[Event "Hampstead GM 3rd"]
[Site "Hampstead"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Aagaard, Jacob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Aagaard,J"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. d6 $2 $146 Qxb2 $1
14. Rab1 Bxb1 15. Rxb1 Qa3 $4 (15... b5 $1 $17) 16. Rb3 $18 Qa5 17. Rb5 Qd8 18.
Rxb7 Nb8 19. Ne5 Nfd7 20. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 21. Ne4 h6 22. Qd5 g5 23. Bc4 Qe8 24.
Bg3 a5 25. Qxf7+ Qxf7 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. Nxc5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.19"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Vakhidov, Tahir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UZB"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4
a6 8. e5 b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. Be3 Nb6 11. a4 (11. Be2 Be6 12. Qc2 Nc4 13. O-O Nc6
14. Rfd1 Nb4 $132) 11... Be6 12. Qd1 (12. Qc2 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nc6 15.
axb5 Nb4 16. Qe2 axb5 17. O-O c6 $10) 12... b4 (12... bxa4 {N} 13. Nxa4 Nxa4
14. Qxa4 (14. Rxa4 $2 c5 $1 15. dxc5 $2 Qxd1+ 16. Kxd1 Bb3+ $19) 14... Nd7 15.
Be2 Nb6 (15... c5 16. dxc5 Nxe5 17. O-O $16) 16. Qc2 a5 17. O-O Qd7 (17... Qb8
$5 { <<c8, []d5[+]}) 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 (18... Nd5 $5 { f6}) 19. Ng5 Bd5 20. Ne4
a4 $6 (20... f6 $132) 21. Nc5 Qc6 22. Bf1 (22. f3 $5 { >>d3-e4}) 22... e6 $6 (
22... f6) 23. Qd2 Qe8 24. Bh6 $16 Nd7 (24... Qf8 25. Bxg7 Qxg7 26. Bb5 $16) 25.
Bxg7 Nxc5 (25... Kxg7 26. Bb5 c6 27. Bxa4 $16) 26. Qh6 {Beliavsky,A-Gulko,B/
Amsterdam/1989/1:0/26/} (26. Qh6 Ne4 27. f3 Nd2 28. Bf6 $18)) (12... c6 13. Bd3
$146 (13. Be2 f6 14. exf6 exf6 15. axb5 cxb5 16. O-O Nc6 17. Ne4 Nc4 18. Nc5 {
Bareev,E-Huzman,A/Lyon/94/}) 13... f6 14. O-O N8d7 15. Be4 Nd5 (15... Rc8 16.
axb5 axb5 17. d5 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Rc4 $1 19. Nxb6 Rxe4 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Qxd7 Bxd7
22. Ra7 Bg4 23. Rxe7 Bxf3 $10) 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxd5 $1 (17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18.
Nxd5 Bxd5 $1) 17... cxd5 (17... Bxd5 18. Bxd5+ cxd5 19. Qb3 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 $16)
18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. exf6 exf6 (19... dxe4 20. fxg7 Rxf3 21. gxf3 exf3 22. Bf4 $16
) 20. Bd3 Qb7 21. Bd2 $1 $14 Nb6 $2 (21... Re8 $1) (21... Bg4 {Ftacnik} 22. Qb3
Bxf3 23. gxf3 f5 24. Qxb5 Qxb5 25. Bxb5 Nb6 26. Bc3 $16) 22. Re1 (22. Bb4 Re8
23. Bxb5 Nd7 $1 $14) (22. Bxb5 {Ftacnik} Nc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Bc3 Bg4 $132)
22... Bd7 (22... Bf7 {Ftacnik} 23. Bb4 Re8 24. Bxb5 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Nc4 26. Bxc4
dxc4 27. Qe7 $16) 23. Bb4 Re8 24. h4 $1 $16 Rxe1+ (24... Qc8 25. h5 Rxe1+ 26.
Qxe1 Qe8 27. Qb1 $16) (24... Nc4 {Ftacnik} 25. Rxe8+ Bxe8 26. b3 $16) 25. Qxe1
Qc8 (25... Nc4 {Ftacnik} 26. b3 Nb2 $2 27. Bf1 $18) 26. Qe7 Be8 $8 (26... Bf8
27. Qxf6 Bxb4 28. Qxb6 Qc1+ 29. Bf1 $18) 27. h5 gxh5 28. Bc5 $1 (28. Bf5 Bd7 $8
) 28... Qd7 (28... Nc4 {Ftacnik} 29. Bf5 $1 Qc6 30. Be6+ Kh8 31. Nh4 $18) 29.
Qe2 (29. Qxd7 Nxd7 30. Bxb5 Nxc5 31. Bxe8 Nd3 $14) 29... Na8 $2 (29... Na4 $8
30. b3 Nxc5 31. dxc5 b4 32. Nd4 Bg6 33. c6 Qc8 34. Bxg6 hxg6 35. Qe6+ $18) 30.
Bf5 $18 Qc6 31. Be6+ Bf7 32. Bxf7+ Kxf7 33. Qe7+ Kg8 34. Nh4 Nb6 35. Qd8+ {
Bareev,E-Leko,P/Wijk aan Zee/1995/1:0/35/CBM_45/}) 13. Ne4 Bd5 (13... Nc6 14.
Bd3 Nc4 15. Qe2 Nxe3 16. fxe3 $14) 14. Bd3 a5 $5 $146 15. O-O Nc6 16. Rc1 $1 f5
$6 (16... b3 $2 17. Nc5 $1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nxd4 19. Be4 Bxe5 20. Bxa8 Nxa8 21.
Bxd4 $16) 17. exf6 $2 (17. Neg5 $1 h6 (17... Qd7 18. Bb5 f4 19. Bd2 h6 20. Qc2
$16) (17... f4 18. Bd2 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nxd4 20. Qh3 $16) 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. Rxc6
Bf7 (19... Qd7 20. Bb5 Nd5 21. Qc1 $16) 20. Qc1 Kh7 21. e6 Be8 22. Rxc7 Nxa4
23. Bf4 Nb6 24. h4 $16) 17... exf6 18. Re1 $14 Rf7 19. Nc5 Re7 20. Bb5 Na7 21.
Bf1 Nac8 (21... Nc6 $5) 22. Nd3 Bf7 $1 (22... g5 23. h4 h6 24. hxg5 hxg5 25.
Nc5 Nd6 26. Bd3 $14) 23. Nf4 g5 24. Ne2 Nd5 25. Ng3 Nd6 26. Bd3 Qe8 27. Bd2
Rxe1+ 28. Nxe1 h6 29. Bb1 Ra7 $5 30. Nf3 $6 (30. Ba2 $5 Nb6 31. Bxf7+ Qxf7 32.
b3 $14) (30. Bf5 Ne7) 30... Nb6 $1 31. b3 Qe6 32. Bc2 Ra8 33. Qf1 Qd5 34. Qd3
$2 (34. Bd1 $1 Qb7 35. Qd3 $14) 34... f5 $1 35. Bd1 f4 36. Ne2 Qe4 37. Qxe4
Nxe4 38. Be1 Nd5 39. Ne5 $8 Bxe5 40. dxe5 Re8 41. f3 Nec3 42. Nxc3 Nxc3 43.
Bxc3 bxc3 44. Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.08.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1996.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
Nfd7 9. Be3 Nb6 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. Be2 Nb4 (11... Bf5 12. Qd2 Nb4 13. Rc1 c5 14.
dxc5 Qxd2+ 15. Nxd2 Nd7 16. f4 Nc2+ 17. Rxc2 Bxc2 18. Nf3 Bf5 19. Nd4 Rad8 20.
g4 Be6 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Ne4 Bh6 23. g5 Bg7 24. Bc4 Kf7 25. Ke2 Rc8 26. Rc1
Rfd8 27. b4 Nb8 28. a4 Nc6 29. b5 axb5 30. axb5 Nb4 31. Bd2 Nd5 32. b6 Ra8 33.
c6 bxc6 34. b7 Ra3 35. Nc5 Rb8 36. Rb1 Rc3 37. Bxd5 Rxc5 38. Be4 Rc4 39. Kd3
Ra4 40. Bxc6 Rd8+ 41. Kc3 Ra6 42. Be4 Rb8 43. Be3 Ke8 44. Bb6 {Moskalenko,
V-Mohr,S/Cansys GM Budapest/1991/1:0/44/}) 12. Qd2 c5 $1 13. O-O (13. dxc5
Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 (14. Bxd2 Nc2+ 15. Kd1 Nxa1 16. cxb6 Bf5) 14... Rd8+) 13... cxd4
14. Bxd4 Nc6 15. Qe3 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. f4 Qc5 19. Rac1 Qb6
20. Nf5 Qxe3+ 21. Nxe3 f6 22. Nd5 (22. Bc4+ Kh8 (22... e6 $6 23. Ng4 f5 24. Nf2
Kf7 25. Rfd1 $16) 23. e6 f5 24. Rfd1 Bxb2 25. Rc2 Ba3 26. Bb3 Bd6 27. g3 $44)
22... fxe5 23. Nxe7+ Kh8 24. Nxc8 Raxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {I had an idea in the Qb3 Grunfeld that I had wanted to try. In Wijk aan
Zee, Kasparov entered the same system against Svidler, but he had another idea
in mind. Now it was my chance.} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4
6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 {Svidler repeats the Hungarian system.} 8. e5 b5 9. Qb3
Nfd7 10. h4 {Kasparov played e6, but I assumed that Svidler had improved on
that.} c5 11. e6 c4 {I had briefly acquainted myself with the theory of this
move, but had concentrated on Black's alternatives.} 12. Qd1 Nb6 13. exf7+ Rxf7
14. h5 Nc6 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Be3 {This is all theory. The main move is 16...
Bg4, but Svidler had something else in mind.} Bf5 $1 {Svidler said that he was
surprised that this natural move had hardly ever been played.} 17. Ng5 {
Obviously, the difference between Bf5 and Bg4. I thought it would be better
not to follow Lputian-Sokolov blindly, so when I saw this plan, I decided to
go for it.This is the sort of thing one shouldn't really do this without
developing all his pieces, but if you already played h4 on move 10, then it
doesn't matter.  However, this move isn't totally illogical. White wants to
play g4 and Bg2 instead of placing the bishop on e2.  Still, Black seems to be
OK after this move.} (17. Be2 Nb4 18. Rc1 {I remembered that Lputian-Sokolov
had reached this position.} e5 $1 {Later I discovered that this was played in
Kroeze-Van Haastert Wijk aan Zee 1998. (No, not Hoogovens, but Sonnevanck!). I
havent' checked everything, but it looks good for Black.}) 17... Rf6 (17...
Nxd4 {Black seems to have enough compensation here.} {For instance} 18. Nxf7
Kxf7 19. Rc1 e5 20. g4 Be6 21. Bg2 Ra7) 18. g4 Be6 $1 {The bishop goes for the
d5 square.} (18... Bd7 19. Bg2) 19. Nce4 (19. Bg2 Bd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 $15) 19...
Bd5 20. Qd2 (20. Nxf6+ exf6 21. Nf3 Qd7 {Gives Black too much ~/= for the
exchange!}) 20... Rd6 $2 {This wins the d-pawn (White can hardly save it now,
but White's attack on the h-file more than compensates.} (20... Qd7 $1 {
Svidler. The idea is that Black can now meet f3 with Rxf3.  It is difficult to
analyse a position like this. White has many options - he can play the
immediate f4 or interpolate Rd1 and Rd8 first or Bg2 and so on. The usual cop
out "unclear" seems called for!}) 21. f3 $1 {Now the rook will be sorely
missed on the f-file.} Bxe4 (21... Nxd4 $2 22. Bxd4 Bxe4 23. Qh2 $18 (23. Bxg7
Rxd2 24. Be5 $18)) 22. fxe4 Nd7 (22... Nxd4 23. Bxd4 $1 {This seems to work
and is much simpler.} (23. Qh2 {I considered this during the game. White plays
Bxc4+ and follows up with Qh7+ and castles check, but afterwards a simpler win
presented itself.} e5) 23... Rxd4 (23... Bxd4 24. Qh2 Bg7 (24... Kf8 25. e5)
25. e5 $1 Rc6 26. Be2 $18) 24. Qf2 $1 (24. Qh2 Qd6 $1 25. Bxc4+ Nxc4 26. Qh7+
Kf8) 24... Qf8 (24... Bf6 25. Rh8+ $1 $18) 25. Qh4 Qf6 26. Be2 $1 {Black seems
to have no defence against Qh7+ and Rf1.}) 23. Qh2 Nf8 {If White gets Qh7 in,
then it's usually over.} (23... Qb6 24. Bxc4+ bxc4 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. O-O+ Nf6
27. Qxg6 Kg8 28. Qf7+ Kh8 29. Rf3 Nxg4 30. Rh3+ Rh6 (30... Nh6 31. Qf5 Kg8 32.
Qh7+ Kf8 33. Rf1+ Ke8 (33... Rf6 34. Ne6+ $18) 34. Qxg7 $18) 31. Rxh6+ Nxh6 32.
Qg6 Kg8 33. Rf1 $18) 24. e5 $1 (24. d5 Ne5 {Allows Black to keep fighting.})
24... Rd7 (24... Rxd4 {Fails to...} 25. Qf2 Qa5+ 26. Ke2 $18) 25. Ne6 $1 Qa5+ (
25... Nxe6 26. Bxc4 $1 {A recurring theme.} Qa5+ (26... bxc4 27. Qh7+ Kf7 28.
O-O+ $18) 27. Bd2 Qxd2+ 28. Kxd2 Rxd4+ 29. Ke3 bxc4 30. Qh7+ Kf7 31. Raf1+ $18)
26. Bd2 Nxe5 $1 (26... Qb6 27. Nxg7 $18) 27. Be2 $1 c3 (27... Qb6 28. Nxf8 $18)
28. Bxc3 $6 (28. bxc3 $1 Nf7 {Gives White a better version of the next
variation.}) 28... b4 29. Nxg7 bxc3 $2 {Svidler thought he was lost already
and didn't find his last chance.} (29... Nf7 $1 30. Bd2 Kxg7 $16 {The open
h-file and his two bishops promise White a massive edge, but Black is still
fighting. Also, White has to watch the d4 pawn.}) 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. O-O+ {
The reason why Peter played on so long - he wanted to finish a game where
White plays 0-0+ winning. Unfortunately, it was published in the net as 31.
Rf1+ resigns and it took a while for this to be corrected. Still, for the
record, 31.0-0+ was the last move.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Be6 $6 {Timman} (10... Bb7) 11. Qc2 Qc8 (11... Qc7 12.
Ng5 $140 Bc8 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bf5) 12. Ng5 Qxc5 (12... Bd7 13. e5) 13.
Nxe6 fxe6 14. Qb3 Nd5 $6 (14... Nc6 15. Qxe6+ Kh8 16. Be3 Nd4 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18.
O-O $16) (14... Ng4 $1 {A better try} 15. Nd1 (15. Qxe6+ $2 Kh8 16. Qxg4 (16.
Bxg4 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Qxf2+ 18. Kd1 Rd8+ $19) 16... Bxc3+) (15. Bxg4 Qxf2+ 16.
Kd1 Rd8+) 15... Nxf2 16. Be3 Bd4 17. Rc1 Qb6 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Qxe6+ Kg7 (19...
Kh8 20. Rf1) 20. Rf1 $16) 15. exd5 Qxf2+ 16. Kd1 Qxg2 17. Re1 Nd7 18. Be3 Rac8
$2 (18... Rad8) (18... Kh8) 19. d6 $1 Rc6 20. dxe7 Re8 21. Rc1 Rxe7 (21... Qxh2
22. Ne4) (21... Rd6+ 22. Kc2 Rxe7 23. Kb1) 22. Rc2 Qh3 23. Qb4 Rf7 24. Qe4 Rd6+
25. Rd2 Rxd2+ 26. Bxd2 Ne5 27. Qa8+ Rf8 28. Qxa6 b4 29. Ne4 b3 30. Nc3 Rd8 (
30... bxa2 $1) 31. Qb6 Bf6 32. axb3 Ra8 33. Qb7 $1 Rd8 (33... Ra1+ 34. Kc2 Qf5+
35. Qe4) 34. Ne4 Bg7 35. Qb6 Ra8 36. Ng5 Qf5 (36... Ra1+ 37. Bc1) 37. Qxe6+
Qxe6 38. Nxe6 Nc6 39. Nxg7 Kxg7 40. Bc3+ 1-0

[Event "Jakarta Japfa"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2014.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Muhammad, Luthfi Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Be6 $5 {
This provocative move is often chosen by my young and talented opponent. There
is a direct correlation between this move and the Na6 line, in other words
Black aims to achieve ...c5 without having his knight on the rim.} 8. Qe2 $5 {
My favourite.} c5 9. d5 Bg4 10. Bg5 $5 $146 (10. h3 $5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 $13) 10...
Nbd7 (10... h6 11. Be3 Nbd7 12. Qd2 {is the point behind my innovation.}) 11.
Qd2 Bxf3 (11... a6 $2 12. Nh4) 12. gxf3 Ne8 13. Bh6 (13. h4 $5) 13... Bxh6 14.
Qxh6 $16 {White has all the attacking prospects in his setup!} Qb6 (14... Nd6
15. h4 f6 16. O-O-O $40) 15. O-O-O c4 16. h4 Nef6 17. h5 (17. d6 $5 e6 (17...
exd6 $2 18. h5 $18) 18. h5 Nxh5 19. e5 {is the other way to reach the best
attacking setup.}) 17... Nxh5 18. d6 e6 19. Rxh5 $2 {Unnecessarily brutal.} (
19. Nd5 $2 exd5 20. Rxh5 Nf6 $19) (19. e5 $1 Kh8 (19... Qxf2 20. Ne4 $18) 20.
Be2 $1 {grabs all the key squares and White's attack is very strong.}) 19...
gxh5 20. Nd5 (20. Bh3 Qxf2 21. Nd5 Qg3 (21... exd5 $2 22. Bf5) 22. Bxe6 fxe6
23. Qxe6+ Kh8 (23... Rf7 24. Ne7+ Kf8 25. Qxd7 Qxf3 26. Qe6 c3) 24. Qxd7 h4 $40
) 20... Qxf2 $2 {This is what I had also thought to be forced.} (20... exd5 $1
21. Rxd5 (21. Bh3 Ne5) 21... f5 $1 {The type of finesse which differentiates
two pawn pushes in quality once again remained unnoticed by me in my last
round game with GM Ulibin from Paracin 2013.} (21... f6 $2 22. Rxh5 Rf7 23.
Bxc4 {leads to a mate}) 22. Qe6+ Kh8 23. Qxd7 Qxf2 24. Bxc4 Qxf3 $19) 21. Nf6+
Nxf6 22. Qg5+ Kh8 23. Qxf6+ Kg8 24. d7 (24. Bh3 Qg3 25. Bg4 $11) 24... Qe3+ (
24... h6 25. Qxh6 Qxf3 26. Bxc4 Qg3 27. e5 $18) ({Probably after} 24... Rfd8 {
White should consider forcing a draw by perpetual.}) 25. Kc2 h6 $2 {A bad
mistake in time trouble.} (25... Rfd8 26. Bxc4 $44) 26. Rd2 $18 {All of a
sudden everything finds its place and White is winning.} Kh7 27. Rg2 Rg8 28.
Qxf7+ Kh8 29. Rxg8+ ({Even better is} 29. Qf6+ $142 Kh7 30. Qe7+ Kh8 31. Rxg8+
Rxg8 32. d8=Q Rxd8 33. Qxd8+ $18) 29... Rxg8 30. Qxg8+ Kxg8 31. d8=Q+ Kf7 32.
Bxc4 Qf2+ 33. Qd2 Qxf3 34. Qd7+ Kf8 35. Qxe6 Qf2+ 36. Kb3 Qf3+ 37. Kb4 1-0

[Event "GRE-chT 31st"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "2002.07.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2002.07.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I was prepared up to my teeth for this game.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {
Gruenfeld Defence rerevisited! My resolution before the game was that I should
not play Slave Defense against heavy guns like Teimour.} 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4
6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 {So far so good! Everything goes according to agenda.
Teimour is very predictable these days.} a6 (7... Na6 {I would spare this move
for difficult days when I definitely have to win with black.}) 8. Be2 {He does
not repeat his game against Shirov from Sarajevo.} (8. e5 b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. h4
{After that I am not that happy with the current theory. I would go for Leko's}
Nb6 11. h5 c5 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. dxc5 Be6 14. Qc2 Bf5 15. Qb3 Be6 {since the
presence of so many FIDE people around like Gelfer, Azma, Makro combined with
the fact that Morozevich had to draw the day before with Adams due to this
silly rule of threefold repetition inspired me for that.}) 8... b5 9. Qb3 c5
10. dxc5 Bb7 ({I do not particularly fancy Van Wely's thanatos driven choice.} 
10... Be6 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. O-O Qc7 13. h3 $1) 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bg5
({After Kazhgaleev's brainchild we are sort of confined to the text.} 13. Bf4
Nc6 14. Rad1 Qc8 15. Qe3 Qf5) 13... Nc6 14. Qe3 Qd5 15. Rad1 Qf5 {I am more
fond of Ivan's idea than vegetarian looking} (15... Qe6 16. Bh6 Bf5 17. Bxg7
Qxe3 18. fxe3 Kxg7 $14 {Kasparov-Leko,Linares 2000.}) 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 f6
{These are all played before.} 18. Qe3 $146 {Here after Teimour uncorked his
novelty rather fast I have got rattled and consummed 30 minutes for my next.} (
18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Rfd8 20. Qd2 (20. Rfd1 {was recommended by Lubo Ftacnik
but does not deliver much in my opinion.} Rxd4 21. Rxd4 g5 $1 22. Qh3 $1 {
Radjabov} (22. h4 $6 Qe5) 22... Qxh3 23. gxh3 Bc6 $11) 20... Rxd4 21. Qxd4 Bc6
22. Bg4 (22. Qe3 Qe4 23. Qxe4 Bxe4 24. Rd1 Bc6 $11) (22. Bd1 {Radjabov} Qd7 23.
Bb3+ Kg7 24. Qxd7 Bxd7 25. Rd1 (25. Bd5 Rd8 $1) 25... Bc6 $11) 22... Qd5 23.
Qxd5+ Bxd5 24. Rd1 e6 $11 {Piket-I.Sokolov,Batumi(EuroCh) 1999.}) 18... Rfd8 $8
{I had to first eliminate some invalid lines.} (18... Qe6 $2 19. Bd3 Bd5 20.
Qxe6+ Bxe6 21. Be4 Rac8 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Nd4 $18) (18... Bd5 $2 19. Nh4 Qe6
20. Bf3 $1 $18) 19. a3 {Here Teimour offered a draw, and in reality after the
move he has chosen not much is going on, so some small amount of thought drove
me to share the points.} (19. a3 Bd5 20. Nd4 Qe4 21. Qxe4 Bxe4 22. Nxc6 (22.
Ne6 Rxd1 23. Bxd1 (23. Rxd1 Kf7) 23... Rc8 (23... Ra7 24. Bb3 Rd7) 24. Bb3 Na5
25. Ba2 Nc4 26. Re1 Bd5 27. Nf4 e6 28. b4 Kf7) 22... Bxc6 $11) ({And these two
variations I have calculated till the end.} 19. a4 $6 bxa4 (19... Rxd1 $2 20.
Rxd1 bxa4 21. Nd4 $1 $16) 20. Bc4+ Kg7 21. Nh4 Qg4 22. f3 Qxh4 (22... Bxf3 23.
Qxf3 Qxh4 24. Qxc6 Qxc4 25. Qc7 Rxd1 26. Qxe7+ Qf7 27. Qxf7+ Kxf7 28. Rxd1 Rc8
$17) 23. fxe4) (19. Nh4 Qe6 20. Bf3 f5 21. Bxe4 Qxe4 22. Qb3+ Qc4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 20th"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2013.04.09"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Fed"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 {From now on I will only play
the Russian System against the Gruenfeld Defence!} dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 {
The Prins System.} 8. Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 {This is actually
a much more critical position than people think.} Re8 (11... Qb6 $6 12. Bf4 Re8
(12... Bf5 13. Be5 Rad8 (13... Rfe8 $5 {transposes to the next line.}) 14. Rad1
(14. d6 Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nb5 Nb4 $1 17. a4 a6 18. a5 Qc6 19. Nbd4 cxd4 20.
Qxd4+ Nf6 21. Qxb4 $11) (14. Rfd1 Rfe8 15. Qh4 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. b3 Qa5 18.
Rac1 Nf6 19. Bb5 Bd7 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. Nd2 $40) 14... Rfe8 15. Qh4 Nd7 16. Bxg7
Kxg7 17. Bb5 $36) 13. Be5 Bf5 (13... Bg4 14. Rfe1) 14. d6 (14. Rad1 Qxb2 15.
Rb1 Bxb1 16. Rxb1 b5 (16... Qa3 17. Rxb7 Nb4 18. d6 Rf8 19. Bf1 $44) 17. Qxb5
Qxb5 18. Bxb5 Rxe5 19. Nxe5 Nb4 20. d6 Ne8 21. d7 Nd6 22. Re1 Nc2 23. Re2 Nd4
24. Re1 $11 {is a curious draw.}) (14. Rfd1 Qxb2 $11) 14... Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7
16. Nb5 $40) (11... b6 12. Rd1 Nb4 13. Bg5 (13. Qb3 Bf5 14. Bg5 $5 {is an
inspired sacrifice by Epishin.} (14. Ne1 Ng4 15. Bf4 Bd4 16. Bg3 Qf6 17. Rxd4
cxd4 18. Nb5 a5 19. Nc7 Ra7 20. a3 d3 21. Bxg4 Bxg4 22. axb4 d2 23. Nf3 Bxf3
24. gxf3 Rxc7 25. Bxc7 Rc8 26. d6 Qg5+ 27. Kh1 Re8 28. Qc3 axb4 29. Qxb4 Qd5
30. Kg2 d1=Q 31. Rxd1 Qxd1 32. Bxb6 $44) 14... Bc2 15. Qc4 Bxd1 16. Rxd1 $44)
13... h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rd2 Ba6 16. Qb3 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 $14) 12. Bf4 Bf5 13.
Rad1 (13. Be5 $4 Nxd5 14. Bxg7 Nb6 $17 {makes difference.}) 13... Ne4 14. Nb5
$1 (14. Bd3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 b5 16. Qxb5 Nxc3 17. Qxa6 (17. Qc4 Nxd1 18. Rxd1 Bxd3
19. Rxd3 $44 {does not look convincing at all.}) 17... Bxd3 18. Rxd3 Ne2+ 19.
Kh1 Nxf4 20. Rd2 $11) 14... Qf6 (14... g5 15. Be3 (15. Nxg5 Nxg5 16. Nd6 Qf6
17. Nxe8 Rxe8 18. Qb5 $44)) (14... Bxb2 15. d6 $44) (14... Bd7 15. Nd2 $5 Bxb5
(15... Qf6 16. Nxe4 (16. g3 Qxb2 17. Nxe4 Bxb5 18. Qxb5 Rxe4 19. Qxb2 Bxb2 20.
Bxa6 bxa6 21. Bc7 Re7 22. d6 Rd7 $11) 16... Qxf4 17. Ned6 Qxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxb5
19. Bxb5 $16) 16. Qxb5 Nxd2 17. Rxd2 Re4 18. Qxb7 Rxf4 19. Qxa6 Bd4 $44) 15.
Bd3 Bd7 {Here comes the real test.} 16. Be5 {I am afraid after this White can
not get much of an advantage!} Bxb5 {The right capture not to lose an exchange.
} (16... Rxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Bxe4 Qxb2 $16 {should not be a problem.}) 17.
Qxb5 Rxe5 18. Qxb7 (18. Nxe5 Nd6 19. Ng4 Qf4 20. Qd7 c4 {gives White a clumsy
game.} 21. g3 Nc5 22. Qc7 Qxg4 23. Qxc5 Qd7 24. Be2 Bxb2 25. Qb4 c3 26. Bd3 Rc8
$36) 18... Ree8 19. d6 $1 {Going for the right one.} (19. Bxa6 Qxb2 $36) 19...
Nxd6 (19... Rab8 20. Qxa6 Nxd6 21. b3 $14) 20. Qxa6 Nf5 $1 $146 {A great move
which is difficult to appreciate at once.} (20... c4 $6 21. Bxg6 $1 $16 (21.
Bxc4 Nxc4 22. Qxc4 Qxb2 23. Rd7 Qf6 $11)) 21. Qxf6 Bxf6 22. Bxf5 (22. b3 Nd4
23. Nxd4 Bxd4 $11 {is simply equal and should not be even considered!}) 22...
gxf5 23. Rd2 $6 {The most ambitious move but does not deliver much.} (23. b3
Re2 24. Rd2 (24. Rd6 Kg7 25. Ra6 Bd4) 24... Rxd2 25. Nxd2 Re8 26. Rd1 Rd8 27.
Kf1 Rd6 28. Ke2 Re6+ 29. Kd3 $14) (23. Rd5 c4 24. Rc1 Rac8 25. Rc2 Rb8 26. Rxc4
Rxb2 27. g3 Rxa2 28. Rxf5 Re6 29. Rcf4 Raa6 $14) 23... c4 24. Rc1 Rec8 $5 ({
I was expecting} 24... Re4 {more} 25. g3 Rb8 26. Rcc2 Kg7 27. Kg2 Rxb2 28. Rxb2
c3 29. Rbc2 cxd2 30. Nxd2 Ra4 31. Nc4 $14) 25. g3 Rab8 26. Rcc2 Rc5 $5 {
He rightfully controlled the e5 square.} (26... a5 27. Re2 a4 (27... Rc5 28.
Nd2) 28. Ne5 $14) 27. Kg2 $6 {I really disliked this move especially after
having contemplated it.} (27. Re2 a5 28. Nd2 Rb4 29. Nb1 $14) 27... a5 28. Re2
(28. Nd4 a4 29. Ne2 Rcb5 30. Rxc4 Rxb2 31. Rxb2 Rxb2 32. Nf4 Rxa2 33. Rc8+ Kg7
34. Nh5+ Kg6 35. Nf4+ $11 (35. Rc6 Kxh5 36. Rxf6 $11)) 28... a4 29. Nd2 Rb4 30.
f4 $5 {I had to be consistent with my plan.} (30. Nb1 c3 31. Rc1 $3 {I have
missed that.} (31. Nxc3 $2 a3 32. bxa3 Rbc4 33. Nd5 Rxc2 34. Nxf6+ Kg7 35. Nh5+
Kh6 $17) 31... Re5 32. Rxe5 Bxe5 33. Nxc3 Rxb2 34. Nxa4 Rxa2 $11) 30... Kg7 31.
Nf3 c3 32. bxc3 Rxc3 33. Rxc3 Bxc3 34. Kf2 Bf6 35. Rc2 h5 36. Ke3 Kg6 37. Rc6
$1 {Here I have thought that I might have some chances.} Kg7 38. Ra6 Rc4 $1 $11
{black has restored the balance.} 39. Kd2 h4 $1 (39... Rc3 $6 40. Nh4) 40. Ne5
$138 {Being aware of tactics I have decided to play safe.} (40. Ra5 $2 hxg3 41.
hxg3 Bc3+ 42. Kd3 Rxf4 $1 43. gxf4 Bxa5 $17) (40. Ra7 $11) 40... hxg3 41. hxg3
Bxe5 42. fxe5 Re4 43. a3 $5 ({There is nothing wrong with.} 43. Kd3) 43... Rg4
(43... Kf8 44. Ra7) 44. Ke2 Rxg3 45. Rxa4 Kg6 46. Kf2 (46. Ra7 f4 47. a4 Kf5
48. a5 Ke4 49. Rxf7 Rg2+ 50. Kf1 Ra2 51. e6 Kf3 52. Kg1 Ra1+ 53. Kh2 Rxa5 54.
e7 Re5 55. Rh7 $11) (46. Ra6+ Kg5 47. Rf6 Kf4 48. Rxf7 Rxa3 $11) 46... Rb3 47.
Ra6+ Kg5 48. Rf6 Rb7 49. a4 Kf4 50. a5 Rb2+ 51. Kf1 Ra2 52. a6 Kxe5 53. Rxf7
Rxa6 54. Rb7 Kf4 55. Rb4+ Kg3 56. Rb3+ Kg4 57. Rc3 f4 58. Rb3 Re6 (58... f3 59.
Rb8 $11 {Philidor.}) 59. Ra3 Rb6 (59... Re3 60. Rxe3 fxe3 61. Ke2 $11 {was
also practical.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "SLO-chT 09th"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1999.11.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Maribor SK Piramida"]
[BlackTeam "Tolmin AET"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 {Russian System often chosen by
Kozul against Gruenfeldt Defence.} dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8. Qb3 $5 c5 9.
d5 e6 $6 {This natural move may really be a mistake.} (9... Qb6 $142 {What is
wrong with this natural move.} 10. e5 $5 Ng4 (10... Nd7 11. Bf4 Qc7 (11... Qxb3
12. axb3 Nb4 13. O-O-O) 12. d6 exd6 13. Nd5 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Qd8 15. exd6 Re8+ 16.
Ne7+ Rxe7+ 17. dxe7 Qxe7+ 18. Be2 Nb6 $44) 11. Bf4 Qc7 (11... Qb4 12. Bg3 $1 {
maintains the center.} (12. Bc4 $6 b5) (12. Qxb4 cxb4 13. Nb5 (13. Ne4 Nc7 $13)
13... Bd7 $13)) 12. d6 exd6 13. exd6 (13. Nd5 $6 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Qd8 15. Bg5 Qd7
$5) 13... Re8+ 14. Be2 Qa5 $132) 10. Bxa6 {The point:quick development and
better pawn structure versus pair of bishops.} bxa6 11. O-O exd5 12. exd5 Qb6
13. Rd1 Bb7 $1 {I believe that this is the correct square for the bishop.} 14.
Bf4 Rfe8 (14... Qxb3 $5 15. axb3 Rfd8 16. d6 Rac8 $13) 15. Rd2 $1 {Protecting
b2 for the possibly coming complications with Rad8.} h6 $5 $146 (15... Rac8 $5
16. Qc2) (15... Qxb3 16. axb3 Rad8 17. d6) 16. h3 Rad8 $5 {I decided to sac
the exchange.} (16... g5 17. Be3) (16... Qxb3 $5 17. axb3 Red8 18. d6 Rac8 19.
Ne5) 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Bc7 Rxd5 $6 {Unnecessary.} (18... Rd7 19. Bxb6 (19. d6
b5) 19... Bxd5 (19... Nxd5 20. Bxc5 Rc7 21. Bd6 Rxc3 22. bxc3 Bxc3 23. Rb1 Bxd2
24. Rxb7 Bf4 $11) 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxc5 Bxb2 $11) 19. Nxd5 Nxd5
20. Bh2 $1 (20. Bg3 {looks more natural.The only difference is not caused by
f7-f5-f4 P thrust but a possible Ne2+.} c4 (20... f5 $2 21. Rad1 f4 22. Bh2)
21. Rad1 c3 22. bxc3 Nxc3 23. Rd8 Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Kh7) 20... c4 21. Rad1 Nb4 $6
(21... c3 $142 22. bxc3 Nxc3 23. Rd8 Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Kh7 25. Be5 Bxf3 (25...
Nxa2 $2 26. Rd7 $18 {decides immediately.}) 26. Bxc3 Bxc3 27. gxf3 $1 (27. Rd3
$2 Bxg2) 27... Bb4 28. Rc8 Kg7 29. Rc6 Bc5 30. a4 a5 31. Kf1 Kf8 32. Rc7 Kg7
33. Ke2 Kf6 34. f4 Ke6 35. f3 h5 36. Kd3 f6 37. Kc4 Kf5 $11) 22. Rd8 Rxd8 23.
Rxd8+ Kh7 24. Ne5 $1 {Nasty,black looks in trouble.} b5 $8 (24... Nc6 $2 25.
Rd7 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Rxf7+ Kg8 28. Rxb7 $18) (24... Bxe5 $2 25. Bxe5 Nc6
$2 26. Rh8#) 25. Rd7 $6 (25. Nxf7 $1 Nxa2 (25... Nd3 26. b3 $5 (26. Rd7 Bc6 27.
Rc7 Bd5 28. Nd6 Kh8) 26... g5 $16 (26... c3 $2 27. Rxd3 c2 28. Bf4 $18)) 26.
Rd7 (26. Be5 Bxe5 27. Nxe5 Be4 28. Rd7+ Kg8 29. Ng4 $18) 26... Bc8 27. Rc7 Bf5)
25... Bd5 $1 26. a3 (26. Nxf7 $5 Bxf7 27. Rxf7 Kg8 28. Ra7 Bd4 $1 (28... Bxb2
$2 29. Bd6 Nxa2 30. Rxa6 Nc1 (30... Nc3 31. Be5 Ne2+ 32. Kf1 Bxe5 33. Kxe2 b4
34. Rxg6+ Kf7 35. Rg4 $18) 31. Rb6) 29. Ra8+ Kf7 $44) 26... Be6 $8 27. Rd6 (27.
axb4 Bxe5 28. Rd2 c3 $11) 27... Nd3 28. Nxd3 cxd3 29. Rxd3 $4 (29. b4 Bc4 30.
Bf4 $1 (30. Rxa6 g5 $1 {x Bh2}) 30... Bc3 31. Rxa6 g5 32. Be3 Bb3 (32... f6 $2
33. Rc6 Kg6 34. a4 d2 35. Bxd2 Bxd2 36. a5 Bxb4 37. a6 Bd5 38. Rb6 Be4 39. Rxb5
Bc3 40. a7 $18) (32... f5 33. f4 $18) 33. Rd6 Bc2 34. Rd5 Kg6 35. g4) 29...
Bxb2 30. Bc7 Bc4 31. Rf3 {xKg1.This position is a dead draw because white's
king can not truly participate in the game.} h5 32. Ba5 g5 33. Bb4 Kg6 34. Re3
g4 35. h4 f6 36. g3 Kf5 37. Kg2 a5 $1 38. Bxa5 Bc1 $11 39. Rc3 Bb2 40. Re3 Bc1
41. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Burgas Black Sea"]
[Site "Burgas"]
[Date "2012.09.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.09.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {A Grünfeld by the master of the KID slightly
surprised me.} 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8. Qb3 $5 {An old
move!} c5 9. d5 e6 10. Bxa6 bxa6 11. O-O exd5 12. exd5 Qb6 13. Be3 $146 {
I was really curious during the game why this is not played.} ({The known
lines are.} 13. Bf4 Bb7 (13... Bf5 14. Rad1 $13) 14. Rad1 (14. Rfd1 Rfe8 15.
Rd2 $13)) 13... Bb7 $6 {This should not have been a grave mistake but gives
the initiative to White for no reason at all.} (13... Bf5 $5 14. Ne5 (14. Rac1
Rab8 15. Qc4 Qxb2 16. d6) (14. Qa3 Nd7 $13) 14... Qxb3 15. axb3 Nxd5 16. Nxd5
Bxe5 17. Bxc5 Rfd8 18. Ne7+ Kg7 19. Nxf5+ gxf5 20. Rxa6 Rab8 21. b4 Bxb2 22.
Rxa7 Bc3 23. Ra4 Rb5 24. g3 Rdb8 $11) (13... Rd8 14. Rad1 Bg4 15. Rd2 Bxf3 16.
gxf3 $13 {Both sides have bad pawn formations.}) 14. Rfd1 {I think I could
have done better.} (14. Bxc5 $6 Qxb3 15. axb3 Rfc8 16. Bd4 Nxd5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7
18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxa6 Bxb3 20. Rfa1 Rc7 21. Nd4 Bc4 $15) (14. Qc4 $142 $1 Qb4
15. b3 $14) (14. Rad1 Rfd8 15. Qc4 $1 Qb4 16. b3 Nd7 17. Na4 $14) 14... Rfd8
15. Rd2 (15. d6 $6 Bxf3 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. gxf3 Rac8 18. Rd2 Rc6 19. Rad1 Rd7
$17) 15... Nxd5 $1 {I really missed this move!} 16. Nxd5 $8 (16. Rad1 $2 Nxc3
17. Qxb6 Rxd2 $19) (16. Qxb6 $2 Nxb6 $17 (16... axb6 $2 17. Rad1 $40)) (16.
Rxd5 $6 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxb3 18. Ne7+ Kf8 $1 19. axb3 Kxe7 20. Bxc5+ Kd7 21. Rxa6
$17) (16. Bg5 Bxc3 (16... Rd7 $5) 17. bxc3 f6 $17) 16... Rxd5 17. Rxd5 Qxb3 18.
axb3 Bxd5 19. Rxa6 Bb7 (19... Bxf3 20. gxf3 Bd4 21. Bxd4 (21. Kg2 $5) 21...
cxd4 22. Rd6 Rb8 23. Rxd4 Rxb3 24. Ra4 Rxf3 25. Rxa7 Rb3 26. Ra2 g5 27. Kg2 Kg7
28. h3 Kg6 $36 {White should make a draw by giving up b2 in a timely fashion.})
20. Ra5 (20. Ra2 {looked passive.}) 20... Bxb2 (20... Bxf3 21. gxf3 Bd4 22. Kg2
Rb8 23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. Rxa7 Rxb3 25. Rd7 d3 26. f4 Kg7 27. Rd6 Kh6 28. Rd5 f5
29. Rd7 Kh5 30. Kg3 h6 31. f3 $11) 21. Rxc5 a5 22. h4 Bxf3 (22... Ba3 23. Rb5
Bc6 24. Rb6 Bd5 25. Rb5 $11) 23. gxf3 a4 (23... h5 24. Bd2 $11) 24. bxa4 Rxa4 {
After this there is no play left.} 25. h5 $11 gxh5 26. Rxh5 Ra6 27. f4 Kg7 28.
f5 Rc6 29. Kg2 Rc4 30. Kf3 Bc1 31. Rh1 Bxe3 32. fxe3 Kf6 33. Rxh7 (33. e4 Ke5
34. Rxh7 Rxe4 $11) 33... Kxf5 34. Rxf7+ Ke6 35. Rf4 Rxf4+ 36. Kxf4 Kf6 37. Ke4
Ke6 38. Kd4 Kd6 39. e4 Ke6 40. e5 Ke7 41. Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.10.15"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Neukoelln"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be3 $5 c5 $1 9. dxc5 Ng4 10. Bd2 (10. Bg5 $5 h6 $5 (10... Be6 11. Qb5 Bd7 (
11... Bd4 $4 12. O-O-O $18) 12. Qxb7 Nxc5 13. Qb4 Qb6 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. h3 Ne5
16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe7 Rfc8 $44) 11. Rd1 (11. Bd2 $5) 11... Qa5 12. Bxe7 Re8
13. Bd6 Be6 $40) 10... Be6 11. Qb5 Bd7 12. Qxb7 Nxc5 13. Qb4 (13. Qd5 Qb6)
13... Qb6 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Be2 (15. h3 $6 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bc4 b5 18. Bd5
b4 19. Nd1 Rac8 20. O-O Bb5 21. Re1 Nd3 22. Re3 e6 23. Bb3 Rfd8 $15) 15... Bc6
$1 16. Ng5 Ne5 17. O-O h6 (17... h6 18. Nf3 $1 (18. b4 Na4 19. b5 Bb7 20. Nh3
Rfd8 $15) 18... Nxe4 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxh6 Nxc3 (20... Rfc8 $6 21. Nd1) 21.
bxc3 Rfc8 22. Bd2 (22. Rfc1 Bd5 23. Bd2 $11) 22... Ra3 (22... Bd5 23. Rfd1 Rxa2
24. Rxa2 Bxa2 25. Be3 $11 (25. Rc1 Bc4 26. Bxc4 Rxc4 27. g3 b5 28. Rb1 Rc5 29.
Kf1 Rd5 30. Ke2 $11)) 23. Rfd1 (23. Be3 Bxc3 24. Rab1 Rxa2 25. Bf3 $1 $11)
23... b5 24. Rab1 Rxa2 25. Bxb5 Bxb5 26. Rxb5 Bxc3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle op 15th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "1999.02.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kalantarian, Norik"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1999.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. h4 Nb6 11. h5 c5 $5 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. dxc5 (13. Be3 cxd4 14.
Bxd4 Nc6 15. Rd1 Qc7) 13... Be6 14. Qc2 Bf5 15. Qb3 (15. Qe2 Nd5 $1 (15... Nc4
$2 16. g4 $3 (16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Rxh6 Kg7 18. Rh4 Nc6) (16. Bf4 Nc6) 16... Bxg4
17. Qe4 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Ra7 19. Qh3 Re8 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. Bh6 $18) (15... Nc6 $2
16. cxb6 Nb4 17. b7 Nc2+ (17... Rb8 18. Ne4) 18. Qxc2 Bxc2 19. bxa8=Q Qxa8 20.
Bh6 $5 $16) 16. Nxd5 (16. Nh4 Be6 $1 (16... Nxc3 $6 17. bxc3 Qd5 18. Nxf5 gxf5
19. f4 Qxc5 20. Rh3 (20. Bd2 Rd8 $132) 20... Rd8 21. Qh5 e6 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23.
Rg3 Bxe5 24. fxe5 Qxe5+ 25. Kf2) 17. Ne4 Nc6 $13) (16. g4 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bxg4
18. Qe4 Qa5 $1 19. Bd2 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Nd7 21. Qh3 Rfd8 22. Bg2 Rac8) (16. Ng5
Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qd5) 16... Qxd5) 15... Be6 16. Qc2 Bf5 17. Qb3 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1999.07.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1999.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. Bf4 {
Not a very popular variation nowadays and there is a objective reason for it,
it doesn't give any advantage for white.} Na6 8. e4 c5 9. dxc5 Be6 10. Qb5 Bd7
11. Qxb7 Nxc5 12. Qb4 Ne6 13. Be5 a5 14. Qa3 Qb6 15. Nd5 $6 {During the game,
this move was a big surprise for me, of course i knew only about well-known
(after Toplalov-Kasparov-game)15Bc4, but it was clear for me, that this
continuation,couldn't promise any advantage for white and even it's very
dangerous to play, like this with white's kingside piecies.} (15. Bc4 Rfc8 ({
Very interesing also} 15... Ng4 $5 16. Bg3 Qb4 17. Qxb4 axb4 18. Nd5 Bxb2 19.
Rb1 Bc3+ 20. Ke2 Nc5 21. Nb6 Be6 $1 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Nxa8 Rxa8 $36 {[%csl Ra2]
0-1 Rustemov,A-Sutovsky,E/Polanica Zdroj POL 1999 (32)}) (15... Rac8 16. Bxe6
Bxe6 17. O-O Qb4 18. Rfd1 Qxa3 19. bxa3 Rc5 20. Rab1 Ng4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nd5
Rc2 23. Rd2 Rxd2 24. Nxd2 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 Eingorn,V-Lalic,B/Palma de Mallorca
1989/TD 89\13 (24)}) 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Qb8 18. Nxf6+ exf6 19. Bxe6 Bxe6 20.
O-O Qb4 21. Qxb4 axb4 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Kasparov,G/Sarajevo BIH 1999 (21)}) (
15. O-O-O $6 Bc6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Rfc8+ 18. Kb1 Qxf2 $1 {[%cal Gf2c2]} (
18... Nxd5 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 20. Rxd5 Qc6 21. Bc4 Qxc4 22. Qd3 $13) 19. Rd2 (19.
Bd3 Nxd5 20. Be4 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Ne3 $17) 19... Bh6 $3) 15... Nxd5 16. exd5 Nd4
$5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (16... Ng5 $2 17. Bxg7 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Kxg7 19. Qc3+ Kg8 20.
Bc4 Bb5 21. b3 $8 Rfc8 22. O-O Bxc4 (22... a4 23. Qd3) 23. bxc4 $16 {1-0
Yakovich,Y-Henao,R/Bayamo 1990 (42)}) (16... Nf4 $1 {Looks even stronger, than
my move} 17. Bxf4 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Bc3+ 19. Qxc3 Qxb1+ 20. Qc1 Qxa2 (20... Rab8 $5)
(20... Qe4+ 21. Be2 Rfc8 $5) 21. Bc4 Qa4 $36 {[%cal Gf8c8]}) 17. Bxd4 (17. Nxd4
$2 Bxe5 $19) 17... Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Be2 (19. Rd1 $142 Qe5+ (19... Qe4+
20. Qe3 Qb4+ 21. Qd2 Qe4+ $11) 20. Be2 (20. Qe3 Qxb2 $17) 20... Rfc8 {[%cal
Gc8c2]} (20... Rfb8 21. Rd2) 21. Qe3 Qxb2 22. O-O Qf6 23. Rc1 $11) 19... Rab8 (
19... Qxd5 $143 20. O-O {[%cal Ge2f3]}) 20. O-O Rxb2 21. Rad1 (21. Qxe7 $143
Ba4 $1 {[%csl Gd1][%cal Gf8e8]} (21... Re8 22. Qxd7 Rexe2 {[%csl Rf2]} 23. Rad1
Rxf2 $140 24. Qxf7+ $1 Rxf7+ 25. Rxd4 Rxa2 $11) 22. Ba6 (22. Bf3 $2 Re8 23. Qc7
(23. Qa3 $6 Bb5 (23... Rxf2 24. Kh1 $11) 24. Rfd1 (24. Rad1 Rxf2 $3 $19 25.
Rxf2 Qxd1+) 24... Qxf2+ 25. Kh1 Re3 $19 {[%cal Ge3f3]}) 23... Bb5 24. Rfd1
Qxf2+ (24... Rxa2 $5) 25. Kh1 Rxa2 $17) 22... Qxd5 {[%csl Ra2] and black is
slightly better} (22... Re8 23. Qa3 Rxf2 24. Rxf2 Qxa1+ 25. Bf1 $11)) 21... Qb6
$6 {Here i missed my chanse to create some problems for my opponent after} (
21... Qb4 22. Qxb4 Rxb4 (22... axb4 23. Bc4 Rc8 24. Bb3 $11 {[%csl Gb4]}) 23.
Bf3 Rc8 24. Rfe1 Kf8 25. Rd2 Bf5 $15 {[%csl Ga2,Gd5] and black has a slightly
better endgame in view of two white weaknesses(d5 and a2) against one black
weakness e7-pawn.}) 22. Bd3 (22. Qxe7 Ba4 (22... Re8 $143 23. Qxd7 Rexe2 24. d6
Rxf2 25. Kh1 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Qf2 27. Qe8+ Kg7 28. Qe5+ Kg8 29. Rg1 Rd2 $11) 23.
Rde1 Re8 24. Qh4 $1 {[%csl Ga4]} (24. Qa3 Bd7 25. Qf3 Qb4 $1 $17 {[%csl Ge1,
Ge2,Gf1]}) 24... Rxa2 25. Bf3 (25. Bc4 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Qb4 $1 $36) 25... Rxe1 (
25... Rb8) 26. Rxe1 Bd7 $13) 22... Re8 23. h3 Rb4 (23... e5 24. dxe6 (24. Rb1
Rb4 {[%cal Ge5e4,Ge4e3]}) 24... Bxe6 25. Rb1 Rb4 26. Rbd1 $11) 24. Rb1 (24.
Rfe1 $5) 24... Qc5 25. Rxb4 axb4 26. Qb3 $11 {[%csl Rb4][%mdl 256]} Ra8 27. Qc4
$1 Rc8 28. Qxc5 Rxc5 29. Rb1 Rc3 (29... Rxd5 30. Bc4 Rd4 (30... Rg5 31. Kh1 Bc6
32. f3 $11) 31. Rxb4 Kg7 32. a3 $11) 30. Bf1 Bf5 31. Rxb4 Rc1 {[%cal Gf5d3]}
32. Rd4 {After 32...Bd7( with idea Bb5)33Rb4(33a4?-Bc8/\Ba6)33...Bf5 both
sides have to repeat moves.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 15th final"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1999.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Bareev,E"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1999.10.29"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Breda Panfox"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be3 Re8 $6 (12... Qb6 13. Nh4 Bd7
14. b3 {~}) 13. Rfd1 Qb6 14. d6 $1 Rad8 (14... Qxb2 15. Ng5 Rf8 16. Rab1 Bxb1
17. Rxb1 {~=}) 15. Ng5 Rf8 (15... Rd7 16. g4 Bc2 (16... Be6 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18.
g5 {+/-}) 17. Rd2 h6 18. Nxf7 Rxf7 19. Rxc2 {+/-}) 16. Na4 Qb4 17. Qxb4 (17.
Nxc5 Qxc4 18. Bxc4 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 h6 20. Nf3 (20. Nxf7 Rxf7 21. Bxa7 {+=}) 20...
Rc8 21. d7 Nxd7 22. Bxf8 Bxb2 {~}) 17... Nxb4 $2 (17... cxb4 18. Rac1 h6 19.
Nf3 Ne4 20. Bxa7 {+=}) 18. Bxc5 Nc2 19. Rac1 Nd7 (19... b6 20. Bd3 {+/-}) 20.
g4 {+/-} Nxc5 21. Nxc5 Nd4 22. Rxd4 Bxd4 23. gxf5 Rxd6 24. Nce4 Rb6 25. b3 gxf5
26. Ng3 Be5 (26... Rg6 27. Nf3 Bb6 28. Bd3 {+/-}) 27. Rc5 Bf4 28. Rxf5 Bxg5 29.
Rxg5+ Kh8 30. Rd5 {bareev} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.01.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Bareev,E"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4
a6 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Be3 b5 10. Qb3 Nb6 11. a4 Be6 12. Qd1 c6 13. Bd3 $146 (13. Be2
f6 14. exf6 exf6 15. axb5 cxb5 16. O-O Nc6 17. Ne4 Nc4 18. Nc5 {Bareev,
E-Huzman,A/Lyon/94/}) 13... f6 14. O-O N8d7 15. Be4 Nd5 (15... Rc8 16. axb5
axb5 17. d5 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Rc4 $1 (18... Nc4 19. Nf4 $18) 19. Nxb6 Rxe4 20. Nxd7
Qxd7 21. Qxd7 Bxd7 22. Ra7 Bg4 23. Rxe7 Bxf3 $10) 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxd5 $1 (
17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 $1) 17... cxd5 (17... Bxd5 18. Bxd5+ cxd5 19. Qb3
Rxa1 20. Rxa1 $16) 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. exf6 exf6 (19... dxe4 20. fxg7 Rxf3 (20...
Kxg7 21. Nd2 (21. Ng5 {Ftacnik} Bc4 22. Re1 $16) 21... Bd5 $16) 21. gxf3 exf3
22. Bf4 $16) 20. Bd3 Qb7 21. Bd2 $1 $14 Nb6 $2 (21... Re8 $1) (21... Bg4 {
Ftacnik} 22. Qb3 (22. h3 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 f5 24. Qe2 Bxd4 25. Bxb5 Nf6 $132) 22...
Bxf3 23. gxf3 f5 24. Qxb5 Qxb5 25. Bxb5 Nb6 26. Bc3 $16) 22. Re1 (22. Bb4 Re8
23. Bxb5 Nd7 $1 $14) (22. Bxb5 {Ftacnik} Nc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Bc3 Bg4 $132)
22... Bd7 (22... Bf7 {Ftacnik} 23. Bb4 Re8 24. Bxb5 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Nc4 26. Bxc4
dxc4 27. Qe7 $16) 23. Bb4 Re8 24. h4 $1 $16 Rxe1+ (24... Qc8 25. h5 Rxe1+ 26.
Qxe1 Qe8 27. Qb1 $16) (24... Nc4 {Ftacnik} 25. Rxe8+ Bxe8 26. b3 $16) 25. Qxe1
Qc8 (25... Nc4 {Ftacnik} 26. b3 Nb2 $2 27. Bf1 $18) 26. Qe7 Be8 $8 (26... Bf8
27. Qxf6 Bxb4 28. Qxb6 Qc1+ 29. Bf1 $18) 27. h5 gxh5 28. Bc5 $1 (28. Bf5 Bd7 $8
) 28... Qd7 (28... Nc4 {Ftacnik} 29. Bf5 $1 Qc6 30. Be6+ Kh8 31. Nh4 $18) 29.
Qe2 (29. Qxd7 Nxd7 30. Bxb5 Nxc5 31. Bxe8 Nd3 $14) 29... Na8 $2 (29... Na4 $8
30. b3 (30. Bf5 {Ftacnik} Qc6 31. Be6+ Bf7 (31... Kh8 32. Bxd5 Qc8 33. Bd6 $18)
32. Bxf7+ Kxf7 33. Qe7+ Kg8 34. Bd6 Nxb2 35. Nh4 $18) 30... Nxc5 31. dxc5 b4
32. Nd4 Bg6 33. c6 Qc8 34. Bxg6 hxg6 35. Qe6+ $18) 30. Bf5 $18 Qc6 31. Be6+ Bf7
(31... Kh8 32. Bxd5 Qxd5 33. Qxe8+ Qg8 34. Qc6 $18) 32. Bxf7+ Kxf7 33. Qe7+ Kg8
34. Nh4 Nb6 (34... Nc7 35. Nf5 Ne6 36. Nxg7 $18) (34... Qc8 {Ftacnik} 35. Nf5
Bf8 36. Qxf6 $18) 35. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.30"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "Bartel,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 dxc4 ({Not the most common
choice. Usually players choose between} 5... Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nc3) ({and} 5...
Bf5 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. c5 Qxb3 8. axb3 Bxb1 9. Rxb1) 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4 {
This move is not best in this position. However, now we are in... a Grünfeld!
I knew that we had a transposition on the board, and even the fact that
White's chances are not very promising, didn't stop me from playing this move
- I was quite sure that my opponent would face practical problems.} b5 9. Qb3
Na6 $5 {A very interesting move, which is in fact leading to a Q vs B+B+N
position!} ({There are 2 good alternatives:} 9... Qa5 10. Bd3 Be6 11. Qd1) ({
and} 9... Be6 10. Qc2 Qa5 11. Bd2 b4 12. Nd1) 10. e5 $1 {In fact White is
forced to play this move.} Be6 ({I don't believe that} 10... Nh5 {or}) (10...
Ne8 {offered Black serious chances for equalising.}) 11. exf6 $1 {The only
move, again.} ({In fact I did not calculate other options, but it was
neccessary to check:} 11. Qa3 $2 Nd5 $1 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qxa6 Bxf3 14. gxf3
Qxd4 15. Be3 Qb4+ 16. Bd2 Qxb2 17. Rc1 Rad8 18. Be3 Bh6 19. Bxh6 Qb4+ 20. Ke2
Qb2+ {with a draw.}) 11... Bxb3 12. fxg7 Re8 $2 ({Yes, sometimes it's useful
to leave such a pawn as the pawn on g7, but this time it's sensless. White can
easily create many serious threats when he puts the bishop on h6. The obvious} 
12... Kxg7 {was leading to a very interesting position:} 13. axb3 Nb4 14. Rc1
Qc8 $1 {I think my opponent missed, or underestimated this pawn-grabbing
manoeuvre.} 15. Be2 Qe6 16. O-O Qxb3 17. Bd2 $1 a5 18. Bd1 Qe6 19. Re1 Qd7 20.
Ne4 $1 Nd3 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. Rxc5 {and I believe that White can create a
serious attack on the kingside, using his minor pieces.}) 13. axb3 Nb4 14. Rc1
c5 $2 {This is the final mistake.} ({It was possible to play} 14... Qd7 {
again, but of course, now White has a strong pawn on g7:} 15. Be2 Qe6 16. O-O
Qxb3 17. Bd2 a5 18. Bd1 Qe6 19. Bh6 {with a clear advantage.}) 15. dxc5 e5 ({
Also after} 15... Nd3+ 16. Bxd3 Qxd3 17. Rd1 Qf5 18. Be3 {White is much better.
}) 16. Be3 f5 $2 {This is definitely too much. Black can't mate White with
only one knight on b4!} ({Black had to play} 16... e4 17. Nd4 a6 18. Be2 {
but of course White is better.}) 17. Bxb5 ({I also considered} 17. Bh6 $2 {
but after} a6 $1 {Black is better - the bishop left the important e3-square
for nothing - White can't give a check on the a2-c4 diagonal!} (17... e4 $2 18.
Bxb5 exf3+ 19. Kf1 $18)) 17... f4 (17... e4 18. Rd1 {and White is winning as
well.}) 18. Rd1 {White still hasn't completed his development, but is already
winning!} Qf6 19. Ne4 Qxg7 20. Rd7 Re7 21. Bc4+ Kh8 22. Rxe7 Qxe7 23. Bd2 {
White was already winning for a few moves, but now the position is very clear
- there is no danger from Black at all. The rest doesn't need any comments -
White slowly improves his position.} Nc2+ 24. Kd1 Nd4 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Re1 Rf8
27. f3 h6 28. b4 Qd7 29. b5 g5 30. c6 Qe7 31. Kc2 a6 32. bxa6 Qc7 33. Bb4 Qxc6
34. Bc5 d3+ 35. Kxd3 Rd8+ 36. Kc3 Qa4 37. Nd6 Kg7 38. Re7+ Kg6 39. Re6+ Kh7 40.
Bd3+ 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.06"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Borisek, Jure"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Bartel,M"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Qa4
{This move was never very popular, but in 2009 it was tried by such players as
Radjabov and Aronian.} Nc6 {The logical answer, as Black wants to play ...Bg4
and ...b5.} 9. Be2 Bg4 10. d5 $6 {This move is a bit suspect.} ({A better try
is} 10. Be3 {which was tried by Zoltan Gyimesi.}) 10... b5 11. Qd1 Na5 12. e5
$6 {Interesting, risky, but not very good.} ({Objectively White should play} 
12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 c6 14. dxc6 Qxd1+ 15. Nxd1 e5 $5 {with a more or less
equal position.}) 12... Nd7 13. e6 Bxf3 $6 ({Both players missed that after} 
13... fxe6 $1 14. Ng5 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 {Black can play} Nc5 $1 {
and is better.}) 14. exf7+ Rxf7 15. Bxf3 Ne5 16. Be2 c6 {The last moves
weren't forced, but very logical. Now the situation is changing.} 17. f4 $2 {
Not for the first time in this game I chose a risky move.} ({Objectively the
best was} 17. dxc6 {and the position is equal.}) 17... Nec4 (17... Qb6 $1 {
was much stronger and even the fact that it's not easy to calculate everything
shouldn't stop Black from playing this move - it's easy to realise that the
initiative is great.} 18. fxe5 Qf2+ 19. Kd2 b4 20. Na4 Rd8 21. d6 Bxe5 22. Kc2
Rxd6 23. Qf1 {The last moves were forced (at least those from White's side)
and it seems that it's not all that bad, but Black has the amazing} Bxb2 $1 {
and White is hopeless, but again - it's not so simple, because after} 24. Bxb2
(24. Qxf2 Rxf2 25. Nxb2 Rxe2+ 26. Kb1 c5) 24... Qe3 $1 25. Bf3 Rd2+ 26. Kb1 {
the key move is} Rf4 $3 {with idea of ...Nc4 and the attack is decisive.}) 18.
Bg4 Kh8 ({It was also possible to play} 18... Nxb2 $5 19. Bxb2 Nc4 20. Be6 Nxb2
21. Qf3 Na4 (21... Qa5 $5) 22. Nxa4 Bxa1 23. Ke2 bxa4 24. Rxa1 Qb6 {and Black
is better, but at the same time White can hold it.}) 19. Be6 ({Probably} 19.
O-O {was better, but I had an absolutely different plan in mind.}) 19... Rf8
20. h4 $5 {Once again, I chose a risky line, but I couldn't stop my hands...}
Qd6 (20... Qb6 $1 {was stronger as well as the queen controls the e3-square
what can be very important.}) 21. h5 g5 22. h6 Bxc3+ ({In the event of} 22...
Bf6 {I finally wanted to castle} 23. O-O {and after} cxd5 24. f5 Nxb2 25. Bxb2
Nc4 26. Nxd5 {White has some initative, but at the same time Black is very
safe and a pawn up.}) 23. bxc3 gxf4 24. Rh5 $6 {During the game I was very
proud of this move, but I underestimated Black's defensive resources.} ({
The correct move was} 24. O-O $1 Rf6 (24... cxd5 $2 25. Qg4 $1) 25. Qg4 Qc5+
26. Rf2 Rxh6 27. Bxf4 Rg6 {and both sides would have their chances, although I
prefer White, who has the bishop pair.}) 24... Rf6 $2 ({Not only from a
practical point of view very strong was} 24... Ne5 $1 25. Qd4 Nac4 {where
Black has really powerful knights. What is even more important is that White
must play the only move} 26. Ke2 $1 {in order not to lose on the spot, but
this move is not easy and also Black would be much better anyway. Surprisingly
neither player was aware that such a move as ...Ne5 exists.}) 25. Qg4 Rg6 26.
Qxf4 Qxf4 (26... cxd5 {was also ok and after} 27. Bxd5 Rd8 28. Qxd6 Rgxd6 29.
Bf3 {it would be more or less drawish.}) 27. Bxf4 Rf8 ({Surprisingly after} 
27... Rxg2 $2 28. Rg5 {Black has no hope!}) 28. g3 cxd5 ({Of course,} 28...
Rxf4 $2 {didn't work because of} 29. gxf4 Rg1+ 30. Kf2 Rxa1 31. Rg5) 29. Bxd5
Nc6 $2 {Big mistake. Black wanted to improve the position of his knight, but
at this moment it was very important to play very precisely.} ({The best was} 
29... e6 $1 30. Bxc4 (30. Be4 Rxf4 $1 31. Bxg6 hxg6 32. gxf4 gxh5 $15) 30...
Nxc4 31. O-O-O e5 32. Bxe5+ Nxe5 33. Rxe5 Rxh6 $11) 30. O-O-O {Now White is
much better, because of Black's problems with his king.} ({It was also
possible to play} 30. a4) 30... e5 31. Bg5 Rf5 32. Bxc6 $2 {Missing a
beautiful tactical trick.} ({It's funny, but I saw the winning} 32. Bh4 {
, but after} Rxh5 (32... Rf8 {is better, but White would be better in a fine
line} 33. Be4 b4 $1 34. g4 $1 {preparing Rf5} bxc3 35. Rf5 $18) {I completely
missed the fantastic} 33. Rf1 $3 {with mate not later than in 4! e.g.} ({
I saw only} 33. Bxc6 Rhxh6 {and Black wins}) 33... Rgxh6 34. Rf8+ Kg7 35. Rg8#
{It's a pity that in one tournament I missed two great tricks in which the key
move was Rf1 (1st case in the game vs. Zagorskis - also annotated in CBM 146).
Starting from now I will concentrate on all lines with Rf1 possible in them!})
32... Rfxg5 {Now White is still pressing, because of the very strong h6-pawn,
but chances for a draw are also significant.} 33. Rxg5 Rxg5 34. Be4 $2 {
In fact this move, which I considered to be very strong, spoils all my chances.
} ({The pawn endgame after} 34. Rd8+ Rg8 35. Rxg8+ Kxg8 36. Bd5+ Kf8 37. Bxc4
bxc4 {is simply drawish:} 38. Kd2 Kf7 39. Ke3 Kg6 40. Ke4 Kxh6 41. Kxe5 Kg5 42.
Kd5 Kg4 43. Kxc4 Kxg3 44. Kd4 (44. Kb3 $4 h5 45. c4 Kf4 $19) 44... h5 45. c4 h4
46. c5 h3 47. c6 h2 48. c7 h1=Q 49. c8=Q) ({Very strong was the surprising} 34.
Be8 $1 {with the idea to cover the g8-square from f7 and after} Rg8 (34... Rxg3
$4 35. Bf7 $18) (34... Ne3 35. Rd6) 35. Bf7 Rf8 36. Be6 e4 37. Rd4 e3 (37...
Ne5 38. Kd1 $1 Nd3 39. Kd2 $1) 38. Bxc4 bxc4 39. Kd1 {it looks like White has
every chance to win the endgame!}) 34... Rxg3 35. Rd8+ Rg8 36. Rd7 Rg4 37. a4 (
{It was possible to try} 37. Ra7 $5 {with the simple intention to take the
a6-pawn, but after} Kg8 $1 {Black should survive without serious difficulties,
e.g.} 38. Ra8+ (38. Bxh7+ Kh8 39. Bd3 (39. Bf5 $2 Rg1+ 40. Kc2 Ne3+) 39... Rg1+
40. Kc2 Rg2+ $11) 38... Kf7 39. Bxh7 Rg1+ 40. Kc2 Rg2+ 41. Kd3 Rxa2 42. Bf5 Nd6
43. h7 Rh2 44. h8=Q Rxh8 45. Rxh8 Nxf5 46. Ra8 Ke6 47. Rxa6+ Kd5 $11) 37...
Rg1+ 38. Kc2 Ne3+ (38... Kg8 $5 {was probably even better}) 39. Kb2 $6 ({
Much better was} 39. Kb3 {and White would have good chances to test the
opponent in a R+B vs R endgame:} bxa4+ (39... Rg4 $2 40. axb5 axb5 41. Re7 $18)
40. Kxa4 Rg4 41. Kb3 (41. Ka5 Kg8 42. Bb1) 41... Kg8 42. Bxh7+ Kh8 43. Bb1 e4
44. c4 Nxc4 45. Kxc4 Rh4 $11) 39... Rg4 40. Rd8+ (40. axb5 axb5 41. Re7 Nc4+
42. Ka2 Nd6 $11) 40... Rg8 41. Rd7 Rg4 42. axb5 axb5 43. Ka2 {At this moment
of the game I thought that we had a zugwang on the board, but I was really,
really wrong.} Kg8 $1 {Simple and effective. This is quite funny, that it's
much better for Black to lose the pawn on h7 than to keep it :)} 44. Rd8+ (44.
Bxh7+ Kh8 $1 (44... Kf8 $2 45. Bd3 $18) 45. Bd3 e4 46. Bxb5 Rh4 {was drawish})
44... Kf7 45. Bxh7 Rh4 46. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch33-KK4 Kasparov-Karpov +4-4=16"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "1987.11.20"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1987.10.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Rd1 Re8 13. d6 $5 {N; 13.Bg5} h6
$1 (13... Ne4 $2 14. d7 $1 Re7 15. Nxe4 Rxe4 16. Bg5 $1 Rxc4 (16... Bf6 17.
Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qc3 $16) (16... Qxd7 17. Rxd7 Rxc4 18. Rxb7 $16) 17. Bxd8 Rxd8
18. Bxc4 Bxb2 19. Ng5 $1 $16) 14. h3 $6 (14. Bf4) 14... Nb4 $1 15. Bf4 $1 (15.
Qxc5 $2 Nc2 16. Rb1 Nd7 17. Qb5 a6 $17) (15. a3 $2 Nc2 16. Rb1 Nd4 $17) 15...
Nd7 16. Rd2 a6 17. Qb3 b5 18. Qd1 (18. a4 $2 Nc2 $1 $17) 18... c4 19. a4 $1 (
19. Nd4 $6 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Nc2 21. Bf3 Ra7 22. Nd5 Nxa1 23. Qxa1 Nf6 $17) 19...
Nc5 (19... Rb8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra7 Qb6 22. Rc7 $13) (19... Qb6 $5 20. Be3
Rxe3 21. fxe3 Re8 $44) 20. axb5 Nbd3 (20... Nb3 $2 21. d7 $1 $16) 21. Bxd3 Nxd3
22. Rxd3 $2 (22. Nd5 $1 Nxf4 23. Nxf4 c3 $1 (23... axb5 $2 24. d7 $18) 24. bxc3
Bxc3 $13) 22... cxd3 $2 (22... Bxd3 $1 23. Nd5 g5 $1 (23... Re4 24. b6 Rxf4 25.
Nxf4 Qxd6 26. Nxd3 cxd3 27. b7 Rb8 28. Ra3 $1 $10) 24. Bg3 (24. Ne7+ Rxe7 25.
dxe7 Qxe7 $17) 24... axb5 25. Rxa8 Qxa8 26. Nc7 Qc6 27. Nxe8 Qxe8 28. Ne5 (28.
Qd2 f5 29. Qe3 Qxe3 30. fxe3 Kf7 31. Be5 Bxe5 32. Nxe5+ Ke6 33. d7 Ke7 $17)
28... Bxe5 29. d7 Qxd7 30. Bxe5 Qe7 $17) 23. Nd5 $1 (23. bxa6 $2 Qb6 $17) 23...
axb5 (23... Re4 24. Bg3 $5 $13) 24. Ne7+ $1 (24. Rxa8 Qxa8 25. Ne7+ (25. Nc7 $6
Qe4 26. Nxe8 Qxf4 27. g4 $1 (27. Nxg7 $2 Kxg7 $17) 27... Bd7 (27... Be4 $2 28.
d7 $1 Bxf3 $2 29. d8=Q Bxd1 30. Nf6#) 28. Nxg7 Qxd6 $1 29. Ne1 Kxg7 $15)) 24...
Kh7 25. Rxa8 Qxa8 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. Qxd3 Qe4 28. Qxb5 Ra8 (28... Rd8 $6 29. Qa5
$1 Rd7 30. Qd2 $14) 29. Bd2 Rd8 30. Qc5 $1 (30. Qb6 $6 Rd7 $15) 30... Qe6 (
30... Bf8 31. Qc7 Qb1+ 32. Ne1 Rxd6 33. Qxf7+ Bg7 34. Bc3 Rg6 $13) 31. Bf4 Bxb2
32. Nh4 Bf6 33. Qxf5+ (33. Nxf5 Rc8 34. Qb5 $1 (34. Qa5 $2 Qe4 $1 35. Bxh6 Ra8
$17) 34... Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Qxf2 36. Be3 (36. Bg3 $2 Rc5 $1 $17) 36... Qb2 $13)
33... Qxf5 34. Nxf5 {R 9/f} h5 $1 35. g4 (35. f3 $6 h4 $1 $15) 35... hxg4 36.
hxg4 Kg6 37. Kg2 Bb2 38. Ne7+ (38. Kf3 Kf6 39. Ke4 Ke6 $10) 38... Kf6 39. Nc6
Rd7 40. Nb8 Rd8 41. d7 Ke6 42. Kf3 Ba3 (42... Rxd7 $6 43. Nxd7 Kxd7 44. g5 $1
Ke6 45. Kg4 $14) 43. Bc7 (43. Bc7 Rxd7 44. Nxd7 Kxd7 45. Be5 Ke6 46. Ke4 f5+
47. gxf5+ Kf7 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch33-KK4 Kasparov-Karpov +4-4=16"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "1987.12.07"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1987.10.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Rd1 Re8 13. d6 h6 14. Bf4 {N} (
14. Be3 Ng4 $5 15. Bf4 (15. d7 Rxe3) 15... Bxc3 16. bxc3 Re4 17. Qb3 Rxf4 18.
Qxb7 Ra4 19. Bxa6 Rb8 20. Qc6 Bd7 $19) 14... Nd7 15. Rd2 (15. Qb3 Nb4 $1 (15...
Bxc3 $2 16. Bxa6 $16) 16. Bc4 $6 Qf6 $1 17. Rd2 {- 15.Rd2}) 15... Nb4 16. Qb3
Be6 (16... a6 $6 17. a3 Nc6 18. Nd5 $1 $16) 17. Bc4 Nb6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. a3 $6
(19. Nb5 Re4 $1 {/\ Nc4} 20. Be3 Nc4 21. Bxc5 Nxd2 22. Nxd2 Re2 23. Qxb4 (23.
Bxb4 Qb6) (23. Be3 Nc6 24. Qd3 Rxe3) 23... a5 24. Qf4 g5 $132) (19. Bg3 $5 {
/\ Nb5} Nd3 20. Nb5 c4 21. Qa3 $13) (19. Na4 $5 {Tal,M}) 19... Nd3 $1 20. Bg3
c4 21. Qc2 {/\ b3} Rc8 22. Rad1 Qd7 (22... Nxb2 $2 23. Qxb2 Na4 24. Nxa4 Bxb2
25. Rxb2 Qa5 26. Rb4 $16) 23. h4 f5 (23... Rc5 24. Qb1 $5 $132 {/\ 25.Ne1, 25.
Ne2}) 24. Rxd3 $8 cxd3 25. Qxd3 $44 Nc4 26. Qd5 $1 Nb6 (26... Nxb2 $6 27. Re1
Rce8 28. Rxe6 Rxe6 (28... Qxe6 $4 29. d7 $1) 29. Nb5 Kh7 30. Ne5 $1 Bxe5 31.
Bxe5 Nc4 32. f4 $1 a6 33. Nd4 $16) (26... Kh8 $2 27. Nb5 Nxb2 28. Rb1 $1 Na4 (
28... Nc4 29. Nxa7) 29. Nc7 Rxc7 30. dxc7 Qxd5 31. c8=Q+ Kh7 32. Rxb7 $16) 27.
Qd3 (27. Qb3 $6 Qf7 $1 28. Nd5 $1 (28. Kh2 f4) 28... Rd8 $15) 27... Nc4 28. Qd5
Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lopota FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Lopota"]
[Date "2014.06.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Black "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Koneru came very well prepared to the game with an interesting novelty in
move 15 of a sharp Grunfeld. Harika was simply unable to navigate the
complications well enough and her double pawn sacrifice did not provide enough
counterplay. The game reached a queen endgame that was surely lost for Black,
but a series of mistakes by Koneru allowed Harika to eliminate a powerful
passed pawn for free. White was still better but had to win the game all over
again, which she did in the 96th move. The game should have taken half as long
as that.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4
Nc6 8. Be2 e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 c6 12. Qc4 b5 13. Qxc6 Bd7 14.
Qd6 Re8 15. Bd3 $5 {A new move in a complex position.} Nh5 16. O-O Be5 17. Qc5
Qh4 18. g3 Qf6 (18... Nxg3 19. fxg3 Bxg3 20. Rf2 $18) 19. Qe3 Bd4 20. Qe2 Bh3
21. Rd1 b4 22. Nb5 Bb6 23. d6 Re5 24. Be3 Rd8 25. Bxb6 axb6 26. Qe3 Bd7 27. f4
Rxb5 28. e5 Qe6 29. Bxb5 Bxb5 30. Qxb6 Qd7 31. Qc7 Qe8 32. Qe7 Qc6 33. Qxd8+
Kg7 34. Rac1 Qf3 35. Re1 Be2 36. Rxe2 Qxe2 37. Qb6 Nxf4 38. gxf4 Qg4+ 39. Kf2
Qxf4+ 40. Ke2 Qxc1 41. Qd4 Qc2+ 42. Ke3 Qc1+ 43. Kd3 Qf1+ 44. Kc2 Qg2+ 45. Kb3
Qf3+ 46. Kxb4 Qb7+ 47. Ka3 Qa6+ 48. Qa4 Qd3+ 49. b3 Qd5 50. Qf4 Kf8 51. Kb4
Qb7+ 52. Kc3 Qc6+ 53. Qc4 Qf3+ 54. Qd3 Qc6+ 55. Kb2 Qc5 56. Qe4 Qf2+ 57. Qc2
Qd4+ 58. Kb1 Qxe5 59. Qc8+ Kg7 60. d7 Qe1+ 61. Qc1 Qa5 62. Kb2 Kf6 63. Qe3 Qd5
64. a4 Qxd7 65. a5 Qd6 66. Kc3 Qc6+ 67. Kb4 Qd6+ 68. Qc5 Qf4+ 69. Kb5 Qf1+ 70.
Kb6 Qd3 71. b4 Qd8+ 72. Kb7 Qd7+ 73. Qc7 Qd3 74. a6 Kg7 75. Qc6 Qa3 76. Qe4 Qa4
77. Qd4+ Kh6 78. a7 Qb5+ 79. Kc7 Qa4 80. Qc5 Qe8 81. b5 f5 82. b6 Qf7+ 83. Kd6
Qf8+ 84. Kd5 Qf7+ 85. Kd4 Qf6+ 86. Kd3 Qd8+ 87. Kc4 Qa8 88. Qd5 Qc8+ 89. Kb4
Qf8+ 90. Kb3 Qf6 91. a8=Q Qxb6+ 92. Kc4 Qc7+ 93. Kd3 Qc1 94. Qf8+ Kh5 95. Qf3+
Kh4 96. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Be6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Rd1 b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Nxc5 16. O-O Nce4 17. Qd3 Qd6 18. g3 Rfd8 19. Bf4 Qxd5 20. Qxa6 Qa8 21.
Qxa8 Rxa8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Ne5 Nd5 24. Rd1 Rd6 25. Nxg6 Nxf4 26. Nxf4 Rxd1+
27. Bxd1 Bxb2 28. Nd3 {The game's novelty, which changes the evaluation of the
position in absolutely nothing.} (28. Bc2 Nf6 29. Nd3 Bc3 $11 {
Tomashevsky-Gris omashevsky-Grischuk, 2014.}) 28... Bc3 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. f4 h6
31. g4 f5 32. gxf5 Nd6 33. Kf3 Kf6 34. Nf2 Kxf5 35. Ng4 Kg6 36. Bc2+ Kg7 37.
Ne3 e6 38. Bb3 Nf5 39. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.02.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Be6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Be3 (12. c6 Nb8 13. Ng5 Nxc6 14.
Nxe6 fxe6 15. Be3 Nd4 16. Qd1 Nxe2 17. Qxe2 b4 {1/2-1/2 (34) Buhmann,R (2563)
-Le Quang,L (2694)/Khanty Mansiysk 2010/CBM 139 (34)}) 12... Rc8 13. Rd1 b4 14.
Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nxc5 16. O-O a5 17. Rfe1 Ncd7 18. Bc4 Ng4 19. Bd4 Qc7 20.
Bxg7 Kxg7 {#} 21. b3 ({Tomashevsky could have chosen} 21. Rxe7 Qxc4 22. Qxc4
Rxc4 23. Rxd7 {However after} Nf6 (23... Rc2 {would be a blunder due to} 24.
Nd4 {attacking the rook and Ne6+}) 24. Re7 Re8 25. Rxe8 Nxe8 26. Nd4 Nd6 {
though a pawn up, Black's knight blockade and active rook go a long way in
neutralizing it.}) 21... Qc5 22. Qe2 Nb6 23. h3 Nf6 24. Qxe7 Nxc4 25. bxc4 Qxc4
{#Somehow Le Quang has outsmarted his opponent and is now teetering on being
better.} 26. Nd4 $2 {This is a mistake after which White will be holding on
for dear life.} Rce8 27. Ne6+ Kg8 28. Qc7 Qxc7 29. Nxc7 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Rd8 31.
Rc1 Rd7 32. Rc5 {Now it is the Vietnamese who slips and allows his opponent a
chance back into the fight.} Ne4 ({Instead the simple} 32... a4 {would have
been very difficult to defend against. The white king is too far so White
would be forced to dump the d-pawn to try and cover the queenside.} 33. Rc6
Nxd5 34. Nxd5 Rxd5 35. Rc4 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Rb1 37. a3 {and now Black ignores the
"threat" and brings the king with} Kg7 38. Kg3 (38. axb4 $2 a3 39. Rc2 Rxb4 40.
Ra2 Rb3 $19) 38... Kf6) 33. Rc6 Nc3 34. d6 Nxa2 35. Nd5 $2 (35. Ra6 $1 b3 36.
Rxa5 {would have equalized since} Rxd6 $2 {loses to} 37. Ra8+ Kg7 38. Ne8+)
35... Kg7 36. Nb6 b3 37. Na4 Kf6 38. Rb6 Nb4 39. f4 $1 {This move is unplesant
and makes Black's work hard. The problem is that after Kf5, any king move to
either e6 or e4 is met by Nc5+ and Nxb3 (not Nxd7 which would allow the b-pawn
to promote).} g5 40. fxg5+ Kxg5 $2 (40... Ke5 41. Rb5+ Kxd6 42. Rxa5 Rb7 43.
Nb2 {is also good, but is it enough to win? That is not clear.}) 41. Nb2 {
Now however the draw is clear.} Nc2 42. Rxb3 Rxd6 43. Rb5+ f5 44. Rxa5 Ne3 45.
Ra3 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Tomashevsky repeated some Grunfeld variation he played last year in the
European Team Championship, but obviously Grischuk knew it, prepared a novelty
and equalized easily. Not the best effort from Tomashevsky.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6
3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2 b5 9. Qb3 c5 10.
dxc5 Be6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Rd1 b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nxc5 16. O-O
Nce4 17. Qd3 {There's a few games with this unusual 17.Qd3 move, one of them
surprisingly by Tomashevsky againt a 2452 rated opponent a year ago.} Qd6 18.
g3 Rfd8 {The improvement.} (18... a5 19. Bf4 Qc5 20. Ne5 Rfd8 21. Qf3 $14 {
Tomashevsky - Schreiner, Eu chT 2013}) 19. Bf4 Qxd5 20. Qxa6 Qa8 {White has no
advantage what soever. Grischuk equalized with ease.} 21. Qxa8 Rxa8 22. Rxd8+
Rxd8 23. Ne5 Nd5 24. Rd1 Rd6 25. Nxg6 Nxf4 26. Nxf4 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 Bxb2 28. Bc2
Nf6 29. Nd3 Bc3 30. f4 e6 31. Kg2 Kf8 32. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Qb3
c5 9. dxc5 Qc7 10. Qb6 Qxb6 11. cxb6 Nbd7 12. Be2 Nxb6 13. Be3 Nbd7 14. Nd4 b6
15. f3 Bb7 16. O-O-O h5 17. Nb3 Kh7 18. Rd4 Rfc8 19. Rhd1 Rc7 20. Kb1 Bh6 21.
Bxh6 Kxh6 22. Nd2 g5 23. a4 Ne5 24. Nc4 Nxc4 25. Rxc4 Rac8 26. Rcd4 Kg7 $2 (
26... Rc5 $1) 27. e5 Ne8 28. g3 f6 29. f4 fxe5 30. fxe5 g4 31. Rb4 Rc6 32. Nd5
Rc2 33. Nf4 b5 $6 (33... Bf3 34. Re1 Bxe2 35. Rxe2 Rxe2 36. Nxe2 Rc5 {is more
stubborn}) 34. axb5 axb5 35. Nxh5+ Kh6 36. Bxg4 R8c5 37. Nf4 Rxh2 38. Nd3 Rcc2
39. Bf5 Bf3 40. Rf1 Be2 41. Kxc2 Bxf1+ 42. Kc3 Nc7 43. Rg4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch56"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1989.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Bf4 Nd7 $5 13. d6 (13. Rad1 $5) (
13. Bg5 $5) 13... Nb6 14. Qb3 (14. Qb5) 14... Nb4 15. Rac1 (15. Qd1) 15... Be6
$5 16. Qa3 (16. Qd1 N6d5 (16... Bxc3 $6 17. bxc3 Nxa2 18. Rc2 Na4 19. Qd2 $16)
17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bg3 Bxb2 19. Rxc5 Nc3 20. Qd2 Nxe2+ 21. Qxe2 Ba3 22. Rc3 Bb4
23. Rc2 $14) 16... Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Rfd1 b6 $5 (18... Nd3 19. Rxd3 Bxd3
20. Qxc5 $44) 19. Ne4 $2 (19. Qa4 $1 a6 20. Rd2 $1 {/\ Qd1}) 19... Bd5 $1 20.
Nfg5 (20. Nc3 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qf6 22. Bg3 Qxf3 23. Nd5 Qxa3 24. bxa3 (24. Ne7+
Kh8 25. bxa3 Nxa2 $1 $17) 24... Nc6 $1 (24... Nxd5 25. Rxd5 {/\ d7}) 25. Ne7+ (
25. d7 Nd4) 25... Nxe7 26. dxe7 Rfe8 27. Rd7 Bd4 {/\ f5, Kf7-/+}) (20. Bg5 Qd7
$1 (20... f6 $2 21. Rxd5 $1 Nxd5 22. Qb3 $16) 21. Re1 f6 22. Bd2 Rfe8 $17 (
22... Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Qxd6 24. Bxb4)) 20... Qd7 $6 (20... h6 21. Qh3 Re8 $1 22.
d7 (22. a3 Bxe4) 22... Re7) 21. Bd2 $1 Nxa2 $1 22. Ra1 h6 23. Nc3 Nxc3 24. Bxc3
Bxg2 (24... Bxc3 {>=} 25. Qxc3 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 hxg5) 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Kxg2 hxg5
27. Qg3 $5 Rfe8 $6 (27... g4) 28. Qxg5 Re4 29. h3 Rae8 (29... Rd8 $2 30. Rxa7
$1) 30. Ra3 R8e5 $6 (30... a5) 31. Qg3 {/\ Ra7} Re8 32. Rf3 a5 33. Rd5 R4e6 34.
Rf4 $2 (34. h4) 34... Rd8 $1 $19 35. Qb3 (35. Rdf5 f6) (35. Qf3 f5 (35... f6))
35... Qc6 $1 36. Qf3 Rd7 37. Kg1 Rexd6 0-1

[Event "URS-ch13 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.05.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir Andreevich"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. Bf4 c6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. e4
Qa5 9. Bd2 b5 10. Qc5 Qd8 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Qa3 Nb6 13. Be2 Be6 14. b3 a5 15. Qb2
b4 16. Ne4 Bd5 17. Nc5 N8d7 18. Rc1 Nxc5 19. Rxc5 Nd7 20. Rc1 c5 21. Be3 a4 22.
O-O axb3 23. axb3 Ra3 24. Bc4 Bxf3 25. gxf3 cxd4 26. Bxd4 e6 27. f4 Qh4 28. Be3
g5 29. Qd2 gxf4 30. Bxf4 Nxe5 31. Kh1 Nxc4 32. Rxc4 Qh3 33. Qe2 Ra2 34. Qd1 Kh8
35. Rg1 Rxf2 {[#]} 36. Rxg7 $1 $11 Rxf4 (36... Kxg7 37. Qg1+ Qg2+ 38. Qxg2+
Rxg2 39. Kxg2 $18) (36... e5 37. Rg1 Rxf4 $11) 37. Rxh7+ (37. Rxf4 Kxg7 38.
Qg1+ Kh8 39. Qd4+ f6 40. Rxf6 Rxf6 41. Qxf6+ Kg8 42. Qd8+ $11) 37... Qxh7 38.
Rxf4 $11 e5 39. Rxb4 Qh3 40. Re4 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1988.06.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1988.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. Bg5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Be6 12. O-O-O Bxd5 13. Rxd5 Qb6 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 15. e5 Qf5 {'!' ChessBase.} 16. Bd3 Qc8 (16... Qe6 $5 17. Rd6 Qe7 $13) 17.
Rd1 {'?' ChessBase.} (17. Rd6 $1 b5 (17... Nb4 18. Be4 Rb8 (18... b5 $2 19. Qe2
$1 Rb8 20. a3 $16) 19. a3 Nc6 20. Bxc6 bxc6 $13 {} 21. Qxc5 $2 Qg4) 18. Qh4 $1
(18. Qxb5 Nb4 19. Qc4 (19. Bc4 $2 Qf5 $17) 19... Nxd3+ 20. Rxd3 Rb8 21. a3 Rb6
$44) 18... c4 19. Be4 Nc5 $1 20. Bxa8 Nd3+ 21. Kb1 Qxa8 22. Rd1 Qc8 (22... Nxe5
23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. R6d5 $1 $14 (24. Rd8 $2 Qxg2)) 23. R6xd3 (23. Qd4 $2 Nxe5 $1)
23... cxd3 24. Rxd3 Qf5 $44) 17... b5 {'-/+!' ChessBase.} 18. Qh4 (18. Qxb5 Nc7
$17) 18... Nb4 19. Bxg6 {'?' ChessBase.} (19. Rd6 c4 20. Be4 (20. Bb1 Nd3+ $1
$19) 20... c3 $1 21. a3 $8 c2 22. axb4 cxd1=Q+ 23. Kxd1 Rb8 $17) 19... fxg6 (
19... hxg6 $4 20. Ng5 Re8 21. Rd7 $18) 20. Rd7 Qe8 {'!' ChessBase.} 21. Re7 (
21. a3 Nc6 22. e6 $5 Rxf3 $1 23. Rxg7+ (23. gxf3 Qxe6 24. Qe4 Qf6 $19) 23...
Kxg7 24. Rd7+ Qxd7 25. exd7 Rf6 $19) 21... Bh6+ {'!' ChessBase.} (21... g5 $6
22. Qxg5 Qg6 23. Qxg6 hxg6 $17) 22. Kb1 Rd8 {'!' ChessBase.} (22... g5 $4 23.
Rxe8 gxh4 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. a3 $1 Nc6 26. Rd6 $16) 23. Rd6 (23. Re1 g5 $1 $19)
23... Qc6 {'!' ChessBase.} 24. a3 (24. Qxh6 Qe4+ $19) 24... Rxd6 25. exd6 Qxd6
26. axb4 cxb4 27. Qe4 b3 28. Nd4 (28. Qe6+ Qxe6 29. Rxe6 Rc8 30. Re1 Rc2 $19)
28... Rf4 29. Qa8+ Bf8 $19 0-1

[Event "World-ch15 Euwe-Alekhine +9-8=13"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1935.10.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1935.10.03"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Nf3 a6 8. Bf4
(8. e5 Nfd7 9. e6 fxe6 10. Qxe6+ Kh8 11. Ng5 Ne5 $5 (11... Nc6) 12. Qd5 Qxd5
13. Nxd5 Nec6 14. Nxc7 Nxd4 15. Nxa8 (15. Bd3 Bf5 $5 (15... Ra7 16. Be3 Nbc6 $1
$13)) 15... Nc2+ 16. Kd1 Nxa1 17. Be3 (17. Bc4 $5 h6 18. h4 $13) 17... Nc6 $1 (
17... Bxb2 18. Bc4 $1 {/\ Nc7}) 18. Nb6 $6 {Guerra,P-Huergo,J/Camaguey/1990} (
18. Nb6 Bxb2 $1 19. Bc4 Ne5 20. Bd5 Bf5 $15) (18. Kc1 Bf5 $1 19. Nb6 (19. Nc7
Rc8) 19... Nc2 $13 {Huergo,J})) (8. a4 $2 b5 {Hybl-Barczay/corr/1971/0-1/21/})
8... b5 9. Qxc7 (9. Qc5 Bb7 10. Bxc7 Qc8 11. Be5 Qxc5 12. dxc5 Nbd7 {Ungureanu,
E-Ghinda,M./Romania/1974}) 9... Qe8 $1 (9... Qxc7 $6 10. Bxc7 Bb7 11. e5 $142 (
11. Bd3 $10 b4 12. Na4 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. O-O Nc6 15. Rfe1 f5 16. d5 Nd4
17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Bb6 $2) 11... Nd5 12. Nxd5 (12. Ba5 $1 $19 {Balashov-Barczay/
Skopje/1970/} Nf4 13. O-O-O Nh3 $1) 12... Bxd5 13. Bb6 (13. Be2 Rc8 $1 14. Ba5
(14. Bxb8 Raxb8 15. Bd1 Rd8 $17 16. O-O Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Rxd4 18. Rfe1 Rd2 $1)
14... Nc6 15. Bc3 Rab8 $17 16. a3 a5 $17) 13... Nc6 14. Be2 Rab8 15. Bc5 Rfd8
16. O-O Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nxd4 18. Bxe7 (18. Bxd4 Rxd4 19. Rfe1 Rd2 $17 {Line
Sahovic-Nikolic,Z/Yugoslavia 1985}) 18... Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Rd2 20. Bd6 Re8 21.
Rfe1 Rxb2 $2) (9... b4 10. Na4 Nxe4 11. Nb6 $18 {[%cal Rb6a8,Rb6c8]}) 10. Be2
Nc6 (10... b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 {[%cal Rd5d6] /\d6}) 11. d5 Nb4 (11... e5
$1) 12. O-O Nxe4 (12... Nc2 13. Rac1 b4 14. Nb1 $18) 13. Nxe4 Nxd5 14. Qc1 Bf5
15. Ng3 Rc8 16. Qd2 Nxf4 17. Qxf4 Bc2 (17... Bxb2 18. Nxf5 Bxa1 19. Qh6 gxf5
20. Ng5 {[%cal Rg5h7] /\Qh7#}) 18. Qb4 Qd8 19. Ne1 Ba4 20. Rb1 $18 {[%cal
Rb2b3] /\b3} Bd4 21. Nf3 (21. b3 a5 22. Qa3 Bc5 23. Qc1 Bxf2+ 24. Rxf2 Rxc1 25.
Rxc1 $18) 21... Bc5 22. Qh4 $18 Bc2 23. Rbc1 f6 24. Bc4+ $18 (24. Rxc2 Bxf2+
25. Rxf2 Rxc2 $18) 24... bxc4 25. Qxc4+ Kg7 26. Qxc2 Qa5 27. Qe2 e5 (27... Qxa2
28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. Qxe7+) 28. a3 Be7 29. Nd4 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Kh8 31. Nc6 Qc7 32.
Qxa6 Rc8 33. Nf1 {/\34.Ne7 Qc2 35.Qf6#} Rb8 34. Nxe7 Qxe7 35. Rc8+ Rxc8 36.
Qxc8+ 1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Donaldson Akhmilovskaya, Elena"]
[Black "Burger, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1989.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8. e5
$5 Nd7 9. e6 fxe6 $6 (9... Nb6 $5 10. exf7+ Kh8 11. Qb3 c5 $1 $17 {Wood-Prins/
Beverwijk/1948/}) 10. h4 $5 Nb6 11. Qb3 c5 12. h5 cxd4 13. hxg6 $5 Rxf3 $2 {
>= 13...cxd4!?; Ftacnik} 14. gxf3 dxc3 15. Rxh7 Qd5 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxc3 Bd2+
18. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Nd5 20. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Legky, Nikolay A"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1989.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Qb3 c5 9. d5 e6 10. Bxa6 bxa6 11. O-O exd5 (11... Qb6 12. Bf4 exd5 13. exd5 Bf5
14. Rfd1 c4 $1 15. Qxc4 Qxb2 16. Be5 Ng4 $1 17. Bd4 Nxf2 (17... Rac8 18. Qe2 $1
) 18. Bxf2 Rfc8 19. Qxa6 Qxc3 $15 {Flear,G-Ristic,N/Dortmund-B/1989/1/2-1/2/
1989/ -> CBM 13}) 12. exd5 Bf5 {12...Qb6; 12...Re8} 13. Bf4 $1 (13. Rd1 Rb8 14.
Qc4 Qb6) (13. Qc4 Qb6 14. Bf4 Qb4) 13... Bd3 $5 14. Rfd1 c4 $5 15. Qb7 Qc8 (
15... Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Ne5 Bc2 18. Rd2 Nh5 19. Rxc2 Nxf4 20. Nd7 Rfd8 21.
Nxb6 Rab8 22. Nxc4 $14) (15... Nh5 $5 16. Be5 f6 17. Bc7 $5 (17. Bd4 Rb8 18.
Qxa6 Rxb2 19. Qxa7 Nf4 $44)) 16. Qxc8 Raxc8 17. Ne5 Nh5 $1 $10 18. Nxd3 cxd3
19. Bg5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rxc3 21. Be7 $6 (21. g4 $1 Ng7 22. Bf6 $36) 21... Rb8 22.
d6 Rb7 23. Kf1 f5 24. Rab1 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Kf7 26. Ke1 Nf6 27. Bxf6 Kxf6 28. Kd2
Rc2+ {Lubomir Ftacnik} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund-B"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Black "Ristic, Nenad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "206"]
[EventDate "1989.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Qb3 c5 9. d5 e6 10. Bxa6 bxa6 11. O-O Qb6 12. Bf4 exd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. Rfd1 c4
$1 15. Qxc4 Qxb2 16. Be5 Ng4 $1 17. Bd4 $1 Nxf2 (17... Rac8 18. Qe2 $1 $10) 18.
Bxf2 Rfc8 19. Qxa6 Qxc3 20. d6 Rc6 21. Qb7 Rd8 22. Bg3 Rd7 23. Qb5 Bf6 24. Qe2
Rc5 25. Bf4 Qb2 26. Qe8+ Kg7 27. Qe3 Rc8 28. Rac1 Rcd8 29. Ne5 Rb7 30. Bh6+ Kg8
31. Nc6 Ra8 32. Ne7+ Kh8 33. Nxf5 gxf5 34. d7 Rg8 35. g3 Qb6 36. Qxb6 axb6 37.
Rc6 Bd8 38. Rcd6 Rg6 39. Re1 Rxh6 40. Rxh6 Rxd7 41. Rc6 Kg7 42. Re2 Be7 43. Kg2
Bc5 44. h4 h5 45. a4 Ra7 46. Re5 f4 47. gxf4 Rxa4 48. Rg5+ Kf8 49. Rf5 Ra2+ 50.
Kf3 Ra3+ 51. Ke4 Re3+ 52. Kd5 Rd3+ 53. Kc4 Rd7 54. Kb5 Be7 55. Rxh5 Rd4 56. Rc4
Rxc4 57. Kxc4 Kg7 58. Rb5 Bxh4 59. Rxb6 Bg3 60. f5 Be5 61. Kd5 Ba1 62. Rc6 Bb2
63. Ke4 Ba1 64. Kf4 Bd4 65. Rc4 Bb2 66. Rc2 Ba1 67. Ke4 Kf6 68. Rc6+ Kg5 69.
Rc1 Bb2 70. Rc2 Ba1 71. Rg2+ Kf6 72. Ra2 Bc3 73. Kf4 Be5+ 74. Kg4 Bc3 75. Rc2
Bd4 76. Rc4 Be3 77. Rc3 Bd2 78. Rc6+ Ke5 79. Rc2 Bb4 80. Rc7 Kf6 81. Rc6+ Ke5
82. Rb6 Bd2 83. Rb2 Bc1 84. Rc2 Ba3 85. Rc7 Kf6 86. Rc6+ Ke5 87. Kg5 Bb4 88. f6
Bd2+ 89. Kh5 Kf5 90. Rc2 Be3 91. Rc3 Bd2 92. Rf3+ Ke6 93. Rf2 Bc1 94. Rf1 Bd2
95. Rf3 Bc1 96. Rf2 Ke5 97. Kg4 Bh6 98. Rf5+ Ke6 99. Rf1 Ke5 100. Rh1 Bd2 101.
Rh2 Bc1 102. Rc2 Bh6 103. Rf2 Bc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dubai op 15th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2013.04.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:32:13"]
[BlackClock "0:10:50"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Be6 $5 {
Quite a recent move.} 8. d5 (8. Qb5 Bd7 9. Qc5 b6 10. Qg5 c5 11. dxc5 Bc6 12.
Qh4 bxc5 13. Be2 e6 14. Bg5 h6 $1 15. Bxh6 Nxe4 {0-1 (50) Morozevich,A (2770)
-Giri,A (2696)/SUI 2012 (50)}) (8. Qd3 c5 9. d5 Bc8 10. Be3 b6 11. h3 e6 12.
dxe6 Bxe6 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Ng5 Nc6 {0-1 (50) Jakovenko,D (2722)-Svidler,P 
(2749)/Moscow RUS 2012 (50)}) 8... Bc8 9. Be2 e6 $5 $146 (9... c6 10. O-O cxd5
11. exd5 $14 {was the old theory.}) 10. Bg5 $5 (10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 c6 12.
dxc6 Nxc6 13. Rd1 Qa5 {is OK for Black.}) (10. dxe6 Bxe6 $132) 10... exd5 11.
Nxd5 c6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. h4 Nd7 ({I considered} 13... Bg4 {but then noticed
that after} 14. e5 (14. Rd1 $5) 14... Bxf3 15. Bxf6 Qa5+ 16. b4 Bxe2 {White has
} 17. Qf4 $1 $18) 14. O-O-O Qe7 (14... Qb6 $5 {should be alright for Black:}
15. Bxf6 (15. Rd2 Qa5 $132) 15... Nxf6 16. Ng5 h6 $5 (16... Qxf2 17. Kb1 $44)
17. Rd6 Qxf2 18. Rf1 Qe3+ 19. Kb1 b5 $5 $13 (19... Nd5 $5)) 15. Kb1 Re8 $6 {
Just trying to make the position sharper without a reason.} (15... Ne5 16. Nxe5
(16. Qc1 Ng4 17. Qf4 h6 $11) 16... Qxe5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. h5 $5 (18. Qd4 Qxd4
19. Rxd4 Be6 $11) 18... Be6 19. Qc5 $1 {and White seems to have some slight
pressure.}) 16. Bd3 Ne5 (16... h5 $5) 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Qc1 $1 {The only move
to keep up the pressure.} h5 $4 {I suggest that just for this special move
ChessBase creates a new annotation, with five question marks. Immediatly after
playing it I noticed that it was losing at once.} (18... Be6 19. f4 Bxg5 20.
hxg5 Qa5 21. a3 (21. b3 Bg4 $132) 21... Bg4 {was alright for Black.}) 19. f4
Qe7 (19... Bxg5 20. hxg5 Qa5 21. f5 $18) 20. f5 $1 $18 {Now I cannot move any
of my pieces anymore. Crazy how fast things can go wrong! And then people
claim chess is too calm to be a sport :-) Anyway, the next 12 moves or the
game were desperation!} Bd7 21. g4 hxg4 22. Bxf6 (22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Rdf1 Bxg5
24. hxg5 Qe5 25. Rh6 $18) 22... Qxf6 23. Qh6 Qg7 24. Qf4 Qf6 (24... Kh7 25. Bc2
$18) 25. Qxg4 (25. Bc2 Rad8 26. Rd6 Qe5 27. Qd2 $18) 25... Kf8 26. Bc2 (26. h5
$18) 26... Rad8 27. h5 gxh5 (27... gxf5 28. exf5 $18) 28. Rxh5 Re5 29. Qf4 (29.
Rd6 $5 Qxd6 30. Qg5 $18) 29... Rb5 30. e5 $1 Rxe5 (30... Qxe5 31. Qxe5 Rxe5 32.
Rh8+ Ke7 33. f6+ $18) 31. Rh6 Bxf5 32. Rxd8+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 {Here
various moves exist, of which the main one is ...a6.} (7. Bf4 {is an attempt
to get the same thing without the option of Black playing ...a6 and ...b5-
however, there are similar pawn-sacrifice options that work out well.} Be6 {
This equalises, but can be uninspiring.} (7... c6 8. e4 b5 9. Qb3 {is more
ambitious}) 8. Qxc7 (8. Qd3 c5) 8... Nc6 9. e3 {Now Black needs to be precise.}
Nb4 $1 (9... Rc8 10. Qxd8 Rfxd8 11. Bg3 $14 {seems to give something}) (9...
Qxc7 10. Bxc7 Nb4 11. Kd2 Nbd5 12. Nxd5 Ne4+ 13. Ke1 Bxd5 14. Bd3 Rac8 {
is met by the slightly artificial} 15. Rc1 $1 $14) 10. Qxd8 Rfxd8 11. Kd2 Nbd5
12. Nxd5 Ne4+ 13. Ke1 Bxd5 14. Bd3 $1 {The only move which doesn't instantly
give Black equality.} (14. Be2 Rac8 $15) 14... Nc5 $1 15. dxc5 (15. Be2 Na4 $11
) 15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 Rxd3 17. Ke2 Rd5 18. Rac1 Bxb2 19. Rhd1 Bxc1 $1 (19...
Rad8 20. Rxd5 Rxd5 21. Rb1 Ba3 22. Rxb7 Bxc5 23. e4 $1 Rh5 24. Rb5 $14 {
gives White something in the bishop ending.}) (19... Rh5 20. Rb1 Ba3 21. Rxb7
Bxc5 {could just be nothing, but White looks more active.}) 20. Rxd5 Ba3 21.
Rd7 Bxc5 22. Rxb7 $11) 7... Nc6 8. Be2 e5 $5 {Not the main move (those are ...
Bg4 and ...Nd7) so one can assume this was home preparation for a while. Also,
the huge wealth of high-level practice implies the position was well known in
the cloistered elite world, even if Mamedyarov himself hadn't played it.} 9. d5
Nd4 $5 (9... Ne7 10. Be3 c6 11. dxc6 Nxc6 {This kind of thing can arise from
the Pirc as well and tends to be just a little bit unpleasant for Black to
play.}) 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 c6 12. Qc4 (12. d6 Re8 13. Qd3 b5 14. f3 Re6 15.
Be3 Rxd6 16. Qc2 Nh5 17. O-O Bd4 $11 {was comfortable for Black in Wang,
H-Vachier Lagrave,M Beijing 2014}) 12... b5 13. Qxc6 Bd7 14. Qd6 Re8 (14... Rc8
$6 15. O-O Rxc3 16. bxc3 Nxe4 {seems appetising, but the activity must be
cashed in too soon after} 17. Qa6 Nxc3 18. Bf3 $14) 15. Bg5 (15. f3 Nh5 16. Be3
(16. g3 f5 17. Bd3 a5 18. Be3 b4 19. Nd1 Nf6 20. e5 Ng4 21. fxg4 Bxe5 22. Qc5
Rc8 23. Qa7 Ra8 24. Qc5 Rc8 25. Qa7 Ra8 26. Qb7 Rb8 (26... Bd4 $5) 27. Qa6 f4
28. gxf4 Bxf4 29. O-O Bxe3+ 30. Nxe3 Rxe3 31. Bxg6 Qg5 32. Qd6 Rd8 33. Bf7+ Kg7
34. Qf4 Qxg4+ 35. Kh1 Qxf4 36. Rxf4 Re2 37. Rg1+ Kh8 38. Rg2 Re1+ 39. Rg1 Re2
40. Rg2 Re1+ 41. Rg1 {was the very messy game Meier,G-So,W Saint Louis 2012})
16... f5 17. Qa3 b4 18. Qxb4 Rb8 19. Qa3 fxe4 20. f4 Qh4+ 21. g3 Nxg3 22. Bf2
Qh3 23. Bxg3 Rec8 24. Bf1 Qg4 25. Be2 Qh3 26. Bf1 Qg4 27. Be2 {1/2-1/2 (27)
Ding,L (2766)-Wei,Y (2706) Wijk aan Zee 2016}) (15. Bd3 {has also been seen in
high-level games.} a5 16. f3 b4 17. Ne2 Bf8 18. Qg3 Qb6 (18... Nxd5 $13) 19.
Bg5 (19. Qg5 $14) 19... Rac8 20. Qf2 Bc5 21. Qh4 Nxd5 22. Bc4 h6 $3 $19 {
Navara,D-Vachier Lagrave,M Germany 2018}) 15... Rb8 (15... b4 {was played in
the pioneer game.} 16. Qxb4 Nxd5 $1 17. Nxd5 Qxg5 18. O-O Rab8 $132 {and Black
gradually wore down his opponent in Miton,K-Vachier Lagrave,M Belfort 2012})
16. a3 a5 17. O-O b4 18. axb4 axb4 19. Nd1 {Still preparation.} (19. Bxf6 Bxf6
20. Ra7 {is a plausible try for a White advantage, even after} Bf5 $3 21. Nb5 (
21. Qxd8 Bxd8 22. Nb5 Rxe4 23. Bd3 Rf4 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Rd7 Bb6 $44) 21...
Rxe4 22. Bd3 {and now a second remarkable move:} Rd4 $3 23. Qxd8+ (23. Bxf5
Rxb5 24. Qxd8+ Bxd8 $15) 23... Rxd8 24. Nxd4 Bxd4 25. Bxf5 Bxa7 26. Be4 $14 {
Black has exceptional co-ordination, but must be aware that in trying to get
the pawn back, his control might worsen.}) 19... Nxe4 20. Bxd8 Nxd6 21. Bc7 Rb7
22. Bxd6 Rxe2 23. Ra8+ Re8 24. Rxe8+ Bxe8 25. Re1 {Probably Giri had reached
this position in preparation, but at the board was unable to find ways to
continue.} Bd7 26. Re4 (26. Be5 $5 {should probably be second nature for these
players- once it becomes clear that} Bxe5 27. Rxe5 Rc7 28. Kf1 $14 {doesn't
win a piece. Untangling is, of course, another question entirely, but there is
no way for Black to make headway immediately.}) ({If nothing else, the 'pass'
move} 26. b3 {should be considered.}) 26... Ba4 27. b3 f5 28. Rxb4 Rxb4 29.
Bxb4 Bxb3 30. Nc3 Bxc3 31. Bxc3 Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.10.31"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]
[WhiteClock "0:35:15"]
[BlackClock "0:00:43"]

