[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1998.12.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[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. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 {A system
popularised by Dutch GM Loek Van Wely.} dxc4 7. e4 Bg4 8. Bxc4 Nh5 $5 {An
interesting move order.} ({avoiding Novikov 's line.} 8... Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nh5 10.
d5 $5) 9. Be3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 e6 $6 (10... e5 {is most likely the equaliser.} 11.
dxe5 Bxe5 (11... Qh4 $2 12. Bxf7+ $3 {Bosboom} Rxf7 13. e6 Rf8 (13... Re7 14.
Qd8+ Bf8 15. Nd5 c6 16. Nc7 $18) 14. Qb3) 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Ne2 $1 Nc6 14. O-O
Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Bd5 Bxe3 17. fxe3 c6 18. Bb3 Rd2 $11 {A.Beliavsky(2690)
-Leko(2670) Dortmund 1998}) 11. f4 Nc6 $6 {A move which has confused me.} 12.
e5 $4 (12. d5 $142 $1 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nf6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. e5 Qh4 16. Qf3 $16)
12... Bh6 $1 {It is very important white to be able to play Qf3 in this line.
This move prevents it and thus white immediately goes down.} 13. Ne2 (13. Rg1
Bxf4 $4 (13... Nxf4 $2 14. Rg4) (13... Qh4 14. Qg4 $1 Qxg4 (14... Qxh2 $4 15.
Rg2 Qh1+ 16. Kd2 $18) 15. Rxg4) (13... Kh8 14. d5 (14. Ne4 Bxf4 15. Qg4 Bxe3
16. fxe3 Qe7 $17) 14... Na5 15. Qa4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 exd5 17. Nxd5 c6 $17) 14.
Qxh5) 13... Qh4 14. Qd2 Rad8 {This move was the second surprise.} (14... Ne7
15. Bb3 c6 $17) 15. Bb3 $2 (15. Bb5 Ne7 (15... Nxf4 16. Bxc6 Nxe2 17. Qxe2 Bxe3
18. Qxe3 bxc6 19. Rxc6 Rxd4 20. O-O Re4 21. Qc3 $15) (15... Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxf4
$1 (16... Nxf4 17. Bf1) 17. Rd1 (17. Nf3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Qb4+ $19) 17... Bxe5 (
17... c5 18. Nf3) 18. Qc3 Nf4 $40) 16. Rxc7 (16. Ng3 Bxf4) 16... Nd5 17. Rxb7
Nhxf4 18. Nxf4 Bxf4 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. Bd7 Ng2+ 21. Kf1 Qe4 $19) 15... Nxf4 $1 (
15... Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxf4 (16... Nxf4 17. Rxc7 Ng2+ 18. Kf1 Nxe3+ (18... Qh3 19.
Bxh6 Nh4+ 20. Ke1 Nf3+ 21. Nxf3 Qxf3 22. Qf4 $1 $18) 19. fxe3 Qe4 20. Qg2 Qxe3
21. Nf3 Rd3 22. Ne1 Rd2 23. Qf3 Qxe5 24. Rc2 Rfd8 $40) 17. Nf3) 16. Bxf4 (16.
Nxf4 Nxd4) 16... Nxd4 17. Qe3 Nxe2 18. Bxh6 Nxc1 19. O-O (19. Qxc1 Qe4+ $19 {
is the point of the combination.}) 19... Nxb3 $19 20. Bxf8 Nd2 0-1

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.01.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gershon, Alik"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2003.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[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. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8. e4
Qa5 9. e5 Rd8 10. Bd2 Ng4 11. Bxc4 Qxc5 12. Ne4 Qb6 13. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 14. Nfg5+
Ke8 15. Rxc8 $1 Rxc8 16. Qxg4 Nd7 {[%tqu "En","Both kings got stuck in the
centre, but White can strike first. How?","Disclose the black king even more!",
"Use your e4-knight for the decisive blow!","e4d6","This impressive move wins
immediately.",5]} 17. Nd6+ $1 {[%csl Re8][%cal Gg4e6,Gg5f7]} (17. Nd6+ $1 {
The winning move. Black resigned in view of:} exd6 (17... Kd8 18. Ne6#) (17...
Kf8 18. Qe6 {, with inevitable mate.}) 18. Qe6+ Kd8 19. exd6 {, and Black is
defenseless.}) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.11.25"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Babula/Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Luebeck"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Ng5
Bd5 9. e4 h6 10. exd5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 b5 $6 (11... Nxd5) 12. Qf3 c6 13. dxc6 Qxd4
14. Be2 a6 15. O-O Qc5 16. Be3 Qxc6 {[#]} 17. Rfd1 $5 {/\b3, ׫, ^^} (17. a4 e6
{(=) Babula-Kasparov, Praha simul 2001} 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Ra2 20. Qxc6
Nxc6 21. Bc5 Rb8 22. Bxc4 Rxb2 {, V. Babula - G. Kasparov, Prag 2001 (Simultan)
, 0:1/44. Später tadelte der Champion seinen Zug 11...b5.}) 17... e5 18. b3 $5
{Um den Be2 zu aktivieren und Einfluß auf die hellen Felder zu erlangen, räumt
Weiß seinem Gegner einen gedeckten Freibauern auf c3 ein.} {18...} b4 (18... e4
$2 19. Qf4 $1 {nebst der Möglichkeit Rd6}) 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 (20. Rxc4 $4
e4 $19 21. Qxe4 Nc3) (20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21. Rxd5 c3 22. Bc5 Nc6 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 $44 {
, und in diesem Endspiel hat Schwarz für die Qualität ausreichende
Kompensation.}) 20... c3 21. Rc5 (21. Bc5 $2 e4 (21... Re8 $2 22. Bc4 {><f7})
22. Qxe4 Re8) 21... e4 (21... Qxf3 $2 22. Bxf3 e4 (22... Nd7 23. Bxa8 Nxc5 24.
Bxc5 Rxa8 25. Bxb4 $16) 23. Bxe4 Nd7 24. Bxa8 Nxc5 25. Bxc5 Rxa8 26. Bxb4 Rc8
27. Rc2 $16) 22. Qg4 Qe8 $2 ({Ein fataler Fehler, denn nach diesem passiven
Damenzug wird das das weiße Läuferpaar dominieren und der Anziehende einen
überwältigenden Königsangriff erhalten. Angezeigt war} 22... Qe6 $142 $5 {
, z.B.} 23. Qxe6 (23. Qg3 Nd7 24. Bc4 Qf6 $13 ({(} 24... Nxc5 $6 25. Bxe6 Nxe6
26. Qg4 {, xe4)})) 23... fxe6 24. Bc4 Re8 25. Rc8 Rxc8 26. Bxe6+ Kh7 27. Bxc8
Bh6 28. Bxh6 Kxh6 29. Bb7 Ra7 30. Bxe4 Nd7 $44 {, und für den Minusbauern mag
Schwarz genügend Gegenspiel haben.}) 23. Bc4 $1 $18 Nd7 {[#]} (23... Kh7 24.
Rg5 $1 {mit der vernichtenden Drohung Rxg6 /\Rg6}) 24. Qxg6 ({Der "stille" Zug
} 24. Bd4 $3 {mit der Drohung Qxg6 hätte das Dilemma des Schwarzen noch
drastischer demonstriert: 24...} Ne5 25. Rxe5 $1 Qc6 (25... Qc8 26. Qxe4) 26.
Rg5 (26. Bd5 Qd6 27. Rg5) 26... Bxd4 (26... Kh7 27. Qh4+ Kg8 28. Bd5 Qd6 29.
Qxe4) 27. Rxg6+ {und Ende der Durchsage. In der Partie dagegen dauert die Qual
des Verteidigers etwas länger.}) 24... Ne5 (24... Nxc5 25. Bd4 Ne6 26. Bxe6 $18
) 25. Qg3 $1 Kh7 (25... Qe7 26. Bd4 (26. Bh6 Qf6 27. Bxg7 Qxg7 28. Qxg7+ Kxg7
29. Rxe5)) 26. Bd4 (26. Bf4 Ng6 27. Rh5+ Kg8 28. Qxg6) 26... Nf3+ (26... f6 27.
Qh4+ Kg6 28. Bxe5 fxe5 29. Qxe4+ $18) 27. gxf3 Bh6 28. Qh3 Rg8+ 29. Kh1 Rg6 30.
Rc7 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 15th final"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1999.10.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Bareev,E"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Ng5
Bd5 9. e4 h6 10. exd5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Nxd5 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nc6 14. Ne2 Qd6
$6 (14... a5 15. a4 Rc8 {=}) 15. O-O Rad8 (15... e6 16. h4 {+=}) 16. Qc2 Rd7
17. Rfd1 Nxd4 (17... e6 18. Qe4 {+=}) 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Qxd4 20. Qxg6+ Qg7
21. Qh5 Rd6 $2 (21... Qh7 22. Qg4 Qg6 23. Rc3 Rfd8 24. Rg3 Kf8 25. h3 Ke8 $1 {
~=}) 22. Bxe7 {+-} Rg6 23. Bxf8 Rxg2+ 24. Kh1 Kxf8 25. Qc5+ Kg8 26. Bxf7+ $1
Kxf7 27. Qf5+ Kg8 (27... Ke8 28. Qe4+) 28. Qe6+ Kf8 (28... Kh7 29. Qh3+) 29.
Re1 (29. Re1 Qg6 30. Qe7+ Kg8 31. Qd8+ Kg7 32. Re7+ Kh6 33. Qh8+ Kg5 34. Rg7 {
+-}) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Hausner, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CSR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Na6 $5 8.
cxd5 Nxc5 9. Be5 $6 (9. e3 Qb6 10. Be2 Qxb2 11. Be5 {/\ 0-0 Van Wely}) 9... Bf5
10. e3 Nce4 11. Bc4 (11. Nxe4 $142 Bxe4 12. Bc4 Nxd5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qd4+ Nf6
$10) 11... Nxf2 12. Qb3 Nxh1 13. Qxb7 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qb3
Qa5+ 17. Qc3+ Qxc3+ 18. bxc3 Rfd8 19. Ke2 Bxd5 20. Bb3 Bxb3 21. axb3 Rab8 22.
Nd4 Rdc8 23. Rxh1 e5 24. Nf3 Rxc3 25. Nxe5 Rbxb3 26. Kd2 0-1

[Event "URS-ch46 First League"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kakageldyev, Amanmurad"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1978.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[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. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Ng5
Bd5 9. e4 h6 10. exd5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Nxd5 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nc6 14. Ne2 Na5
15. Bc2 Qd5 16. h4 e5 17. Nc3 Qxd4 18. Qf3 $5 (18. Qe2 e4 19. h5 {
Teventiev-Gufeld, Udssr 1966}) 18... Rae8 19. h5 e4 20. Qh3 e3 $1 21. fxe3 Nac4
22. Rd1 (22. hxg6 $2 Qd2+ 23. Kf1 fxg6+) 22... Rxe3+ $1 23. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 24. Qxe3
Nxe3 25. Rd2 Nbc4 26. Re2 Nxc2+ 27. Rxc2 Nxb2 28. O-O $1 gxh5 29. Nd5 c5 30.
Rb1 Nd3 31. Rxb7 Re8 32. Ne7+ Kh7 33. Rxa7 Bf6 34. Nc6 Kg6 35. Rd7 Re1+ 36. Kh2
Ne5 37. Nxe5+ Bxe5+ 38. g3 h4 39. Kg2 hxg3 40. Rdd2 Ra1 41. Rxc5 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 (6... dxc4 7. e3 (
7. e4 Bg4 8. Bxc4 Nh5 9. Be3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 e6 11. Ne2 Qf6 12. Ng3 Nf4 13. Qd2
Ng2+ 14. Ke2 Nxe3 15. fxe3 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. Bxd5 Nd7 18. Rhd1 Rad8 19. f4 Qh4
20. Kf1 Kh8 21. Kg2 Qe7 $13 {Nogueiras,J-Timman,J/Montpellier(ct)/1985/ Inf 41/
548/}) 7... Be6 8. Ng5 Bd5 9. e4 h6 10. exd5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Nxd5 12. Bxc4 Nb6
13. Bb3 Nc6 14. d5 Nd4 15. O-O Qd7 16. a3 Rfe8 (16... Nxb3 $5 17. Qxb3 Bxc3 18.
Qxc3 Qxd5 $1 $10) 17. Ba2 $14 {Rogers,I-Ftacnik,L/Biel/1984/ Inf 34/614/}) (
6... c6 7. e3 Be6 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. c5 Qxb3 10. axb3 Nh5 {Rogers,I-Korchnoi,V/Biel/
1984/ Inf 38/615/} 11. Be5 $14) 7. dxc5 Be6 (7... dxc4 8. e4 Qa5 9. e5 Rd8 10.
Bd2 Ng4 11. Bxc4 Qxc5 12. Ne4 Qb6 13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. Rxc8 Rxc8 15. Nfg5+ Kg8
16. Qxg4 Qc6 17. Nd6 $1 Qd7 18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. f4 Rc2 $10 {
Petrosian,T-Benko,P/Kurasao(ct)/1962/}) 8. Nd4 Nc6 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. cxd5 (10.
e3 Qa5 11. Be2 Rad8 $1 12. Qa4 Qxc5 13. O-O d4 $1 14. exd4 Nxd4 15. Be3 a6 16.
Kh1 Qc7 $1 $10 {Botvinnik/}) 10... Nxd5 11. Bd2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Qxd1+ $146 (12...
Bxc3+ 13. Rxc3 (13. bxc3 Rf5 $5 14. Qb3 Kf7 $132 {Botvinnik/}) 13... Qxd1+ 14.
Kxd1 Rxf2 15. Rf3 Rd8+ 16. Ke1 Rxf3 17. exf3 Kf7 $1 $17 {Vargyus,Z-Lengyel,L/
HUN/1963/}) 13. Rxd1 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Rf5 15. g3 Rxc5 16. Bh3 e5 (16... Rxc3 17.
Bxe6+ Kg7 18. O-O $14) (16... Kf7 17. Rd3 $14) 17. Rd3 Rd8 18. Kd2 Rd6 19. Rb1
$14 b6 20. Bg2 Na5 21. Rb4 $1 Kg7 22. a4 Nc4+ (22... Rf6 $5) 23. Kc2 Rf6 24.
Bd5 e4 $1 (24... Nd6 25. f3 $14) 25. Rd1 Nd6 26. f4 exf3 27. exf3 Rf5 (27...
Nf5 28. Re4 Rd6 29. c4) 28. Rbd4 Re5 29. f4 Re3 30. R4d3 Nf5 31. Kb3 h5 32. Bf3
Rxd3 (32... Kf6 33. Rxe3 Nxe3 34. Rd7) 33. Rxd3 Nd6 (33... Rc7 34. Rd5 {/\a5/})
34. h3 $6 (34. Rd5 Rxd5 35. Bxd5 a5) (34. Bg2 $5 {/\Bh3/}) 34... Kf6 35. Bg2 g5
$1 $15 36. fxg5+ Rxg5 37. h4 Rg7 38. Rf3+ Nf5 39. Bh3 e6 40. Bxf5 exf5 41. a5
$1 $10 Rg4 42. axb6 axb6 43. c4 Ke5 44. Kb4 Ke4 45. Ra3 Rg8 (45... f4 46. gxf4
Rxh4 47. Kb5) 46. Kb5 Rg6 47. Rb3 Re6 48. Ra3 Rg6 49. Rb3 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch23 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.02.04"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]
[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 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Nh5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Nd2 gxh4 12. Bxh5 Nf6 13. Bf3 O-O 14. Qc2 dxc4 15.
Nxc4 Qg5 16. Kh1 Be6 17. Ne5 Qf5 18. e4 Qh7 19. Qa4 {[#] Ftacnik: Mit Qh7 kann
der Nachziehende nur große Probleme erwarten.} Ne8 20. Nd3 Rd8 21. Ne2 Nd6 22.
Nc5 Bc4 23. e5 b5 24. Qxa7 Nc8 25. Qc7 Bxe2 26. Bxe2 Rxd4 27. Qxc6 Qc2 28. Bf3
Rc4 29. b4 Bxe5 30. Rae1 Bg7 31. a3 Nd6 32. Rxe7 Nf5 33. Rxf7 Rxf7 34. Bd5 Qe2
35. Rg1 Qe7 36. Qg6 Qf6 37. Qh5 Ne7 38. Nd7 Qf5 39. Bxf7+ Qxf7 40. Qxb5 Rc2 41.
Ne5 Qxf2 {[#]} 42. Ng4 $2 (42. Qd7 Qf6 $17) 42... Qf7 $2 $17 (42... Qe2 $19 43.
Qh5 Kh7) 43. Qd3 Rb2 44. Qe4 h5 $17 (44... Nf5 45. Ne5 Qe6 $19) 45. Ne3 Re2 46.
b5 Bh6 $15 (46... Qb3 $17) 47. Nf5 Rxe4 48. Nxh6+ Kg7 49. Nxf7 Kxf7 50. b6 Nc6
51. h3 Ke8 52. Rd1 Nb8 $11 (52... Re3) 53. Rd5 Re1+ 54. Kh2 Rb1 55. Rxh5 Rxb6
56. Rxh4 {[#]} Ke7 $2 (56... Nd7 $11) (56... Nc6 $11) 57. Rb4 $16 Rxb4 58. axb4
{[#]} Nc6 $2 (58... Nd7) 59. b5 $18 Nd4 60. b6 Kd7 61. h4 Kc6 62. h5 Ne6 63. h6
Nf8 64. Kg3 Kxb6 65. Kf4 Kc7 66. Kf5 Kd7 67. Kf6 Ke8 68. Kg7 Ke7 69. h7 Nxh7
70. Kxh7 Kf6 71. Kh6 Kf5 72. Kh5 Kf6 73. g4 Kg7 74. Kg5 Kh7 75. Kf6 Kg8 76. Kg6
Kh8 77. g5 Kg8 78. Kh6 Kh8 79. g6 Kg8 80. g7 1-0

[Event "Biel SKA"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1996.07.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1996.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[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. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e4 b5 8. Nxb5
Nxe4 9. Bxc7 Qd7 10. Bxc4 a6 11. Na3 Nc6 12. O-O Qxc7 13. Bd5 Nf6 14. Bxc6 Rb8
15. Ne5 Qa7 16. Bf3 Bb7 17. Nac4 Rbd8 18. Qb3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Rd5 20. Ne3 Rb5 21.
Nc6 Qd7 22. b3 Bh6 23. Rc4 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Nd5 25. Qf3 e6 26. Rfc1 Qd6 27. Ne5
Qa3 28. R1c2 Nb4 29. Rc8 (29. Rc8 Rxe5 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. dxe5
Qxa2 33. Qf6+ Kh6 34. g3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.17"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Dreev,A"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[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. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e4 c5 8. dxc5
Qa5 9. e5 Rd8 10. Bd2 Ng4 11. Bxc4 Nc6 12. Nb5 Rxd2 13. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 $1
$146 (14. Nxd2 Ngxe5 15. O-O Bf5 16. Rcd1 Bc2 17. Rc1 Bf5 18. Rcd1 Bc2 {
1/2-1/2 Van Wely-Khalifman/Ter Apel/1993/}) 14... Ngxe5 (14... Nxf2 $140 $2 15.
Rhf1 Ng4 16. Nc7 Rb8 17. e6 $16) (14... Bh6+ $140 $2 15. Ke2 Bxc1 16. Rxc1
Ngxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bd5) 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 $1 16. Ke3 $1 Bf5 (16... Bxb2 17.
Rb1 $16) 17. Nc3 Bd4+ 18. Ke2 Bxc5 19. Rhd1 Bd4 20. h3 h5 21. Bd3 (21. Bd5 $142
e5 22. b3 $16) 21... Be6 22. Be4 Be5 23. Ke3 g5 24. g3 Bxh3 25. Rh1 g4 26. Ne2
Bg7 27. Nf4 Bh6 28. Bxc6 bxc6 29. Rc5 h4 30. Rh5 Kg7 31. Rxh6 $2 (31. Ke4 $16)
31... Kxh6 32. Nxh3 gxh3 33. Rxh3 Kg6 34. Rxh4 Kf5 35. Rc4 Rc8 36. Kd4 Rd8+ 37.
Ke3 Rc8 38. Kd4 Rd8+ 39. Kc3 Rc8 (39... Rd1 40. Rf4+ Ke6 41. Re4+ Kf6 (41...
Kd6 $2 42. Rd4+) 42. Re2 $1) 40. b4 Ke5 41. Rc5+ Kd6 42. Rf5 f6 43. Ra5 Ra8 $1
44. Kd4 e5+ 45. Ke4 Ke6 46. Ra6 f5+ 47. Ke3 Kd6 48. a3 Rh8 49. Rxa7 (49. b5 $5
Rc8 $1) 49... Rh1 50. Ra8 Rb1 51. Rd8+ Ke6 52. Rd3 Re1+ 53. Kd2 Ra1 54. Ke2
Ra2+ 55. Ke3 Ra1 56. Rc3 Kd6 57. f4 Ra2 58. fxe5+ Kxe5 59. Kf3 Ra1 60. Re3+ Kf6
61. Rc3 Ke5 62. Rc5+ Kd6 63. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montpellier op-A"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "1998.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Epishin,V"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[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. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e4 c5 8. dxc5
Na6 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. e5 Ne8 11. Be3 Nb4 $146 12. Bxc4 Be6 13. Bxe6 $1 (13. a3
$2 Bxc4 14. axb4 Nc7 $15) 13... Nd3+ 14. Ke2 Nxc1+ 15. Rxc1 fxe6 16. a4 Nc7 (
16... a5 {xb5}) (16... a6 17. a5 Nc7 18. Na4 Nd5 19. Nb6 Rab8 20. Rc4 Nxe3 21.
fxe3 $22) 17. b4 Nd5 (17... a6 18. a5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 (19... exd5 20. c6 bxc6
21. Rxc6 Rdc8 22. Re6 $16) 20. Bf4 $1 (20. c6 bxc6 21. Rxc6 Bxe5 22. Nxe5 Rxe5
23. Kd3 Kf7 24. Kc4 Rd5 25. Bc5 Rd7 26. b5 axb5+ 27. Kxb5 Rd2 28. a6 Rb2+ 29.
Kc4 Ra2 $11) 20... h6 21. h4 Rc8 22. Rc4 Kf7 23. Bd2 $1 Ke8 24. Bc3 $16) 18.
Nxd5 Rxd5 (18... exd5 19. c6 bxc6 20. Rxc6 $16) 19. b5 (19. c6 $5 b5 $2 (19...
bxc6 20. Rxc6 Bxe5 21. b5 $1 Bd6 22. Ra6 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. b6 Rb8 25. bxa7
Ra8 26. Nd4 e5 27. Nb5 Kf7 28. Rb6 Rxb5 29. Rxb5 Rxa7 30. a5 $18) 20. a5 Bxe5
21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. c7 Rc8 23. Kf3 Rd5 24. Bxa7 Rd3+ 25. Ke2 Rb3 26. Bb8 $18)
19... Bxe5 $8 20. c6 b6 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. Rd1 $3 $18 Kf8 (22... Re4 23. c7 Rf8
24. Rd8 Rc4 25. Bh6 $18) (22... Rd5 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. a5 Kf7 (24... bxa5 25.
Bxa7 $18) 25. axb6 (25. Bxb6 $2 a6 $1 (25... Ke6 26. Bxa7 $1 $18) 26. bxa6 Rxa6
$15) 25... axb6 26. Bxb6 Ke6 27. Bc7 $18) 23. Rd7 a6 $2 (23... Ke8 24. Rb7 Re4
25. a5 bxa5 26. c7 Rc8 27. Rxa7 $18) (23... Re4 24. a5 bxa5 (24... Rb4 25. Rb7
bxa5 26. c7 Re8 27. Bxa7 a4 28. Rb8 Rc4 29. b6 $18) 25. Rxa7 $3 Rxa7 26. b6 $18
) 24. a5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Summer-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.05.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bf4 {A relatively small but potent
sideline, typically used by the 2600 crowd against slightly weaker opposition!}
O-O 6. Rc1 (6. e3 c5 $1 {is the main line.} (6... c6 $14 {followed by ...Bg4
is something which I once tried against an in-form Evgeny Postny. Suffice to
say that the experiment is not worth repeating.}) 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Rc1 {Other
moves exist, but this is the most natural, hoping that Black's queen will get
embarrassed along the c-file.} dxc4 (8... Rd8 {led to the World Champion being
at a disadvantage out of the opening, and having to fight back:} 9. Qa4 Qxc5
10. b4 $1 Qc6 11. Qa3 dxc4 12. b5 Qb6 13. Bxc4 Be6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. O-O $14 {
A superficial look at this position might make you think Black is fine,
however in reality he is already suffering a bit, and in the game Ivanchuk,
V-Carlsen,M London 2013 he soon lost a pawn.}) 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 {The configuration
of pieces looks slightly inauspicious right now, however the right ways of
limiting the damage for Black have already been worked out, e.g.} 10. Bb3 Nc6
11. O-O Qh5 $11) 6... Be6 $5 {A fashionable sideline that presumably Black had
checked at home.} (6... c5 {can still be played, with possible transpositions
to 6.e3.} 7. dxc5 dxc4 8. Qxd8 (8. e3 Qa5) 8... Rxd8 9. e4 Na6 $1 {This
position is still equal, despite the structural hit Black takes, e.g.} 10. c6
bxc6 11. Bxc4 Nc5 $11) 7. e3 (7. Qb3 {looks like the obvious critical choice,
and a few years ago a soon-to-be elite player agreed with this:} c5 8. Qxb7 Qb6
9. Qxb6 axb6 10. e3 dxc4 11. dxc5 bxc5 $132 {In Ding,L-Le,Q Manila 2010
Black's awful structure was compensated for by his good piece play in the
centre and on the queenside.}) (7. Ng5 {is also critical, and I can only guess
that Black planned to play the exceedingly double-edged} c5 8. Nxe6 fxe6 $13 {
Stocek,J-Howell,D Istanbul 2012.}) 7... dxc4 8. Ng5 Bd5 9. e4 h6 10. exd5 hxg5
11. Bxg5 Nxd5 {The most natural and probably best.} (11... c6 $5 {This is an
interesting and (unusually) solid engine continuation.} 12. Bxf6 (12. dxc6 Nxc6
13. Bxc4 Qxd4 14. Qxd4 Nxd4 15. O-O Rfc8 $11) (12. Bxc4 cxd5 13. Bb3 Nc6 $11 {
and Black can think about being better, with his better structure and his pawn
chains about to stifle White's bishops.}) 12... Bxf6 13. Bxc4 cxd5 14. Bxd5 (
14. Nxd5 e6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 {This could be the critical position. For now,
White has a pawn, but the most pressing need does seem to be castling.} 16. O-O
Nc6 17. d5 Rad8 $11) 14... Nc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. O-O (16. Ne2 Qd5 $15) 16...
Bxd4 $11) 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nc6 14. d5 Nd4 15. O-O Qd7 {The nature of
modern chess is such that when something becomes a fashion, it really takes
off. So in a clutch of games between strong players, such as Dreev-Tari,
Kosovo 2016, the current position has been reached.} 16. Re1 (16. h4 {looks
ambitious, but after the calm} Rfe8 $11 {Black's solidity will win out in the
end. This was the actual move order chosen by the game in the next note.})
16... Rfe8 17. h4 Rad8 18. a4 {White, either with or without fore-knowledge of
the game in the note here, decided to place his pawn on a light square.} (18.
a3 Nxb3 19. Qxb3 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. Qxd5 Rxd5 22. Rxc7 Bxb2 23. Rxb7 Bxa3
24. Rxa7 $11 {Enchev,I-Lorparizangeneh,S Albena 2016 Mass annihilation of both
armies has taken place and a draw was consequently agreed.}) 18... Nxb3 19.
Qxb3 Nxd5 (19... a5 $5 {is a more solid way to keep equality.}) 20. Nxd5 Qxd5
21. Qxd5 Rxd5 22. Rxc7 b5 (22... Bxb2 23. Rxb7 Bd4 24. Rbxe7 Rxe7 25. Rxe7 Ra5
{and White's tricks are one tempo short of working, though maybe the following
line was scary:} 26. Re4 Rxa4 27. Kh2 {and Black needs} f5 $1 $11) 23. Rxa7
bxa4 24. Rxa4 Bxb2 25. Rxe7 $14 {So White has managed to get something. For
the rest of this game he tried and probed in various ways but Black's defences
held.} Rxe7 26. Bxe7 Kg7 27. Bg5 Bc1 28. Be7 Bb2 29. g4 Bf6 30. Bxf6+ Kxf6 31.
Kg2 Rb5 32. Kg3 Rc5 33. Ra8 Kg7 34. Re8 Ra5 35. Kf4 Ra2 36. f3 Rh2 37. Kg3 Rh1
38. Re2 Rg1+ 39. Kf4 Rh1 40. Kg3 Rg1+ 41. Rg2 Ra1 42. Rh2 Ra3 43. h5 $6 {
In my opinion, playing for f5 was more testing.} gxh5 44. Rxh5 Kg6 45. Rb5 Rc3
46. Rb6+ f6 47. Rb4 Kg5 48. Rd4 Ra3 49. Rd8 $11 Kg6 50. Kf4 Ra4+ 51. Kg3 Ra3
52. Rd5 Rb3 53. Kf4 Rb4+ 54. Ke3 Rb3+ 55. Ke4 Rb4+ 56. Rd4 Rxd4+ 57. Kxd4 f5
58. gxf5+ Kxf5 59. f4 Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vidmar Memorial 15th"]
[Site "Terme Zrece"]
[Date "2003.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Black "Borisek, Jure"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Ng5
Bd5 9. e4 h6 10. exd5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Nxd5 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nc6 14. d5 Nd4
15. O-O Qd7 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. Be3 {White's small advantage is based on the
assymetry of the pawn structure, due to the absent black pawn on h7 his king
is somewhat less safe.} Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxd5 20. c4 Qc6 21. Bd4
Rad8 22. Ba1 f6 23. Rc3 Kg7 {The first independent move of the game, Borisek
is striving to eliminate the pressure along the diagonal a1-h8.} (23... Qc5 24.
