[Event "Bundesliga 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?.2"]
[White "Atlas, Valeri"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muenchen 36"]
[BlackTeam "Wuppertal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. c3 O-O 6. Bb3 Nbd7 $5 (6... Nc6) 7.
h3 a6 (7... Re8 8. g4 $5) 8. Nbd2 Ba7 9. Qe2 $6 (9. Nf1 $142 $1 {/\g4, /\Ng3,
Bg5} Nc5 10. Bc2 d5 11. Qe2 $14) 9... Nc5 10. Bc2 Nh5 $1 11. Nf1 {/\g4} f5 $1 (
11... Ne6 12. g3 $14) 12. exf5 Bxf5 (12... Nf4 $6 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. O-O-O Bxf5
15. d4 $16 {ץa7}) (12... Rxf5 13. d4 (13. g4 $6 Nf4) 13... e4 (13... exd4 14.
cxd4) 14. Bxe4 (14. Ng5 $5) 14... Nxe4 15. Qxe4 $16) 13. g4 Nf4 $2 (13... Bg6
$142 $1 14. b4 $1 (14. gxh5 $2 Bxh5 15. N1h2 (15. N1d2 Qf6 16. b4 e4 17. dxe4
Qxc3 18. O-O (18. bxc5 Bxf3) 18... Qxc2 $19) 15... Qf6 16. Bd1 Qf5 $17) 14...
Ne6 (14... Nxd3+ 15. Bxd3 e4 16. Bc4+ d5 17. Nd4) 15. Bb3 $13) 14. Bxf4 exf4
15. O-O-O $1 $16 {>< Ba7} Bg6 (15... Re8 16. Qd2 $16) 16. h4 Qd7 17. N1h2 $1 (
17. h5 $6 Rae8 18. Qd2 Qxg4 $132) 17... Kh8 18. h5 Rae8 19. Qd2 Bf7 20. d4 $1
Ne4 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Ng5 Ree8 23. Nxf7+ (23. Nhf3 $5 Qd8 (23... Bg8 $2 24. Nh4
{/\Ng6+-}) (23... Qxg4 $2 24. Rdg1 Qd7 (24... Qf5 25. Nh4 $18) 25. Qc2 Bg8 26.
Nh4 $18) (23... h6 24. Nxf7+ Rxf7 25. Rdg1 $16) 24. Nxf7+ $16) 23... Qxf7 24.
Nf3 $1 {[#]} (24. Kb1 $2 f3 $1 $132) 24... Qxa2 25. Rhe1 $1 c5 26. d5 c4 27.
Ng5 {/\Nf7+-} Qa1+ $8 28. Kc2 Qa4+ 29. Kb1 f3 $1 30. Ne6 Rf7 $8 (30... Rg8 31.
h6 $18) 31. h6 g6 (31... gxh6 $142 $16) 32. Ng5 Rff8 33. Rxe8 Qxe8 (33... Rxe8
{/\Re2} 34. Ne6 (34. Re1 Rxe1+ 35. Qxe1 Bxf2 36. Qh1 $1 $18 (36. Qxf2 $4 Qd1+
37. Ka2 Qb3+ $10)) 34... Bxf2 35. Rf1 Bg3 36. Qe3 Be5 37. Qxf3 $18) 34. Re1 Qd7
35. Re6 $18 Qd8 36. Ne4 Qh4 37. g5 {/\Nf6, Re7+-} (37. Nf6 $6 Bxf2 38. Qxf2 $2
Qxf2 39. Re7 Qe1+ $1 40. Rxe1 f2 $19) (37. Qf4 Qd8 38. Rxd6 $18) 37... Kg8 38.
Nf6+ Rxf6 39. Rxf6 Bxf2 40. Ka2 $1 Qg3 41. Qd1 $1 {/\Rf3, /\Qa4} (41. Qd1 Be3 (
41... Bc5 42. Qa4 $18) 42. Rxf3 Qxg5 43. Qe2 $18) 1-0

[Event "AUT-chT 0001"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2000.10.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Atlas, Valeri"]
[Black "Rabiega, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2000.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hohenems SK"]
[BlackTeam "Graz ESV Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 a5 6. a3 Bd6 (6... a4 7. Ba2 {
also deserves attention here:} Bd6 8. Nc3 Be6 (8... dxe4 9. dxe4 O-O 10. Bg5
Qe7 11. Nh4 Bc5 12. Qf3 Be6 13. Nf5 Qd8 14. Nh6+ Kh8 15. O-O Nbd7 16. Bxe6 fxe6
17. Ng4 Qe8 18. Nxf6 Nxf6 19. Be3 Nd5 20. Qg3 Bxe3 21. Nxd5 Bxf2+ 22. Rxf2 exd5
{1/2-1/2 Kristensen,L-Jorgensen,P/DEN 1997/EXT 99 (41)}) 9. O-O dxe4 10. dxe4
Bxa2 11. Rxa2 O-O 12. Bg5 Qe7 13. Nh4 Qe6 14. Qf3 Nbd7 15. Nf5 Bc5 16. Rd1 g6
17. Nh6+ Kg7 18. Raa1 Ng8 19. Nxg8 Kxg8 20. Be3 Be7 21. Rd2 b5 22. Rad1 Nc5 23.
Ne2 Nb7 24. Rd7 Nd6 25. Qh3 f5 26. R1xd6 {1-0 Moreno Ruiz,J-Mellado,J/
Torrevieja 1997/CBM 60 ext (26)}) 7. Nc3 dxe4 ({The alternatives are:} 7... d4
8. Ne2 a4 9. Ba2 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. O-O c5 12. c4 Nc6 13. b3 axb3 14. Qxb3
Qd7 15. Bd2 O-O 16. Rfb1 b6 17. Qd1 {1/2-1/2 Soppe,G-Valerga,D/Buenos Aires
ch-AR 1994 (17)}) ({and} 7... Be6 8. exd5 Bxd5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1
Nd7 12. d4 Re8 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. c4 Nf4 15. c5 Be7 16. Qc2 Nd5 17. dxe5 Bf8 18.
Bh4 Nxc5 19. Ba2 Ne6 20. Rad1 Rac8 21. Bg3 Qb6 22. h4 Rcd8 23. h5 Qc5 24. Qe4
Ndc7 25. Bb1 g6 26. Ba2 {1-0 Zhelnin,V-Raetsky,A/Smolensk 2000/CBM 77 (42)}) 8.
Ng5 O-O 9. Ncxe4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Bf5 11. Qf3 (11. Nxd6 Qxd6 {does not yield
White any advantage;}) (11. Ng3 $5 {was worth considering.}) 11... Bxe4 12.
dxe4 Na6 13. O-O Nc5 14. Rd1 Qe7 ({After} 14... Nxb3 15. Qxb3 $14 {White has a
minimal, but durable advantage.}) 15. Ba2 Ne6 (15... Rad8 {is strongly met by}
16. Qg4 $14 {/\Bg5, Bh6}) 16. Bxe6 ({Although the text move guarantees White a
durable slight advantage due to the better bishop,} 16. Be3 $5 {was more
ambitious here. Now, if} Nd4 {, then} 17. Qg4 $1 (17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Rxd4 Bxh2+)
17... Nxc2 $140 $2 18. Bg5 $1) 16... Qxe6 ({After} 16... fxe6 17. Qe2 {White
keeps an edge.}) 17. Be3 Bc7 (17... Rad8 $2 {falls short of} 18. Bb6) 18. h3 $1
Rfd8 19. Qg4 $1 {[%cal Gg4e6,Gd1d7] Queen exchange is favourable for White, as
in the ending the difference in bishop capabilities will be more apparent} Qxg4
20. hxg4 {/\g5} h6 $1 ({A sound defensive concept. Black prevents the
advancement of the g4-pawn, which could allow White to exploite the h-file.} 
20... Rxd1+ $5 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rc1 $14) 21. Kf1 f6 22. a4 Kf7 23. Ke2 Ke6 24.
Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Ra3 {/\Rb3} (25. c4 $5 {and 25 g3 with the idea 26.f4 were
plausible alternatives to the text.}) 25... b6 26. Rc3 c5 27. Rd3 $6 {[%cal
Ge2d3,Gd3c4]} ({Tempting, but not the strongest continuation. White's obvious
advantage in the bishop endgame is insufficient for win. Instead,} 27. Ra3 $1 {
was to be preferred. Keeping the rooks on the board, White would have good
winning chances and could choose between the following plans: - either playing
c2-c4 and transferring his rook to h5 followied by g2-g3, f2-f4, and g4-g5 -
or bringing his rook to b1 and preparing c2-c3 followed by b2-b4.}) 27... Rxd3
28. Kxd3 Kd6 29. Kc4 (29. f4 $6 exf4 30. Bxf4+ Kc6 31. Bxc7 Kxc7 {does not
promise White any advantage.}) 29... Kc6 30. Bd2 Bd6 31. b3 Bc7 32. Bc1 Bd6 33.
Be3 Bc7 34. Bd2 Bb8 35. c3 {[%cal Gb3b4]} Bd6 36. Be3 Bc7 (36... Be7 {was also
possible:} 37. f4 exf4 38. Bxf4 Bd6 39. Bxd6 Kxd6 40. Kb5 Kc7 41. Ka6 Kc6 42.
Ka7 Kc7 43. c4 g6 {, and White cannot win.}) 37. b4 cxb4 38. cxb4 axb4 39. Kxb4
Bd6+ 40. Kc4 Bf8 41. f3 ({Tempting bishop sacrifice} 41. Bxb6 $2 {could be
fatal for White:} Kxb6 42. Kd5 Ka5 43. Ke6 Bc5 44. f3 Kxa4 45. Kf7 Be3 46. Kxg7
Bg5 47. g3 Kb4 48. f4 Bxf4) 41... Bd6 42. Bc1 Bc7 43. g3 g5 44. Bb2 Bd6 45. f4
Bc7 46. f5 Bd6 47. Bc3 Bc5 48. Be1 Bd6 49. Bf2 Bc7 (49... Be7 {was also
possible, as} 50. Bxb6 $6 {cannot be recommended for White:} Kxb6 51. Kd5 Kc7
52. Ke6 Bd8 53. a5 Kb7 54. a6+ Kxa6 55. Kd7 Ba5 56. Ke7 Kb5 57. Kxf6 Bc7 58.
Kg7 (58. Ke7 Kc5 59. f6 Kd4 60. f7 Ba5 $19) 58... Kc5) 50. Be3 Bd8 51. Bc1 Be7
52. Bd2 Bc5 53. Bc3 Bd6 54. Ba1 Bc5 55. Bb2 Bd6 56. Bc1 Bc5 57. Bd2 Bd6 58. Be3
Bc7 59. Bg1 Bd8 60. Bf2 Bc7 61. Be1 Bd6 62. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares Anibal op 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.01.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2001.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Lukacs} e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qxd4 {Sometimes it's
difficult to explain why suddenly you decide to play such an opening,when you
are player of d4-first move!} Nf6 (5... d5 6. Bxd5 Nf6 (6... Nd6 7. O-O $14 {
Lane}) 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Qxd8 Bb4+ 9. Qd2 $14 {(Euwe/Lane)} Re8+ 10. Kf1 Bxd2
11. Bxd2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Freeman,R-Baker,C/Brighton 1984/EXT 99/[Bulletin] (21)})
6. Nc3 (6. Bg5 $143 Nc6 (6... Be7 {-6.Nc3}) 7. Qh4 d5 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Bb3 {
Tartakover - Shories, Barmen 1905} Qe7+ $1 $17 {/\Be6,0-0-0 Forintos, Haag})
6... c6 (6... Nc6 $143 7. Qh4 Be7 8. Bg5 d5 9. O-O-O Be6 10. Rhe1 $40 h6 11.
Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Qh5 $1 {[%cal Ge1e6]} Bxc3 (12... O-O 13. Bxd5) 13. Rxe6+ Kf8 14.
Rxd5 Qc8 15. Rxc6 g6 16. Rxg6 $1 fxg6 17. Qxg6 Qe8 18. Rf5+ Ke7 19. Qe6+ Kd8
20. Rd5+ {1-0 Tereshchenko,N-Rotlewi,G/St Petersburg 1909/HCL (20)}) (6... Be7
7. Bg5 d5 (7... Nc6 8. Qh4 d5 (8... d6) 9. O-O-O Be6 10. Rhe1 O-O 11. Bd3 h6
12. Kb1 $1 {Lane}) (7... O-O 8. O-O-O h6 $2 9. Qh4 d6 10. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 11. Qxh6
Nh7 12. h4 Nc6 13. Bd3 f5 14. Bc4+ Kh8 15. Ng5 {1-0, Hauser-Szymczak, Poland
1989}) 8. Nxd5 Nxd5 9. Qxd5 Qxd5 10. Bxd5 c6 {Gibbs - Littlewood, Ilford 1961}
11. Bc4 $14 {Schwarz}) 7. Bg5 d5 8. O-O-O {Lukacs: 'White has a phantastic
lead of development for the sacrificed P.'} Be7 (8... Be6 9. Rhe1 Be7 10. Qh4 {
'!' Lukacs.} Nbd7 11. Bd3 Nc5 {'!' Lukacs.} 12. Nd4 Ng8 {'!' Lukacs. Lukacs:
'This is the cold-blooded defence.'} 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qg3 g6 15. b4 $2 (15. f4
$142 O-O-O {Lukacs: 'Now Black's K is in safety.'} 16. f5 gxf5 (16... Nxd3+ $2
17. Rxd3 gxf5 18. Ncb5 $1) 17. Bxf5 $44) 15... Nxd3+ 16. Rxd3 Nf6 17. Qh4 O-O
18. Rde3 Rae8 $17 {0-1 Estrin,Y-Bykhovsky,A/Moscow 1964/MCD (49)}) 9. Qh4 {
Lukacs: 'White is preparing an attack against Black's >>. '} (9. Rhe1 Be6 (9...
O-O 10. Qh4 Bf5 (10... h6 $2 11. Bxd5 $1 {Lukacs: 'White has to open lines
because of his enormous lead of development.'} Nbd7 (11... cxd5 12. Nxd5 $16 (
12. Rxe7 $6 hxg5 13. Nxg5 Bf5 $17) 12... Nxd5 13. Bxe7 $18) (11... hxg5 12.
Bxf7+ {'!' Lukacs.} Kxf7 13. Qc4+ Kg6 14. Rxd8 Bxd8 15. Ne5+ Kh7 16. Qd3+ Kg8
17. Ng6 $18 {Forintos, Haag}) 12. Bc4 $16 {Schlechter - Neustadt & Tietz,
Karlsbad 1901} b5 (12... hxg5 {Lukacs} 13. Nxg5 b5 14. Nce4 $1 $18) 13. Bd3
hxg5 14. Nxg5 Re8 15. Bh7+ Kf8 16. Bf5 $18 {Schlechter-Neustadt/Tietz,
Karlsbad 1901}) 11. Nd4 Bg6 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bxg6 hxg5 14. Qxg5 fxg6 15. Ne6 Ne4
16. Qxg6 Bg5+ 17. f4 Qf6 18. Qxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Nxf8 $16 {Caro -
Janovsky, Berlin 1897}) 10. Bd3 (10. Qh4 {'!' Lukacs.} Nbd7 11. Nd4 {'!'
Lukacs.} Nf8 (11... dxc4 $1 {Lukacs} 12. Nxe6 $1 (12. Rxe6 $6 {Lukacs} fxe6 13.
Nxe6 Qa5 $19) 12... fxe6 13. Bxf6 $1 (13. Qxc4 {Lukacs allows the black K to
escape:} O-O 14. Qxe6+ Rf7 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Qxe7 Bxe7 $17) 13...
gxf6 $1 (13... Bxf6 $6 {Lukacs gives White a ferocious ->.} 14. Rxe6+ Kf8 (
14... Kf7 $2 {Lukacs} 15. Qxc4 $1 $16) 15. Qg4 (15. Qg3 $44 {Lukacs}) 15...
Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qc7 (16... Qc8 {Lukacs} 17. Qf5+ Nf6 18. Rd7 $1) 17. Qf5+ {
The K in the middle is in terrible danger.} Nf6 18. Rd7 $1 $16 {with a nasty
penetration on the seventh rank.}) 14. Qh5+ Kf8 15. Qh6+ $1 {White has to be
satisfied with a perpetual check.} ({Pushing too hard is a double-edged
business:} 15. Rxe6 {Lukacs} Qe8 16. Qf5 (16. Qxe8+ {Lukacs} Kxe8 17. Rde1 Ne5
18. f4 Ng6) 16... Rd8 $1 (16... Rg8 {Lukacs} 17. Rxe7 Qxe7 (17... Kxe7 {Lukacs}
18. Qxh7+) 18. Rxd7 Rg5 19. Qh3 Rh5 20. Qg4 Rh4 21. Qxh4 Qxd7 22. Qxf6+ Kg8 23.
Ne4 $44) 17. Rde1 Qg6 18. Qxg6 hxg6 19. Rxe7 Rxh2 $15 {and the _|_ can only be
better for Black.}) 15... Kf7 (15... Ke8 {Lukacs} 16. Qg7 Rf8 17. Rxe6) 16.
Qh5+ Kf8 (16... Kg7 $2 {Lukacs} 17. Qg4+ Kf8 18. Qxe6 $18) 17. Qh6+ Kf7 (17...
Ke8 {Lukacs} 18. Qg7 Rf8 19. Rxe6 Rf7 20. Qh8+ Rf8 21. Qxh7 $16) (17... Kg8 {
Lukacs} 18. Qe3 $1 e5 19. Qh3 $16) 18. Qh5+ $11) (11... Nc5 $5 {Lukacs} 12. f4
$1 (12. b4 $5 {Lukacs is answered by} Nce4 $1 (12... Nfe4 {Lukacs is less
impressive because of} 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qxe7+ Kxe7 15. Nxd5+ cxd5 16. bxc5 $13
) 13. Rxe4 $1 (13. Nxe6 {Lukacs} fxe6 14. Rxe4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Qc7) 13... Nxe4
14. Nxe4 Qc7 $1 $13) 12... Nfd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qxe7+ Kxe7 15. b4 $1 dxc4 16.
bxc5 $14 {/\ f5} ({and not} 16. f5 $2 {Lukacs} Na6 17. fxe6 Nb6 18. exf7+ Kxf7
19. Rf1+ Kg6 20. Nf3 h6 21. Ne5+ Kh7 22. Rf7 Rhe8 23. Nf3 Nxb4 24. Rxb7 N4d5
$17 {Wapner-Lukacs, Budapest 1997})) 12. Nf5 (12. Bd3 $1 {Lukacs Now the B
cannot be attacked from c5.} h6 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. Bxf6 Be6 (14... Ng6 {Lukacs}
15. Bxe7 $1 $18) 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qd4 Rg8 17. f4 $44 {/\ f5 and 0-0-0 is no
escape from trouble because >< a7 is hanging.}) 12... Bxf5 13. Bxf6 {Lukacs: '
(Schlechter-Teichmann,Vienna m 1904'} Be6 (13... Ne6 $1 {Lukacs} 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
$17) 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qd4 Qf6 16. Qe3 $44 {Schlechter - Teichmann, Vienna 1904
}) 10... Nbd7 11. Qh4 Nc5 {'!' Lukacs.} (11... Qa5 $6 12. Nd4 O-O 13. Nxe6 fxe6
14. Rxe6 Bb4 15. Ne2 $16 {Estrin - Klaman, USSR 1946}) (11... c5 12. Ne5 Nxe5
13. Rxe5 d4 14. f4 Nd7 15. Bb5 Bxg5 16. fxg5 Qc7 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. Qe4 $36 {
Timoschenko - Karpov, Moscow jun 1969} Rad8 19. Nd5 Qd6 20. c3 Kc8 {Schwarz}) (
11... Nf8 $2 12. Nd4 $16) (11... Ng8 $2 12. Qg3 $16) 12. Nd4 (12. Bf5 $2 {
Lukacs is met by} Bxf5 13. Bxf6 Ne6 $1 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Qa4+ Kf8
17. Rxd5 Bg6 $19) 12... Ng8 {'!' Lukacs. Lukacs: 'This is the cold-blooded
defence.'} (12... Nfd7 $2 13. Bxe7 (13. f4 Bxg5 14. fxg5 Nxd3+ 15. Rxd3 Nc5 16.
Rh3 a5 17. Qh5 $16 {Prokes - Spielmann, Vienna 1907}) 13... Qxe7 14. Qxe7+ Kxe7
15. f4 $16 {Neistadt - Volkovich, Moscow 1958}) 13. Bxe7 (13. f4 Bxg5 14. fxg5
Ne7 $17 {Bykhovsky}) 13... Qxe7 14. Qg3 Qf6 $5 (14... g6 {8...Be6} 15. Nce2 (
15. b4 {Lukacs is pushing too hard.} Nxd3+ 16. Rxd3 Nf6 17. Qh4 O-O 18. Nde2
Rae8 $17 {Estrin-Byhovskij, SU 1964}) (15. f4 {Lukacs} O-O-O {Now Black's K is
in safety.} 16. Bf1 Nh6 17. b4 Ne4 $1 18. Nxe4 dxe4 $17 {Zimniok-Splosnov,
Karvina op 1998}) 15... O-O-O) 15. Be2 $5 (15. Qd6 Nxd3+ (15... Qxd4 $2 16. Nb5
$18) (15... Qe7 $142 $5 $44) 16. Rxd3 Rd8 17. Qa3 $36 {Open Game Various-4.Bc4
Ne4/Survey 1994/MAS C43 AY/[Jussupow] (17)}) 15... Nh6 16. Bf3 Rd8 {[%csl Gd6]}
(16... O-O 17. Qd6) 17. b4 Na6 18. b5 Nc5 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Qc7 O-O 21. Qxc6
Rc8 $36 {[%csl Gc1] 1/2-1/2 Burkett,M-Fester,A/IECG email 1998/76 telechess 
(43)}) 9... Nbd7 $5 $146 (9... Be6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Rhe1 {-9.Rhe1}) (9... Qa5
$2 10. Rhe1 Be6 11. Nd4 $40 {Neikinheimo - Crepaux, Dubrovnik (ol) 1950}) 10.
Rhe1 $1 {[%mdl 512]} (10. Bd3 Nc5 {White compensation doesn't looks clear for
me}) 10... dxc4 (10... O-O 11. Bd3 {Lukacs: '>< h7'} h6 {'!' Lukacs. Lukacs:
'This is the best defence.'} (11... g6 12. Re2 {[%cal Gd1e1] -ECO} Re8 13. Rde1
Ne4 (13... Kg7 {Lukacs} 14. Bf5 $1 {all pieces are participating in the ->.}
gxf5 15. Rxe7 $1 $18) 14. Nxe4 $1 dxe4 15. Rxe4 f6 16. Bc4+ Kg7 17. Qxh7+ $3 {
In this line brilliancy is very common!} Kxh7 18. Rh4+ Kg7 19. Bh6+ $18 {Evans}
) 12. Bxh6 $8 gxh6 13. Qxh6 Re8 $8 14. Ng5 (14. Nd4 $143 Nf8 15. Qg5+ Kh8) (14.
Qg5+ $11 Kf8 (14... Kh8 $2 {Lukacs} 15. Ne5 Rf8 16. Re3 $18) 15. Qh6+) 14...
Nf8 15. Re3 {[%cal Ge3g3]} Qd6 16. Rg3 Qf4+ 17. Kb1 Ng4 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Rxg4
Bxg4 20. Nxf7+ Qxf7 21. Bg6+ Qh7 22. Bxh7 Nxh7 $13) (10... Kf8 11. Bxd5 $1 (11.
Bd3 Nc5 12. Nd4 h6) 11... cxd5 12. Rxe7 $1 Qxe7 13. Nxd5 Qe4 14. Bf4 $40) 11.
Bxf6 gxf6 12. Ne4 $1 {[%mdl 128] Now white knight coming to f5 and position of
black king becomes very dangerous.} O-O {'?' Lukacs. Lukacs: 'Castling was the
real danger!'} (12... Kf8 $1 {Lukacs} 13. Ng3 $1 Qa5 $1 (13... h6 {Lukacs} 14.
Nf5 $1 {White has a strong -> for the sacrificed piece.} Bc5 (14... Bb4 {Lukacs
} 15. c3 Bc5 16. Ne5 $1 Rh7 17. Nxf7 $1 {This is the devastating move!} Kxf7
18. Qxc4+ Kg6 19. Qg4+ Kf7 20. Qh5+ Kf8 21. Qg6 $18) 15. Ne5 c3 $1 16. b4 $1 {
parrying the mating threats on b2.} (16. Nxf7 {Lukacs} Qb6 $1) 16... Bb6 17.
Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 18. Qh5+ Kf8 19. Qg6 $18) 14. Qh6+ $1 ({There is no time for} 14.
Kb1 {Lukacs because of} h6) 14... Ke8 15. Nh4 $1 {>< f5} Qxa2 $1 {Black'c
counterattack comes just in time.} (15... Nf8 {Lukacs} 16. Rxe7+ $1 {This is a
typical method against the K in the middle. White liquidates the defensive
piece.} (16. Qxf6 {Lukacs} Be6 17. Qxh8 Qg5+) 16... Kxe7 17. Qe3+ Ne6 (17...
Be6 {Lukacs} 18. Nhf5+ Ke8 19. Ng7+ Ke7 20. N3f5+ $18) 18. Nhf5+ Ke8 19. Qh6 $1
{White is a rook down and making "quiet" moves.} Qxa2 20. Qxf6 {This was the
idea.} Qa1+ 21. Kd2 Qa5+ 22. Ke2 Nf4+ 23. Kf3 $18 {and the K is running away
from the checks, while his colleague will get mated.}) 16. Nhf5 (16. Rxe7+ {
Lukacs} Kxe7 17. Nhf5+ Ke8 18. Ng7+ Kd8 19. Qxf6+ Kc7 20. Qd6+ Kb6) 16... Qa1+
17. Kd2 Qa5+ 18. Kc1 Qa1+ $11 ({avoiding the perpetual checks is not wise:} 
18... Kd8 $2 {Lukacs} 19. Rxe7 Qa1+ 20. Kd2 Qxb2 (20... Qa5+ {Lukacs} 21. Ke2
Re8 22. Rxe8+ Kxe8 23. Nd6+ $16) 21. Qg7 $16)) 13. Ng3 {[%cal Gg3f5]} Kh8 ({
Another defending way was} 13... Re8 14. Qe4 (14. Qxc4 Bf8) (14. Nh5 Kh8 15.
Qxc4 Rf8 (15... Bf8 16. Qxf7 Re7)) (14. Qg4+ Kh8 15. Qxc4 Bf8 $1 16. Qxf7 Rxe1
17. Rxe1 Bh6+ 18. Kb1 Qg8 19. Re8 Bf8 20. Qh5 Qg6 $17) 14... f5 $1 15. Qxf5 (
15. Nxf5 $2 Bg5+ {[%cal Ge8e4]}) 15... Bb4 16. Ne4 (16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Qg5+ Kh8
18. Rxd7 Qxd7 19. Qf6+ Kg8 20. Nh5 Kf8 21. Qg7+ Ke7 22. Qf6+ $11) 16... Qa5 $1
(16... Bxe1 17. Nfg5 $18) 17. Nd6 Rxe1 18. Qxf7+ Kh8 19. Rxe1 Bxe1 20. Qe8+ Kg7
21. Qf7+ Kh8 $11) 14. Nf5 (14. Re4 Re8 (14... Rg8 15. Nf5 Bf8 16. Ne5) 15. Nf5
Bf8 16. Rxe8 Qxe8 17. Rxd7 Bxd7 18. Qxf6+ Kg8 19. Qg5+ $11) 14... Bc5 $2 {
Here black missed his last chances to get strong counterplay:} (14... Bb4 $1
15. c3 (15. Re4 Qa5 16. N3d4 (16. Ne5 Qxa2 17. Qxh7+ $11) 16... Rg8 (16... Qxa2
17. c3 Qa1+ 18. Kc2 Qa4+ 19. Kd2 Rg8 (19... Rd8 20. Nh6 Rf8 21. Ndf5 $18) 20.
cxb4 (20. Nh6 Rg6) (20. Qxh7+ Kxh7 21. Rh4+ Kg6 22. Rh6+ Kg5) 20... Qxb4+ 21.
Ke2 Qxb2+ 22. Kf1 c3 23. Rg4 $18) 17. Kb1 (17. Qxh7+ $11) 17... Rg6 18. Re8+
Nf8 $17) (15. Re3 Qa5 16. Ne5 $11 {[%cal Gh4h7]}) (15. Rxd7 Bxd7 16. Rd1 Be7
17. Nxe7 Qxe7 18. Rxd7 Qe6 $17) 15... Bxc3 $1 16. Ne7 (16. Re7 Qa5 {[%csl Gf5]}
) (16. bxc3 Qa5 17. Nd6 Qxc3+ $11) 16... Re8 17. bxc3 Rxe7 18. Qxf6+ Nxf6 19.
Rxd8+ Re8 20. Rdxe8+ Nxe8 21. Rxe8+ Kg7 22. Ne5 b5 23. f4 c5 24. g4 Bb7 25. Re7
Bd5 $13) 15. Qh5 $6 ({More easily wins} 15. Re4 $1 Rg8 16. Nh6 Qf8 (16... Rg7
17. Ne5 $3 $18) 17. Nxg8 Qxg8 18. Rg4 $18) 15... c3 16. Re4 $1 Qb6 (16... Bxf2
{[%csl Gh4]} 17. g3 Qa5 18. Qg4 $1 (18. Rh4 Be3+ 19. Kb1 Bh6) 18... Rg8 19. Re8
Be3+ 20. Kb1 Bg5 21. Nxg5 {wins}) 17. b3 Rg8 (17... Ne5 18. Nxe5 fxe5 (18...
Bxf5 19. Qxf5 fxe5 20. Rh4 $18) 19. Rh4 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Be3+ 21. Kb1 h6 22. Rd6
$1 Rfd8 23. Rdxh6+ {mating}) 18. Qxf7 $18 (18. Qxh7+ $2 {Beatiful but missing
the win} Kxh7 19. Rh4+ Kg6 20. g4 {[%cal Gh4h6]} Bf8 21. Rh5 {[%cal Gf3h4]}
Qxf2 22. N3h4+ Qxh4 23. Nxh4+ Kg7 24. Nf5+ Kg6 $11) 18... Qa5 (18... Qd8 19.
Rh4) 19. Rxd7 Ba3+ 20. Kb1 (20. Kd1 $2 Qxf5 21. Re8 Qxd7+) 20... Qxf5 21. Re8 (
21. Re8 Qg6 22. Rxg8+ Qxg8 23. Qxf6+ {with mate}) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.22"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 dxe4 8.
Nxe5 O-O 9. dxe4 Qe7 10. Qf4 Nh5 11. Bxf7+ Kh8 12. Qg3 $3 Rxf7 ({The point is
that after} 12... Nxg3 $2 13. Ng6+ $1 hxg6 14. hxg3+ {Black gets mated!}) 13.
Nxf7+ Qxf7 {Instead of being dead lost, the ball is in White's camp with rook
and two pawns for the two pieces and the better center. That said, Ding Liren
was not about to tuck his tail between his legs, and fought back hard and drew
the game.} 14. Qd6 Be6 15. Nc3 Nd7 16. O-O-O Re8 17. Rhf1 Bc4 18. Rfe1 Ne5 19.
b3 Ba6 20. Kb1 h6 21. f3 Nf4 22. Rd2 Kh7 23. Red1 Re6 24. Qb8 Qf6 25. Na4 Be2
26. Rc1 b6 27. Nc3 Ba6 28. Rcd1 Nc4 29. bxc4 Qxc3 30. Qxf4 Qb4+ 31. Ka1 Qc3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 3rd"]
[Site "Bazna"]
[Date "2009.06.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 {By such move order White avoids the Petrov Defense.} Nf6 3. d3
c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bd6 6. exd5 cxd5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Nc3 Bc7 10. Nb5
Bb6 11. Re1 a6 12. Nc3 Qd6 13. Bh4 O-O {# Black got a great position out of
the opening.} 14. Bxf6 {Kamsky breaks opponent structure, hoping to use its
drawbacks in the future.} gxf6 15. Qd2 Kg7 (15... Kh8 {runs into unpleasant
answer} 16. Qh6) 16. Ne2 Qb4 {The exchange of queens will clearly favour Black,
who won't have to worry about his weakened pawn structure any longer.} (16...
Rg8 {was a good alternative.}) 17. c3 (17. Qxb4 Nxb4 {offers Black advantage
in endgame.}) 17... Qg4 18. d4 Rad8 19. h3 Qg6 20. Ng3 e4 {Provoking this
advance is an achievement for White.} 21. Nh4 Qg5 {#} 22. Nhf5+ {Kamsky sets a
trap!} Kh8 $1 {Avoiding the trap.} ({After} 22... Kg6 {White plays} 23. f4 $1
exf3 24. Qf2 $1 {and the bishop comes to c2, with an attack for White.}) (22...
Bxf5 23. Qxg5+ fxg5 24. Nxf5+ Kg6 25. g4 {is obviously in White's favour.}) 23.
Qxg5 fxg5 24. f3 $1 {Now thanks to the strong knight on f5 White's chances are
not worse.} exf3 25. gxf3 Na5 26. Kf2 Nxb3 27. axb3 Bc7 28. h4 Rg8 ({Deserved
attention} 28... gxh4 29. Nxh4 Rg8) 29. h5 g4 30. Nh6 Rg7 31. fxg4 Bxg4 32. Re7
Bxg3+ {# Gelfand made this move and offered a draw, which Kamsky being short
on time rightly accepted. After} (32... Bxg3+ 33. Kxg3 Bxh5+ 34. Kh4 Bg6 35.
Rxb7 f6 36. Rb6 Re8 {the position is completely unclear.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT 07th Final"]
[Site "Skara"]
[Date "1980.01.20"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Hartston, William R"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1980.01.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 (4... Be7 5. O-O Qc7 (5... d6 6. h3 O-O
7. Re1 Nbd7 8. a4 a5 9. Nc3 h6 $2 (9... Nc5 10. Be3 Ne6 11. Nh4 g6) 10. Ba2 Re8
11. d4 Bf8 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Nh4 b6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Qf3 $16 {Vogt-Chekhov,
Halle 1981}) 6. Re1 O-O 7. Nbd2 (7. Bb3 Na6) 7... d5 8. Bb3 Nbd7 9. exd5 cxd5
10. c4 d4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Nb5 Qd8 13. Rxe5 (13. Bc2 Nxd3 14. Bxd3 Qxd3 15.
Rxe5 Be6 $13) 13... Nxd3 14. Re2 Bc5 15. Nf3 Ng4 16. Be3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Nf4 18.
Re1 Nd3 $10) 5. Bb3 (5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb3 (6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. O-O Bd6
$10) 6... Bb4+ 7. c3 (7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 Nc6 $10) 7... Bd6 8. Bg5 Be6 9. d4
e4 10. Ne5 Nbd7 $15 11. f4 exf3 12. Nxf3 Qc7 $17 {Adams-Steiner, USA 1941})
5... Bb4+ $5 (5... dxe4 6. Ng5 $1 Be6 7. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. dxe4
Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 $14 {Honfi-Lukacs. Ungarn 1975}) 6. c3 (6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2
O-O 8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 dxe4 11. dxe4 Nbd7 $10) 6... Bd6 7. Nbd2 (7.
Bg5 dxe4 8. dxe4 Qe7 $10) 7... O-O 8. O-O Be6 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Ng5 Bg4 11. f3
Bh5 12. Nf1 Nc5 13. Bc2 Ne6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Be3 Bg6 16. Bf2 Nh5 17. Ng3 Nf4
18. Ne2 Qg5 19. Nxf4 exf4 20. b4 dxe4 21. dxe4 Rad8 22. Bd3 Be5 23. Qc2 Qf6 24.
Rac1 b6 25. Bc4 Bf7 26. a4 Rd7 27. a5 bxa5 28. bxa5 Rfd8 29. Red1 Rxd1+ 30.
Rxd1 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Bxc3 32. a6 Qe7 33. Qb3 Bb4 34. Qa4 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1976/77 North"]
[Site "Germany North"]
[Date "1977.01.09"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Kiffmeyer, Constanz"]
[Black "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1976.10.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Kreuzberg Berlin"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Bb3 d5 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Nc3 dxe4 7. Ng5 Bg4 8.
Bxf7+ Ke7 9. f3 exf3 10. gxf3 Bf5 11. Bb3 Rf8 12. Qe2 Kd7 13. Nf7 Qe7 14. Nxd6
Qxd6 15. Rg1 Bg6 16. Rg5 Na6 17. Be3 Nh5 (17... Rae8 18. O-O-O $16) 18. O-O-O
$18 {[#]} Nf4 19. Bxf4 (19. Qf1 $18) 19... exf4 20. d4 $16 Rae8 21. Ne4 (21.
Qg2 $16) 21... Bxe4 $11 22. Rxg7+ Kc8 23. fxe4 f3 24. Qe3 Rxe4 25. Qxe4 Qh6+
26. Kb1 Qxg7 27. Rf1 Nc7 28. Bc4 f2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Inkiov, Ventzislav"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 (4... d5 5. Bb3 dxe4 $2 6. Ng5 $1 {
Tischbierek-Beliavsky, Novi Sad ol (1)}) 5. Bb3 O-O 6. O-O (6. Nxe5 $4 Qa5+)
6... d6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. c3 d5 9. Re1 Qc7 10. exd5 $5 (10. Nf1 {(P g3, <->f5)}
Nc5 11. Bc2 dxe4 12. dxe4 Rd8 13. Qe2 b6 $1 {P a6}) 10... cxd5 11. c4 d4 (11...
dxc4 $2 12. Nxc4 $16) (11... Bc5 12. cxd5 Qb6 13. Rf1 Ng4 14. Ne4 $16) 12. Nf1
(12. Nxd4 $5 Nc5 $5 (12... exd4 13. Rxe7 Qd6 14. Re1 Nc5 15. Nf1 Bf5 16. Bc2
$14) 13. Nb5 Qd8 14. Rxe5 Nxd3 $40) 12... Bb4 (12... b6 $2 13. Nxd4 $1) 13. Bd2
Bxd2 14. Qxd2 b6 15. Ng3 Bb7 16. Nh4 Nc5 (16... g6 $5) 17. Qg5 $1 Nfd7 (17...
Nxd3 18. Ngf5 Ne8 19. c5 $1 Nxe1 $140 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Nhg6+ $3 $18) 18. Ngf5
Ne6 19. Qg3 g6 {[#]} 20. c5 $1 Ndxc5 21. Bxe6 Nxe6 (21... fxe6 22. Nh6+ Kh8 23.
Ng4 $16) 22. Rac1 Qd8 $8 23. Nh6+ Kh8 24. Qxe5+ Ng7 25. Qe7 $6 (25. Rc7 $1 Bd5
(25... Qxh4 26. Nxf7+ Kg8 27. g3 $1 $8 Qh3 $8 28. Qxg7+ $1 Kxg7 29. Ng5+ Kg8
30. Nxh3 $16) 26. Re7 Re8 27. Qf6 Rxe7 28. Rxe7 Rc8 29. h3 Rc7 30. Rxf7 $5) (
25. Qf4 $5 Bd5 26. Nf3 {P g5[]}) (25. Nf3 f6 26. Qc7 $13) 25... Bd5 26. a3 Re8
27. Qxd8 Raxd8 28. g4 $6 (28. Nf3 $5) 28... Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Re8 30. Rc1 (30.
Rxe8+ Nxe8 {<->h4,h6}) 30... f6 $1 $17 31. Ng2 Ne6 32. Nf7+ $8 Kg7 33. Nd6 Rd8
34. Nb5 $2 (34. Ne4 $142 f5 {P g2, f4-d3}) 34... Rd7 $1 $19 {P 35...a6} 35. a4
Bxg2 36. Kxg2 Nf4+ 37. Kf1 Nxd3 38. Rc4 Nxb2 39. Rb4 d3 $1 40. Rxb2 d2 41. Nc3
d1=Q+ 42. Nxd1 Rxd1+ 43. Kg2 (43. Ke2 $142 Rd4 $2 (43... Rd5 $142 $1) 44. a5 $1
Rxg4 45. axb6 axb6 46. Kf3 $1 $10) 43... Rd5 (43... Rd4 $2 44. a5 $1) 44. Rb5
$6 Rd4 {45.a5 g4 46. f3 g5} 0-1

[Event "Haringey"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Pergericht, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Qe2 Be7 5. Nf3 d6 (5... O-O 6. Bb3 d5 7. O-O
Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. c3 Re8 11. Rd1 Bd6 12. Nf1 Nc5 13. Ng3 Bg6 14.
Bc2 Ne6 $10 {Ubilava-Gulko/URS/1985/}) 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 Qc7 $6 {7...Nbd7} 8.
Nc3 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 $1 Bg6 11. Nh4 Kh8 12. Kh1 d5 $6 13. exd5 cxd5 14.
Bxd5 Nc6 15. Nxg6+ fxg6 16. Bg2 Nd4 17. Nb5 $1 Nxe2 18. Nxc7 Rac8 19. Ne6 Rfe8
20. c3 Nxc1 21. Raxc1 b6 $2 {>= 21...Bd6} 22. Bb7 Rb8 23. Bc6 Rec8 24. Bb5 h6
25. Rce1 Bd6 26. f4 $1 exf4 27. Nxf4 g5 28. Ne6 Ra8 29. Bc4 Re8 30. Kg2 a6 31.
Re2 Re7 32. Rfe1 Rb7 33. Ra1 Re7 34. Rf1 $1 Rae8 35. Rfe1 Ra8 36. Nd4 Rxe2+ 37.
Rxe2 b5 38. axb5 axb5 39. Nxb5 Bf4 40. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Liechtenstein op 13th"]
[Site "Liechtenstein"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Black "Donev, Ivo Hristov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Bc5 7. Re1 O-O 8.
Nxe5 {Übliche Vortzetzung ist 8..Qh4 mit weißen Vorteil.} Nxe5 9. Rxe5 Bxf2+
$146 {Eine beachtliche neue Idee.} 10. Kxf2 (10. Kh1 Nb6 11. Bb3 Bd4 $10) (10.
Kf1 Qf6 11. Rxd5 (11. Bxd5 Bd4+ 12. Qf3 Bxe5 $19) 11... Be3+ 12. Qf3 Qxf3+ 13.
gxf3 Bxc1 $17) 10... Qh4+ (10... Qf6+ 11. Qf3 Qxe5 12. Bxd5 c6) 11. Kf1 (11. g3
Qxh2+ 12. Kf3 Nf6 $1 13. Qe1 Bg4+ 14. Ke3 Nd7 15. Re7 Qh6+ 16. Kf2 Qh2+ $10)
11... Qf6+ 12. Qf3 Qxe5 13. Bxd5 c6 14. Bb3 Qxh2 {Für zwei Leichtfiguren hat
Schwarz Turm und Bauer erhalten,ausserdem steht der weiße König gefärdet.Die
Chancen von Weiß liegen im Endspiel;er muß daher versuchen,die Dame zu
tauschen.Schwarz sucht sein Heil am Königsflügel, wo er zwei Bauern mehr hat.
Insgesamt sind die weiße Chancen etwas vorzuziehen.} 15. Be3 Be6 16. Bg1 Qh4
17. Nc3 (17. Nd2 $5) 17... a5 18. Re1 a4 19. Bf2 Qh1+ 20. Ke2 Qh6 21. Bxe6 (21.
Nxa4 $5 {Tischbierek} Bxb3 (21... Rfe8 22. Kd1 Bxb3 23. Rxe8+ (23. axb3 Rxe1+
24. Bxe1 b5 25. Nc3 Ra1+ 26. Ke2 Rc1 $10) 23... Rxe8 24. axb3) (21... Bd5 22.
Bxd5 cxd5 23. Nc3 Rfe8+ 24. Kd1 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 d4 26. Qxb7 Re8 $16) (21... Qg6
22. Kf1)) (21. Bxa4 Bxa2 22. b3 b5 23. Be3 (23. Nxa2 bxa4 24. bxa4 Qe6+ $19))
21... Rae8 22. Kd1 Rxe6 {Nicht in Frage kam:} (22... fxe6 $6 23. Qg3 a3 24.
bxa3 Qf6 25. Ne4 Qa1+ 26. Kd2 Qxa2 27. Bd4 $18 {Tischbierek}) 23. Ne4 (23. Nxa4
Rf6 24. Qg3 (24. Be3 Rxf3 25. Bxh6 Rg3 26. Bd2 b5 27. Nc5 Rxg2 $14) 24... Qf4
25. Qxf4 Rxf4 26. Bc5 Rxa4 27. Bxf8 Kxf8 $10) 23... f5 (23... Rfe8 24. g4 b5
25. Be3 Qg6 26. c3 $16 {/\Kc2}) 24. Nc5 (24. Bc5 Rf7 $14) 24... Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1
Qf6 $2 $138 {Ein Zeitnotfehler.} (25... b5 $142 $14 26. c3 (26. d4 Qd6 27. c3
Qd5 28. Qxd5+ cxd5) 26... Re8 (26... Qd6 27. d4) 27. Qxf5 (27. d4 f4 28. Bf2 g5
$14) (27. Bd2 $5 $14) 27... Qh1 28. Qf2 (28. Ne4 Qxg2 29. Qd7 Qg6 $13) 28...
Qh5+ (28... Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Qh5+ 30. g4 Qxc5 31. Qe8+ Qf8 $14) 29. Kd2 Qg5+ 30.
Kc2 Rxe1 31. Qxe1 Qxc5 32. Qe8+ Qf8 $14) (25... a3 $6 26. bxa3 Qf6 27. c3 $16)
(25... g5 $6 26. Bc3 g4 27. Qg3 $18) 26. Nd7 $18 Qxb2 27. Nxf8 Qb1+ 28. Ke2
Qxc2+ 29. Kf1 Kxf8 30. Qxf5+ Kg8 31. Qe6+ Kf8 32. Bb4+ c5 33. Qc8+ Kf7 34.
Qxb7+ Ke6 35. Qc6+ Kf7 36. Qd5+ Kg6 37. Bxc5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.09"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ {Recently, this
continuation has become almost as popular as 5...Bd6. The idea is that Black
completes the development and provokes White to play c2-c3, which would grab
the c3-square from the queenside knight.} 6. Bd2 ({Karjakin won another nice
game after} 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg5 dxe4 8. dxe4 O-O 9. O-O Qe7 $6 (9... h6 10. Bh4
Qe7 11. Nbd2 Na6 $11) 10. Nh4 $1 Na6 11. Nd2 Nc5 12. Qf3 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bc7 14.
Nf5 Qe6 (14... Bxf5 $142 $14) 15. Bh6 $1 Nxe4 16. Qg4 g6 17. Nxe4 $18 {1-0
Karjakin,S (2772)-Efimenko,Z (2703)/Poikovsky 2011/CBM 145 (29)}) 6... Bxd2+ 7.
Qxd2 O-O {Black decides to complete the development. Before this game, Black
has not experienced problems in this line. The other attempts to equalise are:}
(7... Qd6 8. Qg5 Nbd7 (8... O-O 9. Qxe5 Qxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe4 11. d4 c5 (11... Bf5
12. O-O Na6 13. f3 $14) 12. dxc5 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Nc3 Nxc5 15. Bd5 Be6
16. Bxe6 Nxe6 17. Nxe4 Rad8 18. Rd1 $14 {1-0 Leko,P (2741)-Gelfand,B (2723)/
Yerevan 2008/CBM 124 Extra (62)}) 9. exd5 (9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qh6 a5 $1 11. a3
Rxg2 $15 {[%cal Yf6e4]}) 9... cxd5 10. Nc3 (10. Nh4 $1 g6 (10... Qb4+ 11. c3
Qg4 12. Qxg4 Nxg4 13. Bxd5 Nc5 14. Ke2 Nf6 15. Bc4 $14) 11. O-O $36) 10... O-O
11. O-O h6 12. Qg3 Nh5 (12... d4 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. dxe4 Re8 {[%cal Yd7c5]} 15.
Rad1 Qe7 $11) 13. Qh4 Nf4 14. Rae1 g5 15. Qg3 Kh8 16. h4 $14 {0-1 Bologan,V 
(2686)-Vovk,Y (2539)/Warsaw POL 2010/The Week in Chess 841 (69)}) (7... Nbd7 8.
Nc3 (8. exd5 $5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 $14 {[%cal Yb1c3]}) 8... dxe4 9. Ng5
O-O 10. Ngxe4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Re8 12. O-O Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Rae1 Be6 15. Qc3
Bxb3 16. axb3 Qd6 17. Re4 Re6 18. Rfe1 Rae8 $11 {1-0 Predojevic,B (2615)-Saric,
A (2505)/Rijeka 2008/CBM 127 Extra (48)}) 8. Nxe5 Qe7 (8... Re8 9. f4 Nbd7 10.
Nxd7 Nxd7 11. O-O $14) (8... dxe4 9. Nxf7 Rxf7 10. dxe4 Qe7 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12.
f3 $14) 9. f4 dxe4 10. d4 $1 $146 {Karjakin's innovation makes perfect sense.
Black is left with his outlier-pawn, so unless he comes up with some
counterplay, White will win that pawn.} ({White got nothing after} 10. O-O exd3
11. Nxd3 (11. Qxd3 Nbd7 $11) 11... Bf5 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Nc3 Nbd7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Enescu,C (2381)-Vinchev,S (2351)/ICCF email 2008/Corr 2011 (22)}) 10... Nd5 (
10... Nbd7 11. O-O Nb6 12. Nc3 (12. c4 $5) 12... Bf5 13. Nd1 $5 $14 {[%cal
Yd1e3]} (13. Qe2 a5 14. a3 Nfd5 $13)) 11. O-O f6 12. Nc4 Kh8 $6 {This turned
out to be too slow. It was better to try to build up a stable centre by} (12...
f5 13. Ne5 Be6 {[%cal Yb8d7]} 14. c4 Nb6 $11) 13. Nc3 $1 Nxc3 (13... Rd8 14. f5
$1 $14) (13... f5 $2 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Ne3) 14. Qxc3 f5 15. Ne5 Be6 16. Qh3 $1
{[%csl Re4][%cal Yg2g4,Ge5g6] Now White is set to blow up Black's pawn
construction.} Kg8 $2 ({A better move was} 16... Rf6 $1 17. Bxe6 (17. Qh4 Kg8
18. c4 Nd7 19. Rad1 Bf7 $11 {[%cal Yc6c5]}) 17... Qxe6 18. Rfd1 Nd7 19. Qb3 $1
Nb6 20. c4 $14) 17. g4 $6 (17. Rae1 $1 {might have been even stronger! Now
Black is paralysed.} Bd5 (17... Nd7 18. Rxe4 Bxb3 19. Qxb3+ $18) 18. g4 fxg4
19. Qxg4 Kh8 20. c4) 17... fxg4 18. Qxg4 Bxb3 19. axb3 Na6 20. Rae1 {White is
simply grabbing a pawn.} Nc7 21. Rxe4 Ne8 22. Qd7 {Probably, it was a good
idea to exchange queens, given that White's king is a little more vulnerable
than its counterpart.} Qxd7 23. Nxd7 Rf7 24. Ne5 Re7 25. Ree1 Nd6 26. Nd3 $16 {
Although White is a pawn up, some work still needs to be done to convert it
into victory. Black's best shot is of course the RR endgame, so Fridman is
more than willing to trade the knights. Karjakin, on the other hand, would
like to trade rooks, since the NN endgame is considered to be very similar to
the PP endgame, and so the chances of the side with the material advantage are
very good.} Rf7 {Following the strategy of keeping the rooks on the board.} 27.
c3 Raf8 28. Re6 Nb5 {Bringing the knight to d5 via c7.} 29. Rfe1 g6 30. Kg2 {
No endgame can be won without an active king.} Nc7 31. Re7 Nd5 32. Rxf7 Rxf7 {
One pair of rooks down.} 33. Re8+ Kg7 34. Kg3 Nf6 35. Rb8 Ne4+ 36. Kg2 Kh6 {
Black has nothing better than to follow the waiting strategy and try to trade
the knights. White, on the other hand, other than exchanging rooks, would like
to bring his king to the centre and create a passed d-pawn by exchanging one
of his doubled pawns for Black's c6-pawn.} 37. b4 Kh5 38. Re8 Nd6 39. Re3 $6 {
Missing the chance to get a passed pawn.} (39. Rd8 Ne4 40. b5 $1 cxb5 41. Rd5+
$16) 39... Nf5 40. Re5 a6 {Preventing White's b4-b5.} 41. h3 {Limiting the
black monarch.} h6 {Black would like to carry out g6-g5 and take on g5 with
the pawn, so that the f4-square would be covered.} 42. Nf2 $6 {A little too
passive. White needed his knight be ready to go to e5.} ({The interesting way
to prevent Black's idea was} 42. Re8 Nh4+ 43. Kf2 Nf5 44. Ne5 $16) 42... g5 43.
fxg5 Nh4+ 44. Kf1 hxg5 45. Re8 Ng6 46. Re3 Nf4 $14 {Black's pieces have become
a lot more active and now it's not that easy for White to make any progress.}
47. Kg1 Nd5 (47... Kh4 $5 {was worth consideration:} 48. Kh2 Nd5 49. Re4+ Rf4
50. Rxf4+ Nxf4 51. c4 $14) 48. Re8 Nf4 49. Kh2 Kg6 {Preparing the h-file for
the rook.} 50. Re5 Rh7 51. Kg3 Nh5+ 52. Kg4 Nf6+ 53. Kf3 Nd5 54. Re6+ Kf5 55.
Rd6 Nf4 $4 ({After} 55... Nf6 $1 $14 {it would not be easy for White to win
the game.}) 56. Ne4 $1 $18 {[%cal Ye4g3] White is going to win some more
material, which finishes off the battle.} Ne6 (56... Nh5 57. d5 Rc7 58. Rd8 $18
{[%cal Yd5d6]}) 57. Rxe6 Rxh3+ 58. Kg2 Re3 59. Re5+ Kf4 60. Nc5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Fridman,D"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Die letzte, alles entscheidende Runde. Remis würde mir für die
Welt-Cup-Qualifikation reichen, der Gewinn, dank sehr guter Buchholz,
vielleicht sogar für die Medaillenränge, aber Verlust ließe mich lehr
ausgehen.  Igor Kovalenko, der im vergangenen Jahr bei der EM in Kosovo
Zweiter geworden war und entsprechend schon qualifiziert war, wollte es mit
Weiß natürlich versuchen. Igor ist sowieso als sehr aggresiver,
kompromissloser Spieler bekannt.} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 {Das dritte Mal in einem
Turnier - unglaublich! Vor diesem Turnier hatte ich letztes Mal 2014 das
Läuferspiel auf dem Brett. Außerdem spielt Igor meistens 1.c4.} Nf6 3. d3 {
In der letzten Zeit wird dies häufiger von Caruana gespielt.} (3. Nc3 {
führt zur Wiener Partie.}) 3... c6 ({Nach} 3... Nc6 4. Nf3 {entsteht die
Italienische Partie oder das Zweispringerspiel, wobei Weiß einige Varianten
schon nicht mehr spielen kann.}) 4. Nf3 {Die Hauptvariante.} (4. Qe2 {ein
Versuch ...d5 zu stoppen, der aber nicht gelingt:} d5 $5 {Movsesian,S (2700)
-Fridman,D (2600) WchT 9th Antalya 2013 (6.2) 0-1} 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Qxe5+ (6.
Bb5+ Nc6 7. Nf3 $2 Bd6 8. Nxe5 O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6 Rb8 $17) 6... Be7 7.
Bb5+ Nc6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Bd6 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Qd1 Bg4 13. Nbd2
Nd7 $44 {Für einen Bauer bekommt Schwarz sehr aktives Spiel.}) 4... d5 5. Bb3
(5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. O-O Bd6 $11) 5... Bd6 {Ich habe
fast immer dieser Zug gemacht, aber die Alternativen 5...a5 oder 5...Bb4+ sind
auch sehr gut spielbar.} (5... Bb4+ 6. Bd2 (6. c3 {Es ist günstig für
Schwarz dieses Tempo zu "verlieren". Ohne Nc3 spielen zu können, kann Weiß
nicht so viel Druck auf das schwarze Zentrum erzeugen.} Bd6 7. O-O (7. Bg5 dxe4
8. dxe4 h6 9. Bh4 Qe7 $11 {Carlsen,M (2877)-Caruana,F (2801) Sinquefield Cup
2nd 2014 (3) 0-1}) 7... dxe4 (7... O-O 8. exd5 cxd5 (8... Nxd5 9. Re1 Bg4 10.
h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. d4 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 exd4 15. cxd4 Rae8 16. Bd2
N7f6 $11) 9. Bg5 Be6 10. c4 d4 11. c5 Bxb3 12. Qxb3 Bxc5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxb7
Na6 $11) 8. dxe4 Qe7 $11 {Weiß hat minimalen Entwicklungsvorsprung, den er
aber nicht wirklich ausnutzen kann.}) 6... Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 (7. Nbxd2 a5 8. a4 Bg4
(8... Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. d4 exd4 12. exd5 Rxe1+ 13. Qxe1 cxd5 14.
Nxd4 Nc5 $14 {/=}) 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 (10. Nxf3 Nbd7 $11) 10... O-O 11. O-O (
11. g4 $5 Na6 12. O-O-O (12. g5 Nd7 13. exd5 cxd5 14. O-O-O (14. Bxd5 Nb4 15.
Kd1 Qxg5 $11) 14... Ndc5 15. Qxd5 Qe7 $44) 12... Nc5) 11... Qd6 12. Rfe1 Nbd7
$11) 7... O-O (7... a5 8. Nc3 $5 (8. a4 O-O) 8... d4 9. Ne2 Qe7 {Caruana,F 
(2813)-Tregubov,P (2586) Bundesliga 2016-17 (15.7) 1-0} (9... a4 $5 10. Bxf7+
Kxf7 11. Nxe5+ Ke8 12. O-O Rf8 $13)) 8. Nxe5 Qe7 9. f4 dxe4 10. d4 Be6 {
Eine Verbesserung gegenüber meiner Partie mit Karjakin.} (10... Nd5 $6 {
Karjakin,S (2785)-Fridman,D (2653) Istanbul ol (Men) 40th 2012 (11.3) 1-0} 11.
Nc3 $14) 11. Nc3 Nbd7 12. O-O Rfe8 13. Rae1 Rad8 14. Bxe6 (14. Nxe4 $2 Nxe4 15.
Rxe4 Bxb3 16. Ree1 Qd6 17. axb3 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Qxd4+ $17) 14... Qxe6 15. a3 c5
16. d5 Qb6 17. Nc4 Qa6 18. Ne3 Nb6 $11) (5... a5 {Es ist in vielen Varianten
günstig für Schwarz, dass a5 a4 schon auf dem Brett steht.} 6. a4 (6. a3 Bd6
7. Nc3 (7. exd5 $6 a4 8. Ba2 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Nc3 Ra5 $15) 7...
d4 8. Ne2 a4 9. Ba2 c5 10. Ng3 Nc6 $11) (6. Nc3 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 a4 9.
Ba2 Bg4 $11) 6... Bb4+ (6... Nbd7 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. O-O Bd6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Na3
$14) 7. c3 (7. Bd2 {Jetzt ist es nicht so gut, da Schwarz einfach auf e4
nehmen kann.} dxe4 8. dxe4 Qe7 $11) 7... Bd6 8. exd5 {Sonst nimmt man selbst
auf e4 mit dem Ausgleich.} (8. O-O dxe4 9. dxe4 O-O $11) (8. Bg5 dxe4 9. dxe4
O-O 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Bc2 h6 13. Bh4 Qe7 $11) 8... cxd5 (8... Nxd5)
9. Bg5 {Weiß versucht direkt viel Druck auf d5 zu erzeugen, aber ohne
Springer auf c3 ist es viel schwieriger.} (9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Na3 {
Zugumstellung.}) 9... Be6 10. Na3 Nc6 $5 (10... Nbd7 11. Nb5 Bb8 12. O-O O-O
13. Re1 Ra6 14. Nd2 Nc5 15. d4 Nxb3 16. Nxb3 e4 17. Nc5 Rc6 18. c4 (18. Nxb7 $2
Qc8 19. Bxf6 Bg4 $17) 18... Qc8 $13) 11. Nb5 Bb8 12. O-O h6 (12... O-O) 13. Bh4
O-O 14. Re1 g5 15. Bg3 Bg4 $13 {Onischuk,V (2608)-Motylev,A (2665) 18th ch-EUR
Indiv 2017 (8.17) 0-1}) 6. exd5 (6. Nc3 {Eine etwas ruhigere Variante.} dxe4 7.
Ng5 (7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8. dxe4 {Fedoseev,V (2690)-Fridman,D (2605) 18th ch-EUR
Indiv 2017 (5.4) 0-1}) 7... O-O 8. Ngxe4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Bf5 {Onischuk,V (2608)
-Motylev,A (2665) 18th ch-EUR Indiv 2017 (8.17) 0-1}) 6... Nxd5 (6... cxd5 $5 {
strategisch die etwas riskantere Fortsetzung. Das schwarze Zentrum wird sofort
angegriffen.} 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Nc3 Qa5 (8... Bc7 9. d4 $1 e4 10. Nd2 Ba5 (10...
Nc6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Ndxe4 dxe4 13. d5 $14) 11. O-O Nc6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13.
Ndxe4 dxe4 14. d5 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Bd7 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Qg4 $14) 9. O-O Nc6 $5
10. Qe1 $13) 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 (8. Nbd2 $5 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Nxd6
Qxd6 {Weiß bekommt den Läuferpaar. Dafür stehen die schwarzen Figuren nach
nächsten Nd7 gut und die Fesselung auf die Diagonale h5-d1 ist nur mit
schächendem g4 zu lösen.}) 8... Bg4 $5 {Es ist günstig für Schwarz, den
Läufer zuerst zu entwickeln.} (8... Nd7 9. Nbd2 Bc7 $11 {Diese Stellung ist
auch völig OK für Schwarz.}) 9. h3 (9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nc4 Qc7 $11)
9... Bh5 10. g4 {Wenn Weiß den Bauern nicht nimmt, hat Schwarz nach ...Nd7
bequemes Spiel.} Bg6 11. Nxe5 {Die Stellnung ähnellt sich dem Marschall
Angriff.} a5 $1 $146 ({Früher hat man} 11... Bxe5 {gespielt.} 12. Rxe5 Nd7 {
wichtig ist es, ...Nd7 nicht zu vergessen.} (12... Qh4 $4 13. Bg5 Qxh3 14. Bxd5
cxd5 15. Re3 $18) 13. Re1 Qh4 14. Qf3 Rae8 {Alekseev,E (2639)-Shirov,A (2720)
Bundesliga 0607 2006 (8.2) 0-1} {Und hier führt} 15. Bd2 $14 {zum Vorteil
für Weiß.}) {Weiß hat mehrere Möglichkeiten in der Stellung. Es scheint
aber, das Schwarz überall über genug Kompensation verfügt.} 12. Bd2 ({
Die Idee 11...a5 wird aus der folgenden Beispielvariante deutlich.} 12. a4 Bxe5
13. Rxe5 Nd7 14. Re1 Qh4 15. Qf3 Rfe8 (15... Rae8 16. Bd2 Rxe1+ 17. Bxe1 Ne5
18. Qg3 Qxg3+ 19. fxg3 Nf3+ 20. Kf2 Nd4 21. Bxa5 Bxd3 22. Na3 Nxb3 23. cxb3 $14
) 16. Bd2 {ohne Inklusion von a4 a5 ist dies die Hauptfortsetzung, die zu
Vorteil von Weiß führt.} (16. Rf1 Nb4 17. Be3 Ne5 18. Qg2 h5 $11) (16. Be3 h5
$44) 16... Rxe1+ 17. Bxe1 Ne5 18. Qg3 Qxg3+ 19. fxg3 Nf3+ 20. Kf2 Nd4 $11 {
Hier kann man ganz genau sehen, was die Inklusion von a5 a4 ausmacht.}) 12...
a4 13. Bxd5 (13. Bc4 $5 Nd7 $44) 13... cxd5 14. Nc3 $6 (14. f4 a3 $36) 14...
Nc6 {Jetzt steht Weiß vor gewissen Problemen.} 15. d4 Bxe5 (15... Nxd4 16. Bg5
(16. Bf4 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 Nxc2 18. Rxd5 Qf6 19. Bg5 Qb6 20. Rb5 Qc6 21. Rc1 Rfe8
$19) 16... Qxg5 17. Qxd4 a3 18. b3 Rac8 $13) 16. dxe5 d4 17. Nb5 (17. Ne4 Qd5
$15) 17... Qb6 18. Na3 (18. Nd6 f6 $17) 18... f6 (18... f5 $1 $40 {wäre
besser gewesen. Ich wollte aber, dass Weiß das Feld d6 für sein Springer
verliert.}) (18... Qxb2 19. Qc1 (19. Nc4 Qb5 20. Nd6 Qc5 $17) 19... Qb6 20. f4
Qd8 21. f5 Qd5 $132) 19. e6 Rae8 20. f4 f5 21. g5 (21. Nc4 Qc5 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23.
Rxe5 Qc6 $11) 21... Re7 22. Qf3 ({Etwas genauer wäre} 22. Qe2 d3+ (22... Rfe8
23. Qb5 Qd8 24. Qxa4 $11) 23. Qe3 Qxb2 24. Nc4 Qd4 $11) 22... Rfe8 23. Qd5 $2 {
In Zeitnot will er einfach zu viel und übersieht glatt eine Nuance.} (23. Qd3
Rxe6 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 $15) 23... Qxb2 24. Qc5 $2 {Fährt mit dem falschen Plan
fort. Die Stellung ist aber schon schwierig für Weiß.} (24. Qf3 Rxe6 25. Reb1
Re3 26. Qd5+ Bf7 27. Qxf7+ Kxf7 28. Rxb2 Rg3+ 29. Kf2 Rxa3 30. Rxb7+ Re7 31.
Rb6 Rxh3 $17) 24... Rxe6 25. Rab1 (25. Reb1 b6 $1 {Diesen kleinen Bauernzug
hat Kovalenko im Zeitnot übersehen.} 26. Rxb2 bxc5 27. Rb5 d3 $19) 25... Rxe1+
26. Bxe1 Qxa2 ({Technisch sauberer wäre} 26... Qxb1 27. Nxb1 Rxe1+ 28. Kf2
Rxb1 29. Qd5+ Kf8 $19 {gewesen.}) 27. Bf2 Nd8 $6 {Eine kleine Ungenauigkeit,
die erstmal nichts ändert.} (27... Rb8 $19) 28. Qd6 $1 Qe6 $6 {Danach konnte
Weiß richtige Probleme stellen.} (28... Bh5 $1 29. Bxd4 Qf7 $19 {Der weiße
König ist einfach zu schwach.}) 29. Qxd4 (29. Nb5 $5 $17) 29... Qc6 30. Rb6 $2
{Weiß sollte unbedingt die Damen tauschen. Jetzt ist es wieder vorbei.} (30.
Qc4+ Qxc4 31. Nxc4 Re2 32. Ne3 Rd2 $17) 30... Qf3 31. Qxa4 Bf7 {Der drohende
Angriff auf der Diagonale a8-h1 entscheidet.} 32. Rb3 (32. Rd6 Qxh3 $19) 32...
Qd1+ 33. Kg2 (33. Kh2 Re4 34. Qb5 (34. Rb4 Qf3 $19) 34... Bxb3 35. Qxb3+ Ne6
$19) 33... Re4 34. Qb5 Bxb3 35. Qxb3+ Ne6 36. Qxb7 Nxf4+ 37. Kg3 Qd8 38. h4
Nh5+ 39. Kh3 Nf4+ $138 40. Kg3 Ne2+ 41. Kf3 Nd4+ 42. Kg2 Re7 43. Qa6 Qd5+ 44.
Kh2 Re2 45. Qc8+ Kf7 46. Qc7+ Kg6 47. Qf4 Nf3+ 48. Kg3 Ne1 0-1

