[Event "EU-Cup 14th Group7"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1998.11.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.11.07"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Petah-Tikva Elitzur"]
[BlackTeam "Zemun Agrouniverzal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 (6... Bg4 7. Qb3
Qc7 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 $14) 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. Be2 Be7 (10...
Qxb3 $14) (10... Qc7 11. h3 Nb6 {[P 12.c5 bd7, ...e5]} 12. Rc1 dxc4 13. Bxc4
Nxc4 14. Qxc4 Rd8 15. e4 Qd7 16. e5 Nd5 17. Bg5 f6 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Be3 Bd6
20. Ne4 Kf7 21. Qe2 Rde8 22. Qf3 Kg7 23. O-O Bb8 24. Rfe1 Qc7 25. Kf1 Qa5 26.
a3 f5 27. Nc3 Nxc3 28. bxc3 Qd5 {1/2-1/2 Guimard,C-O'Kelly de Galway,A/
Groningen 1946/MCL 01 (40)} (28... Qxa3 $40 {e.g.} 29. Bf4 {(P 30. a1)} Qe7 30.
Bxb8 Rxb8 31. d5 cxd5 32. Qxd5)) 11. Qc2 $1 O-O (11... Rc8 12. c5 Qc7 13. f4 b6
14. b4 g5 15. O-O gxf4 16. exf4 g6 17. Rae1 Kf8 18. Bd3 Kg7 19. Rf3 Rce8 20. h3
a5 21. a3 axb4 22. axb4 b5 23. Ne2 Ng8 24. g4 Bh4 25. Ref1 Ne7 26. Kg2 {
Dreev,A-Bareev,E/President's Cup, Elista RUS (5.5) 1998/1-0 (49)}) (11... dxc4
12. Bxc4 Rc8 13. O-O-O a6 14. Kb1 Qc7 15. e4 b5 16. Be2 c5 17. d5 exd5 18. Nxd5
Nxd5 19. exd5 Nf6 20. Bf3 Rd8 21. Bc3 Kf8 22. g3 Bd6 23. h4 b4 24. Bd2 {
1-0 Dreev,A-Bareev,E/President's Cup, Elista RUS (5.8) 1998 (33)}) 12. O-O c5
$6 (12... Rac8 13. c5 Qc7 14. f4 $14) 13. Na4 (13. dxc5 Nxc5) 13... Qc6 14.
Nxc5 Nxc5 15. cxd5 $5 (15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Rfc1 $5 Rac8 $6 (16... dxc4 17. Qxc4
$14) 17. b4 Qc7 18. c5 Ne4 19. Be1 $16) 15... Nxd5 (15... Qa4 16. b3) 16. dxc5
Qxc5 17. Qxc5 Bxc5 18. Bf3 Rfd8 19. Rfc1 $1 {[%cal Gg1f1,Gf1e2,Yd2e1]} Rac8 (
19... Bb4 20. Bxb4 Nxb4 21. Bxb7 Rab8 22. Rc7 Nxa2 23. g3 Nb4 24. Rxa7 Rd2 25.
Be4 Rf8 26. Bxg6 $18) 20. Kf1 Bb4 (20... Kf8 21. a3) 21. Rxc8 (21. Bxb4 $2 Nxb4
22. Bxb7 (22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Bxb7 Rc2 24. a3 Nd3 25. Be4 Rxf2+ 26. Kg1 Rd2)
22... Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Rd2 24. a3 Nd3 25. Rc8+ Kh7) 21... Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ (
22... Rd8 23. Bxb4 Nxb4 24. a3 Nd5 (24... Nd3 25. Rd1 Rd7 26. Be4 Ne5 27. Rxd7
Nxd7 28. Bxb7 $18) 25. Bxd5 $5 (25. Rd1 Rd7 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 $1 (26... exd5 27.
Rc1 f6 28. Rc8+ Kf7 29. Ke2 Ke6 30. Kd3 Kd6 31. Kd4 $16) 27. Rxd5 exd5 28. Ke2
Kf8 29. Kd3 Ke7 30. Kd4 (30. e4) 30... Kd6 31. h4 (31. e4 $1 dxe4 32. Kxe4 Kc5
$1 (32... Ke6 33. h4) 33. b3 (33. Ke5 $2 Kc4 34. Kd6 Kb3 35. Kc7 Kxb2 36. Kxb7
a5 $19) 33... a5 34. h4 b5 35. f4 a4 36. bxa4 bxa4 37. Kd3 Kd5 38. Kc3 Kc5 39.
g4 f5 40. g5 Kd5 $11 41. Kb4 $2 Ke4) 31... f5 32. f3 (32. b4) 32... b6 (32...
a5 33. e4 $1 dxe4 34. fxe4 fxe4 35. Kxe4 Ke6 36. Kf4 Kf6 37. a4 $18) 33. g3 (
33. g4 Ke6 34. b4 Kd6 35. a4 Ke6 $11) 33... Ke6 34. b4 (34. e4 dxe4 35. fxe4
Kd6 (35... a5 $2 36. a4 Kd6 37. e5+ Ke6 38. b3 g5 39. hxg5 g6 40. Kc4 Kxe5 41.
Kb5 Ke4 42. Kxb6 Kf3 43. Kxa5 Kxg3 44. b4 f4 45. b5 f3 46. b6 f2 47. b7 f1=Q
48. b8=Q+ Kg4 49. Qb5 $14) 36. e5+ Ke6 37. a4 a6 38. b4 a5 39. b5 $11 (39. bxa5
bxa5 40. Kc5 Kxe5 41. Kb5 Ke4 42. Kxa5 Kf3 43. Kb6 Kxg3 44. a5 f4 $17)) 34...
Kd6 35. a4 Ke6 (35... a6 36. e4 dxe4 37. fxe4 fxe4 38. Kxe4 a5 39. bxa5 bxa5
40. Kd4 Ke6 41. Kc5 Kf5 42. Kb5 Kg4 43. Kxa5 Kxg3 44. Kb5 Kxh4 45. a5 $18) 36.
e4 dxe4 37. fxe4 a6 38. e5 $6 a5 39. b5 (39. bxa5 $2 bxa5 40. Kc5 Kxe5 41. Kb5
Ke4 42. Kxa5 Kf3 43. Kb6 Kxg3 44. a5 f4 $17) 39... g5 40. hxg5 g6 41. Kd3 Kxe5
42. Ke3 $11) (25. Ke2 Kf8 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 27. Rc7 (27. Rc8+ $5 Ke7 28. Rc7+ Rd7
29. Rxd7+ Kxd7 30. Kd3 Kd6 31. Kd4) 27... Rb5 28. b4 a5 $11) (25. e4 $5 Nf6 26.
Rc7 Rd7 27. Rc8+ Kh7 28. Ke2 b6 $14) 25... Rxd5 26. Rc8+ Kh7 27. Rc7 Rb5 28.
Rxf7 Rxb2 29. a4 $5 Kg8 (29... Rb6 30. Re7 Kg8 31. a5 Ra6 32. Rxb7 Rxa5 33. Ke2
$16) 30. Re7 Rb6 31. a5 Ra6 32. Rxb7 Rxa5 33. Re7 Ra6 34. Ke2 Kf8 35. Rc7 $16
Ra4 36. Kf3 a5 37. Ra7) 23. Bxc1 $16 Kf8 24. a3 Bd6 25. g3 (25. e4 $2 Bf4 $1
$11) 25... b6 26. Ke2 Ke7 27. Kd3 b5 $1 28. Bd1 Nb6 29. f4 Nd7 $1 30. Bf3 Nc5+
31. Kc2 Kd7 32. Bd2 (32. e4 f5 33. e5 Bc7 34. Be3 Bb6 35. b3 Kc7 $14) 32... e5
33. Bd5 f6 34. Bf7 $6 (34. h4 $1 exf4 $8 (34... Ke7 35. Bc6 a6 36. b4 Ne6 37.
Bb7 Nc7 38. g4 $16) 35. exf4 (35. gxf4 Ne6 36. Kd3 f5 $1 37. Bc3 Be7) 35... g5
36. fxg5 (36. hxg5 fxg5 37. fxg5 (37. b4 Ne6 38. fxg5 Bxg3 39. Be3 Kd6 $14)
37... Bxg3 38. Bc3 Kd6 $1 $11) 36... fxg5 37. Bxg5 $1 Bxg3 38. h5 Kd6 39. Bf3
Be5 40. Be3 $16) 34... g5 35. fxg5 (35. f5 $1) 35... fxg5 36. Bd5 Be7 37. g4
Kd6 38. Bg2 Bd8 39. b4 $6 (39. Bb4 $14) 39... Nd7 $1 $11 40. Bf1 Kc6 41. Bg2+
Kd6 42. Bf1 Kc6 43. Bg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.02.20"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.10.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bochum"]
[BlackTeam "Magdeburg USC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qb6 (8... Qc7 9. Bd2 (9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. f4 Nbd7 11. Be2 Bd6 12. Bd2 dxc4 $1 13.
Bxc4 b5 14. Be2 b4 $1 15. Na4 c5 $15 {Shevelev,S-Gentilleau,T/Cannes/1993/}) (
9. g3 Nbd7 10. Bd2 Nb6 $1 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. O-O-O $11 {Malaniuk,
V-Gurevich,M/Groningen/1993/0,5/13/}) 9... Nbd7 (9... Bd6 10. cxd5 (10. O-O-O
$14) (10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. f4 Nbd7 12. Be2 g5 13. c5 Be7 14. fxg5 Nh5 15. O-O-O
Bxg5 16. Rdf1 b6 17. cxb6 Qxb6 18. Rf3 {1/2-1/2 Guimard,C-Czerniak,M/Buenos
Aires Circulo 1945/HCL 24 (40)}) 10... exd5 11. O-O-O $1 Nbd7 (11... Bxh2 $6
12. f4 $16) 12. e4 Be7 $1 (12... dxe4 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. fxe4 $16) 13. e5 $2 (
13. exd5 $32 cxd5 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Kb1 $14) 13... Nh5 $1 14. Nxg6 $8 hxg6 15.
Bd3 (15. g4 $2 Ng3) 15... g5 (15... O-O-O 16. g4 $18) 16. Ne2 Nf8 $1 17. g4 $6
(17. Kb1 Ne6 18. g3 $11) 17... Nf4 18. Nxf4 (18. Bxf4 gxf4 19. Nxf4 $2 Bg5)
18... gxf4 19. Bxf4 Ne6 20. Be3 (20. Bg3 Nxd4 21. Qa4 Nxf3 $1 22. e6 Bf6 23.
exf7+ Kf8 $17) 20... Rh3 $1 $15 {1/2-1/2 Shipov,S-Kobalija,M/St.Petersburg op2
1994/EXP 43/[Shipov] (41)}) (9... Be7 $5) 10. cxd5 $5 exd5 11. O-O-O {/\ e4})
9. Nxg6 (9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Be2 Rc8 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Kb1 Qxb3 14.
axb3 a6 15. Rc1 O-O 16. f4 Bb4 17. Bf3 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Ne4 19. Bb4 Rfe8 20. Rc2
$14 {Nenashev,A-Frendzas,P/7th Open Chania 1997/EXT 97}) 9... hxg6 (9... fxg6
10. g3 Nbd7 11. Bd2 Bd6 12. Kf2 Qc7 13. f4 {1/2-1/2 Blagojevic,N-Certic,B/
JUG-chT Niksic 1997/EXP 59}) 10. Bd2 (10. c5 $2 Qc7 11. e4 dxe4 12. fxe4 Nbd7 {
/\ e5} 13. e5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxe5+ 15. Ne2 O-O-O 16. Bf4 Qxc5 $17) (10. g3 Nbd7
11. Bd2 Bd6 12. f4 O-O 13. c5 Qxb3 14. axb3 Be7 15. b4 a6 16. Bd3 Nh7 17. g4 {
1/2-1/2 Piskov,Y-Blagojevic,D/YUG-Cup 1994 (27)}) 10... Nbd7 (10... Bd6 11.
O-O-O Qxb3 12. axb3 Rxh2 13. Rxh2 Bxh2 14. f4 Nbd7 15. Be2 O-O-O 16. Rh1 Rh8
17. g4 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. b4 $44 {ץh2}) 11. Be2 (11. Bd3 Be7 12. Qxb6 axb6
13. O-O dxc4 14. Bxc4 b5 15. Bb3 O-O 16. Ne2 Rfd8 17. Rad1 Nb6 18. e4 Nc4 19.
Bc1 Nd7 20. a4 Na5 21. Bc2 b4 22. Bf4 b3 23. Bd3 e5 24. Bxe5 Nxe5 $132 {
Chatalbashev,B-Meduna,E/Komercni Banka op 1997/EXP 59}) (11. O-O-O Qxb3 12.
axb3 Bd6 13. h3 a6 (13... Nh5 $5 14. Bd3 Ng3 15. Rhe1 O-O 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. e4
dxe4 18. fxe4 e5 19. Nb5 Be7 $13) 14. Bd3 Rc8 15. c5 $6 (15. Kb1 c5 16. cxd5
exd5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. e4 $1 Ne5 19. Bc2 d4 20. Bf4 Nxf3 21. gxf3 dxc3 22. bxc3
$14) 15... Bc7 16. b4 (16. f4 Ba5 17. Kb1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Ne4 $11) 16... e5 17.
g4 {= Chuchelov,V-Dautov,R/Deutschland 1996/Inf 67/[Dautov,R] (17)}) 11... Bd6
(11... Be7 12. O-O (12. Qxb6 axb6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Bb5 Ra5 15. Ke2 Bb4 16. Bd3
O-O 17. a3 Be7 18. Rac1 Raa8 19. Bb5 Rfc8 20. Na4 Bd8 21. Bb4 Nf8 22. g4 N6d7
23. Bd6 f6 24. h4 Kf7 25. Kd2 Kg8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Rc1 {1-0 Kalinitschew,
S-Spassov,L/Wuerzburg op 1992/EXT 92op (41)}) 12... Rd8 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. g3
dxc4 15. Bxc4 Nb6 16. Bc1 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 a6 18. e4 b5 19. Qe2 O-O 20. Be3 c5 21.
dxc5 Bxc5 22. a3 Nd7 23. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 24. Qf2 Qc6 $11 {Savchenko,S-Morozevich,A/
RUStch Maikop 1998}) 12. f4 (12. O-O-O Qxb3 13. axb3 Bxh2 14. e4 dxe4 15. fxe4
e5 $13) 12... Rc8 $5 (12... Qxb3 13. axb3 Bb4 14. O-O $14) 13. O-O Qxb3 (13...
O-O $5 14. Rad1 (14. c5 Qxb3 15. axb3 Bb8 16. g4 Nh7 $14) 14... c5 15. Qxb6
Nxb6 16. cxd5 Nbxd5 (16... cxd4 17. Nb5 $16) 17. Nxd5 exd5 $11) 14. axb3 a6 15.
Bf3 $1 {White has the better endgame and starts to play on the King side.} (15.
Bd3 c5 16. cxd5 exd5 $11) 15... Bb8 16. g4 Nb6 17. g5 $6 {Too early. I
overlooked the next strong answer.} (17. Be2 $1 c5 (17... Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19.
Kg2 f5 20. h3) 18. g5 $16) 17... Ng8 $1 (17... Nfd7 18. c5 Na8 19. e4 dxe4 20.
Nxe4 $36) 18. cxd5 (18. e4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Ne7) 18... cxd5 (18... exd5 19. e4 (
19. Na4 Nxa4 20. bxa4 Ne7 $15) 19... dxe4 20. Nxe4 (20. Bxe4 Ne7 21. Rae1 O-O
$15) 20... Ne7 21. Nc5 Rc7 22. Rae1 $1 (22. Ba5 Ba7 23. Na4 Nec8 24. Rae1+ Re7
25. Bb4 Rxe1 26. Rxe1+ Kd7) 22... O-O $6 23. Ba5 Ba7 24. Na4 Nec8 25. Bg4 $16 {
[%cal Ga5d8,Rg4c8,Ya4b6]}) 19. e4 Ne7 20. exd5 Nbxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5
exd5 23. Ra5 (23. Rfe1+ Kd7 24. Ra5 Ba7 $1 25. Be3 (25. Bc3 Kc6 26. Re7 Bb6 27.
Ra1 Rc7 28. Re5) 25... Rc2 26. Rxd5+ Kc8) 23... Rc2 $6 (23... Rh3 $1 24. Re1+ (
24. Bb4 Re3 $1 (24... Rc6 25. Rxd5 Rxb3 26. Bc3) 25. Rxd5 Rc2 $44) (24. Bc3 Rd8
) 24... Kf8 25. Rxd5 Rxb3) (23... Rd8 $2 24. Re1+ Kf8 25. Kg2 $36) 24. Rxd5 $1
{[%cal Rf1e1]} O-O 25. Bc3 Re8 26. Rf2 (26. Rf3 $5 f6 $1 (26... Rc1+ 27. Kg2
Rc2+ 28. Kg3) 27. gxf6 gxf6 28. Rd7 g5 29. fxg5 Bxh2+ 30. Kf1 fxg5 31. d5 Be5
$14) 26... Rxf2 27. Kxf2 Bxf4 28. h4 f6 29. Kf3 (29. gxf6 $1 gxf6 30. Rd7 b5
31. d5 Be5 32. d6 Kf8 33. Bb4 Ra8 34. Rb7 $16) 29... Bc1 30. gxf6 gxf6 31. Rd7
Re3+ 32. Kf2 Rh3 33. d5 Bxb2 34. Bxb2 Rh2+ 35. Ke3 Rxb2 36. Rxb7 Kf8 37. Kd4
Ke8 38. d6 $6 (38. Kc5 f5 39. Kd6 a5 $1 40. Ke6 (40. Rb5 f4) (40. Rb8+ Kf7 41.
Rb5 f4 42. Rxa5 Rxb3 43. Ra4 f3 44. Rf4+ Kg7 45. Ke5 g5 46. hxg5 Kg6 47. d6 Rd3
$11) 40... Re2+ 41. Kf6 f4 $11) 38... Kd8 39. Kd5 f5 $138 {In this moment I
had 3 minutes left and was sure that I made a control move, and started to
think about my next 41th move . It was a very unpleasent surprise when my
opponent said that I lost on time, because we made only 39 moves. Only here I
say that didn't write my 30th move . Bad luck! So the match Bochum-Magdeburg
finished 4-4, now we can see how important was this game . After 40.Rg7 Rd2!
Black has good drawing chances.} 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Ambroz,J"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hertneck Bareev} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Qb3 (5. Bd3 $5 Bxd3
6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. O-O Bb4 9. Bd2 a5 $5 {Panno-Ilescas Cordoba, B.Aires
1993}) (5. cxd5 {Hertneck} cxd5 6. Qb3) 5... Qb6 (5... Qc7 $5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd2
Nbd7 8. Rc1 Qb6 $1 9. Nh4 (9. Be2 h6 $5 {Capablanca-Schlechter, San Sebastian
1911}) 9... Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 $10 {Adams-Hodgson, Wijk aan Zee 1993}) 6. cxd5 (
6. c5 Qc7 $1 7. Bd3 e6 $10 (7... e6 {Hertneck} 8. O-O Nbd7 $10 {Rivas,M-Ree,H/
Hastings/1981/ECO D12/n.1})) (6. Nc3 $143 e6) 6... Qxb3 (6... cxd5 7. Qxb6 axb6
8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Bd2 $14 Nb4 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Ke2) 7. axb3 Nxd5 8. Nc3 (8. Bd2 {
Hertneck} e6 9. Bc3) 8... Nb4 9. Kd2 (9. e4 Nc2+ 10. Kd1 Nxa1 $19) (9. Ra4 e6 (
9... Nd3+ 10. Bxd3 Bxd3 11. e4 Bc2 12. Kd2 $14 (12. Ra3 e6) 12... Bxb3 (12...
b5 13. Ra3 b4 14. Ra4 Bxb3 15. Rxb4) 13. Rb4) 10. e4 Bg6 11. Ne5 Nd7 $10 12.
Nxg6 hxg6 $36) 9... Nd7 (9... e6 {Bareev} 10. e4 Bg6 11. Ne5 $14) 10. Nh4 Bg6 (
10... Bc2 {Bareev} 11. Na2 $1 Nxa2 12. Kxc2 Nxc1 $10) 11. Nxg6 hxg6 {<-> h} 12.
Bc4 (12. Na2 e5 13. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 14. Kc2) 12... a6 13. Na2 (13. Ke2 {Bareev} b5
14. Bd3 Nxd3 15. Kxd3 O-O-O $15) 13... e5 $1 14. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 15. Kc2 (15. Kd3 $5
{Hertneck}) 15... exd4 $1 16. exd4 Nb6 17. Bf4 (17. Bd2 $1 Bxd2 (17... Be7 18.
Rae1) 18. Kxd2 Nd5 $5 (18... Rd8 19. Kc3 $1 (19. Rae1+ Kf8 20. Kc3 Rh4 21. Rd1
Nd5+ $1 22. Bxd5 (22. Kc2 Nb4+ 23. Kc3 Na2+ 24. Kc2 Rhxd4) 22... Rxd5 23. h3
Rf4 24. Rd2 (24. f3 c5) 24... c5 25. Rhd1 (25. dxc5 Rxc5+ 26. Kd3 Rd5+ 27. Ke3
Rxd2 28. Kxd2 Rxf2+ $19) 25... Rdxd4 26. Rxd4 cxd4+ 27. Rxd4 Rxf2 $17) 19...
Rh4 20. Rad1 Nd5+ 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. h3 Rf4 23. Rhe1+ $1 Kf8 (23... Kd7 24. f3
c5 $2 25. dxc5) 24. f3 c5 25. Re4 $10) (18... O-O-O 19. Bxf7 Rhf8 20. Be6+ (20.
Bxg6 $143 Rxf2+) 20... Kc7 21. f3 Rxd4+ 22. Kc2 (22. Kc3 Rfd8) 22... Rfd8 23.
Rad1 $10) 19. Rae1+ (19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Rhe1+ Kd7 21. Re5 Kd6 $15 (21... Rxh2
22. Rxd5+ Kc6 23. Rc5+ {/\ Rg5}) 22. Ra5 b6 $1 $17) 19... Kd7 20. h4 $10) 17...
Kd7 (17... O-O-O {Hertneck} 18. Bxf7 $16) 18. Rad1 (18. Bg3 {Bareev} Nd5 19.
Bxd5 cxd5 20. Kd3 $10) (18. Bxf7 $4 {Hertneck} Raf8 $19) 18... Rae8 19. Bg3 $2
(19. Kd3 $142 Re7 (19... Nd5 {Bareev} 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. h4 $10) 20. h4 Rhe8 21.
Be3 Na8 $5 {/\ b7-b5} (21... Nd5) 22. Kc2 (22. Bd2 a5 $5) 22... Nc7 23. Bd2 Bd6
$15 24. h5 gxh5 25. Rxh5 b5 26. Bd3 g6 27. Rh7 Ne6 28. Be3 Bf4 $5 (28... f5 29.
Rxe7+ {/\ 30.g3})) (19. d5 {Bareev} Nxc4 20. bxc4 Re4 (20... Re2+ {Hertneck}
21. Kb3 Bc5 $17) 21. Bg3 (21. Be3 Rxc4+ 22. Kb3 b5 23. dxc6+ Kxc6 24. Rc1 Rhh4
$19) 21... Rxc4+ 22. Kb3 b5 23. dxc6+ Kxc6 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1+ Bc5 $19) (19.
Be3 {Bareev} Nd5 20. Bxd5 $15 (20. Kd3 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Re7 22. Ke2 Rh4 $2 (22...
Rhe8 $1 $17) 23. Bd3 Bd6 24. Kf3 $10)) 19... Nxc4 20. bxc4 Re2+ 21. Kc1 (21.
Kd3 {Bareev} Rxb2 22. Rb1 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 a5 $19) (21. Kb3 {Bareev} Bd6 $1 $19 (
21... Bd2 $15 {Hertneck})) 21... b5 $1 22. d5 c5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Rd3 Ra8 25.
Kb1 c4 26. Rf3 (26. Re3 $142 Rd2 $17 (26... Rxe3 27. fxe3 Re8 $17 28. Rf1 (28.
Bf2 Bd2) (28. Bf4 Bd2 29. Rf1 f6 30. Rf3 g5) 28... f6 29. Rf3 Bc5 30. Bf2 Re5 (
30... g5 $19 {Bareev}))) 26... f6 27. Rd1 Bc5 $1 $19 {/\ b4-b3} 28. b3 (28. h4
b4 29. Rf4 (29. Rc1 b3 30. Rxc4 Re1+ 31. Rc1 Ra1+ 32. Kxa1 Rxc1#) 29... c3)
28... Raa2 29. bxc4 bxc4 30. Re1 (30. Rc3 {Bareev} Bb4 31. Rxc4 Reb2+ 32. Kc1
Ba3 $19) 30... Reb2+ 31. Kc1 Bd4 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ftacnik} d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. O-O
Nbd7 8. Nc3 Be7 (8... Bb4 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 O-O 11. Nd2 Rc8 {Andersson-Van
der Wiel Haninge 1989.}) 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 O-O 12. Bf4 Qa5 13.
Rfd1 Rfd8 14. h3 Rac8 15. a4 $5 {White is trying to gain space on the
queenside but it does weaken his pawns.} Nf6 16. Qe2 Qf5 17. Be3 c5 (17... h6
$5) (17... h6 $5 {Ftacnik}) 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rd1 $1 (20. Bxc5
$2 Qxc5 $15) 20... Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 h5 (21... h6 $2 22. g4 Nxg4 23. Bxc5 $1 $16)
22. Qd8+ Kh7 23. Qc7 Ne4 (23... Bxe3 24. fxe3 Qd3 $14) 24. Ng5+ Kg6 25. Nxe4
Bxe3 26. Qg3+ Bg5 27. h4 Qxe4 28. Qxg5+ Kh7 29. Qxh5+ Kg8 30. g3 Qxc4 31. Qb5
Qc8 32. a5 a6 33. Qb6 Qd7 $10 34. Qc5 f6 35. Kg2 Kf7 36. g4 e5 {This move is
not a mistake but it is preferable to avoid it as the black king is more
exposed} 37. Qc4+ Qe6 38. Qe4 Qb3 (38... Qe7 $1 $14) (38... Qe7 $1 $14 {Ftacnik
}) 39. h5 Kf8 40. g5 $1 fxg5 $4 (40... Qf7 $16) (40... Qf7 $16 {Ftacnik}) 41.
Qf3+ $1 $18 Qf7 (41... Qxf3+ 42. Kxf3 Kf7 43. Kg4 Kf6 44. f3 $18) 42. Qxf7+
Kxf7 43. Kf3 e4+ 44. Kg4 Kf6 45. b3 Kf7 46. Kxg5 Kg8 47. Kg6 Kh8 48. h6 Kg8 49.
hxg7 1-0

[Event "Subasic Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Zenica"]
[Date "2004.12.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Saric, Ibro"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2004.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 {The modern variation in Slav Defence. More
and more people are getting seduced by this line.} Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 {More or less
the first time I do this.} 6. Nh4 Bg6 (6... Be4 7. f3 Bg6 $13 {is another way
to handle this position with black. However I do not understand the need for
black to make white to expand kingside.}) 7. Nxg6 $5 {He aims to fianchetto
his light square bishop.} (7. Qb3 Qc7 $13) (7. Be2 Nbd7 8. Bd2 Bd6 9. Nxg6 hxg6
10. Qb3 Qc7 (10... Qb6 11. Qc2 {is the idea.})) 7... hxg6 8. g3 Be7 9. Bg2 dxc4
10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. Qxc4 $5 {I was anticipating short castle for him in this
moment of the game.} (11. O-O Qa5 $6 {is a risky idea of Misha Gurevich.})
11... e5 12. O-O Nb6 13. Qb3 (13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Rd1 Rd8 $132) 13... exd4 14. Rd1
d3 {Winning this little pawn back will make him to lose precious time.} 15. Ne4
(15. Ne2 $4 dxe2 $19) (15. a4 Qc7 16. Rxd3 (16. a5 $6 Nbd7) 16... Nbd7 $132)
15... Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Qd7 17. Bg2 Rd8 (17... O-O-O $6 18. Qxf7 Qg4 $1 (18... Bf6
$2 19. Qxg6 Nc4 20. Qe4 Nxb2 21. Bxb2 Bxb2 22. Rab1 Bf6 23. Qa4 $18) 19. f3 (
19. Qb3 Nd7 $13) 19... Qg5 20. Qe6+ Kb8 $13) 18. Bf1 Rh5 $1 {It is clear that
the ending will pose problems for white since he will experience difficulties
to put his queenside in the game.} (18... Qg4 $6 19. Rxd3 Rxd3 20. Qxd3 Nd7 21.
h3 Ne5 22. hxg4 Nf3+ 23. Kg2 Ne1+ $11) (18... Qf5 $6 19. Rxd3 Rxd3 20. Qxd3 $11
) 19. Rxd3 {White accepts a temporarily passive position. However having no
weakness he can effort such passivity.} ({While he was thinking over his move
I was trying to figure out what to do after} 19. e4 Rb5 20. Qc3 Qd4 $1 (20...
Bf6 $5 {The queen sac brings only some equality.} 21. Qe1 Bxb2 22. Rxd3 Qxd3
23. Bxd3 Rxd3 24. Bxb2 Rxb2 25. Qa5 Rdd2 26. Qxa7 Nd7 (26... Rxf2 $2 27. Qb8+
Ke7 28. Qe5+ Kf8 29. Qc5+ Ke8 30. Qxf2 $18) 27. Rf1 c5 28. a4 b6 $11) 21. Qxd4
(21. Rxd3 $6 Qxc3 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. bxc3 Rc5 24. Bd2 Bf6 25. Rc1 Nc4 $17)
21... Rxd4 22. Be3 Rd8 23. b3 Bf6 24. Rab1 Ra5 25. a4 Bd4 $36) 19... Rd5 20.
Rxd5 Qxd5 21. Qxd5 $1 {White can not effort weaknesses since he is lagging in
development.} (21. Be2 $6 Qxb3 22. axb3 a6 23. e4 Bf6 $17) 21... Rxd5 (21...
Nxd5 22. Bd2 Bf6 23. Rb1 Nf4 24. Be1 Nd3 25. Bxd3 Rxd3 26. Kf1 $11) 22. Be2 Na4
(22... Bf6 $6 23. Rb1 (23. e4 Rd4 24. f3 Rb4 25. Rb1 Na4 26. a3 Rb6 27. b4 Nc3
28. Rb2 Nxe2+ 29. Rxe2 Rb5 $11 30. Bd2 Bd4+ 31. Kg2 (31. Be3 $2 Bxe3+ 32. Rxe3
a5 33. bxa5 Rxa5 34. Rc3 Rb5 $17) 31... a5 32. Be1 (32. a4 $2 Rxb4 33. Bxb4
axb4 $19) 32... axb4 33. axb4 b6 34. Rc2 c5 35. Rc4 Bf6 $11 {is more or less
equal.}) 23... Na4 24. Kf1 Nc5 25. f3 $14 {and when the worst is over for
white he will slowly put his queenside into the game.}) 23. Rb1 Bb4 $1 (23...
Nc5 24. Kf1) 24. Kf1 Nc5 $5 {I have become over ambitious.} (24... Bd2 25. Bd1
$1 Bxc1 26. Bxa4 $11) 25. a3 $1 {The simplest.} (25. Bf3 Rd8 26. a3 Bd2 27. Ke2
Nb3 28. Bxd2 Rxd2+ 29. Ke1 Rd8 $11) (25. f3 Bd2) 25... Bd2 26. Bc4 (26. Bxd2
Rxd2 27. Ke1 Rd8 28. Rd1 a5 $13) 26... Rd8 27. Ke2 Ne4 28. f3 $5 {He also
tries to keep the game alive.} (28. Bd3 Bxc1 (28... Nxf2 $4 29. Kxf2 Bxc1 (
29... Rxd3 30. Ke2 $18) 30. Ke2 $18) 29. Bxe4 Bd2 30. Bd3 Ba5 $11) 28... Bxc1
29. Rxc1 $8 (29. fxe4 $2 {would be an unforced error.} Rd2+ 30. Ke1 Rc2 31. Bd3
Rc5 32. Ke2 Ke7 $17) 29... Nd6 30. Bd3 (30. h4 $5 Nf5 31. Rg1 Ke7 $11) 30... g5
31. f4 (31. e4 Ke7 32. e5 Nc8 $132) 31... gxf4 32. exf4 Ke7 33. Rc5 Rh8 34. h4
g6 35. Kf3 f5 36. Ra5 a6 37. Re5+ Kf6 38. a4 $6 {An unnecessarily weakening
move.} (38. b4 Rd8 39. Re3 $11) 38... Rd8 39. Ke2 (39. a5 $2 Nf7 40. Re3 Rd4
41. b3 Nd6 $36) 39... Nf7 40. Re3 Rd4 41. b3 b5 $6 {I rushed the things in the
wrong time. I had to show some patience.} ({I have to admit that} 41... Nd6
$142 {was better.} 42. Re5 $5 (42. Bc2 $6 a5 43. Rc3 Rd5 $15) 42... Rb4 (42...
Rd5 43. Rxd5 cxd5 44. b4 $8 (44. Ke3 $2 Ne4) 44... Ke6 (44... Ne4 $5 {is
extremely dangerous mainly because of the weak b7.} 45. Kf3 Nc3 46. a5 Na2 47.
b5 Nb4 (47... axb5 $2 48. Bxb5 Nb4 49. Bd7 d4 50. Bc8 Nc6 51. Bxb7 Nxa5 52. Bd5
$18) 48. Bf1 Ke6 49. g4 fxg4+ 50. Kxg4 Kf6 (50... axb5 $2 51. Kg5 Kf7 52. Bxb5
d4 53. f5 gxf5 54. Kxf5 d3 55. Ke4 d2 56. Be2 Nc6 $11) 51. b6 Nc6 52. Bg2 Ne7
53. Bf1 Nc6 $11) 45. a5 Ne4 46. Kf3 $11) 43. Bc2 Ne4 44. Bxe4 (44. g4 $2 Nc3+
45. Kd2 Rxf4 46. Re8 Nd5 $19) 44... fxe4 45. a5 Rxb3 46. g4 Ra3 47. h5 gxh5 48.
Rxh5 $44) 42. axb5 axb5 43. Re8 Rb4 {I have understood that with a couple of
more pawns exchanged we will have an immediate draw. But what to do?} (43...
Nd6 44. Re5 Rb4 45. Bc2 Ne4 46. Bxe4 fxe4 47. Rc5 Rxb3 48. Rxc6+ Kf7 49. g4 Rf3
50. h5 gxh5 51. gxh5 Rxf4 52. Rb6 $11) 44. Rc8 $138 Rxb3 45. Rxc6+ Kg7 46. Rb6
(46. g4 Rb2+ 47. Ke3 Nh6 48. gxf5 Nxf5+ 49. Bxf5 gxf5 $11) (46. h5 gxh5 47.
Bxf5 Rxg3 48. Rb6 $11) 46... Rb2+ 47. Ke3 (47. Kf3 Nh6 48. Rxb5 Rh2 49. Rb7+
Kf8 50. Bf1 Rc2 $11) 47... Nh6 $5 {Seemingly the last tricky move.} 48. Rxb5
Ng4+ 49. Kd4 Rh2 (49... Rg2 50. h5 $11) 50. Rb7+ {This moment on the game went
over the boundaries of reality.} ({He could have settled for an immediate draw
with} 50. Bxf5 gxf5 51. Rxf5 Nh6 52. Rg5+ Kf6 53. h5 Nf5+ 54. Kd5 Nxg3 $11)
50... Kh6 51. Bc4 $6 {Most likely he thought he was better so for another time
he bypasses an immediate drawing possibility.} (51. Rb6 Kh5 52. Rb8 Kh6 $11)
51... Rd2+ 52. Bd3 $1 (52. Kc3 $6 Rg2) (52. Kc5 $6 Nf6 53. Rb3 Ne4+ 54. Kc6 Rg2
55. Kd5 Kh5 $17 {contains dangers for white.}) 52... Rd1 {I have understood
that Rg2 will only lead to trouble for me.} (52... Rg2 53. h5 Kxh5 $6 54. Rh7+
Nh6 55. Ke5 $1 Rh2 56. Kf6 Kg4 57. Kxg6 Kxg3 58. Kg5 Ng4 (58... Rh4 59. Be2
Rxf4 60. Rxh6 $16 {He may try to torture me in R+Bvs R ending after this.}) 59.
Rxh2 Kxh2 60. Kxf5 Kg3 61. Kg5 Nf2 62. Bf1 Ne4+ 63. Kf5 Nd6+ 64. Ke5 Nf7+ $11)
53. Rb1 $1 {Oops I have missed that.} Rd2 (53... Rxb1 54. Bxb1 Nf6 55. Ke3 $11)
54. Rb3 (54. Rb6 Kh5 55. Rc6 $11) 54... Kh5 55. Kc5 $4 {This allows my king in.
In time trouble he errs.} (55. Rb7 Nf2 56. Ke3 Rxd3+ 57. Kxf2 Kg4 58. Rg7 Rf3+
59. Ke2 Kxg3 60. h5 Kxf4 61. hxg6 Rg3 $11) 55... Nf2 56. Bf1 (56. Bb1 Nh1 $17)
56... Ne4+ 57. Kc6 (57. Kc4 $2 Rf2 $19) 57... Kg4 $19 {Of course the panaroma
changes when the king gets in.} 58. Rb8 Nxg3 59. Bc4 (59. Ba6 Nh5 $19) 59...
Rc2 $4 {An unexplainable mistake by my part. I believe the sources for that
lie behind the sudden change in the game.} (59... Nh5 60. Bf7 Nxf4 61. Rg8 Kxh4
62. Bxg6 Nxg6 63. Rxg6 f4 $19) 60. Kd5 $4 {He lost his last chance.} (60. Rb4
$1 Ne4 (60... Nh5 61. Kd6 Kg3 (61... Nxf4 62. Ke5 Kg3 63. Kf6 Kxh4 64. Bd3 Rf2
65. Rxf4+ Rxf4 66. Kxg6 Kg4 67. Be2+ Kg3 68. Bd3 $11) 62. Bf7 Rd2+ 63. Ke7 Re2+
64. Kf8 Nxf4 65. Kg7 Re4 66. Rb1 Kxh4 67. Bxg6 Nxg6 68. Kxg6 f4 69. Kf5 Ra4 70.
Rb3 $11) (60... Kxf4 61. Kb7 $1 Ne4 62. Bf7 Rg2 63. Rb6 $11) 61. Kd7 Kxf4 62.
Bf7 Rg2 63. Rb6 $11) 60... Nh5 $19 {Black is once again on the drivers seat.}
61. Kd4 Nxf4 62. Rh8 Ng2 $6 {This leads to a separation of my pawns but black
is still in full command.} ({The natural} 62... Rh2 63. Ke5 g5 $1 (63... Ng2 $2
64. Be2+ Kg3 65. h5) 64. Rf8 Ng6+ $19) 63. h5 gxh5 (63... Rxc4+ $4 64. Kxc4
gxh5 65. Kd4 h4 66. Ke5 f4 67. Ke4 $11) 64. Bd3 Rd2 $1 {The winning move. One
small mistake might have led to a drawish rook endgame in this phase of the
game.} (64... Rf2 $4 65. Rg8+ Kh4 (65... Kh3 66. Rg5) 66. Bxf5 Rxf5 67. Rxg2
Kh3 68. Rg8 $11) 65. Kc3 Rf2 {Now white's king is far away.} 66. Rg8+ Kh4 $1 (
66... Kh3 $2 67. Rg5 Nf4 68. Rxf5 $11 (68. Bxf5+ $2 Kh4 $19)) 67. Bxf5 $2 {
This is equal to resignation since the resulting R+hP vs R ending is lost for
white.} (67. Rh8 Ne3 68. Kd4 Ng4 69. Rf8 Kg5 70. Rg8+ Kf4 71. Rf8 Ne3 72. Re8
Ra2 73. Rh8 Rh2 74. Re8 Rh3 $19 {black consolidates and the win is only a
matter of time.}) 67... Rxf5 68. Rxg2 Rd5 $19 {With whites king cut off from
the file for 5 files we ran into a book endgame.} (68... Kh3 {is also winning.}
69. Rg1 Rd5 70. Kc4 Rd8 (70... Kh2 71. Rg8) 71. Rh1+ Kg4 72. Rg1+ Kf3 73. Rh1
Rh8 $19) 69. Kc2 Kh3 70. Rg8 h4 71. Rg7 Kh2 72. Rg8 h3 73. Rg7 Kh1 74. Rg8 (74.
Rg6 h2 75. Rg8 Ra5 76. Kd2 Ra1 77. Ke3 Rg1 78. Rh8 Kg2 79. Rg8+ Kf1 80. Rf8+
Ke1 81. Rb8 (81. Ra8 Rg3+ 82. Kf4 Rf3+ $1 83. Kg4 Rf1 84. Ra1+ Kf2 85. Ra2+ Kg1
$19) 81... Kd1 $5 $19 {is an interesting difference when he puts his rook on
the b line.} ({after the regular} 81... Rg3+ 82. Kf4 Rf3+ 83. Kxf3 h1=Q+ 84.
Kg3 Qg1+ 85. Kf3 Qf2+ 86. Ke4 Qg2+ 87. Kd4 Qg7+ 88. Kd5 Qd7+ 89. Ke4 Qe6+ 90.
Kf3 Qf5+ 91. Ke3 Qe5+ $19 {black collectes the rook.})) 74... h2 75. Rg7 Ra5
76. Kd2 Ra1 77. Ke2 $2 {Ibro showed that he is a natural talent and he has
never studied even the basics of the game by this move.} ({Since we are kids
we know that} 77. Ke3 $142 {is the only move since it cuts black king's
journey out at least temporarily.} Rg1 78. Rh7 Kg2 79. Rg7+ Kf1 80. Rf7+ Ke1
81. Ra7 Rg3+ 82. Kf4 Rf3+ 83. Kg4 (83. Ke4 Rh3 84. Ra1+ Kf2 $19) (83. Kxf3
h1=Q+ 84. Kf4 Qf1+ 85. Ke5 Qb5+ 86. Ke4 Qc4+ $19) 83... Rf1 84. Ra1+ Kf2 85.
Ra2+ Kg1 $19) 77... Rg1 78. Rh7 Kg2 79. Rg7+ Kh3 (79... Kh3 80. Rh7+ Kg3 81.
Rg7+ Kf4 $19 {and the King gets out effortlessly.}) 0-1

[Event "Paracin GM"]
[Site "Paracin"]
[Date "2018.07.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Djordjevic, Vuk D"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 $5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 c6 {Transposing the game into
a Slav.} (5... a6 $5 {is more coherent with the opening.}) 6. Bd3 (6. Nh4 Be4
7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. g3 a6 12. Rc1 dxc4 13. Bxc4
Nbd7 {I wanted to play something like this.}) 6... Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Nbd7 8. O-O Bb4
9. Bd2 (9. a3 Bxc3 (9... Ba5 $5 10. b4 Bc7 11. e4) 10. Qxc3 (10. bxc3 Qa5)
10... O-O) 9... a5 10. a3 Be7 11. c5 $5 {After long thought 'Wolfgang' charges.
} (11. e4 $6 Nc5 $1 12. dxc5 dxe4 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxa5 Ra8 16.
Bb4 Bxc5 $11) 11... e5 $2 (11... O-O 12. b4 b6 {shows patience.}) 12. Nxe5 Nxe5
13. dxe5 Nd7 (13... Ne4 $2 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qd4) 14. e4 Nxc5 (14... d4 15. Na4
) (14... Nxe5 $2 15. Qg3 Ng6 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Rad1 $18) 15. Qg3 O-O 16. exd5
$6 {The tension in the centre should have been kept.} (16. Bh6 Ne6 17. Rad1 d4
18. Ne2 Bc5 (18... c5 19. Nf4) 19. Nf4 Qc7 20. Nh5 f5) 16... cxd5 17. Bh6 Ne6
18. Rfd1 d4 $17 19. Ne2 $2 (19. Qg4 f5 20. exf6 Rxf6) 19... Bh4 $19 20. Qg4 f5
21. Qf3 $5 (21. exf6 Qxf6 (21... Bxf2+ $2 22. Kxf2 Qxf6+ 23. Kg1 Qxh6 24. Nxd4)
22. g3 Qxh6 23. Qxh4 Qg6 24. Nxd4 $140 Rf4 $19) 21... gxh6 22. Qb3 Ra6 23. Rxd4
a4 24. Qa2 Qe7 25. Nf4 (25. g3 Bg5 26. h4 Qf7 $19) 25... Bg5 26. Nxe6 Qxe6 27.
Qxe6+ Rxe6 28. f4 Bd8 29. Rxa4 Bb6+ (29... Rb6 30. b4 Rc6) 30. Kh1 (30. Kf1 Rd8
) 30... Rd8 $19 {Tactics did not work for White.} 31. Rc4 h5 32. g3 h4 33. g4 (
33. gxh4 Rh6) 33... fxg4 34. Re1 (34. f5 Rxe5 35. Rxg4+ Kh8 36. Rb4 Rd6 $19)
34... h5 35. h3 g3 (35... Rd2 36. hxg4 hxg4) 36. Rc2 Rc6 37. Rxc6 (37. Rce2 Bf2
38. Rf1 Kf7 39. Kg2 Ke6 40. Kf3 Kf5) 37... bxc6 38. Re2 Rd1+ 39. Kg2 Rg1+ 40.
Kf3 Rf1+ 41. Kg2 (41. Ke4 Rf2 42. Re1 g2) 41... Rxf4 0-1

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2000.04.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2000.04.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 $5 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. Qb3 b6 $6 (
7... Qb6 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 $14) 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Ne4 $5
$146 10. Nxe4 Qxh4 11. Nc3 $2 (11. Ng3 Bg6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bd2 Bd6 14. Rg1
$16) 11... Bxg4 (11... Bg6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bg2 Nd7 14. Qa4 $16) 12. Bg2 Bh5
13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bxd5 Bd6 15. Bg2 O-O 16. Ne4 Bc7 17. O-O Nd7 $2 {Draw offer.}
(17... Bg4 $1 18. Ng5 Bc8 19. e4 h6 20. Nf3 Qxe4 21. Re1 $17) 18. f4 Rac8 19.
Bd2 h6 20. Be1 Qe7 21. Ng3 Bg6 22. e4 Kh8 23. e5 $1 f5 24. Rd1 $6 (24. Bc3 Qh4
25. Kh2 $16) 24... c5 25. d5 Nxe5 $1 26. fxe5 Qxe5 27. Bf2 $2 (27. Qc3 $2 Qd6
28. Bf3 (28. Qf3 Rce8 $17) 28... Rce8 29. Bf2 f4 30. Ne2 Re3 $19) (27. Qc2 $1
Qd6 28. Bf3 Rce8 29. Qg2 Rxe1 30. Rfxe1 Qxg3 31. d6 Qxg2+ 32. Bxg2 Bd8 33. d7
$16) 27... f4 28. d6 (28. Nh1 Bh5 29. Rde1 Be2 30. Rxe2 Qxe2 31. Re1 Qh5 32.
Qf3 Qg6 $17) (28. Rde1 fxg3 29. Rxe5 gxf2+ 30. Rxf2 Bxe5 31. Rxf8+ Rxf8 $44)
28... Bxd6 29. Nh1 Bb8 $2 (29... f3 30. Bg3 c4 $3 31. Bxe5 Bc5+ 32. Kh2 cxb3
33. Bxf3 bxa2 $17) (29... Bh5 30. Rd5 {is the idea behind 28.d6 but} Bf7 $1 31.
Rxe5 Bxb3 32. Rh5 Bf7 33. Rf5 g6 34. Rf6 Be5 35. Rc6 Rxc6 36. Bxc6 Bxb2 37. Re1
Bf6 $17) 30. Rfe1 Qg5 31. h4 Qf6 32. Qe6 $1 Qxe6 33. Rxe6 Bf7 34. Re7 Bxa2 35.
Rdd7 Rg8 36. Be1 Rce8 37. Bc3 Rxe7 38. Rxe7 b5 $1 {the move I have missed.} 39.
Nf2 b4 40. Be1 Rc8 41. Nd3 Kg8 $2 {Completely wrong idea.} (41... a5 $1 42. Bf2
Rd8 43. Nxc5 Rd1+ 44. Bf1 Bc4 45. Re8+ Kh7 $132) 42. Bf2 Bf7 43. Rd7 $1 Be6 44.
Bd5 Bxd5 45. Rxd5 c4 46. Nxb4 Kf7 47. Bd4 $16 Ke6 48. Ra5 Rd8 49. Nc6 Rd6 50.
Re5+ Kf7 51. Re7+ Kg6 52. Rxg7+ Kh5 53. Rb7 Rxc6 54. Rxb8 Kxh4 55. Kf2 $18 Rd6
56. Be5 Re6 57. Bxf4 h5 58. Kf3 $2 (58. Rc8 Rb6 59. Be5 $18) 58... Rb6 $1 59.
Rxb6 axb6 60. Be3 $4 (60. Bc7 $1 b5 61. Bd8+ Kh3 62. Be7 Kh2 (62... h4 63. Bd6
$18) 63. Ke4 Kg3 64. Kd5 Kf4 65. Kc5 Ke4 66. Kxb5 Kd3 67. Bf6 $18) 60... b5 61.
Bd2 Kh3 62. Bc3 Kh4 (62... Kh2 $5 63. Kf2 (63. Bb4 Kg1 64. Kg3 Kf1 65. Kh4 Ke2
$11) 63... Kh1 64. Bb4 h4 65. Bd6 h3 66. Bb4 Kh2 67. Ba3 Kh1 68. Bd6 b4 69.
Bxb4 c3 70. b3 c2 $11) 63. Ke4 Kg3 $4 (63... Kg4 $1 64. Be1 (64. Kd5 h4 65. Kc5
Kf5 66. Be1 h3 67. Bg3 Ke4 68. Kxb5 Kd3 69. Kb4 Kc2 $11) 64... Kg5 65. Kd5 Kf4
66. Kc5 Ke4 67. Kxb5 Kd3 68. Kb4 Kc2 69. Ka3 Kd3 70. Bh4 c3 $11) 64. Kd5 Kf4
65. Bf6 $1 Kf5 66. Bd8 $18 Kf4 67. Kc5 Ke4 68. Kxb5 Kd3 69. Bf6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Adianto, Utut"]
[Black "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Bd2 e6 7. c5 Qc7 8. Nc3
Nbd7 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rfc1 Ne4 12. Be1 Rfe8 13. Qd1 Bf6 14. Nxe4 dxe4
15. Nd2 e5 16. Nc4 exd4 17. exd4 Bg6 18. Ne3 $6 (18. Nd6 {was a better choice
here. After the text move Black gets better chances.}) 18... Rad8 19. Qa4 Qb8
20. Rd1 Nf8 21. Bg4 (21. Ng4 {deserved attention here.}) 21... Ne6 22. Bxe6
Rxe6 23. Bc3 Bh5 24. Rd2 Bg5 25. d5 Bxe3 26. fxe3 cxd5 27. Rf1 f6 28. Rf5 Bf7
29. Qd4 Rc6 {White has no sufficient compensation for the pawn.} 30. Rf4 b6 31.
Qa4 Rxc5 32. h4 Qc7 33. Qd1 Rxc3 $5 {The most energetic continuation} 34. bxc3
Qxc3 35. Rxe4 Rc8 36. Re7 Qc5 37. Rxa7 Qxe3+ 38. Kh2 Re8 39. Rc2 d4 40. Rd7 Bg6
41. Rb2 d3 42. Qb3+ Kh8 43. Qxb6 Qf4+ 44. g3 Qc1 45. Rf2 $2 ({Much more
tenacious was} 45. Rd8 {, and Black would still have to overcome some
technical problems.}) 45... Be4 46. g4 Qh1+ 47. Kg3 Qg1+ 48. Kf4 Qc1+ 49. Kg3
Qg1+ 50. Kf4 h6 51. h5 Bc6 52. Rd8 {[%tqu "En","White is an exchange up, but
his king is exposed and his pieces are poorly coordinated. How should Black
continue?","Go after the enemy king!","Exploit the power of your passed pawn!",
"d3d2","This energetic move crowns Black's attack.",5]} d2 $1 {[%csl Rf2,Rf4]
After this move White's position is defenseless.} 53. Rxe8+ (53. Rdxd2 {
fails to} Re4+ 54. Kf5 Qxg4#) (53. Rfxd2 Qxb6) 53... Bxe8 54. Qe3 Qxf2+ ({
Of course, not} 54... d1=Q $2 55. Qxe8+ Kh7 56. Qg6+ Kg8 57. Qe8+ {, with draw
by perpetual.}) (54... Qxf2+ {, and White resigned, as after} 55. Qxf2 d1=Q {
his position is absolutely hopeless.}) 0-1

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2002.04.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2002.01.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd2
Nbd7 9. g3 $146 (9. Qc2 Bd6 10. Be2 dxc4 (10... Qc7 11. f4 g5 $2 (11... dxc4
$142 12. Bxc4 a6 {[%cal Gb7b5,Gc6c5]}) 12. fxg5 Bxh2 13. O-O-O Nh5 14. cxd5
cxd5 (14... exd5 15. Nxd5 {[%csl Gc7]}) 15. Nb5 Qxc2+ 16. Kxc2 Ng3 17. Nc7+ Kd8
18. Nxa8 $18 {1-0 Ree,H-Cuijpers,F/NED 1994/EXT 98 (27)}) 11. Bxc4 Qe7 12. h3
e5 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Be2 Ned7 {1/2-1/2 Loeffler,S-Novkovic,M/
AUT 2001/EXT 2002 (15)}) 9... Be7 10. Qc2 a6 (10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. dxe5
Nxe5 13. Be2 $14 {[%csl Gd2,Ge2][%cal Ge1c1]}) 11. a3 $5 Qc7 (11... dxc4 $140
12. Bxc4 b5 13. Ba2 c5 14. d5 $1) 12. Be2 (12. c5 e5) 12... b5 $2 {[%mdl 16384]
A serious positional mistake after which black remains without any real play.
Telling the truth I forgot about the 14th move of white.} ({It was really a
right moment for:} 12... dxc4 $1 13. Bxc4 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 $11) 13. c5 e5 14.
f4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 32]} e4 (14... exd4 15. exd4 O-O 16. Bd3 (16. O-O-O a5 $132)
16... Rfe8 17. O-O $16) 15. b4 $1 {Not allowing black to close the play on the
queenside after 15... a5 (and white cannot break through).} (15. g4 a5 $1)
15... Nf8 (15... a5 $142 16. bxa5 Rxa5 17. a4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 (18. Nxa4 Ra7 19.
O-O O-O {[%cal Gf8a8]}) 18... Rxa4 19. Qxa4 O-O 20. g4 Rb8 21. g5 Nh7 22. Bg4
Nhf8 {[%cal Gf7f5] was more playable for black, but still of course clearly
better for white.}) 16. a4 Rb8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ra6 $1 {[%csl Rc6]} Qc8 (18...
Ne6 19. Qa2 O-O (19... g5 20. f5) 20. g4 $16) 19. Qa2 g5 $1 {Trying to create
some counterplay} 20. O-O $5 (20. fxg5 N6h7 21. Rf1 {[%cal Gh2h4]} Nxg5 (21...
Bxg5 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Qxf7+ Kd8 24. Ra7 $18 {[%csl Gd8]}) 22. h4 Nge6 23. Ra7
$16) 20... gxf4 (20... Qh3 21. Rf2) 21. exf4 Ne6 {[%csl Gd4]} (21... Qh3 22.
Rf2 Ne6 {[%cal Ge6d8]} 23. Rxc6 $1 (23. Be3 $143 Nd8 24. Ra7 Ng4 25. Bxg4 Qxg4
$11) 23... Nxd4 24. Rc7 Bd8 25. Ra7 Qe6 $140 26. f5 $1 $16) 22. Be3 {[%cal
Gf4f5]} g6 {[%cal Ge6g7,Gg7f5]} 23. Ra7 Ng8 {[%cal Ge7f6]} (23... Ng7 24. f5 $1
Nxf5 25. Bf4 {[%csl Rb8]} Bd8 26. Bxb8 (26. Be5 $5 {[%cal Gg3g4]}) 26... Qxb8
27. Rxf5 $1 gxf5 28. Qa6 O-O 29. Ra8 Qc7 30. Rc8 Qd7 31. Qxc6 $18) 24. Qa6 $2 {
Missing a golden opportunity to break through the black defence.} (24. Nxd5 $1
cxd5 25. Qxd5 Nf6 (25... Nd8 26. f5 $1 $18) (25... f5 26. Qa2 Bf6 27. Rd1 $1
$18 {[%cal Gd4d5]} (27. d5 Nd4)) 26. Rxe7+ $1 (26. Qe5 {[%cal Gd4d5]} Rb7 27.
Rfa1 O-O 28. d5 {also good enough}) 26... Kxe7 27. Qd6+ Ke8 28. f5 $1 (28. d5
Qc7 $1) (28. Qe5 Ke7 29. d5 Nxd5 30. Qd6+ Ke8 31. Qxd5 f5 32. c6 $16) 28...
gxf5 29. Qe5 {[%cal Gf1f5,Gd4d5] with a decisive attack.}) 24... Bf6 25. Nxb5
$5 (25. Rd1 Ne7 {[%cal Ge7f5]} 26. Bg4 Nf5 27. Bxf5 gxf5 $11) 25... cxb5 26.
Bxb5+ Kf8 27. Qxc8+ $2 (27. Qd6+ $1 Be7 (27... Ne7 $143 $2 28. Bd7 Qd8 29. f5
$1 {with a decisive attack.}) 28. Qe5 Bf6 (28... Rh5 29. Bd7 Rxe5 30. fxe5 $5 (
30. Bxc8 Rh5 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. c6 (32. Rb1 $2 {[%cal Gb4b5]} Nf6 $1 {[%cal
Gf6g4]} 33. Kg2 (33. b5 $141 Ng4 $1 34. b6 Nxe3 35. c6 Bd8 $1 36. c7 Bxc7 37.
Rxc7 Rh8 38. b7 Nf5 $19) 33... Rb5 34. c6 Kf7 $17) 32... Nf6 (32... Bd6 33. Rd7
) 33. c7 Rc8 34. b5 Nd7 35. Rfa1 Kf7 36. R1a6 {[%cal Gb5b6]} Rhh8 {and black
holds the position.} 37. b6 $140 (37. Rc6 $11 {[%cal Gb5b6]}) 37... Bd6 $1 38.
b7 Rxc7 39. Rxd6 Rb8 $17) 30... Qxd7 $1 (30... Qc7 $143 31. Rxc7 Nxc7 32. b5 $1
Rxb5 (32... Nxb5 33. Rb1) 33. Bxb5 Nxb5 34. Rb1 Nc7 35. Rb8+ Kg7 36. c6 $16)
31. Rxd7 Rxb4 32. Rxd5 Bg5 $1 (32... Ke8 {[%csl Gd7]} 33. c6 Rc4 34. Rb5 $18 {
[%cal Gd4d5]}) 33. Bxg5 Nxg5 $132) (28... f6 $5 29. Qxd5 Rxb5 (29... Nc7 $6 30.
Rxc7 $1 Qxc7 31. Bc4 Nh6 {[%csl Gf7]} 32. f5 {[%cal Ge3h6]} g5 33. b5 Kg7 34.
b6 $36) 30. Ra8 Rb8 31. Rxb8 Qxb8 32. Qxe6 Qxb4 33. Qxe4 $13) 29. Qd6+ $11)
27... Rxc8 28. Bd7 Rb8 $1 {[%csl Rb4,Rd4] It looks like white missed this easy
move in time trouble. Now two pawns are hanging and black just in time can
consolidate his position.} 29. f5 (29. c6 $142 Rxb4 30. c7 Nxc7 (30... Ne7 $5)
31. Rxc7 Bxd4 32. Bxd4 Rxd4 33. f5 gxf5 34. Bxf5 Nh6 $17 {[%csl Gf7]}) 29...
gxf5 30. Rxf5 Rxb4 (30... Nxd4 31. Rxd5 Rxb4 {is also good enough.} 32. c6 $140
Nf3+) 31. Bxe6 Rb1+ $1 (31... fxe6 $2 32. Rf2 $13 {[%cal Gf2f8]}) 32. Kg2 Rb2+
33. Rf2 (33. Kg1 fxe6 34. Rf4 Rbxh2 $19 {[%csl Rg1]}) 33... Rxf2+ 34. Bxf2 fxe6
35. g4 {With hopes to create some counterplay with pawns on different sides.} (
35. c6 Ne7 36. c7 Kf7 $19) 35... Ne7 36. h4 Nc6 37. Rc7 Nxd4 38. c6 Be5 $1 39.
Bxd4 (39. Rc8+ Ke7 40. Rxh8 Bxh8 41. c7 Kd7 $19) 39... Bxd4 40. Rb7 Ke8 $1 {
Now it's over. The black king stops white's c-pawn and white could resign
right here.} 41. g5 (41. c7 Kd7) 41... Be5 42. Kh3 e3 43. g6 e2 44. Rb1 d4 {
[%cal Gd4d3,Gd3d2]} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 17th"]
[Site "Gjakova"]
[Date "2016.05.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Baldauf,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KOS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd2
Nbd7 9. Qc2 Rc8 10. c5 Qc7 11. g3 e5 12. f4 e4 13. Be2 g5 $2 {Dubov
unterschätzte hier wohl das Figurenopfer} (13... Be7 {mit ruhigem Spiel}) 14.
fxg5 Nh7 15. g6 fxg6 {Diagramm [#]} 16. Nxe4 $1 dxe4 17. Qxe4+ Kd8 18. Qxg6 $18
{die Stellung ist wohl bereits verloren, da die schwarzen Figuren nicht mehr
zu koordinieren sind} Ndf6 19. O-O-O Qe7 (19... Be7 20. Bd3 Rg8 21. Rhf1 Nf8
22. Qf7 $18) 20. Ba5+ Rc7 (20... Kd7 21. Bd3 Qxe3+ 22. Kb1 $18) 21. Kb1 Kc8 22.
Bxc7 Kxc7 23. Bd3 Nd7 24. e4 Ng5 25. e5 Rh6 26. Qd6+ $1 Kd8 27. Qxe7+ Kxe7 28.
h4 Ne6 29. Bf5 b6 30. b4 Nc7 31. Rhf1 Nb8 32. Rf3 Kd8 33. Be4 Be7 34. Rf7 Ne6
35. Bf5 Nc7 36. Rxg7 Nd5 37. Rf1 Na6 38. a3 Ne3 39. Rf3 Nxf5 40. Rxf5 Nc7 41.
Rff7 Nd5 42. Rh7 Rg6 43. Rfg7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT2"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Black "Svirin, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 (5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nc3
Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 O-O (10... c5 $11) 11. Bf4 c5 12. Rad1 Qb6
13. b3 Rfd8 $11 {Tal,M-Sveshnikov,E Leningrad 1991 Inf 52/372/}) (5. cxd5 cxd5
6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Nc3 (7. Bd2 e6 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. Bb4 Bd6 $5 10. Qa3 Ke7 $1 $11 {
Brenninkmeijer,J-Dreev,A Groningen 1991/}) 7... e6 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Bb5 Bd6 10.
Rc1 Rb8 $1 $11 {Gurevich,M-Anand,V Reggio Emilia 1991 Inf 53/357/}) 5... e6 6.
Nh4 $5 (6. Bd3 Bxd3 $11) (6. Be2 h6 7. O-O Nbd7 $11) 6... Bg6 (6... Bg4 7. Qb3
Qb6 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. g5 Ne4 $11 {Fedorowicz,J-Henley,R USA ch 1984/}) (
6... Be4 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Qxb6 axb6 9. Bd2 h6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. f3 Bh7 $11 {
Nikolic,P-Beliavsky,A Sarajevo 1982/}) 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3 $5 $146 (8. Qb3 Qb6
9. Qxb6 axb6 $11) 8... Nbd7 9. Qb3 dxc4 $6 (9... Qb6 $5 10. Bg2 (10. c5 Qc7 11.
Bg2 e5 $11) 10... Qa6 $1 11. Bf1 Qb6 $11) 10. Qxc4 (10. Qxb7 $5 Nb6 (10... c5
11. Bxc4 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Be2 $14) 11. Qxc6+ Nfd7 12. Bg2 Rc8 13. Qe4 Nf6
14. Qc2 $14) 10... e5 11. Bg2 Nb6 12. Qd3 Qd7 $5 (12... Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rd1
exd4 15. exd4 Nbd5 $14) 13. O-O Rd8 14. Rd1 exd4 (14... Be7 15. Qe2 exd4 16.
Rxd4 $14) 15. Ne2 $5 (15. exd4 Be7 16. Bg5 O-O $11) 15... dxe3 (15... Be7 $5
16. Qxd4 (16. Nxd4 $2 c5) 16... Qxd4 17. Rxd4 O-O 18. Bd2 Bc5 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 $11
) 16. Qxe3+ Qe7 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. Qf3 $44 Rh5 $5 19. h4 $1 Re5 20. Kf1 Nfd5 (
20... Nbd5 21. Bg5 Qd7 22. Nc3 $44) 21. Bg5 f6 22. Bf4 Nxf4 (22... Re6 $6 23.
Bh3 f5 24. Bg5 Nf6 25. Nf4 $16) 23. Nxf4 Qf7 24. Qd3+ Kc7 25. Nxg6 Re8 26. Nxf8
$142 $6 (26. Rd1 Bc5 27. b3 $14) 26... Qxf8 27. Rc1 Rd8 28. Qe4 $6 {>=29.Rc6
bc 30.Qc6 Kb8 31.Qb7#/} (28. Qe3 $14) 28... Rd2 $1 $13 29. a4 Qd6 (29... Rxb2
$2 30. a5 Nd7 31. a6 $16) 30. Qg4 (30. Kg1 $5 Rxf2 31. Rxc6+ $14) 30... Nd7 (
30... Rxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Qd2+ 32. Kf3 Qd3+ $11) 31. Re1 Rxb2 32. Kg1 Qc5 33. Rf1
Qe7 34. Qd4 $44 Ra2 35. Rd1 $1 (35. Qxa7 $6 Qc5 $17) 35... a5 $2 (35... Nc5 $5)
36. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 37. Qa7+ Kc8 38. Qa6+ Kb8 (38... Kc7 39. Qxa5+ Kc8 40. Qa8+
Kc7 41. Qa7+ Kc8 42. Rb1 $36) (38... Kb8 39. Rb1+ Kc7 40. Rb7+ Kd6 41. Qd3+ Ke6
42. Qc4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 15th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. g3 Nb6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Kf2 Qd7 14. Ng2 Bd6
15. Nf4 O-O 16. h4 {Diagramm [#]} Nh5 $5 (16... Bf5 17. g4 Be6 {kam in Frage.})
17. Nxh5 Bxh5 18. g4 Bxg4 (18... Bg6 $2 19. h5) 19. fxg4 Qxg4 20. Ne2 Nc4 {
Diagramm [#]} 21. Rxc4 $1 {Eigentlich kann sich Weiß nur durch
Materialrückgabe befreien, zumal Schwarz mit dem einfach Zug Le7 Aussicht
hatte, einen dritten Bauern zu gewinnen.} dxc4 22. Qxc4 Be7 23. Ke1 Bxh4+ 24.
Kd1 Rae8 25. Qd3 h6 26. Kc2 Bg5 {Diagramm [#] Schwarz hat einen Turm und zwei
Bauern für die beiden Figuren; außerdem verfügt er über aktives
Figurenspiel. Der Nachziehende steht nicht schlechter.} 27. Nc3 b5 28. Be2 Qe6
29. Bf3 a5 30. d5 cxd5 31. Bxd5 Qb6 (31... Qc8 $1 {war hier stärker.}) 32. Ne4
Be7 $2 {Im Nachhinein ist es offensichtlich, dass dieser passive Zug besser
durch aktives Spiel ersetzt worden wäre.} (32... Re5 $1 33. Bc3 Rf5 ({Oder gar
} 33... Rxd5)) 33. Bc3 Qg6 $2 {Diagramm [#]} (33... Rc8 $1 {Was gleichwohl
Weiß im Besitz deutlichen Vorteils gelassen hätte.}) 34. Nf6+ $3 {Eine
wunderschöne Schlusskombination.} Qxf6 (34... gxf6 35. Qxg6+ Kh8 36. Rxh6#) (
34... Bxf6 35. Qxg6) (34... Kh8 35. Qxg6 fxg6 36. Nxe8 Rxe8 $4 37. Rxh6#) 35.
Bxf6 Bxf6 36. Rf1 Bg5 37. e4 Rc8+ 38. Kb1 Kh8 39. Qxb5 f5 40. e5 f4 41. a3 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 15th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2014.05.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2014.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 {In our
previous game I did put the queen on b3 immediately, but that didn't go well
for me.} (7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. g3 Nbd7 10. Bg2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bd2
Nb6 13. c5 $6 {Too creative in an unknown situation.} Nc4 14. Be1 b6 $1 15. Na4
bxc5 16. dxc5 Nd7 17. Qc2 f5 18. Rc1 Nce5 19. f3 g5 20. Qe2 Qb7 21. b4 a5 22.
bxa5 Qa6 $1 {with a strong initiative for Black in Bologan,V 2672 - Motylev,A
2663 , Poikovsky RUS 29.8.2013 14th Karpov GM.}) 7... Nbd7 8. g3 Bd6 9. O-O Qe7
10. Qb3 {To be honest I am always slightly afraid to open the h-file in this
type of position. That's why, before taking on g6, I decided to clarify the
situation with a possible long castling by Black.} (10. b3 Ne4 11. Bb2 Nxc3 12.
Bxc3 Bb4 $11 {Radjabov T 2744 - Karjakin Sergey 2776 , 12.6.2011 5th Kings
Tournament}) (10. Bd2 dxc4 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bxc4 e5 13. Re1 g5 {Arabidze,M
2388 - Svetushkin,D 2582 , Yerevan ARM 5.3.2014 15th ch-EUR Indiv 2014} 14. f4
$1 $16) 10... Rb8 11. Bd2 (11. Rd1 a6 12. Bd2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bh5 14. Re1 b5 15.
Bf1 c5 $15 {Jianu,V 2579 - Svetushkin,D 2544 , Iasi ROU 14.5.2014 Iasi Open
2014}) 11... O-O 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qc2 {The mission is acccomplished so the
queen can go back to c2, away from the unpleasant opposition with the rook on
b8. Also the pawn on b2 has started to signal that it needs the way cleared in
order to go for b4-b5 etc.} a6 $6 {Typical but rather slow.} ({Maybe Black
should go for} 13... dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nb6 15. Be2 e5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 {, but even
here White has a slight advantage thanks to his bishop pair in a semi-open
position.}) 14. c5 $1 {By taking the space advantage on the queenside White
secures the pawn attack b4-b5.} Bc7 15. b4 e5 {Black's play is also quite
simple, with the only difference that he's got much less space for his pieces.}
16. a4 Qe6 17. Kg2 {During the game I remembered the recent mate my student
got on the h-file in Khanty-Mansisk. That's why I told to myself: no jokes,
maximum prophylaxis.} e4 18. f4 $1 {An important check-up; now Black either
has to keep the centre closed or to take on f3. In both cases White gets firm
control over the important e5-square.} exf3+ {Black needs at least some play,
in this case linked with the e4-square.} ({Otherwise he would painfully die
due to lack of oxygen, for example} 18... Qf5 19. b5 g5 20. Nd1 Rfe8 21. bxc6
bxc6 22. Bxa6 Nf8 23. Be2 {and Black is pawn down without clear compensation
for it.}) 19. Bxf3 Rbe8 20. Rab1 Re7 21. b5 {It's obvious that always after b5
White should take into consideration the unpleasant reply ...Ba5 with the
clear idea to trade the bishop for the knight to gain control over the
e4-square. Nevertheless I decided to calculate it, having in mind a typical
trick...} ({Instead of b5, the computer suggests enjoying the position with} 
21. Rbe1 {,threatening e4.} Ne4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Be2 Nf6 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5
Nd5 {During the game I rejected this line due to the strong knight on d5;
still after} 26. Ra1 g5 27. bxc6 bxc6 28. Ra6 Rb8 29. Bc4 Bd8 30. Qa2 $14 {
White is better.}) 21... axb5 22. axb5 Ba5 23. Nxd5 $1 {This is the
aforementioned trick; it is typical for the Slav Defence. The open question is:
does it work here?} Nxd5 24. e4 $1 {I had based my calculations on this subtle
move and strangely enough my opponent simply missed this intermediate move.}
N7f6 ({On} 24... Bxd2 {I had prepared} 25. exd5 cxd5 (25... Qe3 26. bxc6 bxc6
27. dxc6 Nf6 28. d5 Ba5 29. d6 Re5 30. Rb5 Bd8 31. Rd1 g5 32. h3 {with an easy
win.}) 26. Qxd2 Nf6 27. Rbe1 Qd7 (27... Ne4 $5 28. Bxe4 dxe4 29. d5 Qe5 30. d6
{and here Alexander would have had to find a move, which is not easy at all:}
Re6 $1 31. Rc1 e3 32. Qd3 Rd8 {and Black's position is worse but holdable.})
28. c6 Qd6 29. Rxe7 Qxe7 30. Rc1 bxc6 31. bxc6 Rc8 32. Qc3 {Again there is
some pressure from White's side, but I wouldn't be surprised if Black manages
to make a draw.}) 25. exd5 Nxd5 26. Rbe1 Qxe1 27. Rxe1 Rxe1 28. Bg5 ({Other
continuations like} 28. Kh3 Bxd2 29. Qxd2 Re7 30. Bxd5 cxd5 31. Qg5 Rd7 $14 {
and}) (28. Kf2 Bxd2 29. Qxd2 Re7 30. bxc6 bxc6 31. Bxd5 cxd5 32. Qg5 Rd7 $14 {
appeared less dangerous for Black to me.}) 28... Nc7 $2 {The first serious
mistake in the game.} ({Instead Motylev should chase the bishop} 28... Bd8 29.
Qd2 Re6 30. Bxd5 cxd5 31. Bxd8 Rxd8 {with a slightly worse two rooks against
queen endgame, which we already discussed before.}) 29. bxc6 Ne6 30. cxb7 $1 {
It was not an easy task to consider everything until the end, but the main
lines proved that the three passed pawns are very dangerous and at least one
of them can queen.} (30. d5 Nxg5 31. cxb7 {would transpose to the game.}) 30...
Nxg5 31. d5 Bc7 32. d6 Bb8 33. Qd2 {Here I almost had a heart attack after
missing my opponent's next move!} Rg1+ $1 {Usually after such a blunder we
just have to resign, luckily for me I am still fine after} 34. Kf2 (34. Kxg1 $4
Nxf3+ 35. Kg2 Nxd2 $19) 34... Nxf3 35. Kxf3 Rf1+ 36. Kg2 Rf6 37. Qd5 {Actually
this is the key position of the game. It is four (queen and three pawns)
against three (two rooks and a bishop). For Black it's sometimes enough to
exchange rook and bishop for the pawns. But even this is difficult to achieve
- they are very precious pawns :)} Rf5 38. Qc6 Ba7 (38... Rf6 39. Qc8 $18) 39.
d7 Rxc5 (39... Bxc5 40. Qc7 Be7 41. b8=Q $18) 40. Qd6 $1 {The final
time-trouble move which actually decides the game. One more important factor
to be mentioned is the situation of the king on the 8th rank, which will be
exploited in order to promote the pawns.} Rd8 41. Qe7 Rc2+ 42. Kh3 Rxd7 43.
Qxd7 Rb2 44. Qc8+ Kh7 45. Qa8 1-0

[Event "EU-ch (Women) 15th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2014.07.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhukova, Natalia"]
[Black "Gunina, Valentina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2014.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O Be7 10. h3 O-O 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Bd2 a6 14. Rac1 dxc4 15.
Bxc4 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. a3 b5 18. Be2 Qb8 19. Be1 Bd6 20. b4 Nce4 21. Bf3 Rc4
22. Qb1 Nxc3 23. Bxc3 Rfc8 24. Bb2 Bh2+ 25. Kh1 Be5 26. Kg1 Bc3 27. Bxc3 Rxc3
28. Rd8+ Rxd8 29. Rxc3 {It might seem as if Black has seized the initiative
after the opening but the engines are unimpressed and consider the position to
be at least equal for White. Black still tries to prove an advantage but only
succeeds because White blunders.} Nd7 30. Qe4 Ne5 31. g3 f5 32. Qb7 Qd6 33. Kg2
Nc4 34. Qc6 Qe5 35. Rc2 Kh7 {A bold, but unsound pawn sacrifice hoping for an
attack. 35...Nd2 or 35...Qd6 lead to a roughly equal position.} 36. Qxa6 Nd2
37. Bc6 $2 ({A mistake. After the calm} 37. Qc6 {White's a pawn up and ready
to parry all threats by Black, e.g.} Qa1 38. Be2) 37... Rd5 $1 {A surprising
tactical shot.} 38. Rxd2 $2 {White panics.} ({Of course, she cannot take the
exchange and would lose after} 38. Bxd5 Qxd5+ 39. Kg1 Nf3+ 40. Kf1 Qd1+ 41. Kg2
Ne1+ {but after the calm defense}) (38. Rc1 Qe4+ 39. Kg1 Nf3+ 40. Kf1 {Black
has no more than a perpetual.}) 38... Rxd2 39. Qxb5 Qxe3 40. Qf1 Qxa3 41. Qc4
Qb2 42. Qc5 Rc2 43. Qb6 Qe5 44. b5 Qe1 45. Qd4 Rd2 46. Qf4 Rd1 0-1

[Event "Biel Suri Memorial"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2014.07.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. g3 Nbd7 10. Bg2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. cxd5 exd5 13. f3 b5 14. Ne2 Qb6 15.
Kh1 c5 {A typical Slav battle. White has the pair of bishops but Black has
counterplay and good pieces.} 16. Qd1 Rfe8 17. g4 Rad8 18. Bd2 (18. g5 Nh5 19.
f4 {usually tends to favor White, however Giri might have been worried about
the hole left on e4.}) 18... g5 19. a4 b4 20. a5 Qb8 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. Nd4 Ne5
{Black's activity keeps increasing while White's position has not made much
progress.} 23. b3 Rc8 24. Ra2 Nc6 25. Rc2 Nxa5 {Black wins a pawn, but his
knight must now remain in the rim for some time.} 26. Qb1 Bb6 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28.
Nf5 Bc5 29. Qb2 Bf8 30. e4 dxe4 31. Bxg5 exf3 32. Bxf3 Qb5 33. Rd1 Rd8 34. Rg1
Rd3 (34... Qd3 $1 {This controlling move was important to thwart White's
threats.} 35. Qg2 Qc3 $1 $15) 35. Qe2 Nh7 $2 {Missing White's response.} 36.
Nd4 $1 {There's no good way to keep the queen defending the rook!} Qd7 (36...
Qa6 37. Be4 $16) 37. Qxd3 Nxg5 38. Rd1 $16 {White simply has more material
here.} Bc5 39. Nc6 Qxd3 40. Rxd3 Nxc6 41. Bxc6 Ne6 42. Rd7 Bb6 43. Bd5 Nd8 44.
Re7 Kf8 45. Re4 a5 46. Kg2 g5 47. Kf3 f6 48. h3 Bc7 49. Rc4 Bb6 50. Re4 Bc7 51.
Re2 Be5 52. Ra2 Bc7 53. Rc2 1-0

[Event "Dilijan FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Dilijan"]
[Date "2013.06.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Danielian, Elina"]
[Black "Ushenina, Anna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2013.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Danielyan had a strong initiative against Ushenina during the entire game.} 1.
d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3
Nbd7 9. Bg2 dxc4 10. Qe2 Nb6 11. a4 a5 12. O-O Be7 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. e4 e5 15.
Be3 Nfd7 16. h4 O-O 17. h5 gxh5 18. Qxh5 g6 19. Qh6 Bf6 20. d5 Qd6 21. Bf3 Bg7
22. Qh3 Rfd8 23. Kg2 cxd5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Qe7 26. Rh1 Nf6 27. Rb5 Rd3
28. Bh6 Qf8 29. Bxg7 Qxg7 30. Rxe5 Nh7 31. Rc5 Rd2 32. e5 Rxb2 33. Bd5 Rf8 34.
Qh4 Rb4 35. Rxc4 ({Here White could play} 35. Rxa5 {and Bxc4 on the next move.
Black's pieces are very passive and they cannot put up any resistance.}) 35...
Rxc4 36. Bxc4 Re8 37. f4 Nf8 38. Rc1 g5 39. Qxg5 Qxg5 40. fxg5 Rxe5 41. Rf1 Re7
{In time trouble Elina has missed a number of chances to score her first
victory in this tournament.} 42. Rf5 b6 43. Rf6 Ne6 44. g6 Kg7 45. Rxf7+ Rxf7
46. gxf7 Nc5 47. Bb5 Kxf7 48. Kf3 Kf6 49. Kf4 Ne6+ 50. Ke4 Kg5 51. Kd5 Nc5 52.
Kc6 Nxa4 53. Bxa4 Kg4 54. Kxb6 Kxg3 55. Kxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lopota FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Lopota"]
[Date "2014.06.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhao, Xue"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 Bf5 ({Oft geschieht hier auch} 4... e6) 5.
e3 h6 6. Ne5 ({Der Hauptzug in dieser selten gespielten Variante ist} 6. b4)
6... e6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Nxd3 Nbd7 9. b3 ({Ein Vorgänger verlief so:} 9. Ne5
Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. f4 Bc5 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. Qd3 O-O 15. Bd2 a5
16. a4 Bb4 17. O-O Bxd2 18. Nxd2 Rac8 19. Rfc1 Qxb2 20. Rcb1 Qc2 21. Qxc2 Rxc2
22. Rxb7 Rxd2 23. Rxd7 Rc8 24. Kh1 Rcc2 25. Rg1 Ra2 26. h4 h5 27. Ra7 Rxa4 28.
Rb1 Raa2 29. Rbb7 Rxg2 30. Rxf7 Rg4 31. f5 Rxh4+ 32. Kg1 Rg4+ 33. Kh1 exf5 34.
e6 Re2 35. e4 Rexe4 36. Rxf5 Rxe6 37. Rxd5 Rh6 38. Raxa5 h4 39. Kh2 h3 40. Rh5
Rh4 41. Rhg5 {1/2-1/2 (41) Lange,H-Groenegress,W (2215) Meinberg 1986}) 9...
Qa5 $5 {Mit einer witzigen Idee.} 10. O-O Qc3 {Doppelangriff!} 11. Nb1 {
Weiß offeriert den Turm als Gastgeschenk, in der Hoffnung die Dame zu fangen.}
({Nach} 11. Nf3 Qxa1 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. Bd2 Qxf1+ 14. Kxf1 $11 {hat Schwarz die
Dame gegen zwei Türme getauscht.}) ({Möglich war auch} 11. Nb2) 11... Qxa1
12. Qc2 c5 13. a3 ({Mit} 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. dxc5 {kann Weiß wieder den Tausch
Dame gegen zwei Türme anstreben:} Nxc5 15. Ba3 Qxf1+ 16. Kxf1 $11) 13... dxc4
14. bxc4 b5 {Linienöffnung am Damenflügel so der schwarzen Dame eine
Rückzugsmöglichkeit eröffnen.} 15. cxb5 c4 16. Nf4 $6 ({Möglich war} 16.
Bb2 cxd3 17. Qb3 Qxb2 18. Qxb2 Be7 {Schwarz hat dann Turm und zwei
Leichtfiguren für die Dame, außerdem ein paar Bauern weniger, mit wohl
besseren Möglichkeiten für Schwarz.}) 16... Rb8 (16... c3 $1 {mit der
pfiffigen Idee} 17. Nxc3 Rc8 18. Bb2 Qa2) 17. Bd2 Bxa3 {Schwarz hat noch ein
andere Befreiungsidee.} 18. Bc3 Bb2 $1 {So!} 19. Bxb2 Qa2 20. Nc3 Qb3 21. Qxb3
cxb3 {Nun hat die ganze Operation Schwarz eine Qualität eingebracht.} 22. Ba3
Nb6 23. Rb1 Nbd5 24. Nfxd5 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Rxb3 Kd7 27. Bc5 a5 28. Ba7 (
{Besser war} 28. Kf1 $15) 28... Rb7 29. b6 {Diese Manöver mit Einsperrung des
eigenen Läufers auf a7, war keine gute Idee.} Rc8 30. Kf1 Rc1+ {a-Bauer und
der eingedrungene Turm entscheiden nun die Partie.} 31. Ke2 Rc2+ 32. Kf3 Kc6
33. g4 a4 34. Rb1 a3 35. Rb3 a2 36. Ra3 Kb5 0-1

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2013.02.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2013.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Ne4 9. g3 Nd6 10. b3 Be7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qd3 Nf6 13. Bf3 g5 14. Bg2 g4 {
Caruana was unhappy with how he played the opening. He said his plan "was
probably a bit ambitious - the pawn on g4 just turned out to be a little weak,
" and added, "the position looks normal but I just didn't see any plan."} 15.
Rd1 Qc7 ({Fabiano explained the concrete problems for Black with an
"attacking" line where he wins the h2-pawn but is going to get crushed in the
centre after} 15... Qa5 $6 16. Bd2 dxc4 17. bxc4 Qh5 18. c5 Qxh2+ 19. Kf1) 16.
Bb2 Rd8 17. Rac1 Qa5 18. c5 Nf5 19. a3 Qc7 20. Qe2 Nh6 21. e4 dxe4 22. Nxe4
Nxe4 23. Bxe4 O-O 24. b4 Bf6 25. a4 Rfe8 26. b5 Re7 27. Rd3 Red7 28. Rcd1 Nf5
29. Qxg4 Bxd4 $2 30. Bxd4 ({The win is surprising and pretty, but also forced
and relatively simple:} 30. Qf4 $3 Qc8 (30... Qxf4 {loses a piece}) 31. Bxf5
Bxb2 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33. Rxd7 Qxd7 {and after everything has been traded off
there's the final blow} 34. Qb8+ {and mate.}) ({The players explained
afterwards that they'd missed the above line because they were both
calculating another much more complicated forced line:} 30. Bxf5 Bxb2 31. b6
axb6 32. cxb6 Qc8 33. Bxe6 Rxd3 34. Bxc8 Rxd1+ 35. Kg2 R1d4 36. Qe2 Rxc8 37.
Qxb2 Rxa4 {and the position's equal.}) 30... Nxd4 31. Rxd4 Rxd4 32. Rxd4 {
After everything was exchanged on d4, even the nice finesse} Rxd4 33. Bh7+ $1 {
couldn't bring Meier anything more than a drawn queen ending.} Kxh7 34. Qxd4
Kg8 35. b6 axb6 36. cxb6 Qe7 37. a5 Qa3 38. Qe5 Kh7 39. h4 Qd3 40. Kg2 Qc4 41.
Kf3 Qd3+ 42. Kg2 Qc4 43. Qc7 Qe4+ 44. Kg1 Qe1+ 45. Kg2 Qe4+ 46. Kg1 Qe1+ 47.
Kg2 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2013.02.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c6 4. c4 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. c5
Bc7 9. b4 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 $146 (10... dxe4 {Alekhine took the white knight
with his pawn - a move Houdini still approves of - while Meier went for a
novelty.} 11. Nd2 h5 12. f4 g5 13. g3 Nf6 14. Bb2 gxf4 15. exf4 h4 16. Qb3 hxg3
17. hxg3 Nd5 18. Nc4 Nxf4 19. Rae1 Qg5 20. d5 Nd3 {0-1 (20) Kmoch,H-Alekhine,A
Vienna 1922}) 11. b5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 cxb5 13. Qb3 b6 14. c6 Nf6 ({Naiditsch used
an unprintable exclamation to express his emotions after spending 30 minutes
mulling the consequences of} 14... Nb8 $5 {only to see Georg Meier instantly
respond to 14.c6 with 14...Nf6.}) 15. Qxb5 a6 16. Qa4 {Meier now spoiled an
apparently sound position with the terrible} Ne4 $2 {admitting he'd
"completely failed to realise" that he couldn't follow exchanges on e4 with ...
f5 as d5 simply wins - Black can't survive when White opens the d-file with a
pawn on c6.} 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Ba3 h5 {Meier eventually did play ...h5, as
Alekhine had done in the Kmoch game, and even showed ...h5 in combination with
...g5 in the press conference (much to Naiditsch's bewilderment), but things
didn't follow the same scenario in 2013.} 19. f3 b5 20. Qb4 {By this stage
Meier was already in desperate time trouble and logically the game should
simply have ended in a straightforward strategic victory, but perhaps some of
the spirit of Alekhine returned as Meier seized his last chance with} Qh4 21.
h3 $6 {Naiditsch thought this was just winning the game.} ({After} 21. f4 {
White would be well on top, as Naiditsch realised.}) {He admitted he'd simply
blundered by losing the a3-bishop after} 21... a5 22. Qxb5 Qg3 23. fxe4 Qxe3+
24. Kh1 Qxa3 {and that he was lucky that he still had} 25. Qb7 $1 Qg3 ({
Here Meier was down to seconds and understandably missed the stunning drawing
line} 25... Qd6 $3 26. Qxa8+ Ke7 27. e5 Qxd4 28. Qxh8 (28. Rad1 Qxd1 $1) 28...
Qxe5 $1 {and Black's queen and bishop give perpetual check.}) 26. e5 O-O 27.
Qxc7 Qc3 28. Qd6 Rad8 29. Rfc1 $2 {A bad case of moving the wrong rook.} Rxd6
$4 ({Meier had prosaic chances of holding a draw with} 29... Qxd4 $1) 30. Rxc3
Rxd4 31. c7 $1 {and the fat lady was well and truly singing. Meier said he
considered resigning on the spot but then decided to show the spectators the
neat} Rc8 32. Rb1 Rb4 33. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Krakow op 21st"]
[Site "Krakow"]
[Date "2011.01.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mertanen, Janne"]
[Black "Sieciechowicz, Marcin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2010.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 {He played this move two rounds earlier and
won. I was happy about the repetition, because it led to my favourite line.}
Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. g3 O-O 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qb3
{I do not understand this move. I want to play on the queenside and his queen
on b3 can only help me.} Rb8 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Qc2 {He admits that his queen was
misplaced.} dxc4 14. Bxc4 b5 15. Be2 Rfc8 16. Bd2 a6 17. a4 c5 $5 {I was not
able to calculate all the lines that might occur after this move, but felt I
was OK.} 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 cxd4 20. Qd3 $6 {An oversight. #} Ne5 $1 21.
Qb1 {Now he realised that} (21. Qxd4 Rxb5 22. Bxb5 Nf3+ {is curtains.}) ({After
} 21. Qb3 {I saw} d3 22. Bxd3 Nf3+ 23. Kg2 Qb7 {and assessed that White's
position would be difficult.}) 21... Rxb5 $1 {Another intuitive solution.} 22.
Bxb5 Nf3+ 23. Kf1 Nxh2+ 24. Kg2 Qb7+ 25. Kxh2 {#} Ng4+ ({It was clear that
after} 25... Qxb5 {Black has more than excellent compensation, but I wanted to
get to his king.}) 26. Kg1 Qf3 27. Be1 dxe3 28. fxe3 Bxg3 (28... Bc5 $1 {
finished immediately.}) 29. Rd2 Rc5 {the rook is heading to h1} 30. Qd1 Qxe3+
31. Kg2 Qf4 32. Qa4 Ne3+ 33. Kg1 Bf2+ 34. Rxf2 Qg3+ {He cannot avoid being
mated.} 0-1

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 {An
extremely daring choice.} 8. Qb3 b5 $6 ({An extremely daring choice. Does
Black really have enough after the capture on b5? Giri decides to believe his
opponent and play things positionally.} 8... Qb6 {would be the normal move.})
9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bd2 a5 12. O-O-O $2 ({Really a case of castling
into it.} 12. Bd3 {looks much safer.}) 12... Be7 13. g4 Na6 14. Qc2 a4 15. h4
Nb4 16. Qb1 a3 17. b3 Qd6 18. Be2 Rc8 19. h5 gxh5 20. gxh5 Qe6 21. f4 $2 c5 $1
22. h6 Rxh6 23. Rxh6 gxh6 24. Bxb5+ Kd8 {An original position. The black king
turns out to be as safe as houses on d8, whereas the white monarch is facing
extinction.} 25. Bd3 cxd4 26. exd4 Qh3 27. Bc4 ({Desperation, as he cannot
save material. If} 27. Be1 Qe3+ {mates.}) 27... dxc4 28. bxc4 Rxc4 29. Qb3 Rc8
30. Be1 Nfd5 31. Qa4 Rxc3+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2826"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Carlsen,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 {No QGD today. Kein Abgelehntes Damengambit heute.} 3. Nf3
Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 {But admittedly, this line is pretty solid
too. Doch auch dieses Abspiel ist zugegebenermaßen ziemlich solide.} 7. Nxg6
hxg6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. h3 {All very logical, but seldom played.
Probably because most sensible people don't want to come under the kind of
onslaught that happened in the game. Alles sehr logisch, aber selten gespielt.
Vermutlich, weil sich die meisten vernünftigen Menschen nicht der Art von
Überfall aussetzen wollen, zu dem es in der Partie kam.} dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12.
Bb3 {I thought about this one for a while. Just a waste of time really, as I
realised pretty early on that I wanted to put my bishop on b3 here, and that I
most likely was not going to change my mind. Darüber dachte ich eine Weile
nach. Eigentlich reine Zeitverschwendung, da mir ziemlich früh klar wurde,
dass ich hier meinen Läufer auf b3 stellen wollte und ich es mir
höchstwahrscheinlich nicht anders überlegen würde.} e5 13. Qc2 {Now Black will
not be able to castle kingside, and he's more or less forced to either castle
queenside and play for an attack, or put the king on f8, and accept a passive
position. Nun wird Schwarz nicht kurz rochieren können, und er ist mehr oder
minder gezwungen, entweder lang zu rochieren und auf Angriff zu spielen, oder
den König nach f8 zu stellen und eine passive Stellung in Kauf zu nehmen.} (13.
dxe5 Bxe5 14. Qf3 {is a more solid option. ist eine solidere Möglichkeit.} O-O
15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Bd2 {with a more or less typical position, where White has the
bishop pair, which would be enough for some people to claim a slight advantage.
mit einer mehr oder minder typischen Stellung, wo Weiß das Läuferpaar hat, was
manchen Leuten genügen würde, auf leichten Vorteil zu pochen.}) (13. Qf3 {
is no good due to ist nicht gut wegen} Qe7 {mit nachfolgendem ...e4. with e4
to come.}) 13... Qe7 (13... exd4 14. exd4 Bc7 15. Bg5 $1 Kf8 (15... Qd6 16. f4
Qxd4+ 17. Rf2 {looks promising for White wirkt vielversprechend für Weiß.}) 16.
Qd3 Qd6 17. f4 Nbd5 18. Rae1 {and White must be better. und Weiß muss besser
stehen.}) 14. Bd2 {Not an impressive move by any means, but it was not easy to
find something more useful here. Keineswegs ein beeindruckender Zug, aber es
war nicht einfach, hier etwas Nützlicheres zu finden.} (14. f4 exd4 15. exd4
O-O-O 16. f5 Bc7 17. fxg6 fxg6 18. Qxg6 Rxd4 {did not impress me at all; now
White will have to bail out with beeindruckte mich keineswegs; nun wird Weiß
die Reißleine ziehen müssen mit} 19. Qf7 Qxf7 (19... Qe5 20. Qe6+) 20. Bxf7 {
and hope for equality. und auf Ausgleich hoffen.}) 14... O-O-O $1 15. d5 {
To me, this seemed like the only logical move. Für mich schien dies der einzig
logische Zug zu sein.} (15. Nb5 Bb8 16. a4 {Too difficult. Zu schwierig.})
15... e4 {Clearly the only decent move. Eindeutig der einzig vernünftige Zug.}
(15... c5 16. e4 {is positional capitulation. ist positionelle Kapitulation.})
16. dxc6 Qe5 (16... Rxh3 17. gxh3 Qe5 18. f4 exf3 19. Rxf3 Qh2+ 20. Kf1 {
does not by any means lead to mate. führt keineswegs zum Matt.}) 17. f4 exf3
18. Rxf3 Ng4 {I had missed this elegant little move when I played 14.Bd2.
Diesen eleganten kleinen Zug hatte ich bei 14.Bd2 übersehen.} (18... Qh2+ 19.
Kf2 Bb4 {is what I was considering at first. One amusing continuation would be
ist, woran ich zuerst überlegte. Eine amüsante Fortsetzung wäre} 20. Bxf7 (20.
Be1 Rhe8 21. Rxf6 gxf6 22. Bxf7 Re5 23. Bxg6 Bc5 $13) 20... Rxd2+ 21. Qxd2 Bxc3
$1 {I had only looked at ...Ne4 Ich hatte nur ...Ne4 betrachtet.} (21... Ne4+
22. Nxe4 Bxd2 23. cxb7+ Kb8 24. Nxd2 Qd6 25. Nc4 Nxc4 26. Bxc4 {and White can
play for a win without risk und Weiß kann ohne Risiko auf Gewinn spielen.}) 22.
Qd3 Rd8 $1 23. cxb7+ Kxb7 24. Qxd8 Ne4+ 25. Ke2 Qxg2+ 26. Kd3 Nc5+ 27. Kxc3
Nba4+ 28. Kb4 Qxb2+ 29. Bb3 Qc3+ 30. Ka3 Qb2+ {with a draw by perpetual check.
mit Remis durch Dauerschach.}) 19. cxb7+ Kb8 20. hxg4 Rh1+ 21. Kf2 Rxa1 22. Ne2
{I was pretty sure that I did not have an advantage here, objectively speaking,
but I was fascinated by unusual nature of the position, so I was nevertheless
pretty excited. Ich war ziemlich sicher, dass ich hier objektiv gesehen keinen
Vorteil hatte, doch mich faszinierte die ungewöhnlich Natur der Stellung,
daher war ich trotzdem ziemlich aufgeregt.} Bc5 {Clearly the most natural move.
Eindeutig der natürlichste Zug.} (22... Rd7 {was also possible, with the point
that the tempting war ebenfalls möglich, mit der Pointe, dass das verlockende}
23. Nd4 {is well met by gut mit} Qh2 {beantwortet wird.}) 23. Bc3 {I thought
for a long time here, trying to figure out how to arrange my pieces. Actually
I considered just about every move; both captures on f7, Nd4 and even Bc1,
shutting out the rook on a1. Hier dachte ich lange nach und versuchte zu
ergründen, wie ich meine Figuren aufstellen sollte. Tatsächlich erwog ich so
ungefähr jeden Zug; beide Schlagweisen auf f7, Nd4 und sogar Bc1, um den Turm
auf a1 auszuschließen.} (23. Rxf7 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Bxe3+ 25. Qxe3 Rf1+ 26. Kxf1
Qxe3 {should be a draw, the white king is too exposed sollte remis sein, der
weiße König ist zu exponiert}) (23. Nd4 Rxd4 {More or less forced, Mehr oder
minder erzwungen,} (23... Bxd4 24. exd4 Qxd4+ 25. Be3 Qb4 26. Rxf7 Qe1+ 27. Kf3
Qf1+ 28. Ke4 $1 Re8+ 29. Kd4 Rd1+ (29... Rd8+ 30. Kc5 Nd7+ 31. Kb4 Qe1+ 32. Bd2
$18) 30. Qxd1 Qxf7 $1 31. Bxf7 Rd8+ 32. Kc5 Rxd1 33. Kc6 {and White is winning
und Weiß gewinnt}) 24. exd4 Bxd4+ 25. Be3 Bxe3+ 26. Rxe3 Qf4+ 27. Rf3 Qd4+ 28.
Re3 $11 {I saw thus far, but I didn't want to settle for a draw like this So
weit sah ich, wollte mich aber nicht auf diese Weise mit einem Remis begnügen})
(23. Bxf7 Qe7 {and here I just could not find a decent move for White. und
hier konnte ich einfach keinen ordentlichen Zug für Weiß finden.}) 23... Qe7
24. g5 $1 {The point of my previous move. Die Pointe meines vorigen Zuges.}
Rdd1 ({For Bei} 24... Qxg5 25. Qe4 {White is perfectly centralised. Here I
looked at ist Weiß perfekt zentralisiert. Hier betrachtete ich} f5 26. Qf4+ $1
Qxf4 27. Nxf4 Kxb7 28. Ne6 Rc8 29. Rg3 {and even though Black is currently a
full exchange up, it is clear that only White can play for a win , und obwohl
Schwarz aktuell eine volle Qualität mehr hat, ist klar, dass nur Weiß auf
Gewinn spielen kann}) (24... Rd7 {was once again interesting. war wiederum
interessant.} 25. Bxf7 (25. Bxg7 Qxg5 26. Qe4 f5 {is no good, since there is
no Qf4 due to the fact that the bishop is hanging taugt nichts, da es wegen
der Tatsache, dass der Läufer hängt, kein Qf4 gibt.}) 25... Bxe3+ 26. Rxe3
Qxf7+ 27. Rf3 Qe7 28. Qxg6 Na4 $1 {and Black is doing quite well according to
the comp. und laut dem Computer fährt Schwarz ganz gut.}) 25. Ng3 {The only
move. Der einzige Zug.} Bd6 26. Qe2 {Once again, the only move, but I spent
some time around here, just to make sure that I was not walking into something
really embarrassing. Wiederum der einzige Zug, aber an dieser Stelle
verbrauchte ich etwas Zeit, nur um sicherzugehen, dass ich nicht in etwas
wirklich Peinliches hineinlief.} (26. Ne4 {would have been an excellent move,
were it not for wäre ein ausgezeichneter Zug gewesen, gäbe es da nicht} Rac1
27. Qe2 Rf1+ {and Black wins. und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 26... Rg1 $2 {This is too
optimistic. Das ist zu optimistisch.} ({Gelfand should have been content with
Gelfand hätte sich begnügen sollen mit} 26... Bxg3+ 27. Rxg3 Rf1+ 28. Qxf1
Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Nd7 $1 {and now, with the knight coming to e5 or c5, Black
should be ok. , und jetzt, wo der Springer nach e5 oder c5 kommt, sollte
Schwarz ordentlich stehen.} 30. Bxg7 (30. Rf3 Ne5 31. Bd5 Nxf3 32. Bxf3 Qxe3
33. Bxg7 Qxg5 {keeps the b7-pawn, but is most probably playing for a loss
rather than a win hält den b7-Bauern, ist aber wahrscheinlich eher Spiel auf
Verlust als auf Gewinn.}) 30... Nc5 31. Bc2 Ne4 32. Bxe4 Qxe4 33. a3 $11) 27.
Qd3 $2 {Very logical, preparing Ne4, but there was the much stronger Sehr
logisch, bereitet Ne4 vor, doch es gab das wesentlich stärkere} (27. Qb5 {
I rejected this move mainly because I could not see what my next move would be.
However, looking at the position once more, it seems even harder to find a
move for Black. Ich verwarf diesen Zug hauptsächlich, weil ich nicht sehen
konnte, was mein nächster Zug sein würde. Doch wenn man die Stellung erneut
betrachtet, scheint es sogar noch schwerer zu sein, einen Zug für Schwarz zu
finden.}) 27... Bc7 28. Ne4 Raf1+ $6 {Gelfand, who was in slight time-trouble,
wanted to clarify the situation a bit, but exchanging rooks does not help
Black. Gelfand, der in leichter Zeitnot war, wollte die Situation ein wenig
klären, doch der Turmtausch hilft Schwarz nicht.} 29. Ke2 Rxf3 30. gxf3 {
With two very powerful bishops, and a strong knight on e4, White is really
controlling a lot of squares now. Mit zwei sehr mächtigen Läufern und einem
starken Springer auf e4 kontrolliert Weiß jetzt wirklich eine Menge Felder.} f5
(30... Be5 31. Bxf7 $1 Bxc3 32. bxc3 {keeps an edge for White, as the bishop
obviously cannot be captured. wahrt ein Plus für Weiß, da der Läufer
offensichtlich nicht zu schlagen ist.}) (30... Rg2+ 31. Kf1 (31. Kd1 Rg1+ 32.
Kc2 Rg2+ {and White is getting nowhere und Weiß erreicht nichts}) 31... Rh2 {
was a very logical option, as the white king is now stuck on the first rank.
war eine sehr logische Option, da der weiße König jetzt auf der ersten Reihe
festhängt.} 32. f4 f5 (32... Qf8 33. Nf2 Qh8 34. Bxf7 Qh4 35. Be1 {is a much
more comfortable version for White. ist eine wesentlich bequemere Version für
Weiß.}) 33. gxf6 gxf6 34. Bxf6 (34. Nxf6 Rh3 {with Rxe3 or Bxf4 to come nebst
Rxe3 oder Bxf4.}) 34... Qh7 35. Nf2 Nd7 36. Bd4 Qh4 {and Black obtains
counterplay, which White can nevertheless contain with a few precise moves und
Schwarz erlangt Gegenspiel, welches Weiß nichtsdestotrotz mit ein paar
präzisen Zügen im Zaum halten kann.} 37. Qe2 Qg3 38. Bd5 Nb6 39. Bc6 Nc4 40. b3
Na5 (40... Nd6 41. Qf3 Qh4 42. Kg1 {and White is clearly on top. und Weiß ist
klar obenauf.}) 41. Bd5 Nxb7 42. Qf3 Qxf3 43. Bxf3 {and White should have some
winning chances. und Weiß sollte einige Gewinnchancen haben.}) 31. gxf6 gxf6
32. Bxf6 Qh7 33. Qb5 $1 {By now, I had got quite used to playing with an
exposed king, so making the decision to make room for the king on d3 was an
easy one. Mittlerweile hatte ich mich ziemlich daran gewöhnt, mit exponiertem
König zu spielen, daher fiel die Entscheidung, dem König auf d3 Platz zu
machen, leicht.} Rg2+ $2 (33... Nd7 34. Bd4 Qh3 35. Kd2 $1 Qg2+ 36. Kc3 Rc1+
37. Kb4 {and White is comfortably running away und Weiß läuft bequem davon}) (
33... a6 {with the idea of 34.Qxa6 Qh1 with counterplay, was probably the best
chance. mit der Idee 34.Qxa6 Qh1 mit Gegenspiel war vermutlich die beste
Chance.} 34. Qe8+ Kxb7 35. Nc5+ Ka7 36. Qc6 Qh2+ 37. Kd3 Qd6+ 38. Qxd6 Bxd6 {
and Black fights on in a difficult endgame. und Schwarz kämpft in einem
schwierigen Endspiel weiter.}) 34. Kd3 Qd7+ (34... Nd7 35. Be6 $1 {wins on the
spot. gewinnt auf der Stelle.}) 35. Qxd7 Nxd7 36. Bd5 {Surprisingly, the
"doomed" pawn on b7 is now the decisive factor. Überraschenderweise ist der
"todgeweihte" Bauer auf b7 jetzt der entscheidende Faktor.} Be5 (36... Nxf6 37.
Nxf6 a5 38. Nd7+ Ka7 39. e4 Rxb2 40. e5 {and White should win without any
trouble. und Weiß sollte ohne jede Mühe gewinnen.}) 37. f4 {A blunder, which
won the game immediately. Ein Übersehen, welches die Partie sofort gewann.} (
37. Bxe5+ Nxe5+ 38. Kd4 $1 Nd7 (38... Nxf3+ 39. Kc3 {and Nc5 next will decide ,
und Nc5 als nächstes entscheidet.}) 39. Bc6 Rg1 40. Nf2 {and White should win
easily. und Weiß sollte leicht gewinnen.}) 37... Bc7 $2 (37... Bxf6 38. Nxf6
Nc5+ 39. Kd4 Rc2 {would have enabled Black to fight on. I saw thus far, but
thought that b4 would win easily, as I simply did not realise that Black could
capture on b7 hätte Schwarz ermöglicht weiterzukämpfen. Ich sah so weit,
dachte aber, dass b4 leicht gewinnen würde, da ich einfach nicht begriff, dass
Schwarz auf b7 nehmen kann.} 40. b4 Nxb7 41. Nd7+ Kc7 42. Nf8 {and White keeps
a huge edge. Whether it's enough to win or not, is not clear, though. und Weiß
behält ein riesiges Plus. Ob es zum Gewinn reicht oder nicht, ist allerdings
nicht klar.}) 38. Bc6 {And Boris resigned, as the white knight is inevitably
going ro reach either d7 or a6 via c5 or f6. Certainly one of the most
interesting games I have played in recent times! Und Boris gab auf, denn der
weiße Springer erreicht unweigerlich entweder d7 oder a6 über c5 bzw. f6.
Sicher eine der interessantesten Partien, die ich in letzter Zeit gespielt
habe!} 1-0

