[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.10.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Simutowe, Amon"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zambia"]
[BlackTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ZAM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 {Nimzo-Indian Defence.} 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 {
IM Simutowe usually goes for Rubinstein 's System in this opening.} d5 6. cxd5
$5 {This gives the option of putting the bishop on d6 for black.} (6. a3 Be7 7.
cxd5 Nxd5 $5 {is usual.}) 6... Nxd5 {Alex's treatment dressed in a different
form.} (6... exd5 7. g3 (7. a3 Bd6) 7... Re8 8. Bg2 Bf8 9. O-O a5 $13) 7. Bd2 (
7. e4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 {and Ne2 looks really weird.} (8... Ba5 9. Ba3 Re8 10.
g3 b6 11. Bg2 Ba6 12. Rc1 (12. e5 Nd7 $1) 12... c5 $1 $36)) (7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5
(8. a3 cxd4 $1) 8... Nc6 9. a3 Nxc3 10. Nxc3 Bxc5 $11) 7... Nd7 8. Nxd5 {
This transposes the game into a Karlsbad structure.} (8. Qc2 N5f6 $13) 8...
Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 exd5 10. Nc3 Nb6 $1 {This is a cool move.From b6 the knight can
always reach to d6 via c8.} 11. Be2 $6 (11. Bd3 Bg4 12. Qc2 Kh8 13. f3 Bh5 14.
O-O Bg6 $11 {looks normal}) 11... Qg5 $1 {taking the advantage of whites
paasive play.} 12. O-O Bh3 13. Bf3 Nc4 14. Qe2 c6 15. Kh1 Bf5 $15 {Black has
everything he wants,besides it is very noticeable that white could not
accomplish minority attack.} 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. Rad1 Rad8 $6 {First stupid move.
} (17... Re6 $1 18. Na4 (18. Nxd5 $2 cxd5 19. Bxd5 Bd3 $1 $19) 18... Rh6 19. g3
Nd6 20. Nc5 Re8 $17) 18. g3 Bh3 $6 {Why was that?} (18... Qg6 19. b3 Nd6 20.
Bg2 Ne4 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 $15) 19. Na4 f5 $2 {And the final nail on the coffin!} (
19... Nd6 20. Nc5 Qf6 $15) 20. Nc5 Re7 21. Nd3 Bg4 $1 {That was my idea with
19...f5.} 22. Kg2 Rde8 23. h4 Bxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Qf6 25. b3 Nd6 {Here I had enough
with my first round game and offered a draw in a more or less equal position.}
(25... Nd6 26. Ne5 Nf7 27. Nxf7 Qxf7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3
a5 9. Bg2 c6 10. O-O Na6 11. b3 Re8 12. Kh1 Bf8 13. Nf4 Bf5 14. f3 h6 15. Ra2
b5 16. Nce2 Bh7 17. g4 Ra7 18. Ng3 Bd6 19. Nd3 c5 20. f4 Ne4 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22.
Ne5 Rc7 23. Qe2 Bxg2+ 24. Qxg2 Bxe5 25. fxe5 c4 26. bxc4 dxc4 27. g5 Qxg5 ({
Better was} 27... hxg5 {, and if} 28. Rf5 {then} b4 $5 29. Rxg5 g6 30. d5 Nc5
31. e6 Nxe6 32. dxe6 Qd1+ 33. Qg1 Qxg1+ 34. Kxg1 Rxe6 {, with counterplay.})
28. Qd5 Qg6 29. Rg2 Qc6 30. e4 c3 $2 ({After this careless move White's
threats cannot be parried. Essential was} 30... Qxd5 31. exd5 Kh7 32. Rfg1 Rg8
{, retaining counterchances.}) 31. Rfg1 (31. Rxf7 $1 {was the shortest way to
the victory:} Qxd5 32. Rgxg7+ Kh8 33. exd5 {, and Black's position is hopeless.
}) 31... g5 ({Of course, not} 31... g6 32. Rxg6+) (31... Qxd5 {loses to} 32.
Rxg7+ Kh8 33. exd5) {[%tqu "En","All White's pieces are superbly placed. How
should he continue his attack?","Destroy the weak pawn formation around the
enemy king.","Sacrifice your bishop!","c1g5","This sacrifice unleashes the
power of White's rooks and wins the battle.",5]} 32. Bxg5 $1 {[%csl Gg1,Gg2,
Rg8] After the bishop sacrifice, the white rooks come into attack, and the
black king is doomed.} hxg5 (32... Qxd5 {loses to} 33. Bf6+ Kh7 (33... Kf8 34.
Rg8#) 34. Rg7+ Kh8 35. Rxf7#) 33. Rxg5+ Kf8 ({Or} 33... Kh7 34. Rh5+ {, with
mate in a few moves.}) 34. Rg8+ Ke7 35. Rxe8+ (35. Rxe8+ {forcing mate in four:
} Kxe8 36. Rg8+ Ke7 37. Qd8+ Ke6 38. Qf6+ Kd7 39. Qxf7#) 1-0

[Event "New York Smartchess.com"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2001.06.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Simutowe, Amon"]
[Black "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. g3 c6 8. Bg2
Bf5 9. f3 Re8 10. O-O Na6 11. g4 Be6 12. a3 Bd6 13. h3 Nd7 14. e4 dxe4 15. fxe4
Nb6 16. Nf4 Nc7 17. d5 cxd5 18. exd5 Bd7 19. Nh5 Bb5 20. Nxb5 Nxb5 21. Qd3 Qd7
22. Bh6 Be5 23. a4 Nd4 24. Rae1 Qxa4 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. Bxg7 Rxh5 27. Bxd4 Rg5
28. Bf6 Rg6 29. Be4 Rxf6 30. Rxf6 Qa1+ 31. Rf1 Qxb2 32. Bxh7+ Kg7 33. d6 $1 {
Creating a deadly threat.} Rf8 $4 ({A decisive mistake. Essential was} 33...
Rh8 $1 {, and if} 34. d7 (34. Rxf7+ $2 {fails to} Kxf7 35. Qg6+ Kf8) {then}
34... Qe5 $1 35. d8=Q Rxd8 36. Qxd8 Qg3+ $11) {[%tqu "En","Black's king is in
bad shape. How would you conclude the game?","Disclose the enemy king even
more!","Use your rook!","f1f7","This is a nice touch!",4]} 34. Rxf7+ {[%csl
Rg6,Rg7][%cal Gd3g6,Gh7g6]} (34. Rxf7+ {, spotting a nice checkmate:} Rxf7 (
34... Kxf7 35. Qg6#) 35. Qg6+ Kf8 36. Qg8#) 1-0

[Event "Ceske Budejovice op"]
[Site "Ceske Budejovice"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Guliev, Sarhan"]
[Black "Prandstetter, Eduard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3
a5 9. Bg2 Na6 10. O-O Re8 11. Nf4 c6 12. f3 Nc7 13. e4 c5 14. e5 Nd7 15. Ncxd5
Nxd5 16. Nxd5 cxd4 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. f4 Nc5 19. Bd2 Bf5 20. b4 Ne4 21. bxa5
Nc3 22. Qb3 Rxa5 23. Bxc3 dxc3 24. Qxc3 Rea8 25. Rf3 Be4 26. Re3 Bxg2 27. Kxg2
b5 28. Rc1 g6 29. Qc5 Qxc5 30. Rxc5 Rxa3 31. Rxa3 Rxa3 32. Rxb5 Ra2+ 33. Kh3 h5
34. Rb7 Re2 35. Kh4 Rxh2+ 36. Kg5 h4 37. e6 (37. gxh4 $5 Rg2+ 38. Kf6 Rf2 39.
Rb8+ Kh7 40. Rb4 Kg8 41. h5 gxh5 42. f5) 37... hxg3 38. e7 Rh5+ 39. Kg4 f5+ 40.
Kxg3 Kf7 41. Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch (Women) 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Socko, Monika"]
[Black "Kosintseva, Tatiana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. b4
c6 9. Ng3 Re8 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O Nb6 12. Rb1 {# Both Kosinsteva sisters have
played this line with Black, with Tatiana's latest foray dating from last year,
when she followed Kramnik's choice of 12...a6 from Navara-Kramnik (2008).
Kramnik's plan is not for everyone though, and if you suffer from
claustrophobia, another approach is recommended.} Bd6 13. Qc2 Be6 14. a4 a6 15.
a5 Nc8 16. Na4 Na7 17. Nc5 Qc7 18. f3 Nb5 {#Kramnik played this knight
maneuver too, though via d6 instead of a7. In this game, though the knight
looks well-placed, it is shown to be biting on dust.} 19. Qf2 h5 20. Re1 Rad8
21. Bb2 Bc8 22. Rbd1 {Socko is rerouting her pieces to prepare for the
thematic e4 push. Kosinsteva really cannot do anything to prevent it, and is
reduced to getting ready to fight against it and hope for the best.} Re7 23.
Nf1 Ree8 24. h3 Nd7 25. e4 dxe4 26. fxe4 Nf8 27. Qf3 Ng6 28. e5 Bxc5 29. dxc5
h4 30. Bxg6 fxg6 31. Qe4 g5 32. Qg6 Qe7 33. e6 $1 {# the bishop on b2 is
upgraded from e5 supporter to intercontinental ballistic missile.} Nc7 34. Rxd8
Rxd8 35. Ne3 Bxe6 36. Ng4 Rf8 {Houston, we have a problem.} 37. Nh6+ Kh8 38.
Nf5 Rxf5 39. Qxf5 Kg8 40. Qe5 Kh7 41. Qd6 Qf7 42. Rf1 Bf5 43. Qe5 Kg6 44. Rxf5
Qxf5 45. Qxg7+ Kh5 46. Qxc7 {# The bishop on b2 may look like it is hanging...}
g4 {no, it isn't a blunder.} ({the bishop is untouchable, since} 46... Qb1+ 47.
Kh2 Qxb2 {runs into} 48. Qh7#) 47. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. b4
Bf5 9. f3 h6 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. Nf5 Nc6 13. Qc2 Bxf5 14. Bxf5 a5 15.
b5 Ne7 16. Bh3 Nh7 17. g3 c5 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. O-O c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Kh1 Ng5
22. Bg2 Rc8 23. f4 Ne4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Rd1 Qe8 26. Qxe4 Rc6 27. Qf3 Qa8 28.
Rd3 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Rb1 Bxa3 31. Bxa3 Rxc3 32. Rd1 Qe8 33. Bxe7 Qxe7 34.
Qa8+ Kh7 35. e4 Re3 36. e5 Qb4 37. Qd5 a4 38. f5 Re1+ (38... Qg4) (38... Re2 $1
39. f6 Qb2 40. Kg1 Rxh2 41. Qf3 Re2 $1 42. fxg7 Qxe5) 39. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 40. Kg2
Qe2+ 41. Kg1 Qe1+ 42. Kg2 Qe2+ 43. Kg1 a3 44. Qxf7 Qe1+ 45. Kg2 Qxe5 46. Qa7
Qb2+ 47. Kh3 Kg8 48. Qe3 Kf8 49. Qc5+ Ke8 50. Qc8+ Ke7 51. Qc7+ Kf6 52. Qd6+
Kxf5 53. Qd5+ Kf6 54. Qd6+ Kf7 55. Qd7+ Kg6 56. Qd3+ Kf7 57. Qd7+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sharjah FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2014.08.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ushenina, Anna"]
[Black "Danielian, Elina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "205"]
[EventDate "2014.08.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{A long game, but not one that was marked by precise play. Ushenina always had
a pleasant position as the symmetrical structure suited her pieces better.
Danielian sacrificed a piece to break the bind that was clamping down her
position, but surely she was lost after that. The Ukrainian player made it
very hard on herself and Danielian had multiple chances of equalizing or at
least creating strong complications, however she missed almost all of them and
after 103 moves she had to resign.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5.
Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. Ng3 d5 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5
12. Qe2 a6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Ba2 Bd7 15. e4 Bc6 16. Bg5 Nfd7 17. Rac1 Qb8 18. Nh5
g6 19. Ng3 Bg7 20. Qc2 Nf6 21. f3 Ncd7 22. Kh1 h5 23. Nge2 Qa7 24. Qd2 Rac8 25.
Nd4 Ne5 26. Be3 Qb8 27. Bf4 h4 28. Qe2 Nh5 29. Be3 h3 30. g3 Red8 31. f4 Nd7
32. Nxc6 Rxc6 33. e5 Nxe5 34. Rxd8+ Qxd8 35. fxe5 Bxe5 36. Rd1 Rd6 37. Kg1 Nf6
38. Rxd6 Qxd6 39. Bb1 Qc6 40. Bd3 Bxc3 41. bxc3 Qxc3 42. Qd2 Qxa3 43. Bf1 Ng4
44. Bd4 e5 45. Ba7 Qa1 46. Bc5 Kg7 47. Qe2 Nh6 48. Qd3 Nf5 $2 49. Qd8 Qc1 50.
Qf8+ Kf6 51. g4 $2 (51. Qh8+ $18) 51... b6 $2 (51... Qd1 $1 {A surprising
resource, but here White cannot escape the perpetual easily.} 52. Qh8+ (52.
gxf5 Qg4+ 53. Kf2 Qxf5+ 54. Ke1 Qb1+ 55. Ke2 Qc2+ $11) 52... Kg5 53. Qxe5 $14)
52. Bxb6 Nd4 53. Qd6+ Ne6 54. Bd8+ Kg7 55. Qxe5+ Kg8 56. Bf6 {Now the win is
not in question.} Qd1 57. Qb8+ Nf8 58. Qg3 Nh7 59. Bc3 a5 60. Qf4 a4 61. Qd4
Qxd4+ 62. Bxd4 Ng5 63. Bb2 Kh7 64. Bb5 f5 65. gxf5 gxf5 66. Bxa4 Nf3+ 67. Kh1
Kg6 68. Bc6 Ng5 69. Kg1 Kh5 70. Kf2 Kg4 71. Be5 Nf7 72. Bf3+ Kg5 73. Bc7 Kh4
74. Bd5 Ng5 75. Ke3 Kg4 76. Bd6 Nh7 77. Bf3+ Kg5 78. Be7+ Nf6 79. Kd4 Kg6 80.
Ke5 Ng8 81. Bd8 Nh6 82. Kf4 Kg7 83. Kg3 Nf7 84. Be7 Ne5 85. Be2 Kf7 86. Bc5 Ke6
87. Kxh3 Kd5 88. Bb6 Ke4 89. Ba6 f4 90. Bb7+ Kf5 91. Kg2 Nc4 92. Bc7 Ne5 93. h3
Ng6 94. Kf2 Ne5 95. Ke2 Nf7 96. Kd3 Ne5+ 97. Kd4 Nf7 98. Bc8+ Kg5 99. Be6 Nh8
100. Bd8+ Kh6 101. Ke4 Ng6 102. Bf5 f3 103. Kxf3 1-0

[Event "Nanjing FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2009.10.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mkrtchian, Lilit"]
[Black "Zhao, Xue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. g3
c5 9. Bg2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Rb1 {I don't really like this move
in principle. White is playing some pseudo Grunfeld ideas here. The rook would
be better on c1} (12. e4 Rd8 13. d5 exd5 14. exd5 Bf5 15. Bf4 Ne5 16. Nd4 cxd4
17. cxd4 Bd6 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Rc1 Qd6 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Qb3 Rd7 22. Rfe1 Qd6
23. Re3 h6 24. h4 h5 25. Rce1 {1-0 Smirnov,A-Biriukov,O/St Petersburg 2000 (35)
}) 12... Rd8 13. Nf4 b6 $11 14. Qe2 cxd4 15. cxd4 Bb7 16. d5 $6 {maybe a teeny
bit early. White should have played} (16. Bb2 Na5 17. Rbc1 Qd7 18. d5 $1 exd5
19. Rfd1 Nb3 20. Rc3 Nc5 21. Nxd5 $14) 16... exd5 17. Nxd5 Nd4 $1 {great
riposte by black} 18. Qh5 $5 (18. exd4 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Re1 Bf8 21. Bb2
$11 {but black is preferable}) 18... Ne2+ 19. Kh1 Rxd5 $1 20. Bxd5 Nc3 $15 21.
Qxf7+ Kh8 {of course White has had to calculate this before Nd4} 22. e4 Rf8 $17
23. Qe6 {Diagram #} Nxd5 $2 {with one move, black throws away all the advantage
} (23... Bc8 24. Bf4 Qxf4 25. gxf4 Bxe6 26. Bxe6 Nxb1 27. Rxb1 Rxf4 $17) 24.
exd5 $14 Qc4 25. Kg1 $1 Bc5 26. Be3 (26. Qe5 $16) 26... Bxd5 27. Qe5 Bxe3 28.
Qxe3 Bf3 $6 (28... Ba8 $5 {may have been more problematic but black was
probably disenhearted at this point}) 29. Rb4 Qc8 30. Rf4 Bc6 31. Rc1 $18 Re8
32. Re4 $1 1-0

[Event "Asia-chT fin 11th"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "1995.12.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Antonio, Rogelio Jr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1995.12.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SIN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "Philippines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 (7. Nf4 $5
c6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 (9... exd5 $5) 10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 e5 12. Ne2 exd4
13. cxd4 c5 14. d5 b5 15. O-O a6 16. f4 $36 {Shirov,A-Loginov,V/Moscow/1994/
1|0/37/}) (7. Ng3 c5 8. dxc5 dxc4 $1 9. Qc2 Bxc5 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. O-O b6 12.
Rd1 Bb7 13. Nce4 Qc7 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 $10 {Nenashev,A-Nielsen,P/Kemerovo/1995/0,5/
16/}) 7... exd5 8. b4 (8. g3 $5) 8... c6 9. Ng3 Bd6 (9... b5 $5 10. Rb1 a5 11.
Qc2 axb4 12. axb4 Bd6 13. Bd3 Qe7 14. Qb2 Na6 15. Na2 Ne4 16. O-O f5 17. Bd2
Rf6 $132 {Vaisser,A-Horvath,J/Sochi/1985/0,5/46/}) (9... Ne8 $6 10. Bd3 Nd6 11.
O-O f5 12. f3 Be6 13. Nge2 Nd7 14. b5 Nb6 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Na4 Nxa4 17. Qxa4
Qd7 18. Ra2 $14 {Marin,M-Sax,G-Warsaw/1987/0,5/61/}) 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O Nbd7
12. Qc2 $5 {N/} (12. b5 $5 c5 13. a4 b6 14. Ba3 Bb7 15. a5 bxa5 16. Nf5 Bf8 17.
Na4 c4 18. Bc2 Bxa3 19. Rxa3 Qc7 20. Nc3 a6 21. b6 $1 $146 {Salov,V-Timman,J/
IND/1994/0,5/62/}) 12... Nf8 13. b5 Bd7 14. a4 (14. bxc6 Bxc6 15. a4 (15. Nf5
Bc7 16. a4 g6 17. Ng3 Rc8 $132) 15... Rc8 16. Ba3 Bxa4 $1 $17) 14... Rc8 15.
Ba3 Bb8 16. Rfc1 Ng4 17. Nf1 (17. bxc6 Rxc6 $36) 17... Qg5 (17... Qh4 18. h3
Nf6 19. Bf5 $1 $14) 18. Qd2 Ng6 19. a5 $6 (19. Ne2 $5 Nh4 20. Neg3 $14) 19...
Nh4 20. f4 Qh6 21. a6 $2 (21. Re1 cxb5 22. Bxb5 Bxb5 23. Nxb5 Nf5 $17) (21.
bxc6 $5 bxc6 (21... Nxe3 22. cxd7 Bxf4 23. dxc8=Q Rxc8 24. Nxd5 $18) 22. Re1
$132) 21... Nxe3 $1 22. axb7 Rcd8 23. Nxe3 Bxf4 24. Ncd1 Rxe3 $1 $19 25. Qa5
Nf3+ 26. Kf2 (26. gxf3 Qxh2+ 27. Kf1 Rxf3+ $19) 26... Qh4+ (26... Qh4+ 27. Kf1
(27. g3 Qxh2+ $19) 27... Re1+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Alekhine Memorial-01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.10.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1956.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 (8. g3 $5) (8. Qc2 $5) 8... exd5 9. g3 (9. Nf4 c6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. O-O a5
12. Bd2 Nf6 13. f3 c5 $10 {Byrne,D-Reshevsky,S/USA/1954/}) (9. Ng3 Re8 10. Bd3
Nd7 11. O-O a5 12. Bd2 Nf6 13. Rc1 Bd6 14. f3 b6 15. Qe1 c5 $10 {Gligoric,
S-Reshevsky,S/New York(m)/1952/}) 9... Nd7 10. Bg2 Nf6 11. O-O c6 12. Nc3 Be6 (
12... Bf5 13. h3 Qd7 14. g4 Be6 15. f4) 13. Re1 (13. b4 $5) 13... Qd7 $10 14.
b4 a5 (14... b5 $5 15. Qb3 (15. Bd2 $5) 15... a5) 15. Na4 $1 Qc7 (15... Ra7 $5)
16. Bd2 axb4 17. Bxb4 Ne4 18. Qb3 b5 $5 19. Nb2 (19. Nc3 Bxb4 20. Qxb4 (20.
axb4 Nd6) 20... Nxc3 21. Qxc3 Ra6 $13) 19... Bxb4 20. axb4 Bf5 21. Nd3 Nd2 22.
Qc3 Bxd3 23. Qxd2 (23. Qxd3 $5 Nc4 24. Qc3 g6 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Ra1) 23... Bc4
24. Qb2 Ra4 (24... g6 $5 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Ra1 Ra4 $15) 25. Rxa4 bxa4 26. Qa3
Bb3 27. Bf3 $1 Rb8 28. Bd1 Qe7 29. Bxb3 axb3 30. Qxb3 Rxb4 $10 31. Qa3 Qb7 32.
Kg2 g6 33. Rc1 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch16 Alekhine-Euwe +10-4=11"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1937.12.04"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1937.10.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Ng3 c5 9. dxc5 (9. Bd3 Nc6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O $10) 9... Bxc5 10. b4 d4 11.
bxc5 (11. Na4 dxe3 12. Qxd8 (12. Nxc5 exf2+ 13. Ke2 Bg4+) 12... exf2+ 13. Ke2
Bg4+) 11... dxc3 12. Qc2 (12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Ne2 Ne4 14. f3 Nxc5 15. Nxc3 $15)
12... Qa5 13. Rb1 Bd7 14. Rb3 (14. Bc4 Ba4 15. Bb3 Bb5 $40) (14. Rb4 Na6 15.
Bxa6 Qxa6 $40) 14... Ba4 15. Qxc3 Qd8 16. Bc4 Na6 (16... Bxb3 $6 17. Qxb3 Na6
18. Qxb7 Nxc5 19. Qb5) 17. Bxa6 bxa6 18. O-O Bxb3 19. Qxb3 Rb8 20. Qc2 Qd5 21.
e4 Qb3 22. Qe2 Qb5 23. Qf3 (23. Qe3 Nd7 24. Nf5 Qxc5 (24... Nxc5 25. Nxg7 Kxg7
26. Qg5+ Kh8 27. Qf6+ Kg8 $10) 25. Qg3 g6 26. Be3 Qc4 27. Bd4) 23... Qxc5 24.
Nf5 Rb1 25. Qf4 Nxe4 26. h4 Re8 27. Re1 Qc3 28. Rd1 Nd2 29. Rxd2 Rxc1+ 30. Kh2
Qc7 31. Rd6 Rc5 32. g3 Rf8 (32... Rxf5 $2 33. Re6 $1) 33. g4 f6 34. Kh3 h5 35.
Qd2 hxg4+ 36. Kxg4 Qf7 37. h5 Rxf5 38. Kxf5 Qxh5+ 39. Kf4 Qh4+ 40. Kf3 Qh3+ 41.
Ke4 Re8+ 42. Kd5 Qb3+ 43. Kd4 Qxa3 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3
Nbd7 9. Bg2 Nb6 10. O-O Re8 11. Nf4 c6 12. f3 c5 $1 13. Kh1 Bf8 14. Re1 Bd7 15.
Nd3 (15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Nfxd5 Nfxd5 17. Nxd5 Ba4 18. b3 Qxd5 (18... Nxd5 $15))
15... cxd4 (15... c4 $2) 16. exd4 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 Na4 18. Ne5 Rc8 19. Nxa4 Bxa4
20. Bd2 (20. Bh3 Rc2 (20... Bd7 $1) 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Qe6+ Kg6 23. Bf5+ Kh5 24.
g4+) 20... Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel U20"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1986.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zueger, Beat"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1986.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 (7. Ng3 $5
c6 8. Bd3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. e4 {Sokolov,I-Gruenberg,
HU/Budapest/1986/1-0/54/}) 7... exd5 8. h3 $5 c6 $5 (8... c5 $6 9. dxc5 Bxc5
10. g4 h6 11. Bg2 Nc6 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Qe7 14. b4 Bb6 15. Bb2 $16 {
Garcia Palermo-Winants/Brussels-B/1986/}) 9. g4 a5 10. Ng3 g6 11. g5 Ne8 12. h4
Be6 13. f4 Nd6 14. Bd3 Re8 15. h5 Bf8 $13 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Qc2 Bg7 18. Bd2 Nd7
19. O-O-O b5 20. f5 Nxf5 21. Bxf5 Bxf5 22. Nxf5 gxf5 23. Qxf5 Nf8 24. Ne2 b4
25. Ng3 bxa3 26. Nh5 axb2+ 27. Kb1 Qe7 28. Ka2 Qe6 29. Qf2 Ng6 30. Qh2 Rab8 31.
Nxg7 Kxg7 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Rdf1 b1=Q+ 34. Rxb1 Rxb1 35. Rxb1 Qe4 36. Rb2 Qd3
37. Qh3 Qc4+ 38. Kb1 a4 39. Qd7 Rf8 40. Rc2 Qb3+ 41. Kc1 a3 42. Qxc6 Rb8 43.
Kd1 Qd3 0-1

