[Event "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
O-O e5 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Rb1 Qe7 (10... b6 11. h3 (11. Qc2 Bd7 12. h3 Qc8 (12...
exd4 13. exd4 cxd4 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 h6 16. Bf4 $14) 13. f4 exd4 14. cxd4 (
14. exd4 $5) 14... Re8 (14... Nb4 15. Rxb4 cxb4 16. e4 h6 17. e5 Ne8 18. Bb2
$44) 15. Nf3 Nb4 16. Rxb4 cxb4 17. e4 b5 $1 18. c5 dxc5 (18... d5 19. e5 Ne4
20. Ng5 Nxg5 21. fxg5 g6 22. Qb3 $44) 19. dxc5 h6 20. Nd4 Bc6 21. e5 Nd5 22.
Nf5 $2 Nc3 23. Qf2 Qe6 $1 24. Nxg7 $8 Kxg7 25. f5 Qd5 26. Bxh6+ Kh8 27. Bf4
Qxg2+ 28. Qxg2 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Rac8 30. e6 $1 $138 fxe6 31. f6 Rf8 32. Bd6 Rf7
33. Rf4 Nd5 34. Rh4+ Kg8 35. Rg4+ Kh8 36. Rh4+ {Bareev,E-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee/
1995/0,5/36/}) (11. Qc2) (11. f4 exd4 12. cxd4 cxd4 13. Qf3 dxe3 14. Qxc6 Bd7
15. Qf3 exd2 16. Bxd2 Rc8 17. Bc3 Be6 18. Rbc1 Re8 19. Qf2 h6 20. Qh4 d5 21. f5
Bd7 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Qxf6 gxf6 24. cxd5 Re5 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. Rc1 Bd7 27. Rc7
Rxd5 28. Bc4 Rd1+ 29. Kf2 a5 30. Rb7 Rd4 {Schon,W-Tunik,G/Groningen op/1995/0,
5/60/}) 11... Bd7 (11... Re8 $142) 12. f4 exd4 (12... exf4 13. Rxf4 $16 Qe7 14.
Qf3 Rac8 15. Nf1 Ne8 (15... Na5 16. d5 $16 {פa5}) 16. Ng3 g6 17. Bd2 Ng7 18.
Rf1 {/\ 19. Rf6 Ne8 20. Ne4} f5 19. e4 Ne6 (19... cxd4 20. exf5) (19... Ne5 20.
dxe5 dxe5 21. Rxf5 gxf5 22. exf5 $16 {->} Bc6 $140 23. Qg4) 20. exf5 Nxf4 21.
Bxf4 cxd4 22. Qd5+ $1 Kg7 23. Bxd6 $18 Qe3+ 24. Kh2 Rf6 25. Bf4 Qe8 26. fxg6
hxg6 27. Bh6+ {Sokolov,I-Winants/1995/}) 13. cxd4 Re8 (13... cxd4 14. e4 $44 {
->}) 14. Qf3 Qe7 15. d5 Nb4 16. Rxb4 cxb4 17. e4 b5 18. cxb5 Rab8 19. a4 a6 20.
Bb2 axb5 21. a5 Bc8 22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 Nxd5 24. Qxd5 Bb7 25. Qb3 Rbd8 26. Ne4
Bd5 27. Qc2 b3 28. Qe2 Bc4 29. Bxc4 bxc4 30. Qxc4 {Pliester,L-Van den Doel,E/
NED t-ch/1995/1-0/42/}) (10... Rb8 11. d5 Ne7 12. Qa4 a6 13. Qc2 Kh8 14. f4 Ng4
15. Nf3 f5 16. h3 Nxe3 17. Bxe3 e4 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Ng5 Nf5 20. Rfe1 Nxe3 21.
Rxe3 Rxf4 22. Rxe4 Rf5 23. Ne6 Bxe6 24. dxe6 Qe7 25. Qd3 Rf6 26. Qd5 b6 27. a4
a5 28. Rd1 h6 29. Re2 Re8 30. Rde1 {Sharif,Me-Daly,C/Linares-zt/1995/0,5/47/})
11. d5 e4 (11... Nb8 12. e4 Nbd7 13. Re1 $14) 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. dxc6 bxc6 (
13... Nxc3 14. cxb7 Bxb7 15. Rxb7 Qxb7 16. Qc2 $18) 14. Qc2 f5 (14... Re8 15.
f3 Nf6 16. e4 $13) 15. f3 Nf6 $1 $146 (15... Ng5 16. Bd2 $14 Nf7 (16... Be6)
17. f4 Nh6 18. Qa4 $1 (18. Rbe1 Be6 19. e4 Qf7) 18... Qc7 19. h3 Bd7 (19... Be6
) 20. Rb3 (20. Rb3 Rae8 21. Rfb1 Bc8 22. Rb8 $16) 20... Rab8 21. Rxb8 $1 Rxb8
22. e4 {Bareev,E-Van der Wiel,J/Wijk aan Zee/1995/}) 16. Bd2 (16. Re1 $1 Be6
17. e4 Qf7 $1 $132 (17... fxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Rae8 20. Qxc6)) (16. Bxf5
Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Nd7 18. Qc2 Ne5 $10) 16... Be6 17. Rfe1 Nd7 18. Rb7 Qd8 19. Qa4
$1 Qc8 (19... Rf7 $5 20. Qc2 $1 (20. Qxc6 Ne5) (20. Reb1 Nb6 21. Qa6 Bc8 22.
R1xb6 Bxb7 23. Rxb7 Qc8) 20... Rf8 $10) 20. Rxa7 Ne5 21. Bf1 Rxa7 (21... Rxa7
22. Qxa7 Nxc4 23. Bc1 Qa8 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates FIDE sf1"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7.
bxc3 d6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nd2 e5 10. Ne4 b6 $5 11. Qf3 Bb7 12. Ng3 $6 (12. Nxf6+
Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. f4 $1 (14. d5 $2 Na5 $15 {>< c4}) (14. Be4 {Ftacnik} Na5
{xc4}) 14... Na5 15. e4 Ba6 16. Rf3 $44) 12... Kh8 $1 (12... Na5 13. e4 $1) (
12... Qd7 13. d5 Na5 14. e4 Ba6 15. Qe2 Qa4 $140 16. Bg5) 13. d5 $6 (13. Qd1
$13 {Ftacnik Anand}) 13... e4 $1 14. Bxe4 (14. Nxe4 Ne5 15. Qe2 Nxe4 16. Bxe4
f5 $1 17. Bd3 Ba6 $44 (17... Qh4 {Ftacnik} 18. f4 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Rae8 20. Bd2
Re4 {/\ Ba6})) 14... Ne5 15. Qf4 (15. Qe2 $2 Ba6 16. Bd3 (16. Rd1 {Ftacnik}
Bxc4 17. Qc2 $15) 16... Nxd5 $1) 15... Ba6 (15... g5 $6 16. Qxg5 Rg8 17. Qh6
Rxg3 18. fxg3 $1 Nxe4 19. Rf4 Nxc3 $140 20. Bb2 $1 $16) 16. Rd1 $2 (16. Bf3
Bxc4 17. Rd1 $15) 16... g5 $1 17. Qxg5 $8 (17. Qf5 Bc8 18. Qxg5 Rg8) 17... Rg8
18. Qh6 (18. Qf4 {Ftacnik} Rg4 19. Qh6 Nxe4 20. f3 Rg6 $19) 18... Rxg3 19. hxg3
Nxe4 20. f3 Nxg3 (20... Nxc3 {Ftacnik} 21. Re1 Bxc4 22. Bb2 Na4 23. Bxe5+ dxe5
24. e4 $17) 21. e4 Qf8 $2 (21... Ne2+ $1 22. Kf2 Nxc1 23. Raxc1 (23. Rh1 $2
Ncd3+ 24. Ke3 Qg8 $19) 23... Qe7 $17) 22. Qxf8+ $2 (22. Qf6+ $1 Qg7 $8 (22...
Kg8 23. Bh6 Nh5 24. Bxf8 Nxf6 25. Bxd6) 23. Qxg7+ (23. Qxd6 $2 {Ftacnik} Nxf3+
24. gxf3 Nxe4+ $19) 23... Kxg7 24. Kf2 Nh5 25. Rh1 $13) 22... Rxf8 23. Kf2 Rg8
24. Bf4 Nh5 25. Bxe5+ dxe5 26. Rh1 Nf6 27. a4 Bxc4 28. g4 Rg6 29. a5 b5 30. Rh4
Kg7 31. Ke3 a6 32. Rg1 h6 33. Rh2 Ne8 34. Rh5 f6 35. f4 (35. Rh2 {Ftacnik} Nd6
$19) 35... exf4+ 36. Kxf4 Nd6 37. e5 fxe5+ 38. Rxe5 Rf6+ $19 39. Ke3 Nf7 40.
Rf5 Kg6 41. Ke4 $1 Rd6 $2 (41... Nd6+ 42. Ke5 Nxf5 43. gxf5+ Kf7 44. d6) (41...
Ng5+ $1 42. Kf4 (42. Ke5 Nf3+) (42. Ke3 {Ftacnik} Rxf5 43. gxf5+ Kxf5 44. Rh1
Nf7 $19) 42... Bxd5 (42... Nh3+ 43. Ke5) 43. Rd1 Bc4 $1 {>< a6} 44. Rxf6+ Kxf6
45. Rd6+ Ne6+ 46. Ke4 b4 $19) 42. Rd1 Be2 43. Rd2 (43. Rg1 {Ftacnik} Ng5+ 44.
Ke5 Rd8 45. Rc1 Re8+ 46. Kd6 Bxg4 $17) 43... Bc4 (43... Bxg4 {Ftacnik} 44. Rf4
h5 45. Rdf2 Ng5+ 46. Ke5 Rd8 47. d6 $132) 44. Kf4 Kg7 45. Rd1 Bb3 $2 (45... Rf6
$1 46. Rd2 Nd6 $17 {><e2}) 46. Rd2 Rf6 47. Rd3 $1 (47. d6 {Ftacnik} Be6 48.
Rxf6 Kxf6 $17) 47... Nd6 $4 (47... Rd6 $17) (47... Rd6 {Ftacnik} 48. Rd2 Bc4
49. Rd1 Rd7 50. Rd2 b4 51. cxb4 cxb4 52. Rd4 Nd6 53. Re5 b3 $19) 48. Rxf6 Kxf6
49. Re3 $1 $10 Bxd5 50. Re5 Bb7 (50... Bg2 {Ftacnik} 51. Rxc5 Nc4 52. Rh5 (52.
Rc7 Nxa5 53. Ra7 Bb7 $19) (52. Rf5+ Kg7 53. g5 Bb7 54. gxh6+ Kxh6 55. Rf6+ Kg7
56. Re6 Nxa5 $19) 52... Kg6 53. Rh2 Bd5 54. Ra2 $17) 51. Rxc5 Nc4 52. Rc7 Nxa5
53. Rh7 Kg6 54. Rd7 Bc8 55. Rd8 Be6 56. Rd6 Kf6 57. Rxa6 Nc4 58. Rc6 Ne5 59.
Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SRB Central-ch op-A 9th"]
[Site "Paracin"]
[Date "2016.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lajthajm, Borko"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 {A
strange move!} ({The regular one is} 7. Nge2 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. O-O {where I
had experience with White!} O-O 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Nf4 Bd6 12. Re1 g6 $14) 7...
Nc6 8. Nf3 Nf6 $5 {Ambitious!} (8... O-O 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 (9... Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Qxd5
11. dxc5 $14) 10. Bxb4 Nxb4 11. Bb1 $14) (8... cxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. O-O Be7 {
transposes to what one usually gets from the Panov to the Semi-Tarrasch.}) 9.
a3 Ba5 10. Bb5 $1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Nxc6 (12. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 13. Na4 Ne4 14.