[Event "Basel Hilton op 14th"]
[Site "Basel"]
[Date "2012.01.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Hera, Imre Jr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Cebalo,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2012.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{It is well known that chess fashion is dictated by top players who, under the
influence of computer, during last 20 years started to focus their attention
on classical symetric openings (1.e4-e5, 1.d4-d5). As a result chess funs are
many times disapointed by a great number of boaring games. However, we must be
honest and give a credit to the players who managed to create some very
interesting games, full of firework, like the one we analyzed for you and
where you can find a lot of instructive moments. The opening belongs to the
large family of Slav defence.} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 Bf5 ({
Other main line, called Meran variation, goes} 4... e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7) 5. Nc3 e6
6. Nh4 Be4 {With this move Black provokes White to harass his bishop thus
weakening his pawn structure, and it is exactly this detail which might have
offered Black a decent counterplay.} 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 ({It could be
interesting to see last two examples in this line:} 8... Qb6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10.
Bd2 Bd6 11. h3 Nbd7 12. O-O-O Qxb3 13. axb3 a6 14. Kc2 Nh5 $146 15. Bd3 Ng3 16.
Rhe1 O-O-O 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 c5 19. d5 Rde8 20. Na2 exd5 21. exd5 Nf5 22. b4
Nd4+ 23. Kb1 Nb3 24. Bc3 cxb4 25. Nxb4 Be5 26. Na2 Bxc3 27. Nxc3 Ndc5 28. Rxe8+
Rxe8 29. Bc2 Re3 30. Ka2 Na5 31. Rd4 Rg3 32. Ne4 Rxg2 $2 33. Rd2 $1 Rxd2 34.
Nxd2 {and Black has no defence against b2-b4.} b5 35. b4 Nab7 36. bxc5 Nxc5 37.
Ne4 Nb7 38. c5 f5 39. c6 fxe4 40. cxb7+ Kxb7 41. Bxe4 Kc7 42. Kb3 a5 43. Kc3 a4
44. Bc2 g5 45. Kd4 Kd6 46. Bd1 {1-0 Carlsen, M (2823)-Vallejo Pons,F (2716)/
Sao Paulo/ Bilbao .}) 9. Bd2 Be7 (9... Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O-O {would be
an other interesting line.}) 10. Nxg6 ({It would be interesting to know
whether Malakhov was aware of Black's counterplay, if he takes on g6 before
Black has castled as Grachev did in our game?} 10. g3 O-O (10... Bh5 $5) 11.
Nxg6 hxg6 12. Rc1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nbd7 14. O-O Rac8 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. fxe4 Bg5 17.
Kg2 Nb6 18. Ba5 e5 19. h4 Bf6 20. d5 cxd5 21. Bxd5 Qd7 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Bxb6
axb6 24. Qxb6 Rc2+ 25. Rf2 Qa4 26. Qb3 Qxb3 27. Bxb3 Rxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Kf8 29. Bd5
b6 30. b4 Bd8 31. Ke2 Ke7 32. Kd3 f5 33. Bc6 Kd6 34. Be8 g5 35. h5 f4 36. g4
Ke7 37. Ba4 Kd6 38. Kc4 Be7 39. Kb5 Kc7 {1-0 Malakhov, V (2710)-Nyback,T (2627)
/ Rogaska Slatina SLO 2011.}) 10... hxg6 11. g3 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Nb6 13. cxd5 (13.
c5 Nbd7 14. Bd3 {may be an other plan, but doesn't look so logical as the text
move.}) 13... exd5 14. a4 {Diagram # (?! for objective value, !? for bravery)}
(14. Bd3 {was certainly less risky, but less ambitious as well.}) 14... a5 {
Black decides to stop the march of the aP, but as a consequence his Nb6 looses
its stability.} ({A more active alternative would have been} 14... Bd6 $5 15.
f4 ({Looks like the only move, since} 15. Nb5 Bxg3+ 16. Kd1 Qd7 $17 {is
clearly in Black's favor.}) 15... Be7 {after provoking f3/f4, Black must take
care of the threat Nc3-b5)} 16. a5 Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Qa4 (18. Qxc4 Qxa5)
18... Rd8 19. Ra1 g5 $132 {with an unclear position and chances for both
players.}) 15. e4 $1 {Played according to an old principle which says that you
have to play on that side where you have a pawn majority, and in our case it's
a central zone.} dxe4 $6 ({Avoiding again an active replay:} 15... Nh5 16. Bg2
(16. exd5 Nxg3 17. hxg3 (17. Rg1 $2 Nxf1) 17... Rxh1 ({much stronger than} 
17... Qxg3+ 18. Ke2 Rxh1 19. Qxb6 {where things are not clear at all.})) 16...
Nc4 17. exd5 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Qxg3+ 19. Kd1 Rxh1+ 20. Bxh1 Nxd2 21. Qxb7 (21. Kxd2
Bg5+) 21... Rb8 22. Qxc6+ Kf8 {and Black's chances are to be prefered.}) 16.
fxe4 Qd8 17. e5 Nfd5 {For the third time Black chooses a move which looks
logical, but it's not the best. In fact this is again a passive reaction which
gives White from now on an easy play.} (17... Qxd4 18. exf6 Bxf6) (17... Ng4
18. Be2 Qxd4 19. Bxg4 Rd8 20. Bf4 Rxh2 21. Rxh2 Qg1+ 22. Ke2 Qxh2+ 23. Kf3 Rd3+
24. Ke4 Rxg3 25. Bxg3 Qxg3 26. Qxb6 {In spite of being a whole rook to the
good, White must go for a drawish continuation because after} (26. Bf3 Nd7 {
he would be exposed to a dangerous attack.})) 18. Bg2 Nb4 $6 {A kind of
pseudoactive move which not only helps White to improve his Nc3, but opens
a2-g7 diagonal as well,where there is the most vulnerable point in Black's
position, namely Pf7.} ({Both other options} 18... O-O) (18... Qd7 {would have
been better.}) 19. Ne2 O-O 20. O-O Qd7 ({It is well known that only the great
players know when it is necessary to admit the mistake, and it was exactly in
this moment. To close immediately the white diagonal} 20... N4d5 {was he only
way to stay in the game.}) 21. Nf4 {A strong move which threatens Pg6 comes as
a consequence of Black's mistake on move 18.} N6d5 $2 ({An other mistake which
accelerates the end.} 21... Kh7 {wouldn't save the game either, but would have
been more resistant.}) 22. Bh3 {Now everything goes smoothly.} Qd8 {Diagram #}
23. e6 Nxf4 24. exf7+ Kh8 $2 ({More resistant was} 24... Rxf7 25. Bxf4 ({
stronger than} 25. Rxf4 Qd5 26. Be6 Qxb3 27. Bxb3 Nd5 28. Bxd5 cxd5 29. Rc7 Bf6
{where White is only slightly better}) 25... Qxd4+ 26. Be3 Qd5 27. Qxd5 Nxd5
28. Be6 Bf6 29. Bd2 Kf8 30. Bxf7 Kxf7 31. Rce1 {and White has good winning
chances.}) 25. Rxf4 {Now the game is practically over.} Bg5 26. Rf2 Bf6 $6 ({
An other inaccurate move which speeds up the end.} 26... Bh6 {looks more
logical, since the danger is coming along the h line.}) 27. Be6 Bxd4 28. Be3
Bxe3 29. Qxe3 Nd5 30. Qd3 Qg5 31. Rc4 Nf6 32. Rh4+ Nh5 33. Qe2 Rad8 {Diagram #}
34. Rf5 $1 {A nice final blow.} Qc1+ 35. Kg2 Rd2 36. Rfxh5+ 1-0

[Event "World-ch15 Euwe-Alekhine +9-8=13"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1935.10.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1935.10.03"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 e6 $10 7. Ne5 Nfd7
$1 (7... Nbd7 8. g4 $1 $16 {Bogoljubow-Gotthilf/Moscow/1925}) 8. Qb3 Qc8 9. Bd2
Nc6 10. Rc1 Be7 $6 (10... Ndxe5 $142 11. dxe5 Be7 {Game}) 11. Be2 $6 (11. Nxd7
Qxd7 12. Na4 {[%cal Ya4c5] /\Nc5+/-^^}) 11... Ndxe5 12. dxe5 O-O 13. Nb5 Qd7
14. O-O a6 $2 (14... Rfc8 $10) 15. Nd4 Nxd4 (15... Nxe5 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. Rfd1
$14) 16. exd4 Rac8 17. Bb4 Bxb4 18. Qxb4 Rc2 $1 (18... Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20.
Rc5 $14) 19. Rxc2 Bxc2 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. h3 (21. h4 $1 $36 Rc6 22. Qa5 h6 23. b4
Ba4 24. Rxc6 Qxc6 25. Qd8+ Qe8 26. Qc7 Qc6 27. Qb8+ Kh7 28. Bd3+ g6 29. h5 $1
Qc1+ 30. Kh2 Qf4+ 31. Kh3 Qxd4 {Alekhine}) 21... Rc6 22. Qa5 h6 23. b4 Ba4 24.
Rxc6 (24. Rc5 $5 b6 25. Qxa4 bxc5 26. b5 Rc8 $1 27. Qxa6 c4 $1 $10) 24... Qxc6
25. Qd8+ Qe8 26. Qc7 Qc6 27. Qb8+ Kh7 28. Bd3+ g6 29. Kh2 Kg7 (29... Qc3 30.
Bxg6+ fxg6 (30... Kxg6) 31. Qxb7+ {Alekhine}) 30. Qd8 Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Match Marshall-Lasker Ed +5-4=9"]
[Site "USA (10 cities)"]
[Date "1923.04.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Black "Lasker, Edward"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1923.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1)BCM 1923. p,255 [Lasker,Ed].The game was played in Baltimore.} d5 2.
Nf3 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nd7 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Ngf6 8. O-O Bd6 9.
cxd5 exd5 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Be7 12. Ng3 O-O 13. Nf5 Nd5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Kh8 16. Qg3 Rg8 17. b3 Qd7 18. Qf3 f6 19. e6 Qxe6 20. Bb2 Rge8 21. Rae1
Qf7 22. Re4 Bf8 23. Rh4 Rad8 24. Qh3 Qg6 25. Nd4 Re4 26. Ne6 Rxh4 27. Qxh4 Re8
28. Nxf8 Rxf8 29. Bd4 b6 30. Rc1 Re8 31. f3 Re2 32. Bf2 Rxa2 33. g3 Qd3 34. Qh3
h6 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36. Qxc6 Qxf3 37. Rf1 Qxb3 38. Qc1 Nc3 39. Kg2 Qd5+ 40. Kh3 Ne4
41. Qf4 Ra4 42. Rd1 Ng5+ 43. Kh4 Rxf4+ 44. gxf4 Qxd1 45. fxg5 Qf3 46. Bg3 h5
47. Kh3 Kg6 0-1

[Event "World-ch15 Euwe-Alekhine +9-8=13"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1935.11.07"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1935.10.03"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Qb3 (7. Ne5
Nfd7 {11th game}) 7... Qc8 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Rc1 Be7 10. Bb5 O-O 11. O-O (11. Na4
Ne4 $10) 11... Qd8 12. Na4 Na5 13. Bxa5 (13. Qc3 a6 $1 14. Be2 (14. Qxa5 Qxa5
15. Bxa5 axb5 $19) 14... Nc4 {Alekhine}) 13... Qxa5 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5 (15.
Rxc5 $143 Ne4 16. Rcc1 Bg4 $1 {Alekhine}) 15... Ne4 {[%cal Ra7a6] /\16... a6}
16. Qa4 Qxa4 17. Bxa4 Rfc8 18. c6 (18. b4 a5 19. c6 b5 $1 20. Bxb5 axb4 $17 {
Alekhine}) 18... bxc6 19. Bxc6 Rab8 20. Nd4 $1 (20. b3 Rc7 21. Nd4 Rbc8 22. b4
Nd6 $1 23. a4 Bd3 24. Rfd1 Bc4 $15) 20... Rxb2 21. Nxf5 exf5 22. Bxd5 $2 (22.
f3 Nf6 23. Bxd5 $10) 22... Nc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3e2] /\23... Ne2} 23. Kh1 g6 24. Bb3
$2 (24. f3 $1 Rc5 25. e4 Rbb5 26. Bb3 a5 27. exf5 a4 28. Bd1 Rb2 (28... a3 29.
Bb3) 29. a3 {Alekhine}) 24... Rc5 25. f3 a5 26. e4 a4 27. Bd5 Rbb5 $1 28. h3
Kg7 29. Rc2 Nxd5 (29... Nxe4 30. Bxe4 fxe4 31. Rxc5 (31. Re2 $1) 31... Rxc5 32.
fxe4 Rc2 33. Ra1 Re2 {Alekhine}) 30. Rxc5 Rxc5 31. exd5 Rxd5 {[%cal Rd5d2] /
\Rd2} 32. Rf2 Kf6 33. Re2 Re5 34. Rc2 Re3 $1 35. Kh2 Ra3 36. Kg3 Ke5 37. Rd2 h6
{[%cal Rf5f4] /\f4} (37... f4+ $6 38. Kg4 f5+ 39. Kg5) 38. h4 h5 39. Re2+ Kd6 (
39... Kd5 $2 40. Re7) 40. Kf4 f6 {adjourned} 41. Rc2 Kd5 42. g3 g5+ $2 (42...
Kd6 43. Rd2+ (43. Rc8 Rxa2 44. Rg8 Rb2 45. Rxg6 Ke6 46. Rg8 Rb4+ 47. Ke3 a3 48.
Ra8 f4+ 49. gxf4 Rb3+ 50. Ke2 (50. Ke4 f5+ 51. Kd4 Rxf3 52. Ra6+ Kd7 53. Ke5
$10 {Ken Smith}) 50... Kd5 51. Ra6 Rb2+ 52. Kd3 a2 $19 {Alekhine}) 43... Kc5
44. Rd8 (44. g4 $2 fxg4 45. fxg4 Rh3) 44... Rxa2 45. Rg8 Rb2 46. Rxg6 a3 47.
Rg8 (47. Rxf6 $2 Rb5 $1) 47... a2 48. Ra8 Kb4 $18 {Alekhine}) 43. hxg5 fxg5+
44. Kxg5 (44. Kxf5 Rxf3+ 45. Kxg5 Rxg3+ 46. Kxh5 Kd4 $19) 44... Rxf3 45. Rg2 $1
Kd4 (45... Kc4 46. Kxh5 f4 47. g4) 46. Kxh5 f4 47. gxf4 (47. g4 Rg3 48. Rf2 Ke3
) 47... Rxf4 48. Kg5 Re4 49. Kf5 Re5+ 50. Kf4 Re1 51. Kf3 (51. Rd2+ Kc3 52. Rh2
a3 53. Kf3 Rb1 54. Ke3 Rb2 55. Re2 $10 {Alekhine}) 51... Kd3 52. Rb2 Rf1+ 53.
Kg3 $2 (53. Kg2 $142) 53... Kc3 54. Rb7 $1 Rc1 55. Rb8 Ra1 56. Kf3 Rxa2 $19 {RR
} 57. Ke3 (57. Ra8 Ra1 58. Ke3 a3 59. Rc8+ Kb4 $1 60. Rb8+ Kc5 61. Rc8+ Kd6 (
61... Kb6 $145 62. Rb8+ Kc7 63. Rb3 a2 64. Rc3+ Kd6 65. Rd3+ Ke5 66. Rd2 Re1+
$19) 62. Rd8+ Ke6 63. Rd2 a2 64. Re2 Kd5 $1 65. Rd2+ Kc4 $19 {Levenfisch}) (57.
Rc8+ $145 Kd2 58. Rd8+ Kc2 59. Rc8+ Kd1 60. Ra8 a3 61. Ra7 Ra1 62. Ra8 Kc1 63.
Rc8+ Kb2 64. Rb8+ Ka2 65. Ke3 Rb1 66. Rc8 Rb2 67. Rf8 Kb1 68. Rf1+ Kc2 69. Kd4
Rb8 70. Rf2+ Kb3 71. Rf3+ Kb4 72. Kd3 a2 73. Rf1 Kb3 74. Rh1 Ra8 $19) 57... Rh2
$1 {? RR} (57... a3 58. Ra8 Ra1 59. Rc8+ Kb4 60. Rb8+ Kc5 61. Rc8+ Kb6 62. Rb8+
Kc7 $19) 58. Rc8+ $2 $19 (58. Ra8 $1 $10 Kb3 (58... Rh4 59. Rc8+ Kb3 60. Kd3)
59. Kd3 {[%cal Yd3c3,Yd3c2] /\Kc3=, Kc2=} a3 60. Rb8+ Ka2 61. Kc3) 58... Kb2
59. Rb8+ Kc1 60. Rc8+ Kb1 61. Rb8+ Rb2 62. Ra8 Rb3+ 63. Kd4 a3 64. Kc4 Kb2 65.
Rh8 Rc3+ 0-1

[Event "Match Fine-Stahlberg +4-2=2"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1937.01.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Black "Fine, Reuben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1937.01.30"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1)Woodger:Fine.p.138 2)CHESS 1936-7, p.242 [Euwe and Stahlberg fro TfS
1937] 3)BCM 1937,p216 [Atkins] 4)ACB 1937,p.5 [Seitz].} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6
4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc8 (6... Qc7 7. Bd2 Nc6 8. Bb5 e6 9. Bb4 Bxb4+
10. Qxb4 Qe7 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. Nc3 Nd7 14. Na4 Rhc8 15. Rc1 Kd6
16. Kd2 f6 $11) 7. Na3 (7. Bd2 e6 8. Bb5+ Nbd7 9. O-O) 7... e6 8. Bd2 Ne4 (8...
Nc6 9. Rc1 Ne4 10. Bb5 {game}) 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. Bb5 (10. Ne5 Nxd2 11. Kxd2 Bb4+
$15) 10... Nxd2 11. Nxd2 Bd6 (11... Be7) 12. e4 $1 dxe4 (12... Bxe4 13. Nxe4
dxe4 14. Nc4 Qd8) 13. Nac4 $1 (13. d5 exd5 14. Qxd5 Bxa3 15. bxa3 O-O 16. Bxc6
Rd8 17. Qc5 Qxc6 18. Qxc6 bxc6 19. Rxc6 Rd4 $17 20. Nb3 Ra4) 13... Qd8 14.
Nxd6+ Qxd6 15. Nc4 $14 Qf4 16. Qe3 (16. O-O O-O 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Ne5 $14)
16... Qxe3+ 17. fxe3 Ke7 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Na5 Rhc8 20. Rxc6 $11 (20. O-O $14)
20... e5 $1 (20... Rxc6 21. Nxc6+ Kd6 22. Na5 Rc8 $11) 21. Kd2 Bd7 (21... exd4
$1 22. exd4 Rxc6 23. Nxc6+ Kd6 24. Na5 Rc8 $15) 22. Rc5 Rxc5 $2 (22... exd4
$142 23. exd4 Rab8 $11) 23. dxc5 $14 Be6 (23... Rd8 $142) 24. Kc3 Rc8 (24... f5
) 25. b4 $16 Bxa2 $2 (25... f5 $142) 26. Ra1 $18 Bd5 27. Nc4 Rc7 28. Nxe5 f6
29. Nc4 Bxc4 30. Kxc4 Kd8 31. Kd5 f5 32. c6 Kc8 33. b5 Kb8 34. Rf1 Rf7 35. g4
f4 36. exf4 e3 37. f5 h5 38. h3 hxg4 39. hxg4 Kc7 40. Re1 Re7 41. Re2 Kb6 42.
g5 Kxb5 43. f6 gxf6 44. gxf6 Rc7 45. Rxe3 a5 46. Re7 (46. Re7 Rxc6 47. Rb7+ $18
) 1-0

[Event "World-ch15 Euwe-Alekhine +9-8=13"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1935.10.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1935.10.03"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 (5... cxd5 $142) 6. Bc4 (6.
Bd3 {N} Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. e4 Nf6 11. Nc3 Nbd7 12. Be3
$14 {Nikolic,Pr-Andersson,U/Tilburg/1990}) 6... e6 7. O-O (7. Qe2 $142) 7...
Nd7 8. Qe2 Bg4 (8... N7f6 $142) 9. h3 Bh5 10. e4 N5b6 11. Bb3 Be7 12. a4 $1 (
12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bf4 c5 $10) 12... O-O (12... a5 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Bf4 c5 $6 15.
Nb5) (12... a6 $142) 13. a5 Nc8 14. a6 Qb6 15. axb7 Qxb7 16. Ba2 c5 17. d5 Ne5
18. g4 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Bg6 20. Nc3 (20. dxe6 Bxe4 (20... fxe6 $2 21. Bxe6+ Kh8
22. Bd5 $16) 21. exf7+ Kh8 22. Qb3 $16 {Euwe}) 20... Nb6 (20... e5 $2 21. d6
Bxd6 22. Bd5 {Euwe}) 21. Qe2 (21. dxe6 $142 fxe6 22. Bxe6+ Kh8 23. Qe2) 21...
e5 22. Be3 a6 23. h4 Bxh4 24. Bxc5 Rfc8 25. Be3 Be7 26. Rfc1 Bd6 27. Nd1 Rab8
28. Rxc8+ Rxc8 29. Bb1 $1 {[%csl Ra6] ><a6} Nc4 (29... Ra8 30. Bd3 a5 31. Bb5
$18 {Euwe}) 30. Bd3 Nxe3 31. Bxa6 $2 (31. Nxe3 $142 $16) 31... Qa7 32. Qxe3 Bc5
33. Qd3 $2 (33. Qe2 $142) (33. Bxc8 $2 Qxa1 34. Qxc5 Qxd1+ 35. Kh2 Bxe4 $17)
33... Rb8 34. Qe2 Qe7 35. Rc1 h5 $1 36. Rc3 (36. gxh5 $4 Qg5+ $19) 36... Rb4 (
36... Kh7 37. gxh5 (37. Rh3 $5) (37. Rxc5 $5) 37... Qg5+ 38. Rg3 {Euwe} Qxg3+
$145 $19) (36... Bd4 37. Rc8+ Rxc8 38. Bxc8 {[%cal Yc8f5] /\Bf5}) 37. Bd3 Rb8
$138 (37... Bd4 $142) 38. Bb1 $138 (38. Ba6 $142) 38... Bd4 39. Rh3 (39. Rg3
Qg5 40. Kg2 (40. gxh5 $4 Qxg3+ $19) 40... h4 41. Rh3 (41. Ra3) 41... Bh5 $40)
39... Qg5 40. Kg2 hxg4 41. Rg3 {The sealed move} Bh5 42. Bc2 Rb6 $1 {[%cal
Rb6f6,Rf6f3] /\Rf6-f3} (42... Bxb2 43. Nxb2 Rxb2 44. Qc4 $1 {[%cal Rd5d8] o^d})
43. Ne3 Rxb2 44. Qc4 {[%cal Rd5d6,Re3f5] /\d6, Nf5} Bxe3 $1 45. Rxe3 Rb6 $10 {
[%cal Rb6f6] /\Rf6} 46. Qc8+ Kh7 47. Qf5+ Qxf5 48. exf5 f6 49. Rd3 (49. Kg3 Bf7
(49... Rd6 50. Be4 $16) 50. Be4 Rb4 $1 51. d6 Be8 {[%cal Rb4d4] /\Rd4-/+})
49... Rd6 50. Rd1 Kh6 51. Kg3 Kg5 52. Be4 g6 $1 53. fxg6 f5 54. g7 Bf7 55. Rh1
$2 $19 (55. Rc1 $10 f4+ (55... Rg6 56. Rc7 Rxg7 57. d6 Kf6 58. Bd5 f4+ 59. Kh2
Rh7+ 60. Kg1 {[%cal Rd5f7,Yh7f7,Rd6d7] /\61.Bf7 Rf7 62.d7}) 56. Kh2 Kf6 57. Rc6
Rxc6 58. dxc6 Kxg7 59. c7 Be6 60. Bb7 $10 {Grigoriev}) 55... fxe4 $2 (55... Rg6
56. Rh8 Rxg7 57. d6 Be6 58. Bc6 Bd7 $19) (55... Kg6 $2 56. Rh4) 56. Rh8 Rg6 57.
d6 Rxd6 58. g8=Q+ Bxg8 59. Rxg8+ Kf5 (59... Rg6 60. Rxg6+ Kxg6 61. Kxg4 Kf6 62.
f4 $1 $10 e3 63. fxe5+) 60. Rf8+ Ke6 (60... Rf6 61. Rxf6+ Kxf6 62. Kxg4 Kg6 63.
f4 e3 64. f5+ $10) 61. Kxg4 Rd3 (61... Rd1 $142) 62. Re8+ Kf6 63. f4 $1 $10
exf3 64. Rf8+ Ke6 65. Rxf3 Rd2 66. Rf1 Rd3 67. Rf3 Rd1 68. Kg3 e4 69. Rf8 Rd2
70. Re8+ Kf5 71. Re7 Ra2 72. Re8 Rb2 73. Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} c6 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Bf5
{[%emt 0:00:36]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 6. Nh4 {[%emt 0:
00:09]} Be4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 7. f3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 8. Qb3
{[%emt 0:00:08]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 9. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} 10. Nxg6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 11. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:09]}
dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 12. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 13. Bd3 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 14. Kb1 {[%emt 0:02:03]} c5 {[%emt 0:02:06]
} 15. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 16. Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Nxe4
{[%emt 0:06:04]} 17. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 18. Qc3 {
[%emt 0:06:41]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 19. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:
12]} 20. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:15]} O-O {[%emt 0:03:24]} 21. Bb4 {[%emt 0:02:04]} Qe5
{[%emt 0:09:33]} 22. Bc3 {[%emt 0:27:06]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:06:39]} 23. Bxf6 {
[%emt 0:01:54]} Nxe4 $146 {[%emt 0:04:27] The Chinese player decided to repeat
a line that was seen in the game Karpov-Caruana from 2008. Giri was very
familiar with the variation, and it is little wonder that he was - it is known
that Giri and Caruana have used Chuchelov as a second in previous years. Wang
Hao did not provide any clear improvement on the aforementioned game and Giri
obtained equality without issues. White had no real chances in the resulting
rook endgame.} (23... gxf6 24. Bxg6 Nd7 25. Qe4 fxg6 26. Qxg6+ Kh8 27. Qg8+
Kxg8 {1/2-1/2 (29) Karpov,A (2651)-Caruana,F (2640) Cap d'Agde 2008}) 24. Qxe4
{[%emt 0:00:08]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 25. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:
07:31]} 26. h4 {[%emt 0:02:49]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 27. Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:19]}
Qd6 {[%emt 0:04:51]} 28. Rcd1 {[%emt 0:08:51]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:05:33]} 29. Qxc6 {
[%emt 0:10:51]} Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 30. h5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} gxh5 {[%emt 0:02:
21]} 31. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 32. Rhh1 {[%emt 0:03:35]}
Kf8 {[%emt 0:03:12]} 33. Rd7 {[%emt 0:11:48]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:15:54]} 34. Ra7 {
[%emt 0:03:15]} f5 {[%emt 0:05:31]} 35. a3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} R8c7 {[%emt 0:03:
56]} 36. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 37. Rd1 {[%emt 0:02:11]}
Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 38. Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 39. f4 {
[%emt 0:00:26]} exf4 {[%emt 0:03:59]} 40. exf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 41. Re5+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 42. Rd5 {[%emt 0:03:32]}
Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 43. Re5+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch (Women) 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khurtsidze, Nino"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Cramling,P"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. cxd5 {Again a Slav, like last time, when we
played in the European Club Cup in Greece 2009. But now Nino varies from that
game with 4.cxd5.} cxd5 5. Qb3 Qc7 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bd2 Nf6 9. Ne5 {
This is another plan than Antoaneta Stefanova played against me in the Women's
World Championship in Nalchik 2008. Antoaneta preferred instead (after another
order of moves)} (9. Rc1 Nd7 10. Nh4 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. e4 Nxd4 13. Qa4 Nc6
{I went on to win that game and by drawing the next day I could qualify for
the semi-final. So I have some very nice memories behind the black pieces with
this line.}) 9... Nd7 {I had to be careful.} (9... Be7 {was also a normal move,
but not}) (9... Nxe5 $6 10. dxe5 {and Black is getting into troubles.} Nd7 (
10... Qxe5 11. Qxb7 $16 Qb8 12. Qc6+ Nd7 (12... Ke7 13. Ba6) 13. Nb5 $18) 11.
Rc1 {With a very pleasant initiative for White. With the king in the centre
Black has problem to defend against an attack along the open c-file and along
the white diagonal a4-e8. The bishop on f5 is active, but cut off from the
defence on the queenside. For example:} Qxe5 ({worse is} 11... Qb6 $2 12. Bb5
Be7 13. e4 $1 dxe4 14. Be3 Qd8 15. Rd1 $18) 12. Qxb7 Rb8 13. Qxa7 Bc5 14. Qa4 {
with advantage for White.}) 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Na4 {White has a concrete plan
putting pressure on the queenside, which now is easier when the c5-square is
less protected after the exchange of knights. Nino also had played quickly all
the moves in the opening.} Bd6 $1 {My last move is important as the bishop is
much better on d6 than on e7. After Na4 White has less pressure against the
pawn d5 and so Black has some ideas to play e5 at the right moment. Now e7
will be a good square for the queen, from where it defends the b7-pawn, but
also can switch to the kingside.} 12. Rc1 Rb8 13. Nc5 Qe7 ({Giving up the
bishop pair with} 13... Bxc5 $6 14. Rxc5 {would have been dubious, as White
gets very easy play on the queenside and at the same time it is difficult to
see any serous counterplay for Black..}) 14. Bb5 O-O 15. O-O Rfc8 16. Qa4 {
A natural move to put more pressure along the c-file. Black's bishop on f5 is
doing a good job keeping an eye on c2 and preventing White from doubling her
rooks on the c-file which would be quite annoying for me. If White intends to
do the same with} (16. Rc3 {Black is fine after} Na5 $1 17. Qa4 Nc4) 16... e5
$1 {I felt it was important to act, otherwise White improves her position with
b2-b4 and then Nxb7 is a real threat winning a pawn.} 17. Nxb7 {White did not
want to wait any longer as I have some plans like taking on d4 followed by Qh4
or taking twice on d4 and then Nc5 is hanging with a level position.} Qxb7 18.
Bxc6 ({Not} 18. Rxc6 $4 Qxb5 {and the rook on c8 is defended by the bishop.})
18... Qxb2 19. dxe5 $1 {After a long thought and during the game I thought
this move was the best. I was hoping for} (19. Bc3 $2 {as I had seen that she
gets in problems after} Qa3 $1 {Then White probably has nothing better than to
return with her bishop, for example} 20. Bd2 (20. dxe5 $2 Qxa4 21. Bxa4 Ba3 {
loses.}) ({and} 20. Ba1 $6 Bd3 {leaves White with a difficult position} 21.
Rfd1 (21. dxe5 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Qd3 $1 {a strong and decisive move} 23. g3 (23.
Qd4 Qxd4 24. Bxd4 Rxc6 25. exd6 Rb7 26. Be5 f6 27. Bg3 Kf7 28. h4 Rcb6 $19 {
exchanges the rooks and wins.}) (23. exd6 Rb1 $19) 23... Bf8 $19 {with Rb4 or
Rb1 coming next.}) 21... Bb5 $1 {and again Black can decide the game.}) 20...
Bd3 21. Rfd1 (21. dxe5 Bxf1 22. exd6 Qxa4 23. Bxa4 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 Bb5 25. Bb3
Bc4 {with an winning endgame.}) 21... e4 {with very active pieces giving Black
a nice advantage.}) (19. Rfd1 {was an alternative but less attractive than the
more active play White has chosen in the game. After} exd4 20. exd4 (20. Bxd5
$2 {is a mistake} Bc2 21. Qd7 Rd8 $1 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 {and Black wins material:}
23. Bf3 (23. Re1 $2 Bg6 $1 24. Qf3 Qxd2 $19) (23. Bb3 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 Rxb3 $1 25.
Qxb3 (25. axb3 Qc2 26. Qf3 dxe3 27. fxe3 (27. Bxe3 Qxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Bxh2+ $19)
27... Bb4) 25... Qxb3 26. axb3 dxe3 {winning}) 23... Bxd1 24. Rxd1 Bc5 {
with a big advantage}) 20... Qa3 {Black can try to take the initiative with
the following plan:} 21. Be3 h6 22. h3 Be4 {and next move is Rb2.}) 19... Qxe5
20. f4 Qe4 $1 {I was happy with this move. I had seen that going back with} (
20... Qb2 $2 {would have been a mistake. After} 21. Bc3 Qa3 {the queen now can
go to the long diagonal and White gets a huge advantage as the d5-pawn will
fall} 22. Qd4 $1 Bf8 23. Bxd5) 21. Qxa7 $2 {That surprised me as it looked too
dangerous. But my opponent had overlooked, that she can not exchange queens
some moves later.} (21. Qa5 $1 {was what I expected her to play} Be6 22. f5 {
I was planning to answer} Qe5 {with a complicated position.} ({During the game
I did not like} 22... Bc7 $2 {as} 23. Qa4 $1 Bxf5 24. Qxe4 Bxe4 25. Bd7 {
is good for White}) ({nor} 22... Bxf5 {or} 23. Bxd5 Qd3 {because of} 24. Bxf7+
Kxf7 25. Rxf5+ {and to keep compensation for the pawn I can not allow her to
exchange queens, so Black has to play} Ke6 {which looks scary but seems to
keep the balance. Worse is} (25... Kg8 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Qd5+ Qxd5 28. Rxd5 {
and White keeps control in the endgame I can use her extra pawn.})) 23. fxe6 ({
or} 23. g3 Bxf5 24. Qxd5 Be6) 23... Qxh2+ 24. Kf2 {and here Black has some
alternatives to chose from for example} fxe6 (24... Qg3+ {is less dangerous
for White} 25. Kg1 {with a repetition of moves} ({or} 25. Ke2 Qxg2+ 26. Rf2
Qg4+ 27. Kf1 fxe6 {and Black has compensation for the piece.})) 25. Qa6 ({
perhaps White has to give back the piece with} 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Qxd5+ Kh8 27.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 {although black is fine}) 25... Rf8+ 26. Ke1 Qh5 $1 {and White
remains under attack.}) (21. Qxe4 $2 Bxe4 {was also bad and leaves Black with
very active pieces and a big advantage in the endgame.}) 21... Rb2 22. Rf2 Qd3
({There was another good continuation with} 22... Bb4 $1 23. Bxb4 Qxb4 {
and the pin gives Black a clear advantage. For example:} 24. Qc5 Qxc5 25. Rxc5
Rb1+ 26. Rf1 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Bd7) 23. Qd4 $2 {A very natural centralising move,
intending to exchange queens so her extra pawn can tell in the endgame. But it
is a big mistake and White's position collapses.} ({Instead she had to defend
the bishop another way:} 23. Qa5 $1 Be4 {and after} 24. h3 h6 {Black has more
than enough compensation for the pawn. White's pieces are not coordinated. For
example:} 25. a4 ({if} 25. Qc3 Qxc3 26. Rxc3 Bb4 {wins}) ({and} 25. Kh2 Bc7 $1
$19 {is equally good for Black.}) 25... Ba3 $1 26. Rc3 (26. Rd1 Bb4 27. Qb5 Qb3
) 26... Bb4 $1 27. Rxd3 Bxa5 28. Bxa5 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Bxd3 30. Bd7 (30. Bxd5 Rc5
$19) 30... Rc2+ {winning.}) (23. Bd7 $2 {does not work} Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Rxf2 25.
Kxf2 Qc2+ 26. Kg3 Be4 $1 {and the double threat decides the game.}) 23... Qxd4
24. exd4 Rxd2 $1 25. Rxd2 Bxf4 {Now it is over. White can not avoid losing
material.} 26. Rf2 Bxc1 27. Rxf5 Rxc6 28. Rxd5 Kf8 29. Kf1 Rc2 30. Ra5 Be3 31.
d5 Ke7 32. Ra4 Kd6 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 Bd6 {Üblich ist hier 10...Nbd7. Der Textzug stellt
die Drohungen 11...Bg3+ und 11...Bxh2 auf, aber die Stellung des Läufers auf
d6 ist nicht ohne Nachteile.} (10... Nbd7 11. O-O-O Bd6 {ist die Hauptvariante.
}) 11. f4 $1 {Die beste Reaktion.} (11. O-O-O Qxb3 $5 (11... Nbd7) 12. axb3
Bxh2 (12... Rxh2 13. Rxh2 Bxh2 $13) 13. g4 Na6 $13) 11... Nbd7 {Ignoriert die
weiße Drohung.} (11... Qxb3 12. axb3 Bb4 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14. Ke2 Be7 15. Kf3 a6
16. h4 Rd8 17. Rad1 Ng8 18. g4 f5 19. g5 $14 {Campos Moreno,J-Perez,L /
Banyoles 2002}) 12. c5 $1 Qxb3 13. axb3 Be7 $6 {Wenn Schwarz b4-b5 nicht
zulassen und 14.b4 mit 14...b5 beantworten will, sollte er hier zu 13... Bc7
greifen.} (13... Bc7 $5 14. b4 b5 15. Bd3 ({Hier ist das Figurenopfer nicht
klar:} 15. Nxb5 cxb5 16. Bxb5 {, z.B.} g5 17. Bc6 O-O-O 18. Rxa7 gxf4 19. exf4
Ne4 20. b5 Nxd2 21. Kxd2 Bxf4+ 22. Kd3 Bb8 23. Ra8 e5 $13) 15... Kd8 $1 (15...
O-O $2 16. Ke2 a6 17. Ra3 Nb8 18. Rha1 Rc8 19. h3 Ra7 20. g4 $16 {Istratescu,A
- Baekelant,R /Avoine 2004}) 16. Ra6 (16. Ke2 Kc8 17. Kf3 Kb7 18. Ne2 Ng8 19.
Nc1 Ne7) 16... Nb8 17. Ra2 Kc8 18. O-O Kb7 19. Rfa1 $14) 14. b4 b5 $2 {Dies
wird auf taktische Weise widerlegt.} (14... Ng4 $1 15. h3 $1 (15. Be2 $2 Bh4+
16. Kf1 Ndf6 17. Bxg4 (17. h3 Nf2 18. Rg1 N2e4 $11) 17... Nxg4 18. b5 Kd7 $11)
15... Bh4+ 16. Ke2 Nh6 17. Kf3 $14) 15. Nxb5 $1 {Ein Figurenopfer von
durchschlagender Kraft. Weiß gewinnt bald sein Material mit Zinsen zurück.}
cxb5 16. Bxb5 $16 Ne4 (16... O-O 17. Bc6 Rac8 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Rxa7 Rfd8 20.
Ke2 $16) 17. Bc6 Rc8 (17... O-O-O $2 18. Rxa7 $18) 18. b5 Nexc5 $2 {Das
Gegenopfer verliert schnell. Am zähesten war 18...Rc7.} (18... Rc7 19. Ba5 Rc8
20. Bb7 Rxc5 (20... Rb8 21. c6 Rxb7 22. cxb7 Nd6 23. Ke2 Nxb7 24. Bc7 $16) 21.
dxc5 Nexc5 22. Bc7 $1 (22. Bc3 $2 Nxb7 23. Rxa7 Nd6 $17) 22... Nxb7 23. Rxa7
Nd8 24. b6 O-O 25. Ke2 Bc5 (25... Nc6 26. Raa1 Rc8 27. Rhc1 $16) 26. Bd6 $1
Bxd6 27. Rxd7 Bb8 28. Rc1 $16) 19. Rxa7 Kf8 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Rxe7 $1 $18 Kxe7
22. Bb4 Kd6 23. O-O Rxc6 24. bxc6 Rc8 25. Ba3 $1 {Weiß gewinnt eine Figur. Den
Rest könnte sich Schwarz sparen.} Rxc6 26. b4 Nd3 27. b5+ Rc5 28. Rd1 Kd7 29.
Rxd3 Rxb5 30. Bf8 f6 31. Ra3 Rb7 32. Bxg7 Ke7 33. Ra8 Kf7 34. Bf8 e5 35. fxe5
fxe5 36. Bc5 Rb5 37. Ba3 Rb1+ 38. Kf2 Ra1 39. Ra7+ Ke6 40. g4 g5 41. Bc5 Rc1
42. Ra6+ Kf7 43. Ra7+ Ke6 44. Be7 1-0

[Event "HUN-GER m"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2004.09.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.09.16"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Be6 {Vargas Lieblingsvariante.} 5. Qc2 Nf6
{Danach erlangt Weiß einen kleinen, aber langfristigen Vorteil. Das
prinzipielle 5...b5 führt zu einem zweischneidigen Spiel.} (5... b5 6. a4 Nf6
7. Nc3 b4 $6 8. Nb1 b3 9. Qd1 Na6 10. Na3 Nb4 11. Bd2 Nd3+ 12. Bxd3 cxd3 13.
O-O Bd5 14. Ne5 e6 15. Nxd3 Be7 16. f3 O-O 17. Re1 $1 Qb6 18. e4 Bc4 19. Nc5 $1
$16 {Chuchelov,V-Khenkin,I/Hockhenheim 1998}) 6. Bxc4 Bxc4 7. Qxc4 e6 ({
Interessant ist} 7... Qa5+ 8. Bd2 (8. Nc3 Qa6 9. Qxa6 Nxa6 10. O-O e6 $11) 8...
Qa6 9. Na3 e6 10. Qxa6 Nxa6 {, und Schwarz hat im Endspiel nichts zu
befürchten.} 11. Nc4 Rc8 12. Ke2 Ne4 13. Rhc1 Be7 14. Na5 Rc7 15. a3 f6 16. Be1
h5 17. b4 g5 $11 {Hoi,C-Hansen,L/Denmark 1999}) 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nc3 Be7 10. e4
O-O 11. Rd1 (11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Qe2 a6 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Ne5 b5 15. Rd3 Qb6 16.
Rad1 Red8 17. g4 $6 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Nd7 19. Bf4 Bf8 20. e5 c5 21. d5 c4 $15 {
Horvath,P-Teske,H/Feffernitz 2001}) 11... Rc8 12. Bf4 (12. Bg5 $5 h6 13. Bh4
Nh5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. e5 Nf4 16. Ne4 $14) 12... Qa5 13. a3 h6 14. h3 Rfd8 15.
Qe2 {Weiß hat mehr Raum, die Überlegenheit im Zentrum und steht somit ohne
Zweifel besser, aber was tut man als Nächstes? In der Partie habe ich einige
logische Züge gespielt, ohne einen konkreten Plan zu verfolgen. Im Nachhinein
gefällt mir das Spiel auf dem Damenflügel beginnend mit 15.b4! besser.} (15. b4
$1 Qh5 16. Rab1 Qg6 17. Qe2 a6 18. Re1 $1 {/\Na4-c5} Nh5 (18... Nb6 19. Ne5 $14
) 19. Bh2 Nhf6 20. Na4 b6 21. Nc3 c5 (21... a5 22. bxa5 bxa5 23. Qa2 $14) (
21... b5 22. Qe3 Ra8 23. Nd2 Ne8 24. Nb3 Nb6 25. Na5 $14) 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. d5
$14) 15... Qh5 16. Rac1 a6 17. Qe3 Nh7 {Der Abtausch des Be7 wird die
schwarzen Felder empfindlich schwächen, deswegen sollte Schwarz lieber bei der
Abwartetaktik bleiben (17..Qg6).} (17... Qg6 $14) 18. Bh2 Bg5 19. Nxg5 Qxg5 20.
Qxg5 {Ich hatte nichts gegen das entstehende vorteilhafte Endspiel, aber
geschickter wäre es, den Damenabtausch nach 20.Bf4 Qg6 21.Qg3 herbeizuführen.}
(20. Bf4 $1 Qg6 (20... Qe7 21. Qg3 $14) 21. Qg3 Qxg3 22. Bxg3 $14) 20... hxg5
$1 {Dieser starke Bauer wird jede weiße Aktivität auf dem Königsflügel
erschweren.} 21. Bd6 $1 (21. Na4 f5 $1 22. f3 Nhf6 $132) 21... f6 22. f3 {
Es ist meistens ratsam, im Endspiel den eigenen König zu zentralisieren, aber
in dieser Stellung könnte Weiß mehr erreichen, indem er seinen Plan mit Na4
und b4 sofort ausführte.} (22. Na4 $1 Nhf8 (22... Kf7 23. b4 f5 $6 24. exf5
exf5 25. d5 $1 cxd5 26. Bc7 Re8 27. Rxd5 Ke6 28. Rd6+ Ke7 29. Nb6 Nxb6 30. Rxb6
$16) 23. b4 (23. b3 $5 Kf7 24. Nb2 $14 {/\Nc4-a5}) 23... Kf7 (23... b5 24. Nc5
Nxc5 25. Bxc5 Nd7 26. f3 Kf7 27. Kf2 $14) 24. Nb2 $1 (24. Nc5 Nxc5 25. bxc5 b5
26. a4 Ng6 27. Ra1 Rd7 28. axb5 axb5 29. Ra6 $14) 24... b5 (24... Ng6 $2 25.
Nc4 $16 {/\Na5}) 25. Nd3 $14) 22... Kf7 23. Kf2 Nhf8 24. Na4 $1 {Der weiße
Springer visiert das Feld c5 an, und gleichzeitig wird das Manöver b4 (b3),
Nb2-c4-a5 begonnen.} Ng6 25. b4 $6 {Flexibler und besser wäre 25.b3, um das
Feld c4 nicht zu schwächen. Nach dem Textzug gleicht Varga die Stellung mit
präzisem Spiel aus.} (25. b3 $1 b5 26. Nc5 Nxc5 27. Bxc5 $14) 25... b5 $1 {
[%mdl 256]} 26. Nb2 {Nach dem konsequenten 26.Nc5 bekommt Schwarz Gegenspiel.}
(26. Nc5 Nb6 $1 (26... Nxc5 27. Bxc5 $14) 27. Bg3 Nc4 28. Nb7 Rd7 29. Rxc4 bxc4
(29... Rxb7 30. Rc3 Rd7 $14) 30. Nd6+ Rxd6 31. Bxd6 Rd8 32. Bc5 Nf4 33. Bb6 Rd7
34. Rd2 Rb7 35. Ba5 e5 36. dxe5 Nd3+ 37. Ke3 Nxe5 $132) 26... e5 $1 (26... Nb6
27. Bc5 $14) 27. d5 {Ich verließ mich auf diesen Zug, aber Schwarz kann den
entstehenden Freibauern erfolgreich blockieren.} (27. dxe5 Ndxe5 28. Rd4 Ke6
29. Rcd1 Rd7 30. Bc5 Rcd8 $11) 27... cxd5 28. Bc7 Re8 29. exd5 e4 $1 (29... Nf4
30. Rc6 $14) 30. fxe4 Rxe4 31. Nd3 (31. Rc6 Ne7 32. Rc3 Nf5 $11) 31... Rc4 $1 {
Zwingt Weiß zu dem Zug 32.d6 und stellt damit den weißen Läufer passiv.} (31...
Rce8 $2 32. Nc5 Re2+ 33. Kf1 $16) 32. d6 Rxc1 33. Nxc1 (33. Rxc1 Nge5 34. Ke2
Nxd3 35. Kxd3 Re8 $11 {bietet Weiß keine Gewinnchancen.}) 33... Nge5 34. Nb3
Ke6 $1 {Erneut ein genauer Zug! Der schwarze König nähert sich dem
Blockadefeld d7.} (34... Rh8 35. Nc5 Nxc5 36. bxc5 Ke6 37. d7 Nxd7 38. Rd6+ Ke7
39. Rxa6 $16) 35. Kg1 $6 {/\Rc1} (35. Nc5+ Nxc5 36. bxc5 Kd7 $11) (35. Nd4+ Kf7
36. Ra1 Rh8 37. a4 Rh4 $11) 35... Rh8 36. Nd4+ Kf7 37. Nb3 {Weiß hat nichts
Besseres als die Zugwiederholung.} Ke6 (37... Rh4 $2 38. Nc5 Nxc5 39. bxc5 Ke6
40. c6 Nxc6 41. d7 $18) 38. Nd4+ Kf7 39. Nb3 Ke6 40. Nd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 4th"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2002.05.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2002.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Bd6 12. h3 Qc7 $2 {Dieser Zug macht
keinen Sinn, es handelt sich um eine Verwechselung. Fridman wollte sicherlich
der Partie Lautier-Fressinet folgen.} (12... O-O-O 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Kb1 Kb8 15.
Rc1 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Nb6 17. Bb3 e5 $132 {Lautier,J-Fressinet,L/Paris 2001}) 13.
cxd5 $14 Nxd5 (13... cxd5 14. Kb1 $14 {/\Rc1,Nb5}) (13... exd5 14. e4 $36) 14.
e4 N5b6 {/\e5} (14... Nxc3 15. Bxc3 O-O-O 16. Kb1 $14) 15. e5 $1 {Weiß greift
nach Raum und verhindert gleichzeitig das gegnerische Gegenspiel mit e6-e5.}
Be7 16. f4 a6 (16... c5 17. d5 c4 18. Qb5 a6 19. Qa5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21.
Qxd5 Nb6 22. Qe4 $36) 17. Kb1 c5 18. Rc1 $1 (18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Qc2 Nca4 20.
Nxa4 Qxc2+ 21. Kxc2 Nxa4 22. Be3 Rc8+ 23. Kb1 Bc5 $11) 18... Qc6 19. dxc5 Nxc5
20. Qc2 Rc8 21. Be3 {Das mobile Läuferpaar sichert Weiß einen dauerhaften
Vorteil.} O-O 22. h4 $1 Nd5 (22... Nca4 23. Nxa4 Qxc2+ 24. Rxc2 Nxa4 25. Bd3
$14) 23. Nxd5 Qxd5 24. h5 gxh5 25. Rxh5 Qe4 26. Rh3 $1 {Diese kleine Feinheit
hält den schwarzen Springer in Zaum und verhindert damit jegliches Gegenspiel.}
(26. Qxe4 Nxe4 27. Bd3 Rxc1+ 28. Bxc1 g6 29. Rh2 Nf2 30. Be2 Rd8 $132) 26...
Qxc2+ 27. Rxc2 Rfd8 28. Be2 Nd7 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Bf3 Rc7 31. Rh1 $16 {Der
Turmtausch legt die Schwäche b7 bloß.} a5 32. Rc1 Rxc1+ 33. Kxc1 b6 (33... Nc5
34. Be2 $1 (34. Kc2 $2 b5 35. Bc6 (35. Kc3 Na4+) 35... b4 {, und der weiße
König dringt nicht durch.}) 34... Kf8 35. Kc2 (35. Bb5 $16) 35... Ke8 36. Bb5+
Kd8 37. Kc3 $16) 34. Kc2 (34. Bc6 $1) 34... f6 (34... g5 $5) 35. Bc6 Nc5 36.
Kc3 fxe5 37. fxe5 Bd8 38. a3 Bc7 39. Bd4 Kf7 40. Kc4 Kg6 41. b4 axb4 42. axb4
Na6 43. Kb5 Nb8 44. Bxb6 Bxe5 45. Be8+ Kf5 {Nach einem mehr oder weniger
konsequenten Spiel ist es mir gelungen, eine gewonnene Stellung zu erreichen.
Nun hieß es aber, den korrekten Gewinnplan zu demonstrieren. Es ist nicht so
leicht, da das vorhandene Material begrenzt ist. Vor allem darf Weiß nicht auf
die Idee verfallen, sofort den gegenerischen Springer zu gewinnen. Stattdessen
sollte als Erstes das gegnerische Gegenspiel unterbunden werden.} 46. Bc5 {
/\Kb6-b7,Ba7} (46. Bd8 Bd6 (46... Kf4 $2 47. Kb6 Kg3 48. b5 Kxg2 49. Bc7 $18)
47. Kb6 e5 $1 (47... Bxb4 $2 48. Bc7 Bc5+ 49. Kb7 $1 e5 50. Bxb8 e4 51. Kc6 Bf2
52. Kd5 e3 53. Bh5 $18) 48. b5 e4 49. Bc7 Ke6 50. Kb7 Nd7 $11) (46. Ba7 Bc7 $1)
({Am besten war} 46. Kc4 $1 {Hier steht der König am besten. Der Plan ist
einfach- Weiß bringt seinen Bauern entweder nach b6, gefolgt von Überführung
des Läufers nach c7 oder auch nach b7, gefolgt von Bb5, Kc5 und Überführung
des anderen Läufers nach d6. Schwarz kann nicht e6-e5 spielen, denn darauf
folgt stets Kc4-d5, auch der Versuch, den Bauern g2 anzugreifen, bringt nichts.
} Na6 (46... Kf4 47. b5 Kg3 48. Bd4 $18) 47. b5 Nc7 48. Bc6 g5 49. Bf2 g4 50.
b6 Na6 51. Bb5 Nb8 52. Bh4 Kf4 53. Bd8 $18) 46... Bc7 47. Bf8 $2 {Diese Idee
ist vollkommen abwegig. Der Läufer stand optimal auf c5, von wo aus er den
Bauern e6 im Auge behielt.} ({Gewonnen hätte} 47. Kc4 $1 g5 (47... Na6 48. Bf8
g5 49. b5 Nb8 50. Bc5) 48. b5 g4 (48... Kg4 49. b6 Bf4 50. Bf2 Bg3 51. Be3 Bf4
(51... Kf5 52. b7 $18) 52. Bxf4 gxf4 53. Kc5 $18) 49. b6 Bf4 50. Bb5 Ke4 51. b7
Bc7 52. Be7 Kf4 53. Kc5 Be5 54. Bd6 $18) 47... g5 48. Kc5 $2 {Nach diesem
Fehler wird das Remis unvermeidlich. Gefragt war immer noch 48.Kc4.} (48. Kc4
$1 Kf4 $1 {, mit guten Remischancen.} (48... e5 $2 49. b5 e4 50. Bc5 Bf4 (50...
Kf4 51. b6 Be5 52. Kd5 $18) 51. Kd4 Be5+ (51... e3 52. Kd3 $18) 52. Kd5 Bf4 53.
g4+ Kxg4 54. Kxe4 Kg3 55. Be7 $18 {/\Bd8,b6,Bc7})) 48... e5 49. b5 e4 $11 50.
b6 (50. Kc4 Bf4 51. Bc5 Kg4 52. Kd4 e3 53. Kd3 Kg3 54. Bxe3 Bxe3 55. Kxe3 Kxg2
$11) 50... Bf4 51. Bb5 $2 {Ein Einsteller, aber der Gewinn war bereits
vergeben.} (51. Kd5 e3 52. Bb5 Kg4 53. Ke4 Kg3 54. Bc5 Kxg2 55. Bxe3 Bxe3 56.
Kxe3 g4 $11) (51. Bd6 e3 52. Bb5 Kg4 53. Bxf4 gxf4 54. Kd6 Kg3 $11) (51. Kd4 e3
52. Kd3 Kg4 $11) 51... Be3+ 52. Kd5 Bxb6 53. Bd6 Ba7 54. g4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL2-West 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Chuchelov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Andernach"]
[BlackTeam "St Ingbert"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qb6 $146 (8... Qc7 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. cxd5 (10. O-O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Be2 a6
{/\c5}) (10. Rc1 Rc8 $10) 10... exd5 11. O-O-O {/\e4}) 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 (
10. c5 $2 Qc7 11. e4 dxe4 (11... Nbd7 $6 12. e5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Qxe5+ 14. Ne2
Bxc5 15. Bf4 $16) 12. fxe4 (12. Bf4 $2 Qxf4 13. Qxb7 exf3 14. Qxa8 (14. gxf3
Qh4+ 15. Ke2 Qxd4 16. Qxa8 Qe5+ 17. Kd1 Bxc5 $17) 14... Ne4 $1 15. Nxe4 Qxe4+
16. Kf2 Qxd4+ 17. Kxf3 Qxb2 18. Bd3 Bxc5 $19) 12... Nbd7 {/\e5} 13. e5 Nxe5 14.
dxe5 Qxe5+ 15. Ne2 O-O-O 16. Bf4 Qxc5 $17) 10... Nbd7 (10... Bd6 $5 11. O-O-O
Qxb3 12. axb3 Rxh2 13. Rxh2 Bxh2 14. f4 Nbd7 (14... Bg3 15. Be2 {/\Rh1-h3}) (
14... g5 15. fxg5 Nh7 16. e4 $36) 15. Be2 O-O-O 16. Rh1 Rh8 17. g4 (17. Bf3 Rh6
18. g4 Bg3) (17. Be1 Rh6 18. g3 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Kd1 f5 21. Bf2 Nf6 22.
Ke1 $2 Bxg3 $1 $19) 17... Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. b4 $44 {ץh2}) 11. O-O-O Qxb3
12. axb3 Bd6 13. h3 a6 (13... Nh5 $5 14. Bd3 Ng3 15. Rhe1 O-O 16. cxd5 (16. e4
dxe4 17. fxe4 e5 18. d5 Bc5 19. Ne2 Nxe2+ 20. Rxe2 a5 $10) 16... cxd5 (16...
exd5 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 $14) 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 e5 19. Nb5 Be7 $13) 14. Bd3
Rc8 15. c5 $6 (15. Kb1 {>=} c5 16. cxd5 (16. g4 Nb6) 16... exd5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 (
17... Nxc5 18. Bc2 Ke7 19. Bc1 $14 {><d5}) 18. e4 $1 (18. Na4 Ba7 19. Rc1 O-O
$10) 18... Ne5 (18... dxe4 19. Nxe4 $14) 19. Bc2 d4 20. Bf4 Nxf3 21. gxf3 dxc3
22. bxc3 $14) 15... Bc7 $10 16. b4 (16. f4 Ba5 17. Kb1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Ne4 $10)
16... e5 17. g4 Kf8 18. Rdf1 Re8 (18... g5 19. Kc2 Re8 20. Be1 g6 21. h4 $10)
19. h4 Re7 20. Kc2 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1992.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hertneck} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7.
Bd2 e6 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. Bb4 Bxb4+ (9... Bd6 10. Qa3 Ke7 $1 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nc3
(12. Bxd6+ {Hertneck} Qxd6 13. Ne5 c5 14. Nc3 Rhc8 15. Rc1 cxd4 16. Qxd6+ Kxd6
17. exd4 Ke7 $15 {Brenninkmeijer,J-Dreev,A, Groningen 1991}) (12. Ne5 c5 13.
Bxc5 Bxc5 14. Qxc5+ Qxc5 15. dxc5 Rhc8 $17) 12... Nd7 13. Rc1 Rab8 14. Bxd6+
Qxd6 15. Qxd6+ Kxd6 16. Na4 Rhc8 17. b3 c5 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. dxc5+ Rxc5 20.
Rxc5 Kxc5 21. Nd4 Bg6 22. Kd2 $10 {Mohr,S-Hertneck,G BL9192 Bayern-Solingen})
10. Qxb4 Qe7 (10... Nd7 $1 11. Bxc6 (11. Qa3 Nxd4 $1) 11... Qxc6 12. Nc3 a5 13.
Qb5 (13. Qa3 b5) 13... Qxb5 14. Nxb5 Ke7 15. Kd2 Rhc8 {1/2:1/2 Solozhenkin,
E-Bagirov,V Jyvaskyla 1991}) 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. Nc3 Nd7 14. Na4
f6 (14... Rhc8 15. Rc1 Kd6 16. Nc5 $5 (16. Ke2 Bg4 17. Rc3 e5 18. dxe5+ Nxe5
19. h3 Bxf3+ 20. gxf3 {Andersson,U-Timman,J Tilburg 1990} Rab8 $10) 16... Nxc5
17. Rxc5 Rab8 18. b3 Rb5 19. Rc3 c5 (19... Ra5 $5 20. a4 f6 $10) 20. O-O $14) (
14... Rhc8 15. Rc1 Rab8 16. b3 Rb5 17. Nh4 Bg4 (17... Bg6 $5) 18. h3 Bh5 19. f4
$1 f6 20. g4 Be8 21. Rh2 $16 {Pahtz,T-Dreev,A Berlin op 1991}) (14... Be4 {
Hertneck} 15. Rc1 Bxf3 16. gxf3 {1/4 Vaganjan,R-Dolmatov,S, URS-ch 1989}) 15.
Rc1 Nb6 $6 (15... Rhc8) (15... Rhc8 {Hertneck /\ Nb6, a5}) 16. Nc5 a5 (16... g5
{Hertneck} 17. Na6 $16) 17. Nh4 Bg4 $2 (17... a4 $2 18. g4 Bxg4 19. Rg1 $16) (
17... Rhc8 $142 18. Nxf5+ exf5 19. a4 (19. Ke2 a4 20. Rc2 Nc4 $132) 19... Nd7
20. b3 Rab8 21. Nxd7 Kxd7 22. Rc3 $16) (17... a4 {Hertneck /\ Rhb8, Nc4}) 18.
h3 Bh5 19. Nxe6 $1 Kxe6 20. Rxc6+ Kd7 21. Rxb6 $18 Rhb8 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. b3 a4
24. g4 axb3 25. axb3 Rxb3 26. Ke2 Rb2+ 27. Kf3 Bf7 (27... Bg6 28. Nxg6 hxg6 29.
Ra1 Rb7 30. h4 Ke6 31. Ra6+ Ke7 32. Kf4 $18) 28. Nf5 g6 29. Nh6 Be6 30. Ra1 Rb7
31. h4 g5 (31... Ke7 32. Kf4 $18 {/\g5}) 32. hxg5 fxg5 33. Rh1 (33. Rh1 Ke7 34.
Nf5+ Bxf5 35. gxf5 Kf6 36. Kg4 Rb2 37. Rxh7 Rxf2 38. Rh6+ Kf7 39. Kxg5 Rf3 40.
Rh7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Grabarczyk, Miroslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 {Diese Variante
erfreut sich in letzter Zeit großer Beliebheit. Weiß tauscht den Läufer f5 ab
und kann mit seinem Läuferpaar und flexiblen Bauernzentrum auf
Eröffnungsvorteil hoffen.} Bg4 (6... Be4 {ist hier die populärste Fortsetzung.}
) 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. g5 {Die Hauptvariante ist
11.Bg2. Mit dem Textzug klärt Weiß die Position des Nf6, um das Zentrum mit
e3-e4 öffnen zu können.} Nfd7 ({Im Falle von} 11... Ng8 {ist} 12. e4 dxe4 13.
Nxe4 {wegen} Na6 (13... Qxd4 $5 14. Qxb7 $36) 14. Be3 Qb4+ {weniger klar (der
Springer g8 hat ein schönes Feld f5 in Sicht), aber Weiß kann 12.c5!? Qc7 13.
e4 versuchen.}) ({Nach} 11... Nh5 $2 {gerät der Springer vollkommen ins
Abseits:} 12. e4 dxe4 13. Be3 Nd7 14. O-O-O Be7 15. Bg2 Qc7 16. Bxe4 Nf4 17. h4
Nb6 18. Kb1 Rd8 19. Bf3 Rd7 20. Ne4 $16 Nh5 21. Bxh5 $1 gxh5 22. g6 f5 23. Ng5
$18 Bxg5 24. Bxg5 Qc8 25. Rhe1 {1-0 Malaniuk,V-Diu,V/Tomsk 2001}) 12. e4 $1 {
Prinzipiell gespielt. Weiß ist bereit, einen Bauern zu opfern.} ({Auch die
ruhige Entwicklung führt zu leichtem weißen Vorteil:} 12. Bd2 Be7 13. f4 Na6
14. cxd5 exd5 15. Qc2 Nb4 16. Qa4 a5 17. a3 Na6 18. Qc2 Nc7 19. Rc1 Ne6 20. Be2
Ndf8 21. h4 Bd6 22. Bg4 Qc7 23. Kf2 $14 {Ehlvest,J-Golubovic,B/Pula 1997})
12... dxe4 13. Be3 Qxb3 ({Die andere Bauernverteidigung} 13... Rh4 14. Bg2 Bb4
{erweist sich als untauglich:} 15. O-O-O Bxc3 16. Qxc3 {(Es droht d4-d5)} Qa6
17. Kb1 Nb6 (17... f5 $2 18. gxf6 gxf6 19. d5 cxd5 20. cxd5 {führt zum weißen
Angriff.}) 18. b3 N8d7 19. Bc1 f5 (19... O-O-O 20. Rhe1 $16) 20. gxf6 gxf6 21.
Rhe1 O-O-O 22. Rxe4 $16) 14. axb3 Bb4 15. Bg2 Rh4 16. Ke2 $1 {Die richtige
Entscheidung. Der weiße König findet einen guten Platz auf g3, von wo aus er
den schwarzen Turm h4 verdrängen wird. Beide Rochaden waren weniger
überzeugend.} (16. O-O-O Bxc3 17. bxc3 Na6 18. f3 (18. Rhe1 f5 19. gxf6 gxf6
20. Bd2 f5 $13) 18... exf3 19. Bxf3 O-O-O $13) (16. O-O Bxc3 17. bxc3 Na6 18.
f3 exf3 19. Rxf3 Ke7 20. Raf1 f6 21. gxf6+ gxf6 $13) 16... Bxc3 17. bxc3 Na6
18. f3 exf3+ 19. Kxf3 {Weiß droht 20.Kg3 und 21.Bxc6.} Nc7 {Der einzige Zug.} (
19... Rc8 $2 20. Kg3 Rh8 21. b4 Nb6 22. b5 Nb8 23. Rxa7 Nxc4 24. Bf4 $16) 20.
Kg3 Rh5 21. Bf3 Rh8 22. Bf4 Kd8 {Erneut erzwungen. Weiß hat für den geopferten
Bauern eine prächtige Stellung erhalten. Seine beiden Läufer sind aktiv und
seine Bauern mobil. Die schwarzen Figuren sind auf die letzten drei Reihen
abgedrängt und passiv, keiner der Springer kann problemlos das Wunschfeld f5
erreichen. Der Plan von Weiß besteht in Vorbereitung des Zentrumsdurchbruchs
d4-d5, kombiniert mit dem Druck gegen die Schwäche f7.} 23. Rhe1 $1 (23. Rhf1 {
erlaubt Schwarz eine günstige Rückgabe des Bauern:} e5 $1 24. dxe5 Ne6 25. Bg4
Ke7) 23... a6 (23... a5 $2 {/\Nb6,a4 Dieser Versuch des aktiven Gegenspiels
scheiterte.} 24. Re2 Nb6 25. Rea2 a4 26. c5 Nbd5 27. Bd2 Kd7 28. Rxa4 $16) (
23... Re8 24. Bd6 $44) 24. Rad1 Rc8 {Schwarz versucht, passiv auszuharren.} ({
Nach} 24... a5 25. d5 ({oder} 25. Ra1 $5) 25... cxd5 26. cxd5 Nxd5 27. Bxd5
exd5 28. Rxd5 {bekommt Weiß einen starken Druck auf den offenen Linien, z.B.}
b6 29. Be3 (29. Be5 $5 $14) 29... Kc7 30. Red1 Rad8 (30... Nf8 31. Rd6) 31.
Bf4+ Kc8 32. b4 $1 $16) ({Auch} 24... Nb6 {hilft nicht:} 25. d5 $1 cxd5 26.
cxd5 exd5 27. Be3 Nc8 28. Bxd5 Nxd5 29. Rxd5+ Kc7 30. Rc5+ Kb8 31. Bd4 $16) 25.
Kg2 Re8 26. h4 $1 {Während sich Schwarz mit großer Anstrengung gegen d4-d5
wehrt, kann Weiß an die Eröffnung einer weiteren Front denken. Bei der
weiteren Passivität meines Gegners plante ich 27.h5 gxh5 28.Bxh5 g6 29.Bf3,
wonach der Bauer f7 endgültig geschwächt wäre, und Weiß die offene h-Linie
nutzen könnte. Es kam aber nicht so weit, Grabarczyk startete in der
beginnenden Zeitnot mit seinem König einen Fluchtversuch} Ke7 $6 {, und ging
schnell unter:} 27. d5 cxd5 28. cxd5 Kd8 $2 ({Besser war in jedem Fall das
konsequente} 28... Kf8 29. dxe6 Nxe6 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. Rxd7 Rxc3 32. Bd5 (32.
Rxb7 $16) 32... Re2+ 33. Kf1 Rcc2 34. Rxf7+ Ke8 35. Rc7 Rf2+ 36. Kg1 Rxc7 37.
Bxc7 Rc2 38. Bb6 $16) 29. d6 $1 Nd5 30. Bd2 $1 {Wahrscheinlich hat Grabarczyk
diesen giftigen Zug übersehen.Der Läufer strebt nach a5, plötzlich ist der
schwarze König in Mattgefahr. Es gibt keine Rettung mehr.} Nxc3 (30... b5 31.
c4 $1 bxc4 32. Ba5+ N5b6 33. bxc4 Rc5 34. Ra1 $18 {, und die Drohung Reb1
entscheidet.}) 31. Rc1 $1 Nb5 (31... Na2 32. Rxc8+ Kxc8 33. Ra1 {, und der
Springer geht verloren.}) 32. Bxb7 Rxc1 (32... Nxd6 33. Bxc8 Nxc8 34. Ba5+ Ke7
35. Bb4+ Kd8 36. Rc6 $18) 33. Ba5+ Nb6 34. Rxc1 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.10.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. h3 Nbd7 12. O-O-O Qxb3 13. axb3 a6 14. Kc2 Nh5
15. Bd3 Ng3 16. Rhe1 O-O-O 17. e4 $146 {Some other moves were played before
without achieving anything.} dxe4 18. fxe4 c5 19. d5 Rde8 20. Na2 $1 {An
important idea. White wants to play b4, exchange the b3 pawn for c5, and push
b4 again. Of course it is not easy to manage in good conditions. According to
the engine, White never succeeds if Black plays correctly, but from a human
point of view, I believe it should be definitely easier to play for White.}
exd5 {I'm not sure whether not taking could bring Black something or not!} ({
However, after} 20... Ne5 21. b4 f5 {the engine found an impressive draw:} 22.
bxc5 Bxc5 (22... Nxd3 23. Kxd3 fxe4+ 24. Kc2 Bxc5 25. Bf4 Nh5 26. d6 Kd7 27.
Be5 {followed by b4 is bad for Black.}) 23. exf5 $8 exd5 24. Rxe5 {The rest is
simply fine for Black.} Rxe5 25. Bf4 dxc4 $1 26. Bxe5 (26. Bxc4 $6 Nxf5 $1)
26... cxd3+ 27. Rxd3 Nxf5 28. Rc3 b6 29. b4 Re8 30. Bh2 Nd4+ 31. Kd3 (31. Kb1
Re1+ 32. Kb2 Re2+ 33. Ka1 Rxg2 34. Be5 Rg1+ 35. Kb2 Rg2+ $11) 31... Rd8 {
and Black simply gets a draw by a miracle.}) 21. exd5 Nf5 (21... Ne5 22. b4 f6
$1 {might be enough for equality:} 23. bxc5 {(of course White has no
obligation to take so fast, but what else?)} (23. Re3 $6 Nf5 {is very good for
Black.}) 23... Bxc5 24. Bf4 (24. b4 $2 Bf2 $15) 24... Bf2 25. Bxg3 Bxg3 26. Re2
Nxd3 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Rxd3 Bd6 {followed by ...Kd7, ...b6.}) 22. b4 Nd4+ (
22... Nh4 23. bxc5 (23. Bf1 Nf5 24. bxc5 Nxc5 25. b4 Ne4 {is very good for
Black.}) 23... Nxc5 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Rf1 Nxd3 26. Kxd3 f6 27. g4 g5 {and
Black is just fine: White's pawn are not bringing anything special. Black will
just put his king on d7, bishop on e5, some ...Rh8 move or whatever, and I
think White cannot make progress at all. Once again, it is very tough, over
the board, to leave White two beautiful central pawns like this.}) 23. Kb1 Nb3
{Maybe not the most accurate, but still fine.} (23... cxb4 $5 24. Nxb4 (24.
Bxb4 Bxb4 25. Nxb4 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Kc7 $11) 24... Nc5 25. Bc3 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Rh4
$1 {and, since Black seems to manage to keep control over the dark squares, I
believe the position is equal again.}) 24. Bc3 cxb4 25. Nxb4 Be5 26. Na2 Bxc3
27. Nxc3 (27. Rxe8+ {to try to be clever (check comments of the further moves)
would not make sense because of} Rxe8 28. Nxc3 Re3 {and the initiative goes to
the black side.}) 27... Ndc5 $6 {Problems started from here. Actually, while
analysing the game, I noticed that taking the opponent's rook first very
frequently made a great difference.} (27... Rxe1 $1 28. Rxe1 Ndc5 {might have
been even more precise, since} 29. Bc2 $2 {is bad due to} Nd2+ $17) 28. Rxe8+
Rxe8 29. Bc2 Re3 30. Ka2 $6 (30. Bxb3 $1 Nxb3 31. Kc2 Nc5 32. b4 Nd7 33. Rd3 {
and, though Black should hold, the position is very unpleasant to play.}) 30...
Na5 31. Rd4 Rg3 32. Ne4 Rxg2 $4 {After having so many possible options each
move, Black entered time trouble and eventually blundered. Maybe a bit of luck
for Magnus, but I would say he also chose the position well: unusual enough to
make his opponent spend a lot of time.} (32... Nxe4 33. Bxe4 Nb3 $1 34. Rd1 Re3
$1 35. Bc2 Nc5 36. b4 Nd7 {is simply fine for Black: White doesn't have enough
pieces for central pawns to achieve anything big.} (36... Ne4 $5)) 33. Rd2 $1
$18 {Nice trick! Maybe some unconcious payback for their first game? :)} Rxd2
34. Nxd2 {Black loses a piece!} b5 35. b4 Nab7 36. bxc5 Nxc5 37. Ne4 Nb7 38. c5
f5 39. c6 fxe4 40. cxb7+ Kxb7 41. Bxe4 Kc7 42. Kb3 a5 43. Kc3 a4 44. Bc2 g5 45.
Kd4 Kd6 46. Bd1 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2020.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2842"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 $5 {One of the
main lines, often used by Caruana... and by Giri from the Black side!} 7. f3
Bg6 8. Bd2 $5 ({After} 8. Qb3 {Anish Giri often found himself in trouble with
Black. Nevertheless, since then Anish seemed to have found how to solve
Black's problems there, as he picked another move against Fabiano!} Qc7 9. Bd2
Be7 10. Rc1 $5 (10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. g3 O-O 12. Bg2 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Nbd7 14. O-O e5
$11 {0-1 (33) Cori,J (2652)-Giri,A (2763) chess.com 2020}) (10. cxd5 cxd5 11.
Bb5+ Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Rfc1 Bd6 $11 {½-½ (67) Karjakin,S 
(2754)-Giri,A (2776) Bucharest 2019}) 10... Nbd7 11. g3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 O-O 13.
Nxg6 hxg6 14. O-O e5 15. dxe5 (15. Qc2 exd4 16. exd4 Nb6 17. Bb3 Qd7 18. Be3
Nbd5 19. Bg5 Rfe8 {was close to equal in Karjakin,S (2748)-Giri,A (2779) Riga
2019, 1-0 (34).}) 15... Nxe5 (15... Qxe5 $5 16. Be2 Nc5 17. Qc2 Rad8 18. Kg2 g5
{miht have been the way to play, keeping the c5-knight ready to head to e6 
(and then d4 if White pushes e4).}) 16. Be2 Rad8 17. Rcd1 b5 $6 18. Kg2 a6 19.
Qc2 c5 20. e4 b4 21. Na4 Nc6 22. Be3 $16 {½-½ (53) Nakamura,H (2741)-Giri,A 
(2776) Kolkata 2019}) 8... Be7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 $5 (10... a6 11. O-O-O
dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nbd7 {has been the plan chosen by several GMs. Here} 13. e4 $5
$146 {might bring White a small advantage:} b5 (13... Nb6 14. Ne2 Nxc4 15. Qxc4
$36) 14. Be2 $1 (14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. e5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Qxg6+ Kf8 18. Qxe6
Nb6 $13) 14... c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. e5 Nfd7 (16... Nd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Kb1
$14) 17. f4 $14) 11. O-O-O Nb6 $5 {An interesting (and typical) idea to force
matters with the c4-pawn.} (11... Qc7 12. h4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Bd3 a6 15. g4
$5 $146 (15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Rc8 17. Kb1 Nf6 18. Rc1 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qd7 20.
Be1 f5 21. Qc2 c5 $11 {½-½ (67) Lupulescu,C (2643)-Bu Xiangzhi (2721)
Douglas 2019}) 15... c5 16. g5 cxd4 17. exd4 Nh5 18. d5 {and I suspect Black
can't equalize there.}) 12. c5 Nbd7 13. Kb1 Qb8 $5 (13... b6 14. cxb6 axb6 15.
e4 b5 16. exd5 (16. e5 Ng8 {would be solid for Black}) 16... exd5 (16... Nxd5
17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bxb5 $16) 17. g4 {should be pleasant for White.}) 14. h4 ({
I assume saccing the h2-pawn with} 14. e4 $5 {was definitely an option, but
after} Rxh2 (14... dxe4 15. Nxe4 $1 Nd5 16. h4 $36) 15. Bd3 Rxg2 16. Rh8+ Nf8 {
the position is difficult to assess, although I would tend to like White.})
14... g5 $6 {A natural move, but also a serious mistake.} (14... b6 15. cxb6
axb6 16. e4 b5 {should be critical, and after} 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 {
Black should be happy to have his b5-pawn protected. And if} 19. Qc6 {then} b4
20. Bb5 Qa7 {looks just fine for Black.}) 15. Be1 $1 g4 16. e4 gxf3 17. gxf3 b6
18. exd5 exd5 19. cxb6 axb6 {Suddenly many files are open and White's position
is definitely excellent.} 20. Ne2 $5 Qa7 21. b3 Nh5 22. Ng3 g6 (22... Nf4 23.
Nf5 $16) 23. Nxh5 Rxh5 24. f4 Kf8 25. Be2 Rh8 {Fabiano is struggling as he can.
} 26. Bd3 ({The engine likes} 26. f5 $5 g5 27. Bf3 $1 gxh4 28. Bg3 $5 {where
he considers Black to be more or less paralyzed!}) 26... c5 27. Bc3 ({Amongst
the computer's suggestions:} 27. f5 $5 g5 28. dxc5 bxc5 29. Bc3 Rxh4 (29... d4
30. hxg5 $1 Rxh1 31. Rxh1 dxc3 32. Be4 $1 Rb8 33. Rh8+ Kg7 34. Qxc3+ f6 35.
Rh7+ $1 Kxh7 36. Qh3+ Kg7 37. Qh6+ Kf7 38. Qg6+ Kf8 39. Bd5 $18 {Hope you
enjoyed that one!}) 30. Rxh4 gxh4 31. Bb5 $1 d4 32. Bd2 $16) 27... cxd4 28.
Bxd4 Bf6 29. Bxf6 Nxf6 30. f5 gxf5 31. Bxf5 b5 32. Rh2 $5 {A new protection to
the a2-pawn can't hurt.} Rh5 33. Re2 $6 {Anish is now taking it too easy.} (33.
Rf2 $1 {was best, with the idea of} Rxh4 34. Bg6 $1 Kg7 35. Rxf6 $1 Kxf6 36.
Rf1+ Kg7 37. Rxf7+ Qxf7 38. Bxf7 Rh1+ 39. Kb2 Kxf7 40. Qf5+ {and White seems
to be winning.}) (33. Rf1 $5) 33... d4 $1 34. Re5 $2 (34. Be4 {was the last
chance for an advantage.}) 34... Ng4 $1 {Suddenly Black forces a draw!} 35. Rc5
Ne3 36. Rc8+ Rxc8 37. Qxc8+ Ke7 38. Rc1 Nd5 $8 39. Re1+ Ne3 $8 40. Rc1 Nd5 41.
Re1+ Ne3 42. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Eljanov,P"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Not my best game from my best chess success at the moment, but it shows my
mood, my readiness to fight till the end.} 1. d4 d5 $5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4.
e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11.
O-O-O a6 12. c5 {This was a little bit unexpected for me. According to my
database there has only been one game with this move - Levin-Korneev, 2008,
where the opponents immediately agreed a draw! I think it's little bit risky
to play it after castling queenside.} Nbd7 13. Na4 Rb8 $1 (13... e5 {is not
clear as after} 14. Kb1 {I don't see how to attack the white centre, but the
black king's position is rather vulnerable.}) 14. Bd3 ({After} 14. g3 {my
intention was} O-O 15. Kb1 b6 16. cxb6 Nxb6 17. Ba5 (17. Nxb6 Rxb6 18. Ba5 Rxb3
19. Bxc7 Rxe3 $15) 17... Nfd7 18. Rc1 Qa7 $1 {and looks like everything is
correct - in every line Black has good counterplay} 19. Rxc6 Nc4 20. Qc3 Qa8
21. Rc7 Nxa5 22. Rxd7 Bb4 23. Qc2 Rfc8 $132) 14... Rxh2 {A principled and good
move.} (14... O-O 15. Kb1 b6 16. cxb6 Nxb6 17. Nxb6 Rxb6 18. Ba5 $1) (14... b6
$5 {was also not bad} 15. cxb6 Nxb6 16. Nxb6 (16. Ba5 Nfd7 17. Kb1 Qa7) 16...
Rxb6 17. Ba5 Rxb3 18. Bxc7 Rb7 19. Ba5 Kd7 20. a3 Ra8 21. h4 Bd8 $11 {and
Black's position is very solid.}) 15. g4 Bd8 $4 {A terrible mistake, which is
difficult to explain. I had at least two decent possibilities:} (15... g5 {
I was worried because of} 16. Ba5 (16. Rdf1 b5 $5 17. cxb6 Nxb6 18. Ba5 Nfd7
$13) 16... Qg3 17. Rhg1 Qxf3 18. Bc7 Qxe3+ 19. Kb1 {but after} Rd2 $1 {Black
has a good game:} 20. Rxd2 Qxg1+ 21. Rd1 Qxg4 (21... Qxd4 $5 22. Bxb8 Nxb8 23.
Qxb7 Nfd7) 22. Bxb8 Nxb8 23. Bc2 Bd8 24. Qxb7 Qf4 25. Nc3 Qc7 26. Qb3 Nbd7 $15)
({I also saw} 15... Qg3 {, but wasn't sure about the black prospects. It looks
like White just has a draw and no more.} 16. Rxh2 Qxh2 17. Rf1 Kf8 18. Qd1 Kg8
19. Rh1 Qg2 20. Rg1 Qf2 21. Rf1 Qg2 $11) 16. g5 $1 {I just forgot about this
idea!} Nh5 17. f4 {Now I think Black is strategically lost. I have no space
and no counterplay.} Rxh1 18. Rxh1 Nf8 (18... Ng3 19. Rh8+ (19. Rh7 Nf5) 19...
Nf8 20. Qd1 Nf5 21. Qh1 $16) 19. Rg1 Qc8 20. Qc2 Bc7 21. Kb1 Ke7 22. Bc1 Qe8
23. b3 Nd7 24. Nc3 a5 {Desperate move. Probably more tenacious was a passive
defence, but still White has many possibilities to break through.} (24... Ra8
25. Ba3 Qg8 26. Ne2 Qe8 27. Rg2 Qg8 28. Ng1 Qe8 29. Nf3 Nf8 30. Nh4 Kd7 31. Qd1
Kc8 32. Be2 a5 {Here it's more to the point, but White is better anyway.}) 25.
Ba3 Ra8 26. Na4 Kf8 ({My engine proposed} 26... Qb8 27. Be2 Qa7 $5 {but I
don't believe in it. Maybe the engine will hold it, but for a human it's too
much!}) 27. Qh2 Ke7 28. Nb6 Ra7 (28... Rd8 29. Qd2 (29. Be2 Nxb6 30. cxb6+ Bd6
31. Bxd6+ Rxd6) 29... Nxb6 30. cxb6+ Bd6 31. Qxa5 $16) 29. Be2 $1 {Now it's
almost decisive.} Kd8 30. Bxh5 gxh5 31. Qxh5 g6 32. Qh7 Nxb6 33. cxb6 Bxb6 34.
Qg7 a4 {Last chance.} 35. Kb2 {Not bad, but after} (35. Rh1 axb3 36. Qf6+ $1
Kd7 37. Rh7 bxa2+ 38. Kxa2 Rxa3+ 39. Kxa3 Qe7+ 40. Kb3 {White is just winning.}
) 35... axb3 36. axb3 Rxa3 {Again the only move to continue the agony.} 37.
Kxa3 Kc7 38. Rh1 Qe7+ 39. Kb2 $2 {But this is a real mistake. After it I have
decent counterchances!} (39. Ka2 $1 Ba5 40. Rh7 Qb4 41. Qxf7+ Kb8 42. Rh2 {
and I have no Qc3+!} Qe1 43. Qxe6 Bc3 44. Qd6+ Ka7 45. Qc5+ Ka6 46. Qa3+ Kb6
47. b4 $1 $18) 39... Ba5 40. Rh7 Qb4 $1 {The last move before the time control
and the game is beginning a second time!} 41. Qxf7+ Kb8 42. Rh2 Qc3+ 43. Ka2
Bb4 $1 {Again the only move.} (43... Qxe3 44. Qf8+ (44. Qxg6 Bc3) 44... Ka7 45.
Qc5+ Ka6 46. b4 Bb6 47. b5+ $1 (47. Qc2 {also}) 47... cxb5 48. Qa3+ $18) 44.
Qe8+ Ka7 (44... Kc7 {was also possible. But the position is too complicated to
access even with the help of a computer. I saw that my king will be a bit
vulnerable after the text move because of some tricks in the a-file and the
a7-g1 diagonal, but still I chose this move.}) 45. Qxg6 Qxe3 46. Qc2 Bc3 47. g6
$2 ({Things are not clear after} 47. Re2 Qxd4 48. Rxe6 Qb4 49. Qc1 Kb6 $1 50.
g6 Qa5+ 51. Qa3 Qb5 52. Re3 d4 $132) (47. Rg2 $1 {was stronger. I have many
possibilities, but it looks like the only try to fight is connected with a
study-like idea!} Qe1 $1 (47... Bxd4 48. Qd2 $18) (47... Qf3 48. Rf2 Qh3 49.
Qd1 $1 (49. Rh2 Qf3) 49... Qg3 50. Qf3 Qg1 51. Rf1 Qh2+ 52. Qf2 Qh8 53. Rd1 {
This way White has to win the position.}) 48. Qb1 Qe3 49. g6 Qf3 50. Qg1 {
and here the fantastic:} c5 $3 51. g7 (51. dxc5 Bd4) (51. Qf2 Qd1 52. Rg1 Qd3)
(51. Rf2 Qd3 52. Qf1 Qxg6 53. dxc5 Qe4 54. Qc1 Qd3 $132) 51... Bxd4 52. g8=Q
Bxg1 53. Rxg1 (53. Qg4 Qxg4 54. Rxg4 Be3 $11) 53... Qe2+ 54. Ka1 Qa6+ 55. Kb1
Qd3+ {this is perpetual.}) 47... Qe1 (47... Bxd4 {more or less the same} 48.
Re2 (48. Qd2 Qg1 49. Rh1 Qxh1 50. Qxd4+ Ka6 51. g7 Qg2+ 52. Qb2 Qg6 {looks
like it`s draw}) 48... Qg1 49. b4) 48. b4 (48. Qb1 Qg3) 48... Bxd4 49. Qd3 Qg1
$2 {An unobvious mistake thanks to which... I won this game!} ({It was
necessary to put my bishop in a safer place:} 49... Bg7 {because of these
variations:} 50. Kb3 Kb8 51. Re2 (51. Ra2 Kc7) (51. Rh7 Qa1 52. Kc2 Qa4+ 53.
Kc1 Qa7 $1 {with sufficient counterplay.}) 51... Qa1 52. f5 exf5 53. Qg3+ Kc8
54. Qe1 Qf6 $1 {and I have a safe haven for my queen.}) 50. Re2 Kb8 51. Kb3 Qa1
52. f5 $1 exf5 53. Qxf5 $4 {A terrible blunder. White was very close to
victory.} (53. Qg3+ Kc8 54. Qe1 $1 {this is the point} Qxe1 55. Rxe1 Kd7 {
and it looks like Black is ok, but White is just in time to transfer his rook
into Black's camp.} 56. Kc2 (56. Re2 Bg7 57. Kc2 b6 58. Kd3 c5) 56... b6 (56...
Bg7 57. Re3) 57. Re3 $1 Bg7 58. Ra3 Ke7 59. Ra6 Bd4 60. Kd3 Bf2 61. Ra7+ Kf8
62. Rc7 c5 63. Rf7+ Kg8 64. Rxf5 {and White is winning.}) 53... Qc3+ 0-1

[Event "Hasselbacken op"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "2000.08.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Engqvist, Thomas"]
[Black "Hermansson, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Engqvist"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Nc3 Bd6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 O-O 12. Bg5 Be7 (12... Qa5 13. c5 Bc7
14. Be7 Rfe8 15. Ng5 g6 16. Qh4 h5 17. Ne4 $16) (12... Nf6 13. Qh4 h6 14. Be3
Be7 15. Qh3 $14 {Ilincic}) 13. Bxe7 (13. Bf4) (13. Bd2) 13... Qxe7 14. c5 $5
$146 {[%csl Rd6]} a5 $2 {[%csl Ra5,Rb6]} (14... e5 15. Qe3 $1 (15. Nxe5 $2 f6
16. Qh4 g5 $19)) (14... Nf6 $142 $13) 15. Rac1 (15. Rfe1) 15... Rfd8 16. Rfd1
f5 $2 {[%csl Re5,Re6]} (16... Nf6 17. Qe1 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Yc1c4,Yc4a4,Yd1d3,
Yd3a3]}) 17. Qe3 Nf6 18. Re1 Ne4 (18... Re8 19. Ng5 $140 $6 Qd7 20. Nxe6 {
[%cal Ye3b3]} a4 $1 (20... Nd5 21. Qe5 Re7 22. Qd6 $16) (20... Ne4 21. Ng5 $1)
21. Qe2 {[%cal Ye2c4]} Ne4 $11) 19. Ne5 (19. Rc4 $5) 19... Qg5 $2 (19... Rd5
$142) 20. Qb3 Qe7 21. f3 Nf6 (21... Ng5) 22. Rc4 Nd5 23. Ra4 Qh4 24. g3 Qg5 25.
Nc4 (25. f4) 25... h5 (25... f4 26. g4) 26. f4 (26. Qxb7 h4 27. Kf2 hxg3+ 28.
hxg3 f4) 26... Nxf4 27. h4 Qg4 28. Ne5 Ne2+ 29. Rxe2 $4 $138 (29. Kf2 $1 Nxd4
30. Qxb7 $1 (30. Qd3 Nf3 $3) 30... Qh3 31. Rxd4) (29. Kg2 $1 Qe4+ (29... Nf4+
30. Kf2 $18) (29... Nxd4 30. Qc4 $18) 30. Nf3 {[%cal Yg2f2]} Rxd4 31. Qxb7 Rad8
(31... Rxa4 32. Qxa8+ Kh7 33. Kf2 $18) 32. Rxd4 Rxd4 33. Kf2 $18) (29. Kh2 $4
Nxd4 {[%cal Yd4f3]}) 29... Qxe2 30. Qxe6+ Kh7 31. Qg6+ Kh8 32. Nf7+ Kg8 33.
Nh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 {The most solid
option. The following two continations lead to more complicated positions,
since they provoke White into playing f2-f3 at some point:} (6... Be4 7. f3 Bg6
8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. O-O-O a6 12. c5 Nbd7 13. Na4 Rb8 14.
Bd3 Rxh2 15. g4 $13 {0-1 Wang Yue (2752)-Eljanov,P (2751)/Astrakhan RUS 2010/
The Week in Chess 810 (53)}) (6... Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Bd2 Bh5 $5 9. Rc1 dxc4 10.
Bxc4 Be7 11. h3 Qb6 12. g3 Nbd7 13. O-O Nd5 14. Ng2 Bg6 15. f3 O-O 16. Ne2 a5
17. a3 Qa7 $1 18. Nef4 $6 (18. e4 $142) 18... Nxf4 19. Nxf4 e5 20. Nxg6 hxg6
21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Be2 Rad8 23. Qc3 Rd5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Aronian,L (2781)-Vallejo
Pons,F (2705)/Linares ESP 2010/The Week in Chess 798 (48)}) 7. Nxg6 hxg6 {
In this variation, White gets the pair of bishops, but the position is closed
and Black does not have passive pieces. Typically White has some advantage in
endgames, due to his pair of bishops and Black's double g-pawns. On the other
hand, Black is usually fine in the middlegame and should exchange the
dark-squared bishops if possible.} 8. Bd2 Nbd7 9. cxd5 $5 {An interesting
decision. Normally, at some point Black takes the c4-pawn and then carries out
either the c6-c5 or the e6-e5 breakthrough. By taking Black's d5-pawn, White
forces his opponent to define his pawn structure right away.} exd5 {The
semi-open e-file and the pawns majority on the queenside provide Black with
some chances for counterplay, whereas after} (9... cxd5 {Black's position
becomes very passive and gives White a chance to improve his position
gradually without any risk.} 10. Bd3 a6 11. a4 Bd6 12. f4 O-O $2 {Another
illustration of how Black's position is unpleasant after 9...cxd5. Black can
not castle before White does, since Black's g6-pawn helps White to develop an
attack:} 13. g4 Ne8 14. g5 f6 15. h4 $18 {1-0 Iljushin,A (2558)-Medvedeva,A 
(1959)/Obninsk 2009/CBM 131 Extra (23)}) 10. Bd3 ({It may be too early to
define the position of the queen. In addition, it does not seem to do much on
f3 after} 10. Qf3 Bb4 11. Bd3 Qe7 12. O-O-O b5 13. Ne2 Bd6 14. Ng3 Rh4 15. Qe2
{admitting his mistake.} Nb6 16. Kb1 O-O-O 17. Nf1 Kb7 18. g3 Rhh8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Martinovic,S (2445)-Pavlovic,M (2497)/Zlatibor 2006/EXT 2007}) (10. Qc2
Bd6 11. g3 {In my opinion, developing the light-squared bishop to the long
diagonal after Black has built the strong block consisting of the b7-c6-d5
pawns is a bad idea.} Qe7 12. Bg2 $6 O-O 13. O-O Rfe8 14. f3 c5 $1 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Shalimov,V (2393)-Lintchevski,D (2449)/St Petersburg 2007/CBM 116 ext 
(35)}) 10... Bd6 11. h3 {White still retains the option of castling to either
side.} ({White has also tried} 11. Rb1 {to create a pawn minority attack on
the queenside.} {However, after} Qe7 12. b4 O-O 13. b5 c5 {Black equalized.}
14. O-O $11 {1/2-1/2 Nyback,T (2587)-Akopian,V (2673)/Plovdiv 2008/CBM 124 (30)
}) 11... Qe7 12. Qc2 O-O {In the event of Black castling long, the semi-open
c-file would provide White with excellent chances for a successful attack.
Thus, Black has not much choice, but to castle short. It should be noticed
that once White's queen is moved away from the d1-h5 diagonal, it will take
White some time to create an attack on the kingside.} 13. O-O-O $146 {Quite a
logical novelty. Unambiguously, White is preparing attack on the kingside.} ({
White got nothing after} 13. O-O Rfe8 14. Rab1 Rac8 15. Qb3 Nf8 16. Rbe1 Ne6
$11 {1-0 Milanovic,D (2464)-Nadj Hedjesi,B (2378)/Subotica 2005/CBM 109 ext 
(35)}) 13... b5 $1 {Black had to start the counterplay on the queenside
immediately.} (13... c5 $6 {weakens the centre too much:} 14. g4 {[%cal Yg4g5]}
) 14. Kb1 {A prophylactic move. White moves away the king from the c-file and
prepares the c1-square for the rook.} ({Of course,} 14. e4 $2 {does not work
in view of} b4 15. e5 bxc3 16. Bxc3 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 $17) 14... b4 {No time
to waste.} ({The preliminary} 14... Rfc8 {would allow White to carry out the
breakthrough in the centre:} 15. e4 b4 16. e5 bxc3 17. Bxc3 $14 {and now, with
White's king on b1, Black cannot win the pawn.}) 15. Na4 ({It is often the
case that White can move away his knight to e2, hoping to occupy the d4
outpost after Black plays ...c6-c5. However, in this particular position,
White's pieces (especially White's queen) are misplaced. So, after} 15. Ne2 $2
Rfc8 {[%cal Yc6c5] Black is better.}) 15... Rac8 {It does not really matter
which rook should be moved to c8.} 16. f3 {White is covering the e4-square and
preparing to carry out the e3-e4 breakthrough. As we see, Ponomariov does not
have time to start an attack on the kingside.} (16. Rc1 {was possible, but
allowed} Ne4 $5 (16... Qe6 $5) (16... a5 $5)) 16... c5 $1 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18.
Nxc5 Rxc5 $11 {With active play, Black has been able to solve all his opening
problems. Now only Gelfand can be better, since the isolated d5-pawn is not a
weakness, White's dark-squared bishop is misplaced and the e3-pawn is weak.}
19. Qb3 (19. Qa4 a5 20. Rc1 Nd7) 19... a5 20. Rc1 Nd7 $1 (20... Qa7 $5 21. Rxc5
Bxc5 22. Bb5 $1 $11) 21. e4 {Activating the dark-squared bishop.} ({When I was
watching the live transmission of this game, it took me a while to realise,
why White cannot win the pawn after} 21. Rxc5 $2 Nxc5 22. Qxd5 Rd8 23. Rc1 {
and then} Qf6 $3 $19 {[%cal Yc5a4,Gd6f8] was found, after which White can
suffers material losses.}) 21... dxe4 22. Bxe4 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Nc5 24. Qd5 Nxe4
25. Qxe4 {White should trade queens, since his king is more vulnerable than
Black's one.} Qxe4+ 26. fxe4 Re8 27. Rc6 {Driving away the bishop from its
active position, and transfering the rook to a6.} (27. Rc4 f5 28. Rc6 Bf8 29.
Rxg6 Rxe4 $11) 27... Bf8 28. Ra6 (28. Rc4 f5) 28... Rxe4 29. Rxa5 Re2 30. Kc1
$6 {After this slightly inaccurate move, Black gets some chances to get an
advantage.} (30. Rd5 {was more precise.} Rxg2 (30... f5 31. g4 $11) 31. Rd8 Kh7
32. Rxf8 Rxd2 33. Rxf7 $11) 30... b3 $1 {This tactical resource allows Black
to get a slightly better endgame.} ({Of course not} 30... Rxg2 $2 31. Ra8 Rg1+
32. Kc2 Rg2 33. Kd3 Rg3+ 34. Ke2 Rg2+ 35. Ke3 $1 $16) 31. Ra8 (31. axb3 $4 Rxd2
) 31... bxa2 32. Rxa2 Bd6 $6 {This allows White to save the g-pawn.} (32...
Rxg2 33. Ra8) (32... f5 33. Ra8 Kf7 34. Ra7+ Ke6 35. Ra6+ $11) ({Black's only
chance to keep fighting was} 32... f6 $1 33. g4 (33. Ra8 Kf7 34. Ra7+ Ke6 35.
Ra8 Be7 36. g4 Rh2 37. Ra6+ Kf7 38. Ra7 Rxh3 39. Bb4 Re3 40. Kd2 Re5 41. Kd3
Ke8 $15) 33... Rh2 34. Ra8 (34. b4 Rxh3 35. b5 Rb3 $15) 34... Kf7 35. Ra7+ (35.
b4 Rxh3 36. b5 Bc5 $15) 35... Ke6 36. Ra6+ Kd5 37. Ra8 Bc5 $15) 33. g4 {
Now that Black does not get the pawn majority on the kingside, the game is
drawn immediately.} f5 (33... Rh2 34. Ra8+ Kh7 35. Ra7 f6 36. Rd7 $11 {[%cal
Yd7d3]}) 34. Ra6 Be5 35. Kd1 Rh2 36. Rxg6 fxg4 37. Rxg4 Bxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Rb1
{Nakamura is using the idea that was introduced into practice by his great
opponent in the world championship match of 2006. White is ready to build up a
strong pawn chain and even attack his opponent's structure with the help of
the advance of the b-pawn.} Nbd7 (8... Bd6 9. c5 Bc7 10. b4 e5 11. g3 Qe7 12.
Bg2 exd4 13. Qxd4 a5 14. a3 axb4 15. axb4 Be5 16. Qd3 Nbd7 17. O-O O-O 18. Ne2
Ra2 19. Nd4 Rfa8 $11 {1-0 (70) Ni,H (2691)-Gledura,B (2538) Karlsruhe 2016}) 9.
c5 a5 {It should make great sense to develop the rook from a8 with the help of
the exchange of a-pawns.} (9... e5 10. b4 a6 (10... a5 11. b5) (10... Qc7 11.
b5 Be7 12. bxc6 bxc6 13. Qa4 O-O 14. Be2 Rfb8 15. O-O Rxb1 16. Nxb1 Nf8 17. Nd2
Ne6 18. Nb3 Ne4 19. Bf3 Bf6 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Bb2 exd4 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Nxd4
Nxd4 24. Qxd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 (51) Volke,K (2475)-Huebner,R (2605) Switzerland
2008}) (10... Be7 11. g3 exd4 12. exd4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bg2 Nf6 15. O-O
Qd5 16. Bf4 Rd8 17. Qe2 Qe6 18. b5 Nd5 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Qxe4 Qxe4 21. Bxe4 $16
{1/2-1/2 (73) Roiz,M (2594)-Girya,O (2456) Minsk 2015}) 11. g3 Be7 (11... g5
12. Bg2 g6 13. e4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Qxd8+ Rxd8 17. Bxg5 Be7
18. Be3 f5 19. a4 Ng4 $15 {0-1 (57) Nakamura,H (2640)-Volkov,S (2634)
playchess.com INT 2006}) 12. Bg2 O-O (12... e4 13. f3 exf3 14. Bxf3 Nf8 15. e4
dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nd5 17. Qb3 Ne6 18. Bb2 Qd7 19. O-O Rd8 20. Rbd1 O-O 21. Nd2 $11
{1-0 (47) Nisipeanu,L (2648)-Malakhov,V (2700) Burgas 2012}) 13. O-O Re8 14. a4
Qc8 15. b5 Bd8 16. Bd2 axb5 17. axb5 Ba5 18. Qc2 exd4 19. exd4 Nf8 20. Ra1 Bxc3
21. Bxc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 (51) Gelfand,B (2743)-Wang,H (2710) Beijing 2014}) (9...
Qc7 10. g3 b6 11. b4 a5 12. a3 axb4 13. axb4 Be7 14. Bd3 O-O 15. O-O bxc5 16.
bxc5 e5 17. f4 exd4 18. exd4 Nh7 19. f5 Bf6 20. Ne2 g5 21. Be3 Ra3 $11 {
0-1 (61) Moreno Trujillo,A (2522)-Candela Perez,J (2430) Madrid 2015}) 10. a3
Be7 (10... e5 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 Qc7 13. f4 exf4 14. exf4 Be7 15. Be2 (15.
Bd3 $5 Nf8 16. Qf3 Ne6 17. Ne2 b5 $5) 15... Nf8 16. O-O Ne6 17. g3 Qd7 18. Qd3
Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qxe4 Qxd4+ 21. Qxd4 Nxd4 22. Bc4 O-O 23. Kg2 Ra4 24. Rd1
$11 {1/2-1/2 (66) Topalov,V (2813)-Kramnik,V (2743) Elista 2006}) 11. g3 e5 12.
Bg2 e4 13. b4 {The fight has not yet left the famous examples played by strong
players in the quest to find the best continuation for both sides. White is
abstaining from the immediate advance of the f-pawn, which would undermine the
e4-stonghold.} (13. f3 exf3 14. Bxf3 Nh7 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 O-O 17. O-O Ndf6
18. Nc3 Qd7 19. Be3 Rad8 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Rfe8 22. Re1 Qf5 23. g4 Qc8 24.
h3 $14 {0-1 (50) Ashwin,J (2478)-Ragger,M (2528) Yerevan 2007}) 13... axb4 14.
axb4 Nf8 15. b5 Ne6 16. Bd2 O-O {Even this position has been tested in
practice, but the queen move to d7 does not have to be the candidate for the
most precise solution.} (16... Qd7 17. Na4 Bd8 18. h4 g5 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Nb6
Bxb6 21. cxb6 O-O 22. hxg5 {1/2-1/2 (22) Sasikiran,K (2661)-Malakhov,V (2690)
Sibenik 2007}) 17. Na4 Ng5 18. h4 (18. Nb6 Ra7 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Bb4 Nd7 $14)
18... Nf3+ 19. Bxf3 exf3 20. bxc6 {The White player is sitting close to the
top of the pyramid of human players, but the computer engine is not
impressionable and suggests a somewhat different solution.} (20. Nc3 $5 b6 21.
cxb6 Qxb6 (21... Rb8 22. Qxf3 Rxb6 23. O-O $16) 22. Qxf3 cxb5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24.
Qxd5 b4 25. O-O Rfb8 $14) 20... bxc6 21. Nc3 Bxc5 $6 {The great moment in the
game and a genuine mystery for any annotator. Topalov surprises his dangerous
opponent with a magificent idea of sacrificing a piece for the initiative.
Objectively speaking the adventure wasn't sufficient to equalise, but Nakamura
will struggle to find the best solution.} (21... Qd7 22. Qxf3 Bd8 23. Kf1 $14)
22. dxc5 d4 23. exd4 Qxd4 (23... Re8+ 24. Be3 Ra3 25. Rb3 Rxb3 26. Qxb3 Qxd4
27. Nd1 Qd7 28. Nb2 $14) 24. O-O (24. Qxf3 Ra3 25. O-O Qxd2 26. Ne4 Rxf3 27.
Nxd2 $11) 24... Qg4 25. Re1 (25. Bf4 Rfd8 26. Bd6 Ra3 $1 27. Qd3 Nd5 28. Be5
Kh7 $11) 25... Rfd8 26. Rb2 Rd4 {Black needed a lot of fantasy in order to
guess that the counterplay for the missing piece could be nearly successful.
White must be very cautios, as the f3-pawn is ready to support the Qh3 with
mating ideas.} 27. Re7 (27. Re3 $1 Rad8 28. Nb1 Ne4 29. Qxf3 Qxf3 30. Rxf3 Nxd2
31. Nxd2 Rxd2 32. Rb6 f6 33. Rxc6 Rc2 34. Re3 $16) 27... Rad8 28. Qb3 Rf8 29.
Qd1 (29. Be3 $2 Qh3 $19) 29... Rfd8 30. Qb3 Rf8 (30... Nd5 31. Nxd5 R4xd5 32.
Kh2 $18) 31. Nd1 Nd5 {Only the computer can understand very quickly, that the
most exact idea for Black would have been 31...Qf5! with sufficient
counterplay.} (31... Qf5 $1 32. Re3 (32. Bg5 Rd3 $19) 32... Rfd8 33. Rxf3 Qxc5
34. Qa2 Qd6 35. Ne3 Rxd2 36. Rxd2 Qxd2 37. Qxd2 Rxd2 38. Nc4 $11) 32. Re5 (32.
Ra7 Qe6 33. Raa2 Qe2 34. Nc3 Nxc3 35. Qxc3 Rfd8 36. Qe3 Re4 37. Qxe2 fxe2 $11)
32... Kh7 $2 {Black actually needs to generate compensation for the missing
piece and it was still possible with the help of the active move 32...Ra8!} (
32... Ra8 $1 33. Re1 (33. Kh2 Rxd2 34. Rxd2 Nf4 35. Kg1 Ne2+ 36. Kh2 Nf4 $11)
33... Qf5 34. Ra2 Rc8 $11) 33. Kh2 $1 Nf6 (33... f6 34. Ne3 Qc8 35. Rxd5 cxd5
36. Bc3 Rd3 37. Qc2 Rxe3 38. fxe3 Qxc5 39. Bb4 $18) 34. Be3 Rb8 (34... Rd7 35.
Rg5 Qe4 36. Nc3 $18) 35. Qxb8 Rxd1 36. Rb1 $1 {The rook is gone, but it does
not mean that Black would not be able to bite. Unfortunately for him White is
able to defend against all the tricks.} (36. Re7 $2 Qh3+ 37. Kxh3 Rh1#) 36...
Qd7 37. Rg5 Ne4 (37... Ng4+ 38. Rxg4 Rxb1 39. Qxb1 Qxg4 40. Qd3 $18) 38. Rxd1
Qxd1 39. Qf4 {Without the missing pieces Topalov can not really hope to fight
on.} (39. Qf4 Nxg5 40. hxg5 Kg8 41. Bd4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2004.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3
Nbd7 9. Bg2 dxc4 10. Qe2 Rc8 (10... Nb6 11. O-O Be7 12. Rd1 Nfd5 (12... O-O 13.
e4 Re8 14. h4 Bf8 15. Bg5 Qc8 16. Bh3 Nfd7 17. Kg2 Qc7 18. h5 gxh5 19. Qxh5 c5
20. Rh1 g6 21. Qh4 Bg7 22. d5 exd5 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. Bf6 {1-0 Kunin,V-Drabke,L/
Griesheim 2004/ (24)}) 13. e4 Nb4 14. Be3 O-O 15. a3 Na6 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5
Qe8 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. Re1 Bf6 20. Qxc4 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Anand,V/Frankfurt
2000/ (39)}) (10... e5 11. O-O Qc7 (11... Be7 12. Rd1 exd4 13. Rxd4 O-O 14.
Qxc4 Qb6 15. Qe2 Rfe8 16. Rd1 Ne5 17. b3 g5 18. e4 Nh7 19. Be3 Qa5 20. Rac1 g4
21. h3 Bb4 {0-1 Golod,V-Najer,E/playchess.com INT 2004/ (39)}) 12. Qxc4 Bd6 13.
dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qe2 Qe7 15. f4 Ned7 16. Rb1 a5 17. Bd2 Bc7 18. a3 Nc5 19. e4 Nb3
20. Be3 {1-0 Hodgson,J-Ansell,S/Scarborough 2001/ (55)}) (10... Be7 11. O-O O-O
12. Rd1 (12. Qxc4 e5 13. Rd1 exd4 14. exd4 Nb6 15. Qb3 Qd7 16. a4 Nbd5 17. Bg5
Rad8 18. a5 Rfe8 19. Rac1 {1/2-1/2 Savchenko,S-Smirnov,P/Istanbul 2003/ (31)})
12... Qc7 13. Qxc4 e5 14. b4 (14. Qe2 exd4 15. Rxd4 Rad8 16. b3 Nb6 17. Rxd8
Rxd8 18. Bb2 Nbd5 19. e4 {1-0 Gagunashvili,M-Goloshchapov,A/Dubai 2003/ (46)})
14... Nb6 15. Qb3 exd4 16. exd4 Qd7 17. b5 Nbd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. bxc6 bxc6 20.
Bd2 Bf6 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Gelfand,B/Monte Carlo 2003/ (47)}) 11. a4 Qa5 (11...
Nb6 12. a5 Nbd5 13. Qxc4 Nb4 14. O-O $14) 12. Qxc4 b5 $6 {Pelletier is
grabbing the immediate initiative on the queenside, but in medium term he
significantly weakens the pawn structure.} (12... Bb4 13. Bd2 Nb6 14. Qb3 Rd8
$14) 13. Qe2 b4 (13... bxa4 14. Rxa4 $16) 14. Ne4 Nxe4 (14... c5 15. Qb5 Qxb5
16. axb5 cxd4 17. exd4 (17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. exd4 Rc7 19. Be3 Bd6 20. d5 Rh5 $11)
17... Nd5 18. Bd2 Rc7 19. Ke2 N7b6 20. h4 $14) 15. Bxe4 c5 16. Qb5 $1 Qc7 (
16... Qxb5 17. axb5 cxd4 18. exd4 Bd6 19. Be3 Rc7 20. d5 exd5 21. Bxd5 Rh5 22.
Bc6 Be5 23. Ke2 Bxb2 24. Rxa7 $16) 17. a5 Rh5 (17... c4 18. Qb7 c3 19. Qxc7
Rxc7 20. bxc3 bxc3 21. Ke2 $14) 18. Bf3 Rf5 19. Be4 Rh5 20. Qa4 cxd4 (20... c4
21. Bf3 Rh7 22. a6 $14) 21. exd4 Qc4 22. Be3 b3 (22... Qb5 23. Qxb5 Rxb5 24. a6
$14) 23. Qxc4 Rxc4 24. Ke2 {Sasikiran's main argument is the "a" pawn. If
white could somehow manage to remove the black a7 one, his position would
become practiacally winning.} Bb4 (24... Bd6 25. a6 Nf6 26. Bd3 Rc7 27. h4 $14)
25. a6 Nb6 26. Bd3 Rc7 27. Rhc1 Kd7 (27... Nd5 28. Rxc7 Nxc7 29. d5 Re5 30. Kf1
Rxe3 31. fxe3 exd5 32. Be2 Bd6 33. Bd1 Be5 34. Bxb3 Bxb2 35. Rd1 $18) (27...
Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rxh2 29. Rc7 Nd5 30. Rxa7 Nxe3 31. Bb5+ Kf8 32. Ra8+ Ke7 33. Re8+
Kf6 34. a7 $18) 28. d5 $1 {[%mdl 32] Very unpleasant moment for the defender.
The aggressor is crashing through the square, that belongs to the best
controlled ones in the Pelletier's camp.} Nxd5 (28... exd5 29. Bb5+ Kc8 30.
Bxb6 $18) (28... Re5 29. dxe6+ (29. f4 Rxe3+ 30. Kxe3 Bc5+ 31. Ke2 Nxd5 32. Ra5
$16) 29... Rxe6 30. Bb5+ Kc8 31. Rxc7+ Kxc7 32. Rc1+ Kd8 33. Rd1+ Ke7 34. Rd3
Re5 35. Rxb3 Rxb5 36. Rxb4 Rxb4 37. Bc5+ Kd7 38. Bxb4 Kc6 39. Bf8 $18) 29.
Rxc7+ Nxc7 30. Bxa7 Ra5 (30... Rxh2 31. Bd4 Bd6 32. a7 Bxg3 33. Rc1 Na8 34. Be4
$18) 31. Rxa5 Bxa5 32. Bd4 f6 (32... Kc6 33. Be4+ Nd5 34. Kd3 f6 35. Kc4 Bc7
36. Kxb3 $18) 33. a7 e5 (33... Kc6 34. Be4+ Kb5 35. f4 Kc4 36. Be3 $18) 34. Be3
f5 35. Bc4 {The bishop's pair, advanced passed pawn on a7, weaknesses b3, g7
and g6 are all arguments for Sasikiran's easy win.} (35. Bb5+ Kd6 36. Ba4 Na8
37. Bxb3 Bb6 38. Bf7 $18) 35... Kc6 (35... g5 36. Bxb3 f4 37. Bc5 Kc6 38. Bf8
g6 39. gxf4 gxf4 40. Bc2 $18) 36. Bxb3 Bb6 (36... Kb7 37. Bf7 g5 38. Bg6 Ne6
39. Kd3 Nd4 40. f4 gxf4 41. gxf4 Nc6 42. Bxf5 exf4 43. Bxf4 Kxa7 44. h4 $18)
37. Bd5+ $1 Kxd5 (37... Kb5 38. a8=Q Nxa8 39. Bxa8 $18) 38. Bxb6 Na8 39. Bd8
Kc4 40. Be7 Kb3 41. Bf8 1-0

