[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.30"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Ivanovic, Bozidar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A68"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. f4 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. Be2 exd5
9. cxd5 Bg4 (9... Re8 $5) 10. O-O Nbd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 a6 13. a4 Rb8 (
13... c4 $5) (13... b6 $5 14. Re1 Ne8 15. Bg4 Nc7 16. Be3 (16. e5 $5) 16... f5
17. exf5 gxf5 18. Bf3 b5 19. Qc2 Qf6 $36 {Lanchava,T-Arakhamia,K/Moscow/1990/
0|1/45/}) 14. a5 Ne8 15. Be3 b5 16. axb6 Rxb6 17. Qc2 Nc7 18. Rfd1 (18. Na4 $5
Rb8 19. e5 dxe5 20. Nxc5 exf4 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Bxf4 Rfc8 23. Qa4 $14 {Lazic,
M-Cejic,D/YUG/1991/0,5/60/}) 18... Re8 19. Bf2 Qf6 20. Bg3 Reb8 21. Ra2 Nb5 22.
Nxb5 Rxb5 (22... axb5 23. Ra7 R6b7 24. Rxb7 Rxb7 25. e5 dxe5 26. fxe5 Nxe5 27.
Bxe5 Qxe5 28. Qxc5 Rc7 (28... Qxb2 29. Qc8+ $18) 29. Qxb5 Qxb2 30. Qe8+ Bf8 31.
d6 Rc1 32. d7 Rxd1+ 33. Bxd1 Qd4+ 34. Kh2 Qf4+ $10) 23. Rxa6 Rxb2 24. Qa4 Nb6
25. Qc6 Qc3 (25... Rc8 $6 26. e5 $1 dxe5 27. Qxf6 Bxf6 28. fxe5 $36) 26. e5 Nc4
(26... dxe5 27. d6 exf4 28. Bxf4 $36) 27. e6 (27. exd6 Bd4+ 28. Kh1 Ne3 29. d7
Nxd1 30. Qc8+ Kg7 31. d8=Q Rxc8 32. Qxc8 Qc1 $19) 27... fxe6 28. dxe6 Kh8 (
28... Bd4+ 29. Kh1 Ne3 30. e7 $16) (28... Qe3+ 29. Kh1 Qxe6 $4 30. Bd5 $18) 29.
Kh1 (29. e7 Qe3+ 30. Kh1 Qxe7 $19) 29... Qf6 30. Re1 Bf8 31. Ra7 Rb1 (31... Be7
32. Qd7 $18) 32. Qd7 Be7 (32... Qg7 33. Qxg7+ Bxg7 34. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 35. Kh2 Rb8
36. e7 Bf6 37. Bc6 $18) 33. Kh2 (33. Qxe7 Qxe7 34. Rxe7 Rxe1+ 35. Bxe1 Rb1 36.
Kh2 Rxe1 $132) 33... Nd2 34. Qxe7 (34. Bd5 Rxe1 35. Bxe1 Qxf4+ 36. g3 Nf3+ 37.
Bxf3 (37. Kh1 Qe3 38. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 39. Kg1 Rf8 $19) 37... Qxf3 $19) 34... Nxf3+
35. gxf3 R8b2+ 36. Kg1 $6 (36. Kh1 $1 Rxe1+ 37. Bxe1 Qxe7 38. Rxe7 Rb1 39. Kg2
Rxe1 40. Kf2 Rb1 41. Rd7 Kg8 (41... Rb8 42. e7 Re8 43. Rd8 $18) 42. Rd8+ Kg7
43. e7 $18) 36... Qd4+ 37. Kh1 Rh2+ 38. Kxh2 $6 (38. Bxh2 $1 Rxe1+ 39. Kg2 Re2+
40. Kg3 Qf2+ 41. Kg4 Qg2+ 42. Kh4 Qf2+ (42... g5+ 43. Qxg5 Qxg5+ 44. fxg5 Rxh2
45. Ra8+ Kg7 46. e7 $18) 43. Bg3 $18) 38... Qd2+ 39. Kg1 Rxe1+ 40. Bxe1 Qxe1+
41. Kg2 Qe2+ 42. Kg3 Qe1+ 43. Kg2 (43. Kg4 Qg1+ 44. Kh4 Qf2+ 45. Kg5 $4 (45.
Kg4 Qg2+ 46. Kh4 Qf2+ $10) 45... Qg3+ 46. Kh6 (46. Kf6 Qxf4#) 46... Qxh3+ 47.
Kg5 Qh5+ 48. Kf6 Qf5#) 43... Qe2+ 44. Kg3 Qe1+ 45. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle op 29th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2013.02.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vorobiov, Evgeny E"]
[Black "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A68"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.02.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Be2 Bg4 10. O-O Nbd7 11. a4 Re8 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 a6 14. g4 h6 15. h4
c4 16. g5 hxg5 17. hxg5 Nh7 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 {White has built a huge
space advantage, however it has not come at no cost: the monarch has no
clothes.} 20. e5 {In spite of the next move, one cannot criticize this as
there is little choice. The game is now all or nothing.} Nxg5 $1 {The obvious
choice, but White cannot take back.} 21. Kg2 {Trying to refuse the 'gift'} (21.
fxg5 $2 {leads to disaster.} Qxg5+ 22. Bg2 Rxe5 23. Rf2 Qh4 $17) 21... Bxe5 $1
{I must insist.} 22. fxe5 Rxe5 23. Bg4 f5 24. Bf3 Qd7 $1 {The most precise.}
25. Re1 $2 {Under pressure and sensing the tide had changed, Vorobiov buckles.}
f4 $1 26. Rh1 Re3 27. d6 Nxf3 28. Qd5+ Kg7 29. Kf2 Rae8 30. Qxc5 Qg4 31. Qc7+
R8e7 32. Qxe7+ Rxe7 33. dxe7 Qg3+ 34. Kf1 Nd2+ 35. Ke2 Qd3+ 36. Ke1 Nf3+ 37.
Kf2 Qe3+ 38. Kg2 Nd2 39. Rhe1 Qg3+ 40. Kh1 Nf3 0-1

[Event "Teplice op 12th"]
[Site "Teplice"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dragun, Kamil"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A68"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Dragun,K"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.06.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 {Even though I was leading in the
tournament, I decided to choose an aggressive system that I had never played
before, as playing for a draw often leads to miserable results.} c5 6. d5 e6 7.
Nf3 exd5 8. cxd5 O-O 9. Be2 Bg4 {The main move is 9...Re8 which leads to sharp
positions.} (9... Re8 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. Bg5 (12. e6 $5 fxe6 13. d6
Bd7 14. O-O Bc6 15. Ng5 Ne5 16. Be3 Nbd7 17. Nb5 Bh6 18. Qd2 Nb6 19. Nxh7 Nbc4
20. Bxh6 Nxd2 21. Nf6+ Kh8 22. Bxd2 Qb6 23. a4 c4+ 24. Kh1 Rf8 25. Bc3 Qe3 26.
Nd4 Rxf6 27. Rxf6 Bd5 28. Re1 Kh7 29. Bf3 Qg5 30. Bxd5 Qxf6 31. Nxe6 Qf2 32.
Ng5+ Kh6 33. Nh3 Qxe1+ 34. Bxe1 Rd8 35. Bd2+ Kg7 36. Bc3 Kf6 37. Nf2 Kf5 38.
g4+ Nxg4 39. Nxg4 Rxd6 40. Bf3 Rd3 41. Be2 Rd8 42. Ne3+ {1-0 (42) Moranda,W 
(2560)-Szelag,M (2501) Poland 2013}) 12... Qb6 13. O-O Nxe5 14. d6 Qxb2 15. Nd5
Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bd4+ (16... Qd4+) 17. Kh1 Qxa1 18. Qxa1 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 Re5 20.
Ne7+ Kg7 21. Nxc8 Nd7 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. Bc6 Rxg5 24. Bxd7 c4) 10. O-O Bxf3 $6 {
A strange move, losing a tempo, as White's plan is to play h3 anyway.} (10...
Nbd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3) (10... Re8 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Na6 13. e5 $5 (13.
Re1 Nd7 14. Be3 c4 15. Bd4 Nb4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Be2 $13) 13... dxe5 14. fxe5
Rxe5 15. Bf4 $14 {[%cal Gd5d6,Gd1b3,Ga1d1]}) 11. Bxf3 Nbd7 12. g4 $1 {A
typical plan. Now Black has to create counterplay on the queenside, as White's
attack looks dangerous.} Ne8 (12... a6 13. a4 h6 $5 14. h4 $1 h5 $6 (14... Rb8
15. g5 Ne8 16. Kg2 $14) 15. g5 $1 (15. gxh5 $2 Nxh5 16. Bxh5 Qxh4 $1 $15) 15...
Ng4 16. Bxg4 Bd4+ 17. Kg2 hxg4 18. Qxg4 Re8 19. f5 Qe7 20. a5 Bxc3 21. bxc3
Qxe4+ 22. Qxe4 Rxe4 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. Bf4 $16) 13. g5 Nc7 14. h4 $1 {[%cal
Gh4h5,Gg1g2,Gf1h1] An engine suggests moves stopping Black's initiative on the
queenside, for instance 14.a4. During the game I was also hesitating, but I
came to the conclusion that White's attack was faster and more dangerous. Why
lose time on defensive moves then?} (14. a4 a6 (14... Na6) 15. Qc2) 14... b5
15. h5 (15. a4 $5 {An interesting possibility, taking away a route to d4 for
Black's knight.} b4 (15... a6 16. h5) 16. Ne2 {[%csl Rb5]}) 15... b4 (15... Nb6
16. Kg2 (16. a4 $5) 16... Nc4 17. Rh1 b4 18. Na4 $40) 16. Ne2 f6 (16... Nb5 17.
Kg2 c4 18. hxg6 $1 (18. Rh1 Nc5 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Qc2 c3 $13) 18... fxg6 19.
Rb1 $1 {Prophylactic.} (19. Bg4 Nc5) 19... Nc5 (19... Qa5 20. Be3 Qxa2 21. Bg4
Rf7 22. Qd2 $40) (19... c3 20. bxc3 Nxc3 21. Nxc3 bxc3 22. Bg4 Nc5 23. Be3 Nxe4
24. Be6+ Kh8 25. Rh1 $18) 20. Qc2 c3 21. bxc3 Na3 22. Bxa3 bxa3 23. Bg4 $14)
17. hxg6 hxg6 (17... fxg5 $2 18. gxh7+ Kxh7 19. e5 $1 dxe5 (19... gxf4 20. exd6
Ne8 21. Qd3+ Kh8 22. Bg2 $1 $16) 20. fxg5 $16) 18. gxf6 Qxf6 19. Kg2 Rae8 20.
Ng3 $2 {A huge mistake, wasting a significant part of the advantage.} ({
It is typical for the 4-pawn attack that White plays on both wings.} 20. a3 $1
{After this move Ra1 enters the game. Moreover, Black's counterplay with ...c4
is getting stopped.} bxa3 (20... a5 21. axb4 axb4 22. Ra7 Qd8 23. Qa4 $16 {
[%cal Ga4c6]}) (20... a6 21. axb4 cxb4 22. Ra4 Rb8 23. Qd2 Nc5 24. Rxb4 Nb3 25.
Qc3 Qxc3 26. bxc3 Rxb4 27. cxb4 Rb8 28. e5 $1 Nxc1 (28... dxe5 29. d6 $18) 29.
Rxc1 Ne8 30. e6 $16 {[%csl Ge6]}) 21. Rxa3 a6 22. Ng3 Bh6 23. Be2 $16) 20... c4
$1 {Black is getting active. During the game I thought the last move of my
opponent wasn't possible due to 21.Qa4.} 21. Qa4 (21. Be2 $5 Nc5 (21... c3 22.
bxc3 bxc3 23. Rb1 Nc5 24. Rb4 $1 $14 {[%cal Gb4c4]}) 22. e5 $1 dxe5 23. d6 Nd3
$5 (23... N7e6 24. f5 $1 gxf5 25. Rxf5 Qh4 26. Qd5 $1 $16) 24. fxe5 Qxe5 25.
Bxd3 cxd3 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 27. dxc7 Qd5+ 28. Kh3 Qd7+ 29. Qg4 Qxc7 30. Bd2 $14)
21... Nc5 ({After the game both players concluded that} 21... c3 $5 {could be
a better version for Black.} 22. bxc3 (22. Qxd7 cxb2 23. Bxb2 Qxb2+ 24. Kh3 Qd2
$1 25. Qxc7 Qxf4 26. Bh5 $1 Qg5 27. Qc1 Qxc1 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Rxc1 gxh5 30.
Nf5 Bc3 $11) (22. e5 $6 dxe5 23. Qxd7 exf4 24. bxc3 Rf7 25. Qc6 Qxc6 26. dxc6
fxg3 27. Rb1 bxc3 $15) 22... Nc5 23. Qxb4 Nd3 24. e5 $1 dxe5 (24... Nxb4 25.
exf6 Bxf6 26. Be4 Nbxd5 27. Bxg6 $14) 25. Qc4 Nxc1 26. Raxc1 exf4 27. d6+ Ne6
28. Bd5 Kh7 29. d7 Qg5 30. Rf3) 22. Qxb4 Nd3 23. Qxc4 Nxf4+ 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 25.
Be2 $1 (25. Qxc7 $4 Be5 $19) (25. Qc1 $6 Qh4 26. Rh1 Qf6 27. Rf1 Qxb2+ (27...
Qe7)) 25... Qg5 26. Qc1 $1 Qe7 27. Qd2 Rxf1 $6 (27... Rb8 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29.
Rh1 Ne8 (29... a6 {[%cal Gc7b5]} 30. a4 a5 $1 {with good drawing chances.}) 30.
b4 Nf6) 28. Rxf1 Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Qxf8 30. Qg5 Kh7 31. Qh4+ Bh6 32. Qg4 Qg7 33. b4
Qe7 34. Bd3 Bg5 35. e5 $4 {An extremely bad move, wasting the whole advantage.
Black was already almost defenceless. White should have advanced his pawns on
the queenside.} (35. b5 Ne8 36. a4 Kh6 37. a5 $16) 35... Qxe5 36. Qh5+ Kg8 37.
Bxg6 Kf8 38. Qf3+ Qf4 39. Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.06.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gorelov, Sergey G"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A68"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1981.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 c5 6. d5 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. Be2 exd5
9. cxd5 b5 (9... Bg4) (9... Re8) 10. e5 $1 dxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. Bg5 $1 Qb6 (
12... f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Qd2 $1 Bxg5 15. Qxg5 $14) 13. O-O Nxe5 $6 (13... c4+
$5 14. Kh1 Nd7 (14... Nf2+ $2 15. Rxf2 Qxf2 16. Ne4 $16) (14... a6 15. d6 Be6
16. Nd4 Nxe5 17. Be7 $16) (14... f6 $6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. d6 $16) 15. e6 (15. d6
$6 Bb7 $1 $15) 15... fxe6 16. dxe6 Ndf6 $5 (16... Qxe6 17. Nxb5 Rb8 18. Nfd4
Qd5 19. Bxg4 Qxg5 20. Be6+ Kh8 21. Nd6 $16) 17. e7 Re8 18. Qd4 $1 (18. a4 $5
Bb7 $1 19. Nd4 $1 (19. axb5 $2 Nf2+ 20. Rxf2 Qxf2 21. Bxc4+ Kh8 $17 {Gleizerov,
Samarin}) 19... Qc5 $1 20. Bxg4 Qxg5 21. Bf3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Qg4 $1 23. Qxg4 Nxg4
24. Nc6 $10 {Gorelov,S-Gleizerov,E/Moscow/1986/1/2-1/2/30/}) (18. Nd4 Qc5 19.
Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ndxb5 Be6 $1 $13 {Harkova,E-Chelushkina,I/URS-chW/1989/}) 18...