Bxa5 Qxa5+ 15. b4 Qa6 16. f3 c5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. bxc5 Qa5+ 19. Qd2 Qxc5 $11)
12... bxc6 13. Be2 (13. Bd3 c5) 13... c5 14. Bf3 Rb8 15. Qc2 Qb6 16. Rb1 O-O (
16... Qa6 17. Be2 Qb7 18. O-O) (16... Qb3 17. Qxb3 Rxb3 18. Ne4 $1 (18. O-O Ke7
19. Nd5+ exd5 20. Bxa5) (18. Bd1 Rb6) 18... Bxd2+ 19. Nxd2 Rb8 20. Be2 Ke7 21.
b3 $14) 17. O-O Rfc8 (17... Qb3 18. Rfc1) 18. Rfd1 Be8 $1 $11 19. h3 Qc7 20.
Ne2 Bxd2 21. Rxd2 a5 (21... Nd7 $5) 22. Nc3 h6 23. Rc1 Qe5 24. Qd1 Rb6 25. Rcc2
Qb8 26. Qc1 Bc6 27. Bxc6 {Nothing to write home about.} (27. Bxc6 Rbxc6 28. Qd1
c4 $1 $132) 1/2-1/2

[Event "SRB Central-ch op-A 9th"]
[Site "Paracin"]
[Date "2016.07.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Becker, Marcel"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 {
Portisch's System!} 8. e4 (8. O-O e5 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Rb1 b6 11. h3 (11. d5 Ne7
12. Qc2 g6 $1) 11... Bd7 12. f4 $5 exd4 13. cxd4 Re8 14. Qf3 (14. d5 Nb4 15.
Rxb4 cxb4 16. e4 b5) 14... Qe7 (14... Rc8 15. Ba3 cxd4 16. e4 $44) 15. d5 Nb4
16. Rxb4 cxb4 17. e4 Ba4 18. Bb2 Nd7 19. Qg3 f6 $132 {is another line.}) 8...
e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nd2 $5 h5 $146 (10... Qa5 $1 11. Qc2 (11. Qb3 O-O) 11... h5
12. h4 Bd7 {is how the great Dane treated the opening.}) (10... O-O 11. Nf1 {
is Petrosian's idea with which he won another game from Ivkov.That's what I
should have remembered during the game.} Ne8 12. Ng3 f5 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Qc2
g6 15. Ne4 $16) 11. h4 (11. Nf3 $5) 11... Qa5 12. Qc2 (12. Qb3 $142 Qc7 {
makes Larsen's move order more accurate.}) 12... Bd7 {Gligoric-Larsen, Bugojno
1980: Back in business..} 13. a4 (13. g3 O-O-O 14. a4 Ng4 $1 {is what happened
in the above mentioned game.}) 13... Ng4 14. g3 Qc7 $5 (14... O-O-O 15. Nb3 Qc7
16. a5 Rdf8 {is Larsen's idea.}) 15. Nf1 O-O-O (15... Qc8 $5) (15... a5 $5 16.
f3 Nh6 17. Kf2 $14) 16. a5 Kb8 17. f3 Nh6 18. Be3 Rdf8 19. Nd2 g6 20. Nb3 f5
21. Qc1 Neg8 22. Qa3 $6 {White has to tuck away his king as soon as possible,
since the centre is about to be opened.} (22. O-O fxe4 23. Bxe4 (23. fxe4 $2
Rxf1+ 24. Qxf1 Qc8 25. Bg5 Bh3 26. Qf2 Rh7 $17) 23... Nf5 24. Bf2 Nf6 $13)
22... fxe4 23. Bxe4 (23. fxe4 $2 Ng4) 23... Nf6 24. Nxc5 $5 Nxe4 $6 {There
were holes in my calculations.} ({Acceptance of the sacrifice is more to the
point.} 24... dxc5 25. Bxc5 Nxe4 26. Bxf8 Qxc4 27. Bxh6 Nxg3 28. Kf2 Nxh1+ 29.
Rxh1 Qxd5 30. c4 $15) 25. Nxe4 (25. fxe4 $2 Ng4) 25... Nf5 26. Bf2 $5 ({
White should not be intimidated by the rook sac} 26. Kf2 $142 Qxc4 27. Rhd1 Ka8
(27... Qa6 28. c4) 28. Qb4 Nxe3 29. Kxe3 Rxf3+ 30. Kxf3 Bg4+ 31. Kg2 Qe2+ 32.
Kg1 Qe3+ $11) 26... Qxc4 27. Nxd6 (27. Qb4 $6 Bb5 (27... Qxd5 28. c4) (27...
Qxb4 28. cxb4 Bb5) 28. Qxc4 Bxc4 29. Rd1 Rh7 $1 {and with the idea of ...Rd7
Black will try to hang on to the pawn.} (29... Ne7 30. Nxd6 Bxd5 31. O-O Bxf3
32. Rb1 Nf5 33. Bc5 Nxg3 34. Rxf3 Rxf3 35. Rxb7+ Ka8 36. Rxa7+ Kb8 37. Rb7+ Ka8
$11) 30. g4 Ne7 31. gxh5 gxh5 32. Nxd6 Bxd5 $17) 27... Qxd5 (27... Nxd6 28.
Qxd6+ Ka8 29. Qc5 Qxc5 30. Bxc5 Rxf3 31. Bb4 $44) 28. Rd1 $2 {The losing move.}
(28. Nxf5 Rxf5 29. Rd1 Qc6 (29... Qxf3 30. O-O) 30. O-O $132 Kc8 31. Bxa7 Rxf3
32. Kh2 Rxc3 33. Rf8+ Rxf8 34. Qxf8+ Be8 35. Bf2 Rc2 36. Kg1 Rc1 37. Rxc1 Qxc1+
38. Kh2 Qc6 $11) 28... Qxf3 {King safety which is above any other criteria in
chess decides the issue immediately.} 29. Qc5 Nxd6 $5 {In my opinion the
surest way to victory.} (29... Nd4 30. Bxd4 exd4 $19) (29... Qxh1+ 30. Kd2 Qc6
31. Qxa7+ Kc7 $19) 30. Qxd6+ (30. Qxa7+ Kc8 $1 $19 (30... Kc7 $2 31. O-O))
30... Ka8 (30... Ka8 31. Rf1 (31. Rh2 Bb5 32. Qd2 Qe4+ 33. Qe3 Qxe3+ 34. Bxe3
Rf1+ 35. Kd2 Rd8+) (31. Qc5 Qxh1+ 32. Kd2 Rxf2+ $19) 31... Bb5 32. Rd2 Qe4+ $19
) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4
e5 9. h3 h6 10. Be3 b6 11. d5 Ne7 12. g3 Bd7 13. Kf1 Qc8 14. Kg2 Nh7 15. Nh4 g5
16. Nf3 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Qb1 Nf6 19. Nd2 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qf5 21. Qxf5 Nxf5 {
The "bad" Bishop from d3 is gone, but White might still have a problem with
his pawn chain, as the d5-pawn can become vulnerable after a7-a6 & b6-b5.} 22.
a4 Kd7 23. Rhb1 Rhf8 24. Rb2 Kc7 25. Re1 Rae8 26. Nf1 Nd7 27. Bc1 a6 28. Nd2
Nf6 29. Ne4 Nxe4 30. Rxe4 Rf6 31. Rbe2 Rg8 32. Rg4 Rfg6 33. Rge4 h5 34. Re1 g4
35. hxg4 Rxg4 36. Kf3 Rxe4 37. Rxe4 Rf8 38. Kg2 Rg8 39. Kh3 Kd7 40. Bd2 Ke7 41.
Be1 Kf6 42. f3 Rb8 43. Re2 b5 44. axb5 axb5 45. cxb5 Rxb5 46. g4 hxg4+ 47. fxg4
Nh6 48. Bh4+ Kg7 49. Rf2 c4 50. Bf6+ Kg6 51. Be7 Nf7 52. Rf6+ Kg7 53. Re6 Rxd5
{Black finally got the pawn, but the opponent has managed to get counterplay
on the opposite wing.} 54. g5 Rd3+ 55. Kg4 Rd1 56. Kf5 Rf1+ 57. Ke4 Rg1 58. Kd5
Nxg5 59. Bxg5 Rxg5 60. Rxd6 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.01.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Bareev,E"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
O-O e5 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Rb1 b6 (10... Qe7 11. d5 e4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. dxc6 bxc6 (
13... Nxc3 14. cxb7 Bxb7 15. Rxb7 Qxb7 16. Qc2 $18) 14. Qc2 f5 15. f3 Ng5 16.
Bd2 Nf7 17. f4 $1 Nh6 18. Qa4 $1 $16 {Bareev,E-Van der Wiel,J/Wijk an Zee/95/})
11. Qc2 Bd7 12. h3 Qc8 (12... exd4 13. exd4 cxd4 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 h6 16.
Bf4 $14) 13. f4 exd4 14. cxd4 (14. exd4 $5) 14... Re8 (14... Nb4 15. Rxb4 cxb4
16. e4 h6 17. e5 Ne8 18. Bb2 $44) 15. Nf3 Nb4 16. Rxb4 cxb4 17. e4 b5 $1 18. c5
dxc5 (18... d5 19. e5 Ne4 20. Ng5 Nxg5 21. fxg5 g6 22. Qb3 $44) 19. dxc5 h6 20.
Nd4 Bc6 21. e5 Nd5 22. Nf5 $2 (22. Bxb5 $2 Bxb5 23. Nxb5 Nc3) (22. Nxb5 Bxb5
23. Bxb5 Nc3 24. Bxe8 Qxc5+) (22. Bh7+ Kh8 23. Be4 Ne7 24. Bxc6 Nxc6 25. Nxb5
$44) 22... Nc3 23. Qf2 (23. Nd6 Qe6 24. Nxe8 Rxe8 25. a3 a5 $17) 23... Qe6 $1 (
23... Ne4 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Nd6 Qc6 26. Re1 $16) (23... Be4 24. Nd6 Bxd3 25.
Nxc8 Bxf1 26. Nd6 Bc4 27. Bd2 $16) 24. Nxg7 $8 (24. Qg3 Qxf5) 24... Kxg7 25. f5
Qd5 26. Bxh6+ Kh8 27. Bf4 (27. Bg5 Qxd3 28. Qh4+ Kg8 29. Bf6 Qd4+ $19) 27...
Qxg2+ (27... Qxd3 28. Qh4+ Kg8 29. Qg5+ Kf8 30. Qh6+ Ke7 (30... Kg8 $10) 31.
Qxc6 Ne2+ 32. Kh2 Nxf4 33. Rxf4 $40) 28. Qxg2 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Rac8 (29... Nd5 30.
f6 Nxf4+ 31. Rxf4 Rxe5 32. Rh4+ Kg8 33. Bh7+ Kf8 34. Bf5 $10) (29... Rad8 30.