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.12.02"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Fridman,D"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 {Die Hauptidee von diesem Zug ist Russisch zu vermeiden.} Nf6
3. d3 c6 {Wenn Schwarz ganz "normal" 3...Nc6 spielt, kommt man in die
Italienische Partie.} 4. Qe2 {Ein seltener Zug. Meistens spielt man 4.Nf3,
worauf man mit 4...d5 antworten kann.} (4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bd6 (5... Bb4+) (5...
a5)) 4... d5 (4... Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bb3 d6 (6... d5 $5)) 5. Bb3 {Wenn man
nicht auf d5 und e5 nimmt, macht meiner Meinung nach 4.Qe2 keinen Sinn. Weiß
bekommt bestenfalls die gleichen Stellungen wie nach 4.Nf3. Das Bauernopfer
anzunehmen, ist aber ziemlich riskant.} (5. exd5 $5 cxd5 6. Qxe5+ (6. Bb5+ Nc6
7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Nxe5 O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6 Rb8 $40) 6... Be7 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Bd6 $44) 5... Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Bg5 (
8. exd5 Nxd5 (8... cxd5 9. Bg5 Qa5 10. Nc3 d4 11. Nb1 $13) 9. Re1 Nc5 10. Nc3
Nxb3 11. axb3 Re8 $11) 8... dxe4 {Man könnte noch weiter die Spannung im
Zentrum halten, aber ich wollte einfach das Läuferpaar haben.} 9. dxe4 Nc5 10.
Nbd2 h6 {Ein nützlicher Zug. Weiß muss sich entscheiden, wohin mit dem Läufer.}
11. Bh4 (11. Be3 Qe7 (11... Ncxe4 $5 12. Nxe4 (12. Rad1 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Ne4 14.
Qe2 $13) 12... Nxe4 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Bxh6 Bf5 15. Bg5 Nxg5 16. Nxg5 Rad8 $13) (
11... Nfxe4 12. Rad1 (12. Nxe4 {transp.}) 12... Qf6 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxh6 Qg6
15. Bc1 Bg4 $13) 12. Bxc5 Bxc5 13. Nh4 Kh7 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 e4 $15) 11...
Qe7 12. Rfd1 (12. Qe3 b6 (12... a5 13. Nc4 Ncxe4 14. Qxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe7 Bxe7
16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Nxe5 Nd2 $11) 13. Rfd1 a5 14. a4 (14. Nc4 Bc7) 14... Bg4 15.
Bc4 Bh5 $11) 12... a5 13. a4 Nxb3 (13... Bg4) 14. Nxb3 (14. cxb3 $5 {Ein
Computervorschlag. Die meisten Spieler werden diesen Zug nicht mal in Erwägung
ziehen.} Be6 15. Nc4 Bxc4 16. bxc4 Rfd8 17. Qe3 Bb4 18. h3 Qe6 19. b3 Rxd1+ 20.
Rxd1 Nd7 21. Bg3 f6 22. Nh4 Nc5 $15) 14... Rd8 {Bereitet ...Be6 vor. Die
Stellung ist ausbalanciert.} (14... Be6 $2 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nh4 $16) (14... b6
) 15. Nfd2 (15. Nbd2 b6 16. Qe3 (16. Nc4 Ba6 17. h3 Qe6) 16... Bc5 17. Qc3 Bg4
18. Nb3 (18. h3 g5 19. Bg3 (19. hxg4 gxh4 20. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Qxe5 $15)
19... Rxd2 20. Nxd2 $8 Bxd1 21. Rxd1 Rd8 $11) 18... Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Nxe4 20. Qc4
Bxf2+ 21. Bxf2 Nxf2 22. Kxf2 e4 $13 23. Kg3 (23. Re1 Bxf3) 23... Bxf3 24. gxf3
Qg5+ 25. Kf2 Re8 $40) 15... Be6 16. f3 {Weiß versucht um Vorteil zu kämpfen.} (
{Nach} 16. Bxf6 {würde die Stellung verflachen und wahrscheinlich zum Remis
führen.} Qxf6 17. Nc4 Qe7 (17... Bc7 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. Qd3 Bc7 21.
Nd7 Qd8 22. Rd1 Qxd7 23. Qxd7 Bxd7 24. Rxd7 Rc8 25. Ne3 (25. Nd6 Bxd6 26. Rxd6
b5) 25... Kf8 26. Kf1 Ke8 $11) (17... Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Bf8 19. Nc5 Qe7) 18. Nbxa5
Bc7 19. Rxd8+ (19. Nxb7 Rd4 20. Rxd4 exd4 21. e5 d3 22. cxd3 (22. Qxd3 Bxc4 23.
Qxc4 Qxe5 $19) 22... Bxc4 23. dxc4 Rb8 24. a5 Rxb7 25. a6 Ra7 $15) 19... Bxd8
20. Nb3 Qb4 21. Nxe5 Rxa4 22. Rxa4 Qxa4 23. g3 Bc7 24. Nd3 Bxb3 25. cxb3 Qxb3
$11) 16... Bc7 17. Kh1 Kh7 18. Be1 Nd7 ({Hier war} 18... Nh5 $5 {interessant.
Man versucht auf Kosten von zwei Tempi den weißen Königsflügel zu schwächen.}
19. g3 Nf6 {Ohne weißfeldrigen Läufer sind die Bauern auf der Diagonalen h1-a8
mit Hilfe von ...f5 angreifbar.}) 19. Nc4 b6 20. Nbd2 Nc5 21. Bf2 $2 {Nach
diesem Fehler kann Schwarz die Initiative ergreifen.} ({Nach} 21. b3 Rd7 22.
Ne3 Rad8 23. Ndc4 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 g6 25. Bf2 $11 {ist die Stellung ausgeglichen.}
) 21... Nxa4 $1 22. Rxa4 b5 23. Nxa5 (23. Ra2 bxc4 24. c3 Rd3 $17) (23. Raa1
bxc4 24. Nxc4 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Qb4 26. b3 a4 $17 27. Qe1 c5) 23... Rxa5 {Es ist
günstig für Schwarz einen Turm zu tauschen. Dadurch wird die Fesselung auf der
d-Linie effektiver.} (23... bxa4 24. Nxc6 Qd6 25. Nxd8 Rxd8 26. Qb5 Rb8 27.
Qxa4 Rxb2 28. Qa1 Rxc2 29. Nf1 Qc6 $15) (23... Bxa5 24. Raa1 (24. Rxa5 Rxa5 25.
Bb6 Ra2 26. Bxd8 Qxd8 27. Rb1 Qb6 $15) 24... Bb4 25. c3 Bc5 26. Bxc5 Qxc5 27.
Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Nf1 Bb3 $15) 24. Rxa5 (24. Raa1 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Qb4 26. Nb3 Bxb3
27. cxb3 Rd2 28. Qe1 Bd6 $17) 24... Bxa5 25. c3 (25. Be3 {gab bessere
Verteidigungsmöglichkeiten.} Qb4 26. b3 Qc3 (26... Qd6 27. g4 (27. g3 f5 $17) (
27. Rb1 $2 Bxd2 28. Rd1 Bxe3 $19) 27... Bc3 28. Rf1 Bd4 29. Rf2 Ra8 $15) 27.
Nf1 Ra8 28. Bc1 Bb6 29. Be3 Bd4 30. Qd2 Qxd2 31. Rxd2 Bc3 32. Rf2 (32. Rd3 b4)
32... Ra2 33. g4 Bb4 34. Kg2 c5 $15) 25... Qd6 (25... Qd7 $5 26. b4 Bc7 27. Be1
Bb6 28. Ra1 c5) 26. Be1 $2 {Ein Fehler in einer schon sehr unangenehmen
Stellung.} (26. b4 Bc7 27. Be1 (27. Be3 Qd3) 27... Bb6 28. Ra1 Qd7 29. h3 c5
$15) 26... b4 (26... Bb6 27. Rb1 (27. b4 $2 Bc4 $19) 27... Qc5 28. Bh4 f6 $17)
27. c4 $2 {Der entscheindende Fehler. 27.Rb1 war der einzige Zug.} (27. Rc1
bxc3 28. bxc3 Qa3 29. Rc2 Qa1 $19 30. Qe3 Qd1) (27. Rb1 $8 bxc3 28. bxc3 Bxc3 (
28... Qc5 29. c4 Bb6 30. Bg3 f6 $17) 29. Nc4 Qd4 30. Ne3 Bxe1 31. Qxe1 c5 $17)
(27. cxb4 Bxb4 28. h3 Bb3 $19) 27... Qd4 28. b3 (28. Rb1 Bb6 29. Qf1 Qe3 $19)
28... Bb6 29. Qf1 Qb2 {Weiß kann einfach nichts ziehen.} 30. Bf2 Bxf2 31. Qxf2
Qxb3 32. Nxb3 Rxd1+ 33. Qg1 Rxg1+ 34. Kxg1 Bxc4 35. Na5 Be6 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Fridman,D"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Nach einem gelungenen Start durfte ich in der fünften Runde gegen Vladimir
Fedoseev spielen. Fedoseev, 22 Jahre jung, der das diesjärige Aeroflot-Open
gewonnen hat und deswegen auch in Dortmund spielen wird, gehört mit seinen
2726 zu den großen Hoffnungen des russischen Schachs. Er ist bekannt für
seine kompromisslose, unorthodoxe Spielweise.} 1. e4 {Ich hatte eher 1.d4 auf
dem Radar.} e5 2. Bc4 {Eine Überraschung. Das Läuferspiel ist eine relativ
populäre Möglichkeit um der Russichen Partie aus dem Weg zu gehen. Es
könnte auch zur Italienischen Partie führen, wenn Schwarz es will.} Nf6 3. d3
{In der letzten Zeit wird dies häufiger von Caruana gespielt.} (3. Nc3 {
führt zur Wiener Partie.}) 3... c6 ({Nach} 3... Nc6 4. Nf3 {entsteht die
Italienische Partie oder das Zweispringerspiel, wobei Weiß einige Varianten
schon nicht mehr spielen kann.}) 4. Nf3 {Die Hauptvariante.} (4. Qe2 {ist ein
Versuch ...d5 zu stoppen, der aber nicht wirklich gelingt:} d5 $5 {Movsesian,S
(2700)-Fridman,D (2600) WchT 9th Antalya 2013 (6.2) 0-1} 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Qxe5+
(6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. Nf3 $2 Bd6 8. Nxe5 O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6 Rb8 $17) 6... Be7
7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Bd6 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Qd1 Bg4 13.
Nbd2 Nd7 $44 {Für einen Bauer bekommt Schwarz sehr aktives Spiel.}) 4... d5 5.
Bb3 (5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. O-O Bd6 $11) 5... Bd6 {Ich
habe fast immer dieser Zug gemacht, aber die Alternativen 5...a5 oder 5...Bb4+
sind auch sehr gut spielbar.} (5... Bb4+ 6. Bd2 (6. c3 {Es ist günstig für
Schwarz, dieses Tempo zu "verlieren". Ohne Nc3 spielen zu können, kann Weiß
nicht so viel Druck auf das schwarze Zentrum erzeugen.} Bd6 7. O-O (7. Bg5 dxe4
8. dxe4 h6 9. Bh4 Qe7 $11 {Carlsen,M (2877)-Caruana,F (2801) Sinquefield Cup
2nd 2014 (3) 0-1}) 7... dxe4 (7... O-O 8. exd5 cxd5 (8... Nxd5 9. Re1 Bg4 10.
h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. d4 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 exd4 15. cxd4 Rae8 16. Bd2
N7f6 $11) 9. Bg5 Be6 10. c4 d4 11. c5 Bxb3 12. Qxb3 Bxc5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxb7
Na6 $11) 8. dxe4 Qe7 $11 {Weiß hat minimalen Entwicklungsvorsprung, den er
aber nicht wirklich ausnutzen kann.}) 6... Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 (7. Nbxd2 a5 8. a4 Bg4
(8... Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. d4 exd4 12. exd5 Rxe1+ 13. Qxe1 cxd5 14.
Nxd4 Nc5 $14 {/=}) 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 (10. Nxf3 Nbd7 $11) 10... O-O 11. O-O (
11. g4 $5 Na6 12. O-O-O (12. g5 Nd7 13. exd5 cxd5 14. O-O-O (14. Bxd5 Nb4 15.
Kd1 Qxg5 $11) 14... Ndc5 15. Qxd5 Qe7 $44) 12... Nc5) 11... Qd6 12. Rfe1 Nbd7
$11) 7... O-O (7... a5 8. Nc3 $5 (8. a4 O-O) 8... d4 9. Ne2 Qe7 {Caruana,F 
(2813)-Tregubov,P (2586) Bundesliga 2016-17 (15.7) 1-0} (9... a4 $5 10. Bxf7+
Kxf7 11. Nxe5+ Ke8 12. O-O Rf8 $13)) 8. Nxe5 Qe7 9. f4 dxe4 10. d4 Be6 {
Eine Verbesserung gegenüber meiner Partie mit Karjakin.} (10... Nd5 $6 {
Karjakin,S (2785)-Fridman,D (2653) Istanbul ol (Men) 40th 2012 (11.3) 1-0} 11.
Nc3 $14) 11. Nc3 Nbd7 12. O-O Rfe8 13. Rae1 Rad8 14. Bxe6 (14. Nxe4 $2 Nxe4 15.
Rxe4 Bxb3 16. Ree1 Qd6 17. axb3 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Qxd4+ $17) 14... Qxe6 15. a3 c5
16. d5 Qb6 17. Nc4 Qa6 18. Ne3 Nb6 $11) (5... a5 {Es ist in vielen Varianten
günstig für Schwarz, dass a5 a4 schon auf dem Brett steht.} 6. a4 (6. a3 Bd6
7. Nc3 (7. exd5 $6 a4 8. Ba2 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Nc3 Ra5 $15) 7...
d4 8. Ne2 a4 9. Ba2 c5 10. Ng3 Nc6 $11) (6. Nc3 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 a4 9.
Ba2 Bg4 $11) 6... Bb4+ (6... Nbd7 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. O-O Bd6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Na3
$14) 7. c3 (7. Bd2 {Jetzt ist es nicht so gut, da Schwarz einfach auf e4
nehmen kann.} dxe4 8. dxe4 Qe7 $11) 7... Bd6 8. exd5 {Sonst nimmt man selbst
auf e4 mit dem Ausgleich.} (8. O-O dxe4 9. dxe4 O-O $11) (8. Bg5 dxe4 9. dxe4
O-O 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Bc2 h6 13. Bh4 Qe7 $11) 8... cxd5 (8... Nxd5)
9. Bg5 {Weiß versucht, viel Druck auf d5 zu erzeugen, aber ohne Springer auf
c3 ist es viel schwieriger.} (9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Na3 {Zugumstellung.})
9... Be6 10. Na3 Nc6 $5 (10... Nbd7 11. Nb5 Bb8 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Ra6 14. Nd2
Nc5 15. d4 Nxb3 16. Nxb3 e4 17. Nc5 Rc6 18. c4 (18. Nxb7 $2 Qc8 19. Bxf6 Bg4
$17) 18... Qc8 $13) 11. Nb5 Bb8 12. O-O h6 (12... O-O) 13. Bh4 O-O 14. Re1 g5
15. Bg3 Bg4 $13 {Onischuk,V (2608)-Motylev,A (2665) 18th ch-EUR Indiv 2017 (8.
17) 0-1}) 6. Nc3 {Gilt als nicht sehr gefährlich. Weiß zwingt Schwarz das
Zentrum sofort aufzulösen.} (6. exd5 Nxd5 (6... cxd5 $5 {strategisch die
etwas riskantere Fortsetzung. Das schwarze Zentrum wird sofort angegriffen.} 7.
Bg5 Be6 8. Nc3) 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 (8. Nbd2 $5)) 6... dxe4 7. Nxe4 (7. Ng5 {
Diese Variante ist deutlich populärer als 7.Se4} O-O 8. Ngxe4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Bf5
10. Qf3 Bxe4 11. dxe4 Nd7 12. a3 $5 Nc5 13. Ba2 Qh4 14. Be3 {Hennings,A (2475)
-Suetin,A (2550) Chigorin Memorial 1973 (10) 1/2}) 7... Nxe4 8. dxe4 h6 (8...
Bb4+ {Dieser Zug scheint die Eröffnungsprobleme direkt zu lösen.} 9. Bd2 (9.
c3 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Bd6 11. Ng5 O-O $11) 9... Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 Qg5 11. O-O O-O 12.
Nc4 Na6 $11) 9. O-O Qe7 10. Be3 Nd7 $11 11. Nh4 g6 {Es scheint, dass Schwarz
keine Probleme hat.} 12. f4 $5 {Kompromisslos!} ({Nach einem "normalen"} 12. g3
Nf6 13. f3 Bh3 {ist die Stellung ausgeglichen.}) 12... Bc5 ({Auch} 12... exf4
13. Bxf4 Bxf4 14. Rxf4 Qc5+ $1 (14... Ne5 $2 15. Qd4 $16) 15. Kh1 Ne5 {scheint
für Ausgleich zu genügen.}) 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 (13... Qxc5+ 14. Kh1 exf4 {gibt
Weiß mehr Optionen anzugreifen.} 15. g3 $5 (15. Qd2 $5 g5 16. Rad1)) 14. Bxf7+
$5 {Erzwungen.} Qxf7 $6 {Und sofort unterläuft mir ein Fehler.} (14... Kxf7 {
war nötig.} 15. fxe5+ Kg7 16. Rf6 (16. Nxg6 $2 {Als wir die Partie hinterher
besprochen haben, meinte Vladimir, hier diesen schwachen Zug spielen zu wollen.
Ich bin mir aber ziemlich sicher, dass er es überdacht hätte.} Kxg6 17. Rf6+
Kg7 18. Qf3 Qxe5 19. Rf7+ Kg6 20. Rf1 Rg8 $19) 16... Nxe4 $1 (16... Qxe5 $2 17.
Rxg6+ Kh7 18. Qd2 Qh5 19. Qf2 Be6 20. g4 {verliert leider.}) 17. Qd3 $8 (17.
Rxg6+ $2 Kh7 18. Qh5 $2 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 Nf2+ {und hier dachte ich, dass ich nach
Txf2! Dxf2 Dg6# Matt kriege. Wegen dieser Halluzination habe ich mit der Dame
auf f7 genommen!}) 17... Nxf6 (17... Qc5+ $2 18. Kh1 Nf2+ 19. Rxf2 Qxf2 20.
Qxg6+ Kf8 21. Rd1 $18) 18. Qxg6+ Kf8 19. Rf1 Rh7 20. Rxf6+ Rf7 21. Qxh6+ Ke8
22. Qg6 $11 {Trotz Materialvorteil befindet sich die Partie im Gleichgewicht.
Keiner der beiden Seiten kann die Stellung entscheidend verbessern.}) 15. Qd6
Ne6 16. Qxe5 $6 {Zum Glück revanchiert sich mein Gegner sofort. Weiß besitzt
genügend Kompensation für die Figur, aber auch nicht mehr.} ({Nach} 16. fxe5
$1 Qd7 17. Nxg6 Qxd6 18. exd6 Rh7 19. Rf6 Bd7 20. Ne7 $14 {steht Schwarz
mächtig unter Druck.}) (16. f5 gxf5 17. exf5 Qc7 $13) 16... O-O 17. f5 gxf5
18. exf5 Qg7 19. Rae1 (19. Qe3 Nc7 20. Rf3 Nd5 21. Qe4 Nf6 $11) 19... Qxe5 20.
Rxe5 Nc7 {Viel besser als ...Ng5.} 21. Rd1 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Nxe8 23. g4 $2 {
Schwarz strebt den folgenden Aufbau an: Nf6, Kg7, b6 und Bb7 - 23.g4? spielt
mir in die Karten.} (23. Rd8 Kf7 24. Ng6 Nf6 25. h3 b5 26. Ne5+ Kg7 27. Nxc6 a6
28. Nb4 $11 {3 Bauern und aktive Figuren reichen vollkommen für den Ausgleich.
}) 23... Nf6 24. Rd8+ Kg7 25. Ng6 b6 26. h4 $2 {Der entscheindende Fehler.
Weiß übersieht bestimmt mein 30. Zug.} (26. Ne5 Bb7 $17) 26... Nxg4 27. Ne7
Bb7 28. Rd7 Ba6 29. Nxc6+ (29. Nd5+ Kh8 $1 {Ich denke, Vladimir hat diesen Zug
übersehen.} (29... Kf8 $2 30. Nc7 Bc8 31. Rd4 Ne5 32. Re4 $11) 30. Nc7 Rg8 $19
) 29... Kf6 30. b3 Bc8 (30... Ne3 31. c4 Nxf5 $19) 31. Rd8 Bb7 32. Rxa8 Bxa8
33. Nxa7 Ne5 (33... Ne3) 34. Kf2 Kxf5 35. Kg3 Nd7 36. Nb5 Ke5 37. c4 Nf6 38. b4
h5 39. a4 Ne4+ 40. Kh3 Nd6 41. Na3 Kd4 42. c5 bxc5 43. Nc2+ Kc4 44. bxc5 Nf5
45. Ne1 Be4 {Trotz dieser Niederlage konnte Fedoseev am Ende Platz 3 erreichen.
} 0-1

[Event "Rostock-07 IM Group"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "1981.08.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Neukirch, Detlef"]
[Black "Malich, Burkhard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1981.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. Bb3 (6. h3 O-O 7. Re1 Nbd7
8. a4 a5 9. Nc3 h6 10. Ba2 Re8 11. d4 Bf8 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Nh4 $14 {
Vogt-Tscheschov,Halle 1981}) 6... O-O 7. Nbd2 (7. c3 Nbd7 8. Re1 Nc5 9. Bc2 Bg4
) 7... Nbd7 8. c3 Nc5 9. Bc2 Re8 10. d4 Ncd7 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. a4 Bf8 13. Re1 b5
14. axb5 cxb5 15. Na5 h6 16. d5 Nb6 17. h3 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Memorial-03"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1981.03.25"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Vogt, Lothar"]
[Black "Bronstein, David Ionovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1981.03.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 (4... d5 5. Bb3 (5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb3
Bb4+ $1 7. c3 Bd6 $10) 5... Bd6 $1 (5... Nbd7 $6 6. O-O Bd6 7. exd5 $1 (7. Nc3
dxe4 8. Ng5 O-O 9. Ncxe4 Nc5 10. Nxd6 Qxd6 11. f4 Nxb3 $10 {Olafsson-Kurajica,
B/Wijk/1977/}) 7... cxd5 8. Nc3 d4 (8... Nb6 9. Bg5 $36 (9. Re1 $36)) 9. Ng5 $1
O-O 10. Nce4 Nc5 11. Nxc5 Bxc5 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 $16 h6 $2 (13... Bg4 14.
Qe1 Bh5 15. Qh4 Bg6 16. Be5 $16) 14. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 15. Be5 $1 $18 {P 16. f6 gf
17. f7 f7 18. h5, 19. c5} Be7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qh5 Qc7 18. Rae1 Kf8 19. Rxf6
$1 $18 {Zlochevskij,A-Tsarev,V/Moscow-sf)/1988/1:0/19/}) 6. Nc3 d4 $5 (6...
dxe4 $14) 7. Ne2 c5 $1 (7... Na6 $2 8. c3 $14 {Nunn,J-Kortschnoj,V/
Johannesburg/1981/1:0/39/}) 8. Ng3 Nc6 9. h3 (9. Ng5 O-O 10. Nh5 h6 11. h4 Na5
$1 12. Qf3 Nxb3 13. axb3 Nxh5 14. Qxh5 Qf6 15. Ke2 Qg6 16. Qxg6 fxg6 $15 {
Orlinkov,M-Arbakov,V/Moscow/1985/0:1/50/}) 9... h6 10. O-O g6 11. c3 (11. a3 $5
{P h2,f4}) 11... Bd7 12. cxd4 cxd4 13. Re1 Qe7 14. a3 Kf8 15. Nf1 Kg7 16. N1d2
b5 $15 {Schlosser,M-Ivanchuk,V/WchJ Adelaide/1988/0:1/21/}) (4... Be7) 5. h3 (
5. c3 $5 Be7 6. Bb3 O-O 7. O-O Be6 8. Bc2 h6 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. d4
Rfe8 (11... Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nf1 Nh7 $14) 12. h3 $1 Nf8 13. c4 Ng6 14. d5 Bd7
15. Nb1 $1 Bf8 (15... cxd5 16. cxd5 b5 $1 $14) 16. Nc3 c5 $2 17. Ba4 $1 $16 {
Kasparov,G-Georgadze,T/Minsk URS-ch/1979/1:0/40/}) (5. O-O Be7 (5... Bg4 6. h3
Bxf3 7. Qxf3 $14 {Titov,G-Zaitsev,I/URS-ch/1991/0:1/24/}) 6. Bb3 (6. c3 O-O 7.
Nbd2 Kh8 $6 (7... Nbd7 $14) 8. Re1 Nbd7 9. Bb3 Nc5 10. Bc2 Ne6 11. d4 Nd7 12.
Nc4 f6 13. d5 $1 $16 {Nunn,J-Hess,R/Wiesbaden/1981/1:0/40/}) 6... O-O 7. c3
Nbd7 8. Re1 Qc7 (8... h6 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. d4 Bf8 11. h3 $14) 9. d4 Nb6 (9... h6
10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Bf8 12. Ng3 $14) 10. Nbd2 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 $14 {Martinovic,
S-Braga,F/Amsterdam/1986/0:1/24)/}) 5... Nbd7 6. a4 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Nc5
9. Bg5 (9. Ne2 d5 $5) 9... Ne6 10. Bd2 Re8 11. Ne2 Bf8 (11... d5 12. exd5 cxd5
13. Ba2 e4 (13... Bd6 14. Nc3 $5 $36) 14. Nfd4 $13) 12. c3 (12. Ba2 $5) 12...
d5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Ba2 (14. Bb5 $6 Re7 15. Nxe5 $4 a6 $19) 14... Bd6 15. Re1
h6 16. Ng3 Nc7 17. Nh4 Bd7 18. Nhf5 Bf8 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxd4 Rxe1+ 21. Bxe1 Ne6
$10 22. Nxe6 Bxe6 23. Bd2 Bd6 24. Qf3 $2 (24. Be3 $10) 24... Qb6 $1 25. b4 Bxg3
$1 $17 26. a5 (26. Qxg3 Ne4 27. Qf4 g5 $1 28. Qe3 Qxe3 29. Bxe3 Nxc3 $17) 26...
Qxf2+ 27. Qxf2 Bxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Ne4+ (28... Rc8 $5 $17) 29. Ke3 Rc8 30. c4 $5
Nxd2 (30... Nf6 $5 $17) 31. cxd5 Nc4+ (31... Bf5 32. Kxd2 Rc2+ 33. Ke3 Rxg2 34.
d6 $44) 32. Kd4 Na3 (32... Bxd5 33. Kxd5 Ne3+ 34. Kd6 $44) 33. dxe6 $1 Nc2+ 34.
Ke5 Nxa1 35. e7 Nc2 36. b5 Nd4 (36... Nb4 37. Bc4 $1 $44 {P d6}) (36... Ne3 37.
g4 $1 $44 {P d6}) 37. Kxd4 Re8 38. Ke5 $2 (38. Kc5 $1 Rxe7 39. Bd5 Kf8 40. b6
axb6+ (40... a6 $2 41. Bxb7 $1 $18) 41. Kxb6 Ke8 42. Bxb7 Kd7 $1 (42... Kd8 $2
{= Gufeld,Bukhtin} 43. a6 $1 Re6+ 44. Bc6 $18) 43. Bc6+ (43. a6 $2 Re6+ {P c7})
43... Kc8 44. a6 Kb8 45. Bb7 Re6+ 46. Bc6 Re7 $10) 38... Rxe7+ $19 39. Kd6 Kf8
40. Bd5 f5 41. Kc5 Rd7 42. Bf3 (42. b6 axb6+ 43. axb6 Ke7 $19) 42... g5 43. b6
a6 44. Bxb7 Rxb7 45. Kc6 Rb8 46. b7 (46. Kc7 Re8 47. Kb7 f4 48. Kxa6 h5 49. Kb5
g4 50. hxg4 hxg4 51. a6 f3 $19) 46... Ke7 47. Kc7 Rd8 48. b8=Q (48. Kb6 Kd6 49.
Kxa6 Kc7 50. Ka7 h5 51. a6 h4 $19) 48... Rxb8 49. Kxb8 f4 50. Kb7 Kd6 51. Kxa6
Kc6 52. Ka7 h5 53. a6 Kc7 54. Ka8 (54. h4 gxh4 $19) 54... h4 $1 55. g4 (55. a7
Kc8 56. g4 hxg3 57. h4 g2 $19) 55... hxg3 0-1

[Event "Montreal 6th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2005.08.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2005.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 {A big surprise for me! I was expecting - 2.Nf3.} Nf6 3. d3 c6
4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bd6 {I was a bit lucky with this variation, as I prepared it
only 8 days ago, for the 2nd round game against Arthur Kogan, but we didn't
play it then.} ({The following variation was also seen in this tournament:} 
5... Bb4+ $5 6. c3 $140 Bd6 {with the idea to prevent Nc3.}) 6. Nc3 dxe4 $5 {
This is the more common plan for Black.} 7. Ng5 $140 O-O 8. Ncxe4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4
(9. dxe4 $143 Bb4+ 10. c3 (10. Bd2 $4 Qxg5 11. Bxb4 Qxg2 12. Qd6 Qxe4+ 13. Kd2
Nd7 $19) 10... Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Be7 $11) 9... Bf5 $5 {Black's goal is to get rid
of the Ne4 in the centre.} 10. Qf3 $140 ({This was also seen a couple of times
in this position:} 10. O-O) ({and} 10. Nxd6) 10... Bxe4 $1 11. dxe4 {BB / BN} (
11. Qxe4 $143 Nd7 $11 {[%csl Rb3,Re4][%cal Gd7c5]}) 11... Nd7 {Almost all
games in this position in the database ended in a draw, this game wasn't
different :)} 12. O-O ({I think this is more logical:} 12. c3 $5 a5 13. O-O (
13. a4 Nc5 14. Bc2 b5 (14... Ne6 $5 {Lukacs,P} 15. O-O Qe7 $11) 15. O-O Qc7 16.
Rd1 Rab8 17. axb5 cxb5 18. g3 b4 $11 19. cxb4 Rxb4 20. Bd2 Rxb2 {1/2-1/2 Adams,
M-Kramnik,V/Tilburg,1998}) 13... Nc5 (13... a4 14. Bc2 Nc5 $11) 14. Bc2 {
[%csl Gc1,Yc2]} b5 {with similar ideas, which have met in my game:} 15. Be3 Qc7
16. Qe2 a4 17. Rad1 Ne6 18. g3 Bc5 19. Bc1 Rad8 {+/=/= Bruzon Bautista,
L-Dominguez,L/Havana,2005(1/2-1/2)(47)}) 12... Nc5 13. Bc4 {/^a6-f1 White
can't allow to exchange the bishops, otherwise the game would be level:} (13.
Rd1 $143 Nxb3 (13... Qe7 $6 14. Qg4 $6 (14. Bc4 $142) 14... Nxb3 15. axb3 Rfd8
16. Bg5 f6 17. Be3 Bc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 $11 {Aronian,L-Dautov,R/Germany,2002(1/
2-1/2)(24)}) 14. Qxb3 Qc7 15. Be3 Rfd8 $11 {Lendwai,R-Volkmann,F/Hartberg,2003
(1/2-1/2)(19)}) 13... b5 14. Be2 Qe7 $146 (14... Qh4 $6 15. Be3 $5 (15. g3 Qxe4
16. Qxe4 Nxe4 17. Bf3 f5 $13) (15. Re1 $5) 15... Qxe4 $140 $2 16. Rfd1 $1 {
[%csl Rc5,Gd1,Rd6,Ge3]} Be7 $8 17. Bxc5 Qxf3 18. Bxf3 Bxc5 19. Bxc6 {^-} Rab8
20. Rd5 $16) ({The game, which has reached this position was continued as
follows:} 14... Ne6 15. c3 Bc5 16. g3 a5 17. Kg2 Be7 18. h4 {+/=/= Ghaem
Maghami,E-Datu,I/Calcutta,2001(1-0)(52)}) 15. c3 a5 16. Be3 a4 {I am trying to
get the maximum space on the queenside, which will neutralize my opponent's
bishops.} 17. Rad1 {<->d} Rfd8 18. g3 Ne6 19. h4 Bc5 {/^a7-g1} 20. Bc1 Rxd1 {
It won't hurt to remove all the rooks from the board to simplify the position.}
21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Kg2 Bf8 $1 {In some variations, I need to have
the square c5 to transfer my knight to d3.} 24. Qd3 (24. Qg4 {/\f4} Nc5 $132 {
[%csl Rd3][%cal Gc5d3]}) (24. h5 Nc5 25. h6 g6 $11) 24... Qxd3 25. Bxd3 {+/=/=}
Bd6 26. h5 h6 $1 {It's risky to allow the white pawn to reach h6.} 27. Bc2 (27.
Kh3 $5 {Efimenko,Z} Nc5 28. Bc2 Nd7 {/\Nf6 קh5}) 27... Kf8 $1 {Zahar missed
the defensive idea of transfering my king to f6.} 28. Kh3 Ke7 29. Kg4 Kf6 {
[%csl Rf5,Yf6][%cal Yf6f5]} 30. f4 Bc7 31. Bd2 Bd6 {I'm waiting for some
active moves from my opponent.} 32. c4 {It was possible to try to improve the
position before passing c4, to keep more pawns on the queenside.} Nd4 33. Bd1 (
33. Bd3 $143 b4 {/\c5 =}) 33... a3 $1 34. bxa3 ({After:} 34. Bc3 $143 axb2 35.
Bxb2 {I get another chance:} bxc4 $5 (35... Ke7 36. cxb5 cxb5 $11) 36. Bxd4 (
36. a4 $2 Bb4 {/\c3}) 36... exd4 37. e5+ Bxe5 38. fxe5+ Kxe5 {[%csl Yc4,Yc6,
Yd4][%cal Gc4c3,Gc3c2,Yd4d3,Yc6c5]} 39. Kf3 c5 $13) 34... Bxa3 ({Leads to a
very sharp endgame:} 34... bxc4 $5 {Efimenko,Z} 35. a4 $140 Ke7 $13 {/\Kd7-c7})
35. cxb5 cxb5 36. Bc3 {[%csl Gc3,Rf6][%cal Yd1b3]} Ke6 37. Kh3 f6 {All
endgames with opposite colored bishops end in a draw.} 38. Ba5 Bd6 39. Bb6 Ke7
40. Kg4 Ke6 41. Ba5 Ke7 42. Bc3 Ke6 43. Kh3 Ke7 44. Bd2 Kf7 $6 {A bit
inaccurate, but this won't effect the outcome of the game.} (44... Ne6 $5 {קf4
} 45. Bb3 (45. Kg4 Nd4 {[%csl Yd4][%cal Yd4f3] and the white king doesn't
reach e3 or d3.}) 45... exf4 46. Bxe6 Kxe6 47. gxf4 f5 $5 48. e5 Bc5 $11) 45.
Kg2 Ke7 46. Bg4 {[%cal Yg4c8,Yc8b7,Yb7d5] Zahar uses my inaccuracy and plays
very strongly (that I have made in my 44th move) and is going to improve the
position of his light-squared bishop.} Ke8 47. Bc8 Kd8 (47... b4 $5 48. Ba6
$140 b3 49. a4 (49. axb3 Nxb3 $11) 49... b2 50. Bd3 Ne6 $1 {[%csl Ra4,Gb2,Rd3,
Rf4][%cal Ge6c5]} (50... Nb3 $6 51. Bc3 $14 {/\Bb5+ קb2}) 51. Bc3 $140 exf4
52. Bxb2 fxg3 53. Bc4 Nf4+ 54. Kxg3 Nd3+ 55. e5 $8 Bxe5+ 56. Bxe5 Nxe5 57. Be2
$11) 48. Bb7 Kd7 49. Bd5 Ne6 50. Kf3 Nd4+ 51. Ke3 Nc2+ 52. Ke2 $6 (52. Kd3 $142
Nd4 (52... Nb4+ $6 53. Kc3 $140 Nxd5+ 54. exd5 {/\Kd3-e4} e4 (54... f5 55. Be3
e4 $140 56. Bd4 Bf8 57. Be5 {/\Kd4 +/=}) 55. Kd4 f5 56. g4 $1 fxg4 57. Kxe4 $14
) 53. Be3 Bc5 {It's unclear where White can break through.}) 52... Bb4 $1 $11 {
Now I begin chasing my opponent's dark squared bishop.} 53. Bc1 (53. Kd3 Bxd2
54. Kxd2 Nd4 55. Kc3 Kc7 56. Kb4 Kb6 $11) 53... Ba3 54. Bd2 {Zahar felt it was
a bit risky, and decided to repeat the moves:} (54. Bxa3 $5 Nxa3 55. Bb3 $1 {
[%csl Re5,Rg7][%cal Ye2f3,Yf3g4,Yg4f5]} (55. Kf3 $6 Nc2 {/\Nd4 ><f5}) (55. fxe5
$6 fxe5 56. Kf3 (56. Bb3 Ke7 $11) 56... Nc2 {/\Nd4 ><f5}) {I must be very
accurate here:} 55... Kd6 56. Kf3 Kc5 $1 (56... b4 $2 57. Kg4 Nb1 58. Kf5 Nd2
59. fxe5+ fxe5 60. Bc2 $16 {[%csl Rg7,Rh6][%cal Yc2e4,Gf5g6]} Nf1 $140 61. Bd3
Nxg3+ 62. Kg4 {פg3}) 57. Kg4 $140 Nc4 58. Kf5 Nd6+ 59. Kg6 Nxe4 60. fxe5 fxe5
61. Kxg7 Nxg3 62. Kxh6 e4 $11) 54... Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Gruenberg,HU"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "German Dem Rep"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DDR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bd6 6. Nc3 dxe4 (6... Be6 7. Bg5)
7. Ng5 O-O 8. Ncxe4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Na6 $2 (9... Bf5 10. O-O $14) 10. Qh5 $16 Qc7
(10... Nc5 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nxf7 $18) 11. Ng5 $1 h6 12. Ne4 Be7 {[#]} 13. Bxh6
gxh6 14. Qg6+ Kh8 15. Qxh6+ Kg8 16. h4 (16. g4 Nc5 17. g5 {P f6} Nxe4 18. dxe4
{P g6}) 16... Bf5 $8 17. Ng3 e4 $1 18. d4 (18. O-O-O $1 Bh7 (18... Qe5 19. d4)
19. Nh5 Qe5 20. d4 Qh8 21. Rh3) (18. Nxf5 $2 Qa5+) 18... Qd7 19. O-O-O (19. Nh5
$2 Qxd4) 19... Bg4 20. Nxe4 Qf5 (20... Bxd1 $1 21. Rxd1 Qf5 22. Rd3 Qh7 23.
Nf6+ Bxf6 24. Qxf6 Rfd8 (24... Rfe8 25. Rf3) 25. Bxf7+ (25. Rg3+ Kf8 26. c3 Nc7
27. Bc2 Ne8) 25... Qxf7 26. Rg3+ Kf8 27. Qh6+ Ke8 28. Rg7 Rd6 $1 29. Qh8+ Qf8
30. Rg8 Ke7 $13) 21. Rde1 $1 Qh5 22. Qxh5 Bxh5 23. Ng3 Bb4 24. Nxh5 $1 (24. c3
Bg6 25. cxb4 Nxb4 $36) 24... Bxe1 25. Rxe1 $18 Rad8 26. c3 c5 27. d5 b5 28. Re7
c4 29. Rxa7 $6 (29. Bc2) 29... Ra8 $16 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Bc2 b4 32. cxb4 Nxb4
33. a3 Na6 (33... Nxd5 $2 34. Be4 Ra5 35. Bxd5 Rxd5 36. Nf6+) 34. Kd2 Nc7 35.
Nf4 Nb5 36. a4 Nd6 37. Kc3 Kg7 38. g3 Kf6 39. h5 Ke5 40. h6 f5 41. h7 Kf6 42.
Kd4 Rb8 43. Kc5 Nf7 44. Kxc4 Rxb2 45. Kc3 Rb8 46. Bd3 Rh8 47. a5 Rxh7 48. a6
Nd6 49. Kb4 $2 (49. Kd4 $18 {P e6}) 49... Ke5 50. Kc5 Rc7+ 51. Kb6 Rc3 52. a7
Nc8+ {53. b7 d6 54. b8? c8#} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial op 45th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2010.06.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fernando, Diogo"]
[Black "Ordaz Valdes, Lisandra Teresa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[Annotator "Hernandez Same,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.06.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bd6 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. Ne4 ({Otra posibilidad es} 11. g4 Bg6 12.
Nc4 Qc7 13. d4 e4 14. Nh4 Bh2+ 15. Kh1 Rae8 $13 {Morozevich-Smeets Eu Ch Men
2009.}) 11... Bc7 12. Bg5 {Novedad. Se emplean normalmente} (12. Bd2 Re8 (12...
Bb6 13. a3 Re8 14. Ba2 Nf8 15. Ng3 {Zhang Zhong-Zhang Pengxiang Manila 2006.})
13. a3 Nf8 14. Ba2 h6 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. Qc1 a5 17. b4 Nf4 18. d4 N4e6 19. Nxe5
$13 {Areshchenko-Shirov Bundesliga 2006.}) (12. Ng3 Bg6 13. a3 h6 14. d4 exd4
15. Qxd4 Bb6 16. Qg4 Kh7 17. Rd1 Re8 18. c3 f5 19. Qh4 Ne5 $15 {
Tiviakov-Shirov Benidorm 2008.}) 12... f6 13. Bd2 Kh8 14. a3 f5 15. Ng3 Bxf3
16. Qxf3 e4 $5 17. dxe4 fxe4 18. Qxe4 (18. Qg4 Nc5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Rad1 $13)
18... Qf6 19. Rf1 Nc5 20. Qc4 Qd6 21. Bb4 $6 (21. Rae1 b5 22. Qg4 Nxb3 23. cxb3
Rf6 $132) 21... Rxf2 $1 22. Rxf2 Qxg3 23. Bxc5 $6 (23. Qxc5 Bb6 24. Bxd5 Bxc5
25. Bxc5 cxd5 26. Rf7 $44) 23... Qh2+ 24. Kf1 Qh1+ 25. Ke2 Qxa1 26. Qg4 $2 {
Un grave error.Lo correcto es} (26. Qe4 Qxb2 27. Bd4 Nc3+ 28. Bxc3 Qxc3 29. Rf7
$13) 26... Re8+ 27. Kd3 Nf4+ $2 ({Omite la continuacion ganadora que es} 27...
Nf6 28. Rxf6 gxf6 29. Qf3 Rd8+ 30. Ke4 Qxb2 $19) 28. Rxf4 Bxf4 29. Qxf4 Qd1+
30. Kc3 Qe1+ 31. Qd2 Qe5+ 32. Bd4 Qa5+ 33. Kd3 Qf5+ 34. Kc3 (34. Kc4 Re2 $1 35.
Qb4 b5+ 36. Kc3 Qf1 37. Bxg7+ Kxg7 38. Qg4+ Kf8) 34... c5 $1 35. Bg1 Qe5+ 36.
Kc4 b5+ $1 37. Kxb5 c4+ $1 38. Kxc4 $2 (38. Ka4 cxb3 39. cxb3 Qe4+ 40. Qb4 Qxg2
) 38... Rc8+ 39. Kb4 Rb8+ 40. Kc4 Qb5+ 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Howell,David"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 {
This is the most tricky of White's two continuations. It also scores better
than the alternative.} (7. Nbxd2 {is equally popular and was chosen by Carlsen
in his game against Caruana from Norway in 2018:} a5 8. c3 Nbd7 9. exd5 cxd5
10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nf1 b5 13. a4 b4 14. cxb4 axb4 15. Ne3 Bb7 16. d4
e4 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Rxe5 19. Qd4 Re7 20. Rac1 $14 {with good compensation
for the pawn in Carlsen-Caruana, Norway Chess 2018 (1-0)}) 7... a5 {A common
idea, although it is unclear whether the insertion of the a-pawn moves is
beneficial for Black.} (7... Qd6 {and}) (7... O-O {are both more popular than
the text.}) 8. a4 O-O ({It is worth pointing out that the natural} 8... dxe4 $6
{is a mistake due to very concrete reasons:} 9. Nxe5 O-O 10. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 11.
dxe4 Qe7 12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 13. f3 $14 {and the material imbalance should favour
White.}) 9. exd5 Nxd5 {After this, Black must play extremely accurately to
maintain the balance.} (9... cxd5 $1 {leads to some fascinating variations
which would justify the inclusion of 7...a5:} 10. Nxe5 Nc6 $1 ({not} 10... Re8
$6 {which leads to a safe advantage for White with natural moves:} 11. d4 Nc6
12. O-O Nxe5 13. dxe5 Rxe5 14. Nc3 $14) 11. d4 (11. Nxc6 Re8+ $36 {is awkward
to meet.}) 11... Qb6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. O-O Ne4 {and Black's active pieces give
him sufficient compensation for the pawn. For example:} 14. Qd1 Rb8 15. Nc3 Nd6
$1 16. Qd2 Nf5 17. Rad1 Ba6 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 $44 {White's bishop on b3 is poor
and the d4-pawn is weak. Black's compensation is undeniable.}) 10. O-O f6 11.
h3 Be6 $6 {Allowing a dangerous initiative.} (11... c5 {looks slightly
counterintuitive, but seems to be Black's best chance to equalise. The idea is
simply to prevent any central pawns (as seen in the game). Surprisingly, White
may continue as if nothing happened:} 12. d4 $5 (12. Nc3 Be6 $11) 12... cxd4
13. Nxd4 $1 Nc6 $1 (13... exd4 14. Qxd4 Be6 15. Rd1 Nc6 16. Qe4 Re8 17. Nc3 $1
$14 {and White will regain his piece thanks to the many pins.}) 14. Nxc6 bxc6
15. Nc3 Be6 16. Rfd1 Rb8 $11 {and it appears that any simplifications should
lead to a draw.}) 12. d4 {Seizing the moment.} e4 13. Re1 $1 {The point behind
White's last.} Bxh3 (13... Bf5 {would have been a tricky idea:} 14. Nh4 (14.
Qf4 $1 Bg6 15. Nh4 f5 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Na3 $14) 14... Bc8 {with double-edged
play, for example:} 15. Rxe4 $2 f5) (13... f5 $6 14. Ng5 $14 {is simply better
for White.}) 14. Rxe4 $14 Bf5 15. Re2 Kh8 16. Nc3 b6 {This makes sense, but
again Black's plan is very slow.} (16... Bg4 {would have been an interesting
try}) ({while} 16... Na6 17. Rae1 Nac7 {would have kept White's advantage to a
minimum.}) 17. Rae1 Ra7 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Qf4 Bg6 20. c3 Rd7 21. Nh4 Bh5 (21...
Be4 $2 {would have fallen into a well-known tactical motif:} 22. Rxe4 $1 dxe4
$2 (22... g5 23. Qh2 dxe4 24. Ng6+ Kg7 25. Nxf8 Qxf8 26. Rxe4 $18) 23. Ng6+ $1
hxg6 24. Qh4#) 22. Re3 $6 {The first blemish. Radjabov starts to err.} (22. g4
$5 {is difficult to play for a human. It feels that White's advantage can be
nurtured without the need for such risks. However, this was the moment to
strike.} Bf7 (22... g5 23. Qh2 gxh4 24. gxh5 $18 {is hard to evaluate at first,
but White's more active pieces ensure a decisive advantage.}) 23. Nf5 $16 {
and White will soon drum up a big attack.}) (22. Qh2 $1 {is also strong,
eyeing up the black king from afar:} Bxe2 23. Ng6+ Kg8 24. Nxf8 Kxf8 25. Qxh7
$1 Qe8 26. Qh8+ Kf7 27. Qxe8+ Kxe8 28. Rxe2+ Kf7 29. f4 $16 {with a healthy
extra pawn.}) 22... g5 $1 {Duda doesn't miss his chance to activate his pieces.
} 23. Qf5 Nc6 24. Nf3 Ne7 25. Qb1 {A sign that things have not gone according
to plan. White is forced to retreat.} Ng6 26. Bc2 Rg7 27. Bf5 {Feeling the
tide beginning to turn and lacking a productive plan, Radjabov decides to
repeat moves.} (27. Nh2 $1 $14 {would preserve some advantage, aiming to bring
the knight to fresher pastures.}) 27... Ne7 28. Bd3 Ng6 29. Bf5 (29. Nh2 $14)
29... Ne7 30. Bd3 Ng6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1994.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Blatny,P} e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bb3 (5. Nc3 {Blatny,P /\
[+]}) 5... O-O 6. O-O d6 (6... Qc7) 7. c3 Bg4 $5 $146 (7... Be6) (7... Nbd7) 8.
Nbd2 Nbd7 9. h3 (9. Re1 {Blatny,P /\Nf1-e3,g3}) 9... Bh5 10. Re1 Nc5 (10... d5
$6 11. exd5 (11. Qe2 $14) 11... cxd5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Bxd3
$140 15. g5) 11. Bc2 Ne6 12. Nf1 Nd7 $1 13. Ng3 (13. g4 $6 Bg6 14. Ng3 Ng5)
13... Bxf3 14. Qxf3 g6 {/\Bg5} (14... Bg5 15. Nf5) 15. Be3 (15. Bh6 Re8 {/\Bg5=
} (15... Ng7 {Blatny,P /\f5 <->f})) 15... Bg5 $10 16. Rad1 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 (17.
fxe3 {Blatny,P} Ng7 {/\f5}) 17... Qh4 (17... Qb6 $142 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. a3 b5
$10 {/\Nb6-a4}) (17... Nf4 18. Ne2 $1 $14 (18. d4 $2 Qg5 $1 19. dxe5 Nxe5 $1
$40 {/\h5-h4})) 18. d4 $1 Nf6 (18... exd4 {Blatny,P} 19. cxd4 {[+]}) 19. dxe5
dxe5 20. Bb3 (20. Rd6 $142 $14) (20. Rd6 {Blatny,P <->d}) 20... Ng5 $5 21. Qc5
(21. Rd6 {Blatny,P} Kg7 $132) 21... Rfe8 22. Re2 (22. Re3 $5) (22. Re3 {
Blatny,P <->3}) 22... Kg7 (22... Qf4 $5 {/\h5-h4} 23. Re3 {/\Qb4,Ne2}) 23. Qb4
(23. a4 {Blatny,P /\a5,Qb4}) 23... b6 24. Qa4 (24. Qc4 $5) (24. a4 {Blatny,P}
c5 $13) 24... c5 $10 25. Qc4 (25. Rd6 $5 {Blatny,P}) 25... Re7 26. a4 (26. Bc2
$10 {/\Red2}) 26... Ne6 (26... h5 $5 {/\Qf4,h4; Ne6}) 27. Red2 (27. Re3 $5 Nf4
$140 28. Ne2 $1) 27... h5 (27... Nf4 $142 $36 28. Ne2 $140 (28. Bc2 {Blatny,P}
Qg5 $36) 28... Nxe4 $3 29. Nxf4 (29. Qxe4 {Blatny,P} Nxh3+ $19) 29... exf4 (
29... Qxf4 30. Re2 f5 31. Rde1 Rae8 32. Bc2 $140 Ng3 $1) (29... Nxd2 $4 30.
Ne6+ $18) 30. Re2 Rae8 $17 31. Rxe4 $140 Rxe4 32. Qxf7+ Kh8 33. Rd7 R4e7) 28.
Bc2 $1 Qg5 (28... Nf4 29. Ne2 $14) 29. Ne2 (29. b4 {Blatny,P} Nf4 {/\h4}) 29...
h4 30. Rd6 Rf8 $138 (30... Nf4 31. Nxf4 exf4 $13 {/\Rh8-h5}) 31. Qd3 Nf4 32.
Nxf4 exf4 (32... Qxf4 $10) (32... Qxf4 $5 {Blatny,P}) 33. f3 Qe5 (33... Rh8 $5
$132 {/\ Rh5,Qe5(g3),Rg5}) 34. Bb3 Rc8 $6 (34... Rh8 $1) (34... Rh8 {Blatny,P /
\Rh5-g5->>>}) 35. Bc4 Rcc7 36. Bb5 $14 Rc8 37. Rd8 $138 Rxd8 38. Qxd8 Qc7 39.
Kf2 Qxd8 40. Rxd8 Nh5 $1 $132 {/\f5} 41. Rd5 Nf6 $1 42. Rd6 Nh5 43. Bd3 (43. a5
bxa5 $10 {/\f5}) 43... Nf6 $1 44. Bb5 Nh5 45. Bd3 Nf6 46. Ke2 Re6 $10 47. Rd8
Re8 48. Rd6 Re6 49. Rxe6 fxe6 {/\Nd7-e5} 50. Bb5 $1 a5 51. Kd3 Kf7 52. b4 cxb4
53. cxb4 axb4 54. Kc4 Ke7 $10 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,65,19,31,34,11,21,3,3,-11,-11,10,-8,-8,32,25,44,4,9,-5,-18,-39,-14,1,
10,10,-14,28,22,8,26,32,43,62,56,4,11,14,44,63,72,65,48,71,66,43,49,56,61,55,
55,52,54,88,97,97,114,114,137,136,136,96,71,123,123,140,29993,29994]} {The
first round of the World Cup is always a nervous affair. I hadn't played a
tournament game in more than 3 months, and tried to overcome my certain
rustiness by solving a lot of exercises and preparing Bareev's main openings.} 
1. e4 e5 $1 {I wasn't ready for this. Only looking at Caro-Cann and the French,
I only briefly thought about what I'do after 1...e5, but didn't decide. Now I
had to make this decision at the board, with my clock ticking relentlessly...}
2. Bc4 $5 (2. Nf3 Nf6 {I thought this might be what Bareev had in mind. Only
much later did I see, that 2 days before the World Cup Bareev played in a
rapid tournament, where, among other openings, he also played the Petroff...})
2... Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 a5 6. a4 (6. Nc3 {I remember being happy
here with White many years ago, but then I remembered Kasparov-Bareev from
1993!! After that I definitely knew my opening was a mixed blessing...} Bb4 7.
a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 a4 $1 (8... Nbd7 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12. c4
Ne7 13. Ng5 h6 14. Ne4 a4 15. Ba2 c5 16. Nd6 Rf8 17. c3 Ng6 18. Bb1 Nf6 19.
Nxc8 Qxc8 20. Qf3 Re8 21. Bc2 Nh4 22. Qg3 g5 23. d4 Nf5 24. Qh3 e4 25. f3 exf3
26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Bxg5 hxg5 28. Qxf5 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 fxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Qe2+ 31. Kg1
Ng4 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Rf1 f6 34. Bg6 {1-0 (34) Kasparov,G (2805)-Bareev,E (2670)
Linares 1993 CBM 034 [Kortschnoj]}) 9. Ba2 dxe4 10. Nxe5 O-O 11. O-O Nbd7 {
is just nothing.}) 6... Bd6 {Still played instantly. I was burning a lot of
time, trying to undesrtand the position.} (6... Bb4+ 7. c3 Bd6 {seems like a
very decent line too}) 7. exd5 (7. Nc3 {might be a decent move order too:} O-O
$5 (7... d4 8. Ne2 $14) (7... Be6 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Ng5 $1) 8. exd5 Nxd5 {
I wasn't sure about anything in these lines...}) 7... cxd5 (7... Nxd5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 {is a maybe just some pressure yet, at least Black still needs to
be precise, with his pawn always shaky on e5.}) 8. Nc3 (8. Bg5 $5 {seems like
a more accurate move though} Be6 9. Nc3 {leads to the game.}) 8... Be6 (8... h6
$5 {this really didn't occur to me} 9. Bxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 O-O 11. O-O Bg4 {
Black bishops give Black plenty of compensation}) 9. Bg5 d4 10. Bxf6 {
difficult choice} (10. Bxe6 {was my first intention} dxc3 11. Bc4 e4 (11...
cxb2 12. Rb1 Bb4+ 13. Nd2 (13. Bd2 $5 e4 14. Ng5) 13... O-O 14. Rxb2 Nbd7 15.
O-O Rc8 {seems unclear actually}) 12. dxe4 cxb2 13. Rb1 Bb4+ {felt messy, and
I was already beginning to feel some pressure of time, having already spent
some 45 minutes or so...}) 10... gxf6 (10... Qxf6 $5 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. Bxe6 Qxe6
13. Nfg5 {felt very dangerous for Black, but after} Qg6 14. f4 $5 O-O (14...
exf4 15. Nxd6+ Qxd6 16. Qe2+ $14) 15. O-O exf4 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Qg4 Nc6 18.
Rxf4 Qg6 {Black seems fine.}) 11. Nb5 {So many tempting alternatives...} (11.
Ne4 Bxb3 12. cxb3 Bb4+ 13. Kf1 f5 $1 14. Ng3 f4 {I correctly felt I couldn't
keep a grip on his light squares}) (11. Bxe6 dxc3 12. Bh3 cxb2 13. Rb1 Bb4+ 14.
Nd2 Qd4 15. O-O Nd7 16. Nc4 Bc3 {I was a bit worried, not necessarily in this
position, about how hard it would be to win that b2 pawn...}) 11... Bxb3 12.
cxb3 Bb4+ 13. Nd2 Nc6 14. f4 $5 {I only had about 20 minutes left after making
this move.} (14. O-O {was my original thought, but after} f5 15. f4 e4 16. dxe4
Bxd2 17. Qxd2 fxe4 {I didn't think highly of my position, and seems rightly so!
}) 14... Qe7 $6 (14... e4 {I only saw this, suggested by an engine, after the
game} 15. dxe4 d3 $1 16. Qh5 (16. O-O Nd4) 16... Qe7 17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. Kb1
Kb8 {and the d3 passer most certainly gives Black the compensation.}) (14... f5
$1 {I think I saw a glimpse of this, but luckily my opponent played before I
could get very worried.} 15. fxe5 (15. O-O e4 {as already seen}) 15... Qg5 $1)
15. O-O {Finally safe.} Bxd2 16. Qxd2 {White is better now.} O-O-O (16... O-O
$5 {didn't occur to me, and still very tough for Black.}) 17. Rae1 $5 (17. fxe5
fxe5 18. Qh6 {was my first instinct:} Kb8 (18... Rhf8 19. Rf6 $1) 19. Rf5 $1
Rhf8 20. Raf1 f6 21. Rxf6 Rxf6 22. Rxf6 e4 {I was worried something like this
might get messy...}) 17... Kb8 18. Na3 $5 {I thought the knight no longer had
much to do on b5.} Qb4 19. Qd1 $1 {I don't want the endgame, my king is safer!}
Rhe8 20. fxe5 Rxe5 $2 (20... fxe5 $1 {would have been very unpleasant for me:}
21. Nc4 (21. Rxf7 e4 $1) 21... e4 $1 22. Rxe4 Rxe4 23. dxe4 d3 {with at least
enough play for the pawn ( does anybody even feel White is up a pawn here? Not
me!).}) 21. Nc4 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 $16 Ka7 23. h3 $1 {Need to take care of my king
first.} Rd7 24. Rf1 Re7 25. Kh2 $1 Re6 26. Rf5 Ne5 27. Na3 $1 {I was very
happy about this knight dance.} Kb6 28. Nb5 Nc6 29. Qc2 $6 {I felt it might be
imprecise, but I was down to like 4 minutes and blitzing.} (29. Qg4 $1 {
[%cal Gg4f4] same idea, but much faster:} Qxb3 $2 30. Nxd4) (29. Qc1 Re3) 29...
Qe7 $2 (29... Re3 $1 30. Qf2 (30. Rxf6 Qe7 $1 $132) 30... Rxd3 31. Qf4 Rxb3 32.
Qc7+ Ka6 33. Rxf6 Qc5 {with a huge mess.}) 30. Qf2 $1 {Now I felt in control,
and no longer had less time. Black's position is untenable in real-lfe
conditions, mainly due to the chronically weak king.} Re3 31. Qf4 $1 Rxd3 32.
Rxf6 Rxb3 {Allowing a checkmate of rare beauty} (32... Ka6 $1 {is the only way
to fight on, but} 33. Rxf7 Qe5 34. Qxe5 Nxe5 35. Rxh7 {should be winning in
the long run.}) 33. Qxd4+ {Despite some inaccuracies, I was extremely happy
with the quality of my moves and the things I saw. That was a good day :)} (33.
Qxd4+ Qc5 (33... Ka6 34. Qa7#) 34. Qd8+ $1 Ka6 35. Qa8+ Kb6 36. Qa7# $1) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.18"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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 "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 (4... Be7 $5 {N/} 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7.
Nbd2 Nbd7 8. a4 d5 9. Ba2 Bd6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nf1 Nf8 12. Ng3 Ng6 13. Bg5 Be6 (
13... dxe4 $2 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nxe4 Qe7 16. Nfg5 Nh8 17. Qh5 $18) 14. d4 (14.
Nh5 Be7 $10) 14... dxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxa2 16. Bxf6 (16. Rxa2 Be7 $10) 16... gxf6
17. Rxa2 f5 $1 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. dxe5 Qxd1 20. Rxd1 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 $10 {
Gelman,A-Kharitonov,A/Moscow/1996/0,5/31/}) 5. Bb3 Bb4+ (5... Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6
7. exd5 $1 Nxd5 (7... cxd5 8. Bg5 d4 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nc4 Bc7 11. Re1 Re8 12.
Ba4 $16) 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Ne4 Bf8 11. Bd2 $14 {Conquest,S-Cifuentes
Parada,R/Olot/1994/}) 6. Bd2 $5 {N/} (6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. d4
exd4 10. exd5 Bxd5 11. Bxd5 cxd5 12. Nxd4 $14 {Yudasin,L-Alterman,B/ISR/1994/
1|0/67/}) 6... Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 Nbd7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Re8 (9... dxe4 $2 10. Nxe4
Nxe4 11. Rxe4 $16) (9... d4 $6 10. c3 dxc3 11. bxc3 Nc5 12. d4 $16) 10. d4 $5
exd4 (10... dxe4 $6 11. Nxe5 (11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Rxe4 exd4 13. Rxd4 $16) 11...
Nxe5 12. dxe5 Rxe5 13. Nxe4 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 Bg4 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. f3 Bf5 17. g4
Bg6 18. Rxe5 fxe5 19. Rd7 $16) 11. exd5 Rxe1+ 12. Qxe1 cxd5 (12... c5 $2 13. d6
$1 h6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Qxe5 $16) (12... Nxd5 $5 13. Bxd5 cxd5 14. Nxd4 Nf6 15.
Qe3 Qb6 $10) 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. c3 Bd7 15. N2f3 Qb6 16. Qd2 $14 Ba4 $5 (16... Re8
17. Re1 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Qd6 $14) 17. Qc2 Bxb3 18. axb3 Re8 19. b4 Nce4 20. Re1
g6 21. h3 Kg7 22. Qc1 a5 $6 (22... a6 $5) 23. bxa5 Qxa5 24. Nh2 h5 (24... Qb6
$5 $10) 25. Nhf3 Qc7 26. Nb5 Qb8 $6 (26... Qd7 $5 $10) 27. Qd1 $14 Qf4 $6 (
27... Nd6 28. Rxe8 Ndxe8 29. Qd4 $14) (27... Rc8 $5) 28. Qd4 Ra8 $2 (28... Rc8
$5 $14) 29. c4 $1 $18 dxc4 (29... Qf5 30. Nc7 Rc8 31. Nxd5 $18) (29... Rd8 30.
Nc3 $18) 30. Nc3 Qd6 (30... Re8 31. Nd5 Qd6 (31... Qf5 32. Nxf6 Qxf6 33. Rxe4
$18) 32. Nxf6 $18) 31. Nxe4 (31. Rxe4 $4 Ra1+ 32. Ne1 Rxe1+ $19) 31... Qxd4 32.
Nxd4 Nxe4 33. Rxe4 Ra1+ 34. Kh2 Ra2 35. Re2 h4 36. Nb5 Ra4 37. Nd6 Rb4 38. Re7
Rxb2 39. Rxf7+ Kh6 (39... Kg8 40. Nxc4 $18) 40. Nxc4 Re2 41. Ne3 1-0