{Today's choice of best game is picked from round 4 and awarded for a hard
fought game featuring interesting preparation and good technique.} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 {By contrast to the round 1 best game, we
get a Russian variation, on which some very brief comments and game links
follow.} dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 (7. Bf4 c6 8. e4 b5 {is, of course, another
main line, and now ...Qa5 against either Qd3 or Qb3 (the latter being now
viewed as better.)} 9. Qb3 (9. Qd3 Qa5) 9... Qa5 {One particularly noteworthy
game continued:} 10. Bd3 Be6 11. Qd1 Rd8 12. O-O Bg4 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5
15. Rc1 Qb6 16. Rc5 Nd7 $1 {White's chance of an advantage now melts away.} 17.
Rxb5 Bxf3 18. Qa4 Bxg2 19. Rxb6 Nxb6 20. Qa6 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 e6 $44 {Miles,A
-Kasparov,G Basel 1986}) 7... Na6 (7... a6 {is another move, intending to
sacrifice the c7-pawn in the event of Bf4:} 8. Bf4 (8. e5 b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10.
Be2 {was, for reasons that are not apparent to me, a theoretical fashion:} c5
11. e6 fxe6 12. Qxe6+ Kh8 13. dxc5 Ne5 14. Qd5 Qxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bb7
17. Nc7 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Ra7 19. Ne6 Rxf3 {No fewer than 5 games, all featuring
GMs on both sides, reached this position: for instance Kasimdzhanov,R-Caruana,
F, Baku 2014}) 8... b5 9. Qxc7 Qxc7 10. Bxc7 Bb7 $44) (7... Bg4 {is my
personal preference.}) 8. Be2 (8. Qb3 $5 {The move the hand wants to play;
Black has to think quickly or get his pawns doubled.} c5 9. d5 Qb6 $1 {The
best, possibly the only, way to sensibly prevent the doubling.} (9... e6 {
is main;} 10. Bxa6 (10. d6 {may raise some questions according to my analysis.}
) 10... bxa6 11. O-O exd5 12. exd5 Qb6 $132 {Atalik,S-Cheparinov,I , Burgas
2012}) 10. Bxa6 Qxa6 11. e5 Ng4 12. Bf4 Qd3 13. Bg3 Qf5 $11 {Gagunashvili,M
-Ftacnik,L, Istanbul 2003}) 8... c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Re8 (11...
Bf5 {is another move, but could just be a move order device; Black barely ever
wants the Rf8 to move anywhere other than e8.}) 12. Bf4 Bd7 $6 {Has less to do
with the centre than Black might like. Clearly this is preparation, but it
does not seem that venomous.} (12... Bf5 13. Rad1 {is the main line, and now}
Ne4 $1 (13... Qb6 14. Qb5 {is unnecessary; it is unlikely that Black wants the
queen trade.}) 14. Nb5 (14. Bd3 $6 Bxc3 $1 15. bxc3 b5 16. Qxb5 Nxc3 17. Qxa6
Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Ne2+ 19. Kh1 Nxf4 20. Qc4 Qd6 $132 {Gurevich,M-Kasparov,G,
Moscow 1988}) 14... g5 15. Be3 h6 16. d6 Qd7 $13 {Gelfand,B-Topalov,V Beijing
2013}) 13. Qb3 $1 {A good reaction; White uses the idea mentioned before and
'hints' at Nxa6 (and also, of course, Qxb7 and Nd2-c4.)} (13. Ne5 {It doesn't
take a genius to work out that this must have been in Black's preparation: a
central, dominating move that cuts out ...Nh5 ideas and hits the piece Black
has just developed. What could the intention have been? Maybe} Qb6 $5 (13... b5
$5 14. Nxb5 Bxb5 15. Qxb5 Nc7 16. Qc4 Ncxd5 17. Bg3 Re6 {The white knight in
the centre is not secure and he will have to play extremely precisely to pin
down the edge that the computer, spurred on by the presence of the bishop pair,
insists is present.}) (13... Nh5 $2 14. Nxd7 Nxf4 15. Qxf4 Bxc3 16. Bxa6 Qxd7
17. bxc3 bxa6 18. c4 $16) 14. Nxd7 (14. a3 {also suggests itself, but now} Bf5
{threatens, among other things, ...Qxb2 and the position descends into chaos.}
15. g4 $5 Nh5 $3 $13) 14... Nxd7 15. Qb5 Rad8 $132 {Black will attack d5 with
his knights next, e.g.} 16. a3 Be5 $1 $11) 13... Nh5 $6 (13... c4 $5 $146 {
could be considered for the future, but White should have some edge, e.g.} 14.
Bxc4 Nc5 15. Qa3 Rc8 (15... Na4 $5 {It is awesome that this move even exists.}
16. Nxa4 Re4) 16. Rac1 (16. d6 Nce4 17. Ne5 Rxe5 $132) 16... Nce4 17. Bb3 $14)
(13... Ne4 14. Bxa6 (14. Rae1 $5) 14... bxa6 15. Rfe1 $14 {is a bit late.}) (
13... Qb6 14. Ne5 Qxb3 {leads to mass simplification:} (14... Nh5 15. Nxd7 Qxb3
16. axb3 Nxf4) 15. axb3 Nh5 16. Nxd7 Nxf4 17. Bxa6 bxa6 18. Nxc5 $14 {White
keeps a little something in the ending.}) 14. Bg5 $2 $11 (14. Be3 $16 {was
better, and Black would have been hard pressed to explain what the knight was
doing at h5.}) 14... Qb6 {Black now gets counterplay in a standard way.} 15.
Bc4 Qxb3 16. axb3 Nb4 17. d6 h6 (17... Nf6 $11 {could have been considered,
avoiding Be7 ideas, but Black judges that his knight can do better work
elsewhere.}) 18. Be7 (18. Be3 Nc2 19. Rac1 Nxe3 20. fxe3 {was interesting, but
objectively nothing: Black shuts the f-file.} Nf6 $11 21. e4 Be6 $1) 18... Nf4
$1 {Now Black has completely equalised and probably mentally went over to
trying to win.} (18... Nc6 $5 19. Nd5 b5 20. Bd3 (20. Bxb5 Nxe7 21. Bxd7 Nxd5
22. Bxe8 Rxe8 $15) 20... Nxe7 21. Nxe7+ Kf8 {The position is still equal, but
White looks more fragile (smaller margin of error.)}) 19. Rad1 a6 20. Rfe1 b5
21. Bf1 Nc6 $6 {A perfectly decent move on the surface and it avoids a
dangerous White idea; however, his problem is that White now begins to play
flawless chess.} (21... Nc2 $5 22. Re5 $5 {was probably what Black noticed and
tried to avoid. The point though is that now Black has a hidden move:} Nd4 $1 {
Without an engine, it would be impossible to notice that Black is essentially
getting this pawn back.} (22... Rac8 $6 23. Ne4 {doesn't help.}) (22... Bxe5 $2
23. Nxe5 Be6 24. Ne4 $16) 23. Rxc5 Nfe6 24. Rd5 Nc6 25. Bh4 f5 26. h3 g5 27.
Bg3 f4 28. Bh2 Rad8 $44 {White is practically in zugzwang, and parallels could
be drawn to the 16th game of the 2nd KK match.}) 22. g3 $1 Ne6 23. Nd5 $1 Nxe7
24. Nxe7+ Kf8 25. Ne5 $14 Ra7 $6 (25... Rad8 {eyes up the d6-pawn, which is
relevant in a non-obvious line:} 26. Bg2 $2 (26. Bh3 $1 $14) 26... Nd4 27. b4
Bxe5 28. Rxe5 Bg4 $1 {Forcing White's next.} 29. Rde1 $1 cxb4 30. R1e4 {
There now follows a ridiculous line:} Nf5 $3 31. Rxg4 Rxd6 32. Rxf5 Rxe7 33.
Rff4 Rd1+ 34. Bf1 Ree1 35. Rxg6 $1 Rxf1+ 36. Kg2 Rg1+ 37. Kh3 Rd4 $8 $11) 26.
Bg2 Bxe5 (26... Nd4 27. b4 Bxe5 28. Rxe5 Nf5 29. bxc5 (29. Rxf5 $5 $14) 29...
Nxe7 30. dxe7+ Rxe7 31. c6 Bf5 32. Rc5 Rac7 33. b4 $16) 27. Rxe5 a5 {Trying to
activate the a7-rook.} 28. h4 a4 29. bxa4 Rxa4 30. h5 $1 {Not very much to
look at, but those of us whose chess culture includes long games of positional
chess, fighting for small wrinkles in dark corners of the old Europe, know
that after ...g5 is forced, one day the h6-pawn will be weak, and fall to Rh7,
Nf5 or similar.} g5 31. Bc6 Rd8 (31... Rd4 $1 {The pawn was falling anyway, it
is better to do it this way and get a bishop against the knight.} 32. Rxd4 Nxd4
33. Rxc5 (33. Bxd7 Nf3+ 34. Kf1 Nxe5 35. Bxe8 Kxe8 36. Ke2 Kd7 37. Nf5 {
I suspect this knight ending is not winning but drawn.}) 33... Nxc6 34. Nxc6
Re1+ 35. Kg2 Rd1 36. Ne5 Be6 37. Rxb5 Rxd6 $16) 32. Bxd7 Rxd7 33. Nf5 {As
promised. By magic, White has outplayed his 80-points-higher opponent over 10
moves and now stands a clear pawn to the good in a double rook ending.} Nd4 (
33... Ra6 34. Red5 {does not help}) 34. Rxc5 Nxf5 35. Rxf5 Rb4 36. Rd2 Kg7 37.
Kg2 f6 38. Kf3 Kf7 {A key decision. Black keeps his own structure intact,
allowing White to play g4.} (38... g4+ $6 39. Ke3 Kf7 40. Rf4 Rb3+ 41. Ke2 {
was the alternate way to play, but it loses by force.} f5 42. Rxf5+ Ke6 43. Rf8
Rxd6 44. Re8+ Kd7 45. Rd8+ Kxd8 46. Rxd6+ Kc7 47. Rxh6 Rxb2+ 48. Ke3 Rb3+ 49.
Kf4 Rf3+ 50. Kxg4 Rxf2 51. Re6 $18) 39. g4 Ke6 40. Kg3 Rb3+ 41. f3 Rb4 42. Kf2
Rb3 43. Ke2 $6 {Not necessarily spoiling anything, but giving Black an
unnecessary choice.} (43. Re2+ {could have been played now.}) 43... Rb4 (43...
b4 44. Kd1 $1 (44. Kf2 Rxd6 45. Rxd6+ Kxd6 46. Rxf6+ Kd5 $14 {should draw,
though care must still be taken.}) 44... Re3 $1 45. Rd4 $1 {White has to
attack b4 now, else d6 will just fall.} Re5 46. Rxe5+ Kxe5 (46... fxe5 47. Rxb4
Rxd6+ 48. Ke2 {is definitely winning}) 47. Rxb4 Rxd6+ 48. Kc2 (48. Ke2 Rd5 49.
Re4+ Kd6 50. b4 f5 51. Rc4 {is worse because now there are only two pawns each
left on the kingside}) 48... Ra6 $16 {It's not yet clear what the assessment
of this should be, but as a probability balance it should be 80% win, 20% draw
or so with good play.}) 44. Ke3 Rb3+ 45. Kf2 Rb4 46. Re2+ Kf7 47. Rd5 {Very
good. The rooks swap roles, but Black's is still tied down.} Rb3 (47... Rc4 48.
Rxb5 Rxd6 49. Rb7+ Kf8 50. b4 $18) 48. Rd4 Kf8 49. Rde4 $3 {A lovely motif.}
Kf7 (49... Rd3 50. Re8+ Kf7 51. R8e7+ Rxe7 52. dxe7 Ke8 53. Re6 Rd2+ 54. Ke3
Rxb2 55. Rxf6 Kxe7 56. Rxh6 {In this case, Black's king is not on d5 but e7,
and his pawn is one step back too, so this is totally winning.}) (49... Rxd6
50. Re8+ Kf7 51. R2e7# {is of course the point.}) 50. Re7+ Rxe7 51. Rxe7+ Kf8
52. Rh7 Rxb2+ 53. Ke3 {To cover d2.} Ke8 54. Rxh6 f5 55. Rh7 Rb3+ 56. Kd4 Rxf3
57. Re7+ Kd8 58. h6 (58. gxf5 {could have saved his team-mates that last bit
of worry.}) 58... fxg4 59. h7 Rh3 60. Rg7 g3 61. Ke3 b4 62. Kf3 Kc8 63. Kg2 $1
{As befits a grandmaster: we will let the black king out when it suits us to
do so, even though doing so wins a rook.} (63. Rg8+ $6 Kd7 64. h8=Q Rxh8 65.
Rxh8 Kxd6 {might appear less than completely clear at first sight, though
White can still win simply enough:} 66. Rb8 Kc5 67. Kxg3 Kc4 68. Kf3 Kc3 69.
Ke3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.05"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Fier,A"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Brazil"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BRA"]
[WhiteClock "0:18:38"]
[BlackClock "0:39:06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 {I didn't really prepare for this, but at
least I was able to use the preparation for this game against Ragger in the
last round. I was expecting the Exchange line with 7.Nf3 8.Rb1.} (4. cxd5 Nxd5
5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2
Qxa2 12. O-O b6 {Ragger,M (2697)-Fier,A (2634) Baku ol (Men) 42nd 2016 (11.1)
1/2 was what I had in mind.}) 4... Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Be6 {
My turn to try to surprise. I prepared this line in April in Tbilisi with a
Brazilian friend and we realised that this move was reasonable. The basic idea
is to provoke White's d-pawn into advancing and then open the position with ...
e6.} 8. Qd3 (8. d5 {is the other main variation and after} Bc8 9. Be2 c6 10.
O-O cxd5 11. exd5 Nbd7 12. Rd1 Ne8 {Thejkumar,M (2442)-Gupta,A (2662) Kolkata
op 5th 2012 (8) 1/2 Black gets a solid position, as seen in}) 8... c5 9. d5 Bg4
$5 {This was also part of the idea when I took a look at the position, but the
problem is that I was not able to remember how to continue.} (9... Bc8 {
is the most played move, and more natural I think, but I'm not sure that Black
equalises} 10. Be2 e6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 exd5 13. exd5 Na6 14. Rd1 {Potkin,V 
(2610)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2714) Yaroslav the Wise rapid 5th 2014 (8) 1/2 was
played in}) 10. Be2 (10. Nd2 {was a move that I was afraid of during the game,
since I could not understand how to proceed with this strange bishop on g4. I
think that by elimination I would go for the best move} Bc8 $1 {It looks
strange to just lose a tempo, but the knight does not so often go to c4 in
this kind of position and the queen on d3 is more exposed} 11. Be2 e6 12. O-O
exd5 13. exd5 Na6 {with a balanced position.}) (10. Be3 Nbd7 {was other
strange line, where White can move the knight to almost any possible square.})
10... e6 11. O-O exd5 12. exd5 Na6 {With the queen on d3, I'm already
threatening 13...Nb4 getting the important d5-pawn.} 13. a3 Rc8 {I went for
the right plan, but changed my mind on the way, which is never a good thing.} (
13... Bf5 14. Qc4 Re8 {Miroshnichenko,E (2646)-Kornev,A (2567) RUS-chT2 Sochi
2007 (7) 1/2 would strangely transpose to}) 14. Be3 {Trying to bring the queen
to d2 or d1 when attacked.} (14. Qc4 {is not natural, but on the other hand it
stops the c5-pawn.} Nc7 $5 15. Rd1 b5 $5 {trying to open the position anyway}
16. Nxb5 Nxb5 17. Qxb5 Re8 {and Black has decent compensation based on the
fact the the queen and bishop are badly attached.}) 14... Bf5 $6 {The start of
a bad idea.} (14... c4 {was what I first intended to play and also the best
move} 15. Qd1 Nc5 16. Bxc4 Nce4 {but I forgot about this simple move} 17. Nxe4
Nxe4 18. Qb3 (18. Qe2 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Ng5 20. f4 Nh3+ 21. Kg2 Qh4 {and Black is
quite fine}) 18... Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qh4 $5 {with a pleasant position for me.}) 15.
Qd2 Qb6 16. Rac1 (16. Rad1 {was also good for White} Rfd8 17. d6 Be6 (17... Qb3
18. Bg5 $16) 18. b4 {and I have no good place to put the queen.}) 16... Rfd8
17. b4 $2 {This looks tempting, but it will only help me.} (17. Bc4 $1 {
was a really nice idea which gives White a clear advantage, avoiding 17...Ne4
by tactical means:} Ne4 (17... Ne8 {also doesn't help much} 18. Bg5 $1 f6 19.
Bf4 Nd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Nb5 Qf8 22. Rcd1 $16) 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Ng5 Bf5 20.
Nxf7 $1 {that's the point!} Kxf7 21. d6+ Be6 22. Bxe6+ Kxe6 23. Rfe1 {and
Black can't survive wihout giving back material. For example:} Kf7 24. Qd5+ Kf8
25. Bg5 Qxd6 26. Qxd6+ Rxd6 27. Be7+ Kf7 28. Bxd6 {and White is winning.})
17... Qd6 {Now Black is completely back in the game.} 18. bxc5 (18. Bxa6 cxb4
$1 {solves Black's problems} 19. axb4 Qxa6 {the computer evaluates the
position as equal, but I thought it was easier for me to play during the game.}
) 18... Nxc5 19. Nb5 (19. Nd4 {is also good for Black} Ng4 20. Bf4 Bh6 $1 21.
g3 (21. Nxf5 gxf5 22. Bxd6 Bxd2 23. Be7 Rd7 $17) 21... Bxf4 22. Qxf4 Qxf4 23.
gxf4 Nf6 24. Nxf5 gxf5 {with a slightly better endgame, White's bishop is not
strong and the pawns are weaker.}) 19... Qf8 {Suddenly Black's pieces are much
more coordinated than White's ones.} 20. Qb4 a5 {Played after a long think.} (
20... b6 {was the other option, but I could not find a way to get a clear
advantage} 21. Bc4 (21. Nxa7 $6 {the pawn on d5 is much more important than
the one on a7} Nxd5 22. Qh4 Rc7 (22... Nxe3 $2 23. Nxc8 Nxf1 24. Ne7+ $18) 23.
Bxc5 bxc5 24. Nb5 Re7 $19 {[%cal Ge7e4]}) (21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Qc4 Nxd5 23. Nxa7
Rc7 24. Nb5 Nb6 25. Qa2 Rcd7 $17) 21... Nd3 (21... Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Nxa7
Rb8 24. Nc6 {and it looks like White is fine}) 22. Qxf8+ Bxf8 23. Nxa7 Nxc1 24.
Nxc8 Rxc8 25. Rxc1 Bxa3 26. Ra1 Rxc4 27. Rxa3 Nxd5 {and it's not clear that
the pawn up is enough.}) 21. Qh4 $1 {Only move, using the fact that my rook
can be hanging on d8.} (21. Bxc5 axb4 22. Bxf8 Bxf8 23. axb4 Nxd5) (21. Qxc5
Rxc5 22. Bxc5 Qe8 23. Rfe1 Nxd5 {is not enough for White.}) 21... Nce4 22. Rxc8
Bxc8 (22... Rxc8 $1 23. Rd1 (23. Bd4 Nxd5 24. Bd3 Bf6 25. Bxf6 Ndxf6) 23... h6
24. Qf4 Nh5) 23. Rd1 {A natural move and played quickly by my opponent who was
already heading for time trouble.} (23. Ng5 $1 {it's not so easy to realise,
but I think it's important for White to exchange one knight} Bf5 24. Nxe4 Nxe4
25. Rd1 Qe8 26. a4 {and White's queen is still misplaced, but it's not easy to
make use of it, so the position should be balanced.}) 23... Bd7 24. Nfd4 h6 25.
Qf4 {The queen has not many squares, but it can sometimes use e5 to escape.}
Rc8 (25... g5 {was another idea} 26. Qe5 $1 (26. Qc7 Nxd5 27. Qxb7 Nxe3 (27...
Ndc3 {is stronger according the computer, but I didn't see it} 28. Nxc3 Nxc3
29. Rd2 Bxd4 30. Bxd4 Nxe2+ 31. Rxe2 Bg4 32. Rd2 Qxa3 {winning a pawn, but
still with a long fight ahead.}) 28. fxe3 {is better for Black}) 26... Re8 27.
Qc7 {and now I can't take on d5, since the bishop is hanging on d7} Rc8 28.
Qxb7 Nc5 29. Qb6 Nxd5 30. Qxa5 Nxe3 31. fxe3 {and things are not clear.}) 26.
Bf3 Ng5 27. Rb1 Rc5 28. d6 Nd5 (28... Nh5 $6 {was a trick that I had in mind
for a brief moment} 29. Bxh5 Be5 $2 {but the queen escapes} 30. Qh4 $16) 29.
Bxd5 Rxd5 30. a4 Qd8 {A tricky move, defending the h4-square, threatening to
win the queen with 31...Be5. It was not the best, but it did create some
problems to be solved. I was expecting my opponent's next move and I saw that
it would be good for me.} (30... Re5 {is objectively better} 31. h4 Re4 32. Qh2
Ne6 $17) 31. Nc7 {Now White is just lost.} (31. Kh1 {was necessary, and after}
Qc8 $1 {[%cal Gc8c4]} 32. f3 Qc4 33. Nf5 Qxf4 34. Ne7+ Kh7 35. Bxf4 Rd3 {
Black is still better.}) 31... Re5 32. f3 (32. Qg3 Ne4 33. Qf3 Nxd6 $19) 32...
Nh3+ $1 {Simple and effective.} 33. gxh3 g5 34. Qg3 Rxe3 35. Ndb5 Bc6 36. Re1
Rxf3 (36... Be5 37. Rxe3 Bxg3 38. hxg3 Qf6 39. Kf2 {was also winning.}) 37. Qg4
(37. Qxf3 Bxf3 38. Re8+ Qxe8 39. Nxe8 Bc6 40. Nec7 (40. Nxg7 Kxg7 $19) 40...
Be5 $19 {[%cal Gf7f5,Gg8f7,Gc6b5,Gf7e6]}) 37... Rf4 38. Qe2 Qd7 39. Qd3 Rf3 40.
Re3 Qxh3 41. Rxf3 Bxf3 42. Kf2 Qg2+ 43. Ke3 Bg4 0-1

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Finkel, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 c6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 Qa5 10. Bd2 (10. O-O $6 b4 11. e5 bxc3 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. bxc3 Ba6 (
13... Be6 $6 14. c4 Nd7 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Rac1 $14 {Alatortsev,V-Liliental,A/
Leningrad URS ch 1947 (40)}) 14. Re1 (14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. Bf4 c5 $11 16. Rab1
cxd4 17. cxd4 Nc7 18. Rfc1 Ne6 19. Be3 Rfd8 20. Rc4 Rd7 {1/2-1/2 Najdorf,
M-Flohr,S/Saltsjobaden izt 1948}) 14... Bxe2 15. Rxe2 Nd7 16. Bf4 Qf5 17. Bg3
c5 $11) (10. e5 Be6 11. Qd1 $5 (11. Qc2 Nd5 (11... b4 $6 12. Qa4 Qxa4 13. Nxa4
Nd5 14. Bd2 f6 15. Nc5 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 $14 {Vladimirov,B-Liberzon,V/
Moscow 1963 (39)}) 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. O-O Nd7 14. a4 Rfd8 15. Rfc1 a6 $13 {
Karolyi,T-Pribyl,J/Debrecen 1987 (40)}) 11... Ne4 12. Qc2 Bf5 13. Bd3 Nxc3 14.
bxc3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 c5 16. O-O $13 {Sapi,L-Honfi,K/Budapest HUN ch 1964 (31)})
10... b4 11. Na4 (11. e5 bxc3 12. Bxc3 Qd5 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. O-O Ba6 15. Bxa6
Nxa6 $11 16. Qb7 $6 Qb5 17. Qxb5 cxb5 18. Ba5 e6 $15 {Pirc,V-Bronstein,D/
Saltsjobaden izt 1948/0-1 (58)}) 11... Nxe4 12. Bxb4 Qd8 (12... Qc7 13. O-O (
13. Rc1 $2 Na6 14. d5 Nxb4 15. Qxb4 Qf4 $1 16. Rxc6 Bg4 $1 17. Nc5 Qc1+ 18. Bd1
Bxf3 19. gxf3 Bc3+ $1 {0-1 Weiser,J-Bosak,Z/corr CSSR (FS-63/75) 1961}) 13...
Na6 14. Ba3 (14. Bxa6 Bxa6 15. Rfe1 Nd6 16. Rac1 Rab8 17. Ne5 (17. Qc3 $5 Nf5
18. Nc5 Bc8 19. b3 $14 {Petrosian,T-Bronstein,L/Rio de Janeiro izt 1979 (27)})
17... Bb5 18. Nc5 Nf5 19. Bc3 Qd6 20. a4 Ba6 21. Qa3 Bc8 22. Ncd3 $13 {
Portisch,L-Hort,V/Kecskemet 1966 (34)}) 14... Rb8 15. Qc2 Nd6 16. Rac1 (16. Nc3
Qa5 17. Ne5 Nf5 $5 18. Nxc6 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Bxe7 Re8 21. Bh4 Bg7 22. Bf3
Bf5 $44 {Simagin,V-Honfi,K/Kecskemet 1966 (42)}) 16... Bh6 17. Rcd1 Nb5 (17...
Bf5 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Nb4 20. Bxb4 Rxb4 21. a3 Rc4 $13 {Forintos,G-Larsen,
B/Monte Carlo 1967/1/2-1/2 (60)}) 18. Rfe1 Nxa3 19. bxa3 Qd6 $6 20. Ne5 $16 {
Forintos,G-Haag,E/Magyarorszag 1966 (28)}) (12... Qf5 $5 13. O-O Be6 14. Qa3
Bd5 15. Rae1 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Rfe8 $44 {Beck,M-Neubert,G/cr 1971 (29)}) 13. O-O Be6
(13... a5 $5 14. Ba3 Na6 15. Rac1 Be6 16. Bc4 Bd5 $5 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Nb6 $14
{Flohr,S-Lilienthal,A/Parnu 1947/1/2-1/2 (57)}) 14. Qc2 $6 (14. Qe3 $5 Nd6 15.
Rfd1 Nd7 16. Nc5 Bd5 17. Rac1 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 a5 19. Ne5 $14 {Florian
Tibor-Bronstein David/Match, Budapest (Hungary) 1949/1-0 (110)}) (14. Qa3 Re8
15. Rfd1 Nd7 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 a5 $11 {Bolbochan,J-Rossetto,H/ARG-ch m
1948 1/2-1/2 Johannsson,I-Malich,B/Halle (zt) 1963 (21)}) 14... Nd6 {Black's
plan is very simple:to put his knight on f5,bishop on d5 then to bring the
second knight into the game and all the opening problems are over.It sounds
very complicated,but in fact white can do nothing to prevent it} 15. Rfd1 Nf5 {
[%csl Rd4]} 16. Bc4 Bd5 $1 $11 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Rac1 Re8 $1 19. Qd3 e6 $15 20.
g3 $1 Nd7 (20... g5 21. g4 $1) 21. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.09.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Korotylev, Alexey"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. e6 fxe6 11. Be3 Nb6 12. h4 Nc6 13. h5 Rxf3 14. gxf3 Nxd4 15.
Rd1 $1 (15. Bxd4 Qxd4 16. hxg6 Nd5 (16... hxg6 17. Qc2 Bb7 18. Bh3 Qf6 19. Rg1
Kf7 20. O-O-O Rh8 21. Rg3 Bh6+ 22. Kb1 Bf4 23. Rdg1 Bxg3 24. Rxg3 Nc4 25. Ne4
Bxe4 26. fxe4 Qe5 {0-1 Giorgadze,G-Bagirov,R/Batumi 1999/ (42)}) 17. Nxd5 exd5
18. Rd1 Qe5+ 19. Qe3 Qxb2 20. Bh3 Qc3+ 21. Qxc3 Bxc3+ 22. Ke2 hxg6 23. Rxd5
Bxh3 24. Rxh3 Bb4 {1/2-1/2 Epishin,V-Fercec,N/Nova Gorica 2002/ (40)}) 15... c5
16. hxg6 h6 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Rh5 Qe8 19. Ne2 Qxg6 20. Rh1 Bb7 {[%mdl 4] The
whole opening line is very interesting, but both players must be tactically
very careful.} (20... Kh8 21. Rg1 Qf7 22. Nxd4 Nd5 23. Qd3 Bd7 24. Qe4 Rc8 25.
Bd3 Nf6 26. Qh4 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Svidler,P/Wijk aan Zee 1999/ (31)}) (20... Qf7
21. Nxd4 e5 22. Nc6 Qxb3 23. axb3 Kf7 24. Nd8+ Kf6 25. Bh3 Bf8 26. Rc1 Bxh3 27.
Rc6+ e6 28. Rxh3 Rxd8 29. Rxb6 Rd3 30. Rb8 Kf7 31. Rb7+ Kf6 32. Rb8 {1/2-1/2
Taleb,M-Khachian,M/Abudhabi 2000/ (32)}) 21. Rg1 Qf6 22. Rxd4 h5 (22... Qxf3 $2
23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Rxg7 Kxg7 25. Rg4+ $18) (22... Bxf3 23. Rf4 Bd5 24. Rxf6 Bxb3
25. Rfg6 $18) 23. f4 Rc8 (23... Bd5 24. Qh3 Bxa2 25. b3 Kf8 26. Rd2 Qa1+ 27.
Rd1 Qb2 28. Rg3 $16) 24. Bg2 (24. Rg5 Bd5 25. Qe3 Bxa2 26. Rxh5 $16) 24... Bxg2
25. Rxg2 Kf7 26. Qd3 (26. Qf3 Rc5 27. Qb7 Nd5 28. Qxa6 Rc2 $11) 26... Nc4 (
26... Qf5 27. Rg5 Qxd3 28. Rxd3 $14) 27. Re4 $6 (27. Rg5 Nxb2 28. Qf3 Rh8 29.
Rxh5 $14) 27... Nxb2 (27... Qxb2 $1 28. f3 Qxa2 $17) 28. Qd7 Rc4 $2 {Timofeev
was hoping to defend in a great style, but his claculations had a serious flaw.
} (28... Nc4 $1 29. Nd4 Nd6 30. Rxe6 Qxd4 31. Qxe7+ Kg8 32. Qxd6 Rc1+ 33. Ke2
Rc2+ 34. Kf1 Rc1+ 35. Ke2 $11) 29. Rxe6 Nd3+ (29... Qxe6 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31.
Qxe6 $18) 30. Kd2 (30. Qxd3 Qxe6 31. Qh7 Qf6 32. Qxh5+ Kf8 $17) 30... Qb2+ 31.
Ke3 (31. Kxd3 Qa3+ 32. Kd2 Qxa2+ 33. Ke3 Qa3+ 34. Qd3 Qxd3+ (34... Bd4+ 35.
Nxd4 Rc3 36. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 37. Ke4 Qe1+ 38. Kd5 Qh1 39. Reg6 $18) 35. Kxd3 Kxe6
36. Rxg7 Kf6 37. Rh7 $16) 31... Bd4+ (31... Qxe2+ 32. Kxe2 Nxf4+ 33. Kf3 Nxe6
34. Qd5 Kf6 35. Qxh5 $18) 32. Kf3 $2 {White would win the endgame of the rook
against the knight after 32.Nxd4!} (32. Nxd4 $1 Qxd4+ 33. Qxd4 Rxd4 34. Kxd4
Nxf4 35. Rxa6 Nxg2 36. Rb6 h4 37. Rxb5 $18) 32... Ne1+ 33. Kg3 Bf6 $2 (33...
Qa3+ 34. Re3 (34. Kh2 Nf3+ 35. Kh1 (35. Kh3 Ng5+ 36. Kh2 Qh3+ 37. Kg1 Nxe6 $19)
35... Rc1+ 36. Ng1 Nxg1 37. Rxe7+ Qxe7 38. Qf5+ Bf6 39. Qg6+ Ke6 40. Qe4+ Kd6
$19) 34... Bxe3 35. Qf5+ Ke8 36. Qxh5+ Kd8 37. Qd5+ Kc7 38. Qe5+ Qd6 39. Qxd6+
Kxd6 40. fxe3 Nxg2 $19) 34. Qd5 $2 {The comedy of errors in a complex position
is pittyful rather than funny, after each move the value of the position turns
for 180 degrees.} (34. Rg1 $1 h4+ 35. Kg4 Qb1 36. Re3 $18) 34... Kf8 (34...
Nxg2 35. Kxg2 Kf8 $17) 35. Rg1 Nc2 (35... Qa3+ 36. Re3 Qb4 37. Kh3 $18) 36. Kh2
Rc8 (36... Bg7 37. Qd8+ Kf7 38. Rxe7+ Kf6 39. Re8+ Kf7 40. Qe7#) 37. Rxf6+ (37.
Rxf6+ exf6 38. Qe6 (38. Rg8+ Ke7 39. Rg7+ Kf8 40. Qg8#) 38... Qa3 39. Rg8#) 1-0

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Nc6 11. O-O b4 12. Nd5 Nxe4 13. Qc4 Be6 14. Rd1 Nd4 15.
Nxd4 Bxd5 16. Qxb4 e6 (16... Rb8 17. Qa3 Qc7 18. b4 Qb7 19. Rb1 Nxc5 20. Be3
Ne4 21. f3 Nd6 22. Bxa6 Qa8 23. Qd3 $14 {Flear,G-Conquest,S/Ostend op/1987/})
17. f3 Rb8 18. Qe1 (18. Qa3 Qh4 $1 19. Be3 (19. fxe4 Qxe4 20. Bf3 Bxd4+ 21. Kh1
Qe5 $17) 19... Be5 20. fxe4 Qxh2+ 21. Kf1 Bxe4 $40) 18... Nxc5 19. Nc6 Nd3 $1 (
19... Qb6 20. Ne7+ (20. Nxb8 $2 Nd3+ $19) 20... Kh8 21. Be3 Bxb2 22. Nxd5 exd5
23. Rab1 Rfe8 $140 24. Rxb2 Qxb2 25. Bd4+ Qxd4+ 26. Rxd4 $18) 20. Nxd8 {
Ftacnik,L} (20. Bxd3 Qb6+ 21. Be3 Qxc6 $15) (20. Nxd8 Nxe1 21. Nxe6 Bxe6 22.
Rxe1 Bxb2 23. Bxb2 Rxb2 24. Bxa6 Rxa2 25. Rxa2 Bxa2 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Premier 33rd"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1998.05.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Siegel, Georg"]
[Black "Herrera, Irisberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 196]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7.
e4 a6 8. e5 b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. Be3 c5 11. e6 (11. Qd5 $5 Ra7 12. dxc5) 11...
cxd4 {Timman's discovery has become very popular, white is truggling to get
anything at all from the opening.} (11... c4 12. exf7+ Rxf7 13. Qd1 Nb6 14. Ne5
(14. a4 b4 15. Ne4 a5 16. Ne5 Rf8 17. Nxc4 Nd5 18. Be2 Nxe3 19. fxe3 e5 20.
Nxe5 Bb7 21. Bc4+ Kh8 22. Qg4 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Nd7 {Portisch,L-Ribli,Z/HUN-ch
Budapest/1971/1/2-1/2 (42)}) 14... Rf8 15. a4 b4 16. a5 bxc3 17. axb6 cxb2 18.
Bxc4+ Kh8 19. Rb1 Qxb6 20. Qd2 Nd7 21. Rxb2 Nxe5 22. Rxb6 Nxc4 23. Qb4 Nxb6 24.
Qxb6 a5 25. O-O a4 26. Ra1 {Karpov,A-Kamsky,G/Fide-Wch/1996/1-0 (41)}) (11...
fxe6 12. Qxe6+ Kh8 13. Qe4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Qxa8 Bb7 16. Qa7 Nbd7 17. Ne6
Qa5 18. Nxf8 Bxc3+ 19. Ke2 Qb4 20. bxc3 Qb2+ 21. Bd2 b4 22. Nxd7 {1-0 Pereyra
Arcija,D-Madina,M/Clarin GP1 Boca Juniors/1997/}) 12. Nxd4 (12. exf7+ Rxf7 13.
Bxd4 (13. Ng5 Ne5 14. Nxf7 Nxf7 15. Rd1 Nc6 16. Ne4 Na5 $44) 13... Bxd4 14.
Nxd4 Nc5 (14... Qb6 15. Nf3 Nc5 16. Qd1 Bg4 17. Be2 Nc6 18. O-O Rd8 19. Nd5 Qa7
20. b4 e6 21. bxc5 Rxd5 22. Qb1 Qxc5 23. Rc1 Qd6 {1/2-1/2 Timoshchenko,
G-Naumann,A/Cappelle la Grande op/ 1998/ (37)}) 15. Qd5 (15. Qd1 Ra7 $5 16. Nf3
Rd7 $15) (15. Qb4 $5) 15... Qxd5 16. Nxd5 Nbd7 17. b4 (17. Be2 Bb7 18. Ne3 e5 (
18... Na4 19. b3 Nc3 20. Bf3 $15) 19. Nf3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 e4 21. Be2 Na4 22. Rb1
Ne5 23. O-O Rd7 24. Rfd1 Rad8 {1/2-1/2 Herndl,H-Balinov,I/Schwarzach opA/1997/
(50)}) (17. Rd1 Bb7 18. Ne3 e5 $11) (17. Rc1 $5) 17... Bb7 (17... Ne4 18. f3
Nef6 19. Nc7 $14) 18. Nc3 (18. Nc7 Rc8 19. Ncxb5 axb5 20. bxc5 Rxc5 $11) 18...
e5 19. Ndxb5 axb5 20. bxc5 b4 21. Nb5 {/\ Bc4} Rf4 22. Rc1 (22. Nd6 Bd5 23. Rc1
Rxa2 24. c6 Nb6 $15) 22... Re4+ 23. Kd1 Bc6 24. f3 Rf4 25. Nd6 Rxa2 {Piket,
J-Timman,J/NLD-ch/1997/0-1 (40)}) (12. exd7 dxe3 13. dxc8=Q exf2+ 14. Kxf2 Qb6+
15. Ke1 Rxc8 $44) 12... Nc5 13. exf7+ Rxf7 14. Qd5 (14. Qd1 Bb7 15. Rc1 Qd6 16.
Nf3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nc6 18. Qxd6 exd6 19. Rd1 Rd8 20. Bh3 Rff8 21. f4 Nb4 22. Ke2
Rfe8 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Bxb2 25. f5 {1/2-1/2 Epishin,V-Svidler,P/WCh FIDE k.
o./1997/ (44)}) 14... Qxd5 15. Nxd5 Nbd7 16. Nc7 $6 {This move has two flaws,
it obviously loses time and what is even worse it fails to win even s small
benefit.} (16. Rc1 Bb7 17. b4 Bxd5 18. bxc5 Rc8 19. Nb3 Ne5 20. f3 Nxf3+ 21.
gxf3 Rxf3 22. Bd2 Rxb3 23. axb3 Bxh1 24. Bh3 Rc6 25. Bd7 {1-0 Messner,
H-Schnitzspan,L/Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann/1997/ (47)}) 16... Ra7 $1 (16... Rb8
17. Nc6 $5 Bxb2 18. Rd1 Rb6 19. Nd8 Bc3+ 20. Ke2 Rf5 21. Nd5 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 $14)
17. Nce6 (17. Ne8 $6 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Kf8 19. b4 Kxe8 20. bxc5 Rc7 $17) (17. Nde6
Nxe6 18. Nxe6 (18. Bxa7 $2 Nxc7 19. Rc1 Be5 $17)) 17... Nxe6 18. Nxe6 Bxb2 $1
19. Rb1 (19. Rd1 Bc3+ 20. Ke2 Ra8 21. Nc7 Rb8 22. Rc1 Bf6 23. Ba7 Rb7 24. Nxa6
Rxa7 25. Rxc8+ Rf8 $17) (19. Bxa7 $2 Bxa1 $17) 19... Bc3+ 20. Kd1 (20. Ke2 Ra8
$15) 20... Ra8 21. a4 $6 {White has lost a pawn and his pieces are
underdeveloped. One small slip will take him stright to the losing zone.} (21.
Nc7 Rb8 22. Nd5 Be5 $17) 21... Ne5 $1 (21... bxa4 $6 22. Nc7 (22. Bc4 Ne5 23.
Bd5 a5 24. Bxa8 Bxe6 $13) 22... Rb8 23. Rxb8 Nxb8 24. Bc4 e6 25. Nxe6 $13) 22.
Ng5 Rf8 23. axb5 Bf5 $1 (23... axb5 24. Bxb5 Ra2 $17) 24. Rb3 (24. f4 $2 Rfd8+
25. Ke2 Bxb1 26. fxe5 axb5 $19) 24... Rfd8+ 25. Kc1 (25. Ke2 Bd3+ 26. Kd1 Bxf1+
27. Kc2 Bxg2 $19) 25... Rac8 {Such positions appear in every black players
dreams.} 26. Rxc3 (26. bxa6 Ba1+ $1 $19) 26... Rxc3+ 27. Kb2 Rc2+ 28. Kb3 axb5
(28... axb5 29. Bxb5 Rb8 $19) 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[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 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bf4 Bd5 14. Qe3 Bxb2
15. Rad1 e6 16. Nd4 Bxd4 {[%mdl 4] The whole variation with 13...Bd5 became
very topical, black seems to hold balance.} (16... Nd7 17. Bd6 Re8 18. Rd2 Bxd4
19. Rxd4 Bxa2 20. Rc1 $15) 17. Rxd4 Nc6 18. Rd2 Qf6 19. Rc1 (19. Rfd1 Rfe8 20.
Bg4 Qh4 21. h3 $13) 19... Rfe8 20. h3 e5 21. Bg5 (21. Rxd5 $6 exf4 22. Qd2 Rad8
23. Bg4 Ne5 $17) 21... Qe6 22. Bg4 (22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Rac8 $15) 22... f5
23. Bd1 f4 (23... Kg7 24. Bb3 Bxb3 25. axb3 Nd4 26. b4 Kg8 $15) 24. Qc3 Nd4 (
24... Qf5 $5 25. Rxd5 Qxg5 26. Rd6 Nd4 27. Bf3 $15) 25. Bxf4 Bxa2 26. c6 (26.
Bxe5 Qxe5 27. Rxd4 Qe1+ 28. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Kh2 Be6 30. Kg3 $11) 26... Bc4 27.
c7 (27. Bxe5 Nxc6 28. Bd6 Ne5 $15) 27... Qd6 (27... exf4 28. Rxd4 Qf7 29. Bf3
Rac8 30. Bc6 Rxc7 31. Bxe8 Qxe8 32. Rxf4 $16) 28. Bg3 $6 {Bareev is omitting
excellent chance to fight for some advantage with the timely 28.Bxe5!?} (28.
Bxe5 $5 Rxe5 (28... Qxe5 29. Rxd4 Qxc7 30. Bf3 Rac8 31. Bd5+ Bxd5 32. Qxc7 Rxc7
33. Rxc7 $16) 29. Rxd4 Qxc7 30. Bf3 Rf8 31. Bd5+ Rxd5 32. Rxd5 Rxf2 33. Qd4 $14
) 28... Re7 (28... Qxc7 29. Qxd4 exd4 30. Bxc7 d3 31. Bf3 Rac8 32. Ba5 $16) 29.
Qa5 $2 (29. Bxe5 Qxe5 30. Rxd4 Qxc7 31. Bb3 Rc8 32. Qb4 Rce8 33. Bxc4+ bxc4 34.
Rdxc4 Re1+ 35. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 36. Qxe1 Qxc4 37. Qe8+ $11) 29... Rc8 30. Bg4 Rcxc7
31. Rcd1 Nb3 (31... Qc5 32. Qxa6 $1 (32. Bxe5 Qxe5 33. Rxd4 Kg7 $17) 32... Kg7
33. Rxd4 exd4 34. Bxc7 Rxc7 35. Qa1 $15) 32. Rxd6 Nxa5 33. Bh4 Rf7 34. Rxa6 Nc6
35. Rd6 Nb4 36. Ra8+ Kg7 37. Bg3 (37. Bf3 Rc5 38. Rad8 Nc2 $15) 37... Nd3 38.
Rxd3 $5 (38. Bf3 Rcd7 39. Rxd7 Rxd7 $17) 38... Bxd3 39. Bxe5+ Kh6 40. Rd8 $6 {
It makes sense to try bothering the exposed king on h6, but exchage for black
is sufficient compensation for his suffering. It was better to simply take
back material on c7.} (40. Bxc7 Rxc7 41. Rb8 Rc2 $15) 40... Rce7 41. Bd6 Re1+
42. Kh2 Bf5 43. Bb4 Re6 44. Bd1 (44. Bd2+ g5 45. Bxf5 Rxf5 46. h4 Rxf2 47. Rd5
Kg6 $19) 44... Rc6 45. Bb3 (45. Be2 Rc8 46. Bd2+ Kg7 47. Rxc8 Bxc8 48. Bc3+ Kg8
49. Bxb5 Rxf2 $17) (45. Bd2+ Kg7 46. Be2 Rd7 47. Rxd7+ Bxd7 48. Bxb5 Rc2 49.
Bc3+ Rxc3 50. Bxd7 Kf6 $17) 45... Be6 (45... Rd7 46. Rb8 Bd3 47. f4 $15) 46.
Bd2+ Kg7 47. Bxe6 Rxe6 48. Bc3+ Kh6 49. f4 (49. Bd2+ g5 (49... Kh5 $2 50. Rd5+
Rf5 51. g4+ $18) 50. Be3 Rb7 51. Rd5 b4 52. Bxg5+ Kg6 53. Be3 b3 54. Rd1 b2 55.
Rb1 Kf5 56. Bd4 Re2 $19) 49... Rc6 (49... g5 50. fxg5+ Kxg5 51. Rd5+ Rf5 52.
Rd7 h6 $19) 50. Bd4 g5 $1 {The dreams about hurting black king are over,
Bareev will have to suffer technical realization of the advantage.} 51. fxg5+
Kxg5 52. Rb8 Rf5 53. Rg8+ Rg6 (53... Kh6 $2 54. Be3+ Kh5 55. g4+ $18) 54. Rh8
h5 55. Kg3 Rd5 (55... Re6 56. Rg8+ Kh6 57. Rh8+ Kg6 58. Rg8+ Kf7 59. Rg7+ Ke8
$19) 56. Be3+ Kf6+ 57. Kf3 Kg7 58. Rb8 Re6 59. Bf4 (59. Kf4 Rd1 60. Bc5 Rf1+
61. Kg3 Rg6+ 62. Kh2 Rb1 $19) 59... Rd3+ 60. Kf2 Rb3 61. Rd8 Re4 62. Bd2 Kf6
63. Rf8+ Ke6 64. Rh8 Re5 65. Bf4 Rf5 66. g3 Rc5 67. Be3 (67. Rh6+ Kf7 68. Rh7+
Kg6 69. Rh6+ Kg7 70. Re6 h4 $19) 67... Rf5+ 68. Bf4 b4 69. Ke2 Ra5 $1 70. Rh6+
Kf7 71. Kd2 Ra2+ 72. Kc1 Rf3 73. Kb1 b3 0-1

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 5th"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "1999.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhu, Chen"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1999.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. Qh4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 4]
Very interesting novelty, white toys with the idea of exerting pressure on the
kingside in combination with the push of the d pawn.} Nb4 (13... Bf5 14. Bb5
Red8 $13) 14. Bg5 Rxe2 $5 (14... Nbxd5 $2 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Qxb2 (16...
Rxe2 17. Rd8+ Bf8 18. Bh6 $18) 17. Re1 Qxa2 18. Bc4 Rxe1+ 19. Nxe1 Qa1 20. Rd8+
Bf8 21. Bh6 Qxe1+ 22. Bf1 Be6 23. Rxa8 $18) (14... Nc2 15. Rac1 Nd4 (15... Qxb2
16. Bxf6 $18) 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Bxc3 20. Rxc3
Rxe2 21. Rd8+ Kg7 22. Kf1 $18) 15. Nxe2 Nbxd5 16. Rd2 Be6 (16... Bg4 17. Ne5
$16) 17. Rad1 Re8 18. h3 (18. Nf4 $5 Nxf4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qxf6 Nh5 21. Qe5 f6
22. Qe3 $16) 18... Qc6 {Unfortunatelly for black his exchange sacrifice has
limited the danger, but has not given him enough counterplay.} (18... Qb4 19.
Qxb4 Nxb4 20. Rd8 Kf8 21. a3 $16) 19. Ne5 Qc7 20. Nc4 h5 (20... b5 21. Ne3 Nxe3
22. fxe3 Qe5 23. Rd8 $16) 21. Nf4 $1 b5 (21... Nxf4 22. Bxf4 Qc6 23. Nd6 Ra8
24. Be5 $18) 22. Bxf6 Qxf4 $1 (22... Bxf6 $2 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Qxf6 Bxc4 25.
Rd8 $18) (22... Nxf6 23. Nd6 Rb8 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Qg5 $18) 23. Qxf4 Nxf4 24.
Rd8 (24. Bxg7 Kxg7 (24... Bxc4 25. Bf6 Kf8 26. Rd8 Ne6 (26... Ne2+ 27. Kh2 Nd4
28. Rxe8+ Kxe8 29. b3 $18) 27. Rxe8+ Kxe8 28. b3 $18) 25. Nd6 Rb8 26. Rc1 c4
27. Kf1 $14) (24. Nd6 Rb8 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rc1 c4 27. Kf1 $14) 24... Rxd8 25.
Rxd8+ Kh7 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Nd6 b4 (27... Bxa2 28. Nxb5 $16) 28. a4 (28. b3
Ne2+ 29. Kf1 Nc3 30. Nb7 Nxa2 31. Nxc5 $16) 28... c4 29. Ne4 Nd3 30. b3 $1 Bf5
31. Ng3 $2 {Zhu Chen have played excellent game, but here she slips into the
inferior endgame. Instead 31.bxc4! would enable her to benefit from the
positional achievements.} (31. Nd6 c3) (31. bxc4 $1 Bxe4 32. f3 Bf5 (32... b3
33. fxe4 b2 34. Rb8 a5 35. Rb3 Kf6 36. c5 Nxc5 37. Rxb2 $18) 33. g4 hxg4 34.
hxg4 b3 35. gxf5 b2 36. Rb8 a5 37. Rb3 gxf5 38. c5 Nxc5 39. Rxb2 Nxa4 40. Ra2
Nc3 41. Rxa5 $16) 31... c3 32. Nxf5+ gxf5 33. Rc8 (33. Rxd3 c2 $19) 33... Nc1
$1 34. Kf1 (34. a5 Nxb3 35. a6 Nd4 36. f4 c2 37. Kf2 b3 $19) 34... Nxb3 35. Ke2
(35. Ke1 Nd2 36. Kd1 b3 37. Rb8 b2 38. Kc2 Kf6 $19) 35... c2 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS04 GM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2002.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hoang, Thanh Trang"]
[Black "Flumbort, Andras"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2002.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Bf4 Nd7 13. Rad1 Nb6 14. Qb3 {
White wants to keep an eye on his d5 passed pawn.} (14. Qb5 Rc8 15. d6 Re8 16.
Bg5 Qd7 17. a4 c4 18. Nd4 Rc5 19. Qxd7 Bxd7 20. Be7 Ra5 21. Bf3 Nc5 22. Nd5
Nbxa4 {1/2-1/2 Avrukh,B-Van Wely,L/Amsterdam 2001/ (46)}) 14... Nb4 15. Rd2 Nd3
$6 (15... Bxc3 $2 16. bxc3 N4xd5 17. Bh6 Re8 18. c4 Rxe2 19. Rxe2 $18) (15...
Re8 $5) 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. Nh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] If white will not succeed in
changing the bishop f5 this antipositional move will bacfire.} (17. d6 $1 c4 (
17... Qxd6 $2 18. Bxd3 Bxd3 19. Ne4 c4 20. Nxd6 cxb3 21. Rxd3 bxa2 22. Ra1 $18)
18. Qa3 f6 19. Be3 Rfd8 20. Nd4 Nc8 (20... Qxd6 21. Qxd6 Rxd6 22. Nxf5 gxf5 23.
b3 $16) 21. Nxf5 Qxf5 22. Bxd3 cxd3 23. Qb3+ Kh8 24. Rfd1 Nxd6 25. Rxd3 $16)
17... c4 18. Qc2 (18. Qb5 Qxb5 19. Nxb5 Be4 20. Be7 Rfe8 21. d6 Nxb2 22. Nc7 c3
23. Nxe8 cxd2 $17) 18... Nb4 19. Qd1 Bd3 $1 20. Nf3 (20. a3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Bxe2
22. Qxe2 N4xd5 23. Qf3 $15) 20... Rfe8 21. Re1 (21. d6 Qxd6 22. a3 Bxc3 23.
bxc3 N6d5 $1 24. cxb4 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 Nc3 $19) 21... N6xd5 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Qa4
(23. a3 Bxe2 24. Rexe2 Nd3 $17) 23... c3 $1 {Flumbort dominates the board, so
he can affort to look for the immediate punishment of his opponent.} (23... a5
24. Red1 Qf5 $19) 24. bxc3 (24. Rdd1 c2 25. Rd2 Qb5 26. Qxb5 Bxb5 27. a3 Rac8
$19) (24. Qxb4 cxd2 25. Qxd2 Be4 $19) 24... Bxc3 25. Red1 Bxd2 26. Bxd3 (26.
Rxd2 Rxe2 $19) 26... Nxd3 27. Rxd2 (27. Bxd2 Nb2 $19) 27... Qxg5 $1 28. Rxd3 (
28. Nxg5 Re1#) 28... Qf6 29. h4 Rad8 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Qxa7 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Qf4+
0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be3 Qb6 13. b3 Rfe8 14. Rad1 Rad8
15. h3 Qa5 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Rxd3 Nd7 (17... b5 $5 18. Qxb5 Qxb5 19. Nxb5 Nxd5
20. Bg5 (20. Rfd1 Nab4 21. R3d2 Rb8 22. Nd6 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Rxe3 $15) 20... f6
21. Bd2 Nab4 22. Bxb4 Nxb4 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. a3 Nc6 25. Rc1 Bf8 $11) 18. Bg5
Rc8 19. Qb5 (19. Bd2 $2 Nb4 20. Re3 Nb6 $17) 19... Qxb5 20. Nxb5 Bf8 21. a3 {
[%mdl 256] Suddenly black pawn a7 is very weak, black has to defend creatively.
} (21. Nxa7 Ra8 22. Nb5 Nb4 23. Rd2 Rxa2 24. Rxa2 Nxa2 25. Bd2 $14) 21... Nc7
22. Nxa7 (22. Nxc7 Rxc7 23. Bf4 Rcc8 24. Rfd1 b5 $13) 22... Ra8 23. d6 Ne6 (
23... Rxa7 $2 24. dxc7 $18) 24. Nb5 Nxg5 25. Nxg5 Ra5 26. a4 (26. Nc7 Re2 27.
Nf3 Rxa3 $11) 26... c4 27. bxc4 (27. Rc3 cxb3 28. Rc7 Rd8 29. Rb1 Rxa4 30. Rxb3
h6 $11) 27... Rxa4 28. Rc3 (28. Rc1 Rc8 29. Rd4 Rb4 30. Nc7 Bxd6 31. Nd5 Rb2
32. Ne3 Be7 33. Nxf7 Nc5 $14) (28. Rd4 Bg7 (28... Rc8 $2 29. Nc7 Ne5 30. d7 Rd8
31. Rfd1 Rxc4 32. Rxc4 Nxc4 33. Nge6 fxe6 34. Nxe6 Be7 35. Nxd8 Bxd8 36. Re1
$18) 29. Rf4 Ne5 30. Re4 Rxc4 31. Rxc4 Nxc4 $14) 28... Rc8 29. Rfc1 Rb4 30. f4
(30. Nf3 Bg7 31. Nfd4 Nb6 32. Re1 Kf8 33. Rf3 Bxd4 34. Nxd4 Rbxc4 35. Ne6+ Kg8
36. Ng5 $14) 30... Bg7 31. R3c2 (31. Re3 Rxb5 32. Re7 h6 33. Nf3 Nf6 34. d7
Nxd7 35. Rxd7 Rb4 $11) 31... Bb2 32. Re1 (32. Rb1 $2 Bd4+ 33. Nxd4 Rxb1+ $17)
32... Rxb5 33. Re7 $2 {White is missing the suitable moment to make draw,
black is suddenly much better.} (33. cxb5 Rxc2 34. Re7 Nf6 35. Nxf7 (35. d7
Bd4+ 36. Kh2 Bb6 37. Re8+ Kg7 38. d8=Q Bxd8 39. Rxd8 Rb2 $17) 35... Bd4+ 36.
Kh2 Rd2 37. Rxb7 Bc5 38. Nh6+ $11) 33... Bd4+ 34. Kh2 Rxg5 (34... Nf8 35. d7
Nxd7 36. Rxd7 Be3 37. g3 $16) 35. fxg5 (35. Rxd7 $2 Rgc5 36. Rxb7 Rd8 37. d7
Kf8 $19) 35... Rd8 36. Rd2 Bc5 37. Rd5 b6 38. g3 Kf8 39. Re2 (39. Kg2 Bxd6 40.
Re4 Nc5 41. Red4 Ke7 42. Rd2 Bc7 $17) 39... Nb8 40. Red2 Rd7 {White will not
be able to defend both c4 and d6 pawns.} 41. Ra2 (41. Kg2 Nc6 42. Kf3 Na5 43.
Rc2 Rxd6 $17) 41... Nc6 42. Ra8+ Rd8 (42... Kg7 43. Rc8 Nb4 44. Re5 Bxd6 45.
Ree8 f5 46. Rg8+ Kf7 47. Rh8 Ke6 48. Rce8+ Re7 49. Rxe7+ Bxe7 50. h4 Nd3 51.
Rxh7 Ne5 $17) 43. Rxd8+ Nxd8 44. Kg2 Nb7 45. d7 Ke7 46. Re5+ (46. Kf3 Nd6 $17)
46... Kxd7 47. Re4 Nd6 48. Rh4 Be3 $1 49. Rxh7 Bxg5 50. h4 Bf6 51. g4 Ke6 52.
g5 (52. h5 Nxc4 $1 53. h6 Ke7 54. Kf3 Kf8 $19) 52... Be5 53. Kf3 Nxc4 54. h5 (
54. Ke2 b5 $19) 54... gxh5 55. Rxh5 Kf5 56. Rh7 Nd6 57. Rh5 Bg7 0-1

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 32nd"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2002.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2002.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. h4 c5 11. e6 c4 12. Qd1 Nb6 13. exf7+ Rxf7 14. Be3 Nc6 15.
h5 Bg4 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Be2 Nb4 18. Ng5 (18. a3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 N4d5 20. Rg1 (
20. Qc2 Rf5 21. f4 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Nd5 23. Bg4 e6 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Kf1 {1-0
Gurevich,M-Mikhalevski,V/Vlissingen 1998/ (41)}) 20... Qd6 21. a4 (21. Qc2 Rf5
22. a4 Rc8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra5 Qc6 25. Rxb5 Nxc3 26. Rxf5 Nxe2 27. Rc5 Nxg1
28. Rxc6 Rxc6 29. Qe4 Rf6 30. f4 Nh3 31. Kf1 Kf7 32. Kg2 Nxf2 33. Bxf2 {
1-0 Babula,V-Kalod,R/CZE 1998/ (57)}) 21... e5 22. dxe5 (22. axb5 Nxe3 23. fxe3
exd4 24. exd4 Qh2 25. Rxg6 Re8 26. Qd2 Qh1+ 27. Kf2 Qxa1 28. Rxb6 Qh1 {0-1
Petran,P-Stohl,I/Austria 1997/ (31)}) 22... Qxe5 23. f4 Qf5 24. Rg5 Nxc3 25.
bxc3 Bxc3+ 26. Kf1 Qh3+ 27. Kg1 Bxa1 28. Bg4 Qh8 29. Rxg6+ Rg7 30. Be6+ Kf8 31.
Bc5+ Ke8 32. f5 Rd8 33. Qf3 Be5 34. Qc6+ Nd7 35. Bf7+ {1-0 Petrosian,
A-Malaniuk,V/Yerevan/1984/ (35)}) 18... Nd3+ 19. Kf1 Bxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Rf5 (20...
Rf6 21. Nce4 Rc6 22. Qg4 Qd7 23. Qh4 Nd5 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Rh3 Nxe3+ 26. fxe3
Qd5 27. Rf3+ Rf6 28. Qxg6 Rxf3+ 29. gxf3 {1-0 Ezat,M-Sameeh,H/Cairo/1999/ (29)}
) 21. Qg4 Nd5 22. Kg1 Nxe3 (22... Qd7 23. Rh4 (23. Qh4 Nf6 24. Nce4 Rd8 25. b3
Qd5 26. bxc4 bxc4 27. Rb1 Nxe4 28. Nxe4 Nf4 29. f3 Bxd4 $17 {1-0 Kozul,Z-Nedev,
T/Bled 2002/ (107)}) 23... Rd8 24. Rb1 e6 25. Nce4 Qe7 26. Nf3 N3f4 27. Re1
Rdf8 28. g3 Nd3 29. Qxg6 Nxe1 30. Nxe1 Nxe3 31. fxe3 R8f7 {1/2-1/2 Babula,
V-Kalod,R/Olomouc 1998/ (53)}) 23. fxe3 Nf2 24. Qh4 Qd6 $2 {[%mdl 64] The
position is very complex and finding a best move was anything but easy. Shirov
was not suspecting, that this natural move could spell disaster.} (24... Rxg5
25. Qxg5 Nxh1 26. Qxg6 e5 27. Qe6+ (27. dxe5 Qh4 $15) 27... Kh8 28. Qh3+ Kg8
29. dxe5 Nf2 30. Kxf2 Qd2+ 31. Kg1 Qxb2 32. Qe6+ $11) 25. g4 $6 (25. Qh7+ Kf8
26. Rh6 $1 Rxg5 (26... Rf6 27. Rf1 Ng4 28. Rxf6+ exf6 29. Rxg6 $18) 27. Rf1
Bxh6 (27... Qf6 28. Rxf2 Rf5 29. Ne4 Rxf2 30. Nxf6 Rxf6 31. Rxg6 $18) 28. Qxh6+
Kg8 (28... Ke8 29. Rxf2 Rf5 30. Rxf5 gxf5 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Qxa8 $18) 29. Qxg5
Nd3 30. Nd5 Ra7 31. Nf6+ exf6 32. Rxf6 $18) 25... Rxg5 26. Kxf2 (26. Qxg5 Qg3+
27. Kf1 Qf3 28. Qd5+ Qxd5 29. Nxd5 Nxh1 30. Kg2 e5 $17) 26... Bxd4 $1 {Great
tactical shot is opening access to white's king, so Radjabov is taking exit
with perpetual.} 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Qh6+ (28. exd4 Qf4+ 29. Ke2 Qxg4+ $11) 28...
Kg8 29. Qh7+ (29. Qxg5 Rf8+ (29... Bxc3 30. Rad1 (30. bxc3 Rf8+ 31. Ke1 Qg3+
32. Kd1 Qf3+ $19) 30... Qf6+ 31. Qxf6 Bxf6 32. Rd2 $14) 30. Kg2 Bxc3 31. Rh6 (
31. bxc3 Qd2+ 32. Kh3 Rf3+ $19) 31... Bg7 32. Qxg6 Qd5+ 33. Kg1 Rf3 34. Qh7+
Kf8 35. Rh3 Rxh3 36. Qxh3 Bxb2 $11) 29... Kf8 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Qh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kortschnoj} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7.
e4 a6 8. Be2 b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Rd1 (13.
Bg5 $5 $14 {Kortschnoj}) 13... Qc7 14. Be3 (14. Ng5 $6 Bf5 15. Be3 Nc6 16. Rd2
$6 Ne5 $1 17. Bd4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Qe3 $1 Rac8 $1 20. Nf3 e5 $6 21. Bxe5
Bxe5 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. Nxe5 Rxc5 24. Nf3 {Morovic Fernandez,I-Gulko,B/New York
op/1988/0-1 (60)}) 14... Nc6 15. Rd2 (15. a4 b4 $1 (15... Na5 16. Qb4 Bc2 17.
axb5 axb5 18. Rf1 Nc6 19. Qxb5 Rab8 20. Qc4 {Farago,I-Mikhalchishin,A/Portoroz
Vidmar/1993/0.5 (20)}) 16. Nd4 Be5 $5 17. h3 e6 $5 18. Nxc6 (18. Nxe6 fxe6 19.
f4 Rae8 20. fxe5 Qxe5 21. Bh6 Nd4 22. Rxd4 Qxd4+ 23. Qe3 Qxb2 24. Rc1 {Farago,
I-Horvath,J/Zalakaros op (08)/1994/0-1 (43)}) 18... Qxc6 19. Bf1 Bd5 20. Qxb4
Rfb8 21. Qa5 Rxb2 22. Ra3 $1 h5 $1 23. Qe1 $5 Rb3 24. Rxb3 {Farago,
I-Mikhalchishin,A/Slovenija/1993/0.5 (40)}) (15. a4 $10 {Kortschnoj}) 15... e6
16. Ng5 (16. a4 b4 $1) 16... Bd5 17. Qc2 Rad8 (17... Nb4 18. Qb1 Rad8 19. a3
Nc6 20. Qc2) 18. Bf3 Nb4 19. Qd1 (19. Qb1 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Rxd2 21. Nxd2 Nd5 $17)
19... Bxf3 (19... Bxa2 {Kortschnoj} 20. b3 a5 $17) 20. Qxf3 (20. Nxf3 Bxb2 $1
$17) 20... Nd5 21. Rad1 (21. Rc2 h6 22. Ne4 f5 $17) 21... Nxe3 22. Qxe3 (22.
Rxd8 Nxd1 23. Rxf8+ Bxf8 24. Qxd1 Bxc5 $17) 22... Bxb2 $1 23. Qh3 (23. Ne4 {
Kortschnoj} Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Bg7 25. Nd6 $146) 23... h5 24. Nxe6 (24. Rxd8 Rxd8
25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qb3 Qxg5 27. Qxb2 Qxc5 $19) 24... Rxd2 $1 25. Rxd2 Qe5 (
25... Qe5 26. Qe3 fxe6 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 14th"]
[Site "Legnica"]
[Date "2013.05.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2013.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 {In this line Black is trying to compensate for the
sacrificed pawn with immediate pressure against the centre. White is
constrained by the fact that he has not yet managed to castle.} 11. e5 Nfd7 12.
Be3 e6 {with the knight move to d5 Grandelius is conciously avoiding certain
problems , that White could have confronted him with in the event of the
immediate capture by 12...Nxe5.} (12... Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. O-O (14. Rd1 Qc7
15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Nc6 17. Bf3 Rac8 18. Qxc6 Qxc6 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Rd2 f5
21. f4 (21. f3 Kf7 22. O-O a5 $11 {1/2 (31) Iotov,V (2581)-Georgiev,K (2637)
Sunny Beach 2009}) 21... Bf6 22. Kf2 Kf7 23. Rhd1 $14 {1-0 (80) Sandipan,C 
(2641)-Maki,V (2409) Plovdiv 2010}) 14... Qc7 15. f4 Bg7 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4
e6 18. Qc2 Bc6 19. Ra2 Qb7 20. Bc4 Rd8 $11 {1/2 (56) Jakovenko,D (2729)
-Sutovsky,E (2700) Sochi 2012}) 13. O-O (13. a4 Qa5 14. O-O b4 15. Na2 Nc6 16.
Rfd1 Ndxe5 17. Ng5 Qc7 18. Rd6 Ne7 19. Nxb4 Nf5 20. Rb6 h6 21. c6 Bc8 $11 {
0-1 (69) Sokolov,I (2625)-Alterman,B (2585) Leeuwarden 1994}) 13... Qc7 14.
Rad1 {The real fight in the game begins only in this phase. There is no reason
to believe that players were ignorant about the recent games from tournament
praxis. White is certainly facing a difficult task in his ambition to obtain
some advantage.} (14. a4 Nxc5 15. Qb4 Nxa4 16. Nxa4 bxa4 17. Bb6 (17. Rfc1 Nc6
18. Qxa4 Rfc8 19. Rc5 Bf8 20. Rc2 Qb8 21. Rac1 Nb4 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. Bc5 Nd5
24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Qd4 $14 {1/2 (36) Farago,I (2475)-Ftacnik,L (2580) Ljubljana
1998}) 17... Qd7 18. Bc5 Rc8 19. Bd6 Bd5 20. Rxa4 Nc6 21. Qa3 a5 $11 {1/2 (70)
Potkin,V (2642)-Dominguez Perez,L (2725) Havana 2012}) 14... Nxe5 {The
capturing of the e5-pawn is a more logical solution, even though we can fully
understand the urge to eliminate the feature of asymmetry after elimination of
the c-pawn.} (14... Nxc5 15. Qa3 Ncd7 16. Qe7 Rc8 17. Ng5 Nf8 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19.
f4 h6 20. Nf3 Nc6 21. Nd4 g5 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. fxg5 hxg5 24. Bxg5 Bxe5 $11 {
0-1 (91) Onischuk,A (2670)-Dominguez Perez,L (2708) Biel 2008}) 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 (
15... Qxe5 $6 16. a4 Nc6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bxb5 $16) 16. f4 Bg7 17. a4 $1 {
The undermining of the enemy pawn structure on the queenside is the only hope
in the fight for an advantage. Tomashevsky must quickly exploit the fact, that
Black still needs two moves to finish his development.} bxa4 (17... Nd7 18.
axb5 Nxc5 19. Qc4 Rfc8 20. Qxc5 Qxc5 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. Rd7 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Bd5
24. bxa6 Kf8 25. Rc1 $14) 18. Nxa4 Nc6 (18... Nd7 19. Nb6 Rad8 20. Nxd7 Rxd7
21. Rxd7 Qxd7 22. Rd1 Bd5 23. Bf3 $14) 19. Bf3 Rab8 20. Nb6 {The choice of the
piece that will occupy the b6-square was a far from simple task. The queen
move also offered no real chances for an advantage, thus we can consider the
game move to be more natural.} (20. Qb6 Qc8 (20... Qxb6 21. cxb6 Na5 22. Rd7
Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rfd8 24. Rfd1 $16) 21. Rd6 Ne7 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. Qxa6 Qc7 24.
Rfd1 Ra7 (24... Nf5 25. Rd7 Qxd7 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Kf2 Bd4 28. Bxd4 Rxd4 29. c6
Ne7 30. Nc5 $14) 25. Qc4 Nf5 26. R6d3 (26. Rd7 Qc6 27. Rxa7 Nxe3 28. Qe2 Nxd1
29. Qxd1 Bxb2 $15) 26... Nxe3 27. Rxe3 Rd8 $11) 20... Rfd8 21. Qa4 {The
Russian player fully understands the necessity to control the vulnerable spot
d4. Remarkably, it was worth a pawn to him.} (21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Nc4 Bd4 $11)
21... Bxb2 22. Rd6 Ne7 (22... Rxd6 $2 23. cxd6 Qxd6 24. Nc4 Qb4 25. Bxc6 Qxa4
26. Bxa4 Bd5 27. Nb6 $16) 23. Nd7 Nf5 $2 {[%mdl 64] Grandelius is one of those
creative grandmasters with sharp tactical vision. The solution of the
situation with the help of a tactical shoot-out is not the best solution, but
the author deserves kudos for the bravery and the long calculation.} (23...
Rbc8 $1 24. Bd4 (24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Nb6 Rxd6 26. cxd6 Nf5 27. Nxc8 (27. d7 Rd8
28. Bf2 h5 29. Rb1 Bf6 $11) 27... Nxe3 28. Qc6 Qb4 29. d7 Qd4 30. Qd6 Nxf1+ 31.
Kxf1 Qc4+ 32. Ke1 Bf6 $11) 24... Bxd4+ 25. Qxd4 Bxf3 26. Nf6+ Kf8 27. Nxh7+ Kg8
28. Nf6+ Kf8 29. Rxf3 Nf5 30. Nh7+ Kg8 31. Nf6+ $11) 24. Nxb8 Nxe3 25. Rb1 {
The pre-game favourite was forced to move into high gear; the position on the
board has become full of possibilities. The analyses with the help of the
computer tend to prefer the exchange on the d8-square, but the text is more
natural and promises White an advantage.} (25. Rxd8+ $5 Qxd8 26. c6 Qd3 27. Re1
Bc3 (27... Bc8 28. Kh1 $1 (28. Qe4 Qd2 29. Qb1 Qd4 30. Kh1 Bc3 $11) 28... Bc3
29. Rc1 Qd2 30. Rb1 $16) 28. Qe4 Qxe4 29. Bxe4 Bxc6 30. Rxe3 Bd4 31. Nxc6 Bxe3+
32. Kh1 Bxf4 33. Bd3 $14) 25... Rxb8 (25... Rxd6 26. cxd6 Qxd6 27. Rxb2 Qc5 28.
Nd7 Qc1+ 29. Kf2 Qxb2+ 30. Kxe3 $14) 26. Rxb2 Bxf3 27. Qd4 $1 {The key move in
the combination, the centralised queen is exerting extraordinary pressure
across the whole board.} (27. Rxb8+ Qxb8 28. gxf3 Qb1+ 29. Kf2 Nf5 30. Qd1 Qb2+
31. Qd2 Qa3 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Rc8 a5 34. c6 a4 $11) 27... Nd5 $2 {The defender
sadly failed to complete his tactical idea to the logical outcome. Under the
pressure of unpleasant threats he opts for a failed solution. The game was far
from decided in the event of the best move 27...Rc8!} (27... Rc8 $1 28. Qxe3 (
28. gxf3 $2 Nf5 $17) 28... Bd5 29. Rc2 Qb7 30. f5 Qb1+ 31. Qc1 Qxc1+ 32. Rxc1
gxf5 33. Rxa6 $14) 28. Rxb8+ Qxb8 29. gxf3 h5 (29... Qb1+ 30. Kf2 Qa2+ 31. Kg3
Qa5 32. Qe5 $18) 30. Qe5 $1 {The pawn structure on the white side is similar
to pictures of a town after bombardment; but the game will be carried to a
successful conclusion by his centralised pieces.} Qc8 (30... h4 31. Rb6 Qxe5
32. fxe5 Kf8 33. Rxa6 $18) 31. c6 Ne7 (31... a5 32. Rd7 Nb6 33. Qc7 $18) 32.
Qf6 Qc7 (32... Nxc6 33. Qc3 Na7 34. Qxc8+ Nxc8 35. Rd8+ $18) 33. Rd7 Qb6+ {
The real checking of the vulnerable white king was never on the cards, but
Black could not resist a solitary parting "shot" towards it.} 34. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.05.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. Rd1 Bf5 13. d6 h6 (13... Nb4 14.
Ng5 Qd7 15. Qxc5 Rxe2 16. Nxe2 Nc2 17. Rb1 Rc8 18. Qxa7 Nb4 19. Ra1 Nc2 20. Rb1
Nb4 21. Bd2 Bxb1 22. Rxb1 Nc6 23. Qa3 Re8 24. Ng3 {Horvath,C-Yuferov,S/Kobanya
op (10)/1991/1-0 (48)}) (13... Ne4 $6 14. Nb5 (14. d7 Re7 15. Nxe4 Rxe4 16. Bg5
Bf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qc3 Qe7 19. Bd3 Re6 20. Bxf5 gxf5 21. Rd5 Rd8 22. Rad1 b6
23. h4 Qf6 24. Qxf6 {Reilly,T-Jordan,W/AUS-ch Melbourne (04)/1991/1-0 (43)})
14... Bd7 15. a4 $1 Nb4 $2 16. Qb3 $1 Qb6 $6 17. Be3 Bxb5 18. Bxb5 Nc6 19. d7
Red8 20. Qc4 Nf6 21. Bxc5 Qc7 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Bd6 Qxd7 24. Ne5 {Piket,
J-Gulko,B/Groningen/1990/1-0 (34)}) 14. Bf4 (14. h3 $6 Nb4 $1 15. Bf4 $1 Nd7
16. Rd2 a6 17. Qb3 b5 18. Qd1 c4 19. a4 $1 Nc5 20. axb5 Nbd3 21. Bxd3 Nxd3 22.
Rxd3 $2 cxd3 $2 23. Nd5 $1 axb5 24. Ne7+ $1 {Karpov,A-Kasparov,G/Sevilla (m/15)
/1987/0.5 (43)}) 14... Nd7 15. Rd2 Nb4 16. Qb3 Be6 17. Bc4 Nb6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6
19. Na4 $5 {Tal} (19. a3 $6 Nd3 $1 20. Bg3 c4 21. Qc2 Rc8 22. Rad1 Qd7 23. h4
f5 24. Rxd3 $8 {Karpov,A-Kasparov,G/Sevilla (m/21)/1987/0.5 (28)}) (19. Bg3 Qd7
20. a3 Nc6 21. Qb5 Rc8 22. Rad1 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Ne5 24. Qxd7 {Rao,V-Kasparov,G/
New York sim/1988/0-1 (51)}) (19. Nb5 Re4 20. Be3 Nc4 21. Bxc5 Nxd2 22. Nxd2
Re2 23. Qxb4 a5 24. Qf4 g5 $17 {Karpov}) 19... Re4 $2 (19... Nxa4 20. Qxa4 Qf6
(20... Nc6 21. Rc1 g5 22. Bg3 Qd7 $13) 21. Bg3 a6 $13) 20. Bg3 (20. Be3 Nc6 $1
(20... Nc4 21. Nxc5 Rg4 (21... Nxd2 22. Bxd2 $18) 22. h3 Nxd2 23. Bxd2 b6 24.
Nb7 Qd7 25. hxg4 Nc6 26. Bc3 $16) (20... Na6 21. Nxc5 Rb4 22. Qd3 Nxc5 23. Bxc5
Rxb2 24. Rxb2 Bxb2 25. Rd1 $14) 21. Nxc5 Rb4 22. Qd3 Nc4 $132) 20... Nc4 (20...
Na6 21. Nxb6 Qxb6 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. d7 $16) 21. Nxc5 Nxd2 22. Nxd2 Re2 (22...
Rd4 23. Nf3 Rg4 (23... Rxd6 $1 24. Bxd6 (24. Nxb7 Rd3 25. Qxb4 (25. Nxd8 Rxb3
26. axb3 Rxd8 $14) 25... Rd1+ 26. Ne1 (26. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 27. Qe1 Qxe1+ 28. Nxe1
Bxb2 $14) 26... Qd5 27. Rxd1 Qxd1 28. Qe4 $16) 24... Qxd6 25. Qxb4 Rc8 26. Qxb7
Rxc5 $132) 24. Ne6 Qb6 25. Nxg7 Rxg3 26. hxg3 Kxg7 27. Ne5 $18) 23. Qxb4 a5 24.
Qxb7 (24. Qf4 g5 25. Qf3 Rxd2 26. Nxb7 Qb6 $13) 24... Rxd2 25. d7 (25. Re1 $5
Rb8 26. Qc7 $16) 25... Rxb2 26. Qd5 Rb5 27. Rd1 Bf8 (27... Ra7 28. Qe4 $1 (28.
h3 $6 Bf8 29. Re1 Rxc5 30. Qxc5 Rxd7 $1) 28... Bf8 (28... Bf6 29. Qe8+ Kg7 30.
Be5 $1 Ra8 31. Bxf6+ Kxf6 32. Ne4+ Kg7 33. Nd6 $18) 29. Qe8 Ra8 30. Ne4 Rf5 31.
Nd6 $18) 28. Bd6 Bxd6 (28... Ra7 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 30. Re1 $18) 29. Qxd6 Rab8 (
29... Ra7 30. g3 (30. Re1 Rxc5 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Qxc5 Qxd7) 30... Rxc5 31. Qxc5
Rxd7 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 33. Qxa5 $16) (29... Qf8 30. Ne4 $1 Qxd6 (30... Rd8 31. Nf6+
Kg7 32. Qd4 Rf5 33. Ne8+ Kh7 34. g4 Rb5 35. Nf6+ Kg7 36. Re1 $40) 31. Nxd6 Rbb8
32. Rc1 Rd8 33. Rc8 Kg7 34. Rxa8 Rxa8 35. Nc8 Rb8 36. Kf1 Rb1+ 37. Ke2 $18) 30.
h3 Rb1 31. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 32. Kh2 Rb6 (32... Rb8 33. Qe5 {/\ Nb7}) (32... Qb8 33.
Qxb8+ Rxb8 34. Nb7 $18) 33. Qe5 Kf8 (33... Rb8 34. Nb7 $1 Qxd7 35. Qxb8+ $18)
34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qe5+ Kf8 36. f4 h5 (36... g5 37. f5 Qb8 38. Qxb8+ Rxb8 39. f6
Rd8 40. Kg3 $18) (36... f6 $5 37. Qd5 Ke7 38. Qe4+ Kf7 $14) 37. Qd5 h4 (37...
Ke7 38. Qg5+ f6 39. Qxg6 $18) (37... a4 38. Nb7 Rxb7 39. Qxb7 Ke7 40. Kg3 Qxd7
41. Qxd7+ Kxd7 42. Kh4 Ke6 43. Kg5 $18) 38. Qe5 (38. Nb7 Rxb7 39. Qxb7 Ke7 40.
Qa7 Qxd7 41. Qxa5 $16) 38... g5 (38... Rc6 39. Qh8+ Ke7 40. Qxh4+ Rf6 41. Ne4
$18) (38... Rb4 39. Qh8+ Ke7 40. Qxh4+ f6 41. Qe1+ Kd6 42. Qxb4 axb4 43. Nb7+
Kxd7 44. Nxd8 Kxd8 45. g4 $18) 39. Qh8+ Ke7 40. Qe5+ Kf8 41. fxg5 (41. fxg5 Rc6
(41... Qb8 42. Qxb8+ Rxb8 43. Nb7 Ke7 44. d8=Q+ Rxd8 45. Nxd8 Kxd8 46. g3 $18)
(41... Rg6 42. Kh1 Rb6 43. g6 Rxg6 44. Qh8+ Ke7 45. Qxh4+ Rf6 46. Ne4 $18) 42.
g3 hxg3+ 43. Kxg3 Rb6 44. h4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam m"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. Bg5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Be6 12. O-O-O Bxd5 13. Rxd5 Qb6 (13...
Qc7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. e5 Bg7 16. Rhd1 $14) 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. e5 Qf5 (15... Qe7
16. Rhd1 Rad8 17. Rxd8 $14 (17. a3 $1 $14 {>< a6}) 17... Rxd8 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8
19. e6 $1 Qb6 $1 20. exf7+ Kf8 21. Qc2 $1 Nb4 22. Qb3 Nc6 $1 23. Qxb6 axb6 24.
Bc4 Ne5 $14 {Flear,G-Kortschnoj,V/Lugano/1988/0.5 (41)}) 16. Bd3 Qc8 (16... Qe6
$5 17. Rd6 Qe7 $13) 17. Rd6 {An improvement over the following spectacular
game by Kasparov. Black must play smart to obtain enough counterplay, since
his pieces are bit passive.} (17. Rd1 $2 b5 $1 $17 18. Qh4 Nb4 19. Bxg6 $2 (19.
Rd6 c4 20. Be4 c3 $1 21. a3 $8 c2 22. axb4 cxd1=Q+ 23. Kxd1 Rb8 $17) 19... fxg6
20. Rd7 Qe8 $1 21. Re7 Bh6+ $1 22. Kb1 Rd8 $1 23. Rd6 Qc6 $1 24. a3 Rxd6 25.
exd6 Qxd6 26. axb4 cxb4 27. Qe4 b3 {0-1/Beliavsky,A-Kasparov,G/Belfort/1988/})
17... Nb4 (17... b5 18. Qh4 $1 (18. Qxb5 Nb4 19. Qc4 (19. Bc4 $2 Qf5 $17) 19...
Nxd3+ 20. Rxd3 Rb8 21. a3 Rb6 $44) 18... c4 19. Be4 Nc5 $1 20. Bxa8 Nd3+ 21.
Kb1 Qxa8 22. Rd1 Qc8 (22... Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. R6d5 $1 $14 (24. Rd8 $2 Qxg2
)) 23. R6xd3 (23. Qd4 $2 Nxe5 $1) 23... cxd3 24. Rxd3 Qf5 $44) 18. Be4 Rb8 (
18... b5 $2 19. Qe2 $1 Rb8 20. a3 $16) 19. Kb1 (19. a3 Nc6 20. Bxc6 bxc6 $13 {
/\} 21. Qxc5 $2 Qg4 $132) 19... b5 20. Qe2 c4 21. a3 (21. Rhd1 Re8 22. a3 Nd3
23. Bxd3 cxd3 24. R1xd3 b4 $132) (21. Rc1 Qg4 $1) 21... Nd3 22. Bxd3 cxd3 23.
Qxd3 b4 {Sacrifice of a P is a minimal prize black can pay for the chances to
create some counterplay.} 24. axb4 (24. a4 b3 25. Rd4 Qc2+ $5 26. Qxc2 bxc2+
27. Kxc2 f6 $132) 24... Rxb4 25. Rc1 Qb8 26. Rc2 Re8 27. Rd2 (27. h3 Rb5 28.
Rd7 (28. Rd5 Rxd5 29. Qxd5 Bxe5 $10) 28... Bxe5 29. Nxe5 Rbxe5 $10) 27... Bh6
28. Rc2 (28. Re2 Bg7) 28... Bg7 29. Rd2 Bh6 30. Rc2 Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bg5 Nc6 14. Qe3 Qd5 $5
{This move was already known, but not tested yet. Black avoids sharp lines
with sacrifice of an exchange.} (14... Bf5 15. Bh6 Bxb2 (15... Bxh6 16. Qxh6 f6
17. Qe3 Qc7 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Rfd8 20. Qe3 $14) 16. Rad1 Qa5 17. Bxf8 Rxf8
18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 (19. Rxd3 Bf6 (19... Qxa2 $1 20. Rd2 (20. Qe2 Qc4 $1)
20... Qa3 21. Qe4 (21. Qxa3 Bxa3 22. Ra1 Bb4 23. Rd7 Rc8 24. Rxa6 Bxc5 $15)
21... Rc8 22. Ng5 Bf6 {1/2-1/2 Sosonko,G-Svidler,P/St Petersburg/1997/}) 20. a3
(20. Ra3 $1 Qc7 21. Rxa6 Nb4 22. Rxf6 exf6 23. a3 Nd5 24. Qd4 Qc6 25. Rc1 $14)
20... b4 21. Rb1 Qb5 22. axb4 a5 23. Nd2 axb4 24. Ne4 Be5 25. g3 Ra8 26. h4 h5
{0-1 Piket,J-Ivanchuk,V/Monte Carlo/1995/ (53)}) 19... Qxa2 20. Rd2 (20. Qc2 $5
Nb4 $1 21. Qe4 Qc4 22. Qxe7 Nd5 23. Qd6 Nc3 24. Ne5 Ne2+ 25. Kh1 Bxe5 26. Qxe5
Nc3 27. Rc1 b4 $132) (20. Qe2 Qa3 21. Rd3 Bc3 22. Qe3 b4 23. Qh6 f6) 20... Rd8
(20... Qa3 $2 21. Qd7 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Qxe7 Qc3 24. Rd5 Bf6 25. Qb7 b4 26.
c6 $18 {Greenfeld,A-Svidler,P/Haifa rap/1998/ (26)}) 21. Qe2 (21. Qb1 $5 Qxb1
22. Rxd8+ Nxd8 23. Rxb1 Ba3 24. Rd1 Nc6 25. Rd3 (25. Ra1 $1 {Cifuentes Parada,R
} b4 $8 26. Nd2 a5 27. Nc4 Kg7 28. Nxa3 bxa3 29. Rxa3 Kf6 30. Re3 $1 e5 31. Rd3
Nd4 32. f4 $1 Ne2+ 33. Kf1 Nxf4 34. c6 $1 Ne6 35. Rd7 $18) 25... Bb4 26. Rd7 {
1/2-1/2/Bareev,E-Shirov,A/Sarajevo/1999/ (36)}) 21... Rxd2 22. Qxd2 b4 (22...
a5 $6 23. Qd7 Qe6 24. Qxe6 fxe6 25. Rb1 $16) (22... Qa3 23. Qd5 Nb4 24. Qd7) (
22... Kg7 23. h4 h5 24. Re1 $1 $36) 23. h4 {0-1 Piket,J-Van Wely,L/Breda/1999/
(31)}) 15. Rad1 Qf5 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 f6 18. Nd4 Nxd4 (18... Qe5 19. Qe3
Rac8 20. b4 (20. f4 Qxc5 21. Qxe4 Rfd8 22. b4 Qa7) 20... Nxb4 21. Qb3+ Nd5 22.
f3 $16) 19. Rxd4 Rfd8 20. Qd2 {The other line with ambitions to get some
advantage starting with 20.Rfd1 will surely be tested in the future.} (20. Rfd1
Rxd4 21. Rxd4 Bc6 22. Qe3 $14) 20... Rxd4 21. Qxd4 Bc6 (21... e5 $2 22. Qd6 Qg5
23. g3 $16) (21... Qd5 22. Rd1 Rd8 23. Qxd5+ Rxd5 (23... Bxd5 24. a4 e6 25.
axb5 axb5 26. b4 $14) 24. b4 e5 25. f3 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 $14) 22. Bg4 Qd5 23.
Qxd5+ Bxd5 24. Rd1 e6 $1 {The key move of the black's concept, strong
centralized bishop neutralizes dangerous c pawn.} (24... Bxa2 $2 25. c6 f5 26.
c7 Rf8 27. Bf3 Kg7 (27... Be6 28. Bd5 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 $18) 28. Bb7 Be6 29. Bxa6
$18) 25. Bf3 (25. Rxd5 $2 exd5 26. Be6+ Kf8 27. c6 Ke7 $19) 25... Bxf3 26. gxf3
a5 $1 27. a3 (27. c6 Rc8 28. Rd6 Kf7 29. Rd7+ Ke8 30. Rd6 e5 31. f4 exf4 32.
Rxf6 Ke7 33. Rxf4 Rxc6 $15) 27... a4 28. c6 (28. c6 Rc8 29. Rd6 Kf7 30. Rd7+
Ke8 31. Rd6 e5 32. f4 exf4 33. Rxf6 Ke7 34. Rxf4 Rxc6 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 28th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1998.06.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1998.05.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4
a6 8. Qb3 b5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. h4 c5 11. e6 c4 (11... fxe6 12. h5 cxd4 13. hxg6
Nc5 14. Qc2 $5 Rxf3 $5 (14... dxc3 $2 15. gxh7+ Kh8 16. Nh4 Rf6 17. Bg5 $18) (
14... h5 $5 15. Rxh5 Rf5 16. Rxf5 exf5 17. Nxb5 $1 $16) 15. gxf3 $1 d3 16. Qd2
$1 hxg6 17. Qg5 Nbd7 18. Qxg6 Nf8 19. Qg3 $18) (11... cxd4 $5 12. exd7 (12.
exf7+ Rxf7 $1 (12... Kh8 13. h5 $13) 13. Ng5 Ne5 14. Nce4 Bb7 15. Nxf7 Nxf7 16.
Ng5 Bd5 17. Nxf7 Bxf7 $44) 12... Bb7 $6 (12... Nxd7 13. Ne4 Bb7 14. Bd3 Bxe4 $1
15. Bxe4 Nc5 16. Qc2 Rc8 17. Bd3 e5 $17) 13. Ne2 e5 14. h5 $1 d3 $1 (14... Nxd7
15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Ng5 $40) 15. hxg6 hxg6 (15... dxe2 $2 16. gxf7+ Rxf7 17. Bxe2
$40) 16. Ng5 (16. Qxd3 e4 17. Qd6 exf3 18. Qh2 f5 $1) 16... e4 $1 17. Ne6 $1 {
1/2-1/2 Lputian,S-Lutz,C/Rimavska Sobota/1991/ (30)}) 12. exf7+ Rxf7 (12... Kh8
13. Qd1 Nc6 14. h5 gxh5 15. d5 Nce5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Rxh5 Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 Nf6
19. Qd4 Rxf7 20. Be2 Rg7 21. Rg5 Qg8 22. Re5 Rxg2 23. Rxe7 Rg1+ 24. Kd2 Qxd5
25. Re8+ Rg8 26. Rxg8+ Kxg8 27. Qxd5+ Nxd5 28. a4 Be6 29. axb5 Rd8 30. Kc2 axb5
31. Bh6 Kf7 {1/2-1/2 Lputian,S-Romanishin,O/URS-ch48/1980/ (40)}) 13. Qd1 Nb6 (
13... Nf6 14. Ne5 Rf8 15. a4 Be6 16. axb5 Nbd7 17. Nc6 Qb6 18. Be3 Ng4 19.
Nxe7+ Kh8 20. Ned5 Qd6 21. Bxc4 Nxe3 22. Nxe3 Bxc4 23. Nxc4 Rae8+ 24. Ne3 axb5
25. O-O b4 26. Ne2 {1-0 Oll,L-Yandemirov,V/URS-ch sf/1985/ (41)}) 14. h5 (14.
Be3 Bg4 (14... Nc6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qc7 17. Qd4 Rb8 18. f4 Be6 19. Be2
Rff8 20. Bf3 Rfd8 21. Qc5 Qxc5 22. Bxc5 Rf8 23. Bxe7 Rxf4 24. O-O-O Re8 25. Bg5
Rf7 {Kozul,Z-Epishin,V/Frankfurt/1990/1/2-1/2 (53)}) 15. h5 Nc6 16. hxg6 hxg6
17. Be2 Nb4 18. a3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 N4d5 20. Rg1 Qd6 21. a4 e5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23.
f4 Qf5 24. Rg5 Nxc3 25. bxc3 Bxc3+ 26. Kf1 Qh3+ 27. Kg1 Bxa1 28. Bg4 {1-0
Petrosian,A-Malaniuk,V/Erevan/1984/ (34)}) 14... Nc6 (14... Bg4 15. hxg6 hxg6
16. Be2 Rf8 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Rxh6 Kg7 19. Rh4 Qc8 20. Qd2 Rh8 21. Qg5 Rxh4 22.
Qxe7+ Kg8 23. Nxh4 Bxe2 24. Ne4 Nd5 25. Qe5 Qc6 {0-1 Hegedus,G-Kosa,P/Debrecen/
1998/ (42)}) 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Be2 $5 Bf5 {The real test for white's approach
will be eating on d4 16....Nxd4!? with a chance for serious compensation.} (
16... Nxd4 $5 17. Be3 (17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Be3 Qxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rb8 20. Rd8+ Rf8
$15) 17... e5 18. Ng5 Raa7 19. Nxf7 Rxf7 20. Qd2 Bb7 $44 (20... Bf5 $5)) 17.
Be3 Nb4 18. Rc1 N6d5 (18... Nd3+ 19. Bxd3 Bxd3 20. Ng5 Rf6 21. Qg4 $40) 19.
Nxd5 Nxd5 (19... Qxd5 20. Ng5 Rff8 21. Bf3 Qd6 22. Bxa8 Nd3+ 23. Kd2 Bxd4 $17)
20. Bd2 Qd6 21. b3 $1 {White needs more breating space for his centralized
pieces.} c3 (21... cxb3 22. Qxb3 Rd8 23. a4 $14) 22. Bxc3 Nf4 $1 23. Ng5 $1 {
The following combination is rather original and exciting, but the outcome is
quite banal.} (23. Bf1 Bg4 $14) (23. Nh4 Be4 24. f3 Bb7 $15) 23... Nxg2+ 24.
Kf1 (24. Kd2 $4 Qf4#) 24... Ne3+ (24... Nf4 25. Nxf7 Kxf7 26. Bg4 Bd3+ 27. Kg1
$16) 25. fxe3 Bc2+ 26. Nxf7 Qf6+ (26... Bxd1 $2 27. Nxd6 $18) 27. Ke1 Bxd1 28.
Rf1 (28. Bxd1 Rf8 29. Rf1 Qh4+ $17) 28... Bxe2 (28... Qe6 29. Kxd1 Qxe3 30. Rf3
$16) 29. Rxf6 Bxf6 (29... exf6 $5 30. Kxe2 Kxf7 31. Ba5 Ra7 32. e4 $14) 30.
Nh6+ $1 Kg7 31. Kxe2 Kxh6 32. e4 {Lputian is sligtly better, Sokolov must find
proper moment for the begin of his counterplay with "g" pawn.} Kg7 (32... e6
33. Bd2+ Kh5 34. e5 Bh4 35. Rc6 $16) 33. e5 Bg5 34. Bd2 (34. Rg1 Rc8 35. Kd3
Bh4 36. Rg4 g5 37. d5 Kg6 $132) 34... Bxd2 35. Kxd2 {[#] Hecht: Der weiße
Raumvorteil im Zentrum erschwert eine vernünftige Koordination der schwarzen
Kräfte und stellt einen nicht unerheblichen Vorteil dar. Dazu kommen die
schwarzen Bauernschwächen. Weiß wird seinen König nach e4 bringen, verfügt
sowieso über die Einbruchsfelder c6 und c7 für den Turm und droht die
Mittelbauern noch weiter vorzubringen.} Kf7 {Der Versuch, den g-Bauern mit
Königsunterstützung voranzubringen flößt nicht gerade Vertrauen ein:} (35... g5
{Hecht} 36. Ke3 Kg6 37. Ke4 g4 (37... e6 38. Rc6 Kf7 39. Rc7+ Kf8 40. Rh7 Kg8
41. Re7 $18) 38. Kf4 Rd8 39. Rd1 Kh5 40. Kf5 Kh4 41. Ke6 $18 {[%csl Re7][%cal
Rd4d5,Rd5d6]}) 36. Ke3 Rh8 (36... e6 37. Rc7+ Kf8 38. Kf4 Rd8 39. Kg5 Rxd4 40.
Ra7 $16) 37. d5 $1 Rh3+ 38. Kd4 Rh4+ 39. Kc5 Rh2 $6 (39... g5 $5) 40. Kc6 $1
Re2 (40... Rxa2 41. Kd7 Rf2 42. d6 $18) 41. e6+ Kf6 42. Kd7 $1 {White's
handling of the rook endgame makes a great impression. [#] Hecht: Auch die
Aktivierung des Turms hat die Lage nicht verbessern können. Der weiße König
steht in einer beherrschenden Position. Der Be7 ist unheilbar schwach und der
schwarze g-Bauer stellt keine Gefahr dar.} Rd2 (42... Ke5 43. d6 $1 exd6 44. e7
$18) 43. Rf1+ Kg7 (43... Ke5 44. Kxe7 Rxd5 45. Kf7 $18) 44. Rf7+ Kg8 45. Kc6 $1
{Hecht:Ideale Ergänzung der weißen Figuren. Jetzt greift der Turm e7 an, und
der König übernimmt die Bewachung der Zentralbauern.} Rc2+ 46. Kb6 Rd2 47. Kc5
Rc2+ 48. Kd4 Rd2+ 49. Ke4 g5 50. Rf5 $5 {Genau gespielt. Verlockend aber
unklarer sind andere Versuche:} (50. Rxe7 g4 51. Rc7 (51. Rd7 $5 g3 52. e7 Kf7
53. d6 g2 54. Rd8 Re2+ 55. Kd3 g1=Q 56. Kxe2 {[%cal Ye2d3,Yd3d4,Yd5c5,Yd4d5,
Yc5c6,Yc6b6,Yb6b7,Yb7b8] und möglicherweise entkommt der weiße König den
Dauerschachversuchen, indem er sich Richtung b8 wendet. Bitte prüfen!}) 51...
g3 52. Rc3 g2 53. Rg3+ Kf8 54. Ke5 Ke7 55. d6+ (55. Rg7+ {Hecht} Kf8 56. Rg3
Ke7 57. d6+ Rxd6 58. Rg7+ Kf8 59. Rxg2 Rd1 60. Rc2 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rb5]}) 55...
Rxd6 56. Rg7+ Kf8 57. Rxg2 Rd1 $16) 50... Rxa2 51. Rxg5+ Kh7 (51... Kf8 52.
Rf5+ Ke8 53. Rh5 Kd8 (53... Kf8 54. Rh8+ Kg7 55. Re8 Kf6 56. Rf8+ Kg6 57. Rf7)
54. Rh8+ Kc7 55. Re8 Kd6 56. Rd8+ Kc5 57. Rc8+ Kb4 (57... Kb6 {Hecht} 58. Re8
$18) (57... Kd6 58. Rc6#) 58. d6 (58. Rc7 $18) 58... exd6 59. Kd3 $18) 52. Rf5
Kg6 53. Rf7 Re2+ 54. Kd3 Re1 55. Rxe7 a5 56. Kd4 a4 (56... Rd1+ 57. Ke5 Re1+
58. Kd6 $18) 57. bxa4 bxa4 58. Ra7 Kf6 59. Rf7+ Kg6 60. Rf3 $1 {Hecht:Eine
technisch saubere Leistung von Lputian} 1-0

[Event "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Site "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. h4 (10. Be3) 10... c5 11. e6 cxd4 $5 {N} (11... fxe6 12. h5
cxd4 $13 {Bass,L-Larouche/New York/1985/}) (11... c4 12. Qd1 Nb6 13. exf7+ Rxf7
14. Be3 Bg4 15. h5 $1 $14 {Petrosjan,A-Malaniuk/Erevan/1984/}) 12. exd7 (12.
exf7+ Rxf7 $1 (12... Kh8 13. h5 $1 gxh5 (13... dxc3 14. hxg6 Nf6 15. Qxc3 e5
16. Ng5 h6 17. Nh7 Nxh7 18. Bxh6 $18) 14. Ng5 Nf6 15. Qc2 dxc3 16. Rxh5 $18)
13. Ng5 (13. Ne4 Bb7 14. Neg5 Qe8 $44) 13... Ne5 14. Nce4 Bb7 15. Nxf7 Nxf7 16.
Ng5 Bd5 17. Nxf7 Bxf7 $44) 12... Bb7 $6 (12... Nxd7 13. Ne4 Bb7 14. Bd3 (14.
Ng3 e5 $44) 14... Bxe4 $1 15. Bxe4 Nc5 16. Qc2 (16. Qd5 Qc7 $1 17. Qxa8 (17.
O-O Rad8 18. Qc6 Qa7 $1 19. Bf4 Rc8) 17... Rxa8 18. Bxa8 Nd3+ 19. Kd2 Nb4 $40)
16... Rc8 17. Bd3 e5 $17) 13. Ne2 e5 14. h5 $1 d3 $1 (14... Nxd7 15. hxg6 hxg6
16. Ng5 $40) 15. hxg6 hxg6 (15... dxe2 $2 16. gxf7+ Rxf7 17. Bxe2 $40) 16. Ng5
(16. Qxd3 e4 17. Qd6 exf3 18. Qh2 f5 $1) 16... e4 $1 17. Ne6 $1 (17. Nh7 Nxd7
$1 18. Nxf8 Nc5 19. Qd1 d2+ $1 20. Qxd2 Nd3+ $19) (17. Nf4 Qxg5 18. Ne6 Qf6 19.
Nxg7 (19. d8=Q Rxd8 20. Bg5 Qxe6) 19... Nxd7 $1 20. Bh6 Rfc8 $17) (17. Nc3 Nxd7
18. Ncxe4 (18. Be3 Qe7 $44) 18... Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Re8 20. Qxd3 (20. f3 Nc5 21.
Qb4 Rc8 $40) 20... Nc5 $1 21. Qxd8 Raxd8 22. f3 Nxe4 $1 23. fxe4 Rxe4+ 24. Kf2
Rd1 $17) 17... fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Rf7 19. Qe8+ Rf8 20. Qe6+ Rf7 21. Qe8+ Rf8 22.
Qxg6 $1 Nxd7 (22... Qxd7 23. Qh7+ Kf7 24. Bh6 Rg8 25. Nf4 $40) (22... dxe2 23.
Qh7+ Kf7 24. Bxe2 $40) 23. Qh7+ Kf7 24. Nf4 Rc8 $1 (24... Qf6 $2 25. Nh5 Qg6
26. Qxg7+ Qxg7 27. Nxg7 Kxg7 28. Bh6+ Kf6 29. Bxf8 Nxf8 30. Rc1 $1 $16) 25.
Qg6+ Kg8 26. Qh7+ Kf7 27. Bd2 $6 (27. Qh5+ Kg8 28. Ne6 Qf6 (28... Rxc1+ 29.
Rxc1 d2+ 30. Kxd2 Nf6+ 31. Nxd8 Rxd8+ 32. Kc2 $18) 29. Qh7+ Kf7 30. Qxg7+ Qxg7
31. Nxg7 Kxg7 32. Bh6+ Kf6 33. Bxf8 Nxf8 $132) 27... Qf6 28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. Qh7+
Kf7 30. Qh5+ (30. Nh5 Qxb2 31. Qxg7+ Qxg7 32. Nxg7 Kxg7 33. Bh6+ Kf6 34. Bxf8
Nxf8 $10) 30... Kg8 31. Qh7+ {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dyachkov, Sergej"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov GShK"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Bf4
b5 9. Qxc7 Qxc7 10. Bxc7 Bb7 (10... b4 11. Na4 Nbd7 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. d5 Rfe8 14.
O-O e6 15. dxe6 Rxe6 16. Ng5 Rc6 17. Bf4 h6 18. Nh3 g5 19. Bg3 Re6 20. f3 Bc6
21. Bc2 Nh5 {0-1 Precour,J-Neininger,R/VLS Baden/1992/ (32)}) 11. Bd3 (11. e5
Nd5 12. Nxd5 (12. Ba5 Nf4 13. O-O-O Nh3 14. gxh3 Bxf3 15. Be2 Bxh1 16. Rxh1 Nc6
17. Bb6 Rfc8 (17... Rab8 18. Bc5 Rfc8 19. b4 f5 20. Bd1 e6 21. Bb3 Kf7 22. Rd1
Bf8 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. d5 Nxe5 25. dxe6+ Ke7 26. Nd5+ Kxe6 {0-1 Balashov,
Y-Barczay,L/Skopje 1970 (50)}) 18. f4 b4 19. Bg4 bxc3 20. Bxc8 cxb2+ 21. Kb1
Rxc8 22. d5 Nb4 23. Rd1 Rc1+ {0-1 Bolduc,S-Spraggett,G/Quebec/1986/}) (12. Bxb8
Raxb8 13. Be2 Nf4 14. g3 Nxe2 15. Kxe2 Rbc8 16. Rhe1 Rfd8 17. a3 Bxf3+ 18. Kxf3
Rxd4 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Nxd1 e6 {0-1 Rusev,R-Chudnovsky,J/WchJM-U14/1994/ (30)})
12... Bxd5 13. Be2 (13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Bb6 Rfc8 15. O-O Nb4 16. Rfd1 Nxd3 17. Rxd3
Rc2 18. Rd2 Rac8 19. Rxc2 Rxc2 20. b3 Bh6 21. Ba5 Be4 22. Ne1 Rc1 23. Rxc1 Bxc1
24. Bb4 {1/2-1/2 Berkovich,D-Alterman,B/UKR-ch sf/1986/ (42)}) 13... Rc8 14.
Ba5 (14. Bb6 Rc2 15. b3 Nc6 (15... Nd7 16. Ba5 Rac8 17. Bd1 Rc1 18. Rxc1 Rxc1
19. O-O f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Nd2 Bxd4 22. Bf3 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 e6 24. Bxd5 exd5 {
Aseev,K-Marinkovic,I/Leningrad/1989/1/2-1/2 (60)}) 16. Bd1 Rc3 17. O-O Rb8 18.
Bc5 Rd8 19. Bb6 Rb8 20. Bc5 b4 21. Re1 f6 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Be2 a5 24. Rad1 Rc2
25. Rd2 Rxd2 26. Nxd2 Nxd4 {1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Neverov,V/Uzhgorod/1987/ (40)})
14... Nc6 15. Bc3 b4 (15... Rab8 16. a3 a5 17. Rd1 (17. Rc1 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nxd4
19. Bg4 Rc4 20. O-O Nb3 21. Be2 Rc5 22. Rcd1 b4 23. axb4 axb4 24. Bd4 Rc2 25.
Rfe1 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 Rxb2 {0-1 Gohil,H-Luecke,N/FRG-chJ/1990/ (40)}) 17... b4 18.
axb4 axb4 19. Bd2 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Nxd4 21. Bg4 Rc4 22. f4 Bxe5 23. fxe5 Nc2+ 24.
Kf2 Rxg4 {1/2-1/2 Antoshin,V-Kalinitschew,S/Moscow-ch 1982/MCD-ch (42)}) 16.
Bd2 f6 17. O-O {1/2-1/2 Ivkov,B-Ree,H/Wijk/1971/}) (11. d5 b4 12. Na4 Nxe4 13.
Rd1 a5 14. Nb6 Ra7 15. Nd4 Nd6 16. Be2 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Ba6 {1/2-1/2 Porper,
E-Vadasz,L/Borsodtavho/1991/}) 11... b4 12. Na4 Nxe4 (12... Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4
14. Rc1 Nd7 15. O-O Bh6 16. Rc6 Nef6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd5 19. Rd1 Nxc7 20.
Rxc7 Rfd8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. g3 Rd1+ 23. Kg2 Ra1 24. b3 Rxa2 25. Kf3 {1/2-1/2
Donner,J-Ree,H/Amsterdam m 1971/MCD-ma (30)}) 13. O-O Nf6 14. Ne5 Nc6 (14...
Nd5 15. Rfc1 f6 16. Bxb8 Rfxb8 17. Nc6 Rc8 18. Be4 Bxc6 19. Rxc6 Nf4 20. Rd1
Rxc6 21. Bxc6 Rd8 22. d5 f5 23. g3 {1-0 Quiroga,F-Palmisano,J/San Luis Clarin
GP/1995/ (53)}) 15. Nc5 (15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Nc5 Rfc8 $15) (15. Nb6 Ra7 $1 16.
Nbc4 Rc8 17. Bb6 Raa8 $15) 15... Rfc8 16. Nxc6 (16. Nxb7 $5 Rxc7 17. Nxc6 Rxc6
(17... Rxb7 18. Rfe1 e6 19. Rac1 $11) 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Rxc6 Rxc6 20. Re1 $11)
16... Bxc6 17. Be5 {White is coming out of the opening with one serious
drawback-worse pawn structure due to the isolated d4 pawn.} (17. Nxa6 $2 Bb7 $1
18. Nxb4 Rxc7 $19) 17... Bb5 $1 18. Rfd1 (18. Bxb5 axb5 19. Rfc1 h5 $15) 18...
Bxd3 19. Nxd3 (19. Rxd3 Nd5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Re1 a5 $15) 19... Nd5 20. Bxg7 (
20. Rac1 Bh6 21. Rc5 e6 $15) 20... Kxg7 21. Rac1 a5 22. Kf1 (22. Rc5 Rd8 23.
Rdc1 Nb6 $1 $17) 22... Rd8 23. Rc5 e6 24. Rb5 (24. Rdc1 Nb6 $1) 24... Ra7 25.
Ne5 Rd6 26. Rc1 Ne7 $1 (26... a4 27. Rcc5 h5 28. Nc6 $1 (28. Nc4 Rdd7 29. Ne3
Nf4 30. Nc2 b3 31. axb3 axb3 32. Rxb3 Rxd4 $15) 28... Rad7 29. Nxb4 Nxb4 30.
Rxb4 Rxd4 $11) 27. Rcc5 $6 (27. Rc4 $5 f6 28. Nf3 Nd5 29. a3 h5 $13) 27... Rxd4
28. Rxa5 Rxa5 29. Rxa5 Kf6 {Black is on the top, since in the worst case he
can hope ate least for an endgame with 4 pawns against 3 on the same flank.}
30. Rb5 $2 (30. a3 $1 bxa3 31. bxa3 Nd5 32. Nf3 Rd3 $15) 30... Nd5 31. Nf3 Rd1+
32. Ne1 (32. Ke2 $2 Rb1 $19) 32... Rb1 33. g3 (33. Rc5 Rxb2 34. Rc2 Rb1 $19) (
33. b3 $2 Nf4 34. Rxb4 Rxe1+ 35. Kxe1 Nd3+ 36. Kd2 Nxb4 $19) 33... Kf5 $1 (
33... Rxb2 34. Nd3 Rb1+ (34... Rxa2 35. Nxb4 Nxb4 36. Rxb4 $15) 35. Kg2 h5 36.
Kf3 $17) 34. Rb7 (34. b3 h5 $17) 34... f6 35. b3 (35. Rxh7 Rxb2 36. Ra7 Nc3 37.
a4 b3 38. Rb7 Rb1 39. a5 b2 40. a6 Nd1 41. Nd3 Ra1 42. Nxb2 Nxb2+ $19) 35... h5
36. Rb5 Ke4 (36... Ra1 37. Ra5 g5 38. f3 $15) 37. Rc5 (37. Ra5 Ra1 38. h4 g5 (
38... Nc3 39. f3+ Ke3 40. Ra6 e5 41. Rxf6) 39. hxg5 fxg5 $17) 37... Ra1 38.
Rc4+ Kf5 39. Rc2 Nc3 40. a4 (40. h4 Nxa2 41. Rc5+ e5 42. Ra5 Kg4 43. Ra6 g5 44.
hxg5 fxg5 $17) 40... Rb1 41. a5 Ra1 (41... Rxb3 42. Nd3 Rb1+ 43. Kg2 Nd5 44. a6
Ra1 45. Rc5 b3 46. Rb5 Rxa6 47. Rxb3 $15) 42. Rd2 e5 (42... Rxa5 43. Nc2 $15)
43. Rd6 (43. a6 Rxa6 44. Nc2 Ra2 45. f3 Kg5 46. Ke1 Rb2 47. h4+ Kh6 48. Nxb4
Rxb3 $17) 43... Nb5 44. Rd8 (44. Rb6 Nd4 $19) 44... Nd4 45. a6 g5 46. Kg2 (46.
a7 Rxa7 47. Nd3 Ra1+ 48. Kg2 g4 49. Nxb4 Nf3 $19) 46... g4 (46... Rxe1 $2 47.
a7 Ra1 48. a8=Q Rxa8 49. Rxa8 Nxb3 50. Ra4 $14) 47. a7 Rxa7 48. Nd3 Ra1 49. Rc8
Rd1 $1 (49... Nf3 50. Rc1 Rxc1 51. Nxc1 Ke4 52. Na2 Ne1+ 53. Kf1 Nd3 54. Ke2 f5
$19) 50. Nb2 Rb1 0-1