Rg3 Rd2 25. Qf3 Kf7 26. Rg4 Rxa2 27. Bd4 Qh5 28. h3 {1-0 Dreev,A-Sutovsky,E/
Moscow 2002/ (48)}) 24. Qc2 e5 25. h4 e4 (25... Rh8 26. Rg3 Rh6 27. h5 g5 28.
Qf5 $132) 26. h5 Rd3 (26... gxh5 27. Rg3+ Kf7 28. Qe2 Qc5 29. Re3 $15) 27. Qe2
$6 (27. hxg6 Rxc3 28. Qxc3 Nxc4 29. Qg3 b5 $17) 27... Qe6 $2 {[%mdl 64] The
opponents are avoiding promissing alternatives and chosing second rate
continuations instead. Suddenly the position is full of life.} (27... Rxc3 28.
Bxc3 Qxc4 $1 29. Qb2 (29. Qg4 Qxc3 30. Qxg6+ Kf8 31. Qh6+ Ke7 32. Rxe4+ Kd8 $19
) (29. Qd2 $2 Nd5 30. Ba1 e3 31. fxe3 gxh5 $19) 29... Nd5 30. Rc1 Qa6 31. hxg6
Nf4 $19) 28. hxg6 (28. Rxd3 exd3 29. Bxf6+ $1 (29. Qxe6 $2 Rxe6 30. Rxe6 d2 31.
Bxf6+ Kf7 $19) 29... Qxf6 (29... Kf8 30. Bg7+ $1 Kg8 (30... Kxg7 31. Qb2+ Qf6 (
31... Kh7 32. Rxe6 Rxe6 33. hxg6+ Kxg6 34. Qd2 $18) 32. h6+ Kxh6 33. Qxf6 Rxe1+
34. Kh2 $18) 31. Qxe6+ Rxe6 32. Rxe6 d2 33. Re8+ Kxg7 34. Rd8 Nxc4 35. Kf1 gxh5
36. Ke2 Kf6 37. Rd5 $16) (29... Kf7 30. hxg6+ Kxf6 31. Qb2+ Kxg6 32. Rxe6+ Rxe6
33. Qd2 $18) 30. Qxe8 d2 31. Rd1 Nxc4 32. Qd7+ Kh6 33. Qxc7 Qe6 $14) 28... Rxc3
29. Bxc3 Nxc4 (29... Qxc4 $2 30. Qh5 Qg8 31. g4 $1 Nd5 (31... Qh8 32. Qf5) 32.
Rd1 Rd8 33. g5 Qh8 34. gxf6+ Nxf6 35. Rd7+ $1 Rxd7 36. Bxf6+ Kxf6 37. Qxh8+ $18
) 30. Rc1 (30. Qh5 Rh8 31. Qc5 Kxg6 32. Qxc7 $11) 30... e3 31. f4 (31. Bd4
exf2+ 32. Qxf2 b5 33. Rf1 Ne5 34. Bxa7 c6 $15) 31... Nb6 (31... b5 32. Qh5 Rh8
33. Qxb5 e2 34. Qc5 $15) 32. Qh5 Rh8 33. Bxf6+ $1 {Key move of the white's
attack, but the chances are still balanced.} (33. Qf3 Nd5 $17) 33... Qxf6 34.
Rxc7+ Kg8 (34... Kf8 $2 35. g7+ Qxg7 36. Qc5+ Kg8 37. Rxg7+ Kxg7 38. Qe7+ $18)
35. Qd1 (35. Qg4 $2 Qa1+ $19) 35... Rh1+ $1 36. Kxh1 Qh4+ 37. Kg1 Qf2+ 38. Kh1
Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Barsov, Alexei"]
[Black "Vakhidov, Tahir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qxd5 Bxc3+ 9. Bd2 Be6 10. Qxb7 Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 O-O 12. b4 Qa4 13. e3 Nd7 14. a3
a5 $6 {This move is probably insufficient in the fight for compensation in
this sharp line, even though 14..Rfd8! is not without its problems either.} (
14... Rfd8 $1 15. Bb5 (15. Qa6 Qc2 16. Qd3 Qa4 (16... Qxd3 17. Bxd3 Nxc5 18.
Bc2 Nd3+ 19. Bxd3 Rxd3 20. Ke2 Rd5 21. Nf3 a5 {1/2-1/2 Mah,K-Lalic,B/London/
1999/ (26)}) 17. Qc3 (17. Qa6 Qc2 18. Qd3 Qa4 19. Qc3 a5 20. Rc1 axb4 21. axb4
Nf6 22. Bc4 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Nd5 24. Rb1 Qa2 25. c6 Nxe3 {1/2-1/2 Kosyrev,V-Turov,
M/Montreal/2001/ (30)}) 17... a5 18. Rc1 axb4 19. axb4 Nf6 20. Bc4 Bxc4 21.
Qxc4 Nd5 22. Rb1 Qa2 23. c6 Nxe3 {1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L-Kamsky,G/Groningen/1995/ 
(31)}) 15... Qc2 16. Bxd7 Bxd7 17. Qe4 Qa4 18. f3 (18. Qb1 Bc6 19. Nf3 Qa6 20.
Qb2 Qb7 21. Rc1 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Qxf3 23. Rg1 Rd3 {1/2-1/2 Lukacs,P-Liss,E/
Budapest 1995/CBM 49 (50)}) 18... a5 19. Nc4 Bf5 20. Qf4 Bd3 21. Ne5 Qc2 22.
Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Nxd3 Qxg2 24. Nf2 {1-0 Bareev,E-Kalka,A/GER/2001/ (42)}) 15. Bb5
Qc2 16. Bxd7 Bxd7 17. O-O Qxd2 18. Rad1 Qc3 19. Rxd7 a4 20. Rxe7 Qxa3 (20...
Rab8 21. Qc7 Rbc8 22. Qd7 Qxa3 23. Rxf7 $18) 21. Rxf7 $1 {It is too much for
black as white will have three extra pawns.} Rxf7 22. Qxa8+ Kg7 23. Qe4 (23. b5
Qxc5 24. Qxa4 $18) 23... Qc3 24. Qd4+ $1 Qxd4 25. exd4 Rb7 (25... Rd7 26. Rd1
a3 27. c6 Rd8 28. d5 a2 29. c7 $18) 26. Rb1 a3 27. Kf1 a2 (27... Kf7 28. d5 Kf6
29. d6 $18) 28. Ra1 Rxb4 29. Rxa2 Rxd4 30. Rc2 1-0

[Event "Budapest Interzonal playoff"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1987.09.27"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Rc1 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8.
Bxc4 O-O (8... Nxe4 $2 9. Qd5 $18) 9. e5 $5 Nfd7 (9... Ng4 10. e6 $16) (9...
Ne4 10. Qa4 $1 Qxa4 11. Nxa4 Bd7 12. Bd5 $16) (9... Nh5 10. Bd2 Bxe5 11. Nf3)
10. Nf3 Nxc5 $6 (10... Nc6 11. e6 $13) 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nd5 Be6 13. b4 $1 $16
Nxb4 14. Nxe7+ (14. Bd2 $2 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Ncd3 $17) 14... Kh8 15. Bd2 Rad8 (
15... Rae8 16. Qe1 Bxc4 (16... Ncd3 17. Bxd3 Nxd3 18. Bxa5 Nxe1 19. Rfxe1 Rxe7
20. Bb4 $18) 17. Rxc4 Qxa2 18. Rxc5 Nd3 19. Qe3 Nxc5 20. Qxc5 $18) (15... Qa3
16. Rc3 Qa4 17. Qxa4 Nxa4 18. Bxe6 Nxc3 (18... fxe6 19. Ra3 $18) 19. Bxc3 fxe6
20. Bxb4 $18) 16. Bxe6 fxe6 (16... Nxe6 17. Rc4 $18) 17. a3 $1 (17. Rc4 Qxa2
18. Rxb4 Rd7 $13) 17... Qxa3 18. Rxc5 Na6 $8 19. Nxg6+ hxg6 20. Rc2 $16 Nb4 21.
Bxb4 Qxb4 22. Qc1 Qe7 $2 (22... Qf4 23. Qb2 $16 (23. Rc7 $16)) 23. Qe3 $18 {
/\ Ng5} Rf5 24. Rfc1 (24. Qxa7 $6 Rxf3 25. gxf3 Qg5+ 26. Kh1 Qf5 $13) 24... Kg8
25. h3 b6 $2 (25... a6 $18) 26. Nd4 Rxd4 (26... Rxe5 27. Nc6 Rxe3 28. Nxe7+ Kf7
29. Nc6 $18) 27. Qxd4 Rxe5 28. Qg4 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 13th final"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.12.28"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan"]
[BlackTeam "Azov Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Bxc4 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nh5 10. Be3 e6 11. f4 Qh4 12. Qf3 Nc6 13. Ne2 Rad8 14. Rd1 (
14. e5 Bh6 15. Rg1 Ng7 16. Bb5 Nb4 17. Rxc7 Nd5 18. Rxb7 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Nf5 20.
Qe4 {1-0 Van Wely,L-Rytshagov,M/Erevan olm 1996 (42)}) 14... Na5 (14... a6 15.
a3 (15. Rg1 Rd7 16. Bb3 Na5 17. Bc2 c5 18. dxc5 Rxd1+ 19. Bxd1 Bxb2 20. Ng3
Bc3+ 21. Kf1 Nf6 22. Kg2 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 Yudovich sr,M-Koh/corr 1970 (47)}) 15...
Rd7 16. O-O Rfd8 17. e5 Bh6 18. Kh1 Ne7 19. Rg1 Nf5 20. d5 exd5 21. Rxd5 Rxd5
22. Bxd5 c6 23. Bb3 Nhg7 $10 {Portisch,L-Simagin,V/Sarajevo 1963/1-0 (76)}) 15.
Bd3 c5 16. dxc5 Bxb2 17. O-O {Black have played very actively, but white
position is quite compact. In case the first player can hold the pawn
structure, his bishop pair can become active.} (17. e5 Nc6 18. Ng3 $2 Bxe5 $1
19. Nxh5 (19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Qe2 Nxd3+ 21. Rxd3 Nxg3 22. fxg3 Qe4 $19) 19...
Bc3+ 20. Ke2 Qxh5 21. Qxh5 gxh5 22. f5 Nd4+ 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 {Van Wely,L-Lin
Weiguo/Manila olm 1992/1/2-1/2 (52)}) 17... e5 (17... Nc6 18. Bb5 $1 $13) 18.
f5 Nc6 (18... Bd4 $5 {The central piece of white's build up is the Be3, so it
must be good to get him off the board.} 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Bb5 a6 $15) 19. Bc4
Nf6 (19... gxf5 20. Qg2+ Qg4 (20... Kh8 21. Bg5 Qxe4 22. Qxe4 fxe4 23. Bxd8
Nxd8 $13) 21. exf5 Qxg2+ 22. Kxg2 $10) (19... Nd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 exd4
22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Bd5 $10) (19... Bd4 $5 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Bd5 Bxe3 22. fxe3
$15) 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 (20... Nxd8 21. Rb1 Bd4 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Bf4
$10) 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. Rb1 Bd4 $6 (22... Na5 23. Bxf7+ (23. Bd5 Nxd5 24. exd5
Nc4 $13) 23... Kxf7 24. Rxb2 Rd1+ 25. Kg2 Rd7 26. Nc3 Nc4 27. Rb1 $14) 23. Rxb7
Bxe3 24. Rxf7 {White rook have made quite a career and black must be very
careful.} (24. Bxf7+ Kf8 25. fxe3 Rd1+ 26. Kg2 Nd8 27. Bb3 Qg5+ 28. Kf2 Qh4+
$10) 24... Bxf2+ $2 (24... Qxf2+ $1 25. Qxf2 Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 27. Ke3 Na5 (
27... Nd2 28. Be6 Kh8 29. Nc3 $14) 28. Rxa7+ Nxc4+ 29. Kxe4 Nd2+ 30. Ke3 Nc4+
31. Kf3 Rc8 $14) 25. Kg2 $1 Bxc5 (25... Qg4+ 26. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 27. Ke3 Qg5+ 28.
Kxe4 $18) (25... Na5 26. Rd7+ (26. Be6 Kh8 27. Qxf6+ Qxf6 28. Rxf6 Bxc5 29.
Rxg6 Rd2 30. Kf3 $16) 26... Nxc4 27. Rxd8+ Kg7 28. Qxf2 Qxe4+ 29. Kg1 $16) 26.
Rxf6+ Kh8 (26... Kg7 27. Rxc6 Rf8 28. Rc7+ Be7 29. Qe3 $18) 27. Rxc6 Rf8 28.
Bf7 $1 {Krasenkow might have missed this simple response, without mating
threats black will simply be a piece down.} (28. Rxc5 Rxf3 29. Kxf3 $18) 28...
Qg5+ 29. Qg3 (29. Qg3 Qxg3+ 30. Kxg3 Rxf7 31. Rxc5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam ACT op 3rd"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2006.07.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2006.07.15"]
[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. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Bxc4 Nh5 9. Be3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 e5 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. O-O Nc6 {
It seems advisable to put the knight to c6 as it controls vital d4 square and
can fight light squared bishop with Na5.} 14. Bd5 (14. Rfd1 Nd4 15. Bd5 c5 16.
Bxd4 cxd4 17. Ne2 Rd7 18. Rc4 Rad8 19. f4 Bxf4 20. Rcxd4 Rc8 21. Bb3 Rxd4 22.
Nxd4 Kg7 {1/2 Bosboom,M (2490)-Akesson,R (2510)/Hafnarfjordur 1998/ (50)}) (14.
Nd5 Bxb2 (14... Na5 15. Bg5 Rd7 16. Bb5 c6 17. b4 Nc4 18. Rxc4 cxd5 19. Rc5 Rd6
20. Rd1 dxe4 21. Be2 Nf4 22. Bxf4 Bxf4 23. fxe4 Rad8 {1/2 Bosboom,M (2476)-Van
de Mortel,J (2403)/Rotterdam 1999/}) 15. Rb1 Be5 16. f4 Bd6 17. Be2 Ng7 18.
Rxb7 Ne6 19. e5 Ba3 20. Nxc7 Nxc7 21. Rxc7 {1-0 Anastasian,A (2545)-Holmsten,A
(2380)/Linares 2000/ (28)}) 14... Nf4 (14... Nd4 $1 15. Bxd4 (15. Rfd1 Nxf3+
16. Kg2 Nxh2 17. Bxb7 Rxd1 18. Bxa8 Rd8 19. Bd5 Ng4 20. Bxa7 Nf4+ 21. Kf3 Nh2+
22. Ke3 Nxd5+ 23. Nxd5 Ra8 $15) 15... Bxd4 16. Rfd1 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 c6 18. Bb3
Rxd1+ 19. Bxd1 Rd8 20. Bb3 Nf4 21. h4 Ne2+ {0-1 Nagle,S (2364)-Musanti,D (2311)
/Dos Hermanas 2003/}) 15. Rcd1 {It was very dificult to judge, if the endgame
after 15.Bxc6!? offers any winning chances.} (15. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 16. Rc2 Nd3 17.
Ne2 (17. Na4 Rab8 (17... Nb4 18. Rc4 a5 19. f4 $14) (17... Rd6 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19.
Bxc5 Rd3 20. Be3 $16) 18. Rxc6 Nxb2 19. Nxb2 Rxb2 20. f4 Bd6 21. e5 Bb4 22.
Rxc7 Rxa2 $14) 17... Rab8 18. Rb1 Bxb2 19. Bxa7 Ra8 20. Be3 Bg7 $14) (15. Rfd1
$5 Rab8 16. Kf1 Nb4 $11) 15... Nxd5 $6 {L'Ami has decided for the risky
opening of the kingside when white pieces are better prepared for the
confrontation.} (15... Na5 16. Bxf4 Bxf4 17. b4 Nc6 18. Ne2 $14) (15... Bxc3
16. Bxf4 Bxb2 17. Bxc7 (17. Rb1 Be5 18. Bg5 Rdb8 $11) 17... Rd7 18. Bg3 $14)
16. Nxd5 f5 (16... Kg7 17. f4 Bxb2 18. Rb1 $16) 17. b3 $2 {The meek move costs
white a tempo and black will win time to coordinate pieces. Much stronger was
the immediate activity with 17.Bg5!} (17. Bg5 $1 Rdc8 (17... Re8 18. f4 Bd4 19.
Nxc7 fxe4 20. Rfe1 $16) (17... Rf8 18. f4 Bxb2 (18... Bg7 19. Nxc7 Rac8 20. Ne6
Rfe8 21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Rd7+ $16) 19. e5 (19. Nxc7 $6 Rac8 20. Nd5
fxe4 21. Rb1 Bd4 22. Rxb7 $11) 19... Nd4 (19... Rac8 20. Nf6+ Kg7 21. Rd7+ Rf7
22. Bh6+ Kxh6 23. Rxf7 $16) (19... Rf7 20. e6 Rg7 21. Bh6 $16) 20. Kg2 (20. Rb1
$2 Nf3+ 21. Kg2 Nxg5 22. Rxb2 Ne6 23. Rxb7 Rfd8 24. Nxc7 Rd7 $17) 20... Ne6 21.
Nf6+ Kg7 22. Rd7+ Rf7 23. Bh6+ Kxh6 24. Rxf7 $16) (17... Rd6 18. f4 Bxb2 (18...
Bd4 19. Nxc7 Rf8 20. e5 $18) 19. e5 $18) 18. f4 (18. Kg2 Kg7 19. exf5 (19. Rd2
h6 20. Bf4 Bxf4 21. Nxf4 Re8 22. Rd7+ Re7 23. Rxe7+ Nxe7 24. Ne6+ Kf6 25. Nxc7
Rd8 $11) (19. f4 Bxb2 20. Rb1 Bd4 21. Rxb7 fxe4 22. Rc1 Rab8 23. Rxb8 Nxb8 24.
Ne7 Rf8 25. Rxc7 Rf7 26. f5 $16) 19... gxf5 20. Rfe1 Bd6 (20... Kf7 21. Ne7 Rg8
22. h4 h6 23. Nxc6 $18) 21. Re6 $16) (18. b4 $5 $14) 18... Bxb2 19. e5 Bd4 20.
e6 a5 21. Rfe1 $14) (17. b4 f4 (17... a6 18. Bg5 Rdc8 $14) 18. Bxf4 Bxf4 19.
Nxf4 Nxb4 (19... Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Nxb4 21. Rd7 Nxa2 22. Nd5 a5 23. Nxc7 Rf8 24. e5
$18) 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rb1 a5 22. a3 Nc2 23. Rxb7 Rd1+ 24. Kg2 Ra1 25. Rxc7
Ne1+ 26. Kg3 Rxa3 27. Ne6 Rxf3+ 28. Kg4 $16) (17. f4 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Bd4 (18...
fxe4 19. Nxc7 Rac8 20. Ne6 Re8 21. Rxb2 Rxe6 22. Rxb7 Re7 23. Rfb1 Rcc7 24.
Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Rc1 $14) 19. Rxb7 fxe4 20. Rc1 Rxd5 21. Rxc6 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Rd1+
23. Kf2 Rd2+ 24. Kg3 Rc8 (24... Re2 25. Rcxc7 $16) 25. Rxa7 Rd3 26. f5 Rxe3+
27. Kf4 Re2 28. fxg6 Rf8+ $11) 17... Rac8 (17... Bd6 18. Kg2 $14) 18. Bg5 Re8
19. Rfe1 (19. f4 Bd4 (19... Bg7 20. e5 Kf7 21. Nf6 Bxf6 22. Bxf6 Ke6 23. Rd2
$14) 20. Bf6 Bc5 21. Bc3 Kf7 22. b4 Bf8 23. b5 Ne7 24. Nf6 Red8 25. Nxh7 Bh6
$11) 19... Kf7 20. Kg2 Nd4 21. f4 Bg7 {With the king on the square f7 black is
well prepared for all solutions of the tension in the center.} 22. exf5 (22. e5
$5 Ne6 23. Nf6 Bxf6 24. Bxf6 Nxf4+ 25. Kf3 Nh5 26. Bg5 Ke6 27. h4 $11) 22...
Nxf5 (22... Rxe1 23. Rxe1 (23. fxg6+ Ke6 24. Rxe1+ Kxd5 25. gxh7 Kd6 $15) 23...
Nxf5 24. Ne3 Nd4 25. Ng4 Re8 $15) 23. Rxe8 Kxe8 24. Bf6 Kf7 (24... c6 25. Ne7
Nxe7 26. Bxg7 Nd5 $15) 25. Bxg7 Nxg7 (25... Kxg7 26. Ne3 Nd6 27. Nd5 Nf7 28.
Ne3 $11) 26. Nc3 (26. Ne3 Ke6 27. Kf3 Rf8 28. Rd5 $15) 26... Ke7 27. Re1+ $6 {
[%mdl 4096] From now on white was sinking ever deeper into endgame
difficulties, that had cost him the whole point.} (27. Kf3 Nf5 (27... Rd8 28.
Rxd8 Kxd8 29. Nd5 $11) 28. Ne4 Nd6 (28... Rd8 $2 29. Rxd8 Kxd8 30. Ng5 h6 31.
Ne6+ Kc8 32. Ke4 $14) 29. Nc3 Kf7 $15) (27. Nd5+ Ke6 28. Nc3 Nh5 $15) 27... Ne6
28. Kg3 Rd8 29. Ne4 Kf7 30. Re3 $6 (30. Ng5+ $5 Nxg5 31. fxg5 Rd5 $1 (31... Rd2
32. Re4 Rxa2 33. Rh4 Kg8 34. Rd4 $15) 32. h4 Rd2 33. a3 Ra2 $15) 30... h6 31.
Rc3 Rd5 32. Rc2 $2 {White is going downhill very quickly as the position
becomes more unpleasant with each move.} (32. f3 Rd1 33. Rc2 Rd7 34. Rd2 Rxd2
35. Nxd2 Kf6 $17) 32... Rd3+ 33. f3 (33. Kg4 c6 34. f3 Nd4 35. Rf2 h5+ 36. Kg3
b6 $17) 33... Rxf3+ 34. Kxf3 Nd4+ 35. Kg4 Nxc2 36. Nc3 Ke6 (36... Nd4 37. Kg3
Ke6 $19) 37. h4 Ne3+ 38. Kf3 Nd5 {Unfortunatelly for white knight endgames are
in character closest to the pawn ones. The compensation for the missing pawn
is simply absent.} 39. Nb5 (39. Nxd5 Kxd5 40. Ke3 c5 $19) 39... a6 40. Nd4+ Kf6
41. Ne2 Nb4 42. a4 Nd3 43. Nc3 Kf5 44. Nd5 Nc5 (44... c6 45. Ne3+ Ke6 46. Nc4
b5 $19) 45. Nxc7 Nxb3 46. Nd5 Nd2+ (46... Nd4+ 47. Ke3 Nc6 48. Kf3 b5 49. axb5
axb5 50. Ne3+ Ke6 51. Ke4 Ne7 $19) 47. Ke3 Nc4+ 48. Kd4 Nd6 49. a5 Ke6 {
L'Ami was later dissatisfied with his handling of the final phase, but he
certainly raised to the ocassion in a few moves.} (49... Kg4 50. Kc5 Nc8 51.
Nb6 Ne7 (51... Nxb6 52. Kxb6 Kxf4 53. Kxb7 g5 54. hxg5 hxg5 55. Kxa6 $11) 52.
Kd6 Nc6 53. Nd5 Kxh4 54. Kc7 Nxa5 55. Kb6 Nb3 56. Kxb7 a5 $19) 50. Ne3 Nf5+ $1
{Exactly! Black understands, that with best play he can put down white's
active resistance.} 51. Nxf5 (51. Ke4 Nxe3 52. Kxe3 Kf5 53. Kf3 h5 $19) 51...
gxf5 (51... Kxf5 52. Kc5 Kxf4 53. Kb6 g5 54. hxg5 hxg5 55. Kxb7 g4 56. Kxa6 g3
57. Kb7 g2 58. a6 g1=Q 59. a7 $11) 52. Kc5 Kd7 53. Kd5 (53. Kb6 Kc8 54. Kc5 Kc7
55. h5 b6+ 56. axb6+ Kb7 57. Kd4 Kxb6 58. Ke5 a5 59. Kxf5 a4 $19) (53. h5 Kc7
54. Kd5 b6 $19) 53... h5 54. Ke5 b6 $1 (54... b6 $1 55. axb6 a5 56. Kd5 (56.
Kxf5 a4 57. b7 Kc7 $19) 56... a4 57. Kc4 Kc6 58. Kb4 Kxb6 59. Kxa4 Kc5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[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. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e4 c5 8. dxc5
Na6 9. Qxd8 (9. e5 Nd7 10. Bxc4 Ndxc5 11. O-O Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. Be3 Nac5
14. Qc2 Qd3 15. Rfd1 Qxc2 16. Rxc2 Rfd8 17. Rcd2 Rxd2 18. Rxd2 Kf8 19. b4 Na6
20. a3 Ke8 21. g4 Nb8 22. Rd5 b6 23. Nb5 Nc6 24. Ng5 $14 {Van Wely,L-Hellers,F/
Skei (4)/1993/0.5 (29)}) (9. Bxc4 Nxc5 10. Qe2 (10. e5 Nfd7 11. O-O (11. Qd4
Ne6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Bg3 Nb6 14. Qh4 Bd7 15. O-O Rc8 16. Rfd1 Qe8 17. Ne4 Rxc1
18. Rxc1 Nd5 19. Nc5 Qc8 20. Qg5 Rf5 21. Qd2 Rxf3 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. gxf3 Kf7
24. Rc4 $16 {Bronstein,D-Hort,V/Moskva/Praha/1968/0.5 (41)}) 11... Nb6 12. Qe2
Be6 13. Bb5 a6 14. Rfd1 Qb8 15. b4 axb5 16. bxc5 b4 17. cxb6 bxc3 18. Rxc3 Rxa2
19. Qe3 Qa8 20. h3 Qa6 21. Qc5 h6 22. Be3 Re8 23. Rcc1 Bf5 24. Qc7 $13 {
Reshevsky,S-Hort,V/Los Angeles (m)/1968/0.5 (42)}) 10... Be6 11. O-O Bxc4 12.
Qxc4 Nd3 13. Bc7 Rc8 14. Bxd8 Rxc4 15. Nd2 Rxc3 16. Rxc3 Rxd8 17. Rc7 Nf4 18.
Nb3 Nxe4 19. g3 Nd5 20. Rxb7 Bxb2 21. Rxa7 Rc8 22. a4 e6 23. a5 Rb8 24. a6 $19
{Martz,W-Larsen,B/USA/1970/0-1 (27)}) 9... Rxd8 10. e5 (10. c6 bxc6 11. Bxc4
Nc5 12. Ne5 Be6 13. Bxe6 Nxe6 14. Be3 Nxe4 15. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Rd7 17. f3
N4c5 18. O-O Rc8 19. Nd4 Nd3 20. Rb1 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Rc3 22. Rfd1 Ra3 23. Kf1 a5
24. Rb3 $10 {Van Wely,L-Malisauskas,V/Novy Smokovec/1992/0.5 (27)}) 10... Ne8 (
10... Ng4 11. h3 Nh6 12. Bxc4 Nxc5 13. Ke2 Be6 14. Nb5 Rac8 15. Nxa7 Ra8 16.
Be3 Bxc4+ 17. Rxc4 Nd7 18. Nb5 Rxa2 19. Rb4 Nf5 20. Rd1 Raa8 21. e6 Nxe3 22.
fxe3 Nc5 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. Nbd4 $10 {Bronstein,D-Filip,M/Amsterdam ct/1956/
1-0 (58)}) 11. Be3 (11. Bxc4 Nxc5 12. Bg5 Kf8 13. O-O Be6 $10) 11... Be6 $6 (
11... Bg4 12. Bxc4 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Bxe5 14. c6 $1 $16) (11... Nb4 $1 12. Bxc4 Be6
13. Ne4 (13. Bxe6 Nd3+ 14. Kf1 Nxc1 (14... fxe6 15. Rc2 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17.
Ke2 $14) 15. Bc4 Nd3 16. e6 $15) 13... Nxa2 (13... Bxc4 14. Rxc4 Nd3+ 15. Ke2
Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. b4 $14) 14. Bxa2 Bxa2 15. O-O $15) 12. Ng5 Nec7 13. f4 (
13. Nxe6 Nxe6 14. Bxc4 Naxc5 15. f4 Nd3+ 16. Bxd3 Rxd3 $10) 13... Bh6 (13...
Bd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Kf2 Nxe3 16. Kxe3 Nxc5 17. Bxc4 e6 18. b4 $14) (13...
Rac8 14. Nxe6 Nxe6 15. Bxc4 Naxc5 16. O-O $36) 14. Nxe6 Nxe6 15. g3 Naxc5 16.
Bxc4 a6 $1 (16... Nd3+ 17. Bxd3 Rxd3 18. Ke2 Rd7 19. Rhd1 $16) 17. b4 $6 (17.
Ke2 $5 Nd4+ 18. Bxd4 Rxd4 19. Nd5 Rd8 $1 (19... e6 20. Nf6+ Kh8 21. Rhd1 $14)
20. Rhd1 (20. b4 Na4 21. Rhd1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Nc3+ 24. Kd3 Nxd5 25.
Bxd5 b6 26. Bb7 a5 27. bxa5 bxa5 28. Kc4 g5 $1 29. f5 $14) 20... Rxd1 21. Rxd1
Kf8 22. b4 Na4 23. Rc1 $14) (17. Nd5 b5 (17... Kf8 18. Nb6 Rab8 19. O-O $16)
18. Nxe7+ Kf8 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Be2 Kxe7 21. Rxc5 Rac8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Kd2
$14) 17... Nd3+ 18. Bxd3 Rxd3 19. Ke2 Rad8 20. Rc2 (20. Rhd1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rxd1
22. Kxd1 f6 23. exf6 exf6 24. Nd5 Kf7 $10) 20... f6 $1 21. exf6 exf6 22. Rb1 $6
(22. Ne4 f5 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. bxc5 Ra3 25. Rb1 Re8 26. Rb3 Rxb3 27. axb3 Bg7 $10
) 22... f5 23. Na4 (23. Rd1 Rxd1 24. Nxd1 Bg7 $15) 23... Ra3 24. Nc5 Re8 $1 25.