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 (4... Be7 5. O-O d6) 5. Bb3 a5 $5 (5...
Bb4+ $5 6. c3 Bd6 $10) 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nbd7 (8... a4) 9. exd5
Nxd5 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12. c4 Ne7 13. Ng5 h6 14. Ne4 a4 15. Ba2 c5 16.
Nd6 Rf8 17. c3 Ng6 18. Bb1 Nf6 19. Nxc8 Qxc8 20. Qf3 Re8 21. Bc2 (21. Bxh6 $2
Nh4 $19) 21... Nh4 22. Qg3 g5 23. d4 $1 (23. Bxg5 $2 Nf5 $19) (23. Rxe5 $2 Nf5
$19) 23... Nf5 24. Qh3 e4 (24... g4 25. Qd3 e4 26. Qd2 cxd4 27. cxd4 Qxc4 28.
Qf4 Qe6 $13) 25. f3 exf3 $2 (25... cxd4 26. cxd4 (26. fxe4 d3 27. Qxd3 (27.
Bxd3 g4 $19) 27... Qc5+) 26... Nxd4 27. Qxh6 Qc5 $1 $13) 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27.
Bxg5 hxg5 28. Qxf5 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 fxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Qe2+ (30... Ra6 $1 $13) 31. Kg1
Ng4 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Rf1 f6 34. Bg6 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 42nd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2009.07.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 {Die Läufereröffnung ist nur dann gut, wenn man sie gegen
einen Spieler anwendet, der die Russische Partie spielt.} Nf6 ({Schwarz kann
nach} 2... Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5 {in die Italienische Partie rübergehen.}) 3. d3 (3.
Nc3 $6 {das ist ein altes, bekanntes Abspiel der Wiener Partie} Nxe4 $1 4. Qh5
(4. Nxe4 d5 $11) (4. Bxf7+ $2 Kxf7 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Ng3 Nc6 7. d3 Be7 8. Nf3 Rf8
9. O-O Kg8 10. h3 Qd6 11. Re1 Bd7 $15 {Ni Hua - Vladimirov (Tripoli, 2004)})
4... Nd6 5. Bb3 (5. Qxe5+ Qe7 6. Qxe7+ Bxe7 7. Bb3 c6 $11 {Rogers - Shirov 
(Salamanca, 1998)}) 5... Nc6 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8. Qd5 Qf6 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10.
Nxa8 b6 $44 {Sulskis - Motylev (Linares, 2000). Wie die Praxis gezeigt hat,
besitzt Schwarz eine super Kompensation für das geopferte Material.}) 3... c6
4. Nf3 d5 {Die prinzipiellste Fortsetzung. Gut spielbar ist auch 4....Be7.} (
4... Be7 $5 5. O-O (5. Nxe5 $4 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Qxe5 7. f4 Qh5 $19) 5... d6 6. Re1 (
6. c3 O-O 7. Bb3 Qc7 8. Re1 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. Bc2 Ne6 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Ng3
Bf8 13. h3 g6 14. d4 Bg7 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Qd2 Rad8 $132 {Areshchenko -
Mamedyarov (Foros, 2006)}) 6... O-O 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. c3 Re8 $132 {Hamdouchi -
Adams (French Team Ch, 1999)}) 5. Bb3 (5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb3 (6. Bb5+ $2 {
erlöst Schwarz von allen möglichen Problemen.} Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 $15) 6... Nc6
$1 {Das ist der wesentliche Unterschied, warum man nicht gleich auf d5
schlagen sollte - der schwarze Springer hat nun das Feld c6 zur Verfügung.} 7.
Bg5 Bb4+ 8. c3 Be7 $11) 5... Bd6 6. exd5 (6. Nc3 dxe4 7. Ng5 (7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8.
dxe4 O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. c3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qe2 Nc5 13. g4 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bg6
15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Qc4 Kh8 17. Be3 a6 18. Bb6 Rfc8 19. b4 f6 $11 {Hoffmann -
Smeets (Solingen, 2009)}) (7. dxe4 Na6 8. Be3 Qe7 $11) 7... O-O 8. Ncxe4 Nxe4
9. Nxe4 Bf5 10. O-O Na6 11. Nxd6 Qxd6 12. Qf3 Be6 $11 {Anand - Kramnik 
(Frankfurt, 1998)}) 6... Nxd5 $1 {Diese Fortsetzung ist viel solider als 6...
cxd5, wonach das schwarze Zentrum den Angriffen weißer Figuren ausgeliefert
wird.} (6... cxd5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe1 $36 {Fedorov -
Mamedjarova (Baku, 2008)}) 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Nd7 {Solid, aber passiv.} (8...
Bg4 $5 {Meiner Meinung nach ist das der beste Zug für Schwarz. Hier hat Weiß
ebenfalls mit Problemen zu kämpfen.} 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 (10. g4 Bg6 11. Nxe5
Bxe5 12. Rxe5 Nd7 13. Re1 Qh4 14. Qf3 Rae8 15. Rf1 h5 $44 {Alekseev - Shirov 
(Tegernsee, 2007)}) 10... Nd7 11. Ne4 Bc7 12. Ng3 (12. Bd2 Re8 13. a3 Nf8 14.
Ba2 h6 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. Qc1 a5 $132 {Areshchenko - Shirov (Baden Baden, 2007)})
12... Bg6 13. a3 (13. Bd2 Re8 14. a3 Kh8 15. Ng5 h6 16. N5e4 f5 17. Nc3 Nc5 18.
Ba2 Ne6 $15 {Bauer - Fridman (Ajaccio, 2007)}) 13... h6 14. d4 exd4 15. Qxd4
Bb6 16. Qg4 Kh7 17. Rd1 Re8 18. c3 f5 19. Qh4 Ne5 $15 {Tiviakov - Shirov 
(Benidorm, 2008)}) 9. d4 $5 {Das am häufigsten gespielte 9.Nbd2 verspricht
Weiß wenig, falls Schwarz ein paar genaue Züge macht.} (9. Nbd2 Bc7 10. Ne4 h6
(10... Re8 11. h3 h6 12. Bd2 Nf8 13. Nh2 f5 14. Qh5 Nh7 15. Nf3 Rf8 16. Nc3 $36
{Nevednichy - Beliavsky (Plovdiv, 2008)}) 11. Bd2 Kh8 12. Ng3 a5 13. a3 f5 14.
Qc1 f4 15. Ne4 N7f6 16. Nxf6 Qxf6 17. c4 Ne7 18. Bc3 Ng6 $132 {Kobalia -
Motylev (Sochi, 2007)}) 9... exd4 {Schwarz muss nehmen, ansonsten bekommt Weiß
eine zu gefährliche Initiative.} (9... N5f6 10. Nc3 (10. dxe5 $6 Nxe5 11. Nxe5
Bxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 $11) 10... exd4 11. Qxd4 Nc5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Rad1
Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 Qxd4 16. Rxd4 gxh4 17. Rxh4 $14 {Tiviakov - Hera (Budva, 2009)})
10. Bxd5 (10. Qxd4 $2 Bc5 11. Qd1 Qb6 $15) 10... cxd5 11. Qxd4 Bc5 (11... Nb6
12. Bf4 Bf5 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Na3 a6 15. Re3 Rac8 16. c3 Rfe8 17. Rae1 $14 {
Tiviakov - Granda Zuniga (El Sauzal, 2008)}) 12. Qd3 $5 $146 {Morozevich will
nicht den Bauern d5 sofort gewinnen und Schwarz die Initiative überlassen.
Stattdessen bevorzugt er das lange Spiel gegen den Isolani.} (12. Qxd5 Qb6 13.
Re2 Nf6 14. Qb3 Qa6 15. Nc3 Be6 $44 {Tiviakov - Stefanova (Wijk aan Zee, 2004)}
) 12... Qb6 13. Re2 Nf6 14. Nc3 {Die Hauptidee von Weiß ist nicht der Gewinn
des Bauern d5, sondern die Neutralisierung der schwarzen Initiative.} (14. Nbd2
$2 Ng4 $1 $17) 14... Bg4 (14... Ng4 $2 15. Nxd5 Qc6 16. h3 $18) 15. Na4 Qc6 16.
Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Be3 Qc4 $6 {Ich denke, Schwarz hat bessere Chancen die Stellung
zu halten, wenn er die Damen auf dem Brett lässt.} (17... Qd6 $5 18. Bd4 Rae8
$1 (18... a6 19. Rae1 Rae8 20. Rxe8 (20. Bxf6 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Qxf6 $11) 20...
Rxe8 21. Bxf6 (21. Rxe8+ Nxe8 22. Ne5 Be6 $11) 21... Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 Qxf6 23.
Qxd5 $16) 19. Rae1 (19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Bxa7 $2 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 b6 $19) 19... Re4
20. Bxa7 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Ra8 $11) 18. Rd2 Qxd3 (18... Bxf3 $5 19. Qxc4 (19. gxf3
Qc6 $132) 19... dxc4 20. gxf3 Rfe8 21. Rad1 $14 {Weiß steht etwas besser, aber
die Stellung muss zu halten sein.}) 19. Rxd3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rfe8 21. Rb3 Re7 22.
Rd1 Rc8 $6 {Die entstehende Stellung ist zugunsten von Weiß. Man sollte den
Bauertausch nicht zulassen.} (22... a6 23. Bg5 Rc8 24. c3 Rc5 25. Kg2 h6 26.
Bxf6 gxf6 $11 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.}) 23. Bxa7 $1 {Dadurch bekommt
Weiß die Möglichkeit, einen Freibauern am Damenflügel zu organisieren.} Rxc2
24. Be3 $14 Rd7 25. Rb5 h6 26. a4 {Die schwarzen Figuren sind an die
Verteidigung des Bauern d5 gebunden, Weiß seinerseits rollt am Damenflügel auf.
} Rc4 27. b3 Rh4 $2 {Der Turm auf h4 wird aus dem Spiel ausgeschaltet.} (27...
Rc6 28. Bd4 Nh5 $14) 28. f4 $1 Rh5 (28... Ng4 $2 29. Rbxd5 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Nxh2
31. Kg2 $18) 29. Kg2 Ne4 (29... Ng4 30. Bd4 $1 Rxh2+ $2 (30... Nxh2 $2 31. Rh1
$18) 31. Kg3 h5 32. f3 $18) 30. Rd4 Rd6 $4 $138 {Boris Gelfand befand sich zu
diesem Zeitpunkt in starker Zeitnot. Die Stellung war jedoch schon ziemlich
schlecht.} 31. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 17th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2004.12.18"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2004.12.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 O-O (4... d6) (4... Nc6 {
leads to the Italian Game.}) 5. Bg5 ({On} 5. Nxe5 $6 {Black opens up the lines
against the K in the [+].} d5 $1 6. exd5 Re8 7. f4 Bd4 $17) (5. O-O $142 {
is more flexible.} d6 6. c3 (6. Nc3 Nc6 {- C50}) 6... Bb6 (6... Nbd7 7. b4 (7.
Bb3 a6 $13) 7... Bb6 8. a4 a5 (8... c6 9. a5 Bc7 {/\ d5})) (6... Bg4 7. h3 Bh5
{This pin is usually not a big deal.} 8. Re1 (8. Nbd2 $5) 8... Nbd7 9. Nbd2 c6
10. d4 (10. Bb3 d5 11. exd5 (11. Nf1 $2 {allows Black a direct -> against ><
f2.} dxe4 12. dxe4 Qb6 $1 13. Qe2 Nxe4 $1 14. Qxe4 Bxf2+ 15. Kh1 Nf6 $36 {
Ermenkov-Barua, Calcutta 1988}) 11... cxd5 12. g4 Bg6 13. d4 (13. g5 Nh5 $13) (
13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Bxd3 $17) 13... exd4 14. cxd4 Bb6 $13 {and White has
weakened his >>.}) (10. b4 Bb6 11. Bb3 (11. a4 d5) 11... a5) 10... Bb6 11. Bb3
$11) (6... a6 {against b4} 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Ba7 9. Nc3 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 d5 {
is an interesting try.}) 7. Bb3 (7. Nbd2 Bg4 (7... c6) 8. h3 Bh5 9. Re1 Nbd7
10. Nf1 c6 11. Bb3 (11. Ng3 Bg6 12. Bg5 (12. Nh4 Nxe4 $1) 12... h6) 11... Nc5
12. Bc2 Re8 13. Ng3 (13. g4 $6 {unnecessarily weakening the whole >>.} Bg6 14.
Ng3 d5 15. b4 Ncd7 16. Rb1 Nf8 {/\ Ne6 >< f4} 17. Qe2 Ne6 18. Nf5 Qc7 $15 {
and >< f4 becomes vulnerable, Nunn-Stean, Marbella 1982.}) 13... Bg6 14. Be3
Ne6 15. d4) 7... c6 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 (8... Re8 9. Re1 h6 (9... Nbd7 {- 8...Nbd7})
10. h3 Be6 11. Nf1 (11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. Ne3 Nbd7 $11) 11... Nbd7 12.
Ng3 d5 13. Bc2 (13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Qc7 $11) 13... a5 14. Nh2 dxe4 15. dxe4
Bc5 $11 {Yu Shaoteng-I.Sokolov, Wijk aan Zee 2002}) 9. Re1 (9. h3 d5 10. Re1
Re8 11. Bc2 Bc7 12. Nf1 Nf8 13. Ng3 Ng6 14. Be3 {with two extra tempo for
White in a symmetrical position, and still nothing special!} (14. Qe2 Nf4 $132
{Adams-P.Nielsen, playchess.com INT 2004})) (9. d4 Re8 10. Re1 (10. Ng5 $6 {
White cannot make profit from the temporary weakness of f7.} d5 $1 11. exd5
cxd5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Ndf3 Bg4 $15 {Kuijf-Finegold, Amsterdam 1989})) 9... Re8
10. Nf1 (10. d4) 10... h6 11. Ng3 d5 12. h3 (12. exd5 {giving up the [+] can
only be good if White gets something very important for it immediately.} cxd5
13. Ba4 (13. Be3 Bxe3 $11) 13... Ng4 14. d4 e4 15. h3 Ngf6 16. Nh2 Re6 $13 {
Bosboom-Finegold, Wijk aan Zee 1991}) 12... Bc7 13. Nh2 (13. Be3) 13... Nc5 14.
Bc2 dxe4 {The exchange of Q leads to an equal position.} 15. dxe4 Qxd1 16. Rxd1
Be6 17. Be3 Ncd7 18. Nhf1 Bb6 19. Rd2 {1/2-1/2 Degraeve-Finegold, Ostend 1990})
5... d6 6. Nbd2 Be6 (6... h6 7. Bh4) 7. c3 Nbd7 8. b4 $5 (8. O-O h6 9. Bh4 Qe7
$11 {and the pin is not dangerous at all.}) 8... Bb6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Nc4 {
White's plan looks rather harmless, the black cental P formation is strong.} h6
11. Bd2 (11. Bh4 Qe8 12. O-O Nh5 {and the B on h4 has no more perspectives.}
13. a4 a5 $132) 11... d5 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Qe2 c6 (13... Qe8 14. O-O Qg6 15.
Rfe1 b5 {fixing the weakness on the a file.} 16. exd5 exd5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18.
Qxe5 Qxd3 $11) 14. O-O Qc7 {Black has to overprotect >< e5.} (14... Qe8 15. a4
Qg6 16. Rfe1 Rae8 17. a5 $14) 15. Ne1 $6 {This is a slow, sophisticated
manoeuvre.} (15. Rfe1 Rae8 16. a4 $13 {improving the P structure on the << was
more to the point.}) 15... b5 $1 {Black has finally fixed the weak a2 P.} 16.
Nc2 dxe4 (16... Ra4 {with the idea of doubling the rooks on the a file was
promising.} 17. f3 Rfa8 18. a3 Nh5) 17. dxe4 Nb6 {The doubled pawns in the [+]
are not weak at all.} 18. Rfd1 Ra4 (18... Rfd8) 19. f3 Rfa8 20. a3 Nc4 {>< a3}
21. Bc1 $2 {White defends his weak a P passively.} ({The active} 21. Ne3 $5
Nxa3 22. Be1 $44 {playing against the N on the edge of the board deserved
attention.}) 21... Nd7 22. Rb1 Ndb6 {with a total control of the light squares
on the <<.} 23. Rd3 Kh7 24. h3 {White still sticks to his wait and see
strategy.} (24. Be3 $5 {again was the active try to get rid of the weak P, but
activating the pieces.} Nxa3 (24... Nxe3 25. Qxe3 Nc4 26. Qe1 Nxa3 27. Nxa3
Rxa3 28. Rbd1 {White is a P down, but the _|_ with rooks and Q is always very
difficult.} Qf7 29. Qg3 (29. Rd7 Qg6 30. Rxb7 Ra2 31. Qg3 Rc2 32. Rc7 Raa2 $17
{and Black has the the absolute control of the 2-nd rank.})) 25. Nxa3 Rxa3 26.
Rbd1 (26. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 27. Qf2 Qxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Ra2+ 29. Kg3 Rc2 $17) 26... Ra2 $1
(26... Nc4 27. Rd7 Qc8 28. Qe1 (28. Re7 Ra1 29. Bc1 R8a2) 28... Ra1 $15) 27.
Qe1 Rc2 $15 {/\ Raa2 with lethal threats on the 2-nd rank.}) 24... Rd8 25. Ra1
Rda8 $5 (25... Rxd3 26. Qxd3 Ra8 $15) 26. Rd1 R4a6 27. Qe1 Rd8 {Black didn't
find the clear-cut plan yet.} 28. Be3 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 (29. Qxd1 Na4 30. Qe1 Nab2
$17) 29... Nb2 $1 30. Rb1 (30. Rd2 N6c4 31. Re2 Qd6 $17) 30... N6c4 {Black's
knights are really impressive, they invade the weakened light squares on the
<<.} 31. Qe2 Ra8 $1 32. Bf2 (32. Bc1 Na4 $17 {leaving White with the bad B.})
32... Rd8 33. Be1 Rd3 34. Na1 $2 {Now the black pieces penetrate with a great
effect.} (34. Ra1 Qd8 $17) 34... Re3 $1 $19 35. Qc2 Nd3 36. Bf2 Nxa3 37. Qd2 (
37. Qa2 Nxf2 38. Qxa3 Nd3 $19) 37... Nc4 38. Qxe3 {Desperation.} Nxe3 39. Bxe3
Qc8 (39... c5 $19) 40. Nb3 b6 $1 41. Bxb6 Qa6 42. Be3 Qa2 43. Nd2 Qc2 44. Kh2
Qxc3 45. Nf1 Qc2 46. Ra1 Nxb4 47. Rc1 0-1

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bd6 ({Also possible is} 5... Bb4+
{The idea is to provoke} 6. c3 {after which White cannot attack the [+] by Nc3.
} Bd6) 6. Nc3 (6. exd5 Nxd5 {See Malishov-Birnboim, ISR-ch Jerusalem 1996 CBM
56.} (6... cxd5 $6 {creates target for the white pieces:} 7. O-O Be6 (7... O-O
8. Bg5) 8. Bg5 $142 {White has to attack ><d5.} (8. Re1 {attacking ><e5 is not
that promising:} Nbd7 9. Nc3 h6 $1 10. Bd2 a6 $13 {/\ 0-0} (10... O-O $143 11.
Nb5 $1 {Here we understand the idea behind the modest Bd2.} Bb8 12. Bb4 $1 Re8
13. Nd6 Bxd6 14. Bxd6 $14 {Ortel-Pinter, Budapest 1977}) (10... g5 $5 11. Ba4 (
11. Nb5 Bb8 12. Bb4 {is now not so frightening in view of} Qb6) 11... Kf8 $1
$13)) 8... Nbd7 9. Nc3 {- 6.Nc3 Be6})) 6... dxe4 $1 (6... Be6 $6 7. Bg5 $1 Qa5
(7... Nbd7 8. O-O (8. exd5 {is premature on account of} cxd5 9. Bxd5 Bxd5 10.
Nxd5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 Ba3 $1) 8... d4 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Ne2 $14 {and Black's P
structure is irrevisibly corrupted.}) 8. O-O ({Or simply} 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O
$14 {with weaknesses in the black camp.}) 8... Nbd7 9. exd5 (9. Re1 O-O 10. Nh4
$14 {/\ Qf3 Nf5 Nunn}) 9... cxd5 10. Re1 O-O 11. Qd2 $14 {Nunn-Murey, Luzern 
(ol) 1982}) (6... d4 7. Ne2 c5 (7... Na6 $6 8. c3 dxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. O-O Nc5
11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Ng3 $16 {Nunn-Kortchnoi, Johannesburg 1981}) 8. Ng3 Nc6 9. O-O
O-O (9... h6 $5) 10. c3 Ne7 11. Bg5 Ng6 12. Nf5 Re8 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. cxd4 cxd4
15. Nd2 Bd7 16. Nc4 Qa6 17. g3 b5 $1 18. Na3 Bh3 19. Re1 Qb6 $11 {
Chigvintsev-Kharitonov, RUS-ch Novosibirsk 1996}) 7. Ng5 (7. dxe4 Na6 {In this
symmetrical position Black has nothing to fear.} 8. Be3 (8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 $6 {
giving up the ^^ in an opened position is a bad idea.} Qxf6 10. h3 Nc5 11. O-O
O-O $15 (11... g5 12. Nd2 h5 13. Qf3 {(Heinemann-Raetsky, Erfurt 1993)} Qxf3 $1
14. Nxf3 g4 15. hxg4 hxg4 16. Nd2 Nxb3 17. Nxb3 Ke7 $15 {^^ Raetsky})) (8. O-O
Nc5 9. h3 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Qe7 13. Qe2 Nxb3 (13... Nh5 $15)
14. axb3 Nh5 15. Nd2 Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Rfe1 f6 18. Nc4 Bc7 19. e5 Bf5 $15 {
^^ Shur-Raetsky, Baku 1990}) 8... O-O (8... Qe7 {was also good for
equalization after} 9. Nd2 Bc5 10. Qe2 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13.
O-O-O Nd7 14. Nb3 Qe7 15. Rd2 Nb6 16. Qg3 O-O $11 {Honfi-Kholmov, Kecskemet
1975}) 9. Qe2 (9. Nd2 $6 Ng4 $1 $15) (9. O-O Qe7 10. Qe2 Nc5) 9... Qe7 $13 {
/\ Nc5 Raetsky}) 7... O-O 8. Ncxe4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 (9. dxe4 {gives Black even
chances:} Bb4+ 10. c3 (10. Bd2 $2 Qxg5) 10... Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Bc5 $11) 9... Bf5
$1 10. Qf3 (10. O-O Na6 11. Qf3 Bg6 $5 (11... Bxe4 $11) 12. Be3 Kh8 13. Rad1 $6
Be7 14. d4 f5 {Black grabs the |^ in the [+].} 15. Nc3 e4 16. Qg3 Bh5 17. f3 f4
$1 18. Qh3 Bg6 19. Bc1 e3 $17 {Bereziuk-Raetsky, Erfurt 1993}) (10. Ng3 Bg6 11.
h4 h6 12. Qg4 Kh8 13. h5 Bh7 14. Nf5 Qf6 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Bd2 (16. O-O f5)
16... a5 17. a3 Nd7 18. O-O-O Nc5 $15 {Nevednichy-Raetsky, Luzern 1994}) 10...
Bxe4 (10... Bg6 $143 11. h4 Bxe4 (11... h6 12. Qg4 Kh8 13. Bd2 Bh7) 12. dxe4
Nd7 13. c3 (13. a3 Nc5 14. Ba2 Kh8) 13... Nc5 14. Bc2 Qe7 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bd2 {
White has the microscopical advantage of the ^^.} Kh8 17. O-O Ne6 18. g3 a5 (
18... b5 $14) 19. a4 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Bc5 $14 {Kir.Georgiev-Alterman,
Recklinghauser Schachtage 1998}) 11. dxe4 Nd7 12. c3 (12. O-O Nc5 13. Bc4 b5
14. Bd3 (14. Be2 Qh4) 14... Ne6 15. c3 Bc5 $11) 12... a5 13. a4 (13. O-O {
allows} a4 14. Bc2 Nc5 $11) 13... Nc5 14. Bc2 b5 $5 ({Simple and good was also
} 14... Ne6 15. O-O Qe7 $11) 15. O-O Qc7 16. Rd1 Rab8 17. axb5 cxb5 18. g3 b4
19. cxb4 Rxb4 20. Bd2 Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 (3... Nc6 {is the other popular possibility here})
4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. Bb3 Nbd7 7. c3 Nf8 $5 {Black' Philidor type of setup
involves a N manoeuvre to g6, so why to castle first?} (7... O-O) 8. Re1 ({or} 
8. Nbd2 Ng6 9. d4 O-O 10. Re1 {- 8.Re1 transposing to the game.}) 8... Ng6 9.
Nbd2 O-O 10. d4 $14 {White grabs the |^ in the [+], but Black can safely hold
the vital e5 P.} h6 (10... Qc7 11. Nf1 {with the same manoeuvre via g3.} h6 12.
Ng3 Re8 {/\ Bf8, Be6} 13. h3 Bd7 {The B is not well-placed here.} (13... Bf8)
14. Be3 Rad8 15. Qd2 Bf8 16. Rad1 {The position resembles to some Ruy Lopez
games.} Bc8 17. d5 $1 $14 (17. c4 {allows} exd4 {after which the B on b3 is
passive.} 18. Bxd4 Be7 $11) (17. Qc2 {is not a real improvement of the
position.} a6 18. a4 c5 19. dxc5 dxc5 20. Bc4 Ne7 21. Nd2 Nc6 22. Nb3 b6 23.
Rxd8 Nxd8 24. f3 Bd7 $11 {Hecht-Hess, Bundesliga 1981})) 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Ng3
Bf8 13. h3 {The symmetry is almost perfect, but the b3 B is dominant to the f8
one, as the d4 P to the d6.} Qc7 14. Be3 b6 $6 (14... Be6 {is the logical
developing move.} 15. Bxe6 (15. Bc2 {drives the B into passivity.} Rad8) 15...
Rxe6 16. d5 (16. c4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Re5 18. Qc2 Rae8 {with pressure on the
semi-opened e <->.}) 16... cxd5 17. exd5 Ree8 18. Qb3 $14 {and White has some
chances on the <<, where his P majority is.}) 15. Bc2 Ba6 {It is unusual to
see a B here, but at first sight it looks OK.} 16. b3 Rad8 17. Qb1 $1 {
avoiding the freeing move 17...d6-d5} (17. Qd2 d5 $11) 17... Bb7 {So Black has
realized, that the B didn't do much on a6.} (17... d5 $6 {is now answered by}
18. exd5 exd4 19. Bxd4 Rxe1+ 20. Nxe1 Nxd5 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Qxg6 $16) 18. a4 {
Now Black can hardly improve his pieces, so} d5 $5 {Otherwise Black is pushed
slowly but surely to the wall.} 19. exd5 exd4 20. Bxd4 Rxe1+ 21. Nxe1 {
Otherwise White cannot win the P.} (21. Qxe1 Nxd5 22. Bxg6 fxg6 23. Qe6+ Kh7
24. Re1 c5 $11) 21... Nxd5 22. Bxg6 (22. c4 Ndf4) (22. Nf3 Ndf4) 22... fxg6 23.
Qxg6 {White has won a P, but Black has got active pieces and ^^ in an opened
position.} (23. Nf3 c5 $15) 23... c5 (23... Nf4 $5 {deserved attention as well,
for example:} 24. Qg4 $1 (24. Qf5 Rd5 25. Qc2 c5 26. Be3 Rd8 27. Bxf4 Qxf4 $44
{^^}) (24. Qc2 c5 25. Be3 Nd5 26. Bd2 (26. Nf5 Qe5 $44) (26. Nf1 c4 $44) 26...
c4 $44) 24... Bc8 25. Qf3 (25. Nf5 $2 g6) 25... Be6 26. Be3 Nd5 27. c4 Nxe3 28.
Qxe3 Bf7 $14 {and Black has many defensive resources because of his ^^.}) 24.
Qe6+ (24. Nf5 $5 {was an alternative to fight with rook and 3 pawns versus two
pieces.} cxd4 (24... Ne7 $2 {is out of question.} 25. Nxh6+ Kh8 26. Qh5 $1 cxd4
(26... Rd5 27. Be5 $18) 27. Nf7+ Kg8 28. Ng5 $18) 25. Nxh6+ Kh8 26. Nf7+ Kg8
27. Nxd8 Qxd8 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. cxd4 Nf4 30. Qf7 Qb8 $14) 24... Qf7 (24... Kh7
$5 25. Be5 (25. Qe4+ g6 $1 26. Be5 Qe7 27. Nh5 (27. c4 Re8 $1) 27... Nxc3 28.
Nf6+ Kg7 29. Nd5+ Kh7 30. Qxg6+ Kxg6 31. Nxe7+ Bxe7 32. Bxc3 Bg5 $44 {and the
black pieces are extremely active again.}) 25... Bd6 $5 (25... Qe7 26. Qxe7
Nxe7) 26. Bxd6 (26. Nf3 Bxe5 27. Nxe5 Rd6 28. Qf5+ g6) 26... Rxd6 27. Qe5 (27.
Qf5+ g6 28. Qc2 Re6) 27... Rd7 28. Qxc7 Nxc7 $44 {<-> d}) 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26.
Be5 Ne7 $1 27. c4 ({Activating the R by} 27. a5 $14 {immediately looks a bit
stronger}) 27... Nc6 28. Bc3 Bc8 29. a5 bxa5 30. Bxa5 Rd7 31. Bc3 Rb7 {>< b3}
32. Rb1 Be6 33. Rb2 Nd4 34. Bxd4 cxd4 35. Nf3 Ba3 36. Ra2 (36. Re2 {was the
other possibility to eliminate Black's ^^.} Rxb3 37. Rxe6 Rxf3 38. Ra6 Rb3 39.
Rxa7+ Kg6 40. Ne4 Kf5 41. f3 $14) 36... Rxb3 37. Nxd4 Rd3 38. Nxe6 Kxe6 {
Black's pieces are active, and his remote o^ on the a <-> secures him the draw.
} 39. Ne4 (39. Kf1 a5) 39... a5 40. f3 Bb4 41. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 29th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1999.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 {The Bishop Opening is a rare guest on top level tournaments.}
Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 a5 $5 {/\ a4} (5... Bd6 {Adams-Kramnik, Tilburg
Fontys 1998 CBM 68}) (5... Bb4+ $5 6. c3 Bd6 {is another alternative provoking
c3 taking away the square from the N.}) 6. a4 (6. a3 {allows Black to gain
some space on the << thus defending >< b4.} a4 7. Ba2 Bd6 8. Nc3 Be6 $5 (8...
dxe4 {opens up the a2-g8 /^ for the B and gives up the strong central P.} 9.
Ng5 $1 {This is the annoying answer.} (9. dxe4 {gives Black good chances for
equalization.} Qe7 {/\ Be6} 10. O-O Be6 11. Nh4 {/\ Nf5} g6 {Now the N is out
of play on h4.} 12. h3 Bxa2 13. Rxa2 Nbd7 14. Ra1 Nc5 15. Re1 O-O 16. Bg5 Kg7
17. Qc1 Rfd8 18. f4 Ne6 $13 {Lane-Sadler, Lloyds Bank 1994}) 9... O-O 10. Ncxe4
Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Be7 (11... Bc7 12. Qh5 $36 {>>}) 12. Qh5 Nd7 13. O-O $14 Qe8 $2
14. f4 Ra5 15. Bd2 Rb5 16. Bc4 $1 Rxb2 17. fxe5 Rxc2 18. Rxf7 $3 $18 {
Lane-Henris, Brussels op 1995}) 9. Ng5 O-O {Surprisingly enough Black gives up
the ^^, and allows the corruption of his P structure. However, his strong
central P on d5 kills the B on a2.} 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. O-O Kh8 12. Ne2 Nbd7 13.
Ng3 Qb6 14. Kh1 Bc5 15. Qe2 Ng8 $1 {/\ Ne7-g6} 16. f3 Ne7 17. c3 Ng6 18. Nh5
Qa6 19. Bd2 Bd6 20. Rae1 Nc5 21. Bb1 Nb3 $15 {Vlasov-Malaniuk, St. Petersburg
op 1994}) (6. Nc3 $5 Bb4 (6... d4 $6 7. Nxe5 $1 {reminds us to the classical
romantic school.} dxc3 8. Nxf7 $16 {Kasparov}) (6... dxe4 $2 7. Ng5 $1) 7. a3
Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 a4 $1 (8... Qc7 $5) (8... Nbd7 9. exd5 Nxd5 $1 10. O-O O-O 11.
Re1 $1 Re8 12. c4 $1 Ne7 13. Ng5 h6 14. Ne4 a4 15. Ba2 c5 {The B is almost
paralyzed on a2.} 16. Nd6 Rf8 17. c3 Ng6 18. Bb1 Nf6 19. Nxc8 Qxc8 20. Qf3 Re8
21. Bc2 Nh4 $1 {and White's ^^ is not that dangerous, (Kasparov-Bareev,
Linares 1993.)} 22. Qe2 Qc6 23. f3 g5 $5 (23... Nh5 $6 24. Qe4 Qf6 25. d4 $1)
24. Rf1 $1 $14 {Kasparov}) 9. Ba2 Nbd7 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bd2 {Now Nxc3 was a
real threat in comparision to the Kasparov-Bareev game!} O-O 12. O-O Re8 13.
Re1 h6 14. c4 N5f6 15. Bc3 e4 16. Nd2 Nc5 17. dxe4 Bg4 $1 {This combination is
based on the awkward a2B.} 18. Bxf6 (18. f3 Nfxe4 $1) 18... Qxf6 19. Qxg4 Qc3
$1 $17 {Dam-Bosboom, Leluwarden op 1993}) 6... Nbd7 (6... Bd6 7. Nc3 (7. exd5 {
giving up the [+] is not frightening for Black.} Nxd5 8. Na3 O-O 9. Nc4 Bc7)
7... Be6 (7... d4 8. Ne2 Na6 {opens up the /^ for the B on a2, but gains a lot
of space in the [+].}) 8. exd5 cxd5 9. Bg5 d4 $1 10. Bxe6 dxc3 11. Bc4 cxb2 12.
Rb1 Bb4+ 13. Nd2 Nbd7 14. O-O O-O 15. Rxb2 h6 16. Be3 Rc8 $13 {Torre-Ye
Rongguang, Kuala Lumpur 1994}) (6... Bb4+ $5 {provoking c3 is a logical idea
again.} 7. c3 Bd6 8. Bg5 dxe4 9. dxe4 Na6) 7. exd5 (7. O-O Bd6) 7... Nxd5 8.
O-O Bd6 {Black can hold his e P.} 9. Nc3 (9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nc4 Bc7)
9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Re1 (11. Ng5 Nf6 $1 (11... Nc5 $4 12. Qh5 $18) (
11... h6 12. Ne4) 12. Qf3 h6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Kh8 $13 {/\ f5}) 11... Qc7
12. d4 (12. Ng5 {is again parried by} Nf6 $1 (12... Nc5 {allows the attacking}
13. Qh5 {although after} (13. Bc4 h6) 13... h6 14. Ne4 Nxb3 15. cxb3 Be7 $1 {
Black can parry the threats.} (15... f5 {however is worse due to} 16. Nxd6 Qxd6
17. Ba3 c5 18. d4 $1 exd4 19. cxd4 Qxd4 20. Rad1 Qg4 21. Qxg4 fxg4 22. Bxc5 Rf5
23. Re8+ Kh7 24. Be3 {and the pin on the eights rank is lethal for Black.})))
12... b6 13. Bb2 (13. Ba3 c5) 13... Bb7 14. c4 Rae8 (14... exd4 $2 {allows the
white Q to join the ->.} 15. Qxd4 Nf6 16. Qh4 Be7 17. c5 $1 bxc5 18. Ng5 h6 19.
Ne4 Nxe4 (19... Nd5 20. Qg4) 20. Qxe4 Bd6 21. Qg6 $18) 15. c5 $1 {Taking away
the >< c5 from the black pieces.} bxc5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5
Rxe5 19. Qd2 Rfe8 20. Rxe5 Qxe5 21. Rb1 c4 $1 {defending >< a5} 22. Bxc4 Bc8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bd6 6. exd5 Nxd5 {Black abandons
the idea of creating a mighty P [+]. Now he has to defend only his stronghold
on e5.} (6... cxd5 7. Bg5 (7. O-O Be6 (7... O-O {is certainly met by} 8. Bg5 (
8. h3 {is too slow.} e4 9. dxe4 dxe4 10. Nd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Re1 Qe7 13.
Qe2 Re8 14. Nd2 Qe5 15. Nf1 a5 16. a4 Nd5 17. c3 Bf5 18. Rd1 Be6 $13 {
Lokasto-Onischuk, Alushta 1992})) 8. Bg5 (8. Re1 Nbd7 9. Nc3 h6 $1 {against
both Ng5 and Bg5} 10. Bd2 a6 $13 {and Black can hold his strong central pawns.}
({The careless} 10... O-O {founders on} 11. Nb5 $1 Bb8 12. Bb4 $1 Re8 13. Nd6
Bxd6 14. Bxd6 $14 {Ortel-Pinter, Budapest 1977}) (10... g5 $5 {looks rather
aggressive, but Black can afford himself this because of his advantage in the 
[+].} 11. Ba4 (11. Nb5 Bb8 12. Bb4 Qb6) 11... Kf8 $1 $13)) 8... Nbd7 9. Nc3 {
with a nasty pressure on >< d5.}) (7. Nc3 d4 {Now the a2-g8 /^ is opened, but
Black has still a strong [+], and this push comes by a tempo.} 8. Ne2 Nc6 9.
O-O (9. a3 {securing the a2-g8 /^ for the B.} O-O 10. O-O {- 9.0-0}) 9... O-O
10. a3 (10. Ng3 h6 11. Nh4 Re8 {/\ Bf8 holding the [+].} 12. Nhf5 Bf8 $13 {
De Vilder-Berkvens, Lost Boys op 2000}) 10... Ne7 11. Ng3 Ng6 12. Re1 h6 13.
Bd2 (13. h3 Re8 (13... Bd7 {(1/2:1/2 Beshukov-Golod, Capella Grande 1999)} 14.
Nd2 {/\ Nde4 fighting for the light squares.} Rc8 15. Nde4 Be7 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6
17. Qh5 $14 {Beshukov-Voloshin, MK Cafe Cup-B 1999})) 13... Re8 $13 {
Shaposhnikov-Neiksans, Wch U20 Athens 2001}) 7... Be6 $142 (7... Qa5+ $6 {
helps only for White's development.} 8. Nbd2 (8. Qd2 $5 Qxd2+ 9. Nbxd2) 8...
Be6 9. O-O Nc6 (9... Nfd7 $6 {is too sophysticated.} 10. Bh4 f6 (10... Nc6 11.
Ng5 $14) 11. Re1 O-O 12. d4 $1 {and Black's [+] will collapse soon.} Kh8 13.
dxe5 fxe5 14. c4 $1 $16 {Howell-Arlandi, EU-ch U20 Groningen 1983}) 10. c4 $1 (
{inserting} 10. Bxf6 gxf6 {and then} 11. c4 {is not that precise in view of} d4
12. Ne4 Be7 $13) 10... d4 (10... O-O 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Ne4 $14 {
with a pressure on the light squares, and the weakness of the doubled pawns
begin to tell.}) 11. c5 $1 Bxc5 (11... Qxc5 $2 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14.
Ne4 $18) 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. Rac1 $44 {with a totally cramped P
structure for Black.}) (7... Nc6 8. Nc3 $1 {attacking >< d5 immediately is
White`s main threat.} (8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Bxd5 $2 {falls into} Bb4+ 10. c3 Qxd5
$17) (8. O-O Be6 $142 (8... d4 $5 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 $14 {White has some
pressure on the light squares, and >< e5 remains a target.} Re8 (10... a6 11.
h3 h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. Bg3 {White has a strong pressure against ><
e5.} Nd7 15. a4 Qf6 16. c3 dxc3 17. bxc3 Nc5 18. Bc2 Bf5 19. d4 $1 Bxc2 20.
Qxc2 $16 {Benjamin-P.H.Nielsen, FIDE-Wch k.o. Las Vegas USA 1999}) 11. Bxf6
gxf6 (11... Qxf6 {avoids the corruption of the P structure, but allows a
direct assault after} 12. Ne4 Qg6 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Ng5 $16) 12. Ne4 Be7 (12...
Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Nh4 $16 {conquering >< f5.}) 13. Ng3 $1 $14 {
/\ Nh4 was the required prophylactical move here avoiding the push f6-f5, and
blockading the vital >< f5.} (13. Nh4 $5 {allows the freeing move} f5 $1 14.
Qh5 fxe4 (14... Bxh4 15. Bxf7+ Kf8 16. Bxe8 Qxe8 17. Qxh4 fxe4 18. Qxh7) 15.
Bxf7+ Kf8 16. Bxe8 Qxe8 17. Qxh7 Bxh4 18. Qxh4 exd3 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. Qg5+ $11 {
and White has no more than a perpetual.} (20. cxd3 Bf5)) (13. Qd2 Bf8 $1 {
/\ f5 at any cost.} 14. Nh4 (14. Ng3 f5) 14... f5 15. Ng5 Re7 16. Qd1 {/\ Qh5}
Qd6 17. Qh5 (17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Nxf5 Qg6 $13 {
and Black has a strong ^^.}) 17... Qh6 18. Bxf7+ Kg7 19. Qxh6+ Kxh6 20. f4 $1
$14 {Hamdouchi-Bacrot, Paris 2002 CBM 090} (20. Nhf3 Kg7 21. Bd5 h6 $44 {
and Black's [+] remains unchallenged, while White's knights are doomed to
passivity.}))) 9. Nc3 Bc7 {- 7...Be6}) 8... d4 (8... Bb4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 {
White gets the ^^ and the pressure against >< e5 and d5 remains.} Be6 11. Re1
Qd6 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bf4 Nfg4 14. Qe2 $14) (8... Be6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Bxd5
Bxd5 11. Nxd5 Qa5+ 12. Nc3 Bb4 13. O-O (13. Qd2 $6 {The stubborn defence of
the P is weaker due to} Nd4 $1 $44) 13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qxc3 15. Rb1 $14 {
and the black K is not so safe.}) 9. Nd5 Be6 10. O-O Bxd5 (10... h6 $5 11.
Nxf6+ (11. Bxf6 gxf6 $13) 11... gxf6 12. Bh4 $1 {The pin is annoying, Black`s
P structure is corrupted.} (12. Bd2 Qd7 $13) 12... Bxb3 (12... Rg8 13. Bxe6
fxe6 14. Nd2) 13. axb3 Rg8 14. Nd2 {/\ f4} Be7 15. f4 $14) 11. Bxd5 $14 h6 12.
Bxf6 Qxf6 {Despite of the ^- White`s position is a bit better because of his
active B.} 13. c3 $5 (13. Nd2 O-O 14. Ne4 Qg6 15. Qf3 {White has a pressure on
the light squares.} Be7 (15... Kh8 16. h4 $1 {/\ h5, Bf7}) 16. Ng3 Rac8 $14)
13... dxc3 (13... O-O 14. Qa4 $14) 14. bxc3 O-O 15. Rb1 Rab8 16. Qa4 Bc5 $2 (
16... Bc7 17. Qe4 $1 Rfd8 (17... Rfe8 {runs into} 18. Rxb7 $1) 18. Rb3 Qd6 19.
c4 $14 {and White`s main advantage is the ^-!}) (16... Rfc8 $1 {was the
stubborn defence.} 17. Bxc6 (17. Qe4 Ne7 $11) 17... bxc6 18. Rxb8 Bxb8 19. Rb1
$14 {White`s pieces are rather active, he controls the only opened b file.})
17. Qe4 $1 Bb6 (17... Bd6 18. Rb5 $16) 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qxe5 {Now White wins
the e P.} (19. Nxe5 {is met by} Bxf2+ $1 20. Kh1 Rxb1 21. Rxb1 Re8 22. d4 $14)
19... Qg6 {Why not} 20. d4 (20. Qe2 Rfe8 21. Qc2 $14 {Ivanchuk-L.Dominguez,
Havana 2005 CBM 107}) 20... Rfe8 21. Qf4 $16 {with a healthy P up?}) 8. Nc3 Bc7
(8... Qa5 $6 {is again useless due to} 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe1 $1 $16 {
Taulbut-Scheeren, Politiken Cup 1981}) 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 a6 (10... O-O 11. Bh4
(11. Bxf6 gxf6 {and Black can hold >< d5 and f5.}) 11... Re8 12. h3 a6 13. Ng5
(13. Bxf6 gxf6 {is again not a big deal:} 14. d4 e4 15. Nh2 f5 16. Nf1 f4)
13... Qd7 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qg4+ Qg7 17. Ne2 f5 $13 {and Black's
P [+] is stronger than ever, Matjushin-Taborov, Independence Cup op 1999.}) 11.
Bh4 O-O 12. Bg3 (12. Qc1 Rc8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qh6 {is not frightening because
of the cold-blooded} Na5 $13) 12... d4 13. Nb1 Bxb3 14. axb3 Nd7 15. c3 {
1/2:1/2 Needleman-Soppe, ARG-ch sf Ezeiza 2000}) 7. O-O (7. Nc3 $6 Nxc3 8. bxc3
{and White's P structure is corrupted.} Bg4 $1 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. h4 h5
$1 12. Ng5 Nd7 13. gxh5 Bxh5 $17 {with a completely ruined white P structure,
De Jager-Van der Weij, Dieren op 1991.}) 7... O-O 8. Re1 (8. Nbd2 Bc7 {
Preparing against both Ne4 and Nc4.} 9. Re1 Nd7 10. Ne4 h6 $1 {avoiding any
inconveniences connected with the g5 square.} 11. h3 N7f6 12. Ng3 (12. Nxf6+
Qxf6 $11) (12. Bd2 Nxe4 {There is no need to change the P structure.} ({
Keeping the tension by} 12... Re8 $5 {deserves attention as well.}) 13. dxe4
Nf6 14. Bc3 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Re8 $11) 12... Re8 13. Bd2 a5 14. a3 a4 15. Ba2 $13
{Malisov-Birnboim, ISR-ch 1996}) 8... Re8 (8... Nd7 9. d4 (9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Ne4
Bc7 11. Bg5 {weakening the a2-g8 /^.} f6 12. Bd2 Kh8 13. h3 Nf8 14. d4 $14 {
Bosboom-Raetsky, 1998}) 9... exd4 10. Bxd5 cxd5 11. Qxd4 $14 {with a typical
izolated P structure, Tiviakov-Stefanova, Wijk aan Zee B 2004.}) (8... Bg4 9.
h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nb6 11. Nd2 N8d7 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Bd2 $14 {
Mitkov-Mikhalchishin, Vidmar mem 2003}) 9. Nbd2 Bc7 (9... Nd7 10. Ne4 Bf8 {
is the other way for the B for the retreat.} 11. Bd2 $1 h6 {Cifuentes} (11...
b6 $2 12. d4 $1 $16 {Conquest-Cifuentes, Olot 1994})) 10. Ne4 Bf5 (10... Bg4 {
deserves attention as well.} 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Bg5 f6 (13... Qd7 14.
Nh4 {If White can secure the ^^ for the _|_ his chances are a bit better.} Na6
15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. d4 (16. Ne4 $5) 16... exd4 17. Qxd4 Bb6 18. Qh4 (18. Qg4 Nc5
19. Bc4 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Re8 $11 {Tsheshkovsky-Agzamov, Yerevan (zt) 1982}) 18...
Nc5 19. Bc4 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Re8 21. Rd1 $14) 14. Bd2 Bf7 {seems to be the best
defence.} (14... Kh8 15. Nh4 $14)) 11. Bg5 $5 (11. Ng3 Bg6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bd2
Bf7 {is similar to 10...Bg4 without h3.}) 11... f6 12. Bd2 (12. Nh4 Be6) 12...
Nd7 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Qh5 a5 15. a3 (15. a4) 15... Nf4 {Making profit from the
weakened b3 square.} 16. Bxe6+ (16. Bxf4 Bxb3 17. cxb3 exf4 {corrupts White's
P structure as well.}) 16... Nxe6 17. Re3 $5 {White creates direct threats on
the >>.} (17. Nf5 Ndf8) 17... Nf4 (17... Ndf8 $6 18. Rg3 $1 Nf4 {founders on
the forceful} 19. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 20. Nf5+ Kh8 21. Qf7 $18) 18. Qg4 Nf8 19. g3 {
closing the third rank for the R.} (19. Nf5 N8e6) 19... N4e6 (19... N4g6 20.
Nf5 Ne6 {with good chances for a successful defence.}) 20. Nf5 Kh8 (20... Ng6 {
- 19...N4g6}) 21. Rf3 (21. Rae1 g6 22. Nh6 Qe7 $13) 21... Qd7 22. c3 (22. Bh6
$5 {is untouchable, but what is the immediate threat?}) 22... Red8 23. h4 {
White brings the last reserves for his ->.} Qf7 24. h5 Rd7 25. Nh4 {White has
some pressure on the light squares, but >< d3 is a target.} Rad8 26. h6 Rxd3
27. Be3 {White sacrifices the weakness instead of defending it passively. He
concentrates all of his forces on the >>.} (27. hxg7+ Qxg7 $1 28. Qxg7+ Kxg7
29. Be3 Rd1+ 30. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 31. Kg2 Nd7 32. Nf5+ Kg6 $13 {and Black holds on.})
27... Nd7 28. hxg7+ Nxg7 29. Kg2 {/\ Rh1 bringing the last piece into battle.}
h5 {This weakens the >> a bit.} (29... Ne6 30. Nf5 a4 (30... Rg8 31. Nh6 $1)
31. Rh1 $16) (29... Rg8 $1 {was the cold-blooded defence.} 30. Nf5 (30. Rh1 Ne6
) 30... Qe6 $13) 30. Qg6 (30. Rh1 $5 {deserved attention :} Kg8 (30... hxg4 $4
31. Ng6+ Kg8 32. Rh8#) 31. Ng6 Rd1 32. Rxh5 Nxh5 33. Qxh5 Qh7 34. Bh6 $44)
30... Qxg6 31. Nxg6+ Kh7 32. Nh4 Rf8 33. Rh1 Bd8 {[#]} (33... Bb6 34. Bxb6 Rxf3
35. Bc5 Nxc5 36. Nxc5 b6 37. Nd7 Rf7 38. Rd1 {and finally the captured R falls!
} Rf5 39. Nxf5 Nxf5 40. Nxb6 $14) 34. Nf5 $1 Nxf5 (34... Rg8 35. Nxg7 Rxg7 36.
Rf5 $1 Kg6 37. Rfxh5 $16) 35. Rxf5 Kg6 36. Rfxh5 {White wins back the P with a
bit better chances in the _|_.} Rg8 37. Rh7 Rg7 38. Rh8 Be7 39. g4 Kf7 {
This is too passive.} ({The freeing move} 39... f5 $1 {was required:} 40. gxf5+
Kxf5+ 41. Kf3 Nf6 42. Nxf6 Bxf6 43. R1h5+ Ke6 44. Re8+ $14) 40. Kf3 Nf8 41. Ng3
{The weaknesses on the light squares begin to tell.} Rd7 (41... Rg8 42. Rxg8
Kxg8 43. Nf5 Rd7 44. b4 $16 {creating an additional front on the other flank.})
42. Nf5 Rg6 43. b4 axb4 44. axb4 Rd8 $2 {This loses outright!} (44... b5 45.
R1h4 {/\ Ke4 and Black is pushed to the wall.}) 45. R8h7+ $1 1-0