Bd7 $8 19. Qxb6 $1 (19. Rae1 Rac8 $1 20. Qxb6 axb6 $13 {Kaidanov,G-Gleizerov,E/
Smolensk/1986/1:0/33/}) 19... axb6 20. Nd4 h6 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Ndxb5 Rxe7 23.
Bxc4+ Kh7 $16 {Kaidanov}) (13... Nd7 14. e6 fxe6 15. dxe6 Qxe6 $6 (15... c4+ $1
{- 13...c4}) 16. Nxb5 Ba6 (16... Qc6 17. Nd6 $16 {P c4}) 17. Nc7 $1 Qxe2 18.
Qxd7 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Rf7 20. Qc6 $16 {Hovde,F-Schoppmeyer/corr/1986/1:0/28/}) (
13... h6 $6 14. Be7 Ne3 15. Qd2 c4 16. Kh1 Re8 17. d6 $16) 14. Nxe5 $1 (14. Be7
$6 c4+ 15. Kh1 Nbd7 $1 16. a4 b4 17. a5 Qb8 18. Ne4 Nxf3 19. Bxf3 Ba6 20. Qa4
Qb5 $1 21. Qxb5 Bxb5 22. Rfb1 b3 23. Bxf8 Bxf8 $44 {Udovcic,M-Vasiukov,E/
JUG-URS/1963/}) 14... Bxe5 (14... c4+ 15. Kh1 Bxe5 16. Be7 Re8 17. d6 $36 {P d5
}) 15. Be7 Nd7 (15... Re8 16. d6 Be6 (16... Bxc3 17. bxc3 Be6 18. Bf3 Nc6 19.
Bf6 $16) (16... c4+ 17. Kh1 Bb7 18. Nd5 Qd4 19. Qxd4 Bxd4 20. Nc7 Nd7 21. Nxb5
Bb6 22. Bxc4 $16) 17. Bf3 Nc6 18. Nd5 $36) 16. d6 Bb7 17. Nd5 $1 (17. Bf3 Kg7
18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Bxf8+ Rxf8 20. Qe2 c4 21. Rad1 $16 {Jimenez,Z-Medina,A/
Malaga/1966/}) 17... Qc6 18. Bf3 Kg7 19. Nc7 Qb6 20. Nxa8 Rxa8 21. Kh1 $16 Rc8
(21... Bxb2 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Qb3 Bxa1 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 (24... Kh6 25. Rf3 $18)
25. Rxa1 Qe4 26. Rf1 $16) 22. a4 $5 b4 23. Bd5 f6 $6 (23... f5 $5 $16) 24. Qg4
$1 Bc6 (24... Bxd5 25. Qxd7 Qc6 26. Bxf6+ $1 $18) 25. Rae1 $1 $18 h5 (25... f5
26. Rxf5 Bxd5 27. Rfxe5 $18) (25... Qb7 26. Rxe5 $1 Nxe5 (26... fxe5 27. Rf7+
Kg8 28. Qh4 h5 29. Qg5 $18) 27. Bxf6+ $18) 26. Qe6 Bxb2 (26... Bxd5 27. Qxd7
Qc6 28. Bxf6+ $18) (26... Qb7 27. Rxe5 $1 fxe5 (27... Nxe5 28. Qxf6+ Kh7 29.
Bxc6 Nxc6 30. Qf7+ $18) 28. Rf7+ Kh6 29. h4 $18) 27. Bxf6+ $1 Bxf6 (27... Nxf6
28. Qxc8 Bxd5 29. d7 $18) 28. Rxf6 $1 Nxf6 29. Qxc8 Bxd5 (29... Nxd5 30. d7 $18
) 30. Re7+ Kh6 31. Qf8+ Kg5 32. Re5+ 1-0

[Event "Platonov Memorial"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Komarov, Dimitri"]
[Black "Frolov, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A68"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Komarov,D"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 c5 6. d5 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. Be2 exd5
9. cxd5 b5 10. e5 Nfd7 $5 {Frolov} 11. Bxb5 (11. Nxb5 dxe5 12. O-O e4 13. Ng5
Nf6 14. Nc3 Re8 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Bxd7 Nbxd7 $10 {Feldmann,V-Frolov,A/Sibenik/
1989/}) (11. e6 fxe6 12. dxe6 Nb6 (12... Nf6 13. Nxb5 d5 14. Ng5 Qe7 15. f5 a6
16. Nc3 gxf5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Bb7 $36 {Zakharevich,I-Maximenko.A/Moscow/
1991/0:1/24/}) 13. O-O Nc6 14. Ng5 b4 15. Bf3 bxc3 16. Bxc6 cxb2 17. Bxb2 Bxb2
18. e7 Qxe7 19. Qb3+ c4 20. Qxb2 Rb8 $17 {Purgin,N-Frolov,A/Smolensk/1992/0:1/
31/}) 11... dxe5 12. O-O Ba6 13. a4 $1 (13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. f5 c4 15. Ng5 Nac5
$13 {Berkovich,D-Frolov,A/Alushta/1992/0:1/26/}) 13... Bxb5 14. axb5 Re8 (14...
exf4 $5 15. Bxf4 Nb6 16. Re1 N8d7 $14) 15. Re1 exf4 16. Bxf4 Nf6 $2 (16... Nb6
17. Qd3 N8d7 18. d6 $14) 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. b6 $16 a6 (18... Qd7 19. bxa7 Rxa7
20. Bxb8 $18) 19. Qb3 Qd7 (19... Nbd7 20. b7 Rb8 21. Rxa6 $18) 20. Bc7 $1 Ne8
21. d6 (21. b7 $2 Ra7 22. Bxb8 Rxb7 23. Qa4 Qxa4 24. Rxa4 Rxb8 $10) 21... Nc6
22. b7 Rb8 23. Bxb8 Nxb8 24. Rd1 $18 Nxd6 25. Qd5 Bf8 26. Ne4 Qxb7 27. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.10.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A68"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1996.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Stohl Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7.
d5 (7. dxc5 {Stohl -E76}) 7... e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. cxd5 (9. exd5 {Stohl} Bf5 $10
{-E77}) 9... Bg4 {Stohl: The most solid continuation. Black avoids the sharp
and unclear lines after} (9... Re8 {Stohl} 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. Bg5 Qb6
) 10. O-O Nbd7 {Stohl: An interesting alternative is} (10... Nfd7 $5 {Stohl
Black radically prevents the e5-advance and opens the long diagonal for his B.
Nb8 will be developed via a6 to c7.} 11. Kh1 (11. Ng5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 h6 13. Nf3
Re8 14. Qc2 Na6 15. Be3 f5 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. h3 Nb4 18. Qb3 Nxe4 19. Ndxe4 fxe4
20. f5 gxf5 21. Rxf5 Nd3 22. Raf1 Qb6 23. Qd1 Qxb2 24. Na4 Qb4 $17 {Piskov,
Y-Neverov,V/Podolsk GMA-qual/1989/}) 11... Na6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Rb8 (13...
Nc7 $5) 14. a4 Nc7 15. Nb5 Nb6 16. Nxc7 Qxc7 17. Qc2 Nd7 18. Bd2 b5 19. axb5
Rxb5 20. Bc3 Rfb8 21. Qa4 Bxc3 22. bxc3 a5 23. Rfe1 c4 24. Be2 Rc5 25. Rab1 Nb6
26. Qa3 Re8 $132 {Michaelsen,N-Nedev,T/EUCup Gr6 Maribor/1995/}) (10... Bxf3 {
Stohl} 11. Bxf3 Nfd7 (11... Nbd7 12. g4 $5 h6 13. h4 Nh7 14. g5 a6 15. Be3 b5
16. Qd2 Nb6 17. b3 b4 18. Ne2 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 a5 20. Ng3 a4 21. Rb1 Nd7 22. e5
dxe5 23. f5 axb3 24. axb3 Ra6 25. Be4 $44 {Arencibia,W-Baron Isanta,J/Manresa/
1996/}) 12. Be3 Na6 13. Qd2 Rb8 14. a4 Nb4 15. Rac1 a6 16. Kh1 Re8 17. Rfd1 f5
18. exf5 gxf5 19. Bh5 Re7 20. Bf2 Nf6 21. Bf3 Qd7 22. Bh4 $13 {1/2,Opl,
K-Stanec,N/OST-chT9394/1994/}) (10... Re8 {Stohl} 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 a6 13.
a4 Nbd7 14. Kh1 Rb8 15. a5 Qc7 16. Re1 c4 17. Be3 Nc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. e5 dxe5
20. fxe5 Nd7 21. Ne4 Qc7 22. e6 fxe6 23. Ng5 Qg3 24. Bg4 Nc5 $15 {Kahn,
E-Midoux,S/Budapest FS05 IM/1996/}) 11. Re1 (11. a4 {Stohl} Re8 12. h3 Bxf3 13.
Bxf3 Qa5 14. Be3 c4 15. Bd4 Rad8 16. g4 Nc5 17. g5 Nh5 18. Bxh5 Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4
Nb3 20. Qxc4 Nxa1 21. Bd1 Qb6+ 22. Rf2 Qe3 23. Kg2 Rc8 24. Qa2 Qc1 25. Bg4 Nc2
26. Bxc8 Rxc8 27. Qb1 Ne1+ 28. Kf1 Qxb1 29. Nxb1 Rc1 $19 {Fang,J-Peter,A/
FS09GM Budapest/1996/}) (11. h3 {Stohl} Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Re8 13. g4 h6 14. h4 h5
15. g5 (15. gxh5 $142 $5) 15... Ng4 16. Bxg4 hxg4 17. Qxg4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rxe4
19. Bd2 Qe7 20. Rae1 Nb6 21. Qf3 Re8 22. f5 Nxd5 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. c4 Ne3 25.
Bxe3 Rxe3 26. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 27. Qxe3 Rxe3 28. Rf6 $10 {Bach,M-Trisic,A/Hamburg
HSK-B/1996/}) 11... Re8 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 a6 (13... Qa5 {Stohl} 14. Be3 b5
15. a3 Nb6 (15... Rac8 $5 16. Bf2 a6 17. Bg3 Nb6 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Nfd7 20.
Bg4 (20. e6 $5 $36) 20... h5 21. Bxd7 Nxd7 22. e6 fxe6 23. dxe6 Nf6 24. Qf3 Qb6
25. Rad1 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 Qxe6 27. Rd6 Qf5 28. Rxa6 b4 $36 {Elbilia,J-Grivas,E/
Jerevan olm /1996/}) 16. e5 Nc4 17. exf6 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 Rxe3 19. fxg7 Rae8 20.
f5 b4 21. axb4 Qxb4 22. Qd2 Qf4 23. Rf1 Qxf5 24. Nb5 Qe5 25. Nxa7 Rb3 26. Nc6
Qe3+ 27. Qxe3 Rexe3 28. Na5 Rb4 29. b3 Kxg7 30. Kf2 Re8 $44 {Dearing,E-Moss,R/
Hastings Challengers/1996/}) (13... c4 {Stohl} 14. Be3 Qa5 15. Qc2 Nc5 16. Kh1
Nd3 17. Re2 b5 18. Bd2 b4 19. Nd1 Qb5 20. g4 Rac8 21. g5 Nxe4 $5 22. Rxe4 Rxe4
23. Bxe4 Re8 24. Bf3 Qc5 25. Qa4 Kf8 $44 {Merriman,J-Rudd,J/BCF-ch Nottingham/
1996/}) 14. a4 {Stohl: A solid move. More aggresive, but also risky is} (14. g4
{Stohl} h6 15. h4 b5 16. g5 hxg5 17. hxg5 Nh7 18. Kg2 c4 (18... Nb6 19. Rh1 Ra7
20. Ne2 Nc4 21. Rb1 Qa5 22. a3 b4 23. Qd3 Qb5 24. Rd1 Na5 25. Qxb5 axb5 26.
axb4 cxb4 27. Be3 Raa8 28. b3 $16 {[%csl Gd5,Ge3,Ge4,Gf3] ^^,[+]_|_ Kouatly,
B-Al Modiahki,M/Doha/1993/}) 19. Be3 b4 20. Na4 f6 21. gxf6 Nhxf6 22. Bf2 g5
23. e5 dxe5 24. fxg5 e4 25. gxf6 exf3+ 26. Qxf3 Qxf6 $10 {Michaelsen,N-Los,S/
Wijk aan Zee SV-B/1995/}) 14... c4 (14... Qa5 {Stohl} 15. g4 h6 16. Be3 Rad8
17. Kg2 c4 18. Qd2 Nc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. h4 Nd7 21. a5 Qd4 22. Qxd4 Bxd4 23.
Na4 g5 24. Rad1 Ba7 25. e5 gxf4 26. exd6 Be3 27. Nc3 Nc5 $15 {Pichler,J-Enders,
P/BL 95/96 Duisburg-Passau/1996/}) (14... Rb8 {Stohl} 15. a5 h5 16. Be3 Nh7 17.
Kh1 Qh4 18. Rf1 f5 19. Bf2 Qxf4 20. exf5 Qxf5 21. Bg3 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Ne5 23. Bg4
Qg5 24. Bf4 Qf6 25. Be6+ Rxe6 26. dxe6 Qxe6 27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. Rb1 $36 {Rechlis,
G-Zueger,B/Bern zt/1990/}) 15. Be3 Qa5 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Gd7c5]} 16. Qe2 {
[%csl Yc5][%cal Ye2f2,Yf2c5] Winning a tempo on c4, I place my queen on f2
before Black can play ...Nc5. In this way, I make sure that if Black will play
...Nc5, I will be able to exchange on c5, and after the likely recapture of
the Q, I can transpose straight into an ending which I assessed as favorable.}
(16. Kh1 $5 {is the more common choice, but I preferred to handle the check on
c5 in another way.}) (16. Kh1 {Ftacnik} Nc5 (16... h6 17. Bd4 Nc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5
19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Nd7 21. e6 Ne5 22. exf7+ Kxf7 23. d6 Nd3 24. Bd5+ Kf6 25.
Qf3+ {1-0 Vaisser,A-Le Quang,K/Oostende op (04)/1992/}) (16... Re7 $5 {Stohl}
17. Bd4 Nc5 18. e5 Nd3 19. Re2 Nd7 20. b4 Qd8 21. Qd2 dxe5 22. d6 Re8 23. fxe5
N7xe5 24. Bxb7 Rb8 $17 {Breutigam,M-Lauzeningks,J/2.BLN 9394/1994/}) 17. Bxc5
Qxc5 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Nd7 20. e6 (20. Ne4 Qb6 21. e6 Ne5 22. a5 Qb4 23.
exf7+ Nxf7 24. Ra4 Qb5 25. Qc2 Nd6 {1-0 Feldman,V-Cowley,R/Sydney op (03)/1992/
(45)}) 20... Ne5 21. exf7+ Nxf7 22. a5 Rad8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qa4 Rd8 25. Ne4
Qb5 {0-1 Wieth Knudsen,P-Veroci,Z/Copenhagen op (09)/1989/ (32)}) (16. Bf2 {
Stohl} h6 17. Kh2 Nc5 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Nfd7 20. e6 fxe6 21. dxe6 Ne5 22.