Nxe6 (25. Kf2 $2 Rxe3 26. Kxe3 Nxc5+ $19) 25... Rxe6 26. Rb3 Rxb3 27. axb3 Bf8
28. Rc8 (28. b5 axb5 29. Rc7 Bd6 30. Rc8+ Kf7 31. Kd3 $15) (28. Rc4 b5 29. Rd4
h6 $15 {xb4}) 28... Kf7 29. Rb8 (29. Rc7+ Re7 30. Rc8 $5 (30. Rxe7+ Bxe7 31.
Bd2 (31. b5 axb5 32. Kd3 $15) 31... Ke6 32. Kd3 Kd5 $15)) 29... b5 30. Rb7+ Kg8
31. Rb8 Kg7 32. Rb7+ Kh6 $3 33. g4 $8 Bxb4 (33... fxg4 34. f5+ Rxe3+ 35. Kxe3
gxf5 36. Kf4 $16) 34. g5+ Kh5 35. Kf3 (35. Rxh7+ Kg4 36. Kf2 Be1+ $1 $8 37. Ke2
a5 $17) 35... Re7 36. Rb8 (36. Rxe7 Bxe7 37. Bf2 a5 38. Be1 a4 $19) (36. Rb6 $2
Rxe3+ $1 $19) 36... Rc7 37. Rd8 (37. Bd4 Bc3 38. Bb6 Rd7 39. Ra8 Rd3+ 40. Ke2
Rd2+ 41. Kf3 Rxh2 42. Rxa6 Rh3+ 43. Kg2 Kg4 $17) 37... a5 (37... Rc3 38. Rh8
Rc7) (37... Bc5 38. Bd2 $1) 38. Rb8 (38. Rd5 Rb7 39. Bd4 a4 $17) 38... Bc5 39.
Rxb5 $2 (39. Bd2 b4 (39... Rd7 40. Rxb5 Rxd2 41. Rxc5 Rxh2 42. Rxa5 Rh3+ 43.
Ke2 Rxb3 44. Ra7 Kg4 $19) 40. Rb5 Rd7 41. Ke2 Bg1 $17) 39... Bxe3 40. Kxe3 Kg4
$1 41. Rxa5 Rc3+ 42. Kf2 (42. Kd4 Rxb3 43. Ke5 Re3+ 44. Kf6 Kxf4 45. Ra7 Rh3
46. Ra4+ Kf3 47. Ra2 Kg4 $19) 42... Rxb3 $2 (42... Kxf4 43. Rb5 Rc2+ 44. Kg1
Kxg5 45. b4 Kg4 $19) 43. Ra7 Rb2+ 44. Kg1 Kf3 (44... Kxf4 45. Rxh7 Kxg5 $17)
45. Ra3+ Kxf4 46. Ra7 Kf3 47. Ra3+ Ke2 48. Kg2 $1 Rd2 (48... f4 49. Rf3 Rb4 50.
h4 Re4 51. Ra3 Re3 52. Ra2+ Kd3 53. Ra4 $1 Rg3+ (53... Re4 54. Ra3+ Kd4 55.
Ra4+ Ke5 56. Ra5+ Ke6 57. Kf3 $10) 54. Kf2 Rg4 55. h5 $1 gxh5 56. Kf3 Rxg5 57.
Rxf4 $10) (48... Rb4 49. h3 Rd4 50. Ra2+ Ke3 51. Kg3 $1 Rd3 (51... f4+ 52. Kg4
f3+ 53. Kg3 Rd3 54. Rb2 Rd1 55. Rb3+ Ke2 56. Rxf3 Rg1+ 57. Kf4 Rxg5 58. Kxg5
Kxf3 59. Kh6 $10) 52. Rb2 Ke4+ (52... f4+ 53. Kg4 f3 (53... Ke4 54. Rb4+ Ke5
55. Rxf4 Rxh3 56. Rf7 $1 $10) 54. Kg3 Rd5 55. Rb3+ Ke4 56. Rb4+ $10) 53. Kh4 $3
Kf3 (53... f4 54. Rb4+ Ke5 55. Rb5+ (55. Rxf4 $2 Rxh3+ $1 $19) 55... Ke4 (55...
Ke6 56. Kg4 f3 57. Kg3 $10) 56. Rb4+ Rd4 (56... Ke3 57. Rxf4 $1 $10) 57. Rb7
Kf3 58. Rb3+ $1 (58. Rxh7 $2 Kg2 $1 $19) 58... Kf2 59. Rb2+ Ke3 60. Kg4 $10)
54. Rb4 $1 (54. Rb3 Re3 55. Ra3 f4) 54... Re3 (54... f4 55. Rxf4+ $1) (54...
Kg2 55. Rb2+ Kf1 56. Rf2+ Ke1 57. Rf1+ $10) 55. Rf4+ $1 Ke2 56. Rf2+ $10) 49.
Rb3 Rd3 50. Rb7 f4 (50... Rd4 51. h3 (51. Rxh7 Rg4+ 52. Kh1 Kf2 $19) 51... f4
52. Re7+ $10) 51. Rf7 $1 Rf3 (51... f3+ 52. Kg3 Rd5 (52... f2+ 53. Kg2 $10) 53.
Re7+ Kd2 54. Kxf3 $10) 52. Rxh7 Rf2+ 53. Kh3 Rf1 (53... f3 54. Re7+) 54. Re7+
Kf2 55. Re6 f3 56. Rxg6 Rg1 57. Kh4 Kg2 58. Rf6 f2 59. g6 f1=Q 60. Rxf1 Kxf1
61. Kh5 Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares Anibal op 07th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.01.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Holmsten, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 d5 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Bxc4 Nh5 9. Be3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 e5 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. O-O Nc6 14.
Nd5 Bxb2 (14... Na5 $1 15. Bg5 (15. Be2 c6 16. Ne7+ Kf8 17. Rc5 Nf4 $15) 15...
Rd7 16. Bb5 c6 17. b4 Nc4 (17... cxb5 18. bxa5 Re8 $15) 18. Rxc4 cxd5 19. Rc5
Rd6 20. Rd1 dxe4 21. Be2 Nf4 22. Bxf4 Bxf4 23. fxe4 Rad8 {1/2-1/2 Bosboom,
M-Van de Mortel,J/Rotterdam/ 1999/ (23)}) 15. Rb1 Be5 $6 {Impulsive move,
which only helps white to control more squares in the center.} (15... Ba3 $5
16. Nxc7 (16. Rxb7 Na5 17. Rxc7 Bd6 $17) 16... Rac8 17. Nd5 $13) 16. f4 Bd6 (
16... Na5 17. Be2 Rxd5 18. exd5 (18. Bxh5 Rdd8 19. fxe5 gxh5 20. f4 b6 $15)
18... Nxf4 19. Bf3 $13) 17. Be2 Ng7 (17... Rab8 18. Rfd1 (18. Bxh5 gxh5 19.
Rfd1 Kg7 20. e5 $11) 18... a5 19. e5 Bb4 20. Bxh5 gxh5 21. Nxc7 $14) 18. Rxb7
Ne6 (18... Rab8 19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. Rc1 $16) 19. e5 Ba3 20. Nxc7 Nxc7 21. Rxc7 {
White's position is magnificient, he has bishop's pair, extra pawn and an
active rook.} Rac8 (21... Ne7 22. Bf3 Nd5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Rb1 $18) 22. Rxc8
Rxc8 23. Rd1 Nb4 (23... Rc7 24. Bg4 $16) 24. Rd7 a5 (24... Nxa2 $2 25. Rxa7 Rc3
26. Ra8+ Kg7 27. Bd4 Rc1+ 28. Kg2 Nc3 29. e6+ f6 30. Ra7+ Kh6 31. Bd3 $1 (31.
Bxc3 Rxc3 32. e7 $18) 31... Bb4 32. Bxf6 $18) 25. Bd1 Nc2 (25... Nxa2 26. Bb3
Nc3 27. Rxf7 Kh8 28. e6 $18) (25... Bc1 26. Bb3 Bxe3 27. fxe3 Rf8 28. a3 Na6
29. Rd5 $18) 26. Bb6 Bc1 (26... Bb4 27. Bf3 Rc4 28. f5 $1 gxf5 29. Bd5 Rg4+ 30.
Kf1 $18) 27. f5 $1 {[%mdl 2048] The difference between activity of white and
black pieces is enormous.} gxf5 (27... Bf4 28. e6 fxe6 29. fxe6 $18) 28. Bh5 (
28. Bh5 Bf4 29. Bxf7+ Kf8 30. e6 a4 31. Bd8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Eurotel Trophy sim"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2001.10.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2838"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2001.10.18"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Ng5
Bd5 9. e4 h6 10. exd5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 b5 12. Qf3 c6 $146 (12... Nbd7 13. Nxb5 c6
14. dxc6 Qa5+ 15. Bd2 Qxb5 16. Bxc4 Qxb2 17. cxd7 Qxd4 18. Be3 Qxd7 19. O-O
Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Heimerl,L-Huenerkopf,H/Germany 1983/ (30)}) (12... b4 13. Ne4 (
13. Na4 Qxd5 14. Qxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxc4 Nb6 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. O-O e6 18. Rfd1 Nc6
19. d5 Na5 20. Bb5 exd5 21. Rxc7 d4 {0-1 Henttinen,M-Tella,J/FIN 1994/ (56)})
13... Nxd5 14. Bxc4 c6 (14... Nb6 15. O-O Nc6 16. Rfd1 Nxd4 17. Qe3 Qd7 18.
Nf6+ exf6 19. Rxd4 Qf5 20. Bf4 Rae8 {0-1 Portisch,F-Florian,T/Magyarorszag
1972/ (32)}) 15. h4 f5 16. Nc5 Qd6 17. Bf4 e5 18. Bxd5+ cxd5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20.
Nd3 Bxf4 21. Qxf4 {1-0 Turov,M-Eljanov,P/Kharkov 2001/ (39)}) 13. dxc6 Qxd4 14.
Be2 (14. g3 Qe5+ 15. Be3 Rc8 16. c7 Na6 $11) (14. c7 Qe5+ 15. Be3 Na6 $11)
14... a6 15. O-O Qc5 16. Be3 Qxc6 17. a4 $1 e6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Ra2 {
Black is still fighting for equality, white's two bishops could become
dangerous.} (19... Qxb5 20. Qxa8 Qxb2 21. Bxc4 Nbd7 22. Qa7 $18) (19... Nd5 $6
20. Nd4 Qb6 21. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 22. Bxb6 Rxf3 23. Bxf3 $18) 20. Qxc6 (20. Bd4 Qxf3
21. Bxf3 Nfd7 $11) 20... Nxc6 21. Bc5 Rb8 22. Bxc4 Rxb2 23. Bd6 Rb6 (23... Ra8
24. Nc7 Rd8 $11) 24. Nc3 (24. Ba3 Rd2 25. Rfd1 $11) 24... Na5 25. Na4 Bh6 $1
26. f4 $6 {[%mdl 64] White is trying hard to win the game, but it was wise to
accept one of the drawing lines.} (26. Nxb2 Bxc1 27. Rxc1 Rxd6 $11) (26. Nxb6
Rxb6 27. Ba3 Bxc1 28. Rxc1 Nxc4 29. Rxc4 Nd5 30. Kf1 $11) 26... Rxg2+ $1 27.
Kxg2 Rxd6 28. Bb5 Nb3 29. Rc6 Rd8 30. f5 gxf5 31. Rxf5 Ng4 $5 (31... exf5 32.
Rxf6 Bg7 33. Rxf5 Nd4 34. Rh5 Ra8 35. Bd7 f5 36. Nc5 Ra2+ 37. Kf1 $11) 32. Rh5
Nd4 33. Rc3 (33. Rb6 Bf4 $36) 33... Ne3+ 34. Kh3 Bf4 35. Ba6 {Babula fights
with a worsening time trouble and unpleasant position.} (35. Rd3 Rd6 36. Ba6
Nf3 37. Rxd6 Ng1+ $1 38. Kh4 Ng2+ 39. Kg4 f5+ 40. Rxf5 exf5+ 41. Kxf5 Bxd6 $17)
35... Kg7 36. Rc8 Rd6 37. Nc5 Nf3 38. Bd3 (38. Nd3 Ng1+ (38... Ng5+ 39. Rxg5+ (
39. Kh4 Ng2+ 40. Kg4 f5#) 39... Bxg5 $17) 39. Kh4 Ng2+ 40. Kg4 f5+ 41. Rxf5
exf5+ 42. Kxf5 Rf6+ 43. Ke4 Rxa6 44. Nxf4 Ra4+ 45. Kd3 Nxf4+ $19) 38... Rd4 (
38... Ng5+ 39. Rxg5+ (39. Kh4 Rd5 40. Be4 Rxc5 41. Rxc5 Nxe4 $19) 39... Bxg5
40. Kg3 $17) 39. Rh7+ Kf6 40. Ne4+ Rxe4 (40... Kg6 $1 41. Nc5+ Rxd3 42. Rg7+ (
42. Nxd3 Ng1+ 43. Kh4 Ng2+ 44. Kg4 f5#) 42... Kxg7 43. Nxd3 Ng1+ 44. Kh4 Bxh2
$19) 41. Bxe4 Ng5+ 42. Kh4 Nxe4 43. Rf8 Ng5 44. Kh5 $4 $138 (44. Rhh8 Bxh2 $19)
44... Nxh7 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.09"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[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 "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Ng5
Bd5 9. e4 h6 10. exd5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Nxd5 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nc6 14. Ne2 Na5
15. Bc2 Qd5 16. h4 Qxg2 17. Rg1 Qh2 18. Be4 Rad8 19. Rh1 Qd6 20. h5 {This
extremely sharp line is dangerous for both sides. White's main argument is the
power of active bishops.} Nc6 (20... Bxd4 $5 21. Nxd4 (21. hxg6 Qb4+ $1 $17) (
21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 23. Bf3 c6 24. b3 Nd5 $17) 21... Qe5 (21... Qxd4
22. Qe2 $40) 22. Be3 Qxe4 23. Rg1 Nc6 $17) (20... f5 21. Bg2 $14) 21. hxg6 Nxd4
(21... fxg6 22. Qb3+ Rf7 23. Bf4 $14) 22. Nxd4 Qe5 (22... Qxd4 23. Qxd4 Rxd4 (
23... Bxd4 24. Bh6 $1 (24. Bxe7 Rde8 25. Rxc7 fxg6 26. Bxg6 Nd5 $1 27. Bxe8
Rxe8 28. Rxb7 Nxe7 $13) 24... c6 (24... Bg7 25. Rxc7 $16) 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26.
gxf7 Kxf7 27. Rh7+ $16) 24. Bxb7 $14) 23. Qh5 $1 Qxe4+ (23... fxg6 24. Qh7+ Kf7
25. Qxg6+ Kg8 26. Rh8+ $1 $18) 24. Be3 Qxg6 (24... fxg6 $5 25. Qh7+ Kf7 26. Rh4
Qe5 (26... Rxd4 27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Qh1 $14) 27. Nf3 (27. Rf4+ $6 Qxf4 28. Bxf4
Rh8 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. Ne6+ Kf6 31. Nxd8 Rxd8 $15) 27... Qxb2 28. Ng5+ Ke8 29.
Qxg6+ Kd7 30. Qe6+ Ke8 $13) 25. Nf5 $1 Rfe8 $2 {[%mdl 128] In a muddle of
complicated varaitions Stohl is losing track. To be objective even in the post
mortem couple of GMs were all missing the golden shot 28...Qe4! in the main
line after the correct 25...Nd5.} (25... Qxh5 26. Nxe7+ Kh7 27. Rxh5+ $18) (
25... Bf6 26. Nxe7+ $1 $18) (25... Nd5 $1 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 (26... Qxg7 27. Bh6 Qg6
28. Bxf8 Qxh5 29. Rxh5 $18) 27. Bh6+ Kf6 28. Bxf8 (28. Qf3+ Ke6 29. Bxf8 Rxf8
30. Kf1 c6 $11) 28... Qe4+ $1 29. Kf1 Qd3+ 30. Kg1 Rxf8 $13) 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 (
26... Qxg7 27. Bh6 Qg6 28. Qh2 Qe4+ 29. Be3 f6 30. Rxc7 $16) 27. Qh2 $1 Rh8 (
27... Kf6 28. Rg1 Qd3 29. Qh6+ Ke5 30. Rg5+ f5 31. Rg3 $18) 28. Qe5+ Qf6 (28...
f6 29. Qxe7+ Qf7 30. Rg1+ $18) 29. Rg1+ Kf8 (29... Kh7 30. Qh2+ $18) 30. Qxf6
exf6 31. Rxc7 {Black was truly depressed when he saw the poor endgame position,
as his king is in grave danger.} Nd5 (31... Nd7 32. Rxb7 a5 33. Rg4 $16) 32.
Bc5+ Ke8 33. Rxb7 Rc8 (33... a6 34. Ra7 Rc8 35. Kd2 $16) 34. Kd2 $1 (34. Kd2 $1
a5 35. Re1+ Kd8 36. Be7+ (36. Bd6 Rh4 $1) 36... Nxe7 37. Rexe7 Rc5 38. Rxf7 $16
) 1-0

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Zlin"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jirovsky, Milos"]
[Black "Kalod, Radek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e4 b5 (7...
c5) (7... Bg4) 8. Nxb5 (8. e5 $2 Nd5 $17) 8... Nxe4 9. Bxc4 (9. Bxc7 Qd7 10.
Bxc4 a6 11. Na3 (11. Nc3 Nxf2 $1) 11... Nc6 12. O-O Qxc7 (12... Bb7 $1 13. Be5
$6 (13. Bb6 Rab8 {/\ Ba8} 14. b3 Bh6 15. Rc2 Nb4 16. Ne5 Qf5 $44) 13... Bh6 14.
Rb1 Rad8 15. Qe2 $2 (15. Re1 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qc6 17. Qe2 Nd2 18. Rbd1 {- 15.Qe2})
(15. Qb3 Na5 16. Qb4 Nxc4 17. Nxc4 e6 18. Nb6 Qc6 {/\ Nd2} 19. Nc4 Qb5 $5 20.
Qxb5 axb5 21. Ne3 f6 22. Bc7 Rd7 23. Rfc1 Nd6 $44) 15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qc6 $1
17. Kh1 (17. Rbd1 Nd2 18. Rfe1 Rd4 $1 19. b3 Re4 $1 20. Qd3 Rg4 $19) 17... Nd2
18. Rbc1 Qb6 19. Nxd2 Rxd2 20. Qe1 Qd4 $5 {0-1 Vegh,E-Feher,G/Magyarorszag
1996 (29) /\ Qg4}) 13. Bd5 Nf6 (13... Qf4 14. Bxc6 Rb8 15. g3 Qf5 16. Nc4 Rd8
17. Ne3 Qe6 18. b3 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Qd3 Nf6 {1-0 Rogers,I-Mirumian,V/
Erevan olm 1996 (44)}) 14. Bxc6 Rb8 15. Ne5 Qa7 16. Bf3 Bb7 17. Nac4 Rbd8 18.
Qb3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Rd5 20. Ne3 Rb5 21. Nc6 Qd7 22. b3 Bh6 23. Rc4 {1-0 Portisch,
L-Tukmakov,V/Biel SKA 1996/ (28)}) (9. Nxc7 $2 e5 10. Nxa8 exf4 11. Bxc4 Bb7
$17) 9... c6 (9... Nd6 $2 10. Nxc7 $1 Qxc7 11. Bxf7+ Rxf7 12. Rxc7 Rxf4 13.
Qb3+ $16) 10. Nc3 (10. Nc7 $2 e5 11. Nxa8 exf4 $17) 10... Nd6 (10... Nxc3 $5
11. bxc3 Nd7 12. O-O Nb6 $11) 11. Bb3 (11. Be2 Nf5 12. Be5 Bh6 13. Rc2 (13. g4
Nd6 $8 14. g5 Bg7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. h4 $13) 13... Nd7 14. O-O Qa5 15. Bc4 Ba6
16. Qe2 (16. b4 $5 Qb6 17. Na4 Qxb4 18. Bxa6 Qxa4 19. Bb7 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Rad8
21. Bxc6 $1 $11) 16... Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Rac8 18. h3 (18. b4 Qb6 19. Na4 Qb5 $15) (
18. Ne4 Qd5 19. Nc5 Qxc4 20. Rxc4 Nb6 21. Rc2 Rfd8 $15) (18. Re2 $1 {Kortschnoj
}) 18... c5 19. Ne4 (19. Nd5 cxd4 20. Bc7 Nb6 $17) 19... cxd4 20. Qxc8 (20. Bc7
Nb6) 20... Rxc8 (20... Nxe5 $1 21. Qc5 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Qxa2 $17) 21. Rxc8+ Bf8
22. Bf4 Qxa2 {0-1 Van Wely,L-Leko,P/Groningen 1995/ (48)}) 11... Ba6 12. Be5
Bh6 (12... Nd7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Ne5 $11) 13. h4 $5 (13. Rc2 Nd7 $15) 13... Nd7
(13... Bxc1 14. Qxc1 Nd7 15. h5 Bd3 16. Qd1 $13) 14. h5 g5 (14... Bxc1 15. Qxc1
) 15. Nxg5 $5 (15. Qd2 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 $15) 15... Nxe5 (15... Bxg5 16. Qg4 h6
17. f4 Bc8 18. fxg5 (18. Bxd6 Nc5 19. Qd1 Nxb3 20. Qxb3 exd6 21. fxg5 Re8+ $17)
18... Nxe5 19. Qg3 Ng4 20. gxh6 Kh7 $17) 16. dxe5 Qa5 (16... Bxg5 17. Qg4 h6
18. f4 Bc8 19. e6 $13) 17. f4 (17. exd6 Qxg5 18. Rc2 Qxg2 $19) 17... Bxg5 18.
Qg4 (18. exd6 Bxf4 19. Qg4+ Qg5 20. Qxg5+ Bxg5 21. Rd1 exd6 22. Rxd6 Rad8 $17)
(18. fxg5 Qxe5+ 19. Ne2 Qxg5 $17) 18... Ne4 (18... Qc5 19. Qxg5+ (19. exd6 Kh8
20. Qf3 $14) 19... Kh8 20. Qg3 Nf5 $14) 19. fxg5 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 (20. bxc3 Qxe5+
21. Kf2 Bc8 $17) 20... Qxe5+ 21. Kd2 $2 {White king becomes unnecessarily
brave, the position was rather unclear. Weisser Konig macht sich unnotig brav,
die Stellung war ziemlich unklar.} (21. Kf2 $1 Rad8 (21... Bc8 22. Qh4 Qf5+ 23.
Rf3 Qc5+ 24. Kg3 $11) 22. g6 Rd2+ 23. Kg1 e6 $13) 21... Rad8+ 22. Kc1 (22. Kc2
Bc8 23. Qh4 Rd4 $17) 22... Bd3 $1 23. Rxd3 (23. Bc2 Rd4 24. Qf3 Qxg5+ $19) (23.
Rh3 Bf5 24. Rhe3 Qxe3+ 25. Rxe3 Bxg4 $19) 23... Rxd3 24. g6 Rg3 25. gxf7+ (25.
Bxf7+ Kh8 (25... Kg7 $4 26. h6+ Kf6 27. Rf1+) 26. Qe6 Qxe6 27. Bxe6 hxg6 28.
hxg6+ Kg7 29. Bf7 Rxg2 $19) 25... Kh8 26. Qc4 Rxg2 27. Qc3 (27. Bc2 Qg5+ 28.
Kb1 Rg1+ $19) 27... Qxc3+ 28. bxc3 h6 $1 (28... e5 29. h6 a5 30. Rh5 a4 31.
Rxe5 $1) 29. Re1 Rg5 30. Rxe7 a5 31. Re6 Kg7 $1 (31... Rxh5 $2 32. Rg6 Rg5 33.
Rxh6+ Kg7 34. Rxc6 $11) 32. Rxc6 Rxh5 33. Rd6 (33. Be6 Rg5 34. c4 Rg6 35. c5
Rxf7 $19) 33... Rg5 34. Bd5 h5 35. c4 h4 36. Rb6 (36. c5 h3 37. c6 h2 $19)
36... h3 37. Rb3 Rh8 $1 38. Re3 (38. f8=Q+ Kxf8 39. Rb8+ Kg7 40. Rb7+ Kf6 $19)
38... h2 39. Re1 Rg1 0-1

[Event "Kharkov Rector Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2001.04.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Turov, Maxim"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2001.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[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. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Ng5
Bd5 9. e4 h6 10. exd5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 b5 12. Qf3 b4 (12... Nbd7 13. Nxb5 c6 14.
dxc6 Qa5+ 15. Bd2 Qxb5 16. Bxc4 Qxb2 17. cxd7 Qxd4 18. Be3 Qxd7 19. O-O Rac8
20. Rfd1 Qa4 {1/2-1/2 Heimerl,L-Huenerkopf,H/Germany/1983/ (30)}) 13. Ne4 (13.
Na4 Qxd5 14. Qxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxc4 Nb6 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. O-O e6 18. Rfd1 Nc6 19.
d5 Na5 20. Bb5 exd5 21. Rxc7 d4 22. Be7 Rfc8 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Bxb4 {0-1
Henttinen,M-Tella,J/FIN/1994/ (56)}) 13... Nxd5 14. Bxc4 c6 $6 {White has two
bishop's and dangerous initiative, so it was necessary to aim for some
counterplay with 14...Nb6.} (14... Nb6 15. O-O (15. Bb3 $1 a5 16. Bf4 $14)
15... Nc6 16. Nc5 Nxd4 17. Qe4 Nxc4 18. Rxc4 f5 19. Qd3 Qd6 20. Rd1 e5 {
0-1 Tolonen,L-Tella,J/FIN/1995/ (59)}) 15. h4 $1 f5 (15... Bxd4 16. h5 $1 Bxb2
(16... f5 17. Qh3 fxe4 18. Qe6+ Kg7 19. Bh6+ Kh8 20. hxg6 Bxf2+ 21. Ke2 $18)
17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Qh3 $18) 16. Nc5 Qd6 17. Bf4 (17. Rd1 e5 18. Nb7 Qe6 19. Nd8
$16) 17... e5 18. Bxd5+ cxd5 (18... Qxd5 19. Qxd5+ cxd5 20. Bxe5 $16) 19. dxe5
Bxe5 (19... Re8 20. e6 $16) 20. Nd3 (20. Bxe5 Qxe5+ 21. Qe2 $16) 20... Bxf4 21.
Qxf4 {[%mdl 16] Turov has better pawn structure and piece development, black
is in serious trouble.} Qe6+ 22. Kd2 Nd7 (22... Qe4 23. Qd6 $18) 23. Rhe1 Qf6
24. Qg5 (24. Qxb4 Rab8 25. Qe7 $18) 24... Rfe8 25. Qxf6 Nxf6 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.
f3 Nh5 (27... a5 28. Rc6 Kg7 29. Ra6 $18) 28. Re1 (28. Rc6 Kf7 29. Ra6 Re7 30.
Nxb4 Nf4 31. g3 Nh5 32. Nc6 $18) 28... Rxe1 29. Kxe1 a5 30. Kd2 d4 {Black king
is too far away from the queenside, white has no problem winning the endgame.}
(30... Kf7 31. Kc2 Kf6 32. Kb3 g5 33. Ka4 gxh4 34. Kxa5 $18) 31. g4 (31. Kc2 $1
a4 32. b3 a3 33. Nxb4 $18) 31... Ng3 (31... fxg4 32. fxg4 Nf6 33. Ne5 $16) 32.
Ne5 fxg4 33. fxg4 g5 (33... Kg7 34. Kd3 $16) 34. hxg5 a4 35. Kd3 Nf1 36. Kxd4
a3 37. b3 Nd2 38. Kc5 Nxb3+ 39. Kxb4 1-0

[Event "Saintly Cup"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1999.01.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Oral, Tomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.01.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e4 c5 8. dxc5
Qa5 9. e5 Rd8 10. Nd2 $5 {[%mdl 4] An exciting novelty in a famous line, white
is playing with the well known ideas in a bit different packaging.} (10. Bd2
Ng4 11. Bxc4 Qxc5 12. Ne4 Qb6 13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. Rxc8 Rxc8 15. Nfg5+ Kg8 (15...
Ke8 16. Qxg4 Nd7 17. Nd6+ exd6 18. Qe6+ Kd8 19. exd6 {1-0 Ruzele,D-Roeber,B/
Gelsenkirchen/1999/ (19)}) 16. Qxg4 Qc6 17. Nd6 Qd7 18. Qh4 (18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19.
Nxc8 Rxc8 20. f4 Rc2 21. Ke2 Bh6 22. Nf3 Rxb2 23. g3 g5 {1/2-1/2 Petrosian,
T-Benko,P/Curacao/1962/ (23)}) 18... exd6 (18... h6 19. Nxc8 hxg5 20. Qc4+ e6
21. Nd6 Bxe5 22. Ne4 Nc6 23. O-O Bxb2 24. Bxg5 {1-0 Dzindzichashvili,R-Gutman,
L/USSR/1972/ (31)}) 19. Qxh7+ Kf8 20. Qxg6 Kg8 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Qg6 Kg8 23. O-O
Rc5 24. f4 Nc6 25. f5 Rxe5 26. Qh7+ {1-0 Borisenko,G-Tukmakov,V/USSR/1971/ (26)
}) 10... Ng4 (10... Nh5 11. Be3 Bxe5 12. Bxc4 Nf4 13. O-O Be6 $13) 11. Bxc4
Qxc5 (11... Nxe5 $5 12. Bxe5 Bxe5 13. Qf3 e6) 12. Nce4 Qd4 13. Bxf7+ (13. Qf3
Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxf7+ Kh8 16. O-O Nc6 $15) 13... Kxf7 14. Rxc8 (14. Qb3+
Kf8 $1 (14... Be6 $5 15. Ng5+ Ke8 16. Nxe6 Qxf2+ 17. Kd1 Bxe5 18. Nxd8 Bxf4 19.