[Event "FRA Cup final"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2002.05.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Hamdouchi, Hicham"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2002.05.25"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montpellier"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bd6 (5... Bb4+ {is the other
main continuation trying to provoke} 6. c3 {and only then} Bd6 {hindering Nc3.}
) 6. exd5 {White gives up the [+] in order to attack Black`s central pawns at
once.} (6. Nc3 dxe4 (6... O-O {- Beshukov-Bezgodov,St.Petersburg op 2000 CBM 75
}) 7. Ng5 (7. dxe4 {- A.Rodriguez-Benares, Santos Carlos Covas 2001 CBM 82}) (
7. Nxe4 {- Mitkov-Ch.Gabriel, Pula zt. 2000 CBM 77}) 7... O-O 8. Ncxe4 Nxe4 9.
Nxe4 Bf5 $142 {- Adams-Kramnik, Tilburg Fontys 1998 EXT 99} (9... a5 $5 {
- Fedorov-Shirov, EU-chT (Men) 2001 CBM 86})) 6... cxd5 (6... Nxd5 {-
Malishov-Bimboim, ISR-ch Jerusalem 1996 CBM 56}) 7. Bg5 (7. O-O Be6 (7... O-O {
is certainly met by} 8. Bg5 (8. h3 {is too slow.} e4 9. dxe4 dxe4 10. Nd4 Nc6
11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Re1 Qe7 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Nd2 Qe5 15. Nf1 a5 16. a4 Nd5 17. c3
Bf5 18. Rd1 Be6 $13 {Lokasto-Onischuk, Alushta 1992})) 8. Bg5 (8. Re1 Nbd7 9.
Nc3 h6 $1 {against both Ng5 and Bg5} 10. Bd2 a6 $13 {and Black can hold his
strong central pawns.} (10... g5 $5 {looks rather aggressive, but Black can
afford himself this because of his advantage in the [+].} 11. Ba4 (11. Nb5 Bb8
12. Bb4 Qb6) 11... Kf8 $1 $13) ({The careless} 10... O-O {founders on} 11. Nb5
$1 Bb8 12. Bb4 $1 Re8 13. Nd6 Bxd6 14. Bxd6 $14 {Ortel-Pinter, Budapest 1977}))
8... Nbd7 9. Nc3 {with a nasty pressure on >< d5.}) (7. Nc3 d4 {Now the a2-g8 /
^ is opened, but Black has still a strong [+], and this push comes by a tempo.}
8. Ne2 Nc6 9. O-O (9. a3 {securing the a2-g8 /^ for the B.} O-O 10. O-O {
- 9.0-0}) (9. Ng3 O-O 10. a3 Ne7 11. O-O Ng6 {- 9.0-0}) 9... O-O 10. a3 (10.
Ng3 h6 11. Nh4 Re8 {/\ Bf8 holding the [+].} 12. Nhf5 Bf8 $13 {De
Vilder-Berkvens, Lost Boys op 2000}) 10... Ne7 11. Ng3 Ng6 12. Re1 h6 13. Bd2 (
13. h3 Re8 (13... Bd7 {1/2:1/2 Beshov-Golod, Capella Grande 1999} 14. Nd2 {
/\ Nde4 fighting for the light squares.} Rc8 15. Nde4 Be7 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.
Qh5 $14 {Beshukov-Voloshin, MK Cafe Cup-B 1999})) 13... Re8 $13 {
Shaposhnikov-Neiksans, Wch U20 Athens 2001}) 7... Nc6 (7... d4 $6 {opens up
the a2-g8 /^ without a fight.} 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 a6 11. h3 h6 12.
Bh4 Re8 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. Bg3 {White has a strong pressure against >< e5.} Nd7
15. a4 Qf6 16. c3 dxc3 17. bxc3 Nc5 18. Bc2 Bf5 19. d4 $1 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 $16 {
Benjamin-P.H.Nielsen, FIDE-Wch k.o. Las Vegas USA 1999}) (7... Qa5+ $6 {
helps only for White's development.} 8. Nbd2 (8. Qd2 $5 Qxd2+ 9. Nbxd2) 8...
Be6 9. O-O Nc6 (9... Nfd7 $6 {is too sophysticated.} 10. Bh4 f6 (10... Nc6 11.
Ng5 $14) 11. Re1 O-O 12. d4 $1 {and Black's [+] will collapse soon.} Kh8 13.
dxe5 fxe5 14. c4 $1 $16 {Howell-Arlandi, EU-ch U20 Groningen 1983}) 10. c4 $1 (
{inserting} 10. Bxf6 gxf6 {and then} 11. c4 {is not that precise in view of} d4
12. Ne4 Be7 $13) 10... d4 (10... O-O 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Ne4 $14 {
with a pressure on the light squares, and the weakness of the doubled pawns
begin to tell.}) 11. c5 $1 Bxc5 (11... Qxc5 $2 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14.
Ne4 $18) 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. Rac1 $44 {with a totally cramped P
structure for Black.}) (7... Be6 8. Nc3 Bc7 (8... Qa5 $6 {is again useless due
to} 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe1 $1 $16 {Taulbut-Scheeren, Politiken Cup 1981}) 9. O-O
Nc6 10. Re1 a6 (10... O-O 11. Bh4 (11. Bxf6 gxf6 {and Black can hold >< d5 and
f5.}) 11... Re8 12. h3 a6 13. Ng5 (13. Bxf6 gxf6 {is again not a big deal:} 14.
d4 e4 15. Nh2 f5 16. Nf1 f4) 13... Qd7 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qg4+ Qg7
17. Ne2 f5 $13 {and Black's P [+] is stronger than ever, Matjushin-Taborov,
Independence Cup op 1999.}) 11. Bh4 O-O 12. Bg3 (12. Qc1 Rc8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14.
Qh6 {is not frightening because of the cold-blooded} Na5 $13) 12... d4 13. Nb1
Bxb3 14. axb3 Nd7 15. c3 {1/2:1/2 Needleman-Soppe, ARG-ch sf Ezeiza 2000}) 8.
O-O (8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Bxd5 $2 {falls into} Bb4+ 10. c3 Qxd5 $17) 8... d4 $5 (
8... Be6 $142 9. Nc3 Bc7 {- 7...Be6}) 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 $14 {White has some
pressure on the light squares, and >< e5 remains a target.} Re8 11. Bxf6 gxf6 (
11... Qxf6 {avoids the corruption of the P structure, but allows a direct
assault after} 12. Ne4 Qg6 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Ng5 $16) 12. Ne4 Be7 (12... Bg4
13. h3 Bh5 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Nh4 $16 {conquering >< f5.}) 13. Qd2 (13. Nh4 $5 {
allows the freeing move} f5 $1 14. Qh5 fxe4 (14... Bxh4 15. Bxf7+ Kf8 16. Bxe8
Qxe8 17. Qxh4 fxe4 18. Qxh7) 15. Bxf7+ Kf8 16. Bxe8 Qxe8 17. Qxh7 Bxh4 18. Qxh4
exd3 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. Qg5+ $11 {and White has no more than a perpetual.} (20.
cxd3 Bf5)) (13. Ng3 $1 $14 {/\ Nh4 was the required prophylactical move here
avoiding the push f6-f5, and blockading the vital >< f5.}) 13... Bf8 $1 {
/\ f5 at any cost.} 14. Nh4 (14. Ng3 f5) 14... f5 15. Ng5 Re7 16. Qd1 {/\ Qh5}
Qd6 17. Qh5 (17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Nxf5 Qg6 $13 {
and Black has a strong ^^.}) 17... Qh6 18. Bxf7+ Kg7 19. Qxh6+ Kxh6 20. f4 $1 (
20. Nhf3 Kg7 21. Bd5 h6 $44 {and Black's [+] remains unchallenged, while
White's knights are doomed to passivity.}) 20... exf4 21. Nhf3 (21. Rxe7 Bxe7
22. Ngf3 Kg7 $13) 21... Re3 $1 {The R is very strong here compensating the
other defects of the black position.} (21... Kg7 22. Be6 $16) 22. Bd5 (22. Ne6
$5 Bxe6 23. Bxe6 Bb4 24. Rxe3 fxe3 {This defended o^ is Black's main trump.}
25. a3 (25. Bxf5 Rf8 26. Be4 Bc5 (26... e2 $2 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28. a3 Rxf3 29.
axb4 $16) 27. Kf1 Ne5 $14) 25... Ba5 26. Bxf5 Rf8 27. Be4 Bb6 $14) 22... Bc5
23. Nh3 Ne7 24. Bb3 Ng6 25. Bf7 b6 26. Bd5 (26. Bxg6 hxg6 27. Nxf4 {wins the P,
but Black's ^^ has a bright future.} Bb7 28. Kf2 Rae8 $44) 26... Rb8 27. a3 b5
28. Kf2 Bd7 29. Bf7 b4 30. a4 $2 (30. axb4 $1 Rxb4 31. b3 $14 {was better
targeting >< a7.}) 30... Bc6 31. Bxg6 hxg6 32. Ne5 (32. Nxf4 Rbe8 $44) 32...
Rxe1 $6 (32... Be8 $1 33. Nc4 (33. b3 g5 34. Nc4 Bh5 $1 {with a very
impressive positional exchange sacrifice.}) 33... b3 $1 $15 {and White's <<
will collapse!}) 33. Rxe1 Bxa4 34. Nxf4 (34. b3 Be8 35. Nxf4 Rc8) 34... Bxc2 (
34... b3 $5) 35. Nd7 (35. Nexg6 Bb3 (35... Bd6 36. Re6) 36. Re5 Bd6 37. Rxf5
Rc8 $44) 35... Bd6 $6 {Black has a nice compensation for the exchange, but
probably not more than that.} (35... Rc8 $142 36. Re6 $1 (36. Nxc5 Rxc5 37. Re6
Kh7 $15) 36... Kh7 (36... Bb3 37. Rxg6+ Kh7 38. Ra6 $1) 37. Nf6+ Kh8 $1 $13 {
was more exciting!}) 36. Nxb8 Bxf4 37. Nc6 Bxd3 38. Nxd4 Be4 $44 {Black's ^^
is rather impressive.} 39. Nf3 a5 40. Ra1 Bc7 41. Ke2 Kh5 42. Rc1 Bd8 43. b3 g5
44. Rc5 g4 45. Nd2 Bxg2 46. Rxf5+ Kh4 47. Rf8 Bc7 48. Rf7 Bb8 49. Rh7+ Kg5 50.
Nc4 Bh3 51. Nxa5 Bxh2 52. Nc6 Kg6 53. Rh8 Kg7 54. Rh5 g3 55. Ne5 g2 56. Rg5+
Kf6 57. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.14"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belarus"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bd6 (5... Bb4+ {is the other
main line trying to provoke} 6. c3 {and only after then comes} Bd6 {making Nc3
impossible.}) 6. Nc3 dxe4 (6... O-O {- Beshukov-Bezgodov, St.Petersburg op
2000 CBM 75}) 7. Ng5 (7. dxe4 {- A.Rodriguez-Benares, Santos Carlos Covas 2001
CBM 82}) (7. Nxe4 {- Mitkov-Ch.Gabriel, Pula zt 2000 CBM 77}) 7... O-O 8. Ncxe4
Nxe4 9. Nxe4 (9. dxe4 {allows Black the equalizing} Bb4+ 10. c3 (10. Bd2 $2
Qxg5) 10... Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Bc5 $11) 9... a5 $5 {Neglecting or provoking
White's >> activity?} (9... Bf5 $1 $11 {- Adams-Kramnik, Tilburg Fontys 1998
EXT 99}) (9... Na6 $2 {is also met by the aggressive} 10. Qh5 $1 Qc7 (10... Nc5
11. Ng5 $18) 11. Ng5 $1 {Weakening Black's >>.} h6 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Bxh6 $1 $16
{with a ferocious ->, Tischbierek-Beliavsky, Novi Sad ol (Men) 1990.}) 10. Qh5
$1 (10. Bg5 Be7 $11) 10... Bb4+ $1 {This is a very important intermediate
check.} (10... a4 $2 11. Ng5 $1 $18) (10... Be7 11. a3 {keeping the B on the
a2-g8 /^.} (11. Qxe5 $2 a4 $19) 11... a4 12. Ba2 Nd7 13. O-O $14) 11. Kf1 $5 (
11. c3 {was interesting weakening >< d3, but White's K is at least safe.} Be7 (
{The greedy} 11... Qxd3 $2 {is punished by} 12. Ng5 $1 Bxc3+ (12... Bg4 13.
Qxg4 Bxc3+ {- 12...Bxc3}) 13. bxc3 Qxc3+ 14. Ke2 Bg4+ (14... Bf5 15. Bxf7+ Kh8
16. Rd1 $1 Qxa1 17. Ba3 $18) (14... h6 15. Nxf7 Kh7 16. Bxh6 $18) 15. Qxg4 Qxa1
16. Qf5 $18 {with an irresistable ->.}) 12. O-O (12. a4 $2 {is slow, and now
Black has time to take the P.} Qxd3 $1 13. Qxe5 Bg4 $1 14. Ng3 (14. Ng5 Bxg5
15. Bxg5 Nd7 $17) (14. f3 Bh4+ $17) 14... Nd7 $17) (12. Qxe5 {wins the P, but
suddenly the black pieces become very active.} a4 13. Bc2 f5 14. Ng3 Re8 15.
O-O Bd6 16. Qd4 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Qxd4 18. cxd4 Be6 19. Re1 Nd7 $11) 12... a4 $1 (
12... Qxd3 13. Qxe5 Qd8 14. Rd1 Nd7 15. Qg3 $14 {and Black still struggles
with problems of development.}) 13. Bc2 f5 (13... Nd7 14. Re1) 14. Ng5 h6 15.
Nf3 Bf6 16. Re1 Qe8 17. Qxe8 Rxe8 18. d4 e4 19. Bf4 Nd7 $11) 11... Be7 (11...
a4 $4 {founders on} 12. Ng5 $1 $18) 12. a4 Nd7 13. h4 $5 {White wants to bring
his R into action on the third rank.} (13. Ng5 Bxg5 (13... Nf6 $2 14. Nxf7 $1)
14. Bxg5 {wins the ^^} Qe8 $5 (14... Nf6 15. Qh4 (15. Qf3 Qd6) 15... Qd6 {
White now has problems with his K.} 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Re1 Kg7 (
18... Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. f4 $14) 19. Re3 Bf5 $11) 15. Re1 Nc5 16. Bc4 Kh8
17. d4 f6 (17... Ne6) (17... Be6 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. dxe5 c5 20. b3 b5 $44)) (13.
g3 {solves the problem of the K, but loses precious time.} Nc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5
15. Kg2 $11) 13... Nc5 $1 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Qxe5 Bd4 16. Qg5 $6 (16. Qg3 $142
$1 {was more precise.} Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. f3 Qb6 19. Qg4 Rae8 $44 {and
Black has a nice compensation for the sacrificed material.}) 16... Qb6 $1 (
16... Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. f3 $14) 17. Be3 Be6 18. Ra3 (18. Bxe6 fxe6 $15 {
opens the f <->.}) (18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Bxe6 fxe6 $15) 18... Rfe8 19. Kg1 (19.
Bxe6 {is strongly met by the intermediate move} Bxe3 $1 (19... Rxe6 20. Rb3 $1
Qa7 21. Rh3 $1 (21. Rxb7 Qxb7 22. Bxd4 f6)) 20. Qxe3 (20. fxe3 Qxb2 $17) 20...
Qxb2 21. Rb3 Qa1+ 22. Qe1 Qxe1+ 23. Kxe1 Rxe6+ 24. Kd2 Re7 $11 {and the R _|_
is drawish, as usual.}) 19... h6 20. Qf4 (20. Qg3 Rad8 21. Bxe6 Rxe6) 20...
Rad8 21. Rh3 {It is a rare occasion with rooks on a3 and h3, but how can they
be connected?!} Qb4 {#} 22. Bxe6 $2 {This is a big mistake. Shirov's strategy
to force the brilliant attacker into the role of a defender was successful.} (
22. c3 {was the the best defence.} Bxe3 (22... Bxc3 23. Bxe6 Bf6 24. Qxb4 (24.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qxb4 {- 24.Qb4}) 24... axb4 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. Rb3 Be7 27. Bb6 (
27. Rf3+ Kg6 28. Rg3+ Kf7) 27... Ra8 28. a5 Ke6 29. Re3+ Kd5 $44) 23. Qxe3 Qd6
(23... Qg4 24. Qf3) 24. Bxe6 Rxe6 25. Qg3 Re1+ 26. Kh2 Qe7 (26... Re2 27. Rb3)
27. Qf4 (27. d4 Qe2) 27... Rd6 $44 {and although Black has adequate
compensation for the P, but not more than that.}) 22... Rxe6 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 24.
Qb8+ Kh7 25. Rb3 $6 {This loses without a fight.} (25. c3 Qxb2 26. cxd4 Qxa3
$19) 25... Qe1+ 26. Kh2 Qxf2 $19 27. Qg3 Qxc2 28. Rc3 (28. Rxb7 Rg6) 28... Qxb2
29. Rc4 Rg6 30. Qf3 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "Mondariz GEMA m"]
[Site "Mondariz"]
[Date "2002.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2001.12.26"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. c3 {This quiet positional
system has some advantages, it avoids the theoretical main lines and keeps the
tension.} O-O (6... Bg4 {Black delays castles for a while and develops his <<
first.} 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Bb3 Nc5 $5 {- Leko-Jussupow, WchT 5th Yerevan 2001 CBM
86}) 7. Bb3 Bg4 {Usually in this P structure the pin on the d1-h5 /^ is not
effective. However now Black wants to exchange his passive dark-squared B by
Bg5!} 8. Nbd2 h6 $6 {This is not urgent yet.} (8... Nbd7 {is the most natural
developing move.} 9. h3 (9. Re1 Re8 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nf1 Nc5 12. Bc2 Nfd7 {
/\ Bxf3 and Bg5 exchanging the passive bishops.} 13. Ng3 {This allows Black to
realize his plan.} (13. g4 $5 Bg6 {/\ Ne6}) 13... Bxf3 14. Qxf3 g6 {Now the g3
N is out of play.} 15. d4 Ne6 16. Bb3 Bg5 $1 {This is the point of Black's
setup.} 17. d5 cxd5 18. Bxd5 {Now White has weakened Black's P structure, but
the g3 N is far from exploiting the weakness of d5.} Bxc1 19. Raxc1 Nf4 20.
Red1 Qb6 21. Rc2 Nf6 {Black's pressure on the dark squares compensates the
weakness of the backward P on d6.} 22. Bb3 a5 23. Rcd2 Red8 24. Ba4 Kg7 $11 {
Shaposhnikov-Sorokin, Chigorin mem 1999}) 9... Bh5 10. Re1 {/\ Nf1} Nc5 11. Bc2
Ne6 12. Nf1 Nd7 13. Ng3 (13. g4 $6 Bg6 14. Ng3 Ng5 {forcing White to
unfavourable exchanges.}) 13... Bxf3 14. Qxf3 g6 15. Be3 Bg5 $11 {with the
same strategy again, Gelfand-Jussupow, SKA 1994 CBM 42.}) 9. Re1 Nh7 {This was
the point of the previous move, Black is fighting for the dark squares.} 10. h3
(10. Nf1 {allows the immediate} Bg5 $1 $11) 10... Bh5 $142 (10... Bxf3 11. Nxf3
Ng5 (11... Nd7 12. d4 $14) 12. Nh2 $5 {Now White wants to avoid Bg5 and
exchanging his dark-squared B.} (12. d4 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Bg5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15.
Qf5 Bxc1 16. Raxc1 $14 {is also a little bit better because of the strong B on
the a2-g8 /^.}) 12... Nh7 13. f4 $14 {attacking the [+] just in time.}) 11. g4
$6 {This only weakens the dark squares, but Bg5 cannot be avoided.} (11. Nf1
Bg5 (11... Ng5 12. Bxg5 Bxg5 13. Ng3 $14 {and the ^- helps for the attacking
party.}) 12. Ng3 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 g6 15. d4 $14 {and the
light-squared B remains strong.} (15. Qg4 Qg5)) 11... Bg6 12. Nf1 (12. d4 Nd7
13. Nf1 {is met by the standard} Ng5 14. Nxg5 Bxg5 15. dxe5 Bxc1 16. Rxc1 dxe5
$11 {with a fully equalized position.}) 12... Nd7 (12... Ng5 {was also logical,
for example:} 13. Nxg5 Bxg5 14. d4 Nd7 $11) 13. d4 Bg5 ({Again} 13... Ng5 {
was tempting as well:} 14. Nxg5 (14. Bxg5 Bxg5 15. Ng3 Bf4) 14... Bxg5 15. dxe5
(15. Ng3 Bxc1 16. Rxc1 Qf6 {and the weakness of the dark squares begins to
tell.}) 15... Bxc1 $1 (15... dxe5 16. Bxg5 hxg5 17. Qd6 $16) 16. Rxc1 dxe5 17.
Qd6 (17. Ng3 Nc5) 17... Nf6 18. Qxe5 Re8 $11) 14. Ng3 Qf6 15. Nxg5 Nxg5 16. Kg2
Rad8 17. f3 Ne6 {>< f4 is the real target.} 18. Be3 (18. d5 {is also met by}
Nf4+ $13) 18... Nf4+ 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Qe2 Rfe8 21. Qf2 Nf6 $2 {Black
seemingly forgets about his heel of Achilles, the a7 P!} (21... Nb6 22. Rad1
Qf6 $13) 22. Rad1 h5 $6 (22... Nd7 $6 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Qe3 $16 {and Black has
to give up his stronghold on f4.}) (22... exd4 {gives up the [+].} 23. Rxd4 (
23. Qxd4 a6 $14) (23. cxd4 Nd7 24. Ne2 Qf6 25. Qg3 Nf8 26. Nf4 Bh7) 23... Qe5
24. f4 (24. Qd2 $14) 24... Qe7 $14) 23. dxe5 $1 $16 {White is not afraid of
Black's threats on the >>, and bravely takes the a7 P.} Rxe5 (23... dxe5 {
is also met by} 24. Qxa7 $1 $16 (24. Ne2 $2 {helps only for Black after} Qh6
25. Qxa7 hxg4 26. hxg4 Nxg4 $1 {with nasty threats against the enemy K.} 27.
fxg4 Bxe4+ 28. Kf2 Qh4+ 29. Ke3 Qxg4 30. Rf1 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Bf3 32. Bc4 Qh3 $44)
) 24. Qxa7 (24. Ne2 $6 {is again inferior due to} Qh6 $1 25. Qxa7 hxg4 26. hxg4
Nxg4 $1 27. fxg4 Bxe4+ 28. Kg3 g5 $17) 24... hxg4 25. hxg4 c5 {trying to keep
the Q out of play.} (25... Re7 {allows the retreat of the Q} 26. Qe3 $16) 26.
Qb6 (26. Qxb7 {was as good as winning.} Ree8 (26... d5 27. Qc7 $1 $18) 27. Qc7
$18) 26... Ree8 27. Qxb7 (27. e5 $1 Nd7 (27... c4 28. Ba4) 28. Qxd6 Nxe5 29.
Rxe5 $1 $18 {was the simple way for converting his material advantage into a
win.}) 27... c4 28. Bxc4 Rb8 29. Qa7 Rxb2+ 30. Re2 Nxg4 $1 {Black's only
chance is to fish in troubled waters.} 31. fxg4 Bxe4+ 32. Kh3 Rxe2 (32... Qh6+
33. Nh5) 33. Bxe2 $2 {Now Black has real counterchances!} (33. Qxf7+ $1 {
gave still an _|_ with an extra P after} Qxf7 34. Bxf7+ Kxf7 35. Nxe2 Ke6 $16)
33... Qh6+ 34. Nh5 {[#]} Bc2 $2 ({missing the witty} 34... Bf5 $3 35. Qf2 Qxh5+
36. Kg3 Qg6 37. Qxf5 Qxf5 38. gxf5 Rxe2 $11) 35. Re1 {and White has
consolidated his position again.} Bg6 (35... Bf5 {is already late because of}
36. Qf2 $1 Rxe2 (36... Qxh5+ 37. Kg3 $18) 37. Qxe2 Qxh5+ 38. Kg3 Qg5 39. Qe8+
Kh7 40. Rh1+ Kg6 41. Qe2 $18) 36. Qf2 $18 {and the rest is easy with a piece
up for White.} Qd2 37. Nf4 Qxc3+ 38. Kh2 Qe5 39. Kg1 Bh7 40. Ng2 Be4 41. Bf3 d5
42. Qc5 Qe6 43. Bxe4 dxe4 44. a4 Qxg4 45. a5 Qg6 46. Qb6 Qg3 47. a6 Re6 48.
Qd8+ Kh7 49. a7 Rg6 50. Re2 Rc6 51. Qa5 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 c6 $6 (2... Nf6 {is the main line with good equalizing chances.
}) 3. d4 $1 {White wants to exploit Black's inaccurate move order.} Nf6 $6 (
3... d5 {was at least consquent.} 4. exd5 {creating an isolated P looks more
to the point.} (4. Bb3 exd4 $5 (4... dxe4 5. Qh5 Qf6 (5... Qc7 6. dxe5 $14) 6.
dxe5 Qf5 7. Qxf5 Bxf5 8. Ne2 Nd7 9. Ng3 Ne7 (9... Bg6 10. h4 h5 11. Bf4 $14)
10. Nc3 Nxe5 11. Ncxe4 $14 {Bryson-Motwani, Stirling 2002}) 5. exd5 Bb4+ 6. Kf1
Qe7 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Qxd4 cxd5 9. Bg5 Nc6 10. Qh4 Be6 $13 {and the bad white K
compensates the isolani.}) 4... cxd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. dxe5 (7. Nc3
Ngf6 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. Be3 (10. Nb5 {White overestimates his
position, it is better to finish simply the development.} a6 (10... Rc8 $5) 11.
Nd4 (11. Bf4 Ne4 12. Rd1 O-O-O $13) 11... O-O-O $5 $13 (11... Nc6 12. Be3 Qe4
13. f3 Qe5 14. Bf4 $14 {and White has a small but durable advantage in the _|_
due to the weak isolated P.} (14. Bg5 Bd6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. O-O-O {corrupts
Black's P structure, but forgets about development and loses the |^.} Bc5 $13 {
Sutovsky-Boim, Israel 1999}))) 10... Nc6 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Nf3 $14 {
successfully blockating the vital d4 square, Marcelin-Boim, Herzliya 2000.})
7... Nxe5 {(Zifroni-Boim, Ramat-Hasharon 1993)} 8. Ne2 {This P structure with
the isolated P usually emerges from the French Tarrash.} Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10.
Nbc3 $14 {Keres}) 4. dxe5 Nxe4 5. Qe2 $1 (5. Nd2 Nxd2 6. Bxd2 d5 7. exd6 Bxd6
8. Qe2+ Qe7 9. O-O-O $14 {and White has the somewhat better development, but
no more.}) 5... Nc5 6. a3 $5 {This looks rather original, mildly saying.} (6.
Nf3 {was more natural, but after} b5 {White has to reckon with the lost of the
^^.} 7. Bb3 Nxb3 (7... a5 8. Ng5 Ne6 9. Bxe6 dxe6 10. Qh5 $16) (7... Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Rd1 a5 10. c4 $16) 8. axb3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 $16 {and despite of
the lack of the ^^ White has a big advantage in the [+] and the better
development.}) 6... d5 (6... b5 {allows the runaway after} 7. Ba2 $16) 7. exd6+
Ne6 8. Nf3 Bxd6 9. Ng5 $1 {The target is >< e6.} Qe7 ({In case of} 9... O-O {
White can bravely take the P} 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nxe6 Bxe6 12. Qxe6+ Kh8 13. Be3
Re8 14. Qf7 Nd7 15. Nc3 $16) 10. Nxe6 Bxe6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 (11... Qxe6 12. Qxe6+
fxe6 13. Nd2 $14 {will lead to a long torture due to >< e6 in the _|_.}) 12.
Nd2 O-O 13. Ne4 {The N is "omnipotent" here.} Be5 14. Bg5 {White wants to
castle long in order to control the d <-> at once.} (14. O-O Nd7 15. c3 $14)
14... Qf7 (14... Qc7 15. O-O-O $14) 15. O-O-O Nd7 16. Kb1 h6 $5 (16... Nb6 17.
Rhe1 Nd5 18. Rd3 $14) 17. Bh4 Bc7 (17... b5 $5 18. Bg3 Bxg3 19. hxg3 $16) 18.
Nd6 $6 {Exchanging that wonderful N is not a good business.} (18. Bg3 $16 {
was the wise exchange of pieces.}) 18... Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Rae8 20. Re1 $14 {
Still White has the pressure along the d <-> and against the weak e P.} e5 21.
Qg4 Qf4 $1 (21... Nc5 $2 22. Rxh6 $16) 22. Re4 $6 (22. Qxf4 Rxf4 23. Bg3 (23.
Rxd7 Rxh4 24. h3 Rf4 25. Re2 Rf7 $14) 23... Rf7 24. f3 $14 {was simple
blockading the isolated P on e5.}) 22... Qxg4 23. Rxg4 h5 $1 24. Ra4 (24. Re4 {
allows Black the activization of his pieces after} Nc5 25. Re2 Rf4 26. Bg3 Re4
27. Rxe4 Nxe4 28. Rd7 Nxg3 29. hxg3 e4 30. Rxb7 Rf8 $132 {with some
counterchances in a complicated R _|_.}) (24. Rg3 Nc5 25. Re3 Rf4 26. Bg3 Ne4
$1 27. Rd7 Nxg3 28. hxg3 Rf7 $11 {leads again to a R _|_ which is usually
extremely difficult to win.}) 24... Nb6 $1 25. Re4 (25. Rxa7 $4 Nc8 $19) 25...
Rf4 26. f3 Rxe4 27. fxe4 {Now Black has solved his problem with his isolated P.
} Kf7 28. b3 Re6 29. Rd2 (29. Rd8 Re8 $11) 29... Rg6 30. h3 Ke6 31. c4 Nd7 32.
b4 Nf6 33. Re2 Rh6 34. Kc2 Rh8 $11 {The _|_ is roughly even.} 35. Re3 Rg8 36.
Bg5 Rd8 37. Rd3 Rg8 38. Bxf6 gxf6 39. g3 f5 {Black has an active play in the R
_|_.} 40. exf5+ Kxf5 41. a4 Rg7 42. b5 e4 43. Rd8 Rxg3 44. Rd7 cxb5 45. axb5 b6
46. Rxa7 Ke5 47. Rb7 Rg6 48. Kc3 Re6 49. Rf7 h4 50. Kd2 Kd4 51. Rh7 Kxc4 (51...
Rg6 52. Rxh4 Rg2+ 53. Ke1 Ke3 54. Rg4 Rh2 55. Rg3+ Kd4 56. Rg6 $11) 52. Rxh4
Kxb5 53. Rh8 {Now it is already White who has to fight for the draw.} Kb4 54.
h4 e3+ 55. Ke2 b5 56. h5 Kb3 57. Rg8 Re5 58. h6 Rh5 59. Rh8 Rh3 60. h7 b4 61.
Kd3 Rh6 62. Kxe3 Re6+ 63. Kf4 Re7 64. Kg5 Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Najdorf Memorial Great fin"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2000.09.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Black "Szmetan, Jorge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.09.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 (4... Nc6 {leads to the Italian Game.})
5. c3 O-O (5... Nc6 {may again lead to the Italian Game.}) 6. Nbd2 a6 (6... Nc6
{is again possible.}) 7. h3 Ba7 (7... Nc6) 8. Nf1 h6 $6 {This weakens Black's
>> in case of a g4 attack. The h6 plan is more usual when White castles >>.} (
8... Nc6) 9. Bb3 Nc6 10. g4 $5 {This is White's main idea here. Delaying
castles may lead to a sharp tactical position with chances for a >> ->.} d5 {
It looks logical to answer a flank -> by a central counterattack.} (10... Nh7 {
is too passive.} 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Rg1 d5 13. Qe2 Re8 14. exd5 {Suddenly White
gives up the [+], but only at first sight. His N on e4 will be excellent.} Bxd5
15. Ne4 Bxb3 16. axb3 f6 17. h4 Kh8 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Qd5 20. O-O-O $1 {
This is a rare occasion in the Italian Game!} Qxb3 21. g5 f5 22. Nc5 Qb6 23.
gxh6 $18 {Bologan-Prakash, Wch U20 Mamaia 1991}) 11. g5 $1 {[%mdl 128]} (11.
Qe2 {is the ''normal'' way of handling this type of position.} dxe4 12. dxe4
Nd7 $1 {running away of g5 and /\ Nc5.} (12... Be6 13. g5 $14) 13. Ng3 (13. g5
$5 Nc5 14. Bc2 (14. gxh6 $6 {allows the big checks} Nd3+ 15. Kd1 Nf4+ ({
or simply} 15... Nxf2+ $5 16. Kc2 Nxh1 17. Qg2 Qf6 18. hxg7 Qxg7 19. Qxh1 Na5)
16. Qd2 Qf6 $1 (16... Qxd2+ 17. Bxd2 Nxh3 18. Ke2 Nxf2 19. Rh4 Ng4 20. hxg7
Kxg7 21. N1h2 $16) 17. Rg1 g6 (17... Rd8 18. Rxg7+ Kh8 19. Ng5 Rxd2+ 20. Bxd2
Qxh6 21. Nxf7+ Kxg7 22. Nxh6 Kxh6 $17) (17... Qxh6) 18. Kc2 (18. Ng5 $5 Na5 $1
(18... Nxh3 19. Nxh3 Bxh3 20. Ke1) (18... Rd8 19. Bxf7+ Kh8 20. Bd5 $18) 19.
Bd5 c6 20. Bxf7+ Rxf7 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 $17) 18... Rd8 $1 {Black first has to
insert this move.} ({immediately} 18... Nxh3 {is less clear:} 19. Rg3 Nxf2 20.
Ng5 Nxe4 $1 21. Nxe4 Qxf1 22. Rxg6+ (22. Qg5 $4 {loses outright after} Qe2+ $19
{Bologan-Adams, PCA-op New York 1994}) 22... Kh8 23. Rxc6 bxc6 24. Qg5 Rg8 25.
Qxe5+ f6 26. Qe7 Rg2+ 27. Bd2 Rxd2+ 28. Kxd2 Qg2+ 29. Kd3 Qh3+ 30. Kc2 $11 {
with a draw by perpetual checks.}) 19. Qe1 Nxh3 $17) (14. Bd5 $6 Be6 $1 15.
gxh6 (15. b4 Bxd5 16. exd5 e4 $1 {opening the lines against the K in the
middle.} 17. bxc5 exf3) 15... Bxd5 16. hxg7 (16. exd5 Qxd5) 16... Re8 $1 17.
exd5 e4 $1 $15) 14... hxg5 (14... h5 15. Ng3 g6 16. Be3 Be6) 15. Bxg5 f6 16.
Rd1 Qe7 17. Bc1 Be6 $13) 13... Nc5 14. Bc2 (14. Bd5 Ne7) 14... f6 $1 {
radically preventing White from g5.} (14... Ne6 15. Nf5 Re8 (15... Qf6 16. h4
Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. g5 $16) 16. h4 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Rd1 Qf6 (18... Bd7
19. e5 $1 {clearing the /^ b1-h7} (19. g5 h5 20. Bb3 Na5) 19... Qc8 20. Qe4 $14
) 19. g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 Qg6 21. N5h4 Qh5 22. Qd2 $16 {Komliakov-Yagupov, RUS
Army-ch 1995}) 15. Nf5 (15. Nh4 Be6 16. Ng6 Re8 $132) 15... Be6 $13 {and Black
has also threats in the [+] and the <<.}) 11... hxg5 (11... dxe4 12. gxf6 $1
exf3 13. fxg7 Kxg7 14. Rg1+ Kh7 15. Qxf3 f5 16. Qh5 Qf6 {is met by the
study-like} 17. Bf7 $3 Rxf7 18. Bxh6 $1 $18) 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxg5 f6 (13...
Na5 $1 14. Bc2 {and the N is completely outposted.} (14. Qh5 Bf5) 14... Nc6 (
14... Bf5 15. d4 $1) 15. Ng3 f6 16. N5e4 Be6 {was a better chance for a
successful defence.}) 14. Qf3 Nce7 15. Ne4 Be6 (15... f5 16. Ng5 Rf6 17. Qh5
$18) 16. Rg1 Rf7 (16... c6 17. Nfg3 (17. Bh6 Nf5) 17... Rf7 (17... Bf7 18. Nf5
Nxf5 19. Qxf5 $16) 18. Bd2 $40 {/\ 0-0-0}) 17. Nfg3 Qd7 18. Nh5 Kh8 (18... Kf8
$2 {is met by the crushing} 19. Nxg7 $1 Rxg7 20. Bh6 Nf5 21. Nxf6 Nxf6 22. Rxg7
Nxg7 23. Qxf6+ Kg8 24. O-O-O $18) 19. Bd2 g6 $2 {[#]} (19... Bf5 {was the last
hope.} 20. O-O-O $40) 20. Nhxf6 $1 $18 {Now Black is lost completely.} Nxf6 21.
Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Ng5 Nh7 23. Nxf7+ Kg7 24. Bh6+ Kg8 25. Qxb7 Bxf2+ {Desperation.}
26. Kxf2 Qxf7+ 27. Qf3 Qxf3+ 28. Kxf3 1-0