Qd5 Qc7 23. Bg3 Ncd3 24. Re2 Re7 25. Be4 Rd8 26. Bxd3 Rxd5 27. Nxd5 cxd3 28.
Rxe5 Bxe5 29. Nxc7 Bxc7 30. Bxc7 Rxc7 31. Rd1 Re7 32. Rxd3 Rxe6 $10 {Buckley,
G-Werner,M/Oakham/1990/}) 16... Rac8 17. Qf2 Nc5 {A logical move. If Black
waits, White can gradually strengthen his position, e.g.} (17... Re7 {Stohl}
18. Rad1 Qb4 19. Bd4 Rce8 20. Re2 b6 21. Qg3 Nc5 22. e5 Nfd7 23. e6 $1 Bxd4+
24. Rxd4 Nf6 25. f5 Nb3 26. Rf4 Qc5+ 27. Kh1 Nc1 28. exf7+ Kxf7 29. fxg6+ hxg6
30. Qh4 {1-0,Norwood,D-Westerinen,H/London WFW/1988/}) 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 (18...
Rxc5 $6 {[%csl Ra5] is not recommended, since it leaves the Black Q in a
clumsy position.} 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Nd7 21. e6 fxe6 (21... Ne5 $2 22. exf7+
Kxf7 23. d6 $16) 22. Rxe6 $1 (22. dxe6 $6 Ne5 23. Bd5 Kh8 $13 (23... Rxd5 $2
24. Nxd5 Qxd5 25. Rxe5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf2f7]})) 22... Rf8 23. Rae1 $36 {with a
strong iniative for White.}) 19. Qxc5 Rxc5 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 Nd7 22. Ne4
$146 {This is the position I had been aiming for on my 16th move. Black is
forced to give up the exchange, as any retreat of the rook would give White
the time to further advance his e-P, with decisive effect. Ftacnik: Lautier
tries to prove, that equlity is here not so obvious as the known examples
suggest. Ftacnik: Lautier versucht zu beweisen, daЯ der Ausgleich nicht so
leicht zu erreichen ist, wie es die bisherige Praxis angenommen hat.} (22. e6 {
Ftacnik} Ne5 23. exf7+ {1/2-1/2 Lputian,S-Mikhalchishin,A/URS-ch52 Riga (19)/
1985/} (23. exf7+ {Stohl 1/2,Lputian,S-Mikhalchishin,A/URS-ch52 Riga/1985/}
Kxf7 24. Be4 Nd3 25. Re2 $10)) 22... Rxd5 $8 (22... Ra5 $2 23. e6 $1 (23. Nd6
$2 Rxe5 24. Nxc4 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rxa4 $11) 23... fxe6 (23... Ne5 24. exf7+ Nxf7
(24... Kxf7 25. Nd6+ $18) 25. Nf6+ $18) 24. Nd6 $1 $36 {with a crushing
position.} (24. Nd6 {Ftacnik} Rb8 25. dxe6 $14)) (22... Rc7 $2 23. d6 Rcc8 24.
Bg4 (24. Nf6+ $5 {Ftacnik} Nxf6 (24... Bxf6 25. exf6 Nxf6 26. Bxb7 $16) 25.
exf6 Bxf6 26. d7 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Rd8 28. Re8+ Kg7 29. Rxd8 Bxd8 30. Bxb7 a5 31.
Bd5 $14 (31. Bd5 {Stohl} Kf6 32. Bxc4 Ke7 33. Bb5 h5 $10)) 24... Rcd8 (24...
Red8 25. e6 $16) (24... Rxe5 25. Bxd7 Rd8 26. Rac1 (26. Bg4 f5 $15) 26... f5 (
26... Rxd7 27. Rxc4 Rd8 28. Rec1 Ree8 $15 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Rf7f5] ><d6,/\f5})
27. Rxc4 $10) 25. Bxd7 Rxd7 26. Nc5 $16) 23. Nf6+ (23. Nd6 $6 Rexe5 24. Bxd5
Rxd5 25. Re8+ (25. Nxc4 $14 {Ftacnik}) (25. Nxc4 {Stohl} b5 26. axb5 axb5 27.
Ra8+ Nf8 28. Ne3 Rd2 $10) 25... Nf8 26. Nxc4 b5 $10) 23... Bxf6 (23... Nxf6 $4
24. exf6 $18 (24. exf6 {Stohl} Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rd2 26. fxg7 Rxb2 27. a5 $5 c3
28. Be4 Kxg7 $44)) 24. Bxd5 Rxe5 $5 (24... Nxe5 {In general, it is advisable
to keep the rooks on when an exchange down, but here, Black's rook would find
it difficult to get active.} 25. Re4 $1 (25. Bxc4 Rc8 26. Bf1 $14) (25. Bxb7 {
Ftacnik} Rb8 26. Bxa6 Rxb2 27. Rab1 $16 (27. Reb1 $14 {Stohl})) 25... Rd8 (
25... b5 $6 26. axb5 axb5 27. Ra7 $16) 26. Rf1 $1 {An important 'zwischenzug'
in order to remove the R from the a1-h8 diagonal.} (26. Bxc4 Rd2 $132) 26...
Kg7 (26... Rxd5 27. Rxf6 Nd7 (27... Kg7 28. Rb6 $16) 28. Rff4 $1 $36 {/\ Rd4})
27. Bxc4 Rd2 28. b3 {+/=/+/-: thanks to 26.Rf1, this important move is now
possible.}) 25. Rxe5 (25. Bxc4 $5 Rc5 26. Rad1 Rxc4 27. Rxd7 Rb4 (27... Rxa4
28. Rxb7 {+/=/+/-}) 28. Re8+ Kg7 29. Rb8 {+/=/+/-}) (25. Bxb7 $6 {Stohl} Nc5
$36) 25... Bxe5 26. Bxc4 (26. Bxb7 $2 {Ftacnik} Bxb2 27. Rd1 Nc5 $17) 26...
Bxb2 27. Rb1 Bd4+ 28. Kf1 $6 (28. Kh1 $1 {had to be chosen for tactical
reasons, as the following variations demonstrate:} b5 (28... Ne5 $2 29. Rxb7
Nxc4 30. Rb4 $18) (28... Nc5 29. Rf1 Ne6 30. Bxe6 fxe6 31. Rc1 $1 $16) 29. axb5
axb5 30. Bxb5 $1 (30. Rxb5 Ne5 $1 31. Bd5 h5 $1 $14) 30... Ne5 31. g4 {[%csl
Ge5,Rf7][%cal Yb5c4,Yc4d5,Yb1b7,Yh1g2,Yg2g3,Yg3f4,Yf4e4] +/=/+/- /\ Bd5, Rb7,
Kg3-f4-e4}) 28... Ne5 $1 {This is the difference: 29.Rb7 is now impossible.} (
28... Nc5 {Ftacnik} 29. Bd5 a5 (29... h5 $5 {Stohl} 30. a5 Be5 31. Rc1 (31.
Bxb7 Nxb7 32. Rxb7 Bc3 $10) 31... Bd6 $14) 30. Rb5 b6 31. Rxb6 Nxa4 32. Rb7 $16
) 29. Be2 (29. Rxb7 $4 Nxc4 30. Rb4 Ne3+ $17) (29. Bd5 $6 {Ftacnik} b6 30. Rd1
Bc5 $10) 29... b5 (29... b6 {Ftacnik} 30. Bxa6 $16) 30. axb5 axb5 31. g4 $1 $14
{[%csl Rh5]} (31. Rxb5 {Ftacnik} h5 $1 $14) 31... Kg7 (31... Nc4 $6 32. Rxb5
Ne3+ 33. Ke1 {+/=/+/-}) 32. Rb4 $6 {A useless move, and worse still, one that
helps Black to prevent White's plan.} (32. Rxb5 Kf6 33. Kg2 $14 {/\} Kg5 34.
Kg3) 32... Bc3 33. Rxb5 {Ftacnik: Without the Be2 and Ne5 would the position
be easily drawn. Ftacnik: Ohne Be2 und Ne5 wдre die Stellung leicht zu halten.}
Kf6 (33... f5 $5 {Ftacnik} 34. Rb7+ (34. gxf5 {Stohl} gxf5 35. Kg2 f4 $14)
34... Kh6 35. gxf5 (35. Kg2 fxg4 36. hxg4 Kg5 37. Rxh7 Nxg4 38. Rh3 Be5 $14)
35... gxf5 36. Kg2 f4 $14) (33... g5 $5 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Yh7h6,Ye5g6,Yg6f4]
Stohl /\h6,Ng6-f4,><h3}) 34. Kf2 Kg5 $1 35. Ke3 (35. Kg3 $6 Be1+ $1 {makes it
clear why the B should not have been pushed to c3 !} 36. Kg2 Bc3 $10) 35... f5
$2 {The temptation to get rid of one pair of P was too strong to resist. It
must be admitted that it was not easy to foresee that White could use a mating
motif to break Black's seal in the center.} (35... f6 $1 {was the right idea}
36. Rb7 h6 $10 {And Black simply waits: his fortress is impregnable.}) (35...
Kh4 {Ftacnik} 36. Rc5 Bb2 37. Rc2 Ba3 (37... Ba1 $5 {Stohl} 38. Bf1 $14) 38.
Ke4 f6 $16) 36. Rc5 $1 Bb2 37. Rc2 Ba3 $6 {Letting the beast out of the cage.}
(37... Ba1 {was more stubborn} 38. Rc1 $1 (38. gxf5 {Ftacnik} Kxf5 39. Rc8 $16)
38... Bb2 39. Rb1 Bc3 40. h4+ $1 Kf6 (40... Kxh4 $2 41. Kf4 {[%csl Rh4][%cal
Rb1h1]} g5+ (41... Kh3 42. Rb3 $18) 42. Kxf5 $18) 41. g5+ $16) (37... f4+ $2 {
Ftacnik} 38. Ke4 Ba1 39. Rc5 $18 (39. Rc5 {Stohl} Kf6 40. Kxf4 $16)) 38. Kd4 $1
{Black's piece coordination has been destroyed, and White's king marches in
victoriously.} Kf4 (38... Nf7 {Ftacnik} 39. gxf5 (39. Rc7 {Stohl} Nh6 $14)
39... gxf5 (39... Kxf5 40. Rc7 Ng5 41. Bg4+ Kf6 $14) 40. Rc7 $16) 39. Ra2 Be7 (
39... Nc6+ 40. Kc4 (40. Kd5 $4 Nb4+ $19) 40... Be7 41. Ra6 {would amount to
the same thing}) 40. Kd5 $1 $18 Nf3 (40... fxg4 {Ftacnik} 41. Ra4+ Kg3 (41...
Kf5 42. hxg4+ Kf6 43. Ra6+ $18) 42. Kxe5 gxh3 43. Rg4+ Kf2 44. Bd3 $18) (40...
Bf6 {Stohl} 41. Ke6 $18) 41. Ra4+ Ke3 42. Bxf3 Kxf3 43. gxf5 gxf5 44. Ke6 Bd8
45. Rd4 (45. Kxf5 {Ftacnik} Kg3 46. Ra3+ $18 (46. Ra3+ {Stohl} Kh4 $14)) 45...
Bb6 (45... Ba5 {Stohl} 46. Rd5 Bc7 47. Rxf5+ Kg3 48. Rh5 $18) 46. Rb4 Bd8 (
46... Ba5 {Ftacnik} 47. Rb5 Bd8 48. Rxf5+ Kg3 49. Rh5 $18 (49. Rh5 {Stohl} Bh4
50. Kf5 Kxh3 51. Kf4 $22 $18)) 47. Rb8 Ba5 48. Rb5 Bd2 (48... Bd8 {was a bit
more resistant, but would not have affected the issue.} 49. Rd5 Bb6 (49... Bc7
50. Rd7 Bb6 51. Rxh7 Kg3 52. Kxf5 Bd8 {see 49...Bb6}) 50. Rxf5+ Kg3 51. Rh5 Bd8
52. Rxh7 Bh4 53. Kf5 Bd8 (53... Kxh3 $2 54. Kf4 $18) 54. Rd7 Bb6 (54... Bh4 $2
55. Rd3+ $18) 55. Rd3+ Kh4 56. Kf4 Bc7+ 57. Kf3 $1 Be5 (57... Kxh3 58. Rd7 $18)
58. Kg2 $1 Bb8 59. Rd4+ Kh5 60. Kf3 Bc7 61. Rg4 Bd6 62. Ke4 Bh2 63. Kf5 Kh6 64.
Rg8 Kh7 65. Ra8 Kh6 66. Kg4 $18) 49. Rd5 Bc1 50. Rd1 $1 (50. Kxf5 $6 {Ftacnik}
Kg3 51. Rd3+ Kh4) 50... Bb2 (50... Bg5 {Ftacnik} 51. Kxf5 h6 52. Rd3+ $18) 51.
Kxf5 Kg3 52. Rb1 $1 Bd4 (52... Bc3 53. Rb3) (52... Bg7 53. Rg1+) (52... Bh8 53.
Rb7 $18) 53. Rb3+ {Black is denied the h4 square in view of the pin, and so
White's h-P will soon be queened.} 1-0

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.21"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A68"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Egypt"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EGY"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Be2 {The classical way of treating the BI three pawn attack (which can
also come from the KI four pawn attack). No checks on b5, no early
speculations.} Bg4 {A solid way of avoiding the sharp lines which may result
after} (9... Re8 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. Bg5 {or}) (9... Nbd7 10. O-O Re8
11. Nd2 c4) 10. O-O Nbd7 11. h3 {Some 20 years ago, I had this line in my
repertoire with Black and I remember that the most dangerous plan was delaying
h2-h3. My perception may not have been entirely correct.} ({I had} 11. a4 {
as the main line and I believe that I had prepared 11...Rc8. However, this
would prevent the plan from the main game, so let us see what happens if Black
sticks to it.} a6 12. Re1 Ne8 (12... Re8 {means giving up the plan with ...
Ne8-c7 already.} 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 c4 {Lautier,J (2620)-Sutovsky,E (2565)/
Tilburg 1996/CBM 056/[Lautier] (1-0, 53)}) 13. Ng5 $5 {This was the choice of
3/4 pawn attack specialist, true, in blitz games.} Bxe2 14. Rxe2 Nc7 15. Be3 b5
(15... Re8 16. Bf2 h6 17. Nf3 b5 18. Bh4 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qd2 c4 {Vaisser,
A (2573)-Glek,I (2571)/playchess.com INT 2004/CBM 100 ext (1/2, 52)} 21. e5
dxe5 22. d6 $16) 16. e5 dxe5 17. d6 Ne6 (17... Ne8 18. Nge4 exf4 19. Bxf4 $44)
18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. fxe5 $6 {This only leads to the activation of the enemy
bishop.} (19. Bf2 $5 $44 exf4 $6 20. Rxe6 $36) 19... Bxe5 20. axb5 Qh4 21. g3
Bxg3 $40 {0-1 (64) Vaisser,A (2573)-Glek,I (2571)/playchess.com INT 2004/CBM
100 ext}) 11... Bxf3 12. Bxf3 a6 13. a4 Rb8 {Simple play. Instead of the
sophisticated ...c4 followed by ...Nc5, which usually allows e4-e5 with
unclear consequences, Black threatens ...b5 without weakening his position in
any way.} 14. a5 (14. Re1 Ne8 15. a5 ({A quarter of a century ago, I had
prepared this line for White, too, but never got to play it. The main reason
was provided by the following episode. I showed some of my ideas to IMs Mihai
Ghinda and Sergiu Gruenberg, who then asked me: "What about this plan with ...