Qg8+ Kd7 20. Qd5+ Ke8 $13) (14... e6 $2 15. Rxc8 Rxc8 16. Ng5+ Ke7 17. Qxe6+
Kd8 18. Qg8+ $18) 15. Rxc8 Rxc8 16. Ng5 Rc1+ $1 17. Ke2 Qxf2+ 18. Kd3 Nxe5+ 19.
Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Ne6+ Ke8 21. Rxc1 Qf5+ $13) 14... Rxc8 15. Qxg4 Rc1+ 16. Ke2 Rc6
$1 {Black has to be polite, since white wanted to use his home preparation for
the beautiful attack after the sacrifice of both rooks.} (16... Rxh1 17. Qc8 $3
Bf8 (17... Bf6 18. exf6 h6 19. fxe7 Kxe7 20. Qxb7+ $18) (17... Bxe5 18. Ng5+
Kg7 19. Ne6+ $16) (17... Bh6 18. Bxh6 Qxe5 19. Qxb7 Qh5+ 20. Nf3 Qxh6 21. Nfg5+
Kf8 22. Ne6+ Kg8 23. Qc8+ Kf7 24. N4g5+ Kf6 25. Qc3+ Kf5 26. Qd3+ Kf6 27. Qd4+
Kf5 28. Qf4#) 18. Ng5+ Kg8 19. Qe6+ Kh8 20. Qf7 $18) 17. Qf3 Ke8 $6 (17... Qa4
$5 $13) 18. Qb3 Na6 (18... Qb6 19. Qg8+ Bf8 20. Ng5 $40) 19. Qg8+ (19. Qxb7
Rac8 $15) 19... Bf8 (19... Kd7 $2 20. Qxa8 $18) 20. Bh6 Kd7 21. Rd1 $2 (21.
Bxf8 $1 Qxe5 (21... Rc2 22. f3 $16) 22. Qg7 $18) 21... Kc7 $2 {Both parties
are oblivious to their chances and play innacurately.} (21... Bxh6 $5 22. Qxa8
Kc7 $13) (21... Rc2 $1 22. Ke1 (22. e6+ $2 Kc7 23. Ke1 Bxh6 24. Qxa8 Nc5 $19)
22... Bxh6 23. Qxa8 Kc7 $15) 22. Bxf8 Nc5 23. Nc3 $1 (23. Qf7 Nxe4 24. Qxe7+
Kb6 25. Qb4+ Qxb4 26. Bxb4 $16) 23... Qxe5+ $2 (23... Qd3+ $5 24. Ke1 Qf5 25.
Nd5+ Kd7 26. Nf6+ Kc7 $16 (26... exf6 27. Qd5+ $18)) 24. Kf1 Rd8 25. Bg7 Qf5 (
25... Rxg8 26. Bxe5+ $18) 26. Nb5+ Kc8 27. Nxa7+ Kc7 28. Be5+ $3 {This
beautiful idea will help to exchange most pieces by force, leaving white in a
knight endgame with a spare pawn.} Qxe5 29. Qxd8+ (29. Nxc6 bxc6 30. Qxd8+ $18)
29... Kxd8 30. Nxc6+ bxc6 31. Nc4+ Qd5 32. Ke2 Kc7 (32... Qxd1+ 33. Kxd1 $18)
33. Rxd5 cxd5 34. Ne5 Kd6 35. Nf7+ Ke6 36. Ng5+ Kf5 (36... Ke5 37. Nxh7 $18)
37. Nxh7 Na4 38. Kd3 $1 Nxb2+ (38... e5 39. b4 $18) 39. Kd4 (39. Kd4 e6 40. Nf8
$18) 1-0

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 5th"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "1999.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Ng5
Bd5 9. e4 h6 10. exd5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Nxd5 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nc6 14. Ne2 Na5
15. Bc2 Qd5 16. h4 Qxg2 (16... e5 17. Nc3 Qxd4 18. Qe2 (18. Qf3 $5 Rae8 19. h5
e4 20. Qh3 e3 $1 21. fxe3 Nac4 22. Rd1 (22. hxg6 $2 Qd2+ 23. Kf1 fxg6+) 22...
Rxe3+ $1 23. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 24. Qxe3 Nxe3 25. Rd2 Nbc4 26. Re2 Nxc2+ 27. Rxc2 Nxb2
{1/2-1/2 Kakageldyev,A-Tukmakov,V/Ashkhabad/ 1978/ (41)}) 18... e4 19. h5 Nbc4
20. Rd1 Qe5 21. Nxe4 f6 22. h6 Bh8 23. h7+ Kf7 24. Rd7+ Ke8 25. Rd5 Qe6 26.
Nxf6+ Kf7 27. Bxg6+ Kxg6 28. Qxe6 {1-0 Terentiev,V-Gufeld,E/Krasnodar/1966/ 
(28)}) 17. Rg1 Qf3 18. h5 $5 {[%mdl 4] Quite surprisingly the line with 14.Ne2
is coming into fashion again. The assymetrical position offers enough sharp
ideas, but both sides are exposed to dangers.} (18. Qd3 Qxd3 19. Bxd3 Nc6 20.
h5 Rfd8 21. Be4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 23. Bxb7 Rb8 24. Bf3 Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Andersson,
U-Sax,G/Biel/1985/ (38)}) 18... Nbc4 $6 (18... Qxh5 19. Be4 $5 (19. Bxe7 $2
Rfe8 20. Bc5 Nac4 21. b3 Bh6 $19) 19... Nc6 20. Qd3 $36) (18... Nac4 19. Nc3
Qxd1+ (19... Qc6 20. b3 $14) 20. Nxd1 $14) 19. b3 (19. Nc3 $5 Qxd1+ (19... Qc6
20. b3 Nd6 21. Bb1 $16) 20. Nxd1 f6 (20... Bxd4 21. hxg6 Nxb2 22. Rg4 Nc6 23.
gxf7+ Kxf7 24. Bb3+ Ke8 25. Rxc6 bxc6 26. Rxd4 e5 27. Rd2 $16) 21. Be3 $16)
19... Nd6 (19... Na3 20. Bd3 $1 (20. Bxe7 Rfe8 21. Be4 $1 (21. Bxa3 $2 Bxd4 22.
Rg2 Qxg2 23. Qxd4 Rad8 24. Be4 Qg4 $19) 21... Qxe4 22. Bxa3 Nc6 23. hxg6 fxg6
$11) 20... Nc6 21. hxg6 e5 22. Be3 $14) 20. Qd3 (20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Be3 Nc6 (
21... Nf5 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. Rxc7 $16) 22. Bxg6 Nf5 $14) (20. Bxe7 $2 Rae8 21.
Bxf8 Bxd4 22. Rg2 Rxe2+ 23. Qxe2 Qxg2 24. Bh6 Bc3+ 25. Bd2 Qh1+ 26. Qf1 Qxf1+
27. Kxf1 Bxd2 $19) 20... Qxd3 21. Bxd3 Nc6 22. hxg6 fxg6 (22... e5 23. gxf7+
Rxf7 24. Rxc6 bxc6 25. dxe5 Nc8 26. Bc4 $18) 23. Bxg6 {It would be unwise not
to respect white's achievement. Dreev has kept bishops pair while opening the
position and even coming close to black king.} (23. Be3 Nb4 24. Bxg6 c6 $14)
23... Nxd4 24. Nxd4 (24. Bh5 Nc6 25. Bg4 Kf7 26. Bf3 Nf5 $14) 24... Bxd4 25.
Rg2 (25. Rc2 e6 $14) 25... Kg7 26. Bd3 (26. Bxe7 Rxf2 27. Rxf2 (27. Rg4 Bb6 $14
) 27... Bxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Kxg6 29. Rxc7 Nf5 30. Rxb7 $16) 26... Bf6 (26... Kf7 27.
Rxc7 Rae8 28. Bc4+ Nxc4 29. bxc4 b6 30. Rxa7 Bc5 $14) 27. Bf4+ (27. Rxc7 Bxg5
28. Rxg5+ Kf7 29. Re5 Rfe8 30. Bb5 Nxb5 31. Rf5+ Ke6 32. Rxb5 b6 $14) 27... Kf7
28. Rxc7 Ke6 $1 {Krasenkow fights for his life with timely show of courage
with his king.} (28... Rad8 29. Bxd6 Rxd6 30. Bc4+ Ke8 31. Rxb7 $16) 29. Be2 (
29. Bxd6 Kxd6 30. Rxb7 Rfb8 $14) 29... Bc3+ $1 30. Rxc3 Rxf4 31. Re3+ Re4 (
31... Kf6 32. Bd3 $14) 32. Rg6+ Kf7 33. Rxe4 (33. Rxd6 $2 Rxe3 $17) 33... Nxe4
34. Rh6 Nd6 35. Bh5+ Kg7 36. Rg6+ Kf8 37. Bg4 (37. Bg4 Kf7 38. Rh6 Kg7 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e4 (7. e3)
7... c5 (7... Bg4 8. Bxc4 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nc6 10. d5 Nd4 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. O-O c5 $1
$13) 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e5 Rd8 10. Bd2 Ng4 11. Bxc4 Nc6 $5 12. Nb5 Rxd2 $1 13. Qxd2
Qxd2+ 14. Nxd2 (14. Kxd2 Bh6+) 14... Ngxe5 15. O-O Bf5 16. Rcd1 Bc2 17. Rc1 Bf5
18. Rcd1 Bc2 $13 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[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. Bf4 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qxd5 Bxc3+ 9. Bd2 Be6 10. Qxb7 Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 O-O 12. b4 Qa4 13. e3 Nd7 14. a3
Rfd8 (14... Rad8 15. Qa6 Qc2 16. Qd3 Qxd3 17. Bxd3 Nxc5 18. Bc2 $16) 15. Qa6 (
15. Bb5 Qc2 16. Qe4 Qxd2+ $1 17. Kxd2 Nxc5+ 18. Qd4 Nb3+) 15... Qc2 16. Qd3
Qxd3 (16... Qa4 17. Qc3 a5 18. Rc1 axb4 19. axb4 Nf6 20. Bc4 (20. e4 Rab8 21.
b5 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 23. Qe3 Qb4+ $17) 20... Bxc4 21. Qxc4 Nd5 22. Rb1 Qa2
23. c6 $6 (23. Qxa2 Rxa2 24. Nf3 Rb8 $5 25. O-O Rxb4 26. Rxb4 Nxb4 $14) 23...
Nxe3 $1 24. Qxa2 Rxa2 {1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L-Kamsky,G/Groningen 1995/ (31)}) 17.
Bxd3 Nxc5 18. Bc2 Nd3+ 19. Bxd3 Rxd3 20. Nf3 {[%mdl 4096] White can still hope
to succeed with a spare pawn, but black pieces are very active and he has
every right to count on counterplay.} (20. Ke2 Rd5 21. Nf3 a5 22. Nd4 Bd7 23.
Rhc1 e5 24. Nb3 axb4 25. axb4 Rb8 26. Rc5 {1/2-1/2 Mah,K-Lalic,B/London 1999/ 
(26)}) 20... a5 (20... Rad8 21. O-O f6 22. Nd4 Bf7 23. Rfc1 e5 24. Nb5 R8d7 25.
Rc8+ $14) 21. b5 (21. Ke2 Rd6 (21... Rb3 22. Nd2 Rb2 23. Rhb1 $16) (21... Bc4
$2 22. Ne5 Rd4+ 23. Nxc4 Rxc4 24. Rac1 $16) 22. Rhd1 $16) 21... a4 $1 (21...
Bd5 22. a4 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rad8 24. Rg1 $16) 22. O-O Bb3 $6 {Macieja is slowly
drifting in the wrong direction. The bishop truly belonged to b3 square, but
not just now.} (22... Rb8 $1 23. Nd4 Bb3 24. Rab1 (24. Rfb1 e5 25. Nxb3 Rxb5 $1
$11) 24... Bd5 25. Nc6 Bxc6 26. bxc6 Rc8 $11) 23. Rfc1 Rb8 (23... Rd5 24. Rc7
Rxb5 (24... Rad8 25. Rac1 Rxb5 26. Nd4 Rbd5 27. Rxe7 $16) 25. Nd4 Rb6 26. Rxe7
Rc8 27. h4 $14) 24. Rc5 f6 (24... Rd5 $1 25. Rxd5 Bxd5 26. Rb1 (26. Nd4 e5 27.
Ne2 Rxb5 28. Nc3 Ra5 29. Rd1 Bc6 $11) 26... Rc8 27. b6 Rc3 28. Kf1 Bb7 $11) 25.
Nd4 e5 26. Nc6 Rb6 27. h4 $1 {Solving the problem with basic rank.} Be6 (27...
Kf7 28. Nb4 Rd2 29. Rac1 $16) 28. Nb4 Rd7 (28... Rb3 29. Rc6 Rxc6 30. bxc6 Kf7
31. Rc1 Rxa3 32. c7 Bc8 33. Nc6 Ra2 34. Na7 $16) 29. Rc6 Rdb7 (29... Rxc6 30.
bxc6 Rc7 31. Rc1 $16) 30. Rd1 Bf7 31. Rdd6 Rxb5 (31... Rxc6 32. bxc6 Rc7 33.
Rxf6 $18) 32. Rxf6 Rd7 33. Ra6 Bb3 34. Rfc6 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 06th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.05.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belorechensk Khimik"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Ng5
Bd5 9. e4 h6 10. exd5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Nxd5 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nc6 14. Ne2 $5
Qd6 {This new move is too modest, black can probably take the d4 pawn without
any fear.} (14... Qd7 15. O-O (15. h4 Qg4 16. Qd3 Rad8 17. f3 Ne5 18. Qe3 Qxg2
19. Rf1 Nc6 20. Rg1 Qh2 21. Rxc6 bxc6 22. Bxe7 Nd5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Bxf8 Qxh4+
25. Kf1 Kxf8 {1/2-1/2 Brinck Claussen,B-Moe,M/Vejle/1974/ (66)}) 15... Na5 (
15... Nd5 16. Bc2 Rad8 17. h4 Nb6 18. Be4 Qe6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Re1 Rd7 21. b3
Qg4 22. Rxc6 e5 23. f3 Qh5 24. Ng3 Qh7 25. Ne4 Rxd4 26. Qe2 Nd5 27. Rd1 {
1-0 Farago,I-Stein,L/Vrnjacka Banja/1971/ (58)}) 16. Bc2 Nac4 17. Be4 c6 18. h4
Rfe8 19. Qb3 Nd6 20. Bxg6 Nd5 21. Bb1 Qg4 22. Qd3 Kf8 23. g3 Rad8 24. a4 Rd7
25. Nf4 {1-0 Portisch,L-Benko,P/Amsterdam/1964/ (31)}) (14... Na5 15. Bc2 (15.
h4 Nxb3 16. Qxb3 c6 17. h5 Qd5 18. Qg3 Nc4 19. Qh4 Nd6 20. Nf4 Qa5+ 21. Kf1 Ne4
22. Nh3 Nxg5 23. Nxg5 Qd2 24. Re1 Qxd4 25. Qh3 {1/2-1/2 Footner,J-Casabona,C/
olm10 corr8291 1982/ (31)}) 15... Qd5 16. h4 (16. Bd2 Nc6 17. O-O Nxd4 18. Bc3
Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qg5 21. f4 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 e6 23. Qg4 Kg7 24. f5 exf5
25. Rxf5 Qxc3 26. Rff1 Qe5 {0-1 Drescher,W-Berner,M/DDR-Cup6 sf11 corr/1979/ 
(57)}) 16... e5 (16... Qxg2 17. Rg1 Qf3 18. Qd3 Qxd3 19. Bxd3 Nc6 20. h5 Rfd8
21. Be4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 23. Bxb7 Rb8 24. Bf3 {1/2-1/2 Andersson,U-Sax,G/
Biel/1985/ (38)}) 17. Nc3 Qxd4 18. Qe2 (18. Qf3 $5 Rae8 19. h5 e4 20. Qh3 e3 $1
21. fxe3 Nac4 22. Rd1 (22. hxg6 $2 Qd2+ 23. Kf1 fxg6+) 22... Rxe3+ $1 23. Bxe3
Qxe3+ 24. Qxe3 Nxe3 25. Rd2 Nbc4 26. Re2 Nxc2+ 27. Rxc2 Nxb2 28. O-O $1 {
1/2-1/2 Kakageldyev,A-Tukmakov,V/Ashkhabad/ 1978/ (41)}) 18... e4 19. h5 Nbc4
20. Rd1 Qe5 21. Nxe4 f6 22. h6 Bh8 23. h7+ Kf7 24. Rd7+ Ke8 25. Rd5 {1-0
Terentiev,V-Gufeld,E/Krasnodar/1966/ (28)}) (14... a5 15. a4 (15. O-O a4 16.
Bc4 Nxc4 17. Rxc4 Qd5 18. Qc1 e5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Nc3 a3 21. b3 Na5 22. Bf4
Qf5 23. Rxc7 Nc6 24. Bg3 Qd3 {0-1 Hartoch,R-Timman,J/Leeuwarden/1971/ (45)}) (
15. a3 a4 16. Ba2 Ra5 17. Qd2 Rb5 18. Rc3 Qd6 19. h4 $2 Nxd4 $1 20. Rd3 Rd8 {
0-1 Huuskonen,V-Klovans,J/FIN jub10 corr7174 1971/ (38)}) 15... Rc8 16. O-O
Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Qf3 e6 19. Rc2 Nd5 20. Rd1 Qb4 21. Bd2 Qb6 22. Bxd5 exd5
23. Qxd5 Rcd8 {0-1 Kerssemakers,H-Lont,A/NLD-ch M corr/ 1990/ (38)}) (14... Rc8
15. O-O Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Qf3 e6 18. Qxb7 c5 19. Qxa7 Qb4 20. Rfd1 Be5 21.
Bd2 Qb5 22. Qa5 Qxa5 23. Bxa5 c4 24. Bxb6 cxb3 25. axb3 {1-0 Doroshkievich,
V-Averkin,O/USSR/1970/ (37)}) (14... Nxd4 $5 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. O-O c6 17. Re1 (
17. Bxe7 Bxf2+ 18. Rxf2 Qxe7 19. Qd3 Qg5 20. Rc5 Qxc5 {1/2-1/2 De Lange,P-Van
Son,J/NLD-ch H corr 1995/ (20)}) 17... Bf6 18. Bxf6 exf6 19. Qf3 Kg7 20. Rcd1
Qc7 21. Re4 Rh8 22. h3 Rh5 23. g4 Re5 {1/2-1/2 Trebing,R-Hund,J/FRG-ch21
corr8790/ 1987/ (28)}) 15. O-O e6 16. h4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 (17... Bxd4 18. Qf3
$5 (18. Rxc7 Bxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Qxc7 20. Qg4 Nd5 21. h5 f5 $17) 18... c5 19. h5 (
19. Rcd1 Qc6 $15) 19... c4 20. Bxc4 Qc5 21. hxg6 Qxg5 22. gxf7+ Kg7 23. Bxe6
$13) 18. Rxc7 Qxd1 (18... Qxb2 19. Qf3 $14) 19. Rxd1 Rab8 20. Bf4 {The
position is pleasant for white. Active rooks, bishop's pair and potential of
opening the kingside make life for black somewhat difficult.} Bf6 (20... Rfc8
21. Re7 Bf8 22. Bxb8 Bxe7 23. Bxa7 $16) 21. Rd3 Rfc8 (21... Bxh4 $2 22. Be5 $1
Nd5 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Rh3 Rfe8 25. Bc3 g5 26. g3 $18) 22. h5 $1 Rxc7 (22...
gxh5 23. Rg3+ Bg7 (23... Kf8 24. Bd6+ $18) (23... Kh8 24. Rxf7 $18) 24. Be5
Rxc7 25. Rxg7+ Kf8 26. Bxc7 Rc8 27. Be5 $18) (22... g5 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Bxg5
$1 Bxg5 25. Rg3 Rc5 26. f4 $16) 23. Bxc7 Rc8 24. Bxb6 $1 axb6 25. hxg6 Rc1+ 26.
Kh2 Bxb2 (26... fxg6 27. Bxe6+ Kf8 28. b4 $16) 27. Rd7 {Khalifman managed to
steer the flow into the line with opposite colour bishops, but his adversary
has excellent pieces.} fxg6 (27... Rc7 28. gxf7+ Kf8 29. Rxc7 Be5+ 30. Kh3 Bxc7
31. Bxe6 $18) 28. Bxe6+ Kh8 (28... Kf8 29. Rxb7 Be5+ 30. g3 Bc7 31. Bd5 Ke7 32.
Kh3 $16) 29. Kh3 Rc6 30. Bd5 Rf6 31. f3 Bc1 32. g3 g5 (32... Be3 33. Kg4 g5 (
33... Bc5 $6 34. f4 $1)) 33. Kg4 Be3 34. Rxb7 Rd6 35. Re7 Bd4 (35... Rxd5 36.
Rxe3 Kg7 (36... Ra5 37. Rb3 $18) 37. a4 $18) 36. Bb3 Bf6 37. Rf7 Be5 (37... Bd8
38. Kf5 Rd3 39. Ke5 $18) 38. Rb7 Rd4+ (38... Bf6 39. Kf5 Bd8 40. Be6 $18) 39.
Kxg5 Bxg3 40. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 7th"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2001.07.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[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. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Ng5
Bd5 9. e4 h6 10. exd5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Nxd5 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nc6 14. Ne2 a5
15. a3 a4 (15... Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Qxd4 Bxd4 18. Rxc7 e6 19. O-O a4 20.
Ba2 Rac8 (20... Rfc8 $1 21. Rxb7 Rc2 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Rxb2 24. Rf2 Rxf2
25. Kxf2 Nd5 $11) 21. Rxb7 Rc2 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Nd5 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Rf4
{1-0 Babula,V-Ftacnik,L/CZE/2001/ (37)}) 16. Ba2 Rc8 {[%mdl 4] This line is a
topic of a fierce theoretical discussion, black seems to be holding his own.} (
16... Ra5 17. Qd2 Rf5 18. O-O Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Bxe7 Rxf2 21. Rxf2 Bxf2+
22. Qxf2 Qxe7 23. Qg3 Qe4 24. Rxc7 Nd5 25. Bxd5 {1/2-1/2 Babula,V-Vorobiov,E/
Pardubice/2001/ (25)}) 17. d5 (17. Be3 Qd7 18. d5 Ne5 19. O-O $14) 17... Na5
18. Nc3 (18. Rc5 $5 Nb3 19. Bxb3 axb3 20. Qxb3 Qd7 21. O-O Qg4 22. Qe3 Bxb2 $14
) 18... Nb3 (18... c6 $2 19. Nxa4 (19. dxc6 Qxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rxc6 $11) 19... Nxa4
20. Qxa4 Bxb2 21. Rc2 $16) 19. Bxb3 axb3 20. Qxb3 Bxc3+ $1 {Brave choice when
unususal pawn assymetry and slightly unsafe kingide would discourage many from
trading the bishop in. Black will get very solid position with nearly equal
chances.} 21. Qxc3 (21. bxc3 $5 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Nxd5 23. c4 Nb6 24. Be3 Rfd8 25.
Ke2 $14) 21... Nxd5 22. Qb3 Qd7 23. O-O (23. Qxb7 $2 Qe6+ 24. Kf1 Rb8 $15)
23... c6 24. Rfe1 Rc7 25. Qf3 (25. Qg3 Qd6 26. Qh4 Rd7 27. Rcd1 f6 28. Bd2 $14)
25... Rd8 26. Rcd1 f6 $1 27. Be3 (27. Bd2 b6 28. b4 e5 29. Be3 $14) 27... Qc8
28. h4 Nxe3 29. Qxe3 (29. Rxe3 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Kg7 31. h5 $14) 29... Kg7 30. h5
(30. Rxd8 Qxd8 31. h5 gxh5 $11) 30... Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Qg4 32. Rd8 Rd7 (32... Qxh5
33. Qe6 Qe5 34. Rg8+ Kh6 35. Qf7 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Qe5+ $11) (32... gxh5 33. Qd3 $13
) 33. f3 Qf5 34. hxg6 Kxg6 35. Rxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup final"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "1998.08.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[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. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e4 c5 8. dxc5
Qa5 9. e5 Rd8 10. Bd2 Ng4 11. Bxc4 (11. Ne4 Qc7 12. Bxc4 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14.
Qe2 Bf5 15. Ng5 Qxe2+ 16. Kxe2 e6 17. Bc3 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Nc6 19. h3 Ne5 {
1/2-1/2 Klee,H-Bauer,M/BL2-S 1993 (43)}) 11... Nc6 (11... Qxc5 12. Ne4 Qb6 13.
Bxf7+ (13. O-O Nc6 14. e6 {1/2-1/2 Savchenko,S-Bagirov,V/Berliner Sommer16 1998
}) 13... Kxf7 14. Rxc8 Rxc8 15. Nfg5+ Kg8 16. Qxg4 Qc6 17. Nd6 Qd7 18. Qh4 (18.
Qxd7 Nxd7 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. f4 Rc2 21. Ke2 Bh6 22. Nf3 Rxb2 23. g3 g5 {1/2-1/2
Petrosian,T-Benko,P/Curacao ct 1962}) 18... exd6 (18... h6 19. Nxc8 hxg5 20.
Qc4+ e6 21. Nd6 Bxe5 22. Ne4 Nc6 23. O-O Bxb2 24. Bxg5 {1-0 Dzindzihaschvili,
R-Gutman,L/USSR 1972 (30)}) 19. Qxh7+ Kf8 20. Qxg6 Kg8 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Qg6 Kg8
23. O-O Rc5 24. f4 Nc6 25. f5 Rxe5 26. Qh7+ {1-0 Borisenko,G-Tukmakov,V/USSR
1971}) 12. Nb5 Rxd2 13. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 {[%mdl 4] Strangely enough white's
latest hope in this variation is connected with the immediate return of the
exchange. The praxis has proven, that taking with the knight is not promising
at all.} (14. Nxd2 Ngxe5 15. O-O Bf5 16. Rcd1 (16. Na3 Nd3 17. Bxd3 Bxd3 18.
Nac4 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Nb4 20. Ke2 Nxa2 21. Ra1 Nb4 22. Nb6 Rb8 23. Rxa7 Bxb2 24.
Ndc4 Nc6 {Kraidman,Y-Dvoirys,S/Peer Gynt 1991/0-1 (53)}) 16... Bc2 17. Rc1 Bf5
18. Rcd1 Bc2 $13 {1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L-Khalifman,A/Ter Apel 1993}) 14... Bh6+ (
14... Ngxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 $1 16. Ke3 $1 Bf5 (16... Bxb2 17. Rb1 $16) 17. Nc3
Bd4+ 18. Ke2 Bxc5 19. Rhd1 Bd4 20. h3 h5 21. Bd3 (21. Bd5 $142 e5 22. b3 $16)
21... Be6 22. Be4 Be5 23. Ke3 g5 {1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Khalifman,A/Presidents Cup
1998 (62)}) (14... Nxf2 $140 $2 15. Rhf1 Ng4 16. Nc7 Rb8 17. e6 $16) 15. Ke2 (
15. Kc2 Bf5+ 16. Kc3 Nxf2 $11) 15... Bxc1 16. Rxc1 Ngxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bd5
Bd7 (18... g5 19. Rd1 $14) 19. Nd4 Nc6 (19... Bc6 $6 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. f4 Rb8
22. Rc2 e6 23. Bb3 $16) 20. Rd1 {White has pressure against b7 pawn,
centralized pieces (including the king) and the queenside majority.} Rb8 (20...
Nxd4+ $2 21. Rxd4 Bc6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Rd7 $16) 21. a3 (21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Bb3
(22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Rxd7 Rxb2+ $15) 22... Bg4+ 23. f3 Be6 24. Bxe6 Rxb2+ 25.
Rd2 Rxd2+ 26. Kxd2 fxe6 $11) 21... a5 22. Ke3 Kf8 23. Rd3 (23. Nxc6 bxc6 24.
Bf3 Ke8 $11) 23... Ne5 24. Rb3 Rc8 25. Rc3 (25. Rxb7 Rxc5 26. Bf3 Bc8 $11)
25... Ng4+ 26. Ke2 (26. Kd2 $2 Rd8 $1 27. h3 (27. Bxb7 Bb5 $19) 27... Nxf2 28.
Ke2 Bc8 $17) 26... Rc7 {[%mdl 256] Dvoirys has done well in the defense, his
pieces have been heavily improved.} 27. Nb3 (27. b4 axb4 28. axb4 Nf6 29. Bc4 (
29. Bf3 e5 $17) 29... Bc6 $11) 27... Nf6 (27... a4 28. Na5 Bb5+ 29. Ke1 Ne5 30.
Be4 f5 $13) 28. Bf3 e5 29. Ke3 (29. c6 bxc6 30. Ke3 a4 31. Nc5 $11) 29... Bf5
30. g4 (30. Nxa5 $2 e4 31. Be2 Nd5+ $17) 30... Bxg4 (30... e4 31. gxf5 exf3 32.
Kxf3 a4 33. Nd4 Nd7 34. fxg6 hxg6 35. b4 axb3 36. Nxb3 $14) 31. Nxa5 Bxf3 32.
Kxf3 e4+ 33. Ke2 (33. Kg2 Nd5 34. Rc4 f5 $132) 33... Nd5 34. Rc4 (34. Rc4 f5
35. b4 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[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. Bf4 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 (
7... Ne4 8. Bd2 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc3 10. Rc1 $14) 8. Qxd5 Bxc3+ 9. Bd2 Be6 (9...
Bxd2+ $6 10. Qxd2 Qxc5 11. Rc1 Qf5 12. Nd4 Qd7 13. Qh6 Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15.