[Event "Montreal 6th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2005.08.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kogan, Artur"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2005.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Bb3 d5 5. Nf3 Bb4+ (5... Bd6 6. exd5 {White
gives up the [+] in order to attack Black`s central pawns at once.} (6. Nc3
dxe4 (6... O-O {- Beshukov-Bezgodov, St.Petersburg op 2000 CBM 75}) 7. Ng5 (7.
dxe4 {- A.Rodriguez-Benares, Santos Carlos Covas 2001 CBM 82}) (7. Nxe4 {
- Mitkov-Ch.Gabriel, Pula zt. 2000 CBM 77}) 7... O-O 8. Ncxe4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Bf5
$142 {- Adams-Kramnik, Tilburg Fontys 1998 EXT 99} (9... a5 $5 {-
Fedorov-Shirov, EU-chT (Men) 2001 CBM 86})) 6... cxd5 {- Hamdouchi-Bacrot,
Paris 2002 CBM 090} (6... Nxd5 {- Malishov-Bimboim, ISR-ch Jerusalem 1996 CBM
56})) 6. c3 (6. Bd2 {leads to rather simple positions.} Bxd2+ (6... dxe4 $2 7.
Nxe5 $1 {Larsen}) 7. Nbxd2 Nbd7 (7... dxe4 $143 $6 {is strongly met by} 8. Nxe5
({The modest} 8. dxe4 {doesn't yield to any real advantage for White.} O-O 9.
O-O Qc7 10. Qe1 Nbd7 11. Qe3 b6 12. Rfd1 Nc5 $11 {Hansen-Pilgaard, DEN-chT 1989
}) 8... O-O 9. dxe4 Nxe4 10. Ndf3 {The pressure against >< f7 is still valid.}
Nd7 11. O-O Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qf6 13. Qd4 Bf5 14. f4 Qd8 15. Rad1 Qxd4+ 16. Rxd4
$14 {Larsen-Nunn, London 1986}) (7... Qc7 8. O-O O-O (8... dxe4 {is again
dubios because of} 9. Ng5 O-O 10. Ngxe4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 {Now the b3 B is very
strong keeping an eye on >< f7.} Bf5 12. Ng3 Bg6 {There is a significant
difference beteween the two bishops to White's favour.} 13. h4 h6 14. Qg4 Kh8
15. f4 Nd7 {(Vogt-Lechtynsky, Trnava 1982)} 16. f5 $14) 9. Re1 Nbd7 {- 7..Nbd7}
(9... Bg4 {The exchange of the B helps for White.} 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 dxe4
12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Rxe4 Nd7 14. d4 (14. Rae1 Kh8 15. d4 exd4 16. Re7 $36 (16.
Rxd4 {allows} Nc5 {exchanging the active B.} 17. Qf5 Nxb3 18. axb3 Rae8 19.
Rxe8 Rxe8 20. g3 g6 21. Rd7 Re1+ 22. Kg2 Qxg3+ {1/2:1/2 Casper-Vogt, Berlin
1982})) 14... exd4 15. Re7 $1 Qd6 16. Rae1 Kh8 17. Bxf7 $14 {with an active
piece play for White, Vogt-Romanishin, Riga 1981.})) (7... Bg4 {Black
exchanges his B and finishes his development by Nbd7. However he has to keep
an eye on the b3 B, if the /^ will be opened, Black can get into trouble.} 8.
h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 O-O 10. O-O $5 (10. Rd1 a5 11. a4 Na6 12. O-O Nc5 {and the B
is gone.} 13. Rfe1 d4 14. Rc1 Nxb3 15. Nxb3 b5 {1/2.1/2 Jevtic-Lalic, Pula 1991
}) 10... Qd6 (10... dxe4 11. Nxe4 $14 {is the slight advantage White is
dreaming for.}) (10... Qa5 11. c3 Nbd7 12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. Nf1 Rad8 $13 {and
Black can hold both of his central pawns, Spasov-Gdanski, Krynica zt 1998.})
11. Rfe1 (11. exd5 cxd5 {White gives up the [+], and this only works if he has
a strong pressure against d5 or e5.} 12. Rae1 Nc6 13. Qf5 Rae8 14. c3 g6 15.
Qf3 Kg7 $11 {Kosteniuk-Vul, Hoogovens op 1999}) 11... Nbd7 12. exd5 (12. Nf1
Nc5 {exchanging White's last hope.} 13. exd5 Nxb3 14. axb3 Nxd5 15. Ne3 f6 16.
Nf5 Qd7 17. Ra4 g6 18. Ne3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 a6 $11 {Hamdouchi-Degraeve, Comtois
2000}) 12... cxd5 13. Re2 a5 14. a3 a4 15. Ba2 Ra5 {This was an interesting R
manoeuvre.} 16. Nf1 g6 17. Rae1 Rc8 $11 {Vogt-Ekstroem, SUI-chT 1996}) 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Re8 (9... d4 $2 {opens the /^ for the b3 B.} 10. c3 $1 $16) (9...
dxe4 $2 {has the same drawback as before.} 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Rxe4 $16) (9...
Qc7 10. c3 (10. d4 $5) (10. h3 Re8 11. Nh4 {White's dreams of occupying >< f5
cannot be realized.} Nc5 12. Qf3 Ne6 13. Nf5 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Nd4 {
1/2:1/2 Sammalvuo-Hellsten, Scandinavia-ch 1992}) 10... h6 11. h3 Re8 12. Bc2 {
The B is passive here.} dxe4 13. dxe4 Nf8 14. Kh2 $11 {1/2:1/2 Vogt-Hazai,
Halle 1981}) 10. d4 {White wants to open up the position for his somewhat
better developed pieces.} exd4 (10... dxe4 $6 11. Nxe4 (11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5
Rxe5 13. Nxe4 $16) 11... Nxe4 12. Rxe4 exd4 13. Rxd4 $16 {and Black has real
problems finishing his development.}) 11. exd5 Rxe1+ (11... c5 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8
13. Qf1 {/\ Re1} Nb6 14. Re1 Qf8 15. Re5 Bd7 16. c3 {1/2:1/2 Urban-Polakovic,
corr 1989}) 12. Qxe1 Nxd5 $5 (12... cxd5 13. Nxd4 {and at least White has a
long-lasting target, the isolani on d5.} Nc5 14. c3 Bd7 15. N2f3 Qb6 16. Qd2
$14 {Kasimdzhanov-Christiansen, Yerevan ol 1996}) 13. Bxd5 cxd5 14. Nxd4 Nf6
15. Qe3 Qb6 {= Kharitonov} 16. Rb1 {White can try to consolidate his position
steering towards a little bit better _|_ with a strong blockading d4 N versus
a bad B.} Bd7 17. c3 Re8 18. Qd3 $14) 6... Bd6 {hindering Nc3.} 7. Qe2 {
White is waiting with castles playing Nbd2-f1-g3 first.} (7. Bg5 dxe4 (7... Be6
$6 {The B is not very well-placed after the opening of the position by d3-d4.}
8. Nbd2 Nbd7 (8... h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. d4 $1 $16 {Yudasin}) 9. d4 exd4 (9... dxe4
$2 10. Nxe4 Be7 11. Bxe6 $16 {seriously weakening Black's P structure.}) (9...
h6 10. Bh4 (10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. O-O $1 O-O 12. exd5 cxd5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd4
$14 {and White has again a strong blockading N versus the passive e6 B.}) (10.
exd5 Bxd5 11. Bxf6 $14) 10... g5 11. Bg3 (11. exd5 $14) 11... Nxe4 12. Nxe4
dxe4 13. Nxe5 $14 (13. Bxe6 $5 {Yudasin})) 10. exd5 Bxd5 11. Bxd5 cxd5 12. Nxd4
$14 {and Black has to show a good technique in order to hold the _|_ in the
long run, Yudasin-Alterman, Israel ch 1994.}) 8. dxe4 Qe7 (8... h6 9. Bh4 Qe7 (
9... g5 10. Bg3 Nxe4 11. Bxe5 $16 {Yudasin}) (9... O-O 10. Nbd2 Bc7 11. O-O Na6
12. Nc4 Nc5 13. Bc2 {in the almost symmetrical position White has an extra
tempo.} Qxd1 14. Raxd1 $14 {Mestel-Taulbot, Hastings 1981/82}) 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 (
10... Bc7 11. Qe2 Na6 (11... Nbd7 12. h3 Nf8 13. g4 {White's setup is too
aggressive.} Be6 14. Bg3 Bxb3 15. axb3 Ng6 16. Nc4 b5 $13 {Zubarev-Ragozin,
Polanica Zdroj 2000}) 12. h3 Nc5 13. g4 {This plan only weakens the dark
squares, especially >< f4.} a5 14. Bc2 a4 15. Nf1 a3 16. b4 Ne6 $15 {and here
is the punishment, Hendriks-Bosboom, Leeuwarden 2004.}) 11. Nc4 (11. Qe2 Nc5
12. Bc2 Bc7 13. Bg3 {1/2-1/2 G.Timoshenko-Vera, Bayamo 1981}) 11... Bc7 12.
Nfd2 (12. Qe2 Nc5 13. Bc2) 12... Nc5 13. Bc2 Ne6 14. Qf3 g5 $5 {Black grabs
the |^ on the >>.} 15. Bg3 {The B is rather outplaced here.} Nf4 16. Ne3 h5 17.
h3 Rg8 $132 {Ragovski-Sulypa, Alushta 2000}) (8... Na6 9. Nbd2 Bc7 10. Bc2 Nc5
11. O-O O-O 12. h3 {It is not easy to show a clear-cut plan in this almost
symmetrical position.} Re8 13. Be3 Qe7 14. b4 Ne6 15. Nc4 Rd8 16. Qb1 Nf4 17.
Bxf4 exf4 18. e5 Nd5 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Bc2 Nxc3 21. Qb2 Nd5 22. a3 {(Magem
Badals-Koch, FRA-chT 1999)} Be6 $13) 9. Nbd2 Bc7 10. O-O Na6 11. Nc4 Nc5 12.
Bc2 O-O 13. Re1 Ne6 {The N is very active here, >< f4.} 14. Bh4 Nf4 15. Ne3 Rd8
$11 {Bauer-Koch, Narbonne 1997}) (7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O (8. Qe2 Nbd7 9. Nf1 {
/\ Ng3 using the vacant f1 square.} (9. O-O) 9... Re8 10. Ng3 a5 11. O-O {
looks more important.} (11. h3 Nc5 12. Bc2 Bf8 13. O-O b6 $15 {/\ Ba6
Rogers-Solomon, Sydney 1994})) 8... Nbd7 (8... Bg4 $143 9. h3 Bh5 {The B is a
bit outplaced here.} 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. Nf1 dxe4 12. dxe4 Qc7 (12... Nc5 13. Bc2
Bc7 14. Qe2 Ne6 15. Ng3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Spivak-I.Ivanov, St Petersburg 1993}) 13.
Ng3 Bg6 14. Nh4 $14 {Sharif-Miralles, Marseille 1988}) (8... Be6 9. Re1 Nbd7
10. h3 (10. Ng5 Bg4 {and the B escapes} 11. f3 Bh5 12. Nf1 Nc5 13. Bc2 Ne6 14.
Nxe6 fxe6 $11 {Hartston-Romanishin, Skara 1980}) 10... h6 11. d4) 9. Re1 Qc7
10. Nf1 Nc5 11. Bc2 dxe4 12. dxe4 Rd8 13. Qe2 a5 14. Ng3 $5 (14. h3 {is again
not very necessary.} b6 15. Nh4 g6 16. Bh6 Bf8 {The exchange of the
dark-squared bishops is favourable for Black from strategical point of view.}
17. Bxf8 Rxf8 $13 {Hartston-Unzicker, Nice 1974})) (7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 (8. Nbd2
{- 7.Nbd2}) 8... Re8 (8... dxe4 9. dxe4 Na6 10. Nbd2 Bc7 11. Nc4 Qxd1 12. Bxd1
{The _|_ cannot be worse for Black.} Re8 13. a4 Nc5 14. Bc2 Be6 15. Be3 Ncd7
$11 {Brauning-Arkhipov, Kecskemet 1992}) 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Nf1 Nc5 11. Bc2 dxe4
12. dxe4 a5 13. Ng3 h6 14. h3 Nh7 (14... Qc7 15. Nh4 Bf8 16. Qf3 Nh7 17. Nhf5
$14 {and White has build a stronghold on f5, Werner-Michaelsen, BL 1989.}) 15.
Be3 Qf6 16. Nh2 Bf8 17. Ng4 Qh4 {1/2-1/2 Landenbergue-Ekstroem, Samnaun 2004})
7... dxe4 8. dxe4 Nbd7 (8... O-O 9. Nbd2 (9. O-O Na6 (9... h6 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11.
Rd1 Na6 $11 {Tolnai-Barczay, Kecskemet 1990}))) 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 $5 {
[%mdl 4] White is not hurrying with castles, he uses the vacant f1 square for
his N manoeuvre.} (10. O-O Nc5 11. Bc2 b5 (11... Ne6 12. Nc4) 12. Rd1 Qc7 $13)
10... Nc5 11. Bc2 Ne6 12. g3 {defending against Nf4 but depriving the N from
g3.} Nc5 13. Nh4 {/\ Ne3-f5} a5 (13... Bh3 $5 14. Ne3 $1 Ncxe4 15. Nef5 {
White gets active pieces for the positional P sacrifice.} Nc5 16. Be3 $44 {
/\ 0-0-0}) 14. Ne3 $1 Re8 $142 (14... Ncxe4 $2 {opens up the position for the
active white pieces.} 15. Nef5 Nc5 (15... Bxf5 16. Nxf5 Nc5 {is strongly met
by the typical blow} 17. Bh6 $1 $40) 16. Bh6 $1 {This is the point again!} gxh6
17. Rd1 $1 (17. O-O-O Nd5 $1) 17... Be6 (17... Nd5 18. Qg4+ Qg5 19. Nxh6+ $18)
18. Rxd6 $1 (18. Nxd6 Qb6 $13) 18... Ncd7 (18... Qc7 19. Qe3 $18) 19. Qd2 Kh8
20. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 21. Ng6+ Kg8 22. Nxh6+ Kg7 23. Nxf8 $16) 15. Nef5 Bf8 16. Bg5
Ncd7 $2 {This is the passive defence, now Black has real problems with his
development.} (16... Be6 $1 {was best finishing the development.} 17. O-O (17.
Rd1 Ncd7 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Qc7 {/\ Ba2}) 17... a4 18. Rfd1 Ncd7 $13) 17.
O-O-O $1 {Now White grabs the |^ with opposite castled kings.} a4 (17... h6 {
creates a target on the >>.} 18. Be3 Qc7 19. g4 $40) 18. Nd6 (18. Qf3 h6) 18...
Re6 19. Nhf5 $14 {The white knights are really impressive!} Qc7 20. Nxc8 Qxc8
21. g4 $1 {White has got the ^^ and attacking chances on the >>.} b5 22. Kb1
Nc5 23. h4 Qb7 24. Bd2 {/\ h5, g5 with a quick P advance and defending against
b5-b4.} (24. h5 {allows} b4 25. cxb4 Qxb4 26. Bd2 Qb5 27. Qxb5 cxb5 28. f3 $14
{White's ^^ gives him the better prospects in the _|_ as well.}) 24... Nfd7 25.
h5 Nb6 26. Bc1 Nc4 27. g5 Na5 {[#]} 28. Rdg1 {There was no need to prepare the
push g5-g6!} (28. g6 $1 {immediately was stronger:} fxg6 (28... hxg6 29. hxg6
fxg6 {- 28..fxg6}) 29. hxg6 hxg6 (29... Rxg6 30. Qh5 $18) 30. Nh4 b4 31. Qg4 $1
b3 32. Nxg6 bxc2+ 33. Kxc2 Be7 34. Rh8+ Kf7 35. Qh5 $18 {with a winning ->.})
28... b4 $2 {Now White's -> becomes very dangerous again.} ({There is no time
for} 28... Rb8 $2 {because of} 29. g6 $1 $18) (28... g6 $1 {was the stubborn
defence.} 29. Nh6+ (29. hxg6 fxg6 30. Qg4 $1 b4 31. cxb4 Qxb4 32. Rxh7 $5 (32.
Qh3 Ra7 $13) (32. Nh6+ Bxh6 33. Rxh6 Nc4 34. Qh3 Rb8 35. Ka1 a3 36. bxa3 Qb7
37. Bb3 $1 Nxb3+ 38. axb3 Qxb3 39. Qxe6+ Kf8 40. Qf6+ Kg8 $11) 32... Kxh7 33.
Rh1+ Kg8 34. Qh3 Kf7 35. Qh7+ Ke8 36. Ng7+ Bxg7 37. Qxg7 Nd7 38. Rh7 Nf8 39.
Qf7+ Kd8 40. Qc7+ $11) 29... Bxh6 30. gxh6 b4 31. Qe3 $1 Qb5 (31... Nab3 $2 32.
hxg6 fxg6 33. Bd1 bxc3 34. axb3 $1 $16) 32. cxb4 Qxb4 33. Rg3 (33. hxg6 fxg6)
33... Rb8 $13 (33... Nab3 34. Qc3 $16)) 29. cxb4 Qxb4 30. Nh6+ $1 {This was
the other threat of 28.Rdg1.} Kh8 (30... gxh6 $2 31. gxh6+ Kh8 32. Qg4 $18) 31.
Nxf7+ Kg8 {[#]} 32. a3 ({missing the devastating} 32. g6 $1 h6 33. Qf3 {
/\ Nxh6!} Ra7 (33... Qb7 34. Qc3 $18) (33... Re7 34. a3 Qb5 35. Bxh6 Nc4 36.
Bc1 $18) 34. Rd1 $18) 32... Qb5 33. Qxb5 cxb5 34. g6 {White is a P up in the
_|_, but the mating -> is always the best!} h6 35. Rd1 $1 Nc4 36. Rd5 Rae8 37.
Rhd1 Rf6 38. f4 $5 (38. Be3 Nxe3 39. fxe3 $18) 38... exf4 39. e5 Rb6 40. Bxf4
b4 41. R5d4 $2 {Now Black can change the course of the gamr by an easy
tactical motif.} (41. Nd6 Bxd6 42. exd6 bxa3 43. Rxc5 Rxb2+ 44. Ka1 $1 $18)
41... bxa3 $1 {It looks like White has missed this move...} 42. Rxc4 Rxb2+ 43.
Ka1 (43. Kc1 Nb3+ $1 44. Bxb3 axb3 45. Rc7 (45. Nd6 Ra2 46. Kb1 Rb2+ $11) 45...
Ra2 46. Kb1 Rb2+ $11 {and draw by perpetual checks.}) 43... Nb3+ 44. Bxb3 axb3
45. Bc1 (45. Bd2 Ra2+ 46. Kb1 Rb2+ 47. Kc1 Ra2 48. Kb1 $11 {and the draw is
inevitable.} (48. Bc3 {can only cause headache for White.} Rc2+ 49. Kb1 a2+ 50.
Ka1 b2+ 51. Kxa2 Rc1 52. Kxb2 Rxd1 $15)) 45... Re2 (45... Ra2+ 46. Kb1 Rb8 $1 {
/\ b2} 47. Bf4 (47. e6 $4 b2) 47... Rb2+ 48. Ka1 $1 (48. Kc1 $4 Rg2 $19) 48...
Ra2+ $11) 46. Bd2 (46. Kb1 $5 {was interesting, but after a correct play White
has no winning chances:} Rb8 (46... b2 47. Bd2) 47. Rcd4 a2+ (47... b2 48. Bd2
$18) (47... Be7 $2 48. Bxa3 $1 Bxa3 49. Rd8+ Rxd8 50. Rxd8+ Bf8 51. Rb8 $18) (
47... Rc2 $2 48. Bxa3 $1 $18) 48. Ka1 Rc8 $1 (48... b2+ 49. Bxb2 Rexb2 50. R1d2
Rb1+ 51. Kxa2 R1b6 52. Ra4 Rb1 $44) 49. Bd2 (49. Bb2 $2 Rcc2) 49... Ba3 50. Rd3
Bb4 51. Rxb3 Bxd2 52. Kxa2 Bc3+ $11) 46... Rb8 {[#]} 47. Kb1 $2 {This is
already a losing move.} (47. Rd4 $1 {was still equal, as before.} Bb4 48. Rxb4
Rxb4 49. Bxb4 Ra2+ $11) 47... a2+ $1 $19 48. Kb2 (48. Ka1 b2+ 49. Kxa2 b1=Q+
50. Rxb1 Rxd2+ $19) 48... Bb4 $1 49. Rd4 Bc3+ $1 50. Kxc3 b2 51. Bc1 Rc2+ 52.
Kxc2 b1=Q+ 53. Kd2 a1=Q 0-1

[Event "Stepanakert-B"]
[Site "Stepanakert"]
[Date "2005.10.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chibukhchian, Artur"]
[Black "Yegiazarian, Arsen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O Qc7 6. Bb3 O-O 7. Re1 d6 {
Black follows a " Philidor" setup, which is a bit passive, but really hard to
breake.} 8. c3 {In this almost symmetrical position White's slight advantage
is based on his active light-squared B in contrary to the passive e7 one.} Nbd7
9. d4 (9. Nbd2 {White can linger with the central push.} a5 $5 (9... b5 10. Nf1
(10. d4 {- 9.d4}) 10... Nb6 11. Ng3 {White is playing a closed Ruy Lopez
scheme.} a5 (11... c5 12. d4 a5 13. Bc2 b4 14. d5 Bd7 $5 {suits better to the
spirit of the Spanish.} (14... Ne8 15. h3 {/\ Nh2, f4 or Qf3} (15. a3 $5 {
trying to solve the tension on the << looked promising.}) 15... Bd7 16. Nh2 Qd8
17. Qd2 {against Bg5} Bh4 (17... h6 18. Nf3) (17... g6 $5 18. Ng4 Ng7) 18. Nf5
g6 19. Nxh4 Qxh4 {This exhange is clearly favourable for White.} 20. Nf3 Qe7
21. Qe2 $14 {Bosboom-I.Sokolov, Leeuwarden 1993})) 12. Bc2 Re8 13. h3 c5 14. d4
a4 $5 (14... h6 {(Zhelnin-M.Sorokin, Pardubice 1992)} 15. Nh4 $14 {/\ Nhf5})) (
9... Re8 10. Nf1 Bf8 11. Ng3 d5 (11... Nc5 12. Bc2) (11... h6 $5 12. d4) 12. d4
exd4 13. cxd4 Bb4 (13... dxe4 14. Ng5 Nd5 15. N5xe4 $14 {with a slightly
better isolated P structure.}) 14. Bd2 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 dxe4 16. Ng5 Rf8 17. N5xe4
$14 {Fernandez Garcia-Sanz Alonso, Dos Hermanas 2004}) (9... h6 10. d4 Re8 {
is the consequent follow up.} (10... b5 11. Nh4 Re8 12. Nf1 c5 13. Nf5 Bf8 14.
N1g3 Bb7 15. d5 c4 16. Bc2 a5 17. Bd2 a4 18. h3 $14 {Vasiukov-Antoshin, Moscow
1984})) (9... Nc5 {runs into d4 later.} 10. Bc2 Re8 11. d4 Ne6 12. Nf1 $14 {
Mikhalchishin}) 10. Nf1 (10. d4 Nb6 11. a4 (11. Nf1 a4 12. Bc2) 11... Bg4 12.
h3 Bh5 13. Bc2 $5 (13. Nf1 {allows the freeing push} exd4 14. cxd4 d5 $132))
10... Re8 11. Ng3 Bf8 12. d4 h6 13. h3 Nb6 14. a4 $5 {against a5-a4} (14. Nh4
a4 $13 {Pikula-Drazic, Novi Sad 2002})) 9... b6 (9... Nb6 10. Nbd2 Bg4 11. h3
Bh5 {The B is outposted here, Black has no pressure against d4.} 12. dxe5 dxe5
13. Nf1 Rad8 14. Qe2 Nbd7 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. Bc2 Nh5 17. Nf5 $14 {
Martinovic-Braga, Amsterdam 1986}) (9... b5 10. Nbd2 (10. a4 $5 bxa4 11. Rxa4)
10... a5 $1 {The position reminds me to the Ruy Lopez Breyer Variation. Black
wants to gain space on the <<, /\ a4.} (10... Bb7 11. Nf1 (11. Nh4 g6) 11... c5
12. Ng3 Rfe8 13. d5 $1 $14 (13. Ng5 {loses some tempi and allows Black to
fight back in the [+].} c4 14. Bc2 h6 15. Nh3 d5 $1 16. exd5 exd4 17. Qxd4 Bc5
18. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Caposciutti-Godena, Forli 1992})) 11. Nf1 (11. a4 bxa4 $5 12.
Bxa4 Nb6 13. Bc2 Bd7 $13 {Mikhalchishin}) (11. a3 c5 12. Nf1 Bb7 13. Ng3 Rfe8
14. h3 Bf8 15. d5 c4 16. Bc2 Nc5 17. Be3 {This is a real Breyer position!} Bc8
18. Nd2 Rb8 19. Qf3 $14 {Grigorov-Makarichev, Cappelle la Grande 1993}) 11...
a4 12. Bc2 Re8 (12... Bb7 $5 13. Ng3 g6 {/\ c5}) 13. Ng3 Nb6 14. h3 (14. Nf5
Bxf5 15. exf5 Bf8 16. Bg5 Nbd5 {<=>}) 14... g6 (14... Nc4 $5 $13 {Mikhalchishin
}) 15. Bd3 Bd7 (15... Bf8 16. Bg5 Bg7 $11 {Mikhalchishin}) 16. Bg5 a3 (16... c5
17. Bf1 c4 18. a3 $14) 17. b3 c5 18. Bf1 (18. Rc1 $5 c4 19. Bc2) 18... c4 19.
b4 Kg7 {/\ Ng8=} 20. Be3 Bf8 21. Qd2 Kg8 (21... Ng8 $5 {Mikhalchishin}) 22.
Rad1 (22. Be2 Bg7 23. Bd1 {/\ Bc2, because the B is very passive on f1.}) 22...
Bg7 23. Bg5 Qb7 $1 24. d5 Na4 25. Rc1 Kh8 $1 $13 {Mainka-Mikhalchishin,
Dortmund 1998 /\ Ng8}) 10. Nbd2 Bb7 (10... Ba6 $5 11. Nf1 (11. Nh4 $5 g6 12.
Ndf3) 11... Bxf1 12. Kxf1 {The exchange of the light-squared B clearly favours
White.} Rfe8 13. dxe5 Nxe5 {(Rabiega-Basagic, Ohrid 2001)} 14. Bf4 $14 {
and White's ^^ remains very active.}) 11. Nf1 (11. Nh4 $5 {/\ Nf5} Rfe8 12. Nf5
Bf8 {/\ g6}) 11... c5 (11... Rfe8 12. Ng3 g6 13. Bh6 $16) 12. Ng3 c4 13. Bc2 ({
There is no need for the intermediate move} 13. Nf5 $6 {because after} Rfe8 $1
(13... cxb3 14. Nxe7+ Kh8 15. axb3 Nxe4 16. Nf5 $13) 14. Nxe7+ Rxe7 15. Bc2
exd4 $1 $132 {>< e4 becomes a target.}) 13... Rfe8 14. Nf5 {The N cannot
maintain this stronghold forever.} (14. d5 g6 {is a typical Ruy Lopez Breyer
again without b5.}) 14... Bf8 15. Bg5 $6 {This is completely useless here.} (
15. d5 $142 {is the best strategy, as usual.} h6 $142 {/\ Kh7, g6} (15... Nc5
16. Bg5 $16) 16. Be3 (16. N3h4 Kh7) (16. h3 Kh7 17. g4 g6 18. Ng3 Bg7 19. Be3)
16... Kh7 17. Nd2 (17. Qd2 Ng4) 17... g6 18. Ng3 Bg7 19. Rf1 {/\ f4, Qf3})
15... h6 $1 16. Be3 (16. Bxf6 {giving up the best B is inferior.} Nxf6 17. Qd2
Kh7 $13 {/\ g6}) (16. Bh4 $5 {The B belongs to the c1-h6 /^, it's natural
place is on e3.} g6 (16... g5 17. Bg3 exd4 $140 $2 18. Qxd4) 17. Ng3 (17. Ne3
Nxe4) 17... g5 18. Nxg5 hxg5 19. Bxg5 d5 $1 $132) 16... Bxe4 (16... Nxe4 $5)
17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxh6 Ndf6 (18... Nxf2 $5 19. Kxf2 gxh6 20. Qd2 Re6 21. Kg1
Rae8 22. Re4 $44 {and Black's weaknesses on the >> give White enough
compensation for the P.}) 19. Bg5 Nxg5 20. Nxg5 g6 (20... d5 $5) (20... g6 21.
Ne3 Bg7 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.09.28"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Schlosser, Michael"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gleisdorf"]
[BlackTeam "Kiseljak"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. h3 {This setup doesn't
yield any advantage for White.} h6 7. a4 Nbd7 8. d4 Qc7 9. O-O {In comparision
to the Philidor Defence C41 Black has an extra h6, which can be used for his
plan Nf8, g5, Ng6.} Nf8 $5 (9... O-O {was also playable.}) 10. Re1 (10. Be3 $5
g5 (10... Ng6 11. Re1 $14) 11. dxe5 $5 (11. a5) 11... dxe5 12. Nxe5 $5 {
is a well-known tactical method from the Philidor Defence. White wants to
destroy Black's [+] at an expence of a piece sacrifice.} Qxe5 13. Bd4 Qc7 (
13... Qf4 14. g3 Qc7 15. e5) 14. e5 Nd5 $1 (14... Ng8 {doesn't look very
healthy!} 15. e6 Rh7 16. exf7+ (16. Nb5 cxb5 17. Bxb5+ Bd7 18. exd7+ Nxd7 19.
Qd3 $44) 16... Rxf7 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Qh5+ Ng6 19. Rad1 $40) 15. e6 Rh7 (15...
Rg8 $2 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Bb5+ Kd8 18. exf7) 16. Bxd5 (16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Bb5+
Kd8 18. Bd3 Bxe6 $13) 16... cxd5 17. Nxd5 Qd8 18. exf7+ Rxf7 {and the fist
wawe of -> is repelled.}) 10... g5 11. dxe5 $6 {White gives up the [+] for
nothing.} (11. Be3 g4 12. hxg4 Nxg4 $132) (11. a5 Ng6 12. Bf1 {still keeps
White's space advantage in the [+].}) 11... dxe5 12. Nh2 Ne6 (12... Be6 {
finishing the development was also logical.} 13. Qe2 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 Ne6 15. Be3
h5 $132) 13. Nf1 Nf4 {>< h3} 14. Ne3 Bb4 {Black is strong enough the attack
White's [+].} (14... h5 $5 $40) 15. Nf5 Nxe4 $1 {This is the point!} 16. Rxe4 (
16. Ng7+ Kf8 17. Rxe4 (17. Ne8 Kxe8 18. Rxe4 Bf5) 17... Kxg7 $15) 16... Bxf5
17. Bxf7+ Qxf7 18. Rxb4 a5 (18... Rd8 $1 {was crisper:} 19. Qe1 O-O $17 20.
Qxe5 $140 $2 Rfe8 21. Qc5 Re1+ 22. Kh2 Nxg2 $1 $19) 19. Qd6 (19. Ne4 $2 O-O $1
$19) 19... Ng6 (19... Nxh3+ 20. gxh3 axb4 {allows White to attack the black K
in the middle:} 21. Qxe5+ Kd7 22. Qd4+ Ke6 $1 23. Ne4 Qg6 24. Qc4+ Kd7 $11) 20.
Ne4 $2 {White unnecessarily complicates matters, and loses at the end.} ({
The simple} 20. Rb6 {was still holding the position.} Rd8 21. Qc5 Bxc2 22. Be3
Bd3 23. Qxa5 O-O $13) 20... Rf8 $1 $19 21. Qc5 Rd8 $1 22. Qxa5 Bxe4 23. Rxe4
Qxf2+ 24. Kh2 Qxc2 (24... Rf3 {was as good as winning} 25. Rxe5+ Nxe5 26. Qxe5+
Kf7 27. Qc7+ Kg6 28. Ra3 (28. Qxd8 Rxh3+ $19) (28. Bxg5 Rxh3+ $1 29. Kxh3 hxg5
$19) 28... Rxa3 29. bxa3 Rd1 $19) 25. Rxe5+ Nxe5 26. Qxe5+ Kd7 27. Be3 Rfe8 28.
Qd4+ Kc8 29. Qa7 Rxe3 30. Qxe3 Qxb2 31. Rf1 Kb8 32. Rf7 Qd4 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2000.06.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kornev, Alexei"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 (4... d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Bd6 {
is one of the safest main lines here.}) 5. O-O d6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Re1 Nbd7 8. a3
{securing the a2-g8 /^ for the B.} (8. Nf1 $143 {allows Black to get rid of
the strong light-squared B.} b5 9. Bb3 Nc5 10. d4 Nxb3 11. axb3 Qc7 {Black can
keep his stronghold on e5.} 12. Ng3 Re8 13. Bg5 h6 {although his has been
provoked, White cannot make profit from that.} 14. Bd2 Bf8 15. Bc3 (15. Qc1 $2
{leaves the [+] unattended:} exd4 $1 16. Ba5 (16. Nxd4 Qb6 $1) 16... Qb7 17.
Nxd4 c5 18. Ndf5 Nxe4 $17 {Larsen-Sorokin, San Martin 1995}) 15... a6 $11 {
with a very flexible position for Black.}) (8. c3 {saves the B from the
exchanges preparing d4 in the long run.} b5 (8... d5 $6 {creates tension in
the [+], and Black's pawns are not so easy to defend.} 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bb3 Bd6
11. Nf1 Qc7 12. Bg5 $14) (8... Nb6 $6 {The N is out of play here.} 9. Bb3 Be6
10. Bc2 {preserving the "spanish" B.} h6 11. a4 a5 12. Nf1 $14 {
Kamsky-Jussupow, Tilburg rapid 20 1993}) (8... h6 {/\ Re8, Bf8 as in the Ruy
Lopez positions.} 9. Bb3 Re8 10. d4 (10. Nf1 Bf8 11. Ng3 Qc7 12. d4 a6 $6 13.
Nh4 c5 14. Nhf5 c4 15. Bc2 b5 16. Bd2 Bb7 17. d5 $14 {with space advantage in
a Ruy Lopez type of position.} (17. Qc1 {(Inkiov-Grigorov, BUL-ch Sofia 1981)}
d5 $1 $11)) 10... Bf8 11. Bc2 {/\ Nf1-g3} (11. Nf1 $2 exd4 $1) 11... Qc7 12.
Nf1 b5 13. Ng3 Nb6 14. h3 a5 15. Nh2 a4 16. f4 $14 {Hamdouchi-Adams, FRA-chT
1998}) 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. Nf1 (10. d4 c5 11. d5 c4 12. Bc2 Nc5) 10... c5 11. Ng3
Qc7 12. Qe2 (12. d4 $5) 12... a5 13. a4 c4 $1 14. dxc4 Nc5 15. Bc2 bxa4 16. Bg5
Bc6 17. Ra2 g6 $132 {Slobodjan-Nikcevic, MK Cafe Cup-A 1998}) 8... Nc5 (8...
Qc7 9. Ba2 b5 10. Nf1 a5 11. Ng3 Nc5 12. c3 {Soon or later White has to play
this move in order to threaten advancing in the [+].} Be6 13. d4 Bxa2 14. Rxa2
Ne6 15. b3 Rfe8 16. Rd2 Bf8 17. Bb2 Rad8 $13 {Anand-I.Sokolov, PCA/Intel -GP
London ENG 1995}) (8... h6 {is again a bit slow.} 9. Ba2 Re8 10. Nf1 Nf8 11.
Ng3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. d4 Qc7 14. c4 Nh7 15. d5 Neg5 16. Nf5 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3
$14 {with a huge space advantage, Larsen-Torre, Brussels 1987.}) 9. Ba2 {
d6-d5 was already threatening.} ({On} 9. Nf1 d5 {comes with a tempo.} 10. exd5
cxd5 11. Ba2 e4 12. dxe4 Ncxe4 13. Be3 a6 14. c4 dxc4 {1/2:1/2 Nunn-Rosentalis,
Hastings 1997}) 9... Re8 (9... Be6 10. Bxe6 (10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2
d5 $11 {equalizing in the [+].}) 10... Nxe6 (10... fxe6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4
$14) 11. Nc4 $14 (11. Nf1 Re8 12. Ng3 Qc7 13. Ng5 {The exchanges help only for
Black.} (13. Nf5 Bf8) 13... Bf8 14. Nxe6 Rxe6 15. Be3 d5 $11 {
Vrutonjic-Vukanovic, YUG-ch sf Nis 1995})) 10. Nf1 Bf8 11. Ng3 g6 $6 {Black
wants to keep the tension and play for d6-d5.} ({The simple} 11... Be6 {
was good enough:} 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 $11) 12. h3 Bg7 13. c3 d5 (13... Be6 {is now
met by} 14. d4 $1 {because the >< e4 is not hanging anymore.} Na6 (14... exd4
15. cxd4 Bxa2 16. dxc5 $1) 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. d5 Re8 17. c4 $14 {with a good
version of a King's Indian middlegame without the light-squared bishops.}) 14.
exd5 (14. b4 $5 {deserved serious attention as well driving away the N and
gaining space on the <<.} Ncd7 (14... dxe4 15. bxc5 exf3 16. Qxf3 Be6 17. Bg5 (
17. Rxe5 $4 Bxa2 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 $19) 17... Bxa2 18. Rxa2 Qd5 19. Qxd5 Nxd5 20.
Ne4 Re6 21. Rb2 $14) 15. Bg5 h6 16. Be3 Kh7 17. Bb3 Qc7 18. Qd2 $14 {and Black
has a solid, but passive position.}) 14... Nxd5 15. Bg5 {Other tries fail to
impress:} (15. d4 exd4 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 $11) ({or} 15. Ne4 Ne6 16. Nfg5 f5 17.
Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. Bxf6 Qd6 22. Bg5 c5 $11)
15... f6 16. Be3 Ne6 17. d4 $6 {overlooking Black's threat.} (17. Qd2 $1 {
was the correct plan to finish development and counter} Qd6 $1 (17... f5 {by}
18. Bh6 $1 $16) (17... Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Kh8 19. d4 $1 exd4 (19... Nf4 20. dxe5
fxe5 21. Rad1 $16) 20. Nxd4 Nc7 21. Qf4 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 c5 23. Nf3 b6 24. Nh4 $1
{It is far from easy for Black to finish development.} (24. Ne4 Be6) 24... Bf8
(24... f5 $2 25. Nf3 Bb7 {is met by the devastating} 26. Nxf5 $3 (26. Ng5 {
leads nowhere after} Bd5 27. Bxd5 Nxd5 28. Qh4 Qg8) 26... gxf5 (26... Bxf3 27.
Nxg7 $18) 27. Ng5 Bd5 28. Qxf5 Bg8 29. Bxg8 $18) 25. Ne4 g5 26. Qg3 Be7 27. Nf3
$14) 18. Bh6 Bd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Ne4 Qc7 21. d4 exd4 22. Nxd4 $14 {opening
up the position for White's favour.}) 17... f5 $1 $15 {Now because of the
nasty fork on f4 White has to retreat.} 18. Bd2 e4 19. Ne5 Bxe5 (19... Qc7 $5)
20. dxe5 Qc7 21. Bh6 {sacrificing the P White wants to make profit from the
weaknesses of the dark squares.} (21. c4 Ndf4 22. Bxf4 Nxf4 23. Qd6 Qf7 $15) (
21. Qe2 Qxe5 $17) 21... Qxe5 22. Qd2 b6 23. Ne2 (23. Rad1 $6 Bb7 $1 (23... Rd8
$2 {runs into the pin:} 24. c4 $1 Nf6 25. Qxd8+ $1 Nxd8 26. Rxd8+ Kf7 (26...
Ne8 $2 27. c5+ Kh8 28. Bd2 $18) 27. c5+ Nd5 28. cxb6 axb6 29. Rc1 $44) (23...
Ba6 $6 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Qxd5 Qxd5 26. Rxd5 Nc5 27. Red1 Nd3 28. Rd7 f4 29. Nf1
Bb5 $11) 24. c4 $1 Nf6 $1 (24... Ndf4 $2 {is tempting, but inferior, for
example:} 25. c5 $1 Kh8 26. Qd6 Qxd6 27. cxd6 Rad8 28. d7 Re7 29. f3 Nd5 30.
fxe4 fxe4 31. Rxe4 Rdxd7 32. Rde1 Nec7 33. Bxd5 Nxd5 34. Rf1 Rd8 35. Rxe7 Nxe7
36. Rf7 $18) 25. c5 Qxc5 {Here is the difference!} 26. Qd6 Nd5 $1 $17) 23...
Ba6 24. Nd4 (24. Nf4 Nexf4 25. Bxf4 Qe6 26. Bxd5 {liquidating for at least an
_|_ with ^-.} cxd5 (26... Qxd5 27. Qxd5+ cxd5 $15) 27. Be3 Rf8 28. g3 $15)
24... Nxd4 25. cxd4 Qd6 26. Rac1 (26. Bf4 Qd7 27. Be5 Bd3 28. Rac1 Rac8 $15 (
28... c5 $2 {opens up the /^ for the a2 B.} 29. Qh6 $1)) 26... Re6 27. Rc3 $1
Rae8 28. Rec1 Qd7 29. Rg3 Bd3 30. h4 Kf7 31. h5 $1 (31. Qg5 Rg8 32. b4 $17)
31... Rg8 $1 32. Rg5 (32. Qg5 Be2 $1) 32... Ke8 $6 {The K wants to hide on the
<<, but there is no time for that.} (32... gxh5 {looks also risky:} 33. Rxf5+
Ke8 34. Rxc6 $1 Rxc6 35. Rxd5 Rxg2+ $1 36. Kxg2 Qg4+ 37. Kh2 Qh4+ $11 {and
draw by perpetual.}) (32... Rd6 $1 {was the best reply!} 33. Qf4 Be2 34. hxg6+
hxg6 35. Qe5 Bb5 36. g4 Re6 37. Qg3 Rf6 {parrying the immediate threats.}) 33.
b4 Kd8 34. g4 $1 {White has to blow up the position.} Ree8 $6 (34... Rf6 $1 {
was required.} 35. a4 $1 (35. hxg6 Rfxg6 $1) (35. gxf5 Rxf5) (35. Bxd5 Qxd5 36.
Qf4 Kd7 $17) 35... Qe6 36. Bxd5 (36. b5 cxb5 37. Bxd5 Qxd5 38. Qf4 (38. axb5
Bxb5 39. Qf4 Qd6 40. Qxd6+ Rxd6 41. gxf5) 38... Qd6) 36... Qxd5 37. Qf4 Qd6 $1
(37... Kd7 38. b5 Qxd4 39. bxc6+ Rxc6 40. Rxc6 Kxc6 41. gxf5 $13) 38. Qxd6+
Rxd6 39. gxf5 Kd7 40. b5 $1 cxb5 41. axb5 Rd5 $1 (41... Bxb5 $2 42. hxg6 hxg6
43. f6 $1) 42. Ra1 Rxf5 43. Rxa7+ Ke6 44. Rxf5 gxf5+ 45. Kh2 Bxb5 $15) 35. a4
$1 gxh5 $1 (35... b5 36. axb5 Bxb5 37. Rc5 $1 gxh5 38. Bxd5 cxd5 39. Qf4 $16)
36. b5 $1 {The tension is growing move by move.} (36. gxh5 $2 Qd6 37. Rg2 Rxg2+
38. Kxg2 Rg8+ $19) 36... f4 $5 (36... cxb5 37. Bxd5 Qxd5 38. Qf4 Bc4 39. Qb8+
Ke7 40. Qxa7+ Qd7 41. Qxb6 $13) 37. f3 $6 {This allows the black K to run away
from the threats.} (37. Bxd5 cxd5 38. Qxf4 {was simple and good.} Bc4 (38...
Qxg4+ 39. Qxg4 hxg4 40. Rxd5+ Ke7 41. Rc7+ Ke6 42. Re5+ $14) 39. Qb8+ Ke7 40.
Qe5+ Kd8 $11 (40... Qe6 $2 41. Qc7+ Kf6 42. Rg7 $1 $18)) (37. bxc6 $4 {
founders on the beautiful} Qxg4+ $3 $19) 37... exf3 $6 (37... Rxg5 $1 38. Bxg5+
Kc8 39. Rxc6+ (39. bxc6 $2 Qg7 $19) 39... Kb7 {and the K is in safety.} 40.
Bxd5 Qxd5 41. Qc3 exf3 $1 $17) 38. Bxd5 {[#] This allows again the beautiful
motif mentioned above!} (38. Qxd3 $1 Nb4 $3 (38... Rxg5 39. Bxg5+ Kc8 40. Rxc6+
Kb7 41. Qxf3 $18 {is simply winning for White.}) 39. Qd2 Nxa2 40. Qxa2 Rxg5 (
40... Rg6 41. Rxg6 hxg6 42. Bg5+ Kc8 43. Rxc6+ Kb7 44. Kf1 Ka8 45. Bxf4 Qxd4
46. Qd2 $16 {parrying all the threats.}) 41. Bxg5+ Kc8 42. Rxc6+ Kb7 43. Kf1 $1
Ka8 44. Bxf4 Qxd4 45. Qe6 $5 (45. Qd2 Qxd2 46. Bxd2 hxg4 47. Bf4 $14) 45...
Qd3+ (45... Qd1+ 46. Kf2 Qd8 {- 45...Qd3}) 46. Kf2 Qd8 47. Qc4 Qh4+ 48. Bg3
Qxg4 49. Qxg4 hxg4 50. Rc7 $14) 38... Qxg4+ $3 (38... cxd5 $2 39. Qxd3 hxg4 40.
Qb3 $18) 39. Rxg4 Rxg4+ 40. Kf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This is a terrible error.} ({
White had to satisfy with a draw by perpetual after} 40. Kh1 Rh4+ (40... cxd5
$5 {is a risky business.} 41. Bg5+ (41. Bxf4 Be4 42. Bc7+ Kd7 43. Qf2 Rg2) (41.
Qxd3 Rh4+ 42. Kg1 Rg8+ 43. Kf1 (43. Kf2 $2 Rg2+ 44. Kxf3 Rg3+ $19) 43... Rh1+
44. Kf2 Rg2+ 45. Kxf3 $16) 41... Rxg5 42. Qxf4 (42. Qxd3 $2 f2 $1 43. Qd2 (43.
Qc3 f1=Q+ 44. Rxf1 Re3 $19) 43... Re3 $19) 42... Rg7 43. Qf6+ (43. Qb8+ Ke7 44.
Qxa7+ Kf8 45. Qxb6 f2 $1 46. Qf6+ Rf7 47. Qh8+ Ke7 48. Qe5+ Kf8 $11) 43... Rge7
44. Qd6+ Rd7 45. Qf6+ $11) 41. Kg1 Rg4+ $11 {This is the simple way for the
draw.}) 40... Rg2+ $19 {Now the game is over.} 41. Kxf3 Rxd2 42. Bg5+ Kc8 43.
Rxc6+ (43. Bxc6 Be2+ 44. Kxf4 Rxd4+ $19) (43. Bxf4 Be2+ 44. Kg2 Bc4+ $1 45.
Bxd2 Bxd5+ $19) 43... Kd7 44. Bf6 (44. Bxf4 Be2+ 45. Kg3 h4+ $1 46. Kh3 Bf1+
47. Kxh4 Rxd4 48. Rd6+ Ke7 $19) 44... Bf1 45. Kxf4 Bg2 46. Bxg2 Rxg2 {Black is
a healthy exchange up.} 47. Be5 Re7 48. Ke4 Rg6 49. Rc3 h4 50. Rh3 Rh6 51. Kd5
Re8 52. Bf4 Rh5+ 53. Be5 Rc8 54. Rf3 Ke7 55. Rh3 Rc2 56. Ke4 Rc4 57. Kd5 Rxa4
58. Rc3 h3 59. Rc7+ Kd8 60. Rb7 h2 61. Rb8+ Ke7 62. Rb7+ Kf8 63. Ke6 Rxe5+ $1
0-1