Rf3 $13) 30. e6 $1 $138 fxe6 31. f6 Rf8 32. Bd6 (32. Kh2 Rf7 (32... Nd5 33. Be5
Rf7 34. Bg6 Kg8 35. Bxf7+ Kxf7 36. Rg1 $18) 33. Bg6 Kg8 $13) 32... Rf7 33. Rf4
Nd5 34. Rh4+ Kg8 35. Rg4+ Kh8 36. Rh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gerber, Richard"]
[Black "Klauser, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4
e5 9. h3 h6 10. Be3 b6 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nd2 Nh7 13. Qc2 (13. h4 $5 Nf6 14. Nf1
Bd7 15. Bd2 Qc8 16. Ne3 Kd8 17. h5 Kc7 18. f3 g6 19. g4 Qf8 20. Qc2 Qe8 21. Ke2
Ba4 22. Qb2 g5 23. Rhb1 Qd7 {1/2-1/2 Yusupov,A-Timman,J/Madrid (08) ;CBM 47
1995}) 13... Ng6 14. g3 Qf6 $6 15. h4 Qd8 16. Nf1 Bg4 17. Bd2 Qf6 $6 18. Ne3
Qf3 19. Rg1 Nf6 20. Nf1 Nxe4 $2 21. Be3 Nxf2 22. Bxf2 Qf6 23. Ne3 Bf3 24. Be4
Ne7 25. Rf1 g6 26. Bg1 Bxe4 27. Qa4+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1989.03.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1989.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
O-O e5 9. Nd2 Qe7 10. d5 Nb8 11. e4 Nbd7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nf1 Ne8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
Bh6 Ng7 16. Qd2 f6 17. h4 Rf7 18. Rf1 Nf8 19. Rae1 (19. h5 Nxh5 $6 (19... Bd7
$5 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. f3 g5 {/\ ...Nf8-g6-f4} 22. Kf2 $13 {/\ Rh1}) 20. Nxh5
gxh5 21. f4 Bg4 22. f5 $14 {/\ Bd3-e2}) 19... Bd7 20. Qb2 b6 21. Bc2 Bc8 (21...
Be8 {Im Bulletin wird falsch 21...Bc8 angegeben.} 22. a4 Qd8 23. f3 Rb8 24. Rf2
a6 25. Rb1 Rfb7 26. Qc1 b5 $6 {>= 26...Qe7} 27. cxb5 axb5 28. axb5 Rxb5 29.
Rxb5 Bxb5 30. f4 $1 exf4 $2 31. Qxf4 $16 Nd7 $2) 22. a4 Qd8 23. f3 Rb8 24. Rf2
a6 25. Rb1 Rfb7 26. Qc1 b5 27. cxb5 axb5 28. axb5 Rxb5 29. Rxb5 Rxb5 30. f4 Qe7
31. f5 Bd7 32. Qf1 Rb2 33. Qa1 Rb8 34. Qa5 Be8 35. Qa6 Bb5 36. Qa1 Be8 37. Bd3
Nd7 38. Ra2 Nb6 {'!' Bulletin.} 39. Ra7 Rb7 40. Ra6 Nc8 41. Be2 Ra7 42. Rxa7
Qxa7 43. Qf1 Qe7 44. Bb5 Bf7 45. Bc6 Qd8 46. Bb7 Ne8 47. Qa6 Nc7 48. Qf1 Ne8
49. Bc6 Nc7 {'?' Bulletin.} 50. Qf3 Na7 51. Ba4 Nab5 52. Nf1 {'!' Bulletin.}
Kh8 53. fxg6 {'!' Bulletin.} hxg6 54. Nh2 Be8 (54... f5 $2 55. exf5 Qxh4 56.
fxg6 $18) 55. Ng4 Kh7 56. Bg5 {'!' Bulletin.} fxg5 57. Qf8 Nxc3 58. Nf6+ Qxf6
59. Qxf6 Bxa4 60. Qe7+ Kh6 61. Qxg5+ Kg7 62. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-14b"]
[Site "Szirak"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Adorjan, Andras"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Qxd5 9. O-O Qh5 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 O-O 12. Qd3 (12. Nf4 $5) 12... Bd6
13. Nf4 Bxf4 14. Bxf4 Rd8 15. Qe3 Bd7 $6 (15... Nb4 $5) 16. Rac1 h6 17. Rc5 Qh4
18. Bc7 Re8 19. Rd1 Rac8 20. Bd6 b6 21. Rc3 Na5 22. Bg3 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Qh5 24.
Bc2 $16 Bb5 25. Re1 Bc4 26. Bb1 Rc8 27. h3 f5 28. Bf4 Qh4 29. Qd2 Bd5 30. Bd3
Qh5 31. Re3 Nc4 32. Bxc4 Rxc4 33. Rg3 Kh7 34. Be5 g5 35. f4 Rc8 36. fxg5 Rg8
37. c4 Be4 38. Bf6 hxg5 39. Bxg5 Rg7 40. Kh2 Rg8 41. Qf4 Rg7 42. Bf6 Rxg3 43.
Qc7+ Kh6 44. Qxg3 Qg6 45. Qh4+ Qh5 46. Bg7+ Kg6 47. Qf6+ Kh7 48. Qe7 Qg6 49.
Bf6+ Kg8 50. Qxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Horgen"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1995.10.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Baburin} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7.
bxc3 d6 8. e4 e5 {Baburin: As this position is a "tabia" I am sure that it's
possible to find more examples, but the way Black played it is vey instructive.
} 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nh4 (10. h3 {Baburin} h6 11. Be3 Qa5 12. Qb3 Qc7 {
Kamsky-Karpov, Linares, 1991.}) 10... h6 11. O-O (11. g3 g5 12. Ng2 Bh3 $13) (
11. f4 Ng6 $10) 11... g5 12. Qf3 (12. Nf5 Nxf5 13. exf5 e4 14. Bc2 Bxf5 15. f3
Bg6 16. fxe4 Nd7 $15) 12... Nh7 {N} (12... Nfg8 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Nf6 15.
Qh3 Kd7 16. g3 Kc7 17. f4 e4 18. Be2 g4 19. Bxg4 h5 20. Bd1 Qd7 21. Qh4 Qxf5
$15 {Milanovic,D-Knezevic,Bor/JUG-chT (Cetinje) 1993}) (12... Ng6 {Baburin} 13.
Nxg6 fxg6 {Pisk-Rmik, Brno, 1994.}) 13. Nf5 Nxf5 14. exf5 Bd7 (14... Nf6 $5)
15. Rb1 b6 16. Bc2 Rb8 17. a4 a5 18. h4 Qf6 (18... gxh4 19. Bxh6 Qf6 20. Bd2
Kd8 $13 {/\Kc7,Ng5}) 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Qg4 $1 (20. g4 $2 Qh6 21. Qg2 Nf6 $15)
20... Qh6 21. f3 Nf6 22. Qg3 (22. Qxg5 $4 Qh2+ 23. Kf2 Rg8 24. Qxf6 Rxg2+ 25.
Ke1 Rxc2 $19) 22... Rg8 23. Be3 Kd8 24. Kf2 Kc7 25. Rh1 Qg7 26. Rh2 (26. Ke2 g4
$1 27. f4 e4 $17) 26... Bc8 (26... g4 27. Bh6 Qh7 28. Bg5 Qg7 29. Bh6 $10) 27.
Rbh1 Ba6 28. Bb3 $2 (28. Bd3 $1 Nxd5 (28... Rbe8 29. Be2 g4 (29... e4 30. f4 g4
31. Rh6 $13 {/\Qh4}) 30. Rh6 gxf3 31. Qxg7 Rxg7 32. gxf3 Nd7 33. f6 $14) 29.
Rh7 Qf6 (29... Qf8 30. Bxg5 Nxc3 31. Qh4 $44) 30. R1h6 Qe7 31. cxd5 (31. Re6 $5
) 31... Bxd3 32. Re6 Qd7 33. Rf6 Rbf8 34. Qg4 $13) 28... Rbe8 $15 {[%csl Rf5]
><f5,Bb3} 29. Rh6 g4 {/\e4} 30. Kg1 $6 (30. Qh4 $4 gxf3 31. gxf3 Qg2+ 32. Ke1
Nxd5 $19 (32... Qxf3 $2 33. Rh3 $16)) (30. R1h2 $5) 30... e4 31. f4 (31. Bf4 $2
gxf3 32. Bxd6+ Kd7 33. Qxg7 Rxg7 34. Rxf6 Rxg2+ 35. Kf1 e3 $19) (31. fxg4 Qxg4
32. Qf2 Qg7 $17) 31... Nd7 $17 32. f6 (32. Bd2 e3 33. Be1 (33. f6 Nxf6 34. Bxe3
Ne4 $17) 33... Nf6 $17) 32... Nxf6 33. f5 Re5 34. Bf4 Rge8 $1 (34... Rxf5 35.
Bxd6+ Kb7 $17 {/\Nxd5}) 35. Qe3 (35. Bxe5 Rxe5 $17 {[%cal Ye4e2] /\e3-e2} 36.
Qf4 (36. Qe3 Rxf5 $17) 36... e3 37. Bc2 e2 38. Kf2 e1=Q+ 39. Rxe1 g3+ 40. Kf1
Nxd5 $19) 35... Rxf5 36. g3 Ree5 $1 {/\Nh5} 37. R1h2 (37. Bxe5 dxe5 38. Qd2 Rf3
$17) 37... Nh5 38. Bxe5 Qxe5 39. Rf2 Rf3 $19 40. Rxf3 gxf3 41. Rxh5 $8 Qxh5 42.
Qxe4 Bc8 43. Kf2 Qh2+ 44. Kxf3 Qh1+ 45. Ke3 (45. Kf4 Qc1+ 46. Qe3 $2 Qb1 47.
Qe7+ Bd7 $19) 45... Qe1+ 46. Kf3 (46. Kd3 Qxg3+ $19) 46... Qxc3+ 47. Qe3 Qb2
48. Bd1 Bd7 {[%csl Ra4,Rc4] ><a4,c4} 49. Qe2 Qh8 50. g4 Qh3+ 51. Kf4 f6 52. Bc2
Qc3 53. Bd1 Kd8 54. Qc2 Qd4+ 55. Kg3 Qg1+ 56. Kf4 Qf1+ 57. Ke3 (57. Bf3 Qa1 58.
Bd1 Qe5+ 59. Kf3 Kc7 60. Qd3 Qg5 61. Qe4 f5 62. gxf5 Bxf5 63. Qf4 Qh5+ 64. Kg3
Qxd1 65. Qxf5 Qxa4 $19) 57... Qh3+ 58. Kf4 Qh4 59. Bf3 f5 60. Qd1 Kc7 61. Be2
fxg4 62. Bxg4 Qf6+ 63. Kg3 Qc3+ 64. Kg2 Qxc4 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Qxd5 9. O-O Qh5 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bd6 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Qxd1 14.
Rfxd1 Bd7 15. Nd3 (15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 O-O-O $10 {Ivanchuk}) 15... Rc8 (15...
O-O-O 16. Rac1 Kb8 17. Nc5 Be8 18. d5 exd5 19. Bxd5 $14) 16. Nc5 {N} (16. d5
exd5 (16... Nd8 $6 17. dxe6 (17. Ne5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Be6 19. Bxe6 Nxe6 $10) 17...
Bxe6 18. Nf4 Ke7 19. Nxe6 Kxe6 20. Rd3 $16) 17. Bxd5 b6 (17... O-O 18. Nc5 Rc7
19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. Bxc6 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 bxc6 22. Rd7 $16) 18. Re1+ Kf8 19. Rad1
g6 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5 f6 $5 (21... Re8 $2 22. Rxe8+ Bxe8 23. Rc1 Ke7 24. Rc8
Rf8 25. Ra8 a5 26. Ra6 Kd6 27. Bb3 $18 {Ivanchuk-Hellers/Bagio City/1987}) (
21... Rc7 22. h3 Bc8 23. Rde1 Bb7 24. Bb3 h5 25. Re8+ Kg7 26. R8e7 $16) 22. Re3
h5 23. h3 (23. Be4 Be8) (23. Be6 Bxe6 24. Rxe6 Kf7 $10) 23... Rh7 $10) 16... b6
17. Nxd7 Kxd7 18. d5 Ne7 19. dxe6+ Kxe6 20. Rd3 $1 Rhd8 $2 (20... f5 $5 21. Bb7
(21. Bf3 Rhd8 22. Re1+ Kf7 $10) 21... Rcd8 22. Re1+ Kf7 23. Rde3 Rd7 24. Ba6
Rhd8 25. Bc4+ Kf8 26. h4 $14) 21. Re1 $1 Rxd3 (21... Kf6 $2 22. Rf3+ $18) 22.