[Event "Shanghai Masters"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2010.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2010.09.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O
dxc4 {The idea of opening the centre is somewhat dubious on two logical counts.
Black has invested time in bringing his bishop out to g6 and thus is behind in
development. The bishop can be exchanged and White will end up with some
advantage with the bishop pair in a semi-open position.} 9. Bxc4 (9. Nxg6 hxg6
10. Bxc4 Bd6 (10... Be7 11. f4 O-O 12. Bb3 c5 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nb6 15. Nxb6
Qxb6 16. Qf3 Rad8 17. Kh1 Qb4 18. Bc2 Rd7 19. e4 Qc4 20. Bb1 Rfd8 $15 {1/2-1/2
Ansell,S (2398)-Cech,P (2410)/Dun Laoghaire 2010 (41)}) (10... Nb6 11. Be2 Bd6
12. g3 e5 13. Bf3 O-O (13... Qe7 14. a4 Qe6 15. Bg2 a5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Ne2
O-O 18. Nd4 Qe7 19. Bd2 Rfd8 20. Qb3 Nbd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Jaracz,P (2547)
-Bindrich,F (2516)/Germany 2009 (38)}) 14. a4 exd4 15. exd4 Qd7 16. a5 Nbd5 17.
a6 Rab8 18. axb7 Rxb7 19. Bg2 Rb4 20. Qd3 Re8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Iljin,A (2538)
-Motylev,A (2642)/Sochi 2007 (50)}) 11. h3 Nb6 12. Be2 e5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Qc2
Qe7 15. a4 a5 16. Rd1 Qc5 17. Bd3 O-O-O 18. Bd2 g5 19. Ne2 Qxc2 20. Bxc2 Bxb2
21. Rab1 Nc4 22. Bxa5 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Nxa5 {1/2-1/2 Andersson,F (2284)
-Blomqvist,E (2407)/Lund 2010}) 9... b5 $146 {A new move in a situation which
offers no easy equalising plan. Shirov begins queenside action... to his
opponent's benefit.} (9... Bh5 $5 10. Be2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 b5 (11... c5 12. dxc5 (
12. Nf3 cxd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14. Ne5 Be7 15. Qb5+ Nfd7 16. Be3 O-O 17. Nxd7 Qxd7
18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19. d5 Ne5 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Ne4 Nc4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kunte,A (2550)
-Wang Hao (2665)/Vishakapatnam 2008 (28)}) 12... Bxc5 13. Nf3 O-O 14. e4 e5 15.
Bg5 Qa5 16. Rfd1 Rfe8 17. a3 Qb6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Nf8 20. Nxe5 {1/2-1/2
Lysyj,I (2591)-Volkov,S (2648)/Serpukhov 2007} f6 21. Nd3 $14) 12. Nf3 Qa5 13.
e4 b4 14. Nb1 Qb5 15. Qc2 Be7 16. Bg5 c5 17. a4 Qb7 18. Nbd2 cxd4 19. e5 Nd5
20. Qe4 f6 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Bh6 e5 23. Nb3 $16 {1-0 Halkias,S (2566)
-Petrosian,T (2627)/Bursa 2010 (29)}) (9... Nb6 10. Be2 Qc7 11. g3 Be7 12. Nxg6
hxg6 13. Bf3 Rd8 14. Qb3 O-O 15. a4 a5 16. Rd1 Nbd7 17. Bd2 e5 18. Rac1 exd4
19. exd4 Qb6 20. Qc4 Rfe8 21. Bf4 Qb4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lysyj,I (2591)-Volkov,S 
(2648)/Serpukhov 2007 (79)}) (9... Bd6 10. g3 O-O 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qb3 Qc7 13.
Rd1 e5 14. Bd2 e4 15. Bf1 Nb6 16. a4 Nbd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. a5 a6 19. Bb4 Bxb4
20. Qxb4 Qd7 $11 {1-0 Grachev,B (2601)-Najer,E (2634)/Moscow 2008 (61)}) 10.
Be2 a6 11. f4 {It is no surprise, that Hao wants to punish his opponent. The
quiet development of pieces also seems to be quite promising.} (11. Nxg6 hxg6
12. Bf3 Nd5 13. g3 Bd6 14. Bd2 $16) 11... b4 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Na4 c5 14. b3 {
White ignores the interesting possibility of maximising the conflict with an
immediate 14.a3!?, as Black is not fully developed.} (14. a3 $5 cxd4 15. Qxd4
Qa5 16. axb4 Bxb4 17. b3 O-O 18. Bb2 Rfd8 $14) 14... Nd5 15. e4 N5b6 (15... Qh4
$2 16. exd5 Qxh2+ 17. Kf2 Qh4+ 18. Ke3 $18) 16. Nxb6 (16. Be3 Nxa4 17. bxa4
cxd4 18. Bxd4 Nc5 $14) 16... Qxb6 17. d5 e5 $2 {Shirov is getting cold feet at
the critical moment. For better or worse his concept called for the more
ambitious line with 17...c4! even though White would definitely be better in a
sharp position.} (17... c4+ $1 18. Kh1 c3 19. dxe6 Qxe6 (19... fxe6 20. Qc2 Rd8
21. a3 bxa3 22. Qxc3 $14) 20. Bc4 Qf6 21. Qf3 $14) 18. Bg4 $1 Bd6 (18... c4+
19. Kh1 c3 (19... Qd4 20. Qxd4 exd4 21. bxc4 Rc8 22. Be2 Nc5 23. e5 d3 24. Bf3
Na4 25. Rd1 Rxc4 26. d6 $16) 20. Bxd7+ Kxd7 21. fxe5 $18) 19. Bxd7+ Kxd7 20.
Qg4+ Ke8 (20... Kc7 $2 21. fxe5 c4+ 22. Kh1 Bxe5 23. Rxf7+ Kb8 24. Bf4 $18) (
20... Ke7 21. f5 c4+ 22. Kh1 Bc5 23. bxc4 Bd4 24. Rb1 $16) 21. Kh1 {The
Chinese super GM must have been very happy with the outcome of the first phase
of the game. His excellent position could have lead to some complacency that
is not exactly focused on finding the very best lines.} (21. Be3 $5 Rd8 (21...
exf4 22. Bxf4 c4+ 23. Kh1 Bxf4 (23... c3 24. e5 Bc5 25. e6 $18) 24. Qxf4 f6 25.
bxc4 $16) 22. f5 Be7 23. fxg6 Qxg6 24. Qxg6 fxg6 25. Rac1 $16) 21... Qd8 22. g3
Qd7 23. f5 $1 Kf8 24. Be3 Rc8 (24... a5 25. Rac1 gxf5 26. Qxf5 Qxf5 27. Rxf5
Rc8 28. Rf2 $16) 25. Qe2 gxf5 (25... Qb5 26. Qxb5 axb5 27. fxg6 f6 28. a4 bxa3
29. Rxa3 $16) 26. Rxf5 Qb5 27. Qg4 Rc7 {Black is facing a disaster. His rooks
are disconnected, the king is in no real safety and the pawn structure will
cause defeat in most endings.} (27... Qd7 $2 28. Rxf7+ Qxf7 29. Qxc8+ Ke7 30.
Bg5+ $18) 28. Raf1 (28. Qg6 $5 f6 (28... Rd7 29. Raf1 Qb7 30. Rg5 Rg8 31. Rxf7+
Rxf7 32. Qxd6+ Ke8 33. Rxe5+ Re7 34. Qg6+ Kd8 35. Bg5 $18) 29. Rxf6+ gxf6 30.
Qxf6+ Kg8 31. Qxd6 Rxh2+ 32. Kxh2 Qe2+ 33. Kh3 Rh7+ 34. Bh6 Qh5+ 35. Kg2 Rxh6
36. Qd8+ Kh7 37. Re1 (37. Qe7+ Kg8 38. Kf2 Qh2+ 39. Kf3 Qd2) 37... Qh2+ 38. Kf3
Qxa2 39. Rf1 $1 $16) 28... Kg8 29. Rxf7 $2 {The first radical step in the
wrong direction. Due to the huge difference in the quality of bishops White
could have taken either the patient road or the more tricky setup with the
amassing of pieces closer to Black's kingside. The demise of the f7-pawn leads
only to an equal position.} (29. Kg2 $1 Qd7 30. Qe2 Qb5 31. Qf3 Qd7 32. h4 $16)
(29. Rf6 $5 Re7 30. h4 Qd7 31. R1f5 Rh7 (31... Kf8 32. Rg6 Rg8 33. Bg5 Re8 34.
Qh5 $18) 32. h5 Kh8 (32... Kf8 33. Qg6) 33. Bg5 g6 34. h6 Kg8 (34... gxf5 35.
Rxf5 $18) 35. Be3 $18) 29... Rxf7 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. Qe6+ Kf8 32. Qxd6+ Kg8 33.
Qe6+ Kh7 (33... Kf8 $2 34. Kg1 $1 a5 35. Qc8+ Qe8 36. Bxc5+ Kf7 37. Qf5+ Kg8
38. d6 $18) 34. Qf5+ Kg8 35. Bg5 (35. d6 Qe2 36. Bg1 Rh5 37. Qc8+ Kf7 38. Qd7+
Kf6 39. Qd8+ Kg6 40. Qe8+ Kh7 41. h4 Qxe4+ 42. Kh2 $11) 35... Qd3 36. h4 Qb1+
37. Kg2 Qxa2+ 38. Kh3 Qa1 {Shirov surely understood, that grabbing the-b3 pawn
would inspire White to an immediate perpetual check.} (38... Qxb3 39. Qe6+ Kh7
40. Qf5+ $11) 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. Qf5+ Kg8 41. Qf3 {Wang Hao has every reason to
feel frustrated, he would rather fight for a win.} (41. Qe6+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ $11)
41... Qc3 42. Qg4 Qa1 43. Qe2 (43. Qe6+ Kh7 44. Qf5+ $11) 43... Qh1+ 44. Kg4
Kh7 45. Be7 a5 {The worst is over for the defender and he even faces a choice
of equalising continuations.} (45... c4 $5 46. Qxc4 Qd1+ 47. Kf5 Qh5+ 48. Ke6
Rc8 49. Qxb4 (49. Qxc8 $2 Qg4+ $19) 49... Qg4+ 50. Kxe5 Qxg3+ 51. Kd4 Qf2+ $11)
46. Bxc5 (46. d6 $2 a4 $1 47. d7 (47. bxa4 b3 48. d7 b2 49. Qxb2 Qd1+ $19)
47... axb3 48. d8=Q Rxd8 49. Bxd8 b2 50. Qxb2 Qd1+ 51. Kh3 Qxd8 $17) 46... Rc8
47. d6 $2 {White badly wanted to win, but he chooses to promote his case at a
very unfortunate moment.} (47. Bd6 Kg6 48. Qe3 (48. Bxe5 Re8 49. Qa6+ Kh7 50.
Bf4 Qxe4 $17) 48... Qd1+ 49. Kh3 Qh1+ 50. Kg4 Qd1+ $11) 47... Qc1 $1 48. Bb6
Qh6 49. Qd1 (49. d7 $2 Rf8 $1 50. d8=Q Qe6+ 51. Kg5 Qg6#) 49... a4 $1 {Shirov
has always felt like a fish in water in unusual situations; also his feeling
for the initiative is enviable. The tables have been turned, Black is playing
for a win.} 50. Qd5 (50. d7 $2 Qe6+ 51. Kf3 Rf8+ 52. Kg2 Qxb6 $19) 50... Rc3 $1
51. Qxe5 (51. d7 $2 Qg6+ 52. Kh3 Qxg3#) 51... axb3 (51... Qg6+ 52. Qg5 Qxe4+
53. Kh3 Qh1+ 54. Kg4 Qf3+ 55. Kh3 Rd3 $19) 52. d7 (52. h5 Qf6 53. Qxf6 gxf6 54.
d7 Rd3 55. d8=Q Rxd8 56. Bxd8 b2 $19) 52... Qg6+ 53. Kh3 (53. Kf4 Qxg3+ 54. Kf5
Qh3+ 55. Kg5 Rg3+ 56. Qxg3 Qxg3+ 57. Kf5 Qf3+ 58. Ke5 Qf6+ 59. Kd5 Qxb6 $19)
53... b2 $1 {[%mdl 1024] A very rare situation, when both players can promote
and have two queens and the four ladies will then battle it all out.} 54. h5 (
54. d8=Q b1=Q 55. Qdg5 Qh1+ 56. Kg4 Qgxe4+ 57. Qxe4+ (57. Kh5 g6+ 58. Qxg6+
Qxg6#) 57... Qxe4+ 58. Qf4 Qg6+ 59. Qg5 Qxb6 $19) 54... Qf7 55. Qe8 (55. d8=Q
b1=Q 56. Qd2 Qh1+ 57. Qh2 Qff1+ 58. Kg4 Qxh2 $19) (55. d8=N Qf1+ 56. Kg4 b1=Q
$19) 55... Qf1+ 56. Kh4 Qh1+ 57. Kg5 (57. Kg4 Qf3+ 58. Kg5 Qxg3+ 59. Kf5 Rf3+
60. Ke6 Rf6+ 61. Kd5 Qd6+ 62. Kc4 Qc6+ 63. Bc5 b1=Q $19) 57... Rxg3+ 58. Kf5
Qf3+ 59. Ke5 b1=Q {Hao was not able to avoid promoting the queens after all,
but he will now be mated by force. A fascinating and tragic battle for White!}
(59... b1=Q 60. d8=Q Qbxe4+ 61. Kd6 Qd5+ 62. Kc7 Qb7+ 63. Kd6 Qfd5#) 0-1

[Event "WchT 7th"]
[Site "Bursa"]
[Date "2010.01.10"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Brazil"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BRA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. a3
{The quiet pawn move has a lot of merit. It prevents Bb4 idea and prepares the
building of the long and mighty white pawn chain.} Nbd7 9. g3 Be7 10. c5 e5 11.
Bg2 (11. Bd3 exd4 12. exd4 Nf8 13. Be3 Ne6 14. b4 a6 15. Ra2 Qd7 16. O-O O-O
17. f4 Rfe8 18. f5 gxf5 19. Bxf5 g6 20. Bb1 {1/2-1/2 Korobkov,P (2469)
-Shalimov,V (2439)/Kharkov 2007/ (39)}) 11... e4 (11... Nh7 12. h4 Bf6 13. b4
O-O 14. O-O Re8 15. f4 exd4 16. exd4 b6 17. Qd3 Nhf8 18. Rb1 a5 19. Nxd5 cxd5
20. c6 Ne6 21. cxd7 Qxd7 22. Be3 $11 {1-0 Eljanov,P (2686)-Lastin,A (2590)/
Sochi 2007/ (38)}) (11... g5 12. b4 g4 13. e4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. d5 f5 16.
h3 Bg5 17. hxg4 Rxh1+ 18. Bxh1 Bxc1 19. Rxc1 Qg5 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. gxf5 $16 {
1-0 Yermolinsky,A (2511)-Stripunsky,A (2569)/Stillwater 2007/ (40)}) 12. b4 Nf8
13. b5 Ne6 14. Rb1 Qd7 15. a4 {Nakamura comes up with a new idea of supporting
his queenside attack with the advance of the a-pawn.} (15. Bd2 Nh7 16. bxc6
bxc6 17. Ne2 g5 18. h3 f5 19. Rb3 O-O 20. Qb1 Bd8 21. Rb7 Bc7 22. O-O Nd8 $11 {
0-1 Moradiabadi,E (2521)-Megaranto,S (2569)/Macau 2007/ (54)}) 15... Bd8 16.
Bd2 g5 17. a5 $1 Bxa5 {Leitao decides to eliminate the danger and swap the
bishops for the knights. Unfortunately his strategy should have been
unsuccessful.} (17... cxb5 18. Nxb5 O-O 19. O-O $14) 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Nxe4
dxe4 (19... Bxd2+ 20. Nxd2 O-O 21. O-O $14) 20. Bxa5 g4 21. Qb3 $6 (21. h4 $1
gxh3 22. Rxh3 Rxh3 23. Bxh3 $16) 21... O-O $2 {[%mdl 32] Both grandmasters
have chosen to ignore the great idea bound up with the logical exploitation of
the potential of the knights.} (21... Ng5 $1 22. Qb7 Ke7 23. Bc7 Ke6 $11) 22.
h4 (22. h3 Ng5 23. hxg4 Qxg4 24. Kf1 Qc8 $14) 22... gxh3 (22... g6 23. O-O Kg7
24. Bc3 Qd5 25. Rfc1 $14) 23. Bxh3 {Something went terribly wrong for Black as
White is controlling the b-file and the c8-h3 diagonal.} Nh7 (23... g6 24. Bc3
Kg7 25. d5 cxd5 26. Qb2 Qe7 27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. c6 $16) 24. Bf1 Nhg5 25. Bc4 Nf3+
(25... Qe8 26. Qd1 Rb8 27. Rxb8 Qxb8 28. Kf1 $16) 26. Kf1 Neg5 27. Qb7 Qf5 (
27... Qxb7 28. Rxb7 Rab8 29. Ba6 Ne6 30. Kg2 $16) 28. Rb2 {Nakamura is
incomparably stronger in the attack. Positions requiring defensive decisions
are much less to his liking. He could have had taken the c6-pawn and hastened
the decision.} (28. Qxc6 Rab8 29. Rb7 $1 Rxb7 (29... Nh3 30. Bxf7+ Kh8 31. Qg6
$18) 30. Qxb7 Nh3 31. Qb2 $16) 28... Rac8 29. Kg2 Nxd4 (29... Rfe8 30. Bc3 Red8
31. Rbb1 $16) 30. exd4 Qf3+ 31. Kh2 Qh5+ $6 {Black has sacrificed the knight
for some attacking chances, but now he refrains from the most annoying idea of
the advance of the e-pawn.} (31... e3 $1 32. Be1 (32. fxe3 Qh5+ 33. Kg1 Qd1+
34. Bf1 Qf3 35. Qb3 Qxg3+ 36. Bg2 Rb8 37. Qa3 Rxb2 38. Qxb2 Rb8 $132) 32...
Rce8 33. Be2 $1 (33. Qb3 $6 Qf5 $14) 33... exf2 34. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 35. Kg2 fxe1=Q
36. Rxe1 Nxe1+ 37. Kf1 $16) 32. Kg1 Qd1+ 33. Bf1 Qxd4 34. Qb4 Qe5 {Keeping the
queens, even though even thus his hopes for compensation are on the level of
wishful thinking.} (34... Qxb4 35. Rxb4 Rb8 36. Bc4 Rxb4 37. Bxb4 Rb8 38. Bc3
e3 39. fxe3 Ne4 40. Be1 Rb1 41. Kg2 Nxc5 42. Rf1 $18) 35. Qc3 Qf5 (35... Qxc3
36. Bxc3 Rb8 37. Kg2 Rxb2 38. Bxb2 Rb8 39. Bc1 Ne6 40. Be3 $18) 36. Be2 Rfe8 (
36... Rb8 37. Kg2 e3 38. f3 Rxb2 39. Qxb2 $18) 37. Qe3 Re5 (37... Rb8 38. Rxb8
Rxb8 39. Kg2 f6 40. Bc7 $18) 38. Qf4 $2 {Nakamura is demonstrating his human
side with this weak solution. White was completely winning by the simple
method of improving the pieces.} (38. Bc3 $1 Rxc5 (38... Rd5 39. Kg2 Re8 40.
Rb7 $18) 39. g4 $1 Qd5 40. Rd2 $18) 38... Qxf4 39. gxf4 Rxc5 40. Bd2 Ne6 $6 {
Leitao is only human too and he ignores the golden chance of moving to f3.
White would still be winning, but only after long and arduous play.} (40...
Nf3+ $1 41. Bxf3 exf3 42. Rh3 a5 43. Rxf3 $16) 41. Be3 Ra5 (41... Rf5 42. Bg4
Rb5 43. Ra2 $16) 42. Kg2 c5 43. Bc4 Ra4 44. Bxe6 fxe6 45. Rb7 {Five scattered
black pawns are easy targets for White's attack.} (45. Rb7 a5 46. Rh5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.05.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Be2 {Technically speaking a novelty, but the position is
well known.} Bh5 11. O-O-O dxc4 12. Qxc4 a6 {Cheparinov was still hoping to
improve his tournament position in the final rounds, so he willingly takes
some risk.} (12... Nbd7 13. g4 Nb6 14. Qb3 Bg6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. f4 O-O-O $13)
13. g4 b5 14. Qd3 (14. Qb3 Bg6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. f4 $14) 14... Bg6 15. Nxg6
hxg6 16. f4 c5 $6 {Opening of the play must favour Navara, who is better
developed and enjoys the advantage of two bishops.} (16... Nbd7 17. Bf3 Nd5 18.
Kb1 $14) 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Kb1 (18. g5 Nd5 19. Kb1 Nb4 20. Qe4 $16) 18... Nc6
19. Ne4 (19. Bf3 Rd8 20. Qe2 $16) 19... Qb6 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 (20... Bxf6 21. Qe4
Rc8 22. g5 Be7 23. h4 $16) 21. h4 (21. Bf3 Rd8 22. Qc2 $14) 21... Rd8 22. Qc3
$6 {White is also hoping for a small miracle and provokes the real tactical
squirmish.} (22. Qb3 $14) 22... Bb4 $1 23. Qxf6 (23. Qc1 Bxd2 24. Rxd2 O-O $11)
23... Bxd2 24. h5 $6 {The whole attack is flawed and White had to change the
tune and start fighting for a draw.} (24. Qxh8+ Ke7 25. Qg7 Qxe3 26. Rh2 Qe4+
27. Ka1 Bxf4 28. Rxd8 Nxd8 $19) (24. Rxd2 $1 Rxd2 25. Qxh8+ Ke7 26. Bf3 Qxe3 (
26... Na5 27. Qc3 Nc4 28. b3 Rf2 $15) 27. Qc3 (27. Bxc6 $2 Qd3+ 28. Ka1 Rd1+
$19) 27... Rd3 28. Qxc6 Qxf3 29. Qxf3 Rxf3 30. h5 gxh5 (30... Kf8 31. hxg6 fxg6
32. Re1 Kf7 33. Re4 $11) 31. gxh5 Kf8 32. h6 Kg8 33. Rg1+ Kh8 34. Rg4 f6 35.
Rg7 Rxf4 36. Ra7 $15) (24. f5 $5 Rf8 25. fxe6 Rd6 26. Rxd2 Rxd2 27. e7 Rg8 28.
Bf3 Kd7 $17) 24... Qxe3 25. hxg6 Qe4+ $4 {[%mdl 8192] A temperamental and
absurd check, that leads to full loss of control in the position. Cheparinov
must have missed something important in the tactical calculations.} (25... Kd7
$1 26. Rxh8 (26. Qxf7+ Kd6 27. Rxd2+ Qxd2 28. Rd1 Rh1 $1 29. Rxh1 Qxe2 30. Rc1
Rh8 31. Ka1 Qd2 32. Kb1 Qd5 $17) 26... Rxh8 27. Qxh8 Qxe2 28. Qh1 fxg6 $17) 26.
Ka1 Rf8 (26... Kd7 27. Rxh8 Qxe2 28. Rxd8+ Nxd8 29. Qd4+ Ke7 30. Rxd2 $18) 27.
gxf7+ Kd7 28. Rxd2+ Kc7 29. Rxd8 {Now White is winning quite easily despite
the fact, that all his pieces are hanging.} Qxh1+ (29... Nxd8 30. Rc1+ $18) 30.
Rd1 Qe4 31. Bd3 Qf3 32. Rc1 Qxd3 33. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 e6 $5 (5... Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7.
O-O Nbd7 8. Nc3 Be7 (8... Bb4 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 O-O 11. Nd2 Rc8 12. Rac1 c5
13. Rfd1 Qe7 $10 {Andersson,U-Van der Wiel,J/Haninge/1989/ ->CBM 13}) 9. e4
dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 O-O 12. Bf4 Qa5 13. Rfd1 {Andersson,U-Van der Wiel,
J/Wijk aan Zee/1990/  ->CBM 17}) 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bxf5 exf5 8. Qb3 (8. cxd5 Nxd5
9. O-O) 8... Qb6 $1 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Bd2 Nc6 13.
Ke2 Kd7 14. a3 Bd6 15. g3 (15. h3 h5) 15... f6 16. Rhc1 Rhc8 17. Kd3 Nd8 18.
Rxc8 Rxc8 $10 19. Ng1 Nf7 20. f3 Ng5 21. Rf1 h5 22. Ne2 Rh8 23. Nc3 Ke6 24. Be1
Rc8 25. Bd2 Rh8 26. Be1 Rc8 27. Bd2 Rh8 28. Be1 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta4"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 (6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3
Bb4 $10) 6... Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc7 (7... Qb6 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. g5
Ng8 12. Bd2 Ne7 13. Na4 Qxb3 14. axb3 Nd7 15. Bd3 Nf5 $10 {Piskov-Velicka/
Erfurt op/1993/}) 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. g5 Nfd7 (11... Ng8) 12.
e4 $6 (12. Bd2 Be7 13. f4) 12... dxe4 13. Nxe4 e5 $1 14. Be3 Na6 15. Bg2 (15.
O-O-O $5 O-O-O 16. Bg2 exd4 17. Bxd4 Ndc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 $132) 15... exd4 (15...
Bb4+ 16. Kf1) 16. Bxd4 Nac5 17. Qe3 O-O-O 18. h4 $2 (18. O-O-O Re8 19. Rhe1
Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Rh4 $13) 18... Nxe4 19. Qxe4 (19. Bxe4 Bb4+ 20. Kf1 Rhe8 21. Bxg7
Nc5 22. Qh3+ Kb8 23. Bg2 Nd3 $40) 19... f5 $1 20. gxf6 $8 (20. Qe6 Bb4+ 21. Kf1
Rhe8 22. Qxg6 Qf4 23. Qxg7 Re7 $19) 20... Bb4+ 21. Kf1 Nxf6 22. Qe5 (22. Bxf6
gxf6 23. Qxg6 Qe5 24. Qg4+ f5 25. Qf3 Rd2 $36) 22... Bd6 23. Qe6+ Kb8 24. c5
Bf4 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. b4 (26. Qxf6 Be3 27. Qxg6 Bxf2 $1 28. Kxf2 Qf4+ 29. Kg1
Qe3+ 30. Kh2 Rxh4+) 26... Rhe8 27. Qg4 Qe5 28. Rd1 Rd3 $1 29. Bf3 $8 f5 30. Qh3
Ra3 (30... Rxd1+ 31. Bxd1 Qe1+ 32. Kg2 Qxb4 $17) 31. Kg2 Rxa2 32. Rhf1 (32.
Rhe1 Qxe1 33. Rxe1 Rxe1 34. h5 Raa1 $19) 32... a6 33. Rd6 Qg7 34. Rdd1 Qf6 35.
Rfe1 Rh8 $1 36. Rd7 (36. h5 g5 37. Be2 Bd2 38. Rh1 Bxb4 $19) 36... Be5 (36...
Rxh4 37. Re8+ Ka7 38. Rdd8 Qg5+ 39. Kf1 Qxd8 $19) 37. h5 gxh5 38. Kh1 Rxf2 39.
Re2 Rxe2 40. Bxe2 Bc7 41. b5 axb5 42. Qf3 0-1

[Event "Linares 27th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2010.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2010.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Bd2
Bh5 {The positions of modern Slav with 4.e3 Bf5 are still quite unexplored;
the 8th move is already new.} (8... Be7 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12.
Bg2 (12. g5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Rg1 Rh5 15. Qc2 Rxg5 16. Rxg5 Bxg5 17. Qxe4
Nd7 18. O-O-O O-O-O 19. c5 Be7 20. Bc4 Nf6 21. Qc2 Kd7 {1/2-1/2 Nogueiras
Santiago,J (2455)-Bernstein,D (2360)/La Valetta 1980 (34)}) 12... g5 (12...
Nbd7 13. O-O-O g5 14. Kb1 Nb6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. e4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bxe4
O-O-O 19. Qxf7 Rxd4 20. Bc3 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qe6+ Qd7 24.
Bf5 {1-0 Ismail,S (2190)-Greeff,M (2079)/Cairo 2010 (33)}) 13. Rc1 Qb6 14. Na4
Qxb3 15. axb3 Na6 16. Ke2 Nd7 17. Ra1 g6 18. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 Savon,V (2435)-Hlian,
E (2385)/Orel 1996}) 9. Rc1 dxc4 (9... Nbd7 $2 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12.
Qxd5 $16) 10. Bxc4 Be7 11. h3 Qb6 12. g3 (12. g4 Bg6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Ke2 Nbd7
$14) 12... Nbd7 13. O-O Nd5 {Vallejo Pons has decided to abstain from pushing
away the knight on h4 with the help of the g-pawn. Black has a very solid
position without weaknesses.} (13... g5 $5 14. Ng2 O-O-O 15. g4 Bg6 16. f4 h6
17. f5 exf5 18. gxf5 Qxb3 19. Bxb3 Bh5 $11) 14. Ng2 (14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Nf5 Bf8
16. Bd3 Qxb3 17. axb3 Bf3 $11) 14... Bg6 15. f3 (15. Nh4 Bh5 $11) 15... O-O 16.
Ne2 (16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Be2 Qxb3 18. axb3 a5 19. Nf4 Rfe8 $11) 16... a5 $1 {
The advance of the a pawn is complicating Aronian's ambition to slowly advance
his pawn centre.} 17. a3 (17. e4 a4 18. Qxb6 N5xb6 19. Ne3 Rfd8 $11) 17... Qa7
(17... Qxb3 18. Bxb3 a4 19. Bc4 N5b6 $11) 18. Nef4 (18. e4 a4 19. Qd1 N5b6 20.
Ba2 e5 $11) 18... Nxf4 (18... a4 19. Qa2 Bf5 20. g4 Bg6 $15) 19. Nxf4 (19. gxf4
$2 Nb6 $17) 19... e5 $5 {Black is demonstrating strategic courage at a moment,
when the moderate approach without the opening of the centre has kept the
position about equal.} (19... a4 20. Qc3 Nb6 $11) 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. dxe5 {
White is beginning his descent into a difficult position since he realised,
that the desirable 21.d5 would have been outright dangerous.} (21. d5 Nc5 22.
Qc3 (22. Qd1 b5 23. Ba2 cxd5 24. Bxd5 Rad8 25. Bc3 Bg5 $15) 22... cxd5 23. Bxd5
Rfd8 24. Qc4 (24. Bc4 b5 25. Bxb5 e4 $15) 24... b5 25. Qa2 Rxd5 26. Qxd5 Rd8
27. Rxc5 Qxc5 28. Qxc5 Bxc5 29. Bxa5 Bxe3+ 30. Kg2 Rd3 $11) 21... Nxe5 22. Be2
Rad8 23. Qc3 $6 {[%mdl 2048] Aronian has got worried about the e3 pawn and
thus loses a precious tempo.} (23. Rcd1 $1 Bf6 (23... a4 24. Qc2 Bc5 25. Bc3
Bxe3+ 26. Kg2 Nd7 27. Bc4 $14) 24. Qc2 Rd5 25. Kg2 $14) 23... Rd5 24. f4 (24.
Rcd1 Rc5 25. Qb3 a4 26. Qb4 b5 $15) 24... Rfd8 $1 25. fxe5 (25. Rcd1 Nd3 $17) (
25. Be1 $2 Rc5 $19) 25... Rxd2 26. Rce1 $2 {White has worked himself into
difficult position and at this moment badly needed to choose the best line.} (
26. Bc4 $1 R8d3 27. Bxd3 Qxe3+ 28. Kh1 Rxd3 29. Qe1 Qxg3 30. Qxg3 Rxg3 31. Kh2
Rb3 $15) 26... b5 $1 27. Rf2 (27. Qxc6 $2 Qxe3+ 28. Rf2 Bc5 $19) 27... Bc5 (
27... b4 $2 28. Qb3 Bc5 29. Bc4 Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Rd2+ 31. Re2 a4 32. Bxf7+ Kf8 33.
Qc4 Bxe3+ 34. Kf3 $13) 28. Bf1 b4 29. Rxd2 $8 {A sad necessity in the face of
immediate demise. The defender can continue the game with two rooks fighting
the black queen.} (29. Qb3 $2 a4 $19) 29... bxc3 30. Rxd8+ Kh7 31. bxc3 Qe7 32.
Rd3 Qxe5 33. Kg2 Bxa3 34. e4 Bd6 {The presence of the opposite coloured
bishops is a blessing for the stronger party. The defence of the white king
will be tying down Aronian's forces.} (34... a4 35. Rf3 Bc5 36. Bc4 (36. Rxf7
Qxc3 37. Re2 a3 $19) 36... f6 $17) 35. Rf3 Qc5 (35... a4 36. Bc4 f6 $17) 36. e5
$6 (36. Ra1 Be5 37. Be2 f6 38. Ra2 $17) 36... Bxe5 37. Re4 (37. Rxf7 Qxc3 38.
Rxe5 Qxe5 $19) 37... f5 38. Rc4 (38. Rh4+ Kg8 39. Bd3 Kf7 $19) 38... Qb6 {
Black's king is not in trouble on the h-file and white pawns keep disappearing.
} 39. g4 (39. Bd3 Bb8 40. Rh4+ Kg8 41. Bc4+ Kf8 42. Re4 Ba7 $19) 39... f4 40.
h4 Qb2+ 41. Kh3 (41. Rf2 Qb3 42. Be2 (42. Rf3 a4 $19) 42... a4 43. Rxc6 a3 $19)
41... Bb8 42. h5 gxh5 43. Bd3+ Kg8 44. gxh5 Qc1 (44... Qb7 45. Re4 Qd7+ 46. Kh4
Kf8 47. Rd4 Qe7+ 48. Kg4 c5 $19) 45. Be4 c5 (45... Qh1+ 46. Kg4 Qg1+ 47. Kh3 c5
$19) 46. Kg2 Qd2+ 47. Rf2 Qd7 48. Bf3 Qf5 {The players agreed to a draw in a
situation, that is objectively winning for Black.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RSFSR-ch"]
[Site "Kuibyshev"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Doroshkievich, Vladimir K"]
[Black "Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Nbd7 8. e4
$6 (8. O-O Bd6 9. e4) 8... dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 (11. Ke2 Nf6
12. Qd3 O-O 13. Rd1 $10) 11... Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 Qb6 13. b3 (13. O-O-O $10) 13...
Nf6 14. Qf4 (14. Qe5 O-O-O 15. Nf3 Qb4+ 16. Ke2 $13) 14... O-O-O 15. Nf3 c5 $1
16. dxc5 (16. Rd1 Qa5+ 17. Qd2 Qxd2+ 18. Rxd2 Ne4 19. Rd3 cxd4 20. Rxd4 Rxd4
21. Nxd4 Rd8 $17) 16... Qb4+ 17. Ke2 (17. Nd2 Qc3 18. Rd1 Rd4 19. Qe3 Re4 $1
$19) (17. Kf1 Qxc5 $17) 17... Nd5 18. Qe5 f6 $1 19. Qxe6+ (19. Qb2 Nf4+ 20. Kf1
Qxc5 $17) 19... Kb8 20. Kf1 (20. cxd5 Rhe8 21. Rac1 Rxe6+ 22. dxe6 Re8 $19)
20... Rhe8 21. Qf5 Qc3 22. Re1 (22. Qb1 Nf4 $40) (22. Rb1 g6 $1 23. Qg4 Qd3+
$19) 22... Rxe1+ 23. Nxe1 Re8 24. Qb1 $8 (24. Nc2 Nb4 $19) 24... Qd2 $1 25. Nf3
(25. g3 Nc3 26. Qa1 Ne4 $19) 25... Qe2+ 26. Kg1 Nc3 27. Qf1 (27. Qa1 Nd1 28.
Qd4 Qe1+ 29. Nxe1 Rxe1#) 27... Qe4 28. h4 (28. Qa1 Ne2+ 29. Kf1 Qd3 $19) 28...
Ne2+ 29. Kh2 Qf4+ 30. Kh3 g5 $1 31. hxg5 fxg5 32. Nxg5 Qxg5 33. g3 Re3 $1 {
Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Huebner,R} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3
Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. g3 Nbd7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Rc1 a6 $6 (11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 Qb6
13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Kf2 $14) 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. f4 g5 (13... Rd8 14. Bg2 dxc4 15.
Qxc4 $14) 14. cxd5 exd5 $2 {Milov is playing with fire and his position
becomes rather critical.} (14... Nxd5 15. Ne4 $1 (15. Bg2 gxf4 16. gxf4 (16.
exf4 Qb6 $11) 16... N7f6 $11) 15... gxf4 16. Qxb7 Rb8 17. Qxc6 (17. Qxc7 Bxc7
18. gxf4 Rxb2 $14) 17... fxe3 18. Nxd6+ Ke7 19. Qxc7 exd2+ 20. Kxd2 Nxc7 21.
Rxc7 Kxd6 22. Rc2 Nf6 $14) (14... cxd5 15. Nxd5 $18) 15. fxg5 Bxg3+ (15... Ng4
16. Nxd5) 16. Ke2 Ne4 $1 (16... Ng4 17. Nxd5 Qb8 (17... Qd6 18. Qxb7 Rb8 19.
Rxc6 $18) (17... Qd8 18. g6 $1 cxd5 19. Qxd5) 18. g6 $1 cxd5 19. Qxd5 Bd6 20.
Qe4+ Nge5 21. dxe5 $18) 17. Nxd5 $5 (17. Nxe4 $1 dxe4 18. Bg2 Rxh2 (18... Bh4
19. g6 Nf6 20. Rc5 $1 O-O (20... fxg6 21. Re5+ Kd8 22. Ba5 $18) 21. Bh3 $16) (
18... Bxh2 19. Bxe4 Nf8 (19... O-O-O 20. Qxf7 Qg3 21. Bf5 Qxg5 22. Ba5 Rhf8 23.
Rxc6+ Kb8 24. Qg6 Qxf5 25. Qxf5 Rxf5 26. Bxd8 bxc6 27. Rxh2 $16) 20. d5 (20.
Qa4 Qd7 21. Rxc6 Rh4 22. Rc4 Rxe4 23. Qxd7+ Kxd7 24. Rxh2 $16) 20... Qe7 21.
Rc4 b5 (21... Rd8 22. dxc6) (21... c5 22. d6 Qxd6 23. Qxb7 Rd8 24. Bc6+ Nd7 25.
Ba5 $18) 22. d6 bxc4 23. Bxc6+ Nd7 24. Qb7 Qd8 25. Qxa8 Qxa8 26. Bxa8 $18) 19.
Rxh2 Bxh2 20. Bxe4 (20. g6 Nf6 21. Rh1 O-O-O (21... fxg6 22. Qe6+ Kd8 23. Rxh2
Qxh2 24. Ba5+ $18) 22. Qxf7 Bd6 $14) 20... Bd6 (20... Nf8 21. g6 fxg6 (21... f6
22. Ba5 Qe7 23. Rxc6 $18) 22. Bb4 O-O-O 23. d5 $16) 21. g6 (21. Rf1 Nf8 22. Bd3
Qe7 23. Bc4 f6 $14) 21... Nf6 (21... Nf8 22. gxf7+ Qxf7 23. Rxc6 $18) 22. Bf5
Nh5 23. Kf2 $16) 17... Qd8 $1 (17... Qb8 18. Ba5 $1 Rxh2+ (18... Bxh2) 19. Rxh2
Bxh2 20. g6 Ng5 21. Bh3 f5 22. Bxf5 $18) (17... Qd6 18. Qxb7 Rb8 19. Rxc6 (19.
Qxc6 Qxc6 20. Rxc6 Bxh2 21. Be1 Nxg5 22. b4 $18) 19... f5 (19... O-O 20. Rxd6
Rxb7 21. Ne7+ Kh7 22. hxg3#) 20. g6 $1 Qxd5 21. Rc8+ Rxc8 22. Qxd5 Rc2 23. Kd1
Rxd2+ 24. Kc1 Ke7 25. Bxa6 Rhxh2 26. Rxh2 Rxh2 27. Bd3 $18) 18. Bg2 {This
would have been a perfect position for a correspodence game, the number of
fascinating possibilities is very high. White's best was 18.g6!! but it became
clear only after the game.} (18. g6 $3 cxd5 (18... fxg6 19. Bg2 Nxd2 20. Qxb7
$1 Rb8 (20... cxd5 21. Qxd5 Rb8 (21... Ke7 22. hxg3 Rxh1 23. Rxh1 Rb8 24. Rh7
Qf8 25. Bh3 $18) 22. hxg3 Rxh1 23. Qg8+ Ke7 (23... Nf8 24. Bc6+ Ke7 25. Qxg7+
Ke6 26. Qe5+ Kf7 27. Bd5+)) 21. Qxc6 Rxb2 22. Qxg6+ Kf8 23. hxg3 Ne4+) (18...
Nxd2 19. Kxd2 (19. gxf7+ Kf8) (19. Nc7+ Qxc7 20. Qxf7+ Kd8 21. Qxg7 Re8 22.
hxg3 Nxf1 23. Rh8) 19... cxd5 (19... fxg6 20. Bd3 cxd5 21. Bxg6+ Ke7 22. hxg3)
20. Qxd5 Qh4 21. Bd3 Bxh2 (21... Bf2 22. gxf7+ Ke7 23. Bf5 $18) 22. Rc7 Qf2+
23. Kc3 Bxc7 24. Qe4+ $18) 19. Qxd5 Qe7 20. Qxf7+ (20. Qxb7 Rb8 (20... Rd8 21.
Ba5 $18) 21. Rc8+ Rxc8 22. Qxc8+ Qd8 23. Qxd8+ Kxd8 24. gxf7 Bd6 (24... Nxd2
25. Kxd2 Rxh2+ 26. Rxh2 Bxh2 27. Bxa6 $16) 25. Be1 Ke7 26. Bg2 Ng5 $14) 20...
Qxf7 21. gxf7+ Kxf7 22. Bg2 Ndf6 (22... Nxd2 23. hxg3 Rxh1 24. Bxh1 Rh8 25.
Kxd2 Rh2+ 26. Kc3 Re2 27. Bxb7 Rxe3+ 28. Kb4 $18) 23. hxg3 Nxg3+ 24. Kd3 Nxh1
25. Bxh1 $16) 18... Nxd2 19. Kxd2 (19. Qxb7 Rb8 (19... cxd5 20. hxg3 Rxh1 21.
Rxh1 Rb8 22. Rh8+ Nf8 23. Qc6+ Ke7 24. Qc5+ Qd6 25. Qa7+ Ke8 26. Bxd5 Qxd5 27.
Qxb8+ Kd7 28. Qxf8 $18) 20. Qxc6 Rxh2 (20... Rxb2 21. hxg3 (21. Rc2 Rxc2 22.
Qxc2 Rxh2 23. Rxh2 Bxh2 24. g6 Nf6 25. Kxd2 $16) 21... Ne4+ 22. Kd3 Rxh1 23.
Rxh1 Nf2+ 24. Kc3 Nxh1 25. Kxb2 Nxg3 26. g6 $18) 21. Rxh2 Bxh2 22. g6 Rxb2 23.
Rc2 Rxc2 24. Qxc2 Nf6 25. Kxd2 $16) 19... Bd6 (19... Rxh2 20. Rxh2 Bxh2 21. Rh1
Bd6 22. Rh8+ (22. Nf4 Qa5+ 23. Kc1 O-O-O $11) 22... Bf8 (22... Nf8 23. Qxb7 $18
) 23. Nf4 Qxg5 24. Qxb7 Rb8 25. Qxc6 Rxb2+ 26. Kd3 Qf5+ 27. Be4 Qa5 28. Qc8+
Ke7 (28... Qd8 29. Rxf8+ Nxf8 30. Bc6+ Ke7 31. Nd5+ $18) 29. Nd5+ Kd6 30. Nc3
$18) (19... Bh4 $1 20. g6 (20. Nf4 Bxg5 21. Qxb7 Bxf4 22. exf4 Rb8 23. Qxc6
Rxb2+ 24. Rc2 Rxc2+ 25. Kxc2 Rh6 $13) 20... cxd5 21. Qxd5 fxg6 22. Qxb7 Rb8 23.
Qe4+ Qe7 $11) 20. Qxb7 {'?!' Huebner,R.} (20. Nf4 {Huebner,R: 'ist angewiesen:'
} Qxg5 21. Qxb7 Rb8 22. Qxc6 Bxf4 23. exf4 Qxf4+ 24. Kd3 (24. Kc2 {Huebner,R}
Qxd4 25. Qc3 {mit gleichem Spiel.}) 24... Rh6 $14 25. Qd5 {(Huebner,R) Weiß
hat leichten Vorteil.}) (20. g6 cxd5 $13 21. gxf7+ {Huebner,R} Ke7 {sieht
ebenfalls nicht gut aus für Weiß.}) 20... cxd5 21. Qxd5 Nb6 {'?!' Huebner,R.} (
21... Rb8 {Huebner,R: 'sieht harmonischer aus.'} 22. b3 (22. Qxd6 $2 Rxb2+ 23.
Ke1 (23. Rc2 Qa5+ 24. Kd1 Rxc2 25. Kxc2 Qxa2+ 26. Kd3 Qxg2) 23... Rxg2 24. Qxa6
O-O $19) 22... Rb6 23. Rhf1 O-O 24. h4 $13) 22. Qe4+ Kf8 23. h4 (23. g6 {
(Huebner,R) bietet bessere Überlebensaussichten: die Anzahl der Bauern wird
reduziert, und der König des Schwarzen wird schutzbedürftig.}) 23... Rb8 (23...
Ra7 {'!?' Huebner,R.} 24. Rc6 Re7 25. Qf3 $13) 24. Rhf1 {Huebner,R: 'Jetzt
bleibt der h-Bauer des Weißen schutzbedürftig.'} (24. Qf5 Nc8 (24... g6 25. Qf6
Qxf6 26. gxf6 Bg3 27. Rc6 Rxh4 28. Rxh4 Bxh4 29. e4 Bf2 30. Kd3 Na4 31. b3 Nb2+
32. Kc3 Nd1+ 33. Kd2 Ne3 34. Ke2 $14) 25. Bd5 Bb4+ 26. Kd1 Nd6 27. Qf4 Qd7 $13)
(24. b3 $5 {Huebner,R}) 24... Qe7 {This unusual position was challenging for
both players, so it is only natural that they did not grasp all the nuances.} (
24... Qe8 $1 25. Qxe8+ (25. g6 f6 (25... Qxe4 26. Rxf7+ Kg8 27. Bxe4 Rxh4 28.
Bf5 $16) 26. Qg4 Qb5 27. Rxf6+ (27. b3 Bb4+ 28. Kc2 Ke7 $17) 27... gxf6 28. g7+
Kf7 29. gxh8=Q Rxh8 $17) 25... Kxe8 26. Rh1 $13) 25. Qg4 g6 {'?!' Huebner,R.
Huebner,R: 'Im Augenblick kann sich Schwarz die Schwächung des Feldes f6 kaum
leisten.'} (25... Qd7 $5 {(Huebner,R) scheint mir der angewiesene Zug zu sein,
um die Anfälligkeit des weißen h-Bauern auszunutzen.}) 26. Rc6 Kg7 27. b3 {
'?!' Huebner,R.} (27. Rf6 {Huebner,R: 'sieht stärker aus. Schwarz gerät in
Schwierigkeiten.'} Rhe8 28. e4 Nc8 29. b3 Rd8 $13) 27... Rhe8 $6 (27... Rhc8 $1
{Huebner,R: 'sieht richtig aus, um den eingedrungenen Turm abzutauschen;'} 28.
Qf3 (28. Rxb6 {Huebner,R: 'wird mit'} Bb4+ {Huebner,R: 'beantwortet.'} 29. Rxb4
(29. Kd1 Qxe3 30. Rxf7+ Kh8 $19) 29... Qxb4+ 30. Kd1 Qa3 31. Qf4 Rb7 32. Qe5+
Kg8 33. Bxb7 Rc1+ 34. Ke2 Qxa2+ 35. Kf3 Rxf1+ 36. Kg4 Qxb3 $17) 28... Bb4+ 29.
Ke2 Rxc6 30. Qxc6 $13) 28. e4 $4 {[%mdl 16384] Horrible move, that breaks the
coordination between pieces and fatally weakens dark squares.} (28. Qf3 $1 {
Huebner,R: 'ist stärker; der Textzug gibt dem Nachziehenden Spiel gegen die
Schwäche d4 und schließt den Königsläufer ein.'} Red8 29. h5 (29. Qf6+ Qxf6 30.
Rxf6 Bb4+ 31. Ke2 Nd7 32. Rf1 a5 33. Bh3 Rb7 $14) (29. Ke2 a5 30. Qf6+ Qxf6 31.
Rxf6 Nc8 32. Bd5 Rd7 33. Kf3 Bb4 34. e4 Na7 $13) 29... gxh5 30. Qxh5 Rh8 31.
Qf3 Rh2 32. Rf2 $16) 28... Red8 29. h5 {'?!' Huebner,R.} (29. Kc2 {Huebner,R:
'mit unklarem Spiel.'} Rdc8 30. Rxc8 Rxc8+ 31. Kb1 Qc7 32. Qe2 Na4 $1 $19) (29.
Qf3 Be5 30. Qf6+ Qxf6 31. gxf6+ Kh6 32. d5 Rdc8 $17) 29... Be5 30. d5 Rd6 (
30... Qb4+ 31. Ke2 Nxd5 32. Rxf7+ Kh8 33. hxg6 Nf4+ 34. Kf1 (34. Rxf4 Qd2+ 35.
Kf1 Qxf4+ 36. Qxf4 Bxf4 $19) 34... Qb5+ 35. Ke1 (35. Rc4 Qxc4+ 36. bxc4 Rb1+
37. Kf2 Rd2+ 38. Ke3 Rd3+ 39. Kf2 Bd4#) 35... Nxg2+ 36. Kf2 (36. Qxg2 Qb4+ $19)
36... Qf1+ 37. Kxf1 Ne3+ 38. Ke2 Nxg4 $19) 31. Rfc1 {'?' Huebner,R.} (31. Rxd6
{(Huebner,R) Weiß hat seinen eigenen Läufer getötet, aber er kann sich noch
wehren.}) 31... Rxc6 {'?!' Huebner,R.} (31... gxh5 32. Qf5 (32. Qxh5 Bf4+ {
'-+' Huebner,R.} 33. Kd1 Nxd5 34. exd5 Re8 $19) 32... Rg6 $19) 32. Rxc6 {
'?' Huebner,R.} (32. h6+ {Huebner,R} Kg8 33. dxc6 Qd6+ $17) 32... Qb4+ 33. Ke2
Nxd5 {'-+' Huebner,R.} 34. Qd7 Nf4+ (34... Qb5+ 35. Kf2 Bd4+ 36. Ke1 Qa5+ 37.
Kf1 Ne3+ $19) 35. Kf3 Qb5 36. h6+ Kg8 37. Rc8+ Rxc8 38. Qxc8+ Kh7 39. Qc2 Bb8
0-1

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 6th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2002.10.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 {The most dense
move in this position.} ({There is a different options:} 6... Be4) ({and} 6...
Bg4) 7. Qb3 Qc7 ({Also it deserves attention:} 7... Qb6) 8. Nxg6 ({After:} 8.
Bd2 {it is not very nice for white:} Ne4 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Ge4d2,Ge4c3] with
simplism of position.}) 8... hxg6 9. h3 $5 {Probably it is not the obligatory
move.} Nbd7 10. Bd2 a6 $146 {Black take under control ><b5 and want to play in
case "b5".} ({In previous games Vladimir played:} 10... Nb6 $5 11. Rc1 $140 (
11. cxd5 $5) 11... Nxc4 12. Bxc4 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Rd8 14. Qa4 a6 15. Ne2 Qb8 16.
Qc2 g5 17. Nc3 g4 $11 {Shneider,A-Burmakin,V/Cappelle la Grande,2002(1/2-1/2)
(19)}) ({It is also met here:} 10... Bd6 {and 10...Be7}) 11. Rc1 {[%csl Rc7]}
Bd6 12. Be2 Qb8 {[%cal Gb7b5]} 13. cxd5 $1 {I didn't want' to let happen ''b5':
} exd5 ({After:} 13... cxd5 {I have a obvious positional advantage.}) 14. g4 $5
{[%cal Gg4g5]} ({I didn't play:} 14. O-O {in view of:} Rh4 $1 $13 {[%csl Yh4]
[%cal Yh4e4]}) 14... g5 15. Qc2 $140 g6 $5 {[%mdl 512] Vladimir sacrifices
pawn for initiative.} (15... Qd8 $5) 16. e4 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Ge4e5]} dxe4 17.
Nxe4 Bf4 (17... Nxe4 $5 18. Qxe4+ Kf8 19. Bxg5 Qc7 $44) 18. Nxg5 Nb6 $44 {
[%cal Yb6d5] There is a need to protect the weakness of Pf7.} 19. Kf1 $1 {
[%csl Re8][%cal Gc1e1] Otherwise black will be able to make a castle on time.}
Nbd5 (19... Qc7 $4 20. Ne6 $1 fxe6 21. Qxg6+ {[%csl Rf6]}) 20. Re1 Kf8 (20...
O-O $143 21. h4 $40 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gh4h5]}) 21. h4 Qd6 22. Bf3 Rd8 23. Ne4 (
23. h5 $143 Bxd2 24. Qxd2 Nf4 {[%csl Rd4]} 25. hxg6 Rxh1+ 26. Bxh1 Nxg6 27. Ne4
Qh2 $44) 23... Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Bxd2 {My opponent thought,that this was a rough
mistake,but this is not the truth.After the game we were analyzing for the
long time:} (24... Kg7 $5 25. g5 {+/=/=} (25. Bc3 $5)) 25. Qxd2 Nc7 $2 (25...
Nf6 $1 26. Rf4 Nd5 27. Bxd5 $140 (27. Re4 Nf6 $11) 27... Qxd5 28. Kg1 (28. Rh3
$143 Qxa2 29. Qb4+ Kg7 30. Qxb7 Qc4+ {[%csl Rd4]}) 28... Qxa2 29. Qb4+ Kg7 30.
Qxb7 $13) 26. h5 Kg7 27. Qg5 {+/=/+/-} Rd7 28. Kg2 Ne6 {Hardly black has
anything better.} 29. h6+ Kh7 30. Qf6 Qe7 (30... Qf8 $5 {[%cal Gf8d8]}) 31.
Qxe7 Rxe7 32. g5 $1 Rd7 33. Re5 ({Badly:} 33. Bg4 {in view of:} Nxg5 $1 34. Re5
$140 $2 Rxd4 35. Rxg5 f6 $17 {[%csl Rg4,Yg5][%cal Gf6g5]}) 33... Rxd4 (33...
Nxd4 $143 34. Bg4 $16) 34. Rhe1 (34. Rd1 $2 Rhd8 35. Rxd4 Rxd4 36. Kg3 Rd3 $1
$11) 34... Nf4+ ({We both understood that it is bad:} 34... Rhd8 {because of:}
35. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 36. Rxe6 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Rg6,Rh7][%cal Ge6e7,Gf3e4]}) 35. Kg3
Nd3 36. R1e4 ({On:} 36. Rd1 {Vladimir prepared to play:} Nxe5 37. Rxd4 f6)
36... Rd6 $2 $138 ({Vladimir forgot,that after:} 36... Nxe5 37. Rxd4 f6 $1 {
it is arising the same position which he agreed to receive after: 36.Rd1.} 38.
Be2 $1 {I didn't see it.} (38. Re4 $5 $16) 38... fxg5 $140 39. Re4 {[%csl Re5]}
Re8 (39... Nf7 $2 40. Re7 Rf8 41. Bc4 $18) 40. f4 gxf4+ 41. Kxf4 g5+ 42. Kf5
Nf7 43. Rxe8 Nd6+ 44. Kxg5 Nxe8 45. Bd3+ Kh8 46. Kg6 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rb7,Rc6]
[%cal Gg6f7,Gf7e7,Ge7d7]}) 37. Re7 Rf8 38. Be2 (38. Rxb7 $2 Nc5 {[%csl Rb7,Re4]
} 39. Rc7 Nxe4+ 40. Bxe4 $14) 38... Nc5 39. Rf4 Rd7 {I missed that pawn ''f7''
could be protected.} 40. Rxd7 Nxd7 41. Re4 {[%cal Ge4e7]} Kh8 (41... Kg8 $142)
42. Re7 $18 Nc5 43. Bc4 Kg8 {Black find the last practical chance for
salvation.} (43... f6 $143 44. f4 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gc4f7]} fxg5 45. fxg5 Rd8
46. Bf7 $18) 44. b4 $140 b5 45. Bxf7+ Rxf7 46. Re8+ $1 ({White doesn't have a
victory in PP endgame:} 46. Rxf7 $4 Kxf7 47. bxc5 a5 48. Kf4 a4 $1 {[%csl Ya2,
Ga4,Gb5]} 49. Ke4 {[%csl Ye4]} Kf8 50. f4 Kg8 {Before moving ''f5'' it was
better to keep the king exactly here.} 51. f5 b4 $1 {[%csl Ga4,Gb4][%cal Gb4b3]
} (51... gxf5+ $2 52. Kxf5 b4 53. g6 b3 54. axb3 axb3 $8 (54... a3 $4 55. Kf6
a2 56. h7+ Kh8 57. g7+ Kxh7 58. Kf7 a1=Q 59. g8=Q+ Kh6 60. Qg6#) 55. Kf6 b2 56.
h7+ Kh8 57. Kf7 b1=Q 58. g7+ Kxh7 59. g8=Q+ Kh6 60. Qh8+ Kg5 61. Qf6+ {[%csl
Rc6] with good chances for the victory.}) 52. h7+ $8 Kxh7 53. fxg6+ Kxg6 54.
Kd4 Kxg5 55. Kc4 b3 56. axb3 axb3 57. Kxb3 Kf5 $11) 46... Kh7 $8 (46... Rf8 $2
47. h7+ Kxh7 48. Rxf8 $18) 47. bxc5 a5 ({Loses right away:} 47... Rf5 48. Re7+
Kh8 49. f4 Rxc5 50. Rg7 {[%csl Gf4,Gg5,Rg6,Gh6]}) 48. f4 a4 49. Kg4 Rd7 (49...
Rb7 $143 50. f5 Rd7 (50... gxf5+ 51. Kh5 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gg5g6]}) 51. f6 {
[%csl Gf6,Gh6]}) 50. Rc8 {[%csl Rc6]} b4 51. Rxc6 Ra7 52. Rb6 b3 53. a3 Rd7 54.
c6 (54. c6 Rd2 55. Rb7+ Kh8 56. c7 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Gb7b8]}) 1-0

[Event "Metz op 23rd"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2005.04.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Dunis, Aurelien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2005.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd2
Nbd7 9. Rc1 a6 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Be2 c5 13. Bf3 Rb8 14. Ne2 Bd6 15.
g3 O-O 16. O-O e5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Bb4 Nd3 $5 {TN} (18... Qb6 19. Nc3 Nb7 20.
Bxd6 Nxd6 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Rbc8 23. Qg4 Nf5 24. Qe4 Qf6 25. Rfd1 Nd6 26.
Qb4 $14 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Vallejo Pons,F/Linares ESP 2005/The Week in Chess 539 
(54)}) 19. Qxd3 Bxb4 20. Qb3 $5 Qa5 (20... Qe7 21. a3 Bd6 22. Rfd1 e4 23. Bg2
Rfc8 $13) 21. a3 Be7 22. Rfd1 b4 $5 (22... Rfd8 23. Nc3 b4 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25.
Bxd5 bxa3 26. Bxf7+ Kf8 27. Qe6 $40) 23. a4 Rfd8 24. h3 $5 {[/\25.g4,Ne2-g3|^]}
Rxd1+ (24... e4 $5 25. Bg2 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. g4 Bd6 $13) 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26.
g4 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 $14 {[/\28.Ng3,g4-g5;28.g5]} g5 $6 (27... Qc7 $142 {(/\28...
a5)}) 28. Ng3 g6 29. Be2 $1 {[/\30.Bc4,31.Qb3;xxa6,f7]} Qb6 30. Bc4 Bf8 (30...
Qb7 31. Qb3 $5 Bf8 32. Qd3 e4 33. Qd8 $16) 31. Qd3 $16 e4 32. Nxe4 Nxe4 33.
Qxe4 a5 34. Qd5 Qc7 35. b3 Bh6 $8 36. Kg2 Qa7 $138 (36... Kf8 $142) 37. Qd8+
Kh7 38. Qf6 $18 Qb7+ 39. Kg1 Bg7 40. Qxg5 Qf3 41. Bd5 $6 (41. Qxa5 $5 Qxh3 42.
Be2 $18) (41. Qh4+ Kg8 42. Qd8+ Kh7 43. Bf1 Bf6 $132) 41... Qd1+ 42. Kg2 $2 (
42. Kh2 $16) (42. Kg2 {D}) 42... Bf6 $1 43. Qxf6 Qxd5+ 44. Kg3 Qxb3 $13 45. h4
Qe6 46. Qd4 b3 47. f3 $1 (47. h5 gxh5 48. gxh5 Qf5 $17) (47. f4 b2 48. Qxb2
Qxe3+ 49. Kg2 Qxf4 $17) 47... Qe7 (47... Qe8 $5 {(/\48...Qb8+,49...b2)} 48. Qf6
$1 (48. h5 Qb8+ 49. f4 b2 50. Qf6 b1=Q 51. Qxf7+ Kh8 52. Qf6+ Kg8 53. Qe6+ Kf8
54. Qf6+ Ke8 55. Qe6+ Kd8 $19) 48... Kg8 49. h5 $13) 48. h5 Qb7 49. Qf6 $1 $13
Qb8+ (49... b2 50. h6 Qb8+ 51. f4 Kxh6 52. Qxf7 $36) 50. f4 Qe8 51. Kf2 gxh5
52. Qf5+ (52. gxh5 Qe6 $15) 52... Kg8 53. Qg5+ $11 Kf8 54. Qc5+ Qe7 55. Qc8+
Qe8 (55... Kg7 $5 56. Qc3+ Kg8 57. Qxb3 Qh4+ 58. Ke2 Qxg4+ 59. Kf2 h4 60. Qb8+
Kh7 61. Qe8 $132) 56. Qc5+ Qe7 57. Qc8+ Qe8 58. Qc5+ Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.11.12"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Lemmers, Oscar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[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 "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd2
Nbd7 9. Rc1 a6 10. Bd3 Bd6 $5 {TN} (10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 $5 {TN} (11... b5 {
-93/303;-Gurevich,M-Dunis,A Metz op 2005}) 12. Be2 cxd4 13. exd4 Qb6 14. Qb3 (
14. Qa4 $5 {Kasparov,G-93/303}) 14... Bd6 $5 (14... Qxd4 $5 15. Qxb7 Rb8 16.
Qxa6 Bc5 17. Be3 Qe5 $44) 15. Bf3 Rb8 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Bg5 Kd7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Gurevich,M-Vallejo Pons,F/Sant Lluis ESP 2005/The Week in Chess 565 (17)}) 11.
c5 $5 Bc7 12. f4 Ng8 $5 {[/\13...g5;13...f5]} (12... g5 13. O-O gxf4 14. exf4
$14) 13. b4 g5 (13... f5 $5 {/\14...Ngf6,15...g5<=>>>}) 14. Qg4 $5 (14. O-O f5
{(/\15...gf16.ef g5<=>)}) 14... gxf4 15. exf4 g6 (15... Qf6 $5 16. Ne2 Nh6 17.
Qg5 Nf5 $132) 16. Ne2 Nh6 17. Qf3 Qf6 18. O-O Nf5 19. Qf2 g5 $6 (19... O-O-O
20. a4 Rh4 21. b5 Rdh8 22. h3 $40) (19... Rh4 20. h3 Ke7 $1 {(/\Rah8<=>)}) 20.
g4 $1 Rh3 (20... Nh4 21. fxg5 Qf3 $5 22. Qxf3 Bxh2+ 23. Kf2 $1 Nxf3 24. Be3 $1
(24. Kxf3 Rh3+ $132) 24... Nh4 25. Rh1 $16) 21. fxg5 Qh8 $5 22. Bf4 $5 (22.
gxf5 Rxh2 23. Qf3 Rh3 24. fxe6 $1 $14) 22... Nxd4 $5 (22... O-O-O 23. Bxc7 Kxc7
24. Nf4 (24. gxf5) 24... Nxd4 25. Nxh3 Qxh3 26. Qxd4 e5 27. Qc3 $16) 23. Bxc7
Nf3+ 24. Qxf3 $8 Rxf3 25. Rxf3 Ne5 $5 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27. g6 $5 fxg6 28. Bxg6+
Kd7 $5 {[/\Kd7-c7-b8-a7]} 29. Rf7+ Kc8 30. Rcf1 Kb8 31. R1f2 Ka7 32. h4 $14 Rg8
33. h5 Qg5 34. R2f4 e5 35. R7f5 Qe7 36. Rf2 d4 37. Rf6 d3 $1 (37... e4 38. R6f4
d3 39. Rxe4 Qg5 40. Nf4 Rd8 41. Ne6 $16) 38. Bxd3 Rxg4+ 39. Kf1 Rxb4 40. Bg6 (
40. h6 e4 41. Bc2 Qxc5 $13 42. h7 Qh5 43. Rf7 e3 $40) 40... Rh4 41. Kg2 Qxc5
42. Ng3 Qd5+ 43. R6f3 Qd7 44. Nf5 Rg4+ 45. Rg3 Qd5+ 46. Kh2 Rf4 $5 47. Rxf4 (
47. Rgg2 $16) 47... exf4 48. Rg2 Qf3 $5 {[/\49...Qf1,50...f3<=>]} (48... Qf3 {
Diagram}) 49. h6 $2 (49. Nd6 $1 $16 {(/\50.Ne4,51.Rf2,h5-h6)}) 49... Qf1 $1 50.
h7 f3 51. Rg4 (51. Rg1 Qe2+ 52. Kg3 f2 53. Rb1 f1=Q 54. Rxf1 Qxf1 55. h8=Q Qg1+
56. Kf4 Qxg6 $11) 51... Qe2+ 52. Kg3 f2 $11 53. h8=Q (53. Rf4 Qe5 54. h8=Q
f1=N+ $3 55. Kg4 Qxh8 56. Rxf1 Qg8 57. Kg5 Qxa2 $17) 53... f1=Q 54. Qd4+ Ka8
55. Qd8+ Ka7 56. Qd4+ Ka8 57. Qd8+ Ka7 58. Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd2
Nbd7 9. Qc2 (9. Be2 Bd6 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. O-O-O dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nb6 (12... O-O-O
13. Kb1 Kb8 14. h3 e5 15. Bc1 Nb6 16. Be2 Nbd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 (17... cxd5 $5 18.
dxe5 Bxe5 $132) 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. a3 Rd7 20. g3 Rhd8 21. f4 Bc7 22. e4 Nf6 23.
Rxd7 Rxd7 24. e5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Malakhov,V-Gurevich,M/Khanty Mansyisk RUS 2005/
The Week in Chess 579 (61)}) 13. Be2 e5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Kb1 O-O-O 16. h3 Rhe8
17. Bf3 Nc4 18. Bc1 Qb4 19. Ka1 $13 {1-0 Malakhov,V-Dreev,A/Khanty Mansyisk
RUS 2005/The Week in Chess 579 (52)}) 9... Be7 $5 (9... Bd6 10. h3 Qe7 11. cxd5
exd5 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Rfe8 14. Rab1 Rac8 15. Qb3 Nf8 16. Rbe1 Ne6 17. f4 $36
{1-0 Milanovic,D-Nadj Hedjesi,B/Subotica SCG 2005/The Week in Chess 579 (35)})
10. Be2 Qc7 11. h3 a6 $5 12. Rc1 (12. O-O-O b5 $132) 12... Rc8 13. O-O dxc4 $5
{[/\g6-g5-g4<=>>>;} (13... g5 $6 14. cxd5 cxd5 (14... exd5 15. e4 g4 16. Nxd5
$1 Nxd5 17. exd5 gxh3 18. dxc6 $16) 15. Qd3 $5 Qb8 16. e4 $36) 14. Bxc4 g5 15.
e4 (15. f3 Rxh3 16. gxh3 Qg3+ $11) 15... g4 16. e5 gxh3 $1 17. g3 $1 (17. exf6
hxg2 18. Kxg2 Qh2+ 19. Kf3 Qh5+ 20. Ke3 Nxf6 $40) 17... Nd5 18. Qe4 (18. Ne4 $5
h2+ 19. Kg2 c5 $132) 18... Nxc3 19. Bxc3 (19. bxc3 b5 20. Bd3 c5 $132) 19...
Nb6 $5 20. Ba5 Bd8 {[/\21...Qd7,22...Nd5]} 21. Qg4 Kf8 22. Bxb6 $6 (22. Bb3 $5
{(/\23.d5)} Ra8 $5 (22... Qd7 23. Bxb6 Bxb6 24. d5 $40) (22... Qe7 23. Bxb6
Bxb6 24. d5 $36) 23. a3 (23. Rc3 Qe7 24. a3 Nd5) 23... Kg8 24. Kh2 Qe7 $15)
22... Qxb6 23. Rc3 {[/\24.Rf3;24.Bxe6]} (23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Qxe6 Rc7 25. d5 Rh6
$19) 23... Rh6 $1 $15 24. Bb3 {[/\25.d5]} Rc7 (24... Qb4 $5 25. a3 Qb5 26. Rd1
h2+ 27. Kh1 Rc7 $17) 25. Kh2 Qb4 26. Qe4 Rd7 27. Rd1 Bb6 28. Rcd3 Qe7 (28... a5
$5 29. a4 Qe7 $17) 29. f4 g6 30. a3 Qd8 31. R1d2 Ba5 32. Rf2 Bb6 33. Rfd2 Kg7
34. Bd1 $5 {[/\35.b4<=><<]} Rh8 35. b4 Qg8 $5 {[/\36...Qh7,37...g5]} 36. a4 Qf8
$5 (36... Qh7 37. Bg4) 37. b5 cxb5 38. axb5 Qb4 $6 $138 (38... a5 $5 {(xb5)}
39. d5 $2 Qc5 40. Qe1 Rxd5 $17) (38... axb5 $5) 39. bxa6 bxa6 40. Bf3 a5 41. d5
$132 Qc5 42. Qe1 exd5 43. Rxd5 Rxd5 44. Rxd5 Qc2+ 45. Qe2 Qc1 (45... Qxe2+ 46.
Bxe2 Rc8 47. Kxh3 $11) 46. Rd1 Qc5 47. e6 fxe6 48. Qb2+ e5 49. fxe5 Qf2+ (49...
Qf2+ 50. Qxf2 Bxf2 51. Rd7+ Kh6 52. Kxh3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.11.11"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Jackelen, Thomas"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[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 "Godesberg"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3
Nbd7 9. Bg2 Be7 10. O-O (10. Qe2 dxc4 11. Qxc4 e5 12. O-O Nb6 13. Qe2 exd4 14.
Rd1 O-O 15. Rxd4 Nbd7 16. b4 c5 17. bxc5 Bxc5 18. Rd1 Rb8 19. Bb2 Qe7 20. Nd5
$14 {1-0 Tregubov,P-Willemze,J/Amsterdam 2004/PowerBook2005 (49)}) 10... dxc4
11. Qe2 Qa5 (11... O-O 12. Qxc4 e5 13. Rd1 exd4 14. Rxd4 Qc7 15. Qe2 Nc5 16. b3
Ne6 17. Rd1 Qa5 18. Bd2 Qb6 19. Na4 Qc7 20. Bc3 Rfd8 21. Rac1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1
$14 {0-1 Lenic,L-Erenburg,S/Gothenburg 2005/Mega2006 (52)}) 12. Qxc4 Qh5 13. h3
g5 14. f4 {TN} (14. Rd1 g4 15. h4 Nh7 16. e4 g5 17. hxg5 (17. d5 Ne5 18. Qb3 (
18. Qd4 Bf6 $5) 18... O-O-O $132) 17... Bxg5 (17... Nxg5 $5 18. Bxg5 Bxg5 19.
d5 Ne5 $132) 18. Kf1 Bxc1 19. Raxc1 Ng5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Mahjoob,M-Sundararajan,K/
Esfahan IRI 2005/The Week in Chess 583 (43)}) (14. e4 {-90/325}) 14... gxf4 15.
exf4 Nb6 16. Qb3 O-O-O 17. Be3 Nbd5 18. Bd2 (18. Bf2 g5 $36) 18... Nb4 $5 19.
Be3 (19. a3 Rxd4 20. Be3 Rd3 $36) 19... Qf5 $1 {[/\20...Nc2;20...Qc2;20...Rxh3]
} 20. g4 (20. Rf2 Rxh3 $1 21. Bxh3 Qxh3 $40) 20... Qc2 21. Rf2 (21. Qa3 Nbd5
22. Qxa7 Nxe3 23. Qa8+ Kd7 24. Qxb7+ Ke8 $17) 21... Qxb3 22. axb3 Nfd5 $5 23.
Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Bd2 (24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxa7 Rxh3 $17) 24... Bf6 25. Bc3 a6 {
[/\26...g6,Nd5-c7-b5;xd4]} 26. f5 $5 Nxc3 (26... exf5 $5 27. Rxf5 Ne3 28. Rf2 (
28. Rf3 Nc2 29. Raf1 (29. Rd1 Bxd4+ $17) 29... Nxd4 $15) 28... Bxd4 29. Bxd4
Rxd4 30. Re1 Nxg2 31. Kxg2 Rd7 $17) 27. bxc3 e5 28. dxe5 Bxe5 29. Rf3 Rd2 $36 {
[/\30...Rhd8,31...Rc2]} 30. Re1 Bf6 31. Rfe3 Rhd8 32. Bf1 Rc2 33. R1e2 Rc1 (
33... Rxc3 34. Rxc3 Bxc3 35. Re7 $132) 34. Re1 Bg5 $5 35. Re8 $2 $138 (35. Re7
$1 Bxe7 (35... Rxc3 36. Rxf7 $132) 36. Rxc1 Rd2 37. Bc4 f6 38. Re1 Bc5+ 39. Kh1
b5 $15) 35... Rxc3 36. Rxd8+ Kxd8 $19 37. Bc4 f6 38. Kg2 b5 39. Be6 Kc7 40. Rd1
Bf4 $5 41. Rd7+ Kb6 42. Rxg7 Rg3+ 43. Kf2 Rxh3 44. Rg6 Bg5 45. Rg8 (45. Rxg5
fxg5 46. f6 Rh6 47. f7 Rf6+ $19) 45... a5 {[/\Kb6-c5-b4]} 46. Ra8 $5 Rc3 47.
Kg2 Rd3 48. Kf2 Bh4+ 49. Ke2 Rg3 50. Rg8 Kc5 51. Kd1 Bg5 52. Ra8 Kb4 53. Rc8
Rxb3 $1 54. Bxb3 (54. Rxc6 Rg3 $19 (54... a4 $5)) 54... Kxb3 55. Rxc6 a4 $19
0-1

[Event "Andorra op 23rd"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "2005.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Campos Moreno, Javier B"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd2
Nbd7 9. Rc1 (9. Be2 Bd6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qb3 O-O 12. O-O Qb8 13. g3 a6 14. a4
Qa7 15. a5 Rac8 16. Rfc1 Rc6 17. Rc2 Rfc8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Eljanov,P-Akopian,V/
Amsterdam NED 2005/The Week in Chess 559 (34)}) 9... Bd6 (9... Nb6 10. c5 Nbd7
11. f4 Nh5 12. Qf3 Qh4+ 13. Kd1 f5 14. Be1 Qd8 15. g4 Nhf6 16. g5 Ne4 17. b4 b6
18. h4 a5 19. a3 axb4 20. axb4 bxc5 21. bxc5 $14 {1-0 Campos Moreno,J-Postny,E/
Andorra la Vella AND 2005/The Week in Chess 558 (43)}) 10. g3 (10. a3 O-O 11.
Qc2 Rc8 12. c5 Bb8 13. f4 Nh5 14. g3 f5 15. Be2 Nhf6 16. h4 Kf7 17. b4 $36 {
1-0 Carlsen,M-Hole,O/Sandnes NOR 2005/The Week in Chess 556 (75)}) (10. Qb3 Rb8
11. g3 Ng4 12. Be2 Rxh2 13. Rxh2 Nxh2 14. cxd5 exd5 15. e4 Qf6 16. e5 Bxe5 17.
dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bf4 g5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Nd1 d4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Sakaev,K-Cech,P/
Copenhagen DEN 2005/The Week in Chess 559 (63)}) 10... Qe7 11. c5 Bc7 12. f4 g5
$5 {TN} (12... Ba5 13. Nb1 Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. h4 f5 17. Kf2
Nf6 18. Be2 Kf7 19. a3 a5 20. Qd2 Rhb8 21. Rc2 b5 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Dreev,A/
Moscow 2004/CBM 104 (21)}) 13. Bg2 $5 (13. fxg5 Bxg3+ 14. hxg3 Rxh1 15. gxf6 (
15. Qf3 Rxf1+ 16. Kxf1 Nh7 $15) 15... Qxf6 16. Qe2 O-O-O $13) 13... gxf4 14.
exf4 g6 15. b4 $5 a6 16. Qf3 Nh5 $5 {[/\Nh5-g7-f5<=>xd4]} 17. g4 $5 Qh4+ 18.
Kd1 Nhf6 19. h3 Ng8 (19... b5 20. a4 $36 (20. cxb6 Nxb6 21. Be1 Qh7 22. Bf1 Bd6
$13)) 20. Qe3 Ne7 21. Ne2 $5 {[/\Ne2-g1-f3-e5]} Nf6 $5 22. Be1 (22. Ng1 Ne4 23.
Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qxe4 Nd5 $44) 22... Qh7 23. a4 Ne4 $5 24. h4 $5 (24. Bxe4 dxe4
25. Qxe4 Nd5 $44) 24... f5 25. g5 Qf7 26. Ng1 e5 $5 27. fxe5 (27. dxe5 d4 28.
Qd3 Nd5 $40) 27... f4 28. Qd3 (28. Qf3 Nf5 29. Qxf4 Nxd4 $36) 28... Nf5 29. Bh3
$5 {[/\30.Nf3]} Nxh4 $6 (29... Ne3+ 30. Ke2 Rh5 31. Nf3 Bd8 32. Rg1 $13) 30.
Bg4 $138 (30. Bf1 Ke7 (30... Ng3 31. Bxg3 fxg3 32. Nf3 Qf4 33. Rxh4 $16) (30...
f3 31. Rxh4 Rxh4 32. Bxh4) 31. Rxh4 Rxh4 32. Bxh4 Rh8 33. Be1 Rh1 34. Nf3 $16)
30... Ke7 31. Rxh4 Rxh4 32. Bxh4 Rh8 33. Be1 (33. Nf3 Rxh4 34. Nxh4 Nf2+ $15)
33... Rh1 34. Nh3 (34. Qf1 f3 35. Rc2 $1 $16) 34... f3 35. Kc2 f2 36. Bxf2 Nxf2
37. Nxf2 Qxf2+ 38. Be2 $6 (38. Qd2 Rxc1+ 39. Kxc1 Qg1+ 40. Bd1 Bd8 $13) 38...
Rh2 $5 $40 39. Kd2 Bd8 $138 (39... Rh4 $5 $15) 40. Qe3 Qh4 41. Rf1 Kd7 $2 (
41... Ke8 42. Rg1 (42. Rf6 Bxf6 43. exf6+ Qe4 44. Qxe4+ dxe4 45. Ke3 Rg2 46.
Bc4 $13) 42... Rh3 43. Rg4 $13) 42. e6+ Ke8 43. e7 $2 (43. Rf8+ $3 Kxf8 (43...
Ke7 44. Rf7+ Ke8 45. e7) 44. Qf3+ Kg8 45. Qf7+ Kh8 46. Qe8+ Kg7 47. Qd7+ Kh8
48. Qxd8+ Kh7 49. Qe7+ Kh8 50. Qf6+ Kh7 51. e7 $18) 43... Bxe7 44. Rf6 Kd8 $11
45. Qe5 (45. Rxg6 Rxe2+ 46. Qxe2 (46. Kxe2 Qh5+) 46... Qxd4+ 47. Qd3 Qxb4+ $11)
45... Bxf6 46. Qxf6+ Kc7 47. Qd6+ Kc8 48. Qf8+ Kc7 49. Qd6+ Kc8 50. Qf8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Jakarta Gunadarma"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 O-O 12. Bf4 a5 $5 (12... Qa5 13. Rfd1
Rfe8 14. a3 Qh5 15. h3 Qg6 16. Qe2 Qf5 17. Bg3 Rad8 18. Rac1 {1/2-1/2
Zlochevskij,Alexander-Lempert,Igor/It, Moscow (Russia) 1994}) 13. Rfd1 a4 14.
Rab1 Qa5 15. h3 Rfe8 16. Qc2 h6 17. b3 axb3 18. axb3 Red8 19. Bc1 {/\19.Bb2,20.
Ra1} Bd6 20. Bb2 Qh5 $132 {/\Nd7-f8-g6-f4} 21. Ra1 Nf8 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Qc3 {
/\24.d5} Be7 $1 (23... Ng6 24. d5 Be5 25. Nxe5 $1 Qxd1+ 26. Kh2 Nxe5 27. Qxe5
f6 28. Qxe6+ Kh8 29. Bxf6 $36) 24. Kh2 $5 (24. d5 $2 Bf6 $15) 24... Qf5 $5 $15
{/\25...Ng6} (24... Ng6 $2 25. d5 Bf6 26. Qxf6 gxf6 27. g4 $14) 25. Qd3 Qxd3
26. Rxd3 Ra2 27. Rd2 Bb4 28. Bc3 Bd6+ 29. g3 Ra3 30. Rb2 Nd7 {/\31...b5} 31.
Nd2 Be7 32. Kg2 b5 33. cxb5 cxb5 34. Rb1 Nb6 (34... Ra8 $5 35. Ra1 Rc8 36. Ra7
(36. Ne4 Nf6 37. Nxf6+ Bxf6 $17) 36... Rxc3 37. Rxd7 Bg5 $15) 35. Ra1 Nd5 36.
Bb2 Rxa1 37. Bxa1 $15 Kf8 38. Kf1 Ke8 39. Nf3 Bf6 40. Ke2 Kd7 41. Ne1 Be7 42.
Bb2 h5 43. Bc1 Bd6 $6 (43... g5 $5 {/\44...g4} 44. g4 h4 $15 {[/\45...f6,
Be7-d6-f4]}) 44. Nc2 Be7 45. Bd2 g6 (45... g5 $5 $15) 46. Ne3 $1 Kc6 47. Nxd5
$10 Kxd5 48. Kd3 f5 {/\g6-g5-g4} 49. f3 $1 Bf6 50. Bc3 Bh8 51. g4 hxg4 52. hxg4
Bg7 53. Ke3 Bh6+ 54. Kd3 Bf4 55. Be1 Bb8 56. Bh4 Bd6 57. Bf6 Ba3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pardubice KB op"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "2000.07.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shushpanov, Vladimir Fedorovich"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2000.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bg6 6. O-O e6 7. b3 Nbd7 8. Ba3
Bxa3 9. Nxa3 Qe7 10. Nc2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Rd8 12. Qc1 Be4 13. Nd2 Bg6 14. Nf3 Ne4
15. Rd1 O-O 16. Qb2 Bh5 17. Nce1 Ng5 18. Be2 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Bg6 20. Be2 e5 21.
Nf3 e4 22. Nd2 Nf6 23. b4 Rd5 24. Rac1 Bh5 25. Bxh5 Nxh5 26. Rc5 Rfd8 27. Rdc1
Nf6 28. b5 Nd7 29. Rxd5 cxd5 30. Rc7 Rb8 31. Qc3 Qd8 32. Qc2 h5 33. h3 Nf8 34.
a4 Ne6 35. Rc3 a6 36. Qb3 Qd6 37. Rc1 g6 38. Rc2 Kg7 39. Rc1 Kg8 40. Rc2 Kg7
41. Rc1 Rd8 42. Rc3 Qd7 43. Rc1 Ra8 44. Nb1 axb5 45. axb5 f5 46. Nc3 Rc8 47.
Ra1 Rd8 48. Na4 Qd6 49. Rc1 Kf7 50. Rc2 Ra8 51. Rc1 f4 52. Nc5 Rc8 53. Nd3
Rxc1+ 54. Nxc1 g5 55. Ne2 h4 56. Nc3 $6 fxe3 57. fxe3 Qg3 $1 $36 58. Nxd5 (58.
Nd1 Nf4 $19) 58... Nxd4 59. Qd1 $6 (59. Qb4 $1 $11) 59... Nf3+ 60. Kf1 Qh2 $1
61. Nf4 $5 (61. gxf3 Qh1+ 62. Ke2 Qg2+ 63. Ke1 exf3 64. Nf4 f2+ 65. Kd2 gxf4
66. Qh5+ Ke6 $19) (61. Kf2 Ne5 $1 $17 {(/\62...Nd3, 62...Qg3)}) 61... Qg1+ 62.
Ke2 Qxd1+ (62... gxf4 63. Qd7+ $11) 63. Kxd1 Nd4 $1 $17 (63... gxf4 64. gxf3
exf3 65. exf4 Kf6 66. Kd2 Kf5 67. Ke3 f2 68. Kxf2 Kxf4 69. b6 $11) 64. Nd3 $5
Nxb5 65. Nc5 Nd6 66. Kc2 Kf6 67. Kc3 Ke5 68. Nd7+ Ke6 69. Nb6 Nf5 70. Kd2 Ne7
71. Na4 Kd6 72. Nb6 Nf5 73. Nc4+ Kd5 74. Nb6+ Kd6 75. Nc4+ Ke6 76. Nb6 Ne7 77.
Na4 Kd6 78. Nc3 Ke5 79. Nb5 b6 80. Na3 Nc8 81. Kc3 Kd5 82. Kb4 Nd6 83. Nc2 Nf5
84. Kc3 (84. Kb5 Nxe3 $1 85. Nxe3+ Kd4 $19) 84... Kc5 85. Kb3 b5 86. Kc3 b4+
$19 87. Nxb4 Nxe3 88. Na6+ Kd5 89. Nb4+ Ke5 90. Nc6+ Kf4 0-1

[Event "Haarlem Nova College op"]
[Site "Haarlem"]
[Date "2006.07.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "De Vreugt, Dennis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2006.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. h3
Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 Nbd7 12. cxd5 $5 (12. Bd2 Nb6 13. cxd5 exd5
14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Kb1 Kb8 16. Bc1 Bd6 17. g5 Nh5 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Nf4 20.
h4 Rhe8 21. Rhe1 Re7 22. Bxf4 Bxf4 23. d5 cxd5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Rxe1 26.
Rxe1 f6 $11 {1-0 Serper,G-Akobian,V/Bellevue 2006/CBM 114 ext (42)}) 12... Nxd5
$5 {TN} (12... exd5 13. g5 Nh5 14. Bd2 Bd6 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Kb1 Nb6 17. e4
dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nf4 19. Bxf4 Bxf4 20. h4 Kb8 21. Nc5 Ka8 $13 {1-0 Tregubov,
P-Polaczek,R/playchess.com INT 2004/PowerBook2005 (75)}) 13. e4 Nxc3 14. bxc3
e5 (14... Be7 $5) 15. O-O c5 (15... Bd6 16. f4 exd4 17. cxd4 Qb6 18. Qc4 $5 $36
) 16. Rb1 cxd4 (16... b6 17. f4 exd4 18. cxd4 cxd4 19. e5 $36) 17. cxd4 exd4
18. e5 $5 (18. Qxb7 Qxb7 19. Rxb7 Nc5 $14) 18... Nc5 (18... Nxe5 19. f4 $40)
19. Qc4 {[/\20.Rxb7;20.Qxd4]} Rc8 $5 (19... O-O-O 20. Bf4 $40) 20. Qxd4 b6 $5 {
[/\21...Be7]} (20... Be7 21. e6 $5 $36) 21. f4 $5 {[/\22.Be3,23.f5|^>>]} (21.
Rd1 Rd8 (21... Qd7 22. Qxd7+ Nxd7 23. Rb3 $36) (21... Be7 22. e6 $36) 22. Qxd8+
Qxd8 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Be3 $14 Ne6 $5 {[/\25....Bc5]}) 21... Be7 22. Be3 O-O
23. f5 $6 (23. Rbc1 $5) 23... gxf5 (23... Rfd8 $5 24. Bd5 gxf5 25. gxf5 (25.
Rxf5 Ne6 26. Qe4 Qc2 $5 $132 (26... Bc5)) 25... Nd7 $15) 24. gxf5 Rfe8 (24...
Rfd8 $5) 25. Qg4 $5 Nd3 $1 26. f6 Bf8 27. Bd5 $5 (27. fxg7 Bc5 $5 28. Bxc5
Qxc5+ $132) 27... Nxe5 28. Qg2 Qc2 $5 (28... g6 29. Rbc1 Qd7 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31.
Bf4 Rc5 $1 $132) 29. Rb2 Qxg2+ 30. Rxg2 $44 Rc3 $6 (30... Rcd8 31. Bb3 Rd3 $132
) 31. Bd4 Rd3 32. fxg7 Rxd4 $2 {Diagram [#]} 33. gxf8=Q+ $2 $138 (33. Rxf7 $3
Nxf7 (33... Rxd5 34. gxf8=Q#) (33... Bxg7 34. Rgxg7+ Kh8 35. Rh7+ Kg8 36. Rfg7+
Kf8 37. Rg8#) 34. Bxf7+ Kxf7 35. g8=Q+ $18) 33... Kxf8 34. Bb3 a5 $15 35. Rgf2
Re7 36. Rf4 Rxf4 (36... Rd3 $5 37. Kg2 b5 $15) 37. Rxf4 b5 38. h4 a4 39. Bc2
Rc7 40. Bf5 Rc4 $6 (40... Kg7 $5 $15) 41. Rxc4 Nxc4 42. Bd7 Nd6 43. Kf2 a3 (
43... Ke7 44. Bc6 a3 45. h5 Kf6 46. Ke3 $11) 44. Bc6 $1 {[/\45.Bd5]} (44. Ke3
b4 45. Ba4 Nc4+ 46. Kd4 Nd2 47. Kd3 b3 $19) 44... b4 45. Bd5 Nf5 46. h5 Ne7 (
46... Kg7 $5 47. Bc4 (47. Ke2 $2 b3 $19) 47... f6 48. Ke1 Nd4 49. Kd2 b3 50.
Kc3 b2 51. Bd3 Nf3 52. Kb3 b1=Q+ 53. Bxb1 Nd2+ 54. Kxa3 Nxb1+ 55. Kb4 $11) 47.
Bc4 Nc6 48. Ke3 Na5 49. Bd5 f5 (49... b3 50. Kd2 b2 51. Be4 $1 $11) 50. Kf4 (
50. h6 $5 b3 51. Be6 $1 f4+ 52. Kxf4 b2 53. Bf5 Nc4 (53... Nb3 54. Ke3 Nc1 55.
Bb1 $11) 54. Bd3 $11) 50... b3 51. Kxf5 $11 b2 52. Be4 Nc4 53. Bd3 Nd2 54. Ke5
Kg7 (54... b1=Q 55. Bxb1 Nxb1 56. Kd4 $11) 55. Kd4 b1=Q 56. Bxb1 Nxb1 57. Kd3
Kh6 58. Kc2 Kxh5 59. Kxb1 Kg4 60. Kc2 Kf4 61. Kb3 Ke5 62. Kxa3 Kd6 63. Kb4 Kc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Helsingor Jubilee"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "1999.10.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Hansen,SB"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1999.10.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 (5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 {Is white's
best bid for an advantage}) 5... e6 6. Nc3 Bg6 7. Qe2 Nbd7 8. O-O Ne4 9. Nd2
Ndf6 10. f3 Nxc3 (10... Nxd2 11. Bxd2 Be7 {Is completely safe, and what you
would usually expect fro a slav-player}) 11. bxc3 Be7 12. cxd5 Nxd5 $5 13. Bb2
Ba3 $5 {[%mdl 64]} 14. Ne4 $8 Bxb2 15. Qxb2 Nxe3 16. Rfe1 Nd5 17. Qxb7 O-O 18.
Qb2 Qa5 19. c4 Rab8 20. Qf2 Nf4 21. Bf1 e5 $6 22. dxe5 (22. Nc5 $1 $16) 22...
Qxe5 23. Nc5 Qf5 24. Rad1 Rbd8 25. Qe3 $36 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 h5 27. Qe7 Qc2 $6 $132
28. Rd4 Qf5 29. Qd6 $16 Ne6 30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. Qxc6 Qe5 32. Qd6 Qe3+ 33. Kh1 e5
34. Rd1 Rf6 35. Qd2 $2 (35. Qd5+ Kh7 36. Bd3 Bxd3 37. Qxd3+ Qxd3 38. Rxd3 e4
39. Re3 $16) 35... Qxd2 36. Rxd2 e4 $132 37. c5 exf3 38. gxf3 Rxf3 $11 39. Bc4+
Kh7 40. Kg1 Rc3 41. Rd4 Bf5 42. h4 g5 43. hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Harika,D"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This is my game against Wesley So in the 7th round of Corus Chess 2009. My
opponent was the top seed for the tournament and eventually won the
championship.} 1. d4 {As my opponent, in all his games so far, played either
Nimzo Indian or ... a6 Slav. It was easy for me to prepare new lines (which I
had never played before) for both the openings.} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 {
He has opted for a Slav.} 4. e3 {This was probably already quite a surprise
for my opponent, since I almost always go for the main Slav or the Anti Slav
with Nc3 and e3. After a long think, he decided to play} Bf5 {Usually, Wesley
had been going for the 4...a6 systems. So when he had chosen this line over
the board after a long think, it was clear that he didn't have much idea of
the theory from here on.} 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Bd6 {This is completely
a rare move.} ({The main line is:} 7... Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. g3) 8. g3 Nbd7 9.
O-O {converted in to main line} dxc4 {has been played in a very few games.} (
9... O-O 10. Nxg6 hxg6 {is the main continuation.}) 10. Bxc4 Nb6 11. Be2 {
Everything that happened so far was more or less known to me. But I had
already spent a considerable amount of time (as had my opponent), not being
able to remember the theory.} e5 $2 {This is too early and clearly a bad move.}
(11... O-O 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. e4 e5 14. f4 exd4 15. Qxd4 Qe7 {This position was
reached in Topalov - Kramnik, Elista 2006.}) 12. a4 {However I did not manage
to make use of my chances. My idea with a4 is to either to gain space on the
queenside with a5, or if Black plays ...a5, I want to play Qb3 at some point
and threaten Black's queenside structure.} ({The unusual} 12. f4 $1 {move is
just killing Black. To be frank, somehow I did not even consider this move.
Neither did my opponent, or he would never have played ...e5.} exf4 (12... exd4
13. exd4 {is the same}) 13. exf4 h6 (13... h5 14. Nxg6 (14. Re1 O-O 15. Nxg6
fxg6 16. Bd3 $16) 14... fxg6 15. Qc2 $16) 14. Nxg6 fxg6 15. Bd3 $16) 12... a5 (
12... exd4 13. exd4 O-O 14. Bg5 {is slightly better for White}) 13. Bf3 $6 {
This is clearly equalising.} (13. f4 $16 {is still possible.}) 13... O-O 14.
Nxg6 hxg6 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Qb3 {Continuing my plan and the position is
roughly level.} Qc7 17. e4 Rfd8 18. Be3 Bd4 {This is an interesting plan.} 19.
Nd5 cxd5 (19... Nbxd5 20. Bxd4 Nb4 21. Rad1 {is preferable for White with
active piece play.}) 20. Bxd4 Nc4 {I couldn't find the right continuation from
here as I was left with little time and 20 moves to play. So I tried to at
least equalize the position as early as possible.} 21. Bxf6 ({The best try for
White is} 21. Rfc1 Qe7 (21... Qb8 22. Rc2 dxe4 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Bxe4 Nd2 25.
Qxb7 $14) 22. exd5 Nd2 23. Qd3 Nxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Nxd5 $11) 21... gxf6 22. Rfd1 (
22. Rfc1 Qe5 23. exd5 Nd2 24. Qd3 Nxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Rxd5 26. Re1 Qf5 27. Qxf5 Rxf5
$11) (22. Qc2 Qb6 23. exd5 Rac8 $11) 22... dxe4 23. Bxe4 Nd2 24. Qe3 (24. Qxb7
Qxb7 25. Bxb7 Rab8 26. Bc6 Rxb2 $11) 24... Qd6 $6 (24... Nxe4 25. Qxe4 $11) (
24... Qe5 25. Rxd2 Rxd2 26. Qxd2 Qxe4 $11) 25. Rac1 $1 {Seizing the
oppurtunity.} Qe7 26. Rxd2 (26. Bxb7 {The last chance for White to try for a
win.} Qxb7 (26... Qxe3 27. fxe3 Rab8 28. Rc7 $14) 27. Rxd2 $14) 26... Rxd2 27.
Qxd2 Qxe4 $11 {And the game continued for few more moves.} 28. Qc2 Qb4 29. Qc3
Qxa4 30. Qxf6 Qd7 31. h4 Re8 32. h5 Qd2 33. Qc3 Qxc3 34. Rxc3 gxh5 35. Rc5 a4
36. Rxh5 Re1+ 37. Kg2 Rb1 38. Ra5 (38. Rb5 Kg7 39. Rb4 {even though it will
end with a draw, Black is the one who has to be careful.}) 38... Rxb2 39. Rxa4
b5 40. Ra6 b4 41. Rb6 Rb3 42. Kh3 Rf3 43. Kg2 Rb3 44. Kh3 Rf3 45. Kg2 {Finally
the battle ended with a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Miton, Kamil"]
[Black "Yagupov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. h3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Be2 a6
15. Kb1 c5 16. g4 cxd4 17. exd4 Nb6 18. Rc1 Rb8 19. h4 Nfd5 20. Ne4 Qa7 21. Nc5
Nd7 22. f4 O-O 23. h5 Nxc5 24. dxc5 Bxc5 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. f5 gxf5 27. gxf5
Rxf5 28. Bg4 Rbf8 29. Qh3 R8f6 30. Bxf5 Rxf5 31. Qh7+ Kf7 32. Bh6 Bd4 33. Rhg1
Ke8 34. Qg8+ Kd7 35. Rg6 Bf6 36. Rxf6 gxf6 37. Qf7+ Ne7 38. Bf8 Kd6 39. Bxe7+
Qxe7 40. Rc6+ Kxc6 41. Qxe7 {[%cal Re7e6,Re7a7,Ra7a6] [#]} Rf1+ 42. Kc2 Rf2+
43. Kc3 Rf3+ 44. Kd2 Rf2+ (44... e5 45. Qe6+ Kc5 46. Qxa6 Rf4 47. a3 $18) 45.
Ke3 Rxb2 46. Qxe6+ Kc5 (46... Kb7 47. Qe7+ Kb8 48. Qxf6 $18 {denn} Rxa2 49.
Qf8+ Kb7 50. Qf7+ {gewinnt den Turm}) 47. Qe7+ Kd5 (47... Kc6 48. Qxf6+ $18) (
47... Kc4 48. Qxf6 {[%csl Rb3,Rb4,Rc3,Rc5][%cal Rf6d4]} Rxa2 49. Qe6+ $18) 48.
Qe4+ {und derTurm ist erneut hin.} 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 73th"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "2001.12.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2001.11.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O-O Qxb3 13. axb3 a6 14. Kb1 b5
15. Rc1 Nb6 16. cxb5 cxb5 17. Na2 Rc8 18. Ba5 Nfd7 19. Rxc8+ Nxc8 20. Rc1 Ndb6
21. h3 Kd7 22. Bb4 Nd6 23. Bc5 Kc6 24. e4 Kb7 25. Nb4 Ndc8 26. Nd3 Bf6 27. exd5
Nxd5 28. f4 Nce7 29. Bf3 Nc6 30. Ne5 Nxe5 31. fxe5 Bg5 32. Rf1 Kc6 33. Bxd5+
Kxd5 34. Rxf7 {[#] Komplexes T/L-Endspiel mit Bauernschwächen beiderseits und
der Suche nach dem besten (Gegen-)Spiel.} Be3 35. b4 Rh4 36. Rxg7 $5 (36. Rd7+
$1 Ke4 (36... Kc4 37. Kc2 $18 {[%cal Rb2b3]}) 37. d5 (37. Rd6 $5) 37... exd5 (
37... Bxc5 38. bxc5 Kxe5 39. d6 $18) 38. e6 Rh8 39. Bxe3 (39. e7 Bg5) 39...
Kxe3 40. Rxd5 Re8 $132 {[%csl Rg2,Rh3][%cal Rg6g4]}) 36... Bxd4 37. Rxg6 Bxe5 {
[%csl Rb2,Rc5,Rg2][%cal Rh4e4,Re4e2,Ra6a5]} 38. Rg5 Re4 39. Bf2 $2 (39. Kc2
$142 Re1 (39... a5 40. Bf8 $1 {[%cal Rf8g7,Rb4a5]} Rc4+ 41. Kb1 $18) (39...
Re2+ 40. Kd3 Rxb2 41. Rxe5+ $18 (41. Bd4 Rb3+ 42. Kc2 Rg3 $1)) 40. h4 $14)
39... Rxb4 40. Kc1 Rc4+ (40... Rb3 $1 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Rd5e4]}) 41. Kd2 Ke4 42.
Rg4+ Kf5 43. Rxc4 bxc4 44. Kc2 Kf4 45. Be1 Bg7 46. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. c4 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Nc3 e6 8. Nh4
Be4 9. f3 Bg6 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Rc1 Be7 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. g3 O-O 14. Na4 Rab8 15.
Bb5 Rfc8 16. O-O Nd7 17. Rc2 a6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qd3 Qb7 20. Rfc1 Qb5 21. Qxb5
axb5 22. Nc3 c5 23. dxc5 Rxc5 24. Ne2 Rbc8 25. Rxc5 Rxc5 26. Rxc5 Nxc5 27. Nd4
Bf6 28. b3 Bxd4 29. exd4 Na6 30. a4 bxa4 31. bxa4 {[#] Läufer mit Mehrbauer} f6
32. f4 Kf7 33. Kf2 Ke8 34. Ke3 Kd7 35. g4 Kc6 36. h4 Kd7 37. Bc3 Kc6 38. Bd2
Kd7 39. Bc3 Kc6 40. Kd2 Kb6 41. Ke2 Nb8 42. Bb4 Nd7 43. g5 Ka6 44. Kf3 Kb6 45.
Kg4 Kc6 (45... f5+ 46. Kg3 Ka6 47. h5 gxh5 48. g6 Nf6 49. Kh4 Kb7 50. Bf8 Ne8
51. Kxh5 Ka6 52. Bxg7 Nxg7+ 53. Kh6 Ne8 54. g7 Nxg7 55. Kxg7 e5 56. dxe5 d4 57.
e6 d3 58. e7 d2 59. e8=Q d1=Q 60. Qb5+ Ka7 61. Qxf5 $18) 46. h5 gxh5+ 47. Kxh5
e5 48. dxe5 fxe5 49. f5 d4 50. Kg4 (50. f6 Nxf6+ $11) 50... Kd5 51. a5 Kc6 52.
Kf3 Kd5 53. a6 Kc6 54. Ba5 $18 {entscheidende Sperre} Nc5 55. f6 gxf6 56. gxf6
Nd7 57. f7 Nf8 58. Ke4 Nd7 59. Bd8 Nf8 60. Kxe5 d3 61. Ba5 Nd7+ 62. Kd4 d2 63.
Bxd2 Kb6 64. Kd5 Kxa6 65. Kd6 Nf8 66. Bh6 Nh7 67. Ke6 Kb7 68. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Villamayor, Buenaventura"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2001.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Bb4 9. Bd2 a5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nb6 12. c5 Nc4 13. Rfb1 Rb8 14. Be1 Ne4
15. Nd2 Nexd2 16. Bxd2 b6 17. e4 bxc5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Bg5 Rxb1+ 20. Rxb1 Qc7
21. a4 cxd4 22. cxd4 O-O 23. g3 Rb8 24. Bf4 Rxb1+ 25. Qxb1 Qa7 26. Qb5 h6 27.
Be3 Qe7 28. Bf4 Qf6 29. h4 Qxd4 30. Qe8+ Kh7 31. Qxf7 Qe4 32. h5 d4 33. f3 Qf5
34. Qxf5+ exf5 {[#] Springer mit Mehrbauer} 35. Kf2 d3 36. g4 Kg8 37. Bb8 Kf7
38. Ba7 Ke6 39. Bd4 Ne5 40. gxf5+ Kxf5 41. Bc3 Nc4 42. Bxg7 Kg5 43. Bf8 Kxh5
44. Be7 Kg6 45. Bd8 Kf5 46. Bh4 h5 47. Bd8 Ke5 48. Be7 d2 49. Ke2 Kf4 50. Bh4
Ne5 51. Bd8 Nxf3 52. Bc7+ Kf5 53. Bxa5 h4 54. Bxd2 Nxd2 55. a5 h3 56. Kf2 Kf4 (
56... Kf4 57. a6 Ne4+ 58. Kg1 Kg3 59. a7 h2+ $19) 0-1

[Event "CUB-ch"]
[Site "Las Tunas"]
[Date "2001.04.15"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gomez Fontal, Felix Manuel"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2001.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Bd2 Nc6 8.
Bb5 e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bb4 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nbd2 Nd7 14. Rfc1
Rfc8 15. Rc3 Rcb8 16. Qa4 Rxb2 17. Qxc6 Qxc6 18. Rxc6 Nb6 19. Rc7 a5 20. a3 Rc8
21. Rxc8+ Nxc8 22. Rc1 Nb6 23. h3 h6 24. g4 Bc2 25. Ne5 f6 26. Nef3 Ra2 27. Ne1
Bg6 28. Nef3 Bc2 29. Ne1 Bg6 30. Nef3 Rxa3 31. Rc6 Nc4 32. Nxc4 dxc4 33. Rxc4
a4 34. Rc8+ Kh7 {[#] Unaufhaltsamer a-Bauer i.V. mit dem starken Läufer, den
der fast unbewegliche Springer nicht neutralisieren kann.} 35. d5 (35. Rc1 Ra2
36. Kg2 a3 37. h4 Rb2 38. h5 Be4 39. Rc3 a2 40. Ra3 Bd5 41. Kg3 Rb1 42. e4 Rb3
43. Rxa2 Bxe4 $19) 35... Ra1+ 36. Kh2 exd5 37. Nd4 a3 38. Ra8 a2 39. Nf5 (39.
Ra3 Be4 40. f3 Bd3 41. Rxd3 Rb1 42. Ra3 a1=Q 43. Rxa1 Rxa1 $19) 39... d4 $1 (
39... d4 40. exd4 (40. Nxd4 Be4 $19) 40... Bf7 41. Nd6 Bd5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rotstein, Arkadij"]
[Black "Prie, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Bd2 e6 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bb4 O-O 11. Bxc6 Bxb4 12. Qxb4 Qxc6 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Nc3
Rfc8 15. a4 Ne8 16. Rac1 a5 17. Qa3 Qd6 18. g4 Qxa3 19. bxa3 Bg6 20. f4 f6 21.
Nd7 Rc6 22. f5 Rac8 23. Nc5 b6 24. Nb5 bxc5 25. Na7 exf5 26. gxf5 Bh5 27. Nxc6
Rxc6 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. dxc5 Kf8 30. Rb1 Ke7 31. Rb7+ Kd8 32. Ra7 Nc7 33. c6 Be8
34. Rxa5 Bxc6 35. Kf2 Bd7 36. e4 dxe4 37. Rc5 g6 38. fxg6 hxg6 39. Ke3 f5 40.
a5 Bb5 (40... Bc8 41. h4 Ne6 42. Rb5 Kc7 43. Rb6 Bd7 44. Rb1 Bc6 45. a6 f4+ 46.
Kd2 e3+ 47. Ke2 Nd4+ 48. Kd3 Nf3 49. a7 Ne5+ 50. Ke2 Bf3+ 51. Kf1 Nd3 $19) 41.
h4 Bd7 42. Rc1 Ne6 43. a6 Bc8 44. Rc6 Kd7 45. Rb6 f4+ 46. Kxe4 Kc7 47. Rb1 Bxa6
48. Rg1 Nc5+ 49. Kxf4 Bd3 50. Kf3 Bf5 51. h5 Ne6 (51... gxh5 52. Rg5 Bg4+ $10)
52. hxg6 Ng7 53. Kf4 Kd6 54. Kg5 Ke5 55. Re1+ Be4 56. Kh6 Nf5+ 57. Kg5 Ng7 58.
a4 Kd4 59. a5 Ne6+ 60. Kf6 Nf4 61. Rxe4+ 1-0