Rb8 and ...Ne8?" I had not prepared anything against it, but tried to react in
a principled way with} 15. Bd2 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. b4 cxb4 18. Na2 {Despite
the encouragements of my friend IM Vali Stoica, I could not justify this
sacrifice after} Ra8 $1 {which prevents the desirable Nxb4-c6.}) 15... b5 16.
axb6 Rxb6 17. Re2 Nc7 18. Qe1 Re8 19. g4 Rb3 $15 {Arencibia,W (2315)-Vera,R 
(2455)/La Habana 1986/[Vera,R] (0-1, 30)}) 14... Ne8 15. Qd3 (15. Be3 b5 16.
axb6 Rxb6 17. Qc2 Nc7 {see Pelletier,Y (2440)-Ivanovic,B (2510)/Yerevan 1996/
EXT 97/[Chekhov] (1/2, 45)}) (15. Qe2 Nc7 16. g4 b5 17. axb6 Rxb6 18. g5 Re8
$132 {Borbjerggaard,L (2375)-Hernandez,G (2565)/Open, Andorra 2001 (0-1, 41).
White's space advantage is not too threatening. Black has used the time spent
on g4-g5 to regroup harmoniously on the queenside.}) 15... Nc7 16. Bd2 $5 $146
{A somewhat mysterious move, which will prove an effective novelty.} (16. Be3
b5 17. axb6 Rxb6 (17... Nxb6 {would leave White a whole tempo up with respect
to the main game:} 18. e5 c4 19. Qd2 dxe5 20. d6 Nb5 21. Rxa6 $36) 18. Na4 Rb8
(18... Rb5 $5) 19. e5 dxe5 ({Maybe he should have delayed releasing the
tension by making the generally useful move} 19... Re8 $5) 20. Nxc5 (20. f5 $5)
20... exf4 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Bxf4 Rxb2 23. Qc4 Nb5 24. Rxa6 Nd4 $132 {Whiteley,
A (2380)-Pritchett,C (2390)/Morecambe 1975/EXT 99 (0-1, 31)}) (16. e5 {is a
bit premature} dxe5 17. f5 Ne8 {White cannot maintain his blockade on the
light squares.} 18. fxg6 (18. Ne4 $2 gxf5) (18. d6 c4) 18... hxg6 19. d6 e4 $1
$146 (19... f5 $2 {Lopez Colon,F-Solana Suarez,E (2380)/Las Palmas 1994/EXT
2003 (0-1, 34)} 20. Bxb7 $1 $16) 20. Nxe4 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Ne5 $132 {Black has
consolidated in the centre and can look for a way of taking the d6-pawn. (In
doing so, he should count with Bc1-g5!)}) 16... b5 17. axb6 Nxb6 ({One
possible point behind the novelty is that} 17... Rxb6 {can be met with} 18. Na4
Rb5 19. Bc3 $14 {neutralising Black's most dangerous piece.}) 18. Be3 $1 {
The bishop has done its job on d2, now is the time to become more active.} (18.
e5 $6 {is premature:} dxe5 19. d6 $6 c4 $17) 18... Nd7 19. Rf2 Re8 (19... Rb4
$5 {is an interesting way of anticipating the central break.} 20. e5 dxe5 21.
f5 Rd4 $5 $44) 20. e5 $5 dxe5 21. f5 $1 {/\d6 This kind of positional
sacrifice has become world wide known after the historical game Penrose-Tal,
which then gave the name to an entire system of development.} (21. d6 Nb5 22.
f5 gxf5 23. Qxf5 Nxd6 24. Qb1 e4 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 Nf6 27. Bg5 Qd4 $19)
21... c4 $6 {Just allowing the activation of the white queen.} ({The best
chance to get counterplay was} 21... e4 {, clearing the e-file for the rook
and the e5-square for the knight.} 22. Bxe4 (22. Nxe4 Ne5 $17) 22... Ne5 23.
Qe2 Qd6 24. Raf1 Nb5 25. f6 Nd4 26. Qd1 Bf8 $13) 22. Qxc4 gxf5 23. d6 Ne6 (
23... Nb5 24. Rxa6 $16 Nd4 25. Bh5 $40) 24. Nd5 $16 {For the (temporarily,
><a6) sacrificed pawn, White has overwhelming pressure.} (24. Rxa6 $5) 24...
Kh8 25. Ne7 $2 {From my long years of experience with the Benoni, I know that
Black risks transforming a good position into a losing one by just one
uninspired move. White's last move proves that the opposite is possible, too.}
(25. Rxa6 e4 26. Bh5 $16) (25. Nc7 Rf8 26. Bd5 $16) 25... e4 $1 26. Bh5 f4 $1
27. Bxf4 $2 (27. Ba7 e3 $36 {/\...Ne5}) 27... Nxf4 28. Rxf4 Qb6+ 29. Kh1 Qxd6
$19 {White's pieces are hopelessly hanging now.} 30. Rxe4 (30. Nd5 Nb6 $19)
30... Rxe7 31. Rxe7 Qxe7 32. Qc7 Qc5 33. Qxc5 Nxc5 34. Bxf7 Bxb2 35. Ra2 Bc3
36. g4 a5 37. Kg2 Kg7 38. Bc4 a4 39. Kf3 Bb2 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 15th Gr2"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1999.09.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Black "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A68"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Mortensen,E"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1999.09.24"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Invicta Knights Maidstone"]
[BlackTeam "Nykobing SK34"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 c5 6. d5 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. Be2 exd5
9. cxd5 Bg4 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Re1 Ne8 {A clear plan transferring the knight to
c7 to play on the queenside.} 12. Be3 {Developing. Other possibilities:} (12.
Ng5 Bxe2 13. Rxe2 a6 14. a4 Nc7 15. Qd3 Nf6 (15... Rb8 16. a5 b5 17. axb6 Rxb6
{also looks OK for black.}) 16. b3 b5 17. Bb2 bxa4 18. Nxa4 Rb8 {=} 19. Nf3 Re8
20. g3 Qd7 21. Rd1 Qb5 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. e5 Nxd5 (23... Qxb3 $5) 24. Qxd5 Qxe2
{=+ 1-0 Chabanon,J-Degraeve,J/Meribel 1998/CBM 67 noVC (40)}) (12. h3 Bxf3 13.
Bxf3 Nc7 14. a4 a6 15. g4 Rb8 16. g5 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bg4 b4 19. Ne2 Nb5
20. Qc2 Re8 {=+} 21. e5 $6 dxe5 22. f5 b3 $1 23. Qxb3 gxf5 24. Bxf5 Nd4 25. Qd3
e4 $1 26. Bxe4 c4 $1 27. Qb1 Nc5 28. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 29. Kf1 Nxe4 30. Rxe4 Qxd5 {
0-1 Kniest,O-Glek,I/Berlin 1997/CBM 59 ext (30)}) (12. Nd2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 a6 14.
a4 Bd4+ 15. Kh1 Nef6 16. Qf3 Re8 17. Ne2 Qe7 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. b3 Nxd5 {
=+ 1/2-1/2 Banikas,H-Beliavsky,A/Tyniste 1995/CBM 50 ext (50)}) 12... a6 13. a4
Rb8 14. a5 Nc7 ({I did not want to take on f3 before white spent a tempo on
h2-h3, but interesting was} 14... Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nc7 {with easy play for black,
as the bishop is not very dangerous on f3.}) 15. Nd2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 b5 17. axb6
Nxb6 18. Qd3 Re8 (18... f5 $5 19. e5 Re8 $5 20. Nc4 Nxc4 21. Qxc4 Rxb2 22. exd6
Nb5 {=+}) 19. Bf2 Qd7 20. Nf3 (20. f5 $5) 20... Rbd8 (20... f5 21. e5 dxe5 22.
Nxe5 Bxe5 23. fxe5 Ncxd5 {=}) 21. Bh4 Rb8 22. Bf2 Rbd8 23. Bh4 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 12th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2012.11.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Koziak, Vitali"]
[Black "Marholev, Dimitar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A68"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5
9. cxd5 Bg4 10. O-O Nbd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Re8 13. Re1 a6 (13... Qa5 {
L'alternative}) ({RR} 13... Rc8 14. Be3 b5 15. Nxb5 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Rxe4 17. Nxd6
Rxe3 18. Rxe3 Bd4 19. Qf3 Rb8 20. Kh2 Nf6 21. Nc4 Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Qxd5 23. Qe5
Re8 24. Qxd5 Nxd5 25. f5 Kg7 26. Rd1 Nf6 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Rd2 {Nogueiras
Santiago,J (2575)-Kasparov,G (2775)/Barcelona 1989/CBM 012/1/2-1/2}) 14. Be3 ({
RR} 14. g4 h6 15. h4 h5 16. g5 Nh7 17. Be3 b5 18. Qd2 Nb6 19. b3 b4 20. Ne2
Bxa1 21. Rxa1 a5 22. Rd1 a4 23. e5 axb3 24. axb3 Ra3 25. Qd3 dxe5 26. Bxc5 Nd7
27. Be3 exf4 28. Bxf4 Ne5 {Martorell Aguado,J (2197)-Marholev,D (2434)/
Figueres 2006/CBM 113 ext/0-1 (39)}) 14... b5 15. Bf2 b4 $146 ({RR} 15... Kh8
16. Qc2 Rc8 17. Re2 Ng8 18. Kh1 Nh6 19. Rae1 c4 20. Qd2 Nc5 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22.
a3 a5 23. a4 b4 24. Nb5 Qb6 25. g4 f6 26. h4 Nf7 27. Rh2 g5 28. e5 gxf4 29.
exf6 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 {Gouret,T (2303)-Magnier,H (2255)/France 2000/EXT 2001/1-0
(38)}) 16. Na4 Nb6 $6 {[%csl Re5] Les Noirs perdent le contrфle de la case "e5"
} (16... c4 {[%cal Ga8c8,Gd7c5]}) (16... Rc8) 17. Nxb6 $1 Qxb6 18. e5 $36 dxe5
(18... Nd7 19. e6 Nf8) 19. fxe5 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5]} Nd7 20. e6 Ne5 21. d6 $1 Nxf3+
22. Qxf3 fxe6 23. Rxe6 Bd4 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Rf1 Rf8 26. Rf6 d3+ 27. Kh1 Rxf6
28. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.28"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A68"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Rogers,I"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[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 "France"]
[BlackTeam "Australia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUS"]

1. c4 {Lautier} Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6
8. Be2 exd5 9. cxd5 b5 $6 {This is probably the worst of Black's main options
in this position but such an opinion has only been formed as a result of the
current game.} (9... Re8) ({and} 9... Bg4 {are the alternatives}) 10. e5 $1 (
10. Bxb5 Nxe4 $1 11. Nxe4 Qa5+ {is completely satisfactory for Black.}) 10...
Nfd7 11. Bxb5 dxe5 12. O-O Qb6 (12... Ba6 {(Lautier) Lempert} 13. a4 $1 Bxb5 (
13... c4 14. d6 $16) 14. axb5 Re8 15. Re1 exf4 $6 16. Bxf4 $16 {1-0 (27)
Komarov,D (2570)-Frolov,A (2520) Kiev 1995 CBM 051 [Komarov]}) 13. a4 $1 {
'!?' Lautier.} exf4 14. Bxf4 $2 {After the game Lautier was kicking himself
for playing this move.} ({"I had prepared this line for Kasparov for the 1996
VSB tournament [in Amsterdam in March] and decided that} 14. d6 {was very good
for White but then I automatically recaptured on f4," Lautier confessed.})
14... a6 $1 15. a5 Qb7 16. Bxd7 {Forced, since any retreat of the bishop
allows 16...Qxb2 - the reason why White needs his bishop on c1. '[]' Lautier.}
Nxd7 17. Qd2 Nf6 18. Be5 {'+/=!' Lautier.} Bg4 {'?!' Lautier.} (18... Bd7 $5 {
(Lautier) ><a4}) 19. Ra4 $1 (19. Ng5 $5 {Lautier} Ne4 20. Ngxe4 (20. Qf4 Bxe5
21. Qxe5 (21. Qxe4 $6 Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Qd7 $15) 21... Nxg5 22. Qxg5 Qxb2 23. Rac1 (
23. Ne4 $2 Qd4+ $17) 23... Bd7 24. Rf2 {/\Ne4} (24. Qe7 Bb5 $10) 24... Qb4 25.
Rf4 Qb2 26. Rf2 $10 (26. Rh4 $5 {/\Qh6} f6 27. Qh6 Rf7 $15)) 20... Bxe5 21.
Nf6+ Bxf6 22. Rxf6 $36 {><a6, b6, Bg4; o^}) 19... Bxf3 (19... Qd7 {Lautier} 20.
Rc4 $14) 20. Rxf3 Qe7 21. Bxf6 $5 ({Tempting, but} 21. Bf4 {would have been
stronger, retaining some pressure.}) (21. Bg3 $1 $36 {(Lautier) /\d6, /\Rc4,
Bf2, ><c5}) 21... Bxf6 22. d6 Qe5 $2 ({Black judged the resulting endgame to
be tenable but there was no need to avoid} 22... Qe6 23. Ne4 Be5 (23... Bd4+ $2
24. Rxd4 $1 cxd4 25. Nf6+) 24. d7 {because} Qe7 $1 {holds comfortably, e.g.}
25. Rc4 Rfd8 26. Nxc5 Bd6 {and the d pawn falls.}) 23. Re4 Qg5 24. Qxg5 Bxg5
25. Re5 Bc1 26. Na4 {'!' Lautier.} Rfd8 $4 {'?' Lautier. A bizarre blunder.} ({
I had been analysing} 26... Rab8 27. b3 Rfd8 {when} 28. Rxc5 {can be met by}
Ba3 {and then crazily moved the f rook first.}) ({After the game we decided
that the position after} 26... Rab8 27. b3 Rfd8 28. Rd5 $1 Ba3 29. Nb6 {
/\Nc4 was still better for White but of course now the game is virtually over.}
) 27. Rxc5 {Now it took a few seconds before I understood that I could not now
simply take the d pawn - and a minute or two before I finally decided not to
resign in disgust. '+-' Lautier.} Bd2 28. Rd5 Bb4 29. d7 Ra7 30. Rb3 Be7 31.
Nb6 Kf8 32. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Plzen m"]
[Site "Plzen"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stocek, Jiri"]
[Black "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A68"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Stocek,J"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 c5 6. d5 (6. Nf3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6
8. Be3 (8. Be2 $2 Nxe4) 8... Ng4 $1) 6... O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. cxd5 b5
10. e5 Nfd7 (10... dxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. O-O $36) 11. O-O $5 (11.
Bxb5) 11... dxe5 (11... b4 12. Ne4 dxe5 13. fxe5 (13. f5 gxf5 14. Ng3 $44) (13.