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.13"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. Bb3 (6. a4 {- Kudrin-I.
Sokolov, FIDE-Wch k.o. Las Vegas 1999 CBM 72}) 6... Bg4 (6... Nbd7 {-
Fedorov-Kramnik, Corus Wijk aan Zee 2001 CBM 81}) (6... O-O 7. Re1 Nbd7 {
- Kornev-Balashov, RUS-ch Samara 2000 CBM 78}) 7. Nbd2 (7. h3 Bh5 8. Nbd2 (8.
g4 $5 Bg6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 {/\ Nc5-e6 fighting for the dark squares compensating
the passive B on g6.}) 8... Nbd7 9. c3 {against Nc5} O-O 10. Bc2 (10. Re1 $5
Nc5) 10... d5 11. Qe2 Qb6 12. Rd1 Qa6 13. Re1 {1/2:1/2 Tolnai-C.Horvath,
HUN-ch Budapest 1995}) (7. Re1 Nbd7 8. c3 h6 {Black's main idea is to insert
some prerssure on the dark squares.} 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. Bc2 Ne6 {/\ Ng5} 11. Nf1
Ng5 12. Bxg5 hxg5 13. d4 Qb6 14. Bb3 g6 15. dxe5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 dxe5 {^-} 17.
Ne3 Rh4 18. g3 Rh7 19. Rad1 Rd8 20. Kg2 Qc7 21. Rxd8+ {1/2:1/2 Cabrilo-Ristic,
JUG-ch Nis 1995}) (7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 {- 8...0-0}) 7... Nbd7 8. c3 Nc5 $5 (
8... O-O 9. h3 (9. Re1 Re8 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nf1 Nc5 12. Bc2 Nfd7 {/\ Bxf3 and
Bg5 taking control over the dark squares.} 13. Ng3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 g6 {fighting
against the g3 N.} 15. d4 Ne6 16. Bb3 Bg5 {This is the point, White now loses
the ^^.} 17. d5 cxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxc1 19. Raxc1 Nf4 20. Red1 Qb6 21. Rc2 Nf6 22.
Bb3 a5 23. Rcd2 Red8 24. Ba4 Kg7 $11 {Shaposhnikov-Sorokin, Chigorin mem 1999})
9... Bh5 10. Re1 Nc5 11. Bc2 Ne6 12. Nf1 Nd7 $1 {with the same idea mentioned
before.} 13. Ng3 (13. g4 $6 Bg6 14. Ng3 Ng5 {followed by Bg5 Black can make
profit from the weakened dark squares on the >>.}) 13... Bxf3 14. Qxf3 g6 15.
Be3 Bg5 $11 {Gelfand-Jussupow, Munich SKA 1994 CBM 42}) 9. Bc2 Ne6 10. Nc4 $5 (
10. Re1 O-O (10... Ng5 $5 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Qe3 Nd7 14. d4 Bxf3 (14...
Ne6 $5 15. Bb3 Nf4) 15. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Bg5 17. Qf5 Bxc1 18. Raxc1 Qe7 19.
Rcd1 $14 {and the B has bright perspectives on the a2-g8 /^, and White has
also some advantage in the [+].}) 11. h3 Bh5 {- 8...0-0}) (10. h3 Bh5 11. Nc4
O-O) 10... Bh5 $1 {This prophylactical move prepares for Ne3.} 11. Ne3 Ng5 $5 (
11... O-O 12. Nf5 d5 13. Qe2 (13. Re1 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qc7) 13... Re8 14. Nxe7+
Qxe7 $13 {and White's ^^ is not that important here.}) 12. Nf5 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 {
If White wants to infuse life into the position he has to accept the doubled
pawns.} O-O 14. d4 (14. Ng3 Qd7 15. Nxh5 Nxh5 16. d4 Qh3 $13 {controlling the
vital >< f4.}) 14... Bg6 (14... exd4 $5 15. cxd4 d5 {was an interesting
counterattack in the [+].} 16. e5 (16. Qd3 Bg6) 16... Ne8 {Now Black has to
blockade e6 and avoid f4-f5.} 17. Qd3 Bg6 $13 {/\ Nc7,Ne6}) 15. dxe5 dxe5 16.
Qxd8 Bxd8 17. Nd6 {White's chances are based on this strong N.} b6 18. Rd1 Bc7
19. Bg5 Ne8 $6 {This allows White to penetrate on the d <->.} (19... Nd5 $5 {
eliminating the strong intruder on d6 by tactical way was more exciting:} 20.
Nf5 (20. Ba4 Bxd6 21. exd5 (21. Bxc6 Be7 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 23. Rxd5 Bxg5 24. Rxe5
h6 $13 {and the ^^ is rather strong.}) 21... c5 $11) (20. Rd2 Bxd6 21. exd5
Bxc2 22. dxc6 f6 23. Be3 Rfd8 24. Rxc2 Rac8 $11) 20... Bxf5 21. exf5 h6 22. Be3
$11) (19... Rad8 20. Bxf6 Rxd6 21. Be7 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rc8 23. Rd7 f6 24. Bb3+
Kh8 25. Be6 Be8 26. Rd1 Rb8 27. Bd7 Kg8 28. Bxe8 Rxe8 29. Rd7 Rc8 $11) 20. Nxe8
Rfxe8 21. Rd7 Rac8 (21... Bd8 22. Be3 {The B on d8 disturbs the connection
between the rooks.} Re7 23. Rad1 Rxd7 24. Rxd7 Kf8 25. f4 {White has to widen
the battlefront.} Ke8 26. Rb7 exf4 27. Bxf4 $14) 22. Be7 $1 (22. Rad1 {allows}
f6 23. Be3 Red8 $11) 22... Bh5 23. Kg2 Bd8 24. Bxd8 {This is too simple.} (24.
Bd6 $5 {looked better to keep the B.} a5 25. Rd1 $14) 24... Rcxd8 25. Rad1 Rxd7
26. Rxd7 Kf8 $11 27. Bb3 (27. Rxa7 Rd8 {/\ Rd2}) 27... Re7 28. Rd8+ Re8 29. Rd7
Re7 30. Rd8+ Re8 31. Rd6 c5 32. Rd5 f6 33. Ba4 Ra8 34. Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pula zt 1.2"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2000.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Black "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Bb3 d5 5. Nf3 Bd6 (5... Bb4+ 6. c3
Bd6 {is the other alternative provoking c3 depriving the N from that square.})
6. Nc3 dxe4 7. Nxe4 (7. Ng5 O-O 8. Ncxe4 {- Adams-Kramnik, Tilburg Fontys 1998
EXT 99}) (7. dxe4 Na6 $11) 7... Nxe4 8. dxe4 {This old opening doesn' yield
any advantage for White.} Qe7 $2 {Surprisingly enough after this light-hearted
move Black is already in a big trouble.} ({There was nothing wrong with the
equalizing move} 8... Bg4 {for example:} 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe2 (10. Be3 Na6 11. Qd2
Bxf3 12. gxf3 Bc5 {Depriving White from the ^^ Black can hope for an advantage
because of White's corrupted P structure.} 13. Rg1 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 g6 15. f4 exf4
16. Qxf4 O-O 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. Rd6 Kg7 19. Rg5 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Qxd8 21. Rg3 Qe7 $15
{Hartson-Beliavsky, Hastings, 1974}) 10... Na6 11. Be3 Qe7 12. O-O-O Nc5 13.
Bxc5 Bxc5 {Black has got the ^^ in an open position.} 14. Rd3 O-O 15. Rhd1 Rad8
16. g4 {(Godoy Bugueno-Utman, Santiago op 1999)} Rxd3 17. Rxd3 Bg6 $11) (8...
O-O {is also safe.} 9. O-O (9. Bg5 {wins a tempo, but even this is not much.}
Qc7 10. Nd2 Na6 11. Nc4 Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qd6 Qxd6 14. Nxd6 Nc5 $11 {
Hergott-Arlandi, Wch U20 Copenhagen 1982}) 9... Bg4 10. Bc4 h6 11. Be2 {
This B manoevre is not very impressive.} Qe7 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. b3 Rd8
15. Qe1 b5 16. Ne3 Nd7 17. Bg4 Nc5 {1/2:1/2 V.Atlas-Rabiega, AUT-chT 1998}) (
8... Bb4+ {leads also to simplifications, which cannot favour White.} 9. Nd2 (
9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 O-O 11. O-O Na6 $11) (9. c3 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Bd6 11. Ke2 f6
12. Rd1 Ke7 13. Nd2 Na6 14. a4 Nc5 15. Bc4 a5 16. b3 Rd8 $11 {with a complete
equalization, Short-Westerinen, Brighton 1982}) 9... O-O (9... Qe7 10. Qh5 $142
$1 {The Q is very active here.} (10. O-O Bxd2 11. Bxd2 Be6 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13.
Bb4 Na6 14. Ba3 c5 {closing the /^.} 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Rfd1 Rad8 $11 {
Izmukhambetov-Aleferenko, RUS-Cup2 Moscow 1996}) 10... O-O 11. c3 Bc5 12. O-O
$14) 10. Qh5 Nd7 11. c3 Be7 12. O-O a5 (12... g6 13. Qf3 Nc5 14. Nc4 Nxb3 15.
axb3 Qc7 (15... f6 $5) 16. Bh6 Rd8 17. Qe3 c5 18. Qg3 f6 19. f4 $16 {and White
grabs the |^ on the >>, Mitkov-Westerinen, Moscow ol (Men) 1994.}) 13. Nf3 a4
14. Bc2 {Now the B is forced to abandon the strong a2-g8 /^.} Ra5 15. h3 Qc7
16. Bd2 Nf6 17. Qh4 Nd5 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Nb6 20. b3 Be6 21. c4 axb3 22.
axb3 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 f6 $11 {with a passive B on c2, Mitkov-Villavicencio, Santa
Cruz de la Palma op 1995.}) 9. Ng5 $1 (9. O-O {misses the unexpected
opportunity.} Be6 10. Bxe6 Qxe6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qd3 Na6 13. Rfd1 Bc5 14. Bxc5
Nxc5 15. Qc3 Nxe4 16. Qxe5 Qxe5 17. Nxe5 Rfd8 $11 {and the draw is inevitable,
Fedorov-Aleksandrov, Russian Cup 1997.}) 9... O-O {[#]} 10. Nxh7 $3 {[%mdl 512]
A bold from the blue!} (10. Qh5 h6 11. Nf3 Be6 $11) 10... Kxh7 11. Qh5+ Kg8 12.
Bg5 Qc7 (12... Qe8 13. Bh6 $1 {Other tries fail to impress:} (13. Bf6 Be7) (13.
Rd1 Be7 $1 14. Rd3 Bxg5 15. Qxg5 Be6) 13... Be7 (13... gxh6 14. Qg6+ Kh8 15.
Qxh6+ Kg8 16. O-O-O {and the R will join the -> just in time.} Bc5 17. Rd3 Bxf2
18. Rg3+ $1 Bxg3 19. Qg5+ $18) (13... Qe7 14. O-O-O Be6 (14... gxh6 15. Qg6+
Kh8 16. Qxh6+ Kg8 17. Rd3 Bg4 18. Rh3 $1 $18) 15. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 16. Rd3 $18 {
bringing the R into -> on the third rank.}) (13... Be6 14. Qg5 $18) 14. Rd1 $1
Bf6 (14... Be6 15. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 16. Rd3 Bb4+ 17. c3 Rg8 18. Qxe5+ $16) 15. Rd3
Na6 (15... Be6 16. Rg3 g6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Rxg6+ fxg6 19. Qxg6+ Kh8 20. Bxf8
$18) 16. Rg3 Qe7 17. Bxg7 Bxg7 18. Qg6 $18 {and the mate is inevitable!}) 13.
Rd1 $1 (13. O-O-O {would have given Black some chances on the c1-h6 /^.}) 13...
Nd7 (13... Be7 14. Rd3 $1 {Black is completely helpless against White's
threats.} c5 (14... Bxg5 15. Qxg5 Kh7 (15... Be6 16. Rg3 g6 17. Bxe6 $18) 16.
Qh5+ Kg8 17. g4 $1 {preparing Rh3} Re8 18. Rh3 Kf8 19. Rf3 Be6 20. Bxe6 Rxe6
21. Qh8+ Ke7 22. Qxg7 $18 {and >< f7 falls.}) (14... Na6 15. Rg3 Nc5 {- 13...
Nd7}) 15. Rg3 $1 {Now the target is >< g7.} c4 (15... Nc6 16. Bh6 Bf6 17. Rxg7+
Bxg7 18. Qg5 $18) 16. Bh6 $1 Bf6 (16... Bb4+ 17. c3 g6 18. Bxc4 $1 $18) 17.
Bxg7 Bxg7 18. Qh6 $18) (13... c5 14. Bf6 $3 (14. Rd3 {is slow because of} c4
15. Rg3 f6) 14... Nd7 (14... Be7 15. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 16. Rd3 $18) 15. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7
16. Qg5+ Kh8 (16... Kh7 17. Rd3 Nb6 18. Qh4+ $18) 17. Rd3 $18) (13... Be6 {
is again met by the standard} 14. Bf6 $1 gxf6 15. Rd3 Rd8 16. Rg3+ (16. Qh6 $4
Bb4+) 16... Kf8 17. Bxe6 Bc5 (17... Re8 18. Bxf7 $1 $16) (17... fxe6 $2 18.
Qh8+ $18) (17... Bb4+ 18. c3 $16) 18. Rf3 $16 {with a strong ->.}) 14. Rd3 $1 {
is simpler than} (14. Qg6 $5 Bb4+ (14... Kh8 15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Nc5 17. f3
$18) (14... Nc5 15. Bh6 $18) 15. c3 Nc5 16. Bh6 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Ne6 18. Bxe6
fxe6 19. Rd3 Qf7 20. Qg3 $18) 14... Nc5 15. Rg3 Be7 (15... Nxe4 16. Qg6 $1 Be6
(16... Qa5+ 17. c3 Be6 (17... Nxg3 18. hxg3 $18) 18. Qxe4 $18) 17. Qxe4 Rfe8 (
17... Bxb3 18. Bf6 $1 $18) 18. Bf6 Bf8 19. Bxe6 fxe6 (19... Rxe6 20. Rh3 Bb4+
21. c3 $18) 20. O-O $18) (15... Re8 16. Bf6 Bf8 17. Bxg7 $1 (17. Rxg7+ {
leads nowhere after} Bxg7 18. Qg6 Ne6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Qxe8+ Kh7 $11) (17. Qh6
Ne6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 $13) 17... Bxg7 18. Qg6 $1 Ne6 (18... Bg4 19. Qxg4 Ne6 20. h4
Rad8 21. h5 $18) 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Qxe8+ Kh7 21. Rh3+ Bh6 22. Rd3 b6 23. Rd8
Qg7 (23... Bg7 24. h4 $18) 24. O-O $18) 16. Bh6 $1 Bf6 17. Qg6 $1 (17. Bxg7 {
leads only to a draw after} Bxg7 18. Rxg7+ (18. Qh6 $2 Ne6) 18... Kxg7 19. Qg5+
$11) 17... Qa5+ (17... Qd6 18. Bxg7 Nxb3 19. Qh6 $1 $18) (17... Qe7 18. Bxg7
Nxb3 19. Qh6 Qb4+ 20. Kf1 Nd2+ 21. Kg1 $18) 18. c3 Qd8 19. Bxg7 Nxb3 ({missing
the brilliant} 19... Qd2+ $3 {after which Black can simplify the position,
although the _|_ remains rather bad.} 20. Kxd2 Nxb3+ 21. axb3 fxg6 22. Bxf8
Kxf8 23. Rxg6 (23. Rd1 Be6 24. Kc2 Kf7 25. Rgd3 Rh8 26. h3 a5 $14) 23... Kf7
24. Rg3 Be6 25. Kc2 Rh8 26. Rd3 $16) 20. Qh6 $18 Qd2+ {This is already late.}
21. Qxd2 Nxd2 22. Bxf6+ Kh7 23. Kxd2 Be6 24. Kc2 a5 25. Rd1 Rg8 26. b3 a4 27.
Kb2 axb3 28. axb3 Rxg3 29. hxg3 Ra5 30. f4 exf4 31. gxf4 Bg4 32. Rd8 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.29"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Black "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bd6 6. exd5 Nxd5 $142 (6... cxd5
$5 {looks certainly more logical, and now the question is whether White can
put enough pressure on Black's central pawns >< d5 and e5.} 7. Bg5 Be6 (7...
Qa5+ $6 {avoiding Nc3 >< d5, but it helps only for White's development.} 8.
Nbd2 (8. Qd2 $5 Qxd2+ 9. Nbxd2) 8... Be6 9. O-O Nc6 (9... Nfd7 $6 10. Bh4 f6 (
10... Nc6 11. Ng5 $14) 11. Re1 O-O 12. d4 $1 {and finally White blows up the 
[+].} Kh8 13. dxe5 fxe5 14. c4 $1 $16 {Howell-Arlandi, EU-ch U20 Groningen 1983
}) 10. c4 $1 (10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. c4 d4 12. Ne4 Be7 $13) 10... d4 (10... O-O 11.
Bxf6 gxf6 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Ne4 $14) 11. c5 $1 {Otherwise the b3 B remains
passive.} Bxc5 (11... Qxc5 $2 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ne4 $18) 12. Bxe6
fxe6 {Black's P structure is pathetic.} 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. Rac1 $44) (7... Nc6 {
is not a big help for >< d5.} 8. O-O (8. Bxf6 {giving up the ^^ is premature,
Black's worsened P structure cannot compensate it.} gxf6 9. Bxd5 $2 Bb4+ 10. c3
Qxd5 $17) (8. Nc3 d4 9. Nd5 h6 $5 (9... Qa5+ $5 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. Nxf6+ (11. Bg5
{leads to a repetition of moves.}) 11... Qxf6 12. Ng5 O-O 13. Ne4 {White gets
the ^^, but Black has a strong [+] and well-developed pieces.} Qg6 14. Nxd6
Qxd6 15. O-O Be6 $11) (9... Be6 10. Nd2 $5 {White puts a maximum pressure on
the light squares.} (10. O-O Bxd5 11. Bxd5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. c3 $1 {
(Ivanchuk-L.Dominguez, La Habana 2005)} O-O $5 14. Bxc6 (14. Qa4 Rab8 15. Rac1
b5 16. Qb3 Ne7 $132 {Ivanchuk}) 14... bxc6 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Nd2 $1 {/\ Nc4
blockading the << White has a strong N versus bad B.} (16. Qa4 Rfb8 17. b3 Bb4
$1) 16... Rab8 17. Nc4 Bc7 18. Re1 $14) 10... Bxd5 $140 11. Bxd5 h6 12. Bxf6
Qxf6 13. c4 O-O 14. O-O $14) 10. Bxf6 (10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Bh4 Bg4 {Black has
an active piece play for the corrupted P structure.} 12. O-O Rg8 13. Kh1 Qe7
14. h3 Bh5 $132) 10... gxf6 11. Nd2 (11. O-O Rg8 $5 (11... Be6 12. Nd2 Bf8 {
looks rather desperate.} 13. Ne4 Bg7 14. Qf3 $36) 12. Qd2 (12. Kh1 Be6 13. c3
Bf8 $132) 12... Bg4 $1 13. Nh4 Bf8 14. f4 Be6 15. fxe5 Bxd5 16. exf6 Bxb3 17.
axb3 Kd7 $1 $17) 11... Rg8 $5 12. Ne4 (12. Qh5 Rg6 13. O-O Be6 14. Rae1 Bxd5
15. Bxd5 Bb4 16. Be4 Bxd2 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Qxg6+ Kd7 19. Re2 Bb4 20. f4 Bd6
$13) 12... Rg6 {/\ f5} 13. O-O Bb8 14. f4 f5 $13 {Ivanchuk}) 8... Be6 $142 (
8... d4 $5 {Now the black [+] is not flexible anymore, the a2-g8 /^ is opened.}
9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 $14 Re8 (10... a6 {looks really odd...} 11. h3 (11. Nc4 $5)
11... h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. Bg3 {attacking >< e5 by all means.} Nd7
15. a4 Qf6 16. c3 dxc3 17. bxc3 Nc5 18. Bc2 Bf5 19. d4 $1 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 $16 {
Benjamin-P.H.Nielsen, FIDE-Wch k.o. Las Vegas USA 1999}) (10... Bg4 11. h3 Bh5
12. Ne4 Be7 13. Ng3 $14) 11. Bxf6 gxf6 {Black's doubled pawns are not very
impressive, but he has plenty of tactical counterchances, as in the Sveshnikov
Sicilian.} (11... Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qg6 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Ng5 $16) 12. Ne4 Be7 (
12... Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Nh4 $16) 13. Ng3 $1 $14 (13. Nh4 $5 {
is the other way fighting for the light squares.} f5 $1 14. Qh5 fxe4 (14...
Bxh4 15. Bxf7+ Kf8 16. Bxe8 Qxe8 17. Qxh4 fxe4 18. Qxh7) 15. Bxf7+ Kf8 16. Bxe8
Qxe8 17. Qxh7 Bxh4 18. Qxh4 exd3 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. Qg5+ $11 (20. cxd3 Bf5)) (13.
Qd2 Bf8 $1 $13 {/\ f5 Hamdouchi-Bacrot, Paris 2002})) 9. Nc3 Bc7 {- 7...Be6})
8. Nc3 Bc7 $142 (8... d4 9. Bxe6 dxc3 10. Bc4 cxb2 11. Rb1 Nbd7 12. Rxb2 {
White's ^^, especially his light-squared B becomes very effective.} Qc7 13. O-O
O-O 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. h3 a6 16. a4 h6 17. Bh4 $14 {Palkovi-Tomaszevski,
Naleczow 1988}) (8... Qa5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe1 Qc5 (10... O-O $2 11. Bxf6 {
/\ Nxd5}) 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. d4 $14 {Tiviakov-Swinkels, Vlissingen op 2004}) 9.
O-O Nc6 10. Re1 a6 (10... O-O 11. Bh4 (11. Bxf6 gxf6) 11... Re8 12. h3 (12. Ba4
Bg4) 12... a6 {against Ba4.} 13. Ng5 (13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. d4 e4 15. Nh2 f5 {
with good attacking chances for Black on the >>.} 16. Nf1 f4 $40) (13. Nh2 Nd4
$13 (13... Qd6 $5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qh5 Nd4 16. Ng4 $13 {Mitkov-Timoshenko,
Ljubljana op 2003})) 13... Qd7 14. Nxe6 fxe6 {killing the b3 B!} 15. Bxf6 gxf6
{Black's P [+] is impressive.} 16. Qg4+ Qg7 17. Ne2 f5 $13 {Matjushin-Taborov,
Independence Cup op 1999.}) 11. Bh4 O-O {and both >< d5 and ><e5 are
well-protected.} 12. Bg3 (12. Qc1 Rc8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qh6 Na5 $13) 12... d4
13. Nb1 (13. Bxe6 dxc3 14. Bb3 cxb2 15. Rb1 Ba5 $1) 13... Bxb3 14. axb3 Nd7 15.
c3 {1/2:1/2 Needleman-Soppe, ARG-ch sf Ezeiza 2000}) 7. O-O (7. Nc3 $6 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bg4 $1 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. h4 h5 $1 12. Ng5 Nd7 13. gxh5 Bxh5 $17 {
De Jager-Van der Weij, Dieren op 1991}) 7... O-O 8. Re1 Nd7 {looks a bit
passive, now Black has problems with the development of his B.} (8... Bg4 9. h3
Bxf3 10. Qxf3 {gets the vital ^^ for White.} Nb6 11. Nd2 N8d7 12. Ne4 Be7 13.
Bd2 $14 {Mitkov-Mikhalchishin, Vidmar mem 2003}) (8... Re8 $142 {was more
flexible.} 9. Nbd2 Bc7 (9... Nd7 {- 5...Nbd7}) 10. Ne4 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ng3
Bg6 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Nh4 Na6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 {White has won the ^^, but Black
pieces are more active.} 16. d4 exd4 17. Qxd4 Bb6 18. Qg4 Nc5 19. Bc4 Rxe1+ 20.
Rxe1 Re8 $11 {Tsheshkovsky-Agzamov, Erevan (zt) 1982}) 9. Nbd2 (9. d4 $5 {
opening up the position for the active pieces.} exd4 10. Bxd5 cxd5 11. Qxd4 $14
{Tiviakov-Stefanova, Wijk aan Zee B 2004}) 9... Bc7 (9... Re8 10. Ne4 Bc7 11.
Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 Kh8 13. h3 Nf8 14. d4 $14 {Bosboom-Raetsky, 1998}) 10. Ne4 a5 {
The insertion of this move is not necessary at all.} (10... h6 $1 11. h3 N7f6
12. Ng3 $1 {keeping the tension avoiding the unnecessary exchanges.} (12. Nxf6+
Qxf6 $15) (12. Bd2 Nxe4 13. dxe4 Nf6 14. Bc3 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Re8 $11) 12... Re8
13. Bd2 a5 14. a3 a4 15. Ba2 $13 {Malisov-Birnboim, ISR-ch 1996}) 11. a3 Kh8 {
Black leaves the vital g5 square unattended.} (11... h6 $5 {was still possible.
}) 12. Bg5 $1 {weakening the a2-g8 /^.} (12. Nfg5 $5 h6 13. Qh5 Kg8 14. Nf3
N7f6 (14... f5 $2 15. Bxh6 $1 $18) 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Qg6 (16. Qh4 Re8 $13)
16... Nd5 17. Qe4 Nf6 $13) 12... f6 13. Bd2 N7b6 (13... a4 14. Ba2 b6 15. d4
$14) 14. h3 Ne7 (14... a4 15. Ba2 f5 $6 {weakens only Black's position, for
example:} 16. Nc3 $1 Qf6 17. Bg5 Qg6 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Be7 Re8
21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Be6 23. Bc5 $16) 15. Qe2 Nf5 16. Rad1 {preparing for
the central push d4.} Qe7 17. d4 $5 ({The preparatory move} 17. c3 {deserved
attention.} Nd5 (17... a4 18. Ba2 Bd7 19. d4 $1 exd4 20. Qd3 $14) 18. d4 exd4
19. Nxd4 (19. Qd3 Qf7) 19... Nxd4 20. cxd4 Qf7 21. Nc5) 17... Nxd4 18. Nxd4
exd4 19. Qf3 (19. Qd3 Qd8 20. Ba2 Bf5) 19... Qe5 20. Ng3 Qc5 $1 (20... Qb5 $2
21. Nh5 $1 Bd7 (21... a4 $4 22. Bh6 $1 gxh6 23. Qxf6+ $1 $18) 22. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7
23. Re7+ $18) 21. Nh5 {White has good tactical chances for the sacrificed P,
but is there more than that?} Bd7 (21... Bf5) 22. c3 $1 dxc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]
Now White's pieces become too active.} (22... Qb5 $1 {was the critical answer.}
23. cxd4 (23. Bc2 Nd5 24. cxd4 Rae8 25. Ng3 f5 $13) 23... a4 24. Bc2 Nd5 $1 (
24... Qxb2 $4 25. Qe4 $18) 25. Ng3 f5 $13) 23. Bxc3 $18 {and suddenly all the
white pieces are excellent.} Rae8 (23... Rad8 {is strongly met by the
devastating} 24. Nxf6 $1 a4 25. Ba2 $18) 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 {[#]} (24... Bxe8 25.
Nxf6 $1 Be5 26. Rd8 $16) 25. g4 ({missing the thematic} 25. Qxf6 $1 $18 gxf6
26. Bxf6#) 25... Be5 26. Nxf6 $1 {The mate motif on the long /^ still works.}
Rf8 (26... Bxf6 27. Qxf6 $18) (26... Qf8 27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Nxd7 $1 Qxf3 29.
Nxe5 $18) 27. Bxe5 Qxe5 28. Nxd7 Nxd7 29. Rxd7 $1 {and because of the back
rank threats White is a piece up.} Qc5 30. Rf7 Re8 31. Kg2 b5 32. Bc2 Kg8 33.
Bb1 Qc4 34. Rf4 Qe6 35. Be4 g5 36. Bxc6 gxf4 37. Bd5 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.29"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. a4 O-O 7. Re1 Nbd7 (7...
Qc7 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. Nf1 (9. Ba2 d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. c4 $13) 9... d5 $1 {
This is Black's main idea here.} 10. exd5 (10. Bb3 $2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Nc5 {
and the B cannot be saved.}) ({Also on} 10. Ba2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Nc5 {comes into
consideration.}) 10... cxd5 11. Ba2 e4 $1 {Now Black grabs the |^ in the [+].}
12. dxe4 dxe4 13. Ng5 (13. Nd4 Nc5 14. Ng3 (14. Nb5 Qe5) 14... Rd8 {with a
nasty pin on the d <->.} ({and certainly not} 14... Nxa4 $6 {in view of} 15.
Bxf7+)) 13... Nc5 14. Be3 ({White has to play carefully. In case of} 14. Ng3 $2
Bg4 {Black has a good game.}) 14... h6 $1 {This is a nice temporary P
sacrifice in order to activate the pieces and get the ^^.} 15. Bxc5 Bxc5 16.
Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Bf5 {In an opened position the ^^ is very dangerous.} 18.
Re1 (18. Re2 $4 {loses to} Bg4) 18... Qb6 $1 $44 {Kudrin-I.Sokolov, Las Vegas
1999 CBM 72} (18... Qf4 19. Ne3) (18... Rad8 19. Qe2)) 8. Nc3 (8. Nbd2 Qc7 {
- 7...Qc7}) 8... Nc5 (8... a5 9. d4 Qc7 {leads to the Philidor with an extra
tempo for Black.} 10. Ba2 $13) 9. d4 (9. a5 {avoiding ...a7-a5} d5 (9... Ne6)
10. exd5 cxd5 11. Ba2 {and Black has problems with holding his P [+].} d4 12.
Nb1 $14) 9... exd4 10. Nxd4 {Now we reach a Philidor type of position with an
extra tempo for Black.} a5 {Black wants to secure his c5 N's position and gain
some control over the dark squares.} (10... Re8 11. Qf3 $14 (11. Bf4 Bf8 12. e5
{White's pieces are not active enough for this opening of the position.} (12.
f3 d5 $1 13. exd5 Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1 cxd5 15. Bf1 Ne6 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Nce2 Qb6 $132
) 12... dxe5 13. Rxe5 Bg4 14. f3 Bh5 15. Rxe8 Nxe8 16. a5 Bg6 17. Be3 Nc7 18.
Qe2 a6 19. Qf2 Qe7 20. Nce2 Re8 21. Bd2 N5e6 22. Nxe6 Nxe6 23. c3 Qc5 24. Qxc5
Bxc5+ 25. Kf1 Rd8 26. Be1 h6 27. b4 Be7 28. Bf2 Bf6 $11 {Heinemann-Enders,
Germany 2000 CBM 74 ext})) 11. Bf4 Ng4 12. Be2 (12. Nf5 $5 {deserves attention.
} Ne5 (12... Bxf5 13. exf5 Ne5 (13... Nf6 $2 {The "natural" retreat loses to}
14. Rxe7 $1 $18) 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. Rxe5 (15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Rxe5 Rfe8 17. Rae1
Kf8) 15... Bd6 16. Re3 Bf4 (16... Bxh2+ $2 17. Kxh2 Qh4+ 18. Rh3 Qxc4 19. Qh5
$16) 17. Rf3 $14 {with an extra P and the ^- helps also for White.}) 13. Nxe7+
(13. Bf1 Bxf5 14. exf5 Bf6) 13... Qxe7 14. Bf1 $14 {White has the ^^ and >< d6
may become weak.}) 12... Nf6 13. Bf3 (13. Bc4 Ng4 $11 {is only a repetition of
moves.}) 13... Re8 14. Qd2 g6 (14... Ng4 $5 15. Bxg4 (15. Rad1 Bh4 16. Rf1 Ne5
17. Be2 Ng6 18. Nf3 Bf6 $132) 15... Bxg4 16. f3 {If Black cannot play the
freeing move d6-d5, the position remains a bit better due to the >< d6.} (16.
h3 Bd7 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. b3 Qb4 $132) 16... Bd7 17. Rad1 {+/=/=}) 15. h3 {
This allows the following regrouping of pieces.} (15. Rad1 $142 Ng4 16. Qe2 $14
) 15... Nfd7 16. Rad1 Bf8 (16... Qc7 17. g4 $5 {/\ Bg2, Bg3, f4 but needs a
lot of time.} Ne5 (17... Bf8 18. b3 $14) 18. Bg2 Nc4 19. Qc1 Ne6 20. Nxe6 Bxe6
21. b3 Ne5 22. Be3 $14) 17. g4 $5 Qb6 {Now White has the natural retreat to g2,
because >< c4 can be defended in time.} (17... Ne5 $142 18. Be2 {White has to
keep an eye on >< c4.} (18. Bg2 Bg7 $13 19. b3 $140 Ned3 $1 $15) 18... Bg7 19.
Be3 Ned7 20. f3 Qh4 $132) 18. Bg2 (18. b3 Ne5 19. Bg2 {- 18.Bg2}) 18... Ne5 19.
b3 Qb4 20. Nde2 $14 {White has consolidated his position and the weakness of
d6 begins to tell.} (20. Be3 Bg7 21. Nde2 $14) 20... f6 {This is another small
concession closing the /^ for the fianchettoed B.} (20... f5 $6 {founders on
the energetic} 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. gxf5 gxf5 23. Qg5+ Bg7 24. Qd8+ Kf7 25. Qxd6
$16) 21. Be3 h5 $2 {Black wants to fish in troubled waters.} (21... Nf7 22. f4
$14 {and White has the ideal set-up of his pieces.}) 22. f4 Nxg4 (22... hxg4
23. fxe5 gxh3 24. Bf3 dxe5 25. Kh2 $16 {was not correct either.}) 23. hxg4 Bxg4
24. Qc1 $16 {Black has no adequate compensation, but from practical point of
view the idea may work well...} f5 25. Rd4 Qb6 26. Qd2 Qc7 27. Bf2 Re6 28. Rc4
(28. e5 dxe5 29. fxe5 Kh7) 28... Rae8 29. Nd4 Rxe4 30. Nxe4 Nxe4 31. Bxe4 fxe4
32. Rc3 d5 {Black has already sacrificed a R for three pawns in order to keep
the position complicated.} 33. Rg3 Bd6 34. Be3 Qd7 35. c3 Rf8 36. Rf1 b6 37.
Rf2 c5 38. Nb5 Bb8 39. Rfg2 (39. Kf1 $1 g5 40. Rg1 $18 {would have won easily.}
) 39... g5 $1 {Now (probably in time trouble) Black gets real counterchances.}
40. Rf2 (40. Rxg4 hxg4 41. fxg5 Rf3 $44) 40... Kg7 41. Qc1 (41. Rgg2 Rf5 42.
fxg5 Rxf2 43. Qxf2 Bf3 44. Qh4 Bxg2 45. Kxg2 Kg6 $44) 41... Kg6 42. Qf1 Rf5 43.
Rgg2 Qf7 44. fxg5 Bf3 45. Rh2 Bxh2+ 46. Rxh2 {[#]} Rf4 $1 {Black is not greedy
at all in this game, he has sacrificed a piece a rook and an exchange...} 47.
Bxf4 Qxf4 48. Rg2 $2 {This is the final mistake.} (48. Qe1 {was still enough
for a draw, for example:} Qxg5+ 49. Kf1 (49. Kf2 Qf4) 49... Qf4 50. Qh4 Qc1+
51. Qe1 Qf4 $11) 48... h4 $1 $19 {Now White is a R up, but he is completely
helpless against the advance of the pawns.} 49. Qe1 e3 (49... Bxg2 50. Kxg2
Kxg5 $19) 50. Rh2 Qxg5+ 51. Kf1 h3 $1 52. Qb1+ (52. Nd6 Bg2+ 53. Ke2 Qg4+ 54.
Kxe3 Qe6+ 55. Kf2 Qxd6 $19) 52... Be4 53. Qb2 Bd3+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 (4... d5 {Adams-Shirov, Sarajevo 1999
CBM 71}) 5. O-O d6 (5... Qc7 $5 {/\ d5} 6. Re1 (6. a4 $143 {allows the freeing
move} d5 7. exd5 {In the Bishop Opening White usually gives up the [+] in
order to put pressure on d5 and e5. Here Black is well-prepared against this
strategy.} cxd5 8. Bb3 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Re1 a6 {against Nb5} 11. Bg5 Rd8 12.
Bh4 {/\ Bg3} O-O 13. Bg3 Bd6 {and all the central squares are heavily
protected.} 14. h3 d4 $15 {Tseshkovsky-Yusupov, Moscow 1981}) 6... O-O 7. Nbd2
{Now White has no more pressure on d5 by Bg5.} d5 8. Bb3 Nbd7 9. exd5 cxd5 10.
c4 d4 $1 {If White doesn't accept the P sacrifice, than this is a Benoni type
of position, where the B is not well-placed on b3 instead of the long /^.} 11.
Nxd4 (11. Nf1 Bb4 $1 {and already Black's position has to be preferred.}) 11...
Nc5 12. Nb5 Qd8 13. Rxe5 Nxd3 14. Re2 Bc5 $1 {Black has a strong pressure for
the P.} ({weaker is} 14... Bg4 15. Nf3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nh5 {because of} 17. Rxe7
$1 $18 {B.Larsen-Yusupov, Linares 1983}) 15. Nf3 Ng4 {>< f2} 16. Be3 Nxe3 17.
fxe3 Nf4 18. Re1 Nd3 $11 {with perpetual ->, B.Larsen.}) 6. a4 (6. h3 O-O 7.
Re1 Nbd7 8. a4 a5 9. Nc3 {Now we are in the Italian Game, where White has no
real advantage.} Nc5 $11 {/\ Be6}) (6. Re1 O-O 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. a3 {White wants
to play as flexible, as possible.} (8. a4 {is more common.}) 8... Re8 $11 {
Black is not afraid of Ng5.} (8... h6 $6 {is overcautious:} 9. Ba2 Re8 10. Nf1
Nf8 (10... Bf8 {is a typical Ruy Lopez move here.}) 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6
13. d4 $14 {grabbing the |^ in the [+], Larsen-Torre, Brussels 1987.})) (6. Bb3
O-O 7. Re1 (7. c3 Bg4 $5 {Gelfand-Yusupov, Munich SKA 1994 CBM 42} (7... Nbd7
8. Nbd2 d5 9. Re1 Qc7 {- 7.Re1})) 7... Qc7 8. c3 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 (9. d4 b5 $1 {
Now the position resembles to the Ruy Lopez Breyer line!} 10. Nbd2 a5 11. a3 (
11. Nf1 a4 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Ng3 Nb6 14. h3 g6 {This is now similar to the Ruy
Lopez Keres line 9...a5.} 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Bg5 a3 17. b3 c5 18. Bf1 c4 19. b4
Kg7 20. Be3 Bf8 21. Qd2 Kg8 22. Rad1 Bg7 $11 {R.Mainka-Mikhalchishin,
Sparkasse GM 1998}) 11... c5 12. Nf1 Bb7 13. Ng3 Rfe8 14. h3 Bf8 15. d5 c4 16.
Bc2 Nc5 {Again this is a typical Ruy Lopez Breyer!} 17. Be3 Bc8 18. Nd2 Rb8 19.
Qf3 Bd7 20. Reb1 Rec8 21. Nf5 Kh8 22. Bg5 Ng8 $13 {and the active white pieces
will be soon forced to retreat, J.Grigorov-Makarichev, Capella la Grande op
1993.}) 9... b5 10. Nf1 Nc5 (10... Nb6 11. Ng3 a5 12. Bc2 Re8 13. h3 c5 14. d4
h6 15. dxe5 {This cannot give any advantage for White, he has to keep the
pressure in the [+], or close it by d5.} dxe5 16. Nh4 Nc4 17. Nhf5 Nd6 18. Qe2
Be6 19. Be3 Nc4 $11 {Zhelnin-M.Sorokin, Pardubice op 1992}) 11. Bc2 a5 $11)
6... O-O 7. Re1 Qc7 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. Nf1 (9. Ba2 d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. c4 $13 {
is now better than in the above-mentioned Larsen game.}) 9... d5 $1 {This is
Black's main idea here.} 10. exd5 (10. Bb3 $2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Nc5 {and the B
cannot be saved.}) ({Also on} 10. Ba2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Nc5 {comes into
consideration.}) 10... cxd5 11. Ba2 e4 $1 {Now Black grabs the |^ in the [+].}
12. dxe4 dxe4 13. Ng5 (13. Nd4 Nc5 14. Ng3 (14. Nb5 Qe5) 14... Rd8 {with a
nasty pin on the d <->.} ({and certainly not} 14... Nxa4 $6 {in view of} 15.
Bxf7+)) 13... Nc5 14. Be3 ({White has to play carefully. In case of} 14. Ng3 $2
Bg4 {Black has a good game.}) 14... h6 $1 {This is a nice temporary P
sacrifice in order to activate the pieces and get the ^^.} 15. Bxc5 Bxc5 16.
Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Bf5 {In an opened position the ^^ is very dangerous.} 18.
Re1 (18. Re2 $4 {loses to} Bg4) 18... Qb6 $1 $44 (18... Qf4 19. Ne3) (18...
Rad8 19. Qe2) 19. Ne3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Qxb2 {Now Black has regained the material,
but White can still keep the position.} 21. Rb3 $1 (21. Bb3 {is a passive
defence, and after} Rad8 {Black has some play against the weak << pawns.})
21... Qxc2 22. Rxb7 a5 $11 23. Bb3 Qc8 (23... Qxd1+ $2 24. Rxd1 Bg6 (24... Rab8
$2 25. Bxf7+ $18) 25. Rdd7 $14 {gives White an absolute control over the
seventh rank.}) 24. Bd5 Be6 25. Rc1 Qe8 26. Bxe6 (26. Bc6 Qd8) 26... Qxe6 27.
h3 Rad8 28. Qc2 Rd5 29. Rc7 Rfd8 30. Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Beshukov, Sergei"]
[Black "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bd6 (5... Bb4+ 6. c3 Bd6 {
is the other main line to take away the c3 square from the N.}) 6. Nc3 O-O {
If Black can keep his central pawns, he is fine. White attacks with maximum of
his pieces the [+].} 7. exd5 cxd5 8. Bg5 d4 {Now Black can keep his [+], but
the white pieces are rather active.} 9. Ne4 (9. Nd5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. Bg5
Qa5+ $11 {leads to only repetition of moves.}) (9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Ne4 {White
wants to occupy the light squares.} Qg6 11. Nxd6 (11. O-O Bc7 {/\ Kh8 f5})
11... Qxd6 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Re1 Nd7 $11 {and Black has everything in
order, his [+] is intact.}) 9... Bb4+ 10. Ned2 h6 11. Bh4 g5 $5 {This creates
serious weaknesses on the >>. It is possible to hold the [+] without giving up
squares.} (11... Bg4 $1 {was the natural reply.} 12. h3 (12. O-O Bxd2 13. Qxd2
Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nc6 {and White has a strong ^^, but his structure is ugly.}) (12.
a3 Bxd2+ (12... Bxf3 13. Qxf3 (13. gxf3 Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2 Nbd7 15. Rg1 Kh8 16.
O-O-O Nc5 17. Bc4 Qd6 18. Bg3 (18. Rde1 Nh5) 18... Nh5 {blockading the vital
>< f4 square.}) 13... Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Nbd7 $13) 13. Qxd2 Nbd7 (13... Bxf3 {
- 12..Bf3}) 14. O-O-O Nc5 15. Ba2 Qd6 $13 {with active black pieces.}) 12...
Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Nbd7 (14... g5 $6 15. Qxb7 Nbd7 16. Bg3 a5 $44)
15. Rae1 (15. Qxb7 {is a risky business with a K in the middle.} Nc5 16. Qf3 e4
17. Qf4 (17. Bxf6 $4 {loses to the zwischenzug} Qa5+ $19) 17... Qa5+ $132)
15... Qc7 $13 {and although White has the ^^ in an open position, his K is not
safe.}) 12. Bg3 (12. Nxg5 $6 {is overoptimistic:} hxg5 13. Bxg5 Qd6 $17) 12...
Bg4 (12... e4 13. dxe4 Nxe4 14. O-O Nxg3 15. hxg3 (15. fxg3 $5) 15... Bg4 16.
a3 $14 {and the weaknesses in the Black camp begin to tell.}) 13. a3 Ba5 {
Black has to keep the tension.} (13... Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2 Bxf3 (14... Nbd7 15. h4)
15. gxf3 Nh5 16. h4 $16 {and Black cannot blockade the position.}) 14. Qe2 {
/\ 0-0-0} (14. h4 $2 {now is strongly met by the counterattack in the [+].} e4
$1 15. dxe4 (15. hxg5 exf3 16. gxf6 Re8+ $19) 15... Nxe4 $19) 14... Nc6 (14...
e4 $2 {is again a blow into the air.} 15. dxe4 Bxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Nbd7 17. e5 {
and the N must leave the [+].}) 15. O-O-O Re8 16. h4 $1 {The signal for the ->.
} Kg7 (16... Bxd2+ 17. Qxd2 {The Q must leave the pin.} (17. Rxd2 $2 e4 18.
dxe4 Nxe4 19. Qd3 Bf5 $17) 17... e4 (17... Bxf3 18. gxf3 $16) 18. hxg5 e3 19.
fxe3 dxe3 20. Qc3 Bxf3 (20... hxg5 21. Bc7 $1 (21. Nxg5 Nd4) 21... Qe7 22. Nxg5
$18 {with a devastating -> for White.}) 21. gxf3 Nd4 (21... hxg5 22. Qc4 $1 (
22. Bc7 Nd4 $1) (22. Qc5 Qa5) 22... Re7 23. Rdg1 $16 {and the rooks are on the
opened lines threatening directly the K.}) 22. Qc4 Nxb3+ 23. Qxb3 hxg5 24. Rh8+
$1 $18 {is a nice finish!}) 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Rh2 {/\ Rdh1} Nd5 $2 {This
founders on White's forceful blows.} (18... Qe7 {was the last chance to defend
neutralizing White's growing pressure on the h <->.} 19. Rdh1 Rh8 20. Bxe5
Bxd2+ 21. Kxd2 Bxf3 22. Bxf6+ Qxf6 23. Qxf3 Qxf3 24. gxf3 Rxh2 25. Rxh2 Re8 $16
{at least avoiding the mating threats seeking relief in an _|_.}) 19. Rdh1 Bf5
{[#]} 20. Nxg5 $1 $18 Qxg5 (20... Bg6 {is met by the energetic} 21. Rh7+ $1
Bxh7 22. Rxh7+ Kg8 23. Qh5 $18) 21. Bxd5 Rad8 $2 {This helps only for White to
execute his plan.} (21... Bg6 22. b4 Bc7 23. Kb2 $18) 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. b4 e4 (
23... Bb6 24. Bh4 Qg6 25. Bxd8 Bxd8 26. g4 $1 Bxg4 27. Rh7+ Kf8 28. f3 Bf5 29.
Rh8+ $18 {wins material.}) 24. Rh5 (24. dxe4 {was good enough as well.} Rxe4 (
24... Bxe4 25. Rh5 $18) 25. Qh5 $18) 24... Qg6 25. Rh7+ Kf8 (25... Qxh7 26.
Rxh7+ Bxh7 27. bxa5 exd3 28. Qg4+ $18) 26. Rh8+ Ke7 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. bxa5 e3
29. Nc4 c5 30. Qf3 Bxd3 31. Ne5 $1 Qe6 32. Nxd3 1-0

[Event "Hastings 00 75th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2000.01.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Emms, John M"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2000.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 (4... d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ {is the main line
with good chances for an equal game.}) 5. O-O b5 $5 {This advance on the << is
a new strategy.} (5... Qc7 {/\ 0-0}) 6. Bb3 d6 7. c3 a5 $5 {Black has time
gaining space on the <<, because White has no immediate threats in the [+].} 8.
Nbd2 {This allows Black to continue his plan getting some space advantage on
the <<.} (8. a4 $5 {seems the best strategy here to stop Black's march on the
<< and create some weaknesses there.} b4 9. Re1 O-O 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 $14)
8... a4 (8... Nbd7 {is again met by} 9. a4 $1 b4 (9... Nc5 10. Bc2 Nxa4 (10...
b4 11. d4 $14) 11. Bxa4 bxa4 12. Qxa4 $14 {with a corrupted P structure on the
<<.}) 10. d4 O-O 11. Re1 $14 {>< c4}) 9. Bc2 O-O 10. d4 Nbd7 {Now the position
resembles to the Ruy Lopez Breyer and the 9...a5 Keres lines.} 11. Re1 Re8 12.
Nf1 Bf8 13. Ng3 Qc7 {Perhaps it is a bit early to decide which is the queen's
best place.} (13... Bb7 $13) 14. h3 g6 15. Be3 (15. Bg5 $5 {wants to provoke
some weaknesses or gain control over the /^ c1-h6.} h6 (15... Bg7 16. Qd2 Nb6
17. b3) 16. Be3 Nb6 17. b3 axb3 18. axb3 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Bd7 $11 {because the
exchanges on the a <-> help only for Black.}) 15... Bg7 (15... Bb7) 16. Qd2 Nf8
{The N is usually not nice here in the Ruy Lopez.} (16... Nb6 17. b3 c5 $13 (
17... Bd7 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Bc5 $14)) 17. Bd3 Ne6 18. Rac1 (18. Bh6 $6 {
exchanges the strategically bad B, this is only useful when a quick >> -> may
follow.} Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Nf4 $132) (18. d5 Nc5 $1 19. dxc6 (19. Bxc5 {gives up
the excellent dark-squared B.} dxc5 20. c4 cxd5 21. cxd5 c4 22. Bc2 Qd6 $13 {
and the B may become strong on the /^ a3-f8.}) 19... Qxc6 (19... Nxd3 $2 {
loses material after} 20. Qxd3 Qxc6 21. Rad1 Bb7 22. Qxd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Nxe4
24. Rb6 $1) 20. Bg5 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Bb7 22. Rad1 Rad8 $13) 18... Bd7 (18... Bb7
$6 19. dxe5 $142 $1 (19. Bh6 {is again a strategical error.} Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Nf4
$132) (19. c4 $6 {activates the black pieces as well.} bxc4 20. Bxc4 (20. Rxc4
exd4 21. Nxd4 Nc5 {>< e4}) 20... exd4 21. Nxd4 (21. Bxd4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Qb6 23.
Rcd1 d5 {and Black's counteroffensive in the [+] is effective.}) 21... Nc5 22.
f3 d5 $1 {ruining White's [+].}) 19... dxe5 20. c4 {Black has now problems
with his >< b5.} bxc4 (20... Rad8 $2 {is a counterattack, which fails after}
21. cxb5 Nf4 22. Nxe5 Nxg2 23. Kxg2 Qxe5 24. bxc6 Ba6 25. Bxa6 $1 $16) 21. Bxc4
Red8 22. Qc3 $16 {with vulnerable weaknesses on the c <->.}) 19. c4 (19. dxe5
dxe5 20. c4 {is now met by the cold-blooded} Qb8 {defending all the weaknesses.
}) 19... exd4 20. Nxd4 bxc4 (20... Nxd4 21. Bxd4 b4 22. c5 $1 $14 {with
weaknesses on the <<.}) 21. Nxe6 (21. Rxc4 {is met by} d5) (21. Bxc4 {is
answered by} Nc5 $1) 21... Bxe6 ({The active} 21... Rxe6 $5 {deserves
attention here.} 22. Bxc4 (22. Rxc4 {allows the typical freeing move} d5 $1 23.
exd5 (23. Bf4 Qa7 $11) 23... Nxd5 24. Bd4 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Nb6 26. Bxb6 Qxb6 {^^}
) 22... Nxe4 23. Qc2 Nxg3 24. Bxe6 Bxe6 25. fxg3 Bxa2 26. Qxc6 Qxc6 27. Rxc6
Bxb2 28. Rxd6 a3 29. Bd4 Bxd4+ 30. Rxd4 Be6 $11 {because the strong remote o^
will save the day.}) 22. Bxc4 Qd7 (22... Bxc4 23. Rxc4 Qd7 24. Rec1 {puts some
pressure on the weaknesses of the <<.}) 23. Bh6 Bh8 $5 ({The simple} 23... Bxh6
24. Qxh6 Bxc4 25. Rxc4 d5 {was working as well.} 26. Rd1 (26. e5 Rxe5 $1 27.
Rxe5 dxc4 28. Nf5 Nh5) 26... Re6) 24. Bxe6 Rxe6 25. Qc2 (25. Bf4 Rae8 (25... d5
$6 26. e5) 26. Rc4 Nd5 27. Rxa4 Nxf4 28. Qxf4 Bxb2 $15) 25... c5 ({or again} 
25... d5) 26. Re2 (26. Red1 Qb7 27. f3 Nd7 {with some pressure on >< b2.})
26... Rae8 27. Rce1 (27. Bg5) 27... Qb5 (27... Qc6) 28. b3 (28. Bg5 c4 29. Bxf6
Bxf6 {and the B is rather strong on the long /^.}) 28... axb3 29. axb3 Nd7 30.
Rd2 Nb8 31. Bf4 Bd4 32. Rb1 Nc6 $15 {Black has a strong centralization of
pieces.} 33. Qc4 Qb6 34. Kh2 Rf6 35. Be3 Bxe3 36. fxe3 {Now both sides' P
structure is corrupted.} Ne5 37. Qc3 Rb8 38. Ne2 Qb7 (38... Qb4 39. Qxb4 Rxb4
40. Nc3 Re6 41. Nd5 $1 Rxe4 42. Nc7 Re7 43. Nd5 $11 {with perpetual attack.})
39. Qc2 Nc6 40. Nc3 Nb4 41. Qb2 Qe7 42. Kg1 (42. Nd5 $6 Nxd5 43. exd5 Rf5 $17 {
leaves P weaknesses only in White's camp.}) 42... Re6 43. Rf1 Qg5 44. Rf3 Qe5
45. Rd1 Ra8 (45... Na2 $5 46. Qxa2 Qxc3 47. Qa7 Rf8 48. Qb7 Qc2 49. Qd5 $15)
46. Rf2 Ra6 47. Qd2 Re7 48. Rf4 Kg7 49. Kh1 h5 50. Kg1 Rea7 51. Rdf1 Kg8 52.
Rf6 {[#]} Ra1 $2 {Black is pushing too hard. This simply blunders a P.} 53.
Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 (53... Rxf1+ 54. Rxf1 Ra8 (54... Rf7 $2 55. Rxf7 Kxf7 56. Nb5 $1
$16) 55. Rd1 Ra6 56. Nb5 Qg5 57. Nc3 (57. Nxd6 $2 {founders on} Ra2) 57... Qe5
$14 {and Black can still probably hold his position, because White's P plus is
not important because of the doubled pawns.}) 54. Rxa1 Kh7 55. Rd1 Rf6 $2 {
This is the next mistake! Black will lose the second P.} (55... Ra7 56. Kh1 (
56. Nb5 Ra2 57. Qxd6 Qg5 58. Qc7+ Kh6) 56... Ra6 {was still sufficient for
Black.}) 56. Nb5 $1 {>< d6} Qg3 (56... Qxe4 57. Nxd6 Qe5 58. Nc4 $18 {with a
healthy P up.}) 57. Nxd6 h4 (57... Nd3 58. Nf5 $1 (58. Qxd3 $2 {would have
fallen into the last trap after} Rf2 $1 $17) 58... gxf5 59. Qxd3 Rg6 60. Qe2
$18) 58. Nc4 Rf7 59. e5 Ra7 60. Qf2 Ra2 61. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 40th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2005.05.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2005.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bd6 (5... Bb4+ {is the other
main continuation trying to provoke} 6. c3 {and only then} Bd6 {hindering Nc3.}
) 6. exd5 {White gives up the [+] in order to attack Black`s central pawns at
once.} (6. Nc3 dxe4 (6... O-O {- Beshukov-Bezgodov,St.Petersburg op 2000 CBM 75
}) 7. Ng5 (7. dxe4 {- A.Rodriguez-Benares, Santos Carlos Covas 2001 CBM 82}) (
7. Nxe4 {- Mitkov-Ch.Gabriel, Pula zt. 2000 CBM 77}) 7... O-O 8. Ncxe4 Nxe4 9.
Nxe4 Bf5 $142 {- Adams-Kramnik, Tilburg Fontys 1998 EXT 99} (9... a5 $5 {
- Fedorov-Shirov, EU-chT (Men) 2001 CBM 86})) 6... cxd5 (6... Nxd5 {-
Malishov-Bimboim, ISR-ch Jerusalem 1996 CBM 56}) 7. Bg5 (7. O-O Be6 (7... O-O {
is certainly met by} 8. Bg5 (8. h3 {is too slow.} e4 9. dxe4 dxe4 10. Nd4 Nc6
11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Re1 Qe7 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Nd2 Qe5 15. Nf1 a5 16. a4 Nd5 17. c3
Bf5 18. Rd1 Be6 $13 {Lokasto-Onischuk, Alushta 1992})) 8. Bg5 (8. Re1 Nbd7 9.
Nc3 h6 $1 {against both Ng5 and Bg5} 10. Bd2 a6 $13 {and Black can hold his
strong central pawns.} ({The careless} 10... O-O {founders on} 11. Nb5 $1 Bb8
12. Bb4 $1 Re8 13. Nd6 Bxd6 14. Bxd6 $14 {Ortel-Pinter, Budapest 1977}) (10...
g5 $5 {looks rather aggressive, but Black can afford himself this because of
his advantage in the [+].} 11. Ba4 (11. Nb5 Bb8 12. Bb4 Qb6) 11... Kf8 $1 $13))
8... Nbd7 9. Nc3 {with a nasty pressure on >< d5.}) (7. Nc3 d4 {Now the a2-g8 /
^ is opened, but Black has still a strong [+], and this push comes by a tempo.}
8. Ne2 Nc6 9. O-O (9. a3 {securing the a2-g8 /^ for the B.} O-O 10. O-O {
- 9.0-0}) 9... O-O 10. a3 (10. Ng3 h6 11. Nh4 Re8 {/\ Bf8 holding the [+].} 12.
Nhf5 Bf8 $13 {De Vilder-Berkvens, Lost Boys op 2000}) 10... Ne7 11. Ng3 Ng6 12.
Re1 h6 13. Bd2 (13. h3 Re8 (13... Bd7 {1/2:1/2 Beshukov-Golod, Capella Grande
1999} 14. Nd2 {/\ Nde4 fighting for the light squares.} Rc8 15. Nde4 Be7 16.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Qh5 $14 {Beshukov-Voloshin, MK Cafe Cup-B 1999})) 13... Re8 $13
{Shaposhnikov-Neiksans, Wch U20 Athens 2001}) 7... Nc6 (7... Qa5+ $6 {helps
only for White's development.} 8. Nbd2 (8. Qd2 $5 Qxd2+ 9. Nbxd2) 8... Be6 9.
O-O Nc6 (9... Nfd7 $6 {is too sophysticated.} 10. Bh4 f6 (10... Nc6 11. Ng5 $14
) 11. Re1 O-O 12. d4 $1 {and Black's [+] will collapse soon.} Kh8 13. dxe5 fxe5
14. c4 $1 $16 {Howell-Arlandi, EU-ch U20 Groningen 1983}) 10. c4 $1 ({inserting
} 10. Bxf6 gxf6 {and then} 11. c4 {is not that precise in view of} d4 12. Ne4
Be7 $13) 10... d4 (10... O-O 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Ne4 $14 {with a
pressure on the light squares, and the weakness of the doubled pawns begin to
tell.}) 11. c5 $1 Bxc5 (11... Qxc5 $2 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ne4 $18)
12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. Rac1 $44 {with a totally cramped P structure for
Black.}) (7... Be6 $142 8. Nc3 Bc7 (8... Qa5 $6 {is again useless due to} 9.
O-O Nbd7 10. Qe1 $1 $16 {Taulbut-Scheeren, Politiken Cup 1981}) 9. O-O Nc6 10.
Re1 a6 (10... O-O 11. Bh4 (11. Bxf6 gxf6 {and Black can hold >< d5 and f5.})
11... Re8 12. h3 a6 13. Ng5 (13. Bxf6 gxf6 {is again not a big deal:} 14. d4 e4
15. Nh2 f5 16. Nf1 f4) 13... Qd7 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qg4+ Qg7 17.
Ne2 f5 $13 {and Black's P [+] is stronger than ever, Matjushin-Taborov,
Independence Cup op 1999.}) 11. Bh4 O-O 12. Bg3 (12. Qc1 Rc8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14.
Qh6 {is not frightening because of the cold-blooded} Na5 $13) 12... d4 13. Nb1
Bxb3 14. axb3 Nd7 15. c3 {1/2:1/2 Needleman-Soppe, ARG-ch sf Ezeiza 2000}) 8.
Nc3 $1 {attacking >< d5 immediately is White`s main threat.} (8. Bxf6 gxf6 9.
Bxd5 $2 {falls into} Bb4+ 10. c3 Qxd5 $17) (8. O-O Be6 $142 (8... d4 $5 9. Re1
O-O 10. Nbd2 $14 {White has some pressure on the light squares, and >< e5
remains a target.} Re8 (10... a6 11. h3 h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. Bg3 {
White has a strong pressure against >< e5.} Nd7 15. a4 Qf6 16. c3 dxc3 17. bxc3
Nc5 18. Bc2 Bf5 19. d4 $1 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 $16 {Benjamin-P.H.Nielsen, FIDE-Wch k.
o. Las Vegas USA 1999}) 11. Bxf6 gxf6 (11... Qxf6 {avoids the corruption of
the P structure, but allows a direct assault after} 12. Ne4 Qg6 13. Nxd6 Qxd6
14. Ng5 $16) 12. Ne4 Be7 (12... Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Nh4 $16 {
conquering >< f5.}) 13. Qd2 (13. Nh4 $5 {allows the freeing move} f5 $1 14. Qh5
fxe4 (14... Bxh4 15. Bxf7+ Kf8 16. Bxe8 Qxe8 17. Qxh4 fxe4 18. Qxh7) 15. Bxf7+
Kf8 16. Bxe8 Qxe8 17. Qxh7 Bxh4 18. Qxh4 exd3 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. Qg5+ $11 {
and White has no more than a perpetual.} (20. cxd3 Bf5)) (13. Ng3 $1 $14 {
/\ Nh4 was the required prophylactical move here avoiding the push f6-f5, and
blockading the vital >< f5.}) 13... Bf8 $1 {/\ f5 at any cost.} 14. Nh4 (14.
Ng3 f5) 14... f5 15. Ng5 Re7 16. Qd1 {/\ Qh5} Qd6 17. Qh5 (17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Nxf5 Qg6 $13 {and Black has a strong ^^.}) 17...
Qh6 18. Bxf7+ Kg7 19. Qxh6+ Kxh6 20. f4 $1 $14 {Hamdouchi-Bacrot, Paris 2002
CBM 090} (20. Nhf3 Kg7 21. Bd5 h6 $44 {and Black's [+] remains unchallenged,
while White's knights are doomed to passivity.})) 9. Nc3 Bc7 {- 7...Be6}) 8...
d4 (8... Bb4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 {White gets the ^^ and the pressure against
>< e5 and d5 remains.} Be6 11. Re1 Qd6 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bf4 Nfg4 14. Qe2 $14)
(8... Be6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Bxd5 Bxd5 11. Nxd5 Qa5+ 12. Nc3 Bb4 13. O-O (13. Qd2
$6 {The stubborn defence of the P is weaker due to} Nd4 $1 $44) 13... Bxc3 14.
bxc3 Qxc3 15. Rb1 $14 {and the black K is not so safe.}) 9. Nd5 Be6 10. O-O
Bxd5 (10... h6 $5 11. Nxf6+ (11. Bxf6 gxf6 $13) 11... gxf6 12. Bh4 $1 {The pin
is annoying, Black`s P structure is corrupted.} (12. Bd2 Qd7 $13) 12... Bxb3 (
12... Rg8 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nd2) 13. axb3 Rg8 14. Nd2 {/\ f4} Be7 15. f4 $14)
11. Bxd5 $14 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 {Despite of the ^- White`s position is a bit
better because of his active B.} 13. c3 $5 (13. Nd2 O-O 14. Ne4 Qg6 15. Qf3 {
White has a pressure on the light squares.} Be7 (15... Kh8 16. h4 $1 {/\ h5,
Bf7}) 16. Ng3 Rac8 $14) 13... dxc3 (13... O-O 14. Qa4 $14) 14. bxc3 O-O 15. Rb1
Rab8 16. Qa4 Bc5 $2 (16... Bc7 17. Qe4 $1 Rfd8 (17... Rfe8 {runs into} 18. Rxb7
$1) 18. Rb3 Qd6 19. c4 $14 {and White`s main advantage is the ^-!}) (16... Rfc8
$1 {was the stubborn defence.} 17. Bxc6 (17. Qe4 Ne7 $11) 17... bxc6 18. Rxb8
Bxb8 19. Rb1 $14 {White`s pieces are rather active, he controls the only
opened b file.}) 17. Qe4 $1 Bb6 (17... Bd6 18. Rb5 $16) 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qxe5
{Now White wins the e P.} (19. Nxe5 {is met by} Bxf2+ $1 20. Kh1 Rxb1 21. Rxb1
Re8 22. d4 $14) 19... Qg6 20. Qe2 ({Why not} 20. d4 Rfe8 21. Qf4 $16 {with a
healthy P up?}) 20... Rfe8 21. Qc2 $14 Rbd8 22. Rfd1 Rd6 23. Rd2 Red8 24. Rbd1
{White has defended everything and the black |^ cannot be maintained.} Qf5 25.
h3 Kf8 26. a4 Kg8 27. Ne1 Rg6 (27... c5 28. d4 $16) 28. d4 $16 Qg5 (28... Qxh3
$4 29. Qxg6 $1 $18) 29. Re2 c5 30. Re5 Qf6 31. Rf5 Qd6 32. a5 Bc7 (32... Bxa5
33. Rxc5 $16 {with two connected passed pawns.}) 33. Nf3 cxd4 34. cxd4 Qc6 35.
Qd3 {It is a general rule that if you have a material advantage, try to
exchange pieces.  However things are not so simple.} (35. Qxc6 Rxc6 {activates
only the black R.}) 35... Qa6 36. Rb5 Rgd6 37. d5 R6d7 38. Qc4 Qd6 39. Rc5 Bb8
40. Rc6 Qf4 41. Qc2 Be5 $6 (41... Bd6 42. a6 $16) 42. Nxe5 {Another well-known
rule is that that don`t liquidate for a R _|_ if you have an advantage because
this can be very complicated. Here the strong d o^ and the active rooks change
this assesment.} Qxe5 43. Rc5 g6 44. Qc4 Rd6 45. Rc8 Rxc8 46. Qxc8+ Kg7 47. Qc5
a6 48. g3 g5 49. Qc4 Kg8 50. Kg2 Kg7 51. Rd2 {White still follows his strategy
avoiding the exchange of queens.} (51. Qd4 Qxd4 52. Rxd4 Kf6 53. f4 {and the
black R is rather passive, ><a6 can be the next target.}) 51... Kh7 52. Rd4 Kg7
53. Qd3 Kg8 54. Qd2 Kg7 55. Kh2 Kg8 56. Rd3 Kg7 57. Qd1 Kg8 58. Kg2 Kg7 59. Qf3
Kg8 60. Kh2 Kg7 61. Rd2 Kg8 62. Qg4 Kg7 63. Qc8 Rf6 (63... Rxd5 64. Rxd5 Qxd5
65. Qxa6 {and the Q _|_ is easily won, Black has no counterplay against the
white K.} h5 66. Qb6 h4 67. Qb2+ $1 Kg6 68. a6 $18) 64. Qb7 Rd6 65. Qa7 {
Perhaps White has accumulated time for the final decision} Kg8 66. Qd4 $1 {
Finally White decides to liquidate to a R _|_ with a Tarrash R and an
additional weakness on a6.} Qxd4 67. Rxd4 Kg7 (67... Kf8 68. Kg2 Ke7 69. Kf3 {
Here we see the the weaknesses of f5 and h5 as well.} Kd7 70. Ke4 $18) 68. Kg2
Kf6 69. f4 gxf4 70. gxf4 Ke7 71. Kf3 f5 {otherwise the white K comes to the [+]
.} 72. Ke3 Rd8 (72... Kd7 73. Rd3 $1 {clearing the square for the K.} Rg6 74.
Kd4 $18) 73. d6+ $1 Kd7 ({The P _|_ is simply lost.} 73... Rxd6 74. Rxd6 Kxd6
75. Kd4 $18 {and the opposition decides.}) 74. Rb4 Re8+ 75. Kd3 Kxd6 76. Rb6+
Kd5 77. Rf6 $1 {He can take both pawns but attacks the third one! The main
idea is to drive back the active black K.} Re1 78. Rxf5+ Kc6 79. h4 {Black is
deprived from any counterplay.} Rd1+ 80. Ke4 Re1+ 81. Kf3 Re6 82. Kg4 Rg6+ 83.
Kh5 Re6 84. Re5 Rf6 85. f5 Kd7 86. Kg4 Rd6 87. Re6 $1 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2840"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Meier,Georg"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 {The Bishops's Opening or Italian Game reminds me of
the London System (1.d4 followed by Bf4 on move 2 or 3) that has also had a
resurgence of late, not least due to Magnus's efforts. You can of course find
fresh ideas everywhere, but the main point of these openings - at least to me
- is to keep a lot of pieces on the board and beat your opponent by a better
understanding of positional play and pawn structures.} c6 4. Nf3 d6 {A bit
tame. But it was played after almost 6 minutes of contemplation, indicating
that Yi had not made up his mind about this opening beforehand.} (4... d5 5.
Bb3 Bb4+ {sophisticated!} (5... Bd6 6. Nc3 {would force Black to eventually
release the tension in the centre.}) 6. c3 Bd6 {is a popular line for Black})
5. O-O Be7 6. Bb3 (6. Re1 O-O 7. a4 {would be the modern way to play.}) 6...
O-O {Both sides are free as concerns further development, so we get an
impression of where both players feel their pieces belong.} 7. c3 Nbd7 8. Re1
Nc5 9. Bc2 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Ne6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nf1 Nd7 $1 {This is important in
connection with ...Bg4: Black must be ready to take on f3 and then he should
soon halve White's bishop pair with Bg5.} 13. g4 $5 ({The normal move would be
} 13. Ng3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 g6 {keeping the Ng3 at bay and with Bg5 soon following.
}) 13... Bg6 14. Ng3 {The bishop on g6 will be passive for a long time, but
White has also created a hole on f4.} Ng5 {Being a bit cramped, Black wants to
exchange pieces.} 15. Bxg5 {After 20 minutes thought! I don't think Magnus was
too thrilled with his position at this point.} (15. Kg2 Nxf3 16. Qxf3 Re8 $1 {
A smart waiting move, opening the d7-f8-e6 route for the knight.} 17. Be3 Bg5
18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Rad1 Rad8 {is completely satisfactory for Black.}) (15. Nf5
Bxf5 16. gxf5 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Bg5 {with a good position for Black was mentioned
by Carlsen.}) 15... Bxg5 16. d4 Bf4 {From here on it looks very much like
Black was looking for active ideas, when all he had to do is patiently improve
his position.} (16... Re8 {getting the rook into play and vacating f8 for the
knight; good value for a tempo.}) 17. Ne2 Qf6 18. Kg2 exd4 $2 {"An absolute
gift" (Carlsen). Black is giving up the centre for no reason.} (18... Rad8 19.
Nxf4 Qxf4 20. Qc1 Qxc1 21. Raxc1 f6 $11) 19. Nfxd4 Rfe8 20. Nxf4 Qxf4 21. f3 {
Now White has a straightforward plan: Get rid of the queen on f4 and push his
kingside pawns. At this point Black had to look for ways to limit the damage,
and quickly.} (21. Qc1 Bxe4+ 22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. Qxf4 Rxf4 24. Re7 {looks
tempting, but Black still holds on with} Nc5 25. Rae1 Kf8 26. Kg3 g5) 21... Nb6
$6 {Further drifting...} (21... d5 {would guarantee that Black does not run
out of space. The isolated pawn would remain his only worry after} 22. exd5
Bxc2 (22... cxd5 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Ba4 $1 {leaves White with the superior
minor piece forever.}) 23. Qxc2 cxd5) 22. Qc1 Qxc1 23. Raxc1 d5 24. e5 Nd7 25.
f4 Bxc2 26. Rxc2 {Black must have underestimated the dangers of this endgame.
Clearly, digging in and holding the fort does not come easy to the Chinese
prodigy. He proceeds to lose in no time.} Nc5 ({To put up a line of defence
Black should take f5 under control, grab space with a5 to somewhat secure c5
for his knight and then centralise his king. A reasonable sequence would be:} 
26... g6 27. Kf3 a5 28. h4 Nc5 29. Re3 (29. g5 Kf8 30. h5 Ke7) 29... Kf8) 27.
Re3 Rad8 28. Kf3 Ne4 29. b4 $16 {The black knight has no way back, and White
is ready to saddle Black with a weakness by c3-c4xd5 and decisively open the
c-file.} g5 $2 {Only creating more weaknesses.} (29... f6 $1 30. exf6 (30. e6
Nd6 {looks like a decent blockade still}) 30... Nxf6 31. Ne6 Rc8 32. Rce2 Kf7
33. Ng5+ Kf8 34. f5 {with a large advantage, but exchanges will ease some of
the pressure.}) 30. c4 c5 (30... gxf4 31. Kxf4 f6 32. e6 $18) 31. Nb5 gxf4 32.
Kxf4 cxb4 33. cxd5 {This game clearly showed Wei not being comfortable with a
quiet manoeuvring struggle. And obviously Carlsen is aware of this shortcoming.
Given a strategically superior position out of nowhere he converted with ease.}
1-0