[Event "Haifa"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
b5 9. Qb3 Ng4 10. h3 Nh6 11. Bd3 $1 (11. Bxh6 Bxh6 12. a4 (12. Be2 c5 13. dxc5
Nc6 14. Rd1 Qa5 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Be6 17. Qb4 Qxb4 18. Rxb4 Rac8 19. a4
Rxc5 20. axb5 axb5 21. f4 Bc4 22. g3 Rd8 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Ke2 {Barbero,
G-Fogarasi,T/OST-chT9394 (10)/1994/0.5 (44)}) 12... c5 13. dxc5 (13. axb5 cxd4
14. Ne4 Be6 15. Qb4 Qd5 16. Bd3 axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. O-O Nc6 19. Qc5 Rd8 20.
Bxb5 Bd5 21. Re1 Qb7 22. e6 fxe6 23. Nfg5 Rc8 24. Bxc6 {Kozul,Z-Jukic,B/Osijek
(08)/1993/0.5 (40)}) 13... Be6 14. Qb4 Nc6 15. Qh4 Kg7 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. axb5
axb5 18. Bxb5 Nxe5 19. Nd4 Qxc5 {Dydyshko,V-Tseitlin,Ma/St.Petersburg/1992/0.5
(20)}) (11. Bf4 c5 (11... Bb7 12. Be2 Nf5 13. Rd1 Nd7 14. O-O c5 15. dxc5 Qc8
16. c6 Bxc6 17. g4 Nc5 18. Qb4 Ne6 19. Bh2 a5 20. Qb3 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Nfd4 22.
Qd5 Rb8 23. Bg2 b4 24. Nb1 {Portisch,L-Adorjan,A/Budapest/1970/0.5 (39)}) 12.
Rd1 cxd4 (12... Nc6 13. d5 (13. dxc5 Qa5 14. Qa3 Qxa3 15. bxa3 Be6 16. Be2 Rfd8
17. O-O Nf5 18. Bd3 Rac8 19. a4 Nfd4 20. axb5 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Bxe5 22. Ne2 axb5
23. Bxb5 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 {Georgadze,G-Pavlovic,M/Beograd/1992/}) 13... Nd4 14.
Nxd4 cxd4 15. Rxd4 Nf5 16. Re4 e6 17. d6 Bb7 18. Bd3 $1 Bxe4 {Horvath,Cs-Leko,
P/Budapest/1992/}) 13. Nxd4 Qa5 14. Bd3 (14. Qd5 Ra7 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Qd2 {
Ivkov,B-Sax,Gy/Osijek/1978/0.5 (16)}) 14... b4 (14... Rd8 15. Be4 Ra7 16. O-O
Rad7 17. Bd5 e6 18. Nxe6 Rxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxe6 20. Ne7+ Kf8 21. Qe3 Nf5 22. Qc5
Nxe7 {Dizdar,G-Jukic,B/CRO-ch (09)/1995/1-0 (23)}) 15. Nd5 Bb7 16. Be4 Kh8 17.
O-O Nd7 18. Bf3 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Nxe7 Bxf3 21. Nxf3 Bg7 22. Rd7 Qb6 23.
Rfd1 Qf6 24. Qxb4 {Titov,G-Akopian,V/URS-OT56 Uzhgorod/1988/0.5 (63)}) (11. Bg5
c5 12. dxc5 Nc6 13. Be2 Be6 14. Qc2 Qc7 15. Qe4 Rad8 16. O-O b4 17. Na4 Bd5 18.
Qf4 Nf5 19. Qc1 Ncd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Bd1 Bxe5 22. Re1 {Horvath,J-Hoffmann,M/
Budapest/1992/0.5 (22)}) (11. g4 c5 12. dxc5 Nc6 13. Be3 Bb7 $2 14. Rd1 Qa5 $2
15. Rg1 Kh8 16. Be2 f5 17. exf6 exf6 18. Kf1 Rae8 {Marinelli,T-Horvath,Cs/
Makarska/1994/}) 11... Nf5 (11... Bb7 12. Be4 Bxe4 13. Nxe4 Nc6 $6 14. Bxh6 $1
Bxh6 15. Rd1 Na5 16. Qb4 Nc4 17. O-O c6 18. Rfe1 Nb6 $6 19. Qc5 $1 Rc8 20. e6
$1 f6 21. Re2 Bf4 22. g3 Bb8 23. Qa3 $1 Rc7 24. Qe3 $1 {Soffer,R-Shmuter,L/
Israel/1994/0-1 (44)}) 12. Be4 Ra7 (12... c6 13. Ne2 Ra7 14. Bf4 Be6 15. Qc2
Kh8 16. h4 Rd7 17. h5 Kg8 18. O-O-O c5 19. dxc5 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Qa5 21. b3 Rc8
22. Kb1 b4 23. c6 Qc7 24. hxg6 $40 {Soffer,R-Fogarasi,T/Budapest FS JunGM (06)/
1994/1-0 (32)}) 13. g4 $1 Nh6 (13... Nxd4 $2 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Be3 Qxe5 16.
Bxa7 $18) 14. Be3 c6 (14... Bb7 15. d5 Ra8 16. O-O-O $16) 15. O-O-O (15. d5
cxd5 16. Bxa7 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Bb7 $132) 15... Qa5 16. Kb1 Rc7 17. Bd2 $1 Rb7 (
17... c5 18. Nd5 $18) (17... b4 18. Na4 Rb7 19. Nc5 Rb5 20. a4 Rb6 21. Bg5 $16)
18. Ne2 Qb6 19. Bf4 {/\ Qe3+-} (19. Bb4 Be6 20. Qa3 Bd5 $132) 19... Kh8 20. Qe3
Ng8 21. h4 f5 (21... Bxg4 $5 22. Rdg1 f5 23. Bc2 Nd7 24. Ng5 $40) 22. gxf5 gxf5
(22... Bxf5 23. Bxf5 Rxf5 24. Ng5 {xe6}) 23. Bc2 e6 24. h5 h6 25. Nh4 Kh7 26.
Rhg1 Qd8 27. Qg3 Rbf7 28. Bd2 (28. Bd2 Qd7 29. Bb4 Re8 30. Bd6 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.28"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Gershon, Alik"]
[Black "Kocsis, Levente"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saba Hapoel"]
[BlackTeam "Liege"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
Nfd7 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. Be3 Be6 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. a3 f6 $6 {[%mdl 4] The opening
line should not be especially difficult for black, but he has to avoid sloppy
choices like this move.} (12... Nd5 $5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Rd1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 e6
16. h4 h5 17. Qe4 Ne7 18. Bg5 Qd7 19. Bh3 c6 20. O-O Kh7 21. Rd3 Bh6 22. f4
Bxg5 23. fxg5 Rad8 {0-1 Gershon,A-Karjakin,S/Moscow 2002/ (48)}) 13. O-O-O Na5
(13... fxe5 $2 14. d5 $1 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 Qxd5 17. Bc4 $18) 14. d5
$1 Bf5 (14... Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. b4 c6 (16... Nb3+ 17. Kb2 b5 18. Rxd5 Qxd5
19. Qxb3 e6 20. Qxd5 exd5 21. exf6 Rxf6 22. Kb3 $16) 17. bxa5 Qxa5 18. Qc5 $16)
15. Ne4 (15. Bd3 fxe5 16. Bxf5 Rxf5 17. h4 $13) 15... fxe5 (15... Nxd5 16. b4
Nb3+ 17. Kb2 e6 18. Bd3 $16) 16. Nfg5 h6 (16... Nxd5 17. b4 h6 18. bxa5 hxg5
19. Rxd5 Qxd5 20. Bc4 e6 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Qb3 Bxe4 23. f3 Bf5 24. Qxd5+ $16)
17. Ne6 Bxe6 (17... Qc8 18. Nxf8 Qxf8 19. b4 $18) 18. dxe6 {The knight on a5
and weak light squares easily put black's position in the critical category.}
Qe8 19. Nc5 Rf6 20. Bd3 Nc6 (20... Nd5 21. b4 Nc6 (21... Nxe3 22. fxe3 Nc6 23.
Nd7 Kh7 24. Nxf6+ exf6 25. g4 $1 (25. h4 f5 26. h5 e4 $14) 25... Ne7 26. h4 $16
) 22. Nd7 Rxe6 23. Bc4 Qxd7 24. Rxd5 Qc8 25. Rd7 Qxd7 26. Qxg6 Kh8 27. Bxe6 $16
) 21. Be4 Nd8 (21... Nd4 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Rxd4 Rf5 (23... c6 24. Rb4 Nc8 25.
Nxb7 Rxe6 26. Qb3 $18) 24. Rb4 a5 25. Rb3 a4 26. Rg3 $18) (21... Rc8 22. h4 Nd4
23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Rxd4 $16) 22. f4 $1 {Excellent opening up of the position in
the moment, when white is much better prepared for the confrontation.} exf4 (
22... Nxe6 23. fxe5 Nxc5 24. exf6 Nxe4 25. fxg7 Qa4 26. Qxa4 Nxa4 27. Bxh6 Kh7
28. Rhf1 Nb6 29. Rf8 Nf6 30. Rf1 Kxh6 31. R1xf6 Kxg7 32. R6f7+ Kh6 33. Rxa8
Nxa8 34. Rxe7 $18) 23. Bd4 Rxe6 (23... Qb5 24. Bxg6 (24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. b3 Qa5
26. a4 Qb4 $13) 24... Nxe6 25. Bh7+ (25. Bxf6 Qxc5 26. Qxc5 Nxc5 27. Bxe7 Nb3+
28. Kb1 Nc4 29. Rhe1 $16) 25... Kf8 26. Bxf6 Qxc5 27. Bxg7+ Kxg7 28. Rhe1 Qxc2+
29. Bxc2 Kf6 30. Re4 $16) 24. Nxe6 Nxe6 25. Bxb6 cxb6 26. Bd5 (26. Bd5 Qc8 27.
Rhe1 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.25"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norilsk Nikel"]
[BlackTeam "Saba Hapoel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. Rd1 b6 13. Qh4 Nc2 $1 (13...
Nfxd5 $2 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. Bc4 Bb7 16. a3 $18) (13... Nbxd5 14. Bc4 (14. Bg5 Nxc3
15. Rxd8 Nxe2+ 16. Kf1 Rxd8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qxf6 Be6 $14) 14... Be6 15. Bh6
$1 b5 (15... Qd6 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Ng5 $16) 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Ng5 Bf6 18. Bxf8
Bxg5 19. Qe4 Qxf8 20. Nxd5 $14) 14. Rb1 Bf5 15. Bg5 (15. Bd3 Nd4 (15... Bxd3
16. Rxd3 Nb4 17. Rd1 Qd7 18. Bg5 Qf5 $13) 16. Bxf5 Nxf5 17. Qc4 Nd6 18. Qf1 Re8
{1/2-1/2 Tukmakov,V-Lalic,B/Makarska Tucepi 1995/ (18)}) 15... Nd4 16. Rbc1 (
16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Ne4 (17. Rxd4 Bxb1 18. Nxb1 h6 19. Bxh6 Nxd5 20. Bg5 Qe8 21.
Re4 Qd7 $17) 17... Bxe4 18. Bxf6 Qxd5 19. Rxd4 Qxa2 20. Re1 Bxf6 21. Qxf6 Rae8
22. Rd7 Bd3 23. Rxd3 Rxe2 24. Red1 Qxb2 {0-1 Sarno,S-Horvath,J/Leibnitz 1990/ 
(40)}) 16... h6 $1 {[%mdl 4] Sutovsky works very hard on the opening theory
and often comes up with great ideas. In this critical position black is
actually trying to overtake the initiative.} 17. Bxh6 Nxd5 18. Bg5 (18. Qxd8
Rfxd8 19. Nxd4 (19. Bxg7 Nxc3 $1 20. Nxd4 Nxd1 21. Nxf5 gxf5 22. Bf6 Rd6 $19)
19... Nxc3 20. Rxc3 cxd4 (20... Bxd4 $5) 21. Bxg7 dxc3 22. Bxc3 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1
Rd8 $17) 18... Nxc3 $1 19. Nxd4 (19. Bxd8 Ncxe2+ 20. Kf1 Nxf3 21. gxf3 Nxc1 22.
Be7 Nxa2 23. Bxf8 Bxf8 $17) 19... Qxd4 20. bxc3 (20. Rxd4 $2 Nxe2+ 21. Kf1 Nxd4
$19) 20... Qxh4 21. Bxh4 Bh6 22. Ra1 Bg7 23. Rac1 Bh6 24. Ra1 Rae8 $15 {
Black is slightly better but is is quite difficult to make any progress.} 25.
Bb5 Re4 26. Bg3 Bg7 27. Rac1 Be6 28. a3 $1 (28. a4 g5 $15) 28... Bh6 29. Rb1
Bg7 30. Rbc1 f5 (30... Bb3 $1 31. Rd6 (31. Rd7 Ba4 32. c4 Rxc4 $1 $19) 31...
Re6 (31... g5 32. f3 Re3 33. Bf2 Re7 34. Re1 $15) 32. Rd7 Rfe8 33. f4 $15) 31.
Rd6 Kf7 $2 (31... Bf7 $1 32. f3 Re3 33. Be1 Re6 $15) 32. Bc6 $1 Be5 {Trying to
limit the demage after innacuracy in the 31.move, even if it costs a pawn.} (
32... Re2 33. Kf1 Bh6 34. f4 (34. Rcd1 Bc4 35. Bd5+ Bxd5 36. Kxe2 Bc4+ 37. Kf3
Re8 $15) 34... Ra2 35. a4 $13) 33. Bxe4 Bxd6 34. Bxd6 Rd8 35. Bxf5 (35. Bxc5
bxc5 36. Bc6 Rd2 $44) 35... Bxf5 36. Bf4 Re8 37. f3 (37. Be3 Re4 $44) 37... Re2
38. Bb8 a5 39. Bc7 Rb2 40. Rd1 a4 41. Rd6 b5 42. Bb6 (42. Bb6 b4 43. cxb4 cxb4
44. axb4 a3 45. Bd4 Rxb4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch"]
[Site "Slavonski Brod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dizdar, Goran"]
[Black "Jukic, Branimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Kortschnoj} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7.
e4 a6 8. Qb3 b5 (8... c5 {Kortschnoj} 9. dxc5 Qa5 $10) 9. e5 Ng4 10. h3 Nh6 11.
Bf4 c5 12. Rd1 cxd4 (12... Qc7 13. Be2 Nf5 14. dxc5 Be6 15. Nd5 Qb7 16. g4 Nh6
17. O-O Kh8 18. Ng5 Nd7 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. c6 Qxc6 21. Nxe7 $36 {Bass-Sion/
Sevilla op (3)/1989/0.5 (45)}) (12... Nc6 13. dxc5 (13. d5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4
15. Rxd4 Nf5 16. Re4 e6 17. d6 Bb7 18. Bd3 $1 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 $44 {Horvath,
Cs-Leko,P/Budapest/1992/1-0 (34)}) 13... Qa5 14. Qa3 Qxa3 15. bxa3 Be6 16. Be2
Rfd8 17. O-O Nf5 18. Bd3 Rac8 19. a4 Nfd4 20. axb5 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Bxe5 22. Ne2
axb5 $10 {Georgadze,G-Pavlovic,M/Belgrade IKO (07)/1992/0.5 (30)}) 13. Nxd4 Qa5
14. Bd3 (14. Qd5 Ra7 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Qd2 {0.5/Ivkov,B-Sax,Gy/Osijek/1978/})
14... Rd8 (14... b4 15. Nd5 Bb7 16. Be4 Kh8 17. O-O Nd7 18. Bf3 Nxe5 19. Bxe5
Bxe5 20. Nxe7 Bxf3 21. Nxf3 Bg7 22. Rd7 Qb6 $132 {Titov,G-Akopian,V/URS-OT56
Uzhgorod/1988/0,5 (63)}) 15. Be4 Ra7 16. O-O {Special case when making a
castle brings a great relief.White has to get free hand for central activity
and the K on e1 would shatter all his dreams.} Rad7 17. Bd5 $5 (17. e6 Rxd4 18.
exf7+ Nxf7 19. Bxb8 Bxh3 $13) 17... e6 (17... Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxd4 (18... Rxb7 19.
Bxh6 Bxh6 20. e6 f5 21. Nd5 $16) 19. Rxd4 Rxd4 20. Bxh6 Bxh6 21. e6 f5 22. Nd5
$14) (17... b4 {Kortschnoj} 18. e6 Rxd5 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 20. Nc6 Nxc6 21. Rxd5
Bxe6 22. Rxa5 Bxb3 23. Rc5 Ba4 24. b3 Bb5 25. Rfc1 $16) 18. Nxe6 $1 {[%csl Ra5]
For all the central cluster of pieces this combination is more about the
unfortunate position of the queen on a5.} Rxd5 (18... fxe6 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 20.
Bxd7 Nxd7 21. e6 Nf6 22. Qa3 Qb6 23. Be3 Qc7 24. Nxb5 $1 axb5 25. Qa7 Rxd1 26.
Qxc7 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Bxe6 28. Bxh6 Bxh6 29. b3 $16) 19. Nxd5 (19. Nxd8 Rxd8 20.
Nd5 Nc6) 19... Bxe6 (19... fxe6 20. Bd2 b4 (20... Qa4 21. Ne7+ Kf7 22. Qxa4
bxa4 23. Bxh6 $18) 21. Bxb4 Qxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. Rc1 $16) 20. Ne7+ Kf8 (20...
Kh8 21. Qc3 {[%csl Yd8,Ye8,Yf8,Yg8,Yh8] If you see such move it nearly always
means a problem with 8th rank.} b4 22. Qxb4 $1 (22. Qc5 Qxc5 23. Rxd8+ Bf8 24.
Bxh6 Nd7 25. Rd1 Qxe7 26. R1xd7 Bxd7 27. Rxf8+ Qxf8 28. Bxf8 $14) 22... Qc7 23.
Qc5 Qxc5 24. Rxd8+ Bf8 25. Bxh6 Nd7 26. Rd1 Qxe7 27. R1xd7 Bxd7 28. Rxf8+ Qxf8
29. Bxf8 $16) 21. Qe3 Nf5 $2 (21... Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Nd7 (22... Kxe7 23. Bg5+ f6
24. Bxh6 Bxh6 25. Qxh6 $18) 23. Nc6 Qc7 24. Qa3+ $16) (21... Kxe7 {Kortschnoj}
22. Bg5+ f6 23. exf6+ Bxf6 24. Rfe1 $40) 22. Qc5 $1 Nxe7 23. b4 (23. b4 Rc8 24.
bxa5 Rxc5 25. Rd8#) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1992.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. a4 {N} (13. Rd1 Qc7
14. Be3 (14. Ng5 Bf5 15. Be3 Nc6 16. Rd2 Ne5 17. Bd4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Qe3
Rac8 $15 {Morovic,I-Gulko,B/New York op/1988/}) 14... Nc6 15. a4 Rab8 16. axb5
axb5 17. Ra6 e6 18. Rb6 b4 19. Ng5 Bd5 20. Rxd5 exd5 21. Qxd5 Nd4 22. Bxd4 Rbd8
23. Rd6 Rxd6 24. cxd6 Qc1+ 25. Bf1 Bxd4 26. d7 $10 {Gulko,B-Ermolinsky/
Volgodonsk 1L/1981/}) 13... Nc6 14. Rd1 (14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Qxb5 (
16. Bxb5 Rb8 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 $17) 16... Rb8 17. Qc4 Na5 18. Qa2 Nb3 $36) 14...
Qa5 15. Bd2 b4 16. Be3 (16. Ng5 $6 Nd4 17. Qe3 Bb7 $17) 16... Qc7 17. Rd2 (17.
Ng5 Bf5 18. Bc4 e6 $15) 17... e6 18. Qc4 Bd5 19. Qh4 Qe7 $1 20. Qxe7 (20. Qh3
Rfc8 $15) 20... Nxe7 21. a5 Nf5 (21... Rfc8 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Nc6 24. Rd2
$13) 22. Bf4 Rfc8 23. g4 $8 (23. Rc1 Bf8 24. g4 Ng7 $17) 23... Ne7 (23... Nh6
24. h3 Rxc5 25. Bd6 Rc6 26. Bxb4 Rb8 27. Ba3 $15) 24. Ne5 $5 (24. Bd6 Nc6 25.
h3 Bf8 $15) 24... Nc6 (24... Rxc5 25. Nd7 $1 Rc6 (25... Rcc8 26. Nb6) 26. Nb8
Rc8 27. Nxa6 $14) 25. Nd7 (25. Nxc6 Rxc6 26. Be3 Bf8 27. Rc1 Rac8 $17) 25...
Nd4 26. Bd6 (26. Nb6 Rxc5 (26... Nb3 27. Nxc8 Rxc8 28. Rxd5 exd5 29. Ra4 $13)
27. Nxa8 Bxa8 $44) 26... Nb3 27. Rxd5 exd5 (27... Nxa1 28. Rd1 Bxb2 29. Nb6
$132) 28. Ra4 Ra7 29. Nb6 Rc6 30. Nxd5 Nxc5 31. Bxc5 (31. Ne7+ $2 Rxe7 32. Bxe7
Nxa4 $19) 31... Rxc5 32. Nxb4 Bxb2 33. Nxa6 (33. Bxa6 Bc3 $19) 33... Re5 34.
Bd3 Bc3 35. Kg2 Rxa5 36. Rc4 Ra3 (36... R5xa6 $2 37. Rc8+ $1 Kg7 38. Bxa6 $10)
37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. Nc7 Be5 39. Ne8+ Kh6 40. Be4 (40. h4 Rxd3 41. g5+ Kh5 42. Rc4
Bd4 $19) 40... R7a4 41. Bf3 Rf4 42. Be2 Ra2 43. Bf3 (43. Kf1 Bd4 44. f3 f5 45.
gxf5 Ra1+ 46. Kg2 Rg1+ 47. Kh3 Kg5 $19) 43... Bd4 44. Kg3 g5 45. Rc6+ f6 46.
Bd5 Rd2 {Ftacnik,L} (46... Bxf2+ 47. Kh3 Ra7 48. Nxf6 $132) 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. h4 Nb6 11. h5 c5 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. dxc5 Be6 14. Qc2 Bf5 15.
Qb3 Be6 16. Qa3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. Rd1 (19. Rxh6 Nc6 20. Rd1
Qb8 $16) 19... Qc7 20. Rxh6 Nc6 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rfd8 23. Ng5 {White is
forcing a draw, since he does not believe in the chances to gain real
advantage.} (23. Qb3 e6 $2 (23... Rxd5 24. Qxd5 Rd8 25. Qe4 Qd7 26. Kf1 Qd1+
27. Ne1 Qd5 $11) 24. Rd6 Kg7 25. Ng5 Qa5+ 26. Kf1 Rxd6 27. Rh7+ Kg8 28. Rh8+
Kg7 29. Rh7+ Kg8 30. exd6 Qd2 31. Rh8+ Kg7 32. Rh7+ {1/2-1/2 Babula,V-Ftacnik,
L/CZE/1999/ (32)}) 23... Rxd5 24. Rh8+ (24. Qh3 Qxe5+ $19) 24... Kg7 (24...
Kxh8 25. Qh3+ Kg7 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Qxf7# (27. Qh8#)) 25. Rh7+ Kg8 26. Rh8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 29th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1999.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. Bf4 Na6 8.
e4 c5 9. dxc5 Be6 10. Qb5 Bd7 11. Qxb7 Nxc5 12. Qb4 Ne6 13. Be5 a5 14. Qa3 Qb6
(14... Bc6 15. Bc4 Qc8 (15... Nxe4 16. Bxe6 fxe6 (16... Bxe5 17. Nxe4 Qb8 $1
$13 {Kengis,E-Certek,P/Bratislava/1990/ (17)}) 17. Nxe4 (17. Bxg7 Rxf3 $1 $13)
17... Bxe4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Ng5 Qd5 20. Qe3 $14) 16. O-O Bxe4 17. Bxe6 Qxe6
18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rae1 Qd5 21. Qxe7 Rfe8 22. Qa3 Rad8 {1/2-1/2
Piket,J-Sokolov,I/Wijk aan Zee/1989/ (35)}) 15. Bc4 (15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Ng5
(16... Nf4 $5 17. Bxf4 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Bc3+ 19. Qxc3 Qxb1+ 20. Qc1 Qxa2 21. Bc4
Qa4 {/\ Rfc8 ~/=}) 17. Bxg7 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Kxg7 19. Qc3+ Kg8 20. Bc4 Bb5 21. b3
$8 Rfc8 22. O-O Bxc4 (22... a4 23. Qd3 Bxc4 24. bxc4) 23. bxc4 Rc5 {1-0
Yakovich,Y-Henao,R/Bayamo/1990/ (42)}) (15. h3 Bc6 (15... Nxe4 $2 16. Nxe4 Bxe5
17. Nxe5 Qd4 18. Nxd7 Qxe4+ 19. Be2 $18)) 15... Rfc8 {Kasparov is very strict
in opening preparation, he has to know secrets to many important lines. His
move improves on the older idea of 15...Rac8.} (15... Rac8 16. Bxe6 (16. Qb3
Qb4 17. Ba6 Ra8 18. Be2 Bc6 19. Bc4 Nc5 20. Qxb4 axb4 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5
Rfd8 23. Rd1 Nfd7 24. Bd4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Nb6 26. O-O Nxc4 27. Rxc4 Rxd5 28. Rxb4
Rxa2 29. Rb1 {1-0 Mohr,S-Smejkal,J/BL8990/1990/ (39)}) 16... Bxe6 17. O-O Qb4
18. Rfd1 Qxa3 19. bxa3 Rc5 20. Rab1 Ng4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nd5 Rc2 23. Rd2 Rxd2
24. Nxd2 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 Eingorn,V-Lalic,B/Palma de Mallorca/ 1989/ (24)}) 16.
Bxf6 (16. Bd5 $5 Ng4 $1 17. Bg3 Rab8 18. Nd1 (18. h3 Qxb2 19. Qxb2 Rxb2 20.
hxg4 Bxc3+ 21. Kf1 Nc5 $17) 18... Bxb2 19. Nxb2 Qxb2 20. Qxb2 Rxb2 $15) 16...
Bxf6 17. Nd5 (17. Bd5 Rab8 18. e5 Bg7 $11) 17... Qb8 18. Nxf6+ (18. Nxe7+ $2
Bxe7 19. Qxe7 Rxc4 20. Qxd7 Rxe4+ 21. Kf1 Qxb2 $19) (18. e5 Rxc4 19. exf6 Re4+
20. Kd2 (20. Kd1 Ba4+ 21. b3 Qd8 $19) 20... Qa7 $1 21. Nxe7+ Kh8 $13) 18...
exf6 19. Bxe6 $6 {Topalov shows enormous respect for his opponent, against
other mortals he would certainly have tried 19.Bd5!?} (19. Bd5 $5 Ra7 (19...
Bc6 20. O-O Qb4 (20... Bxd5 21. exd5 Nf4 22. d6 Rc2 23. d7 Qxb2 24. Qe7 $18)
21. Qxb4 axb4 22. Rfc1 $16) 20. O-O Nf4 21. Rfd1 $16) 19... Bxe6 20. O-O Qb4
21. Qxb4 axb4 (21... axb4 22. a3 bxa3 23. bxa3 Rc3 24. a4 Rc4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Konguvel, Ponnuswamy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2001.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bf4 $5 {[%mdl 8] Very
interesting novelty taking the diagonal b8-h2 under control instead of the
pressure against the e7 pawn with the standard 13.Bg5.} Nc6 14. Rad1 Qa5 $2 (
14... Qc8 15. Qe3 Qf5 16. Bh6 $14) 15. Ng5 $1 Bf5 (15... Nd4 16. Rxd4 Bxg2 17.
Bd2 Qc7 18. Rf4 Bxf1 19. Rxf7 $18) 16. Bf3 Rac8 17. g4 h6 $6 (17... Nd4 $142
18. Rxd4 Bxd4 19. gxf5 Rxc5 20. Bd5 Rxd5 21. Qxd5 Bxb2 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Qb3
$16) 18. Nxf7 $1 {The point of the whole concept, black is lost due to
weakness of the a2-g8 diagonal.} (18. gxf5 hxg5 19. Bd2 Qc7 20. fxg6 Nd4 21.
Qe3 $14) 18... Rxf7 (18... Bc2 19. Qxc2 Kxf7 20. Bd5+ e6 21. Bxe6+ Kxe6 22.
Qxg6+ $18) 19. gxf5 Kf8 (19... g5 20. Bd5 $18) 20. Qe6 Re8 21. Bxc6 Rf6 22. Qd7
1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 36th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1999.08.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1999.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. Bf4 Na6 8.
e4 c5 9. dxc5 Be6 10. Qb5 Bd7 11. Qxb7 Nxc5 12. Qb4 Ne6 13. Be5 a5 14. Qa3 Qb6
15. Bc4 Ng4 $5 {[%mdl 4] Very interesting novelty in a well known position.
Instead of merely holding balance black hopes to prepare new problems for his
opponent.} (15... Rac8 16. Bxe6 (16. Qb3 Qb4 17. Ba6 Ra8 18. Be2 Bc6 19. Bc4
Nc5 20. Qxb4 axb4 21. Nd5 {1-0 Mohr,S-Smejkal,J/BL8990 1990/ (39)}) 16... Bxe6
17. O-O Qb4 18. Rfd1 Qxa3 19. bxa3 Rc5 20. Rab1 Ng4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nd5 Rc2
23. Rd2 Rxd2 24. Nxd2 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 Eingorn,V-Lalic,B/Palma de Mallorca/1989/ 
(24)}) (15... Rfc8 16. Bxf6 (16. Bd5 {1-0 Laketic,G-Pavlovic,M/Tivat 1995/ (16)
}) 16... Bxf6 17. Nd5 Qb8 18. Nxf6+ exf6 19. Bxe6 Bxe6 20. O-O Qb4 21. Qxb4
axb4 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Kasparov,G/Sarajevo/1999/ (21)}) 16. Bg3 (16. Bxg7 $2
Qxf2+ 17. Kd1 Ne3+ 18. Kc1 Qc2#) 16... Qb4 17. Qxb4 (17. Qb3 Nc5 18. Qxb4 axb4
19. Nd5 Bxb2 $11) 17... axb4 18. Nd5 Bxb2 19. Rb1 (19. Nxe7+ Kg7 20. Rd1 Bc3+
21. Kf1 Nc5 $132) 19... Bc3+ 20. Ke2 (20. Nxc3 bxc3 21. Rc1 Rfc8 $15) 20... Nc5
21. Nb6 {Rustemov senses, that his position with the king in the center is
ripe with dangers and tries to get rid of white squared bishop.} (21. Nxe7+ Kg7
22. e5 Be6 (22... Rxa2+ 23. Bxa2 Bb5+ 24. Kd1 Ba4+ 25. Ke2 Bb5+ $11) 23. Nd5 f6
$1 $36) 21... Be6 $5 (21... Ra7 22. Nxd7 Rxd7 23. e5 $11) 22. Bxe6 fxe6 (22...
Nxe6 23. Nxa8 Rxa8 24. Rhd1 Nf6 25. e5 Rxa2+ 26. Kf1 Ne4 $11) 23. Nxa8 Rxa8 24.
h3 $6 (24. Ng5 h6 25. Kf3 Nf6 26. e5 Nd5 27. Nh3 Ra3 $5 $15) 24... Rxa2+ 25.
Kf1 (25. Kd1 Nxf2+ 26. Bxf2 Rxf2 $19) 25... Nf6 26. e5 (26. Bh4 Nfxe4 27. Bxe7
Rxf2+ 28. Kg1 Nd3 $19) 26... Nd5 {The comparison of piece activity is rather
painful for white, despite material advantage he lack coordination and can not
create single threat.} 27. Kg1 b3 28. Kh2 b2 29. Rbd1 (29. h4 Ne4 30. Kh3 Nf4+
31. Bxf4 Nxf2+ 32. Kh2 Nxh1 33. Bd2 Ra1 $19) 29... Ne4 30. h4 h6 31. Rd3 Kf7
32. Kh3 $2 (32. Rb1 Nc5 33. Rdd1 Ba5 34. Rh1 Nc3 35. Rbf1 Nd3 36. Nd4 Bc7 $19)
32... Nxf2+ $1 (32... Nf4+ 33. Bxf4 Nxf2+ 34. Kh2 Nxd3 (34... Ra1 $19)) (32...
Nxf2+ $1 33. Bxf2 Nf4+ 34. Kh2 Nxd3 35. Rf1 Ra1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 31st"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2001.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be3 Qb6 13. Nh4 Bd7 14. a3 Rfe8 (
14... Ne8 15. b4 (15. Qa2 Nd6 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Bf1 Bd4 19. Bf4
c4 20. Bg3 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Qc5 {0-1 Kozul,Z-Jaracz,P/Ohrid/2001/ (43)}) 15... Nd6
16. Qb3 Rfe8 17. Rac1 c4 18. Qc2 Rxe3 19. fxe3 Qxe3+ 20. Kh1 Re8 21. Rfe1 Nc7 {
0-1 Kotov,A-Averbakh,Y/Moscow/1955/ (33)}) (14... Qa5 15. Nf3 Rfe8 16. Qh4 Rac8
17. Rad1 Qb6 18. Rd2 Rxe3 19. fxe3 c4 20. Kh1 h5 21. d6 {1-0 Aleksandrov,
A-Zhenetl,R/Krasnodar/2000/ (30)}) 15. Rad1 (15. b4 Rxe3 16. fxe3 cxb4 17. Nd1
Nxd5 18. Rb1 Be6 19. Qc1 Rc8 20. Qd2 Nc3 21. Nxc3 Bxc3 22. Qd3 Nc5 {0-1
Jamrich,G-Ni Hua2/Budapest/2000/ (31)}) 15... Rab8 16. Rd2 (16. Bf4 Rbd8 17.
Rd2 Qa5 $13) 16... Qa5 17. Nf3 (17. Re1 b5 18. Qf4 b4 19. axb4 cxb4 20. Nb1 Ne4
$17) 17... b5 $1 {Black very corrrectly exploits the potential of his
queenside pawn majority, at least white pieces have to give up pretense of
coordination.} 18. Qh4 b4 19. Nb1 (19. axb4 cxb4 20. Nb1 Ne4 21. Ng5 Nxg5 22.
Qxg5 Nc5 $13) 19... Rb6 20. h3 (20. axb4 $2 Rxb4 $19) (20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Rc1
Ne4 22. Ng5 Nxg5 23. Qxg5 bxa3 24. bxa3 Bf5 $13) 20... Bf5 (20... Ne4 21. Ng5
$11) 21. d6 Nb8 22. Rdd1 (22. Bd3 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 Nbd7 24. Rfd1 Qa6 $15) 22...
Bxb1 23. Rxb1 Rxd6 24. axb4 cxb4 (24... Qxb4 25. Qxb4 cxb4 26. Bb5 Red8 27. Bc5
Rd5 28. Be7 Rc8 29. Rbc1 $14) 25. Ra1 Qd8 (25... Qf5 26. Qxb4 $11) 26. Rxa7 (
26. Qxb4 Nd5 27. Qc5 Nxe3 28. fxe3 Bh6 $17) 26... Nc6 27. Rb7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]
Serious mistake, the rook is not always tronger on the seventh rank.} (27. Ra6
$1 Nd5 28. Qxd8 Rexd8 29. Bc5 Re6 30. Bc4 $11) 27... Nd5 $1 28. Bc5 (28. Qxd8
Nxd8 29. Rb8 Nxe3 30. fxe3 Bxb2 31. Rxb4 Ba3 32. Rb5 Rxe3 $17) (28. Bc4 Qxh4
29. Nxh4 Re4 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Rc7 Rxh4 32. Rxc6 Bxb2 $17) 28... Rxe2 29. Bxd6
Qxd6 30. Rd1 (30. Ng5 h6 31. Nxf7 Qf4 $19) 30... Rxb2 $1 31. Ng5 (31. Qc4 Nce7
32. Rxe7 Qxe7 33. Qxd5 h6 $19) 31... h6 32. Nxf7 (32. Qe4 hxg5 33. Rxd5 (33.
Qe8+ Kh7 34. Qxf7 Nce7 35. Rxe7 Qxe7 36. Qxd5 g4 37. hxg4 Qe2 38. Rf1 Qxg4 $19)
33... Qf4 34. Qe8+ Kh7 $19) 32... Qf4 $1 {With the white queen Kozul has to
give up hopes for a strong counterplay.} 33. Qxf4 Nxf4 34. Rd6 (34. Rc7 Nd4 $19
) 34... Rc2 35. Nd8 Ne2+ 36. Kf1 (36. Kh1 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 Be5+ $19) 36... Ncd4 37.
f4 (37. Ke1 Nf5 38. Rc6 Bc3+ 39. Kf1 Nf4 $19) 37... Nf5 38. Rxg6 (38. Re6 Neg3+
39. Ke1 Bc3+ 40. Kd1 Rd2+ 41. Kc1 Rxd8 $19) 38... Nxf4 (38... Nxf4 39. Rc6 Ng3+
40. Ke1 Nxg2+ 41. Kd1 Ne3+ 42. Ke1 Re2#) 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2001.04.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2001.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 Na6 8.
Nf3 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Be5 Rad8 14. Rac1 {
The clear prove of the fact, that white is still looking for the best way to
fight for advantage, lays in the wide array of moves that have been played in
this position.} (14. Rfd1 Rfe8 (14... Ne8 15. Na4 Qa5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rac1
Nd6 18. Qb3 Bd7 19. Qc3+ Qxc3 20. Nxc3 Rfe8 21. Bxa6 bxa6 22. Re1 {1-0 Lputian,
S-Gavrikov,V/Minsk/1987/ (42)}) 15. Qh4 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. b3 Qa5 18. Rac1
Nf6 19. Bb5 Bd7 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. Nd2 {1/2-1/2 Gurevich,M-Gavrikov,V/Minsk/
1987/ (29)}) (14. Rad1 Rfe8 15. Qh4 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Bxa6 (17. Rd2 Nf6 18.
h3 Nb4 19. g4 Bc8 20. Bc4 {1-0 Renman,N-Welin,T/Norrkoeping/1988/ (35)}) 17...
Qxa6 18. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Nf6 20. Ne5 Re8 21. Re3 b5 22. g4 Bc8 {1/2-1/2
Beliavsky,A-Popovic,P/Belgrade/1987/ (32)}) (14. d6 Qb4 (14... Nd7 15. Bxg7
Kxg7 16. Nb5 Nf6 17. Rad1 Bd7 18. a4 Nb4 19. b3 Bxb5 20. Qxb5 Qxb5 21. axb5 Ne4
22. Ra1 {1/2-1/2 Vladimirov,E-Ilincic,Z/Alma-Ata/1989/ (48)}) (14... Rfe8 15.
Qh4 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe5 17. Neg5 Bg7 18. Qxh7+ Kf8 19. Bc4 Rd7 20. Nxf7 Bxb2 21.
Rae1 {1-0 Babula,V-Konopka,M/Brno/1991/ (36)}) 15. Rad1 Qxc4 16. Bxc4 Nb4 17.
h3 a6 18. a3 Nc6 19. g4 Bd7 20. Rfe1 {1-0 Vladimirov,E-Popovic,P/Moscow 1989/ 
(43)}) (14. b3 Qb4 15. Rfd1 Ne8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rac1 Qxc4 18. Bxc4 Nac7 19.
Nb5 Nxb5 20. Bxb5 Nd6 21. Bf1 b6 22. Ne5 {1-0 Akhmilovskaya,E-Richtrova,E/
Borshomi/1990/ (41)}) 14... Qxb2 15. Nb5 Qb4 16. Nd6 Ne4 (16... Be4 $1 17. Nxe4
Nxe4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qc2 Nf6 20. Rb1 (20. Bxa6 bxa6 $15) 20... Qa5 21. Rxb7
Nc7 22. Nd2 Ncxd5 23. Nb3 Qc3 24. Qc1 $1 $11) (16... Qxc4 17. Bxc4 Nb4 (17...
Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxe5 (18... Bd3 19. Rfd1 Be2 20. Nxb7 Bxd1 21. Nxd8 Bxf3 22.
Bxf7+ $16) 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Bxb7 $16) 18. Nxb7 $16) 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 (17... Qxc4
18. Bxc4 Nxd6 (18... Kxg7 19. Nxb7 $18) 19. Bxf8 Nxc4 20. Be7 Rd7 21. Rfe1 $16)
18. Nxf5+ gxf5 19. Qc2 Rxd5 20. Bc4 Rdd8 (20... Rd7 21. Nh4 Re8 22. Nxf5+ Kg6 (
22... Kh8 23. Rfe1 $16) 23. Qe2 Kxf5 24. Qh5+ Kf6 25. Qh4+ Ng5 26. Qh6+ Kf5 27.
f4 $16) 21. Nh4 $1 {[%mdl 1024] Gurevich has sacrificed two pawnsas he saw the
compensation in the location on the knight a6 as well as in destroyed shelter
around the black's king.} Kh8 (21... Nd6 22. Nxf5+ Nxf5 23. Qxf5 Qb6 24. Rb1
$16) (21... Kf6 22. Nxf5 Kxf5 23. f3 $16) 22. Nxf5 Nd2 $6 (22... Rfe8 $1 23.
Rfe1 Qd2 (23... Nf6 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Ne3 $14) 24. Bxa6 bxa6 25. f3 Rg8 26.
Qxd2 (26. Re2 Qxc2 27. Rexc2 Ng5 28. Ng3 Ne6 $11) 26... Rxd2 27. Rxe4 Rgxg2+
28. Kf1 h6 29. Ng3 Rxh2 30. Rxc5 Rxa2 $11) 23. Bxa6 bxa6 (23... Nxf1 24. Bxf1
Rd2 25. Qxc5 Qxc5 26. Rxc5 Rxa2 27. Rc7 b6 28. g3 $16) 24. Rfe1 Rfe8 $2 {
The defense is not a grateful task in chess, with an exchange of a rook pair
black will paradoxically worsen his position.} (24... Qg4 $1 25. Kh1 Rg8 26.
Qc3+ Rd4 27. Ng3 $14) (24... Rd5 $6 25. Re7 $16) 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Nd6 Re7 (
26... Re6 27. Nxf7+ Kg7 28. Ng5 $18) 27. Qf5 Qb2 (27... Kg7 28. Qg5+ Kf8 29.
Nf5 Re1+ 30. Rxe1 Nf3+ 31. gxf3 Qxe1+ 32. Kg2 $18) 28. Qc8+ Kg7 29. Nf5+ (29.
Nf5+ Kf6 30. Qh8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 29th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1999.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4
Na6 8. Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be3 Qb6 13. Nh4 {Not a
nice move to be made in the opening, but white badly wishes to use his rook on
b1 square.} (13. b3 Rfe8 14. Rad1 Ng4 (14... Rxe3 15. fxe3 Ng4 16. Na4 Qd6 17.
e4 Bd7 18. e5 (18. Qc1 b5 19. Nc3 c4 20. bxc4 bxc4 21. Kh1 Qc5 22. Ng5 Nf2+ 23.
Rxf2 Qxf2 24. Rf1 Qd4 25. Rxf7 {1-0 Van Roosmalen,A-Van Oosten,P/NLD-ch H corr
1989/ (31)}) 18... Nxe5 19. Qf4 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 f5 21. Bxa6 bxa6 22. Nc3 Be5 23.
g3 {1/2-1/2 Delabie,J-Flacker,E/W-ch17 sf07 corr8893 1988/ (31)}) 15. Bd2 Rad8
16. Rfe1 Nb4 17. Na4 Qd6 18. Bf4 Qf8 19. Bc7 Rd7 20. d6 b6 21. Bf1 Rxe1 22.
Rxe1 Nc2 23. Rd1 Nd4 24. Nxd4 cxd4 25. h3 Ne5 26. Qa6 Bc2 27. Rxd4 Nf3+ 28.
gxf3 Bxd4 29. Qc4 {1-0 Ree,H-Chandler,M/Thessaloniki/1984/ (61)}) (13. Qb3 Rfd8
14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Rad1 Nb4 16. Bc4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. d6 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Bxb2
20. Bg5 Rd7 21. Rfe1 Nc6 22. Rb1 Be5 23. Rxb6 Bxd6 24. Kg2 Bf8 {0-1 Kozul,
Z-Tukmakov,V/Pula/1999/ (40)}) 13... Bd7 14. Rab1 (14. a3 Ne8 15. b4 Nd6 16.
Qb3 Rfe8 17. Rac1 c4 18. Qc2 Rxe3 19. fxe3 Qxe3+ 20. Kh1 Re8 21. Rfe1 Nc7 22.
h3 Qf4 23. Nf3 Nf5 {0-1 Kotov,A-Averbakh,Y/Moscow/1955/ (33)}) 14... Rfe8 15.
b4 Rxe3 $1 (15... Rac8 $2 16. bxc5 Qa5 17. c6 (17. Rxb7 Nxc5 $19) 17... Bxc6
18. dxc6 Rxc6 19. Qb5 Qxc3 20. Qxb7 $16) 16. fxe3 (16. bxc5 Rxc3 17. cxb6 Rxc4
18. Bxc4 axb6 $15) 16... cxb4 {The positional exchange sacrifice has many
layers. White pawn structure is seriously compromised, black has won a pawn
and excellent piece play in the center. Last but not least the knight on h4 is
seriously out of play.} 17. Qf4 (17. Nd1 $6 Qd6 18. e4 Rc8 $17) 17... Qc5 18.
Ne4 (18. Bxa6 bxc3 (18... bxa6 19. Qxb4 Qxe3+ 20. Kh1 a5 21. Qb7 Rc8 $132) 19.
Bxb7 Re8 20. Qd4 Qa3 $13) 18... Nxe4 19. Qxe4 (19. Qxf7+ $2 Kh8 20. Qxd7 Qxe3+
21. Kh1 Qxe2 22. Rbe1 Qd3 $17) 19... Re8 20. Qf4 Qxe3+ 21. Qxe3 Rxe3 22. Bxa6 (
22. Kf2 Ra3 $15) 22... bxa6 23. Rxb4 Rd3 24. Rbf4 $6 (24. Rb8+ Bf8 25. Nf3 Rxd5
26. Rfb1 Kg7 $15) 24... Rxd5 (24... g5 25. R4f3 Rxd5 26. Nf5 Bf8 $15) 25. Rxf7
Bb5 {The bishops are exerting enormous influence in the position, white is
still burdened with the poor location of the knight h4.} 26. Rxg7+ (26. R1f3
Bd4+ 27. Kh1 Bf6 $1 28. R7xf6 Rd1+ 29. Rf1 Bxf1 30. h3 Kg7 31. Rf2 Bc4+ 32. Kh2
Ra1 $19) 26... Kxg7 {Hecht: '[#] Zusätzliches Studienmaterial: Starker Läufer
gegen lahmen Springer, Themen: Lavieren'} 27. Rc1 g5 28. Nf3 g4 29. Nh4 (29.
Ne1 Rf5 $1 30. h3 g3 31. Nf3 Rd5 $19) 29... Kf6 30. Rc7 h5 31. Rxa7 Rd1+ 32.
Kf2 Rd2+ 33. Ke3 Rxa2 {Hecht: '[#]'} 34. Rb7 (34. Rc7 a5 35. Rc5 Be8 $19) 34...
Re2+ 35. Kf4 Re4+ $1 {[%mdl 4096] Quite ironically the knight on h4 is now
trapped and can not even dream to match the potential of the black's bishop.}
36. Kg3 (36. Kxe4 Bc6+ 37. Kd4 Bxb7 38. Kc5 g3 $5 (38... Be4 39. Kb6 Ke5 40.
Kxa6 Kf4 41. g3+ Ke3 42. Kb6 Kf2 43. Kc5 Kg1 44. Kd4 Bb1 45. Ke5 Kxh2 46. Kf4
Kh3 47. Kg5 Kxg3 48. Kxh5 Be4 49. Kg5 Kh3 50. Kh5 g3 51. Kg5 Bd3 52. Kh5 Bb5
53. Kg5 Be8 $19) 39. hxg3 Kg5 40. Kb6 Be4 41. Nf3+ Kg4 42. Nd4 Kxg3 43. Kxa6 h4
44. Kb5 Kxg2 (44... Kg4 45. Kc5 Bxg2 $19) 45. Ne6 Kg3 46. Ng5 Kf4 47. Nh3+ Kg4
48. Ng1 Bd3+ 49. Kc5 Kg3 $19) 36... Re3+ 37. Kf4 Re4+ 38. Kg3 Re7 39. Rb6+ Re6
40. Rb7 Bd3 41. Rd7 Bb5 42. Rh7 (42. Rb7 Be8 $19) 42... Be8 43. Ra7 Re3+ 44.
Kf4 Ra3 45. Rb7 Ra4+ 46. Ke3 Re4+ 47. Kd3 Re7 48. Rb2 (48. Rb6+ Re6) 48... Bb5+
49. Kd4 Re2 50. Rb3 (50. Rxe2 Bxe2 51. Ke3 Bb5 52. Kd4 a5 53. Kc5 a4 54. Kb4
Be8 55. g3 Ke5 $19) 50... Kg5 51. g3 Rd2+ (51... Rxh2 52. Rc3 Rd2+ 53. Ke4 Re2+
54. Kd4 Kf6 55. Rc5 Be8 $19) 52. Ke4 Rc2 53. Ke5 (53. Nf5 Re2+ 54. Re3 Rxh2 $19
) 53... Rxh2 54. Rc3 Re2+ 55. Kd4 Rd2+ 56. Ke4 Re2+ 57. Kd4 Rd2+ 58. Ke4 Kf6
59. Rc5 Re2+ 60. Kf4 (60. Kd4 Be8 $19) 60... Bd3 (60... Bd3 61. Rc6+ (61. Rxh5
$2 Re4#) 61... Re6 62. Rxe6+ Kxe6 63. Kg5 Be4 64. Kxh5 a5 65. Kxg4 a4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Najdorf Memorial 12th"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2001.09.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2001.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be3 Rc8 {Ricardi is trying to
defend the pawn c5, but without any counterplay along the open e file black
has few chances to achieve equality.} 13. Rad1 h6 14. Qb3 (14. d6 Nb4 15. a3
Nc2 16. Qb3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Be6 18. Bc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Rc6 20. Ne5 Rxd6 21. Nxg6
Re8 22. Qxc5 Ne4 {1/2-1/2 Naumann,A-Berndt,S/Germany/1999/ (27)}) 14... Qb6 (
14... Nb4 15. Bxc5 Rxc5 16. Qxb4 $16) 15. Qxb6 $1 axb6 16. Nd2 Ng4 (16... Rcd8
17. Nc4 b5 18. Na5 b4 19. Nxb7 bxc3 20. Nxd8 c2 21. Rd2 Rxd8 22. Bxa6 Ng4 23.
Rc1 Bxb2 24. Rcxc2 Bxc2 25. Rxc2 Bd4 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Rc8 $16) 17. Bxg4 (17.
Nc4 $5 Nxe3 (17... Rcd8 18. Bf4 $16) 18. fxe3 Rce8 19. Kf2 Nb4 20. Rd2 $16)
17... Bxg4 18. f3 Bd7 (18... Bf5 19. Nc4 b5 20. Nd6 b4 21. Nxc8 Rxc8 22. Nb5
Bxb2 23. Nd6 $16) 19. Nc4 Rce8 (19... b5 20. Nd6 Ra8 21. Ndxb5 Bxb5 22. Nxb5
Rfd8 23. Rf2 $16) 20. Rfe1 b5 (20... Bd4 21. Kf2 b5 22. Nb6 (22. Nd6 Rxe3 23.
Rxe3 b4 24. Ne2 Bxe3+ 25. Kxe3 b6 26. Rd2 $16) 22... Rxe3 23. Rxe3 Re8 24. Rxd4
cxd4 25. Rxe8+ Bxe8 26. Ne2 $18) 21. Nb6 Rxe3 (21... Rd8 22. Ne4 Bxb2 23. Nxc5
$18) 22. Rxe3 Bd4 23. Rxd4 $5 {[%mdl 4096] It is difficult to criticise this
brave move, more careful players would surely prefer the quiet advantage after
23.Kf2.} (23. Kf2 $5 Be8 (23... Re8 24. Rxd4 $18) 24. Ne2 Bxe3+ 25. Kxe3 $16)
23... cxd4 24. Nxd7 dxe3 (24... Rd8 25. Re7 dxc3 26. bxc3 Kg7 (26... Nc7 $2 27.
Nf6+ Kg7 28. Rxc7 Kxf6 29. Rc5 $18) 27. d6 b4 28. cxb4 Nxb4 29. Ne5 Rxd6 30.
Rxf7+ Kg8 31. Rxb7 Nxa2 32. Nf7 $16) 25. Nxf8 Kxf8 (25... b4 26. Nd7 bxc3 27.
bxc3 f5 28. Kf1 g5 29. g3 $18) 26. Nxb5 {The knight endgame without a pawn is
very difficult for black, but at least he is not lacking counterplay.} Nb4 (
26... Ke7 27. a3 f5 28. g3 g5 29. f4 $16) 27. Nc3 Nd3 (27... Ke7 28. Kf1 f5 29.
g3 g5 30. f4 gxf4 31. gxf4 Nd3 32. Ke2 Nxf4+ 33. Kxe3 $16) 28. Kf1 Ke7 (28...
Nxb2 29. Ke2 Nc4 30. Kd3 Na3 31. Kxe3 $18) (28... Nf4 29. g3 Nd3 30. Ke2 Nxb2
31. Kxe3 $18) 29. b3 (29. Ke2 Nf4+ 30. Kxe3 Nxg2+ 31. Kd4 f5 $16) 29... Kd6 (
29... f5 30. Ke2 Nf4+ 31. Kxe3 Nxg2+ 32. Kd4 $16) 30. Ke2 Nf4+ 31. Kxe3 Nxg2+ (
31... Nxd5+ $4 32. Nxd5 Kxd5 33. g4 $18) 32. Kd4 Nh4 33. Ne4+ Ke7 34. Nd2 (34.
f4 Nf3+ 35. Kc5 Nxh2 36. Kb6 Kd7 37. a4 $18) 34... Kd6 35. Nc4+ Ke7 36. Nd2 Kd6
37. f4 {Radjabov is winning freedom for the activity of the knight, but pays
the prize of exposing the f pawn in a higher degree.} f5 (37... Nf5+ 38. Ke4 b5
39. Nf3 Ne7 40. Ne5 f5+ 41. Kd4 Nxd5 42. Nxg6 $16) 38. Nc4+ Ke7 39. a4 g5 (
39... Nf3+ 40. Kc5 Nxh2 41. Kb6 Kd7 42. Kxb7 Nf3 43. a5 $18) 40. a5 gxf4 (40...
Nf3+ 41. Kc5 Nxh2 42. Kb6 Kd7 43. Kxb7 $18) 41. b4 Nf3+ (41... f3 42. Ke3 f4+
43. Kf2 Kd7 44. b5 $18) 42. Kc5 Ng5 (42... Nxh2 43. b5 f3 44. a6 bxa6 45. bxa6
f2 46. Nd2 $18) 43. Kb6 f3 44. Kc7 f2 45. d6+ Ke6 46. Ne3 Nf7 (46... f4 47. Nf1
$18) 47. d7 Ke5 48. b5 Kd4 49. Nf1 (49. Nf1 Kd3 50. a6 bxa6 51. bxa6 f4 52. a7
Ke2 53. a8=Q $18) 1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1999.03.15"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vasilescu, Lucian Mihail"]
[Black "Marjanovic, Slavoljub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1999.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Qa4+ c6 4. Qxc4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. Bf4 Ngf6 8.
e4 O-O 9. Be2 (9. Rd1 Nb6 10. Qc5 (10. Qd3 Be6 11. Qc2 h6 12. h3 Ne8 13. Be2
Nd6 14. O-O Qc8 15. b3 a5 16. Rc1 f5 17. Be5 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Bf5 19. Qc5 Nxe4 20.
Qxb6 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Bxh3 22. gxh3 Qxh3 23. Nh2 Rf5 24. Kh1 Ng3+ 25. fxg3 {
1-0 Levin,J-Sandrin,A/New York 1946/ (25)}) 10... Bg4 (10... Nh5 11. Bg5 Re8
12. Be2 Qd6 13. Be3 Qxc5 14. dxc5 Nd7 15. Nd2 Nhf6 16. Nc4 b5 17. cxb6 axb6 18.
Bxb6 Nxb6 19. Nxb6 Rb8 20. Nxc8 Rexc8 21. b3 Nh5 22. Na4 {1-0 Krause,D-Boldt,D/
Dortmund 1987/ (57)}) 11. Bg5 $2 (11. Be2 Nfd7 12. Qa3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 (13. gxf3
e5 14. dxe5 Qe8 15. Be3 Qxe5 16. f4 Qe8 17. e5 f6 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. e6 Nb8 20.
a4 Qe7 21. a5 Nc8 22. h4 {1-0 Tisdall,J-Vark,L/Osterskars 1995/ (31)}) 13... e5
14. dxe5 Qe8 15. Be2 Nxe5 16. O-O Qe6 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Bc1 Bf8 19. Qb3 Qxb3
20. axb3 Ned7 21. Bd3 {1-0 Flear,G-Morris,P/Dublin 1991/ (46)}) 11... Na4 $3
12. Qa3 (12. Nxa4 Nxe4 13. Qc1 (13. Qxe7 Qa5+ 14. b4 Qxa4 15. Qxe4 Rfe8 16. Be7
Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bf8 $19) 13... Qa5+ 14. Nc3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nxg5 $17) 12... Nxc3
13. bxc3 Nxe4 14. Bxe7 Qb6 $17 {@/} 15. Bc4 Nxc3 $1 16. Bc5 (16. Qxc3 Rfe8 17.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Ng5+ Kxe7 19. O-O Bxd1 20. Rxd1 Qb5 $19) 16... Rfe8+ 17. Kf1 Be6
$3 18. Bxb6 (18. Bxe6 Qb5+ 19. Kg1 Ne2+ 20. Kf1 Ng3+ 21. Kg1 Qf1+ $1 22. Rxf1
Ne2#) (18. Qxc3 Qxc5 $1 19. dxc5 Bxc3 20. Bxe6 Rxe6 $19) (18. Bd3 Nb5 $17)
18... Bxc4+ 19. Kg1 Ne2+ 20. Kf1 Nxd4+ 21. Kg1 (21. Rd3 axb6 22. Qc3 Nxf3 $19)
21... Ne2+ 22. Kf1 Nc3+ 23. Kg1 axb6 24. Qb4 Ra4 25. Qxb6 Nxd1 $19 {0-1 Byrne,
D-Fischer,R/New York/1957/ (41)}) (9. Qb3 Nb6 10. Be2 Be6 11. Qc2 Nh5 12. Bg5
h6 13. Be3 Nc4 14. Bc1 Rc8 15. O-O Qc7 16. g3 Rfd8 17. b3 Nb6 18. Be3 Bg4 19.
Rfd1 e5 20. Nxe5 Bxe2 21. Nxe2 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Bd4 Qe6 24. Bb2 {1-0
Prange,S-Besser,A/NRW-II 1990/ (47)}) 9... Qa5 (9... Nb6 10. Qd3 Be6 (10... Bg4
11. O-O Nh5 12. Be3 Qc7 13. h3 Be6 14. b3 Nf4 15. Qd2 Nxe2+ 16. Nxe2 Rad8 17.
Rac1 Bc8 18. a4 e5 19. d5 Qb8 20. a5 cxd5 21. axb6 dxe4 22. bxa7 Qa8 23. Qa5
exf3 24. Nc3 fxg2 {0-1 Von Leoprechting,G-Bier,N/Trier 1992/ (58)}) 11. O-O Qc8
12. Rac1 Nh5 13. Be3 f5 14. Ng5 Bc4 15. Qd1 f4 16. Bxc4+ Nxc4 17. Qb3 b5 18.
Nxb5 cxb5 19. Qxb5 fxe3 20. Rxc4 exf2+ 21. Rxf2 Qg4 {0-1 Gershman,J-Najdorf,M/
Buenos Aires/1939/ (34)}) (9... Nh5 10. Be3 (10. Bg5 h6 (10... Nb6 11. Qc5 f6
12. Be3 Be6 13. h3 Bh8 14. g4 Ng7 15. Rd1 Bf7 16. h4 Ne6 17. Qa3 Nc7 18. g5 Qd6
19. Qxd6 exd6 20. gxf6 Bxf6 21. Nd2 {1/2-1/2 Vuin,R-Vlahovic,S/Kladovo 1990/ 
(21)}) 11. Be3 Kh7 12. O-O Nb6 13. Qd3 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Qd2 Nf6 16. Ne5
Nbd5 17. g4 Be6 18. Qc2 Bf7 19. Bd3 Qe8 20. a3 Nd7 21. Nxd5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 cxd5
23. f4 {1-0 Schmidt,W-Krasenkova,I/Koszalin 1997/ (50)}) 10... Kh8 11. Ng5 Qe8
12. Qb3 h6 13. Nf3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. O-O Nf4 17. Bc4 Qg5 18.
g3 Nh3+ 19. Kh1 Qe7 20. f4 Kg8 21. e5 b5 22. Be2 Be6 {1/2-1/2 Pizzi Possi,
T-Salas Romo,J/Vina del Mar 1945/ (67)}) 10. b4 Qd8 (10... Qb6 11. Rc1 $14) 11.
Rd1 {Black has managed to give white in effect two tempoes, but advanced b
pawn is not necessarily an asset.} Nb6 12. Qd3 Nh5 13. Bg3 (13. Be3 f5 $5)
13... Be6 (13... f5 $5 14. Be5 fxe4 15. Qxe4 (15. Nxe4 Nf4 $15) 15... Bf5 16.
Qh4 Nf6 $11) 14. O-O a6 (14... Bc4 15. Qe3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 a5 $15) 15. Qb1 Nxg3
16. hxg3 Qc7 (16... Bg4 17. a3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Bxd4 19. Ne2 e5 20. Nxd4 exd4 21.
Qd3 $11) 17. a4 Rad8 {Marjanovic has a solid, even though a bit passive
position. It might have made sense to try opening a play a bit with 17...a5!?}
(17... a5 $5 $15) 18. a5 Nc8 19. Na4 Bg4 20. e5 Na7 (20... f6 $6 21. Qa2+ Kh8
22. Nc5 fxe5 23. Nxe5 $16) 21. Nc5 Nb5 22. Bxb5 (22. Qa1 $5 Qc8 $15) (22. Qb2
$2 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Nxd4 24. f4 Nxe2+ 25. Qxe2 $17) 22... axb5 (22... cxb5 23. Qe4
Bxf3 24. gxf3 Rc8 25. f4 $14) 23. Qe4 {White's pawn structure is now rather
compromised with the weak square d5, but the knight on c5 is very strong and
b7 pawn needs protection.} h5 (23... Bf5 24. Qh4 Rd5 $15) 24. Rfe1 Rd5 25. Qf4
Rfd8 26. Rd3 Qc8 (26... Bxf3 27. gxf3 e6 $15) 27. Ng5 Bf5 (27... Qf5 28. Nxb7
$1 Qxd3 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Nxd8 Rxd8 31. Qxe7 Rf8 32. Re4 $15) 28. Rd2 Bh6 29.
Qh4 f6 $6 {Logical move, but white pieces are so exposed, that black could
have tried to improve the conditions for the push f7-f6.} (29... Bg4 $5 30. Rd3
(30. f3 f6 31. Nge4 Bxd2 32. Nxd2 g5 33. Qh2 Rxd4 $19) 30... f6 31. Nge4 g5 32.
Qh2 f5 33. Nc3 Rxd4 34. Rxd4 Rxd4 35. f3 Rxb4 36. fxg4 $13) 30. exf6 exf6 31.
Nge4 Bxd2 (31... Bxe4 $2 32. Nxe4 Bxd2 33. Nxf6+ Kf8 34. Nxd5 Rxd5 35. Qf6+ Kg8
36. Re7 $18) 32. Nxf6+ Kf7 $2 {Defence is always difficult, but black is
clearly toying with fire.} (32... Kh8 33. Re7 $18) (32... Kf8 $1 33. Nh7+ (33.
Nxd5 Rxd5 34. Qf6+ Kg8 35. Re7 Qf8 36. Qxf8+ Kxf8 37. Rxb7 Bxb4 38. a6 Rxd4 39.
a7 Rd1+ 40. Kh2 Ra1 41. Nb3 Ra3 42. Rb8+ Kf7 43. a8=Q Rxa8 44. Rxa8 c5 45. Rb8
Be6 $17) 33... Kg8 (33... Kg7 34. Re7+ Kh6 35. f4 Be3+ 36. Kh1 Be6 37. Qf6 Rg8
38. Ng5 $18) 34. Nf6+ (34. Qe7 Rf8 $19) 34... Kf8 $11) 33. Nxd5 (33. Re7+ $3
Kxe7 (33... Kf8 34. Nfd7+ $1 Kg8 35. Qf6 Bh6 36. Qf7+ Kh8 37. Qh7#) 34. Nxd5+
Kd6 (34... Kf8 35. Qe7+ Kg8 36. Nf6+ Kh8 37. Qh7#) 35. Nb6 Qb8 36. Qf6+ Kc7 37.
Qe7+ Rd7 38. Ncxd7 $18) 33... Rxd5 34. Re7+ Kg8 35. Rxb7 Qf8 (35... Qd8 36.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 37. a6 Ra8 38. a7 Bc8 39. Rb8 Rxa7 40. Rxc8+ $14) (35... Rxc5 36.
Qe7 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 Qxb7 38. Qxb7 Be1 39. f3 Bf2 40. g4 hxg4 41. fxg4 $16) 36. a6
Bc8 (36... Rd8 $2 37. Qxd8 $1 Qxd8 38. a7 $18) 37. Rb8 Bg5 $138 {Black had no
real defense, but this move loses the house.} (37... Be1 38. a7 (38. Nd3 $5 $18
) 38... Bxf2+ 39. Kh2 Rxd4 40. Qh3 Rd1 41. Qxc8 Bg1+ 42. Kh3 $18) 38. Qe4 Rd8 (
38... Kh7 39. a7 $18) 39. Qxg6+ Kh8 40. Qxg5 Re8 (40... Rd5 41. Qxd5 cxd5 42.
a7 $18) 41. a7 Bd7 42. Rxe8 Qxe8 43. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lima, Darcy Gustavo Macha"]
[Black "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Be3 $5 Ng4 $5 (8... Bg4) 9. O-O-O Nxe3 10. fxe3 Bh6 $6 (10... e5 $1) 11. d5
Bxe3+ 12. Kb1 Nb8 $8 (12... Na5 13. Qa4 $16) 13. h4 $5 (13. e5 $142 Bf5+ 14.
Bd3 Bxd3+ 15. Rxd3 Bh6 16. h4 $40) 13... h5 $8 14. e5 Bg4 15. Bd3 Bh6 16. e6 f5
$8 17. Rde1 (17. Ne5 $5 Bxd1 18. Nf7 Rxf7 19. exf7+ Kg7 20. Rxd1 $44 {><e6})
17... Bg7 (17... Bxf3 18. gxf3 $16 {<->g, ><g6}) 18. Nh2 $1 c6 19. Nxg4 hxg4
20. h5 cxd5 21. Nxd5 $2 (21. Qf4 $1 Nc6 (21... Qb6 22. Nb5 $1 a6 23. hxg6 axb5
24. Rh8+ $1 $18) 22. hxg6 Qb8 23. Qg5 Qg3 (23... Rf6 24. Rh7 $18 {/\ Reh1}) 24.
Bxf5 $18 {/\} Bxc3 25. g7 Bxg7 26. Rh8+) 21... Na6 $8 (21... Nc6 $2 22. hxg6 {
/\ Qc5 ><e7}) 22. hxg6 Qd6 $1 $8 {פd5, f4} (22... Rc8 $2 23. Qxc8 $18) 23. Rd1
(23. Rh7 Rac8 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Qd4+ Rf6 26. Rh1 Rh8) 23... Rac8 $1 (23...
Rfc8 {><f8} 24. Qf4 Qxf4 $14 (24... Qxd5 25. Bxa6 Qc6 (25... Qxg2 $2 26. Rh2
Qc6 27. Rdh1 $18) 26. Bc4 $14)) 24. Qf4 Qxd5 (24... Qxf4 $2 25. Nxe7#) 25. Rh8+
(25. Bxa6 $2 Qe4+ $1 26. Qxe4 fxe4 $17 {<->f, <->a2-h2}) 25... Bxh8 (25... Kxh8
$4 26. Qh2+ Kg8 27. Qh7#) 26. Qh6 Rc1+ $3 $8 27. Rxc1 $8 (27. Kxc1 Rc8+ 28. Kb1
(28. Bc2 Rxc2+ $19) 28... Bg7 $19) 27... Qxd3+ 28. Rc2 (28. Ka1 Bxb2+ $1 $19)
28... Qd1+ 29. Rc1 Qd3+ (29... Qxc1+ 30. Kxc1 Rc8+ 31. Kd1 Bg7 32. Qg5 $1 Kf8 (
32... Bf6 33. Qh6 $10) (32... Rc7 33. Qxf5 Bf6 34. Qh5 Bg7 (34... Kf8 35. Qh6+
Bg7 36. Qf4+ Bf6 37. Qh6+ $10) 35. Qf5 $10) 33. Qxf5+ Bf6 34. g7+ Kxg7 35.
Qxg4+ Kh6 (35... Kf8 $4 36. Qg6 $18) 36. Qh3+ Kg5 37. Qg3+ Kf5 38. Qf3+ Ke5 (
38... Kxe6 $4 39. Qh3+ $18) 39. Qxb7 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.31"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Clavijo, Jorge Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[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 "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Columbia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "COL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be3 Re8 13. Rad1 Qb6 14. Qb5 Rad8
15. Rd2 Rxe3 $5 {[%mdl 4] The typical sacrifice in this variation, black wins
chances for some real counterplay.} 16. fxe3 Bh6 17. e4 (17. Qxb6 Bxe3+ 18. Kh1
axb6 19. Rdd1 Ng4 20. Nh4 Nf2+ 21. Rxf2 Bxf2 22. Nxf5 gxf5 23. Rf1 Bd4 24. Rxf5
Nb4 25. Bc4 $14) 17... Nxe4 (17... Bxd2 $2 18. Nxd2 Qxb5 19. Bxb5 $18) (17...
Bxe4 $5 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Rdd1 (19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Rdd1 Be3+ 21. Kh1 Nf2+ 22.
Rxf2 Bxf2 23. d6 Nb8 $11) 19... Bc2 20. Rde1 Nb4 21. Bc4 (21. Ne5 Be3+ 22. Kh1
Bd2 23. Ra1 Kg7 24. Bf3 Re8 25. Nc4 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Nbxd5 $13) 21... Bd3 22. Bxd3
Nxd3 23. Re7 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. b3 b5 26. Rxb7 c4 $11) 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19.
Qxb6 axb6 20. Rdd1 Nb4 (20... Be3+ 21. Kh1 Bxd5 22. Bc4 Nc7 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24.
Rxd5 Nxd5 25. Rd1 $14) (20... Rxd5 21. Bc4 Be3+ 22. Kh1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 $14) 21.
Ne5 f5 (21... Bxd5 22. Nxf7 (22. a3 Re8 23. Ng4 Rxe2 24. Nxh6+ Kg7 25. Rf2 Rxf2
26. Kxf2 Bb3 27. Rd6 $14) 22... Be3+ 23. Kh1 Rd7 24. Ne5 Re7 $11) (21... Bc2
22. Nxf7 Be3+ 23. Kh1 Rf8 24. d6 (24. Ne5 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Bd4 26. Nf3 Bxb2 $11)
24... Bxd1 25. Bxd1 $16) 22. d6 Nd5 $6 {Black was doing fine, but finding the
best way in the jungle of variations was not easy.} (22... Be3+ 23. Kh1 Bd4 24.
Nf3 (24. Bc4+ Kg7 25. Nf7 Rd7 26. Ng5 Nc2 $15) 24... Rxd6 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Rd2
$13) 23. Bc4 Be3+ (23... Rxd6 24. Rfe1 b5 25. Rxe4 bxc4 26. Nxc4 $16) 24. Kh1
Rxd6 25. Rfe1 Bd4 (25... b5 26. Bxd5+ Bxd5 27. Rxe3 Bxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Rxd1 $14)
26. Nf3 Bxf3 $6 {After this second rate move white finally enjoys excellent
chances in the endgame.} (26... b5 $1 27. Bxb5 Nf4 $13) 27. gxf3 Kf8 (27... b5
28. Bxb5 Kf7 29. Bc4 Kf6 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. a4 $14) 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Re6 b5 (
29... Re5 30. Rxe5 Bxe5 31. Rd7 Bxb2 32. Rxb7 c4 33. Rxb6 c3 34. Rc6 $18) 30.
b4 $1 cxb4 (30... b6 31. Rxb6 c4 (31... cxb4 32. f4 Bxb6 33. Rxd5 Bc7 34. Rd4
b3 35. axb3 Ke7) 32. a3 g5 33. Rxb5 Rxb5 34. Rxd4 $16) 31. Re2 $1 Re5 $8 32.
Rxe5 Bxe5 33. Rd7 {[%mdl 4096] Black will lose two of his extra pawns and then
the material plus is clearly on Kozul's side. The position is technically won.}
h6 (33... b6 34. Rxh7 Bg7 35. f4 Kg8 36. Rh3 $16) 34. Rxb7 Bf6 35. Kg2 Be7 36.
Rxb5 Kf7 (36... Bd6 37. Rb7 $16) 37. Rb6 Bc5 38. Rc6 Bf8 39. Kf2 h5 40. f4 (40.
Ke3 g5 41. Kd4 Bg7+ 42. Kd5 $16) 40... Be7 41. Ke3 h4 (41... Bf6 42. Kd3 $16)
42. Kd4 Bf8 43. Kd5 Bh6 44. Rc4 Bf8 45. Rc7+ Kf6 (45... Be7 46. Ke5 h3 47. Ra7
$18) 46. Rb7 Be7 47. Rb6+ Kg7 (47... Kf7 48. Ke5 $18) 48. Ke6 Bc5 49. Rb5 Bf8
50. h3 Kh6 51. Rb8 Bc5 52. Kf7 Kh7 53. Rg8 1-0

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Jaracz, Pawel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be3 Qb6 13. b3 Rfe8 14. Rad1 Rxe3
15. fxe3 Ng4 16. Na4 Qd6 (16... Qa5 17. e4 Ne3 18. Qc1 Nxd1 19. exf5 Nc3 20.
Nxc3 Qxc3 21. Qxc3 Bxc3 22. Rc1 Ba5 23. Bxa6 bxa6 24. Ne5 {1-0 Gyimesi,Z-Kalod,
R/Pardubice/1998/ (57)}) 17. Qf4 Qxf4 18. exf4 Nb4 19. a3 $5 {Black has very
nice light pieces, but does he really posses enough compensation for an
exchange?} (19. Rd2 Ne3 20. Rc1 Nbxd5 21. Bd3 Nxf4 22. Bxf5 Nxf5 23. Nxc5 Bh6
24. Re1 Ne6 {1/2-1/2 Farago,I-Kozul,Z/Montpellier/1989/ (41)}) 19... Nc2 (19...
Na2 20. Rd2 Nc3 21. Nxc5 $18) 20. Rd2 (20. Nxc5 Nge3 21. Nxb7 Nxf1 22. Bxf1 Ne3
23. Re1 Nxd5 $132) 20... b6 (20... Nge3 21. Rc1 Rd8 22. Bd3 Rxd5 23. Bxf5 Rxd2
24. Nxd2 gxf5 25. Nxc5 Bb2 26. Rb1 Bxa3 27. Nxb7 $18) 21. Bd3 (21. h3 Nf6 (
21... Nge3 22. Rc1 Nxa3 23. Kf2 Re8 24. d6 Nac2 25. g4 $18) 22. g4 Be4 23. d6
Nxa3 24. Nc3 $16) 21... Bxd3 22. Rxd3 Nxa3 23. Re1 (23. h3 Nf6) 23... Nb5 (
23... c4 24. bxc4 Nxc4 25. Nd2 b5 26. h3 Nf6 27. Nc3 Nb2 28. Rde3 a5 29. Nxb5
Nxd5 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Rxe8+ Bf8 32. g3 $14) 24. Re7 Bf8 25. Rb7 $6 {The
courageous rook will become virtually trapped on the seventh rank. Gyimesi
would keep better chances with more modest move 25.Re2.} (25. Re2 $16) 25...
Nf6 26. Ne5 (26. f5 Nd6 27. Rc7 Nxf5 $14) 26... Nd6 27. Rc7 Nfe8 28. Rd7 (28.
Rc6 $5 f6 29. Nf3 Rd8 $14) 28... Nf6 29. Rc7 Nfe8 30. Rd7 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas 10th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1999.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht,Hj} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7.
e4 a6 8. e5 b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. e6 fxe6 11. Be3 Nf6 {Very topical position,
black knight hopes to slow down the attack on the kingside.} (11... Nb6 12. h4
Nd5 (12... Nc6 13. h5 Rxf3 14. gxf3 Nxd4 15. Rd1 c5 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. hxg6 h6
18. Rh5 Qe8 19. Ne2 Qxg6 20. Rh1 Kh8 21. Rg1 Qf7 22. Nxd4 {1-0 Kasparov,
G-Svidler,P/Wijk aan Zee/1999/ (31)}) 13. h5 Nxe3 14. fxe3 c5 15. hxg6 hxg6 16.
Qc2 e5 17. dxc5 Bf5 18. e4 Bg4 19. Be2 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nc6 21. Qb3+ Rf7 22. Kf2
Nd4 23. Qd1 e6 {0-1 Levtchouk,G-Duong Thanh Nha/Quebec/ 1992/ (31)}) 12. a4
bxa4 13. Rxa4 Nc6 (13... Nd5 $5 14. Bc4 c6 15. h4 Nd7 16. h5 N7b6 17. hxg6 hxg6
18. Bd3 Nxa4 19. Qxa4 Qd6 20. Bxg6 Rxf3 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Bh7+ Kf8 23. gxf3 Rb8
24. Qc2 Qb4+ 25. Kf1 Qc4+ 26. Qxc4 dxc4 {0-1 Piket,J-Shirov,A/Monte Carlo/1999/
(49)}) 14. Bc4 Rb8 (14... Qd6 $5 15. Ng5 Nd8 16. f3 $13 (16. Nce4 $6 Nxe4 17.
Nxe4 Qc6 18. f3 Rb8 19. Qxb8 Qxa4 $17)) 15. Bxe6+ Kh8 16. Qc4 (16. Qa2 $2 Nb4
17. Qc4 Bxe6 18. Qxe6 Nd3+ 19. Kf1 Rb6 $15) 16... Bxe6 (16... Nb4 17. Ng5 Nc2+
18. Kd1 Nxe3+ 19. fxe3 $36) 17. Qxe6 Qd6 {Svidler must have believed, that
with this move his pieces will win sufficient coordination for keeping the
balance.} 18. Ng5 (18. Qxd6 cxd6 19. Rxa6 Nb4 20. Ra7 Nc2+ 21. Ke2 Nxe3 22.
fxe3 Rxb2+ $11) 18... Rxb2 19. O-O (19. Nf7+ Rxf7 20. Qxf7 e5 $1 (20... Nb4 21.
O-O $16) 21. Bc1 Nd8 (21... Rc2 22. Ba3 Qd7 23. Qxd7 Nxd7 $13) 22. Qc4 Rc2 $40)
19... Nd8 20. Qh3 (20. Qxd6 cxd6 21. Rxa6 Ng4 $11) 20... Qd7 $6 (20... Qc6 21.
Ra3 Nf7 22. Ne6 $13) 21. Qxd7 Nxd7 22. Rxa6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Karpov's
advantage is minimal, but black has to work hard for limiting the demage.} Nb6
(22... c5 $6 23. Na4 cxd4 24. Nxb2 dxe3 25. fxe3 Bxb2 26. Rxf8+ Nxf8 27. Ra8
Bf6 28. Rxd8 Bxg5 29. Rxf8+ Kg7 30. Rf3 $18) 23. h4 Rc2 (23... Nc4 24. Ra4 $14)
24. Nce4 h6 25. Nf3 Nc6 26. Raa1 Nb4 (26... Rd8 27. Rac1 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Nxd4 29.
Nxd4 Bxd4 30. Bxh6 $14) 27. Rfc1 Rxc1+ (27... N6d5 28. Bd2 Kh7 $14) 28. Rxc1
N4d5 29. Nc5 {The defender must take care of many weak pawns: c7,e7 and h6.}
Rf6 (29... Nxe3 30. fxe3 Nd5 31. Ne6 Rf6 32. Nxg7 Kxg7 33. e4 $16) 30. Bd2 Rd6
31. Nb7 Rf6 (31... Rd7 $6 32. Ne5 Bxe5 33. dxe5 $16) 32. Ne5 Kh7 33. g3 $1 Rf8
34. Nc5 Ra8 35. Rc2 Rd8 (35... Ra1+ 36. Kg2 Rd1 37. Kf3 $14) 36. Kg2 Bxe5 $6 {
Svidler's patience was severely tested, but exhcanges of pieces only underline
the structural advantages of white position.} (36... Ra8 37. Ne6 Ra4 38. Nxg7
Kxg7 39. Rc6 $1 Nf6 40. Rxc7 Nbd5 41. Rc4 $16) (36... Rd6 $5 37. Kf3 Rf6+ 38.
Ke2 $14) 37. dxe5 Nd7 38. Nxd7 (38. Ne6 Rc8 39. Kf3 c5 40. Ke4 Nc7 41. Nxc7
Rxc7 $14) 38... Rxd7 39. Rc6 {Hecht,Hj: 'Turm und Läufer arbeiten hervorragend
zusammen und sind von besserer Qualität als die passiv stehenden schwarzen
Figuren. Zudem sind alle schwarzen Bauernschwächen unter Beschuß und das
wünschenswerte e6 ist verhindert.'} Nb6 (39... Rd8 40. Kf3 Rf8+ 41. Ke4 Rxf2
42. Kxd5 Rxd2+ 43. Ke6 g5 44. Kxe7 $16) (39... h5 {Hecht,Hj} 40. Kf3 Kg7 41.
Ke4 Rd8 42. Bg5 Rd7 43. e6 Rd8 44. Rc5 $18) 40. Bc1 Rd5 (40... Nd5 41. h5 g5
42. f4 gxf4 43. Bxf4 Nxf4+ 44. gxf4 $16) 41. Re6 Nc8 (41... Rd7 42. h5 gxh5 (
42... g5 43. f4 gxf4 44. Bxf4 $18) 43. Rxh6+ Kg7 44. Rxh5 $16) 42. h5 $1 {
Black's pawn structure on the kingside is now doomed.} gxh5 (42... g5 43. f4
Rc5 44. Be3 Rc3 45. Kf2 $18) 43. Rxh6+ Kg7 44. Rxh5 c5 (44... Nb6 45. Kf3 $16)
45. Kf3 $1 c4 46. Be3 e6 (46... c3 47. Rh4 $1 Kg8 48. Rc4 $18) 47. Rh4 Ne7 (
47... Rxe5 $2 48. Bd4 $18) 48. Rxc4 Ng6 49. Bd4 {Hecht,Hj: 'und Sxe5 scheitert
an der Läuferfesselung.'} (49. Bd4 Nxe5+ 50. Ke4 Kf6 51. Bc3 $1 Rb5 52. f4 $18)
1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7.
e4 a6 8. e5 b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. e6 fxe6 11. Be3 (11. h4 Nf6 12. Be3 Qd6 $1 13.
Ng5 Nc6 14. O-O-O Na5 15. Qc2 Bb7 16. h5 b4 17. Na4 b3 $1 18. axb3 Bd5 19. Nc5
Rab8 $17 {Alexandria,N-An Yangfeng/Dubai olw/1986/ (19)}) (11. Qxe6+ Kh8 12.
Qe4 (12. Ng5 c5 (12... Qe8 13. Qe4 Ra7 14. Bd3 e5 15. O-O exd4 16. Qh4 Nf6 17.
Nd5 c6 18. Nf4 Kg8 19. Nxh7 Nxh7 20. Bxg6 Bf6 21. Qg3 Qe5 {0-1 Palacios,
B-McTavish,D/Toronto/1992/ (29)}) 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nf7+ Rxf7 15. Qxf7 Nc6 16.
Be3 Be6 17. Qf4 Be5 18. Qf3 Nb4 19. Qd1 Ncd3+ 20. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 21. Kf1 Nxb2 22.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 {1/2-1/2 Mirzoev,A-Sideif Sade,F/Baku/1997/ (50)}) 12... Nb6 13. Qh4
(13. Be2 Bf5 14. Qh4 Nc6 15. Bh6 e5 16. Ng5 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Qe7 18. dxe5 Nd4 19.
Rd1 c5 20. Rd2 b4 21. Nd1 Nd5 {0-1 Portisch,L-Adorjan,A/Amsterdam/1971/ (59)})
13... Nc6 (13... Rxf3 14. gxf3 Nc6 15. Bh6 Bf6 16. Bg5 Bxd4 17. O-O-O b4 18.
Be3 Bxe3+ 19. fxe3 Qg8 20. Qe4 bxc3 21. Qxc6 cxb2+ 22. Kb1 {1-0 Rajkovic,
D-Zakic,S/Tivat/1995/ (35)}) 14. Bh6 (14. Bd3 $5 Rxf3 $8 (14... e5 15. Bg5 (15.
Ng5 h6 16. Be4 $1 Qd6 17. Nf3 $36) 15... Qe8 16. O-O exd4 17. Rae1 Qf7 18. Be4
Bd7 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Nxd4 Qc4 21. Nxc6 Qxc6 {0-1 Pereyra Arcija,D-Hoffman,A/
Villa Martelli 1997/ (65)}) 15. gxf3 (15. Bxg6 $2 Qg8 16. gxf3 Bf6 $19) 15...
Nxd4 16. Be4 $8 Bf5 $1 17. Be3 $8 c5 (17... e5 $1 18. Qxd8+ Rxd8 19. O-O-O c5
20. f4 $6 (20. Kb1 b4 21. Ne2 Rf8 $5 $13 {<=>}) 20... b4 21. Bxf5 gxf5 {
Stohl,I-Ruck,R/HUN/1997/ (21)}) 18. Bxd4 $1 (18. O-O-O $5 b4 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20.
Bxf5 gxf5 21. Ne2 d3 22. Kb1 (22. Qxb4 $5) 22... Na4 23. Nf4 Nc3+ 24. bxc3 bxc3
25. Ng6+) 18... cxd4 19. Rd1 Rc8 20. Rg1 Bf6 21. Qh6 Bg7 22. Qh4 Bf6 23. Qh6
Bg7 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Kamsky,G/Elista (m/5) 1996/ (23)}) 14... e5 (14... Bf5
15. Bxg7+ Kxg7 16. Be2 Qd6 17. O-O Rad8 18. Rfd1 Qf6 19. Qxf6+ Rxf6 20. Rac1
Rfd6 21. d5 Nb4 {1/2-1/2 Ostenstad,B-Sigfusson,S/Reykjavik 1988/ (49)}) 15.
Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Bxg7+ Kxg7 17. Nxe5 Nxd4 18. O-O-O Bb7 (18... Be6 $11) 19. f3 c5
{1/2-1/2 Bronstein,D-Pein,M/Wrexham 1995/ (19)}) 11... Nb6 12. h4 Nc6 (12...
Nd5 13. h5 Nxe3 14. fxe3 c5 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Qc2 e5 17. dxc5 Bf5 18. e4 Bg4
19. Be2 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nc6 {0-1 Levtchouk,G-Duong Thanh Nha/Quebec 1992/ (31)})
13. h5 Rxf3 (13... Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. hxg6 hxg6 (15... Bxe3 16. gxh7+ Kh8
17. fxe3 Qd6 18. Ne4 $16) 16. Rd1 c5 17. Bxd4 (17. Rh4 Bxe3 18. Rxd8 Bxf2+ 19.
Ke2 Bxh4 20. Rxf8+ Kxf8 21. Ne4 $13) 17... cxd4 18. Qc2 $1 (18. Nxb5 $6 axb5
19. Qh3 Kf7 20. Qh7+ Kf6 $17) (18. Rh4 Qe8 19. Rdxd4 Qf7 20. f3 $14) 18... Rf5
19. Qd2 e5 20. Qh6 Qd6 21. Bd3 $16) 14. gxf3 Nxd4 (14... Bxd4 15. hxg6 hxg6 16.
Rd1 $16) 15. Rd1 $1 {[%mdl 4] Kasparov was very proud of this game, he
considered it to be his best achievement in Wijk. This idea was surely
prepared at home, black is in grave danger.} c5 (15... Nxf3+ $2 16. Ke2 Nd4+
17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Qc2 Kg7 20. Rg1 $18) 16. Bxd4 cxd4 (16... Bxd4
17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Rg1 Qe8 19. Bd3 $18) 17. hxg6 h6 (17... hxg6 18. Rg1 $1 Nd5 (
18... Qe8 19. Ne2 Qf7 20. Nxd4 $18) 19. Nxd5 (19. Ne2 e5 20. f4 Bf5 $16) 19...
exd5 20. Rxg6 e5 21. Bd3 $16) 18. Rh5 $1 {xd5 This move is very profound, the
central square d5 is not accessible for black.} (18. Bg2 $6 Nc4 19. f4 Ra7 $14)
18... Qe8 (18... Qc7 19. Ne2 Qd6 20. Nxd4 $1 Bxd4 21. Rh4 Qe5+ 22. Re4 Bxf2+
23. Kxf2 $18) (18... Kh8 19. Ne2 e5 20. Qf7 Qg8 21. Qxe7 $18) 19. Ne2 Qxg6 20.
Rh1 Kh8 (20... Bb7 21. Rg1 Qf6 22. Nxd4 Bd5 23. Qe3 Bxa2 24. Bh3 $18) 21. Rg1
Qf7 (21... Qf6 22. Rxd4 Bb7 23. Rdg4 Bd5 24. Qd3 Rg8 25. Nf4 $18) 22. Nxd4 Nd5
23. Qd3 (23. Bh3 Nf4 $16) 23... Bd7 (23... e5 24. Nxb5 Bb7 25. Na3 Nf4 26. Qe3
$18) 24. Qe4 Rc8 (24... Rg8 25. Bd3 Nf6 26. Qg6 $16) 25. Bd3 {Black had
finally developed all his pieces, but he has only one pawn for the sacrificed
exchange and his king is under attack.} Nf6 (25... Qg8 26. Rg6 Nf6 27. Qh4 Qf7
28. Ke2 e5 29. Rxh6+ Bxh6 30. Qxh6+ Nh7 31. Rh1 exd4 32. Bxh7 Qe6+ 33. Qxe6
Bxe6 34. Bf5+ Kg7 35. Bxe6 $18) 26. Qh4 Rc5 27. Ne2 $1 Nd5 (27... e5 28. Nc3 $1
Bc6 29. Qb4 $18) 28. Rg6 Qf8 (28... Be8 29. Rxh6+ $1 Bxh6 (29... Kg8 30. Bg6
Qxg6 31. Rxg6 Bxg6 32. Nd4 $18) 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Kd2 Qg7 32. Rg1 $18) 29. Qe4
Qf7 (29... Nf6 $2 30. Rxf6 $18) (29... Bxb2 30. Rxe6 $1 Qg7 31. Rg6 $18) 30.
Kd2 $1 Nf6 31. Qe3 {Black surprisingly resigned, but the doubling of white
rook along the g file is decisive.} (31. Qe3 Rh5 (31... Rg5 32. Rxg5 hxg5 33.
Rh1+ Kg8 34. Qxg5 $18) 32. Rdg1 Bf8 33. Nf4 Rh2 34. R6g3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow4"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Piesina, Gintautas"]
[Black "Baikov, Vladimir A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 b6 12. Rd1 Nb4 13. a3 (13. Qh4 Nc2 14.
Rb1 Bf5 15. Bg5 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Bxf6 Qxd5 19. Rxd4 Qxa2 $17
{Sarno,S-Horvath,Jo/Mitropa Cup/1990/}) 13... Nc2 {N} (13... Ba6 14. Qb3 Bxe2
15. Nxe2 Nbxd5 16. Nf4 c4 17. Qxc4 Qc7 18. Qxc7 Nxc7 19. Be3 Rfd8 20. Ne5 Ne4
21. Nc6 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bxb2 23. Rd7 Ne8 24. Rxa7 $10 {Tukmakov,V-Chiburdanidze,
M/Biel/1988/}) 14. Rb1 Bf5 15. Bd3 Nd4 $1 16. Nxd4 (16. Bxf5 Nxf5 17. Bg5 Nd6
18. Qh4 h6 $1 $10) 16... cxd4 17. Bxf5 (17. Qxd4 Ne4 18. Qc4 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Rc8
$15) 17... dxc3 18. Bh3 (18. Bc2 Rc8 19. Qb3 Nd7 $132) 18... cxb2 19. Bxb2 Qd6
20. g3 Rfd8 21. a4 Nd7 (21... Nxd5 $2 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Bg2 $18) 22. Bxd7 Rxd7
23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. a5 bxa5 25. Ra1 Qb4 26. Qd4+ Qxd4 27. Rxd4 Kf6 28. Rxa5 Ke5
29. Rd3 Rad8 30. Re3+ Kf6 31. Ra6+ Kg7 32. Rd3 Rxd5 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mitropa Cup 14th"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Marinelli, Tullio"]
[Black "Fogarasi, Tibor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Qb3
b5 9. e5 Ng4 10. Bf4 $6 c5 $1 11. h3 cxd4 (11... Nh6 12. Rd1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Qa5
14. Qd5 Ra7 15. Nb3 Qc7 $13) 12. Rd1 Qa5 13. Rxd4 (13. Nxd4 Nxe5 14. Qd5 Nec6
15. Bxb8 (15. Nxc6 Bxc3+) 15... Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxa8 b4 $132) 13... Nh6
14. Qd5 Ra7 15. b4 Qc7 (15... Qa3 16. Qc5 $13) 16. Qb3 Nc6 17. Rd1 (17. Nd5
Nxd4 18. Nxc7 Nxb3) 17... Be6 18. Nd5 (18. Qb2 Nxe5 $1 $17) 18... Qb8 19. Ng5 (
19. Qb2 Rd8 $17) 19... Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Bxe5 (20... e6 21. Rc5 Nxe5 22. Qe3) 21.
Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Qc3 Rc8 $1 (22... Nc4 23. Bxc4 Rc8 24. O-O Rxc4 25. Qd2 $132) 23.
Qxe5 Qxe5+ 24. Rxe5 f6 25. Rd5 (25. Rc5 Rxc5 26. bxc5 fxg5 27. a4 bxa4 28. Bc4+
Kg7 $19) 25... fxg5 26. Kd2 (26. Rxg5 Rc1+ 27. Kd2 Rac7 $19) 26... e6 27. Rxg5
Rd7+ 28. Bd3 Rcd8 29. Rg3 Nf5 30. Rf3 Nh4 31. Rg3 Nxg2 $1 32. Kc2 (32. Rxg2
Rxd3+ 33. Kc2 Rd2+ 34. Kb1 Re2 $19) 32... Nf4 33. Be4 Rd2+ 34. Kb3 (34. Kb1
Rxf2 $19) 34... Rxf2 35. Bb7 Ne2 36. Re3 Nd4+ 37. Kc3 Rxa2 {Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2002.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Qb3
b5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. h4 c5 11. e6 c4 12. Qd1 Nb6 13. exf7+ Rxf7 14. h5 Nc6 15.
hxg6 hxg6 16. Be3 Bf5 17. Ng5 Rf6 18. g4 Be6 19. Nce4 Bd5 20. f3 (20. Qd2 Rd6 (
20... Qd7 $1 $13) 21. f3 Bxe4 22. fxe4 Nd7 23. Qh2 Nf8 24. e5 Rd7 25. Ne6 Qa5+
26. Bd2 Nxe5 27. Be2 {1-0 Anand,V-Svidler,P/Linares 1999/ (31)}) 20... e5 $3 {
[%mdl 8] Khalifman is not afraid to unleash a small bomb in a theoretical
position, black quickly wants to benefit from the active location of all
pieces in the center.} 21. dxe5 (21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. dxe5 (22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. fxe4
exd4 24. Bf2 Qf4 $15) (22. Bc1 exd4 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. fxe4 Ne5 $15) 22... Nxe5 (
22... Qxe5 23. Qd2 Re8 24. Kf2 Na4 25. Rd1 Nb4 26. Bd4 Nd3+ 27. Qxd3 cxd3 28.
Bxe5 Rxe5 29. Ne4 $14) 23. Rh3 (23. Be2 Re8 24. Bxb6 (24. Ne4 Nxf3+ 25. Bxf3
Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Rxe4 27. Rh3 Qxb2 28. Qd8+ Kf7 $15) 24... Nxf3+ 25. Nxf3 Bxf3 26.
Rh2 Qxb6 $17) 23... Re8 24. Ne4 Nxf3+ 25. Rxf3 Qxb2 26. Rb1 Qxa2 $19) 21...
Nxe5 22. Be2 (22. f4 $5 Nf7 $1 (22... Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Nd5 24. Nxf6+ Bxf6 25. fxe5
Nxe3 26. Qb1 $16) (22... Ned7 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Rh2 c3 25. Bd3 cxb2 $14) 23.
Nxf7 (23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Rh2 Nxg5 25. fxg5 Qe6 26. Qe2 Na4 $11) 23... Kxf7 24.
Nxf6 Bxh1 25. Qxd8 Rxd8 26. Bxb6 Rd6 $11) 22... Bxe4 23. Nxe4 (23. Qxd8+ Rxd8
24. Nxe4 Re6 25. Bxb6 Rxb6 $15) 23... Re6 24. g5 $2 {In a higher sense very
dubious move, white had no right to lose time for aggressive moves. The king
on e1 is a primary cause of an immediate catastrophy.} (24. Qc2 Nd3+ (24... Qc7
25. O-O-O $1 $14) 25. Bxd3 Qxd3 26. Qxd3 cxd3 $11) 24... Qc7 $1 25. Qc2 Rd8 26.
Rd1 $6 (26. Kf1 Nd5 27. Bd2 Qf7 $15) 26... Nd5 27. Qc1 (27. Bc1 Nb4 28. Rxd8+
Qxd8 29. Qd2 Qxd2+ 30. Kxd2 Nxa2 $17) 27... Ng4 28. Bf4 (28. fxg4 Rxe4 29. Rh3
Nxe3 30. Rxd8+ (30. Rxe3 Bxb2 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $19) 30... Qxd8 31. Rxe3 Qxg5 $19)
28... Qb6 (28... Qb6 29. Bg3 $1 Bd4 $1 (29... Nge3 30. Rd2 Ng2+ 31. Kf1 Nde3+
32. Kg1 $15) 30. fxg4 Rxe4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Be6 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. O-O Qc7 13. Rd1 Rfd8 {Van Wely is a
great expert in Gruenfeld defence and this variation hopes to prove, that
white c5 pawn can be compensated by the active play.} 14. a3 Rxd1+ 15. Qxd1 (
15. Nxd1 b4 16. Be3 Rd8 (16... b3 17. Qb1 Ng4 18. Qc1 Qb7 19. Bf4 $16) 17. Rc1
$14) 15... Rd8 (15... b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Rd8 18. Qe1 Bxd5 19. axb4 $16)
16. Qe1 Ng4 (16... b4 $1 17. axb4 Nxb4 18. Ra4 (18. Qf1 Qxc5 19. Be3 Qc7 $11)
18... a5 19. Be3 Bd7 $11) 17. h3 Nd4 (17... Nge5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Be3 Nd4 20.
Bxd4 Rxd4 21. b4 Bc4 $14) 18. hxg4 (18. Nxd4 $4 Qh2+ 19. Kf1 Qh1#) 18... Nc2
19. Bf4 $1 {[%mdl 64] The witty combination in order to swap pieces, Bareev
indicates lasting problems with proving sufficient compensation for black.} (
19. Qf1 Nxa1 $19) 19... Qxf4 (19... Qxc5 $2 20. Rd1 Nxe1 21. Rxd8+ Bf8 22. Bh6
$18) (19... Qc8 20. Qc1 Nxa1 21. Qxa1 Qxc5 22. g5 $16) 20. Qc1 Qxc1+ 21. Rxc1
Bxc3 (21... Nd4 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 23. b4 $16) 22. bxc3 (22. Rxc2 $5 Bg7 23. Nd2 Bh6
24. Nf1 $16) 22... Nxa3 23. Ra1 Nc4 (23... Nc2 24. Rxa6 Bxg4 25. c6 $16) 24.
Rxa6 Rc8 (24... Bxg4 25. Bxc4 Bxf3 (25... bxc4 26. Ne5 Be2 27. c6 f6 28. Nd7
Rc8 $14) 26. Bd5 e6 27. Ra8 $1 Rxa8 28. Bxa8 Be2 29. c6 $18) 25. c6 Bxg4 (25...
Nd6 26. Nd2 $16) 26. Bxc4 bxc4 (26... Bxf3 27. Bd3 Bg4 28. f3 Be6 29. Bxb5 $16)
27. Nd4 Rb8 {The endgame is quite unplesant for black, but with the help of
the king he should be able to defend it.} (27... e5 28. Nb5 Kf8 29. Nd6 Rc7 30.
Nxc4 Be2 31. Ra8+ Ke7 32. Nxe5 f6 33. Ra2 $14) 28. Ra5 (28. c7 Rc8 29. Ra7 f6
30. Nc6 Kf7 31. f3 Bd7 32. Na5 Be6 33. Nb7 $16) 28... Kf8 $6 (28... f6 $5 29.
Rc5 e5 30. Nb5 Ra8 $14) 29. Rc5 Bc8 (29... Ke8 30. c7 Ra8 31. Rxc4 $16) 30. Rd5
Rb1+ 31. Kh2 Ke8 32. c7 Bd7 33. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Krynica zt"]
[Site "Krynica"]
[Date "1998.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Groszpeter, Attila"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4
Na6 8. Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be3 Re8 13. Rad1 Ne4 14.
Nxe4 Rxe4 15. Qc1 Qb6 (15... Qd7 16. Bxa6 bxa6 17. Qxc5 Bxb2 (17... Bg4 18. Qc6
Rd8 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. Rd2 Rb4 21. Rc1 h6 22. b3 Rb5 23. d6 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Be5
25. Rc6 {1-0 Dydyshko,V-Schoen,W/BL2-W9697/1997/ (38)}) 18. Nd4 Bh3 19. Ne2
Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rh4 21. Rh1 Rc8 22. Qxa7 Qh3+ 23. Kg1 Qf3 24. Re1 Bc3 {0-1 Ree,
H-Thipsay,P/Bangalore/1981/ (28)}) (15... Nb4 16. a3 Nc2 17. Bg5 f6 18. Qxc2
fxg5 19. Bd3 Rf4 20. Qxc5 g4 21. Qe3 Qd6 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. Nd4 Re5 24. Qg3 Rd8
25. Ne6 Rd7 26. Qxg4 {1-0 Ree,H-De Boer,G/OHRA/1983/ (39)}) (15... Re8 16. Bb5
Bd7 17. Bxa6 bxa6 18. Qxc5 Bxb2 19. Nd4 Qe7 20. Qxe7 Rxe7 21. Rb1 Ba3 22. Rb7
Ba4 23. Rxe7 Bxe7 24. Rc1 {Orso,M-Kaposztas,M/HUN-ch op/1987/1-0 (83)}) (15...
Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Re8 18. d6 Qd7 19. Qc4 Kh8 20. Qb3 Rab8 21. Bd5 f5 22.
Bg5 Qxd6 23. Bf7 {1-0 Daverkausen,B-Seeger,R/NRW-II/1991/ (26)}) 16. Bd3 $5 {
[%mdl 4] This idea is rather testing for black, white must be ready for some
interesting complications.} (16. b3 Ree8 17. Nd2 Nb4 18. Nc4 Nxa2 19. Qa3 Qa6
20. Qxa6 bxa6 21. Bf3 Bc2 22. Rd2 Bxb3 23. Na5 c4 24. Nxb3 cxb3 25. d6 {
1/2-1/2 Donner,J-Ree,H/Amsterdam m/1971/ (37)}) 16... Bxb2 17. Qc2 (17. Qd2 Ra4
18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. d6 Rd8 20. Bh6 Rg4 $15) 17... Rxe3 (17... Nb4 18. Qxb2 Rxe3
19. Bxf5 Rxf3 20. gxf3 gxf5 21. Kh1 $1 $18) 18. fxe3 Nb4 19. Qxb2 Nxd3 $146 (
19... Bxd3 20. Rf2 c4 21. Ne5 f5 22. Nd7 Qd6 23. Nf6+ Kf7 24. Nxh7 Rc8 25. a3
Nxd5 26. e4 Ne7 27. exf5 gxf5 28. Ng5+ Kg8 29. Qxb7 {1-0 Orso,M-Miniboeck,G/
Noviki-D/1987/ (42)}) 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. g4 $1 Be4 22. Ng5 Bxd5 {[%mdl 4096]
Groszpeter sacrifices the piece in order to avoid terrible endgame with white
passed d pawn.} (22... f5 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Rd2 $1 Ne5 26. Rg2+
Kh8 27. Rf4 $18) 23. Rxd3 Bc4 24. Rd2 (24. Rd7 $5 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 h6 (25... Rxa2
26. h3 c4 27. Nxf7 c3 28. Rc7 c2 29. Nh6+ Kf8 30. Ke1 $18) 26. Ne4 Rxa2 27. h3
$16) 24... Bxf1 25. Kxf1 {Hecht: 'Der aktive weiße König entscheidet das Spiel.
Der richtige Königseinsatz ist ein sehr wichtiges Endspielelement. Kleine
taktische Zugaben sind die Springegabel und das Abzugsschach.'} Ra4 (25... h6
26. Nf3 $16) 26. h3 (26. Rf2 $5 Rxg4 27. Nxf7 Re4 28. Ke2 Re6 29. Kd3 b5 30. e4
$16) 26... h6 27. Nf3 b5 28. Ke2 (28. Ne5 c4 29. Rf2 c3 30. Nxf7 Rc4 $1 31. Ne5
c2 32. Nd3 c1=Q+ 33. Nxc1 Rxc1+ $14) 28... b4 29. Rc2 b6 (29... Kg7 30. Rxc5
Rxa2+ 31. Nd2 $18) 30. Nd2 (30. Ne5 Kg7 31. Nd7 Ra6 $16) 30... Kg7 31. Kd3 Kf6
(31... Ra3+ $5 32. Ke4 $1 (32. Nb3 Kf6 33. Kc4 Kg5) 32... Kf6 33. Nc4 Ra6 34.
Kd5 Kg5 35. Kc6 Kh4 36. Nxb6 Kxh3 37. Kxc5 Kxg4 38. Nc4 $18) 32. Kc4 {'!'
Hecht.} Ra3 33. Kb5 $1 {The win is surprisingly difficult, black gets real
counterplay.} (33. Nb3 Kg5 34. Kb5 Kh4 35. Kxb6 c4 36. Rxc4 Rxa2 37. Rxb4 Kxh3
$132) 33... Rxe3 34. Kxb6 Rxh3 35. Kxc5 Kg5 $6 (35... Rc3+ 36. Rxc3 bxc3 37.
Ne4+ Ke7 (37... Ke5 38. Nxc3 h5 39. gxh5 gxh5 40. a4 h4 41. a5 h3 42. Nd1 h2
43. Nf2 Kf4 44. a6 Kg3 45. Nh1+ Kg2 46. a7 Kxh1 47. a8=Q+ Kg1 48. Qg8+ Kf2 49.
Qh7 $18) 38. Nxc3 Kd7 39. Kb6 Kc8 40. Nd5 f5 (40... h5 41. g5 Kd7 42. a4 h4 43.
Nf4 $18) 41. Ne7+ Kd7 (41... Kb8 42. gxf5 $18) 42. Nxg6 fxg4 43. a4 g3 44. Nh4
Kc8 45. a5 $18) (35... Rh4 36. Rc4 Rh2 37. Rd4 $18) 36. Ne4+ {'!' Hecht.} Kf4 (
36... Kh4 37. Kxb4 Rf3 38. a4 Rf4 39. Rc4 Rxg4 40. a5 f5 41. a6 $18) (36...
Kxg4 {Hecht} 37. Nf2+) 37. Rc4 {The geometry works for white and the a pawn
will be very quick.} Re3 (37... Ke5 38. Kxb4 $1 (38. Nd6 Ra3 39. Nxf7+ Kf6 40.
Nxh6 Rxa2 $16) 38... Rh2 39. a4 $18) (37... Ra3 {Hecht} 38. Nc3+ Kg3 39. Kxb4)
38. Nd6+ (38. Kxb4 $2 Rxe4 $1 39. Rxe4+ Kxe4 40. a4 Kd5 41. Kb5 Kd6 42. Kb6 f5
43. gxf5 g5 44. a5 g4 45. a6 g3 46. a7 g2 47. a8=Q g1=Q+ 48. Kb5 Qc5+ 49. Ka4
Qc6+ $19) 38... Ke5 39. Rxb4 (39. Nxf7+ Kf6 40. Nxh6 Ra3 $16) 39... Rc3+ 40.
Rc4 (40. Nc4+ Kf4 41. Kd4 Rc1 42. Ne3 Ra1 43. Rb2 $18) 40... Ra3 $138 (40...
Ra3 41. Re4+ Kf6 42. Re2 Ra4 43. Rf2+ Kg7 44. Rxf7+ Kg8 45. Rf2 Rxg4 46. Nc4
$18) 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1998.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 {Winants: Peter Leko, qui était il y a
peu de temps encore, le plus jeune grand-maître de l'histoire, joue la défense
Grünfeld avec enthousiasme, tout comme son entraîneur et compatriote André
Adorjan.} 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 {Winants: Le système hongrois; les
Noirs ont l'intention de mobiliser le Bc8 en fianchetto, après ...b5.} 8. Qb3
b5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. h4 {Un coup impétueux qui correspond bien au tempérament
agressif du joueur français.} Nb6 (10... c5) 11. h5 c5 $5 $146 {Leko comes up
with a very interesting novelty, that combines the rush development of black
pieces with undermining of the white's center.} (11... Nc6 12. hxg6 (12. Be3
Be6 (12... Na5 13. Qc2 (13. Qb4 Nac4 14. b3 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Bb7 16. Rc1 Rb8 17.
Bd3 Qd7 18. Kf2 Rfc8 19. Ne4 Nd5 20. Qd2 {1-0 Hegedus,G-Chrobak,G/Debrecen/
1998/ (24)}) 13... Nac4 14. Bd3 c5 15. dxc5 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Nc4 17. hxg6 hxg6 18.
Bxc4 bxc4 19. Qe4 Rb8 20. Qh4 {1-0 Kozul,Z-Sarno,S/Reggio Emilia9394/1993/ (29)
}) 13. Qd1 f6 (13... Nd5 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Ng5 Qd7 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Nxd5 Qxd5
18. Be2 Rad8 19. Bf3 Qe6 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Qg4 {1-0 Schlosser,P-Vadasz,L/
Spring op/1989/ (42)}) (13... b4 14. Na4 Nxa4 15. Qxa4 Qd7 16. Qc2 Bd5 17. hxg6
hxg6 18. Ng5 Qg4 19. Rd1 {1-0 Hofman,R-Tondivar,B/Groningen op/1994/ (26)}) 14.
hxg6 hxg6 15. Bd3 f5 16. Ng5 Bd5 17. f4 Nb4 18. Kf2 c5 19. dxc5 Nc4 20. Bxc4
bxc4 21. Qg1 Nd3+ 22. Kf1 e6 23. Qh2 {1-0 Benjamin,J-Rechlis,G/Jerusalem/1986/
(26)}) 12... Nxd4 (12... hxg6 13. Rh4 Bf5 14. Bg5 Rb8 15. Rc1 Be6 16. Qd1 Nb4
17. a3 N4d5 18. Ne4 f6 19. Bh6 {1-0 Kekki,P-Ebeling,M/Espoo/1988/ (36)}) 13.
gxh7+ Kh8 14. Qd1 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Qd4 16. Be2 b4 17. Nd1 Qxe5 18. Bf4 Qe6 19.
Bxc7 Nd5 20. Bg3 Bb7 {0-1 Chandler,M-Popovic,P/Vrsac/1981/ (41)}) (11... Be6
12. Qc2 Nc6 (12... c5 $5) 13. Be3 Nb4 14. Qd2 Bf5 15. Rc1 c5 16. a3 Nc6 17.
hxg6 Bxg6 18. dxc5 Qxd2+ 19. Bxd2 Nd7 20. Nd5 Ndxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 {Levtchouk,
G-Duong Thanh Nha/Quebec Inv/1993/1/2-1/2 (50)}) (11... Bf5 $2 12. hxg6 hxg6
13. Bh6 (13. Be3 $5) 13... Nc6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. d5 Na5 16. Qb4 Nac4 17. b3 a5
18. Qc5 Nd7 19. Qd4 Na3 20. Rc1 $1 {1-0 Miton,K-Szeberenyi,A/Budapest FS11
IM-B/1997/ (31)}) 12. hxg6 (12. h6 $6 c4 $1 13. Qd1 Bh8 $13) 12... hxg6 13.
dxc5 Be6 {[%mdl 4]} 14. Qc2 {The main idea becomes clear, white queen lacks
the good square for an retreat.} (14. Qb4 Nc4 (14... Nd5 $2 15. Qh4 f6 16. Qh7+
Kf7 17. Ne4 Bf5 18. Neg5+ fxg5 19. Nxg5+ Ke8 20. Qxg7 Nb4 21. Qxf8+ Kxf8 22.
Rh8+ Kg7 23. Rxd8 $18) 15. Bxc4 Nc6 16. Qa3 Bxc4 17. Bh6 $13) (14. Qd1 Qxd1+
15. Nxd1 N6d7 16. Bh6 Nxc5 $11) 14... Bf5 15. Qb3 Be6 16. Qa3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 (17.
Qb4 $2 Nc6 18. Qb3 Ne3 $19) 17... Bxc4 18. b3 {Ivanchuk must be careful, his
forces lack coordination and e5 pawn is very weak.} (18. Bh6 Bxh6 $1 (18... Nc6
19. Rd1 Qb8 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Ne4 $14) 19. Rxh6 Nc6 20. Rd1 Qb8 21. Nd5 Nxe5
22. Nxe7+ Kg7 23. Rh3 Nd3+ $1 24. Rxd3 b4 25. Qa5 Bxd3 26. c6 Ra7 $17) 18...
Bd5 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. Be3 (20. Bb2 Nc6 21. Rd1 Qe4+ 22. Kf1 Rfd8 (22... Qc2 23.
Rc1 Qd3+ 24. Kg1 Rfd8 $14) 23. Re1 Qc2 $44) 20... Nc6 (20... Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Qxe5
22. Rc1 $14) 21. Rd1 Qe6 (21... Qe4 22. Rh4 Qf5 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. Rhxd4 $14 {Pc6
}) 22. O-O Bxe5 (22... Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Rfe1 $14) 23. Rfe1 (23. Nxe5 Nxe5
24. Rfe1 Qg4 $132) 23... Bc3 24. Bd2 (24. Re2 $6 Rfd8 25. Qc1 b4 $15) 24... Qf6
25. Qc1 (25. Bxc3 Qxc3 26. Rc1 Qf6 $11) 25... Bxd2 26. Qxd2 Kg7 27. Qe3 (27. b4
a5 28. a3 axb4 29. axb4 Ra4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beersheba-Peterburg Kings m"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.06.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.06.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
Nfd7 9. Bg5 b5 $1 10. Qd5 Ra7 11. Qe4 (11. e6 Bb7 12. Qb3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 fxe6
14. Qxe6+ Rf7 15. Rd1 Nf8 $13) 11... c5 12. dxc5 (12. d5 f6 13. exf6 exf6 14.
Be3 Re8 15. Qc2 Bh6 $15) (12. Nd5 f6 13. Be3 e6 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. exf6 Qxf6
$11) 12... Bb7 13. Qe3 (13. Qh4 Nxe5 (13... f6 14. exf6 exf6 15. Be3 $16) 14.
Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Rd1 Qa5 $11) 13... Bxf3 14. Qxf3 (14. gxf3 Nxe5 15. Rd1 Rd7 16.
Rxd7 Qxd7 $15) 14... Nxe5 {Black is ahead in the development and c5 pawn can
become weak.} 15. Qe4 (15. Qe3 Nbc6 $11) 15... f5 16. Qd5+ $2 (16. Qe3 Nbc6 17.
Rd1 (17. f4 Nb4 $1) 17... Rd7 18. Rxd7 (18. Be2 Rxd1+ 19. Bxd1 f4 20. Bb3+ Kh8
$15) 18... Qxd7 19. Be2 Rd8 20. O-O Nf7 $15) 16... Qxd5 17. Nxd5 e6 18. Nc3 (
18. Nb4 Rc8 19. Rc1 Rac7 20. a4 Rxc5 21. Rxc5 Rxc5 22. Be3 Rc7 $17) (18. Nf4
Nf7 19. h4 Rc8 $17) 18... Nbd7 19. Be3 (19. f4 Nf7 20. Be7 Rc8 $17) 19... Ng4 {
[%mdl 2048] The unfortunate change of the queens have cost white dearly, he
has lost time and black can capitalize on his well located pieces.} 20. c6 (20.
Bf4 Nxc5 $17) 20... Nxe3 21. fxe3 (21. cxd7 Nc2+ $19) 21... Ne5 22. Be2 (22. a4
b4 23. Ne2 Nxc6 $17) 22... Rc8 23. Rd1 Rxc6 24. Rd8+ Kf7 25. O-O Ke7 26. Rfd1 (
26. Rd2 Rac7 $19) 26... Nd7 27. Rg8 Bf8 28. Rh8 Nf6 {On top of everything
white rook is trapped in the corner, Lugovoi faces grim prospects.} 29. e4 (29.
Bf3 Rc5 30. a3 Rac7 (30... Kf7 31. Rd8 Bg7 32. Rc8 Rxc3 33. bxc3 Bxh8 34. Rxh8
Rc7 $19) 31. e4 Kf7 32. exf5 gxf5 $19) 29... Rc5 (29... fxe4 $5 30. Nxe4 (30.
Kf2 b4 31. Nb1 Rc2 $19) 30... Bg7 31. Nxf6 Bxh8 $19) 30. exf5 gxf5 31. g4 Bg7 (
31... fxg4 32. Ne4 $1 Rc8 33. Rf1 Nxe4 34. Rxh7+ Ke8 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Rxa7
Rc1+ 37. Kg2 Rc2 38. Kf1 g3 $19) 32. Rb8 fxg4 33. Rb6 (33. a4 bxa4 (33... Nd7
34. Rg8 Bxc3 35. bxc3 h5 36. Rg7+ Ke8 37. axb5 axb5 $17) 34. Nxa4 Rc6 $19)
33... Bh6 34. a3 $2 (34. Rdd6 Re5 35. Kf1 Rc7 $19) 34... Rxc3 $1 0-1

[Event "Skopje op 18th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2002.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Black "Ilic, Zoran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2002.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be3 Qb6 13. b3 Rfe8 14. Rad1 Rxe3
15. fxe3 Ng4 16. Na4 Qd6 (16... Qa5 17. e4 Ne3 18. Qc1 Nxd1 19. exf5 Nc3 20.
Nxc3 Qxc3 21. Qxc3 Bxc3 22. Rc1 Ba5 23. Bxa6 bxa6 24. Ne5 {1-0 Gyimesi,Z-Kalod,
R/Pardubice/1998/ (57)}) 17. Qf4 Qxf4 18. exf4 Ne3 $2 {This new move is very
likely just bad, so it is not surprising that older games feature exclusively
18...Nb4.} (18... Nb4 19. Rd2 (19. a3 $5 Nc2 20. Rd2 b6 21. Bd3 (21. h3 Nf6 22.
g4 Be4 23. d6 Nxa3 24. Nc3 $16) 21... Bxd3 22. Rxd3 Nxa3 23. Re1 Nb5 24. Re7 {
1/2-1/2 Gyimesi,Z-Jaracz,P/Koszalin 1999/ (30)}) 19... Ne3 20. Rc1 Nbxd5 21.
Bd3 Nxf4 22. Bxf5 Nxf5 23. Nxc5 (23. Rxc5 Ne6 24. Rcc2 b5 25. Nb2 Bh6 {1/2-1/2
Korotylev,A-Baikov,V/Moscow 1999/ (39)}) 23... Bh6 24. Re1 Ne6 25. Nxb7 Bxd2
26. Nxd2 Rc8 27. Nc4 Rc7 {1/2-1/2 Farago,I-Kozul,Z/Montpellier 1989/ (41)}) 19.
Bxa6 bxa6 20. Nxc5 Nxd1 (20... Nxf1 $2 21. Kxf1 Rc8 22. Nxa6 $18) 21. Rxd1 Bf8
22. Nb7 $6 {Uncomprehensibly timid, white was virtually winning after the
brave 22.Nxa6!} (22. Nxa6 $1 Bd6 (22... Bc8 23. Nc7 $18) 23. Ne5 Bc8 24. Nc4
Bxf4 25. Nc5 $18) 22... Rb8 (22... Bc8 23. Na5 Bd6 24. Ne5 $16) 23. Na5 Rd8 24.
Nc4 Bc5+ 25. Kf1 f6 26. d6 Be4 (26... Be6 $5 27. Ke2 Kf7 28. g3 $14) 27. Nd4
Kf7 (27... Bxd6 $2 28. Ne6 $18) (27... Bd5 28. Ke2 Bxc4+ 29. bxc4 Rxd6 30. Nb3
Rxd1 31. Kxd1 Be3 32. g3 $14) 28. Ne2 Rd7 (28... Ke6 29. Ng3 Bd5 30. Re1+ $16)
29. Nc3 Bc6 30. Nd5 Bb5 (30... Bxd6 31. Nxf6 $1 Kxf6 32. Rxd6+ Rxd6 33. Nxd6
$16) 31. a4 Bxc4+ 32. bxc4 Rxd6 33. Rb1 {Black is still facing an uphill
struggle with his doubled a pawn and passive pieces.} Rd7 (33... h5 34. Ke2 Ke6
35. Kd3 $14) 34. Rb8 Ke6 35. Ke2 h5 (35... f5 36. h3 $14) 36. Rc8 Bg1 37. h3
Bd4 38. Kd3 Bb2 39. Rc6+ Rd6 (39... Kf5 40. Rxa6 h4 41. Ra5 $16) 40. Rc7 Rd7 (
40... h4 41. Rxa7 $16) 41. f5+ $1 {[%mdl 16] Excellent transformation of the
pawn structure, Horvath is winning.} gxf5 42. Rxd7 Kxd7 43. Nf4 Kd6 (43... h4
44. Ng6 Ke6 45. Nxh4 $16) 44. Nxh5 Ke5 45. h4 Ba3 (45... f4 46. c5 (46. Ng7 f5
47. h5 Kf6 48. h6 Kg6 49. c5 Be5 50. c6 Kxh6 51. Ne6 $18) 46... Kd5 47. Nxf4+
Kxc5 48. h5 $18) 46. g3 Bc5 47. Nf4 Kd6 48. h5 Ke7 49. h6 (49. h6 Kf7 50. h7
Kg7 51. Ne6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Olomouc AZ Sanace Cup"]
[Site "Olomouc"]
[Date "1998.08.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Kalod, Radek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1998.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. h4 c5 11. e6 c4 12. Qd1 Nb6 13. exf7+ Rxf7 14. h5 (14. Be3
Bg4 15. h5 $1 Bxh5 16. Rxh5 gxh5 17. Ng5 Rf5 18. Qxh5 $18) 14... Nc6 (14... Bg4
15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Bh6 Qf8 17. Be3 Nc6 18. Be2 Nb4 19. a3 Nd3+ 20. Bxd3 Bxf3 21.
gxf3 cxd3 22. Qxd3 Rf5 23. Qe4 $14 {1-0 Gurevich,M-David,A/Echternach op 1998 
(35)}) 15. Be3 Bg4 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Be2 Nb4 18. Ng5 $5 {Novelty in a well
known position, white hopes to get attack in compensation for the excellent
black's control in the center.} (18. a3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 N4d5 20. Qc2 (20. Rg1 Qd6
(20... Nxe3 21. fxe3 e5 22. d5 e4 23. Rxg6 Qh4+ 24. Kd2 exf3 25. Bxf3 Nd7 26.
Qe2 Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Vinot,S-Mooren,L/olm12 corr9196 1991 (32)}) 21. a4 e5 22. dxe5
(22. axb5 Nxe3 (22... exd4 {1/2-1/2 Moritz,P-Rook,D/FRG jub40 fin1 corr9092
1990}) 23. fxe3 exd4 24. exd4 Qh2 25. Rxg6 Re8 26. Qd2 Qh1+ 27. Kf2 Qxa1 28.
Rxb6 Qh1 29. Rg6 Kh7 30. Rg4 Bf6 31. Ne4 {0-1 Petran,P-Stohl,I/AUT-chT2S 9798
1997}) 22... Qxe5 23. f4 Qf5 24. Rg5 Nxc3 (24... Nxe3 $1 25. fxe3 Qe6 26. a5
Nd7 27. Nd5 Rd8 28. Qc2 $2 (28. Bg4 Qe4 29. Bf3 Qe8 30. Qc2) 28... Nf6 $1 29.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 30. Rxg6+ Rg7 31. Rxg7+ Kxg7 32. Kf2 Bh4+ 33. Kg2 Qxe3 34. Rd1 Qf2+
35. Kh1 Rh8 {0-1 Pecenka,K-Slapak,Z/CSR-ch22 corr 1988}) 25. bxc3 Bxc3+ 26. Kf1
Qh3+ 27. Kg1 Bxa1 28. Bg4 Qh8 29. Rxg6+ Rg7 30. Be6+ Kf8 31. Bc5+ Ke8 32. f5
Rd8 33. Qf3 Be5 34. Qc6+ Nd7 35. Bf7+ {1-0 Petrosian,A-Malaniuk,V/Erevan 1984/
MCD-r8 (35)}) 20... Rf5 21. f4 $1 Nxc3 (21... Nxf4 22. Bxf4 Rxf4 23. O-O-O $5
Qd6 24. Rdg1 $40) 22. bxc3 Nd5 23. Bg4 e6 $1 (23... Rf6 24. f5 Qd7 25. Bg5 Rff8
26. Bh6 $5 $40) 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Kf1 Qd6 26. Bd2 {1-0 Gurevich,M-Mikhalevski,
V/Vlissingen HZ op 1998 (40)}) 18... Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Nd3+ (19... Rf5 20. O-O-O
Nd3+ 21. Rxd3 cxd3 22. Qxd3 $40) 20. Kf1 Rf5 21. Qg4 (21. Ne6 Qd6 22. Nxg7 Kxg7
$13) 21... Nd5 22. Kg1 (22. Nxd5 $6 Qxd5 23. Qh4 Rxg5 24. Bxg5 Qxd4 25. Rd1
Qxh4 26. Rxh4 Bxb2 $13) 22... Qd7 23. Rh4 (23. Qh4 Nf6 24. g4 Rxg5 $1 25. Qxg5
b4 26. Ne2 Qxg4+ 27. Qxg4 Nxg4 $44) 23... Rd8 $6 {Black probably doesn't have
to protect the queen.} (23... Nf6 $5) (23... Nxe3 24. fxe3 Nxb2 25. Nf3 (25.
Nce4 Nd3 26. Qh3 e6 $15) 25... Qe8 26. Qe4 e6 $13) 24. Rb1 e6 (24... e5 $5 $13)
25. Nce4 Qe7 26. Nf3 N3f4 27. Re1 (27. g3 Nxe3 28. fxe3 Nd5 29. Re1 Nf6 $1 (
29... Rdf8 $2 30. Qxg6 $1 Rxf3 31. Qh7+ Kf7 32. Rg4 $40) 30. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $11)
27... Rdf8 28. g3 Nd3 (28... Nxe3 29. Rxe3 $1 Nd5 30. Qxg6 Rxf3 31. Ng5 Qxg5
32. Qxg5 Nxe3 33. fxe3 $16) 29. Qxg6 Nxe1 30. Nxe1 (30. Nfg5 $2 Rxg5 (30...
Nf3+ $2 31. Nxf3 Rxf3 32. Ng5 $18) 31. Nxg5 (31. Qh7+ Kf7 32. Nxg5+ Ke8 33.
Qg6+ Kd7 34. Rh7 Rg8) 31... Nf3+ 32. Nxf3 Rxf3 $17) 30... Nxe3 31. fxe3 R8f7 $6
{Not a bad defensive move, but black could have forced a draw with 30...Rf1+.}
(31... Rf1+ 32. Kh2 Rxe1 $1 (32... R8f5 33. Ng2 Rb1 34. Nf4 Rxb2+ 35. Kh3 Rb1
36. Nxe6 Rh1+ 37. Kg4 Rxh4+ 38. gxh4 $16) 33. Qh7+ (33. Ng5 Rf2+ 34. Kh3 Rh1+
35. Kg4 Rxh4+ 36. gxh4 Rxb2 $19) 33... Kf7 34. Qh5+ $11) 32. Ng2 e5 33. d5 Rf1+
$2 {Time trouble move, that could have cost dearly.} (33... Kf8 $5) 34. Kh2
R1f5 35. Rg4 $2 {[%mdl 128]} (35. d6 $1 Qa7 36. d7 Qxd7 37. Nc5 Qe7 38. Ne6 $18
) 35... Kf8 36. Nh4 Rf1 37. d6 Qb7 38. Qh7 $2 {Only this move goes in the
wrong direction, white could still have won.} (38. Qe6 $1 Kg8 (38... Qd7 39.
Ng6+ Kg8 40. Ne7+ $18) 39. Ng6 a5 40. Qe8+ Kh7 41. Ng5+ $18) 38... b4 $1 {
[%mdl 256]} 39. Ng6+ Ke8 40. Qg8+ Bf8 41. Kh3 (41. Nxf8 $2 R7f2+ 42. Nxf2 Rxf2+
43. Kg1 Qg2#) 41... c3 42. Nxf8 Rxf8 43. Qg6+ Kd8 (43... Qf7 44. bxc3) 44. Qg5+
Kc8 45. Qxe5 c2 $2 {The final great mistake in a complicated game.} (45... cxb2
$1 46. Qxb2 Qh7+ 47. Rh4 Rh1+ 48. Kg2 Rxh4 49. Qc2+ Kd8 50. gxh4 Rg8+ 51. Kh3
Qd7+ 52. Kh2 Rg4 $19) 46. Qc5+ Kb8 47. Qxc2 Qh7+ 48. Rh4 Qf5+ (48... Rh1+ 49.
Kg2 Rxh4 50. Qc7+ Qxc7 51. dxc7+ Kxc7 52. gxh4 $11) 49. Kh2 Rc8 50. Qg2 Rcc1
51. d7 Qxd7 52. Nf2 Qe7 53. Rf4 Qh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Albert m"]
[Site "Albert"]
[Date "2001.10.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2001.10.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. Bf4 Na6 8.
e4 c5 9. dxc5 Be6 10. Qb5 Bd7 11. Qxb7 Nxc5 12. Qb4 Ne6 13. Be5 a5 14. Qa3 Qb6
15. Bc4 Ng4 $1 16. Bg3 Qb4 17. Qxb4 axb4 18. Nd5 Bxb2 19. Rb1 Bc3+ 20. Nxc3 {
It is a bit mysterious, why Bacrot repeated the variation of his opponent's
success against Rustemov, white has no advantage.} (20. Ke2 Nc5 21. Nb6 Be6 22.
Bxe6 fxe6 23. Nxa8 Rxa8 24. h3 Rxa2+ 25. Kf1 Nf6 26. e5 Nd5 {0-1 Rustemov,
A-Sutovsky,E/Polanica Zdroj 1999/ (32)}) 20... bxc3 21. O-O (21. Bd5 Rac8 22.
Bb7 Rc5 23. O-O c2 24. Rbc1 Bc6 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 $17) 21... Rac8 22. Ba6 c2 $1 23.
Ra1 (23. Rbc1 Rc3 24. h3 Nf6 25. Be5 Rc5 26. Bd3 Rfc8 $17) 23... Rc3 24. Rfc1
Nc5 25. Be2 (25. Ne5 Nxa6 26. Nxd7 Rd8 27. Nb6 Nb4 28. a3 Nd3 29. Nd5 Nxc1 30.
Rxc1 Rd3 $19) 25... Nxe4 {Black has won the middlegame phase, the pawn on c2
is just too strong.} 26. Bh4 (26. a4 Nxg3 27. hxg3 Rb8 $17) 26... Ngf6 27. Ne1
g5 28. Bg3 (28. f3 gxh4 29. fxe4 Ba4 30. Bd3 Rd8 31. Bxc2 Rdc8 32. Bxa4 Rxc1
$19) 28... Nxg3 29. hxg3 Ba4 (29... Ba4 30. Bd3 Rd8 $19) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.04.27"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Berndt, Stephan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Luebeck"]
[BlackTeam "Neukoelln"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be3 Qb6 13. b3 Rfe8 14. Rad1 Rad8
15. h3 h6 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Rxd3 Nd7 (17... Rd7 18. Rc1 $14) 18. d6 $5 {[%mdl
32] Spirited idea, white's passed pawn may not survive on d6 but in all
variations white has won a great square for his knight on d5.} Qc6 (18... Qa5
19. Nd5 Qxa2 20. Ne7+ Kf8 21. Qf4 (21. Qh4 Nb4 22. Rd2 Qxb3 23. Bxh6 Qc3 24.
Bg5 $40) 21... g5 22. Qf5 Nb4 23. Bxg5 hxg5 24. Nxg5 Nf6 25. Nh7+ (25. Qe6 $6
fxe6 26. Nxe6+ Kf7 27. Ng5+ $11) 25... Nxh7 26. Qxh7 Rxd6 27. Qg8+ Kxe7 28.
Re1+ $18) (18... Nb4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Qc6 21. Rd2 Re6 22. Rfd1 $14) 19.
Nd5 Qxd6 20. Rfd1 Nb6 (20... Qe6 21. Qh4 $1 (21. Qc1 g5 22. h4 g4 $13) 21...
Qe4 (21... g5 22. Nxg5 hxg5 23. Bxg5 $16) 22. Qxe4 Rxe4 23. Nc7 Nxc7 24. Rxd7
Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Ne6 26. Rxb7 $16) (20... Qc6 21. Qh4 g5 22. Nxg5 hxg5 23. Bxg5
Rc8 24. Ne7+ Rxe7 25. Bxe7 $16) 21. Nxb6 Qxb6 22. Rd7 Rf8 (22... Qf6 23. Qb5
Rxd7 24. Rxd7 Rb8 25. Rxb7 Qa1+ 26. Kh2 Rxb7 27. Qxb7 Qxa2 28. Qa8+ Kh7 29.
Qxa7 $16) 23. Qe4 {White obviously has got a lot of pressure for his
sacrificed pawn, black's knight still sits at the edge on a6.} Nb4 (23... Nb8
24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qxb7 Qd1+ 27. Kh2 Qd6+ 28. g3 Nc6 29. Nd2 $14)
24. Qe7 Nc6 25. Qxc5 Rxd7 (25... Qa6 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rxd8+ Nxd8 28. Qxa7 $16)
26. Rxd7 Qxc5 27. Bxc5 Rb8 28. Be3 (28. Bd6 $2 Rd8 $11) 28... g5 (28... Kf8 29.
Rc7 $16) 29. g4 $1 Kf8 30. h4 Ke8 31. Rd5 f6 (31... gxh4 32. Nxh4 Ne7 33. Rh5
$16) 32. Kg2 Rd8 $6 {Bernd underestimated the dangers hidden in a simplified
position.} (32... Rc8 $5 33. Rd6 b6 34. Kg3 $14) 33. Rxd8+ Kxd8 34. Nd4 $1 Ne5
$2 (34... Ne5 $2 35. Ne6+ $18) (34... Nxd4 35. Bxd4 a6 36. f4 gxh4 37. Kh3 $16)
1-0