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d6 $6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 e5 8.
Be2 Qe7 9. O-O Bf5 {/\ 10...e4} 10. f3 Nc6 (10... e4 $2 11. fxe4 Bxe4 12. Rxf6
$1 gxf6 13. Nxe4 Qxe4 14. Bf3 $18) (10... Nbd7) 11. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Nb8
13. e4 Bc8 $8 14. Be3 exd4 15. Qxd4 f5 16. Rac1 c5 $1 17. dxc6 Nxc6 18. Qa4
fxe4 19. Qxe4 (19. fxe4 Be6 {/\ 20...Ne5=}) 19... Qxe4 20. fxe4 Rxf1+ 21. Bxf1
Be6 22. Bb5 (22. Bf4 Rd8 23. Rd1 d5 24. exd5 Rxd5 $10) 22... Rc8 (22... Ne5
$142 23. Rc7 a6 $10) 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. Rxc6 bxc6 25. Bxa7 $10 Kf7 26. a4 Bb3
27. a5 Bc2 (27... Bc4 $6 28. Kf2 Ke6 29. Ke3 d5 30. Kd4 $1 $14) 28. Bc5 $1 Bd3
29. Bxd6 Bxe4 30. a6 c5 31. Bxc5 h5 $1 (31... Ke6 32. Kf2 Kd5 33. Bf8 $1 g6 34.
Bh6 $1 $18) 32. Kf2 Bd3 33. a7 Be4 34. g3 Ke6 35. Ke3 Bg2 $2 (35... Kf5 $1 36.
Bf8 g6 37. Kd4 Bg2 38. Kc5 Ke6 $1 39. Kb6 Kd7 $10 {The white pawn on a7 is
misplaced.}) 36. Kf4 g6 37. g4 hxg4 38. Kxg4 Bh1 39. Kg5 Kf7 40. Bd4 Bg2 41. h4
Bh1 42. b4 Bg2 43. b5 Bh1 44. Bf6 Bg2 45. h5 $1 $18 gxh5 46. Kf5 (46. Kf5 Bh1
47. Bh4 Bg2 48. Ke5 Bh1 49. Kd6 Ke8 50. Kc7 {O}) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.07.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1998.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 c6 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Qc2 (10. Nd3 c5 11. dxc5 $5 (11. Ba2 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13.
Qe2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Christiansen,L-Benjamin,J/USA-ch f 1997/CBM 61 (35)})) (10.
O-O e5 $11) 10... e5 11. Nfe2 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Be2 Bc5 14. Nf5 g6 15. Ng3
Bg4 16. O-O Bxe2 17. Ncxe2 Qe7 18. b3 Rad8 19. Bb2 Rfe8 20. Nd4 Bd6 21. h3 Ned7
22. Nge2 Qe4 23. Rac1 Qxc2 24. Rxc2 Be5 25. Bc1 Ne4 26. b4 Nb6 27. Nb3 Rd3 28.
Na5 Re7 29. g4 Nd6 30. Kg2 Nb5 31. Ra2 Nd5 32. Nc4 Bf6 33. Rd2 Rxd2 34. Nxd2 b6
35. Kf3 Bg7 36. Ne4 Kf8 37. a4 Nbc3 38. N2xc3 Nxc3 39. Nxc3 Bxc3 40. Ba3 Re6
41. Rc1 Bf6 42. b5+ c5 43. Rc4 Rd6 44. Ke2 Be7 45. Bb2 Rd7 46. Bc3 a6 47. bxa6
Ra7 48. Kd3 Rxa6 49. Ke4 Ra7 50. Kd5 Rd7+ 51. Kc6 Rd6+ 52. Kc7 $2 (52. Kb5 $14)
52... Re6 53. e4 Ke8 54. e5 Bd8+ 55. Kc8 $2 (55. Kb7 $11) 55... Re7 $1 56. f4
Rc7+ 57. Kb8 Kd7 58. e6+ (58. Z0 Kc6) 58... Kxe6 59. Re4+ Kd7 60. Be5 Rc6 61.
Ka7 $4 (61. Re1 $15) 61... Re6 $1 $19 62. Re1 Kc6 63. Rd1 Bc7 64. Ka6 Re8 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Guliev, Sarhan"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. g3
Nxc3 9. Nxc3 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Be6 12. Bg2 Qd7 {N} (12... Nc6 13. O-O Rc8
(13... Qd7 $5 14. e4 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nd4 $10) 14. b3 Bf6 15. Ra2 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 b5
17. Rd2 Qb6 18. Qe2 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Rd7 20. Bb2 Bxb2 21. Rxb2 Re8 22. Bg2 Rxd1+
23. Qxd1 Ne5 $10 {Boensch-Balashov/Trnava/1988}) 13. O-O Rd8 14. e4 (14. Nxe7+
Qxe7 15. Qc2 Nc6 16. Bd2 Rac8 $10) 14... Nc6 15. Be3 Rac8 16. Rc1 b6 17. Qd2 (
17. Qa4 $1 $14 {/\} Nd4 $2 18. Qxd7 Ne2+ 19. Kh1 Rxd7 20. Rc2 Bxd5 21. exd5 $18
) 17... Na5 18. Qc2 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nb7 $10 20. h4 Nd6 21. Kh2 Qf5 22. Qa4 (22.
Bh3 Qxc2 23. Rxc2 Rc7 $10) 22... Rc7 23. b4 $6 c4 24. Rfd1 h6 25. Rd4 Bf6 26.
Rf4 Qg6 (26... Qd3 27. Rxf6 gxf6 28. Bxh6 $44) 27. Qd1 Be5 28. Rg4 Qf6 29. Rc2
(29. a4 $142) 29... b5 $1 30. Re2 Re8 (30... Qf5 $5 31. Bh3 Qd3 32. Qxd3 cxd3
33. Rd2 Rc3 34. Bd4 (34. Bf1 h5 35. Rg5 Bf6 36. Rxh5 g6 37. Bg5 Bxg5 38. Rxg5
Ne4 $19) 34... Rc2 35. Rxd3 Bxd4 36. Rgxd4 Rxf2+ 37. Kg1 Ra2 $15) (30... Nf5
31. Re4 Nxe3 32. R2xe3 $10) 31. Bc5 Rce7 {/\Bg3} 32. Re3 (32. Kg1 Bb2 $1 33.
Rxe7 Rxe7 $15 {<->e}) (32. Rc2 $10) 32... Qf5 33. f4 $2 (33. Bh3 $2 Qxf2+) (33.
Kg1 $5 Qd7 34. Bh3 Qc7 35. Bg2 Bf6 36. Bxd6 Qxd6 37. Rge4 Rxe4 38. Rxe4 Rxe4
39. Bxe4 $10) 33... Bf6 34. Rxe7 Bxe7 {צg4} 35. Bh3 Qd3 36. Qxd3 cxd3 $19 37.
f5 (37. Bg2 h5 $19) 37... Bf6 (37... Nxf5 38. Rf4 d2 39. Bg4 Bxc5 40. Rxf5 $17)
38. Rf4 Re2+ 39. Kg1 Ne4 $6 (39... d2 $1 40. Rf1 Re1 41. Bg4 Ne4 42. Bf2 Rxf1+
43. Kxf1 Nc3 44. Bxa7 Kf8 $19) 40. Bg4 Nxg3 41. Rf3 d2 42. Rd3 Re4 43. Bf3 Rf4
$6 (43... Re1+ $1 44. Kh2 (44. Kf2 Bxh4 $19) (44. Kg2 Nxf5 45. Rxd2 Nxh4+ $19)
44... Nxf5 45. Rxd2 Nxh4 46. Be2 Be5+ 47. Kh3 Rh1+ 48. Kg4 f5+ $19) 44. Kg2
Nxf5 45. Bd1 Nxh4+ 46. Kg1 $132 Bg5 47. d6 Re4 48. Kf2 $1 Re1 49. Rxd2 Bxd2 50.
d7 Bg5 51. Kxe1 Ng6 52. Be2 a6 (52... Ne5 53. Bxb5 a6 54. Bxa6 Nxd7 55. Bd6
$132 {/\a4-a5}) 53. Bb6 Nf4 54. Bf3 Nd3+ (54... Ne6 $6 55. Bb7 $14) 55. Ke2 Ne5
56. d8=Q+ Bxd8 57. Bxd8 Nxf3 58. Kxf3 f6 59. Kg4 Kf7 (59... Kh7 $2 60. Kf5 h5
61. Bc7 h4 62. Bd8 h3 63. Bc7 Kh6 64. Kg4 $16) 60. Kh5 Ke6 $10 (60... f5 61.
Bb6 Kf6 62. Bd4+ Kf7 63. Be5 $16) 61. Kg6 Kd5 62. Kxg7 h5 63. Bxf6 a5 64. bxa5
Kc6 65. Kf7 (65. Kg6 Kb7 66. Kxh5 Ka8 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Teheran Paytakht Cup 1st"]
[Site "Teheran"]
[Date "2016.10.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Rasulov, Vugar Ural Oglu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "Fier,A"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. Ng3 {I have
been playing this line since some time in 2014 and with a decent success rate.}
b6 (7... c5 {was the most popular move, but I'm happy to enter this line} 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. b4 Be7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Nce2 {and White is in time
to stop d5-d4. With both bishops pointing to the kingside, I think White has
good attacking potential} a5 13. b5 Ne5 14. Bb2 Nc4 15. Bc3 Be6 {Fier,A (2612)
-Kveinys,A (2507) Cappelle op 31st 2015 (5) 1-0 was} (15... Bg4 16. h3 {
Fier,A (2570)-Parligras,M (2574) Tromso ol (Men) 41st 2014 (11.2) 1/2 also
looks comfortable for White and it was played when I first entered this line})
(15... a4 16. O-O {Fier,A (2592)-Eggleston,D (2416) Hampstead op 2014 (7) 1-0})
) (7... c6 {is played from time to time, trying to enter into a Merano-type
position} 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. Ba2 Nb6 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Qc2
{Fier,A (2601)-Georgiev,K (2623) Skopje Karposh op 2015 (9) 1/2 and White
tries to use the kingside majority.}) 8. Be2 Bb7 {A new try.} (8... Ba6 9. b3 {
is solid, just trying to keep the pieces on the board} (9. e4 {is more forcing,
but Black is active enough to fight against it} Nxe4 10. Ngxe4 dxe4 11. Nxe4
Nc6 12. Be3 f5 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 {Fier,A (2601)-Eljanov,P (2727) Reykjavik op 2015
(7) 0-1 with a sharp middlegame in}) 9... Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. dxc5 Bxg3 12.
hxg3 Nxc5 {Fier,A (2609)-Bellia,F (2441) Forni di Sopra op 7th 2016 (3) 1-0
and Black does not have big problems, but it's a position where White hopes to
use the bishop pair at some point}) 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nf5 Re8 11. Nxd6 Qxd6 12.
b4 a6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Rb1 b5 15. Bf3 $6 {Completely overlooking my opponent's
idea.} (15. a4 {was natural and good} c6 16. a5 {[%cal Rd7b6,Rb6c4] avoiding
the knight manoeuvre} Ne4 17. Qc2 Ndf6 18. f3 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 {and White has a
pleasant advantage.}) 15... Nb6 {Now White does not have a hint of an
advantage.} 16. a4 Ne4 {Not the only way to proceed, but a forcing one.} (16...
bxa4 17. Nxa4 Nxa4 18. Qxa4 Bc6 19. Qc2 Bb5 20. Rd1 Ne4 {Black's activity
compensates for the weak pawns.}) (16... c6 17. a5 Nc4 18. Ne2 {[%cal Ge2f4,
Gf4d3,Gd3c5] to bring the knight to c5 was my idea, but it's much better when
Black's knight is not on c4.}) 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. axb5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20.
bxa6 Rxa6 {Now is a good moment to evaluate the position. White is a pawn up,
but has a bishop without much prospect (actually it was the main piece in the
endgame, but for the moment it has nowhere to go) and it's not easy to find a
good plan. Black on the other hand has an easy path to attack White's king. So
the position is dynamically balanced.} 21. Bd2 Qd7 (21... Bc4 {was also
possible, but it's not so clear if the bishop is better on d3 or d5.} 22. Re1
Rea8 23. Rc1 Bd3 24. Qg4) 22. Rc1 Rg6 23. Kh1 (23. Qh5 {is the computer
suggestion, but I was not sure if the queen samba was leading to anything
concrete} Rh6 24. Qg5 Rg6 25. Qh4 Rh6 26. Qf4 c6 27. Rc5 Rf6 28. Qg5 Rg6 29.
Qh5) 23... c6 24. Qe2 h6 $2 {I felt safe after this move since Black has no
way to attack on h-file anymore.} (24... f5 $1 {was the right plan, and my
opponent played it one move later, when it does not have the same power any
more} 25. Rg1 f4 26. exf4 e3 27. Bxe3 Qh3 $1 {it's a brutal way to go, but it
works just fine} 28. f3 Rxg2 29. Rxg2 Bxf3 30. Qb2 Rxe3 31. d5 Qxg2+ 32. Qxg2
Bxd5 33. Kg1 Bxg2 34. Kxg2 Re4 35. Rxc6 Rxb4 {with dead draw.}) (24... Rh6 25.
Rc5 Qd6 26. h3 {looks fine for White but it's always scary to move one of the
kingside pawns.} Be6 27. Rh5 $14) 25. Rc5 f5 26. Rg1 (26. Ra1 {is not good
with the rook on e8} f4 27. exf4 e3 28. Rxd5 Qxd5 29. fxe3 Qxd4 $17) 26... Rb8
27. Ra1 {Provocative but sound.} f4 $5 {Sharpening the position, otherwise it
was not clear how Black could continue the attack.} 28. exf4 e3 29. Rxd5 Qxd5 (
29... cxd5 {was more natural, and now White has to play precisely} 30. Qxe3 $1
(30. fxe3 {is not good, Black has a good block and the c-file for the rooks}
Qf5 31. h3 Rc6 $15) 30... Re6 (30... Qf5 31. h3 Re6 32. Qb3 $16) 31. Qf3 Rbe8
32. h3 {and even if the b-pawn falls, White's position has potential.}) 30.
fxe3 {It looks like the position should be close to winning for White, but
things are not that clear.} Re8 31. Qf2 Qe4 32. h3 Rf6 33. Ra5 {Avoiding ...g5
ideas.} Rf5 34. Kh2 Rxa5 35. bxa5 Qc2 36. Qe1 Rb8 37. Bb4 {White has to
activate the bishop at any cost.} Qd3 38. Bd6 (38. d5 $5 Qxd5 39. Bc3 Rb7 40.
Qa1 {was also interesting, with some pressure.}) 38... Rb3 $2 {Now White's
pieces finally enter into the game.} (38... Rb1 39. Qg3 Qf1 40. Qg6 (40. Qf3
Qh1+ 41. Kg3 Qe1+ 42. Kg4 Rb3 $1 43. Qxc6 Rxe3 44. Qd5+ Kh7 45. Qf5+ Kg8 $11)
40... Qg1+ 41. Kg3 Qxe3+ 42. Kh4 Rb5 {looks dangerous, but the computer is not
scared, giving the usual 0.00.}) 39. Qg3 Qxe3 40. Qg6 Qd3 (40... Rb7 {is also
insufficient} 41. Be5 Qb3 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. a6 Ra7 44. f5 $18 {[%cal Gf5f6,
Ge8g6]}) 41. f5 Rb7 42. Be5 Qc4 43. f6 Qe6 44. a6 Rf7 45. Qb1 $1 {And after
all, White wins on the queenside.} gxf6 46. a7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd2 Nd7 9. g3 N5f6 (9... Nxc3 10. Bxc3 c5 11. Bg2 cxd4 (11... Nf6 12. Qc2 Qc7
13. Rc1 Rb8 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Bd4 Qa5+ 16. Qc3 Qa6 17. Be5 Ra8 18. Qc4 Qxc4 19.
Rxc4 Nd7 20. Bc7 Bf6 21. Rc2 Nb6 {0-1 Zayac,E-Lomineishvili,M/Istanbul 2003/ 
(59)}) 12. Qxd4 Bf6 13. Qd6 Nb6 14. Qxd8 Bxc3+ 15. Nxc3 Rxd8 16. a4 Rb8 17. Ke2
Bd7 18. a5 Nc4 19. b3 Ne5 20. f4 Bc6 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Nxe4 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 Volkov,
S-Sakaev,K/New Delhi/Teheran 2000/ (29)}) (9... b6 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bg2 Nf6
12. O-O Ne4 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Rfd1 Bd6 16. Bb4 Qf6 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18.
Qxc3 c6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. b4 Rc7 21. a4 Bc8 22. a5 {1-0 Ponomariov,R-Kramnik,V/
Wijk aan Zee 2003/ (38)}) 10. Bg2 e5 {The fight against white's center is
comandable, black should equalize without too many problems.} (10... c5 11. O-O
cxd4 12. exd4 Nb6 13. Bf4 Nfd5 14. Qd3 Bd7 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 exd5 {
1/2-1/2 Kovacevic,B-Palac,M/Nova Gorica 2002/ (16)}) 11. O-O c6 (11... exd4 $5
12. Nxd4 (12. exd4 Re8 13. Qc2 Nb6 14. Be3 c6 $11) 12... Ne5 13. b4 (13. Qc2 c5
14. Nf3 Qd3 15. Rac1 $11) (13. Ne4 c5 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Nb5 Bg4 16. f3 Be6 $17
) 13... c5 14. bxc5 Bxc5 15. Qa4 Qe7 $13) 12. Qc2 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nb6 (13... Ne5
14. Rad1 Re8 (14... c5 15. Nf5 $14) 15. Ne4 Nd5 $13) 14. Rad1 Bc5 $2 {[%mdl
16384] From strategic point of view very dubious solution, that leads to the
critical weakening of the dark squares in the black's camp.} (14... Re8 15.
Nce2 Bd7 $13) 15. Ne4 Bxd4 16. Bb4 $1 (16. Bc3 Bf5 17. Bxd4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4
19. Qxe4 Qc8 $14) 16... Re8 (16... Nfd5 17. Bxf8 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bxe3+ 19. Kh1
Qxf8 20. Nd6 $16) 17. Rxd4 Nbd5 (17... Nfd5 18. Nd6 Re5 19. Bc5 Nd7 20. Bxa7
Rxa7 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 cxd5 23. Qxc8 Qxc8 24. Nxc8 $18) 18. Nd6 Re5 (18...
Re6 $2 19. Nxc8 Qxc8 20. Bh3 $16) 19. Nc4 Re8 20. Qc1 {By now Malakhov has
probably felt the chance to promptly decide the game with the original
combination.} Qc7 (20... Bg4 21. e4 Be2 22. exd5 Bxf1 23. Qxf1 $16) 21. Bd6 Qd7
(21... Qd8 22. a4 $1 (22. b3 b5 $1 23. Bc5 bxc4 24. bxc4 Ba6 25. Rfd1 Rc8 $13)
22... Bf5 (22... b5 23. axb5 cxb5 24. Be5 bxc4 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Bxd5 $18) 23.
Rfd1 Qd7 24. Ba3 $16) 22. e4 Nb6 (22... b5 23. exd5 cxd5 24. Be5 bxc4 25. Bxf6
gxf6 26. Rxd5 $18) (22... Nxe4 23. Bxe4 b5 24. Na5 $1 Qxd6 25. Qxc6 Qxc6 26.
Nxc6 Nf6 27. Ne7+ $18) 23. Bc5 Qc7 (23... Qe6 24. Bxb6 axb6 25. Nxb6 Ra6 26.
Qc5 Nd7 27. Nxd7 Bxd7 28. Rfd1 b6 29. Qc3 $17) 24. Nd6 Rd8 (24... Re6 25. Nf5
Nbd7 26. Rfd1 $16) (24... Re5 25. f4 $16) 25. Nb5 $1 {Spirited tactics with
the motive of the weak basic rank, black is fiercely punished for the weakness
of the dark squares.} cxb5 26. Qf4 (26. Qf4 Rxd4 (26... Qxf4 27. Rxd8+ Ne8 28.
Rxe8#) 27. Qxc7 Rd7 28. Qe5 Nc4 29. Qc3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.01.29"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Hoffmann, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. Ng3 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. b4 Be7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Bf6 13. Rb1 Nc6 14. O-O Be6
$2 {Hoffmann plays a general developing move, but it is not good enough. White
is surprizingly well prepared to begin with an attack.} (14... Ne5 15. f4 Nxd3
16. Qxd3 b6 17. f5 Bb7 18. Bb2 Re8 19. Bd4 Rc8 20. Rbc1 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Rc4 22.
Rxc4 dxc4 23. Qxc4 Rxe3 {0-1 Salazar,C-Ramos,E/Peru 2000/ (72)}) 15. Nh5 $1 Be5
16. b5 Na5 (16... Ne7 17. f4 Bc3 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Bd3 Bg4 21. Ng3
Qb6 22. Qf2 $14) 17. f4 Bc7 (17... Bc3 18. f5 (18. Qc2 Rc8 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20.
Bb2 Qb6 21. Rbe1 d4 $15) 18... Bd7 19. Nf4 $16) 18. f5 Qd6 (18... Bc8 19. Qg4
Be5 20. Bb2 Qb6 21. Rf3 Bxb2 22. Rxb2 Qg6 23. Qh4 Qh6 24. Rg3 $18) 19. Qg4 $1 {
[%mdl 128] The key move of the game, Graf is not afraid of one check. White
has mating attack and also the queen on h2 will be trapped.} Qxh2+ 20. Kf2 Be5
(20... g6 21. Nf6+ Kh8 22. Bb2 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Bxf5 24. Qg5 Qg3+ 25. Qxg3 Bxg3+
26. Kxg3 dxc4 27. Rh1 $18) 21. Bd2 (21. Bd2 Nc4 22. Rh1 Qxh1 23. Rxh1 Nxd2 24.
Nxg7 Bxg7 25. Rxh7 $1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd2 Nd7 9. g3 b6 {Kramnik is transfering the game into queen's indian pawn
structure with a feeling, that nothing much can endanger him.} 10. Nxd5 exd5
11. Bg2 Nf6 (11... c6 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. O-O Nf6 14. Bb4 $13) 12. O-O Ne4 13. Rc1
Bb7 (13... Bf5 14. Nf4 Re8 15. Bb4 $13) 14. Qc2 Rc8 (14... Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Re8
16. Nf4 c6 $11) 15. Rfd1 Bd6 16. Bb4 $5 {[%mdl 32] The original strategical
solution, for which Ponomariov in the end got the coveted point from the world
champion of the company Braingames.} Qf6 (16... c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Be1 Qe7
19. Nc3 $14) (16... Bxb4 17. axb4 Qd6 18. b5 a5 19. bxa6 Bxa6 20. Nf4 $14) 17.
Nc3 Nxc3 (17... Bxb4 18. axb4 $14) (17... c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 (18... bxc5 19. Ba5
(19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bc3 Qe6 $11) 19... Qe6 20. Qb3 $14) 19. Bh3 Rc7 20. Qe2 Rd8
$11) 18. Qxc3 (18. bxc3 Ba8 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 $11) 18... c6 (18... c5 19. dxc5 Be5
(19... Qxc3 20. Bxc3 Rxc5 21. e4 Rfc8 22. exd5 $16) 20. Qb3 Rfd8 21. Bc3 $16)
19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. b4 Rc7 21. a4 (21. b5 Rfc8 (21... c5 22. dxc5 Rxc5 (22...
bxc5 23. Bxd5 $1 Bxd5 24. e4 $16) 23. Qd3 Rd8 $14) 22. Bh3 Re8 23. bxc6 Rxc6
24. Qb4 $14) 21... Bc8 22. a5 (22. b5 Bg4 23. Re1 Rfc8 $11) 22... Ba6 23. Ra1
Bb5 (23... Bc4 24. axb6 axb6 25. Bf1 (25. e4 Re8 26. Re1 Rce7 $11) 25... b5 26.
Ra6 $14) 24. Rdc1 Re8 25. axb6 axb6 26. Bf1 $1 {White is keeping small
advantage, but for winning chances he has to eliminate the strong black bishop.
} (26. Ra3 h6 27. Rca1 Rce7 28. Bf1 $14) 26... Bxf1 27. Kxf1 Rb8 28. Ra6 Qd7
29. Kg1 h6 30. Qa3 Rcc8 (30... Qc8 31. Qa2 Qe6 32. Ra1 $14) 31. h4 (31. Ra1 $14
) 31... Qf5 32. Ra7 g5 33. h5 $1 {Due to the passivity of black rooks
Ponomariov has achieved serious progress, exact move 33.h5! is for black very
unpleasant.} (33. hxg5 $2 hxg5 34. Qa6 Kg7 35. Qf1 $11) 33... Qf3 34. Qd3 Kh8 (
34... Qxh5 35. Qf5 Qg6 36. Qxg6+ fxg6 37. Rd7 Ra8 38. Rd6 b5 39. Rxg6+ Kh7 40.
Rgxc6 Rxc6 41. Rxc6 Ra4 42. Rc5 Rxb4 43. Rxd5 $16) 35. Qa6 (35. Ra3 $5 Rc7 36.
Qa6 Qxh5 37. Rac3 Qg6 38. b5 c5 39. dxc5 $16) 35... Kg7 $6 (35... Qxh5 36. Rb7
Ra8 37. Qxb6 Qf3 38. b5 Ra2 39. Rf1 Kg7 40. bxc6 Rc2 (40... Qf6 41. Qb3 Qxc6
42. Rxf7+ Kxf7 43. Qxa2 $16) 41. c7 Qf5 42. Qd6 Qe6 43. Rb6 $16) 36. b5 $1 c5 (
36... Qf6 37. bxc6 Rxc6 38. Rxf7+ Kxf7 39. Qa7+ Qe7 40. Qxe7+ Kxe7 41. Rxc6 b5
42. Rxh6 b4 43. Ra6 b3 44. Ra1 $18) 37. dxc5 bxc5 38. Qg6+ {This move was
nearly for sure overlooked by Kramnik, under duress even the best players are
committing nice mistakes.} (38. Qg6+ Kf8 39. Qxh6+ Kg8 40. Qxg5+ Kf8 (40... Kh8
41. Ra6 $18) 41. h6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qc2 Nd7 9. e4 Nxc3 10. Nxc3 c5 $5 (10... e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Be2 $14) 11. d5
Ne5 12. Be2 (12. f4 Bh4+ 13. g3 Nf3+ 14. Kf2 Nd4 15. Qd1 Be7 $13) 12... exd5
13. Nxd5 (13. exd5 Bd6 14. O-O $13) 13... Bd6 14. Be3 b6 15. O-O-O (15. O-O Qh4
$5 $132) 15... Ng4 (15... Nc6 16. f4 $14) 16. f4 (16. Bxg4 Bxg4 17. f3 Be6 $13)
16... f6 (16... Nxe3 $6 17. Nxe3 Qc7 (17... Bxf4 $2 18. Rxd8 Bxe3+ 19. Rd2 $18)
18. e5 Be7 19. Nd5 Qb7 20. Bf3 $18) 17. Bg1 Kh8 18. h3 Nh6 19. Be3 Bb7 20. Rd2
Qe8 21. Rhd1 Rd8 (21... Nf5 $2 22. exf5 Bxd5 23. Qc3 $18) 22. g4 Nf7 23. Nc3 $1
Qe7 24. Bc4 Bb8 25. Bd5 Nd6 26. Bxb7 Nxb7 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rxd8+ (28. Qa4 Nd6
29. Qc6 Re8 $5) 28... Qxd8 29. Qd2 $1 Kg8 (29... Qe8 30. Qd5 $16) 30. Qxd8+
Nxd8 31. Kd2 Kf7 32. Kd3 Ne6 33. Nd5 g5 $6 (33... Ke8 34. Kc4 Kd7 35. b4 cxb4
36. axb4 $16) 34. f5 Nd8 (34... Nf4+ 35. Bxf4 gxf4 36. a4 $16) 35. Kc4 Nb7 36.
Nc3 Be5 37. Kd5 Ke7 38. Nd1 h6 (38... Kd7 39. Bxg5 Bxb2 40. Nxb2 fxg5 41. Nd3
$18) 39. b3 Nd6 40. Nf2 Kd7 41. Nd3 Ba1 42. a4 Nf7 (42... Ne8 43. e5 Nc7+ 44.
Ke4 $18) 43. Bf2 Nd8 44. Bg3 Nc6 45. e5 fxe5 46. Bxe5 Bd4 47. Bxd4 Nxd4 (47...
cxd4 48. b4 a6 49. f6 $18) 48. b4 Ne2 49. bxc5 Nc3+ 50. Kc4 Ne4 (50... Nxa4 51.
Kb4 Nxc5 52. Nxc5+ bxc5+ 53. Kxc5 $18) 51. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1991.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 c6 8. b3
Nbd7 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. bxc4 $1 e5 11. Nfe2 exd4 12. exd4 Re8 13. O-O Nf8 14. h3
Bd6 15. Qc2 Bc7 16. Rd1 Ng6 17. Rb1 Qd6 (17... b6 $5) 18. Ng3 $1 Qxd4 19. Bxg6
Bxg3 20. Ne4 $1 (20. Rxd4 $2 Re1#) 20... Rxe4 (20... Qe5 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22.
Bxh7+ Kh8 23. fxg3 $22 g6 24. Bb2 $18) 21. Bxe4 Qxf2+ (21... Qxe4 $2 22. Qxe4
Nxe4 23. Rd8#) 22. Qxf2 Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 24. Kf3 f5 25. Rd8+ Kf7 26. Be3 b6
27. Rbd1 $16 c5 28. Kf4 Nf6 29. Bc1 Kg6 30. Bb2 Nh5+ 31. Ke3 Kg5 32. Kf2 g6 33.
Rf8 $1 Bb7 (33... f4 34. Rdd8 $18) 34. Rxa8 Bxa8 35. Rd7 a5 36. g3 $1 (36. Rxh7
Nf6) 36... f4 37. gxf4+ Kxf4 (37... Nxf4 38. Bc1 $18) 38. Rd6 Ng3 39. Rf6+ Nf5
40. Rxb6 Ke4 41. Ra6 Bb7 42. Rxa5 Ne3 43. Rxc5 $1 Nd1+ 44. Kg3 Nxb2 45. Rb5
Nxc4 46. Rxb7 Nxa3 47. Kg4 (47. Rxh7 $22 Kf5 48. Rc7) 47... h6 48. Re7+ Kd5 49.
Kf4 Nc4 50. Re8 Nb2 (50... Nd6 51. Re5+ Kd4 52. Re6 g5+ 53. Kg4 Nf7 54. Rf6
Ne5+ 55. Kh5 Nd3 56. Rxh6 Nf4+ 57. Kxg5 $18) 51. Rd8+ Ke6 52. Rd4 $1 Kf6 53.
Ke4 h5 54. Ke3 Ke5 55. h4 $1 g5 56. hxg5 h4 57. Rxh4 {Ftacnik,L} (57. Rxh4 Nd1+
58. Kf3 Kf5 59. Rc4 Kxg5 60. Ke2 Nb2 61. Rb4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Parnu-B"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1996.02.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3
c6 9. Bg2 Na6 (9... Re8) (9... a5) 10. O-O Nc7 11. f3 $5 {N/} (11. h3 a6 12. a4
$6 a5 13. b3 Na6 14. g4 Ne8 15. Ng3 Nd6 16. Nce2 Nb4 17. Ba3 f5 $15 {Torre,
E-Larsen,B/Bugojno/1984/0,5/48/}) (11. b4 Re8 12. f3 a5 13. Rb1 axb4 14. axb4
Be6 15. Qc2 Qd7 16. g4 h5 17. h3 $14 {Christiansen,L-Kavalek,L/Los Angeles (m/
1)/1987/1:0/47/}) (11. Nf4 a6 $5 12. Bd2 $5 {Larsen/} (12. b4 Nb5 13. Nxb5 $6
axb5 14. Bb2 Bf5 15. f3 Bd6 16. Re1 Re8 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 $17 {Ramayrat,
C-Larsen,B/New York/1986/0:1/30/})) 11... c5 12. Bd2 (12. dxc5 $5 Bxc5 13. b4
Bd6 (13... Bb6 14. Na4 $14) 14. Qd3 $14 {/\ Bb2/}) 12... b6 13. Be1 Re8 14. Qd2
Ba6 15. Bf2 cxd4 16. exd4 (16. Qxd4 $2 Bc5 17. Qd2 Qe7 18. Nd1 d4 $1 19. e4
Rad8 $15) 16... Bd6 17. Rfe1 h6 $6 (17... Qd7 $5 18. Nf4 Bc4 19. Rac1 (19. Bh3
Bxf4 $1 (19... Qc6 20. Nd3 $14 {/\ Ne5/}) 20. Qxf4 Qxh3 21. Qxc7 Qd7 $10) 19...
Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Re8 $10) 18. Nf4 $14 Qd7 19. Be3 $1 (19. Bh3 $6 Bxf4 $1 (19...
Qc6 20. Nd3 $14 {/\ Ne5/}) 20. Qxf4 Qxh3 21. Qxc7 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Re8 $1 23. Rc1
Ra8 $1 $10) 19... Re7 (19... Qf5 20. Bh3 Qh7 21. Ng2 $14 {>< Qh7/}) 20. Bh3 Qc6
21. Rac1 Qb7 (21... Bc4 $5 22. b3 (22. Ng2 Ne6 23. Nh4 Rc7 24. Nf5 Bf8 {
/\ Rac8/} 25. Bxh6 $5 gxh6 26. Nxh6+ Bxh6 27. Qxh6 Nxd4 28. Qg5+ Kf8 29. Qh6+
Kg8 $10) 22... Bxb3 23. Ncxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxc6 Bxc6 25. Kf2 $1 (25. Bg2 Rae8 26.
Qc1 (26. Bf2 $2 Rxe1+ 27. Bxe1 Nb5 28. a4 Bxf4 29. gxf4 Nxd4 $15) 26... Bb5 27.
Bd2 Rxe1+ 28. Bxe1 Bxf4 29. gxf4 Ncd5 $44) 25... Rae8 {/\ Bf4/} 26. Ng2 $1 Ncd5
27. Qc2 Rc7 28. Qb3 Rce7 29. Bd2 $14) (21... Qe8 22. Bf2 $14) 22. Ng2 h5 $2 (
22... Ne6 23. Nh4 Rc7 24. Nf5 Bf8 {/\ Rac8/} 25. Bxh6 $5 gxh6 26. Nxh6+ Kh8 (
26... Bxh6 $2 27. Qxh6 Nh7 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Qxe6+ $16 {/\ Nd5/}) 27. Nxf7+
Rxf7 28. Bxe6 Rh7 $14 {/\ Bg7/}) 23. Nh4 $16 g6 (23... Rae8 24. Nf5 Re6 25.
Nxd6 Rxd6 26. Bf4 $16 {/\ Be5/}) 24. Bg5 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Nh7 (25... Nfe8 $5 $16)
26. Be7 $1 Bxe7 27. Rxe7 Re8 28. Qe3 $1 (28. Nxd5 $2 Qxd5 29. Rxc7 Ng5 30. Bg2
Re2 31. Qc3 Qe6 $40) 28... Rxe7 29. Qxe7 Qc6 $2 (29... Nf8 30. f4 Nce6 31. Qb4
$1 $16 {/\ f5/}) 30. f4 $1 Nf8 31. Nf3 $1 f6 32. f5 g5 $2 (32... gxf5 33. Nh4
Qe6 34. Nxf5 $16) 33. Nxg5 $1 $18 Qe8 (33... fxg5 34. f6 Nce6 35. Bxe6+ Nxe6
36. f7+ Kh8 37. Qe8+ $18) 34. Qxe8 $2 (34. Nxd5 $1 Qxe7 35. Nxe7+ Kg7 36. Ne6+
$18) 34... Nxe8 35. Ne6 Nxe6 36. fxe6 Nc7 37. e7 Kf7 38. Nxd5 Nxd5 39. Be6+
Kxe7 40. Bxd5 Bd3 41. Kf2 Kd6 $2 (41... Bg6 $142 42. Ke3 Kd6 43. Bf3 a5) 42.
Bf7 h4 43. gxh4 Ke7 44. Ke3 Bc2 45. Bd5 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Belov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Gavrikov,V"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[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 "Sverdlovsk Ural region"]
[BlackTeam "Samara Termosteps"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 ({The common
reaction} 6... Be7 {looks more logical to me but the idea to provoke the
advance c4-c5 is also interesting.}) 7. cxd5 (7. c5 Be7 8. b4 {is the main
line here after which Black prepares the exchange of light-squared bishops by}
b6 9. Nf4 a5 10. Bb2 c6 11. Be2 Ba6 {e.g.} 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Nd3
Qc7 15. Qe2 Rfa8 16. Rac1 axb4 17. axb4 R6a7 18. f3 bxc5 19. bxc5 Qb8 20. Rb1
Bd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Graf,A-Georgiev,K/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104 no vc (54)}) 7... exd5
{In comparison with variation 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 Black has managed to play
Be7-d6,although this extra tempo is not very important after White´s reply.} 8.
g3 ({Good for Black appears} 8. Ng3 Re8 9. Bd3 a5 10. O-O c6 11. Qc2 Na6 12. b3
g6 13. Bb2 (13. Re1 $142) 13... Ng4 $1 {0-1 Szabo,Z-Tolnai,T/Budapest 1991/TD 
(51) threatening Qh4.}) 8... c6 ({Another way for Black to handle this
position is} 8... Nc6 9. Bg2 Ne7 10. O-O a5 11. f3 (11. Nb5 Nf5) 11... c5 $1
12. Nb5 Nf5 13. e4 dxe4 14. fxe4 Nxd4 15. Nexd4 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Bb8 17. Qxd8 Rxd8
18. Bf4 Bd7 19. Nc7 {1/2-1/2 Tal,M-Bronstein,D/Portoroz 1958/IZT (19)}) 9. Bg2
a5 ({I can suggest instead} 9... Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. f3 (11. b4 a5 12. Rb1 Qe7
13. Qb3 Nb6 $1 $132) 11... c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Bxe3+ 15.
Bxe3 Rxe3 16. Nc3 Re8 {with equality.}) 10. O-O Re8 11. Qc2 {This standard
move for such situations is a novelty here.} ({Known was} 11. f3 c5 12. b3 (12.
g4 $6 h6 13. Qe1 Nc6 14. Qf2 b6 15. Bd2 Ba6 $36 {0-1 Mamedyarov,S-Nisipeanu,L/
Tripoli 2004/CBM 102 (28)}) 12... Nc6 13. Nb5 Bf8 14. Rf2 b6 15. Bf1 Ne7 $5 16.
g4 Ng6 17. Ng3 h6 18. Bd3 Nh4 19. Qf1 {1/2-1/2 Salov,V-Kharitonov,A/Lvov 1984/
URS-ch (19)}) 11... h5 $6 {Weakens without necessity the g5-square.} (11... Na6
$142 12. f3 c5 $132) 12. f3 c5 13. Nb5 cxd4 14. exd4 Qb6 (14... Nc6 15. Bg5 $14
) 15. Nec3 Bd7 ({In case of} 15... Be7 $2 16. Bf4 Na6 17. Rfe1 Bd7 18. Qd3 {
the knight on a6 is out of play.}) 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Bg5 Bc6 18. Rf2 $6 ({
Much better was} 18. Rfe1 Nbd7 19. Bf4 Qf8 20. Bf1 {with obvious advantage for
White.}) 18... Nbd7 19. Bf1 Nh7 20. Bd2 Qf6 21. Qd3 Nhf8 ({A more logical
continuation seems to be} 21... a4 22. f4 Qd8) 22. Rd1 a4 23. Bc1 Nb6 24. Qd2
Ne6 $6 (24... Nc4 {would have given Black sufficient counterplay:} 25. Bxc4
dxc4 26. d5 Bd7 27. Ne4 Qb6 (27... Qg6 $6 28. Qf4 b5 29. Bd2) 28. Qg5 Ng6 29.
Qxh5 Ne5 30. Kg2 (30. Kf1 Nd3 31. Rc2 (31. Re2 $2 Re5 32. Qh4 (32. Ng5 $2 Bh3+
$1 33. Qxh3 Rxe2 $19) 32... Qb3 33. Red2 Nxc1 34. Rxc1 Qxf3+ 35. Nf2 Rae8 $19)
31... Qb3 32. Ng5 Bh3+ 33. Kg1 Qxc2 34. Qxf7+ Kh8 35. Qh5+ Kg8 36. Qf7+ $11)
30... Nd3 31. Rfd2 f6 $44 {planning Re5.}) 25. f4 $1 Nf8 $6 ({It was
preferable accept the worse ending that arises after} 25... Qf5 26. Bd3 Qf6 27.
Be2 Qf5 28. Qd3 Qxd3 29. Rxd3 g6 30. f5 Ng7 31. fxg6 fxg6) 26. f5 Nc4 27. Qf4
Nh7 $6 (27... Nd6 28. Be2 Ne4 29. Nxe4 Rxe4 30. Qd2 h4 31. g4 {is in White´s
favour,but the text move loses a pawn without adequate compensation.}) 28. Be2
Nd6 29. Bxh5 Ne4 30. Nxe4 Rxe4 31. Qd2 Rae8 32. Bf3 Re3 33. Bg2 {White
protects f5-pawn and now Black has to reckon with Qxe3.} Rb3 34. Qf4 Qd8 35. g4
Nf6 36. g5 Ne4 37. Rf3 Qb6 38. f6 Rxf3 39. Bxf3 $6 {Rather recklessly played.}
({Stronger was} 39. Qxf3 {preventing the invasion of Black´s queen.}) 39... Qb3
$1 {[%cal Gb3c2]} 40. h4 ({A mistake would be} 40. fxg7 $2 Nxg5 41. Qxg5 Qxf3
42. Rf1 Qe4 $11) 40... Qc2 41. Be3 $2 ({Correct was} 41. Qh2 Qxh2+ 42. Kxh2
gxf6 43. gxf6 Nxf6 44. Rg1+ Kh8 45. Bf4 Ne4 46. h5 $14) 41... Qxb2 42. fxg7 ({
In the event of} 42. g6 Nxf6 (42... Re6 $4 43. gxf7+ Kxf7 44. Bh5+ Kf8 45. Qc7
$1) 43. gxf7+ Kxf7 44. Bh5+ Kg8 (44... g6 $4 45. Rf1 Re6 46. Bg4) 45. Bxe8 Bxe8
{Black obtains sufficient compensation for the exchange.}) 42... Qxa3 43. g6
fxg6 44. Qh6 Nf6 45. Re1 Nh7 (45... Kf7 $5 46. h5 $140 Qd3) 46. Kf2 Qb2+ 47.
Kg3 $6 {An inaccuracy.} (47. Re2 $142 Qb1 48. h5 gxh5 49. Qxh5 Re7 50. Bf4 $1 (
{not} 50. Bxd5+ $2 Bxd5 51. Qxd5+ Rf7+ {followed by Nf6}) 50... Rxe2+ (50...
Rxg7 $2 {loses to} 51. Re8+ $1 Nf8 52. Rxf8+ Kxf8 53. Qh8+ Kf7 54. Bh5+ Rg6 55.
Qh7+ Kf6 56. Be5+ Kg5 57. Bf3 $1 Qc2+ 58. Kg3 Kf5+ 59. Bg4+) 51. Bxe2 Qc2 (
51... a3 $2 52. Qh3 $1 a2 $140 53. Qe6+ Kxg7 54. Bh6+ $18) 52. Qh3 Be8 53. Be5
Qg6 54. Bf3 Qc2+ (54... Qf7 $4 55. Ke3 $1 a3 56. Bg4 a2 57. Bf5 {winning}) 55.
Be2 Qg6 {with repetition of moves.}) 47... Qc3 48. Re2 Qd3 ({To the same
position leads} 48... a3 49. Kf2 Qd3 50. Qf4) 49. Qf4 a3 50. Kf2 Qb3 $4 {
A fatal blunder.} ({Blach had a choice between} 50... Qxe2+ 51. Bxe2 a2 52. Bd3
$1 a1=Q 53. Bxg6 Qb2+ 54. Kg1 Qa1+ 55. Kg2 Qb2+ 56. Bd2 Nf6 (56... Re2+ $2 57.
Kf3) (56... Re7 57. Bxh7+ Kxg7 58. Qg5+ Kxh7 59. Qxe7+ Kg8 $11) 57. Qh6 Re2+
58. Kf1 (58. Kf3 $4 Rf2+ $1 59. Kg3 Qa3+ $1 60. Be3 Qd6+ $19) 58... Qa1+ 59.
Kxe2 (59. Bc1 Re1+ 60. Kxe1 Qc3+ 61. Bd2 Qg3+ 62. Kd1 Ba4+ 63. Kc1 Qa3+ 64. Kb1
Qb3+ $11) 59... Bb5+ 60. Bd3 Bxd3+ 61. Kxd3 Qa6+ 62. Kc2 Qa2+ 63. Kd1 Qb1+ 64.
Ke2 Qe4+ 65. Be3 Qc2+ {forcing perpetual check}) (50... Kxg7 51. Rd2 Qb1 52.
Qc7+ Kh8 53. Bh6 Qe1+ 54. Kg2 Qe7 (54... Rg8 55. Bf4 Nf6 56. Qd6 $44) 55. Qxe7
Rxe7 56. Ra2 Nf6 57. Rxa3 {when despite the pawn extra it isn´t enough for
victory}) (50... Ra8 51. Qe5 Qf5 52. Ra2 b5 53. Qd6 Qf6 54. Qc5 $1 $44) ({and} 
50... Bb5 {(/\ Bc4)} 51. Bxd5+ Kxg7 52. Rd2 (52. Bf3 $2 Bc4) 52... Qf1+ 53. Kg3
Qe1+ 54. Bf2 Qe7 {but also here after} 55. Bf3 {the game should have ended in
a draw.}) 51. Qd6 $1 {[%cal Ge3h6,Gd6f8,Ge2e8] The pawn on g7 allows White to
create decisive threat Bh6.} Qc4 ({Or} 51... Kxg7 52. Qc7+ Kg8 53. Bh6) (51...
a2 52. Bh6 $1) 52. Bh6 $1 Rxe2+ 53. Bxe2 Qxd4+ 54. Kg2 Kf7 (54... Qe4+ 55. Bf3)
55. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "Port Barcares"]
[Date "2005.05.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Riff, Jean Noel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "Gavrikov,V"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2005.05.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3
({White has three important alternatives:} 8. Ng3 c5 (8... Re8 9. b4 {-8.b4})
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Be2 Nc6 11. b4 Bd6 12. Bb2 Be5 13. Na4 Bxb2 14. Nxb2 a6 15.
O-O Re8 (15... d4) 16. Qc2 Bg4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gurevich,D-Leitao,R/Cali 2001/CBM
083 ext (45)}) (8. Nf4 c6 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. f3 Nf8 12. Bc2 (12. b4
Ng6 13. Nfe2 a5 14. Rb1 axb4 15. axb4 Be6 16. e4 dxe4 17. fxe4 b5 $13 {1/2-1/2
Evans,L-Unzicker,W/Buenos Aires 1960/MCD (32)}) 12... Ne6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe6
Bxe6 15. fxe4 Bg4 16. Qd3 Bh5 $1 17. Bf4 Bg6 $132 {0-1 Irzhanov,R-Ehlvest,J/St
Petersburg 1994/CBM 043 ext (40)}) (8. b4 c6 (8... Nbd7 9. Ng3 Nb6 10. Bd3 c6
11. O-O Ne8 $5 12. b5 Nc7 13. a4 a5 $1 14. Ba3 Bxa3 15. Rxa3 g6 16. Qa1 Ne6 17.
Rc1 h5 $132 {0-1 Salov,V-Gavrikov,V/Minsk 1987/URS-ch (44)}) 9. Ng3 Re8 10. Bd3
Nbd7 11. O-O Nb6 12. Rb1 (12. b5 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5) 12... Be6 13. a4 Bd6 14. a5
Nc8 15. f3 Bc7 16. Na4 Nd6 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. e4 b6 19. e5 bxc5 {1-0 Illescas
Cordoba,M-Slobodjan,R/Pamplona 1996/CBM 052 (46)} 20. exd6 Bxd6 21. dxc5 Be5
$13) 8... c6 9. Bg2 Re8 ({Usually Black realizes the manoeuvre Na6-c7 after
a7-a5 or immediately,e.g.} 9... a5 10. O-O Na6 11. f3 c5 12. g4 (12. dxc5 Bxc5
13. Nd4 Nc7) 12... h6 13. Bd2 Nc7 14. Be1 b6 15. Qd2 Ne6 16. Bf2 Bb7 17. Ng3
Re8 18. Rfe1 Bf8 19. Bf1 g6 20. Rad1 Bg7 $11 {1-0 Gyimesi,Z-Lengyel,L/Budapest
1995/EXT 97 (62)}) (9... Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. f3 (11. Nf4 a6 $5 12. b4 $6 Nb5
13. Nxb5 axb5 14. Bb2 Bf5 15. f3 Bd6 $15 {0-1 Ramayrat,C-Larsen,B/New York
1986/EXT 97 (30)}) 11... c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. b4 Bd6 14. Nd4 Re8 15. Ra2 Bd7
16. Re1 Qe7 17. Qb3 Rad8 18. Rd2 h5 $132 19. Ree2 Be5 20. Qd1 a5 $5 21. bxa5
Qc5 22. Bb2 Qxa5 {1/2-1/2 Arencibia,W-Campos Moreno,J/Barcelona 2000/EXT 2001 
(22)}) 10. O-O Bg4 $6 {Dubious idea.} (10... Nbd7 $142 11. b4 Nb6 12. f3 a5 13.
Rb1 Nc4 14. Qd3 b5 15. e4 g6 {1-0 Gurevich,M-Delchev,A/Metz 2002/CBM 087 ext 
(60) with unclear game.}) 11. f3 Be6 12. e4 dxe4 13. fxe4 Na6 ({The try of
attack White´s centre by} 13... c5 $2 {fails to} 14. d5 (14. e5 $6 Nd5 15. Nf4
$2 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 (16. gxf4 cxd4 17. Bxb7 $2 Qb6 18. Bxa8 dxc3+ 19. Kh1 cxb2 $19
) 16... cxd4 $1 17. Bxb7 dxc3 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Bxa8 cxb2 20. Rab1 Bxa3 $17)
14... Bc8 15. e5 Ng4 16. Bf4 Bf8 (16... g5 17. d6 $1 gxf4 (17... Bf8 18. Bd2 {
/\ Ne4}) 18. dxe7 Qxe7 19. Rxf4 $36) 17. e6 fxe6 18. dxe6 Nc6 19. Nb5 Nge5 20.
Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Nec3 $16) 14. Nf4 ({Better looks} 14. h3 $5 Qd7 15. Kh2 Rad8 16.
Be3 $14) 14... Bc4 ({If} 14... Bg4 {, then} 15. Qd3 {with h2-h3 to follow.})
15. Rf2 Nc7 16. b3 Be6 17. h3 Bf8 18. Be3 a6 $1 {Black has found the best
defence, planning Nc7-b5.} 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20. Qc2 Nb5 21. Nxb5 axb5 22. a4 bxa4
(22... Qe8 23. e5 Nd5 24. Bd2 f6 25. Be4 $1 Qh5 26. Bf5 Ree8 27. Re1 $36) 23.
Rxa4 Rxa4 24. bxa4 Qe7 25. e5 Nd5 26. Bxd5 $6 {After this exchange Black is
out of danger.} (26. Bd2 $142) 26... cxd5 27. Qb3 Qd7 28. Rb2 Re7 (28... Rg6
29. Kh2 b6 $11) 29. Bg5 (29. Kh2 Qe6 $11) 29... f6 $1 30. exf6 gxf6 $2 ({Misses
} 30... Re1+ $1 31. Kh2 (31. Kf2 Rh1 32. Re2 (32. fxg7 $2 Qf5+ 33. Bf4 Bd6) (
32. Bf4 $2 g5 $1 33. Bxg5 Qf5+ 34. Bf4 Qe4) 32... Rh2+ 33. Ke1 Rh1+ 34. Kf2 (
34. Kd2 $2 gxf6 35. Bf4 Qc6) 34... Rh2+ $11) 31... Qf5 32. Bf4 (32. fxg7 $2
Bxg7 33. Bf4 $2 Bxd4 34. Rg2 $140 Rh1+ 35. Kxh1 Qxh3+ 36. Rh2 Qf1#) 32... Qe4
33. Rg2 Re2 34. Rxe2 Qxe2+ {with perpetual check.}) 31. Bxf6 Re1+ 32. Kg2 Qf5
33. Rf2 Qe4+ 34. Qf3 Ra1 35. Qxe4 dxe4 36. Re2 Rxa4 37. Rxe4 Bd6 38. Re6 Ra2+
39. Kf3 Ra3+ 40. Ke4 Bxg3 41. Re7 Ra6 $1 42. Kf5 Ra5+ 43. Kg4 Ra6 44. Kf5 Ra5+
45. Ke4 Ra6 46. Bg5 Rg6 (46... h6) 47. Kf5 Rd6 48. Be3 (48. Bf6 Rd5+ 49. Ke4
Rd6) 48... b6 49. Rb7 Rd5+ $6 (49... Bh2) 50. Kg4 Be1 51. Rxb6 Bc3 52. Rb3 $1 {
Allows White to keep his extra pawn.} Ba5 (52... Bxd4 $2 53. Rd3) 53. Kf4 Bc7+
54. Ke4 Rh5 55. Bf2 Kf8 56. Rf3+ Ke7 57. Kd3 Bd6 58. Kc4 Kd7 59. d5 Be7 60. Rb3
Kc8 61. Bc5 Bd8 62. Bd6 Rf5 63. Kc5 Rf1 64. Kc6 Rc1+ 65. Bc5 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp1 49th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2005.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Gavrikov,V"]
[PlyCount "195"]
[EventDate "2005.08.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 ({
This reply became popular in last time instead of the more solid} 7... exd5) 8.
Bd2 Nd7 9. g3 ({White has also tried} 9. Qc2 Nxc3 $6 (9... N5f6 $142 $5 {/\ e5}
) 10. Bxc3 $5 b6 11. Ng3 Bb7 12. Rd1 Re8 13. e4 Nf8 14. Bc4 $14 {1-0 Epishin,
V-Solozhenkin,E/Marseille 2004/EXT 2005 (29)}) 9... N5f6 {Planning e6-e5.} ({
Another way of development is} 9... b6 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bg2 Nf6 12. O-O Bb7 {
e.g.} (12... Bf5 $5) 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. Qc2 Bd6 (14... c5 $143 15. dxc5 bxc5 16.
Bc3) 15. Bb4 Bxb4 16. axb4 c6 17. Nf4 a6 18. Qc3 Qd6 19. f3 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 Rad8
21. Rcd1 Nd7 $1 22. e4 dxe4 23. fxe4 Nf8 24. e5 Qd7 {0-1 Janssen,R-Tiviakov,S/
Dieren 2004/CBM 101 ext (44) and Black´s chances are not worse.}) 10. Bg2 e5 (
10... c5 $143 11. O-O cxd4 {1/2-1/2 Kovacevic,B-Palac,M/Nova Gorica 2002/ (16)}
12. Nxd4 $14) 11. O-O exd4 {A suggestion of Ftacnik.} ({After} 11... c6 12. Qc2
exd4 13. Nxd4 Nb6 14. Rad1 {1-0 Malakhov,V-Nielsen,P/Istanbul 2003/CBM 096/ 
(26) White can hope for the slight advantage due to his pawn majority in the
centre.}) 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Qc2 ({It seems to me that more promising
continuation was} 13. b4 c5 14. bxc5 Bxc5 15. Nce2 Bg4 $5 (15... Qe7 16. Qb3)
16. Bb4 $1 (16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. Bg2 Bxd4 18. exd4 Nf3+ 19. Bxf3 Bxf3 $44) 16...
Bxb4 17. axb4 $36 {[%cal Gg2b7]}) (13. Qc2 c5 14. Nf3 Qd3 15. Rac1 $11) (13.
Ne4 c5 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Nb5 Bg4 16. f3 Be6 $17) 13... c5 14. Nf5 {An
unexpected pawn sacrifice.} ({To the equality leads} 14. Nf3 Qd3 15. Rac1 Bf5
16. Qb3 $1 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Rab8 (17... Ne4 18. Be1 Ng5 19. Bg2 $13) 18. Rfd1 Be6
19. Qa4 a6) 14... Bxf5 15. Qxf5 Qxd2 16. Qxe5 Bd6 17. Qf5 Qxb2 18. Rfc1 Rad8
19. a4 {[%cal Ga1b1]} c4 $2 {Allows White to win back the pawn and makes it
difficult for Black to defend his queenside.} ({Correct was} 19... b6 $1 20.
Rab1 Qd2 21. Rc2 g6 22. Rxd2 gxf5 23. Rbd1 Bc7 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 {with
drawing ending.}) 20. Rab1 Qa3 21. Qc2 ({Also good was the immediate} 21. Bxb7)
21... Be5 (21... b6 $143 $6 22. Nb5 Qc5 23. Nxa7) 22. Nb5 Qc5 23. Qe2 a6 ({Or} 
23... c3 24. f4) 24. Rxc4 Qe7 25. Nc3 Rd7 ({An alternative is} 25... Bxc3 26.
Rxc3 Ne4 {but it is understandable that Black prefers to keep the
opposite-coloured bishops.}) 26. Ne4 Rfd8 27. h4 ({Deserved attention} 27. Nc5
$5 Rd2 28. Qf3 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Rxb5 Rd1+ 31. Bf1 $16) 27... g6 28. Qf3 (
28. Nxf6+ $142 Bxf6 29. Qf3) 28... Nxe4 ({Stronger looks} 28... Nd5) 29. Qxe4
b5 $5 ({It the event of} 29... Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Rxb1 31. Qxb1 Rd7 {unpleasant is}
32. f4 Bf6 33. e4) 30. axb5 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 Rxb1 32. Qxb1 axb5 33. Qxb5 {In
resulted endgame is not easy for White to realize his extra pawn and the most
probable outcome is draw.} Bf6 34. Qa5 Qe5 35. Qe1 Kg7 36. Bf3 h5 37. Kg2 Rd7
38. Qe2 Rc7 39. Rd4 Qc5 40. Rd2 Ra7 41. Kh2 Qc7 42. Rc2 Qe5 43. Qc4 Rd7 44. Qa4
Qe7 45. Qb5 Rc7 46. Rd2 Qe5 47. Qe2 Qc5 48. Bd5 Bc3 49. Rd1 Qb6 50. Kg2 Qb2 51.
Qf3 Bf6 52. e4 Be5 ({Similar is} 52... Rc3 53. Qf4 Rc2 54. Rd3 Qe5 55. Qf3 Rc7)
53. Rd3 Qb6 54. Rb3 Qd4 55. g4 hxg4 56. Qxg4 Qd2 (56... f5 $142 $5) 57. Rf3 Qh6
58. Rf5 f6 59. Rf3 Qh5 60. Qxh5 ({If} 60. Qe6 {then} Kh6) 60... gxh5 61. Rb3
Re7 62. Rb6 f5 $6 (62... Rc7 $142) 63. f4 $6 ({White wants to avoid the
blockade of f-pawn, however better is} 63. exf5 Bf6 64. Kg3 $16) 63... Bxf4 $2
({Necessary was} 63... Bc7 $1 64. Rc6 fxe4 65. f5 Rd7 $1 66. f6+ (66. Bxe4 Bd6)
66... Kf8 67. Bxe4 $140 Kf7 68. Bf3 Bd6 {with draw.}) 64. exf5 Be5 $2 {A
blunder.} ({The only defence was} 64... Rd7 $1 65. Rg6+ Kf8 66. Kf3 Bc1 67.
Rg8+ Ke7 68. Ke4 Bb2 {with the idea} 69. Rg5 Ra7 70. Rxh5 Ra4+ 71. Kf3 Bf6 $1
72. Kg3 Be5+ 73. Kh3 Kf6 $1 74. Be6 Ra3+ 75. Kg2 Rg3+ 76. Kf2 Kg7 $1 $11) 65.
Rg6+ Kh7 66. f6 $1 Rd7 67. f7 $2 ({Missing a winning possibility} 67. Be4 $1
Rd4 (67... Kh8 68. Kf3 Rd4 (68... Bc3 69. Rh6+ Kg8 70. Bf5 $1 $18) 69. f7 Bg7
70. Rg5 Rd6 71. Kg3 $1) 68. Bf5 $1 Rf4 69. Bc2 Rc4 70. Bd3 Rd4 71. f7 Bg7 72.
Rd6+ Rxd3 73. Rxd3 Kg6 74. Rf3 Bf8 75. Rf4) 67... Bg7 68. Rg5 Kh6 69. Kf3 Rd6
70. Rf5 Kg6 71. Ke4 Rf6 72. Rg5+ Kh6 73. Ke3 Bf8 74. Rg8 Bg7 75. Kd3 Rf4 76.
Ke3 Rf6 77. Bc4 Kg6 78. Ra8 Bh6+ 79. Ke2 Rf4 80. Bd5 Bg7 81. Ra6+ Rf6 82. Ra4
Bh6 83. Ra1 Rf4 84. Kd3 Bf8 85. Rh1 Rg4 86. Kc3 Kg7 87. Be6 Re4 88. Bc4 Be7 89.
Rg1+ Rg4 90. Rf1 Bf8 91. Rh1 Be7 92. Be6 Rxh4 93. Rg1+ Kf6 94. Bd5 Bf8 95. Rg8
Ke7 96. Rg6 Rf4 97. Re6+ Kd7 98. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.02.12"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "Gavrikov,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. b4
Re8 9. Ng3 c6 10. Bd3 a5 ({More common is the continuation} 10... Nbd7 11. O-O
Nb6 {and Black can meet} 12. b5 (12. Rb1 Bd6 13. a4 Bxg3 $5 14. hxg3 Ne4 15.
Bxe4 dxe4 16. b5 Be6 $1 {1/2-1/2 Gurevich,D-Onischuk,A/Chicago 2002/CBM 086
ext (47)}) {with} 12... c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Na4 Nxa4 15. Qxa4 d4 $1 {e.g.} 16.
Qc2 (16. Rd1 $6 Bg4 $1 (16... dxe3 17. Bxh7+ Nxh7 18. Rxd8 exf2+ 19. Kf1 Rxd8
$13) 17. Be2 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Ng4 $1 $40) (16. e4 Ng4 17. Bf4 Nxh2 $5 (17... Qf6)
18. Rfc1 b6 19. f3 Qh4 20. Ne2 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Re6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Bu
Xiangzhi-Chuchelov,V/Moscow 2003/CBM 094 (42)}) 16... dxe3 17. Bxh7+ Nxh7 18.
Qxc5 b6 19. Qc2 Qd5 $1 20. fxe3 Qxb5 21. Qf2 f6 $11 {0-1 Goh Koong Jong,
J-Dorfman,J/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104 no vc (66)}) 11. b5 c5 12. O-O Bg4 $6 ({
An unfortunate novelty instead of the known} 12... Nbd7 13. dxc5 ({or} 13. Nf5
Bf8 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nd4 Bg4 16. Be2 Bxe2 17. Ncxe2 Nce4 $132 {0-1 Tolk,
P-Chuchelov,V/Antwerp 1999/EXT 2000 (36)}) 13... Nxc5 14. Bb2 Be6 15. Na4 {
0-1 Van Beek,L-Jens,J/Belgium 2003/EXT 2004 (48)} {and now Black could have
obtained enough counterplay with} Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Rc8 {.}) 13. f3 Be6 14. f4 $1 {
Preventing Nbd7.} Bg4 15. Qd2 Bc8 {Otherwise Black cannot complete his
development.} 16. Qa2 $5 cxd4 ({Perhaps Black should have tried} 16... c4 17.
Be2 Nbd7 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bxc4 Rf8 20. Ncxe4 Nb6 21. Bb2 Nxc4 22. Qxc4 Be6 {
with some play for the pawn.}) 17. exd4 Qb6 18. Nge2 Bg4 19. Na4 $1 ({Stronger
than} 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Bxe2 21. Bxe2 Bf6 22. Ra2 Bxd4+ 23. Kh1 Rd8 {
followed by Nd7.}) 19... Qd6 20. Nec3 {Forcing the new retreat of black bishop.
} Bc8 21. b6 $6 {Looks tempting but in reality it allows Black to develop his
queenside.} ({In the spirit of White´s previous strategy was} 21. f5 b6 22. Bf4
Qd8 23. Be2 Bb7 24. Bf3 Ne4 25. Rad1 $16) 21... Bd7 $1 {Black neutralizes the
threat of Nb5 by moving this bishop again.} 22. f5 Bxa4 23. Nxa4 Nc6 24. Bf4
Qd7 25. Bb5 Ne4 26. Rad1 ({Not dangerous for Black is} 26. Rac1 Rac8 27. Bc7
Bd6 {.}) 26... Rac8 27. g4 h5 $5 28. Qg2 h4 ({After} 28... hxg4 29. Qxg4 {
Black has to reckon with the manoeuvre Rd3-h3.}) 29. Rd3 Bg5 30. Nc5 Qd8 $5 (
30... Nxc5 31. dxc5 Bxf4 32. Rxf4 Re1+ 33. Rf1 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 (34. Qxf1 d4)
34... Qe7 35. Rxd5 (35. Qxd5 $6 Re8) (35. Bxc6 bxc6 36. Qf2 Qe4 37. Qd4 Qh1+
38. Qg1 Qe4 39. Qd4 $11) 35... Qe3 $44) 31. Bc7 Rxc7 32. bxc7 Qxc7 $44 33. Re1
Nxd4 $1 34. Nxe4 $2 {Probably a time-trouble mistake.} ({Correct was} 34. Bxe8
Qxc5 35. Kh1 Nc2 36. Rxd5 $1 (36. Re2 $2 Ne3 37. Qg1 d4 $19) (36. Rxe4 $6 dxe4
37. Rd7 (37. Qxe4 $2 Ne3 38. Rxe3 Bxe3 39. Qxb7 $140 Qc4 40. Qf3 h3 $1 $19)
37... Ne3 38. Bxf7+ Kh7 39. Qb2 Bf6 40. Qf2 Qxa3 $17) 36... Nf2+ 37. Kg1 Nh3+
38. Kh1 Nf2+ {with a draw.}) 34... Rxe4 35. Rxe4 dxe4 36. Qxe4 (36. Rxd4 $142
Be3+ 37. Kh1 Qc1+ 38. Qf1 Qxf1+ 39. Bxf1 Bxd4 40. Kg2) 36... Qc1+ 37. Kg2 Qb2+
38. Kh3 ({If} 38. Kf1 Nxb5 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40. Qxf7 {then} Qb1+ 41. Kf2 Qc2+ 42.
Kg1 (42. Ke1 Nc7 43. Qg6+ Kg8 $19) 42... Qe2 43. Qg6+ Kg8 (43... Kh8 $2 44.
Qxg5 Qxd3 45. Qh5+ Kg8 46. Qe8+ $11) 44. Qe6+ Qxe6 45. fxe6 Nd4 $1 {winning.})
38... Ne2 $2 ({Missing} 38... Nxb5 $1 39. Qe8+ (39. Qxb7 Qe2 40. Qa8+ Kh7 41.
Qf3 Nd4 $1 42. Qxe2 Nxe2) 39... Kh7 40. Qxf7 Qe2 41. Qg6+ Kh8 42. Qxg5 Qxd3+
43. Kxh4 Qe2 $19) 39. Qxe2 $1 Qxe2 40. Rd8+ Bxd8 41. Bxe2 g5 42. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Gavrikov,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 $5 ({This move is
probably not worse than the main reply} 6... Be7) 7. Ng3 ({White can hardly
count on an advantage after} 7. c5 Be7 8. b4 b6 {for example:} 9. Nf4 a5 10.
Bb2 c6 11. Be2 Ba6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Nd3 Qc7 15. Qe2 Rfa8 16. Rac1
(16. b5 cxb5 17. Nxb5 Qc6 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nd7 20. cxb6 Nxb6 $11) 16...
axb4 17. axb4 R6a7 18. f3 bxc5 19. bxc5 Qb8 {planning Bd8-c7, 1/2-1/2 Graf,
A-Georgiev,K/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104/ (54)}) 7... a5 $5 $146 {An interesting
novelty. Black´s idea is to prevent the advance b2-b4.} ({The usual
alternatives are:} 7... b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 (9. Bd3 Re8) 9... Re8 10. O-O c6
11. b4 a6 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Qc2 {1/2-1/2 Graf,A-Topalov,V/Benidorm 2003/CBM 099
(37)} Bb7 $13) ({and} 7... c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. b4 Be7 10. Bb2 (10. cxd5 exd5 11.
Bb2 Nc6 {/\ d4} 12. Nce2 Re8 13. Nd4 a5 14. b5 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 a4 $11 {1/2-1/2
Benitah,Y-Marciano,D/France 1996/CBM 055 ext (15)}) 10... a5 $5 (10... Nc6 $143
11. Qc2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bd7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Be2 Ne5 15. Qb3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Moreno
Trujillo,A-Suba,M/Collado Villalba 2004/EXT 2006 (63)}) 11. b5 dxc4 12. Bxc4
Nbd7 13. O-O Nb6 14. Bd3 e5 15. Qe2 Bg4 16. f3 Be6 17. Rfd1 Qe8 $13 {1/2-1/2
Chernin,A-Granda Zuniga,J/Pamplona 1991/CBM 028 (43)}) 8. Qc2 {Intending to
play Nb5 after exchange on d5.} c5 $1 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. cxd5 exd5 {Black has a
good version of isolani because the weakness of b5-square is not so important
here.} 11. Bb5 Bd7 ({Quite possible was instead} 11... Be6 $5 12. O-O Nbd7 {
with solid position.}) 12. O-O ({If} 12. Nxd5 {then} Bxb5 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.
Qxc5 Bd3 {with compensation for the pawn.}) 12... Bxb5 13. Nxb5 Qb6 {Keeping
the option to develop the knight on c6 after a3-a4.} 14. Nc3 Nbd7 15. Bd2 (15.
Na4 Qb5 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 $132 {[%cal Gc5b3]}) 15... Rac8 ({Perhaps better was} 
15... Qe6 {followed by Rfc8.}) 16. Rac1 Rc6 $6 {The first step in wrong
direction.} ({It was preferable to keep the bishop by} 16... Qe6) 17. Na4 Qb5
$6 {Not the best square for the queen.} (17... Qc7 $142 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Qf5
Rd8 $13) 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 $2 (18... Rxc5 19. Bc3 $14) 19. Nf5 {[%cal Gf5e7,Gf5d4]}
Rc7 20. Qc3 $1 {[%cal Gc3a5,Gc3e5] The attack on a5 gives White necessary
tempo for transfer his queen to the kingside and support the knight on f5.} b6
21. Qe5 Qd7 $2 {After this mistake Black´s position becomes hopeless.} ({
Instead} 21... Ne8 {[%cal Gc5d3]} 22. Rcd1 Rd7 {allowed to maintain the
material balance and continue the game.}) 22. Bc3 $1 {[%cal Gf5h6,Gf5g7,Ge5g3,
Gc3g7,Gc3f6] Simple and strong with the main threat of Nh6+ followed by Qxf6.}
({Not} 22. Nxg7 $2 Nfe4 $1 23. Nh5 f6 24. Qd4 Rc6 25. Rcd1 Nb3 {winning an
exchange.}) 22... Nce4 23. Bd4 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Re8 25. Qf4 Qe6 26. h4 $6 ({
White wants to play f2-f3 and prevents g7-g5 but decisive was the immediate} 
26. f3 $1 {e.g.} Nh5 (26... g5 27. Nh6+ Kg7 28. Qc7 $1 Kxh6 (28... Nc5 29. Ng4)
29. Rc6 $18) (26... Nc5 27. Qg5 g6 28. Nh6+ Kg7 29. Ng4 Ncd7 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31.
Rc7 Nh5 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 33. Nf6+ Nxf6 34. Bxf6 $18) 27. Qg4 Nef6 28. Qg5 h6 29.
Nxh6+ Kh7 ({or} 29... Kf8 30. Nf5) 30. Nf5 g6 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. g4 $18) 26...
Nh5 27. Qf3 (27. Qg4 $6 Nd6 $1) 27... g6 $2 (27... Nhf6 $8) 28. Nh6+ Kf8 29. g4
Nhf6 30. Qf4 {[%cal Gf2f3]} Ng8 31. Rc6 $1 1-0

[Event "Leonid Stein Memorial"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2000.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2000.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 c6 8. h3
Nbd7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nfxd5 exd5 (10... cxd5 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. g4 Bd7 13. f4 Bc6
14. Qf3 Rc8 15. g5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qd5 19. Qxd5 exd5
20. Kd2 {1-0 Kortschnoj,V-Nedeljkovic,S/Kiev 1959/MCL (50)}) 11. Bd3 Re8 12.
Qc2 Nf6 13. g4 $146 (13. Bd2 b6 14. b4 Bb7 15. O-O h6 16. Rfc1 Qd6 17. Rab1 g5
18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Rac8 21. Be3 {1-0 Djantar,D-Suvalic/Zagreb
1961/MCD (46)}) 13... g6 (13... Bd6 $5 14. g5 $140 Nh5 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Rg1 g6
17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Qxg6 Nf4 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. g6 Qe7 21. g7 (21. e4 Nd3+) 21...
Bf5 22. Ne2 Nd3+) (13... h6) 14. Bd2 (14. Kf1 $5) (14. f3 $5) 14... c5 15. Kf1
Bf8 (15... a6 $5) 16. Rd1 $2 (16. f3 b6 $13 (16... c4 17. Be2 Bh6 18. f4))
16... c4 17. Be2 Rb8 18. b3 (18. Bf3 b5) 18... b5 19. Rb1 (19. b4 a5 $17) 19...
a6 $2 (19... Bxa3 $1 20. Qa2 (20. bxc4 dxc4 21. Bxc4 Bb7) 20... b4 $1 21. bxc4
dxc4 22. Bxc4 bxc3 (22... Bb7 $5 23. Bxf7+ Kg7 (23... Kh8 24. Bxe8 Bxh1 (24...
Qxe8 25. d5) 25. Bf7 bxc3 26. Rxb8 Qxb8 27. Bxc3 $17) 24. Bxe8 Qxe8 25. d5 bxc3
(25... Qd7 26. e4) 26. Qxa3 Qe4 $3 27. Bxc3 Qxb1+ 28. Kg2 Bxd5+ 29. Kg3 Qe4 $19
) 23. Rxb8 cxd2 24. Bxf7+ Kg7 25. Kg2 Rf8 $17) 20. Qa2 Bb7 (20... Be6 21. f3)
21. h4 (21. Bf3 Rc8 $15) 21... Qd6 22. g5 (22. b4 Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4) 22... Ne4
23. Nxe4 Rxe4 $15 24. a4 (24. Bb4 Qd7) 24... Qd7 25. f3 Ree8 (25... Re6 26. Kf2
Rbe8 $5) 26. Kf2 Bd6 (26... Rbc8 27. Qb2) 27. Qc2 $2 (27. axb5 axb5 28. Qc2 $15
(28. bxc4 dxc4 29. Qc2 $17 (29. e4 Rxe4 30. fxe4 Bxe4 31. Rbf1 Re8 $40) 29...
Bc7)) 27... cxb3 28. Rxb3 bxa4 29. Rb6 Rec8 30. Qd3 Bc6 31. Qxa6 Rxb6 32. Qxb6
Rb8 33. Qa5 a3 34. f4 Ra8 35. Qb6 Rb8 36. Qa5 Ra8 $2 (36... Qb7 37. Qc3 Bd7 $17
) 37. Qb6 Qb7 38. Rb1 $1 Qd7 (38... a2 39. Qxb7 Bxb7 40. Ra1 Bc6 41. Bf3) 39.
Bg4 $1 Qxg4 (39... Qe8 40. Rc1 a2 41. Ra1 $11 Ra3 $140 42. Bc1 Ra4 43. Bd1) 40.
Qxc6 Qxh4+ 41. Kg2 Qg4+ 42. Kf2 Qh4+ (42... Rd8 43. Qxd5 Be7 (43... Qc8 44. Rb7
) 44. Qe5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Georgiev,Ki"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[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 "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. c5 Be7 8. b4 b6
9. Bb2 c6 10. Nf4 a5 11. Be2 Ba6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Nd3 Qc7 $5 $146
(14... Qa8) 15. Qe2 Rfa8 16. Rac1 (16. f3 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 19.
Bxa1 $11) (16. b5 $5 cxb5 17. Nxb5 Qc6 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nd7 20. cxb6 Nxb6
$11) 16... axb4 17. axb4 (17. Nxb4 $6 Ra5 18. cxb6 Qxb6 19. Nba2 c5 20. dxc5
Nxc5 $15) 17... R6a7 (17... bxc5 $5 18. bxc5) (17... b5 18. f3 $1 {[%cal Ge3e4]
/\e4+/-}) 18. f3 bxc5 19. bxc5 Qb8 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Ge7d8,Gd8c7] /\Bd8-c7, ><h2
} 20. Rb1 (20. Ra1 Bd8 {[%cal Gd8c7,Gd8a5] /\Bc7; /\Ba5=}) 20... Bd8 21. Bc1
Qc8 22. Bd2 (22. e4 $5 Qa6 {[%cal Ga6c4] /\Qc4 <=>}) 22... Ra3 23. Rfc1 Bc7 24.
Nb4 Ba5 25. Be1 e5 $1 $11 26. Qb2 Bxb4 27. Qxb4 R3a7 28. dxe5 $1 Nxe5 29. Qd4
Ng6 (29... Qe6 30. Bg3 $11) 30. Bg3 h6 31. e4 dxe4 32. Nxe4 Nxe4 33. Qxe4 Ne7
34. Rc3 Nd5 35. Rcb3 Ra1 (35... Re7 36. Qxe7 Nxe7 37. Rb8 Rxb8 38. Rxb8 Qxb8
39. Bxb8 f5 40. Kf2 Kf7 41. Ke3 Ke6 42. Kd4 $11) 36. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 37. Kf2 Ra2+
38. Kg1 Ra8 39. Bd6 Qa6 40. h3 Nc3 41. Qe5 Nd5 42. Kh2 Qc8 43. Qe4 Qd7 44. Rb8+
Rxb8 45. Bxb8 f6 46. Bd6 Kf7 47. g4 Qb7 48. h4 Qd7 49. Kg3 Qe6 50. h5 Qd7 51.
Qb1 Qc8 52. Qg6+ Kg8 53. Qe4 Qd7 54. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Maxime-02"]
[Site "St Maxime"]
[Date "1982.05.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cvetkovic, Srdjan"]
[Black "Parma, Bruno"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Giffard,N"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1982.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. c4 {La partie fut une lutte serée où le mince avantage blanc ne suffit
pas à gagner.} e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5
Nxd5 8. g3 Nxc3 9. Nxc3 c5 10. d5 (10. dxc5 Qxd1+ 11. Nxd1 Bxc5 12. Bg2 Be7 13.
b4 a5 14. b5 {1/2-1/2 (14) Szabo,L-Taimanov,M Reykjavik 1968}) 10... exd5 11.
Nxd5 Be6 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. O-O Bf6 14. Rb1 a5 $146 (14... Re8 15. b3 Bf5 16.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Bb2 Qg6 18. Rc1 Rad8 19. Qf3 Be4 20. Qf4 Rd2 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22.
Qc7 h5 23. Ba1 Re7 24. Qc8+ Rd8 25. Qh3 Rd5 26. Rfd1 Red7 27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28.
Qc8+ Rd8 29. Qh3 Qg4 30. Qxg4 hxg4 31. Kg2 Na5 32. Be5 Rd5 33. Bb8 Nxb3 34. Rc3
Nd2 35. Bxa7 c4 36. Bd4 b5 37. Rc1 f5 38. Rc2 Nf3 39. Rb2 Kf7 40. h3 Ne1+ 41.
Kh2 Nf3+ 42. Kg2 Ke6 43. Rb1 g6 44. Bc3 {De Lange,D-Fuchs,R Havana 1966 0-1 
(67)}) 15. b3 Bf5 16. Bb2 Bxb2 17. Rxb2 Ne7 18. Rd2 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Qb6 20. Qf3
Be6 21. Rfd1 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 a4 23. bxa4 Rxa4 24. Rd3 Qa7 25. Rb3 b6 26. Qc6 Rxa3
27. Rxb6 Ra1 28. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 29. Kg2 Qa8 30. Qxa8 Rxa8 31. Rc6 h5 32. Rxc5 g6
33. h3 Kg7 34. f4 Ra2+ 35. Kf3 Rh2 36. h4 f5 37. e4 fxe4+ 38. Kxe4 Re2+ 39. Kf3
Ra2 40. f5 Ra3+ 41. Kf4 Ra4+ 42. Ke5 gxf5 43. Kxf5 Rg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-chT"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ligterink, Gert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. g3
Nxc3 9. Nxc3 c5 10. dxc5 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 $5 Bxc5 (11... Rd8+ 12. Ke2 Nd7 13. b4
a5 14. Bb2 Ne5 15. Nd5 Rxd5 16. e4 Rd8 17. Bxe5 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Bxa1 b6
20. cxb6 Bxb4 21. Be5 Rd2+ 22. Kf3 Bc5 23. Be2 Bb7 24. Rc1 Bxb6 25. Bc7 {
1/2-1/2 Najer,E-Belikov,V/Moscow 1995/EXP 50 (25)}) 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. Kc2 $5 (13.
Bd2 Rd8 14. Ke2 (14. Kc2 Bd7 15. Rhd1 Rac8 16. Rac1 Be7 $11) 14... e5 15. Rhd1
Be6 $132) 13... e5 $5 14. b4 Bb6 15. Bb2 (15. Nd5 Bf5+ 16. Kb2 Be6 $132) 15...
Be6 $1 {idea 16...Rac8, 17...Nd4} (15... Bf5+ 16. Kb3 Be6+ 17. Bd5 $14) 16. Bd5
{idea 17.Kb3} (16. Rad1 Rac8 (16... Rfc8 $5) 17. Kb1 Bb3 (17... Rfd8 18. Nd5
$14) 18. Rd7 Rfd8 19. Rxb7 Rd2 $132) 16... Rac8 (16... Nd4+ $5 17. exd4 exd4
18. Bxe6 dxc3 19. Bxc3 fxe6 20. f4 $11) 17. Kb3 (17. Bxe6 $2 fxe6 18. Rhf1 Nd4+
19. exd4 (19. Kd3 Nf3 20. Ne4 Nxh2 21. Rfc1 Ng4 $15) 19... exd4 $17) (17. Kb3 {
[#]}) 17... Nd4+ $1 18. exd4 Rxc3+ $1 (18... exd4 $2 19. Bxe6 dxc3 20. Bxc8
cxb2 21. Rad1 $18) 19. Kxc3 Bxd4+ (19... Bxd5 $1 20. Rhe1 (20. dxe5 Rc8+ 21.
Kd3 Bxh1 22. Rxh1 Bxf2 23. Rc1 $11) 20... Bxd4+ 21. Kc2 Rc8+ 22. Kb1 Bxf2 23.
Rxe5 Bb3 $1 $44 24. Re2 Bc4 $5 25. Rxf2 Bd3+ 26. Ka2 Bc4+ $11) 20. Kc4 $1 Rc8+
(20... Bxb2 21. Rad1 $14) 21. Kd3 Bxb2 (21... Bxd5 22. Rhc1 $16) 22. Bxe6 Rd8+
23. Ke4 Bxa1 24. Rxa1 fxe6 25. Rc1 $5 Rd7 (25... Rd2 26. Rc7 Rxf2 27. Rxb7 $16)
26. Kxe5 Kf7 27. Rc5 $14 Ke7 28. Ke4 (28. f4 $5 b6 29. Rc4 $1 Rd5+ 30. Ke4 Kd7
31. Rd4 $14) 28... Kf6 29. a4 $6 (29. f4 $14) 29... b6 30. Rc2 g5 $6 (30... Rd1
$1 31. Rc7 Rb1 $11) 31. b5 h6 (31... g4 $5 $11) 32. h3 $14 Ke7 33. Rc4 Kf6 34.
Rc8 Rd2 35. Ra8 Rd7 (35... Rxf2 $4 36. Rf8+ $18) 36. Rh8 Kg7 37. Re8 Kf7 38.
Rh8 Kg7 39. Rc8 Kf6 40. Rc2 Ke7 41. f3 Kf6 42. Rc6 Ke7 43. f4 gxf4 44. gxf4 Kf7
45. Rc1 $1 Kf6 46. Rc8 $1 a6 $5 (46... Kf7 47. Rc6 $22 Ke7 48. f5 exf5+ 49.
Kxf5 $16) (46... Kg6 47. Rc6 Kf7 48. h4 $16) 47. Rf8+ $1 (47. Rc6 axb5 48. axb5
Rd5 49. Rxb6 Rh5 50. Rb8 Rxh3 51. b6 Rb3 52. b7 Rb4+ 53. Kf3 Kg7 $11) 47... Ke7
$2 (47... Kg7 48. Rb8 axb5 49. axb5 Rd5 (49... Rd6 50. Ke5 Rd5+ 51. Kxe6 Rxb5
52. f5 $18) 50. Rxb6 Rh5 51. Kd4 $1 Kf6 52. Rb8 Rxh3 53. Kc4 $14) 48. Rh8 $1
$18 Kd6 (48... axb5 49. Rh7+ Kd6 50. Rxd7+ Kxd7 51. axb5 Kd6 52. Kd4 $18) (
48... Rd5 49. bxa6 Ra5 50. a7 Rxa7 51. Rh7+ $18) 49. Rxh6 axb5 50. axb5 Rf7 51.
Rh5 Ra7 52. Kf3 $1 (52. Re5 Ra3 53. h4 Rh3 54. h5 Kd7 $14) 52... Ra1 53. Re5
Rb1 54. Kg3 Rg1+ 55. Kf2 Rb1 56. Kf3 Rf1+ 57. Kg3 Rg1+ 58. Kf2 Rb1 59. h4 $18
Rh1 60. h5 {idea Kf2-g6} Ke7 61. f5 $1 Kf6 (61... Rxh5 62. f6+ $18) 62. fxe6
1-0