Qg7 $16 {Timman-Littlewood/Holland-England m/}) 10. Qxb7 (10. Bxc3 Qxc3+ 11.
Qd2 Qxc5 (11... Qxd2+ $6 12. Nxd2 Na6 13. e3 Nxc5 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7
16. O-O $6 (16. Ke2) 16... Rhc8 17. Nf3 Na4 18. Rfd1+ Ke8 19. Rd2 {0-1
Fernandez Lopez,J-Vega Holm,F/Sevilla op (02)/1993 (43)}) 12. Rc1 (12. Qd4 Qxd4
13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. e3 Nc6 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. f3 {1/2-1/2 Burkart,P-Schlager,T/
BL2-SW 8889 (1989) ;BL2 1989}) 12... Qb6 13. Ng5 O-O 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 $10) 10...
Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 O-O 12. b4 (12. e4 $2 Nc6 $1 $17 (12... Nd7 13. c6 Nb6 14. Qa6
Qb4 15. Qb5 Qd4 $44) (12... Rd8 13. b4 Qa4 14. Qxa8 Nc6 15. Qxd8+ $1 Nxd8 16.
b5 $1 $16) 13. Qa6 $1 (13. Qb5 Qc7 14. Qa4 Rfd8 $1 15. Nf3 Rab8 16. Bb5 Ne5 17.
Nxe5 Qxe5 18. O-O Qxc5 {/\ Rb2 -/+}) 13... Qxc5 14. Qb5 Qd6 15. Nc4 Qd4 $1 $19
{0-1 Dreev,A-Epishin,V/USSR/1986/ (26)}) (12. Qxa8 Bd5) 12... Qa4 (12... Qa3
13. Qxa8 Rd8 14. Qe4 Qc3 15. Rd1 Rxd2 16. Rxd2 Qc1+ $10) 13. e3 (13. e4 Nd7 (
13... Rd8 14. Rd1 Nd7 15. c6 Nb6 16. c7 Rd6 17. e5 Rd5 18. Be2 Rc8 19. O-O Qxa2
20. Ba6 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Qxd2 22. Qxa7 Qxb4 23. Bxc8 Nxc8 {1-0 Chen De-Wu Xibin/
PRC-ch/1987/ (58)}) 14. a3 (14. Qb5 Qa3 15. c6 Nf6 16. Be2 Rad8 17. Rd1 Qc3 18.
f3 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Rd8 20. Bd3 Ne8 21. Qc5 Rxd3 22. Qxc3 Rxc3 23. b5 Nd6 24. a4 {
1-0 Grigorian,K-Tseshkovsky,V/USSR/1977/ (56)}) (14. Bb5 Qxb4 15. Rb1 Nxc5 16.
Rxb4 Nxb7 17. Bc4 Nc5 18. O-O a5 19. Rb2 Bxc4 20. Nxc4 Nxe4 21. Re1 Nd6 22.
Nxd6 exd6 23. Rd1 Rab8 24. Rbd2 {Schlager,T-Schulze,E/BL2-SW 8889/1989/1/2-1/2
(68)}) 14... Qc2 $1 15. Bb5 (15. c6 $8 Ne5 16. c7 Qc3 (16... Rac8 17. Be2 Rxc7
18. Qb5 Qc3 19. O-O $1 $13) 17. Rd1 Rac8 18. Qxa7 $13) 15... Ne5 $17 {Lehmann,
KH-Ristic,Nen/BRD/1993/}) (13. Qxa8 $2 Nc6 14. Qb7 Rb8 15. Qc7 Rc8 16. Qg3 Nxb4
17. Rc1 Nc2+ 18. Rxc2 (18. Kd1 $2 Ne3+ 19. Ke1 Qd1+ 20. Rxd1 Nc2#) 18... Qxc2
19. e4 Qc1+ 20. Ke2 Rd8 21. Qe3 Bc4+ 22. Kf3 Bxa2 23. Ke2 Qc2 24. g3 Bc4+ 25.
Kf3 Bxf1 $19) 13... Nd7 (13... Rd8 14. Bc4 $1 (14. a3 Qc2 15. Rd1 Bb3 (15...
Bd5 16. Qxe7 Nc6 17. Qf6 Bb3 18. Be2 Ba4 19. Qa1 a5 20. b5 Qxc5 21. bxc6 Bxd1
22. Bxd1 Qxc6 23. Bf3 Qc2 24. Ne4 {1-0 Van Wely,L-Hjelmaas,L/EU-chJ U20 Arnhem/
1989/ (33)}) 16. Be2 Qc3 17. O-O Bxd1 18. Rxd1 Nd7 19. Nf1 Nf6 20. Qxe7 Rxd1
21. Bxd1 Re8 22. Qxa7 Rd8 23. Bf3 Qc4 24. Qe7 {1-0 Giese,R-Mueller,F/Porz op 
(06)/1993/}) 14... Nc6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. b5 Na5 17. Qxe7 $16 Rxd2 (17... Qxb5
18. Qxe6+ Kg7 19. Qe7+ Kg8 20. Ne4 Qb4+ 21. Kf1 Qc4+ 22. Kg1 {1-0 Grigore,
G-Rogozenko,D/Odorheiu Secuiesc/1992/ (32)}) 18. Qxe6+ Kg7 19. Qe7+ Kg8 20.
Kxd2 Rf8 21. f4 Nc4+ 22. Kd3 Nb2+ 23. Ke2 Qxb5+ 24. Kf3 Re8 25. Qf6 Nc4 26.
Rad1 $1 {1-0 Grigore,G-Odeev,H/Romania/1994/ (30)}) 14. a3 Rfd8 {The labyrinth
of a sharp variation was surfed safely by both players, for two P white has to
suffer significant lack of the development.} (14... Rad8 15. Qa6 Qc2 16. Qd3
Qxd3 17. Bxd3 Nxc5 18. Bc2 $16) (14... Qc2 15. Qe4 $16) (14... a5 15. Bb5 {
1/2-1/2 Rezsek,G-Berebora,F/HUN-chT 9293/1993/}) 15. Qa6 (15. Bb5 Qc2 16. Qe4
Qxd2+ $1 17. Kxd2 Nxc5+ 18. Qd4 Nb3+) 15... Qc2 16. Qd3 Qa4 (16... Qxd3 17.
Bxd3 Nxc5 18. Bc2 $16) 17. Qc3 (17. Qa6 Qc2 18. Qd3 $10) 17... a5 18. Rc1 axb4
19. axb4 Nf6 {White has not made any progress with his development.} 20. Bc4 (
20. e4 Rab8 21. b5 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 23. Qe3 Qb4+ $17) 20... Bxc4 21. Qxc4
Nd5 22. Rb1 Qa2 23. c6 $6 (23. Qxa2 Rxa2 24. Nf3 Rb8 $5 (24... Nxb4 25. O-O)
25. O-O Rxb4 26. Rxb4 Nxb4 $14 {This was the best position, that was in the
cards for white.}) 23... Nxe3 $1 24. Qxa2 Rxa2 25. c7 (25. fxe3 Rdxd2 26. b5
$10) 25... Nc2+ 26. Kd1 Rc8 27. h4 (27. Rc1 $2 Nxb4) 27... Rxc7 28. Rc1 Rd7 29.
Rxc2 Ra1+ 30. Rc1 Ra2 31. Rc2 Ra1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Bxc4 Nfd7 {Kamsky does not dare to use the main, positionally somewhat risky
line against Ivanchuk.} (8... Nh5 9. Be3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 e5 {with shared chances.
}) 9. Be2 Nc6 (9... Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 e5 12. Bxe5 Nc6 13. Bxc7 Nxd4
14. Bxd8 Raxd8 15. Be2 Ne5 16. f3 f5 17. Rd1 {1-0 Estremera Panos,S (2355)
-Fernandez Garcia,J (2490)/Las Palmas 1996 (61)}) 10. Be3 (10. d5 Bxf3 11. Bxf3
Nd4 12. O-O c5 13. Be2 a6 14. Re1 b5 15. Bf1 Nb6 16. Be3 Rc8 17. a4 b4 18. Nb1
a5 19. Nd2 Qd7 20. b3 f5 {1-0 Drozdovskij,Y (2561)-Borisek,J (2507)/playchess.
com INT 2006 (61)}) 10... Nb6 11. d5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Ne5 13. Qb3 $146 {This
interesting position was played in the games of stronger players only once and
White wrongly offered the swap of the dark-squared bishops.} (13. Bd4 c6 14. f4
Ned7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. O-O e5 18. fxe5 Qg5+ 19. Kh1 Qf4 20. Rc2
Nxe5 {0-1 Jost,C (2330)-Kouatly,B (2515)/France 1992 (45)}) 13... c6 (13... f5
$2 14. Nb5 $16) 14. f4 Ned7 15. O-O $1 (15. dxc6 bxc6 16. O-O (16. e5 e6 17.
O-O Qh4 $14) 16... Bh6 17. e5 Rb8 18. Qc2 e6 $14) 15... Qe8 $2 {Topalov's
future opponent in the candidates match arrived in Moscow in weakish form. The
retreat of the queen to the e8-square is not a solution to his problems.} (
15... cxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Nf6 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Bf3 $16) 16. a4 (16.
dxc6 bxc6 17. Rfd1 e5 18. f5 Qe7 19. a4 $16) 16... cxd5 17. Nb5 $1 (17. Nxd5
Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Nb6 19. Qxb7 Qxa4 $14) 17... Rc8 {Also the exchange of the rooks
along the c-file can not be praised; the defender had to decide for the
exchange sacrifice with the help of daring advance of the d-pawn.} (17... dxe4
18. a5 $1 $18) (17... d4 $5 18. Nc7 Qd8 19. Nxa8 dxe3 20. Nxb6 exf2+ 21. Kxf2 (
21. Rxf2 Nxb6 22. Rd1 Qc8 23. e5 $16) 21... Bd4+ 22. Kf3 Nxb6 23. a5 Nc8 24.
Qd5 $16) 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 (18... Nxc8 19. Qxd5 Nf6 20. Qxb7 Nd6 21. Qxa7 $16) 19.
e5 $6 {Ivanchuk seems to have been on top of his form in the last two years,
but sometimes it is difficult to explain the mental process even of the best
players. Kamsky would be sweating much harder after the immediate liquidation
of the a7-pawn.} (19. Nxa7 $1 Qb8 (19... Qc7 20. Rc1 Qd6 21. Nb5 $16 Qf6 22. e5
Qf5 23. Qb4 $16) 20. Bxb6 Nxb6 21. Qxb6 Qxf4 (21... dxe4 22. Qe3 Bh6 23. Kg2
Bxf4 24. Qxe4 Bxh2 25. Nb5 $16) 22. Qe3 Qh4 23. f4 $16) 19... a6 $2 (19... Qc6
$1 20. Rc1 Nc4 21. Nxa7 Qe6 $14) (19... Nc5 20. Qb4 Ne6 21. Nxa7 Qc2 22. Bd1
Qf5 23. Qxb6 Nxf4 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 25. Qe3 Qxe3 26. fxe3 Bxe5 27. b3 $16) 20. Na7
Qc7 $2 {Black is beyond recognition in this game. Too many moves deserving a
question mark will be played in the game.} (20... Qd8 21. a5 Nc4 22. Qxb7 Nb8
23. Bc5 $16) 21. Rc1 Qd8 (21... Nc4 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Rxc4 Qb8 24. Rb4 b6 25.
Nc6 Qe8 26. Qc4 $16) 22. a5 Nc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Qxb7 {White has won the war
on the queenside and Black has no compensation for his suffering.} g5 (24...
Nb8 25. h3 (25. Rxc4 $2 Qd1+ 26. Kg2 Qg4+ $11) 25... f6 26. Rxc4 fxe5 27. Rc8
Qd1+ 28. Kh2 exf4 29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 30. Bxf4 $16) 25. Nc6 Qe8 26. Rxc4 gxf4 27.
Bxf4 Kh8 {His positional desperation is visible from the aim to get any
counterplay along the open g-file.} (27... e6 28. Qxa6 $18) 28. Bg3 Rg8 29. Kf1
(29. Qc7 f6 30. e6 $18) 29... e6 30. Rd4 Nc5 31. Qb6 Nd7 32. Qc7 Nb8 (32... Nc5
33. Rd8 $18) 33. Nd8 $1 {The finish of this game is somewhat comical, since
Black is struggling not to lose to a mating pattern.} Qb5+ 34. Kg1 h6 35. Nxf7+
Kh7 36. Qc2+ 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[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. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Be6 8. Nd4
Nc6 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. e3 (10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bd2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Qxd1+ (12... Bxc3+
13. Rxc3 Qxd1+ 14. Kxd1 Rxf2 15. Rf3 Rd8+ 16. Ke1 Rxf3 17. exf3 Kf7 $1 $17 {
Vargyus,Z-Lengyel,L/HUN/1963/}) 13. Rxd1 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Rf5 $10 15. g3 Rxc5 16.
Bh3 e5 {1/2-1/2 van Wely,L-Yermolinsky,A/Groningen/1993/ (49)}) 10... Qa5 (
10... e5 11. cxd5 exf4 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Bc4+ Kh8 14. Qxd8 Raxd8 15. exf4 Nd7
16. g3 Nxc5 17. O-O e5 18. b4 Nd3 19. Bxd3 Rxd3 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. Ne4 Rd4 22.
Nc5 Rxb4 23. Nd3 Re4 24. Rxc6 {1-0 Garcia Gonzales,G-Tomaszewski,R/Polanica
Zdroj/1987 (39)}) 11. Qa4 (11. Be2 e5 (11... Ne4 $6 12. O-O (12. cxd5 Rad8 13.
O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nxc3 15. Qc2 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 exd5 17. Rfd1 e5 18. Bg5 Rd7 19.
Qg4 Rdf7 20. Bh6 Re8 21. Qe2 Qd8 22. e4 d4 {0-1 Fuster,G-Jimenez Zerquera,E/
Havana Panamerican ;MCL 02 1966 (39)}) 12... Nxc3 (12... Bxc3 13. cxd5 Bxb2 14.
dxc6 Bxc1 15. cxb7 Nc3 16. bxa8=Q Rxa8 17. Qc2 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Qxc5 19. h4 Rc8
20. Qa6 Kf7 21. Be5 Rd8 22. Bd4 Qa3 23. Qe2 Rc8 24. Qf3+ Ke8 25. Qb7 Rc2 26.
Qb5+ Kd8 27. Bxa7 Qxa2 28. Rd1+ {1-0 Judovich sr,M-Altschuler,R/corr 2/597 1966
}) 13. bxc3 Qxc5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Rb1 $1 $146 (15. Qb3 e5 $13) 15... Rad8 16.
Rxb7 Bxc3 17. Rb5 Qa3 18. Rxd5 Qxa2 19. Bf3 $1 {1-0 Garcia Gonzales,G-Milos,G/
La Habana/1986} (19. Bf3 $1 Kh8 (19... e6 20. Rd7 $1) (19... Bf6 20. Bh6 Rfe8
21. Rd7 $1) 20. Qc1 $1 Rxd5 21. Qxc3+ e5 22. Qxc6 $18 {Vilela,J})) (11... Rad8
12. Qa4 Qxc5 13. O-O Qb6 14. Qb5 Qxb5 15. cxb5 Nb8 16. Bc7 Rc8 17. Na4 Nbd7 18.
b6 axb6 19. Bb5 Ra8 20. b4 Ra7 21. g4 h6 22. h4 Nb8 23. Bxb6 Ra8 24. Nc5 Kf7
25. g5 {1-0 Brinck Claussen,B-Conquest,S/Copenhagen op (08) ;EXT 87op 1987 (36)
}) 12. cxd5 exf4 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Qa4 Qxa4 15. Nxa4 fxe3 16. fxe3 Bh6 17. Bf3
Bxe3 18. Rc3 Bd4 19. Rc4 Rad8 20. Bxc6 Ng4 21. Rc2 Nf2 {1/2-1/2 Kavalek,
L-Ribli,Z/Las Palmas/1973 (44)}) 11... Qxc5 12. Be2 (12. Qb5 Qxb5 13. cxb5 Na5
14. Be2 Rac8 15. O-O Nc4 16. b3 Nd6 17. Na4 Nd7 18. b4 Ne4 19. Bc7 Nc3 20. Nxc3
Rxc7 21. Bg4 Bxc3 22. Bxe6+ Kg7 23. Bxd7 e5 {1/2-1/2 Ragozin,V-Mikenas,V/
URS-ch12 Moscow/1940}) 12... d4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Be3 Rad8 15. O-O Qe5 (15...
a6 16. Kh1 Qc7 $1 $10 {Botvinnik/}) 16. Bxd4 Rxd4 17. Rce1 {Black suffers
somewhat because of the e7,e6 P. His chances lay mainly in the counterplay,
f2P looks like a suitable target.} Rd2 (17... a6 18. Bg4 $16) 18. Bf3 (18. Bg4
Nxg4 19. Rxe5 Bxe5 $132) 18... Qd4 19. Rd1 $1 (19. Bxb7 $6 Rxb2 20. Nb5 Qb6 21.
Bf3 $10) 19... Bh6 20. Rxd2 (20. Bxb7 Ng4 21. Rxd2 Bxd2 22. Bf3 Ne5 $132) 20...
Bxd2 21. Rd1 Qe5 (21... Rd8 22. Qc2 $1 $16) 22. Nb1 Ba5 (22... Bf4 23. g3 Bh6
24. Qxa7 Qxb2 25. Qxb7 $16) 23. b4 Bc7 24. g3 {The queenside majority is
rather unpleasant since black's counterplay is still absent.} a5 (24... Ne4 $5
25. Qb3 (25. Bxe4 Qxe4 26. c5 $14) 25... Qf5 26. Rd3 Ng5 27. Nd2 e5) 25. a3
axb4 26. axb4 h5 (26... Ne4 27. Qb3 Qf5 28. Bxe4 Qxe4 29. Qd3 $14) 27. Qc2 Kg7
28. Nc3 h4 29. Nb5 hxg3 30. hxg3 Bb8 31. Qd2 (31. Bxb7 $6 Ng4) 31... Ne4 (31...
Ne8 32. Nd4 Nd6 33. c5 $18) 32. Bxe4 Qxe4 33. Qd4+ Qxd4 (33... Qe5 34. Re1 $16)
34. Rxd4 {Black can expect only the sheer suffering since the N is more
valuable than the poor Bb8.} Rc8 35. c5 b6 $1 (35... Kf6 36. Rd7 b6 37. cxb6
Rc4 38. b7 Rxb4 39. Rd8 Rxb5 40. Rxb8 $16) 36. Rc4 (36. cxb6 Rc6 37. b7 Rb6 $10
) 36... bxc5 37. bxc5 Kf6 (37... Rc6 38. Nd4 Rc8 39. c6 Kf6 40. Nb5) 38. c6 Bd6
39. Kg2 Ke5 40. c7 Kd5 41. Rc2 e5 42. Kf3 e4+ 43. Kg4 Ke6 44. Kg5 e3 (44... Kf7
45. Rc4 e3 46. Nxd6+ exd6 47. fxe3 $18) 45. Re2 Bxc7 46. Rxe3+ Kd7 (46... Be5
47. f4 Rc5 48. Nd4+ $18) 47. Rd3+ Bd6 (47... Kc6 48. Na7+ $18) (47... Ke8 48.
Rc3 $18) 48. Kxg6 Ke6 49. Nxd6 exd6 50. g4 Ke5 (50... Rg8+ 51. Kh5 Rh8+ 52. Kg5
Rg8+ 53. Kf4 Rf8+ 54. Kg3 Ke5 55. Re3+ Kd4 56. Re7 $18) 51. g5 d5 52. Kh7 Rc7+
53. Kh6 Rc2 54. Rf3 $1 Ke4 55. Rf8 Rc1 56. g6 Rh1+ 57. Kg5 Rg1+ 58. Kf6 Rf1 59.
Re8+ Kd4 (59... Kd3 60. Re3+ (60. g7 Rxf2+ 61. Ke6 Re2+ 62. Kd7 Rg2 63. g8=Q
Rxg8 64. Rxg8 d4 65. Kd6 Ke3 66. Kd5 d3 67. Rg3+ Ke2 68. Rg2+ Ke1 69. Ke4 d2
70. Ke3 $18) 60... Kd2 61. Rg3 Rxf2+ 62. Ke7 Re2+ 63. Kd7 Rf2 64. g7 Rf7+ 65.
Ke6 Rxg7 66. Rxg7 d4 67. Kd5 $18) 60. Re2 Kd3 61. Ra2 1-0

[Event "San Francisco"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Ng5
Bd5 9. e4 h6 10. exd5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Nxd5 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nc6 14. d5 Nd4
15. O-O Qd7 16. a3 Nxb3 $1 {N} (16... Rfe8 17. Ba2 $1 Rad8 18. Re1 Nb5 19. Nxb5
Qxb5 20. Rxc7 Nxd5 21. Qf3 Qa5 22. Rec1 Bxb2 23. R7c5 Qxa3 24. Bxd5 Qxf3 25.
Bxf3 Bxc1 26. Rxc1 Rd7 $14 {Rogers,I-Ftacnik,L/Biel/1984/}) 17. Qxb3 Rfe8 18.
Rfd1 Rad8 19. Bf4 (19. h3 Qf5 20. Be3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Nxd5) 19... c6 $1 20. dxc6
(20. d6 exd6 21. Rxd6 Qf5 $10) 20... Qxc6 21. h3 (21. Nd5 $2 Qe6) 21... Qc4 22.
Qxc4 Nxc4 23. Nd5 Nxb2 24. Nxe7+ Kf8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Nc8 Nd3 (26... a6 $6 27.
Bd6+ Kg8 28. Rc7 $16) 27. Rd1 Rxc8 28. Rxd3 Rc4 29. Be3 b6 30. Rd8+ Ke7 31. Ra8
Rc7 32. g4 Bb2 33. a4 Bc1 34. Bxc1 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 28th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1998.06.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e4 b5 8. Nxb5
(8. e5 $2 Nd5 $17) 8... Nxe4 9. Bxc7 (9. Bxc4 c6 (9... Nd6 $2 10. Nxc7 $1 Qxc7
11. Bxf7+ Rxf7 12. Rxc7 Rxf4 13. Qb3+ $16) 10. Nc3 (10. Nc7 $2 e5 11. Nxa8 exf4
$17) 10... Nd6 (10... Nxc3 $5 11. bxc3 Nd7 12. O-O Nb6 $10) 11. Be2 (11. Bb3
Ba6 12. Be5 Bh6 13. h4 Nd7 14. h5 g5 15. Nxg5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qa5 17. f4 Bxg5 18.
Qg4 Ne4 19. fxg5 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Qxe5+ 21. Kd2 Rad8+ 22. Kc1 Bd3 23. Rxd3 Rxd3
24. g6 Rg3 {0-1 Jirovsky,M-Kalod,R/CZE-ch/1997/ (39)}) 11... Nf5 12. Be5 Bh6 $1
13. Rc2 (13. g4 Nd6 $8 14. g5 Bg7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. h4 $13) 13... Nd7 14. O-O (
14. g4 Nd6 15. g5 Bg7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. h4 Qa5) 14... Qa5 15. Bc4 (15. Qd3 $5
Bb7 16. Qe4 Qb4 $1) 15... Ba6 16. Qe2 (16. b4 $5 Qb6 17. Na4 Qxb4 18. Bxa6 Qxa4
19. Bb7 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Rad8 21. Bxc6 $1 $10) 16... Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Rac8 18. h3 $2
(18. b4 Qb6 19. Na4 Qb5 $15) (18. Ne4 Qd5 19. Nc5 Qxc4 20. Rxc4 Nb6 21. Rc2
Rfd8 $15) (18. Re2 $1) 18... c5 $1 $17 19. Ne4 (19. d5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Nd4 $19) (
19. Nd5 cxd4 20. Bc7 Nb6 $17) 19... cxd4 20. Qxc8 (20. Bc7 Nb6) 20... Rxc8 $6 (
20... Nxe5 $1 21. Qc5 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Qxa2 $17) 21. Rxc8+ Bf8 22. Bf4 (22. Bxd4
Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Qd5 24. Nc3 $1 Qb7 25. Rd8 Qxb2 26. Rxd7 Qxc3 $15) 22... Qxa2 {
0-1 Van Wely,L-Leko,P/Groningen/1995/ (48)}) (9. Nxc7 $2 e5 10. Nxa8 exf4 11.
Bxc4 Bb7 $17) 9... Qd7 10. Bxc4 a6 (10... Nc6 11. d5 Nb4 12. Be5 Bh6 13. O-O
Ba6 14. Nc7 Bxc1 15. Qxc1 Nd3 16. Bxd3 Bxd3 17. Rd1 Be2 18. Re1 Bxf3 19. gxf3
Nd6 20. Nxa8 Rxa8 21. Qc6 Qd8 22. Qa4 Nf5 23. Qe4 Rc8 24. Bc3 {Kramnik,
V-Kasparov,G/Chess Classic Giants/1998/1-0 (52)}) 11. Na3 (11. Nc3 Nxf2 $1)
11... Nc6 12. O-O Bb7 (12... Qxc7 13. Bd5 Nf6 (13... Qf4 14. Bxc6 Rb8 15. g3
Qf5 16. Nc4 Rd8 17. Ne3 Qe6 18. b3 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Qd3 Nf6 21. Qc4 {
1-0 Rogers,I-Mirumian,V/Erevan olm/1996/ (44)}) 14. Bxc6 Rb8 15. Ne5 Qa7 16.
Bf3 Bb7 17. Nac4 Rbd8 18. Qb3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Rd5 20. Ne3 Rb5 21. Nc6 Qd7 22. b3
{1-0 Portisch,L-Tukmakov,V/Biel SKA/1996/ (28)}) 13. Bb6 (13. Be5 $6 Bh6 14.
Rb1 (14. Rc2 Rad8 15. Qc1 Nxe5 16. dxe5 e6 $44) 14... Rad8 15. Qe2 $2 (15. Re1
Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qc6 17. Qe2 Nd2 18. Rbd1 {- 15.Qe2}) (15. Qb3 Na5 16. Qb4 Nxc4
17. Nxc4 e6 18. Nb6 Qc6 {/\ Nd2} 19. Nc4 Qb5 $5 20. Qxb5 axb5 21. Ne3 f6 22.
Bc7 Rd7 23. Rfc1 Nd6 $44) 15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qc6 $1 17. Kh1 (17. Rbd1 Nd2 18.
Rfe1 Rd4 $1 19. b3 Re4 $1 20. Qd3 Rg4 $19) 17... Nd2 18. Rbc1 Qb6 (18... Nxf3
19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. Rxc6 Bxc6 21. e6 Rf6 22. Qxa6 $13) 19. Nxd2 Rxd2 20. Qe1 Qd4
$5 {/\ Qg4} (20... Qxb2 21. Rb1 Bxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Qxa3 23. e6 f5 $17) 21. f3 (21.
e6 f5) 21... Rd8 {0-1 Vegh,E-Feher,G/HUN/1996/ (29)}) 13... Nd6 $6 {This move
seems to be false, since the knight was on an active location and now becomes
a bit obstructing own pieces.} (13... Rab8 {/\ Ba8} 14. b3 (14. Re1 Ba8 15.
Rxe4 Rxb6 $14) 14... Bh6 15. Rc2 Nb4 16. Ne5 Qf5 $44) 14. Bb3 (14. Re1 Nxc4 (
14... Rab8 15. Ne5 Qc8 16. Bd5 $18) 15. Nxc4 Rac8 $14) 14... Rab8 15. Re1 Ba8
16. Bc5 (16. Ne5 $2 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Rxb6 $11) 16... Na5 17. Ba4 Bxf3 18. Bxd7 $6
{It is very surprising, but Bareev's spirited combination is not the best. The
uncomplicated answer 18.gxf3!? would probably punish black for the unexact
rection to the novelty.} (18. gxf3 $5 Qd8 19. b4 Nab7 20. Qe2 $16) 18... Bxd1
19. Rxe7 (19. Rcxd1 Rxb2 20. Rxe7 Ndb7 $13) 19... Nc8 (19... Ndb7 $6 20. Rxd1
Nxc5 21. dxc5 Rxb2 (21... Bxb2 22. Nc2 $16) 22. c6 $16) 20. Re1 (20. Bxc8 Rfxc8
21. Rxd1 Rxb2 22. Rde1 h5 $11) 20... Rd8 (20... Bh5 $2 21. Bxf8 Bxf8 22. Rxc8
$18) 21. Rcxd1 (21. Bxc8 Rdxc8 22. b4 Bxd4 (22... Nc6 $6 23. Rcxd1 Nxb4 24. Rd2
$16) 23. Rexd1 Bxc5 24. bxc5 Rb2 25. Nc4 Nxc4 26. Rxc4 Rxa2 27. c6 Rc7 $11)
21... Rxb2 {Lputian must be very grateful, that his position seems to hold so
many counterchances. White has two bishops and a spare pawn, but his pieces
lack full coordination.} 22. Rb1 Rxa2 (22... Rxb1 23. Nxb1 Nc4 24. Re8+ Rxe8
25. Bxe8 $16) 23. Rb8 (23. Re8+ $6 Rxe8 24. Bxe8 Bf8 $1 $17 (24... Bxd4 25.
Bxd4 Rxa3 26. Bd7 Nb3 27. Bf6 $44)) 23... Bf8 $1 (23... Rxd7 24. Rxc8+ Bf8 25.
Bxf8 $18) (23... Bf8 $1 24. Rxc8 (24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Bxc8 Rxa3 27.