[Event "Escaldes zt"]
[Site "Escaldes"]
[Date "1998.11.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[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. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bg5 Nc6 14. Qe3 Bf5
15. Bh6 Bxb2 16. Rad1 Qa5 (16... Qc7 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Bd3 (18. Ng5 h6 19. Nh3
Bxh3 20. gxh3 Bg7 21. Bf3 Ne5 22. Be2 {1/2-1/2 Karpeshov,O-Tseshkovsky,V/
Elista 1994/CBM 44 (22)}) 18... Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Bf6 20. Rfd1 b4 21. h4 h5 22. Qe4
a5 23. Rd7 {1-0 Shneider,A-Yermolinsky,A/Telavi 1982/MCD (42)}) 17. Bxf8 Rxf8
18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Qxa2 (19... Bf6 20. a3 b4 21. Rb1 Qb5 22. axb4 a5 23. Nd2
axb4 24. Ne4 Be5 25. g3 Ra8 26. h4 h5 {0-1 Piket,J-Ivanchuk,V/Monaco 1995/CBM
46 ext (53)}) 20. Rd2 Qa3 21. Qe4 (21. Qxa3 Bxa3 22. Ra1 Bb4 23. Rd7 Rc8 24.
Rxa6 Bxc5 $15) 21... Rc8 22. Ng5 (22. Rb1 Bf6 $17) 22... Bc1 $5 {White has won
an exchange, but his pieces lack coordination and black has two dangerous
passed pawns.} (22... Bf6 23. Qg4 Rc7 (23... e6 $2 24. Nxe6 Ne5 25. Qf4 Bh8 26.
Rfd1 $18) 24. Ne4 Be5 25. Qd1 (25. Rd7 Qa5 $15) 25... Qb4 26. Re1 Kg7 (26... f5
27. Ng5 (27. Ng3 Bc3 28. Rd8+ Kg7 $19) 27... Bxh2+ 28. Kxh2 Qf4+ 29. Kg1 Qxg5
30. Ra2 $15) 27. g3 h6 {1/2-1/2 Sosonko,G-Svidler,P/St.Petersburg 1997/ (38)})
23. Qd5 (23. Qg4 e6 24. Qh4 h5 25. Rdd1 Bb2 $17) 23... Ne5 (23... e6 24. Qd7
Rf8 25. Rc2 Bxg5 26. Qxc6 $13) 24. Qb7 (24. Rc2 Bxg5 25. Qxe5 Bf6 $15) 24...
Rf8 25. Rd5 Bxg5 (25... Nc4 26. Qxe7 $16) 26. Rxe5 Bf6 27. Rd5 e6 (27... b4 $2
28. c6 $14) 28. Rd6 Qxc5 29. Rxa6 Bd4 $1 (29... Qh5 30. h3 $11) 30. Ra5 Rd8 31.
Rxb5 Bxf2+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Winning f2 pawn is important for black, now he can
easily hold any normal endgame.} 32. Kh1 (32. Rxf2 $2 Rd1#) 32... Qc4 33. Rbb1
Qe2 34. Qe7 Rf8 35. Qf6 Bc5 36. Rbd1 Ba3 37. Rb1 (37. Rd8 $2 Qxf1+ $1 38. Qxf1
Rxd8 $17) 37... Bd6 38. Rf2 Qh5 39. h3 Qc5 40. Rd1 h5 41. Rff1 Be5 42. Qg5 Bd6
(42... Qc7 43. Rc1 $11) 43. Qxc5 Bxc5 {This position is easily drawn even
without e6 pawn.} 44. g4 h4 (44... hxg4 45. hxg4 Kg7 $11) 45. Rd7 Be3 46. Kg2
Bg5 47. Rb7 Kg7 48. Re1 Re8 49. Rf1 Rf8 (49... Bf6 50. g5 Be7 51. Rf4 e5 52.
Rf1 $11) 50. Re1 Re8 51. Rf1 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 29th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Cifuentes Parada,R} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6.
Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2 b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 (10... Qc7 {Cifuentes
Parada,R} 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Nd5 Qa5+ 13. Nd2 (13. Kf1 $5) 13... Nxe4 14. Bf3 Nxd2
15. Bxd2 Qd8 16. Rd1 $14 {Moisieev,O-Florian,T/cr 1975}) 11. O-O (11. a4 $6 {
Cifuentes Parada,R} Nbd7 12. axb5 Nxc5 13. Qb4 Nd3+ 14. Bxd3 Qxd3 15. Ne5 Qd6
16. Nc6 Qxb4 17. Nxb4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. f3 (19. bxa6 Bxg2) 19... axb5 $17)
11... Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bg5 Nc6 (13... h6 $2 {Cifuentes Parada,R} 14. Qe3
$16) 14. Qe3 Bf5 (14... Qd5 $6 {Cifuentes Parada,R} 15. Rad1 Qf5 16. Bh6 Bxh6
17. Qxh6 f6 18. Nd4 $1 Qe5 (18... Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Rxd4 21. Rxd4 Bc6
22. Qe3 $14) 19. Qe3 Rac8 20. b4 (20. f4 Qxc5 21. Qxe4 Rfd8 22. b4 Qa7) 20...
Nxb4 21. Qb3+ Nd5 22. f3 $16) 15. Bh6 Bxb2 {Cifuentes Parada,R: ''!?''} (15...
Bxh6 {Cifuentes Parada,R} 16. Qxh6 f6 17. Qe3 Qc7 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Rfd8
20. Qe3 $14) 16. Rad1 Qa5 {Cifuentes Parada,R: ''!''} (16... Qc7 $6 {Cifuentes
Parada,R} 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Bf6 20. Rfd1 b4 21. h4 h5 22. Qe4
a5 23. Rd7 Qc8 24. Qc2 Kg7 25. Qa4 Nb8 26. R7d3 Nc6 27. Qb5 $16) 17. Bxf8 Rxf8
18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 (19. Rxd3 {Cifuentes Parada,R} Qxa2 (19... Bf6 20. a3 (
20. Ra3 $1 Qc7 21. Rxa6 Nb4 22. Rxf6 exf6 23. a3 Nd5 24. Qd4 Qc6 25. Rc1 $14)
20... b4 21. Rb1 Qb5 22. axb4 a5 23. Nd2 axb4 24. Ne4 Be5 25. g3 Ra8 26. h4 h5
{0-1, Piket,J-Ivanchuk,V/ Mónaco rapid 1997 (48)}) 20. Rd2 (20. Qe2 Qc4 $1)
20... Qa3 21. Qe4 (21. Qxa3 Bxa3 22. Ra1 Bb4 23. Rd7 Rc8 (23... Bc3 24. Rc1 b4
25. Rc7 $14) (23... Ba5 24. Kf1 Rc8 25. Ke2 Kf8 26. Nd2 Bxd2 27. Kxd2 a5) 24.
Rxa6 Bxc5 $15) 21... Rc8 22. Ng5 Bc1 $5 23. Qd5 Ne5 $1 24. Qb7 Rf8 25. Rd5 Bxg5
26. Rxe5 Bf6 27. Rd5 e6 28. Rd6 Qxc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bacrot,E-Van Wely,L/Andorra 
(zt) 1998 (51)}) 19... Qxa2 20. Rd2 (20. Qc2 $5 {Cifuentes Parada,R} Nb4 $1 21.
Qe4 Qc4 22. Qxe7 Nd5 23. Qd6 Nc3 24. Ne5 Ne2+ 25. Kh1 Bxe5 26. Qxe5 Nc3 27. Rc1
b4 $132) 20... Rd8 21. Qb1 $5 {[%mdl 4] Cifuentes Parada,R: ''!''   Bareev has
done his homework and came with the improvement in the famous line. White
needs to exchange pieces in order to emphasise the potential of the c5 pawn.} (
21. Qe2 {Cifuentes Parada,R} Rxd2 22. Qxd2 b4 23. h4 h6 $1 24. Re1 b3 25. Re2
Qa1+ 26. Kh2 Bf6 27. Qd7 Qf1 $1 $19 28. Re6 (28. Re1 Qb5) 28... fxe6 29. Qxc6
b2 30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31. c6 Qc1 $1 {0-1 Piket,J-Van Wely,L/ Holland (tt) 1999})
21... Qxb1 22. Rxd8+ Nxd8 23. Rxb1 Ba3 (23... Bf6 {Cifuentes Parada,R}) (23...
Bc3 {Cifuentes Parada,R} 24. Rd1 Nc6 25. Rd7 b4 26. Rc7 Na5 27. Rc8+ Kg7 28. c6
$16) 24. Rd1 Nc6 (24... Ne6 25. c6 Bd6 26. Ra1 {'!' Cifuentes Parada,R.} (26.
Ng5 $1 {Cifuentes Parada,R} Nc7 27. Ne4 Be5 28. g3 $1 f5 29. f4 Bb2 30. Rd7
fxe4 31. Rxc7 Kf7 32. Rd7 $18) 26... Nc7 $13) 25. Rd3 {'?' Cifuentes Parada,R.}
(25. Ra1 $1 {Cifuentes Parada,R} b4 $8 26. Nd2 a5 27. Nc4 Kg7 28. Nxa3 bxa3 29.
Rxa3 Kf6 30. Re3 $1 e5 31. Rd3 Nd4 32. f4 $1 Ne2+ 33. Kf1 Nxf4 34. c6 $1 Ne6
35. Rd7 $18) 25... Bb4 (25... b4 $2 26. Nd4 Nxd4 27. Rxd4 b3 28. c6 b2 29. Rd8+
Kg7 30. Rb8 Bd6 31. Rxb2 $18) 26. Rd7 Kg7 (26... Bxc5 $2 27. Rc7 $18) 27. Rc7
Nd8 28. Ng5 (28. Rxe7 Bxc5 29. Rd7 Ne6 30. Ne5 Kf6 31. Nxf7 a5 $13) (28. c6 {
Cifuentes Parada,R} Bd6 29. Rc8 Ne6) 28... Kf6 $1 {A brave move in the right
direction. Black needs his king to help stop white's dangerous c pawn.} (28...
h6 29. Ne4 Ne6 30. Rc6 $1 (30. Rxe7 Nxc5 31. Nxc5 Bxc5 32. Rc7 $15) 30... Ba5 (
30... a5 31. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 32. c6 $18) 31. Rxa6 Bc7 32. Ra7 $16) 29. Nxh7+ (29.
Ne4+ Ke5 30. Rxe7+ Ne6 31. Nd6 Bxc5 32. Nxf7+ Kf6 33. Rd7 a5 $13) 29... Ke5 (
29... Ke6 30. Nf8+ $14) 30. c6 (30. Rxe7+ $5 Ne6 31. f4+ $1 (31. Rxf7 Bxc5 32.
Kf1 a5 $132 33. Rb7 b4 34. Rb5 a4 $1 35. Ng5 a3 36. Nxe6 Kxe6 $17) 31... Kd4 (
31... Kxf4 $2 32. Rxf7+ Ke5 33. c6 Bd6 34. Nf6 Nc7 35. Rd7 a5 36. Ne4 Kxe4 37.
Rxd6 $18) 32. Rd7+ Kxc5 33. Rxf7 a5 34. Rf6 Kd5 $14) 30... Ne6 31. Ra7 (31. Rc8
$6 Kd6 32. Kf1 a5 33. h4 a4 34. Ng5 Nxg5 35. hxg5 Bc5 $15) (31. Rd7 {Cifuentes
Parada,R} Bd6 32. Ng5 Nxg5 33. c7 Bxc7 34. Rxc7 Ne6 $1 35. Rxe7 b4 (35... a5)
36. Rb7 (36. Rxf7 $2 b3 37. Rb7 Nc5 38. Rb6 Kd4 39. Kf1 Kc3 $19) 36... a5 37.
Rb5+ Kd4 38. Rxa5 b3 39. Kf1 b2 40. Rb5 Kc3 $19) 31... Kd6 32. Rxa6 Bc5 {
Shirov can claim full success, his pieces enjoy good cooperation and white
knight on h7 is completely out of play.} 33. h4 b4 34. Ng5 (34. g4 b3 35. Ra1
Kxc6 36. Rb1 Nd4 37. h5 Nf3+ 38. Kg2 Nd2 39. Rb2 Bb4 40. Ng5 Bc3 41. Nf3 Nxf3
42. Rxb3 Nh4+ 43. Kg3 Bf6 44. h6 g5 $15) 34... Nxg5 35. hxg5 b3 36. Ra1 (36.
Ra1 b2 37. Rb1 Bd4 38. Kf1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Enghien les Bains 4th"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "2001.04.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2001.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Be5 Rfe8 14. Rfd1 (
14. Nb5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Nb4 16. Qd6 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxd6 18. Nxd6 Rxe5 19. Bf3 Rd8
20. Nxb7 Rd2 21. a3 Nd3 22. b3 {1/2-1/2 Trmal,J-Kozma,J/Jablonec/1962/ (22)}) (
14. b3 Rad8 15. Rad1 Qa5 16. h3 Nb4 17. g4 Bc8 18. a3 Qxa3 19. Nb5 Qa2 20. Rd2
Qxd2 21. Nxd2 Rxe5 22. Bf3 Nfxd5 {0-1 Sieglen,J-Dolgener,T/Germany/1991/ (33)})
(14. d6 $5 Qxb2 (14... Rxe5 15. Nxe5 Be6 16. Qd3 Nb4 17. Qd2 Ne8 18. Nc4 Bxc4
19. Bxc4 Nxd6 20. Bb3 {1-0 Kazhgaleyev,M-Pujos,S/Nice/2000/ (37)}) 15. Rab1
Bxb1 16. Rxb1 b5 17. Qxb5 Qxb5 18. Bxb5 Red8 19. Bxa6 Ne8 20. Bb7 Bxe5 21. Nxe5
Rab8 22. Nc6 Rxb7 23. Rxb7 Rxd6 24. Nxa7 {1-0 Kazhgaleyev,M-Skytte,R/Cappelle
la Grande/ 2000/ (24)}) 14... Ne4 15. Bxg7 (15. Nxe4 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 17. Ng5
Qxb2 $15) 15... Nd6 (15... Kxg7 16. Nxe4 Rxe4 17. Qc3+ f6 18. Bd3 Rf4 19. Bxa6
bxa6 20. Rac1 Rc8 21. Ne5 $16) 16. Qf4 {[%mdl 4] The variation with 13.Be5
might cause serious problems for black, since it is not clear how he can best
neutralize the pressure.} Kxg7 17. Rac1 (17. Bxa6 Qxa6 18. g4 Bc8 19. Rac1 $14)
17... Rad8 18. b3 Ne4 (18... Qb4 19. Qg3 Qg4 20. Bxa6 bxa6 21. Na4 $16) 19. Na4
Qc7 20. d6 $6 (20. Qh4 $5 f6 21. Bxa6 bxa6 22. Nxc5 Nxc5 23. Qd4 Rc8 24. b4 Re4
25. Rxc5 Qb7 26. Qc3 $16) 20... Rxd6 (20... Nxd6 21. Bxa6 bxa6 22. Nd4 Be4 23.
Nxc5 $14) 21. Rxd6 Qxd6 22. Qxd6 Nxd6 23. Bxa6 bxa6 24. Nxc5 Re2 25. a4 {
The endgame is still slightly better for white, but with the best defense
winning it might not be a realistic prospect.} (25. a3 Ra2 $11) 25... Rb2 26.
Nd4 Ne4 (26... Be4 27. f3 Nf5 28. Nxf5+ Bxf5 29. Rc3 $14) 27. Nxf5+ (27. f3
Nxc5 28. Rxc5 Bb1 29. Rc7 $14) 27... gxf5 28. f3 Nxc5 29. Rxc5 f4 (29... Rxb3
30. Rxf5 $14) 30. h4 Rxb3 31. Kh2 f6 {The rook ending is still difficult
because all black pawns are weak, but the defender has good chances to survive.
} (31... Rb4 32. Ra5 Rb6 33. Kh3 Rg6 34. Rf5 $14) 32. Kh3 Rb2 33. Ra5 Kg6 34.
h5+ Kh6 35. Rf5 (35. Rxa6 Kxh5 (35... Kg5 36. Rxa7 h6 37. Ra5+ f5 38. Rb5 Ra2
39. a5 Ra1 40. g4 fxg3 41. Kxg3 Rg1+ 42. Kf2 Ra1 $14) 36. Rxf6 Kg5 37. Rf7 a6
$14) 35... Ra2 36. Rxf6+ (36. Rxf4 Kxh5 $11) 36... Kg5 (36... Kxh5 37. Rxf4 $16
) 37. Rxa6 Kxh5 38. Rxa7 h6 39. a5 Ra1 40. g4+ (40. Kh2 Kh4 41. a6 h5 $11) (40.
g3 Ra3 $1) 40... Kg5 41. Ra8 Rh1+ 42. Kg2 Ra1 (42... Ra1 43. a6 $6 Kh4 44. a7
Ra2+ 45. Kf1 Kg3 $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.06"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. Be3 c5 11. e6 (11. Qd5 $5 Ra7 12. dxc5) 11... cxd4 12. Nxd4
(12. exf7+ Rxf7 13. Bxd4 (13. Ng5 Ne5 14. Nxf7 Nxf7 15. Rd1 Nc6 16. Ne4 Na5 $44
) 13... Bxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 (14... Qb6 15. Nf3 Nc5 16. Qd1 Bg4 17. Be2 Nc6 18.
O-O Rd8 19. Nd5 Qa7 20. b4 e6 21. bxc5 Rxd5 22. Qb1 Qxc5 23. Rc1 Qd6 {1/2-1/2
Timoshchenko,G-Naumann,A/Cappelle la Grande op/ 1998/ (37)}) 15. Qd5 (15. Qd1
Ra7 $5 16. Nf3 Rd7 $15) (15. Qb4 $5) 15... Qxd5 16. Nxd5 Nbd7 $1 $15 17. b4 $5
(17. Be2 Bb7 18. Ne3 Na4 (18... e5 19. Nf3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 e4 21. Be2 Na4 22. Rb1
Ne5 23. O-O Rd7 24. Rfd1 Rad8 {1/2-1/2 Herndl,H-Balinov,I/Schwarzach opA/1997/
(50)}) 19. b3 Nc3 20. Bf3 $15) (17. Rd1 Bb7 18. Ne3 e5 $11) 17... Bb7 (17...
Ne4 18. f3 Nef6 19. Nc7 $14) 18. Nc3 (18. Nc7 Rc8 19. Ncxb5 axb5 20. bxc5 Rxc5
$11) 18... e5 $1 19. Ndxb5 axb5 20. bxc5 b4 21. Nb5 Rf4 {0-1 Piket,J-Timman,J/
NLD-ch 1997/ (40)}) (12. exd7 dxe3 13. dxc8=Q exf2+ 14. Kxf2 Qb6+ 15. Ke1 Rxc8
$44) (12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Qd5 Qxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxe6 16. Nxe7+ Kg7 17.
O-O-O Ra7 $15) 12... Nc5 13. exf7+ Rxf7 14. Qd1 (14. Qd5 Qxd5 15. Nxd5 Nbd7 16.
Rc1 (16. Nc7 $6 Ra7 $1 (16... Rb8 17. Nc6 $5 Bxb2 18. Rd1 Rb6 19. Nd8 Bc3+ 20.
Ke2 Rf5 21. Nd5 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 $14) 17. Nce6 Nxe6 18. Nxe6 Bxb2 $1 19. Rb1 Bc3+
20. Kd1 Ra8 21. a4 $6 (21. Nc7 Rb8 22. Nd5 Be5 $17) 21... Ne5 $1 {0-1 Siegel,
G-Herrera,I/Havana 1998/ (28)}) 16... Bb7 17. b4 Bxd5 18. bxc5 Rc8 19. Nb3 Ne5
20. f3 Nxf3+ $5 21. gxf3 Rxf3 22. Bd2 Rxb3 23. axb3 Bxh1 24. Bh3 Rc6 25. Bd7 {
1-0 Messner,H-Schnitzspan,L/Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 1997/ (47) 1-0}) 14... Ra7
$5 {This logical move aknowledges the importance of the central control. White
suddenly realizes, that apart from some tactical chances he is even behind in
the development.} (14... Bb7 15. Rc1 (15. Ndxb5 $5 Qxd1+ (15... Nbd7 16. Nd4 e5
17. Nb3 Ne6 18. Qg4 $16) 16. Rxd1 axb5 17. Bxc5 Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 Rf5 19. Rd8+ Kf7
20. Be3 $1 Rd5 21. Rxd5 Bxd5 22. Bxb5 $16) 15... Qd6 16. Nf3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nc6
18. Qxd6 exd6 19. Rd1 Rd8 20. Bh3 $6 (20. Be2 $1 Nb7 21. Rg1 Re8 $13) 20...
Rff8 21. f4 Nb4 22. Ke2 {1/2-1/2 Epishin,V-Svidler,P/Groningen 1997/ (45)}) (
14... Qd6 15. Nf3 Bg4 16. Be2 b4 17. Bc4 Be6 (17... Ne6 18. Ne4 Qxd1+ 19. Rxd1
Nc6 20. Nfg5 $18) (17... Nd3+ 18. Kf1 bxc3 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Ng5+ $18) 18.
Bxc5 Qxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Bxc4 20. Bxb4 Nc6 21. Ba3 Bxc3+ 22. bxc3 Rb8 $44) 15. Nc6
$6 (15. Ndxb5 Rd7 $1 (15... Qxd1+ 16. Rxd1 axb5 17. Bxc5 Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 Rxa2
19. Bxb5 $16) 16. Qc2 Nd3+ 17. Bxd3 Rxd3 18. Na3 Bb7 $44) (15. Ne6 Qxd1+ 16.
Rxd1 Bxe6 17. Bxc5 Rd7 $15) 15... Nxc6 16. Qxd8+ (16. Bxc5 Rd7 17. Qc1 Nd4 $15)
16... Nxd8 17. Bxc5 Rc7 18. Ba3 (18. Bb6 Rxc3 19. Rd1 (19. bxc3 Bxc3+ 20. Ke2
Bxa1 21. Bxd8 Be6 $19) 19... Rc6 20. Rxd8+ Rf8 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Be3 Rc2 $19)
18... Rxc3 $1 {[%mdl 64] This move doesn't win the piece, but the last bariers
to black's attack have vanished.} 19. Rd1 (19. bxc3 Bxc3+ 20. Ke2 Bxa1 $19)
19... Rc2 20. Rxd8+ Rf8 21. Bxe7 (21. Rd2 Rxd2 22. Kxd2 Rxf2+ 23. Ke3 Rc2 $17)
21... Rxd8 22. Bxd8 Rxb2 23. a4 $2 Bc3+ (23... Bc3+ 24. Kd1 Rd2+ 25. Kc1 Rxd8
$19) 0-1

[Event "NED-ch54"]
[Site "Rotterdam "]
[Date "1999.05.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1999.05.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. e5 Nxc5 13. Qb4 Nfd7 14. Rd1 Qc7 15.
Be3 Rac8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Ne6 (17... e6 18. Rxc5 Nxc5 19. Rc1 Bxe5 20.
Nxe5 (20. Rxc5 Bd6 21. Rxc7 Bxb4 22. Ra7 Rc2 23. Bd3 Rxb2 24. Rxa6 Rd8 25. Bf1
Rb1 26. Bh6 f6 27. h3 Rdd1 28. Nh2 $11) 20... Qxe5 21. Rxc5 Rxc5 22. Qxc5 Qxb2
23. Bf1 $14) 18. Rc1 Qb7 19. Rcd1 Nb8 $1 {Black faces the bishop pair, but his
pieces are well developed and e5 pawn is weak.} 20. Ng5 (20. R5d2 Nc6 21. Qe4
Rfd8 $13) 20... Nxg5 21. Bxg5 e6 22. R5d2 Bxe5 23. a4 Nc6 24. Qe4 Qb8 (24...
bxa4 25. Qxa4 Nb8 26. b3 $11) 25. axb5 axb5 (25... Bxh2+ 26. Kh1 axb5 27. f4
Bg3 28. Qf3 $16) 26. h4 h5 27. Rd7 $6 (27. b3 Na5 $15) 27... Bxb2 28. Bh6 Bg7
$2 {[%mdl 64] A strange moment of mutual chess blindness. Black was doing
great with his two spare pawns and fair prospects to avert the dangers.} (28...
Rfe8 $1 29. Bxh5 Ne5 30. Rb7 (30. Bf4 Rc4 31. Bxe5 Rxe4 32. Bxb8 Rxb8 33. Bf3
Rxh4 $19) (30. Bxg6 Nxg6 31. Qf3 Nh8 32. Qg4+ Kh7 33. Bf4 Qb6 $19) 30... Qa8
31. Bxg6 Nxg6 32. Rdd7 Qa1+ 33. Kh2 Rc4 $19) 29. Qxg6 $2 {Spectacular, but the
positional attack with two mighty rooks on d file was very unpleasant for
black.} (29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. R1d6 $1 Nd8 (30... Qb6 31. Qxe6 Kg8 32. Qd5 $18) 31.
Bxh5 $1 (31. Qe5+ Kg8 32. Qxb5 Qxb5 33. Bxb5 Rb8 $15) 31... gxh5 32. Qe5+ Kg8
33. Qg5+ Kh7 34. Rd3 $16) 29... fxg6 30. Rxg7+ Kh8 31. Rdd7 Qe5 (31... Rfd8 $2
32. Rh7+ Kg8 33. Rdg7+ Kf8 34. Rh8#) 32. Rh7+ Kg8 33. Rdg7+ Qxg7 34. Rxg7+ Kh8
35. Bxb5 Nd4 (35... Rfd8 36. Rxg6 Nd4 37. Bd3 Nf3+ 38. gxf3 Rxd3 39. Rxe6 Rxf3
40. Re5 $11) 36. Bd3 {White should be able to hold the game due to elimination
of most black pawns.} Rg8 (36... Nf5 37. Rxg6 Nxh6 38. Rxh6+ Kg7 39. Rxe6 Rc1+
40. Kh2 Rxf2 41. Rg6+ Kf8 42. Rg5 $11) 37. Rxg6 Nf3+ 38. Kf1 (38. gxf3 Rxg6+
39. Bxg6 Rg8 40. Bg5 Rxg6 41. Kg2 Rg8 $17) 38... Nxh4 39. Rxe6 Rxg2 40. Be3 Rd8
41. Rh6+ Kg7 (41... Kg7 42. Rxh5 Rxd3 43. Rxh4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[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 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Qb3 c5 9. d5 Qb6 10. Bxa6 $5 (10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Bc4 e6 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Bxe6
fxe6 14. O-O Nb4 15. h3 Nd7 16. Rd1 Nc2 17. Rb1 Nd4 18. Ne1 Ne5 19. a4 Rad8 20.
Bg5 Rd7 {0-1 Giorgadze,G-Tukmakov,V/Odessa 1989/ (35)}) 10... Qxa6 11. e5 Ng4
$6 {It seems to be a bit unusual, that such a natural move has serious flaw.
The mighty white's center could have been fought against from the square d7
due to the trick with g5-g4 pawn march.} (11... Nd7 $5 12. Bf4 g5 13. Bxg5 Nxe5
14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. O-O-O Qg6 $11) 12. Bf4 Qd3 13. Bg3 (13. Qa4 $1 c4 (13... Qf5
14. Qe4 Qh5 15. O-O Bf5 16. Qe2 $14) 14. Bg3 (14. Rd1 Qf5 15. Qxc4 Nxe5 16.
Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 18. Qe2 Qxe2+ 19. Kxe2 Rd8 $11) (14. h3 Qf5 $11) 14...
Qf5 15. O-O Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Qxc4 $14) 13... Qf5 (13... e6
14. h3 Nh6 15. Rd1 (15. d6 b6 (15... Qa6 16. Qb5 Qxb5 17. Nxb5 Bd7 18. Nc7 Rab8
19. Bf4 $16) 16. Rd1 Qf5 17. Nh4 Qh5 18. f4 Bb7 19. Qa4 g5 20. fxg5 Qxg5 21.
Qf4 f6 $13) 15... Qa6 16. d6 Bd7 17. Bf4 Bc6 $11) 14. O-O $1 Nxe5 (14... b6 15.
Rfe1 Bb7 16. Rad1 $14) 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Rfe1 Qc7 (17... Qd6 18.
Ne4 Qf4 19. d6 exd6 20. Qc3 f6 21. Rad1 Be6 22. Rxd6 Rae8 23. Qxc5 $14) 18.
Rad1 Rd8 19. d6 $2 {The young Georgian is impatient in his desire to transform
the compensationfor the pawn into something real. Much more unpleasant for
black was the move 19.Nb5!} (19. Nb5 $1 Qb6 (19... Qd7 20. d6 $1 exd6 (20... e6
21. Nc7 Rb8 22. Na6 Ra8 23. Nxc5 Qc6 24. Ne4 $18) 21. Nxd6 (21. Rxd6 Re8 22.
Re3 Rxe3 23. Qxe3 Qxb5 24. Rd8+ Kg7 25. Qe5+ f6 26. Qc7+ Kh6 27. Qf4+ $11)
21... Rf8 22. Qc3 Qa4 23. Ne4 Qb4 24. Qe5 $18) (19... Qf4 20. Rxe7 Qf6 21. Re3
(21. Rc7 a6 22. Na3 Qd6 23. Qg3 Be6 $11) 21... Qb6 22. d6 $16) 20. Rxe7 Qf6 (
20... Kf8 21. d6 Be6 22. Qa4 Rab8 23. Re1 Rxd6 24. Nxd6 Qxd6 25. R1xe6 fxe6 26.
Rxh7 Qd2 27. g3 $16) (20... Bg4 21. d6 Be6 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 (23...
Kg7 24. Qe7+ Kg8 25. Nc7 $18) 24. Re1 Rf8 25. Qe5+ Kg8 26. Nc7 Rac8 27. Nd5 $18
) 21. Re3 Qb6 22. d6 Rb8 23. Rde1 Rf8 24. Re7 a6 25. Nc7 Qxd6 26. Ne8 Qd4 27.
R1e4 Qd2 28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Nxh7 $18) 19... Rxd6 20. Nd5 Qd8 (20... Rxd5 21. Qxd5
Be6 22. Qe4 (22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. g3 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qe5+ Kg8
27. Qxc5 b6 $11) 22... Rc8 23. Rd2 b5 $11) (20... Qa5 $5 21. Nxe7+ (21. Qd3 Re6
(21... Rd7 22. Nxe7+ Kg7 23. Nd5 $14) 22. Nxe7+ Kf8 23. Rxe6 (23. b4 cxb4 (
23... Qxb4 24. Qd8+ Kg7 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Nxc8 $18) 24. Nd5 Qc5 (24... Rxe1+
25. Rxe1 b3 26. Qe3 Be6 27. Qe5 Qxd5 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qxa8 bxa2 30. Qxa7 $11)
25. Qd2 Kg7 26. Qb2+ Kh6 27. Qd2+ $11) 23... Bxe6 24. Qd6 Qb6 25. Nxg6+ Kg7 26.
Nf4 Qxd6 27. Rxd6 Bxa2 28. h3 b6 $17) 21... Kf8 22. Nd5 Be6 23. Qxb7 Re8 24.
Qc7 $11) 21. Nxe7+ Kg7 (21... Kf8 $2 22. Qc3 Be6 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. Nf5 gxf5 25.
Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qxa8 $18) 22. Nd5 $1 {[%mdl 64] Each move is full of tactical
content and bothg players had hands full with calculating variatons.} (22. Qc3+
$2 f6 (22... Rd4 23. Re4 f6 24. Rdxd4 cxd4 25. Qc5 $14) 23. Rxd6 (23. Qc2 Rxd1
24. Qxd1 Qxd1 25. Rxd1 Be6 26. Rd6 Bxa2 $19) 23... Qxd6 24. Qb3 Bd7 25. Nd5 (
25. Qxb7 Re8 26. Qe4 (26. Nf5+ gxf5 27. Rxe8 Qd1+ $19) 26... Kf7 $19) 25... Bc6
$17) (22. Rxd6 Qxd6 23. Nd5 Be6 24. Qc3+ Kg8 (24... Kh6 25. Qe3+ Kg7 26. Qc3+
$11) 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. Ne4+ Qd4 27. Nxc5 Qxc3 28. bxc3 Bxa2 29. Nxb7 $11) 22...
Be6 (22... Bg4 $2 23. Qc3+ f6 24. Nxf6 $1 Rxd1 25. Ne8+ Kh6 26. Qg7+ Kg5 (26...
Kh5 27. Qxh7+ Kg5 28. h4+ Kf4 29. g3+ Kf3 30. Qf7+ Bf5 31. Qxb7+ Qd5 32. Qxd5+
Rxd5 33. Re3+ Kg4 34. Nf6+ Kh3 35. Nxd5 $18) 27. h4+ Kxh4 28. Qh6+ Bh5 29. Kh2
$3 Qb8+ (29... Rd4 30. Re5 Rb8 31. g3+ Kg4 32. f3+ Kxf3 33. Qe3+ Kg4 34. Qe2#)
30. g3+ Kg4 31. f3+ Kxf3 32. Qe3+ Kg4 33. Qe6+ Kg5 34. Qe7+ Kh6 (34... Kg4 35.
Qh4+ Kf5 36. Ng7#) 35. Qe3+ g5 36. Qe6+ Bg6 37. Qh3+ Bh5 38. Re6#) (22... f6
23. Re7+ Kh8 24. Rde1 (24. Qe3 $2 Bf5 $19) 24... Be6 25. R7xe6 (25. Qxb7 Bg8
26. Nc3 Rb8 27. Qe4 Rd7 $14) 25... Rxd5 26. Qxb7 Rd1 27. b3 $16) 23. Qc3+ f6
24. Nf4 (24. Nxf6 Rxd1 25. Nd7+ $5 (25. Ne8+ Kf7 26. Qg7+ Kxe8 27. Qg8+ Ke7 28.
Qg7+ (28. Qxe6+ Kf8 $19) 28... Ke8 (28... Kd6 29. Rxd1+ Bd5 30. Qxb7 Qg5 31. f3
Re8 (31... Rd8 32. Qa6+ Ke7 33. Qxa7+ Kf8 34. Qxc5+ Kg8 35. a4 Qe5 36. h3 $14)
32. Qa6+ Ke7 33. Qxa7+ Kf6 34. Qxc5 Qh4 35. g3 Qc4 36. Qxc4 Bxc4 37. b3 $11)
29. Qg8+ $11) 25... Rd4 $1 (25... Kf7 26. Qf3+ $1 Kg8 27. Rxd1 Bxd7 28. Qxb7
Rb8 29. Rxd7 $16) (25... Kg8 26. Rxd1 Bxd7 27. Qb3+ c4 28. Qxc4+ (28. Qxb7 $2
Bc6 $19) 28... Kf8 29. Qd4 Rc8 30. h3 Ke7 31. Qg7+ Ke6 32. Re1+ Kd6 33. Qe5+
Kc6 34. Rd1 $16) 26. Nxc5 Bf7 27. Re4 Rc8 28. Rxd4 Qf6 29. Rd3 (29. Qb4 $2 a5
$1 $19) 29... Qxc3 30. Rxc3 Bxa2 31. Nxb7 Rxc3 32. bxc3 Kf6 33. Na5 $1 (33. Nc5
Ke5 34. f3 Kd5 35. Ne4 a5 36. Kf2 a4 37. Ke3 a3 38. Kd2 Bb1 39. Kc1 Bxe4 40.
fxe4+ Kxe4 41. Kc2 h5 $19) 33... Ke6 34. Nc6 Kd6 (34... a6 35. f4 Kd6 36. Nb4
Bc4 37. Kf2 a5 38. Nc2 $14) 35. Nxa7 (35. Nd4 Kc5 36. Kf1 Kc4 37. Ke2 Kxc3 38.
Nb5+ Kb4 39. Nxa7 Kc5 $17) 35... Kc5 36. Nc8 Be6 37. Ne7 Kd6 38. Nxg6 hxg6 $11)
24... Bxa2 $1 {The best move, even though black will be forced to give up the
queen. The tension will quickly fall and the chances become nearly even.} (
24... Bf7 25. Nh5+ $1 Kh8 26. Rxd6 Qxd6 27. Nxf6 Qd4 28. Qxd4 cxd4 29. Re7 Kg7
30. Nxh7 Re8 31. Rxe8 Bxe8 32. Ng5 d3 33. Kf1 Kf6 (33... Bc6 34. g3 $16) 34. f4
Kf5 35. g3 Bb5 36. Ke1 $16) (24... Bg4 25. Rc1 (25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Qg3 Re8 $1 (
26... Qd2 27. Rf1 Qd7 $15) 27. Rf1 Qd7 $17) 25... b6 26. h3 Bd7 27. Re3 $44)
25. b3 Rxd1 26. Ne6+ Kf7 (26... Kh8 27. Nxd8 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Rxd8 29. h3 (29.
Qa1 Kg7 30. h3 Bxb3 31. Qxa7 $11) 29... Bxb3 30. Qe7 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 Kg8 $1 32.
Qxc5 Bd5 33. Qxa7 $11) 27. Nxd8+ Raxd8 28. Kf1 (28. h3 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Bxb3 30.
Qa5 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 Rd7 $17) 28... Bb1 29. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 30. Ke2 Rd5 31. Qa5 (31. Qh3
g5 32. Qc8 Re5+ 33. Kd2 b6 34. Qd7+ Re7 35. Qd5+ Kg7 36. Qd6 Rf7 37. Qe6 Bg6
38. g4 $15) 31... Re5+ 32. Kd2 a6 33. Qc7+ Re7 34. Qxc5 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 08th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2007.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2007.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bf4 Bd5 14. Qe3 Nc6
15. Rad1 e6 16. Ne5 {White is keeping the pull in this opening line of
Gruenfeld defense, but defenders chances for equality are quite real.} (16. Rd2
Qa5 17. b3 (17. a3 b4 18. Rc1 Ra7 19. axb4 Qxb4 20. Bh6 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 Bxf3 22.
Rc4 Qa5 23. gxf3 Rb8 24. Rh4 f6 25. Bc4 Ne5 26. Bxe6+ Kh8 27. Qf4 Qxd2 28.
Qxf6+ Rg7 29. Qxe5 Rxb2 {0-1 Volkov,S (2620)-Timofeev,A (2575)/Krasnoyarsk
2003/ (64)}) 17... Rfc8 18. Bd6 Qc3 19. Rfd1 Qxe3 20. fxe3 b4 21. Kf2 Na5 22.
Rxd5 exd5 23. Rxd5 Nb7 24. Bc4 Rc6 25. Ng5 Bf8 26. Nxf7 Nxd6 27. Nxd6 {1-0
Volkov,S (2622)-Gupta,A (2380)/Abu Dhabi 2005/ (74)}) (16. Bd6 Re8 17. Ne5 Qa5
18. Nd7 Qxa2 19. Rd2 Bc4 20. Nb6 Rad8 21. Nxc4 bxc4 22. Qf4 Ne5 23. Rfd1 Nd3
24. Bxd3 cxd3 25. b4 Qa4 26. Rxd3 {1-0 Volkov,S (2612)-Van Wely,L (2679)/
Moscow 2005/ (45)}) 16... Qc8 (16... Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Qc8 19. b4
Bxa2 20. Bf3 Bd5 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Rxd5 a5 23. h4 Qe6 24. Qd4 h5 25. Rd6 Qg4
26. Qd5 axb4 27. c6 $14 {1-0 Kozul,Z (2591)-Predojevic,B (2549)/Sarajevo 2005/
(40)}) 17. Nxc6 (17. Ng4 Bxb2 18. Nh6+ Kg7 19. Bd6 Rd8 $13) 17... Qxc6 (17...
Bxc6 18. Rd2 Rd8 19. Bd6 $14) 18. Bf3 $5 {Onischuk is not ready to play with
high risk by sacrificing g2 pawn for the activity of his passed c pawn with 18.
b4.} (18. b4 Bxg2 19. Rd6 Qe4 20. Rfd1 Qxe3 21. fxe3 Bd5 22. c6 $13) 18... Bxb2
(18... Bxf3 19. gxf3 (19. Rd6 Qe4 20. gxf3 Qxe3 21. fxe3 Bxb2 22. c6 Rac8 23.
Rb1 Bc3 $13) 19... Bxb2 20. Rd6 Qc8 21. Rfd1 $44) 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Qb3 Qf6 (
20... Bf6 21. Qxd5 Rac8 22. Qxc6 Rxc6 23. Be3 Re8 $13) 21. Bd6 Rfe8 22. Qxd5
Rad8 {Black has to be careful as white pawn on c5 can lash out at any moment.}
(22... Rac8 23. h3 $14) 23. h3 Re2 (23... Re6 24. f4 Ba3 25. Qb3 Bb2 $11) 24.
Rd2 (24. c6 Rc2 25. g3 $13) 24... Rxd2 25. Qxd2 Bd4 26. Qe2 Qe6 (26... Rc8 27.
Rc1 Kg7 $13) 27. Qxe6 fxe6 28. Rc1 Kf7 29. c6 e5 (29... Rc8 30. Kf1 e5 31. c7
Ke6 32. Bb4 $14) 30. c7 Rc8 31. Bb4 Ke6 32. Kf1 e4 $2 {Sutovsky plays a
careless move in the worst moment, his situation was aking for much more
accuracy.} (32... Kd7 $1 33. Ba5 Rf8 34. f3 $14) 33. Rc6+ $1 Ke5 (33... Kd7 34.
Rd6+ $18) (33... Kf7 34. Bd6 a5 35. Bf4 $18) (33... Kd5 34. Rd6+ Kc4 35. Ba5
$18) 34. Rxa6 {The battle is over as the extra pawn on c7 easily decides.} e3 (
34... Rxc7 $2 35. Bd6+ $18) (34... Kf4 35. Ke2 Kf5 36. Rd6 Be5 37. g4+ Kg5 38.
Rd5 Kf6 39. Ba5 $18) 35. fxe3 Bxe3 36. Ke2 Bg1 37. Bd6+ Kd5 38. Bg3 Bc5 39. Kd3
Be7 40. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Linares 17th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.02.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2851"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2000.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be3 Qb6 13. b3 Rfe8 14. Rad1 Rad8
{Kasparov keeps trying to exploit the highs and lows of this position. His
move is new and a bit more ambitious than the interesting sacrifice 14...Rxe3!?
} (14... Ng4 15. Bd2 Rad8 (15... Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Be3 (17. Rfe1 Rac8 18.
Bf4 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Nb4 20. Bc4 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 {1-0 Van der Sterren,P-Berndt,S/
Hamburg/1997/ (55)}) 17... Qa5 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Rfd1 Nb4 20. d6 Red8 21. Bf4
Bd4 22. a3 Nc6 23. Nb5 {1/2-1/2 Van der Sterren,P-Timman,J/Rotterdam/1997/ (37)
}) 16. Rfe1 Nb4 17. Na4 Qd6 18. Bf4 Qf8 19. Bc7 Rd7 20. d6 b6 21. Bf1 Rxe1 22.
Rxe1 Nc2 23. Rd1 {1-0 Ree,H-Chandler,M/Thessaloniki/1984/ (61)}) (14... Rxe3 $5
15. fxe3 Ng4 16. Na4 Qd6 (16... Qa5 17. e4 Ne3 18. Qc1 Nxd1 19. exf5 Nc3 20.
Nxc3 Qxc3 21. Qxc3 Bxc3 22. Rc1 Ba5 23. Bxa6 bxa6 24. Ne5 {1-0 Gyimesi,Z-Kalod,
R/Pardubice/1998/ (57)}) (16... Qd8 17. e4 Bd7 18. e5 Ne3 19. Qf4 Nxd1 20. Bxa6
bxa6 21. Rxd1 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 Farago,I-Tukmakov,V/Basel/2000/ (51)}) 17. Qf4 Qxf4
18. exf4 Nb4 19. Rd2 (19. Nxc5 b6 $1 20. Nb7 Nxa2 21. Rfe1 Ne3 $13) (19. a3 Nc2
20. Rd2 b6 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 Nxa3 23. Re1 Nb5 {1/2-1/2 Gyimesi,Z-Jaracz,P/
Koszalin/1999/ (30)}) 19... Ne3 20. Rc1 Nbxd5 (20... b6 21. Bc4 $1 Rd8 22. d6
$16) 21. Bd3 (21. Nxc5 Bc3 $1) 21... Nxf4 22. Bxf5 Nxf5 23. Rxc5 (23. Nxc5 Bh6
24. Re1 Ne6 25. Nxb7 Bxd2 26. Nxd2 {1/2-1/2 Farago,I-Kozul,Z/Montpellier/1989/
(41)}) 23... Ne6 24. Rcc2 b5 25. Nb2 Bh6 {1/2-1/2 Korotylev,A-Baikov,V/Moscow
1999/F1199 (39)}) 15. h3 Qa5 16. Rfe1 Nd7 17. Na4 Nb4 18. Bg5 (18. Nxc5 Nxc5
19. Bxc5 Nc2 20. b4 Qa4 21. Rf1 b6 22. Bd4 Qxb4 $15) (18. Bd2 $5) 18... Nc2 19.
Bxd8 Qxd8 20. Rf1 (20. Nxc5 Nxe1 21. Rxe1 Nb6 22. Qb5 Re7 23. g4 (23. Bc4 $6
Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1 Bc3 25. Nxb7 (25. Nf3 a6 $17) 25... Qe7 $19) 23... Bc8 24. Rd1
Qd6 25. Bc4 h5 $132) 20... Nd4 (20... Na3 $5 21. Qc1 Rxe2 22. Qxa3 Be4 (22...
Qa5 23. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 b5 25. Re8+ Bf8 26. g4 $18) 23. Rfe1 (23. b4 cxb4
24. Qxb4 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Ne5 $11) 23... Bxf3 24. gxf3 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Qg5+ 26. Kf1
Qxd5 27. Re8+ Bf8 $11) 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 {Khalifman just did not wanted
to take the risk connected with the queen sacrifice initiated with 22.b4!?} (
22. b4 $5 Re4 23. bxc5 Bxf2+ (23... Qh4 24. Qc2 $16) 24. Rxf2 Rxc4 25. Bxc4 Qa5
26. Bb3 $14) 22... cxd4 23. Bg4 (23. Rd1 a6 $1) 23... Bxg4 24. hxg4 Re4 25. f3
Ne5 26. Qb4 Nd3 (26... Re2 27. Qxd4 Qf6 28. Qd1 $1 (28. Qxa7 Nd3)) 27. Qc4 Ne5
28. Qb4 Nd3 29. Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates m1"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8. b4
$6 {N} c6 (8... Be6 9. Qb5 (9. d5 Nxe4 $1) 9... Nxe4 (9... Rb8 $5) 10. Nxe4
Bxd4 11. Rb1 Bxa2 12. Rb2 Bxb2 13. Bxb2 Qd5 $1 $15) 9. Rb1 Nc7 10. h3 $2 Nb5 $1
11. Nxb5 cxb5 12. Qc2 Nxe4 $1 13. Bd3 (13. Bxb5 Bf5 14. Bd3 Rc8 $17) 13... Nd6
14. O-O Bf5 15. Rd1 Qc8 16. Qe2 Qe6 17. Be3 Rfc8 18. Rb3 a6 19. d5 $5 Qxd5 20.
Bxf5 Qxf5 21. Bc5 $36 Rc7 22. Re3 Bf8 23. Ne5 Nc4 $1 24. Nxc4 bxc4 25. Rf3 Qe6
26. Re3 (26. Qxe6 fxe6 27. Re3 Kf7 28. Rf3+ Ke8 29. Re3 Rc6 $19) 26... Qc6 27.
Bxe7 Bxe7 28. Rxe7 c3 29. Re5 b6 30. Qc2 Rac8 31. Re3 Qc4 32. a3 Qc6 33. Red3
Kg7 34. Rd6 Qb5 35. g3 Re8 $1 36. R6d3 Qf5 $1 37. g4 Qe4 38. Rc1 Rec8 39. Re3
Qd4 $1 (39... Qxc2 40. Rxc2 $17) 40. Rd1 Qf6 41. Rdd3 Rc4 42. Rf3 Qc6 43. Rde3
Rd8 $1 44. Kg2 (44. Rxc3 Qxf3 45. Rxc4 Rd1+ $19) 44... Rd2 45. Qb3 Rb2 46. Qd1
c2 {Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. Be3 c5 11. e6 (11. Qd5 $5 Ra7 12. dxc5) 11... cxd4 (11... c4
12. exf7+ (12. Qc2 fxe6 13. h4 e5 14. O-O-O Nc6 15. Qe4 Qc7 16. Nd5 Qb7 17. h5
Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. dxe5 Bf5 20. Qd5+ e6 21. Qd7 Rf7 22. Qxb7 Rxb7 23. Be2 {
1-0 Moskalenko,V-Qin Kanying/Beijing op 1991/ (43)}) 12... Rxf7 13. Qd1 Nb6 (
13... Bb7 14. Ng5 Rf5 (14... Rf6 15. Nce4) 15. f3 Qb6 16. Qd2 h6 17. Nge4 Kh7
18. Ng3 Rf8 19. Be2 Qa5 20. h4 h5 21. Nge4 b4 22. Ng5+ Kh8 23. Nce4 Bd5 24. O-O
Nc6 25. Rfd1 Rfd8 {1/2-1/2 Sarosi,Z-Schnitzspan,L/Tavasz 1997/ (41)}) 14. a4 (
14. Ne5 Rf8 (14... Bxe5 $2 15. dxe5 Qc7 16. Qd4 $16) 15. a4 b4 (15... Nd5 16.
axb5 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Be6 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. g3 a5 21. Bg2 Ra7 22. b6
Rad7 23. O-O Rd3 24. Rxa5 Rxe3 25. Nd5 {1-0 Kruppa,Y-Beshukov,S/RUS-Cup1
Chigorin mem 1996/ (29)}) (15... Bb7 $5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. Nxb5
N8d7 (18... Kh8 $5 19. Qg4 Bd5 20. Qh4) 19. Nxc4 (19. Qg4 $5 Kh8 20. Nxd7 Nxd7
21. Bxc4 Nf6 22. Qh3 Qa5+ 23. Ke2 Bd5 24. Bd3 Rb8 25. Bd2 Qa4 $44) 19... Kh8 $1
(19... Nd5 20. Be2 Nxe3 21. Nxe3 Qa5+ 22. Qd2 Qa1+ 23. Bd1 Rb8 24. O-O $1) 20.
h4 Bxg2 21. Bxg2 Nxc4 22. O-O Qb8 23. Nc3 Nf6 {0-1 Piket,J-Polgar,J/
Linares14th 1997/}) 16. a5 {><c4} (16. Ne4 a5 $2) 16... bxc3 17. axb6 cxb2 18.
Bxc4+ Kh8 (18... e6 $5 19. Rb1 Qxb6 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21. Bxb3 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Nc6 23.
Rxb2 Rb8 24. Ke2 Nxe5 25. Rc1 $44) 19. Rb1 Qxb6 20. Qd2 {/\ Rb2|^} Be6 (20...
Nd7 21. Rxb2 Nxe5 $5 (21... Qf6 22. f4 $13) 22. Rxb6 Nxc4 23. Qb4 Nxb6 24. Qxb6
a5 (24... Bf5 25. Qa5 Rfb8 26. O-O $16) 25. O-O a4 26. Ra1 Bf5 (26... a3 27.
Qb3 $16) 27. h4 {1-0 Karpov,A-Kamsky,G/Fide-Wch 1996/ (40)}) (20... Qf6 21. O-O
Nc6 22. Bd5 Bb7 23. Qxb2 Nxd4 24. Bxb7 Qxe5 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Qb7 Rf8 27. Bxd4
Qxd4 28. Qxa6 {Iskusnyh,S-Gavrjushin,O/RUS-Cup4 1997/CBM 58/1-0 (87)}) (20...
Nc6 21. Nf7+ $2 Rxf7 22. Bxf7 Nxd4 $17) 21. Rxb2 Qd6 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. O-O Nd7
{1/2-1/2 Horvath,C-Turov,M/Budapest FS11 GM/1996/}) 14... b4 (14... Bb7 15. Ng5
$6 Rf5 16. h4 (16. Ne6 Qd6 17. Nxg7 Kxg7 $11) 16... Nd5 17. axb5 Nxc3 $6 (17...
axb5 $1 18. Rxa8 Bxa8 19. Ne6 Nxe3 20. Qe2 Nxg2+ 21. Bxg2 Qa5 22. Nxg7 Rf7 23.
Bxa8 Qa1+ 24. Qd1 Qxa8 25. d5 Rxg7 $17) 18. bxc3 axb5 19. Ne6 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 Qd6
21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. Qb1 {1/2-1/2 Pedersen,S-Hoffmann,M/Drury Lane 1997 (43)}) 15.
Ne4 a5 16. Ne5 Rf8 17. Nxc4 Nd5 18. Be2 Nxe3 19. fxe3 e5 20. Nxe5 Bb7 21. Bc4+
Kh8 22. Qg4 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Nd7 24. Nd6 Nxe5 25. Qd4 Qf6 {1/2-1/2 Portisch,
L-Ribli,Z/HUN-ch 1971/ (41)}) (11... fxe6 12. Qxe6+ (12. dxc5 Nf6 13. Rd1 Qc7
14. h3 Nc6 15. Be2 b4 16. Na4 Na5 17. Qxb4 Nd5 18. Rxd5 Rb8 19. Qb6 Rxb6 20.
cxb6 Qc2 21. Bd1 Qc4 22. Rxa5 {1-0 Pedersen,S-Kosebay,O/Politiken Cup 1996/ 
(45)}) 12... Kh8 13. Qe4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Qxa8 Bb7 16. Qa7 Nbd7 17. Ne6
Qa5 18. Nxf8 Bxc3+ 19. Ke2 Qb4 20. bxc3 Qb2+ 21. Bd2 b4 22. Nxd7 {1-0 Pereyra
Arcija,D-Madina,M/Clarin GP1 Boca Juniors/1997/}) 12. Nxd4 (12. exf7+ Rxf7 13.
Bxd4 (13. Ng5 Ne5 14. Nxf7 Nxf7 15. Rd1 Nc6 16. Ne4 Na5 $44) 13... Bxd4 14.
Nxd4 Nc5 15. Qd5 (15. Qd1 Ra7 $5 16. Nf3 Rd7 $15) (15. Qb4 $5) 15... Qxd5 16.
Nxd5 Nbd7 $1 $15 17. b4 $5 (17. Be2 Bb7 18. Ne3 Na4 19. b3 Nc3 20. Bf3 $15) (
17. Rd1 Bb7 18. Ne3 e5 $11) 17... Bb7 18. Nc3 (18. Nc7 Rc8 19. Ncxb5 axb5 20.
bxc5 Rxc5 $11) 18... e5 $1 19. Ndxb5 axb5 20. bxc5 b4 21. Nb5 Rf4 {0-1 Piket,
J-Timman,J/NLD-ch 1997/ (40)}) (12. exd7 dxe3 13. dxc8=Q exf2+ 14. Kxf2 Qb6+
15. Ke1 Rxc8 $44) (12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Qd5 Qxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxe6 16.
Nxe7+ Kg7 17. O-O-O Ra7 $15) 12... Nc5 13. exf7+ Rxf7 14. Qd1 {White have
managed to weaken opponent's pawn structure, but it had cost him some time.
Black has active pieces and few obvious vulnerable points.} (14. Qd5 Qxd5 15.
Nxd5 Nbd7 16. Rc1 Bb7 17. b4 Bxd5 18. bxc5 Rc8 19. Nb3 Ne5 20. f3 Nxf3+ $5 21.
gxf3 Rxf3 22. Bd2 Rxb3 23. axb3 Bxh1 24. Bh3 Rc6 25. Bd7 Be5 26. Ke2 Bd5 27.
Bxc6 Bxc6 28. h3 {1-0 Messner,H-Schnitzspan,L/Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 1997/ 
(47)}) 14... Bb7 (14... Qd6 15. Nf3 Bg4 16. Be2 b4 17. Bc4 Be6 (17... Ne6 18.
Ne4 Qxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Nc6 20. Nfg5 $18) (17... Nd3+ 18. Kf1 bxc3 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7
20. Ng5+ $18) 18. Bxc5 Qxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Bxc4 20. Bxb4 Nc6 21. Ba3 Bxc3+ 22. bxc3
Rb8 $44) 15. Rc1 (15. Ndxb5 $5 Qxd1+ (15... Nbd7 16. Nd4 e5 17. Nb3 Ne6 18. Qg4
$16) 16. Rxd1 axb5 17. Bxc5 Bxc3+ (17... Na6 18. Bd4 $16) 18. bxc3 Rf5 19. Rd8+
Kf7 20. Be3 $1 (20. Bb4 Re5+ 21. Kd1 Nc6 $14) 20... Rd5 21. Rxd5 Bxd5 22. Bxb5
$16) 15... Qd6 16. Nf3 (16. a3 Nbd7 17. b4 Ne6 $15) 16... Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nc6 (
17... Nbd7 18. f4 Raf8 $15) 18. Qxd6 exd6 19. Rd1 Rd8 20. Bh3 $6 {It is hard
to blame white, that he is wishing to find active diagonals for his bishops.
Black is lucky to get serious counterplay with his pieces.} (20. Bxc5 dxc5 21.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 $15) (20. Be2 $1 Nb7 (20... b4 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. fxe4 Kf8 23. Rd2 $14
) 21. Rg1 Re8 $13) 20... Rff8 (20... Rxf3 $2 21. Bg2 Rxe3+ 22. fxe3 Bxc3+ 23.
bxc3 Ne5 24. Rg1 $16) 21. f4 Nb4 22. Ke2 Rfe8 23. Nd5 $5 (23. Rd2 d5 24. a3
Nbd3 $17) 23... Nxd5 (23... Nc2 24. Nc7 Re7 25. Nd5 $13) 24. Rxd5 Bxb2 25. f5 (
25. Rhd1 $2 Ne4 $1 $19) 25... Ne4 (25... Be5 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Rg1 Kf7 28. Kf3
$17) 26. Kf3 Bf6 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Rg1 Kf7 29. Rg4 Nc3 (29... Rh8 30. Kg2 Rde8
$17) 30. Rd3 d5 31. Rf4 (31. Bd4 Rh8 32. Bg2 Bxd4 33. Rgxd4 Rc8 $17) 31... Ne4
32. Kg2 (32. Bd4 g5 33. Rf5 Rh8 $17) 32... Rd6 {White has very little in the
way of compensation for his lost pawn.} 33. Bg4 Kg7 34. Bd1 d4 35. Bc1 (35. Bf3
Nc3 (35... dxe3 36. Rxe3 Rd2 37. Rexe4 Rxe4 38. Bxe4 g5 39. Rg4 Rxa2 40. h4 Kh6
41. hxg5+ Bxg5 $17) 36. Bxd4 Bxd4 37. Rfxd4 Rxd4 38. Rxd4 Nxa2 $17) 35... Nc5
36. Rdf3 Re4 (36... Re1 37. Ba3 Rxd1 38. Bxc5 Re6 39. Bf8+ Kxf8 40. Rxf6+ Ke7
41. Rxe6+ Kxe6 42. Ra3 $15) 37. h4 (37. Ba3 Rxf4 38. Rxf4 Rc6 39. Bf3 Rc7 $17)
37... Rxf4 38. Bxf4 (38. Rxf4 Nd3 $19) 38... Rd5 39. Bh6+ Kxh6 40. Rxf6 Kg7 41.
Rc6 d3 (41... a5 42. Bf3 Re5 43. Kg3 b4 44. Rd6 d3 $17) 42. Kf3 Na4 $2 (42...
Re5 43. Kf4 Re4+ 44. Kg3 Rc4 $17) 43. Bxa4 bxa4 44. Rc1 Kh6 (44... Kf6 45. Ke4
d2 46. Rd1 Rh5 47. Rxd2 Rxh4+ $15) 45. Ke4 (45. Ke4 Rf5 46. f3 Kh5 47. Rd1 Kxh4
48. Rxd3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Summit"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Bf4 c5 9. dxc5 Qa5 10. e5 Nd7 11. a3 Qxc5 12. Qe4 $5 {N} (12. Nd5 Nb6 13. Qxc5
Nxc5 14. Nxe7+ Kh8 15. Rc1 $2 Ne6 $1 $15 {Piket,Je-Ivanchuk,V/Tilburg/1989/
->CBM 15}) 12... Nb6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Rc1 (14. Nb5 Qb8 15. Nxa7 Bf5 $1 (15...
Qxa7 16. Qd4) 16. Qd4 Nd7 17. Nb5 Nxe5 $17) 14... Bf5 15. Qh4 Rac8 16. Bxa6 (
16. Nd5 Qxc1+ 17. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 18. Kd2 Rc2+ 19. Kd1 Nxd5 20. Nd4 Rd8 $5 (20...
Rxb2 21. Nxf5 gxf5 22. Qd4) (20... Rc5) 21. Bxa6 (21. Nxc2 Nc3+) (21. Nxf5 Ne3+
22. Ke1 Rd1#) 21... Nc7 22. Bd3 (22. Bxb7 Bxe5 23. Qxe7 Rxd4+ 24. Ke1 Rc1+ $19)
22... Rxb2 23. Bxf5 (23. Kc1 Bxd3 24. Kxb2 Bxe5 25. Qxe7 Ne6 $17) 23... Bxe5
24. Qxe7 Rxd4+ 25. Kc1 Rc4+ 26. Kd1 Bf4 $19) (16. Nb5 Qb8) 16... bxa6 17. O-O (
17. Nd5 Qxc1+) 17... Qb7 18. Nd4 (18. Rfd1 Rfd8 $10) 18... Nc4 19. Bh6 (19.
Nxf5 gxf5 20. Bh6 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 Qc6) 19... Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Nxe5 (20... Nxb2 21.
Nxf5 gxf5 22. Qg5+ Kh8 23. Qxf5 $16) 21. Rfe1 f6 22. b4 (22. Nxf5 gxf5 23. Re3
Rf7) 22... Rfd8 23. Nxf5 gxf5 24. Rxe5 (24. Re3 Rd3 $1) 24... Rxc3 25. Rc5 (25.
Rxf5 $6 Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 Qd7 27. g4 $8) 25... Rxa3 26. Rxf5 Rad3 (26... Qd7 27.
Rg5+ fxg5 28. Qxg5+ Kf7 29. Qh5+ Ke6 30. Qh6+ $10) (26... Qxb4 27. Rf4) 27.
Rg5+ fxg5 28. Qxg5+ Kf7 29. Qf5+ Ke8 30. Qh5+ Kf8 (30... Kd7 31. Qf5+ Ke8 $10)
31. Qf5+ {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bonn GSK"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Zagorskis, Darius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Gurevich,M} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7.
e4 Nc6 8. Bf4 (8. Bg5 {Gurevich,M} h6 9. Bh4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Qb4 Bxf3 12.
gxf3 b6 13. Bb5 a6 14. Ba4 Qd6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Guseinov,Aldyn-Zagorskis,Darius/
Pardubice op (5) 1995 (28)}) (8. Be2 {Gurevich,M -65/458,459}) 8... Nh5 9. Be3
Bg4 10. e5 {Ambitious attempt to take advantage of the misplaced Nh5. Ein
mutiger Versuch, die schlechte Plazierung des Nh5 auszunutzen.} (10. O-O-O Bxf3
11. gxf3 e5 12. d5 Nd4 13. f4 Nf3 (13... Qh4 14. fxe5 Nf3 15. e6 fxe6 16. dxe6
Kh8 17. Be2 Ne5 18. Qxc7 Rfc8 19. Qd6 Rc6 20. Qd2 Rxe6 21. Rhg1 Rc6 22. Kb1 Nc4
23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. f3 Qf6 {Tukmakov,V-Kotkov,Y/USSR/1971/1-0 (49)}) 14. f5 Qh4
15. fxg6 hxg6 16. Qxc7 Rfc8 17. Qxb7 Rab8 18. Qxa7 Ra8 19. Qb7 Rab8 20. Qa7 Ra8
21. Qb7 Rab8 22. Qa7 Ra8 {1/2-1/2 Lebredo,G-Sisniega,M/Havana (11)/1982}) (10.
Rd1 {Gurevich,M} Bxf3 11. gxf3 e5 12. dxe5 (12. d5 Nd4 $132) 12... Qh4 13. e6
Ne5 $132) 10... Bxf3 (10... Na5 11. Qa4 c5 12. Rd1 Nc6 13. Ra1 Na5 14. Rd1 Nc6
15. Be2 Qb8 16. dxc5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe2 18. Nd7 Bxd1 19. Qxd1 Qd8 20. Nxf8
Bxc3+ 21. bxc3 Qxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Kxf8 23. Kc2 Rc8 24. Rb1 Rc7 25. c6 b6 {1/2-1/2
Kozul,Z-Gutman,L/Graz op (04)/1987}) 11. gxf3 e6 12. h4 Qe7 13. f4 (13. a3 $5
f6 {Gurevich,M} 14. f4 fxe5 (14... Bh6 15. d5 Na5 $13) 15. fxe5 {(/\16.0-0-0)})
13... Qb4 $1 {Black's life will be easier without queens, since white pawn
structure is vulnerable especially in the endgame. Ohne Damen fällt Schwarz
das Leben leichter, weil die weisse Bauernstruktur angreifbar ist,
insbesondere im Endspiel.} 14. Qxb4 (14. Qd3 Rfd8 $17) (14. O-O-O {Gurevich,M}
Bh6 $132) 14... Nxb4 {The exchange of queens have greatly improved black's
chances, since the opponents pawn structure.} 15. Rc1 Bh6 (15... c6 {Gurevich,M
} 16. a3 Nd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 (17... cxd5 18. Be2 $14 (18. f5 $5)) 18. f5 $14) 16.
a3 Nc6 (16... Nd5 $2 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Rxc7 $16) 17. Ne2 {[/\18.Bg2]} (17. d5 {
Gurevich,M} Nd8 18. Ne2 exd5 19. Rxc7 Ne6 20. Rxb7 Nhxf4 $132) 17... Ne7 $5 (
17... Rac8 18. Bg2 Nd8 19. d5 $14) (17... Rfd8 {Gurevich,M} 18. Bg2 $16) 18.
Rxc7 (18. Bg2 {Gurevich,M} c6 $13) 18... Nd5 19. Rxb7 Rab8 20. Rxb8 (20. Rxa7
$2 Rxb2 21. Rg1 Nhxf4 22. Nxf4 Bxf4 23. Bxf4 Nxf4 $10) 20... Rxb8 {It is quite
obvious, that now comes black's turn. Es is ganz offensichtlich, daß jetzt
Schwarz an der Reihe ist.} 21. Bc1 (21. b4 a5 22. bxa5 Rb1+ 23. Kd2 Ra1 24. Bg2
Ra2+ 25. Kd1 Rxa3 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Rg1 Rxa5 $14) 21... a5 (21... Nhxf4 {
Gurevich,M} 22. Nxf4 Bxf4 23. Kd1) 22. Rh3 (22. Bg2 Ndxf4 23. Be4 Rd8 24. Be3
Rb8 $132) 22... Nhxf4 23. Nxf4 (23. Rf3 $2 Nxe2 24. Bxh6 Nxd4 25. Rd3 Nc6 $15)
23... Bxf4 24. Kd1 (24. Bxf4 Nxf4 25. Rf3 Nd5 26. b3 Rd8 $14) 24... Rd8 25. Rd3
Kg7 {[/\26...Kh6]} 26. Bd2 (26. Bg2 $2 Bxc1 27. Kxc1 Nf4) 26... Bxd2 27. Rxd2
Kh6 28. Be2 g5 $1 29. hxg5+ (29. h5 $6 Nf4 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Nxe2 32. Kxe2
Kxh5 $13) 29... Kxg5 {Black is still pawn down, but white's structure is weak.
Schwarz hat noch immer einen Bauern weniger, aber die weisse Struktur ist
schwach.} 30. Bf3 h5 31. Ke2 (31. Bxd5 Rxd5 32. Ke2 Kf4 33. Kd3 h4 $132) 31...
h4 32. Kf1 (32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33. Kf3 a4 $44) 32... Kf4 33. Bh1 (33. Bxd5 Rxd5 34.
Kg2 Ke4 $1 35. Re2+ Kd3 36. Re3+ Kxd4 37. Rh3 $10) 33... a4 34. Kg1 Ne7 35. Kh2
Nf5 36. d5 (36. Kh3 Rxd4 37. Rxd4+ Nxd4 38. Kxh4 Kxe5 $10) (36. Bc6 $2 Nxd4 {
/\Nf3}) 36... Kxe5 37. Re2+ Kf6 38. dxe6 fxe6 39. Kh3 Rd3+ 40. Kh2 (40. Kg4 h3
$17) 40... Rd4 41. Be4 Kg5 42. Ba8 Kf6 43. Kg2 e5 44. Be4 Kg5 45. Bxf5 Kxf5 46.
Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal-A 5th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2004.08.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Roussel Roozmon, Thomas"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2004.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. Be3 c5 11. e6 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. exf7+ Rxf7
15. Qd5 Qxd5 16. Nxd5 Nbd7 17. b4 (17. Be2 Bb7 18. Ne3 e5 19. Nf3 (19. Nb3 Nxb3
20. axb3 Nc5 21. b4 Nb3 22. Ra3 Nd4 23. Bd1 Rf4 24. O-O Nf5 25. Bb3+ Kh8 26.
Bd5 Bxd5 27. Nxd5 {1/2-1/2 Miton,K-Atalik,S/Cappelle la Grande 1999/ (38)})
19... e4 (19... Bxf3 20. Bxf3 e4 21. Be2 Na4 22. Rb1 Ne5 23. O-O Rd7 24. Rfd1 {
1/2-1/2 Herndl,H-Balinov,I/Schwarzach 1997/ (50)}) 20. Ng5 Re7 21. O-O Ne5 22.
b4 Ncd3 23. a4 Nf4 24. Bd1 h6 25. Nh3 Nxh3+ 26. gxh3 {1/2-1/2 Sarosi,Z-Feher,G/
Hungary 1997/ (45)}) 17... Bb7 18. Nc7 {So far white players have not been
able to prove any advantage in this line, as black pieces are very active.} (
18. Nc3 e5 19. Ndxb5 axb5 20. bxc5 b4 21. Nb5 Rf4 22. Rc1 Re4+ 23. Kd1 Bc6 24.
f3 Rf4 25. Nd6 Rxa2 26. Bc4+ Rxc4 27. Rxc4 b3 {0-1 Piket,J-Timman,J/Rotterdam
1997/ (40)}) 18... Rc8 19. Ncxb5 Na4 (19... axb5 20. bxc5 Rxc5 21. f3 (21. Nxb5
Re5+ 22. Be2 Bxg2 23. Rg1 Bf3 24. Nd4 $11) 21... b4 $11) 20. Na7 (20. Na3 Rf4
21. Ndc2 Nc3 22. f3 g5 23. h3 $14) 20... Rc7 21. Ne6 (21. b5 Bd5 22. Ndc6 axb5
23. Bxb5 Ndc5 $11) 21... Rc2 22. Nd4 Rc7 (22... Rcxf2 23. Bc4 Bxg2 24. Bxf7+
Rxf7 25. Rg1 $14) 23. Ne6 Rc3 24. Nd8 Rf4 $5 {Nataf is solving the problem
with a touch of humour. White will be left with knights on a7,b7 and scores of
undeveloped pieces.} (24... Rf5 25. f3 Re5+ 26. Kf2 Rc2+ 27. Kg3 Rg5+ 28. Kf4
Rf5+ 29. Ke3 Re5+ $11) 25. Nxb7 (25. f3 Rxb4 $11) 25... Re4+ 26. Kd2 (26. Be2
Rc2 27. O-O Rexe2 28. Nd8 Ne5 $11) 26... Rd4+ 27. Ke1 Re4+ 28. Kd2 Rd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beersheba 16th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1997.02.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.02.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. Rd1 Bd7 (12... Bf5 13. Bf4 (13.
d6 $5 Ne4 (13... h6 14. h3 (14. Bf4 Nd7 15. Rd2 Nb4 16. Qb3 Be6 17. Bc4 Nb6 18.
Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Na4 $5 (19. a3 $6 Nd3 $1 20. Bg3 c4 21. Qc2 Rc8 22. Rad1 Qd7 23.
h4 f5 24. Rxd3 $8 {Karpov,A-Kasparov,G/Sevilla (m/21)/1987/0.5 (28)}) (19. Bg3
Qd7 20. a3 Nc6 21. Qb5 Rc8 22. Rad1 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Ne5 24. Qxd7 {Rao,V-Kasparov,
G/New York sim/1988/0-1 (51)}) (19. Nb5 Re4 20. Be3 Nc4 21. Bxc5 Nxd2 22. Nxd2
Re2 23. Qxb4 a5 24. Qf4 g5 $17 {Karpov}) 19... Re4 $2 (19... Nxa4 20. Qxa4 Qf6
(20... Nc6 21. Qb5 (21. d7 $5) 21... g5 22. Bg3 Qb6 23. Qc4 Nd4 24. Nxd4 Bxd4
25. h3 Rd8 26. Rad1 Rdxd6 27. Bxd6 Qxd6 {Kaunas,K-Sakalauskas,V/Siauliai (07)
1995/0-1 (65)}) 21. Bg3 a6 $13) 20. Bg3 (20. Be3 Nc6 $1 21. Nxc5 Rb4 22. Qd3
Nc4 $132) 20... Nc4 21. Nxc5 Nxd2 22. Nxd2 Re2 (22... Rg4 23. Ne6) 23. Qxb4 a5
24. Qxb7 Rxd2 25. d7 (25. Re1 $5 Rb8 26. Qc7 $16) 25... Rxb2 26. Qd5 {1-0
Piket,J-Kasparov,G/Amsterdam Euwe-mem (06)/1995 (41)}) 14... Nd7 (14... Nb4 $1
15. Bf4 $1 Nd7 16. Rd2 a6 17. Qb3 b5 18. Qd1 c4 19. a4 $1 Nc5 20. axb5 Nbd3 21.
Bxd3 Nxd3 22. Rxd3 $2 cxd3 $2 23. Nd5 $1 axb5 24. Ne7+ $1 {Karpov,A-Kasparov,G/
Sevilla (m/15)/1987/0.5 (43)}) 15. Be3 Nb4 16. Rac1 Be6 17. Qb5 b6 18. Qa4 a6
19. Rd2 b5 20. Qd1 Rb8 21. a3 Nc6 22. Nb1 Na5 23. Rxc5 Nxc5 24. Bxc5 Qd7 {
0-1 May,F-Schnitzspan,L/Wiesbaden op (07)/1993 (37)}) (13... Nb4 14. Ng5 Qd7
15. Qxc5 Rxe2 16. Nxe2 Nc2 17. Rb1 Rc8 18. Qxa7 Nb4 19. Ra1 Nc2 20. Rb1 Nb4 21.
Bd2 Bxb1 22. Rxb1 Nc6 23. Qa3 Re8 24. Ng3 {Horvath,C-Yuferov,S/Kobanya op (10)/
1991/1-0 (48)}) 14. Nb5 (14. d7 $1) 14... Bd7 15. a4 Nb4 (15... Qb6 16. Be3)
16. Qb3 $1 Qb6 17. Be3 Bxb5 18. Bxb5 Nc6 19. d7 Red8 20. Qc4 (20. Ng5 Nxg5 21.
Bxg5 Bd4 $1) 20... Nf6 21. Bxc5 Qc7 {1-0 Piket,J-Gulko,B/Groningen/1990 (34)})
(13. Be3 Rxe3 14. fxe3 Ng4 15. e4 Bd7 16. Qb3 Bh6 17. Rf1 b5 18. Bxb5 Rb8 19.
a4 Nc7 20. Qc4 a6 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Qe2 Re8 {1-0 Dumpor,A-Antic,D/JUG-ch (09)/
1991 (36)}) 13... Ne4 (13... Nd7 14. Rd2 Nb6 15. Qb3 Nb4 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Be2
Bg4 18. a3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nd3 20. Bg3 c4 21. Qc2 Qd7 22. Rb1 f5 {Malmi,
L-Dzevlan,M/Rilton Cup op9394 (03)/1993/0-1 (49)}) 14. Bd3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bxd3
16. Rxd3 Qa5 17. Rb1 Re2 18. d6 Qxa2 19. Qxa2 Rxa2 20. d7 Rd8 21. Re1 Bf6 22.
Re8+ Kg7 23. g4 {1-0 Levy,R-Pagmucco,L/Dornbirn op/1988/}) (12... Qb6 13. Qb5
$6 Bd7 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Kf1 (15. Bb5 Nb4) 15... Nb4 16. a3 Ne4 $1 17. Bd2 (17.
Nxe4 Rxe4 18. Rb1 Rae8 $1 19. Rd2 Rxe2 20. Rxe2 Bb5 $19) 17... Nc2 18. Ra2 (18.
Rac1 $5) 18... Nxd2+ 19. Rxd2 Nxa3 $1 20. d6 $6 (20. Bd3) 20... Nb1 $1 21. Rc2
(21. Rxa8 Nxd2+ 22. Nxd2 Rxa8 $19) 21... Nxc3 22. Rxa8 (22. bxc3 $17) 22...
Rxa8 23. bxc3 Ra1+ 24. Ne1 Ba4 {0-1 Meulders,R-Miralles,G/Lyon zt (06)/1990/})
(12... b6 13. Qa4 Nc7 14. Bg5 Bb7 15. Qh4 Qd6 16. Bf4 Qd8 17. Bc4 Rc8 18. Bxc7
Qxc7 19. a4 {1/2-1/2 Kallai,G-Fogarasi,T/Balatonbereny (05)/1995/}) (12... h6
13. Bf4 Bf5 14. Be5 Ng4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qf4 Qf6 17. Bb5 Nb4 18. Bxe8 Rxe8 19.
a3 Nc2 20. Rac1 g5 21. Qd2 Nd4 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. Nb5 d3 {0-1 Hofman,R-Van
Alphen,M/Soest op (02)/1996/ (38)}) 13. a3 (13. d6 h6 (13... b5 $2 14. Nxb5 Re4
15. Qc2 Nb4 16. Qd2 $18) (13... Be6 $6 14. Qh4 $16) 14. Qb3 Qb6 15. Be3 Be6 16.
Qa3 Nd7 17. Rac1 Qb4 (17... Rac8 18. Na4 Qb4 19. Bxa6 bxa6 20. Nxc5 Qxb2 $14)
18. Rd2 Rac8 (18... Rad8 $5) 19. Nb5 Qe4 20. h3 {0-1 Bareev,E-Miralles,G/
Marseille (05)/1990 (42)}) 13... h6 14. h3 Rb8 15. Bf4 b5 16. Qd3 Rb6 17. Ne5
c4 18. Qf3 Nc5 19. a4 b4 (19... bxa4 20. Nxc4 $16) 20. Nb5 Nh5 (20... a6 21.
Nc6 (21. Nd4 $2 Bxa4) 21... Bxc6 22. dxc6 Qe7 23. Nd4 $16) 21. Nxd7 Nxf4 22.
Qxf4 (22. Nxc5 $2 Nxe2+ 23. Kf1 Bxb2 $19) 22... Re4 (22... Qxd7 23. Qxc4 Bxb2
24. Ra2 $14) 23. Qc1 (23. Qd2 Qxd7 24. Bf3 c3 $1 $15) 23... Nb3 (23... Qxd7 24.
Bxc4 a6 25. Bf1 Bf8 (25... Nb3 26. Qc2 Nxa1 27. Qxe4 axb5 28. Bxb5 Rxb5 29.
axb5 Bxb2 30. Qxb4 $16) 26. d6 Rc6 27. Nc7 $13) 24. Qc2 Rxe2 (24... Nxa1 25.
Qxe4 Qxd7 26. Rxa1 $18) 25. Qxe2 Qxd7 (25... Nxa1 26. Nxb6 $18) 26. Rab1 Na5
27. d6 Bf6 28. Qf3 Kg7 29. Qa8 $2 (29. Qd5 $16) 29... Nc6 $1 30. Nxa7 $1 (30.
Rd5 Rb8 $19) 30... Nxa7 31. Qd5 Rc6 32. Rbc1 (32. Qa5 c3 $19) 32... Nc8 33. Qb5
(33. Rxc4 Rxd6 $19) 33... Nxd6 34. Qxb4 Qc7 35. Rd5 $6 (35. Qd2 Rb6 36. a5 Ra6
37. b4 c3 $17) 35... Rb6 36. Qa5 Bxb2 37. Rc2 Bf6 38. Qc5 (38. Rc5 Rb1+ 39. Kh2
Qxa5 40. Rxa5 c3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Linares 17th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.03.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2851"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2000.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bg5 Nc6 14. Qe3 Qd5 $5
(14... Bf5 15. Bh6 Bxb2 16. Rad1 Qa5 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Bd3 $14) 15. Rad1 Qe6 (
15... Qf5 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 f6 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Rfd8 20. Qd2 Rxd4 21.
Qxd4 Bc6 22. Bg4 Qd5 23. Qxd5+ Bxd5 24. Rd1 e6 25. Bf3 Bxf3 26. gxf3 a5 27. a3
a4 28. c6 {1/2-1/2 Piket,J-Sokolov,I/Batumi/1999/ (28)}) 16. Bh6 Bf5 17. Bxg7
Qxe3 18. fxe3 Kxg7 19. a3 {Kasparov is said to have dwelled quite long in this
position, obviously concept with 14...Dd5!? was less known to him. On the
contrary Leko knew the problems inside out and was able to hold his own even
in the post mortem analyses.} (19. Rd2 Rfc8 $5 (19... Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Rxd2 21.
Rxd2 Kf6 22. Kf2 Be4 23. a3 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Nxd8 25. Nd2 Bd5 26. e4 Bc6 27. Ke3 e5
28. b4 Ne6 29. Nb1 $1 $14) 20. Nd4 Be4 21. Rf4 Nxd4 22. exd4 Bd5 $11) 19...
Rfd8 20. b4 Bc2 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rc1 Be4 (22... Bd3 $2 23. Nd4 Rxd4 24. exd4
Bxe2 25. d5 Nd4 26. c6 Bg4 27. Re1 $1 Ne2+ 28. Rxe2 Bxe2 29. h3 $18) 23. Kf2
Kf6 24. g4 (24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Bxd1 a5 26. bxa5 Nxa5 27. Nd4 Nc4 28. c6 Nxa3 29.
Bf3 Bxf3 30. gxf3 Nc4 31. c7 Nd6 32. Nxb5 Nc8 $11) 24... h6 25. h4 Ke6 {
Black avoids creation of the further weaknesses, white has hard time inventing
the method of making any progress.} (25... g5 $6 26. hxg5+ hxg5 27. Nd4 $1 Nxd4
(27... Ke5 28. Bf3 Bxf3 29. Nxf3+ Kf6 30. Ke2 $14) 28. exd4 Rxd4 29. Ke3 Ke5
30. c6 Rd8 31. a4 $1 $16) 26. Rd1 (26. Nd4+ Ke5) (26. g5 Bxf3 27. Bxf3 Ne5 28.
Rd1 Rxd1 29. Bxd1 hxg5 30. hxg5 Kd7 $11) 26... Bxf3 $1 27. Rxd8 (27. Kxf3 Rxd1
28. Bxd1 Ke5 29. Bb3 Nd8 $11) 27... Bxe2 28. Rc8 Kd7 29. Rxc6 Kxc6 30. Kxe2 {
[%mdl 4096] This pawn endgame is far from trivial, but Leko was sure about the
way to hold.} f6 31. Kd3 e6 32. Kd4 g5 $1 33. h5 (33. hxg5 hxg5 $11) 33... Kd7
34. e4 Kc6 35. e5 (35. Kd3 e5 $11) 35... f5 36. gxf5 exf5 37. e6 f4 $1 (37...
g4 38. Ke5 g3 39. e7 Kd7 40. Kf6 g2 41. c6+ $18) 38. Ke4 (38. Ke5 $2 f3 39. e7
Kd7 40. Kf6 f2 41. c6+ Ke8 42. c7 f1=Q+ $19) 38... Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.19"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Qb3 c5 9. d5 e6 10. Bxa6 bxa6 11. O-O exd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Qc4 {[%mdl 4]
Gagunashvili is consequently playing this line, Khalifman is accepting the
challenge of fighting for black side.} (13. Rd1 Rb8 (13... Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4
15. Bf4 Rc8 16. d6 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qd7 18. Rd2 Rfe8 19. Rad1 Re6 20. h3 {1-0
Radziejewski,D-Jezierski,P/Porabka 1986/ (34)}) 14. Qa3 Qd6 15. Be3 Rfc8 16. h3
Ne4 17. Rac1 Nxc3 18. bxc3 h6 19. Bd4 Be4 20. Bxg7 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Kxg7 {0-1
Atalik,S-Najer,E/Groningen 1999/ (58)}) (13. Bf4 Bd3 (13... Qb6 14. Rac1 (14.
Rfd1 c4 15. Qxc4 Qxb2 16. Be5 Ng4 17. Bd4 Nxf2 18. Bxf2 Rfc8 19. Qxa6 Qxc3 20.
d6 Rc6 21. Qb7 Rd8 22. Bg3 Rd7 {Flear,G-Ristic,N/Dortmund II 1989/ (22)}) 14...
Qb4 15. Bd6 Rfd8 16. Be7 Rdb8 17. d6 Qxb3 18. axb3 Rxb3 19. Na4 Nd7 20. Nxc5
Nxc5 21. Rxc5 Rd3 {0-1 Legky,N-Salaun,Y/Cannes/1992/ (41)}) 14. Rfd1 c4 15. Qb7
Qc8 16. Qxc8 Raxc8 17. Ne5 Nh5 18. Nxd3 cxd3 19. Bg5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rxc3 21. Be7
Rb8 22. d6 Rb7 23. Kf1 f5 {1/2-1/2 Legky,N-Stohl,I/Vrnjacka Banja/1989/ (28)})
13... Qb6 14. Be3 (14. Rd1 Rfe8 15. Be3 Rac8 $13) 14... Qxb2 15. Rac1 (15. Bxc5
$2 Rfc8 16. Rac1 (16. Qb4 Qxb4 17. Bxb4 Rc4 18. a3 Rac8 $17) 16... Nd7 17. Na4
Qb5 $17) 15... Nd7 {It is quite possible, that white would have to work harder
after the tricky move 15...Rfc8!?} (15... Rfc8 $5 16. Na4 Qb5 17. Rfd1 Nxd5 18.
Rxd5 Be6 19. Qxb5 axb5 20. Rdxc5 bxa4 $17) 16. Na4 (16. Rfd1 Qb4 17. Ne2 $13)
16... Qb5 (16... Qb4 17. Qxa6 (17. Nxc5 Qxc4 18. Rxc4 Nb6 19. Rcc1 Nxd5 20. Nd4
Nxe3 21. fxe3 Bc8 $15) 17... Rac8 18. Rfe1 $11) 17. Qxb5 axb5 18. Nxc5 Nb6 19.
d6 (19. Rfd1 $2 Bb2 $17) 19... Nc4 20. Bg5 (20. d7 Rfd8 21. Rcd1 Bf8 $17) 20...
Bb2 (20... Rfc8 21. d7 Rxc5 22. d8=Q+ Rxd8 23. Bxd8 Rc8 24. Be7 Be4 $44) 21.
Rcd1 (21. Be7 Bxc1 22. Rxc1 Rfc8 23. d7 Rxc5 24. Bxc5 Bxd7 $17) 21... f6 22.
Bf4 Ba3 23. Rd5 (23. Na6 Rad8 24. Nd4 Bxd6 25. Bxd6 Rxd6 26. Nc5 Rd5 27. Nxf5
Rxc5 $17) 23... Nb6 (23... Bg4 24. Nb7 Bd7 25. Nd4 a6 $15) 24. Rxf5 $1 {
White must play with great phantasy just to keep chances for the equality.}
gxf5 25. Ne6 Nd5 (25... Rf7 26. Nc7 Rc8 27. Nxb5 Bc5 28. Bg3 (28. Nh4 Nd5 29.
Bh6 Rb7 $17) 28... Nc4 $15) 26. Bg3 (26. Nxf8 Nxf4 27. Nxh7 (27. Nd7 Rd8 28.
Nxf6+ Kg7 $19) 27... Ne2+ 28. Kh1 Kxh7 $17) (26. Rd1 Nxf4 27. Nxf4 Rf7 28. Rd3
Bb2 29. Nd5 Rd7 30. Ne7+ Kf7 31. Nxf5 Rc8 $15) 26... f4 (26... Rfe8 $5 27. Nc7
(27. Nfd4 Bb2 28. d7 Re7 29. d8=Q+ Rxd8 30. Nxd8 Bxd4 31. Nc6 Re4 $17) 27...
Nxc7 28. dxc7 Rac8 29. Rd1 (29. Nd4 f4 30. Bxf4 Re4 31. Nxb5 Rxf4 32. Nxa3 Rxc7
$19) 29... Bc5 30. Rd7 Bb6 $17) 27. Nxf8 fxg3 28. Ne6 gxf2+ $6 {Exception to
the rule! Black would have done much better with swap of the pawn that is
further from the center 28...gxh2+!} (28... gxh2+ $1 29. Nxh2 Kf7 (29... Bxd6
30. Rd1 Bxh2+ 31. Kxh2 Nc3 32. Rd7 a5 $17) 30. Nc7 Nxc7 31. dxc7 Rc8 32. Rb1 b4
33. Ng4 Rxc7 34. Ne3 a5 $17) 29. Rxf2 Bxd6 (29... Kf7 30. Nfg5+ $1 Kg6 31. Ne4
f5 32. N4c5 $16) 30. Rd2 Kf7 31. Rxd5 Kxe6 32. Rxb5 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beersheba"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Vydeslaver, Alik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 a6 7. e4 b5 8. Qb3
O-O 9. e5 Ng4 10. h3 Nh6 11. Bd3 (11. Bf4) 11... Bb7 (11... Nf5 $6 12. Be4 Ra7
(12... c6 13. Qd1 {/\ g4} (13. Ne2 Ra7 14. Bf4 Be6 15. Qc2 Kh8 16. h4 Rd7 17.
h5 Kg8 18. O-O-O c5 19. dxc5 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Qa5 21. b3 Rc8 22. Kb1 b4 23. c6
Qc7 24. hxg6 $40 {Soffer,R-Fogarasi,T/Budapest FS JunGM (06)/1994/1-0 (32)}))
13. g4 $1 Nh6 (13... Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Be3 Qxe5 16. Bxa7 $18) 14. Be3 $16
{[+] פh6} c6 15. O-O-O Qa5 16. Kb1 Rc7 17. Bd2 Rb7 18. Ne2 Qb6 19. Bf4 Kh8 $8
20. Qe3 Ng8 21. h4 $18 {1-0 Milov,V-Svidler,P/Haifa/1995/ (28)}) (11... c5 $2
12. Be4 Ra7 13. dxc5 Nd7 14. Qa3 $18) 12. Bxh6 (12. Be4 Bxe4 13. Nxe4 Nc6 $6 (
13... Nf5 14. Be3 Nc6 (14... c6 15. O-O Qd5 16. Nc5 Rd8 17. Rfc1 Nd7 18. Rc2
Nb6 19. Nb7 Rdc8 20. Na5 Rc7 21. Rac1 Rac8 22. Qxd5 Nxd5 23. Bd2 e6 24. Nxc6 {
1-0 Farago,I-Pfrommer,C/Regensburg op (04) 1996 (43)}) 15. Rd1 Na5 16. Qc3 (16.
Qd3 Qd5 $13) 16... Qd5 17. Nc5 b4 18. Qxb4 Qxa2 19. Qa3 Qxa3 20. bxa3 Nxe3 21.
fxe3 Nc4 22. Rd3 Bh6 23. Ke2 Rfb8 24. Rc1 Rb2+ 25. Nd2 Nxd2 26. Rxd2 Rab8 27.
Rxb2 Rxb2+ 28. Kf3 {1-0 Legky,N-Sion Castro,M/Cordoba op 1995 (35)}) 14. Bxh6
$1 Bxh6 (14... Nxd4 $2 15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Qe3 $1 $18) 15. Rd1 Na5 (15... e6 $6
16. d5 $1 $16) 16. Qb4 Nc4 17. O-O c6 18. Rfe1 Nb6 $6 (18... a5 19. Qc3 Qc8 $14
) 19. Qc5 $1 Rc8 20. e6 $1 f6 21. Re2 Bf4 $5 22. g3 Bb8 23. Qa3 $1 Rc7 24. Qe3
$1 {0-1 Soffer,R-Shmuter,L/Israel/1994/ (44)}) 12... Bxh6 13. Be4 Nc6 (13... c6
14. O-O e6 (14... Nd7 15. e6) 15. Na4 $1 (15. a4 Nd7 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 (
17. Nxb5 $2 Qb6 $19) 17... Qxa8 $10 {Soffer,R-Shmuter,L/Israel/1994/}) 15...
Nd7 16. Nc5 $16 Qc7 17. Qc3 Rfc8 18. Rfd1 a5 19. a3 a4 20. Ne1 $18 {Milov,
V-Shmuter,L/Israel/1994/}) 14. Rd1 Na5 15. Qc2 (15. Qb4 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 c6 17.
O-O Ra7 18. Rfe1 Nc4 19. e6 f6 20. Re2 Nb6 21. Qc5 Bf4 22. g3 Bb8 23. Kg2 Na4
24. Qc1 Qd5 25. b3 Nb6 26. Qh6 Qh5 27. Qxh5 gxh5 28. Rc1 {Hoelzl,F-Fogarasi,T/
Budapest Elekes (07)/1995/1-0 (51)}) 15... Bxe4 16. Qxe4 b4 (16... Nc4 17. b3
Nb6 18. d5 $16) 17. Na4 e6 18. b3 Qd5 19. Qh4 (19. Qxd5 exd5 20. Nc5 $14) 19...
Bg7 20. O-O Nc6 21. Rc1 Rfd8 22. Rc4 $1 (22. Rc5 Qd7 23. Rfc1 $2 Nxd4) 22...
Bf8 23. Rfc1 Ne7 24. Rxc7 Rac8 (24... Nf5 $2 25. Qf6 Be7 26. Rxe7 Nxe7 27. Qxe7
$18) 25. Qf6 h6 26. R1c5 Rxc7 (26... Qe4 27. Rxe7 $18) 27. Rxc7 Re8 28. Nc5 Bg7
(28... Qa8 29. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31. Nh4 Qe4 32. Qf7 Qxh4 33. Qxe8 $18
) 29. Rxe7 $1 Bxf6 30. Rxe8+ Kg7 31. exf6+ Kxf6 32. Rb8 Qf5 (32... a5 33. Rb7
Qd8 34. Rd7 Qc8 35. Ne5 $18) 33. Rxb4 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Qxa2 35. Rb7 Qe2 (35... Qxf2
$2 36. Ne4+ $18) 36. Ne5 h5 (36... Kg7 37. Rxf7+ Kh8 38. Nxe6 $18) 37. h4 (37.
Rxf7+ Kg5 38. Nxe6+ Kh6 39. f4 $18) 37... Kg7 38. Nxe6+ Kg8 (38... Kf6 39. Nf4
Qxf2 40. Rxf7#) 39. Rb8+ Kh7 40. Nxf7 (40. Nxf7 g5 41. Nfxg5+ Kh6 42. Rh8+ Kg6
43. Nf4+ Kg7 44. Rh7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Lyon zt"]
[Site "Lyon"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Miralles, Gilles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. Be3 Bf5 13. Rad1 Rc8 $5 {N} (
13... Ne4) (13... Qb6 14. b3 Rxe3 15. fxe3 Ng4 16. Na4 Qd6 17. Qf4 Qxf4 18.
exf4 Nb4 $132 {Farago,I-Kozul,Z/Montpellier-A/1989/ ->TD89_10}) 14. h3 (14. Qb3
$5 Nb4 15. Rd2 {/\ Qd1}) 14... Nb4 15. Ne1 Ne4 16. Nxe4 (16. a3 Nxc3 17. bxc3
Nc2 18. Nxc2 Bxc2) 16... Rxe4 17. Qb3 a5 18. g4 (18. a3 c4 19. Qa4 $2 Bd7)
18... Bd7 19. Rc1 (19. Rd2 c4 20. Qd1 c3 $1) 19... a4 20. Qd1 a3 $1 (20... Bxb2
21. Rxc5 $22 Nxa2 22. Qc2) 21. bxa3 Nxa2 22. Bd3 (22. Rxc5 Rxc5 23. Bxc5 Nc3
$19) (22. Rc4 Nc3 23. Qd3 Nxe2+ 24. Qxe2 Bb5 $19) 22... Rxe3 $1 23. fxe3 Nxc1
24. Qxc1 c4 25. Bc2 Qg5 $1 (25... Qh4 26. Kg2 Be5 27. Rf3 h5 $40) 26. Qd2 c3
27. Qd3 Rc5 28. Bb3 (28. e4 Bb5 $19) 28... c2 (28... Bb5 $19) 29. Nf3 (29. Nxc2
Rc3) (29. Bxc2 Bb5) 29... Qf6 30. Bxc2 Bb5 31. Qe4 Bxf1 {Ftacnik,L} (31... Bxf1
32. Kxf1 Rxc2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Perenyi Memorial"]
[Site "Gyula"]
[Date "2000.01.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2000.01.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. Bf4 Na6 8.
e4 c5 9. d5 e6 10. d6 Nb4 {This wild line came into prominence with the
Piket's game against Kasparov in Wijk 2000, but black should be able to get
enough counterplay.} (10... Nh5 11. e5 Nb4 12. Bg5 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. O-O-O
Bd7 15. Ne5 Qa5 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 17. Nxd7 Rxf2 18. Ne5 Kh8 19. Nxg6+ hxg6 20. Qh4+
Kg8 21. Qxf2 Nxa2+ 22. Nxa2 Qxa2 {1/2-1/2 Pedersen,J-Hvenekilde,J/Esbjerg/1972/
(30)}) (10... Qb6 11. e5 Nh5 12. O-O-O Nxf4 13. Qxf4 Bd7 14. Bc4 Bc6 15. Rhe1
Qb4 16. a3 Qa5 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 b5 19. Ba2 c4 20. Kb1 Rac8 21. d7 Rc5 22.
Re2 Rd8 {0-1 Mira,H-Horvath,M/Vienna/1999/ (43)}) (10... e5 11. Bxe5 (11. Nxe5
Nh5 $11) 11... Nb4 12. Rd1 Be6 13. Qxc5 Nc2+ 14. Kd2 Nd7 15. Qc7 Nxe5 16. Qxd8
Raxd8 17. Kxc2 Ng4 18. Rd2 Bh6 19. Re2 Rxd6 20. h3 Nf6 21. g4 Nd7 {1/2-1/2
Piket,J-Kasparov,G/Wijk aan Zee/2000/ (41)}) 11. e5 (11. Rd1 $5) 11... Nc2+ 12.
Kd2 Nxa1 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Qxc5 e5 $6 {It is a pitty for black not to have
found the best move 14...b6!? since white position with centralized king calls
for a punishment.} (14... Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Bc4 b5 17. Bxb5 Bxc3+ 18. Kxc3
Rxa2 19. Rd1 $16) (14... b6 $5 15. Qe3 (15. Qc7 g5 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Ne4 gxf4
18. Nxf6+ Kg7 19. Nh5+ Kh6 20. Nxf4 Rxd6+ 21. Bd3 f6 22. Ke3 e5 23. Ne2 Rxd3+
24. Kxd3 Bf5+ $15) 15... e5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Qxe5 Re8 18. Qd4 Re6 19. d7 Bxd7
20. Bd3 Bc6 $19) 15. Bxe5 Re8 (15... Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Bf5 17. Bc4 Nc2 18. d7 $13)
16. Bxf6 (16. Qd4 $5 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Bf5 (17... Qf6 18. f4 Bf5 19. Nd5 $16) 18.
Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Bc4+ Be6 20. Rxa1 $11) 16... Qxf6 17. Qd4 (17. Bc4 Qf4+ 18. Kd1
Bf5 $19) 17... Qxd4+ 18. Nxd4 Rd8 19. Bd3 Rxd6 20. Nce2 b6 {This move is
coming too late..} (20... Be6 21. Rxa1 Rad8 22. Ke3 $16) 21. Rxa1 Bb7 22. f3 (
22. Bc4 Rad8 23. Kc3 Bxg2 $11) 22... Rad8 (22... Rad8 23. Kc3 Rc8+ 24. Kd2 Rcd8
$11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch52"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1997.06.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. Be3 Bf5 13. Rad1 Qb6 14. b3 (14.
d6 Be6 (14... h6 $5) (14... Qxb2 15. Ng5 Rf8 16. Rb1 $5 (16. Bf3 h6 17. Nge4
Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Be6 19. Qa4 Qxa2 20. Qxa2 Bxa2 21. Nxc5 $36) 16... Bxb1 17. Rxb1
b5 18. Qxf7+ Rxf7 19. Rxb2 Rd7 20. Rxb5 Rxd6 21. Bc4+ Kf8 22. Rb7 $16) 15. Qb5
h6 (15... Rad8 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Bb5 $14) (15... Bd7 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Nd2 Bc6
18. Nc4 Nd7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Nb4 21. Rd2 Rxa2 22. Bg4 f5 23. Bf3 {1/2-1/2
Gulko,B-Horvath,C/Nova Gorica op 1997 (40)}) (15... Bd7) 16. Ne5 Red8 (16...
Bb3 17. Qxb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 Rxe5 19. Bf3 $16) 17. Nc4 Qxb5 (17... Bxc4 18. Qxb6
axb6 19. Bxc4 Ng4 20. h3 $14) 18. Nxb5 Nd5 19. Bc1 $1 Ndb4 (19... Nab4 20. Bf3
Rab8 21. Nc7 $14) 20. a3 Nc2 $2 (20... Nc6 $5 21. Be3 Rd7) 21. Na5 Rd7 22. Bf4
g5 23. Bg3 f5 {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Reggio Emilia9596 1996 (32)})
14... Ng4 (14... Rxe3 15. fxe3 Ng4 16. Na4 Qd6 17. Qf4 (17. e4 $6 Bd7 18. Qc1
b5 19. Nb2 Nb4 $44 {/\} 20. Nd3 Bd4+ $1 21. Kh1 Nxa2 $17) 17... Qxf4 18. exf4
Nb4 (18... Ne3 19. Bxa6 bxa6 20. Nxc5 $16) 19. Rd2 (19. Nxc5 b6 $1 20. Nb7 Nxa2
21. Rfe1 Ne3 $13) 19... Ne3 20. Rc1 Nbxd5 (20... b6 21. Bc4 $1 Rd8 22. d6 $16)
21. Bd3 (21. Nxc5 Bc3 $1) 21... Nxf4 22. Bxf5 Nxf5 23. Nxc5 (23. Rxc5 Ne6 {
/\ Bh6-e3~/=}) 23... Bh6 {1/2-1/2 Farago,I-Kozul,Z/Montpellier-A 1989 (41)}) (
14... Rac8 15. h3 h6 16. Rd2 Red8 17. g4 Bd7 18. Ne5 Ne8 19. Qf4 Nd6 20. Nc4
Nxc4 21. Qxc4 Qa5 22. Rc1 Nb4 23. d6 Re8 24. a4 a6 25. Nd5 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27.
Qf4 Nxd5 28. Rxd5 Qa2 {1/2-1/2 Kakhiani,K-Janjgava,L/Tbilisi 1991 (32)}) 15.
Bd2 Ne5 (15... Rad8 16. Rfe1 Nb4 17. Na4 Qd6 18. Bf4 Qf8 19. Bc7 Rd7 20. d6 b6
21. Bf1 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Nc2 23. Rd1 Nd4 24. Nxd4 cxd4 25. h3 Ne5 26. Qa6 Bc2 27.
Rxd4 Nf3+ 28. gxf3 Bxd4 29. Qc4 Be5 30. Qxc2 {1-0 Ree,H-Chandler,M/
Thessaloniki olm 1984 (60)}) 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Be3 Qa5 (17... Rad8 18. Rfe1 $11
) 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Rfd1 Nb4 (19... Red8 20. Na4 $11) 20. d6 Red8 21. Bf4 Bd4 (
21... Bxc3 $2 22. Qxc3 Nc6 (22... Qxa2 23. Bh6 $18) 23. Qf6 $18) 22. a3 Nc6 (
22... Qxa3 $6 23. Nb5 Qa2 24. Nxd4 cxd4 25. Qxb4 Qxe2 26. Qxd4 $16) 23. Nb5 (
23. Na4 $6 Ne5 24. Qb5 Qxb5 25. Bxb5 f6 $15) 23... Bb2 (23... a6 24. Nxd4 Nxd4
25. b4 Qxa3 26. bxc5 Nb3 27. Rc3 Qxc5 28. Bg5 $13) 24. Bg5 Rd7 (24... Bxc1 25.
Qxc1 $1 (25. Bxd8 Rxd8 26. Qxc1 (26. Rxc1 a6 27. Nc7 Nd4 $19) 26... a6 27. Nc7
Nd4 $19) 25... Re8 26. Qb2 $44) 25. Qxc5 Re8 (25... Bxc1 26. Qxc1 (26. Rxc1 Re8
27. b4 Qa4 28. Bf3 Re5 29. Bd5 Bd3 $19) 26... Re8 27. b4 Qa4 28. Rd2 $13) 26.
b4 Qa4 (26... Qb6 27. Qxb6 axb6 28. Be3 Bxc1 29. Rxc1 $14) 27. Bf1 Bxc1 $6 (
27... Re5 28. Rd5 Rxd5 29. Qxd5 Bxc1 30. Bxc1 Qc2 $15) 28. Qxc1 Qc2 (28... Bg4
29. f3 Bf5 30. Nc7 $40) 29. Qa1 $1 h5 30. Nc7 Re4 31. Bd3 $2 (31. Bh6 $1 Ne5
32. Nd5 Kh7 33. Bf8 $16) 31... Qxd1+ $1 32. Qxd1 Rxd6 (32... Rd4 33. Ne8 $16)
33. h3 (33. Bf6 Rxd3 34. Qxd3 Re1+ $11) 33... Rxd3 (33... Red4 34. Qe1 Rxd3 35.
Qe8+ Kg7 36. b5 $14) 34. Qxd3 Re1+ 35. Qf1 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Nd4 37. Bf6 Nb5 (
37... Nb5 38. Nxb5 Bd3+ 39. Ke1 Bxb5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Drury Lane"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1997.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pedersen, Steffen"]
[Black "Hoffmann, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. Be3 c5 (10... Nb6) 11. e6 c4 (11... fxe6 12. Qxe6+ (12. dxc5
Nf6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. h3 Nc6 15. Be2 b4 16. Na4 Na5 17. Qxb4 Nd5 18. Rxd5 Rb8 19.
Qb6 Rxb6 20. cxb6 Qc2 21. Bd1 Qc4 22. Rxa5 {1-0 Pedersen,S-Kosebay,O/
Copenhagen PC 1996 (45)}) 12... Kh8 13. Qe4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Qxa8 Bb7 16.
Qa7 Nbd7 17. Ne6 Qa5 18. Nxf8 Bxc3+ 19. Ke2 Qb4 20. bxc3 Qb2+ 21. Bd2 b4 22.
Nxd7 {1-0 Pereyra Arcija,D-Madina,M/Boca Clarin GP1 1997}) 12. exf7+ (12. Qc2
fxe6 13. h4 e5 14. O-O-O Nc6 15. Qe4 Qc7 16. Nd5 Qb7 17. h5 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6
19. dxe5 Bf5 20. Qd5+ e6 21. Qd7 Rf7 22. Qxb7 Rxb7 23. Be2 {1-0 Moskalenko,
V-Qin Kanying/Beijing op 1991 (43)}) 12... Rxf7 13. Qd1 Nb6 14. a4 (14. Ne5 $1
Rf8 (14... Bxe5 $2 15. dxe5 Qc7 16. Qd4 $16) 15. a4 b4 (15... Bb7 16. axb5 axb5
17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. Nxb5 N8d7 19. Nxc4 Kh8 20. h4 Bxg2 21. Bxg2 Nxc4 22. O-O Qb8
23. Nc3 Nf6 24. Bc1 {0-1 Piket,J-Polgar,J/Linares 1997 (46)}) 16. a5 {><c4} (
16. Ne4 a5 $2) 16... bxc3 17. axb6 cxb2 18. Bxc4+ Kh8 (18... e6 $5 19. Rb1 Qxb6
20. Qb3 Qxb3 21. Bxb3 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Nc6 23. Rxb2 Rb8 24. Ke2 Nxe5 25. Rc1 $44)
19. Rb1 Qxb6 20. Qd2 {/\ Rb2|^} Nd7 (20... Be6 21. Rxb2 Qd6 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23.
O-O Nd7 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,C-Turov,M/Budapest FS11 GM 1996}) (20... Nc6 21. Nf7+
$2 Rxf7 22. Bxf7 Nxd4 $17) (20... Qf6 21. O-O Nc6 22. Bd5 Bb7 23. Qxb2 Nxd4 24.
Bxb7 Qxe5 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Qb7 Rf8 27. Bxd4 Qxd4 28. Qxa6 {Iskusnyh,
S-Gavrjushin,O/RUS-Cup4 Perm 1997/1-0 (87)}) 21. Rxb2 Nxe5 $5 (21... Qf6 22. f4
$13) 22. Rxb6 Nxc4 23. Qb4 Nxb6 24. Qxb6 a5 (24... Bf5 25. Qa5 Rfb8 26. O-O $16
) 25. O-O a4 26. Ra1 Bf5 (26... a3 27. Qb3 $16) 27. h4 e6 (27... Bf6 28. Bh6 $1
Rfb8 $2 29. Rxa4 $1) (27... Bc2 $5 28. Qc7 Bb3 29. Qxe7 Rfd8) 28. Bf4 Be4 29.
Bd6 Rfc8 30. Qb5 {1-0 Karpov,A-Kamsky,G/Fide-Wch (Elista) 1996 (40)}) 14... Bb7
(14... b4 15. Ne4 a5 16. Ne5 Rf8 17. Nxc4 Nd5 18. Be2 Nxe3 19. fxe3 e5 20. Nxe5
Bb7 21. Bc4+ Kh8 22. Qg4 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Nd7 24. Nd6 Nxe5 25. Qd4 Qf6 26. Rf1 Qg7
27. Bb3 Bxg2 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. O-O-O {1/2-1/2 Portisch,L-Ribli,Z/HUN-ch
Budapest 1971 (41)}) 15. Ng5 $6 Rf5 16. h4 (16. Ne6 Qd6 17. Nxg7 Kxg7 $11)
16... Nd5 17. axb5 Nxc3 $6 (17... axb5 $1 18. Rxa8 Bxa8 19. Ne6 Nxe3 20. Qe2 (
20. fxe3 Qd6 21. Nxg7 Qg3+ 22. Kd2 Kxg7 $17) 20... Nxg2+ 21. Bxg2 Qa5 22. Nxg7
Rf7 23. Bxa8 Qa1+ 24. Qd1 Qxa8 25. d5 Rxg7 $17) 18. bxc3 axb5 19. Ne6 Rxa1 20.
Qxa1 (20. Nxd8 $2 Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 Bd5 $19) 20... Qd6 21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. Qb1 Qe6
23. h5 Be4 (23... gxh5 24. Bxc4 $1 Qxc4 25. Qxf5 Qxc3+ 26. Ke2 Qc4+ 27. Qd3 $16
) 24. Qb2 (24. Qd1 gxh5 25. Rxh5 Bf3 $1 26. Rxf5 Bxd1 27. Rg5+ Kf7 28. Kxd1 Qa6
$17) 24... gxh5 25. Be2 Nd7 26. Bxh5 $6 (26. Rxh5 Rxh5 27. Bxh5 Bxg2 28. Qxb5
$11) 26... Bxg2 27. Rh2 (27. Rg1 Rxh5 28. Rxg2+ Kf7 $15) 27... Qe4 28. Bd1 Bf3
(28... Bf1 $2 29. Kxf1 Qxe3 30. Bc2 $14) 29. Bc2 Qg4 30. Qb1 (30. Bxf5 $2 Qg1+
31. Kd2 Qd1#) 30... Rh5 (30... Qg1+ 31. Kd2 Qxb1 (31... Qxh2 32. Bxf5 Nf6 33.
Qxb5 Qg1 34. Qb1 $11) 32. Bxb1 Rh5 33. Rxh5 Bxh5 34. Bf5 $11) 31. Rxh5 Qxh5 32.
Kd2 Nf6 33. Qg1+ Kf7 (33... Qg4 34. Qh2 $132) 34. Qg3 Be4 35. Bd1 Qf5 36. Qg5
Qxg5 $6 (36... h5 $5 37. Qh4 (37. f3 Bb1 38. Qxf5 Bxf5 39. Bg5 Kg6 40. Bh4 Bd3
$17) 37... Bd3 $17) 37. Bxg5 Kg6 38. Bh4 h5 (38... Bd3 39. Bf3 $11) 39. Ke3 Bc6
40. Bc2+ Kg7 41. Bg5 Bg2 (41... Nd5+ 42. Kd2 Bd7 43. Be4 $11) 42. Bf5 Kf7 43.
f3 e6 44. Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van der Stricht, Geert"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[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 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. h4 c5 11. e6 c4 12. Qd1 Nb6 13. exf7+ Rxf7 14. h5 Nc6 15.
hxg6 hxg6 16. Be3 Nd5 {Unusual move in a fashionable sharp Gruenfeld position.
Petrosian moves again the wandering knight and white immediately tries to open
up the queenside.} 17. a4 Rb8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bh6 Nf4 (19... Bg4 20. Bxg7
Bxf3 21. Rh8+ Kxg7 22. Rxd8 Bxd1 23. Rxb8 Nxb8 24. Nxd5 Bb3 25. Nc7 Nc6 26.
Nxb5 Rf5 27. Na3 Nxd4 28. Rc1 Rf8 29. Bxc4 {1-0 Babula,V-Ftacnik,L/Czechia
1997/ (48)}) 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 (20... Rxg7 21. Qd2 (21. Nxb5 Qd5 22. Qc1 Qe6+ 23.
Kd2 Rxb5 24. Bxc4 Rd5 25. g3 Nxd4 26. Bxd5 Nxf3+ 27. Bxf3 Qd6+ 28. Kc3 Qc5+ $19
) 21... Qd6 22. Rh4 Rf7 23. Kd1 $16) 21. g3 Ne6 {Black has not an easy life,
since the knight doesn't have a good square for his retreat. The king on g7 is
vulnerable and the position seems to be quite dangerous.} (21... Nd3+ 22. Bxd3
cxd3 23. Qxd3 Nb4 24. Qd2 Rxf3 25. Qh6+ Kf7 26. Qh7+ Kf6 27. Ne4+ Ke6 (27...
Kf5 28. Qf7+ Kxe4 29. Rh4+ $18) 28. Ng5+ Kd5 29. Nxf3 $18) (21... Nd5 22. Bg2
Ndb4 23. Qd2 $16) 22. d5 Nb4 (22... Nc5 23. Ng5 Rf5 24. Rh7+ Kg8 25. dxc6 Qc7
26. Qd4 Qe5+ 27. Qe3 Rxg5 28. Rxe7 $18) 23. Be2 (23. dxe6 $5 Qxd1+ 24. Rxd1
Rxf3 25. Rd8 Rf6 26. Ne4 Rxe6 27. f3 Ra8 28. Rhh8 $14) 23... Rxf3 (23... Nf8
24. Ne5 Rf5 25. f4 $16) 24. Bxf3 Nd3+ 25. Kf1 Qf8 (25... Ng5 26. Bg2 b4 27. Na4
$16) 26. dxe6 Bb7 27. Kg2 {[%mdl 1024] Van der Strich must have believed, that
he is dreaming. Out of desperation black was ready to sacrifice the whole rook
for some chances of an attack.} (27. Rh2 Bxf3 28. Qd2 Qf5 29. Qh6+ Kf6 30. Qe3
$16) 27... b4 28. Nb1 (28. Na4 Qf6 29. Rf1 Nxb2 30. Nxb2 Rd8 31. Qe2 Rd2 32.
Qe3 $18) 28... Qf6 29. Qe2 (29. Nd2 Rf8 30. Rf1 Nxb2 31. Qe2 $18) 29... Qg5 $1
30. Qe3 (30. Ra5 $6 Nf4+ $1 (30... Qxa5 31. Bxb7 Rxb7 32. Qf3 Qf5 33. Qxb7
Qxf2+ 34. Kh3 Qf5+ 35. g4 Qxe6 36. Qf3 $16) 31. Kf1 Nxe2 32. Rxg5 Bxf3 $17)
30... Qxe3 31. fxe3 Bxf3+ 32. Kxf3 Rf8+ 33. Kg2 {Despite reduced material
white must be careful as there were many false roads.} (33. Ke4 Nf2+ 34. Kd5
Nxh1 35. Kxc4 Nxg3 36. Kxb4 Rb8+ 37. Kc3 Kf6 $11) (33. Ke2 $2 Rf2+ 34. Kd1
Nxb2+ 35. Ke1 Nd3+ 36. Kd1 c3 $1 $19) 33... Rf2+ 34. Kh3 Rxb2 35. Rf1 c3 36.
Rf7+ Kh6 37. Rxe7 $6 {White misses a clear win with a help of knight sacrifice.
} (37. Nxc3 $1 bxc3 38. Rxe7 Nf2+ 39. Kg2 Ne4+ 40. Kf3 Nd2+ 41. Kf4 $18) 37...
Nf2+ 38. Kg2 (38. Kh4 $4 g5#) 38... Ne4+ 39. Kf3 c2 40. Rc7 $2 (40. Na3 $1 bxa3
41. Kxe4 Rb1 42. Rc7 Rxa1 43. Rxc2 Kg7 44. Rf2 Rb1 45. Rf7+ Kg8 46. Ra7 $18)
40... Ng5+ 41. Kg4 Nxe6 42. Rc6 $2 {It is never late to lose the winning
position. With a collection of omissions white finally succeded in doing just
that.} (42. Rxc2 Rxc2 43. Ra8 Rb2 44. Rh8+ Kg7 45. Rh1 Rc2 $17) 42... Rxb1 43.
Raa6 b3 44. Rc3 c1=Q 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.06.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.06.06"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Karpov} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4
a6 8. e5 b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. Be3 (10. e6 {Karpov-Kamsky (05)/Fide Wch (Elista)/}
) 10... c5 (10... Nb6 {Karpov}) 11. e6 c4 (11... fxe6 {Karpov} 12. Qxe6+ Kh8
13. Qe4 $16) 12. exf7+ (12. Qc2 fxe6 13. h4 e5 14. O-O-O Nc6 15. Qe4 Qc7 16.
Nd5 Qb7 17. h5 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. dxe5 Bf5 20. Qd5+ e6 21. Qd7 Rf7 22. Qxb7
Rxb7 23. Be2 {1-0 Moskalenko,V-Qin Kanying/Beijing op (01)/1991/ (44)}) 12...
Rxf7 13. Qd1 Nb6 14. Ne5 $1 (14. a4 b4 15. Ne4 a5 16. Ne5 Rf8 17. Nxc4 Nd5 18.
Be2 Nxe3 19. fxe3 e5 20. Nxe5 Bb7 21. Bc4+ Kh8 22. Qg4 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Nd7 24.
Nd6 Nxe5 25. Qd4 Qf6 26. Rf1 Qg7 27. Bb3 Bxg2 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. O-O-O {
1/2-1/2 Portisch,L-Ribli,Z/HUN-ch Budapest (03)/1971/ (42)}) 14... Rf8 (14...
Bxe5 $2 15. dxe5 Qc7 16. Qd4 $16) 15. a4 b4 16. a5 (16. Ne4 a5 $2) 16... bxc3
17. axb6 cxb2 18. Bxc4+ Kh8 (18... e6 $5 19. Rb1 Qxb6 20. Qb3 (20. Qd2 Bxe5 21.
dxe5 Qc6 22. Bf1 Nd7 23. Rxb2 Nxe5 $17) 20... Qxb3 21. Bxb3 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Nc6
23. Rxb2 (23. f4 $2 Rb8) 23... Rb8 24. Ke2 Nxe5 25. Rc1 $44) 19. Rb1 Qxb6 20.
Qd2 Nd7 (20... Be6 21. Rxb2 Qd6 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. O-O $14) 21. Rxb2 Nxe5 $5 (
21... Qf6 22. f4 $13) 22. Rxb6 Nxc4 23. Qb4 Nxb6 24. Qxb6 a5 (24... Bf5 25. Qa5
Rfb8 26. O-O $16) 25. O-O a4 26. Ra1 Bf5 (26... a3 27. Qb3 $16) 27. h4 e6 {
x d6, f6} (27... Rfb8 $2 28. Rxa4 Rxb6 29. Rxa8+ Bf8 30. Bh6 Be6 (30... Rf6 31.
Bxf8 $18) 31. Bxf8 Bd5 32. Rd8 Rd6 33. Rb8 Rd7 34. Bxe7+ Kg7 35. Bc5 $18) (
27... Bf6 28. Bh6 $1 Rfb8 $2 29. Rxa4 $1) (27... Bc2 $5 28. Qc7 Bb3 29. Qxe7
Rfd8) 28. Bf4 Be4 29. Bd6 Rfc8 30. Qb5 {/\ 31.R:a4, 31.Be5} Bc6 (30... Bc2 31.
Be5 Bb3 32. Bxg7+ Kxg7 33. h5 $40) 31. Qb4 Kg8 32. Ra3 Ra6 $2 (32... Kf7 33. f3
Ra6 $16) 33. Qc4 Rca8 34. Qxe6+ Kh8 35. Be5 Bxe5 (35... Be8 $2 36. Qe7 Bxe5 37.
Qf8#) 36. Qxe5+ Kg8 37. h5 Be8 (37... gxh5 38. Rg3+ $18) 38. h6 R6a7 39. d5 {
Karpov combines mating threat with the advance of a passed pawn.} (39. Rf3 $142
$1 $18 {/\ 40.Qh8+}) 39... Rb7 40. d6 Rd8 (40... Rd7 41. Rf3 a3 (41... Rf7 42.
Rxf7 Kxf7 43. Qe7+ Kg8 44. Qg7#) 42. Qh8+ $1 Kxh8 43. Rf8#) 41. Rf3 {/\ 42.
Qh8+!;} (41. Rf3 Bc6 42. Qe6+ Kh8 43. Qf6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.10.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1996.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
Nfd7 9. Be3 (9. Bg5 Nb6 10. Qc5 Re8 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O N8d7 13. Qb4 c6 14. Ne4
f6 15. Bh4 Bd5 16. Bd3 a5 17. Qc3 Rf8 18. exf6 exf6 19. Rfe1 g5 20. Bg3 Bxe4
21. Bxe4 f5 22. Qb3+ Kh8 23. Bc2 f4 24. Qd3 Nf6 25. Nxg5 fxg3 26. hxg3 {
Vladimirov,E-Tseshkovsky,V/Alma Ata (07)/1989/1-0 (52)}) 9... Nb6 10. Qc5 $1 (
10. Qd3 Nc6 11. Be2 Bf5 (11... Nb4 12. Qd2 c5 13. O-O cxd4 14. Bxd4 Nc6 15. Qe3
Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. f4 Qc5 19. Rac1 Qb6 20. Nf5 Qxe3+ 21. Nxe3
f6 22. Nd5 fxe5 23. Nxe7+ Kh8 24. Nxc8 Raxc8 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,An-Leko,P/Vienna 
(08) 1996}) 12. Qd2 Nb4 13. Rc1 c5 14. dxc5 Qxd2+ 15. Nxd2 Nd7 16. f4 Nc2+ 17.
Rxc2 Bxc2 18. Nf3 Bf5 19. Nd4 Rad8 20. g4 Be6 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Ne4 Bh6 23. g5
Bg7 24. Bc4 {1-0 Moskalenko,V-Mohr,S/Budapest Cansys (10)/1991 (44)}) 10... Be6
(10... f6 11. Rd1 Bg4 12. Be2 N8d7 13. Qb4 Qc8 14. Qb3+ Kh8 15. e6 Nb8 16. d5
Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Bxe6 18. Qd2 c5 19. O-O Nd7 20. Nd5 {1-0 Neidhardt,C-Koerner,H/
OLHessen 9192/1992/ (34)}) (10... Bg4 $5) 11. Ng5 Bf5 (11... N8d7 $5 12. Nxe6
fxe6 13. Qa3 Nd5 14. Ne4 $14) 12. Be2 Kh8 $2 (12... N8d7 13. Qa3 h6 14. Nge4
$14) 13. g4 Bc8 14. O-O-O f6 15. Nge4 (15. exf6 exf6 16. Nge4 N8d7 17. Qa3 f5
$132) 15... f5 (15... fxe5 16. dxe5 N8d7 17. Qa5 Bxe5 18. h4 $40) 16. gxf5 Bxf5
(16... gxf5 17. Ng5 h6 $140 18. Nh3 $16) 17. h4 (17. Bg5 $5 Na4 $5 18. Nxa4 (
18. Qxe7 $2 Nxc3 19. Nxc3 Qxe7 20. Bxe7 Bh6+ 21. Rd2 Nc6 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 $36)
18... Bxe4 19. f3) 17... N8d7 18. Qa3 Nd5 $5 19. Ng5 (19. Nxd5 $2 Bxe4) 19...
N7b6 (19... Nxe3 $2 20. fxe3 h6 21. e4 $1 hxg5 22. hxg5+ Kg8 23. exf5 $18) (
19... Nxc3 20. bxc3 h6 21. Qb3 $1 $16) 20. h5 $1 {White pieces are not perfect,
but opening of the h line against the king is always dangerous. Die weißen
Figuren stehen nicht optimal, aber die Öffnung der h-Linie gegen den König ist
immer gefährlich.} Nxe3 (20... Nxc3 21. bxc3 gxh5 22. Rxh5 $16) 21. fxe3 Bh6 (
21... e6 22. Nce4 Bh6 23. hxg6 Bxg5 24. Nxg5 Qxg5 25. Rdg1 $18) 22. Nce4 Qd7 (
22... Qe8 23. hxg6 Qxg6 24. Rdg1 $16) (22... e6 23. hxg6 $1) 23. hxg6 Qc6+ (
23... Bxg5 24. Rxh7+ Kg8 25. Nxg5 Qc6+ 26. Qc5 Qxg6 27. Rxe7 Qxg5 28. Bc4+ $18)
24. Kd2 Qxg6 (24... Bxe4 25. Rxh6 (25. Nxe4 Qxg6 26. Rdg1 Qxe4 27. Rxh6 $16)
25... Qc2+ 26. Ke1 Bxg6 27. Qxe7 Nd5 28. Qa3 $16) 25. Rdg1 {The concentration
of white pieces on the kingside becomes critical. Die Konzentrierung der
weißen Figuren am Königsflügel ist jetz kritisch geworden.} Rad8 (25... Bxe4
26. Nxe4 Qxe4 27. Rxh6 Rf7 28. Qd3 $16) (25... Nd5 26. Bf3 Rad8 27. Qb3 $16)
26. e6 $1 Rxd4+ (26... Bxe6 27. Qxe7 Bxa2 (27... Rde8 28. Qxh7+ Qxh7 29. Nxh7
$18) 28. Nxh7 $1 Rxd4+ 29. Ke1 $18) (26... Bxe4 27. Nf7+ Qxf7 28. exf7 Bxh1 29.
Qxe7 $1 Bg7 30. Rxh1 $18) 27. exd4 Bxe4 28. Rxh6 $1 Qxh6 29. Qe3 (29. Qe3 Nc4+
(29... Qf6 30. Qxe4 $18) 30. Bxc4 Qh2+ 31. Ke1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Lyon zt"]
[Site "Lyon"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Meulders, Richard"]
[Black "Miralles, Gilles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. Qb5 $6 Bd7 14. Qxb6
axb6 15. Kf1 (15. Bb5 Nb4) 15... Nb4 16. a3 Ne4 $1 17. Bd2 (17. Nxe4 Rxe4 18.
Rb1 Rae8 $1 19. Rd2 Rxe2 20. Rxe2 Bb5 $19) 17... Nc2 18. Ra2 (18. Rac1 $5)
18... Nxd2+ 19. Rxd2 Nxa3 $1 20. d6 $6 (20. Bd3) 20... Nb1 $1 21. Rc2 (21. Rxa8
Nxd2+ 22. Nxd2 Rxa8 $19) 21... Nxc3 22. Rxa8 (22. bxc3 $17) 22... Rxa8 23. bxc3
Ra1+ 24. Ne1 Ba4 {Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "Bayamo"]
[Site "Bayamo"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Henao, Raul Fernando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. Bf4 Na6 8.
e4 c5 9. dxc5 Be6 10. Qb5 Bd7 11. Qxb7 Nxc5 12. Qb4 Ne6 13. Be5 a5 14. Qa3 Qb6
15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Ng5 (16... Nf4 $5 17. Bxf4 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Bc3+ 19. Qxc3
Qxb1+ 20. Qc1 Qxa2 21. Bc4 Qa4 {/\ Rfc8 ~/=; (Sokolov,I)}) 17. Bxg7 Nxf3+ 18.
Qxf3 Kxg7 19. Qc3+ Kg8 20. Bc4 Bb5 (20... e6 21. O-O (21. dxe6 Bxe6 22. O-O
Rfc8 23. b3 Bxc4 24. bxc4 Qb4 25. Rfc1 $14 (25. Qxb4 axb4 26. Rfc1 Ra3 $1 {
/\ Rc3})) 21... Rfc8 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. axb3 $14) 21. b3 $8 Rfc8 22. O-O Bxc4 (
22... a4 23. Qd3 (23. Rac1 axb3 24. axb3 Bxc4 25. bxc4 Qc5 {/\ Ra4}) 23... Bxc4
24. bxc4) 23. bxc4 Rc5 (23... Qc5 24. Rfc1 Rab8 25. Rc2 Rb4 26. Rac1) 24. Rfd1
Rac8 25. Rd4 Rb5 (25... Qb4 26. Rc1) 26. Re1 Rb1 27. Rde4 Rb2 (27... Rxe1+ 28.
Qxe1 Qc5 29. Rxe7 Qxc4 30. d6 $18) 28. Qf3 Rc7 29. g3 Qc5 30. Rf4 f6 (30... f5
31. g4 $40) 31. Re6 Rd2 (31... Rxa2 32. d6 $1 exd6 33. Rexf6 $18) 32. Kg2 a4
33. a3 g5 $6 34. Rfxf6 $1 exf6 35. Qxf6 Rxf2+ (35... Qf8 36. Qxg5+ Rg7 37. Qxd2
) 36. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Rxc4 38. Ke3 Rc3+ (38... Kf7 39. Kd3) 39. Kd2 Rxa3
40. d6 Kf7 41. d7 Ra2+ 42. Kd3 {Ftacnik,L} (42. Kd3 Ra1 43. Ke2 Ra2+ 44. Ke3
Ra3+ 45. Ke4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. e5 (10. d5 Na5 11. Qb4 c6 12. O-O (12. Be3 cxd5 13. exd5 Bb7
14. Rd1 Rc8 15. O-O Nc4 16. Bc5 Nxb2 17. Bxe7 Nxd1 18. Bxd8 Nxc3 19. Bxf6 Nxe2+
20. Kh1 Bxf6 {0-1 Scheeren,P-De Savornin Lohman,A/IBM-C 1980/ (31)}) 12... Bb7
13. Bg5 Rc8 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Qb3 Na5 16. Qa3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Rad1 Qb8
19. Nd5 Rxe4 20. Nxe7+ Kh8 21. Rd6 Ra4 22. Qd3 Ne4 {0-1 Winants,L-De Boer,G/
OHRA-B 1987/ (41)}) 10... Be6 11. exf6 (11. Qc2 Nb4 12. Qd2 Nfd5 $15) 11...
Bxb3 12. fxg7 Kxg7 13. axb3 Nxd4 (13... Nb4 $6 14. O-O Nc2 15. Ra2 Nxd4 16.
Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Bf3 $13) 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 {Timman shows some courage, there pieces
are usually quite dangerous compensation for the queen. Black has two spare
pawns and white queenside is rather shatered.} 15. O-O Qb4 (15... b4 $6 16. Be3
Qe5 17. Na4) 16. Bf3 (16. Nd5 Qd6 (16... Qxb3 17. Nxc7 Rac8 18. Nxa6 $15) 17.
Rd1 Rfd8 $17) (16. Ra3 $5 c6 17. Bf3 Rfc8 18. Bd2 $15) 16... Qxb3 $1 17. Bxa8
$6 (17. Bd5 $5 Qb4 18. Bxa8 Rxa8 19. Nd5 Qd6 20. Rd1 $15) 17... Rxa8 18. Be3 (
18. Ra3 Qc4 19. Re1 b4 20. Re4 Qxe4 21. Nxe4 bxa3 22. bxa3 Rb8 $17) 18... a5 (
18... Qxb2 19. Nd5 c6 20. Rfd1 e5 (20... cxd5 $2 21. Bd4+) 21. Ne7 $15) 19.
Rfd1 a4 {Black doesn't even tries to hide his intenstions, the pawn a4 should
have some bright future.} 20. h3 $6 (20. Rd2 e5 21. Ne4 $15) 20... e5 (20...
Qxb2 21. Rab1 Qc2 22. Nxb5 $15) 21. Ne4 {xf6} (21. Rd2 $2 a3 $1 $19) 21... Qxb2
22. Bg5 Ra6 $1 23. Nc5 (23. Rab1 Qc2 24. Re1 h6 $19) 23... Rd6 (23... Rc6 24.
Rdb1 Qc2 25. Rc1 Qf5 $19) 24. Ne4 (24. Rdb1 Qe2 25. Re1 Qc4 26. Rac1 Qd4 27.
Ne4 Ra6 28. Rxc7 a3 $19) 24... Rc6 $1 (24... Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 h6 26. Bf6+ Kh7 27.
Rd8 (27. g4 g5 28. Kg2 Qc2 $19) 27... Qb1+ 28. Kh2 g5 29. f3 Qb2 30. Rh8+ Kg6
31. Rg8+ Kf5 32. Rh8 a3 33. Rxh6 Ke6 34. Bxg5+ Kd5 35. Ra6 $15) 25. Rac1 (25.
Rab1 Qc2 26. Re1 Qd3 $17) 25... Rxc1 26. Rxc1 h6 $1 {The last problem for
black lays in the mating danger for his king.} (26... a3 $2 27. Bf6+ Kh6 (27...
Kf8 28. Rxc7 $18) 28. Bg5+ $11) 27. Bf6+ Kh7 28. Rd1 (28. Rxc7 Qb1+ 29. Kh2
Qxe4 $19) 28... g5 29. f3 a3 (29... a3 30. Rd8 a2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1950.04.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1950.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Qb6 (11... Qa5 $6 12. a3 Bf5 13. Qh4 Rfe8
14. Bh6 Ne4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Ng5 Nxc3 $2 $16 {Smyslov-Florian/Moscow-Budapest/
1949/} (16... Nxg5 $142 17. Qxg5 $14)) (11... Bf5 12. Bf4 Qb6 {main line}) 12.
a3 (12. Bf4 $5 Bf5 {main line} (12... Qxb2 $2 13. Rab1 Qa3 14. Rb5 $16 {/\Nb1})
) 12... Bf5 13. Nh4 $1 (13. Na4 Qd8 14. Rd1 Re8 15. Nc3 Ne4 $10 {Stahlberg,
G-Najdorf,M/Salsjobaden izt/1948/}) 13... Bc2 (13... Bd7 $142) 14. Bd1 Bxd1 15.
Rxd1 {><d6} Ne8 {/\Ne8-d6 Blockadefeld} 16. Ne4 $1 Nd6 (16... f5 $2 17. d6+ Kh8
18. Ng5 $18 Nxd6 $2 19. Nxg6+ $1 hxg6 20. Qh4+ $18) 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Nf3 Rfe8
19. Rb1 Qd7 $2 {/\b7-b5} (19... Rac8 $142 {/\Qd7,b5}) 20. d6 $1 b5 21. Qd5 Rac8
22. Be3 Rc6 (22... h6 $142 {/\Rc6}) 23. Bg5 $2 Rcc8 (23... Re6 $2 24. Qxc6 $1
Qxc6 25. d7 Rd6 26. d8=Q+ Rxd8 27. Rxd8+ Bf8 28. Bh6 $18) (23... Bd4 $5 24. Be7
(24. Bf4) 24... Nc7 $1 25. Qb3 a6 26. Nxd4 cxd4 27. Rbc1 $16) 24. Be7 h6 25.
Nh4 $1 {/\Nxg6} c4 26. b4 $1 (26. Nxg6 $2 Rc5 $1) 26... c3 (26... cxb3 27. Nxg6
$1 $18 (27. Rxb3 $2 Rxe7 $1 28. dxe7 Qxd5 29. Rxd5 Rc1+ $19)) 27. Rbc1 c2 28.
Rd2 Rxe7 $5 (28... Bc3 29. Re2) 29. dxe7 Qxe7 30. Nxg6 Qf6 31. Qf5 $1 Rc4 (
31... Rc6 32. Qxf6 Bxf6 33. Nf4 Bb2 34. Rcxc2 Rxc2 35. Rxc2 Bxa3 36. Ra2 Bc1
37. Nd3 $18) (31... Rc3 $1 32. Qxf6 Bxf6 33. Rcxc2 Rxa3 (33... Rxc2 34. Rxc2
fxg6 35. Rc6 $18) 34. Rc8+ Kh7 (34... Kg7 35. Nh8) 35. Nf8+ Kg7 36. Nd7 $16)
32. Qxb5 Qb2 33. Ne7+ Kf8 (33... Kh7 34. Qf5+ $18) 34. Re1 $1 Re4 35. Rd8+ Kxe7
36. Rxe4+ Kxd8 37. Re8+ (37. Re8+ Kc7 38. Re7+ Kd6 39. Qd7#) 1-0