[Event "GER Cup"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Cekro, Ekrem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3
c6 9. Bg2 Bf5 10. O-O Qd7 11. f3 h5 $5 {TN} (11... Bh3 12. Bxh3 Qxh3 13. e4
dxe4 14. Nf4 Qd7 15. fxe4 Na6 16. e5 Nd5 17. Ncxd5 cxd5 18. Be3 $14 {Epishin,
V-Anastasian,A Tbilisi 1989}) (11... c5 $6 12. g4 Be6 13. Nf4 $36) 12. e4 dxe4
13. fxe4 Bg4 14. Be3 Nh7 $5 {[/\15...h4<=>>>;15...Ng5]} 15. Qe1 $1 Ng5 (15...
h4 16. gxh4 Qd8 17. Bf2 $16) 16. Nf4 Na6 (16... Nh3+ $6 17. Kh1 Nxf4 18. gxf4
Bh3 19. f5 $16) (16... Bf6 17. e5 Be7 18. Rf2 $5 {(/\19.Qf1,20.h3)} Na6 19. Qf1
Nc7 20. h3 Bf5 21. Kh2 g6 22. h4 Nge6 23. Nxh5 Nxd4 24. Rd1 Nce6 25. Nf4 $40)
17. Kh1 $5 {[/\18.Qf2]} (17. Rf2 Nc7 18. Qf1 Nce6 $13 19. h3 $2 Nxf4 20. gxf4
Nxh3+ $17) 17... Nc7 (17... Rad8 18. Qf2 Nc7 19. Rac1 $14) 18. Qf2 Bf6 $5 {
[/\19...Rad8<=>><d4]} (18... Nce6 19. h3 $1 Nxf4 20. gxf4 Nxh3 21. Qg3 {
(/\22.Kh2)} h4 22. Qh2 {(/\23.f5)} Rfe8 23. f5 Bd6 (23... Ng5 24. Qxh4 $16) 24.
e5 Bxf5 25. Rf3 $1 (25. Rxf5 Qxf5 26. Rf1 $40 (26. Qxh3 $36)) 25... Bg4 26.
Rxh3 Bxh3 27. Bxh3 Qd8 28. Rg1 $40) 19. Rac1 $1 {[/\20.e5,21.d5]} (19. e5 Be7
$13 {(/\20...Nge6)} 20. d5 cxd5 21. Ncxd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Bh3 $132) 19... Rae8 $1
(19... Rad8 $6 20. e5 Be7 21. d5 $1 cxd5 22. Ncxd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Nh3 24. Qe1 $1
{(/\25.Rc7)} Rc8 25. Bxa7 $16) 20. Rc2 $1 {[/\21.Rd2]} (20. e5 Bd8 $1 $13 {
(/\21...Nge6)}) 20... c5 $6 $138 (20... g6 $2 21. Nxh5 $16) (20... a6 $142 21.
Rd2 Qc8 $14 {(/\22...c5<=>)} 22. e5 Bd8 $132) 21. e5 $1 $16 cxd4 22. Bxd4 Bxe5
23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Rd2 Qe7 25. Qxa7 Re1 26. Rdf2 (26. Qf2 $5 Rxf1+ 27. Qxf1 $16
{(><b7)}) 26... b5 27. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 28. Rf1 Qe5 29. Nd3 $1 Qd6 30. Qe3 Re8 (30...
Nge6 31. h3 $16) (30... Nh7 31. Ne5 $36) 31. Qxg5 Qxd3 32. h3 $1 $16 Be6 (32...
Be2 33. Rf2) (32... Qxg3 $2 33. hxg4 h4 34. Qf4 $18) 33. Kh2 Qc2 (33... g6 34.
Ne4 Nd5 35. Rf2 $16 {(/\36.Rd2)} (35. Nc5 $6 Qe2 $13 36. Nxe6 Ne3 $132)) (33...
Qg6 34. Qe5 $16) (33... h4 $5 34. gxh4 $1 $16 (34. Qxh4 Qc2 35. Qf4 Qxb2 36.
Qxc7 Rc8 $10)) 34. Ne4 $1 {[/\35.Nf6]} (34. Qc5 $5 Rc8 (34... Qxb2 35. Nd1 $1 (
35. Qxc7 Rc8 $13) 35... Na6 36. Qc6 $18) 35. Rf2 $16) 34... Nd5 35. Rf2 $18 Qc7
36. Qxh5 {Time} (36. Qxh5 $18 Ne3 37. Qg5 Nxg2 38. Nf6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Stocek, Jiri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. d5 a5 8. g3
Na6 9. Bg2 Nc5 10. b3 c6 11. O-O cxd5 (11... Qb6 12. Rb1 exd5 13. cxd5 Nce4 14.
Bb2 d6 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Qc2 Nc5 17. Nd4 Rac8 18. dxc6 bxc6 $13 {1/2-1/2
Vyzmanavin,A-Salov,V/Jurmala 1983/MCL (33)}) 12. cxd5 e5 13. Rb1 $5 {TN} (13.
e4 $6 b6 14. f3 Ba6 15. Be3 Nb7 16. Kh1 Bc5 17. Qd2 Qe7 18. Na4 Bxa3 19. Nxb6
Bb4 20. Qc2 Rab8 21. Rfc1 Ba3 22. Rcb1 Bc5 $15 {0-1 Gamarra Caceres,C-Sunye
Neto,J/Corrientes 1985/EXT 2001 (59)}) 13... d6 14. e4 {[/\15.h3,16.Be3;} (14.
b4 axb4 15. axb4 Ncd7 16. e4 Nb6 $132) 14... Bd7 15. h3 h5 $5 {[/\16...h4<=>>>;
} (15... b5 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Na4 18. Qd3 Qb8 19. Bd2 Rc8 20. Rfc1 $14) 16.
Be3 (16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Na4 18. Nxa4 Bxa4 19. Qd3 Qc7 $132) 16... h4 17. Qd2
(17. gxh4 $6 Nh7 18. h5 Qh4 $36) (17. g4 $5 Be7 {(/\18...Nh7,18...Bg5)} 18. f4
exf4 19. Bxc5 $1 dxc5 20. e5 Nh7 21. Nxf4 Bg5 22. e6 $1 $36) 17... hxg3 18.
fxg3 Be7 19. Nc1 $5 Nh7 20. Bxc5 $6 (20. Nd3 $142 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Bg5 22. Na4 $5
$36) 20... dxc5 21. Nd3 {[/\22.a4,Nd3-b2-c4]} Ra6 $1 {[/\22...Rh6<=>>>]} 22. a4
(22. Nxe5 $4 Bg5 23. Qf2 Rxe5 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 $19) 22... Rh6 23. Qf2 Rf8 (23...
Ng5 24. h4 Nh3+ 25. Bxh3 Bxh3 26. Qxf7+ (26. Rfc1 Qc8 $40) 26... Kh7 27. Qf3 (
27. Rf2 Rf8 $19) 27... Rf8 28. Qe2 Bxf1 29. Rxf1 $44) (23... Rf6 24. Qe2 Bd6 (
24... Rh6 25. Nxe5 $14) 25. Nb2 $132) 24. Nxe5 $5 Bf6 25. Nxf7 $1 (25. Nxd7 Bd4
26. Nxf8 Kxf8 $13) 25... Rxf7 26. e5 Ng5 $5 (26... Bxh3 27. Bxh3 Rxh3 28. Kg2
$13) 27. exf6 Bxh3 28. Qe3 (28. Qxc5 $6 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Qd7 30. Rh1 Rhxf6 $40)
28... Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Rhxf6 30. Rbe1 (30. Rf4 Qd7 $36) (30. Rxf6 Qxf6 31. Rh1 Qf5
$36) 30... Nf3 $1 (30... Rxf1 31. Rxf1 Rxf1 32. Kxf1 Qf6+ 33. Ke2 $14) 31. Rd1
Qf8 {[/\32...Nh4]} 32. Rh1 Nd4 33. Ne4 Rf3 34. Qg5 Rxb3 $6 $138 (34... Nc2 $1
35. Kh2 Ne3 $17) 35. Rd2 $1 $36 Nf5 36. Re2 Re7 37. Qh5 Nh6 38. d6 $6 $138 (38.
Rf1 Rf7 39. Rxf7 Qxf7 40. Qxf7+ Nxf7 41. Nxc5 $14) (38. d6 {[#][#]Diagrama})
38... Re5 $1 39. Nf6+ $1 (39. Qxe5 Qf3+ $19) 39... Qxf6 $2 (39... gxf6 40. Rxe5
fxe5 41. Qg6+ Qg7 42. Qe6+ Qf7 43. Rxh6 $11) 40. Rxe5 Rb2+ 41. Re2 Rxe2+ 42.
Qxe2 Qxd6 43. Rd1 $16 Qc6+ 44. Qf3 Qe8 (44... Qxa4 45. Rd8+ Kh7 46. Qd3+ g6 47.
Rd7+ $18) 45. Rd5 b6 46. Rd6 Nf7 47. Rxb6 $18 c4 48. Ra6 Qd7 49. Ra8+ $6 (49.
Qc6 $1 $18) 49... Kh7 50. Qe4+ g6 51. Re8 Qd2+ $2 (51... Qxa4 52. Re7 Kg7 53.
Qf3 Qc2+ 54. Kh3 Qf5+ 55. Qxf5 gxf5 56. Rc7 $16) 52. Kg1 c3 53. Re7 Qd1+ 54.
Kg2 Qd2+ 55. Qe2 $18 Qd5+ 56. Qf3 Qd2+ (56... Qd2+ 57. Kf1 Kh6 (57... Qc1+ 58.
Re1) 58. Rxf7 c2 59. Qh1+ Kg5 60. Qh4#) 1-0

[Event "Escaldes zt"]
[Site "Escaldes"]
[Date "1998.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. g3
Nxc3 9. Nxc3 c5 10. dxc5 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Bxc5 12. Bg2 Nd7 $5 (12... Nc6 {
- Gurevich M.-Ligterinck,G Dutch tch 1998}) 13. Bd2 (13. b4 $6 Be7 14. Bb2 Nb6
15. Kc2 Nc4 $132) 13... Be7 (13... Rd8 14. Kc2 Ne5 15. Rhd1 {(/\ 16.Be1)} Ng4
16. Ne4 Be7 17. h3 $14) 14. Kc2 Rb8 15. Rhd1 b5 $5 16. e4 $5 a5 {[/\ 17...
b4<=><<]} 17. Bf4 Rb7 (17... e5 18. Be3 $14 (18. Nd5 Bc5 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Nxe3
Nf6 21. b4 $14)) 18. Bd6 $5 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 (19. e5 $1 Rb6 (19... Bxe5 20. Bxb7
Bxb7 21. Rxd7 Bc6 22. Ra7 $16 b4 23. Rxa5 $18) 20. exd6 Bb7 21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22.
b4 $14) 19... Ne5 $1 $132 20. f4 Nc4 21. Rd3 b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. Nd1 e5 $1 24.
Ne3 Nxe3+ (24... b3+ $5 25. Kc1 (25. Kc3 $2 Nxe3 26. Rxe3 Rc7+ $19) (25. Rxb3
Rxb3 26. Nxc4 Rb7 27. Nxe5 Be6 $15) 25... Nxe3 26. Rxe3 Be6 27. Rc3 Rd8 $11)
25. Rxe3 Be6 26. Bf1 Rc7+ 27. Kd2 Rfc8 (27... Rd8+ 28. Rd3 Rdc8 29. Ke3 $11)
28. Bd3 g6 29. Ra4 b3 $6 $138 (29... exf4 30. gxf4 b3 $11) 30. f5 $1 $14 Rc2+ (
30... Bd7 31. Rb4 $14) (30... Bc4 31. Bxc4 Rxc4 32. Rxc4 Rxc4 33. Rxb3 Rxe4 34.
f6 $16) 31. Bxc2 Rxc2+ 32. Kd1 gxf5 33. Re2 (33. exf5 Bxf5 34. Rxe5 $18) 33...
Rc5 34. exf5 Bxf5 35. Rb4 Be6 (35... Bc2+ 36. Kd2 Rd5+ 37. Ke3 Kg7 (37... Ra5
$14) 38. Rd2 $14) 36. Kd2 Kg7 37. Rbe4 f6 $6 (37... Kf6 38. Ke3 $14) 38. Rb4
Kg6 39. Rb6 Kf7 40. Ke3 $16 {[/\Re2-d2-d6]} f5 41. Rd2 Bd5 42. Rd3 $1 {[/\43.
Rc3]} Kg7 43. Rc3 Rxc3+ 44. bxc3 Kf7 45. Rb4 Kf6 46. c4 Be6 47. Kd3 $18 f4 48.
gxf4 exf4 49. Rxb3 f3 50. Kd4 1-0

[Event "YUG-chT"]
[Site "Niksic"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Komarov, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qc2 Nd7 9. e4 (9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Ng3 Re8 11. Bd3 Nf8 12. b4 c6 13. Bd2 Bd7 14.
O-O Rc8 15. Qb3 Bd6 16. b5 Qh4 $36 {0-1 Corral,Blanco Juan A-Armas,Jorge/It 
(open), XI, Alcobendas (Spain) (6) 1994 (37)}) 9... Nxc3 10. Nxc3 c5 11. d5 Bf6
12. dxe6 fxe6 13. f4 $5 {TN} (13. Be3 {-51/563}) 13... Bd4 14. e5 Nb6 15. Bd3
Qh4+ $5 (15... h6 16. Qe2 $5 {/\17.Qe4}) (15... g6 16. h4 $5 $40) 16. g3 Qh3
17. Ne4 {/\18.Ng5} c4 $5 18. Bf1 (18. Ng5 cxd3 19. Qxd3 Bf2+ 20. Kxf2 Qh5 21.
Qf3 Qg6 22. Rd1 Bd7 $44) 18... Qh5 19. Bg2 Rd8 $6 (19... Bd7 $1 20. Qd2 Bc6 21.
Qxd4 Rad8 22. Qe3 Rd1+ 23. Kf2 Rxh1 24. Bxh1 Qxh2+ 25. Bg2 Rd8 $44 26. Qe1 Bxe4
(26... Rd4 27. Be3 Rxe4 (27... Bxe4 28. Qh1 Qxh1 29. Bxh1 Bxh1 30. Bxd4 $18)
28. Qh1 Qxh1 29. Bxh1 $16) 27. Qxe4 Rd1 28. Qxb7 (28. Rb1 Qg1+ 29. Kf3 Rd3+ 30.
Kg4 (30. Ke2 Qd1+ 31. Kf2 Qc2+ $19) 30... Qf2 $19) (28. f5 Qg1+ 29. Kf3 Rxc1 (
29... Rd3+ 30. Kg4 exf5+ 31. Qxf5 Qxg2 32. Qe6+ Kf8 33. Qf5+ Ke8 34. Qe6+ Kd8
$15) 30. Rxc1 Qxc1 31. fxe6 Qxb2 32. Qxb7 $36) 28... Qg1+ (28... h5 29. Qc6
Qg1+ 30. Kf3 Rd3+ 31. Ke2 $13) 29. Kf3 Rd7 30. Qc6 (30. Qe4 Rd3+ 31. Ke2 Rd1
32. Kf3 Rd3+ $44) 30... Qd1+ 31. Kf2 Qd4+ $10) 20. Ng5 $1 $40 {/\ 21.Bf3} Bd7
21. Bf3 Qh6 22. Be4 g6 (22... Ba4 23. Bxh7+ Kf8 24. Qg6 Qxg6 (24... Bc3+ 25.
Ke2 $18) 25. Bxg6 Ke7 26. Nf3 $16) 23. h4 {/\ 24.h5} Qf8 (23... c3 24. h5 cxb2
25. Bxb2 Rac8 26. Qb3 Bxb2 27. Qxb2 $40) 24. h5 Ba4 (24... h6 25. hxg6 hxg5 26.
Rh8+ Kxh8 27. Qh2+ $18) 25. Qh2 $1 $18 (25. Qe2 Bxe5 26. Nxe6 $16 (26. fxe5
Rd1+ 27. Qxd1 Bxd1 28. hxg6 $1 $40 (28. Kxd1 Qf2 $132))) 25... Bc5 (25... Bxe5
26. fxe5 Rd1+ 27. Ke2 Rxh1 28. Qxh1 $18) 26. hxg6 h6 27. Nxe6 Rd1+ 28. Ke2 Rxh1
29. Qxh1 Qe7 30. Qxh6 (30. Qxh6 Qxe6 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. g7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 12th final"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.11.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1996.11.21"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eupen-Kelmis Rochade"]
[BlackTeam "Vilnius Kaise"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. d5 e5 (7... d6
8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 Ne5 10. b3 exd5 11. cxd5 c6 12. O-O Bd7 13. e4 cxd5 14. exd5
Bg4 $132 {1-0 Gyimesi,Z-Bareev,E/Vienna op (5) 1996 (76)}) 8. Ng3 a5 9. Be2 Na6
10. Rb1 $5 (10. O-O Nc5 11. b3 g6 12. e4 $14) 10... c6 11. O-O (11. e4 Bc5 12.
O-O Bd4 $132) 11... cxd5 (11... d6 12. e4 g6 13. Be3 $14) 12. cxd5 Nc5 $6 (
12... b6 13. e4 Bc5 14. Na4 d6 $13 (14... Bd4 15. Nf5 Nxe4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17.
Qxd4 $14)) 13. b4 Na6 14. d6 $1 $16 Re6 15. Nb5 axb4 (15... Ne8 16. Bc4 Rh6 17.
Qb3 Nxd6 18. Nxd6 Rxd6 19. Bxf7+ Kh8 20. Bb2 $36) 16. Bc4 Qb6 17. axb4 Ne8 18.
Ne4 $1 (18. Bxe6 dxe6 {/\19...Bd7<=>} 19. d7 $2 Bxd7 20. Qxd7 Rd8 $15) 18...
Nxd6 (18... Rh6 19. Ng5 $18) 19. Nbxd6 Rxd6 20. Nxd6 (20. Qh5 $1 Rf6 21. Bb2
$18) 20... Qxd6 21. Qxd6 Bxd6 22. Rd1 Be7 {#} 23. Ra1 $1 Rb8 (23... Bxb4 24.
Bb2 d6 25. Ba3 Bxa3 26. Rxa3 Kf8 27. Rxd6 $18) 24. b5 Nc5 25. Ba3 Kf8 (25... d6
26. Bxc5 dxc5 27. Ra7 Kf8 28. Rda1 Ke8 29. Ra8 $18) 26. Rd5 b6 (26... d6 27.
Bxc5 dxc5 28. Rd2 b6 29. Ra7 $18) 27. Bxc5 $1 (27. Rxe5 $6 d6 (27... Bf6 28.
Rxc5 $18) 28. Rh5 Bg4 $132) 27... Bxc5 (27... bxc5 28. Rd2 $16) 28. Rxe5 d6 29.
Re4 Bb7 (29... f5 30. Rh4 h6 31. Ra7 $18) 30. Rf4 d5 31. Bb3 Rd8 32. Ra7 Rd7
33. h4 Bd6 34. Rd4 Bb8 35. Rxd5 $1 (35. Rxd5 Rxd5 (35... Bxd5 36. Rxd7 Bxb3 37.
Rd8+ $18) 36. Rxb7 Rd8 37. Rxf7+ Ke8 38. Rxg7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2007.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2007.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. g3
(8. Bd2 Nf6 (8... Nd7 9. g3 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 c5 11. Bg2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nb6 13. O-O
Nd5 14. Be1 Bf6 15. Rc1 Qd7 16. Rc2 Rd8 17. Rd2 Qe8 18. Kh1 Bd7 19. e4 Nb6 20.
b3 Rac8 $15 {1/2-1/2 Volkov,S (2620)-Tomashevsky,E (2595)/Sochi 2006/CBM 111
ext (35)}) 9. g3 Nbd7 10. Bg2 c5 11. O-O Nb6 12. Qc2 cxd4 13. exd4 Bd7 14. Bxb7
Rb8 15. Bg2 Nc4 16. Rab1 Qb6 17. Bf4 Rbc8 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. h3 h6 20. g4 Bc6
$44 {0-1 Martinovic,S (2378)-Lenic,L (2517)/Nova Gorica SLO 2007/The Week in
Chess 639 (47)}) 8... c5 9. dxc5 Nxc3 10. Nxc3 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Bxc5 12. Bg2 Be7
$5 (12... Nc6 13. Ke2 Bd7 14. b4 Be7 15. Bb2 Rfd8 16. Rhd1 Rac8 17. Rac1 Be8
18. Ne4 Rxd1 19. Kxd1 Rd8+ 20. Ke1 b6 21. Nd2 Nb8 $14 {1-0 Kuzubov,Y (2467)
-Alexandrova,O (2423)/Alushta 2004/CBM 102 ext (64)}) 13. Kc2 Rd8 14. b4 Nc6 (
14... a5 15. b5 Nd7 16. Rd1 Nc5 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. a4 $14 {i/\19.Ba3,20.Rd1})
15. Bb2 Bd7 16. Rhd1 Be8 17. Rxd8 (17. f4 f6 $5 {i/\18...Bg6<=>}) (17. Rac1 $5)
17... Rxd8 18. Rd1 Rxd1 19. Kxd1 a6 $5 (19... Ne5 20. Bxb7 Nd3 21. Kc2 Nxf2 22.
Ne4 $14) 20. Ne4 $5 {i/\21.Nc5} Nd8 $1 $11 {i/\21...Bc6} 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. bxc5
Bc6 23. e4 f6 {i/\24...e5} 24. f4 Kf7 25. Kd2 f5 $1 26. Ke3 g6 27. Bf3 fxe4 28.
Bxe4 Bxe4 29. Kxe4 h5 30. h3 Nc6 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 Ke7 33. f5 exf5+ 34. gxf5
gxf5+ 35. Kxf5 Kd7 36. Ke4 Ke6 37. Bc3 Ne7 38. Be1 Kd7 39. Kd4 Kc6 40. Kc4 Nd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "North Sea Cup 15th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2000.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. g3 Re8 8.
Bg2 c6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Qc2 a6 $5 {TN [ /\ 11...g6, 12...Bf5]} (10... g6 $6 11.
f3 c5 12. Nb5 $36) 11. Kh1 $1 {[/\ 12.f3, 13.e4|^]} (11. f3 $6 c5 $132) 11...
h5 $5 {[/\12...h4<=> >>]} (11... g6 12. f3 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. e4 $36) 12. f3
h4 13. gxh4 Nh5 14. e4 dxe4 $6 (14... Qxh4 15. e5 Be7 16. Be3 g6 17. Qd2 Ng7
$13) 15. Bg5 $1 (15. fxe4 Qxh4 16. e5 Rxe5 $1 17. dxe5 Bxe5 $40) 15... Be7 (
15... f6 16. fxe4 $1 fxg5 17. e5 $40 {(/\18. Qg6)}) 16. fxe4 Bxg5 17. hxg5 $16
c5 $5 (17... Qxg5 18. e5 {(/\ Nc3-e4-d6) ->}) 18. Bf3 $1 Qxg5 (18... cxd4 19.
Bxh5 g6 20. Nd5 $18) 19. Rg1 Qh4 20. Nd5 $1 {[/\ 21. Nc7, 21. Bxh5 Qxh5 22.
Nf6+]} Nf6 $5 21. Nef4 (21. Nc7 Ng4 22. Rg2 Nf2+ (22... Ne3 23. Rxg7+ Kxg7 24.
Nxe8+ $18) 23. Kg1 Nh3+ 24. Kf1 $18) 21... Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Nc6 23. Qxc5 Be6 $5 {
[ /\24...Bxd5<=>]} 24. Nc7 $1 $18 Qf6 (24... Qf4 25. Raf1 $1 Qxc7 26. Rxg7+ $1
Kxg7 27. Rg1+ Kh7 28. Qh5#) 25. Raf1 (25. Rxg7+ $5 Kxg7 26. Rg1+ Kh7 27. Qh5+
Qh6 28. d5 $16) 25... Bh3 {[#]} 26. Rxg7+ $1 Kh8 (26... Qxg7 27. Rg1 $18) (
26... Kxg7 27. Rg1+ Kh7 28. Qh5+ Qh6 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Nxe8 $18) 27. Rg3 $1 (
27. Rg3 Bxf1 (27... Qh4 28. Rfg1 $18) 28. Qh5+) 1-0

[Event "Ostend op"]
[Site "Ostend"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Motwani, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qc2 (8. g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Nxc3 11. Nxc3 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 c5 $10 {Cruz
Lopez,C-Dautov,R Nimes 1991}) 8... Nd7 9. g3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. Bg2 Rb8 $1 {
TN} (11... Qc7 {-49/682}) 12. e4 e5 (12... Qc7 $5 13. Bf4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
O-O Bd6 $132) 13. O-O b5 $5 {/\<=><<} 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nf4 Bg4 (
16... Bb7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Rfd8 19. Bf4 Rxd5 20. exd5 Bd6 $10) 17. Re1 c4
(17... Nf3+ 18. Bxf3 Bxf3 19. h3 $5) 18. Nd5 Qd7 19. Bf4 Nd3 $1 $13 (19... Bd6
20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. f4 Bd6 22. e5 Bc5+ 23. Kh1 {/\24.a4+/=}) 20. Bxb8 Nxe1 21.
Rxe1 Rxb8 22. Qc1 Rd8 23. e5 Be6 24. Rd1 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Qf5 26. Qe3 Rd7 (26...
Kf8 $10) 27. a4 $5 bxa4 28. Qd4 Kf8 29. Kg2 a3 30. Rd2 h5 (30... g5 $10) 31. f4
a2 (31... g5 32. Qxc4 gxf4 33. Rf2 $1 Qxe5 34. Bxf7 $16) 32. Rxa2 Qd3 33. Rd2
$1 Qxd4 34. Rxd4 Bc5 35. Rd1 Ke7 $138 (35... Ba3 36. Kf3 Bb2 37. Ke4 Bxc3 38.
Rc1 $14) 36. Kf3 g6 37. Ke4 Bb6 38. Ra1 Rc7 39. Ra4 $6 (39. h3 $5 Rc5 40. g4
hxg4 41. hxg4 $16 {/\Ra1-h1-h7}) 39... Rc5 40. h3 Ba5 41. Bxc4 Bb6 42. g4 hxg4
43. hxg4 g5 $1 $10 44. f5 $5 (44. fxg5 Bc7 45. Bd5 Rxc3 46. Rxa7 Rc1 $10) 44...
f6 45. e6 Re5+ 46. Kd3 Re3+ 47. Kc2 Re4 48. Kb3 $5 {/\Ra4-a2-h2-h7} Rxg4 49.
Ra2 Rf4 50. Rh2 (50. Rd2 Rxf5 51. Rd7+ Ke8 52. Bd3 Re5 $10) 50... Rxf5 51. Rh7+
Kd6 $4 (51... Ke8 52. Be2 Re5 53. Bh5+ Kd8 (53... Kf8 $2 54. Rf7+ Kg8 55. e7
$18) 54. Rd7+ Kc8 55. Rf7 Kd8 $10) 52. Rd7+ Kc6 53. Bd5+ $1 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.05.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1996.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Petursson Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 $5 d5 6. a3
Bd6 $5 {Provokocative, but not bad.} (6... Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. b4 (8. g3 c6 9.
Bg2 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. f3 c5 $10 {Gyimesi,Z-Epishin,V/Parnu/1996/}) 8... c6 9.
Ng3 Re8 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O Nb6 12. Rb1 Be6 13. a4 $14 {Illescas Cordoba,
M-Slobodjan,R/Pamplona/95-96/}) 7. c5 $1 (7. Ng3 $6 Re8 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 c6
10. Qc2 h5 $5 11. f3 c5 12. Nce2 Qb6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nf1 Qd6 15. Bd2 Nc6 16.
O-O-O Bd7 17. Kb1 Rac8 18. Bc3 Ne5 19. Nd4 Qb6 20. Ka2 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 $4 Rxc2
22. Bxb6 Nxd3 {0-1/Nikolaidis,I-Aleksandrov,A/St. Petersburg op/1994/}) 7...
Be7 8. b4 c6 (8... b6 $5) 9. Ng3 (9. Bb2 {Ftacnik} b6 10. Nf4 bxc5 11. bxc5
Nfd7 12. Be2 Ba6 13. O-O Bxe2 14. Ncxe2 Bf6 15. Nd3 Re8 16. Rb1 Na6 17. Bc3 Qc8
18. Qc2 Bd8 19. Rb2 f6 20. Rfb1 e5 21. Qa4 e4 22. Ne1 Nab8 23. Rb7 {Mikenas,
V-Bronstein,D/URS-ch13 Moscow/1944/1-0 (64)}) (9. Nf4 {Ftacnik} Nbd7 10. Nd3 b6
11. Be2 Ne4 12. Bb2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Ba6 14. O-O Qc7 15. f3 bxc5 16. bxc5 e5 17.
Nxe5 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bxc5 20. Kh1 Rab8 21. f4 {1/2-1/2 Hedman,
E-Berovski,K/Hallsberg opJ/1993/ (27)}) 9... b6 (9... Nbd7 {Ftacnik} 10. f4 b6
11. Qa4 Bb7 12. Rb1 a5 13. bxa5 Rxa5 14. Qb3 Qa8 15. a4 Rb8 16. cxb6 c5 17. Bb5
Ba6 18. O-O Bxb5 19. axb5 Nxb6 20. f5 Na4 {1/2-1/2 Hedman,E-Romanov,O/
Sollentuna op (09)/1995/ (32)}) 10. Bd2 (10. Bb2 {Ftacnik} Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6
12. Qe2 Nc7 13. Na4 bxc5 14. Nxc5 Nb5 15. Nb7 Qc8 16. Na5 Bd8 17. Nb3 Nd7 18.
e4 a5 {0-1 Grotnes,N-Agdestein,S/NOR-ch Steinkjer/1986/ (26)}) 10... bxc5 11.
bxc5 (11. dxc5 {Ftacnik} a5 $36) 11... e5 $1 12. Be2 g6 $5 {In connection with
the next move probably too ambitious.} (12... exd4 13. exd4 Ne4 $5 $10) 13. O-O
h5 $6 (13... e4 $142 {/\ h5}) (13... Nbd7 14. Rb1 Re8 $10) 14. dxe5 $1 Ng4 (
14... Nfd7 15. f4 $40) 15. Bxg4 (15. f4 Bxc5 $40) 15... Bxg4 (15... hxg4 16.
Na4 $14) 16. f3 Bd7 17. f4 $16 Qc8 (17... Bxc5 $1 18. Na4 Bb6 19. Rc1 $13) 18.
e4 $1 (18. f5 $6 {Ftacnik} h4 19. f6 Bxc5 $17) 18... d4 (18... Bxc5+ {Ftacnik}
19. Kh1 d4 20. f5 dxc3 21. Bxc3 h4 22. Nh5 Be7 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. exf6 Qe8 25.
Qd2 Kh7 26. Qg5 $18) 19. f5 $1 dxc3 20. Bxc3 {With the inactive black pieces
on the queen side it is not surprising, that the white attack is decisive.} Na6
(20... Rd8 {Petursson} 21. Qc1 h4 22. e6 Be8 23. exf7+ Bxf7 24. Qh6 $18) 21.
Nxh5 $1 Nxc5 (21... gxh5 22. Qxh5 Bxc5+ 23. Kh1 $18) 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 (22... Kg7 {
Ftacnik} 23. Nxd7 Nxd7 24. f6+ Bxf6 25. exf6+ Kh7 26. Qg4 $18) 23. exf6 Bxf5 (
23... Nxe4 24. Qc1 g5 (24... Kh7 {Ftacnik} 25. Rf4 $1 $18) 25. Re1 Bxf5 (25...
Re8 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27. Qxg5+ Kf8 28. Qg7+ Ke8 29. Qg8#) 26. Rxe4 Bxe4 (26... Bg6
{Petursson} 27. Qxg5 $18) 27. Qxg5+ Bg6 28. Qh6 $18) 24. exf5 Ne4 25. Qc1 $1 g5
26. Qd1 $1 {An elegant one-two to penetrate with the queen.} (26. Re1 $6 Qxf5 (
26... Qxf5 {Ftacnik} 27. Rxe4 Qxe4 28. Qxg5+ Qg6)) 26... Nxc3 27. Qh5 $18 Ne4
28. Qh6 Nxf6 29. Qxg5+ $1 Kh7 (29... Kh8 {Ftacnik} 30. Qxf6+ Kg8 31. Qg5+ Kh7
32. Rf4) 30. Rf3 {A forcefull game by Illescas.} (30. Qxf6 $6 {Ftacnik} Qd8)
1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Narbonne"]
[Date "1997.08.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Ng3 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. b4 Be7 10. Bb2 Nc6 (10... a5 11. b5 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nbd7 13. O-O Nb6 (
13... Nc5) 14. Bd3 e5 15. Qe2 Bg4 16. f3 Be6 17. Rfd1 Qe8 18. Nce4 Nfd7 19. Nf2
f5 20. Rac1 Rc8 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. e4 f4 23. Nf5 Bc5 24. Kh1 Qe8 25. g3 fxg3 26.
hxg3 Na4 27. Ba1 Bxa3 28. Ng4 Bb4 29. Kg2 Bc3 30. Qc2 Bxa1 31. Qxa4 Bxf5 32.
exf5 Bd4 33. Qxa5 Nc5 34. Bb1 Kh8 35. Qb4 b6 36. Qc4 Nd7 37. Be4 Nf6 38. Nxf6
gxf6 39. Qc6 Qe7 40. Rd2 Qb4 41. Re2 Bc5 42. Qd7 Qd4 43. Qxd4 {1/2-1/2 Chernin,
A-Granda Zuniga,J/Pamplona 1991/CBM 28}) 11. Qc2 dxc4 (11... d4 12. Rd1 e5 13.
Be2 Bd7 14. Nd5 Rc8 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. exd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Rxd4 a5 19.
Qd2 axb4 20. axb4 b6 21. O-O Be6 22. Rd1 h6 23. Nf1 Nd7 24. Ne3 Ne5 25. f4 Nc6
26. Rd6 Rfe8 27. Bf3 Nb8 28. Qd4 Bd7 29. Kf2 Bc6 30. Nf5 Qf8 31. b5 Bxf3 32.
gxf3 g6 33. Rg1 Kh7 34. Ne3 Qe7 35. f5 g5 36. Ng4 {1-0 Nenashev,A-Loginov,V/
Tashkent 1992/EXT 92}) 12. Bxc4 Ne5 13. Be2 Qc7 14. Rc1 Qb8 15. Nb5 Nc6 16. Ne4
Nd5 17. Nbc3 Rd8 18. h4 h6 19. g4 Ne5 20. g5 h5 21. Bxh5 Nxc3 22. Qxc3 Nd3+ 23.
Kf1 Nxb2 24. Qxb2 Bd7 25. Bf3 Bc6 26. Kg2 Rd3 27. Rhd1 Qd8 28. Qc2 Rxd1 29.
Rxd1 Qe8 30. Qc3 Rc8 31. Qe5 Rd8 32. Rxd8 Qxd8 33. Nc3 Qd7 34. Qd4 Qxd4 35.
exd4 a5 36. bxa5 Bxf3+ 37. Kxf3 Bxa3 {[#] In brief: 4-vs-3 pawns on one wing,
or rather, in the center, where the mobile knight is the better minor piece. I
believe that the defense is improved in various positions by getting 3-vs-2 or
2-vs-1. I am not in a hurry to believe in a White win! [#] In Kürze 4-3 Bauern
auf einem Flügel bzw. der Mitte, wobei der bewegliche Springer die bessere
Leichtfigur ist. Ich denke, daß sich bei 3-2 bzw. 2-1 Bauern die Verteidigung
an verschiedenen Stellen verbessern läßt. Ich glaube nicht so schnell an einen
weißen Gewinn!} 38. Na4 Bb4 39. Nc5 Bxa5 40. Nxb7 Bd2 41. Nd6 g6 42. Ke2 Bf4
43. Ne4 Kf8 44. Kf3 Bb8 45. Nf6 Ke7 46. Ke4 Bd6 47. h5 gxh5 48. Nxh5 Ba3 49.
Nf6 Bc1 50. f4 Bd2 51. Ke5 Bc1 52. Ne4 Be3 53. Nc5 $1 Bd2 54. g6 $1 fxg6 55.
Nxe6 Ba5 56. d5 Bb4 57. Kd4 Bd6 58. Kc4 Kd7 59. Kb5 Be7 (59... Bb8 $5 60. Nf8+
Ke7 (60... Kd6 61. Kc4) 61. Nxg6+ Kf6 62. Ne5 Kf5 63. Nd3 (63. Kc6 Kxf4 64. Nd7
Ba7 65. d6 Bd4 {looks like a draw. One should ask J. Nunn or the Endgame-CD!
sieht nach Remis aus. Man befrage J.Nunn oder die ENDSPIEL-CD!}) 63... Ke4 64.
Kc6 Kxd3 65. f5 (65. d6 Bxd6 66. Kxd6 Ke4 $11) 65... Be5 66. Kd7 (66. d6 Ke4
67. d7 Bf6 $11) 66... Kd4 67. Ke6 Ke4 $11) 60. Nc5+ Kd6 61. Kc4 Bf8 $6 {
This leaves the bishop in the knight's province! beläßt den Läufer im
Springerbereich!} (61... Bh4 $5 62. Ne4+ Kd7 63. d6 Kc6 $2 (63... Ke6 $1 64.
Kc5 {[%cal Rc5c6]} Kf5) 64. Kd4 {[%cal Rd4e5,Re5e6]}) 62. Ne6 Be7 63. Ng5 Bf8
64. Nf7+ Ke7 65. Ne5 Bh6 (65... Kf6 66. Nd7+ $18) 66. Kc5 g5 (66... Bxf4 67.
Nxg6+ $18) 67. f5 Bg7 68. Ng4 Bb2 69. d6+ 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ashley, Maurice"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2000.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nf4 c6 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. b4 Bd6 12. Qc2 Nf8 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. b5 Bxf4
15. exf4 cxb5 16. Nxb5 Ne4 17. Qb2 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 Re7 20. Be2 Nd7
21. Bf3 Nf6 22. Rfc1 Qd6 23. Qb4 Qxb4 24. axb4 Kf8 25. g4 b6 26. Rc6 Rd8 27.
Kg2 Ne4 28. h4 Nd6 29. h5 Nb5 30. Rd1 Rc7 31. Rxc7 Nxc7 {[#] Origineller
Springerfang nach Gewaltmarsch des weißen Königs.} 32. f5 Ke7 33. Kg3 h6 34.
Be2 a6 35. f4 a5 36. b5 a4 37. Rc1 Kd7 38. Ra1 Ra8 39. Ra3 Ra5 40. f6 gxf6 41.
g5 fxg5 42. fxg5 hxg5 43. h6 Ra8 44. h7 Rh8 (44... f5 45. Bd3 $1) 45. Bd3 Ne8
46. Kg4 Nf6+ 47. Kxg5 Nxh7+ 48. Kh6 Nf8+ 49. Kg7 Rh4 50. Kxf8 Rxd4 51. Kxf7 (
51. Kxf7 Kd6 52. Bc2 Kc5 53. Bxa4 Kb4 54. Ra2 Ka5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Naleczow International"]
[Site "Naleczow"]
[Date "1985.07.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dejkalo, Stefan"]
[Black "Lukacs, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1985.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. b4
Re8 9. Ng3 c6 (9... Bf8 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. O-O Ne7 12. Qc2 a6 13. Bb2 Ng6 $13 {
Reshevsky,S-Bisguier,A/USA-ch/1959/1:0/33/}) 10. Be2 (10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O Nf8
(11... a5 $5 12. b5 (12. Rb1 axb4 13. axb4 b5 $13) 12... c5 13. Qf3 Nb6 14. h3
Be6 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bb2 Bd6 17. Nce2 Nbd7 18. Nf4 Ne5 $10 {Makarov,
M-Kharitonov,A/URS/1986/1/2-1/2/23/}) 12. b5 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bb2 Ng6 15.
Rc1 Bf8 16. Nce2 $14 {Nenashev,A-Kharitonov,A/URS/1986/1:0/31/}) (10. Bd3 b5 $5
11. O-O a5 12. bxa5 Qxa5 13. Nce2 Nbd7 14. Qc2 Bb7 15. Nf4 Nb6 16. f3 Nc4 17.
e4 Qb6 $13 {Uhlmann,W-Ivkov,B/Dresden/1959/0:1/49/}) 10... Nbd7 (10... b5 $13)
11. O-O Nf8 (11... a5 12. b5 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. a4 Be6 15. Bb2 $14) (11... b5
$5 12. a4 (12. Bd2 Nb6 13. a4 a6 $13) 12... Bxb4 13. Bd2 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Qb6 15.
Qb3 Rb8 16. Rfb1 $44) 12. Bd2 (12. f3 Bd6 13. Bd3 a5 14. b5 c5 $13) 12... Bd6
13. b5 Qe7 (13... c5 $5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Na4 Bd6 16. Bc3 Be5 $10) 14. a4 g6
15. Re1 (15. Bf3 Ne6) 15... h5 $5 16. a5 Ne6 (16... c5 $6 17. Bf3 Be6 18. dxc5
Bxc5 19. Na4 Bd6 20. Bc3 $16) 17. a6 Nc7 18. axb7 Bxb7 19. bxc6 (19. Qa4 $2
cxb5 20. Nxb5 Bc6 21. Qa5 Nxb5 22. Bxb5 Bxb5 23. Qxb5 h4 24. Nf1 h3 $1 $40)
19... Bxc6 20. Qc2 Bd7 21. Bd3 (21. Reb1 $6 h4 22. Nf1 Bf5 23. Bd3 Ne4 {
/\Qg5->/}) 21... h4 22. Nf1 h3 23. g3 Ne4 24. Nxe4 (24. Ra5 Ng5 25. Qd1 Bc6 $13
) 24... dxe4 25. Bc4 Rec8 26. Ba5 Nd5 27. Qe2 (27. Qa2 $6 Nb4 28. Bxb4 Bxb4 29.
Rec1 a5 $15) 27... Be6 28. Nd2 Bb4 (28... Nf6 29. Reb1 Bg4 30. Qf1 $13) 29.
Bxb4 Nxb4 30. Rec1 a5 31. f4 (31. f3 $142) 31... exf3 $6 (31... a4 $5 $15) 32.
Qxf3 $13 Re8 $6 (32... Rd8 $5) 33. e4 $16 a4 34. e5 $1 (34. d5 Bd7 35. d6 Qf8
$13) (34. Bb5 Red8 35. d5 Bd7 36. Rc7 $6 Qe5 37. Rac1 Qd4+ 38. Kh1 Qxd2 $19)
34... Qa7 35. Qf2 a3 (35... Bxc4 36. Rxc4 Nd3 37. Qe2 Nxe5 38. Rcxa4 $16) (
35... Bf5 36. Bb5 Nd3 37. Bxd3 Bxd3 38. Nc4 $16) 36. Ne4 Bxc4 37. Rxc4 (37.
Nf6+ Kf8 38. Nxe8 $2 Nd3 39. Qe3 Nxc1 40. Rxc1 Kxe8 41. Rxc4 a2 $19) 37... Nd3
$2 (37... Nd5 $2 38. Rc5 Red8 39. Rxd5 $18) (37... Reb8 38. Nf6+ Kg7 39. Qd2
$16) 38. Nf6+ Kf8 $8 39. Qd2 Nxe5 40. Qb4+ $2 (40. Qh6+ $1 Ke7 41. Rc7+ $1 Qxc7
42. Nd5+ $18) 40... Re7 41. Rc3 Rd8 (41... Rb8 42. Rcxa3 Rxb4 43. Rxa7 Rxa7 44.
Rxa7 Rxd4 $17) 42. Rcxa3 Qxd4+ 43. Qxd4 Rxd4 44. Ra8+ Kg7 45. Rf1 Nc4 46. Rg8+
Kh6 47. Rh8+ $10 0-1

