc6 Bxc6 29. dxc6
Rbc8 30. e5 dxe5 31. Rb7 $11) 27. Nd4 (27. h3 $2 Bxf3 28. Bxf3 b4 $19) 27... b4
{White to play *******************************} 28. h3 $6 {Alas, White errs.
This only helps Black's cause of promoting his b-pawn.} (28. Nc6 {is better
according to the best analyst in the world (Komodo 10), but it's not easy to
play such a move otb without objectively working out a way to stop a passed
pawn queening! Not to mention the time pressure involved at this stage.} b3 29.
Nxd8 (29. Nxb8 Rxb8 30. f3 b2 31. fxg4 Ne2+ $1 32. Kf1 Nc1 {Black queens!})
29... b2 30. f3 $2 {hoping for a R sac on b1, but--} (30. Nb7 $2 Bd1 $19) (30.
Rb7 $2 Rxb7 31. Nxb7 Bd1 $1 {Black queens!}) ({the only way to stop it is} 30.
Bf1 $3 b1=Q (30... Bd1 31. Bd3 $18) 31. Rxb1 Rxb1 32. Kg2 Nxe4 $11 {and the
game will most likely end in a draw.}) 30... Ne2+ $1 (30... b1=Q 31. Rxb1 Rxb1+
32. Kf2 Rb2+ 33. Ke3 Rxg2 (33... Nd1+ 34. Kd3 Bh5 $14) 34. fxg4 $16) 31. Kf1
Nc1 $19 {Black queens again!}) 28... Bd1 $1 {Harikrishna probably
underestimated the strength of this move.} 29. e5 $2 {"Mistakes don't come
singly" as they say.} (29. Nc6 b3 30. Nxb8 (30. Bf1 b2 31. Bd3) 30... Rxb8 {
and now K10 amazingly shows that White can still hold with:} 31. Bf1 $3 b2 32.
Bd3 Be2 $1 (32... b1=Q $2 33. Bxb1 Rxb1 34. e5 dxe5 35. d6 $16) 33. Bc2 Bf3 $1
{with the idea of ...Bxe4} 34. Ra3 {White is just in time} Bxe4 35. Rxc3 Bxc2
36. Rxc2 b1=Q 37. Rxb1 Rxb1+ $11 {with a theoretically drawn R ending. But of
course it's impossible to see all this during the game.}) 29... b3 30. e6 $5 {
Giving Black a choice - a chance to go wrong} fxe6 {The practical choice,
avoiding too much complications.} ({Most accurate is} 30... b2 {but once again
it requires very accurate analysis} 31. exf7+ Kh8 32. Nc6 Rf8 $3 (32... b1=Q $2
33. Nxd8 {and it's Black who's in trouble!}) 33. Nxb8 b1=Q 34. Nc6 Ne2+ 35. Kh2
g5 {White is still fighting, but Black's material advantage will eventually
tell e.g.} 36. Re7 Qf5 37. Rf1 Nc3 $17) 31. Rxe6 $2 {The last mistake of the
game.} (31. Nxe6 $1 {could've led to a study-like draw:} b2 32. Rxg7+ {I'm
sure Hari saw this possibility, but he probably missed something later down
the line} Kh8 33. Rxd1 Nxd1 34. Be4 b1=Q 35. Rh7+ $1 {maybe this?!? Because
our chess brains easily default to capturing a promoted queen whenever we can.}
(35. Bxb1 Rxb1 $19) 35... Kg8 36. Rg7+ Kh8 37. Rh7+ $11) 31... Bc2 ({But it's
also not yet too late for Black to mess up:} 31... b2 $4 32. Nf5 b1=Q (32...
Kf8 33. Rxg7 {and none of the Black pieces can prevent mate!}) 33. Rxg7+ Kh8 (
33... Kf8 34. Rf6+ Ke8 35. Re7#) 34. Rxh6#) 32. Nxb3 {White is forced to give
up material. The rest of the game sees White giving Black technical problems,
but Bu eventually achieves better coordination for his pieces starts to create
stronger threats, eventually converting his material advantage.} Rxb3 33. Ree7
g5 34. Rac7 (34. Rg7+ Kh8 {doesn't lead anywhere.}) 34... Bf5 (34... Rf8 {
is the safest, with the idea of stabilizing the bishop on f5.}) 35. Rg7+ Kh8
36. Rgf7 Ne2+ 37. Kh2 Nd4 38. g4 Bd3 39. f4 {White is exchanging as many pawns
to reach a drawish situation but the downside is that it weakens his king.}
gxf4 40. Rxf4 Rb2 41. Rcf7 Ne2 42. Rf2 Rdb8 43. R7f6 Nc3 44. Rxh6+ Kg7 45. Rhf6
{It seems like White is making progress trading & picking up pawns, but now
it's Black's turn to call the shots.} Nd1 $1 $19 {Exploiting the precarious
position of the White pieces.} (45... Rxf2 $6 46. Rxf2 Rb5 47. h4 Nxd5 48. Rd2
Nf4 49. Kg3 Rb4 {with Black's pieces tied up and 2 pawns about to roll,
there's still some work to be done.}) 46. Rxb2 (46. Rf7+ Kg8 47. Rxb2 Rxb2 48.