Bxh7+ Re3 23. Rxe3+ Kf6 24. Rf3+ (24. Bd3 Rc1+ 25. Bf1 Rb1) 24... Ke6 25. Bd3
Rc1+ 26. Bf1 Nd5 (26... Rb1 27. g3 Rxb2 $2 28. Bc4+ Nd5 $2 29. Rd3 $18) 27. g3
$16 Rb1 (27... Rc2 28. Rb3 $16) 28. Rb3 (28. Ra3 $5 Rxb2 29. Rxa7 b5 $14 {/\Nc3
}) 28... a6 29. Kg2 $6 (29. a4 $1 Ra1 30. Ra3 Rb1 (30... Rxa3 31. bxa3 a5 32.
Bc4 $16) 31. Kg2 Rxb2 (31... a5 32. Bc4) 32. Bxa6 $16) 29... b5 {/\Nb6-a4} 30.
Be2 (30. Bd3 $5) 30... Nb6 31. Bd3 Rc1 32. h4 (32. Ra3 Na4 33. b3 $2 Rc3) 32...
Na4 33. g4 (33. Kf3 $4 Nc5 34. Ra3 b4 $19) 33... Ke5 34. Rb4 Nc5 35. Be2 (35.
f4+ $5 Kd5 36. Be2 Ne6 $1 (36... Rc2 37. Kf3 Ne6 (37... Na4 38. Bd1 Rxb2 39.
Rxb2 Nxb2 40. Bb3+ Nc4 41. h5 $18) 38. Ke3 Kc5 39. a3 Nc7 40. Kd3 Rc1 41. Bf3
$16) 37. Bf3+ Kc5 38. Re4 Rc2+ 39. Kg3 Rxb2 40. f5 Nd4 41. Re5+ Kb4 42. Bd5 f6
43. Re7 Ne2+ 44. Kf3 Nd4+ $10 {/\} 45. Kf4 Rf2+ 46. Kg3 Rxf5 $1) (35. Be2 Ne6
$1 $132 (35... Rc2 36. f4+ Kd6 37. Kf3 Na4 38. Rd4+ Ke7 39. Bd1 Rxb2 40. Bxa4
bxa4 41. Rxa4 $16)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch 87th"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2012.08.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2012.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bxc3 (7...
d5 {is the main line.}) 8. bxc3 d6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nh4 Kh8 $5 {A new
idea played by Grischuk in a rapid game in 2012 - that I didn't know! Black
does not create any weakness and leaves the g8-square free for the f6-knight,
in order to threaten ...f5 and create tactical ideas out of the knight on h4.}
(11... h6 {or}) (11... Ng6 {are the two main moves.}) 12. g3 $5 (12. f4 exf4
13. Bxf4 Ng4 $1 {followed by ...Ne5 should be fine for Black.}) 12... Bh3 $6 {
I don't think this this can be a good reaction: of course Black needs to
control the white squares after 12.g3, but the bishop will often be misplaced
on h3, especially due to Qh5-ideas when the black knight will move from f6.
Additionally, Re1 is a very useful move for White.} 13. Re1 Qd7 $146 (13...
Nfg8 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 $1 {was very bad for Black in Gelfand-Grischuk (2012)
. Indeed, Black doesn't have the time or opportunity to put a knight on e5.})
14. f3 $5 {Now it is time to take advantage of the misplaced black bishop,
instead of giving up all the white squares by pushing f4 like crazy!} (14. f4
Ng6 $1 {is very good for Black:} 15. Ng2 $6 (15. Nxg6+ fxg6 $1 $36) 15... exf4
16. gxf4 Rae8 17. e5 $2 dxe5 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. fxe5 Ng4 20. e6 Qd6 $19) 14...
Nfg8 (14... Ng6 15. Nf5 Ne7 16. Qc2 {is better for White.}) 15. g4 {Of course
my two last moves, strategically risky, took me a lot of time. But I was
considering my position to be clearly better according to concrete lines,
while I was considering 15...h5 to be the only move. However, after Vlad
played 15...Ng6, I just forgot my idea and felt like I had to exchange knights!
} Ng6 (15... h5 16. gxh5 Nf6 (16... f5 $6 17. exf5 $16) 17. f4 $1 Bg4 $140 18.
Be2 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Qh3 20. fxe5 Qxh4 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Kh1 Rg8 23. Rf1 Rg4 24.
Qe3 $16) (15... Qd8 $2 16. Kf2 $1 Nxd5 17. Kg3 $18) (15... g6 $2 16. Kf2 $1 f5
17. Kg3 $18) 16. Nxg6+ $2 (16. Nf5 $1 Nf4 (16... h5 17. Kh1 $1 (17. gxh5 Bxf5
18. exf5 Nh4 19. f4 e4 20. Bxe4 Rae8 21. Bd2 {should be a bit better for White
- but totally playable for Black.}) 17... N8e7 18. Qe2 $5 (18. Rg1 Nf4 {
might be not so clear because of} 19. Rg3 Neg6 $1) 18... Nf4 (18... Rae8 19.
Qf2 $1 hxg4 20. Qg3 $18) 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. e5 $18) 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Qd2 g6 {
And here, for some pretty weird reason, I simply forgot I hadn't planned to go
19.Nh4 (which is OK for Black after 19...Qe7), but simply to take on f4 -
which is winning. That's why I suddenly decided to take on g6.} (18... g5 19.
e5 $18) 19. Qxf4 $1 (19. Nxd6 $5 Qxd6 20. e5 Qd8 21. Qxf4 Qh4 22. Qg3 $16) (19.
e5 $5 dxe5 20. Rxe5 f6 21. Re6 gxf5 22. Bxf5 {is offered by the engine.}) 19...
gxf5 20. exf5 $16 {[%csl Rh3]}) 16... fxg6 17. Kh1 h5 (17... Nf6 {was best in
my view:} 18. Rg1 h5 19. gxh5 (19. g5 Ne8 {should hold for Black: White's only
idea is to push f4 at some point, which is not so easy.}) 19... Nxh5 (19...
gxh5 20. Be3 {is similar to the game.}) 20. Rxg6 Rf6 $1 (20... Qf7 $6 21. Rg5
$14) 21. Rg5 (21. Rxf6 $2 gxf6 {followed by ...Rg8 and Black is better.}) 21...
Qf7 {and Black has decent compensations.}) 18. gxh5 Qf7 19. Be2 gxh5 20. Rg1 {
Black's position is very tough to play - especially in time trouble.} Nf6 21.
Qe1 Nh7 $6 (21... Bd7 {followed by ...Be8 should be a better way to defend.})
22. Qh4 Bd7 23. Be3 g6 $6 {That's already too many weaknesses.} 24. Raf1 Qf6
25. Qg3 Rg8 26. h4 $5 (26. f4 h4 27. Qe1 $1 {was also very strong.}) 26... Qe7
27. f4 Rae8 $8 (27... exf4 $2 28. Bxf4 Qxe4+ 29. Bf3 $18) 28. fxe5 dxe5 $8 (
28... Qxe5 29. Qxe5+ (29. Bf4 $5 Qxe4+ 30. Rg2) 29... Rxe5 30. Bf4 $140 Rxe4
31. Bd3 $18) 29. Kh2 $5 (29. Bh6 {would leave} Nf6 {with the idea of} 30. Bg5
$2 Nxe4 $132) 29... b6 30. Bh6 {Now Black has no way to defend at all.} Ba4 (
30... Nf6 $2 31. Bg5 Nxe4 $2 32. Bxe7 Nxg3 33. Bf6+ $18) 31. Rf2 Bc2 32. Rgf1
Bxe4 33. Rf7 Qd8 34. Bxh5 $2 {I thought taking on h5 followed by Bg4-e6 would
mate immediately, and forgot to spend time on 34.Rxh7+, which is very easy to
calculate. A big mistake from my point of view, since after playing moves 34
and 35 instantly, I realised I had given up a huge part of my advantage
because of 35...Bf5!} (34. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 35. Rf7+ Kxh6 (35... Kh8 36. Bg5 $18)
36. Qe3+ g5 37. Qxe4 Rg7 (37... Rg6 38. Qf3 $18) 38. Bd3 $1 $18) 34... Re7 35.
Bg4 $2 {Of course I immediately realised I had suddenly allowed my opponent to
go ...Bf5, which would be impossible otherwise.} (35. Bd1 Qc7 36. Rxe7 Qxe7 37.
Re1 $18) 35... Bf5 $8 36. Rxe7 Qxe7 37. Bh3 $1 Bxh3 (37... e4 38. Bf4 $18) 38.
Kxh3 g5 {A normal reaction with 30 seconds on the clock and a tough position.}
39. hxg5 $6 {I considered the rook endgame should be winning for White - but
it was not the simplest choice.} (39. Rf5 $1 gxh4 40. Qxe5+ Qxe5 41. Rxe5 {
should win easily.}) 39... Nxg5+ 40. Bxg5 Rxg5 (40... Qxg5 41. Qxg5 Rxg5 {
would have the advantage of cutting off the white king, but after} 42. Kh4 $1
Rg7 43. Rf5 {it might not change too much: Black has a problem that all pawn
endings are lost if his king cannot reach the f6-square.}) 41. Qh4+ Kg8 $8 (
41... Kg7 42. Rf5 Kg6 43. d6 $18) 42. Rf5 Rg7 43. Qxe7 Rxe7 44. Kg3 e4 45. Kf2
Rh7 $2 {A typical idea, but losing by force for one tempo here.} (45... e3+ 46.
Ke2 Re4 47. Rf3 Rh4 $1 {was, I think, the best defence, but after} 48. Rxe3 Kf7
49. Kd3 {White should be winning anyway.}) 46. Ke3 Rh3+ 47. Kxe4 Rxc3 48. d6
Rxc4+ 49. Kd5 Rd4+ 50. Kc6 c4 51. d7 (51. d7 c3 52. Rd5 Rxd5 53. Kxd5 c2 54.
d8=Q+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.08.31"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[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 "France"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
O-O (8. e4 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nh4 h6 $1 {is good for Black. This is the clever
point, from Black's point of view, of playing this system without including
castling by both sides.}) 8... e5 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Rb1 $5 b6 (10... Re8 {was
played by Nigel in 1996, but he lost the game to Bareev.}) (10... exd4 11. exd4
cxd4 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Ne4 {is very good for White.}) 11. Qc2 (11. h3 $5 {
played by Korobov in 2010 also makes sense.}) (11. d5 Ne7 12. Qc2 g6 13. f4 $6
exf4 14. h3 $6 Nf5 15. Bxf5 Bxf5 16. e4 Bd7 17. Rxf4 Qe7 {was better for Black
in Laznicka,V (2693)-Ivanchuk,V (2764) Havana CUB 2012 (Black won).}) 11...
exd4 12. exd4 (12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Rxb4 cxb4 {is a typical exchange sac for White
in this Rb1-line, but in this precise position I believe the compensation is
not sufficient.}) 12... h6 $5 {A good and solid option.} (12... cxd4 13. Ne4 $1
{is the whole idea, and Black has some problems to solve.}) 13. Ne4 Bb7 14. Rd1
$5 (14. dxc5 {was my first idea but after} Nxe4 15. Bxe4 dxc5 {Black will play
...Qf6 next, and solve all his problems.}) 14... cxd4 (14... Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Qf6
{is also decent. The position is equal.}) 15. Ba3 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Na5 $1 17. Bxb7
(17. Rxd4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 $6 Nxc4 $1 {was what I missed when I played 14.Rd1.