[Event "Dresden Eisenbahner Schachturnier"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1985.11.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Black "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1985.11.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. g3 Bg4 $6 (
7... a5 8. Bg2 c6 9. O-O Na6 $6 10. f3 Re8 11. e4 dxe4 12. fxe4 Bg4 13. Bg5 Be7
14. Be3 Nc7 15. h3 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 $14 {Oll,L-Sokolov,A/Volgograd/1985/1:0/45/})
(7... Re8 $5 8. Bg2 Bf8 9. O-O c6 10. f3 c5 $1 $132) 8. Bg2 Qd7 9. O-O c6 (9...
Bxe2 $5 10. Nxe2 Re8 $13) (9... Bh3 10. Bxh3 Qxh3 11. Nf4 Qd7 12. Qb3 Bxc3 13.
bxc3 Qc6 (13... c6 14. c4 $16) 14. Rb1 b6 15. Ba3 Re8 16. Rfc1 $16) 10. f3 $5 (
10. Qb3 $6 Bxc3 $1 11. Nxc3 Bh3 12. f3 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Re8 $15) 10... Bh3 (10...
Bh5 11. Nf4 $16) 11. Bxh3 Qxh3 12. Qb3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 $1 (13. Qxb7 $2 Ba5 14.
Qxa8 Qd7 $19) 13... Qd7 (13... b5 14. a4 a6 15. Nf4 Qd7 16. Ba3 Re8 $16) 14. c4
b6 15. Nf4 Re8 16. Re1 Qb7 (16... Na6 17. Bb2 Nc7 18. e4 $16) 17. Bb2 Nbd7 18.
Rac1 Rac8 19. Re2 $6 (19. cxd5 cxd5 20. a4 $5 $14) 19... b5 $6 (19... dxc4 $1
20. Rxc4 (20. Qxc4 c5 21. d5 b5 $13) 20... c5 21. e4 cxd4 (21... b5 22. d5 $13)
22. Bxd4 Rxc4 23. Qxc4 Rc8 24. Qd3 $10) 20. c5 $1 g5 (20... Re7 21. Rce1 Rce8
22. Qc2 $16) 21. Ng2 g4 (21... g4 22. Rf1 $140 gxf3 23. Rxf3 Ne4 24. Nf4 Nf8)
22. e4 gxf3 (22... dxe4 23. fxg4 $1 Nxg4 24. Rf1 Ngf6 (24... Re7 25. Nh4 $40) (
24... Ndf6 $2 25. h3 $18)) 23. Qxf3 Nxe4 (23... dxe4 24. Qf5 $16) (23... Rxe4
24. Rf2 Rce8 25. Rcf1 $40) 24. Nh4 Nf8 (24... Ndf6 25. Rf1 Qd7 26. Nf5 Re6 27.
Bc1 {P f4-e5~/=/}) 25. Nf5 $16 f6 (25... Re6 26. Qg4+ Ng6 (26... Rg6 27. Ne7+
Qxe7 28. Qxc8) 27. Rf1 Kh8 (27... Nf6 28. Qg5 $1 Ne4 29. Nh6+ Kf8 30. Rxe4 $1
Rxe4 (30... dxe4 31. Qf5 $40) 31. Rxf7+ Qxf7 32. Nxf7 Kxf7 33. Qf5+ $18) 28.
Nh6 Re7 (28... Nf6 29. Nxf7+ Qxf7 30. Qxe6 $18) 29. Rxe4 $1 (29. Nxf7+ Rxf7 30.
Rxf7 Qxf7 31. Qxc8+ $18) 29... Rxe4 30. Qxe4 dxe4 31. d5+ f6 32. Bxf6+ Qg7 33.
Nf7+ Kg8 34. Bxg7 Kxg7 35. Nd6 $18) 26. Rf1 Rcd8 $2 (26... Kh8 27. Rxe4 $1 dxe4
28. Qh5 $18) (26... Ng6 27. Rxe4 dxe4 (27... dxe4 28. Nd6 $18) 28. Nh6+ Kh8 (
28... Kg7 29. Qxf6+ Kxh6 30. Rf4 Kh5 31. g4+ Kh6 32. Rf5 $18) 29. Qxf6+ Qg7 30.
d5 Ne5 31. Bxe5 Rxe5 32. Nf7+ $18) (26... Qd7 $5 27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Nh6+ Kh8 29.
Qxf6+ Qg7 30. Nf7+ Kg8 31. Nd6 Qxf6 32. Rxf6 Re2 33. Nxc8 Rxb2 34. Nxa7 Rxa2
35. Nxc6 $16) 27. Rxe4 $1 $18 dxe4 (27... Rxe4 28. Nh6+ Kh8 29. Qxf6+ Qg7 30.
Nf7+ $18) 28. Nh6+ Kh8 29. Qxf6+ Qg7 30. d5 $1 (30. d5 Rd7 (30... Qxf6 31.
Bxf6#) 31. Qxf8+ Rxf8 32. Rxf8#) 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ulko, Jaroslav"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. f3 c5 8. Nge2
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. a3 Ba5 11. O-O Re8 12. Qe1 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Rd1 Bxc3
15. bxc3 Qe7 16. Bc1 Nc7 17. Nf4 Rac8 18. a4 Ne6 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. dxc5 Rxc5
21. Rd4 Qc6 22. Bd2 Nd7 23. Qb1 Ne5 24. e4 Nc4 {The knight's finest hour.
Everything else falls into place once it reaches c4, dominating the bishop.}
25. exd5 Rxd5 26. Qa2 Rc8 27. Re1 h6 28. Ree4 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 a5 30. Be1 b5 31.
axb5 Qxb5 32. Rd1 a4 33. Rb1 Qd7 34. Bf2 Qd3 35. Bd4 Re8 36. h3 a3 37. Rb4 Nd2
38. Rb7 Re1+ 39. Kh2 Nxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2864"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd2 Nd7 9. g3 b6 {Alternatives seen in practice:} (9... N7f6) (9... N5f6) (9...
N5b6) (9... Nxc3) 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bg2 Bb7 {[%csl Rb7] The bishop will be
passive here.} (11... Nf6 12. O-O Bf5 {This is a better square for the bishop.}
(12... Bb7 13. Bb4 {was probably the best of all} (13. Qc2 Bd6 (13... a5 $5)
14. Bb4 a5 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rac1 c6 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Nc3 g6 {1/2 (25)
Bischoff,K (2561)-Tischbierek,R (2507) Austria 2004} 19. Qb3 $14) (13. Rc1 Qd7
(13... a5 {again was appropriate}) 14. Qc2 Bd6 15. Bb4 Bxb4 16. axb4 c6 17. Nf4
a6 18. Qc3 Qd6 19. f3 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 Rad8 21. Rcd1 Nd7 22. e4 $14 {0-1 (44)
Janssen,R (2484)-Tiviakov,S (2601) Dieren 2004})) (12... Ne4 13. Rc1 Bb7 (13...
Bf5 $5) 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Rfd1 Bd6 16. Bb4 $5 Qf6 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 c6 19.
Bxd6 Qxd6 20. b4 Rc7 21. a4 Bc8 22. a5 Ba6 23. Ra1 $14 {1-0 (38) Ponomariov,R 
(2734)-Kramnik,V (2807) Wijk aan Zee 2003 CBM 093 [Ftacnik,L]}) 13. Bb4 (13.
Nf4 Qd7 14. Qb3 Rfd8 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Rfd1 a5 17. Be1 a4 18. Qc3 c6 19. Qd2
Bd6 20. Qe2 Bxf4 21. exf4 Bh3 $11 {1/2 (26) Grigoriants,S (2594)-Wells,P (2499)
Dresden 2007}) 13... a5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Rc1 h6 16. Nc3 Qd7 17. Re1 Rfe8 18.
Qb3 Rad8 19. Qb5 Qd6 20. Qb3 Qd7 21. Qb5 Qd6 22. Qe2 Qd7 23. Qb5 {1/2 (23)
Martinovic,S (2515)-Papp,G (2534) Chur 2010}) 12. Bb4 $1 {[%mdl 32] White
decides to get rid of his passive bishop at once, not giving Black a chance to
prevent this exchange by means of ...a7-a5.} (12. O-O Re8 (12... a5 $5 13. Qc2
Nf6) 13. Qc2 Bd6 14. Rac1 Qe7 15. Nc3 Nf6 16. Nb5 c6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. f3 Nd7
19. Rfe1 c5 20. Bc3 $14 {1-0 (45) Milov,V (2632)-Cheparinov,I (2550) Dos
Hermanas 2004 CBM 099 ext [Milov,V]}) 12... Nf6 (12... c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Bc3
Nf6 15. O-O {[%cal Yb2b4]} Ne4 16. Nf4 $5 $14) 13. O-O Re8 14. Rc1 c6 (14...
Bxb4 $5 15. axb4 c6 {makes sense after White has removed his rook from a1}) 15.
Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Re1 Qd6 17. Nf4 $14 Bc8 $6 {This idea to improve the position of
the bishop simply doesn't work. Alas, Black shouls defend passively, e.g.} (
17... Rc7) 18. Qa4 Rc7 {It was probably better for Black to admit his mistake
and play} (18... Bb7) 19. f3 $1 Be6 20. e4 dxe4 $6 ({The position after} 20...
Qd7 21. Nxe6 Qxe6 22. e5 Ne8 23. f4 {[%csl Ge5,Gf4] is difficult for Black,
according to GM A.Korotylev, but the text move is even worse.}) 21. fxe4 Qd7 (
21... b5 22. Qd1 Qd7 23. e5 Nd5 24. Nd3 $16 {[%cal Yd3c5] A.Korotylev}) 22. d5
$1 cxd5 23. Qxd7 Rxd7 24. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 25. Bh3 $1 Kh8 26. e5 Ng8 27. Bxe6 Rdd8
({After} 27... Re7 28. Bxd5 Rd8 {White should convert his extra pawn but it
was more stubborn than allowing White's rook to invade the 7th rank.}) 28. Rc7
d4 29. Bd7 $1 {Black decided that further resistance was senseless.} ({In the
event of} 29. Bd7 Ne7 30. Rd1 Nd5 31. Rb7 Rdb8 32. Rxb8+ Rxb8 33. Rxd4 Ne7 34.
Bb5 {White wins a pawn, and his rook again breaks to the 7nd rank.}) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. b4
c6 9. Ng3 b5 {Black starts queenside counterplay.} (9... Re8 {is more common
here.}) 10. Bd2 (10. Rb1 a5 11. Qc2 axb4 12. axb4 Bd6 (12... Na6 $144 13. Na2
Bd7 14. Bd3 Re8 15. O-O Bd6 16. f3 Qc7 17. Qf2 Be6 18. Bd2 Qe7 19. Rfc1 Nb8 20.
Rb2 Ra3 21. Rc3 Ra6 $15 {0-1 El Gindy,E (2510)-Almasi,Z (2726)/Khanty-Mansiysk
2011/CBM 145 (36)}) 13. Bd3 Qe7 14. Qb2 Na6 15. Na2 Ne4 16. O-O f5 17. Bd2 Rf6
18. f4 Rh6 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Be1 Bd7 $15 {1/2 Vaisser,A (2490)-Horvath,J (2520)
/Sochi 1985/MCD (46)}) 10... Nbd7 $6 {An inaccurate move, after which White
seizes the initiative on the queenside.} (10... Be6 11. a4 Bxb4 12. axb5 Qe7
13. Na4 Nfd7 14. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 15. Qd2 Qd6 16. Bd3 cxb5 17. Bxb5 $14 {1-0 Graf,A 
(2405)-Smagin,S (2495)/Pinsk 1986/EXT 2000 (80)}) (10... Bg4 11. f3 Be6 12. a4
Bxb4 13. axb5 c5 14. Na4 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 c4 16. Be2 Nbd7 17. Nc3 h5 18. Bd1 h4
19. Nge2 Bf5 20. Nf4 Nb6 21. g4 $1 $14 {1-0 Smirnov,A (2286)-Loginov,V (2524)/
St Petersburg 2002/CBM 089 (47)}) (10... Re8 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. a4 Bxb4 13. axb5
c5 14. O-O c4 15. Bc2 a5 16. e4 dxe4 17. Ncxe4 Bb7 18. Bxb4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4
20. Nxe4 Rxe4 21. Bc3 Nf6 $11 {1-0 Socko,M (2486)-Dzagnidze,N (2534)/
Khanty-Mansiysk 2010/CBM 139 (41)}) (10... a5 $5 {looks the most logical, e.g.}
11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. a4 b4 (12... bxa4 13. Nxa4 Ra7 14. Bd3 Bd6 15. f3 Re8 16. Kf2
h5 17. Qc2 Qc7 18. Ne2 Na6 19. Rab1 Qe7 $132 {1-0 Manolache,M (2437)-Burnoiu,N
(2431)/Curtea de Arges 2002/CBM 091 ext (63)}) 13. Na2 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15.
Nxb4 d4 16. Nd3 dxe3 17. fxe3 Re8 18. Bxa5 Qxa5+ 19. Qd2 Qxd2+ 20. Kxd2 Bxe3+
21. Kc2 Nc6 $44 {1/2 Graf,R (2353)-Prudnikova,S (2419)/Warsaw 2001/CBM 082 ext
(54)}) 11. a4 $1 Bxb4 12. axb5 c5 13. Qb3 {I am not sure this move is
necessary.} (13. Bd3 {brought White a clear advantage in the following game:}
c4 $6 (13... cxd4 $142 14. exd4 Re8+ 15. Nce2) 14. Bc2 Nb6 15. O-O Re8 16. h3
g6 17. Qf3 Bb7 18. Rfb1 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Ne4 20. Be1 Re6 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Qe2 Qd5
23. Ra5 f5 24. Rba1 $16 {1-0 Asis Gargatagli,H (2374)-Corrales Jimenez,F (2499)
/Barbera del Valles 2007/CBM 119 ext (41)}) (13. Na4 $5) 13... Nb6 (13... a5 $5
) 14. Be2 Qe7 15. O-O Be6 16. Qb2 cxd4 17. exd4 Bd6 18. Rfe1 Rac8 19. Bd3 Qb7 (
19... Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Nf5 Qd8 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Ra6 Qc7 24. h3 $14 Rxd4
25. Be3) (19... Bb8 $5 {[%cal Yb6c4]} 20. Bg5 $140 (20. Nce2 Nc4) 20... h6) 20.
Bg5 Nfd7 21. Nce2 Nc4 22. Qb1 h6 23. Bf4 $1 {The exchange of these bishops is
clearly favourable for White.} Be7 (23... Ndb6 {may be the lesser evil after
all.}) 24. Nf5 Bf6 $6 {Surprisingly,} (24... Bxf5 25. Bxf5 Bd6 $5 {deserved
attention as after getting rid of the "bad" bishop this bishop exchange
becomes quite satisfactory for Black.}) 25. Neg3 Bxf5 $6 {It was already very
difficult to defend.} (25... Rce8 {may be more stubborn.}) 26. Nxf5 Ndb6 27.
Qd1 $1 {[%mdl 128] Black's king is almost naked, and White starts a decisive
attack.} Rfe8 (27... Nb2 28. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 29. Qg4+ Bg7 (29... Kh8 30. Qf5 Nxd3
31. Qxf6+ Kh7 32. Qxh6+ Kg8 33. Qg5+ Kh7 34. Qh5+ Kg8 35. Bh6 f6 36. Re3 $18)
30. Bf5 (30. Bxh6 f5 31. Bxf5 {is quite good, too}) 30... Kh8 31. Qh4 $18 {
[%cal Rf4h6,Re1e7]}) 28. Qg4 Kf8 29. Bd6+ Nxd6 30. Nxd6 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Qc7 32.
Qxc8+ $5 Qxc8 33. Nxc8 Nxc8 {The rest is clear.} 34. Be2 Nd6 35. Ra1 Bxd4 36.
Rd1 Bb6 37. Rxd5 Ke7 38. g3 g6 39. Kg2 Ke6 40. Rd1 h5 41. Bd3 Ke7 42. Re1+ Kf6
43. f4 Kg7 44. Kf3 Kf6 45. Re5 Bg1 46. h3 Bb6 47. g4 hxg4+ 48. hxg4 Kg7 49. Rd5
Bc7 50. Rc5 Bb6 51. Rc6 Ne8 52. g5 Kf8 53. Ke4 Ke7 54. Rc2 Nc7 55. Bc4 Ne8 56.
Kd5 Kd7 57. Rh2 Be3 58. b6 Nd6 59. bxa7 Bxa7 60. Bd3 Be3 61. Ke5 Ke7 62. Rh7
Bc1 63. Bxg6 Bb2+ 64. Kd5 Bc1 65. Bxf7 1-0

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nf4 Re8 9. Bd3 Bd6 {This way to do without ...c7-c6 has gained popularity.} 10.
O-O (10. Nfxd5 $2 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qg5 $19 {0-1 (22) Madic,Z (2076)-Mladenovic,S 
(2281) Paracin 2014}) 10... Bxf4 11. exf4 Nc6 $5 {[%mdl 4] That is Black's
idea behind 9...Bd6 (instead of 9...c6). His knight comes out, and he is ready
to occupy light squares with ...Nc6-e7 and ...Bc8-f5 or ...Ne7-f5.} 12. Be3 {
Or else:} (12. f3 a6 (12... Nxd4 $5 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qxd4 b6 15. b4 Kg8) 13.
Ne2 Nd7 14. f5 $6 Qf6 15. Bb1 Nb6 16. g4 Nc4 17. Qd3 Bd7 $15 {0-1 (45)
Khurtsidze,N (2443)-Kosteniuk,A (2489) Belgrade 2013}) (12. Bc2 Ne7 13. f3 (13.
h3 Bf5 14. Ba4 Bd7 15. Bb3 (15. b4 $6 Bxa4 16. Nxa4 Ne4 17. Qd3 b6 18. Ra2 Qd7
19. Nc3 Nf5 $17 {0-1 (40) Cummings,D (2345)-Margvelashvili,G (2534)
Philadelphia 2015}) (15. Bc2 $5 Bf5 $140 $11) 15... h5 16. f5 Bxf5 17. Bg5 Bg6
18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qf3 Nf5 20. Bxd5 c6 21. Ba2 Qxd4 22. Rad1 Qe5 23. Rd7 Re7 24.
Rxe7 Qxe7 25. Rd1 Rd8 $15 {1/2 (88) Deglmann,L (2340)-Bogner,S (2599) Bad
Wiessee 2014}) 13... h5 (13... Bf5 14. Ba4 Bd7 15. Bc2 Bf5 16. Ba4 Bd7 17. Bb3
h5 18. Be3 Nf5 19. Bf2 Ne3 20. Bxe3 Rxe3 21. Qd2 Re8 22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 c6
24. Bc2 Qc7 25. Re5 Re8 26. Qe3 Kf8 $11 {0-1 (52) Pop,A (2284)-Berkes,F (2678)
Mamaia 2013}) 14. Re1 Bf5 15. Be3 Bxc2 16. Qxc2 Qd7 17. Bf2 Nc6 18. Qd3 a6 19.
h3 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Re8 21. Rxe8+ Nxe8 22. g4 f5 23. g5 $15 {1/2 (23) Brunello,S
(2568)-Bellia,F (2415) Boscotrecase 2014}) (12. Ne2 Ne4 13. Be3 (13. Qc2 Bf5
14. Be3 Qd7 15. Rac1 (15. f3 Nd6 16. Bf2 Na5 17. Nc3 c6 18. g4 Bxd3 19. Qxd3
Re7 20. f5 Rae8 $17 {0-1 (43) Sadilek,P (2277)-Acs,P (2564) Austria 2013})
15... Nd6 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Qc5 Bxd3 18. Rxd3 Ne7 19. b3 a6 20. Ng3 c6 21. f3
Ndf5 $17 {1/2 (29) Yang,D (2478)-Margvelashvili,G (2531) Richardson 2015})
13... Bf5 (13... Ne7 14. Ng3 Nf5 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. d5 $11 {
1/2 (25) Swayams,M (2439)-Shyam,S (2496) Pune 2015}) 14. Rc1 Qd7 15. Bb5 Nd6
16. Qa4 Nxb5 17. Qxb5 Rab8 18. Ng3 a6 19. Qa4 Rbc8 20. Nxf5 Qxf5 21. Rc5 Red8
22. Rfc1 h5 23. h3 Rd7 24. Rxc6 bxc6 25. Rxc6 Ra8 26. b4 $44 {1/2 (33)
Sasikiran,K (2660)-Karjakin,S (2772) Tromsoe 2013}) 12... Ne7 13. Qc2 (13. Re1
Nf5 (13... c6 $5 {[%cal Yc8f5]}) 14. Bxf5 (14. Qc2 g6 15. h3 h5 16. Rac1 Kg7
17. b4 Nd6 18. Nb5 Nxb5 19. Bxb5 c6 20. Bd3 Ne4 21. b5 Bd7 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. f5
$5 Bxf5 24. Qxc6 Rc8 $11 {1-0 (36) Bajarani,U (2522)-Sadilek,P (2357) Arad 2015
}) 14... Bxf5 15. f3 h5 16. Bf2 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 Qd6 18. Qe5 Qd7 19. Qe2 Re8 20.
Qd2 Qd6 21. h3 Bd7 22. g4 hxg4 23. hxg4 Nh7 24. f5 g6 25. fxg6 Qxg6 26. Re1 c6
$11 {1/2 (57) Rozum,I (2547)-Abdusattorov,N (2432) St Petersburg RUS 2015})
13... g6 (13... Qd7 $5 14. f3 c5 15. Bb5 Nc6 16. Bf2 {1/2 (16) Stella,A (2409)
-Gundavaa,B (2503) Pardubice 2016}) 14. f3 h5 (14... Bf5 {is possible, too,
not fearing g2-g4:} 15. g4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qd6 17. Rae1 h5 18. h3 hxg4 19. hxg4
Kg7 20. Kg2 a6 21. Qd2 Nd7 22. Bf2 Nf8 23. Re5 f6 $13 {0-1 (37) El Debs,F 
(2527)-Quesada Perez,Y (2645) Montevideo 2015}) 15. Qd2 {White decides to
avoid the exchange of the light-squared bishops.} (15. Bf2 Bf5 {was
comfortable for Black in the following game:} 16. h3 Qd6 17. Ne2 Bxd3 18. Qxd3
a5 19. Rac1 Ra6 20. g4 hxg4 21. hxg4 Rb6 22. Rc2 a4 23. Bg3 Rb3 24. Qd2 Nc6 25.
Nc3 Na5 26. Qh2 Nc4 $13 {1/2 (36) Swayams,M (2440)-Goganov,A (2598) Moscow 2015
}) 15... Bf5 16. Be2 Qd7 (16... Nc8 $5 {[%cal Yc8d6]} 17. Bf2 Nd6 18. Bh4 c6 {
[%cal Ye8e6]}) 17. Rfe1 Be6 18. Bf2 Nf5 19. Bd3 (19. g4 hxg4 20. fxg4 Ng7 21.
f5 gxf5 22. Bh4 Nh7 $1 $13 ({but not} 22... Nxg4 $2 23. h3)) 19... Nd6 20. Re5
c6 21. Rae1 Bf5 22. Bh4 (22. Bf1 Nh7 $11 {[%cal Yf7f6]}) 22... Nh7 23. Be7 Bxd3
(23... f6 $142 $1 24. R5e3 Bxd3 25. Bxd6 Rxe3 26. Qxe3 Qxd6 27. Qxd3 f5 $11)
24. Bxd6 Bf5 25. Bb4 $14 {In this position, with opposite-coloured bishops,
White keeps attacking chances on the kingside. However, Black plays accurately.
} b6 26. a4 a5 27. Ba3 Re6 28. h3 Rae8 29. g4 {Looks formidable but Black
solves his problems by means of a piece sacrifice.} Rxe5 30. fxe5 (30. dxe5
$142 hxg4 31. hxg4 Bxg4 (31... Be6 32. Bd6 $36) 32. fxg4 Qxg4+ 33. Kf1 Nf6 $1
$132) 30... hxg4 31. hxg4 Bxg4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Here this sacrifice is even more
effective than after 30.dxe5.} 32. fxg4 Qxg4+ 33. Kf1 Ng5 $40 {[%cal Yg8g7,
Ye8h8]} 34. Qg2 (34. Re3 Nf3 (34... Kg7 35. Qf2 $1) 35. Qf2 Nxd4 $15) 34...
Qf5+ 35. Qf2 Nf3 (35... Qd3+ 36. Re2 Ne6 37. Kg1 Nxd4 38. Re3 Qf5 39. Bd6 $13)
36. Ke2 Nxe1 37. Qxf5 gxf5 38. Kxe1 f6 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Black has obtained a
favorable endgame.} 39. Bd6 Kf7 40. Ne2 fxe5 41. dxe5 Ke6 42. Kf2 $6 (42. Nf4+
$142 Kd7 43. Ke2 d4 44. Kd3) 42... Kd7 43. Nf4 Rg8 (43... d4 $1 {was now quite
strong, e.g.} 44. Ng6 (44. Ke2 Rg8 {[%cal Yg8g4] - the point is that the
endgame after} 45. Kd3 Rg4 46. Nh5 c5 $1 47. Nf6+ Ke6 48. Nxg4 fxg4 {is
winning for Black}) 44... Rg8 45. Nf8+ Ke8 46. Ne6 Rg4 $17 {However, Sergey
Karjakin consequently misses this chance.}) 44. Ba3 Re8 45. Bd6 (45. e6+ $1 Kc7
46. Ke3 $11) 45... Rg8 (45... d4 $1) 46. Ba3 Re8 47. Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2862"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3
Nbd7 9. Bg2 Nb6 10. O-O Re8 11. b3 {The whole line is harmless, and the text
move doesn't change the evaluation.} (11. Nf4 {is the most common continuation:
} c6 12. b3 (12. f3 c5 $1 13. Kh1 Bf8 14. Re1 Bd7 15. Nd3 cxd4 16. exd4 Rxe1+
17. Qxe1 Na4 18. Ne5 Rc8 19. Nxa4 Bxa4 20. Bd2 Nd7 {1/2 (20) Petrosian,T-Szabo,
L Amsterdam/Leeuwarden 1956 Candidates [ChessBase]}) 12... Bd6 (12... Bf8 13.
Nd3 a5 14. Ne5 Nfd7 15. Nd3 Nf6 16. Re1 Ne4 17. Bb2 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 a4 19. b4 Nc4
$132 {1/2 (71) Giorgadze,G-Emms,J (2500) Muenster 1995}) 13. Nd3 Bf5 14. Bb2 h5
15. h4 Qe7 16. Re1 Rad8 17. Ne2 Be4 18. Nef4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 g6 20. f3 Qc7 21.
Qc2 Nbd7 22. Re2 Re7 23. Rae1 Rde8 $11 {1/2 (40) Smyslov,V (2605)-Farago,I 
(2460) Szolnok 1975}) 11... h6 {Two other, more straightforward continuations,
seen in practice long ago, are probably even more convincing:} (11... Bf5 $5
12. f3 c5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nf4 cxd4 15. exd4 Rc8 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Qd3 Bd6 {
'with the idea' Bh2, Qc7} 18. h3 Bb8 19. Bd2 Qd6 20. f4 Rcd8 $132 {0-1 (35)
Vera Gonzalez Quevedo,R (2485)-Chandler,M (2560) Novi Sad 1990}) (11... a5 $5
12. a4 (12. Bd2 Bf5 13. a4 c6 14. f3 Bb4 15. Re1 h5 16. Nf4 Qd7 17. Bf1 Bd6 18.
h4 Re7 19. Nce2 Qc7 20. Nc1 Nbd7 21. Ncd3 Rae8 $36 {1-0 (40) Bilek,I (2490)
-Planinec,A (2510) Skopje 1971}) 12... Bb4 13. f3 Bf5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Bd2 h6 16.
Re1 Bh7 17. Ng3 Nbd7 $15 {1/2 (33) Spassky,B-Petrosian,T Amsterdam/Leeuwarden
1956}) 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. a4 a5 14. Nf4 c6 15. Bb2 Bb4 16. Nd3 Bf5 17. Qd1 Bd6 {
Black's pieces are placed very well, and it is difficult for White to get
active play.} 18. Re1 Nbd7 19. Ba3 Bxa3 20. Rxa3 Nb8 $5 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Yb8a6]
} 21. Ra2 Na6 22. Rae2 Re7 23. Ne5 Nb4 24. e4 {[%mdl 256] Probably a correct
decision. White gets a slightly inferior position with an isolated central
pawn but easily holds it.} dxe4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Nxe4 27. Rxe4 Qd5 28.
R4e3 {It is important that Black's a5-pawn is vulnerable, and White can attack
it by means of Ne5-c4.} b5 29. Ng4 Rxe3 30. Nxe3 Qe4 31. Ng4 Qc2 32. Ne3 Qe4 (
32... Qxd1 33. Rxd1 Rd8 34. Kf1 $11 Nd5 35. Rc1 {[%csl Rc6]}) 33. Ng4 Qc2 34.
Ne3 Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 16th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2015.03.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. Ng3 d5 8. Be2
a6 {A rare move. Black wants to play ...c7-c5 preparing the a7-square for his
bishop in the event of d4xc5 Bf8xc5 b2-b4. Still, it is too slow. Common
continuations:} (8... dxc4 9. O-O c5) (8... c5 9. dxc5 dxc4) (8... b6) 9. O-O
c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. cxd5 {This pawn exchange creates an isolated pawn in
Black's camp but opens up lines for his pieces.} ({It was probably better for
White to "meet Black's expectations":} 11. b4 Ba7 12. Qc2 {, it is unclear how
Black is going to equalise. In the following game he was easily outplayed:}
dxc4 (12... d4 13. Rd1 Nc6 14. c5 e5 15. Bf3 $14) 13. Bxc4 Qc7 14. Bd3 Nbd7 15.
Bb2 Ne5 16. Nce4 $1 Qxc2 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Bxc2 Nd7 19. Ne4 f5 20. Nd6 $16 {
1-0 (74) El Debs,F (2514)-Henriquez Villagra,C (2466) Praia da Pipa BRA 2014})
11... exd5 12. Bf3 Be6 13. b4 Bd6 14. Bb2 Be5 {The exchange of dark-squared
bishops is rather good for White.} (14... Nc6 $142 15. Na4 Ne5 16. Nc5 Qe7 17.
Be2 a5 $1 {, and Black is close to equality.}) 15. Na4 Bxb2 16. Nxb2 Nc6 17.
Nd3 Qb6 18. Rc1 (18. Qc1 $5 {[%cal Yf1d1]}) 18... a5 19. Rb1 axb4 20. axb4 Rad8
(20... d4 $1 {, and Black has no problems as} 21. e4 Bc4 {is favourable for
him.}) 21. b5 Na5 22. Ne2 Ne4 23. Ndf4 Nc4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Nd4 Bc8 (25... Bd7
$142 {tying White's pieces to the b5-pawn.}) 26. Rc1 Ne5 27. Qb3 {White
occupies the dark squares. Black must look for counterplay.} Qh6 28. Rc5 b6 29.
Rd5 (29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. Nc6 Qd6 {was not enough for any advantage.}) 29... Bb7
30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Rd1 Qg5 32. Kf1 g6 33. h3 Nd3 34. Nc6 Bxc6 35. bxc6 Qc5 36.
Qa4 Kg7 37. Qa1+ Kg8 38. Qa4 Rd6 $2 {[%mdl 64] Black rejects the repetition of
moves and misses a tactical blow.} 39. Qa8+ $2 {So does White.} (39. c7 $1 Qxc7
(39... Rc6 40. Nd5 $1 {[%cal Ra4c6,Ra4e4]}) 40. Qe8+ $1 Kg7 41. Qxe4 f5 (41...
Nxf4 42. Qe5+) 42. Ne6+ Kf7 43. Qxf5+ $1 gxf5 44. Nxc7 {with an extra pawn and
a winning endgame.}) 39... Kg7 40. Qa1+ (40. c7 {was already too late due to}
Qc2) 40... Kh6 41. Nxd3 exd3 42. Qh8 Qc2 $2 {Unbelievably, this obvious move
is wrong.} (42... Rxc6 43. Rxd3 Qc1+ 44. Ke2 Rc2+ 45. Kf3 Rxf2+ 46. Kxf2 Qc2+
47. Kf3 Qxd3 48. Qf8+ Kg5 49. Qe7+ Kh6 $11) 43. Qf8+ Kg5 44. Kg1 $3 {White
sacrifices a rook, after which, surprisingly, Black's king can't get out of
the mating net created by White's queen and pawns.} Qxd1+ $2 {Black should
have rejected the gift.} ({True,} 44... Qxc6 45. Qxf7 Rf6 46. Qe7 Kh6 47. Rxd3
{should be winning for White.}) ({but he had an amazing, really non-human
defence:} 44... Rd5 $3 45. Kh2 $1 (45. Qxf7 Qxd1+ 46. Kh2 Rf5) 45... Kf6 $3 {
White has a strong attack but no forced win.} (45... Qxd1 $2 46. c7) (45...
Qxc6 $2 46. Qg7 $3 {[%cal Rf2f4]})) 45. Kh2 {[%csl Gc6,Rg5][%mdl 128] There is
no rescue for Black now.} Rxc6 (45... d2 46. Qxd6 {[%cal Rd6f4]} Kh6 47. c7 Qc2
48. Qf8+ Kg5 49. f4+ Kf6 50. Qh8+ Ke7 51. Qd8+ Ke6 52. c8=Q+ $18) (45... Rd5
46. c7 Qc2 47. c8=Q Qxc8 48. Qxc8 d2 49. f4+ Kf6 50. Qc6+ $18) 46. Qe7+ Kh6 47.
Qf8+ Kg5 48. Qxf7 $1 {[%cal Rf4f2,Rf7f4]} Rf6 49. f4+ Kh6 50. Qxf6 Qe2 51. Qf8+
Kh5 52. Qg7 h6 53. Qe5+ Kh4 54. Qf6+ Kh5 55. f5 gxf5 56. Qxf5+ Kh4 57. Qg6 1-0

[Event "London Classic 4th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.12.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. c5 Be7 8. b4 b6
9. Nf4 {This line was explained by GM Victor Gavrikov in annotations to
Rees-Azarov (CBM 110).} c6 {More flexible than} (9... a5) {Black keeps the
option of ...Nb8-d7 and ...e6-e5.} 10. Be2 ({To} 10. Nd3 {Black can return to
the ...a7-a5 plan, with his bishop ready to come out to a6. Here is a classic
example:} a5 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. Be2 Qc7 13. O-O axb4 14. axb4 Ba6 15. Qc2 Bc4 16.
f4 Qb7 17. Rae1 $6 Ra3 18. f5 {1/2 Aronian,L (2693)-Jakovenko,D (2608)/Warsaw
2005/CBM 108 (106)} {, and now Black could have simply played} exf5 19. Rxf5
bxc5 20. bxc5 Rb8 $36) 10... Nbd7 (10... a5 {is not bad either:} 11. Bd2 (11.
Rb1 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 13. O-O axb4 14. axb4 Nbd7 15. Bb2 Qc7 16. Nd3 Rfa8 17.
f3 R6a7 18. Kh1 bxc5 19. bxc5 Rb8 20. Rc1 Qc8 21. Qc2 Rab7 22. Ra1 e5 $11 {
1/2 Epishin,V (2599)-Kasparov,G (2813)/Moscow 2004/CBM 104 (42)}) 11... Ba6 12.
O-O Nbd7 13. Nd3 (13. f3 Qc7 14. Qc2 Bxe2 15. Ncxe2 Ra7 16. Nd3 axb4 17. axb4
Rfa8 18. Qb2 Qb7 19. Rxa7 Rxa7 20. Ra1 Rxa1+ 21. Qxa1 Ne8 22. Be1 {1/2
Tomashevsky,E (2708)-Jakovenko,D (2736)/Moscow 2009/CBM 134}) (13. Bxa6 Rxa6
14. Nd3 Qa8 15. f3 {1/2 Grachev,B (2653)-Romanov,E (2599)/Moscow 2010/CBM 135})
13... Bc4 (13... Qc7 14. f4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nf2 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 axb4 18.
axb4 f5 19. Qc4 Kf7 20. Nxe4 b5 21. Qb3 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 fxe4 23. f5 Kg8 24. Qxe6+
Rf7 25. Qxe4 Qb7 $13 {0-1 Vaisser,A (2522)-Romanov,E (2624)/Aix-les-Bains 2011/
CBM 142 (55)}) 14. Qc2 Qc7 15. Rfb1 axb4 16. axb4 g6 17. f3 Rfc8 18. Be1 Qd8
19. Bf2 Ne8 20. e4 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Ra8 22. Qc1 Qc8 23. Nd1 Rxa1 24. Qxa1 Qa6 $11
{1/2 Jussupow,A (2566)-Iordachescu,V (2607)/Bad Wiessee 2009/EXT 2010 (99)})
11. Bb2 (11. Nd3 Qc7 12. f4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nf2 f5 15. Bd2 Nf6 16. O-O
Nd5 $15 {1-0 Ganaus,H (2297)-Bitalzadeh,A (2420)/Sarajevo 2010/CBM 136 Extra 
(53)}) 11... Qc7 (11... a5 {is possible here, too, and quite enough for
equality, e.g.} 12. O-O Ba6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Qe2 Ra8 (14... Qa8 15. Nd3 Qb7
16. Rab1 axb4 17. axb4 Rb8 18. f3 bxc5 19. bxc5 Raa8 $11 {1/2 Shulman,Y (2549)
-Kamsky,G (2717)/San Diego 2004/CBM 105 (69)}) 15. Rfc1 Qc7 16. Nd3 axb4 17.
axb4 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Qb7 19. f3 Ra8 20. Rc1 bxc5 21. bxc5 Bd8 22. e4 Ba5 $11 {
1/2 Shulman,Y (2648)-Bluvshtein,M (2558)/Montreal 2009/CBM 132 (51)}) {GM
Michael Adams probably wanted to avoid simplifications (like rook exchanges
along the a-file) and get a more complicated position. Therefore he goes for ..
.e6-e5. His ambitious plan works out perfectly: White even fails to keep the
balance!} 12. O-O bxc5 13. bxc5 e5 (13... Rb8 14. Rb1 e5 {is a bit less
accurate:} 15. Nd3 exd4 (15... e4 16. Nb4 a5 17. Na6) 16. exd4 a5 17. Qc2 Re8
18. Bc1 Rxb1 19. Nxb1 Ba6 20. Nc3 Nf8 21. Be3 N6d7 22. Qd2 Bf6 23. Nf4 Bxe2 24.
Ncxe2 g6 25. Rb1 h5 $11 {0-1 Milov,V (2683)-Topalov,V (2757)/Ajaccio 2004/EXT
2005 (64)}) 14. Nd3 ({To} 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Qd4 {0-1 Gelfand,B (2733)-Kramnik,
V (2785)/Monte Carlo 2011/CBM 142 (44)} {Black should have rather replied} Ng6
16. Nxg6 hxg6 {with an excellent position, in which White's c5-pawn is very
sick}) 14... e4 15. Nf4 (15. Nb4 a5 {White has no 16.Na6 like in the 13...Rb8
line!} 16. Nc2 h5 17. f4 exf3 18. gxf3 Re8 19. Na4 Ra7 20. Kh1 Nf8 21. Bd3 Bh3
22. Rg1 Bd8 23. Qe1 Qd7 24. Nb6 Qe6 $36 {0-1 Mascaro March,P (2390)-Delchev,A 
(2591)/Benasque 2007/CBM 119 ext (37)}) 15... Re8 16. Rb1 Nf8 $36 {>>} 17. f3 {
White has no active plan, and waiting for Black's attacking avalanche on the
kingside is an unpleasant option. Still, the quiet} (17. Ba1 {was probably
better as the text move weakens White's king and e3-pawn too much.}) 17... exf3
(17... g5 {was quite possible:} 18. Nfxd5 Nxd5 (18... cxd5 $143 19. fxe4 dxe4
20. Rxf6 $1 Bxf6 21. Nd5 Qc6 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. d5 $44 {M.Notkin}) 19. Nxd5
cxd5 20. fxe4 Be6 $1 {, and White's compensation for the piece is hardly
sufficient} ({but not} 20... dxe4 $6 21. Bc4)) {However, Michael Adams prefers
a simple continuation giving him a small but clear plus.} 18. gxf3 (18. Bxf3
Bf5 $17 {[%csl Re3,Re4]}) 18... Bd8 {[%csl Re3]} 19. Bc1 Ng6 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21.
Bd3 Bf5 22. Rf2 Qc8 23. Ne2 Bc7 24. Ng3 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 Qh3 (25... Bxg3 $5 26.
hxg3 Qh3 {M.Notkin}) 26. Qf1 Qh4 27. Qg2 Rab8 28. Rfb2 {White has consolidated
his kingside and now trades both pairs of rooks. Still, even then Black is
better due to his superior bishop.} Rxb2 29. Rxb2 Rb8 30. Rxb8+ Bxb8 {[%mdl
4096]} 31. Bd2 Bc7 32. Be1 Nh7 33. Kf1 Qf6 34. Qe2 Ng5 35. f4 {Another pawn on
a dark square.} (35. Kg2 $5) 35... Ne6 {[%cal Rg6g5]} 36. Kg1 Qe7 37. Kf1 Bd8 (
37... g5 $5 38. f5 Nf8 {[%cal Rf8h7,Rh7f6]}) 38. Qa6 Qd7 39. Ke2 Bh4 40. Kd2
Nf8 41. Ne2 Bxe1+ {A typical motif of exchanging the opponent's "bad" bishop,
which, however, is defending important squares (e3 in this case).} 42. Kxe1 Nh7
43. Kd2 $6 (43. Ng3 Nf6 $36 {[%cal Yf6g4]} (43... g5 44. f5)) 43... g5 $1 {
[%mdl 32]} 44. Ng3 (44. fxg5 Nxg5 {leads to a loss of the h2 pawn. White
decides to weaken his f4 pawn but not to allow Black's knight to g5.}) 44...
gxf4 45. exf4 Nf6 46. f5 Qc7 47. Kc2 Kh7 48. Kb1 Ng4 (48... Qf4 49. Qxc6 Qxd4 {
was also very strong}) 49. Qf1 Kg8 (49... Ne3 $142 $1 {starting a hunt on
White's poorly protected king in addition to his pawn weaknesses, e.g.} 50.
Qh3+ (50. Qf2 Nc4) 50... Kg8 51. Nh5 Qe7 $17 {[%cal Re7e4,Re7g5]} ({but not} 
51... Nc4 $2 52. Qg2)) 50. Qe2 (50. Qf3 $142 Nxh2 $140 $2 51. Qg2 Ng4 $2 52.
Nh5) 50... Nf6 {The knight comes back, and lengthy manoeuvring starts.} (50...
Qf4 $142 $1 51. Qe8+ Kh7 52. Qxf7 Nf6 $1 53. Qxa7 Qxd4 {[%cal Rd4g1]} 54. Qa6
Qxc5 $17 {[%csl Gc6,Gd5] but, of course, it is not easy for Black to go for
this.}) 51. Qa6 Ng4 52. Qe2 Nf6 53. Qa6 Kf8 54. Qd3 (54. Kc2 $142) 54... Qa5 {
Once again missing a chance to play} (54... Qf4 $1 $17) 55. Qe3 Kg8 56. Kb2 Kh7
57. Kc2 Qa6 58. h3 Qb7 59. Qe2 Qd7 60. Kd1 Kg8 61. Qe3 a5 62. Qf3 Qb7 63. Kc2
a4 64. Qe3 Qb8 65. Qf3 Kf8 66. Qe3 Ne8 67. Kc1 Qd8 68. Ne2 Qb8 69. Ng3 Nf6 70.
Kc2 Qb5 71. Kc1 $6 (71. Qd3 $142 $1 {(M.Notkin) as the knight endgame after}
Qxd3+ 72. Kxd3 {is hardly even better for Black.}) 71... Qc4+ 72. Kb2 Qb5+ 73.
Kc1 Qc4+ 74. Kb2 Ne4 75. f6 $6 {A hopeless attempt. The queen ending was poor
but it was the lesser evil:} (75. Nxe4 dxe4 76. Qxe4 Qb3+ 77. Kc1 Qxa3+ 78. Kc2
Qb3+ 79. Kd2 Qxh3 80. Ke2 $17 (80. Qxc6 $4 Qh6+)) 75... Nxf6 76. Nf5 Qb5+ 77.
Kc2 Ne4 78. h4 ({The pawn endgame after} 78. Nd6 Nxd6 79. cxd6 Qb3+ $1 80. Qxb3
axb3+ 81. Kxb3 Ke8 {is winning for Black, e.g.} 82. Kb4 {(otherwise Black
simply captures the d6-pawn)} Kd7 83. Kc5 f5 84. a4 f4 85. a5 f3 86. a6 f2 87.
a7 f1=Q 88. a8=Q Qb5# {(indicated by IM Maxim Notkin)}) 78... Qc4+ 79. Kb2 Qb5+
80. Kc2 Qc4+ 81. Kb2 Qf1 82. Nd6 Qg2+ 83. Kc1 Qh1+ 84. Kb2 Qh2+ 85. Kc1 Qh1+
86. Kb2 Qh2+ 87. Kc1 Nxd6 88. cxd6 Qxd6 89. Qh3 g6 90. Qf3 Kg7 91. Qe3 Qf6 0-1