Bxa6 Nc6 $11) 24... Rxc8 25. Bxc8 Bxc5 26. dxc5 Rxa3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 20th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2016.11.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Saric, Ante"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2016.10.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 (6... dxc4 $5 {
wird empfohlen von Jonathan Rowson, Underständing the Grünfeld, Gambit 1999,
Yelena Dembo, play the Grünfeld, Everyman Chess 2007, Boris Avrukh, The
Grünfeld Defence, Quality Chess 2011, Milos Pavlovic, Unknown Weapons in the
Grünfeld, Thinkers Publishing 2016.}) ({David Vigorito, Chess Developments
the Grünfeld, Everyman Chess 2014, plädiert für} 6... Be6 $5) 7. dxc5 Ne4 $5
{Eine weniger erforschte Idee.} (7... dxc4 {wurde von Andras Adorjan/Jeno
Döry, Grünfeld-Indische Verteidigung, Beyer Verlag 1989, und Alexander
Delchev/ Evgenij Agrest,The Safest Grünfeld, Chess Stars 2011, als das Beste
angegeben.}) 8. cxd5 ({Meistens wurde} 8. e3 {untersucht, doch gemäß Adorjan/
Döry und Delchev, verspricht das Endspiel nach} Nxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Qxd8
Rxd8 {genügend Gegenspiel.}) 8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nd7 $5 (9... Qa5 10. Qd2 Nd7
11. c4 (11. e4 Nxc5 12. e5 b6 13. c4 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Bb7 15. Ke3 e6 $15 {
Kogan-Finkel, Rishon le Zyon 1995}) 11... Qa3 12. g3 Nxc5 13. Bg2 Ne4 14. Qc2
Qa5+ 15. Bd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 17. Nxd2 b6 18. O-O $14) 10. e4 ({Viel
anspruchsvoller erscheint} 10. c6 $5 Nf6 11. cxb7 ({Auch} 11. d6 {kommt in
Betracht,} exd6 12. c7 (12. Qxd6 bxc6 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. e3 Ne4 15. Be5 Be6 16.
Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nd4 Rdb8 18. f3 Nc5 19. Nxe6+ fxe6 20. Bc4 Rb2 21. O-O Rd8 22.
Rfd1 Rdd2 $11) 12... Qd7 13. Qxd6 Nd5 14. Be5 (14. Qxd7 Bxd7 15. Bd6 Rfc8 16.
c4 Nxc7 17. e3 Ne6 18. Be2 Ba4 19. O-O Rc6 20. Be5 Rd8 $11) 14... Re8 (14...
Bxe5 15. Qxe5 Re8 16. Qd4 Nb6 17. e3 Qxc7 18. Be2 Be6 19. O-O $14) 15. Qxd7
Bxd7 16. c4 Nb4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. e3 Nxa2 19. Rb1 Bc6 $11) 11... Bxb7 12. c4
Rc8 $5 (12... Ne4 13. Nd2 (13. Qd3 Qa5+ 14. Nd2 Nc5 15. Qb1 e6 16. g3 Rfd8 17.
Bg2 exd5 18. O-O $14) (13. Ng5 $5 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 $14) 13... Qa5 14.
Qc2 (14. f3 Nc3 15. Qb3 Nxa2 16. Rb1 Ba6 17. e4 Bd4 18. Qd3 $14) 14... f5 15.
f3 Nc3 16. Nb3 Qa3 17. Bd2 Rac8 18. e3 Nxa2 19. Rb1 Qa4 20. Kd1 Bxd5 21. Na5
$16) 13. g3 (13. e3 Qa5+ 14. Qd2 Qa3 $15) 13... Qa5+ 14. Qd2 Qa4 15. Bg2 Rxc4
16. O-O Bxd5 17. Rxc4 Qxc4 18. Ne5 Qb5 19. Qd3 Qxd3 20. Nxd3 Rc8 21. Rb1 Ne4
$11) 10... Nxc5 11. Nd2 (11. e5 Bf5 12. Qd2 (12. Qd4 Rc8 13. Be2 Qa5 14. O-O
Qxa2) 12... Be4 (12... Qa5 $6 13. c4 Qa3 14. Be2 Rac8 15. O-O $16 {
Duong-Voiteanu, Budapest 2006}) 13. c4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nd7 15. Bg2 Nxe5 16. O-O
Rc8 17. c5 Qd7 $11) 11... Bd7 12. Qc2 $2 {Zeitverlust.} ({Vorzuziehen war} 12.
Bc4 Rc8 13. Qf3 Na4 14. e5 Qa5 15. O-O b5 16. Bb3 Rxc3 17. Rxc3 Qxc3 (17...
Nxc3 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Bf5 20. Qe3 $14) 18. Bxa4 Qxf3 19. Nxf3 bxa4 20. Ra1
Rd8 $11) 12... e6 13. Bc4 Rc8 ({Möglich, aber nicht unbedingt notwendig war} 
13... b5 14. Bd6 Qb6 $5 ({einfacher erscheint} 14... Re8 15. Bxc5 bxc4 16. dxe6
Bxe6 $11) 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. Bb3 (16. Bd3 exd5 17. O-O dxe4 18. Nxe4 Rc8 19.
Nxc5 Rxc5 $11) 16... a5 17. a3 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 exd5 19. Qxd5 Bh6 20. Rd1 Be6 21.
Qd3 Rd8 22. Qe2 Rd7 23. Nb1 (23. O-O Bxd2 24. Rxd2 Bc4 $11) 23... Bc4 24. Qf3
Rd6 25. Nd2 Bxd2+ 26. Rxd2 Rxd2 27. Kxd2 Qd6+ 28. Kc2 Qxa3 29. Rb1 a4 $11) 14.
dxe6 ({Jetzt fehlt Weiß Zeit für} 14. O-O {im Hinblick auf} b5 15. Bb3 a5 16.
a3 a4 (16... Nxb3 17. Qxb3 exd5 18. exd5 Qf6 19. Be3 Rxc3 20. Rxc3 Qxc3 21.
Qxc3 Bxc3 22. Ne4 Rc8 23. Rb1 $11) 17. Ba2 exd5 18. Bxd5 Be6 19. c4 bxc4 20.
Nxc4 Bxd5 21. exd5 Nb3 $15) 14... Nxe6 15. Bd6 (15. Be3 b5 16. Bd5 Rxc3 $15)
15... Ba4 ({Viel stärker war} 15... Re8 $5 16. O-O Rxc4 17. Nxc4 Bb5 $17) 16.
Qxa4 Qxd6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Nb1 Bd4 19. Rc2 Qb6 20. O-O Bxf2+ 21. Rcxf2 Rxf2
22. Rxf2 Rf8 23. Qc2 Rxf2 24. Qxf2 Qxb1+ 25. Qf1 Qxe4 26. h3 $2 ({Mehr
Rettungschancen bot Weiß} 26. Qd1 Qe3+ 27. Kh1 Qxc3 28. Qd8+ Kf7 29. Qd7+ Kf6
30. h3 a5 $15) 26... Qe3+ 27. Kh1 Qxc3 28. Qf4 (28. Qd1 Qc8 (28... Qc7 29. Qa4)
29. Qd6 b5 30. Kh2 Qe8 31. Qe5 a5 $17) 28... e5 29. Qg5 Qc7 30. h4 Qd6 31. Qg4
Kg7 32. h5 Qd4 33. Qf3 $2 (33. Qe6 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Qxh5+ 35. Kg1 Qd1+ 36. Kh2 Kh6
37. Qe7 Qg4 38. Qxb7 a5 $17) 33... Qh4+ 34. Kg1 Qd4+ 35. Kh1 e4 36. Qb3 Qa1+
37. Kh2 Qe5+ 38. Kg1 Qc5+ 39. Kf1 b5 (39... Qb6 40. Qc2 Qc6 $19) 40. Qb2+ Kh6
41. hxg6 Kxg6 42. Qh8 Qc4+ 43. Ke1 Qc1+ 44. Ke2 Qc2+ 45. Ke3 Qd3+ 46. Kf4 Qd2+
47. Kxe4 Qxg2+ 48. Kf4 $2 (48. Ke3 Qg5+ (48... Qxa2 49. Qe8+ Qf7 50. Qxb5) 49.
Ke2 Qh5+ 50. Kd2 Qd5+ $17) 48... Qxa2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.12"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Ivanchuk,V"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[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 "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{[%mdl 6146]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7.
e4 Bg4 8. Bxc4 Nh5 9. Be3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 e5 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. b4
$6 $146 {It is a novelty,but probably not the best.The black squares d4 and f4
become too weak and white has no time to control them.But the situation in
last match Ukraine-Armenia needs Armenians play to win.} ({More solid was} 13.
O-O Nd7 14. Rfd1 Nb6 15. Bb3 Nf4 16. Kf1 c6 17. Rb1 Nd3 $11 {Novikov-Horvath,
Nova Gorica 1997}) 13... Nf4 $1 14. Nd5 (14. O-O Nc6 $1) 14... Ng2+ 15. Kf1 (
15. Ke2 {Leads to clear advantage for black after} c6 (15... Nc6 $2 16. Bg5 $1
Rd6 17. Kf1 $18) 16. Ne7+ Kf8 17. Bc5 Nf4+ 18. Ke3 Ke8 $17) 15... Nxe3+ 16.
fxe3 c6 17. f4 (17. Nf4 Bxf4 18. exf4 Rd2 19. Ke1 Rb2 $15) 17... cxd5 18. Bxd5
Nc6 19. fxe5 (19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. fxe5 Rd2 $17 {Occuping 2-nd horizontal}) 19...
Nxb4 (19... Nxe5 {was also possible,but to win this position is very hard}) 20.
Bb3 ({Another possibility were:} 20. Bxb7 Rab8 21. Rc7 Rd2) (20. e6 Nxd5 21.
exf7+ Kxf7 22. exd5 Rxd5 23. Rc7+ Ke6 $17 {in all cases clear better for black.
}) 20... Rd2 (20... Nd3 21. Rc7 Nxe5 (21... Rac8 22. Rxf7 ({Strongest is} 22.
Re7 $1 Nc5 23. Ke2 Nxb3 24. axb3 $132) 22... Nc5 $1 (22... Rf8 23. Ke2 Rxf7 24.
Kxd3) 23. Rf2+ Nxb3 24. axb3 Rc3 $17) 22. Re7 (22. Ke2 Rd7 23. Rxd7 Nxd7 24.
Rc1 $132) 22... Re8 23. Rxb7 Kf8 24. Ke2 Re7 25. Rxe7 Kxe7 26. Rc1 $15 {
with good chances for a draw}) 21. Rc7 Rf8 $1 {Not giving a countrplay after} (
21... Nd3 22. Bxf7+ Kh8 23. e6 $1) 22. Rg1 (22. Rxb7 Rc8 23. Ke1 Rb2 $19) 22...
Na6 (22... Rxh2 23. Rg2 $1) 23. Ke1 Rb2 $1 (23... Rxh2 24. Rxf7 Rxf7 25. Rf1
$132) ({Amasing variation:} 23... Rxa2 24. Rxf7 Ra1+ 25. Ke2 Rxg1 26. Rf1+ $1
$13) 24. Rc3 (24. Rxb7 Nc5 $1 25. Bxf7+ Rxf7 26. Rxb2 Nd3+ $19) 24... b6 $1 {
Take the control xc5,and black's advantage become decisive} 25. e6 Rb1+ 26. Kf2
fxe6+ 27. Kg2 Rxg1+ 28. Kxg1 Nc5 $19 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. Rc2 Kf6 31. Rf2+ Ke7 32.
Rc2 Kd6 33. Rd2+ Ke5 34. Bc2 Rf7 0-1

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ernst Hansen,Cu} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Rc1 O-O (5... Nh5
$5 {Hansen,Cu}) 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. e4 c5 8. dxc5 Qa5 (8... Qxd1+ {Hansen,Cu} 9.
Rxd1 Na6 10. c6 (10. Bxc4 Nxc5 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Nd5 e6 13. Nc7 Rb8 14. Be3 a6
15. b4 b5 16. Be2 Rb7 17. Nxb5 {1/2-1/2 Bukic,E-Uhlmann,W/Zinnowitz/1967/})
10... bxc6 11. Bxc4 Nc5 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. f3 Nfxe4 14. fxe4 e5 $10 {Nei,I-Keres,
P/Tallinn/1971/}) (8... Na6 {Hansen,Cu} 9. Bxc4 (9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. e5 (10. c6
bxc6 11. Bxc4 Nc5 12. Ne5 Be6 13. Bxe6 Nxe6 14. Be3 Nxe4 15. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 16.
bxc3 Rd7 17. f3 $10 {Van Wely,L-Malisauskas,V/Novy Smokovec/1992/}) 10... Ne8
11. Be3 Be6 12. Ng5 Nec7 13. f4 Bh6 14. Nxe6 Nxe6 15. g3 Naxc5 16. Bxc4 a6 $10
{Ftacnik,L-Malisauskas,V/Biel izt/1993/}) (9. e5 Nd7 10. Bxc4 Ndxc5 11. O-O Be6
12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. Be3 $14 {Van Wely,L-Hellers,F/Skei/1993/}) 9... Nxc5 10. e5 (
10. Qe2 Be6 11. O-O Bxc4 12. Qxc4 Nd3 13. Bc7 Rc8 $17 {Martz,W-Larsen,B/USA/
1970/}) (10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. e5 Nh5 12. Be3 Be6 13. Bxe6 Nd3+ 14. Kf1 fxe6 15.
Rc2 Rac8 16. g3 b5 17. Re2 b4 18. Ne4 {1/2-1/2 Rogozenko,D-Tukmakov,V/Nikolaev
zt/1993/}) 10... Nfd7 11. O-O (11. Qd4 Ne6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Bg3 Nb6 14. Qh4
Bd7 15. O-O Rc8 16. Rfd1 $14 {Bronstein,D-Hort,V/Moskva-Praha/1968/}) 11... Nb6
12. Qe2 Be6 $10 {Reshevsky,S-Hort,V/Los Angeles m/1968/}) 9. e5 (9. Nd2 {
Hansen,Cu} Be6 10. Bxc4 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 Qxc5 12. Nd2 (12. Qe2 Nc6 13. Be3 Nd4 14.
Bxd4 Qxd4 15. O-O Rac8 $10 {Endzelins,L-Zagorovsky,V/corr-Wch5/1965/}) 12...
Nc6 $10 {Portisch,L-Deak,S/HUN-chT/1993/}) 9... Nh5 $5 $146 (9... Nfd7 {
Hansen,Cu} 10. Bxc4 Nxc5 (10... Nc6 11. e6 fxe6 12. Be3 Nde5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14.
Bb3 Rd8 {0-1/Kapetanovic,A-Nestorovic,D/Beograd I/1990/}) 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nd5
Ne6 13. Bd2 Qd8 14. Re1 $16 {Kapetanovic,A-Ristic,N/Cetinje tt/1991/}) (9...
Rd8 {Hansen,Cu} 10. Bd2 Ng4 11. Bxc4 (11. Ne4 Qc7 12. Bxc4 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5
14. Qe2 Bf5 15. Ng5 Qxe2+ 16. Kxe2 e6 17. Bc3 $10 {Klee,H-Bauer,M/2.BLS/1993/})
11... Nc6 (11... Qxc5 12. Ne4 Qb6 13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. Rxc8 Rxc8 15. Nfg5+ Kg8
16. Qxg4 Qc6 17. Nd6 Qd7 18. Qh4 (18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. f4 Rc2 21.
Ke2 Bh6 22. Nf3 Rxb2 23. g3 g5 {0,5/Petrosian,T-Benko,P/Curacao ct/1962/})
18... h6 (18... exd6 19. Qxh7+ Kf8 20. Qxg6 Kg8 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Qg6 Kg8 23.
O-O Rc5 24. f4 Nc6 25. f5 Rxe5 26. Qh7+ {1-0/Borisenko,G-Tukmakov,V/USSR/1971/}
) 19. Nxc8 hxg5 20. Qc4+ e6 21. Nd6 Bxe5 22. Ne4 $16 {Dzindzihashvili,R-Gutman,
L/USSR/1972/}) 12. Nb5 Rxd2 13. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Nxd2 Ngxe5 15. O-O Bf5 16. Rcd1
(16. Na3 Nd3 17. Bxd3 Bxd3 18. Nac4 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Nb4 $15 {Kraidman,Y-Dvoirys,
S/Gausdal Peer Gynt/1991/}) 16... Bc2 17. Rc1 Bf5 18. Rcd1 Bc2 {0,5/Van Wely,
L-Khalifman,A/Ter Apel/1993/}) 10. Be3 (10. Bd2 Qxc5 11. Ne4 (11. Na4 Qc7 (
11... Qd5 12. Bxc4 Qe4+ $13) 12. Bxc4 (12. Rxc4 $140 Nc6 13. g4 b5) 12... Nc6)
11... Qd5) 10... Nc6 (10... Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 (11... Rd8 $2 12. Qxd8+ Qxd8 13.
hxg4 $16) 12. Qxf3 Nd7 13. e6 $14) 11. Nd2 (11. Bxc4 Bg4 $1 12. h3 (12. e6 fxe6
13. Be2 Rad8 14. Qb3 Nf4 $13) (12. Be2 {Hansen,Cu} Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nxe5 14. Be2
Rad8 15. Qc2 $14 {Roos,D-Reeve,J/Canada zt/1986/}) 12... Rad8 $13 (12... Bxf3
13. Qxf3 Nxe5 $10)) 11... Nxe5 (11... Rd8 $5 12. g4 (12. f4 $6 Bh6 $1 13. Qf3
Be6 $5 (13... Nd4 14. Qf2 Nf5 15. g3 $16) 14. g4 $140 Nxf4 15. Bxf4 Nxe5 $1 16.
Qg3 Rd3) (12. Bxc4 $6 Nxe5 13. Qe2 Bf5 (13... Be6)) 12... Nxe5 13. gxh5 Bg4 14.
Be2 (14. Qc2 $2 Rxd2 $19) 14... Nd3+ 15. Kf1 Bh3+ 16. Kg1 Nxc1 (16... Nxb2 17.
Qc2 $16) 17. Qxc1 $14) 12. Nxc4 Qd8 $6 (12... Nxc4 13. Bxc4 Nf6 14. O-O Ng4 15.
Bg5 (15. Bf4) 15... Qxc5 16. Nd5 $36) (12... Qc7 $142 $1 $13 13. Nd5 $140 Qd8
14. Bg5 Nf6 15. Bxf6 exf6 16. Nd6 b6 $36) 13. Be2 Nxc4 (13... Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1
Be6 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bf3 Rab8 17. Bd4 $14) (13... Be6 14. Nxe5 Qxd1+ {-13...
Qd1}) 14. Bxc4 $14 Nf6 (14... Qxd1+ $5 15. Rxd1 (15. Kxd1 {Hansen,Cu} Nf6 $13)
15... Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Bf5 $14 (16... Nf6 $13)) 15. O-O (15. h3) 15... Qc7 (15...
Ng4 16. Bf4 {/\Nd5+/-}) 16. h3 $16 Bd7 17. b4 Rad8 18. Qb3 a6 19. a4 (19. Rfd1
$5 $16) 19... Bf5 20. Rfd1 e6 21. b5 axb5 22. Nxb5 (22. axb5 $142 {/\23.c6 bc
24.b6}) 22... Qc6 (22... Qe7 23. Nd6 (23. Bf4 $6 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qxc5) 23... Be4
24. Bg5 Bc6 25. Re1 $16) 23. Nd6 Ne4 $6 (23... Be4 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Qxe6+ Kh8
26. Nf7+ Rxf7 27. Rxd8+ Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Bxf8 29. Qf7 Bg7 30. Rd1 (30. Bd4 $5)
30... Bd5 31. Qe7 Ng8 32. Qg5 $16) 24. Bb5 (24. Qxb7 $4 {Hansen,Cu} Rxd6 $19)
24... Qc7 25. g4 $18 b6 $1 26. cxb6 (26. gxf5 Nxc5 27. Bxc5 bxc5 28. Qg3 $1 $18
(28. Ne4 $18 {Hansen,Cu} gxf5 $16 {Ernst})) 26... Qe7 27. Nxe4 Bxe4 28. Bc6
Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Rd8 30. Qb3 (30. Qxd8+ $5 Qxd8 31. Bxe4 Be5 32. a5 $16) 30...
Bxc6 31. Rxc6 Be5 32. Qc2 $2 $138 (32. b7 $18) (32. a5 $5 {Hansen,Cu}) 32...
Kg7 33. Qe4 (33. a5 {Hansen,Cu} Qh4 (33... Qa3 34. Rc5 $18) 34. Kg2 h5 35. Qe4
$18) 33... Rd5 34. Rc1 Qa3 $138 35. b7 Bb8 36. Bd4+ f6 37. Be3 Kf7 $2 (37...
Qd6 $1 $16) (37... Qe7 {Hansen,Cu} 38. Rb1 $18) 38. Rc6 $1 Re5 (38... Qe7 {
Hansen,Cu} 39. Kg2 $16) 39. Qd4 Rd5 40. Qe4 Re5 41. Qc4 Rxe3 (41... Qe7 42. Qb3
$18 (42. Rb6 $18 {Hansen,Cu}) (42. Bf4 $4 Re1+ 43. Kg2 Bxf4 44. Qxf4 Qxb7 $10))
42. Rc7+ (42. fxe3 {Ernst} Qxe3+ 43. Kf1 Ba7 (43... Qf3+ 44. Ke1 Bg3+ 45. Kd2
$18) 44. Rc7+ Kg8 45. Rc8+ Kg7 46. Qc7+ Kh6 47. Qc1 $18) 42... Kg8 (42... Kf8
43. Rc8+ Kf7 44. Qc7+ $18) 43. Rc8+ Kg7 44. Rxb8 Rg3+ (44... Rb3 {Ernst} 45.
Qxe6 $18) (44... Rxh3 {Ernst} 45. Rg8+ Kxg8 46. b8=Q+ Kg7 47. Qb7+ Kh6 48. Qf4+
$18) 45. fxg3 Qxg3+ 46. Kf1 Qxb8 (46... Qxh3+ 47. Ke2 Qh2+ 48. Kd3 Qxb8 49. Qc8
Qg3+ 50. Kc4 Qxg4+ 51. Kc5 Qg1+ 52. Kd6 Qb6+ 53. Ke7 Qb4+ 54. Ke8 Qf8+ 55. Kd7
$18) 47. Qb4 (47. Qc8) 47... f5 (47... e5 48. a5 e4 49. Qxe4 $18) 48. g5 $18
Kf7 49. a5 f4 50. a6 (50. Qb3 $18) 50... f3 51. a7 (51. a7 Qg3 52. Qf8+ Kxf8
53. b8=Q+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[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. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 Be6 {This order of
moves is rarely seen in practice. 6...Be6 is played more often after 4.Bf4 Bg7
5.e3 0-0 6.Rc1.} 7. Ng5 $6 {This activity proves premature. The exchange of
this bishop is not worth a crucial tempo.} (7. Qb3 c5 8. Qxb7 Qb6 9. Qxb6 axb6
10. e3 {leads to a position from the 4.Bf4 system. Here is an example:} dxc4
11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Ng5 Bd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxc4 Nxf4 15. exf4 Bxb2 16. Rc2 Bf6
17. O-O Nc6 18. Bd5 Nb4 19. Rxc5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Rxa2 $11 {1/2 Ding,L (2574)-Le
Quang,L (2681)/Manila 2010/CBM 138 Extra (30)}) (7. e3 dxc4 {leads to the 6...
dxc4 7.e3 Be6 system, with Black avoiding the 7.e4 line.}) 7... c5 $1 8. dxc5 (
8. e3 Bg4 $1 9. f3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bf5 {[%csl Rf3,Rg5] is good for Black.}) 8...
d4 9. Nb5 Nc6 $5 {[%mdl 512]} (9... Bd7 {is also satisfactory for Black, e.g.}
10. Nxd4 (10. Nc7 Nh5) 10... Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxa2 {etc. However, a true Grünfeld
player never cares about material losses in the Bf4 systems!}) 10. Nc7 Bf5 $1
11. Nxa8 e5 12. Bd2 e4 $1 13. e3 h6 14. Nh3 (14. exd4 hxg5 15. Bxg5 Nxd4 $17 {
- the a8-knight will not escape!}) 14... Bxh3 15. gxh3 Ne5 16. Bg2 Nd3+ 17. Kf1
Nxc1 18. Qxc1 d3 19. Bc3 Qe7 $2 {[%mdl 16384]} (19... Re8 $1 $17 {was much
stronger. Black will finally recapture the a8-knight keeping his strong
central pawns and a clear advantage.}) 20. Nc7 $1 {What a surprise! The doomed
knight sells its skin quite expensively: White captures Black's crucial
e4-pawn and activates his pieces.} Qxc7 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Bxe4 Rd8 23. Bd5 Qxc5
24. Qd1 Rxd5 (24... d2 25. Ke2 $5 (25. Qxd2 $143 Qxc4+ 26. Bxc4 Rxd2 $15 {_|_})
) 25. cxd5 Qxd5 26. Rg1 Kg7 27. Qb3 Qe4 28. Rg4 Qh1+ 29. Rg1 Qe4 30. Rg4 Qh1+
31. Rg1 Qe4 {Both sides have nothing better than this repetition of moves.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 c5 6. dxc5 Ne4 $146 {[%mdl 8] A
new continuation at such an early stage!} (6... Qa5 {is the common move but
the whole 5...c5 line is considered dubious, and the game move is unlikely to
change that evaluation.}) 7. Nxe4 (7. cxd5 $5 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bxc3+ 9. Bd2 Bxa1
10. Qxa1 {looks dangerous for Black; it is curious what Fabiano Caruana had
prepared in that case.}) 7... dxe4 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. O-O-O+ Ke8 10. Bxb8 {
Hardly a good idea: to exchange a bishop for an undeveloped knight.} (10. Nd2
$5 f5 11. g4 $14) 10... Rxb8 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. e3 a5 13. Be2 Rc8 14. Rd2 f5 15.
Rhd1 a4 16. b4 axb3 17. axb3 Rxc5 {Black has recaptured the missing pawn.
White keeps an edge due to his queenside pawn advantage but Black's bishop
pair should rescue him.} 18. b4 Rc8 19. Ra2 Kf7 20. Ra7 Rc7 21. c5 Be5 22. Kc2
Rhc8 23. Kb3 Kf6 24. Bc4 e6 25. g3 g5 26. f4 exf3 27. Nxf3 Bc6 28. Nxe5 Kxe5
29. Rd6 Re7 30. b5 Bxb5 {[%mdl 512] Black wants a clearer draw but a piece
sacrifice is not necessarily the best way to reach it. Although good knowledge
of the endgame "R+B vs R" can help here.} (30... Be4 $14) 31. Bxb5 Rxc5 32. Rb6
Rec7 33. Rbxb7 Rc3+ 34. Kb4 Rxb7 35. Rxb7 {[%mdl 4096]} Rxe3 36. Rxh7 f4 37. g4
f3 38. Rf7 Re4+ 39. Bc4 Rxg4 (39... Rf4 $1 40. Re7 f2 41. Rxe6+ Kd4 42. Rd6+
Ke3 43. Rd1 Rxg4 $11) 40. Rxf3 Rh4 $2 {And this is a real mistake.} (40... Rg2
$1 41. Rh3 g4 42. Rh5+ Kf4 {[%cal Yg4g3] and White can hardly obtain anything
better than the above-mentioned endgame "R+B vs R", e.g.} 43. Bxe6 g3 44. h3
Rg1 {[%cal Rg3g2] etc. After the text move White prevents the advance of
Black's g-pawn.}) 41. Rf2 Kd4 42. Rg2 e5 43. Be6 $6 {A correct plan (the
bishop should be placed on g4) but the wrong execution. White's king will now
be cut off at the edge of the board.} (43. Be2 $1 Rh8 44. Kb3 $1 {was correct
although there was still a long way to a victory.}) 43... Rh6 44. Bg4 Rb6+ 45.
Ka5 Rb8 {, and White can't find a way to make progress:} 46. Rd2+ Ke3 47. Rd5
Ke4 48. Rd7 Kf4 49. h3 e4 50. Rf7+ Kg3 51. Rf5 Re8 52. Rxg5 Kh4 53. Rh5+ Kg3
54. Bd7 Re7 55. Rg5+ Kh2 56. Bg4 e3 57. Be2 Kxh3 58. Kb4 Kh4 59. Rg4+ Kh3 60.
Rg8 Kh4 61. Kc3 Rd7 62. Re8 Kg5 63. Rxe3 {Finally we have this classic ending,
and Black confidently holds his ground:} Rd8 64. Rf3 Rd6 65. Rf1 Rf6 66. Rg1+
Kf4 67. Kd2 Rh6 68. Rg4+ Ke5 69. Ke3 Rb6 70. Bd3 Rb3 71. Rg5+ Kf6 72. Rd5 Rb4
73. Be4 Ke6 74. Kf4 Rb2 75. Rh5 Rf2+ 76. Bf3 Rf1 77. Rh6+ Ke7 78. Ke4 Kf7 79.
Bh5+ Ke7 80. Ke5 Re1+ 81. Kd5 Re3 82. Bg6 Ra3 83. Be4 Ra1 84. Ke5 Re1 85. Rh7+
Ke8 {The famous Cochrane position.} 86. Ra7 Kf8 $6 {This move is inaccurate.} (
86... Re2 $1) 87. Kf5 Ke8 88. Rh7 (88. Bc6+ $1 Kd8 89. Kf6 {was a chance for
White to keep Black's king at the edge, which would require more accuracy from
him.}) 88... Kd8 89. Rh1 Rxh1 90. Bxh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Karlovy Vary"]
[Date "2005.02.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lechtynsky, Jiri"]
[Black "Stocek, Jiri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2005.02.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Bxc4 Nh5 9. Be3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 e5 11. dxe5 Qh4 $5 {A sharp move, instead of the
quiet} (11... Bxe5) {So far, Black has celebrated a lot of successes in this
line.} 12. Qd2 $6 {A quiet and ...apparently inadequate response. Practice has
seen:} (12. e6 fxe6 (12... Nc6 13. exf7+ Kh8 14. f4 Nxf4 15. Qf3 Nh5 16. Ne2
Ne5 17. Qg2 Qf6 18. O-O Nxc4 19. Rxc4 Qxf7 20. b3 Rad8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Dougherty,
M-Tyomkin,D/Ontario 2004/CBM 100 ext (28)}) 13. Bxe6+ Kh8 14. Qd2 (14. Nd5 Nc6
15. Bg4 Nf6 16. Nxf6 Bxf6 17. Rc5 Rad8 18. Rd5 Ne5 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Qe2 Bg7
21. O-O Rf8 22. h3 h5 23. f4 hxg4 24. fxe5 Rf3 25. hxg4 {0-1 Kraidman,
Y-Mikhalevski,V/Givatayim 1997/CBM 058 ext}) 14... Nf4 15. Bxf4 Rxf4 16. Nd5
Rxf3 17. Qe2 Rf8 18. Nxc7 Nc6 19. Rxc6 bxc6 20. Nxa8 Be5 21. Kf1 Bd4 22. f3
Rxa8 {0-1 Tyomkin,D-Wapner,J/Budapest 1997/CBM 056 ext}) (12. Ne2 Nc6 13. f4 g5
14. Rg1 gxf4 15. Nxf4 Nxf4 16. Rg4 Qxh2 17. Bxf4 Qh1+ 18. Bf1 Rad8 19. Rxg7+
Kxg7 20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. Qf5 f6 22. Rxc6 Rd1+ 23. Kxd1 Qxf1+ 24. Kc2 Qxf2+ 25. Bd2
Qxf5 26. exf5 bxc6 $19 {0-1 Inkiov,V-Tyomkin,D/La Roda 2004/CBM 099 ext (33)})
(12. Bxf7+ $5 {(the most critical continuation, which needs more tests)} Rxf7
13. e6 Rf8 14. Qb3 Nc6 $1 15. e7+ Kh8 16. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 17. Kd2 Nd4 18. Bxd4
Bxd4 19. Kc2 b6 20. Kb1 Qxf2 $44 {0-1 Bosboom,M-Finkel,A/Dieren 1997/EXT 98 
(53)}) 12... Nc6 (12... Rd8 $6 13. Nd5 {[%cal Cg7e5,Re3g5]}) 13. f4 Rad8 14.
