[Event "Biel GM 43rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2010.07.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. g3 Ne7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. Qa4 d6 $5 {The queen move is not scaring or distracting
Black from advancing his own plans. Both the a7- and c6-pawns are left to
their destiny.} 11. Rd1 {The outcome of the opening in this line seems
currently to be quite pleasant for Black. The future will probably see more
games with the controversial, but definitely more promising idea 11.Qxa7.} (11.
Qxa7 Be6 12. Qa4 Ra8 13. Qc2 Bxc4 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bd2 Be6 (15... Qd7 16. Rfd1
Bf7 17. b3 Rab8 18. Bc1 g5 19. Bb2 Bg6 20. Qd2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Keene,R (2510)
-Calvo Minguez,R (2420)/Copenhagen 1977 (27)}) 16. b4 Qd7 17. Rfc1 f5 18. a4
Bc4 19. Rab1 d5 20. Bf4 Nc8 21. Rd1 Nd6 22. b5 Qe6 23. bxc6 Ne4 24. Nxe4 fxe4
25. Rb4 Rfe8 26. Rc1 Qxc6 27. Rxc4 Qxc4 28. Qxc4 dxc4 29. Rxc4 $16 {1-0
Stefansson,H (2576)-Jirka,J (2367)/Dresden 2007 (44)}) (11. c5 Be6 12. cxd6
cxd6 13. Qxa7 Ra8 14. Qb7 Re8 15. Qb4 Rb8 16. Qa3 Ra8 17. Qb4 Rb8 18. Qa3 Nf5
19. Bxc6 Rf8 20. Qa4 Nd4 21. Bg2 $16 {1/2-1/2 Mastrovasilis,A (2499)-Banikas,H
(2530)/Athens 2003 (36)}) 11... c5 12. Qc2 (12. Qxa7 Be6 13. Bd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5
Bd7 15. Qa3 Re8 16. Be3 Re5 17. Bf4 Rh5 18. f3 g5 19. g4 Rh3 20. Kg2 gxf4 21.
Kxh3 h5 $15 {1-0 Ftacnik,L (2544)-Jirka,J (2449)/Rakovnik 2008 (33)}) 12... Bf5
13. Qd2 (13. e4 Bg4 14. f3 Bd7 15. Bg5 h6 16. Be3 Nc6 $15) 13... a5 {[%mdl 4]
A pawn moves with the ambition to disturb the most natural developing idea b3,
Bb2.} (13... Bg4 14. h3 Be6 15. b3 d5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Qc2 c6
19. Bb2 Qd6 20. e4 Bd4 21. Ne2 Be6 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. Rxd4 Qc7 24. Rad1 Qa5 25.
Ba1 Bxh3 26. Rd6 $18 {1-0 Shabalov,A (2365)-Lutsko,I/Riga 1985 (40)}) 14. b3 (
14. h3 Qd7 15. Kh2 a4 16. e4 Be6 17. Nd5 f5 18. Rb1 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxd5 20. Bxd5
Bd4 21. f4 Bxd5 22. cxd5 Qf5 23. Qd3 Rfe8 24. Qxf5 gxf5 $17 {0-1 Yanin,
P-Skomorokhin,R (2450)/Minsk 1996 (30)}) 14... a4 $1 15. bxa4 $2 {With
hindsight, one can confidently say that this optimistic move stretches the
position too far. Tomashevsky should have changed the track and start worrying
about the survival.} (15. Bb2 $1 axb3 16. Ne4 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 bxa2
19. Qxa2 Qd7 20. Qa7 Rb2 $15) 15... Nc8 $1 16. Bb2 (16. a5 Qf6 17. Bb2 Rxb2 18.
Qxb2 Qxc3 $19) 16... Nb6 17. Bd5 {If White has to resort to this type of
defence of the c4-pawn something is definitely rotten in his position.} (17.