[Event "Perenyi Memorial"]
[Site "Gyula"]
[Date "2000.02.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Volzhin, Alexander"]
[Black "Groszpeter, Attila"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2000.01.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be3 Qb6 13. b3 Rac8 14. Rad1 Rfe8
15. d6 {If white posesses a free passed pawn he may as well use it. The
problem is the great number of black pieces ready to stand in a way.} (15. h3
h6 16. Rd2 Red8 17. g4 Bd7 18. Ne5 Ne8 19. Qf4 Nd6 20. Nc4 Nxc4 21. Qxc4 Qa5
22. Rc1 Nb4 23. d6 Re8 24. a4 a6 25. Nd5 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Qf4 Nxd5 28. Rxd5
Qa2 {1/2-1/2 Kachiani Gersinska,K-Janjgava,L/Tbilisi/1991/ (33)}) 15... h6 16.
h3 (16. Qb5 Nb4 $13) 16... Rcd8 $6 (16... Red8 17. Bf4 $14) (16... Nd7 $5 17.
Na4 Qc6 18. Rd2 Re6 19. Rfd1 Be4 $13) 17. Na4 $1 Qc6 (17... Qb4 18. Nxc5 Qxc4
19. Bxc4 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 Ne4 21. Bxa7 $16) 18. Bxc5 (18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 Rxe2
$2 (19... Ne4 20. Bxa7 (20. Bb4 Qb6) 20... Nc3 21. Be3 Re4 $13) 20. Nd4 $1 $18)
18... Nxc5 (18... Be6 19. Qb5 Nxc5 20. Nxc5 (20. Qxc6 bxc6 21. Nxc5 Bd5 $11)
20... Bd5 (20... Bd7 21. Nxd7 Rxd7 22. Rfe1 Ne4 23. Qxc6 bxc6 24. Ba6 Rxd6 25.
Rxd6 Nxd6 26. Rc1 $16) 21. Rxd5 Qxd5 22. Nxb7 Rb8 23. Qxd5 Nxd5 24. Ba6 Nb4 25.
d7 Nxa6 26. dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 27. Rd1 $16) 19. Nd4 $1 Qc8 (19... b5 20. Nxc6 bxc4
21. Nxc5 Rc8 22. Bf3 $18) 20. Nxc5 Rxd6 {[%mdl 32] The dangerous pawn is out,
but black has paid a prize in having to allow great activity for white pieces.}
(20... b6 21. Nxf5 Qxf5 22. Nb7 $16) 21. Bf3 (21. Nxf5 Rxd1 22. Nxh6+ Bxh6 23.
Bxd1 $16) 21... b6 (21... Be4 $5 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Qxc8 Rxc8 24. Nb5 Rxd1 25.
Rxd1 $14) (21... Ne4 $6 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Nb5 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Re5 25. Rd7 $16)
22. Nb7 Rd7 (22... Qxc4 23. bxc4 Rd7 24. Nxf5 gxf5 25. Rxd7 Nxd7 26. Nd6 Re5
27. Rd1 $14) 23. Nxf5 gxf5 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 (24... Qxd7 $2 25. Bc6 $18) (24...
Qxc4 $1 25. bxc4 Nxd7 $14) 25. Qf4 $1 {The knight from b7 is prepared to do a
lot of harm to the compromised black position.} Qc2 (25... Nc5 26. Nd6 Qc7 27.
Qg3 Rd8 28. Nxf5 Qxg3 29. fxg3 $16) (25... Nf6 26. Nd6 Qb8 27. Qg3 Rd8 28. Rd1
$16) 26. Nd6 Be5 (26... Re5 27. Bh5 $1 $16) 27. Qxh6 Bxd6 (27... Re6 28. Qg5+
Rg6 29. Qxf5 $18) 28. Qxd6 Ne5 29. Bd5 $1 {The problems are not over yet since
black has obvious targets in weak kingside pawns.} Kg7 (29... f4 30. Qf6 Qd3
31. Qg5+ Kf8 32. Bb7 $16) 30. f4 Ng6 31. Bc4 Qc3 (31... Qxa2 32. Qd4+ Kg8 33.
Ra1 Qc2 34. Qf6 Nh8 35. Qg5+ Kh7 36. Rxa7 $18) 32. Qd7 Re1 (32... Re7 33. Qxf5
Qd2 34. Qd3 $18) 33. Qxf7+ Kh6 34. Qxf5 Qe3+ (34... Rxf1+ 35. Bxf1 Qe3+ 36. Kh2
Nxf4 37. Qf6+ Kh7 38. Qh4+ Kg6 39. Qg3+ $18) 35. Kh2 Rxf1 36. Qg5+ Kh7 37. Bxf1
Nxf4 38. Bc4 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-01"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1948.08.03"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1948.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Qb6 (11... Bf5 {main line}) 12. a3 (12.
Bf4 Qxb2 $2 (12... Bf5 $1 {main line}) 13. Rab1 Qa3 14. Rb5 Bd7 15. Rxb7 $16)
12... Bf5 13. Na4 (13. Nh4 $5 {Kotov,A-Lilienthal,A/Budapest ct/1950/1-0/ TOP})
(13. Be3 $5 Qxb2 14. Na4 Qc2 15. Rac1 $1 $14) 13... Qd8 14. Rd1 Re8 15. Nc3 (
15. Bf1 $2 Be4 $1 $17) 15... Ne4 16. Be3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qa5 (17... Qb6 18. Nd2
$1) 18. Qb5 Qb6 $6 (18... Qxb5 $142 19. Bxb5 Bxc3 20. Ra2 $10) 19. Rac1 Nc7 20.
Qc4 Qb2 21. Bd3 $1 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Qxa3 23. Bf4 $1 Rec8 (23... Rac8 24. d6 Ne6
25. d7 $18) 24. Ng5 $2 (24. d6 Ne6 (24... Na6 25. d7 Rd8 26. Qd5 $18) 25. d7
Rd8 (25... Nxf4 26. dxc8=Q+ Rxc8 27. Qe4 $18) 26. Bg5 $1 $18) 24... Qa4 $1 25.
Qf3 (25. Bxc7 Rxc7 26. d6 Rd7 27. Qd5 Qc6 28. Qxc6 bxc6 29. Ne4 Rad8 $17) 25...
Qd7 26. h4 h5 27. Rb1 b6 28. Bxc7 $2 (28. Ne4 $142 Qg4 29. Qxg4 hxg4 30. Nd6
Rd8 31. c4 $44) 28... Rxc7 29. d6 Rcc8 $1 (29... Rc6 30. Qd5 (30. Nxf7 $2 Rf8
31. Ne5 Rxf3 32. Nxd7 Rf7 $1) 30... Rf8 31. c4 $36) 30. Re1 Rf8 $1 (30... Re8
31. Re7 $1 Qf5 (31... Rxe7 32. dxe7 $18) 32. Rbe1 $16) 31. Re7 Qf5 $1 32. Qxf5
gxf5 33. c4 Bf6 34. Rb7 Rfb8 $2 (34... a5 $142 $1 $19 35. R7xb6 a4 36. d7 Bc3
$19) 35. Rc7 Bd8 36. Rd7 Bxg5 37. hxg5 Rd8 38. Rb7 Rxd6 39. Re1 Rd4 (39... Re6
40. Rd1 {/\Rdd7}) 40. g6 $1 Rf8 (40... fxg6 41. Ree7) (40... Rg4 $2 41. gxf7+
Kf8 42. Re6 {/\Rh6} Rg7 $2 43. Re8+ $18) 41. Rxa7 Rxc4 (41... Rg4 42. Re5 $1
Rxc4 43. Ree7 $10) 42. Rb1 (42. Rb1 Rb4 43. Rxb4 cxb4 44. Rb7 fxg6 45. Rxb6 $10
) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. Rd1 Bf5 13. d6 $5 Ne4 {N} (13...
h6 {Kasparov}) 14. Nb5 Bd7 15. a4 Nb4 (15... Qb6 16. Be3) 16. Qb3 $1 (16. Nc7
Nxd6 17. Qxc5 Ne4) 16... Qb6 (16... Nxd6 17. Nxd6 Rxe2 18. Qxf7+) (16... Be6
17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Re6 19. Nc7 Rxd6 20. Rxd6 Qxd6 21. Nxa8 Qd1+ 22. Qf1 $18)
17. Be3 (17. Nc7 Nxd6 18. Nxe8 Rxe8 19. Be3 Be6 20. Qa3 Nc2) 17... Bxb5 (17...
Be6 18. Bc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Rad8 20. a5 Qa6 21. Bxc5 $16) 18. Bxb5 Nc6 (18...
Red8 19. d7 $22 a6 20. Qxb4 $1 $18) 19. d7 Red8 (19... Re7 20. Bxc6 $1 Qxb3 21.
d8=Q+ Rxd8 (21... Re8 22. Qd5 $18) 22. Rxd8+ Bf8 23. Bh6 $18) 20. Qc4 Nf6 21.
Bxc5 Qc7 22. Bxc6 (22. Qxf7+ $5 Kxf7 23. Ng5+ (23. Bc4+ $2 Nd5) 23... Kg8 24.
Bc4+ Kh8 25. Nf7+ Kg8 26. Nxd8+ Kh8 27. Nf7+ Kg8 28. Bd6 Qb6 29. a5 $1 Qxb2 30.
d8=Q+ $1 Nxd8 31. Nxd8+ $18) 22... bxc6 23. Bd6 Qxd7 (23... Qb7 24. Ne5 Nd5 25.
Nxc6 $18) 24. Ne5 Qb7 25. Nxc6 Re8 (25... Rdc8 26. Ne7+ Qxe7 27. Qxc8+ $18) 26.
Qb5 Qd7 (26... Qb6 27. Bc5 Qc7 28. Rac1) 27. Ba3 Qe6 28. h3 a6 29. Qb7 Bf8 30.
Bxf8 Kxf8 31. Ra3 $1 Rac8 32. Rc3 Ne4 $2 $138 33. Nd4 Nxc3 34. Nxe6+ {Ftacnik,L
} 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.04.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bg5 (13. Rd1 Qc7 14.
Ng5 (14. Be3 Nc6 15. a4 (15. Rd2 e6 16. Ng5 (16. a4 b4 $1) 16... Bd5 17. Qc2
Rad8 (17... Nb4 18. Qb1 Rad8 19. a3 Nc6 20. Qc2) 18. Bf3 Nb4 19. Qd1 Bxf3 20.
Qxf3 Nd5 21. Rad1 (21. Rc2 h6 22. Ne4 f5 $17) 21... Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Bxb2 $1 23.
Qh3 h5 24. Nxe6 Rxd2 $1 25. Rxd2 Qe5 {0-1 Tisdall,J-Kortschnoj,V/San Francisco
(08)/1995/}) 15... Rab8 (15... Na5 16. Qb4 Bc2 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rf1 Nc6 19.
Qxb5 Rab8 20. Qc4 Rxb2 21. Ra3 $1 $11 {Farago,I-Mikhalchishin,A/
Portoroz-Rogaska Slatina/1993/}) (15... b4 16. Nd4 (16. Nd2 $5 Bf5 17. Nc4) (
16. Ng5 $5) 16... Be5 17. h3 e6 (17... a5 $5) 18. Nxc6 (18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. f4
Rae8 (19... Bd5 20. Rxd5 exd5 21. Qxd5+ $44) 20. fxe5 Qxe5 21. Bh6 Nd4 22. Rxd4
Qxd4+ 23. Qe3 Qxb2 {0-1 Farago,I-Horvath,J/Zalakaros op (08)/1994 (43)}) 18...
Qxc6 19. Bf1 (19. f3 $5) 19... Bd5 20. Qxb4 Rfb8 21. Qa5 Rxb2 22. Ra3 h5 {
/\ Kh7, Bb3-/+} (22... Bb3 $2 23. Rd8+ Rxd8 24. Qxd8+ Kg7 25. Bd4 $16) 23. Qe1
{/\ Bc1} Rb3 24. Rxb3 Bxb3 25. Rb1 Qxa4 26. Bd2 $1 $44 {1/2-1/2 Farago,
I-Mikhalchishin,A/Slovenija/1993 (40)}) (15... Ne5 $1 16. Qb4 Bc2 17. axb5 Bxd1
$2 (17... axb5 $1 18. Rdc1 $6 Ba4 $1 19. Bxb5 Bxb5 20. Qxb5 Rfb8 {/\ Bb2-/+
Mikhalchishin,A}) 18. b6 Qb7 19. Rxd1 Nc6 20. Qe4 $16) 16. axb5 axb5 17. Ra6 e6
18. Rb6 b4 19. Ng5 Bd5 20. Rxd5 exd5 21. Qxd5 Nd4 22. Bxd4 Rbd8 23. Rd6 Rxd6
24. cxd6 Qc1+ 25. Bf1 Bxd4 26. d7 Qf4 27. Ne4 Bf6 28. g3 {1/2-1/2 Gulko,
B-Yermolinsky,A/URS-FL49 Volgodonsk (05)/ 1981}) 14... Bf5 (14... Bb7 $2 15.
Qh3 $40) 15. Be3 Nc6 16. Rd2 (16. Rac1 $11) 16... Ne5 17. Bd4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4
19. Qe3 (19. Qc3 $6 e5 20. Be3 Bd3 $17) 19... Rac8 (19... e5 20. Bc3 Bd3 21. b4
$13) 20. Nf3 (20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qc3+ f6 $17) 20... e5 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Qxe5
Qxe5 23. Nxe5 Rxc5 24. Nf3 (24. f4 $5) 24... c3 25. bxc3 Rxc3 {Morovic
Fernandez,I-Gulko,B/New York op/1988/0-1 (60)}) (13. a4 Nc6 (13... Bd5 14. Qe3
(14. Qa3 $11) 14... Nc6 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Bxb5 Rb8 18. Bxc6 Bxc6
19. Qxe7 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qxf3 21. Qd7 Be5 22. h3 {1-0 Van der Sterren,P-De Boer,
G/Wijk op (10)/1993 (37)}) 14. Rd1 (14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Qxb5 Rb8
17. Qc4 Na5 18. Qa2 Nb3 $36) 14... Qa5 15. Bd2 (15. Be3 Qb4 $1 16. Qxb4 Nxb4
17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Bxb5 $11) 15... b4 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Rd2 (17. Ng5
Bf5 18. Bc4 e6 $15) (17. Nd2 Na5 $1 18. Qxb4 Bc2 {/\ Rab8}) 17... e6 18. Qc4
Bd5 19. Qh4 Qe7 $1 20. Qxe7 (20. Qh3 Rfc8 $15) (20. Qg3 Rfd8 {/\ Na5}) 20...
Nxe7 21. a5 {0-1 Piket,J-Ivanchuk,V/Dortmund (03)/1992 (46)}) 13... Nc6 14. Qe3
Bf5 15. Bh6 Bxb2 16. Rad1 Qa5 (16... Qc7 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Ng5 (18. Bd3 Bxd3
19. Rxd3 Bf6 20. Rfd1 b4 21. h4 h5 22. Qe4 a5 23. Rd7 {1-0 Shneider,
A-Yermolinsky,A/URS-FL Telavi (05)/1982 (42)}) 18... h6 19. Nh3 Bxh3 20. gxh3
Bg7 21. Bf3 Ne5 22. Be2 {1/2-1/2 Karpeshov,O-Tseshkovsky,V/RUS-ch Elista (01)/
1994/}) 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Qxa2 $1 {Important novelty, black
has two pawns and very solid position for the exchange. Eine wichtige Neuerung,
Schwarz kriegt fur seine Qualitat zwei Bauern und sehr solide Stellung.} (19...
Bf6 20. a3 b4 21. Rb1 Qb5 22. axb4 a5 23. Nd2 axb4 24. Ne4 Be5 25. g3 Ra8 26.
h4 h5 {0-1 Piket,J-Ivanchuk,V/Monaco rapid (09)/1995 (53)}) 20. Rd2 Qa3 21. Qe4
(21. Qxa3 Bxa3 22. Ra1 Bb4 23. Rd7 Rc8 24. Rxa6 Bxc5 $15) 21... Rc8 22. Ng5 (
22. Rb1 Bf6 $17) 22... Bf6 (22... Bc1 23. Qg4 e6 24. Qh4 h5 25. Rdd1 Bb2 $17)
23. Qg4 Rc7 (23... e6 $2 24. Nxe6 Ne5 25. Qf4 Bh8 26. Rfd1 $18) 24. Ne4 Be5 25.
Qd1 (25. Rd7 Qa5 $15) 25... Qb4 26. Re1 Kg7 (26... f5 27. Ng5 (27. Ng3 Bc3 28.
Rd8+ Kg7 $19) 27... Bxh2+ 28. Kxh2 Qf4+ 29. Kg1 Qxg5 30. Ra2 $15) 27. g3 h6 28.
Re3 Bd4 (28... f5 29. Rd7 fxe4 30. Rxc7 Bxc7 31. Qd7 Qxc5 32. Qxc7 b4 $17) 29.
Red3 Rd7 30. g4 $1 Qc4 (30... f5 $2 31. gxf5 gxf5 32. Qh5) (30... Ne5 $2 31.
Rxd4 Rxd4 32. Rxd4 Nf3+ (32... Qxd4 33. Qxd4 $18) 33. Qxf3 Qxd4 34. Qc3 $18)
31. Kg2 Qd5 32. f3 Kh7 33. Rxd4 $1 Nxd4 34. c6 Qxc6 (34... Rd8 35. c7) 35. Rxd4
Rxd4 36. Qxd4 Qc2+ 37. Kg3 Qc7+ 38. Kg2 Qc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Solin 7th+"]
[Site "Solin"]
[Date "1999.12.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1999.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Qb3 c5 9. d5 e6 10. Bxa6 bxa6 11. O-O exd5 12. exd5 Qb6 13. Rd1 Bb7 14. Bf4
Rfd8 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Bc7 Rd7 17. d6 {Such an advanced pawn is usually a sigh
of a good health. Next move by black are defensive, as he aims to limit the
support for the intruder.} (17. Bxb6 Nxd5 18. Bxc5 Rc8 19. Bd4 Nxc3 20. bxc3
Bxf3 21. gxf3 Rcd8 {1/2-1/2 Flear,G-Groszpeter,A/Belgrade/1988/ (47)}) 17...
Bxf3 (17... Ne8 18. Na4 $1 Nxd6 19. Nxb6 Rxc7 20. Nxa8 Rc6 21. Nc7 Rxc7 22.
Rxd6 Bxb2 23. Rb1 $16) 18. gxf3 b5 19. Rac1 Re8 20. Kf1 $6 {One slip is enough
ti lose the great part of momentum. Black is winning time to neutralize d6
pawn.} (20. b3 $5 Re6 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. fxe4 Rxe4 23. Rxc5 Re2 24. a4 Re5 25.
Rc6 $14) 20... Bh6 21. Rc2 Re6 22. a4 (22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. fxe4 c4 24. f3 Bf4 $15)
22... b4 23. Ne2 (23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. fxe4 Bf4 25. Rxc5 Bxd6 $11) 23... Ne8 24.
Bb8 (24. Rxc5 Nxc7 25. dxc7 (25. Rxc7 Rdxd6 $17) 25... Rxd1+ 26. Kg2 Re8 $17)
24... Rd8 25. Rxc5 (25. Ba7 Rdxd6 26. Rxd6 Rxd6 27. Bxc5 Rd1+ 28. Kg2 Bf8 $15)
(25. d7 Nf6 26. Rxc5 Nxd7 27. Re5 (27. Bf4 Nxc5 28. Rxd8+ Kg7 29. Bxh6+ Kxh6
$15) 27... Rxe5 28. Bxe5 Re8 $15) 25... Rxb8 26. d7 Rd8 27. Rc8 (27. dxe8=Q+
Rdxe8 28. Ng3 Bg7 $15) 27... Bg5 28. Rd5 $2 {A combination too far enables
Tukmakov to enter the line of great originality, but pleasant consequences.} (
28. dxe8=Q+ Rexe8 29. Rcxd8 Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 $15) 28... Nd6 $1 29. Nd4 (29.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Nd4 Rf6 31. Nc6 Nb7 $19) (29. Rxg5 Nxc8 30. dxc8=Q Rxc8 $19)
29... Nxc8 30. Nxe6 (30. dxc8=Q Rxc8 31. Nxe6 Bf6 $17 (31... fxe6 32. Rxg5 $15)
) 30... Nb6 $1 (30... Rxd7 31. Rxd7 fxe6 32. a5 $15) 31. Nxd8 $8 Nxd5 32. Nc6 (
32. Nb7 Nb6 $19) 32... Nb6 33. d8=Q+ Bxd8 34. Nxd8 Nxa4 {The resulting endgame
is very bad for white, on top of missing pawn white suffers due to badly
demaged kingside pawn structure.} 35. Nc6 (35. b3 Nc5 36. Nc6 Nxb3 37. Nxb4 a5
$19) 35... Nxb2 36. Ke2 Kg7 (36... b3 37. Na5 Kg7 $19) 37. Nxb4 a5 38. Nc6 a4 (
38... Nc4 $2 39. Kd3 $15) 39. Nb4 Kf6 40. Kd2 Kf5 41. Kc2 a3 42. Kb3 Kf4 43.
Nc6 (43. Kxa3 Nd1 44. Kb3 Kxf3 $19) 43... Nd3 (43... Kxf3 44. Ne5+ Kxf2 45.
Nxf7 Kg2 46. Kxa3 Nd3 $19) 44. Kxa3 Kxf3 45. Kb3 Kxf2 46. Kc4 Ke3 (46... Nf4
47. Ne5 f5 $19) 47. Kd5 f5 48. Nd4 Nb4+ (48... Nb4+ 49. Ke5 f4 50. h4 Nc6+ 51.
Nxc6 f3 52. Ne7 f2 53. Nd5+ Kf3 $19) 0-1

[Event "URS-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. Be3 Nb6 11. h4 (11. a4 Be6 12. Qd1 c5 13. axb5 cxd4 $10)
11... Be6 12. Qd1 c5 $1 {N} 13. Ng5 $2 (13. dxc5 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Bxc4 $13 (14...
bxc4 $5)) 13... cxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Bxd4 Nd5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rd1 Nc6 18.
Bc5 Rf5 $1 19. Nxd5 Rxe5+ 20. Be2 Rxd5 21. Be3 $6 (21. Rxd5 exd5 22. b3 $17)
21... Bxb2 22. Rb1 Bc3+ 23. Kf1 Nd4 24. Bxd4 Rxd4 25. Rh3 b4 $19 26. h5 e5 27.
hxg6 hxg6 28. Bd3 Kg7 29. Rg3 e4 30. Bc2 Rf8 31. f3 Rh8 {Ftacnik,L} (31... Rh8
32. Kg1 (32. Bxe4 Rxe4 33. fxe4 Rh1+) 32... Rd2 33. Bxe4 Bd4+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9596 38th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1995.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1995.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be3 Re8 13. Rad1 Qb6 {Difficult
variation to play for both sides, black enjoys convenient piece activity, but
his set up has a serious flaw- Na6 is quite often so badly placed, that it
costs the defender dearly.} (13... Ne4 14. Nxe4 Rxe4 15. Qc1 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3
17. Bxf3 Re8 18. d6 Qd7 19. Qc4 Kh8 20. Qb3 Rab8 21. Bd5 {1-0 Daverkausen,
B-Seeger,R/NRW-II 9091/1991/ (27)}) 14. d6 (14. b3 Rxe3 $5 (14... Rac8 15. h3
h6 16. Rd2 Red8 17. g4 Bd7 18. Ne5 Ne8 19. Qf4 Nd6 20. Nc4 Nxc4 21. Qxc4 Qa5
22. Rc1 Nb4 {1/2-1/2 Kakhiani,K-Janjgava,L/Tbilisi/1991/ (33)}) (14... Ng4 15.
Bd2 Rad8 16. Rfe1 Nb4 17. Na4 Qd6 18. Bf4 Qf8 19. Bc7 Rd7 20. d6 b6 21. Bf1
Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Nc2 23. Rd1 {1-0 Ree,H-Chandler,M/Thessaloniki ol/1984/ (61)})
15. fxe3 Ng4 16. Na4 Qd6 17. Qf4 $1 (17. e4 $6 Bd7 18. Qc1 b5 19. Nb2 Nb4 20.
Nd3 Bd4+ $1 21. Kh1 Nxa2 $17) 17... Qxf4 18. exf4 Nb4 $5 19. Rd2 $5 (19. Nxc5
b6 $1 20. Nb7 Nxa2 21. Rfe1 Ne3 $13) 19... Ne3 20. Rc1 {1/2-1/2 Farago,I-Kozul,
Z/Montpellier/1989/ (41)}) 14... Be6 (14... h6 $5) (14... Qxb2 15. Ng5 Rf8 16.
Rb1 $5 Bxb1 17. Rxb1 b5 (17... Qa3 18. Rxb7 $16) 18. Qxf7+ Rxf7 19. Rxb2 Rd7
20. Rxb5 Rxd6 21. Bc4+ Kf8 22. Rb7 $16) 15. Qb5 h6 (15... Rad8 16. Qxb6 axb6
17. Bb5 $14) 16. Ne5 Red8 (16... Bb3 17. Qxb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 Rxe5 19. Bf3 $16)
17. Nc4 Qxb5 (17... Bxc4 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Bxc4 Ng4 20. h3 $14) 18. Nxb5 Nd5
19. Bc1 $1 {The players are trying to prove the opposite about the d6P. Is it
weak or strong?} Ndb4 (19... Nab4 20. Bf3 Rab8 21. Nc7 $14) 20. a3 Nc2 $2 (
20... Nc6 $5 21. Be3 Rd7) 21. Na5 Rd7 22. Bf4 g5 23. Bg3 {The situation has
deteriorated for the second player, squares a7,b7,c7,c6 are under direct fire.}
f5 (23... Bf5 24. Bf3 Rb8 25. Nc7 Nd4 26. Bxb7 $1) (23... Bxb2 24. Rd2 Bf5 25.
Bd1 Nxa3 26. Rxb2 Nxb5 27. Rxb5 Bd3 28. Rxb7 $18) 24. Bd3 Nd4 (24... f4 $5 25.
Bxf4 gxf4 26. Bxc2 Bxb2 27. Be4 Rb8 28. Bd5 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 $14) 25. Rfe1 Kf7 (
25... f4 26. Nxd4 Bxd4 27. Rxe6 fxg3 28. hxg3 $16) 26. Be5 Bxe5 27. Rxe5 {
The number of targets somehow increases with the time, c5 and f5P are notable
ones.} b6 (27... Kf6 28. Rde1 Bf7 29. Nxd4 cxd4 30. Rxf5+ $18) (27... Rad8 28.
Rde1 Nxb5 29. Bxb5 Rxd6 30. Nxb7 $18) 28. Rde1 $1 (28. Nxd4 cxd4 29. Bxa6 (29.
Nb7 $6 Rxb7 30. Bxa6 Rd7 31. Rxd4 Rad8 $15) 29... bxa5 30. Rxd4 Rad8 31. Rxa5
Rxd6 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 $14) 28... c4 (28... bxa5 29. Nxd4 cxd4 30. Rxe6 Nc5 31.
Bxf5 Nxe6 32. Bxe6+ Ke8 33. Bd5+ $18) (28... Re8 29. Nxd4 cxd4 30. Bxa6 bxa5
31. Bb5 $18) 29. Nxc4 Nxb5 30. Rxe6 Nd4 (30... Rad8 31. Rxh6 Nxd6 32. Ne5+ Kg7
33. Nxd7 Kxh6 34. Re6+ Kg7 35. Rxd6 $18) 31. Re7+ Rxe7 32. dxe7 Ne6 (32... Nc7
33. Nd6+ Kg6 34. e8=Q+ $18) 33. e8=Q+ $1 (33. e8=Q+ $1 Rxe8 34. Nd6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Lost Boys op"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2001.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gershon, Alik"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2001.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be3 Qb6 13. b3 Rfe8 14. Rad1 Rad8
15. Na4 $146 Qa5 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. d6 Qc8 (17... Rxd6 18. Bf4 Ne4 19. Bd3 $16) (
17... Qxd6 18. Ba5 $16) (17... Qc6 $5) 18. Ng5 Rd7 19. Be3 h6 20. Nf3 Ng4 (
20... Ne4 21. Qc1 $1 {/\ Bh6; Ba6} Rxd6 (21... Nb4 22. Bb5 Nxa2 23. Bxd7 Qxd7
24. Qa3 Nac3 25. Nxc3 Nxc3 26. Bxc5 Nxd1 27. Rxd1 Be4 $13) 22. Rxd6 Nxd6 23.
Bxa6 bxa6 24. Bxh6 $16) 21. Qc1 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Red8 $1 {Somehow, this move was
completely overlooked by me. Now white has to play very accurately. if black
retains his pair of B's white's position will soon become hopeless.} (22... Qc6
$2 23. Nc3 $1 Bxc3 (23... Rxd6 24. Bb5 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Qc8 26. Bxe8 Qxe8 27. e4
Bxe4 28. Re1 Bxc3 29. Qxc3 $16) 24. Qxc3 Rxd6 25. Bb5 $16) 23. Bxa6 bxa6 24. e4
$1 {the least evil. White must have at least one B changed} (24. Nxc5 Rxd6 25.
Rxd6 Rxd6 $17 {^^}) 24... Bxe4 25. Nxc5 Bxf3 26. Nxd7 Bxd1 27. Qxc8 Bd4+ (27...
Rxc8 28. Rxd1 Rd8 29. Nc5 Bf8 30. Nxa6 Rxd6 31. Rxd6 Bxd6 {- game}) 28. Kh1
Rxc8 29. Rxd1 Rc6 30. Nb8 Rxd6 31. Nxa6 Bc5 $1 {black has much better chances
to win in the N vs B engame then in the rook one.} (31... Rxa6 32. Rxd4 Rxa2
33. h4 {the 'a' and 'b' pawns are about to be exchanged with a theoretical
draw arising afterwards.}) 32. Rxd6 Bxd6 33. g4 $1 {A very important move.
White must not allow black to push him with the K side pawns since he will
need the space in the 3 on 2 position that arises by force. the drawing
fortress is K on g2 and N on f3 - thus it's very important to prevent black
from pushing g5-g4.} (33. b4 $2 f5 34. a4 Kf7 35. b5 Ke6 36. g3 Kd5 37. Kg2 g5
$17) 33... Kg7 34. b4 Kf6 35. Kg2 (35. a4 Kg5 36. h3 Kf4 37. b5 Kg3 38. a5 Kxh3
39. b6 axb6 40. axb6 Kxg4 41. b7 f5 $19) 35... Ke5 36. a4 Kd4 37. b5 Kc4 38. h3
Kb3 39. a5 Kc4 40. b6 axb6 41. axb6 Kb5 42. Nc7+ Kc6 (42... Kxb6 43. Nd5+ Kc5
44. Nc3 Kd4 45. Ne2+ Ke3 46. Ng1 f5 47. gxf5 gxf5 48. Nf3 $11 {33.g4}) 43. Ne8
Be7 44. h4 $1 Kxb6 (44... Bxh4 45. b7 Kxb7 46. Nd6+ Kc6 47. Nxf7 Bg5 48. Ne5+
$11) 45. h5 Kc6 46. hxg6 fxg6 47. Ng7 Kd5 48. Nf5 $1 Bg5 49. Kf3 gxf5 50. gxf5
Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kharkov Rector Cup 4th"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2002.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gershon, Alik"]
[Black "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 {'Stohl: 'Winants: Peter Leko, qui
était il y a peu de temps encore, le plus jeune grand-maître de l'histoire,
joue la défense Grünfeld avec enthousiasme, tout comme son entraîneur et
compatriote André Adorjan.''} 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 {'Stohl:
'Winants: Le système hongrois; les Noirs ont l'intention de mobiliser le Bc8
en fianchetto, après ...b5.''} 8. e5 b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. h4 ({The other
alternatives are:} 10. Be3) (10. e6 $5 fxe6 11. Qxe6+ Kh8 12. Qe4 (12. Ng5 Ne5
$5 13. Qd5 Qxd5 14. Nxd5 Nec6 15. Nxc7 Nxd4 $5 $36 (15... Ra7 16. Nce6 Nxd4 $1
$15)) 12... Nb6 13. Qh4 Nc6 14. Bd3 Rxf3 15. gxf3 Nxd4 16. Be4 Bf5 17. Be3 c5
18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. Rd1 Rc8 20. Rg1 Bf6 21. Qh6 Bg7 22. Qh4 Bf6 23. Qh6 Bg7 {
1/2,Karpov,An-Kamsky,G/Elista m (5)/1996/}) 10... c5 {White is playing on the
kingside, therefore, black has to prepare his counterblow in the center.} (
10... Nb6 $5 {is another option that was tested in Topalov,V-Leko,P/Wijk aan
Zee 2001/ (22)}) 11. e6 fxe6 (11... c4 {is considered to be the strongest} 12.
Qd1 Nb6 13. exf7+ Rxf7 14. h5 Nc6 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Be3 Bf5 17. Ng5 Rf6 (17...
Nxd4 $5) 18. g4 Be6 (18... Bd7 19. Bg2) 19. Nce4 {Anand - Svidler/ Linares/99})
(11... cxd4 12. exf7+ Kh8 (12... Rxf7 13. Ne4 $1 Bb7 14. Neg5 Qe8 15. Nxf7 $16)
13. h5 Qb6 (13... gxh5 14. Ng5 $40) (13... dxc3 14. hxg6 Nf6 15. Qxc3 $18 {
[%cal Rc1g5,Rf3g5] /\Bg5,Ng5->}) 14. Ne4 gxh5 15. Bd3 Nc5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17.
Bxh7 Bg4 18. Be4 Ra7 19. Nh4 {1-0 Gershon,A-Bagirov,R/Biel 2000/CBM 77 ext (19)
}) 12. h5 (12. Qxe6+ $2 Kh8 {Has more drawbacks than advantages.}) 12... cxd4 (
12... c4 13. Qc2 $16 {[%csl Rg6,Rh7] ע}) 13. hxg6 Nc5 {The only move to
continue} (13... Nf6 14. gxh7+ Nxh7 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. Ne4 $36) (13... dxc3 $4 14.
Qxe6+ Kh8 15. Rxh7#) 14. Qc2 {Black has many options here:} d3 $2 {Black
cannot leave white's knight on f3!} (14... Rxf3 {Une conception splendide.
L'élimination du Cavalier s'explique par la variante suivante} 15. gxf3 $1 (15.
gxh7+ Kh8 16. gxf3 d3 $1 17. Qd1 Nc6 {With compensation in : 0-1 Lautier,
J-Leko,P/Tilburg 1997/}) 15... d3 16. Qd2 $1 hxg6 17. Qg5 $40) (14... dxc3 $2 {
is losing on the spot:} 15. gxh7+ Kh8 16. Nh4 Rf6 17. Bg5 cxb2 18. Rd1 Qa5+ 19.
Ke2 $18) ({However, only:} 14... h5 $5 {as suggested by Leko, gives black good
chances to equalize} 15. Rxh5 (15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Qd5) 15... dxc3 $1 (15...
Rf5 $2 16. Rxf5 exf5 17. Nxb5 $1) 16. Rxc5 Nd7) 15. gxh7+ Kh8 16. Nh4 $1 {
the king is more important than the queen (sorry ladies, it's not my idea).}
Rf6 (16... Kxh7 {was also interesting, but, I believe, white's initiative is
way too strong:} 17. Qd1 Kg8 18. Qh5 $40 {/\ Nf3-g5}) 17. Qd1 b4 {I spent a
lot of time calculating all kinds of piece sacrifices, and in all lines, the
fact that black pawn moves from b4 to c3 turned out to be much more important
than the piece it was taking.} 18. Nb1 {this, not-so-beautiful-move, in fact,
emphasises black's biggest problem - long term weakness of his king. White
need not hurry, black king is just waiting to get mated.} (18. Bg5 bxc3 19.
Bxf6 {threatening mate in one, but...} (19. Qh5 c2 $1 {the rook is untouchable
and a try to free the king from mating net:} 20. Be2 dxe2 21. Bxf6 {fails to:}
Qd1+ $1 22. Rxd1 cxd1=Q#) 19... d2+ 20. Ke2 Qd3# {black is first!}) 18... Nc6
$2 {after this, black is already lost.} (18... Qd5 {was the only way to
continue} 19. Be3 Nc6 20. Nd2 Bb7 21. Rc1 {White is better due to the safer
position of his king. However, black is very solidly placed in the center
which will always give him good counterchances.}) 19. Qh5 $1 {Covering the 5th
rank,} (19. Bg5 Qd5 $1 20. Bxf6 Qe4+ {covering the 'g6' square.} 21. Be2 Bxf6
22. Nd2 {looked too adventurous to me during the game.} dxe2 23. Nxe4 exd1=Q+
24. Rxd1 Bxh4 25. Nxc5 Bf6 {White wants to achieve more from the position
after black's 18th move.}) 19... Bb7 $2 (19... Ne4 {was the only way to go} 20.
Ng6+ Rxg6 21. Qxg6 Nc5 {and black can hope to fish in muddy waters.}) {Now
it's all over.} 20. Qxc5 Rc8 21. Bg5 Nd4 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Qxc8 $1 {the most
precise. Changing off all the pieces.} Nc2+ 24. Kd1 Qxc8 25. Ng6+ Kg7 26. h8=Q+
Qxh8 27. Nxh8 {White is two rooks up - even with my technique it's usually
enough.} Be4 (27... Nxa1 28. Bxd3 {is easily winning}) 28. f3 Ne3+ (28... Bh7
29. Rxh7+ Kxh7 30. Bxd3+ Kxh8 31. Kxc2 {and white is too much up!}) 29. Kc1 Nc4
30. fxe4 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1999.03.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gershon, Alik"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1999.01.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32768]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O
7. e4 Nc6 8. Be3 $6 (8. Be2 Nd7 9. Be3 Nb6 10. Qc5 $14) (8. e5 Nd7 9. Be3 (9.
Be2 Na5 10. Qd5 c5 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. e6 fxe6 13. Qxe6+ Kh8 14. Qe3 Nb4 15. Qe4
a5 16. O-O Nxc5 17. Qh4 Bf5 18. Bg5 Rf7 19. Bc4 Be6 20. Be3 Bf6 21. Ng5 Bxg5
22. Bxg5 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Rf5 24. Be3 Ncd3 25. Rad1 Qc8 $13 {1-0 Gulko,B-Finegold,
B/Philadelphia 1987/EXT 97 (66)}) 9... Na5 10. Qa4 c5 11. e6 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5
13. exf7+ Rxf7 14. Qb4 b6 15. Rd1 Qf8 16. Qa3 e5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Lputian,S-Ristic,
N/Cetinje 1991/EXT 98 (39)}) 8... Ng4 9. e5 {In order to adoid the fixation of
the pawns by e7-e5} (9. Be2 Nxe3 10. fxe3 e5 $15 {[%csl Ge3,Ge4]}) (9. O-O-O
Nxe3 10. fxe3 Bh6 $6 (10... e5 $1) 11. d5 Bxe3+ 12. Kb1 Nb8 13. h4 $44 {
1/2-1/2 Lima,D-Malisauskas,V/Biel 1993/CBM 37/[Ftacnik] (29)}) 9... Na5 $6 {
A very advanturous move, the outcome of taking on e3 is not completely clear,
therefore, black decides to sac a pawn but in my opinion he does not get full
compensation for the material.} (9... Nxe3 10. fxe3 e6 {[%cal Gf7f6] /\ f7-f6}
(10... Kh8 11. h4 $1 f6 12. h5 fxe5 13. hxg6 h6 14. d5 $16) (10... Bh6 11. d5
$5 Nb8 12. h4 {this line is actually what black was afraid of since he's
behind in developement, on the other hand, I wasn't too sure about this
position either.White has moved too far with his pawns while his king is still
in the center.} Bxe3 13. Qe4 Bb6 14. h5 Bf5 15. Qh4 $44)) 10. Qd5 c5 (10... Nc6
11. Bf4 Be6 12. Qxd8 Rfxd8 13. Rd1 (13. h3 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Rxd4 15. Ne2 Rxf4 16.
Nxf4 Nxe5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 $14)) 11. Qxc5 Be6 12. d5 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Bg4 14. Qd4
Bxf3 15. gxf3 f6 (15... Qc7 $142 $1 {During the game I was only thinking about
this move, considering it to be black's only option, since it forces the
opening of the a1-h8/^} 16. f4 f6 17. e6 f5 18. Qb4 Rac8 19. Rc1 Rfd8 20. Ne2
$8 Qb6 $44) 16. b4 fxe5 17. Qe4 {[%csl Ga5,Gg7]} Rc8 18. Nd1 $2 {I didn't want
to pin my pieces, but after the forced e7-e6 the rook and knight are much
better placed on c1 and c3 than on a1 and d1.Now black equalizes pretty easily.
} (18. Rc1 $142 e6 (18... Kh8 19. bxa5 Qxa5 20. Kd2 Rfd8 21. Bd3 e6 22. Qa4 $16
) 19. dxe6 Nc6 20. Bc4 Kh8 21. Nd5 $16) 18... e6 19. dxe6 (19. bxa5 $4 Qxa5+
20. Kf2 exd5 $19) 19... Nc6 20. Bh3 (20. Bc4 Kh8 21. O-O Nxb4 $13 (21... Nd4
22. Bd5 Qg5+ 23. Qg4 (23. Kh1 Rc2) 23... Ne2+ 24. Kg2)) 20... Ne7 (20... Qe7
21. O-O Nd8 22. Nf2 Nxe6 23. Qd5 Rc6 24. Ne4 $16 {[%csl Gg7]}) 21. O-O b5 {
[%csl Gc4] Forcing the white knight to a bad position.} 22. Nb2 {[%csl Gb2]}
Nf5 23. Rad1 Qg5+ $2 $138 (23... Qe7 $142 24. Rd7 Qxe6 25. Rfd1 $13 (25. Bxf5
Qxf5 26. Qb7 Bh6 {[%cal Gc8c2]}) (25. Qb7 Bh6 26. e4 $2 Be3+ 27. Kh1 Ng3+ 28.
Kg2 Rc2+ 29. Kxg3 Bf4+ 30. Kh4 Qxh3+ 31. Kxh3 Rxh2+ 32. Kg4 h5# {Is just one
of the variations illustrating black's possibilities here.})) 24. Kh1 Qe7 (
24... Nxe3 25. e7 Rfe8 (25... Rf7 26. Rg1 Nxd1 27. Rxg5 Nf2+ 28. Kg2 Nxe4 29.
Bxc8 Rxe7 30. fxe4 Rc7 31. Be6+ $18) 26. Rg1 Nxd1 27. Qd5+ $18) 25. Rd7 Qxe6
26. Bxf5 $1 $138 (26. Qb7 Bh6 27. Rxh7 Ng3+ 28. Kg2 Rc2+ 29. Kxg3 (29. Rf2
Rxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Qxh3 $19) 29... Bf4+ 30. exf4 exf4+ 31. Kh4 Qf6+ 32. Kg4 Qf5+
33. Kh4 g5+ 34. Kh5 Qxh3+ 35. Kxg5 Rg2#) 26... Qxf5 27. Qb7 Bf6 $2 $138 {
[%csl Rg8][%cal Gb2d3,Gd3f2,Gf2g4,Yg4f6,Yg4h6]} (27... Bh6 $142 $1 28. Rxh7 Qh5
$1 (28... Qh3 29. Rg1) 29. Nd3 Rb8 $11 (29... Rc2 30. Rf2 Rxf2 31. Nxf2 Qxf3+
32. Qxf3 Rxf3 33. Rxh6 Rxf2 34. Rxg6+ $18)) 28. Nd3 $1 {White gets his last
piece to the K side.} Qh3 $2 $138 {Loses immediately} (28... e4 $8 29. Nc5 (29.
Nf4 $5 $36) 29... exf3 30. Rxf3 Qb1+ 31. Kg2 Qxa2+ 32. Rf2 Qc4 33. Rxf6 Qe2+
$11) (28... Rc2 29. Nf2 h5 30. Ne4 $36 {[%csl Gf6]}) 29. Kg1 Rc2 30. Nf2 Qh4
31. Ng4 Qg5 32. Rxh7 {[%cal Gh2h4,Yg4h6]} Rb8 $138 (32... Rb8 33. Qf7#) 1-0

[Event "Vlissingen HZ op 10th"]
[Site "Vlissingen"]
[Date "2006.08.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Henrichs, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2006.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bf4 Bd5 (13... Nc6 14.
Qe3 Qd5 15. Rad1 Qf5 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 f6 18. Qe3 Rfd8 19. h3 Bc2 20. Nd4
Nxd4 21. Rxd4 e5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rc1 $16 {1-0 Najer,E-Kuljasevic,D/
Pardubice CZE 2006/The Week in Chess 611 (32)}) 14. Qe3 Bxb2 15. Rad1 e6 16.
Bd6 Nc6 (16... Re8 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. f4 Nb6 19. Rd2 Bxe5 20. fxe5 Nc8 21. Bf3 Ne7
22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Qh6 Ra7 24. Rdf2 f5 25. exf6 Rf7 26. h4 Kh8 27. Be5 Nb4 28.
h5 gxh5 29. Qxh5 Qd7 30. Qg4 {1-0 Volkov,S-Shomoev,A/Sochi 2004/PowerBook2005})
17. Rd2 $5 {TN} Bf6 (17... Qf6 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Rfd1 $36 Bxa2 20. Qh6 $1 Bd5
21. Ng5 Qg7 22. Qxh7+ $1 Qxh7 23. Nxh7 Kxh7 24. Rxb2 $14) 18. Bxf8 Qxf8 19. Rc1
Be7 20. Ng5 Na5 $5 21. Ne4 Rc8 (21... Nc4 22. Bxc4 bxc4 (22... Bxc4 23. Rd7 $5
(23. Nd6 Bd5 24. Qe5 Bxd6 25. Qxd6 Qxd6 26. cxd6 Rd8 $11) 23... Bxa2 24. c6 $36
) 23. Qf4 $14) 22. Rdc2 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24. Rd1 $5 (24. Rxc4 bxc4 25. Rxc4
Qd8 $132) 24... Bd5 (24... Bxc5 25. Nf6+ $40) 25. Rcd2 b4 $1 {[/\a7-a5-a4<=><<]
} 26. h4 $5 a5 (26... Bxh4 27. Nd6 Rc6 28. Qf4 Rxc5 29. Qxh4 Qxd6 30. Qxb4 $11)
27. h5 a4 28. Qd4 b3 29. axb3 axb3 30. Qe5 Qg7 (30... f6 $5) 31. Rxd5 $5 exd5
32. Qxe7 dxe4 33. c6 b2 34. c7 Qf8 35. Qe5 Qe8 $1 36. Qf6 $5 gxh5 $11 (36...
Rxc7 37. h6 Qf8 38. Rd8 b1=Q+ (38... Rc1+ 39. Kh2 Rh1+ 40. Kg3 $18) 39. Kh2 $18
) 37. Qb6 $138 (37. Qg5+ Kf8 38. Qh6+ Kg8 $11) 1-0

[Event "Vlissingen HZ op 02nd"]
[Site "Vlissingen"]
[Date "1998.07.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {. . Stohl} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7.
e4 a6 8. e5 b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. h4 c5 11. e6 c4 12. Qd1 Nb6 13. exf7+ Rxf7 14.
h5 $146 Nc6 (14... Bg4 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Bh6 Qf8 17. Be3 Nc6 18. Be2 Nb4 (18...
Rd8 {-71/505}) 19. a3 Nd3+ 20. Bxd3 Bxf3 21. gxf3 cxd3 22. Qxd3 Rf5 23. Qe4 $14
{.... 1-0 Gurevich,M-David,A/Echternach op 1998 (35)}) 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Be3
Bg4 17. Be2 Nb4 18. a3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 N4d5 20. Qc2 $146 {TN} (20. Rg1 Qd6 21. a4
e5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. f4 Qf5 24. Rg5 Nxc3 25. bxc3 Bxc3+ 26. Kf1 Qh3+ 27. Kg1
Bxa1 28. Bg4 Qh8 29. Rxg6+ Rg7 30. Be6+ Kf8 31. Bc5+ Ke8 32. f5 Rd8 33. Qf3 Be5
34. Qc6+ Nd7 35. Bf7+ {1-0 Petrosian,A-Malaniuk,V/Erevan 1984/MCD-r8 (35)})
20... Rf5 21. f4 $1 Nxc3 (21... Nxf4 22. Bxf4 Rxf4 23. O-O-O $5 (23. Qxg6 Qxd4
24. Rh2 $44) 23... Qd6 24. Rdg1 $40) 22. bxc3 Nd5 23. Bg4 e6 $1 (23... Rf6 24.
f5 Qd7 25. Bg5 Rff8 (25... Rd6 26. Rh4 $40) 26. Bh6 $5 $40) 24. Bxf5 exf5 25.
Kf1 Qd6 26. Bd2 Qc6 (26... Nxf4 27. Bxf4 Qxf4 28. Qe2 $16) 27. Rh3 Re8 28. Qd1
(28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Kxe1 Qd6 30. a4 $14) 28... a5 29. Qf3 Re4 30. Re1 Nf6 31.
Rxe4 Nxe4 32. Be1 Kf7 $2 (32... Bf8 33. Qh1 Bg7 $14) 33. Qe2 Nf6 34. Bd2 Nd5
35. Qf3 Qe6 36. Kg2 Bf6 37. Rh7+ Bg7 38. Rh1 $16 Bf8 $2 $138 39. Re1 Qc6 40.
Re5 $18 b4 41. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "Vlissingen HZ op 01st"]
[Site "Vlissingen"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Cools, Gorik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
b5 9. Qb3 Ne8 10. Qd5 $1 {TN} (10. a4 c5 11. Qd5 (11. dxc5 Be6 12. Qa3 Nc7 13.
Be3 Nc6 14. Rd1 Qb8 15. Qa1 Nxe5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Bilobrk,F-Alterman,B/Pula op (7)
1990 (67)}) 11... Nc7 12. Qxc5 Bb7 13. Qb6 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Ne6 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16.
f4 Nxd4 17. Bg2 Nc2+ 18. Ke2 Nxa1 19. Bxa8 bxa4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kallai,G-Cools,G
Belgian tt 1995 (35)}) 10... Qxd5 11. Nxd5 Bb7 (11... Nc6 12. a4 $1 $36) 12.
Nxe7+ Kh8 {[/\13...f6, 14...Rf7 (פe7);/\ 13...c5<=>]} 13. h4 $1 Bxf3 (13... f6
14. h5 gxh5 (14... Rf7 15. Nxg6+ $1 hxg6 16. hxg6+ $18) (14... g5 15. h6 $18)
15. Rxh5 $16) (13... c5 14. h5 $1 gxh5 (14... Nc6 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. h6 $18) 15.
d5 $16) 14. gxf3 c5 15. f4 $1 (15. h5 Ra7 16. Bg5 (16. Nd5 cxd4 17. f4 Kg8 {
[/\18...f6<=>]}) 16... f6 17. Nc8 Rc7 $17) 15... Ra7 16. Nd5 cxd4 (16... Rd7
17. Bg2 $5 (17. Nb6 Rxd4 18. Be3 Rb4 $5 (18... Rd8 19. Bxc5 Rg8 20. Bg2 $16)
19. Bxc5 Rxf4 20. Bxf8 Re4+ 21. Kd1 Bxf8 22. Bg2 $14) 17... cxd4 18. Bd2 Nc7
19. Nb6 Rdd8 20. Rc1 $16) 17. Bd2 Nc7 18. Nb4 $5 (18. Nxc7 Rxc7 19. Bd3 Nd7 $14
) 18... Re8 $5 {[/\19...f6<=>]} (18... f6 19. h5 gxh5 20. Rxh5 Re8 21. Nd3 Nd7
22. Bh3 $16) 19. Kd1 f6 20. h5 $1 gxh5 (20... fxe5 21. hxg6 e4 22. Rxh7+ Kg8
23. a4 $5 $36) 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Rxh5 $36 Ne6 23. Nd5 Bd8 (23... Bg7 24. Bd3
Nf8 25. Rc1 $16) 24. Rc1 Nd7 25. Rc6 $16 Nec5 (25... Ndc5 26. Re5 $16) 26. Bh3
{[/\27.Bf5|^]} Ne4 27. Bf5 Ndc5 $2 $138 (27... Nxf2+ 28. Kc2 Nf8 29. Rh2 $1 Rf7
(29... Re2 30. Bd3 $18) (29... Ne4 30. Re2 Nd6 31. Rxe8 Nxe8 32. Rc8 $18) 30.
Bxh7 Nxh7 31. Rxf2 $16) 28. Rch6 $18 Nxf2+ 29. Kc2 d3+ 30. Kc1 Nfe4 (30... Rg7
31. Bc3 d2+ 32. Kxd2 Nce4+ 33. Kc2 Nxc3 34. Rxh7+ Rxh7 35. Rxh7+ Kg8 36. Kxc3
$18) 31. Bxh7 Nxd2 32. Bf5+ Kg8 33. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.06.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1996.06.06"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4
a6 8. e5 b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. e6 fxe6 11. Qxe6+ Kh8 12. Qe4 (12. Ng5 Ne5 $1 13.
Qd5 Qxd5 14. Nxd5 Nec6 15. Nxc7 Ra7 16. Nce6 Nxd4 $1 $15 {Urvalov-Nadanian,A
corr 1989}) 12... Nb6 13. Qh4 (13. Be2 {Ftacnik} Bf5 14. Qh4 Nc6 15. Bh6 e5 16.
Ng5 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Qe7 18. dxe5 Nd4 19. Rd1 c5 20. Rd2 b4 21. Nd1 Nd5 22. Bc4
Nf4 23. Nf7+ Rxf7 24. Qxf4 Be6 25. Qe4 {Portisch,L-Adorjan,A/Amsterdam IBM (15)
/1971/0-1 (59)}) 13... Nc6 (13... Rxf3 {Ftacnik} 14. gxf3 Nc6 15. Bh6 Bf6 16.
Bg5 Bxd4 17. O-O-O b4 18. Be3 Bxe3+ 19. fxe3 Qg8 20. Qe4 bxc3 21. Qxc6 cxb2+
22. Kb1 h5 23. Bd3 {1-0 Rajkovic,D-Zakic,S/JUG-chT Tivat (05)/1995/ (35)}) 14.
Bd3 $5 {TN [/\15.Bxg6]} (14. Bh6 e5 (14... Bf5 {Ftacnik} 15. Bxg7+ Kxg7 16. Be2
Qd6 17. O-O Rad8 18. Rfd1 Qf6 19. Qxf6+ Rxf6 20. Rac1 Rfd6 21. d5 Nb4 22. Nd4
N4xd5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Bf3 Nb4 25. Nxf5+ gxf5 26. Rxd6 Rxd6 27. Rxc7 Kf6 {
1/2-1/2 Ostenstad,B-Sigfusson,S/Reykjavik op/1988/ (49)}) 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 17. Nxe5 Nxd4 18. O-O-O Bb7 19. f3 c5 {1/2 1/2 Bronstein,D-Pein,M
Wrexham 1995}) 14... Rxf3 $5 (14... e5 15. Bg5 (15. Ng5) 15... Qd6 16. Ne4 Qe6
$13) (14... Bf5 $5 15. Ng5 (15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Be3 e5) 15... h5 16. Bxf5 Rxf5
17. Ne6 Qd6 18. Nxg7 Kxg7 19. Be3 Nc4 $36) 15. gxf3 (15. Bxg6 $2 Qg8 16. gxf3
Bf6 17. Qe4 Qxg6 18. Qxc6 (18. Qxg6 hxg6 $17) 18... Qg2 19. Ke2 (19. Rf1 Bh3
$19) 19... Bd7 (19... Qxh1 20. Qe8+ Kg7 21. Bh6+ Kxh6 22. Rxh1 $16) 20. Qxc7
Qxh1 21. Qxb6 Bh3 $1 $40) 15... Nxd4 16. Be4 Bf5 $1 17. Be3 (17. Bxa8 Qxa8 $17
(17... Qxa8 18. Kf1 (18. Qxe7 Nxf3+ 19. Kd1 Bxc3 $19) 18... Qxf3 19. Rg1 (19.
Kg1 Bh3 20. Qg3 Qd1+ $1 21. Nxd1 Ne2#) 19... Bd3+ 20. Ke1 Nc2+ 21. Kd2 Nc4+ 22.
Qxc4 Bh6+ 23. Qf4 Bxf4#)) 17... c5 18. Bxd4 $1 {Eliminates the most dangerous
enemy.} (18. O-O-O {Ftacnik} Bxe4 (18... Qg8 $6 19. Bxa8 Qxa2 20. Bxd4 (20.
Nxa2 $2 Nb3#) (20. Be4 Qa1+ 21. Kd2 Qxb2+ 22. Ke1 Qxc3+ $40) 20... Qa1+ 21. Kd2
Qxb2+ 22. Ke1 Bxd4 (22... cxd4 23. Nd5 $1 Nxa8 24. Qxe7) 23. Ne2 Nxa8 24. Qxe7
$16) 19. Nxe4 Qg8 20. Kb1 Nc4 $132) 18... cxd4 (18... Bxd4 19. Bxa8 Bf6 20. Qf4
Qxa8 21. O-O $13) 19. Rd1 Rc8 (19... e5 {Ftacnik} 20. Qxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rg1 $10)
20. Rg1 $1 {[/\21.Rxg6]It`s appeares,that white king is safe enough in the
center.} (20. O-O {Ftacnik} Qg8 21. Ne2 Bf6 22. Qh6 Bxe4 23. fxe4 Qxa2 24. Nxd4
Qxb2 $17) 20... Bf6 21. Qh6 Bg7 (21... Nc4 22. Nd5 Bg7 (22... Bxe4 23. fxe4 (
23. Nxf6 exf6 24. fxe4 Kg8 $5 $36) 23... Bg7 24. Qh4 Nxb2 25. Nxe7 {with the
creasy complications}) 23. Qh4 $13 (23. Qh4 Bxe4 (23... e6 {Ftacnik} 24. Ne7
Bf8) 24. fxe4 Nxb2 25. Nxe7 Nxd1 26. Nxg6+ Kg8 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Kxd1 $14)) 22.
Qh4 Bf6 23. Qh6 Bg7 {The position is very duble edged.The opponents wisely
decided to repeat the moves avoiding an extra risk.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR Cup-f"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1998.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gershon, Alik"]
[Black "Liss, Eran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.05.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. Bf4 Bf5 13. Rad1 Nd7 (13... Ne4
14. Bd3 Nd6 (14... Bxc3 15. bxc3 b5 16. Qxb5 Nxc3 17. Qc4 (17. Qxa6 Bxd3 18.
Qxd3 Ne2+ 19. Kh1 Nxf4 20. Qc4 Qd6 21. Rfe1 $2 (21. g3 $5) 21... Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1
Rb8 $36 {[%csl Re1,Rh1][%cal Gb8b1]} 23. a3 Rb2 24. f3 Qe5 25. Qe4 Qg5 26. g3
Qh5 27. h4 Ne2 28. Qe8+ Kg7 29. d6 Nxg3+ 30. Kg1 Ne2+ 31. Kf1 Qf5 32. Qxe2 Qh3+
{0-1 Gurevich,M-Kasparov,G/URS-ch55 1988/URS-ch}) 17... Nxd1 (17... Bxd3 18.
Rxd3 Ne2+ 19. Kh1 Nxf4 20. Qxf4 Nb4 21. Rd2 Nxd5 22. Qg3 $1 $16) 18. Rxd1 (18.
Bxf5 gxf5 19. Rxd1 Re4 $15) 18... Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Qb6 20. Rb3 Qf6 21. g3 $44 {
1/2-1/2 Gurevich,M-Kotronias,V/Reykjavik op 1988/TD 88\05 (73)}) 15. Bxd6 Bxd3
16. Rxd3 Qxd6 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nge4 Qb6 19. d6 Qb4 20. Nd2 Qxc4 21. Nxc4 Nb4 22.
Rd2 Rad8 23. Rfd1 Nc6 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. Rd3 Rd7 26. a4 Ne5 27. Nxe5 Bxe5 28. Rd5
b6 29. a5 Bxc3 {1/2-1/2 Renet,O-Kouatly,B/Marseille 1986/MCL 07}) (13... Qb6 $6
14. Qb5 Nb4 $6 15. a3 Nc2 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Bb5 Bd7 18. Be5 Rad8 19. Bxd7 Rxd7
20. Rd2 Nd4 21. Bxd4 cxd4 22. Rxd4 Nh5 23. Rb4 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Rxd5 25. Rxb6 Rc8
$14 {/+/- 1/2-1/2 Dlugy,M-Gavrikov,V/Tunis izt 1985/IZT (40)}) 14. Rfe1 (14.
Qb3 Nb4 $1 15. Rd2 Nb6 $1 16. Bb5 (16. Bg5 Qc8 $1) 16... Bd7 17. Bg5 Qc8 $1 (
17... Bf6 $2 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Bxd7 Nxd7 20. a3 $18) 18. Rc1 (18. a3 Bxb5 19.
Nxb5 Qd7 $1 {} 20. Nc3 Nd3 $1) (18. Be3 $5 Rd8 $8 (18... a6 $6 19. Bxd7 $1 (
19. Be2 $6 Bxc3 $1 20. bxc3 Ba4 21. Qa3 N4xd5 22. Bxc5 Bb5 $1) 19... Nxd7 20.
Na4 (20. d6 $1 $16) 20... b5 $2 21. Nxc5 $1 Rxe3 22. Qxb4 Rxf3 23. Nxd7 $18) (
18... Nd3 $6 19. Rxd3 $1 c4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Rfd1 $16) 19. Be2 (19. Rfd1 $6
Bxb5 $1 20. Nxb5 a5 $1 $17) 19... Bf5 $1 (19... Bxc3 $2 20. bxc3 N4xd5 (20...
Ba4 21. Qa3 N4xd5 22. Bg5 f6 23. c4 fxg5 24. cxd5 $16) 21. Rxd5 Nxd5 22. Qxd5
Bb5 23. Qe5 $1 Re8 (23... f6 24. Qxf6 Bxe2 25. Bh6 Qc7 26. Qe6+ $18) 24. Bxb5
Rxe5 25. Nxe5 $16) (19... a5 $6 20. Rc1 a4 21. Qd1 $16) 20. Bg5 Re8 21. Bb5 Bd7
22. Be3 $11) 18... a5 $1 $132 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Kotronias,V/Lvov 1988 (38)} (
18... Bxc3 $6 19. bxc3 Bxb5 20. cxb4 c4 21. Qc3 $16) (18... Bxb5 $5 19. Nxb5
Qd7 20. Rxc5 Na6 21. Rcc2 $5 (21. Rc1 Rac8 22. Nc3 Nc5 23. Qd1 Nc4 24. Rdc2 b5
$1 $36 25. b4 $2 Na6 $1) 21... Rec8 $1 (21... Rac8 22. Nxa7 $1 Rxc2 23. Qxc2 $1
Nxd5 24. Qb3 $16) 22. Nc3 h6 $1 $44)) (14. Bg5 Qc8 15. Rd2 h6 16. Be3 Nb6 17.
Qb5 g5 18. Qa5 Bg4 19. d6 Qe6 20. Qb5 Rad8 21. Na4 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Qc4 23. Qxc4
Nxc4 24. Rdd1 b5 $13 {0-1 Shneider,A-Gavrikov,V/URS-chYM 1983/MCL 05 (46)})
14... Nb4 15. Bf1 Rxe1 16. Rxe1 a6 (16... Nb6 17. Qxc5 N4xd5 18. Rd1 Bxc3 19.
bxc3 Be4 20. Ng5 $5 (20. c4 Nd7 (20... Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qf6 22. Bh6 Qh4 23. Bd2
Rc8 24. Qa5) 21. Qd4 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Nxf4 23. Qxf4 Qf6 $13) 20... Bc2 21. Rd4 (
21. Rd2 Qf6) 21... Qf6 22. Bd2 $14) 17. a4 Rc8 (17... Qa5 $5 {this seems as
quite a good move,the idea is simple Nb6 followed by Bc2,this move has a plus
over the move played in the game Rc8 [of course with the same idea defending
c5 and threatening Nb6 ] but it gave white Bg5 with a tempi here white does
not have it,the disadvantage is that the Queen seems out of play} 18. Qb3 $5 (
18. d6 Nb6 19. Qb3 Bc2 (19... Bxc3 20. Qxc3 N6d5 21. Qc4 $13) 20. Qa3 Rd8 $15 {
[%csl Ra3,Rd6][%cal Gg7f8] /-/+} (20... Nxa4 $2 21. d7 $18)) (18. Re7 Bf6 $1 (
18... Nb6 19. Qe2 (19. Qb3 Bc2 20. Qa3 N6xd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Bd2 Qxa4 23.
Qxa4 Bxa4 24. Rxb7 Bc6 $17) 19... Rf8 (19... Bd3 $2 20. Re8+ Bf8 21. Qe7 $18)
20. Rxb7 N6xd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Be5 $14) 19. Bc7 (19. Re3 Nb6 {[%csl Rd5]})
19... Nb6 (19... Qxc7 20. d6 Be6 21. dxc7 (21. Rxe6 $5 Qc6 22. Ne4 $13) 21...
Bxc4 22. Rxd7 Be6 (22... Bxf1 $2 23. Ne4 $18) 23. Ne4 Kg7 24. Nxf6 Kxf6 25. Rd8
Rc8 {[%csl Rc7]}) 20. Bxb6 Qxb6 $17 {[%csl Gf5,Gf6]}) 18... Bc2 19. Qa3 Rd8 $15
{[%csl Ra3]} (19... Bxc3 $2 20. Qxc3 Qxa4 $2 21. Bh6 f6 22. Qe3 $18)) 18. Bg5
Nf6 (18... Bf6 $5 19. Qh4 $14) 19. Ne5 Rc7 $6 (19... h6 $2 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21.
d6+ Kf8 22. Re7 $18) (19... Qd6 $1 $15) 20. Qh4 $1 $14 {[%cal Gh4d8]} Qd6 $6 (
20... Nc2 21. Rd1 Nd4 $14) (20... Rc8 {just taking it back maybe although it's
not easy to do such thing!}) 21. Nc4 $1 Qd8 22. d6 Rd7 23. a5 $1 $16 {[%csl
Rc5][%cal Gc3a4,Ga4b6,Ga4c5]} Rxd6 (23... Bc2 24. g3 $16 {[%cal Gf1h3]}) 24.
Nxd6 Qxd6 25. Rd1 Qc7 $4 {time,but any way black's position is lost} (25... Qe7
26. Rd2 $18) 26. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 Na6 8.
Nf3 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be3 Re8 13. Rad1 Qb6 14. d6 h6
15. Na4 Qc6 16. Qb5 Bd7 17. Qxc6 Bxc6 18. b3 Nd7 19. Bxa6 bxa6 20. Nxc5 Rxe3
21. fxe3 Nxc5 22. Rc1 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Ne6 24. Rc6 Rd8 25. Rxa6 Rd7 26. Rc1 Be5
27. f4 Rxd6 28. Rxa7 Bf6 29. Rc2 Kg7 30. Kf1 g5 31. f5 Nd8 32. Ra5 g4 33. e4
Rd1+ 34. Ke2 Rh1 35. Kd3 Rd1+ 36. Rd2 Rc1 37. e5 Bg5 38. Rc2 Rxc2 39. Kxc2 Nc6
40. Rc5 Nd4+ 41. Kd3 Nf3 42. Ke2 (42. Ke4 $5 Nxh2 43. Rc8 g3 44. f6+ $6 (44.
Rc3 Bh4 45. Rc1 $13) 44... Kg6 45. Rg8+ Kh5 46. e6 fxe6 47. f7 g2 48. f8=Q g1=Q
49. Qf7+ Kh4 50. Qxe6 $17) (42. Ke2 Nxh2 $132 {[%cal Rg4g3,Rg3g2,Rg5e3]})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gershon, Alik"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
Nfd7 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. Be3 Be6 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. a3 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Rd1 Bxf3
15. gxf3 e6 16. h4 h5 17. Qe4 Ne7 18. Bg5 Qd7 19. Bh3 c6 20. O-O Kh7 21. Rd3
Bh6 22. f4 Bxg5 23. fxg5 Rad8 24. Rfd1 Qc7 25. Rf3 Nf5 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. Qc2
Rd5 28. b4 Rfd8 29. Rfd3 Kg6 30. Qc4 Qb6 31. f4 a5 32. Kf2 axb4 33. axb4 Ra8
34. Kf3 Ra4 35. Rb1 Qa7 36. Qc3 Ra2 37. b5 Rh2 38. Ra1 Rh3+ 39. Ke2 Rxd3 40.
Kxd3 {[#] Angreifbarer weißer Zentralkönig} Qb6 41. bxc6 bxc6 42. Ke3 c5 43.
Rd1 Qb5 44. Qc2 (44. Rd3 Qb1 $1 {[%csl Rf4,Rh4][%cal Yb1h1,Yh1e4]} (44... c4 $5
45. Rd1 Qc6 $17 {[%csl Re4]}) 45. dxc5 Qg1+ 46. Ke2 Rxc5 $19) (44. Kf2 cxd4 45.
Rxd4 Qb6 46. Ke3 Rc5 47. Qd2 Rc4 48. Qd3 Rb4 $40) 44... Qb4 45. Kf3 cxd4 46.
Rb1 Qa3+ 47. Rb3 Qa8 48. Kg3 Rd8 $40 {aber ganz klar ist die Sache noch nicht.}
0-1

[Event "Budapest m"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.01.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2000.01.03"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. Bf4 c6 8. e4
Qa5 9. b4 Qd8 10. Rb1 b5 11. Qd3 a5 12. a3 Nh5 13. Be3 axb4 14. axb4 f5 15. Qd1
fxe4 16. Ng5 e5 17. Qb3+ Kh8 18. Nf7+ Rxf7 19. Qxf7 exd4 20. Bg5 Qf8 21. Qxf8+
Bxf8 22. Nxe4 Na6 23. Bd2 Bf5 24. f3 Nf6 25. Bd3 Re8 26. g4 Bxe4 27. Bxe4 c5
28. bxc5 Nxe4 29. fxe4 Rxe4+ 30. Kf2 Nxc5 31. Rxb5 Re8 32. Kf3 Nd3 33. Rd5 Bg7
34. Rf1 Ne5+ 35. Kg3 Nc4 36. Re1 Ne3 37. Bxe3 dxe3 38. Kf3 Bh6 39. g5 Bg7 40.
Rxe3 Rxe3+ 41. Kxe3 {[#] Das Endspiel gilt trotz des weißen Raumvorteils als
theoretisch remis, weil Schwarz den guten Läufer besitzt. Ich habe für dieses
Endspiel keinen Vorgänger finden können.} Kg8 42. Rd8+ Kf7 43. Rd7+ Kg8 44. h4
Bb2 45. Kf3 Bg7 46. Kf4 (46. Kg4 h5+ 47. Kf4 (47. gxh6 Bxh6 $11) 47... Bc3 48.
Ke4 Be1 49. Ke5 Bc3+ (49... Bxh4 50. Kf6 $18) 50. Ke6 Bb2 51. Rf7 Bc3 52. Rf6
Kg7 53. Ke7 Bb2 54. Rf7+ Kg8 {und es ist nicht zu sehen, wie Weiß weiterkommen
soll.}) 46... Bf8 (46... h5 $4 47. Rxg7+ Kxg7 48. Ke5 Kf7 49. Kd6 $18) 47. h5
$5 gxh5 48. Kg3 h6 $1 49. g6 Ba3 50. Kh4 Bc1 51. Kxh5 Bg5 52. Kg4 (52. g7 Kh7 {
und Schwarz verharrt. Er droht sogar Lg5-f6xg7:} 53. Rb7 Bf6 54. Rc7 Bxg7 55.
Ra7 Kg8 56. Kg6 Bf8 57. Ra8 h5 $1 $11 {Der Rettungszug, sonst wäre es aus.})
52... Bc1 53. Kf5 Bg5 54. Ke6 Bh4 (54... Bc1 55. Rh7 Bd2 56. g7 Bg5 {und nicht
Schwarz sondern Weiß müsste ziehen.}) 55. Rh7 Bg5 {[#] Ein Pattwitz rettet
Schwarz.} 56. g7 $1 h5 $22 57. Rxh5 Bf6 $3 58. Rh3 Bxg7 $11 59. Ke7 Bb2 60. Rb3
Bd4 61. Rd3 Bb2 62. Rg3+ Kh7 63. Ke6 Kh6 64. Kf5 Kh7 65. Rg6 Bc3 66. Kg5 Bb2
67. Kh5 Bc3 68. Rg2 Bd4 69. Rd2 Bc3 70. Rc2 Ba1 71. Rc7+ Kg8 72. Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch 70th"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "1998.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Jugelt, Tobias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4
c6 {Der Zug ist spielbar.} 8. Be2 Bg4 $6 (8... b5 {ist üblich.}) 9. Be3 Qa5 $6
10. O-O Nbd7 11. b4 $1 {Ich vermutete ein Übersehen, aber es war Absicht von
Jugelt, dies zuzulassen.} Qc7 {Ftacnik: 'Black's position is solid, but the
central structure with c6,e7 pawns against d4,e4 pair can never promise
complete equality.'} (11... Qh5 {Ftacnik} 12. h3 Be6 13. Qd3 Nb6 14. Ne5 Qh4
15. Rac1 $14) 12. Rac1 Rac8 13. Qd3 (13. h3 {Ftacnik} Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e5 $14)
13... Rfd8 14. Qb1 Qb8 (14... e5 {Ftacnik} 15. Nb5 Qb8 16. Nxa7 $1 Rc7 (16...
Qxa7 17. dxe5 $16) 17. dxe5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 $16) 15. Ng5 $5 Bxe2 (15... h6 {
Ftacnik} 16. f3 Bh5 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. g4 $14) 16. Nxe2 e5 $2 {Ftacnik: 'A
serious mistake in the critical moment of the game. Given the chance white
would love to launch a severe attack.'} (16... h6 17. Nh3 (17. Nf3 {Ftacnik} e6
$13) 17... e5 18. f3 {und Weiß steht ein wenig besser, aber es ist noch eine
normale Partie.}) (16... Ng4 {Ftacnik} 17. Bf4 e5 18. Qb3 Nh6 (18... Rf8 19.
Qh3 Nh6 20. Qxd7 exf4 21. Rfd1 $14) 19. Bg3 $14) 17. f4 $1 (17. Qb3 {Ftacnik}
Rf8 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. f4 Qe7 20. e5 Nd5 21. Bxa7 f6 22. exf6 Bxf6 $14) 17...
exd4 (17... Ng4 18. fxe5 (18. Qb3 {Ftacnik} Nxe3 (18... Rf8 19. fxe5 $18) 19.
Nxf7 Nd5 20. Nxd8 $18) 18... Nxe3 19. Qb3 Nxe5 20. Qxe3 Ng4 21. Qh3 h5 22. e5)
18. Bxd4 h6 (18... Re8 {Ftacnik} 19. Qb3 Re7 20. e5 Nd5 21. Nc3 $14) 19. Nxf7
$1 {[%mdl 512] Ftacnik: 'Material is invested only temporarily, but the pawn
shield around black king will be weaker forever. ' Da hab' ich nicht lange
dran überlegt. Die Figur wird ja auch gleich zurückgewonnen.} (19. Nf3 {Ftacnik
} Re8 $13) 19... Kxf7 20. e5 Re8 $1 (20... Nd5 21. e6+ Kxe6 (21... Kg8 22. exd7
Rxd7 23. Qxg6 $18) 22. Qxg6+ $1 Bf6 23. Nc3 Rg8 24. Rce1+ Kd6 25. Be5+ Nxe5 26.
fxe5+ Kd7 27. Qf5+ $18) 21. exf6 Bxf6 (21... Nxf6 {Ftacnik} 22. f5 g5 23. Qb3+
Nd5 24. f6 Rxe2 25. fxg7+ Kg8 26. Qd3 $18) 22. f5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Ftacnik:
'Knaak is in his heart great attacking player, with piece sacrifice he
benefits from exposed nature of black king.' Bis zum Schluß durchgerechnet.}
Rxe2 (22... g5 23. Qb3+ Kg7 24. Bxf6+ Nxf6 25. Nd4 $18 {Es ist ausgeschlossen,
daß Schwarz so etwas längere Zeit überleben kann.}) (22... Bxd4+ {Ftacnik} 23.
Nxd4 g5 24. f6 $1 $18) 23. fxg6+ Kg7 24. Rxf6 {'!' Ftacnik.} Nxf6 25. Bxf6+
Kxf6 26. Rf1+ Ke5 (26... Kg7 27. Rf7+ Kg8 28. Qb3 $1 $18 {Dieser Zug mußte bei
22.f5 unbedingt gesehen werden.}) 27. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "NED-ch52"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1997.07.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {VanderWiel Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6.
Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5 b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. Be3 (10. h4 {Van der Wiel}) 10... c5
11. e6 (11. Qd5 $5 Ra7 12. dxc5) 11... cxd4 $1 $146 (11... c4 12. exf7+ Rxf7
13. Qd1 Nb6 $13) 12. exf7+ (12. exd7 {Ftacnik} dxe3 (12... Qxd7 13. Rd1 Nc6 $44
(13... e5 $44 {Van der Wiel})) 13. dxc8=Q exf2+ 14. Kxf2 Qb6+ 15. Ke1 Rxc8 $44)
(12. Bxd4) (12. Nxd4) 12... Rxf7 13. Bxd4 (13. Ng5 Ne5 (13... Qf8 {Ftacnik} 14.
Nxf7 Qxf7 15. Qxf7+ (15. Nd5 e6 $19) 15... Kxf7 $17) (13... e6 $2 14. Qxe6 (14.
Nxe6 Qe7) 14... Qe7 (14... Ne5 {Van der Wiel}) 15. Qxf7+ Qxf7 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17.
Ne4 dxe3 18. Rc1 Bb7 19. Nd6+ Ke7 20. Nxb7 $16) 14. Nxf7 Nxf7 15. Rd1 Nc6 16.
Ne4 Na5 $44) (13. Nxd4 {Ftacnik} Nc5 14. Qd5 Qxd5 15. Nxd5 Nbd7 $11) 13... Bxd4
14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Qd5 (15. Qd1 {Ftacnik} Ra7 $5 16. Nf3 Rd7 $15) (15. Qb4 $5 {
Van der Wiel}) 15... Qxd5 16. Nxd5 Nbd7 $1 $15 17. b4 $5 (17. Be2 Bb7 18. Ne3
Na4 19. b3 Nc3 20. Bf3 $15) (17. Rd1 {Ftacnik} Bb7 18. Ne3 e5 $11) (17. Rc1 {
Van der Wiel}) 17... Bb7 (17... Na4 $2 18. Nc7 Ra7 19. Rc1 $14) (17... Ne4 {
Ftacnik} 18. f3 Nef6 19. Nc7 $14) 18. Nc3 (18. Nc7 {Ftacnik} Rc8 19. Ncxb5 axb5
20. bxc5 Rxc5 $11) 18... e5 $1 19. Ndxb5 axb5 20. bxc5 b4 21. Nb5 {/\ Bc4} (21.
Nd1 {Ftacnik} Rf4 (21... Nxc5 $2 22. Bc4 $16) 22. Ne3 Nxc5 23. Bc4+ $11) 21...
Rf4 22. Rc1 (22. Nd6 {Ftacnik} Bd5 23. Rc1 Rxa2 24. c6 Nb6 $15) 22... Re4+ (
22... Rxa2 {Ftacnik} 23. c6 (23. Bc4+ $2 Rxc4 24. Rxc4 Ra1+ 25. Ke2 Rxh1 26. c6
Bxc6 27. Rxc6 b3 $17) 23... Bxc6 24. Rxc6 Re4+ 25. Kd1 Rxf2 26. Bc4+ $16) 23.
Kd1 (23. Be2 $2 {Ftacnik} Rxa2 24. O-O Rexe2 25. c6 Bc8 26. cxd7 Bxd7 $19)
23... Bc6 24. f3 (24. Nd6 {Van der Wiel}) 24... Rf4 25. Nd6 (25. Rc4 $2 {
Ftacnik} Bxb5 26. Rxf4 Ba4+ $19) 25... Rxa2 (25... Kg7 $5 26. Bb5 (26. Bc4 Nxc5
27. Ke2 Na4 $36) 26... Rd4+ 27. Ke1 Rxd6 $17) (25... Kf8 {Ftacnik} 26. Bc4 Nxc5
27. Ke2 $11) 26. Bc4+ Rxc4 27. Rxc4 (27. Nxc4 {Ftacnik} Rxg2 (27... Ba4+ {
Van der Wiel} 28. Ke1 Nxc5 29. Nxe5 Bc2 $19) 28. Nd2 b3 $17) 27... b3 (27...
Ba4+ 28. Kc1 (28. Ke1 {Van der Wiel} Ra1+ 29. Kf2 Rxh1 30. c6 Bxc6 31. Rxc6 b3
32. Rc8+ Kg7 33. Rc7 b2 34. Rxd7+ Kf8 $3 (34... Kf6 35. Ne4+ Ke6 (35... Kf5 36.
g4+) 36. Nc5+ $1) (34... Kh6 35. Nf7+ Kh5 36. Rb7 (36. Rd5 $5)) 35. Rf7+ Kg8
36. Rb7 b1=Q 37. Rxb1 Rxb1 38. Nc4 Rb5 39. Ke3 Kg7 $17) 28... Ra1+ 29. Kb2 Rxh1
30. c6 Nf8 (30... Bxc6 31. Rxc6 Rxh2 32. Rc7 (32. Rc8+ Nf8 $19) 32... Rxg2+ 33.
Kb3 Nf8 34. Ne4 $15) 31. c7 Bd7 32. h3 $15) 28. Re1 (28. Nc8 $2 {Ftacnik} Ra1+
29. Rc1 b2 $19) (28. Rf1 {Van der Wiel}) 28... Rxg2 29. Kc1 Rxh2 30. f4 $2 (30.
Rc3 $142 $5 $15 b2+ {Ftacnik} 31. Kb1 Rf2 32. Ree3 h5 33. Rc2 $15) (30. Re3
$142 $1 $44 {Van der Wiel}) 30... exf4 31. Re8+ Kg7 32. Re7+ (32. Rxf4 {Ftacnik
} Nxc5 $19) (32. Rc8 Ne5 $19) 32... Kf6 33. Rf7+ (33. Rxd7 {Ftacnik} b2+ 34.
Kb1 Bxd7 35. c6 Be6 36. c7 f3 $19) 33... Ke6 34. Rfxf4 Ne5 $1 (34... Nxc5 $143
35. Rxc5 Kxd6 36. Ra5 $1 $15) 35. Rcd4 (35. Rc3 Rc2+ (35... Bd5 $17 {Ftacnik})
36. Rxc2 Nd3+ 37. Kd2 bxc2 $19) 35... Rh3 (35... Rc2+ 36. Kb1 Nf3 $1 $19 37.
Rb4 $2 Nd2+ 38. Ka1 Ra2#) 36. Rf1 (36. Kb1 {Ftacnik} Nd3 37. Rf1 Ke5 $19) 36...
Rc3+ 37. Kb2 Rxc5 38. Nc8 $2 (38. Ne4 $142 $1 $17) (38. Kxb3 {Ftacnik} Rd5 $1 (
38... Bd5+ {Van der Wiel}) 39. Rh4 Kxd6 40. Rxh7 g5 $19) 38... Bd5 39. Rf8 $6 (
39. Nb6) 39... Nc4+ $19 40. Kxb3 (40. Kb1 Ke5 $19 (40... Ke5 {Ftacnik} 41. Rh4
Be4+ $19)) 40... Nd6+ 0-1

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1999.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1999.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6.
Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2 b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Be6 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. O-O Qc7 (
12... Nb4 13. Qb1 Qc7 14. a3 Nc6 15. b4 Ng4 16. Bb2 Nd4 17. g3 Nb3 18. Ra2 Ne5
19. Nd5 $16) 13. h3 $1 {Ftacnik: 'This line was giving an easy equality to
second players, but Piket shows the way to advantage.'} Nb4 14. Qb1 Qxc5 15.
Be3 (15. a3 {Ftacnik} Nc6 16. Be3 Qd6 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Qc2 $14) 15... Qc8 16.
Rc1 Qb7 {Several black pieces are located awkwardly. Black needs two, three
moves to consolidate his position.} ({Here after} 16... Nc6 {black had to
reckon with} 17. Ng5 (17. e5 {Ftacnik} Bf5 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Rd8 20. Qc2
Nd5 21. Nxd5 Rxd5 22. Bd4 $14) 17... Bd7 (17... Bc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Na4 {
and white wins a pawn.}) 18. Nd5 (18. e5 {- black is in defensive.})) 17. Nd4
Bc4 (17... Bd7 18. Nb3 $14) 18. a3 (18. Bxc4 {Ftacnik} bxc4 19. b3 cxb3 20.
Nxb3 $11) 18... Nc6 $2 {Looking in retrospect, it is the decisive mistake.} ({
Better was} 18... Bxe2 19. Ncxe2 (19. axb4 Bc4 20. b3 Be6 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Ra2
$14) 19... e5 20. Nb3 $14 (20. Nb3 {Ftacnik} Nc6 21. Qc2 $14)) (18... e5 19.
Bxc4 exd4 20. Bxd4 bxc4 21. axb4 Qxb4 22. e5 Nd7 23. Nd5 Qb7 24. Qe4 {black's
position looks very unpleasant.}) 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Bf3 $1 (20. e5 {Ftacnik}
Nd5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Bf3 Qxe5 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. b3 Be6 (24... Qxa1 25. Qe4 $16
) 25. Qd3 Qd6 $11) 20... Qd6 (20... e5 21. b3 Be6 22. Nd5 (22. Na4 {Ftacnik}
Qb7 23. Nc5 Qe7 24. Ra2 Rfd8 25. Rac2 $16) 22... Qb7 23. Nc7 Rac8 24. Nxe6 fxe6
25. Qb2 $16 {'+/=' Ftacnik.}) ({Or} 20... Qe6 21. b3 $1 Bxb3 22. e5 $1 Nd7 23.
Bg4 $18) 21. Rd1 (21. b3 {Ftacnik} Be6 22. e5 Qxe5 23. Bxa8 Bf5 24. Qb2 Rxa8
25. Qd2 $14) 21... Qe5 $6 (21... Qe6 {was more stubborn.}) (21... Qe6 {Ftacnik}
22. e5 Qxe5 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. Bd4 $16) 22. Bd4 Qe6 23. e5 Nd5 {Now black, it
seems, does not lose an exchange on a8, but something else happens...} 24. Ne4
$1 {The Bishop c4 is in danger! Ftacnik: 'Black pieces doesn't work
harmoniously and the bishop c4 is practically trapped. '} Nf4 (24... Bxe5 25.
Bxe5 Qxe5 26. b3 f5 27. bxc4 fxe4 28. Rxd5 Qf6 29. Bxe4 Qxf2+ 30. Kh1 $18) (
24... b4 {Ftacnik} 25. Nc5 Qc8 26. Qc2 Nb6 27. Bxa8 Qxa8 28. axb4 $18) 25. Nc5
Qf5 (25... Qc8 26. Qe4 Ne6 (26... g5 {Ftacnik} 27. Qxa8 Qxa8 28. Bxa8 Rxa8 29.
Kh1 $18) 27. Qxa8 $16) 26. Qxf5 gxf5 27. Bxa8 Ne2+ 28. Kh1 Rxa8 (28... Nxd4 {
Ftacnik} 29. Bb7 Nb3 30. Nxb3 Bxb3 31. Rd2 $18) 29. Nd7 $1 {White is playing
with utmost accuracy - pawn e5 must be protected.} Be6 (29... Rd8 {Ftacnik} 30.
Bc5 $18) 30. Bc5 Re8 31. g3 $1 {Knight e2 is trapped. White threatens with
Kg2-f3.} Bh6 (31... Bxd7 {Ftacnik} 32. Rxd7 Bxe5 33. Re1 Bd6 34. Bb4 $1 $18)
32. Kg2 Nc1 (32... Bb3 {Ftacnik} 33. f4 Bxd1 34. Rxd1 Bxf4 35. Kf3 Bxg3 36.
Kxe2 $18) 33. Bxe7 $1 $18 {Coup de grace! Ftacnik: 'Impressive combination in
order to start mating attack with limited forces.'} Rxe7 (33... Nb3 {Ftacnik}
34. Nf6+ $18) 34. Nf6+ Kg7 35. Rd8 Bd2 (35... Bg5 36. h4 $18 (36. f4 {Ftacnik}
Bxf6 (36... Nb3 37. Rg8+ Kh6 38. fxg5#) 37. exf6+ Kxf6 38. Rxc1 $18)) 36. Rxd2
(36. f4 {Ftacnik} Nb3 (36... h5 37. Rxd2 Nb3 38. Rad1 Nxd2 39. Rxd2 $18) 37.
Rg8+ Kh6 38. Rh1 $1 Nd4 39. Ng4+ fxg4 40. hxg4#) 36... Nb3 37. Rd8 {Ftacnik:
'White has a clear idea about the final of this game, black king has to be
cornered.'} (37. Rad1 {Ftacnik} Nxd2 38. Rxd2 $16) 37... Nxa1 38. Rg8+ Kh6 39.
g4 fxg4 40. hxg4 Bxg4 (40... Bd5+ 41. Kg3 Rxe5 42. f4 $18) 41. Nxg4+ Kh5 42.
Nf6+ Kh6 43. f4 Nc2 44. Ng4+ Kh5 45. Kg3 {Mate is inavoidable.} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Krasenkow,M} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O
7. e4 Na6 8. Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Nb4 {Out of all applicable
moves here - 11...Re8, Bf5, Qb6, b6 - black choses one with the worst
reputation!} 12. Bg5 {The best. After 12...b6 13.Qh4 white, according to the
theoretical book, has a clear edge.} Nbxd5 {Krasenkow,M: 'This line was
examined in detail in CBM104, annotations to Bareev-Svidler.'} 13. Rfd1 (13.
Rad1 {Krasenkow,M} Nxc3 14. Rxd8 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Rxd8 16. Qe7 Be6 $1 17. Bxf6
Rd7 $1 18. Qxc5 Bxf6 19. b3 b6 20. Qe3 Rd5 21. h3 Rad8 22. Re1 Kg7 {1/2-1/2
Bareev,E-Svidler,P/Moscow 2004/CBM 104/[Krasenkow]}) 13... Nxc3 {The only move
- otherwise black loses a piece.} 14. Rxd8 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Rxd8 16. Qe7 Be6 $1 {
Perhaps the last move of the home preparation. Black has a slight advantage in
development.} 17. Qxb7 (17. Qxc5 $6 {would not promise much due to} Ne4) (17.
Bxf6 $6 {would be met by} Rd7) 17... Rdb8 (17... Bxa2 $5 {Krasenkow,M} 18. b3
h6 19. Bh4 g5 20. Bg3 c4 $11) 18. Qc6 Rc8 19. Qa6 (19. Qa4 $5) 19... Nd5 20.
Re1 ({Certainly} 20. Bc1 Nb4 21. Qa4 {temporarily protecting all pawns, looks
too passive and would be punished by active play of black.}) 20... Nb4 21. Qd6
Bxa2 {Black has captured a pawn and almost equalised the material balance on
the board. Still, due to the activity of his pieces white has a slight edge 
(rook a8 is still not in play!) Krasenkow,M: 'Black is not worse but White is
stronger!'} 22. h4 ({After an immediate (and logical) move} 22. Qd2 {the
following variation could happen:} Bd5 23. Ne5 f6 24. Nd3 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 Rd8 26.
Bf4 Bxg2 27. Qc4+ Bd5 28. Qxc5 Rd7 {with an about equal play.}) 22... h6 $1 {
Good move - if the bishop retreats along the diagonal c1-h6, then after Rd8,
followed by Nd3, black captures the initiative. But on e7 it may become also a
target for the black pieces.} 23. Be7 Rc6 {The computer suggests Bxb2. But let
us not to be greedy at the moment when there are some other problems in the
position.} 24. Qd2 a5 {Preventing Bxc5.} 25. Bd8 {A new threat - Bxa5.} Rcc8 (
25... a4 $5 {Krasenkow,M}) 26. Be7 (26. Bb6 {looks too adventurous because of
many reasons, for instance} Bd5) (26. Re8+ Kh7 27. h5 {loses a piece after} Nc6
) 26... Bd5 $6 ({Black had to continue} 26... Rc6 {, after all black sixth
rank is vulnerable. Not being afraid of, say} 27. h5 g5 28. Bd8 {Then after}
Bf8 29. Re8 Re6 {he had a sufficient defence.}) 27. Ne5 Be6 $4 {'?' Krasenkow,
M. It seems, in time trouble he took the right piece in a wrong moment.
Krasenkow,M: 'A strange blunder.'} ({Perhaps he had in mind} 27... Ra7 $1 28.
Ng4 Be6 {Then after} 29. Nf6+ ({Still, after} 29. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 30. Bf6 {
black's position looks unattractive.}) 29... Kh8 30. Bxc5 Rac7 {black having
lost a pawn consolidates his position and has still good chances for a draw.})
(27... Ra6 $44 {Krasenkow,M with an excellent position for Black.}) 28. Nxg6
$16 Nd5 29. Bd6 Rc6 30. Rxe6 {'!' Krasenkow,M. Krasenkow,M: 'A deep decision.
White gives up his material advantage but gets rid of Black's strong g7 bishop
and weakens the position of the black king.'} (30. Ne7+ $143 {Krasenkow,M} Nxe7
31. Bxe7 a4 $44 {[%csl Ga4,Rb2]}) 30... fxe6 31. Be5 Rcc8 (31... a4 {Krasenkow,
M} 32. Qc2 Rcc8 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Ne5 $16) 32. Bxg7 (32. Qe2 $5 {Krasenkow,M})
32... Kxg7 33. Ne5 {Krasenkow,M: 'With his weak king and pawns Black has no
chances to survive.'} Rf8 34. Nd7 Rf5 35. Nxc5 Re8 36. Qxa5 $18 Re7 37. Qa6 Nf4
38. b4 {The game is over. The next 20 moves could be spared - black simply had
no courage to resign.} Kf7 39. Qa1 Ne2+ 40. Kf1 Nf4 41. Qh8 h5 42. g3 Nd5 43.
Qh7+ Ke8 44. Qg6+ Rff7 45. b5 Kd8 46. Nxe6+ Kc8 47. Qc2+ Rc7 48. Qd2 Rcd7 49.
Qg5 Nf6 50. Qc5+ Kb8 51. Qb6+ Ka8 52. Nc5 Rd1+ 53. Kg2 Ng4 54. Qc6+ Kb8 55.
Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. Bg5 {This old line is considered absolutely harmless.} exd5
(10... h6 {is another option.}) 11. Nxd5 Be6 (11... Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qd8 13. Nxf6+
$5 Bxf6 14. e5) 12. Rd1 (12. O-O-O $143 {as White's king will be unsafe there:}
Bxd5 13. Rxd5 Qb6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. e5 Qf5 $1 (15... Qe7 16. Rhd1 Rad8 17. Rxd8
Rxd8 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. e6 $1 Qb6 $1 20. exf7+ Kf8 21. Qc2 $1 Nb4 22. Qb3 Nc6
$1 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. Bc4 Ne5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. h3 $14 {_|_: 1/2 (41) Flear,G 
(2460)-Kortschnoj,V (2640) Lugano 1988}) 16. Bd3 Qc8 (16... Qe6 $5 17. Rd6 Qe7
$13 {G.Kasparov}) 17. Rd6 (17. Rd1 $2 b5 $1 18. Qh4 Nb4 $36 {0-1 (29)
Beliavsky,A (2645)-Kasparov,G (2750) Belfort 1988 CBM 008 [ChessBase]}) (17.
Be4 b5 18. Qe2 Rb8 19. Rd6 c4 20. Rc6 Nc7 21. Qe3 Rd8 22. h3 a6 23. Qa7 Rb7 24.
Qxa6 Qb8 25. Qa5 Ra7 26. Qb6 Qxb6 27. Rxb6 Rxa2 $11 {1-0 (32) Delgado,R (2105)
-Rombaldoni,D (1916) Lechenicher SchachServer 2010}) 17... Nb4 $5 (17... b5 18.
Qh4 $1 c4 19. Be4 Nc5 $1 20. Bxa8 Nd3+ 21. Kb1 Qxa8 $44) (17... Qc7 $5 {
[%cal Rg7e5,Ya8d8,Ya6b4]}) 18. Be4 Rb8 19. Kb1 b5 20. Qe2 c4 21. a3 Nd3 22.
Bxd3 cxd3 23. Qxd3 b4 $44 {1/2 (30) Piket,J (2625)-Timman,J (2595) Amsterdam
1995 CBM 050 [Ftacnik,L]}) 12... Qa5+ (12... Bxd5 13. Rxd5 Qa5+ 14. Rd2 Nc7 15.
e5 Nfd5 16. O-O h6 17. Bh4 $14 (17. Rxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 hxg5 19. e6 Qd8 20. Qxc5
Rc8 $13 {1-0 (37) Lysyj,I (2656)-Gabrielian,A (2545) Yekaterinburg RUS 2013}))
13. Rd2 $146 (13. Bd2 Bxd5 14. exd5 Qb6 15. O-O Rae8 16. Rfe1 Re4 17. Qc1 Rfe8
$11 {0-1 (18) Kund,W (2255)-Ocampos,I (1900) Lechenicher SchachServer 2010})
13... Bxd5 14. exd5 Rfe8 15. Bxf6 $8 Bxf6 16. O-O Rad8 17. d6 Nb4 $132 {
Black has active pieces, which compensates for White's passed pawn.} 18. Qf4
Kg7 19. h4 h5 (19... Nd5 $1 20. Rxd5 Rxe2 21. h5 h6 $1 22. hxg6 Qb4 $1 23. Qc1
fxg6 24. Rxc5 Rxd6 $11 {was stronger but difficult to find.}) 20. Bc4 Nc6 21.
Bxf7 $5 {[%mdl 512] An unexpected sacrifice, and Black reacts wrongly!} Rf8 $2
(21... Kxf7 22. d7 Rf8 $1 (22... Re7 $4 23. Rd6) 23. Ng5+ $1 Kg8 24. Ne6 Nd4 $1
{(recommended by M.Golubev) enabled Black to hold his ground, e.g.} 25. Nxf8
Rxf8 26. b4 $1 Qd8 $1 27. bxc5 Qxd7 28. Rfd1 Ne2+ $1 29. Kf1 Nxf4 30. Rxd7 Ne6
{with a probable draw.}) 22. Bxg6 $1 {Eliminating the crucial pawn.} Be5 (22...
Kxg6 23. Rd5 $1 {now gives White a killing attack.}) 23. Qg5 Bf4 24. Qxh5 Bxd2
25. Qh7+ Kf6 26. Bh5 Ke6 27. Qg6+ Kd5 (27... Kd7 28. Bg4+) (27... Rf6 28. Bg4+)
28. Nxd2 Qxd2 29. Rd1 Qd4 30. Rxd4+ cxd4 {Black has avoided mate but White's
material advantage is decisive.} 31. b4 Rxd6 32. Qg7 Rdf6 33. Qxb7 Kc4 34. b5
1-0