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lafuente, Pablo"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Ngf6 8.
O-O Bb4 9. Bd2 a5 10. a3 Be7 11. e4 Nc5 12. dxc5 dxe4 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. Nxe4
Nxe4 15. Bxa5 Ra8 16. Bb4 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Rad1 Ke7 19. Rd2 Rhd8 20. Rfd1
Rxd2 21. Rxd2 {[#] Passive white pieces against active black ones. [#] Passive
weiße gegen aktive schwarze Figuren.} f6 22. Kf1 (22. b4 Rxa3 $1) 22... e5 23.
Ke2 Nb3 24. Rd1 Ra4 25. Kd3 Nc5+ 26. Kc3 Ne4+ 27. Kb3 Ra8 28. Rf1 Rd8 29. Kc2
g5 30. h3 h5 31. Kc1 $2 {gives away too much space and the entry square d3.
Gibt zuviel Raum und das Einbruchsfeld d3 auf.} (31. g4 $142) 31... Ke6 32. Ng1
(32. g4 Rd3 $19) 32... Rd4 $19 33. Ne2 Rxc4+ {A passed pawn, more space and
better piece coordination. Mehrbauer bei mehr Raum und besserer
Figurenkoordination.} 34. Kd1 Rc5 35. f3 Nd6 36. Rf2 Nc4 37. Ng3 Rd5+ 38. Kc1
Ne3 39. Kb1 Rd1+ 40. Ka2 Rg1 41. Ne4 Rxg2 42. Nc5+ Kd5 43. Rxg2 Nxg2 44. Nxb7
Ne1 45. a4 Nxf3 46. a5 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Paris Grand Prix du Senat 2nd"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2001.04.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2001.05.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Bd6 12. h3 O-O-O 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Kb1
Kb8 15. Rc1 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Nb6 17. Bb3 e5 18. Ne2 Qe7 19. Rhd1 e4 20. Rf1 Nbd5
21. f4 Rc8 22. Ka1 c5 23. Qc4 a6 24. Qa4 Ka7 25. dxc5 Bxc5 26. Nd4 Rhd8 27.
Rfd1 Bb6 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Ba5 Rd8 30. Nc2 Nc3 31. Bxb6+ Kxb6 32. bxc3 Rxd1+
33. Kb2 Rd2 34. g4 Nd7 35. Qc4 Nc5 36. Kc1 Qd6 37. Nd4 Rh2 38. Bc2 Nd3+ 39.
Bxd3 Qa3+ 40. Kd1 exd3 41. Nb3 Qd6 42. Nd4 Ka7 43. Qxf7 Qb6 44. Qb3 Qxb3+ 45.
axb3 {[#] Technik und Taktik bei vielen Bauern} Kb6 46. g5 a5 47. e4 Kc5 48.
Ne6+ Kd6 49. Nd4 a4 50. bxa4 Kc5 51. Nf3 Rxh3 52. Ne5 Re3 53. Kd2 Rxe4 54. Nxg6
Rxa4 55. Kxd3 b5 56. f5 Rg4 57. Nf8 Kd6 58. Ne6 g6 59. Nd4 gxf5 60. Nxf5+ Kc5
61. Ng7 (61. Ne3 $142 Rxg5 62. Ke4 Kb6 63. Kd4 Ka5 64. Nd5 Ka4 65. Nb6+ Kb3 66.
Nd7 {überzeugt mich noch nicht für Schwarz}) 61... Rg3+ 62. Ke4 Kc4 63. Kf5
Kxc3 64. Ne6 b4 65. Nc5 Rg2 66. Ne4+ Kd4 67. Nd6 Kd5 68. Ne4 b3 69. g6 b2 70.
Nc3+ Kc4 71. Nb1 Rg1 72. Nd2+ Kd3 0-1

[Event "Mitropa Cup 21st"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2002.05.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2002.05.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Qd3
Nbd7 9. g3 dxc4 10. Qxc4 e5 11. Bg2 Nb6 12. Qe2 exd4 13. exd4+ Be7 14. O-O O-O
15. Bf4 Re8 16. Be5 Nfd5 17. Be4 Bb4 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qf3 Bd6 20. Rfe1 Bxe5
21. Bxd5 Bf6 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Bc4 Bxd4 24. Qg4 Rd8 25. Qxg6 b5 26. Bb3 Bxf2+
27. Kg2 Rd2 28. Rf1 Bd4+ 29. Kh3 Rxh2+ 30. Kg4 Bf2 31. Qf5 Qe2+ 32. Qf3 Qxf3+
33. Kxf3 Bd4 34. Ke4 Rf2 35. Rxf2 Bxf2 36. g4 Kf8 37. a4 a6 38. axb5 axb5 39.
Bd1 {zwei schwarze Mehrbauern auf zwei verschiedenen Flügeln- und Schwarz
gewinnt dennoch nicht....} Ke7 40. b3 Kd6 41. Bf3 Bh4 42. Kd3 Be7 43. Ke4 Bf6
44. Be2 Ba1 45. Bf3 Bb2 46. Be2 g6 47. Bf3 Ba1 48. Kf4 Bf6 49. Be4 Bd8 50. Bf3
c5 51. Be2 c4 52. bxc4 b4 53. Bd1 Kc5 54. Bb3 Kd4 55. c5 g5+ (55... f6 56. c6
Bc7+ 57. Kf3 f5 (57... Kc3 58. Bf7 g5 59. Ke2 b3 60. Kd1 Kb2 61. Be6 Bf4 62.
Bf7 Ka3 63. Be6 b2 64. Kc2 $11) 58. g5 Kc5 59. Bf7 Kxc6 60. Bxg6 f4 61. Bf7 Be5
62. g6 Kc5 63. g7 Bxg7 64. Kxf4 $11) 56. Kf3 f5 57. gxf5 Kxc5 58. Ke4 Kd6 59.
Bd1 Ke7 60. Ke5 Bc7+ 61. Kd5 Kf6 (61... Kf6 62. Kc5 Ba5 63. Kb5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "1992.12.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Nc3 e6 8. Bd2
Nc6 9. Bb5 Bd6 10. Rc1 Rb8 $1 (10... O-O $4 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nb5 $18) 11. Nh4
Be4 (11... Bg6 $5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. h3 g5 14. e4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxg5
$13) 12. f3 (12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bb4 O-O 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 $10) 12... Bg6 13. Nxg6
hxg6 14. f4 a6 15. Bd3 (15. Be2 $5 g5 16. fxg5 Bxh2 17. Rxh2 Qxh2 18. gxf6 Qxg2
19. Kd1 Rh1+ 20. Kc2 Qg6+ 21. Bd3 Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 Qxf6 $13) 15... g5 $1 $146 (
15... Nd7 16. Qd1 {Gurevich,M-Anand,V, Reggio Emilia 1991, 53/357} g5 $140 17.
fxg5 Bxh2 18. Qf3 $13) 16. fxg5 $6 (16. Ne2 gxf4 17. exf4 b5 {/\ Qb6}) 16...
Ng4 17. g6 (17. h3 $2 Be7 $1 18. Ne2 (18. Ke2 Qg3 19. Rcg1 Bxg5 $17) 18... Bxg5
19. Bxa6 $2 Bh4+ (19... bxa6 20. Rxc6 $13) 20. Kf1 Nf2 21. Rg1 Ne4 $1 22. Be1
Bxe1 $19) (17. Ke2 Bxh2 18. Nxd5 $5 exd5 (18... Qg3 $5 19. Nf4 Qf2+ (19... Qxf4
$2 20. exf4 Nxd4+ 21. Kf1 Nxb3 22. axb3 Rd8 23. Ke2 Nf2 24. Kxf2 Rxd3 25. Rc8+
Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Kxd8 27. Kf3 {/\ g3 +-}) 20. Kd1 Nxe3+ 21. Bxe3 Qxe3 22. Nxe6 $1
Qxe6 23. Re1 Qxe1+ 24. Kxe1 Bg3+ 25. Kd2 Bf4+ 26. Kc3 Bxc1 27. g6 $13) 19. Qxd5
Ne7 $1 20. Qe4 Qd7 21. Bb4 Qe6 $13) 17... Bxh2 (17... f5 $6 18. h3 (18. Nxd5 $5
exd5 19. Qxd5 Nf6 20. Qxf5 $13) 18... Be7 19. Ne2 Bh4+ 20. Kf1 Nf2 21. Rg1 Nxd3
22. Qxd3 $14) 18. gxf7+ Qxf7 $6 (18... Kd7 $1 19. Rf1 (19. Kf1 Qg3 20. Nd1 Rh6
$1 21. Bf5 Rf6 22. Qxd5+ Ke7 $19) 19... Qg3+ 20. Kd1 Nf2+ 21. Rxf2 (21. Kc2 $2
Nxd4+ $19) 21... Qxf2 $17) 19. Rf1 Nf2 $1 (19... Qh5 $2 20. Rf3 Bg3+ {Boensch}
21. Rxg3 Qh4 22. Ne4 $1 $16 (22. Ne2 Qh1+ $19)) (19... Bg3+ $2 20. Kd1 (20. Ke2
$2 Nf2 $19) 20... Nf2+ 21. Kc2 Rh2 22. Ne2 $13) 20. Nd1 $8 (20. Rxf2 $2 Bg3 21.
Nd1 O-O $19) (20. Ne2 $2 O-O 21. Nf4 Nxd3+ (21... Bxf4 22. exf4 Nxd4 23. Qc3
Nxd3+ 24. Qxd3 Nc6 $17) 22. Qxd3 g5 23. Qg6+ Qxg6 24. Nxg6 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Kf7
26. Ne5+ Nxe5 $17) 20... Nxd3+ 21. Qxd3 Bg3+ (21... Qh5 22. Rf3 Kd7 {Boensch})
22. Ke2 Qh5+ 23. Rf3 Ne7 (23... e5 $2 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Qf5 Qxf5 (25... Nxf3 $4
26. Qe6+ Kd8 27. Ba5+ $18) 26. Rxf5 $14) (23... Rf8 24. Nf2 Bxf2 25. Kxf2 Kd7
$15 {Boensch}) 24. Nc3 $1 (24. Nf2 Bxf2 25. Kxf2 Qh4+ $15) 24... Nf5 $6 (24...
Qh2 25. Rcf1 Qxg2+ 26. Kd1 Rh1 27. e4 $1 $44 {Boensch} e5) (24... Ng6 $2 25.
Rh1 Nh4 26. Rh3) 25. Nxd5 O-O $2 (25... Nh4 $1 26. Qe4 Rh6 $1 27. Rc5 (27. Rh1
Qg5 28. Rxh4 Qxh4 29. Qxh4 Bxh4) 27... g5 28. Nc7+ $40) (25... Rf8 $2 26. Qe4)
(25... Qh2 $6 26. Qe4 Qxg2+ 27. Kd3 Rh6 28. Nc7+ $40) 26. e4 $1 $16 exd5 (26...
Nh4 $2 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Rh1 $16) 27. exf5 Rbe8+ 28. Kd1 Bd6 29. Kc2 Re4 30.
Rcf1 $2 (30. Re1 $1 Qg4 (30... Rxe1 31. Bxe1 Qg4 32. Qe2 $1 $16) 31. Rxe4 dxe4
32. Qc4+ Rf7 $13 33. Rf2 Bg3 $140 34. Qe2 Qxe2 35. Rxe2 Rxf5 36. Rxe4 Kf7 (
36... Rf2 37. Kd3 Rxg2 38. Rg4 $1 $16) 37. Kd3 $16) 30... Qg4 31. Bc3 (31. f6
Rxd4 $13) (31. Be3 Qxg2+ 32. R1f2 Qh1 $1) 31... Qxg2+ $13 32. R1f2 Qg5 {/\ Bf4}
33. Qf1 Rf6 34. Kb1 (34. Kb3 Re3 $1 $13) 34... Qg4 $2 (34... Rg4 $1 35. Bd2 Qh5
$13) 35. a3 Qh5 36. Ka2 Qe8 37. Bd2 Qa4 38. Qh1 $1 Qc4+ $2 (38... Qxd4 39. Rh3
$1 (39. Bc3 $2 Qc4+ 40. b3 Re2+ 41. Ka1 Qe4 42. Rxe2 (42. Bxf6 Be5+ $19) 42...
Qxe2 43. Bxf6 $2 gxf6 $17) 39... Bxa3 $140 40. Rh8+ Kf7 41. Qh5+ Ke7 42. Qe8+
Kd6 43. Qb8+ Kc6 44. Rc8+ Kb6 45. Qc7+ Ka7 46. Be3 $3 Rxe3 47. Qd8 $1 $18) 39.
Ka1 Rxd4 40. Rh3 $16 (40. Bc3 $2 Rh4) 40... Kf7 41. Rh8 Ke7 42. Qh5 Qc6 (42...
Qb5 43. Bc3 $16) 43. Rg2 $18 Be5 44. Rxg7+ Kd6 45. Rd8+ Kc5 46. Be3 Kb5 47.
Qe2+ $1 Qc4 48. Rxd5+ 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Ne5
Nc6 $2 (7... Nbd7 $2 8. g4 $1 Bg6 9. h4 $16) (7... Nfd7 $1 8. g4 Bg6 9. Nxg6
hxg6 $13 {Vadasz,I-Meduna,E/Trnava/1981}) 8. g4 $1 Bg6 (8... Nxe5 $2 9. dxe5 (
9. gxf5 Nc6 10. fxe6 fxe6 11. Bh3 $14) 9... Bxg4 (9... Nxg4 10. Qa4+ Ke7 11.
Qb4+ $18) 10. exf6 $1 Bxd1 11. Bb5+ $18) (8... Be4 9. f3 Bg6 10. h4) 9. h4 $16
h5 (9... Bb4 $2 10. h5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Be4 12. f3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Nxg4 14. Bb5+
Kf8 15. fxe4 $16) (9... h6 10. Nxg6 fxg6 11. Bd3 Kf7 12. f4 $1 $16) 10. Nxg6
fxg6 11. g5 Ng8 12. Bh3 Qd7 13. e4 Bb4 (13... Nge7 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. O-O Nce7
16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Re1 Nf5 18. Re5 Qd7 19. d5 $18) (13... dxe4 $2 {Ftacnik} 14.
d5 $1) 14. O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nge7 (15... dxe4 16. Re1 Qd5 17. f3) 16. exd5 Qxd5
17. Re1 Nf5 (17... Nd8 {Ftacnik} 18. Ba3 $1 $16) 18. Bg2 Qc4 (18... Qd7 19. d5
Nd8 20. Qb3 Kf7 21. dxe6+ Nxe6 22. Rxe6 $18) 19. d5 Nce7 (19... O-O-O {Ftacnik}
20. Rxe6 $16) (19... Qxc3 $2 {Ftacnik} 20. Bd2 $18) 20. Rxe6 O-O 21. Qb3 Rac8
$2 (21... Qxb3 22. axb3 Rfd8 23. c4 Kf7 24. Re4 $16) (21... Qxh4 {Ftacnik} 22.
d6 $18) 22. Qxc4 Rxc4 23. Rxe7 $18 Nxe7 24. d6 Ra4 (24... Nf5 {Ftacnik} 25.
Bd5+ $18) 25. dxe7 Re8 26. Bd5+ Kh7 27. Ba3 $1 (27. Ba3 Rxa3 28. Re1 Rxc3 29.
Bf7 Rcc8 30. Re6 b5 31. Bxg6+ Kg8 32. Bxe8 Rxe8 33. g6 a5 34. Rd6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Brenninkmeijer, Joris"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Bd2 e6 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. Bb4 Bd6 {TN} 10. Qa3 Ke7 11. Bxd6+ Qxd6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Ne5 c5
14. Nc3 (14. Qxc5 Qxc5 15. dxc5 Rhc8 16. c6 (16. b4 a5 $17) 16... Ng4 17. Nxg4
Bxg4 18. Nc3 Rxc6 $10) 14... Rhc8 15. Rc1 cxd4 16. Qxd6+ Kxd6 17. exd4 Ke7 $15
18. Kd2 h5 19. f3 Ne8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.09.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Hertneck} d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7.
Bd2 Nc6 8. Bb5 e6 9. Bb4 Bxb4+ 10. Qxb4 Qe7 11. Qxe7+ Kxe7 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13.
Nc3 Rhc8 14. Na4 Nd7 (14... Be4 15. Rc1 Bxf3 16. gxf3 {1/2 Vaganjan,R-Dolmatov,
S [SSSR ch 1989] i48(497) but white could improve with 15.Ke2, 16.Rc3 +/=}) 15.
Rc1 Kd6 16. Ke2 Bg4 (16... c5 17. dxc5+ Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Rxc5 19. Rxc5 Kxc5 20.
Nd4 Bg6 21. f4 Kb6 22. Rc1 Kb7 $1 {/\ Rc8 =}) 17. Rc3 e5 18. dxe5+ Nxe5 19. h3
Bxf3+ 20. gxf3 c5 21. Rd1 $1 $14 c4 22. b3 Ke6 23. bxc4 dxc4 24. Rd4 Rab8 25.
Rc2 Rb4 26. Nb2 Rcb8 27. Nd1 Rc8 {g5 !?} 28. Nb2 Rcb8 29. Nd1 Rc8 30. f4 Nd3
31. Kd2 $1 {/\ Rxd3} Rbb8 32. Rcxc4 Rxc4 33. Rxc4 Nb2 34. Rc6+ Kd5 35. Rc7 Nxd1
36. Kxd1 Rb2 37. Rxa7 Rxf2 38. Rxf7 Ke4 39. Rxg7 Kxe3 40. a4 Ra2 41. Ra7 Kxf4
42. Rxh7 Ke3 43. Re7+ Kd3 44. Ke1 Rxa4 45. Kf2 Kd4 46. h4 Kd5 47. Kg3 Kd6 48.
Re1 Ra7 49. h5 Re7 50. Rf1 Ke6 51. Kh4 Rf7 52. Rg1 Rf2 {2.34-2.14} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Bd2 Nc6 8.
Bb5 e6 9. Bb4 Bxb4+ {The latest fashion is 9...Bd6 10.Qa3 Ke7!, but I suppose
Lautier has examined the old mainline with his team mate U. Andersson} 10. Qxb4
Qe7 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. Nc3 Rhc8 14. Na4 Be4 $1 (14... Nd7 15.
Rc1 Rab8 $6 (15... Be4) 16. b3 $6 (16. Nh4) 16... Rb5 $6 17. Nh4 {+/=/+/-
Paehtz-Dreev, Berlin op 1991}) 15. Ke2 (15. Rc1 $6 Bxf3 16. gxf3 $10 {similar
to Vaganian-Dolmatov, URS-ch 1989 1/2 (with Nd7 and Rh8)}) 15... Nd7 16. Rhc1
Bxf3+ $1 {Obviously black should get rid of his bad bishop in time} 17. Kxf3
Kd6 18. Rc3 Rab8 19. b3 f6 $1 {The structure after 19...e5?! 20.de5 Ne5 was
favourable for white in Andersson-Timman, Tilburg 1990 (in a slightly
different position). The idea ...f6 was introduced by Bareev in his game
against Salov, Dortmund 92} 20. Rac1 e5 $10 {With a series of accurate moves
black has gained full equality - maybe the first time in this line!} 21. Ke2
Rb4 22. Kd3 a5 23. a3 Rb5 24. Ke2 Rc7 25. R1c2 Rb8 26. Kd2 Rb5 27. Rc1 Rbb7 28.
R1c2 Rb8 29. Kc1 Rb5 30. Kb2 Rc8 31. Ka2 Rc7 32. Nb2 exd4 33. exd4 Nf8 $1 34.
Na4 Ne6 35. Rd2 Rcb7 36. Re3 Rb8 37. g3 R5b7 38. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1993.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. h3
Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 (10. g5 Nfd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bg2 $14 {
Nenashev,A-Kalinichev,S/Novosibirsk/1989}) 10... hxg6 11. g5 Ng8 12. cxd5 exd5
(12... cxd5 $142) 13. e4 dxe4 14. d5 $1 Nd7 (14... f5 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Bc4 Ne7
17. Bf7+ $40) 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Nxe4 Qe5 17. Bg2 Rh4 (17... f5 18. gxf6 Ngxf6
19. Qb7 $1 $16) 18. f4 Qd4 19. Be3 Qb4+ 20. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 21. Kf2 Ne7 22. a3 Ba5
23. Nd6+ Kf8 24. Rhd1 $2 (24. Rac1 Nd5 25. Rhd1 $1 $16) 24... Bb6 $132 25. Bxb6
Nxb6 26. Kg3 Rh8 27. Rac1 Rd8 28. Be4 (28. Bxc6 $4 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 Nf5+ $19)
28... Nbd5 29. Nc4 Re8 30. Rd3 f6 31. gxf6 gxf6 32. b4 Nxf4 $1 $10 33. Kxf4
Rh4+ 34. Kf3 f5 35. Bxf5 Nxf5 36. Kg2 Re2+ 37. Kf1 Rh2 38. Kg1 R2xh3 39. Rxh3
Rxh3 40. Ne5 Rxa3 41. Rxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Costa, Jean Luc"]
[Black "Thorsteins, Karl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1993.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Bd2 Nc6 8.
Bb5 e6 9. Bb4 Bxb4+ 10. Qxb4 Nd7 $146 11. Qa3 a6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Nc3 $2 (13.
Bxc6 $142 $13) 13... Qa5 $1 (13... axb5 $2 14. Nxb5 Qa5 15. Nd6+ $18) (13...
Qb6 14. Ba4 $14) 14. Bxc6 (14. Qxa5 Nxa5 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Rfc1 f6 $15) 14...
Qxa3 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Ne5+ Ke7 $1 (16... Ke8 $2 17. bxa3 Rxc3 18. Rfc1 Rxc1+
19. Rxc1 $16) 17. Nxd5+ exd5 18. bxa3 f6 $1 19. Nf3 (19. g4 $4 Be4 20. f3 Bc2
$18) 19... Rc3 $15 20. h3 Rhc8 21. a4 Ra3 22. g4 Bd3 23. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1
Kd6 25. Rc8 Rxa4 26. Rd8+ Kc7 27. Rg8 Rxa2 28. Rxg7+ Kb8 29. h4 a5 30. g5 fxg5
31. Ne5 Bf5 32. hxg5 a4 33. Rf7 Bg6 34. Rd7 a3 35. Rxd5 Ra1+ 36. Kh2 Rh1+ 37.
Kg3 a2 38. Nd7+ Kc7 0-1

[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Nc3 e6 8. Bd2
Nc6 9. Rc1 $5 (9. Bb5 Bd6 $1 10. Rc1 Rb8 $1 $13 {Gurevich,M-Anand,V, Reggio
Emilia, 43/357}) 9... a6 10. Ne5 (10. Na4 $5) 10... Bd6 11. Nxc6 (11. f4 $5)
11... bxc6 12. Na4 O-O 13. Bb4 $2 (13. Qc3 $13) 13... Bxb4+ 14. Qxb4 Rfb8 15.
Qa3 (15. Qc3 $2 Ne4 16. Qxc6 Qa5+ 17. Nc3 Rc8 $19) 15... Qa5+ 16. Nc3 Qxa3 17.
bxa3 Rb2 $17 18. f3 Nd7 19. Be2 h6 20. O-O c5 21. dxc5 Nxc5 22. Rf2 Bd3 23. Bf1
Rab8 24. Rxb2 Rxb2 25. Na4 Nxa4 26. Rc8+ Kh7 27. Bxd3+ g6 28. Bxa6 Kg7 29. Rc7
Kf8 30. Rc8+ Ke7 31. Rc7+ Kf8 32. Rc8+ Kg7 33. Rc7 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Bd2
Nc6 9. Ne5 $5 (9. Bb5 Bd6 10. Rc1 Rb8 $1) (9. Rc1) 9... Be7 (9... Nxe5 10. dxe5
Nd7 11. Rc1 $36) 10. Nb5 Qb6 11. a4 O-O (11... a6 $4 12. Nd6+) 12. a5 Qd8 13.
a6 $146 (13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Bc3 a6 17. Na3 Qc7 $17 {
Borges Mateos,J-Chernin,A/Polanica Zdroj/1988}) 13... Qb6 14. Nxc6 (14. axb7
Qxb7 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Rxa7 $6 Rxa7 $1 (16... Rfb8 17. f3 $1 Rxa7 18. Nxa7 Qa8
19. Nb5 $13) 17. Nxa7 Qa8 (17... Qd7 18. Nb5 Ra8 19. Na3 Ne4 $44) 18. Qa4 Ne4
$1 $36) 14... bxc6 (14... Qxc6 15. Rc1 $5 Qb6 16. axb7 (16. Rc7 bxa6 17. Rxe7
axb5 18. Qxb5 Qxb5 19. Bxb5 Rab8 $15) 16... Rab8 $13) 15. Ba5 Qb8 16. Bc7 Qc8
17. Bd6 Qd8 (17... Re8 $6 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Qa3 $1 Rd7 20. Nd6 $16 {/\ Nb7})
18. Qa3 Bxd6 19. Nxd6 Ne4 $1 $15 20. Nxf5 (20. Nxe4) (20. Nb7 Qh4 $132) 20...
exf5 21. Bd3 Rb8 22. Bc2 (22. O-O $2 Nd2 {/\ Rb3} (22... Nd2 23. Rfd1 Rb3 24.
Qc5 Rxd3 25. Qc2 Nf3+ 26. gxf3 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Qb6 $13)) 22... Re8 23. O-O Re6
$1 $36 24. f3 (24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. f4 $10) 24... Nd6 $17 25. Rfe1 g6 26. Qc3 Qb6
27. Bd3 Nb5 28. Qb4 (28. Bxb5 Qxb5 29. Ra2 Rb6 $15) 28... f4 29. e4 (29. Bxb5
fxe3 30. Ra3 Qxb5 31. Qxb5 Rxb5 32. Raxe3 Rxe3 33. Rxe3 Kf8 $1 $17) 29... Nxd4
30. Qxb6 Rxb6 31. exd5 cxd5 $19 32. Reb1 Nb3 33. Ra2 Rec6 34. Bf1 Kf8 35. Rd1
Rc5 36. Ra4 g5 37. h4 h6 38. Kh2 Ke7 39. Kh3 f5 40. Re1+ Re6 41. Rxe6+ Kxe6 42.
g4 (42. Rb4 Rc1 $1 43. Rxb3 Rxf1 44. Kh2 Ra1 $19) 42... fxg3 43. Kxg3 Rc1 44.
Be2 Ke5 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Ra3 (46. Rb4 Nd4 47. Bd3 Rd1 48. Bb5 Nxb5 49. Rxb5
Ra1) 46... Nd4 47. Re3+ Kd6 48. Re8 Re1 (48... Nxe2+ 49. Rxe2 Ra1 50. Rh2 $1
$132) 49. Rd8+ Ke7 50. Rxd5 (50. Ra8 Rxe2 51. Rxa7+ Kd6 52. Ra8 Nc6 53. a7 Nxa7
54. Rxa7 Rxb2 55. Rg7 f4+ 56. Kh3 (56. Kg4 Rg2+ 57. Kf5 Rg3) 56... Rf2) 50...
Nxe2+ 51. Kf2 Nf4 52. Rb5 (52. Rxf5 Re2+ 53. Kf1 Rxb2 54. Rxg5 Rb1+ 55. Kf2
Nh3+) 52... Re2+ 53. Kf1 Rd2 54. b4 Ke6 55. Rb8 Rd7 56. b5 Nd5 57. Rg8 Kd6 58.
Rxg5 Rf7 59. Rg8 Kc5 60. Rb8 Nb6 0-1

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Bd2 e6 8. Na3
$5 (8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. Bb4 Bd6 $1 $10) 8... Nc6 9. Rc1 a6 $146 (9... Ne4 10. Bb5
Nxd2 11. Nxd2 Rc8 12. O-O $14 {Reshevsky,S-Capablanca,J, Baden 1937}) 10. Qa4
$1 Be7 $1 (10... Rc8 $2 11. Ne5 $16) (10... Bxa3 $6 11. Qxa3 Qe7 12. Bb5 Qxa3
13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. bxa3 $14) 11. Bb5 (11. Ne5 O-O 12. Nxc6 bxc6 {/\ Rfb8~/=
><b2, פa3}) 11... O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Ne5 (13. Qxc6 Qxc6 14. Rxc6 Rfb8 $44)
(13. Rxc6 Qb7 $44) 13... c5 $13 14. O-O Rfc8 15. f3 Qb7 16. Bc3 Bd6 17. Nb1 Qb5
18. Qd1 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. f4 f6 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Nc3 Qb7
24. g4 Bg6 25. f5 Bf7 26. fxe6 Bxe6 27. Rf2 Qf7 28. Rg2 Be5 29. Qf3 Rc4 30. Ne2
Qg6 31. h3 Qb1+ 32. Qf1 Qd3 33. Rf2 Bxd4 34. exd4 h5 35. Nf4 Qe3 36. Kh2 Rxd4
37. Nxh5 Bf7 38. Ng3 Bg6 39. Re2 Rd2 40. Rxd2 Qxd2+ 41. Qe2 Qd4 42. h4 Kh7 43.
Kh3 a5 44. b3 Qc3 45. h5 Be4 46. Kh4 Bb1 47. Qd1 Bxa2 48. Qxd5 Bxb3 49. Qe4+
Kh8 50. Qe8+ Bg8 51. h6 gxh6 52. Qf8 Qc7 53. Qxf6+ Qg7 54. Qd6 Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1992.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Bd6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 O-O 12. Bg5 (12. Bd2 {/\ Bc3}) 12...
Be7 13. Bf4 Nf6 14. Qe2 c5 15. Rfd1 $14 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Qb6 17. Rd3 Rfd8 18. Rad1
Rac8 19. b3 a6 20. h3 Bc5 21. Be3 Rd7 22. Nc2 Rcd8 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Rxd7 Nxd7
25. b4 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Qc6 27. Qd3 h6 28. c5 Nf6 29. Ne3 Nd5 30. Nxd5 exd5 31. a3
a5 32. g3 axb4 33. axb4 h5 34. h4 g6 35. Qd4 Kf8 36. Kg2 Ke7 37. Kf3 Kd7 38.
Kf4 Qe6 39. b5 f6 40. Kf3 Kc7 41. Qa4 Kd7 42. Qd4 Kc7 43. Kg2 Kd7 44. Kf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Bd2 e6 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. Bb4 Bd6 $1 10. Qa3 Ne4 $146 (10... Ke7 11. Bxd6+ (11. Bxc6 bxc6 12.
Nc3 Nd7 $1 13. Rc1 Rab8 14. Bxd6+ Qxd6 15. Qxd6+ Kxd6 16. Na4 Rhc8 17. b3 c5
18. dxc5+ Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Rxc5 20. Rxc5 Kxc5 21. Nd4 $1 $10 {Mohr,S-Hertneck,G,
Bundesliga 1992}) 11... Qxd6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Ne5 c5 $1 14. Nc3 Rhc8 $13 {
Brenninkmeijer,J-Dreev,A, Groningen 1991}) 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Bxc6 Qxc6 13. O-O (
13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 (14. Bxf8 Nxd2 15. Kxd2 Qc2+ 16. Ke1 Bd3 $19) 14... Nxd2
15. Bxd2 d4 16. O-O d3 $15) 13... Bxb4 14. Qxb4 a5 15. Qa3 Nxd2 16. Nxd2 Rfc8
$15 17. Nf3 (17. Nb3 b6 18. Rac1 Qb5 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Rc1 Rxc1+ 21. Nxc1 $15)
17... b5 18. Ne5 Qc7 $17 19. b3 b4 20. Qb2 f6 21. Rfc1 Qb7 22. Nf3 Ra6 23. a3
Rac6 24. axb4 axb4 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26. Rc1 Qc8 27. Rxc6 Qxc6 28. h3 Qc3 29. Qa2
Qc1+ 30. Kh2 Qa3 31. Qe2 Qxb3 32. Qa6 h6 33. g4 Qc2 34. Kg3 Be4 35. Qxe6+ Kh7
36. Nh4 b3 37. f3 b2 38. fxe4 Qxe4 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 9192 34th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Nc3 e6 8. Bd2
Nc6 9. Bb5 Bd6 10. Rc1 Rb8 $1 (10... O-O $4 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nb5 Qd7 13. Nxd6
Qxd6 14. Bb4 $18) 11. Nh4 Be4 $6 12. f3 Bg6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. f4 $13 a6 15. Bd3
Nd7 16. Qd1 Qd8 17. Qg4 Rh6 18. h3 f5 19. Qf3 Nf6 20. O-O Kf7 21. Qe2 Qd7 22.
a3 Rhh8 23. Rfd1 Ne7 24. Be1 Rbc8 25. Na2 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rc8 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28.
g4 Ne4 29. Kg2 Qc6 30. Qd1 Ng8 31. Nc1 Ngf6 32. Be2 Nd7 33. Ba5 Nb6 34. Bxb6
Qxb6 35. Nd3 Qa5 36. g5 Ke7 37. Qc2 Qd2 38. Qxd2 Nxd2 39. Kf2 b5 40. Bd1 Nc4
41. Ke2 Nb6 42. Bb3 a5 43. Kd2 Nc4+ 44. Bxc4 bxc4 45. Ne1 Ke8 46. Kc3 Kd7 47.
Nf3 Ke8 48. Kc2 Kf7 49. Ne5+ Bxe5 50. fxe5 Ke7 51. b3 Kd7 52. bxc4 dxc4 53. Kc3
Kc6 54. Kxc4 a4 55. h4 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch 5th"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2005.10.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Kayumov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd2
Nbd7 9. Rc1 Bd6 10. Qb3 Rb8 11. g3 Qe7 12. Bg2 {Der Aufbau des Weißen ist
solide, aber bescheiden. Er will den Gegner nicht sofort überrennen, sondern
hofft, daß sein Läuferpaar auf die Dauer Gewicht erlangen wird.} e5 13. O-O
dxc4 14. Qxc4 Nb6 (14... O-O {sieht natürlicher aus; aber es macht keinen
großen Unterschied.}) 15. Qb3 O-O 16. a4 Rfc8 {Hier hat der Turm nicht viel zu
suchen.} (16... Rfe8 $5) 17. Rfe1 Nbd7 18. Rcd1 b5 $2 {Das sieht aktiv aus,
schwächt aber den Damenflügel und öffnet dem Läuferpaar des Weißen die
Stellung.} (18... Re8 {ist solider.}) (18... e4 19. f3 exf3 20. Bxf3 c5 21. Nb5
a6 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Bc3 {überläßt dem Weißen die bequemere Stellung.}) (18...
a6 {könnte zur Vorbereitung dieser Variante dienen.}) 19. axb5 a6 20. Ra1 axb5
21. Ra7 Qf8 22. Ne4 $6 {Danach kann sich Schwarz durch den Vorstoß des
c-Bauern etwas erholen. Konsequenter ist} (22. Rc1 b4 (22... c5 {wird einfach
mit} 23. Nxb5 {beantwortet}) 23. Ne4 {Jetzt scheitert} c5 {an} 24. Nxf6+ Nxf6
25. Bh3 {, und deshalb bleibt die Stellung des Schwarzen erbärmlich.}) 22... c5
23. Ng5 (23. dxc5 Bxc5 (23... Nxe4 {ist falsch:} 24. cxd6 Nxd2 25. Qb4 Nb6 26.
Qxd2 Nc4 27. Qd5 Nxd6 28. Qxe5 {, und Weiß gewinnt.}) (23... Nxc5 24. Nxf6+
gxf6 25. Qa2 e4 {ist dagegen auch spielbar.}) 24. Ra5 b4 {führt zu keinem
klaren Ergebnis.}) 23... c4 24. Qc2 b4 $2 {Nötig ist} (24... Rc7 25. Rea1 Rbc8
{Weiß hat deutlichen Vorteil, muß aber erst noch durchkommen.}) 25. Rxd7 Nxd7 (
{Auf} 25... b3 {folgt} 26. Qb1 Nxd7 27. Bd5 Be7 28. Nxf7 Kh7 29. Qe4 {und Weiß
gewinnt.}) 26. Bd5 Qe7 $6 {Zäher, wenn auch auf die Dauer nicht ausreichend
zur Rettung, ist} (26... Be7 27. Nxf7 Kh7 28. Qe4 (28. Nxe5 Nxe5 29. dxe5 Qd8
30. e4 (30. Bf7 Qd3) (30. Be4 Rb6) 30... c3 31. bxc3 bxc3 32. Bc1 Qb6 {, und
Schwarz kann sich noch wehren.}) 28... c3 29. bxc3 bxc3 30. Bc1 Rb5 31. Be6 Rc7
32. Bxd7 Rxd7 33. Nxe5 Rd6 34. Qc2 {usw.}) 27. Bxf7+ (27. Qxg6 {gewinnt noch
schneller.}) 27... Qxf7 28. Nxf7 Kxf7 29. f4 $18 exd4 30. exd4 Nf6 31. f5 gxf5
32. Qxf5 c3 33. bxc3 bxc3 34. Bg5 Re8 35. Rxe8 Rxe8 36. Bxf6 gxf6 37. Qd5+ Kg6
38. Qc6 Re1+ 39. Kf2 Rc1 40. Qxd6 c2 41. Qc6 Kf7 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch 5th"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2005.10.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhao, Jun"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Rc1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 a6 12. g3 Bh5 13. O-O Nbd7 14. g4 g5 (
14... Bg6 {ist sicher spielbar.} 15. e4 {ist schlecht wegen der Antwort} Nxg4)
(14... b5 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. gxh5 Qd6 {ist ebenfalls interessant.}) 15. Nf5 exf5
$6 {Danach bekommt Weiß Vorteil. In Betracht kommt} (15... Bxg4 $5 16. Nxe7 (
16. fxg4 exf5 17. Bxf7+ Kd8 {führt zu unklarem Spiel.}) 16... Bh3 17. Nxc6 Qxc6
(17... Bxf1 18. Bxe6 bxc6 (18... fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kf8 20. Ne5 $18) 19. Bxf7+ Kf8
20. Rxf1 Rb8 21. Qe6 Kg7 {ist vielleicht auch spielbar.}) 18. Rf2 Rg8 {mit
unklarer Lage.}) 16. gxh5 $16 O-O-O (16... Rf8 17. Bd3 f4 18. exf4 gxf4 19.
Rfe1 {ist unbequem für Schwarz.}) 17. Bxf7 Kb8 18. Rf2 Nb6 19. Na4 $6 (19. Ne2
{mit der unangenehmen Drohung Ld2-a5 und Vorteil für Weiß:} Nbd5 20. Be6 f4 21.
e4 {usw.}) 19... Nbd5 $6 (19... Nxa4 20. Qxa4 Qd6 {sollte zu einer für Schwarz
spielbaren Stellung führen.}) 20. Be6 g4 21. Bxf5 gxf3 (21... g3 22. hxg3 Qxg3+
23. Rg2 (23. Kf1 Nxh5 {führt zu keiner klaren Lage.}) 23... Qxf3 24. e4 Qxb3
25. axb3 Nc7 26. h6 Rxd4 27. Bc3 Rdd8 28. Be5 {sieht allzu unbequem für
Schwarz aus.}) 22. e4 Rhg8+ 23. Kf1 Nxe4 $2 {Verzweiflung.} (23... Bb4 $1 24.
Bh6 (24. exd5 Bxd2 25. Rxd2 Qg7 26. Qe3 Nxd5 27. Qe5+ Qxe5 28. dxe5 Ne3+ 29.
Kf2 Ng4+ {schafft dem Weißen unbequeme Momente!}) 24... Bf8 25. Bxf8 Rdxf8 26.
Nc5 (26. exd5 Qf4 {ist dagegen nicht überzeugend.}) 26... Qg7 27. Ke1 Rf7 {
hätte den Weißen zu genauerem Spiel gezwungen.}) 24. Bxe4 Bh4 25. Nc5 $6 {
Das genügt zum Gewinn; zwingender ist jedoch} (25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Qxd5 Rg1+ 27.
Kxg1 Qg7+ 28. Kf1 cxd5 29. Bf4+ Ka7 30. Rc8) 25... Qg7 26. Qxb7+ Qxb7 27. Nxb7
Kxb7 28. Rxf3 Rg4 29. Rb3+ Ka7 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxc6 Rf5+ 32. Ke2 Rg2+ 33. Kd3
Rf3+ 34. Be3 Bg5 35. Rc7+ Ka8 36. Ke4 Rxe3+ 37. Rxe3 Bxe3 38. Kxe3 Rxb2 39.
Rxh7 Rxa2 40. d5 Kb8 41. d6 Kc8 42. Rc7+ Kd8 43. h6 Rxh2 44. h7 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Ne5 Nfd7 8. g4
Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bg2 Nc6 11. e4 {Weiß möchte die Stellung für sein
Läuferpaar öffnen, aber seine Bauernstruktur wird übel zerfasert; auf
Eröffnungsvorteil kann er mit dieser Spielweise nicht hoffen. Auch die
Vorgängerpartie in dieser Variante dürfte nicht als eine der wichtigsten
Partien der Schachgeschichte zu gelten haben:} (11. h3 f5 12. Qe2 Bb4 13. Bd2
Nb6 14. O-O O-O 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. Be1 Bd6 17. f3 {1/2-1/2 Vadasz,L-Meduna,E/
Tirnava 1981}) 11... dxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Bg2 Be7 14. Be3 Qa5 15. a3 Rd8 16.
g5 Nd5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Qf3 $2 (18. h4 $11 {war stärker; dem Königsturm des
Schwarzen sollte die Möglichkeit genommen werden, über die h-Linie in den
Kampf um die Zentrumsfelder einzugreifen.}) 18... Bb4 19. Rc1 Bxc3+ 20. Rxc3
Qb5 {Nun ist der positionelle Vorteil des Schwarzen deutlich.} 21. b4 $6 (21.
Qe2 Qxe2+ 22. Kxe2 Rh4 23. Kd3 Kd7 24. Rc5 Kd6 25. b4 {bot bessere
Überlebensaussichten.}) 21... a5 (21... Rh4 22. Qd1 Re4 {kam ebenfalls in
Betracht; denn} 23. Rc5 Qa6 {ist ungünstig für Weiß.}) 22. Qe2 Qxe2+ 23. Kxe2
axb4 24. axb4 Rh4 25. Rd3 Kd7 26. Kf3 Ra8 27. Kg3 Re4 28. Rc1 Ra4 29. f3 Re8 $2
({Nach} 29... Re6 30. b5 (30. Rc5 Nxb4 31. Rdc3 Rc6 {ist nicht besser.}) 30...
Ne7 31. Bf4 Rc4 32. Rxc4 dxc4 33. Rc3 (33. Rd1 Nd5 34. Rc1 c3 {sieht
hoffnungslos für Weiß aus.}) 33... Nf5+ 34. Kg4 Nxd4 35. Rxc4 Nxb5 {hat
Schwarz vorzügliche Gewinnaussichten.}) 30. Rc5 Ne7 (30... Nxb4 31. Rdc3 {
überläßt dem Weißen jetzt allzuviel Gegenspiel.}) 31. Bf4 Rc8 32. Rb5 Kc6 33.
Rc5+ Kd7 34. Rb5 Kc6 35. Rc5+ Kd7 36. Rb5 $6 {Statt diesen Zug zu spielen,
sollte Weiß Remis reklamieren, denn natürlich hat Schwarz immer noch das
bequemere Spiel.} Ra7 37. Be5 Rc4 38. Bb8 $2 ({Nach} 38. Kg4 Rc2 (38... Kc6 39.
Rc5+ Rxc5 40. bxc5 Nf5 41. Rb3 {bietet dem Schwarzen keine Gewinnaussichten.})
39. h4 {hat Weiß keinerlei Schwierigkeiten mehr.}) 38... Kc6 39. Rc5+ Rxc5 40.
bxc5 Ra4 41. Be5 Nf5+ 42. Kg4 Rb4 43. Kh3 (43. h4 {ist ein schärferer
Rettungsversuch. Nach} Rb1 (43... Kb5 44. h5 Kc4 45. Rd2 Kc3 46. Rh2 {bringt
den Schwarzen in Schwierigkeiten.}) 44. h5 Rg1+ (44... Rh1 45. hxg6 fxg6 46. f4
{führt zu einer Remisstellung.}) 45. Kf4 Rh1 46. hxg6 fxg6 47. Bb8 Rh8 ({Nach} 
47... Kb5 48. Rb3+ Kc4 49. Rxb7 Kxd4 50. Be5+ Kxc5 51. Bxg7 {sollte Weiß mit
Hilfe seines aktiven Königs überleben können.}) 48. Ba7 Rf8 49. Ke5 (49. Kg4
Ra8 50. Bb6 Ra4 {ist hoffnungslos für Weiß.}) 49... Nh4 {wird Weiß aber auch
ins Gras beißen.}) 43... Kb5 44. Rd2 Kc4 45. Kg4 Kc3 46. Ra2 Nxd4 47. Bxg7 {
Dies verliert eine Figur, aber die Stellung dürfte schon hoffnungslos für Weiß
sein.} Kb3 $19 48. Rd2 Nf5+ 49. f4 Nxg7 50. Rxd5 Ne6 51. Rd7 Rxf4+ 52. Kg3 Nxc5
53. Rxb7+ Nxb7 54. Kxf4 Nd6 55. Ke5 Ne8 56. Kd5 Kc3 57. Kc6 f5 58. gxf6 Nxf6
59. Kd6 Kd4 60. Ke6 Nh5 61. Kf7 Nf4 62. Kf6 Ke4 63. h3 Kf3 64. Kg5 Kg3 65. h4
Kf3 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.22"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Qb3 Qb6
8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Be7 11. h3 Rc8 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Ke2 O-O 14.
Rac1 Rfd8 15. Rhd1 dxc4 16. Bxc4 b5 17. Bb3 e5 18. Be1 exd4 19. Rxd4 Nc5 20.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Bc2 Ra8 22. a3 Nfd7 23. Na2 Nb6 24. Bb4 Kf8 25. Nc3 Ne6 26.
Bxe7+ Kxe7 27. Bb3 Nc4 28. Nd1 Nb6 29. Rc2 Na4 30. f3 Nac5 31. Ba2 g5 32. Nc3
f6 33. Rc1 Na4 34. Nd1 Nb6 35. Bb3 Na4 36. Rc2 Nac5 37. Ba2 Ra4 38. Nc3 Ra8 39.
Rd2 Ra6 40. g3 Ra8 41. Kf2 Na4 42. Nd1 Nb6 43. Rc2 Rd8 44. Ke2 Na4 45. Nf2 Nac5
46. Rd2 Ra8 47. Bb1 Nb3 48. Rd1 Na5 49. Bf5 Nc4 50. Nd3 Nd6 51. Bxe6 Kxe6 {
[#] Hecht: Annähernd gleichstehendes Endspiel, das von Weiß passiv und
schlecht zugleich behandelt wird Eine Endspielmedaille für die strategische
Fehlleistung von Weiß..} 52. f4 $6 {Diese Schwächung des Feldes e4 ist höchst
riskant.} Rh8 53. Rh1 $2 {zu passiv Dies führt zum Verlust. Nötig war} (53.
fxg5 fxg5 (53... Rxh3 $2 {Hecht} 54. Nf4+) 54. h4 {mit etwa gleichem Spiel:}
gxh4 (54... Nc4 55. b3 Nxa3 56. Nc5+) 55. Nf4+ Kd7 56. Ng6 {usw. Ein
gelungener Selbstmord.}) 53... g4 54. h4 {Hecht: schlecht!} (54. Nc5+ Ke7 (
54... Kd5 {wäre ein böser Reinfall:} 55. b4 gxh3 56. Rd1+ Kc4 57. Rxd6 h2 58.
Kd2 $18 {und Weiß setzt matt.}) 55. h4 b6 {ergibt keinen wesentlichen
Unterschied zur Partiefortsetzung; der Springer des Schwarzen bezieht mit
entscheidender Wirkung das Feld e4.}) (54. Nf2 $142 {Hecht}) 54... Ne4 55. Rg1
Rd8 56. Rg2 (56. b4 {Hecht} Ra8 $19 {[%csl Ra3]}) 56... c5 57. Rg1 c4 58. f5+
Kxf5 59. Rf1+ Ke6 60. Nf4+ Kf7 61. Ke1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Site "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Stocek, Jiri"]
[Black "Votava, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1996.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Ne5 Nfd7 8. g4
(8. Qb3 {wurde häufiger gespielt, zum Beispiel Aljechin,A-Euwe,M, 11.Partie
des Weltmeisterschaftskampfes 1935 (Den Haag).}) 8... Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Qb3
Qc7 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. O-O-O (12. Rc1 $5) 12... a6 13. Kb1 Be7 14. Rc1 Qb6 15. Qa4
g5 16. e4 (16. Bg2 $5) 16... Qxd4 (16... dxe4 17. d5 Nc5 18. Qd1 {nebst 19.Le3
ist gefährlich für Schwarz.}) 17. Qxd4 Nxd4 18. exd5 Nf3 19. Be3 Nde5 20. Be2 (
20. dxe6 fxe6 (20... Nxg4 21. exf7+ Kxf7 22. Bc4+ {nebst 23.Ld5}) 21. Bg2 {
verspricht dem Weißen eher Aussicht auf Initiative.}) 20... Rh6 21. dxe6 Rxe6
22. Nd5 Bd8 23. h3 Rd6 24. Rhd1 Rd7 25. a4 f6 26. Nb6 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Bxb6 28.
Bxb6 Rc8 29. b4 Nh4 30. Kb2 Nhg6 31. Kb3 Nf4 32. Bf1 Kf7 33. Be3 Rc7 34. Rd8
Ne6 35. Rd6 Ke7 36. Rd1 Rd7 37. Rxd7+ Kxd7 38. b5 axb5 39. Bxb5+ Kd6 40. Bf1
Nf4 41. a5 Nc6 42. Ka4 Nd5 43. Bd2 Kc5 44. Bg2 Ne5 45. Bxd5 Kxd5 46. Kb5 Nd7
47. f4 gxf4 48. Bxf4 Ke4 49. Bd6 g5 50. Kc4 Ne5+ 51. Kc5 Nd7+ 52. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Odeev, Handszar"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. c5
Bc7 9. b4 {Der Aufbau des Weißen taugt nichts.} Ne4 (9... a6 10. a4 Ng4 11. h3
h5 12. Bb2 Be4 13. b5 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qg5 15. b6 Bd8 16. hxg4 hxg4 17. Bxg4 f5
18. f4 Qxg4 19. Qxg4 fxg4 20. e4 Bf6 21. e5 Be7 22. Kf2 O-O-O 23. Kg3 Nf8 24.
Rh1 Ng6 25. Kxg4 Nh4 26. g3 Nf5 27. Ne2 Rdf8 28. Bc3 Nh6+ 29. Kf3 g5 30. Rh5
g4+ 31. Kg2 Nf7 32. Rah1 Rxh5 33. Rxh5 Rh8 34. Rxh8+ Nxh8 35. Nc1 Nf7 36. Nb3
Nh6 37. Kf2 Kd7 38. Bd2 Nf5 39. Be3 Bf8 40. Nd2 Ke7 41. Nf1 Kd7 42. Nh2 Nh6 43.
f5 exf5 44. Bxh6 Bxh6 45. Nf1 Bc1 46. Ne3 Bb2 47. Nc2 Ke6 48. Ke3 Bc3 49. Kd3
Ba5 50. Ke2 Bc3 51. Ke3 a5 52. Ke2 Bb2 53. Kd3 Bc1 54. Ne3 Ba3 55. Nf1 Bb4 56.
Nd2 Kd7 57. Ke3 Ke6 58. Nb3 Bc3 59. Nc1 Bb4 60. Nd3 Bc3 61. Nf4+ Kf7 62. Nxd5
cxd5 63. c6 f4+ 64. gxf4 Bxd4+ 65. Kxd4 g3 66. cxb7 g2 67. b8=Q g1=Q+ 68. Kxd5
Qd1+ 69. Kc5 Qc2+ 70. Kd6 Qd1+ 71. Kc7 Qxa4 72. Qd8 Qc4+ 73. Kb8 Qb5 74. Qf6+
Ke8 75. Qe6+ Kd8 76. Qd6+ Ke8 77. e6 a4 78. f5 a3 79. f6 {1-0 Zukertort,
J-Winawer,S/London 1883/HCL (79)}) 10. Nxe4 (10. Bb2 a6 11. Qe1 O-O 12. Kh1 Qe7
13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 e5 15. Nc4 exd4 16. Bxd4 Qg5 17. Qc3 Rae8 18. f4 exf3 19.
Bxf3 Qh4 20. Nd6 Bxd6 21. cxd6 Qg5 22. Rae1 Be4 23. Re2 Qg6 24. Ref2 Re6 25.
Bxe4 Rxe4 26. h3 f6 27. Qd2 Rfe8 28. Rf3 Qf7 29. Ba1 Qe6 30. Re1 Nb6 31. Rg3
Nd5 32. a3 Qxd6 33. Qf2 R8e7 34. Bd4 Re8 35. Rg4 Qe6 36. Rxe4 Qxe4 37. Qg3 h6
38. Qd6 Qe7 39. Qg3 Kh8 40. e4 Nc7 41. e5 Qd7 42. Bb2 Nd5 43. exf6 Rxe1+ 44.
Qxe1 Nxf6 45. Bxf6 gxf6 46. Qh4 Kg7 47. Qg3+ Kf7 48. Qe3 h5 49. Qc5 Kg6 50.
Qc2+ Qf5 51. Qe2 Kf7 52. Qe3 Qe5 53. Qd3 Qa1+ 54. Kh2 Qe5+ 55. Kh1 Ke6 56. Qb3+
Kd6 57. Qd3+ Kc7 58. Kg1 a5 59. Qb3 axb4 60. axb4 Qd4+ 61. Kf1 Kb6 62. Qa3 Kb5
63. Qa5+ Kc4 64. Qxh5 Kxb4 65. Qh7 b5 66. h4 Kc3 67. h5 b4 68. h6 b3 69. Qf5
Qd1+ 70. Kf2 Qd2+ 71. Kf3 Qxh6 72. Qc5+ Kb2 73. Qd4+ Kb1 74. Qe4+ Ka2 75. Qa4+
Kb2 76. Qd4+ Ka3 77. Qa1+ Kb4 78. Qd4+ Kb5 79. Qd3+ Kc5 80. Qc3+ Kd6 81. Qd3+
Kc7 82. Qxb3 Qh5+ 83. Kf2 Qc5+ 84. Kg3 Qe5+ 85. Kh3 c5 86. Qf7+ Kc6 87. Qa7 Kd5
88. Qd7+ Kc4 89. Qa4+ Kd5 90. Qd7+ Qd6 91. Qb7+ Kd4 92. Qb2+ Kd5 93. Qb7+ Ke6
94. Qc8+ Kf7 95. Qb7+ Qe7 96. Qb5 Qe6+ 97. Kg3 c4 98. Qb7+ Kg6 99. Kf3 Qf5+
100. Ke3 Qd3+ 101. Kf4 c3 102. Qc6 Qd2+ 103. Kg4 Qe2+ 104. Kf4 c2 105. Qc3 Qe5+
{0-1 Ahner,A-Hille,I/Germany 1997/GER-chT (105)}) 10... dxe4 11. Nd2 Qh4 12. f4
({Solider war} 12. g3 Qh3 13. Re1 Nf6 14. Bf1 Qh6 15. Bg2) 12... g5 13. Nc4 Rg8
$6 (13... gxf4 14. exf4 Rg8 {war genauer.}) 14. b5 $2 (14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. cxd6 {
gefolgt von b4-b5 führte zu gutem Spiel für Weiß, weil er nach g5xf4 mit dem
Turm zurückschlagen kann.}) 14... Bh3 15. Rf2 (15. bxc6 bxc6 (15... Bxg2 16.
cxd7+ Kd8 17. Qe1 Qh3 18. Qg3 Bxf1 19. Bxf1 Qxg3+ 20. hxg3 gxf4 21. exf4 Rxg3+
22. Kf2 {sieht nicht sonderlich attraktiv für Schwarz aus.}) 16. Rf2 {war
genauer, denn nun ist das Damenopfer nicht so attraktiv:} gxf4 17. exf4 Qxf2+
18. Kxf2 Rxg2+ 19. Ke3 Nf6 20. d5 Nxd5+ 21. Kd4 Rd8 22. Nd6+ Bxd6 23. cxd6 Rxd6
24. Kc5 {, und der König des Weißen steht verhältnismäßig sicher.}) 15... gxf4
16. exf4 Qxf2+ {Einer solchen Möglichkeit kann man natürlich nicht widerstehen;
aber auch nach} (16... cxb5 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. cxd6 a6 {stünde Schwarz wohl
recht gut.}) 17. Kxf2 Rxg2+ 18. Ke3 Nf6 19. d5 Nxd5+ 20. Kd4 Rd8 21. Nd6+ Bxd6
22. cxd6 Rxd6 23. Kc5 Kd7 24. a4 {Bis hierher hatt Weiß nach dem Damenopfer
keine plausible Möglichkeit, von der Textfolge abzuweichen.} Rg8 ({Nach} 24...
b6+ 25. Kc4 Nxf4 26. Bxf4 Rxd1 27. Rxd1+ Kc8 28. Bf1 Rg1 29. Be2 Rxd1 30. Bxd1
Bf1+ {hat Schwarz im Endspiel einige Gewinnaussichten. Mit dem Textzug plant
Schwarz, diesen Turm auf der c-Linie zum Einsatz zu bringen, aber Weiß hat
Verteidigungsmöglichkeiten.}) 25. b6 $2 {Danach wird die Bauernphalanx des
Schwarzen zu mächtig.} (25. a5 {ist ebenfalls ungenügend:} cxb5 26. Bxb5+ Ke7
27. Ba3 Rc8+ 28. Kd4 Nb4+ 29. Kxe4 Bg2+ 30. Ke3 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 (31. Bxb4+ Rd6 {
ist hoffnungslos für Weiß.}) 31... Rc3+ 32. Kf2 Rxa3 33. Rd7+ Kf6 34. Kxg2 a6 {
, und Schwarz gewinnt.}) ({Weiß sollte die Dame aus der indirekten Bedrohung
durch den Turm auf d6 entfernen.} 25. Qb3 {bot Aussichten auf erfolgreiche
Verteidigung:} Bf5 (25... Rc8 26. Kd4 (26. Qxh3 cxb5+ 27. Kxb5 a6+ 28. Ka5 Rc5+
29. Bb5+ axb5 {nebst matt.}) 26... Nxf4+ (26... Bf5 {wird mit} 27. Ba3 {
pariert.}) 27. Kxe4 Nxe2 28. Qxh3 {mit Vorteil für Weiß.}) 26. bxc6+ Rxc6+ 27.
Kd4 $13 {, und ich sehe nicht, wie Schwarz dem gegnerischen König beikommen
kann.}) (25. Qe1 {dient derselben Absicht:} Rc8 26. Kd4 Bf5 27. Ba3 c5+ 28. Kc4
({Nach} 28. Bxc5 Nb4+ 29. Kc3 {wiederholt Schwarz am besten mit 29...Sd5+ die
Züge;} Nd3 30. Bxd3 exd3 31. Kb4 d2 32. Qe2 Rd5 33. Be3 {verheißt keinen
Vorteil.}) 28... Nxf4 29. Rd1 Nd3 {mit unklarer Stellung.}) 25... axb6+ 26. Kc4
Rg2 27. Qe1 Bf5 28. Kb3 Rxh2 29. Ba3 c5 30. Rd1 e3 31. Bb2 f6 32. Bb5+ Kc7 33.
Qg3 e2 34. Qg7+ Kb8 35. Re1 Rh3+ 36. Ka2 Nb4+ 37. Ka1 Rd1+ 38. Bc1 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tunik, Gennady"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bg6 6. O-O e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. b3
Bd6 9. Bb2 Ne4 10. Qc2 f5 11. Nd2 (11. Ne2 Qf6 12. Nf4 Bf7 13. Be2 O-O 14. Nd3
Qh6 15. a4 dxc4 16. bxc4 c5 $10 {Hansen,Cu-Nikolic,P, Esbjerg 1982, MCL 03.
Der Textzug ist keine Verbesserung; die Stellung des Schwarzen ist schon ein
wenig bequemer.}) 11... O-O 12. f4 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Nf6 14. a4 Qe7 15. c5 (15. Qc1
$5 {mit der Absicht, Lb2-a3 folgen zu lassen, kam in Betracht.}) 15... Bc7 16.
b4 Bh5 17. Qe1 {Weiß spielt ohne Plan. Er sollte natürlich versuchen,
amDamenflügel Gegenspiel zu erlangen. Richtig war} (17. b5) 17... h6 18. Be2
Bxe2 19. Nxe2 g5 {Schwarz hat schon deutlichen Vorteil.} 20. Nc1 Kh7 21. Nd3
Rg8 22. Rc1 Rg7 23. Rc2 Rag8 24. Bc1 Qe8 25. Qd1 gxf4 26. exf4 Ne4 27. Qf3 Rg4
28. Ne5 Bxe5 $17 29. dxe5 a5 30. bxa5 R4g7 31. Ba3 Qd8 32. Bb4 Rg4 33. Be1 d4
34. Rb2 Nxc5 35. a6 d3 36. g3 bxa6 37. Rd2 Qd5 38. Qxd5 exd5 39. Bf2 Ne4 40.
Rxd3 Rxf4 41. Rb3 Rfg4 42. Rc1 R4g6 43. Rb6 c5 44. Bxc5 Rc8 45. Rb7+ Rg7 46.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 47. Be3 Rxc1+ 48. Bxc1 h5 49. Bb2 Kf7 50. Bd4 Ke6 51. Kg2 Nd2 52.
Kf2 Nc4 53. Kf3 Nxe5+ 54. Kf4 Nd3+ 55. Ke3 Nb4 56. Bc3 Nc6 57. h4 Kd6 58. Bg7
Nd8 59. Bd4 Ne6 60. Ba7 Kc6 61. Kd3 Nc5+ 62. Ke3 Nxa4 63. Kf4 Nc5 64. Kxf5 d4
65. Bb8 Kd5 66. g4 hxg4 67. Kxg4 a5 68. h5 a4 69. h6 Nd7 70. Bf4 a3 71. Bc1 a2
72. Bb2 Ke4 73. Kg3 Nf6 74. Kf2 Ng4+ 75. Ke2 Nxh6 76. Kd2 Nf5 77. Kc1 d3 78.
Bc3 Ne3 79. Bg7 Nc2 0-1

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Ziegler, Ari"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. h3
Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 Nbd7 12. g5 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Nd5 14. Bd2 Bd6 {
Schwarz sollte den Springer des Gegners nicht nach e4 kommen lassen:} (14...
Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Nb6 16. Qe2 Nd5 17. O-O Bd6 18. f4 O-O-O 19. Bd2 Kb8 20. Qf2 Qb6
21. e4 Nc7 22. Be3 Qa5 23. a3 f6 24. b4 Qa4 25. Qb2 {1/2-1/2 Savchenko,
S-Yagupov,I/Ubeda 1998/CBM 62 ext (25)}) 15. Rc1 (15. Ne4 {ist
aussichtsreicher.}) 15... Qd8 $2 (15... Nxc3) 16. Ne4 Be7 17. h4 Qb6 18. b4 $16
{Weiß verhindert, daß Schwarz lang rochiert.} a6 19. Nc5 Bxc5 $2 {Dies ist
noch ein schwerer positioneller Fehler.} (19... Nxc5 20. bxc5 Qc7 {sieht auch
nicht erfreulich für Schwarz aus, bot aber viel bessere
Verteidigungsaussichten.}) (19... O-O-O {scheint mir am zähesten zu sein.}) 20.
bxc5 $18 Qb5 21. a4 Qxc4 22. Rxc4 O-O-O 23. e4 Nc7 24. Rh3 e5 25. d5 Rde8 26.
Ba5 f6 27. gxf6 gxf6 28. h5 Rxh5 29. Rxh5 gxh5 30. Bh3 Rg8 31. Rb4 Rg4 32. f3
Rg7 33. dxc6 bxc6 34. Rb6 Na8 35. Rxc6+ Kb7 36. Bxd7 Rxd7 37. Rxf6 Rh7 38. c6+
Kb8 39. Rf8+ Ka7 40. Rd8 Nc7 41. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Horgen"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1995.11.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Tischbierek} d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Bd3 e6 6. O-O Bg6 7.
Qc2 (7. Ne5 $5) 7... Be7 (7... dxc4 8. Qxc4 Nbd7 $10) 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. Bxg6 (9.
e4 $5 dxe4 10. Nxe4) 9... hxg6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Qa5 (11... Nxe4 $5 12. Qxe4
Qa5) 12. Neg5 Qf5 13. Qb3 (13. Qe2 $5 {Weiß behält Kontolle über das Feld d5,
da er auf b7-b5 mit b2-b3 reagieren kann.}) 13... b5 14. Re1 bxc4 15. Qxc4 Qb5
16. Qc2 O-O 17. Bd2 (17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd5 19. Ne4 $6 Nb4 $17) 17... Rac8 (
17... a5 {kommt vielleicht in Betracht:} 18. Ne5 (18. a4 Qd5 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20.
dxe5 Nd7 21. Nf3 Nc5 {führt zu einer für Schwarz zufriedenstellenden Stellung.}
) 18... Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nd5 {mit schwer einzuschätzender Stellung.}) 18. b4 $1 {
Weiß verhindert 18...c5. Mit diesem Zug würde Schwarz zwar nicht seine
Bauernstruktur verbessern, aber seine Figuren würden große Aktivität erlangen;
Weiß muß seinen b-Bauern und den Springer auf g5 gedeckt halten. Passiver ist}
(18. Rac1 c5 19. dxc5 Rxc5 (19... Nxc5 20. b4 Nd3 21. Qxc8 Nxe1 22. Qc4 Nxf3+
23. Nxf3 {überläßt dem Weißen einigen Vorteil.}) (19... Bxc5 20. Bc3 {ist
nicht aussichtsreicher für Schwarz.}) 20. Qb1 Rd5 {mit der Absicht Sd7-c5-d3.})
18... Bd8 {Es ist nicht einfach, dem Schwarzen einen Plan zu empfehlen. Auf} (
18... Rfd8 {muß er mit} 19. Nxf7 {rechnen:} Kxf7 20. Ng5+ Kg8 21. Qxg6 Rf8 22.
Nxe6 Rf7 23. Ng5 Rcf8 24. Rac1 $16) (18... a5 19. a4 Qa6 20. bxa5 c5 {sieht
natürlicher aus als der Textzug; der Läufer steht auf b6 nicht sicher.
Andererseits erweist sich die Stellung des Nachziehenden als sehr fest, weil
er Halt auf den weißen Feldern hat; insbesondere ist der Punkt d5 dauerhaft in
seiner Hand.}) (18... Qd5 {kam ebenfalls in Betracht.}) 19. Rac1 Bb6 (19... a5
$2 20. a4 Qf5 21. b5 $16) 20. a4 Qd5 21. Qc4 {Der Zug dient dazu, 21...a5 zu
verhindern.} Rfd8 22. g3 (22. h4 Ng4 $13 {mit der Absicht Sd7-f6. Nach dem
Textzug droht 23.a5 Lc7 24.Dc6:. Der Nachteil des Zuges besteht darin, daß f3
ungedeckt bleibt. Es fällt aber nicht leicht, etwas Besseres zu finden.}) (22.
Rc2 Qf5 {ist nicht überzeugend.}) (22. h3 {nimmt dem Springer g5 ein Feld, das
eventuell nützlich für ihn sein kann.}) 22... Nb8 {Jetzt kann der Springer von
d7 weichen, weil Schwarz Druck gegen den Bauern auf d4 hat, so daß 23.Se5
keinen Erfolg verspricht.} (22... Nf8 $5 23. Be3 N8h7 24. Red1 (24. Nxh7 Qxf3)
(24. a5 Nxg5 25. Nxg5 Bxd4) 24... Nxg5 25. Nxg5 a5 {kam ebenfalls in Betracht.}
) 23. Be3 Ne8 {Der Springer strebt über d6 nach f5. Außerdem muß Weiß Obacht
geben, daß er nicht bei gelegentlichem f7-f6 einen Springer verliert. Diese
Partiephase ist voll schwieriger strategischer Entscheidungen für beide Seiten;
ich habe größte Mühe, den Wert der Züge einzuschätzen.} 24. Qc2 Bc7 (24... a5
$5) (24... Nd6 $5) 25. h4 Qf5 26. Qa2 Qd5 (26... Rd5 27. Ne5 Bxe5 28. dxe5 a6
29. Bf4 $16) 27. Qe2 Bd6 28. Ne5 $5 {Kortschnoj ist des Manövrierens müde und
opfert Material. Ein zaghafteres Gemüt wie ich hätte} (28. Bd2 {gezogen.})
28... f6 (28... Bxe5 29. dxe5 Qxe5 30. Bxa7 $16) (28... Bxb4 29. Ngxf7 Bxe1 30.
Rxe1 $16) 29. Nxg6 $2 (29. Ngf7 {(R.Tischbierek, "Schach" 12/1995, S.32) war
die richtige Fortsetzung:} fxe5 30. Nxd8 exd4 (30... Rxd8 31. dxe5 Qxe5 32.
Bxa7 $16) (30... Bxb4 31. Red1 (31. Nb7 Bxe1 32. Rxe1 exd4 33. Bxd4 $13 {
Tischbierek}) 31... Qxd8 (31... Rxd8 32. dxe5 Qa5 33. Rxd8 Qxd8 34. Bxa7 $16 {
Die Drohung 35.Dg4 ist äußerst lästig für Schwarz.}) 32. dxe5 Qe7 33. Qg4 $16)
31. Bxd4 Rxd8 32. Bxa7 (32. Red1 $5) (32. Rcd1 $5 {In allen Fällen erhält Weiß
starken Druck.})) 29... fxg5 30. hxg5 (30. Bxg5 Nf6 {führt zu Vorteil für
Schwarz.}) 30... Nd7 (30... Bxb4 $5 31. Rb1 (31. Qh5 Nf6) (31. Bd2 Bd6) 31...
Bd6) (30... Qf5 $5 31. Nh4 (31. Qh5 Nf6) 31... Qh3 $17) 31. Bf4 Nf8 32. Nxf8
Kxf8 33. Be5 Bxe5 (33... Bxb4 $5) 34. dxe5 $13 Qd3 (34... g6 35. Red1 Qb3 36.
Rxd8 Rxd8 37. Rxc6 $13) 35. Qh5 Ke7 36. Re3 Qd2 37. Rce1 Rd7 $2 (37... Rd3 $5)
(37... Rd5 $5) (37... Qxb4 {(R.Tischbierek). Alle diese Züge sehen mir recht
gewinnträchtig aus.}) 38. g6 Kd8 39. Qg4 Qd5 40. Rc1 Rcc7 41. Qf4 Qd4 (41... c5
$5) 42. Re4 Qd2 43. Qh4+ Kc8 44. Rcc4 (44. Rec4 $5) 44... Qd1+ 45. Kg2 Qxa4 46.
Qg4 Re7 47. Rc5 Qb3 48. Rd4 Qb1 {Es muß das Ziel des Schwarzen sein, seinen
Springer zu aktivieren, aber dies ist nicht einfach zu erreichen:} (48... Red7
49. Rdc4 {ist nicht günstig für Schwarz.}) (48... Rcd7 {ist auch nicht
genügend zum Sieg:} 49. Rxc6+ Kb7 (49... Nc7 50. Rdd6 $16) 50. Rxe6 (50. Rxd7+
Rxd7 51. Qxe6 (51. Rxe6 Qd5+ 52. Qf3 Qxf3+ 53. Kxf3 Nc7 54. Rd6 (54. Rf6 gxf6
55. exf6 Rd6 56. f7 Rf6+ 57. Kg4 Ne6 58. Kh5 Rxf2 $19) 54... Rxd6 55. exd6 Nd5
{Mir scheint, daß Schwarz gute Gewinnaussichten besitzt.}) 51... Qxe6 52. Rxe6
Nc7 53. Rf6 (53. Rd6 Rxd6 54. exd6 Nd5 $19) 53... gxf6 54. exf6 Ne6 55. f4 Kc6
56. f5 Kd6 57. f7 Rd8 58. f6 Ng5 $19) 50... Qxe6 51. Qxe6 Rxe6 52. Rxd7+ Kb6 (
52... Kc6 53. Rxa7 Rxe5 54. f4 $10) 53. f4 Rxg6 54. Kf3 {läßt den Schwarzen
aber ohne Gewinnchancen.}) 49. Rd6 Qf5 50. Qc4 Qxg6 51. Qa6+ Rb7 52. Qxc6+ Nc7
{Leider ist die Aktivierung des Springers mit dem sofortigen Verlust dieser
Figur verbunden.} 53. Rd8+ Kxd8 54. Qxb7 Ke8 55. Qb8+ (55. Rxc7 Rxc7 56. Qxc7
Qe4+ 57. Kh2 Qh7+ 58. Kg1 Qb1+ 59. Kg2 Qe4+ 60. f3 Qe2+ 61. Kh3 Qxf3 62. Qxa7
Qh1+ $10) 55... Kf7 56. Rxc7 Qe4+ 57. f3 Qe2+ 58. Kh3 Qxf3 59. Rxe7+ Kxe7 60.
Qxa7+ Ke8 61. Qb8+ Kf7 62. Qc7+ Ke8 63. Qc8+ Ke7 64. Qc4 Kd7 65. Qd4+ Ke8
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Gurevich,M. Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4
Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3 Be7 9. Bg2 dxc4 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. O-O $6 (11. Qxc4 e5 12.
O-O exd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Qc4 Ne5 15. Qe2 O-O-O 16. e4 Qb4 $11 {1-0
Chiburdanidze,M-Madl,I/Batumi 2000/CBM 76 ext (55). (54)}) 11... Qa5 $6 {
'!' Gurevich,M. Gurevich,M: 'TN[/\12...Qh5<=>>>]'} (11... Nb6 $5 {kommt in
Betracht.} 12. Rd1 {Gurevich,M} O-O 13. e4 Qc8 14. Bf4 Re8 15. Bh3 Bb4 16. Rac1
Qd7 17. a3 Bf8 18. Qf3 Red8 19. Bg5 Be7 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. d5 $44 {1-0 Kuzubov,
Y-Pavlov,M/Alushta UKR 2004/The Week in Chess 500 (40)}) (11... e5 12. Qxc4
exd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 {führt zur oben zitierten Partie.}) (11... O-O {Gurevich,M}
12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Qxc4 e5 14. b4 (14. Qe2 exd4 15. Rxd4 Rad8 (15... Nc5 16. b3
Ne6 17. Rd1 Qa5 18. Bd2 Qc7 19. Rac1 a6 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 $14 {1/2-1/2
Khmelniker,I-Erenburg,S/Beer Sheva ISR 2004/The Week in Chess 494 (43)}) 16. b3
Nb6 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Bb2 Nbd5 19. e4 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 Bc5 21. Rc1 Bd4 22. Bxd4
Rxd4 23. e5 Nd5 24. e6 $14 {1-0 Gagunashvili,M-Goloshchapov,A/Dubai 2003/CBM
93 ext (46)}) 14... Nb6 15. Qb3 exd4 16. exd4 Qd7 17. b5 Nbd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19.
bxc6 bxc6 20. Bd2 Bf6 21. Rac1 Rac8 22. Ba5 Rfe8 23. Qd3 Bd8 24. Bd2 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Gelfand,B/Monte Carlo 2003/CBM 93 ext (47)}) 12. Qxc4 Qh5 {
Ftacnik: 'Gurevich comes up with a new plan of attack against the castling
position of white's king. White is enjoying the bishop's pair and a good
control of the center.'} 13. h3 g5 {'!' Gurevich,M.} 14. e4 (14. f3 {Gurevich,M
} Bd6 15. Ne2 e5 $132) 14... e5 ({In Betracht kommt auch} 14... Nb6 15. Qb3 (
15. Qe2 Qxe2 16. Nxe2 g4 $11 {führt zum Ausgleich.}) 15... O-O-O 16. Rd1 g4 17.
h4 Nfd7 {mit scharfem Spiel.}) (14... g4 {Gurevich,M} 15. h4 Nh7 $1 {(/\16...
g5)->}) 15. d5 (15. Be3 {ist ebenfalls spielbar.}) 15... Nb6 16. Qb3 g4 17. h4
Nh7 $2 {Ftacnik: 'This knight retreat is too direct, black will get into
difficulties. The only chance of success for the second player will be tied to
the kingside action. '  Dies ist eine äußerst optimistische Fortsetzung. Der
Springer steht hier ganz außer Spiel und verstopft außerdem die h-Linie.
Offenbar will Schwarz ihn später über g5 wirksam zum Einsatz bringen; aber
dafür dürfte er bei richtiger Reaktion die Zeit nicht bekommen. Nach} (17...
Nfd7 {'!?' Ftacnik.} 18. Rd1 (18. a4 {Ftacnik} g5 19. a5 Nc5 20. Qd1 Nc8 $13)
18... g5 {entbrennt ein scharfer Kampf mit ungefähr gleichen Aussichten.} 19.
Bxg5 {Gurevich,M} Bxg5 20. hxg5 Qxg5 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. Rd6 Rc8 23. Na4 Rh6 $13)
18. Rd1 {'!' Gurevich,M.} ({Auch die Fortsetzung} 18. Be3 Ng5 (18... g5 19.
Bxb6 axb6 20. Qxb6 gxh4 21. Qxb7 Rd8 22. Qxc6+ Kf8 23. Rfd1 {sieht
unzureichend für Schwarz aus.}) 19. Rfd1 {gibt dem Weißen gute Aussichten.}) (
18. Nd1 $5 {Gurevich,M} cxd5 (18... g5 19. Ne3 gxh4 20. Nf5 Bf6 21. dxc6 bxc6
22. gxh4 $16) 19. exd5 Nf6 $13) 18... g5 19. d6 Bd8 $6 (19... Bf6 {bietet
bessere Schwindelchancen:} 20. d7+ Kf8 (20... Nxd7 {ist hoffnungslos:} 21. Rxd7
Kxd7 22. Qxb7+ {usw.}) 21. Be3 (21. a4 {kann jetzt mit} Rd8 {beantwortet
werden.}) 21... gxh4 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. Qxb6 Kg7 {usw.}) 20. d7+ $18 Kf8 (20...
Nxd7 {Gurevich,M} 21. Qxb7 Nb6 22. Qxc6+ Kf8 23. Qd6+ $18) 21. a4 {'+/-!'
Gurevich,M.} gxh4 {'!?' Gurevich,M.} (21... a5 {Gurevich,M} 22. Be3 Ra6 23. Bf1
gxh4 24. Bxa6 hxg3 25. Kf1 $18) 22. a5 Kg7 23. axb6 $2 {Warum Weiß sich mit
dem Schlagen des gefangenen Springers beeilt, ist nicht ersichtlich. Nach} (23.
gxh4 Qxh4 24. Be3 {wird Schwarz bald aufgeben müssen.}) 23... Bxb6 24. Ne2 {
'?!' Gurevich,M. Gurevich,M: '[/\Ne2-g3-f5;'} (24. gxh4 Qxh4 25. Be3 Bxe3 26.
fxe3 Ng5 {gewährt dem Schwarzen ebenfalls einige gegenchancen.}) (24. Na4 $1 {
Gurevich,M} Bd8 (24... Bd4 25. Be3 $18) 25. Qxb7 hxg3 26. fxg3 (26. Qxa8 gxf2+
27. Kf1 Qh2 $132) 26... Bg5 27. Nc5 $18) (24. Qxb6 {Gurevich,M} axb6 25. Rxa8
Rxa8 26. d8=Q Rxd8 27. Rxd8 h3 28. Bf1 Ng5 $36) 24... h3 {'!' Gurevich,M.} 25.
Bf1 $2 (25. Bh1 {'!?' Gurevich,M. ist das richtige Verfahren; Weiß dürfte zum
Sieg ausreichenden Vorteil besitzen. Nach dem Textzug erhält Schwarz wieder
ein vollwertiges Spiel.} Ng5 {Gurevich,M} (25... Nf6 {Gurevich,M} 26. Be3 h2+
27. Kf1 Bxe3 28. Qxe3 Rad8 29. Rxa7 Nxd7 $14) (25... Ng5 26. Kh2 $1 $16) 26.
Kh2 $1 $16) 25... Nf6 {'©' Gurevich,M.} 26. Be3 $2 {Weiß verliert völlig den
Faden. Natürlich muß er den Bauern auf e4 decken:} (26. Nc3 Rad8 (26... h2+ 27.
Kh1 Bxf2 28. Qxb7 {ist ungünstig für Schwarz.}) 27. Qc2 {mit etwa gleichen
Aussichten.}) 26... Nxe4 27. Kh2 {Es ist riskant mit} (27. Bxb6 h2+ {
zuzulassen:} 28. Kh1 axb6 29. Qe3 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 Qf5 31. Nf4 exf4 32. Qd4+ f6
33. d8=Q Rxd8 34. Qxd8 Nxf2+ 35. Kxh2 fxg3+ 36. Kg1 (36. Kxg3 Ne4+ 37. Kh2 g3+
38. Kg2 Qf2+ 39. Kh3 Ng5+ 40. Kg4 Qf3+ 41. Kh4 Qf4+ 42. Kh5 Nf7 {führt zum
Verlust.}) 36... Nh3+ 37. Kh1 Qe4+ 38. Bg2 Nf2+ 39. Kg1 Qe3 40. Qd7+ Kh6 41.
Qf5 Qd4 {Es ist unklar, ob Weiß sich retten kann.}) 27... Qf5 28. Bxb6 (28. f4
gxf3 29. Nc3 Nxg3 30. Bxb6 Qf4 {, und Schwarz gewinnt.}) (28. Qd3 {Gurevich,M}
Bxe3 29. Qxe3 Qxf2+ 30. Qxf2 Nxf2 31. Rd6 Ne4 32. Rdd1 f5 $17) 28... axb6 29.
Qxb6 $2 {'(+)?' Gurevich,M. Danach steht Weiß endgültig auf Verlust. Er mußte
wählen zwischen} (29. f4 gxf3 30. Ng1 Rxa1 31. Rxa1 f2 32. Nf3 Nf6 33. Rd1 {und
}) (29. Qe3 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 Qxf2+ 31. Qxf2 Nxf2 32. Ra7 {, jeweils mit unklarem
Spiel.}) 29... c5 {'-+!' Gurevich,M.} (29... Nxf2 {mit der tödlichen Drohung
Df5-f3 führt ebenfalls zum Sieg.}) 30. Rxa8 (30. f4 exf4 31. Nxf4 Qxf4 {
und Schwarz gewinnt.}) (30. f3 Qxf3 31. Qxb7 Rxa1 32. Rxa1 Qf2+ 33. Kh1 Nd2 {
und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 30... Qxf2+ 31. Kh1 Qf3+ 32. Kh2 Nf2 33. Qh6+ Rxh6 34.
Rg8+ Kxg8 35. d8=Q+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. g3 Qb8 $2 {Dies ist zu langsam; jetzt kann
Weiß die Stellung mit Kraft öffnen. Nötig ist} (11... Be7 {, und falls} 12.
cxd5 exd5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. fxe4 {, so} Qb6 {mit unklaren Folgen;
nach Damentausch verliert das Zentrum des Weißen viel von seiner Drohkraft.})
12. cxd5 (12. Kf2 $6 Be7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bh3 Rd8 15. Ne2 O-O 16. Nxg6 hxg6
17. Qc2 Rfe8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Smyslov,V-Chernin,A/Montpellier 1985/Candidates (33).
(32)}) 12... cxd5 ({Kein Vertrauen in die Aussichten des Schwarzen erweckt
auch die Stellung, die nach} 12... exd5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Bc4 exf3
16. Bxf7+ Kd8 17. O-O {entsteht.}) 13. e4 $16 dxe4 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. fxe4 Nh5
$2 (15... Be7 16. e5 (16. Bf4 Qa8 17. Bg2 Nh5 {ist nicht unmittelbar
verlustträchtig für Schwarz.}) 16... Ng4 17. h3 Nh6 {mußte versucht werden.})
16. Bg2 e5 ({Nach} 16... Be7 17. e5 g5 18. Ne4 ({Die Fortsetzung} 18. O-O Nxe5
19. dxe5 Bc5+ {wirft dem Schwarzen noch eine Chance zu.}) 18... Rxc1+ 19. Bxc1
{liegt die Stellung des Schwarzen im Argen.}) 17. Bh3 Rd8 $6 ({Dies führt
sofort zum Verlust, aber auch nach} 17... Nhf6 18. Bxd7+ Nxd7 19. O-O Nf6 20.
Qa4+ Nd7 21. Nd5 {wird Schwarz nicht mehr lange leben.}) 18. Nb5 Be7 19. Bb4
O-O 20. Bxe7 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Narbonne"]
[Date "1997.08.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anic, Darko"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 O-O 12. Bd2 Qb6 (12... Re8 13. Bc3
Qc7 14. Qe2 Bf6 {1/2-1/2 Kharitonov,A-Kalinitschew,S/Berliner Sommer 1995/EXP
47}) 13. b4 (13. Bc3 Bb4 14. Qc2 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 a5 16. Rfd1 Nf6 17. Rd3 c5 18.
Rad1 Rad8 19. dxc5 Rxd3 20. Rxd3 Qxc5 21. Qd4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Rc8 23. Ne5 Kf8 24.
Rd6 Ne4 25. Rb6 f6 26. Nd7+ Ke8 27. Rxe6+ Kxd7 28. Rxe4 b5 29. b3 bxc4 30. Rd4+
{1/2-1/2 Serper,G-Shirov,A/WchT Luzern 1993/CBM 39/[Serper]}) 13... Qa6 14. Qc2
b5 15. a4 bxc4 16. Rfc1 Rac8 17. a5 Bd6 18. Qxc4 Qb7 19. Rab1 a6 20. Qd3 Qb5
21. Rc4 Qd5 22. Qc2 Rc7 23. Rc1 Rfc8 24. Qd1 h6 25. Qe2 Rb7 26. Qd1 g5 {
Schwarz beginnt mit den Vorbereitungen zu einem Selbstmord.} 27. h3 f5 28. Qe2
Nf8 29. Ne5 Bxe5 30. dxe5 Nd7 31. Bc3 c5 32. Rd1 Qc6 33. Rd6 Qb5 34. Rxe6 Nf8
35. Rxh6 cxb4 36. Qh5 Qxc4 37. Rh8+ Kg7 38. e6+ (38. e6+ Qxc3 39. Qh6#) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Black "Iskusnyh, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novosibirsk Transsib"]
[BlackTeam "Novokuznetsk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Qxb3 12. axb3 Bd6 13. h3 Nh5 {Dies ist
ein neuer Versuch. Gespielt wurde früher} (13... a6 14. Bd3 Rc8 15. c5 $6 (15.
Kb1 {>=} c5 16. cxd5 (16. g4 Nb6) 16... exd5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 (17... Nxc5 18. Bc2
Ke7 19. Bc1 $14 {><d5}) 18. e4 $1 (18. Na4 Ba7 19. Rc1 O-O $10) 18... Ne5 (
18... dxe4 19. Nxe4 $14) 19. Bc2 d4 20. Bf4 Nxf3 21. gxf3 dxc3 22. bxc3 $14)
15... Bc7 $10 16. b4 (16. f4 Ba5 17. Kb1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Ne4 $10) 16... e5 17. g4
Kf8 18. Rdf1 Re8 (18... g5 19. Kc2 Re8 20. Be1 g6 21. h4 $10) 19. h4 Re7 20.
Kc2 Kg8 {1/2-1/2 Chuchelov,V-Dautov,R/BL2-W9596 1996/CBM 52/[Dautov] (20)}) 14.
Bd3 Ng3 15. Rhg1 a6 16. Kc2 Rc8 17. Ra1 O-O 18. Be1 c5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 $6 (19...
dxc4 20. cxd6 (20. bxc4 Nxc5) 20... cxd3+ 21. Kxd3 Nf5 {führte zu bequemem
Ausgleich.}) 20. cxd5 exd5 21. b4 Ne6 $6 ({Nach} 21... Nxd3 22. Kxd3 Rfd8 23.
b5 axb5 24. Nxb5 Bb8 {steht Weiß etwas besser; nach dem Textzug büßt Schwarz
einen Bauern ein.}) 22. Bf2 Nf5 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Kb3 Rc4 25. Nxd5 Rfc8 26. Be1
R8c6 27. Bc3 b5 {Dies gefällt mir nicht; der Bauer auf a6 wird schwach. Nach} (
27... f6 {bleibt der Vorteil des Weißen begrenzt.}) 28. Rgd1 f6 29. Rd3 Kf7 30.
Rdd1 Be5 $6 {Meines Erachtens sollte Schwarz Läufertausch vermeiden.} (30...
Rh4 {kommt in Betracht.}) 31. f4 ({Gewinnaussichten bot auch die Folge} 31.
Bxe5 fxe5 32. Nc3 f4 33. Rd7+ Kf8 34. exf4 exf4 ({Nach} 34... Nd4+ 35. Ka2 exf4
36. Rd1 Nc2 37. Rd8+ {erhält Weiß eine starke Initiative.}) 35. Rad1 a5 36.
R1d5 Rxb4+ 37. Ka2) 31... Bxc3 $2 {Dies kommt dem Weißen entgegen.} (31... Bd6
{bot noch stets Rettungsaussichten.}) 32. Nxc3 Nf8 {Schwarz muß sich nun
passiv aufstellen:} (32... Ke7 33. Rd2 {nebst Ta1-d1 ist nicht günstiger für
ihn.}) 33. Rd3 Re6 34. Rg1 Rc8 35. g4 fxg4 36. hxg4 Rce8 37. e4 Rc6 38. g5 Rc4
39. gxf6 gxf6 40. f5 Rc6 41. Rdg3 Re7 42. Rg7+ Ke8 43. Rxe7+ Kxe7 44. Rg7+ Kd8
45. Nd5 Ke8 46. Re7+ Kd8 47. Ra7 Ke8 48. Nc7+ Kd8 49. Nxa6 Nd7 50. Rxd7+ 1-0

[Event "NED-chT 0102 playoff"]
[Site "Enschede"]
[Date "2002.05.10"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.05.09"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ordina Breda"]
[BlackTeam "Hilversum HSG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. g3 $6 ({Besser ist} 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. O-O-O $14 {Gurevich,
Michail-Khenkin, Igor, FRA-chT 9900 (5.1)}) 9... Qxb3 10. axb3 Bc2 11. c5 Bxb3
12. Ra3 Bc4 ({Auf} 12... Bc2 {folgt} 13. Kd2 Bg6 14. Rb3 b5 15. cxb6 axb6 16.
Rxb6 {mit gleichem Spiel.}) 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Bd2 {Weiß kann den Bauern nicht
zurückgewinnen. Auf} (14. Ra4 $6 {folgt} Nbd7 15. Rxc4 $6 b5 16. cxb6 Nxb6 17.
Rxc6 Kd7 {, und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 14... Nbd7 15. Ke2 b5 ({Zu einer unklaren
Stellung führt die Fortsetzung} 15... b6 16. Rha1 a5 17. e4 e5 (17... Rb8 {
ist solider, doch hat Schwarz nach} 18. Bf4 Rb7 19. Nd1 bxc5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21.
Rxa5 Ke7 (21... O-O 22. R5a4 {ist nicht wirksamer.}) 22. R5a4 {keinen
wesentlichen Vorteil.}) 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. cxb6 Bxa3 20. bxa3 O-O 21. Rb1) (
15... Be7 16. Rha1 a6 17. Ng2 {ergibt ebenfalls etwa gleiches Spiel.}) 16. Na2
{Weiß hat ausreichende Kompensation für den geopferten/eingestellten Bauern.}
Kd8 17. Nb4 Kc7 18. Rha1 Kb7 19. e4 e5 $6 (19... Be7 {sieht solider aus.}) 20.
d5 Nxc5 21. Nxc6 a6 22. Nxe5 Ncd7 $2 {Besser gefällt mir} (22... Ncxe4 23. fxe4
Bxa3 24. Rxa3 Nxe4 25. Nxf7 Rhf8 (25... Rhe8 {wird mit} 26. Re3 {beantwortet.})
26. Rf3 a5 {mit vermutlich etwa ausgeglichener Stellung.}) 23. Nxf7 Bxa3 24.
Rxa3 Rhf8 25. Nf5 {Jetzt hat Weiß Vorteil, denn sein Bauernzentrum entfaltet
beachtliche Kraft, seine Springer sind agil und die schwarzen Felder in der
Stellung des Nachziehenden sind löcherig.} Ne8 26. Ng5 $6 {Hiernach kann sich
Schwarz erholen. Interessanter war} (26. N7d6+ Nxd6 27. Nxd6+ Kc7 (27... Kb6 {
ist verfehlt:} 28. Ba5+ Ka7 (28... Kc5 29. Nb7+ Kd4 30. Bc3# {ergibt ein
hübsches Matt.}) 29. Bc3 {, und Weiß gewinnt.}) 28. Bb4 Ne5 (28... Rg8 29. Nf7
{mit erklecklichem Vorteil für Weiß.}) 29. f4 Nd3 30. Rxd3 cxd3+ 31. Kxd3 {
, und es ist nicht ersichtlich, wie Schwarz die Bauernwalze des Weißen im
Zentrum aufhalten kann.}) 26... Rxf5 $1 27. exf5 Ndf6 28. Re3 Nxd5 29. Re5 Nec7
30. Ne6 Re8 31. f4 Nxe6 32. fxe6 Kc6 33. f5 Kd6 ({In Betracht kommt auch} 33...
b4 34. g4 a5 {mit schwer zu überblickenden Folgen.}) 34. Re4 g6 ({Nach} 34...
Kc5 35. Be3+ Nxe3 36. Kxe3 {gerät Schwarz in Schwierigkeiten.}) 35. g4 gxf5 $2
(35... Nf6 36. Bf4+ (36. Rd4+ Ke5 {bringt dem Weißen nichts ein:} 37. Bc3 {
scheitert an} b4) (36. Rf4 h5 37. h3 hxg4 38. hxg4 Nxg4 39. Rxg4 gxf5 {führt
zum Remis.}) 36... Kc6 37. Rd4 Nxg4 38. Rd6+ Kc5 39. fxg6 (39. h3 Nf6) 39...
hxg6 40. Kf3 Nh6 (40... Nf6 41. Rxa6 b4 {sollte auch zum Remis genügen.}) 41.
Rxa6 Nf5 {, und Schwarz dürfte sich halten können.}) 36. gxf5 Rf8 {Jetzt hat
Schwarz keine ausreichende Verteidigung mehr, zum Beispiel} (36... Nf6 37. Bf4+
Kc6 ({oder} 37... Ke7 38. Rd4 Rg8 39. Bc7 {, und Schwarz ist hilflos.}) 38. Rd4
Nd5 39. Be5 a5 40. Kf3 {, und die Drohung Kf3-e4 hat entscheidende Kraft:} Rg8
41. f6 {usw.}) 37. e7 Re8 38. Bb4+ Kd7 (38... Kc7 {ist zäher, genügt aber
nicht zur Rettung der Partie, zum Beispiel} 39. Kf3 a5 (39... h5 40. Re6 {usw.}
) 40. Bxa5+ Kd7 41. Bb4 Nxe7 42. f6 Ng6 43. f7 {usw.}) 39. Rd4 Kc6 40. f6 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 03rd"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Fritz3} d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Qb3 Qc7 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd2
Nc6 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Be2 a6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Rfc1 O-O 12. a3 Qe7 13. Be1 h6 14. Na2
Rac8 15. Nb4 Na5 16. Qa2 Bc7 17. Ne5 Ne4 18. Nbd3 f6 19. Bb4 Nd6 20. Nf4 Rfd8
21. g4 Be4 22. Rxc7 $4 (22. f3 $142 {Ist einfacher} Bh7 (22... fxe5 23. dxe5 {
kostet den Schwarzen ebenfalls Material.}) 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 (23... Qxc7 24. Nxe6
Qe7 25. Nxd8 {und Weiß gewinnt, weil der Bauer auf d5 nicht wie in der Partie
vom Läufer auf e4 gedeckt ist.}) 24. Bxa5 fxe5 25. Bxc7 $18) 22... Qxc7 23.
Nxe6 Qe7 24. Nxd8 fxe5 25. Bd3 (25. Bxa5 {Fritz3 So hätte Weiß spielen müssen.}
Rc2 {überläßt dem Schwarzen starken Angriff:} 26. Re1 (26. f3 Rxe2 27. fxe4 Qh4
) (26. Bd1 $142 {Fritz3 Die beste Verteidigung, die zu schwer überschaubaren
Verwicklungen führt, man sehe:} Rxf2 $1 (26... Qh4 27. Bxc2 Qxg4+ 28. Kf1 $16)
27. Kxf2 Qh4+ 28. Kg1 Nc4 29. Bb4 (29. Bc7 Qe1#) 29... Nd2 $1 30. Bxd2 Qh3 {
Nach} 31. Kf2 Qxh2+ 32. Ke1 Qg1+ {hat Schwarz remis.}) 26... Qh4 27. f3 Bxf3)
25... Qxd8 26. dxe5 (26. Bxd6 $142 {Fritz3} Bxd3 27. Qxd5+ Kh8 28. dxe5 $15)
26... Ndc4 27. Bxe4 dxe4 28. Rc1 Kh8 29. Qb1 Nxe5 30. Rxc8 Qxc8 31. Qxe4 Nac6
32. h3 Nxb4 33. axb4 Nc6 34. h4 Qd8 35. h5 Qe7 36. Qf5 Qxb4 37. Qc8+ Kh7 38. g5
hxg5 39. Qf5+ Kg8 40. Qe6+ Kf8 41. Qf5+ Ke8 42. Qg6+ Kd8 43. Qxg7 Qg4+ 44. Kf1
Qxh5 45. Qxb7 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "POL-ch 54th"]
[Site "Sopot"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Murdzia, Piotr"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1997.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Nbd7 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Qa5 12. Qe3 c5 {Vielleicht ist dies
verfrüht. Läufertausch führt zum Ausgleich.} 13. O-O O-O (13... Bxd2 14. Nxd2
cxd4 15. Qxd4 Nf6 16. Ne4 $11) 14. Rfd1 Rad8 15. a3 (15. Bxb4 $5 {kommt in
Betracht:} Qxb4 (15... cxb4 16. a3 $14) 16. b3 $14) 15... Bxd2 16. Rxd2 b6 17.
dxc5 bxc5 18. Rad1 Nf6 19. h3 Rxd2 20. Rxd2 Rb8 21. Qe5 (21. Ne5 {sieht
natürlicher aus; nach} Qc7 (21... Rc8 22. f4 {schafft dem Schwarzen keine
besseren Möglichkeiten}) 22. f4 {ist die Stellung des Schwarzen freudlos.})
21... Rc8 22. b4 {Dies sieht gut aus, stürzt den Weißen aber nur in Gefahren;
besser war} (22. Qe3 {gefolgt von Sf3-e5.}) 22... Qa4 23. b5 h6 (23... Qxc4 {
verspricht nicht mehr:} 24. Qc7 Rf8 25. Rd8 Qxb5 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Ng5 Qb1+ (
27... Qd7 28. Nxh7+ $16) (27... Qe8 28. Qxc5+ Qe7 29. Qc8+ Qe8 (29... Ne8 30.
Nxh7+ Kg8 31. Ng5 Kf8 $11) 30. Qc5+ $11) 28. Kh2 Qg6 29. Qxc5+ Ke8 30. Nf3 $11)
24. Rd6 $6 (24. Qc3 {war stärker} Ne4 25. Qc2 Qxc2 26. Rxc2 Rd8 27. Re2 Rd1+
28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Nxe1 Nd2 (29... Kf8 30. Nd3 Ke7 31. f3 Nd2 (31... Nd6 32. Nb2
{ist nicht besser}) 32. Nb2 {läßt dem Weißen das bessere Spiel.}) 30. Nd3 Nxc4
31. a4 Kf8 32. Nxc5 Ke7 33. Kf1 Kd6 34. Nb3 {Weiß sollte remis halten können.})
24... Qxc4 25. Rc6 Rd8 26. Rxc5 Rd1+ 27. Kh2 Qf1 28. Qe3 (28. Kg3 Qd3 29. Kh2
Qb1 {leistete keinen zäheren Widerstand.}) 28... Kh7 29. a4 ({Der Turm muß das
Feld h5 bewacht halten:} 29. Rc7 Nh5 {mit baldigem Matt.}) 29... g5 {Jetzt hat
Weiß keine befriedigende Verteidigung gegen die Drohung 30...Dh1+ 31.Kg3 Sh5+.}
30. g4 (30. Nxg5+ hxg5 31. Rxg5 (31. Qxg5 Qg1+ 32. Kg3 Ne4+ $19) 31... Re1 {
ist hoffnungslos für Weiß.}) 30... Nd5 $6 ({Einfacher scheint mir} 30... Qh1+
31. Kg3 Rg1+ 32. Nxg1 Ne4+ 33. Qxe4+ Qxe4 $19) 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. Qxa7 Kg7 33.
Qe3 Rd3 34. Qe5+ Kg8 35. Qb8+ Kh7 36. Qg3 Qe2 37. Kg2 Qe4 38. a5 Qb7 39. a6
Qxb5 40. Qc7 Qd7 41. Qc2 Qd5 42. a7 Qxf3+ 43. Kh2 Qxh3+ 44. Kg1 Qxg4+ 45. Kh2
Qh5+ 46. Kg2 Qf3+ 47. Kh2 f5 48. a8=Q Qh3+ 49. Kg1 Qg4+ 50. Qg2 Rd1+ 51. Kh2
Qh4+ 52. Qh3 Rh1+ 53. Kxh1 Qxh3+ 54. Kg1 Qg4+ 55. Kf1 Kg6 56. Qc8 Qd1+ 57. Kg2
Qd5+ 0-1

[Event "DEN-ch playoff"]
[Site "Ronne"]
[Date "1999.09.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1999.09.25"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. h3
Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 Nbd7 (11... Na6 12. Bd2 Be7 13. g5 Nd7 14.
e4 $6 (14. h4 {war besser.}) 14... Qxb3 15. axb3 Nb4 16. O-O Nc2 17. Rac1 Nxd4
18. exd5 Nxb3 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Bxc6 Rc8 21. Bxd7+ Kxd7 22. Rcd1 Rxc4 $17 {
0-1 Chiburdanidze,M-Liiva,R/Kalev 1997/EXT 98 (64)}) 12. Bd2 dxc4 $6 ({Dies
vergrößert unnötigerweise die Wirksamkeit des Läufers auf g2.} 12... Be7 {
führt zu gleichem Spiel.}) 13. Qxc4 Be7 14. O-O-O Qc7 15. Kb1 Rc8 $6 (15...
O-O-O {gefällt mir besser. Jetzt muß der König des Schwarzen im Zentrum
verharren, denn die kurze Rochade kommt nicht in Betracht; Weiß könnte rasch
einen entscheidenden Königsangriff aufbauen.}) 16. g5 Nd5 17. h4 N7b6 18. Qe2
Nxc3+ 19. Bxc3 Nd5 20. Bd2 Qb6 21. Ka1 Bb4 $6 (21... Bd6 $5) 22. e4 Ne7 23. Be3
Qc7 24. h5 Rxh5 25. Rxh5 gxh5 26. Qxh5 Ng6 27. Bh3 Ke7 28. f4 Rh8 29. Qf3 Ke8 (
29... Kf8 $5 {sieht besser aus.}) 30. d5 exd5 31. exd5 Bd6 32. dxc6 Qxc6 $2 ({
Schwarz mußte den Druck gegen den Punkt f4 aufrechterhalten. Nach} 32... bxc6
33. f5 (33. Bg2 Ne7 {ist nicht wirksamer)}) 33... Ne5 {hatte Schwarz
Überlebensaussichten.}) 33. Qf1 a6 34. Rc1 $6 ({Mit} 34. f5 {konnte Weiß dem
Turm auf h8 die Deckung entziehen und sofortigen Gewinn erzielen:} Ne5 (34...
Ne7 35. f6 gxf6 36. gxf6 Ng6 37. Rc1) (34... Nf8 35. f6) 35. Rc1 Qd7 36. f6
Qxh3 37. Qxh3 Rxh3 38. fxg7 {und Weiß bekommt eine neue Dame.}) 34... Qe4 35.
f5 $2 ({Nach} 35. Bg2 Qb4 ({Nach} 35... Qf5 36. Bxb7 {gewinnt Weiß mühelos.})
36. Qd1 {hat Schwarz keine befriedigende Verteidigung gegen die Drohung 37.a3,
zum Beispiel} Ke7 37. f5 Nf8 38. f6+ gxf6 39. gxf6+ Kd7 40. Bc5 Qf4 41. Bxd6
Qxd6 42. Qg4+ Qe6 43. Qb4 {mit baldigem Matt.}) 35... Ne7 36. Re1 Be5 $2 (36...
Qb4 {(mit der Drohung 37...Th3)} 37. Bg2 (37. a3 Qb3 {mit der Drohung 38...Le5
verbessert die Lage des Weißen nicht.}) 37... Be5 38. Bc1 f6 {sicherte dem
Schwarzen eine haltbare Stellung.}) 37. Bc5 Qd5 38. Bxe7 Kxe7 39. f6+ Kf8 40.
Rd1 $6 (40. Rc1 {führt zum Gewinn.} Bxb2+ 41. Kxb2 Qd4+ 42. Rc3 Qd2+ 43. Rc2
Qd4+ 44. Kb1 Qb4+ (44... Qb6+ 45. Rb2 {, und die Schachs gehen zu Ende.}) 45.
Kc1 Qa3+ 46. Kd1 {, und Weiß gewinnt.}) 40... Qa5 41. fxg7+ $2 ({Jetzt kann
Weiß nach} 41. Rc1 Bxb2+ 42. Kxb2 Qb6+ 43. Kc2 Qc5+ {dem Dauerschach nicht
entkommen.}) (41. Qc4 gxf6 42. g6 Qc7 43. Rd8+ Kg7 44. Qxc7 Bxc7 45. Rxh8 Kxh8
46. gxf7 Kg7 {führt zu einer Remisstellung.}) (41. Qf5 {verbürgt dagegen den
Sieg:} Qc7 42. Kb1 gxf6 (42... g6 43. Qg4 {, und Schwarz hat keine
Verteidigung gegen die Drohung Td1-c1.}) 43. gxf6 Rxh3 44. Qxh3 Bxf6 45. Qd7 {
, und Weiß gewinnt.}) 41... Kxg7 42. Rd7 Bf4 43. Be6 Rf8 44. Bd5 $6 ({
Aussichtsreicher ist vielleicht} 44. Bxf7 Rxf7 ({Auch nach} 44... Qxg5 45. Bd5+
{hat Schwarz es sehr schwer.}) 45. Rxf7+ Kxf7 46. Qxf4+ Kg6 47. Qf6+ Kh5 48. a3
Qxg5 49. Qf3+ {mit Gewinnaussichten im Damenendspiel.}) 44... Qd2 45. a3 ({
Nicht zum Gewinn führt} 45. g6 Be5 46. Qb1 Kh6 47. a3 (47. Qh1+ Kg5 48. Qg1+
Kh6 $11) (47. gxf7 Bxb2+ $11) 47... fxg6 48. Qxg6+ Kxg6 49. Be4+ Kf6 $11) 45...
Rc8 $2 ({Nach} 45... Qc1+ 46. Qxc1 Bxc1 47. Bxb7 a5 48. Rd5 Rb8 49. Rb5 Bf4 {
sollte Schwarz imstande sein, die Stellung zu halten. Der Textzug führt
unmittelbar zum Verlust.}) 46. Rxf7+ (46. Qh3 {gewann auch sofort.}) 46... Kg6
47. Qb1+ Kh5 48. Qh7+ Kg4 49. Be6+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.03.12"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Ziegler, Ari"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Delmenhorst"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qb6 (8... Qc7 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. cxd5 (10. O-O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Be2 a6 {/\c5
}) (10. Rc1 Rc8 $10) 10... exd5 11. O-O-O {/\e4}) 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 (10. c5
$2 Qc7 11. e4 dxe4 (11... Nbd7 $6 12. e5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Qxe5+ 14. Ne2 Bxc5 15.
Bf4 $16) 12. fxe4 (12. Bf4 $2 Qxf4 13. Qxb7 exf3 14. Qxa8 (14. gxf3 Qh4+ 15.
Ke2 Qxd4 16. Qxa8 Qe5+ 17. Kd1 Bxc5 $17) 14... Ne4 $1 15. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 16. Kf2
Qxd4+ 17. Kxf3 Qxb2 18. Bd3 Bxc5 $19) 12... Nbd7 {/\e5} 13. e5 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Qxe5+ 15. Ne2 O-O-O 16. Bf4 Qxc5 $17) 10... Nbd7 (10... Bd6 $5 11. O-O-O Qxb3
12. axb3 Rxh2 13. Rxh2 Bxh2 14. f4 Nbd7 (14... Bg3 15. Be2 {/\Rh1-h3}) (14...
g5 15. fxg5 Nh7 16. e4 $36) 15. Be2 O-O-O 16. Rh1 Rh8 17. g4 (17. Bf3 Rh6 18.
g4 Bg3) (17. Be1 Rh6 18. g3 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Kd1 f5 21. Bf2 Nf6 22. Ke1 $2
Bxg3 $1 $19) 17... Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. b4 $44 {ץh2}) 11. Bd3 (11. O-O-O Qxb3
12. axb3 Bd6 13. h3 a6 (13... Nh5 $5 14. Bd3 Ng3 15. Rhe1 O-O 16. cxd5 (16. e4
dxe4 17. fxe4 e5 18. d5 Bc5 19. Ne2 Nxe2+ 20. Rxe2 a5 $10) 16... cxd5 (16...
exd5 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 $14) 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 e5 19. Nb5 Be7 $13) 14. Bd3
Rc8 15. c5 $6 (15. Kb1 {>=} c5 16. cxd5 (16. g4 Nb6) 16... exd5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 (
17... Nxc5 18. Bc2 Ke7 19. Bc1 $14 {><d5}) 18. e4 $1 (18. Na4 Ba7 19. Rc1 O-O
$10) 18... Ne5 (18... dxe4 19. Nxe4 $14) 19. Bc2 d4 20. Bf4 Nxf3 21. gxf3 dxc3
22. bxc3 $14) 15... Bc7 $10 16. b4 (16. f4 Ba5 17. Kb1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Ne4 $10)
16... e5 17. g4 Kf8 18. Rdf1 Re8 (18... g5 19. Kc2 Re8 20. Be1 g6 21. h4 $10)
19. h4 Re7 20. Kc2 Kg8 {1/2-1/2 Chuchelov,V-Dautov,R/BL2-W9596 1996/CBM 52/
[Dautov] (20)}) 11... Qxb3 {Dies ist nicht gut; Schwarz verbessert die
Bauernstruktur des Gegners. Besser ist} (11... Be7 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. O-O dxc4
14. Bxc4 b5 15. Bb3 O-O $11 {0-1 Chatalbashev,B-Meduna,E/Pardubice 1997/CBM 59
ext (44)}) 12. axb3 a6 13. Kf2 O-O-O 14. g4 Bd6 15. g5 Ng8 16. e4 $6 (16. f4
$14) 16... dxe4 17. fxe4 Bc5 18. Ne2 ({Ungünstig für Weiß ist die Fortsetzung} 
18. Be3 Ne5 19. dxe5 Bxe3+ 20. Kxe3 Rh3+) 18... e5 $2 (18... Bxd4+ {ist nicht
das Beste:} 19. Nxd4 Ne5 (19... Nc5 20. Bb1 Rxd4 21. Be3 Nxb3 22. Ra3 Rd2+ 23.
Bxd2 Nxd2 24. Bd3 {führt zu einer Gewinnstellung für Weiß.}) 20. Bb1 (20. Bc2 {
ist schwächer:} Rxd4 21. Bc3 Rd7 $15 {mit Vorteil für Schwarz.}) 20... Rxd4 21.
Bc3 c5 22. Ra5 {mit Vorteil für Weiß.}) ({Richtig ist} 18... Ne5 19. Bb1 Rxd4
20. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 21. Kg2 Bxb2 {, und Schwarz steht besser.}) 19. Ba5 Bb6 20. Bxb6
Nxb6 21. d5 Rh3 $2 (21... f5 {mußte versucht werden, um das Zentrum des Weißen
zu sprengen, Raum zu gewinnen und den Springern Wirkungsmöglichkeiten zu
schaffen.}) 22. Ng3 c5 23. b4 cxb4 24. Kg2 Rh4 25. c5 Nd7 26. Rhc1 Nb8 27. c6
Rd6 28. cxb7+ Kxb7 29. Rc4 Ne7 30. Rxb4+ Ka7 ({Besser gefällt mir} 30... Rb6
31. Rxb6+ Kxb6 32. Rf1 Rf4 33. Rxf4 exf4 34. Ne2 Nd7 35. Nxf4 a5 {, und
Schwarz sollte sich halten können.}) 31. Rc4 Rd7 32. Rf1 Rf4 33. Rxf4 exf4 34.
Ne2 Rb7 35. b4 Nd7 36. Nxf4 Ne5 37. Rd4 Rd7 38. b5 Nxd3 $2 (38... a5 {mußte
versucht werden.}) 39. Nxd3 axb5 40. Ne5 (40. Ne5 Rb7 41. d6 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[BlackTeam "Sverdlovsk Ural region"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd2
Nbd7 9. Rc1 Bd6 10. a3 (10. Qf3 O-O 11. h4 Re8 12. Be2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 e5 14. h5
Nb6 15. Bb3 gxh5 16. Ne4 exd4 17. Ng5 Re7 $17 {1-0 Yevseev,D-Ulibin,M/
Krasnoyarsk 2003/CBM 098 (59). (58)}) 10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. O-O e5 13.
dxe5 (13. Qc2 exd4 14. exd4 Nb6 15. Bb3 Nfd5 {sieht befriedigend für Schwarz
aus.}) 13... Nxe5 14. Be2 Qe7 15. Qa4 g5 16. Rcd1 (16. Ne4 {scheint mir
plausibler zu sein.}) 16... g4 17. Kh1 $6 (17. Ne4 {ist noch stets
befriedigend:} b5 (17... Nxe4 18. Qxe4 f5 19. Qa4 Qh4 20. f4 {ist für Schwarz
nicht ratsam.}) 18. Qc2 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 f5 20. Qc2 (20. Qd4 Rad8 21. Ba5 Rd7 22.
Qc3 Rf6 {verspricht dem Weißen nicht mehr.}) 20... Qh4 (20... Rf6 21. Bc3 Rh6
22. g3 {ist jedenfalls nicht gefährlich für Weiß.}) 21. g3 Qh3 22. f4 gxf3 23.
Bxf3 Nxf3+ 24. Rxf3 {mit gutem Spiel für Weiß.}) 17... b5 18. Qa6 $2 ({Nach} 
18. Qc2 Nf3 19. gxf3 gxf3 20. Qf5 fxe2 21. Nxe2 Ne4 22. Be1 (22. Ng3 Bxg3 23.
hxg3 Qe6 24. Qxe6 fxe6 25. Kg1 Rad8 26. Bc3 {genügt wohl auch zum Überleben.})
22... Rfd8 23. f3 {hat Schwarz keinen nennenswerten Vorteil.}) 18... Nf3 19.
Qxc6 (19. Bxf3 Qe5 20. g3 gxf3 21. Qxc6 Qh5 22. Ne4 Ng4 23. h4 Be7 24. Kg1 Bxh4
25. gxh4 Ne5 26. Nf6+ gxf6 27. Qe4 Kh8 {, und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 19... Qe5 20.
Qxd6 (20. g3 Qh5 {führt zu dem Abspiel, das beim 19. Zuge von Weiß angegeben
ist.}) 20... Qxd6 21. gxf3 Qc6 $6 (21... b4 22. axb4 (22. Nb5 Qe5 23. fxg4 Qxb2
) 22... Qxb4 23. Bc1 Qb7 {ist genauer.}) 22. e4 $2 (22. Nxb5 {bietet
Möglichkeiten zum Widerstand.}) 22... gxf3 23. Bxf3 Rad8 $19 24. Bg2 Qc4 25. h3
Rfe8 26. Be3 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 a5 28. Bf1 Qc8 29. Rd4 Re5 30. Bf4 Rh5 31. Kg1 Rxh3
32. e5 Nh5 33. Bd2 Rf3 34. Nxb5 Qf5 35. Nc3 Ng3 36. e6 fxe6 37. Bc4 Qh3 38.
fxg3 Qxg3+ 39. Kh1 Qh3+ 40. Kg1 Rg3+ 41. Kf2 Qh2+ 42. Ke1 Qg1+ 43. Bf1 Qxd4 44.
Ne2 Qe4 45. Bxa5 Rf3 46. Bd2 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "Nordic-ch VISA"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1997.10.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nilssen, John Arni"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 O-O (7...
Nbd7 8. Qc2 Bg6 9. e4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. Bg5 c5 13. e5 Nh5 14.
Bxg6 fxg6 15. Be3 b6 16. Qa4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. Qc4 Nf4 19. g3 Nfd3 20. b4
Nxe5 21. Qb5 Ncd3 22. Nxe6 {Hallberg,F-Hector,J/Rilton Cup96/97 1996/EXP 57/
0-1 (32)}) 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 (9. Bxf5 exf5 10. Qd3 Bb4 11. Ne2 g6 12. Bb2 Re8
13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. Rac1 Qe4 15. Ne5 Rad8 16. Nf4 Qxd3 17. Nexd3 Bd6 18. cxd5 cxd5
19. Rc2 Nf8 20. Rdc1 Ne6 21. g3 g5 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. a4 Nd7 {Hoi,C-Hector,J/
Copenhagen PC 1991/EXT 91op/1/2-1/2 (49)}) 9... Qa5 10. Qc2 dxc4 11. Bxf5 Qxf5
12. Qxf5 exf5 13. bxc4 Nb6 14. Nd2 Rfd8 15. a4 $2 {Weiß schwächt
unnötigerweise das Feld b4. Besser war} (15. g3 {nebst Ta1-c1 mit etwa
ausgeglichener Stellung.}) 15... a5 16. g3 Bb4 17. Rfd1 (17. c5 Bxc5 18. dxc5
Rxd2 19. Bc1 Rd3 20. cxb6 Rxc3 21. Bb2 Rb3 22. Bxf6 gxf6 {bietet wohl keine
Rettungsaussichten.}) 17... c5 18. d5 Ne8 19. Ncb1 Nd6 20. Rc1 Re8 21. Bc3 Rac8
22. Na3 Nxa4 23. Bxb4 axb4 24. Nb5 Nxb5 25. cxb5 Nc3 26. Kf1 Rcd8 27. Nc4 Rxd5
28. b6 g5 29. Ra7 Rb8 30. Na5 Rd7 31. Nc6 Rc8 32. Na5 c4 33. Nxb7 b3 34. Nc5 b2
0-1