Rf6 Be4 $19) 46... Rxb2 {[%csl Rf6,Rg2,Rh2]} 47. Rxd6 Bf1 {This is already
resignable.} (47... Be4 $19) 48. Kg3 Rxg2+ 49. Kf4 Rf2+ 50. Kg5 Nc3 51. Rg6+
Kf7 52. d6 Ne4+ 53. Kh6 Rd2 54. Rg7+ Kf8 55. g5 Nxd6 56. Kh7 Bxh3 57. g6 Be6 $1
{A nice last move--dominating the enemy rook while creating a mate threat,
forcing White to resign. So far, Bu's pet variation (4...dxc4, 5...Nc6) is a
solid equalizer against the Catalan. And if White is not aware of the nuances,
Black can even achieve good chances to fight for more than equality.} 0-1

[Event "Danzhou 7th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2016.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2016.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rc1 c5 11. Qe2 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. cxd5 Nxc3 14. Rxc3
Bxd5 15. e4 Bb7 16. b4 Rac8 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. b5 c4 19. Rxc4 Rxc4 20. Bxc4 Qb4
21. Rd1 Rc8 22. Rxd7 Rxc4 23. h4 Qxb5 24. Rd8+ Kh7 25. Kh2 Rb4 26. Qxb5 Rxb5
27. Nd4 Rb4 28. f3 Kg6 29. Nb3 Bc6 30. Rc8 Bb5 31. Rc7 Ra4 32. h5+ Kf6 33. e5+
Kf5 34. Kg3 g5 35. Nc1 a5 36. Rxf7+ Kxe5 37. Rh7 Rh4 38. Rxh6 a4 39. a3 Bc4 40.
Kf2 Rh1 41. Ne2 Ra1 42. Rg6 Bd3 43. Rxg5+ Kf6 44. f4 Rxa3 45. Ng3 Ra1 46. h6 a3
47. Rg7 a2 48. Nh5+ Kf5 49. h7 Rf1+ 50. Ke3 Re1+ 51. Kxd3 Rd1+ 52. Ke3 Re1+ 53.
Kf3 Rf1+ 54. Kg3 a1=Q 55. Rg5+ Ke4 56. Re5+ 1-0

[Event "CHN-chT"]
[Site "China"]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.04.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Shenzhen"]
[BlackTeam "Shandong"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5
15. Rab1 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Bf1 Qb4 18. Qb2 Qb6 19. Kh1 Qd8 20. Qd2 e6 21.
Bg5 Qf8 22. Rd1 h6 23. Be3 Rd8 24. a3 Nd7 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Ne5 27. Rb3 Rdc8
28. h3 g5 29. Be2 Qe7 30. Qxd6 Qxd6 31. Rxd6 Ra1+ 32. Bg1 Nxc4 33. Bxc4 Ba4 34.
Bxe6 fxe6 35. Nxa4 Rcc1 36. Rxe6 Rxg1+ 37. Kh2 h5 38. Kg3 Ra2 39. Nb2 Bxb2 40.
Kh2 Raa1 41. Kg3 Kf7 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nc3
d6 9. a3 Bb7 10. Re1 Re8 11. Ba2 h6 12. h3 Bf8 13. Be3 Ne7 14. d4 exd4 15. Bxd4
Nc6 16. Be3 Qd7 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Na5 19. Qd3 c6 20. Ba2 d5 21. Rad1 Qc7
22. exd5 cxd5 23. Bxd5 Rad8 24. Qf5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Qxd5 Qxc2 27. Qd7