[Event "London Classic"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2009.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. g3 Re8 8.
Bg2 Bf8 ({The immediate} 8... c6 {is more popular here.}) 9. O-O Na6 $5 {
A curious concept.} (9... c6) 10. a3 (10. h3 $5 c6 11. g4 h6 12. Ng3 Nc7 13. f4
g6 14. Qf3 b5 15. a3 a5 16. g5 Nh7 17. h4 hxg5 18. fxg5 Be6 19. Nce2 Qd7 20.
Qf2 Bg7 21. Bd2 Bg4 22. Nf4 Ne6 $132 {1-0 Kohlweyer,B (2443)-Chuchelov,V (2539)
/Belgium 2001/CBM 081 ext (55)}) 10... c6 11. f3 (11. b3 $6 Bf5 (11... Nc7 12.
Ra2 Bf5 13. f3 h6 14. Nf4 c5 $1 15. Nce2 b6 16. g4 Bh7 17. Ng3 Nb5 $36 {
0-1 Lerner,K (2525)-Garcia Gonzales,G (2515)/Jurmala 1983/MCD (40)}) 12. Ra2
Qd7 13. f3 h5 14. Nf4 Bd6 15. Nxh5 Nxh5 16. g4 Bg6 17. gxh5 Bxh5 $17 {1/2
Panczyk,K (2365)-Volzhin,A (2530)/Wisla 1998/EXT 2000 (22)}) (11. h3 Nc7 12. g4
Bd6 13. f4 Bxg4 $6 (13... h6 $15) 14. hxg4 Nxg4 15. Rf3 Qh4 16. Bh3 Re6 17.
Bxg4 Rg6 18. Rg3 Rxg4 19. Kg2 $14 {1-0 Tatai,S (2435)-Ivkov,B (2475)/
Torremolinos 1983/MCD (60)}) (11. Nf4 Nc7 12. b4 a6 13. Ra2 (13. f3 $6 Nb5 $1
14. Nxb5 axb5 15. Bd2 Nd7 16. e4 dxe4 17. fxe4 Nf6 18. Bc3 Nxe4 $19 {1-0
Straeter,T (2345)-Ernst,S (2512)/Germany 2006/EXT 2007 (58)}) 13... Bf5 14. f3
Nb5 15. Nxb5 axb5 $15 {0-1 Maksimovic,S (2225)-Prudnikova,S (2405)/Belgrade
1995/EXT 1997 (48)}) 11... c5 $5 {A standard reaction to f2-f3.} 12. g4 h6 (
12... Nc7 $5 13. b3 $6 (13. g5 $142 Nd7 14. f4 Nb6 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Qd3 Nc4
17. Nd4 $13) 13... a5 14. Ng3 h6 15. Ra2 b5 16. Kh1 c4 $17 {0-1 Moutousis,K 
(2475)-Mastrovasilis,A (2315)/Panormo 1998/CBM 067 ext (46)}) 13. h3 b6 14. Ng3
Bb7 15. f4 Rc8 $15 {Black has good development; White's attacking chances are
slim.} 16. g5 hxg5 $1 (16... Ne4 17. Ncxe4 dxe4 18. gxh6 g6 (18... cxd4 19.
exd4 gxh6 20. f5 $36) 19. h7+ $5 (19. f5 Bxh6) 19... Kxh7 20. f5 Bg7 $13) 17.
fxg5 Ne4 $1 (17... cxd4 $2 18. exd4 Ne4 19. Ncxe4 dxe4 20. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 21. g6+
$1 $18 {->}) 18. Ncxe4 dxe4 19. Qg4 (19. Rxf7 {now doesn't work as the c1
bishop is not in the attack.}) 19... g6 20. Nxe4 (20. Bxe4 $5 Bd5 $5 $36) 20...
Bxe4 21. Bxe4 cxd4 $1 {[%cal Ra6c5][%mdl 512]} 22. Bb7 {Obvious but probably
wrong!} (22. Qf3 $142 $5 Qd7 (22... Qxg5+ 23. Kh1 Rxe4 $1 24. Qxe4 d3 $1 25.
Qxd3 Nc5 $15) 23. b4 $15 {[%cal Yc1b2]} (23. Bd5 $143 Re7 24. exd4 Bg7 $17))
22... Rc2 $1 23. Bxa6 (23. Qf4 Qd7 $1 24. Bxa6 dxe3 (24... Qxh3 $2 25. Qxf7+
Kh8 26. Rf2 Qg4+ 27. Kf1 Qd1+ $11) 25. Qg4 $5 {(recommended by IM Ivan
Smikovsky)} (25. Bc4 Rxc4 26. Qxc4 e2 27. Re1 Qxh3 $19) {doesn't help due to}
25... Qd5 $1 26. Be2 (26. Qf3 Qxf3 27. Rxf3 e2 28. Be3 Bc5 $1 $19) 26... Bc5
$19 {[%cal Ye8e5,Ye5f5] White is nearly in zugzwang!}) 23... Qc7 $17 {Despite
White's extra piece, Black is dominating the board.} 24. Qf4 Bd6 25. Qf3 (25.
Qg4 $142 dxe3 26. Be2 Bg3 $1 $17 {I.Smikovsky} (26... Re5 $143 27. h4)) 25...
Bc5 (25... dxe3 $1 26. Be2 Re5 27. h4 (27. Qg4 Rxe2 $1) 27... Rf5 28. Qa8+ Bf8
29. Rxf5 Rxe2 $1 30. Bxe3 gxf5 $19 {I.Smikovsky}) 26. Qf4 Bd6 27. Qf3 Bc5 $2 (
27... dxe3) 28. Qf4 Qxf4 29. Rxf4 dxe3 30. Kf1 e2+ 31. Ke1 Rd8 32. Bxe2 Re8 33.
Bd2 Rxd2 34. Kxd2 Be3+ 35. Kc2 Bxf4 36. Bc4 Bxg5 {Black finally has won a pawn
but the opposite-coloured bishops eventually enable White to save the game.}
37. Rg1 Re5 38. h4 $1 Bxh4 39. Rxg6+ Kf8 40. Rd6 Re7 41. Bb5 Rc7+ 42. Rc6 Re7
43. Rd6 Re5 44. Bc4 Rf5 45. b4 Ke7 46. Rd5 Rf2+ 47. Rd2 Rf4 48. Bb5 Ke6 49.
Re2+ Kf6 50. Rd2 Ke6 51. Re2+ Kf6 52. Rd2 Bf2 53. Rd7 a5 54. bxa5 bxa5 55. a4
Bc5 56. Rd5 Bb4 57. Kd3 Ke6 58. Rd4 Rf3+ 59. Ke2 Ra3 60. Bc4+ Ke5 61. Rd3 Rxd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.12.02"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. g3 d5 8. Bg2 {
Hardly a good move.} (8. cxd5 {is played more often here}) 8... dxc4 $1 {
A logical continuation. Black plans ...e6-e5.} (8... c6 9. b3 dxc4 (9... Nbd7
10. O-O b6 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bb7 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bb2 Qc7 16.
Rad1 c5 17. d5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Be7 20. Nf4 $14 {1/2 (36) Prusikin,
M (2569)-Sanz Alonso,F (2409) Evora 2007}) 10. bxc4 e5 11. O-O Nbd7 12. c5 g6
13. Rb1 Bg7 14. Qb3 Nf8 {0-1 (25) Semenenko,S (2184)-Prokuronov,E (2295)
Peterhof 2008} 15. d5 $36) 9. Qa4 Nbd7 (9... Bd7 10. Qxc4 Bc6 {1/2 (41)
Zakharchenko,A (2356)-Stocek,J (2552) Nova Gorica 2004} 11. e4 b5 12. Qd3 $14)
(9... e5 10. dxe5 Nfd7 {should not be enough, e.g.} 11. f4 Nc5 12. Qxc4 Be6 13.
Bd5 Bxd5 14. Qxd5 Qxd5 15. Nxd5 Nba6 16. b4 Nd3+ 17. Kf1 Rad8 18. e4 f6 19. Be3
c6 20. Ndc3 fxe5 21. f5 $14) 10. Qxc4 e5 $1 11. O-O e4 {[%mdl 32] Shutting in
White's g2-bishop. The subsequent structure is quite pleasant for Black.} (
11... c6 $5 12. e4 $6 (12. Qb3 $13) 12... Nb6 13. Qd3 exd4 (13... Bc5 14. Rd1
exd4 15. b4 $13 {0-1 (30) Deutsch,E (2380)-Boruchovsky,A (2441) Jerusalem ISR
2013}) 14. Qxd4 Be6 $15 {[%csl Rb3]}) (11... exd4 $5 {also gives Black a
certain edge, e.g.} 12. Qxd4 Nc5 13. b4 Nb3 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Rb1 Nxc1 16.
Rfxc1 a5 $15 {^^: 1-0 (69) Graf,A (2605)-Wells,P (2529) Gothenburg 2005}) 12.
Qb3 Nb6 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. h3 h5 {[%cal Yd8d7,Yf8d6]} 15. f3 {An attempt to
change the unfavourable course of events.} exf3 16. Qxf5 fxg2 17. Kxg2 Nc4 $15
{Black has two pawn islands against three White's; besides, the e4-square is a
hole in White's position. Black's only drawback is his breakaway h5-pawn but
it is not enough for White to claim equality.} 18. Qf3 {[%cal Ye2f4]} Qe7 19.
Nd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Qe4+ 21. Qxe4 Rxe4 22. Rf3 Rae8 23. Kf2 Nd6 (23... c5 $1 {
was a strong undermining move giving Black a clear advantage.}) 24. Bd2 Nc4 (
24... R4e6 $5 25. Nc3 c6 {[%cal Yf7f5]}) 25. Bc1 c6 26. Nc3 R4e6 27. Ke2 (27.
b3 Nd6 {[%cal Yf7f5]}) 27... g6 (27... Na5 $1 28. Kd3 Nb3 29. Rb1 g6 $17 {
[%csl Rd3,Re3][%cal Yf8h6]}) 28. Kd3 Nd6 29. Bd2 f5 30. Rg1 Ne4 31. g4 {
White tries to lift the blockade.} fxg4 (31... Bh6 $142 $1 32. Nd1 (32. gxf5
Nxd2 33. Kxd2 Bxe3+ 34. Kd3 Bxg1 35. fxe6 Rxe6 $17) 32... fxg4 33. hxg4 h4 34.
Be1 $1 g5 $15 {[%csl Gh4]}) 32. hxg4 Ng5 33. Rff1 {White had an interesting
possibility:} (33. Rf5 $5 Be7 (33... gxf5 $6 34. gxf5) (33... Bh6 34. Rff1 h4
35. e4) 34. Rff1 h4 35. Rh1 Nf7 36. e4 $13) 33... h4 34. Rh1 h3 35. Ne2 (35. e4
Nxe4 36. Nxe4 Rxe4 37. Rf4 Re2 38. Rxh3 Bg7 $15) 35... Re4 $6 {Again it was
appropriate to break White's centre:} (35... c5 $1 {but White could keep the
balance:} 36. Nf4 Rf6 37. Bc3 cxd4 38. Bxd4 Rd6 39. Nxh3 Ne6 40. Nf4 Nxd4 41.
exd4 Bg7 42. Ne2 Rde6 43. Rh2 $11) 36. Nf4 {[%csl Rh3]} Bg7 (36... c5 37. Nxh3
Nxh3 38. Rxh3 Rxg4 39. Rhf3 $14 {[%cal Yd2c3] /=}) 37. b4 a5 {Finally Black
finds the right continuation; however, now he is fighting for a draw.} 38. bxa5
c5 39. dxc5 (39. Nxh3 $5 Nxh3 40. Rxh3 Rxg4 41. Rb1 cxd4 42. e4 $1 Rgxe4 43.
Rxb7 $14 {[%csl Ga5]}) 39... R4e5 40. Nxg6 (40. c6 $1 bxc6 41. Nxg6 $14 {
[%csl Ga5]}) 40... Rd5+ 41. Ke2 Ne4 42. Be1 Rxc5 43. Bb4 (43. Rf5 Rc2+ 44. Kf3
h2 $13) 43... Rc6 $6 (43... Ng3+ $142 44. Kf3 Nxf1 45. Bxc5 Nd2+ 46. Kf4 Kf7
47. Ne7 (47. Nh4 Be5+ 48. Kf5 h2) 47... Ke6 48. e4 Bh6+ 49. g5 Bxg5+ 50. Kxg5
Nxe4+ 51. Kg6 Nxc5 52. Nf5 {with a probable draw}) 44. Ne7+ Rxe7 45. Bxe7 Ng3+
46. Kf3 Nxf1 47. Rxf1 {[%mdl 4096]} Bf6 48. Bxf6 (48. Bb4 $1 h2 49. Rh1 Be5 50.
Be7 $1 Kf7 51. Bg5 Ke6 52. Bf4 $16) 48... Rxf6+ 49. Ke2 Rg6 50. Rh1 Rxg4 51.
Rxh3 Ra4 52. Rh5 Rxa3 {Despite White's extra pawn, the rook ending is now
drawn.} 53. Rb5 Kf8 54. Kf3 Ke8 55. Kf4 Kd8 56. e4 Kc7 57. Ke5 Kc6 58. Rd5 Ra4
59. Kf5 Rb4 60. Re5 Ra4 61. Kf6 Ra1 62. Rf5 Kc7 63. e5 {White has no other
ways to make progress.} Rxa5 64. Rf1 Ra2 65. e6 b5 66. e7 Re2 67. Kf7 Kc6 68.
e8=Q+ Rxe8 69. Kxe8 Kc5 $1 70. Kd7 b4 71. Ke6 b3 72. Ke5 Kc4 73. Rf8 b2 74. Rb8
Kc3 75. Ke4 Kc2 76. Rxb2+ Kxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 03rd"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Guliev, Sarhan"]
[Black "Kiselev, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Makarichev,S"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azov Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow CSKA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3
a5 9. Bg2 c6 10. O-O Na6 11. Nf4 Nc7 12. b3 $5 {N/} (12. f3 c5 $1 $132) (12.
Rb1 Bf5 $132) 12... Bd6 $1 13. Nd3 Ne6 $1 {xc5!} (13... Re8 14. f3 $5 $14) 14.
f4 (14. f3 c5 $1) 14... g6 $1 15. g4 $6 (15. f5 $6 Ng5 $15) (15. h3 $5) (15.
Ra2 $5) 15... Nxg4 $3 16. Qxg4 Nxf4 17. Qd1 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Qh4 19. h3 $8 Bxh3
20. Bxh3 Qxh3 (20... Qg3+ $2 21. Bg2 Qh2+ 22. Kf2 Qg3+ 23. Kg1 $10) 21. Ra2 f5
$1 22. Qd1 Rae8 23. Qf3 Qh4 $4 (23... Qxf3 $142 24. Rxf3 Re6 $17) 24. Nxd5 $1
$16 Re4 $8 (24... cxd5 $2 25. Qxd5+ Kg7 26. Qxd6 $18) 25. Nf4 (25. Nc3 $2 Rg4+
26. Rg2 Bh2+ $1) 25... Rfe8 26. Rg2 Bxf4 $1 27. exf4 Qf6 28. Bb2 $1 Re3 29. Qf2
(29. d5 $5 Qd6 (29... Rxf3 $2 30. Bxf6 Rxb3 31. d6 Rd3 32. Be5 $18) 30. Qd1
Qxd5 31. Qxd5+ cxd5 32. Rc1 $1 Rxb3 (32... Re1+ 33. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 34. Kf2 $16) 33.
Rc7 Ree3 (33... Re1+ 34. Kh2) 34. Rg7+ Kf8 35. Rxh7 Rg3 36. Rxg3 Rxg3+ 37. Kf2
Rb3 38. Be5 $16) (29. Qd1 $5 {- 29.d5}) 29... Qf7 $1 30. d5 $1 (30. Qh4 Qd5
$132) 30... Qxd5 31. Qh4 $16 R8e6 (31... R3e6 $6 32. Qh3 Qc5+ 33. Kh2 Re2 34.
Rfg1 $16) (31... Re2 $4 32. Rxg6+ hxg6 33. Qh8+ Kf7 34. Qf6+ $18) 32. Qh6 Re7
33. Bf6 (33. Be5 $5 Qxb3 $1 34. Kh2 Qd3 $1 $8 (34... Qxa3 $2 35. Rfg1 $18) (
34... Qf7 $2 35. Rd2 $1 (35. Rd1 Rd7 36. Rgd2 Re2+ $1 $13) 35... Rd7 36. Rxd7
Qxd7 37. Rd1 $1 Qe7 38. Rd8+ $1 $18) 35. Rfg1 (35. Rff2 {/\36.Rd2} Rd7 $1 $8
36. Qh4 $1 (36. Rxg6+ $6 hxg6 37. Rg2 Re2 38. Qxg6+ Kf8 39. Qh6+ Ke7 $10 (39...
Ke8 $2 40. Qh5+ $1 Ke7 41. Rxe2 $18)) 36... Qb3 (36... Rf7 $2 37. Rxg6+ $1) 37.
Qf6 $2 Rh3+ 38. Kg1 Rd1+ $19) 35... Re2 36. Rxe2 Qxe2+ 37. Rg2 Qd3 $13) 33...
Rd7 $1 (33... Rf7 $4 34. Rxg6+ $1 $18) 34. Kh2 Qf7 (34... Qxb3 $2 35. Rfg1 $18
{/\36.Rg6!}) 35. Be5 (35. Rxg6+ $4 Qxg6 36. Rg1 Rd2+ 37. Kh1 Qxg1+ $1 38. Kxg1
Re1#) 35... Rdd3 $1 $132 (35... Qxb3 $2 36. Rfg1) (35... Rxb3 $2 36. Rfg1 $18)
36. Qg5 (36. Rfg1 Rh3+ $132 {- 38.Qh6}) 36... Rd7 (36... Qxb3 $4 37. Qf6 $18) (
36... Rxb3 $5 37. Rd1 (37. Qd8+ Qf8 38. Qxa5 $2 Rxa3 $1) 37... Rbd3 38. Rxd3 (
38. Rgd2 $4 Rh3+ 39. Kg2 Qd5+ $19) 38... Rxd3 39. Rg3 $10) 37. Rfg1 Rdd3 $10
38. Rf1 (38. Qh6 $5 Rh3+ $8 39. Qxh3 Rxh3+ 40. Kxh3 Qxb3+ 41. Rg3 Qd5 $1 $132
42. Re3 b5 43. Rge1 Kf7 $1 (43... b4 $2 44. Ba1 $18) 44. Bc3 (44. Bb2 Qd6)
44... Qd6 45. Bxa5 Qxf4 46. Re7+ Kf6 $13 47. Bc3+ Kg5 48. Rg1+ Kh6 49. Bg7+ Kh5
$10) 38... Rd7 39. Rff2 Rdd3 $10 40. Rd2 $4 (40. Rf1 $10) 40... Rh3+ $1 41. Kg1
Qxb3 $19 42. Rxd3 Qxd3 (42... Qxd3 43. Rf2 (43. Qf6 Qd1+ 44. Kf2 Rf3#) 43...
Rg3+) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O (4... c5) 5. Nge2 (5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5)
5... d5 (5... c6 {La dernière mode} 6. a3 Ba5 7. b4 Bc7 8. Ng3 d5 {Socko,M 
(2486)-Sukandar,I (2372) Khanty-Mansiysk ol (Women) 39th 2010 (7.12) 0-1}) 6.
a3 Be7 (6... Bd6 {L'alternative}) 7. cxd5 (7. Nf4 c6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 (
9... Nxd5 10. e4 Nxf4 11. Bxf4 c5 12. d5 Nb6 13. O-O exd5 14. exd5 Bf6) 10. f3
Bd6 11. e4 dxe4 12. fxe4 c5 13. d5 (13. e5 $142 cxd4 14. exf6 dxc3 15. fxg7
Re8+ $13 {Timoshenko}) (13. Nb5 {Lautier,J (2450)-Timoshenko,G (2530) GMA op
Moscow 1989 (3) 0-1}) 13... Re8) 7... Nxd5 (7... exd5 {La grande ligne} 8. g3 (
8. b4)) 8. Bd2 $5 (8. Qc2) 8... Nd7 9. Qc2 (9. g3 {La grande ligne} b6 (9... c5
$142 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bg2 Nf6 {CEWN 69}) 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bg2 $14 {
Martinovic,S (2515)-Papp,G (2534) Mitropa Cup 29th 2010 (5) 1/2}) 9... N5f6 (
9... c5 $5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Nf4 cxd4 12. Nxd5 dxe3 13. Nxe3 Nf6 $11 {
Petrosian,T (2615)-Kortschnoj,V (2695) Candidates qf4 1980 (2) 1/2} (13... Nc5)
) 10. g3 $1 {[%csl Rb7,Rc8][%cal Gf1g2] Le développement du Bc8 pose problème}
c5 (10... e5 $1 {Semble plus simple pour développer le Bc8} 11. Bg2 exd4 12.
Nxd4 {[%cal Gd4f5]} c5 13. Nf5 Ne5 {[%cal Ge5d3]} 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. O-O Rd8 (
15... Be6)) 11. Bg2 cxd4 12. exd4 (12. Nxd4) 12... Nb6 {[%csl Gc4]} 13. O-O
Nbd5 $146 ({RR} 13... Bd7 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Bg2 Nc4 16. Rab1 Qb6 17. Bf4 Rbc8
18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. h3 h6 20. g4 Bc6 21. d5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 exd5 24.
Qf5 g6 25. Qd3 Bf8 26. Nc3 Nxb2 27. Qd2 Rxc3 28. Rxb2 {Martinovic,S (2378)
-Lenic,L (2517)/Nova Gorica 2007/CBM 116 ext/0-1 (47)}) 14. Nf4 Nxc3 (14...
Nxf4 15. Bxf4 Qxd4 16. Rfd1 Qb6 17. Be5 $44) 15. Bxc3 Bd6 16. Nd3 $1 {[%csl
Gc5,Ge5]} Rb8 (16... Nd5) 17. Ne5 Nd5 18. Rfd1 Bd7 19. Be4 Nf6 20. d5 Bxe5 21.
Bxe5 Rc8 22. Bc3 exd5 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Qe7 25. Qd3 Be6 26. Qd4 (26. Re1
$142 {[%cal Ge1e7]}) 26... Rxc3 27. bxc3 Bxd5 28. Qxd5 Rd8 29. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-14b"]
[Site "Szirak"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. d5 exd5 8.
cxd5 c5 9. Ng3 d6 10. Bd3 $5 (10. Be2) 10... Nbd7 11. O-O a6 12. a4 Qc7 13. e4
c4 (13... g6 14. h3 Bg7 {- A 65}) 14. Bc2 Nc5 (14... g6 $142) 15. Qd4 $1 $14
Bd7 (15... Nb3 16. Bxb3 cxb3 17. Qb4 (17. Ra3 $6 Nd7 18. Rxb3 g6 $44 {>< Qd4,
Rb3}) 17... Ng4 (17... Nd7 18. Qxb3 g6 19. Be3) 18. Qxb3 g6 19. h3 Ne5 20. Nd1
{/\ Bd2, Ne3, Rac1, Bc3+/-} h5 21. Ne3 h4 22. Ne2 Bg7 23. Bd2 Bd7 (23... Bxh3
24. f4) 24. Bc3 $16) 16. Qxc4 b5 17. Qd4 Ng4 (17... Nxa4 18. Bxa4 $1 (18. Nxa4
Qxc2 19. Nb6 Ra7 20. Nxd7 Rxd7 21. Rxa6 Nxe4 22. Rc6 Qb1 (22... Nc5 23. b4 Qd3
24. Qg4 $18) 23. Be3 Nxg3 $1 $10) 18... bxa4 19. Nxa4 $14) 18. h3 (18. f4 g6
19. h3 Bg7 20. Qd1 Nf6 21. axb5 axb5 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Qf3 $16) 18... Ne5 19.
f4 Nc4 20. axb5 (20. b3 Na5 21. Rb1 bxa4 $1 22. bxa4 Rab8 $44 {>< b3, a4})
20... axb5 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Nh5 $14 Na6 $2 (22... Na5 {>< b3} 23. Ne2 {/\ Rf3}
Nab3 24. Qe3 Nxc1 25. Rxc1 $14) 23. b3 Na5 24. Bb2 $5 (24. Bd1 {/\ Bb2} Nc5 $1)
(24. Rf3 $5) 24... b4 25. Nd1 $2 (25. Rf3 bxc3 26. Bxc3 (26. Rxc3) 26... Nb8 {
/\ Qa7} (26... Nb7 27. Rg3 Qc5 28. Nf6+ $18) (26... Qc5 27. Qxc5 Nxc5 28. b4
$18) 27. Nxg7 Qa7 28. Nh5 Qxd4+ 29. Bxd4 f6 30. Nxf6+ Kf7 31. e5 $18) 25...
Qxc2 26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. Nxd7 Nxb3 28. Qb6 Be7 $1 $13 29. Qc6 Qxc6 30. dxc6 Nd2 (
30... Rc8 31. Ne3 {/\ Nf5+/-}) 31. Rf2 (31. Re1 Nc4 {/\ Rc8}) 31... Nc4 (31...
Nxe4 32. Re2 {/\ Ne3+/-}) 32. Rc2 Nxb2 33. Nxb2 Nc7 34. Nd3 (34. Nc4 d5 35.
exd5 Nxd5 36. Ncb6 Nxb6 37. Nxb6 b3 $19) 34... d5 35. exd5 (35. e5 Ra6 36. Nc1
Ra3 37. f5 Bd8 $13) 35... Nxd5 36. N3e5 Kg8 37. Rd2 Nc7 (37... Nxf4 38. Nb6)
38. Kh2 f6 39. Nc4 Kf7 40. Ndb6 Rd8 41. Ra2 {/\ Ra7} Rd4 $1 $13 {>< Nc4, Nb6}
42. Ra7 Bd8 43. Ra4 (43. Na8 Rxc4 44. Nxc7 Bxc7 (44... Rxc6 45. Nd5+ $10) 45.
Rxc7+ Ke6 (45... Kg6 46. Rb7 $10) 46. Rxg7 h5 47. g4 $10) 43... Be7 44. Ra7 Bd8
45. Ra4 Rxf4 $5 (45... Be7 $10) 46. Rxb4 Rd4 47. Rb1 Ne6 48. Ra1 $6 (48. Rc1
$142) 48... h5 49. Kg1 Bc7 50. Rc1 Bf4 51. Rc2 Rd1+ 52. Kf2 h4 $1 (52... Nd4 $2
53. Nd5 $1 (53. g3 $2 Bc7 $1 $17) (53. Nb2 $2 Nxc2 54. Nxd1 Nb4 $15) 53... Nxc2
(53... Bb8 54. Nce3) 54. Nxf4 Ke8 (54... Rd8 55. c7 {/\ Nd6-+}) 55. c7 Kd7 56.
Ne6 {/\ Nb6} Rb1 57. Nd6 $18) 53. Nb2 Bg3+ 54. Ke3 Bf4+ 55. Kf2 Bg3+ 56. Ke3
Rd4 57. Nd3 (57. c7 $4 Bf4+ {/\ Nc7-/+}) 57... Bc7 58. Na8 Ra4 59. Nxc7 Nxc7
60. Kf3 Ke7 61. Nc5 {/\ Nb7=} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 24th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Black "Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:02:32"]
[BlackClock "0:01:52"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 {A fashionable variation;
White wants to play a3 next. It was introduced by the great Akiba Rubinstein,
back in 1925! (see the analysis for Black's 10th move)} d5 {the most common
move. Black also has other interesting options to prepare for the bishop's
removal:} (5... Re8 $5 6. a3 Bf8) (5... c6 $5 6. a3 Ba5) 6. a3 Be7 {The bishop
has to go back! taking on c3 fully justifies White's plan. Bd6 is also very
consistent} (6... Bd6 7. Ng3 $1 (7. cxd5 {doesn't make sense now, the black
bishop is sitting ideally on d6} exd5) (7. c5 Be7 8. Nf4 b6 9. b4 c6 10. Be2
Nbd7 11. Nd3 Qc7 12. Bb2 bxc5 13. bxc5 e5 14. O-O exd4 15. exd4 Ne4 16. Qa4 Bf6
17. Rfd1 Re8 18. Bf1 a5 19. Qc2 Ba6 $15 {0-1 (66) Sipila,V (2412)-Aranha Filho,
A (2279) Lisbon 2014}) 7... c5 8. dxc5 $1 Bxc5 9. b4 {and White has been
battling for a small edge after} Be7 10. cxd5 (10. Bb2 $5) 10... exd5 11. Bd3
Nc6 12. Nce2 a5 13. b5 Ne5 14. Bb2 Nc4 15. Bc3 Be6 16. O-O Re8 17. Nf4 Rc8 18.
Bd4 $11 {/+/=: 1-0 (42) Fier,A (2612)-Kveinys,A (2507) Cappelle-la-Grande 2015}
) 7. cxd5 (7. Ng3 {is safe for Black} c5 $1 8. dxc5 {The difference is that
Black may take on c4 now, simplifying the position to equalise:} dxc4 $1 9.
Bxc4 $6 (9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bxc4 Bxc5 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. Nce4 Nxe4 14.
Nxe4 b6 {½-½ (14) Gonzalez Vidal,Y (2557)-Quesada Perez,Y (2642) Arlington
2014}) 9... Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Bxc5 $15) 7... exd5 8. Nf4 c6 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O
Nbd7 (10... Bd6 {the aforementioned game} 11. f3 Qc7 12. h3 Nbd7 13. b4 Nf8 14.
g4 $5 {an impressive move considering it was played nearly 100 years ago! this
kingside expansion is thematic in this kind of position.} (14. Nfe2 $1 {
preparing e4}) 14... Bxf4 $6 15. exf4 a5 16. b5 $13 {1-0 (31) Rubinstein,
A-Saemisch,F Moscow 1925}) 11. Bc2 Nf8 12. f3 {trying to play e4, one of the
main ideas in this pawn structure} Bd6 $1 {I had played this move in 2015 and
scored a nice win in a complicated game (analysis may be checked there until
move 19). I was slightly worried my opponent had an improvement, but still I
trusted the idea and repeated it. This move provokes e4 more than anything} 13.
e4 {quickly played. Now there is no way back} (13. Nfe2 $5 {preparing e4})
13... dxe4 14. fxe4 Bg4 15. Qd3 c5 $1 16. e5 {played after 8 minutes of
thought. I started to feel confident that he wasn't aware of my game} cxd4 17.
exf6 dxc3 18. fxg7 Ng6 {Here I knew I already had a good advantage, and my
opponent went into deep thought, making me even more confident} 19. Nxg6 $146 {
after thinking for 30 minutes, he came up with a new move} (19. Nd5 $2 Be2 $6 (
19... Bc5+ $1 $19) 20. Qf5 Bxf1 21. Bg5 $2 (21. Nf6+ $1 Kxg7 22. Nxe8+ Qxe8 23.
Kxf1 $17) 21... Re5 $1 22. Nf6+ Kxg7 23. Nh5+ Kf8 24. Bh6+ Kg8 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26.
Qxf1 cxb2 27. Rd1 Qe7 $19 {Santos,M (2357)-Mekhitarian,K (2551) Blumenau
Region-ch sf 2015 (5) 0-1}) 19... hxg6 20. Qc4 $2 (20. bxc3 {would be the
least of the evils,} Rc8 $17) 20... Be6 21. Qxc3 Rc8 22. Qd2 {White places his
pieces awkwardly, but there is a nice Qh6 threat} Rxc2 $5 (22... Rc4 $3 $19 {
I did not even dream of this move! Basically Black defends the Qh6 threat with
the original Rh4 and White had put all his chips on that idea. There is a nice
threat of Bc5+ followed by the queen exchange and Rxc2} 23. Bxg6 (23. b4 {
stopping Bc5+} Be5 $1 24. Ra2 Qxd2 25. Bxd2 Rcc8 $19 {[%cal Ge6a2,Gc8c2]
winning a piece}) (23. Kh1 Rh4 $19) 23... Rh4 $1 24. g3 Bc5+ 25. Rf2 Qxd2 26.
Bxd2 Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Rxh2+ $19) (22... Be5 {was the alternative move I thought
for some time, guaranteeing a big advantage in the endgame} 23. Qxd8 (23. Qh6
$2 Bxg7 $19) 23... Rexd8 24. Be4 b6 $17 {I realised this was great, but the I
felt I could be winning with the game move}) 23. Qxc2 (23. Qh6 $2 {I spent too
much time thinking about this, making Rxg2+! work but even a simple move like
f5 works (I hadn't realized I could defend against the checkmate like that)}
Rxg2+ (23... f5 $1 24. Qh8+ Kf7 $19) 24. Kxg2 Bd5+ 25. Rf3 (25. Kh3 Qd7+ 26.
Kh4 Re4+ 27. Bf4 Qe7+ 28. Kg3 (28. Qg5 Qe6 $1 $19 {Be7 is a deadly threat})
28... Re3+ $19 {with mate to follow}) 25... Re2+ 26. Kf1 Rxh2 $19 {a nice
defensive-attacking move, forcing White to resign}) 23... Qh4 24. g3 (24. h3 $2
{I also spent some time realising this was losing for White} Qg3 25. Rf3 (25.
Qc3 Qh2+ 26. Kf2 Bd5 $1 $19) 25... Qh2+ 26. Kf2 Bd5 $1 $19 {with very strong
decisive threats}) 24... Qd4+ 25. Qf2 (25. Rf2 $2 Bf5 {was my idea} 26. Qd2 Bh3
$1 $19 {threatening the killer Bc5}) 25... Bc5 26. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 27. Kg2 (27. Rf2
$2 {was one of the moves I was hoping to see:} Bh3 $1 28. Bd2 Re2 29. Be1 {
And White is totally paralysed!} Rxb2 $19 {and Black has time to bring the
king or advance the queenside, and White will have to sit there and wait} (
29... Kxg7 $4 30. Bc3 $1 $18 {oops! never late to go wrong}) 30. Rc1 Re2 $1 {
holding everything back} 31. Rb1 f6 $19) 27... Bd5+ 28. Kh3 Re2 29. Rd1 Be6+ $5
(29... Bg2+ $5 {I was thinking a lot about this one} 30. Kg4 $1 (30. Kh4 $2
Re4+ $1 31. Bf4 (31. g4 Bf2+ 32. Kg5 Kxg7 33. Rd7 Re5+ 34. Kf4 Rc5 {[%cal
Gg6g5]} 35. g5 Rc4+ 36. Ke5 Re4+ $19 {followed by Rd4+ winning a rook}) 31...
Bf6+ 32. Kg4 Be7 $1 $19 {with f5 to come}) 30... Bc5 $1 {I couldn't find this
very counter-intuitive move} 31. Rd7 (31. Bf4 $2 Be7 $1 $19) 31... Be4 $1 {
wanting Bf5+} 32. b4 $1 Bf5+ 33. Kf4 Bxd7 34. bxc5 Rxh2 $17 {with good winning
chances}) 30. g4 Re4 (30... Be5 $5 31. Rd2 $1 Re4 (31... Re1 $4 32. Rd8+ Kxg7
33. Bh6+ $1 $18 {[%cal Ga1e1]}) 32. Rg2 (32. Kg2 Rxg4+ 33. Kf2 Rh4 $40) 32...
f5 {I didn't realise this is still interesting} 33. Rf2 $1 {freeing g2} Rxg4
34. Rg2 $1 Re4 35. Rxg6 Re2 36. Kh4 $1 $13 {only}) 31. Kg3 Rxg4+ 32. Kf3 f5 {
I thought this was nearly winning} 33. Be3 Bd5+ 34. Kf2 Rg2+ (34... Rf4+ $2 35.
Ke1 Bxe3 36. Rxd5 Kxg7 $14) 35. Kf1 Bxe3 36. Rxd5 {I had thought before that
the rook on g2 was defended, allowing f4-f3 here} Rxh2 (36... Rg1+ $5 37. Ke2
Rxa1 38. Kxe3 Re1+ 39. Kf4 Kxg7 40. Rd7+ Kf6 41. Rxb7 g5+ $15 {Black has some
initiative, but the game should end in a draw}) (36... Rxb2 37. Rd7 $1 $132)
37. Rad1 $1 f4 38. R1d3 (38. Re5 $5 $11) (38. Rd7 $2 f3 $1 $17) 38... Kxg7 (
38... Rxb2 $2 39. Rd7 $1 $16 {I have to be careful, White has threats with Re7
or Rc3}) 39. Rd7+ Kf6 40. Rxb7 Kf5 {I thought once again I was winning!} 41.
Rxe3 $1 {forced and good} fxe3 42. b4 (42. Rxa7 {this would also be enough}
Rxb2 43. a4 $11 {Black has major difficulties to advance his pawns}) 42... g5
43. Rxa7 Rb2 44. Re7 $1 Kf4 45. Rf7+ Ke4 (45... Kg3 {wouldn't change much} 46.
Re7 Kf3 47. Rf7+ Kg3 48. Re7 Rb3 49. b5 $11 (49. Ke2 g4 50. a4 $11)) 46. Re7+
Kd3 47. Rd7+ Ke4 48. Re7+ Kd3 49. Rd7+ Kc4 50. Re7 Rb3 51. Ke2 Rxa3 52. Rxe3
Rxe3+ 53. Kxe3 Kxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "BRA-ch 82nd"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Santos, Marcus Vinicius M"]
[Black "Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.01.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 {This was the
3rd time I had met my opponent in 5 months with this very same line. In the
first encounter, after facing a3, I chose Bd6, in the second game Be7, and now
Bf8. I guess I can't retreat the B any more :) This looked like an interesting
setup, Black wants to play d5 and b6, when the Bf8 and Re8 are ideally placed
in case White plays the standard cxd5.} 7. Ng3 d5 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O (9. cxd5 {
I was expecting this typical reaction - and a convincing win by Zhang Zong
left me confident that Black is doing more than ok} exd5 10. b4 a6 11. O-O Bb7
12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Qb3 c6 $1 {Black wants to play b5-Nb6-Nc4 and a5, targetting
White's weak queenside.} 14. Bf3 (14. e4 $5 {By this move, White would intend
to play e5 and f4 right away, but Black can safely take on e4} dxe4 15. Bc4 Nd5
$1 16. Ncxe4 (16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Nf6 $15) 16... N7f6 $11)
14... b5 15. e4 Nb6 16. e5 Nfd7 17. Rae1 Nc4 18. Bc1 a5 {White has
accomplished a lot in the centre, but Black's initiative is very strong} 19.
Bg4 axb4 20. axb4 Bc8 21. Qb1 Nb8 22. Bxc8 Qxc8 23. f4 Qa6 (23... Na6 24. Na2
$13) 24. f5 $2 {blundering the e5-pawn} (24. Nh5 $13 {I believe in Black's
chances, but the position would have remained very tense}) 24... Qb6 $1 25.
Nce2 Rxe5 $19 {0-1 (60) Moiseenko,A (2689)-Zhang,Z (2619) Doha 2015}) 9... Bb7
10. b4 Nbd7 11. Bb2 {If White delays cxd5 too much, I have to go for ...dxc4
and ...c5.} dxc4 12. Bxc4 c5 {I felt like my pieces had optimal squares and
was very happy with the outcome of the opening} 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. bxc5 (14. b5
{was a different approach, trying to create a strong majority on the queenside}
Qc7 $13 {with the idea of Ne5 and Rad8, the position remains complex.}) 14...
Nxc5 15. Qe2 Qa5 16. Nb5 Be7 (16... a6 $5 {was the critical move, I was scared
by} 17. Bxf6 axb5 18. Bxb5 gxf6 19. Bxe8 Rxe8 20. Nh5 Ne4 21. Rab1 $1 (21. Qg4+
Kh8 22. f3 f5 $1 {I felt happy to have seen this resource, but I couldn't find
out how to deal with 21.Rab1} 23. Qh3 Ng5 24. Qh4 Qd8 $13) 21... Bc6 {taking
care of the e8-square} (21... Ba8 22. Qg4+ $1 Kh8 23. f3 f5 24. Qh4 Be7 $4 25.
Qxe7 $1 {I had not seen this tactical idea, but I felt Rab1 would be useful
somewhere} Rxe7 26. Rb8+ $18 {with mate to follow}) 22. Rfc1 (22. Qg4+ Kh8 23.
f3 f5 24. Qh3) 22... Bc5 $1 {the toughest defence} (22... Rc8 $2 23. Qg4+ Qg5 (
23... Kh8 24. Rxc6 Rxc6 25. Qg7+ $3 Bxg7 26. Rb8+ $18 {and mate}) 24. Nxf6+ $1
Kg7 25. Qxg5+ Nxg5 26. Nh5+ Kh6 27. Ng3 $18 {Now White wins a piece here by
force. The threat now is either 28.h4! (trapping the knight) or 28.Rb6 Bd7 29.
Rxc8 Bxc8 30.Rb8}) (22... Ba8 $5 23. Qg4+ Kh8 24. f3 Qxa3 $1 (24... f5 $6 25.
Qh4 Be7 $4 26. Qxe7 $1 $18) 25. fxe4 Qxe3+ 26. Kh1 Qxe4 27. Qxe4 Bxe4 28. Nxf6
Bxb1 29. Nxe8 $14) 23. f3 Qxa3 24. fxe4 Bxe3+ 25. Kh1 Bxc1 26. Qg4+ Kf8 27.
Qg7+ Ke7 28. Qxf6+ {now both Kd7 and Kf8 force White to give perpetual.} Kf8
29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qf6+ Kd7 31. Qd4+ Ke7 $11) 17. Be5 Ncd7 18. Bc7 Qa4 $2 (18...
Nb6 $1 $11 {with equality, Rac8 is coming}) 19. Nd4 $1 {I totally missed this,
now my queen is being trapped with Bb5.} Nc5 $1 {By sheer luck, I get away
with only losing a pawn, and also end up with decent compensation in the
endgame. The next moves are forced.} (19... a6 $2 20. Bb3 $1 $18 {since I lose
the a6-square.}) 20. Bb5 Ba6 21. Bxa4 Bxe2 22. Bxe8 Bxf1 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24.
Nxf1 Nd5 (24... Rc8 $5 25. Bg3 Nce4 $44 {the a3-pawn is a clear target.}) 25.
Bg3 (25. Ba5 $5 e5 26. Nf5 Bf8 $44 (26... Nb3 $2 27. Rd1 $1 $16)) 25... Bf6 {
White has some options now.} 26. Rc1 $5 (26. Nd2 Nc3 27. Kf1 Nd3 28. Nc4 $14 {
a funny-looking position with the knights in the shape of a square, but it was
definitely more interesting for White than in the game.}) (26. Rb1 Nc3 27. Rb4
e5 28. Nc6 Ke6 $44 {and it's hard to say what's going on.}) 26... Bxd4 27. exd4
Nb3 28. Rc4 (28. Rb1 Nxd4 29. Be5 Ne2+ 30. Kh1 g5 $14 {Black survives after
Kg6 and remains in the game.}) 28... Rd8 29. Be5 $6 (29. Ne3 $5 {the
difference is that Black doesn't have Nb6 now (as in the game, after I had
time to play 29...Rd7).} Rd7 30. Ng4 $5 (30. Nxd5 exd5 31. Rb4 Na5 32. Be5 Nc6
$132) 30... Nb6 31. Ne5+ Ke8 32. Rc3 Nxd4 (32... Rxd4 33. h4 $5 $36 {looks
scary for Black, with these weirdly placed knights.}) 33. Nxd7 Ne2+ 34. Kf1
Nxc3 35. Nxb6 axb6 36. Be5 Nb1 37. a4 Nd2+ 38. Ke2 Nb3 39. Kd3 (39. Bd6 b5 $1 {
exchanging this important pawn.} 40. axb5 Nd4+ 41. Kd3 Nxb5 42. Be5 Kf7 $11)
39... Nc5+ 40. Kc4 Nxa4 41. Bxg7 $16 {with a bizarre endgame, it feels like
Black should hold the draw.}) 29... Rd7 30. Ne3 Nb6 31. Rb4 Na5 {Now ...Nc6
will be very annoying.} 32. Rb5 Nc6 33. Nc2 Nc4 (33... Nxe5 {was another way
to defend} 34. Rxe5 Nd5 35. g3 (35. Ne3 Ne7 $1 $11) 35... Rc7 36. Ne3 Nxe3 (
36... Rc3 37. Nxd5 exd5 38. Rxd5 Rxa3 39. h4 $14) 37. fxe3 Rc3 38. a4 Ra3 $14 {
feels like a draw.}) 34. f4 (34. g3 {would be the last chance to keep on
playing} N6xe5 35. dxe5 Rc7 $1 {threatening ...Nxe5.} (35... Rd2 $6 {was my
idea during the game} 36. Nb4 $1 $16 {and White has Nc6 coming, both to take
on a7, and to help the attack against the black king.}) 36. Nd4 Nxa3 37. Ra5
Nc4 38. Ra6 Nxe5 39. Nxe6 Re7 40. Ng5+ Kg8 $11) 34... N4xe5 35. fxe5 Nxd4 $11
36. Nxd4 Rxd4 37. Ra5 Rd5 38. Rxa7+ Kg6 39. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Blumenau Region-ch sf"]
[Site "Blumenau"]
[Date "2015.11.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Santos, Marcus Vinicius M"]
[Black "Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2015.10.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 (6... Bd6 {
With this move I lost a game against my opponent exactly 3 months before. This
time, I had an idea with 6...Be7.}) 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf4 c6 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O
Nbd7 11. f3 {This is a very classical-looking position, similar to the ones
arising from the Queen's Gambit Declined, when White's bishop is normally
still on e2, and White goes for e4 directly or prepares it with other moves,
but the pawn structure is the same.} Nf8 12. Bc2 Bd6 $5 $146 {Seen already in
5 correspondence games, this is the move I had prepared. It provokes e4 even
more, but the resulting position with the mobile centre is even more tense
with all the minor pieces in play (compared to 12...Ne6).} (12... Ne6 {is by
far the most played move here} 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. e4 dxe4 15. fxe4 {White gets
the centre, and Black can start hitting it with moves like Qb6, Bg4, c5, the
position remains tense and very complex.}) 13. e4 $5 {Other preparatory moves
were possible as well, but in that case, Bd6 is useful to inhibit White's
central advance, Ng6 could be a possible follow-up.} dxe4 14. fxe4 Bg4 15. Qd3
c5 $1 16. e5 $5 {Of course the most attractive move, and the one I spent more
time analysing at home.} (16. d5 {was played in one of the aforementioned
games, but it seemed anti-natural for me, giving a comfortable position to
Black already with the strong e5-square.} N8d7 $1 17. h3 Ne5 18. Qe3 Bd7 $15 {
0-1 (40) Cumming,D (2319)-O'Grady,J (2348) ICCF 2012}) (16. h3 cxd4 17. Qxd4
Rc8 $1 $36 {1/2-1/2 (27) Gleichmann,M (2528)-Kruis,R (2486) ICCF 2012}) 16...
cxd4 17. exf6 (17. exd6 {was the alternative} dxc3 18. Be3 cxb2 19. Rab1 Rc8
$13) 17... dxc3 18. fxg7 Ng6 19. Nd5 $2 {I hadn't considered this move in my
preparation before the game, so I had to start thinking here.} (19. Nxg6 {
would allow a better endgame for Black} Bc5+ 20. Kh1 Qxd3 21. Bxd3 hxg6 22.
bxc3 Kxg7 $17) 19... Be2 $6 {This allows White to survive with a correct 21st
move.} (19... Bc5+ $1 {was winning right away} 20. Kh1 Be2 21. Qf5 Bxf1 22.
Nf6+ (22. Bg5 Re5 $19 {similar to the game}) 22... Qxf6 $1 23. Qxf6 Re1 {
with deadly threats} 24. Be3 Rxa1 25. Bxc5 Bd3+ 26. Bg1 Bxc2 27. Qxc3 Be4 $19)
20. Qf5 Bxf1 21. Bg5 $2 (21. Nf6+ $1 {was the only move, getting back some
material} Kxg7 22. Nxe8+ Qxe8 23. Kxf1 Qe5 {I was considering this, but White
has great compensation in the endgame, even a pawn down.} (23... Bxh2 $5 {
is the computer suggestion} 24. bxc3 Bg3 25. Bg5 Qe5 26. Qxe5+ Bxe5 $17 {
now Black has decent chances, because the c3-pawn is very weak}) 24. Qxe5+ Bxe5
25. bxc3 Bxc3 26. Rb1 {Naturally, I was happy to play for a win with no risk,
but I wasn't confident about having great chances. The position is wide open
and my knight is a bad piece in this case; on the other hand, White's
light-squared bishop is a very strong one.} Re8 27. Kf2 b6 $15) 21... Re5 $1
$19 {with this intermediate move, White is lost} 22. Nf6+ (22. Bxd8 Rxf5 23.
Bxf5 Rxd8 24. Kxf1 cxb2 $19 {winning easily}) 22... Kxg7 23. Nh5+ (23. Bh6+ {
I was thinking about taking the bishop,. It looks like I wouldn't get mated}
Kxh6 24. Qh3+ Kg7 25. Qxh7+ Kxf6 (25... Kf8 {This was pretty much safe as well}
26. Rxf1 (26. Qh6+ Ke7 27. Rxf1 {Winning in many ways} Bc5+ 28. Kh1 Qd2 $19 {
for example}) 26... Bc5+ 27. Kh1 Qxf6 $1 28. Rxf6 Re1+ 29. Rf1 Rxf1#) 26. Rxf1+
Kg5 27. Qxf7 Bc5+ 28. Kh1 Qg8 $19 {followed by ...Kh6.}) 23... Kf8 $1 (23...
Kg8 $2 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Qh3 $1 $13) (23... Kh8 $4 24. Qxf7 $18) 24. Bh6+ Kg8
25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. Qxf1 cxb2 27. Rd1 Qe7 28. Ng4 Rc8 29. Bb1 Rh5 30. h3 Rxh6 {
A good practical decision.} 31. Nxh6 Qe3+ 32. Kh1 Qxh6 33. Qf6+ Qg7 34. Qxd6
Qe5 {Not bad at all, but ...Rc1 was way simpler.} (34... Rc1 35. Qd8+ {I
wanted to avoid this for some reason, but I can just play Nf8 and go back with
the knight later, or Qf8 followed by Kg8.} Qf8 36. Qd4+ Kg8 $19 {The whole
point is that the b2-pawn is safe as long as White can't attack it a second
time (as happened in the game, with the rook).}) 35. Qd2 Kg7 (35... Nf4 $1 $19
{with a strong attack taking advantage of the weaknesses around the white king.
But, during time trouble, it is not advisable to move your knight away from
your king!}) 36. Ba2 (36. Bxg6 hxg6 37. Rb1 {would win the pawn back, but the
endgame is very difficult after} Rc1+ $1 38. Rxc1 bxc1=Q+ 39. Qxc1 b5 $19 {
followed by a5, and the black king is safe so it's going to be really hard for
White to find counterplay.}) 36... Rc7 $6 (36... Nf4 $1 {with the same
attacking idea, was good enough} 37. Bxf7 Rc1 $1 $19) 37. Rf1 $6 (37. Rb1 $1 {
would complicate the matters} b6 38. Rxb2 (38. Qxb2 Qxb2 39. Rxb2 Rc3 $17 {
with excellent winning chances in the endgame.}) 38... Rc3 $36) 37... b6 38.
Rb1 Qc3 $6 (38... Nf4 $1 39. Rxb2 (39. Qxb2 Qxb2 40. Rxb2 Rc3 41. Rb3 (41. Bxf7
Kxf7 42. Rf2 Rc4 43. g3 Ke6 44. gxf4 Rc3 $19) (41. a4 Ra3 42. Bb3 Nd3 43. Rb1
Nc5 $19) 41... Rxb3 42. Bxb3 b5 $19) 39... Ne2 $1 {I saw this idea, but I
didn't know how to win after 40.Rb1} 40. Rb1 Rc3 $1 $19) 39. Rxb2 $2 (39. Qxb2
$1 Qxb2 40. Rxb2 Rc3 41. a4 {now the knight doesn't go to c5 quickly} Ra3 42.
Bb3 Ne5 $17 {The endgame still is amazing for Black, but there's work to be
done.}) 39... Qxa3 40. Qd4+ f6 $19 41. Rf2 Qc1+ 42. Kh2 Qc3 43. Qd8 Qe5+ 44. g3
Rc3 {Suddenly, White's king is weaker than the black one (always having h6
available).} 45. Qg8+ (45. Qd7+ Kh6 46. Qd2+ Qe3 47. Qxe3+ Rxe3 $19) 45... Kh6
46. Rg2 Rc1 {The cleanest move, Black forces the queen exchange, and wins with
the passed pawns.} 47. Qd5 Qe1 48. Qd2+ Qxd2 49. Rxd2 Ne5 50. Kg2 b5 51. Kf2 a5
52. Bd5 a4 53. Be4 a3 54. g4 Rc3 55. Bf5 Kg5 56. Rd8 b4 57. Rd4 a2 0-1

[Event "Metz op 30th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2012.04.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2012.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 {01h30} 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 (5. Bd3) 5... d5 6. a3
Be7 (6... Bd6) 7. Nf4 {[%cal Gc4d5,Gf4d5]} (7. cxd5 {La grande ligne}) 7... c6
{91} 8. Be2 (8. Bd3 $142 Nbd7 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 $132) 8... Nbd7 9. cxd5 (
9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. Nfe2 exd4 12. exd4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nbd5 14. Re1 Be6 15.
Bg5 Re8 16. Ng3 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nh5 Nc7 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. h3
Bxb3 22. Qxb3 Nd5 23. Qg3 b6 24. Kf1 Qd7 25. Nd6 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Rd8 27. Ne4 Kf8
28. Nd2 Qf5 29. Rc1 Nf4 30. Nb3 Qb5+ {0-1 (30) Narciso Dublan,M (2551)-Nikolov,
M (2542) Navalmoral 2012}) 9... exd5 {90} 10. O-O Bd6 {81} 11. Qc2 Qc7 $146 {68
} (11... a5 12. Bd3 Re8 13. f3 Bxf4 14. exf4 b6 15. f5 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17.
Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 b5 19. Rfe1 Ra8 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Re1 Qf8 22. Ne2 Rc8 23. Nf4
a4 24. Rc1 Qd6 25. Nd3 Nb6 26. Bg3 Qd8 27. Qc5 Nfd7 28. Qd6 Nc4 29. Qf4 Qf8 30.
Bh4 f6 31. Re1 Qf7 32. Qg4 Re8 33. Re6 h5 34. Qh3 Nf8 35. Nf4 b4 36. Be1 bxa3
37. bxa3 Rb8 38. Rxc6 Rb1 39. Kf2 Qe8 40. Re6 Qb8 41. Nxd5 {Khamdamov,S (2150)
-Azarov,S (2556) Mallorca 2004 1-0 (62)}) (11... Re8) 12. g3 b6 13. f3 Bxf4 14.
exf4 (14. gxf4 c5 (14... Bb7 15. e4)) 14... c5 15. Be3 Bb7 {44} 16. Rfe1 Bc6
17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Na4 Rac8 19. Rac1 (19. Nxc5) 19... c4 20. b4 Ne8 {[%cal
Ge8d6]} 21. Bf1 $1 {[%cal Gf1h3,Gh3c8]} Nd6 22. Bh3 Rce8 23. Bf2 Bb5 {Suite
illisible et gain Noir au 49ème coup} 0-1

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.04.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Manolache, Marius"]
[Black "Bellahcene, Bilel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[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 Nf6 {86} 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 (5. Bd3) 5... d5 (5... Re8
{[%cal Gb4f8]} 6. a3 Bf8 7. d5 {Gurevich,M (2672)-Stocek,J (2543) EU-ch 5th
Antalya 2004 (3) 1-0}) 6. a3 Bd6 (6... Be7 {La ligne principale évite de
perdre un tempo après la poussée c4c5}) 7. c5 Be7 8. Nf4 (8. b4 b6 (8... c6))
8... b6 (8... c6) 9. b4 a5 (9... c6 10. Nd3 a5 11. Bd2 {Aronian,L (2693)
-Jakovenko,D (2608) EU-ch 6th Warsaw 2005 (9) 1/2-1/2}) 10. Rb1 {86} (10. Bb2
c6 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O Ba6 $11 {Caruana,F (2767)-Palac,M (2593) ITA-chT
Arvier 2012 (1) 1/2-1/2}) (10. Bd2 {[%cal Gf2f3,Ge3e4,Gf1d3]} c6 11. Be2 Ba6
12. Nd3 Nbd7 13. O-O Qc7 14. f3 Qb7 15. Be1 (15. e4 $143 dxe4 16. fxe4 Bxd3 17.
Bxd3 e5 $132) 15... axb4 16. axb4 {Greenfeld,A (2556)-Raznikov,D (2462) Dieren
op 2012 (3) 1/2-1/2}) 10... c6 {90} 11. Be2 Nbd7 (11... Ba6 {Semble plus
logique après avoir attendu la sortie Be2} 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 $11) 12. O-O $146 (
12. Nd3 Ba6 13. O-O {Dubov,D (2569)-Bocharov,D (2600) RUS-ch Higher League
65th 2012 (9) 1-0}) 12... Qc7 13. Bd2 {67} axb4 {85} (13... bxc5 14. bxc5 Ba6)
14. axb4 bxc5 15. bxc5 Ba6 $11 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Nd3 (17. Qe2 Rfa8) 17... e5 {
75} 18. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Raa8 (18... Rfa8 19. Nb4 R6a7) 19. Nb4 Rfe8 20.
Qc2 Bd8 $1 {[%cal Gc7c8,Gd8a5] Un plan astucieux pour activer le B et si
nécessaire, l'échanger.} 21. h3 Qc8 22. Rfb1 $32 {[%csl Rc8]} Ba5 23. R3b2
exd4 24. exd4 Bxb4 (24... Ne4 $132) 25. Rxb4 Ne4 $132 26. Bf4 (26. Be3) 26...
Nxc3 (26... Ndf6 {[%cal Ge4c3,Gf6e4]} 27. Rb7 Nxc3 28. Qxc3 Ne4 {[%csl Ge4]}
29. Qf3) 27. Qxc3 Nf8 {[%cal Gf8g6]} (27... Nf6 28. Be5 Ne4 (28... Qf5)) 28.
Qg3 Qf5 (28... Ne6 29. Be5 $14 {[%csl Ge5,Rg7]}) (28... Ng6) 29. Kh2 Qg6 30.
Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} (30. Rb6 Qxg3+ 31. Kxg3 Rec8 32. Rb7 Ne6 33. Be3 Ra4 34.
Re7 Nxd4 35. Bxd4 Rxd4 36. Rbb7 Rf8 37. Rbc7 $16) 30... Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:35]}
31. Qg3 {Répète les coups pour gagner du temps avec l'incrément et tester
les intentions de l'adversaire} Qg6 {Sans surprise, les Noirs répètent les
coups en espérant la nulle mais les Blancs n'ont aucune raison de répéter
03 fois la position.} 32. Rb6 Ne6 33. Be3 Qxg3+ $6 34. Kxg3 $14 {[%csl Ge3,Gg3,
Rg8]} Rec8 35. R1b4 h5 36. h4 Kh7 37. Kf3 Kg6 38. Rb7 Nc7 39. R4b6 Nb5 40. Rd7
Ra4 $2 (40... Ra7 41. Rbb7 Rxb7 42. Rxb7 $11) (40... f6) 41. Rxd5 f6 42. Rd7
Nc3 43. Rbb7 Rg8 44. Rbc7 Ra6 45. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas op 4th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2004.03.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2004.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd2 Nd7 9. g3 b6 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. O-O Re8 (12... Nf6 13. Rc1 Ne4
$13) 13. Qc2 Bd6 14. Rac1 Qe7 15. Nc3 Nf6 (15... c6 $2 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Bc7
18. Rfe1 $16) 16. Nb5 c6 (16... Ne4 17. Rfd1 $14) 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. f3 $14 Nd7
19. Rfe1 c5 20. Bc3 Re7 21. b4 cxd4 22. Bxd4 Ne5 23. Qc3 f6 24. f4 Nf7 (24...
Nc4 25. e4) 25. Qb3 (25. a4 Rc8 26. Qb3 Rec7 27. Rxc7 Rxc7 28. a5 Rc4 29. Rb1
Nd8 30. axb6 axb6 31. Qa4 $14) 25... Qe6 26. a4 $1 Nd6 27. a5 Nc4 (27... bxa5
28. bxa5 Ne4 29. Qa3 $14) 28. e4 $1 b5 (28... Nd2 29. Qa2 (29. Qe3 Nxe4 30.
axb6 axb6 31. Bxb6 Ba6 32. Qd4 $14) 29... Nxe4 30. a6 Bc8 31. Rcd1 f5 (31...
Qf7 32. Bxb6 axb6 33. Rxe4) 32. Be5 Rd7 33. g4 g6 34. b5 $16) (28... bxa5 29.
exd5 (29. bxa5 Nd2 30. Qa2 Nxe4) 29... Qxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 31. Kf2 Rc1 32.
bxa5 Nxa5 33. Qb5 Rc2+ 34. Kg1 Rc1+ 35. Bf1 Rd1 36. Qa4 $18) 29. e5 $16 f5 (
29... fxe5 30. fxe5 Rf7 31. Qd1 $16 {/\32.Qh5, Bg2-h3}) 30. Qd3 $40 {>>,פc4}
Rf7 31. Re2 a6 32. Bf3 Rd8 33. Rg2 Bc8 34. Rf1 g6 35. h3 {/\g3-g4-g5, h3-h4-h5,
h5-g6 <->h} h6 $2 36. g4 Kh7 37. g5 $18 Rg8 (37... h5 38. Bxh5) 38. gxh6 Qc6
39. Kh2 Be6 40. Rfg1 Kxh6 41. Qe2 Rgg7 42. Qe1 Kh7 43. Qh4+ Kg8 44. Rxg6 Nd2
45. Qd8+ (45. Qd8+ Kh7 46. Rh6+) 1-0