Black is even slightly better.}) 17... Nxb7 (17... d3 18. Qxd3 Nxb7 19. Bxd6
Re8 $5 {is surely enough to make a draw.}) 18. cxd4 Qc7 19. Rbc1 Rfe8 20. Qa4
Re4 (20... Re2 21. Re1 Rxe1+ (21... Rxa2 {is not refuted immediately, but is
too great risk in return for nothing, especially since White has as a minimum
the perpetual with} 22. Qb3 Rd2 23. Qe3 Ra2 24. Qb3 $11) 22. Rxe1 Na5 23. Rc1
Rc8 $11) 21. h3 Na5 22. Qb5 Rd8 23. c5 {In a little time trouble, I decided to
simplify the position, but my opponent reacted well, keeping all pieces on the
board.} d5 $5 (23... dxc5 24. dxc5 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Nc4 $11 (25... Qe5 $6 26. Qb1
$36)) 24. Re1 Qc6 (24... Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Nc4 26. Bb4 $5 $11) 25. Qxc6 (25. Qa6
$5 {is about equal. But I decided to play simple and try to make a draw by
force, since I considered my position could become a bit dangerous.}) 25...
Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Nxc6 27. cxb6 axb6 28. Rb1 Ra8 29. Rxb6 Nxd4 30. Bb2 Nc2 {
The last couple of moves were forced, and now White has to find one of the
possible defences.} 31. Rc6 ({White gives a quite funny draw:} 31. Rd6 Rxa2 32.
Bc3 Ra3 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. Rc8 $1 {and Black cannot avoid both Bb2 and Bxg7,
while} Ra2 35. Rd8 {is a draw.}) 31... Nb4 32. Rd6 {The least difficult
defence to see: but, worse than the two others.} (32. Rb6 $5 Nxa2 (32... Nd3
33. Rb3 $11) 33. Rb5 Rd8 34. Bd4 {followed by Kf1 is a draw.}) 32... Rxa2 33.
Bc3 Nd3 34. Rd8+ (34. Rxd5 Nxf2 35. Rd4 {is more or less the same.}) 34... Kh7
35. Rxd5 Nxf2 (35... Nf4 {was another option, which wouldn't have been
possible if I did not give check on d8 first, but anyway after} 36. Rc5 Rxf2 $5
37. Kxf2 Nd3+ 38. Kf3 Nxc5 {White should make a draw quite easily, playing for
example} 39. g4 {followed by h4.}) 36. Rd4 {Trapping Black's knight.} (36. Rd2
{is possible, but I believed with my passive king on g1, Black would have some
slight chances, While the rook ending is just a draw.}) 36... Re2 $8 37. Kf1
Re3 38. Kxf2 Rxc3 39. Rd7 Kg6 40. Rd4 f5 41. Rd6+ Kg5 42. Rd7 g6 43. Rd6 f4 44.
Rd5+ Kh4 (44... Kf6 45. Rd6+ Kf5 46. Ra6 {is quite an easy draw.}) 45. Rd6 Rg3
46. Rf6 Kg5 47. Rf8 Rb3 48. Rf7 h5 49. Rf8 Rb2+ 50. Kf3 Rb3+ 51. Kf2 Rb5 52.
Kf3 Rf5 53. h4+ $1 Kxh4 54. Rxf5 gxf5 55. Kxf4 {After which Nigel, with his
usual humour, declared: "It's amazing! I don't have any moves!".} 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Martin"]
[Site "San Martin"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Slipak, Sergio"]
[Black "Zarnicki, Pablo Adrian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Endgame-CD"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
O-O e5 9. Ng5 O-O 10. f4 exd4 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. exd4 h6 13. Nf3 d5 14. Ne5 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Ba3 Re8 18. Rb1 Qd5 19. Qa4 Nxd4 20. Kh1 Rec8
21. Ng6 Nf5 22. Qb3 Kh7 23. Ne7 Qxb3 24. Rxb3 Rc7 25. Nxf5 exf5 26. Bb2 Ne4 27.
Rb5 Rd8 28. Rxf5 Rd2 29. Be5 Rcc2 30. Rf7 Rxg2 31. f5 Rg5 32. Bd4 Nd2 33. Rg1
Rxg1+ 34. Bxg1 Nf3 35. Rxb7 Kg8 36. Rb3 Nxg1 37. Kxg1 Rxa2 38. Rb7 a5 39. Ra7
a4 40. h3 a3 41. Kf1 Kf8 42. Ke1 h5 43. Kf1 Ke8 44. Ke1 h4 45. Kf1 Kd8 46. Ke1
Kc8 47. Kd1 Kb8 48. Ra4 Kc7 49. Kc1 Kd6 50. Kb1 Rg2 51. Rxa3 Rg3 52. Ra4 Rxh3
53. Rg4 Ke5 54. Rxg7 Kxf5 55. Kc2 Kf4 $2 $10 (55... Ra3 $142 $19 {14} 56. Kb2 (
56. Kd2 h3 57. Ke2 h2 58. Rh7 Ra1 59. Rxh2 Ra2+ 60. Kf3 Rxh2 $19) 56... Rf3 57.
Kc2 h3 $1 58. Rh7 Kf4 59. Kd2 Kg3 $1 60. Ke2 Kg2 61. Rg7+ Rg3 62. Rf7 h2 63.
Rf2+ Kh3 $1 64. Rf1 Rg1 $19) (55... Rh1 $142 $19 {20}) 56. Kd2 Kf3 57. Rf7+ $1
(57. Rh7 $2 $19 {19} Rh2+ $1 58. Ke1 Rh1+ 59. Kd2 h3 60. Rf7+ Ke4 61. Ke2 h2
62. Rh7 Ra1 $1 $19) 57... Kg2 58. Ke2 Rg3 59. Rf2+ (59. Ke1 $2 Re3+ 60. Kd2 Rf3
61. Rg7+ Kf1 62. Rh7 h3 63. Kd1 Kg2 64. Ke2 Rg3 65. Rf7 h2 66. Rf2+ Kh3 $1 $19)
59... Kg1 60. Rf1+ Kh2 61. Rf8 h3 (61... h3 62. Rf7 (62. Rh8 $2 Kg2 63. Rf8 h2
64. Rf2+ Kh3 $1 $19) 62... Kh1 63. Rf8 h2 64. Kf1 $1 $10 (64. Rf7 Kg2 65. Rf2+
Kh3 $1 $19) 64... Rg1+ 65. Kf2 $1 $10 (65. Ke2 $2 Kg2 $1 $19)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Salongernas IM"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ornstein, Axel"]
[Black "Engqvist, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Engqvist"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
cxd5 exd5 (8... Nxd5) (8... Qxd5) 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 (10. Bc2 Re8 11. f3 h6 12.
Kh1 Ne7 13. Ng3 $14 {M.Gurevic-Volker, Eger 1987}) (10. a3) 10... Be7 11. Rc1 (
11. h3 $5 {Matanovic}) (11. Re1 Bg4 $1 12. Bc2 (12. f3 $5 {Matanovic}) 12...
Re8 13. f3 (13. Bb3 Rc8 $1 {/\} 14. f3 Be6 15. Nf4 $2 Nxd4) 13... Be6 14. Nf4
Qb6 $10 {Christiansen-Browne, USA (ch) 1986 - 42/741}) 11... Bg4 $146 (11...
Re8 12. Qb3 Be6 13. Qxb7 Na5 14. Qa6 Bc8 15. Qb5 Bd7 $10 {Knaak}) 12. f3 Bh5 $2
{It is not possible to get rid of the bad Bishop in this kind of position. The
Bishop belongs on e6 as Nimzowitsch once wrote in My System.} (12... Be6 13. g4
$5 Qd7 {/\ 14...Ng4!} 14. Qd2 $13) 13. Bc2 $1 $16 {>< Bh5} (13. Nf4 Bg6) 13...
Ne8 (13... Ne4 $2 14. Bxe7 Nxc3 15. Bxd8 Nxd1 16. Rfxd1 Rfxd8 17. Nf4 Bg6 18.
Bb3 $18) (13... Bg6 14. Bb3 $16) 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Nf4 Nf6 $8 (15... Bg6 $2 16.
Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qb3 {>< d5, b7}) 16. Re1 Bg6 17. Bb3 a6 (17... Qd6 18. Nb5 Qxf4
19. Rxe7) (17... Re8 18. Ncxd5 $1) 18. Qd2 $16 {>< e5, c5} Qd6 19. Re5 $2 (19.
Re2 b5 (19... Rad8 20. Rce1 Rd7 21. Na4 {Ornstein}) 20. Rce1 Nc6 $5 (20... b4
$2 21. Rxe7 bxc3 22. Qxc3 Ne4 23. Qc7 $1 {Ornstein})) (19. g4 h6 20. h4 Bh7 21.
Kg2 Ng6 22. Nxg6 Bxg6 23. h5 Bh7 24. Re5 $18 {Ornstein}) 19... Nc6 20. Re2 (20.
Rce1 $2 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qc5+) 20... Na5 $1 $132 (20... Qb4 $2 21. Rd1) 21. Bxd5 (
21. Nfxd5 Nxb3 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. axb3 Rad8 24. Rd1 Qb6 {>< b3, d4}) 21... Nxd5
22. Ncxd5 (22. Nfxd5 $5 Nc6 23. Rd1 Rad8 24. Qe1 Kh8 (24... Rd7 25. Nb6 $1 {
Ornstein}) 25. Red2 Rfe8 26. Qf2 b5 27. Ne3 Qf4 28. Nf1 {Ornstein}) 22... Nc6 {
>< d4} 23. Qc3 Rad8 24. Qc5 Bf5 $1 25. Qxd6 (25. Ne3 Qxf4 26. Nxf5 (26. Qxf5 $4
Nxd4 $19) 26... g6 $1 {Ornstein} (26... Nxd4 27. Nxd4 Qxd4+ (27... Rxd4 $4 28.
Qxf8+ $1 $18) 28. Qxd4 Rxd4 29. Rc7 $14)) 25... Rxd6 26. Ne3 (26. Ne3 Nxd4 27.
Nxf5 Nxe2+ 28. Nxe2 Rd2 29. Nfd4 Rxb2 30. a3 {Ornstein} (30. Rc2 Rxc2 31. Nxc2
$13) 30... Ra2 31. Rc3 Re8 32. Kf2 g6 33. f4 Kg7 34. Kf3 b5 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Site "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Csom, Istvan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Nf6 10. Bc2 Bd6 11. a3 h6 12. Qd3 Ne7 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. Nxf4
Qd6 $2 15. Qg3 $1 Qxd4 (15... O-O 16. Nfd5 $1 $18) 16. Rad1 Qe5 17. Nxe6 Qxe6
18. Rfe1 O-O (18... Qb6 19. Qxg7 Rg8 20. Ba4+ Bd7 21. Bxd7+ Nxd7 22. Qxg8+ $18)
19. Rxe6 Bxe6 20. Qd6 (20. Ne4 $18 {Lerner-Yudasin/URS ch-Kiev/1986/ ->TD 86_01
}) 20... Nc6 21. h3 Rac8 22. Qf4 Na5 23. Bb1 Nc4 24. Ne4 Nh7 (24... Nxb2 $2 25.
Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Qxh6 f5 27. Rd4 $18) 25. Rd3 Rfd8 (25... Nxb2 26. Rg3 Kh8 27.
Qe5 $18) 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Ba2 b5 28. Bxc4 bxc4 29. Qc7 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Rb1 31.