Qf4 Nd7 $1 (17... Bf6 18. a5 Bg5 19. axb6 Rxb6 20. Qf3 Rxb2 21. e4 $15) 18. Qc1
Qf6 19. a5 Rxb2 20. Qxb2 Qxc3 21. Qxc3 Bxc3 $17) 17... c6 18. a5 (18. Bxc6 Nxc4
19. Qf4 Rxb2 20. Qxc4 Rb4 21. Qd5 Bxc3 $19) 18... Nxd5 $1 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Na4
{The first player is facing a raking pair of bishops and a massive enemy
centre. On top of everything he can not grab the d5 pawn!} d4 (20... Bxb2 21.
Nxb2 d4 22. Nc4 Re8 23. Rac1 $17) 21. Nb6 Qe8 $6 {Nguyen was not exactly a
favourite in this game and he will have some problems with accepting the role
of the top dog.} (21... Re8 $1 22. e3 dxe3 23. fxe3 Bxb2 24. Qxb2 Rxe3 25. Re1
Re6 $17) 22. Re1 (22. e3 $1 dxe3 23. fxe3 Bxb2 24. Qxb2 Qxe3+ 25. Qf2 Qe7 26.
Nd5 Qd8 27. a6 $15) 22... Qc6 23. Rac1 (23. e3 d3 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 $17) 23... Rfe8
24. Ba1 h5 (24... Bh3 25. f3 Re6 26. a4 Qb7 27. Rb1 h5 $17) 25. f3 Kh7 26. e4
Be6 (26... dxe3 $5 27. Rxe3 Rxe3 28. Qxe3 Re8 29. Qb3 Be6 $17) 27. a4 Rxb6 $5 {
Sacrificing the exchange should unburden Black's pieces and enable the advance
of the mighty central pawns.} (27... Rb7 28. Bxd4 $5 (28. f4 Rc7 29. Qg2 Bb3
$17) 28... Bxd4+ 29. Qxd4 Qxb6 30. axb6 cxd4 31. a5 Ra8 32. Ra1 d3 33. Reb1 Bc4
34. Kf2 $17) 28. axb6 Qxb6 29. a5 (29. Rb1 Qa7 30. f4 Qxa4 $17) 29... Qa7 30.
f4 Ra8 31. f5 (31. Qf2 Qxa5 32. Bb2 Qb5 $17) 31... Bb3 32. Qd3 (32. Rb1 c4 $17)
32... c4 $6 {Black might have spotted the move 33.g4! with counterplay. He is
rather playing it safe sacrificing part of the advantage.} (32... Ba2 33. g4 $1
hxg4 34. Qg3 Be5 35. Qxg4 Qxa5 36. Re2 Kg7 37. fxg6 fxg6 38. Rg2 Bf7 39. Rf1
Qa7 $17) 33. Rxc4 Bxc4 34. Qxc4 Qxa5 35. Rd1 Qa4 36. Qd3 (36. Qxa4 Rxa4 37. Bb2
Be5 $17) 36... d5 37. exd5 $2 {Some games are doomed form the start and the
cursed player then often misses a moment of random chance. Much better was to
limit the damage with the move 37.e5!?.} (37. e5 $5 Bxe5 38. fxg6+ fxg6 39.
Bxd4 Re8 $15) 37... Re8 $1 (37... Ra5 38. fxg6+ fxg6 39. d6 Qc6 $17) 38. Rf1 (
38. Bxd4 $4 Bxd4+ 39. Qxd4 Re1+ $19) (38. Bb2 Re3 39. Qf1 Re5 40. fxg6+ fxg6
$17) 38... Re3 39. fxg6+ fxg6 40. Qd2 Qc4 41. d6 {Nothing could go right for
White in this game. The first move after the time control sends him on the
road of a quick demise.} (41. Rf7 Rd3 (41... Qxd5 $2 42. Rxg7+ Kxg7 43. Qxe3
$18) 42. Qe1 (42. Qg2 Rd1+ 43. Rf1 Rxf1+ 44. Qxf1 Qxd5 $17) 42... Qxd5 43. Re7
(43. Qe7 Rd1+ 44. Kf2 Qa2+ $19) 43... Qf3 44. Qf1 Rd1 45. Re1 Rxe1 46. Qxe1 Qa3
$17) 41... Re2 42. Qf4 (42. Rc1 Qa6 43. Qf4 Qa7 $19) 42... Ra2 $1 43. Qe4 Qc5
44. Kh1 (44. d7 d3+ 45. Kh1 Qc2 $19) 44... Qxd6 45. Rb1 Qf6 {Tomashevsky can
do nothing about disaster on the second rank.} (45... Qf6 46. Bb2 Qf2 47. Qb7
Qc2 $19) 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.08.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Qe2 Nh5 13. Bg5 Bg4 14. Bh4
Qb4 15. Qc4 Bxf3 16. Qxb4 Nxb4 17. Bxe7 Nxa2 18. Bxa2 Rfe8 19. Ba3 Bxc3 20.