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "2004.06.13"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.02.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Biel"]
[BlackTeam "Sorab"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. b4
c6 9. Ng3 Re8 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O b6 $6 (11... g6) (11... Nf8) 12. Qf3 (12. b5
c5 13. Qf3 (13. Nf5 Bf8) 13... Bb7 14. Bb2 $14) 12... Bb7 (12... g6 13. b5 (13.
e4 dxe4 14. Ngxe4 Nf8) 13... Bb7 14. bxc6 Bxc6 15. a4 $16) 13. Nf5 g6 (13...
Bf8 14. e4 (14. Qg3 g6 15. Nd6 $2 (15. Bb2 Nh5 16. Qf3 Ndf6 $11) 15... Bxd6 16.
Qxd6 Re5 $3 17. dxe5 Ne8) 14... dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 g6 (16... Nf6 17.
Bg5 Rxe4 18. Bxf6 Qd5 19. Nxg7 Bc8 20. Nh5 Bg4 21. Qg3 $16) 17. Nh6+ (17. Ng3
Bg7 18. Be3 Nf6 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Qxc6 Re6 $44) 17... Bxh6 18. Bxh6 Nf6 19.
Bxc6 (19. Bg5 Rxe4 20. Bxf6 Qd5) 19... Bxc6 20. Qxc6 Qxd4 21. Rad1 Qe5 22. Qf3
Rac8 23. Rd3 $14) 14. Nh6+ $1 (14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Qe2 $14 (15. Rb1 {/\16.a4}
Ne4)) 14... Kg7 15. e4 $40 dxe4 $8 16. Nxe4 (16. Bxe4 {/\17.Bc6,17.b5} a6 17.
Bxc6 (17. Bg5 $5 Qc7 18. Rac1 $36) 17... Bxc6 18. Qxc6 Rc8 19. Qf3 Qc7 20. Bd2
Qd6 21. Rad1 $16) 16... Qc8 (16... c5 17. Nxf7 $1 Bxe4 18. Bh6+ $1 Kg8 (18...
Kxf7 19. Bc4+) 19. Bxe4 $18) (16... Nf8 17. Bc4 $1 (17. g4 Qd5 $8 $13) (17. Bf4
Qxd4 $13 18. Rad1 c5) 17... Qxd4 18. Nxf6 Qxf6 (18... Bxf6 19. Ng4) 19. Qb3
Qxa1 20. Ng4 $1 $18) (16... Rf8 17. Ng5 Nd5 18. Qxf7+ Rxf7 19. Ne6+ Kf6 20. Re1
$1 $18 {Gavrikov}) 17. Bc4 (17. Ng5 $6 c5 18. Qh3 (18. Qg3 Nh5) 18... Nf8 $13)
(17. Nxf7 $2 Kxf7 18. Bh6 Kg8) 17... Rf8 (17... c5 18. Nxf7 $1 Bxe4 19. Bh6+
Kg8 20. Ng5+ (20. Qb3 $5) 20... Kh8 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Bg5 (22... Bf8 23.
Qh4 Bxh6 24. Qxh6 cxd4 25. Bd5 $16) 23. Qxe8+ Qxe8 24. Bxg5 cxd4 25. Rfe1 $36)
(17... Ba6 18. Ba2 $3 (18. Bxa6 Qxa6 19. Ng5 (19. Nxf6 Nxf6 20. Qxc6 $2 Rac8
21. Qf3 Rxc1) 19... Rf8 $13) 18... Bxf1 (18... Nxe4 19. Nxf7 h5 20. Qxe4 Bxf1
21. Qf4 $18) (18... Rf8 19. Re1) 19. Nxf7 Ng8 (19... Nd5 20. Bh6+ Kg8 21. Nfd6
$18) 20. Kxf1 Rf8 21. Qh3 (21. Be6 $5) 21... Rxf7 22. Bxf7 Kxf7 23. Qxh7+ Kf8
24. Qxg6 $16) 18. Ng5 Nd5 (18... Ba6 19. Bxf7 Bxf1 (19... Rxf7 $2 20. Ne6+) 20.
Ne6+ Kh8 21. Nxf8 Bxf8 22. Kxf1 $16) (18... c5 19. Qg3 (19. Qh3 cxd4 20. Bxf7
Ne5 $13) (19. Qb3 Qc6) 19... Nh5 (19... cxd4 20. Bxf7 Qc3 21. Ne6+ Kh8 22. Nxf8
$18) 20. Qb3 $1 cxd4 (20... Qc6 21. d5) 21. Nhxf7 $40) 19. Bxd5 (19. Ngxf7 Qe8
20. Qh3 $16) (19. Nhxf7 $2 Bxg5) 19... cxd5 20. Re1 $18 Bf6 21. Qh3 {/\22.Nf5}
Bxg5 22. Bxg5 Bc6 23. Re7 Nf6 24. Qf3 Nh5 25. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Al Ain op 4th"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2015.12.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Black "Lalith, Babu MR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.12.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. Ng3 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. b4 Be7 10. cxd5 exd5 ({An interesting alternative is} 10... Nxd5 $5 {
since Black can neutralise the threats and tension on the a1-h8/^ soon, for
example} 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 (12. Bb2 Bf6 $13) 12... Bf6 $13 {with a
playable position.}) 11. Bd3 a5 $5 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Gb4b5,Gb8d7,Gd7c5] Lalith
Babu wants to use the c5-square for his N rather than the previously used
c4-square.} ({Alexandr Fier has played some interesting games in this line. He
has not necessarily achieved an advantage but got playable positions worth
trying, for example} 11... Nc6 12. Nce2 a5 13. b5 Ne5 14. Bb2 Nc4 15. Bc3 Be6 (
15... a4 16. O-O Bg4 17. h3 Be6 18. Nd4 g6 19. Qb1 Nxa3 20. Rxa3 Bxa3 21. Bxg6
hxg6 (21... Qc7 $5) 22. Nxe6 $13 {1-0 Fier,A (2592)-Eggleston,D (2416)/
Hampstead 2014/CBM 164 Extra (69)}) (15... Bg4 16. h3 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Nxa3 18.
O-O Bb4 19. Bd4 Re8 20. Rfc1 $44 {[%csl Gd3,Gd4,Gg3][%cal Gd4g7,Gd3h7,Gg3h5] 1/
2-1/2 Fier,A (2570)-Parligras,M (2574)/Tromso 2014/CBM 162 (56)}) 16. O-O Re8
17. Nf4 Rc8 18. Bd4 g6 19. Ra2 (19. Nfh5 gxh5 20. Nxh5 Nd6 $17) 19... Bc5 20.
Qa1 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Qe7 22. a4 $14 {1-0 Fier,A (2612)-Kveinys,A (2507)/Cappelle
la Grande 2015/CBM 165 Extra (42)}) 12. b5 Re8 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Bb2 Nc5 15.
Nce2 Be6 16. Nf4 Bf8 17. Bc2 Rc8 18. Rc1 g6 {Interestingly Black has the
isolated pawn and White is attacking. All White's minor pieces seem to be
either aiming at, or gathering around the black monarch, so sooner or later an
attacking sacrifice is likely to be in the offing.} 19. Ngh5 $2 {Gupta decides
that it is sooner rather than later. But this is too early and a result of
miscalculation.} ({If White manoeuvres a bit, for example with} 19. Nge2 $5 $14
{he is still going to main a slight edge due to his well-placed pieces and
Black's isolated P.}) 19... Nxh5 20. Nxh5 gxh5 21. Qxh5 ({Apparently Gupta,
and a few curious onlookers thought that it was mate on h8 now after} 21. Bxh7+
$2 Kxh7 22. Qxh5+ {but they had simply overlooked} Bh6 $19 {. Maybe a blind
spot?}) 21... f5 $6 ({Black's best was} 21... Ne4 22. f3 Qg5 23. Qxg5+ Nxg5 24.
h4 {White wins back the piece but Black has} Bc5 $17 {creating problems on e3.}
) 22. Bxf5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 {White has 2Ps for the piece but the black K is
exposed making things a bit tense. Still, with precise play Black should be
all right.} Qd7 24. Qh5 Bg7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rcd1 Rcd8 (26... Red8 $5 {
[%cal Gc8c1]}) 27. Rd4 Ne4 28. f3 Nf6 $2 {Black had done most things right
till now but here he slips. This move allows White to keep the black K
stranded in the middle of the board.} (28... Nc3 $142 $5 {so that} 29. Qg5+ {
could be answered by} Kh8 $15) 29. Qg5+ {[%csl Rf6]} Kf7 30. Rf4 Qe6 31. e4 d4
$2 (31... Rg8 32. Qh5+ Ke7 33. Qh4 Kf7 34. Qxh7+ Rg7 35. Qh6 Rdg8 36. g3 Rg6
37. Qh7+ R8g7 38. Qh8) 32. Qh6 {[%cal Gh6h7] /\Qh7.} Ke7 (32... Rg8 {does not
help now, since White has} 33. Rc1 {[%cal Gc1c7]} Rd7 (33... d3 34. Rc7+ Rd7
35. Rxf6+ Qxf6 36. Rxd7+ $18) 34. Rc5 {[%cal Ge4e5]} d3 35. e5 $18 {[%cal
Gf4f6]}) 33. Qh4 {[%cal Ge4e5] /\e5} Qe5 34. Rf5 Qe6 35. Rf4 Qe5 36. Rf5 {
A repetition to get closer to the 40-move mark.} Qe6 37. f4 {[%cal Gf5e5] And
now Back cannot stop Re5 without losing some material.} ({Another possibility
was} 37. Qf4 {[%cal Ge4e5,Gf5e5]} Nd7 (37... Qb6 38. e5 d3+ 39. Kh1 $18 {
[%cal Gf5f7]}) 38. Qg5+ Kd6 39. Rc1 {[%cal Gf5d5]} Qg6 40. Qf4+ Ke6 (40... Ke7
41. Qh4+ Ke6 42. Rg5 Qf6 43. Qh3+ Kd6 (43... Ke7 44. Qxh7+ $18) 44. Rd5+ Ke7
45. Rc7 $18) 41. Rg5 Qf6 42. Qg4+ Kd6 43. Rd5+ Ke7 44. Rc7 $18) 37... d3 $6 (
37... Kd7 $142 38. Rxf6 Qxe4 39. Rf7+ Re7 (39... Kc8 40. Qxh7 $18) 40. Rxe7+
Qxe7 $16) 38. Re5 d2 39. Rd1 h5 40. Rxe6+ Kxe6 41. Qh3+ Kf7 42. e5 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 24th"]
[Site "Steinbrunn"]
[Date "2005.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2005.05.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. c5 Be7 8. b4 c6
9. Bb2 b6 10. Nf4 Nbd7 11. Be2 Qc7 (11... a5 12. O-O) 12. O-O Re8 ({Besser ist
wohl} 12... bxc5 13. bxc5 e5 14. Nd3 exd4 (14... e4 15. Nf4) 15. exd4 a5 $13)
13. Nd3 Ba6 14. f4 $5 Ne4 ({Das Gleichgewicht hielt} 14... Bc4 $5 15. Ne5 Bxe2
16. Qxe2 a5 $1 17. b5 (17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 axb4 19. axb4 Nd5) 17... bxc5 18.
bxc6 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 (20. Qf3 Ng5 21. Qf2 f5) 20... dxe4 $13) 15.
Nxe4 dxe4 16. Ne5 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 f6 (17... b5 18. Qc2 f5 19. Qb3 $36) 18. cxb6
$5 (18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. a4 Red8 $132 {/\ bc5}) 18... Nxb6 $6 {[%csl Gd5][%cal
Gd5e3]} ({Sehr optimistisch gespielt. Zwar spielt der Springer auf d5 eine
sehr aktive Rolle, aber die Schwäche auf c6 wiegt schwerer. Nach} 18... axb6
19. Nc4 b5 20. Na5 Rac8 21. Rac1 Qd6 22. Rc2 (22. Qc2 f5 23. Nxc6 Bf8 24. a4
bxa4 25. Qxa4 Nb6 26. Qb5 Nd5 $36) 22... Bd8 23. Nb7 Qb8 24. Nc5 Nxc5 25. dxc5
Bc7 26. Qg4 Kh8 {ist das Spiel etwa gleich}) 19. Nc4 Nd5 20. Rac1 {[%csl Rc6]}
Rac8 21. Rc2 Qd7 22. Rfc1 Rc7 (22... Bd8 23. Nd2 f5 24. b5) 23. Nd2 $6 ({
Weiß möchte f5 erzwingen, um dann das Feld e5 besetzen zu können. Aber die
verbrauchte Zeit ist kostbar. Besser war} 23. g4 $1 Rec8 24. Qg2 {[%csl Re4]}
f5 25. g5 {, um das schwarze Spiel am Königsflügel im Keim zu ersticken. Die
einzige Chance zum Gegenspiel läge dann im Bauernopfer} a5 $1 26. bxa5 Qe8 {
[%csl Gd5][%cal Gc6c5] , auch wenn ich an die vollwertige schwarze
Kompensation zweifle.}) (23. g3 Rec8 24. Qg2 f5 25. Ne5 Qe8 26. Qd2 a5 $132 {
gibt übrigens Gegenspiel.}) 23... f5 24. Nc4 Bf6 25. Ne5 (25. g4 g5 $132) 25...
Bxe5 26. dxe5 Rec8 27. Bd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Ein böser Einsteller. Nach} 27.
g3 a5 $13 {oder}) (27. Qd2 a5 28. Bd4 (28. bxa5 c5 $13) 28... axb4 29. axb4 Rb7
30. Bc5 h6 $13 {bliebe die Stellung kompliziert.}) 27... Nxf4 28. exf4 Qxd4+
29. Qf2 (29. Kf1 Rd8) 29... e3 $6 ({Auch nach dem genaueren} 29... Qd3 30. Rc3
Qd7 31. h3 h6 32. Kh2 Kh7 $15 {hat Weiß ausgezeichnete Rettungschancen.}) 30.
Qf3 c5 31. b5 $2 ({Danach geht's abwärts. Richtig war} 31. Rc4 $1 Qd2 ({
das geplante} 31... cxb4 {bringt nichts ein:} 32. Rxc7 (32. Rxd4 Rxc1+ 33. Rd1
b3 $19) 32... e2+ (32... Rxc7 33. Qa8+ Kf7 34. Rxc7+ Kg6 35. Qe8+ Kh6 36. Qxe6+
g6 37. Rxh7+ Kxh7 38. Qe7+ $11) 33. Kh1 Rxc7 34. Qa8+ Kf7 35. Rxc7+ Kg6 36.
Qe8+ Kh6 37. Qxe6+ g6 38. Rxh7+ Kxh7 39. Qe7+ $11) 32. R1c2 e2 33. Qxe2 Qxe2
34. Rxe2 cxb4 35. Rxb4 $11) ({Ebenfalls fehlerhaft war übrigens} 31. bxc5 $2
Rxc5 32. Rxc5 e2+ 33. Qf2 Rxc5 34. Re1 Qd2 35. Qxe2 Qxf4 $17) 31... Qd3 32. Rc3
(32. a4 Qb3 33. Rc4 Rd8 $36) 32... Qxb5 33. Qxe3 c4 34. Rd1 Rd7 $17 35. Rd6 $6
Rxd6 36. exd6 Qd5 37. Qe5 Rc6 38. h3 a5 39. Rg3 g6 40. Re3 (40. Rc3 Rxd6 41.
Rxc4 Qxe5 42. fxe5 Rd5) 40... Qxd6 41. Qxa5 c3 42. Re1 c2 43. Qa8+ (43. Rc1
Qxf4) 43... Kg7 44. Qa7+ Kh6 45. Qe3 Qd1 46. Qg3 Qxe1+ 0-1

[Event "Match Rossolimo-Tartakower +1-1=8"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1948.11.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Rossolimo, Nicolas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1948.10.31"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 d6 (5... d5) 6. Bd2 $6 {[%csl
Rd2] trop passif} (6. Bd3 $142) 6... Nbd7 7. Qc2 Re8 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 a5 10.
Be2 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. O-O b6 13. b4 $1 axb4 14. axb4 Bb7 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16.
Rd1 $14 Qe7 17. Qa4 Qe6 18. Ra1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qf5 20. Qd1 Nf8 21. Qb1 Qh5 22.
Qf1 (22. Ra7) 22... Re6 23. Kh1 N6d7 24. f4 $1 Qh4 25. Qg2 (25. f5 Qe4+ 26. f3
Qxf5 27. Bd3 $44) 25... Rg6 26. Qf3 exf4 27. Qxf4 Qxf4 28. exf4 Re6 29. Bf3 $14
{[%csl Gc3,Gf3] la paire de B donne une initiative durable uax Blancs et
compense la mauvaise structure} Rd6 30. Bd5 c6 31. Be5 Rh6 32. Bg2 Re6 33. Bc3
h6 34. Ra8 Rd6 35. Be4 Rd1+ 36. Kg2 Rc1 37. Bxc6 $6 {[%cal Ga8g8,Gc6d7]} (37.
Bb2 $142 Rxc4 38. Bf5 {[%csl Rd7]} Rxb4 39. Ba3 (39. Bxd7 Rxb2)) 37... Rxc3 38.
Bxd7 Rxc4 39. b5 g6 40. Rb8 (40. f5) 40... Kg7 41. Bh3 g5 42. fxg5 hxg5 43. Kg3
Ng6 44. Rxb6 Rc3+ 45. f3 Nh4 46. Bg4 f5 $1 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Gc3f3] Gagne le B
mais les pièces noires seront mal placées et les Blancs vont sauver la nulle.}
47. Bxf5 Rxf3+ 48. Kg4 Rxf5 49. Rb7+ Kg6 50. Rb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sautron op 15th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2015.10.24"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Swayams, Mishra"]
[Black "Le Roux, Jean Pierre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2015.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:03:06"]
[BlackClock "0:00:59"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} O-O
{[%emt 0:00:00]} (4... c5) (4... d5) (4... b6) 5. Nge2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} c6 $5 {
[%emt 0:00:09] Une ligne secondaire devenue assez populaire récemment,
l'idée est d'éviter l'échange du B en gardant une case de repli en "c7" où
il visera la case "h2"} (5... d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. c5 Be7 8. b4 b6 9. Bb2 a5 10. Nf4
axb4 11. axb4 Rxa1 12. Qxa1 Nc6 13. Nd3 bxc5 14. bxc5 Ne4 15. Be2 Bd7 16. f3
Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Qa8 18. Kd2 Rb8 19. Qxa8 Rxa8 20. Ra1 Rxa1 21. Bxa1 Kf8 22. Bc3
Ke8 23. g4 g6 24. f4 h6 25. h3 Bf6 26. Bf3 Bc8 27. Bd1 Bd7 28. Ne1 Na7 29. Ba5
Bd8 30. Nf3 Bb5 31. Bc3 Nc6 32. Ke1 Nb8 33. Bc2 Nd7 34. Ba5 Nf6 35. g5 {
So,W (2779)-Topalov,V (2816) Saint Louis 2015 1/2-1/2}) 6. a3 {[%emt 0:01:03]}
Ba5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. Ng3 {[%emt 0:04:03] Le plan des Noirs est assez lent
mais il est contrebalancé par cette perte de temps des Blancs indispensable
pour terminer le développement} (7. b4 $5 Bc7 8. e4 d6 (8... d5 9. e5 Ne8 (
9... Nfd7) 10. Ng3 f6 $13 {Tomashevsky,E (2699)-Zvjaginsev,V (2676) RUS-ch
63rd Moscow 2010 (3) 1/2}) 9. Ng3 a5 10. Rb1 axb4 11. axb4 e5 12. d5 Bb6 $132 {
Romanov,E (2611)-Efimenko,Z (2689) EU-Cup 28th Eilat 2012 (7.5) 0-1}) 7... d5 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} 8. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:50]} (8. Qc2) (8. Bd3) 8... Nbd7 {[%emt 0:
07:07]} (8... c5 $5 9. dxc5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nbd7 {Aagaard,J (2506)-Hera,I (2568)
SCO-ch 119th 2012 (5) 1/2}) 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} (9...
e5 $6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. dxe5 $14 {[%csl Rd5]}) 10. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e5
$132 {[%emt 0:00:09] Une partie à haut niveau avait été jouée la semaine
précédente qui a peut-être inspirée le choix du breton.} 11. Ba2 {[%emt 0:
03:30][%cal Gd1d3,Ga2b1]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 12. d5 $5 $146 {[%emt 0:05:06]}
(12. Qc2 Re8 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bd2 Qd3 15. Rac1 Qxc2 16. Rxc2 Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6
18. Nf5 {1/2-1/2 (18) Anand,V (2803)-Gajewski,G (2654) Berlin 2015}) 12... cxd5
{[%emt 0:02:18]} 13. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:04:57]} 14. Qxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:14]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 15. Qxd8 {[%emt 0:02:52]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:
06:07]} 16. e4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:06][%cal Gc1g5] Les Noirs ont des petits
problèmes pour terminer le développement de l'aile-dame et la position
Blanche est trés saine.} Bb6 {[%emt 0:11:03]} (16... h6 $5 {Peut-être un
moindre mal} 17. Be3 Ng4 18. Bc5 b6 19. Bd5 (19. Bb4 Ba6 20. Rfd1 Rac8) 19...
Ba6) (16... Bd7 $143 17. Bg5 $14) 17. Bg5 {[%emt 0:01:53]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:07:29]}
18. Rac1 $32 {[%emt 0:06:50]} Be6 {[%emt 0:10:14]} 19. Bxe6 {[%emt 0:29:52]
Joué après une longue réflexion} Rxe6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 20. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:10:
51]} Rxf6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 21. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:06][%csl Gf5]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:11:
29]} 22. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:04:42]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:04:15]} 23. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
g6 {[%emt 0:08:44][%csl Rf2]} 24. Rd6 $8 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
25. Nxd6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 26. b4 {[%emt 0:03:45]} (26. b3
$2 Bc5) 26... Bb2 {[%emt 0:02:43]} 27. Nc4 {[%emt 0:02:44]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:36]
(=)} 28. Nd6 {[%emt 0:11:14] Avec une position ouverte et des P sur les deux
ailes, il est logique de vouloir continuer avec le B contre le N} Bb2 $1 {
[%emt 0:00:37]} 29. a4 {[%emt 0:02:40]} (29. Nc4) 29... Ba3 {[%emt 0:03:55]}
30. Nxb7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bxb4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 31. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Kf8 {
[%emt 0:07:59]} 32. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:06:24]} 33. Kd3 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:01:20][%csl Rb7]} 34. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be1 {[%emt 0:
01:13]} 35. Nc5+ {[%emt 0:02:20]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 36. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 37. Kb5 {[%emt 0:05:20][%csl Ra7]} Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:50]}
38. Ka6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 39. Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} (39. a5)
39... Bb6 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 40. f3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Nb4
{[%emt 0:07:15]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:21:33]} 42. fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Be3 {[%emt 0:
04:20]} 43. Nd5 {[%emt 0:05:17]} (43. Nc6) 43... Bg1 {[%emt 0:04:35]} 44. a5 {
[%emt 0:01:51]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 45. a6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:26][%csl Ra7]} Kc4 {
[%emt 0:00:57]} 46. Nf6 {[%emt 0:09:06]} Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 47. g4 {[%emt 0:
03:41]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 48. gxh5 {[%emt 0:06:12]} gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 49.
h4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 50. Kb8 {[%emt 0:02:41]} Bxh4 {
[%emt 0:01:07]} 51. Nxh5 $11 {[%emt 0:01:17] Après la liquidation de
l'aile-roi, les Noirs tiennent la nulle. Au surplus, il s'agissait de la ronde
du matin et il vallait mieux s'économiser.} Kxe4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 52. Kxa7 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Bf2+ {[%emt 0:00:34]} 53. Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:
21]} 54. Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 55. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} e3 {
[%emt 0:00:38]} 56. a7 {[%emt 0:02:39]} e2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 57. a8=Q {[%emt 0:
00:06]} e1=Q {[%emt 0:00:07]} 58. Qf8+ {[%emt 0:00:35]} Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:09]}
59. Qg8+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Prusikin,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 {Damit ist kein
Eröffnungsvorteil zu holen.} d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. cxd5 (7. c5 Be7 8. b4 b6 9. Nf4 a5
10. Bd2 c6 11. Be2 Ba6 $11) 7... exd5 8. g3 Re8 9. Bg2 c6 10. Qc2 $5 $146 Bg4
$6 (10... g6 $1 {wäre die richtige (und naheliegende!) Reaktion auf die weiße
Neuerung gewesen.} 11. f3 (11. O-O Bf5) 11... c5 12. Nb5 Bf5) 11. O-O Bh5 12.
b4 $2 {Ein grober positioneller Fehler. Weiß möchte c6-c5 unterbinden, bevor
er sich seinem eigentlich Plan, der Vorbereitung von f3-e4, zuwendet, aber die
Nachteile des Textzuges (Schächung des Feldes c4, Verlust der Kontrolle über
die Diagonale h7-b1) überwiegen deutlich.} (12. Nf4 $1 Bxf4 13. exf4 Qd7 14. f3
Bg6 15. Qf2 Na6 16. g4 Bd3 17. Rd1 Bc4 18. f5 $14) 12... Bg6 13. Qb3 a6 14. f3
Nbd7 15. Na4 {Vielleicht hätte Weiß das Spiel forcieren sollen, um dem
ungünstigen strategischen Trend entgegenzuwirken:} (15. e4 $5 dxe4 16. fxe4
Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Rxe4 19. Rxf7 Kh8 $15) 15... Qc7 16. Bd2 (16. Nf4
$5) 16... b5 17. Nc5 Nb6 18. Rae1 Nc4 19. Bc1 a5 20. Nc3 $2 (20. Nf4) 20...
axb4 21. axb4 {Diagramm [#]} Rad8 $3 {Ein schöner Prophylaxezug. Durch den
indirekten Angriff auf den Bauern d4 wird die Drohung e3-e4 entkräftet.} 22.
Kh1 (22. e4 Bxc5 23. dxc5 dxe4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. fxe4 Qe5 $17) 22... h5 $1 {
Die Drohung h5-h4 zwingt Weiß dazu, das inzwischen nicht mehr so
erstrebenswerte e3-e4 doch zu spielen.} 23. e4 dxe4 24. fxe4 Bxc5 25. dxc5 Nd2
26. Bxd2 Rxd2 $19 27. Nb1 Rd4 28. Qb2 Rdd8 29. e5 Ng4 30. e6 Rxe6 31. Rxe6 fxe6
32. Qb3 Qe5 33. Qf3 Be4 $1 34. Qf7+ (34. Qxe4 Nf2+ 35. Rxf2 Rd1+ $19) 34... Kh7
35. Bxe4+ Qxe4+ 36. Kg1 Qd4+ 37. Kh1 Qe4+ 38. Kg1 Rd5 39. h3 Ne3 40. Qf3 Qd4
41. Rf2 Nd1 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Nikolaidis, Ioannis"]
[Black "Guseinov, Aidyn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 c6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 Bd6 {This modest variation ussualy doesn,t brings too many
problems for Black.White Have to try to move pawns in the centre. Nikolaidis
forgot about that plan and very soon got troubles.} 10. O-O Re8 11. Qc2 (11. b4
Nbd7 12. f3 $5 Nb6 13. Nfe2 $1 (13. e4 $2 dxe4 14. fxe4 Bxf4 15. Bxf4 Qxd4+ $19
) 13... a5 14. Rb1 axb4 15. axb4 Qe7 16. e4 $1 {1/2-1/2 Reshevsky,S-Smagin,S/
Moskva (GMA) 1989 (42)}) (11. f3 $5 Bxf4 $6 12. exf4 b6 13. f5 $1 Ba6 14. Bxa6
Nxa6 15. Qa4 Nb8 16. Bf4 b5 17. Qd1 Nbd7 18. g4 $36 {1-0 Petrosian,T-Liberzon/
USSR 1964 (46)}) 11... b6 {N/} (11... Nbd7 12. f3 Nf8 13. Qf2 Ne6 14. Nfe2 $5
c5 15. Bd2 cxd4 16. exd4 a6 17. Rad1 $14 {1-0 Lerner,K-Kaiumov,D/Beltsy 1979 
(32)}) 12. b4 ({Nothing wrong with this move, but more natural will be to play
} 12. e4 $5 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 (13... Ba6 14. Re1) 14. Bxe4 Qf6 15. g3 (15.
Bxh7+ Kh8 16. g3 g6 17. Bxg6 Bxf4 18. Bxf7 Qxf7 19. Bxf4 Bf5 $13) 15... Qxd4
16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Be3 Qf6 18. Rae1 $36 {with initiative.}) 12... Ba6 $5 {
Little provocation.} 13. b5 Bb7 14. Bb2 ({Now} 14. e4 {was not so clear
because of} dxe4 15. Nxe4 cxb5 16. Nxd6 (16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Qf5
Qxf5 19. Bxf5 Nc6 $17) 16... Qxd6 17. Bxb5 Bc6 $11 (17... Re4 $5 18. Ne2 Ng4
19. Ng3 Rxd4)) 14... cxb5 15. Bxb5 (15. Nxb5 $5 Bxf4 16. exf4 Nc6 17. Rad1 $11)
15... Nc6 16. Qf5 (16. Ncxd5 Nxd5 (16... Rc8 $2 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. d5) 17. Nxd5
(17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Qxc6 Bxf4 19. exf4 Nxf4 $36 {[%cal Re8e2,Rf4e2]})) 16... a6
$1 17. Bxc6 (17. Bd3 $5 Ne7 18. Qg5 $132) 17... Bxc6 $15 18. Nh5 Re6 19. Nf4
Re8 20. Nh5 Nxh5 $1 {Of coarse, Guseinov want to continue game.With terrible
bishop on b2 he can play for a win without any risk.} 21. Qxh5 Re6 22. g3 (22.
h3 $5) 22... Bf8 (22... Rh6 $5 23. Qf3 Qg5) 23. a4 $6 b5 $1 24. axb5 axb5 25.
e4 $5 (25. Rxa8 Bxa8 26. Ra1 (26. Nxb5 $2 Rb6 $17) 26... b4 27. Ne2 Rc6 $36)
25... b4 $5 (25... dxe4 $6 26. d5 Rh6 (26... g6 $2 27. Qd1 Rxa1 28. Bxa1 Rd6
29. Nxe4 Rxd5 30. Qc2 $1 $18) 27. Qe5 $132) 26. Nxd5 Rxa1 (26... Rxe4 $5) 27.
Rxa1 Rxe4 28. Ne3 $2 {Decisive mistake.Stronger was to play} (28. Nf4 $5 {
and still it is not so easy for Black to prove their advantage. For instance}
Rxd4 (28... Qe8 29. d5 Re1+ 30. Kg2 Qe4+ 31. Qf3 Qxf3+ 32. Kxf3 Rxa1 33. Bxa1
Bb7 34. Ke4 $11) 29. Bxd4 Qxd4 30. Re1 $1 b3 31. Qe2 $13) 28... Rxd4 $1 29.
Bxd4 (29. Rc1 Rd6 30. Nc4 Rh6 $19) 29... Qxd4 {[%cal Rc6h1,Rd4e4]} 30. Rd1 (30.
Re1 $5 Qe4 31. f3 $1 $17) 30... Qe4 31. Nd5 $2 ({Last chance was} 31. Kf1 $1 b3
32. Rd2 $17 (32. Qf5 b2 33. Rb1 Qh1+ 34. Ke2 Bf3+ $1 35. Kd2 Bb4+ 36. Kc2 Be4+
$19)) 31... b3 (31... f5 $1 $19) 32. Qg5 Qf3 $1 $19 33. Ne7+ (33. Rd2 b2 34.
Rxb2 Bxd5) (33. Qd2 b2 $1) 33... Bxe7 (33... Bxe7 34. Rd8+ Bf8 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8
36. Qd8+ Be8 $19) 0-1

[Event "USA-ch fin"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 c6 8. Bd3
dxc4 (8... b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. b4 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Ncxd5 cxd5 13. Bd2 Bd6
14. Rc1 Qf6 15. Qa4 Qe7 16. b5 e5 17. Nh5 Qh4 18. Ng3 e4 19. Be2 Rfe8 20. Bb4
Bb8 21. Rc3 f5 22. Rfc1 f4 23. Nf1 {Kharlov,A-Tiviakov,S/RUS-ch Elista 1994/
CBM 44/1/2-1/2 (63)}) 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Nd3 (10. O-O e5 $11) 10... c5 11. Ba2 (
11. dxc5 $5 Nxc5 12. O-O (12. Nxc5 Qxd1+ (12... Bxc5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. b4 Be7
15. Bb2 Bd7 16. Ke2 Rac8 17. Bd3 Bc6 18. f3 Nd7 19. Ne4 f5 20. Nd2 Nb6 21. Bd4
e5 22. Bc5 Rxd3 23. Kxd3 Bb5+ 24. Kc2 Na4 25. Kb3 b6 26. Nc4 bxc5 27. Nxe5 cxb4
28. Rac1 Nc5+ 29. Kxb4 a6 {0-1 Mukhin,E-Tal,M/URS-chT Moscow 1972/MCD-ch}) 13.
Kxd1 Bxc5 14. b4 Be7 15. Bb2 Bd7 16. Ke2 Rac8 17. Bb3 Rc7 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19.
Rhd1 Ng4 20. Ba4 Bxa4 21. Nxa4 Rc2+ 22. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 23. Kf3 f5 24. Rd7 Bh4 {
0-1 Barreras,A-Christiansen,L/Capablanca mem 1979/MCL 07}) 12... a6 13. Nxc5
Bxc5 14. Be2 Qc7 15. Bf3 Bd7 16. Bd2 Bd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Petrovs,V-Najdorf,M/Lodz
1938/HCL 32 (18)}) 11... b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qe2 (13. Qa4 a6) 13... Qc7 (13...
Ba6 $5 14. Re1 Rc8) 14. Bd2 Rac8 (14... cxd4 15. exd4 Bd6 16. f4 $13) 15. Rad1
Qb8 16. f4 (16. dxc5 $5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Rxc5 18. e4 $11) 16... Ba6 $1 17. Be1 (
17. f5 e5 $1) 17... Rfd8 18. Qf3 (18. d5 $5 exd5 (18... e5 $5 19. fxe5 $140
Nxe5 20. Bg3 Bd6) 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Nf6 (20... Ne5 $6 21. fxe5 (21. Be4
Nxd3 22. Bxd3 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Bf6 24. b3 Re8 $15) 21... Rxd5 22. Rxf7 $1 (22. Qf3
Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Bxd3 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 $19) 22... Bxd3 (22... Kxf7 23. Qf3+) 23. Rxd3
Rxe5 (23... Rxd3 $2 24. Rxe7 $18 {[%cal Re2g4]}) 24. Rf1 Qb7 25. Bc3 $14) 21.
Bb3 Qd6 $15) 18... cxd4 19. exd4 Nf8 20. Bf2 (20. Qe3 Qd6) (20. d5 Bb7 $17)
20... Bxa3 $1 $17 21. f5 (21. d5 $5 Bb7 $5 (21... exd5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5
Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Bd6 25. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 26. Qb3+)) 21... Bxd3 22. Rxd3 Bxb2 23. Ne4
(23. Na4 e5 $1 24. Nxb2 e4 $19) (23. Nd1 e5) 23... Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Qd6 $19 25.
Bh4 Re8 (25... Bxd4+ 26. Kh1 Rd7 (26... e5 $1) 27. fxe6 Nxe6 28. Bg3 $1 $132)
26. Bg3 Qd7 27. f6 gxf6 $5 28. Bh4 (28. Rxf6 Rc1+) 28... f5 29. Qe3 Ng6 30. Bf6
f4 $5 31. Qh3 Qd6 32. Qh6 Qf8 33. Qh5 Rc3 34. Bb1 (34. Rd2 Bc1) 34... Rxd3 35.
Bxd3 Qd6 36. Bxg6 $19 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Black "Gajewski, Grzegorz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[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 "Gorzow Wielkopolski"]
[BlackTeam "Lublin"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O (4... c5) (4... b6) 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3
Bd6 (6... Be7) 7. Ng3 (7. c5 Be7 8. b4 $14) 7... c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. dxc5 Bxc5
10. Bd3 (10. b4 Bb6 11. Na4 $14) 10... Nc6 11. O-O Bg4 $146 (11... Ne5 {
Ivanisevic,I (2630)-Gyimesi,Z (2600) BIH-chT 9th Bihac 2010 (9) 1-0}) 12. Nce2
Re8 13. h3 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Bd6 15. Nf5 Be5 (15... Bf8) 16. Rd1 Qb6 17. Rb1 g6 18.
Nh6+ Kg7 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. hxg4 Qb3 21. Bc2 Qc4 22. Bd3 Qb3 23. Bc2 Qc4 24. Bd3
Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 08th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2008.10.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Colin, Vincent"]
[Black "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O (4... c5) 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 (6...
Bd6) 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3 (8. b4) 8... a5 9. Bg2 Re8 10. O-O Na6 (10... c6) 11.
b3 ({RR} 11. Bd2 c6 12. Rc1 Bf5 13. h3 Bd6 14. g4 Bd3 15. Re1 h6 16. f4 Nc7 17.
Ng3 Ne4 18. Ncxe4 dxe4 19. Nh1 Nd5 20. Nf2 Qb6 21. Bc3 Nxc3 22. Rxc3 Qxb2 23.
Rb3 Qc2 {1/2-1/2 Rozum,I (2444)-Brodsky,M (2548)/Peterhof 2008/CB35}) 11... c6
({RR} 11... Bf8 12. Nf4 c6 13. Bb2 Nc7 14. Na4 Nb5 15. Re1 Nd6 16. Nd3 g6 17.
Ne5 Nfe4 18. f3 Ng5 19. Qd2 f6 20. Nd3 {1/2-1/2 Zueger,B (2405)-Eriksson,A 
(2300)/Stockholm 1987/TD}) 12. Nf4 Nc7 13. Kh1 $146 (13. Ra2 $5 {Georgiev,V 
(2518)-Dimitrov,V (2454) BUL-chT 56th 2006 (2) 1/2}) 13... h6 14. Ra2 $5 {
Un coup thématique mais après Qc2, la Ra2 va manquer d'espace.} Bf8 15. Qc2 $6
{[%csl Ra2]} Ne6 16. Nd3 b6 17. Ne5 {[%csl Rc6]} Bb7 (17... Ba6 18. Rd1 Rc8 $11
) 18. f4 c5 19. dxc5 $1 bxc5 20. Qd1 {[%cal Ga2d2] Les blancs ont perdu du
temps avec Qc2, puis Qd1 voulant doubler sur la colonne "d" et les noirs vont
prendre l'initiative.} (20. Rd1 $142 Rb8 21. a4 d4 22. Nb5 {[%cal Gd1d8]})
20... Rb8 21. Rd2 d4 $1 22. f5 Ng5 (22... Bxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Nd5 $40) 23. exd4 cxd4
24. Rxd4 Bxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Qc7 26. Bxg5 hxg5 27. Nc4 Bc5 28. Rd3 (28. Rd2) 28...
Qb7+ $40 {[%csl Rg2]} 29. Qf3 Qxb3 30. Nd2 $2 (30. Ne3) 30... Qc2 (30... g4 $19
) 31. h3 Be3 (31... Rb3 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Gb3c3]}) 32. Rxe3 Qxd2+ 33. Re2 Rxe2+
34. Nxe2 Re8 35. Kf2 g4 36. hxg4 Ne4+ 37. Kg1 Ng5 38. Qg2 Qxe2 0-1

[Event "Cappelle op 31st"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2015.03.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O (4... c5) 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. Ng3
c5 8. dxc5 $1 Bxc5 9. b4 $14 Be7 10. cxd5 (10. Bb2 a6 (10... Nc6 11. Qc2) 11.
cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Nce2 Bd6 14. O-O Be6 15. f4 Bc7 16. Bc2 Bg4 17. Qd3
Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Re8 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Nc3 Qg6 21. Qxg6 hxg6 22. Nxd5 Rac8 23.
Rac1 Bb8 24. Bb3 Ba7 25. Kf2 Kf8 26. Kf3 Rcd8 27. Rc3 Re6 28. g4 Red6 29. Rd1
f5 30. g5 Bb8 31. h4 a5 32. Rcd3 axb4 33. axb4 Ne7 34. b5 Nxd5 35. Bxd5 Ba7 36.
e4 fxe4+ 37. Kxe4 Re8+ 38. Kf3 Red8 39. Kg4 Bc5 {Svidler,P (2746)-Bologan,V 
(2672) Tromsoe 2013 1/2-1/2}) 10... exd5 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Nce2 (12. O-O d4 $1)
12... a5 13. b5 Ne5 14. Bb2 (14. Bc2 Nc4 $132) 14... Nc4 (14... Nxd3+ {
Curieusement ce coup naturel n'a jamais été essayé dans la pratique} 15.
Qxd3) 15. Bc3 Be6 $146 (15... Bg4 16. h3 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Nxa3 18. O-O Bb4 19. Bd4
Re8 20. Rfc1 Bf8 21. Qf3 Re6 22. Rc3 Nc4 23. Rxc4 dxc4 24. Bxc4 Rd6 25. Nf5
Rxd4 26. Nxd4 Qe7 27. Nf5 Qe4 28. Nd4 Qxf3 29. Nxf3 Ne4 30. Bd5 Nd6 31. Nd4 a4
32. e4 Ra5 33. Nb3 Ra8 34. Nc5 Nxb5 35. Rxa4 Rxa4 36. Nxa4 Nd6 37. Nb6 g5 38.
e5 Nb5 39. Bxb7 Bc5 40. Nd7 Bd4 41. g3 Nc7 42. Kg2 Kg7 43. Be4 Ne6 44. Bf5 Nc5
45. Nxc5 {Fier,A (2570)-Parligras,M (2574) Tromso 2014 1/2-1/2}) 16. O-O Re8
17. Nf4 Rc8 18. Bd4 g6 $6 {Un sérieux affaiblissement des cases Noires} 19.
Ra2 $1 Bc5 20. Qa1 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Qe7 22. a4 Rc5 23. Re2 (23. Rc2 $5 Rec8 24.
Rfc1) 23... Rec8 24. Rfe1 Nd6 25. f3 Bd7 26. h3 h5 {Un coup naturel mais trop
lent} (26... Be6) 27. e4 $1 dxe4 28. Nxe4 Ndxe4 29. Bxe4 Rc4 30. Nxg6 $1 {
La pointe} Qc5 31. Qxc5 R8xc5 32. Ne7+ Kf8 33. Bxb7 $16 Rxa4 34. Bc6 $1 Be6 35.
Ng6+ Kg7 36. Ne5 Nd5 37. b6 Rb4 38. b7 $40 Rc3 $2 39. Re4 Rcb3 40. Rxb4 Rxb4
41. Nd7 Bxd7 42. Bxd5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nf4 c6 9. Bd3 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. f3 b6 12. Bd2 c5 13. Be1 Bb7 14. Qd2 c4 15.
Bc2 b5 16. e4 a5 17. e5 Nd7 18. Nce2 {After winning the first game, Hou Yifan
has to hold on the second to advance. However, her next move is risky to say
the very least.} f6 19. e6 Nb6 20. Bf5 $1 {Leitao's hold in the position is
very real. Qc2 is a huge threat. The commentators thought Yifan was done for,
but never count out anyone in this tournament!} g6 {A practical chance...} 21.
Nxg6 $6 (21. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 22. Nxg6 Kg7 23. Nef4 $1 $16 {and it's hard to find
moves for Black, even though there isn't anything immediate. A possible follow
up is Qe3 and Bd2, with strong threats.}) 21... hxg6 22. Qh6 gxf5 23. Qg6+ {
A double piece sacrifice, but Leitao needs to win. Can he bring over his
pieces?} Kh8 24. f4 {It seems that Rf3 is unstoppable and lethal, but the
Chinese does not give up.} Qe8 $1 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Rf3 Nxe6 $1 {Somehow the
knight comes to g5 to defend!} 27. Rg3+ Ng5 28. fxg5 fxg5 29. Bd2 Qc6 30. Qh5
g4 {Out of nowhere White's attack is starting to evaporate. Black only needs a
draw so she allows several perpetuals, though with careful play Black might
even be winning.} 31. Rf1 Qe8 32. Qh6 Rf6 33. Rxg4+ fxg4 34. Rxf6 Bxf6 35. Qxf6
Qxe2 36. Qg6+ Kh8 37. Qh6+ Kg8 38. Qg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.02.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2007.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. Ng3 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. b4 Bb6 10. Na4 Bc7 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. cxd5 $146 exd5 13. Be2 Qe7 14. O-O
Rd8 15. Rc1 d4 {Black tries to solve the problem of his isolated pawn on d5
tactically, using the fact that White's knights lack control over d4. Schwarz
versucht, das Problem seines d5-Isolanis auf taktische Weise zu lösen, die
Tatsache nutzend, dass keinder der weißen Springer den Punkt d4 kontrolliert.}
16. exd4 Be5 {[%tqu "En","Black is threatening to win back this pawn on d4
with good play. What can White do?","Find a way for White to keep the
initiative.","White's next move exploits the weakness of Black's back rank.",
"d4e5","Simple and strong!  This positional sacrifice gives White rook, bishop
and pawn for the queen.",10,"De","Schwarz droht, seinen Bauern auf d4 mit
gutem Spiel zurückzugewinnen. Was soll Weiß tun?","Finden Sie für Weiß einen
Weg, die Initiative zu bewahren.","Eine wichtige Rolle spielt die Schwäche der
schwarzen Grundreihe.","d4e5","Simple and strong!  This positional sacrifice
gives White rook, bishop and pawn for the queen.",10]} 17. dxe5 $1 {A very
healthy positional sacrifice. White is fully mobilized and gets rook, bishop
and pawn for the queen. Ein kerngesundes positionelles Opfer. Weiß ist voll
mobilisiert und erhält Turm, Läufer und Bauer für die Dame.} Rxd1 18. Rfxd1 Ne8
(18... Nxe5 $2 {fails to scheitert an} 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Rd8+ Ne8 21. Rcxc8 $18
) 19. b5 Nd8 20. Nc5 Ne6 21. Nce4 Nf4 22. Bf3 Be6 23. Nd6 Rb8 24. Ngf5 (24.
Nge4 {would have kept up the pressure. hätte den Druck aufrechterhalten.})
24... Qg5 ({Black could have eased White's pressure a bit by Schwarz hätte den
weißen Druck etwas mindern können mit} 24... Bxf5 25. Nxf5 Qe6) 25. h4 $1 {
Now White is back on track! Jetzt ist Weiß wieder obenauf!} Nh3+ {Practically
forced. Praktisch erzwungen.} 26. Kf1 Qf4 27. Ne7+ $2 {This gives Black
counterchances. Dies gibt Schwarz Gegenchancen.} ({Good was the simple Gut war
das einfache} 27. Nxe8 Bxf5 (27... Rxe8 28. Nd6) 28. Nd6 {and White keeps
control. und Weiß behält die Stellung im Griff.}) 27... Kf8 28. Nd5 Qh2 $1 ({
Also after Auch nach} 28... Qxh4 29. gxh3 Bxh3+ 30. Ke1 Nxd6 31. exd6 Re8+ {
White's exposed king would always offer Black counterchances. würde der
exponierte König von Weiß Schwarz immer Gegenchancen bieten.}) 29. gxh3 Bxh3+
$2 ({Necessary was Notwendig war} 29... Nxd6 30. exd6 Bxh3+ 31. Ke2 Qxd6 {
, and despite White's material advantage the position is not clear, sind his
pieces don't harmonize well and his king is unsafe. , und trotz des
Materialvorteils von Weiß ist die Stellung nicht klar, da seine Figuren nicht
zusammenwirken und sein König unsicher steht.}) 30. Ke2 Bg2 ({Now it's too
late for Nun ist es zu spät für} 30... Nxd6 {since this would be met by the
same move as in the game. denn es käme derselbe Zug wie in der Partie.}) {
[%tqu "En","White has a clear material plus, but his king is a bit exposed and
a queen is still a queen. How would you continue?","Don't allow Black to make
any fuss with his queen.","Trap the black lady!","d1h1","By far the strongest!
Black's queen gets trapped on h2!",10,"De","Weiß hat ein klares Materialplus,
aber sein König ist steht ein bisschen exponiert und eine Dame ist immer eine
Dame. Wie würden Sie fortsetzen?","Erlauben Sie Schwarz nicht, mit seiner Dame
irgendwelche Spirenzchen zu machen.","Fangen Sie die schwarze Lady!","d1h1",
"Mit Abstand am stärksten - die schwarze Dame wird auf h2 einfach abgeholt!",
10]} 31. Rh1 $1 Bxh1 32. Rxh1 {and the queen is caught in the net! und die
Dame zappelt im Fangnetz!} 1-0