Qc8 28. Qxc8 Rxc8 29. Kf1 f6 30. Nd2 Rc2 31. Rb1 b4 32. axb4 Bxb4 33. Nf3 Nc4
34. Bd4 a5 35. b3 Nd6 36. Ra1 Ne4 37. Bb6 Kf7 38. Kg1 g5 39. Bxa5 Bc5 40. Be1
Nxf2 41. Kf1 Nd3 42. Bd2 Rb2 43. Ra6 Rxb3 44. Ke2 h5 45. Rc6 Bb4 46. Bxb4 Nf4+
47. Kf2 Rxb4 48. Rc2 g4 49. hxg4 hxg4 50. Ng1 Rb3 51. Ne2 Nd3+ 52. Kg3 f5 53.
Rc3 Rxc3 54. Nxc3 Kf6 55. Kh4 Ke5 56. Kg5 Ne1 57. g3 Nf3+ 58. Kg6 Nd2 59. Ne2
Ne4 60. Kh5 Kf6 61. Kh6 Nc5 62. Nf4 Ne6 63. Nh5+ Ke5 64. Kg6 Nd4 65. Ng7 Ke4
66. Nh5 Kf3 67. Kf6 Ne2 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.09"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 $5 {A comparatively
rare variation.} ({The main line goes} 6. Re1 d6 7. a4) 6... d6 {I may be
wrong, but after this slow move both players were on their own, without
previous home preparation.} ({The alternative is} 6... d5 {in the spirit of
the Marshall attack:} 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. h3 a5 9. a4 (9. a3 Nd4 {Radjabov,T (2740)
-Ponomariov,R (2733) Medias 2010 CBM 137 [Rogozenco,D] (½-½, 30)}) 9... Nd4 {
Karjakin,S (2723)-Gelfand,B (2758) Khanty-Mansiysk 2009 CBM 134 [Gelfand,B] 
(0-1, 33)}) 7. c3 Be6 {A natural developing move, but in the long run the
bishop may be exposed to the threat d3-d4-d5.} ({Playing in the spirit of the
Chigorin Ruy Lopez looks entirely viable:} 7... Na5 8. Bc2 c5 9. d4 (9. h3 Nc6
10. Re1 Qc7 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Nf1 Nd7 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 d5 $132 {Bortnyk,O 
(2588)-Wang,H (2712) Abu Dhabi 2016 (0-1, 23)}) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. d5
Nb4 12. Bb3 a5 13. a3 Na6 14. Bc2 Bd7 15. Bd2 a4 16. Re1 b5 $11 {Tiviakov,S 
(2639)-Nikolic,P (2601) Leiden 2015 (0-1, 48)}) 8. Re1 (8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. Qb3 Qc8
{stops the white initiative for instance} 10. Ng5 $6 Nd8) 8... Qd7 9. Nbd2 Rab8
$5 $146 {A mysterious move. At first I thought it was aimed at defending b7,
but it looks more probable that it was a way of preparing ..b7-b5 in one of
the lines below.} ({After the natural} 9... Rad8 {Black has to reckon with} 10.
d4 $146 exd4 11. cxd4 Bg4 ({The discussion about the b7-pawn does not make
sense. After} 11... Bxb3 12. Qxb3 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Rxe4 Qd5 {
with just some compensation, the rook is needed on d8, of course.}) 12. Ba4 $1
$14) (9... Bxb3 10. Qxb3 (10. axb3 a5 $5) 10... Nd8 $146 {[%cal Gc7c6,Gd8e6]
looks like the most flexible way of freeing Black's position. For instance} 11.
d4 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Nh5 14. g3 c6 {The control on the light squares
offers Black good manoeuvring possibilities.}) ({What is not very clear to me
is why did Black prefer the game move over} 9... a6 {with similar ideas.}) 10.