[Event "World Women-ch"]
[Site "Chongqing/Shanghai"]
[Date "2018.05.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tan, Zhongyi"]
[Black "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.05.03"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 {This is the first classical game in which Tan Zhongyi has
tried the Bishop's Opening, avoiding main lines. At this stage, Ju was leading
the match 2.5 - 1.5 after 4 games.} Nf6 3. d3 c6 {The most recommended move -
Black tries to build a nice centre with ...c6 and ...d5, enjoying the
advantage of not having developed the knight to c6 yet.} 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 a5 (
5... Bb4+ {A common move here, as Ju played later - Black wants to provoke the
c2-c3 move, so White can not play Nc3 anymore.} 6. Bd2 (6. c3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O {
is similar to the game}) 6... Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 a5 8. c3 Nbd7 9. exd5 cxd5 10. O-O
$11 {was seen 20 days later between the world champion and the title
challenger: 1-0 (77) Carlsen,M (2843)-Caruana,F (2822) Stavanger 2018}) 6. a4
Bb4+ 7. c3 (7. Bd2 $5 {would be similar to the Carlsen - Caruana game
mentioned above.}) 7... Bd6 8. O-O (8. exd5 {would be more ambitious, avoiding
8...dxe4.} cxd5 9. Bg5 {[%csl Rd5] trying to attack on d5 right away.} (9. Na3
Nc6 (9... h6 $5 {as mentioned in the 10th move analysis of the present game})
10. Nb5 Bb8 11. Bg5 Be6 12. O-O h6 13. Bh4 O-O 14. Re1 g5 15. Bg3 Bg4 16. Qd2
$3 {a nice concept, White ruins his pawn structure, but in exchange for that,
Black's position becomes even more shaky} Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qd7 18. Kg2 Qf5 19. h4
(19. d4 $5 $16) 19... Ne7 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Rh1 Ng6 22. Rae1 $36 {0-1 (61)
Onischuk,V (2608)-Motylev,A (2665) Minsk 2017}) 9... Be6 10. Na3 {with a
complex middlegame position, similar to the game.}) 8... O-O $1 {Ju Wenjun
wants a fight and doesn't go for the solid choice. She provokes once again her
opponent to play 9.exd5, which happens now.} (8... dxe4 {would be the safest
choice, forcing a very symmetrical position.} 9. dxe4 (9. Ng5 {wouldn't change
much} O-O 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. dxe4 Na6 $11 {when Black feels slightly happier
already.}) 9... O-O $11) 9. exd5 {The standard reaction - the e5-d5 black
pawns can almost be called 'hanging pawns' (which they aren't for real,
because Black has a pawn on f7 to support them later).} (9. Re1 dxe4 $1 {
and Black has no problems at all, without having to deal with the slightly
vulnerable central pawns.} 10. dxe4 Na6 $1 {[%cal Ra6c5]} 11. Bc2 Nc5 12. Na3
Qe7 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. b3 Rd8 15. Qe2 b6 16. Ba3 Ba6 $11 {½-½ (21) Zvjaginsev,V
(2661)-Petrosyan,M (2546) Minsk 2017, with an equal position.}) 9... cxd5 10.
Na3 (10. Bg5 {seemed more principled.} Be6 11. Na3 Nbd7 12. Nb5 Bb8 13. Re1 Ra6
(13... h6 14. Bh4 Re8 15. d4 {This typical move happened in the game} e4 16.
Nd2 Ra6 17. c4 $1 $36 {1-0 (24) Lu,S (2640)-Liu,G (2459) Xinghua 2018, Not
allowing Black to keep the position stable.}) 14. d4 e4 15. Nd2 h6 16. Bh4 g5
$6 (16... Bf4 $1 $13) 17. Bg3 Ng4 18. c4 $1 $16 {1-0 (36) Patel,A (2410)-Yu,J 
(2279) Irving 2017}) 10... Nbd7 (10... h6 $5 {[%csl Rc1] looked interesting}
11. Nb5 Nc6 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 $11 {White gets the bishop pair, but Black's pieces
are so well placed, that he is the one fighting for the advantage here.}) 11.
Re1 (11. Bg5 $5 {as mentioned above already} h6 12. Bh4 Bb8 13. Nb5 Re8 {
[%cal Rd7c5,Ra8a6,Re5e4] Black intends to play e4 at some point, with the
addition of ...Ra6 and ...Nc5 eventually} 14. Re1 {with a very complex
middlegame position}) 11... h6 $1 12. Nb5 Bb8 13. d4 $2 {After this move,
White is able to create a potential weakness on d5, but at the cost of giving
a lot of space and freedom for Black in the centre towards the kingside. All
in all, it's not a good move.} (13. Be3 {White had to continue developing
without defining the centre.} Re8 14. h3 Ra6 {with chances for both sides.})
13... e4 14. Nd2 Nb6 $1 {This inhibits c4, and also opens up the idea to play .
..Bg4 at some point.} 15. f3 $6 (15. Nf1 {was the better way to play this. In
any case, Black already has a very active position, with more space and very
nice pieces.} Ra6 $5 $40 {At some point this rook will swing over to the
kingside. Possibly after the c8-bishop moves, and Black plays ...Nc8 (or ...
Nc4)}) 15... Re8 16. Bc2 (16. fxe4 $2 Bg4 $1 17. Qc2 Bf5 $1 $17 {[%cal Re8e1,
Rb8h2] followed by ...Ne4, with a huge advantage.}) 16... Bd7 17. Rb1 (17. fxe4
$2 {doesn't work again} Bg4 $1 18. Nf3 dxe4 19. h3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qd7 $19) 17...
exf3 $6 {Black is still better, but this helps White untangle a little bit.} (
17... Ra6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb6c8,Rc8d6] with the same idea mentioned above. Since
Black has a bishop on b8, the rook normally should find a different route to
activate. Meanwhile, White can not take on e4 and is lacking useful moves.
After a long time analysing, the computer even says this is already winning
for Black, a shocking statement!}) 18. Nxf3 Ne4 19. Ne5 $5 {Trying to
sacrifice a pawn to decrease the pressure against the weakened king on g1.
White also obtains the 'pure' bishop pair (BB vs NN)} Bxe5 20. dxe5 Bxb5 (20...
Rxe5 $6 21. Bf4 $1 $44 {[%cal Gf4c7]}) 21. axb5 Rxe5 22. Be3 $6 (22. Qd4 $1 Re6
23. b3 {would be a better way of trying to justify the sacrifice. The knight
on b6 does not have good squares, and White will have two options to defend on
c3: with Bb2 or playing c4 to loosen the e4-knight.} Rc8 (23... Qf6 24. Qxf6
Nxf6 25. Be3 Rae8 26. Bf2 $44 {with decent chances to defend this endgame a
pawn down}) 24. c4 $1 $36 {looks very tempting!}) 22... Re6 23. Bd4 Nc4 $1 24.
Bd3 Qg5 25. b3 Ncd6 26. Rb2 Rae8 {With a few precise moves, Black is simply
winning - a pawn up and better position. White's bishop pair wasn't able to
achieve its full potential.} 27. Rbe2 Nf5 $19 28. Bc2 Nh4 29. Qd3 Ng6 (29... f5
{[%csl Re1][%cal Rg5g2,Re4f2,Re6e1] closing the b1-h7 diagonal and threatening
a very nice ...Nf2 tactical shot} 30. g3 Qg4 $19) (29... Nf2 $4 30. Qh7+ Kf8
31. Bc5+ {followed by Qh8#}) 30. Be3 Qh5 31. c4 $2 {The final mistake.} (31.
Qd4 {would be the last try.}) 31... Ne5 32. Qd4 Rg6 {[%cal Re5f3] Now the
attack is devastating.} 33. Bxe4 dxe4 34. Kf1 (34. Qxe4 Nf3+ $19 {winning the
queen.}) 34... Nf3 35. Qd7 Nxh2+ {And White resigned in view of the checkmate
coming in a few moves. With this result, Ju opened up a 2-point advantage in
the 2018 World Championship Match, a nice margin after only 5 games!} 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2843"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 {The Bishop's Opening, played five times by Magnus Carlsen in
classical games. It fits his style, since a positional battle begins, and
there is not much theory. In 2014, the very same Fabiano Caruana with Black
beat Carlsen in the Sinquefield Cup.} Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 (4. Qe2 Be7 (4... d5
$1 $36 {is the best way to deal with Qe2}) 5. Nf3 d6 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
O-O a5 9. d4 a4 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Re1 Bf8 12. Qd1 b5 $17 {with a balanced
middlegame, the reigning world champion scored a win over world's number 1
woman, Hou Yifan. 1-0 (61) Carlsen,M (2843)-Hou,Y (2654) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden
2018}) 4... d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ $1 {The main move here. Black provokes the c2-c3
advance, so White loses the option to play Nc3 at a later stage. Carlsen
played 6.c3 in the aforementioned game.} 6. Bd2 {This is another way to play
it.} (6. c3 {happened in the aforementioned game, between these two players
back in 2014.} Bd6 7. Bg5 dxe4 8. dxe4 h6 9. Bh4 Qe7 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Bg3 Bc7
12. O-O Nh5 13. h3 $6 Nxg3 14. fxg3 Nc5 15. Bxf7+ {Black was able to stop this
pseudo-initiative and converted the game on move 34} Kxf7 16. Nxe5+ Kg8 17. Ng6
Qg5 18. Rf8+ Kh7 19. Nxh8 Bg4 20. Qf1 Nd3 21. Qxd3 Rxf8 22. hxg4 Qxg4 $17 {
Carlsen,M (2877)-Caruana,F (2801) Sinquefield Cup 2nd 2014 (3) 0-1}) 6... Bxd2+
7. Nbxd2 a5 {Threatening the old and good bishop trap with ...a4. I only found
one high-level reference in classical games here, where White played 8.a3.} 8.
c3 (8. a3 a4 9. Ba2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12. d4 {Trying to start
central play did not lead to any advantage for White:} exd4 13. exd5 Rxe1+ 14.
Qxe1 cxd5 {Black has the isolated pawn, but has well placed pieces (...Nf8-e6
is a possible plan) and a b2-pawn to attack with ...Qb6} 15. Nb1 $2 {too slow}
(15. Nxd4 {was possible} Qb6 16. Nf5 Qxb2 17. Ne7+ Kf8 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5
Qd4 $11 {followed by ...Nf6}) 15... d3 $6 (15... Nb8 $1 16. Nxd4 Nc6 $17 {
would give a nice advantage for Black}) 16. cxd3 Nc5 17. d4 Nce4 18. Nc3 Be6
$11 {½-½ (27) Shirov,A (2713)-Rodshtein,M (2641) Rogaska Slatina 2011}) 8...
Nbd7 9. exd5 {A typical reaction, when Back develops his knight to d7. It is
logical, because now Black can not play ...Nc6 anymore, an ideal move whenever
the c6-pawn goes to d5.} cxd5 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Rb8c6]} 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Re8
12. Nf1 b5 13. a4 $5 b4 14. cxb4 axb4 {We have already reached a very
imbalaced position, starting from a very modest opening.} 15. Ne3 Bb7 16. d4 $1
{A very nice concept from the World Champion, as we shall see:} e4 17. Ne5 Nxe5
(17... Rxe5 $5 {was playable, but it hardly looks like Black is already in
need to give away an exchange.} 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Qd4 Nc6 20. Qd2 d4 21. Nf5
Ra5 $1 22. Ng3 Re5 $44 {With a very original position. It looks very shaky for
Black, but the central pawns are strong, giving good compensation.}) 18. dxe5
Rxe5 19. Qd4 Re7 20. Rac1 $1 {Getting the pawn back with 20.Qxb4 was possible,
but the whole concept of sacrificing a pawn in a seemingly normal position
just goes to show how brilliant Carlsen is sometimes.} (20. Qxb4 Bc6 {[%cal
Re7b7] The main downside for taking the pawn is the bishop on b3 that becomes
loose now. Ideally, you want to place your minor pieces in a way they can't be
attacked easily.} 21. Qd4 Rb7 22. Rec1 {We have a similar position compared to
the game, but here Black is in full control of the b-file and should equalise:}
Qb6 23. Qxb6 Rxb6 24. a5 Rxb3 25. Rxc6 Rxb2 26. Rd6 $11 {Black is a pawn up,
but he will soon lose it, when the endgame will be simply equal.}) 20... Rd7
21. Red1 (21. Qxb4 $2 {doesn't make sense now:} d4 $17) 21... h6 22. Rc5 $44 {
I feel that here White wants to make small improvements, like Rdc1 and h3, and
only then think about taking any decisive action. The d5-pawn is weak, and
Black always has to count on the a4-pawn advancing at some point.} Ra5 23. Rxa5
(23. Rdc1 $5 {would be similar}) 23... Qxa5 24. h3 Kh7 25. Rc1 Rc7 $2 {In the
post-mortem, Caruana mentioned that he simply misevaluated the following
position, thinking he would have good activity with his queen, but soon he
realised it was a bad idea. Now White is in full control.} (25... Qa6 $1 {
would be a smart move, anticipating White's Rc5 followed by a5, with ...Qe2!}
26. Rc5 Qe2 $132) 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Qxb4 $16 Qc1+ 28. Bd1 Ba6 29. Qd4 {We have
the same position as before, without the b4-pawn. Now, compared with the
middlegame, it is way more valuable to take the pawn back and start advancing
the passed a and b-pawns, since they are free and very frightening! Also,
there are no rooks to create direct counterplay against them.} Be2 30. Kh2 Bxd1
$6 (30... Qc7+ $1 {forcing White to weaken a little bit} 31. g3 (31. Kg1 Qc1 {
repeats the position.}) 31... Bxd1 32. Nxd1 h5 {Being able to play ...h4 at
some point and create threats against your opponent's king is usually good.
Here it could have been a nice way to look for counterplay.} 33. Kg1 Qc1 $36 {
with ...e3 ideas.}) 31. Nxd1 Qc7+ 32. Kg1 $1 {Now there is no need to play g3,
like in the 30...Qc7+ line.} Qc1 33. b4 e3 {The same idea I mentioned earlier,
but the big difference is that with the pawn on g2, White's king is much safer.
} 34. fxe3 $18 {White is winning. With flawless technique, Carlsen converts
the full point:} Ne4 35. Qxd5 Nd2 36. Qf5+ Kh8 37. Qg4 f5 38. Qe2 Ne4 39. Qe1
Qa1 40. a5 Nd6 41. Qd2 {Slowly untangling the position. That is common when
you have a lot of additional material but your opponent is active. You have to
find space for small improvements and soon the position will play itself.} Nc4
42. Qd4 Qc1 43. Kf1 {Trying to bring the king closer so White can advance his
pawns further.} Nxe3+ {Caruana goes for the queen endgame, that should also be
hopeless, but the position is very bad anyway.} 44. Qxe3 Qxd1+ 45. Kf2 Qc2+ 46.
Kg3 g5 {Black does not want to weaken his king, but he's lost otherwise, so he
has to try something like this.} 47. Qe5+ Kh7 48. Kh2 $1 {King safety always
in first place in queen endgames!} f4 49. Qd5 Qa4 50. Qf7+ Kh8 51. Qg6 $1 {
Simplifying into a clear win:} Qxb4 52. Qxh6+ Kg8 53. Qxg5+ Kh7 54. Qh5+ Kg7
55. Qg5+ Kh7 56. h4 Qd6 57. Qh5+ Kg7 58. Qg5+ Kh7 59. h5 {Somewhat
cold-blooded to allow ...f3+, but it's all good for White. The good thing is
that Qg6+ is a very strong threat now.} f3+ 60. g3 f2 61. Qg6+ Kh8 (61... Qxg6
62. hxg6+ Kxg6 63. Kg2 $18 {and the game ends immediately.}) 62. Qxd6 f1=Q 63.
Qh6+ Kg8 64. Qe6+ (64. Qg6+ Kh8 65. h6 $4 {would be a way to mess up the
position!} Qg2+ $1 {forcing stalemate} 66. Kxg2 $11) 64... Kh8 65. Qe3 {
With three pawns up, White has to be just a little bit careful.} Qb5 66. Qc3+ {
Finding a good square for the queen.} Kh7 67. g4 Qd5 68. Qc7+ Kg8 69. Kg3 {
[%cal Gc7g3]} Qe6 (69... Qd3+ 70. Kh4 $18 {and Black has no more checks
already.}) 70. Qd8+ Kh7 71. Qd3+ Kh8 72. a6 Qe5+ 73. Kh3 Qa1 74. Qd8+ Kh7 75.
Qe7+ Kh6 76. Qe3+ Kh7 77. a7 {It is nice to see that Carlsen used the same
technique always - defending the pawn from the diagonal (a5, Qc3 - a6, Qd3 -
a7, Qe3). Now Black resigned, since it's impossible to avoid White giving a
check somewhere and then queening that pawn. A superb win from the World
Champion!} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen GM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mainka, Romuald"]
[Black "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1998.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 $1 5. O-O Qc7 (5... d6 $5) 6. Bb3 O-O
7. Re1 d6 (7... Na6 8. d4 $1 d6 9. c3 $16) 8. c3 Nbd7 (8... b5 $5 9. Nbd2 a5
$13) 9. d4 (9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. Bc2 Re8 11. d4 Ne6 12. Nf1 $14) 9... b5 10. Nbd2 a5
$1 11. Nf1 (11. a4 bxa4 $5 12. Bxa4 Nb6 13. Bc2 Bd7 {/\ aB~~}) 11... a4 12. Bc2
Re8 (12... Bb7 $5 13. Ng3 g6 {/\ c5}) 13. Ng3 Nb6 14. h3 (14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5
Bf8 16. Bg5 Nbd5 {<=>}) 14... g6 (14... Nc4 $5 $13) 15. Bd3 Bd7 (15... Bf8 16.
Bg5 Bg7 $11) 16. Bg5 a3 (16... c5 17. Bf1 c4 18. a3 $14) 17. b3 c5 18. Bf1 c4 (
18... b4 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Rc1 Qb8 21. Qd2 {/\ Bf6,xb4}) 19. b4 Kg7 {/\ Ng8=}
20. Be3 Bf8 21. Qd2 Kg8 (21... Ng8 $5) 22. Rad1 Bg7 23. Bg5 Qb7 $1 (23... Bc6
$2 24. dxe5 dxe5 25. Qd6 $16) 24. d5 Na4 25. Rc1 Kh8 $1 {/\ Ng8} 26. Be3 Re7 $1
(26... Ng8 $2 27. Ng5 Re7 28. f4 $16) 27. Nh2 Ng8 28. Kh1 (28. f4 exf4 29. Bxf4
Be5 $11) 28... Rae8 (28... f5 $1 29. exf5 Bxf5 $1 30. Nxf5 gxf5 $15) 29. f4
exf4 (29... f5 $5 30. exf5 Nf6 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. fxe5 Nxd5 {<=>}) 30. Bxf4 Nf6
31. Nf3 $1 Qb6 $1 (31... Nxe4 $2 32. Nxe4 Rxe4 33. Rxe4 Rxe4 34. Ng5 Re7 35.
Bxd6 $18) 32. Be3 (32. e5 dxe5 33. Nxe5 Kg8 $1 34. d6 Re6 $13) 32... Qc7 $2 (
32... Qb8 $1 $17) 33. Bd4 $2 (33. e5 Rxe5 34. Nxe5 dxe5 $44) 33... Nxe4 34.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 35. Qd4+ Nf6 36. Rxe7 Rxe7 37. Ng5 Qb6 $1 38. Qf4 Qe3 0-1

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Teheran"]
[Date "2017.02.13"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Bodnaruk, Anastasia"]
[Black "Hejazipour, Mitra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2017.02.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bb3 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nf1 Bf8 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Be3 (13. Nh4 {would
have given White a solid and long-term edge. However, when one talks about
Armageddon, who cares about 'long term'?}) 13... d5 14. Bc2 Bd6 15. Qe2 Qc7 16.
Rad1 a5 17. Nh4 Nf8 18. Nhf5 Ne6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Nf5 Qc7 (20... Bxf5 21. exf5
Nd4 $15) 21. Qf3 Rad8 22. Bb3 Bh5 23. g4 Bg6 24. Bc2 c5 25. Ba4 Rf8 26. Bc1 d4
27. c4 (27. Bb5 $1 $14 {intending to bring the bishop to c4.}) 27... Ne8 28. h4
f6 29. Qg3 Nd6 30. Kh1 Be8 31. Bxe8 Rdxe8 32. Rf1 Nf7 33. Rg1 Nf4 34. Qf3 Nd6
$2 35. Ng3 $2 {Both players are exhausted and nervous.} (35. Bxf4 $16) 35...
Nf7 36. Nf5 g6 37. Ng3 Nd8 38. Nf1 Nde6 39. Rg3 Kf7 $1 {A deep concept but
this move is horrible from practical stand point. It will take a long time for
Black to secure her king and that will cost Black valuable seconds on the
clock! Tick-tock!} 40. Nh2 Ke7 41. Nf1 Kd8 42. Re1 Rh8 {Maybe Black should
have kept moving her king toward the corner as it is faster to move the pieces
near the clock! These are serious considerations in such circumstances!} 43.
Kg1 Kc8 44. Qd1 Kb8 45. a3 h5 {Black is winning but in an armageddon game,
time is a much more factor than what is actually going on on the board.} 46. g5
fxg5 47. hxg5 h4 48. Rg4 h3 49. Kh2 Qe7 50. Ng3 Ref8 51. Rf1 Nxg5 52. f3 Nfe6
53. b4 axb4 54. axb4 cxb4 55. Bd2 Qf6 56. Qe2 Nxf3+ 57. Kh1 h2 58. Rf2 g5 59.
Rf1 {And Bodnaruk flags Mitra, advances to the next round. A bitter loss for
Mitra Hejazipour since she was the last Iranian in the cycle, nevertheless,
she should be proud of her performance and take this experience as an
opportunity for future successes. On the other hand, one must praise
Bodnaruk's resourcefulness and fighting spirit as she kept bouncing back after
each failure. It will be interesting to see how a somewhat worn out Bodnaruk
fares against a fresh Olga Girya.} 1-0

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 1st"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2008.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 {The so called "Bishop's Opening" usually leads to a quiet
game а la Giuoco Piano.} Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bd6 6. Nc3 ({Other
theoretical lines lead to more complicated play and go as follows:} 6. exd5
cxd5 (6... Nxd5 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1) 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. O-O Nbd7 $11) 6...
dxe4 (6... d4 7. Ne2 {is a totally different story.}) 7. Ng5 {[%csl Rf7]} O-O
8. Ncxe4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Bf5 10. Qf3 {If White grabs the dark-squared bishop, he
does not get any advantage either.} (10. O-O Na6 11. Nxd6 Qxd6 12. Qf3 Be6 13.
Qg3 $2 (13. Bd2 $11) 13... Bxb3 14. axb3 Nb4 15. c3 Nxd3 16. Rd1 Rad8 $17 {
1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2770)-Kramnik,V (2790)/Frankfurt 1998/CBM 065 ext (59)}) 10...
Bxe4 (10... Bg6 $6 {is just a waste of a tempo. After} 11. h4 $1 {Black will
be forced to exchange on e4 anyway.}) 11. dxe4 Nd7 12. c3 a5 13. O-O {I would
prefer to play 13.a4 as White, not allowing Black to get space on the
queenside. Perhaps it's just a matter of taste.} (13. a4 Nc5 14. Bc2 Ne6 15.
O-O Qe7 16. Rd1 Rfd8 17. g3 Bc5 18. Bd2 Rd7 19. h4 Rad8 20. Be1 Bb6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Karjakin,S (2732)-Gelfand,B (2737)/Nice 2008/CBM 123 Extra (46)}) 13...
a4 (13... Nc5 14. Bc2 b5 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Qe2 a4 17. Rad1 Ne6 18. g3 Bc5 19. Bc1
Rad8 20. Kg2 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bruzon Bautista,L (2669)-Dominguez,
L (2658)/Havana 2005/CBM 107 (47)}) 14. Bc2 Qe7 15. Rd1 Rfd8 {The position is
equal. It is difficult for White to make use of his pair of bishops, since the
position is closed. Actually, both sides has difficulties finding a clear plan,
except the one of exchanging all the heavy pieces along the d-file, as seen in
some games mentioned above.} 16. h4 h6 {Covering the g5-square.} 17. g3 b5 18.
Bd2 Nf8 19. Qg4 {[%csl Rh6]} Qe6 20. Qxe6 {The exchange of queens does not
change the evaluation of the position as completely equal.} Nxe6 21. Kf1 Kf8 {
After swapping queens both sides feel safe in centralising their monarchs.} 22.
Be1 Ke7 23. Rd2 g5 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Bd1 {Preventing ...g5-g4 and transfering
the bishop to a more active location.} b4 $1 26. Bg4 {White should keep his
pawn on c3, otherwise Black's knight will get an excellent outpost on d4.} (26.
cxb4 $6 Rh8 27. Kg2 (27. a3 Rh1+ 28. Ke2 Nd4+ {and White has to give up the
exchange.}) 27... Bxb4 28. Re2 Bxe1 29. Rxe1 Nd4 $15 {[%csl Gd4]}) 26... bxc3
27. bxc3 Rab8 28. Rad1 $6 {I think it was the right time to eliminate the
knight and play for equality.} (28. Bxe6 $1 Kxe6 29. Rad1 $11) 28... Nc5 29. f3
a3 $1 30. Bf2 Na4 31. Be3 f6 32. c4 (32. Rh2 $2 Rh8 33. Rxh8 Rxh8 {and White
will lose either Pc3 or Pa2, or even both of them!}) 32... Nb2 33. Rc1 (33. c5
$2 Nxd1 34. cxd6+ Rxd6 35. Bc5 Ne3+ $1 36. Ke2 (36. Bxe3 Rxd2 37. Bxd2 Rb2 $19)
36... Nc4 37. Bxd6+ Nxd6 {and an extra pawn should make Black's day.}) 33...
Bb4 34. Rh2 Rh8 35. Rxh8 Rxh8 36. Kg2 Rd8 {Suddenly, White is experiencing
problems. Where did he go astray? It is really hard to point out... except his
28th move, perhaps. Still, White's position is defendable.} 37. Rh1 $2 {
I can understand Movsesian striving for active counterplay, but this is just
not the case.} (37. Rc2 Rd3 (37... Rd1 38. f4 Re1 39. Be2 {holds.}) 38. Bc1 Na4
39. f4 {White must get back his light-squared bishop into the defense.} gxf4
40. gxf4 Rc3 41. Bd1 Rxc2+ 42. Bxc2 Nc3 43. Bb3 Ne2 44. Be3 exf4 45. Kf3 fxe3
46. Kxe2 $11) 37... Nxc4 $19 38. Rh7+ Kd6 39. Ba7 c5 {Bu didn't fall into the
trap.} (39... Bc5 $4 40. Bb8+ $1 Rxb8 41. Rd7#) 40. Bh5 Ba5 ({The immediate} 
40... Kc6 {would have been more precise.}) 41. Rf7 Kc6 42. Rxf6+ Kb5 43. Kh3
Rh8 44. g4 Ra8 45. Rf7 Nd6 46. Rd7 Kc6 47. Rh7 Bb4 48. f4 {The last practical
chance.} exf4 49. e5 Nc8 50. e6 Kd6 51. Rh8 (51. Bb6 Ne7 $1 52. Bc7+ Kxc7 53.
Rxe7+ Kd6 54. Rg7 Kxe6 55. Rxg5 c4 $19) 51... Kxe6 {The pawn is gone, White
may resign.} 52. Bg6 Kd5 53. Rd8+ Kc4 54. Bf5 Rxa7 55. Rxc8 Kc3 56. Rc6 Kb2 57.
Be6 Re7 58. Kg2 Rxe6 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2877"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "23"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 {As usual, Magnus is not going for the theoretical
lines, trying to minimise the value of any opening preparation.} c6 4. Nf3 d5
5. Bb3 Bb4+ {Provoking the move that now follows, so that White won't be able
to develop his knight to c3 anymore.} (5... Bd6 {used to be the main move.}) 6.
c3 Bd6 7. Bg5 dxe4 (7... Be6 8. d4 dxe4 9. Nfd2 exd4 10. Nxe4 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qb3 Qe7 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. cxd4 Na6 16. Nc3 O-O-O $11 {
1/2-1/2 (34) Shirov,A (2713)-Roiz,M (2668) Saratov 2011}) 8. dxe4 h6 (8... O-O
9. O-O Qe7 $6 (9... h6 10. Bh4 Qe7 $11) 10. Nh4 $1 Na6 11. Nd2 Nc5 12. Qf3 Nxb3
13. axb3 $14 {1-0 (29) Karjakin,S (2772)-Efimenko,Z (2703) Poikovsky 2011}) 9.
Bh4 Qe7 {Fabiano is playing it flexibly, not castling immediately, but
developing the queenside pieces instead. The position is, of course, equal.}
10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Bg3 $6 $146 {This move looks strange to me - moving the
bishop away without even provoking g7-g5.} (11. Qe2 Bc7 12. O-O Nf8 13. Bg3 Ng6
14. Nh4 Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Rfe1 Bg4 17. f3 Be6 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Nf5 O-O $11
{1-0 (73) Pridorozhni,A (2491)-Aleshin,O (2423) Moscow 2005}) (11. O-O {
would also be normal.}) 11... Bc7 12. O-O Nh5 13. h3 $6 {Carlsen continues the
odd strategy. Anything else that makes sense would be preferable.} Nxg3 14.
fxg3 Nc5 (14... Nf6 {would avoid the complications that followed in the game.
Black is slightly better.}) 15. Bxf7+ $5 {Obviously, Carlsen wasn't happy with
the course of the game. This intuitive sacrifice is an interesting practical
chance as it leads to a murky position where both sides have to calculate a
lot.} Kxf7 (15... Qxf7 $4 16. Nxe5 {and Black has to part with his queen to
avoid the deadly check on h5.}) 16. Nxe5+ (16. Nh4+ $5 {was an interesting
alternative which could lead to a position where White wins the queen for
several pieces.} Kg8 17. Ng6 Qe8 18. Rf8+ Qxf8 19. Nxf8 Kxf8 20. Qh5 Be6 21.
Nf3 Nd7 22. Rf1 (22. Nh4 Nf6 23. Rf1 Rg8 $17) 22... Kg8 23. Nh4 Rh7 $1 24. Qg6
Bxa2 25. Nf5 Kh8 26. Ne7 Bb6+ 27. Kh2 Bc5 28. Qf5 g5 $1 29. Rd1 $1 Rf7 30. Qxd7
Rxe7 31. Qf5 Kg7 32. Rd7 Bf7 33. Rxe7 Bxe7 34. Qd7 Re8 35. Qxb7 {Black is
better, but to win this position would be quite a difficult task.}) 16... Kg8
17. Ng6 Qg5 18. Rf8+ Kh7 19. Nxh8 (19. Rxh8+ Kxg6 20. Nf3 (20. b4 Qxg3 $1 21.
bxc5 Bxh3 22. Qf3 Rxh8 23. Qxg3+ Bxg3 24. gxh3 Be5 $17) 20... Qxg3 (20... Qe3+
$6 21. Kh1 Nxe4 22. Nh4+ Kg5 23. Nf3+ Kf6 24. Qd4+ Qxd4 25. Nxd4 Nxg3+ 26. Kg1
{Here the matters are not entirely clear as long as Black's queenside is
undeveloped.}) 21. Qc2 Bg4 $1 22. hxg4 Rxh8 23. e5+ Kf7 24. Qf5+ Ke7 $19) 19...
Bg4 (19... Qe3+ $1 {was even stronger, but required precise calculation.} 20.
Kh1 Bg4 21. Qf1 $2 (21. Qxg4 Rxf8 22. Ng6 Rf7 $17) 21... Qxg3 22. e5 {[%cal
Gf1b1,Gb1h7]} Rxf8 23. Qxf8 Qxe5 (23... Bxe5 $4 24. Nf1 $18) 24. Nf1 Bxh3 $1 {
This must have been seen in advance!} 25. gxh3 Qe4+ 26. Kg1 Ne6 $19 {[%csl Rg1]
[%cal Gc7b6]}) 20. Qf1 Nd3 $1 {[%cal Gg5e3,Ge3g3] Great resource, adding the
knight to the counterattack.} 21. Qxd3 (21. Ng6 {was an interesting chance,
but insufficient.} Qe3+ (21... Kxg6 $2 22. Qf7+ Kh7 23. Qg8+ $11) 22. Kh1 Qxg3
23. e5 Rxf8 24. Nxf8+ Kg8 25. Ng6 Nf2+ 26. Kg1 Nxh3+ 27. Kh1 Nf2+ 28. Kg1 Be6
$1 29. Ne7+ (29. Qxf2 $2 Bb6 $19) 29... Kh8 30. Ng6+ Qxg6 31. Kxf2 Qc2 $17)
21... Rxf8 22. hxg4 Qxg4 23. Nf3 Qxg3 (23... Kxh8 {would have been slightly
more precise.}) 24. e5+ (24. Nf7 $1 Rxf7 25. e5+ g6 (25... Kh8 $6 26. e6 {
is the point of White's idea, the black rook gets kicked away by the pawn.})
26. Rf1 {White is worse as in the game, but here Black's seventh rank is
slightly weakened, which might give White some additional practical chances.})
24... Kxh8 25. e6 {Carlsen is rushing forward with his passed pawn, but
unfortunately for him his king is too vulnerable.} (25. Rf1 Bb6+ (25... Bxe5
26. Nxe5 Rxf1+ 27. Qxf1 Qxe5 28. Qf7 {White has decent chances to hold this
endgame.}) 26. Kh1 Qg4 (26... Rf4 27. Qd7 $8 {still surviving.}) 27. Nh2 Rxf1+
28. Qxf1 Qh5 29. Qf8+ Kh7 30. Qd6 Qg6 31. Nf3 Qxd6 32. exd6 Kg6 33. Kh2 Kf6 34.
Kg3 Ke6 35. Kg4 Kxd6 36. Kf5 Kd5 {This endgame should be won for Black. If the
white king goes to g6, its counterpart will penetrate to the queenside via e4.}
) 25... Bb6+ 26. Kh1 Qg4 (26... Rf4 $4 {No, it's not mate.} 27. e7 Rh4+ 28.
Nxh4 Qxh4+ 29. Qh3 $16) 27. Qd6 (27. e7 Re8 28. Re1 Qh5+ 29. Nh2 Bc7 30. g3 Qf7
{The pawn is going down and White's prospects are very grim.}) 27... Rd8 28.
Qe5 Rd5 29. Qb8+ Kh7 30. e7 Qh5+ (30... Rh5+ $4 31. Nh2 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Ge7e8]
would turn the tables.}) 31. Nh2 $2 {A blunder in a bad position.} (31. Qh2 {
was the only way to prolong the fight.} {Still, after} Qe8 {White loses the
passed pawn. The bishop is also superior to the knight.} 32. Re1 $2 {fails to}
Bf2 33. Rf1 Rh5 $19) 31... Rd1+ 32. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 33. Nf1 Qxf1+ 34. Kh2 Qg1+ (
34... Qg1+ 35. Kh3 Qe3+ {capturing the Pe7.}) 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 {Judith Polgar avoids the Petroff Defence as she needed to win
this game to level the score.} Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Qe2 {This move is directed to
prevent the advance d7-d5.} ({In case of} 4. Nf3 {Black can play} d5 $11) 4...
Be7 ({Actually} 4... d5 $5 {is possible at this point too, but Black has to be
ready to sacrifice a pawn for an initiative. For instanse:} 5. exd5 cxd5 6.
Qxe5+ (6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Nxe5 O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6 Bg4 11. f3 Rc8
12. fxg4 Rxc6 13. O-O Qc7 $44 {[%csl Rc2,Rh2]}) 6... Be7 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. Bxc6+
bxc6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Bd6 $44) 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bb3 d6 (6... d5 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Na6 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Re1 Bf6 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. Ne4 Nxb3 14. axb3
Be7 15. Ng3 $14 {0-1 Rathore,S (2372)-Sasikiran,K (2525)/Nagpur 1999/CBM 069
ext (40)}) 7. O-O Nbd7 8. c3 a5 9. a4 b5 {Boris is going for an immediate
queenside expansion.} (9... Nc5 10. Bc2 Ne6 {was another logical option.}) 10.
Bc2 Ba6 11. axb5 cxb5 12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. d4 a4 (13... b4 $6 14. c4 $14 {The Pa5
might become a weakness.}) 14. Bd3 Rfb8 15. Nh4 g6 16. f4 {The situation in
the match urges Judith to play aggressively without really concerning about
the risk.} exf4 17. Ndf3 Nh5 18. Bd2 Nb6 19. g4 $1 {The only way to continue
the initiative.} fxg3 20. Ng5 Nc4 $2 {Boris Gelfand played superbly in
Khanty-Mansiysk, but in the current game he lost control over the position.} (
20... gxh2+ 21. Qxh2 Bxg5 22. Bxg5 b4 {Black must exchange as many pieces as
possible to reduce white's attacking potential.} 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. Nf5 f6 25.
Nh6+ Kg7 {and Black defends successfully.}) 21. Nf5 $2 {This is tempting, but
the simple 21.Rxf7 could yield White already a crushing attack.} (21. Rxf7
gxh2+ (21... Rf8 22. Rxh7 $18) 22. Kxh2 $3 {This recapture is amazing for a
human, but in such a sharp position an engine knows better...} (22. Qxh2 $2
Nxd2 23. Rxh7 (23. Nf5 $4 Bxg5 24. Rxc7 Nf3+ $19 {reveals the drawback of 22.
Qxh2 compared to the correct 22.Kxh2.}) 23... b4 24. Bxa6 Qa5 25. Rxh5 gxh5 26.
Nf5 Bxg5 27. Qxh5 Qd8 28. Qg6+ Kf8 29. Qg7+ Ke8 30. Qg6+ Kf8 $11) 22... Nxd2
23. Nf5 $1 $18) 21... Bxg5 22. Bxg5 f6 (22... gxf5 $2 23. Qxh5 $18 {[%cal
Gg5f6]}) 23. Bh4 gxh2+ 24. Qxh2 Rf8 (24... gxf5 25. Rxf5 Ng7 26. Rf3 $1 Qf7 (
26... f5 27. exf5 Bb7 28. Rg3 $40) 27. Bxf6 Nh5 28. e5 Nxf6 29. Rxf6 Qe7 30.
Kf2 Nxb2 31. Qg2+ Kh8 32. Bxh7 Qxh7 33. Rh1 Ra7 34. Rxh7+ Rxh7 35. Qf3 Rg8 36.
Rf8 $18) 25. Be2 gxf5 (25... Nd2 26. Bxh5 Nxf1 27. Qg2 Kh8 28. Bxg6 b4 29. Rxa4
hxg6 30. Qxg6 Qf7 31. Bxf6+ Qxf6 32. Qh5+ Kg8 33. Nh6+ Kg7 34. Nf5+ Kg8 $11)
26. Bxh5 fxe4 $2 {Too greedy. Boris had to bring his queenside pieces into
action as soon as possible.} (26... Qg7+ 27. Kh1 Bb7 28. Qf4 (28. d5 Qe7 29.
Rae1 fxe4 30. Qg2+ Kh8 31. Rxe4 Qd7 32. Re2 Ne5 $1 33. Bxf6+ Rxf6 34. Rxf6 Rg8
{with fine compensation for an exchange.}) 28... Kh8 29. Kh2 Bxe4 30. Rg1 Qe7
31. Qh6 a3 $1 32. bxa3 Nb6 33. Bg6 Nd5 34. Rae1 Rxa3 35. Bxh7 Ra2+ 36. Kh3 Nf4+
37. Kg3 $1 Nh5+ $1 38. Kh3 $11 {Another spectacular line by an engine!} (38.
Qxh5 $2 Qxh7 39. Qxh7+ Kxh7 $19)) 27. Qf4 $1 (27. Bxf6 {would allow Black to
sacrifice an exchange:} Rxf6 28. Rxf6 Qg7+ 29. Qg2 Qxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Nxb2 $13)
27... f5 (27... e3 28. Kh2 $40 {[%cal Gf1g1]}) (27... Qg7+ 28. Kh2 Kh8 29. Rg1
Qe7 30. Qh6 $40 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Ga1f1]}) 28. Kh1 Kh8 29. Rg1 {Most of black's
pieces got stuck on the queenside and can't help his king.} Rf7 (29... Nb6 30.
Qh6 Nd5 31. Rg2 Rg8 32. Bf6+ Nxf6 33. Qxf6+ Rg7 34. Rag1 Rag8 35. Rxg7 Rxg7 36.
Qf8+ $18) 30. Bxf7 Qxf7 31. Qh6 Rf8 32. Rg6 $1 {[%csl Rf6] There is no defense
against 33.Bf6+ or 33.Rf6.} 1-0

[Event "London Classic 2nd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2010.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2010.12.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Qe2 {Short avoids the main theoretical paths at the
very beginning.} Bc5 (3... Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 {would transpose to the Italian
Opening with an early Qd1-e2.}) 4. d3 O-O 5. Bg5 (5. f4 $2 d5 {is just bad for
White.}) 5... c6 {Kramnik follows the plan of seizing space in the centre.} 6.
Nd2 h6 (6... b5 7. Bb3 a5 8. a4 {is not the best plan for Black.}) 7. Bh4 Re8
8. Ngf3 {There was no more point in delaying this natural developing move.} Bf8
{A typical classical manoeuvre in this structure, while Black's pawn is still
on d7 and not on d6.} 9. a4 (9. O-O-O $2 {would be way too optimistic. After}
b5 10. Bb3 a5 {White's king wouldn't feel safe at all.}) (9. c3 d5 10. Bb3 {
is possible. In this case the position is equal. White's plan is standard and
includes the manoeuvre Nd2-f1-e3.}) 9... d5 10. Bxf6 $5 {This decision is
controversial. It is tempting to spoil the opponent's pawn structure. However,
Black gets the bishop pair and more influence in the centre. As the
continuation of the game showed, from a practical point of view it would be
easier to play the resulting position as Black.} (10. Ba2 Be6 ({In the event of
} 10... g5 $5 11. Bg3 Nh5 {White can consider} 12. O-O-O $5 {Here both kings
are vulnerable, the position is double-edged.} (12. Bxe5 $2 g4 {loses a piece.}
)) 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Rfe1 {would be a safe positional continuation with equal
chances.}) 10... gxf6 11. Ba2 f5 $15 {This is exactly what I was meaning by
"more influence in the centre".} 12. O-O Na6 {The knight finds a good route
without obstructing the light-squared bishop.} 13. Rfe1 Bg7 {This is the idea
behind 8...Bf8. Black has made a sort of fianchetto, and now bishop isoffering
good protection to the weakened shelter of Black's king.} 14. c3 (14. Nf1 {
was called for, trying to provoke the advance f5-f4, which would release some
of the pressure on the centre.}) 14... Be6 15. exd5 $6 {Giving up the fight
over the centre can't be recommended. Again, the manoeuvre Nd2-f1 was an
option. Some fascinating complications could arise.} (15. Nf1 dxe4 (15... Nc5
16. Ng3 Nxd3 17. exd5 (17. Qxd3 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Bf5 19. Nfd2 dxe4 20. Qe2 $11)
17... Nxe1 18. dxe6 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 fxe6 20. Qxf5 Qf6 21. Qg4 $44) 16. dxe4 fxe4
17. N3d2 $1 (17. Qxe4 Nc5 18. Qe3 Bxa2 19. Rxa2 Qd5 20. Raa1 e4 21. Red1 exf3
22. Rxd5 Rxe3 23. Rxc5 Re2 24. Rb1 fxg2 25. Kxg2 Rd8 $15) 17... Bxa2 18. Rxa2
f5 19. Ne3 Rf8 20. g4 Qg5 21. Kh1 fxg4 22. Nxe4 Qf4 23. Qxg4 Qxg4 24. Nxg4 $11)
15... Bxd5 (15... cxd5 $6 16. Nxe5 $1 d4 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. cxd4 f6 19. Ndf3
fxe5 20. dxe5 {In this, materially balanced position, I would prefer to be on
the white side, as Black's king is vulnerable.}) 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. g3 {[%cal
Gf3h4]} Bf6 18. Qe3 Kh7 19. Nb3 {White's main problem in this position is the
lack of clear plan. Meanwhile, Black can improve his position step by step.}
Qd7 20. Nc5 {The exchange of one pair of knights will make White's game a bit
easier.} Nxc5 21. Qxc5 a6 22. Re2 Re6 23. Rae1 Rae8 24. c4 $2 {This impatient
move only helps Black to perform a central breakthrough.} (24. d4 $2 e4 25. Nd2
b5 $1 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gf6e7] suddenly finds White's queen in danger.}) ({
A waiting move like} 24. Qb4 {would have been better.}) 24... b6 25. Qb4 d4 {
From now on Kramnik's play reminds one of a bulldozer.} 26. Qb3 e4 27. Nd2 e3
28. fxe3 dxe3 29. Nf3 f4 $1 30. d4 $1 {The best practical chance.} (30. gxf4 $2
Qc6 31. Rf1 Rg8+ 32. Kh1 (32. Rg2 e2 $19) 32... Rg4 $19) 30... Re4 ({The
following line is convincing, but very unhuman:} 30... Bxd4 31. Qd3+ (31. Rd1
Rd6 32. Qd3+ f5 33. Nxd4 Re4 $19) 31... Re4 32. Rd1 f5 $1 33. Nxd4 Rd8 34. Qb1
f3 $1 $19) 31. Qxb6 Bxd4 32. Qxa6 $2 {This loses by force.} (32. Rd1 $1 Bxb6 (
32... Qg4 33. Nxd4 Rxd4 34. Rxd4 Qxe2 35. Rxf4 Qd1+ 36. Kg2 {and Black doesn't
have more than a perpetual check.}) 33. Rxd7 Rxc4 34. Rxf7+ Kg6 35. Rd7 {
would still allow White to keep his head above water.}) 32... fxg3 $19 33. Qb5
Qg4 34. Nxd4 gxh2+ 35. Kh1 Rxd4 {White can't save his monarch.} 36. Qb7 Qf5 37.
Rxh2 e2 38. Qg2 Rd1 {Well played by Vladimir Kramnik!} 0-1

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "2006.09.02"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Black "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Prusikin,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.02.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wollishofen"]
[BlackTeam "Zuerich"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Bb6 7. Nbd2 c6 8. Bb3
Nbd7 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nf1 Nf8 11. Ng3 h6 12. h3 Be6 {"Verpasst" die letzte
Chance, die Symmetrie aufrecht zu erhalten.} (12... Ng6 13. d4) 13. Bc2 Ng6 14.
d4 Qc7 15. Be3 Rad8 16. Qc1 (16. Qd2 exd4 17. cxd4 c5 18. Rec1 Qe7 19. d5 Bd7
20. a4 Rc8 21. a5 Bd8 22. b4 b6 23. Bd3 c4 24. Bb1 Ne5 25. Nd4 bxa5 26. bxa5 c3
27. Rxc3 Nc4 28. Qc1 Nxe3 29. Rxc8 Bxc8 30. Qxc8 Qe5 31. Qc3 Nfxd5 32. exd5 Bh4
33. Qxe3 Bxg3 34. Ra3 Rb8 35. Rb3 {1-0 (35) Nyzhnyk,I (2628)-Priyadharshan,K 
(2462) Las Vegas 2015}) 16... Qe7 $146 (16... Bc8 17. a4 a5 18. Nf5 exd4 19.
Bxh6 d5 20. Nxg7 d3 21. Nxe8 Rxe8 22. Bxd3 Bxh3 23. Be3 Bxg2 24. Bxb6 Qxb6 25.
Kxg2 dxe4 26. Qg5 c5 27. Bb5 exf3+ 28. Kg1 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Kg7 30. Bd3 Qd6 31.
Bxg6 fxg6 32. Qe3 Qd5 33. Qe7+ Qf7 34. Qxc5 Nd5 35. Re5 Qd7 36. Qd4 {1-0 (36)
Rabiega,R (2503)-Baumegger,S (2350) Austria 2003}) 17. a4 $1 {Nutzt den
Umstand aus, dass Schwarz sich gegen eine weitere Expansion nicht wehren kann:}
Nd7 (17... a5 $4 18. dxe5 Bxe3 19. exf6 $18) 18. a5 Bc7 19. dxe5 $6 {Eine
Entlastung für Schwarz, es machte keinen Sinn, diesen Hebel aufzulösen und
den Raumvorteil aufzugeben.} (19. a6 $5 $14) 19... dxe5 20. Nf5 Qf8 21. b4 (21.
Bxa7 $6 Ra8 $11) 21... a6 22. g3 $1 {Schränkt den Sg6 ein.} Kh7 23. h4 $6 {
Besser wäre gewesen, den untätigen Ta1 ins Spiel zu bringen:} (23. Qb2 Ne7
24. Rad1 $14 {analog zur Partie kann Schwarz jetzt jedenfalls nicht verfahren:}
Ng8 25. Qc1 g6 $4 26. Nxh6 Nxh6 27. Ng5+ $18) 23... Ne7 {Diesen Zug verband
Christian mit einem völlig berechtigten Remisangebot.} 24. h5 {Schwer zu
sagen, was mich dazu bewogen hat, es abzulehnen :)} Ng8 $1 25. N3h4 {
Beinhaltet bereits ein ziemlich spekulatives Figurenopfer:} g6 26. hxg6+ fxg6
27. g4 $5 (27. Nxg6 {funktioniert noch weniger:} Kxg6 28. Kg2 Ndf6 29. Rh1 h5
$17) 27... gxf5 28. exf5 Bf7 29. g5 hxg5 $2 {Die Aufgabe von Schwarz war keine
einfache, der Textzug vergibt bereits den Gewinn. Dieser war nur mit} (29...
Bh5 $1 $19 {nachzuweisen}) 30. Bxg5 Ngf6 $2 {Und jetzt auch noch der falsche
Springer:} (30... Ndf6 $1 31. Re3 e4 32. Rh3 Kg7 33. Ng2 (33. Ng6 Bxg6 34. fxg6
Kxg6 $19) 33... Bd5 $17) 31. Re3 Qh8 32. Rh3 Kg7 33. Qe3 Bh5 $2 (33... e4 $1
34. Ng6 Ng4 $1 $11 {scheint immer noch - erstaunlicherweise - zu halten}) 34.
Ng6 $18 Qh7 35. Qg3 Nd5 36. Bxd8 Rxd8 37. Nf4+ Kf8 38. Ne6+ Ke7 39. f6+ 1-0

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 5th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2018.04.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2843"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Qe2 {As often happens, Magnus prefers to take
the game into relatively unexplored territory at an early stage.} Be7 {A
somewhat modest choice.} ({The more ambitious way of development would be:} 
4... Bc5 $5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. Bb3 h6 {Black isn't worse, to say the
least.}) ({Possibly, the most principled was} 4... d5 $5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+
Nc6 7. Qxe5+ Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. O-O Bd6 $44 {The powerful bishops
provide Black excellent compensation for the pawn.}) 5. Nf3 d6 {There is
nothing wrong with this natural move, but now the early queen's move is sort
of justified.} ({I guess, more challenging for Magnus would be} 5... O-O 6. O-O
d5 7. Bb3 dxe4 8. dxe4 Nbd7 {and Black is fine, though a long strategic
struggle lies ahead.}) 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Bb3 O-O 8. O-O a5 9. d4 $146 {This
natural move is a novelty.} ({The previously played} 9. a4 {didn't pose Black
serious problems:} b5 10. Bc2 Ba6 11. axb5 cxb5 12. Nbd2 Qc7 $132 {Polgar,J -
Gelfand,B Khanty-Mansiysk 2009}) 9... a4 ({It made sense to postpone the a5-a4
advance:} 9... Re8 $5 10. Nbd2 ({Toothless is} 10. Ng5 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5) 10...
Bf8 $132 {with decent pressure on the e4-pawn.}) 10. Bc2 {Black has managed to
seize some space on the q-side, but White's centre is well protected now.} Re8
{The standard way of relocating the pieces.} (10... b5 11. Re1 Ba6 12. Nbd2 Re8
$132) 11. Re1 Bf8 12. Qd1 {Indeed, the Qe2 is somewhat misplaced, so White to
has to remove it sooner or later.} b5 13. Nbd2 {No doubt, in comparison to the
Classical Ruy Lopez, Black managed to make a lot of progress on the queenside,
so White has no advantage. However, all the pieces are on the board, so the
World Champion can still be satisfied with what he got.} Qc7 ({Once again, Hou
Yifan is deviating from the most ambitious way of handling the position:} 13...
Bb7 $5 14. Nf1 exd4 15. cxd4 c5 16. d5 g6 $132) 14. Nf1 g6 15. Bg5 h6 {A
somewhat weakening move, though Black mostly can do with it.} (15... Bg7 $5 16.
Ng3 c5 17. d5 c4 $132) 16. Bd2 Bg7 17. Ng3 Nb6 18. b3 {This advance is
inviting simplifications, but what else?} (18. Bd3 Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 {would
offer Black an excellent play along the b-file.}) 18... axb3 19. axb3 Rxa1 20.
Qxa1 Bg4 {Both sides have mobilised their forces, so the position is about
equal.} 21. Qc1 $5 {An interesting choice! Magnus is inviting his opponent to
enter into an unbalanced position.} (21. Nh4 exd4 22. cxd4 c5 $132) 21... Bxf3
{Accepting the challenge! Now the position is getting much more complex.} (
21... Kh7 {also looks perfectly playable:} 22. Nh4 c5 23. h3 Bd7 24. d5 Ra8
$132) 22. gxf3 {The change of pawn structure is double-edged: The Kg1 is
getting less safe, but White can use the f-pawn for attacking the opponent's
centre.} h5 23. Bh6 {This move clearly illustrates White's attacking ambitions.
} Qe7 {Not fearing ghosts!} ({Another possibility was} 23... Bh8 $5 24. Kh1 c5
25. d5 Ra8 $132) 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qg5 Kh7 ({A seemingly more precise move was
} 25... Kh8 $1 {, and then} 26. Ra1 Ra8 27. Rxa8+ Nxa8 28. f4 exf4 29. Qxf4 Nc7
{looks acceptable for Black.}) 26. f4 (26. Ra1 $5 Nfd7 (26... Ra8 $6 {runs into
} 27. Rxa8 Nxa8 28. f4 exd4 29. e5 dxe5 30. f5 $36) 27. Qxe7 Rxe7 28. Ne2 {
would have secured White a small advantage due to control over the open a-file,
but Magnus lays claim to more.}) 26... Nfd7 {I guess, liquidating into an
endgame isn't the best practical decision, even though Black's position isn't
bad at all.} (26... exf4 $5 {deserved serious attention:} 27. Qxf4 b4 $1 28. c4
({After} 28. cxb4 $6 Nbd5 29. Qd2 h4 30. Nf1 Nh5 $15 {Black takes full control
over the dark squares.}) 28... Nbd7 29. Ra1 c5 $132 {and the resulting complex
position contains definite strategic risk for both sides.}) 27. Qxe7 Rxe7 28.
fxe5 dxe5 {Now White's position looks somewhat better due to superiority in
the centre.} 29. Rd1 (29. Ra1 $5 exd4 30. cxd4 c5 31. Ne2 cxd4 32. Nxd4 {
would offer White a tiny advantage, even though the simplifications favour
Black.}) 29... Re8 30. dxe5 {The most consistent. Still, releasing the tension
makes Black's knights much more mobile.} Nxe5 ({Another decent way of handling
the position was} 30... h4 $5 31. Ne2 (31. e6 Rxe6 32. Ne2 Kg7 33. f4 Nf6 34.
e5 Nfd5 $11) 31... Nxe5 32. f4 Ng4 33. Rd6 Ra8 $1 {with sufficient counterplay.
}) 31. f4 Ng4 32. Rd6 Re6 {This is a definite concession - Black loses access
to the open file.} ({The active defence would most likely secure a draw:} 32...
Ra8 $1 33. Rxc6 Ra2 34. Bd3 h4 $1 35. Rxb6 hxg3 36. hxg3 Nh2 37. Rxb5 Nf3+ 38.
Kf1 Nh2+ $11) 33. Rd8 Kg7 34. Nf1 {Till now Hou Yifan has been defending well,
but her next move invites serious troubles.} ({White achieves nothing special
with} 34. h3 Ne3 35. Bd3 Re7 36. Rb8 Nd7 37. Rb7 Kf8 $11) 34... Rf6 $2 {
Alas, after locking the f6-spot Black's position lacks harmony.} ({After the
correct} 34... Nf6 35. Nd2 Re7 36. Rd6 Ra7 37. Bd3 (37. Rxc6 Ra2 $11) 37... Rd7
38. Rxd7 Nbxd7 {White hardly would have real winning chances.}) 35. h3 Nh6 36.
f5 $1 gxf5 37. Ng3 Rg6 38. Kf2 $2 {This inaccurate move oculd have spoiled all
the advantage!} ({A much better one is} 38. Kh2 $1 Rg5 (38... fxe4 39. Nxh5+
Kh7 40. Nf4 Rg5 41. Bxe4+ Kg7 42. Bxc6 {, and White is winning, since the pawn
is untouchable:} Rc5 43. Be4 Rxc3 44. Nh5#) 39. h4 Rg4 40. Kh3 $1 fxe4 41. Bxe4
$18 {and Black cannot avoid the major loss of material.}) 38... fxe4 $2 {
Luckily for Carlsen, his opponent doesn't take her chance!} ({Had she played} 
38... Rg5 $1 {Black's problems would be solved. For instance,} 39. h4 Rg4 {
, and White isn't better.}) 39. Nxh5+ Kh7 40. Bxe4 f5 41. Bg2 {Despite the
limited material balance, Black's position is lost - there are too many
weaknesses.} Nf7 42. Rf8 Ne5 43. Nf4 $1 (43. Rxf5 $6 {is weaker:} Nd3+ 44. Kf1
Re6 {, and Black is getting active.}) 43... Rd6 44. Rxf5 Nbd7 45. Ke2 $18 {
Neutralising any counterplay.} Kg7 46. h4 Nf7 47. Be4 Nde5 48. Nh5+ Kh6 49. Ng3
Re6 50. Ke3 {White is slowly improving his position.} Kg7 51. Rf1 Kf8 (51...
Ng4+ 52. Kd4 Nf6 53. Bg2 Rd6+ 54. Kc5 Nd7+ 55. Kb4 $18 {wouldn't change much,})
52. Nf5 Ng4+ 53. Kf4 Nf6 54. Bf3 Nd5+ {That makes White's task easier.} (54...
Nd7 55. Ra1 Nfe5 56. Bh5 Kg8 57. Ra8+ Kh7 58. Ra7 $18) 55. Bxd5 cxd5 56. Ra1
Kg8 57. Ra8+ Kh7 58. Ra7 Rf6 59. h5 {Black is almost paralysed.} Kg8 60. Rd7 b4
61. cxb4 1-0