[Event "London Challenge m"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1999.04.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1999.04.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Bd2 Nc6 8.
Bb5 e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bb4 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 (11... Bxb4 12. Qxb4 Qxc6 13. Ne5
Qc7 14. Nd2 $14 {1-0 Rotstein,A-Van der Werf,M/Wijk aan Zee 1993/CBM 34 (40)})
12. Nbd2 Rfb8 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qc3 Qb4 15. Qxb4 Rxb4 16. b3 Nd7 17. Rfc1 Rb6
18. Rc3 a5 19. a3 f6 20. Rac1 Rc8 21. Nh4 Bg4 22. f3 Bh5 23. g4 Bf7 24. f4 h6
25. Nhf3 Kf8 26. e4 g5 27. exd5 exd5 28. Ne1 gxf4 29. Nd3 Ke7 30. Nxf4 Rg8 31.
Rg3 Kd6 32. Nf1 Bg6 33. Nxg6 Rxg6 34. Ne3 Nf8 35. Nf5+ Kd7 36. Rc5 Ra6 37. Rcc3
Ne6 38. h4 Ng7 39. Rcf3 Nxf5 40. gxf5 Rxg3+ 41. Rxg3 Rb6 42. Kf2 Rb8 43. h5 Re8
44. Rg7+ Kd6 45. Rf7 Re4 46. Rxf6+ Kd7 47. Rxh6 Rxd4 48. Rh8 Ke7 49. Kg3 Kf6
50. Rf8+ Kg5 51. f6 Rg4+ 52. Kf3 Rh4 53. f7 Kf6 54. Ke3 Rxh5 55. Kd4 Rh3 56.
Rc8 Kxf7 57. Rc7+ Ke8 58. Rxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Maribor Pirc Memorial"]
[Site "Maribor"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Loncar, Robert"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Tisdall} d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 Bf5 {A common reaction to white's
refusal to develop his knight to c3, which sidesteps the Slav proper by
defending c4, and may also create move order problems in the Semi-Slav.} 5. Bd3
{An unassuming approach for white that aims for a small but annoying advantage.
} Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. Bd2 Bxc3 (9... O-O $2 10. Nxd5 Nxd5
11. cxd5 Bxd2 12. dxe6) 10. Bxc3 O-O 11. Nd2 Rc8 (11... Qe7 $5 12. e4 dxe4 13.
Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Qd6 15. Rfe1 b5 16. b3 bxc4 17. bxc4 Qa3 {provokes a sis by
aiming to attack c4. However white gets dangerous attacking chances:} 18. Re3
$5 (18. Rac1 Nb6 19. Qg4 $36 {is safer.}) 18... Qa4 19. Rh3 h6 20. Qe2 Nb6 21.
Rc1 Nxc4 22. d5 cxd5 23. Qg4 d4 24. Rg3 g6 25. Qxd4 e5 26. Qe4 Rfd8 27. h4 Rd1+
28. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 29. Kh2 Rc8 30. Rxg6+ {1-0 Bondarevsky,I-Rauzer,V/URS-ch10
Tbilisi ;URS-ch 1937}) (11... c5 {Tisdall} 12. dxc5 (12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Qe2 Qe7
14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Rac1 Na4 {- Stahlberg,G-Unzicker,W/Saltsjobaden izt (03) ;
IZT 1952}) 12... Nxc5 13. Qd4 Rc8 14. Rad1 dxc4 15. Nxc4 Qxd4 16. Bxd4 Nce4 17.
Ne5 a6 18. f3 Nd6 19. Rc1 $14 {1-0 Bondarevsky,I-Gligoric,S/Saltsjobaden izt 
(18) ;IZT 1948 (41)}) 12. Rfd1 (12. Rac1 {Tisdall} c5 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. cxd5
Nxd5 15. e4 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 cxd4 17. Qxc8 Rxc8 18. Rxc8+ Nf8 19. e5 Qb4 20. b3
Qa5 {gave black excellent counterplay in Andersson,U-Van der Wiel,J/Haninge ;
CBM 13 1989/ - (70)}) 12... Re8 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 b5 $6 {
Dies unnötig ist riskant. Nach} (15... Nf6 {ist die Stellung natürlich
ausgeglichen.}) 16. cxb5 {In this way white avoids a potential weakness at c4
and liberates his forces.} cxb5 {Nach} (16... Nf6 17. Qd3 cxb5 18. Qxb5 Nd5 {
konnte Schwarz natürlich auch nicht mehr als knappen Ausgleich erhoffen.}) 17.
d5 e5 (17... Nf6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. d6 Red8 20. Rd2 {and the passed d-pawn
guarantees white a lasting initiative. ist unbequem für Schwarz.} (20. Qb7 Qxb2
21. d7 Rc2 22. Qxa7 h6)) (17... exd5 18. Qxd5 Nc5 19. Qf5 {überläßt dem Weißen
das bequemere Spiel, doch sollte Schwarz sich halten können.}) 18. Qb4 {
Jetzt ist Schwarz schon in einigen Schwierigkeiten: er bleibt mit einer
fühlbaren Bauernschwäche am Damenflügel zurück, und der d-Bauer des Weißen ist
gefährlich. Ich sehe davon ab zu untersuchen, ob Schwarz sich in folgenden
besser verteidigen konnte; wahrscheinlich war dies möglich, aber die richtigen
Manöver sind nicht einfach zu finden.} a6 19. a4 Rc5 (19... Rc4 20. Qd6 bxa4
21. Qxa6 Qh4 22. d6 $16) 20. axb5 Rxb5 21. Qc4 Qb6 22. Qc6 Nf6 23. h3 (23. Rxa6
Rxd5 $1 24. Rxd5 Qxc6 25. Rxc6 Nxd5 $10) 23... h6 (23... Qxc6 $2 {Tisdall} 24.
dxc6 Rb6 25. c7 Rc6 26. Bxe5 $1 Rxe5 27. Rac1 $1 $18) 24. Rxa6 Qxc6 25. dxc6
$18 Nd5 26. Ba5 Rc8 27. Rc1 Kf8 (27... Rxb2 {Tisdall} 28. c7 (28. Rc5 Ne7 29.
c7 f6) 28... Ne7 29. Rb6 Rxb6 (29... Ra2 30. Bb4) 30. Bxb6 $16) 28. Rc2 Ke7 29.
Ra7+ Ke6 30. g3 Ne7 31. c7 Kd7 32. Ra6 Nd5 33. Rd2 Ke7 34. Kg2 f5 {g6.} (34...
Nxc7 $4 {Tisdall} 35. Ra7 Rc5 36. Bb4) 35. h4 h5 36. b3 e4 (36... f4 {Tisdall}
37. Re2 Nxc7 38. Ra7 Kd6 39. Bxc7+ Rxc7 40. Rd2+) 37. Rd4 Ke8 38. b4 Ke7 39.
Rg6 Kf7 40. Rd6 Ne7 41. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Cutro 05th"]
[Site "Cutro"]
[Date "1999.04.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Djuric, Stefan"]
[Black "Efimov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nd7 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Ngf6 8.
O-O Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O $2 {Diese Art, einen Bauern zu verlieren, ist bekannt und
beliebt.} 10. Nxd5 exd5 ({Nicht besser ist} 10... Nxd5 11. cxd5 Bxd2 12. dxe6
Bxe3 13. exf7+ Rxf7 14. fxe3) 11. Bxb4 Re8 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Rac1 Qb6 14. Qa3
Ne4 15. Qa4 Ndf6 16. Ne5 a5 17. Bc3 Qa6 18. f3 Nd6 19. Bd2 Re7 20. Rc5 b5 21.
Qc2 Qb6 22. Rc6 Qd8 23. b3 Re6 24. Rc1 g6 25. Qc5 Kg7 26. Be1 h6 27. g4 b4 28.
Rc7 Qe8 29. Bg3 g5 30. Kf2 a4 31. Qxb4 axb3 32. Qxb3 Rb8 33. Qc2 Ng8 34. Nd7
Rxe3 35. Be5+ Rxe5 36. Nxe5 Ne7 37. Re1 Nb5 38. Nc6 Nxc7 39. Rxe7 Qc8 40. Nxb8
1-0

[Event "USA-ch GpA"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bercys, Salvijus"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. h3
Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 Nbd7 12. g5 Ng8 {Mieist wird hier 12...Sh5
gespielt. Es folgen zwei Beispiele:} (12... Nh5 13. cxd5 (13. e4 dxe4 14. Be3
Qb4 15. Bxe4 Nb6 16. Bd3 O-O-O 17. O-O-O Rd7 18. Rhg1 Be7 19. Kc2 Qa5 20. Ne4
Rhd8 21. Bd2 Qa4 22. Qxa4 Nxa4 23. b3 Nb6 24. Be3 Na8 25. Be2 Nc7 26. h4 Ne8
27. Bg4 Nd6 28. Nxd6+ Rxd6 29. Rd3 R6d7 30. Rgd1 Kc7 31. Bc1 b6 32. a3 a5 33.
Kc3 f5 34. Bxh5 gxh5 35. Bf4+ Bd6 36. Bxd6+ Rxd6 37. f4 g6 38. b4 axb4+ 39.
axb4 Ra8 40. Kb3 b5 41. c5 {1/2-1/2 Stocek,J-Jirovsky,M/Luhacovice 2003/CBM
094 (41).}) 13... Qxb3 14. axb3 exd5 15. Bd2 Be7 16. h4 f6 17. Rg1 f5 18. Ne2
Nf8 19. f4 Ne6 20. Kf2 Kd7 21. Nc1 Bd6 22. Nd3 a6 23. Rh1 Rhe8 24. Bf3 Rh8 25.
Bb4 Bc7 26. Bc3 Bd6 27. b4 Nc7 28. Nc5+ Ke8 29. Be2 Be7 30. Rhe1 Bd6 31. Bd2
Bxc5 32. dxc5 Kd7 33. Bc3 Ne6 34. Be5 Ke7 35. Ra3 Kd7 36. Rea1 Rae8 37. Bxa6
bxa6 38. Rxa6 Nd8 39. Ra7+ Ke6 40. b5 Nf7 41. Bd4 Nxf4 42. exf4 Rxh4 43. Re1+ {
1-0 Graf,A-Christensen,N/Bad Wiessee 2000/EXT 2003 (43).}) 13. e4 Qxb3 (13...
dxe4 14. Nxe4 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Be3 Qb4+ 17. Ke2 Qxc4+ 18. Qxc4 Nxc4 19. Bd4
O-O-O 20. Bxa7 f5 21. gxf6 Nxf6 22. Nxf6 gxf6 23. Rhd1 Bd6 24. b3 Rhe8+ 25. Kf1
Na3 26. Bb6 Bc7 27. Bc5 Nb5 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. a4 Nc7 30. Rd1 Ne6 31. Be3 Bc7
32. Bf3 Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Kxd8 34. h4 Be5 35. h5 gxh5 36. Bxh5 Nd4 37. Bd1 Ne6 38.
Bg4 Nf4 39. Bb6+ Bc7 40. Bd4 Be5 41. Bb6+ Bc7 42. Bc5 Nd3 43. Be3 Bd6 44. Bf5
Nb4 45. Bb6+ Bc7 46. Bc5 Nd5 47. Ke2 Be5 48. Kd3 Kc7 49. f3 Bd6 50. Bf2 Nb4+
51. Ke4 Na6 52. Be6 Nc5+ 53. Kf5 Nd3 54. Bh4 Ne5 55. Ke4 Be7 56. Bg3 Bd6 57. f4
Nd7 58. Bxd7 Kxd7 59. Kf5 Ke7 60. Kg6 Bc7 61. Kf5 b5 62. axb5 cxb5 63. Be1 Kf7
64. Bd2 Bb6 65. Ke4 Ke6 66. f5+ Kd6 67. Bb4+ Bc5 68. Bc3 Ke7 69. Kd5 {1-0
Ziegler,A-Loenngren,T/Gothenburg 2001/EXT 2002 (69).}) 14. axb3 dxc4 $6 {
Schwarz strebt Beherrschung der schwarzen Felder im Zentrum an, aber dies ist
nicht so wirksam, und seine weißen Felder werden sehr anfällig, zumal ihm der
dazugehörige Läufer fehlt.} (14... dxe4 15. Nxe4 Rh4 {verspricht
Ausgleichsaussichten.}) 15. bxc4 e5 16. d5 Bc5 17. Bd2 Bd4 18. Ra3 Ne7 19. O-O
Nc8 20. Ne2 Bb6 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. b4 c5 23. b5 {Jetzt zeigt sich, daß die
Spielanlage des Schwarzen ungünstig war. Sein Läufer ist eine traurige Figur;
Weiß dürfte schon auf Gewinn stehen.} Nd6 24. Rc1 O-O-O 25. Rd3 (25. Ra4 {
mit der Absicht Se2-c3-d5 sieht plausibler aus.}) 25... Bc7 $6 (25... Nf8 {
mit der Absicht Sf8-e6-d4 mußte unbedingt versucht werden!}) 26. Be3 Rhe8 27.
Rd5 Nb7 28. Nc3 Ba5 29. Na4 Bb4 30. f4 Na5 31. fxe5 Rxe5 32. Bf4 Re6 33. h4 Nb3
34. Rb1 Na5 35. Rc1 Nb3 36. Rb1 Na5 37. Rbd1 $18 Nxc4 38. Bh3 Ba5 39. Kg2 {
Dies ist ein ruhiger Positionszug, der nichts verdirbt.} (39. Rc1 {ist auch
recht wirksam.}) 39... Bc7 40. Rxd7 Rxd7 41. Rxd7 Kxd7 42. Nxc5+ Kd8 43. Bxe6
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. h3
Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. g5 Nfd7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 e5 14. Be3 Na6 15.
Bg2 exd4 16. Bxd4 Nac5 17. Qe3 O-O-O 18. O-O-O {Dies ist ein neuer Zug.
Nennenswerten Vorteil erreicht Weiß nicht; die Fortsetzung ist aber besser als
das früher gespielte 18.h4, man sehe:} (18. h4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 (19. Bxe4 Bb4+ 20.
Kf1 Rhe8 21. Bxg7 Nc5 22. Qh3+ Kb8 23. Bg2 Nd3 $40) 19... f5 20. gxf6 (20. Qe6
Bb4+ 21. Kf1 Rhe8 22. Qxg6 Qf4 23. Qxg7 Re7 $19) 20... Bb4+ 21. Kf1 Nxf6 22.
Qe5 (22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qxg6 Qe5 24. Qg4+ f5 25. Qf3 Rd2 $36) 22... Bd6 23. Qe6+
Kb8 24. c5 Bf4 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. b4 (26. Qxf6 Be3 27. Qxg6 Bxf2 $1 28. Kxf2
Qf4+ 29. Kg1 Qe3+ 30. Kh2 Rxh4+) 26... Rhe8 $19 {0-1 Graf,A-Dreev,A/Alushta
1994/CBM 42/[Ftacnik] (42). (41)}) 18... Re8 ({Am einfachsten ist} 18... Qa5
19. Kb1 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bc5 $11) 19. Rhe1 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bb4 (20... Rh4 21. f3 (
21. Qf3 Be7 {kann unbequem für Weiß werden.}) 21... Rxh3 22. Kb1 b6 {ist
befriedigend für Schwarz.}) 21. Re2 f5 $2 (21... Qa5 22. a3 Bc5 {ist immer
noch in Ordnung. Jetzt erhält Weiß Vorteil.}) 22. gxf6 gxf6 23. Qf3 {Plötzlich
sind die Königsfügelbauern des Schwarzen anfällig. Auch ist es lästig, daß der
Springer auf d7 genügenden Schutzes entbehrt.} Rhg8 24. Bxg6 Rxe2 25. Qxe2 c5
26. Qe6 Rxg6 27. Qe8+ Qd8 28. Qxg6 cxd4 29. Rxd4 {Die Stellung dürfte
hoffnungslos für Schwarz sein.} Qe7 30. Qf5 Kc7 31. h4 Ne5 32. h5 Qc5 33. Qe4
b5 34. h6 Nxc4 35. Qd5 Ne5+ 36. Qxc5+ Bxc5 37. h7 Nf7 38. Rg4 Kc6 39. Rg7 Nh8
40. Rg8 Nf7 41. f3 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 13th Group2"]
[Site "Eupen"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zilberman, Yaacov"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1997.09.22"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Herzliya Chess Club"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. d4 {Hecht} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nc3
Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Bd2 a5 11. Rab1 (11. b3 Qe7 12. Ne1 e5 13. cxd5
e4 14. Qe2 Bxc3 15. d6 Qxd6 16. Bxc3 Nd5 17. Bb2 f5 18. Nc2 b5 19. f3 N7f6 20.
a4 exf3 21. gxf3 b4 22. Re1 Rae8 23. Qa6 Qc7 24. Qd3 Nh5 25. Re2 Re6 {Pajkovic,
V-Marcetic,N/JUG-chT 1997/EXP 59/0-1 (40)}) 11... Qb6 12. Be1 Qa6 13. b3 Rfd8
14. Rbc1 Nb6 15. Ne2 Ba3 16. Rc2 Be7 17. Rcc1 Ne4 18. Ne5 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20.
a4 Ba3 21. Rc2 Bb4 22. f3 Bxe1 23. fxe4 Bh4 24. e5 Rad8 25. Nf4 dxc4 26. bxc4
Bg5 27. Rf2 c5 28. Qc3 cxd4 29. exd4 Qc6 30. Nh5 Qe4 31. Ng3 Qc6 (31... Qg4 32.
Ne2 f6 {kam in Betracht.}) 32. Nh5 Qc5 $6 (32... Qxa4 33. Ra1 Qb4 34. Qg3 h6
35. h4 {ist nicht besser.}) ({Prophylaktisches} 32... Bh6 {verdient jedoch
Erw�gung:} 33. Rdf1 Rxd4 34. Rxf7 Rd1 {f�hrt zu einer h�chst unbequemen
Stellung f�r Wei�.}) 33. h4 {Jetzt gewinnt Wei� eine Figur.} ({Auf} 33.
dxc5 {folgt} Rxd1+ 34. Rf1 R8d3 35. Qxd3 Rxd3 36. Rb1 Rd7 37. Rb5 Bd8 {mit
Vorteil f�r Schwarz.}) 33... Rxd4 34. Rxd4 Rxd4 35. Qf3 Rd7 36. hxg5 Qxe5 37.
Qf4 (37. Qg3 $5) 37... Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Qxf4+ 39. Rxf4 Kf8 40. Ng3 Ke7 41. Rh4 Ra1
42. Rxh7 ({Genauer war wohl} 42. c5 Rc1 43. Rxh7 Rxc5 44. Rxg7 Kf8 45. Rh7 Rxg5
46. Ne4 $16) 42... Rxa4 43. Rxg7 Kf8 44. Rh7 Rxc4 45. g6 fxg6 46. Rxb7 a4 47.
Ra7 Ke8 48. Ne2 Kd8 49. Kg3 Kc8 50. Nf4 Kb8 51. Ra5 Kb7 52. Nxe6 Kb6 53. Ra8
Kb5 54. Nf4 Kb4 55. Nd3+ $2 (55. Nxg6 {m��te zum Gewinn ausreichen.}) 55...
Kb3 56. Rxa4 {Dies f�hrt zum Remis, doch ist nicht klar, ob Wei� jetzt
noch gewinnen kann.} Kxa4 57. Nb2+ Kb5 58. Nxc4 Kxc4 {[%eval -32767,0] Hecht:
Nach dem zu erwartenden Kf4 mu� Schwarz seine Verteidigung so einrichten,
da� er sowohl seinen Bg6 verteidigen als auch den wei�en Bauern angreifen
kann. Doppelstrategie!} 59. Kf4 {Nach Kg4 geht j e d e r Ann�herungszug des
schwarzen K�nigs!} Kd5 (59... Kd4 $2 {Hecht} 60. g4 $18) (59... Kd3 $2 {Hecht
} 60. g4 Ke2 61. g5 $1 $18 (61. Ke5 $2 Kf3 62. g5 $4 Kg4 63. Kf6 Kh5 $19)) 60.
Kg5 (60. g4 {Hecht} Ke6 61. Kg5 Kf7 62. Kh6 Kf6 63. g5+ $2 Kf5 $19) 60... Ke4
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch fin"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.09.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. Bd2 Nc6 8.
Bb5 e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bb4 Qc7 11. Qa3 Bxb4 12. Qxb4 Qe7 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14.
Qxe7+ Kxe7 15. Ne5 (15. Nc3 Nd7 16. Rac1 Rab8 17. Na4 Rhc8 18. Rc3 Rb5 19. Rfc1
Kd6 20. b3 f6 21. Nc5 e5 22. e4 Bxe4 23. dxe5+ Nxe5 24. Nd4 Rb4 25. Nxe4+ dxe4
26. Nf5+ Ke6 27. Nxg7+ Kf7 28. Nf5 Rd8 29. h3 Ke6 {Zagorskis,D-Kolesar,M/Sala
op 1994/EXT 94op/1-0 (46)}) 15... Rhc8 16. Rc1 Nd7 $2 ({Die Fortsetzung} 16...
Rab8 17. Rxc6 Ng4 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Nc3 {kostet ebenfalls einen Bauern.}) (
16... Ng4 {war nötig; nach} 17. Nxg4 Bxg4 18. Nd2 (18. f3 Bf5 19. Nd2 Rab8 {
macht keinen wesentlichen Unterschied.}) 18... Rab8 {sollte Schwarz keine
ernsthaften Probleme haben. Weiß muß b2-b3 spielen, denn nach} 19. Nb3 Bf5 {
kann er seinen b-Bauern nicht mehr auf vernünftige Weise decken, so daß
Schwarz nach geeigneter Vorbereitung sogar in Vorteil zu kommen droht (Tb8-b5
usw.)}) 17. Nxc6+ Kd6 18. Na3 a6 19. Na5 Rab8 20. Nb3 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 a5 $2 {
Das erleichtert dem Weißen seine Aufgabe beträchtlich.Nach} (21... f6 22. Nd2
a5 {ist die technische Gewinnführung alles andere als einfach.}) 22. Nxa5 $18
g5 23. Rc3 g4 24. Rb3 Ra8 25. Nb5+ Ke7 26. Ra3 Kf6 27. Nc6 Rc8 28. Rc3 Ra8 29.
a3 h5 30. b3 h4 31. a4 h3 32. Nd6 Bg6 33. g3 Ra6 34. a5 Nb6 35. Ne8+ Kg5 36.
Nc7 Nc4 37. Nxa6 Nd2 38. Ne5 f6 39. Nxg6 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2003.02.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2003.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kortschnoj} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 {
Kortschnoj: 'Modern practice claims 6...Bg6 to be the best. The move f2-f3 can
be used by white in order to create a strong pawn centre.'} 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 {Kortschnoj: 'With his knight on b8, black could
take back with the c-pawn. Here, however, 10..cd5 11.Nb5 would look pretty
unpleasant. '} 11. O-O-O b5 {Kortschnoj: 'Quite logical - black has to
undertake activity against the white king.' Dies ist ein Computerzug, der
bisher noch nicht gespielt wurde. Versucht wurde unter anderem:} (11... O-O-O
12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. fxe4 (14. Qxf7 $6 exf3 15. gxf3 Nb6 16. Qxg6 Rxd4
17. Bd3 Kb8 18. Kb1 Nbd5 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 20. h4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gurevich,M-Dorfman,
J/Cap d'Agde 2000/CBM 80 (43). (42)}) 14... Nb6 15. Bg5 Re8 ({Die Fortsetzung} 
15... Rh5 16. h4 Rxg5 17. hxg5 Qf4+ 18. Kb1 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 20. Bd3 {
genügt nicht zum Ausgleich für Schwarz.}) 16. Bd3 Ng4 17. Rhf1 f6 18. h3 Ne5 (
18... Nf2 19. Rxf2 Qg3 20. Rc2 Qxg5+ 21. Kb1 Kb8 22. d5 c5 23. a4 Rc8 (23...
Qe5 24. a5 Nc8 (24... Nd7 25. Bb5 Rd8 (25... Qc7 26. d6 Qc8 27. Na4 {Weiß hat
eine Gewinnstellung.}) (25... Qd6 26. Bc6 Qc7 27. Nb5 Qc8 28. a6 b6 29. Qg3+
Re5 30. Qg4 Re7 31. d6 Rf7 32. Bd5 {und Weiß gewinnt.}) 26. Bc6 Qc7 27. Nb5
Qxa5 28. Nd6 {, und Weiß gewinnt.}) 25. Na4 Qc7 26. Qb5 Nd6 27. Qxc5 Qd8 28. a6
Nxe4 29. Qb5 Nd6 30. Qb3 {Weiß hat entscheidenden Angriff.}) (23... Nc8 24. a5
Nd6 (24... Bd6 25. Na4 {, und Weiß gerwinnt den c-Bauern.}) 25. Na4 c4 26. Bxc4
Rxe4 27. Nc5 Re3 28. Bd3 Be7 29. Nxb7 {, und Weiß gewinnt.}) 24. Nb5 Qg3 25. a5
Nd7 26. a6 b6 27. d6 Rh5 28. Qf7 Rd8 29. Bc4 Re5 30. Be6 Rxe6 31. Qxe6 Qe5 32.
Qg4 Qh5 33. Qxh5 gxh5 34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 Ne5 36. g5 fxg5 37. Rd5 Nc6 38. Rxg5
Bxd6 39. Rg6 Nb4 40. Rxd6 Rxd6 41. Nxd6 Nxc2 42. Kxc2 g5 43. e5 Kc7 44. Nb5+
Kd7 45. Nxa7 g4 46. Nb5 g3 47. Nc3 {1-0 Tregubov,P-Volkov,S/Moscow 2002/CBM 88/
[Huebner,R] (47).}) 19. dxe5 fxg5 20. e6 Qe5 21. Be2 Bc5 22. Rf7 Re7 23. a4
Rhe8 24. a5 Be3+ 25. Kb1 Qxa5 26. Nd5 cxd5 27. Qxe3 dxe4 28. Qc1+ {1-0
Tregubov,P-Peng,Z/Wijk aan Zee 2002/CBM 87 (28).}) (11... Qb6 $5 {gefällt mir
besser:} 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. fxe4 Bb4 $11 {1/2-1/2
Khurtsidze,N-Zhu Chen/Moscow 2001/CBM 85 ext (72). (72)}) (11... Be7 12. Nxg6
hxg6 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. e4 Nb6 15. e5 Nfd7 16. Rc1 a6 17. f4 Kb8 18. a4 Nf8 19.
a5 Nc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Qxc4 Ne6 22. Ne2 Rd7 23. Bc3 Rd5 24. g4 Qd7 25. h3 Rh4
26. Rcf1 f5 27. gxf5 gxf5 28. Qb3 Bd8 29. Qa2 g5 30. fxg5 Bxg5 31. Rxf5 c5 32.
Rf7 Qc6 33. Rd1 cxd4 34. Bb4 d3 35. Nc3 Rxe5 36. Qb3 Rb5 37. Nxb5 Qxb5 38. Bd6+
Ka7 39. Qxb5 axb5 40. Rxd3 {1-0 Gaprindashvili,V-Cruz Lopez Claret,C/Mondariz
Balneario 1999/EXT 2000 (40).}) 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. e4 {Kortschnoj: 'As you see,
7.f3 turned out to be useful. '} Nb6 {Kortschnoj: 'Black could, of course, win
a pawn:'} ({Bei der Fortsetzung} 13... b4 14. Na4 dxe4 (14... Rxh2 {Kortschnoj}
15. Rxh2 Qxh2 {after} 16. e5 {totally giving up the initiative into white's
hands.}) 15. fxe4 c5 16. Bc4 cxd4 17. Kb1 Ne5 18. Bb5+ Ned7 19. e5 {fühlt sich
Schwarz nicht wohl.}) 14. Kb1 a6 {Kortschnoj: 'Black fortifies his pawn
formation on the queen side. He does not like to play d5xe4, but had to
protect himself against a threat e4xd5.'} ({Nach} 14... b4 15. Na4 Rxh2 (15...
dxe4 16. fxe4 Nxe4 17. Re1 f5 18. Bd3 {sieht ebenfalls sehr luftig aus.}) 16.
Rxh2 Qxh2 17. Bxb4 {flößt die unkoordinierte Stellung des Schwarzen kein
Vertrauen ein.}) (14... Rxh2 15. Rxh2 Qxh2 16. exd5 Nfxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18.
Bxb5 {ist hoffnungslos für Schwarz.}) 15. g3 Be7 16. Bf4 Qb7 17. Bd3 {
Kortschnoj: 'White completes development of his pieces and threatens
eventually to play e4-e5-e6.'} O-O-O $2 {Kortschnoj: 'Highly optimistic, but
wrong. Black had to hide his king on the king side! Then it would be not easy
to evaluate chances of the opponents. But the long castle meets an almost
forced refutation.' Selbstmörderisch. Nach} (17... Nc4 18. Bxc4 (18. e5 Nh5 {
und der Läufer f4 hat kein Rückzugsfeld.}) 18... dxc4 19. Qc2 Rd8 20. Ne2 {
steht Weiß etwas besser, doch ist der Kampf noch lange nicht zu Ende.}) 18. Rc1
Nc4 $2 {Viel zäher ist} (18... dxe4 19. Nxe4 Rxd4 20. Qc3 Rhd8 21. Qxc6+ (21.
Bf1 Ne8 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. Qxc5 {ist ebenfalls aussichtsreich für Weiß.}) 21...
Qxc6 22. Rxc6+ Kd7 23. Bxb5 axb5 24. Rxb6 Nxe4 25. fxe4 b4 {mit
Überlebensaussichten im Endspiel.}) 19. exd5 cxd5 {Kortschnoj: 'At this
situation'} (19... Nxd5 {Kortschnoj: 'however would be unsatisfactory, after'}
20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Qxc4 Nxf4 22. gxf4 Bf6 {Kortschnoj: 'would be the lesser
evil.'} 23. Nd5 Rd6 24. Nxf6 gxf6 25. d5 Qb5 26. Qxb5 axb5 27. dxc6 Kc7 28. Rc5
{führt zu einem hoffnungslosen Endspiel. Nach dem Textzug geht es schneller.})
20. Nxd5 {'!' Kortschnoj.} Qxd5 {Kortschnoj: 'If the knight or the rook takes
on d5, then 21.Bxc4 wins right away.'} 21. Rxc4+ {'!' Kortschnoj.} bxc4 22.
Bxc4 Qb7 ({Kortschnoj: White considered} 22... Qf5+ {Kortschnoj: 'as the best
defence. Then, it is true there are many ways to finish the game. In one
German magazine I have seen the following solution:' bietet keine Rettung.} 23.
Bd3 ({Kortschnoj: I, frankly, have not seen that line. Instead I was going to
continue} 23. Ka1 Rxd4 (23... Rd6 {Kortschnoj} 24. Rc1 Kd8 25. Be6 $1) (23...
Bd6 {Kortschnoj} 24. Rc1 Kd7 25. Qb7+ Ke8 26. Qxf7#) (23... Rd6 24. Rc1 Kd8 25.
Be6 $1) 24. Qb8+ Kd7 25. Qa7+ {ist ebenso gut.}) 23... Qa5 24. Rc1+ Kd7 25. Bd2
{'!' Kortschnoj.} Qxd2 (25... Rb8 26. Qxb8) 26. Bb5+ {'!' Kortschnoj.} axb5 27.
Qxb5+ Ke6 28. Qe5+ Kd7 29. Rc7+ Ke8 {Kortschnoj} 30. Qxe7#) (22... Qa5 23. Rc1
Kd7 24. Bxf7 {ist ebenfalls ganz hoffnungslos.}) 23. Be6+ 1-0

[Event "Presidents Cup 3.pl"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 (5. cxd5 $5) 5... e6 6. Nh4 (6.
cxd5 $6 exd5) 6... Bg6 (6... Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 $14) 7. Qb3 Qb6 8.
Nxg6 hxg6 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. Be2 Be7 {Mit der Fortsetzung} (10... Qc7 11. h3 Nb6
12. Rc1 (12. c5 Nbd7 13. Qd1 e5 $11) 12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nxc4 {gelang es dem
Schwarzen schon vor undenklichen Zeiten, Ausgleich zu erzielen: 1/2-1/2
Guimard,C-O'Kelly de Galway,A/Groningen 1946 (40)}) 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. c5 Qc7 13.
f4 b6 14. b4 g5 15. O-O gxf4 16. exf4 g6 17. Rae1 Kf8 18. Bd3 Kg7 19. Rf3 Rce8
20. h3 a5 21. a3 axb4 22. axb4 b5 {Dies ist meines Erachtens verfehlt. Nach} (
22... bxc5 23. bxc5 Rb8 {bekommt Schwarz Gegenspiel oder erzwingt den
erleichternden Abtausch von Schwerfiguren. Die auf c6 entstehende Schwäche
sollte er ausreichend zu verteidigen in der Lage sein. Nach dem Textzug ist
Schwarz zu dauernder Passivität verurteilt, und Weiß kann in aller Ruhe
versuchen, Fortschritte am Königsflügel zu erzielen.}) 23. Ne2 Ng8 24. g4 Bh4
25. Ref1 Ne7 26. Kg2 Qa7 27. Nc3 Nf6 28. Re3 Qb8 29. Ne2 Qa7 30. Bc3 Ra8 31.
Bb2 Qa4 {Diese Diversion am Damenflügel bringt nichts ein; die Schwerfiguren
des Schwarzen kommen auf ungünstigen Feldern zu stehen. Besser war es, mit} (
31... Qc7 {abzuwarten, wie Weiß seine Stellung zu verstärken gedenkt.}) 32. Qd2
Ra7 33. Bc2 Qa6 34. Ng1 Kg8 35. Nf3 Ne4 (35... Qc8 $5) 36. Bxe4 dxe4 37. Rxe4
Bf6 38. Qe2 Nd5 $2 (38... Qc8 $5) 39. f5 exf5 40. gxf5 gxf5 41. Re8+ Kg7 42.
Rg1 Rxe8 43. Qxe8 Nf4+ 44. Kh2+ Ng6 45. Ne5 Bxe5+ 46. Qxe5+ Kh7 47. Qf6 Re7 48.
Rxg6 Re2+ 49. Rg2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.05.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Be7 11. g3 Nb6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Kf2 {Ich führe die
bisherigen Vorbilder auf:} (13. Be2 O-O 14. Kf2 Qd7 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. h4 c5 17.
Qb5 cxd4 18. exd4 Qe6 19. b3 Bd6 20. g4 Rac8 21. Rce1 Bb8 22. Qd3 Rfe8 23. Bd1
Qd6 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Rh3 a6 26. h5 gxh5 27. gxh5 Nc8 28. Bc2 Ne7 29. Ne2 Qe6
30. Ng1 Nc6 31. Kg2 Ba7 32. Rh4 Nxd4 33. Rxd4 Bxd4 34. Qxd4 Nxh5 35. Bd3 Qe5
36. Qxe5 Rxe5 37. Ne2 Re8 38. Kf2 g6 39. Nc3 Rd8 40. Na4 Rc8 41. Nb6 Rd8 42. a4
Ng7 43. Bb4 d4 44. Be7 Re8 45. Nd5 {1-0 Sokolov,I-Peng,Z/Wijk aan Zee 2002/CBM
87 (45).}) (13. Nxg6 hxg6 (13... fxg6 $6 14. e4) 14. Bd3 Rd8 15. a4 Nbd7 16.
Kf2 Nf8 17. a5 a6 18. Na4 Bd6 19. Qb6 Qxb6 20. Nxb6 Ne6 21. Na4 Nd7 22. b4 f5
23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. bxc5 Nf6 25. Rb1 Rd7 26. h3 O-O {1/2-1/2 Sriram,J-Ramesh,R/
Calcutta 2002/CBM 88 (26).}) (13. Kf2 {hat den Nachteil, nach Nh4xg6 die
Antwort f7xg6 zu erlauben, wie in der Partie geschieht. Andrerseits gefällt
mir der Königsläufer des Weißen auf d3 besser als auf e2. Darum schlage ich
als genaueste Folge 13.Sg6: hg6: 14.Kf2 vor.}) 13... O-O 14. Nxg6 fxg6 15. Kg2
Kh8 16. g4 Rae8 17. Bd3 Bd8 18. Ne2 Qf7 19. Rhf1 Bc7 20. Ng3 Qe6 21. g5 Ng8 22.
f4 Qd7 23. a4 Ne7 $6 {Schwarz verschärft die Stellung, aber es ist die Frage,
ob dies zu seinem Heil ausschlägt. Nach} (23... Bd6 24. a5 Nc8 {bleibt die
Stellung des Schwarzen vollkommen befriedigend; Weiß hat eine verzogene
Bauernstruktur.}) 24. a5 Nc4 25. Bxc4 dxc4 26. Qxc4 ({Die Fortsetzung} 26. Qxb7
Rb8 27. Qxa7 Rxb2 28. Rf2 Nd5 {gibt dem Schwarzen natürlich eine gefährliche
Initiative in die Hand; die Dame des Weißen kommt nicht ohne weiteres ins
Spiel zurück.}) (26. Rxc4 Nf5 27. Nxf5 Rxf5 {führt zu gutem Spiel für Schwarz;
Weiß muß unter anderem die Möglichkeit Tf5xg5+ im Auge behalten.}) 26... Nd5
27. Rf3 Bxa5 {Anders kommt Schwarz nicht weiter.} 28. Bxa5 Nxe3+ 29. Rxe3 Rxe3
30. d5 Qg4 (30... cxd5 31. Qd4 Re7 (31... Qe8 32. Rc7 Rg8 33. Rxb7 $18) 32. Bb4
{ist fatal für Schwarz.}) (30... Qxd5+ 31. Qxd5 cxd5 32. Rc7 {bietet ihm
ebenfalls kaum Rettungsaussichten.}) 31. Rf1 cxd5 32. Qxd5 Qe6 $2 {Dies ist
ein ganz unverständlicher Zug. Nach} (32... Re2+ 33. Kg1 Rxb2 34. Bc3 Rb6 35.
Qd4 Rg8 {sollte Schwarz sich halten können.} 36. Re1 Re6 {usw.}) 33. Qxe6 Rxe6
34. Bc3 Kg8 35. f5 {Ich hätte die Stellung nicht so schnell geöffnet. Nach} (
35. Be5 Rd8 36. Rc1 Re7 37. h4 {dürfte Schwarz auf die Dauer kaum überleben
können.}) 35... gxf5 36. Nxf5 Rf7 37. h4 Re8 $6 (37... h6 {scheint mir viel
zäher zu sein.}) 38. Kg3 Ref8 39. Kg4 h5+ 40. gxh6 g6 41. Ne7+ Kh7 (41... Rxe7
42. Rxf8+ Kxf8 43. Bb4 {, und Weiß gewinnt.}) 42. Rxf7+ Rxf7 43. Nc8 Kxh6 44.
Bd2+ Kh7 45. Nxa7 Rf5 46. Nc8 Rd5 47. Bc3 b5 48. Ne7 Rc5 49. Kf4 b4 50. Bd4 Rc2
51. Ke4 $2 (51. Nd5 {beläßt dem Weißen gute Gewinnaussichten.}) 51... b3 $2 (
51... Re2+ {ist stärker. Nach dem Textzug steht Schwarz keineswegs auf Gewinn;
wenn das Ergebnis stimmt, hat Weiß hier wohl die Zeit überschritten.}) 0-1

[Event "Griesheim Testa GM"]
[Site "Griesheim"]
[Date "2004.01.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kunin, Vitaly L"]
[Black "Drabke, Lorenz Maximilian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2004.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3
Nbd7 9. Bg2 dxc4 10. Qe2 Nb6 11. O-O Be7 12. Rd1 O-O (12... Nfd5 {ist nicht
sinnvoll, weil Schwarz seinen Springer nicht nach d3 bekommt:} 13. e4 Nb4 14.
Be3 O-O 15. a3 Na6 (15... Nd3 16. b3 {kostet Material.}) 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5
Qe8 18. Bxb6 $18 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Anand,V/Frankfurt 2000/CBM 78 (39). (39)})
13. e4 Re8 14. h4 (14. Be3 a5 15. a3 a4 16. h4 Ra5 17. Rd2 Nfd7 18. Rad1 Qc7
19. d5 exd5 20. exd5 cxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Nf6 23. Bf4 Qc8 24. Qxc4 Rxd5
25. Qxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxd5 Nxd5 27. Rxd5 Rc2 28. Rb5 Bf6 29. Rxb7 {1/2-1/2
Kachiani Gersinska,K-Sedina,E/Varna 2002/CBM 88 ext (29).}) 14... Bf8 {Dies
sieht nicht besonders sinnvoll aus.} (14... a5 {wie in der oben angegebenen
Partie gespielt wurde, kommt in Betracht:} 15. a4 Nfd7 {usw.}) 15. Bg5 Qc8 16.
Bh3 Nfd7 17. Kg2 Qc7 18. h5 gxh5 19. Qxh5 c5 20. Rh1 g6 21. Qh4 Bg7 (21... cxd4
22. Bxe6 Bg7 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Bh6 {ist nicht empfehlenswert für Schwarz.}) 22.
d5 exd5 $2 {Dies ist sofort verderblich.} (22... Nf8 {führt zu einer unklaren
Lage:} 23. Rad1 (23. Bg4 f5) 23... exd5 24. Nxd5 (24. exd5 f5) 24... Nxd5 25.
exd5 Qd6 {, und der Kampf kann beginnen.}) 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 33rd"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1998.05.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Baburin} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Ne5
Nfd7 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Nxd7 Nxd7 (9... Qxd7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Bb5 Nc6 12. Na4 O-O 13.
Rc1 Rac8 14. O-O $14 {0-1 Burmakin,V-Galliamova Ivanchuk,A/Novgorod op 1995 
(45)}) 10. Bd2 a6 11. a4 Rc8 12. a5 Bd6 13. Be2 O-O 14. g4 {Baburin: This is
an interesting attempt to create a kingside attack, as in order to preserve
this bishop, Black will have to weaken his kingside.} Bg6 15. h4 h6 {Schwarz
schwächt seinen Königsflügel unnötig. Besser war} (15... f6 {Meines Erachtens
hat Schwarz nun einigen Vorteil. Es ist für Weiß sehr riskant, auf
Bauerngewinn zu spielen, weil sein König nach Öffnung des Zentrums nackt
dastehen wird:} 16. e4 (16. f4 Bf7 17. Bf3 Qc4 {führt zu angenehmem Spiel für
Schwarz.}) 16... dxe4 17. Qxe6+ Bf7 18. Qxe4 Rfe8 19. Qf3 Bb4 20. Kf1 Bc4 21.
Bf4 Bxe2+ 22. Nxe2 Qc4 {mit Vorteil für Schwarz.}) 16. g5 hxg5 (16... h5 17.
Qd1 Bb4 18. Bxh5 Bxh5 19. Qxh5 Bxa5 20. Qe2 {sieht nicht erfreulich für
Schwarz aus.}) ({Baburin: The alternative -} 16... Kh8 {- is also worth
considering.}) 17. hxg5 Rfe8 $6 (17... Nb8 {kam sehr in Betracht. Nach} 18. Na4
Bc2 19. Qa2 Qe7 {mangelt es den Figuren des Weißen an Koordination, so daß
kein Angriff auf der h-Linie zustande kommen kann. Ich sehe auch keine andere
Möglichkeit für Weiß, aus der Öffnung der h-Linie Nutzen zu ziehen.}) (17... f5
{war ebenfalls sicherer als der Textzug.}) 18. Rh4 $1 {Jetzt gibt es für
Schwarz keine befriedigende Möglichkeit mehr, den Vorstoß e3-e4 zu unterbinden.
Danach droht Weiß den Gegner mit e4-e5 entscheidend einzuschnüren; antwortet
Schwarz mit d5xe4, so droht die Dame des Weißen nach Sc3xe4 mit großer Kraft
nach h3 zu schwenken. Baburin: A fine move, which has two purposes - to
prepare the attack along the h-file and to make the break in the centre (e3-e4)
possible.} Be7 19. e4 dxe4 $2 ({Schwarz hätte unbedingt} 19... Qd8 {versuchen
sollen, zum Beispiel:} 20. Qxb7 (20. exd5 Bxg5 21. Bxg5 Qxg5 22. Rg4 Qh6 {
ist in keiner Weise attraktiv für Weiß.}) {Nach} 20... Bxg5 (20... dxe4 21.
Nxe4 Rb8 22. Qxa6 Bxe4 (22... Rxb2 23. Qd3 {ist weniger überzeugend.}) 23. Rxe4
Bxg5 {mit gefährlichem Gegenspiel für Schwarz.}) 21. Bxg5 Qxg5 22. Rg4 Qe7 {
ist die Lage auch keineswegs klar.}) 20. Nxe4 Nf8 ({Von} 20... Bf5 {hat
Schwarz keinen Nutzen; Weiß antwortet} 21. Qf3 (21. Qf3 $5 {Baburin} Nf8 22.
Nc5 {- he combines play on the kingside with pressure against the b7-pawn.}))
21. Qh3 $18 Bh7 (21... Nh7 {ist nicht wirksamer:} 22. Bd3 Bf5 (22... f5 23.
gxf6 Bf5 24. Qh1 gxf6 25. Ke2 {ist natürlich hoffnungslos für Schwarz.}) 23.
Qh1 Red8 24. Rxh7 Bxh7 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Bb4+ $18) 22. Bd3 {
Baburin: White´s attack succeeds, as Black cannot deal with the threat of Nf6+.
It´s worth pointing out that by contrast, White´s king is perfectly safe in
the centre, as the enemy pieces cannot attack him.} f5 (22... g6 23. Ke2 {
gefolgt von Ta1-h1 ist freudlos für Schwarz.}) 23. gxf6 Bxf6 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25.
Rc1 Qxc1+ ({Auf} 25... Qd7 {folgt} 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Bxh7+ Nxh7 28. Rxh7 Qxh7
29. Qxe6+ {mit Gewinn.}) 26. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 27. Kd2 Rc7 28. Rg4+ Kh8 29. Qh6 {
White is winning.} Rf7 30. Rf4 (30. Rg6 $5) 30... Kg8 31. Rg4+ (31. Rxf6 {
war einfach genug.}) 31... Kh8 32. Rg1 $6 Rd8 33. Ke3 Rc8 34. Be2 Nd7 35. Bf3
Rc7 36. Bh5 Re7 37. Be8 e5 38. Bxd7 exd4+ 39. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O-O O-O-O $2 {Schwarz sollte die Deckung
des Punktes f7 nicht aufgeben.} (11... Be7 {ist besser.}) 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxg6
hxg6 14. fxe4 {Dieser Zug ist eher geeignet, dem Weißen einen Vorteil zu
verschaffen, als das in der Vorgängerpartie gespielte} (14. Qxf7 $6 exf3 15.
gxf3 Nb6 16. Qxg6 Rxd4 17. Bd3 Kb8 18. Kb1 Nbd5 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 20. h4 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Gurevich,M-Dorfman,J/Cap d'Agde 2000/CBM 80 (43). (42)}) 14... Nb6 15.
Bg5 Re8 ({Die Fortsetzung} 15... Rh5 16. h4 Rxg5 17. hxg5 Qf4+ 18. Kb1 Nxe4 19.
Nxe4 Qxe4+ 20. Bd3 {genügt nicht zum Ausgleich für Schwarz.}) 16. Bd3 {Weiß
hat deutlichen Vorteil.} Ng4 17. Rhf1 f6 18. h3 Nf2 19. Rxf2 Qg3 20. Rc2 Qxg5+
21. Kb1 Kb8 22. d5 c5 23. a4 Rc8 {Die Lage des Schwarzen ist äußerst schwierig.
Die folgenden Varianten sollen dies verdeutlichen:} (23... Qe5 24. a5 Nc8 (
24... Nd7 25. Bb5 Rd8 (25... Qc7 26. d6 Qc8 27. Na4 {Weiß hat eine
Gewinnstellung.}) (25... Qd6 26. Bc6 Qc7 27. Nb5 Qc8 28. a6 b6 29. Qg3+ Re5 30.
Qg4 Re7 31. d6 Rf7 32. Bd5 {und Weiß gewinnt.}) 26. Bc6 Qc7 27. Nb5 Qxa5 28.
Nd6 {, und Weiß gewinnt.}) 25. Na4 Qc7 26. Qb5 Nd6 27. Qxc5 Qd8 28. a6 Nxe4 29.
Qb5 Nd6 30. Qb3 {Weiß hat entscheidenden Angriff.}) (23... Nc8 24. a5 Nd6 (
24... Bd6 25. Na4 {, und Weiß gerwinnt den c-Bauern.}) 25. Na4 c4 26. Bxc4 Rxe4
27. Nc5 Re3 28. Bd3 Be7 29. Nxb7 {, und Weiß gewinnt.}) (23... Bd6 24. a5 Nc8
25. Na4 {kostet Schwarz wieder den c-Bauern (siehe oben); dies ist jedoch
vermutlich noch die aussichtsreichste Verteidigung.}) 24. Nb5 Qg3 25. a5 Nd7
26. a6 b6 27. d6 Rh5 28. Qf7 $18 Rd8 29. Bc4 Re5 30. Be6 Rxe6 31. Qxe6 Qe5 32.
Qg4 Qh5 33. Qxh5 gxh5 34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 Ne5 36. g5 fxg5 37. Rd5 Nc6 38. Rxg5
Bxd6 39. Rg6 Nb4 40. Rxd6 Rxd6 41. Nxd6 Nxc2 42. Kxc2 g5 43. e5 Kc7 44. Nb5+
Kd7 45. Nxa7 g4 46. Nb5 g3 47. Nc3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. g3 {Mehr Aussichten auf Eröffnungsvorteil bietet der übliche Zug} (9.
Bd2) 9... Nbd7 10. cxd5 {Weiß strebt den sofortigen Aufbau eines machtvollen
Bauernzentrums an; aber seine Entwicklung läßt zu wünschen übrig.} (10. Bd2 {
ist solider; die Vorgängerpartie wirft ein scharfes Licht auf die Frage, wie
diese Stellung zu behandeln sei:} Nb6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. O-O-O {
1/2-1/2 Malaniuk,V-Gurevich,M/Groningen 1993/CBM 39 (13).}) 10... exd5 11. e4
$6 {Dies ist sehr riskant; siehe die vorige Anmerkung.} (11. Bd2 $11) 11...
dxe4 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. fxe4 Bd6 $1 {Schwarz verhindert Lc1-f4 und bedroht den
geschwächten Königsflügel des Weißen; der hat keine andere Wahl, als das
Figurenopfer anzunehmen. Schwarz bekommt dafür sofort zwei Bauern und
gewaltigen Entwicklungsvorsprung.} 14. e5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Bd2 {Dies ist
die beste Verteidigung: der König des Weißen findet einen sicheren
Unterschlupf am Damenflügel. Zwar ist danach ohne weiteres klar, daß Schwarz
besser steht, aber nach} (16. Ne2 O-O-O 17. Bg2 {Es verspricht nicht mehr, das
Damenschach auf a5 zu verhindern:} (17. Qa3 Qd7 18. Be3 Qd5 19. Rg1 Ng4 {
Der Angriff des Schwarzen wird sich durchsetzen.}) (17. Qa4 Qb6 ({Auch nach} 
17... Rde8 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Qa5+ 20. Qd2 Qb6 21. O-O-O Ne4 22. Qd7+ Kb8 {
hat Weiß große Schwierigkeiten.}) 18. Bg2 Rhe8 19. Qb3 Qa5+ 20. Kf1 Bc7 21. Bf4
Bxf4 22. Nxf4 g5 23. Ne2 Rd2 24. Re1 Qa6 {Die Initiative des Schwarzen hat
entscheidende Kraft.}) 17... Qa5+ 18. Kf1 Bc7 19. Bf4 Bxf4 20. gxf4 Rhe8 21.
Re1 Rd2 {gerät Weiß unter starken Druck.}) (16. Bf4 Bxf4 17. gxf4 O-O-O {
sieht ebenfalls wenig vertrauenerweckend für Weiß aus.}) 16... Bxg3+ 17. Kd1
O-O-O 18. Kc2 Bf4 $1 {Schwarz setzt den Angriff energisch fort, ohne sich um
Material zu bekümmern.} ({Auch nach} 18... Bxh2 19. Bc4 b5 20. Be2 ({Auf} 20.
Bxf7 {folgt} Rxd2+ 21. Kxd2 Qf4+ 22. Kc2 Qf5+ 23. Ne4 {Andere Züge führen zu
sofortigem Verlust.} Qxe4+ 24. Qd3 Qg2+ 25. Qd2 Qxd2+ 26. Kxd2 g5 {In diesem
Endspiel hat Schwarz treffliche Gewinnaussichten.}) 20... Be5 21. Rxh8 (21. a4
Rxd2+ 22. Kxd2 Bxc3+ {ist fatal für Weiß.}) 21... Rxh8 22. Rd1 (22. a4 Rh2 {
ist nicht besser für Weiß.}) 22... Rh2 23. Bd3 Bf4 {Schwarz behält
Gewinnaussichten, doch ist die Sache noch keineswegs entschieden.}) 19. Bxf4
Qxf4 20. Qxf7 Rd2+ (20... Qf2+ {ergibt nur remis:} 21. Be2 (21. Kb3 Qb6+ $11 {
führt zum Dauerschach.}) 21... Qf5+ 22. Kb3 Rd2 23. Rac1 (23. Bd1 Qc5 24. Rb1
Qb6+ {ergibt ebenfalls remis.}) 23... Rxe2 24. Nxe2 Qb5+ 25. Kc2 Qf5+ $11 {
, und der König des Weißen kann den Schachs nicht entkommen.}) 21. Kb3 Qf2 22.
Rb1 Qb6+ 23. Ka3 a5 {Schwarz verzichtet zu Recht darauf, Dauerschach zu geben.
Weiß kann nur bei genauester Verteidigung die Stellung halten.} 24. b4 $2 {
Jetzt kommt der König des Weißen wieder unter Beschuß, und Schwarz kann den
Sieg erzwingen. Unerläßlich ist} (24. Qc4 {und dann:} Nd7 {Jetzt droht 25...
Td4 mit entscheidender Kraft.} ({Sofortiges} 24... Rd4 {ist nicht besser:} 25.
Na4 Qd8 26. Qe6+ Nd7 27. b3 Qf8+ 28. Kb2 {Ich sehe keinen Gewinn für Schwarz.})
25. Na4 Qf2 26. Qc3 Rh4 27. Qxa5 Rxa4+ 28. Qxa4 (28. Kxa4 Rxb2 {führt sofort
zum Verlust.}) 28... Qf3+ 29. b3 (29. Qb3 Qxh1 {läßt den Weißen in einer
desolaten Stellung.}) 29... Qf8+ 30. Qb4 (30. b4 Qf3+ 31. Qb3 Qxh1 {ergibt
eine ähnliche Stellung wie in der vorigen Klammeranmerkung.}) 30... Rxa2+ 31.
Kxa2 Qxb4 32. Bh3 {Weiß hat Überlebensaussichten.}) 24... Qe3 25. Qb3 Rh4 26.
Bc4 Qa7 (26... b5 $19 {gewinnt unmittelbar, aber der Textzug genügt auch.}) 27.
Na4 b5 28. Be6+ Kb7 29. Qc3 axb4+ 30. Rxb4 Rxb4 31. Qxb4 Rd4 (31... Qe3+ {
ist noch zwingender:} 32. Bb3 (32. Nc3 Qxe6) 32... Nd5 33. Nc5+ Kb6 34. Na4+
Kc7 35. Qa5+ Kd7 {usw.}) 32. Qe7+ Nd7 33. Bb3 bxa4 34. Bc2 Qa5 35. Rb1+ Kc7 36.
Rb4 c5 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.04.25"]
[Round "15.6"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bremer SG"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 {Gurevich,M} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Qb3
Qc7 8. Nxg6 (8. Bd2 {Gurevich,M} Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Rc1 Nb6 11. cxd5 exd5
12. h3 Qd7 13. Bd3 Bd6 14. a4 Nc8 15. a5 a6 16. Na4 Qe7 17. O-O Na7 18. f3 Nb5
19. Nc5 O-O 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 21. Bb4 Nh5 $132 {1-0 Istratescu,A-Gurevich,M/
Antalya TUR 2004/The Week in Chess 499 (51)}) 8... hxg6 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Bd2 Nb6
(10... Be7 {Gurevich,M} 11. Be2 a6 12. a3 O-O 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. O-O Nb6 15.
Rfc1 Nc4 16. Be1 Rfc8 17. Bd3 b5 18. a4 b4 19. Ne2 a5 20. Rc2 Ra6 21. Qa2 Rc6
22. Rac1 $14 {1-0 Dumitrache,D-Burmakin,V/Cappelle la Grande FRA 2004/The Week
in Chess 486 (43)}) 11. cxd5 (11. Rc1 Nxc4 (11... Be7 {Gurevich,M} 12. c5 Nbd7
13. Qc2 e5 14. b4 a6 15. Be2 g5 16. g3 Nf8 17. Bf3 Ne6 18. Ne2 e4 19. Bg2 Nd7
$15 {0-1 Polak,T-Burmakin,V/Pardubice 2003/CBM 95 ext (48)}) 12. Bxc4 dxc4 13.
Qxc4 Qd7 14. Qe2 {1/2-1/2 Ioseliani,N-Smyslov,V/Munich 2000/CBM 78 (14).})
11... exd5 12. Bd3 Be7 (12... Bd6 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Kb1 Kb8 15. a4 Nc8 16. f3
Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 $2 (17... Nxb6 $11) 18. e4 {'+/=' Gurevich,M} dxe4 19. fxe4
Bb4 20. e5 Nd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd2 22. Rxd2 Rxd5 23. Bc4 Rd7 24. Rf1 $18 {1-0
Miltner,A-Walter,G/Gladenbach 1997/CBM 61 ext (33). (33)}) 13. O-O-O a5 {
'!?' Gurevich,M. Gurevich,M: '[/\14...a4<=><<]' Schwarz versucht sofort, eine
Initiative am Damenflügel zu entwickeln.} (13... O-O-O 14. Kb1 Kb8 15. Rc1 Rhe8
{ist eine solide, aber passivere Fortsetzung.}) 14. Kb1 a4 15. Qc2 Nc4 16. Bxc4
({Die Fortsetzung} 16. Bc1 b5 17. e4 {kommt ebenfalls in Betracht.}) (16. Nxa4
{Gurevich,M} Nxd2+ 17. Rxd2 Qa5 18. Nc3 Bb4 19. Qb3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 b5 $44) 16...
dxc4 17. Nxa4 $6 ({Die Fortsetzung} 17. a3 b5 18. Na2 {nebst e3-e4 würde von
ängstlichen Gemütern bevorzugt werden. Der Bauernraub mit nachfolgender
Überführung des Springers nach c1 kann sicher nicht zum Vorteil für Weiß
führen.}) 17... O-O {'!' Gurevich,M.} (17... b5 {Gurevich,M} 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19.
dxc5 Qa7 20. a3 Qxc5 21. Bb4 $36) 18. Nc3 (18. e4 {Gurevich,M} Nxe4 19. Qxe4
Rxa4 $132) (18. f3 {Gurevich,M} b5 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Qa7 $36) 18... b5 19.
Ne2 Ra6 {'!?' Gurevich,M. Gurevich,M: '[/\20...Rfa8,21...Qa7;xa2,xKb1]'} (19...
Rxa2 $2 {Gurevich,M} 20. Kxa2 Ra8+ 21. Kb1 Qa7 22. Kc1 $18) 20. Nc1 Rfa8 21. e4
Qa7 $1 (21... b4 22. Qxc4 (22. f3 b3 23. Qxc4 bxa2+ 24. Ka1 Ra4 {ist ebenfalls
befriedigend für Schwarz.}) 22... Nxe4 23. Be3 Nf6 {führt zu einer etwa
ausgeglichenen Stellung.}) (21... c5 {Gurevich,M} 22. d5 Bd6 $5) 22. Be3 {
Andere Züge sind nicht besser:} (22. Bg5 Rxa2 23. Nxa2 Qxa2+ 24. Kc1 c3 $19 {
, und Schwarz gewinnt, denn} 25. Qxc3 (25. bxc3 Ba3+ 26. Kd2 Nxe4+ 27. Kd3
Nxf2+ 28. Kd2 Qd5 {, und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 25... Nxe4 {ist fatal für ihn.}) (
22. Bf4 Rxa2 23. Nxa2 Qxa2+ 24. Kc1 c3 25. Qxc3 Nxe4 {, und Schwarz gewinnt,
denn der Bauer auf f2 entbehrt der Deckung.}) 22... Rxa2 {'!' Gurevich,M.} 23.
Nxa2 Qxa2+ 24. Kc1 c3 $2 (24... Nxe4 {'!!' Gurevich,M. führt zum Gewinn:} 25.
Qxe4 c3 26. Kc2 {'[]' Gurevich,M.} Qc4 (26... Qxb2+ 27. Kd3 Ra2 28. Bd2 {
ist weniger klar.} Bf6 $17 {Gurevich,M}) 27. Rb1 (27. Qd3 Qa4+ 28. Kc1 (28. b3
{scheitert an} Qa2+ 29. Kxc3 b4+ {, weil nun dem König des Weißen ads Feld d3
versperrt ist.}) 28... Qb3 29. Qxc3 Ra1+ 30. Kd2 Bb4 31. Rxa1 Qxb2+ {, und
Schwarz gewinnt.}) 27... Qe2+ 28. Kb3 cxb2 29. Qc2 Ra3+ 30. Kxb2 Ra2+ 31. Kxa2
Qxc2+ 32. Rb2 Qa4+ 33. Kb1 Ba3 {mit Gewinnstellung für Schwarz.}) 25. bxc3 $2 (
25. Qxc3 {leistet Widerstand.} Ra4 (25... Nxe4 26. Qxc6 Ra4 (26... Nd6 {
Gurevich,M} 27. Kd2 Qxb2+ 28. Ke1 Ra2 29. Qf3 (29. Rd2 Qb1+ 30. Rd1 Qb3 $40)
29... Nf5 $36) 27. Qxe4 Qc4+ 28. Kb1 Qa2+ 29. Kc2 Qc4+ {kommt auf dasselbe
hinaus.}) 26. Qd3 {Jetzt droht der König des Weißen über d2 in Sicherheit zu
kommen.} Nxe4 (26... Bb4 27. Kc2) (26... Ba3 27. Kd2 Qxb2+ 28. Ke1 Bb4+ 29. Kf1
$16) 27. Qxe4 Qc4+ (27... Rc4+ {Gurevich,M} 28. Kd2 $18) 28. Kb1 Qa2+ {'='
Gurevich,M.} 29. Kc2 Qc4+ {führt zum Remis.}) 25... Qc4 (25... Nxe4 {gewinnt
auch mühelos.} 26. Qxa2 Rxa2 $19) 26. Qd3 Qxd3 0-1

[Event "Bermuda"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2005.02.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2005.01.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. h3 Nb6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Be7 13. O-O-O a5 (13... O-O-O
14. Kb1 Kb8 15. Rc1 Rhe8 {ist eine solide, aber passivere Fortsetzung.}) 14.
Kb1 a4 15. Qc2 Nc4 16. g4 {Dies ist ein neuer Zug: Weiß stellt sich bereit,
mit h3-h4-h5 vorzugehen, sobald Schwarz kurz rochiert. Gespielt wurde hier} (
16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. Nxa4 ({Die Fortsetzung} 17. a3 b5 18. Na2 {nebst e3-e4 würde
von ängstlichen Gemütern bevorzugt werden. Der Bauernraub mit nachfolgender
Überführung des Springers nach c1 kann sicher nicht zum Vorteil für Weiß
führen.}) 17... O-O (17... b5 {Gurevich,M} 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Qa7 20. a3
Qxc5 21. Bb4 $36) 18. Nc3 (18. e4 {Gurevich,M} Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Rxa4 $132) (18. f3
{Gurevich,M} b5 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Qa7 $36) 18... b5 19. Ne2 Ra6 (19... Rxa2
$2 {Gurevich,M} 20. Kxa2 Ra8+ 21. Kb1 Qa7 22. Kc1 $18) 20. Nc1 Rfa8 21. e4 Qa7
(21... b4 22. Qxc4 (22. f3 b3 23. Qxc4 bxa2+ 24. Ka1 Ra4 {ist ebenfalls
befriedigend für Schwarz.}) 22... Nxe4 23. Be3 Nf6 {führt zu einer etwa
ausgeglichenen Stellung.}) (21... c5 {Gurevich,M} 22. d5 Bd6 $5) 22. Be3 (22.
Bg5 Rxa2 23. Nxa2 Qxa2+ 24. Kc1 c3 $19 {, und Schwarz gewinnt, denn} 25. Qxc3 (
25. bxc3 Ba3+ 26. Kd2 Nxe4+ 27. Kd3 Nxf2+ 28. Kd2 Qd5 {, und Schwarz gewinnt.})
25... Nxe4 {ist fatal für ihn.}) (22. Bf4 Rxa2 23. Nxa2 Qxa2+ 24. Kc1 c3 25.
Qxc3 Nxe4 {, und Schwarz gewinnt, denn der Bauer auf f2 entbehrt der Deckung.})
22... Rxa2 23. Nxa2 Qxa2+ 24. Kc1 c3 (24... Nxe4 {'!!' Gurevich,M. führt zum
Gewinn:} 25. Qxe4 c3 26. Kc2 {'[]' Gurevich,M.} Qc4 (26... Qxb2+ 27. Kd3 Ra2
28. Bd2 {ist weniger klar.} Bf6 $17 {Gurevich,M}) 27. Rb1 (27. Qd3 Qa4+ 28. Kc1
(28. b3 {scheitert an} Qa2+ 29. Kxc3 b4+ {, weil nun dem König des Weißen ads
Feld d3 versperrt ist.}) 28... Qb3 29. Qxc3 Ra1+ 30. Kd2 Bb4 31. Rxa1 Qxb2+ {
, und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 27... Qe2+ 28. Kb3 cxb2 29. Qc2 Ra3+ 30. Kxb2 Ra2+ 31.
Kxa2 Qxc2+ 32. Rb2 Qa4+ 33. Kb1 Ba3 {mit Gewinnstellung für Schwarz.}) 25. bxc3
(25. Qxc3 {leistet Widerstand.} Ra4 (25... Nxe4 26. Qxc6 Ra4 (26... Nd6 {
Gurevich,M} 27. Kd2 Qxb2+ 28. Ke1 Ra2 29. Qf3 (29. Rd2 Qb1+ 30. Rd1 Qb3 $40)
29... Nf5 $36) 27. Qxe4 Qc4+ 28. Kb1 Qa2+ 29. Kc2 Qc4+ {kommt auf dasselbe
hinaus.}) 26. Qd3 {Jetzt droht der König des Weißen über d2 in Sicherheit zu
kommen.} Nxe4 (26... Bb4 27. Kc2) (26... Ba3 27. Kd2 Qxb2+ 28. Ke1 Bb4+ 29. Kf1
$16) 27. Qxe4 Qc4+ (27... Rc4+ {Gurevich,M} 28. Kd2 $18) 28. Kb1 Qa2+ {'='
Gurevich,M.} 29. Kc2 Qc4+ {führt zum Remis.}) 25... Qc4 (25... Nxe4 {gewinnt
auch mühelos.} 26. Qxa2 Rxa2 $19) 26. Qd3 Qxd3 {0-1 Baburin,A-Gurevich,M/
Germany 2004/CBM 101/[Huebner,R] (26).}) ({Die Fortsetzung} 16. Bc1 b5 17. e4 {
kommt ebenfalls in Betracht.}) (16. Nxa4 {Gurevich,M} Nxd2+ 17. Rxd2 Qa5 18.
Nc3 Bb4 19. Qb3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 b5 $44) 16... b5 17. Ne2 {Der Zug des Weißen
richtet sich gegen die Drohung b5-b4-b3.} Nd7 {Schwarz überführt den Springer
nach b6, um die Drohung b5-b4-b3 zu erneuern.} (17... O-O 18. f3 {mit der
Absicht 19.e4 oder h3-h4-h5 sieht gefährlich für Schwarz aus.}) 18. h4 Ndb6 (
18... Rxh4 19. Rxh4 Bxh4 {scheint mir nicht ohne weiteres von der Hand zu
weisen zu sein; nach} 20. Rh1 g5 (20... Nxd2+ 21. Qxd2 Bxf2 {ist zu riskant:}
22. Nf4 Bg3 23. Rh8+ Nf8 24. Qb4 Qe7 25. Nxd5 {, und Weiß gewinnt.}) (20... Be7
{kommt dagegen ebenfalls in Betracht.}) 21. f3 Qd6 {ist die Lage nicht klar.})
19. Nf4 (19. h5 gxh5 (19... g5 20. Ng3 {ist ungünstig für Schwarz.}) 20. gxh5 {
sieht konsequenter aus; nach} b4 21. Bc1 b3 22. axb3 (22. Qc3 bxa2+ 23. Kxa2 (
23. Ka1 Ra5) 23... Ra5 {mit der Absicht Ta5-b5 ist nicht günstiger für Weiß.})
22... axb3 23. Qxb3 {führt zu einer äußerst scharfen Stellung mit Aussichten
für beide Seiten.}) 19... Bd6 $6 (19... b4 {kommt auch hier meines Erachtens
sehr in Betracht.}) 20. Bc1 O-O-O {Damit verzichtet Schwarz auf seine
Angriffspläne gegen den König des Weißen. In der Tat sähe die Sache jetzt nach}
(20... b4 21. Qe2 {für Schwarz nicht vielversprechend aus.}) 21. h5 gxh5 22.
gxh5 Qe7 {Jetzt kann der Springer des Weißen nach d3 gelangen.} (22... Bxf4 23.
exf4 Kb7 24. Rdg1 f6 25. b3 {sieht aber auch nicht ganz gemütlich für Schwarz
aus.}) 23. Bf5+ Kc7 (23... Kb7 {sieht natürlicher aus, aber Schwarz will wohl
vermeiden, daß der Springer des Weißen auf c5 Schach geben kann, nachdem er
nach d3 gezogen ist.}) 24. e4 $6 {Damit kann Weiß keinen Vorteil erzielen.} (
24. Nd3 {überläßt dem Weißen einen dauerhaften positionellen Vorteil.}) 24...
dxe4 25. Bxe4 Bxf4 26. Bxf4+ Kb7 27. Bc1 Nd5 {Jetzt hat Schwarz keine Sorgen
mehr.} 28. f3 Qf6 29. Qf2 a3 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. b3 Nb6 32. h6 gxh6 33. Bxa3 Rf5
34. d5 Rxf3 35. Qb2 Re8 36. Qxf6 Rxf6 37. dxc6+ Rxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup02"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.01.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Black "Beshukov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nh4 (7. Qb3
Qc8 8. Ne5 Nfd7 9. Bd2 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nc6 11. Rc1 Be7 12. Nb5 O-O 13. Nd4 Nxd4
14. exd4 Qd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bogoljubow,E-Euwe,M/NLD m1 1928 (32)}) 7... Bg4 (7...
Nc6 {Epishin} 8. Nxf5 exf5 9. Bd3 Qd7 10. Bd2 g6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Qb3 O-O 13.
Rfc1 $14) (7... Bg6 {Epishin}) 8. Qb3 Qd7 {Da der Springer des Weißen das Feld
f3 verlassen hat, nutzt Schwarz die Gelegenheit, die Dame auf dieses Feld zu
bringen.} 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. g5 Ng8 (12... Nh5 {kommt
trotz der abseitigen Stellung des Springers auf h5 in Betracht. Er wird über
f4 wieder ins Spiel gelangen, sobald Weiß die Stellung mit e3-e4 öffnet;
andernfalls wird Weiß kaum etwas erreichen können.}) 13. e4 dxe4 (13... Nc6 {
war eine andere solide Möglichkeit.}) 14. d5 exd5 15. Bf4 Nc6 16. Nxd5 Bd6 $2 {
Hiernach ist Schwarz verloren. Nicht besser war} (16... O-O-O 17. O-O-O Qe6 (
17... Bd6 {hat ähnliche Folgen wie in der Partie:} 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Nb6+ {usw.
}) 18. h4 Nge7 19. Nxe7+ Nxe7 20. Qc3+ Qc6 21. Qxc6+ Nxc6 22. Bh3+ {und Weiß
gewinnt.}) (16... Nd4 {war nötig:} 17. Nc7+ (17. Qc4 Bb4+ 18. Nxb4 (18. Kd1 Ne6
{dürfte für Weiß fatale Folgen haben.}) 18... Rc8 19. Qd5 Nc2+ 20. Kd2 Nxb4 21.
Qxd7+ Kxd7 {mit Vorteil für Schwarz.}) 17... Qxc7 18. Bb5+ Ke7 19. Bxc7 (19.
Qb4+ Ke6 20. Qxd4 (20. Bc4+ Kf5 $19) 20... Qa5+ 21. Bd2 Qxb5 22. Qxe4+ Qe5 {
und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 19... Nxb3 20. axb3 (20. Rd1 Rc8 21. Bd6+ Ke6 $17) 20...
a6 21. Bc4 Rc8 {Die Lage ist nicht ganz klar, doch sollte Schwarz keine Sorgen
haben.}) 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rd1 $18 O-O-O (18... Qb8 $142 $14 {Epishin}) 19.
Nb6+ axb6 20. Rxd6 Rxd6 21. Qxf7 Nge7 22. Bg2 Rd5 23. h4 Kb8 24. Bxe4 Re5 25.
f3 Nf5 26. Kf2 Rd8 27. Re1 Rd6 28. Re2 Re7 29. Qg8+ Rd8 30. Qc4 Nd6 31. Qc3 Nb5
32. Qe3 Rf8 33. Rd2 Ka7 34. Kg3 Ne5 35. Qb3 Ref7 1-0

[Event "Scandic Hotels CC"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "2000.07.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bator, Robert"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.07.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. g3 Be7 10. Bd2 Bh5 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Qxc4 a6 13. Ng2 b5 14. Qb3 c5 15.
Nf4 Bg6 16. Rc1 c4 17. Qd1 Nc6 18. d5 Ne5 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. f4 exd5 {Das
Figurenopfer ist unzureichend. Nötig war meines Erachtens} (20... Ned7 21. dxe6
fxe6 22. Qc2 O-O-O (22... Kf7 {ist passiver, aber auch nicht hoffnungslos.})
23. O-O Nc5 {mit unklarer Lage.}) 21. fxe5 Qxe5 22. Bf3 Rd8 23. Ne2 $2 (23. Qe2
{gefolgt von 0-0 sollte auf die Dauer zum technischen Gewinn führen. Nach dem
Textzug erhält Schwarz weiteres Material.}) 23... Bc5 24. O-O Qxb2 ({Nach} 
24... Bxe3+ 25. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 26. Kg2 {kann Schwarz nicht gut mit} d4 {fortfahren:
} 27. Nf4 Ne4 28. Qe1 Qd2+ 29. Qxd2 Nxd2 30. Bc6+ Ke7 31. Rfd1 {, und Weiß
gewinnt.}) 25. Nd4 Bxd4 26. Rc2 Bxe3+ ({Sicherer war} 26... Qa3 27. exd4 O-O {
mit fester Stellung.}) 27. Bxe3 Qa3 28. Bb6 O-O (28... Rd7 {ist nicht ohne
weiteres von der Hand zu weisen:} 29. Qd4 ({Nach} 29. Re2+ Kf8 30. Qd4 Kg8 {
ist die Stellung des Schwarzen befriedigend;} 31. g4 {wird mit} Rh4 {pariert.})
29... O-O 30. Bc5 Qa4 {mit unklarer Lage.}) 29. Bxd8 Rxd8 $2 {Offensichtlich
mußte sich Schwarz zunächst um die Beherrschung des Feldes d4 kümmern; nach} (
29... Qc5+ 30. Kg2 Rxd8 {gefolgt von d5-d4 ist der Ausgang der Partie
keineswegs klar.}) 30. Qd4 b4 $2 {Dieser weitere Fehler macht die Lage des
Nachziehenden hoffnungslos.} (30... Qd6 {erlaubte Widerstand, obwohl ich die
Stellung des Weißen für gewinnträchtig halte.}) 31. Rxc4 dxc4 32. Qxd8+ Kh7 33.
Qd2 (33. Qe7 $18) (33. Qd4 Qxa2 34. Qh4+ Kg8 35. Rd1 {, und Weiß gewinnt.})
33... a5 34. Be2 b3 35. axb3 (35. Qd4 $18) 35... cxb3 36. Bd3 (36. Qd4 $18 {
Im 30. Zuge hatte Weiß dieses Feld noch gefunden.}) 36... a4 37. Qc3 Qd6 38.
Bb1 $2 (38. Rf4 $18 {Weiß vernachlässigte das Prinzip der Zentralisierung und
brachte sich so um den Gewinn.}) 38... Qb6+ 39. Kg2 a3 $6 ({Mit} 39... Nd5 {
hätte Schwarz seinen gegner, der offenbar in Zeitnot war, noch in Verlegenheit
setzen können; nur} 40. Qc8 Ne3+ 41. Kh1 {genügt zu einem klaren Remis.}) 40.
Qc4 Qb7+ {Gewinnversuche mit der Fortsetzung 41.Tf3 a2 42.La2: ba2: 43.Da2: g5
44.h3 kamen durchaus noch in Betracht.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1998.07.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 e6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 Bg6 8. Re1
Be7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 O-O 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 {Der Aufbau des
Weißen flößt mir keine sbesondere Begeisterung ein. Die Stellung des Schwarzen
ist sehr solide; er hat keine Schwächen und mag in dem Bauern auf d4
gelegentlich ein bequemes Angriffsziel finden.} 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. c5 $6 (14. Qd2
{ist solider.}) 14... Qxb2 15. Bd6 Rfd8 16. Re3 Qb5 17. Rb1 Qa6 18. Qb3 b6 19.
g4 $2 (19. Rxe6 bxc5 20. Re4 (20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Bxc5 Rd3) 20... cxd4 21. Nxd4 {
bot meines Erachtens bessere Überlebensaussichten. Jetzt ist auch die
Bauernstruktur am Königsflügel des Weißen unwiederbringlich geschwächt.}) 19...
Re8 20. g5 Be7 $2 {Nach} (20... Bd8 {hat Schwarz einen gesunden Mehrbauern.})
21. Rxe6 Bxd6 (21... fxe6 22. Qxe6+ Kh7 (22... Kf8 $2 23. Nh4 $18) 23. Qh3+ {
führt zum Remis.}) 22. Rxd6 Qc8 23. cxb6 axb6 {Weiß hat auch hier einige
Probleme, weil sein Königsflügel übel geschwächt ist; aber bei verständigem
Spiel müßte er remis halten können.} 24. Rc1 Nf8 (24... Nb8 {war solider.}) 25.
Ne5 {Ich sehe nicht, was gegen die Fortsetzung} (25. Rdxc6 Qg4+ 26. Kh1 {
spricht.}) 25... Qf5 26. h4 $2 (26. Rcxc6 {war geboten; Weiß sollte sich
halten können.}) 26... c5 27. Qd3 $6 (27. Rf6 gxf6 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 29. gxf6 {
wird mit} Ne6 30. Nxg6+ Qxg6+ 31. Qxg6 Rg8 32. h5 Nf4 {widerlegt.}) (27. Qf3
Rxa2 28. Qxf5 gxf5 29. Nd3 cxd4 30. Rxd4 Rd2 {ist ebenfalls unerfreulich für
Weiß, mußte aber versucht werden.}) (27. Rxb6 cxd4 {ist hoffnungslos für Weiß;
der Springer auf e5 wird entwurzelt, und danach ist der Königsflügel des
Weißen nicht mehr zu verteidigen.}) 27... Qf4 28. Qe3 Qxh4 29. dxc5 bxc5 30.
Rc4 Qxc4 31. Nxc4 Rxe3 32. Nxe3 Ne6 33. Rc6 Rxa2 34. Nd5 Nxg5 35. Rxc5 Nh3+ 0-1

[Event "Goodricke op 12th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.02.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gokhale, Jayant Suresh"]
[Black "Villamayor, Buenaventura"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2001.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O $2 (9... a5 $11) 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Bxd2 12. dxe6 Bxe3
13. Qxe3 fxe6 14. Qxe6+ Kh8 15. Rfe1 Nf6 16. Qb3 Qd5 17. Qxb7 Rfb8 18. Qa6 Rxb2
19. Re5 Qd7 20. Rae1 h6 21. Re7 Qd5 22. Qd3 Ng8 23. R7e2 $2 (23. Rd7 Rd2 (23...
Qxd7 24. Ne5 $18) 24. Qxd2 Qxd7 25. Ne5 Qe6 26. Qc2 Ne7 27. Qc5 {, und Weiß
gewinnt.}) 23... Rxa2 $2 (23... Rxe2 24. Qxe2 (24. Rxe2 Qb5) 24... Rb8 {
Schwarz kann noch einigen Widerstand leisten.}) 24. Rxa2 $2 (24. Nh4 g5 (24...
Nf6 25. Ng6+ Kg8 26. Ne7+ {kostet die Dame.}) 25. Ng6+ Kg7 26. Rxa2 Qxa2 27.
Rb1 {, und der König des Schwarzen wird nicht mehr lange überleben.}) 24...
Qxa2 25. Qg6 $2 {Jetzt kann} (25. Nh4 {mit} Nf6 {beantwortet werden, weil die
Dame des Schwarzen nicht mehr auf d5 hängt; dennoch war dies stärker als der
Textzug. Weiß verleibt sich den Bauern auf c6 mit dem Springer ein.}) 25... Nf6
26. h3 Qg8 27. Ne5 Qh7 28. Qf7 Qc2 29. Qb7 Rf8 30. Qxc6 Rc8 31. Qe6 Kh7 32. Ra1
a5 33. d5 $4 (33. Qa6 $16) 33... Re8 34. Qd6 Qc3 35. Rd1 Qxe5 0-1

[Event "ISR-Kasparov handicap"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1998.05.21"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1998.05.19"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. h3
Bh5 9. Bd2 Nbd7 (9... Be7 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bg2 Nbd7 13. g5 Ng8 14.
h4 Rd8 15. Qa4 a6 16. c5 Qc7 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Rb8 19. O-O-O {46/ 0-1
Khlian,E-Zakharstov,V/Azov 1995}) 10. g4 Bg6 11. g5 $6 {Weiß beginnt seine
Bauernstellung zu mißhandeln. Mir gefällt} (11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bg2 {besser.})
11... Ng8 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. c5 $6 {Diese Art von Vorstoß ist im allgemeinen
nur ratsam, wenn die Bauernkette am Damenflügel intakt gehalten werden, der
Punkt c5 verteidigt werden kann. Hier ist das nicht der Fall.} Qc7 14. e4 $2 (
14. Qd1 {war vorzuziehen, weil} b6 {jetzt mit} 15. b4 a5 16. a3 {pariert
werden kann. Nach}) (14. Qd1 e5 {hat Schwarz eine gute Stellung, aber Weiß
braucht nicht zu verzweifeln.}) 14... Ne7 15. exd5 exd5 16. Bd3 Rh4 17. Ne2 b6
18. cxb6 axb6 19. O-O-O b5 20. Kb1 Nb6 21. f4 Nc4 22. Be1 Rh8 23. Bb4 Nf5 24.
Rhe1 Bxb4 25. Qxb4 Qd6 {Bei der unsicheren Stellung des Königs von Weiß
scheint Damentausch wünschenswert, aber danach hat Weiß mit den
Bauernschwächen auf h3 und f4 eine beinahe hoffnungslose Stellung.} 26. Qc3 Kf8
27. Bxf5 gxf5 28. Nc1 g6 29. b3 b4 30. Qf3 Na3+ 31. Kb2 c5 32. Re5 (32. dxc5
Qxc5 33. Re2 Rc8 34. Qe3 {mußte versucht werden.}) 32... c4 $19 33. Ka1 c3 34.
Rxd5 (34. Qxd5 {scheitert an} Qxd5 35. Rxd5 Nc2+ 36. Kb1 Ne3) 34... Nc2+ 35.
Kb1 Na3+ 36. Ka1 Qa6 37. Rd7 Nc2+ 38. Kb1 Na3+ 39. Ka1 Ra7 40. Rd8+ (40. Rxa7
Qxa7 41. d5 Nc2+ 42. Kb1 Ne3 {ist tödlich für Weiß; der Turm darf die d-Linie
wegen der Möglichkeit 43...c2+ nebst 44...dd4+ nicht verlassen.} 43. Rd3 Qa3
44. Qe2 c2+ {ist freudlos für Weiß.}) 40... Kg7 41. Rxh8 Nc2+ 42. Kb1 Na3+ 43.
Ka1 Kxh8 44. d5 Nc2+ 45. Kb1 Na3+ 46. Ka1 Re7 47. Qd3 {Der Vorstoß des
d-Bauern hilft dem Weißen nicht:} (47. d6 Nc2+ 48. Kb1 Qa3 49. Kxc2 Qb2+ 50.
Kd3 c2 $19 51. dxe7 Qc3+ 52. Ke2) 47... Qd6 48. Qd4+ (48. Rf1 Re3 49. Qd1 Kg8 {
Weiß ist rettungslos paralysiert.}) 48... Kg8 49. Qf6 (49. Qf2 Re4 {ergibt
eine hoffnungslose Stellung für Weiß, zum Beispiel:} 50. Ne2 (50. Rf1 Qxd5 {
mit der Drohung 51...Dd2 ist ebenfalls fatal für Weiß.}) (50. Qh2 Qf8 51. Nd3
Rd4 {desgleichen.}) 50... Qf8 {und es gibt keine ausreichende Abwehr der
Drohung 51...c2 nebst 52...Dg7(+)}) 49... Nc2+ 50. Kb1 Na3+ 51. Ka1 Qc5 52. Nd3
{Es gibt keine Rettung mehr:} (52. Qa6 Qf2 53. Nd3 Qc2 54. Rc1 Qb1+ 55. Rxb1
Nc2#) 52... Qe3 53. Qa6 (53. h4 Qxd3 $19) 53... Qd4 54. Rc1 Re3 0-1

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Cuijpers, Frans Andre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2002.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Be7 11. Qc2 dxc4 $6 (11... O-O {ist solider.}) 12.
Bxc4 O-O 13. O-O c5 14. d5 Ne5 15. b3 Nxc4 16. bxc4 exd5 $6 {Die Aufgabe des
Zentrums gefällt mir nicht.} (16... Qa6 {ist besser. Nach} 17. Qb3 exd5 18.
cxd5 c4 {gewinnt Schwarz im Vergleich zur Partiefortsetzung wertvolle Zeit.})
17. cxd5 Qd6 18. e4 Ng4 19. f4 c4 20. h3 $6 (20. Kh1 Qc5 21. Nd1 {verhindert,
daß der Springer des Schwarzen nach d3 eindringt; nach} f5 22. Rb1 {zerfällt
die Stellung des Schwarzen.}) 20... Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Nf2+ 22. Kh2 Nd3 23. Rab1 Rab8
24. Rf3 (24. Na4 {ist nicht besser:} Qd4 25. Bc3 Qe3 (25... Qxe4 26. Rbe1 Qxd5
27. Rxe7 {sieht hoffnungslos für Schwarz aus:} b5 28. Nb2 b4 29. Be5 {usw.})
26. Nb2 b5 27. Rf3 Qxe4 28. Nxd3 cxd3 29. Qxd3 Qxd3 30. Rxd3 Bd6 31. Be5 Rfd8 {
mit gutem Spiel für Schwarz.}) ({Der Fortsezung} 24. Rb5 Qd4 25. Rf3 a6 26. Rb1
(26. Be3 $2 Ne1) 26... b5 27. Be3 Qf6 28. e5 Qf5 {wohnt auch keine Klarheit
inne.}) 24... b5 $2 (24... g5 $13 {verspricht Gegenspiel, zum Beispiel} 25. Be3
({Nach} 25. Na4 Qd4 26. Nb2 f5 {hat Schwarz auch mehr Spiel als er verdient.})
25... Qa5 26. fxg5 b5 27. g6 Bf6 {usw.}) 25. Be3 $18 Qa3 26. Nxb5 Rxb5 27. Rxb5
Ne1 28. Qe2 Nxf3+ 29. Qxf3 g5 $6 ({Mit} 29... a6 30. Rb7 Bc5 31. Bxc5 Qxc5 {
konnte Schwarz zäheren Widerstand leisten.}) 30. e5 gxf4 31. Qxf4 Qxa2 32. Rb7
Ba3 33. e6 fxe6 34. Rxg7+ {Einfacher ist} (34. Qe5 Rf6 35. Rb8+ Bf8 (35... Rf8
36. Bd4) 36. dxe6 Rg6 37. Qd5 $18) 34... Kxg7 35. Qh6+ Kf7 36. Qxe6+ Kg7 37.
Bd4+ Kh7 38. Qd7+ Kg6 39. Qg4+ Kh6 40. Be3+ Kh7 41. Qh5+ Kg7 42. Bd4+ Rf6 43.
Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup02"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dragomarezkij, Evgeni"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Nc3 e6 8. Nh4
Be4 9. Bd2 (9. f3 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. f4 Nc6 12. Bd2 a6 13. Be2 $11 {0-1
Matlak,M-Sorokin,M/Moscow-B 1988 (35)}) 9... Nc6 10. Rc1 Be7 11. Nxe4 {Die
Spielführung des Weißen gefällt mir nicht. Der in der oben zitierten Partie
gewählte Plan ist besser.} dxe4 12. g3 O-O 13. Ng2 Rfd8 14. Nf4 Qb6 15. Bc4 (
15. Qxb6 axb6 16. a3 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Be2 g5 {mit Vorteil für Schwarz.})
15... Bd6 (15... Qxb3 16. Bxb3 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Ke2 {ist nicht günstig für
Schwarz.}) 16. Bc3 $2 (16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Ke2 {führte zu befriedigendem Spiel.})
16... Qc7 17. Ne2 a6 18. Qc2 Na5 19. Bxa5 Qxa5+ 20. Kf1 Rac8 21. Qd1 Qf5 22. h3
h5 23. Kg1 h4 24. gxh4 Qg6+ 25. Kf1 Qh5 26. Bb3 Qxh4 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Qd2 $2 (
28. Kg2 {mußte gespielt werden.}) 28... Ng4 29. Nc3 (29. Qe1 Bb4 30. Nc3 Bxc3
31. bxc3 Rxc3 32. Kg2 Rc1 $19) 29... Nh2+ $19 30. Rxh2 Bxh2 31. Kg2 Bd6 32. Qd1
Bb4 33. Ne2 Qh5 34. Ng3 Qxd1 35. Bxd1 Rc1 36. Bb3 Rb1 37. d5 exd5 38. Bxd5 Rxb2
39. Nxe4 Be7 0-1