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Rad1 Ne4 14. Nb5 {
This classic variation is a rare guest in today's practice.} g5 {An
interesting move requiring further analysis. The games played so far don't
lead to any conclusion.} (14... Qf6 {is more common.}) 15. Be3 (15. Bc1 {
is harmless:} h6 (15... g4 $5) 16. Bd3 Qb6 17. Rfe1 Nd6 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Nxd6
Bxd3 20. Rxd3 Qxd6 $132 {0-1 (61) Siekanski,J (2340)-Jasnikowski,Z (2430)
Slupsk 1989}) (15. Nxg5 $5 Nxg5 16. Nd6 {is critical but Black apparently
holds his ground:} Qf6 $1 17. Nxe8 (17. Nxb7 Qxb2 18. Qxa6 Nh3+ $1 19. gxh3
Rxe2 20. Nxc5 Bxh3 $13) 17... Rxe8 18. Qb5 {1-0 (51) Gavrileteanu,L (1827)
-Gallo,L (2009) IECG 2003} Rd8 $1 $13 19. Qxb7 $140 Bc8) 15... h6 (15... g4 $6
16. Nd2 Qh4 17. Nxe4 Rxe4 18. Qc1 Be5 19. g3 Qh3 20. Rfe1 Re8 21. Bf1 Qh5 22.
Nc3 $16 {1-0 (30) Arakelov,I (2334)-Shipilov,A Voronezh 2000}) (15... Bxb2 $5
16. d6 $44 {needs checking}) 16. d6 (16. Bd3 Nd6 $6 (16... Nb4 $5) (16... Bxb2
$5) 17. Nxd6 Bxd3 18. Rxd3 Qxd6 19. h4 $14 b5 20. Qxb5 g4 21. Nd2 $16 {1-0 (36)
Bai,J (2236)-Dolgener,T (2220) Budapest HUN 2013}) (16. Nd2 Nd6 $6 (16... Bxb2)
17. Qb3 Nxb5 18. Bxb5 Re5 19. Bc4 $14 {1-0 (28) Babula,V (2132)-Pribyl,M (2202)
Brno 1989}) (16. Qb3 $5 Qb6 17. Nd2 Nxd2 (17... Nc7 $5) 18. Rxd2 Rad8 19. Rc1
Bd7 20. d6 Re4 21. Nc3 Qxb3 22. axb3 Rb4 23. Bc4 $14 {1-0 (50) Milanovic,D 
(2378)-Jevtic,M (2350) Jahorina 2000}) 16... Qd7 17. a3 (17. Qc1 $5 {M.Golubev}
) 17... Rad8 (17... Bxb2 $5 {M.Golubev}) 18. Qc1 Qe6 19. b4 {This was the idea
behind 17.a3.} cxb4 20. Nfd4 {[%mdl 2048]} Qf6 (20... Bxd4 21. Rxd4 $5 Nxd6 22.
Qd1 Nxb5 23. Rxd8 Nc3 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Qd2 $14) 21. Nxf5 Qxf5 22. Bxa7 (22.
axb4 $142 $1 Nxb4 23. Bc4 {o^d6,^^ with excellent compensation for the pawn.})
22... Nc3 23. Nxc3 bxc3 24. Bd3 Qf6 25. Bxa6 $2 (25. Bb5 Re6 26. Bd4 Qf4 (26...
Qxd4 27. Rxd4 Bxd4 28. d7) 27. Bxc3 Qxc1 28. Rxc1 Rexd6 {, and Black should
not lose. But after the text move he seizes initiative.}) 25... bxa6 26. Bc5 $2
(26. Bd4 $142 {but after} Qxd4 $1 (26... Qf4 27. Qxf4 gxf4 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29.
Rc1 $11) 27. Rxd4 Bxd4 28. h4 Re2 $1 29. hxg5 Rd2 {[%csl Gc3] Black's
compensation for the queen is more than sufficient (indicated by Mikhail
Golubev).}) 26... Qf5 27. Bb6 Rd7 28. a4 (28. Bc7 Re2 29. Rde1 Rd2 30. Re8+ Kh7
31. Qe1 Bd4 {is hardly enough for survival either.}) 28... Re2 29. Qa3 c2 30.
Rc1 Bf8 (30... Qd5 $5 31. Bc5 Be5) 31. Bc5 Re5 32. Bb4 (32. Be3 Bxd6 33. Qb3
Rc7 {left him no real hope.}) 32... a5 $1 33. Bc3 Bxd6 34. Qb3 Re2 35. Qc4 Rde7
36. Qc6 R7e6 37. Qc8+ Bf8 38. Bb2 Qd3 39. g3 Rd2 40. Qc3 Qxc3 41. Bxc3 Rde2 (
41... Rde2 {[%cal Rf8a3]} 42. Ra1 Rc6 43. Bd4 (43. Bxa5 Bg7) 43... Rd6 44. Bb2
Rd1 45. Bc3 Rxa1 46. Rxa1 Bc5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. Ng5 $5 {A very rare move. However, in the hands of Magnus
almost every sensible continuation is strong.} Nb6 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Rd1 Bf5 {
Other options are still to be explored.} (12... h6 13. Nge4 $5) (12... Na5 13.
Qb4 Nac4 14. Bc1 Bf5 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. O-O $2 (16. Nge4 $5) 16... Bc2 17. e6
Bxd1 18. exf7+ Kh8 19. Rxd1 Qd7 $17 {0-1 Hanley,C (2429)-Poobalasingam,P (2312)
/Hinckley Island ENG 2010/The Week in Chess 798 (26)}) 13. Be2 (13. e6 $6 f6
14. Nf7 Qc8 15. d5 Na5 16. Qb4 Nac4 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. Qxe7 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Re8
20. Qc5 Bxe6 $1 21. dxe6 Qxe6 $17) 13... Na5 14. Qb4 Nac4 15. O-O f6 (15...
Nxe3 16. fxe3 Bh6 17. e4 $1) (15... c6 $5) 16. Nf3 (16. Nge4 $5 Qe8 $5 $13)
16... Nxe3 17. fxe3 fxe5 $6 (17... Nd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxe7 Qxa2 $13) 18.
dxe5 Qe8 19. Qc5 Rc8 20. a4 (20. Nd4 $5 $36) 20... Nxa4 (20... Bc2 $6 21. Rde1
Nxa4 22. Nxa4 Bxa4 23. Nd4 {[%csl Ra4]}) 21. Nxa4 bxa4 22. Nd4 (22. Bxa6 Rb8
23. Bc4+ e6 24. Ng5 $5 h6 25. Rxf5 Rxf5 26. Bxe6+ Kh8 27. Bxf5 hxg5 28. Be4
Qxe5 $11) (22. g4 $1 Be6 23. Nd4 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Bd7 25. Bxa6 Rb8 26. Rf2 $14)
22... Rb8 23. g4 (23. Rd2 Bh6 24. Nxf5 Rxf5 25. Rxf5 gxf5 26. Bxa6 e6 $11)
23... Be4 (23... Bd7 $6 24. Rxf8+ Bxf8 $8 25. e6) 24. Ne6 Rxf1+ 25. Bxf1 c6 26.
Ng5 (26. Bc4 $142 Bd5 $1 27. Bxd5 cxd5 28. Rxd5 h6 $11) 26... Bd5 27. e4 Bb3
28. Bc4+ e6 $1 29. Nxe6 (29. Rf1 Bxc4 30. Qxc4 Bxe5) 29... Bxc4 30. Qxc4 Kh8 $4
$138 {Black finally succumbs to pressure.} (30... Bxe5 $1 {, and the
discovered check proves harmless:} 31. Ng5+ (31. Nc5+ Qf7 32. Qxf7+ Kxf7 33.
Nd7 Re8) (31. Rf1 Qe7 $1 32. Nd8+ Kh8 33. Nxc6 (33. Nf7+ Kg7 34. Nxe5 Qxe5)
33... Bxh2+ $1 34. Kxh2 Qh4+) 31... Kh8 32. Nf7+ Kg7 {, and it is now Black
who will play for a win.}) 31. Nxg7 Kxg7 32. e6 $18 {[%csl Ge6]} Rb7 33. Qc3+
Kg8 34. Rd6 Re7 35. Rxc6 Qf8 36. Rc8 Re8 37. Rxe8 Qxe8 38. Qf6 Qc8 39. Kg2 Qc2+
40. Kh3 Qc5 41. Kh4 Qb4 42. Qf7+ Kh8 43. e7 Qe1+ 44. Kg5 Qe3+ 45. Qf4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 64th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.08.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2011.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. Be2 {A very rare move order.} (10. e6) (10. h4) (10. Be3 {
are main continuations}) ({Carlsen's experimental} 10. Ng5 {has also been
tried in a dozen games. The whole system was examined in my article in CBM 139.
The text move was not even mentioned there; however, Alexander Morozevich
infuses meaning into it.}) 10... c5 (10... Nb6 $5 11. O-O Be6 12. Qd1 c6 13. b3
Nd5 14. Bd2 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Bd5 {1/2 Kruppa,Y (2544)-Grebionkin,V (2475)/Samara
2002/CBM 089 ext}) 11. e6 fxe6 (11... c4 $5 12. exf7+ Rxf7 13. Qd1 Nb6 14. Be3
{etc. needs checking.}) 12. Qxe6+ Kh8 13. dxc5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (13. Qd5 cxd4
$1 14. Nxd4 Qb6 $1 15. Nf3 Bb7 16. Qd1 Bxf3 {1/2 Hoffman,A (2480)-Ricardi,P 
(2575)/Villa Gesell 1997/CBM 058} 17. Bxf3 Ne5 $1 $15) (13. Qe4 cxd4 $1 14.
Nxb5 (14. Nxd4 $2 Nc5 15. Qxa8 Bxd4 $19 {0-1 Bekker Jensen,S (2305)-Sokolov,I 
(2635)/Koge 1997/EXT 2000 (20)}) 14... d3 $1 15. Qxa8 Qa5+ 16. Nc3 Bxc3+ 17.
bxc3 Qxc3+ 18. Bd2 Qxa1+ 19. Bd1 Qxa2 $15) 13... Ne5 (13... Nxc5 14. Qe3 Nbd7
15. O-O $14) 14. Qd5 (14. Qb3 Nd3+ 15. Bxd3 Qxd3 16. Be3 Nc6 17. Rd1 Qf5 $44)
14... Qxd5 15. Nxd5 Bb7 $6 (15... Nxf3+ $142 16. Bxf3 (16. gxf3 Nc6) 16... Bb7
17. Nc7 (17. Nb6 $5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Ra7 19. Rb1 Rxf3 20. Be3 Nc6 21. O-O $14 {/=}
) 17... Bxf3 18. gxf3 Ra7 19. Ne6 Rxf3 20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21. Be3 $14 {/= In both
cases the position is close to equal but White can try to push on, thanks to
his strong c5-pawn.}) 16. Nc7 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 $1 {This is the difference!} Bxf3
$2 {A very bad decision. Black recaptures the piece but ends up in a poor
position.} ({After} 17... Ra7 18. Ne6 Bxf3 (18... Rf5 $5 19. Nxg7 Kxg7 20. h4
$5) 19. Nxf8 Bxh1 20. Ne6 Bd5 21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. b4 $14 {White keeps the bishop
pair, which gives him more chances than in the event of 15...Nxf3, but that
was a must for Black in any case.}) 18. Bxf3 Ra7 19. Nxb5 axb5 20. Ke2 $16 {
White has an extra pawn and the bishop pair. However, his poor development
creates serious technical difficulties. Fortunately for him, Black fails to
display any tenacity.} Ra6 (20... Nd7 $142 21. Rd1 $1 Nxc5 22. Be3 Bxb2 (22...
Rc7 23. Rac1 Ne6 24. Rxc7 Nxc7 25. Rd7 $16) 23. Bxc5 Rc7 24. Bd4+ (24. Rac1 $5
Bxc1 25. Rxc1 $16) 24... Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Rc2+ 26. Kd3 Rxf2 27. Bd5 Rxh2 28. Re1
$16) 21. Bb7 $1 Re6+ 22. Be3 Bxb2 $6 (22... Nc6 {was more stubborn}) 23. Rab1
Bd4 24. Rxb5 Na6 25. c6 Nc7 26. Rb3 Rf4 27. Rd1 Kg7 28. a4 Bc5 29. Rd7 Bd6 30.
Rd3 Ne8 31. a5 {The game is over but another chapter of the Grünfeld Defence
has been opened.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7.
e4 Na6 8. Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 b6 {This old move (with idea
Nb4, Ba6) was condemned as too slow and lately superseded by} (11... Nb4) {
However, GM Emil Sutovsky appears to have a different opinion on the subject.}
12. Qh4 {This move is considered a refutation of 11...b6.} (12. Rd1 Nb4 {
was examined in CBM103, annotations to Bareev-Svidler.}) 12... Nxd5 {The other
moves are insufficient for equality:} (12... Nb4 13. Bg5 $1 {[%cal Rc3e4]} h6 (
13... Bb7 14. Ne4 Nbxd5 15. Bc4 $18 {1-0 Culp,B-Peltier,J/IECC 2000/Telechess
CBM 89 (43)}) (13... Bf5 14. Rad1 b5 15. d6 Re8 16. Bxb5 Re6 17. Bc4 {1-0
Vladimirov,E-Fette,M/Groningen 1989/EXT 98}) 14. Bxh6 Nbxd5 (14... Bxh6 $5 15.
Qxh6 Nbxd5 16. Ng5 $5 (16. Rad1 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Ng4)) 15. Ng5 $5 (15. Rad1 Nxc3
16. bxc3 Qe8 17. Bc4 Bb7 18. Rfe1 Qc6 19. Re7 Rae8 20. Rde1 Rxe7 21. Rxe7 Nd5
$1 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Ne5 Qf6 24. Qxf6+ Kxf6 25. Rxb7 Kxe5 $13 {_|_1/2-1/2
Crespo,R-Domancich,E/CADAP 2000/ICCF tele 9/2002 (34)}) 15... Ne7 16. Rfd1 Qc7
17. Bd3 (17. Nb5 $5) 17... Nh5 (17... Nf5 $5 18. Bxf5 $140 Bxf5 19. Nd5 Nxd5
20. Rxd5 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 f6) 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nb5 Qb8 20. Be4 $16 {1/2-1/2
Kacheishvili,G-Kalantarian,N/Yerevan 1996/CBM 052 ext (48)}) (12... Nc7 13. Bg5
h6 (13... Bb7 14. Ne4 $1 Nce8 $8 15. Rad1 $16) (13... Qd6 14. Bf4 Qd8 15. Rad1
Bb7 16. Bc4 Re8 17. Ng5 Ncxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 $2 (19. Rxd5 $1 Nxd5 20.
Qxh7+ Kf8 21. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 22. Bh6 Rg8 23. Rd1 $18) 19... Nxd5 20. Qxh7+ Kf8
$13 {1/2-1/2 Olafsson,F-Spiridonov,N/Athens 1969/MCD (37)}) 14. Bxh6 Nfxd5 15.
Ng5 (15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Rfd1 Qe6 18. Rd2 Qg4 $11 {0-1 Kragelj,
I-Sebenik,M/Dobrna 2002/CBM 089 ext (34)}) 15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qf6 17. Bxg7
Qxg7 18. Rfe1 (18. Bc4 $143 b5 19. Ne4 Qh8 20. Qf4 bxc4 21. Qxc7 Bf5 22. Nd6
Bd3 $132 {0-1 Lugovoi,A-Sergienko,S/St Petersburg 2000/EXT 2001 (37)}) 18...
Be6 (18... Ne6 19. Bc4 Nxg5 20. Qxg5 Bf5 21. Re3 Rad8 22. Rae1 $16 {1-0
Gershon,A-Prasad,D/Biel 2001/CBM 083 ext (42)}) 19. Qg3 (19. Ne4 $5 f5 20. Ng5
$16) 19... Rac8 20. Rad1 Bf5 21. a4 Ne6 22. Nxe6 Bxe6 23. a5 Rfd8 $14 {0-1
Peetoom,F-Fricot,F/IECG 2003/Telechess CBM 99 (40)}) 13. Bg5 ({White can
immediately win an exchange:} 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Ng5 h6 15. Bf3 hxg5 16. Bxg5 {
but it is not so clear:} Qd4 17. Qxd4 (17. Bxa8 $143 Qxh4 18. Bxh4 Nb4 19. Be4
Bxb2 20. Rab1 Bd4 21. a3 Na2 22. Rfe1 Nc3 23. Rbc1 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Be6 $44 {
xBh4 0-1 Meijer,K-Fricot,F/Chessfriend.com 2003/Telechess CBM 101 (41)}) 17...
Bxd4 18. Bxa8 Bxb2 19. Rad1 Nb4 20. Bf3 Be6 $132 {1-0 Madureira,J-Caponero,M/
SEMI 1997/Telechess CBM 93 (37)}) 13... Qd6 (13... Qd7 14. Rad1 (14. Nxd5 $5)
14... Nxc3 (14... Nac7 $142) 15. bxc3 Qc6 16. Be7 Bb7 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Rd8 $16
{1-0 Korotylev,A-Polovodin,I/St Petersburg 2001/CBM 082 ext (26)}) 14. Rad1 $6
({I am curious what Emil had prepared to} 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Rad1 {[+]} ({or} 
15. Rfd1 $5) {In the only game played with this continuation Black suffered a
crushing defeat:} 15... Qb7 (15... Qxa2 16. Be7 $16) (15... Qc6 16. Be7 Re8 17.
Ng5 h6 18. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 19. Bc4+ Be6 20. Rd6 $18) 16. Bh6 Qc6 17. Ng5 Qf6 18.
Bxg7 Qxg7 19. Rfe1 Nc7 20. Bf3 Rb8 {What a difference in the position of
pieces!} 21. Qg3 f6 22. Qd6 {[%cal Cf6g5,Re1e7] 1-0 Frey,K-Siefring,C/IECG
2001/Telechess CBM 91}) 14... Nac7 {Black now misteriously holds on!} 15. Nxd5
(15. Bc4 Bb7 16. Ne4 Qc6) 15... Nxd5 16. Bc4 Bb7 17. Rd2 f6 18. Rfd1 $6 {
A dubious piece sacrifice.} (18. Bf4 $142 Qe6 19. Re1 Qf5 20. Red1 Rad8 $13 {
The pin is "dead" but not "deadly" as White can't make real use of it.}) 18...
fxg5 19. Nxg5 $2 (19. Qxg5 {(relatively best) enabled White to restore the
material balance but the resulting endgame is slightly better for Black, who
has B vs N in an open position, with an asymmetric pawn structure:} h6 20. Rxd5
$1 Bxd5 21. Qxd5+ Qxd5 22. Bxd5+ Kh8 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 $15) 19... Rf5 20. Qxh7+ Kf8
21. Ne4 Qe6 (21... Qf4 $1 22. Qxg6 Bd4 {was probably even stronger.}) 22. Ng3
Re5 23. Rd3 Re1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 25. Nf1 Nf6 26. Qxg6 Qe8 27. Qg3 b5 $2 {
A careless move.} (27... Rd8 $142 {and White has no sufficient compensation
for the piece, e.g.} 28. Re3 Qd7 29. Qg6 (29. Rd3 Qe7 30. Re3 Qd6) 29... Bd5
30. Rd3 Bxc4 $1 31. Rxd7 Rxd7 $19) 28. Re3 $2 {White misses a chance to save
the game:} (28. Bxb5 $1 Qxb5 29. Qd6+ Kf7 (29... Kg8 30. Qe6+ Kf8 31. Qd6+ $11)
30. Qc7+ Kg8 31. Rb3 {recapturing the piece, after which White shouldn't lose.}
) 28... Qb8 $1 29. Bxb5 (29. Re7 $5 {was the last but insufficient chance:}
Qxg3 30. Rf7+ Kg8 31. Rxb7+ bxc4 32. Nxg3 Rd8 33. f3 Rd7 $19) 29... Qxg3 (29...
Bd5 $5) 30. Nxg3 {The material balance in this position is practically the
same as in that arising after 28.Bxb5 (see above). However, the difference is
quite significant: here Black has a pair of bishops and initiative.} Ng4 31.
Rb3 {This only helps Black but after} (31. Re2 Rd8 {Black should gradually win
anyway.}) 31... Bd5 32. Rd3 Bd4 33. Rd2 Bxa2 34. Nf5 Bxf2+ $1 {the simplest}
35. Rxf2 Nxf2 36. Kxf2 Rb8 37. Bc6 Rb6 38. Bf3 Rxb2+ 39. Ke3 a5 40. Kd3 Bb1+
41. Kc3 Rc2+ 42. Kb3 c4+ 0-1

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-1=7"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2014.11.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} g6 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bg7
{[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 6. Qxc4 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:14]} 7. e4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:33]
} 8. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 9. d5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} e6 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:00:16]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 11. exd5 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 12. Bg5 {[%emt 0:11:40] A relatively rare
but promising idea posing new problems to the adherents of the 7...Na6 system.
White provokes ...h7-h6, which will later allow him to gain a tempo when his
queen will be forced to retreat to c1.} h6 {[%emt 0:03:02]} (12... Qb6 13. Qh4
Bf5 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Bc4 Nb4 16. Rad1 $16 {[%cal Yd5d6] 1-0 (21) Limp,E (2440)
-Rosa,C (2223) Rio de Janeiro 2006}) 13. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:35]} (13. Bxf6 $6 {
makes no sense:} Qxf6 14. Rad1 Bd7 15. Rfe1 (15. Rd2 Rab8 16. a4 Qb6 17. d6 Nb4
18. Qb3 Rbd8 19. Bc4 Be6 20. Rfd1 Rd7 $132 {[%csl Rd6] 0-1 (37) Jakobsen,O 
(2410)-Welin,T (2215) Copenhagen 1980}) 15... Qb6 16. Rd2 Rad8 17. a3 Qa5 18.
Bf1 Rxe1 19. Nxe1 b5 $36 {1/2 (38) Oll,L (2405)-Gavrikov,V (2550) Tallinn 1985}
) (13. Bh4 Qb6 (13... g5 $5) 14. a3 (14. Rfd1 Bf5) 14... Bf5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16.
Qxd3 Qxb2 17. Ra2 Qb6 18. Rb1 c4 19. Qxc4 Rac8 20. Qf1 Qc5 $36 {1/2 (41)
Szczechowicz,B (2275)-Miton,K (2375) Trzebinia 1998}) (13. Bf4 $5 Bf5 (13... g5
$5 14. Bg3 Nh5 {is probably better}) 14. Ne5 (14. Rad1 Ne4 15. Bd3 Nd6 16. Bxd6
Bxd3 17. Rxd3 Qxd6 18. a3 Nc7 19. Rfd1 b6 20. Ne4 Qd7 21. Nc3 Rad8 22. h3 Qd6
23. a4 {1/2 (23) Bolbochan,J-Pilnik,H Mar del Plata 1950}) 14... Qb6 (14... Nd7
$5 15. Nxd7 Qxd7) 15. d6 Be6 16. Qd3 Qb4 17. Qd2 g5 18. Bg3 c4 19. f4 $16 {
1-0 (28) Antoshin,V-Kozma,J Sochi 1963}) 13... Bf5 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 14. Rad1 {
[%emt 0:07:06]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:40]} (14... Qb6 {didn't solve Black's problems
in the following correspondence game:} 15. Rd2 ({but not} 15. b3 Rad8 16. Rd2
$6 Ng4 17. Bf4 Qa5 18. Rc1 {0-1 (67) Wojtaszek,R (2713)-Ponomariov,R (2729)
Poikovsky 2012} b5 $1 19. Qxb5 Bxc3 20. Qxa6 g5 $1 $17) 15... Rac8 16. h3 Ne4
17. Nxe4 Rxe4 18. Qc1 Ree8 19. Bc4 Qd6 20. Re2 g5 21. h4 f6 22. Rfe1 Nc7 23.
Bb3 b6 24. Nd2 Kh8 25. Nc4 Qd7 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. d6 $16 {1-0 (46) Langeveld,R 
(2696)-Schuster,P (2451) ICCF email 2010}) 15. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:02:11]} Bxe4 {
[%emt 0:10:55]} (15... Rxe4 16. Qc1 {[%cal Re3h6,Yd5d6]}) 16. Qc1 {[%emt 0:12:
38] This retreat is now unnecessary as the queen is not attacked.} (16. d6 $142
$1 $36 {[%csl Gd6]}) 16... Qf6 {[%emt 0:05:49] Black immediately exploits
White's inaccuracy. Still, he can't reach full equality.} (16... Kh7 $143 17.
d6 $1) 17. Bxh6 {[%emt 0:09:45]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} (17... Bxd5 {
(recommended by GM M.Golubev)} 18. Rxd5 Rxe2 19. Rd7 $5 (19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rd7
Re7 $11) 19... Qxb2 20. Bxg7 Qxc1 21. Rxc1 Kxg7 22. Rxb7 {[%cal Rf3g5]} Rae8 $1
$14) 18. Qxb2 {[%emt 0:13:47]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 19. Ng5 $1 {[%emt 0:08:07]
} Bd4 $1 {[%emt 0:33:49][%csl Gd4]} 20. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:14:02]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:
09]} 21. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Re7 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 22. d6 {[%emt 0:08:08]} Rd7
{[%emt 0:00:03]} 23. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:42][%csl Gd6]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:05:55]} 24.
Rd2 $6 {[%emt 0:01:14][%mdl 32] By ceding the e-file to Black White loses
winning chances.} (24. Rfe1 $142 Rad8 {[%cal Yd7d6]} (24... Nxa2 $143 25. Re7
Rxe7 26. dxe7 Re8 27. Re1 {[%csl Ge7]}) 25. a3 (25. Re7 Kf8 $1) 25... Nc6 26.
h4 $14) 24... Re8 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 25. Rc1 {[%emt 0:05:57]} Re6 {[%emt 0:08:43]
} 26. h4 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Be5 {[%emt 0:04:58]} 27. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Rxe5
$11 {[%emt 0:00:02] Now White's d6-pawn can become weak. Vishy Anand decides
to force a draw.} 28. Bxb7 {[%emt 0:03:39]} Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 29. d7 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 30. d8=Q+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nxd8 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 31. Rxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 32. Rd2 {[%emt 0:01:01]
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[BlackTeam "Samara Termosteps"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Nc6 {A rare move, instead of the common} (10... Bb7) 11.
O-O {Other options for White:} (11. Bf4 Be6 12. Qc2 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5
Qxd5 15. O-O Qf5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Nikitin,A-Nevostrujev,V/Smolensk 2000/CBM 077 
(86)}) (11. e5 Ng4 12. Bf4 Be6 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. Qc1 Ngxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. O-O
Nd3 17. Bxd3 Bxd3 18. Rd1 Qd4 19. Be3 Qc4 20. Bh6 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 Rfd8 22. Qe3
Rac8 23. Rac1 e5 24. Qxe5 Qxc5 25. Nd5 Qxc1 26. Ne7+ {1/2-1/2 Kovacs,G-Dvoirys,
S/Oberwart 2004/EXT 2005}) (11. Bg5 Be6 (11... b4 12. Bxf6 exf6 13. Nd5 Be6 14.
Rd1 Qa5 15. O-O Rfe8 16. Qc2 $16 {0-1 Umezinwa,G-Aseem,M/Chicago 1989/EXT 99 
(76)}) 12. Qc2 b4 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 (14. Na4 $5) 14... Bxd5 15. exd5 Qxd5
16. O-O Rfc8 17. Rfd1 Bd4 $13 {1-0 Al Khateeb,A-Hakki,I/Doha 1992/EXT 97 (36)})
11... Be6 (11... b4 $5 12. Na4 (12. Nd5 Nxe4 13. Qc4 Be6 14. Rd1 Nd4 $1 15.
Nxd4 Bxd5 16. Qxb4 e6 (16... Rb8 17. Qa3 Qc7 18. b4 Qb7 19. Rb1 Nxc5 20. Be3
Ne4 21. f3 Nd6 22. Bxa6 Qa8 23. Qd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Flear,G-Conquest,S/Ostend
1987/EXT 97 (41)}) 17. f3 Rb8 18. Qe1 Nxc5 19. Nc6 Nd3 $1 20. Nxd8 {1/2-1/2
Gulko,B-De la Villa Garcia,J/Leon 1992/CBM 031/[Ftacnik]} (20. Nxd8 Nxe1 21.
Nxe6 Bxe6 22. Rxe1 Bxb2 23. Bxb2 Rxb2 24. Bxa6 Rxa2 25. Rxa2 Bxa2 $10)) 12...
Nxe4 13. Be3 Be6 (13... Rb8 14. Nb6 Nxc5 15. Bxc5 Rxb6 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Rac1
Be6 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. Qa4 Bxb2 20. Qxa6 Qxa6 21. Bxa6 Rc7 22. Rc5 b3 23. axb3 Ba3
24. Rc2 Bf5 25. Rc4 Be6 26. Ra4 Bd6 27. Bc4 $16 {1-0 Sosonko,G-Fernandez
Garcia,J/Linares 1995/CBM 051 (35)}) (13... Bb7 14. Nb6 Ra7 15. Rad1 Qc7 16.
Qc4 $1 Nf6 17. Qh4 a5 18. Bf4 e5 19. Bg5 Ne7 20. Bxf6 Nf5 21. Qc4 Bxf6 22. Nd7
Qc6 23. Qb5 $1 $16 {1-0 Lalic,B-Rowson,J/Walsall 1997/EXT 98 (36)}) 14. Qc2 Nf6
15. Nb6 Ra7 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. g3 Bf5 18. Qc4 Ng4 $13 {1-0 Mann,G-Juhasz,L/
Hungary 2002/EXT 2004 (40)}) 12. Qc2 Qc7 {[%cal Rc6b4,Rf6g4]} (12... b4 13. Na4
Qa5 14. Bf4 $16) 13. h3 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] A simple prophylactical move. White
prevents ...Ng4, gives up the c5 pawn but obtains a very active position.} (13.
Be3 b4 (13... Ng4 14. Nd5) 14. Nd1 (14. Na4 Ng4) 14... Ng4 15. g3 Qa5 16. Bc4
Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Nxe3 18. Nxe3 Bxb2 19. Rab1 Bg7 20. Nd5 Rab8 21. Nb6 Rfd8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Gligoric,S-Hort,V/Moscow 1999/CBM 072 (30)}) 13... Nb4 14. Qb1 Qxc5 15.
a3 Nc6 16. Be3 Qd6 17. Rd1 Qb8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 $6 {This exchange is unfavorable
for Black. Patience was required:} (18... Rd8 19. Nb6 Ra7 20. a4 $14) 19. exd5
Na5 $6 {[%csl Ra5] This knight will get into trouble.} (19... Ne5 $142 20. a4
$1 $36) 20. Qa2 Rd8 21. Rac1 Qb7 22. b4 Nc4 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. d6 exd6 25. Qxc4
$16 {White's chances are clearly better, due to his queenside pawn advantage
and Black's pawn weaknesses. Still, it is hard to believe that Black is about
to lose in three moves!} Ne4 26. Nd4 Rac8 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... Re8 $16) 27.
Nc6 Re8 28. Ne7+ $1 {Black resigns in view of 28...Qxe7 29.Qxc8 Rxc8 30.Rxc8+
Bf8 31.Bh6.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch sf 58th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vorobiov, Evgeny E"]
[Black "Grebionkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bf4 Bd5 14. Qe3 Bxb2 {
A rare move but Black has a novelty in mind.} (14... Nc6 15. Rad1 e6 {- see
Volkov-Van Wely (CBM 106) and Kozul-Predojevic (CBM 108).}) 15. Rad1 e6 16. Bd6
(16. Ng5 Bg7 17. Bg4 Qf6 18. Bd6 Nc6 19. Bxf8 Bxf8 20. Ne4 Qe5 (20... Bxe4 $5
21. Qxe4 Rc8 {V.Cmylite}) 21. Bf3 Rd8 22. Rfe1 Kg7 23. h4 h6 24. h5 g5 25. Nd6
$1 $16 {1-0 Cmilyte,V-Karjakin,S/Wijk aan Zee 2003/CBM 093 (39)}) (16. Nd4 $6
Bxd4 (16... Nd7 $5 {L.Ftacnik}) 17. Rxd4 Nc6 18. Rd2 Qf6 19. Rc1 (19. Rfd1) (
19. Bd6 $5 Rfe8 20. f4 $44 {L.Ftacnik}) 19... Rfe8 20. h3 e5 21. Bg5 Qe6 22.
Bg4 f5 $15 {0-1 Bareev,E-Van Wely,L/Wijk aan Zee 2003/CBM 093/[Ftacnik] (73)})
(16. Ne5 Nd7 17. Nd3 Bg7 18. Nb4 Nf6 19. Be5 Ne8 {1/2-1/2 Babula,V-Svidler,P/
Deutschland 2002/Inf 86}) 16... Nc6 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] Karjakin's idea (see
above) now perfectly works.} (16... Re8 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. f4 Nb6 19. Rd2 Bxe5 20.
fxe5 Nc8 21. Bf3 Ne7 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Qh6 Ra7 24. Rdf2 f5 25. exf6 Rf7 26. h4
$16 {1-0 Volkov,S-Shomoev,A/Sochi 2004/CBM 100 ext (29)}) 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. Ng5
Bf6 19. Ne4 Be7 $44 {^^,xc5} 20. Qf4 $6 (20. a4 b4 {[%csl Gb4]}) (20. Nd6 Bxd6
21. cxd6 Qxd6 22. Bf3 Ne7 $15) (20. Rd2 $5) 20... e5 21. Qe3 Nd4 {[%csl Gd4]
White has hoped to undermine the black knight with f2-f4 but it is not so easy
to do.} 22. Kh1 (22. f4 $2 Nf5 {[%cal Of5e3,Ce3d3,Cd3d5,Ye7c5]}) 22... Bxa2 23.
Rd2 Be6 24. Rfd1 (24. f4 $5 $17 Nb3 $140 (24... Nf5 25. Qa3) 25. Rc2) 24... Rc8
25. f4 {At last but Black is well-prepared.} Qh6 26. Bf1 Nb3 $19 27. Rd7 $5 {
Desperation - and suddenly Black loses thread of the game.} Qf8 $2 (27... exf4
28. Qf3 Qh4 $19 {[%cal Cd7d3,Cd3b3,Rb3c5,Cd7a7,Ca7a6,Re6d7]}) 28. c6 (28. Rxe7
$5 Qxe7 29. fxe5 Nxc5 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. Qg5 Qf8 $17) 28... Rxc6 $2 (28... exf4
$17) 29. Rxe7 $1 Qxe7 30. fxe5 $132 Bf5 $2 (30... Nc5 31. Rd6 $1 Rc8 32. Nxc5
Qa7 33. Qf2 Qxc5 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Qf6+ $11) (30... Kg7 $1 31. Nf6 h6 {still
keeping good prospects.}) 31. Nf6+ Rxf6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... Kg7 32. g4 (32.
Qxb3 Qxe5 {[%cal Oe5f6,Oc6f6,Cf6d7,Cd7e5,Rf5c2]} (32... Bc2 33. Qf3) 33. Nd7
Qf4 $13) 32... Be6 33. Qg5 $1 Bxg4 $8 34. Rd3 $1 $13) 32. exf6 Qxf6 (32... Qxe3
33. Rd8+ {- a big surprise for Black!}) 33. Qxb3 Bg4 34. Re1 Be6 35. Qf3 Qd8
36. Rd1 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch sf 58th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 b5 {Wow! Is it possible to play like
this when the white king has already castled? In fact, it's a typical
"Gruenfeld" move so the question is quite principal. To me it seems that Black
just remains with a passive a6 knight and isolated c5 pawn.} 12. Nxb5 (12. Qxb5
Nxd5 (12... Rb8 13. Qa4 Rb4 14. Qd1 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Rxe4 16. Bd3 Rb4 17. a3 Rb6
18. Bc4 $16 {Ballesteros Gonzalez,D-Perez Fungueiro,M/Spain 1998/EXT 2002}) 13.
Bg5 (13. Qc6 Nb6 (13... Nxc3 $5 14. bxc3 Qb6) 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Qe4 Bb7 16. Qh4
Nb4 17. Bf4 Qc8 18. Rac1 (18. Bh6 $142) 18... Qf5 $14 {0-1 Vasilevich,T-Peptan,
C/Bratislava 1993/TD (42)}) 13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qe8 (14... Qb6 15. Be7 Nc7 16.
Qxb6 axb6 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Rab1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Khachian,M-Atalik,S/Kansas 2003/
CBM 097 ext (48)}) 15. Qxe8 (15. Qc4 $5) 15... Rxe8 16. Bb5 Re6 17. Rad1 Nc7
18. Rd8+ Bf8 19. Rfd1 Bb7 20. Bc4 Rxd8 21. Rxd8 Rd6 22. Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Korotylev,
A-Vorobiov,E/St Petersburg 2001/CBM 082 ext}) 12... Qxd5 (12... Nxd5 13. Rd1
Bb7 14. Nc3 $14 Nab4 15. Bg5 (15. Nxd5 $5 Nxd5 16. Qxc5) 15... Qb6 $2 (15...
Qe8) 16. Na4 Qc6 17. Nxc5 $16 {1-0 Piceu,T-Bolzoni,V/Belgium 2000/CBM 081 ext 
(57)}) 13. Bf4 (13. Nc3 Qxc4 14. Bxc4 Nc7 15. Bf4 Be6 16. b3 Bxc4 17. bxc4 Ne6
18. Be5 Nd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Eismont,I-Wagner,A/Germany 2004/CBM 098
ext (49)}) (13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. Nd6 Nab4 15. Nxc8 Raxc8 16. Rd1 Rfe8 17. Kf1 c4
18. a3 c3 $1 $132 {1/2-1/2 Shainswit,G-Flores Alvarez,R/Dubrovnik 1950/MCD (26)
}) 13... Be6 (13... Bb7 14. Rad1 Qxc4 15. Bxc4 Bxf3 $6 16. gxf3 Nb4 17. Rfe1
Rfd8 18. Nd6 Rd7 19. Nxf7 Rxf7 20. Re7 Raf8 21. Rxf7 Rxf7 22. Rd8+ Bf8 23. Bh6
Nbd5 24. h4 {1-0 Ercan,S-Bouma,J/Chessfriend.com 2004/Telechess CBM 103}) 14.
Qc1 (14. Qa4 $143 Qe4 $1 15. Qxe4 Nxe4 16. Be5 Rfd8 17. Rfc1 Bh6 18. Nc3 Nxc3
19. Rxc3 Nb4 20. a3 Nc6 21. Rxc5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Rd2 23. Bf3 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8
$44 {1/2-1/2 Lputian,S-Aronian,L/Yerevan 1996/EXT 98 (29)}) 14... Qb7 (14...
Rad8 $5) 15. Bh6 {After the exchange of this strong bishop the weakness of the
c5 pawn becomes obvious.} (15. Nd6 Qb6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Qxc5 Rab8 $44) 15...
Bd5 16. Nh4 $5 {An interesting attacking plan.} Qb6 17. Nc3 Nc7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7
19. Qg5 Rfe8 20. Nf5+ Kh8 21. Ne3 Ne4 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. b3 Ne6 (23... Rad8 $142
{[%cal Yd8d4]}) 24. Qf6+ Ng7 $2 {This pawn sacrifice "for nothing" in a
difficult position is obviously incorrect. White now wins quite easily.} (24...
Kg8 $142 25. Bc4 $1 $16 ({but not} 25. Ng4 h5 $1 {(a trick Black probably
overlooked)} 26. Nh6+ (26. Ne5 $2 Nd4 $1 27. Qxf7+ Kh8) 26... Kh7 27. Nxf7 Nd4
$1 28. Ng5+ Kh6 $11)) 25. Qxf7 Rf8 26. Qc4 Bb7 27. Qc3 Rad8 28. Rac1 Rfe8 29.
Rfd1 Rd4 30. Qxc5 Qxc5 31. Rxc5 Rxd1+ 32. Bxd1 Nf5 33. Rc7 Re7 34. Rxe7 Nxe7
35. f4 Kg7 36. Kf2 Kf6 37. Bf3 Bc8 38. Nd5+ Nxd5 39. Bxd5 g5 40. Ke3 {It looks
like 11...b5 deserves "?!" marks and nothing more.} 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 35th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2005.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Predojevic, Borki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bf4 Bd5 14. Qe3 Nc6
15. Rad1 e6 {About this line - see CBM106, annotations to Volkov-van Wely.} 16.
Ne5 {[%mdl 520] A new but very simple idea - White wants to trade all minor
pieces (the turn of the light-squared bishops will come later) keeping his
strong c5 pawn. The problem is that Black can immediately win a pawn. However,
GM Zdenko Kozul correctly evaluates (at home?) that he will get a tremendous
compensation.} Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Qc8 19. b4 Bxa2 20. Bf3 Bd5 {
Giving back the pawn, after which White is slightly better. Black can, however,
hope for a draw due to the limited pawn material.} (20... Ra7 {was crucial:}
21. Rd2 Bc4 22. Rfd1 $44) 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Rxd5 a5 23. h4 Qe6 24. Qd4 h5 $6 {
Too passive. The white c-pawn now quickly moves forward.} (24... axb4 $5 25. h5
b3 26. h6 f6) 25. Rd6 Qg4 (25... Qc4 $2 26. Qxc4 bxc4 27. b5) 26. Qd5 axb4 27.
c6 Kg7 28. Qe5+ Kh7 29. Qxb5 Qxh4 30. c7 $16 Rac8 31. Rd7 Qe4 32. Rfd1 Qc2 33.
Qe5 b3 34. R1d2 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Kg8 $4 {This loses at once but in case of passive
defense White could continue f4-f5 etc.} (35... Qc4 36. f4 $36) 36. R2d6 $6 {
[%cal Od6g6,Yd6b6] Good enough to win (it's important that Black can't now
take the c7 pawn) but} (36. Rxf7 $1 {was much simpler:} Rxf7 37. Rd8+ Rf8 38.
Qe6+ Kg7 39. Qe7+ Rf7 40. Qe5+ Kh6 41. Rxc8 $18) 36... Qc2 $6 (36... Kh7 37.
Rf6 Qc4 38. Rf4 $18) (36... Qh6 37. Rb6 $16) 37. Rb6 $6 (37. Rxf7 $18) 37...
Qf5 (37... Kh7 38. Rf6 Kg8 39. Rfxf7 Rxf7 40. Rd8+ $18) 38. Qxf5 gxf5 39. Rxb3
Rfe8 40. Rb5 {The endgame is hopeless for Black.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bf4 {About this line
- see annotations by GM L.Ftacnik in CBM85 (game Kazhgaleev-Konguvel) and
CBM93 (Bareev-Van Wely).} e6 (13... Bd5 14. Qe3 Nc6 (14... Bxb2 $6) 15. Rad1 e6
{leads to the same position.}) 14. Rad1 Bd5 15. Qe3 Nc6 16. Bd6 {GM Sergey
Volkov improves his play on the following game:} (16. Rd2 $6 Qa5 17. a3 b4 18.
Rc1 Ra7 19. axb4 Qxb4 20. Bh6 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 Bxf3 22. Rc4 (22. Bxf3 Nd4 {
[%cal Rd4f3,Rd4b3]}) 22... Qa5 23. gxf3 Rb8 24. Rh4 f6 25. Bc4 Ne5 26. Bxe6+
Kh8 $36 {0-1 Volkov,S-Timofeev,A/Krasnoyarsk 2003/CBM 098 (64)}) 16... Re8 17.
Ne5 Qa5 $6 {This is less efficient now than after 16.Rd2.} (17... Ne7 $5 {
[%cal Re7f5,Re7c8] e.g.} 18. Bg4 Nc8 19. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 20. Rxd5 exd5 21. Qf3+
Bf6 22. Qxd5+ Kg7 23. Qxa8 Nxd6 24. Qxa6 Nc4 25. Qxb5 Nxb2 $13) 18. Nd7 $1 {
[%csl Rd5][%cal Cg7b2,Yd7b6]} Qxa2 19. Rd2 $1 {[%cal Cg7b2]} (19. Nb6 $143 Qxb2
) 19... Bc4 (19... Rad8 20. Nb6 Bxb2 21. Bc7 {[%csl Rb2]}) 20. Nb6 Rad8 (20...
Bxe2 $6 21. Rxe2 {[%cal Ob6a8,Rb2b4]} Nd4 22. Rd2 Nf5 23. Qd3 Nxd6 24. cxd6 $18
) 21. Nxc4 bxc4 22. Qf4 Ne5 23. Rfd1 Nd3 $6 {A positional capitulation.} (23...
Qa5 $5) 24. Bxd3 cxd3 25. b4 Qa4 26. Rxd3 $16 {[%csl Gc5,Gd6] As a result of
the knight manoeuvre, White has obtained a clear positional advantage.} a5 27.
bxa5 Qxa5 28. h4 {As usually in such positions, White must open a "second
front" on the kingside.} h5 29. Rf3 Qa7 30. Rb1 Qd7 31. Qe4 {[%cal Cf7f5,Cf5e4,
Rb1b7]} f5 $8 {Alas, this suicidal weakening is forced. Now White must regroup
his pieces to attack the e6 pawn (in combination with threatening to invade
the 7th rank or push his passed pawn, of course).} 32. Qc4 Qf7 33. Ra3 Bf6 34.
Ra6 Rd7 35. Qb4 {[%cal Rc5c6]} Red8 36. Re1 {[%csl Re6]} Bg7 37. g3 Bf6 38. Kh2
Be7 39. Bf4 Rd4 40. Qc3 Rd3 41. Qc4 R8d4 42. Qxe6 Qxe6 43. Rexe6 Kf7 44. Rxg6
Rd5 45. c6 1-0

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be3 {A very solid continuation
creating pressure on the c5 pawn. Its drawback is that Black can sometimes
sacrifice an exchange (Re8xe3) to dominate on the dark squares.} Qb6 13. Nh4 {
A typical move to prevent ...Rf8-e8 and ...Nf6-e4.} Bd7 14. a3 (14. Rab1 Rfe8
15. b4 (15. a3 {-game}) {is somewhat premature due to} 15... Rxe3 $1 16. fxe3
cxb4 17. Qf4 Qc5 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Re8 20. Qf4 Qxe3+ 21. Qxe3 Rxe3 22. Bxa6
bxa6 23. Rxb4 Rd3 $11 {0-1 Timman,J-Kasparov,G/Sarajevo 1999/CBM 071/[Ftacnik]
(60)}) 14... Rfe8 (14... Qa5 15. Nf3 Rfe8 16. Qh4 Rac8 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. Rd2
Rxe3 19. fxe3 c4 20. Kh1 h5 21. d6 Be6 22. Ng5 Qxe3 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 24. Bf3 $16 {
1-0 Aleksandrov,A-Jenetl,R/Krasnodar 2000/EXT 2001 (29)}) (14... Ne8 $5 15. Qa2
(15. b4 $6 Nd6 16. Qb3 Rfe8 17. Rac1 c4 $1 18. Qc2 Rxe3 19. fxe3 Qxe3+ 20. Kh1
Re8 21. Rfe1 Nc7 $17 {0-1 Kotov,A-Averbakh,Y/Moscow 1955/URS-ch (32)}) (15. Na4
Qd8 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. Bxc5 Rc8 18. Nf3 b6 19. Bxf8 Rxc4 20. Bxg7 Re4 21. Bd3
Rf4 22. Be5 Rxf3 23. gxf3 Qg5+ 24. Bg3 f5 25. f4 Qf6 $44 {0-1 Piceu,
T-Goormachtigh,J/Antwerp 2003/EXT 2005 (38)}) 15... Nd6 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Rfe1
Rfe8 18. Bf1 Bd4 $13 {0-1 Kozul,Z-Jaracz,P/Ohrid 2001/CBM 084 (43)}) 15. Rab1 (
15. b4 {is again premature:} Rxe3 $1 16. fxe3 cxb4 17. Nd1 Nxd5 18. Rb1 Be6 19.
Qc1 Rc8 20. Qd2 Nc3 21. Nxc3 Bxc3 22. Qd3 Nc5 {0-1 Jamrich,G-Ni Hua/Budapest
2000/EXT 2001 (31)}) (15. Rad1 Rab8 16. Rd2 (16. Bf4 Rbd8 17. Nf3 Bf5 18. Bd3
Bg4 19. Qb5 $13 {I.Smirin}) 16... Qa5 $1 17. Nf3 b5 $1 18. Qh4 b4 19. Nb1 Rb6 (
19... Nc7 $5 {I.Smirin}) 20. h3 Bf5 21. d6 Nb8 22. Rdd1 Bxb1 23. Rxb1 Rxd6 24.
axb4 cxb4 $11 {0-1 Kozul Z-Smirin I/Sarajevo 81/396 2001/[Smirin,I] (38)})
15... h6 $6 {This plan (...g6-g5) unnecessarily weakens Black's kingside. It
was quite possible to prepare ...b7-b5 at once, not fearing Qc4-h4:} (15...
Rac8 16. h3 Qa5 $1 (16... Qd8 17. Nf3 Bf5 18. Rbd1 Qb6 19. g4 Bc2 20. Rd2 Bb3
21. Qf4 Nc7 22. Bc4 Red8 23. d6 Ne6 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Ne5 Rf8 26. Qg3 $14 {
1-0 Kozul,Z-Macieja,B/Neum 2000/CBM 080 (43)}) 17. Nf3 b5 18. Qh4 c4 19. Bh6 $6
(19. Bd4) 19... Nc5 20. Ng5 Qb6 21. Rbd1 Qd6 22. Bf3 Bxh6 23. Qxh6 Qf8 $15 {
0-1 Sasikiran,K-Peng Xiaomin/Calcutta 2000/CBM 074 ext (44)}) (15... Qa5 $5 16.
b4 $140 $6 cxb4 17. axb4 Qd8 $15 {[%cal Ya8c8] Z.Kozul}) 16. h3 g5 17. Nf3 Qd6
(17... Bf5 18. Bd3) 18. Nd2 Rab8 {If Black now pushes ...b7-b5, the white
queen will be in trouble.} 19. Nde4 (19. a4 $5) 19... Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Qe7 21. Ng3
Be5 (21... b5 22. Qc2 {[%cal Yg3f5,Yg3h5]}) 22. f4 $1 {Undermining Black's
kingside.} b5 23. Qc1 gxf4 $6 (23... Bc7 $142 24. Bd2 c4 {immediately entering
the knight into play. Still, White maintains initiative:} 25. Qc3 {[%cal Rg3h5]
} gxf4 26. Bxf4 Bxf4 27. Rxf4 Qe3+ 28. Qxe3 Rxe3 29. Kh2 Nc5 30. Rbf1) 24. Bxf4
Bxf4 25. Rxf4 Qe3+ 26. Kh2 Qxc1 27. Rxc1 Re5 28. Rcf1 {Due to Black's
inaccuracy, his kingside is already under attack and his a6 knight is still
out of play.} f5 29. Bd3 Nc7 30. Bxf5 Bxf5 31. Nxf5 Nxd5 32. Nxh6+ $16 {
White has won a pawn but it still requires a lot of work to win.} Kg7 33. Nf5+
Kf6 34. R4f2 Ke6 35. g4 b4 36. axb4 Nxb4 37. Rd2 Rb6 38. Ng7+ Ke7 39. Rf5 Nc6
40. Rdf2 $6 {A useless move.} (40. Kg3 $142 Rb3+ 41. Kf4) 40... Rxf5 41. Nxf5+
Ke6 42. Ng7+ Kd5 43. g5 Ne5 44. Nh5 Ng6 $6 (44... c4 {[%cal Ye5d3] is more
energetic and gives Black more drawing chances.}) 45. Nf6+ Kd4 46. Kg3 Rb3+ 47.
Kg4 Ne5+ 48. Kf5 Nf3 49. Ne4 {White avoids the position after} (49. g6 Nh4+ 50.
Kg5 Nxg6 51. Kxg6 Rxh3 {and it is not clear whether White can keep his
remaining pawn from exchange.}) 49... Re3 (49... Nh4+ 50. Kg4 Ng6 51. Nc3) 50.
Kf4 $1 ({After} 50. Nd6 Kd3 (50... Nxg5 $2 51. Rd2+) {White has apparently
nothing better than} 51. g6 Nh4+ 52. Kg5 Nxg6 53. Kxg6 Rxh3) 50... Ne5 51. Rd2+
Nd3+ 52. Rxd3+ Kxd3 53. Nxc5+ {[%mdl 4096]} Kd4 54. h4 $2 {The endgame is
winning for White but the text move lets the victory slip.} (54. g6 $1 {
was correct:} Re1 (54... Re7 55. h4 $18) (54... Re2 55. g7 Rg2 56. Ne6+ $18)
55. Nd7 (55. g7 {is insufficient now due to} Rf1+) 55... Rg1 (55... Rf1+ 56.
Kg5) 56. Kf5 Rf1+ 57. Ke6 Re1+ (57... Rg1 58. Ne5 Rg2 (58... Re1 59. g7 Rxe5+
60. Kf6 Re8 61. Kf7 $18) 59. h4 Rxb2 60. g7 $18) 58. Kd6 (58. Kf7 $143 Rf1+)
58... Rg1 59. Ne5 {etc. - the white pawns eventually queen.}) 54... Rh3 55. Kg4
Rh1 56. Nd7 Ke4 {The black king now takes active part in the defense.} 57. Nc5+
(57. g6 $6 Rg1+ 58. Kh5 Kf5 59. Nf8 Rg4) 57... Ke5 58. Nd3+ Ke6 59. h5 Rg1+ 60.
Kf4 Kf7 61. Kf5 Rf1+ 62. Nf4 Kg7 63. b4 a5 64. bxa5 Ra1 65. Ne6+ Kg8 66. h6
Rxa5+ 67. Kg6 Ra6 68. Kf5 Ra1 69. Kf6 Rf1+ 70. Kg6 Ra1 71. Nc5 Ra5 72. Ne4 Ra1
73. Nf6+ Kh8 74. Ne8 Ra6+ 75. Nf6 Ra5 76. Nd7 Ra6+ 77. Kh5 Ra5 78. Nf8 Rf5 79.
Ne6 Kh7 80. Ng7 Ra5 81. Ne8 Re5 82. Nf6+ Kh8 83. Ng4 Ra5 84. Kg6 Ra6+ 85. Nf6
Ra5 86. Ne8 Ra6+ 87. Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2011.05.07"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2011.05.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Be6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Rd1 b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Nxc5 16. O-O {This important line was examined in the theoretical article
in CBM 139.} a5 (16... Nce4 $5 17. Qd3 a5 18. Ne5 Qc7 19. f4 Qc2 20. Nc6 Qxd3
21. Nxe7+ Kh8 22. Rxd3 Rc7 23. Nc6 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Rxc6 25. f5 Bxb2 26. Rxa5 Rd6
27. Bf3 {1/2 Sandipan,C (2641)-Svidler,P (2731)/Germany 2010/CBM 138 Extra}) (
16... Qd6 $5 17. Rc1 Qb8 18. Bxc5 Nd7 19. Bxa6 Rxc5 20. Qd2 Rd8 21. Rxc5 Nxc5
22. Bc4 e6 23. Rd1 Na4 24. Bb3 Nc5 25. Bc4 Na4 26. Bb3 Nc5 27. Qe3 Nxb3 28.
Qxb3 exd5 29. Ne1 Qd6 30. Nd3 Bf8 31. g3 Ra8 32. h4 Qa6 33. Nxb4 Bxb4 34. Qxb4
Qxa2 $11 {1/2 Riazantsev,A (2689)-Rodshtein,M (2625)/Moscow 2011/CBM 141 (41)})
17. Bc4 $146 {[%mdl 8] A solid move safely protecting the important d5-pawn.} (
17. h3 Nce4 18. Qb1 Nd6 19. Ba6 Ra8 20. Be2 Rc8 21. Rfe1 Nf5 22. Bc1 Rc5 23. g4
Nd6 24. Nd4 Qb6 25. Nb3 Rxd5 $15 {1/2 Berkes,F (2663)-Safarli,E (2587)/Paks
2009/CBM 133 (47)}) (17. Rfe1 Nb7 (17... Ncd7 18. Bc4 Ng4 19. Bd4 Qc7 20. Bxg7
Kxg7 21. b3 Qc5 22. Qe2 Nb6 {1/2 Tomashevsky,E (2695)-Le Quang,L (2664)/Moscow
2011/CBM 141 (45)} 23. Nd4 Nf6 24. d6 $1 $36) 18. Qd2 Nc5 19. Bb5 Nce4 20. Qd3
Nc5 21. Qc2 Nce4 22. Bc6 Nd6 23. Bf4 Qb6 24. Qe2 Nf5 25. Ne5 Nh5 26. Bc1 Nd4
27. Qe3 Bxe5 28. Qxe5 Nxc6 29. dxc6 Rxc6 30. Qxe7 Rc2 $132 {1-0 Kasimdzhanov,R
(2681)-Rodshtein,M (2625)/Moscow 2011/CBM 141 (58)}) (17. Bb5 Nce4 18. Bc6 Nd6
19. Qe2 Nf5 20. Rfe1 (20. Bg5 h6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Rfe1 Qc7 23. Bb5 Rfd8 24.
Ba6 Ra8 25. Rc1 Qd6 26. Bd3 Qxd5 27. Be4 Qxa2 28. Bxa8 Rxa8 $15 {0-1 Belov,V 
(2627)-Gupta,A (2565)/Kavala 2009/CBM 131 Extra (61)}) (20. Ne5 Qc7 21. f4 Nxe3
22. Qxe3 Qd6 {[%cal Ye7e6]} 23. Qa7 Qc7 $11) 20... Qc7 21. Rc1 Ng4 22. Bc5 Nd4
(22... Nh4 $5) 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Rf1 Bf6 {1/2 Bluvshtein,M (2590)-Mekhitarian,
K (2528)/Moscow 2011/CBM 141}) 17... Qd6 18. Bd4 Ncd7 (18... Ng4 $5 {was
probably more accurate, e.g.} 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rfe1 Nd7 21. Qe2 Nb6 22. b3
Rfd8 $1 $11) 19. Qe2 Ng4 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 {This is not the best place for the
rook.} 21. Ba6 Ra8 (21... Rc7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. h3 Ngf6 24. Nd4 $1 $16 {
[%cal Rd4b5,Rd4e6]}) 22. Bb5 $14 {[%cal Gb5e8]} Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Ngf6 24. h3 Rab8
25. Ba4 Red8 {Black decides on an inferior endgame, in which White's bishop
will be stronger than Black's knight in an open position. However, he holds
his ground by accurate defence.} 26. Qxe7 Nb6 27. Bd1 Rbc8 28. Qa7 Ra8 29. Qb7
Rdc8 30. Qe7 Qxe7 31. Rxe7 Nfxd5 32. Rb7 Rc7 33. Rxc7 Nxc7 {[%mdl 4096]} 34.
Bb3 a4 35. Bc2 Ncd5 36. Be4 Ra5 37. Ne5 Rc5 (37... a3 $1 {was a good occasion
to equalise:} 38. bxa3 (38. Bxd5 Rxd5 39. Rxb4 Rxe5 40. Rxb6 Re1+ 41. Kh2 Rb1
$11) 38... Nc3 $1 39. Nc6 Rxa3 $11) 38. Bxd5 Rxd5 39. Rxb4 Rxe5 40. Rxb6 Re1+
41. Kh2 Re2 42. Kg3 a3 43. bxa3 Rxa2 {This theoretical endgame is also rather
drawish.} 44. Rb3 (44. Ra6 h5 45. h4 Kg7 {- here, too, Black's classic
defensive plan includes ...f7-f6 and ...g6-g5.}) 44... Kg7 45. f4 h5 46. h4 f6
$1 47. Kf3 g5 {Reducing material to a minimum.} 48. hxg5 fxg5 49. g3 (49. fxg5
Kg6 50. g3 Kxg5 51. Ke4 Kg4 {[%cal Ra2g2]} 52. Kd4 Rg2 53. a4 Ra2 $1 $11) 49...
Kf6 50. Ke4 gxf4 51. Kxf4 (51. gxf4 h4 52. Rh3 Kg6 $11) 51... Ra1 52. Ke4 Ke6 {
The simplest course - Black's king follows White's to the queenside.} (52...
Kg5 {was too late here:} 53. Kd4 Kg4 54. Kc5 Rg1 $2 55. a4) 53. Re3 (53. Rb6+
Kd7 54. Ra6 Rc1 {[%cal Yc1c4,Yh5h4]}) 53... Ra2 54. Kd4+ Kd6 55. Kc4 Rh2 $1 {
[%cal Yh5h4]} 56. Kb5 Kc7 57. Re7+ Kb8 58. Rh7 Rg2 59. Kb6 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 45th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2012.07.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Be6 $6 {
An extremely rare (before this game!), provocative continuation. The Turkmeni
GM Handshar Odeev had been its only notable adherent.} 8. Qb5 (8. Qd3 $5 c5 9.
d5 Bc8 10. Be3 b6 11. h3 e6 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Ng5 Nc6 15. Nxe6
fxe6 16. Bc4 Kf7 17. O-O Ne8 18. Rad1 Nd6 $132 {0-1 Jakovenko,D (2722)-Svidler,
P (2749)/Moscow RUS 2012/The Week in Chess 927 (50)}) (8. d5 Bc8 {, and Black
will now undermine White's centre:} (8... Bg4 $4 9. e5 $18) 9. Be2 {is
probably where White should look for an advantage:} (9. Bg5 c6 10. Rd1 b5 (
10... cxd5 $5 11. exd5 Nbd7) 11. Qb3 (11. Qc5 $5) 11... Qa5 12. Nd2 a6 13. Be2
cxd5 14. exd5 Nbd7 15. a3 Bb7 16. O-O Qc7 17. Rfe1 Nc5 18. Qa2 Rad8 $15 {
[time] 0-1 Lima,D (2475)-Odeev,H (2405)/Moscow 1994/CBM 044 ext (38)}) (9. Bf4
c6 10. Rd1 b5 (10... Qb6 $5 11. Rd2 Qa5 12. Qb3 a6 13. d6 e6 14. Be2 Nbd7 15.
O-O e5 16. Be3 b5 17. Rc1 Bb7 18. Rdd1 Rab8 19. Nd2 c5 20. Qc2 Rfc8 $13 {
1/2 Schrancz,I (2470)-Odeev,H (2262)/ICCF 2002/ICCF Telechess CBM 105 (37)})
11. Qb3 Qa5 12. Nd2 a6 13. Be2 cxd5 14. e5 Ng4 (14... Ne4 15. Nxd5 Nc6 16. Qc2
Nxd2 17. Bxd2 Nd4 18. Qd3 $18 {1-0 Budnikov,A (2525)-Odeev,H (2365)/Azov 1991/
CBM 025 (33)}) 15. Qxd5 Ra7 16. Qf3 Nxe5 17. Qg3 Nbc6 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. Be3 {
1-0 Burger,H (2567)-Odeev,H (2162)/ICCF 2000/ICCF Telechess CBM 94 (57)} Nc4 $1
20. Bxa7 Qxa7 $44) 9... c6 10. O-O cxd5 11. exd5 Ne8 (11... b6 12. Qh4 Bb7 13.
Rd1 Nbd7 14. Bg5 a6 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Nd4 Qe8 17. Re1 Nxd5 18. Bxa6 Bxa6 19.
Nxd5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 f6 21. Bh6 $36 {1-0 Bendana Guerrero,G-Odeev,H/Rochade
5171-Jub15 bd08 2005/CBM 118 (32)}) (11... e6 12. dxe6 (12. d6 $5 Nbd7 13. Rd1
Nb6 14. Qc5 Nbd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bg5 f6 17. Rxd5 exd5 18. Qxd5+ Kh8 19. Bf4
Re8 20. Bd3 $44 {0-1 Cummings,N (2296)-Onder,E (2333)/IECG 2004/Telechess CBM
107 (26)}) 12... Bxe6 13. Qb4 (13. Qh4 Nd5 $5) 13... Qc8 14. Bg5 (14. Qh4 $5)
14... Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Qd2 Re8 17. Rfe1 Be6 18. Nd4 Nc6 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20.
Rac1 $14 {1/2 Novichkov,V (2415)-Odeev,H (2430)/Moscow 1998/EXT 1999 (51)}) 12.
Re1 Nd6 13. Qa4 (13. Qb3 $5 Nd7 14. Be3 Nf5 15. Bf4) 13... Nd7 14. Bf4 Nb6 15.
Qb3 Bg4 16. Ne5 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 Rc8 18. Rd1 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Be5 Bxe5 21.
Rxe5 b5 22. Rde1 Rfe8 $132 {1/2 Gordon,S (2539)-Howell,D (2620)/North Shields
ENG 2012/The Week in Chess 926 (62)}) 8... Bd7 9. Qc5 (9. Qb3 c5 $1) 9... b6
10. Qg5 {Hardly a good place for the queen.} c5 $1 11. dxc5 Bc6 12. Qh4 bxc5
13. Be2 e6 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 14. Bg5 (14. Qf4 $5) 14... h6 $1 15. Bxh6 Nxe4 16.
Qf4 Nxc3 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. bxc3 Qf6 $11 {Black has no problems; moreover, his
more central pawns promise him a plus in the event of inaccurate play by White.
} 19. Qe3 Nd7 20. O-O Rab8 21. Rfd1 Rfd8 22. h3 Bd5 23. a4 (23. Rab1 $5) 23...
a5 24. Rab1 Bb3 25. Rd6 Bxa4 26. Ra1 Qe7 27. Ra6 Bb5 28. Bxb5 Rxb5 29. Ra7 {
There was no positional ground for White to push on.} (29. R6xa5 $142 $11)
29... Rdb8 30. Ne5 R8b7 31. Rxb7 Rxb7 32. Rxa5 Qd6 $4 {[%mdl 8192] A blunder,
which went unnoticed!} (32... Rb1+ 33. Kh2 Qd6 34. f4 {- game}) 33. f4 $4 (33.
Qh6+ $1 Kg8 34. Qh8+ $1 Kxh8 35. Nxf7+ Kg7 36. Nxd6 {winning a pawn and
gradually the game}) 33... Rb1+ 34. Kh2 Nxe5 35. fxe5 Qd1 {Suddenly White's
king is in trouble, and he must play accurately.} 36. Qf2 Qh1+ 37. Kg3 Rf1 38.
Qxc5 Rd1 (38... Rf5 39. Qe3 {[%csl Ge3]}) 39. Qe3 $6 (39. Qf2 $1 Rf1 $11 (39...
Rd3+ $6 40. Kh4 g5+ 41. Kxg5 Qc1+ 42. Kg4)) 39... Qf1 40. Kh2 Re1 $1 {White
probably underestimated this move.} 41. Qd2 Qg1+ 42. Kg3 Re3+ (42... Rf1 $6 43.
Qd4) (42... Rd1 $5 43. Qe2 Rf1 $36 {[%cal Yf1f5]}) 43. Kf4 $6 (43. Kg4 $1 Re4+
(43... g5 $2 44. Ra1 $1 Re4+ 45. Kf3) 44. Kf3 Re1 45. Kg3) 43... g5+ $1 44. Kg4
(44. Kxg5 Rxh3 45. Kg4 Rh6 $40) 44... Kh6 45. Ra4 $2 (45. Ra8 $1 {was the only
defence:} Re4+ (45... Rxe5 46. Rh8+ $1 Kg7 47. Rh5 $1 f5+ 48. Kxg5) 46. Kf3
Rxe5 47. Qd3 Rf5+ 48. Kg3 {, at least, not losing by force.}) 45... Rxe5 46. h4
f6 $2 {And now Black misses a brilliant win:} (46... f5+ $1 47. Kf3 Qf1+ 48.
Kg3 f4+ 49. Kg4 (49. Kh2 Re2) 49... Qb5 $3 50. Rb4 (50. Ra8 Re3 51. Rh8+ Kg7
52. Qd4+ e5 $19) (50. Qd4 Qe2+ 51. Kh3 Qh5 $1 $19) 50... Re3 $3 $19 {[%cal
Rb5f5,Re3g3]}) 47. Kf3 Qh2 48. hxg5+ fxg5 49. Re4 $4 {Another foreseeable
mistake. In fact, it is practically impossible to defend such a position, with
an absolutely bare king in a practical game, whatever a computer may say.} ({
After} 49. Rg4 {White could survive with a series of only moves:} Rf5+ 50. Ke2
Qe5+ (50... Qg1 51. Kd3 $1 Qb1+ 52. Qc2) 51. Qe3 Qb5+ 52. c4 $1 Qb2+ 53. Kd3 $1
Re5 54. Re4 Qb1+ 55. Kd4 {etc.}) 49... Rf5+ 50. Ke3 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.11.28"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eppingen"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bg5 Nc6 {This line
was examined in CBM74 (annotations to Piket-I.Sokolov), CBM76 (Kasparov-Leko),
and CBM91 (Radjabov-Svidler).} 14. Qe3 Qd5 15. Rad1 Qe6 {A relatively new idea
connected with the queen exchange.} (15... Qf5 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 f6 18. Nd4
Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Rfd8 20. Qd2 (20. Rfd1 $5 Rxd4 21. Rxd4 Bc6 22. Qe3 $14 {Ftacnik}
) 20... Rxd4 21. Qxd4 Bc6 22. Bg4 Qd5 23. Qxd5+ Bxd5 24. Rd1 e6 $1 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Piket,J-Sokolov,I/Batumi 1999/CBM 074/[Ftacnik] (28)}) 16. Bh6 Bc2 (
16... Bf5 17. Bxg7 Qxe3 18. fxe3 Kxg7 19. a3 (19. Rd2 Rfc8 20. a3 b4 21. axb4
Nxb4 22. Rc1 Ra7 23. Nd4 Rac7 $11 {0-1 Lirindzakis,T-Atakisi,U/Antalya 2004/
CBM 103 ext (31)}) 19... Rfd8 (19... b4 $5) 20. b4 Bc2 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rc1
Be4 23. Kf2 Kf6 24. g4 h6 25. h4 Ke6 26. Rd1 Bxf3 $1 27. Rxd8 Bxe2 28. Rc8 Kd7
29. Rxc6 Kxc6 30. Kxe2 f6 $11 {_|_1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Leko,P/Linares 2000/CBM
076/[Ftacnik] (38)}) 17. Rd2 Qxe3 18. Bxe3 Bf5 {White's plan in this position
is lifting the black blockade by means of Nd4. However, it must be
well-prepared.} 19. Rfd1 (19. Nd4 $6 {is premature:} Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Rad8 21. Be3
Rxd2 22. Bxd2 Rd8 23. Be3 (23. Bc3 Bd3 24. Bxd3 Rxd3 25. Rc1 f5 26. Kf1 e5 27.
Ke2 Rd5 28. f4 e4 $17 {0-1 Thorfinnsson,B-Belov,V/Pardubice 2002/CBM 089 ext 
(39)}) 23... Bd3 $1 24. Bxd3 Rxd3 25. Rc1 e5 26. Kf1 f5 27. Ke2 Rd5 $17 {
0-1 Radjabov,T-Svidler,P/Moscow 2002/CBM 091/[Ftacnik] (55)}) 19... Rfc8 (19...
Rfd8 20. Kf1 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Nxd8 23. Bd4 Be4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Ke1
Kf6 26. Kd2 Ne6 27. b4 Nc7 28. a3 e5 29. Ne1 Bc6 30. f3 Ke6 31. Nc2 f5 32. Ne3
Kf6 33. Bd1 e4 34. f4 g5 35. g3 Ne6 36. Ng2 h6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Gyimesi,Z-Antal,G/
Miskolc 2004/CBM 100 (59) GM Z.Gyimesi didn't object repeating this endgame
against McShane...}) 20. a3 {[%cal Yb2b4] An attempt of improvement, however,
insufficient for an advantage.} (20. h3 Be6 $1 21. b3 h6 22. g4 g5 23. Bf1 Rab8
24. Bg2 a5 25. Rb1 Bc3 26. Rc2 Bf6 27. a3 Bd5 28. Nd2 Rd8 29. Ne4 Be5 30. Rd2
e6 31. Nd6 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 Ne7 33. Rbd1 Nd5 34. Rxd5 exd5 35. Rxd5 Bxd6 36. cxd6
f6 37. Bd4 Kf7 38. Rf5 Rxd6 39. Be5 Rdb6 40. Bxb8 Rxb8 41. a4 bxa4 42. bxa4 Rb3
43. Rxa5 Ra3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R-Leko,P/Wijk aan Zee 2002/CBM 087 (50)}
) 20... h6 21. h3 Rab8 22. g4 Be6 23. b4 a5 $1 {Just in time. Black creates
counterplay against the b4 pawn.} 24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. Bxd4 axb4 26. axb4 Bc4 $1 {
It is important for Black to free his b8 rook from the defence of the b5 pawn.}
(26... Nxb4 27. Be5 Ra8 28. Bxb5 Rxc5 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Rxa8 Rxe5 31. Rb8 $14)
27. Bf3 {White has actually achieved the position he aimed for - and still
Black easily holds his ground. The end of the whole line?} f6 28. Bc3 Ra8 29.
Rd7 Kf8 30. Re1 Ra3 {Another timely counterplay.} 31. Re3 g5 32. Kh2 Rb3 33.
Kg3 Bg8 34. Bxc6 {White forces a draw. What else could he do?} Rxc6 35. Rdxe7
Rxc3 (35... Rxc3 36. Re8+ Kf7 37. R8e7+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. Rd1 b6 {This line was examined
in CBM104, annotations to the game between the same players!} 13. Bg5 {[%mdl 4]
A logical developing move.} (13. Qb3 {-see Bareev-Sutovsky in CBM107.}) 13...
h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rd2 {After this move the position of Black's b4 knight
becomes quite foolish.} (15. Qb3 $5 {is also possible:} Re8 16. Rd2 Bg4 17.
Rad1 a5 18. h3 a4 19. Qc4 Bd7 20. a3 Na6 21. d6 Kg7 22. Nd5 $14 {1/2-1/2
Gyimesi,Z-Iordachescu,V/Tusnad 2005/CBM 106 ext (65)}) {However, White
shouldn't fear the exchange of the light-squared bishops!} 15... Ba6 16. Qb3
Bxe2 {In the following game Black equalized but White's play can certainly be
improved:} (16... Qd7 17. Bxa6 Nxa6 18. Re1 (18. Qc4 $5) (18. d6 $5) 18... Rfe8
19. Rde2 Rxe2 20. Rxe2 Nc7 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Re8 23. f4 Kg7 24. h3 f6 25.
Rxe8 Nxe8 26. Qb5 Qe7 27. Kf2 Nd6 28. Qd3 {1/2-1/2 Lputian,S-Kalantarian,N/
Yerevan 1995/CBM 050}) 17. Nxe2 Qd7 (17... Qd6 18. Ng3 Rfe8 19. Qc4 $16) (17...
Na6 {looks too ugly.}) 18. Qc4 {[%csl Rb4]} Rfe8 19. Rad1 (19. a3 {is
premature:} b5 20. Qxc5 Nd3 21. Rxd3 Rac8 $1 22. Qb4 Rxe2 $44) 19... a5 {
Freeing the knight but terribly weakening the b5 square.} (19... b5 20. Qxc5
Nd3 21. Qa3 $1 $16) 20. Nc3 $1 {Of course!} Na6 21. d6 Nb4 22. a3 Bxc3 (22...
Nc6 23. Nd5 Bd8 24. Nc7 $1 Bxc7 25. dxc7 $18) 23. bxc3 {[%csl Rb6] Now the
backward b6 pawn on the open file becomes weak.} Nc6 24. Rd5 Re6 25. h3 Rae8
26. Qb3 Rb8 27. a4 Rb7 28. Qc4 Kg7 29. Qf4 Rb8 30. Qc4 Rb7 31. Qa2 {Still,
it's not easy to win as Black's weaknesses (the b6 pawn and White's passed
pawn) are close to each other. Fortunately, the opponent is always there to
help!} Qd8 $4 {[%mdl 16384] Curiously, I committed the same mistake against
Grischuk (see CBM110). Do blockading pieces sometimes get tired of their
thankless role?} 32. d7 $1 {Of course! This pawn cuts up Black's position like
a knife.} Ne7 (32... Re7 33. Qd2) 33. R5d3 Ng8 34. c4 Ne7 (34... Nf6 35. Qb2
Kg8 36. Ne5 {[%cal Rd3d6]}) 35. Qb2+ Kh7 36. Ne5 Kg8 37. Rd6 {After the rook
exchange White has many winning plans, the simplest being an attack of the
defenseless f7 pawn.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Bg5 {This bishop development in
the 7...Na6 system attracted attention after the 10th match game Anand -
Carlsen (2014).} h6 {Black makes this weakening move to avoid the annoying
Qc4-h4.} (12... Qb6 13. Qh4 Rfe8 14. Bb5 $14 {1-0 (38) Miton,K (2623)-Bulski,K
(2523) Warsaw 2012}) (12... Re8 $5 {is quite possible, though:} 13. Qh4 (13.
Rad1 Qb6 14. Qb5 h6 15. Bh4 Rad8 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Bb5 Bd7 18. Bc4 g5 $15 {
0-1 (25) Baragar,F (2200)-Gavrikov,V (2200) Mexico City 1978}) 13... h6 $5 (
13... Nc7 14. Rfd1 Qd6 15. Bf4 Qb6 {0-1 (32) Atzmon Simon,B (2095)-Melkumyan,H
(2633) Sydney 2014} 16. d6 Ne6 17. Be5 $14) 14. Bxh6 Nxd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11 (
15... Qxh4 $143 16. Nxh4 Kxg7 17. Nxf5+ gxf5 18. Bf3 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Rab8 20.
Rfd1 $14 {1-0 (38) Trikaliotis,G (2215)-Kanellidis,E Athens 1989})) 13. Be3 {
Black's h6-pawn will now be hanging in some variations.} (13. Bxf6 $143 Qxf6
14. Rad1 Rad8 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Rxd3 Qb6 17. Rd2 Qb4 $1 18. Qxb4 cxb4 19. Nb5
Nc5 $36 20. Nxa7 $6 Ra8 21. Nb5 Rxa2 $15 {Zilberman,Y (2505)-Mikhalevski,V 
(2495) Rishon Le-Zion 2000 [Mikhalevski,V]}) (13. Bh4 $143 Qb6 14. Qb5 Qxb5 15.
Bxb5 Nb4 $1 16. Rad1 a6 17. a3 Nbxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 axb5 20. Rxc5 Rfc8
$17 {0-1 (43) Scheeren,P (2445)-Kouatly,B (2440) Budel 1987}) 13... Qb6 $146 (
13... Re8 {leads to the position from Anand-Carlsen - see CBM 164.}) 14. b3 {
After this humble move Black gets a satisfactory position.} (14. Nh4 Bd7 {
is not dangerous for Black either.}) (14. Nd2 $5 {[%cal Yd2b3]} Qxb2 $140 15.
Rab1 Bxb1 16. Rxb1 b5 17. Nxb5 Qe5 18. Bf3 $44) 14... Rfe8 15. Nd2 $6 {This
knight isn't aiming at b3 now and doesn't get to c4. It was probably better to
complete his development and wait quietly:} (15. Rad1 Rad8 16. h3) 15... Nd7
16. Rac1 Bd4 $5 17. Rfd1 (17. Bxd4 $142 cxd4 18. Na4 Qd6 $15) 17... Nb4 $1 {
It is now difficult for White to avoid material losses.} 18. Nf3 $2 (18. Bxd4
cxd4 19. Na4 Qd6 $17 {[%cal Rb4a2]}) 18... Rxe3 $6 {A good move winning a pawn
(or two pieces for a rook) but} (18... Bxc3 $1 19. Rxc3 Nxa2 $19 {would have
won an exchange and a pawn!}) 19. fxe3 $6 (19. Nxd4 Rxc3 20. Rxc3 cxd4 21. Qxd4
$17 {may be quite a gloomy "lesser evil".}) 19... Bxe3+ 20. Kh1 Bxc1 21. Rxc1
Qd6 {The rest should be a matter of technique...} 22. Qh4 g5 23. Qf2 Qf4 24.
Rd1 Bg6 25. Bb5 Ne5 26. Ne2 Qf6 27. Qxc5 {Desperation. The pawn is poisoned
but...} Nxf3 $2 {[%mdl 64] Black misses a simple refutation:} (27... Nbd3 $1
28. Bxd3 (28. Qd4 Nxf3 $1 29. Qxf6 Nf2#) (28. Qe3 Ng4) 28... Nxd3 29. Qe3 g4
$19) 28. Qxb4 {The material balance has been restored, and the game starts
anew.} Nh4 29. Ng3 Qb6 30. Rd4 a5 31. Qc4 Rd8 32. a4 Qf6 33. Rd2 Qa1+ 34. Nf1
Nf5 $6 (34... Qe5 $15 {[%csl Ge5]}) 35. Qc7 Rd6 36. Kg1 Rf6 $6 {This move leas
to an unpleasant endgame for Black but it was not easy to find the right
defence:} (36... Kg7 $1 37. g4 Nd4 38. Qxd6 Nf3+ 39. Kg2 Nxd2 40. Nxd2 Qb2 41.
Kh3 Qxd2 42. Qe5+ f6 43. Qe7+ Bf7 {, and the game should end in a perpetual
check.}) 37. d6 Ne3 38. Qd8+ $1 Kg7 39. Qxf6+ Qxf6 40. Nxe3 Qc3 {Black decides
to give up his bishop for White's pawn.} (40... Qd8 41. d7 {is dangerous for
him (albeit maybe defensible).}) 41. Nf1 Bf5 42. d7 Bxd7 43. Rxd7 Qxb3 44. Rxb7
h5 $14 {, and Black finally hold his ground in this ending:} 45. Rd7 h4 46. h3
Qe6 47. Kh1 Qe4 48. Rc7 Kf8 49. Rc3 Kg7 50. Rf3 Qe1 51. Kh2 Qe5+ 52. Kg1 Qe1
53. Rf2 Qb1 54. Rd2 f5 55. Kf2 g4 56. Ne3 Qe4 57. hxg4 fxg4 58. Rd5 Kf6 59.
Rf5+ Ke7 60. Ke2 h3 61. gxh3 gxh3 62. Rh5 Qh1 63. Rh7+ Kf8 64. Bc4 h2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 Na6 8.
Nf3 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Nb4 {[%cal Yb7b6,Yc8a6,Rb4d5] The latest
twist in this system.} ({The immediate} 11... b6 {has proved insufficient for
equality in view of} 12. Qh4 $1 Nxd5 (12... Nb4 13. Bg5) (12... Nc7 13. Bg5)
13. Bg5 {etc.}) 12. Bg5 (12. Rd1 b6 {leads to a well-known theoretical
position, with the following options for White:} 13. Qh4 (13. h3 Ba6 14. Qb3
Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Nbxd5 16. Nf4 c4 17. Qxc4 Qc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Epishin,V-Svidler,P/
Moscow RUS 2004/The Week in Chess 525 (30)}) (13. a3 Ba6 (13... Nc2 14. Rb1 Bf5
15. Bd3 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Bxf5 dxc3 18. Bh3 cxb2 19. Bxb2 Qd6 $11 {Ftacnik,
L. 1/2-1/2 Piesina,G-Baikov,V/Moscow 1992/CBM 30 (32)}) 14. Qb3 Bxe2 15. Nxe2
Nbxd5 16. Nc3 (16. Nf4 c4 17. Qxc4 Qc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Tukmakov,V-Chiburdanidze,M/
Biel 1988/CBM 09 (26)}) 16... c4 17. Qxc4 Qc7 18. Qxc7 Nxc7 19. Bf4 Ne6 20. Be5
Rfd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Budnikov,A-Chuchelov,V/Khabarovsk 1990/EXT 97 (50)}) (13. Bg5
h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rd2 Ba6 16. Qb3 Qd7 17. Bxa6 Nxa6 18. Re1 Rfe8 19. Rde2
Rxe2 20. Rxe2 Nc7 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Re8 23. f4 Kg7 24. h3 f6 25. Rxe8 Nxe8
26. Qb5 Qe7 27. Kf2 Nd6 28. Qd3 {1/2-1/2 Lputian,S-Kalantarian,N/Yerevan 1995/
CBM 50 (28)}) (13. Qb3 $5 Bf5 14. Ne1 Ng4 $6 (14... Re8 $5) 15. Bf4 Bd4 16. Bg3
Qf6 17. a3 (17. Rxd4 $1 cxd4 (17... Qxd4 18. Rd1 Qf6 19. a3) 18. Bxg4 Bxg4 19.
Qxb4 dxc3 20. Qxg4 cxb2 21. Rb1 $16) 17... Nxf2 $1 18. Rxd4 cxd4 19. Bxf2 dxc3
20. bxc3 Qe5 $17 {1/2-1/2 Nikitin,A-Sergienko,S/Smolensk 2000/CBM 77 (55)})
13... Nc2 $1 (13... Nfxd5 $2 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. Bc4 Bb7 16. a3 $18) (13... Nbxd5
14. Bc4 Be6 15. Bh6 $1 b5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Ng5 Bf6 18. Bxf8 Bxg5 19. Qe4 Qxf8
20. Nxd5 $14 {E.Sutovsky}) 14. Rb1 Bf5 15. Bd3 (15. Bg5 $2 Nd4 16. Rbc1 (16.
Nxd4 $6 cxd4 17. Ne4 (17. Rxd4 Bxb1 18. Nxb1 h6 19. Bxh6 Nxd5 20. Bg5 Qe8 21.
Re4 Qd7 $17 {E.Sutovsky}) 17... Bxe4 18. Bxf6 Qxd5 19. Rxd4 Qxa2 20. Re1 Bxf6
21. Qxf6 Rae8 $17 {0-1 Sarno,S-Horvath,J/Leibnitz 1990/CBM 20 (40)}) 16... h6
$1 17. Bxh6 Nxd5 18. Bg5 Nxc3 $1 19. Nxd4 $8 (19. Bxd8 Ncxe2+ 20. Kf1 Nxf3 21.
gxf3 Nxc1 22. Be7 Nxa2 23. Bxf8 Bxf8 $19 {E.Sutovsky}) 19... Qxd4 20. bxc3 Qxh4
21. Bxh4 Bh6 22. Ra1 Bg7 (22... Rfe8 23. Bb5 Re6 24. Bc4 Ree8 25. Bb5 Rec8 26.
Ba6 Rc7 27. Bg3 Rd7 28. Bb5 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Bg7 30. c4 Bd4 $15 {0-1 Bykhovsky,
A-Sanikidze,T/Denizli 2003/CBM 95 ext (58)}) 23. Rac1 Bh6 24. Ra1 Rae8 25. Bb5
Re4 26. Bg3 Bg7 27. Rac1 Be6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Sutovsky,E/Chalkidiki 2002/
CBM 92 (42)}) 15... Nd4 (15... Bxd3 16. Rxd3 Nb4 17. Rd1 Qd7 18. Bg5 Qf5 $13 {
E.Sutovsky}) 16. Bxf5 Nxf5 17. Qc4 Nd6 18. Qf1 Re8 19. Bf4 Nfe4 20. Qd3 Qd7 21.
Nxe4 Nxe4 22. d6 $8 Re6 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. Qxe4 Rae8 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 $11 {E.
Sutovsky}) 12... Nbxd5 (12... b6 13. Qh4 $1 {is unpleasant for Black. Here are
some examples:} h6 (13... Bf5 14. Rad1 Qd6 15. Nb5 Qe7 16. Bc4 h6 17. Bxh6 Qe4
18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nd6 Qg4 20. h3 Qxh4 21. Nxf5+ gxf5 22. Nxh4 Ne4 23. Nxf5+ Kf6
24. f3 {1-0 Onischuk,A-Thiel,T/Muenster 1994/EXT 98 (24)}) 14. Bxh6 Nbxd5 15.
Rad1 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qe7 17. Bc4 Qe4 (17... Be6 $142) 18. Bxf7+ Rxf7 19. Rd8+ Bf8
20. Bxf8 Qxh4 21. Bd6+ Kh7 22. Nxh4 $16 {1-0 Shabalov,A-Yandemirov,V/Moscow
2003/CBM 94 (43)}) (12... h6 {is another option, still insufficient for full
equality:} 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qxc5 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 (15. bxc3 Nxd5 16. Rad1 Qe7 $1
17. Qxd5 Qxe2 18. Rfe1 Qa6 19. Nd4 Bg4 20. f3 Rad8 21. Qe5 Bc8 $11 {E.Sutovsky}
) 15... Nxd5 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. Rfd1 Qe7 (17... Be6 18. Nd4 $14 {E.Sutovsky}) 18.
Re1 (18. Rac1 $14 {E.Sutovsky}) 18... Nb6 19. Qf4 Kg7 20. Rac1 Qf6 21. Qxf6+
Kxf6 22. Nd4 Rd8 23. Red1 Bd7 24. Bf3 $14 {_|_1-0 Naumann,A-Gurieli,N/Berlin
1998/CBM 66 ext (44)}) 13. Rad1 Nxc3 14. Rxd8 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Rxd8 16. Qe7 Be6
$1 ({According to GM Emil Sutovsky, White is slightly better after} 16... Re8
17. Qxc5 Be6 $14 {However, the text move is more accurate and solves all
Black's problems.}) 17. Bxf6 (17. Qxc5 Ne4 18. Qb5 Nxg5 19. Nxg5 Bd5 $11) 17...
Rd7 $1 18. Qxc5 Bxf6 {Black's bishop pair fully compensates White's material
advantage.} 19. b3 b6 20. Qe3 Rd5 21. h3 Rad8 22. Re1 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2007.06.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bf4 Bd5 14. Qe3 Bxb2 {
About this pawn sacrifice - see CBM109, annotations to Vorobiov-Grebionkin.}
15. Rad1 e6 16. Ne5 (16. Nd4 Bxd4 $1 17. Rxd4 Nc6 18. Rd2 Qf6 19. Rc1 (19. Bd6
$5 Rfe8 20. f4 $44 {L.Ftacnik}) 19... Rfe8 20. h3 e5 21. Bg5 Qe6 22. Bg4 f5 23.
Bd1 f4 $15 {0-1 Bareev,E-Van Wely,L/Wijk aan Zee 2003/CBM 093/[Ftacnik] (73)})
(16. Bd6 Nc6 $1 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. Ng5 Bf6 19. Ne4 Be7 $44 {^^,xc5} 20. Qf4 $6 (
20. Nd6 Bxd6 21. cxd6 Qxd6 22. Bf3 Ne7 $15) (20. Rd2 $5) 20... e5 21. Qe3 Nd4
$17 {[%csl Gd4] 1-0 Vorobiov,E-Grebionkin,V/Kazan 2005/CBM 109/[Krasenkow] (35)
}) (16. Ng5 $5 Bg7 17. Bg4 Qf6 18. Bd6 Nc6 19. Bxf8 Bxf8 20. Ne4 Qe5 (20...
Bxe4 $5 21. Qxe4 Rc8 $44 {V.Cmylite}) 21. Bf3 Rd8 22. Rfe1 Kg7 23. h4 h6 24. h5
g5 25. Nd6 $1 $16 {1-0 Cmilyte,V-Karjakin,S/Wijk aan Zee 2003/CBM 093 (39)})
16... Bxe5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] Black follows the same concept as L.Van Wely
against E.Bareev (see above). The position is now less favorable for him but
White can't exploit that.} (16... Nd7 17. Nd3 (17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Bf3 {was
probably Black's concern.}) 17... Bg7 18. Nb4 Nf6 19. Be5 Ne8 {1/2-1/2 Babula,
V-Svidler,P/Germany 2002/CBM 093}) 17. Bxe5 Nc6 18. Bd6 Re8 19. a3 Qf6 20. Rfe1
h5 $5 {[%cal Yg8g7,Ye8h8,Yh5h4] Very original. Black makes use of the fact
that the white d6 bishop is cut off from the kingside.} (20... Red8 {[%cal
Yd8d7,Ya8d8] is more "traditional".}) 21. Qh6 {White tries to prevent Black's
plan, which leads to an interesting transformation.} Nd4 22. Bg4 $5 Nf5 (22...
hxg4 $2 23. Rxd4 $1) 23. Bxf5 exf5 $1 {This move ends White's attacking dreams;
on the other hand, Black is now completely unable to make use of his extra
pawn in the endgame.} 24. Qf4 g5 25. Qd2 Bc6 26. f4 gxf4 27. Qxf4 Qg6 28. Qg3
a5 29. Be5 Rad8 30. Rd6 Rxd6 31. cxd6 h4 32. Qxg6+ fxg6 33. Bc3 Rxe1+ 34. Bxe1
b4 $5 35. axb4 a4 36. Bxh4 Kf7 37. Be1 Ke6 (37... a3 38. Kf2 Ke6 39. Bc3 Kd5
40. Ke3 $11) 38. b5 Bxb5 39. Bb4 Kd5 40. Kf2 Kc4 41. Ba3 Kb3 42. Bc5 Kc4 43.
Ba3 Kb3 44. Bc5 a3 45. h4 a2 46. Bd4 Kc4 {Alas!} (46... Kc2 47. Ke3 Kb1 $2 48.
Kf4 a1=Q 49. Bxa1 Kxa1 50. Kg5 $18) 47. Ke3 Kd5 48. g3 Kxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2016.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. Rd1 Nc2 $146 {[%mdl 8] Amazingly,
no one had tried this idea (and pawn sacrifice on the next move) before the
present game!} (12... b6 {is a usual continuation, however, White keeps some
edge in that case. Black's b4-knight is usually ousted back to a6. The most
recent examples date back to 2005-06, e.g.} 13. Bg5 h6 (13... Ba6 $6 14. Qh4)
14. Bxf6 Qxf6 (14... Bxf6 15. Qb3 Re8 16. Rd2 Bg4 17. Rad1 a5 18. h3 a4 19. Qc4
Bd7 20. a3 Na6 21. d6 $16 {1/2 (65) Gyimesi,Z (2595)-Iordachescu,V (2609)
Baile Tusnad 2005}) 15. Rd2 Rd8 16. a3 Ba6 17. Qb3 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 Na6 19. Rd1
Nc7 20. h3 Ne8 21. Ne5 Nd6 22. Nc6 Rd7 23. Rde1 $14 {0-1 (55) Ikic,A (2142)
-Stankovic,D (2334) Vrnjacka Banja 2006}) 13. Rb1 Nd4 $8 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Rxd4
Bf5 16. Ra1 Ne8 17. Bf4 {This exchange sacrifice is hardly good. Black has a
comfortable way to decline it.} (17. Rd1 {is principled. The position after}
Bc2 $1 {(preventing Qc4-b3)} 18. Re1 ({or} 18. Rd2) 18... Nd6 {will be a
subject of future debates. My impression is that it should not be quite
satisfactory for Black.}) 17... Nd6 18. Qc5 $6 (18. Bxd6 $142 Qxd6 19. Qb4 Rad8
20. Qxd6 Rxd6 21. Rb4 Re8 22. Bf3 b6 {, and Black's bishop pair compensate for
his material deficit.}) 18... Re8 ({Of course,} 18... Bxd4 19. Qxd4 $44 {
is hardly good for Black: his king becomes too weak.}) (18... b6 $5 19. Qb4 a5
20. Qxd6 Bxd4 {, winning the rook for a knight, makes more sense. After} 21.
Rd1 {White's compensation should be enough to keep things level but hardly
more.}) 19. Bb5 $2 {After this move the position simplifies, and White loses
the exchange without sufficient compensation.} (19. Rad1 $5 {leads to unclear
complications after} Bf8 $1 $13 {A possible line:} 20. Bd3 Rc8 21. Qxa7 Ra8 22.
Qc5 Rc8 {, and now, instead of repeating moves, White can try} 23. Qa3 $5 Nb5
$140 24. Qxf8+ Rxf8 25. Bxb5 $44) (19. Rdd1 {is simpler but Black equalises by
means of} Ne4 $1 20. Nxe4 Rxe4 21. Bc7 (21. Be3 Bxb2) 21... Rc8 $1 {, e.g.} 22.
Bxd8 Rxc5 23. Bf3 Re8 24. Bg5 Bxb2 25. Re1 Rcc8 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rd1 $11)
19... Nxb5 20. Nxb5 Rc8 $5 21. Qxa7 Ra8 22. Qc5 Rxa2 $1 23. Rad1 (23. Rdd1 $2
Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Qa5 $1 25. Rf1 Bd3 $19) (23. Rf1 $142 $1 Qa5 $1 {[%cal Rg7d4]}
24. b4 $1 Bxd4 25. Nxd4 Qxc5 26. bxc5 {although Black is clearly better after}
Ra4 $1 27. Be3 Re5 $17) 23... Bxd4 24. Qxd4 (24. Nxd4 Ra5 $19) 24... Re4 25.
Qd2 Qb6 $1 26. Nc3 Rxb2 27. Nxe4 Rxd2 28. Nxd2 Qd4 29. Be3 Qxd5 {This position
is still technically difficult but, combining the advance of his passed pawn
with kingside threats, Black gradually converts his advantage.} 30. Rc1 b5 31.
Rc5 Qd7 32. h3 b4 33. Rc4 Qd6 34. g4 Be6 35. Rd4 Qf8 36. Ne4 b3 37. Rd2 f5 38.
Nc5 Qb8 39. Nxe6 b2 40. Rxb2 Qxb2 41. g5 Qb1+ 42. Kh2 Qe4 43. Nf4 Qf3 44. Ng2
Kf7 45. Nh4 Qd1 46. Bf4 Ke6 47. Kg3 Kd5 48. Nf3 Ke4 49. Nd2+ Kd3 50. Kg2 Ke2
51. Be3 Qa4 52. Kg3 Qb4 53. Bf4 Qc5 54. Be3 Qd6+ 55. Bf4 Qd4 56. Be3 f4+ 57.
Bxf4 Qxf2+ 58. Kg4 Qg1+ 59. Kh4 Qg2 0-1

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Be6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 $5 {This rare move may attain
popularity after this game.} (11... Qc7 {and}) (11... Nc6 {are main lines.})
12. Be3 {There has been only one game with 11...Nbd7:} (12. c6 Nb6 13. Bf4 (13.
Be3 $5) (13. Bg5 $5) 13... Nh5 14. c7 $6 Qc8 15. Qd2 Nxf4 16. Qxf4 Ra7 17. O-O
Rxc7 $15 {1/2-1/2 Daroczy,S-Bernath,R/Heves 2000/EXT 2004 (25)}) 12... Rc8 13.
Rd1 (13. c6 $5 Rxc6 14. Nd4 {obtaining a bishop pair}) 13... b4 14. Na4 Qa5 15.
O-O Nxe4 (15... Ng4 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Rxc5 19. Qd2 Rd8 20.
Qf4 $14) 16. c6 (16. Qxe4 $5 Qxa4 17. b3 $1 Qxa2 (17... Qa5 18. Ng5 Nxc5 19.
Qh4 $44) 18. Bc4 Nf6 19. Qh4 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 $44) 16... Nd6 17. b3 Bd5 $2 {
An obvious but poor move allowing an unpleasant exchange sacrifice.} (17... Rc7
$142 $1 {[%cal Yf8c8]} 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Bf5 20. Qc1 Be4 $13) 18. Rxd5 $1
Qxd5 19. Rc1 {[%cal Re2a6]} Nb8 (19... Qa5 20. Bc4 (20. Qd3 $5) 20... Rxc6 (
20... Nb8 21. Bb6 {[%cal Yc6c7]}) 21. Bxf7+ $16) 20. c7 Nd7 21. Bxa6 Ra8 22.
Qd3 $2 {White loses the thread in this complicated position.} (22. Rd1 Qxd1+
23. Qxd1 Rxa6 $14) (22. Qc6 $142 $1 Nf6 23. Bf4 Qxc6 24. Rxc6 {[%cal Rf4d6]}
Rxa6 25. Rxa6 Nd5 26. Bxd6 exd6 27. Rxd6 Nxc7 $16) 22... Qxd3 23. Bxd3 Rfc8 {
It turns out that the powerful c7-pawn now becomes weak.} 24. Nd4 $2 {This
move passes the advantage to Black, due to tactical circumstances.} (24. Kf1
Bc3 (24... Ne8 $2 25. Bb5) 25. a3 Rxc7 26. axb4 Rac8 27. Ba6 Ra8 28. Bd3 $11)
24... Bxd4 25. Bxd4 Ne8 $1 26. Nb6 (26. Bb5 Rxc7 $1 27. Rxc7 Nxc7 28. Bxd7 Rd8
{that's why 24.Nd4 was bad!} 29. Nc5 (29. Nb6 Na8) 29... Na6 $1 (29... Ne6 30.
Bxe6 fxe6 31. Nxe6 Rd6 32. Kf1 Rxe6 33. Bc5 $11) 30. Bb5 Nxc5 31. Bxc5 Rd5 32.
Bxb4 Rxb5 33. Bxe7 Re5 34. Bb4 Re2 35. a4 Rb2 $19) 26... Nxb6 27. Bxb6 Rxa2 28.
g3 (28. Bb5 Nxc7 $1 29. Rxc7 (29. Bxc7 $2 Ra7) (29. Bd7 $2 Rd8) (29. Bf1 Ra3 $1
30. Bxc7 e5 $1) 29... Rxc7 30. Bxc7 Ra1+ 31. Bf1 Rb1 $17) 28... Nd6 29. Rd1 Kf8
30. Bf1 Rc2 31. Rd4 Ra8 (31... Rc6 $1 {was probably more accurate, e.g.} 32.
Ba5 (32. Rxb4 Ra8 {- game}) 32... Ra8 33. Bxb4 Rxc7 34. Bxd6 exd6 35. Rxd6 Rc2
$17) 32. Rxb4 (32. Bc4 $142 $1 Re8 33. Bd3 Rc3 34. Ba5 Rxb3 35. Bxb4 Rc8 36.
Ba5 Rb7 37. Kg2 Rbxc7 38. Bxc7 Rxc7 $17) 32... Rc6 {[%cal Rd6c8]} 33. Bh3 f5
34. g4 Ra6 (34... Ra1+ $142 35. Kg2 e5 $19) 35. Bd4 Rxc7 36. gxf5 $2 (36. Rb8+
$142 Kf7 37. Rh8 $17 {was the last opportunity to put up resistance.}) 36...
Nxf5 $19 37. Bf1 Rc1 38. Bb2 Rb1 39. Be5 Ra5 40. Bh8 $6 Ng7 {[%cal Ra5a1,Ra5g5]
} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.29"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. Bf4 Bf5 13. Rad1 Ne4 14. Nb5 Bd7
$5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A new move in a well-known position!} (14... Qf6 {is usually
played, with good results for Black:} 15. Bd3 (15. d6 Bd7 16. g3 g5 17. Be3 h6
18. Nc7 Nxc7 19. dxc7 Bc6 20. Nd2 Rac8 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Qxc5 Rxc7 23. Rd6 b6
24. Rxf6 bxc5 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26. Bf3 Rxe3 {1/2 Beliavsky,A (2630)-Kasparov,G 
(2735)/Moscow 1987/CBM 004}) 15... Rad8 (15... Nb4 $6 16. Nc7 (16. Bb1 $5 Bg4
17. Be5 Rxe5 18. Bxe4 Rh5 $2 (18... Ree8 19. Nc7 b5 $1 $13) 19. a3 Na6 20. d6
Be6 21. Qc2 Rb8 22. Rfe1 c4 23. Nbd4 Bd7 24. Qxc4 $16 {1-0 Udvari,N-Traczewski,
W/LSS 2007/Telechess CBM 125 (42)}) 16... Nxd3 17. Nxe8 Rxe8 18. Qxd3 Qxb2 19.
Rde1 Qb4 20. Nd2 Qa4 21. Qc4 Qxc4 22. Nxc4 Bc3 23. Nd2 Bxd2 24. Bxd2 Bd7 25.
Bf4 Bb5 26. f3 g5 27. Bxg5 Bxf1 28. Kxf1 Nd6 29. Be7 Nc8 30. Bxc5 $18 {1-0
Karpov,A (2705)-Kasparov,G (2740)/London/Leningrad 1986/MainBase (40)}) (15...
Bd7 16. Be5 Bxb5 17. Qxb5 Rxe5 18. Nxe5 Nd6 19. Ng4 Qf4 20. Qd7 c4 21. g3 (21.
Be2 Nc5 22. Qc7 Rc8 23. Qa5 Bxb2 24. Qxa7 h5 25. Qb6 Na4 26. Qe3 Qxe3 27. Nxe3
b5 $44 {1-0 Kriksciunas,B (2106)-Heupel,H (1508)/Chessfriend.com 2005/
Telechess CBM 113 (30)}) 21... Nc5 22. Qc7 Qxg4 23. Qxc5 Qd7 24. Be2 Bxb2 25.
Qb4 c3 $44 {1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2535)-Dorfman,J (2520)/Lvov 1988/CBM 007 (38)}) (
15... Bg4 16. Be5 Rxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxd1 18. Bxe4 Be2 19. Qxe2 Qxe5 20. d6 Rd8 21.
Rd1 Nb4 22. d7 Nc6 $132 {1/2 Van der Sterren,P (2500)-Fette,M (2385)/Groningen
1989/EXT 1998 (35)}) (15... Qxb2 $5 {An.Karpov}) 16. Rde1 Qxb2 17. Re2 (17. Nc7
Nxc7 18. Bxc7 Nd2 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Nxd2 Qxd2 21. Bxf5 gxf5 $17 {0-1 Janjgava,
L-Kasparov,G (2745)/Baku 1987/EXT 2008 (32)}) 17... Qb4 18. a3 Qxc4 19. Bxc4
Bd7 20. Rb1 Nf6 21. Rxe8+ {1/2 Lara Ruiz,J-Riccio,E (2324)/ICCF Email 2002/
ICCF Telechess CBM 102}) ({The other options for Black:} 14... Bxb2 15. d6 $1
$44 Bd7 16. Qb3 Qf6 17. Be3 $14 {1-0 Goloshchapov,A (2446)-Khaetsky,R (2294)/
Alushta 1999/EXT 2001 (28)}) (14... g5 15. Nxg5 $1 Nxg5 16. Nd6 Qf6 17. Nxe8
Rxe8 18. Qb5 Re7 (18... Rd8 $5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Qxb7 Nb4) 19. d6 Rd7 20. Bxg5
Qxg5 21. Bf3 Be5 22. Bxb7 Nb4 23. Bc8 Rd8 24. Bxf5 Qxf5 25. d7 $16 {1-0
Gavrileteanu,L (1827)-Gallo,L (2009)/IECG 2003/Telechess 117 (51)}) 15. Bd3
Bxb5 {Just that simple!} 16. Qxb5 Nd6 17. Qb3 (17. Bxd6 $6 Qxd6 18. Qxb7 Nb4
19. Qb5 (19. Ng5 Qf6) 19... Reb8 20. Qa4 Nxd3 21. Rxd3 Rxb2 $15) 17... c4 $5 {
[%mdl 512] A clever pawn sacrifice to activate the knight.} 18. Bxc4 Nc5 19.
Qc2 Rc8 20. Bd3 ({After} 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 {[%cal Ya7a6,Yb7b5] Black has a good
compensation for the pawn as White's minor pieces (especially bishop) are
extremely passive.}) 20... Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Bxb2 22. Rb1 Bf6 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24.
Rxb7 Red8 25. Rxa7 Qxd5 26. Qxd5 Rxd5 {In the resulting ending White has no
chance of converting his extra pawn as his knight is much worse than the black
bishop.} 27. Re1 Rc2 28. g3 g5 29. h3 h5 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Ra6 Rf5 32. Re4 Rb5
33. Ne1 Rd2 34. Nf3 Rc2 35. Ne1 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2000.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1999.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Be2 Nd7 9. d5 Nce5 10. Nxe5 (10. Qb3 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 (11. gxf3 c6) 11... c6 $5)
10... Bxe5 $6 {/\ Nb6, e6} (10... Nxe5 $142) 11. Bg5 (11. Bh6 $142 $1 Re8 12.
f4 Nb6 (12... e6 13. fxe5 (13. Bg5 Bf6 14. h4 $6 Nb6 $15) 13... Qh4+ 14. g3
Qxh6 15. Qxc7 Qe3 16. Rf1 $16 (16. dxe6 Rxe6 17. Rd1 Nxe5 18. Rd8+ Kg7 $40))
13. Qb3 (13. Qd3 Bh8 14. O-O-O e6 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Qg3 Qe7 $13) 13... Bh8 14.
O-O-O $36 {/\ h4-h5, f5}) 11... Nb6 12. Qc5 f6 13. Bh6 Rf7 14. f4 (14. O-O-O
$142 $1 Bd6 (14... Qd6 $6 15. Qe3 f5 (15... g5 16. g3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 f5 18. Bxg5
fxe4 19. Bf4 Nxd5 20. Qc4 (20. Rxd5 $2 Qxd5 21. Rd1 Qc6 22. Rd8+ Rf8 $17) 20...
Nxf4 21. Rxd6 Nxe2+ 22. Qxe2 cxd6 23. Qxe4 $16) 16. f4 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 fxe4 18.
h4 Rf6 (18... Nxd5 $4 19. Rxd5 Qxd5 20. Bc4 $18) (18... Bd7 19. h5 $16 {
/\ hg6, <->h}) 19. h5 $1 (19. Bg5 Rf5 20. h5 Nxd5 21. Bc4 c6 22. g4 Rf7 23.
hxg6 Qxg6 $13) 19... gxh5 20. Bg5 Bg4 (20... Rf5 21. Rxh5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 $1 Rxd5
23. Bh6 e5 24. Bc4 $18) (20... Rxf4 21. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 22. Kb1 $16) 21. Bxg4 hxg4
22. Bxf6 Qxf4+ 23. Kb1 exf6 24. Rdf1 $1 (24. Rhf1 Qe5 25. Rxf6 Qxc3 26. bxc3
Rd8 $11) 24... Qe5 25. Qxe5 fxe5 26. Rh4 e3 27. Rxg4+ Kh8 28. Rf7 Nxd5 29. Rh4
e2 30. Re4 $16) 15. Qe3 e6 (15... e5 16. dxe6 {->> 15...e6 16.de6}) 16. dxe6
Bxe6 17. f4 {/\ e5} Rd7 (17... Qe8 $6 18. h4 (18. f5 Bc4 (18... gxf5 19. Bh5
$16) 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. h4 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 Rh7 22. Be3 Be5 $11) 18... Nc4 (18...
Na4 $2 19. Bb5 $1 Bd7 20. Bc4 Nxc3 21. Bxf7+ Qxf7 22. Qxc3 Qxa2 23. Qxf6 Qa1+
24. Kd2 Qa5+ 25. Ke3 Qb6+ 26. Kf3 Qb3+ 27. Qc3 $18) (18... Bf8 19. Bxf8 Qxf8
20. h5 $16) 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. h5 $16) 18. h4 (18. f5 Bc4 $13 (18... gxf5 19.
exf5 Bxf5 20. Rhf1 $40)) 18... Bf8 19. Rxd7 Nxd7 20. Bxf8 Qxf8 21. h5 $36)
14... Bd6 15. Qf2 (15. Qe3 e6 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. O-O-O {->> 14.0-0-0 Bd6 15.Qe3
e6 16.de6 Be6 17.f4}) 15... e6 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. O-O (17. f5 $6 Bc4 {/\ Be5}) (
17. O-O-O $5 Rd7 (17... Qe8 $5 18. h4 Bb4) 18. f5 (18. h4 Bb4 $1 $132) 18...
Bc4 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Bg4 Rh7 21. Be3 Qe7 22. h4 $14) 17... Bc4 $1 (17... Bf8
18. Rad1 Qe7 (18... Rd7 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. f5 $36) 19. Bxf8 Rfxf8 20. f5 $14)
18. Rad1 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Qe8 $1 {/\ Bf8} 20. Rd3 Rd8 (20... Bf8 21. Bxf8 Qxf8 22.
Rfd1 (22. f5 Nc4 $1 $11) (22. Rg3 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 Re8 24. f5 g5 25. h4 Qe5 $11)
22... Re8 23. Qf2 $14) 21. Rg3 Bf8 (21... Rfd7 $6 22. Kh1 Bf8 (22... Bb4 $6 23.
f5 g5 24. e5 $1 (24. h4 $6 Bd6 $1 25. Rh3 (25. hxg5 Bxg3 26. gxf6 Be5 (26...
Kh8 27. Bg7+ Kg8 28. Qg4 $11) 27. Qg4+ Kh8 28. Bg7+ Kg8 29. Bh6+ $11) 25...
gxh4 26. Rxh4 Be5 $11) 24... Bxc3 25. bxc3 Rd2 26. Qe3 $16 (26. Qg4 $2 Qxe5 27.
Bxg5 fxg5 28. Qxg5+ Kh8 $19) 26... Rd1 $2 27. Rxg5+ fxg5 28. Qxg5+ Qg6 29.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. e6 $18) 23. Bxf8 Qxf8 24. f5 g5 (24... Rd2 25. Qh5
$36) 25. e5 $36) 22. Bxf8 Qxf8 23. f5 Rg7 $6 (23... g5 24. e5 (24. h4 Qc5+ 25.
Kh2 Qe5 (25... h6 $2 26. Qh5 $40) 26. hxg5 fxg5 27. Qh5 h6 $11) 24... Qc5+ 25.
Rf2 Qxe5 26. Rxg5+ Kh8 27. Qxe5 fxe5 28. f6 $14) (23... Qc5+ $142 24. Kh1 g5
25. e5 Qxe5 26. Rxg5+ Kh8 27. Qxe5 fxe5 28. f6 Nc4 29. Ne4 $13) 24. Kh1 gxf5 $6
(24... g5 $6 25. e5 $36) (24... Qe7 $142 25. fxg6 Rxg6 $14) 25. Rxg7+ (25. Rgf3
$5 fxe4 26. Nxe4 (26. Rxf6 Qe7 27. Nxe4 Nd5 28. R6f5 Kh8 29. Qf3 c6 $14) 26...
Re7 27. Rxf6 Qg7 28. Qf3 $36) 25... Qxg7 26. Rxf5 $36 {>< f6, >< Kh8} c6 27. h3
Nd7 28. Qf2 $1 $16 {>< a7, >< f6, /\ Ne2-g3-h5} a6 29. Ne2 Kh8 (29... Re8 30.
Ng3 Re6 31. Rf4 Kh8 32. Nf5 Qf8 33. Rg4 Ne5 34. Rg7 $16) 30. Ng3 Re8 $2 $138 (
30... Qe7 $1 31. Qf4 Rg8 $16 {/\ Rg6}) 31. Nh5 $18 Qe7 32. Nxf6 (32. Nxf6 Nxf6
33. Rxf6 Qxe4 34. Rf8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 12th"]
[Site "Opatija"]
[Date "2012.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kuljasevic, Davorin"]
[Black "Brkic, Ante"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2012.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Qa4
Nbd7 9. Qa3 c5 10. dxc5 Qc7 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bd2 Qxc5 14. Qxc5 Nxc5
15. h3 Nh6 16. Be3 b6 17. Nd5 Nxe4 18. Nxb6 Rb8 19. Nxc8 Rfxc8 20. Bxa6 Rc6 21.
Bd3 f5 22. O-O Nf7 23. a4 Bxb2 24. Bb5 Rc2 25. Nd4 Bxd4 26. Bxd4 e5 27. Bd3 Rd2
28. Bxe4 exd4 29. Bf3 Nd6 $6 (29... Rc2 30. a5 $16) 30. Bd5+ $6 (30. a5 Ne4 31.
a6 $18) 30... Kg7 $2 (30... Kf8 31. a5 Nc8 $16) 31. a5 $18 Nc8 32. a6 Na7 33.
Rfc1 Kf6 34. Rc7 Nb5 35. Rb7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.04.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Erdogdu, Mert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[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 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 {
[%cal Gc7c5] La variante Prins} (7... a6 8. e5 (8. Be2) (8. Qb3 b5 9. e5 Nfd7 (
9... Be6 $142 10. exf6 $1))) (7... Bg4 8. Be3 Nfd7 9. Qb3 (9. Rd1) (9. O-O-O
Nc6 (9... Nb6) 10. h3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nb6 12. Qc5 f5 13. Ne2 Qd6 14. e5 Qxc5+ $5
{Smyslov,V-Botvinnik,M World Championship 21th 1957 (6) 1-0} (14... Qd5 15.
Qxd5+ Nxd5 16. f4 e6 17. Bg2 {Smyslov}))) (7... Nc6 8. Be2 Nd7 9. d5 Nde5 10.
Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Qb3 e6 (11... c6 12. O-O cxd5 13. exd5) 12. O-O exd5 13. exd5 c6
14. Be3 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Be6 16. Rfd1 b6 (16... Nc6 $13) 17. Qb5 Qh4 18. Nc7 $6 {
Janjgava,L (2470)-Khenkin,I (2340) Borzhomi U20 1988 0-1} (18. Rd4 $1 Ng4 $1
19. Bxg4 Bxg4 20. Qb4 h5 21. h3 $13 {Khenkin})) (7... c6 8. Bf4 a5 (8... b5))
8. Be2 (8. e5 Nd7 9. e6 Nb6 10. exf7+ Kh8 11. Qb3 c5 (11... Bf5 $6 12. Be3) 12.
dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qb5 Nca4 14. Bd2 Bd7 $32) (8. Bf4 c5 9. dxc5 Be6 (9... Qa5 10. e5
Nd7 11. a3 Qxc5 12. Nd5) 10. Qb5 Bd7 11. Qxb7 Nxc5 12. Qb4) 8... c5 9. d5 e6
10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Re8 (11... Bf5 {la grande ligne} 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Be5 Rad8
) (11... b6 12. Ne5 Nb4 13. Nc6 Nxc6 14. dxc6 Be6 15. Qa4 Qd4 $132) (11... Qa5
12. a3 Bf5 13. Qh4 Rfe8 14. Bh6 $14 Ne4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Ng5 Nxc3 {Smyslov,
V-Florian,T Budapest-Moscow 1949 (13) 1-0} (16... Nxg5 17. Qxg5)) 12. Rd1 {
[%csl Gd5]} (12. Be3 {[%cal Ge3c5]} Bf5 13. Rad1 Qb6 14. d6 $13 {[%emt 0:33:17]
Gulko,B (2595) -Horvath,C (2485)/ Nova Gorica op 02nd (5)/1/2-1/2}) (12. Bf4
Bf5 (12... b6 13. d6 (13. Rfd1 $5 Nb4 14. Qb3 Bf5 15. Rac1) 13... Nb4 14. Ng5
Qd7 15. Qb3 Rxe2 16. Nxe2 Ba6 17. Nc3 (17. Qd1 Nd3 $13) (17. Rfe1 Re8 18. h3 h6
19. Nf3 Qf5 $13) 17... Bxf1 18. Rxf1 $13 {Annageldyev,O (2365)-Arbakov,V (2415)
URS-ch otbor56 1988 1-0})) 12... Bf5 13. Nh4 $6 (13. d6 $142 h6 14. Bf4 Nd7 15.
Rd2 $14 {[%emt 0:33:07] Karpov,A (2700)-Kasparov,G (2740)/World Championship
34th-KK4 (21)/1/2-1/2}) (13. Bf4) 13... Bd7 14. Nf3 (14. Be3 b5 15. Qb3 c4 16.
Qa3 Rxe3 17. fxe3 Qb6 18. b4 Qxe3+ 19. Kh1 Ne4 {0-1 Richter,M (2428)
-Gabrielian,A (2559)/Pardubice 2010/ CBM 137 Extra}) 14... Qb6 $146 (14... b5
$5 15. Qf4 (15. Nxb5 Re4 $36 {[%csl Rc4]}) 15... Nh5 {Ravia,M (2386)
-Khmelniker,I (2451) Tel Aviv After Holidays GM 2003 (1) 0-1}) 15. a3 Bf5 16.
Be3 Rad8 (16... Qxb2 17. Na4 Qc2 18. Rac1 Qxc4 19. Bxc4 Rad8 20. d6 $44 {
[%csl Gd6,Rf7][%cal Gf3g5]}) 17. Qb5 Bd7 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Rd2 Ne4 20. Nxe4
Rxe4 21. d6 Bc6 22. Rc1 {[%csl Rc1]} (22. Rad1 $142) 22... Nb8 23. Ng5 Ra4 (
23... Ree8 24. b4 {[%cal Ge3b6]}) 24. Bd1 Ra8 {[%csl Ra8]} 25. Bb3 $36 Rf8 26.
h4 Nd7 27. h5 gxh5 28. Nh3 Rfe8 29. Rcc2 Re5 30. Bf4 Re1+ 31. Kh2 b5 32. Bd5 c4
(32... Rae8 $15) 33. Ng5 h6 34. Nf3 Ree8 35. Bxc6 bxc6 36. Re2 (36. Nd4 $5 {
[%csl Rb5,Rc6]}) 36... Re6 (36... Rxe2 37. Rxe2 Kf8 38. Re7) 37. Rxe6 fxe6 38.
Kh3 e5 39. Be3 Kf7 40. Kh4 Kg6 $17 41. Nd2 Bf6+ 42. Kg3 Kf5 43. Bxh6 e4 44. f3
Rg8+ 45. Kh3 exf3 46. Nxf3 Rg4 47. Re2 Re4 48. Rd2 $2 Kg6 $19 49. Bf8 Nxf8 50.
d7 Ne6 51. Rd6 Nd8 52. a4 bxa4 53. Nd2 Rd4 54. Rxd4 Bxd4 55. Nxc4 Bxb2 0-1