Kh1 $5 $44) 13... Nxe5 14. Bg5 $44) 12. Bxb5 a6 $6 $146 (12... Qb6 13. a4 exf4
14. Bxf4 a6 15. a5 Qb7 16. Bxd7 Nxd7 17. Qd2 Nf6 18. Be5 $1 $14 {
Lautier-Rogers,Jerevan1996,inf.67/100}) (12... Ba6 {(encyklopedie)} 13. Bxa6
Nxa6 14. Qe2 $16) 13. Be2 Re8 $6 (13... Bb7 14. Ne4 $5 $36) 14. Ne4 $1 Qb6 $5
15. Nfd2 exf4 16. Nc4 Qd8 17. Ned6 Rf8 18. Nxc8 $5 (18. Bxf4 Nb6) 18... Qxc8
19. Bxf4 Qd8 20. Qb3 Nf6 21. Bf3 Nbd7 (21... Nxd5 $2 22. Bd6) 22. Rad1 $16 h5
23. h3 Nh7 24. d6 (24. Qb7 $5) 24... Rb8 25. Qc2 Re8 26. Bd5 Nhf8 27. Bg3 Ne6
28. Qf2 $1 Rf8 (28... Nf6 29. Be5 $1 $18) (28... Qf6 29. Qxf6 Bxf6 (29... Nxf6
30. d7 $18) 30. Bc6 Nef8 31. Rxf6 Nxf6 32. d7 $18) (28... Bf6 29. Bh4 $1 Kg7 (
29... g5 30. Bxe6 fxe6 (30... Rxe6 31. Bxg5) 31. Bxg5 $1 Bxg5 32. Qf7+ Kh8 33.
Qxh5+ Kg8 34. Qg6+ Kh8 35. Rf7 $18) (29... Bxh4 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. Bxe6) 30.
Bxf6+ Qxf6 (30... Nxf6 31. d7 $1 Rf8 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. Ne5 $40) 31. Qg3 $1 Qd8
(31... Qg5 32. Rxf7+) 32. Rde1 $40) 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Qe2 Bd4+ 31. Kh1 Rxf1+
32. Rxf1 Qe8 33. Bh4 e5 34. Be7 Kg7 $1 35. b3 Qg8 36. Qe4 (36. Nd2 Qd5 37. Qxa6
e4) 36... Qe6 $138 37. Nd2 a5 38. Qc6 (38. Nf3 $142 Qf5 39. Qe2 Qe6 (39... Qf4
40. Ng5 Qe3 41. Qc4 $18) 40. Ng5 Qd5 41. Qc2 $18) 38... Rb6 39. Qc7 a4 $8 40.
Ne4 axb3 {[#]} 41. Bf6+ (41. Ng5 $2 Qc4 42. Bf6+ (42. Bf8+ Kg8) 42... Kg8 43.
Qd8+ Nf8) (41. axb3 $2 Rxb3 42. Ng5 Qc4 43. Rf7+ Qxf7 44. Nxf7 Rb1+ 45. Kh2
Bg1+ 46. Kh1 $11 (46. Kg3 $4 Rb3+ 47. Kh4 Bf2+ 48. g3 (48. Kg5 Rg3+) 48... Rb4+
49. Kg5 Be3#)) (41. Nf6 $142 $1 bxa2 (41... Qc4 42. Bf8+ Kh8 43. Bg7+ Kxg7 44.
Qxd7+ Kh6 45. Qh7+ Kg5 46. Ne4+ $18) (41... b2 42. Nxd7 b1=Q 43. Bf6+ Kh6 44.
Bg7+ $1 Kxg7 (44... Kg5 45. Qd8+) (44... Kh7 45. Nf6+ Qxf6 46. Bxf6+) 45. Nf8+
Kh6 46. Qh7+ Kg5 47. Nxe6+ $18) 42. Nxd7 Rb1 43. Bf6+ Kh6 44. Bg7+ Kxg7 45.
Nf8+ $18) 41... Kh6 42. Bg5+ (42. axb3 Rxb3 43. Ng5 Qe8 (43... Qc4 44. Bg7+ $1
Kxg5 45. Qd8+) 44. Be7 $16) 42... Kg7 43. Nf6 Rxd6 $8 (43... bxa2 44. Nxd7 Qxd6
45. Qxb6 Qxd7 46. Qa6 $18) 44. axb3 Rc6 $5 45. Ne8+ $2 (45. Qxd7+ Qxd7 46. Nxd7
e4 47. Bf4 Re6 48. Re1 e3 (48... Kf7 49. Be3) 49. Be5+ $1 Kf7 (49... Bxe5 50.
Rxe3 $18) (49... Rxe5 50. Nxe5 Bxe5 51. Rxe3 $18) 50. Bxd4 cxd4 51. Nc5 Rc6 (
51... Rb6 52. Kg1 Rb5 53. Rc1 $18) 52. b4 Rb6 53. Rb1 e2 54. Nd3 $18) 45... Kh7
46. Qd8 e4 $8 {xf6,g7,h8} 47. Nc7 Rxc7 48. Qxc7 e3 $1 49. Bxe3 (49. Qg3 $2 e2
50. Re1 Qf5) 49... Bxe3 50. Re1 Qxb3 $2 {[#]} (50... h4 $8 51. Rxe3 (51. Qb7
Qf5 $1) (51. b4 cxb4 52. Rd1 Bd2 $1) 51... Qxe3 52. Qxd7+ $11) 51. Qxd7+ $2
$138 (51. Qg3 $16) 51... Kh6 52. Qe8 Bd4 53. Qf8+ Bg7 54. Qxc5 Qc3 $11 55. Qe7
Qd4 56. Re2 Qf4 57. Qe3 Qxe3 58. Rxe3 Bd4 59. Re4 Bc3 60. Kh2 Kg7 61. Kg3 Kf7
62. Kf4 Bd2+ 63. Ke5 Bc3+ 64. Kd6 Bb2 65. Rf4+ Kg8 66. Ke6 Bc3 67. Rc4 Bb2 68.
Rb4 Bc3 69. Rb8+ Kg7 70. Rb7+ Kg8 71. Rd7 Bb2 72. h4 Bc3 73. g3 Bb2 74. Rd2 Bc3
75. Rc2 Ba1 $1 (75... Bd4 $2 76. Rc4 Bb2 77. g4 hxg4 78. Rxg4 Kh7 79. Kf7 Kh6
80. Rxg6+ Kh5 81. Rg2 $1 Bc3 (81... Be5 82. Rg5+) 82. Rh2 $18 Be1 $140 83. Kf6
Bxh4+ 84. Kf5) 76. Ra2 Bc3 77. Rc2 Ba1 78. Rg2 Kg7 79. g4 hxg4 80. Rxg4 Kh6 81.
Kf7 Kh5 82. Rxg6 Kxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes team g/60"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kouatly, Bachar"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A68"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 c5 6. d5 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. Be2 exd5
9. cxd5 Bg4 10. O-O (10. e5 Nfd7 $5 11. e6 fxe6 12. Ng5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 (13. Nxe2
exd5 14. Qxd5+ Kh8 15. Nf7+ Rxf7 16. Qxf7 Nc6 $146) 13... exd5 14. Qe6+ (14.
Ne6 $2 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Qf6 $17) 14... Kh8 15. Nxd5 Nf6 16. O-O (16. Nf7+ $142
Rxf7 17. Qxf7 $13) 16... Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Qd7 18. f5 Nc6 19. Bd2 gxf5 20. Ne6 Qf7
$1 21. Qxd6 Qg6 $17 {Sutter,O-Wojtkiewicz,A,Bern op 1991}) 10... Nbd7 (10...
Nfd7 $5) 11. h3 (11. Re1 $142 $1 Re8 (11... a6 $6 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nh5 14.
e6 fxe6 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Ng5 Bd4+ 17. Kh1 Bf7 18. Nxf7 Rxf7 19. Bc4 $16 {
Kozul,Z-Damljanovic,B,Belgrade 1989-CBM 16}) (11... Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Ne8 13. Re2
$1 a6 14. Qe1 {/\e5} Qe7 15. a4 Nc7 16. Be3 Rfe8 17. Rd1 Qd8 18. Bf2 Rb8 19.
Bh4 $14 {->[+],Vaiser,A-Maki,V,Helsinki Opybank 1991-TD 91_06}) 12. h3 Bxf3 13.
Bxf3 Qa5 14. Be3 b5 (14... Rac8 $6 15. g4 h6 16. h4 b5 17. g5 hxg5 18. hxg5 Nh7
19. Bg4 $16 {Vaiser,A-Kindermann,S,Biel op 1991}) 15. a3 Nb6 16. e5 $1 Nc4 17.
exf6 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 Rxe3 19. fxg7 Rae8 20. f5 $1 gxf5 {N} 21. Qd2 b4 22. Ne2 c4
23. Ng3 $1 c3 24. bxc3 bxc3 25. Qc2 $40 {Vaiser,A-Yrjola,J,Helsinki Opybank
1991-TD 91_06}) 11... Bxf3 12. Bxf3 c4 (12... a6 13. g4 $5 b5 14. g5 $36) 13.
Be3 Qa5 14. Bd4 Rfe8 15. b4 $1 (15. g4 h6 16. h4 g5 $5 $13) 15... Qxb4 $8 (
15... cxb3 16. axb3 $16) 16. Rb1 Qa5 17. Rxb7 a6 (17... Nc5 $2 18. Rb5 $16 {
/\Bc5,e5}) 18. Na4 $1 (18. Qa4 Qxa4 19. Nxa4 Nxe4 20. Bxg7 Ndc5 21. Nxc5 Nxc5
22. Rb6 Kxg7 23. Rxd6 Nd3 $10) 18... Nxe4 (18... Rab8 19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. e5 Nxd5
21. Ba7 Rb7 22. Bf2 Rb4 23. Bxd5 Qxa4 24. Qxa4 Rxa4 25. Bc6 $16) 19. Bxg7 (19.
Rxd7 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Qxa4 21. Rc7 Nc5 22. f5 $146) 19... Ndc5 20. Qd4 (20. Bxe4
Rxe4 21. Nc3 Ree8 $17) 20... Nxb7 21. Bh6 f6 22. Bxe4 Qxa4 23. Qxf6 (23. f5 $5
Nc5 (23... Re5 24. fxg6 Nc5 25. Rxf6 Nxe4 (25... Rxe4 26. Rf8+ $1 $18) 26. Qa7
$3 $18) 24. Qxf6 Qd7 25. fxg6 Nxe4 26. Qf7+ Qxf7 27. gxf7+ Kh8 28. Rf4 $1 Rf8
29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. Rxe4 Rxf7 31. Rxc4 Rf5 32. Rc6 $14) 23... Qd7 24. Bf3 $2 $138
(24. f5 $8 Nc5 $8 {-24.f5 Nc5} (24... Rxe4 25. fxg6 Ree8 26. g7 $18)) 24... Qe7
25. Qc3 Qe3+ $19 26. Qxe3 Rxe3 27. f5 Ree8 28. Bg4 Nc5 29. Rc1 gxf5 30. Bxf5
Re5 31. Bg4 Re4 32. Bf3 Nd3 $1 33. Rc3 Re1+ 34. Kh2 Ne5 35. Bh5 Rd8 36. h4 Re4
37. Kh3 Rd4 38. g3 Rxd5 39. Bf4 Rd3 40. Rc2 Rc8 41. Bg5 Kg7 {[Stohl]} 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 06th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.05.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Chernyshov, Konstantin"]
[Black "Semeniuk, Alexander A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A68"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1999.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Voronezh OShK"]
[BlackTeam "Vladivostok DVGU"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Be2 b5 $6 {Scarcely anyone nowadays plays this extremely risky move.} ({
A safer alternative is} 9... Bg4) ({Also better is the sharper} 9... Re8 $5)
10. e5 $1 {[%csl Rb5] The old maxim "counter a flank attack with a central
break" is very effective here, 9...b5?! has also weakened the << in many of
the following lines. Other moves are less consistent and weaker.} (10. Bxb5
$143 Nxe4 $1 11. Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Kf2 Qxb5 13. Nxd6 Qb6 14. Nc4 (14. Nxc8 Rxc8 15.
Re1 c4+ 16. Kf1 Nd7 17. Be3 Qxb2 18. Qa4 Nb6 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Qd7 Rd8 21. Qb7
Bd4 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Rad1 Qxf4+ 24. Kg1 Rxa2 $17 {Priehoda,V-Seifert,M/
CSR-chT/1992/}) 14... Qa6 15. Qe2 Nd7 (15... Bd7 $5 16. Be3 Bb5 17. Rhc1 Re8
$44 {1/2, Zaitsev,A-Bogdanovic,R/Sochi/1967/}) 16. Rd1 Bb7 17. Nce5 Nxe5 18.
fxe5 Qxe2+ 19. Kxe2 Rfd8 20. Be3 c4 21. d6 Bxf3+ 22. Kxf3 Bxe5 23. Rac1 Rxd6
24. Rxd6 Bxd6 25. Rxc4 a5 26. Ra4 f5 $11 {Zaitsev,A-Savon,V/Erevan URS-ch/1962/
}) (10. Nxb5 $2 Nxe4 $17) 10... dxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. Bg5 $1 (12. Bf4 Nd7 $1
13. e6 (13. Bxb5 Ndxe5 $15) 13... Nb6 $5 (13... fxe6 14. dxe6 Rxf4 15. Qd5 Bb7
$5 (15... Kh8 16. Qxa8 Nb6 17. Qxa7 Bxe6 18. Rd1 $5 Bd4 19. Nxb5 Ne3 20. Nbxd4
Nxg2+ 21. Kf2 Qh4+ 22. Kg1 Qg4 23. Ne5 Qh3 24. Ndf3 Ne3 25. Kf2 Nxd1+ 26. Rxd1
Qxh2+ 27. Ke1 Qg3+ 28. Kd2 $18 {Pelikan,J-Quinteros,M/Buenos Aires/1966/}) 16.
Qxb7 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Nb6 18. e7 (18. O-O $5) 18... Qc8 19. Qxc8+ Rxc8 20. Nd2
Re8 21. g3 Ra4 22. O-O Rxe7 23. Bd1 Ne3 24. Bxa4 Nxf1 25. Bb3+ c4 26. Kxf1 cxb3
{1/2,Wocke,R-Tuerk,H/OLNN/1992/}) 14. Ng5 fxe6 15. Bxg4 Rxf4 16. Bxe6+ Bxe6 17.
Nxe6 Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 Re4+ 19. Kf2 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. Rhe1 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Nxc3
23. Nxc5 Nxa2 $19 {Mazuran,M-Armanda,I/Pula CRO-Cup/1998/}) 12... Qb6 (12...
Qa5 13. O-O Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Be7 $40 {White gets a strong attack in much
the same way.}) ({Black's problems can't be solved even by} 12... f6 13. exf6
Bxf6 14. Qd2 $1 Re8 (14... Bb7 15. O-O Nd7 16. h3 Nge5 17. Bxf6 Nxf3+ 18. Rxf3
Rxf6 19. Rxf6 Qxf6 20. Bxb5 $16 {1/2,Lynge,M-Hoi,C/Roskilde/1998/}) (14... Bxg5
15. Qxg5 $14) 15. O-O b4 16. Na4 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Ne3 18. Nf7 Qh4 19. Nxc5 Bf5 20.
Rf3 Kxf7 21. Rxe3 Rxe3 22. Qxe3 Qe7 23. Qf2 Kg7 24. Bf3 Nd7 25. d6 Qxd6 26. Rd1
{1-0,Cebalo,M-Armanda,I/Bled/1999/}) 13. O-O Nxe5 $2 {[%mdl 128] After this
greedy move White's attack proceeds smoothly.} (13... Nd7 14. e6 fxe6 15. dxe6
Qxe6 (15... c4+ $1 16. Kh1 {-13...c4+}) 16. Nxb5 Ba6 17. Nc7 $1 Bxe2 (17...