Qb8+ Nf8 32. Nc3 Ra1 33. Qxa7 Nd7 34. a4 Kh7 35. a5 Ne5 36. a6 Nd7 37. Qa8 Nb6
38. Qb7 Nc8 39. Nb5 Ra5 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Interpolis-01"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1977.10.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1977.09.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4
e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nd2 Qa5 (10... Qc7 $143) 11. Qb3 {P 12. b5} O-O 12. Nf1 (12.
O-O $142) 12... Nh5 13. Ne3 (13. g3 f5 $132) 13... Nf4 14. Bc2 f5 15. Bd2 (15.
exf5 Nxf5 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. O-O f3 20. Qxb7 Raf8
$40) 15... Qc7 16. Qb1 g6 17. Qd1 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Bf5 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Bc2 (20.
Bxf4 exf4 21. Bd3 Ng6 $17) 20... Nxg2+ 21. Kf1 Nf4 (21... Nh4 $142 {P f7, g6})
22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Qh5 Kh8 24. Re1 Ng6 25. Bxf5 (25. Re6 $2 Ne5 26. Bxf5 Qf7 $1
$17) 25... Ne5 26. Be6 Qg7 27. Rg1 Qf6 28. Re4 Nd3 $2 (28... Rae8 {P e7-g7=}) (
28... a6 29. Rg5 b5 (29... Nf3 $5) 30. Rf5 Qg6 $15) 29. Rg4 Ne5 (29... Qxc3 30.
Bf5 Qc1+ 31. Kg2 f3+ 32. Kxf3 $1 {Sosonko}) 30. Rh4 Qg7 31. Rexf4 $2 (31. Bf5
Rxf5 32. Qxf5 Nf3 33. Rexf4 Nxh4 34. Rxh4 $16) 31... Rxf4 32. Rxf4 Rf8 33.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 34. Bf5 Qf7 $2 (34... Qe7 35. f4 (35. h4 Nxc4 36. Qg5 Qxg5 37. hxg5
Nb6 $13) 35... Nxc4 36. Be6 Nd2+ {P d2-e4-f6=}) 35. Qxf7 $18 {[+]} Nxf7 36. f4
Kg7 37. Ke2 h6 38. Kf3 Kf6 39. Bc8 b6 40. Kg4 Kg6 (40... Nd8 41. Kh5 Nf7 42.
Be6 $18) 41. Bf5+ Kf6 42. Bd7 Nd8 43. Kh5 Kg7 44. h4 Nf7 45. Be8 Nd8 46. f5 a6
(46... Kf8 47. Kxh6 $1 Kxe8 48. Kg7 Nf7 49. h5 $18) 47. f6+ Kxf6 48. Kxh6 Nb7
49. Bg6 b5 (49... Na5 50. Bd3 Nb7 51. h5 Nd8 52. Bg6 Nb7 53. Kh7 {P g8+-}) 50.
cxb5 axb5 51. h5 c4 (51... b4 52. cxb4 cxb4 53. Kh7 Nc5 54. Kg8 Nd7 55. Be8 $18
) 52. Be8 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
O-O (8. e4 e5 9. h3 h6 10. Be3 b6 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nd2 g5 13. h4 gxh4 14. Rxh4
Ng6 15. Rh1 Ng4 16. Nf1 Nf4 17. g3 Ng2+ 18. Ke2 N4xe3 19. Nxe3 Nxe3 20. Kxe3
Qg5+ $10 {Yusupov,A-Karpov,An/Dortmund/1994/}) 8... O-O 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11.
Nh4 Ng6 12. Nf5 Re8 13. Rb1 h6 $5 14. Qf3 Rb8 15. g3 Nh7 16. h4 Ne7 $1 17. Ne3
Rf8 18. Nf5 $2 (18. Kg2 Bd7 19. Rh1 Qc8 $140 20. Nf5) 18... Nxf5 19. exf5 Re8
20. Be4 Bd7 21. Kg2 b5 22. Rh1 Nf6 23. g4 Qa5 $1 (23... Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Qa5 25.
f6 $40 (25. g5 $40)) 24. g5 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 h5 $1 26. cxb5 Qxc3 (26... Rxb5 27.
Rxb5 Qxb5 28. c4 Qa6 29. Rh3 g6 30. Ra3 Bxf5 31. Qxf5 Qxa3 32. Qd7 Qxc1 33.
Qxe8+ Kg7 34. Qe7 $10) 27. a4 Qd4 28. f3 a6 $1 29. Be3 Qxe4 30. fxe4 axb5 31.
axb5 Bxb5 32. Kf3 Bd3 33. Rxb8 Rxb8 34. Bd2 $1 Rb2 35. Ba5 c4 36. Re1 Kf8 37.
f6 gxf6 38. gxf6 Ke8 39. Rg1 $2 (39. Ra1 Bb1 $1 40. Bc7 Rb3+ 41. Ke2 Bxe4 42.
Bxd6 Bxd5 43. Bxe5 Kd7 $15) 39... Be2+ 40. Kg3 Kd7 41. Rg2 Rb5 $1 42. Bd2 $1 (
42. Rxe2 Rxa5 43. Rb2 Kc7 44. Kf3 c3 45. Rc2 Ra3 46. Ke3 Kb6 47. Kd3 Kb5 48.
Rc1 Kb4 49. Rc2 Rb3 50. Rc1 c2+ $19) (42. Be1 Bd3 $1 43. Kf3 Rb1 44. Ba5 Rf1+
45. Ke3 Rxf6) 42... Bd3 43. Kf3 Rb2 (43... c3 44. Bxc3 Rb3 45. Be1 Bf1+ $19)
44. Ke3 Bxe4 $1 45. Kxe4 c3 46. Ke3 cxd2 47. Rxd2 Rxd2 48. Kxd2 Kc7 49. Kc3 Kb6
50. Kb4 e4 51. Kc4 e3 52. Kd3 Kc5 53. Kxe3 Kxd5 54. Kf4 Ke6 55. Kg5 d5 56. Kxh5
Kxf6 0-1

[Event "Hastings 9192"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 Bxc3+ $5 6. bxc3 d6 7. Be2 $5 (7.
Bd3 Nc6 8. e4 e5 9. d5 Ne7) 7... Qe7 (7... Nc6 8. Nd2 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. g4 $5)
8. O-O e5 9. Ne1 $6 (9. Nd2 e4 10. f3 exf3 11. Bxf3 Qxe3+ 12. Kh1 Qxc3 13. Re1+
Kf8 14. Nb3 $146) 9... e4 10. f3 Bf5 11. fxe4 Bxe4 12. Nd3 Nbd7 13. Nf2 O-O 14.
a4 $6 (14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qc2 $15) 14... Bg6 15. Qb3 Rab8 16. Ra2 Ne4 17. Nh3 f5
18. Bd3 Ndf6 19. Nf4 Rbc8 20. g3 (20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Re2 Ng4 $17) 20... Bf7 21.
Rg2 Rc7 22. Bb2 Rfc8 23. d5 (23. h3 cxd4 24. cxd4 Bxc4 25. Bxc4+ Rxc4 $19)
23... g5 24. Nh3 Bg6 25. Bc1 Ng4 26. Be2 (26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. Qd1 Ne5 $19) 26...
h5 27. Kh1 Qe5 28. a5 Rh7 29. Ng1 h4 30. Nf3 Qe7 31. gxh4 gxh4 32. Bd1 h3 33.
Ra2 Rg7 34. Ne1 Qh4 35. Nd3 (35. Nf3 Ngf2+ 36. Kg1 Bh5+ $19) 35... Kh7 36. Qb2
Rcg8 37. Nf4 Bh5 38. Nd3 Qg5 {Ftacnik,L} (38... Qg5 39. Ra1 Ngf2+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Interpolis-01"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1977.10.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1977.09.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 (5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O $1 {
Olafsson}) 5... Nc6 6. Nf3 (6. Nge2 d5) 6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4 (8. Nd2 {
Pf4}) 8... e5 9. d5 (9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Qc2 Be6 11. Nd2 {P d2-f1} Na5 $1) 9...
Ne7 (9... Na5 $143) 10. Nd2 (10. Nh4 h6 $1 11. f4 $1 (11. g3 Bh3 12. f4 Ng6 13.
Qf3 Bg4 14. Qf2 exf4 15. Nxg6 fxg6 16. gxf4 O-O 17. Qg3 Qa5 18. Bd2 Rae8 19.
O-O Rxe4 $1 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Qxg4 Nxd2 22. Rfc1 Nxc4 23. Rc2 Qd8 {1/2-1/2/
Donner-Sosonko/Amsterdam/1977}) 11... Ng6 $1 12. Nxg6 fxg6 {Spassky-Fischer/
Reykjavik Wch/1972}) (10. g3) 10... Qa5 (10... Bd7 11. Nf1 Qc7 12. Ng3 O-O-O
13. O-O h6 14. Rb1 Rdf8 15. f4 $36) 11. Qb3 {P 12. b5} (11. Qc2) 11... O-O 12.
O-O (12. Nf1 Nh5 $1 $10 {Gligoric-Sosonko/Tilburg (7)/1977} (12... Ne8 13. Ng3
f5 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. Qc2 g6 16. Bd2 Qd8 17. Ne4 $16 {Petrosian-Ivkov/Nice ol/
1974})) 12... Nh5 13. g3 Bh3 14. Re1 Qc7 (14... f5 15. Qxb7 (15. exf5 Nxf5 16.
Ne4 $2 Nd4 $1 $18) 15... Qxc3 16. Qxe7 $13) 15. Qd1 g6 16. Nf1 Qd7 $5 (16... f5
) 17. Bh6 Ng7 {P18... f5} 18. f4 $1 Bxf1 $1 19. Rxf1 {Pf5} (19. Bxf1 Kh8 {
P 20... g8}) 19... Qh3 $1 20. Bg5 $1 (20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. f5 Ng8 {P 22... f6[]/=}
) 20... f6 21. fxe5 fxg5 22. exd6 Qd7 $1 (22... Nc8 $143 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8) (22...
Nef5 $143) 23. dxe7 Qxe7 24. Qd2 Qe5 25. Bc2 {Pd6-d7} Nh5 (25... Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1
Ne8 27. Qf2 Nd6 28. Qxc5 $16) 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 27. Rf1 Nf6 $1 28. d6 Kg7 (28...
Rd8 $143 29. Rxf6 Qxf6 30. Qd5+ {P31.e5}) 29. d7 Rd8 30. Ba4 a6 (30... Nxe4 $2
31. Qe3) (30... Qxe4 $2 31. Re1) 31. Qf2 h5 (31... b5 $2 32. cxb5 Rxd7 33. bxa6
) (31... Qxc3 $2 32. Qxc5) 32. Qf3 h4 (32... Rf8 {P 33... d8}) 33. Rd1 {P d3-d6
} (33. gxh4 gxh4 34. Qf4 Qxf4 35. Rxf4 Nxd7) 33... Qe6 $5 34. gxh4 (34. Qd3 b5
35. cxb5 Rxd7) (34. e5 Qxe5 35. Qxb7 hxg3) 34... gxh4 35. Qf4 Qxc4 (35... Nxd7
36. Qxh4 (36. Rd6 Qe7 37. e5)) 36. Rf1 (36. Bb3 Qxe4 $10) 36... Qe6 37. e5 Nxd7
38. Qxh4 $6 $138 (38. Rd1 $1 b5 39. Rd6 Qe7 40. Bc2 Nxe5 (40... Nf8 41. Qf6+
$18) 41. Rxd8 $18 {Gligoric}) 38... Rf8 $6 $138 (38... Nxe5 39. Qxd8 Qg4+ 40.