Nd5 {White's outposts in the centre look solid enough but...} Nxe5 $1 {An
excellent riposte! Black recovers the piece maintaing a strong attack against
White's poorly protected king.} 15. fxe5 c6 16. Bd3 cxd5 17. Bg5 {It is easy
to criticize this move, "winning" Black's useless f8 rook for White's only
defender of dark squares; but what to suggest instead?} Qg4 18. Bxd8 Rxd8 19.
f3 {desperation} Qxf3 20. Rf1 Qh3 21. Qg5 Re8 22. Be2 Bxe5 23. Bxh5 Bxb2 24.
Be2 Bxc1 25. Qxc1 Qxh2 26. Bd3 Qxa2 27. Qc7 Qa1+ 28. Kd2 Qb2+ 29. Kd1 Rf8 30.
exd5 Qb3+ 31. Ke2 Re8+ 32. Kd2 Qxd5 33. Rxf7 Qxf7 34. Bc4 Re6 35. Qc8+ Kg7 36.
Bxe6 {White fights like a lion but the endgame is lost for him, of course.}
Qf4+ 37. Ke2 Qe4+ 38. Kd2 Kf6 39. Bc4 Qd4+ 40. Bd3 Qb4+ 41. Ke2 Qe7+ 42. Kf3
Kg7 {Black doesn't see a winning plan yet but he needn't hurry.} 43. Bc4 $2 {
Overlooking the exchange of queens, after which the game is over.} (43. Kg2
$142) 43... Qf8+ 44. Qxf8+ Kxf8 45. Kf4 a5 46. Bb5 Ke7 47. Ke5 h5 48. Bd3 g5
49. Be2 h4 50. Bg4 a4 51. Kd4 Kd6 52. Bd1 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "Port Barcares"]
[Date "2005.05.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sulava, Nenad"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2005.05.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Ng5
Bg4 {A rare move instead of the normal} (8... Bd5) 9. f3 {Of course this pawn
disrupts White's play but does it compensate Black's loss of several tempi?
The answer is apparently positive!} (9. Qa4 h6 10. Nge4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 c6 12.
Qxc4 Nd7 13. h3 Bf5 14. Nc5 e5 (14... Nxc5 $5 15. Qxc5 Be4) 15. Nxd7 exf4 16.
Nxf8 fxe3 17. fxe3 Qh4+ 18. Kd2 Rxf8 $44 {0-1 Csiszar,C-Szabo,Z/Balatonlelle
2001/EXT 2004 (30)}) 9... Bc8 10. Bxc4 e6 (10... h6 11. Nge4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Nc6
13. Bg3 e5 14. d5 Ne7 15. Bf2 Nf5 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. O-O Qe7 18. Qb3 Rab8 19. Rfd1
Nd6 20. Bd3 Bf5 21. Nxd6 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 cxd6 23. e4 $16 {1-0 Mirzoev,A-Bofill
Mas,A/Banyoles 2004/EXT 2005 (30)}) (10... c6 $5 11. Qb3 e6 12. Nge4 Nd5 (12...
Nbd7 13. Bg5 Qa5 14. O-O Nd5 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Nd6 f6 17. Bf4 Nb6 18. Nce4 Nd7
19. Nxc8 Raxc8 20. Nd6 Rb8 21. Nxb7 Qb6 22. Bxb8 Rxb8 23. Nc5 $18 {1-0 Meduna,
E-Jansa,V/Czechia 2003/EXT 2004 (27)}) 13. Bxd5 cxd5 (13... exd5 14. Nd6) 14.
Nd6 Nc6 15. Nxb7 Qh4+ 16. Bg3 Qh6 17. Ne2 Bxb7 18. Qxb7 Na5 19. Qb4 Nc4 $44 {
0-1 Karpov,A-Kasparov,G/New York 2002/CBM 093/[Ftacnik] (52)}) 11. Nge4 (11. h4
h6 12. Nge4 Nd5 13. g3 b6 14. Bb3 Na6 15. Kf2 Bb7 16. Qe2 {1/2-1/2 Dreev,
A-Sutovsky,E/Essen 2000/CBM 077}) 11... Nd5 12. Bxd5 {The arising structure,
without White's light-squared bishop, is quite favourable for Black.} (12. g3
$5) 12... exd5 13. Nf2 (13. Nb5 $2 c6 14. Nc7 dxe4 15. Nxa8 Na6 {and the a8
knight will be lost.}) 13... c6 14. O-O Re8 15. Kh1 Be6 16. e4 $6 Na6 $6 {
Black could have safely taken the pawn:} (16... dxe4 17. Nfxe4 Qxd4 18. Qxd4
Bxd4 19. Rfd1 Bg7 {although after} 20. Nc5 (20. Nd6 Re7 21. Nf5 (21. Nxb7 $2
Bxc3) 21... Rd7 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 {and Black has some winning chances.}) (20. Bg5
Nd7 21. Nd6 Reb8) 20... b6 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. b3 {White's counterplay could be
sufficient to save the game.}) 17. e5 c5 $6 {A self-weakening move.} (17... f6
$142 $13) 18. dxc5 Nxc5 {[%csl Rd5]} 19. Nb5 Na6 20. Nd6 Rf8 21. Qd2 (21. Nxb7
Qb6 22. Nd6 Qxb2 23. Nd3 Qa3 24. Qd2 $16) 21... Qb6 22. Nd3 f6 23. Be3 $2 {
Giving up a pawn without serious reason. Of course, White will have a
compensation but hardly any real advantage.} (23. exf6 Rxf6 (23... Bxf6 24. a4)
24. a4 $16 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Ya4a5]}) 23... d4 24. Bh6 fxe5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26.
Ne4 $44 Qb5 27. a4 (27. Nec5 Bf5 $1) 27... Qd5 (27... Qxa4 28. Qg5) 28. b4 (28.
Rfe1 $5 {[%csl Re5]}) 28... Rac8 29. Qg5 (29. Rxc8 Bxc8 (29... Rxc8 30. Qg5 Rf8
31. Nxe5 Qd8 32. Qd2 Qd5 33. Re1 $1 $14 {[%csl Ra6]}) 30. Rc1 Bf5 31. b5 $36)
29... h6 30. Qh4 b6 31. Rxc8 Bxc8 32. Rc1 Bf5 33. b5 Nb8 34. Qe7+ Rf7 35. Qxe5+
Qxe5 36. Nxe5 {[%mdl 4096] White has recaptured the pawn and the endgame
should end in a draw. However...} Re7 37. Nc6 (37. Nd3 $142 Bxe4 38. fxe4 Rxe4
39. Rc7+ Kf6 40. Kg1 Re3 41. Rxa7 $1 Rxd3 42. Rb7 {with an inevitable draw.})
37... Nxc6 38. bxc6 Rc7 39. g4 $2 {A very bad, weakening move.} (39. Kg1 Bxe4
40. fxe4 Kf6 (40... d3 41. Kf2 d2 42. Rd1 Rxc6 43. Rxd2 $11) 41. Kf2 Ke5 42.
Kf3 h5 43. h4 {and the draw is not far away.}) 39... Bxe4 40. fxe4 Kf6 41. Kg2
d3 42. Kf3 d2 43. Rd1 Rxc6 44. Rxd2 Rc3+ 45. Kf2 Ke6 {White is now in trouble:
his g4 pawn is placed awfully and the black rook is very active. Still, he
should save the game by accurate play, giving up one of the pawns but
activating the rook.} 46. Rd8 Rc4 47. Rh8 (47. a5 $5 Rxe4 48. axb6 axb6 49. Rb8
Rb4 50. Kf3 Ke5 51. Re8+ {If the black king goes to help the passed b-pawn,
White is ready to attack Black's kingside pawns, which should secure a draw.})
47... Rxe4 48. Kf3 $2 {A grave error. White gives connected passed pawns to
the opponent, after which Black gradually wins.} (48. a5 $1 {was correct, e.g.}
Rxg4 (48... bxa5 49. Kf3 Re5 50. Rxh6) 49. axb6 axb6 50. Rxh6 {and White
should not lose.}) 48... Rxa4 49. Rxh6 Kf6 50. Rh7 Ra3+ 51. Kf4 Ra4+ 52. Kf3
Ra3+ 53. Kf4 g5+ 54. Ke4 Ra4+ 55. Kf3 (55. Ke3 b5 {[%cal Ch7b7,Cb7b5,Yb5b4,
Ya7a5]}) 55... Kg6 56. Rd7 Rf4+ 57. Kg3 Rf7 58. Rd6+ Rf6 59. Rd8 Rc6 60. Rg8+
Kf6 61. Rf8+ Kg7 62. Ra8 a5 63. Kf3 Rc4 64. Rd8 Rf4+ 65. Kg3 Rf8 66. Rd5 Kg6
67. h4 gxh4+ 68. Kxh4 a4 69. Rg5+ Kh6 70. Rb5 Rb8 71. g5+ Kg7 72. Kg4 a3 73.
Rd5 Ra8 74. Rd7+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Leko,P"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kortschnoj King Tischbierek} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4
O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e4 b5 $1 {* N Adorjan TN} (7... c5) 8. Nxb5 (8. e5 $2 Nd5
$17) 8... Nxe4 9. Bxc4 (9. Nxc7 $2 e5 10. Nxa8 exf4 11. Bxc4 Bb7 $17) (9. Bxc7
Qd7 10. Bxc4 a6 11. Nc3 (11. Na3 Nc6 12. Be5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qg4 $1 14. O-O Bb7
15. h3 Qf4 $17) 11... Nxf2 $1) 9... c6 (9... Nd6 $2 10. Nxc7 $1 Qxc7 11. Bxf7+
Rxf7 12. Rxc7 Rxf4 13. Qb3+ $16) 10. Nc3 (10. Nc7 $2 e5 11. Nxa8 exf4 $17)
10... Nd6 (10... Nxc3 $5 11. bxc3 (11. Rxc3 c5 12. Be5 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14.
Bxd4 Bb7 $10) 11... Nd7 12. O-O Nb6 $10) 11. Be2 Nf5 12. Be5 Bh6 $1 13. Rc2 (
13. g4 Nd6 $8 14. g5 Bg7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. h4 $13) 13... Nd7 14. O-O (14. g4
Nd6 15. g5 Bg7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. h4 Qa5) 14... Qa5 15. Bc4 (15. Qd3 $5 Bb7 16.
Qe4 Qb4 $1) 15... Ba6 16. Qe2 (16. b4 $5 Qb6 (16... Qa3 17. Nb1 Qa4 18. Nc3)
17. Na4 Qxb4 (17... Qb7 $5) 18. Bxa6 Qxa4 19. Bb7 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Rad8 21. Bxc6
$1 $10) 16... Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Rac8 18. h3 $2 (18. b4 Qb6 19. Na4 Qb5 $15) (18.
Ne4 Qd5 19. Nc5 Qxc4 20. Rxc4 Nb6 21. Rc2 Rfd8 $15) (18. Re2 $1 {Kortschnoj})
18... c5 $1 $17 19. Ne4 (19. d5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Nd4 $19) (19. Nd5 cxd4 20. Bc7 (
20. Qxc8 Rxc8 21. Rxc8+ Bf8 $19) 20... Nb6 $17) 19... cxd4 20. Qxc8 {*} (20.
Bc7 Nb6) 20... Rxc8 $6 (20... Nxe5 $1 21. Qc5 (21. Nxe5 Rxc8 22. Rxc8+ Kg7 23.
Rc5 Qxa2 24. g4 (24. Nd3 Qb3) 24... Nd6 $1 $19) (21. Qb7 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Qxa2
$17 (22... d3 23. Rc3 d2 $17)) 21... Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Qxa2 $17) 21. Rxc8+ Bf8 22.
Bf4 (22. Bxd4 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Qd5 24. Nc3 $1 {Tischbierek} Qb7 (24... Qxd4 25.
Rd1) 25. Rd8 Qxb2 26. Rxd7 Qxc3 $15) 22... Qxa2 {King: White is simply too
many pawns down. In striving to create some play with g4, the situation
becomes worse as the king is fatally weakened.} 23. g4 $1 (23. Rd8 $6 {Piket,J}
Qd5 (23... Qa4 24. Re1 f6 25. g4 Ng7 26. Bh6 Ne6 (26... Kf7 27. Neg5+ $1) 27.
Nxf6+ exf6 28. Rxe6 Kf7 29. Rde8 $1 Bc5 $10 (29... Bxh6 $4 30. R6e7#)) 24. Re1
f6 25. Nd6 Nc5 $1 $19) 23... Qd5 24. Re1 Ng7 25. Ned2 Ne6 26. Bh6 f6 (26... Qb7
$6 27. Rec1 Nb6 (27... Qxb2 $1 28. Rb1 Qa3) 28. Re8 Qd7 29. Rb8) 27. Bxf8 (27.
Nxd4 $1 Qxd4 $1 (27... Nxd4 28. Rxe7 Ne6 29. Rce8 $1) 28. Rxe6 Kf7 29. Be3 Qxb2
30. Ra6 Qb7 31. Rac6 (31. Rcc6 Nb6 $1 (31... Nb8 32. Rxf6+ $1 $10)) 31... a5
32. R6c7 Qb5 33. Ra7 $15) 27... Ndxf8 $17 28. Rc4 Kf7 29. Ra4 a5 30. Rea1 Nf4 {
King: Look at the white knights. This is a common problem when facing the
queen: although they protect each other, they are rigid; as soon as they move
away from each other, they are simply too loose. (Think back to Parker-King in
the introduction). In general, rooks work more effectively with bishops.} 31.
Rxa5 (31. Rxd4 $2 Ne2+) 31... Qd6 (31... Nxh3+ $2 32. Kh2) 32. Ra7 Nxh3+ 33.
Kf1 Ne6 34. R1a6 Qb4 35. Kg2 Nhf4+ 36. Kh2 Qxb2 37. Rd6 Qb8 38. Rdd7 Nd5+ 39.
Kg1 Nc5 $19 40. Rxd5 Qxa7 41. Rxd4 Ne6 42. Rc4 Qd7 43. g5 Qd5 44. gxf6 exf6 45.
Ne4 g5 (45... Qxc4 $4 46. Nd6+) 46. Rb4 Kg6 47. Kg2 Nf4+ 48. Kg3 Qf5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Grigorov, Grigor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e4 Bg4 8. Be3
Nfd7 9. Bxc4 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nb6 11. Bb5 e6 12. h4 a6 13. Be2 Nc6 14. e5 Qe7 15.
Rc2 Nb4 16. Rd2 N4d5 17. Ne4 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Nd5 19. Qb3 c5 20. f4 cxd4 21. Rxd4
b5 22. Nd6 Rad8 23. h5 Qc7 $2 (23... Rxd6 24. exd6 Qb7 $11) 24. Rxd5 $2 (24.
Bf3 Nb6 25. Ke2 $16) 24... exd5 $11 25. Qxd5 Rfe8 26. h6 $2 (26. Kf2 Re6 27.
hxg6 $11) 26... Rxd6 $2 (26... Qc1+ 27. Kf2 Rxd6 $19) 27. Qxd6 $11 Qxd6 28.
exd6 Bxb2 29. Kf2 Rd8 30. Rd1 Ba3 31. d7 Kf8 32. Bf3 Ke7 33. Bc6 Bd6 34. Kf3
Bc7 35. e4 Rb8 36. e5 a5 37. Rd5 b4 38. Ba4 Bd8 39. Ke4 Ra8 40. Rd6 Ra7 41. Rf6
Rc7 (41... Kf8 42. Kd5 $1 $16) 42. Bb3 $18 Kxd7 43. Rxf7+ Kc6 44. Rg7 Kc5 45.
Ba4 Re7 46. Kd3 Kd5 47. Bb3+ Kc5 48. Bg8 a4 49. Bxh7 b3 50. axb3 a3 51. Bg8 Kb4
52. Rxe7 Bxe7 53. Kc2 Bf8 54. e6 1-0

[Event "Metz op 30th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2012.04.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Koziak, Vitali"]
[Black "Turov, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2012.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 (4... O-O 5. e4) 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4
7. e3 (7. e4 {L'alternative}) 7... Be6 8. Ng5 Bd5 9. e4 (9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxc4
Nxf4 11. Qf3 $1 e6 12. Qxf4) 9... h6 10. exd5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 b5 $5 (11... Nxd5)
(11... c6 12. Bxc4 cxd5 13. Bxf6 exf6 14. Bxd5 Re8+ 15. Kf1 Nc6 16. h4 f5 17.
h5 Qg5 18. hxg6 Qxg6 19. Ne2 Qd6 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Qc2 Re6 22. Ng3 Qxd4 23.
Nxf5 Qxb2 24. Nxg7 Qxc2 25. Rxc2 Kxg7 26. Rh4 Rc8 27. Rhc4 Kf6 28. g3 Ke7 29.
R2c3 Rc7 30. Rc2 Kd6 31. Rd2+ Ke5 {1/2-1/2 (31) Lupulescu,C (2614)-Vachier
Lagrave,M (2686) Istanbul 2012}) 12. Be2 (12. Qf3) (12. h4 c6 13. Qf3 (13. h5
$5 Nxh5 14. g4 Nf6 15. Qf3 Qd7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Bg2 (17. Qh3 Rd8)) 13... cxd5
{Bronstein,D (2570)-Zilberstein,V (2470) URS-ch FL Tbilisi 1973 (3) 1-0}) 12...
c6 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. Bxf6 $6 (14. d5 $142 Nb4 15. O-O Nfxd5 {Ftacnik,L (2573)
-Sutovsky,E (2637) EU-ch 8th Dresden 2007 (10) 1/2}) 14... Bxf6 15. Nxb5 Rb8
$132 {[%csl Rb2,Rd4,Re1]} 16. Bxc4 $2 $146 (16. Qa4 Nxd4 (16... Qa5+ 17. Qxa5
Nxa5 18. a4 a6 19. Na3 Rxb2 20. Nxc4 Nxc4 21. Bxc4 a5 22. O-O Bxd4 $36) 17.
Nxd4 Qxd4 18. O-O Rxb2 {1/2-1/2 (18) Peuraniemi,P (2452)-Krzyzanowski,W (2456)
ICCF corr 1997}) 16... Rxb5 $1 17. Bxb5 Qa5+ 18. Rc3 Qxb5 19. Qe2 Qb6 20. O-O
Nxd4 21. Qd2 Rd8 $19 {[%cal Gd4f3]} 22. Kh1 $2 Nf3 0-1

[Event "Sautron op 16th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2016.10.29"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Koziak, Vitali"]
[Black "Bedouin, Xavier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2016.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 Be6 {[%emt 1:25:00]}
7. e3 {[%emt 1:27:00]} dxc4 (7... c6) 8. Ng5 Bd5 (8... Bg4 9. f3 Bc8 10. Bxc4
$14) 9. e4 h6 10. exd5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Nxd5 (11... b5 12. Qf3 b4 (12... c6)) 12.
Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nc6 {[%csl Rd4]} 14. d5 Nd4 $132 {[%csl Gd4,Rd5] Le P"d5" est
assez faible} 15. O-O Qd7 (15... Nxb3 16. Qxb3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qxd5 18. Bxe7 $11
{Gershon,A (2556)-Horvath,J (2535) EU-Cup 18th Kallithea 2002 (6.2) 1/2}) 16.
Re1 {[%emt 1:26:00]} Rfe8 {[%emt 1:22:00]} 17. h4 {[%emt 1:18:00]} (17. Be3
Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxd5 20. c4 Qc6 21. Bd4 $44 {[%csl Gd4,Rg8];Amos,
B-Larsen,B USA 1968 0-1}) 17... Rac8 {[%emt 1:10:00][%cal Gc7c6] Un coup un
peu passif} (17... Rad8 18. Ba4 Nxa4 19. Qxa4 Qxa4 20. Nxa4 Rd7 21. b3 Nb5 22.
Nc5 Rxd5 23. Nxb7 Nc3 24. Rc2 Rb8 25. Bd2 Nb5 26. Na5 Na3 27. Rxc7 Rxd2 28. Nc6
Nb5 29. Rcxe7 Rb6 30. Re8+ Kh7 31. Ne5 Bxe5 32. R1xe5 Rxa2 33. R8e7 Kg7 34. h5
gxh5 35. Rxh5 Nd4 36. Rd5 Ne2+ 37. Kf1 Rh6 38. g3 Nxg3+ 39. Kg2 Nh5 {0-1 (39)
Istratescu,A (2667)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2758) Saint-Quentin 2014}) 18. Re3 $146
{[%emt 0:37:00][%cal Gh4h5,Ge3h3]} (18. Na4 Nxa4 19. Bxa4 b5 20. Bb3 a5 21. a3
Nxb3 22. Qxb3 a4 23. Qb4 Qxd5 24. Rc5 Qd4 25. Rxb5 c5 26. Qd2 Qxd2 27. Bxd2 Bd4
28. Bc3 Kf8 29. Kf1 Rb8 30. Ra5 Ra8 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32. Bxd4 cxd4 33. Re4 Rd8 34.
g4 f6 35. f4 Kf7 36. Ke2 {1/2-1/2 (36) Becsenescu,F-Kukla,K (2249) ICCF email
2007}) 18... c6 {[%emt 1:40:00]} 19. h5 $36 {[%emt 0:28:00]} gxh5 {[%emt 1:40:
00]} 20. Qxh5 Qf5 $1 {[%csl Gh7]} 21. g4 $5 {[%emt 0:15:00] Un coup risqué et
au surplus, il ne reste plus que 15 mns aux Blancs pour passer le contrôle de
temps dans cette position compliquée} Qg6 {[%emt 0:27:00]} 22. Qxg6 fxg6 23.
dxc6+ {[%csl Gb3]} Nxb3 24. axb3 Rxc6 25. Rd1 (25. Rce1 e6) 25... e6 26. Bf4 {
[%emt 0:02:00]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:20:00]} 27. Be5 Bxe5 28. Rxe5 Rf4 29. Rd8+ Kf7 30.
Re4 {[%emt 0:02:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:13:00]} 31. Rxf4+ exf4 32. Rb8 Rc7 33. Nb5 {
[%cal Gb8b7]} Rd7 34. Nxa7 (34. Rxb7 Rxb7 35. Nd6+ Ke6 36. Nxb7 Kd5 (36... f3 {
[%csl Rg4]} 37. Kh2 Ke5 38. Kg3 Ke4 39. Nd6+ {[%csl Rf3]})) 34... Kf6 35. Nc6
Kg5 36. Na5 Kxg4 37. Rxb7 Rd1+ 38. Kg2 f3+ 39. Kh2 Nd5 40. Nc4 Rf1 41. Ne5+ {
[%emt 0:30:00]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:13:00]} 42. Nxg6+ Ke4 43. Nh4 Rxf2+ 44. Kg3 $1 {
[%cal Gh4f3,Gg3f2]} Rd2 45. Rf7 f2 $1 46. Rxf2 Rxf2 47. Kxf2 Kd3 48. Nf5 Kc2
49. Ne3+ Nxe3 50. Kxe3 Kxb3 51. Kd2 Kxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.18"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Rogers,I"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[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 "Australia"]
[BlackTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 Nc6 $6 {An
experiment but not one which Sokolov is likely to repeat.} 7. e3 Be6 8. h3 $1
h6 ({Sokolov's original plan of} 8... dxc4 {is highly unpleasant for Black
after} 9. e4) 9. b3 Rc8 10. Be2 g5 11. Bh2 Bf5 12. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 $2 {
White had originally intended 13.dxe5 but at the last moment saw ghosts and
played the insipid text move, losing most of White's advantage.} ({After} 13.
dxe5 $1 {White was worried about} Nd7 14. Qxd5 c6 15. Qd4 Qa5 {when Black has
no problems}) ({but he overlooked that} 13. dxe5 $1 Nd7 14. cxd5 $1 {was
extremely strong, e.g.} Nxe5 15. O-O c6 16. f4 $1 gxf4 17. exf4 Ng6 18. g4 Bd7
19. d6 $1 {with a large advantage for White.}) ({Sokolov had seen this
variation and had decided to try his luck with} 13. dxe5 $1 Ne4 $5 {, although
after} 14. Qxd5 Nxc3 15. Rxc3 c6 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 {Black's compensation for the
pawn is inadequate.}) 13... c6 14. O-O Ne4 $1 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. cxd5 cxd5 17.
Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Qd2 Qb6 19. b4 Qe6 20. Rc5 b6 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rc1 Qd7 23. Rc3
Rxc3 24. Qxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.30"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Mirumian, Vigen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Rogers,I"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[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 "Australia"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e4 b5 $6 {
Diagram [#] When Leko first beat Van Wely with this move, in Groningen 1995,
it was hailed as a virtual refutation of the 6.Rc1 system. Since then, however,
Leko's compatriot, Lajos Portisch discovered a simple antidote to the move,
which he used successfully in Biel against Vladimir Tukmakov a month before
the Olympiad. It seems that Mirumian did not know of the Portisch game since
after...} 8. Nxb5 $1 Nxe4 9. Bxc7 $1 Qd7 10. Bxc4 a6 11. Na3 Nc6 12. O-O $1 {
...he began to ponder deeply. Eventually he, like Tukmakov, captured the
bishop on c7.} Qxc7 $6 ({However} 12... Bb7 {is probably the only move to
offer Black any compensation at all for the sacrificed pawn.}) 13. Bd5 Qf4 ({
Slightly better than Tukmakov's} 13... Nf6 {(1-0 (29) Portisch,L (2600)
-Tukmakov,V (2580) Biel 1996 CBM 055 [ChessBase]) but Black's activity is
merely temporary.}) 14. Bxc6 Rb8 15. g3 Qf5 $1 16. Nc4 ({Originally I thought
that 15...Qf5 was a losing move due to} 16. Nh4 Qe6 17. Re1 {but then I
noticed Black's idea - he can play the remarkable} Nxf2 $3 {and after} 18. Kxf2
Rxb2+ 19. Kg1 {Black can choose between} Qd6 (19... Qf6) ({and} 19... Qxa2 {
. This all seemed far too messy for me; after all, White is a safe pawn ahead
so why be greedy?})) 16... Rd8 $2 ({It was high time to retreat the knight
from its exposed square on e4 to f6 so that} 16... Nf6 17. Ne3 {can be met by})
17. Ne3 Qe6 18. b3 $1 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Qd3 Nf6 21. Qc4 Qd6 22. Qc6 Rb6 23.
Qxd6 Rbxd6 24. Rfe1 e6 25. Nc4 Rd5 26. Nce5 Nd7 27. Nc6 $1 {The rest of the
game is the proverbial matter of technique. White must avoid exchanges for the
time being to better shield his isolated d pawn and prepare to harass Black's
weak a pawn.} Re8 28. Rc4 Kf8 29. Rec1 Bf6 30. Nb4 Rf5 31. Kg2 a5 32. Nc2 Nb6
33. Rc6 Rb8 34. Ne3 Rb5 35. R1c5 Nd7 36. Rxb5 Rxb5 37. Rc7 Nb8 38. Nc4 Be7 39.
Nfe5 f6 40. Nd3 g5 {Black has reached the time control with precisely a second
to spare but his last move, preventing 41.Nf4, allows a different path to
victory for White.} 41. Nc5 $1 Bxc5 42. dxc5 Na6 43. Rc6 $1 Nb4 (43... Nxc5 {
loses to} 44. a4) 44. Rc8+ Ke7 45. a4 (45. a4 Rb7 46. Nxa5 {is completely
hopeless.}) 1-0

[Event "Asian Continental op 18th"]
[Site "Xingtai"]
[Date "2019.06.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sethuraman, SP."]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Sethuraman,SP"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2019.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,145,17,16,23,-11,43,32,67,39,39,36,30,8,33,33,34,35,46,49,50,50,49,48,
29,30,62,83,83,89,89,95,95,95,93,101,98,98,112,107,111,117,137,127,116,103,122,
134,125,91,90,89,96,81,78,65,62,72,72,78,72,76,120,101,121,121,108,103,103,115,
119,112,118,117,117,117,117,117,117,112,112,117,117,119,115,127,127,116,111,
115,119,130,124,130,135,136,136,158,137,132,181,136,143,121,152,155,181,181,
181,178,181,181,181,181,205,205,205,205,297,335,278,278,278,278,278,321,293,
330,330,330,330,330,323,323,352,496,540,540,540,499,540,830,1002,1002,1012,
1012,1012,1022] This was the penaltimate round and I was facing my fourth
Indian in the tournament :) as the tournament had more Indians than Chinese.