[Event "Istanbul FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2009.03.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Humpy,K"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.03.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8256]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 {Stefanova played the Slav Defence as I had
expected.} 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 {I have played many games in
this variation.} Bg6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Bd2 (9. g3 Nbd7 10. Bd2 Be7 11.
Bg2 Qa6 12. Bf1 Qb6 13. Bg2 Qa6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. a4 Nb6 16. Bf1 Nc4 17. Bxc4
dxc4 18. Qb5+ Qc6 19. Qxc6+ bxc6 20. Rc1 Kd7 21. Nd1 Rh3 22. Rxc4 Rah8 23. Bb4
Bd8 {Mamedyarov,S (2728)-Shirov,A (2720)/Fuegen 2006}) 9... Nbd7 10. Qc2 {
Here I played Bd3 against Bacrot. But in most of my games I opted for 10.Qc2
followed by long castling. But over the board I hesitated to repeat the same
idea thinking that she might be well prepared. However, I like that variation
so much that even after spending some time I couldn't resist the temptation to
play 10.Qc2.} (10. Bd3 Be7 11. f3 (11. h3 O-O 12. O-O Rfe8 13. Rfd1 Rac8 14.
Rac1 Qc7 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 e5 18. d5 Nc5 19. Qe3 Nxe4 20. Qxe4
cxd5 21. cxd5 Qd6 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Bc3 Bf6 24. Qa4 Qc5 25. d6 Rd8 26. d7 b6
27. Qxa7 Bh4 28. Rd2 Bg5 29. Re2 f6 30. Qa4 Qd5 31. Qc2 Rxd7 32. Qxg6 Re7 33.
a3 e4 34. h4 Bf4 35. Re1 e3 36. fxe3 Rxe3 37. Rxe3 Bxe3+ 38. Kh2 Qd6+ 39. g3 {
1-0 Blagojevic,D (2508)-Vajda,A (2364)/Herceg Novi 2002}) 11... Qc7 12. cxd5
exd5 13. O-O-O Qb6 14. Qc2 c5 15. Na4 Qc6 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Kb1
O-O 19. Rc1 Qxc2+ 20. Rxc2 Rac8 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Kxc1 Kf8 24.
Bc3 Bd6 25. h3 Ke7 26. Kd2 Ke6 27. Bd4 Be5 28. Bxa7 Bxb2 29. Kc2 Ba1 30. Kb1
Bc3 31. Kc2 Ba1 32. Kb1 {1/2-1/2 Koneru,H (2545)-Bacrot,E (2705)/Cap d'Agde
2006/}) 10... g5 $6 {I felt comfortable after Stefanova played ...g5, as it is
not at all troublesome for me.} ({I believe} 10... Qc7 {is the best. Early In
the opening after 7.Qb3 Black has a choice of playing ...Qc7 instead of ...Qb6,
then there will not be any tempo gained by attacking the h2-pawn as the
b7-pawn is under attack. But now Black wins a tempo by attacking h2. In
addition to the idea of playing the knight to b6.} 11. h3 Be7 12. Be2 Rc8 13.
Rc1 O-O 14. O-O Qb8 15. Qb1 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 c5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19.
dxc5 Nxc5 20. Bc3 Ne4 21. Bd4 Bc5 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Rxc5 Nxc5 24. Bf3 Qe5 25.
Rd2 Ne6 26. Qd1 Nc7 27. Rd4 Ne6 28. Rd2 b6 29. Bxd5 Rc8 30. Bb3 Nc5 31. Rd8+
Rxd8 32. Qxd8+ Kh7 33. Bxf7 Qf6 34. Qg8+ Kh6 35. f4 {1-0 Spassov,L (2365)
-Kirov,D (1935)/Pernik 2003}) 11. O-O-O $146 Be7 ({The immediate long castling
will give the initiative to White because of the pawn on g5.} 11... O-O-O 12.
cxd5 exd5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Bxg5 Qa5 15. h4 $14) 12. Kb1 {The most natural move.}
O-O-O $2 {The black king comes under indirect attack. At the same time Black's
queen and rook are in a skewer position.} ({Better is} 12... dxc4 13. Bxc4
O-O-O 14. h3 $14) 13. cxd5 Nxd5 $4 {This is a tactical oversight by my
opponent.} ({She should have played} 13... exd5 {though even then I would be
in an advantageous position after playing} 14. e4 dxe4 (14... Nxe4 $4 15. Nxd5
$18) 15. Bxg5 Qc7 16. Nxe4 Rhe8 17. Ng3 $16) 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Qa4 $1 {Black
has no answer for this move. Any move is disastrous for Black.} c5 ({Another
try is} 15... Qc7 {by giving up her queen for rook and bishop} 16. Qxa7 Rxh2
17. Qa8+ Nb8 18. Ba5 Qxa5 19. Qxa5 Rxh1 20. Rc1 $16) 16. Ba5 Qf6 17. Bxd8 {
Black loses an exchange without any compensation.} Rxd8 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Qxa7
{The black king has lost its shelter, giving so many possibilities to attack.}
Qxf2 (19... Qf5+ 20. Ka1 Qxf2 21. Rc1 Qxe3 22. Ba6 bxa6 23. Rhe1 $18) 20. Rc1
Qxe3 21. Bb5 (21. Ba6 $1 {This move is suggested by the silicon monster.} bxa6
22. Rhe1 Qd3+ 23. Ka1 Rd7 (23... Bd6 24. Rxc5+ Bxc5 25. Qxc5+ Kb8 26. Qb6+ Kc8
27. Rc1+ Kd7 28. Qc7+ Ke8 29. Re1+ $18) 24. Rxc5+ Bxc5 25. Re8+ Rd8 26. Qxc5+
Kb7 27. Re7+ $18) 21... Qe4+ 22. Ka1 Qb4 23. Rhe1 $3 {I had this move in my
mind when I went for 18.dxc5.} Bd6 24. Qb6 {This is like a Zugzwang position
for Black. She has no freedom for her pieces.} Qd4 25. Red1 {Harassing the
queen.} Qe3 26. Rc3 {By force Black is going to lose a piece.} Qe7 27. Rdc1 Kb8
28. Rxc5 {Black is helpless.} Bxh2 (28... Bxc5 29. Qxc5 Qxc5 30. Rxc5 {is
losing for Black.}) 29. Bd7 $3 {The final tactical blow. Clearing the way for
my rook to get to a5.} Qxd7 30. Ra5 {Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Nc3 e6 8. Bd2
Nc6 9. Bb5 Be7 (9... Bd6 $6 10. Rc1 O-O $140 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nb5 $18) 10. O-O
O-O 11. Rfc1 Rfc8 (11... Na5 12. Qd1 (12. Qa4 a6 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Rxc7 axb5
15. Qxa5 $13) (12. Nxd5 $4 Nxd5 $19) 12... Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Ne5 $16) 12.
Ne5 Ng4 (12... Nxe5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Rxc7 Rxc7 15. e4 Bxe4 16. dxe5 Rc2 17.
Rd1 Rac8 18. Bf1 b6 19. Qa4 $14) 13. Nxg4 Bxg4 14. Na4 Rab8 15. Rc3 (15. h3 Bf5
16. Rc3 a6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qd1 $10) 15... Qd8 (15... a6 16. Bd3 b5 17. Nc5
Qa7 18. a3 $14) 16. Bxc6 (16. Rac1 $2 Bb4 17. R3c2 Bxd2 18. Rxd2 Na5 $17) 16...
bxc6 17. Qc2 Bf5 18. Qd1 Bb4 19. Rb3 Bd6 20. Rc1 Qh4 (20... Rxb3 $5 21. axb3 (
21. Qxb3 Qg5 22. Qb7 Rf8 $40) 21... Qh4 $10) 21. h3 Bxh3 (21... Rxb3 $142) (
21... g5 22. Be1 Bxh3 23. gxh3 Qxh3 24. f3 $16) 22. gxh3 (22. Rxb8 $1 Rxb8 (
22... Bxb8 23. gxh3 Qxh3 24. f4 (24. f3 Qh2+ 25. Kf1 Bg3 26. Be1 Qh1+ 27. Ke2
Qg2+ 28. Kd3 Bxe1 29. Qxe1 Qxf3 30. Qh4 $14) 24... Qg3+ 25. Kf1 Qh3+ 26. Ke2
Qg2+ 27. Kd3 Qe4+ 28. Kc3 c5 29. b3 cxd4+ 30. Kb2 Re8 (30... Rxc1 31. Qxc1 h5
32. Qc8+ Kh7 33. Qxb8 dxe3 34. Be1 $16) 31. Nc5 Qg2 32. exd4 Qf2 $14) 23. gxh3
Qxh3 24. f3 Qh2+ 25. Kf1 Bg3 26. Be1 Qh1+ 27. Ke2 Qg2+ 28. Kd3 Bxe1 29. Qxe1
Qxf3 30. Rxc6 $16) 22... Qxh3 23. f4 $6 (23. f3 Qh2+ 24. Kf1 Rxb3 (24... e5 25.
dxe5 Bxe5 $16) 25. axb3 Bg3 26. Be1 Qh1+ 27. Ke2 Qg2+ 28. Kd3 Bxe1 29. Qxe1
Qxf3 30. Qh4 $14) 23... Qg3+ 24. Kf1 Qh3+ 25. Kg1 Qg3+ 26. Kf1 Qh3+ 27. Kg1
Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Khalifman,A"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1994.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hertneck,G} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7.
Bd2 e6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Rc1 Be7 10. Ne5 (10. Bb5 $10 {Hertneck,G}) 10... O-O 11.
Bb5 Nxe5 $1 (11... Rab8 12. Qa4) (11... Na5 {Hertneck,G} 12. Qa4 a6 13. Nxd5 $2
(13. Be2 Nc6 $13) 13... Nxd5 14. Rxc7 axb5 15. Qxb5 Nxc7 16. Qd7 Nd5 $15) (
11... a6 $2 {Hertneck,G} 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Na4 Rfb8 14. Rxc6 $1 Qd8 15. Rb6 $16
) 12. Nxd5 Qxc1+ 13. Bxc1 Nxd5 14. e4 $1 (14. dxe5 Rac8 (14... Rfc8 $2 15. Kd1
$1 (15. O-O $4 Bc2 $19) 15... Rc5 (15... Bc2+ 16. Qxc2 Rxc2 17. Kxc2 $16) 16.
Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Rd8 $1 18. Ke2 Nc3+ 19. Qxc3 Rxc3 20. bxc3 $16) 15. Qd1 (15.
O-O Bc2 $19) (15. Bc4 Nb6 $19) (15. Kd1 $6 Rfd8 16. Bd2 Bb4 $36) 15... Bc2 (
15... Bb4+ {Hertneck,G /\ Rfd8~/=}) 16. Qe2 Bd3 $1 $19) 14... Bxe4 15. dxe5
Bxg2 (15... Rac8 $2 {Hertneck,G} 16. O-O Bc2 17. Qg3 $16) (15... Bb4+ $5 {
Hertneck,G}) 16. Rg1 Be4 17. Bd3 Rac8 18. Bd2 (18. Bh6 Bg6 19. Bxg6 fxg6 $5 20.
Bd2 Rc7 $15) 18... Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Rfd8 20. Qe4 (20. Qb1 Rc4 $15) 20... Bb4 $6 (
20... b5 $1 21. Rg3 Rc4 $15) 21. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 22. Bxb4 Nxb4 (22... Rc1+ 23.
Ke2 Rg1 24. Bd2 $13) 23. Qg4+ Kh8 24. Qxb4 Rd7 25. h4 $1 h6 (25... h6 26. Qf4
Kg7 27. Qg4+ Kf8 28. Qf4 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares-03"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1981.01.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1981.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc8 (6... Qb6 7.
Qxb6 axb6 8. Nc3 Bd7 9. Ne5 e6 10. Bd2 $14 {Salov,V-Tukmakov,V/Leningrad/1987/
0,5 (55)/}) (6... Qc7 $5 7. Nc3 e6 8. Nh4 (8. Bd2 $5 {/\Rc15+/=/}) 8... Be4 9.
f3 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. f4 Nc6 12. Bd2 a6 $10 {Matlak,J-Sorokin,M/Protvino/
1988/0:1 (35)/}) (6... Qc7 7. Bd2 e6 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. Bb4 Bxb4+ 10. Qxb4 Qe7 11.
Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. Nc3 $14 {Salov,S-Bareev,E/Dortmund/1992/1:0 (33)
Inf 54/356/}) 7. Nc3 e6 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Rc1 Bd6 10. Nh4 Be4 11. f3 Bg6 12. Nb5
Be7 (12... Bb8 13. Qa3 Qd7 14. g3 Qe7 15. Kf2 Qxa3 16. Nxa3 $14) 13. Nxg6 hxg6
14. Kf2 Qb8 15. g3 O-O (15... g5 $5 $132) 16. Kg2 Qd8 (16... a6 $5 17. Nc3 Qc7
$14) 17. h4 a6 18. Na3 Qd7 19. Be2 Bd6 (19... Rfc8 $5) 20. g4 Rfc8 21. Nc2 Ne7
(21... Rc7 $5) 22. Nb4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. Nd3 $14 Nc6 26. Qc2
Qd8 27. Be1 Nd7 $6 (27... e5 $5 28. dxe5 (28. Bf2 $6 e4) 28... Nxe5 29. b3 $14)
28. a3 Qc7 (28... e5 $5) 29. b4 e5 (29... Nb6 $5 30. Nc5 Nb8 $1 {/\Nc4+/=/})
30. dxe5 Bxe5 $2 (30... Ncxe5 31. Qxc7 Bxc7 32. Nf4 Nb6 33. Kf2 Nc6 $14) (30...
Ndxe5 $6 31. Nf4 Ne7 32. Qxc7 Bxc7 33. Kf2 $14) 31. Nxe5 Qxe5 (31... Ndxe5 32.
Qc5 Qd7 33. Bc3 $16) 32. Bxa6 $5 (32. Bf2 Qa1 $132) 32... bxa6 33. Qxc6 Qxe3
34. Qc8+ Kh7 (34... Nf8 35. Bf2 Qe2 36. Qd8 $16) 35. Bf2 Qe6 36. a4 $16 (36.
Kf1 Qd6 37. Bd4 Ne5 38. Bxe5 Qxe5 39. Qxa6 Qe3 40. Qe2 Qxa3 $10) 36... d4 37.
Bxd4 Qa2+ (37... Qe2+ 38. Kg3 Ne5 39. Qc3 Nd3 40. b5 $18 {Larsen/}) 38. Kg3 $2
(38. Kh3 $1 Qxa4 (38... Qd5 39. Qc3) 39. Qe8 f6 (39... Qd1 40. Qxd7 Qxf3+ 41.
Kh2 Qe2+ 42. Kg3 Qd3+ 43. Kf4 $18) 40. h5 gxh5 41. g5 $1 {Larsen/} fxg5 42.
Qxh5+ Kg8 43. Qe8+ Kh7 44. Qf7 $18) 38... Qxa4 39. Qe8 f6 40. h5 gxh5 41. Qxh5+
Kg8 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Qe4+ (43. g5 Qb5 $1 $10 (43... Qc6 $2 44. g6+ Kh6 45. Kh4
$1 $18)) 43... Kg8 44. Qd5+ (44. Qe6+ Kf8 $1 $13) 44... Kh7 45. g5 Qb5 $1 (
45... fxg5 46. Qf7 $18) (45... Kg6 $2 46. Qe4+ Kf7 47. g6+ Kf8 48. Qe6 $18) 46.
Qxb5 axb5 47. Kf4 (47. gxf6 Nxf6 $1 {Larsen/} 48. Bxf6 gxf6 49. Kg4 Kg7 $1 $8
50. Kf5 Kf7 51. f4 Ke7 52. Ke4 (52. Kg6 $2 Ke6 53. Kg7 Kf5 $19) 52... Ke6 $10)
47... Kg6 (47... fxg5+ 48. Kxg5 g6 49. Kf4 $16) 48. gxf6 gxf6 49. Ke4 Nb8 50.
Be3 Na6 51. Bd2 Nc7 52. f4 $22 Kf7 (52... Na6 53. f5+ Kf7 (53... Kh5 54. Kd5)
54. Kd5 Nc7+ 55. Kc6 Ne8 56. Kxb5 Nd6+ 57. Ka6 Nxf5 58. b5 Nd4 59. b6 Ke6 60.
b7 Nc6 61. Bf4 Kd7 62. Kb6 f5 63. Kc5 $22 $18 {Larsen/}) 53. Kd4 Ke6 $2 (53...
Na6 $1 54. f5 (54. Kd5 Kg6 55. Kc6 Nxb4+ 56. Bxb4 Kf5 57. Bd2 b4 $10) 54... Ke7
55. Kd5 Kd7 56. Bc3 Nc7+ 57. Kc5 Ne8 58. Kxb5 Nd6+ 59. Ka6 Nxf5 60. b5 Nd6 61.
b6 Kc8 $1 (61... Kc6 $2 62. Bxf6 Nb7 63. Be7) 62. Bxf6 Nb7 $10) 54. Kc5 Kd7 55.
Bc1 $22 $18 Ke6 (55... Kc8 56. Kc6 $18) 56. Kc6 Ne8 57. Kxb5 Kd5 58. Ka5 Nd6
59. b5 f5 60. Ka6 Ne8 61. b6 Kc6 62. Ba3 $1 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.10.22"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R/Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[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 "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Ne5 {Diese
eigentlich schon angestaubte Fortsetzung im Abtausch-Slawen ist als
gelegentliche Eröffnungsfalle gar nicht so übel. Schwarz hat jetzt nur einen
guten Zug.} Nfd7 $1 {Immerhin hat das hat meinen Gegner bereits 25 Minuten
gekostet.} (7... Nbd7 $2 {tappt wegen} 8. g4 Bg6 9. h4 $16 {in die
"Bogoljubow-Falle", denn Schwarz muss den h-Bauern ziehen und erhält eine
ruinierte Struktur. Dazu zwei Beispiele aus der Praxis von vor 80 Jahren und
heute:} h6 10. Nxg6 fxg6 11. Bd3 Kf7 12. Qf3 (12. Qc2 Nxg4 13. Bxg6+ Kg8 14.
Nxd5 exd5 15. Qf5 Bb4+ 16. Ke2 Qf6 17. Qxg4 Nf8 18. Bd3 Ne6 19. Qf5 Qxf5 20.
Bxf5 Kf7 21. Bd2 Bxd2 22. Kxd2 g6 23. Bc2 g5 24. Bb3 Rad8 25. hxg5 Nxg5 26. Rh5
Kg6 27. Rah1 Rd6 28. Bc2+ Kg7 29. Rg1 Rg6 30. Kd1 {1-0 Bogoljubow,E-Gothilf,S/
Moskau 1925 - die Stammpartie!}) 12... Bb4 13. g5 hxg5 14. hxg5 Rxh1+ 15. Qxh1
Ne4 16. Qf3+ Ke7 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Bxc3+ 19. bxc3 Qa5 20. Rb1 Rh8 21. Rxb7
Qxc3+ 22. Bd2 Qa1+ 23. Ke2 Qxa2 24. Qc6 Rd8 25. e4 a5 {S. Kalinitschew - A.
Braun, DEM Höckendorf 2004;} 26. d5 $18) 8. Qb3 $5 ({Relativ harmlos wirkt} 8.
Nxd7 {, z.B.} Qxd7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nc6 11. O-O Be7 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Nb4
14. Qe2 Rfc8 15. Rac1 Rc6 16. a3 Na6 17. Qd3 Rac8 18. Nb5 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rxc1+ {
1/2-1/2 Kurajica,B-Shirov,A/Sarajevo 2003/CBM 96}) 8... Qc7 $6 {(?) Zur
Entschuldigung des jungen Niederländers sei angeführt, dass diese
Ungenauigkeit (oder kann man schon von einem Fehler sprechen?) bereits von
einigen starken Spielern begangen wurde (u.a. von Anthony Miles) und dass die
folgende Partiefortsetzung bisher noch nie (!) aufs Brett kam, obwohl GMs wie
Pomar, Burmakin oder Arencibia die Gelegenheit dazu besaßen. Außerdem gibt es
die viel bekanntere Variante 6.Qb3, und da ist 6...Qc7 die richtige Antwort.
Man muss aber auch sagen, dass viele vorsichtige Spieler, wie etwa Max Euwe, 8.
..Qc8(=) den Vorzug gaben.} 9. e4 $1 $146 {Eine bemerkenswerte Neuerung und
gemäß Rainer eine Eingebung am Brett! Weiß legt unter Tempogewinn die Schräge
c1-f4 frei und opfert dafür einen Bauern. Das Motiv ist nicht unbekannt,
häufiger sah man allerdings den Doppelschritt dieses Bauern, um den
Königsläufer schwungvoll zu mobilisieren. Alternativen sind weniger zu
befürchten, z.B.:} ({I} 9. Nxd7 Nxd7 10. Bd2 a6 11. a4 Rc8 12. a5 Bd6 13. Be2 {
Arenciba-Miles, Havanna 1998, 13...} Nb8 $13 {Arenciba/ECO (D4)}) ({II} 9. Bd2
Nxe5 10. Nb5 Qb6 11. dxe5 Nc6 12. a4 Be7 13. a5 Qd8 14. Bc3 O-O 15. Be2 a6 16.
Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Qd7 $11 {S. Safin - M. Forchert, NRW-Liga II 1994/95}) 9...
dxe4 $2 ({I Die Beurteilung des Bauernopfers ergibt sich aus der kritischen
Untersuchung von} 9... Bxe4 10. Bf4 {und nun z.B.:} Nxe5 (10... Qb6 11. Bb5 Bd6
(11... Bxg2 $2 12. Rg1 Bh3 13. Rc1 Qxd4 14. Nxd7 Qxf4 15. Nxf8+ Nc6 (15... Kxf8
16. Ne2 $18) 16. Ne2 Qd6 17. Bxc6+ bxc6 18. Qxh3 Kxf8 19. Qc3 $16 {/+-}) 12.
Nxe4 Bxe5 13. Bxe5 dxe4 14. Bxg7 Rg8 15. Be5 {und Weiß steht etwas besser:} a6
$5 (15... Qa5+ 16. Kf1 (16. Ke2) 16... Nc6 17. Bf4 $14) (15... Nc6 16. O-O $14)
16. Rc1 $5 Qa5+ 17. Ke2 Nc6 (17... Ke7 $6 18. Ba4 $5 Nc6 (18... b5 $2 19. Qa3+
b4 20. Qh3 $1) 19. Qa3+ Kd8 20. Bxc6 Qxa3 21. Bc7+ Ke7 (21... Kxc7 $2 22. Bxe4+
Kd6 23. bxa3 $16) 22. bxa3 bxc6 23. Rxc6 Nf6 24. Bg3 Nd5 (24... Rgc8 $2 25.
Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Bh4 $1) 25. Rhc1) 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Bg3 Qh5+ 20. f3 $14) 11. Bxe5
Qb6 12. Bb5+ Nc6 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Rc1 $5 (14. O-O a6 15. Bxc6+ Qxc6 16. Rac1
Qd5 17. Qxd5 (17. Qg3 f6 18. Bb8 Rg8 $13) 17... exd5 18. Rc7 $44) 14... Rd8 (
14... Qa5+ $6 15. Ke2) (14... Rc8 $6 15. O-O {und der Entwicklungsvorsprung
gibt Weiß eindeutig Vorteil:} Kd8 (15... a6 $2 16. Bxc6+ Rxc6 17. Qxb6 (17. d5
$5 exd5 (17... Qxb3 $2 18. dxc6 $1) 18. Qxd5) 17... Rxb6 18. Rc8+ Kd7 19. Rfc1
Rc6 20. R1xc6 bxc6 21. Rc7+ Ke8 22. Rxc6) (15... Qd8 $2 16. Rfd1 $1) (15... Be7
$2 16. d5 $1 exd5 17. Bxg7 Rg8 18. Qh3 $1) 16. Qa4 a6 (16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bc5
18. Rfd1+ Ke7 19. Rd7+ Kf8 20. Kh1) 17. Bxc6 Rxc6 (17... bxc6 18. Qc2 $1) 18.
d5 exd5 19. Rcd1) 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Rxc6 $14) ({II} 9... Nxe5
10. Bf4 $5 Bxe4 (10... dxe4 $2 11. Bxe5 Qb6 12. Bb5+ Nd7 (12... Nc6 13. d5 $1
exd5 14. Nxd5 Qa5+ 15. Bc3 Qd8 16. Rd1 $40 {+/-}) 13. O-O Rd8 (13... f6 14. Bg3
Rd8 15. Rac1 $16) 14. Rac1 Qa5 15. g4 $5 Bg6 (15... Bxg4 $4 16. Nxe4 $18) 16.
d5 $1 $40 {+/-}) 11. Bxe5 {ist Zugumstellung zu 10...Nxe5, siehe vorher. Fazit:
Weiß scheint in jedem Fall (zumindest) leichten Vorteil zu haben.}) 10. Nb5 Qd8
11. Nc4 $1 Nb6 $2 {Der entscheidende Fehler, der Weiß kurzen Prozeß machen
läßt. Hartnäckiger war} (11... Nc6 12. Nbd6+ Bxd6 13. Nxd6+ {und nun z.B.} Kf8
(13... Ke7 14. Nxf5+ (14. d5 $5) 14... exf5 15. d5 Nce5 16. Qb4+ Ke8 17. Be3 {
(/\Be2, 0-0 +/=/+/-) , und mit seinem exponierten König muß Schwarz sich eines
andauernden Druckspiels erwehren}) 14. Nxf5 exf5 15. Qxb7 Ne7 $5 (15... Qc8 $2
16. Ba6 Qxb7 17. Bxb7 Nxd4 18. Bxa8 Nc2+ 19. Ke2 Nxa1 20. Bc6 Ke7 21. Bxd7 Kxd7
22. Bd2 Nc2 23. Bc3 $18) (15... Rc8 $2 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bf4 Nb6 18. Rc1 Nxd4 19.
Rxc8 Nxc8 20. Bc4 Nc2+ 21. Ke2 Nd4+ 22. Kd2 $1 Ne7 23. Kc1 {/\Rd1+/-/+-}) 16.
b3 $5 $14 {/+/- (/\Ba3), z.B.} Qa5+ 17. Bd2 Qd5 18. Qb4 a5 19. Qc4 Nb6 20. Qc5
Nd7 21. Qxd5 Nxd5 22. Bb5 {mit weißem Endspielvorteil}) 12. Bf4 $18 Nd5 13.
Nbd6+ Bxd6 14. Nxd6+ Ke7 ({Vielleicht hatte mein Gegner bei 11...Nb6 hier} 
14... Kf8 {geplant, was aber an} 15. Qxb7 {scheitert:} Nd7 16. Nxf5 $1 Nxf4 17.
Qb4+ Kg8 18. Ne7+ Kf8 19. Nc6+ $18) 15. Qa3 Kd7 16. Bb5+ {Schwarz gab auf} (16.
Bb5+ Nc6 17. Nxb7 Qb6 18. Qd6+ Kc8 19. Rc1) 1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 4th"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2002.05.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2002.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Kf2 $146 {In fact this move is not a novelty. The idea
g2-g3+Kf2 had been played already by Ivanchuk and Karpov, so I simply try to
improve the move order.} Nbd7 11. g3 Qc7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Kg2 Qb6 $6 {The
move does not look too consequent, but black was afraid, that after any
developing move like Be7 or Bd6 e3-e4 would follow with an edge to white. Still
} (13... Nb6 {instead could be recommended. If then} 14. e4 $6 dxe4 15. fxe4
Qd7 $1 {and it would be black who would take over the initiative.}) 14. Bd3
Qxb3 15. axb3 a6 {Preparing by long castling to equalize the position.} 16. e4
$1 dxe4 ({Or} 16... c5 17. exd5 cxd4 18. Nb5 Rc8 19. Re1+ Kd8 20. Nxd4 Nxd5 21.
Be4 $14 {/+/-}) 17. fxe4 c5 18. e5 {The only way. White has to try to exploit
a vulnerable position of the black king in the centre.} cxd4 19. exf6 dxc3 20.
Re1+ $1 {Important intermediary check!} Kd8 21. Rd1 Kc8 {Frankly, during the
game I have thought black had unsurmontable difficulties. I saw the following
lines:} (21... gxf6 $2 22. Bb5 $18) (21... Rh5 22. Be2 c2 23. Rd3 Rc5 24. Bg4
Rc7 25. Bf4 $18) (21... c2 22. Bxc2 gxf6 23. Be4 Rc8 24. Bxb7 Rc2+ 25. Rd2
Rxd2+ 26. Bxd2 Nc5 27. Bc3 Be7 28. Bxa6 $16) (21... Rc8 22. Bg5 gxf6 23. Bf5
gxf5 24. Bxf6+ Be7 25. Bxh8 {+/- But Yugoslav analysts went on with the last
line:} cxb2 26. Rab1 Rc2+ 27. Kh3 f6 $1 28. Bg7 Kc7 29. Bh6 Bb4 (29... Ba3 30.
Rd2 Rc3) 30. Rf1 Bc3 {- in both cases it would be white who finds himself in a
dangerous situation!}) ({So, after the strongest} 21... Rc8 {white has had
modestly to continue} 22. Be4 (22. bxc3 $145 {maybe, is the better move order.}
) 22... gxf6 23. bxc3 $1 {with full compensation for the pawn. I would dare to
put at the end the sign +/=.}) 22. Ra4 gxf6 $6 {In a difficult position black
fails to exploit all defensive possibilities. It is true, most of moves would
not yield many chances to resist, say} (22... Nc5 $2 23. Rc4 b5 24. fxg7 $18) (
{or} 22... Nxf6 $6 23. Rc4+ Kd7 24. Be4+ Ke6 25. Bxb7 $16) ({but after} 22...
Ne5 $1 {- the only move! -} 23. fxg7 Bxg7 24. bxc3 Rd8 {white would have had
only a small advantage in form of two bishops ...}) 23. Rc4+ Kb8 {This move is
losing on the spot. More stubborn was} (23... Kd8 24. Be4 c2 25. Rxc2 Rc8 26.
Rxc8+ Kxc8 27. Bxb7+ Kc7 28. Bxa6 Ne5 $16) 24. Be4 $18 Nb6 (24... Nc5 25. Be3
Rh5 26. Rd8+ Ka7 27. Rd7 $1 Rb8 28. b4 $18) 25. Rd8+ Ka7 26. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2005.04.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Felgaer, Ruben Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2005.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 {
I, and many other grandmasters as well, believe that white, having achieved
the so called "advantage of two bishops" will get an edge in the following
middlegame. Still, the practice does not entirely confirm this point of view...
} 8. Bd2 Nbd7 9. Rc1 $1 {This idea belongs to G.Kasparov. Its point is to
prevent any activity of black on the queen side. The former leader of the
chess world has demonstrated this treatment of the position in his game vs.
Vallejo, Linares 2005.} Bd6 10. g3 O-O 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. Bg2 Bc7 {The other,
most applicable way for black, was 12...dc 13.Qxc4 e5, striving for a
counterplay in the centre.} 13. O-O Nb6 {With the idea to force white to
relieve the tension in the centre. 13...b5!? was the alternative.} 14. cxd5
exd5 {14...cd would lose a pawn after 15.Nb5 Nc4 16.Bb4 Re8 17.Na7.} 15. Rce1
$5 {Remarkable! Most of the players would play here 15.Rcd1.} Re8 16. f3 Nc4
17. Bc1 Nd6 $6 {Black had to prevent here a long-prepared by white push e3-e4
- either with 15...Bb6 16.Na4 Nd6, or even more energetically, although some
people would call it antipositional - with 15...b5!?, followed by Bd6.} 18. e4
$1 $16 Bb6 19. Rd1 {Here black cannot take on e4 many times,because pawn f7 is
hanging!} Qd7 20. Bf4 {And now taking on e4 is impossible because the rook b8
is hanging...} Rbd8 ({What about} 20... g5 {? Then} 21. Bxg5 dxe4 22. Bxf6 exf3
23. Rxf3 gxf6 24. Rxf6 {white stands better. Let's continue a bit:} Nf5 $6 25.
Bh3 Bxd4+ 26. Kh1 Nxg3+ 27. Kg2 Qe7 28. Rg6+ Kh7 29. Rxg3 {winning.}) 21. e5
Nf5 {An extremely interesting moment:} (21... g5 {was not quite satisfactory}
22. Bxg5 Rxe5 23. Qxb6 $3 {Or} Rxg5 (23... axb6 24. dxe5 Nh7 25. Bxd8 Nc4 (
25... Nc8 26. Bh4 g5 27. Bxg5 Nxg5 28. f4 $18) 26. b3 $18) 24. Qxa7 {with a
pawn up.}) 22. exf6 Nxd4 23. Qa4 Nf5+ 24. Kh1 gxf6 25. Qc2 Nd4 $6 {The
compensation for a piece is not sufficient. Still, black does not exploit his
trumps. 25...Ne3, 25...Be3 or 25...Kg7- everything was stronger than the move
in the text.} 26. Qd3 Ne6 27. Bd2 f5 28. b4 $18 {Strictly speaking, the game
is over - an extra piece will say soon its decisive word.} Bd4 29. Ne2 Bg7 30.
Bc3 d4 31. Bd2 a5 32. bxa5 Qd5 33. Nc1 Nc5 34. Qb1 Rd7 35. Nd3 Nxd3 36. Qxd3
Qxa2 37. Ra1 Qd5 38. f4 Re4 39. g4 c5 40. gxf5 gxf5 41. Rac1 Rc7 42. Rc4 Rc6
43. Bf3 b5 44. axb6 Rxb6 45. Rg1 Rb2 46. Bc1 Rf2 47. Rc2 Ree2 (47... c4 48.
Rxc4 Rxf3 49. Rc8+ $18) 48. Rxe2 Rxf3 49. Re8+ Kh7 50. Re5 Rxd3+ 51. Rxd5 c4
52. Rxf5 Kh8 53. Rh5+ 1-0

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bd6 9. g3 O-O 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qb3 {The most active continuation.} (11. b3 {
- see Navara - Grischuk in CBM 124 (annotated by GM E.Postny).}) (11. Qc2 {
- see Kramnik - Anand in CBM 119 (annotated by GM D.Rogozenko).}) 11... Rb8 (
11... Qb6 {leads to a pleasant position for White after the queen exchange:}
12. Bd2 (12. Rd1 $5 Qxb3 13. axb3 Ne4 14. f3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 a6 16. cxd5 exd5 17.
e4 Rfe8 18. e5 Bc7 19. f4 f5 20. g4 Kf7 21. Bd3 Ke6 22. Ra2 Rg8 23. Rg2 Nf8 24.
gxf5+ gxf5 25. Rg5 $18 {1-0 Lysyj,I (2593)-Gundavaa,B (2320)/Novokuznetsk 2008/
CBM 123 Extra (42)}) 12... dxc4 (12... Rad8 13. Rfd1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 e5 15. d5 e4
16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Qc2 Rfe8 18. Be2 Qc5 19. Be1 $14 {1-0 Sargissian,G (2642)
-Tirto (2406)/Al Ain 2008/CBM 127 Extra (36)}) 13. Bxc4 e5 14. Rad1 Rad8 15.
Qc2 $14 Rfe8 $2 16. Qxg6 {1-0 Rodshtein,M (2586)-Gaponenko,I (2458)/Biel 2007/
CBM 119 ext (42)}) (11... Qc7 {is possible but the queen is placed quite
awkwardly here:} 12. Rd1 a6 (12... dxc4 13. Qxc4 e5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Bd2 Nb6
16. Qb3 Qe7 17. a4 Rfd8 18. a5 Nbd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Bf3 $14 {1-0 Bitalzadeh,
A (2434)-Kuipers,S (2324)/Dieren NED 2009/The Week in Chess 769 (32)}) 13. Qc2
dxc4 14. Bxc4 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bd2 Rac8 17. Rac1 Qb8 18. a4 Be5 19. Be1
Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Nxa4 21. Qxa4 b5 22. Qxa6 Rxc4 23. b3 Rc7 24. Bxf6 Ra7 25. Qc6
gxf6 26. Rc5 $14 {1-0 Schandorff,L (2526)-Vaznonis,V (2399)/Valby 2008/CBM 123
Extra (69)}) 12. Rd1 Qe7 {[%cal Yd5c4,Ye6e5]} (12... dxc4 13. Qxc4 Qe7 14. e4 {
is a bit premature} (14. Qa4 $5) (14. Bd2 $5) 14... e5 15. Bg5 Nb6 16. Qb3 exd4
17. Rxd4 Be5 18. Rd2 Rfe8 19. Bf3 Qe6 20. Re1 Nc4 21. Rdd1 b5 22. Bc1 a5 $132 {
0-1 Likavsky,T (2494)-Huzman,A (2601)/Montreal 2007/CBM 119 ext (46)}) 13. Qc2
(13. Bd2 {[%cal Yd2e1] looks more logical}) (13. c5 $6 Bc7 14. f4 b6) 13... a6
$146 {This new move doesn't change much: Black will have to take on c4 anyway,
and White plays Bc1-d2-e1 in the meantime.} (13... Rbc8 {can already be met
with} 14. c5 Bc7 15. f4 {e.g.} b5 (15... Ba5 $5) 16. Bf3 a5 17. Bd2 Nh7 18. e4
$5 f5 19. e5 g5 20. Ne2 gxf4 21. Nxf4 $16 {1-0 Lysyj,I (2593)-Ivanov,O (2454)/
Moscow 2008/CBM 122 Extra (39)}) (13... dxc4 {is a natural reply:} 14. Bxc4
Rbd8 (14... Nb6 15. Bb3 Rfd8 16. Bd2 Rbc8 17. Be1 c5 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Qe2 a6
20. Rd4 e5 21. Rd2 e4 22. Rad1 Rcc8 23. h4 Rd7 24. Rd4 Rcd8 25. Qc2 Bc5 26.
Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Rxd7 Nbxd7 28. Kg2 $14 {1-0 Rodshtein,M (2650)-Ragger,M (2540)/
Moscow 2009/CBM 129 (51)}) (14... c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bd2 Ne5 17. Be2 b6 18.
Ne4 Qb7 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. Bc3 Nf3+ 21. Bxf3 Qxf3 22. Bxf6 gxf6 $14 {1/2 Golod,
V (2599)-Dreev,A (2660)/Zuerich SUI 2009/The Week in Chess 771}) 15. Bd2 c5 16.
dxc5 Bxc5 17. Be2 Nb6 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Qb3 Rfd8 20. Bf3 Bb4 21. Be1 Rxd1 22.
Rxd1 Bc5 23. Bg2 Qc7 24. a4 Nbd7 25. a5 $14 Qxa5 $6 26. Nd5 Qd8 27. Nxf6+ gxf6
28. Qxb7 Rc7 29. Ba5 Bb6 30. Bxb6 axb6 31. Qxb6 $18 {1/2 Roiz,M (2677)-Akopian,
V (2679)/Dresden 2008/CBM 128 (131)}) ({Practice has also seen:} 13... Rfe8 14.
Bd2 a6 15. c5 Bc7 16. f4 Ba5 17. Bf3 (17. Bd3 $142) 17... b6 18. cxb6 Nxb6 19.
Na4 Bxd2 20. Rxd2 Nxa4 21. Qxa4 c5 22. Qxa6 c4 23. Qa4 Rb4 24. Qc2 Reb8 $44 {
0-1 Arsovic,Z (2475)-Akopian,V (2700)/Budva 2009/CBM 130 (45)}) (13... a5 14.
b3 Rfc8 15. Bb2 b5 16. cxb5 cxb5 17. Qd3 b4 18. Nb5 Nb6 19. Rac1 Ne8 20. Rxc8
Rxc8 21. Rc1 Qd8 22. Kg2 Rxc1 23. Bxc1 Nc8 24. Qc2 Ne7 25. f3 $14 {1-0 Galyas,
M (2458)-Lengyel,B (2268)/Budapest 2009/CBM 130 Extra (37)}) (13... Rfd8 14.
Bd2 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Rbc8 16. Rac1 c5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Be2 Bd6 19. Be1 Nb6 20.
Qb3 $14 Nfd7 $6 21. Nb5 {1-0 Schlosser,P (2560)-Berezjuk,S (2406)/Pardubice
CZE 2009/The Week in Chess 769 (67)}) 14. Bd2 dxc4 15. Bxc4 b5 16. Bf1 c5 17.
dxc5 Nxc5 $14 {We have seen similar positions in games quoted in the above
annotations. White keeps a small but steady plus due to his bishop pair.} 18.
Be1 Rfc8 19. Rac1 Na4 $5 20. Qd3 Bb4 $2 {Hardly a successful attempt to get
rid of one of White's bishops. Black loses a pawn without sufficient
compensation.} (20... Nxc3 $142 21. Bxc3 Bb4 22. Be5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rd8 $14) 21.
Nxa4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bxe1 23. Rxe1 bxa4 24. Qxa6 Rxb2 25. Qxa4 $16 Nd5 26. e4 $2
{A nervous move, after which Black could have regained the pawn.} (26. Re2 $142
Rb1 27. Rc2 Qf6 28. Qe4 Re1 {[%cal Rd5e3]} 29. Rc8+ Kh7 30. Rc4 Kg8 31. Qd3 $16
) 26... Nf6 $2 {Returning the favour.} (26... Nc3 $1 27. Qd4 Qb4 28. Qxb4 Rxb4
{[%cal Rc3a2,Rc3e4] Although after} 29. Rc1 Nxa2 (29... Nxe4 $6 30. Rc8+ Kh7
31. Rc4) 30. Rc2 Ra4 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Rc7 {White keeps some initiative, it is
by no means enough for the victory.}) 27. e5 Qc5 28. Re2 {White gives back the
pawn in a favorable version to clarify the position.} (28. Re3 $5 {was another
option:} Nd5 29. Qe8+ Kh7 (29... Qf8 30. Qxf8+ Kxf8 31. Ra3) 30. Rf3 Rb1 31.
Rb3 Rxb3 32. axb3 {keeping an extra pawn.}) 28... Rxe2 29. Bxe2 Qxe5 $16 {
[%csl Ga2][%mdl 4096] The position has finally simplified. Black has regained
the missing material but White retains a positional advantage due to his
outside passed pawn.} 30. Bf3 g5 31. h3 g6 $2 {An unnecessary and probably
decisive loss of a tempo.} (31... Qe1+ $142 32. Kg2 e5 $132) 32. Qa7 $1 {
White finds a nice winning plan.} Kg7 {Another loss of time but} (32... Qe1+
33. Kh2 $1 e5 34. a4 {doesn't change much anymore.}) 33. a4 Qa1+ 34. Kh2 $1 e5
35. a5 e4 36. Bg2 g4 37. h4 $1 {The point! Black has no way to bother the
white king.} Qe5 38. a6 Qd6 39. Qb7 e3 40. a7 $1 e2 41. a8=Q e1=Q 42. Qbc8 1-0

[Event "Ubeda m"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1994.11.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 e6 6. Bxf5 exf5 7. Qd3 $146 g6 $6
8. O-O Bg7 9. Qb3 $1 Qb6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bd2 dxc4 (11... Nbd7 12. cxd5 Qxb3 13.
axb3 cxd5 14. Ra5 $14) 12. Qxc4 Nbd7 13. Rfc1 $1 $14 (13. b4 Ne4 $1 $132) 13...
Rad8 $2 (13... Ne4 $2 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Ng5 Nf6 (15... Rae8 16. Bb4 $18) 16.
Bb4 $18) (13... Rae8 $2 {/\ Ne4} 14. Na4 $18 {/\ Bb4}) (13... Rfe8 $2 {/\ Ne4}
14. Ng5 Re7 15. Na4 $16 {/\ Bb4}) (13... h6 {/\ Ne4} 14. b4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 fxe4
16. Ne1 $14) (13... a5 $5 {/\ Qa6}) 14. a4 a6 (14... Ne4 $2 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16.
Ng5 $18 {/\ Bb4}) (14... a5 $6 {>< Rd8} 15. Rab1 {/\ b4} Qb4 16. Qxb4 axb4 17.
Ne2 (17. Na2 b3 $132) 17... Nd5 18. b3 Rfe8 (18... N7f6 $2 19. Rc4 $16) 19. Ne1
Bf8 (19... f4 20. Nxf4 Nxf4 21. exf4 Bxd4 22. Bxb4 Re2 23. Nd3 Nf6 (23... Rde8
24. Re1 c5 25. Bd2) 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Nd5 26. Bd2 $14 (26. Bc5 $2 Nxf4))
20. Nd3 $14) 15. Rc2 $5 (15. b4 Ne4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Ne1 Nf6 18. Rab1 $14)
15... Qa7 $1 {>< Ra1} (15... c5 $2 16. Nd5 $1 (16. a5 Qa7 (16... Qd6 17. Na4 $1
$16 {/\} cxd4 18. Bb4 $18) 17. d5 $16) 16... Nxd5 17. Qxd5 $16 {/\} cxd4 $2 18.
Ba5 $18) (15... Qc7 $6 16. b4 Nb6 17. Qb3 Nbd5 18. b5 $16) 16. b4 Nb6 $2 (16...
Ne4 $1 17. Be1 (17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Ne1 (18. Ng5 $6 Nf6 {>< Ng5}) 18... Nb6 19.
Qb3 Nd5 20. Rb1 Nc7 $1 $10 {/\ Rd5}) 17... Ndf6 $132 {/\ Nd5}) 17. Qf1 $1 {
>< Ra1} Nbd5 18. Nxd5 (18. b5 $2 Nb4 19. Rcc1 (19. Rb2 c5 20. dxc5 Nd3 $10 (
20... Qxc5 $5 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Bxb4 Qd5 $10)) 19... c5 20. dxc5 Nd3 $10 (20...
Qxc5 $2 21. Na2 $18)) 18... Rxd5 $2 (18... cxd5 19. Rac1 Ne4 20. b5 a5 $1 21.
Be1 Nd6 22. Nd2 f4 $1 $132) 19. b5 $16 Rc8 (19... c5 $2 20. dxc5 Rxc5 21. b6 $1
Qxb6 22. Rb1 Qc7 23. Rxc5 Qxc5 24. Bb4 $18) 20. bxa6 bxa6 (20... b6 $2 21. Rac1
c5 22. Qb5 $18) 21. Rac1 Qb7 22. Rb1 Qa7 (22... Qa8 $6 23. Rb6 $18) 23. Rcb2 c5
$8 (23... Rd7 $2 24. Rb6 $18) 24. Rb7 Qa8 25. R7b6 Rdd8 $8 (25... c4 26. Rc1
Qa7 27. Rb4 $18) 26. Rxa6 (26. Qxa6 $1 Qxa6 (26... Qe4 27. dxc5 (27. Ng5 $2 Qg4
$1 (27... Qc2 $2 28. R6b2 $18) (27... Qe7 $2 28. Rb7 Nd7 29. Ba5 Rf8 30. h4 h6
31. Qb5 $18) 28. Rxf6 Qxg5 (28... Ra8 $2 29. Qc4 $18) 29. Rc6 (29. Rd6 cxd4 30.
Ba5 Re8 31. exd4 Rc1+ 32. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 33. Qf1 Qc2 $44) 29... Rxc6 30. Qxc6 cxd4
31. Ba5 Rf8 $132) (27. Rc1 $2 Ra8 {/\ Nd5<=>}) 27... Nd5 (27... Rxc5 28. Rb8
$16) 28. Rb7 Rxc5 29. Rb8 $16) 27. Rxa6 c4 28. Ba5 $1 (28. Rc1 $2 Nd5 $1 {
>< Ra6} 29. Bc3 (29. Ba5 $6 Rd7 $1 {/\ Rb7} (29... Re8 $2 30. Rd6 $16) 30. Nd2
c3 31. Nb1 (31. Nb3 Bf8 $36 {/\ Rb7. Les pièces blanches sont très mal placÉes.
}) 31... Rb7 $1 (31... c2 $2 32. Na3 Rb7 (32... Bf8 33. Rxc2 $18) 33. Rxc2 Rxc2
34. Nxc2 Rb1+ 35. Ne1 $18) 32. Rd6 c2 33. Nd2 (33. Na3 Bf8 $1 $19) 33... Bf8 $1
34. Rxd5 Ba3 35. Rxc2 Rxc2 $10) 29... Rd7 (29... Bf8 $2 30. Ne5 $16) (29... Ra8
$2 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. a5 Nxc3 32. Rxc3 Rxa5 33. g3 Ra4 34. Nd2 $16) 30. Nd2 Rb7
31. g3 Bf8 $132) 28... Re8 (28... Rd7 29. Ne5 Re7 30. Rc1 $18) (28... Ra8 29.
Bxd8 Rxa6 30. a5 $16) 29. Rc1 Ra8 (29... Ne4 30. Nd2 $16) (29... Nd5 30. Rd6
$16) 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Be1 (31. Bb4 $2 Rxa4 32. Rxc4 Bf8 $17) 31... Rxa4 32.
Ne5 $16) 26... Qd5 27. Ba5 Re8 28. dxc5 (28. Rb5 $6 Ne4 29. Bb4 f4 $132) 28...
Qxc5 (28... Rxc5 $142 29. Bb4 (29. Rb5 Ne4 30. Bb4 Rxb5 31. axb5 (31. Qxb5 Qxb5
32. axb5 Rb8 $132) 31... Rb8 32. b6 Qc6 $132) 29... Rc2 {<=>}) 29. Bb4 (29. Bb6
{/\ Bd4} Qc2 30. Bd4 Ne4 $132) 29... Qc7 (29... Qc2 30. Nd4 Qa2 31. Ra1 $16)
30. a5 Ne4 31. Rb6 Qc2 32. Be1 $1 Nc5 33. Qb5 (33. a6 Nd3 {>< Qf1}) 33... Nd3
34. Qb3 $2 (34. a6 $2 Bc3 $1 35. Bxc3 (35. Rc6 $2 Rxc6 36. Qxc6 Qxb1 37. Qxe8+
Kg7 $17) (35. Qb3 Bxe1 36. Qxc2 Rxc2 37. Nxe1 Nxe1 38. Rxe1 Ra2 39. Rc1 Ra8 $10
) 35... Qxf2+ 36. Kh1 Qxe3 37. Bd4 Nf2+ 38. Kg1 Nh3+ 39. Kh1 (39. Kf1 $2 Rc1+
40. Rxc1 Qxc1+ $19) 39... Nf2+ $10 (39... Rc1+ 40. Rxc1 Qxc1+ $2 41. Ng1 $18))
(34. h3 $1 {/\ a6} f4 (34... Bc3 35. Bxc3 Qxc3 (35... Qxf2+ $2 36. Kh2 $18) 36.
Qb3 (36. a6 Qc2 37. Rf1 $16) 36... Qc2 37. Qxc2 Rxc2 38. Ra1 $16) 35. Bd2 $1 (
35. a6 fxe3 36. fxe3 Rxe3 $132 {/\ Re1, Qf2}) 35... fxe3 (35... Bc3 36. Bxc3
Qxf2+ 37. Kh1 Qxe3 38. Bd4 $18) 36. Bxe3 $16 (36. fxe3 $6 Bc3 37. Bxc3 Qxc3 38.
a6 Nc1 $132 {>< e3})) 34... Qe2 $2 (34... Nxe1 $1 35. Nxe1 (35. Rxe1 $2 Qxb3
36. Rxb3 Bc3 $10) 35... Qxb3 36. R6xb3 f4 $1 (36... Rc5 $2 37. Rb8 $16) (36...
Ra8 $2 37. Ra3 (37. Rb5 $2 Bc3 $10) 37... Re5 (37... Re6 38. Nd3 $16) 38. a6
$16) 37. exf4 (37. a6 Ra8 38. Ra3 Bf8 39. Ra4 fxe3 40. fxe3 Rxe3 $10) 37... Bc3
38. Nd3 Bxa5 39. Rb7 $14) 35. Qd1 $2 (35. Rb7 Rf8 36. Rd7 $1 (36. h3 $2 Rc2 $40
) (36. a6 $2 Nc5 $1 $10) 36... Nc5 37. Qd1 $16) 35... Qxd1 36. Rxd1 Nxe1 37.
Nxe1 Re5 $2 (37... Rc5 38. a6 (38. Ra6 Bc3 $10) 38... Ra5 {/\ Ra8} 39. Rdb1 (
39. Nc2 Ra8 40. Nb4 (40. Rdd6 Bf8 41. Rdc6 Bc5 $10) 40... Bf8 $10) 39... Bf8 $1
$10 {/\ Ra8} (39... Ra8 $2 40. Rb8+ Rxb8 41. Rxb8+ Bf8 42. Ra8 $16)) 38. Ra6
Rb5 39. Ra7 $2 (39. h3 $1 Bc3 40. Rc1 $16) 39... Bc3 40. Rc1 Rcc5 41. a6 (41.
Nd3 Rd5 $1 $10 {/\} 42. Rxc3 $2 Rb1+ $19) 41... Bxe1 42. Rxe1 Ra5 43. h4 Rc6
44. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 46th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2011.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Le Quang Liem"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2011.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 {Slav Defence. I decided to play a
positional and slow game, so this line seems to be a good choice.} Bf5 5. Nc3
e6 6. Nh4 Be4 (6... Bg6 {is a very solid alternative, while the text move is
more complicated and interesting.}) 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. g3 a6
11. Rc1 {White gives up the possibility to castle long, but on the other hand
forces Black to release the tension in the centre.} dxc4 12. Bxc4 O-O $146 (
12... b5 $6 {is premature:} 13. Be2 c5 14. dxc5 Nbd7 {and White has the strong
reply} 15. Qd1 $1 (15. Nxg6 {is not as accurate because of} hxg6 16. Qd1 b4 17.
Na4 Rxh2 $1) 15... Bxc5 (15... Nxc5 16. b4) 16. b4 Bd6 17. Nxb5 Bxg3+ 18. Kf1
Qb6 19. hxg3 axb5 20. Nxg6 fxg6 21. Kg2 $14 {with a pleasant advantage for
White.}) (12... Nbd7 {is commonly played, but the text is also very natural.
In some cases they may transpose to each other.}) 13. O-O Nbd7 (13... b5 14.
Nxg6 hxg6 15. Be2 c5 16. Ne4 (16. a4 $5) 16... Nxe4 17. fxe4 Qa7 {Black is
close to equality}) (13... c5 $5 {is interesting, although White retains
slighty better chances thanks to his bishop pair after} 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. dxc5
Nbd7 16. Na4 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5) 14. e4 ({Also playable is} 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15.
Ne4 $36) 14... e5 (14... b5 15. Bxe6 Qd6 $1 (15... fxe6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Qxe6+
Rf7 18. e5 Bc5 19. exf6 Bxd4+ 20. Kg2 Nxf6 21. Ne4 $14) 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Bxd7
Qxd4+ 18. Kh1 Nxd7 19. Be3 $1 Qf6 {should be about equal.}) 15. dxe5 Nxe5 ({
The tricky} 15... Qxe5 {does not work for Black here} 16. Kg2 Qd4 17. Rfd1 Nc5
$2 18. Qb4 $1 {and suddenly Black is in trouble.}) 16. Be2 Rad8 ({The
iImmediate} 16... b5 {is probably the best move, with the idea to play
c6-c5-c4 quickly}) 17. Be3 b5 $6 {A mistake that helps me to advance my
kingside pawns.} ({After} 17... Nd3 18. Rcd1 (18. Bxd3 Rxd3 19. Bb6 Qe5 20.
Nxg6 hxg6 21. Rcd1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 g5 23. Kg2 $14) 18... Nc5 19. Qc2 {White is
slighty better. Still, this is an improved version for Black compared to what
happened in the game.}) ({Perhaps Black should try to exchange one of White's
bishops with} 17... Ned7 {, though White can prevent it by the somewhat
mysterious move} 18. Nd1 $5 b5 19. Kg2 c5 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. a4 $14) 18. Nxg6
hxg6 19. f4 Nd3 ({Normally Black wants to play} 19... Neg4 {but here White can
refute it by a tactic} 20. Bxg4 Nxg4 21. Nd5 $1) 20. Rcd1 Nc5 21. Qc2 Qc8 (
21... b4 {is not good in view of} 22. e5 bxc3 23. exf6 gxf6 24. b4 $14) 22. Bf3
Qh3 $6 {After this inaccuracy White can force the exchange of queens and enter
a better ending.} (22... Ng4 {is stronger:} 23. Bc1 Rxd1 (23... Nb7 24. Kg2
Rxd1 25. Nxd1 $1) 24. Rxd1 Nb7 25. Kg2 Bc5 26. Rf1 $14) (22... b4 23. Nb1 $1 (
23. Ne2 Ncxe4 24. Bxe4 Qe6) 23... Ne6 24. Nd2) 23. Qf2 (23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1
$16 {is even more convincing}) 23... Ne6 24. Qg2 Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Bc5 26. Kf2 {
I try to improve my position step by step before taking concrete actions. The
next few moves are more or less forced.} (26. Bxc5 Nxc5 27. b4 (27. e5 b4 28.
exf6 bxc3 29. fxg7 Kxg7 30. bxc3 {wins a pawn, but leaves Black with drawing
chances thanks to his active pieces and White's vulnerable pawns.} Na4 31. c4
Nc3) 27... Rd3 28. Rxd3 Nxd3 29. e5 Nd5 30. Nxd5 cxd5 31. a3 Rc8 32. Bxd5 Rc3 {
might also be better for White, but during the game I did not want to give him
any kind of counterplay.. .}) 26... Bxe3+ 27. Kxe3 Nd7 (27... c5 {is bad
because of} 28. e5 Nd7 29. Rd6) 28. e5 Nb6 29. b3 c5 30. Bb7 {Black can not
protect all his queenside pawns} Rd4 (30... Nc7 31. Ne4 (31. Rd6 Rxd6 32. exd6
Rb8) 31... c4 32. Rd6 $16) 31. Bxa6 b4 32. Ne2 (32. Nb5 Ra8 33. Bb7 Rxd1 34.
Rxd1 Ra5 35. Rd6 Rxb5 36. Ba6 Ra5 37. Rxb6 Rxa2 38. h4 $14) ({I underestimated
} 32. Na4 $1 {, which is clearly the strongest move.} Nxa4 33. bxa4 Nc7 34. Bb7
b3 $1 35. Rxd4 $1 (35. axb3 Rb8 36. Bc6 Rxb3+ 37. Kf2 Ne6 {I am not sure
whether White can win this. Black's active pieces give him decent drawing
chances, especially if he can exchange queenside pawns.}) 35... cxd4+ 36. Kd2
$1 {(This is what I really missed during the game)} (36. Kxd4 Rb8 37. Bc6 bxa2
38. Ra1 Rb2 39. a5 Rc2 40. Ba4 Ne6+ 41. Kd3 Rc5 {and Black successfully
exchanges queenside pawns, thus obviously increases his drawing chances.})
36... Rb8 37. Be4 bxa2 38. Ra1 Rb2+ 39. Bc2 Na6 40. Kc1 Rb8 41. Rxa2 {White
keeps his a-pawn alive. He is now a healthy pawn up, and his bishop is
superior to Black's knight, so it should be an easy win here.}) 32... Ra8 33.
Bb7 Ra7 (33... Rxd1 34. Rxd1 Rxa2 35. Rd6 Na8 {is more stubborn} 36. Bd5 Nac7
37. Bc4 Kf8 38. g4 $14) 34. Be4 Rxd1 35. Rxd1 Rxa2 36. Rd6 Nc8 37. Rd7 Ra3 (
37... Ra7 38. Rxa7 Nxa7 39. Kd3 Nb5 40. Kc4 Na3+ 41. Kd5 {White enjoys a large
advantage.}) 38. Rb7 $1 {Fortunately there is one way to keep the advantage,
and I managed to find it! White simply sacrifices a pawn and threatens Rb8.} (
38. Rd3 Nb6 $11) 38... Rxb3+ 39. Kf2 Kh7 $8 40. Rxf7 {Material is equal, but
White's bishop is extremely powerful and Black's king is vulnerable. It is
perhaps impossible to hold for Black.} Rb2 41. Kf3 Rb3+ 42. Kg4 Re3 43. Bd5 Nd8
44. Rf8 Ne7 (44... Rxe2 45. Bg8+ $1 Kh6 46. Rxd8 Ne7 47. Bc4 {wins on the spot.
}) 45. Bc4 Ndc6 46. Ng1 $1 Re4 $2 {The final mistake. However, it is lost
anyway.} ({The only defence is} 46... Nd4 {but it only prolongs the game a bit}
47. Nh3 Nf3 48. Ng5+ Nxg5 49. Kxg5 Re4 50. Bf7 b3 51. Bxb3 c4 52. Ba4 c3 53.
Ra8 Rc4 54. Bc2 $18) (46... Rxe5 47. Nf3 Rf5 48. Ng5+ Rxg5+ 49. Kxg5 $18) 47.
Nf3 {And he resigned. After this win I led the tournament by a full point with
two rounds to go. I was quite satisfied at that moment!} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.28"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Lempert,I"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[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 "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Nc3 Bb4 9. Bd2 a5 10. a3 Be7 11. b3 (11. e4 $10) (11. Rfd1 $10) (11. b4 $10)
11... O-O 12. e4 $2 (12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. e4 $10 {Kortscnoi,V-Oll,L/Antwerpen/1994/
0,5/37/}) 12... Nc5 $3 13. dxc5 dxe4 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. Na4 $2 (15. Nxe4 Nxe4
16. Be3 Nxc5 $17) 15... exf3 16. Rfd1 Rd3 $19 17. Bc3 Rad8 18. Re1 R8d7 19.
Rac1 fxg2 20. Nb2 Rf3 21. Kxg2 Rf5 22. Na4 $6 (22. b4) 22... Rd3 23. Rcd1 Rdf3
24. Re2 h5 25. h3 g5 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4 g4 28. hxg4 Nxg4 29. Rh1 (29. Rf1 h4
$19) 29... Rxf2+ 30. Rxf2 Nxf2 31. Ra1 h4 32. Nb6 h3+ 33. Kh2 Rg5 34. Rg1 Rxg1
35. Kxg1 Ng4 36. Nc8 Kf8 0-1

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2017.04.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Lenderman,A"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This is GM Aleksandr Lenderman presenting you round 2 game of the day. Once
again the choice was a no-brainer, since this game by Veselin Topalov is one
of the most beautiful games I've ever seen. So, with great pleasure I will go
through this game with you.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 {One of
the many possible moves for Black here.} 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 (6... Be4 {
is slightly more common, but 6...Bg6 has been played more than once by Topalov,
including in big games, such as the 2016 Candidates in Moscow, against Hikaru
Nakamura.}) 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd3 $5 (8. Rb1 $5 {has been played by Nakamura.}
Nbd7 9. c5 {The point of 8.Rb1. Now White's idea is to play b4 and be able to
protect his space on the queenside.} a5 10. a3 Be7 11. g3 e5 12. Bg2 e4 13. b4
axb4 14. axb4 Nf8 15. b5 Ne6 16. Bd2 O-O 17. Na4 $14 {1-0 (39) Nakamura,H 
(2790)-Topalov,V (2780) Moscow RUS 2016. White won the opening game and then
won the game after the complications. I'm sure Topalov had improvements though.
}) 8... c5 $5 {Quite a rare move, so probably the first small surprise for
Wojtaszek. The only high level game from this position was between Kramnik and
Gelfand from 2005.} 9. Qb3 {Kramnik also played it. Since the game was in 2005,
it's possible that Topalov had even analyzed this position back when he was
preparing for his match against Kramnik.} Qd7 {So far Topalov has played very
quickly.} 10. cxd5 exd5 11. dxc5 Nc6 $146 {According to my database, a novelty,
and a very interesting, dynamic one, not to mention very good. Black is
sacrificing a pawn for the initiative. Now Black has a practical edge, since
he not only has the initiative, but also is probably better prepared than his
opponent in this rare territory.} (11... Bxc5 {was played by Gelfand but he
got a somewhat worse position where he might've had to suffer, had Kramnik
played a bit more precisely.} 12. Qb5 Qxb5 13. Nxb5 Kd7 14. O-O Nc6 15. Rd1 Ke7
16. Bd2 Bb4 17. Nc3 (17. Bxb4+ Nxb4 18. Be2 $14) 17... Rac8 18. Rac1 Rhd8 19.
a3 Bd6 20. Ne2 (20. Be2 $14 {was better for White.}) 20... Ne5 {1/2 (20)
Kramnik,V (2744)-Gelfand,B (2724) Saint Vincent 2005. The game was agreed a
draw here. I still prefer White. Maybe Kramnik clinched a tournament win with
this draw.}) 12. Bd2 {Wojtaszek had his first big think here, for about 15
minutes. He had alternatives here.} (12. Na4 $5 {trying to hold on to the pawn.
} Ne4 $1 13. Bxe4 dxe4 $44 {would lead to good compensation for Black, since
Black has annoying threats like ...Ne5, ...Qg4, and he can castle quickly with
0-0-0, while White's pieces are uncoordinated. White's only move not to be
worse now is...} 14. Nc3 O-O-O (14... f5) 15. Nxe4 Rh4 16. f3 f5 17. Nf2 Bxc5 {
and from a practical stand point of view I prefer Black, even though the
position is dynamically equal.}) (12. Qa3 Qg4 $1 13. Kf1 (13. O-O $4 Rxh2 14.
Kxh2 Qh4+ 15. Kg1 Ng4 $19) (13. g3 Be7 $36) 13... Be7 $44 {with good
compensation for the pawn.}) 12... Bxc5 {Now Black was able to avoid the queen
trade, and therefore avoid the slightly unpleasant endgame.} 13. Rc1 (13. Ne2 {
Might be a little bit more solid.} O-O-O $132) 13... Rd8 (13... d4 $5 14. Na4 (
14. Ne4 dxe3) 14... dxe3 15. Nxc5 exd2+ 16. Kxd2 Qd6 17. Rhe1+ Kf8 18. Nxb7
Qf4+ 19. Kd1 Ne5 20. Nd6 Qd4 21. Rxe5 Qxd6 {with very complex play. Of course
this is just a sample line and not all the moves are forced here.}) 14. Na4 ({
Again} 14. Ne2 {might be safer, but Wojtaszek is an ambitious player.}) 14...
Bd6 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Rxc5 d4 $6 {This move helped Topalov win an excellent
game, but perhaps objectively it's slightly inaccurate.} (16... Kf8 $5 {
keeps the balance. Naturally Black doesn't want to castle since he doesn't
want to give up control of the h-file.}) (16... g5) (16... Ne4 {are also
viable alternatives.}) 17. Bb5 $2 {But this move is probably asking more from
the position than it can offer. White is moving the same piece twice, and
falling behind on development and allowing an initiative is very dangerous,
especially against Topalov.} (17. e4 $14 {I'm not completely sure what Black's
plan was against the simple e4. Black's knights don't have a good outpost
square, and in the long run, White's two bishops and strong centre should
prove a nice advantage, while the bishop on d3 blocks the passed pawn on d4,
and it can't be dislodged easily.} Ng4 18. Rd5 Qc7 19. h3 {Is better for White.
}) 17... O-O $1 {Playing for the initiative.} 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. f3 $6 {
Mistakes often come in pairs. When White played the move 17.Bb5, he left
behind the key e4-square, and now tries to cover that mistake up by defending
it. But here we have a classical situation where the cure is worse than the
disease. Black doesn't have ...Ne4 anymore, but now White's king is fatally
weakened.} (19. Qc2 {still kept White in the game.} Ne4 $1 20. Re5 $1 (20. Qxe4
dxe3 21. Qxe3 Rfe8 22. O-O Rxe3 23. Bxe3 $17 {might also offer White drawing
chances.}) 20... Rfe8 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. O-O d3 23. Qd1 $15 {And even though
Black is better with his strong passed pawn on d3, White is still in the game.}
) 19... Qe7 (19... Rb8 20. Qa3 dxe3 21. Bxe3 Nd5 22. O-O Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Rxb2 $17
{was also very promising for Black.}) 20. Rc2 (20. Rxc6 dxe3 21. Bb4 Qd7 22.
Rd6 Qc7 23. Qc3 Qb8 24. Qd4 Nd5 $1 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Ba5 Nb6 $17 {is very
dangerous for White. Here the e3 pawn is very strong.}) 20... Nd5 21. Kf2 Rb8
22. Qa3 Rxb2 $5 {A very nice exchange sacrifice which shatters White's
defences and from here on White is under heavy pressure. The only reason I
don't give this move a double exclamation point is because objectively there
were other good solutions for Black here, arguably even a bit better.} (22...
Qh4+ $1 23. g3 dxe3+ 24. Bxe3 Qh3 $40 {would've also been very strong for
Black but this isn't so obvious from far away. However, here White is kind of
stuck to come up with a good plan.}) 23. Qxb2 $1 (23. Qxe7 $6 Rxc2 {was
Black's point.} 24. Qe5 Rxd2+ 25. Kg3 Nxe3 26. Kh3 Nxg2 {Black ends up getting
a rook, knight, and two pawns for the queen, and also a very strong initiative
against the White king. White is lost.}) 23... dxe3+ 24. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 25. Kg3 $2
{The final mistake.} (25. Kf1 {still kept White in the game:} Nf4 $1 {Stopping
Re2. Here the king looks very bad, but still White can try to defend here, for
example...} 26. Qc3 Qb6 $1 {Otherwise White is fine.} 27. Qb3 (27. Qb2 Qa6+ 28.
Kg1 Nd3 29. Qb3 Re8 $36) 27... Qd4 $1 28. Qc4 $1 {Giving back some material to
get rid of the dangerous initiative.} Qd1+ 29. Kf2 Nd3+ 30. Kg3 Qxh1 31. Qxd3
Qe1+ 32. Kh3 Qe6+ 33. Kg3 $17 {is the best line for both sides according to
Stockfish 8. Black has good winning chances of course with the extra pawn, but
White can still put up a good defense.}) 25... Qf4+ (25... Qg5+ {was also good:
} 26. Kf2 Nf4 27. g3 (27. Kf1 Re8 $19) 27... Nd3+) 26. Kf2 (26. Kh3 $2 g5 {
is mate in a few moves.}) 26... Rb8 $1 {The last piece joins the fray. Without
this move, Black is not even better. Now, however, Black's attack is
unstoppable. A typical situation when three pieces attack the exposed king and
the king can't defend succesfully.} 27. Qc1 Qd4+ 28. Kg3 Ne3 $19 29. Rc5 (29.
Rd2 Nf5+ 30. Kh3 Qh4#) 29... Rb2 30. Rg1 Rxa2 31. h3 Qd6+ 32. f4 Qd3 33. Kh2
Qe4 34. Rg5 Rc2 {And White resigned since he's about to lose the f4-pawn and
Black will have both a material advantage and an unstoppable attack, which
will lead to more and bigger material gains. Beautiful game by Topalov. I love
the move 22...Rxb2! since from a practical standpoint of view it's very strong
even if objectively it's not the best. The reason is, it becomes much more
difficult for the opponent to play when he has to defend against the
initiative. Also a very nice opening surprise by Topalov which led to a fresh
position, a dynamic position, where Topalov feels in his comfort zone, and
also a position, which Wojtaszek hadn't had a chance to analyse deeply since
it was so rare. Wojtaszek normally has excellent opening preparation, since he
helped Anand a few times in his World Championship matches. So, outpreparing
him is already a big accomplishment in itself.} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Parligras, Mircea Emilian"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 (6... Bg6) (6...
Bg4) 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 (8. Nxg6 hxg6 {[%csl Gh8]}) 8... Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Nxg6
hxg6 11. Rc1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 $14 {[%csl Gc4,Gd2]} Nbd7 13. g3 a6 (13... O-O-O 14.
Kf2 Kb8 {Ftacnik,L (2553)-Hracek,Z (2598) SVK-chT 0708 2007 (11.1) 1-0}) 14. a4
O-O 15. O-O Rad8 16. Ne2 $146 (16. a5 $5 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Gd2a5,Gc3d5]}) (16.
Qc2 c5 17. Ne2 Qb8 {Rozum,I (2458)-Matlakov,M (2575) Wch U18 Kemer 2009 (10)
0-1}) 16... Qb8 {La position Noire est assez passive} (16... c5 17. Rfd1 {
Debashish,D (2425)-Ghosh,D (2418) IND-ch Challengers 50th 2012 (7.1) 1/2} (17.
Bxe6 $5 {[%csl Re7]} fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Rf7 19. b4 $44)) 17. Rfd1 (17. Ba5 $5)
17... e5 18. a5 $14 {[%csl Rb6]} c5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. e4 Nxc4 (20... Nfd7) 21.
Qxc4 Nd7 22. f4 Nf6 (22... g5 $5 23. Nc3 (23. fxg5 Ne5 $44 {[%csl Ge5]}) 23...
Rfe8) 23. e5 Nd5 24. Nc3 Nxc3 25. Bxc3 b5 26. axb6 Qxb6 27. Ra1 Qb5 28. Qe4 c4
29. Kg2 Bb4 30. e6 fxe6 (30... Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Bxc3 32. bxc3) (30... f5 $5 31.
Qe3 Rd3) 31. Qxe6+ Kh7 32. Qh3+ {[%csl Rh7]} (32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Rxa6 $18 {
[%csl Rg6]}) 32... Kg8 33. Qe6+ Kh8 34. Be5 c3 35. Qxg6 Qb7+ $6 (35... Rd2+)
36. Kh3 cxb2 37. Bxb2 {[%cal Gg6h6,Gb2h8]} a5 38. f5 $18 {[%cal Gd1d4,Gd4h4,
Gb2h8]} (38. Be5) 38... Rxd1 39. Rxd1 $18 Qf7 40. Qg4 Be7 41. Rd7 Re8 42. Ra7
Kh7 43. f6 gxf6 44. Rxa5 Qg7 45. Rh5+ Kg8 46. Qc4+ Kf8 47. Bc1 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 16th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2015.02.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2015.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 {After going through
Avrukh's 1.d4 repertoire books I felt tempted to try these fashionable lines
with White, too, but soon reached the conclusion that this whole hunting the
black bishop was a bit speculative, leaving me confused about when it would be
good to take it and when to leave it on g6. Even though objectively White was
doing OK after this game's opening, it seems that Lupulescu could not solve
the aforementioned problem properly, either.} Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2
Be7 10. g3 {This is precisely the kind of confusing move. White defends the
h2-pawn in advance, strengthening the threat Nxg6, but allows Black to
relaunch the fight for exchanging/keeping the bishop.} ({I would be more
inclined to play} 10. Nxg6 {even though things are not entirely clear here,
either:} hxg6 11. O-O-O dxc4 ({I was surprised to find out that this line has
quite a long history behind it:} 11... Nbd7 12. Be2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nb6 {Fine,
R-Schmidt,P Stockholm 1937!! (1/2-1/2, 61)}) 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Bd3 a6 {Wang,H 
(2747)-Giri,A (2737) Elancourt 2013 CBM 157 [ChessBase Website] (1/2-1/2, 43)})
10... Bh5 (10... Nbd7 {Houriez,C (2252)-Balogh,C (2601) Aix-les-Bains 2011 CBM
142B [Reeh,O] (0-1, 45)}) 11. Be2 {Preparing to castle short.} ({The
alternative is} 11. O-O-O Nfd7 12. Be2 (12. g4 Bxg4 13. fxg4 Bxh4 14. e4 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Nb6 16. Be2 $44 {[%csl Gd2,Gd4,Ge2,Ge4]}) 12... Nb6 (12... Bxh4 13.
gxh4 Nb6 {Ismagambetov,A (2471)-Dreev,A (2677) Astana 2012 (0-1, 47)} 14. Rhg1
$5 $14 {[%cal Gg1g7]}) 13. cxd5 (13. c5 Nc4 14. Ng2 Nxd2 15. Rxd2 f6 $132 {
Laylo,D (2491)-Nguyen,N (2631) Tagaytay City 2013 (1/2-1/2, 52). After
exchanging the dark-squared bishop, Black has little to fear.}) 13... cxd5 14.
Ng2 Nc6 15. Nf4 Bg6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 {Jaracz,P (2527)-Dubov,D (2622) Legnica 2013
(1/2-1/2, 40)}) 11... a6 $146 {Black prepares his counterplay with ...dxc4, ...
b5 and ...c5, taking the b5-square under control for the case of cxd5, ...cxd5.
} (11... g5 12. Ng2 h6 {Socko,B (2631)-Dreev,A (2654) Warsaw 2012 (1/2-1/2, 61)
}) (11... dxc4 {Bator,R (2430)-Hillarp Persson,T (2549) Stockholm 2000 CBM 079
[Huebner,R] (1/2-1/2, 40)}) 12. O-O {Too slow to cause Black problems.} ({True,
} 12. g4 $2 {does not work on account of} Nxg4) ({but} 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. g4 {
would have been more active:} Bg6 ({After the d5-pawn has been weakened,} 13...
Nxg4 $2 {would run into} 14. Nf5 $1 $16) 14. g5 Nfd7 15. f4 Nb6 16. f5 Bxf5 17.
Nxf5 exf5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 g6 20. Rc1 Nc6 21. h4 $14 {[%csl Gd2,Ge2]})
12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Be2 c5 $132 15. dxc5 {This gives up any dynamic
dreams.} (15. g4 $5 g5 16. gxh5 gxh4 17. a4 b4 18. Ne4 {leads to more
interesting play.}) 15... Nbd7 16. Rac1 Nxc5 17. Qc2 {The position has become
somehwat static and the weaknesses left behind by the white kingside pawns
compensate for the black king's delay in the centre.} Qb7 18. b4 Ncd7 19. Qb3
g5 20. Ng2 Ne5 $36 {[%csl Rf3]} 21. e4 g4 22. Nf4 Qb6+ $6 {A committal move,
which Black would have done better to keep in reserve.} (22... Bg6 {might have
transposed to the later phase of the game.}) 23. Kh1 Bg6 24. Nxg6 $2 ({White
misses his chance to muddy the waters with} 24. Ncd5 {, a resource which would
not have been available with the queen on b7:} exd5 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 (25... Qd8
26. Qb2 Nxd5 27. Qxe5 Nf6 28. Bg5 $44) 26. Qxd5 Qb8 27. f4 O-O 28. Qxe5 Qxe5
29. fxe5 Bxe4+ 30. Kg1 h5 $11) 24... hxg6 25. f4 Nc6 {Not a bad move,
re-directing the knight to d4, but Black had a stronger alternative:} (25...
Nf3 $1 26. Bxf3 gxf3 27. Rxf3 Ng4 28. h4 Bxh4 29. gxh4 Rxh4+ 30. Kg2 Rh2+ 31.
Kg3 {Quite possibly, Black missed the surprising yet decisive queen retreat}
Qd8 $1) 26. Qb1 Rd8 27. Be1 Qb7 28. Kg1 Nd4 29. Bd1 g5 30. e5 {Once again
White refrains from dynamic play.} (30. fxg5 Qb6 {This is a case when the
intermediate queen move is necessary.} (30... Nd7 $6 31. Nd5 $1 exd5 32. Qb2
$36) 31. Bf2 (31. h4 $5) 31... Nd7 32. Nd5 Ne5 $3 33. Rc3 (33. Nxb6 $4 Ndf3+
34. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 35. Kg2 Rxh2#) 33... exd5 34. exd5 Rxd5 35. Qe4 $44) 30... Nd7
31. Qe4 Qxe4 32. Nxe4 gxf4 33. gxf4 Nb6 {[%csl Gc4,Gf5]} 34. Bf2 (34. Kh1 $5
$13 {[%cal Gd1g4]}) 34... Nc4 $15 35. Kg2 Nf5 36. Rc3 Rh3 $17 {Black has a
very promising position, but the situation remains tense and it is no wonder
that we will see mutual mistakes on the way. The main thing is that even in
the absence of queens, the black king is not entirely safe.} 37. Ng3 (37. Rxh3
gxh3+ 38. Kf3 (38. Kxh3 Nfe3) 38... Nh4+ 39. Bxh4 Rd3+ $40) 37... Nh4+ 38. Kg1
Rxd1 $2 {A thematic exchange sacrifice, aiming at increasing the control over
the light squares... but a mistake.} ({Black probably discarded} 38... Bxb4 {
because of} 39. Rxc4 {but now the exchange sacrifice would have consolidate
Black's advantage.} Rxd1 $1 (39... bxc4 40. Bxg4) 40. Rc8+ (40. Rxd1 Nf3+ 41.
Kf1 bxc4 $19) 40... Kd7 41. Rxd1+ Kxc8 $19) 39. Rxd1 Bxb4 $2 {As we see, Black
has carried out the small combination in the reversed (and mistaken) move
order.} (39... Nf3+ 40. Rxf3 gxf3 41. Ne4 $13) 40. Rcd3 $2 ({Missing his
chance:} 40. Ne4 $3 Bxc3 41. Nf6+ Kf8 42. Rd8+ Kg7 43. Rg8+ Kh6 44. Nxg4+ Kh7
45. Nf6+ Kh6 46. Bxh4 Rxh4 47. Rh8+ Kg6 48. Rxh4 $18) (40. Nh5 $3 {is just as
good, with similar ideas.}) 40... Nf3+ 41. Kf1 $2 (41. Rxf3 gxf3 42. Rd3 {
would have offered chances to defend.}) 41... Be7 42. Rd7 Rxh2 $2 (42... Nb2 $1
{[%csl Rd1,Gd2,Gd3,Gd4,Gd5,Gd6,Rd7]} 43. Bc5 Bh4) 43. Ne4 Kf8 {/\ Bh4} 44. Nf6
$2 (44. R1d3 $13 {[%csl Ge3]}) 44... Bxf6 45. exf6 Kg8 46. Rd8+ Kh7 47. R1d7
Kg6 48. Rg8+ Kf5 $19 {White's attack has come to an end while Black's is
devastating.} 49. Ke2 (49. Rxf7 Ncd2+ 50. Ke2 Ne4 $19) 49... Ncd2 50. Ke3 Nf1+
51. Ke2 g3 52. Rxg3 Nxg3+ 53. Kxf3 Ne4 54. Bd4 Rh3+ 55. Ke2 Kg6 56. f5+ exf5
57. Rd8 f4 58. Rg8+ Kf5 59. Rf8 f3+ 60. Ke3 f2+ 61. Ke2 Rf3 0-1

[Event "World-ch Kramnik-Topalov +3-3=6"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2006.10.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2006.09.23"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 {
From the point of view of general match strategy, a courageous decision.
Kramnik has nothing against repeating the opening variation that had led him
to a rather convincing defeat in the 9th game.} 8. Rb1 $5 $146 ({Another
opening surprise prepared by Topalov. The idea behind his last move is similar
to that of} 8. a3 {, as played in the 9th game, namely to prepare c4-c5.}) 8...
Nbd7 9. c5 ({This might look a bit too straightforward to offer White an
advantage, but is not without venom. The pair of bishops and the considerable
advantage of space on the queen side offer White interesting possibilities. If
compared with the previous game where this variation was played, White cannot
prevent the central break ...e5 by playing f4 before c5 because Black would
take over the control of the e4-square by means of ...Bb4 (even if with loss
of time after 9.g3 Be7 10.f4). From this point of view,} 9. a3 {deserves some
attention and if} a5 {then} 10. f4 {but apparently Topalov intended to give
the game an independent course in order to avoid the opponent's preparation.})
9... a5 $1 ({A well timed move. Before starting his counterplay in the centre,
Black makes sure the a-file will be open for his rook. In case of} 9... e5 10.
b4 {it would be too late for} a5 {already, because of} 11. b5 {with a
promising queenside position for White.}) 10. a3 {Practically forced in view
of the threat ...b6.} e5 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 Qc7 13. f4 {Probably still
following the plan prepared at home. White prevents Black's counterplay from
taking threatening forms and forces him take a decision at once.} exf4 ({
In the case of} 13... e4 {[%cal Yb4b5,Yf1e2,Yg2g4] White could gradually start
active operations on both wings. The advance of the b7-pawn to b5 is not a
reliable solution against White's intended queen side attack because of the
permanent danger of a piece sacrifice for two pawns on b5.}) 14. exf4 Be7 ({
Topalov probably relied on the fact that the weakness of the e4-square is not
so easy to take advantage of. If} 14... Ne4 $6 {(now or on the next few moves),
then simply} 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. d5 $16 {with initiative in the centre. However,
Kramnik's accurate regroupment will eventually enable the generally desirable
knight jump.}) ({The somewhat simplistic aim to stabilize the queen side with} 
14... b5 {achieves the opposite after} 15. Nxb5 cxb5 16. Bxb5 Be7 17. O-O O-O
18. Bd3 $44 {[%cal Yc1e3,Yd1f3,Yf4f5,Yb4b5]}) 15. Be2 (15. Bd3 $5 Nf8 16. Qf3
Ne6 {(Topalov)} 17. Ne2 {(+/= Belov)} b5 $5 {Now that the sacrifice on b5 is
not possible anymore, this ensures Black against a queenside attack.}) 15...
Nf8 16. O-O Ne6 17. g3 ({White has to be careful. He has no time for} 17. Qd3 {
because of} g5 {, solving all Black's problems.}) 17... Qd7 18. Qd3 Ne4 {
It's now or never. White threatened to consolidate his advantage in space by
means of Be3 and Bf3, when Black would have been reduced to passivity.} 19.
Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qxe4 Qxd4+ 21. Qxd4 Nxd4 22. Bc4 {In spite of simplifications,
White retained his advantage in space and the pair of bishops. However, the
rook's activity along the a-file and his lack of weaknesses offer Black
reasonable counter-chances.} O-O 23. Kg2 Ra4 24. Rd1 Rd8 ({This is one of the
moments when Black has to refrain from taking immediate advantage of the
active placement of the rook on a4.} 24... Bxc5 $2 25. Be3 $1 Ne6 26. Bb3 $1
Rxb4 27. Bxc5 Nxc5 28. Bxf7+ $18) 25. Be3 (25. Rd3 Kf8 (25... Bxc5 26. Bxf7+
Kxf7 27. bxc5 $16 {Golubev}) 26. Bd2 Bf6 27. Bc3 Ne6 $1 (27... Ra3 $2 28. Rbd1
$1 (28. Ra1 $2 Rxc3 $1 $11)) 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Rxd8+ Nxd8 $11) 25... Bf6 (25...
Bxc5 $2 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. bxc5 $16 {[%csl Gb7,Gd4]}) 26. g4 ({A questionable
move. By weakening the f4-square without previous preparation, White
practically commits himself to the further advance of pawns, which will offer
Black stable squares for his minor pieces and excellent prospects for
counterplay. A more restrained alternative was} 26. h4 {, leaving Black with
long-term problems regarding the defence of the f7- or (if ...f6 is played)
the g6-pawn.}) 26... Kf8 27. Bf2 {Enabling the threat g5, without allowing the
intermediate ...Nf5.} ({However,} 27. g5 $5 {deserves to be investigated.} Nf5
28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. Bf2 {/\Kf3, h4, Rb3, Bd3-e4, b5} {Black should probably
remove the f-pawn from the exposed square by means of} f6 $5 (29... Bc7 30. Kf3
Ra3+ 31. Rb3 Ra4 (31... Ra2 32. Rd3 Rc2 33. Bxf7 $1 $16) (31... Rxb3+ 32. Bxb3
$16 {After the exchange of rooks, Black is left completely without counterplay.
}) 32. h4 Ke7 33. Bd3 {[%cal Yd3e4,Yb4b5]} Ra2 34. b5 Ra4 35. Be4 $36) 30. h4 (
30. gxf6 Bxf6 $5) 30... Bc7 {with excellent chances for equality:} 31. Kf3 Ra3+
32. Rb3 Ra2 33. Rd3 (33. h5 {is interesting but insufficient, because it
diminishes the number of remaining pawns even more.}) 33... Rb2 34. Rd7 Rxb4
35. Rxc7 Rxc4 36. Rxb7 $11) 27... Ne6 28. Rxd8+ {Under certain circumstances,
g5 would have consolidated White's advantage in space. This would be
impossible here because of ...Nxf4 and ...Bxg5, which reveals one of the
positive aspects of the recommended 26.h4.} Bxd8 29. f5 ({With so many pawns
placed on dark squares, White's advantage after} 29. Bxe6 fxe6 {would probably
have a purely symbolic character.} 30. Rb3 (30. h4 Bc7 31. Kf3 e5 32. f5 Ra3+
33. Ke4 gxf5+ 34. gxf5 Rc3 $11) 30... Bc7 31. Bg3 (31. Kf3 g5 $1) 31... Kf7 32.
Kf3 $14 {White has managed to stabilize the position, but it is far from clear
how he will make further progress.}) 29... gxf5 30. gxf5 Nf4+ 31. Kf3 Nh5 32.
Rb3 Bc7 33. h4 Nf6 {Black has regrouped in an optimal way. The f5-pawn is
safely blocked, preventing an eventual attack of the b7-pawn by means of Bc8,
while the white king's activity is restricted by a barrier along the fourth
rank. We can also notice that the advantage of space has a relative character
already. Since the white pieces cannot easily sustain the pawn's offensive,
the whole space left behind can be used mainly by Black for counterplay. If we
compare with the positions examined in the notes to the 27th move, the knight
is much more stable on f6 than it was on f5.} 34. Bd3 {The pressure against
the f7-square did not promise White much and Topalov decides to remove the
bishop from the active but slightly exposed position in order to enable b5.}
Nd7 35. Be4 $6 ({But this looks over-ambitious already. The immediate} 35. Bb1
{, preventing the enemy rook's activation aong the second rank, looks like a
safer decision. White might have been still OK in this case.}) 35... Ne5+ 36.
Kg2 Ra2 37. Bb1 Rd2 38. Kf1 Ng4 39. Bg1 {The white pieces have been pushed
even further back from their own pawns, which leaves the whole kingside in
some danger.} Bh2 $1 $17 {Intending the elimination of the main defender of
the dark squares.} 40. Ke1 Rd5 $6 {Now, Black's advantage remains within
bearable limits, because the game will soon transpose to a rook and opposite
bishops ending.} ({Black should have insisted on exchanging his own bishop for
the enemy one by means of} 40... Rg2 41. Bd4 Be5 $17) 41. Bf2 Ke7 42. h5 Nxf2
43. Kxf2 Kf6 44. Kf3 Rd4 45. b5 {Finally, White has managed to carry out this
thematic advance, undermining the c6-square and opening new perspectives for
his bishop. In spite of the inevitable loss of the h5-pawn, this will more or
less guarantee a draw.} Rc4 46. bxc6 bxc6 47. Rb6 Rxc5 48. Be4 Kg5 49. Rxc6 Ra5
50. Rb6 Ra3+ 51. Kg2 Bc7 52. Rb7 Rc3 53. Kf2 Kxh5 54. Bd5 f6 55. Ke2 Kg4 56.
Be4 {Black has managed to maintain his minimal material advantage and avoid
the exchange of rooks at the same time. However, his extra pawn is hardly
relevant and his last remaining chance consists of creating some threats
against the enemy king, possibly combined with the relative lack of stability
of the enemy bishop along the b1-e4 diagonal. We can see that White's
advantage in space finally does him a good service. If we lift the whole king
side structure with, say, 2 ranks, Black would get reasonable winning chances,
one of the possible ideas being the exchange sacrifice in order to remove
White's last pawn.} Kf4 57. Bd3 Rc5 58. Rb4+ Kg3 59. Rc4 Re5+ 60. Re4 Ra5 (
60... Rxf5 61. Re3+ Kg4 62. Bxf5+ Kxf5 63. Re7 $11) 61. Re3+ Kg2 62. Be4+ Kh2
63. Rb3 Ra2+ 64. Kd3 {In order to avoid Black's playing on in the conditions
of limited time, the white king has to attack the g7-pawn, when a draw would
become obvious. However, the shorter path could prove dangerous here. Once the
king reached h5, there would be such a mating construction available: ...Rg5+
Kh4 Bg3 (or e1) mate.} Bf4 ({Black could have maintained a symbolic advantage
with} 64... Kg3 65. Rb7 Be5 {when White could not keep his bishop along the
optimal diagonal anymore.} 66. Bd5 (66. Rxg7+ Kf4 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Yf4f5]})
66... Kf4 67. Be6 Ra3+ 68. Ke2 Rg3 69. Rb4+ Kg5 {followed by ...g6.}) 65. Kc4
Re2 66. Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.12.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 ({If given a choice,
Black usually captures with the other pawn:} 12... exd5) 13. Kb1 Qb6 14. Qa4 a6
15. g4 Qc6 $6 {Creating unnecessary weaknesses.} (15... Rc8 {/\...Qc6 looks
more natural.}) 16. Qxc6 bxc6 17. Na4 e5 $2 {But this is simply bad.} ({
He should have got rid of his backward pawn at once:} 17... c5) 18. Be2 g5 19.
Rc1 $16 Rh6 20. Rxc6 Ne4 21. Rxh6 Nxd2+ 22. Kc2 gxh6 23. Kxd2 exd4 24. exd4 Bd6
25. h4 Ke7 26. hxg5 Bf4+ 27. Kc2 Bxg5 28. b4 a5 29. Bb5 Nf8 30. Nb6 Rb8 31.
bxa5 Ne6 32. Kd3 Kd6 33. a4 Nf4+ 34. Kc3 Ne6 35. Kd3 Nf4+ 36. Kc3 Ne6 37. Re1
Bf6 38. Rxe6+ fxe6 39. a6 Rh8 40. a7 Kc7 41. a8=Q Rxa8 42. Nxa8+ Kb7 43. Bd7 e5
44. dxe5 Bxe5+ 45. Kd3 d4 46. a5 Kxa8 47. a6 1-0

[Event "World-ch Kramnik-Topalov +3-3=6"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2006.10.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.09.23"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 ({This is the first time Kramnik has
deviated from the course of an earlier game of the match. In the seventh game
he transposed to the Queen's Gambit Accepted with} 4... e6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4
c5) 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. a3 $5 {Almost never played before.
Topalov usually plays ...a6 as Black in the Slav Defence and now he gives it a
try from the other side of the board. I would allow myself a small divagation.
Three quarters of century ago, the somewhat mysterious Indian player Sultan
Khan (not the most erudite theoretician of his time, for sure) frequently
employed the modest advance of the a-pawn with both colours and irrspective of
the opening. Among others, he beat the great Capablanca in what is called
today the Petrosian-Kasparov system and accidentally "invented" the Chebanenko
- Slav much before the birth of the Moldavian trainer. Returning to our game,
the point behind Topalov's last move will become clear soon.} Nbd7 9. g3 Be7
10. f4 {After having eliminated the black light-squared bishop, White has
arranged several of his pawns on dark squares. This is aimed at ensuring the
free circulation of his own bishop, which became the unchallenged master of
the light squares. However, combining a3 with f4 also pursues a more concrete
aim. White threatens to block the position with c5, when the thematic central
break ...e5 would be impossible. At the same time, the attempt to undermine
the powerful chain of pawns from the other side with ...b6 is safely answered
by b4, because ...a5 is inoffensive since the b4-pawn has been defended in
advance. This would leave White with considerable advantage in space, without
any possibility of counterplay for Black.} dxc4 ({Giving up the centre so
easily is a risky decision.} 10... a5 {deserves attention, with the idea of
answering 11.c5 with 11...b6.} {If} 11. Rb1 {then} dxc4 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. e4 b5
{[%csl Ge4] is different already.} 14. Bd3 $8 b4 15. Na4 c5 $132) 11. Bxc4 O-O
(11... Qc7 $5 12. e4 Rd8 $5 {[%cal Yc6c5] Shipov}) 12. e4 {Looking at this
position, I cannot stop asking myself: what does it mean to play a hypermodern
opening? 1...d5 is supposed to be a classical way of starting the game, but
isn't here White's advantage in the centre just as big or maybe even bigger
than, say, in the Gruenfeld? One of the reasons why the Slav is so popular
nowadays is that it allows Black choose any type of structure he wishes,
according to the style of play or, why not, the mood in that specific moment.
It can lead to more or less symmetrical positions or to very unbalanced
situations. As a compensation for White's advantage in space and powerful pair
of bishops in the current position, Black is few tempi ahead in development.
It remains an open question whether this is enough. Kramnik's play in the next
phase of the game does not really sustain this hypothesis, but objectively
speaking Black should be OK.} (12. Be2 c5 $1 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Rc8 $1 {
[%cal Yc5c4,Yd7c5]} 15. O-O c4 16. Bf3 Nc5 {[%csl Yd3]}) 12... b5 13. Be2 {
We can see here a further merit of a3: in order to undermine the e4-pawn,
Black needs to spend an extra tempo, allowing White to transfer the bishop on
to the optimal square.} b4 ({This logical move implies a big strategic risk,
because it leaves Black's structure in ruins and it opens new horizons for the
f3-bishop, by weakening the c4-square. If the piece pressure fails to yield
the expected effect, Black will find himself in a hopeless situation.} 13...
Qb6 {was a more restrained continuation, although it could lead to animated
play, too.} 14. Be3 Rad8 15. O-O c5 16. e5 cxd4 17. exf6 (17. Bxd4 $2 Bc5 18.
Bxc5 Nxc5 $19 {[%cal Yb6g1,Yd8d1]}) 17... Nxf6 18. Bf2 dxc3 $1 19. Bxb6 Rxd1
20. Raxd1 axb6 21. bxc3 Nd5 $132) 14. axb4 Bxb4 15. Bf3 Qb6 $6 {Kramnik lost
this game mainly because he did not try to get rid of his backward c-pawn in
any way. The plan of breaking the enemy centre with ...e5 has not sufficient
strategic basis.} ({This was probably the last moment when Black could obtain
adequate play by means of} 15... c5 16. e5 (16. Be3 Nb6 $132 {Golubev}) (16.
Kf1 $5 $14 {[%cal Yf1g2] Golubev}) 16... Nd5 ({For some reasons, only the
intermediate exchange} 16... cxd4 $6 {has been analyzed so far. Black simply
loses a pawn after} 17. Qxd4 Nd5 18. Bxd5 Bc5 19. Qd3 exd5 20. Qxd5 $14 {
[%csl Gc5,Gd7][%cal Ye1f1,Yf1g2] . The fact that the black minor pieces are
hanging prevent Black from starting a rapid counter-attack, thus allowing
White complete his development with Kf1-g2.}) 17. Bd2 (17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Be3
Nb6 19. dxc5 (19. Qe2 Nc4 20. Bf2 Rb8 21. O-O Bxc3 22. bxc3 Rb2 $132) 19... Nc4
20. Bd4 Nxb2 21. Qc2 (21. Qe2 Nc4 22. O-O Bxc3 23. Bxc3 Qd7 $11) 21... Nc4 22.
O-O a5 $132) 17... Bxc3 (17... N7b6 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxb4 cxb4 20. Qd3 Qc7 21.
O-O $14) 18. bxc3 ({In fact,} 18. Bxc3 $5 {might be simpler. Capturing the
bishop would lead to the loss of the a7-pawn, while the threat Bxd5 is
stronger now that the white queen side has not been weakened.} Qb6 19. Qa4 Rfd8
20. O-O $14) 18... cxd4 19. Bxd5 (19. c4 N5b6 {[%cal Yd7c5]} 20. Bxa8 Qxa8 21.
O-O Nxc4 22. Bc1 Rd8 $44 {[%csl Yd4][%cal Ra8h1,Rd8d1]}) 19... exd5 20. cxd4
Qb6 {We have reached a position typical for the Sämisch variation of the Nimzo
Indian Defence. White's advantage in the centre is compensated by Black's
counterplay along the c-file.} 21. Ba5 Qe6 22. O-O Rfc8 23. g4 Rc4 24. Ra2 Rac8
25. f5 gxf5 26. gxf5 Qh6 $13) 16. O-O e5 {This was the counterplay Black was
relying on. However, White has sufficient resources to avoid any structural
damage in the centre.} 17. Be3 Rad8 {Apparently, a logical move. The d4-pawn
is pinned along the g1-a7 diagonal and, indirectly, along the d-file. However,
these minor problems are rather easy to solve.} 18. Na4 {Black has to release
the first pin now.} Qb8 ({This slightly mysterious move was probably connected
with a concrete detail mentioned below. However, the more active} 18... Qb5 {
might have been better and if} 19. Qc2 {then} exd4 20. Bxd4 c5 {followed by ...
Nb6, with certain counterplay.}) 19. Qc2 exf4 20. Bxf4 ({Kramnik's idea is
revealed after} 20. gxf4 {when} Rfe8 {creates the threat ...Nxe4 and the
generally desirable Bf2 loses the f4-pawn. However, White's last move
maintains the advantage in the centre intact.}) 20... Qb7 21. Rad1 Rfe8 {
Both sides have completed their development and time has come to make a first
evaluation. Optically speaking, White's advantage is overwhelming. He has
maintained his control in the centre, has placed his bishops actively and has
the more compact structure of pawns. However, converting this advantage into
something more concrete is likely to be a laborious process. It might look
tempting to start advancing the central pawns, but this would just provide the
black knights with stable squares in the centre. At least for a while, it is
much wiser to create simple threats (be they real or imaginary) on the wings,
maintaining the centre intact. This would most probably cause Black to
gradually lose his coordination and then the pawns could advance unhindered.}
22. Bg5 Be7 23. Kh1 Nh7 24. Be3 Bg5 25. Bg1 {Of course, exchanging pieces
would somewhat relieve Black's position.} Nhf8 26. h4 {Not only restricting
the enemy bishop, but creating the potential threat of an attack by means of
h5.} Be7 27. e5 {Now that the knights do not have access to d5, this move is
well-timed. In order to defend his c6-pawn, Black is forced to retreat even
more.} Nb8 28. Nc3 Bb4 29. Qg2 {Now, such threats as d5 or h5 start to look
feasible. Black's main problem is that he cannot easily guess what are White's
intentions and each minor slip could be decisive. At the same time, White can
allow himself to miss one or two promising continuations, because they would
be there few moves later, too.} Qc8 30. Rc1 {Enabling the knight's jump to d5,
eventually followed by Nf4, in order to take under observation one of Black's
last remaining outposts, the e6-square.} Bxc3 $2 {Black finally cracks under
the pressure. This exchange is equivalent to an unconditional strategic
surrender.} ({He could have stayed in the game with} 30... Qb7 {, avoiding the
knight jump and preventing the central break d5 at the same time.}) 31. bxc3 {
Nothing can stop White's pawns now. However Topalov will employ the same
method as in the previous phase of the game, maintaining the threat of
advancing the centre in reserve. This could have slightly complicated matters
as we shall see.} Ne6 32. Bg4 $6 {Putting pressure on the generally well
defended e6-knight but allowing the other knight join the battle by releasing
the pressure against the c6-pawn.} ({The simpler} 32. Rcd1 Qc7 33. c4 $18 {
looks crushing.}) 32... Qc7 33. Rcd1 Nd7 34. Qa2 {We can feel here the effects
of the huge advantage in space: White's pieces can easily be transferred from
one wing to the other. It might look that White is planning to put the a7-pawn
under pressure, but we shall soon see that his target is much more important.}
Nb6 {However, the reserve knight has reached a stable square, too. Black is
much worse, but still breathing for the moment.} 35. Rf3 {Slightly careless.
Topalov probably thought that his strong centre allows him to manoeuvre his
pieces without any restrictions.} (35. Ra1 $5 {Would have more or less forced
Black to interrupt his queen's access to f7 in order to defend a7} Rd7 (35...
Re7 36. Rxf7 $16) (35... c5 36. Qxa7 cxd4 37. cxd4 $16 Qxa7 38. Rxa7 Nxd4 39.
Rfxf7 $18) {thus allowing} 36. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 (36... Kxf7 37. Rf1+ Kg8 38. Bxe6+
Kh8 39. Bxd7 Qxd7 40. Rf7 Qh3+ 41. Qh2 $18) 37. Bxe6 Nd5 $16 {Black's control
over the light squares offers him chances to resist in spite of the material
disadvantage.}) 35... Nf8 $2 {This voluntary knight retreat is hard to
understand.} ({"Any unpromoted pawn majority risks becoming a weakness". This
old statement by Nimzowitsch applies here perfectly. Taking advantage of the
temporary lack of coordination between White's major pieces, Black could have
attaked the enemy centre by means of} 35... c5 36. d5 (36. Rdf1 cxd4 37. cxd4
Qc6 38. Kh2 Rd7 {and Black has achieved stability in the centre.}) 36... Nf8 {
[%csl Ge5]} 37. d6 Qb7 {[%cal Yb7h1]} 38. Rdf1 Rxe5 39. Qxf7+ Qxf7 40. Rxf7 Nd5
{[%csl Gc5,Gd6,Gg4][%cal Yd5f6] White's still has an advantage thanks to his
powerful pair of bishops, but play becomes more concrete now and requires
certain accuracy.}) 36. Rdf1 Re7 37. Be3 $18 {White's last piece joins the
attack, threatening Bg5. Suddenly, Black is just lost.} Nh7 38. Rxf7 $1 Nd5 39.
R7f3 {Or anything else.} 1-0