Qxe2 18. Qxd7 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Rf7 20. Qc6 $16 {Hovde,F-Schoppmeyer/corr/1986/})
18. Nxe6 Bxd1 19. Rfxd1 Rf7 20. Nd8 Rxf3 21. gxf3 Nge5 22. Kg2 c4 23. Ne6 Bh8
24. Rd6 Rb8 25. f4 Rxb2+ 26. Kh3 Nf3 27. Rf1 Rxh2+ 28. Kg3 Rd2 29. Rxd7 Rxd7
30. Kxf3 $18 {Sosonko,G-Hug,W/Geneve/1977/}) (13... c4+ $142 14. Kh1 Nd7 (14...
Nf2+ $2 15. Rxf2 Qxf2 16. Ne4 $16) 15. e6 fxe6 16. dxe6 Ndf6 $5 (16... Qxe6 17.
Nxb5 $16 {[%cal Rf3d4,Rb5c7] /\Nc7,Nfd4->}) 17. e7 Re8 18. Qd4 $1 (18. h3 Nh6
$5 {/\Nf5<=>} (18... h6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ne5 Kh7 21. Qc2 Ng8 22. Bf3 Bf5 23.
Qd1 Bxe5 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 25. Qd5 Rc8 26. Qf7+ Kh8 27. e8=Q Rxe8 28. Qxe8 Qe3 29.
Rae1 {1-0,Thorfinnsson,B-Gudmundsson,K/Hafnarfjordur/ 1998/}) (18... Ne3 19.
Bxe3 Qxe3 20. Nxb5 Be6 21. Qd4 Qxe2 22. Rae1 Ne4 23. Qxe4 Qxe4 24. Rxe4 Bf5 25.
Re3 Bxb2 26. Nc7 $18 {Schoen,W-Klundt,K/Augsburg/1986/})) (18. a4 Bb7 19. axb5
(19. Nd4 Qc5 20. Bxg4 Qxg5 21. Bf3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Qg4 23. Qxg4 Nxg4 24. Nc6 b4
25. Nd5 Rac8 26. Ncxb4 Bxb2 27. Rab1 Bd4 28. h3 Nf2+ 29. Kh2 Ne4 30. Rbe1 {
1/2,Gorelov,S-Gleizerov,E/USSR/1986/}) 19... Nf2+ $5 (19... Qc7 20. b6 Qxb6 21.
Bxc4+ Kh8 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Qd2 Rxe7 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Rf8 $11 {
Ayapbergenov,A-Levonian,D/URS-ch otbor/1989/}) 20. Rxf2 Qxf2 21. Bxc4+ Kh8 $17
{Gleizerov,Samarin}) (18. Nd4 Qc5 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ndxb5 Be6 21. Qd4 Qxe7 22.
Bxc4 Bxc4 23. Qxc4+ Kh8 $44 {Kharkova,E-Chelushkina,I/USSR-chW/1989/}) 18...
Bd7 19. Qxb6 (19. Rae1 Rac8 $1 20. Qxb6 axb6 $13 21. h3 {Kaidanov,G-Gleizerov,
E/Smolensk/1986/} h6 $5 22. Bc1 b4 23. Nd1 Nh5 $132) 19... axb6 20. Nd4 h6 21.
Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Ndxb5 Rxe7 23. Bxc4+ Kh7 $14 {/+/-}) (13... h6 $6 14. Be7 Ne3 15.
Qd2 c4 16. Kh1 Re8 17. d6 $16) 14. Nxe5 $1 (14. Be7 $6 c4+ 15. Kh1 Nbd7 $1 16.
a4 b4 17. a5 Qb8 18. Ne4 Nxf3 19. Bxf3 Ba6 20. Qa4 Qb5 $1 21. Qxb5 Bxb5 22.
Rfb1 b3 23. Bxf8 Bxf8 $44 {Udovcic,M-Vasiukov,E/JUG-URS/1963/}) 14... Bxe5 (
14... c4+ 15. Kh1 Bxe5 16. Be7 Re8 17. d6 {[%cal Rc3d5] /\Nd5} Be6 18. Nd5 Qb7
19. Nc7 Nc6 20. Nxa8 Rxa8 21. Bf3 Rc8 22. Bd5 Qd7 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Qf3 Bg7 25.
Rae1 Nd4 26. Qf7+ Kh8 27. Re4 e5 28. Rxe5 Nf5 29. Qe6 {1-0, Birens,E-Donrault,
P/FRA-chB/1989/}) 15. Be7 Nd7 16. d6 Bb7 (16... c4+ 17. Kh1 Bb7 18. Bf3 Bxc3
19. bxc3 Ne5 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Qd4 Nd3 22. Rf6 Rae8 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Raf1 Qd7
25. h3 a5 26. a3 h5 27. Qe4 Qa7 28. Rxg6+ {1-0,Cobo Arteaga,E-Perez Perez,F/
Havana/1965/}) 17. Nd5 $1 $40 Bxd5 $146 (17... Qc6 $142 18. Bf3 Kg7 19. Nc7 Qb6
20. Nxa8 Rxa8 21. Kh1 Rc8 22. a4 b4 23. Bd5 {Gorelov,S-Vasiukov,E/Moscow/1981/}
f5 $5 $16) 18. Qxd5 Bxb2 19. Rab1 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 a6 21. a4 $1 b4 $6 (21... Ne5
22. axb5 a5 23. Rf4 $5 $18) 22. Rxf7 $1 $18 Rxf7 (22... Rfc8 23. Rf8+ Kg7 24.
Qf7+ Kh6 25. Bg5+ Kxg5 26. Qf4#) 23. Bc4 Qa7 (23... Ne5 24. Qxa8+ Kg7 25. Bxf7
Kxf7 26. Rf1+ Ke6 27. Rf6+ Kd7 28. Qd5 $18) (23... Rc8 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. Be6
$18) 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. Re1 Bg7 (25... Nb6 26. Bd5 $1 Nxd5 (26... Rc8 27. Bf6+
Bxf6 28. Qxa7 $18) 27. Qxd5 $18 {[%csl Gd6] o^d6}) 26. Bd8 $1 (26. Bd8 Rxd8 27.
Re7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.01.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A68"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 c5 6. d5 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. Be2 exd5
9. cxd5 Bg4 10. O-O (10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nfd7 13. e6 Ne5 $13 {
Schoen,W-Westerinen,H,Porz-Citroen Cup 1990-CBM 21}) 10... Nbd7 (10... Nfd7 $5
$13 {/\Na6-c7,f5}) 11. Re1 (11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Re8 13. Qf3 $14) 11... Re8
12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qa5 14. Be3 b5 15. a3 Nb6 16. Bf2 $6 {N} (16. e5 dxe5 $5 (
16... Nc4 $6 17. exf6 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 (18. Qc1 $2 Bxf6 $19) 18... Rxe3 19. fxg7
Rae8 (19... Kxg7 $5 $14) 20. f5 $1 Qd8 21. Qd2 Qh4 22. Nxb5 $16 {Vaiser,
A-Kruger,E,San Bernardino op 1990}) 17. fxe5 (17. Bxc5 Nbd7 $132) 17... Rxe5
18. Bxc5 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Nbd7 20. Bd4 $14) 16... Nc4 $36 17. Qc2 (17. e5 $6 dxe5
18. Bxc5 Nxb2 19. Qc2 Rac8 $17) 17... Nd7 18. Be2 (18. a4 b4 19. Nb5 a6 $1 20.
Qxc4 axb5 21. Qxb5 Qxb5 22. axb5 Bxb2 $17) 18... Rab8 19. a4 (19. Nxb5 Rxb5 20.
Qxc4 Rxb2 $15) 19... b4 (19... Nxb2 $2 20. Nxb5 {><d6}) 20. Bxc4 $6 (20. Nb5
Nxb2 21. Nxd6 b3 22. Qb1 $8 (22. Qc1 Nd3 $1 23. Bxd3 b2) 22... Nxa4 23. Nxe8
Bxa1 24. Qxa1 Rxe8 $17) (20. Nd1 Ncb6 $15 (20... Nxb2 $6 21. Nxb2 b3 22. Qc1
Rxe4 23. Bb5 $16)) 20... bxc3 21. b3 $8 a6 $1 22. Rec1 (22. e5 dxe5 23. f5 e4
$17) 22... Nb6 23. Bf1 c4 24. Bxc4 (24. bxc4 $32 Nd7 25. e5 dxe5 26. Qxc3 Qxc3
27. Rxc3 exf4 28. Rac1 Bxc3 29. Rxc3 Nf6 $17) 24... Nxc4 25. bxc4 Rb2 26. Qd3
Rd2 27. Qf3 f5 $1 $19 28. e5 (28. exf5 c2 29. Ra2 (29. Be1 Bxa1 30. Rxa1 Rd1
$19) 29... Ree2 30. Be1 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 c1=Q 32. Rxc1 Rxa2 $19) 28... dxe5 29.
fxe5 (29. Qxc3 Qxc3 30. Rxc3 exf4 31. Rac1 Bxc3 32. Rxc3 Ree2 $19) 29... Rxe5
30. Kh1 (30. Qxc3 Qxc3 31. Rxc3 Ree2) (30. Re1 c2 $19) 30... Re4 (30... Ree2 $6
31. Be1 $17) 31. Be1 Qc7 $1 32. Rab1 (32. Bxd2 cxd2 33. Rd1 Bxa1 34. Rxa1 Re1+)
32... Rde2 {/\c2-+} 33. Bxc3 $8 R2e3 34. d6 $8 (34. Qf1 Bxc3 $19) 34... Qxd6
35. Bb4 Qc6 36. Qf1 (36. Qf2 Rxh3+ 37. gxh3 Re2+ 38. Kg1 Bd4 $1 39. Qxd4 Qg2#)
36... Rxh3+ 37. gxh3 Re2+ {(1.59/1.57)} (37... Re2+ 38. Kg1 Bd4+ $19 {[Stohl]})
0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Monin, Nikolay"]
[Black "Shchekachev, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A68"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5
9. cxd5 Bg4 10. O-O Nbd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Rb8 $5 $146 (12... Re8 13. Re1 (
13. a4 c4 14. Be3 Qa5 15. Bd4 Nc5 16. e5 Nfd7 17. e6 fxe6 18. dxe6 Nxe6 19.
Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qxd6 Rad8 21. Rad1 Nf6 22. Qe5 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Nd4 24. a5 Qb4 25.
Na2 Qf8 26. Qc7+ Re7 27. Qxc4 Nf5 28. Rg1 Rxd1 29. Bxd1 Ne4 $44 {Hausner,
I-Oral,T/CR-ch/1994/}) 13... Qa5 14. Be3 b5 (14... Rac8 15. g4 h6 16. h4 b5 17.
g5 hxg5 18. hxg5 Nh7 19. Bg4 Rcd8 20. e5 $1 dxe5 21. f5 e4 22. fxg6 fxg6 23.
Be6+ Rxe6 24. dxe6 Ne5 25. e7 $1 $18 {Vaiser,A-Kindermann,S/Biel op/1991/}) 15.
a3 Rac8 $5 (15... Nb6 16. e5 $5 (16. Bf2 Nc4 17. Qc2 Nd7 18. Be2 Rab8 $1 19. a4
b4 20. Bxc4 bxc3 21. b3 a6 $1 22. Rec1 Nb6 23. Bf1 c4 24. Bxc4 Nxc4 25. bxc4
Rb2 $36 {Kozul,Z-Nunn,J/Wijk/1991/}) 16... Nc4 17. exf6 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 Rxe3 19.
fxg7 Rae8 20. f5 gxf5 21. Qd2 $5 (21. Ne2 Qd8 22. Qc2 R8e5 23. a4 Qg5 24. Kh2
b4 25. Rf1 Qh4 26. Ng3 b3 27. Qf2 f4 $17 {Glek,I-Yurtaev,L/Moscow GMA-op/1989/}
) 21... b4 22. Ne2 c4 23. Ng3 c3 24. bxc3 bxc3 25. Qc2 Qb6 26. Kh2 Qb2 $6 27.
Ra2 Qb6 28. Nxf5 R3e5 29. Nh6+ Kxg7 30. Ng4 $18 {Vaiser,A-Yrjola,J/Helsinki
Opybank/1991/}) 16. g4 Nb6 17. e5 Nc4 18. exf6 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 Rxe3 20. fxg7 Rce8
21. Kf2 b4 22. axb4 Qxb4 23. Ne2 Qxb2 24. Rxa7 c4 $40 {Elbilia,J-Loeffler,S/
Cannes op/1993/}) (12... Ne8 $5 13. Qe1 $6 Nc7 14. a4 Re8 15. Qg3 c4 $1 16. Be3
Na6 17. Rad1 Nac5 18. Bd4 Bxd4+ 19. Rxd4 Qb6 20. a5 Qxb2 21. Rxc4 b5 $1 22. Rb1
Qc2 23. Rxb5 Qd3 24. Rbb4 Na6 $17 {Fors,T-Akesson,R/Stockholm op/1990/}) (12...
Qa5 13. g4 h6 14. h4 Nh7 15. Bd2 c4 16. Qe2 (16. g5 $5) 16... b5 17. Kg2 b4 18.
Nd1 Rac8 19. Rc1 c3 20. bxc3 bxc3 21. Be1 Nb6 22. g5 h5 23. Ne3 Rfe8 24. f5 Bd4
$132 {Bach,M-Horvath,T/Hamburg HSK/1991/}) (12... c4 13. Be3 a6 (13... Re8 14.
g4 h6 15. h4 Nh7 16. g5 hxg5 17. hxg5 Qa5 18. Bd4 Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 Qc5 20. Rad1
a6 21. Bg4 Nhf8 22. Rfe1 b5 23. Kg2 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 Nc5 25. Kf3 Nfd7 $10 {
Bloh,M-Morozevic,A/Moscow-ch/1992/}) (13... Qa5 14. Bd4 Rfe8 15. b4 $1 Qxb4 16.
Rb1 Qa5 17. Rxb7 a6 18. Na4 $5 Nxe4 19. Bxg7 Ndc5 20. Qd4 Nxb7 21. Bh6 f6 22.
Bxe4 Qxa4 {Kouatly,B-Nunn,J/Cannes tt/1992/} 23. f5 $1 $40) 14. Bd4 Qc7 15. Re1
Rfe8 16. g4 (16. a4 Nc5 17. e5 Nfd7 $132) 16... h6 17. h4 g5 $1 18. Bxf6 Bxf6
19. e5 dxe5 20. fxg5 hxg5 21. Ne4 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Nc5 23. h5 Rac8 24. Re2 Nxe4 25.
Bxe4 c3 26. bxc3 Rxc3 $36 {Akhmilovskaya,E-Gheorghiu,F/Palma GMA-op/1989/}) 13.