Abijith Gupta and myself were leading by half a point against the rest of the
field. This game was important for both of us for the qualification for the
world cup as well as for the championship title.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5
{Grunfeld is always the main choice of my opponent} 4. Bf4 {This recently came
into popularity after Radek won a nice game against Mamedaryov in the Fide
Grand Prix. It looks harmless, but in fact it can be really nasty if Black is
not responding in accurate way as it is one the lines where White is in
absolute control. And also, back then in 2009 I won against my opponent in the
same line. So I thought why not to repeat it once again :)} Bg7 5. e3 O-O (5...
c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Nge2 (9. Nf3 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Qa5 11. O-O
Na6 12. Bc4 Nc5 13. Nd4 Bg4 14. f3 Bd7 15. a3 Qb6 16. b4 Ne6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18.
Na4 Qc6 19. Qb3 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Qe8 21. Rc7 $16 {1-0 (45) Sethuraman,S (2447)
-Gupta,A (2578) Mumbai 2009}) 9... Qxc5 10. Qb3 Qa5 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Nb5 Ne4
13. Bc7 b6 14. Bxf7+ Rxf7 15. Qd5 Nec5 16. Qxa8 Qxb5 $132 {was unclear in
Wojtaszek,R (2724)-Mamedyarov,S (2781) Moscow 2019 but later white won the game
}) 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Be6 {One of the critical lines.} 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Be2 dxc4 {
This was quite a surprise for me. I never consindered this move in my
preparations which actually looks very natural.} (9... Ne4 {was supposed to be
the main option here:} 10. Nd4 Nxd4 11. exd4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 dxc4 13. Bf3 {
Black has to be bit careful here though objectively after some precise moves
he should be fine.}) 10. Ng5 (10. Qxd8 $6 Nxd8 (10... Raxd8 11. Ng5 Bg4)) 10...
Nd5 {My opponent played this instantly with a draw offer. I was more worried
about the other options, because here I have a risk free edge.} (10... Qxd1+
11. Rxd1 Nd8 $5 {[%cal Ga8c8] Quite a weird idea, but it looks very
interesting, with Rc8 to follow. Here White has to play like computer to get a
better position. I was quite concerned about this during the game.} 12. e4 Rc8
13. Bc1 $1 (13. Be3 Ng4 14. Nxe6 (14. Bxg4 Bxg4 15. f3 Be6 16. Ke2 b5 $1 17.
Nxb5 Rb8 18. Nxa7 Rxb2+ 19. Rd2 Rxd2+ 20. Kxd2 Bd7 21. Rb1 Nc6 22. Nxc6 Bxc6
23. Rb6 Rd8+ 24. Ke2 Bd4 $1 $132) 14... Nxe3 15. Rxd8 Nxg2+ 16. Kf1 Rfxd8 17.
Nxd8 Nf4 18. Nxb7 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rc7 20. c6 Rxc6 21. Ke1 Rc7 22. Nd8 Rc8 23. Nb7
$11) 13... Rxc5 14. f4 Bg4 15. e5 Bxe2 16. Kxe2 Ng4 17. Nge4 $14) 11. Nxe6 fxe6
12. Bxc4 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Nxf4 14. exf4 Qxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Rxf4 16. Bxe6+ Kg7 17. O-O
Rd8 18. Bd5 {So far all is kind of forced.} Na5 $2 {Knight on the rim... In
fact, now the bishop on d5 looks very strong and Black's knight is tied to
protect the b7 pawn.} (18... Rf5 {with good chances to hold as Black has to do
something quite dynamic to liquidate.} 19. c4 (19. Bxc6 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 bxc6 21.
Rd7 Kf6 22. Rxa7 Rxc5 23. Ra3 {With decent chances to hold thanks to active
position of pieces}) 19... Nb4 20. Rb1 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Rd7 $1 22. c6 bxc6 23.
dxc6 Rc7 24. Rfc1 Rf6 25. Rb7 Rxb7 26. cxb7 Rb6 $11) 19. Rfe1 Kf8 20. g3 Rf6
21. h4 {Gaining space.} Rd7 22. Be4 (22. Kg2 {was quite simple as Black simply
can't move.} Rf5 (22... Rc7 23. Be6 $16) 23. c4 $16) 22... Ke8 $2 (22... Rc7
$142 23. Rd8+ Kg7 24. Red1 Rxc5 25. R1d7 Re5 26. Bd5 $16) 23. Rxd7 Kxd7 24.
Rd1+ Kc7 25. Rd5 {I wanted to push h5 and create a weakness on g6.} Re6 26. f3
Nc6 (26... Nc4 27. Rd4 $1 (27. h5 Ne5 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Kg2 Nd7 30. Rg5 Ra6 31.
Bb1 Nf8 $16) 27... Ne5 28. Bd5 Rf6 29. Re4 $1 $16) 27. h5 (27. Rg5 $1 {
Preventing Ne5 as well as threating h5 was stronger} Nb8 28. Bd5 Ra6 29. c6 $1
{[%csl Ra6,Gh7][%cal Gd5g8]}) 27... Ne5 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Kg2 Nd7 30. Rg5 Nf8
$6 (30... Ra6 31. Bb1 {White is still better but Black has some chances here.})
31. a4 (31. c6 $1 bxc6 {Black's pieces are all shut down and tied to g6 pawn.
Now White can simply bring his king with f4, g4 and at some point Black will
run out of moves.} 32. Kf2 $16) 31... Ra6 32. Bc2 Ra5 33. f4 Nd7 34. c6 $1 {
The whole idea of 31.a4 was connected to this and I assumed the arising
endgame to be clearly winning which is not the case and in fact it is not at
all easy.} Rxg5 35. fxg5 Nf8 (35... bxc6 36. Bxg6 Ne5 37. Bh7 $18) 36. cxb7
Kxb7 37. Kf3 {Now I thought maybe Black can build some kind of fortress here.
Then Magnus' words came to my mind that he doesn't believe in fortresses. When
the World Champion says so, why worry :). But after some moves I realised that
perhaps indeed there is a fortress coming which will be very hard to break and
I was right. In the game Black had chances to hold.} Kc6 38. Ke4 Kc5 $2 (38...
Kd6 $1 39. Kd4 e5+ 40. Kc4 Ne6 41. Bxg6 Nxg5 42. g4 Nf3 43. Bc2 Ng5 44. a5 (44.
Kb5 $2 e4 $11) 44... Kc6 {And not easy to find an winning plan}) 39. Bb3 Nh7 (
39... Kd6 40. Bf7) 40. Kf4 (40. Ke5 $1 Nxg5 41. Bc2 $18 {was nice and simple.})
40... Kd6 41. Bf7 $2 (41. Bg8 $1 e5+ 42. Kg4 Nf8 43. a5 Nd7 44. Bf7 $18 {
with tempo as compared to the game.}) 41... e5+ 42. Kg4 Nf8 43. Kf3 Ke7 44. Bg8
Nd7 45. Ke4 Kd6 (45... Nc5+ 46. Kxe5 Nxa4 47. Kd4 Kd6 48. Bf7 Nc5 49. Bxg6 Ne6+
50. Ke4 Nxg5+ 51. Kf5 Ne6 52. g4 $18) 46. a5 Nc5+ 47. Ke3 Nb7 $2 (47... Ke7 {
and Black builds a fortress .} 48. Bd5 Kf8 49. Kd2 Ke7 50. Kc2 Kd6 51. Bf7 (51.
c4 e4 $132) 51... Ne4 52. Bxg6 Nxg5) 48. Bf7 Nxa5 49. Bxg6 $18 {I was
completely relieved here after missing simple wins before} Nb7 50. Ke4 $6 {
Not a precise way but with less time it looked natural to advance the king} (
50. Bh5 {The computer's killer choice was winning on the spot:} Nc5 51. g6 Ne6
52. Ke4 $18) 50... Nc5+ 51. Kf5 a5 (51... e4 52. Kf4 Ne6+ 53. Kxe4 Nxg5+ 54.
Kf5 $18 {Hope this is winning :)}) 52. Bh5 a4 53. g6 Ne6 54. Bd1 a3 55. Bb3 {
Now its 100 percent winning :)} Ng7+ 56. Ke4 Nh5 57. g4 Ng7 58. Ba2 Ne8 59. c4
Ke6 60. c5+ Kf6 61. Bf7 Ng7 62. c6 Ne8 63. g5+ Kg7 64. Kxe5 Nc7 65. Kd6 Na6 66.
Ke7 Nb8 67. c7 Nc6+ 68. Kd6 Na7 69. Kc5 Nc8 70. Kb4 Nd6 71. Kb3 Kf8 72. Be6 Kg7
73. Bf5 $143 {I was happy to finally convert to a win after many missed
moments . Thanks to this victory, I emerged as the sole leader but I lost the
last round againt Le Quang and it was painful to lose the tile after leading
the whole tournament. Le Quang was a deserved winner as he made a good
comeback after initial hiccups and played a perfect game against me maintaing
good nerves. The only consolation for me was I qualified to the world cup
securing bronze medal.} 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2001.07.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 ({Accepting the pawn
sacrifice} 6. cxd5 $6 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. Bxc7 {deserves attention, if White
has played e3 instead of Nf3, then the important manoeuvre Ne2-c3 allows him
to cover the c-file at a suitable moment. But here after} Nc6 9. e3 Bf5 10. Be2
Rac8 $44 {|^ Black's lead in development and initiative is threatening.}) (6.
e3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Qa5 $11 {
has a drawish reputation.}) 6... dxc4 (6... c5 7. dxc5 Be6 ({The pawn sacrifice
} 7... Na6 8. cxd5 Nxc5 9. e3 Bf5 10. Bc4 {is rather speculative}) (7... dxc4
8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. e4 Na6 10. e5 Ne8 11. Be3 Be6 12. Ng5 Nec7 13. f4 Bh6 14. Nxe6
Nxe6 15. g3 Naxc5 16. Bxc4 a6 17. Nd5 b5 18. Nxe7+ Kf8 19. Bxe6 Nd3+ 20. Ke2
Nxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Kxe7 22. Bh3 $44 {/+/-,Zvjaginsev,V-Turov,M/Linares op/2001/}) (
7... Qa5 $2 8. cxd5 Rd8 9. Bd2 Qxc5 10. e4 $16) 8. Nd4 Nc6 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. e3
Qa5 11. Be2 {or even} (11. Qa4 Qxc5 12. Be2 {despite official theory promising
Black equality is not so simple and in practice White has been doing well
thanks to his ^^ and better pawns.})) (6... c6 7. e3 Bg4 (7... Be6 $5 $132 {
are both fully playable, but more passive than the most popular text move.}))
7. e3 (7. e4 Bg4 8. Bxc4 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nh5 10. Be3 e5 $1 11. dxe5 Bxe5 (11...
Qh4 12. Bxf7+ $5 Rxf7 13. e6 Rf8 14. Qb3 Nc6 15. e7+ Kh8 16. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 17.
Kd2 Nd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Kc2 b6 20. Kb1 Qxf2 21. Rhf1 $16 {Bosboom,M-Finkel,A/
Dieren op/1997/}) 12. Qxd8 (12. Qb3 $6 Nc6 13. Qxb7 Qf6 $44 {->}) 12... Rxd8
13. O-O Nd7 14. Rc2 Nb6 15. Bb3 c6 16. Ne2 Rd3 17. f4 Bc7 18. Rd2 Rxd2 19. Bxd2
Re8 20. e5 Rd8 21. Be3 Ng7 22. Kg2 Nf5 23. Kf3 Kg7 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Bxd1 Nxe3
26. fxe3 Nc4 $11 {Epishin,V-Ftacnik,L/Bad Zwesten op/1999/}) 7... c5 {A
reliable alternative, but the main excitement recently took place in the
variation} (7... Be6 8. Ng5 Bd5 (8... Bg4 $5 9. f3 Bc8 10. Bxc4 e6 11. h4 h6
12. Nge4 Nd5 13. g3 b6 14. Bb3 Na6 15. Kf2 Bb7 16. Qe2 $13 {Dreev,A-Sutovsky,E/
Essen/2000/}) 9. e4 h6 10. exd5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Nxd5 (11... b5 $5 12. Qf3 c6 $1 (
12... b4 13. Ne4 Nxd5 14. Bxc4 Nb6 15. Be3 $1 $36 {/\} Nc6 $2 16. Ng5 $18) 13.
dxc6 Qxd4 14. Be2 a6 15. O-O Qc5 16. Be3 Qxc6 17. a4 e6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nxb5
Ra2 20. Qxc6 Nxc6 21. Bc5 Rb8 22. Bxc4 Rxb2 23. Bd6 Rb6 24. Nc3 Na5 25. Na4 Bh6
$11 {Babula,V-Kasparov,G/Prague sim/2001/}) 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nc6 (13...
Bxd4 $2 14. Nb5 $36) 14. Ne2 $5 (14. d5 Nd4 15. O-O Qd7 $11 {is too sterile.})
{A safer move is} 14... a5 (14... Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. O-O $44 (16. Qc2 $5
Qd6 17. Qxc7 Rac8 $132)) (14... Na5 15. Bc2 (15. h4 $5) 15... Qd5 16. h4 Qxg2
17. Rg1 Qh2 18. Be4 Rad8 19. Rh1 Qd6 20. h5 {Sokolov,I-Stohl,I/Istanbul olm/
2000/} Bxd4 $5 21. Qc2 Qb4+ $13) 15. a3 (15. a4 Rc8 16. Be3 e5 $1 $11 17. d5
Nd4 18. Nc3 $6 Qh4 19. Ba2 c6 20. dxc6 Rxc6 21. O-O Rd8 22. Qe1 Nc4 $15 {
Dreev,A-Ni Hua/Shanghai/2001/}) 15... a4 16. Ba2 Rc8 17. d5 Na5 18. Nc3 Nb3 19.
Bxb3 axb3 20. Qxb3 Bxc3+ 21. Qxc3 Nxd5 22. Qb3 Qd7 23. O-O c6 24. Rfe1 Rc7 25.
Qf3 Rd8 26. Rcd1 f6 $11 {Sokolov,I-Krasenkow,M/Shanghai/2001/}) 8. Bxc4 (8. d5
$6 a6 $132 (8... b5 $5 9. Nxb5 Nxd5 10. Be5 $11)) (8. dxc5 Qa5 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 $11
) 8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 (9. exd4 Bg4 $11 (9... Nbd7 {or}) (9... a6 {also give
Black sufficient <=>.})) 9... Bd7 $1 {This strong move prepares the active
developmnet of the N and has rehabilitated 7...c5.} ({Less convincing is the
older} 9... Nbd7 10. Nf3 $5 a6 11. O-O b5 12. Bd5 $1 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Ra7 14. Rfd1
Qb6 15. Qb3 Nf6 16. e4 Be6 17. Nd5 Qa5 18. Nd4 $36 {Farago,I-Adorjan,A/
Budapest/1971/}) 10. Nb3 ({The seemingly more natural} 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nb3 Na5
12. Be2 (12. Nxa5 Qxa5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 b5 $1 {/\Be6=}) 12... Rc8 13. Bf3
b5 $132 {led even to problems for White after the careless} 14. Qe2 $6 b4 15.
Nd5 Nxb3 16. axb3 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Qb6 18. Bc4 Be6 19. Rfd1 a5 20. h3 Bxc4 21.
Rxc4 Qa6 22. Rdc1 a4 $1 $17 {Dreev,A-Krasenkow,M/Dos Hermanas/2001/}) 10... Qb6
$146 {This novelty is rather ambitious, but the N will not be too well placed
on the edge of the board.} ({More natural and solid is} 10... Nc6 11. Nc5 Bc8
12. O-O Nd7 13. N5e4 Nde5 14. Be2 {1/2,Dreev,A-Smirin,I/Sarajevo/2001/}) 11.
O-O Na6 (11... Nc6 $6 12. Na4 $36 {/\Nac5 is unpleasant.}) (11... Rc8 12. Qe2
$14 {or}) (11... Bc6 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. e4 $36 {is also not ideal, Black's
pieces are uncoordinated.}) 12. Be5 $6 {[%mdl 2048] White puts his hopes on
piece play, from now on the central tension will grow as the pieces will
gradually come into contact. But it seems here he could have pinpointed the
drawbacks of Black's 10-th move with the more energetic} (12. e4 $1 {[%cal
Re4e5,Yf4e3] /\e5,Be3} Bg4 $142 $5 {Black wants to use the temporary
disharmony in White's camp to create <=>.} (12... Rfd8 13. Be3 $142 (13. e5 Be6
(13... Nh5 $2 14. Nd5) 14. Qe2 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Ng4 (15... Rac8 16. Qe2 Nd7 17.
Be3 $14 {()}) 16. Qe4 Nb4 $132 {/\Na2} 17. Na4 Qb5 18. Nc3 Qb6 $11) 13... Qc6 (
13... Qb4 14. Bxa6 bxa6 15. Bc5 Qb7 16. Bxe7 Bg4 17. Qxd8+ Rxd8 18. Bxd8 Nxe4
19. Rfe1 Nxc3 20. bxc3 $16) (13... Qc7 14. Nd5 $14 {/+/-}) 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.
Bxd5 Qb5 16. Nd4 Qxb2 17. Rb1 $36) ({Both} 12... Bc6 13. Qe2 $16 {and}) (12...
Rac8 13. Be3 (13. e5 Bg4 14. exf6 $5 Bxd1 15. fxg7 (15. Nd5 Rxc4 16. fxg7 Kxg7
17. Nxb6 Rxf4 18. Rfxd1 axb6 19. Rd7 Nc5 $11) 15... Kxg7 16. Nxd1 $13 {/+/= is
for those who like complications.}) 13... Qd8 (13... Qb4 $2 14. Bxa6 {a e5}
bxa6 15. e5 $18) 14. Qe2 $16 {also do not solve Black's problems with piece
coordination.} (14. Be2 $36)) 13. Qd3 ({Only after} 13. Qe1 {Black can't again
attack the Q, but who would make such a move?}) 13... Rac8 (13... Rfd8 14. Qg3
$16 {ץg4}) (13... Nb4 14. Qg3 Bd7 (14... Be6 15. Be3 (15. Bxe6 $2 Nh5 $1 $11)
15... Qc6 16. Bb5 {/\} Nxe4 17. Qf3 $18) (14... Rac8 $2 15. Na4 {/\e5+-}) 15.
Be3 $16) 14. Be3 $142 (14. Na4 Qb4 15. Bxa6 Rxc1 $1 (15... bxa6 $143 16. Nac5
Nh5 17. Bd2 Qb6 $14) 16. Rxc1 Qxa4 17. Bxb7 Nh5 $11 {<=>}) 14... Nb4 15. Qb1 (
15. Bxb6 Nxd3 16. Bxd3 axb6 17. e5 Nd7 18. f4 g5 $1 {/\} 19. Nd5 Rxc1 20. Nxe7+
Kh8 21. Nxc1 gxf4 22. Rxf4 Nxe5 23. Bf5 Bh6 $11) 15... Qd8 16. Bc5 ({
Interesting is also the sharp} 16. Nb5 $5 a6 17. Na7 Ra8 18. a3 b5 19. Bxf7+
Rxf7 20. axb4 {/\} Be2 21. Nc6 Qd3 22. Qxd3 Bxd3 23. Rfd1 Bxe4 24. Nd8 Rf8 25.
Ne6 Rfc8 26. Nc7 $16) 16... Nc6 17. h3 Bd7 18. Rfd1 $14 {/+/-} (18. f4 $5 $36 {
Despite Black's efforts White still has pressure.})) 12... Rfd8 13. Qf3 (13.
Bd4 Qd6 14. e4 (14. Qf3 e5 15. Bxa6 exd4 $5 (15... Bc6 $11) 16. Bxb7 Ng4 17. g3
Ne5 18. Qg2 dxc3 19. Bxa8 cxb2 $44) 14... Ng4 (14... Qf4 $5) 15. f4 Bxd4+ (
15... Be6 16. Nb5 Qd7 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Qf3 $16) (15... Ba4 16. Bxg7 Qxd1 (
16... Bxb3 17. Qxd6 Rxd6 18. Bxb3 Kxg7 19. h3 Nh6 20. Nb5 Rd7 21. g4 $36) 17.
Rfxd1 Bxb3 18. Bxb3 Kxg7 19. h3 Nf6 20. e5 Nd7 21. Nd5 $16) 16. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 17.
Nxd4 Nb4 $1 18. a3 Nc6 $11 {/+/=}) 13... Bc6 14. e4 Rd7 15. h4 {Original, but
with the open [+] such a flank attack can rarely be successful.} ({More
logical, but hardly promising any edge was} 15. Nd5 Nxd5 (15... Bxd5 16. exd5
Nc5 17. Bd4 Nfe4 18. Be3 $36) 16. Bxg7 (16. exd5 Bxd5 $5 17. Bxd5 Bxe5 18.
Qxf7+ Kh8 $132) 16... Kxg7 17. exd5 Bb5 18. Rfe1 $13) (15. Rfd1 Rad8 $11) 15...
Rad8 (15... h5 {was probably also possible, but Svidler decides to ignore the
flank aggression.}) 16. h5 Nb4 $6 (16... Nxh5 $6 17. Qxf7+ Kh8 18. Bxg7+ Nxg7
19. Rfd1 $14) (16... Nc5 17. hxg6 (17. Qf4 $143 Nd3 $1 18. Bxd3 Nxh5 $36) 17...
hxg6 18. Nd5 (18. Qf4 $5) 18... Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Nxb3 20. Bxb3 Qa5 21. Bc3 Qh5 $11
) (16... Qb4 $142 $1 17. Bxf6 (17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20.
Bxg7 Kxg7 21. h6+ Kxh6 $8 (21... Kg8 $4 22. Qxd5 $18) 22. Qxf7 Rh5 $15) 17...
Bxf6 (17... Qxc4 {/\} 18. Nd5 Bxd5 $1 19. Rxc4 Bxc4 $11) 18. Nd5 $11 Bxd5 19.
Bxd5 Qd6 20. Rfd1 Qe5 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Bxb7 Nb4 $44) 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Qf4 a5
{Black must look for <=> quickly, as} (18... Nd3 $2 19. Bxd3 Nh5 20. Qh2 Bxe5 (
20... Rxd3 21. Bc7 $16) 21. Qxe5 Rxd3 22. Qxe7 $16 {doesn't work yet.}) 19. Qg5
$1 {[%cal Rg5g6,Re5f6,Rg5a5] /\Qg6,Bf6,Qa5 Consistent.} (19. a3 $2 Nd3 $17)
19... Bxe4 $1 {[]} (19... a4 $2 20. Qxg6 Nbd5 21. Qg5 $1 (21. exd5 fxg6 22.
dxc6+ $36 {is also good, but why sacrifice unnecessarily?}) 21... Nc7 (21...
Nxc3 22. Rxc3 {[%cal Rc3g3] /\Rg3+-}) 22. Na1 $1 $16 {with a material and
positional advantage.} (22. Bxf6 $143 exf6 23. Qc5 Na8 24. Qxb6 Nxb6 25. Na5 f5
$132) (22. Nxa4 Bxa4 23. Nc5 $1 Qxc5 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Rxc5 Ne6 26. Qc1 Nxc5
27. Qxc5 $14)) 20. Na4 $1 {Lautier wants more than a drawish _|_ after the
more modest} (20. Bxf6 exf6 (20... Bxf6 $2 21. Qc5 Qxc5 22. Nxc5 $16 {/\} Bxc3
23. bxc3 Nd3 24. Nxd7 Nxc1 25. Ne5 Nd3 26. Nxf7 $18) 21. Qc5 Qxc5 22. Nxc5 Bd3
23. Rfd1 ({Simpler is} 23. Nxd7 Bxf1 24. Nxf6+ Bxf6 25. Kxf1 $11) 23... Rc7 24.
N3a4 Rd4 $1 (24... b6 $2 25. Nxd3 Nxd3 26. Rc3 $16) 25. Bb3 $1 (25. Bxd3 $2
Nxd3 26. Rxd3 Rxa4 $17) 25... b5 26. Nb6 (26. Nxd3 bxa4 27. Bxa4 Rxc1 28. Nxc1
Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 f5 $11) 26... Rd6 $142 (26... f5 27. a3 (27. Nxd3 Rxc1 28. Nxc1
Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Bxb2 $44) 27... Bc2 (27... a4 28. axb4 axb3 29. Rxd3 Rxc5 30.
bxc5 Rxd3 31. c6 Be5 32. c7 $16) 28. Rxd4 Bxd4 29. axb4 Bxb3 30. Na8 $1 $14)
27. Nxd3 Rxc1 28. Nxc1 Rxb6 29. Rd7 $11) 20... Qa7 21. Nac5 $2 {One can
understand White that he wants to activate the N on the edge. But here} (21.
Nbc5 $142 $1 {/\ and if Black plays as in the game} Rd5 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Bc7
Rc8 24. Bb6 $16) 21... Rd5 $8 {[%mdl 512] This is the only way to sacrifice
the exchange.} (21... Nxa2 $2 22. Nxd7 Rxd7 (22... Nxc1 23. Bxf6 Nxb3 24. Bxg7
Kxg7 25. Qxe7 $18) 23. Nc5 $1 Nxc1 24. Nxd7 Nxd7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qxe7 $18)
22. Bxd5 Bxd5 {Black's forces are centralized and White's material advantage
is hardly felt.} 23. Bc7 (23. a3 Nc6 {[%cal Rb7b6] /\b6} (23... Na2 24. Rcd1 a4
25. Nc1 $14) 24. Nd4 Bxg2 $5 (24... Nh7 25. Nxc6 Nxg5 26. Nxa7 Bxe5 27. Nd3 Bd4
28. Rc8 $11 {/+/=}) 25. Kxg2 Nxd4 26. Rfd1 Nc6 $11) 23... Rc8 24. Na4 (24. Bxa5
Nxa2 25. Bb6 $5 {[]} (25. Ra1 $2 b6 $1 26. Rxa2 bxc5 $19) 25... Qxb6 26. Nd7
Qxb3 (26... Rxc1 $5 27. Nxb6 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Bxb3 29. Qg3 $13) 27. Rxc8+ Kh7 28.
Qh4+ Nh5 29. Qxe7 $132 Bxg2 $5 30. Kxg2 Nf4+ 31. Kg1 Qh3 32. Nf6+ $1 (32. Qe4
$2 Qg4+ 33. Kh1 Qh4+ $19) 32... Bxf6 33. Qxf7+ Bg7 34. Qxf4 Qxc8 35. Ra1 $11 {
always gives White at least a perpetual.}) ({After} 24. Be5 $5 {Black would
probably repeat moves, as} b6 (24... Nxa2 $2 25. Bxf6) 25. Ne4 $1 $16 {/\} Rf8
26. Nxf6+ exf6 27. Bxf6 Bxf6 28. Qxf6 Nxa2 29. Rcd1 $1 Bxb3 30. Rd4 {[%cal
Rd4h4] /\Rh4+-}) 24... Nxa2 25. Bb6 Qa8 26. Rxc8+ Qxc8 27. Nxa5 Qc2 28. b3 {
[%csl Ra4,Ra5] White wants to get rid of his mispaced N at any cost.} (28. Qf4
$2 e5 $17) (28. Qh4 Nc1 $5 $36 (28... g5 29. Qd4 e5 30. Qd1 $13)) 28... Bxb3
29. Nxb3 ({Too dangerous is} 29. Nc5 $143 Bd5 30. Qe5 (30. Naxb7 $2 Bxb7 31.
Nxb7 Qc6 32. Ba5 Qxb7 33. Qd2 Nd5 $1 34. Qxa2 Nf4 35. f3 Bd4+ 36. Kh2 Qb5 $19)
30... Nc3 $40) 29... Qxb3 30. Qa5 Nd5 31. Bc5 Nf4 $6 $138 {The rising flags
bring active and concrete play.} ({More refined was} 31... Kh7 $142 $1 {/\Nf4|^
} 32. g3 $6 b5 {[%csl Rf3] ><f3} 33. Nb6 Nac3 34. Nxd5 Qxd5 35. Bxe7 Qf3 $40)
32. Re1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] The previous complications obviously cost a lot of
time and energy, this is a decisive mistake.} ({Necessary was} 32. Bxe7 Qc4 (
32... b5 33. Qd8+ Kh7 34. Nb6 Qe6 35. Bd6 (35. Bg5 Ne2+ 36. Kh2 Qg4 37. Nd7 $13
) 35... Ne2+ 36. Kh2 Qg4 37. g3 $13) 33. Bg5 (33. Re1 $2 Qc6) 33... Ne2+ 34.
Kh2 Qg4 35. g3 Qf3 36. Qd8+ Kh7 37. Qd7 Bd4 (37... Be5 $44 {and with Black's K
also vulnerable the chances are about equal.})) 32... Qd5 $19 {->} 33. f3 Qg5 (
33... Bd4+ $142 $1 {wins the Q:} 34. Kh2 (34. Kf1 Qc4+) 34... Qh5+ 35. Kg3 Qg5+
) 34. g4 $8 (34. Qd2 $2 Nh3+ $19) 34... Qh4 35. Qd8+ (35. Rxe7 Qg3+ 36. Kf1
Qxf3+ 37. Ke1 Nc3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf4g2,Rf3d1] /\Ng2,Qd1#}) 35... Kh7 36. Qd2 (
36. Kf1 Nc1 $1 $19 {/\} 37. Rxc1 Qh1+ 38. Kf2 Qg2+ $1 39. Ke3 Qe2+ 40. Kxf4
Qe5#) 36... Qg3+ 37. Kf1 Qxf3+ 38. Kg1 (38. Qf2 Qd3+ $1 39. Re2 Qh3+ $19) 38...
Qxg4+ 39. Kh1 Qf3+ 40. Kg1 Nc3 {[%cal Rc3e2] /\Nce2-+} (40... Nc3 41. Nxc3 Bxc3
42. Qh2+ Nh3+ $19) 0-1