Kf2 Qf3+ 41. Ke1 Qe4+ $1 42. Kd2 (42. Kd1 Qb1+) 42... Qg2+) 39. Bxd7 Rxf1+ $1
40. Kxf1 Qxd7 41. Qf6+ Kh7 42. e6 Qg7 $1 (42... Qd1+ $18 {Gligoric} 43. Kf2
Qd2+ 44. Kf3 Qd1+ 45. Ke4 {P d5 ( e5)+- Timman}) 43. Qd8 (43. Qh4+ Kg8 44. Qd8+
Qf8+ $1 $19) 43... Qxc3 44. Qd7+ (44. Qc7+ Kh6 45. Qf4+ Kh7 (45... Kg7 $2 46.
Qf7+ Kh6 47. e7 $18) 46. Qf7+ Kh6 (46... Qg7 47. Qd7 Kh6 $1 48. e7 Qf6+) 47. e7
) 44... Kh6 45. e7 Qf3+ (45... Qc1+ 46. Ke2 Qc4+ 47. Qd3 Qg4+ 48. Kd2 $18) 46.
Ke1 Qe3+ 47. Kd1 Qf3+ 48. Kc2 Qe4+ 49. Kd2 Qf4+ 50. Kd3 Qf3+ 51. Kc4 Qe4+ 52.
Kxc5 Qe3+ 53. Kc4 (53. Kd6 Qf4+ 54. Kd5 Qf3+ 55. Ke5 Qe3+ 56. Kf6 Qf4+) 53...
Qe4+ 54. Kc3 Qe3+ 55. Kb2 Qe2+ 56. Kb3 Qe3+ 57. Ka4 Qc3 $1 {P 58...b5+-} 58.
Qxb7 (58. e8=Q b5+) 58... Qc4+ 59. Ka5 Qxa2+ 60. Kb6 Qe6+ $1 $10 61. Kc5 (61.
Ka7 Kg5) 61... Qe5+ 62. Kc4 Qf4+ $8 (62... Qe6+ 63. Kd4 Qf6+ 64. Ke3 Qg5+ (
64... Qc3+ 65. Ke4 $10) 65. Kd3) 63. Kd3 (63. Kb3 Qe3+ 64. Ka4 {P a5-b6}) 63...
Qf1+ $1 (63... Qf7 64. Ke3 Qe8 65. Qe4 Kg7 66. Qe6 a5 67. h3 $5 g5 $1 (67... a4
68. h4)) 64. Kd4 Qa1+ $1 (64... Qa1+ 65. Ke3) 65. Ke3 (65. Kc5 Qe5+) 65... Qg1+
(65... Qc1+ $143 66. Kf2 $1 Qd2+ 67. Kf3 {P f4}) 66. Kd3 (66. Ke2 Qxh2+ 67. Kd3
Qg3+ 68. Kd4 Qd6+ 69. Ke3 Qg3+ $10) 66... Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.08"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Li, Chao B"]
[Black "Flores, Diego"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Argentina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Bxc3 $5 8.
bxc3 d6 {Flores has chosen a very promising strategy of closing the centre
after compromising White's pawn structure. Even a very strong player like Li
will not be able to do miracles with his restricted bishop pair.} 9. e4 {
Even though Kasparov has played the same move it makes lot of sense to try the
knight retreat to d2 followed by the advance of the f-pawn.} (9. d5 exd5 10.
cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bb5 Nde7 12. e4 $44) (9. Nd2 O-O (9... e5 $5) 10. f4 (10. Qc2
cxd4 $6 (10... e5 $5 11. Ne4 h6 $13) 11. cxd4 Nb4 12. Qb3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Ba6 14.
Ba3 $14 Re8 15. Rfd1 d5 16. Qb3 Bxc4 (16... Rc8 $32 17. Rac1 Qd7 $14) 17. Nxc4
dxc4 18. Qxc4 Rc8 19. Qb3 Qd7 $11 {1-0 (48) Stojanovic,M (2465)-Sulskis,S 
(2515) Budapest 1996}) (10. Bb2 Ba6 11. e4 e5 12. f4 Na5 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Nb3
Nb7 15. a4 Re8 16. Qc2 cxd4 17. cxd4 d5 18. dxe5 dxc4 19. exf6 cxb3 20. Qxc8
Qxc8 21. Bxa6 Qc2 $19 {0-1 (51) Kovacs,G (2457)-Cao,S (2488) Hungary 2005})
10... Ba6 11. Ba3 Rc8 12. Rc1 Re8 13. e4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nxd4 15. e5 dxe5 16.
fxe5 Nc6 17. Bd6 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Qxd3 19. Rc3 Qd8 20. Rg3 Kf8 21. Rxg7 Kxg7 22.
Qg4+ Kf8 23. Bxf6 $18 {1-0 (49) Milanovic,D (2428)-Gelashvili,T (2573)
Korinthos 2004}) 9... e5 10. h3 (10. d5 Na5 11. Nd2 h6 12. Re1 g5 13. Nf1 Ba6
14. Ne3 Qd7 15. Qc2 O-O-O 16. a4 Kb8 17. Qa2 Nh5 18. Nf5 Nf4 19. Bf1 Rdg8 20.
Rb1 Kc7 21. f3 $11 {1/2-1/2 (26) Kasparov,G (2805)-Lerner,A ICC INT 1995})
10... h6 11. Be3 g5 $5 {An impressive and positionally well justified pawn
advance. White has more development moves with pieces, but the closed nature
of the position diminishes the danger for the second player.} (11... Qc7 12.
Qd2 Bd7 13. d5 Ne7 14. Kh2 O-O-O 15. Ng1 g5 16. g3 Nh7 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 Ng6
19. Nf3 gxf4 20. Bxf4 Nxf4 21. Qxf4 Ng5 22. h4 f6 $15 {0-1 (41) Kristiansen,J 
(2445)-Hansen,L (2460) Tastrup 1990}) 12. Bc2 Qe7 (12... g4 13. hxg4 (13. Ba4
Bd7 14. dxe5 gxf3 (14... Nxe5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. hxg4 Nxg4 17. Qxg4 Bxa4 18. Qg7
$16) 15. exf6 fxg2 16. Re1 Qxf6 $15) 13... Nxg4 14. Qe2 $14) 13. Re1 (13. d5
Na5 14. Nd2 Kf8 15. Qe2 $14) 13... Rg8 {With the help of the rook on the
g-file the advance of the g-pawn will represent a real danger for the white
king.} (13... g4 $2 14. Ba4 Bd7 15. Nh4 $16) 14. Nh2 {Defence is an art in
chess that even the best players in the world struggle to master. The knight
retreat is a cautious approach, but not really challenging for Black.} (14. g4
h5 $15) (14. Qe2 Bd7 $11) 14... Na5 (14... h5 15. Nf3 g4 16. hxg4 hxg4 17. Nh4
Bd7 $11) 15. Bd3 g4 16. h4 g3 17. fxg3 Rxg3 18. Bxh6 Ng4 {In the heat of the
battle both players are using well known tricks and approaches. Flores could
have contemplated a knight move that prevents Bg5, but we are all programmed
for getting closer to the enemy king with our pieces.} (18... Nh7 19. Be3 Qxh4
20. Bf2 Rxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Bh3+ 22. Kh1 Qxf2 23. Qf3 Qh4 $11) 19. Bg5 (19. Nf3)
19... f6 20. Be2 $1 {Li is resorting to a creative approach in trying to limit
the danger of the opponent's attack.} (20. Bc1 Qg7 (20... Qh7 21. Nf3 Rxf3 $11
22. gxf3 Nf2 23. Kxf2 Qxh4+ $11) 21. Qc2 cxd4 $17) (20. Nf1 $2 Rxd3 21. Qxd3
fxg5 $17) 20... fxg5 (20... Nxh2 21. Kxh2 Rxc3 22. Bd2 Ra3 23. Bc1 Rc3 24. Bb2
$16) 21. Nxg4 gxh4 $2 {Black slips at the critical moment when the highest
priority becomes the activity of pieces and control of the critical squares.} (
21... Be6 $5 22. h5 exd4 (22... O-O-O 23. d5 $16) 23. cxd4 O-O-O 24. d5 Bxg4
25. Bxg4+ Kb8 26. Rc1 Qe5 $14) 22. dxe5 $1 (22. Rf1 exd4 23. Nf6+ Kd8 24. Rf2
Be6 25. cxd4 Kc7 $15) 22... Qg5 {[%mdl 64] Flores fails to solve the problems
correctly even though he could have fought against White's activity with the
clever exchange on g4.} (22... Bxg4 $1 23. Bxg4 Rd8 (23... Qxe5 $2 24. Qa4+ $1
Kf8 25. Qd7 $18) (23... Qg5 24. Bh3 Rxh3 25. Qd5 Qxe5 26. Qxe5+ dxe5 27. gxh3
$16) 24. Rf1 (24. Bh5+ Kd7 25. Qxd6+ Qxd6 26. exd6 Nxc4 27. e5 Ke6 $11) 24...
Qxe5 25. Kh1 h3 (25... Ke7 26. Rf5 Qxe4 27. Qf1 Kd7 28. Rxc5+ Rxg4 29. Qf7+ Qe7
30. Qf5+ Qe6 31. Rc7+ Kxc7 32. Qxe6 $16) 26. Bxh3 Ke7 27. Rf5 Rxh3+ 28. gxh3
Qxe4+ 29. Qf3 $16) 23. Nf6+ {The engine knows no fear and thus suggests
centralisation of the white queen as a better solution.} (23. Qd5 $1 Bxg4 24.
Qxa8+ Kd7 25. Bxg4+ Qxg4 26. e6+ Qxe6 27. e5 $18) 23... Kf7 24. Qd5+ {Once
again White choses well, but the best continuation eludes him with the
immediate 24.Bh5+:} (24. Bh5+ $1 Kg7 25. Qxd6 Kh6 (25... Rxg2+ 26. Kh1 Rh2+ (
26... Kh6 27. e6 Nxc4 28. Qf8+ Qg7 29. e7 Be6 30. Ne8 Rxe8 31. Bxe8 Rg3 32. Re2
$18) 27. Kxh2 Qg3+ 28. Kh1 Qh3+ 29. Kg1 Qg3+ 30. Kf1 $18) 26. e6 $1 Qxf6 27.
Rf1 Qxe6 28. Rf6+ $18) 24... Be6 25. Bh5+ $1 {Now the check with the bishop is
compulsory if White wants to avoid perpetual check.} (25. Qxa8 $2 Rxg2+ 26. Kh1
Rh2+ 27. Kxh2 Qg3+ $11) 25... Qxh5 (25... Kg7 26. Qxe6 $18) 26. Nxh5 Bxd5 27.
Rf1+ $1 {Having survived the danger, the Chinese superstar is returning to his
ususal mode of finding the best moves even in a clearly favourable position.} (
27. Nxg3 Bxc4 (27... hxg3 28. exd5 $18) 28. Nf5 dxe5 29. Rad1 $16) 27... Kg6 (
27... Ke7 28. cxd5 Rg5 29. exd6+ Kxd6 30. Rf6+ Kc7 31. Rf7+ Kd6 32. Raf1 Re8
33. R1f6+ Ke5 34. Rh7 Rxh5 35. Re6+ Rxe6 36. Rxh5+ $18) 28. Nxg3 Bxc4 (28...
hxg3 29. cxd5 dxe5 30. Rf3 $18) 29. Rf6+ $1 Kg5 30. Rf5+ Kg6 (30... Kg4 31. Nh1
$18) 31. Nh5 $1 {White is playing for the best coordination of his pieces and
it entails putting the knight on the seemingly unattractive h5-square.} dxe5
32. Rd1 Nb7 (32... Re8 33. Rd6+ Re6 34. Rd7 Be2 35. Rg7+ Kh6 36. Rg8 $18) 33.
Rd7 Be6 (33... Be2 34. Nf6 Rf8 35. Nh7 $18) 34. Rg7+ Kh6 35. Rxe5 Nd8 (35...