gxf3 Ba5 21. Bd5 Rab8 22. Rfd1 Bb6 23. Kf1 Red8 24. Be7 Rdc8 25. f4 Rxc1 26.
Rxc1 Kg7 27. Bf3 Nf6 28. Bb4 Rd8 29. Bxb7 Rb8 30. Bf3 Bxe3 31. Rc4 Bb6 32. Bc3
Rd8 33. b4 Rd6 34. Be5 Rd2 35. Be2 h5 36. Rc6 Bd8 37. b5 Rd7 38. h3 Rd5 39. Bc4
Rd7 40. Ke2 h4 41. Ke3 Bb6+ 42. Kf3 Bd8 43. Ke2 Be7 44. Bb3 Bd8 45. Bc2 Rd5 46.
Bd3 Be7 47. Kd2 g5 48. Kc3 gxf4 49. Bd4 Rd7 50. Kc4 Bd6 51. Bf5 Rc7 52. Rxc7
Bxc7 53. Bxa7 Kh6 54. b6 Be5 55. b7 Kg5 56. Bc8 f3 57. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Asia-chT 17th"]
[Site "Zaozhuang"]
[Date "2012.05.24"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.05.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vietnam"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "VIE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. Ng3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d5 8.
Ba3 Bxc4 9. Bxc4 dxc4 10. e4 Qd7 11. O-O Qc6 12. d5 Qb5 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. e5
Qxe5 15. Re1 Qd5 16. Qe2 Nbd7 17. Rad1 Qc6 18. Nf5 e5 19. g4 Kf7 20. g5 Rhe8
21. gxf6 Nxf6 22. Ne3 b5 23. Ng4 Nxg4 24. Qxg4 Re6 25. Qe4 Qxe4 26. Rxe4 Ra6
27. Bc5 Kf6 28. a3 Kf5 29. f3 Rg6+ 30. Kf2 c6 31. Rd7 a5 32. Rf7+ Rf6 33. Rxg7
b4 34. cxb4 axb4 35. Bxb4 c5 36. Bc3 Re6 37. Rxc4 Rxa3 38. Rxh7 Ra2+ 39. Ke3
Kg6 40. Rhh4 Kg5 41. Rh8 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 a6 11. a4 Nh5 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Re1 Nd7 14. e4 Rb8 15. Bf1
Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Qf3 Bd7 18. a5 b6 19. axb6 Rxb6 20. Nd1 Bd4 21. Bd2 Qc8
22. Ba5 Rb8 23. Bc3 Bb5 24. Ne3 Bxf1 25. Nxf1 Ng7 26. Qd3 f5 27. Nd2 Bxc3 28.
bxc3 fxe4 29. Nxe4 Qf5 30. Re2 Re5 31. Rae1 Rbe8 32. Qc4 Qf8 33. Qxa6 Nf5 34.
Ng5 Rxe2 35. Rxe2 Rxe2 36. Qxe2 Ng7 37. Qg4 Qf5 38. Qxf5 Nxf5 39. g4 Ne7 40. c4
h5 41. Ne4 Nc8 42. gxh5 gxh5 43. Kg2 Kf7 44. Kg3 Ke7 45. Kh4 Nb6 46. Nd2 Kf6
47. Kxh5 Kf5 48. Kh6 1-0

[Event "Ho Chi Minh City HD Bank op 4th"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2014.03.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2014.03.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb8 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Bd2 Bg4 13. Nbd4 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3
Qd6 15. g3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Ne4 17. Bc3 Rc8 18. Qb3 Nc5 19. Qb4 Qe6 20. Qd4 f6 21.