Re1 Ne8 (13... b5 $6 14. e5 $36) 14. Bg4 $6 (14. a4 a6 15. a5 b5 (15... c4 16.
Be3 $14) 16. axb6 Rxb6 $132) 14... f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Be2 a6 17. Bd3 (17. a4
Nc7 18. a5 Bd4+ 19. Kh2 Qf6 $15 {/\Rbe8}) 17... Nc7 (17... b5 18. Re6 $1 $36)
18. Qc2 (18. Re6 $6 Nxe6 19. dxe6 Nb6 {/\d5-/+}) 18... Qf6 19. Ne2 Rbe8 $36 20.
Rd1 (20. Bd2 $5 Nxd5 $5 (20... Qf7 $6 21. Ng3 $36) 21. Qb3 Qf7 (21... N7b6 22.
Bc3 Qf7 23. Ba5 c4 24. Bxc4 Nxc4 25. Qxc4 Bxb2 $15)) 20... Qh4 $1 21. Kh2 (21.
Bxf5 $2 Rxe2 $17) 21... Nf6 22. Bxf5 Ncxd5 $32 23. Ng3 (23. g3 Qh5 24. g4 Qh4
$40) 23... Kh8 24. Qf2 Ne7 $1 25. Qf3 (25. Be6 Nc6 $1 {/\} 26. Rxd6 $2 Rxe6 27.
Rxe6 Ng4+) 25... d5 26. Be3 $2 (26. Bd2 d4 {/\Ned5|^}) 26... Qxg3+ $1 $19 27.
Qxg3 Nxf5 28. Qg5 (28. Qf2 $2 Nxe3 {/\Nd1,Neg4} 29. Rdc1 d4) 28... Nxe3 29. Re1
Ne4 30. Qh5 d4 {[+]} 31. Rac1 c4 32. Qf3 Rxf4 $1 33. Rxe3 (33. Qxf4 Be5 $19)
33... Rxf3 (33... Rxf3 34. Rxf3 d3 35. Rxc4 Nd2) 0-1

[Event "Porz Citroen-Cup"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Schoen, Wolfram"]
[Black "Westerinen, Heikki MJ"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A68"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5
9. cxd5 Bg4 10. e5 $5 (10. O-O Nfd7 $5 (10... Nbd7 11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Re8
13. Qf3 Rc8 14. Kh1 c4 15. g4 Nc5 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Rxe5 18. Nxc4 Ncd7 19.
Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Qg3 Nexg4 21. Bf4 $16 {Nogueiras-Cvitan,Novi Sad (ol) 1990}) 11.
Ng5 $6 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 h6 13. Nf3 Re8 14. Qc2 Na6 15. Be3 f5 $15 {Piskov-Neverov,
Podolsk GMA-qual 1989}) 10... dxe5 {N} (10... Ne8 $2 11. Ng5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Qe7
(12... h6 13. e6 $1 $16) 13. e6 f5 14. O-O Na6 15. Be3 Nac7 16. Rfd1 a6 17. Na4
$16 {() Kozul-Damljanovic,JUG-ch plof-CBM 15}) 11. fxe5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 (12. gxf3
$2 Nh5 $17) 12... Nfd7 13. e6 Ne5 14. O-O (14. exf7+ Rxf7 15. O-O Nxf3+ (15...
c4 $13) 16. Rxf3 Rxf3 17. Qxf3 Nd7 $10) 14... Nxf3+ 15. Rxf3 fxe6 16. Rxf8+ (
16. dxe6 $6 Qxd1+ 17. Nxd1 Rxf3 18. gxf3 Nc6 $17) 16... Qxf8 17. Be3 $1 (17.
dxe6 $6 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Nc6 $15 {/\Re8}) 17... exd5 $6 (17... Na6 $1 18. dxe6 Qe7
19. Qb3 (19. Qd7 Re8 $15) 19... Re8 20. Bf2 $5 (20. Nd5 Qxe6 21. Qxb7 $2 Nb4
$19) 20... Qxe6 21. Qxb7 Rb8 22. Qxa7 Rxb2 23. Re1 Qc6 $13) 18. Qxd5+ Qf7 $8
19. Qd8+ (19. Qxf7+ Kxf7 20. Bxc5 Nc6 $10) 19... Qf8 20. Qc7 $14 Nc6 (20... b6
$2 21. Qb7 $18) (20... Qf7 $2 21. Qc8+ $18) 21. Qxb7 Qe8 (21... Nd4 22. Rf1 Qe8
23. Nd5 Rb8 24. Qxa7 Rxb2 25. Qxc5 Nf5 26. Qc4 $1 $14) 22. Qb3+ (22. Bxc5 $6
Rb8 23. Qa6 Rxb2 $10) 22... Kh8 (22... Qf7 23. Bxc5 $5 Qxb3 24. axb3 $14) 23.
Bxc5 Rb8 24. Qc2 (24. Qa3 $5 $14) 24... Qe5 25. Bf2 Qf5 $1 26. Qxf5 (26. Rc1
Qxc2 27. Rxc2 Bxc3 28. Rxc3 Rxb2 $1 $10) (26. Qe2 Nd4 $146) 26... gxf5 27. Re1
Bxc3 (27... Kg8 28. Re2 $14) 28. bxc3 Rb2 29. Bxa7 (29. Re6 Rxa2 $10) (29. a4
Rc2 30. Bxa7 (30. Re3 Ra2 $10) 30... Nxa7 31. Re8+ Kg7 32. Re7+ Kg6 33. Rxa7
Rxc3 $10) 29... Nxa7 $1 (29... Rxa2 30. Be3 Rc2 31. Rc1 $14) 30. Re8+ Kg7 31.
Re7+ Kg6 32. Rxa7 Rc2 $146 33. a4 (33. Ra3 f4 34. Ra4 Rc1+ 35. Kf2 Rxc3 $10)
33... Rxc3 34. Rb7 Rc1+ 35. Kf2 Rc2+ 36. Kf3 (36. Kf3 Rc3+ 37. Ke2 $8 Rc2+ $10
{[Stohl]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kopjonkin, Gennady"]
[Black "Ulko, Jaroslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A68"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Voronezh OShK"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Phoenix"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5
9. cxd5 Nbd7 $5 {An unusual move, the more common alternatives are} (9... Bg4 {
and}) (9... Re8) 10. e5 {A forcing continuation, which however doesn't bring
White any advantage, as he is behind in development.} (10. O-O Re8 11. Nd2 c4
$5 $13 {-A69 is another line which doesn't occur often nowadays.}) 10... dxe5
11. fxe5 Ng4 12. e6 (12. Bg5 Qb6 (12... Qe8 13. e6 fxe6 14. Nb5 Be5 15. Nxe5
Ndxe5 16. Nd6 Qd7 17. Nxc8 Raxc8 18. Bxg4 Nxg4 19. Qxg4 Qxd5 20. Be3 $14 {
/+/-,Zapletal,J-Svatos,J/Pardubice/1992/}) 13. O-O Ndxe5 14. Nxe5 c4+ 15. Kh1
Nxe5 16. Be7 Re8 17. d6 Bf5 18. Rxf5 gxf5 19. Nd5 Qc5 20. b4 Qc6 21. Rc1 Nd3
22. Bxd3 Qxd5 23. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Bf8 25. Bb5 Bxe7 26. Bxe8 Rxe8 27. dxe7
Rxe7 $11 {/=/+,Motylev,A-Kobelev,A/Ekaterinburg/1996/}) 12... Nde5 $32 {
עe1 Black avoids the exchange of Q.} (12... fxe6 $143 $6 13. dxe6 Nde5 14.
Qxd8 (14. Bg5 Qe8 15. O-O Bxe6 $17) 14... Rxd8 15. Nb5 $5 (15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. e7
Re8 17. Nd5 Bg4 18. Bb5 (18. Bg5 Bxe2 19. Kxe2 h6 20. Bf6 Nd7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22.
Kd3 Rac8 23. Rae1 Rc6 24. Re2 Rd6 $17 {Albrecht,R-Perenyi,B/Berlin-West/1987/})
18... Bd7 19. a4 Rac8 20. Bg5 c4 21. O-O a6 22. Bxd7 Nxd7 23. Rad1 Bxb2 24. Ne3
Ne5 25. Rd8 Nf7 26. Rfd1 $14 {Kahn,E-Szalanczy,E/Budapest/1992/}) 15... Bf6 16.
Nxe5 Nxe5 17. O-O Rf8 18. Bh6 Bg7 19. Bg5 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 h6 21. Bf4 g5 22. Bxe5
Bxe5 23. Bc4 Kg7 24. Rf7+ Kg6 25. Bd5 Kh5 26. Rf8 {1-0,Roos,C-Kindt,A/
Nickenich/1998/}) 13. Ng5 $6 (13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. exf7+ Rxf7 15. Be3 Qh4+ 16. g3
Qe7 17. Kd2 Bg4 18. Qa4 b5 19. Qxb5 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Nf3+ 21. Kc2 Re8 $17 {
Szabolcsi,J-Schneider,A/Budapest/1993/}) (13. exf7+ $142 Rxf7 14. Ng5 (14. O-O
$2 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 Nxh2 $1 17. Ne4 Nxf3 18. Rxf3 Qh4+ {0-1,Gervais,
V-Pineau,J/Avoine/1993/}) 14... Rf5 15. Nce4 $13) (13. O-O fxe6 $17) 13... fxe6
$1 {[%mdl 640] Black sacrifices a piece to further his attack.} ({Very risky,
although possibly playable is} 13... c4 14. O-O Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Nf2+ 16. Rxf2 Qxf2
17. Nge4 Qb6 18. e7 Re8 19. d6 Qc6 20. Nd5 Kh8 21. Ndf6 $6 Bf5 22. Bf3 Nd3 23.
Qe2 Bxf6 24. Ng5 Qc5 25. Be3 Rxe7 26. Nxf7+ Kg7 27. dxe7 Qxe7 28. Bd5 Be6 29.
Bxe6 Qxe6 $19 {Knezevic,M-Zaitsev,I/Smederevska Palanka/1971/}) 14. Bxg4 {
Black is better even if White doesn't take the offered piece.} (14. dxe6 Qxd1+
15. Nxd1 h6 $32 {-/+|^}) (14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Qxd1+ 16. Nxd1 Rae8 17. h3 Nh6
$17) 14... Nxg4 15. Qxg4 exd5 $40 16. Qh4 h6 17. Nf3 g5 18. Qa4 $5 $146 (18.
Bxg5 hxg5 19. Qxg5 Qxg5 20. Nxg5 Bg4 21. Rf1 Rae8+ 22. Kd2 Bxc3+ 23. Kxc3 Re3+
24. Kc2 Re2+ 25. Kb3 Rfe8 26. Rac1 R8e3+ 27. Rc3 {Lazic,M-Todorovic,V/JUG-chTW/
1993/} d4 $19) (18. Qg3 d4 19. Nb1 Qe8+ $5 20. Kd1 c4 21. Qd6 d3 22. Qd5+ Kh7
23. Re1 Qa4+ 24. b3 cxb3 25. Qxd3+ Bf5 26. Qxb3 Qxb3+ 27. axb3 Bxa1 $19 {
Pljasunov,A-Khismatullin,D/St Petersburg/1998/}) 18... g4 $1 ({The text is
even more energetic, than} 18... d4 19. Qc4+ Kh8 20. Ne2 g4 21. Nd2 b6 $44) 19.
Nd2 (19. Ng1 $142 Qf6 20. Nge2 Qf2+ 21. Kd1 Qxg2 $17) 19... Bd7 20. Qb3 c4 21.
Qxb7 Qe7+ $19 {->} 22. Ne2 $8 (22. Kd1 Ba4+ $19) 22... Rae8 23. Qxd5+ Kh8 24.
Qxc4 ({Black's huge development advantage decides quickly after} 24. Ne4 Qxe4
25. Qxe4 Rxe4 26. Kd1 (26. Kd2 Rf2) 26... Ba4+ $19) 24... Rf4 $1 {White's Q
can't protect e2.} 25. Qa6 (25. Qd3 Rd4 $19) 25... Ra4 26. Qd3 Rd4 27. Qa6 Rd6
28. Qc4 Rc6 29. Qd3 (29. Qb5 Rxc1+ $19) 29... Bf5 30. Ne4 $8 (30. Qb5 a6 $19)
30... Bxe4 31. Qg3 Rc2 (31... Bf3 $19) 32. Bd2 Bf3 0-1

[Event "Solin 7th"]
[Site "Solin"]
[Date "1999.12.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A68"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5
9. cxd5 {Although this position is classified as a Benoni, it even more often
arises via a 4-pawn King's Indian move order, as in this game.} Bg4 {Smirin
chooses the most fighting move.} (9... Re8 {is deeply analyzed till the very
drawish end.}) 10. O-O Nbd7 (10... Nfd7 $5 {is a less played, but interesting
alternative. Black steps out of the possible g4-g5 attacks, frees the long
diagonal and plans to develop his other N to a6.} 11. Kh1 (11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxe5
Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Qe7 (13... Re8 $5 14. Qf2 b6 15. Be3 Qe7 $15) 14. Re1 Re8 15. Qb5
Nxe5 16. fxe5 a6 17. Qa4 b5 18. Nxb5 Bxe5 19. Nc7 $1 Bd4+ 20. Be3 $1 Bxe3+ 21.
Kh1 Nd7 22. d6 Qxd6 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. Rad1 Qf6 25. Qxd7 $16 {Solak,D-Kovacevic,
A/Belgrade Nikolic mem/2000/}) (11. a4 Na6 12. Nd2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nb4 14. Nc4
Nb6 15. Na3 Re8 16. Qf3 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. a5 Nd7 19. Qh3 {Banikas,
H-Pavlovic,M/Aegina/1996/} Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Qf6 21. Nab5 Re7 $13 {[%cal Ge7e1]
|^<->e}) 11... Na6 12. Nb5 $5 (12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Rb8 14. a4 Nc7 15. Nb5 Nb6
16. Nxc7 Qxc7 17. Qc2 Nd7 18. Bd2 b5 19. axb5 Rxb5 20. Bc3 Rfb8 $132 {
Michaelsen,N-Nedev,T/Maribor/1995/}) 12... Nb6 13. a4 Qe7 (13... Nc7 $142) 14.
a5 Nd7 15. Ra3 Nb4 16. e5 $1 dxe5 17. d6 Qd8 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Bd7 20. Nc7
Rc8 21. Bf4 Nc6 22. a6 bxa6 23. Bxa6 Rb8 24. Qe2 $16 {[+],Lanchava,T-Djeno,M/
DBL2-W9900/1999/}) 11. Re1 Re8 (11... Rb8 $5) 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qa5 {
Black has three possible moves, but the lines can transpose into one another.
Basically practice shows the insertion of a6 and a4 rather favours White.} (
13... a6 14. a4 c4 15. Be3 Qa5 16. Qe2 (16. Kh1 Nc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. e5 dxe5
19. fxe5 Nd7 20. Ne4 Qb6 (20... Qb4 21. e6 Ne5 22. exf7+ Nxf7 23. Bg4 Rad8 24.
Be6 Rxe6 25. dxe6 Rxd1 26. exf7+ Kxf7 27. Raxd1 Bxb2 28. Rd7+ $40 {Flear,
G-Drabke,L/Aosta/2000/}) 21. e6 Ne5 22. a5 Qb4 23. exf7+ Nxf7 24. Ra4 Qb5 25.