[Event "Candidates FIDE sf3"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5
exd5 8. b4 Nbd7 9. Ng3 Re8 10. Bd3 c6 11. O-O Bd6 (11... Nb6 {Ftacnik}) 12. b5
(12. Nf5 {Ftacnik} Bc7 13. f3 Nb6 $132) (12. f3 {Ftacnik} a5 13. b5 c5 14. Nf5
Bc7 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bc2 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 Be5 $13) 12... c5 13. a4 b6 (13... c4 {
Ftacnik} 14. Bc2 Nf8 15. f3 {/\ e4}) 14. Ba3 $5 (14. Nxd5 Bxg3 $1 (14... Nxd5
15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 (15... Kh8 16. Be4 Rxe4 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. Qxd5) (15... Kf8 16.
dxc5 $36) 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Qxd5 Bxg3 18. fxg3 Rb8 19. Qxf7+ Kh8 20. Rf4 Rf8 (
20... Nf6 21. Rh4+ Nh7 22. Qg6) 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Qd5+ Kh7 23. Rh4+ Kg6 24. Qh5+
Kf6 25. e4 $18) 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. hxg3 cxd4 17. exd4 Bb7 $44) 14... Bb7 15. a5
(15. Nf5 {Ftacnik} Bf8 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rc1 g6 $13) 15... bxa5 16. Nf5 $1 (16.
Na4 Bxg3 $1 17. hxg3 cxd4 18. exd4 a6 $132) 16... Bf8 17. Na4 c4 (17... cxd4 {
Ftacnik} 18. Bxf8 Nxf8 19. Nc5 Rb8 20. exd4 $36) 18. Bc2 Bxa3 (18... Bb4 $5) (
18... Qc7 {Ftacnik} 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Qc1 Kg8 21. Qa3 $36) 19. Rxa3 Qc7 20. Nc3
a6 (20... g6 {Ftacnik} 21. Ng3 a6 $15) 21. b6 $1 Nxb6 (21... Qxb6 {Ftacnik} 22.
Qa1 g6 23. Rb1 Qc7 24. Rxb7 Qxb7 25. Nd6 Qc6 26. Nxe8 Rxe8 27. Rxa5 Ra8 28. Ba4
Qd6 29. Bxd7 Qxd7 30. Rxa6 $14) 22. Rxa5 g6 $6 (22... Nbd7 $142 23. Qa1 Ng4 24.
Ng3 h5 $132) 23. Ng3 Bc6 $6 (23... Nc8 $5) 24. Qa1 Nbd7 25. Rb1 (25. Rxa6 $2 {
Ftacnik} Rxa6 26. Qxa6 Ra8 27. Nb5 Rxa6 28. Nxc7 Ra7 $19) 25... Reb8 26. Rd1 (
26. Rxa6 $2 {Ftacnik} Rxa6 27. Qxa6 Ra8 28. Nb5 Rxa6 29. Nxc7 Ra7 30. Nb5 Ra2
$19) 26... Qb6 $1 27. Rb1 Qc7 28. Rxb8+ Qxb8 29. Nge2 (29. Rxa6 {Ftacnik} Rxa6
30. Qxa6 Qb2 31. Qxc6 Qxc3 32. Qa8+ Kg7 33. Qa2 Qe1+ 34. Nf1 Ng4 35. Ba4 Nb6
36. Bb5 Nxh2 37. Kxh2 Qxf1 38. Qa6 Qxf2 39. Qxb6 Qxe3 $5 $13 (39... Qh4+ 40.
Kg1 Qe1+ $10)) 29... Bb7 30. Qa3 Qf8 $6 31. Qxf8+ Kxf8 32. Nf4 Ke7 33. f3 $1
$16 (33. Nfxd5+ {Ftacnik} Nxd5 34. Nxd5+ Bxd5 35. Rxd5 a5 $15) 33... Nb6 $6 (
33... Kd6 {Ftacnik} 34. e4 dxe4 35. fxe4 Kc7 36. e5 $44) 34. Kf2 (34. e4 {
Ftacnik} Rd8 35. e5 Ne8 {/\ Nc7}) 34... g5 35. Nfe2 h6 36. h3 $1 (36. Ng3 {
Ftacnik} Bc8 37. e4 dxe4 38. fxe4 Ng4+ 39. Kg1 Ne3 $15) 36... Bc8 37. e4 $1 Be6
38. Ke3 $18 Kd7 (38... Kd8 {Ftacnik}) 39. Ba4+ $2 (39. Nc1 $1 {/\Nc1-a2-b4,+-})
39... Kc7 (39... Nxa4 {Ftacnik} 40. Nxa4 Kc6 41. Nec3 $36) 40. Rc5+ $6 Kd8 $1
41. Bc6 Rc8 $1 42. Bb7 (42. exd5 Bxd5 (42... Bd7 43. Ng3 $14) 43. Nxd5 Nbxd5+
44. Rxd5+ Nxd5+ 45. Bxd5 a5 $1 $132 (45... a5 {Ftacnik} 46. Kd2 a4 47. Nc3 a3
48. Bxf7 $14)) 42... Rxc5 (42... Rb8 {Ftacnik} 43. Bxa6 $14) 43. dxc5 Kc7 $1 (
43... Nbd7 {Ftacnik} 44. Kd4 dxe4 45. fxe4 a5 46. Ba6 $14) 44. Bxa6 (44. cxb6+
{Ftacnik} Kxb7) 44... dxe4 $1 $8 (44... Nbd7 {Ftacnik} 45. exd5 Nxd5+ 46. Nxd5+
Bxd5 47. Kd4 Be6 48. Bxc4 Kc6 49. Bxe6 fxe6 50. Nc3 Nxc5 51. Ke5 $14) 45. Nxe4
(45. cxb6+ Kxb6 46. Bb5 exf3 47. Kxf3 (47. gxf3 Kc5 48. Ng1 h5 $10) 47... Kc5
$44 (47... g4+ {Ftacnik} 48. hxg4 Kc5 $10)) (45. fxe4 Nbd7 46. Kd4 Nb8 47. Bb5
Nc6+ 48. Bxc6 Kxc6 49. Na4 $14) 45... Nbd5+ 46. Kd4 Nxe4 47. fxe4 (47. Kxe4 {
Ftacnik} c3 48. Bd3 Nb4 49. Nxc3 Kc6 $10) 47... Nb4 $1 48. Bxc4 Nc2+ 49. Kc3
Bxc4 50. Kxc4 Ne3+ 51. Kb5 Nxg2 52. Nc3 Nf4 53. Nd5+ Kc8 (53... Nxd5 {Ftacnik}
54. exd5 h5 55. d6+ Kd7 56. Kb6 g4 57. c6+ Kxd6 58. c7 $18) 54. c6 h5 $10 55.
Kb6 Ne6 (55... Nxd5+ $2 {Ftacnik} 56. exd5 g4 57. d6 gxh3 58. d7+ Kd8 59. c7+
Kxd7 60. Kb7 $18) 56. Ne7+ Kd8 57. Nf5 f6 58. Kb7 (58. Ne3 {Ftacnik} Kc8 59.
Nd5 g4 60. hxg4 hxg4 61. Ne7+ Kd8 62. Nf5 Kc8 $10) 58... Nc5+ 59. Kb8 Na6+ 60.
Kb7 Nc5+ 61. Kb8 Na6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2009.07.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Shabalov,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 c6 8. Bd3 {
It is for a reason the mainline is} (8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3) 8... Nbd7 $6 {
It is hard to question the decision by a Slav player to get into an Exchange
Slav type of position with the bishop on c8 instead of a standard Meran
position with white knight on f4. Safety must have been Alexey's priority in
this game.} (8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Qc2 e5 11. Nfe2 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13.
Be2 Bc5 14. b4 Bb6 15. Nf5 g6 16. Ng3 h5 $15 {1/2 (45) Kortschnoj,V (2623)
-Khalifman,A (2624)/Sochi 2007/CBM}) 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qf3 a6 11. g4 e5 $5 {
Good practical decision. It does not equalize completely, but certainly
changes everything on the board.} 12. Nfxd5 exd4 13. exd4 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 $6 {
Safe move, which allows Black to liquidate into a slightly worse endgame. More
challenging was} (14. Nxd5 Nf6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Be3 g6 17. Qf4 $14 {keeping
an extra pawn.}) 14... Nb6 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Be2 Bf6 17. Be3 Bxd4 18. Rd1 Bxc3+
19. bxc3 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 Nd5 21. Bd4 Bd7 22. Kd2 Bc6 23. Re1 Re8 24. Bc4 Rxe1
25. Kxe1 {# On paper, this endgame is better for White, but this is not a
problem for the disciplined defender Alexey has become.} f6 26. f3 Kf7 27. h4
g6 28. Kf2 f5 29. Kg3 Ke6 30. Bb3 b5 31. c4 bxc4 32. Bxc4 Bb5 33. Bb3 {It is
impossible to even create winning chances here without another weakness in
Black's camp.} (33. gxf5+ {was one of the options. With the pawn on g4,
playing h5 was another.}) 33... fxg4 34. Kxg4 Be2 35. Bc2 Ne7 36. Be4 Nf5 37.
Bc5 Kf6 38. Bf2 Nd6 39. Bd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gothenburg"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Shulman,Y"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. c5 Be7 8. b4 b6
9. Nf4 a5 (9... bxc5 10. bxc5 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. O-O Nb8 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. Qa4
Qd7 15. Nd3 a5 16. f3 Rfd8 17. Rfb1 $14 {Saidy,A-Fischer,R/USA-ch 1960}) (9...
c6 10. Be2 (10. Nd3 Nbd7 11. f4 a5 12. Bd2 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nb2 axb4 15.
axb4 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 b5 17. Nd1 f5 18. Nc3 g5 $36 {Lombardy,W-Larsen,B/Reykjavik
25/661 1978}) 10... Nbd7 11. Nd3 a5 12. Bb2 Ba6 13. O-O Qc7 14. f3 bxc5 15.
bxc5 Rfb8 16. Rb1 Bc4 17. e4 Qa7 18. e5 Ne8 19. f4 $14 {Gomez Estaban,
JM-Pogorelov,R/Sevilla open 1994}) 10. Bb2 (10. Rb1 axb4 11. axb4 bxc5 12. bxc5
Ba6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Qd3 Ra8 15. Qb5 Qd7 16. Qxd7 Nbxd7 17. Bd2 c6 18. Nd3
Rfc8 19. Ke2 Kf8 20. Ra1 Ke8 21. f3 $14 {Dzindzichashvili,R-Krogius,N/URS-ch39
Leningrad 1971}) 10... c6 (10... bxc5 11. bxc5 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 13. O-O Nc6
14. Rb1 Qd7 15. Nd3 Raa8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Ne8 18. e4 c6 19. Na4 Rb8 20.
Bc3 $14 {Taimanov,M-Krogius,N/URS-ch34 Tbilisi 1966}) 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O Ba6
13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Nd3 Qa8 15. Qe2 (15. Na4 axb4 16. axb4 b5 17. Nc3 Rxa1 18.
Qxa1 Qb7 19. f3 Ne8 20. e4 Nc7 21. Qe1 Bf6 22. e5 Be7 23. f4 $14 {Skalkotas,
N-Foisor,O/Greece 1985}) 15... Ne8 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nef6 18. Nc3 (18. Ne5
$6 Nxe5 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. dxe5 Be7 21. Rac1 (21. cxb6 Rxb6 22. Bc3 a4 23. Bd4
Rb5 $15) 21... axb4 22. axb4) 18... Ra7 (18... Rb8 19. d5 $1 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5
21. c6 Nf6 (21... Qxc6 22. Ne5 $18) 22. b5 Ra7 23. Be5 $36) 19. Ne5 Qb7 (19...
Nxe5 20. dxe5 (20. cxb6 Nf3+ $1 21. Qxf3 Ra6) 20... Nd7 21. cxb6 Nxb6 22. Ne4 {
/\Nf6} Nd5 23. Bd4 Rb7 24. Bc5 $14) 20. b5 (20. Nxd7 Nxd7 21. d5 $6 cxd5 (21...
axb4 22. axb4 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 cxd5 24. Qb5 Rc8 $17) 22. c6 (22. Nb5 bxc5 (22...
Qa6 $6 23. c6 Bf6 24. bxa5 $16) 23. Nxa7 Qxa7 $44) 22... Qxc6 23. Nb5 Qa8 (
23... Raa8 $2 24. Rac1) 24. Nxa7 Qxa7 25. Rfc1 $14) 20... Nxe5 21. dxe5 Nd7 22.
bxc6 Qxc6 23. Nb5 Rb7 24. cxb6 (24. Nd6 Rbb8 $15) (24. Nd4 Qxc5 25. Rac1 Qxe5)
24... Nxb6 (24... Rxb6 25. a4 $10) 25. Rac1 Qd5 26. Rfd1 Qa2 27. Nd6 Rbb8 (
27... Bxd6 28. exd6 Na4 29. d7 Rxb2 30. Rc8 $18) 28. Ra1 Qb3 29. Rd3 Qa4 30.
Rd4 Qb3 31. Rd3 Qa4 32. Rd4 (32. Rc1 Rfd8 33. Rd4 Qb3 34. Rc3 Qa2 35. h4 $5 Nd5
36. Rc2 Bxd6 37. exd6 Rxd6 38. Rg4 f6 39. Be5 $1 Qb1+ 40. Kh2 fxe5 41. Qxe5 Rd7
42. Qxe6+ Rf7 43. Rc8+ Rxc8 44. Qxc8+ Rf8 45. Qe6+ Kh8 46. Qxd5 Qb8+ 47. Rg3
Rxf2 48. Qxa5 $14) 32... Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "United Insurance 4th"]
[Site "Dhaka"]
[Date "1999.02.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Shulman/Kapengut"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1999.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Wells} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5
exd5 ({Wells: 'The variation with 5 Ne2 seems to be one of the principal
beneficiaries of the resurgence of interest in 4e3 Nimzos. To my mind the
first question must be what white has against} 7... Nxd5 $5 {since} 8. g3 (8.
Qc2 Nd7 9. e4 Nxc3 10. Nxc3 c5 11. d5 Nb6 $1 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Be2 Bf6 {
[%cal Yf6c3] gave black a comfortable game with good diagonals for his bishops
in Giorgadze - V.Salov, President's Cup 1998. CBM 65 (Psakhis).}) (8. Nxd5 exd5
{is structurally similar to the game, but the exchange of knights certainly
does not harm black's cause.}) 8... Nxc3 $1 9. Nxc3 c5 10. d5 ({I managed to
lose to} 10. dxc5 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Bxc5 12. Bg2 Nd7 (12... Nc6 $5 {is simple and
unpretentious.}) 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Kc2 Rb8 15. Rhd1 b5 16. e4 a5 17. Bf4 Rb7 18.
Bd6 Bxd6 {1-0 Gurevich,M-Wells,P/ Andorra zt 1998 (50) CBM 68 (M.Gurevich).}
19. e5 $1 $14) 10... Bf6 $1 11. Bg2 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 exd5 13. Qxd5 Qe7 {[%csl
Rc3] Shaked - Kramnik, Tilburg 1997 CBM 61 (Winants) , and black can in my
opinion already aspire to some superiority on the light squares.}) 8. b4 {
Wells: 'Both to hold back potential breaks with c7-c5, and in some cases to
aim at the 'minority attack.' The play closely resembles the Queens Gambit
Exchange variation, with the interesting difference that white is almost
obliged to put his knight on g3 in order to further his development. '} Re8 (
8... b6 $5 {Wells is an interesting attempt to threaten ...c7-c5 and hence
encourage white's knight to a less comfortable square eg.} 9. Nf4 ({The point
is that} 9. Ng3 $5 {can be met by} c5 $1 {when black will be active before
white is fully developed. The question still remains however, what can he make
of this? After} 10. bxc5 bxc5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Be2 Nc6 (12... d4 $6 13. Na4
$14) 13. O-O Rb8 $5 {[%csl Yb2][%cal Gb8b2]} 14. Na4 $1 Bd6 15. Bb2 {white has
successfully brought out his forces and has perhaps chances for a slight edge.}
) 9... c6 10. Bd3 Bd6 $1 {after which white constantly has to reckon with the
exchange on f4} 11. O-O (11. Nfe2 Re8 12. Ng3 (12. O-O Bxh2+ $5 13. Kxh2 Ng4+
14. Kg3 h5 15. Rh1 h4+ 16. Rxh4 Nxf2 {looks promising for black.}) 12... c5 (
12... a5 $5 13. b5 c5) 13. Nb5 Bxg3 14. hxg3 a6 15. Bxh7+ $1 Nxh7 16. Qh5 axb5
17. Qxh7+ Kf8 18. Qh8+ Ke7 19. Qxg7 Rg8 20. Qh7 Nd7 21. dxc5 Nf6 {0-1
Giorgadze,G-Adams,M/Groningen 1997/CBM 63 (43) and white's three pawns are
about sufficient compensation, but not more.}) 11... Ba6 $5 {Another point of .
..b6!} (11... Bxf4 $5 12. exf4 Ba6) 12. b5 Bxb5 13. Nxb5 cxb5 14. Nh5 (14. Bxb5
a6 15. Bd3 Bxf4 16. exf4 Nc6 {should also be fine for black.}) 14... Nxh5 15.
Qxh5 g6 16. Qf3 a6 17. Bb2 {1/2-1/2 Shulman,Y-Zagrebelny,S/Dhaka 1999/CBM
70_07 (17)} (17. g3 Be7) 17... Nc6 18. e4 Rc8 {looks promising for black, who
has a great square on c4 for his knight} 19. exd5 Na5 {[%cal Ya5c4]} (19...
Nxd4 $5 20. Bxd4 (20. Qg4 $5) 20... Qh4)) (8... c6 {Wells} 9. Ng3 b5 (9... Nbd7
$6 10. Nf5 $14) (9... Re8 {-> see below, 8...Re8 9 Ng3 c6}) 10. Bd2 $5 Be6 (
10... a5 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. a4 $1 b4 $140 13. Na2 {[%csl Rb4]}) 11. a4 $1 Bxb4
12. axb5 Qe7 13. Na4 Nfd7 14. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 15. Qd2 Qd6 16. Bd3 cxb5 17. Bxb5 Nb6
18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. Qa5 Nd7 20. Bxd7 Bxd7 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Kd2 $14 {1-0
Nenashev,A-Smagin,S/Pinsk 1986 (80)}) 9. Ng3 Nbd7 (9... c6 {Wells is the main
line.} 10. Bd3 Nbd7 (10... g6 11. O-O Bd6 12. f3 Qc7 13. Nce2 h5 14. e4 $1 h4
15. Bg5 hxg3 16. Bxf6 gxh2+ 17. Kh1 Nd7 18. Bh4 Nf8 19. e5 Be7 20. Be1 Ne6 21.
f4 {[%csl Gf5]} Ng7 22. Ng3 Bf8 23. Ra2 Re6 24. f5 gxf5 25. Nxf5 Rg6 26. g4 $1
{[%cal Ya2h2,Yh2h8]} a5 27. Rxh2 Ne8 28. Qf3 Bg7 29. Qh3 Kf8 30. Bd2 {1-0
Reshevsky,S-Jimenez/Havana 1952 (30)}) (10... b5 $5 {[%csl Yc4][%cal Gb8d7,
Gd7b6,Gb6c4,Ga7a5]})) 10. Bd3 g6 11. O-O Nf8 12. b5 {Wells: 'I remember when I
was still quite young and promising once wondering quite what the 'minority
attack' was aimed at in the event that black avoided creating the obvious
target by playing c7-c6. Playing the black side of these positions, it pretty
soon becomes clear that keeping the c7 pawn at home leaves d5 rather weak, and
ties down the black pieces. This in the end is what happens here, although in
the mean time black manages to exploit the position of the knight on g3 to
create what might have been enough counterplay to hold the balance.'} Ne6 13.
a4 h5 14. h3 {'!' Wells.} (14. Qc2 $6 {Wells} h4 15. Nge2 h3 $132) 14... Bf8
15. Qc2 $1 $146 {[%cal Gc1e3][%mdl 8] My opponent repited moves from my
previous game in this line, but homework didn't lose in the vain, I found good
intensification 15.Qc2! White understood that black bishop is going to escape
exchange, so no reason to go on "a3", it could be an opponent on another
diagonal: "c1-h6", also bishop still taking control on the impotant
"e3"-square, where in above mentioned game black managed to sucrifice knight.
Perhaps "d2" is best square for the bishop after 15...Bh6} (15. Ba3 Bh6 {
[%cal Gh6e3]} 16. Qc2 h4 17. Nge2 Ng7 18. Na2 Bf5 19. Nb4 Bxd3 20. Nxd3 Nf5 21.
a5 Ne4 22. Nc3 (22. Ne5 $1 {[%csl Rf7]} Nxe3 $140 $6 23. fxe3 Bxe3+ 24. Kh2
Bxd4 25. Nxf7 $18) 22... Nxe3 23. fxe3 Bxe3+ 24. Kh2 Bxd4 25. Nxe4 Bxa1 {
Shulman,Y-Moldobaev,E/33rd Chess Olympiad 1998} 26. Nc3 $44) 15... Ng7 {
After long thinking Jan refused from the 15...Bh6, so what was a reason to
play 14...Bf8?} (15... Bh6 16. a5 h4 (16... Ng7 17. Bxg6 {[%csl Rh6]} fxg6 (
17... h4 18. Nf5) 18. Qxg6 Re6 19. Nf5 $18) 17. Nge2 Ng7 18. Na2 $5 Bf5 19. Nb4
Bxd3 20. Nxd3 $14 {[%cal Gd3e5,Gd3c5,Gd3b4,Gd3f4]}) 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Rxa3 h4
18. Nge2 Nfh5 {'!' Wells.} (18... Bf5 19. Nf4 $14 {[%csl Rc7,Rd5]}) ({Wells:
Better than the 'natural' looking} 18... Bf5 {Black needs to attack, not to
exchange, however positionally desirable trading light-squared bishops may
superficially appear. The text move is designed to prevent Nf4, and also to
prepare to transfer the black queen to the king-side. White finds a surprising
way to attack d5, but black appears to have sufficient counterplay to draw.
Unfortunately, he tries for more, and this the position cannot stand.}) 19. Na2
{[%cal Ga2b4,Ga3e3] I like this knight-manevre. Knight is going to attack from
"b4"-square "d5"-pawn, also after a4-a5-a6, it could come to c6, and if black
would change white-square bishops on d3, it could come to e5 or c5 to support
white attacking chances on Q-side. '!?' Wells.} Qg5 {[%cal Gc8h3]} (19... Ne6
20. Rc1 $1 $36 {[%csl Rc7]} (20. Rc3 Ng5 $132)) (19... Bf5 20. Nb4 {[%csl Rc7,
Rd5]}) 20. Kh1 (20. Qxc7 Bxh3 21. Qh2 Bf5 $132) 20... Qf6 {[%mdl 64]} 21. Kg1 (
21. Nb4 {[%csl Rf1]} Rxe3 $5 22. Kg1 (22. Nxd5 $140 $2 Rxh3+ 23. gxh3 Qf3+ 24.
Kg1 Bxh3 25. Ne3 Re8 $19 {[%csl Rg2]}) 22... Rxh3 $1 (22... Rxe2 $6 23. Bxe2
Qxd4 24. Qc3 $16) 23. Rc3 (23. gxh3 $140 $2 Bxh3 $19) (23. Nxd5 Qd6 24. gxh3 (
24. Qxc7 Qxa3 25. Ne7+ Qxe7 26. Qxe7 Rxd3 $19) 24... Qxa3 25. Nxc7 Rb8 $17)
23... Qg5 24. f4 Qg4 25. Nxd5 Rg3 $1 $40 {[%csl Rg2,Rh2]}) (21. Qc1 $1 {
[%cal Gc1e3,Gc1f1,Gc1a3,Gc1c7]} Bf5 (21... Ne6 22. Nb4 $16) 22. Qxc7 Re7 23.
Qh2 $16) (21. Qxc7 {Wells} Rxe3 22. fxe3 (22. Nb4 $5 Bxh3 23. Nxd5 Bxg2+ 24.
Kg1 $1 (24. Kxg2 Qf3+ 25. Kg1 Rxd3 $17) 24... Bxd5 25. fxe3 Qg5+ $13) 22...
Qxf1+ 23. Kh2 Bf5 $1 {[%csl Re2][%cal Yh5g3]}) 21... Ne6 $6 {I don't know by
whicn reason my opponent refused from the repetition, maybe Black would not
like to make a draw also, but anyway I wasn't going to go back with my king.
As mentioned above, White had a very strong Queen retreat 21...Qg5 22.Qc1
Wells: 'Too optimistic!'} (21... Qg5 $1 $11 {Wells}) 22. Nb4 {[%csl Rc7,Rd5]
Of cause, very unpleasant to retreat with Queen on "d8", but we think that it
could prolonge fighting, but it was a recognition that Black choosed wrong
plan.} Ng5 23. f4 (23. Nxd5 $140 $6 Nxh3+ 24. Kh1 Nxf2+ 25. Kg1 Nh3+ $11) (23.
Qxc7 $5 {Wells} Nxh3+ 24. Kh2 (24. gxh3 Bxh3 $17) 24... Qe6 $1 (24... Nxf2 $2
25. Kg1 $1) 25. e4 $1 $14) 23... Nxh3+ {[%mdl 1024]} 24. gxh3 Bxh3 25. Rf2 Rad8
(25... Qe7 {Wells} 26. Qc5 $1) 26. Qd2 $16 Qe6 27. Nc2 {White almost has
consolidated his position: pawn e3 under reliable control of "c2-knight, but
White just have to transfer rook from a3 to King's side and Black won't have
any compensation for sucrificed piece.} (27. Kh2 {was also winning:} Qxe3 28.
Qxe3 Rxe3 29. Nc2 Rg3 30. Nxg3 hxg3+ 31. Kxh3 gxf2 32. Kg4 $18) 27... Qg4+ $2 (
27... Ng3 $5 {was more resistable, but, in any case Black could not decide all
their problems.} 28. Nxg3 (28. Ra1 Qg4 29. Kh2 Nxe2 30. Qxe2 Qg3+ 31. Kh1 Bg4
32. Qf1 h3 33. f5 $1 {[%csl Rg6]} g5 34. Be2 $16 {[%csl Rg4]}) 28... hxg3 29.
Rf3 Qg4 30. Ne1 (30. Be2 Qh4 31. e4 Bg4 32. Rxg3 Bxe2 33. Qxe2 Rxe4 34. Qg4
Rxf4 35. Qxh4 Rxh4 36. Rac3 $14) 30... Kg7 31. f5 $1 Rh8 32. f6+ Kg8 33. Rc3
$16 {[%csl Rc7]}) 28. Kh2 Re7 {Wells: 'Too slow, but if '} (28... Ng3 29. Ng1 {
[%csl Rh3]} Ne4 30. Bxe4 Qg3+ 31. Kh1 dxe4 32. Nxh3 Qxh3+ 33. Kg1 $16 {Wells:
'and white should consolidate.'}) 29. Ra1 Qd7 30. f5 $1 $18 {[%csl Rh3]} Bxf5
31. Bxf5 gxf5 32. Rg1+ Kh7 33. e4 {'!' Wells.} Rxe4 34. Qg5 Qd6+ 35. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.10.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Simutowe, Amon"]
[Black "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Simutowe,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zambia"]
[BlackTeam "Brazil"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ZAM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3
Nbd7 9. Bg2 Nb6 $1 {Diagram # A very well researched idea. White has to be
very careful in this position. Usually, in this variation White continues by
playing f3 followed by e4 or g4 at the right moment usettling the Knight on ..
f6 and activating his pieces but this move stops everything as f3 will simply
be met by ..c5!.} 10. O-O Re8 11. h3 (11. Nf4 a5 12. a4 c6 13. Nd3 Bd6 14. b3 {
Diagram # With the idea of f3 followed by Nf2 is playable in this position.}) (
11. Kh1 {is better}) 11... Bd6 12. b3 c6 13. Qc2 {Diagram #} (13. a4 {Is also
playable with the idea of swaping the dormant Bishop on c1 with the active
bishop on d6.} a5 14. Ba3) 13... Bd7 14. a4 a5 {Black has no problems.} 15. Qa2
{Diagram #} (15. Ba3 {The immediate Ba3 was better than Qa2 according to
Vescovi}) (15. g4 {Falls to} Bxg4 16. hxg4 Nxg4 17. f3 Qh4 $1 18. fxg4 $4 (18.
Rd1 Bh2+ 19. Kh1 (19. Kf1 Qf2#) 19... Nf2#) 18... Bh2+ 19. Kh1 Bg3+ 20. Kg1
Qh2#) 15... Nc8 16. Ba3 Bc7 17. Qd2 {Diagram # This looks horrible but I
played under time pressure} Nd6 18. Rac1 Nde4 19. Qb2 Qc8 20. h4 {The only
move though it also makes Black,s position more comfortable} (20. Kh2 {
Guarantes Black a point after} h5) 20... Bh3 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Rfe1 $8 (22. Nc3
$2 Rxh4 $1 23. gxh4 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 (24. Rfe1 Bf3 25. Ne2 Qh3) 24... Qg4+ 25. Kh1
Qh3+ 26. Kg1 Bh2+ 27. Kh1 Bg3+ 28. Kg1 Qh2#) 22... Qf5 23. Qc2 Rae8 24. Nc3
R4e6 25. Qxf5 {White,s problems are finally over} Bxf5 26. Nxd5 $1 {Diagram #}
Nxd5 27. Bxd5 $14 cxd5 28. Rxc7 Rb6 29. Rc3 Be4 30. Rec1 h5 31. Kf1 Bf3 32. Ke1
{The weakness on b3 and the different coloured Bishops denied White a point.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 17th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2013.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 {Rubinstein's original
intention.} ({Two rounds later Van Wely as White played the second and
long-term more popular main continuation} 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8.
Bxc4 cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 {, but the tension quickly petered out into a
well-known draish endgame after} 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. d5 Bxc3 13. dxe6 Bxf3 14.
gxf3 fxe6 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. Bxe6+ Kh8 17. Qc4 Qb7 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Qd5 Qxd5 20.
Rxd5 Nc5 21. Be3 Rxf3 22. Re1 Ne6 23. Rd7 (23. a4 Rf7 24. a5 h6 25. axb6 axb6
26. Bxb6 Nf4 27. Ra5 Rb8 28. Bd4 Rb2 29. Ra7 Rxa7 30. Bxa7 Rc2 31. Bd4 Kh7 $11
{Topalov,V (2793)-Aronian,L (2813)/Stavanger/2013/}) 23... Kg8 24. Bxb6 axb6
25. Rxe6 Rxa2 26. Re8+ Rf8 27. Ree7 Rfxf2 28. Rxg7+ Kf8 29. Rxh7 Rg2+ 30. Kh1
Kg8 31. Rh3 Rge2 32. Rd1 Kf7 $11 {Van Wely,L (2693)-Adams,M (2753)/Hoogeveen/
2013/}) 5... d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 {Opts for a Carlsbad structure.} ({
The text-move is more usual than} 7... Nxd5 8. Bd2 Nd7 9. g3 b6 ({Not
necessarily ideal, Black has better results with} 9... N5f6 $5 10. Bg2 e5 $132)
10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bg2 Bb7 (11... Nf6 12. O-O Ne4 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Qc2 Rc8 15.
Rfd1 Bd6 16. Bb4 Qf6 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 c6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. b4 Rc7 21. a4
Bc8 22. a5 Ba6 23. Ra1 Bb5 24. Rdc1 Re8 25. axb6 axb6 26. Bf1 $14 {Ponomariov,
R (2734)-Kramnik,V (2807)/Wijk aan Zee/2003/ - see the notes to this game by
Ftacnik in CBM 93.}) 12. Bb4 Nf6 13. O-O Re8 14. Rc1 c6 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Re1
Qd6 17. Nf4 Bc8 $6 18. Qa4 Rc7 19. f3 Be6 20. e4 dxe4 $6 21. fxe4 Qd7 22. d5 $1
$16 {/+-,Carlsen,M (2864)-Anand,V (2786)/Moscow/2013/ - see the notes by
Krasenkow in CBM 155.}) 8. Nf4 a5 {Black limits his opponent's queenside
options, but in this line White only rarely employs the minority attack (as in
Tomashevsky-Karjakin) and more often than not tries to play in the centre (as
So did later on), or on the kingside (see Meza-Lafuente below). Therefore the
text-move is only one of many plausible options:} (8... Re8 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. O-O
Bxf4 11. exf4 Nc6 12. Ne2 Ne4 13. Be3 Bf5 14. Rc1 Qd7 15. Bb5 Nd6 16. Qa4 Nxb5
17. Qxb5 Rab8 18. Ng3 a6 19. Qa4 Rbc8 20. Nxf5 Qxf5 21. Rc5 Red8 22. Rfc1 h5
23. h3 Rd7 24. Rxc6 $5 bxc6 25. Rxc6 Ra8 26. b4 $44 {/=,Sasikiran,K (2660)
-Karjakin,S (2772)/WCup Tromso/2013/}) (8... c6 9. Bd3 Na6 (9... Re8 10. O-O
Bd6 ({or} 10... Nbd7 {is the more usual set-up.})) 10. b4 Nc7 11. Bd2 a6 12.
O-O Nb5 13. a4 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Bd6 15. b5 Ne4 16. Be1 axb5 17. axb5 Rxa1 18. Qxa1
Re8 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. f3 Bxf4 21. exf4 Nd6 22. g4 f5 23. h3 Nc4 24. Qc1 Be6 25.
Bf2 Qd7 26. Re1 g6 $11 {Tomashevsky,E (2709)-Karjakin,S (2782)/Kiev rpd/2013/})
(8... b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Bf3 c6 11. O-O Bd6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4
Nd7 15. g3 Nf6 16. Bg2 Qd7 17. Nh5 Nxh5 18. Qxh5 c5 19. dxc5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Bxc5
21. Rd1 Qc6+ 22. Qf3 Qxf3+ 23. Kxf3 Rfd8 $11 {Svetushkin,D (2570)-Movsesian,S 
(2711)/Bundesliga/2009/}) 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O Na6 11. f3 Nc7 12. Bd2 $146 {
[%mdl 8] This simple developing move is in fact a novelty. White sensibly
coordinates his forces, preparing (or awaiting) further action.} (12. g4 Ne6
13. Nfe2 h5 14. h3 Bd6 15. Qe1 g6 16. Kg2 c5 17. Qf2 Bd7 18. a4 Bc6 19. Bd2 Qd7
$13 20. f4 $2 hxg4 21. f5 gxh3+ 22. Kh1 Ng7 23. Qh4 Be7 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Qh6
Qg4 $17 {Meza,H (2318)-Lafuente,P (2524)/La Plata/2009/}) (12. Kh1 Ne6 13. Nce2
c5 14. b3 b6 15. Bb2 Nxf4 16. Nxf4 Bb7 17. a4 Bd6 18. Bb5 Qe7 19. Re1 Rfd8 20.
Qd3 Ne8 21. Qc3 Qg5 22. Rac1 Qh6 23. Qd2 Nc7 24. Bf1 Ne6 $15 {Prusikin,M (2571)
-Naiditsch,A (2663)/GER-ch Bad Koenigshofen/2007/}) ({Until now White tried
mainly} 12. Bc2 c5 (12... Ne6 $5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15. fxe4 Bg4 16. Qd3
Bh5 17. Kh1 Bg6 18. Be3 b5 19. Qe2 b4 20. e5 bxc3 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. bxc3 Re8
$11 {Yang,D (2498)-Shen,V (2425)/Saint Louis/2012/}) 13. Na4 $5 (13. Qe2 b5 (
13... Ne6 $13) (13... b6 $5) 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Rd1 Ba6 16. Qf2 Bb7 17. Bd2 Re8
18. Nce2 Ne6 19. Nd3 (19. b4 $5 axb4 20. axb4 Bd6 21. Bd3 $14) 19... Bb6 20.
Nd4 Rc8 21. Bc3 Ba6 22. Kh1 Rc4 23. Bb3 Rc7 24. Rac1 b4 $5 25. Nxe6 Rxe6 $132 {
Koneru,H (2614)-Hou,Y (2575)/Rostov on Don/2011/}) 13... Na6 $5 (13... cxd4 14.
exd4 Rb8 (14... Nb5 $2 15. Qd3 Na7 16. Nc3 g6 17. Bb3 Bf5 {Kuzmin,G-Kortschnoj,
V/Sochi/1970/} 18. Qd2 $16 {[%csl Rd5]}) (14... Ne6 $142 $11 {/+/=.Kortschnoj})
15. Be3 Re8 16. Re1 Bd6 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. Nc5 Bb5 19. Bf2 b6 20. Ncd3 Rxe1+ 21.
Rxe1 Nce8 22. Ne5 Rc8 23. Bf5 Rc7 24. g4 $36 {Swapnil,S (2475)-Parligras,M 
(2602)/Dubai/2013/}) 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nc3 Be6 16. Nb5 Bd7 (16... Qb6 17. Nd4
Nfd7 18. Rb1 Rfc8 {Zakhartsov,V (2560)-Karavade,E (2398)/Pardubice/2013/} 19.
b4 $1 axb4 20. axb4 Na6 21. Ndxe6 fxe6 22. Nxd5 $1 $16) 17. Nd4 Ne6 18. Nfe2
Qc7 19. Nf5 Bc5 20. Bd2 Nf4 21. Ned4 Ng6 22. Rc1 Qb6 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Bxd4
25. Nxd4 Ne5 26. Bb3 Rfe8 27. Qe2 Ba4 $11 {Bernadskiy,V (2527)-Sjugirov,S 
(2635)/St Petersburg/2013/}) 12... c5 {The standard advance, which will soon
lead to the liquidation of all central pawns. While this might not be a bad
thing in itself for Black, he had other continuations, leading to more complex
play:} (12... Bd6) (12... Re8) (12... Ne6) 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Kh1 Ne6 (14... Re8
15. e4 $14) (14... Bd6 15. Rc1 (15. Qb3 $5) 15... Bd7 16. Na4 $5 $13 {/+/=} (
16. Nce2 Re8)) 15. e4 {White opens the position while his forces are still
somewhat more active. Although this is not a permanent factor, his dynamic
piece-play is quite dangerous and Black must tread carefully.} dxe4 (15... d4
16. Nce2 $14 (16. Nb5 $5)) 16. Nxe4 {[%mdl 2048]} Bd4 17. Qc2 h6 (17... Nxf4
18. Bxf4 Nd5 19. Bg5 $1 Qb6 (19... f6 20. Rad1 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Rd3c4]}) 20.
Nc3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 h6 22. Rfb1 Qc6 23. Bd2 Be6 24. c4 Nf6 $14 {/=}) 18. Rad1 (
18. Ne2 $5 Be5 19. Rad1 $14) 18... Bd7 (18... Nxf4 $142 $5 19. Bxf4 Qb6 {
A sample line is} 20. Nd6 Qxb2 21. Qa4 Bc5 22. Qc4 (22. Ne4 Bd7 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6
24. Qe4 g6 25. Bxh6 Rfc8 $132) 22... Bxd6 23. Bxd6 Be6 24. Qf4 Rfd8 25. Rd2 Nd5
26. Qe4 Nf6 $1 $11) 19. Ne2 $1 Rc8 20. Qb1 Be5 21. Bc3 {White chooses a simple
way, minimising any risk by exchanging Black's most active piece.} ({More
doubled-edged, but perhaps more promising was} 21. f4 $5 Bc7 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23.
Bc3 Qe7 24. Rf3 (24. f5 $4 Qh4) 24... Rfd8 25. Re1 $14 (25. Rg3 $14)) 21...
Bxc3 22. N2xc3 Bc6 $6 {Allowing the following sortie is dangerous.} ({Black
gets close to full equality with} 22... Nxe4 $142 23. Bxe4 (23. Nxe4 Qc7 24.
Nd6 Rcd8) 23... Nc5 24. Bh7+ (24. Bf5 Bxf5 25. Qxf5 Qg5 $11) 24... Kh8 25. Bc2
Qb6 $5 26. b4 (26. Nd5 Qb5 $11) 26... axb4 27. axb4 Ne6 $132) 23. Nd6 $1 {
[%csl Gd6]} Rc7 (23... Qxd6 $4 24. Bh7+) 24. Rfe1 $6 {This hesitant move
repays the favour.} (24. Bc4 $142 $1 Rd7 (24... Qe7 25. Qf5 $16) 25. Nxf7 Kxf7
{and the engine recommends the merciless} 26. Bxe6+ $5 (26. Rfe1 Re8 27. Qf5 g6
28. Bxe6+ Kg7 29. Qb1 $14 {is a human choice}) 26... Kxe6 27. Qg6 Rxd1 28. Rxd1
Qc8 29. b4 Be8 30. Re1+ Kd7 31. Qd3+ Kc7 32. Rd1 Kb8 (32... Nd7 33. Qe3 $1 {
[%cal Rc3b5]} Rf5 34. g4 $18) 33. Qd6+ Ka7 34. Qxf8 Qxc3 35. Qxg7 $16) 24...
Nd4 $5 (24... Nf4 $13) 25. Nc4 Qa8 {The queen will be misplaced here, Black
had other and probably better options:} ({A crazy tactical line runs} 25... Re7
$5 26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27. Nxa5 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Nxf3 29. Be4 Ng4 30. Bxf3 Nf2+ 31. Kg2
Nxd1 32. Qxd1 Qg5+ $11) (25... Rd7 26. Ne5 Re7 $132 {[%cal Yf8e8,Yd8c7]}) (
25... Nxf3 $5 26. Bh7+ Nxh7 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 $44) 26. Ne5 Rd8 (26... Re7 27. Bc4
Rxe5 28. Rxe5 Nxf3 29. Re2 (29. gxf3 $2 Bxf3+ 30. Kg1 Qa7+ 31. Kf1 Ng4 $19)
29... Qb8 30. gxf3 Bxf3+ 31. Kg1 $14) (26... Re8 $5 {/\} 27. Bc4 $2 Nxf3 28.
Nxf3 (28. gxf3 Rxe5 $1) 28... Bxf3 {[%cal Rc7c4]} 29. Bxf7+ Rxf7 $15) 27. Bc4
Be8 ({White has improved his bishop, as} 27... b5 $2 28. Nxc6 Rxc6 29. Bxb5 $14
{/+/- just drops a pawn.}) 28. Ne4 $14 Nh5 29. Qd3 $6 {[%csl Rd3] This exposes
White's queen. It's difficult to play flawless chess with so many active
pieces around!} (29. Rd2 $142 $5 $14 {[%cal Yb1d1,Ye1d1]}) 29... b5 $6 (29...
Nc6 $1 {resolves Black's problems after} 30. Qc3 (30. Nd6 Nxe5 31. Rxe5 Nf6 {
[%csl Rd6][%cal Rd8d6,Rc7c6]}) 30... Nxe5 31. Qxe5 Rxc4 32. Nd6 Rxd6 33. Rxd6
Nf6 34. Rxf6 gxf6 35. Qxe8+ Qxe8 36. Rxe8+ Kg7 $11) 30. Ba2 b4 (30... Nc6 31.
Qxb5 $16) 31. Bb1 {[%cal Gb1h7]} Bb5 $2 {This is almost certainly the decisive
error. Black could have still fought on with the strongest} (31... f5 $142 $1 {
[]} 32. Qe3 $1 Qd5 (32... fxe4 33. Rxd4 exf3 34. Ba2+ Kh8 35. Nxf3 $40) 33. Nc3
$5 bxc3 34. bxc3 Qb3 $14) 32. Qe3 Ne6 (32... Qd5 33. f4 $1 {[%cal Re5f3]} (33.
Nc3 bxc3 34. bxc3 Qc5 35. cxd4 Qc3 $14) 33... Ba4 34. Rd3 $1 (34. Rd2 $143 Bc2)
34... Bb5 (34... Bc2 35. Bxc2 Rxc2 36. Nf3 $19) 35. Rd2 Be2 36. axb4 axb4 37.
Bd3 $5 $18) 33. Nd6 $18 {[%csl Rb5,Rf7] Now the defence collapses, as Black
can't hold f7.} Ba4 (33... Be8 34. Nexf7 Bxf7 35. Nxf7 Rxd1 36. Nxh6+ $1 Kf8
37. Rxd1 $18) 34. Nexf7 Nhf4 (34... Bxd1 35. Qxe6 $18) 35. Nxd8 Qxd8 36. Rd2 {
Now and in the following moves White already has more than one way to score.} (
36. g3 Bxd1 37. Rxd1 Rc6 38. gxf4 Rxd6 39. Qxe6+ $1 $18) 36... bxa3 37. Ba2 Qf6
38. Qxa3 Bc6 39. Bxe6+ (39. Qxa5 $18) 39... Nxe6 40. Qa2 Bxf3 {The last
desperate fling.} (40... Bd7 41. Rde2 Kh7 (41... Kh8 42. Qxa5 $18 {[%cal Re2e6]
}) 42. Qb1+ Kh8 43. Ne8 $1 $18) 41. gxf3 (41. Rxe6 Bd5 42. Re8+ Kh7 43. Qb1+
$18) 41... Qxf3+ 42. Rg2 (42. Kg1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Gausdal Eikrem Memorial"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{One of many grudge matches in the course of the event. Margeir's bitter
determination allowed him to avenge a loss in the Icelandic championship to
Helgi here, and later in the event he clinched a high spot by wearing down
Stefansson, who upset him in the Reykjavik Open.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4
4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 c6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. e4 Nxf4 (
10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 e5 12. Ne2 {led to a slight white advantage in Shirov,
A-Loginov,V/Moscow (ol) 1994 (1-0, 37).}) 11. Bxf4 e5 $5 {According to my
databases this is a novelty, and probably a good one. An earlier game in this
line featured Petursson on the other side of the board:} (11... c5 12. d5 Nb6
13. O-O exd5 14. exd5 Bf6 15. Qh5 g6 16. Qf3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qxd5 18. Be4 Qe6 19.
Rae1 {and white had a nagging initiative in Lautier,J-Petursson,M/Moscow
GMA-op (02) 1989 (1/2-1/2, 48).}) 12. dxe5 (12. Bxe5 $2 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qd4 {
favors black.}) 12... Qc7 13. Bg3 Nxe5 14. Be2 {It seems that black has
already equalized comfortably to me, and the players seemed to agree. But
black must take care that white's eventual expansion with f4 does not cause
some chaos in his ranks. However, since this proves to be surprisingly hard to
solve, white's position may be better than it looks.} Bc5 (14... f5 $5 15. Nd5
$5 Qd6 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. O-O {and white's bishop
pair should grant him a slight advantage.}) (14... Be6 $5 {is the most
determined attempt to put black's pieces where he wants them. Does the white
center roll him away?} 15. O-O (15. f4 $6 {is the attempt at refutation, but
it looks too risky:} Rad8 16. Qc2 Nc4 17. f5 Ne3 (17... Bh4 $5) 18. Qc1 (18.
Bxc7 Nxc2+ 19. Kf2 {can only favor black.}) 18... Qb6 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Bf3 Bg5
{and white's position is in ruins.}) 15... Rad8 16. Qc2 {leads to a
double-edged position.}) 15. O-O Qe7 16. Na4 $1 {This seems an odd place for
the knight but perhaps white feared black's activity after the more natural} (
16. Qc2 f5 {. The strength of Petursson's sidestep to a4 becomes more evident
as the game progresses, when one of black's greatest regrets is that he has
had to use his f-rook on d8.}) 16... Rd8 17. Qc2 Bd4 18. Rad1 b6 19. Nc3 Bb7
20. Kh1 c5 21. f4 Ng6 22. e5 Nh4 23. Bxh4 Qxh4 24. Bc4 $1 {A very annoying
position for black. He has played terribly logically and sensibly, developing
in the most active way. He has maintained a small initiative but white's only
trump, the possibility of e5-e6, seems destined to swing the balance gently in
his favor. Inferior were:} (24. Nb5 $6 Be3) (24. Bf3 $6 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 Bxc3 26.
bxc3 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Rd8 {with initiative to black.}) 24... Bxc3 {A sad
concession, surrendering the pride of his position for small structural gains.}
(24... a6 25. Qb3 Qh3 26. Bxf7+ Kf8 27. Rd2 $1 Bxc3 28. Be6 $1) (24... Qg4 25.
Nb5 {and the incursion to d6 is rather inconvenient for black. Note that if
the other rook were on d8, black could reply ...Bf2! here.}) 25. bxc3 Rxd1 26.
Qxd1 Rd8 27. Qe2 h5 (27... Bd5 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. e6 Qe7 30. f5 {is very
pleasant for white, but probably black's best method of defence now.}) 28. e6
Qg4 29. e7 $1 (29. exf7+ Kf8 30. Qxg4 hxg4 31. Re1 Bc6 {with counterplay
coming thanks to ...Rd2 and ...Bd5.} (31... Bd5 $4 32. Re8+)) 29... Re8 30.
Qxg4 hxg4 31. Re1 Bc6 32. f5 b5 33. Bb3 a5 (33... c4 34. Bd1) 34. Kg1 $1 {
Black is helpless against the march of the white king.} b4 35. cxb4 cxb4 36.
axb4 axb4 37. Kf2 Bd7 38. Kg3 Bc6 39. Kxg4 Ra8 40. Rd1 1-0