[Event "Moscow op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.02.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2013.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 {
This system is less popular here, but it too deserves more serious attention.}
8. Be2 ({Another serious option would be} 8. d5 Na5 9. Qb4) 8... e5 $5 {
This old idea of a pawn sacrifice returned back into top practice recently.} 9.
d5 ({Of course not} 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. O-O Ngxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Qa4
{1/2 Spassov,L (2475)-Simic,R (2485)/Vrnjacka Banja 1984/MCD}) 9... Nd4 10.
Nxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 c6 {In this critical position White has several options:}
12. Qc4 (12. d6 Re8 $1 (12... Nd5 13. Qd3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qf6 15. Bb2 Rd8 16. Rd1
Qe6 17. f4 Qxa2 18. Rd2 Qa5 19. Qe3 Bd7 20. Kf2 Re8 21. Ra1 Qd8 22. c4 Bxb2 23.
Rxb2 b6 24. Bf3 Qh4+ 25. Kg1 $16) 13. Qd3 b5 14. f3 b4 15. Nd1 Re6 16. Qc2 Nh5
17. Be3 Be5 18. g3 Rxd6 19. Qc5 {Morozevich,A (2694)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2722)/
Biel SUI 2011. White got an advantage.}) (12. Qd1 Re8 (12... cxd5 13. exd5 b6
14. O-O Bb7 15. Bf3 Qd7 16. Bf4 Rad8 17. Qd2 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Rfd1 Be6
20. Qb4 {Khismatullin,D (2664)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2716)/Tyumen RUS 2012. Black
has problems with a place for his queen.}) 13. O-O Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Rxe4 15. dxc6
Rd4 16. Qb3 bxc6 17. Bc4 Qe8 {Eingorn,V-Kuzmin,G/Harkov 1985. Black did not
fully equalise.} (17... Qc7 18. Re1 Bf5 19. Bg5 Rd7 20. Bxf7+ Kh8 21. Be8 Rd3
22. Qc4 Rc8 23. Re7 Qd6 24. h3 Qd5 25. Qxd5 cxd5 26. Bb5 Rd4 27. Ba6 {Sandipan,
C (2618)-Baron,T (2452)/Benasque ESP 2012. Black awaits a difficult fight for
the draw.})) 12... b5 $1 ({A very interesting deviation (introduced by
Vachier-Lagrave last year) from the old line} 12... cxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. O-O
Rc8 15. Qb3 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 $14 Rc5 19. Rd1 Re8 20. d6
Qd7 21. Be3 Rc6 22. Rac1 Rec8 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 24. Qh3 {Gyimesi,Z (2624)-Okhotnik,
V (2440)/Hungary HUN 2005; exchanging the blockade piece.}) 13. Qxc6 Bd7 14.
Qd6 Re8 {Black is two pawns down, but is ahead in development and has
significant chances.} 15. f3 ({There is a more or less forced equality in the
variation} 15. Bg5 b4 16. Qxb4 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxg5 18. O-O Rab8 19. Qd6 Bh3 20.
Nf4 (20. Qg3 $6 Qxg3 21. hxg3 Rxb2 $15 22. Bd1 Bd7 23. Bb3 Rxe4 24. Rab1 Kf8
25. Rxb2 Bxb2 26. Rd1 Rd4 27. Rxd4 Bxd4 28. Kf1 h5 29. Bc4 Ke8 30. Nf4 Ke7 31.
Ke2 Be8 32. f3 Be5 33. Ke3 a5 34. g4 hxg4 35. fxg4 g5 {Miton,K (2622)-Vachier
Lagrave,M (2680)/Belfort FRA 2012. The black pair of bishops is becoming the
decisive factor in this position.}) 20... Bg4 21. Bxg4 Be5 $11 {
Shankland-Kurnosov, Biel open 2012.}) 15... Nh5 16. Be3 $5 $146 ({In the game
Meier-So, Saint Louis SPICE Cup 2012 White had tried} 16. g3 f5 17. Bd3 $13 a5
18. Be3 b4 19. Nd1 Nf6 20. e5 Ng4 21. fxg4 Bxe5 22. Qc5 Rc8 23. Qa7 Ra8 24. Qc5
Rc8 25. Qa7 Ra8 26. Qb7 Rb8 {Meier,G (2646)-So,W (2677)/St Louis USA 2012;
with counterplay.}) 16... Be5 ({The best try was} 16... f5 $5 17. g3 fxe4 18.
f4 Nf6 19. Bd4 e3 20. Be5 Ng4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. O-O Nf6 {with counterplay for
the pawn.}) 17. Qa6 Nf4 ({As it seems, White is somewhat better after} 17...
Qh4+ 18. Bf2 $1 ({rather than} 18. Kd2 b4 $13) 18... Bg3 19. hxg3 $1 Qxh1+ 20.
Bf1 b4 21. Ne2 $5 f5 22. exf5 Bxf5 ({if} 22... Rac8 $6 23. fxg6 Ng7 24. Bd4)
23. Rc1) 18. Bxf4 Bxf4 {It is difficult to be sure that Black has enough
compensation, but the fight remains complex.} 19. g3 ({Starting to play for
safety, as} 19. Bxb5 {was possible:} Qh4+ 20. Kf1 Be3 21. Nd1) 19... Be3 $6 ({
Perhaps, Black had to try} 19... b4 $5) 20. Bxb5 $1 Rb8 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Qd3
Bc5 23. O-O-O {Of course, Black has no real compensation for three pawns, but
GMs are sometimes able to lose such positions...} Rb4 24. Rd2 Reb8 25. Rc2 (25.
Kb1 {was simpler}) 25... Qb7 26. b3 a5 27. Rd1 Qb6 28. d6 Rd4 29. Qe2 Ba3+ 30.
Kb1 a4 31. Rxd4 axb3 32. Qb5 $1 bxc2+ 33. Kxc2 Qxd4 34. Qxb8+ Kg7 35. d7 Qxd7
36. Qe5+ (36. Nd5 {was much better:} Qa4+ 37. Qb3 Qa6 38. Qc3+) 36... f6 37.
Qa5 Bd6 38. Qd5 ({Time to run...} 38. a4) 38... Qc7 39. a4 Be5 40. Qd3 g5 41.
g4 h5 ({It was better to take one pawn back with} 41... Bxh2) 42. gxh5 Kh6 43.
Kb3 Qb7+ 44. Qb5 Qf7+ 45. Nd5 Qxh5 46. Qe2 Qf7 47. a5 Qb7+ 48. Nb6 Bd4 49. Qb5
g4 50. Kc4 ({White could keep every chance of a win after the correct} 50. fxg4
$1 Qxe4 51. Qf5 $1 Qe3+ 52. Kc4 ({also good is} 52. Ka4) 52... Qc3+ 53. Kb5 $18
) 50... Be5 51. a6 $2 (51. Qc5 $1 {was still winning:} gxf3 52. Qe3+ {followed
by Kb5!.}) 51... Qc7+ 52. Qc5 gxf3 53. Qxc7 Bxc7 54. Nd5 f2 55. Ne3 Bb6 56. Nf1
Kg5 57. Kd5 Kf4 58. Kc4 Kxe4 59. Kc3 $2 ({A correct way to a draw was} 59. h4
$1 Kf3 60. Kd3 $1 $11 {and if} Kg2 61. Nd2) 59... Kf3 60. Kd3 $2 ({There were
slight chances for a draw after} 60. h4 $17 {with a possible continuation} Ke2
61. Ng3+ Ke1 62. h5 Bc7 63. a7 Bxg3 64. a8=Q Be5+ $1) 60... Kg2 {Now, as it
turns out, Black wins more or less easily.} 61. Ke2 ({Or} 61. Nd2 Kxh2 {and}
62. Ke4 {does not help} Kg2 63. Kf5 Be3 64. Ke6 (64. Kxf6 Bxd2 65. a7 f1=Q+)
64... f5 $1 $19) 61... f5 $1 62. Nd2 f4 $1 63. Kd3 Be3 64. Kc2 f3 65. h4 f1=Q
66. Nxf1 Kxf1 67. h5 Ke2 68. h6 f2 0-1

[Event "Kazan FIDE GP (Women) 4th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2012.06.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cmilyte, Viktorija"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2012.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 Bb7 ({The main modern move here is} 9... c5 $5) 10. e5 Nd5 11. a4 ({
Generally it was better to start an attack immediately, as simple development
allows serious counterplay:} 11. O-O Nxc3 (11... c5 12. dxc5 Nd7 13. Nxd5 Nxc5
14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Qb4 $146 Rac8 16. Be3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Qxe5 18. Rad1 Na4 19. b3
Nc3 20. Bd4 Ne2+ {1/2 Piket,J (2619)-Sokolov,I (2624)/Wijk aan Zee 74/(491)
1999/Inf 74}) 12. Qxc3 Nd7 {N} (12... Bd5 {Ue 23/631}) 13. Bf4 (13. e6 $6 fxe6
14. Ng5 Rf6 15. Qh3 Nf8) 13... Bd5 (13... Nb6 $5) 14. Rfc1 c6 15. Nd2 f6 16.
Bg3 fxe5 (16... Bh6 $5) 17. dxe5 Qb6 18. Bf3 Rad8 19. Bxd5+ cxd5 20. Nf3 Rf5
21. Re1 b4 22. Qd2 Nb8 23. Nd4 $16 Bh6 (23... Rff8 $2 24. Rac1 Rc8 25. Rxc8
Rxc8 26. Nc2) 24. Qd1 Rf7 25. Qg4 $1 Bd2 (25... Nc6 $5 26. Nxc6 Qxc6 27. Qxb4
e6 {Tukmakov,V}) 26. Re2 h5 27. Qe6 $1 $18 {1-0 Petrosian,T-Gulko,B/Vilnius
1978}) 11... c5 (11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 (12. Qxc3 bxa4 13. Rxa4 Nd7 14. O-O Nb6 (
14... c5 15. dxc5 Qc7 16. Bf4 Qxc5 17. Rc4 Qb6 18. Rd1 Rad8 19. Rc7 Bxf3 20.
Bxf3 Qe6 21. Re1 Rb8 22. b3 Nb6 23. Rc6 Qf5 24. Qe3 g5 25. Bg3 {1-0 Dlugy,M 
(2555)-Chudnovsky,J/Las Vegas 1994/EXT 1997}) 15. Ra5 Qd7 16. Bd2 Rfd8 17. Rc1
Nd5 18. Qa3 Qe6 19. Ra1 Nb6 20. Bxa6 Bd5 21. Qc3 c6 22. Be2 Rab8 23. b4 Bxf3
24. Bxf3 Nc4 25. Be3 $16 {Schein,K (2232)-Rogulj,B (2435)/Mitte AUT 2002})
12... Bd5 13. Qb1 (13. Qc2 $6 c5 14. O-O cxd4 15. cxd4 Nc6 16. axb5 axb5 17.
Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Bb2 b4 19. Bc4 Na5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Nd2 Rd8 {Batsiashvili,
N-Shukurova,M (2238)/Baku AZE 2002. Black is better.} 22. f4) 13... c6 14. O-O
Nd7 15. Ba3 Nb6 16. axb5 cxb5 17. Rc1 Qc7 18. Qb4 e6 19. Qa5 Rfc8 20. Bd6 Qc6
21. Ne1 Nc4 22. Bxc4 Qxc4 23. Qb4 Qe2 24. Rc2 Qg4 25. h3 Qf4 26. Re2 Qg5 {
Gyimesi,Z (2592)-Mekhitarian,K (2511)/Beijing CHN 2008; with better chances.})
12. axb5 (12. dxc5 {does not give any real chances:} Nd7 $1 13. Nxd5 (13. c6 $1
Bxc6 14. Nxd5 Nc5 15. Qc2 Qxd5 16. Be3 Ne6 17. O-O {1/2 Sideif Sade,F (2395)
-Huzman,A (2465)/Baku 1988/CBM 010} Rac8 18. Rfd1 Qe4 19. Qxe4 Bxe4 20. axb5
axb5 21. Bxb5 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Bxe5 23. Bd7 Rb8 $11) 13... Nxc5 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 $15
15. Qe3 Nxa4 16. O-O Rac8 {Osterman,R-Jelen,I/Bled SLOchT; with better play.})
12... cxd4 13. bxa6 dxc3 14. Qxb7 Nxa6 $1 ({It is necessary to be active, as} 
14... cxb2 {was much weaker:} 15. Qxb2 Qc8 16. Bd2 Nxa6 17. O-O Nac7 18. Rfc1)
15. Bxa6 Rb8 16. Qa7 ({Or} 16. Qc6 cxb2 17. Bxb2 Rxb2 18. O-O e6 {Black has a
very strong knight and the pawn on e5 will come under attack sooner or later.})
16... cxb2 17. Bxb2 Rxb2 18. O-O e6 19. Rfd1 Qb8 {In the endgame White has to
be very careful with the e5-pawn.} 20. Bc4 Bxe5 ({White would have to suffer a
bit after the correct} 20... Nc3 21. Qxb8 Rfxb8 22. Re1 Rc8) 21. Qxb8 Bxb8 22.
Bxd5 exd5 23. Rxd5 {It's possible to agree a draw now.} Ba7 24. Rd2 Rxd2 25.
Nxd2 Rd8 26. Rxa7 Rxd2 27. g3 h5 28. h4 Kg7 29. Kg2 Rb2 30. Rc7 Rd2 31. Ra7 Rb2
32. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 15th final"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1999.10.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "1999.10.29"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Beer-Sheva Chess Club"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
Nfd7 (8... b5 {is much more popular these days.}) 9. Be3 b5 10. Qd5 $1 {
N Strong novelty.} ({In case of} 10. Qb3 {black equalizes with the aid of
Timman's} c5 $1 11. e6 cxd4 $1 {=}) 10... Nb6 $1 {Black shouldn't afraid of
queen's exchange.} ({Other options doesn't bring equality.} 10... Ra7 11. e6 (
11. Qb3 $5) (11. Qe4) 11... fxe6 12. Qxe6+ Kh8 13. Ng5 Qe8 14. Qb3 {+=} (14.
Qe4)) (10... c6 11. Qe4 (11. Qb3 c5 $1) 11... Nb6 {~} (11... b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13.
b3 {+=})) 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Be2 Bb7 {/\b4} 13. O-O b4 14. Nd1 c5 $1 {Making
use of unfortunate position of White's knight on d1 black is getting out of
backward pawn and destroys strong pawn chain in the centre.} 15. dxc5 Nd5 16.
Rc1 Nc6 17. Bd2 Rac8 $2 {This is a serious tactical mistake.I have completely
blundered following White's idea.} (17... Nxe5 $5 {was necessary and after} 18.
Nxe5 Bxe5 19. c6 Bc8 {~ Black's chances are not worse.}) 18. Re1 $1 {Very
strong defencive move.Suddenly black rook on c8 becomes a target.} e6 $6 (18...
Nxe5 {was the last chance to re-establish material equality.} 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20.
Bg4 {I have missed this double attack.} f5 $8 (20... Rc7 $2 {is refuted by} 21.
Rxe5 Nf6 22. Bxb4 {+/- and Black is at least a pawn down.} Nxg4 23. Ba5 $1 Nxe5
$6 (23... Rcd7 $142) 24. Bxc7 Rd5 $2 (24... Nd3 $142) 25. Ne3 {+-}) 21. Bxf5 $1
(21. Rxe5 fxg4 {=}) 21... Bxh2+ 22. Kxh2 gxf5 {+= In the arised position
White's chances are higher as all pawns and squares in Black's camp are weak.})
(18... Bxe5 $5 19. Nxe5 (19. Bxa6 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Bxa6) 19... Nxe5 20. Bxa6 Nf3+
(20... Bxa6 21. Rxe5) 21. gxf3 Bxa6 {+=}) 19. Bf1 {+/- Now White is just a
pawn up.} h6 20. Rc2 Kh7 21. b3 $1 {Another strong idea.The knight on d1 was
the only passive piece.If it comes into the play Black's days will be counted.}
Na7 $6 22. Nb2 Nc3 23. Nd3 $1 {Black defended against penetration of the
knight,but another pawn will be lost.} a5 24. Bxc3 (24. a3 $6 Bxf3 (24... Ncb5
$5) 25. gxf3 (25. Bxc3 $142) 25... Ncb5 {/\Nd4,N:a3}) 24... bxc3 25. Rxc3 {+-}
Nb5 26. Rc4 Bd5 $138 {Following moves were played in the severe time-trouble.}
27. Rcc1 (27. Ra4 $5 {is also sufficient for decisive adge.} Bxf3 28. gxf3 Nd4
29. Kg2 Nc6 30. a3 {/\b4+-}) 27... Bxf3 28. gxf3 Nd4 29. Kg2 Nc6 30. Rc4 Rd5 (
30... Rxd3 {doesn't work as after} 31. Bxd3 Nxe5 32. Rc3 Nxf3 {is met by} 33.
Bxg6+ {+-}) 31. f4 Rcd8 32. Re3 g5 33. fxg5 hxg5 34. h4 Bxe5 35. hxg5 Bd4 36.
Rh3+ Kg7 37. f4 Nb4 38. Nxb4 axb4 39. c6 Bb6 (39... Bc3 {was a bit better,but
can't save} 40. Rhxc3 bxc3 41. Rxc3 {/\c7,Ba6} Rd2+ 42. Kf3 Rxa2 43. b4 {+/-})
40. c7 Rc8 41. Rxb4 Ba5 42. Ra4 Rxc7 43. Rd3 Rc2+ 44. Kf3 Bb6 45. Rxd5 exd5 {
Only at this moment we stoped blitzing and could calmly evaluate the position.
White is probably still winning,but Black has some practical chances.} 46. Kg4
Rf2 {><f4} 47. Bd3 Rg2+ 48. Kf3 Rf2+ 49. Kg3 Rd2 50. Bb5 Be3 {Black has to
stop king side pawns.} 51. Kf3 d4 52. Be2 Bg1 $6 {Strange decision especially
taking in consideration the fact I saw the idea of 57.g6} (52... Bxf4 $142 {
!? was much more stubborn.} 53. Kxf4 Rxe2 54. Rxd4 Rxa2 {and White must
demonstrate a good technics to win the game.}) 53. Bc4 Be3 54. Ke4 $1 Rf2 55.
f5 Rf4+ 56. Ke5 Rg4 57. g6 $1 ({In case of inaccurate} 57. Ra7 $6 {Black gains
some counterchances:} Bf4+ $1) 57... Bf4+ $8 58. Kxd4 fxg6 59. Ra7+ Kf8 60.
Rf7+ Ke8 61. fxg6 Bd6+ $1 62. Kd5 Rxg6 63. Ra7 {Presence of rooks on the board
allows White to win with no big technical problems.} Kd8 64. Bd3 (64. Ra6 Kc7
65. Rc6+ Kd7) 64... Rh6 65. Bf5 (65. Ra6 Bf4) 65... Be7 66. Be6 Rh2 67. Kc6
Rc2+ 68. Bc4 Bb4 69. a4 Ra2 70. Rd7+ Ke8 (70... Kc8 71. Ba6+ Kb8 72. Rb7+) 71.
Rd5 Rd2 72. Re5+ ({But not} 72. Rxd2 $4 Bxd2 {and White can't win.For instance:
} 73. Kb6 (73. Kb5 Kd7 74. b4 Kc7 {=}) 73... Kd7 74. a5 Kc8 75. a6 Be3+ 76. Kc6
Kb8 {=}) 72... Kd8 73. a5 Rd6+ 74. Kb5 Bc3 75. Rh5 Kc7 76. Bd5 Bd2 77. b4 Rh6 {
I knew that White would be able to change the rooks,but slow defence can't
save either.} 78. Rxh6 $1 Bxh6 79. Ka6 $1 {Only this way.In case of all other
moves 79...Bd2 makes a draw (79.a6 Be3)} Bf4 ({Or} 79... Bd2 80. b5 Kd6 81. b6
$1 (81. Kb6 $5) 81... Kc5 (81... Kxd5 82. Kb5 {/\a6-a7-a8}) 82. b7 Bf4 83. Ka7
Kb5 84. a6 Be5 85. Bc4+ $1 {+-}) 80. Bf3 Kd6 81. Kb7 1-0

[Event "Beersheba-Peterburg Kings m"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.06.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7.
e4 a6 8. e5 b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. e6 $5 fxe6 11. Be3 {Firstly this idea had been
applied in the game of two little-known players.That game has remained
imperceptible for all,but not for Kasparov.He worked up this idea and
introduced it in his brilliant game against Svidler in Wijk aan Zee 1999.} (11.
Qxe6+) 11... Nf6 $1 {Probably the best reaction which was demonstrated by
Shirov in the rapidplay game in Monaco later this year.} (11... Nb6 {Allows
white starting of direct attack by means of} 12. h4 Nc6 (12... Nd5 $5 13. h5
Nxe3 14. fxe3 c5 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Qc2 e5 17. dxc5 Bf5 18. e4 Bg4 19. Be2 Bxf3
20. gxf3 Nc6 21. Qb3+ Rf7 22. Kf2 Nd4 23. Qd1 e6 24. Qg1 b4 25. Na4 Nxf3 26.
Bxf3 Qd2+ 27. Kg3 Qf4+ 28. Kh3 Qxf3+ 29. Qg3 Qxe4 30. Raf1 Raf8 31. Qg2 Qd3+ {
0-1 Levtchouk,G-Duong Thanh Nha/Quebec 1992/EXT 98 (31)}) 13. h5 Rxf3 14. gxf3
Nxd4 15. Rd1 c5 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. hxg6 h6 18. Rh5 Qe8 19. Ne2 Qxg6 20. Rh1 Kh8
21. Rg1 Qf7 22. Nxd4 Nd5 23. Qd3 Bd7 24. Qe4 Rc8 25. Bd3 Nf6 26. Qh4 Rc5 27.
Ne2 Nd5 28. Rg6 Qf8 29. Qe4 Qf7 30. Kd2 Nf6 31. Qe3 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Svidler,P/
Wijk aan Zee NED 1999 (31) CBM69[Ftacnik]}) 12. a4 $1 {[%csl Rb5] Kasparov's
recommendation.As Black's knight has left queen side White starts playing on
this part of the board.} bxa4 13. Rxa4 Nd5 $1 {This is the point of Shirov's
idea.Strong khight on d5 supported in case of necessity by the c-pawn is a
serious barrier on the way of developing of White's initiative.} (13... Nc6 {
This Svidler's attempt to find another method of defence wasn't very
successful in his game against Karpov in Dos Hermanas 1999.} 14. Bc4 Rb8 15.
Bxe6+ Kh8 16. Qc4 Bxe6 17. Qxe6 Qd6 18. Ng5 Rxb2 19. O-O Nd8 20. Qh3 Qd7 21.
Qxd7 Nxd7 22. Rxa6 Nb6 (22... Rc2 {Maybe this move will help to liven up
Svidler's Nc6.} 23. Nce4 Nf6 24. Nc5 Kg8 25. Ra7 Nd5 26. Nd7 Nc6 27. Nxf8 Nxa7
28. Nfe6 Bf6 29. Ra1 Bxg5 30. Nxg5 Nb5 31. h4 Nd6 32. Ra8+ Kg7 33. Ne6+ Kf6 34.
Nf4 Nxe3 35. fxe3 Nf5 36. Rf8+ Kg7 37. Ne6+ Kh6 38. e4 Ne3 39. Kh2 Rxg2+ 40.
Kh3 Rg4 41. Rf7 g5 42. hxg5+ Kg6 43. Rg7+ Kh5 44. Rxh7+ Kg6 45. Rg7+ Kh5 46.
Rxe7 c6 47. Nd8 Kxg5 48. Nxc6 Kf4 49. Rf7+ Kxe4 50. Re7+ Kd5 51. Rxe3 Rg6 52.
Ne7+ Kxd4 53. Nf5+ Kd5 54. Kh4 Re6 55. Ra3 Re1 {1/2-1/2 Sundararajan,K-Atakisi,
U/Yerevan ARM 1999 (55)}) 23. h4 Rc2 24. Nce4 h6 25. Nf3 Nc6 26. Raa1 Nb4 27.
Rfc1 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 N4d5 29. Nc5 Rf6 30. Bd2 Rd6 31. Nb7 Rf6 32. Ne5 Kh7 33. g3
Rf8 34. Nc5 Ra8 35. Rc2 Rd8 36. Kg2 Bxe5 37. dxe5 Nd7 38. Nxd7 Rxd7 39. Rc6 Nb6
40. Bc1 Rd5 41. Re6 Nc8 42. h5 gxh5 43. Rxh6+ Kg7 44. Rxh5 $16 c5 45. Kf3 c4
46. Be3 e6 47. Rh4 Ne7 48. Rxc4 Ng6 49. Bd4 {1-0 Karpov,A-Svidler,P/Dos
Hermanas ESP 1999 (49)}) 14. Bc4 ({In the middle of Sertember Kozul comes with
a new idea:} 14. h4 $5 {and wins easily} Qd6 15. h5 Bd7 16. hxg6 Bxa4 17. gxh7+
Kh8 18. Qxa4 Nxe3 19. Nh4 e5 20. fxe3 e4 21. Nxe4 Qh6 22. Rh3 Nc6 23. Bd3 e5
24. Ng5 Ne7 25. Ng6+ Nxg6 26. Rxh6 Bxh6 27. Nf3 Ne7 28. Qd7 Rae8 29. Nxe5 Bxe3
30. Nf7+ Kg7 31. h8=Q+ {1-0 Kozul,Z-Ruck,R/Pula CRO 1999 (31)}) 14... c6 15.
Ra3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Prophylaxis.White takes his rook away of possible Nd7-b6.
} ({In the origin game} 15. h4 {was played} Nd7 16. h5 N7b6 17. hxg6 hxg6 18.
Bd3 Nxa4 19. Qxa4 Qd6 20. Bxg6 Rxf3 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Bh7+ Kf8 23. gxf3 Rb8 $15
24. Qc2 Qb4+ 25. Kf1 Qc4+ 26. Qxc4 dxc4 27. Rh5 Rb5 28. Bg6 Be6 29. Rxb5 axb5
30. Be4 Bd5 31. Ke2 e6 32. Kd2 Ke7 33. Kc2 Kd7 34. Kc1 Kc7 35. Kc2 Kb6 36. Bg6
Kc7 37. Bh5 Kd6 38. Bf4+ e5 39. Bg3 b4 40. Bg4 Bf6 41. Bh5 c5 42. dxe5+ Bxe5
43. Bg4 Bc6 44. Bh5 Bd5 45. Bg4 Bf7 46. f4 Bf6 47. f5+ Kc6 48. Bf3+ Kb5 49. Be4
b3+ {0-1 Piket,J-Shirov,A/Monte Carlo MNC 1999 (49)}) (15. Ne5 Qc7 16. Nxd5
exd5 17. Bxd5+ cxd5 18. Qxd5+ e6 19. Qxa8 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nc6 21. Rc4 Bb7 22. Qa7
Qa5+ 23. Bd2 Qxd2+ 24. Kxd2 Nxa7 25. Rc7 Rxf2+ 26. Ke3 Rf7 27. Rhc1 Nb5 28.
Rxf7 Kxf7 $15 {0-1 Reilly,T-Feldman,V/Gold Coast AUS 1999 (70)}) 15... Nd7 $1 {
[%cal Gd7b6] Black is not afraid of N:d5.} 16. O-O ({In case of} 16. Nxd5 cxd5
17. Bxd5 {Black comes with} Nc5 $1 18. dxc5 Qxd5 $1 (18... exd5 19. O-O Bg4 20.
Nd4 Kh8 (20... e5 $2 21. Nc6 Qd7 22. Qxd5+ Qxd5 23. Ne7+) (20... Rc8 $5 21.
Rxa6 $140 $6 Bxd4 22. Bxd4 Be2 23. Re6 $13) 21. f4 $1 e5 $140 22. Nc6 Qd7 23.
Nxe5 Bxe5 24. fxe5 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Qf5+ 26. Kg1 Qb1+ 27. Kf2 Qf5+ 28. Kg3 Be2
29. Qb4 (29. h3 $5) 29... Qxe5+ 30. Bf4 $14 {[%csl Gc5,Rh8] ><h8;Pc5}) 19. O-O
Bb7) 16... Rb8 17. Qc2 N7b6 18. Bb3 Nxe3 $1 19. fxe3 Nd5 {[%cal Gd5e3] Another
knight substitutes its gone away colleague.} 20. Re1 (20. Qc1 $5) 20... c5 $1 {
[%mdl 544] Black is giving back his extra pawn in order to repair pawn
structure and make his men more active.} 21. Nxd5 (21. dxc5 Bxc3 $5 22. bxc3
Qc7 {[%csl Rc3,Rc5,Re3] ><c5,c3,e3}) 21... exd5 22. Qxc5 (22. dxc5 $5 Kh8 $15 {
/\Qc7}) 22... Rb5 23. Qc3 (23. Qc6 $5 {was probably the last chance to fight
for advantage.}) 23... Qb6 $6 {[%mdl 8192]} ({After} 23... Bg4 $1 $15 {Black
is slightly better.For example:} 24. Ne5 $140 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Qb6 {[%csl Rb2,Re3]
><e3,b2}) 24. Ba4 $1 {I have missed this original idea.} Rb4 $8 ({In case of} 
24... Rxb2 $2 {the door has been closing traping the rook.} 25. Bb3 $1) 25. Rb3
$1 {It's always useful to change more active pieces of your opponent.} Rxb3 (
25... a5 $5) 26. Qxb3 $1 Qxb3 (26... Qd6 $5 {was interesting creating
counterplay on the king side.} 27. Rc1 (27. e4 Bg4 $1 28. Ne5 (28. e5 Qd8 29.
Rf1 e6) 28... Bxe5 (28... Be6 $5) 29. dxe5 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 Qc4 31. h3 $1 Be6 32.
exd5 $11) 27... Bg4 $1 28. Rc6 Qd8 29. Rxa6 Bxf3 30. gxf3 e5 $1 $132) 27. Bxb3
e6 $1 {[%cal Gc8d7,Gd7b5] Most precise defence.} (27... Be6 28. e4 Rb8 29. exd5
(29. Bxd5 Bxd5 30. exd5 Bf6 31. Ra1 $14) 29... Rxb3 (29... Bf7 30. Bc4 Rxb2 31.
Rxe7 $14) 30. Rxe6 Rxb2 $14) 28. Ba4 $5 {[%csl Rc8]} (28. Rc1 Bb7 29. Rc7 $140
Rf7 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. Ng5+ Ke7 32. Nxh7 e5 $1 $132 {[%csl Rb2]}) 28... Rf7 $1 {
[%mdl 256]} 29. Rc1 Bb7 (29... Bd7 $2 30. Bxd7 Rxd7 31. Rc6 (31. Rc8+ $5 Bf8
32. Ra8) 31... Rb7 32. Rxa6 Rxb2 33. Rxe6 $16) 30. Rc3 $5 {[%cal Ga4c6]
Preparing Bc6.} (30. Bc6 $4 Rc7 $19) 30... Bf6 31. Bc6 (31. h4 $5 {[%csl Rg5]})
31... g5 $1 {Black's king will need some space.} (31... Rc7 $2 32. Bxd5 $1 Rxc3
33. Bxe6+) (31... Kf8 $5) 32. g4 Kg7 33. Bxb7 Rxb7 34. Rc6 a5 $1 $138 {Being
short of time I have proposed a draw .Anyway it's the most likely result.} (
34... a5 $1 35. Rc2 $5 (35. h4 $6 gxh4 36. g5 Bd8 37. Rxe6 (37. Rd6 Rf7 $1 38.
Ne5 Bxg5 $1 39. Nxf7 Bxe3+ 40. Kg2 Kxf7 $17) 37... Rxb2 38. Rd6 Be7 39. Rxd5 a4
) (35. Rxe6 Rxb2 36. Ra6 Ra2)) (34... Rxb2 35. Rxe6 (35. Rxa6 Kf7 36. Ra7+ Kg6
37. Ra6 $11) 35... a5 36. Ra6 $1 Ra2 37. Rd6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dieren op"]
[Site "Dieren"]
[Date "1998.07.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Van Haastert, Edwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 c6 8. Be2
a5 9. Qb3 a4 10. Qc2 Bg4 (10... a3 $5 11. b4 e5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. O-O Nxe5 14.
Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Be3 Qf6 16. Rac1 Na6 17. b5 Nc7 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. f4 Bd4 20. Qd2
Ne6 21. e5 Qd8 22. Rfd1 Bb6 23. Kh1 Qxd2 24. Bxd2 Nd4 25. Bc4 Bg4 26. Re1 Rfd8
{1/2-1/2 A.Greenfeld-A.Vydeslaver ch-ISR 1996}) (10... b5 11. O-O b4 12. Nxa4
Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Rxa4 14. Bc4 Bf5 15. Qh4 Nd7 16. Re1 Nf6 17. Bd2 Qd6 18. Rac1 Nd5
19. Bb3 Ra6 20. Rc5 Rb6 21. Ne5 $14 {1-0 Khasin,A-Gurgenidze,B/URS-ch29 1961 
(31)}) 11. Be3 Qa5 (11... a3 12. O-O axb2 13. Qxb2 (13. Rab1 $5) 13... Bc8 14.
h3 Nbd7 15. Rfd1 Qa5 16. e5 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Qb4 Rxa2 19. Bc4 Rxa1 20.
Rxa1 c5 21. Qb3 $1 (21. Bxd5 cxb4 22. Rb1 Nb6 23. Be4 Rd8 24. Rxb4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Guimard Carlos E - Iliesco Juan/Match (2) 1944 (31)}) 21... Qc6 22.
Bxf7+ $1 Rxf7 23. e6 $1 $16) 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Rad1 $5 $146 (13. Rfd1 Rfc8 14.
h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 e5 16. d5 cxd5 17. exd5 a3 18. Bd2 e4 19. Be2 axb2 20. Qxb2
Nxd5 21. Nxd5 $1 (21. Qxb7 Nxc3 22. Bxc3 Bxc3 23. Rac1 Nc5 {0-1 Pinzon Solis,
F-Cuellar Gacharna,M/Mar del Plata 1952}) 21... Qxd5 22. Qxg7+ Kxg7 23. Bh6+
Kxh6 24. Rxd5 $15) 13... b5 14. h3 $1 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 e5 16. d5 $1 {[%csl Rg7]
><g7} cxd5 (16... c5 17. d6 $1 $14) 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Nb6 19. Bxb6 $1 Qxb6
20. Be2 {[%csl Ge2,Rg7] ><g7} (20. Qd3 $5) 20... b4 (20... Rac8 $142 21. Qd3 b4
$14) 21. Rb5 $1 Qd6 22. Rd1 Qe7 23. Bc4 $1 (23. Bg4 {Fritz}) 23... Rfc8 24. g3
$1 {securing the king.White has enough time for prophylaxis.} Kh8 (24... h5 $5
{[%cal Gg8h7,Gh5h4]}) 25. b3 axb3 26. axb3 $1 (26. Qxb3 $2 Ra3 $1 27. Qxb4 $140
$2 Qxb4 28. Rxb4 Bf8) 26... Bf8 27. Rbd5 {[%cal Gd5d7] /\Rd7} Ra7 28. Qb2 {
[%csl Re5] ><e5} f6 {[%csl Re6,Rf7,Rg8]} 29. Qe2 $1 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Ge2g4,
Gd5d7] /\Qg4,><d7} Rca8 {[%cal Ga7a2]} 30. Kg2 $1 {White strengthens his
position but Black has to wait.} Qg7 (30... Ra2 31. Qf3 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gd5d7]
><f6}) 31. Qg4 $1 {[%cal Gd5d7] /\Rd7} Re8 32. Rd7 Rxd7 33. Rxd7 h5 (33... Be7
34. Qe6 $1 Qf8 35. Qf7 $1) (33... Re7 $2 34. Rd8 {[%cal Gg4c8] /\Qc8} Rc7 35.
Qe6 {[%cal Ge6e8]} Re7 36. Qc8 $18) 34. Qd1 $1 (34. Rxg7 $5 hxg4 35. Rxg6 gxh3+
36. Kxh3 $16 {[%cal Gh3g4,Gg4f5] /\Kh3-g4-f5}) 34... Re7 (34... Qh6 35. Qd5 Bg7
36. Rd8 Rxd8 37. Qxd8+ Bf8 38. Qxf6+ Qg7 39. Qe6 $16) 35. Rd8 {[%cal Yd8h8,
Gd1d5,Gd5a8]} Kh7 36. Qd5 Ra7 (36... h4 37. gxh4 $1 {with the idea to play
h4-h5 somewhere to weaken square "f5"}) 37. h4 $1 {prophylaxis again.Black is
helpless.} g5 $2 {[%csl Rf5] Black makes White's task mush easier.He should
wait.} 38. hxg5 fxg5 39. Qe6 {[%cal Ge6f5] /\Qf5} Be7 $8 40. Qf5+ (40. Rg8 Qf6
41. Qh3 Kh6 42. Qc8 {see 40.Qf5}) 40... Kh6 $8 41. Rg8 ({It was possible to
repeat the position one time,but I was sure that move in the game wins
immediately.Unfortunately the reality is not so simple.} 41. Qe6+ Kh7 $8 (41...
Bf6 $2 42. Rg8 Qe7 (42... Re7 43. Qf5) 43. Rh8+ Kg6 44. Qf5+ Kg7 45. Qh7#) (
41... Qf6 $2 42. Rh8+ Kg6 43. Qg8+ Qg7 44. Qe8+ Kf6 45. Qc6+) 42. Qf5+ Kh6 43.
Rg8 (43. Rd5 $5)) (41. Rd5 $5 Qf6 42. Qxe5 $16) 41... Qf6 42. Qc8 $1 g4 $2 {
loses by force} (42... Bd6 $1 {[] was necessary.} 43. Qe8 $1 {[%cal Gg8h8] /
\Rh8} (43. Be6 Rg7 $1 44. Rh8+ Rh7 45. Rxh7+ Kxh7 46. g4 $1 Kh6 $1 (46... hxg4
47. Qg8+ Kh6 48. Bf5 Qg7 49. Qe6+ Kh5 50. Kg3 $1) 47. gxh5 Qf8 $1) 43... Rg7 (
43... Re7 $6 44. Qd8 $1 (44. Rh8+ Rh7 45. Rxh7+ Kxh7 46. Qxh5+ Kg7 47. f3 $16))
44. Rh8+ Rh7 45. Rxh7+ Kxh7 46. Qxh5+ Kg7 47. f3 $16 {and White has to win
after a long play.}) (42... Ra2 $2 43. Rh8+ Kg6 44. Qe8+ Kg7 45. Qg8#) 43. Rh8+
Kg5 (43... Kg6 44. Qe8+) 44. Qg8+ Qg6 45. Rxh5+ $1 (45. Rxh5+ $1 Kxh5 46. Qh8+
$1 (46. Bf7 $18) 46... Qh6 47. Bf7+ Kg5 48. Qxe5#) 1-0

[Event "New York Rosenwald-03"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1956.10.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Byrne, Donald"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1956.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Der Aufstieg von Robert James - genannt Bobby - Fischer bis zum Gewinn der
Weltmeisterschaft gegen Spasskij 1972 in Reykjavik löste weltweit einen großen
Schachboom aus. Er hatte sich bereits in frühester Jugend dem königlichen
Spiel verschrieben und arbeitete sehr hart an seinem Erfolg. "Im November 1956
erschien dann Fischers Name zum ersten Mal in den bedeutendsten
Schachzeitschriften der Welt, als er Donald Byrne ... in einem Spiel großer
Klarheit und Brillanz schlug. Hans Kmoch nannte es in seinem "Chess Review"
"das Spiel des Jahrhunderts" und schrieb: "...ein erstaunliches Meisterstück
im Kombinationsspiel, von einem dreizehnjährigen Jungen gegen einen mächtigen
Gegner geführt, das den schönsten Großtaten in der uns bekannten
Schachgeschichte gleichkommt..." (Gligoric in "Fischer-Spasskij", S. 160f).} 1.
Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Bf4 d5 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 c6 8. e4
Nbd7 (8... Bg4 9. Be2 Nfd7 10. Rd1 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Bxe5 Nxe5
14. Rxd8 Nxc4 15. Rxf8+ Kxf8 16. Be2 $1 Nb6 17. Kd2 $14 {Dydyshko,V-Dorfman,J/
Minsk/1986/1:0/57/ (Shipov)}) (8... b5 $5 9. Qb3 Qa5 10. Bd3 Be6 11. Qd1 c5
$132 {(Shipov)}) 9. Rd1 Nb6 10. Qc5 (10. Qd3 $5 Be6 11. Be2 Bc4 12. Qc2 Bxe2
13. Qxe2 $14) 10... Bg4 11. Bg5 $2 {übersieht den folgenden brillanten Schlag.}
({Besser ist} 11. Be2 Nfd7 12. Qa3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e5 14. dxe5 Qe8 15. Be2 Nxe5
16. O-O $14 {Flear,G-Morris,P/Dublin/1991/1:0/46/(Shipov)}) 11... Na4 $3 {
[%mdl 512] dynamische Fortsetzungen dieser Art ließ sich Fischer auch später
so gut wie nie entgehen} 12. Qa3 {die Taktik funktioniert aus schwarzer Sicht,
wie die folgenden Varianten zeigen:} (12. Nxa4 Nxe4 13. Qc1 (13. Qxe7 Qa5+ (
13... Qxe7 14. Bxe7 Rfe8 $19) 14. b4 Qxa4 15. Qxe4 Rfe8 16. Be7 Bxf3 17. gxf3
Bf8 $19) (13. Bxe7 Nxc5 14. Bxd8 Re8+ 15. Be2 Nxa4 $19) (13. Qb4 Nxg5 ({selbst
} 13... Bxf3 14. Bxe7 Bxd1 15. Bxd8 Raxd8 {ist chancenreich für Schwarz.}) 14.
Nxg5 Bxd1 15. Kxd1 Bxd4 $17) 13... Qa5+ 14. Nc3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nxg5 $19) (12.
Qb4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe4 14. Bxe7 Qe8 15. Rd3 c5 $1 16. Qxb7 Nd6 17. Qc7 Nf5 $19)
12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe4 $1 {erneut ist es ein Springerausfall, der dem in der
Entwicklung zurückgebliebenen Weißen Probleme bereitet.} 14. Bxe7 Qb6 $1 (14...
Qe8 $2 15. Rd3 $1 {und Weiß ist noch voll im Spiel.}) 15. Bc4 {Byrne setzt auf
schnellstmöglichen Abschluß seiner Entwicklung.} ({Mit} 15. Bxf8 $5 {die
Qualität zu gewinnen, hätte zwar nach} Bxf8 16. Qb3 (16. Qc1 Re8 17. Be2 $6
Nxc3 $19) 16... Nxc3 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Ra1 (18. Rd2 Bb4 19. Rb2 Ba5 $19) 18...
Re8+ 19. Kd2 (19. Ne5 f6 20. f3 fxe5 21. fxg4 exd4+ 22. Kd2 b5 $19) 19... Ne4+
20. Kc2 Nxf2 21. Rg1 Re3 $17 {/-+ in ein schlechtes Endspiel geführt, kam aber
aus praktischer Sicht auch in Betracht.}) (15. Be2 Rfe8 16. O-O $6 Qc7 17. Bh4
g5 $19) (15. Bd3 Nxc3 $1 16. Qxc3 (16. Bxf8 $2 Bxf8 $19) 16... Rfe8 $19) 15...
Nxc3 $1 (15... Rfe8 $2 {ermöglicht die Evakuierung des weißen Königs mit} 16.
O-O $15) 16. Bc5 {Byrne ahnt wohl noch nicht, welch schrecklicher Schlag im
siebzehnten Zug noch auf ihn wartet,} ({sonst hätte er vermutlich} 16. Qxc3 $5
{gezogen:} Rfe8 17. Qe3 $5 (17. Bxf7+ $2 Kxf7 18. Ng5+ Kxe7 19. O-O Bxd1 20.
Rxd1 Qb5 $19) 17... Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qc7 $17 {/-+ und die ungleichfarbigen Läufer
geben Weiß noch etwas Hoffnung, obwohl Schwarz meiner Meinung nach auch hier
auf Gewinn steht.}) (16. Bxf8 Bxf8 17. Qxc3 $2 Bb4 $19) 16... Rfe8+ 17. Kf1 (
17. Kd2 Ne4+ $19) (17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Bxb6 Bd6+ $19) 17... Be6 $3 {[%mdl 192]
dieser Läuferrückzug ist die eigentliche Pointe der ganzen Kombination.} ({Nach
} 17... Nb5 $2 {hätte Weiß indessen das Blatt zu seinen Gunsten wenden können:}
18. Bxf7+ $1 Kh8 (18... Kxf7 $2 19. Qb3+ Be6 20. Ng5+ Kg8 (20... Kf6 $2 21.
Qf3+ Bf5 22. Nxh7+ Kf7 23. Bxb6 $18) 21. Nxe6 Nxd4 22. Nxd4+ Qxb3 23. Nxb3 $18
{(Fischer)}) 19. Bxb6 Nxa3 20. Bxe8 $14 {(Shipov)}) 18. Bxb6 $6 {danach spielt
sich die Stellung für Schwarz leicht. Rückzüge des Läufers c4 waren zäher.} (
18. Bxe6 $2 {führt zu einem sehr hübschen erstickten Matt:} Qb5+ 19. Kg1 Ne2+
20. Kf1 Ng3+ 21. Kg1 Qf1+ 22. Rxf1 Ne2#) (18. Qxc3 Qxc5 19. dxc5 Bxc3 20. Bxe6
Rxe6 $19) (18. Bd3 $5 Nb5 19. Qb4 Qd8 $19) (18. Be2 $5 Nb5 19. Qb4 Qd8 20. a4
a5 21. Qb2 Nd6 $19) (18. d5 $2 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 $2 Qb1+ 20. Ne1 Qxe1#) 18... Bxc4+
19. Kg1 Ne2+ 20. Kf1 Nxd4+ 21. Kg1 (21. Rd3 $2 axb6 22. Qc3 Nxf3 $19 23. Qxc4
$2 Re1#) 21... Ne2+ 22. Kf1 Nc3+ 23. Kg1 axb6 24. Qb4 (24. Qd6 Rad8 (24... Nxd1
25. Qxd1 Rxa2 $19) 25. Qxd8 Ne2+ 26. Kf1 Nd4+ 27. Kg1 Rxd8 $19) 24... Ra4 25.
Qxb6 (25. Qd6 Nxd1 26. Qxd1 Rxa2 27. h3 Ra1 $19) 25... Nxd1 $19 26. h3 Rxa2 27.
Kh2 Nxf2 28. Re1 Rxe1 29. Qd8+ Bf8 30. Nxe1 Bd5 31. Nf3 Ne4 32. Qb8 b5 33. h4
h5 34. Ne5 Kg7 35. Kg1 Bc5+ 36. Kf1 (36. Kh1 Ng3+ 37. Kh2 Nf1+ 38. Kh3 Bxg2#) (
36. Kh2 Bd6 $19) 36... Ng3+ 37. Ke1 Bb4+ 38. Kd1 Bb3+ 39. Kc1 Ne2+ 40. Kb1 Nc3+
41. Kc1 Rc2# {Dieser Sieg bewirkt, daß Fischer im Rosenwaldturnier mit 4.5/11
am Ende den achten Platz teilt, für einen Dreizehnjährigen zweifellos ein sehr
großer Erfolg. Quellen: "Das große Schachbuch", Martin Beheim Schwarzbach,
Droemer Verlag, S. 214. "Fischer-Spasskij, Schachmatch des Jahrhunderts",
Svetozar Gligoric, Droemer Knaur Verlag 1972. Kommentar von Shipov aus der
ChessBase MEGABASE 99 (MCL 07)} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Can, Emre"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Navara,D"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the 3rd round. I drew my initial game and beat a much
lower rated player in the 2nd round. Before the game I was feeling tired and
wanted to play solidly without taking too many risks. After lunch I took and
nap and almost arrived late for the game, as I had failed to set the alarm
clock at the proper time.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 ({I have mostly been playing} 
2... e6 {, recently. Moreover, the Turkish players were accompanied by GM
Michal Krasenkow, who is a renowned expert in the Grünfeld Indian Defence.
Still, I find it both practical and interesting to vary the openings.}) 3. Nc3
d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 {This was a surprise.} dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 {I had
prepared this line long ago with a friend who is also a renowned theoretician.
Still, it was the first time I had played it with Black! It took me some time
to recall the relevant lines.} 8. Be2 b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Be6 (10... Bb7 {
Navara - Giri, Wijk aan Zee 2015, is a decent alternative. I had faced it
myself in this game.}) 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Rd1 b4 {I spent a lot of
time on this move. I more or less remembered the main line, but felt uncertain
about 14.Na4 and was not sure what was wrong with 13...Qa5.} (13... Qa5 {
is indeed playable but less practical.} 14. a3 (14. c6 Nb8 $1 15. Nd4 Ng4 16.
Bxg4 Bxg4 17. f3 Be6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. O-O Rxc6 {is probably fine for Black.})
14... b4 15. axb4 Qxb4 16. c6 $1 Rxc6 (16... Bb3 17. Rd4 $1) 17. Nd4 $14 {
might cause Black some problems.}) 14. Nd5 ({The alternative} 14. Na4 $6 Qa5
15. O-O (15. b3 Ng4 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Rxc5 {looked a bit
dangerous to me, but Black is completely fine.}) 15... Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Qxa4 {
is fine for Black, even though} 17. Ng5 {might lead to some complications.})
14... Bxd5 15. exd5 Nxc5 16. O-O (16. Bxc5 $2 {promises White less than
nothing, as Black's position is already easier to play after something like}
Qa5 17. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 18. Qd2 Qb6 19. O-O Rfd8 {.}) 16... Qd6 (16... Nce4 17. Qb3
$1 (17. Qd3 Qd6 18. Qxa6 Rc2 {transposes to the game.}) 17... Qd6 18. g3 Nc5
19. Qxb4 Nxd5 20. Qa3 {Aronian - Areshchenko, World Cup Baku 2015; Black
struggled in that game, but eventually managed to reach a draw and qualify for
the next round.}) (16... a5 {is completely fine, but the game Wang Hao - Giri
shows the perils connected with an inaccurate treatment of this position.
Accuracy is not my forte, therefore I chose a more solid option.}) 17. Qc4 ({
The main line is} 17. Rc1 Qb8 $1 {, when} 18. Bxc5 Nd7 19. Bxa6 Rxc5 20. Qd2
Qd6 {promises Black a good compensation.} {Onischuk - Caruana (Poikovsky 2011)
saw} 21. Rxc5 Nxc5 22. Bc4 Na4 23. Bb3 Nc5 24. Bc4 Na4 25. Bb3 {with a draw.})
17... Nce4 ({I discarded} 17... Na4 {on account of} 18. Qb3 {. True, Black can
probably equalise with} Nc5 19. Qxb4 (19. Qc4 Na4 $11) 19... Nxd5 {, e.g.} 20.
Qh4 Qc6 21. Bd4 Rfd8 $11) 18. Qxa6 Rc2 {So we have transposed to another line,
mainly 16...Nce4 17.Qd3 Qd6 18.Qxa6 Rc2. Black has enough compensation for the
sacrificed pawn.} 19. Bd4 Nc5 20. Qxd6 exd6 21. Bb5 Nfe4 22. Ne1 (22. Rc1 Rxc1
23. Rxc1 Ra8 $44 {is also fine for Black, as the recent practice shows:} 24.
Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Ra1 (25. Bc4 Na4 26. Rc2 Nb6 $11 {has been played in several
correspondence games.}) 25... Na4 $1 26. Bc6 Ra7 27. Bxa4 Rxa4 28. Nd4 Nf6 29.
Kf1 Nxd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (67) Giri,A (2755)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2740) Moscow 2016})
22... Rd2 23. Nf3 Rxd1 ({There was nothing wrong with} 23... Rc2 {, but I felt
uncertain about 24.Rc1 and at the same time tempted to play on.}) 24. Rxd1 Ra8
25. Bc4 (25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Ra1 Na4 $1 $11) 25... Na4 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 {The rest
of the game was extensively analysed by IM Pavel Simacek at the Czech website
www.nss.cz (Novy Bor's Chess Server). Several times I could not but repeat his
lines.} 27. Rd4 $6 (27. Rb1 $11 {was more accurate.}) 27... Nec5 ({I was
tempted by} 27... Nxb2 $2 28. Rxe4 Nxc4 29. Rxc4 b3 {but in time spotted the
refutation, namely} 30. a4 $1 b2 31. Nd2 $1 (31. Rb4 $4 Rxa4 $1) 31... Rb8 32.
Nb1 $18 {.}) 28. Bb3 Nxb2 (28... Nxb3 29. axb3 Nc3 $6 {would be crushing if
not for} 30. Kf1 $1 {, when it is Black who needs to be careful.}) 29. Rxb4
Nxb3 (29... Nbd3 {was equally good. Black maintains some pressure after} 30.
Rd4 Nxb3 31. Rxd3 Rxa2 $15 {.}) 30. Rxb3 Rxa2 {Black has obtained some slight
initiative. White was already short of time, which did him a bad service.} 31.
h3 (31. h4 {was no better, as} Nd1 32. Ng5 Nxf2 33. Rf3 Ng4 34. Rxf7+ Kg8 {
enables Black to preserve the initiative.}) 31... Nd1 $6 (31... Na4 $1 {
was more accurate, e.g.} 32. Rd3 (32. Rb7 Nc5 33. Rc7 Ne4 $15) 32... Nc5 33.
Rd2 Ra1+ 34. Kh2 Ne4 {and White still has some problems with his weak pawns 
(Simacek).}) 32. Ng5 $1 (32. Rb7 h6 33. Nd4 Rxf2 34. Ne6+ Kg8 $1 35. Rb8+ Kh7
$15) 32... Rxf2 33. Rd3 $6 ({White could equalise by means of} 33. Rb7 $1 Rf5 (
33... h5 34. g4 {does not change much.}) 34. Ne6+ {followed by 35.Nd8!.}) 33...
Nb2 $1 ({The alternative} 33... Rf5 {is weaker, as} 34. Nf3 Nb2 35. Rd4 g5 36.
Nd2 $1 (36. Kf2 Rf4 $1 $15) 36... Nd1 37. Rd3 $1 {enables White to equalise.
The following lines are rather complicated and I did not examine them in the
game. In fact, I simply stopped after 35.Rd4, as I disliked the awkward
position of my knight.} Rf4 (37... Nf2 38. Rd4 $1 $11 {followed by the
eventual Nc4 is also equal.}) 38. Nf3 g4 (38... Nb2 39. Rb3 Nc4 40. Nxg5 Rf5
41. Rg3 Rxd5 42. Ne4+ Kf8 43. Nf6 $44) 39. hxg4 Nb2 40. Rb3 Nc4 41. Rb4 Rxg4
42. Nd2 Ne3 43. Rxg4+ Nxg4 44. Ne4 Nf6 45. Nxd6 Nxd5 {leads to a drawish
endgame.}) 34. Rb3 ({The endgame arising after} 34. Kxf2 Nxd3+ 35. Ke3 Nc5 {
is also unpleasant for White.}) 34... Rf5 35. Nxf7 (35. Ne4 Nc4 36. Rb4 Ne3 $15
{also promises Black some practical chances.}) 35... Kxf7 36. Rxb2 Kf6 $1 {
Activity first! The weak pawn will not run away.} (36... Rxd5 $2 37. Rb7+ Kg8
38. Rd7 $11 {would enable White to hold easily.}) 37. Rb5 $2 {I dare to put a
question mark to this move. It looks fairly normal, but I believe that exactly
this move turns a defensible position into a losing one. Not for the last time
in this game, as the endgame was too complicated to be played perfectly.} (37.
Rd2 Ke5 ({Pavel Simacek recommends} 37... h5 $1 38. g4 $1 Re5 $5 39. gxh5 gxh5
40. Kf2 Re4 $15 {. Black soon wins the d5-pawn, but there are too few pawns to
win this endgame. True, White would still need to prove that.}) 38. g4 $1 {
was more accurate, as Black cannot win the d5-pawn so comfortably. White
should hold rather easily.}) 37... h5 $1 38. g3 (38. Kh2 {probably does not
help, for} Ke5 39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4 Rf3 41. Kg2 Rd3 42. Rb8 Rxd5 43. Kg3 $1 Kf6
$1 44. Kh4 Re5 $1 45. g5+ Ke6 46. Kg4 Re4+ $1 47. Kf3 d5 48. Rd8 Ke5 49. Rf8
Kd6 $1 {is winning for Black according to the Lomonosov tablebases. Needless
to say, this line is irrelevant from the practical point of view.}) 38... Ke5
39. Kg2 Ke4 40. Rb4+ Kxd5 $17 {The time trouble was away, but so was the
d5-pawn. The endgame is probably winning for Black.} 41. Rb1 {White prepares
for a frontal attack.} (41. g4 hxg4 42. Rxg4 Rf6 43. h4 Ke5 $19 {is too slow,
as White's king is cut off from the passed pawn.}) 41... Rf6 $6 {I spent a lot
of time on this move, but still started to dislike it soon after its
execution! I also realised that 42.h4 should suffice for a draw.} ({During the
game I regretting not having played} 41... Kc4 $6 {. Black wants to provoke
the move Rb(c)6, play Rf6, return with the king, push White's rook from the
6th rank and eventually play d6-d5. This would win if not for a great saving
resource, which enables White to activate his king.} 42. Rc1+ Kb3 43. Rb1+ Kc3
44. Rc1+ Kb3 (44... Kd2 {is similar to the main line, as White can also play}
45. Rc6 Rf6 (45... Rd5 46. Kf3) 46. g4 hxg4 (46... Kd3 47. Kg3 Kd4 48. Kh4 hxg4
49. Kxg4 $11) 47. h4 $3 {with a subsequent king's march to g5, generating
enough counterplay.} (47. hxg4 $2 Ke3 48. Kg3 Ke4 49. Kh4 Kf4 $1 {is lost for
White, but the proof is not easy.})) 45. Rb1+ Kc2 46. Rb6 Rf6 47. g4 hxg4 (
47... Kc3 48. Kg3 Kc4 49. Kh4 Kc5 $1 50. Ra6 Kb5 51. Ra1 hxg4 52. Kxg4 d5 53.
Rd1 Kc5 54. Rc1+ $11 {transposes to 47...hxg4 48.h4!!.}) 48. h4 $3 {This is
the great point.} (48. hxg4 $2 Kc3 {is lost for White according to the
Lomonosov tablebases.}) 48... Kc3 49. Kg3 Kc4 50. Kxg4 Kc5 51. Ra6 Kb5 52. Kg5
$1 Re6 53. Ra1 $1 d5 54. Rd1 Kc4 (54... Kc5 55. Rc1+ Kd6 56. Rd1 $11) 55. Rc1+
Kb3 56. Rd1 Rd6 57. Kf4 $11) ({Stronger is} 41... g5 $1 {, as pointed out by
Simacek.} {There might follow} 42. g4 ({During the game I was afraid of} 42.
Rb8 Kc4 43. Rc8+ (43. Rh8 d5 44. Rxh5 d4 45. h4 d3 46. hxg5 d2 47. Rh1 Kd3 $19)
43... Kb3 44. Rb8+ (44. Rh8 d5 45. Rxh5 d4 $19) 44... Kc3 45. Rc8+ (45. g4 hxg4
46. hxg4 Re5 47. Rc8+ Kd4) {, as I missed a strong reply} 45... Rc5 46. Rg8 Re5
$1 47. Rh8 (47. Kf3 d5) (47. Rc8+ Kd3 48. Rh8 g4 $19) 47... g4 48. hxg4 hxg4
49. Rg8 Re4 50. Rd8 Rd4 $19 {.}) 42... hxg4 43. hxg4 Re5 $19 {(Simacek). This
is a kind of position which I wanted to achieve. White's king remains cut off
and the kingside pawns cannot be exchanged. I would like to add that} 44. Kf3
Kc6 $1 45. Rc1+ Kd7 {followed by 46...d5 is winning for Black, as White's king
is cut off. The proof is still far from trivial, the main idea being that} 46.
Ra1 d5 47. Ra6 {can be met with} Ke7 $1 (47... d4 $2 48. Ra4 $1) 48. Rb6 d4 49.
Ra6 (49. Rb3 Kd6) 49... Re3+ 50. Kf2 Re4 51. Kf3 Rf4+ {when White's king would
be overloaded.}) 42. g4 $2 ({White should play} 42. h4 $1 {. Black can try} Ke4
43. Re1+ Kd3 44. Rd1+ Ke2 $1 (44... Ke3 45. Kh3) {, but White should hold after
} 45. Rd5 Ke3 46. Rd1 Rf2+ 47. Kh3 Rd2 48. Rf1 d5 49. Rf6 d4 (49... Rd4 50. Rd6
$3 {is another great point. White holds after} Kf2 51. Rxg6 Re4 52. Rg5 d4 53.
Rxh5 d3 54. Rd5 Ke2 55. h5 d2 56. g4 $11) 50. Rxg6 d3 51. g4 hxg4+ 52. Kg3 $3
$11 {. All of those lines were shown by IM Simacek.}) 42... hxg4 43. hxg4 (43.
h4 Rf3 $1 {is equally grim for White, e.g.} 44. Rd1+ (44. Rb4 Ke5 45. Rxg4 Rf6
46. Rg5+ Ke4 47. h5 gxh5 48. Rxh5 d5 49. Rh1 d4 $19) 44... Ke6 45. Re1+ Kd7 46.
Re4 (46. Rd1 Rh3) 46... d5 47. Rxg4 Rf6 $1 48. Kg3 Kd6 $19 {and the passed
pawn decides the issue.}) 43... Kc5 (43... Ke5 $1 {wins more quickly, as} 44.
Re1+ (44. Kg3 d5) {fails to} 44... Kf4 45. Kh3 d5 {.}) 44. Rc1+ Kd4 45. Kg3 (
45. Rd1+ Ke5 46. Kg3 d5 47. Re1+ Kd6 48. Rd1 g5 $19 {leads to a familiar
position.}) 45... d5 46. g5 Re6 47. Kf4 Re4+ 48. Kg3 ({Tablebases show that} 
48. Kf3 Ke5 49. Rc5 $1 {enabled White to prolong the resistance. Still, after}
Kd6 50. Ra5 Re6 $19 {the d-pawn should eventually yield Black a victory. The
following simple line is fairly relevant:} 51. Kf4 d4 52. Ra6+ Kd5 53. Rxe6
Kxe6 54. Ke4 d3 55. Kxd3 Kf5 $19 {.}) 48... Ke5 49. Rf1 $6 {White's position
was already bad, but there was no need to go down so quickly.} (49. Rc5 Kd6 50.
Ra5 Re6 $19) 49... d4 50. Rf8 d3 51. Re8+ (51. Kf3 {allows a nice finale} Rf4+
$5 (51... Rd4) 52. Rxf4 d2 53. Re4+ Kd5 $19 {.}) 51... Kd4 52. Rg8 Ke3 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[Annotator "Navara,D"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 ({The alternative} 10... Be6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 {is
perfectly playable as well. I had prepared an idea, but it would hardly bring
me more than a draw.}) 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Be3 e6 13. O-O ({Engines might prefer} 
13. a4 $5 {, but Black seems to equalise after} Qa5 14. O-O b4 15. Na2 Nc6 16.
Rfd1 Nxc5 {, even though there are still some problems to be solved after both}
17. Qc4 {and} (17. Qc2 {.})) 13... Qc7 14. Rad1 (14. a4 Nxc5 15. Qb4 Nxa4 16.
Nxa4 bxa4 17. Rfc1 Qd7 $11) 14... Nxc5 15. Qa3 Ne4 $5 {This move was new to me.
} ({My knowledge of} 15... Ncd7 16. Qe7 Rc8 {was not perfect, either. At least
I had seen the following game:} 17. a4 b4 $6 (17... bxa4 $1 {Stohl}) 18. Ne4
Nf8 19. Qh4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Nbd7 21. Qxb4 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Qd6 Qxb2 24. Bf3
Be5 25. Qd3 Rab8 26. Qxa6 Rc3 27. Qa5 Bc7 28. Qa7 Rc4 29. Rc1 Rbb4 30. Rxc4
Rxc4 31. g3 Qa3 32. Bd1 h5 33. Qb7 h4 34. Qb3 Rc3 35. Qxa3 Rxa3 36. Bc5 Rc3 37.
Bb4 Rc4 38. Bd2 Nd7 39. Bb3 Rd4 40. Rd1 hxg3 41. hxg3 Nc5 42. Be3 Rb4 43. Bxc5
Rxb3 44. Rd7 Ba5 45. Kg2 Rc3 46. Be7 Kg7 47. g4 Rc4 48. g5 Bc3 49. Rd3 Be5 50.
a5 Rc6 51. Ra3 Ra6 52. Bd8 Kf8 53. Kf3 Ke8 54. Bb6 Bd6 55. Ra2 Be7 56. Kg4 f5+
57. gxf6 Bxf6 58. Kf4 Kd7 59. Ke4 Bc3 60. Kd3 Bf6 61. Kc4 Kc6 62. Rc2 {1-0 (62)
Gelfand,B (2744)-Svidler,P (2734) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 CBM 167 [Stohl,I]}) 16.
Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Ng5 (17. Bc5 Rc8 18. Bd6 Qb7 $11) 17... Bc6 $1 (17... Bd5 $2 18.
Rxd5 $1 exd5 19. e6 f6 20. e7 Re8 21. Bf3 $16) (17... Bb7 $2 18. Bc5 (18. f4 $5
{might be even stronger}) 18... Qxe5 (18... Re8) 19. Bf3 $1 $16) 18. f4 Qb7 ({
I expected} 18... h6 19. Nf3 ({I also considered} 19. Nh3 {, but it should not
pose Black too many problems.}) 19... Qb7 (19... Rc8 $1 {might equalise, but
White still maintains some initiative.}) {, but White can maintain the
initiative after} 20. h4 $1 $36 {(Komodo)} {The following line demonstrates
the dangers that can await Black if he is careless:} h5 $6 (20... Rc8 $5) 21.
Ng5 $1 Bxg2 $2 22. Rf3 $3 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Nc6 24. Qc3 Rac8 25. Rc1 $16 Na5 $2 26.
Bxb7 Rxc3 27. Rxc3 Nxb7 28. Rc7 Na5 29. b3 $1 $18 {and Black loses his knight.
Needless to say, I did not see anything of this.}) (18... Nd7 $2 {is plainly
bad on account of} 19. Rc1 Qb7 20. Rxc6 $1 Qxc6 21. Bf3 Qc8 22. Rc1 $1 Qb8 23.
Bxa8 Qxa8 24. Qd6 $16) 19. Bc5 ({The simple continuation} 19. Bf3 Bxf3 20. Nxf3
$36 {would have preserved some pressure, but I had completely different plans
and also did not feel that optimistic about 19.Bf3.}) 19... Re8 $2 ({Black
should have played} 19... h6 $1 {.} {After} 20. Nh7 $1 (20. Nf3 Rc8) (20. Nxe6
fxe6 21. Bxf8 Bxf8 22. Qh3 $13) 20... Rc8 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. exf6 {he seems to
hold with} Nd7 $1 ({, whereas} 22... Bxg2 $2 23. Rf2 Bd5 24. Qh3 $1 $18 {
gives White a crushing attack, the sample line being} Kh7 25. Rd3 $1 Rxc5 26.
Qxh6+ Kxh6 27. Rh3# {. Still, 22...Nd7 requires a more detailed analysis.})) (
19... Rc8 $2 {is not an improvement, as} 20. Qh3 h6 21. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 22. Qxe6+
{gives White a strong attack.}) 20. f5 $3 exf5 {Black has to accept the
sacrifice.} 21. Rxf5 $1 gxf5 22. Bh5 Bd5 $1 {Anish choses the most tenacious
defence.} (22... Ra7 $6 23. e6 $1 fxe6 24. Bxe8 Bxe8 25. Qe3 $1 $16 {is very
bad for Black.}) (22... h6 $2 23. Bxf7+ Kh8 24. Qh3 Bxg2 {loses to} 25. Qh5 $1
{(Komodo)} (25. Qxf5 Be4 $1) 25... Bh1 26. Bd5 $1 Bxd5 27. Qxe8+ Bg8 28. Rd8
$18) (22... Rf8 23. Bxf7+ $6 ({Much stronger is} 23. Qb3 $1 {, as pointed by
GM Igor Stohl in Ceskoslovensky sach 2/2016. He has shown all the following
lines:} Be8 (23... Bxe5) 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 (24... Bxf8 25. e6 {and the attack
breaks through}) 25. Bxf7 $1 (25. e6 {is also enough}) 25... Qa7+ 26. Kh1 Bxf7
27. Rd8+ Ke7 28. Qxf7+ Kxd8 29. Ne6+ Kc8 30. Qe8+ Kb7 31. Qe7+ Nd7 32. Qxd7+
Kb6 33. Qd6+ Ka5 34. Qa3+ Kb6 35. Qc5+ Ka5 36. b4+ Ka4 37. Qc3 {with a mate to
follow. Igor points out that this line resembles the famous Kasparov - Topalov
game from Wijk aan Zee 1999.}) 23... Rxf7 24. Rd8+ {looked crushing to me. In
fact, the game continues, but White maintains a big advantage:} Rf8 25. Qb3+ $1
({I wonder if I saw} 25. Bxf8 $4 Qb6+ {.}) 25... Bd5 26. Rxd5 Kh8 27. Bxf8 Bxf8
28. Rd8 Nc6 29. Qf7 $1 Qxf7 30. Nxf7+ Kg7 31. Rxa8 Kxf7 32. Rxa6 $16 {, as}
Nxe5 $6 (32... Bc5+ 33. Kf1 Nd4 $16) 33. Ra5 $1 {should be technically winning
for White.}) (22... Nd7 $2 {loses to} 23. Bxf7+ Kh8 24. Qh3 h6 25. Rd6 $1 $18 (
25. Qxf5 $2 Be4 $1)) 23. Rxd5 ({After the game Anish showed me the following
line:} 23. e6 $6 Bxe6 24. Nxe6 Nc6 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 {. After} 26. Qg3+ Kh8 {
there might be a perpetual, but hardly more.}) 23... Qxd5 24. Bxf7+ Qxf7 25.
Nxf7 Kxf7 26. Qb3+ Kg6 27. Qg3+ {I still had enough time, but decided to get
closer to the time control.} ({I also considered} 27. h4 $2 {but rejected it
on account of} Rxe5 $2 (27... Bxe5 $1 {is stronger:} 28. Qd5 Bg3 29. Bb4 (29.
h5+ Kg5) 29... Nd7 30. Qxd7 Rad8 {should be fine for Black}) 28. h5+ Kf6 $2 {
. It is very hard to spot that White is winning a whole rook after} 29. Bf2 $3
$18 {, e.g.} Ke7 ({or} 29... Kg5 30. Qf7 Bh6 31. Qb7) 30. Qg8 Bf6 31. Qxh7+ Ke6
32. Qb7 {.}) 27... Kf7 28. Qb3+ ({An even stronger move was} 28. Bd4 $1 {
(Not a very natural move!)} Nc6 29. e6+ Kxe6 30. Bxg7 $16 {, as Black's king
would have remained exposed.}) 28... Kg6 29. Qg3+ Kf7 30. Qf3 $6 (30. Bd4 $1)
30... Nd7 $1 (30... Nc6 $2 {loses to} 31. Qd5+ $1 Re6 32. Qd7+ Ne7 33. Bxe7
Rxe7 34. Qd5+ $18) 31. Qd5+ Kg6 32. Qc6+ ({It was better to play} 32. Qxd7 $1
Bxe5 33. h4 {, but I could not see anything concrete after} h5 {. The
following line should be tenable for Black:} 34. Qc6+ Kg7 35. Qb7+ Kg6 36. Qb6+
Kh7 37. Bd4 Bxd4+ 38. Qxd4 Re1+ $1 39. Kh2 (39. Kf2 Rae8) 39... Re4 40. Qf6 Rg4
41. Qxf5+ Kh6 $14 {and White can hardly break through. There is naturally some
room for improvements.}) 32... Nf6 $2 ({Anish rejected} 32... Bf6 $1 {on
account of} 33. Bd4 $1 Rad8 {(My calculation had not gone that far...)} 34.
exf6 Ne5 $1 35. Bxe5 Rxe5 $2 ({, but Black can hold after} 35... Rd1+ $1 36.
Kf2 Rxe5 {. White can still try} 37. f7+ $1 (37. Qxa6 Rd2+ 38. Kf3 Rd3+ {
leads to a perpetual}) 37... Kxf7 38. Qh6 $1 $14 {, but I do not really
believe I could win this. I have had a bad experience with the Q:2R endgames.})
36. f7+ $1 Kg7 (36... Kxf7 37. Qc7+) 37. f8=Q+ $1 Rxf8 38. Qc7+ Kf6 39. Qd6+
$18) 33. exf6 Rac8 (33... Bxf6 $2 34. Be7 $6 ({Much stronger is} 34. Bd4 $1 Rf8
35. Bxf6 Rac8 36. Qe6 $1 {, as pointed out by Igor Stohl in Ceskoslovensky
sach 2/2016. He gives the following line:} Rc1+ 37. Kf2 Rc2+ (37... Rxf6 38.
Qg8+ {does not change anything - Stohl}) 38. Kf1 $1 Rxf6 39. Qg8+ Kh6 40. h4
Rg6 41. Qf8+ Rg7 42. g4 $1 fxg4 43. Qf4+ {and White wins the c2-rook}) 34...
Rxe7 35. Qxa8 {should be lost for Black, whose king is very weak.}) 34. Qxa6
Ra8 (34... Bxf6 35. Bd4 Rf8 36. Bxf6 (36. h3 $5) 36... Rc1+ 37. Kf2 Rxf6 38.
Qxb5 $16 {looked very promising to me.}) 35. f7+ ({In retrospect it made sense
to repeat the position, playing} 35. Qc6 Rac8 36. Qa6 Ra8 37. f7+ {. But I
still had enough time and also felt uncertain whether the game continuation
was better than 34...Bxf6.}) 35... Kxf7 36. Qxb5 Rad8 37. Qb3+ Kg6 ({After} 
37... Re6 {White can play} 38. a4 $1 (38. Bb4 $16 {is a solid option,
preserving the advantage.}) 38... Rd2 39. a5 {, not caring about the pawn.}
Bxb2 $1 (39... Rxb2 40. Qd5 $18) 40. a6 Kf6 41. Bf2 Rxf2 $1 42. Kxf2 Bd4+ 43.
Kf3 Rxa6 44. Qb4 $1 {The mighty Komodo says White is winning thanks to the
poor co-ordination of Black's pieces. It is the case, but I would still feel
uncertain about it.} Be5 (44... Ba1 45. h4 $1 {is not a big improvement for
Black.}) 45. Qf8+ Kg5 (45... Kg6 46. Qe8+ Kf6 47. Qh8+ Ke6 48. Qc8+ $18) 46.
h4+ $1 Kxh4 47. Qc5 $3 $18 {might look simple when watching online, but
actually is very difficult for a decent player. The whole line is pretty
irrelevant in practical play.}) 38. Qg3+ Kf7 39. Qb3+ (39. Qg5 Bxb2 40. Qxf5+
Kg8 {also leaves Back with a tough defensive task, but winning such a position
is still far from easy.}) 39... Kg6 40. Bd6 $2 {I went down to the last
seconds before playing this move. I wanted to restrict Black's rook, but
putting pieces en prise is usually very risky, especially with little time
left.} ({A much stronger try was} 40. h4 $1 {, a move which I had originally
planned.} {The following line includes the suggestions of giants like Anish
Giri, GM Tukmakov and Komodo.} Be5 ({I disliked} 40... Bf6 {, but} 41. Qg3+ Kf7
42. Qf3 $16 {preserves excellent winning chances.}) 41. a4 Rd2 42. a5 Rxb2 43.
Qd5 {and Black will soon have to give up some material for the a-pawn, as} Bg3
$4 {fails to} 44. Qc6+ Kf7 45. Qd7+ {. With the pawn still on f7, Black could
hope to set up a fortress with a rook against the queen, but here it looks
extremely unlikely.}) 40... Bxb2 $1 {White's advantage is gone. Black had
other good options as well.} (40... Bd4+ 41. Kf1 Re3 42. Qb4 Re4 $1 {(Giri)
would also give Black sufficient counterplay.}) 41. Qxb2 Rxd6 42. h3 Ra6 {
After the fall of the a-pawn there is nothing to play for. Except to justify
the starting fee, of course. (In fact, there are more reasons to visit Wijk
aan Zee, as it is a very nice tournament with its friendly chess atmosphere. I
would like to thank the organisers for inviting me once more, it was an honour
for me to participate in the main tournament.)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.14"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Pein,M"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be3 Ne8 {N} 13. Qa4 Qb6 14. Bxa6
bxa6 15. Qa3 Rc8 (15... Bd4 16. Na4 Qf6 17. Bh6 Ng7 18. Bg5 Qd6 19. Nxd4) 16.
Na4 Qb5 17. Rac1 (17. Bxc5 Bxb2 $1) 17... Nd6 (17... c4 18. Nc3) 18. Bxc5 (18.
b3 Ne4 19. Nxc5 Nc3) 18... Nc4 19. Qb3 Nxb2 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. Nxb2 Bxb2 22. Rc7
Rd8 23. Rd1 Bf6 24. Qxb5 axb5 25. Rxa7 Bc2 26. Rd2 Be4 27. d6 Bc3 28. Rd1 Bc2
29. Rc1 Rxd6 30. h4 Rd1+ 31. Rxd1 Bxd1 32. Ng5 f6 33. Ne4 Be5 34. Nc5 h6 35.
Rb7 Be2 36. Nb3 g5 37. h5 Bc3 38. f3 b4 39. Kf2 Bc4 40. Ke3 f5 41. Ra7 f4+ (
41... Bf7 42. Rxf7 Kxf7 43. g4 fxg4 44. fxg4 Ke6 45. Nd4+ {/\ Nf5}) 42. Ke4 Bf1
43. Nd4 Bxd4 44. Kxd4 Bxg2 45. Ke4 g4 46. Kxf4 Bxf3 47. Ra4 Bd5 48. Kxg4 Be6+
49. Kf4 Bf7 50. Ke5 b3 51. a3 Bxh5 52. Rb4 Bd1 53. a4 h5 54. a5 h4 55. a6 h3
56. a7 Bf3 57. Rxb3 Bg2 58. Rxh3 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Piket,L"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Qa4
$5 $146 Nbd7 (8... b5 $2 9. Bxb5) (8... c5 9. dxc5 Nbd7 (9... Nfd7) 10. c6 (10.
Be3)) (8... Bg4) 9. e5 (9. Bf4 $5 b5 (9... c5 $5) 10. Qa5 (10. Bxb5 $2 Nb6)
10... c5 11. Bc7 Qe8 12. Bxb5) 9... Ng4 (9... Nb6 10. exf6 Nxa4 11. fxg7 Re8 $1
12. Nxa4 e5 $5 13. dxe5 (13. Be3 exd4 14. O-O-O c5 15. Nxc5 Qc7) 13... Bg4 14.
Nc3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Rxe5+ 16. Be3 $44 (16. Be2 Qh4)) 10. h3 Nh6 11. Qa3 (11. Be2
c5 (11... b5 12. Qc2 (12. Qa5 $5) 12... c5 13. Bxh6 Bxh6 14. Rd1) 12. Bxh6 Bxh6
13. Rd1) (11. Bxh6 Bxh6 12. Rd1) 11... Nb6 12. Bxh6 Bxh6 13. Bd3 Be6 14. O-O c6
15. Rfe1 Qc7 16. Rad1 Rfd8 (16... Rad8) 17. Ne4 Bd5 18. Bc2 Bxe4 $1 19. Bxe4 (
19. Rxe4 e6 20. h4) 19... e6 20. h4 Rd7 {21.g3 Tad8 [21...Dd8!? Van Wely] 22.
Db3 Sd5 [22...c5 23. dxc5 Dxc5 24. Lxb7!] 24. Kg2 [24. h5!?] 24...c5=} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch 57 Championnat"]
[Site "Schiltigheim"]
[Date "1982.08.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giffard, Nicolas"]
[Black "Seret, Jean Luc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1982.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 (1... d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 {Giffard,N (2300)
-Seret,J (2340) FRA-ch 54th Puteaux 1980 (11) 0-1}) 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3
d5 5. Qb3 {La variante russe} dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 (7. Bf4) 7... Na6 {
[%cal Gc7c5,Ga6b4]} (7... a6 {L'alternative} 8. e5 b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. h4 $5 {
Une attaque trés dangereuse а contrer} c5 11. e6 $1 fxe6 (11... c4) 12. h5 $40
{[%csl Rg8][%cal Gh5g6]}) 8. Be2 (8. Bf4 c5 9. dxc5 Qa5 {[%cal Ga5e1,Ga6c5,
Gf6e4]} 10. e5 Nd7 11. a3 Qxc5 12. Nd5 Nb6 $1) 8... c5 9. d5 Nb4 $2 {JL SERET
a peu joué la défense GRUNFELD car il préférait la défense Slave ou
l'Est-Indienne et le manque d'expérience va d'ailleurs se faire ressentir. En
effet, Nb4 est une suite secondaire considérée comme très douteuse.} (9... e6
$8 {Il faut attaquer le centre et c'est la ligne principale.} 10. O-O exd5 11.
exd5 {[%csl Gd5] Les blancs ont l'avantage d'espace et une position dynamque
mais en cas d'échange de pièces, le P "d5" sera vite une faiblesse.} Bf5 (11...
Re8)) 10. Qb3 (10. O-O {Rozentalis,E (2577)-Figura,A Berlin sim 1-0}) 10... e6
$146 (10... a5 {Schlieder,R-Groschupff,H DDR-ch 05th Meerane (14) 1-0}) 11. a3
Qa5 12. O-O exd5 13. exd5 Na6 14. Bf4 Qd8 15. h3 Nh5 16. Bh2 Qf6 17. Qa4 Qb6
$132 {[%cal Gb6b2]} 18. Qb5 Qxb5 19. Bxb5 Rd8 20. Rad1 {L'éternel problème du
choix de la R а placer au centre:  Avec un P central isolé, la colonne "e" ne
semble pas un bon choix pour la R de l'aile-roi а cause du risque d'échange et
comme il est difficile de doubler а cause de Bh6 comme dans la partie, il
semblait de jouer Rfd1} (20. Rfd1 $1 {A comparer а la suite de la partie ou
les blancs ont moins de pression sur la colonne "a"} Bd7 21. a4 Bxb5 22. axb5
Nb4 23. Bc7 $1 $16 Rd7 24. d6 $16 {[%csl Ga1,Ra7]}) 20... Bd7 21. a4 $2 (21.
Bc4) (21. Ne5 Bxb5 22. Nxb5 $14) (21. Bxd7 {N.GIFFARD pensait garder
l'avantage avec cette suite.} Rxd7 22. g4 Nf6 23. Ne5 Rdd8 24. Rfe1) 21... Bxb5
22. axb5 {Une décision un peu discutable car la reprise serait davantage
justifiée avec une 20.Rfd1 et non pas Rad1 de manière а faire pression sur la
colonne "a"} (22. Nxb5 $5 Bxb2 23. g4 Nf6 24. Rd2 Bd4 25. Nfxd4 cxd4 26. d6 $1)
22... Nb4 {[%cal Gb4d5]} 23. Rd2 {[%cal Gf1d1]} Bh6 $1 24. Rdd1 Nf4 25. Bxf4
Bxf4 26. g3 Bh6 27. Ne5 Bg7 28. f4 c4 29. d6 Bxe5 $6 30. fxe5 Nd3 31. Rxd3 $1
cxd3 32. Nd5 f5 $6 {Les noirs ne peuvent plus miner le centre blanc et ils
obtiennent une position très passive.} 33. Rd1 {Le centre et le cavalier actif
donne un net avantage blanc} Kf7 34. Nc7 Rac8 35. Rxd3 (35. e6+ $142 {[%cal
Ge6f7]}) 35... Rxc7 36. dxc7 Rc8 37. Rd7+ Ke6 38. Rxh7 Kxe5 39. Kf2 Kd6 40. Ke3
g5 41. h4 f4+ 42. Kf3 gxh4 43. gxh4 Ke5 44. h5 Kf5 45. Rg7 {N.GIFFARD fait
d'une pierre, deux coups. il bat un sérieux candidat au titre et il s'empare
de la tête du tournoi après cette 3ème ronde.} 1-0

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. Be3 c5 (10... Nb6 $5 11. a4 Be6 12. Qd1 b4 13. Ne4 Bd5 14.
Bd3 a5 $5 $146 15. O-O Nc6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Alterman,B-Vakhidov,T/Erevan ol 
(Alterman) 1996 (44)}) 11. e6 c4 (11... fxe6 12. Qxe6+ Kh8 13. Qe4 $16) 12.
exf7+ (12. Qc2 fxe6 13. h4 e5 $13) 12... Rxf7 13. Qd1 Nb6 14. Ne5 (14. a4 b4
15. Ne4 a5 16. Ne5 Rf8 17. Nxc4 Nd5 18. Be2 Nxe3 19. fxe3 e5 20. Nxe5 Bb7 {
1/2-1/2 Portisch,L-Ribli,Z/HUN-ch Budapest (03)/1971/ (42)}) 14... Rf8 (14...
Bxe5 $2 15. dxe5 Qc7 16. Qd4 $16) 15. a4 Bb7 $5 {N/} (15... b4 16. a5 (16. Ne4
$5) 16... bxc3 17. axb6 cxb2 18. Bxc4+ Kh8 (18... e6 $5 19. Rb1 Qxb6 20. Qb3
Qxb3 21. Bxb3 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Nc6) 19. Rb1 Qxb6 20. Qd2 Be6 $5 (20... Nd7 21.
Rxb2 Nxe5 $5 (21... Qf6 $5 22. f4 $13) 22. Rxb6 Nxc4 23. Qb4 Nxb6 24. Qxb6 a5 (
24... Bf5 25. Qa5 Rfb8 26. O-O $16) 25. O-O a4 26. Ra1 $16 {/\ 42.Qh8+!; 1-0
Karpov,An-Kamsky,G (09)/Wch Elista 1996 (41)}) 21. Rxb2 Qd6 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23.
O-O Nd7 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,C-Turov,M/Budapest-11 GM 1996}) 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8
Bxa8 18. Nxb5 N8d7 (18... Kh8 $5 19. Qg4 Bd5 (19... Nc6 20. Nxc4) 20. Qh4) 19.
Nxc4 Kh8 $1 {[%csl Re1][%cal Ra8g2,Re7e5]} 20. h4 (20. Nxb6 $5 Qxb6 (20... Nxb6
21. Qg4 e5 22. dxe5 Nd5) 21. Qa4 Nf6) (20. Qc1 Nxc4 21. Qxc4 e5 22. d5 Nb6 $13)
20... Bxg2 $5 (20... Nxc4 21. Bxc4 Bxg2 22. Rg1 Bc6 $10) 21. Bxg2 Nxc4 22. O-O
{[%csl Rb2,Rd4,Rh4]} Qb8 (22... Qb6 $5) 23. Nc3 (23. Qd3 $5 Qxb5 24. b3 Nd6 25.
Qxb5 Nxb5 26. Bc6 Nxd4 27. Bxd4 Bxd4 28. Bxd7 $15) 23... Nf6 $5 (23... Qxb2 24.
Qe2 $5) 24. Bc1 Nd6 25. d5 (25. Re1 Nf5 26. Bh3 Nxh4 27. Rxe7 Ng8 $1 28. Re3
Qf4 $40) 25... Nf5 26. Qa4 Nh5 $1 {[%cal Rg7d4]} 27. Ne2 (27. Bh3 $5 Qe5 (27...
Nd4 28. Bg4 Qe5 $44) 28. Bxf5 Qxf5 29. Qe4 Qf7 (29... Bxc3 30. Qxf5 Rxf5 31.
bxc3 Rxd5 32. Re1 $10) 30. Qe3 $10) 27... Bf6 28. Bg5 Qxb2 29. Bf3 Nhg7 (29...
Qe5 $5 30. Bxh5 (30. Rc1 Nxh4 $1 31. Bxh4 Bxh4 32. Qxh4 Rxf3) (30. Bxf6+ Nxf6
31. Rd1 $17) 30... gxh5 31. Qf4 Qxd5 (31... Qxe2 32. Qxf5 Rg8 33. Kh2 $1 $10) (
31... Nxh4 32. Qxe5 Nf3+ 33. Kg2 Nxe5 $15) 32. Bxf6+ Rxf6 33. Rc1 Rg6+ 34. Ng3
Rg4 $17) 30. Qe4 Nd6 (30... Nxh4 31. Bxh4 Bxh4 32. Qxh4 Rxf3 33. Qxe7) 31. Qg4
(31. Qf4 $5) 31... Ngf5 32. Nf4 Nf7 (32... Rc8 $5 $17 {[%cal Rc8c4]}) 33. Be4 (
33. Bg2 Ne5 34. Qh3 Bxg5 (34... Nd4 $5) 35. hxg5 Nd4 36. Ne6 $1 (36. Qe3 Ng4
37. Nxg6+ (37. Qxe7 Qb8 $1 (37... Rxf4 38. Qe8+ Kg7 39. Qd7+ Kg8 40. Qc8+ $10)
38. f3 Re8 $1 (38... Rf7 $5 39. Qe1 $1 $13 (39. Qxf7 $2 Ne2+ 40. Kh1 Ng3+ 41.
Kg1 Qb6+ $19)) 39. Qc5 Ne2+ $1 40. Kh1 Qxf4 41. fxg4 Ng3+ 42. Kg1 Nxf1 43. Qc3+
Kg8 44. Bxf1 Qxg4+ $19) 37... Kg7 $1 (37... hxg6 38. Qh3+) 38. Qh3 (38. Qxe7+
Rf7 39. Qe1 (39. Qe4 Ne2+ 40. Kh1 Ng3+ $1) 39... hxg6 $19) 38... Ne2+ 39. Kh1
hxg6 (39... Nxf2+ 40. Rxf2 Rxf2 41. Qh6+ Kg8 42. Nxe7+ Kf7 43. Qe6+ Kf8 44.
Qc8+ Kf7 (44... Kxe7 45. Qc5+) 45. Qe6+ $10) 40. Qxg4 Qe5 $1 41. f4 Nxf4 $19)
36... Rf5 $5 (36... Nef3+ 37. Bxf3 (37. Kh1 Nxe6 38. Qxe6) 37... Nxf3+ 38. Kg2
Rf5) 37. Qe3 Nef3+ 38. Kh1 Nxe6 39. Qxe6 Qa3 $17) 33... Ne5 34. Qh3 Nd4 (34...
Bxg5 35. hxg5 Qd4 36. Nxg6+ $1 Nxg6 37. Bxf5 Qxd5 38. Bxg6 Qxg5+ 39. Qg2) 35.
Bh6 $138 (35. Rb1 Ne2+ 36. Nxe2 Qxe2) 35... Bg7 36. Bg5 Qb4 37. Qe3 h6 38.
Nxg6+ Nxg6 39. Bxh6 Nf4 (39... Nf5 $1 40. Bxg7+ (40. Bxf5 Rxf5 41. Qg3 Rh5 $19)
40... Kxg7 41. Qd3 Nd6 (41... Ne5 $5 42. Qe2 Nxh4 $19) 42. Bxg6 Qg4+ 43. Qg3
Qxg6 44. Re1 Nf5 $19) 40. Bxg7+ (40. Bxf4 $2 Rxf4) 40... Kxg7 41. Kh1 $1 Nde2
$1 (41... Kh8 42. Rb1 Qc4 43. Rc1) 42. Bf3 (42. Bd3 Rf6 (42... Ng6 43. Qg5 $8 (
43. Bxe2 Qxh4+ 44. Kg1 Rh8 45. Qc3+ Kf7 46. Qf3+ Nf4 $19) 43... Nef4 44. Bxg6
Nxg6 45. h5 Qh4+ 46. Qxh4 Nxh4 $19) 43. Rb1 (43. Bxe2 Nxe2) 43... Qa3 44. Bxe2
Qxe3 45. fxe3 Nxe2 46. Rb7 Kf7 $19) 42... Ng6 $1 (42... Rf5 $5 43. d6 (43. Bg4
Rxd5 44. Bf3 Ng6 $1 45. Bxd5 Qxh4+ 46. Kg2 Ngf4+ 47. Kf3 Qh5+ 48. Ke4 Qxd5#)
43... Ne6 $3 44. Qe4 (44. Be4 Rf4 45. Qxe2 Rxe4 46. Rg1+ Kh6 $19) 44... Ng3+
45. fxg3 Qxe4 46. Bxe4 Rxf1+ 47. Kg2 Rd1 48. dxe7 Kf7 $19) 43. Bxe2 $6 (43.
Qxe2 Qxh4+ 44. Kg1 Nf4 45. Qe4 (45. Qe5+ Kh6) 45... Rh8 $1 (45... Qg5+ 46. Bg2
Rg8 47. d6 $1 exd6 (47... Kh8 48. dxe7 Nxg2 49. Qd4+ Kh7 50. Qd3+ Rg6 51. Qxg6+
(51. Qh3+) 51... Qxg6 52. e8=Q Qxe8 53. Kxg2 Qg6+ 54. Kh3 Qd3+ 55. Kg2) 48. Rd1
$1 (48. Ra1 Kh6) 48... Kh8 49. Rxd6 Nxg2 50. Qd4+ Rg7 51. Rd8+ Kh7 52. Qe4+ $15
) 46. Qe5+ (46. Re1 Nh3+ 47. Kh1 (47. Kh2 Qxf2+ 48. Kh1 Nf4+) 47... Nxf2+ $19)
46... Kg8 47. Qb8+ (47. Ra1 Qh2+ 48. Kf1 Qh1+ $1) 47... Kf7 $19) 43... Qxh4+
44. Kg1 Rh8 45. Qc3+ Kf7 46. Qf3+ Nf4 (46... Nf4 47. Ra1 Qh2+ 48. Kf1 Qh1+) 0-1

[Event "Cappelle op 31st"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2015.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Black "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[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 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 (9... Ng4) 10. Be2 (10. Ng5 Nc6 11. Be3 Na5 12. Qd1 h6 13. Nxf7
Rxf7 14. e6 Rf8 15. exd7 Bxd7 16. Qd2 Bf5 17. Bxh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Qxd4 19. Rd1
Qe5+ 20. Be2 Rad8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. g4 Bc2 23. O-O b4 24. Rc1 bxc3 25. Rxc2
cxb2 26. Qxg6+ Kf8 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Qg6+ Kf8 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Qg6+ Kf8 {
1/2-1/2 (30) Gajewski,G (2648)-Swiercz,D (2622) Poznan 2015}) 10... c5 11. e6
$1 fxe6 12. Qxe6+ Kh8 13. dxc5 Ne5 14. Qd5 Qxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bb7 $44
17. Nc7 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Ra7 19. Ne6 Rxf3 20. Ke2 Rf5 21. Nxg7 $146 Kxg7 22. Be3
Rd7 (22... Nc6 23. Rad1 $11 (23. a4 Rb7 24. axb5 Rxb5 25. Rxa6 Rxb2+ 26. Kf1
Nb4 27. Rb6 Rb1+ 28. Kg2 Rxh1 29. Kxh1 Nc2 30. c6 Nxe3 31. fxe3 Rf2 32. Rb8 Rc2
33. Rc8 Kf6 34. c7 Ke5 35. Rh8 Rxc7 36. Rxh7 Ke4 37. Kg2 Rc2+ 38. Kg3 e5 39.
Rg7 Rc6 40. Kf2 Rd6 41. Ke2 Ra6 42. Kf2 Ra2+ 43. Kg3 Kxe3 44. Rxg6 Ra1 45. Kg4
{1/2-1/2 (45) Jankovic,A (2584)-Rodshtein,M (2641) Rogaska Slatina 2011})) 23.
Rhd1 Rfd5 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. a4 b4 26. Rd1 e6 27. Rd4 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.25"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[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 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Be6 8.
Qd3 c5 9. d5 Bg4 10. Ng5 h6 11. h3 Bc8 12. Nf3 e6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Be3 Qe7 15.
Rd1 Nc6 16. Qd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 {A typical Grunfeld position. Black has some
problems with his c5 pawn at the moment, but he is definitely better developed
than White.} c4 (17... Na5 18. Bxc5 Rfc8 19. Be3 Rxc3 $1 {With strong
counterplay.}) 18. Rxe6 {An obvious exchange sacrifice. White does get enough
compensation for the lost material, but it is unlikely that it is any more
than that.} fxe6 19. Bxc4 Rfe8 (19... Kf7 $1) 20. Nb5 Na5 21. Bd3 {Black has
some issues since a7 is hanging and there is a fork that is being threatened
on c7.} Rec8 22. Ke2 Nc4 $5 {The start of an unusual series of trades.} (22...
a6 23. Nd6 Rd8 24. e5 Nd7 25. Bxg6 $14) 23. Nxa7 $1 Nxe3 24. Nxc8 Nxg2 25. Ne7+
$1 (25. Rc1 Nf4+ 26. Ke3 Nxh3 $15) 25... Kf7 26. Nxg6 $1 {A nice detail.
Because the knight covers f4, it cannot be ignored.} Kxg6 27. Rg1 Rxa2 (27...
Nd7 28. Rxg2+ Kf7 {was probably better, gunning for the b2 pawn and taking
control of e5.}) 28. Rxg2+ Kf7 29. Ne5+ {White emergest upa a pawn and retains
winning chances.} Kf8 30. Ng6+ Kf7 31. Nf4 Rxb2+ 32. Ke3 Bf8 33. Bc4 Rb6 {
Black is just in time to defend his pawn, but even that endgame is unpleasant.}
34. Nxe6 Rxe6 35. e5 (35. f4 Ke7 36. Bxe6 Kxe6 37. Kd4 Nd7 $1 {seems close to
a draw as well.}) 35... Nd7 36. f4 b5 $1 37. Bxe6+ Kxe6 38. Rd2 b4 $1 39. f5+
Kxf5 40. Rxd7 Kxe5 {White has an extra exchange, but because of the powerful
passed b-pawn and the reduced number of pawns there is nothing Svidler can do
to win.} 41. Kd3 Kf6 42. Rd5 Ke6 43. Rb5 Kf6 44. Ke4 Be7 45. Kf4 Bd6+ 46. Ke4
Be7 47. Kf4 Bd6+ 48. Kg4 Ke6 49. Kh5 Kd7 {White captures the pawn on h6, but
now the b-pawn is dangerous.} 50. Kxh6 Kc6 51. Rf5 b3 52. Rf1 Kc5 53. h4 b2 54.
Rb1 Be5 55. Kg6 Kc4 56. Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2015.02.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. Rd1 {Vishy deviates from his
previous game in this line.} ({A few months before} 12. Bg5 {was played in the
World Championship match vs Magnus Carlsen. After} h6 13. Be3 Bf5 14. Rad1 Ne4
15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Qc1 {Black had some problems to solve in Anand,V (2792)
-Carlsen,M (2863)/Sochi RUS 2014 (32).}) 12... Bf5 13. d6 h6 {This position is
well-known since the famous Kasparov-Karpov match.} 14. Be3 {This time Anand
chooses a rare continuation, which could come as a surprise for his opponent.}
({The following alternatives lead to a very complex battle either:} 14. Bf4 Nd7
(14... Ne4 15. Bd3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxd3 17. Rxd3 $36 {1/2-1/2 (45) Zakhartsov,V 
(2536)-Smirnov,A (2413)/Kazan RUS 2013}) 15. Rd2 (15. Qb3 $5) 15... Nb4 16. Qb3
Be6 17. Bc4 Nb6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 $132 {0-1 (60) Rusev,K (2547)-Drenchev,P (2477)/
Blagoevgrad 2010/CBM 134 Extra}) (14. h3 Nb4 15. Bf4 Nd7 16. Rd2 a6 17. Qb3 b5
18. Qd1 c4 $132 {1/2-1/2 (43) Karpov,A (2700)-Kasparov,G (2740)/Seville 1987})
14... Ng4 $146 {This principal response is the only way to fight for equality.}
({In the preceding games White was clearly better:} 14... Bd7 15. Rd2 (15. Qb3
Bc6 16. Bb5 $36) 15... Qa5 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. h3 $14 {0-1 (38) Reilly,T (2315)
-Tukmakov,V (2600)/Antwerp 1993}) (14... Ne4 15. Qb3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Be4 17. Bb5
$16 {1-0 (24) Volkov,S (2612)-Nedilko,V (2400)/Rijeka 2010/CBM 136}) 15. Bf4 {
That move is connected with a piece sacrifice, but White cannot let Black to
exchange their dark-squared bishop for free.} Bxc3 {At his turn, Levon had to
exchange his strong bisop either in order to justify his previous move.} (15...
Qa5 16. h3 Nf6 17. Ne5 Be6 18. Qb5 $16) (15... Nf6 16. Ne5 Be6 17. Qb5 Qb6 18.
Bg3 Rad8 19. Na4 Qxb5 20. Bxb5 $16) 16. bxc3 Re4 17. Qb5 Rxf4 18. Qxb7 {
No doubt, that line was prepared well by Anand before the game. Black is a
piece up, but the lack of harmony doesn't allow them to keep the material
advantage.} Ra4 (18... c4 $1 19. Qxa6 Bd3 20. Bxd3 ({White may deviate from it
by means of:} 20. Rxd3 cxd3 21. Qxd3 {but after} Qb6 22. Nd4 Nxf2 23. Qe3 Qxd6
24. Rf1 Rc8 {Black should be OK}) 20... Rxf3 $1 21. gxf3 Qh4 22. fxg4 Qxg4+ 23.
Kf1 Qh3+ 24. Ke1 Re8+ 25. Be2 Qg4 26. f3 Qg1+ 27. Kd2 Qg5+ 28. Ke1 Qg1+ $11)
19. d7 {The strong passer enables White to avoid any risk.} ({Of course, not} 
19. Bxa6 $2 Rb8 20. Qc6 Bd7 21. Qxc5 Rxa6 $19) 19... Be4 {After that move
Black's minor pieces are getting very vulnerable.} ({Possibly, the best way to
solve the problems was} 19... Nc7 $5 20. h3 Nxf2 $1 ({worse is:} 20... Nf6 21.
Ne5 Nxd7 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. Qb3+ Kg7 24. Qxa4 Qe7 25. Re1 {and the exposed
placement of Black's king still may be a cause of warnings.}) 21. Kxf2 Bxd7 22.
Bb5 Nxb5 23. Rxd7 {this position looks extremely dangerous, but Black should
be able to keep the ballance after} Qb8 24. Qd5 Qf8 $1 25. Ne5 (25. Qb3 Ra5 26.
Ne5 c4 27. Qxc4 (27. Qb4 Qxb4 28. cxb4 Ra4 $11) 27... Rc8 28. Rxf7 Rxc4 29.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Nxc4 Ra6 $11) 25... Nxc3 26. Qd3 Ne4+ 27. Kg1 Re8 28. Nxf7 Rd4
29. Rxd4 cxd4 30. Rf1 Qg7 31. Rf4 Kh7 $11) 20. Qb3 Bc6 $2 {Unfortunately for
Levon, one serious mistake leads to a hopeless position by forced.} ({The only
way to stay in the game was} 20... Ra5 21. Nd2 (21. Rd6 Qe7 22. Rad1 Rd8 23.
Bxa6 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Ne3 $1 25. fxe3 Qxe3+ 26. Kf1 ({After} 26. Kg2 c4 $1 {
[%cal Ga5g5]} 27. Rxg6+ fxg6 28. Qxc4+ Kg7 {Black is by no means worse}) 26...
Qxf3+ 27. Ke1 Rxa6 28. Rxa6 Qe3+ 29. Kf1 Qf3+ $11) 21... Bxg2 $1 {It looks
like Black is able to exploit some vulnerablity of White's king in all the
cases. For instance,} ({The prosaic} 21... Bf5 {leads to an inferior edngame
after} 22. Nc4 Nxf2 23. Nxa5 Nxd1 24. Nb7 Qxd7 25. Rxd1 Qc6 26. Rd8+ Rxd8 27.
Qxf7+ $1 Kxf7 28. Nxd8+ Kf6 29. Nxc6 $14) 22. Bxg4 (22. Kxg2 Qh4 23. Nf3 Qxf2+
24. Kh1 Qxe2 25. d8=Q+ Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Kg7 27. c4 Nf2+ 28. Kg1 Nh3+ $11) (22.
Nc4 Rb8 23. Nxa5 (23. Qc2 Nxf2 $1 24. Kxf2 Ba8 25. Nxa5 Qf6+ 26. Kg1 Qg5+ $11)
23... Rxb3 24. axb3 Nxf2 $1 25. Kxf2 Bh3 26. Bxa6 Qf6+ 27. Kg3 Bxd7 $132) 22...
Qg5 23. c4 Qxg4 24. Qg3 Qxg3 25. hxg3 Rd8 26. Nb3 Ra4 27. Kxg2 Rxc4 28. Na5 Rd4
29. Nc6 R8xd7 30. Nxd4 cxd4 31. Rab1 Nc5 $14 {with good drawing chances.}) 21.
Rd6 $1 Bxd7 ({Completely hopeless is} 21... Rb8 22. Qd1 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 $18) 22.
Rad1 $18 {Black cannot avoid a massive loss of material. The rest looks like a
desperation.} Qb8 23. Rxd7 Qxb3 24. axb3 Ra2 25. Bc4 ({Another possible way to
win the piece was} 25. R7d2 Rxd2 (25... Ra3 26. h3 Nf6 27. Rd6 $18) 26. Nxd2
$18) 25... Rf8 {White has a wide choice of winning continuations here.} 26.
R7d6 (26. Rxa7 Nb4 27. Rxf7 Rxf7 28. cxb4 cxb4 29. h3 $18) (26. h3 Nxf2 27. Rf1
Ne4 28. Ne5 $18) 26... Kg7 27. Rxa6 Rxf2 28. Re1 1-0