Qc2 Nd6 $11 {Feldman,V-Cowley,R/Sydney/1992/}) 16... Rac8 17. Qf2 Nc5 18. Bxc5
Qxc5 19. Qxc5 Rxc5 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 Nd7 22. Ne4 Rxd5 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. Bxd5
Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Bxe5 26. Bxc4 Bxb2 27. Rb1 $14 {Lautier,J-Sutovskij,E/Tilburg/
1996/}) (13... c4 14. Be3 Qa5 15. Kh1 Nc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5
Nd7 19. e6 fxe6 20. Rxe6 Ne5 21. Qe2 Rad8 22. Bg4 Rxe6 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Ne4
Qe7 25. Rf1 h6 26. Qe3 b6 27. Rf4 Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Bxf8 29. b3 b5 $11 30. bxc4 {
1/2,Lautier,J-Temirbaev,S/Elista olm/1998/}) 14. Be3 b5 (14... c4 $5 {-13...c4}
) 15. a3 Rac8 $6 {Probably both alternative moves are better-here the R can
later come under a Bg4 attack.} (15... b4 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. Qc2 Nb6 18. Bf2
Nfd7 19. Re2 (19. Bg4 Nf8 20. Re2 h5 21. Bf3 Nfd7 22. g4 hxg4 23. hxg4 g5 $1
$36 {Skirpan,S-Wojtkiewicz,A/Fredericksburg/1999/}) 19... Bd4 20. Kh1 Bxf2 21.
Rxf2 c4 22. Re2 a5 23. Bg4 Nf6 24. Qd2 Nxg4 25. hxg4 Nd7 26. Qd4 Qc5 27. Rd1
Rab8 28. Qxc5 Nxc5 29. Rd4 Nd3 30. Rxc4 Nxf4 $15 {Lautier,J-Smirin,I/Cap
d`Agde EU-ch act/1996/}) (15... Nb6 16. e5 (16. Bf2 Nc4 17. Qc2 Nd7 18. Be2
Rab8 19. a4 b4 $1 20. Bxc4 bxc3 21. b3 a6 22. Rec1 Nb6 23. Bf1 c4 24. Bxc4 Nxc4
25. bxc4 Rb2 26. Qd3 Rd2 27. Qf3 f5 $17 {Kozul,Z-Nunn,J/Wijk aan Zee/1991/})
16... Nc4 $142 (16... dxe5 17. fxe5 Rxe5 18. Bxc5 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Re8 (19...
Nbd7 20. b4 $36) 20. Qf2 Nfd7 21. Bb4 Qa6 22. d6 Re5 23. Kh1 Nc4 24. a4 Bf8 25.
Rd1 $16 {[%csl Gd6] o^d,Lalic,B-Zapata,A/Elista olm/1998/}) 17. exf6 (17. Bf2
Nd7 18. e6 Nxb2 19. exd7 {Vragoteris,A-Tsarouhas,K/Poros/1998/} Red8 $17) 17...
Nxe3 18. Rxe3 Rxe3 19. fxg7 f5 $5 (19... Rae8 20. f5 $5 $36) 20. Qf1 $13 {
1/2,Banikas,H-Leitao,R/WCh U18 Menorca/1996/}) 16. Kh1 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] This
useful waiting move forces Black to show his intentions.} (16. Bf2 a6 17. Kh1
c4 18. Bd4 Re7 19. Re2 Nc5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. e5 Ne8 22. Bg4 Qd8 23. Qg1 $36 {
Kniest,O-Groszpeter,A/Berlin op/1997/}) (16. g4 Nb6 $5 17. e5 Nc4 18. exf6 Nxe3
19. Rxe3 Rxe3 20. fxg7 Rce8 21. Kf2 $6 b4 22. axb4 Qxb4 23. Ne2 Qxb2 24. Rxa7
c4 25. Ra6 Rd3 26. Qe1 Ree3 {0-1,Elbilia,J-Loeffler,S/Cannes/1993/}) 16... Nb6
(16... c4 17. a4 $5 (17. Bd4 Nc5 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Nd7 21. e6
fxe6 22. Rxe6 Rcc8 23. Qe2 Ne5 $13) 17... b4 18. Nb5 $14) 17. Bf2 Nfd7 ({
The consistent} 17... Nc4 {was dangerous:} 18. Qc2 Nd7 19. Bg4 Rcd8 20. Bh4 (
20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. e5 $1 dxe5 22. Bxc5 $14) 20... Nxb2 $5 21. e5 Nc4 22. Bxd8
Rxd8 23. a4 $36) 18. Qc2 a6 19. Bg4 h5 {[%csl Rg6,Rh5][%mdl 4] ׻  This move
only helps White with a tactical/strategical operation, typical for this line.}
(19... Rb8 $142 $5 $14) 20. Bxd7 Nxd7 21. e5 $1 dxe5 22. f5 $40 Qb6 (22... Nf8
$5 23. fxg6 (23. Ne4 Qd8 24. Rad1 $44) (23. Rad1 $5) 23... Nxg6 (23... fxg6 24.
Ne4 $16) 24. Qf5 $14) 23. Rad1 e4 $2 {After this nervous attempt to liberate
the Bg7 Black's position is probably beyond saving.} ({Necessary was} 23... Qf6
$142 $1 24. Ne4 (24. fxg6 Qxg6 $132) 24... Qxf5 25. Rd3 Qf4 26. Rf3 Qh6 27. Nd6
f5 $14 {[%csl Gd5,Rh6] o^d,ףh6 White should be somewhat better, but the
outcome of the game remains unlear.}) 24. Rxe4 Qd6 (24... Nf6 25. Rxe8+ Nxe8
26. Ne4 $1 (26. b4 $2 Qf6 27. Ne4 Qxf5 28. bxc5 Nd6 $1 $17) 26... gxf5 27. Ng3
$16 {->}) 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Ne4 {[%csl Gd5] o^d} Qf4 27. Nxc5 Be5 (27... Nxc5
28. Bxc5 (28. Qxc5 Re2 $132) 28... Be5 29. Bg1 {/\} Qxf5 30. Qxf5 gxf5 31. d6
Rd8 32. d7 Bc7 33. Bc5 $18) 28. Bg1 Nxc5 (28... Rc8 29. b4 gxf5 30. Qf2 $18)
29. Qxc5 Qxf5 (29... Bxb2 30. fxg6 fxg6 31. Qc6 $18) 30. d6 Qd7 31. b4 Re6 32.
Bh2 Bxh2 (32... Bf6 33. Qc7 $18) 33. Kxh2 {[%cal Rc5c7] /\Qc7+-} Kh7 34. Rd5 $1
$18 {Renews the threat with devastating effect. Black must opt for desperate
flings.} Re2 (34... Kg7 35. Qc7 Qxc7 (35... Re7 36. Qc3+ $18) 36. dxc7 Rc6 37.
Rc5 $18) 35. Re5 (35. Rxh5+ $2 gxh5 36. Qxh5+ Kg7 37. Qxe2 Qxd6+ $16 {is
naturally already not enough.}) 35... Rd2 (35... Rxe5 36. Qxe5 $22 h4 37. Qe7
Qf5 38. Qxh4+ (38. d7 $2 Qf4+ 39. Kg1 Qc1+ 40. Kf2 Qd2+ 41. Kf3 Qd3+ $11) 38...
Kg8 39. Qd4 $18) (35... Ra2 36. Re7 $18) 36. Rxh5+ $1 Kg8 (36... gxh5 37. Qxh5+
Kg7 38. Qg5+ Kf8 39. Qh6+ Kg8 40. Qxd2 $18) 37. Rd5 Re2 38. Qd4 {[%cal Rd5c5,
Rc5c7] /\Rc5-c7,Re5-e7} (38. Qc7 $2 Qe6 {/\} 39. d7 Rxg2+ $1 40. Kxg2 Qxd5+ $11
) 38... Re6 (38... Rc2 39. Rc5 $18) (38... Re1 39. Re5 $5 $18 (39. Rc5 Re6 40.
Rc7 $2 Qxd6+ $11)) 39. Qb6 Re2 40. Qxa6 Qe6 41. Qxb5 Rf2 (41... Qe4 42. Qxe2
Qxe2 43. d7 $18) 42. d7 Qe4 (42... Qe4 43. d8=Q+ Kg7 44. Qg5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Maribor Pirc Memorial"]
[Site "Maribor"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Osmanbegovic, Suad"]
[Black "Rotstein, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A68"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5
9. cxd5 Bg4 10. O-O Nbd7 (10... Nfd7 $5 $13) 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Re8 (12... a6
13. g4 Ne8 14. g5 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Be3 b5 17. Qc2 Nb6 18. Rae1 Nc7 19. b3
Qd7 20. Rd1 Qf7 21. Bf2 $14 {Bagaturov,G-Grigorian,K/Belgorod GMA-qual/1989/})
13. g4 h6 14. h4 $13 b5 $6 (14... h5 $5 15. g5 (15. gxh5 $142 $5 $13) 15... Ng4
16. Bxg4 hxg4 17. Qxg4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rxe4 19. h5 Qe7 20. Qh3 Re2 21. f5 gxh5
22. Qxh5 Qe4 23. Qh3 Ne5 $17 {->,Monin,N-Anka,E/Zalakaros op/1992/}) (14... Nh7
15. g5 hxg5 16. hxg5 a6 17. a4 c4 18. Be3 Rc8 19. Bg4 $6 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rxe4 21.
Qf3 Qe7 22. Bd4 Re8 23. Ra2 Ndf8 24. Qh3 Rxd4 $1 $17 {Stankovic,Dr-Paunovic,D/
JUG-chT Cetinje/1992/}) 15. g5 (15. e5 dxe5 16. g5 e4 $5 17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. Bg2
b4 $44) 15... b4 $8 (15... Nh7 16. Nxb5 $16) 16. gxf6 Nxf6 17. Ne2 (17. Nb1
Nxe4 18. Kg2 Qxh4 19. Qe1 Qf6 20. Bxe4 Qd4 21. Nd2 f5 22. Qf2 fxe4 23. Qxd4
cxd4 24. Nc4 e3 25. Kf3 Rec8 26. b3 e2 $44 {Hausner,I-Neverov,V/Pardubice op/
1993/}) (17. e5 bxc3 (17... dxe5 18. fxe5 Rxe5 19. Bf4 $16) 18. exf6 Qxf6 19.
bxc3 Qxh4 20. Rb1 Qg3+ 21. Bg2 Bxc3 22. Rb3 Rab8 $13 {Engqvist,T-Jonsson,M/
Borlange ch-SE/1992/}) 17... Nxe4 18. h5 Qh4 $146 {/\Ng3} (18... gxh5 19. Qd3
f5 20. Bxh5 Qh4 21. Bxe8 Rxe8 22. Qf3 Nf6 23. Kg2 Nh5 24. Be3 Re4 25. Rae1 Bxb2
26. Ng3 $18 {Scholseth,T-Moen,OC/NOR-ch/1992/}) 19. Kg2 $8 g5 (19... c4 20. Qc2
$16) 20. Qe1 (20. Qc2 f5 $36) 20... Qxe1 21. Rxe1 c4 22. Rb1 (22. Ng3 Nxg3 23.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Kxg3 Bd4 $5 {/\Re1~/=}) 22... Nc5 23. fxg5 Nd3 (23... c3 24.
bxc3 bxc3 25. gxh6 c2 26. Rb5 Nd3 27. Rg1 $16) 24. Rd1 hxg5 25. Ng3 $1 (25.
Bxg5 Nxb2 $36) 25... Re5 $8 26. Rh1 (26. Be4 $142 $5 $14 {/\} Nf4+ 27. Kf3 Nxh5
28. Nxh5 g4+ 29. Kxg4 Rxe4+ 30. Bf4 $36) 26... Bh6 $6 (26... f5 $5 $132) 27.
Ne4 (27. Be4 $14) 27... f5 28. Nxg5 (28. Nxd6 $1 Nxc1 (28... Ne1+ 29. Rxe1 Rxe1
30. Nxf5 $16) 29. Nxc4 $1 Ree8 (29... Re2+ 30. Bxe2 Nxe2 31. d6 $16) 30. Rhxc1
g4 31. Re1 gxf3+ 32. Kxf3 $16) 28... Rc8 $5 {/\Nc1=} (28... Nxc1 29. Rbxc1 Bxg5
30. Rxc4 $36) 29. Bd2 c3 30. bxc3 bxc3 31. Bxc3 Bxg5 $5 (31... Rxc3 32. Rb8+
Kg7 33. Rb7+ (33. Ne6+ Kf6 34. Rh8 Bf4 $13 {/\Rc2}) 33... Kg8 34. Rb8+ $10 (34.
Nf7 $2 Rc2+ 35. Kg3 Bf4+ $40)) 32. Bxe5 dxe5 33. h6 (33. d6 Rc2+ (33... e4 $6
34. Bd1) 34. Kg3 e4 $13) (33. Bd1 $5 $14) 33... e4 34. h7+ Kh8 35. Be2 Nf4+ 36.
Kf1 Nxd5 37. Bh5 f4 38. Bg6 e3 (38... Nc3 $5 $36 {/\} 39. Rc1 $2 f3 40. Rxc3
Rxc3 41. Bxe4 Rc1+ $19) 39. Be4 Nc3 40. Bf5 $1 $8 Rf8 41. Rc1 Bf6 42. Kg2 Nxa2
43. Rc8 Rxc8 44. Bxc8 Nc3 $10 45. Kf3 a5 (45... Be5 46. Rh5) 46. Kxf4 e2 47.
Ba6 Bh4 48. Bxe2 Nxe2+ 49. Ke3 Ng3 50. Rxh4 $1 (50. Ra1 Bd8 51. Kd4 $10) (50.
Rxh4 Nf5+ 51. Kd3 Nxh4 52. Kc4 {/\Kb5}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kecskemet"]
[Site "Kecskemet"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Videki, Sandor"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A68"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Wahls,M"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[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. d4 {Prädikat: nachspielenswert.} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O
6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. cxd5 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. Re1 Rb8 12. e5 dxe5
13. d6 Ne6 14. fxe5 Ng4 15. Bc4 b5 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. h3 Rxf3 18. Qxf3 Nxe5 19.
Qe2 Qxd6 20. Bf4 Qd4+ 21. Be3 Qc4 22. Rad1 Bb7 23. Nxb5 Nf3+ 24. Kh1 Qh4 25.
Rf1 Qxh3+ 26. gxh3 Nd4+ 27. Qg2 Bxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Rxb5 29. b3 h6 30. Rc1 g5 31.
Bxd4 Bxd4 32. Rce1 Rb6 33. Re4 Kg7 34. Rf3 h5 35. Re1 a5 36. Ref1 a4 37. Rc1
axb3 38. Rxb3 Ra6 39. a3 Kg6 40. Rc2 e5 41. Ra2 Ra4 42. Rb6+ Kf5 43. Rh6 e4 44.
h4 gxh4 45. Rxh5+ Kg4 46. Rh6 e3 47. Rg6+ Kf5 48. Rh6 Ke4 49. Rxh4+ Kd3 50. Kf3
Ra8 51. Rh1 Rf8+ 52. Kg2 e2 53. a4 Rf2+ 54. Kg3 Rf1 0-1