[Event "World-ch Kramnik-Topalov +3-3=6"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2006.10.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2006.09.23"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 {With the exception of the first game of the match, Topalov faced
serious opening problems in the Catalan. It is little wonder that for the
decisive game he chose the rock-solid Slav.} 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5.
Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 {On the day I connected with some delay to the
playchess.com server. When I saw the current position my first thought was
that I had clicked on an earlier game in which Topalov had White. Indeed, this
is the first time in the match when the players have repeated a previously
tested variation with reversed colours.} 8. g3 {Kramnik had occasionally
played this variation with White, but only in rapid events. Unlike Topalov, he
does not seem inclined to make experiments, preferring to follow the well
known paths.} Nbd7 9. Bd2 ({Kramnik had also played} 9. Bg2 {which leads to a
position typical for the Catalan gambits after} dxc4 {when Black can defend
his extra pawn with a further ...Nb6.}) 9... Bb4 $146 {Topalov is consequent
with his handling of this position with White. We can understand now that one
of the purposes of his 8.a3 had been to prevent ...Bb4, which he apparently
considers the most efficient way to counter White's strategy, based on placing
several pawns on dark squares. Previously, Black developed the bishop mainly
to e7. Although White generally maintained a tiny plus, he did not achieve any
special successes in practice.} (9... Be7 10. b3 $5 {[%csl Yc4][%cal Gf1g2]} ({
Topalov himself also aimed to give the position a Catalan - Gambit character
with} 10. Rc1 a6 11. Bg2 Nb6 12. b3 dxc4 13. Ne2 cxb3 14. Qxb3 a5 15. Nf4 Bb4
16. Bxb4 axb4 17. Qxb4 Rxa2 18. O-O Ra4 19. Qb3 Ra7 20. Ra1 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 O-O
22. Rb1 Nfd7 23. Nd3 Qc7 24. h4 Rb8 25. Qb4 Nd5 26. Bxd5 cxd5 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,
V (2757)-Vallejo Pons,F (2686)/Monte Carlo 2005/CBM 105 ext}) 10... O-O (10...
e5 11. cxd5 exd4 12. exd4 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bg2 Nf6 15. O-O O-O 16. Re1
Re8 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. Qd3 Bb4 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Be5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sasikiran,K 
(2652)-Malakhatko,V (2556)/Vlissingen 2005/CBM 107 ext (58)}) 11. Bg2 dxc4 ({
One of the few White wins in this line was caused by a gross blunder after} 
11... Ne8 12. O-O f5 13. f4 $14 g5 $4 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Nxd5 $1 $18 {1-0
Malakhov,V (2670)-Nikolic,P (2584)/Khanty Mansiysk 2005/CBM 111 (28)}) 12. bxc4
e5 13. Qb3 (13. Rb1 $5) 13... Rb8 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. O-O Rfd8 16. Bc1 Nf8 17. Bb2
$14 {[%csl Yb2,Yg2] 1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V (2754)-Gelfand,B (2696)/Monte Carlo 2005/
CBM 105 ext (26)}) 10. Qb3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Bg2 (12. Qxb7 $2 Rb8 13. Qxa7
(13. Qxc6 Rxb2 $1 $40) 13... Qf6 14. f4 Nxg3 $132) 12... Nxc3 13. Qxc3 {
Topalov probably assumed that all these exchanges will offer Black an easy
game. However, White's supremacy in the centre, his authoritarian control over
the dark squares and his slightly better development leave him able to count
on some advantage.} f5 $5 {By switching to the Dutch Stonewall structure,
Black not only restricts the enemy bishop even more, but also creates himself
chances for a king side attack.} ({The opening of the centre by means of
"purely" Slav methods by means of} 13... Qe7 14. O-O dxc4 (14... O-O {might be
safer.}) 15. Qxc4 e5 {does not offer complete equality:} 16. Rad1 (16. d5 Nb6
$11) (16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Qd4 O-O {[%csl Ge5][%cal Yg6g5,Yg5g4]}) 16... Nb6 17.
Qc2 (17. Qb3 e4 $5 {[%csl Gd5]}) 17... O-O 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Rd4 Rad8 20. Rfd1
Rxd4 21. Rxd4 $14 {The structure is similar with that from the second play-off
game. Compared to that position, the previous exchange of the dark-squared
bishops favours Black, but the control of the d-file is a more significant
element.}) 14. O-O Qe7 $6 {By delaying castling, Black keeps his opponent
under some psychological pressure regarding the possibility of a brutal attack
along the h-file.} ({However, defining the queen's position so soon was not
necessary. Since after ...f5 Black would hardly play ...e5 anymore, he should
have first played} 14... Nf6 {, which is more or less "forced" given the
current pawn structure. The knight stands best on e4 or, possibly, on d6. If
White plays in the same way as in the game, namely} 15. cxd5 exd5 16. b4 {
play can continue} O-O (16... Ne4 17. Qd3 Nd6 {fails to prevent b4-b5.} 18. a4
a6 19. b5 $1 axb5 20. axb5 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Nxb5 22. Bxd5 $3 $16) 17. a4 ({
The immediate} 17. b5 cxb5 18. Qb3 Qd7 {leaves Black with a whole extra tempo
compared to the variation given in the notes to the 17th move.}) (17. Rab1 Ne4
18. Qd3 a6 19. a4 {is best met by} Nd6 $1 $11 {[%csl Yc4][%cal Gb7b5]} 20. b5
$6 axb5 21. axb5 Nxb5 22. Rxb5 cxb5 23. Qxb5 Ra5 $1) 17... Ne4 18. Qd3 Qd7 19.
b5 g5 {with similar play as in the game, where the move a4 is not necessarily
useful.}) 15. cxd5 {We can feel that Kramnik's treatment of the position
differs from that of his opponent in a radical way. In the previous game
Topalov blocked the queenside by means of c5, while two games earlier his
whole opening play prepared this move, eventually causing Black to give up the
centre with ...dxc4. It is remarkable that Kramnik refrained from blocking the
queen side in the last 10th game, even though that is the almost authomatic
reaction to Black's ...b5 in the Catalan. There, too, he exchanged on d5, in
order to retain some initiative in an half-open position.} exd5 16. b4 {
The minority attack remains a simple and dangerous plan in spite of
simplifications. Black cannot avoid the weakening of his queen side.} Nf6 17.
Rfc1 ({The immediate} 17. b5 $5 {offered better chances of developing the
initiative:} O-O (17... cxb5 18. Qb3 $36 {[%cal Yf1b1,Ya2a4]} Qd7 19. Rfb1 Rc8
20. a4 Ne4 21. Qxb5 Rc6 22. Rb2 $14 {Korotylev}) (17... Rc8 18. Qa5 b6 19. Qa6
O-O 20. bxc6 Rxc6 21. Rfc1 $14 {[%cal Yc1c8] Notkin} Rfc8 22. Qxc8+ $1) 18.
bxc6 Rac8 19. Rfc1 (19. c7 Qxc7 20. Qb3 Qd7 21. Rfc1 g5 {Compared to Notkin's
line, both sides have equal rights over the open c-file here.}) 19... bxc6 20.
Rc2 Ne4 21. Qd3 g5 22. Rac1 Qd7 23. Qa6 Rf6 24. f3 $16 {[%csl Gc6]}) 17... Ne4
18. Qb2 O-O 19. b5 Rac8 20. bxc6 bxc6 {White can count on a small but stable
advantage because of his more compact structure.} 21. Qe2 {White's general
plan consists of pressure along the c- and b-files, but he should not neglect
prophylactic measures on the other wing. By placing the queen on e2 he inhibit
to a certain extent the attack based on ...g5 and ...f4 (when the queen would
place the knight under unpleasant pressure and keep the weakened g4-square
under control). Besides, the last move is useful for active purposes, too, by
enabling the transfer of the queen to a6 in the most rapid way.} g5 22. Rab1 ({
The continuation of the same policy. Before choosing the concrete plan,
Kramnik improves the position of his pieces. After taking the b-file under
control, the threat Qa6 becomes unpleasant. The more straightforward} 22. Rc2 {
would have allowed Black continue his king side play with} Rf6) 22... Qd7 {
A multi-purpose move. Black avoids the pin along the e-file (enabling ...f4 in
certain cases) and over-defends the c8-rook and the c6-pawn in order to enable
...Rf6 without fearing Qa6. However, the removal of the black queen from the
e7-square is a small success for White, who will not have to worry about a
possible sacrifice on g3 in the case of a later f3.} 23. Rc2 ({White
overdefends the second rank (the f2-square in first line) and prepares to
doublie rooks along the c- or b-file. Abstractly speaking,} 23. Rb2 {looks
less adequate because it would leave the rook overloaded by the control of the
second rank and the b-file, although from a practical point of view it would
have probably made little difference.}) 23... Rf6 24. Rbc1 ({In the case of} 
24. Qa6 f4 25. Rb7 Qf5 {Black attack could become dangerous.}) 24... g4 ({
Black decides to eliminate the possibility of White's f3.} 24... Rh6 {was
possible, too, when after} 25. Qa6 {(threatening to win a pawn with f3 already)
he would have had a choice between transposing to the game with 25...g4 or play
} c5) 25. Rb2 $6 ({For the same aforementioned reasons,} 25. Rb1 {, might have
been more accurate. The difference will become clear at a later stage of the
game.}) 25... Rh6 {A logical but very commital plan. If the attack along the
h-file fails, the rook will be left out of play, leaving White a free hand on
the opposite wing.} 26. Qa6 Rc7 ({Now,} 26... c5 $6 {would be strongly met by}
27. Rb7 $1 {when the weakness of Black's central pawns would make itself felt.}
) 27. Rb8+ Kh7 28. Qa3 {We can notice now another effect of the move Qe7-d7.
This important diagonal became available to the white queen. Suddenly, the
threat Qf8 puts the black king in some danger.} Rb7 29. Qf8 $6 ({After this
move the game will soon enter drawish paths. White's last chance for an
advantage consisted of} 29. Ra8 {, when exchanging queens on e7 or d6 would
not absolve Black from all his strategic problems. The safest continuation
would probably be} Rf6 {, covering all the squares for infiltration, as
suggested by Golubev.}) 29... Rxb8 30. Qxb8 Qf7 31. Qc8 Qh5 32. Kf1 Nd2+ ({
With the rook on c2, this check would not have been possible. Besides, against
} 32... Qg6 {(which would have been a worthy alternative in the game), White
could have continued his invasion along the b-file with 33.Rb2. In the game,}
33. Rb1 $4 {is impossible because of the fork on d2.}) 33. Ke1 Nc4 {Covering
the weakness of the c6-pawn.} 34. Bf1 {Well, at least temporarily...} Rf6 35.
Bxc4 dxc4 36. Rxc4 {White has managed to fragment Black's structure even more,
but now the light squares around his king are weak, allowing Black to display
strong counterplay.} Qxh2 37. Ke2 Qh1 38. Rc5 Qb1 39. Qa6 Qb2+ 40. Kf1 Qb1+ 41.
Ke2 Qb2+ 42. Kf1 Rh6 43. Qd3 {After the return of the queen to the centre, the
white king is out of danger.} g6 (43... Qa1+ 44. Ke2 Qxa2+ 45. Kf1 g6 {would
win a pawn, but after} 46. Qc4 {he would have to give perpetual anyway. The
rook ending would be microscopically worse in view of White's better structure
and the inevitable loss of the a7-pawn.}) 44. Qb3 Rh1+ 45. Kg2 Rh2+ ({Another
way of reaching a draw would be} 45... Qa1 46. Qf7+ Kh6 47. Qf8+ Kh7 $11) 46.
Kxh2 Qxf2+ 47. Kh1 Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2013.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 (4... e6) (4... Bg4) 5. Nc3 (5. Qb3 Qb6)
5... e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 (7. Nxg6) 7... Nbd7 8. O-O (8. Bd2 Bd6 9. Nxg6 hxg6
10. Qc2 (10. h3)) 8... Bd6 {[%cal Gd6h2,Gf6g4,Gd8h4]} 9. g3 a6 (9... Qe7 10.
Qb3 Rb8 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qc2 a6 14. c5 Bc7 15. b4 e5 16. a4 Qe6
17. Kg2 e4 18. f4 exf3+ 19. Bxf3 Rbe8 20. Rab1 Re7 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5 Ba5 23.
Nxd5 Nxd5 24. e4 N7f6 25. exd5 Nxd5 26. Rbe1 Qxe1 27. Rxe1 Rxe1 28. Bg5 Nc7 29.
bxc6 Ne6 30. cxb7 Nxg5 31. d5 Bc7 32. d6 Bb8 33. Qd2 Rg1+ 34. Kf2 Nxf3 35. Kxf3
Rf1+ 36. Kg2 Rf6 37. Qd5 Rf5 38. Qc6 Ba7 39. d7 {Bologan,V (2655)-Motylev,A 
(2687) Poikovsky 2014 1-0}) (9... O-O 10. Nxg6) 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qc2 dxc4 12.
Bxc4 Qe7 $146 (12... Qa5 13. Be2 Qf5 14. Qxf5 gxf5 15. Kg2 Ke7 16. h4 Rac8 17.
Bf3 Rhd8 18. Bd2 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Rad1 b5 21. Ne2 Nxf3 22. Kxf3 Be5 23. Bc3
Bxc3 24. Nxc3 c5 25. e4 b4 26. e5 Ng4 27. Nd5+ Ke6 28. Nf4+ Ke7 29. Nd5+ Rxd5
30. Rxd5 Nh2+ 31. Kg2 Nxf1 32. Kxf1 Ke6 33. Rd6+ Kxe5 34. Rxa6 Rc7 35. Ke2 f4
36. a3 fxg3 37. fxg3 Kd4 38. Kd2 Kc4 39. Kc2 Re7 40. axb4 cxb4 41. b3+ Kd5 42.
Ra5+ {Ahvenjarvi,J (2210)-Houska,J (2398) Oslo 2012 1/2-1/2 (87)}) 13. Ne4 Nxe4
14. Qxe4 g5 $1 $11 {[%csl Gf4,Rh2,Gh4][%cal Ge7f6,Gf6h6]} 15. Bd2 Nf6 (15...
Qf6) (15... g4) 16. Qg2 $6 {[%csl Rg2] L'aile-roi a été affaiblie et la Q
revient en défense mais la Qg2 est trop passive} g4 17. f4 {Un nouvel
affaiblissement mais les Blancs de s'activer} gxf3 18. Qxf3 e5 $15 19. e4 $1 {
[%csl Rf6][%cal Gd2g5] Un bon sacrifice pour tenter d'exploiter la paire de B}
exd4 20. e5 $1 {[%csl Re8] La suite logique mais les Blancs doivent maintenant
justifier l'investissement de 2 P et si les Noirs arrivent à roquer,
l'attaque Blanche risque de s'essouffler} (20. Bg5 Be5) 20... Bxe5 21. Rae1 O-O
$5 {Le ooo parait assez risqué} (21... O-O-O $6 22. Bf4 (22. Bxa6 bxa6 23.
Qxc6+) 22... Nd7 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Qf5+) 22. Qf5 $1 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gf1f4,
Gf4h4]} Rae8 23. Bg5 Qd6 24. Bd3 $2 (24. Bxf6 $142 Bxf6 25. Bxf7+ $1 {La pointe
} Kxf7 26. Qh5+ {[%csl Re8]} Kg8 (26... g6 27. Qh7#) 27. Rxe8) 24... g6 $1 {
Gagne un tempo important sur la Q et les Noirs vont avoir le temps de ramener
le Bg7 en défense} 25. Qh3 Nd5 $40 {[%cal Ge5g7,Gd5e3] les Blancs n'ont plus
assez de compensations} 26. Re4 Bg7 27. Rh4 Qe6 28. Bf5 {Une dernière
tentative} gxf5 $19 29. Bh6 Qg6 $1 {le P"f5" pare la menace Rg4} 30. Rxf5 Bxh6
31. Rg4 {Beaucoup de joueurs coté noir auraient paniqué face à la menace
d'enfilade mais le GMI va faire preuve de sang-froid en trouvant une jolie
parade.} Re1+ $1 32. Kf2 Rf1+ $1 {La pointe!} 33. Ke2 Re8+ 34. Kd3 Rf3+ 35.
Kxd4 Bg7+ 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Jubilee op"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2009.08.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Ne4 $5 {This new idea of A.Heimann is getting popular thanks to Alexei Shirov
who introduced it on a high level against Inarkiev. Attacking the h4-knight,
Black provokes the opening of the h-file. Practice indicates that the
exchanges are in Black's favour. So the latest trend is to protect the knight
by leaving the exchange on g6 for later.} 9. g3 $1 ({Here is a fresh example of
} 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. d5 {This attempt to improve
upon Malakhov's 12.h3 didn't work either.} (12. h3 Bd6 13. Bd2 (13. d5 c5 {
is similar to 12.d5 since White is the one to choose between g3 and h3.}) 13...
Nf6 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. f4 exf3 16. Bxf3 Bc7 17. Rac1 O-O 18. Bb4 Rfe8 {and Black
was fine in 0-1 Malakhov,V (2689)-Predojevic,B (2634)/Sibenik 2008/CBM 126
Extra (51).}) 12... Bd6 13. g3 c5 $1 {Since White doesn't succeed in opening
up the position, Black should be ok here.} 14. Qa4 (14. Bd2 $5 {looks like a
possible improvement.}) 14... Qe7 15. Bb5 $2 {A loss of an important tempo.} (
15. Bd2 {was better again.}) 15... O-O-O $15 {and Black develops a strong
initiative on the kingside. 0-1 Hillarp Persson,T (2596)-Malakhov,V (2707)/
Helsingor DEN 2009/The Week in Chess 768 (27)}) 9... Nd6 {[%cal Gd6f5] Black
wants to provoke an exchange on g6 by means of Nf5.} 10. cxd5 $1 $146 {While
preparing for the game against Dreev, I discovered this simple and as it seems
strong idea. White builds up a strong centre by means of f3 and e4 not losing
important time on the protection of the c4-pawn. Moreover after e4 the knight
on d6 will be misplaced, while the exchange on e4 opens up the f-file for
White's rook.} ({Earlier White played} 10. b3 {without great success.} Be7 (
10... Nf5 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bf3 Bb4 13. Bd2 Qe7 14. Re1 Nf6 15. a3 Bxa3 16.
cxd5 cxd5 17. Nb5 Bd6 18. Nxa7 O-O $11 {1/2-1/2 Papaioannou,I (2609)-Dreev,A 
(2688)/Budva MNE 2009(19).}) 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qc2 Nf6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Bf1
O-O-O 15. Bg2 Rh5 16. c5 Nf5 17. h3 Rdh8 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bf4 Qd8 20. g4 Rxh3
21. gxf5 Rxc3 22. Qxc3 Nd5 23. Qc1 gxf5 $36 {0-1 Inarkiev,E (2675)-Shirov,A 
(2741)/Poikovsky 2008/CBM 125 (34)}) 10... cxd5 {Alexey wants to keep the
position closed, which is understandable, especially when you're fighting
against a new idea.} (10... exd5 {is the alternative. Anyway I would play} 11.
f3 {[%cal Ge3e4] preparing e4. This position deserves practical tests.}) 11. f3
{[%cal Ge3e4]} Rc8 12. e4 Nb6 {Black is strengthening the centre not allowing
White to open the position.} ({After} 12... dxe4 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. fxe4 $14 {
White's chances are better thanks to a strong centre and a pair of bishops.})
13. a4 $1 {[%cal Ga4a5] When the knight comes to b6 it's not easy to withstand
the temptation of advancing the a-pawn to a5.} dxe4 {Black can't hold the
centre any more.} ({In the event of} 13... a5 {[%csl Rb5] the b5-square
becomes weak. Probably the simplest way to obtain an advantage is} 14. Qd3 {
[%cal Gb2b3]} Be7 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. b3 {Taking control over the c4-square
White restricts both Black's knights.} O-O 17. Bd2 $14 {[%csl Rb6,Rd6]}) 14.
fxe4 {A very unpractical decision, though objectively it's not worse than 14.
Nxg6. This move took an extra 15-20 minutes on my clock, while an exchange on
g6 is about to happen anyway. So it wasn't necessary to delay it.} (14. Nxg6 $5
hxg6 15. fxe4 $14) 14... Be7 ({Accepting the pawn is dangerous.} 14... Bxe4 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bb5+ Nd7 17. Qf3 Nd6 18. d5 $1 e5 19. Nf5 f6 20. Nxd6+ Bxd6 21.
Qg4 $1 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gg4e6]} Qe7 (21... Bc5+ 22. Kg2 Qe7 23. Bh6 $1 gxh6 24.
Rxf6 $1 {[%cal Gf6e6]} a6 25. Re6 axb5 26. Rxe7+ Bxe7 27. Qe6 $16) 22. Bh6 $1
gxh6 23. Rxf6 a6 24. Re6 axb5 25. Rxe7+ Bxe7 26. Qe6 Kd8 27. d6 Bg5 28. axb5
$14 {[%cal Ge6d5] and White is better.}) (14... Nxe4 $2 {loses to} 15. Bb5+ Nd7
16. Nxg6 Nxc3 17. Qf3 $1 f5 18. Nxh8 $18) 15. a5 $1 Nd7 ({Tactics after} 15...
Nbc4 {turns out to be in White's favour.} 16. Qa4+ Kf8 (16... Qd7 $2 {loses a
piece to} 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. e5 $18 {[%csl Rc4]}) 17. e5 Nf5 18. Nxf5 Bxf5 19.
Rd1 {[%csl Rc4]} Qc7 (19... b5 20. Nxb5 Nxb2 21. Bxb2 Rc2 {[%csl Rb2,Re2]} 22.
Nxa7 $1 Rxb2 23. Rac1 $1 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Gc1c8]} Rxe2 24. Rc8 g6 25. Rxd8+
Bxd8 26. Rd2 $1 $18) 20. Nb5 Qc6 21. Nxa7 $5 (21. b3 Bh3 22. Bf1 Bxf1 23. Rxf1
Qd5 24. bxc4 (24. a6 $5) 24... Rxc4 25. Qb3 Rxc1 26. Qxd5 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 exd5
28. Nxa7 $18 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Ga1b1]}) 21... Qe4 $1 22. Kf2 Bg4 23. Bxg4 Nxb2
24. Bf3 $1 Rc2+ 25. Kg1 Qxf3 26. Qxc2 Qxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Nxd1 28. Rb1 $18 {[%csl
Rb7]}) (15... Bxh4 $2 16. axb6 $18 {is obviously in White's favour.}) 16. Nxg6
{Finally.} hxg6 17. Bf4 $1 {preventing e5 and provoking g5.} (17. a6 $5 Rb8 18.
Bf4) 17... O-O 18. Qb3 $1 $16 {[%csl Gc4] White covers the c4-square and
creates pressure on the b-pawn. I was happy about my position at this point,
though I had already come close to being in severe time trouble.} (18. Qa4 $5)
18... Rc6 $1 {A very good defensive move. Black protects the knight and
prepares an exchange of the dark-squared bishops by means of 19...Bg5. This is
the critical position of the game.} 19. Qa2 $6 {I decided to move the queen
away from Nc5 and thus to prepare to gain the exchange, but the resulting
position is very difficult to play. So I should have played 19.Rfd1!} (19. Nb5
{is not very convincing in view of} Nxb5 20. Bxb5 Rc8 {[%csl Rd4,Re4][%cal
Gd7f6]}) (19. Ra4 $5 Bg5 20. e5 Bxf4 21. Rxf4 Nf5 22. Qxb7 Rc7 23. Qb5 $16) (
19. Kg2 $5 $14 a6 $1 (19... Bg5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. e5 Nf5 22. Qxb7 Nb8 (22...
Ne3+ 23. Kh1 Nb8 24. Rf4 $18) 23. Rf4 $16) 20. Rfd1 b5 $1 21. axb6 Rxb6 22. Qc2
$14 {[%csl Ra6]}) ({Finally the immediate} 19. Rfd1 $1 {, which protects the
d4-pawn seems to be the best. For example,} Bg5 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 {[%csl Rd4][%cal
Gg5e3]} 21. Kg2 $1 {[%cal Gb3b7,Ge4e5] After this strong move Black can't save
the pawn.} Qb8 (21... Rc6 22. e5 $16 {[%cal Ge2f3]} (22. Qxb7 $5 $16)) (21...
Qc8 22. e5 (22. Nb5 $5 Ra6 23. e5 $16) 22... Rc6 23. Bf3 Rc7 24. h4 Bh6 25. Nb5
Rc2+ 26. Kh3 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Rb7]}) (21... e5 22. Nb5 Re6 (22... Ra6 23. Qd5 $1
$18 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gd4e5]}) 23. Bg4 Re7 24. dxe5 $16) (21... b6 $2 22. Nb5
$18 {[%csl Ra7,Rd6]}) 22. e5 Rc6 23. Bf3 Rcc8 (23... Rc7 24. Nb5 Rc6 25. Nd6
Rc7 26. Bg4 $1 $16 {[%cal Gg4e6,Gd6f7]}) 24. Bxb7 (24. h4 $5 Be7 25. Be4 $16)
24... a6 (24... Rc7 25. a6 $16) 25. Ra3 Rc7 26. Bf3 $16) 19... Bg5 20. d5 {
Now Black can't play Nc5 and so he's forced to sacrifice an exchange.} ({After
} 20. Rad1 Bxf4 21. Rxf4 e5 $1 22. dxe5 Nxe5 {Black is at least not worse.})
20... Bxf4 21. dxc6 Be3+ 22. Kg2 (22. Kh1 $5) 22... bxc6 {This position still
doesn't look like a bad one for White, but the prospects are not bright since
Black is going to take full control over the dark squares. Moreover my b2- and
e4-pawns are potential weaknesses. So I had to play very precisely in order
not to allow the worst-case scenario.} 23. Rad1 Qb8 $1 {It turns out that he
manages to protect his hanging pieces along the d-file without any concessions.
} 24. Qa4 $138 {Finally the time trouble starts to tell.} ({It was better to
create pressure on Black so as not to allow the activation of his pieces.} 24.
Rf3 $5 Bg5 25. Rfd3 (25. Na4 $5 Rd8 26. Rfd3 Ne5 27. Rb3 Qc7 28. Nc5 $13 {
and White is still in the game.}) 25... Be7 26. Qa3 Nc8 {I reached this
position in my calculations and stopped. Probably this is the best White can
get. So I had to go for this position and continue} 27. Qa1 Ne5 (27... Nc5 $5
28. Rf3 e5 29. Qa2 Nd6 30. Bd3 Ne6 $44) 28. R3d2 Bg5 29. Rc2 Nd6 30. Qa4 c5 $44
{and though Black's compensation is obvious White has chances to hold the
position.} (30... Be3 $5)) 24... Ne5 25. b3 $2 ({In the event of} 25. b4 $1 {
, which was my initial intention, I didn't like} Ndc4 {though it turns out
that White has a very strong idea, which allowed me to equalise.} 26. Bxc4 Nxc4
27. Qxc6 $1 ({I saw that} 27. Rd7 $2 {is strongly met by means of} Qc8 $1 28.
Rfd1 Nb2 29. Qb3 Nxd1 30. Qxd1 c5 $1 {[%cal Ge3d4]} 31. bxc5 Qxc5 $17 {[%csl
Ra5,Rg2]}) ({Also in the event of} 27. b5 $6 Nb2 28. Qc2 Nxd1 29. Nxd1 Bd4 30.
Qxc6 (30. bxc6 Rc8 $17) 30... Qd8 $1 (30... Rc8 31. Qd7 Rc2+ 32. Kh3 Bf6 33.
Ne3 Rc5 34. Ng4 Qxb5 $15) 31. Qc4 Qd7 $15 {[%csl Rd1,Rg2][%cal Gf8c8] Black's
advantage is out of question.}) 27... Qxb4 28. Rxf7 $3 {It's not easy to find
this idea, especially if you're short of time on the clock.} Rxf7 (28... Kxf7
29. Rf1+ Kg8 30. Qxe6+ Kh7 31. Rxf8 Qxf8 32. Qxc4 Qf2+ $11 {transposes to 29...
Rf8.}) 29. Rd8+ Kh7 (29... Rf8 30. Qxe6+ Kh7 31. Rxf8 Qxf8 32. Qxc4 Qf2+ 33.
Kh3 Qc2 34. e5 $11 {with a perpetual for one of the sides.}) 30. Qc8 g5 31.
Rh8+ Kg6 32. Qxe6+ Rf6 33. Qe8+ Rf7 34. Qe6+ $11) 25... Qc7 $1 {Starting from
here Black takes over the initiative.} 26. Qa3 $2 $138 {A bad decision.
Waiting tacticsare not justified here as Black can easily improve his position.
} ({I had to regroup my pieces in order to be able to protect my weaknesses.
One of the possibilities is} 26. Nb1 $5 Rb8 27. Na3 c5 28. Nc2 {[%csl Rb4]
covering the b4- and d4-squares and after} Bg5 29. Rfe1 $15 {[%cal Ge2f1] and
White is still in the game, though he is obviously worse.}) (26. b4 $5 Rb8 27.
Rfe1 {was a worthy alternative. This way I'm covering my weaknesses on the
b-file and e4.}) ({Or} 26. Rfe1 $5 {[%cal Gb3b4]}) 26... c5 $17 {[%cal Gf8b8]}
27. Qa4 ({After} 27. b4 Ndc4 28. Bxc4 Nxc4 29. Qb3 cxb4 30. Qxb4 Bg5 $17 {
[%csl Rd1,Rf1,Rg2][%cal Gc4e3] I can't escape from a fork on e3.}) 27... Rb8 {
[%csl Rb3,Rb4,Rd4]} 28. Nb5 Nxb5 29. Bxb5 Bd4 $1 {Black has achieved his dream
position. He is in full control of the dark squares, his rook on b8 is very
active and finally my light-squared bishop is useless.} (29... Qb7 30. Rde1 Bd4
31. Bc4 $17) 30. Rde1 $1 g5 $1 {[%cal Gg7g6,Gg8g7,Gb8h8] Black prepares an
attack along the h-file. I can't do much about it.} 31. Re2 (31. h3 $5) (31. a6
$5) 31... g6 32. Bc4 Kg7 33. Rh1 ({I should have tried to bring my queen into
play by means of} 33. Qa2 $5 g4 34. Qd2 Rh8 35. Qf4 {though after} Qd8 {
[%cal Gh8h2]} 36. Kh1 g5 37. Qd2 Nf3 38. Qa2 Rh3 {[%cal Gh3g3]} 39. Rg2 Be5 40.
Qe2 Qxa5 41. Rxf3 gxf3 42. Qxf3 Bd4 $17 {I would hardly survive anyway.}) 33...
Ng4 $5 34. h4 $2 {This only helps Black.} (34. Kf3 $5 {was the lesser evil.})
34... Rh8 $1 $19 {[%csl Rg2] Now I can't protect my king.} 35. e5 (35. Qa2 gxh4
36. gxh4 Nf6 $19 {[%cal Gf6h5,Gh5f4]} (36... Qf4 $5 {is also good enough.} 37.
Qd2 Ne3+ 38. Rxe3 Bxe3 39. Qe2 Qxe4+ 40. Qf3 Qe5 $19 41. Re1 $140 Rxh4 42. Rxe3
(42. Qxe3 Qh2+ 43. Kf1 Rf4+ $19) 42... Qh2+ 43. Kf1 Rf4 $19 {[%csl Rf1,Rf3]}))
35... Qb7+ (35... Qb7+ 36. Kh3 Rxh4+ 37. gxh4 Qf3# {An important game from the
theoretical point of view. The idea of 10.cxd5! may lessen the number of times
Black has fun after 8...Ne4.}) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.06"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. d4 {Rogozenko} d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3
Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 (8... Qb6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. c5 (10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. Bd3 $14) 10...
Qc7 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. f4 Be7 $6 (12... b6 13. cxb6 Qxb6 $11) 13. Qd1 $1 Ne4 (
13... b6 14. b4) 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. g3 (15. Qc2 Bh4+ $13) 15... Rh6 (15... Nf6
16. Bg2 Qd7 17. g4 $1 $16) 16. Qc2 f5 17. Bc4 g5 18. O-O-O b5 19. cxb6 axb6 20.
Kb1 gxf4 21. exf4 Qd6 22. g4 $1 b5 23. Bb3 Nb6 24. Bb4 $1 $16 {Milov,
V-Hauchard,Istanbul(ol),2000}) (8... Qb6 $142 {Rogozenko}) 9. g4 $1 {'N!'
Rogozenko.} (9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. Rc1 (10. cxd5 {Rogozenko} exd5 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12.
Nxg6 hxg6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Qxf7 exf3 15. gxf3 Nb6 16. Qxg6 Rxd4 17. Bd3 Kb8 $11
{1/2-1/2 Gurevich,M-Dorfman,J/Cap d'Agde FRA 2000 (43)})) (9. g3 {Rogozenko}
Be7 10. Kf2 Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bd2 $13 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Hamdouchi,H/Cap
d'Agde FRA 2000 (48)}) 9... Be7 (9... Bd6 10. g5 $14 (10. g5 $140 {Rogozenko}
dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd5)) (9... Nbd7 {Rogozenko} 10. g5 Ng8 11. e4 $36) 10. g5 Nfd7 (
10... Nh5 {Rogozenko} 11. f4) (10... dxc4 $142 {Rogozenko} 11. Bxc4 Nd5) 11.
Nxg6 hxg6 12. f4 $14 {Rogozenko: '()'} f6 13. Bd2 (13. Bd3 Nf8) (13. e4 $5 dxe4
14. Nxe4 Qb6 15. Bg2 $14 (15. Qe3 Na6 16. c5 Qb4+ 17. Nc3 Nc7 18. a3 Qb3 19.
Bd3 Nf8 $13)) (13. cxd5 $5 {Rogozenko} cxd5 (13... exd5 $2 14. Qc2 $16) 14. Nb5
Qc8 15. e4 $36) (13. Qc2 {Rogozenko} Nf8 14. cxd5 cxd5 $13) 13... Nf8 (13...
fxg5 14. fxg5 (14. Bd3 {Rogozenko} Nf8 15. O-O-O $44) (14. cxd5 exd5 15. Qc2
Qd6) 14... Bxg5 15. O-O-O $36) 14. O-O-O (14. e4 {Rogozenko} dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nbd7
16. O-O-O {-14.0-0-0.}) 14... Nbd7 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 O-O-O (16... Nb6 {
Rogozenko} 17. Kb1 $16) 17. c5 {'!' Rogozenko.} Rh4 $1 {/\Rf4} 18. Qa3 $6 (18.
Qg3 fxg5 19. Nxg5 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 Rh5 21. Qg3 Nf6 $13) (18. Bg2 $6 Rxf4 19. Bxf4
Qxf4+ 20. Kb1 f5 $44) (18. Kb1 $2 fxg5) (18. Qe3 $142 f5 $5 (18... fxg5 19.
Nxg5 Bxg5 20. fxg5 e5 21. Bc3 $14) 19. Nf2 e5 20. Qg3 Rh5 {'!' Rogozenko.} (
20... Rh8 21. fxe5 Ne6 22. Be3) (20... Rxf4 $1 {Rogozenko} 21. Bxf4 exf4 22.
Qa3 (22. Qg2 Ne6 23. Bc4 Ndf8 $1 $44) 22... Bxg5 $44) 21. dxe5 Bxc5 22. Nd3 Bd4
23. Bg2 $14) 18... Nb8 $2 (18... Rxf4 $4 19. Nd6+) (18... Kb8 19. Qe3 (19. Bg2
Rxf4)) 19. Qe3 $1 $16 {Rogozenko: '>< Nb8'} (19. Qxa7 Rxd4 $132 (19... Rxf4 $2
{Rogozenko} 20. Ba5 $1)) 19... f5 (19... fxg5 20. fxg5 Rxh2 21. Rxh2 Qxh2 22.
Be1 $16) (19... Nbd7 $16 {Rogozenko}) 20. Nf2 e5 {'?' Rogozenko.} 21. dxe5 (21.
Qxe5 {Rogozenko} Qxe5 22. dxe5 Bxc5) (21. fxe5 $2 {Rogozenko} Rhxd4 $17) 21...
Ne6 22. Qg3 {'!' Rogozenko.} (22. Nd3 {Rogozenko} Na6 (22... Rxd3 23. Bxd3 Rxf4
24. Kb1 $16) (22... Nxf4 23. Nxf4 Bxg5 24. Qg3 (24. Qf2 $2 Rxd2) 24... Rg4 25.
Ne6 $1) 23. Be1 (23. Qg3 Rg4) (23. b4 Nxf4 24. Nxf4 Bxg5 $132 25. Qg3 $2 Qxe5
$19) 23... Rhh8 24. b4 Rd4 25. Bg2 Rhd8 $44) 22... Rh5 (22... Rhh8 23. b4 Rd4
24. Qc3 Rhd8 25. Be3 $18) (22... Rhh8 $142 {Rogozenko}) 23. b4 Nd7 (23... Rd4 {
Rogozenko} 24. Qb3 Nxf4 25. Bxf4 Rxf4 26. Qe6+ $18) 24. Bc4 $18 Ndf8 25. h4 b5
(25... b6 26. cxb6 Qxb6 27. Nd3 (27. a3 {Rogozenko} c5 28. Be3)) 26. Be2 (26.
Bb3 {Rogozenko} Nd4 27. Kb2) 26... Rh8 27. Bc3 a5 28. a3 (28. bxa5 $6 {
Rogozenko} Bxc5 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Rd1 Qe7 $16) 28... Qa7 29. Rxd8+ Nxd8 30.
Kb2 Nfe6 31. Nd3 a4 32. Qe3 Qd7 33. Bf3 Qe8 34. Kb1 Qf7 35. Bb2 Rh7 36. Nc1 Qe8
37. Ne2 Qh8 38. Qf2 Qg8 39. Bg2 Qh8 40. Rh3 Kc7 41. Bc3 $1 Qg8 42. Be1 Nf8 43.
Rd3 Qc4 44. Qe3 Rh8 45. Bf2 Qf7 46. Nd4 Nfe6 47. Nxb5+ $1 cxb5 48. c6 Bc5 49.
bxc5 Kc8 (49... Nxc6 50. Bxc6 Kxc6 51. Rd6+ Kc7 52. c6 $18) 50. Rd7 Qg8 51. Bd5
Qe8 52. Qc3 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 40th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2005.05.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bg6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qe2
Bb4 9. Bd2 a5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 O-O 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Nd2 a4 14. f3 Re8 15.
e4 e5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Rfd1 Nxc3 18. bxc3 b5 19. Nf1 Qe7 20. Qb2 Nb6 21. Ne3
f5 22. Qa2+ Kh7 23. exf5 exd4 24. Nf1 Nd5 25. Re1 Qxe1 26. Rxe1 Rxe1 27. Qf2
Rae8 28. Qxd4 Kg8 29. fxg6 Ne3 30. h3 Rxf1+ 31. Kh2 Rd1 32. Qh4 $2 {Der
folgende Gegenangriff auf der h-Linie erweist sich als erstaunlich wirkungslos.
} ({Mit} 32. Qa7 Nf1+ 33. Kg1 Red8 34. Qb6 {hätte Weiß noch lange kämpfen
können.}) 32... Nf1+ 33. Kg1 Ne3+ 34. Kh2 Nf1+ 35. Kg1 Re2 36. Qh7+ Kf8 37.
Qh8+ Ke7 38. Qxg7+ Kd6 39. Qf6+ Kc7 40. Qf7+ Kb6 {Der schwarze König ist
sicher wie in Abrahams Schoß, was von seinem Kollegen nicht behauptet werden
kann.} 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Brest"]
[Date "2019.05.24"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Velten, Paul"]
[Black "Solodovnichenko, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2019.05.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tours Hauts-de-France St Quentin"]
[BlackTeam "Vandoeuvre echecs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} c6 {[%emt 0:
00:30]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:07:11]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:03:19]} e6
{[%emt 0:00:31]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 6. Bd3 {[%emt 0:
01:52]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 7. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Ngf6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 8.
O-O {[%emt 0:00:18]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 9. Rd1 {[%emt 0:02:45]} O-O {[%emt 0:
01:58]} 10. e4 {[%emt 0:06:51]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 11. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:13]}
Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 12. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Re8 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 13. Be3 {
[%emt 0:00:43]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 14. Bd2 $146 {[%emt 0:10:03]} (14. a3 Qa4
15. Rac1 Rad8 16. h3 Nb6 17. Qb1 h6 18. Qa2 Bf6 19. b3 Qa5 20. a4 Rd7 21. Rd2
Red8 22. Rcd1 Qf5 23. Qb1 Qxb1 24. Rxb1 g5 25. Rbd1 Kg7 26. Kf1 Kg6 27. g4 Bg7
28. a5 Nc8 29. Ne5+ Bxe5 30. dxe5 Rxd2 31. Rxd2 Rxd2 32. Bxd2 h5 33. Be3 hxg4
34. hxg4 a6 35. Ke2 f5 36. exf6 Kxf6 37. Kd3 e5 38. Kc3 Nd6 39. f3 Nf7 40. Kb4
Ke6 41. Kc5 Kd7 42. Kb6 Kc8 43. Bc5 Kb8 {Byrne,R (2530)-Sigurjonsson,G (2475)
Reykjavik 1980 1/2-1/2}) 14... Qa6 {[%emt 0:03:38]} 15. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:41]}
Bf6 {[%emt 0:04:18]} 16. Bg5 {[%emt 0:07:44]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 17. Bxf6 {
[%emt 0:01:46]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 18. b3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:02:
46]} 19. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:03:36]} 20. Re1 {[%emt 0:02:10]} Qf4
{[%emt 0:01:49]} 21. Re3 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Re7 {[%emt 0:03:44]} 22. g3 {[%emt 0:
03:42]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 23. Kg2 {[%emt 0:05:20]} Red7 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 24.
Red3 {[%emt 0:03:09]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:06:28]} 25. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Qa5 {
[%emt 0:01:36]} 26. Qe2 {[%emt 0:04:19]} h6 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 27. h3 {[%emt 0:
00:19]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 28. Re3 {[%emt 0:04:05]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 29.
Red3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 30. Qe1 {[%emt 0:15:00]} Qxe1 {
[%emt 0:10:03]} 31. Nxe1 {[%emt 0:00:21]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 32. Kf3 {[%emt 0:
01:59]} R6d7 {[%emt 0:06:52]} 33. Ke3 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 34.
Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 35. c5 {[%emt 0:04:56]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:
01:59]} 36. a4 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 37. Ke2 {[%emt 0:04:43]}
Nd5 {[%emt 0:03:43]} 38. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 39. Kf3 {
[%emt 0:03:55]} e5 $1 {[%emt 0:06:08][%cal Gd7d3]} 40. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Nb4
$1 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 41. R3d2 {[%emt 0:03:19]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} (41... Kf8)
(41... h5) 42. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:03:55]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 43. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 44. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:02:20]}
45. Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Nc1 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 46. Ke3 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Nxb3 {
[%emt 0:00:52]} 47. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:05:22]} 48. Nd8+ {
[%emt 0:00:13]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 49. Nxb7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:
16]} 50. Kc3 {[%emt 0:03:14]} Nc1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 51. Kd4 $6 {[%emt 0:07:57]}
(51. Na5 $1 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Ga5c6,Ga5b3]} Kd7 (51... Ne2+ 52. Kd3 Ng1 53. h4
gxh4 54. gxh4 h5 {[%cal Gg1f3]} 55. Ke3 Nh3 56. Nxc6+ Kd7 57. Ne5+) 52. Kd2)
51... f4 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 52. gxf4 {[%emt 0:09:15]} Ne2+ {[%emt 0:00:24]} 53.
Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxf4 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 54. h4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ne6 {
[%emt 0:06:20]} 55. hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Nxg5+ {[%emt 0:03:17]} 56. Kf5 {
[%emt 0:06:59]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 57. Na5 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:02:
46]} 58. Nxc6+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 59. Na5 {[%emt 0:00:09]}
Nd3 {[%emt 0:03:17]} 60. f3 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 61. Kg6 Ne5+
{[%emt 0:00:16]} 62. Kxh6 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Nxf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 63. Kg6 {
[%emt 0:00:40]} Nd2 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 64. Nb7+ {[%emt 0:00:19]} Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:
19]} 65. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 66. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:14]}
Kxa4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 67. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 68. Kc2 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Nd4+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 69. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:01:
07]} 70. Ka2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 71. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nc6
{[%emt 0:00:10]} 72. Ka2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 73. Kb2 $2 {
[%emt 0:00:33]} Nf7 $1 {[%emt 0:00:06] Total domination!  The black king is at
a distance to dominate the knight, which can also be called the Karpov
distance and now the black knight is also dominating it from the east as well.
Totale Dominanz! Der schwarze König steht zum Springer in einer
Dominanzdistanz, die auch Karpovdistanz genannt werden kann und nun dominiert
der schwarze Springer ihn auch noch in östlicher Richtung.} 74. Ka2 {[%emt 0:
03:23]} Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 75. Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 76.
Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kxc5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 77. Ka4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kb6 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Bd2 Nb6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Be7 13. O-O-O a5 14. Kb1 a4
15. Qc2 Nc4 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. Nxa4 O-O 18. h4 Ra7 19. Nc5 Rfa8 20. a3 b6 21.
Ne4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Bxa3 23. Bc3 Qe7 24. Qxe7 Bxe7 25. Kc2 b5 26. d5 cxd5 27.
Rxd5 b4 28. Bd4 Ra1 29. Rxa1 Rxa1 30. h5 $2 Rf1 31. e4 gxh5 32. Rxh5 Bf6 33.
Bxf6 Rxf2+ 34. Kd1 Rxf6 35. Rc5 Rf2 36. Rxc4 b3 37. Rb4 Rxb2 38. g3 Kh7 39. Rb7
f6 40. Rb6 Kg8 41. Rb7 Kh7 42. Rb6 Rb1+ 43. Kd2 b2 $1 {Nun deckt Dreev die
Karten auf. Weiß geht an seinen Schwächen am Königsflügel zugrunde:} 44. Kc3
Kg6 45. e5 (45. Rb7 Re1 46. Rxb2 Rxe4 47. Kd2 Kh5 48. Rb7 Rg4 49. Rb3 Rg5 50.
Ke2 Kg4 51. Kf2 Kh3 $19) 45... Re1 $1 46. Rxb2 Rxe5 47. Kd3 (47. Kd2 Kh5 48.
Rb7 (48. Rb4 Rg5 49. Rh4+ Kg6 50. g4 Re5 $19) 48... Rg5 49. Rb3 Kg4 50. Ke2 Kh3
51. Kf2 Rf5+ 52. Kg1 Rc5 53. Ra3 Rc2 54. Kf1 Rg2 55. g4+ Rg3 $19) 47... Rg5 48.
Rg2 Kf5 49. Ke2 Kg4 50. Kf2 Rf5+ 51. Kg1 Rf3 52. Kh2 f5 (52... f5 53. Rg1 Rf2+
54. Kh1 Kh3 55. Ra1 Kxg3 56. Rg1+ Kh3 57. Rxg7 Rf1+ 58. Rg1 Rxg1+ 59. Kxg1 Kg3
$19) 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.02.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Navara,D"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bb4 10. Bg2 Nb6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. O-O O-O 13. Qd3 Re8 14. a3 Bxc3
15. bxc3 Qd7 16. f3 Na4 17. g4 Re7 18. Rb1 b5 19. Bd2 Rae8 20. Rfe1 Qd6 21. Qc2
Qd7 22. Qd3 a6 23. Re2 Qd6 24. Rbe1 Nb2 25. Qc2 Nc4 {Black's knights are
surprisingly stronger than White's bishops. Besides, the a3-pawn is weak.} 26.
e4 $6 {The attempt to open the position backfires, but White's position was
unenviable in any case.} ({The computer suggests} 26. a4 bxa4 27. Bc1) ({or} 
26. Bc1 {, but such options are appalling rather than appealing.}) 26... dxe4
27. fxe4 c5 $1 {Great move. Black undermines the centre, after which White's
king becomes very weak.} (27... Nxg4 $2 28. e5 {would offer White the desired
counterplay.}) 28. e5 Qb6 29. Kf1 $2 {White's king enters a dangerous zone and
eventually gets punished.} (29. Qd3 cxd4 30. Qxd4 (30. cxd4 Rxe5 $17) 30... Qc7
$5 $17 {is not rosy for White, either. Still, it was the lesser evil.}) 29...
cxd4 30. cxd4 (30. exf6 $2 {loses to} Qxf6+ 31. Rf2 Nxd2+ 32. Qxd2 Rxe1+ $19)
30... Qxd4 31. Bc3 Qf4+ 32. Rf2 (32. Kg1 Nxg4 {was hopeless for White.}) 32...
Ne3+ {There were many roads to Rome, but this one is both pretty and
straightforward.} 33. Rxe3 Qxe3 34. exf6 {It looks as if White were alright,
but...} Qe1+ $1 {forces mate. A beautiful finale!} 0-1

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2003.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2003.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd3
$5 {Ein seltener Zug hier. Weiss bevorzugt normalerweise einen Aufbau mit Qb3.}
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. Bd2 (10. e4 {ist wegen} dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bb4+
13. Bd2 Qa5 {nicht empfehlenswert.}) 10... Qe7 ({Hier dachte ich lange nach,
da ich f4 nicht zulassen wollte. Aber die Befreiungsversuche im Zentrum
versprechen keinen Ausgleich:} 10... e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 (11... Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5
13. dxe5 Bxe5 (13... Nxe5 14. Bb5+ Nc6 15. Bc3 $14) 14. Bb4 $36) 12. Nb5 Be7 (
12... Bb8 13. Bb4 e4 14. Bc2 Qb6 15. Rc1) 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bc3 $14) ({oder} 
10... c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bb5+ $14) ({Die Vorbereitung mittels} 
10... a6 {geht zu langsam wegen} 11. c5 Bc7 12. f4 {, und nach} Ba5 13. Rb1 $5
Bxc3 14. bxc3 {besitzt Weiss die Initiative.}) 11. c5 (11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4
Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bb4) (11. a3 $5 {/\ e4}) 11... Bc7 12. f4 Nh5 {[%cal Gh5g3]} 13.
O-O-O f5 14. b4 (14. g4 {lag im Zentrum meiner Sorgen, da mir der weisse
Raumgewinn am Königsflügel gar nicht gefiel. Nach} Nhf6 15. h3 $5 ({weniger
gut ist} 15. g5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 $1 (16... dxe4 17. Bc4 {[%csl Rd7,Ye6][%cal
Yc4e6] xNd7}) 17. Bc2 b6 18. b4 a5 $36 {[%csl Rc1] und Schwarz reisst den
Damenflügel zu seinen Günsten auf}) {muss Schwarz wieder am Damenflügel
handeln, wobei die Lage infolge von} 15... b6 16. b4 a5 17. b5 bxc5 18. bxc6
Nb8 19. Bb5 {unübersichtlich ist. Denn Weiss kann auch gelegentlich ein Wort
am Königsflügel sagen.}) 14... Nhf6 15. Kc2 Kf7 ({Am Damenflügel sofort zu
reagieren gefiel mir nicht:} 15... a5 $2 16. b5) (15... b5 16. a4 a5 17. bxa5)
({oder} 15... b6 16. Ba6) 16. Rb1 (16. b5 {erlaubt evt.} cxb5 $5 17. Nxb5 Rhc8)
16... b6 17. Ba6 Rab8 18. h3 ({Das thematische} 18. b5 {führt zu unklarem
Spiel nach} bxc5 19. bxc6 Nb6 (19... Rxb1 20. Kxb1 $5 Nb6 $13) 20. dxc5 (20.
Nb5 Nc4) 20... Qxc5 21. Qb5 Qe7 $13 {[%csl Rc2]}) 18... Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 {
[%csl Re3][%cal Gd7f6,Gf6d5] Eine ähnliche Struktur hatte ich schon in zwei
früheren Partien, daher segelte ich nicht in unbekannten Wässern.} 20. Qc4 Nf6
(20... b5 {wäre wünschenswert, aber leider kommt Weiss in Vorteil nach} 21. Qe2
Nf6 22. a4 Qd7 23. Rhc1 {[%cal Gc5c6] gefolgt von Kd1, dem Tausch auf b5 und
c6.}) 21. cxb6 $6 ({Nach dem richtigen} 21. b5 {zögerte ich zwischen 21...Nd5
22.bxc6 g5 und 21...} cxb5 22. Rxb5 Nd5 {Im Nachhinein sieht es aus, als wäre
die zweite Option die bessere, wobei die Stellung unklar bleibt.}) 21... axb6
$6 ({Ich befürchtete} 21... Rxb6 22. a4 Bd6 23. a5 Rbb8 24. Qxc6 Nd5 25. b5 {
, aber} Bb4 {[%csl Re3]} (25... g5 26. fxg5) (25... Nc7 26. Kd1 Nxa6 27. Qxa6)
26. Rb3 Bxd2 27. Kxd2 g5 28. fxg5 Qxg5 {gibt Schwarz gute Kompensation.}) 22.
a4 ({Falls} 22. Qxc6 {ist} b5 $5 23. Bxb5 Bxf4 {[%cal Gh8c8]} 24. Ba6 Bd6 25.
b5 Nd5 $44 {[%cal Gg6g5,Gf5f4] möglich}) 22... Bd6 23. Qxc6 Nd5 24. Qc4 (24. b5
Rhd8 {mit der Idee g5}) 24... g5 ({In Betracht kam auch} 24... b5 25. axb5 g5 {
[%csl Ra6,Gb6] , damit der Ba6 abgeschnitten wird, und die weissen bauern
einigermassen blockiert werden. Nach} 26. fxg5 Qxg5 27. Qe2 {wäre die Lage
unklar.}) 25. g3 (25. fxg5 Qxg5 26. Qe2 Ra8 27. b5 Ra7 $44) 25... gxf4 26. gxf4
g5 27. fxg5 Qxg5 28. Kb3 ({Nach} 28. Qe2 Rh4 (28... Ke7 $5) 29. Rbg1 Qh6 {
erhält Schwarz ebenfalls genügend Spiel}) 28... Rhg8 29. Rbe1 Ke7 $1 {Hier
steht der König am besten. Der Bd6 wird auch vorbeugend gedeckt, sodass Qc6
gefolgt von Bc4 nicht mit Tempo erfolgt.} 30. Qc1 ({Nach} 30. Qe2 {erhält
Schwarz mittels} Qh6 31. Reg1 Rxg1 32. Rxg1 Qxh3 {gutes Spiel.}) 30... Qh6 31.
Reg1 Rxg1 32. Qxg1 (32. Rxg1 f4 $36) 32... f4 33. Bc4 $6 ({Nach} 33. exf4 Bxf4
34. Be1 ({das Endspiel nach} 34. Bxf4 $6 Qxf4 35. Qg7+ Kd6 36. Qe5+ Qxe5 37.
dxe5+ Kxe5 $15 {[%cal Ge4e3] begünstigt den Nachziehenden}) 34... Rf8 {sieht
der weisse König nicht gut aus, aber dies war die besste Wahl.}) 33... fxe3 34.
Bc1 $6 (34. Bxd5 $2 exd2 35. Bxe4 Rc8 {[%cal Gc8c1] ist unmöglich, aber}) (34.
Be1 Rf8 {erlaubte noch Widerstand.}) 34... Rf8 35. Qg2 $6 (35. h4 Rf3 $17)
35... Rf3 36. Bxd5 exd5 37. Qe2 Qh8 $5 (37... Qh4 {war auch gut genug, aber
der Textzug bereitet die Schlusskombination vor.}) 38. Bb2 Rf2 39. Qb5 Rxb2+ $1
40. Kxb2 Qxd4+ 41. Kb3 Be5 {Weiss hat kein Schach zur Verfügung, und neben den
Mattdrohungen beabsichtigt Schwarz den siegbringenden Damentausch 42...Qd3} 0-1

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2001.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2001.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. g3 (10. h3 {könnte präziser sein, um die weissen Felder
am Königsflügel nicht zu schwächen.}) 10... Nb6 {Ein typisches Mannöver, wobei
Schwarz den Verlust zweier Tempis nicht befürchtet. Wichtiger ist ihm, dass
die Spannung im Zentrum aufgelöst wird.} 11. c5 Nbd7 12. Qc2 ({Um b6 zu
neutralisieren, muss die weisse Dame wieder ziehen. Auf} 12. Qa4 {würde
Schwarz den Vorstoss b4-b5 am besten mit} a6 13. b4 Rd8 {beantworten, und nach}
14. f4 {[%cal Re6e5] mittels} g5 $5 (14... Ne4 {[%csl Ge4] ist auch möglich,
aber der direkte Weg gefällt mir besser}) 15. Bg2 gxf4 16. exf4 g6 {[%csl Rd4]
[%cal Gf8g7,Gg7d4] mit Druck auf d4 reagieren.}) 12... e5 ({Natürlich nicht} 
12... b6 13. b4 a5 $2 {wegen} 14. cxb6 Qxb6 15. Na4) 13. b4 Be7 14. Bg2 Nf8 ({
Ich verbrauchte hier viel Zeit, da ich nicht bestimmen konnte, welche Felder
meine Leichtfiguren besetzen mussten. Klar ist, dass ein Springer nach e6
überführt werden soll, aber auch} 14... Nh7 15. O-O Ng5 {war eine denkwürdige
Option. Ich verwarf sie, weil ich befürchtete, dass Kortschnoj die
Dezentralisierung des Nf6 mittels e3-e4 mal bestrafen könnte.}) 15. b5 Ne6 16.
bxc6 bxc6 17. Qa4 O-O 18. O-O g5 $1 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Ge5e4,Gg5g4,Ge6g5]} 19.
Rab1 ({Nach der Partie hielt Kortschnoj} 19. dxe5 {für die kritische
Fortsetzung. Ich hatte vor, diesen Zug mittels} Nd7 {zu bekämpfen, da die
beiden Möglichkeiten} (19... Nxc5 $6 20. exf6 Nxa4 21. fxe7 Qxe7 22. Nxa4) ({
und} 19... Qxe5 20. Qxc6 Rfc8 21. Nxd5 Rxc6 22. Nxe7+ Kh7 23. Nxc6 Qxc5 24.
Rfc1 {bloss zu Schwierigkeiten führen}) {Nach 19...Nd7 würde das Opfer} 20.
Bxd5 cxd5 (20... Nxe5 $2 21. Bxe6 Nf3+ 22. Kg2 fxe6 23. Ne4) 21. Nxd5 Qd8 22.
Ba5 Qe8 23. c6 Ndc5 (23... Nb6 $5) 24. Qc4 Rc8 {nicht genug Kompensation
versprechen, sodass Weiss ein kompliziertes Mittelspiel mittels 20.f4 suchen
sollte.}) 19... Rfb8 20. Ne2 $2 ({Kortschnoj kann seinem Temperamenten keinen
Widerstand leisten und sehnt sich nach Kampf! Besser war es jedoch, sich mit
der ausgeglichenen Stellung zu begnügen, die nach} 20. Rxb8+ Rxb8 21. Rb1 Rxb1+
22. Nxb1 {entsteht.}) ({In der gemeinsamen Analyse schlug ich auch} 20. Rb3 {
[%cal Gf1b1] vor, aber Viktor Kortschnoj bedachte diesen Zug mit einer
wegwerfenden Handbewegung! Tortzdem scheint mir diese Idee Aufmerksamkeit zu
verdienen. Schwarz kann nämlich die Turmverdoppelung auf der offenen Linie
kaum dulden, aber nach} Rxb3 21. axb3 {[%cal Gb3b5] droht Weiss, die
gegnerische Bauernkette mittels b4-b5 zu unterminieren. Am besten würde dann
Schwarz mit} g4 {reagieren, was} 22. b4 {[%csl Rd4] wegen der Anfälligkeit des
Bauern d4 zeitweilig verhindert.}) 20... exd4 $2 ({Wenn ich gegen Viktor
Kortschnoj spiele, habe ich immer den Eindruck, dass seine Züge besonders
stark sind. Früher in dieser Partie hatte ich vor, Ne2 mit} 20... e4 $1 {
[%csl Rf3][%cal Gg5g4,Ge6g5,Gg5f3] zu begegnen, aber hier hielt ich plötzlich
seine Offensive am Damenflügel für stärker als meine eigenen Handlungen auf
der anderen Seite. Indem ich meinem Gegner traute, entschied ich mich, seine
Aktivität durch Gegenspiel auf d4 zu vermindern. Aber in Tat und Wahrheit war
die Zeit schon gekommen, die Initiative zu ergreifen. Falls Weiss nun g4
mittels} 21. f3 {bekämpft, erhält Schwarz lästigen Druck auf den weissen
Feldern:} exf3 22. Bxf3 g4 23. Bg2 Ne4 $1 ({nicht} 23... Ng5 $2 24. Rxb8+ Rxb8
25. e4 $1 {[%cal Rd2f4]}) 24. Ba5 Qd7 25. Nc3 N6g5 {[%csl Re4,Rf3,Gg5] mit
Vorteil.}) 21. exd4 Rxb1 22. Rxb1 Nd7 $2 ({Ein weiterer Blödsinn.} 22... Rb8 {
war normal, da} 23. Rxb8+ Qxb8 24. Qxc6 $2 {an} Qb2 {[%csl Rd2,Re2] scheitert.}
) 23. Bh3 $16 {[%csl Gd2,Gh3]} Rb8 24. Rxb8+ Nxb8 25. f4 $5 (25. Nc1 $16 {
[%cal Gc1d3]}) 25... gxf4 ({Ich betrachtete ebenfalls} 25... Nd7 26. Bxe6 fxe6
27. fxg5 e5 {, aber mein König hätte sich bald über Einsamkeit beschwert.}) 26.
Nxf4 ({Im Fall von} 26. Bxe6 fxe6 {konzentrierte ich mich auf die Folgen von
27.Bxf4 Qb7 28.Bxb8 Qxb8 29.Qxc6, was nach 29...Qb1+ 30. Kf2 Qf5+ usw. zum
Dauerschach führt. Kortschnoi analysierte am Brett nicht nur diese Variante
sondern auch} 27. Nxf4 Bf6 28. Nxe6 Qe7 29. Qb3 Qxe6 30. Qxb8+ Kf7 31. Qf4 (31.
Qxa7+ Kg6 32. Qa4 Qe4 {ist sehr gefährlich}) 31... Qe4 32. Qxe4 dxe4 {Seine
Schlussfolgerung lautete: "Dieses Endspiel sollte Remis sein, auch wenn die
Läufer das Brett verlassen". Ich werde mich jetzt nicht in die Geheimnisse
dieser Stellung versinken, aber diese Anekdote zeigt wohl, wie Kortschnoj
unglaubliche Rechenfähigkeit mit seinem Spielverständnis verbindet.}) 26...
Nxf4 27. Bxf4 Qb7 28. Bxb8 $2 ({Nach diesem Fehler ist die Welt wieder in
Ordnung für Schwarz. Nach} 28. Qb3 Qxb3 29. axb3 Na6 30. Kf2 {hätte ich einen
schwierigen Kampf vor mir gehabt, da das Läuferpaar in solchem Endspiel eine
starke Waffe bildet. Nicht einmal die Fortsetzung} Nb4 31. Ke3 Bf6 32. Bf5 g6
33. Bb1 Bd8 {funktionniert, wegen} 34. Bb8 a5 35. Ba7 {[%cal Ga7b6]}) 28...
Qxb8 29. Qxc6 Qb1+ (29... Bf6 30. Qxd5 Qb4 {war ebenfalls möglich, aber ich
hatte nicht vor, mit einem Bauern weniger nach} 31. c6 Qxd4+ 32. Qxd4 Bxd4+ {
weiterspielen zu müssen.}) 30. Bf1 Qe4 31. Qe8+ Kh7 32. Qxf7 $5 ({Kortschnoj
findet immer versteckte Ressourcen, um den Kampf zu verlängern. Nach} 32. Bd3
Qxd3 33. Qxe7 Qxd4+ 34. Kg2 {wären} Qc3 ({und} 34... f6 {zum Ausgleich
ausreichend.})) 32... Qxd4+ $6 $138 ({Plötzlich verstand ich, dass mein König
in grösserer Gefahr war als seiner! Mit wenig Zeit auf der Uhr verwarf ich} 
32... Bf6 33. h4 {, ohne zu bemerken, dass} Qf3 34. Bg2 $4 {die Dame wegen}
Bxd4+ {verliert! Anstelle von 34.Bg2?? müsste Weiss das Dauerschach mittels 34.
Bd3+ erzwingen.}) 33. Kg2 Bxc5 $2 ({Es genügte immer noch} 33... Qd2+ 34. Kh3 (
34. Kf3 Qd1+) 34... Qh6+ 35. Kg4 Qg5+ 36. Kf3 Bxc5 37. Bd3+ Kh6 {, um die
Partie zu retten.}) 34. Kh3 Qe3 ({In diesem Augenblick verblieben uns je 2
Minuten.} 34... Qe4 35. Bg2 {war mir unangenehm, aber nach} Qe5 {gab es noch
nichts Tragisches.}) 35. Qxd5 g6 36. Bd3 Kh6 37. Be4 Qf2 $2 ({Das Schach auf
f1 erschien mir sehr stark, aber der Textzug verliert glatt! Nach} 37... Qg5
38. Qc4 {wäre meine Stellung weiterhin schwierig, aber trotzdem
verteidigungsfähig gewesen.}) ({Ebenfalls} 37... Qd4 {erwies sich als eine
bessere Verteidgung.}) 38. Qe6 Qf1+ 39. Kh4 {Es droht Matt, Schwarz kann
praktisch aufgeben. Obwohl Viktor nur noch eine Sekunde auf der Uhr hatte,
verzichtete ich auf 39...Qh3+...} Kg7 40. Qxg6+ Kf8 41. Qf5+ $2 ({Wenn
Kortschnoj der Tatsache bewusst gewesen wäre, dass er die Kontrolle schon
erreicht hatte, hätte er den sofortigen Tausch vielleicht vermieden.} 41. Qh6+
Ke7 42. Qg5+ Qf6 43. Qxf6+ Kxf6 44. g4 {hätte leicht gewonnen, wie die
kommende Endspielanalyse zeigen wird.}) 41... Qxf5 42. Bxf5 {Mein erster
Eindruck war, dass dieses Endspiel zu halten war, zumal ich mich an
vergleichbare Themen aus einer früheren Partie gegen Avrukh erinnerte. Leider
verwarf ich eine Rettungsmethode schnell, da ich mich von der schlechten
Stellung meines Königs beeinflussen liess. Etwas mehr Aufmerksamkeit hätte
mich erlaubt, zu entdecken, dass der Bf5 ebenfalls ungünstig steht!} Bg1 ({
Die Alternative war leichter:} 42... Be7+ 43. Kg4 (43. Kh5 Bd6 {[%csl Rg3,Rh2]}
) ({oder} 43. Kh3 Kg7 44. g4 Kh6 {[%csl Rg5,Rh4] gestatten keine Fortschritte})
43... Bb4 $1 {[%cal Gb4e1]} ({Der Schlüsselzug! Der Läufer muss nach e1 kommen,
um die Bauern g3-h4 zu blockieren. Das Schach auf e7 ist notwendig, da 42...
Bb4? 43.g4 so wie in der Partie gewinnen würde. Unausreichend ist auch} 43...
Kg7 44. h3 $1 Bd6 (44... Kf6 45. Bc2 Bd6 46. Kh4 $18) 45. Bc2 (45. Kh4 $2 Kh6
$1 $11) 45... Bc7 46. Kf3 Ba5 (46... Kf6 47. h4 $1 Ba5 48. g4 $18) 47. g4 $1 {
und Schwarz kann 48.g5 und 48.h4 nur mit} Bd8 {gleichzeitig verhindern, wonach}
48. Kg3 Bc7+ 49. Kh4 {entscheidet.}) {Jetzt sichert} 44. h3 Be1 45. Kf4 Kg7 46.
g4 Bd2+ $11 {die Punkteteilung, da dem weissen König das Feld f5 verboten wird.
Dann wird einfach eine schwarzfeldrige Blockade organisiert.}) 43. Kh3 ({
Eine wichtige theoretische Stellung wird nach} 43. h3 Bf2 44. Kg4 Kg7 45. h4 (
45. Kf4 Be1 $1) 45... Kf6 46. Bc2 Be1 47. Kh3 Ke5 48. g4 Kf4 {erreicht, wobei
der Bauer g4 auch schon auf g5 stehen könnte. Der einzige Weg zum Sieg für
Weiss besteht in der Überführung des Königs vor die Bauern, wie in der Partie
geschehen wird. Im Fall der Stellung unmittelbar nach dem Damentausch befindet
sich zwar der König auf h4, aber dank Läufermannövern gelingt es dem
Nachziehenden, ihn zurückzustossen.}) 43... Kf7 $2 (43... Bf2 $2 44. g4 {und})
(43... Be3 $2 44. g4 Bf4 45. Kg2 Kg7 46. h4 Kf6 (46... Bd2 47. g5) 47. Kf3 Bd2
48. Bc2 {gefolgt von 49.g5 und 50.Kg4 ändern nichts,}) ({aber} 43... Bc5 $1 {
[%csl Rg3,Rh2][%cal Gc5d6,Gd6h2] hätte den halben Punkt gerettet. Ich
betrachtete zwar diesen Zug, übersah aber nach} 44. g4 ({für} 44. Kg4 Bb4 $1 {
, siehe 42...Be7, aber 44...Kg7 reicht ebenfalls aus.}) (44. Kg2 Kg7 45. h4 Kf6
46. g4 Ke5 47. Kg3 Bb4 $1 48. Bc2 Be1+ 49. Kh3 Kf4 $11) 44... Bd6 45. g5 {
den einfachen} Bf4 {Nach dem Textzug führt Weiss seinen König vor die Bauern.})
44. g4 Kf6 45. Kg3 Be3 46. Bc2 Bd2 47. Kh4 $1 {Weiss lässt Kh5, h4 und g5
folgen, wobei sein Vordringen leicht erfolgt. Ohne a-Bauern wäre das Ganze
natürlich Remis, da Schwarz seinen Läufer für die beiden Bauern ständig opfern
könnte.} 1-0

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 {Black can also
choose 6...Bg4 or 6...Be4, but the move in the text is considered as the most
solid option.} 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Nxg6 {White has no reason to delay this exchange
as, in some cases the black bishop might run away to h5.} hxg6 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10.
cxd5 {An alternative plan of developing the bishop to g2 followed by kingside
castling usually brings Black no troubles.} (10. g3 Be7 11. Rc1 Nb6 12. cxd5
exd5 13. Bg2 Nc4 14. Qc2 Qd7 15. Na4 O-O 16. O-O Rfe8 17. Bc3 Qf5 18. b3 Nd6
19. Nc5 Nfe4 20. Bb4 a5 21. Ba3 Nxc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc2 23. Rxc2 Nb5 $11 {0-1
Azmaiparashvili,Z (2674)-Gelfand,B (2701)/Moscow 2001/CBM 086 (68)}) 10... exd5
11. O-O-O a5 (11... Nb6 12. h3 (12. f3 $5 Rxh2 13. Rxh2 Qxh2 14. e4 O-O-O 15.
e5 Ne8 16. a4 $44 {[%cal Ga4a5,Ga5a6]}) 12... Be7 13. Kb1 a5 14. Bd3 a4 15. Qc2
Nc4 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. a3 b5 18. Na2 O-O 19. e4 c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 $11 {1-0
Koneru,H (2537)-Sharma,D (2370)/Visakhapatnam 2006/CBM 111 ext (45)}) 12. f3 $6
(12. Bd3 {seems logical. Now} a4 $2 {does not work} ({Black should play} 12...
Be7 {with a double-edged position.}) {in view of} 13. Nxa4 b5 14. Nc3 b4 15.
Na4 Qa7 16. Bc2 $16) 12... a4 $1 13. Qc2 ({The pawn is taboo. After} 13. Nxa4
$2 b5 14. Nc3 b4 15. Ne2 c5 16. Qc2 c4 {Black gets a smashing attack.}) 13...
a3 14. b3 Bb4 $6 {Actually, I didn't understand why both players ignored the
Ph2. Here are some sample variations that could arise:} (14... Rxh2 15. Rxh2 (
15. Nb5 {is just a waste in view of} Qb8) 15... Qxh2 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 (17.
fxe4 Bb4 18. e5 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Nd5 $15) 17... Be7 18. Re1 Kf8 19. Bc4 Nd5 (19...
Qxg2 $4 20. Nxf6 Nxf6 21. Rxe7 $1 Kxe7 22. Bb4+ {[%csl Rg2]}) 20. g3 N7b6 21.
Qd1 {[%cal Ge1h1,Gh1h8]} Kg8 22. Rh1 Qg2 {The queen is not trapped, Black has
nothing to worry about.}) 15. Kb1 {Threatening 16.Nb5.} Qb6 16. g4 O-O (16...
O-O-O $2 17. g5 $16 {[%csl Rd5]}) 17. h4 {White's kingside offensive seems to
be dangerous. However, the position is still far from being clearly better for
White; Black's resources in the centre should not be underestimated.} Rfe8 (
17... c5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. g5 Rfc8 $1 (19... Nh5 $2 20. Nxd5 $1 $16) 20. gxf6
Bxc3 21. Bh3 Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Rc7 23. Bxd7 Rxd7 24. fxg7 $14) (17... Rac8 18. Bh3
{[%cal Gg4g5] is annoying for Black.}) 18. Rc1 Qa5 (18... c5 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20.
g5 Nh5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Bxb4 Qxf3 23. Bg2 Qxe3 24. Rhd1 Ne5 25. Bd6 $14 {
White's bishops are very strong.}) 19. Bd3 (19. h5 g5 20. Bd3 Nf8 (20... Rac8
$2 21. h6 g6 22. Bxg6 $18) 21. h6 g6 {and White's h-pawn is actually the key
defender of Black's king.}) 19... Nf8 20. h5 g5 21. Bf5 Rad8 22. Qd3 {Neither
sides has succeeded in opening files against the opponent's king, therefore
both are trying to concentrate all forces in the centre.} b6 23. Rc2 c5 24. Rd1
Re7 $6 {Black should not double his rooks along the e-file. It was more
important to bring the Nf8 into play.} (24... Ne6 $1 {with the idea 25...cxd4
and 26...Nf4. In this case some spectacular variations could appear in which
one of the sides is forced to give a perpetual check.} 25. Bxe6 (25. Nb5 Bxd2
26. Rdxd2 (26. Rcxd2 $2 Qb4 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gc5c4]}) 26... Qb4 27. dxc5 bxc5
28. Bxe6 c4 29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 30. Qg6+ Kg8 31. h6 Rd7 32. Rxd5 cxb3 33. Rxd7 bxc2+
34. Kxc2 Qb2+ 35. Kd1 Qa1+ 36. Ke2 Qb2+ 37. Kd1 Qa1+ 38. Ke2 $11) 25... Rxe6
26. Qf5 cxd4 27. exd4 Rc8 28. Rdc1 (28. Nxd5 Rxc2 29. Nxf6+ Rxf6 30. Qxc2 Bxd2
31. Rxd2 Rxf3 32. Qc8+ Kh7 33. Qc2+ $11) 28... Rec6 29. h6 gxh6 $1 30. Nxd5
Qxd5 31. Rxc6 Rxc6 32. Rxc6 Qxd4 $1 33. Qxf6 (33. Bc1 Nd5 34. Rc4 Qd1 35. Rc8+
Kg7 36. Qe5+ f6 37. Qe4 Nc3+ 38. Rxc3 Bxc3 39. Qe7+ $11) 33... Qd3+ $1 34. Ka1
Qxd2 35. Rc8+ Bf8 36. Kb1 Qd1+ 37. Rc1 Qd3+ 38. Rc2 Qd1+ $11) 25. Bc1 $1 Rc7 (
25... Ne6 {Now it's weaker than on the previous move.} 26. Nb5 Nc7 27. Nxc7
Rxc7 28. e4 dxe4 29. fxe4 Rxd4 30. Qxd4 cxd4 31. Rxc7 $16) 26. Ne2 Re7 {
Black's last few moves show that Grischuk lost his way...} 27. Ng1 $1 {The
knight is going to h3 to attack the Pg5.} (27. e4 $6 dxe4 28. fxe4 cxd4 29.
Bxg5 Ne6 30. Bxf6 gxf6 {is far from clear.}) 27... Rde8 $2 {The doubling along
the e-file brings Black no benefits. This was the last chance to bring the
knight into the battle.} (27... Ne6 28. Nh3 $140 c4 $1 {By this pawn sacrifice
Black is getting an access to the important c3-square.} 29. bxc4 dxc4 30. Rxc4
b5 31. Rc6 Nd5 32. Qb3 Nc3+ 33. Rxc3 Bxc3 34. Qxa3 Qc7 {with unclear
consequences.}) 28. Nh3 cxd4 (28... N8h7 {is just too passive to be acceptable.
}) 29. exd4 Re1 30. Nf2 N6h7 31. Rxe1 Bxe1 (31... Rxe1 32. Rc8 Nf6 33. Nd1 $1
$16 {[%cal Gc1g5]}) 32. Re2 Rxe2 33. Qxe2 Bxf2 34. Qxf2 {The difference
between White's bishops and Black's knights is amazing. The position can be
evaluated as won for White.} g6 35. hxg6 fxg6 36. Bd3 Ne6 {Trying to activate
the pieces at the price of a pawn, but too late.} 37. Bxg6 Nhf8 38. Bf5 Qb4 39.
Qe3 (39. Qe2 Kf7 40. Qa6 Qxd4 41. Qb7+ Kf6 42. Bxa3 Qd1+ 43. Bc1 {is similar
to the game and winning for White as well.}) 39... Kf7 40. Qe5 Qxd4 41. Qb8 Qd1
42. Qxb6 Nd4 43. Qc7+ Ke8 44. Qc3 (44. Qe5+ Nfe6 45. Qxd5 {would have been
simpler.}) 44... Nxf5 (44... Nfe6 45. Qd3 Qxd3+ 46. Bxd3 Nxf3 47. Bxa3 $18) 45.
gxf5 d4 46. Qc2 Qf1 47. Qe4+ Kf7 48. Kc2 {Black's queen alone can't create any
serious threats.} Nh7 49. Qd5+ Kg7 50. Qd7+ Kg8 51. Qe6+ Kh8 52. Qe8+ Kg7 53.
Qg6+ Kh8 54. f6 d3+ 55. Kb1 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.04.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 {This is White's only
way to fight for a slight opening advantage, counting on a pair of bishops in
the long run.} Bg6 ({Black can also retreat with the bishop after provoking
some concession:} 6... Be4 7. f3 Bg6) (6... Bg4 7. f3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 {However,
practice has showed that White's advanced pawns on the kingside usually yield
him more space rather than permanent weaknesses.}) 7. Be2 ({Other common way
of development is} 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd2 Nbd7 9. Rc1 {keeping an option to
develop the light-squared bishop either to e2 or g2.}) 7... Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9.
g3 O-O 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. b3 {David Navara had already played this position as
White.} Qe7 (11... a6 12. Bf3 b5 13. Bd2 Bc7 14. Rc1 bxc4 15. bxc4 Nb6 16. cxd5
cxd5 17. Na4 Nc4 18. Bb4 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Nxd6 20. Be2 Qa5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,
R (2706)-Navara,D (2656)/Carlsbad 2007/CBM 120 (31)}) 12. a3 {Restricting the
possibilities of Black's bishop.} (12. Bf3 Rac8 13. Bd2 Rfd8 14. Bg2 Ba3 15.
Rb1 Bb4 16. Qe1 a5 17. Rc1 dxc4 18. bxc4 e5 19. Ne2 exd4 20. Nxd4 Ne5 $15 {
0-1 Rodshtein,M (2626)-Khismatullin,D (2584)/Dagomys RUS 2008/The Week in
Chess 701 (40)}) 12... Rfd8 13. Bf3 Rac8 14. Bb2 Bb8 15. Rc1 Bd6 $1 {I guess,
this is an important psychological moment in the game. Grischuk does not mind
draw ing with Black. However, according to "Sofia rules", which applied in
this tournament, players are not allowed to agree on a draw without an
arbiter's permission. Therefore, White is the first side that must avoid the
repetition. Actually, even without these "Sofia rules", David would never
agree to a draw in the opening...} (15... dxc4 $6 16. bxc4 Ne5 17. Be2 c5 18.
d5 $14) 16. c5 {Of course not 16.Ra1...} Bb8 17. Bg2 $2 {Threatening to play
18.f4 but, Black is in time to push e6-e5. It was better to prepare the
counterstrike e3-e4.} (17. Re1 $1 e5 18. e4 $1 exd4 (18... dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4
20. Bxe4 f5 21. Bg2 e4 22. f3 e3 23. Qd3 f4 24. Qxg6 $14) 19. exd5 Ne5 (19...
Qxc5 $6 20. dxc6 dxc3 21. cxb7 Rc7 22. Rxc3 {with great compensation for the
piece. The Pb7 is very strong.}) 20. Nb1 $1 (20. Na4 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. f4
d3 $1 {[%cal Gd3d2]} 23. Re3 d2 24. Rc2 Nf3+ $1 25. Rxf3 Qe1+ 26. Rf1 Qe3+ 27.
Kg2 Qe4+ 28. Kg1 (28. Rf3 $4 Qxc2 $1 $19) 28... Qe3+ $11) 20... Nxd5 (20...
cxd5 21. Bg2 Ne4 22. b4 $14) 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. f4 Rxc5 23. Nd2 {In this case
Black would not get enough for the knight.}) 17... e5 18. b4 e4 {Seizing space
on the kingside. I would already prefer the black side here. His plan of
developing the kingside offensive might be as follows: g6-g5-g4 followed by
Nd7-f8-e6-g5-f3, or g7-g6, Kg8-g7 and transferring his major pieces to an open
h-file. White should now seek some simplifications.} 19. f4 $5 {The downside
of this move is quite clear. Black will get a target along the e-file. On the
other hand, if White tried to slowly prepare his queenside offensive, Black's
initiative on the kingside would become very dangerous.} (19. b5 {is met by} b6
$1 20. cxb6 Nxb6 {and the knight will occupy an excellent c4 outpost.}) 19...
exf3 20. Qxf3 Re8 21. Rce1 {[%cal Ge3e4]} Ne4 $1 22. Nxe4 dxe4 $15 {Black has
closed the e-file, but vacated an excellent d5 square for his knight.} 23. Qf2
Nf6 24. d5 $1 {Otherwise, after Nf6-d5 White's dark-squared bishop will not be
worth more than a pawn.} Nxd5 25. Bxe4 Nf6 26. Bf3 (26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Bc2 Be5
$15) 26... Be5 27. Bd4 Rcd8 28. a4 a6 29. b5 $1 {Navara is correctly
exchanging as many pawns as possible.} axb5 30. axb5 cxb5 31. c6 bxc6 32. Bxc6
Rf8 (32... Ng4 {is tempting but not so effective.} 33. Qf3 Bxd4 34. Bxe8 Bxe3+
35. Kh1 Rxe8 36. Qxg4 $11) 33. Bxb5 Bxd4 34. exd4 Qb4 35. Rb1 Qxd4 36. Qxd4
Rxd4 37. Rfd1 Rfd8 38. Rxd4 Rxd4 {Objectively speaking this endgame should be
drawn. However, White has to be accurate in his defence and it is very easy to
go astray.} 39. Bc6 Ng4 40. Rb2 Ne5 41. Bb5 g5 42. Be2 Rd7 43. Kf2 g6 44. Rb4
f5 45. h4 {Any pawn exchange favours the defending side.} g4 46. Rf4 {[%cal
Gh4h5]} Rh7 {Preventing h4-h5.} 47. Ra4 Rb7 48. Rf4 Rb2 {Of course, Black must
activate his rook if he wants to have any practical chances of success.} 49.
Ke1 Kg7 50. h5 Kf6 51. hxg6 Nxg6 52. Ra4 Kg5 53. Ra8 Ne7 54. Rd8 Ra2 55. Rd6
Ng8 56. Ra6 Rc2 57. Ra7 Nf6 58. Bd3 Rc3 59. Kd2 Rc5 60. Ke3 $2 {The decisive
mistake.} ({It was necessary to bring the rook to the 3rd rank:} 60. Ra3 Nh5
61. Be2 {[%csl Yg3][%cal Ya3g3]}) 60... Nh5 61. Kf2 Rc3 62. Rd7 Rb3 {The
following check on the 2nd rank is decisive. White loses the Pg3.} 63. Rd4 Ra3
64. Rd8 Ra2+ 65. Ke3 Nxg3 {Two extra pawns promise Black an easy win, even
though some accuracy is still required.} 66. Rg8+ Kf6 67. Rf8+ Ke7 68. Rh8 (68.
Rxf5 Nxf5+ 69. Bxf5 g3 $19 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Gg3g2,Gg2g1]}) 68... Kf6 69. Rf8+
Kg7 70. Rd8 Ra4 71. Rd6 f4+ 72. Kf2 Ne4+ 73. Bxe4 Rxe4 74. Ra6 Kf7 75. Rb6 Re6
76. Rb8 Kf6 77. Rg8 Kf5 78. Rf8+ Rf6 79. Rh8 Kg5 80. Rg8+ Rg6 81. Rf8 Rh6 82.
Rg8+ Kh4 83. Rf8 Kh3 $1 {The safest way, giving up one pawn and transposing to
an easy theoretical win.} 84. Rxf4 Ra6 85. Rf8 Ra2+ 86. Kg1 Ra1+ 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 40th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2012.07.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 {The most solid
continuation. The alternatives 6...Be4 and 6...Bg4 provoke some pawn advances,
but it's not clear whether it's a concession or not.} 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O dxc4 {
The standard operation in the centre. Later on Black is going to push one of
the two pawns: c6-c5 or e6-e5.} (8... Bd6 9. g3 O-O 10. a3 dxc4 11. Nxg6 hxg6
12. Bxc4 c5 13. Be2 Nb6 14. Bf3 Qe7 15. Qb3 Rfd8 16. Rd1 Rac8 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18.
Bd2 Rd7 19. Be1 $14 {1-0 Meier,G (2638)-Antoniewski,R (2607)/Marrakesh 2010/
CBM 137 Extra (47)}) 9. Nxg6 {Now it's time to capture the bishop.} ({In the
event of} 9. Bxc4 {Black has an option of keeping the bishop by} Bh5 $5 {
even though after} 10. Be2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 {White can hope for a slight edge
thanks to his superiority in space.}) 9... hxg6 {White has got the pair of
bishops, the advantage of which may become apparent in the long run. Meanwhile
Black has opened the h-file for counterplay.} 10. Bxc4 Qc7 {Threatening mate
in one. Just in case.} (10... Bd6 11. g3 Qe7 12. f4 c5 13. d5 Nb6 14. Bb5+ Kf8
15. dxe6 Qxe6 16. Be2 c4 17. Bf3 Bc5 18. Qe2 Rd8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Bacrot,E (2721)
-Ivanchuk,V (2703)/Jermuk 2009/CBM 132 (63)}) 11. h3 g5 {[%cal Gg5g4]} 12. Be2
{The safest way. Instead White had the option to go for 12.e4, which could
force Black to sacrifice a piece. The resulting variations are spectacular,
but objectively risky for White as his king will be going for a walk.} (12. e4
g4 13. e5 gxh3 $1 14. exf6 hxg2 15. Kxg2 Qh2+ 16. Kf3 O-O-O (16... Ne5+ $6 17.
dxe5 Qh5+ 18. Ke3 Qxe5+ 19. Kd2 O-O-O+ 20. Bd3 Rh3 21. Kc2 Rdxd3 22. Qxd3 Rxd3
23. Kxd3 $14) 17. Ke2 c5 18. Qc2 Nxf6 19. Nb5 (19. Be3 cxd4 20. Rh1 dxe3 21.
Rxh2 Rxh2 22. Kxe3 Bc5+ 23. Kf3 Rxf2+ 24. Qxf2 Bxf2 25. Kxf2 Rd2+ 26. Ke3 Rxb2
$15) 19... a6 20. Na7+ $1 Kb8 21. Nc6+ $1 bxc6 22. Rh1 $1 Qxh1 23. Bf4+ Bd6 24.
Rxh1 Rxh1 25. Qb3+ Kc7 26. Bxd6+ Kxd6 27. dxc5+ Ke7 28. Qb7+ Rd7 29. Qxc6 $13)
12... e5 13. Bd2 (13. d5 e4 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Qc2 Qe5 {with ideas such Bf8-d6
and g5-g4 promises Black good counterplay.}) 13... Rd8 14. Rc1 Nb6 15. Re1 (15.
a4 a6 16. a5 Nbd5 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18. Bc4 Rd7 {is very similar to the game. The
position is approximately equal.}) 15... Be7 16. a4 a6 {Black should not allow
the white pawn to get to a6 and ruin the structure.} 17. a5 Nbd5 18. Nxd5 Rxd5
(18... Nxd5 $6 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Qb3 Rd7 21. Bf3 O-O 22. Rcd1 Bd6 23. g3 $14)
19. Bc4 Rd7 20. Qb3 (20. dxe5 $2 Ne4 21. Qf3 Qxe5 $1 22. Qxf7+ Kd8 23. Bc3 Nxc3
24. bxc3 Bd6 25. Qe6 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Rf8 27. Rcd1 Qh1+ 28. Ke2 Qxg2 $17) 20... O-O
{Black can no longer delay castling.} 21. d5 Ne4 22. Qd3 (22. Bb4 $1 c5 (22...
Bxb4 $6 23. Qxb4 c5 24. Qa3 Nd6 25. Be2 Rc8 26. Rc2 $16 {[%csl Rc5]}) 23. Bd3
Qd8 24. Bc3 (24. Bxe4 cxb4 $11) 24... Nxc3 25. Qxc3 Rxd5 26. Be4 Rd7 27. Qxe5
g6 (27... Qxa5 $4 28. Qf5 $18 {[%cal Gf5d7,Gf5h7]}) 28. Qc3 {White doesn't
have much, but still Black is the one who needs to equalise.}) 22... Nxd2 23.
Qxd2 e4 {Now Black is fine.} 24. Red1 Rfd8 25. Qe2 (25. Qd4 Qxa5 26. Qxe4 Bf6
$15) 25... c5 {The centre has become static, White's passed pawn will be
safely blocked by the bishop.} (25... Qxa5 $6 26. dxc6 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 bxc6 28.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Qg4 $14) 26. b4 Qe5 {The position is still equal, but from a
practical point of view it's easier to handle it for the Black side, as he can
potentially create some threats against the white king.} 27. b5 Bd6 28. Qg4 $6
{The queen is not well posted here. In general White should play g2-g3 and
transfer his bishop to g2. This will secure the king's residence.} (28. g3 axb5
29. Bxb5 Re7 30. Qc2 f5 (30... Qf5 31. Bf1 $11) 31. Qc3 {After the exchange of
queens White will never get mated.}) 28... axb5 29. Bxb5 Re7 30. g3 g6 31. Kg2
$6 ({Again} 31. Bf1 $142 {[%cal Yf1g2] to make the king safe.}) 31... Kg7 32.
Rh1 $6 {Another step in the wrong direction. After this it's already difficult
for White to defend.} (32. Bf1 Rh8 33. Qe2 f5 34. Rb1 f4 35. Qb2 {is the
saving idea.}) 32... Rh8 33. Be2 (33. Rb1 f5 34. Qxg5 $2 Rh5 35. Qf4 Qf6 $19 {
[%csl Rf4]}) (33. Qe2 f5 $17 {[%cal Gf5f4]}) {[%tqu "En","Find the best move
for Black.","","","h8h5","Simply protecting the Pg5. Now Black is going to
roll the f-pawn forward to assault the white king.",5]} 33... Rh5 $1 {[%cal
Gf7f5] Simply protecting the Pg5. Now Black is going to roll the f-pawn
forward to assault the white king.} 34. Qc8 $2 {Obviously, a disastrous move
as the queen is going into a desert. On the other hand White's position is
already bad.} (34. Bc4 f5 35. Qd1 f4 36. Rc2 Qf6 $1 $40 (36... fxe3 $2 37. Qa1
{swapping the queen even at the cost of a pawn.})) 34... Rc7 35. Qa8 Rh8 36.
Qa7 {The queen has gone too far from the battlefield.} f5 37. Qb6 f4 {Black's
attack is irresistible.} 38. exf4 gxf4 39. gxf4 Qxf4 40. Qb3 Rf8 41. Qe3 {
The queen comes back to the defence, but too late.} Qf6 (41... Qh4 $1 {[%cal
Gc7f7] was more convincing.}) 42. Rc4 Bf4 43. Qxe4 Re7 44. Qd3 Bd6 {An extra
pawn doesn't help White much, the king is too vulnerable. Opposite coloured
bishops clearly favour the attacking side.} 45. f4 Rfe8 46. Bg4 Re3 47. Qc2
Bxf4 48. Rb1 Rg3+ 49. Kh1 Rxg4 $1 {The decisive strike.} 50. hxg4 Qh4+ 51. Kg1
Qxg4+ 52. Kf1 Qh3+ {A good game by Ponomariov.} (52... Qh3+ 53. Qg2 Qd3+ $19)
0-1

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 4th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2008.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. a3
Nbd7 9. g3 Be7 10. b3 (10. f4 {which was successfully experimented with by
Topalov in the World Championship match against Kramnik, might be a better way
to fight for an opening advantage.}) 10... e5 {White is making a lot of moves
with his pawns, delaying natural development. Therefore, this thrust in the
centre looks very logical.} (10... O-O $6 11. Bg2 b5 12. c5 a5 13. Bb2 Qc7 14.
O-O Rfe8 15. f4 Nh7 16. g4 f5 17. g5 $16 {1-0 Eljanov,P (2701)-L'Ami,E (2598)/
Germany 2007/EXT 2008 (65)}) 11. cxd5 (11. Bg2 e4 12. O-O Nb6 13. Bd2 Qd7 14.
c5 Nc8 15. f3 exf3 16. Qxf3 Bd8 17. h3 Ne7 18. g4 g5 19. Rae1 O-O 20. e4 dxe4
21. Qf2 Ned5 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Bf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sasikiran,K (2700)
-Svetushkin,D (2588)/Moscow 2007/CBM 117 (61)}) 11... Nxd5 $1 12. Nxd5 $6 {
After this careless exchange I already don't see a clear way for White to
equalize. It seems that Aronian wasn't well prepared for this opening
variation.} (12. Bb2 Nxc3 (12... Qa5 $6 13. Qc2 $1 exd4 14. b4 Qd8 15. Nxd5
cxd5 16. Bxd4 $14) 13. Bxc3 exd4 14. Bxd4 Bf6 (14... Qa5+ $6 15. b4 Qd5 16.
Bxg7 Qxh1 17. Bxh8 O-O-O 18. Bd4 $14) 15. Bg2 $11 {White does not have more
than equality here.}) 12... Qa5+ $1 {A very annoying check.} 13. Nc3 (13. Bd2
$2 Qxd5 $17 {[%csl Rd4,Rh1]}) 13... Qxc3+ 14. Bd2 Qb2 15. d5 $6 $146 {Trying
to weaken some light squares in Black's camp. Actually, this idea does not
work out properly. On the other hand, Black is already better in all lines.} (
15. Bg2 exd4 16. exd4 Qxd4 17. O-O O-O $6 (17... O-O-O $15) 18. Bb4 Qxd1 19.
Rfxd1 Bxb4 20. Rxd7 Bc3 21. Rc1 Bb2 22. Rc2 Bxa3 23. Rxb7 Rab8 24. Rxa7 Rxb3
25. Bxc6 Rb1+ 26. Kg2 Rc1 27. Rxc1 Bxc1 28. Bd5 $14 {1-0 Wang Yue (2644)
-Bobras,P (2542)/Cappelle la Grande 2007/CBM 117 ext (75)}) ({White is not
able to trap the queen after} 15. Rb1 Qxa3 16. b4 exd4 17. exd4 O-O $17) (15.
Qb1 Qxb1+ 16. Rxb1 exd4 17. exd4 Nb6 $15 {[%csl Rd4,Gd5]} (17... Bxa3 $2 18. b4
{[%csl Ra3]})) 15... cxd5 16. Bb5 a6 (16... Rd8 {was possible as well.} 17. Rb1
Qxa3 18. b4 e4 19. Rb3 Qa2 20. Bc3 d4 $1 21. Bxd4 a6 $17) 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 {
The king feels okay in the centre. White's pieces are passive and can't really
harass the black monarch.} 18. O-O e4 19. Bc3 $2 {Aronian preferred to
sacrifice a piece for some practical chances to suffering with a pawn down.
Frankly speaking, this looks more like a bluff.} (19. Bb4 Qe5 20. Bxe7 Kxe7 $17
) 19... Qxc3 20. Qxd5+ Ke8 21. Rac1 Qd3 22. Qxb7 Rd8 23. Rfd1 (23. Rc7 Bf6 24.
Rfc1 Rh5 $19) 23... Qxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 25. Kg2 a5 {All Black needs now is to
coordinate his forces. This is not that trivial, since his king has lost the
right to castle.} 26. g4 {Trying to prevent the activation of the rook via h5
square.} Kf8 27. Qxe4 g5 $1 28. Qf5 {[%csl Ra5]} Bd8 29. Qc5+ Kg8 30. Qe5 g6
31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Kh7 33. b5 Rf8 34. Qc5 Kg8 {Black managed to "castle".
The rest is pure technique.} 35. b6 {This is already a lack of concentration.
Anyway, White's position is completely lost.} Rb1 {[%csl Rb6]} 36. f4 Rb2+ 37.
Kg3 gxf4+ 38. exf4 Bxb6 39. Qc3 Rb1 40. f5 Rg1+ 41. Kh3 Re8 42. Qf6 Bf2 43.
Qg7+ {The last try.} Kxg7 44. f6+ Kf8 {Avoiding the last easy trap. White
resigned.} (44... Kxf6 $4 45. g5+ {could lead to stalemate!}) 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 (6... Be4) ({and} 
6... Bg4 {are also playable, but the move in the text considered as the most
solid one.}) 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd3 {In this position White can play almost every
legal move, the choice of Magnus is just one of the options.} (8. Bd2 Nbd7 9.
a3 Be7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. O-O Rc8 15. Rfd1
Qc7 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Be2 Nce4 18. Be1 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Rxd1 20. Bxd1 Qxc3 21.
Rxc3 Rxc3 22. Bxc3 {+/=/= 1/2-1/2 Carlsen,M (2693)-Anand,V (2786)/Dortmund
2007/CBM 119 (39)}) 8... Nbd7 (8... c5 9. Qb3 Qd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. dxc5 Bxc5
12. Qb5 (12. O-O $5 Nc6 (12... Bd6 13. f4 $14) 13. Rd1 $14) 12... Qxb5 13. Nxb5
Kd7 14. O-O Nc6 15. Rd1 Ke7 16. Bd2 Bb4 17. Nc3 Rac8 18. Rac1 Rhd8 19. a3 Bd6
20. Ne2 Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V (2744)-Gelfand,B (2724)/Saint Vincent 2005/CBM
110}) 9. O-O Bd6 10. h3 {So far the players have been following their previous
exciting encounter from the Tal Memorial.} dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O {Boris is the
first to deviate.} (11... Nb6 12. Bb3 e5 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Bd2 O-O-O 15. d5 (15.
Nb5 {might be an improvement for White trying to eliminate the dangerous
bishop.}) 15... e4 $1 16. dxc6 Qe5 17. f4 exf3 18. Rxf3 Ng4 $1 19. cxb7+ Kb8
20. hxg4 Rh1+ 21. Kf2 Rxa1 22. Ne2 $13 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2826)-Gelfand,B (2744)/
Moscow 2011/EXT 2012 (38)}) 12. Qc2 Qe7 {In general, the position is very
close to equal. In the long term White hopes to benefit from the pair of
bishops. Since none of Black's forces have advanced beyond the sixth rank, the
second player needs more space. For this purpose he may choose between two
main ideas: ..e6-e5 or ...c6-c5 to be carried out at an appropriate moment.}
13. Rd1 Rac8 14. Bd2 (14. e4 $6 {is met by} e5 {and Black gets good play on
the dark squares.}) 14... Nb6 15. Bf1 (15. Bb3 c5 (15... e5 $4 16. Qxg6 $18)
16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Rac1 Rd8 18. Be1 g5 19. Qe2 a6 {Black has a satisfactory
position.}) 15... e5 (15... c5 16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Qb3 {keeping slight, but
stable pressure.}) 16. dxe5 Bxe5 (16... Qxe5 {is less accurate.} {After} 17. g3
{later on the queen might get kicked away by f2-f4.}) 17. Rac1 Rcd8 18. Be1 {
Now massive exchanges along the d-file will follow. Both sides have no grounds
to avoid them, otherwise the opponent will seize the central line for free.}
Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. g3 (21. Na4 Nxa4 22. Qxa4 a6 (22... Bxb2
23. Qxa7 Qd7 24. Qa8+ Kh7 25. Qa4 Kg8 26. Qb3 Be5 27. a4 $14 {[%cal Gf1c4]})
23. Be2 Qd7 {Black is slightly worse, but has a solid position.}) 21... Qe7 22.
Bg2 Bd6 23. Bd2 Qe6 24. b3 Nbd5 25. Ne2 $1 (25. Nxd5 cxd5 $1 26. Bc3 Ne4 27.
Bd4 a6 {Black doesn't have any problems. His pieces are active enough and he
covers all the squares on the c-file against White's queen invasion.}) 25...
Nb4 26. Qb1 Qf5 $1 27. e4 Qc5 28. Nf4 $6 {I don't think that this is a good
provocation.} (28. Be3 Qa5 29. Qd1 Bf8 30. Nc1 (30. a4 Bc5 $11) 30... Nxa2 31.
Nxa2 Qxa2 32. e5 Nd5 $1 33. Bxd5 cxd5 34. Qxd5 b6 35. e6 Qb1+ 36. Kg2 Qf5 37.
exf7+ Qxf7 $11) 28... g5 $1 {Why not?} 29. Ne2 g4 {This pawn is annoying.} 30.
h4 (30. Be3 Qa5 31. Qd1 Bf8 $132) 30... Nd7 $2 {It's logical to transfer the
knight to e5, but White can now exploit the moment when Black has two pieces
on the d-file. So far Boris has played well, but this mistake ruins all his
efforts.} (30... Be5 $1 31. Be3 Qa5 32. Nc1 Qd8 {[%cal Gd8d1]} 33. Ne2 Qa5 {
The position is equal. If White pushes too hard, then after} 34. a4 Qd8 35.
Bxa7 $6 Qd2 36. Bf1 Nc2 {[%csl Re4] Black seizes the initiative.}) 31. Be3 Qc2
(31... Qa5 32. Qd1 {[%csl Rd6,Rd7] is the point.} Qc7 33. a3 Na6 34. b4 {
This position is extremely unpleasant for Black, perhaps just bad. The knight
on a6 is misplaced, the Pg4 is a target and the manoeuvre Ne2-d4-f5 is in the
air.}) 32. Qxc2 Nxc2 33. Bxa7 {It's a free pawn!} Ba3 (33... Bc5 34. Bxc5 Nxc5
{was an interesting practical chance. Black's knights are very active, though
after} 35. Nc1 {The extra pawn will tell sooner or later.}) (33... b6 34. e5
$18 {[%csl Rc6]}) 34. Nc3 Bb2 35. Nd1 (35. Na4 $6 {is less accurate:} Bd4 36.
Bxd4 Nxd4) 35... Bc1 36. Bf1 Nb4 (36... Ne5 37. Be2 f6 38. Bb8 Nf3+ (38... Nd4
$2 39. Bxe5 Nxe2+ 40. Kf1 fxe5 41. Kxe2 $18) 39. Kg2 Ncd4 40. Bc4+ Kf8 41. Ne3
b5 42. Bd6+ Ke8 43. Bg8 $18) 37. a4 Nf6 38. e5 Nd7 39. Bd4 Nc2 40. Bc3 Nc5 41.
Be2 {[%csl Rg4]} Ne4 (41... Nxb3 42. Bxg4 $18) 42. Bxg4 Nxc3 43. Nxc3 Bb2 44.
e6 $1 fxe6 45. Bxe6+ Kf8 46. Ne4 {Two extra pawns promise White an easy win.}
Nd4 47. Ng5 Ke7 48. Bg8 Kf8 49. Bc4 Ke7 50. Kg2 b5 51. Bg8 Kf8 52. a5 $1 {
[%csl Ga5]} 1-0

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 (8... Qb6 {is another option, but normally after the exchange of queens
White can achieve a slight pull without any risk.}) 9. Bd2 Be7 10. g3 ({
A few rounds later Giri played another game in this line:} 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11.
O-O-O dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Bd3 a6 14. Kb1 c5 15. dxc5 Nbd7 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17.
Bxe4 Nxc5 18. Qc3 Bf6 19. Qc2 Rc8 $11 {1/2-1/2 (43) Wang Hao (2736)-Giri,A 
(2737) Elancourt FRA 2013}) 10... O-O 11. Rc1 Qd7 $1 $146 {Normally this
square belongs to the queenside knight, but Black needs to move his queen away
from the x-ray of White's rook.} (11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bd3
a6 15. g4 $2 (15. a4 $14 {White must fight against the strike c6-c5.}) 15... c5
16. dxc5 Nbd7 $15 {1/2-1/2 (20) Bacrot,E (2705)-Magem Badals,J (2470) Evry 2008
}) 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bh3 $6 {It makes sense to pin the e-pawn in order to
prevent the advance e6-e5. However, Black still has the idea c6-c5 at his
disposal and after opening up the position the bishop on h3 may become out of
play.} (13. Be2 {is more natural.} dxc4 14. Qxc4 Rd8 15. Nb1 $1 {At first
sight it's strange to move the knight back to its initial square, but it's
really important for White to fight against the advance c6-c5, and, at the
same time to protect the Bd2.} (15. Rd1 b5 16. Qb3 a6 17. a4 b4 18. Ne4 Nxe4
19. fxe4 c5 $132) (15. b4 $2 e5 $17) (15. Kf2 c5 16. Rhd1 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4
18. exd4 Nc6 19. Be3 Nb4 $11) 15... Na6 16. Qa4 Nc7 17. O-O {I don't claim
that White is better, but as long as he has space superiority, he keeps some
pressure.}) 13... dxc4 14. Qxc4 Rd8 {Now Black is threatening c6-c5. Actually,
it was also possible to play it immediately.} (14... c5 15. dxc5 Rd8 16. Rd1
Qc6 17. O-O Bxc5 $11) 15. b4 (15. Rd1 Na6 16. O-O c5 $11) (15. Nb1 $6 {Now
this idea is not very good as the light squared bishop is away from the
queenside.} Na6 16. Qa4 c5 $11) 15... a5 16. b5 Bb4 {[%csl Rb5]} 17. bxc6 bxc6
(17... Nxc6 18. O-O (18. Kf2 Rac8 19. Qb5 Qd6 $15) 18... Rac8 19. Qe2 Nd5 $132)
18. Na4 $6 {White doesn't have time to castle, but it was preferable to
simplify the position by 18.Ne4. Basically, Black is the side that is looking
for chances to exert pressure.} (18. Ne4 Qe7 19. O-O Nbd7 20. Rfd1 c5 $11) (18.
O-O $6 c5 $15) 18... Qe7 (18... Qa7 $1 {The queen is well placed here,
pressing along the diagonal a7-g1:} 19. Rc2 Na6 20. Ke2 (20. O-O c5 $15) 20...
c5 21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. Bxb4 axb4 23. dxc5 Nd5 $17) 19. Rc2 Nbd7 20. Kf2 Nd5 $6 {
It was preferable to swap bishops.} (20... Bxd2 21. Rxd2 c5 22. Rhd1 cxd4 23.
Qxd4 Rdb8 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Rb4 26. R6d4 $11) 21. Bc1 $1 ({The pawn is
untouchable:} 21. Qxc6 $4 Bxd2 22. Rxd2 Qa3 23. Re1 Nb4 24. Qb5 Rab8 25. Qxa5
Ra8 $19) 21... Rab8 22. e4 (22. Qxc6 $2 {is bad again, but the variations are
more complicated:} Qe8 $1 {[%cal Gd8c8]} 23. Qc4 Rdc8 24. Qe2 (24. Qd3 $2 Ne5
$1 25. dxe5 Be1+ $1 26. Rxe1 Nb4 27. Qd6 Rxc2+ 28. Kg1 Rc6 29. Qd1 Rd8 30. Qb3
Nd3 $19) 24... Ne5 $1 {[%csl Ra4]} 25. Nc5 (25. dxe5 $2 Qxa4 26. Rb2 Nc3 27.
Qd3 Rd8 28. Qc2 Rbc8 29. Qxa4 Nxa4 30. Re2 Nc3 31. Ree1 Nxa2 $19) 25... Bxc5
26. dxc5 Qa4 $17) 22... N5b6 23. Nxb6 Nxb6 24. Qa6 Rxd4 $1 {This is an
exchange sacrifice - the best decision.} 25. Be3 c5 (25... Qd6 26. Bxd4 Qxd4+
27. Kg2 c5 $44) 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Rhc1 Bc3 $44 28. Rb1 Qd8 $2 {Wrong square.
It was important to put the queen on the c-file, creating a threat along the
way.} (28... Qc7 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Gc3e1]} 29. Kg1 Nc4 30. Rxb8+ Qxb8 31. Bf1
Ne3 32. Rf2 Nd1 $11) 29. Bf1 {Now White is just in time to consolidate his
forces and the extra exchange becomes a serious factor.} Nd7 30. Rxb8 Qxb8 31.
Qb5 Qc7 32. Bd3 Ne5 33. Ke2 Kh7 ({Here and on the next few moves it was
logical to play} 33... g5 {Later on if White plays f3-f4, his king will become
vulnerable.}) 34. Rc1 Qd6 35. Rb1 Bb4 36. Rc1 Bc3 37. Rb1 Bb4 38. f4 Nd7 (38...
Nxd3 39. Kxd3 f5 40. Rb3 fxe4+ 41. Kxe4 {The king is pretty safe in the centre
of the board! Still, it was the lesser evil for Black.}) 39. Rc1 $2 (39. h4 $1
$18 {[%cal Gh4h5]}) 39... Bc3 $2 {Missing a chance in time-trouble.} ({After} 
39... Nc5 40. h4 e5 {matters could become very unclear.} 41. Qe8 exf4 42. Qxf7
Qe5 $132) 40. Rb1 Bb4 41. h4 {After the time-control is passed, Boris could
figure out the right path to victory.} e5 42. Qd5 exf4 $6 {After the exchange
of queens Black is completely lost.} ({It was more resilient was to keep the
queens on the board:} 42... Qe7 43. h5 (43. a3 Bd6) 43... g5) 43. Qxd6 Bxd6 44.
gxf4 Bxf4 45. Rb5 Ne5 46. Rxa5 f6 47. a4 {This passed pawn decides the game
easily.} g5 48. hxg5 fxg5 49. Rb5 g4 50. a5 g3 51. a6 Nxd3 52. Kxd3 g2 53. Rb1
Bb8 1-0

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 10th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2006.11.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Laylo, Darwin"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2006.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nd7 6. Bd3 {My opponent does not
bother himself with any attempts to fight for an opening advantage, just
trying to simplify the game as much as possible.} Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Ngf6 8. O-O Be7
(8... Bb4 9. Bd2 a5 10. a3 Be7 11. Rfd1 O-O 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Nf6 $6 (14... Bf6 $142) 15. Qe2 Qb6 16. Bg5 Rfe8 17. Ne5 Qa6 18. Rd3 Rad8 19.
Re1 b5 20. Rh3 Rxd4 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Rxh7 Bxe5 23. Qh5 g6 24. Qxe5 Kxh7 25.
Qxd4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Arencibia,W (2530)-Dominguez,L (2658)/Havana 2005/CBM 107 
(47)}) 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Qa5 (10... Qc7 {is normal as well.}) 11. e4 dxe4 12.
Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 {White has a bit more space, but black's position is out of
weaknesses. The chances are equal.} Bf6 {I think that this move is better than
the tempting 13...Nf6. It is important to neutralise the white bishop and at
the same time to put a pressure on Pd4.} 14. a3 Rfd8 15. b4 {I wanted to
provoke this move, which might weaken the Pc4.} (15. Rfd1 $11) 15... Qc7 16.
Rac1 $6 {Inaccuracy. Since the "a" file is going to be open, White needs to
keep the rook on a1.} (16. Rfd1 {would have been more to the point.}) 16... a5
17. Bc3 axb4 18. axb4 Ra3 {I occupy the "a" file, but it does not bring me any
clear benefits, the position remains about equal.} 19. Qc2 Rda8 20. Bb2 Ra2 21.
Ra1 Qb6 22. Qb3 Rxa1 (22... Qa6 $6 23. Rxa2 Qxa2 24. Qc3 {[%cal Gf1a1] and
Black has to retreat.}) 23. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 24. Bxa1 Qa6 25. Bc3 Nb6 26. b5 $2 {
[%mdl 16384] My opponent lost his patience.} (26. Nd2 Bg5 27. Ne4 Be7 28. Nd2
Qa4 29. c5 Qxb3 30. Nxb3 Nd5 31. Bd2 $11) 26... cxb5 27. cxb5 Qa8 {Black has
now clear, long-term advantage thanks to a superb d5 outpost and white's weak
central pawn.} 28. h3 Qc8 29. Qa3 Nd5 30. Bd2 h6 31. Qd3 Qc7 32. g4 $1 Qb6 $2 {
Too straightforward. In the game it worked.} (32... Qd8 $17) 33. Qc4 $2 {
The threat of a check on c8 is imaginary.} ({It necessary to be consequent:} 
33. h4 $1 Nc7 (33... Be7 34. g5 hxg5 35. hxg5 g6 36. Ne5 $132 {[%csl Rf7,Rg6]
[%cal Gd3f3]}) 34. g5 hxg5 35. hxg5 Be7 36. g6 Qxb5 37. Qc2 $1 (37. gxf7+ Kxf7
38. Ne5+ Kg8 39. Qg6 Qe8 $17) 37... Bd8 38. gxf7+ Kxf7 39. Ne5+ Kg8 40. Ba5 $3
Qxa5 41. Qg6 Qe1+ 42. Kg2 {and Black is not able to avoid perpetual check.})
33... Nc7 {I suppose that my opponent simply overlooked this move. White loses
the Pb5 without any compensation.} 34. Bf4 (34. Ne5 Bxe5 (34... Nxb5 $6 35. Nd7
Qc6 36. Nxf6+ gxf6 37. Qb4 $132 {[%csl Rg8,Rh6][%cal Gb4e7]}) (34... Bd8 $1 {
[%csl Rb5] is the safest way.}) 35. dxe5 Nxb5 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qd7 Nd4 38. Qxf7
Qb1+ 39. Kh2 Ne2 40. Kg2 Qg1+ 41. Kf3 Qf1 $1 $40 {As usual, queen + knight is
a dangerous tandem.}) 34... Nxb5 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36. d5 (36. Qc2+ g6 $19) 36...
exd5 37. Qf5+ Kg8 38. Qxd5 Nc3 39. Qc4 Qb1+ 40. Kg2 Qe4 41. Qc8+ ({The endgame
after} 41. Qxe4 Nxe4 {[%csl Gb7] is won for Black.}) 41... Kh7 42. Bd2 Nb5 43.
Be3 Nd6 44. Qc7 Nc4 45. Bf4 b5 {Black is a pawn up and his pieces are
harmoniously placed. The "b" pawn decides the game, unless there will
something quicker...} 46. Kg3 Qd5 47. h4 Bd8 48. Qb8 Be7 49. g5 Nd6 $1 50. gxh6
Nf5+ 51. Kg4 Nxh6+ 52. Bxh6 f5+ {Winning the queen.} (52... Qd7+ {was good
enough as well.}) 0-1

[Event "Rohde op 08th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2008.11.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Black "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2008.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 (4... e6 {Lafuente,P (2522)
-Gagunashvili,M (2576) Rohde op 8th 2008 (6.1) 1/2}) 5. Bd3 {Cette ancienne
ligne était populaire dans les années 90 mais elle est maintenant beaucoup
moins jouée а haut niveau par rapport а la suite 5. Nc3, suivi de Nh4
attaquant le Bd3 et qui donne des positions plus déséquilibrées avec des
chances réciproques} (5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 {plus populaire actuellement} Bg6 7.
Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 dxc4 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Qxc4 e5 12. O-O $14 {[%csl
Gc1,Gg2];Tregubov,P (2556)-Carlsen,M (2625) Reykjavik op 22nd 2006 (4) 1/2})
5... Bxd3 {Etant en tête du tournoi dans cette dernière ronde avec les noirs,
le géorgien n'a aucune raison de ne pas choisir cette ligne annulante. En fait,
c'était peut-être un mauvais choix de ne pas voulouir jouer pour le gain car
le MI VOCATURO qui faisait partie des 3 joueurs en tête après la 8ème ronde
avec ces deux GMI, va remporter sa partie et corrélativement le tournoi!} 6.
Qxd3 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 {trés peu joué mais le géorgien avait utilisé cette
variante quelques mois plus tôt contre GUREVICH} (7... Bb4 $142 {[%csl Ge4]})
8. O-O Nbd7 9. e4 (9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Qa5 11. a3 {[%cal Gb3b4]} Rfd8 {
Bondarevsky,I-Alatortsev,V URS-ch16 Moscow 1948 (12) 1-0}) 9... Nxe4 10. Nxe4
dxe4 11. Qxe4 O-O (11... Nf6 $143 12. Qe2 {[%csl Ge5]}) 12. Bf4 {[%csl Ge5]} a5
{[%cal Ga5a4]} (12... Qa5 13. Rfd1 Rfe8 14. a3 Qh5 15. h3 Qg6 16. Qe2 Qf5 17.
Bg3 Rad8 18. Rac1) 13. Rfd1 a4 {Gagnant de l'espace а l'aile-dame pour faire
pression sur "b2" tout en obtenant la case "a5" pour une pièce.} 14. h3 (14.
Rab1 Qa5 15. h3 Rfe8 16. Qc2 h6 17. b3 axb3 18. axb3 Red8 19. Bc1 Bd6 20. Bb2
Qh5 21. Ra1 Nf8 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Qc3 Be7 24. Kh2 Qf5 25. Qd3 Qxd3 26. Rxd3 Ra2
27. Rd2 Bb4 28. Bc3 Bd6+ {Portisch,L (2600)-Gurevich,M (2605)/Jakarta 1996/CBM
056/[Gurevich,M]/1/2-1/2 (57)}) (14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Qd7 16. Rd3 f6 17. Bf4
Rfe8 18. Rad1 Bf8 19. Qe2 b5 20. b3 axb3 21. axb3 bxc4 {1/2-1/2 Gagunashvili,M
(2566)-Gurevich,M (2631)/Istanbul 2008/CB34}) 14... Qa5 $132 15. Rac1 Rfe8 16.
Bd2 $146 ({RR} 16. Qc2 h6 17. c5 Red8 18. Nd2 b5 19. Ne4 Nf6 20. Bd6 Bxd6 21.
Nxf6+ gxf6 22. cxd6 Rxd6 23. Qe4 Qd8 24. Rxc6 Rxc6 25. Qxc6 Qd5 26. Qxd5 exd5
27. Rc1 a3 28. bxa3 Rxa3 29. Rc8+ Kg7 30. Rc5 b4 {Ivanov,M (2445)-Rausis,I 
(2490)/Germany 1998/EXT 1999/1/2-1/2 (41)}) 16... Bb4 17. Bxb4 Qxb4 18. Rc2 $11
Nf6 19. Qe2 Rad8 20. Rcd2 {Il est difficile pour les deux camps de progresser
et malgré un avantage d'espace des blancs, la percée centrale est risquée} Nd7
(20... c5 $143 21. dxc5 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Qxc5 23. Ne5 $14) 21. Rc2 (21. Ne5 a3 (
21... Nxe5 22. dxe5 {[%csl Gd6]} Rxd2 23. Rxd2 a3 24. b3 Qc3 25. Rd7 {[%csl
Rb7,Rf7]} Qb2 $1 {[%csl Ra2]} 26. Rd2 (26. Kf1))) 21... Qa5 22. Rcd2 {Répète
les coups pour passer le seuil des 25 coups rendus obligatoires par le
réglement du tournoi pour proposer la nulle. Le géorgien avait déjà reçu un
avertissement oral lors d'une ronde précédente pour ne pas avoir respecter
cette règle subordonnée également а un minimum de 2h de jeu.} Qb4 23. Rc2 Qa5
24. Rcd2 Qb4 25. Rc2 Qa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 10th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2010.10.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Piasetski, Leon David"]
[Black "Koziak, Vitali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2010.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {01h30+30s} d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3
Bg6 8. g3 {une ligne secondaire} ({RR} 8. Bd2 Nbd7 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. O-O-O Be7 11.
cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. e4 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 O-O-O 15. g3 Kb8 16. Kb1 Nb6 17.
Be2 Nc8 18. f4 Nd6 19. Bd3 Qb6 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. h4 Ne8 22. Rh2 b5 {Kramnik,V 
(2766)-Vallejo Pons,F (2679)/Monte Carlo 2007/CBM 117 ext/1/2-1/2 (36)}) (8.
Qb3 {[%csl Rb7] la ligne critique} Qc7 (8... Qb6) 9. Bd2 Be7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11.
O-O-O $5 $14 {Grachev,B (2669)-Hauchard,A (2528) Biel MTO 42nd 2009 (3) 1-0})
8... c5 $146 ({RR} 8... Be7 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. cxd5 Nxd5
13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. e4 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 b5 16. Be2 O-O 17. Bd1 Rfd8 18. Ke2 Nb6 19.
Bb3 b4 20. Bd2 Na4 21. Rab1 Rxd4 22. Be3 Rdd8 23. Rhd1 {Grigoriants,S (2591)
-Bareev,E (2653)/Serpukhov 2007/EXT 2008/1/2-1/2}) 9. cxd5 {09""} exd5 {10""}
10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Bh3 $6 {Spectaculaire mais probablement incorrect} (11. dxc5
Bxc5 12. Bb5 Nc6 13. Nxg6 (13. Bd2 $11) 13... hxg6 $11) 11... Qxh3 12. Qxb7 Bd6
$1 {[%csl Rg3]} 13. Nxg6 {24""} (13. Qxa8 Bxg3+ $1) 13... hxg6 {38""} 14. Bd2
O-O 15. Qxa8 Qd7 16. dxc5 {35""} Bxc5 17. Na4 Na6 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Qxf8+ Kxf8
20. Bc3 Qb5 21. O-O-O Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "Rohde op 10th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2010.10.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanov, Jordan"]
[Black "Bailet, Pierre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2010.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4 (6... Be4) (6...
Bg6) 7. Qb3 Qb6 (7... Qc7 8. h3 $14) 8. h3 {Même si le centre n'est pas encore
ouvert, le gain de la paire de B donne en général une initiative durable aux
Blancs} Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. g5 $5 (11. Bg2 {La ligne principale
mais le coup intermédaire g4g5 est devenu assez populaire depuis quelques
années}) 11... Nfd7 (11... Ng8 {L'alternative mais on peut comprendre les
réticences de Pierre а jouer un coup aussi passif} 12. e4 $1 {[%csl Gc1,Gf1]
L'ouverture du centre profite aux blancs qui ont la paire de B et une légère
avance de développement.} (12. Bd2) (12. c5 $5 Qc7 13. e4 $1 Nd7 14. exd5 exd5
15. Ne2 Ne7 16. Bf4 $36 {[%cal Gf4c7];Dizdar,G (2525)-Mueller,K (2518) AUT-chT
0203 2002 (3.5) 0-1}) 12... dxe4 13. Nxe4 Na6 {Barsov,A (2521)-Cifuentes
Parada,R (2483) NED-chT Netherlands 2000 (1) 1/2}) (11... Nh5 12. e4 $16 {
[%csl Rh5]} dxe4 (12... Qxd4 13. Be3 $18)) 12. e4 $36 (12. Bd2 $5 {[%cal Ge1c1]
}) (12. c5 Qc7 (12... Qxb3 $143 13. axb3 $14 {[%csl Ga1][%cal Gb3b4,Gb4b5]})
13. f4 {[%csl Ge5];Ekstroem,R (2496)-Kosteniuk,A (2519) SUI-ch Lenzerheide
2010 (4) 0-1} (13. e4 $14)) (12. Qc2 $5 Be7 13. f4 Na6 14. c5 Qc7 15. Bd2 $14 {
Avrukh}) 12... dxe4 (12... e5 $5 $146 {Cette nouveauté mériterait un essai
pratique car les Noirs semblent OK} 13. exd5 (13. dxe5 d4 $132) (13. cxd5 exd4
$132) 13... exd4 $132) 13. Qxb6 $5 $146 ({RR} 13. Be3 {RR} e5 ({RR} 13... Rh4
14. Bg2 Bb4 15. O-O-O Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qa6 17. Kb1 Nb6 ({RR} 17... f5 18. gxf6
gxf6 19. d5 cxd5 20. cxd5) 18. b3 N8d7 19. Bc1 f5 ({RR} 19... O-O-O 20. Rhe1)
20. gxf6 gxf6 21. Rhe1 O-O-O 22. Rxe4) 14. O-O-O exd4 15. Rxd4 Qxb3 16. Rxe4+
Be7 17. axb3 Na6 {1/2-1/2 Ehlvest,J (2600)-Gurevich,M (2649)/Kocaeli 2002/CBM
089 ext}) 13... axb6 14. Nxe4 $36 Bb4+ (14... Rh4 $142 {[%cal Gh4d4]} 15. Bg2
Na6 {[%cal Ga6b4,Gb4c2]} 16. Be3 Nb4 {[%cal Gb4a2,Gb4c2]} 17. Kd2 $1 $14) 15.
Ke2 $1 {[%cal Gf1g2]} (15. Bd2 Na6 $32) 15... e5 16. Be3 exd4 $6 (16... Na6 17.
h4 $14) 17. Bxd4 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Gd4g7]} Rh4 18. Bg2 $16 {[%csl Gd4,Gg2]} Nc5
$6 (18... Na6 $142 {Il vallait mieux terminer le développement} 19. Bxg7 Be7
$13 {[%cal Ga6b4]}) 19. a3 Nb3 $2 (19... Nxe4 $142 20. axb4 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 {
[%csl Rb8][%cal Ga1a8]} Nd7 22. Be3 $16 {[%csl Ge3,Gg2]}) 20. Rad1 $1 $32 {
[%csl Ra8,Rb3,Rb4,Rb8] Toutes les pièces blanches sont centralisées alors que
celles de Pierre sont non seulement en retard de développement mais surtout
mal coordonnées.} Bf8 $6 {Qui а perdre un P, il vallait mieux donner le P"g7"
pour fermer la colonne "e" et éviter le menace de découverte Rhe1} (20... Be7
$142 21. Bxg7 Nd7 22. Rhe1) 21. Bxb6 (21. Kf3 $5 {[%csl Re8][%cal Gf3g3,Gh1e1]}
Nxd4+ (21... Nd7 22. Rhe1 $40 {[%cal Ge1e8,Ge4f6]}) 22. Rxd4 $40 {[%csl Re8]
[%cal Gh1d1]}) 21... Nd7 22. Bc7 {[%csl Gc7,Re8,Gg2] La paire de B domine
l'échiquier et la position des Noirs est assez critique} Ra4 $2 (22... Ndc5 23.
Rhe1 Nxe4 24. Kf1 Be7 25. Bxe4 Kf8 {[%csl Rg5,Rh3] La position reste jouable})
23. Rhe1 {[%cal Ge1e8]} 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Cup 11th"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1980.05.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Palatnik, Semon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1980.05.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spartak"]
[BlackTeam "Country Societies"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 (5. Nc3) 5... cxd5 6. Nc3 e6 7.
Ne5 Nfd7 8. Qa4 $5 $146 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Ga4e8]} (8. g4 $5 {Shamkovich,L-Keres,
P Moscow-3teams 1973 (5.9) 0-1}) 8... Bd6 $1 (8... Be7 9. Bb5) 9. Nb5 Be7 10.
g4 Bg6 11. h4 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gh4h5]} Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nc3 h5 $1 $11 14.
gxh5 Rxh5 15. Qxc6 Rc8 16. Qa6 Bxh4 17. Rg1 Bxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Rh2+ 19. Rg2 Qh4+
20. Ke2 {[%csl Ge4]} Rxc3 $3 {Un joli sacrifice de qualité pour gagner le
contrôle de la case "e4" mais les noirs n'ont probablement pas de gain malgré
la position exposée du K} 21. bxc3 Bh5+ 22. Kd3 Qe4+ 23. Kd2 Rxg2+ 24. Bxg2
Qxg2+ 25. Ke1 Qg3+ 26. Kf1 Qf3+ 27. Kg1 Qg3+ 28. Kf1 Qh3+ 29. Ke1 Qg3+ {
[%mdl 512]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 17th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2016.07.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. g3 Bh5 11. e4 $6 dxe4 12. fxe4 O-O (12... Na6) 13. e5 Nfd7
14. Bg2 f6 15. c5 Bf7 16. O-O fxe5 17. Bh3 Bxh4 18. Rxf7 Rxf7 19. Bxe6 Nf8 20.
Bc4 Bf6 $2 (20... Qd7) 21. Ne4 $1 Ng6 $2 (21... b5 22. cxb6 axb6 23. dxe5 b5
24. Bxf7+ Qxf7 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. exf6 gxf6 $14) 22. Nd6 $18 Nh8 23. dxe5 Bxe5
24. Rf1 $4 (24. Re1 $1 Bd4+ (24... Bxd6 25. cxd6 $18) 25. Be3 $1 Bxe3+ 26. Qxe3
Nd7 27. Nxf7 Nxf7 28. Qe7 Rf8 29. Rf1 $18) 24... Bxd6 (24... Bxd6 25. cxd6 Qb6+
$19) 0-1