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.14"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Sakaev,K"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Nbd7 11. e5 Nxc5 12. Qb4 Nfd7 13. Be3 $1 $146 a5 (13...
Ne6 14. Rd1 $16) 14. Qh4 e6 $1 (14... Bb7 15. Rd1 b4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 $16)
(14... b4 15. Nd5 e6 (15... Bb7 16. Nxe7+ (16. Rd1 $16) 16... Kh8 17. Ng5 h6
18. Nxf7+ Rxf7 19. Bxh6 Bxh6 20. Qxh6+ Rh7 21. Nxg6+ Kg8 22. Bc4+ $18) 16. Ne7+
Kh8 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nxf7+ Rxf7 19. Nxg6+ $18) (14... Ne6 15. Rd1 $1 $16) 15.
Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Bxb5 Bb7 (16... Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. O-O-O $1 $16) 17. Rd1 h6 $1
(17... Bxf3 18. gxf3 Bxe5 19. O-O $1 Rab8 20. a4 f5 21. f4 Bf6 22. Rd2 Kf7 23.
Rfd1 Ke7 24. Ne2 $1 $18) 18. Ke2 Bf8 $44 19. a4 g5 20. h3 Bxf3+ 21. gxf3 Nxe5
22. Rxd8 (22. Rdg1 Ng6 23. h4 Be7 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Bxg5 Bxg5 26. Rxg5 Nb3 $44)
22... Rxd8 23. f4 gxf4 24. Bxf4 f6 25. Rd1 Rc8 26. Rd4 Kf7 $11 27. Be3 f5 28.
f4 Ng6 29. Rc4 Bd6 30. Na2 Ne7 31. Nc3 (31. b4 $2 axb4 32. Nxb4 Nxa4 $1)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2003.02.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "Shabalov,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2003.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Nb4 $5 {This move had occurred only 3
times in tournament practice according to my bases. It went quite unnoticed in
first two (Onischuk,A-Thiel,T Muenster op, 1994 and Naumann,A-Gurieli,N
Berliner Sommer 1998), then it grabbed everyone's attention after being
successfully ressurrected by no less than Emil Sutovsky against Evgeny Bareev
on 2001 European championship. Extensive analyses by most Gruenfeld devotees
followed as Nb4 promised for a moment an easy way out from one of the main
White's weapon against Gruenfeld - 5.Qb3...} 12. Bg5 {According to many
comments i have heard after the game, my assessment of 12.Bg5 as the most
challenging continuation for white is correct. 12.Rd1 was played by Bareev and
is probably shut down for now after being nicely met by Sutovsky.} (12. Rd1 b6
13. Qh4 Nc2 14. Rb1 Bf5 15. Bg5 Nd4 16. Rbc1 h6 17. Bxh6 Nxd5 18. Bg5 {? 
(according to Sutovsky.18.Bd3 was still holding for white)} Nxc3 19. Nxd4 Qxd4
20. bxc3 Qxh4 21. Bxh4 Bh6 22. Ra1 Bg7 23. Rac1 Bh6 24. Ra1 Rae8 $15 {1/2-1/2
Bareev,E-Sutovsky,E/Halkidiki GRE 2002(42). and black was better, though he
didn't win.}) 12... b6 {Once again this is the move to play if black wants to
play this variation at all.Both 12...h6 and 12...Nbxd5 promise some drawish
chances, but who wants to go for these positions voluntarily.} 13. Qh4 (13.
Rad1 Ba6 (13... Re8 14. Qh4) 14. Qb3 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 h6 16. a3 hxg5 17. axb4 g4
$13) 13... h6 $5 {The key of it all.Black deflects white's bishop from the
vital diagonal and if in the end he will manage to withstand following white
activity against his weakened king, his endgame prospective will be very good.}
14. Bxh6 Nbxd5 {Starting position for analysis has arisen. It is quite
unfortunate when it happens to you in the 8th round of an open tournament when
you're standing (-1). Welcome to Aeroflot!} 15. Rad1 ({Obvious alternative to
the text was} 15. Rfd1 {when black has a choice between 15...} Nxc3 {and} (
15... Bxh6)) 15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 (16. Rxd8 {Black counterplay is huge after}
Nxe2+ 17. Kh1 Rxd8 18. Bg5 Nd4 (18... Rd6 {Black has hardly sufficient
compensation after} 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qe4) 19. Bxf6 Nxf3 20. gxf3 Rd5 $15)
16... Qe7 17. Bc4 Qe4 {Black is trying to solve his problems by tactical means.
But white has at least two ways to maintain some advantage.} 18. Bxf7+ (18.
Qxe4 {I have no doubt that the position after} Nxe4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Bd5 Nxc3
21. Bxa8 Ba6 (21... Be6 {The compensation is hardly sufficient after} 22. Bc6
Nxd1 23. Rxd1 Bxa2 {when white gets his bishop to a6} 24. Bb5 Ra8 25. Ba6) 22.
Bc6 Rc8 23. Rd6 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Nxa2 {can be worked out in white's favor after
long home analysis. The things however weren't so clear to me during the game
and I have decided for a tactical solution. I should mention that the computer
totally disagrees with me here and prefers 18.Qxe4 by a huge margin.}) 18...
Rxf7 19. Rd8+ Bf8 ({White's main idea is that after} 19... Rf8 20. Rxf8+ Bxf8
21. Qxf6 Bxh6 22. Re1 {black is losing his queen.}) 20. Bxf8 Qxh4 ({Not} 20...
Rxf8 21. Qxf6 {of course}) 21. Bd6+ Kh7 22. Nxh4 Bb7 23. Rxa8 Bxa8 {It may
look like black's prospective are not so dim, but in fact his survival chances
are minimal.} 24. f4 $1 {By this powerful move white has not only stopped
g6-g5 but he also prepares to launch kingside pawn storm. The weakening of the
a8-h1 diagonal doesn't mean much as the knight on h4 is excellent in both
defence and attack and as soon as black rook is forced to leave the 7th rank
and let his white counterpart into black's camp the game comes to it's end
soon.} Rd7 25. Bb8 Rd2 26. h3 $1 Rxa2 27. Rd1 Nd5 $6 {In fact the computer
dislikes black position only after this move and suggests that black could
still defend after} (27... Kg8) 28. c4 {However it is hard to believe from a
practical player's point of view.} Ne3 29. Rd7+ Kg8 30. Be5 Be4 31. g4 Nxc4 $2
{The final mistake.} (31... Ng2 {was still leaving black with some practical
drawing chances.}) 32. Bf6 Rd2 {Losing on the spot. The fight was still up
after} (32... Ne3 33. f5 Nd5 34. Rg7+ (34. Be5 g5 35. Ng6 Rg2+ 36. Kf1 Ne3+ 37.
Ke1 Nc2+ 38. Kd1 Ne3+ 39. Ke1 {=}) 34... Kf8 35. Nxg6+ Ke8 36. Rg8+ Kd7 37.
Ne5+ Kc7 38. Rg7+ Kc8 39. Bg5 $16) 33. Rg7+ Kf8 34. f5 $1 {The winning push.}
gxf5 35. Ng6+ Ke8 36. Re7+ Kd8 37. Rxe4+ Kd7 38. Rxc4 fxg4 39. hxg4 a5 40. g5
Ke6 41. Ne7 Rd8 42. Re4+ Kf7 43. Bc3 1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} g6 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bg7
{[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. Qxc4 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:56]
The most popular choice against the Russian System.} ({However,} 7... Na6 {
also remains topical and was recently featured in two important games:} 8. Be2
c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Re8 ({In a survey about this line in CBM 156
I concentrated on the move order with} 11... Bf5 {This still seems to me a
roughly equivalent alternative; the resulting positions are often the same due
to transposition.}) 12. Rd1 (12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 Bf5 14. Rad1 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4
16. Qc1 (16. d6 $5 $36) 16... Qf6 ({Houdini recommends the unprejudiced} 16...
Nc7 $5 17. Bxh6 Nxd5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. g3 Qf6 20. Ng5 Nb6 $11) 17. Bxh6 Qxb2
18. Qxb2 Bxb2 19. Ng5 Bd4 20. Nxe4 Rxe4 21. Bf3 Re7 22. d6 Rd7 23. Bf4 Nb4 24.
Rd2 (24. a3 $5 Nc6 25. Rfe1 $14) 24... Re8 25. Rc1 Re6 26. h4 Be5 27. Bxe5 Rxe5
28. Bxb7 Rxb7 29. d7 Nc6 $11 {Anand,V (2792)-Carlsen,M (2863) WCh Sochi 2014
For more details see the notes by Krasenkow in CBM 164.}) 12... Bf5 13. d6 h6
14. Be3 $5 ({A fresh idea instead of the older} 14. Bf4 Nd7 15. Rd2) 14... Ng4
15. Bf4 $1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Re4 17. Qb5 Rxf4 18. Qxb7 Ra4 (18... c4 $5 19. Qxa6
Bd3 20. Bxd3 Rxf3 21. gxf3 Qh4 $11) 19. d7 Be4 (19... Nc7 20. h3 Nxf2 21. Kxf2
Bxd7 22. Bb5 Nxb5 23. Rxd7 Qb8 24. Qd5 Qf8 25. Qb3 Ra5 26. Ne5 c4 27. Qxc4 Na3
$5 28. Qf4 Nc4 $1 $11) 20. Qb3 Bc6 $2 (20... Ra5 $8 21. Nd2 Bxg2 $1 $132) 21.
Rd6 Bxd7 22. Rad1 Qb8 23. Rxd7 $18 {Anand,V (2797)-Aronian,L (2777) Zuerich
2015 For more details see the notes by Roiz in CBM 165.}) ({Another line that
has its fans among top players is} 7... Nc6) 8. Be2 {[%emt 0:02:55] Currently
White prefers this developing move.} ({In the other main line} 8. e5 b5 9. Qb3
Nfd7 {Black withstands the direct onslaught, so White has been mostly trying
sidelines.} {One of these is} 10. Ng5 {introduced into serious practice by
Carlsen:} (10. e6 fxe6 11. Be3 Nf6 12. a4 b4 $5 13. Qxb4 Nc6 14. Qa3 Qd6 15.
Be2 Nb4 16. Rc1 Bb7 17. h3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nbd5 19. a5 Rfb8 20. Bd2 Qxa3 21. bxa3
Nxc3 22. Rxc3 {½, Moiseenko,A (2699)-Gelfand,B (2764) Tromsoe WCup 2013} Nd5
$15) (10. Be2 c5 11. e6 fxe6 12. Qxe6+ Kh8 13. dxc5 Ne5 14. Qd5 Qxd5 15. Nxd5
Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bb7 17. Nc7 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Ra7 19. Ne6 Rxf3 20. Ke2 Rf6 (20...
Rf5 $5 $11 {is maybe slightly more accurate}) 21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. Be3 Nc6 23.
Rad1 Rf5 24. h4 Kf7 $11 {Kasimdzhanov,R (2706)-Caruana,F (2844) Baku 2014
Black's setup is very solid and the _|_ is drawish.}) 10... Nb6 (10... e6 $6 {
is passive:} 11. h4 h5 12. Nce4 c5 13. Nd6 cxd4 14. Ngxf7 Qb6 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16.
Nd6 Nc5 17. Nxc8 Qa5+ 18. Bd2 Nxb3 19. Bxa5 Nxa1 20. Nb6 Ra7 21. Bd3 $16 {
[%csl Ra1] Horvath,C (2537)-Guido,F (2356) Bratto 2008}) ({An enterprising
novelty is} 10... c5 11. e6 ({The critical try is} 11. Nxf7 $5 Rxf7 12. e6 Nc6
13. exf7+ Kf8 14. Ne2 $13 {/+/=}) 11... cxd4 12. Nce4 Nf6 13. exf7+ Kh8 14. Bd3
(14. h4 $13) 14... Nc6 15. h4 Ne5 16. h5 gxh5 17. Bf4 $2 (17. Bb1 $142) 17...
Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 Bf5 19. g4 Nxe4 20. gxf5 Nxg5 21. Bxg5 Qd5 22. Kd2 Qxf7 23. Rae1
Qxf5 $19 {Holt,C (2530)-Robson,R (2656) Saint Louis 2015}) 11. Be3 {Humans
prefer} Nc6 (11... h6 12. Nge4 ({Engines have also tested} 12. Nf3 $13) 12...
Be6 13. Qc2 (13. Qd1 Bc4 14. Bxc4 Nxc4 15. Qb3 Nd7 16. Rd1 e6 17. O-O c5 18.
dxc5 Nxe3 19. fxe3 {1/2-1/2 (29) Alonso Rosell,A (2507)-Alsina Leal,D (2547)
Sabadell 2010} Qc7 $5 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. exf6 Nxc5 $11 {/=/+}) 13... Bf5 (13...
Nc6 14. Rd1 Bf5 15. Be2 Nb4 16. Qd2 Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. O-O Kh7 {Zhao,X 
(2490)-Cmilyte,V (2485) Dagomys 2010} 19. f3 $13 {/+/=}) 14. Rd1 Nd5 $5 15. Be2
Nxe3 16. fxe3 c5 17. g4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Nd7 19. h4 cxd4 20. exd4 Nb6 $132 {
1/2-1/2 (111) felix 2,h (2709)-bouddha#77,h (2560) Engine Room 2012}) 12. Rd1
Na5 ({This has fully replaced} 12... Bf5 {Carlsen,M (2810)-Dominguez Perez,L 
(2712) Wijk aan Zee 2010 See the notes to this game by Krasenkow in CBM 135.})
13. Qb4 {A more natural move is} Nac4 (13... Nbc4 14. Bc1 (14. b3 $6 c5 $1 15.
Qxc5 (15. dxc5 Nc6 {[%csl Rb4]}) 15... Nxe3 16. fxe3 Bg4 $32 17. Rd3 Rc8 18.
Qa3 Nc6 19. Qb2 Bh6 20. h3 Nb4 $17 {Holt,C (2530)-Troff,K (2532) Richardson
2015}) 14... Bb7 15. Nce4 h6 16. Nc5 hxg5 17. Nxb7 Nxb7 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Qxb7
c5 20. O-O cxd4 21. Qe4 Qc7 22. Rxd4 Qxe5 23. Rxc4 Qxe4 24. Rxe4 Rfc8 25. Bxg5
Rc2 26. Ra4 Rxb2 27. Bxe7 Re8 28. Bc5 Ree2 29. a3 Bf8 30. Be3 Ra2 31. Rxa6 Rxa3
$14 {/=, Korobov,A (2702)-Gupta,A (2662) New Delhi 2012}) 14. Bc1 Bg4 $1 {
Forcing the the weakening f3 before developing the bishop to f5.} 15. f3 Bf5
16. Nge4 (16. b3 Bc2 17. bxc4 Bxd1 18. Nxd1 Qxd4 19. f4 {Holt,C (2555)-Troff,K
(2459) Dallas 2014} Rfd8 20. Nc3 Na4 $44) 16... c6 (16... Nd5 $5) 17. Bxc4 ({
Probably more circumspect is} 17. b3 Nd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Nc5 a5 20. Qxb5 Rb8
21. Qc6 Rb6 22. Qa4 Rb4 $11) 17... Nxc4 18. b3 Nb6 19. O-O a5 20. Qc5 Rc8 21.
Bg5 f6 22. exf6 exf6 23. Bh4 Nd7 24. Qd6 Re8 25. d5 b4 $1 26. dxc6 Qb6+ 27. Bf2
Qxc6 $15 {Abbasov,F (2549)-Safarli,E (2603) Baku 2010}) 8... b5 {[%emt 0:00:20]
} 9. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 10. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bb7 {
[%emt 0:00:02] Svidler hasn't played this move since 2007.} ({In his more
recent games he has preferred} 10... Be6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Rd1 b4
14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nxc5 16. O-O {and now:} {Lately Black's efforts have
concentrated mainly on} Nce4 (16... Qd6 17. Qc4 (17. Rc1 Qb8 $1 18. Bxc5 Nd7
19. Bxa6 Rxc5 $44) 17... Na4 (17... Nfd7 18. Rd2 a5 (18... Nb6 19. Qxb4 Nxd5
20. Qa3 $5 $14) 19. Qh4 Nf6 20. Bf4 Qb6 21. d6 Nce4 22. dxe7 Rfe8 23. Rd4 Rxe7
$132 {Wojtaszek,R (2736)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2710) ECC Bilbao 2014}) 18. Qb3 Nc5
19. Qxb4 Nxd5 20. Qh4 Qc6 21. Bd4 Rfd8 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Bc4 e6 $11 {
Tomashevsky,E (2709)-Popov,I (2632) Ekaterinburg 2013}) (16... a5 17. Bb5 Nce4
18. Qd3 (18. Bc6 Nd6 19. Qc5 (19. Qe2 Qc7 20. Rc1 Nf5 21. Bc5 {Wang,H (2739)
-Giri,A (2696) Biel 2012 See the notes to this game in CBM 150 for more
details about the whole line.} Nd7 $5 $11) 19... Qc7 20. Qb6 Qxb6 21. Bxb6 Nc4
22. Bd4 e6 23. b3 exd5 24. Bxd5 Nd6 25. Be5 Nfe4 26. Ng5 Bxe5 27. Nxe4 Nxe4 28.
Bxe4 Rfd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 (37) Soumya,S (2366)-Gopal,G (2575) Kolkata 2015}) 18...
Nc5 (18... Qd6 $5 $132 {[%cal Yf8d8,Ye7e6]}) 19. Qc4 Na4 20. Qe2 Nb6 21. d6
exd6 22. Ba6 Ra8 23. Bb7 Rb8 24. Bc6 Qc8 25. Rc1 Qe6 26. Nd4 Qxa2 27. Rc2 Nfd5
$2 (27... b3 28. Rcc1 $44 {[%csl Ra2]}) 28. b3 Qa3 29. Bc1 $16 {Volkov,S (2583)
-Areshchenko,A (2684) Abu Dhabi 2014}) 17. Qd3 (17. Qb1 Nc5 $5 (17... Qd6 18.
Rd4 $1 (18. Bd4 Rfd8 19. Rfe1 Nc5 20. Bc4 {Barbosa,O (2571)-Lou,Y (2484)
Tromsoe 2013} Nfd7 $5 $11) 18... Nc5 19. Rfd1 a5 20. Nd2 Qd8 21. Rc4 Nb7 {
Gustafsson,J (2634)-Schandorff,L (2497) Helsingor 2011} 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Nc4
$14) 18. Bc4 (18. Rc1 Qxd5 19. Rc4 {Benzoni,A (2446)-Szczepankiewicz,D (2468)
email 2010} Ne6 20. Rxb4 Qa8 21. Ra4 Nd5 $132) 18... Qd6 19. g3 (19. Bd4 Nfd7
$11) 19... Na4 20. Bf4 (20. Bb3 Nc5 $11) 20... Qb6 21. Bb3 Nc5 22. d6 Nxb3 23.
axb3 exd6 24. Rxd6 Qb7 $11 {Onischuk,A (2666)-Troff,K (2421) Saint Louis 2013})
17... Qd6 (17... a5 18. Ne5 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 (27) Sandipan,C (2641)-Svidler,P 
(2731) Germany 2010} 19. Nc6 e6 20. Rc1 {[%cal Rc6a7]} Qd7 21. dxe6 Qxe6 22.
Qc4 $36) 18. g3 (18. Qxa6 Ra8 $5 (18... Rc2 19. Bd4 Nc5 (19... Qxa6 20. Bxa6
Nd6 21. Rfe1 Rc7 22. Bb6 Rc2 23. Bd4 Rc7 24. a4 bxa3 25. bxa3 Ra8 $11 {Craciun,
G (2055)-Perevozchikov,V email 2011}) 20. Qxd6 exd6 21. Bb5 Nfe4 22. Ne1 Rd2
23. Bxg7 Rxd1 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Nf3 Rxd5 26. Bc6 (26. Bc4 Rf5 27. Nd4 Rf4 28.
Ne2 {1/2-1/2 (32) Moiseenko,A (2701)-Areshchenko,A (2655) Lvov 2014} Rf5 29.
Ng3 Rf4 $11 {Moiseenko,A (2701)-Areshchenko,A (2655) Lvov 2014}) 26... Rd3 27.
Ra1 g5 28. h3 h5 29. Re1 Nf6 30. Nxg5 Rd2 31. Rb1 Nd3 {Jakovenko,D (2722)
-Svidler,P (2749) Moscow 2012} 32. a4 $5 $14) 19. Qc4 Rfc8 20. Qb3 Nc5 21. Qxb4
Nxd5 22. Qh4 e6 23. Bd4 Qf4 24. Qxf4 Nxf4 25. Bc4 Na4 26. b3 Rxc4 27. bxc4 Ne2+
28. Kh1 Nxd4 29. Nxd4 Nb2 30. Rd2 Nxc4 31. Rc2 Na3 32. Rd2 Nc4 33. Rc2 Na3 34.
Rd2 {½, Horvath,C (2537)-Antoniewski,R (2552) Bol 2014}) 18... Rfd8 (18... a5
19. Bf4 Qc5 20. Ne5 Rcd8 $1 (20... Rfd8 $2 21. Qf3 $1 Re8 22. Ba6 Rcd8 23. Rfe1
Qb6 24. Bf1 Nd6 25. Nc6 $16 {Tomashevsky,E (2722)-Schreiner,P (2452) Warsaw
2013}) 21. Qc4 Qxc4 22. Bxc4 Nh5 23. Rfe1 Nd6 24. Bf1 Nxf4 {½, Roiz,M (2589)
-Mikhalevski,V (2519) Beersheba 2014} 25. gxf4 Bf6 $11) 19. Bf4 Qxd5 20. Qxa6
Qa8 21. Qxa8 Rxa8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {A more fighting continuation is} 23. Rd1 (23.
Ne5 Nd5 24. Rd1 Rd6 25. Nxg6 Nxf4 26. Nxf4 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 Bxb2 28. Nd3 (28. Bc2
Nf6 29. Nd3 Bc3 30. f4 e6 $11 {Tomashevsky,E (2701)-Grischuk,A (2797) Baku 2014
}) 28... Bc3 29. Kg2 Kg7 $11 {Giri,A (2797)-Grischuk,A (2810) Tbilisi 2015})
23... Nd5 24. Be5 e6 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Bc4 Rc8 27. Bb3 Nef6 28. Ne5 {Grischuk,
A (2794)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2714) Sochi 2015} Ne7 $5 {[%cal Yf6d5]} 29. Rd6 Rc7
$132 {This was played about 2 weeks earlier and Grischuk won the game after a
long fight, perhaps Svidler didn't relish playing such an endgame...}) 11. e5 {
[%emt 0:00:27] Gelfand in turn tries to surprise Svidler by opting for a less
usual continuation.} ({The alternative} 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 {is played
more often, but getting an advantage is very difficult:} {A wild new idea is}
13. Ng5 (13. Bf4 Bd5 14. Qe3 Bxb2 15. Rad1 e6 16. Bd6 Re8 $13 (16... Nc6 $5 17.
Bxf8 Qxf8 $44)) (13. Bg5 Qd5 14. Qe3 Nc6 15. Rad1 Qe6 {makes no difference;
what is new is} 16. Rd2 $146 (16. Bh6 Bc2 17. Rd2 Qxe3 18. Bxe3 Bf5 19. Rfd1
Rfc8 20. h3 (20. Ng5 Ne5 21. b3 h6 22. Nh3 g5 23. Rc1 Ng4 24. Bxg4 Bxg4 25. f4
Bxh3 26. gxh3 gxf4 27. Bxf4 Rc6 $11 {Mraz,M (2501)-Bauer,M (2443) email 2009})
20... Be6 21. b3 h6 22. g4 g5 23. Bf1 Rab8 24. Bg2 a5 25. Rb1 Bc3 26. Rc2 Bf6
$11 {Kasimdzhanov,R (2695)-Leko,P (2713) Wijk aan Zee 2002}) 16... Rfd8 17.
Rfd1 Rxd2 18. Rxd2 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Nxd8 20. Bf4 Bd5 21. Qd2 Nc6 22. b3 Bc3 23.
Qd1 Nd4 {½, Wojtaszek,R (2701)-Volokitin,A (2687) Haguenau 2013} 24. Nxd4 Bxd4
25. Qxd4 Qxe2 26. h4 Qe1+ 27. Kh2 Qe4 $11) 13... Bd5 14. Qh3 h6 15. Nf3 Qc8 16.
Qh4 g5 17. Bxg5 (17. Qg3 f5 $36) 17... hxg5 18. Nxg5 Rd8 19. Rfd1 Nc6 20. Bg4
e6 21. Rd3 Ne5 (21... Ra7 $5 $15) 22. Rg3 Qxc5 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Bh5 Qd4 25.
Nxe6+ Bxe6 26. Qxg7+ Ke7 27. Qg5+ Kf8 $11 {Radjabov,T (2734)-Gelfand,B (2743)
Beijing rpd 2014 However, this is hardly suitable for a game with a classical
control.}) 11... Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 12. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} ({Black has
excellent piece-play after} 12. e6 $143 $6 Nxc5 13. exf7+ Rxf7 14. Qc2 (14. Qd1
Qxd1+ 15. Nxd1 Nc6 $36) 14... Nbd7 $6 (14... Nc6 $142 15. O-O Rxf3 $1 $40) 15.
O-O Rc8 16. Rd1 e5 17. Be3 Ne6 18. Qb3 $2 (18. Qd2 $142) 18... Nd4 $1 19. Nxd4
(19. Rxd4 exd4 20. Ng5 Ne5 $17) 19... exd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Qf6 $19 {
Bernat,M (2220)-Wojciechowski,A (2197) Opole 2006}) 12... e6 {[%emt 0:03:30]} (
12... Nxe5 13. Nxe5 (13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Nbc6 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 {
is just a transposition}) 13... Bxe5 {also seems playable:} {Black should be
able to hold even after the more refined} 14. Rd1 $5 (14. O-O Nc6 (14... Qc7
15. f4 Bg7 16. a4 bxa4 17. Nxa4 (17. Rxa4 e6 18. Qb6 $5 (18. Qc2 Bc6 19. Ra2
Qb7 20. Bc4 Rd8 21. Qe2 Qb4 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Nxd1 Nd7 24. Rxa6 Rxa6 25. Bxa6
Bd4 26. Bc4 Qxc5 27. b3 Nf6 $15 {1/2-1/2 (56) Jakovenko,D (2729)-Sutovsky,E 
(2700) Sochi 2012}) 18... Rc8 19. Rd1 Nd7 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 {Schaefer,U-Schunken,R
email 2005} 21. Ra5 $14) 17... Nc6 $5 18. Rfd1 Rab8 19. Nb6 Rfd8 20. Nd5 (20.
Bf3 e6 {is like Tomashevsky-Grandelius below, only White's rook is on a1
instead of f1.}) 20... Qc8 21. Bf3 Qe6 22. Bf2 Nd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Qxd5
25. Qxd5 Rxd5 $11) 15. Rfd1 Nd4 $1 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Bf1 e5 18. Ne2 Qg5 $1 19.
Nxd4 exd4 20. Rxd4 Qxc5 21. Rad1 Rae8 $11 {Donnelly,M (2461)-Smith,R (2618)
email 2006}) 14... Qc7 ({Insane complications arose after} 14... Nd7 $5 15. Bg4
e6 16. Bxe6 Bxg2 17. Rg1 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Rf7 19. Rxg2 Bxc3+ 20. bxc3 Qc7 21. Qd6
Qa5 22. Rxg6+ hxg6 23. Qxg6+ Rg7 24. Qe6+ Kf8 25. Kf1 Re8 26. Qf5+ Kg8 27. Rxd7
Qxc3 {yo20matar,d (2401)-black dynamite,d (2603) Engine Room 2011}) 15. Nd5
Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Nc6 17. Bf3 Rac8 18. Qxc6 Qxc6 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Rd2 f5 $1 (20...
Rfc8 21. Ke2 Kf8 22. Rhd1 Ke8 23. f4 Bf6 24. g4 e6 25. g5 Bg7 26. h4 a5 27. Rd7
R6c7 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Rd6 e5 30. fxe5 Bxe5 31. Ra6 Bxb2 32. Rxa5 b4 33. Kd3
$16 {1-0 (58) Meier,G (2632)-Tari,A (2412) Helsingor 2014}) 21. f4 (21. f3 Kf7
22. O-O a5 23. Re1 Rfc8 24. Ree2 a4 25. Bf2 Bf6 26. Rd7 R6c7 27. Rd5 h6 28. h3
Ke8 29. Red2 Rc6 $11 {Iotov,V (2581)-Georgiev,K (2637) Sunny Beach 2009}) 21...
Bf6 22. Ke2 (22. Kf2 Kf7 23. Rhd1 Rfc8 24. a3 b4 25. a4 {Sandipan,C (2641)
-Maki,V (2409) Plovdiv 2010} e5 $1 26. fxe5 Be7 $11) 22... Kf7 23. Rc1 Rfc8 24.
Kf3 a5 25. Rcc2 Ke8 26. Rd3 Rd8 27. Rb3 Rb8 28. Ra3 a4 29. b3 Ra8 30. bxa4 b4
31. Rb3 Rxa4 32. Rc4 Rxa2 33. Rcxb4 Rc2 34. Rb6 R6xc5 $5 35. Bxc5 Rxc5 $44 {
Wojtaszek,R (2716)-Durarbayli,V (2584) Shamkir 2014 Once again Black achieves
a tenable endgame, which is only symbolically worse (as from
Grischuk-Nepomniachtchi above).}) (12... Qc7 $6 13. Nd5 $1 (13. O-O e6 {
transposes to the game} (13... Nxe5 {- 12...Nxe5})) 13... Qa5+ 14. Kf1 e6 (
14... Nc6 15. e6 $1 fxe6 16. Nxe7+ Nxe7 17. Qxe6+ Rf7 18. Ng5 Bd5 19. Qxd7 $16)
15. Ne7+ $1 (15. Nf4 $2 Nc6 16. Nd3 Ndxe5 17. Nfxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bd5 19. Qc3
Qxc3 20. bxc3 Bxe5 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. cxd4 e5 23. dxe5 Rfc8 24. Bf3 Rxc5 25. Bxd5
Rxd5 $17 {Evdokimov,A (2544)-Gupta,A (2644) Philadelphia 2012}) 15... Kh8 16.
h4 {[%cal Rh4h5,Gh1h8]} Re8 17. Bg5 h5 18. Qe3 Nc6 19. Rd1 Nxe7 20. Rxd7 Nf5
21. Qf4 Bc6 22. Rxf7 Rf8 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. a3 Qc7 25. b4 a5 {Swapnil,S (2474)
-Adhiban,B (2558) Chennai 2013} 26. Kg1 $16) 13. O-O {[%emt 0:01:28]} ({
Mostly engines have tested} 13. a4 $5 Qa5 14. O-O b4 15. Na2 Nc6 16. Rfd1 Ndxe5
(16... Nxc5 $5 17. Qc2 b3 18. Qxc5 bxa2 19. Rxa2 Qxc5 20. Bxc5 Rfd8 21. Rxd8+
Rxd8 22. b4 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. g3 Bd4 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 26. Rb2 Kf8 $11 {
zarouthoustra (2610)-mingli,h (2619) Engine Room 2012}) 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. f4
Bf6 19. Rd7 Rab8 20. Bf3 Rfc8 21. Nc1 Rc7 22. Rd6 Rcc8 23. Rd7 Rc7 24. Rd6 Rcc8
25. Nd3 Qc7 26. Bxc6 Bxc6 27. Ne5 Be8 $132 {/+/=, Pappier,C (2437)-Molo,R 
(2342) email 2008}) 13... Qc7 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 14. Rad1 {[%emt 0:01:13]} (14.
a4 Nxc5 15. Qb4 Nxa4 16. Nxa4 bxa4 17. Rfc1 Qd7 $5 18. Qxa4 Bd5 19. b4 (19.
Qxd7 Nxd7 20. Bd4 Rab8 21. Re1 f6 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24. Rxa6 Rxb2 $11
{1/2-1/2 (33) Zakhartsov,V (2536)-Maletin,P (2611) Tomsk 2013}) 19... Qxa4 (
19... Rc8 $5 20. Rxc8+ Qxc8 21. h3 Nc6 22. Bxa6 Qd8 23. b5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5
$11 {Wyder,B (2128)-Killer,O (2277) email 2011}) 20. Rxa4 Nc6 21. Nd4 Nxe5 22.
f4 Nd7 23. Rxa6 Rxa6 24. Bxa6 Nf6 25. Nc6 Bxc6 26. Rxc6 Nd5 27. Bc5 Rb8 28. b5
Bf8 $11 {De la Calle,I (2386)-Balutescu,M (2213) email 2010}) 14... Nxc5 {
[%emt 0:23:49]} (14... Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. f4 Bg7 17. a4 $1 {seems more
dangerous for Black, but even here he can fight back after} bxa4 18. Nxa4 (18.
Qxa4 Bc6 19. Qc2 Qb7 20. Bc4 Nd7 21. b3 Rfc8 $15 {[%csl Rc5] Karolyi,T (2450)
-Gauglitz,G (2410) Hungary 1989}) 18... Nc6 19. Bf3 Rab8 20. Nb6 Rfd8 $132 {
Gelfand,B (2733)-Svidler,P (2750) Moscow Tal Memorial 1st 2006 (7) 1-0
Tomashevsky,E (2719)-Grandelius,N (2556) EU-ch Legnica 2013 For details about
this game see the notes by Ftacnik in CBM 155. Probably the main reason why
Svidler avoided both 12...Nxe5 and 14...Nxe5 is that he had already lost a
very similar position with Gelfand, arising from the English move order.
Gelfand annotated it himself in CBM 116.}) 15. Qa3 {[%emt 0:01:22]} (15. Qb4 $6
{allows Black to develop more harmoniously with} Nbd7 16. Rd2 Rfc8 17. Rc1 Bxf3
18. Bxf3 Nxe5 $1 19. Bxc5 (19. Bxa8 Ncd3 $17) 19... Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 a5 $1 (20...
Qxc5 $2 21. Rd8+) 21. Nxb5 (21. Qxb5 Rab8 22. Qc4 Rb4 $17) 21... axb4 22. Nxc7
Rxc7 23. Rdd1 Bxb2 24. Rb1 Rxc5 25. Rxb2 Ra3 26. Rxb4 Rxf3 $17 {Elsness,F 
(2498)-Salem,A (2546) Istanbul olm 2012}) 15... Ncd7 {[%emt 0:09:20]} ({
Now after} 15... Nbd7 {Black must reckon with} 16. Rc1 $1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 $5 (17.
Bxf3 b4 18. Qxb4 Nd3 19. Qd6 Qxd6 20. exd6 Nxc1 21. Bxa8 Nxa2 22. Bc6 Nxc3 23.
bxc3 Rd8) 17... Qxe5 (17... Bxe5 18. Ne4 $16) 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 (18... b4 19. Qxb4
$36) 19. b4 Nb7 20. f4 Qb8 (20... Qf5 21. Bf3 Rab8 22. Ne2 $5 $16 {[%csl Rb7,
Rf5]}) 21. Bf3 Bf8 22. Bc6 Nd6 23. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 $16) 16. Qe7 {[%emt 0:
01:15]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} ({Another interesting try is} 16... Qc8 {[%cal
Yf8e8,Yd7e5]} 17. Qh4 $5 Bxf3 (17... Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Ne4 {[%cal Re4f6,
Re4g5,Re4d6]} f6 (19... Bd5 20. Ng5 h5 21. Bxh5 gxh5 22. f4 $1 $40 {/\} Bf6 23.
Qxh5 Qc2 24. Rxd5 exd5 25. f5 $18) 20. Nd6 Bxd6 21. Rxd6 $36) 18. Bxf3 Nc6 19.
Bf4 (19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. f4 b4 21. Rd6 Qb7 22. Ne2 Rfc8 23. Rfd1 Rc7 $11 {
[%cal Yg7f8]}) 19... Ra7 (19... Ndxe5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Qe4 $16) 20. Bxc6 Qxc6
21. Rfe1 $13 {[%cal Yc3e4] /+/=}) 17. a4 $1 $146 {[%emt 0:01:27][%mdl 8]
Almost in the middlegame Gelfand comes up with an effective novelty. This
thrust is typical for the whole line and causes Black fresh problems.} ({
The predecessor was} 17. Ng5 Nf8 (17... Nxe5 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. Rd8+ Bf8 20.
Nxh7 Kxh7 21. Rxf8 $14) 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. f4 h6 20. Nf3 Nc6 21. Nd4 g5 22. Nxc6
Bxc6 23. fxg5 hxg5 24. Bxg5 Bxe5 25. Bf3 Rac8 26. Bxc6 Rxc6 27. Bf6 Bxf6 28.
Rxf6 Rc4 $11 {Onischuk,A (2670)-Dominguez Perez,L (2708) Biel 2008 Black had
no problems whatsoever and even went on to win the game.}) (17. Ne4 Qd8 $1 (
17... Bxe4 18. Ng5 Nf8 (18... Bd5 19. Qxf7+ Kh8 20. Rxd5 exd5 21. Ne6 Qxe5 22.
Bd4 Rf8 23. Qxg7+ Qxg7 24. Bxg7+ Kg8 25. Bxf8 Nxf8 26. Nc7 $16) (18... Nxe5 19.
Qxc7 Rxc7 20. Rd8+ Bf8 21. Nxe4 $18 {[%cal Re3h6]}) 19. Qxc7 Rxc7 20. Nxe4 {()}
) 18. Qxd8+ (18. Qb4 Nc6) 18... Rxd8 19. Bg5 Rf8 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. exf6 Bd5 $11
{[%cal Yb8c6]}) 17... b4 $6 {[%emt 0:07:11]} (17... bxa4 $142 18. Nxa4 $5 {
[%cal Rf3g5,Ya4b6]} (18. Ne4 Bxe4 (18... Qd8 19. Qb4 Bd5 20. Nd6 Nc6 21. Qf4
Ncxe5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxc8 Qxc8 24. Rc1 Qb7 25. Bd4 $14) 19. Ng5 Nf8 20. Qxc7
Rxc7 21. Nxe4 Nbd7 22. f4 f6 $11) (18. Ng5 Nxe5 19. Qxc7 Rxc7 20. Rd8+ Bf8 21.
Nxh7 Kxh7 22. Rxf8 a3 23. Bb6 Rc6 24. Bd4 Nbd7 25. Rxa8 Bxa8 26. bxa3 Nc4 $132)
18... h6 $8 $13 {[%cal Yg6g5,Yg7f8]} (18... Bf8 19. Qh4 $36)) 18. Ne4 $1 {
[%emt 0:02:54]} (18. Qxb4 Nc6 $132) 18... Nf8 {[%emt 0:18:58]} (18... Bxe4 19.
Ng5 Nf8 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21. Nxe4 {[%cal Yd1d8,Ye2f3]} Nbd7 22. f4 $16 {Compared
with the similar line after 17...bxa4, this endgame is clearly favourable for
White.}) (18... Bf8 19. Qh4 {[%cal Ye4d6,Yf3g5] is even more dangerous:} Bxe4 (
19... Bd5 20. Nfg5 h6 21. Rxd5 $1 exd5 22. e6 $18) 20. Ng5 (20. Qxe4 Nc6 21.
Rc1 $16) 20... h6 21. Nxe4 Qxe5 22. Bf3 $40) 19. Qh4 {[%emt 0:57:09]} (19. Qxb4
a5 20. Qd4 Nc6 $11) ({A tempting alternative was} 19. Nf6+ $5 Bxf6 (19... Kh8
20. Qxb4 Nc6 21. Qf4 $18) 20. Qxf6 (20. exf6 Nc6 21. Qxc7 Rxc7 22. Rd2 $36)
20... Nbd7 21. Qf4 $16) 19... Bxe4 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 20. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:51]}
Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 21. Qxb4 {[%emt 0:00:32] Simplifies the position and
keeps an edge, but releases part of the pressure. The machine prefers} (21. Bd4
$5 {/\} Nb6 (21... Nc5 22. Qe3 $16 Nxa4 $2 23. Ra1 Nc5 24. Rfc1 Nfd7 25. Bxa6
$18) 22. Bxb6 Qxb6 23. Rd6 Qa5 24. b3 {[%csl Ra6,Rf8]}) 21... Nxe5 {[%emt 0:09:
37]} (21... a5 {removes the pawn from the reach of the Be2, but weakens b5:}
22. Qd2 Nxe5 23. Rc1 $16) 22. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:08:23]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:01:34]} (
22... Bxe5 23. Rc1 (23. f4 Rab8 24. Qe4 $14) 23... Bxh2+ 24. Kh1 Bd6 25. Rxc7
Bxb4 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Bxa6 $36) 23. Qd6 {[%emt 0:10:42]} (23. b3 Rab8 24. Qd6
{is similar, but Gelfand maybe wanted to avoid} a5) 23... Qxb2 {[%emt 0:05:11]}
24. Bf3 {[%emt 0:02:34]} (24. Bxa6 $142 $14 {/+/-}) 24... Be5 {[%emt 0:08:10]}
25. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:05:08]} (25... Rd8 26. Qxd8 Rxd8 27.
Rxd8 Qb4 (27... Kg7 $2 28. Bc5 {[%csl Rf8]}) 28. g3 $36) (25... Rc3 $5 26. Qe4
Rcc8 27. Rb1 Qc3 28. Rfc1 Qa5 29. Bb6 Qxb6 30. Qxa8 Rc2 31. Be2 Bxh2+ 32. Kf1
Rxc1+ 33. Rxc1 Bf4 $14) 26. Qxa6 {[%emt 0:07:43][%csl Ga4,Ge3,Gf3] White has a
long-term advantage, but Svidler activates his forces and valiantly fights
back.} Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 27. Qa5 {[%emt 0:03:44]} (27. a5 Rxe3 $5 (27... Qa3
28. Qa7 $36) 28. fxe3 Bc7 {and White can't retain his passed pawn:} 29. Ra1 Qe5
30. g3 Rb5 $14) 27... Bc7 {[%emt 0:04:31]} 28. Qa7 {[%emt 0:04:42]} Rc4 {
[%emt 0:02:39]} (28... Be5 29. a5 $16) 29. Rc1 {[%emt 0:02:14]} (29. a5 $2 Qe5)
(29. g3 $142 $5 $16 {White needs this move anyway.}) 29... Rbb4 {[%emt 0:00:56]
} 30. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:02:47]} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 31. g3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qa3 {
[%emt 0:05:15]} 32. Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:12] Rather too passive.} (32. Be2 $142 Rc2
33. Bb5) 32... h5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 33. Qb7 {[%emt 0:00:51]} (33. Qa6 Rc3 34.
Bd2 $14) 33... h4 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 34. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:01][%mdl 4096] Forces
an endgame to safeguard his king.} Rc3 $1 {[%emt 0:00:07] Black can't avoid
the Q-swap, but he positions the rook ideally behind the passed pawn.} 35. Qxa3
{[%emt 0:00:22]} Rxa3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 36. Bc5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} (36. gxh4 Nd7
37. Kg2 Bb6 $132) (36. Bc1 Rc3 37. Bb2 Rd3 $132) 36... Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} (
36... Ra2 $5 {[%cal Yf8d7]}) 37. Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 38.
Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 39. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} (39. a5 Rd4
40. Bc3 Rd3 41. Bb4 Rd4 $11) 39... Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 40. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]
Allows further simplification.} (40. Be3 $5 Rb4 (40... Rd3 41. Bc4 $14) 41. Rb1
$14) 40... hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. hxg3 {[%emt 0:03:00]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:05:33]}
42. Be3 {[%emt 0:03:03]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 43. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:08:18]} Rxb3
$11 {[%emt 0:00:09] /+/= Black is still slightly worse, but exchanging one of
the bishops significantly increased his chances of survival. Unfortunately for
Svidler, he mishandles the final phase of the game.} 44. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
Ba5 {[%emt 0:05:56]} 45. Kg2 {[%emt 0:15:36]} (45. Ra7 Bc3 46. a5 Rb5 47. Bb6
e5 $11 {[%cal Yc3d4]}) 45... Rc3 {[%emt 0:15:02]} 46. Be7 {[%emt 0:08:35]} Kg7
{[%emt 0:10:57]} (46... Rc2 $142 $1 {[%cal Ya5b6] is simpler:} 47. Bg5 Ra2 (
47... Bb6 48. Rd2) 48. Be3 Bc3 $11 (48... Rxa4 49. Ra7 e5 50. Bd2 Bxd2 51. Rxa4
Kg7 $11)) 47. g4 $1 {[%emt 0:02:26]} Rc4 $6 {[%emt 0:06:29] Only forces the
move White wants to make anyway.} (47... g5 48. Ra7 (48. Bxg5 Rc4 49. f3 Rxa4
50. Ra7 Ra1) 48... Bb6 49. Ra6 Bd4 50. Bxg5 Rc2 51. Bh4 $14) (47... Rc8 48. g5
Bc3 49. Rd3 $14 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Rd3c3] With the cramped king the road to the
draw is not so straightforward anymore.}) 48. g5 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Bc3 {[%emt 0:
00:23]} (48... Rxa4 $2 49. Ra7 $18 {[%cal Re7f6,Ra7a8]}) (48... Rc8 $142) 49.
Rd3 $1 {[%emt 0:03:33][%cal Rd3c3]} Be5 $6 {[%emt 0:03:35]} (49... Kg8 $1 $14
50. Rd8+ Kg7) 50. a5 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:02:45] Black is again under
serious pressure.} (50... Rc7 51. Bd8 Ra7 (51... Rc2 52. Ra3 Bd4 53. a6 $1 $40
{/\} Rxf2+ (53... Bxf2 54. Bf6+ Kf8 55. Rc3 Rxc3 56. Bxc3 Ba7 57. Be1 Ke7 58.
Bf2 Bb8 59. Bc5+ $18) 54. Kg3 Ba7 55. Bf6+ Kh7 56. Rd3 {[%cal Rd3d8,Rd3d1,
Rd1h1]}) 52. Kf3 $16 {[%csl Ga5,Rg7]}) 51. Ra3 $6 {[%emt 0:02:22]} ({Boris was
again running short of time and he misses the decisive} 51. f4 $142 $1 Bb2 (
51... Rc2+ 52. Kf3 Bb2 (52... Ba1 53. a6 Rc7 54. Ra3 Rxe7 55. Rxa1 $18) 53. Rb3
Bd4 54. Ke4 $18) 52. Rd2 Ba1 53. Ra2 Bd4 54. a6 $18 {White ideally combines
pushing the pawn and attacking the Kg7.}) 51... Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 52. Bd8 {
[%emt 0:02:28] Now Black activates his K.} ({A more natural try was} 52. Kf3 f5
$5 (52... Bb2 53. Ra2 Bc3 54. Rc2 Be5 55. Bb4 {[%cal Yf3e4]} f5 $14) 53. gxf6+
Bxf6 $14) 52... Kf8 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 53. Kf3 {[%emt 0:04:44]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:03:
23]} 54. Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} (54. Ke4 $2 Bd6 $19) 54... Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:29]}
55. Ra2 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} (55... Kd7 $5) 56. Kg4 {[%emt 0:
00:50]} f5+ $2 {[%emt 0:00:56] Black again slips up. The Pg5 was a target and
the white king had to defend it for the time being. Improving the Ke8 first
retains drawing chances:} (56... Kd7 57. Rd2+ Kc6 58. Rc2+ Kd7 ({or} 58... Kd5
59. Rc7 Kd6) 59. Rc7+ Kd6 60. Rc3 (60. f4 f5+ (60... Bd8 $5 61. Rxf7 Bxb6 62.
axb6 Rxb6 63. Rg7 Rb4 64. Rxg6 Ke7 {is a theoretical draw}) 61. gxf6 Bxf6 $11 {
[%cal Ye6e5]}) 60... e5 $5 (60... f5+ 61. gxf6 Bxf6 62. Rf3 $14) 61. Bc5+ (61.
Rc7 Ra8 62. Rb7 Ra6 $11 {Shipov}) 61... Ke6 62. Bxe7 Kxe7 63. Ra3 Kd7 64. Kf3
f5 65. gxf6 Rxf6+ 66. Ke3 Kc7 67. a6 Kb8 $11) 57. gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bxf6 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 58. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:16][%csl Gf4][%cal Yf4c4,Yc4b5] White's
king is free to move over to the queenside.} Kd7 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 59. Ke4 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Bc3 $6 {[%emt 0:01:26]} ({A more resilient way was} 59... Kc6
60. Rc2+ Kd6 (60... Kb5 61. f4 $5 (61. Rc5+ Ka4 62. Rc6 Kb5 63. Rxe6 Bc3 64.
Kd5 (64. Rxg6 Bxa5 $11) 64... g5 65. f3 Bxa5 66. Bxa5 Rxa5 67. Re5 Kb6+ 68. Ke6
Ra3 69. Rf5 Kc6 70. Kf6 Kd6 71. Kxg5 Ke7 $11) 61... Ra8 62. Rc5+ Ka4 (62... Ka6
63. Rc6 Re8 64. Bd8+ Kb5 65. Rb6+ Kxa5 66. Rxe6+ Rxd8 67. Rxf6 Rg8 68. Kf3 $18)
63. Rc6 Ra6 64. Rxe6 Bc3 65. Kd5 Kb5 (65... Bd2 66. Re2 $1 Bxf4 67. Kc4 $18 {
[%csl Ra4]}) 66. Re3 Bxa5 (66... Bb4 67. Rg3 $18) 67. Bxa5 Rxa5 (67... Rf6 68.
Bc7 g5 69. fxg5 Rf5+ 70. Re5) 68. Re6 Kb4+ 69. Ke4 g5 70. f5 $18 {Shipov}) 61.
Kd3 Ra8 $16) 60. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 61. Kc4 {[%emt 0:06:
18]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 62. Rc2 $1 {[%emt 0:01:04][%cal Rc4b4,Rb4b5] The
position is very simplified, material is still equal, but any meaningful
resistance is over.} (62. Rc2 Be7 63. Re2 {[%csl Re6]} Kd7 64. Kb5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 45th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2012.08.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 (1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4
a6 8. Be2 b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Be6 {is another way to reach the position from
the game. With the proper Grünfeld move order it arises one move earlier, than
via the Anglo-Grünfeld.} (10... Bb7 {is another option. White usually castles
here,} 11. e5 {is less dangerous:} Nfd7 12. Be3 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. O-O Qc7
15. f4 Bg7 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 e6 18. Qc2 Bc6 19. Ra2 Qb7 20. Bc4 Rd8 21. Qe2
Qb4 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Nxd1 Nd7 24. Rxa6 Rxa6 25. Bxa6 Bd4 26. Bc4 Qxc5 $15 {
Jakovenko,D (2729)-Sutovsky,E (2700)/RUS-chT/2012/})) 1... Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3
d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 a6 7. d4 b5 8. Qb3 {The most usual and
topical retreat.} ({A rare alternative is} 8. Qd3 Bg7 (8... c5 9. dxc5 Nc6 10.
e4 Bg7 11. Be2 (11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Be2 b4 (14... Rad8 $142
15. Qb1 Nd4 16. Bd1 Qb4 $132) 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bf5 17. Nc4 Bxd3 18. Nxa5
Nxa5 19. Bxd3 Bxb2 20. Rd1 Bc3+ 21. Ke2 Rfd8 {Kabai,Z (2137)-Bea,B (2113)/
HUN-chT/2012/} 22. c6 Rxd5 23. c7 Rd6 24. Bf4 $16 {[%csl Gc7]}) 11... Qc7 12.
O-O Nb4 13. Qb1 Qxc5 {wins the pawn back, but gives White a lead in
development:} 14. a3 Nc6 15. Be3 Qd6 16. Rd1 Qb8 17. Qc1 Ng4 18. Bf4 $6 (18.
Bc5 Be6 19. Nd5 $36) (18. a4 $5 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 $36) 18... Qa7 19. Bg3 O-O 20. h3
Nge5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. a4 bxa4 23. Rd5 $6 (23. Nxa4 Bb5 $11) 23... Nc6 24. Rxa4
Nd4 $36 {Molchanova,T (2368)-Grandelius,N (2540)/Stockholm/2009/}) 9. g3 b4 10.
Ne4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Bc6 12. Qf4 O-O 13. Bg2 Qd6 {Kramnik,V (2791)-Vachier
Lagrave,M (2715)/Hoogeveen/2011/ For more details see the notes to this game
in CBM 145. These notes are a sequel to my Anti-Grünfeld surveys from CBM 123
and 125.}) 8... c5 9. dxc5 Bg7 10. e4 O-O (10... Bc6 {is also mentioned in the
notes to Kramnik-Vachier Lagrave. Here an interesting try is} 11. Ne5 O-O 12.
f3 Nfd7 $1 (12... Qd4 $6 13. Nd3 Rd8 14. Qb4 Qd7 15. Be3 Bb7 16. Rd1 Nc6 17.
Qb3 Qc7 18. a4 Na5 19. Qc2 Nc4 20. Bf4 e5 21. Bc1 Bc6 22. b3 Na5 23. b4 Nc4 24.
Nf2 Qb7 25. axb5 axb5 26. Nxb5 $18 {Ilyuschenko,Y-Endsley,B (2194)/corr/2008/})
13. Nd3 Bb7 14. Be3 Nc6 15. Ne2 (15. Nb4 $5 e6 16. Rd1 Qe7 $132) 15... Na5 16.
Qc2 Nc4 17. Bd4 e5 (17... Bh6 $142 $1 $36) 18. Bf2 f5 19. Nc3 Bh6 {Kulkarni,V 
(2455)-Padhya,S (2236)/Mumbai/2012/} 20. Rd1 $1 $14) 11. Be2 Be6 (11... Bc6 {
went out of fashion mainly due to} 12. e5 Nfd7 13. Be3 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15.
O-O e6 16. a4 $1 $14 {Gelfand,B (2733)-Svidler,P (2750)/Moscow 2006/ For more
details see Gelfand's notes in CBM 113. He also explains the difference in the
position of the bishops in comparison to the Jakovenko-Sutovsky game above and
why it favours White.}) 12. Qc2 Nbd7 {This continuation was mentioned already
in the notes to Kramnik-Vachier Lagrave; nowadays it's Black's main choice.}
13. Be3 (13. c6 Nb8 (13... Nb6 14. O-O $14) 14. Ng5 (14. O-O Nxc6 15. Nxb5 Nb4
(15... Nxe4 $5 16. Qxe4 Bd5 $11 {/=/+ is more enterprising.}) 16. Qa4 Nxa2 17.
Nbd4 Nxc1 18. Rfxc1 Bd7 19. Qc2 Qb6 20. e5 Rfc8 21. Bc4 Nd5 22. Qe4 e6 23. Bxd5
exd5 24. Qxd5 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Rd8 $44 {[%csl Gd7,Gg7] /+/=,Hernandez Carmenates,
H (2573)-Mekhitarian,K (2488)/Sao Paulo/2009/}) 14... Nxc6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16.
Be3 (16. Nxb5 Rc8 17. Nc3 Nd4 18. Qd3 Nd7 19. O-O Nc5 20. Qd1 (20. Qh3 Nxe2+
21. Nxe2 Qd3 22. Qxd3 Nxd3 23. Be3 Bxb2 24. Rad1 Rc2 25. Rxd3 Rxe2 26. Rfd1 e5
27. Kf1 Rc2 28. R3d2 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Bc1 30. Rd3 Bxe3 31. Rxe3 Rc8 $11 {Volkov,S
(2623)-Areshchenko,A (2688)/EU-ch Plovdiv/2012/}) 20... Nxe2+ 21. Qxe2 Qd3 22.
Re1 Qxe2 23. Rxe2 Nd3 24. Kf1 Nxb2 25. Bxb2 Bxc3 26. Rd1 Bxb2 27. Rxb2 Rb8 28.
Rdb1 Rxb2 29. Rxb2 Rc8 $11 {Meier,G (2656)-Le Quang,L (2715)/Dortmund/2011/})
16... Nd4 17. Qd1 Nxe2 18. Qxe2 b4 19. Na4 Qa5 20. Nc5 b3+ 21. Qd2 Qxd2+ 22.
Kxd2 Rac8 23. f3 Rfd8+ 24. Ke1 Nd7 25. Nxb3 Bxb2 26. Rd1 Rc2 27. Kf1 Kf7 28.
Rd2 Rxd2 29. Bxd2 Rc8 $11 {Buhmann,R (2563)-Le Quang,L (2694)/Khanty-Mansiysk
olm/2010/}) 13... Rc8 (13... Ng4 $143 14. Bd4 Nde5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Rd1 Qa5
17. O-O Rfd8 18. Nd5 $1 $36 (18. b3 $4 Rxd4 19. Rxd4 Nc6 20. Rdd1 Bxc3 21. h3
Nd4 22. Qd3 Qxa2 $19 {Ezat,M (2471)-Sutovsky,E (2657)/WChT Bursa/2010/}) {/\}
18... Bxd5 19. exd5 Rxd5 $2 20. Bc3 $18) 14. Rd1 (14. c6 Rxc6 15. Nd4 Rd6 16.
Nxe6 Rxe6 17. O-O (17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Qb1 Ne5 19. f3 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Rc1 Qc6
22. Na4 Qa8 23. Nc5 Rc6 24. O-O Rfc8 25. Rfd1 Ne8 26. b3 Nd6 $11 {Volkov,S 
(2612)-Kurnosov,I (2674)/EU-ch Rijeka/2010/}) (17. f3 Qc7 (17... Qa5 $5 18. O-O
Rc8 $132) 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Qb1 Rc6 20. O-O Nb6 21. a4 {Lalic,B (2469)-Gupta,A 
(2604)/Metz/2011/} Nc4 22. Bxc4 bxc4 $11) 17... Rc6 (17... Qc8 18. Rac1 Nxe4
19. Nxe4 Qxc2 20. Rxc2 Rxe4 21. Rd1 Nf6 22. Bf3 Re6 23. g3 h5 24. h3 Ne4 25.
Kg2 f5 26. Rd7 Bf6 27. b3 $44 {Tomashevsky,E (2727)-Petrosian,T (2788)/EU-chT
Novi Sad/2009/}) 18. Qb3 Nc5 (18... Qa5 $5 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Rc7 $11 {
Stamenkovic}) 19. Qb4 Nd3 20. Bxd3 Qxd3 21. Rad1 Qc4 22. Qxc4 Rxc4 23. f3 e6
24. Rd6 Ra8 25. Rfd1 Rcc8 26. Kf2 Bf8 27. R6d3 Bb4 28. a3 {Onischuk,A (2688)
-Rodshtein,M (2632)/Khanty-Mansiysk olm/2010/} Bxc3 29. Rxc3 Rxc3 30. bxc3 e5
31. Rd6 Ne8 32. Rc6 $11 {/+/=}) (14. O-O Nxc5 15. Rad1 Qc7 $11 {/\} 16. Ng5 Ng4
$1 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. f3 Be6) 14... b4 15. Nd5 (15. Na4 Qa5 16. O-O Nxe4 17.
Qxe4 (17. c6 Nd6 18. b3 Bd5 $6 (18... Rc7 $13) (18... Bf5 19. Bd3 Bg4 20. Be2
$11) 19. Rxd5 $1 Qxd5 20. Rc1 $44 Nb8 $6 (20... Qa5 $5 21. Qd2 Nf6 22. a3 $36)
21. c7 Nd7 22. Bxa6 Ra8 {Onischuk,A (2664)-Svidler,P (2746)/Foros/2008/} 23.
Rd1 $36 (23. Qc6 $5 $36)) 17... Qxa4 18. Ng5 Nxc5 19. Qh4 h6 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 21.
Bc4 Bf6 22. Qe4 Kg7 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Qxe6 Qc6 25. Qg4 Qc4 26. Qh3 h5 $11 {
Monacell,J (2465)-Rocca,H (2445)corr/2008/}) 15... Bxd5 16. exd5 Nxc5 17. O-O {
A very topical position in current GM practice. Krasenkow mentions it in his
article about the D97 line of the Grünfeld in CBM 139.} (17. Bxc5 $2 Qa5 $36)
17... a5 {This solid, if slightly passive move is not the only one:} ({At the
same time as this game was played Black tried the sortie} 17... Nce4 18. Qb1 $5
(18. Qd3 Qd6 19. Qxa6 (19. g3 Rfd8 20. Bf4 Qxd5 21. Qxa6 Qa8 $11) 19... Rc2 (
19... Ra8 $5 $44) 20. Bd4 Nc5 21. Qxd6 exd6 22. Bb5 Nfe4 23. Ne1 (23. Rc1 Rxc1
24. Rxc1 Ra8 $44) 23... Rd2 24. Bxg7 Rxd1 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Nf3 Rxd5 27. Bc6
Rd3 28. Ra1 g5 $132 {Jakovenko,D (2722)-Svidler,P (2749)/RUS-ch Moscow/2012/})
(18. Qb3 Qd6 19. g3 Nc5 20. Qxb4 Nxd5 $13) 18... Nd6 (18... Qd6 19. Rd4 Nc5 20.
Rfd1 a5 21. Nd2 (21. Rc4 $5 $14) 21... Qd8 22. Rc4 Nb7 23. Bf3 Nd6 24. Rxc8
Qxc8 25. Nb3 Nf5 26. Nxa5 Nxe3 27. fxe3 Qc5 28. Nc6 {Gustafsson,J (2634)
-Schandorff,L (2497)/Helsingor/2011/} Bh6 $132) 19. Rfe1 Qa5 20. Nd4 Qxd5 21.
Bf3 (21. Nb5 Qe4 22. Nxd6 Qxb1 23. Rxb1 exd6 24. Bxa6 Rc7 25. a4 bxa3 26. bxa3
Ra8 27. Rb3 Nd7 28. Be2 Rc3 $11 {Karjakin,S (2766)-Svidler,P (2744)/RUS-chT
Sochi/2012/}) 21... Qe5 22. Nc6 Rxc6 23. Bxc6 Ng4 24. g3 Qh5 25. h4 Nxe3 26.
Rxe3 Qc5 27. Be4 Qb6 28. a4 Rc8 29. Re2 Bf6 30. Rc1 Rxc1+ 31. Qxc1 $14 {
Morozevich,A (2765)-Caruana,F (2767)/RUS-chT Sochi/2012/}) (17... Qd6 18. Rc1
Qb8 $1 (18... Nfd7 $2 19. Rfd1 Qb8 20. Nd4 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 a5 22. Qd2 Qd6 23. Qe3
Nb7 24. Rc6 $18 {Dziuba,M (2581)-Huerga Leache,M (2448)/ESP-chT Padron/2012/})
19. Bxc5 (19. Rfd1 b3 20. Qb1 Qd6 21. axb3 Ng4 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Bc4 Rfc8 24.
h3 Ne5 25. Ng5 R5c7 26. Ne4 Qb6 27. Qa2 a5 28. d6 exd6 29. Rxd6 Qb4 $11 {
Antonsen,M (2457)-Schandorff,L (2494)/Helsingor/2012/}) 19... Nd7 20. Bxa6 Rxc5
21. Qd2 Qd6 22. Rxc5 Nxc5 23. Bc4 Na4 24. Bb3 Nc5 25. Bc4 (25. Qxb4 Nxb3 26.
Qxd6 exd6 27. axb3 Rb8 $44) 25... Na4 26. Bb3 {1/2,Onischuk,A (2669)-Caruana,F
(2712)/Poikovsky/2011/}) 18. Bb5 (18. Bc4 Qd6 19. Bd4 Ncd7 (19... Ng4 $5 $11)
20. Qe2 Ng4 21. Rfe1 Rfe8 22. Ba6 Ra8 23. Bb5 $14 {Aronian,L (2808)-Grischuk,A
(2747)/Candidates Kazan/2011/ For more details see Krasenkow's notes to this
game in CBM 143.}) 18... Nce4 19. Bc6 Qc7 $146 {[%mdl 8] With this novelty
Black starts toying with the idea of e6, only in the game he realises it at a
very unfortunate moment.} (19... Nd6 20. Qe2 Nf5 21. Bc5 {Possibly Wang Hao
intended to play} (21. Rfe1 Qc7 22. Rc1 Ng4 23. Bc5 Nd4 (23... Nh4 $5 24. g3
Nxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Ne5) 24. Bxd4 Bxd4 25. Rf1 Bf6 {1/2,Bluvshtein,M (2590)
-Mekhitarian,K (2528)/Moscow/2011/}) (21. Bg5 h6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Rfe1 Qc7 24.
Bb5 Rfd8 25. Ba6 Ra8 26. Rc1 Qd6 27. Bd3 Qxd5 28. Be4 Qxa2 29. Bxa8 Rxa8 $15 {
Belov,V (2627)-Gupta,A (2565)/Kavala 2009/}) 21... Qc7 (21... Nd7 $5 $11) 22.
Rc1 {, transposing to the game.}) 20. Rc1 Nd6 21. Qe2 Nf5 22. Bc5 Bh6 {This
move will soon prove redundant.} (22... Rfd8 $142 $5 23. Qa6 ({After} 23. Rfd1
{Black can perhaps afford} e6 $5 24. dxe6 Qxc6 25. exf7+ Kh8 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.
Ng5 (27. g4 Nxg4 28. Rc4 Qd7 $5 29. Bb6 Ra8 30. Rxg4 Qxf7 $11) 27... Rd5 (27...
Rc8 28. Ne6 Nd7 29. h3 $44) 28. Ne6 Nd4 29. Nxd4 Rxc5 30. Re1 Qd6 31. Qe8+ Qf8
32. Qxf8+ Bxf8 33. Ne6 Rc8 34. g3 Nd7 $15 {[%cal Yf8h6,Yd7f8] - it seems that
he can gradually untangle his position.}) 23... Nd7 $1 $132) ({An even simpler
choice is} 22... Nd7 23. Rfd1 (23. Bxe7 $2 Rfe8 24. d6 Qxd6 25. Bxd6 Rxe2 26.
Bxb4 Bxb2 27. Bxa5 Bxc1 28. Bxd7 Ra8 $15) 23... Nxc5 24. Rxc5 Rfd8 $11) 23. Rc2
Rfd8 24. Rd1 e6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Now this freeing attempt is a serious tactical
error, which lands Black in a heavily compromised position.} ({He should have
retraced his steps with} 24... Bg7 $1 25. Ne1 $5 (25. Qa6 $4 Qxc6 $19) {/\}
25... e6 26. Qa6 Nd7 27. Bxd7 Qxd7 28. Qxa5 b3 29. axb3 exd5 $14 {/<=>}) 25.
dxe6 $1 Rxd1+ (25... Qxc6 26. exf7+ Kh8 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Be7 Nxe7 (28... Qb6
29. Bxd8 Qxd8 30. g4 $1 Nd6 31. g5 $18)) 26. Qxd1 fxe6 (26... Qxc6 27. exf7+
Kh8 {loses material after} 28. Be7 $1 Nxe7 29. Rxc6 Nxc6 30. Qd6 Bg7 31. f8=Q+
Rxf8 32. Qxc6 $18) 27. Ba4 $16 {[%csl Ga4,Gc5,Re6][%cal Rc5b4] With his
vulnerable pawns and king, Black can't resist the bishop pair in the long run.}
Qd8 $6 ({A more resilient way was} 27... Qb7 28. Bb3 ({/\} 28. Qe2 Ne4) (28.
Bb6 $5 Rxc2 29. Qd8+ $40) 28... Re8 29. Qe2 $16) 28. Qe2 (28. Qe1 $5 Kf7 29.
Bb6 $18) 28... Ng7 (28... Kf7 29. h3 $5 $18 {[%cal Rg2g5,Rf3e5]}) 29. Ne5 $18 {
[%cal Re5c6,Rc6e7]} Ne4 (29... Qd5 30. Nc6 $1 Rxc6 31. Bxc6 Qxc6 32. Be3 $18) (
29... Nd5 30. Nc6 Qg5 31. Qa6 $18) 30. Nc6 Rxc6 31. Bxc6 Nxc5 32. Rxc5 {
Black is a full exchange down and one of his weak pawns (a5, e6) is bound to
fall soon.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[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 "Samara Termosteps"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 {Krasenkow,M} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O
7. e4 Na6 8. Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Nb4 (11... b6 12. Rd1 {
can lead to the same position, as now} (12. Qh4 Nxd5 13. Bg5 Qd6 $1 $146 14.
Rad1 Nac7 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bc4 Bb7 17. Rd2 (17. Rfe1 $5) 17... f6 18. Rfd1
fxg5 19. Nxg5 (19. Qxg5 $142 Qd8 20. Qe3 Qf6 21. Qb3 $1 $15) 19... Rf5 20.
Qxh7+ Kf8 21. Ne4 Qe6 22. Ng3 Re5 23. Rd3 Re1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 25. Nf1 Nf6 26.
Qxg6 Qe8 $15 {Volkov,S-Sutovsky,E/Moscow Aeroflot/2005/}) 12... Nb4 {is the
most consistent move.}) 12. Rd1 (12. Bg5 Nbxd5 13. Rfd1 (13. Rad1 Nxc3 14. Rxd8
Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Rxd8 16. Qe7 Be6 17. Bxf6 Rd7 18. Qxc5 Bxf6 19. b3 b6 20. Qe3
Rd5 21. h3 Rad8 22. Re1 Kg7 $44 {1/2,Bareev,E-Svidler,P/RUS-ch Moscow/2004/})
13... Nxc3 14. Rxd8 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Rxd8 16. Qe7 Be6 (16... Re8 17. Qxc5 Ne4 18.
Qb5 $16) 17. Qxb7 Rdb8 18. Qc6 Rc8 19. Qa6 Nd5 20. Re1 Nb4 21. Qd6 Bxa2 22. h4
h6 23. Be7 Rc6 24. Qd2 a5 25. Bd8 Rcc8 26. Be7 {Beliavsky,A-Kurnosov,I/EUR-ch
Warsaw/2005/} c4 $5 $13 {/\Nd3}) 12... b6 {Krasenkow,M: 'This line was
examined in detail in CBM104, annotations to Bareev - Svidler.'} 13. Qb3 $5 {
[%csl Rb4] Black's main problem in the 7...Na6 lines is the activation of his
offside N, Bareev's less-known move shows it's not going to be so simple... He
had definitely prepared it at home, as this position already arose between the
same opponents:} ({After} 13. Qh4 Nc2 14. Rb1 Bf5 15. Bg5 Nd4 16. Rbc1 h6 17.
Bxh6 Nxd5 18. Bg5 Nxc3 $1 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 $1 20. bxc3 Qxh4 21. Bxh4 Bh6 22. Ra1
Bg7 23. Rac1 Bh6 24. Ra1 Rae8 25. Bb5 Re4 $15 {Bareev,E-Sutovsky,E/EUCup
Chalkidiki/2002/ Black had a better _|_ due to his more compact P-structure.})
(13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qb3 Re8 16. Rd2 Bg4 17. Rad1 a5 (17... Bxf3 $5
18. Bxf3 Nc6 $1 19. d6 Nd4 20. Rxd4 Bxd4 21. Bxa8 Qxa8 22. Nb5 Qe4 $132) 18. h3
a4 19. Qc4 Bd7 20. a3 Na6 21. d6 Kg7 22. Nd5 b5 23. Qg4 Ra7 24. Kf1 Rb7 25. Bd3
Bg5 26. Nxg5 Qxg5 27. Qf3 Bc6 28. Be4 Qe5 29. Qf6+ $1 $18 {Gyimesi,
Z-Iordachescu,V/ROM-chT Tusnad/2005/}) 13... Bf5 14. Ne1 $8 {[%cal Ra2a3] /\a3
Not a very pretty move, but it's forced and on the other hand Black must
reckon with a3.} Re8 $146 {[%mdl 8] Sutovsky was surprised and he comes up
with a possibly unintentional novelty. Krasenkow,M: 'GM Emil Sutovsky improves
on Black's play in the following game: '} ({Earlier games featured} 14... Ng4 {
Even more ambitious is the patient} 15. Bf4 $5 (15. h3 Ne5 16. a3 (16. f4 Nd7
17. g4 {[%csl Rg1] ׻Kg1} Re8 $1 $132 {and Black's tactical chances can't be
underestimated.}) 16... Nbd3 $1 17. Bxd3 Bxd3 18. Nxd3 c4 19. Qa2 cxd3 20. f4
Nf3+ (20... Nd7 $142 $44 {/+/=} 21. Be3) 21. gxf3 Qh4 22. Kg2 Bd4 23. Ne4 $1
$16 (23. Rf1 $6 Rfe8 24. Ne4 Rac8 25. Bd2 Rc2 26. Rad1 Qxf4 27. Rf2 Qh4 28.
Rdf1 Rxe4 29. fxe4 Qxe4+ 30. Kh2 Bxf2 31. Rxf2 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 Qf4+ 33. Kg1 Qxd2
{0-1,Saruhanjan,M-Notkin,M/Moscow op/1996/})) (15. a3 Re8 $5 16. axb4 (16. Bxg4
Bxg4 {leads to the same position, as White can't afford} 17. f3 $2 Bd4+ 18. Kh1
Qh4 $19) 16... Bxc3 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. bxc3 Bxd1 19. Qxd1 Qxd5 20. Bd2 $14 {/+/-
}) 15... Bd4 16. Bg3 $36 Qf6 17. Rxd4 $1 (17. a3 {'?!' Krasenkow,M. Krasenkow,
M: 'missing a strong shot'} Nxf2 18. Rxd4 cxd4 19. Bxf2 $6 dxc3 20. bxc3 Qe5 {
'-/+' Krasenkow,M. Krasenkow,M: '1/2-1/2 Nikitin,A-Sergienko,S/Smolensk 2000/
CBM 077 (55)'} 21. Bf3 $6 Na6 22. g4 Be4 $17 {Nikitin,A-Sergienko,S/RUS-chT
Smolensk/2000/}) 17... cxd4 (17... Qxd4 18. Rd1 {[%cal Ra2a3] /\a3+/-} Qf6 {
Krasenkow,M} 19. a3) 18. Bxg4 dxc3 (18... Bxg4 $6 19. Ne4 $18 (19. Qxb4 {
Krasenkow,M} dxc3 (19... a5 20. Ne4) 20. Qxg4 cxb2 21. Rb1 $16)) 19. Bxf5 cxb2
20. Rd1 $16 Nxd5 {Krasenkow,M} 21. Rxd5 gxf5 22. Be5 $18) ({A possible
improvement is the simple} 14... a5 $5 15. Bb5 (15. a3 a4 $1 16. Nxa4 Nbxd5 $11
{is OK for Black:} 17. Bf3 c4 $1 18. Qxc4 b5 19. Qxb5 Bd7 $36) 15... Bg4 16. f3
Bd7 $132 {[%csl Ra5,Rb6,Rc5,Re1,Rf3] Although Black has weakened his <<,
White's pieces lack coordination and both the Ne1 and Pf3 are no beauties
either.}) 15. Bg5 $1 {Bareev is in no hurry.} ({Definitely premature is} 15. a3
$6 {Krasenkow,M: 'is not too successful:'} Nbxd5 $1 16. Nxd5 (16. Bf3 $2 {
'?!' Krasenkow,M.} Qe7 $1 $17 {[%cal Re7e1] /\Qe1} 17. Bd2 {Krasenkow,M} Nxc3)
(16. Bb5 {Krasenkow,M} Bd7 $1 17. Nxd5 (17. Bg5 $6 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Qe7) (17. Bxd7
Qxd7 18. Bg5 c4 19. Qxc4 Qc7 $11) 17... Nxd5 18. Bg5 $1 Qxg5 19. Bxd7 (19. Rxd5
Be6 $1 20. Rxg5 Bxb3 21. Bxe8 Rxe8 $17) 19... Nf4 20. Bxe8 Rxe8 $44) 16... Rxe2
17. Nf4 Qe8 18. Nxe2 Qxe2 $44 {|^}) 15... Qd6 $2 {Now Black loses material.
Krasenkow,M: 'Just not caring of the b4 knight!'} (15... h6 $142 16. Bh4 (16.
Bxf6 {Krasenkow,M} Bxf6 17. Bb5 Bd7 18. a3 Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Na6 $13) 16... Qc8 17.
Bb5 $36 (17. a3 $6 Nbxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bc4 Re4 20. Bxd5 Rxh4 21. Nf3 Re4
$44 {/\} 22. Bxf7+ Kh7 23. Bd5 Be6 $11)) 16. a3 Ng4 (16... h6 17. Be3 $1 (17.
Bh4 Ne4 $132 {is less convincing.}) 17... Ng4 18. Bxg4 Bxg4 19. axb4 Bxd1 20.
Rxd1 cxb4 21. Nb5 $16 {/+-}) 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. f3 Bf5 (18... Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Rxe1+
20. Rxe1 Nd3 21. Ne4 $18) 19. axb4 cxb4 {Krasenkow,M: 'Black has sacrificed
the piece "just for nothing": for quick development and an active position.
"In theory" it's not enough but "in practice" it is easier to play such
positions with Black than consolidate them with White. However, this
particular sacrifice is too dubious and White was very close to winning the
game later on. '} 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. fxe4 Rxe4 22. Nf3 Re2 23. Rd2 $18 {The 2 P
and Black's can't fully compensate White's extra piece, Bareev should win
after overcoming some technical problems.} Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Rxd2 25. Bxd2 (25. Nxd2
$5 {Krasenkow,M} Qd4 $5 26. Rb1) 25... a5 26. Rc1 (26. Bf4 {[%cal Ca8d8,Cc5d5,
Yd5d6,Yf4e5] Krasenkow,M must be enough to win.}) 26... a4 27. Qd3 ({After} 27.
Rxc5 {Krasenkow,M} axb3 {Black's triple(!) pawns are amazingly dangerous:} 28.
Rc4 (28. Rc1 Bxb2 29. Rb1 Bc3 $1 {[%cal Yb3b2]}) 28... Bxb2 {[%cal Cc4b4,Yb2c3]
} 29. Rxb4 Ra1+ 30. Ng1 (30. Ne1 Rd1) 30... Bd4 31. Rxd4 b2 32. Rb4 b1=Q 33.
Rxb1 Rxb1 $15 {_|_}) 27... Qd6 (27... Qf8 $5 {Krasenkow,M}) 28. Qb5 (28. Rc6 $5
{'>=' Krasenkow,M.} Qd8 {Krasenkow,M} 29. Bxb4 Bxb2 30. Qc4 a3 31. Qa2 {
keeping winning chances.}) 28... Bxb2 29. Bxb4 Qf6 {'?' Krasenkow,M.} (29...
Qb8 {Krasenkow,M} 30. Rd1 a3 $132 {- the unblocked a3 pawn is very dangerous.})
30. Qxa4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] A grave miscalculation, which throws away White's
advantage.  Krasenkow,M: 'A terrible blunder giving away an easy win:'} (30.
Re1 $1 h6 (30... Qd8 31. Be7 $18) (30... Kg7 {Krasenkow,M} 31. Re8 $1 Rxe8 32.
Qxe8 $18 {[%cal Re8a4,Re8f8]}) (30... h5 {Krasenkow,M} 31. Re8+ Rxe8 32. Qxe8+
Kh7 33. Qxa4 $18) 31. Re8+ Rxe8 32. Qxe8+ Kg7 33. Qxa4 $18 {and Black loses
his last dangerous P.}) 30... Qd8 $1 {Black wins back all the missing material.
} (30... Rxa4 $2 31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. Bf8+ Kg8 33. Bh6+ $18) 31. Qd1 Bxc1 32. Qxc1
Qxd5 {Krasenkow,M: 'The black king is not completely safe but it only means
that White can reach a draw avoiding the exchange of queens.'} 33. h3 b5 $11
34. Qe3 Qe6 35. Qc5 Qc4 36. Qe7 Qc1+ 37. Ng1 Qc6 38. Nf3 Qc1+ 39. Be1 Qf4 40.
Qc5 Qc4 41. Qb6 Ra2 42. Kh2 Qf4+ 43. Kg1 Ra1 44. Kf2 Ra2+ 45. Kf1 h6 46. Qxb5
Qe3 47. h4 Rc2 {Although Black lost his o^b5, his pieces are so active, that
White can make progress only by exchaging Q. However, this leads to a clearly
drawn _|_.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "SVK-chT 9798"]
[Site "Slovakia"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. h4 $1 (10. Be3 c5 11. e6 cxd4 $1 $132) 10... c5 11. e6 c4 $5
{Practically the only playable move. The alternatives are even more risky and
thus weaker:} (11... cxd4 $143 12. exf7+ $1 (12. exd7 Nxd7 13. Ne4 Bb7 $44)
12... Rxf7 (12... Kh8 13. h5 gxh5 (13... dxc3 14. hxg6 Nf6 15. Qxc3 $18 {
[%cal Rc3f6] ->,/\Qf6}) 14. Ne4 Bb7 15. Bd3 $16) 13. Ne4 $1 Bb7 14. Neg5 Qe8
15. Bc4 $5 (15. Nxf7 $16) 15... e6 16. Nxf7 Nc5 17. Nd6 $1 Nxb3 (17... Qe7 18.
Bxe6+ Kf8 19. Ng5 $1 $16) 18. Nxe8 Nxa1 19. Bxe6+ Kf8 20. Nxg7 Bxf3 21. gxf3
Kxg7 22. Bf4 $16 {[%csl Ra1,Ge6,Gf4] _|_^^,פa1}) (11... fxe6 $143 12. h5 $1
cxd4 (12... c4 13. Qc2 $40) 13. hxg6 Nc5 14. Qc2 $1 (14. gxh7+ Kh8 15. Nh4 Kxh7
$5 $13) 14... Rxf3 $1 {Lautier-Leko,Tilburg 1997} 15. gxf3 $1 d3 16. Qd2 hxg6
17. Qg5 $40) 12. Qd1 (12. exf7+ Rxf7 (12... Kh8 13. Qd1 Nc6 14. h5 gxh5 15. d5
$16) 13. Qd1 Nb6 14. Be3 (14. h5 {-12.Qd1}) 14... Nc6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qc7
17. Qd4 Rb8 $132) 12... Nb6 (12... fxe6 $6 13. h5 gxh5 $8 14. Rxh5 Nf6 15. Rh4
$36) 13. exf7+ Rxf7 14. h5 Bg4 $6 (14... Nc6 $142 $5 15. hxg6 (15. Ng5 Rf5 $5 (
15... Rf8 16. Nxh7 $1 Kxh7 17. hxg6+ $18) 16. g4 Rf8 $13) 15... hxg6 16. Be3 (
16. Bh6 Nxd4 17. Bxg7 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Rxf3 (18... Kxg7 19. Rh7+ Kxh7 20. Qxf7+
Kh8 21. Qxg6 $40) 19. Rh8+ Kxg7 20. Rxd8 Rf8 $17) 16... Bg4 $13 (16... Nd5 17.
a4 $5 $36)) 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Be2 Nc6 17. Bh6 $1 $146 {A very strong novelty,
which gives White an advantage.} ({The less active and already tested in
practice} 17. Be3 Nb4 18. a3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 N4d5 20. Rg1 Qd6 21. a4 e5 $132 {
leads to an unclear position.}) (17. Ng5 Bxe2 18. Nxf7 Bxd1 19. Nxd8 Nxd4 $1
20. Kxd1 Rxd8 21. Bd2 b4 22. Ne4 c3 (22... a5 $5 $44) 23. bxc3 bxc3 24. Bxc3 (
24. Nxc3 Nc4 $36) 24... Nb3+ 25. Ke2 Nxa1 $10) 17... Qf8 $8 (17... Bxh6 18.
Rxh6 Rf6 (18... Kg7 $2 19. Ng5 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Nxd4 21. Qe5+ Rf6 22. Rh7+ Kg8 23.
Rh8+ $1 $18) 19. Ne4 $40) (17... Bf6 18. Ng5 $5 (18. Be3 Nb4 19. a3 Bxf3 (19...
N4d5) 20. gxf3 N4d5 21. Rg1 $40) 18... Bxg5 19. Bxg5 (19. Bxg4 Bxh6 20. Rxh6
Qxd4 $1 (20... Kg7 21. Rxg6+ Kxg6 22. Bh5+ Kg7 23. Qg4+ Kf8 24. Bxf7 Kxf7 25.
Qf3+ $16) 21. Qxd4 (21. Rxg6+ Kh7 $1 22. Qc2 Nb4 $19) 21... Nxd4 22. O-O-O Kg7
$15) 19... Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Nxd4 (20... Qxd4 21. Be3 Qd8 22. Rd1 $40) 21. Qe5 $40
(21. Qe4 $5 $16)) (17... Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Qxd4 (19. Bxg4 $4 Qxf2#) 19...
Nxd4 20. Bxg4 Nc2+ 21. Kd2 $18) (17... Nxd4 $2 18. Nxd4 $18) (17... Bxf3 18.
Bxf3 Bxh6 19. Bxc6 $16 (19. Rxh6 Kg7 20. Rxg6+ $1 Kxg6 21. Bxc6 $16)) 18. Be3
$1 (18. Bxg7 $6 Qxg7 19. Rh4 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Qf6 21. Rg4 Rd8 $15 {[%csl Rd4] ><d4
}) 18... Rd8 $5 {Starts an interesting tactical sequence, connected with an
exchange sacrifice. But this is nevertheless Black's best chance.} (18... Nb4
19. a3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 (20. Bxf3 Nd3+ 21. Kf1 Rxf3 $44) 20... N4d5 21. Rg1 {
[%csl Rg6] ><g6}) (18... Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rc8 20. Be4 $16) (18... Rf5 19. Nh4 Bxe2
20. Qxe2 $40) 19. Ng5 $8 (19. d5 $2 Nxd5 $1 20. Nxd5 e6 $17) 19... Bxd4 $8 (
19... Bxe2 20. Nxe2 (20. Qxe2 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 $16) 20... Rf6 21. Nh7 $16) 20. Qc1
$1 (20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. Bxg4 (21. Qc1 Rxf2 $40) 21... Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rf5 23. Bxf5
Qxf5 $36) (20. Bxg4 Bxe3 $17) (20. Nxf7 Bxc3+ 21. bxc3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qxf7 (
22... Bxe2 $2 23. Rh8+ Kxf7 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Kxe2 $16)) 20... Bxe2 $5 (20...
Bxe3 $6 21. Qxe3 Nd4 22. Rc1 Nxe2 23. Nxe2 Rf6 24. Nh7 $16) 21. Nxf7 {[%cal
Rh1h8] /\Rh8} Qxf7 22. Nxe2 (22. Kxe2 $6 b4 23. Ne4 c3 $40 {[%csl Re2][%cal
Rf7c4] /\Qc4,עe2}) (22. Bxd4 $2 Nxd4 23. Nxe2 (23. Qh6 Bh5) 23... Qe6 24. Qd1
Na4 $5 $17) 22... Nb4 $5 (22... e5 23. O-O $5 Nd5 24. a4 $36) 23. Bxd4 $6 ({
Now White's K will also be misplaced. Safer and better was} 23. O-O $142 $5 Nd3
24. Qd2 e5 25. Rab1 $14) 23... Nd3+ (23... Rxd4 $6 24. O-O $16 (24. Qh6 Nd3+
25. Kd2 c3+ $1 26. bxc3 Nc4+ 27. Kc2 Na3+ 28. Kd2 Nc4+ $10)) 24. Kf1 Rxd4 $8 (
24... Nxc1 $4 25. Rh8#) 25. Qe3 $8 Rd6 26. Rh3 (26. f3 $5 Nd5 (26... Nxb2 27.
Nc3 $36) 27. Qa7 Rd8 $44) (26. Nc3 $2 Nxf2 $1 $17) 26... Nxb2 (26... Nd5 27.
Qa7 $16) 27. Nc3 (27. Qh6 Qg7 $15 {[%csl Gb5,Gc4] o^b,c}) 27... Nd5 $2 $138 {
A tactical mistake, overlooking White's next move.} (27... Nd7 $1 28. Qa7 (28.
Ne4 Rd3 29. Qh6 Rxh3 30. Qxh3 Qf5 $15) 28... Rd3 $1 (28... Nd3 29. Ne4 $16) 29.
Qxa6 (29. Rxd3 Nxd3 30. Ne4 N7c5 $1 $36) 29... Rxh3 30. gxh3 Nd3 31. Nd1 Qf5
$44) 28. Qc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5c8,Yc3e4] /\Qc8,Ne4 Now by threatening Qc8 White
gains an important tempo ta activate his N via e4.} Qe6 $6 (28... Nxc3 $2 29.
Qc8+ Qf8 30. Rh8+ $18) (28... Nf6 29. Ne4 $1 Rd8 (29... Nxe4 $2 30. Qc8+ $18) (
29... Qd5 30. Qxd6 $1 $18) 30. Ng5 $40) 29. Re1 $18 Qd7 30. Ne4 (30. Qd4 Nf6)
30... Nd3 $8 (30... Rc6 31. Qd4 $18) 31. Rxd3 $1 (31. Qd4 $2 e5) 31... cxd3 32.
Nxd6 Qxd6 (32... d2 $2 33. Qxd5+ $18) 33. Qxd6 exd6 34. Rd1 Kf7 (34... Nc3 35.
Rxd3 Nxa2 36. Rxd6 a5 37. Rxg6+ Kf7 38. Ra6 a4 39. Ke1 $18) 35. Rxd3 Ke6 36.
Ra3 Nb4 $6 (36... Nc7 37. Ke2 $18) 37. Ke2 (37. Ra5 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra2a3] /\a3})
37... d5 38. Rg3 Kf5 39. a3 Nc6 40. Rc3 Ne5 (40... Nd4+ 41. Kd3 Ne6 42. g3 $18)
41. Ke3 Ke6 (41... Nc4+ 42. Kd4 Ke6 43. Rg3 $18) 42. Rc8 (42. Kd4 Kd6 43. Rg3
$18 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Rf2f4] /\f4,><g6}) (42. Rc8 Kd6 (42... Nc4+ 43. Kd4 Nxa3
44. Rc6+ $18) 43. Rg8 $5 Kc5 44. f4 Nc4+ 45. Kd3 Nxa3 46. Rxg6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1997.09.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[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 {Ftacnik Winants Leko} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 {Winants: Peter
Leko, qui était il y a peu de temps encore, le plus jeune grand-maître de
l'histoire, joue la défense Grünfeld avec enthousiasme, tout comme son
entraîneur et compatriote André Adorjan.} 5. Qb3 {Lautier,J (2620)-Leko,P 
(2630) Tilburg (9) 1996 0-1 Quite a surprise from Lautier, who until recently
played exclusively the Exchange Grunfeld. Probably disappointed by his last
attempt in the Rb1 line against Leko, he tries something new.} dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O
7. e4 a6 {Leko remains faithful to the Hungarian line. Winants: Le système
hongrois; les Noirs ont l'intention de mobiliser le Bc8 en fianchetto, après ..
.b5.} 8. Qb3 (8. Bf4 $143 b5 $1 9. Qxc7 Qxc7 10. Bxc7 Bb7 11. e5 Nd5 $44) (8.
Be2 b5 9. Qb3 c5 $1 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. e5 Nfd7 $11) (8. e5 b5 $1 (8... Nfd7 9.
Be3 Nb6 $6 (9... b5 $5) 10. Qc5 $1 Be6 11. Ng5 Bf5 12. Be2 Kh8 13. g4 Bc8 14.
O-O-O f6 15. Nge4 f5 16. gxf5 Bxf5 17. h4 N8d7 18. Qa3 Nd5 19. Ng5 N7b6 20. h5
Nxe3 21. fxe3 Bh6 22. Nce4 $40 {Karpov,An-Leko,P/Tilburg/1996/}) 9. Qb3 {
leads only to a transposition of moves}) 8... b5 {Other alternatives have
fallen into oblivion:} (8... Nc6 $6 9. e5 Nd7 10. Bf4 $1 e6 11. Rd1 Nb6 12. Be2
$40 {()}) ({More complicated is} 8... c5 $5 9. dxc5 Qa5 (9... Nbd7 10. c6 $5)
10. Qb6 Qxb6 11. cxb6 Nbd7 12. e5 (12. h3 Nxb6 13. Be3 Nbd7 14. Bd3 e5 $5 $10)
12... Ng4 13. e6 Nxb6 14. exf7+ Rxf7 15. h3 Nf6 16. Ng5 Rf8 17. Be3 Nfd5 18.
Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bc4 e6 20. O-O-O Nxe3 21. fxe3 Bh6 22. h4 $5 $14 {White retains
a slight advantage, Black must defend carefully and he can at most manage to
draw. That is why the more active text move has become popular recently.} (22.
Nxe6 Bxe6 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 $11 {Piket,Je-Gulko,B/Amsterdam OHRA-B/1988/})) 9. e5
Nfd7 10. h4 {The most violent attempt. Un coup impétueux qui correspond bien
au tempérament agressif du joueur français.} (10. Be3 c5 11. e6 (11. dxc5 Nxe5
12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Rd1 Qa5 14. Qd5 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Ra7 16. Bd4 Rd7 17. Qe5 f6 18.
Qe6+ (18. Qxb8 Rxd4 19. Rxd4 Qxc3+ 20. Rd2 Qc1+ 21. Rd1 Qc3+ $10) 18... Kg7 19.
Qb6 Qa3 20. Qxb8 Rxd4 $1 {Moskalenko,O-Zakic,S/Budapest/1991/}) 11... cxd4 $1 (
11... c4 12. exf7+ Rxf7 13. Qd1 $14) 12. exf7+ (12. exd7 Qxd7 $17 {[%csl Gd4,
Ge7] [+]}) 12... Rxf7 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 (14... Qb6 $5) 15. Qd5 Qxd5
16. Nxd5 Nbd7 17. b4 (17. Rc1 $5 $11) 17... Bb7 18. Nc3 e5 19. Ndxb5 axb5 20.
bxc5 b4 21. Nb5 Rf4 22. Rc1 Re4+ 23. Kd1 Bc6 24. f3 Rf4 25. Nd6 Rxa2 26. Bc4+
Rxc4 27. Rxc4 {Piket,Je-Timman,J/NLD-ch Rotterdam/1997/} Ba4+ $19) (10. e6 $5
fxe6 11. Qxe6+ Kh8 12. Qe4 (12. Ng5 Ne5 $5 13. Qd5 Qxd5 14. Nxd5 Nec6 15. Nxc7
Nxd4 $5 $36 (15... Ra7 16. Nce6 Nxd4 $1 $15)) 12... Nb6 13. Qh4 Nc6 14. Bd3
Rxf3 15. gxf3 Nxd4 16. Be4 Bf5 17. Be3 c5 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. Rd1 Rc8 20. Rg1 Bf6
21. Qh6 Bg7 22. Qh4 Bf6 23. Qh6 Bg7 {1/2,Karpov,An-Kamsky,G/Elista m (5)/1996/}
) ({Il faut pourtant noter qu'Anatoly Karpov, l'un des spécialistes de cette
variante, préfère adopter un traitement plus tranquille via} 10. Be3 {Winants})
10... c5 {The old axiom counter a flank attack with a central blow is very
appropriate here.} (10... Nb6 $143 $6 11. h5 Nc6 12. Be3 $1 $36) 11. e6 fxe6 $6
{The most risky alternative.} ({More solid seems to be} 11... c4 12. exf7+ Rxf7
13. Qd1 Nb6 14. Be3 Bg4 (14... Nc6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qc7 17. Qd4 Rb8 18. f4
Be6 19. Be2 Rff8 20. Bf3 Rfd8 21. Qc5 Qxc5 22. Bxc5 Rf8 $132 {Kozul,Z-Epishin,
V/Frankfurt/1990/}) 15. h5 $5 Nc6 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Be2 Nb4 18. a3 Bxf3 19.
gxf3 N4d5 20. Rg1 Qd6 21. a4 e5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. f4 Qf5 24. Rg5 Nxe3 25. fxe3
Qe6 26. a5 Nd7 27. Nd5 {All this is recommended in Informant 38 as +/= by A.
Petrosjan.} Rd8 $1 28. Qc2 Nf6 29. Nxf6+ Bxf6 30. Rxg6+ Rg7 31. Rxg7+ Kxg7 32.
Kf2 Bh4+ 33. Kg2 Qxe3 34. Rd1 Qf2+ 35. Kh1 Rh8 {0-1,Pecenka,A-Slapak,Z/CS-ch
corr/1988/}) ({An analogy to the Timman/Sokolov idea from the aforementioned
game doesn't work so well:} 11... cxd4 $6 12. exf7+ $1 (12. exd7 Nxd7 $1 13.
Ne4 Bb7 $36) 12... Rxf7 (12... Kh8 13. h5 $1 gxh5 (13... dxc3 14. hxg6 Nf6 15.
Qxc3 $18 {[%cal Rc1g5,Rf3g5] /\Bg5,Ng5->}) 14. Ng5 $40) 13. Ne4 $1 Bb7 14. Neg5
Qe8 15. Bc4 $5 (15. Nxf7 $16) 15... e6 16. Nxf7 Nc5 17. Nd6 $1 Nxb3 (17... Qe7
18. Bxe6+ Kf8 19. Ng5 $1) 18. Nxe8 Nxa1 19. Bxe6+ Kf8 20. Nxg7 Bxf3 21. gxf3
Kxg7 22. Bf4 $16) 12. h5 $1 {Consequent.} (12. Qxe6+ $2 Kh8 {only exposes
White's Q.}) (12. Ng5 $6 c4 13. Qc2 Nf6 $17) 12... cxd4 (12... c4 13. Qc2 $16 {
[%csl Rg6,Rh7] ע}) 13. hxg6 (13. Qxe6+ $143 Kh8 14. hxg6 Nf6 15. Qe5 dxc3 16.
Rxh7+ $1 Kg8 $1 17. Qh2 Qd6 18. Rxg7+ Kxg7 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. g7 Rd8 21. Bd3 Bf5
22. Qh8+ Kf7 23. Ng5+ Kg6 24. Be2 Nc6 25. Bh5+ Nxh5 26. Qh7+ Kf6 27. Qh6+ Bg6
28. Ne4+ Kf7 29. Ng5+ $11 {Bass,L-Larouche/New York op/1985/} (29. Ng5+ {
Winants} Kf6 30. Ne4+ Kf7 31. Ng5+ {1/2-1/2 Bass,L-Larouche,D/New York 1985}))
13... Nc5 (13... Nf6 14. gxh7+ Nxh7 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. Ne4 $36) (13... dxc3 $4 {
Winants} 14. Qxe6+ Kh8 15. Rxh7#) 14. Qc2 $5 $146 {An intersting novelty.
Lautier avoids the already played 14.gxh7 Lautier avait probablement décidé de
jouer ainsi а domicile.} (14. gxh7+ Kh8 (14... Kf7 15. Qc2 $1 $16) 15. Nh4 {
which has been considered promising for White.} {Therefore best is the
paradoxical} Kxh7 $142 $5 (15... Nxb3 {Winants} 16. Ng6#) ({et si} 15... Rf6
16. Qd1 $1 {/\ Bg5} (16. Qb4 $2 Qd6 $17 {[%cal Rc5d3] /\Nd3}) 16... Qd6 (16...
Nc6 17. Bg5 Qe8 (17... dxc3 18. Qxd8+ Nxd8 19. Bxf6 Kxh7 20. Bxc3 $18) 18. Bxf6
exf6 (18... Bxf6 19. Qc2 $1 Ne5 20. Ne4 $16) 19. Qg4 $16 {-> White has extra
material as well as the attack.}) 17. Qh5 {Leko} (17. Bg5 $5 Qe5+ 18. Be3 $14)
17... Bd7 (17... Nbd7 {[#]} 18. Qe8+ $1 Nf8 19. Ng6+ $3 Rxg6 20. Qf7 Qe5+ 21.
Be2 Nd3+ 22. Kd2 $18) 18. Bg5 Qe5+ (18... dxc3 19. Be2 $3 $18) 19. Be2 Nd3+ 20.
Kf1 $1 Nxf2 (20... Rxf2+ 21. Kg1) 21. Bxf6 Qxh5 22. Bxg7+ Kxh7 (22... Kxg7 23.
Nf5+ $1) 23. Kxf2 $1) 16. Qc2+ Kg8 $1 (16... d3 $143 17. Qd1 Kg8 18. Qh5 $40)
17. Ne4 (17. Nxb5 $5 Qb6 $13) 17... Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qd5 19. Bd3 Qxe4+ 20. Bxe4
Ra7 $44) 14... Rxf3 $1 {[] Une conception splendide. L'élimination du Cavalier
s'explique par la variante suivante} (14... dxc3 $2 15. gxh7+ Kh8 (15... Kf7
16. Ng5+ Ke8 17. Qg6+ Kd7 18. Qxg7) 16. Nh4 Rf6 17. Bg5 (17. Qxc3 $1 {[%csl
Rc5,Rf6][%cal Yh4g6] Winants} Qd5 (17... Ne4 18. Qxf6 $1) 18. Be3 ({non pas} 
18. Qxf6 $2 Qe4+ $1) 18... Rh6 $8 (18... Nbd7 19. Qxf6 $1) 19. Qc2 Nbd7 20. Rd1
Qe4 21. Qxe4 Nxe4 22. Bxh6 Bxh6 23. Bd3 Ndc5 24. Bc2 Bb7 (24... Kxh7 25. b4)
25. b4 Na4 26. Rd7 Bd5 27. Rxe7 $18) 17... cxb2 18. Rd1 Qa5+ 19. Ke2 $18) (
14... d3 15. gxh7+ Kh8 16. Nh4 $16 {transposes to a disadvantageous version of
the above line.}) (14... h5 $5 {Leko} 15. Rxh5 (15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Qd5)
15... dxc3 $1 (15... Rf5 $2 16. Rxf5 exf5 17. Nxb5 $1) 16. Rxc5 Nd7) 15. gxh7+
(15. gxf3 {Leko} d3 16. Qd2 $1 hxg6 17. Qg5 $40) 15... Kh8 16. gxf3 ({Un faux
espoir serait} 16. Ne4 {Winants} Rf5 17. Nxc5 Qc7 18. b4 d3 19. Bxd3 Bxa1 $19)
16... d3 $1 {A positional sacrifice, with White's help Black's compensation
will soon be obvious. Winants: Voici enfin l'idée des Noirs: ce pion passé,
fermement installé au centre de l'échiquier, empêchera les Blancs de
manoeuvrer en toute quiétude et d'exploiter l'avantage de la qualité.} (16...
dxc3 $143 $2 17. Rg1 $1 $40 {[%cal Rg1g7,Rc1h6,Rc2g6] /\Rg7,Bh6,Qg6} (17. Qg6
$1 {Winants /\ 18.Rg1} Qf8 (17... cxb2 18. Qxg7+ $1) 18. Rg1 e5 (18... cxb2 19.
Bxb2 e5 20. Bxe5 Ne6 21. Qe4) (18... Qf6 19. Qe8+ Qf8 (19... Kxh7 20. Rh1+) 20.
Qxf8+ Bxf8 21. Rg8+) 19. Bh6 Ne6 20. bxc3 {/\ 21.Bh3 /\ 21.Rd1}) (17. Bh6 Bxh6
18. Rxh6 Qd2+ 19. Qxd2 cxd2+ 20. Kxd2 $14) 17... Qd6 (17... Qa5 {Ftacnik} 18.
b4 Qxb4 19. Bh6 $18) 18. Qg6 Qe5+ 19. Be2 Nd3+ 20. Kf1 $1 Nxc1 21. Qf7 Qxe2+
22. Kg2 $18) 17. Qd1 Nc6 {menaçant notamment 18...Nb4} 18. Bh6 $2 {[%csl Gd3]
White's main problem is the cramping d3-pawn, which he should try to remove as
soon as possible. White allows his opponent the complete control of the
position. Weiss erlaubt sein Gegner die komplette Kontrolle zu ubernehmen.} (
18. Be3 $142 $5 Nd4 (18... Bd4 $2 19. Rg1 $16) (18... b4 19. Ne4 (19. Bxc5 {
Ftacnik} bxc3 20. Qxd3 Bb7 21. Qxd8+ Rxd8 $132) (19. Na4 Nxa4 20. Qxa4 Bb7 21.
Rd1 Ne5 22. Bg2 $13) 19... Nxe4 20. fxe4 Bxb2 21. Bxd3 $1 $16) 19. Bxd3 (19.
Rc1 $6 Bb7) 19... Nxd3+ (19... Nxf3+ $2 20. Qxf3 Nxd3+ 21. Ke2 $18) 20. Qxd3
Nxf3+ 21. Ke2 Qxd3+ 22. Kxd3 Bb7 $14 {Although Black's pieces are very active
and White has a difficult technical task ahead of him, the compensation for
the exchange is not quite sufficient.}) (18. Ne4 $2 {Leko} Nxe4 19. fxe4 Nb4
20. Qg4 Nc2+ 21. Kd1 e5 $1 22. Qxg7+ (22. Qg6 Nxa1 23. Rg1 Qf8 $19) 22... Kxg7
23. h8=Q+ Qxh8 24. Rxh8 Bg4+ 25. Kd2 Rxh8 26. Rb1 Rd8 $19) 18... Bxh6 19. Rxh6
Bb7 $44 {Winants: poursuit le développement, vise le pion f3 et menace ...Nd4}
(19... Nb4 $6 20. Rc1 $14 {Black's pieces suddenly coordinate very well and he
quickly gets a dangerous initiative. From now on his piece play is model.}) 20.
Bg2 (20. Ne4 $6 Nxe4 21. fxe4 Nb4 22. Qb3 Qd4 $1 $36) 20... Ne5 21. Rh3 {
Winants: La paralysie s'installe dans le camps assiégé.} (21. f4 Bxg2 (21...
d2+ 22. Kf1 (22. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 23. Kxd2 Nc4+ 24. Ke2 Bxg2 25. Rg1)) 22. fxe5 Qd4
23. Qd2 Rf8 $1 (23... Qxe5+ $6 24. Qe3 $13) (23... b4 $36 {Leko}) (23... b4 $40
{Ftacnik}) 24. O-O-O b4 25. Rg6 bxc3 (25... Rxf2 $2 26. Rg8+ Kxh7 27. Rxg2 $1
$18 {[%cal Rd1h1] /\Rh1#}) 26. bxc3 Qa4 $1 {[%cal Rc5b3] /\Nb3-+}) (21. Kf1 Qd4
22. Qd2 Rf8 $40) (21. b4 {Ftacnik} Qd4 22. Rc1 Qxb4 $17) 21... Qd4 (21... b4 $5
{Leko}) 22. Rg3 $2 {After this move White's pieces remain trapped and passive.
Black's K is protected only by White's pawn, so White should try to activate
his Q, e.g.} (22. Qd2 $142 $5 {/\} Nc4 23. Qg5 Nxb2 $2 (23... d2+ {Leko} 24.
Kf1 Nd3 25. Nd1 Nf4 $1 26. Rh6 Re8 $1) 24. Rg3 $1 $18) 22... Nc4 $1 {Winants:
Chaque coup gagne du terrain.} 23. Kf1 (23. Rg8+ {Ftacnik} Rxg8 24. hxg8=Q+
Kxg8 25. Rb1 d2+ 26. Kf1 Nd3 27. Qe2 e5 $17) 23... Rf8 ({Pas encore} 23... Nxb2
$2 {Winants} 24. Qd2 Nc4 25. Qg5) 24. Kg1 (24. f4 $5 Rxf4 25. Qe1 Bxg2+ 26.
Kxg2 Rg4 $5 $17 {Now Black drives another nail into the coffin.}) 24... Rf4 $1
25. Qc1 (25. b3 {Ftacnik} Ne5 $17) 25... e5 {fermant la porte.} 26. Nd1 (26. b3
$143 $2 d2 $1 27. Qc2 Ne4 $1 (27... Nd3 $2 28. Rf1 $14 (28. bxc4 $2 Qxf2+ 29.
Kh2 Rh4+ 30. Rh3 Nf4 $19)) 28. fxe4 Qxf2+ 29. Kh2 Rh4+ 30. Rh3 Ne3 $19) 26...
Kxh7 27. Rb1 $138 {White plays too passively.} (27. b3 $142 $5) 27... Bc8 $1 {
La goutte d'eau qui fera déborder le vase. Le Fou se dirige vers f5.} 28. Ne3 (
28. b3 d2 29. Qc3 Bf5 30. Ra1 (30. Qxd4 exd4 31. Ra1 Na3 $19) 30... Qxc3 31.
Nxc3 Nb2 $19 {paralyzes White's position.} (31... Nb2 $1 {Leko} 32. Nd1 Nxd1
33. Rxd1 Rd4 $19)) (28. Bh3 $142 $5 $17 {was White's last chance to put up
resistance.}) 28... d2 29. Qc2+ (29. Qc3 $2 Nxe3 $19) 29... Qd3 $1 $19 30.
Qxd3+ (30. Rd1 Qxc2 31. Nxc2 Na4 $19 (31... Nd3 {Leko} 32. b3 Ndb2 $19)) 30...
Nxd3 31. Bf1 (31. Nxc4 $2 Rxc4 {[%cal Rc4c1] /\Rc1}) (31. Rd1 Ndxb2 32. Nxc4
Nxd1 33. Nxd2 Nc3 $19 {[%csl Ra2] ><a2}) (31. b3 {Leko} Nxe3 32. fxe3 Nc1 $1
$19) 31... Nc1 $1 {Winants: Le coup de grâce: la Rb1 est mise hors de combat.}
32. Bxc4 (32. Nd1 Bf5 33. Ra1 Bc2 $19) 32... bxc4 33. Rg5 $6 (33. Kg2 Bf5 34.
Ra1 e4 $1 35. fxe4 Rxe4 36. Nd1 Re1 37. Nc3 Ne2 $19) (33. Kh2 {[%cal Rg3g1] /
\Rg1} Bf5 34. Ra1 Rh4+ $1 35. Kg2 e4 $19) 33... Bf5 34. Ra1 Rxf3 35. Nd1 (35.
Kg2 {Ftacnik} Rxe3 $19) 35... Bc2 {The N is trapped!} 36. Kg2 Bxd1 37. Rh5+ Kg6
0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch61"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir S"]
[Black "Bronstein, David Ionovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Suetin,A"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1983.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 $5 8.
d5 (8. Be2 Bg4 9. d5 $1) 8... Na5 9. Qa4 c6 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. O-O
h6 13. h3 e5 14. Be3 Nd4 15. Qd1 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Qe7 17. Rfd1 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch08 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1933.09.02"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[Annotator "Tartakower,S"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1933.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 Bg7 5. Nf3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O (6... Be6 $143
7. Qb5+ Nc6 8. Qxb7 Bd7 9. Qb3 Rb8 10. Qd1 Bf5 11. Qa4 $14 {Euwe,M-Landau,S
Hastings 3839 1938 (6) 0-1}) 7. e4 {Par cette manoeuvre franche, les Blancs
annoncent déjà leur plan de bataille} (7. Bf4 $143 c6 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. e3 Be6 10.
Qa3 a5 $11 {Klein,E-Szabo,L Hastings 3839 1938 (2) 0-1}) (7. g3 b6 8. Bg2 Bb7
9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rd1 c5 $1 11. d5 (11. dxc5 Qc8 $1) 11... a6 $11 {Najdorf,
M-Cortlever,N Buenos Aires ol (Men) fin-A 1939 (6) 0-1}) 7... b6 (7... c6 8.
Be2 Be6 9. Qd3 Na6 10. O-O h6 11. h3 Qd7 12. Be3 Rad8 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. Rad1 Nc7
15. Ne5 Qc8 16. f4 Nce8 17. g4 $1 (17. f5 $6 Nxe4) 17... Nd6 18. Qc2 $1 {
[%cal Gc2e4,Gf4f5] Défend e4 tout en préparant la poussée f5} Bd7 {[%csl Rg6]
[%cal Gd7e8,Ge8g6]} 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. e5 $40 {Tartakower,S-Znosko Borovsky,E
Cercle Philidor 1940 1-0}) 8. Bf4 (8. e5 $142 Ng4 (8... Ne8 $6 9. Qd5) 9. Bg5
$16 {[%cal Ge1c1]}) 8... c5 $1 9. dxc5 Ba6 10. Qd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxf1 12. Rxf1
Nxe4 $17 {[%csl Rd4] ... Source: Le Monde des échecs mai 1946} 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 33rd"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1996.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Qb3
c5 9. dxc5 Nc6 $5 (9... Qa5 10. Qb6 Qxb6 11. cxb6 Nbd7 12. Be2 (12. e5 Ng4 13.
e6 Nxb6 14. exf7+ Rxf7 15. h3 (15. Be2 Bd7 16. h3 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bf3 Rc8
19. O-O Bc6 20. Bg4 Bd7 21. Bxd7 Nxd7 22. Bh6 Nb6 23. Rac1 Bxc3 24. bxc3 e5 $10
{1/2-1/2 Soffer,R-Smejkal,J/Berlin op (01) ;TD 88\08 1988 (30)}) 15... Nf6 16.
Ng5 Rf8 17. Be3 Nfd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bc4 e6 20. O-O-O Nxe3 21. fxe3 Bh6 22.
Nxe6 Bxe6 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Kb1 Bxe3 25. Bd5 {1/2-1/2 Piket,J-Gulko,B/
Amsterdam OHRA-B ;CBM 09 1988}) (12. h3 Nxb6 13. Be3 Nbd7 14. a4 b6 15. Nd2 (
15. e5 Ne8 16. Nd5 Bb7 17. Nxe7+ Kh8 18. Be2 Nxe5 19. O-O Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Bxf3
21. gxf3 Nd6 22. Bxb6 Nc4 23. a5 Rae8 24. Nd5 Re2 25. Ra4 Nxb6 26. axb6 Rxb2
27. Rxa6 Bd4 28. Ra4 Bxb6 {1/2-1/2 Barbero,G-Stohl,I/AUT-chT 9394 (09) ;TD
94\03 1994 (32)}) 15... Bb7 16. f3 Nh5 17. Bc4 b5 18. Bd5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 e6 20.
Nc3 Ne5 21. O-O Nd3 22. axb5 Nxb2 23. Ne2 axb5 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Rb1 Nc4 26.
Nxc4 bxc4 27. Kf2 Nf6 $17 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Smejkal,J/Trnava ;CBM 12 1989 (41)}
) 12... Nxb6 13. Be3 Nbd7 14. h3 b5 15. e5 Ne8 16. Bg5 f6 17. exf6 Nexf6 18.
O-O {1/2-1/2 Timoshchenko,G-Yermolinsky,A/URS-FL Sverdlovsk ;TD 87\01 1987})
10. Be2 Nd7 (10... Qc7 11. O-O Be6 12. Qa3 Rfd8 13. Bg5 Ng4 14. h3 Nge5 15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Rfd1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Qb4 Be6 19. Be3 Be5 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21.
exd5 $16 {1-0 Merkel-Johne/Alpenpokal/SW,8,24 1989 (28)}) 11. Qa3 $1 $14 (11.
Be3 Qa5 $44) 11... Nd4 (11... Qa5 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Be3 $14 (13. Na4 $5 $14))
12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Rd1 $5 (14. O-O-O Bxf2 (14... Bxc5 15. Rxd7 Bxa3
16. Rxd8 Bxb2+ 17. Kxb2 Rxd8 18. Nd5 f6 19. Nxe7+ Kf7 20. Nd5 $16) (14... Nxc5
15. Rxd4 $1 (15. Bb5 axb5 16. Qxa8 e5 17. f3 (17. Nxb5 Qh4 18. Be3 Qxe4 19.
Nxd4 exd4 20. Rxd4 Nd3+ 21. Kd2 Qxg2 $44) 17... Qh4 18. Bd2 b4 19. g3 Qd8 20.
Nd5 Nd3+ 21. Kb1 Nxb2 22. Rc1 $14) 15... Qxd4 16. Be3 Nd3+ 17. Kd2 Qb4 18. Bxd3
$16) (14... e5 15. Be3 Bxe3+ 16. fxe3 Qg5 17. Nb5 axb5 18. Qxa8 Qxe3+ 19. Rd2
Nxc5 20. Qa3 Qxa3 21. bxa3 Nxe4 22. Bxb5 $16) 15. Rhf1 Bxc5 (15... Bh4 16. e5
e6 17. Ne4 Qe7 (17... f5 18. exf6) 18. Qc3 $36 {[%csl Rf6,Rg5,Rg7][%cal Re4f6,
Yf1f6,Yc3h3]}) 16. Rxd7 Bxa3 (16... Bxd7 17. Qxc5 Rc8 18. Qe5 f6 19. Qd5+ Kh8
20. Qf7 Rg8 21. Bc4 Bb5 22. Rd1 Qc7 (22... Bxc4 23. Bg7+ Rxg7 24. Rxd8+ $18)
23. Be6 Qxh2 24. Bh3 $32) 17. Rxd8 Bxb2+ 18. Kxb2 Rxd8 19. Nd5 Be6 20. Nxe7+
Kh8 21. Bg4 Bc4 (21... Bxg4 22. Rxf7 $18) 22. Be2 Be6 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 $16
) 14... e5 15. O-O Nxc5 (15... g5 $6 16. h4 gxh4 17. b4 Qf6 18. Be3 $16) 16.
Be3 Ne6 17. Bc4 (17. Bb5 $5 Rf8 18. Bc4 (18. Nd5 $5)) 17... Bd7 (17... Qh4 18.
Bxe6 Bxe6 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Rxd4 Rad8 21. Rfd1 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 $16) (17... Rb8
18. Ne2 Qh4 19. Bxd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Qd6 $16) 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. f4 $16
Bb5 (19... Be6 20. Bxe6 Rxe6 21. fxe5 Qg5 22. Qb4 $18) 20. Bxb5 axb5 21. Qb4
Qa5 $6 (21... Rc8 $5 22. fxe5 Rc4 23. Qd6 b4 24. Nd5 $16) 22. Qxa5 Rxa5 23.
fxe5 Rd8 24. a3 Kf8 25. Rf6 $18 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Yd1f1,Yf1f6,Yf6f7,Yc3d5]} b4 (
25... Ne2+ 26. Kf2 Rxd1 27. Nxd1 Nd4 28. Rb6 Nc6 29. e6 $18) 26. Nd5 bxa3 27.
bxa3 Ne6 28. Rdf1 Ng5 29. e6 (29. h4 $2 Nxe4 30. Rxf7+ Kg8) 29... Kg7 30. e7
Re8 31. h4 Nxe4 (31... Ne6 32. Rxf7+ Kg8 33. R7f6 Ra6 34. Rb1 $18) 32. Rxf7+
Kh6 33. Nc7 1-0

[Event "Dov Porath Memorial"]
[Site "Givataim"]
[Date "1997.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tsesarsky, Ilya"]
[Black "Finkel, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.03.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 c6 8. Qb3
a5 9. Be2 (9. a4 $6 Na6 10. Bc4 (10. Be2 Nb4 11. O-O Be6 12. Qd1 h6 $11 {
0-1 Peltonen,B-Lappalainen,S/Vantaa 1996 (44)}) 10... Ne8 11. O-O Nd6 12. Be2
Nb4 13. Be3 Be6 14. Qd1 Bc4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bronstein David-Liliental A/t, Piarnu
1947 (22)}) (9. e5 Nd5 (9... Nfd7 $5) 10. Be2 Na6 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. O-O Nb4 13.
Be3 Bf5 14. Rac1 Qd7 15. a3 Nc6 16. Rc5 $14 {Sapi,L-Portisch,F/Budapest HUN ch
1966/1/2-1/2 (49)}) 9... b5 (9... a4 10. Qc2 a3 (10... Bg4 11. Be3 Qa5 (11...
a3 12. O-O axb2 13. Qxb2 Bc8 14. h3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Guimard,C-Iliesco,J/Mar del
Plata m 1944 (31)}) 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Rfc8 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 e5 16. d5
cxd5 17. exd5 a3 $132 {0-1 Pinzon Solis,F-Cuellar,M/Mar del Plata 1952 (23)})
11. b4 e5 (11... Bg4 $5) 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. O-O Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Be3 Qf6
16. Rac1 Na6 17. b5 Nc7 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. f4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Greenfeld,
A-Vydeslaver,A/ISR-ch Jerusalem 1996 (38)}) 10. Qc2 a4 (10... Bg4 11. Be3 $14)
(10... Na6 11. Bf4 $6 (11. O-O $1 Bg4 (11... Nb4 12. Qb1 $14) 12. Be3 $14) (11.
Be3 $6 Ng4) 11... b4 12. Na4 b3 13. Qxb3 (13. axb3 Nb4 14. Qb1 Nxe4 $1 $17)
13... Nxe4 14. a3 c5 15. Qc2 Bb7 $2 {1-0 Adamski,J-Lukasiewicz,G/Warsaw Legion
op 1989 (29)} (15... Bf5 $1 16. Bd3 e5 $1 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nxf2 19. Qxf2
Qxd3 $17 {-Tsesarsky})) 11. O-O b4 $2 (11... Na6 12. a3 (12. Be3 $6 Ng4 $11 (
12... Nb4 13. Qd2)) (12. Bg5 Nb4 13. Qd2 Bg4 14. Rfd1 $14) 12... Be6 13. Bf4
Bb3 14. Qd2 $14) 12. Nxa4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 $16 Rxa4 (13... Bf5 14. Qe3 Rxa4 15.
Qb3 Ra8 16. Qxb4 $16) 14. Bc4 (14. Bg5 Re8 15. Rfe1 Be6 $132) (14. Bd2 Be6 (
14... Bf5 15. Qe3 c5 16. Qb3 Qa5 17. Bd1 Bd7 18. Qc4 Bb5 19. Qxc5 Bxf1 20. Bxa4
Qxa4 21. Kxf1 (21. Rxf1 e6 22. Qxb4 Qxa2 23. Rc1 $16) 21... b3 22. a3 $16) 15.
b3 Bd5 16. Qc2 Ra7 17. Bxb4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Bxd4 19. Bc3 $14) 14... Ba6 (14...
Bf5 15. Qh4 e6 (15... Nd7 16. Re1 Nf6 17. Bd2 Qd6 18. Rac1 Nd5 19. Bb3 Ra6 20.
Rc5 Rb6 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Be6 23. Qh6 Ra8 24. h3 Qd7 25. Kh2 Rbb8 26. g3
Rb6 27. Bc1 Rba6 28. Re4 Rb6 29. Bxd5 Bxd5 30. Rh4 f6 31. Qxh7+ Kf8 32. Qxg6 {
1-0 Khasin,A-Gurgenidze,B/URS-ch29 Baku 1961}) 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6
Qd6 19. Rfe1 $16) 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Bd2 (16. Bg5 Re8 17. Rfe1 Ra7 18. Bf4 $14)
16... Qd6 (16... c5 17. dxc5 Bxb2 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Qxb4 (19. Bxb4 Nc6 (19...
Rxa2 20. Qb1 $16) 20. Rd2 Bg7 21. a3 $16) 19... Ba3 20. Qh4 Bxc5 21. Ng5 h5 22.
Ne4 Bb6 23. Bf4 Qb7 24. Nc3 Nc6 $11) 17. Rfc1 (17. Bf4 Qd7 18. Rfe1 e6 19. Be5
Bxe5 20. dxe5 c5 21. Rad1 Qa7 22. Qh4 Rxa2 23. Qh6 Nc6 24. Ng5 f5 25. exf6 Rxf6
26. Nxe6 Qe7 (26... c4 27. Qh4 $18) 27. Nd8 Qf8 28. Qxf8+ Kxf8 29. Ne6+ Kg8 30.
Rd6 Ne5 31. f4 Nf7 32. Rc6 h6 33. Re2 $16) 17... Re8 18. Rc4 (18. Bf4 Qd5 19.
Qxd5 cxd5 20. Be5 Nc6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11) 18... b3 19. a3 $6 (19. a4 $5 Qd5 20.
Qe2 $1 (20. Qd3 Nd7 21. a5 (21. Qxb3 Rb8 22. Qc3 Rxb2 $11) 21... e5 22. Qxb3
exd4 $15) 20... Nd7 21. Rac1 (21. Ra3 Rea8 22. a5 c5 23. Rxb3 cxd4 24. Ra3 e5
$15) 21... c5 22. Be3 cxd4 (22... Rea8 23. dxc5 Rxa4 24. Rxa4 Rxa4 25. c6 $18)
23. Bxd4 Re6 24. Qd2 (24. Qd1 Re4) 24... Re4 25. a5 (25. Rc8 Rxc8 26. Rxc8+ Nf8
27. Bxg7 Qxd2 28. Nxd2 Re1+ 29. Nf1 Kxg7 30. Rc3 Ne6 31. Re3 Ra1 32. Rxb3 Rxa4
$11) 25... e5 26. Be3 Qxd2 27. Nxd2 Rxc4 28. Rxc4 $18 {[%csl Ga5,Rb3]}) 19...
Qd5 20. Qe2 Nd7 21. Rac1 c5 22. Be3 $1 cxd4 (22... Rea8 23. dxc5 Ne5 24. Nxe5
Bxe5 25. c6 $16) 23. Nxd4 $16 Raa8 $2 (23... Rb6 24. h3 $1 $16 (24. Nc6 Qe6 25.
Qd2 Ra6 26. Nd4 Qd5 27. Qe2 Rb6) (24. Nf3 Rbb8 25. Rd1 (25. Rc7 Rb7 26. Rxb7
Qxb7 27. Bd4 $14) 25... Qb7 26. Rb4 Qc7 27. Rc1 Qd6)) 24. Nxb3 $18 Ne5 25. R4c3
Reb8 26. Nd4 (26. Bf4 Rd8 27. Nc5 $18) 26... h5 27. h3 (27. Rc7 Qa2 28. R1c2
Qb1+ 29. Bc1 e6 30. Nf3 Rd8 (30... Nxf3+ 31. Qxf3 Rf8 $16)) 27... Kh7 28. b4
Ra4 29. Rc5 Qe4 30. Nb5 Qd3 (30... Nd3 31. R1c4 Nxc5 32. Rxe4 Nxe4 33. Qc2 $18)
31. Qc2 (31. R1c2 Qxe2 32. Rxe2 Nd7 33. Rc7 Rxb5 34. Rxd7 Rxa3 35. Bc5 Bf6 36.
Bxe7 Ra1+ 37. Kh2 Kg7 38. Bd6 Rb1 39. Rc2 $16) 31... Qxc2 32. R1xc2 Nd7 33. Rc7
Ne5 (33... Rxb5 34. Rxd7 Rxa3 35. Rxe7 Rxb4 36. Rxf7 Kg8 37. Re7 Rb1+ 38. Kh2
Ra8 39. Rc6 Rf8 40. Bh6 $1 $18) 34. Ra7 Rxa7 35. Nxa7 Rb7 36. b5 f5 37. f4 Nd7
38. a4 Nb6 39. Bxb6 Rxb6 40. Nc6 Rb7 41. Rd2 (41. h4 $18) 41... h4 42. Kf2 g5
43. fxg5 Kg6 44. Rd5 Kxg5 45. a5 e6 46. a6 $1 1-0