Rad1 Ne4 22. Qxd5 Qxd5 23. Rxd5 Bd6 24. Rfd1 Bf8 25. Rd7 b6 26. Nd4 Nxc3 27.
bxc3 Rxc3 28. Ne6 Re8 29. Nxf8 Kxf8 30. Rxa7 Re7 31. Ra8+ Kf7 32. Rd2 Rc1+ 33.
Kg2 Rb1 34. h4 h5 35. Rc8 Ra7 36. Kf3 Rb5 37. Rcc2 Kg6 38. Ke2 Kf5 39. Kf3 Kg6
40. Rb2 Rba5 41. Ke4 Ra3 42. Kd5 R7a5+ 43. Kc6 R3a4 44. Re2 b5 45. Kc5 Kf5 46.
Red2 b4+ 47. Kc4 b3+ 48. Kxb3 Ra3+ 49. Kc4 R5a4+ 50. Kc5 Ra5+ 51. Kc6 Ra6+ 52.
Kd7 Ra7+ 53. Ke8 g5 54. hxg5 Rh7 55. gxf6 Ra8+ 56. Rd8 Rh8+ 57. Ke7 Rhxd8 58.
f7 Rdc8 59. e4+ Kg6 60. Rb6+ Kg7 61. e5 Rc7+ 62. Ke6 Rxf7 63. f4 h4 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 c6 11. Rc1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. Bb3 Re8 14. O-O e5
15. e4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nf8 17. f4 Be6 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. f5 Ng5 20. f6 Qe5 21.
fxg7 Qxc3 22. Rxc3 Rxe4 23. Rg3 Rae8 24. h4 Ne6 25. h5 Rf4 26. Re1 Rf5 27. Bc2
Rc5 28. Re2 Rd8 29. Bb3 Rg5 30. Rxg5 Nxg5 31. Re7 Rb8 32. Kf2 Kxg7 33. g4 Kf8
34. Rd7 Ke8 35. Rd4 Rd8 36. Ra4 a6 37. Ke3 Ke7 38. Ra5 Kf8 39. Ra4 Rd6 40. Rf4
Ke7 41. a4 a5 42. Bc2 c5 43. Bd3 Rb6 44. Bb5 Re6+ 45. Kd3 b6 46. Ba6 Re1 47.
Bc8 f6 48. Kc4 Nf7 49. Ba6 Re2 50. b3 Re3 51. Kb5 Rxb3+ 52. Kc6 Ne5+ 53. Kb7
Rb4 54. Rxb4 axb4 55. Kxb6 b3 56. Bb7 c4 57. a5 b2 0-1

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Ne5 Qc8 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. d3 Rd8 12. Bg5 b6 13. a3 h6 14. Bf4 Na5 15.
Qa2 Bc6 16. Rab1 Nd5 17. Bd2 Qa6 18. b3 Rac8 19. Ne4 Nf6 20. Nc3 Nd5 21. Qb2
Bf6 22. Rfc1 Nb7 23. b4 Nd6 24. e4 cxb4 25. axb4 Nxc3 26. Bxc3 Bxc3 27. Rxc3
Nb5 28. Rcc1 Qb7 29. Bf1 Qe7 30. Rc4 Qf6 31. Qxf6 gxf6 32. Ra1 Bb7 33. Nd2 Rxc4
34. Nxc4 Ra8 35. f3 Kf8 36. Kf2 Nd4 37. Ra2 e5 38. Ke3 b5 39. Nd6 Bc8 40. f4
Be6 41. Ra6 Nc2+ 42. Kd2 Nxb4 43. Ra5 Nc6 44. Rxb5 Nd4 45. Rb2 a5 46. Kc3 a4
47. Nc4 a3 48. Ra2 Rb8 49. f5 Rb3+ 50. Kd2 Bxc4 51. dxc4 Rf3 52. Ke1 Ke7 53. c5
Kd7 54. Bc4 Kc6 55. Bxf7 Kxc5 56. Rg2 Re3+ 57. Kd2 Rxe4 58. g4 Kb4 59. h4 Nf3+
60. Kd3 Re1 61. Bd5 Rd1+ 62. Ke2 Nxh4 0-1