Bc2 (10. d4 {runs into} exd4 11. cxd4 Bg4 12. h3 (12. Ba4 b5 $1) 12... Bh5 {
and White does not have adequate ways of maintaining his central pawns intact.}
13. Qc2 (13. g4 Nxg4 14. hxg4 Qxg4+ 15. Kh1 Nxd4 16. Re3 Qf4 17. Kg2 Bg5 18.
Rd3 Qg4+ 19. Kf1 Qh3+ 20. Kg1 Bxd2 21. Nxd4 Qxd3 22. Qxd2 Qxe4 $19) 13... Na5
$11) (10. Nf1 {looks like a constructive alternative.}) 10... d5 $5 {Very
provocative and eventually successful!} 11. h3 ({I assume Carlsen considered
that after the imemdiate pawn grabbing} 11. exd5 Bxd5 12. Nxe5 ({Actually I
find Black's position a bit artificial after} 12. h3 Bd6 13. Nf1) 12... Nxe5
13. Rxe5 Bd6 14. Re1 Rbe8 {offers Black too much initiative, partly because of
the lack of defence of the g4-square. Here are a couple of lines sustaining
this point of view.} 15. Nf1 (15. Nc4 Qg4 $1 $19) 15... Qg4 16. Qxg4 Bxh2+ $1
17. Kh1 (17. Nxh2 Rxe1+ 18. Nf1 Nxg4 $19) (17. Kxh2 Nxg4+ 18. Kg3 Rxe1 $19)
17... Nxg4 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. f3 Bd6 20. fxg4 Re2 $44 21. Ba4 $3 {[%csl Gc6]} (
21. Bb3 Bc6 $1 22. d4 Be4 $1) 21... Rxg2 22. Ne3 Rh2+ 23. Kg1 Rh1+ 24. Kf2 Rh2+
{with a perpetual.}) 11... h6 {Preventing Ng5 and reckoning with the fact that
after h2-h3 Black gets attacking chances in another way than in the lines
above.} 12. exd5 {Picking up the gauntlet. Being a world champion creates
certain obligations.} Nxd5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Bd6 15. Re1 Bxh3 $1 {Due to
his advance in development, Black gets full compensation for the sacrifced
piece.} 16. gxh3 Qxh3 17. Nf1 {The most consistent move.} (17. Qf3 {would have
allowed (and forced!) a draw by perpetual:} Bh2+ 18. Kh1 Bg3+) (17. Nf3 $2 {
runs into problems:} Rbe8 18. Bd2 (18. d4 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Qxf3) (18. Rxe8 Rxe8
19. d4 Re6 $19 {[%cal Gf7f5,Ge6g6]}) 18... Rxe1+ 19. Bxe1 Nf4 $19) 17... Rbe8 {
Black's play flows naturally, in a similar way to the Marshall attack main
lines. For White, there are small choices on each step and the correct answer
is not always obvious. This slightly speaks against Carlsen's decision to
allow the sacrifice.} 18. d4 (18. Bb3 c6 19. Bd2 Re6 20. Rxe6 fxe6 21. Qe1 Rf6
22. Qe4 Kf7 $44) 18... f5 19. Bb3 c6 20. f4 Kh7 (20... g5 $5 {, immedoately
putting pressure on f4, may have been even stronger:} 21. Re2 ({The point is
that} 21. fxg5 $2 {clears the fourth rank for the rook:} Re4 $19) 21... Kg7 22.
Rf2 Nxf4 23. Bxf4 Bxf4 24. Qf3 Qxf3 25. Rxf3 Re7 26. Rd1 h5 {Black has only
two pawns for the piece but the compact kingside mass is threatening.}) {
Black has a strong attack for the piece and White faces the threat on f4.
Carlsen decides on parrying it in a simplistic way.} 21. Bxd5 $2 {This bishop
was important because it now only was ready taking on d5 when really needed
but also defended the queen.} (21. Re2 $1 {was the only way of staying out of
troubles. Black would have retained compensation for the piece, even though
not necessarily entirely adequate.} Nxf4 (21... Rxe2 22. Qxe2 Rf6 23. Bxd5 cxd5
24. Nh2 Rg6+ 25. Kh1 Rg4 26. Bd2 Bxf4 27. Bxf4 Rxf4 28. Rf1 $44) (21... Qg4+
22. Rg2 $16 {[%cal Gb3d1]}) 22. Rh2 Qg4+ 23. Qxg4 fxg4 $44 {/+/=}) 21... cxd5
22. Re3 (22. Re2 {does not work anymore:} Qg4+ {[%csl Gd1]} 23. Kf2 g5 24. fxg5
Re4 $40) 22... Rxe3 23. Bxe3 g5 $19 {Being incompletely developed, White is
helpless now against the combined attack of Black's pieces and pawns.} 24. Kf2
(24. fxg5 f4 25. Qc2+ Rf5 {[%cal Gf4f3]} (25... Kh8 26. Qg6) 26. Bf2 f3 27. Be3
Kh8 28. c4 Qg4+ 29. Kh1 Qh4+ 30. Kg1 f2+ 31. Bxf2 Rxg5+) 24... gxf4 25. Qf3 (
25. Bd2 Qh4+ 26. Kf3 Rg8 $19) 25... fxe3+ 26. Nxe3 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Rg8 {Black is
attacking with equal material already.} 28. Qxf5+ Rg6 $1 ({The only way to
avoid the repetition. If} 28... Kh8 29. Qf6+ Rg7 30. Nf5 $11 {it is Black
already who needs to look for a perpetual.}) 29. Ke1 h5 $6 {This could have
spoiled the win, as it is by one tempo too slow.} ({Black should have unpinned
the rook at once. He would escape from perpetual with a curious manoeuvre:} 
29... Kg7 $1 30. Qd7+ Kh8 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Qd7+ Rg7 33. Qf5+ Kh8 34. Qc8+ Rg8
$19) 30. Kd1 $2 ({Missing his chance with:} 30. Rd1 $1 {Good or bad, White
needs to complete his development. Even great players tend to forget simple
things under the pressure.} Kh6 31. Rd2 Rg1+ 32. Nf1 Qh4+ 33. Rf2 {and White
is entirely safe already.}) 30... Kh6 31. Nc2 h4 {The rest is agony. There is
no perpetual, the white king is in danger and the h-pawn unstoppable.} 32. Ne1
h3 33. Nf3 Qg2 34. Ne1 Qg4+ 35. Qxg4 Rxg4 36. Nf3 Rg1+ $5 (36... Rg1+ 37. Nxg1
h2) 0-1

[Event "CHN-chT"]
[Site "China"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "16.1"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.04.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Shandong Jingzhi"]
[BlackTeam "Chendu Beilei Youth"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. e3 Na5 8. Nd2
c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc4 Bd7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Bd3 Be7 13. Qe2 Nd5 14. Bxe7 Nxc3