[Event "Rohde op 07th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2007.11.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Abbasov, Farid"]
[Black "Koziak, Vitali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2007.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Qb3 $5 {KOZUL a fait
plusieurs essais avec cette ligne secondaire attaquant le point faible b7 mais
le problème est le fait que les blancs ont déjà joué e3 et ils n'ont plus le
thème tactique Bf4 en repli а Qb6c7} (6. Nh4 {La variante а la mode} Bg6 (6...
Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 {[%csl Rb7]}) 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 dxc4 10. Qe2
Be7 11. Qxc4 $14) 6... Qb6 7. c5 Qc7 (7... Qxb3 $143 8. axb3 Nbd7 9. b4 Be7 10.
b5 O-O 11. bxc6 (11. b4 Rfb8 12. Bb2 Ne8 13. Be2 Nc7 14. Kd2 $1) 11... bxc6 12.
b4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. b5) 8. Nh4 $1 {Doit retomber sur la grande ligne 6.Nh4
} Be4 (8... Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. g3 $14) 9. f3 Bg6 10. Nxg6 ({RR} 10. e4 $5
dxe4 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. fxe4 Ng4 13. Be2 Nxh2 14. Be3 Nd7 15. O-O-O Qg3 16. Bf3
Nxf3 17. Rxh8 Nh4 18. Ne2 Qg4 19. Qxb7 Rd8 20. Nc3 Nxg2 21. Bd2 Nf4 22. Qxc6
Nd3+ 23. Kb1 e5 24. Rdh1 f6 25. Rxf8+ {Hertneck,G (2573)-Stripunsky,A (2482)/
Port of Spain 1999/EXT 2002/1-0}) (10. g3 Nbd7 11. Nxg6) 10... hxg6 11. g3 b6
$5 $146 (11... Nbd7 12. Qa4 {Kozul,Z (2576)-Bosiocic,M (2351) Zagreb op 2006 
(3) 1-0}) 12. cxb6 axb6 {[%csl Ga8]} 13. e4 Be7 14. Be3 b5 15. Bg2 O-O 16. O-O
dxe4 17. Nxe4 (17. fxe4) 17... Nd5 {[%csl Gd5]} 18. Bf2 Nd7 19. Rfc1 Rfc8 20.
Bf1 Qb6 21. a3 Rab8 22. Rc2 Qa7 23. Rac1 Qa8 24. h4 Rb6 25. g4 Qa7 26. Kh1 Qa8
27. Bg3 Rd8 28. Bd3 N7f6 29. Rh2 Qa4 30. Qxa4 bxa4 {[%csl Rb2]} 31. Nc5 Ra8 32.
Rd2 Ra5 33. Ne4 Ra7 34. Re1 Rab7 35. Ree2 Nd7 36. Nd6 Bxd6 37. Bxd6 Rb3 38. Rf2
R7b6 39. Kh2 Rb7 40. Ba6 Ra7 41. Bc4 Re3 42. Rf1 e5 $1 43. dxe5 Nxe5 44. Bxe5 (
44. Bxd5) 44... Rxe5 45. Rc1 Kf8 46. Kg3 Ke7 47. Be2 Re6 48. Rc5 Kd6 49. Rc4
Kc7 50. Re4 Rxe4 51. fxe4 Nb6 52. Kf4 Ra5 53. g5 Rc5 54. Bd3 Rc1 55. Rf2 Kd7
56. Ke3 Ke6 57. Kd2 Rc5 58. Rf1 Nc4+ 59. Bxc4+ Rxc4 60. Kd3 Rc5 61. Rf2 $11 Rb5
62. Kc4 f6 63. Rg2 f5 64. exf5+ gxf5 65. Kd4 Rd5+ 66. Ke3 Re5+ 67. Kf3 Re4 68.
h5 Rh4 69. Rc2 Kd5 70. Rd2+ Kc4 71. h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.11.19"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Straeter, Timo"]
[Black "Kleijn, Christov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nbd7 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Rad1 Rad8 13. Bc3 Rfe8 14. Rfe1
Qb6 15. b3 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bb4 17. Bxb4 Qxb4 18. g3 a5 19. Qc2 Nf6 20. Kg2 Re7
21. Re2 Qb6 22. Red2 h6 23. Ne5 Qc7 24. c5 Nd7 25. Nc4 Ra8 26. Re1 b5 27. cxb6
Nxb6 28. Nxb6 Qxb6 29. Re5 Rd7 30. Rc5 Rd6 31. Qc4 Rad8 32. Qc3 Ra8 33. Rc2 Ra6
34. h4 a4 35. b4 Qd8 36. b5 Rb6 37. Rxc6 Rb8 38. Rc8 Rxc8 39. Qxc8 Rxd4 40. b6
Kh7 41. b7 Qd5+ 42. Kh2 (42. f3 Rb4 43. b8=Q) 42... Rd1 $2 (42... Qf3 43. Qc6
Qxc6) 43. f3 $18 Qe5 44. b8=Q Qe1 45. Qg8+ Kg6 46. h5+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.05.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kogan, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gonfreville"]
[BlackTeam "Evry"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 (6... Bg4) (6...
Be4) 7. Nxg6 (7. Qb3 {[%csl Rb7]}) (7. Be2) 7... hxg6 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 Bb4 ({
RR} 9... dxc4 10. Qe2 Nb6 11. O-O Bb4 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Bxb4 Qxb4 15.
Nc5 Rab8 16. Rfc1 Rfd8 17. Qc2 Nfd7 18. Ne4 e5 19. a3 Qe7 20. Re1 Nf6 21. Ng5
exd4 22. exd4 Qd6 23. Nf3 Re8 24. Re5 {Aronian,L (2759)-Kramnik,V (2772)/
Yerevan 2007/CBM 118/1/2-1/2 (55)}) (9... Be7) 10. Qb3 Qe7 $146 (10... a5 11.
O-O O-O 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Ne2 Be7 14. Qc2 a4 15. Bd2 Nb6 16. b3 e5 17. dxe5 Qxe5
18. Bc3 Qc7 19. Bd4 dxc4 20. bxc4 Nbd7 21. Rab1 Bc5 22. Bc3 Rfe8 23. Nf4 Ne5
24. Nd3 Nxd3 25. Rxd3 {Gurevich,M (2633)-Svetushkin,D (2557)/Kusadasi 2006/CBM
111 ext/1-0 (54)}) 11. Bd2 (11. a3 {[%cal Gb3b7]} Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 dxc4 (12...
Ne4) (12... O-O-O 13. b4 Nb6 14. c5 Nc4 15. a4 $36 {[%cal Gb4b5]}) 13. Qxc4 e5)
11... dxc4 {[%cal Ge6e5]} (11... e5 $143 12. a3 (12. O-O) 12... exd4 13. axb4
dxc3 14. Bxc3 $14 {[%csl Gc3,Gg2]}) 12. Qxc4 e5 $132 13. O-O Nb6 14. Qb3 O-O-O
15. Rad1 (15. a3 Bd6 16. Rfc1 {[%cal Gc1c8]} Kb8 17. a4 exd4 18. exd4 Qe6 (
18... Ng4 19. a5 $16) (18... Bc7 19. a5) 19. Qxe6 fxe6 20. b3 e5 21. dxe5 Bxe5
22. Be1 Nbd5 $11) 15... Bd6 16. a4 exd4 17. exd4 Rh5 {[%cal Gd8h8,Gh5a5]} 18.
Rfe1 $16 {[%csl Re7]} Qd7 19. h4 Ng4 $6 (19... Nbd5 20. Bg5 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Re8)
20. Ne4 Nd5 21. Bg5 Bb4 22. Bxd8 Bxe1 23. Rxe1 Qxd8 24. Bf3 f5 $2 25. Nc5 $18
b6 26. Re6 Nc7 27. Rxc6 bxc5 28. Rxg6 Rh7 29. Bc6 Nb5 30. Bxb5 Qxd4 31. Qg8+
1-0

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Urban, Klaudiusz"]
[Black "Antoniewski, Rafal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poznan Pocztowiec"]
[BlackTeam "Dankowice"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. e4 (9. b3) 9... dxe4 10. Nxe4 O-O 11. Rd1 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Qa5 13. Bd2
(13. Bf4 Rfd8 14. Qe2 Nf6 15. Rd3 Qf5 16. Be5 Rd7 17. h3 Rad8 18. Rad1 Bd6 19.
Bxd6 Rxd6 20. Ne5 Qe4 21. Re3 Qh4 22. c5 Rd5 23. Rb3 Qe4 24. Qxe4 Nxe4 25. Re1
Rxd4 26. Rxb7 Nxc5 27. Rxa7 Ra4 28. Nxf7 Ra8 29. Rxa8+ Rxa8 30. Ne5 Rxa2 31. b4
Na6 32. Nxc6 Rb2 33. Re4 Nc7 34. g3 Kf7 35. Rf4+ Ke8 36. Ne5 Nd5 37. Rg4 Kf8
38. Nd3 Rb3 39. Rd4 Ke7 40. Kg2 Kd6 41. Nf4 Rxb4 42. Rxb4 Nxb4 {Nikolaidis,I 
(2566)-Miton,K (2608) Porto Rio 2014 1/2-1/2}) 13... Qh5 14. Bf4 Rad8 (14...
Rac8 15. Rd3 Rfd8 16. h3 b5 17. b3 bxc4 18. bxc4 Qa5 19. Qe2 Qf5 {1/2-1/2 (19)
Houska,J (2421)-Dearing,E (2412) England 2011}) 15. Rd3 Nf6 16. Qe5 c5 $1 17.
Rad1 cxd4 18. Qxh5 Nxh5 19. Bc1 Rc8 20. b3 Bc5 21. Nxd4 a6 22. Be3 Nf6 23. h3
h6 24. Kf1 {Les Blancs ont des pièces plus actives et un petit avantage
d'espace mais les Noirs peuvent simplifier assez facilement,} Rfe8 25. Ke2 Bb4
26. Nc2 {Les Blancs ont le contrôle de la colonne "d" mais ils sont privés
de cases de pénétration pour les R} Bf8 27. Bb6 Rc6 28. Bd4 Ne4 29. Bb2 (29.
f3 Ng3+ 30. Kf2 Nf5 31. Bc3 {[%cal Gg2g4]} b5 $132) 29... Rcc8 30. f3 Nc5 (
30... Ng3+ 31. Kf2 Nf5 32. g4 Ne7 33. Rd7 b5 $132) 31. R3d2 b5 $1 $11 32. Ne3
bxc4 33. Nxc4 e5 34. Kf1 e4 35. Bd4 Ne6 36. Be3 Bb4 37. Rd5 Nc7 38. Re5 Nb5 39.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 40. Rd3 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 35th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2007.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2007.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bd6 9. g3 O-O 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qc2 {In this opening variation White has the
bishop pair, but Black an easy development and no weaknesses. Therefore
White's edge is insignificant. On the other hand Black's chances to win are
practically inexistent, while with White one can hope to use the bishop pair
later on. In other words the position suits Kramnik's style perfectly. However,
Anand doesn't have any psychological discomfort playing strictly for a draw in
such positions, especially after a thorough opening preparation for this
particular variation, which has lately become Kramnik's specialty.} Qe7 {
Following Kramnik's own recipe. Before exchanging on c4 Black makes another
useful move.} (11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Rd1 Rc8 (14... Qe7 $5)
15. Bf1 Bb4 16. Bd2 Ne5 (16... Nd5 17. Bg2 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qc7 19. Be1 N7b6 20.
Rd4 Nxc3 21. Qxc3 Qxc3 22. Bxc3 Rxc3 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2750)-Gelfand,B 
(2733)/Monte Carlo 2007}) 17. Bg2 Qb6 18. Qb3 Nc4 19. Be1 Ba5 20. Qxb6 axb6 21.
Rab1 Nxb2 22. Rxb2 Bxc3 23. Bxc3 Rxc3 24. Bxb7 {1-0 Kramnik,V (2766)-Gelfand,B
(blindfold rapid) (2733)/Monte Carlo 2007 (51). and Kramnik managed to convert
his advantage in endgame.}) 12. Bd2 ({White could try to change tha character
of the position with} 12. c5 $5 Bc7 13. f4 $13) 12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 c5 {
Earlier this year Kramnik himself felt very comfortable with the black pieces.
Anand's opening choice is quite provoking: now Kramnik must show something
against his own play. He comes up with a small improvement, but it doesn't
change the evaluation of the entire variation as being very drawish.} 14. dxc5
$146 (14. Be2 Rac8 15. Bf3 cxd4 16. exd4 Nb6 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Qb3 Be7 19. Nb5
Rc4 20. a3 a5 21. Nc3 Bd8 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. d5 e5 24. Rac1 f5 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,
B (2733)-Kramnik,V (2766)/Monte Carlo (rapid) 2007 (76). Black's initiative
wasn't enough for a win.}) 14... Nxc5 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Be1 a6 17. Rac1 Rc7 ({
Black could already deprive White of the bishop pair with} 17... b5 18. Bf1
Nce4 19. Bg2 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 Be5 {but White still keeps an edge after} 21. Qb3
Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Rxc3 23. Qxc3 {since his pieces are more active and Black's
queenside pawns will need protection (in such a situation the pawns are better
placed on b6 and a5 instead of a6 and b5).}) 18. Qb1 Rfc8 19. Bf1 {This is the
type of position White is usually aiming for in the present variation. After
the inevitable exchange of several pieces White will remain with the bishop
pair and will try to convert the minimal advantage.} Ncd7 20. Bg2 Ne5 21. Ne4 (
{The preparatory move} 21. a3 {is not perfect: Black might effectively use the
c4-square later. For instance:} b5 $5 22. Ne4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 Nxe4
25. Bxe4 Nc4 {[%csl Ra3,Rb2]} 26. Bd3 Qb7 $5 $11 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gb7b2]})
21... Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Bb4 $1 {This move, depriving
White of his bishop pair, needed precise calculation from Anand.} 25. Qc8+ Kh7
26. Bc3 (26. Bxb4 Qxb4 27. Qxb7 {wins a pawn, but} Qe1+ 28. Kg2 f5 {forces a
draw:} 29. Qc7 (29. Bf3 $2 Nd3 $19) (29. Bc2 $2 Qd2 $1 (29... Ng4 $2 30. Qf3
Qd2 31. Bb3 $16) 30. Bb1 Qd1 $19) 29... Ng4 30. Qf4 e5 ({or} 30... Qd2 31. h3
e5 32. Qf3 Nf6 33. Bb7 Qxb2 34. Bxa6 Qxa2 $11) 31. Qf3 Nxh2 32. Kxh2 fxe4 $11)
26... Bxc3 27. Qxc3 {White still has some pressure due to his strong bishop,
which attacks Black's queenside pawns. Therefore Anand transfers the knight to
d5, thus neutralizing the activity of his opponent's bishop.} Ng4 $1 28. Bf3 (
28. Qc8 Qb4 $132) 28... Nf6 29. Qc8 Nd5 30. a3 (30. e4 $6 {leaves White with a
poor bishop:} Nb6 31. Qc2 e5 {[%csl Rf3] and at some moment Black might think
of playing for advantage: after all as a rule the queen with a knight is more
powerful than a queen with a bishop.}) 30... a5 31. h4 b6 32. Qc6 Qd8 {Black
has transferred the knight to d5, placed the queenside pawns on the dark
squares and protected everything. The position has become completely equal.}
33. Bxd5 exd5 34. Qc3 Qd7 35. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 {A quiet and safe variation against the
Slav. By choosing it White usually wants to play for a slight advantage with
as little risk of losing as possible.} Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Bd6 9. g3 ({The immediate} 9. b3 {is bad in view of} Bxh2+ ({or the
immediate} 9... Ne4) 10. Kxh2 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Qxh4+ 12. Kg1 Bxe4) 9... Qe7 10. b3
Ne4 11. Bb2 ({It is not recommended to take on g6 before Black castles short:} 
11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bb2 Ndf6 {and Black will castle long, using the open h-file
for a direct attack against the white king.}) 11... Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bb4 13. Bxb4
({White can't avoid the exchange of bishops:} 13. Bb2 Ba3) 13... Qxb4 14. c5
O-O 15. a3 Qa5 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. b4 {[%cal Ge6e5,Gb4b5] White's space
advantage and the superiority of the bishop over the knight secure Radjabov a
comfortable small, but lasting advantage.} Qc7 (17... Qd8 {deserved attention
with the idea to meet} 18. f4 {with} (18. b5 e5) 18... g5 {but such decisions
are always difficult to make in a practical game, because there is no clear
answer to which pawn structure would be the best in a future play.}) 18. f4 {
Now that White has prevented ...e6-e5, he can slowly prepare the advance of
his b-pawn.} a6 19. Bd3 (19. g4 $5) 19... f5 {[%cal Gg3g4,Ga3a4,Gb4b5] Black's
position is unpleasant; he must always watch out for his opponent's active
plans on both sides. Until the end of the game Radjabov tried hard to achieve
progress, but Karjakin defended accurately and achieved the desired draw
rather convincingly.} 20. Qe2 ({Radjabov also considered} 20. g4 Nf6 21. g5 Ne4
{but decided to keep the pawn on g3.}) 20... Nf6 21. Kg2 Qe7 22. a4 Ne4 23. h4
Ra7 {This somewhat strange-looking preparation to double rooks on the a-file
is designed to be ready for White's b4-b5.} 24. Rh1 Nf6 25. Qb2 Rfa8 26. Be2 (
26. b5 axb5 27. axb5 Qd8 28. b6 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 Rb8 $1 {"is just a draw" -
Karjakin.}) 26... Qf8 (26... Qf7 {was somewhat more accurate, to rule out the
immediate 27.h5.}) 27. Qc2 (27. h5 {was an attractive alternative. After} Qf7 (
27... Nxh5 28. Bxh5 gxh5 29. Rxh5 Kf7 30. Rah1 {is rather difficult for Black.}
) 28. hxg6 Qxg6 29. Rh4 {Black keeps on struggling in an unpleasant position.})
27... Kf7 28. Rab1 Qe7 29. Rb3 Rh8 30. Bf3 Rha8 31. Qe2 Rh8 32. Rhb1 Ne4 33.
Qe1 Nf6 34. R1b2 Rha8 35. Qb1 Qd8 36. Ra2 Ng8 37. Qb2 Ne7 38. Be2 Qd7 39. Ra1
Ng8 40. Rba3 Ne7 41. Rh1 Ng8 42. Bd3 Nf6 43. Rha1 Ng8 44. Kf3 Ne7 45. Ke2 Ng8
46. b5 {Finally Radjabov advances the b-pawn.} axb5 47. axb5 Rxa3 48. Rxa3 Rxa3
49. Qxa3 cxb5 {Otherwise the advance of the pawn to b6 followed by Qa7 is very
unpleasant for Black.} 50. Qa5 Ne7 (50... Nf6 51. Bxb5 Qc8 {also holds the
position.}) 51. Bxb5 Nc6 52. Qa4 Qc8 {White is still better, of course, but he
cannot make much progress.} 53. Kd3 Ke7 54. Kc3 Kd8 55. Kb3 Kc7 56. Kb2 Kb8 57.
Kc3 Kc7 58. Kd2 Kd8 59. Kd3 Ke7 60. Ke2 Kf7 61. Ke1 Ke7 62. Kf2 Kf7 63. Be2 Qd8
64. Bb5 Qc8 65. Kf3 Ke7 66. Kg2 Kf7 67. Be2 Qd8 68. Qb5 Qc7 69. Bd3 Kf6 70. Kh3
Kf7 71. Qa4 Qc8 72. Be2 Kf6 73. Kh2 Kf7 74. Kg1 Kf6 75. Kf1 Kf7 76. Ke1 Ke7 77.
Kd2 Kd7 78. Qa1 Kc7 79. Bd3 Qd8 80. Bb5 Qc8 81. Kc3 Qb8 82. Qa4 Qc8 83. Bxc6
bxc6 84. Qa5+ Kd7 85. Qa7+ Qc7 86. Qa8 Qc8 87. Qxc8+ Kxc8 88. Kb4 Kb7 89. Ka5
Ka7 90. Kb4 {So far the longest game of this year's Kings Tournament.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bd6 9. g3 O-O 10. Bd2 Qe7 $146 (10... Re8 11. Rc1 a6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. f3 (13.
c5 Bc7 14. f4 $14) 13... e5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qb3 exd4 16. exd4 {1/2-1/2
Gavrikov,V (2578)-Khalifman,A (2688)/Tallinn 2002}) 11. Rc1 dxc4 12. Nxg6 hxg6
13. Bxc4 e5 14. Bb3 Nb6 15. Qc2 {An important move, taking control over
important squares in the centre before starting to advance the pawns. Besides,
in spite of multiple defences the threat 16.Qxg6 is quite unpleasant for Black.
} Kh8 (15... e4 16. f3 Rae8 (16... exf3 17. Qxg6 $16) 17. Rce1 $14) (15... Nbd5
16. Nxd5 cxd5 (16... Nxd5 17. e4 $14) 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Rfd1 $14 Rfd8 (18...
Rac8 $2 19. Qxc8 Rxc8 20. Rxc8+ Kh7 21. Rc2 g5 22. Bc3 $16) 19. Bc3 Rac8 20.
Qd3 $14) (15... exd4 16. exd4 Nbd5 17. Bg5 $14) 16. dxe5 {White is better
first of all thanks to the strong bishop on b3 and the possibility of
advancing the central pawns.} Qxe5 $6 {Too provoking.} (16... Bxe5 {is safer,
since after} 17. f4 {Black continues} (17. Rfd1 $142 $14) 17... Bxc3 18. Qxc3
Nbd5 19. Qd3 Rad8 20. Qe2 Rfe8 {with a good position.}) 17. f4 $5 {Ivanchuk
decides to start rolling the pawns forward without delay. In connection with
the next move this approach gives Black certain counterplay, although
Ivanchuk's intuition was right - White's position contains sufficient
potential to neutralise Black's initiative.} (17. e4 $14) (17. Rce1 $14) 17...
Qf5 18. e4 {Not fearing the neighbourhood of the opponent's queen to white
king.} ({Again White had a good alternative with the quiet} 18. Kg2 {keeping
all the advantages of the position without allowing Black any counterplay:}
Rae8 (18... Qxc2 19. Rxc2 Rae8 20. Kf3 $16) 19. Rfe1 $5 (19. Rce1 Ne4 (19...
Qxc2 20. Bxc2 Nc4 21. Bc1 $14) 20. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 21. Qxe4 Rxe4 22. Kf3 Nc4 23. Bc3
Rfe8 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 $14) 19... Ne4 20. Rcd1 Nxd2 (20... Bc7 21. Nxe4 Qxe4+ (
21... Rxe4 22. Qb1 $16 {[%cal Gb3c2]}) 22. Qxe4 Rxe4 23. Kf3 f5 24. Bc3 $16 {
[%csl Gb3,Gc3]}) (20... Nxc3 21. Bxc3 $16 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Ge3e4]}) 21. Qxd2
Bc7 22. e4 $14) 18... Qh3 19. Rce1 Ng4 20. Bc1 Bc5+ 21. Kh1 {In spite of his
opponent's activity White keeps everything under control. The bishop pair,
better development and pawn structure must secure White a clear advantage. For
the moment Black can compensate for these factors by the pressure on the
kingside, but if Black loses the dynamic initiative his position can easily
collapse.} Be3 $1 {Gelfand feels that it is important for Black to exchange at
least one of white bishops and uses tactics in order to achieve this task.} (
21... Rad8 22. Qg2 Qh5 {leaves White with a pleasant choice between 23.e5, 23.
Bd1 and 23.h3. In all cases Black's position remains dangerous.}) 22. Qe2 ({
After} 22. Bxe3 $2 Nxe3 {White can't take the knight due to the fact that rook
on f1 remains unprotected.}) 22... Bxc1 23. Rxc1 Nd7 $1 {Continuing the right
strategy to improve the position of the pieces. Nevertheless there is still a
long way to go before equalizing the position.} 24. Rce1 (24. Bc2 Nc5 25. Nd1
Rad8 26. Ne3 Nxe3 27. Qxe3 $14) 24... Nc5 25. Bd1 f5 26. Qg2 (26. e5 $2 {
is unexpectedly met by} Nd3 {and White loses the exchange.}) 26... Qxg2+ 27.
Kxg2 Nd3 $1 (27... Rad8 28. Bxg4 fxg4 29. Re2 $16) 28. Re2 Nc1 29. Ree1 $2 ({
White had the nice resource} 29. h3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gh3g4,Gf1h1,Gh1h8,
Gd1b3] forcing Black to find a lot of only moves. After} Nxe2 (29... Nh6 30.
Rc2 Nd3 31. e5 $16) 30. hxg4 Nd4 (30... Nxc3 $2 {loses in view of the brilliant
} 31. Bb3 $1 {and due to the mate threat Black must give up a lot of material:}
({Not} 31. Rh1+ $2 Kg8 32. Bb3+ Rf7) 31... Nd5 32. exd5 fxg4 {and now either}
33. Rh1+ ({or} 33. dxc6 Rf5 34. c7 Rc8 35. Rc1 $18) 33... Kg8 34. dxc6+ Rf7 35.
Rd1 $18) 31. Ne2 $1 Rad8 ({Again the alternatives lose quickly:} 31... Nxe2 32.
Bb3 $18) (31... Ne6 32. Bb3 Rfe8 33. Nd4 $1 Nf8 34. Rh1+ Nh7 35. Nf3 $1 $18)
32. Nxd4 Rxd4 33. Rh1+ Kg8 34. Bb3+ Rf7 35. exf5 (35. gxf5 gxf5 36. e5 Rd2+ 37.
Kf3 Rxb2 $11) 35... gxf5 36. gxf5 {White still has possibilities here to play
on. E.g:} Rd2+ (36... Rb4 37. Be6 $1 Kf8 38. Rh8+ Ke7 39. b3 Rf6 (39... Rf8 40.
Rh7 Rf7 (40... Kf6 41. Kf3 {[%cal Gg3g4]} g6 42. Rh6 $18) 41. Kf3 $16) 40. Rg8
g6 41. Rg7+ Kf8 (41... Kd6 42. Rd7+ Kc5 43. fxg6 $1 Rxe6 44. f5 Rd6 45. g7 Rg4
46. b4+ Kd5 47. Re7 $16 {[%cal Gg2h3,Gg3g4,Gh3h4]}) 42. Rxg6 Rxg6 43. fxg6 Kg7
44. f5 Rd4 (44... c5 $6 45. Kf3 b5 46. g4 c4 47. Ke3 cxb3 48. axb3 $18 {
[%csl Rb4]}) 45. Kf3 $16) 37. Kf3 Rxb2 38. Be6 $1 Kf8 39. g4 Rb5 40. Rh8+ Ke7
41. a4 Ra5 42. Rb8 Rf8 43. Rxb7+ Kd6 44. Rxg7 Rxa4 45. Rd7+ Kc5 46. g5 $18)
29... Nd3 30. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%mdl 4096]} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 {Topalov has a rich
experience in this system. For instance, he used it with White in the World
Championship match against Vladimir Kramnik.} Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 {
The most solid choice.} ({Provoking the f2-f3 advance by means of} 6... Be4 7.
f3 Bg6 {is somewhat more ambitious, but risky continuation.}) 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8.
Bd2 Nbd7 9. Qc2 {This setup is usually connected with q-side castling and
offers a complex battle.} a6 {This move is a standard preparation of q-side
activity.} ({After} 9... Rc8 10. O-O-O b5 (10... c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Kb1 $14)
11. c5 {White may claim for something of an edge, since} Ng4 12. Be1 Rxh2 13.
Rxh2 Nxh2 14. Be2 {looks rather dangerous for Black.}) ({After} 9... Be7 {
White should switch to a quiet way of development:} 10. Be2 (10. O-O-O {
offers nothing now:} Nb6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Kb1 Rc8 $11) 10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O
12. O-O c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. Be2 $14) ({The most natural looks to
be} 9... Bd6 10. g3 dxc4 (10... Qe7 11. c5 Bc7 12. Bg2 e5 13. O-O O-O 14. b4
$14) (10... O-O) 11. Bxc4 Qe7 12. Be2 e5 {with a long strategic battle, where
White's bishops offer White some edge.}) 10. O-O-O $146 {This brave move is a
novelty.} ({Another logical way of handling the position was} 10. c5 $5 Qc7 11.
g3 e5 12. Bg2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. b4 $14 {Black faces some problems with
creating counterplay, since the b7-b6 advance would allow White to take
control over the c5-spot.}) ({At the same time, the previously played} 10. Bd3
dxc4 (10... b5 11. c5 Ng4 12. h3 $14 {1/2 -1/2 Schlosser,P(2550) - Hertneck,G
(2525)/Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 1st 1997}) 11. Bxc4 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Be2 Rc8
{was comfortable for Black in 1/2-1/2 Ding,Liren (2458) - Zhao Jun (2560)/
Beijing zt 2009}) 10... Be7 (10... Rc8 $5 11. c5 (11. Kb1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13.
Be2 c5 $132) 11... b6 12. Bxa6 Rb8 13. cxb6 Qxb6 14. Be2 c5 $44) 11. Kb1 Qc7
12. h3 (12. g3 dxc4 (12... O-O 13. e4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Rfd8 16. Qc2
$14) 13. Bxc4 c5 14. Be2 Rc8 $132) 12... Rd8 ({The following possibility looks
most principled:} 12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 c5 {and White has to enter into an
extremely wild position in order to fight for the initiative:} 14. d5 Nb6 15.
dxe6 Nxc4 16. Qa4+ b5 17. Nxb5 axb5 18. Qxa8+ Bd8 $132) 13. c5 {Obviously, the
Rd8 has not much of a job in the centre, so this move definitely makes sense.}
e5 (13... b6 14. cxb6 Qxb6 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Qd3 O-O) 14. f4 (14. Bd3 $5 {
deserved serious attention:} O-O 15. Na4 (15. g4 $5 {is also interesting.})
15... Rfe8 16. Rhe1 e4 17. Bf1 $14 {White is better prepared for the resulting
''French pawn structure''}) 14... exd4 15. exd4 Nh5 $1 {That concrete approach
is definitely the best here. White's setup isn't completed, so protecting the
Pf4 is not an easy task.} (15... O-O 16. Bd3 b6 17. Rhe1 Rfe8 18. cxb6 Qxb6 19.
f5 gxf5 20. Bxf5 Qxd4 21. g4 {offers White excellent compensation for a
missing pawn.}) 16. Ne2 ({After} 16. Re1 Ng3 (16... Nxf4 $6 {is too risky:} 17.
g3 Ne6 18. Rxe6 fxe6 19. Qxg6+ Kf8 20. h4 $36) 17. Rg1 Kf8 18. Bd3 Bf6 19. Be3
Re8 $132 {Black gets control over central squares, so the position is balanced.
}) 16... Nhf6 17. Nc3 Nh5 {Topalov's tournament situation was excellent, so he
had no reasons for avoiding a draw by repetition here.} 18. Ne2 Nhf6 19. Ng3
Ng8 $2 {Quite a strange decision - White gets a serious development advantage
now.} ({A much better way was} 19... b6 $1 20. cxb6 Qxb6 21. Re1 Kf8 $132) 20.
Bd3 f5 ({Unfortunately, there is no time for manoeuvres:} 20... Bf6 21. Ne2 Ne7
22. h4 $1 Nf5 23. h5 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Bxd4 25. hxg6 Rxh1 26. Rxh1 Nxc5 27. gxf7+
Kxf7 28. Bg6+ $18) 21. Nxf5 $6 {This tempting piece sac seems somewhat
premature.} ({The precise} 21. Rhe1 $1 {would punish Black for his careless
waste of time:} Kf7 (21... Ngf6 22. Nxf5 gxf5 23. Bxf5 Nf8 24. g4 $16) 22. Nf1
$1 (22. Nxf5 {is less clear:} gxf5 23. Bxf5 Nf8) 22... Ngf6 23. g4 Ne4 24. Ne3
$16) 21... gxf5 22. Bxf5 Ndf6 $6 {Returning the favour.} ({Black had a great
chance to regroup the minor pieces by means of} 22... Bf6 $1 23. g4 Ne7 24. g5
({After} 24. Rhe1 Kf8 25. Re2 Nxf5 26. Qxf5 Re8 27. Rde1 Rxe2 28. Rxe2 Nb8 $1
29. g5 Qd7 30. Qxd7 Nxd7 31. gxf6 Nxf6 $11 {Black has full positional
compensation for a pawn}) 24... Bxd4 25. Rhe1 Kf8 $132) 23. Bg6+ Kf8 24. g4 Ne4
{Of course, Veselin is ready to give up some material in order to consolidate.}
25. g5 $1 {[%csl Re7,Rf8,Rg8] Despite the material advantage, Black's position
is rather passive and unpleasant now.} Rh4 $2 (25... b6 {didn't offer Black
any counterplay:} 26. h4 bxc5 27. dxc5 $16) ({Topalov's task was tough, but
the correct} 25... Re8 $1 {would allow Black to regroup the pieces and
consolidate:} 26. h4 Bd8 27. Bxe8 Kxe8 28. h5 Ne7 $132) 26. Bc1 {A natural
move - the bishop has found a safe square, while the queen is getting useful
along the 2nd rank.} ({However, a much more energetic and stronger option was} 
26. Be1 $1 Rh8 {the lesser evil} (26... Rxf4 $2 {gives White a decisive attack
after} 27. h4 b6 28. Bd2 Nxd2+ 29. Qxd2 bxc5 30. Rhf1 $18) 27. h4 $16) 26...
Qd7 27. Qg2 b6 $1 {Black's position still looks dangerous, but Topalov finds a
way to develop counterplay.} 28. cxb6 ({Possibly,} 28. Bxe4 $5 {was better
from the practical point of view. For instance, after} dxe4 29. f5 bxc5 30. Qg3
Rh8 31. dxc5 Qxd1 32. Rxd1 Rxd1 $132 {White's position looks somewhat safer.})
28... Bd6 (28... Rb8 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. d5 cxd5 31. f5 $44) 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. d5
{Jon Ludvig's play is very natural. The Kf8 is in permanent danger, but
Black's pieces are much more active than before.} Ne7 (30... cxd5 $5 {deserved
serious attention:} 31. Rxd5 Ne7 {and it looks like White must play precisely
in order to keep the balance:} 32. Rd4 Rb8 (32... Nf5 33. Rxe4 Qc6 34. Rhe1
Qxb6 35. Re6 $44) 33. Rhd1 Rxb6 34. g6 $1 Rxh3 35. Rxd6 Rxd6 36. Rxd6 Qxd6 37.
Qxh3 Qxg6 38. Qe3 $11) 31. dxc6 Qxc6 32. Rhe1 Qxb6 (32... Rb8 33. Qxe4 Qxe4+
34. Rxe4 Rxb6 35. Re6 Bc5 36. Rxb6 Bxb6 37. Rd6 {led to a drawish endgame.})
33. Qxe4 {The resulting position is approximately equal - White has sufficient
compensation for a piece, but not more.} Bc5 34. Rxd8+ Qxd8 35. Qc4 Qd4 36.
Qxa6 {Correctly deviating from an exchange - the vulnerablity of Black's
monarch causes problems here.} g6 $6 {Inviting some troubles.} ({The most
natural} 36... Rxh3 37. a4 Qd3+ 38. Qxd3 Rxd3 {led to an endgame, where the
draw looks unavoidable.}) 37. Re5 $1 Qd6 38. Qa8+ Kg7 39. Qf3 ({Hammer could
have posed Black more problems by means of:} 39. Qe4 $1 Rxh3 40. a4 Rg3 41. a5
$14 {the a-passer is quite annoying.}) 39... Bd4 40. Re2 Qd7 41. Qd3 {White
has 4 pawns for a piece, but the activity of Black's pieces cannot be
underestimated.} Nc6 (41... Nf5 42. Rc2 Rh8 43. a4 Ra8 (43... Qxa4 $2 44. Rc7+
Kf8 45. Qe4 $18) 44. b3 $14) 42. Rh2 $6 ({More in the spirit of White's
previous play was} 42. Rc2 Nb4 43. Rc7 Qxc7 44. Qxd4+ Kf7 45. Qxb4 Rxh3 46. Qe4
$14 {keeping some edge, though it would be very difficult to advance the
passers.}) 42... Nb4 $1 43. Qc4 (43. Qe4 Qf5 44. Qxf5 gxf5 45. a4 Nd5 46. a5
Nxf4 47. Bxf4 Rxf4 48. Kc2 $11) 43... Rxh3 {Now Topalov is no longer facing
any risk.} 44. Rd2 (44. Rxh3 {was safer:} Qf5+ 45. Rd3 Qxd3+ 46. Qxd3 Nxd3 47.
Bd2 Nxb2 48. Kc2 Na4 49. Kd3 Bg1 50. Ke4 Nc5+ 51. Ke5 $11 {and Black cannot
avoid the exchange of Pg6.}) 44... Qf5+ 45. Ka1 Bc5 $1 {Now White is under
pressure, though the position is still equal.} 46. a3 Nd3 47. Rd1 Nxc1 48. Rxc1
Bf8 49. Qd4+ Kg8 50. Rc7 $1 ({Correctly rejecting} 50. Qc4+ Qf7 51. Qxf7+ Kxf7
$15) 50... Qe6 51. Qc4 Qxc4 52. Rxc4 Kf7 53. a4 Rb3 (53... Ke6 54. a5 Bd6 55.
a6 Rh7 56. Ra4 Ra7 57. Kb1 $11) 54. a5 {The strong a-passer doesn't yield
Black much time for attacking the other pawns.} Rb5 55. Ra4 Bg7 56. Ra2 {
This awkward move is the only way to protect the pawn.} (56. Kb1 {was also
possible:} Rxb2+ 57. Kc1 Rb8 58. a6 $11) 56... Bd4 57. Ra4 Bxb2+ 58. Ka2 Bc1
59. a6 Rb2+ 60. Ka1 Rb8 61. Rc4 Be3 62. Rc7+ Kg8 (62... Ke6 63. Rc6+ Kd5 64.
Rxg6 $11) 63. Rc6 Bd4+ 64. Ka2 Kf7 {Black is pushing for a win, but his
resources are limited.} 65. Rd6 Bc3 66. Rc6 Bh8 67. Ka3 Bd4 68. Ka4 Rf8 ({
Black could have tried} 68... Rb6 $5 69. a7 Rb1 70. Rd6 Bxa7 71. Rf6+ Kg7 72.
f5 {White manages to swap the pawns, but there was still some theoretical
chance.}) 69. Kb5 Kg7 70. Rc7+ Rf7 71. Rxf7+ Kxf7 72. Kc4 Ba7 73. Kd5 Ke7 74.
Kc6 $4 {GM Hammer definitely doesn't deserve a loss in this game. Alas, this
terrible blunder immediately spoils half a point.} (74. f5 gxf5 75. Ke5 $11) (
74. Ke5 Bb8+ 75. Kd5 $11) 74... Ke6 (74... Ke6 75. Kb7 Be3 76. a7 Bxa7 77. Kxa7
Kf5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 5th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2018.03.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. c5 {Quite a rare and very ambitious move. White's space advantage
might tell in the long run, but releasing the tension in the centre makes
black counterplay much easier.} ({The following alternatives have been tested
at a high level:} 9. Rc1 Bd6 (9... a6 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Be2 c5 13.
Bf3 Rb8 14. Ne2 $14 {Kasparov,G - Vallejo Pons,F Linares 2005}) 10. a3 a6 11.
c5 Bc7 12. f4 g5 $132 {Ivanchuk,V - Cheparinov,I Khanty-Mansiysk 2005}) (9. Qc2
a6 10. h3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. exd4 Bd6 14. d5 e5 $132 {So,W -
Topalov,V Paris 2016}) (9. g3 $5 Bb4 (9... Bd6 10. Qb3 Rb8 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O
Re8 13. c5 Bf8 14. Qa4 a5 15. a3 b5 16. Qc2 e5 17. b4 $14 {Khismatullin,D -
Volkov,S Khanty-Mansiysk 2016}) 10. Qb3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Bg2 Nxc3 13. Qxc3
f5 14. O-O Qe7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. b4 $14 {Kramnik,V - Topalov,V Elista 2006 CBM}
) 9... e5 10. b4 Be7 $146 ({The only game between human players saw} 10... a6
11. a4 Be7 12. g3 exd4 13. exd4 Nf8 14. Bg2 Ne6 15. Be3 $14 {Salgado Lopez,I -
Alsina Leal,D Barcelona 2011}) 11. b5 {The most consistent. However, White's
aggressive approach might backfire - the development has been delayed.} ({
The quieter} 11. g3 exd4 12. exd4 {is well met by} Ne4 $1 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. b5
Bg5 $132 {with tense play.}) 11... O-O {A double-edged decision. It is
important to remove the king from the centre, but the Rh8 was putting definite
pressure along the h-file.} ({Another possibility was} 11... Qc7 $5 12. bxc6
bxc6 13. g3 Nf8 14. Bg2 Ne6 15. Qa4 Kf8 $132) 12. Qa4 $2 {Matthias is playing
with fire! Now Black's development advantage is getting threatening.} ({
The natural} 12. bxc6 $1 bxc6 13. Bd3 {was much better and might even cause
Black some problems. For instance,} Re8 14. O-O exd4 15. exd4 Nf8 16. Rb1 Ne6
17. Ne2 $14) 12... Re8 $6 {Nikita returns the favour.} ({The correct moves
order:} 12... exd4 $1 13. exd4 Re8 14. Be2 Nxc5 15. dxc5 d4 16. O-O dxc3 17.
Bxc3 Bxc5 $17 {and White would have to suffer till the end of the game.}) 13.
bxc6 bxc6 14. Be2 {The next few moves are almost forced.} exd4 15. exd4 Nxc5
16. dxc5 d4 17. O-O {The best solution.} ({In the event of} 17. Rd1 dxc3 18.
Bxc3 Nd5 19. Ba5 Qc8 20. O-O Bxc5 {White would have to claim sufficient
compensation for the pawn.}) 17... dxc3 18. Bxc3 Bxc5 19. Bf3 {Now the extra
c6-pawn is too weak, so White has no serious problems.} Rc8 20. Bxc6 $6 {
The first step in the wrong direction - Matthias is underestimating the danger
behind the rook's penetration.} ({The correct way was} 20. Qc4 Bb6 21. Rad1 Qc7
22. g3 {and the bishop pair provides White with sufficient compensation for a
pawn.}) 20... Re2 21. Bf3 $2 {A decisive mistake.} ({White's position is
difficult, but had GM Bluebaum played} 21. Ba5 Qd4 22. Qxd4 Bxd4 23. Bf3 Re5
24. Rad1 Bxf2+ 25. Rxf2 Rxa5 $17 {the result would still be unpredictable -
the limited material balance makes it tougher for Black to convert the extra
pawn into the full point.}) 21... Rxf2 $1 22. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Rxc3 24. Qxa7
$2 {Alas, it definitely wasn't Matthias's day!} ({After} 24. Rd1 Qc7 25. Kg1
Rc4 26. Qb3 Qc5+ 27. Kh1 {it was still possible to put up resistance, even
though Black should be objectively winning.}) 24... Ne4+ $1 {A very beuatiful
tactical shot.} 25. Kg1 ({After} 25. Bxe4 Rc7 $1 {White cannot avoid the major
loss of material. For isntance,} 26. Qa8 Rc8 27. Qxc8 (27. Qd5 Qf6+ $19) 27...
Qxc8 28. Re1 Qc5+ 29. Kf1 Qc4+ 30. Re2 f5 31. Bf3 g5 32. h3 g4 33. hxg4 fxg4
34. Be4 g3 $19) 25... Ra3 $1 {The final touch!} ({White resigns in view of} 
25... Ra3 26. Qxa3 Qd4+ 27. Kf1 Qf2#) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.24"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[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 "Beer Sheva"]
[BlackTeam "Alkaloid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 {Predicting an opening choice of Vassily is always a very
tough task. That's why I didn't focus on any specific line before this game.}
3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 {Black provokes the somewhat
weakening f2-f3 advance. This decision is double-edged, since in many cases
White may benefit from creating a strong pawn centre by means of f2-f3.} (6...
Bg6 {is a more quiet alternative.}) 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 {The
latest fashion. Black is not hurrying with moving the Nb8, since it may be
comfortably placed on c6 in the event of a release of the pressure.} 10. g3 {
I can hardly explain why I spent around 25 minutes till this moment, since the
line was well known to me. Alas, such careless time management was punished.} (
{The only line which I was able to recall to memory was:} 10. Rc1 Ne4 $1 11.
fxe4 Bxh4+ 12. g3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Be7 $132) 10... O-O 11. Rc1 Rd8 $146 {Most
probably, this innovation was an improvisation during the game. This is aimed
at protecting the Pd5 and supporting the c6-c5 advance.} ({The most common
continuation is:} 11... Qd7 {In general, Black's results in this position are
pretty good, but in the following recent game GM Igor Lysyj was able to
develop a powerful initiative:} 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. g4 $5 (14. Na4
Rc8 15. Rxc8+ Qxc8 16. Be2 Nc6 17. O-O Qd7 18. Rc1 Rc8 $11 {1/2 Nyback,T (2594)
-Neiksans,A (2571)/Sastamala 2014/CBM 161 Extra (53)}) 14... Nc6 15. g5 Ne8 16.
f4 Nd6 17. Qd1 Nf5 18. Qf3 Bb4 19. h4 $36 {1/2 Lysyj,I (2673)-Vitiugov,N (2719)
/Chita RUS 2015 (41)}) ({After} 11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bd3
$14 {as was played in Bacrot,E (2705)-Magem Badals,J (2470)/Evry 2008 Black
suffers from a lack of space and pressure along the c-file.}) 12. Nxg6 {
I had no reason to deviate from the exchange - Black cannot benefit from
opening-up the h-file any longer.} hxg6 13. cxd5 {A correct decision, but...
it was also played after significant delay! White definitely needs to clarify
the pawn structure in order to neutralise the pressure of the Rd8.} ({
Ivanchuk's idea would be fully justified in the event of} 13. Bg2 dxc4 14. Qxc4
e5 $1 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. f4 Qh5 $132) 13... exd5 ({An attempt to keep the
d-file closed fails to equalise:} 13... Nxd5 14. Be2 Qb6 15. Bc4 Nd7 16. O-O
$14 {Black lacks any active ideas.}) 14. Bg2 {The first step in a wrong
direction. For some reason, I wasn't afraid of Black's counterplay (which is
based on the c6-c5 advance), so I put the bishop on the most natural square.} (
{I seriously considering the most precise} 14. Bh3 $1 {, but I definitely
overestimated the effect of the immediate c6-c5:} c5 ({Comparing to the game,
now} 14... Qb6 15. Qc2 Nbd7 16. O-O {leaves Black in a passive position:} Rac8
17. Na4 Qb5 18. Rfe1 $14) 15. dxc5 Na6 {wouldn't solve Black's problems. White
has several promising continuations, such as} 16. Na4 Nd7 17. O-O Ndxc5 18. Qb5
Qd6 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. Rfd1 $14 {with a stable edge.}) 14... Qb6 15. Qc2 {
White definitely has to keep the queens on the board in order to fight for the
initiative.} ({Leaving the Pb2 unprotected was hardly a good idea:} 15. Qd1
Nbd7 16. O-O Qxb2 17. Rb1 Qa3 18. Rxb7 Rab8 $132) ({Nor does} 15. Qxb6 {
promise anything special:} axb6 16. O-O b5 $132) ({Or} 15. O-O Qxb3 16. axb3
Bb4 $11) 15... Nbd7 16. O-O Rac8 {Only after this move did I realise that my
previous play hadn't been precise, since all Black's forces are well-prepared
for pushing c6-c5.} 17. Rfd1 {This move is connected with a natural plan of
regrouping the pieces.} ({The alternatives were:} 17. Bh3 c5 18. Qb3 (18. Bxd7
Rxd7 19. Na4 Qe6 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21. dxc5 b6 22. b4 bxc5 23. bxc5 Rdc7 $11) 18...
cxd4 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. exd4 Rc6 21. Rfe1 Bb4 $11) ({and} 17. Qd3 c5 18. b3 Qe6
19. Rfe1 a6 20. a4 Bf8 $132) 17... c5 {Obviously, Black has no other useful
ideas.} 18. Be1 Qe6 $1 {Freeing the way for the b-pawn and putting some
pressure on the Pe3.} 19. Bf2 a6 $1 {Vassily correctly keeps the tension in
the centre. Black's plan is clear: 20...b5, followed by 21...Nb6 is coming. At
the same time, White's queen doesn't feel comfortable under the pressure of
the Rc8.} ({I was naively hoping for something like} 19... cxd4 $6 20. exd4 Bb4
21. Qb3 $14) 20. Qe2 ({I was considering} 20. a4 {like a clear concession.
Indeed,after} cxd4 21. exd4 Bb4 22. Qb3 Ba5 23. Re1 Qb6 $11 {Black would
successfully solve all the problems.}) ({Moving the queen back looks like a
concession, but it wasn't bad:} 20. Qb3 $5 b5 $1 ({During the game I was
worried about} 20... c4 {, but it seems that releasing the pressure in the
centre suits White anyway:} 21. Qc2 b5 22. a3 $36 {[%cal Ge3e4]}) 21. e4 cxd4
22. Nxd5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 (23. Nxe7+ Qxe7 24. Rxc1 Ne5 $132) 23... Ne5 24. f4 Nc4
25. Qd3 Nxb2 26. Qxd4 Nc4 $11) 20... b5 21. dxc5 $6 {After this exchange
Black's pieces get much more activity.} ({My first intention was:} 21. a3 Nb6
22. Qf1 {, but I didn't like the strong response} g5 $1 {Indeed, Black is
considerably well placed here, but it still was a better choice for me. For
instance,} 23. Bh3 g4 24. fxg4 Nxg4 25. Qe2 f5 26. e4 cxd4 27. exf5 Qxe2 28.
Nxe2 {leads to an approximately equal endgame.}) 21... Bxc5 {[%mdl 8192]} 22.
Rc2 $2 {A terrible blunder. As often happens, I noticed the tactical drawback
of my move 1 second after it was made.} ({Black's position was already
somewhat better, so I had to invite some simplifications by means of:} 22. a3
Ne5 23. a4 $1 b4 24. f4 $1 bxc3 25. fxe5 Qxe5 (25... Ne4 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Rxc3
Bb4 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Be1 $11) 26. Rxc3 d4 27. Rcd3 Re8 28. e4 Rcd8 29. Rc1 {
keeping good chances for a successful defence.}) 22... b4 $1 {Of course,
Vassily doesn't miss his opportunity.} 23. Na4 Bxe3 $1 {The unprotected Rc2
allows Black to win the important pawn.} 24. Rxc8 ({Hardly better was} 24. Bxe3
Rxc2 25. Qxc2 Qxe3+ 26. Qf2 Qe6 27. Re1 Qc6 28. b3 a5 $17) 24... Bxf2+ 25. Qxf2
({Possibly, a better practical try would be:} 25. Kxf2 Rxc8 26. Qxe6 fxe6 27.
Bf1 Rc2+ 28. Be2 a5 29. Ke3 g5 $17 {White is doomed to passive defence, but
Black still has to find a way to make progress.}) 25... Rxc8 26. Bf1 Ne5 27.
Kg2 $2 {Being under time pressure, White is committing the decisive mistake of
making Black's technical task much easier.} ({I had to play} 27. Qe2 g5 28. f4
gxf4 29. gxf4 Ng6 30. Qxe6 fxe6 31. Bxa6 Ra8 32. Nc5 Nxf4 33. Rd4 Rxa6 34. Rxf4
Rxa2 35. Rxb4 {and the restricted material balance forces Black to play very
precisely.}) 27... Qf5 $1 {A decisive penetration by Black's pieces.} 28. Rd2 (
{Or} 28. g4 Nexg4 29. fxg4 Qxg4+ 30. Kh1 Qxd1 $19) 28... Ne4 $1 {A final touch.
It was a painful loss in the final round, but I fully deserved it.} ({White
resigns in view of} 28... Ne4 29. fxe4 Qxe4+ 30. Kh3 g5 {and the king is
helpless.}) 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch (Women) 74th"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. g3 Nbd7 10. Bg2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bd2 $6 (12. cxd5 {seems to be the
best move in the position.} exd5 13. f3 $5 {With the intention to build a
strong center with e3-e4 as was played in Giri-Motylev, Biel 2014.} b5 14. e4
$5 {could be the improvement} (14. Ne2 Qb6 15. Kh1 c5 {was the game
continuation.}) 14... dxe4 15. fxe4 Qb6 16. Rd1 $14) 12... Nb6 13. cxd5 cxd5
14. Rfc1 Nc4 15. Be1 Qd7 (15... Na5 {was better} 16. Qd1 Nc6 {with a small
edge for White but nothing substantial.}) 16. e4 $1 Na5 17. Qb5 Qxb5 18. Nxb5
Nc6 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nc3 Rfd8 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Bc3 Bf6 23. Rd1 g5 24. Bf3
Rac8 25. Kg2 g6 {White does hold a small advantage thanks to his double bishop
advantage but the pressure on d4 is irritating to say the least and whatever
be the result, the point stays in the family! A draw was agreed.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Nc3 e6 8. Bd2
Nc6 9. Nh4 Be4 $5 {TN} (9... Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 $10) 10.
f3 Bg6 11. Nxg6 $2 (11. Rc1 $142 $10) 11... hxg6 12. Bd3 a6 13. Rc1 Bd6 (13...
Be7 $5 14. f4 g5 $1 $36) 14. f4 $8 Rc8 $2 (14... g5 $142 $1 15. fxg5 Ng4 16. h3
Be7 $1 17. Ne2 Bxg5 $17) 15. Qd1 $1 $8 Qe7 16. Qf3 Bb4 17. a3 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Rc7
$2 (18... Nd7 $142 $1 $15) 19. O-O O-O 20. Rc2 b5 21. g4 {Beginning the
assault on the kingside while after 21.Rfc1 Rfc8 22.a4! his activity on the
left flank might become quite annoying.} Rfc8 22. Rg2 b4 $1 $8 23. axb4 Nxb4
24. Bxb4 $6 (24. Bb1 $142 Ne4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Qxe4 Nd5 27. Bd2 f5 28. gxf5
gxf5 29. Qe5 $14) 24... Qxb4 25. f5 Qb3 $1 26. Bxa6 (26. Bb1 Rc1 $132) 26...
Ra8 27. fxg6 fxg6 $8 (27... Rxa6 $2 28. g5 $40) 28. g5 Ne4 29. Qf4 Re7 30. Be2
Nd2 $1 $10 31. Bd1 $8 (31. Rff2 Ra1+ $17) (31. Re1 Rf8 32. Qg3 Ne4 33. Qh3 Ref7
$40) 31... Qd3 32. Be2 Qb3 33. Bd1 Qd3 34. Be2 Qb3 35. Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Serper,G"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1993.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 O-O 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. Bc3 $5 (13. Qc2)
13... Bb4 $1 14. Qc2 Bxc3 (14... a5 $5) 15. Qxc3 a5 16. Rfd1 Nf6 (16... Qb4 17.
Qxb4 axb4 18. Ne1 {/\ Nc2 xb4+/-}) 17. Rd3 c5 $5 18. Rad1 (18. d5 exd5 19. cxd5
Ne4 $1 $13) 18... Rad8 19. dxc5 (19. Ne5 $5 cxd4 20. Rxd4 Ne4 $1 21. Qe3 Rxd4
22. Qxd4 (22. Rxd4 $2 Qxb2 $1 23. Rxe4 f5 $1 $19) 22... Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Nc5 $10)
19... Rxd3 20. Rxd3 Qxc5 21. Qd4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Rc8 23. Ne5 $5 Kf8 24. Rd6 (24.
f4 Ke7 25. Kf2 Rc7 {/\ Ne8, f6=}) 24... Ne4 $5 (24... Ke7 25. Rb6 Rc7 26. Rb5
Nd7 $1 27. Nxd7 Rxc4 $1 28. Kf1 Kxd7 29. Rxb7+ Ke8 30. Ke2 Rc2+ 31. Ke3 a4 $10)
25. Rb6 f6 $1 (25... Rd8 $2 26. Kf1 Rd2 27. f3 Nc5 28. Rb5 $16) 26. Nd7+ $1 Ke8
(26... Ke7 27. Rxb7) 27. Rxe6+ Kxd7 28. Rxe4 b5 29. b3 bxc4 30. Rd4+ (30. bxc4
Rb8 {/\ Rb2=/+}) (30. Rd4+ Ke6 31. bxc4 Rb8 32. g3 Rb2 33. c5 Rxa2 34. Rd6+ Ke5
35. Ra6 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Sethuraman, SP."]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Sethuraman,SP"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Itaka"]
[BlackTeam "Odlar Yurdu"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{After winning the first roud and drawing level with Valarenga chess club in
the second round, the third round was quite tough facing the strong Odlar
Yurudu... almost the olympic team of Azerbaijan.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6
4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 {The second game in
the same variation.} Be7 (9... Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e4 $1 {and this was my
first round game in the same tournament} dxe4 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. fxe4 Nb6 14. e5
Nfd5 15. Be2 Rh4 16. g4 Be7 17. a4 $14 {1-0 (62) Sethuraman,S (2649)
-Kharchenko,B (2450) Novi Sad SRB 2016}) 10. g3 Bh5 11. Be2 dxc4 (11... g5 $5)
12. Qxc4 Nbd7 13. e4 {My opponent was blitzing out his moves and after this
natural move he began to start thinking.} a6 14. a4 (14. O-O b5 (14... c5 15.
Bf4 {with d4-d5 to follow}) 15. Qd3 (15. Qb3 b4 $15) 15... Rd8 $1 $13 (15... c5
16. e5 $16)) 14... O-O (14... c5 15. d5 (15. Bf4 Qa5 {not allowing White to
play d5 was fine for Black}) 15... Ne5) 15. O-O b5 $1 16. axb5 axb5 17. Qd3 (
17. Nxb5 Qb6 18. Na3 Nxe4 $1 19. fxe4 Ne5 20. Qc3 Bxe2 21. Rf2 Bxh4 22. dxe5
Be7 23. Be3 Qa6 $17) 17... b4 18. Na4 Rfd8 (18... c5 19. Be3 $11 (19. Qc2 Qd6
$1 20. dxc5 Qd4+ 21. Kh1 (21. Kg2 b3) 21... b3)) 19. Be3 Ne8 (19... Rxa4 20.
Rxa4 Nc5 21. dxc5 Rxd3 22. Bxd3 {and I would prefer White here.}) (19... c5 20.
Qc2 $1) 20. Ng2 (20. Qc2 $142 {not being too concerned about the exchange on
h4 was much stronger than what happened in the game} Bxh4 21. gxh4 Nef6 22. Nc5
$14) 20... c5 21. Qc2 cxd4 22. Qxc7 Nxc7 23. Bxd4 e5 {Black is fine here as he
can activate his bishop on h5 via ...f6, ...Bf7.} 24. Be3 Ne6 25. Kf2 f6 26.
Bc4 Bf7 27. Bd5 Rac8 28. Rfd1 (28. Rfc1 Nd4 (28... Nec5 29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 30. Nxc5
Nxc5 31. Ne1) 29. Bxd4) 28... Nd4 29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 30. Bxd4 exd4 (30... Rc2+ 31.
Kg1 (31. Kf1 exd4 32. Rxd4 Ne5 33. Rxd8 Bxd8 34. Rd1 Be7 35. Ne1 Rxh2 36. Kg1
Re2 37. Kf1 Re3 38. Kf2 Rb3 39. Ke2 $11) 31... exd4 32. Ne1 Re2 33. Rxd4 Ne5
34. Rxd8 Bxd8 35. Kf1 $11) 31. Ne1 Ra8 (31... b3 $1 {not allowing white to fix
his pawn on b3} 32. Rxd4 Ne5 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. f4 Rd2+ 35. Kg1 Ng4 {and Black
gets a huge amount of activity for the pawn.}) 32. b3 Rdc8 $2 (32... Nc5 33.
Nxc5 Bxc5 34. Ke2 Ra3 35. Rac1 $1 Be7 36. Rd3) (32... Ne5 33. Rac1) 33. Rxd4
Ne5 (33... Rxa4 34. Rxa4 Bc5 35. Raxb4 {this was the move which my opponent
blundered.}) (33... Nb6 34. Nxb6 Rxa1 35. Nxc8 Bc5 36. Nd6+ Ke6 37. Nf5 g6 38.
Nd3 Ba7 39. Nf4+ Kf7 40. Nd6+ Ke7 41. Nc8+ $18) 34. Rdd1 (34. Rd5 $1 Ra6 (34...
Nc6 35. Rc1) 35. Rad1 Nc6) 34... Nc6 35. Rac1 $2 {I return the favour.} (35.
Nc2 $142 $16) 35... Na5 36. Rxc8 Rxc8 37. Rb1 (37. Rd3 Rc1) 37... Ra8 $1 38.
Ke2 Nxb3 39. Rxb3 Rxa4 40. Nc2 Ra8 41. Rb2 h5 42. Nxb4 Bxb4 {And a draw.
Missed chances here and there. We lost this match against the strong
Azerbaijan team, but it was a good fight on all boards.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sethuraman, SP."]
[Black "Kharchenko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Sethuraman,SP"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Itaka"]
[BlackTeam "LugPokerChess"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{This was my first time in the European Club Cup playing for the Serbian team
Itaka on the first board. Before the event I played for the same team in the
Serbian league just one month back when we perfomed really well and personally
I did too :) It was nice to return to Serbia and to represent the same team
with all the positive vibes around :)} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5
5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Nbd7 $6 {Already this move
was slightly inacurate compared to 9...Be7 as played later by Mamedov Rauf in
the fourth round against me in the same tournament as when White takes with 10.
cxd5 he can take with 10...cxd5 and the knight comes to c6 which is not
possible now .} (9... Be7 10. cxd5 cxd5) 10. cxd5 exd5 (10... Nxd5 {is the
only right way to continue but White still retains a slightly better position
with a strong centre after} 11. e4 Nxc3 12. Nxg6 (12. bxc3 Bh5) 12... hxg6 13.
bxc3 Bd6 (13... Rxh2 14. Rxh2 Qxh2 15. Qxb7 $16) 14. e5) (10... cxd5 $2 11. Nb5
Qd8 12. Rc1 $18 {and the knight on d7 is completely misplaced.}) 11. e4 $1 dxe4
12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. fxe4 Nb6 14. e5 (14. a4 a5 15. Be2 Bb4 16. e5 Nfd5 17. O-O
Rh4) 14... Nfd5 15. Be2 (15. a4 $1 {I forgot this important move which was in
my notes when I later checked it after the game. It creates some weakness for
Black as he is forced to play ...a5:} a5 (15... Rh4 16. Ne2 $1 {[%cal Gg2g3]})
16. Nxd5 (16. Be2 Rh4) 16... Nxd5 17. Bc4 {and White is much better with
castling to follow and Black's a5-pawn becomes a big weakness when he castles
long.}) 15... Rh4 $1 {A rook sortie creating some imbalance in the position.}
16. g4 Be7 (16... O-O-O $142 17. O-O-O Be7 {and maybe Black is fine.}) 17. a4
$1 {Provoking Black to play ...a5.} a5 18. Ne4 (18. O-O-O $1 Bb4 (18... Rh3 19.
Bf1) (18... O-O-O 19. Ne4 {[%csl Ra5]}) 19. Kb1 Rh8 (19... O-O-O 20. Bg5 Rh3
21. Bxd8 Qxd8 22. Rd3 $16) 20. Ne4 $14) 18... Nd7 19. Qg3 $6 (19. O-O-O $142 {
and again this was the right way to keep some advantage.}) 19... Rh8 (19... Qb6
$1 20. Bc3 O-O-O {[%csl Re1] and Black is completely fine.}) 20. O-O f6 21.
Nd6+ $6 {I played this move very fast which turned out to be a big mistake
based on simple miscalculation. It was not necessary to release the tension so
quickly.} (21. Bc4 {was very strong, attacking the key knight on d5 which is
holding the black position together.} Qb6 (21... fxe5 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Nc3 $16
) 22. Qf2 f5 (22... fxe5 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Qf7+) (22... O-O-O 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24.
Nc3 $16) 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Nc3 $16) 21... Bxd6 22. exd6 Qb6 23. Bc3 O-O-O 24.
Bf3 {And I thought Black has no good squares for the d7-knight simply missing
the fact that he has ...Ne5!} Ne5 {Already here it was bit disappointing for
me to have spoiled a very good advantage in the very first round of the
tournament but my only consolation was my opponent had very much less time
something like 4 mins.} 25. Be4 Nc4 26. Bxg6 Nxd6 27. Rfe1 $2 (27. Rae1 Rh6 28.
Bc2 {and the computer proves that White is not worse at all as I thought I was
during the game.} g5 29. Re6 Nf4 30. Rxf4 $1 {the difference of having the
white rook on f1...}) 27... Rh6 28. Bd3 g5 $1 $17 29. Bf1 Nf4 30. b4 {Trying
to scare my opponent :) who was very low on time was the only way after
messing up my position to a great extent. Sometimes it does work as my
opponent went wrong on his very next move.} axb4 $2 (30... Rdh8 31. bxa5 Qa7 {
and Black is just winning.}) 31. a5 Qa7 (31... Qc7 32. Bxb4 Rdh8 33. a6) 32. a6
$1 b5 (32... Kd7 33. axb7 Qxb7 34. Rab1 $13) 33. Bxb4 Qxd4+ 34. Qe3 (34. Qf2
Qxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Kd7 36. a7 Ra8 37. Rad1 Nd5 38. Bc5 Rxh2+ 39. Bg2 Nc8 $1 {
and Black is close to a draw.}) 34... Qxe3+ 35. Rxe3 Nd5 36. Rea3 (36. Re6 Nxb4
37. Rxd6 Rdh8 38. a7 Kc7 $1 39. Rd2 Ra8 $11) (36. a7 Kb7) 36... Kd7 (36... Nxb4
$142 37. a7 Kb7 38. a8=Q+ Rxa8 39. Rxa8 Ne4) 37. Bc5 Ra8 {This is a bit
passive.} (37... Ne4 $1) 38. Bg2 {Now I stop Black's activity and the pawn on
a6 is dangerous.} Nc4 39. Rd3 Ne5 40. Rxd5+ $1 cxd5 41. Bxd5 {[%csl Gc5,Gd5]}
Rhh8 (41... Nc6 42. a7) 42. a7 Rhc8 (42... Nc6 {and here there are many
winning options for White} 43. Rf1 (43. Ra6)) 43. Ra6 (43. Be4 $1 Rc6 (43...
Nc6 44. Bb6) 44. h3 $18 {[%cal Ga1b1,Gb1b5] and Black is unable to move.})
43... Rc6 (43... Nc6 44. Be4 Rc7 45. Kf2 $16) 44. Bxc6+ Nxc6 45. Kf2 b4 (45...
Kc7 46. Ke3 Kb7 47. Rb6+ Kc7 48. Ke4 Nxa7 (48... Rxa7 49. Rxc6+ $18) 49. Rxf6
$16) 46. Ke3 Kc7 (46... b3 47. Kd2 Kc7 48. Kc3 Kb7 49. Rb6+ Kc7 50. Kxb3 Nxa7
51. Rxf6 $18 {[%csl Ra7]}) 47. h3 (47. Kd3 Kb7 (47... Rd8+ 48. Kc4 Kb7 49. Kb5)
48. Ra4 $5 b3 (48... Rd8+ 49. Ke4 Ka8 50. h3 b3 51. Ra3 b2 52. Rb3 Rd2 53. Rb6
Rh2 (53... Nxa7 54. Bd4 $18) 54. Kd5 Nxa7 55. Bd4 Rxh3 56. Rxb2 {and the
position looks very unpleasant for Black because the knight on a7 is not
coming into play.}) (48... Nxa7 49. Bd4 {[%csl Rf6,Rg5] and the pawns on f6
and g5 fall}) 49. Ra3 $1 (49. Kc3 $4 Nxa7 50. Kxb3 (50. Bd4 Nb5+ $19) 50... Nc6
$11) 49... Nxa7 50. Bd4 b2 $1 51. Bxb2 Rh8 52. Ke4 Rxh2 53. Bxf6 Nb5 54. Rd3
Kc6 55. Bxg5 {and Black makes a draw here.}) (47. Ra4 b3 48. Kd3 Kb7) 47... Kb7
48. Rb6+ Kc7 49. Ke4 Re8+ $2 (49... Nxa7 {is just a draw here.}) 50. Kf5 Re5+
51. Kxf6 Rxc5 52. a8=Q Kxb6 {I thought it to be simply winning during the game
since I have this h4 sacrificing the h-pawn for g4-g5-g6 but it's not at all
that easy and moreover it's just equal, not anything more than that.} 53. Qa2 (
53. h4 gxh4 54. g5 h3 55. g6 h2 56. Qh8 Rc2 57. g7 Rf2+) 53... Nd4 $2 (53...
Rb5 {[%cal Gb4b3] in perfect cordination and Black is fine.}) 54. Qd2 Nc2 55.
Qd3 Kb7 56. h4 $1 {And now this works because of the lack of coordination
between the black pieces.} gxh4 57. g5 Rc6+ 58. Ke5 Na3 59. g6 Nc4+ 60. Kf4 Rc7
61. Qd5+ Kb6 62. g7 {After some drama finally I won my game and my team won as
well.} 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op2"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1994.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 (8... Qb6 $5) 9. Bd2 $1 $146 (9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. f4 Nbd7 11. Be2 Bd6 12. Bd2
dxc4 $1 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Be2 b4 $1 15. Na4 c5 $15 {Shevelev,S-Gentilleau,T/
Cannes/1993/}) (9. g3 Nbd7 10. Bd2 Nb6 $1 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. O-O-O
$10 {Malaniuk,V-Gurevich,M/Groningen/1993/0,5/13/}) 9... Bd6 (9... Be7 $5) 10.
cxd5 (10. O-O-O $14) 10... exd5 11. O-O-O $1 Nbd7 (11... Bxh2 $6 12. f4 $16)
12. e4 Be7 $1 (12... dxe4 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. fxe4 $16) 13. e5 $2 (13. exd5 $32
cxd5 (13... Nxd5 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Nxd5 cxd5+ 16. Kb1 $14) 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15.
Kb1 $14) 13... Nh5 $1 14. Nxg6 $8 hxg6 15. Bd3 (15. g4 $2 Ng3) 15... g5 (15...
O-O-O 16. g4 $18) 16. Ne2 Nf8 $1 17. g4 $6 (17. Kb1 Ne6 18. g3 $10) 17... Nf4
18. Nxf4 (18. Bxf4 gxf4 19. Nxf4 $2 Bg5) 18... gxf4 19. Bxf4 Ne6 20. Be3 (20.
Bg3 Nxd4 21. Qa4 Nxf3 $1 22. e6 Bf6 23. exf7+ Kf8 $17) 20... Rh3 $1 $15 21.
Rhf1 $1 g6 (21... O-O-O 22. Bf5 $5 $132) 22. Kb1 O-O-O 23. Bc2 Kb8 (23... Rdh8
$5) 24. Rd3 {/\f4-f5} Rxh2 $2 (24... c5 25. dxc5 d4 26. Bg1 Nxc5 27. Qxf7 Nxd3
28. Bxd3 $13) (24... g5 $5) 25. f4 c5 26. dxc5 d4 27. Bg1 Rh1 (27... Nxc5 $32
28. Bxh2 $5 Nxb3 29. Bxb3 $14) 28. Rdd1 $16 Rdh8 (28... Nxc5 29. Qf3) 29. f5 (
29. Qd5 $32 $16) 29... gxf5 30. gxf5 Nxc5 31. Qxf7 (31. Qd5 $5) 31... d3 $1 (
31... Qxe5 32. Bxd4 Qxd4 $8 33. Rxd4 Rxf1+ 34. Rd1 $18) 32. Bxd3 Nxd3 33. Rxd3
(33. Bxa7+ $2 Kxa7 34. Rxh1 Rxh1 35. Rxh1 Qxe5 36. Qb3 Qe4 $1 $40) 33... Qxe5
34. Qe6 $2 (34. Qd5 $14) 34... Qxe6 35. fxe6 Bc5 36. Rdd1 Rxg1 37. Rxg1 Bxg1
38. Rxg1 Re8 39. Rg6 $10 Kc7 40. Kc2 Kd6 41. e7+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2014.12.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Gomez, John Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Swiercz,D"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. g3 {On the board we now have one of the well-known
positions in the Slav Defence. It has been tested many times by top level
players and in my opinion White is slightly better due to the advantage of the
pair of bishops which he is soon going to gain by Nxg6. On the other hand
Black's position is very solid and proving the advantage is not so easy.} a6 {
One of the possible moves. However other moves have also been tested:} (10...
O-O {is one I used myself in July 2014 in Biel and I managed to equalise.} 11.
Nxg6 (11. Rc1 Qd7 $5 {Gelfand - Giri, 2013}) 11... hxg6 12. Kf2 Rd8 13. Rc1 Qd7
14. Rc2 dxc4 15. Bxc4 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Na4 Bd6 18. Rhc1 Qe7 19. Be1 Nc6 $13
{with unclear play.}) ({Other moves are} 10... Nbd7) ({and} 10... Bh5) 11. Rc1
dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nbd7 13. a4 ({Another move is} 13. Be2 {but I didn't want to
repeat my opponent's game from April:} e5 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. d5 Nc5 16. Qc2 O-O
$142 $13 (16... e4 $6 {was in the game} 17. O-O exf3 18. Bxf3 O-O 19. dxc6 $16
{Vallejo Pons - Gomez})) 13... Rd8 14. Nxg6 {Sooner or later I would have to
take on g6 and now it was a good moment to do so in order to finish my
development.} (14. O-O $6 {would have been met by} Nc5 $1 15. Qd1 Bd3 {where
Black solves all his problems.}) 14... hxg6 15. O-O O-O 16. Ne4 $5 {An
interesting idea. The main point was to create some pressure on the f-file and
build a strong centre. Also, with this move I prevent the freeing ...e5.} ({
The character of the position is rather calm so I had many other possibilities.
One of them was} 16. a5 $5 {blocking the structure on the queenside.} e5 (16...
c5 17. Na4 {with unpleasant tension on the c-file.}) 17. Rfd1 $14) 16... Nxe4
17. fxe4 Bg5 {Black runs away from the threat Bxe6.} ({In my opinion there a
was better solution:} 17... Ne5 18. Be2 c5 $1 {undermining White's central
position was not so clear. I thought that after} 19. Rfd1 Nc6 20. dxc5 {
I am just a pawn up and if I reach b4 etc then it's a clear advantage. But the
point is that it's not so easy to do so...} Rd7 $1 21. Be1 (21. Qc2 a5 22. Bb5
Rfd8 $13) 21... Rxd1 22. Qxd1 Qe5 23. Qc2 a5 $13) 18. Be1 $6 {Played after a
long period of thought. And it spoils the advantage. The idea was to play h4
and run away from the pin on the d-file in order to have the e5-move in some
lines.} (18. Bb4 {was my first thought but it's not so good.} c5 $1 {And there
was the very tempting} 19. Rxf7 $5 {but White most probably doesn't get more
than a draw.} Kxf7 (19... Rxf7 $5 20. Bxe6 Rdf8 21. Rf1 cxb4 22. Bxf7+ Kh7 23.
e5 {is also very unclear}) 20. Bxe6+ Ke8 21. Bxd7+ Qxd7 22. Rxc5 Bf6 $13 {
with some completely unclear positions}) (18. Kg2 $1 {was the best. And I
wanted to play it but somehow I didn't like in some lines that my bishop on d2
is not protected.} c5 19. h4 Bf6 (19... Bh6 $2 20. g4 Nf6 21. Be2 Nxe4 22. Be1
$16 {with some real problems with the Bh6.}) 20. Be2 $1 {was correct play and
White kept the initiative.} (20. e5 {is not possible} Nxe5 $1 {(And I didn't
like it)}) 20... g5 (20... Qb8 21. Bc3 $16 {[%cal Ge4e5]}) 21. Be1 gxh4 22.
gxh4 $14) 18... Nf6 (18... c5 19. h4 Bh6 20. g4 {was my intention and I guess
my opponent was afraid of this.} (20. Rc2 $5 cxd4 21. exd4 Rc8 $13) 20... cxd4
$1 (20... g5 21. Rc2 $14) 21. g5 Nc5 $1 {but Black gets enough counterplay
there:} 22. Qc2 Bxg5 23. hxg5 Qe5 24. Qh2 (24. Qg2 Nxe4 $13) 24... Qxg5+ 25.
Qg3 Qxg3+ 26. Bxg3 Nxe4 $13) (18... Qb6 19. Rc3 $14) 19. h4 {It's better to
keep this bishop on h6 from where it can't get back to e7 in any case.} Bh6 20.
e5 Ng4 21. Bf2 (21. Rc3 {was leading to a very unclear position after} c5 $1
22. Be2 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Bxe3+ 24. Qxe3 cxd4 $13 {but I thought I couldn't have
the better position there.}) 21... Qe7 22. Be2 Nxf2 23. Kxf2 f6 $11 {Black
manages to undermine my centre and with so much material left on the board the
position looks like close to being drawn.} 24. exf6 (24. Kg2 fxe5 25. Rxf8+
Rxf8 26. dxe5 Rf5 {looks quite drawish.}) 24... gxf6 25. Bc4 Rde8 26. Kg2 f5
27. Rce1 Kh7 28. e4 fxe4 $2 {A huge mistake after which White is clearly
better thanks to Black's weak king and e6-g6 pawn weaknesses.} (28... f4 {
was correct and the position was unclear (both kings are weakened) but still
was about equal.} 29. e5 b5 30. axb5 axb5 (30... cxb5 $5 31. Be2 $14) 31. Bd3
$13) (28... b5 {was also normal for Black.}) 29. Rxe4 $16 Rxf1 30. Bxf1 Qf7 31.
Be2 (31. Bd3 $1 {was even stronger but as I didn't have much time I wanted to
secure the f-file to be sure he could not enter with his pieces.}) 31... b5 (
31... Rf8 32. Bf3 $16) 32. Qc2 Rf8 33. Qxc6 {Now I was not I afraid. With Be2
I felt safer and I didn't see how my opponent can create any danger to my king.
} bxa4 (33... Qf2+ 34. Kh3 Qf5+ (34... Be3 35. Qc2 $16) 35. g4 Qf2 36. Rxe6
bxa4 (36... Bf4 37. Qg2 $18) 37. Qe4 $16) 34. Rxe6 Qf2+ 35. Kh3 Qxd4 $4 {
The decisive mistake, committed in big time trouble.} ({A more stubborn way was
} 35... Qf5+ 36. g4 Qf2 37. Qe4 Kh8 $8 {but White has a huge advantage one way
or another.} 38. Rxg6 Bf4 39. Qg2 $16) 36. Rxg6 Qd2 37. Qe4 Kh8 38. Bd3 Qe3 39.
Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "Match Euwe-Pirc +2-2=6"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1949.06.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pirc, Vasja"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Annotator "Trifunovic,P"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1949.06.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 e6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 Bxd3 8.
Qxd3 Bb4 9. Bd2 Ba5 (9... O-O $2 10. Nxd5 $1) (9... Qe7 $142) 10. Rfd1 (10. b4
$5 Bxb4 11. Nxd5 $1) 10... O-O 11. Rac1 Re8 {[%cal Yd5c4,Yd3c4,Ye6e5] /\12...
dc 13.Dc4 e5} 12. Be1 h6 13. Qe2 a6 14. a3 b5 $2 (14... Bxc3 $5 15. Bxc3 Ne4
16. Be1 $14) 15. cxb5 cxb5 16. Rc2 $1 $16 Bc7 (16... Rc8 $2 17. Nxd5 exd5 18.
Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Bxa5 $18) 17. Rdc1 Bd6 18. Na2 Nb6 19. Ba5 Qb8 20. Bxb6 Qxb6 21.
Rc6 Qb8 22. Nb4 Bxb4 (22... a5 23. Na6 Qb7 24. Rxd6 Rxa6 25. Rxa6 Qxa6 26. Rc5
$1 Rb8 27. a4 $18) 23. axb4 Nd7 {[%cal Yd7b6,Yb6a4] /\Sb6-a4} 24. b3 $1 {
[%cal Ye2a2,Ya2a5] /\Da2-a5} Ra7 25. Qa2 Qa8 26. Qa5 $1 $18 Rb8 27. h3 g6 28.
Rc7 $1 Nb6 (28... Rxc7 29. Rxc7 Rb7 30. Ne1 e5 31. Nd3 exd4 32. Rxb7 Qxb7 33.
exd4 Nb8 34. Nc5 Qe7 35. Qb6 $18) 29. Ne5 Rxc7 30. Rxc7 Rb7 31. Rc6 Qa7 (31...
Qb8 32. Rxb6 $1 Rxb6 33. Nd7) 32. Nd3 Kg7 33. Nc5 Rb8 34. Nxa6 Rc8 35. Qxb6 1-0

[Event "Match Najdorf-Tartakower +2-1=2"]
[Site "Torun"]
[Date "1935.07.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Annotator "Tuhan Baranowski,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1935.07.20"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1)Lissowski: Young Najdorf. p.51 2)Gazeta Polska 18/8/1935 by Leon
Tuhan-Baranowski..} Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bd3 Bg6 7.
O-O Nbd7 8. Qe2 Ne4 9. Nd2 Nxd2 10. Bxd2 Nf6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. e4
dxe4 14. Nxe4 Be7 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Rfe1 Kf8 17. Bc3 Bd6 18. h3 Kg7 19. d5
cxd5 20. Rad1 Rh5 21. g4 (21. Qd3) 21... Rxh3 22. g5 Qd7 (22... Rh1+ 23. Kg2 (
23. Kxh1 Qh8+ 24. Kg2 Qh2+ 25. Kf3 Qh3#) 23... Rh2+ 24. Kg1 $11) 23. Bxf6+ Kh7
24. Rd3 Qf5 25. Rxh3+ Qxh3 26. Qe3 Bh2+ 27. Kh1 Bg3+ 28. Kg1 Re8 29. fxg3 Rxe3
30. Rxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham International Masters"]
[Site "Nottingham"]
[Date "1936.08.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Annotator "Van Reek,J"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 e6 6. cxd5 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 exd5 8.
Nc3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Re8 14.
Qxe8+ Qxe8 15. Rxe8+ Rxe8 16. Kf1 Nb6 17. Bd2 f6 18. Re1 Rxe1+ $15 19. Nxe1 {
Nobody offers a draw. The play becomes lighthearted.} Kf7 20. Ke2 Ke6 21. h3
Nc4 22. Bc1 Bc7 23. Kd3 Ba5 $4 (23... Nb6 $15) 24. b4 $1 $18 Bxb4 25. Nc2 Bd2
26. Bxd2 Nb2+ 27. Ke2 Kd5 28. Bc1 Nc4 29. Kd3 Nb6 30. Ne3+ Ke6 31. Nc4 Nc8 32.
Na5 Nd6 33. Bf4 {Euwe played three games against Lasker in his life and lost
them all.} 1-0

[Event "NED-chT 9900"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "2000.02.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barsov, Alexei"]
[Black "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "Van Wely/Cifuentes"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bussum"]
[BlackTeam "Rotterdam"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 $6 Bf5 $1 5. Nc3 (5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7.
Nc3 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 O-O (10... c5 $11) 11. Bf4 c5 12. Rad1
Qb6 13. b3 Rfd8 $11 {Tal,M-Sveshnikov,E/ Leningrad 1991}) (5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3
Qc7 7. Nc3 (7. Bd2 e6 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. Bb4 Bd6 $5 10. Qa3 Ke7 $1 $11 {
Brenninkmeijer,J-Dreev,A Groningen 1991/}) 7... e6 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Bb5 Bd6 10.
Rc1 Rb8 $1 $11 {Gurevich,M-Anand,V/ Reggio Emilia 1991}) 5... e6 6. Nh4 (6. Be2
h6 7. O-O Nbd7 $11) 6... Bg4 (6... Be4 $5) 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. h3 (8. Qxb6 axb6 9. f3
Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. g5 Nfd7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e4 (14. h4 b5 15. f4
Nb6 16. Be2 N8d7 17. b3 Nc8 18. Bb2 Nd6 19. Kf2 f6 20. a3 Be7 21. Bf3 Nf5 22.
h5 fxg5 23. hxg6 Rxh1 24. Rxh1 gxf4 25. Rh8+ Nf8 26. e4 dxe4 27. Bxe4 Nxd4 28.
Nxb5 Nxb5 29. Bxg7 O-O-O 30. Be5 Bc5+ 31. Kf1 Ne6 32. Bf5 Rxh8 33. Bxe6+ Kd8
34. Bxh8 Bf8 35. Bf6+ Kc7 36. a4 Nd6 37. g7 Bxg7 38. Bxg7 Ne4 39. Be5+ Kb6 40.
Bxf4 Kc5 41. Bc8 {1-0 Gomez,F-Dominguez Perez,L/Havana 1999/CBM 70 ext (41)})
14... dxe4 15. fxe4 b5 16. Bf4 b4 17. Ne2 Nb6 18. Bg2 N8d7 19. O-O Be7 20. d5
cxd5 21. exd5 Bc5+ 22. Kh1 O-O 23. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2 Feige,M-Wegerle,J/Murek 1998/
CBM 65 ext (23)}) 8... Bh5 9. g4 (9. Qxb6 axb6 10. g4 Bg6 11. cxd5 (11. g5 Nfd7
12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. f4 Na6 14. Bd2 Bd6 15. Kf2 Ke7 16. Be2 dxc4 17. Bxc4 b5 18.
Be2 Nb6 19. Ne4 Bb4 20. Bc1 Nd5 21. a3 Ba5 22. h4 Bb6 23. Bd2 f6 24. gxf6+ gxf6
25. Nc3 Nac7 26. Bf3 Rad8 27. Ke2 Ra8 28. Rag1 Rag8 29. Ne4 Ne8 30. h5 gxh5 31.
Rxg8 Rxg8 32. Rxh5 Bc7 33. Nc5 b6 34. Nd3 f5 35. Ne5 Nef6 36. Rh1 c5 37. Be1
Ke8 38. Bh4 cxd4 39. Bxf6 Nxf6 40. exd4 Ke7 41. Rc1 Bd6 42. Rc3 Rg3 43. Rc6 Rh3
44. Rxb6 Rh2+ {1-0 Paunovic,D-Kosic,D/Kladovo 1990/TD (44)}) 11... exd5 12.
Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bg2 Bb4 14. Bd2 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Ne4 16. Bb4 Na6 17. Ba3 b5 18. b3
b4 19. Bb2 Nc7 20. f3 Nd6 21. a3 Kd7 22. Kd2 bxa3 23. Rxa3 Rxa3 24. Bxa3 Ra8
25. Bb2 Ra2 26. Kc1 Ne6 27. h4 Ra8 28. h5 g5 29. Kd2 Rh8 30. Ke2 f5 31. Ra1 Re8
32. Kf2 fxg4 33. fxg4 Nc7 34. Ke2 Rf8 35. Rf1 Rxf1 36. Kxf1 Nce8 37. Ke2 Nf6
38. Bf3 Ke6 39. Ba3 Nde4 40. Bb4 Ng8 41. Kf1 b6 42. Kg2 Ngf6 43. Be2 c5 44. Ba3
Nc3 45. Ba6 Nfe4 46. Bc8+ Kf6 47. Ba6 cxd4 48. exd4 Nd2 49. Bb4 Nce4 50. Bb7
Ke6 51. Bf8 Kf7 52. Bb4 Ke6 53. Bf8 Kf7 54. Bb4 Ke6 {1/2-1/2
Chuchelov-Mukhametov,Novosibirsk 1989}) (9. Bd2 Be7 (9... Nbd7 10. g4 Bg6 11.
g5 $6 Ng8 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. c5 $6 (13. e4 dxe4 14. O-O-O Ne7 15. Nxe4 Nf5 16.
Bc3 Rh4 17. Bg2 Qxb3 18. axb3 Nb6 19. Kc2 Be7 20. Rd3 O-O-O 21. Rf1 Rd7 22. f4
Bd8 23. Nc5 Re7 24. Be1 Rh8 25. Be4 Nd6 26. Re3 Bc7 27. h4 Ree8 28. Nd3 Nd5 29.
Re2 Ne7 30. Ne5 Nef5 31. Bxf5 Nxf5 32. Re4 Re7 33. Bf2 Rd8 34. Kc3 a5 35. Rfe1
Rh8 36. b4 axb4+ {1/2-1/2 Georgiev,V-Waitzkin,J/Mermaid Beach 1998/CBM 62 ext 
(36)}) 13... Qc7 14. e4 $2 Ne7 15. exd5 exd5 16. Bd3 Rh4 17. Ne2 b6 18. cxb6
axb6 19. O-O-O b5 20. Kb1 Nb6 21. f4 Nc4 22. Be1 Rh8 23. Bb4 Nf5 24. Rhe1 Bxb4
25. Qxb4 Qd6 26. Qc3 Kf8 27. Bxf5 gxf5 28. Nc1 g6 29. b3 b4 30. Qf3 Na3+ 31.
Kb2 c5 32. Re5 c4 $19 {0-1 Smirin,I-Kasparov,G/Tel Aviv 1998}) 10. g4 (10. Qxb6
axb6 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. f3 Na6 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Be1
Bd6 17. Kb1 Rhe8 18. Bf2 b5 19. Ne2 Nc7 20. Nc1 b6 21. Bg2 Re7 22. Rhe1 Rde8
23. Nd3 c5 24. e4 dxe4 25. fxe4 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28. dxc5 bxc5
29. Bxc5 Bxc5 30. Nxc5 Re3 31. Rd3 Rxd3 32. Nxd3 Kd7 33. Kc2 Kd6 34. Kd2 Nd5
35. Ke2 g5 36. Kf3 g6 37. Ke4 Ne7 38. b3 f5+ 39. Ke3 Nc6 40. a4 bxa4 41. bxa4
Kd5 42. gxf5 gxf5 43. h4 gxh4 44. Kf4 Kc4 {1/2-1/2 Crouch,C-Ansell,S/Oxford
1998/EXT 2000 (44)}) 10... Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bg2 Nbd7 13. g5 (13. O-O-O
O-O-O (13... Qxb3 14. axb3 Nb6 15. c5 Nbd7 16. b4 a6 17. f3 e5 18. Be1 O-O-O
19. Bg3 exd4 20. exd4 Rde8 21. Kc2 Bd8 22. Bf4 Nh7 23. Bc1 Ng5 24. Kd3 Ne6 25.
f4 Bc7 26. Rdf1 Rh4 27. Ne2 f6 28. Bd2 g5 29. f5 Nef8 30. Ng1 Rh8 31. Nf3 Bg3
32. Ng1 Nh7 33. Ne2 Bh4 34. Bf3 Re7 35. Be3 Rhe8 36. Bg1 Nhf8 37. Ra1 Nb8 38.
Kd2 g6 39. Ra3 Nfd7 40. Rh2 Rh8 41. Rg2 Nf8 42. Bh2 Re8 43. Rd3 Nbd7 44. Rg1
Rh7 45. Rf1 Nb8 46. Ra3 Nfd7 47. Bd6 gxf5 48. gxf5 Nf8 49. Nc3 Nfd7 50. b5 axb5
51. Ra8 Rhh8 52. Bxd5 cxd5 53. Nxd5 g4 54. hxg4 Bg5+ 55. Kd1 Re4 56. Nb6+ Kd8
57. Bxb8 Nxb6 58. Bc7+ Kxc7 59. cxb6+ Kxb6 60. Rxh8 Rxd4+ 61. Kc2 Rxg4 62. Re8
Rc4+ 63. Kb3 Ka5 64. Rf3 Rb4+ 65. Kc2 Rc4+ 66. Kb1 Kb6 67. Re7 Rc5 68. Ka2 Rc4
69. Kb3 Rc5 70. Re4 Rc6 71. Rd4 Kc5 72. Rfd3 Kb6 73. Rd5 Bh6 74. Rd7 Bg5 75.
R3d5 Bf4 76. Re7 Be5 77. Re6 b4 78. Rd7 Bg3 79. Kxb4 Be5 80. b3 Bf4 81. Rxc6+
Kxc6 82. Rd8 Be5 83. Kc4 Bb2 84. Re8 Kd7 85. Re6 Kc7 86. Kd5 Kd7 87. Ke4 {
1-0 Supatashvili,K-Mchedlishvili,M/Panormo 1998/CBM 67 ext (87)}) 14. Qa4 Kb8
15. c5 Qc7 16. f4 b6 17. b4 b5 18. Qb3 Ka8 19. Kc2 Rb8 20. Ra1 Kb7 21. a4 a6
22. Ra3 Kc8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rha1 Rb7 25. Qb1 Nb8 26. Qf1 Qd7 27. Bf3 Ne8 28.
Ne2 g5 29. Nc1 Bf6 30. Kc3 Qe7 31. Nd3 g6 32. Bg2 Rf8 33. Qf2 Nc7 34. Kc2 Bg7
35. fxg5 Qxg5 36. e4 Qd8 37. e5 f6 38. exf6 Bxf6 39. Qe3 Nd7 40. g5 Bg7 41. h4
Rf7 42. Bc3 Qh8 43. Rh1 Qh5 44. Raa1 Qg4 45. Bh3 Qe4 46. Rae1 Qxe3 47. Rxe3 Re7
48. Rf1 Ra7 49. Kb3 Kd8 50. Nf4 Nf8 51. Rff3 Kd7 52. Bf1 Ra8 53. Bd3 e5 54.
dxe5 Nce6 55. Nxe6 Nxe6 56. Bxg6 d4 57. Rd3 Kc7 58. Bd2 Bxe5 59. Rf5 Bg7 60. h5
Nf8 {1-0 Supatashvili,K-Karatekin,T/Panormo 1998/CBM 67 ext (60)}) 13... Ng8
14. h4 Rd8 15. Qa4 a6 16. c5 Qc7 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Rb8 19. O-O-O $13 {
Khlian,E-Zakharstov,V/Azov 1995}) 9... Bg6 10. Nxg6 (10. Bg2 Nbd7 11. g5 Nh5
12. Bf3 Be7 13. Rg1 Qxb3 14. axb3 O-O 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Bg4 f5 17. gxf6 Ndxf6
18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Be2 Bb4 20. f3 c5 21. Rxg6 cxd4 22. exd4 Bd6 23. Rg5 Bf4 24.
Rf5 Bxc1 25. Rxc1 Rfe8 26. Kf2 g6 27. Re5 Nf4 28. Bb5 Rf8 29. Ne2 Ne4+ 30. fxe4
Nd3+ 31. Ke3 Nxe5 32. dxe5 dxe4 33. Kxe4 Rac8 34. Bc4+ Kh7 35. e6 Rf5 36. Rd1
b5 37. Rd7+ Kh6 38. Bd3 Re8 39. Nd4 Rh5 40. Rxa7 {1-0 Ree,H-Bosch,J/NLD-chT
1993/EXT 97 (40)}) (10. g5 Ng8 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 (13. Qxb6
axb6 14. Nxe4 Na6 15. Bd2 Nb4 16. Bxb4 Bxb4+ 17. Ke2 Ne7 18. a3 Nf5 19. Bg2 Be7
20. Rhd1 O-O-O 21. d5 exd5 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Nc3 d4 24. Nd5 Bxg5 25. Nxb6+ Kb8
26. Rd3 Rhe8+ 27. Kf1 Re5 28. a4 Rc5 29. a5 Ka7 30. Rb3 Nd6 31. Nd5 Nc4 32. Rb4
Nd2+ 33. Ke2 Rcxd5 34. Bxd5 Rxd5 35. Kd3 f5 36. Rd1 Ne4 37. Kc4 Rxa5 38. Rxd4
Be7 39. Rb3 Ra4+ 40. Kd5 Rxd4+ 41. Kxd4 Bc5+ 42. Ke5 Bxf2 43. Kd5 Bh4 44. Rb4
Bf6 45. Rb3 Kb8 46. Rb4 g5 47. Ke6 Ng3 48. b3 f4 {0-1 Callergard,R-Ingbrandt,J/
SWE-chT 9596 1996/EXT 98 (48)}) (13. Bg2 Ne7 14. O-O Nd7 15. Rd1 Nf5 16. Nxe4
Rd8 17. d5 Nc5 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Nc3 cxd5 20. cxd5 e5 21. f4 Bd6 22. Nb5 exf4
23. b4 Na4 24. Nxd6+ Nxd6 25. Bxf4 Kd7 26. Be5 Rc8 27. Bxg7 Rh4 28. a3 Nf5 29.
Bf6 Ne3 30. Rd2 Nxg2 31. Kxg2 Re4 32. Rf1 b5 33. Bg7 Ke8 34. Rdf2 Rc7 35. Kf3
Rcc4 36. Kg3 Re3+ 37. Kg2 Rc7 38. Bd4 Rd3 39. Re2+ Re7 40. Rxe7+ Kxe7 41. Bf6+
Kd6 42. Re1 Nb6 43. Re7 Nxd5 44. Rxb7 Rxa3 45. Rxb5 Rb3 46. Rb7 Nf4+ 47. Kf1
Nxh3 48. Rxf7 Rxb4 49. Rg7 Ke6 50. Kg2 Nxg5 {1/2-1/2 Ree,H-Okkes,M/NLD-chT9495
1994/EXT 98 (50)}) 13... Nd7 $6 (13... Na6 $142 {see game}) 14. Be3 Qxb3 15.
axb3 Bb4+ 16. Bd2 Rh4 17. Bg2 Be7 18. f4 Nb6 19. Kf2 Kd7 20. Rhc1 Bf8 21. b4
Ne7 22. b5 Nf5 23. bxc6+ bxc6 24. Nc5+ Kc7 25. Nb3 Kd7 26. Ra6 Ne7 27. Be3 Nf5
28. Bd2 Ne7 29. Nc5+ Kc7 30. Nd3 Nf5 31. d5 Kb7 32. dxc6+ Kxa6 33. Ra1+ Na4 34.
Rxa4+ Kb6 35. Ba5+ Ka6 36. Bc7# {1-0 Barsov,A-Ippolito,D/London 1999/CBM 70
ext (36)}) 10... hxg6 11. g5 $6 (11. Bg2 $142 Nbd7 12. Bd2 dxc4 (12... Qa6 $1)
13. Qxc4 Be7 14. O-O-O Qc7 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. g5 Nd5 17. h4 N7b6 18. Qe2 Nxc3+ 19.
Bxc3 Nd5 20. Bd2 Qb6 21. Ka1 Bb4 22. e4 Ne7 23. Be3 Qc7 24. h5 Rxh5 25. Rxh5
gxh5 26. Qxh5 Ng6 27. Bh3 Ke7 28. f4 Rh8 29. Qf3 Ke8 30. d5 exd5 31. exd5 Bd6
32. dxc6 Qxc6 33. Qf1 a6 34. Rc1 Qe4 35. f5 Ne7 36. Re1 Be5 37. Bc5 Qd5 38.
Bxe7 Kxe7 39. f6+ Kf8 40. Rd1 Qa5 41. fxg7+ Kxg7 42. Rd7 Bf4 43. Be6 Rf8 44.
Bd5 Qd2 45. a3 Rc8 46. Rxf7+ Kg6 47. Qb1+ Kh5 48. Qh7+ Kg4 49. Be6+ {1-0
Nielsen,P-Hansen,S/Roenne 1999/CBM 74 no vc (49)}) 11... Ng8 12. e4 dxe4 13.
Nxe4 Na6 $1 (13... Nd7 $143 14. Be3) (13... Qxd4 $6 14. Qxb7 Qxe4+ 15. Be3 Bb4+
$8 16. Qxb4 Na6 17. Qb7 Rb8 18. Qxa6 Qxh1 19. Rd1 Rxh3 20. Qxa7 Rxe3+ 21. Qxe3
Ne7 22. Qe5 $16) 14. Be3 Qb4+ 15. Ke2 $6 (15. Qxb4 $142 Nxb4 16. Kd2 a5 (16...
O-O-O 17. a3 e5 $1 (17... Na6 18. Kc2 Ne7 19. Rd1 Nf5 20. Be2 $14) 18. axb4
exd4 19. Bf4 Rh4 20. Bg3 Rxe4 21. Kd3 Ree8 22. h4 Bd6 23. Bxd6 Rxd6 24. Rxa7
$14) 17. a3 Na6 $13) 15... Rd8 $1 {/\Ne7, xd6} 16. Qc2 (16. Qxb4 Nxb4 17. Bg2
Nc2 18. Rad1 Rh4 $1 (18... Ne7 19. Nc5 b6 20. Nb3) 19. Rd2 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Ne7
21. Nc5 Rb8 $11) 16... Ne7 17. a3 (17. Bd2 $2 Nf5 $1) 17... Qa5 18. b4 Qc7 (
18... Nxb4 $2 19. Qc3 Qf5 20. Bg2 Na6 21. Ng3 $18) 19. Ng3 $1 (19. Bg2 Nf5 $15)
19... Rh4 (19... Nf5 $5 20. Nxf5 gxf5 21. Rd1 Be7) 20. Rd1 Nf5 21. Nxf5 gxf5
22. Bg2 (22. Bg2 g6 $5 23. Qb3 Bg7 24. d5 f4 25. Bc1 exd5 26. cxd5 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "Vitiugov,N"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Finek Gazprombank"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 ({A more popular continuation is} 4...
Bg4) 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 ({Sometimes Black plays} 6... Be4 7. f3 Bg6) 7. Nxg6
hxg6 8. g3 $5 Nbd7 9. Bg2 dxc4 10. Qe2 Nb6 {Black is in no hurry to give the
pawn back.} ({There is the quieter way} 10... Be7 11. Qxc4 e5) 11. O-O Bb4 12.
Rd1 Qe7 13. e4 (13. a3 $5 Ba5 14. e4 e5 15. Be3 $13 {, and in the game
Ponomariov - Shirov, 2006 the participants agreed on a draw.}) 13... e5 14. Be3
O-O 15. a4 $1 {A new and very interesting way to fight for the initiative in
this position.} Rfd8 $6 {And Black wasn't able to react right.} ({Black should
choose bewteen} 15... Nbd7 $5 16. Qxc4 Ng4 17. Bd2 a5 18. d5 $13) ({and the
strange} 15... Ba5 $5) 16. a5 ({On} 16. dxe5 {Black should answer} Rxd1+ (16...
Qxe5 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. a5 Nc8 19. Qxc4 Bxa5 20. Bf4 Qh5 21. h3 $13) 17. Rxd1
Qxe5 18. Bd4 Qe6 {with unclear play.}) 16... Nbd7 17. d5 {This move is not in
this position's style.} ({The correct move was the simple} 17. Qxc4 $1 {
intending} {to play} Ng4 {on} 18. Bd2 exd4 (18... Ndf6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5
Bxd2 21. Rxd2 cxd5 22. Qe2 $1 $16) (18... Bd6) 19. Nd5 cxd5 {and here after}
20. Qxb4 $1 {White gets an advantage} ({but not} 20. Bxb4 dxc4 21. Bxe7 Re8 22.
Ba3 d3 23. b3 b5 24. axb6 axb6 25. bxc4 Nge5 26. f4 Nxc4 27. Rxd3 Nc5 28. Rc3
Rxa3 29. Raxa3 Nxa3 30. Rxa3 Nxe4 31. Rb3 $11) 20... Qf6 21. Be1 dxe4 22. Rxd4
Nge5 23. Bc3 $14) 17... cxd5 (17... Bc5 18. a6 $1) 18. exd5 e4 19. Bd4 {
Having sacrifised a pawn, White doesn't hurry to restore material equality.
But he should!} (19. Rd4 Ne5) (19. Qxc4 Ne5 20. Qb3 Nf3+ 21. Bxf3 exf3 22. Bg5
Qd7 23. Nb1 Qf5 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Ra4 Bd6 26. Nd2 Rac8 $132) 19... Rac8 (19...
Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nxd5 21. Qxe4 $1 $16) 20. Ra4 $6 ({White plays too romantically.
But sometimes one should be greedy.} 20. Bxa7 $5 Ne5) 20... Bxc3 21. bxc3 b5 {
Now the position is rapidly and simply fine.} 22. axb6 Nxb6 23. Bxb6 axb6 24.
Rxc4 Rxc4 25. Qxc4 Qe5 26. Qb3 $2 $138 {In time trouble White didn't notice a
simple way to draw.} (26. d6 e3 27. fxe3 Rxd6 28. Rxd6 Qxd6 29. Qd4 $11) 26...
Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Nxd5 $17 {Now the position becomes technical.} 28. Qb5 ({Maybe
my opponent hadn't seen the counterstrike after} 28. c4 e3 $1 29. fxe3 Qxe3+
30. Qxe3 Nxe3 $19) 28... Qe6 29. Qc4 f5 30. Qd4 Nf6 31. Bf1 Kh7 32. Bc4 Qc6 33.
Kf1 ({He had more of a chance after} 33. h4 $5) 33... g5 34. h3 Qc5 $1 $19 {
The remainder is simple.} 35. Ke2 Qxd4 36. cxd4 g6 37. Ke3 Kg7 38. f3 (38. d5
Ne8 39. Kd4 Nd6 $19) 38... exf3 39. Kxf3 Ne4 40. Bd5 Nd6 41. Ke3 Kf6 42. Kd3
Ne4 $1 {Wins at once, because the pawn endgame is losing for White.} 43. g4 (
43. Bxe4 fxe4+ 44. Kxe4 Ke6 45. g4 b5 46. d5+ Kd6 47. Kd4 b4 48. Kc4 b3 49.
Kxb3 Kxd5 50. Kc3 Ke4 51. Kc4 Kf3 52. Kd5 Kg3 53. Ke5 Kxh3 $19) 43... Nf2+ 0-1

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Linkoping"]
[Date "2001.07.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Ziegler,A"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 {Pia har sett att
Jonny fick några lektioner som svart i York 1999, men Jonny har lärt av läxan.
Det visade han inte minst mot Volzhin i Skellefteå 2000.} Be4 {Jag har själv
spelat varianten som vit och känt mig som en bluffgubbe, eftersom jag vet att
vit inte kan få någon fördel.} ({Jag gjorde det lilla misstaget att gå till
fel fält med löparen mot Tiger i Excelsior Cup 2000.} 6... Bg4 7. Qb3 Qb6 {
Och nu kan vit istället spela} 8. h3 {istället för f3 och få en minimalt
förbättrad version.}) 7. f3 ({Man behöver inte vara rädd för att vit kall slå
löparen:} 7. Nxe4 {Och nu är båda slagen bra.} Nxe4 (7... dxe4 {Hotar ...g5.})
8. Nf3 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Nxd2 {Svart har minst utjämning.}) 7... Bg6 8. Qb3 Qb6 ({
Personligen föredrar jag:} 8... Qc7 {Men det är inte bättre.} 9. g3 Nbd7 10. e4
$2 dxe4 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. fxe4 e5 14. d5 Bc5 15. Bg5 $2 Bd4 16.
O-O-O Nc5 17. Qc2 Qb6 18. Bg2 f6 $1 19. Bd2 Nd3+ ({nu kunde jag avgjort ännu
snabbare med:} 19... Bxb2+) 20. Kb1 Nxb2 21. Ba5 Qxa5 22. Rxd4 exd4 23. e5 Na4
24. Qxg6+ Kf8 25. exf6 Qb4+ 26. Kc1 Qb2+ 27. Kd1 Nc3+ {Bator-Ziegler, Västgöta
Open, 2001.}) 9. Nxg6 hxg6 {[#]} 10. Bd2 ({Ställningen är svår. Här skall man
exempelvis inte spela:} 10. c5 $2 Qc7 11. e4 dxe4 12. fxe4 Nbd7 {Med idén ...
e5.} 13. e5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxe5+ 15. Ne2 O-O-O 16. Bf4 Qxc5 {Med likande spel
som i huvudvarianten i Slaviskt, men här står svart något bättre.}) 10... Nbd7
11. O-O-O (11. Bd3 {Jag gjorde bort mig i Bundesliga för två år sedan:} Qxb3 $6
{Jag fattade inte att jag förbättrade vits struktur. Men Dr Hübner läxade upp
mig i Chessbase Magazine. En annan gång när jag spelade mot Bönsch kom Hübner
och tittade. Först nickade han, men efter en stund började han skaka på
huvudet och gick. Jag impar inte på den gubben.} (11... Be7 12. Qxb6 axb6 13.
O-O dxc4 14. Bxc4 b5 15. Bb3 O-O $11 {Chatalbashev,B-Meduna,E, Pardubice 1997})
12. axb3 {Och Stuart Conquest kom lite bättre. Men partiet svängde innan han
till sist satte sig i ångvälten och körde över mig.}) 11... Be7 {Det känns en
smula mer naturligt att ställa sig på d6.} 12. Be2 (12. Kb1 {Rowson,J-Hector,J,
York 1999}) 12... c5 {Jonny vilar inte på hanen utan skjuter direkt.} 13. Qxb6
Nxb6 14. Nb5 O-O 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Kb1 a6 17. Nc3 Rfe8 {[#] Jonny utnyttjar på
ett fint sätt vits svaghet på e3.} 18. Rhe1 Rac8 19. Bf1 cxd4 20. exd4 Nc4 {
En smula prematurt. Svarts ställning var helt OK. Pia satt precis och
funderade på hur vitfältslöparen skulle bli aktiv. Skall den till b3 eller g2?
I båda fallen kan svart blockera med en springare. Jonny serverar henne svaret
på en silverbricka.} 21. Bxc4 dxc4 (21... Rxc4 22. Bg5 {Vinner bonde.}) 22. Bg5
Kf8 23. d5 Bd6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Ne4 Bb4 (25... Bxh2 26. Nxf6 {Ger vit det
lättare spelet.}) 26. Nc3 (26. Re2) 26... Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Bxc3 28. bxc3 Rd8 {
Vits d-bonde är svag och tvingar vit att passificera tornet.} 29. Rd1 Ke7 30.
Rd4 b5 31. h4 Kd6 32. a4 Re8 33. axb5 axb5 34. Rf4 {Pia gör vad hon kan för
att byta bönder.} f5 35. g4 Re1+ 36. Kc2 Re2+ 37. Kc1 Rg2 {[#]} ({Ett
alternativ var} 37... Re3 38. Kc2 Ke5 39. Rd4 fxg4 40. fxg4 (40. d6 gxf3 41. d7
f2 42. d8=Q Re2+ 43. Rd2 Rxd2+ 44. Qxd2 f1=Q) 40... Kd6 {Svart har fortfarande
det bättre spelet.}) 38. h5 $1 (38. gxf5 g5 $1 39. hxg5 Rxg5) 38... gxh5 $6 (
38... Kxd5) 39. gxh5 Rg5 {[#]} 40. h6 $2 (40. Rh4 {Naturligtvis.}) 40... Rh5
41. h7 Ke5 42. Rd4 Rxh7 43. d6 Rh8 44. f4+ Ke6 45. Rd2 f6 (45... Rd8 46. Re2+
Kxd6 47. Re5) 46. Kb2 $2 (46. d7 Rd8 47. Rb2 Rxd7 48. Rxb5 Rd3 49. Rc5 Rxc3+
50. Kb2 Rb3+ 51. Kc2 Rb4 52. Kc3 Ra4 53. Rxc4 {Är remi.}) 46... Rd8 47. Ka3
Rxd6 48. Re2+ Kd7 49. Kb4 Kc6 50. Re8 Rd1 51. Rc8+ Kd7 52. Rb8 Rf1 53. Rxb5
Rxf4 54. Rc5 Ke6 55. Kb5 (55. Rxc4 Rg4 56. Kb3 f4 57. Kc2 Ke5 58. Kd2 {Ger
större remichanser. Kungen skall stå framför motståndarens fribönder.}) 55...
Rg4 56. Rxc4 f4 57. Rb4 Kf5 58. Rb1 f3 59. c4 Ke4 60. c5 f2 0-1