[Event "IND-ch 57th"]
[Site "Majitar"]
[Date "2019.12.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mohammad, Nubairshah Shaikh"]
[Black "Vaibhav, Suri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "Vaibhav,Suri"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.12.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,33,25,19,32,6,6,6,28,28,34,5,39,26,36,2,18,10,-15,-18,-12,-31,-38,-67,
-53,-53,-61,-43,-40,-33,-33,-39,14,-1,-10,-22]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4
4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. d5 {White's idea is to gain space in the
center and try to hamper Black's normal development at the same time. However,
it does have its own drawback related to dark squares.} (7. Ng3 {is the main
line} d5 8. Be2 b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Bb7 11. b4 {leads to a typical pawn
structure arising from different variations of Queens Gambit} Nbd7 12. Qb3 c6
13. Bf3 a5 $5 14. b5 c5 15. Nxd5 a4 16. Qa2 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 cxd4
$132 {½-½ (53) Shankland,S (2671)-Ding,L (2778) Liaocheng 2018}) 7... a5 (
7... d6 8. g3 exd5 9. cxd5 c5 10. Bg2 (10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Bg2 d5 12. O-O Nbd7
$132) 10... Nbd7 {leads to some sort of a Benoni type pawn structure.}) 8. g3
Na6 9. Bg2 Nc5 10. b3 (10. O-O a4 {gives Black a solid bind:} 11. Qc2 d6 12.
Bd2 (12. e4 Bd7 (12... Ng4 $5) 13. h3 Nb3 14. Rb1 Nxc1 15. Nxc1 h5 $1 {Black
has a very comfortable position.}) 12... Bd7 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Nd5 c6 15. Nxf6+
Qxf6 16. Nd4 Bd7 {with equal chances.}) 10... exd5 11. cxd5 b6 $5 {Black
already has some initiative thanks to his more active pieces.} 12. O-O Ba6 13.
Ra2 (13. Bb2 Nd3 14. Qc2 Bc5 $5 $15 {preventing Rfd1} 15. Rad1 (15. Rfd1 $2
Nxf2 $19) 15... Nxb2 16. Qxb2 Qe7 {[%csl Ra3]}) 13... Nfe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15.
Rc2 (15. Bb2 $6 Qg5 $1 $36) 15... c5 (15... a4 $1 {was a stronger alternative
to provoke some weakenesses on the queenside.} 16. bxa4 (16. b4 c5 17. dxc6 (
17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. Nc3 Rxb4 $1 {The point.} 19. axb4 Bxf1 20. Qxf1 cxb4 21. Nb5
Rc8 $17 {[%csl Ga4,Gb4]}) 17... dxc6 18. Bb2 c5 $1) 16... Nc5 17. a5 bxa5 18.
Bb2 Bd3 19. Rc1 Qb8 $15) 16. a4 $2 {Gives Black very clear play on the
queenside with ...b5.} (16. dxc6 dxc6 17. Bb2 c5 18. Re1 Qe7 19. Nf4 Rad8 $15)
(16. Bb2 $1 {was more prudent to finish development and to start looking for
counterplay in the center.} b5 {[%cal Gb5b4]} (16... a4 $6 17. bxa4 $1) 17. Re1
b4 18. axb4 axb4 19. Nf4 {with equal chances and a normal middlegame position}
Qe7 (19... d6 $140 20. Ne6 $1) 20. h4 Bb5) 16... b5 17. f3 $2 {This move leads
to a further weakening of White's pawn structure.} (17. Bxe4 $1 {was the
lesser evil:} Rxe4 18. Nc3 Rb4 19. axb5 Bxb5 20. Nxb5 Rxb5 21. Rc3 Rab8 22. e4
{It seems White will lose the b3 pawn, but he does have some counterplay
resources against a5 pawn in the event of a liquidation on b3.} Qb6 23. Bf4 d6
$1 $15 (23... Rb7 24. Re1 Rxb3 25. Rxb3 Qxb3 26. Qxb3 Rxb3 27. Ra1 $11)) 17...
Nd6 18. Rf2 (18. e4 f5 $17 {Strong move which destroys White's central
formation.}) (18. Re1 b4 19. e4 f5 20. Nf4 c4 $1 $17) (18. axb5 Bxb5 {followed
by opening the position with ...c4 and ...a4.} 19. Re1 (19. Rf2 a4) 19... c4)
18... b4 $1 {Gaining more space on the queenside and preparing to open the
position with c4.} 19. Bf1 (19. e4 c4) 19... Qb6 (19... Rc8 $1 20. Nf4 (20. e4
f5) 20... c4 $19 {[%csl Rf4] The pin is immaterial as Black's next move is ...
Qb6. Black's pieces are dominating the position.} (20... Bxf1 21. Qxf1 Qb6 {
also deserved attention:} 22. Qd3 c4 23. bxc4 Nb7 24. Qd1 Nc5 25. Rb2 Qa6 $19)
21. e4 (21. bxc4 Nxc4) 21... Qb6) (19... c4 20. Nd4 c3 21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. Rce2
Qb6 {Although Black still preserves huge advantage, it feels like White has
consolidated somewhat.}) 20. Nf4 (20. e4 f5 21. Be3 Rac8 $19) 20... Rac8 (20...
Bxf1 21. Qxf1 Rac8 {[%cal Gc5c4] with idea to open the position with c4.
White's pieces are grossly miscoordinated. also deserved attention:} 22. Qd3 (
22. e4 c4 23. bxc4 b3 24. Rc3 Qb4 25. Qd3 Nxc4 26. Rxb3 Ne5 $19) 22... c4 $1
23. bxc4 Nb7 {[%cal Gb7c5]} 24. Qd1 Nc5 25. Rb2 Qa6 $19 26. e4 Qxc4 $19 {
[%cal Gb4b3]}) 21. Bc4 Nxc4 (21... Bxc4 $5 22. bxc4 g6 {[%cal Gf8g7]} 23. Qd3 (
23. e4 Bg7 $19) 23... Bg7 24. Qb3 (24. Bb2 Bxb2 25. Rxb2 Qd8 $1 {[%cal Gf7f5,
Gd8f6]}) 24... Qd8 {[%cal Gf7f5]} 25. Bb2 f5 {[%csl Gd6,Rf4] Black still keeps
a huge advantage.}) 22. bxc4 Rb8 (22... b3 $6 23. Rc3 Qb4 24. Qxb3 Qxb3 25.
Rxb3 Rb8 (25... Bxc4 26. Rb7 $1) 26. Rb5 $5 Bxb5 27. axb5 {[%csl Gb5] gives
White long-term compensation.}) 23. Nd3 b3 $1 {Black needs to be very concrete
to break White's central pawn formation.} (23... g6 24. e4 b3 (24... Bg7 25.
Bb2) 25. Rc3 Bg7 26. Qd2 $1 {White seems to have consolidated somewhat, and
Black's task becomes a little more complicated.} f5 27. e5 Rxe5 $1 28. Nxe5
Bxe5 29. Bb2 Qf6 $15) 24. Rc3 Qf6 25. Qd2 $2 (25. Bb2 {was the most tenacious}
Rxe3 26. Rxb3 Rxb3 $1 (26... Qd8 27. Rxb8 Qxb8 28. Qc2 {and White consolidates
the c4-d5 bind.}) 27. Bxf6 Rexd3 28. Rd2 (28. Qa1 Bxc4 $19 {[%cal Gc4d5,Gd5f3]}
) 28... Rxd2 (28... Rxf3 29. Rf2 Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Bxc4 31. d6 $1 $13) 29. Qxd2
gxf6 30. Qf4 $1 {White gets some chances due to Black's vulnerable king,
though Black's material advantage still takes precedence.} Rb1+ 31. Kg2 d6 32.
Qg4+ Bg7) (25. Qe1 Rb4 $1 26. Nxb4 axb4 27. Rxb3 Bxc4 28. Rb1 Bxd5 29. e4 Bc6
$19) 25... Rxe3 $19 26. Bb2 Qh6 27. f4 $6 {Accelerates the process for Black,
but its hard to suggest anything useful.} (27. Kg2 Ree8 $19) (27. Qd1 Ree8 $19)
27... Re4 28. Ne5 d6 29. Nc6 Rbe8 {now White's king is a serious problem as
well} 30. Nxa5 (30. Rc1 Bxc4 31. Nxa5 Re2 $19) 30... Re1+ 31. Kg2 Bc8 $1 {
the final blow} 32. h4 (32. f5 Qxd2 33. Rxd2 R1e2+ $19) 32... Qh5 33. Rxb3 Qg4
34. f5 Bxf5 35. Qg5 Be4+ (35... Qh3+ {was more precise:} 36. Kf3 Qh1+ 37. Rg2 (
37. Kf4 Qe4#) 37... Rf1#) 36. Rff3 Bxf3+ 37. Rxf3 R1e2+ (37... R8e2+ {A decent
win which helped me bridge the gap with the tournament leader.}) 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Van Wely,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In this tournament Ivan had a very hard time; not only did he screw up a
completely winning postion against Nakumura (on the other hand, who didn't)
but if he had won that game he would have played a different tournament.
Secondly a number of players decided to check him out in his pet line, the
e3-Nimzo, about which he just had written a book! Of course, to go hunting for
him in his pet line can be seen as pure provocation :)  The only thing I had
some doubts about, when I was preparing for Ivan was if I should buy his book
or not... Imagine I am seen while buying his book, it would reveal my true
intentions. Also I have to admit that my ego prevented me from buying it, like
hmm, do I really need this? My analysis should be better! On the other hand,
clever people (I am not one of them), buy the book in a sneaky way and get a
peek into Ivan's kitchen. Anyway this time I didn't get punished for my ego
and for having balls...} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 ({
Later in the tournament Ivan tried} 5. Bd3 {against Peter Leko, but of course,
Peter is Peter, he is not me or Ivan, I am sure he has enough stuff ready on
the e3-Nimzo to publish some updates on Ivan's book. And as expected Peter
proved himself very well prepared:} c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9.
Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Rc1 h6 12. Bh4 Nc6 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Bb1 Be7 15. Re1 Nh5
$1 16. Qc2 g6 17. Rxe6 Nf4 $1 18. Rxe7 Nxe7 19. Qd2 g5 20. Ne5 Neg6 21. Nxg6
fxg6 22. Bg3 Nxg2 23. Qc2 Qf6 24. Be5 Qf7 25. a3 Nh4 26. Ba2 Qxa2 $1 {0-1
Sokolov-Leko Wijk aan Zee 2013}) 5... d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. h3 $6 {
In my opinion a dubious setup. Ivan was surprised by my opening choice, so he
was trying to avoid my preparation. Unfortunately for him I had checked this
line pretty well, and came across a game of Mickey Adams who seems to
understand this kind of postions pretty well.} a5 {I am not sure this move is
necessary, at least Mickey Adams omitted it.} 9. g4 c6 10. Bg2 Na6 11. b3 Nc7
12. Ra2 Nfe8 $1 {The point, many players would have played ...Re8
automatically, only later realising they have no counterplay.} 13. O-O f5 14.
Ng3 Nd6 15. f3 Bh4 16. Nh5 Ne6 17. Ne2 {Strategically I already considered
myself as being winning, however now I am at a crossroads.} Qe8 (17... a4 $1 {
I had seen this possibility, however I wasn't sure I should open a second
front. From history we have learned to win a war on 2 fronts is very hard! Of
course, my knight would get access to c4, however pressure on both b7 and the
a2-g8 diagonal stopped my from playing this. On the other hand I allow White
now to annoy me a bit with a4-Ba3.}) ({The same goes for} 17... b6 {the idea
of putting a bishop on a6 looks nice, however White gets counterplay on c6 too.
}) 18. a4 g6 (18... Nc7 {looked nice, with the idea for using the free
b4-square now with Na6-Nb4.} {but} 19. Qd2 {stops ...Na6 for a while because
a5 is hanging and defends e3 and prepares Ba3 next anyway.}) 19. Ba3 {Of
course, I was not happy to get into this pin, however White's knights are
going to be pretty miserable.} Qe7 20. Nhg3 Ng5 ({After} 20... f4 {I couldn't
really evaluate what was going on after} 21. e4 (21. exf4 Nxf4 22. Nxf4 Rxf4
23. Ne2 Rf7 24. Nc1 {is probably also not so much}) 21... Bxg3 22. e5 Qh4 23.
Bxd6 Rf7 24. Nxg3 fxg3 25. f4 Ng7 {and with h5 coming up next, Black is
threatening to crush White's pawn phalanx, however as you can see, suddenly we
have a completely different type of position} (25... Nxf4 $5 26. e6 Nxe6 27.
Rxf7 Kxf7 28. Qe1 {and White is more than ok}) 26. Rf3 h5 27. e6 $1 Bxe6 28. f5
hxg4 29. Bxg3 Qg5 30. hxg4 gxf5 31. Bf4 $1 Qxg4 32. Kh1 {Once again the nature
of the position has changed, and although Black is 2 pawns up, I don't fancy
his chances.}) 21. Qc1 Bd7 22. gxf5 gxf5 (22... Bxf5 $142 $1 23. e4 $2 (23.
Nxf5 Rxf5 24. f4 Ngf7) 23... Bxh3 24. e5 Qd7 $1) 23. Nh5 Kh8 24. Nef4 Be8 25.
Kh2 $6 {I don't know why Ivan liked to put his king on h2. Later, because of
the white king being on h2 Black had some extra tactical possibilities.} (25.
Kh1) 25... Rg8 $6 (25... Bxh5 $142 26. Nxh5 Rad8) 26. e4 $1 {Now things are
getting complicated, and being short of time, I was not very happy how things
were going. Also this is a type of position in which Ivan is in his element.}
Bxh5 {Maybe not a bad move, but I don't like it, good or bad.} (26... fxe4 {
had to be played} 27. fxe4 Ngxe4 28. Bxe4 dxe4 29. d5 $1 {looks scary but after
} h6 30. Ne6 (30. dxc6 bxc6 31. Qc5 Rd8) 30... Kh7 31. Qf4 cxd5 32. Nf6+ Qxf6
33. Qxf6 Bxf6 34. Rxf6 Nf7 {everything seems to be under control.}) 27. Nxh5
Ne6 $2 (27... Ngf7 $1 {would have saved Black, unfortunately I got greedy and
wanted the same postion with a knight on e6 :)} 28. e5 Qg5 29. Qxg5 Rxg5 30.
Nf6 Ne8) (27... fxe4 28. fxe4 Ngxe4 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. d5 Rg6 (30... Qe5+ 31.
Qf4 $1 Qxh5 (31... Qxf4+ 32. Rxf4) 32. Bb2+ Rg7 33. Qf8+ Rxf8 34. Rxf8#) 31.
dxc6 bxc6 32. Qxc6 Rd8 33. Qd5 h6 $16) 28. exd5 cxd5 29. Re2 {Not bad, but not
so precise, now Black has more options.} ({During the game I got very worried
about} 29. Qe3 Rad8 (29... Ng7 30. Qxe7 Bxe7 31. Re2 Bg5 32. f4 $1) 30. Re2
Rge8 31. f4) 29... Qd7 30. Qe3 Ng7 $2 ({Probably after both} 30... Rae8 31.
Qe5+ Ng7 32. Bxd6 Rxe5 33. Bxe5 f4 34. Rc2 Qf7) ({and} 30... Rg6 {the worst is
over for Black.}) 31. Nf4 $4 {Ivan played this very quickly, hoping to be able
to execute some cheap trick. However he could have won in a more conventional
way:} (31. Qf4 $1 Nxh5 32. Qxh4 Ng7 33. Re5 $18) 31... Nf7 $1 {But now
suddenly Black is very well coordinated and White will have problems with the
h2-b8 and the c1-h6 diagonals.} (31... Rae8 $4 32. Ng6+ hxg6 33. Qh6#) 32. Qc3
$2 {The disapointment of ...Nf7 I guess, and Ivan, also now short of time, is
unable to recover from that.} (32. Nd3 $142 f4 $1 33. Qxf4 Nf5 {with a very
nasty initiative.}) 32... Rgc8 (32... Bg3+ $1 {I had seen that, but I missed
some details.} 33. Kxg3 Nh5+ 34. Kh2 Nxf4 35. Re7 (35. Ref2 Nxg2 36. Rxg2 Rxg2+
37. Kxg2 f4 {with a winning attack}) 35... Rxg2+ 36. Kh1 Qd8 37. Qe3 (37. Rxf7
Qh4) 37... Re2 $1) 33. Qd2 Bg5 34. h4 $8 Bxh4 35. Bh3 $2 {Collapsing, Ivan
wasn't able to put up the tough resistance which is normally his trademark.} (
35. Nd3 $8 Nh5) 35... Bg5 {Happy to get back there!} 36. Rg1 Qc7 (36... Rc6)
37. Rxg5 Nxg5 38. Kg2 Qc6 39. Nd3 Qh6 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.29"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[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 "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 {In terms of its popularity
this is still a beneficiary of black's toughness in the main lines of the 4...
0-0 Rubinstein.} d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 $5 {In CBM 70 I expressed the view
that it is in the more fluid structures which flow from this move that the
onus is really on white to show that he has something. The passage of time has
done nothing much to challenge this - I still like the move!} 8. Qc2 (8. g3
Nxc3 $1 9. Nxc3 c5 10. d5 (10. dxc5 $5 {is in my view probably the best move,
although it should not really cause black any difficulties. Still, Mikhail
Gurevich beat both Ligterink and myself from this dry position!} Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1
Bxc5 12. Bg2 Nd7 $6 {A bit too fancy. I should have followed my instincts and
tried to create play against white's king, rather than getting too het up
about the d5 square.} (12... Nc6 $1 13. Kc2 e5 14. b4 Bb6 15. Bb2 Be6 16. Bd5
Rac8 (16... Nd4+ $5 17. exd4 exd4 18. Bxe6 dxc3 19. Bxc3 fxe6 $11 {-M.Gurevich.
}) 17. Kb3 Nd4+ $1 18. exd4 Rxc3+ 19. Kxc3 Bxd4+ $6 (19... Bxd5 $1 $44 {
M. Gurevich}) 20. Kc4 Rc8+ 21. Kd3 Bxb2 22. Bxe6 Rd8+ 23. Ke4 Bxa1 24. Rxa1
fxe6 25. Rc1 $14 {1-0 Gurevich,M-Ligterink,G/NLD-chT 1998/CBM 67 (62)}) 13. Bd2
Be7 14. Kc2 Rb8 15. Rhd1 b5 16. e4 $1 a5 17. Bf4 Rb7 18. Bd6 Bxd6 {1-0
Gurevich,M-Wells,P/ Andorra zt 1998 (50) CBM 68 (M.Gurevich).} 19. e5 $1 $14)
10... Bf6 $1 11. Bg2 Bxc3+ $1 12. bxc3 exd5 13. Qxd5 Qe7 {[%csl Rc3] Shaked -
Kramnik, Tilburg 1997 CBM 61 (Winants) , and black can in my opinion already
aspire to some superiority on the light squares.}) 8... Nd7 9. Ng3 (9. e4 Nxc3
10. Nxc3 c5 11. d5 Nb6 $1 {looks more logical and sounder than} (11... Bf6 12.
dxe6 fxe6 13. f4 e5 $6 {[%csl Rd5]} (13... Bd4 $132 {[%csl Gd4] may be OK
though.}) 14. f5 Kh8 15. Be3 Bg5 16. Bf2 $1 b6 17. Rd1 a6 18. Bc4 Qe8 19. O-O
Bb7 20. Rd6 $1 {[%csl Ye6] a full menu of weak squares!} Be7 21. Re6 Rf6 22.
Bd5 $1 Rb8 23. Bg3 b5 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Nd5 Rxe6 26. fxe6 Nf8 27. Qf2 Ng6 (
27... Nxe6 28. Qf7) 28. Bxe5 Nxe5 29. Nxe7 Ng6 30. Nxg6+ hxg6 31. Qf7 $1 {
1-0 Conquest,S-Stefansson,H/Varadero 2000/CBM 77.}) 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Be2 Bf6 {
[%cal Yf6c3] gives black a comfortable game with good diagonals for his
bishops: Giorgadze - V.Salov, President's Cup 1998. CBM 65 (Psakhis).}) (9. g3
Nxc3 10. Nxc3 c5 $5 (10... e5 $5 {succeeds in saddling white with the
'isolani' but he also obtains the customary activity.} 11. Bg2 exd4 12. exd4
Bf6 13. Be3 Nb6 14. O-O c6 15. Rad1 Bg4 $1 16. f3 Be6 17. Ne4 Re8 18. Bf2 Bd5
$1 {[%csl Gd5] In terms of ' key square coverage' this is a better blockader
than the knight here.} 19. Rfe1 Be7 20. Rd2 Bf8 21. Rde2 Re6 22. Nc5 Rxe2 23.
Qxe2 Qc7 24. g4 $1 {Black, in spite of the positive placing of some of his
pieces, has not entirely neutralised the free piece play which constitutes
white's compensation for the isolated queen's pawn.} f6 25. Bg3 Qf7 26. h4 Rd8
27. Bh3 g6 28. Bf4 Bc4 29. Qe4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Corral Blanco,J-Topalov,V/Cala
Galdana 1999/EXT 2000 (86)}) 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 Nd7 13. Bg2 a5 $1 {an
important break in several variations here. White's b-pawn can become
vulnerable, and if black can develop his queen-side then he has promising
squares on offer} 14. Rb1 axb4 15. axb4 Qc7 16. O-O Nb6 {[%csl Gc4]} 17. Qb3
Bd7 18. b5 Rfc8 {with a fair share of the play for black in 1/2-1/2 Gurevich,
D-Kortschnoj,V/Beersheba 1987/CBM 05 (41)}) (9. Bd2 N5f6 $1 {[%cal Gc7c5] here
too, this looks like a logical reorganisation.} (9... Nxc3 10. Bxc3 $14)) 9...
Nxc3 {There is nothing much wrong with this exchange, but the symmetrical
structures which will arise if black retreats the knight in order to prod
white's centre with ...c5 seem to me to hold few dangers. White's pieces,
especially the knight on g3 are not especially well placed.} (9... N5f6 $5 10.
Be2 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b4 Be7 13. O-O b6 14. e4 (14. Qb3 Bb7 15. e4 Qc7 $6
16. Be3 Rac8 17. Rac1 Qb8 {Finding the right square!} 18. f4 Qa8 19. f5 e5 20.
Rfd1 Nb8 21. Bc4 Nc6 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 $14 {1-0 Najer,E-Belikov,V/Moscow
1996/EXT 2000 (52)}) 14... Bb7 15. Be3 Qb8 $1 {I hope that to praise the
set-up Qb8; Ra8&c8 is not just 'analysis by result'! There is no doubt that
the ...a5 break did reveal a certain looseness in white's set-up.} 16. Qb3 Rc8
17. f4 {I suppose that without the moves e4 and f4 white cannot really create
any play, but after these white can also be worse if his attack fails to bite.
In the game his position looks very loose.} a5 18. Rab1 axb4 19. axb4 Qa7 $1 {
[%csl Rc3][%cal Ga7a3,Ga3e3]} 20. Bb5 Qa3 21. Bd4 Qxb3 22. Rxb3 Rd8 23. f5 $6
Rac8 24. e5 Ng4 25. Re1 Nc5 $1 {A terrible blow!} 26. bxc5 (26. Bxc5 bxc5 27.
fxe6 cxb4 28. exf7+ Kxf7 29. Na4 Rc2 $17) 26... Rxd4 27. fxe6 Bxc5 28. exf7+
Kxf7 29. e6+ Kg6 30. Kh1 Nf2+ 31. Kg1 Nd3 32. e7 Re4+ {0-1 Najer,
E-Kasimdzhanov,R/Zagan 1997/CBM 59 ext (32)}) (9... c5 {turned comfortably
enough for black in its high-level debut after} 10. Bd3 ({but perhaps} 10. Nxd5
$5 exd5 11. Bd3 cxd4 (11... g6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. O-O (13. Be2 $5)) 12. Bxh7+
Kh8 13. Bf5 dxe3 14. Bxe3 $14) 10... N5f6 11. O-O b6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Be2 Bb7
14. b4 Ncd7 {this position should be still more comfortable for black than the
structurally similar ones arising from 9...N5f6.} 15. Bb2 a5 16. Qb3 axb4 17.
axb4 Qb8 18. Bb5 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Rd8 20. Rd1 Nf8 21. Na4 Bd5 22. Qc2 Rc8 23. Qd3
{1/2-1/2 Spassky,B-Smyslov,V/Amsterdam 1956/Candidates (23)}) 10. bxc3 c5 11.
Bd3 Nf6 (11... h6 12. O-O Nf6 13. f4 $5 Qc7 14. Qe2 Rd8 15. Bb2 Bd7 16. e4 cxd4
17. cxd4 Bc6 18. f5 (18. Kh1 $5 {black seems to lack counterplay.}) 18... Qb6
19. Kh1 Rxd4 $1 {A good, and I suspect very necessary defensive exchange
sacrifice. The loss of the b2 bishop seriously limits white's attack, and
leaves black with fair dark-square compensation.} 20. Bxd4 Qxd4 21. fxe6 fxe6
22. Bc4 (22. e5 $5) 22... Qe5 23. Nf5 Bc5 24. Nh4 Re8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Taimanov,
M-Bannik,A/Leningrad 1956/URS-ch (62)}) 12. O-O Qc7 13. c4 h6 (13... Bd7 $6 14.
d5 $36) 14. Bb2 Bd7 15. Rac1 Rfe8 16. Qe2 cxd4 17. exd4 Qf4 $1 {A quite
frequently seen motif against the hanging pawns. With the knight slightly
awkwardly placed on g3, black's queen is quite safe on f4or h4, and defends
from the front, so to speak.} 18. Bb1 Bd6 19. Rc3 Bc6 20. Re3 Kf8 $1 {A
sensible prophylaxis against ideas of Qd3 in conjunction with d5 which can
create concrete threats against the king while on g8.} 21. Qd3 Qh4 22. h3 Bf4
23. Ree1 Qg5 {Tiviakov has secured good squares for all his pieces, and it is
hard to suggest a good plan for white.} 24. Ba2 b5 $1 25. d5 $5 {Probably a
good practical decision - white prefers to give a pawn but retain good white
square influence with an excellent knight rather than conceed the mass of
squares which would fall to his opponent if the c4 pawn is exchanged or moved.}
bxc4 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Bxc4 Bxd5 (27... exd5 $6 {is 'positionally' desirable,
but taking on this shattered king-side, it is really necessary to change
queens.} 28. Ba2 $13) 28. Bxd5 Qxd5 ({Prioritising the positional over the
dynamic with} 28... Rad8 {would after} 29. Ne4 Rxd5 30. Qc3 {lead to quite
unnecessary risks.}) 29. Qxd5 exd5 30. Nf5 Re5 $6 31. g4 h5 32. Rd1 hxg4 33.
hxg4 Rd8 34. Kg2 $11 {White should have enough - black soon in turn returns
the pawn to activate his remaining pieces with a certain draw.} Ke8 35. Rd4 Re4
36. Rxe4+ dxe4 37. Re1 e3 38. Kf3 Be5 39. Rxe3 Rd2 40. Rb3 Ra2 41. Rd3 Bc7 42.
Re3+ Kd8 43. Rd3+ Ke8 44. Re3+ Kd8 45. Rd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[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 Nf6 (1... d5 2. c4 c6) 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 $5 {
Suddenly a very serious fashion for this move is developing. A tribute to the
solidity of the Queen's Indian, not to mention the main lines of the Nimzo.} d5
({Having had my change of heart regarding the move 7...Nxd5 ( see below ) I
sought another way to avoid the Carlsbad structure against Epishin, and was
fairly satisfied with the idea} 5... Re8 $5 6. a3 Bf8) 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 (
{Time to admit a mistake I fear. In recent commentaries I have been saying that
} 7... Nxd5 {is the move that white needs to sort out first. I thought it
seemed to be equalising after either of the main moves 8 Qc2 or 8 g3. I still
think that is the case, but when preparing for Epishin, I became worried by
his treatment of the position:} 8. Bd2 $5 Nd7 9. Qc2 c5 (9... N5f6 10. g3 e5
11. Rd1 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. f4 $14) 10. Rd1 N5f6 11. g3 {and I suspect black
is falling short of =.} b6 (11... b5 12. Bg2 Rb8 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nd4 Bb7 15.
Bxb7 Rxb7 16. b4 $14 {Wells}) 12. Bg2 Rb8 13. O-O Bb7 (13... Ba6 14. Qa4 Qc8
15. Nb5 $5 cxd4 (15... Bxb5 16. Qxb5 a6 17. Qa4 b5 18. Qc2 $14) 16. Nxa7 Qc4
17. Qxc4 Bxc4 18. Rfe1) 14. e4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 a6 16. Rfe1 $14 Qc7 17. Nd5 Nxd5
18. exd5 Qxc2 19. Nxc2 Bf6 20. Bf4 e5 21. Be3 a5 22. a4 Rfc8 23. Na3 Nc5 24.
Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Nb5 Rd8 26. d6 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Kf8 28. Rc1 Rdc8 (28... Rxc1 29.
Rxc1 e4 30. b3 $16 {[%csl Rb6,Yd6]}) 29. Nc7 Bd8 (29... Rxc1 $16) 30. Rxc5 bxc5
31. Rxe5 {1-0 Epishin,V-Gross,D/4th OIBM, Bad Wiessee GER 2000/[Wells] (31)})
8. b4 c6 {The standard 'Carlsbad' move. I still stand by my previous advocacy
of the interesting idea} (8... b6 $5 9. Nf4 ({The point is that} 9. Ng3 $5 {
can be met by} c5 $1 {when black will be active before white is fully
developed. The question still remains however, what can he make of this? After}
10. bxc5 bxc5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Be2 Nc6 (12... d4 $6 13. Na4 $14) 13. O-O Rb8
$5 {[%csl Yb2][%cal Gb8b2]} 14. Na4 $1 Bd6 15. Bb2 {If white is to seek an
edge in this line it is probably here.}) 9... c6 10. Bd3 Bd6 $1 {after which
white constantly has to reckon with the exchange on f4} 11. O-O (11. Nfe2 Re8
12. Ng3 (12. O-O Bxh2+ $5 13. Kxh2 Ng4+ 14. Kg3 h5 15. Rh1 h4+ 16. Rxh4 Nxf2 {
looks promising for black.}) 12... c5 (12... a5 $5 13. b5 c5) 13. Nb5 Bxg3 14.
hxg3 a6 15. Bxh7+ $1 Nxh7 16. Qh5 axb5 17. Qxh7+ Kf8 18. Qh8+ Ke7 19. Qxg7 Rg8
20. Qh7 Nd7 21. dxc5 Nf6 {0-1 Giorgadze,G-Adams,M/Groningen 1997/CBM 63 (43)
and white's three pawns are about sufficient compensation, but not more.})
11... Ba6 $5 ({or perhaps more simply} 11... Bxf4 $5 12. exf4 Ba6 {which on
the face of it seems to simply initiate a very reasonable set of exchanges.})
12. b5 Bxb5 13. Nxb5 cxb5 14. Nh5 (14. Bxb5 a6 15. Bd3 Bxf4 16. exf4 Nc6 {
should also be fine for black.}) 14... Nxh5 15. Qxh5 g6 16. Qf3 a6 17. Bb2 {
1/2-1/2 Shulman,Y-Zagrebelny,S/Dhaka 1999/CBM 70_07 (17)} (17. g3 Be7) 17...
Nc6 18. e4 Rc8 {looks promising for black, who has a great square on c4 for
his knight} 19. exd5 Na5 {[%cal Ya5c4]}) 9. Ng3 Re8 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O Nb6
12. b5 $1 {[%mdl 8] A very appealingly direct move in a familiar position.
White makes a convincing case for the claim that the moves ...c5 and a later ..
.d4 by no means solve all black's problems.} c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Na4 $1 Nxa4
15. Qxa4 d4 {Absolutely the natural move, but in the forthcoming structure
white's minor pieces definitely look the more comfortable.} (15... Ng4 16.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qc2+) (15... Qe7 16. Bb2 $14) 16. Qc2 Bb6 17. e4 $1 Ng4 18. h3
Ne5 19. f4 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Bd7 21. Bd2 a6 22. bxa6 Rxa6 23. Bb4 $14 {[%csl Yb4,
Rb6]} Ba7 (23... Qh4 $5) 24. Rac1 Rc6 25. e5 Qb6 26. Ne4 Bf5 27. Kh2 h6 (27...
Rec8 $2 28. Nf6+ $16) 28. Qf3 Bxe4 29. Qxe4 Qb5 30. Rcd1 Rc4 31. Rfe1 Qc6 32.
Rd2 Qc8 33. Rd3 Qc6 34. Rd2 Bb6 35. Rd3 Rc2 36. Re2 Qxe4 37. Rxe4 g6 38. Re1
Ba7 39. Kg3 Rec8 40. Kf3 h5 41. g4 $16 Rh2 42. Ke4 hxg4 43. hxg4 Re8 44. g5 Rc8
45. Kd5 Rh4 46. Rb1 b5 47. Rf1 Rc2 48. Rff3 Rc4 49. Be7 Rc7 50. Bf6 Rc5+ 51.
Kd6 Rc1 52. Rh3 Rh1 53. Rxh4 Rxh4 54. Rd1 Kh7 55. Rc1 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 $5 6. a3 Bf8 {As I
mentioned in the text, once the rook is brought into play, the bishop often
behaves like a homing pigeon. Are the minor pieces really optimally deployed
at the commencement of play? Food for thought!} 7. d5 d6 8. g3 exd5 9. cxd5 c5
{Following Bacrot's recipe. Black needs to reclaim some space. What of the
Benoni position if white eschews the capture on c6? Well, black can look to
his opponent's weakened light squares for play. However, I think the decision
is an interesting one, and I was surprised at the speed with which Epishin
took.} 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Bg2 d5 12. O-O Nbd7 {This is the position which I
find interesting for assessing the balance between black's (in my view rather
slight ) pawn weakness, and his chances for activity.} 13. Qc2 (13. Nd4 Bb7 14.
Re1 c5 15. Nde2 Qb6 16. Nf4 d4 17. Ncd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qd6 19. e4 Qb8 20. Bf4
Bd6 21. Qg4 Re6 22. Qh5 {1/2-1/2 Giorgadze,G-Bacrot,E/Groningen 1997/CBM 63 
(22)}) 13... Ne5 14. Rd1 Qb6 {Not a bad move, but I was trying to make} (14...
Bg4 {work. I seemed to be annoyed by the lack of tactics after} 15. h3 Nf3+ $2
({but there is surely a good positional option in} 15... Bf3 $5 $13) 16. Kh1
Bh5 17. Nf4 $16) 15. h3 (15. Na4 Qa6 16. Nd4 Bg4 17. f3 Bh5 $132) 15... g6 $1 {
[%cal Gc8f5]} 16. Nd4 $6 {Very strange. I have the feeling that my opponent
was fixated on my structural weaknesses almost as much as I was upon my
tactical counterchances. But, inviting the hanging pawns forward is a double
edged game!} (16. Na4 Qa6 17. Nd4 Ne4 {was for me the main line. Again, I
susoect my counterplay just suffices.}) 16... c5 17. Na4 Qd6 18. Nb5 (18. Nb3
Bf5 19. Qxc5 Qd7 20. Qd4 Bxh3 $132) 18... Qc6 19. Nbc3 Bxh3 $1 {and here it is.
This is not the forum for examining how I messed up the attack. Suffice to say
this should decide the game.} 20. Bxh3 Nf3+ 21. Kf1 d4 22. e4 dxc3 23. Nxc3
Nxe4 24. Qa4 Ned2+ 25. Bxd2 Nxd2+ 26. Kg1 Nf3+ $2 $138 (26... Qxa4 27. Nxa4 Nb3
{OK, still some technical problems, but...}) 27. Kg2 Nh4+ 28. Kg1 Nf3+ 29. Kg2
Qb7 30. Qb5 $1 Nh4+ 31. Kg1 Nf3+ 32. Kg2 Nh4+ 33. Kg1 Nf3+ 34. Kg2 Nh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pres, Grigorij"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 c6 8. Bd2 {
A solid but rather unambitious system.} (8. Bd3 dxc4 $5 (8... Nbd7 9. cxd5 Nxd5
) 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Qc2 e5 11. Nfe2 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Be2 Bc5 14. Nf5 g6 15.
Ng3 Bg4 16. O-O Bxe2 17. Ncxe2 Qe7 18. b3 Rad8 $11 {0-1 Shirov,A-Kramnik,V/
Dortmund 1998/CBM 66 (64)}) 8... Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 ({I seem to have a
psychological preference for capturing on e5 with the knight, and here too} 
9... Nxd5 $5 {looks interesting to me} 10. e4 N5b6 (10... Nxf4 $5 11. Bxf4 {
Leads to a position which seems to be fine for black with the extra move Bd3
for white! Perhaps} e5 $5 (11... c5 12. d5 Nb6 13. d6 {is a disadvantage of
the extra tempo!}) 12. dxe5 (12. Bxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qb6 $44) 12... Qc7 $44) 11.
e5 {Otherwise ...e5 comes. I find white's minor pieces clumsy.} (11. e5 c5 12.
Be3 cxd4 13. Bxd4 {1-0 Smyslov,V-Lukacs,P/Rome 1988/CBM 07 (41)} Nc5 $1 $132 {
[%cal Yc5b3]})) 10. Bd3 Re8 (10... Bd6 $5 11. Qf3 $6 (11. O-O Bxf4 12. exf4 Nb6
{also looks OK for black.}) 11... Re8 12. g4 Qe7 13. g5 Ne4 14. h4 b5 $132 {
0-1 Morovic Fernandez,I-Rogers,I/Cala Galdana 1994/EXT 97 (40)}) 11. O-O Nf8 (
11... Bd6 $5) 12. f3 Ng6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Qe2 (14. Qc2 $5 Be6 15. Ne2 Qd7 16.
e4 $14) 14... Bd6 $6 {Missing the moment} (14... Bf5 $5 {forces either a
desirable exchange or pressure on white's centre after} 15. e4 dxe4 (15... Bd6
16. Qf2 dxe4 17. fxe4 Ng4) 16. fxe4 Be6 $1 17. Be3 Ng4 $132) (14... c5 15. dxc5
Bxc5 16. b4 $140 Bxe3+ 17. Bxe3 d4 18. Ne4 dxe3 19. Qxe3 {also looks a better
bet for black than the move played.}) 15. Qf2 $1 Bf5 16. Be2 $1 {The point.
White can avoid the exchange, and although thus retreating makes a passive
impression, black has little to offer against white's king-side expansion.} (
16. e4 $2 dxe4 17. fxe4 Ng4 $17) 16... Rc8 (16... c5 $5) 17. g4 Be6 18. b4 $1 {
Pushing pawns in front of his king, white is keen to keep the centre closed.}
Rc7 19. h3 Bc8 20. Bd3 Bf8 21. Kg2 $36 {Black has no plan, while white has a
choice of the minority attack, or playing on the h-file with Rh1 and h4-h5.} b6
22. Rfc1 Bb7 23. Rc2 Bd6 24. Rb1 Rce7 25. a4 Re6 26. a5 Qe7 27. Na4 Nd7 28. Nc5
$1 {A not unusual idea in positions where one player has a space advantage on
both wings. Basically white uses his queenside superiority to close the play
there - and render black's b7 bishop rather useless in the meantime - in order
to concentrate on the king-side without fear of counterplay.} Bxc5 (28... bxc5
29. bxc5 Nxc5 30. dxc5 Be5 31. f4 Bb8 32. Rcb2 {is the tactical justification.}
) 29. bxc5 b5 30. Re1 (30. Rh1 $5 $40 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Yh3h5,Ge8e3,Yd2e3]
Black's problem is essentially that his entire fire power is directed against
a solidly and efficiently defended point. Black has no realistic plan to
increase that 'pseudo-pressure'.}) 30... Qd8 31. Re2 {It is difficult to
understand why white wants the rook here. To break with e4 would be most
inappropriate as implied in the last note, suddenly offering black's impotent
major pieces a role. Why not Rh1, h4-h5 etc?} Nf6 32. Rc1 Bc8 33. Qg3 Nh7 34.
h4 R6e7 35. Kf2 Nf6 {[%cal Gc1h1,Gh4h5] A let off for black. White has hardly
been making progress, but the fundamental objections to black's position
remain, as does the possibility for white to play onthe king-side.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karpov-Piket Match"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Piket} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5
exd5 8. g3 c6 9. Bg2 Na6 (9... Bf5 10. O-O Qd7 11. f3 h5 $5 12. e4 dxe4 13.
fxe4 Bg4 14. Be3 Nh7 {[%cal Gh5h4,Gh7g5]} 15. Qe1 Ng5 16. Nf4 Na6 17. Kh1 Nc7
18. Qf2 Bf6 19. Rac1 $14 {1-0 Gurevich,M-Cekro,E/Deutschland 1996/(36).}) 10.
Bd2 $6 $146 {A new move, but not a particularly promising one. For sure this
move crops up in the main line too, but to play it already here is rather
inflexible.} (10. O-O Nc7 11. b4 (11. f3 $5 {is the most direct, since it can
prepare either play in the centre with e3-e4, or a king-side expansion
starting g3-g4. The drawback is that after ...c7-c5 black can hope to show
that e3 is a weakness.} c5 (11... a5 12. Bd2 Nfe8 13. Qc2 b5 14. Rad1 Ba6 15.
Rfe1 Ne6 16. Bc1 Rc8 17. Kh1 b4 18. axb4 axb4 19. Na4 b3 20. Qb1 (20. Qxb3 $5
Rb8 21. Qc2 Bc4 22. Rd2) 20... Qa5 21. Nac3 Bb4 22. e4 Nd6 $132 {0-1
Summerscale,A-Aagaard,J/London 1997/CBM 60 (39)}) 12. dxc5 $5 (12. Bd2 b6 13.
Be1 Re8 14. Qd2 Ba6 15. Bf2 cxd4 16. exd4 Bd6 $11 {1-0 Gyimesi,Z-Epishin,V/
Parnu 1996/CBM 52 (45)}) 12... Bxc5 13. b4 Bd6 14. Qd3 Re8 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Nd4
Bd7 17. Bd2 Rac8 {and it is hard to believe that black should not have enough
play to maintain the balance given the weakness of e3. 1-0 Saidy,A-Unzicker,W/
Venice 1969/EXT 99 (41)}) (11. Nf4 a6 $1 12. Nd3 Nb5 13. Ne5 Re8 14. a4 Nd6 15.
b4 Be6 16. a5 Nde4 {with very comfortable play for black0-1 Guliev,S-Timman,J/
Pula 1997/Inf 69 (75)}) 11... Re8 (11... a5 12. bxa5 Rxa5 13. a4) 12. f3 a5 13.
Rb1 axb4 14. axb4 Be6 15. Qc2 Qd7 16. g4 {typical for this line, white has
aspirations to expand on both wings.} h5 $1 17. h3 hxg4 18. fxg4 (18. hxg4 Nh7
$132) 18... Nh7 19. Na4 Qd8 20. Nc5 Bc8 $13 {1-0 Christiansen,L-Kavalek,L/Los
Angeles (m/1) 1987 (47). White is active, but has his weaknesses too.}) 10...
Nc7 11. Qc2 (11. O-O Bf5 12. f3 h5 $5) (11. b4 $5 {Piket}) 11... g6 12. f3 (12.
h3 $5 {Piket} Bf5 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. g4) 12... Ne6 {'!' Piket.} 13. Na4 Re8 14.
O-O a5 (14... b6 $2 {Piket} 15. Qxc6 Ba6 16. Nac3 Rc8 17. Qa4) 15. Kh1 b5 $1
16. Nac3 {After this white has a passive position but the problem is that after
} (16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Nd7 {white can only defend c5 at the expense of
weakening the c4 square.} (17... Bf5 $6 18. Qc3 Nd7 (18... b4 19. axb4 axb4 20.
Qd4 (20. Qxb4 Bd3 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22. Re1 Bxe2 23. Rxe2 Nd7) 20... b3 $132) 19.
Nd4 Bf6 $13 (19... Bf6 {Piket} 20. g4 Be6 $13)) 18. Nd4 Qc7 $1 19. b4 axb4 20.
axb4 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Ne5 $132 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Ye5c4]}) 16... Ba6 17. Rfe1 c5 18.
dxc5 Bxc5 {'=/+' Piket.} 19. b4 $6 {'!?' Piket. Having got nothing out of the
opening, Karpov aims to liquidate the queenside. Without this move white looks
rather passive, but as we shall see in the next note there are definite
tactical difficulties to take into account.} axb4 20. axb4 Bxb4 21. Reb1 (21.
Rab1 {Piket} Bc5 22. Nxb5 Bxb5 23. Rxb5 d4 24. exd4 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Rxe1+ 26.
Bxe1 Ra1 $15) 21... Bc5 $6 {Natural enough to target the weak e3 pawn, but it
would have been much more testing to keep the c5 square free for the knight,
and emphasise that, after recovering his pawn white's pieces are quite
awkwardly placed.} (21... Bf8 $1 {[%cal Ge6c5]} 22. Nxb5 Bxb5 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 24.
Rxb5 Qa6 $1 {[%csl Re2][%cal Ya6e2]} 25. Nc3 $5 (25. Qd3 Rb8 (25... Nc5 $6 26.
Qb1) 26. Rb3 Qxd3 $1 (26... Qa1+ 27. Bc1 Nc5 28. Ra3 Nxd3 29. Rxa1 Rb3 (29...
Rc8 $5 {[%csl Rc1,Yc2,Re2]} 30. Kg1 Rc2 31. Kf1 Bc5 $15) 30. e4 $6 dxe4 31.
fxe4 Nxe4 {also gives serious winning chances.}) 27. Rxd3 Nc5 28. Rd4 (28. Ra3
Rb2) 28... Rb1+ 29. Ng1 Nb3 30. Rd3 Bh6 $17 {[%csl Re3,Rg1]}) (25. Qb2 $2 Nc7
$19) 25... d4 26. Qa2 $8 (26. Qa4 {Piket} Qxa4 27. Nxa4 Ra8) 26... Qxa2 27.
Nxa2 Bh6 28. f4 dxe3 29. Bxe3 Nxf4 30. Bxf4 Bxf4 31. Bf3 {and white can look
forward to a prolonged period of defence.}) 22. Nxb5 Bxb5 (22... Qd7 {Piket}
23. Nbd4 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Bxd4 25. exd4 Rac8 $11) 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 24. Rxb5 Qa7 25.
Qc3 Qa6 (25... d4 {Piket} 26. exd4 Nxd4 27. Rxc5 Nxe2 28. Qa5 Qxa5 (28... Qd7)
29. Rxa5 Rd8 30. Ra2 $14) 26. Qd3 Ba7 (26... Nc7 {Piket}) 27. Rb3 Qa4 (27...
Qxd3 $5 28. Rxd3 Rb8 {looks very safe. Black's activity compensates the bishop
pair.}) (27... Qxd3 {Piket}) 28. Rb1 Rd8 $6 29. Bc3 {[%cal Yc3f6,Yb1a1,Ya1a7]}
d4 $5 {suddenly this pawn offer is probably the best way to nip white's
potential pressure in the bud.} 30. exd4 Nd5 (30... Nxd4 31. Ra1 (31. Rb4 $2
Qc2 $1) 31... Qd7 32. Rxa7 $16) (30... Bxd4 31. Nxd4 Nxd4 32. Ra1 Qb3 33. Rb1
Qd5 $14) 31. Ra1 Qd7 32. Ba5 Re8 33. f4 $6 (33. Bd2 $14) (33. Bd2 $1 {Piket})
33... Ne3 $1 34. Bf3 (34. Qxe3 {Piket} Nxd4) 34... Nxd4 35. Bc3 Ng4 $2 {
'(+)?!' Piket. Time-trouble I suppose, to end a match in which somehow errors
did not translate into decisive results!} (35... Qf5 $8 36. Qxf5 Nexf5 $11) (
35... Qf5 $1 $11 {Piket}) 36. Kg2 $2 {'(+)?' Piket.} (36. Rxa7 $1 $16) (36.
Rxa7 {Piket} Nf2+ 37. Kg2 Qxa7 38. Qxd4 Qxd4 39. Nxd4 Nd3 $16) 36... Ne3+ 37.
Kh1 Ng4 $2 38. Kg2 $2 {Piket: 'Repetition of bad moves!'} (38. Rxa7 {Piket}
Nf2+ 39. Kg2 Qh3+ (39... Qxa7 40. Qxd4 Qxd4) 40. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 41. Kf1) 38... Ne3+
{and so the traditional result is achieved.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2000.10.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Werle, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[Annotator "Werle,J"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 b6 (7... c6
8. Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O (9. b3 b6 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. Nh5 Nxh5
14. Qxh5 f5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. f4 {1/2-1/2 Zaja,I-Lutz,C/Solin 1996/EXT 99 (16)}
) 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. Nfe2 exd4 12. exd4 Nb6 13. Bd3 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15.
f4 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Re8 17. f5 Nfd5 18. Rf3 Bg5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Rg3 Qh6 21. Qc1
Re3 22. Rxe3 Nxe3 23. Ng3 Nbd5 24. Ne4 Re8 25. Qc5 Nf4 26. Qd6 Qh4 27. Bf1 Nxf1
28. Rxf1 Ne2+ 29. Kh2 Qxe4 30. Re1 h5 {0-1 Hoefer,D-Schlosser,P/Baden-Baden
1993/TD (30)}) 8. Be2 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qc2 (10. cxd5) 10... c6 11. b4 (11.
Rd1 a5 12. cxd5 exd5 (12... Nxd5 $2 13. e4) 13. Rb1 Bd6 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 b5
16. Nd3 Nb6 17. Nc5 Bc8 $11) 11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bb3 a5
15. bxa5 (15. Rd1 Qb8 16. b5 $6 cxb5 17. Nxb5 Rc8 18. Qe2 (18. Qf5 $2 Rc5)
18... a4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Ra5 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Nd6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Rac5 $15
) 15... Rxa5 16. Rd1 Qb8 17. Bb2 Rc5 $1 18. Rd4 $1 Ba6 19. Rad1 (19. a4 $5 Nc4
20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Rxc4 Bxc4 22. Ne4 b5 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. axb5 (
25. a5 $6 Qe5 26. Rd1 Ra8 $11) 25... cxb5 $14) 19... Bc4 20. a4 (20. Bxc4 $6
Rxc4 21. Rxc4 Nxc4 $15) 20... b5 $1 $11 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Rxc4 Nxc4 23. axb5
cxb5 24. Ncd5 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Bd6 26. g3 Nxb2 $1 (26... Qb7 $6 27. Qe4 Rb8 28.
Bc3 $14) 27. Qxb2 b4 28. Qb3 (28. Rb1 Qa7 29. Qd2 Rb8 30. Nf6+ (30. Nxb4 $4 Qe7
$19) 30... gxf6 31. Qxd6 Qb6 $11) 28... Rc8 29. e4 Bf8 30. Kg2 (30. Nf6+ $4
gxf6 31. Rd7 Rc1+ 32. Kg2 Qe8 $19) 30... Qe5 31. f3 Ra8 32. Qc2 h6 {If I
wanted to , I could have drawn with:32...Rb8 33.Qb3 (33.Tb1?! Dd4) Ra3 34.Qc2=}
33. Nb6 Ra3 $1 {with the idea: b4-b3} 34. Rd8 $4 $138 Rc3 $4 $138 (34... b3 $1
35. Qf2 (35. Rxf8+ Kh7 36. Qf2 Ra2 $19) 35... Ra2 36. Rd2 Bc5 $19) 35. Qa4 Qc5
$2 (35... Ra3 36. Nc4 (36. Qc2 $2 b3 $19) (36. Qxb4 $2 Ra2+ 37. Rd2 Qa1 $1 $19)
36... Qe7 37. Qd1 Ra2+ 38. Kh1 $15) 36. Nd5 Rc2+ $2 (36... Ra3 37. Qxb4 Qxb4
38. Nxb4 $16) 37. Kh3 $18 g6 38. Qe8 Kg7 39. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1997.09.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shaked, Tal"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Winants,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. g3
(8. Qc2) 8... Nxc3 9. Nxc3 (9. bxc3 $2 Qd5 10. Rg1 c5 {Antoshin,W-Polugaevsky,
L/Moscow 1960}) 9... c5 10. d5 (10. dxc5 Bxc5 (10... Qxd1+ 11. Nxd1 Bxc5 12.
Bg2 (12. b4 Be7 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. Bg2 Bc6 15. Rg1 Bxg2 16. Rxg2 Rc8 {Partos,
C-Stean,M/Biel 1981}) 12... Be7 13. Bd2 (13. b4 a5 14. b5 {1/2-1/2 Szabo,
L-Taimanov,M/Reykjavik 1968}) 13... Nd7 14. b4 Rb8 15. Nb2 b6 16. O-O Bf6 17.
Rab1 Ba6 18. Rfc1 Rbc8 19. Nd1 Bd3 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rc1 Rc2 22. Rxc2 Bxc2 23.
Nc3 Ne5 24. Nb5 Nc4 25. Bc1 a6 26. Nd4 Bd3 27. Nb3 Kf8 28. Bf1 Bxf1 29. Kxf1
Ke7 30. Ke2 Kd6 31. e4 Kc6 32. a4 b5 33. Nd2 Nxd2 34. axb5+ Kxb5 35. Bxd2 Kc4
36. Kd1 Bc3 37. Bc1 Kb3 38. Bf4 Bxb4 39. Kc1 Bc3 40. Bd6 a5 {0-1 Bagirov,
V-Krogius,N/URS-ch27 Leningrad 1960}) 11. b4 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Be7 13. Bb2 Nc6 14.
Kc2 b6 15. Rd1 Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Nxd8 17. Bg2 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. Kb3 Nd6 20. Rc1
Rc8 21. a4 a6 22. b5 axb5 23. Nxb5 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 Ne4 25. Ba3 Kf8 26. Na7 Nd2+
27. Kc2 Nc4 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Tal,M/tr 1980}) 10... Bf6 $146 {[#]} (10...
exd5 11. Nxd5 Be6 12. Bg2 Nc6 (12... Qd7 13. O-O Rd8 14. e4 Nc6 15. Be3 {
Guliev,S-Balashov,Y/St.Petersburg op 1994/1/2-1/2 (65)}) 13. O-O Qd7 14. e4
Bxd5 15. exd5 Nd4 16. b4 {1/2-1/2 Dzindzichashvili,R-Polugaevsky,L/Reykjavik
Summit 1990}) 11. Bg2 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 exd5 13. Qxd5 (13. Bxd5 $142 Bh3 $5 (13...
Qe7) 14. Bxb7 (14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Qxh3 Qd3 $44) 14... Nd7 15. Qh5
$1 (15. Bxa8 Qxa8 16. f3 Ne5 17. Kf2 Rd8 18. Qe2 Ng4+ (18... Bg4 19. Rd1 Bxf3
20. Rxd8+ Qxd8) 19. Ke1 Ne5 20. Kf2 Ng4+ $11) 15... Rb8 (15... Qf6 16. Bd2 Rab8
17. Be4 $16) 16. Qxh3 (16. Be4 Nf6 17. Bxh7+ Nxh7 18. Qxh3 Qd3) (16. Bf3 Qf6
17. Bd2 $13) 16... Rxb7 17. O-O Qf6 $44) 13... Qe7 14. Rb1 $2 (14. O-O Nc6)
14... Nc6 (14... Rd8 15. Qh5 (15. Rxb7 Bxb7 16. Qxb7 Nd7)) 15. O-O Be6 16. Qh5
Rad8 $17 {[%csl Ra3,Yb3,Rc3,Yc4,Yd3][%cal Gd8d1] >< <<} 17. e4 Ba2 $1 {[%csl
Gc4,Gd3][%cal Yc6e5]} 18. Ra1 (18. Rb2 Bc4 19. Re1 Ne5) 18... Bc4 19. Re1 Ne5
20. Be3 g6 21. Qh4 (21. Qh6 Ng4 22. Qg5 Qxg5 23. Bxg5 f6 24. Bf4 g5 25. Bc1 Ne5
) 21... Qxh4 22. gxh4 b6 {[%csl Ga7,Gb6,Gc5,Ye3]} 23. Bh6 Rfe8 24. h3 $2 (24.
Bg5 $142 Rd3 25. Re3 (25. Bf6 Ng4 26. Bg5 f6) 25... Kg7 26. Rxd3 Nxd3 27. Be3
$17) 24... f6 25. Rad1 (25. f4 $2 Nf7 $19) 25... Bb5 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Ye5c4]}
26. Rxd8 $6 {<-> -d-} (26. Bc1 Nd3) 26... Rxd8 27. Kh2 Bc6 28. Kg3 Rd3+ 29. Re3
Rd1 $19 30. Re2 Ra1 31. Rd2 Nf7 {[%csl Ra3,Rc3,Gd6,Gd7,Gd8]} 32. Be3 Rxa3 33.
Rc2 Ne5 34. f3 Ba4 35. Rc1 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9697 39th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1996.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Efimov, Igor"]
[Black "Komarov, Dimitri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1996.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 (6... Bd6 $5 7. c5
Be7 8. b4 b6 $13) 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. g3 (9. Nc3 c6 (9... Be6 10. Bd3
(10. g3 Nd7) 10... c5) 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. O-O Nf6 (11... Re8 12. f3 Nf8 $13) 12.
f3 Be6 $13) 9... a5 $5 10. Bg2 c6 11. O-O Nd7 (11... Bf5 12. f3 Qd7 13. g4 Bg6
14. Nf4 $14) 12. Qc2 Nf6 13. Bd2 (13. f3 c5 $5 14. dxc5 Qc7) 13... Re8 14. f3
Bf8 15. Rae1 (15. e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 c5 17. Bg5 (17. d5 Nxd5) (17. dxc5 Qe7)
17... cxd4 $1 $13 (17... Be7)) 15... Qb6 16. Kh1 (16. e4 c5 $1 17. e5 $2 cxd4)
16... c5 17. Rc1 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Bd7 $11 19. Rfe1 (19. g4 h6) 19... Rac8 20. Bc3
Qa7 $6 (20... h5 $5 {with g6 and Bh6}) 21. Qd2 a4 22. Bf1 $14 Bc5 23. g4 $1 {
with the plan Bd3-Qg2-g5 and attacking on the king's side} Re7 24. Bd3 Ne8 (
24... h6 $5) (24... Qb8) 25. Qf2 h6 26. Qh4 (26. h4 {with Rg1 and g5}) 26...
Rxe3 $5 27. Rxe3 Bxd4 28. Re2 $8 Bf6 29. Qe1 Bc6 (29... d4 $2 30. Bxd4 $1 $16)
30. Bxf6 Nxf6 $44 {d4;Qd4} 31. Re7 $1 {h4-g5} Qb6 32. Qb4 $1 Qd8 33. Bf5 d4 $6
(33... Rb8 34. Rd1 d4 $1 {[%cal Gf6d5]}) 34. Bxc8 Qxc8 35. Kg1 $1 Nd5 $8 36.
Qd6 Nxe7 37. Qxe7 $14 Qb8 38. Rd1 $1 Qf4 $1 (38... Bxf3 39. Rxd4 Qa7 40. Qe3
Kh7 41. Kf2 $16) 39. Qd8+ Kh7 40. Qxd4 Qxf3 41. Qd3+ Qxd3 42. Rxd3 Kg6 43. Kf2
(43. h4 h5 44. g5 Kf5 45. Kf2 f6 46. Rg3 Kf4 $14) 43... h5 44. Kg3 (44. h3 hxg4
45. hxg4 Kg5 46. Kg3 g6 {with f5+/=}) 44... hxg4 45. Kxg4 Kf6 46. h4 Ke5 $1 47.
h5 f5+ $1 {Xh5,getting some chances through the "f" pawn will save black} 48.
Kh4 (48. Kg5 f4 {followed by f3 and the advance of the king}) 48... f4 49. Rd8
(49. Kg4 f3) 49... f3 50. Rf8 {threateing Rf7} Bd5 $1 {[%cal Gd5f7] Xf7} 51.
Kg3 Ke6 52. Rf4 Bc6 $8 53. Kf2 (53. Rg4 Kf6 54. Rg6+ Kf7 {Bd5-Bc6...}) 53...
Ke7 54. Ke3 Ke6 55. Kf2 (55. Kd4 Bd5 56. Kc5 $2 Ke5 {[%cal Gd5e4,Ge4f5,Rf8f1]})
55... Ke7 56. Kg3 Ke6 57. Kg4 Ke5 58. Kg5 (58. Rf7 Ke6) (58. Rf5+ Ke6 59. Kg5
Be4) 58... Be4 59. Kg4 (59. Rf7 Kd4 {[%cal Gd4e3,Gf3f2]}) 59... Bc6 60. Kg3 Ke6
$11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dresden ZMD op"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2015.08.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V"]
[Black "Osmanodja, Filiz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[Annotator "Zakhartsov,Vi"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2015.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nf4 c6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Re8 11. b4 (11. f3) 11... a6 12. f3 Nf8 13. Bc2 b6
14. Kh1 $6 {Hesitancy. Just in case I have decided to avoid in future checks
on g1-a7 diagonal.} ({I should push immediately:} 14. e4 dxe4 15. fxe4 c5 16.
bxc5 bxc5 17. e5 Bg4 (17... cxd4 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Ncd5 d3 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21.
Bb3 $1 Qxa1 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Qb3+ {, winning}) (17... Ng4 18. Ba4 (18. Bb3 $2
Qxd4+ 19. Qxd4 cxd4) 18... Bd7 19. Bb3 $1 {(I have missed this strong retreat
in my calculations; now Bxf7 is the threat)} Nh6 20. Nh5 {with the idea} Bg4 $2
21. Bxh6 Bxd1 22. Bxf7+ Kh8 23. Bxg7#) 18. Qd3 N6d7 19. Bb3 Be6 20. Nxe6 fxe6
21. Qg3 Kh8 22. Be3 {with White's initiative.}) 14... Ne6 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe6
Bxe6 17. fxe4 c5 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. d5 (19. Ba4 $6 cxd4 20. Bxe8 dxc3 21. Ba4
Qxd1 22. Bxd1 Nxe4 {, and Black is better}) (19. e5 Nd5 20. Qd3 g6 21. dxc5
Bxc5 22. Ne4 Be7 {with roughly equal chances}) 19... Bg4 20. Qd3 Bd6 21. Bf4
Re5 $5 {A totally unexpected exchange sacrifice a la Petrosian. Black would be
fine after the simple} (21... Qc7 {, and the couple d5-e4 is blocked.}) 22. Qg3
Qc7 23. h3 Bh5 24. Rab1 Bg6 25. Bxe5 {Otherwise White has nothing after, say,}
(25. Qf3 Ree8) 25... Bxe5 26. Qf3 Qa5 {Black has full compensation and more
easy play. But, on the other hand, she was in severe time trouble.} 27. Na4 (
27. Ne2 Qd2 28. Rfc1 c4) 27... Nh5 28. Rf2 Ng3+ 29. Kg1 Rb8 $6 {Now my play is
much easier.} ({Better was} 29... Rd8) 30. Rxb8+ Bxb8 31. Qc3 Qxc3 32. Nxc3 Be5
33. Ne2 Nxe4 34. Rf1 Kf8 {'time'} (34... Ng3 35. Nxg3 Bxc2 36. Re1 f6 37. Ne4
c4 {and 2 bishops are successfully fighting against rook and knight.}) 35. Nf4
({Objectively better was} 35. Rc1 Bd6 36. Bd3) 35... Bxf4 $2 {'time'} (35...
Bd4+ 36. Kh2 Be5 37. g3 Nxg3 38. Nxg6+ hxg6 39. Re1 Bd6 40. Kg2 Nf5 {would
keep good saving chances.}) 36. Rxf4 Nc3 37. Rc4 Nxd5 38. Bxg6 hxg6 39. Rxc5
Ne3 40. Ra5 1-0

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Orebro"]
[Date "2013.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tikkanen, Hans"]
[Black "Lindberg, Bengt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Ziegler,A"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2013.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:17:54"]
[BlackClock "0:18:36"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 (5. Nf3 {Is of course better,
but when you play tournaments the practical view is more valuable than pure
the academic.}) 5... d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf4 {Black has some
different ways to handle the position. When the knight goes to g3 it is far
away from the centre, then Black's best choice is often ...c5!} (8. b4 {
Is the classical move.}) 8... c6 9. Bd3 {Black is balancing between maximum
flexibility and reaction.} Re8 ({Is} 9... Nbd7 {somewhat more flexible?}) 10.
O-O Bd6 ({more stable is} 10... Nbd7 11. f3 Nf8 12. b4 Ng6 {with equal play.})
({Surprisingly the logical} 10... a5 {don't score well.}) 11. f3 Bxf4 12. exf4
{[#] There are many positions nowadays with double pawns for the bishop pair.
One could argue that White is risking very little here. OK, his structure is
weakened but the the pair of bishops will compensate it without to much
problems.} b6 {A very ambitious move. Black wants to trade the light coloured
bishops leaving White with the guy on c1, which might have some problems
finding good targets.} 13. b4 (13. f5 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. Qd3 Nc7 16. Bf4 $14
) 13... Ba6 14. b5 cxb5 15. f5 {[#] A new inspiering approach to the position.
White is arguing that Black can not seriously try to hold the b5-pawn, giving
White carte blanche on the King's wing.} Nc6 16. a4 (16. Nxb5) 16... Bc8 17.
axb5 Nxd4 18. g4 {So, the knight is trapped! We started out fairly classical,
but now the players are completely on their own.} Qc7 19. Bd2 Bd7 (19... Bb7 {
is better for Black according to Houdini 3. Maybe it is because the knight on
d4 is trapped and must sooner or later sacrifice it self on f3, and with a
bishop on b7 Black will have some serious business a long the diagonal.}) 20.
Kg2 Qc5 (20... h5 {in order to save the knight on d4 might have been the last
resort for not coming worse.}) 21. Qb1 h6 22. Qb2 {Ra4 and Qb4 is coming.} Nxf3
23. Rxf3 Nxg4 (23... d4 24. Ne2 Nxg4) 24. Ne2 $6 (24. Na4 $1 Qd6 25. Rg3 h5 26.
Qd4 {And thanks to White centralised pieces he is clearly better.}) 24... Ne3+
(24... Ne5 25. Rg3 f6 26. Bxh6 Kh7 $1 27. Qd2 gxh6 28. Ra4 Nc4 29. Bxc4 dxc4
30. Qxd7+ Re7 31. Qd2 Rd8 32. Qc2 {was difficult to access. How much is
Black's counterplay worth?}) 25. Bxe3 {White heads for a technical position
which looks winning or at least big practical winning chances.} (25. Kh1 $5)
25... Rxe3 26. Rc1 Qe7 27. Rxe3 Qxe3 28. Qd4 Re8 29. Qxe3 Rxe3 30. Rc7 Be8 (
30... Rxd3 31. Rxd7 Ra3 {With the idea, exchanging of one or two of the pawns
don't seems to work due to:} 32. Rd8+ $1 Kh7 33. Rxd5 g5 (33... a6 34. Rd7 Kg8
35. Ra7 $1) 34. fxg6+ fxg6 35. Rd7+ Kh8 36. Nd4) 31. Nf4 {[#] White is winning.
} g5 32. fxg6 fxg6 33. Kf2 d4 34. Bc4+ Kh8 35. Rc8 Kh7 36. Rc7+ Kh8 37. Ne6 Rc3
38. Nxd4 Bf7 39. Rxf7 Rxc4 40. Ke3 Ra4 41. Rb7 g5 42. Ke4 a6 43. Ke5 axb5 44.
Ne6 g4 45. Rb8+ Kh7 46. Kf6 g3 47. Nf8+ 1-0