15. Bxd8 Nxe2+ 16. Bxe2 Kxd8 17. b4 Nc6 18. Nc4 Ke7 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. b5 axb5 21.
axb5 Nb4 22. e4 Nc2 23. Rad1 Rhd8 24. Rd2 Na3 25. Nxd7 1-0

[Event "Danzhou 9th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2018.07.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2018.07.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Na3
O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Re1 Kh8 11. b4 Ne7 12. d4 Ng6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5
15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 b5 18. h3 Qe8 19. Nc2 a5 20. axb5 Qxb5 21.
bxa5 Rxa5 22. Rxa5 Qxa5 23. Ne1 Rb8 24. Kh2 h6 25. Qe2 Rb1 26. Nf3 Qa1 27. g3
Rb2 28. Nd2 Qc1 29. Rd3 Ra2 30. Kg2 Kh7 31. Qf1 Qc2 32. c4 Ne8 33. Qb1 Nd6 34.
Qxc2 Rxc2 35. h4 Kg6 36. Kh3 h5 37. f3 Kf6 38. g4 hxg4+ 39. fxg4 Nxc4 40. Nf3
Re2 41. g5+ Kg6 42. Rc3 Nd6 43. Nxe5+ Kh5 44. Rxc7 Re3+ 45. Kg2 Rxe4 46. Nf7
Nf5 47. Kf3 Rxh4 48. Rc8 Kg6 49. Rc7 Rd4 50. Ra7 Rb4 51. Rd7 Kh5 52. Ra7 Rb1
53. Kf4 Rf1+ 54. Ke5 Re1+ 55. Kf4 Ne3 56. Nh8 Nd5+ 57. Kf3 Rf1+ 58. Ke4 g6 59.
Rg7 Nf4 60. Nf7 Kg4 61. Ke5 Re1+ 62. Kf6 Nh5+ 63. Kxg6 Nxg7 64. Kxg7 Kf5 65. g6
e5 66. Nh6+ Ke6 67. Nf7 e4 68. Ng5+ Ke7 69. Kh7 Rh1+ 70. Kg8 e3 0-1

[Event "Danzhou 9th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2018.07.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.07.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 d6 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. e3
Nxg3 9. hxg3 Bd7 10. Ndb5 Qb6 11. Qd2 O-O-O 12. Ne4 Kb8 13. Nbxd6 f5 14. c5 Qc7
15. Ng5 Ne5 16. Rc1 Bxd6 17. cxd6 Qb6 18. Qd4 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Qxb6 axb6
21. f4 Ng4 22. Rxh7 Rc1+ 23. Kd2 Rxf1 24. Rxg7 Rf2+ 25. Kc3 Nf6 26. Rf7 Nd5+
27. Kb3 Bc6 28. d7 Bxd7 29. Rxd7 Rxg2 30. Nxe6 Rxg3 31. Rd8+ Ka7 32. Rxd5 Rxe3+
33. Kc4 Rxe6 34. Rxf5 Re2 35. b4 Rxa2 36. b5 Ra4+ 37. Kd3 Kb8 38. Ke3 Ra3+ 39.
Ke4 Ra4+ 40. Kf3 Rd4 41. Ke3 Rd1 42. Ke4 Re1+ 43. Kd4 Rd1+ 44. Ke5 Kc7 45. Rg5
Re1+ 46. Kd5 Rf1 47. f5 Kd7 48. Rg7+ Kd8 49. Ke6 Re1+ 50. Kf7 Kd7 51. f6 Kd6
52. Kf8 Ra1 53. Rg2 Rb1 54. f7 Rxb5 55. Rg6+ Kc7 56. Kg7 Rf5 57. Rf6 1-0