[Event "Kecskemet"]
[Site "Kecskemet"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tolnai, Tibor"]
[Black "Barczay, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1990.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Bd6 7. Qe2 dxe4 8.
dxe4 O-O 9. O-O h6 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. Rd1 Na6 12. Nf1 Nc5 13. Bc2 Nh5 14. g3 Nf6
15. Nh4 Bg4 16. f3 Be6 17. Ne3 g6 18. b4 Ncd7 19. Bb3 Nb6 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. fxg4
Rfd8 $2 22. Bxh6 g5 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. gxf5 Qf6 25. Qh5 Be7 26. h4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2007.03.31"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{This game was played in the penultimate round of the Bundesliga and by
winning this match against Bremen my team (Baden-Baden) won the championship
with one round to go.} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 {This is how they avoid the Petroff
nowadays. But do I really often play it?} Nf6 3. d3 c6 $5 {The principled
reaction.} 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bd6 6. exd5 $1 {When Alekseev played this move two
months earlier against me also in the Bundesliga (5th round), he caught me
completely by surprise. This illogical (because it gives away the pawn centre)
capture is probably stronger than the standard.} (6. Nc3 dxe4 7. Ng5 O-O 8.
Ncxe4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Bf5 {(not 10...a5?! 11.Qh5! +/= which happened in my game
against Alexei Fedorov six years ago)} 10. Qf3 Bxe4 {and Black should equalise.
}) 6... Nxd5 ({I didn't like} 6... cxd5 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 {and my 'strong'
pawn centre is getting shaky.}) 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Bg4 $6 {This move is
practically connected with a pawn sacrifice which I don't really like after
annotating this game.} (8... Nd7 {would be a relatively safe although also
somewhat passive option.}) 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 $6 {Areschenko prefers not to
enter any theoretical discussion and thus Black can equalise by simple
developing. Stronger would be Alekseev's move} (10. g4 {as after} Bg6 11. Nxe5
Bxe5 12. Rxe5 Nd7 13. Re1 {I failed to find the full compensation for a pawn
both in the game and in the analysis e.g.} Qh4 14. Qf3 Rae8 (14... Rfe8 {
can also be answered by} 15. Bd2) 15. Bd2 $1 ({Alekseev played} 15. Rf1 {
and after} Nc5 $1 {I could probably get enough for the pawn while the game
continuation} (15... h5 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Kh7 18. gxh5 Qxh5 19. Qxh5+ Bxh5
{led to an inferior position for Black. Still I was so lucky this season in
the Bundesliga that I scored the full point in that game as well!})) 15...
Rxe1+ ({the tactics such as} 15... Ne5 16. Qg2 Nf4 {don't work as after} 17.
Bxf4 Nf3+ 18. Qxf3 Rxe1+ 19. Kg2 Qf6 20. Qg3 $1 Qxb2 21. Bd2 Qxa1 22. Bxe1 Qxb1
23. Bc3 $1 {White is clearly better despite being the exchange down.}) 16. Bxe1
Re8 17. Bc3 $1 {and Black seems worse to me.}) 10... Nd7 11. Ne4 Bc7 12. Bd2
Re8 13. a3 Nf8 $5 {A pointless move as the knight is not going to e6 nor g6 in
the near future. A simple} (13... a5 14. Ba2 a4 {was called for as White would
never get b2-b4 as in the game and thus his position would be just passive.})
14. Ba2 h6 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. Qc1 $1 a5 17. b4 $1 {Getting the activity just in
time as when White's queen will get to b2 his rooks will be connected and the
rest of pieces well coordinated. Here I went for complications but I certainly
didn't calculate them properly.} Nf4 $5 ({In retrospect I should have first
exchanged the pawns with} 17... axb4 18. axb4 {and only then played} Nf4 $1 {
Now} 19. d4 {allows a very nice combination} Nxg2 $1 20. Kxg2 e4 21. Ne5 Bxe5
22. dxe5 e3 $1 23. Bxe3 Rxa2 {and Black not only regains the sacrificed
material but also keeps a certain strategical advantage due to the potentially
weak position of the White king. Therefore White would have to find something
else instead of 19.d4 but that would mean that Black is totally fine.}) 18. d4
$1 {I simply missed this. Fortunately Black still has some resources.} N4e6 $1
({I spent some time calculating} 18... Nh5 19. dxe5 Nxg3 20. fxg3 Bxe5 $5 21.
Nxe5 Qd4+ 22. Kh2 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Qxe5 {but I think I was right to reject it as
White would have the initiative and the bishop pair after} 24. bxa5 Bxc2 25.
Qe1 $1) 19. Nxe5 $1 {The right decision. White could be a pawn up for some
moves after} (19. dxe5 {but once you go deep into the line} Nd4 20. Nxd4 Qxd4
21. c3 Qh4 22. Bf4 Nd7 $1 23. e6 Qxf4 24. exd7 Red8 25. Qxf4 Bxf4 26. Rad1 Kf8
$1 {one can see that Black has no problems whatsoever.}) 19... Nxd4 20. Nxg6
Bxg3 21. Be3 $5 {Another ambitious move. The endgame arising after} (21. fxg3
Ne2+ 22. Rxe2 Rxe2 23. Qf1 Qd4+ 24. Kh2 Rf2 25. Ne7+ Kh7 26. Bc3 Rxf1 27. Bxd4
Rxa1 28. Bxa1 axb4 29. Bxf7 bxa3 {seemed OK for Black to both opponents during
the game and it is indeed possibly drawn according to Rybka.}) 21... Bc7 $1 22.
Bxd4 $5 ({Avoiding} 22. Nxf8 Qd6 $1 23. f4 axb4 $1 24. Ng6 $1 Nf3+ 25. gxf3
Qxg6+ {and once again White can get at most a draw e.g.} 26. Kf2 Bd8 $1 27. Kf1
Qg3 28. Bf2 Qxh3+ 29. Kg1 Bb6 $5 30. Bxb6 Qg3+ 31. Kf1 Qxf3+ $11) 22... Nxg6 $6
({Missing} 22... Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Qxd4 24. Rd1 Qf6 25. Nxf8 Kxf8 $1 {and since}
26. Rd7 {is met by} Re8 $1 {it's already White who has to think about
achieving the equality.}) 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Qd2 axb4 25. axb4 {After the game
Alexander was very unhappy about this capture suggesting that with} (25. Qxb4 {
he would get the advantage.} {He was partly right because} Nf4 {that I
intended to play can be strongly met by} 26. Bb2 $1 {When Areschenko found
this move in the post-mortem I failed to find an adequate reply immediately
but with a computer it's not so difficult to establish that after} Qd7 $1 27.
Re1 Re8 $1 {Black is still doing quite fine.}) 25... Nf4 26. Re1 $4 {The
mutual time-trouble is approaching and White suddenly loses this complicated
game in one move. The right continuation would be} (26. Bc4 Rxa1+ 27. Bxa1 Qe4
28. Bf1 b5 {with equality.}) 26... Qd8 {That's what White missed. The bishop
on a2 is hanging and 28...Qg5 is threatened at the same time.} 27. g3 Nxh3+ 28.
Kg2 Rxa2 29. Kxh3 Bb6 30. Re4 f5 ({I rejected} 30... Qd5 {when I suddenly saw}
31. Re8+ $2 ({the right move is} 31. Qe3 {"provoking"} f5 $4 (31... Bxd4 32.
Rxd4 Qf5+ {is actually still winning for Black.}) 32. Re8+ Kh7 33. Rh8+ Kg6 34.
Qe8+ {and White wins!}) 31... Kh7 32. Rh8+ {and being short of time I didn't
realise that Black is just winning after} Kg6 {Of course, we just saw 31.Re8+
isn't forced, so maybe the move I made is correct after all. But now White
gets some small practical chances.}) 31. Rh4 Qd5 32. Kh2 $2 {Areschenko had
less than half a minute left to reach the 40th move and he missed} (32. Qe1 $1
{that would require a certain precision from Black in the queen endgame after}
Bxd4 33. Rxd4 Qxd4 34. Qe6+ Kf8 (34... Kh7 $2 35. Qxf5+ $1 {and Black still
loses his extra rook!)}) 35. Qxa2 Qg4+ $1 (35... Qxb4 36. Qe6 Qe4 37. Qc8+ Kf7
38. Qxb7+ Kg6 39. Qb1 $1 {already gives White serious drawing chances.}) 36.
Kh2 Qxb4 37. Qe6 Qc5 $1 38. Qc8+ Kf7 39. Qxb7+ Kg6 {and the second pawn drops.}
) 32... Bd8 {White lost on time but his position is hopeless anyway.} 0-1

[Event "Shenzhen m"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2017.04.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.04.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 {The ultimate Anti-Petroff, Berlin and Marshall! However, in
the following moves it will be Black's choice, if we have a Bishop's Opening,
or another Open game.} Nf6 {The main reaction, Black still doesn't show his
hand.} (2... Nc6 {can still be either an Italian, Vienna, or even King's
Gambit. A well-known trap is} 3. Nc3 Bc5 (3... Nf6 $142) 4. Qg4 Qf6 $2 (4... g6
$1) 5. Nd5 Qxf2+ 6. Kd1 Kf8 7. Nh3 $40) (2... Bc5 {is also playable, but
rather inflexible. Adventurous types might consider the Evans/King's Gambit
hybrid with} 3. b4 Bxb4 4. c3 Ba5 5. f4 $5 $13) 3. d3 c6 {Ivanchuk opts for
the Bishop's Opening proper.} ({In game 4 he went for} 3... Nc6 {and now:} 4.
Nf3 {shifts the choice to Black:} (4. Nc3 {is the Vienna, here} Na5 {is
considered fine for Black.} 5. Nge2 (5. Qf3 $5 c6 6. Nge2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
d5 9. exd5 b5 10. Bb3 b4 11. d6 Qxd6 12. Nd1 Bb7 (12... Nxb3 $5 13. axb3 Nd5
$11) 13. Ne3 c5 14. Qg3 Qd7 15. Ba4 Qe6 16. b3 Nd5 17. Bb2 f6 18. Rae1 Bd6 19.
Nxd5 Qxd5 20. f4 Bc6 21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. Nf4 Qd6 23. Bxe5 fxe5 24. Nh5 Rxf1+ 25.
Rxf1 Qg6 26. Bxc6 Nxc6 27. Qxg6 hxg6 28. Ng3 $14 {/<=>, Rublevsky,S (2702)
-Adams,M (2742) Skopje 2015 For details see the notes to this game in CBM 169
by Sagar Shah.}) 5... Be7 (5... Bc5 $5 6. O-O O-O 7. Ng3 h6 8. h3 d6 9. Bb3 c6
10. Na4 Nxb3 11. axb3 Bb4 12. Bd2 (12. f4 $5 $13) 12... Bxd2 13. Qxd2 d5 14.
Qb4 $6 (14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Rfe1 Re8 $11) 14... b6 15. Nc3 c5 16. Qa3 d4 17. Nce2
a5 18. f4 Be6 19. Rae1 exf4 20. Nxf4 Nd7 21. Qa1 Qg5 22. Kh2 Ne5 23. Qd1 Rae8
24. Nge2 Ng6 25. Qc1 Qe5 $15 {Naiditsch,A (2702)-Caruana,F (2817) Karlsruhe
2017}) 6. O-O O-O (6... c6 7. a4 Nxc4 8. dxc4 O-O 9. b3 d6 10. Ba3 Qc7 11. Ng3
Be6 12. Qe2 Rad8 13. Rad1 Rfe8 14. Rfe1 Bg4 15. f3 Be6 16. Kh1 Bf8 17. Bb2 Bc8
18. Qf2 Qa5 19. Rd3 Nd7 20. Red1 Nc5 21. R3d2 g6 22. Nce2 Qb6 $11 23. Ba3 $6
Nxa4 24. Qxb6 Nxb6 25. c5 Nd7 26. cxd6 a5 $15 {Piorun,K (2681)-Banusz,T (2613)
Monzon 2016}) 7. a4 Nxc4 8. dxc4 d6 9. b3 Be6 10. a5 (10. Ng3 $142 $11) 10...
c6 11. a6 b6 12. Ba3 Qc7 13. f4 $6 Rad8 14. Kh1 Bc8 15. Bb2 Ng4 16. Qd3 exf4
17. Nxf4 Bh4 $1 18. Qe2 Rfe8 19. h3 Ne5 20. Nd1 Bg5 21. Nh5 Qe7 22. Ne3 g6 23.
Nf4 Nd7 $17 {[%csl Re4] Mamedyarov,S (2725)-Aronian,L (2754) Nalchik 2009}) {
In the Italian Vassily came up with the novelty} 4... Bc5 (4... Be7 5. O-O O-O
6. Re1 (6. Bb3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. h3 a5 9. a4 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Re1 Ra6 $3
12. Qh5 $6 (12. Bxd5 $142 Qxd5 13. Rxe7 Rg6 14. f3 $1 Bxh3 15. Re2 Qxf3 16. Qf1
Bxg2 17. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 18. Qxg2 Qd1+ 19. Qf1 Qg4+ 20. Qg2 $11) 12... Nb4 13. Na3
Rg6 14. Bf4 b6 15. Qf3 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qe4 Bd6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Qxd4 Qg5
20. g3 Qf5 21. g4 h5 22. Re4 d5 23. Kh2 Qf3 $40 {Karjakin,S (2723)-Gelfand,B 
(2758) Khanty-Mansiysk 2009 See the notes to this brilliant attacking game in
CBM 134 by Gelfand himself!}) 6... d6 {This whole branch resembles a closed
Ruy Lopez, especially after} 7. c3 (7. a4 {is played more often. A recent
high-level engine game went} Kh8 (7... Na5 {and}) (7... Be6 {are the
prevailing human choices}) 8. a5 a6 9. c3 Be6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bb3 Bxb3 12. Qxb3
Qd7 13. Nc4 Rab8 14. Ne3 Qe6 15. c4 Nh7 16. Qd1 Ng5 17. Nf5 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Kh7
19. Be3 Qf6 20. Qg4 Rfe8 21. Reb1 Bf8 22. b4 g6 23. Ng3 Nd8 24. Qd1 Ne6 25. Ne2
Qd8 26. Ra2 Be7 27. g3 c6 28. b5 $14 {Stockfish 160716 (3224)-Komodo 10.1 
(3230) tcec.chessdom.com 2016}) 7... Na5 $5 (7... a6 8. Bb3 Bg4 $6 ({The B
will become a target; once again a more natural move is} 8... Na5 {, or}) (8...
Be6) 9. Nbd2 d5 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Nf1 d4 13. g4 Bg6 14. Ng3 Qd7 15.
Nh4 Red8 16. Rd1 Na5 17. Bc2 c5 18. cxd4 Nc6 19. Nhf5 Bxf5 20. Nxf5 Nxd4 21.
Nxd4 Qxd4 22. Bb3 Qd7 23. g5 Ne8 24. Qf3 Bf8 25. h4 g6 26. h5 $36 {Caruana,F 
(2827)-Akobian,V (2633) Caleta 2017}) 8. Bb5 a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 c5 {is more
or less like a Chigorin Ruy Lopez, Black was OK after} 11. Nbd2 (11. d4 Qc7 12.
Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 $11) 11... Re8 12. Nf1 Nc6 13. Ne3 Bf8 14. a4 Bb7 15.
Nf5 Ne7 16. N3h4 Ng6 17. Bg5 d5 18. Qf3 Re6 19. Qg3 Qc7 $132 {Nunn,J (2515)
-Timman,J (2600) London 1980}) 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. a4 a5 8. Bg5 Ne7 $5 $146
{After} 9. Nh4 ({A more principled and testing move is} 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. d4 Ba7
11. Qd2 $5 $13 {[%cal Yb1a3,Ya3c2,Yd2h6,Yc2e3]}) 9... d5 10. Bb3 $6 (10. exd5
Nfxd5 $11 {[%cal Yf7f6]}) (10. Bxf6 dxc4 11. d4 (11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nf5 Qg5 13.
dxc4 Rd8 $17) 11... Bxd4 $5 12. cxd4 gxf6 13. d5 f5 $132) 10... dxe4 11. Bxf6
gxf6 12. Nd2 (12. dxe4 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 b6 $15 {[%csl Gc5,Gc8]}) 12... Ng6 $5 (
12... exd3 13. Ne4 Bb6 14. Qh5 Kg7 15. Rad1 Be6 {is the computer solution,
Ivanchuk opts for a safe human move.}) 13. Nxe4 Be7 $15 14. Nxg6 (14. Nf3 $142
$5 f5 15. Ng3) 14... hxg6 15. Qd2 (15. Re1 f5 $36) 15... f5 16. Qh6 $2 Ra6 $1
$19 17. f4 (17. Ng3 Bg5 18. Qh3 f4 $19) 17... fxe4 18. dxe4 Bc5+ 19. Kh1 Be3
20. Rad1 Qe7 {0-1, Hou,Y (2649)-Ivanchuk,V (2732) Shenzhen 2017}) 4. Nf3 Be7 {
[%mdl 32] Black prefers to steer the game towards a manoeuvring, strategic
fight along the lines of the Closed Ruy Lopez, or Giuoco Piano.} ({Maybe the
character of the position after} 4... d5 5. Bb3 {didn't suit Ivanchuk - this
is a more concrete line, requiring some theoretical knowledge:} Bd6 (5... Bb4+
6. Bd2 Bxd2+ (6... Bd6 7. Nc3 dxe4 (7... d4 $5) 8. Ng5 O-O 9. Ncxe4 Nxe4 (9...
Be7 10. h4 Nbd7 11. Qf3 Qe8 12. O-O-O a5 13. a3 Nd5 14. Rde1 h6 15. Ng3 $1 Ra6
16. Nf5 $16 f6 $2 17. Ne6 Nc5 18. Nexg7 Nxb3+ 19. cxb3 Qg6 20. Rh3 Bxf5 21.
Nxf5 Kh7 22. Rg3 Qf7 23. Nxh6 {1-0, Caruana,F (2817)-Akobian,V (2645) chess.
com rpd 2017}) 10. Nxe4 Bf5 11. Qf3 Bxe4 12. dxe4 Qe7 13. h4 Kh8 14. Rd1 Na6
15. a3 b5 16. Bg5 f6 17. Be3 Rad8 18. O-O Bc5 19. Bc1 Bb6 20. g3 Rxd1 21. Rxd1
Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. h5 $14 {Korneev,O (2578)-Hakimifard,R (2125) Hamedan
2015}) 7. Qxd2 Qd6 8. Qg5 Nbd7 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Nh4 g6 11. O-O h6 12. Qd2 Kf8
13. d4 e4 (13... Kg7 $5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 $132) 14. Nc3 Kg7 15. f3 Re8 16. Rae1 e3
17. Qd3 Nb8 18. f4 b6 19. Nb5 Qe7 20. Rf3 Ng4 21. g3 Nc6 22. f5 g5 23. f6+ Nxf6
24. Rfxe3 $16 {Hou,Y (2673)-Koneru,H (2581) Beijing rpd 2014}) 6. exd5 (6. Nc3
dxe4 7. Ng5 O-O 8. Ncxe4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Bf5 10. Qf3 Bxe4 11. dxe4 Nd7 {is solid
- the bishop pair can be neutralised in a symmetrical position.} 12. c3 (12.
O-O Nc5 13. Be3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Qc7 15. Rfd1 a6 16. Bb6 Qxb6 17. Rxd6 Rad8 $11 {
Ponomariov,R (2729)-Wang,Y (2691) Poikovsky 2012}) 12... a5 13. a4 Nc5 14. Bc2
b5 15. O-O Qc7 16. Rd1 Rab8 17. axb5 cxb5 18. g3 b4 19. cxb4 Rxb4 20. Bd2 Rxb2
{½, Adams,M (2715)-Kramnik,V (2780) Tilburg 1998}) 6... cxd5 7. O-O Nc6 $1 (
7... O-O $143 8. Bg5 e4 9. dxe4 dxe4 10. Nfd2 Bf5 11. Nc3 Be5 12. Nc4 Bxc3 13.
bxc3 Nbd7 14. Ne3 Bg6 15. Nd5 Rc8 16. Qd4 Qe8 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19.
Qxf6 Qd8 20. Qd4 Qa5 21. Rae1 Rxc3 22. Re3 $16 {Hou,Y (2653)-Muzychuk,M (2545)
Hancheng 2016}) 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Nc3 Bc7 10. Nb5 Bb6 11. Re1 a6 12. Nc3 Qd6 13.
Bh4 O-O 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qd2 Kg7 16. Ne2 Qb4 17. c3 Qg4 18. d4 Rad8 19. h3 Qg6
20. Ng3 e4 21. Nh4 Qg5 22. Nhf5+ Kh8 23. Qxg5 fxg5 24. f3 $132 {~~, Kamsky,G 
(2720)-Gelfand,B (2733) Bazna 2009}) 5. O-O d6 6. Bb3 O-O 7. Re1 Re8 (7... Nbd7
8. c3 Nc5 $5 (8... b5 9. Nbd2 a5 10. d4 a4 11. Bc2 Re8 12. Nf1 Bf8 13. Ng3 g6
14. h3 Bb7 15. Bg5 h6 16. Be3 Bg7 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Bd3 Nb6 20. Qc2
Bc8 21. Nd2 Be6 (21... Nfd7 $5 $13) 22. dxe5 dxe5 23. c4 $1 bxc4 24. Nxc4 Nxc4
25. Bxc4 Qe7 26. Rc1 $36 {Zhigalko,S (2652)-Nisipeanu,L (2687) Baku olm 2016})
9. Bc2 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Ne6 11. h3 (11. Nf1 g6 (11... Nd7 $5 {/\} 12. h3 Bxf3 13.
Qxf3 Bg5) 12. Ne3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Re8 14. h4 Bf8 15. Bd2 Bg7 16. g3 Qd7 17. Rad1
Rad8 18. b4 b5 19. Bb3 d5 20. Nc2 h5 21. a3 a6 22. Bc1 Ng4 23. Bb2 Qd6 24. a4
Rd7 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra1 Red8 $132 {Ibarra Jerez,J (2566)-Fernandes,A (2413)
Baku olm 2016}) 11... Bh5 12. Nf1 Nd7 13. g4 $5 (13. Ng3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 g6 15.
Bh6 (15. Be3 Bg5 16. Rad1 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Qh4 18. d4 Nf6 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Bb3
Ng5 21. Qc5 Rfe8 22. Re2 Kg7 23. Qb4 b6 24. Qa4 c5 25. Qc4 Re7 26. a4 Ne6 27.
Red2 h5 $11 {Gelfand,B (2685)-Jussupow,A (2655) Munich 1994/ For details see
the notes to this game in CBM 42 by Jussupow.}) 15... Re8 16. Rad1 Bg5 17. Bxg5
Qxg5 18. d4 Nf4 19. Qg4 Qxg4 20. hxg4 Rad8 21. f3 a5 22. Kf2 Nb6 23. Ne2 Ne6
24. a3 Nc4 25. Rb1 exd4 26. Nxd4 d5 27. exd5 Nxd4 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. cxd4 cxd5
$11 {Ghaem Maghami,E (2570)-Bu,X (2670) Moscow 2012}) 13... Bg6 14. Ng3 Ng5 15.
Bxg5 (15. Nxg5 Bxg5 16. d4 Bxc1 17. Rxc1 Re8 18. Qd2 {Pikula,D (2500)-Nikcevic,
N (2465) Budva 2002} Nf8 $11) (15. Kg2 Nxf3 16. Qxf3 Bg5 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3
Qf6 (18... Re8 $11) 19. Qe2 d5 20. Rf1 Qe7 21. exd5 cxd5 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. Rxf5
g6 24. Rf2 {Shanava,K (2532)-Zeynalov,F (2259) Baku 2007} e4 $5 $132) 15...
Bxg5 16. d4 Bf4 17. Ne2 Qf6 18. Kg2 exd4 $2 (18... Rad8 19. Nxf4 Qxf4 20. Qc1
Qxc1 21. Raxc1 f6 $11) 19. Nfxd4 Rfe8 20. Nxf4 Qxf4 21. f3 Nb6 22. Qc1 Qxc1 23.
Raxc1 d5 24. e5 Nd7 25. f4 Bxc2 26. Rxc2 Nc5 27. Re3 $16 {Carlsen,M (2840)-Wei,
Y (2706) Wijk aan Zee 2017 See the notes to this game in CBM 177 by G.Meier.})
8. c3 Bf8 9. Nbd2 Be6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A novel idea, Black first of all
activates his B. In previous practice he had to face some pressure:} (9... h6
10. h3 Nbd7 11. d4 $5 Qc7 12. Bc2 (12. Nh4 d5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Ndf3 Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 {½, Negulescu,A (2464)-Vajda,L (2507) Romania 2001} Rxe1+
17. Qxe1 Bf5 $132) 12... g6 13. Nf1 Bg7 14. Ng3 Nf8 15. Be3 Be6 16. Qd2 Kh7 17.
Rad1 Rad8 18. Qc1 Bc8 19. Nd2 Ne6 20. Nf3 b6 21. b4 Nf8 22. a4 N8d7 23. h4 Nf8
24. h5 Bg4 25. hxg6+ fxg6 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Nh2 Bc8 29. f4 exf4
30. Bxf4 Qe7 31. e5 $40 {Hou,Y (2584)-Reinaldo Castineira,R (2503) Zuerich 2009
}) ({Similar is} 9... Nbd7 10. d4 Qc7 11. Bc2 g6 12. Nf1 Bg7 13. Ng3 b6 14. Bg5
h6 15. Bd2 Bb7 16. Qc1 h5 17. Bh6 Bh8 18. h3 Nh7 19. Qd2 Ndf8 20. Rad1 Rad8 21.
Bb3 Bc8 22. Ng5 $36 {Palac,M (2584)-Stohl,I (2558) Sibenik 2006}) (9... Bg4 10.
h3 Bh5 11. Nf1 Nbd7 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Nh4 d5 14. Qf3 Nc5 15. Bc2 dxe4 16. dxe4
Nfd7 17. Ngf5 Qf6 18. Rd1 Rad8 19. Be3 a5 20. Qg4 h6 21. Nxg6 fxg6 22. Ng3 Kh7
23. Rd2 $14 {Trepp,M (2405)-Bricard,E (2365) Auxerre 1987}) 10. Bc2 Nbd7 11. h3
h6 12. d4 Qc7 (12... b5 $5 13. a4 a6 {also deserves attention}) 13. c4 {
[%cal Rd4d5]} (13. Nf1 Rad8 {/\} 14. Ne3 d5 15. exd5 Bxd5 $5 (15... Nxd5 16.
Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bf4 $16) 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 $132) 13... exd4 (13... Rac8
14. b3 (14. d5 $2 cxd5 15. exd5 Bxd5 $17) 14... b5 (14... g6 15. Bb2 $14 {
[%cal Ya1c1]}) 15. Bb2 bxc4 16. bxc4 {and Black will sooner or later have to
release the central tension anyway.}) 14. Nxd4 {[%cal Yb2b3,Yc1b2]} Qb6 $1 {
Forcing White's hand, otherwise he could comfortably finish his development
with b3 and Bb2.} 15. Nxe6 Rxe6 16. Nf3 ({There is no time for} 16. b3 $2 Rae8
$32 {[%csl Re4][%cal Rd6d5,Rd7c5]}) 16... Rae8 17. Nd4 (17. Be3 c5 $5 (17...
Qxb2 18. Rb1 Qa3 (18... Qxa2 19. Ra1 Qxc4 20. Bd3 Qc3 21. Bd4 Qb4 22. Ra4 d5
23. Rxb4 Bxb4 24. Re3 dxe4 25. Bc4 $16) 19. Rxb7 Nc5 20. Rc7 Qa5 21. Rxc6 Nfxe4
$132) 18. Nd2 Qxb2 19. Rb1 Qxa2 (19... Qa3 20. Ba4 $44) 20. Ra1 Qb2 21. Rb1 $11
) 17... Re5 $5 {[%mdl 512] Intro to a positional exchange sacrifice.} (17...
Nxe4 {also seems playable:} 18. Be3 $5 (18. Nxe6 Qxf2+ 19. Kh1 (19. Kh2 Qg3+
20. Kg1 Qf2+ $11 (20... Nf2 21. Qf3 Nxh3+ 22. Kf1 Qxf3+ 23. gxf3 fxe6 24. Bg6
Re7 25. f4 e5 26. Bf5 Nxf4 27. Bxf4 Nc5 28. Be3 Rf7 29. Bxc5 dxc5 30. Rxe5 g6
$14)) 19... Ng3+ 20. Kh2 Rxe6 21. Qd3 g6 22. Rxe6 Nf1+ 23. Kh1 Ng3+ $11) (18.
c5 Ndxc5 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20. Re2 d5 21. Be3 a5 $11) 18... Rf6 $8 (18... Re5 $2
19. Nf3) 19. Ne6 Nec5 20. Nxf8 Nxf8 21. Qd2 $44 {[%csl Gc2,Ge3]}) 18. Bf4 (18.
Be3 Qxb2 (18... c5 19. Nf5 Qxb2 20. f3 $44) 19. Rb1 Qa3 20. Rxb7 Nc5 $13) 18...
Qxb2 (18... d5 19. cxd5 $1 (19. Bxe5 Nxe5 $13 {[%cal Rf8c5]}) 19... Bc5 (19...
cxd5 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. Nb3 $5 $16) 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. Be3 Qxb2 (21... Nxe4 22.
b4 $1 Nxf2 (22... Bxb4 23. Nf3 $18) 23. bxc5 Nxd1 24. cxb6 Nxe3 25. bxa7 $16 {
[%csl Ra7]}) 22. Re2 $5 $16 (22. Rb1 Qxa2 23. Nxc6 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 $36)) 19. Bxe5
{Simple, but now Black has compensation with his dark-square control and
compact pawns.} (19. Rb1 {is objectively perhaps about equivalent, but
definitely more complex:} Qxa2 20. Rxb7 Rc5 21. Bd3 Qa6 (21... Ne5 22. Nb3 $1 (
22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Nb3 Qa6 (23... Rd8 24. Re2 Qa6 25. Nxc5 Bxc5 $44) 24. Nxc5
Bxc5 25. Rb3 Qa5 $44) 22... Nxd3 23. Qxd3 $16) 22. Rb4 $5 (22. Rb1 Ne5 (22...
Qc8 23. Nb3 {[%csl Rc5]}) 23. Bf1 Ng6 $132) 22... Ne5 23. Bf1 Ng6 (23... Ra5
24. c5 (24. Rb1 $5 $44 {by Houdini is definitely inhuman.}) 24... Qc8 25. cxd6
Bxd6 26. Rb2 Bc7 $13) 24. Ra4 Qb7 25. Be3 Rce5 $11) 19... dxe5 20. Nb3 Qa3 $44
{[%csl Ra2,Rc4][%cal Gf8a3]} 21. Qd3 a5 (21... Qa6 $5 22. Qc3 Nc5 $44 {is more
solid}) 22. Rab1 Rb8 23. Re2 g6 24. Bd1 (24. Nc1 $1 Qe7 25. Qc3 {[%cal Yc1d3,
Yc3a5] is more testing, although the engine claims Black is still OK after} Nh5
$5 $132) 24... a4 25. Nc1 Qe7 26. Bxa4 (26. Qf3 Nc5 27. Nd3 Nfd7 {[%cal Yc5e6,
Ye6d4] is at least equal. In practice it's easier to play such positions with
Black, as White lacks concrete plans and targets.}) 26... Nc5 27. Qc2 Rd8 $44 {
After giving up the Pa4 Black has improved his coordination and still has
excellent compensation. The further course of the game shows White must tread
with great care.} 28. Re3 $6 (28. Re1 $142 Rd7 $1 (28... Qc7 29. Bb3 Qa5 30.
Rd1 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Nfxe4 $44) 29. Bb3 Qd8 30. Rb2 Rd4 (30... h5 $44) 31. Ne2 (
31. f3 Nh5 $40) 31... Nfxe4 $5 32. Nxd4 exd4 $44 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rd4d3,Rd8d4]
/=/+ Despite being already 2 exchanges down Black holds the initiative.}) 28...
h5 $1 {[%cal Yf8h6]} 29. Nd3 Bh6 $1 (29... Nfxe4 $6 30. Rbe1 $13 {is already
not enough for Ivanchuk.}) 30. Rf3 Ncxe4 {Squanders part of his advantage, the
knight should have remained on c5.} (30... Nfxe4 $142 $1 31. Re1 (31. Nxc5 Nxc5
32. Rd1 e4 33. Rxd8+ Qxd8 34. Rc3 e3 $1 35. fxe3 Qh4 $19 {->}) {However, Black
doesn't have to hurry:} 31... Rd4 $1 (31... Nd2 $6 32. Rxf7 $1 (32. Nxe5 Nxf3+
33. Nxf3 Qf6 $17) 32... Kxf7 (32... Qxf7 33. Nxc5 $132) 33. Nxe5+ Kg8 34. Qxg6+
Qg7 35. Qxh5 Nxa4 36. Ng6 Be3 37. Ne7+ $1 Kf8 (37... Qxe7 38. Rxe3 $16) 38.
Ng6+ $11) 32. Nxc5 (32. Re2 Qd6 $17) 32... Nxc5 $17) 31. Re1 Rd4 (31... Nd2 32.
Nxe5 Nxf3+ 33. Nxf3 $15) 32. c5 (32. Re2 Nd7 $5 (32... Ng5 33. Nxe5 Nxf3+ 34.
Nxf3 Re4 $15) 33. c5 f5 $36) 32... Nd5 $6 (32... Nd2 $1 33. Nxe5 Rc4 34. Qd1
Nxf3+ 35. Nxf3 Qxc5 36. Bb3 Rc1 37. Qd8+ Kg7 38. Qc7 Nd5 $17 39. Qxb7 $2 Rxe1+
40. Nxe1 Qc1 41. Kf1 Bd2 $19) 33. Bb3 Kg7 34. Qb2 (34. Bxd5 cxd5 35. c6 bxc6
36. Qxc6 h4 $44) 34... Ndf6 $6 (34... Bg5 $142 $5 $15 {/\} 35. Bxd5 cxd5 36.
Nxe5 $2 Qxe5 37. Rd3 Bf6 $19) 35. Qc2 $6 ({It's almost impossible to play such
a complex position accurately. After} 35. h4 $1 $16 {Black can't increase his
pressure and White is ready to take over. A sample line is} Qc7 36. g3 Qe7 37.
Re2 {, with Nxe5 and Rd3 already in the air.}) 35... Qc7 (35... Bg5 $1 {
was still stronger.}) 36. Qe2 (36. h4 $142 $1) 36... Nd2 37. Qxe5 $2 {The
decisive mistake, possibly in time trouble?} (37. Rxf6 Kxf6 38. Nxe5 Re4 39.
Qxd2 Bxd2 40. Rxe4 $44 {[%csl Rf7] <=> could probably still save the game for
White.}) (37. Nxe5 Re4 38. Qxe4 Ndxe4 39. Rxe4 Nxe4 40. Rxf7+ Qxf7 41. Nxf7
Nxc5 $15) 37... Nxf3+ 38. gxf3 Qd7 $1 $19 ({The endgame after} 38... Qxe5 39.
Nxe5 Nd7 $17 {is good for Black, but this wins outright.}) 39. Nb2 $6 (39. Bc2
Rd5 (39... Rh4 $19) (39... Rxd3 $19) 40. Qe7 Rxd3 41. Bxd3 Qxd3 $19 {only
prolongs the suffering}) 39... Bf4 40. Qe7 Qxh3 $1 $40 {[%cal Rf4h2] Now Black
has a mating attack.} 41. Qxf7+ Kh6 42. Qf8+ Kg5 0-1

[Event "Moscow op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2009.01.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game from the tournament in Moscow was quite typical for my play there.
I was never trying to get any opening advantage, instead I was opting for
complex play and trying to outplay my opponents in the later stages of the
game.} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 {I always play 2.Bc4 in order to avoid the Russian Game
where White has no advantage. There is no advantage after 2.Bc4 either but
here the game takes a much more complex course... Later in the tournament I
had the Petrorr against A. Deviatkin (hehad never played it before in his life)
. Although Black managed to go out of the opening with equal chances later he
lost without much fight since Black was not well acquainted with the plans and
strategies of the types of the position which was on board.} Nf6 3. d3 c6 {
Out of 10 games (normal time control) played by me in this position I have won
8 with only 2 draws - 2790 performance. Very impressive statistics!} 4. Nf3 d5
5. Bb3 Bb4+ {This move has become very popular recently. Black loses a tempo
but taking the c3 square away from the knight where it can attack the black
centre. 5...Bd6 is a common answer here.} 6. c3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 {It is
very difficult to comment on the opening stage of this game since both sides
have plenty of possibilities to choose from. Well, the basic principles remain
the same - to try to finish the development as quickly as possible, while
fighting for the centre.} dxe4 {Sooner or later Black has to exchange on e4
since it is difficult to keep the pressure. The pawn on e5 was already hanging.
And after Bc1-g5 the pawn d5 would be under attack.} 9. dxe4 Na6 10. Bg5 $1 Nc5
11. Bc2 {Now Black has some difficulties freeing himself from the pin along
the diagonal h4-d8.} h6 12. Bh4 a5 {There was already a threat of b2-b4.} 13.
Nbd2 b5 {Protecting the c4-square from the possible Nd2-c4.} 14. Nf1 g5 $6 {
I would have never made this move, critically weakening the king's side. Of
course, now (and in the immedate future) White has no means to exploit it by
organising a direct attack; but since all the pieces are still on board later
White can exploit this weakness which eventually came about in this game.} 15.
Bg3 Qe7 16. N3d2 ({White has an eye on the square f5.} 16. Ne3 Nfxe4 {was
impossible.}) 16... Be6 17. Ne3 Rad8 18. Qe2 Bc7 {With the threat to sacrifice
an exchange by Rd8-d2, winning the central pawn e4.} 19. Nf5 ({I don't like
White's position after} 19. c4 Rxd2 20. Qxd2 Nfxe4 {although Fritz gives 19.c4
as the strongest move in the position.}) 19... Bxf5 20. exf5 Rfe8 {White has
achieved almost the maximum he could have dreamed of whenplaying 2.Bc4. Now he
has to think how to create several more weaknesses in the Black camp - first
on the queenside.} 21. b4 axb4 22. cxb4 Na4 {Starting from now on Black plays
very well until move 39 almost always choosing the strongest line suggested by
different computer engines. Other retreats of the knight are much worse (also
without the exchange on b4).} 23. Ne4 Rd4 24. a3 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Nc3 26. Qf3 Nxe4
27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Qxe4 Qf6 29. Rc1 Rd8 {Here I spent lot of time looking for
the possibilities to exploit the weaknesses of the pawns c6 and e5 in the
black camp, but failed to find anything direct. White also has a weak pawn on
f5, the bishop on g3 is out of play only attacking the e5-pawn. Opening the
position on the kingside by h2-h4 also leaves the white king vulnerable to
checks. So I decided to continue playing positionally.} 30. h3 Rd5 31. Kh2 h5
$1 ({After} 31... Bb6 $2 32. a4 $1 bxa4 33. b5 $1 {Black's position collapses.
This is what I hadn prepared when playing 30.h3 and 31.Kh2.}) 32. f3 ({White
has nothing else since after} 32. h4 $6 gxh4 33. Bxh4 Qh6 {Black suddenly
seizes the initiative.}) 32... Bb6 33. h4 {Now 33.a4 doesn't work anymore and
White has to play 33.h4 exploiting the fact that the black bishop moved from
c7 to b6.} gxh4 34. Qxh4 ({After} 34. Bxh4 Qh6 {Black holds the game easily.})
34... Qxh4+ ({Played without much thought. Obviously my opponent has already
in mind a very strong bishop sacrifice. During the game I was mostly looking at
} 34... Qh6 35. Rc2) ({and} 34... Qxf5 35. Rxc6 {where in both cases White
keeps the possibilities to fight for the advantage - Back has to be careful.})
35. Bxh4 c5 $1 ({During the game I was looking at} 35... Rd6 36. Be7 {where I
thought I would have good winning chances. The text is much stronger!} Be3 $1
37. Rc2 {- White is better.}) 36. Bf2 ({White has nothing else but to win the
piece.} 36. Bf6 {is answered calmly by} Kf8 {with equal chances.}) 36... cxb4
37. Bxb6 bxa3 {Here I started thinking, using up almost all time left until
the end of the game. I was not able to find the forced win (since there is
none at all!) but luckily found a study-like opportunity to try to win! Only
if I would have found the possibility to transfer the bishop to f6!} 38. Bc5 $1
a2 39. Be7 $1 Kg7 $2 ({Black correctly understands that the bishop cannot be
allowed to come to f6 but fails to make the only move,} 39... f6 $1 {, which
saves the game. After} 40. Bxf6 b4 41. Bg5 b3 {White has nothing more than the
perpetual check which would be the correct outcome of this interesting game!}
42. Rc8+ Kf7 43. Rc7+ Kg8 {draw.}) 40. Rc6 $3 {The square f6 is much more
important than the queen!} f6 ({After} 40... a1=Q 41. Bf6+ Kh7 42. Rc8 {
Having an extra queen and his turn to move Black cannot prevent the mate! So
he has to play 40...f6.}) 41. Ra6 {But now White has won a tempo to transfer
the rook to a6 winning the pawn on a2 by force.} Kf7 42. Bb4 Rd4 43. Bc3 Rf4 ({
After} 43... Rc4 44. Bb2 Rc2 45. Rxa2 {White wins giving the check on the next
move, liberating himself from the pin.}) (43... Ra4 44. Rxa4 bxa4 45. Kg3 {
is dead lost for Black.}) 44. Ra7+ {Important intermediate check worsening the
position of the black king.} Kg8 45. Rxa2 Rxf5 46. Bd2 {Trapping the rook on
f5. White wins easily. The rest requires no further comments.} e4 47. fxe4 Re5
48. Ra6 Rxe4 49. Rxf6 Rh4+ 50. Kg3 Rd4 51. Bf4 b4 52. Rf5 h4+ 53. Kf3 Rc4 54.
Rh5 Rc6 55. Rxh4 b3 56. Be5 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 50th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2007.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2007.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 a5 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
a4 9. Ba2 Qd6 (9... Qc7 $5 10. O-O O-O (10... dxe4 11. dxe4 O-O (11... Nbd7 $5)
) 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nd2 Qa5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ne4 Nc5 15. Qe1 Nxe4 16. dxe4 Nf4
$11 17. Qe3 Be6 18. Rfd1 Bxa2 19. Rxa2 Ne6 20. Be7 Rfe8 21. Bd6 Rad8 22. Raa1
Rd7 23. Rd2 Red8 24. Rad1 Qb5 25. g3 h6 26. Rd3 f6 27. h4 Nd4 28. cxd4 Rxd6 29.
Kg2 Qb6 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S-Svidler,P/Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2007/The Week in
Chess 682 (29)}) 10. O-O O-O (10... dxe4 11. dxe4 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Nbd7 13. Nd2
$14 {^^}) 11. exd5 $146 (11. Bg5 Nbd7 $11 12. Nh4 Nc5 13. f4 Ncxe4 14. fxe5
Qxe5 15. Nf3 Qxc3 16. dxe4 Nxe4 17. Bh4 Qxa3 18. c4 Qc5+ 19. Qd4 Qxd4+ 20. Nxd4
Nd2 21. Rfc1 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Rxc4 Bd7 24. Be7 Rfe8 25. Bd6 h6 26. Rb1 b5
27. Rc3 Kh7 28. Ba3 Re4 29. Rd1 Rae8 30. Kf2 Bg4 31. Rdd3 Rf4+ 32. Kg3 Ree4 33.
Nxc6 b4 34. Nxb4 Rxb4 35. Bxb4 Rxb4 36. Rc7 Be6 37. Ra7 h5 38. Kf2 h4 39. Ke3
Kg6 40. Rd4 Rxd4 41. Kxd4 Bb3 42. Ra5 f5 43. Ke5 Kg5 44. Ra7 g6 45. Ra6 Bc2 46.
Rc6 Be4 47. Ra6 Bxg2 48. Rxa4 Be4 49. Ra6 Kh5 50. Kf4 g5+ 51. Ke3 Kg4 52. Rg6
Bb1 53. Rg8 Bc2 54. Rg7 f4+ 55. Kf2 Kf5 56. Rf7+ Ke5 57. Rg7 Kf6 58. Rg8 Bf5
59. Rf8+ Ke5 60. Re8+ Be6 61. Rh8 Kf5 62. Rf8+ Kg4 63. Rf6 Bd5 64. Rf8 Ba2 65.
Ra8 Bb1 66. Ra5 Be4 67. Re5 Bh1 68. Ra5 h3 69. Rc5 Be4 70. Ra5 Kh4 71. Rc5 Bg2
72. Rc4 Kh5 73. Rc5 Kg6 74. Rc4 Kf5 75. Rc5+ Kf6 76. Rc4 Ke5 77. Rc8 Bd5 78.
Rh8 g4 79. Rh5+ Kd4 80. Rg5 g3+ 81. hxg3 h2 82. Rh5 fxg3+ 83. Kxg3 h1=Q 84.
Rxh1 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S-Svidler,P/Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2007/The Week in Chess
682 (84)}) 11... cxd5 (11... Nxd5 12. Qe1 Nd7 13. Rb1 $14 {^^} (13. c4 $5)) 12.
h3 {(><g4)} (12. d4 $5 e4 (12... exd4 13. cxd4 $14) 13. Ne5 Nbd7 14. Bf4 Qxa3
15. Bb3 Qe7 (15... Qb2 $6 16. Qd2 (16. Qe1 axb3 17. Rxa8 Nb6 18. Ra1 Nh5 19.
Rb1 Qxc2 20. Rc1 Qa2 21. Ra1 $11) 16... Nxe5 (16... axb3 17. Rxa8 Nb6 18. Ra7
Qxc2 19. Qxc2 bxc2 20. h3 $14) 17. Bxe5 (17. dxe5 e3 18. Qxe3 Ne4 19. Rxa4 (19.
Ra2 Qxc3 20. Rxa4 Rxa4 21. Bxa4 $11) 19... Rxa4 20. Bxa4 Nxc3 21. Bb3 Bf5 $11)
17... axb3 18. Rxa8 $16) 16. Rxa4 Rxa4 17. Bxa4 Qe6 $13) (12. Re1 Nc6 13. h3 {
- 12.h3 Nc6 13.Re1}) 12... Nc6 (12... Nbd7 $5) (12... Re8 13. d4 exd4 (13... e4
14. Ne5 Nc6 15. Bf4 $14) 14. cxd4 $13) 13. Re1 (13. Rb1 $5) 13... Re8 (13...
Be6 14. Rb1 Rab8 $13) 14. Bg5 (14. Rb1 $5 h6 $5 $13) 14... Bf5 $5 (14... Qxa3
15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Bxd5 Qxc3 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. Ne4 (18. Re4 $2 Nd4 $17) 18... Bxe4
19. dxe4 Nb4 20. Bxb7 Rad8 $11) 15. Qc1 (15. Bxf6 gxf6 $13) (15. Nd2 $5) 15...
e4 (15... Rad8 $5) 16. Nh4 Bd7 17. Rb1 h6 (17... b5 $5 18. Rxb5 $140 exd3 19.
cxd3 Nd4 20. Rb2 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Re8 22. Be3 Qxa3 $11) (17... Nd8) 18. Bf4 Qc5 (
18... Qf8 19. Rxb7 g5 20. Be3 $36) 19. Bxh6 $5 (19. Rxb7 $142 Qxc3 (19... exd3
20. cxd3 (20. Be3 Qxc3 21. cxd3 Qxc1 (21... Qxd3 22. Rxd7 Nxd7 23. Qxc6 Nf6 $14
) 22. Rxc1 d4 23. Bd2 Ne5 $11) 20... Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Qxa3 22. Qd2 $11) 20. dxe4
Rxe4 21. Rxe4 dxe4 22. Ng6 $11) (19. Be3 Qxc3 20. Rxb7 exd3 {- 19.Rb7 ed 20.
Be3 Qc3}) 19... gxh6 20. Qxh6 Nh7 $8 (20... Qxc3 $2 21. Re3 $16) (20... Re6 $2
21. Re3 $16) 21. dxe4 (21. Re3 Kh8 (21... Qf8 $5) 22. d4 Qxa3 23. Bxd5 Qf8 $15
{/\Nd8}) 21... Re6 $1 (21... Qxa3 22. Bxd5 Be6 23. Re3 $13) 22. Qd2 Ne7 $1 (
22... Re7 23. Bxd5 $14 {|^}) 23. Rxb7 (23. exd5 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxa3 (24... Qd6
$5) 25. d6 Nc6 $15) 23... Bc6 (23... Qxa3 $15) 24. Rb4 Rxe4 25. Rbxe4 dxe4 26.
Re3 $6 (26. Qf4 $142 Rf8 27. Re3 Kh8 28. Rg3 {- 26.Re3}) 26... Rf8 $6 (26...
Bd5 $142 $15) 27. Rg3+ Kh8 28. Qf4 Qh5 29. Kh2 $6 (29. Bc4 $142 $1 Bd5 $140 $4
30. Be2 Qxe2 31. Qe5+ f6 32. Qxe7 Bf7 33. Ng6+ Bxg6 34. Rxg6 Rg8 35. Rh6 $18)
29... Ba8 $6 (29... Bd5 $142 $15 30. c4 Bc6 31. c5 Qxc5 (31... Bd5 32. Bxd5
Qxd5 $11) 32. Bxf7 Be8 33. Qb8 Bb5 34. Qb7 Nf6 $15 (34... Rxf7 35. Ng6+ Nxg6
36. Qxf7 Nhf8 37. Rxg6 Nxg6 38. Qxg6 $11)) 30. Bc4 $138 (30. Bc4 Bc6 (30... Ng6
31. Qxf7 (31. Nxg6+ fxg6 32. Qd6 $14) 31... Rxf7 32. Nxg6+ Qxg6 33. Rxg6 Rf8
$14) (30... Bd5 $4 31. Be2 Qxe2 32. Qe5+ f6 33. Qxe7 Bf7 (33... Rg8 34. Ng6+
Rxg6 35. Rxg6 $18) 34. Ng6+ Bxg6 35. Rxg6 Rg8 36. Rh6 Rg7 37. Qf8+ Rg8 38.
Qxf6+ Rg7 39. Qd8+ Rg8 40. Qd4+ Rg7 41. Rg6 $18) 31. f3 (31. Be2 Qc5 32. Bc4
$11) 31... Bd5 (31... exf3 32. Qd4+ f6 33. Qa7 Qxh4 34. Qxe7 Qh6 35. Qe6 Qf4
36. Qxc6 $16) 32. Bxd5 Nxd5 33. Qxe4 Ndf6 34. Qxa4 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsberg Match Short-Torre +1-1=4"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1988.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Torre,E"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1988.10.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bb3 O-O 7. c3 Nbd7 8. Re1
Qc7 9. d4 a6 10. a4 b6 11. Nbd2 g6 12. Nf1 Kg7 13. Ng3 c5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 dxe5 16. Qe2 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. c4 Rab8 19. b3 h5 20. h3 Nh7 21. Nf1
Bg5 22. Bb2 Rf7 23. Red1 (23. Nh2 $1 Rbf8 24. Rf1) 23... Rbf8 24. f3 Nf6 25.
Rd3 Rd7 26. Rad1 Rfd8 27. Bc3 h4 28. Rxd7+ Rxd7 29. Rxd7+ Nxd7 30. Bd2 Bf4 31.
Be1 g5 32. Qd3 Nf6 33. Bc3 Kf7 34. Ne3 Ke7 35. Ng4 Nxg4 36. fxg4 Qa7 37. Kf1
Qd7 $4 38. Qxd7+ Kxd7 39. Ke2 a5 40. Kf3 Ke7 41. Be1 Kf6 42. g3 hxg3 43. Bxg3
Kg7 44. h4 Kg6 45. Kg2 Kg7 46. hxg5 Kg6 47. Bxf4 exf4 48. e5 Kxg5 49. Kf3 Kh6
50. Kxf4 Kg6 51. Kf3 Kh6 52. Kg2 Kg5 53. Kg3 Kh6 54. Kh4 Kg6 55. g5 Kg7 56. Kh5
Kh7 57. g6+ Kg8 58. Kh6 Kh8 59. g7+ Kg8 60. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Saint Affrique op 11th"]
[Site "Saint Affrique"]
[Date "2003.07.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Black "Meijers, Viesturs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "Winants,L"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2003.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 {Le début de Philidor que l'on rencontre régulièrement quand
les Blancs ne veulent pas aborder de longues et difficiles variantes
théoriques.} Nf6 3. d3 c6 {L'une des meilleures répliques.} ({Ils pourraient
également opter pour} 3... Bc5 {après quoi le jeu se serait tourné vers la
partie italienne (4.Nf3), le début viennois (4.Nc3) ou le gambit du Roi.}) ({
mais une troisième possibilité consisterait а conserver le suspens via} 3...
Nc6 {se réservant ainsi le choix de développer le Fou sur b4, c5 e7 voire même
g7. Le coup choisi, 3... c6, prépare la poussée du pion vers d5.}) 4. Nf3 d5 5.
Bb3 Bd6 6. Nc3 dxe4 {En relation avec c6, cette prise paraît illogique.
Pourtant le pion d5 ne pouvait être maintenu, notamment а cause de l'éventuel
clouage du Nf6 par Bg5.} 7. Ng5 {Une conception thématique ; les Blancs misent
sur le potentiel du Fou en b3.} O-O 8. Ncxe4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Be7 $2 {Une faute
instructive : Les Noirs reculent par crainte de l'échange qui aurait laissé
les deux Fous а l'adversaire. Cependant, et dans ce cas précis, cet avantage
ne devait pas les effrayer, car le pion central e5 présentait une barrière
efficace contre les velléités du Bc1. Par contre, il fallait tenir compte du
danger sur les cases blanches а l'aile Roi, non seulement а cause du Bb3, mais
aussi suite а l'élimination du Nf6, dont l'absence permet aux Blancs de poster
leur Dame en h5, pour inaugurer le siège des pions f7 et h7... Un assaut
d'autant plus redoutable si l'on songe encore au bond du Cavalier sur g5.} ({
Voici une solution défensive illustrée par deux parties de Kramnik.} 9... Bf5
10. Qf3 (10. O-O Na6 11. Nxd6 Qxd6 12. Qf3 Be6 13. Qg3 Bxb3 14. axb3 Nb4 {
Les Noirs se portent а merveille ; Anand-Kramnik, Francfort 1998}) 10... Bxe4
11. dxe4 Nd7 12. c3 a5 13. a4 Nc5 14. Bc2 b5 $1 15. O-O Qc7 16. Rd1 Rab8 17.
axb5 cxb5 18. g3 b4 {Obtenant une excellente partie ; Adams-Kramnik, Tilburg
1998}) 10. O-O (10. Qh5 {immédiatement, était sans doute encore plus précis.})
10... Kh8 {Ce coup n'arrange évidemment rien, mais les Noirs n'avaient
manifestement pas évalué la position sous un angle adéquat.} 11. Qh5 f6 12. f4
({Le tentant} 12. Bf7 {, menaçant Bg6 éventuellement suivi du sacrifice de
l'autre Fou sur h6, se heurtait а l'astucieux} Bg4 $1 {qui aurait permis aux
Noirs de se dégager grâce aux échanges. Le coup choisi menace e5, mais aussi
d'avancer sur f5, cette fois suivi de Ff7 ou du transfert de la Tour vers h3.})
12... g6 {Une nouvelle concession...} 13. Qh6 exf4 14. Bxf4 Na6 15. Ng5 $3 {
L'exécution ne tarde pas !} fxg5 ({L'échec intermédiaire n'y changeait rien.
Supposons} 15... Qd4+ 16. Kh1 fxg5 17. Be5+ $1 {Le mat suit.}) 16. Be5+ Rf6 ({
Sur} 16... Bf6 {alors bien sûr :} 17. Rxf6 Rxf6 18. Rf1 {etc.}) 17. Rxf6 Bxf6
18. Qxg5 $1 {Le fameux clouage en croix, bien que la présence des deux Fous
ajoute encore un peu de piment а l'affaire.} Kg7 ({Une autre jolie variante
était} 18... Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Bg7 20. Qf6 $3 {avec mat imparable ! :} Qc7 21. Qf8#)
19. Rf1 h6 {Encore le moindre mal.} ({Sur} 19... Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Bxe5 21. Rf7+ Kg8
22. Rd7+ {Mat au coup suivant.}) 20. Bxf6+ Kh7 21. Qe3 {Et les Noirs
abandonnèrent.} (21. Qe3 {Il aurait encore pu suivre} Qd7 (21... Qc7 22. Bg8+
$1 Kxg8 23. Qe8+ Kh7 24. Qh8#) 22. Bc3 {puis De5.}) 1-0