Bc8 36. Reg5 $18) 36. Reg5 $1 Bf7 37. Nf6 {Black is unable to prevent mate; a
model realisation of exploiting the advantage.} 1-0

[Event "Interpolis-03"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1979.11.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1979.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4
e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nh4 (10. Nd2 $142 {Petrosian}) 10... h6 11. f4 Ng6 (11... exf4
$2 12. Bxf4 g5 13. e5 $1 $40) 12. Nxg6 $8 (12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 Nxf4) 12...
fxg6 13. O-O (13. fxe5 dxe5 {Spassky-Fischer/Reykjavik Wch/1972}) 13... O-O 14.
Rb1 (14. f5 $5) 14... b6 (14... Rb8 $5) (14... Qe7 $5) 15. Rb2 Qe7 16. h3 Bd7
17. f5 gxf5 (17... g5 $5 $10 18. g4 {/\h3-h4}) 18. exf5 e4 $1 19. Re2 Qe5 $13
20. Qe1 Bxf5 21. Bf4 Qe7 22. Bg5 $1 $8 (22. Bg5 hxg5 23. Rxf5) 22... Qd7 (22...
Qd7 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24. Bxe4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis-03"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1979.11.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1979.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4
e5 9. d5 (9. h3 h6 10. Be3 Qa5 11. O-O O-O 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. Rae1 b6 14. d5 Ne7
15. Qd1 Ng6 16. Kh2 Bd7 17. g3 Nh7 18. Nd2 Qc8 19. h4 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Be2
Qd8 22. Rh1 Nf4 $15 {Portisch-Timman/Rio de Janeiro izt/1979}) 9... Ne7 10. Nh4
h6 11. g3 (11. f4 {Spassky-Fischer/Reykjavik wm/1972}) 11... g5 12. Ng2 Bh3 13.
O-O Qd7 (13... Ng6) (13... Qa5 $142 {Huebner} 14. Qb3 O-O-O 15. Rb1 Qc7 16. f3
Kb8 17. Rf2 Rhg8 18. Ne3 Bc8 19. Kf1 Rdf8 $15) 14. a4 O-O-O $13 15. f3 Kb8 16.
Rf2 Ka8 17. a5 Rhg8 $6 (17... Ne8 $142 {/\f5}) 18. Rb1 Ne8 19. Ne3 f5 $2 (19...
Qc7 $142 {/\Lc8}) 20. Rfb2 Rb8 21. exf5 Nxf5 22. Ng4 $1 $16 {/\23.Lf5, 24.Sh6,
/\23.Sf2} h5 $1 (22... Rf8 23. Nf2 Ne7 24. g4 $18) (22... Bxg4 23. fxg4 Ne7 24.
Rf2 $16) 23. Bxf5 (23. Nf2 Nh6) 23... Qxf5 24. Nh6 Qh7 25. Nxg8 Qxg8 26. Qd2
Qf7 27. Qe3 Nf6 28. Qxg5 Rg8 29. Rxb7 (29. Qe3 h4 $44) (29. Qh4 Bc8 {/\e4 +/-/
+-}) 29... Qxb7 30. Rxb7 Rxg5 31. Bxg5 Kxb7 32. Bxf6 Bf5 33. Kf2 Bd3 34. Ke3 $6
(34. g4 $1 $16) 34... Bxc4 35. Ke4 Bb3 $2 $138 (35... Be2) 36. g4 $2 (36. Bxe5
dxe5 37. Kxe5 $16) 36... Bc2+ 37. Ke3 Bg6 38. c4 $6 (38. Be7 Kc7 39. a6 $16)
38... a6 $1 $10 39. h3 Kc7 40. gxh5 Bxh5 41. f4 exf4+ 42. Kxf4 Be2 43. Ke4
1/2-1/2

[Event "NOR-ch"]
[Site "Norway"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sande, Oystein"]
[Black "Tiller, Bjorn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
O-O e5 9. Qc2 Qe7 (9... h6 $5 $10) (9... O-O $1 10. Ng5 h6 11. Ne4 b6 12. Nxf6+
Qxf6 13. Be4 Bb7 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. Bd5 Rad8 16. e4 Na5 17. f4 (17. Rd1 Ba6 18.
Qe2 {= Csom, ECO} Bxc4 $1 $19) (17. Be3 Ba6 18. Qa4 Qe7 $15 {/\ Qe8 ><c4}) (17.
Re1 Ba6 18. Qe2 Rfe8 $15 {/\ Rd5!}) 17... exf4 18. Bxf4 Qg6 $1 $15 19. Qd3 $2
Ba6 $17 20. Qe2 Rfe8 $1 21. Rad1 $2 Rxd5 $1 $19 {Sande,O -Csom,I/Malta ol/1980/
0:1/30/}) 10. Ng5 Bd7 $6 (10... cxd4 $2 11. exd4 exd4 12. Bd2 $16) (10... Ng4
$2 11. f4 exf4 12. exf4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Ne3 14. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 15. Kh1 Qxd4 16. Rae1+
Kd7 17. Be4 $16 {Zelevinsky,A-Chepukaitis,G/Leningrad/1967/1:0/32/}) (10... h6
11. Ne4 O-O (11... Nxe4 12. Bxe4 O-O 13. dxc5 (13. Bb2 $5) (13. Rb1 exd4 14.
exd4 Qf6 15. Be3 Re8 $1 $13 {Danner,G-Vilela,J/Luzern ol/1982/1/2-1/2/23/})
13... dxc5 14. Bd5 Be6 15. e4 Rac8 16. f4 $1 (16. Be3 Na5 17. Qe2 Rfe8 18. Rfd1
b6 $10 {Keene,R-Csom,I/EU-chT Skara/1980/}) 16... exf4 17. Bxf4 Na5 18. Qd3
Rfe8 19. Rae1 b6 20. Re3 $14 {Danner,G-Spiridonov,N/Albena/1983/}) 12. Nxf6+ (
12. f4 exd4 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. exd4 cxd4 15. Bb2 $1 b6 $1 16. cxd4 $1 (16. Qd2
$2 Bf5 $1 $15 {Knaak,R-Vaiser,A/Trnava/1983/0:1/41/}) 16... Nb4 17. Bh7+ $1 Kh8
18. Qb1 d5 19. a3 Nc6 20. cxd5 Ne7 21. Be4 Bb7 22. d6 Nd5 23. a4 $10 {Psakhis,
Vaiser}) 12... Qxf6 13. Be4 Na5 $1 (13... exd4 $6 14. cxd4 Be6 $6 (14... Ne7 $5
{/\ Bf5 ECO} 15. Ba3 $1 $36) 15. d5 Nb4 16. Qb1 $16 {Danner,G-Lalev,D/Albena/
1983/}) 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. Ba3 Qe7 16. Qa4 Qc7 17. Bd5 Bd7 $10 {Khasin,Ab-Buj,P/
corr/1988/0,5 (57)/}) 11. f4 O-O-O (11... exf4 $6 12. exf4 h6 13. Nf3 O-O 14.
Re1 Qd8 15. Rb1 $16 {Veltmander-Heinrich/corr/1961/}) 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. d5 Na5
14. e4 $14 h6 15. Nf3 Ne8 16. Qf2 $1 {><f7,><c5} (16. Be3 b6 $14 {Trincardi,
T-Damjanovic,M/Reggio/1972/}) 16... b6 17. Nd2 $1 Nd6 (17... f6 18. Nb3 Nb7 19.
a4 a5 20. Be3 Ned6 $6 21. Nxc5 $1 bxc5 22. Bxc5 $36) (17... Rf8 $5 18. Nb3 Nb7
19. a4 a5 20. Be3 Nc7 $14) 18. Nb3 Nab7 (18... Naxc4 $2 19. Qe2 $1 Bb5 20. a4
Ba6 21. Nd2 $18) 19. a4 f5 (19... a5 20. Be3 $16 {/\ Nc5!->}) 20. exf5 e4 21.
Re1 Qf6 22. Bf1 Qxc3 $2 (22... Qxf5 $1 $14) 23. Bb2 $1 $16 Qb4 (23... Qxb3 24.
Re3 Qb4 25. Bc3 Qb3 26. Be1 Qxe3 27. Qxe3 Bxf5 28. a5 $18) 24. a5 Nxf5 25. axb6
Qxb6 26. Ra3 Rhf8 27. Qc2 a5 28. Nxa5 $1 $40 Nxa5 29. Rea1 Nb7 $6 (29... Kb7 $5
30. Rxa5 (30. Rb1 $5 $40) 30... Ne3 31. Qc3 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Nxf1 $16) (29... Nd4
30. Bxd4 cxd4 31. c5 d3 32. Qc3 $18) 30. Ra8+ $18 Kc7 31. Be5+ Nfd6 32. R8a6
Qb4 33. Rb1 Rf2 34. Qxf2 Qxb1 35. Bxd6+ Nxd6 36. Qxc5+ Kb7 37. Ra7+ 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Psakhis} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O
Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nh4 h6 (11... Ng6 12. Nf5 {
Yusupov-Epishin,Dortmund,1994}) 12. f3 {New move.} (12. g3 $5) (12. f4 $5 {
Psakhis} Ng6 13. Nxg6 fxg6 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Be3 b6 16. Qf3 Qd6 17. Qg3 g5 18.
h4 g4 19. h5 Bd7 {0-1 Van der Marel,B-Evseev,D/Groningen op 1996 (40)}) (12.
Qf3 {Psakhis} Ng6 13. Nf5 Re8 14. Bd2 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 Nf4 16. Bxf4 g6 17. Qh3
exf4 18. Qxh6 Nxe4 19. Qxf4 {1-0 Hracek,Z-Stajcic,N/Kecskemet 1992 (56)}) 12...
g5 {Usual response, but I,ll prefer to have king at that moment on the queen,s
side.} 13. Nf5 Nxf5 {After 13...Bxf5 knight on e7 will very passive.} 14. exf5
Bd7 15. Bd2 (15. g4 $5) 15... Kg7 (15... Nh5 16. g3 Ng7 17. g4 f6 18. h4 Kf7
19. Kg2 Rg8 20. Rh1 Qf8 21. Qb3 b6 $14) ({Deserves attention 15...Rb8!? but
Nigel wants for very understandable reason make safer position of his K,
before he will start counterplay.} 15... Rb8 $5 {Psakhis}) 16. g4 Rh8 17. Rb1 (
17. Kg2 $5) (17. h4 {Psakhis} gxh4) 17... Rb8 18. Kg2 a6 (18... b5 $5) 19. a4
b6 $6 (19... b5 $5 20. cxb5 (20. axb5 axb5 21. h4 gxh4 22. Rh1 bxc4 23. Rxb8
Qxb8 24. Bxc4 Bb5) 20... axb5 21. Bxb5 Bxb5 22. axb5 Nxd5 23. Bxg5 Nxc3 24.
Bxd8 Nxd1 25. Rfxd1 Rhxd8 $11) (19... Qe8 $6 {Psakhis} 20. a5 Qd8 21. Rb6 {
stops blacks counterplay.}) 20. Rh1 {Last preparations before storm.} Nh7 21.
Qc2 Rb7 $6 {Maybe stronger} (21... Qe7 $142 $5 22. Be3) (21... h5 22. gxh5 Nf8
23. h4) (21... Qe8 $5 {Psakhis} 22. Ra1 b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. axb5 Bxb5 25. c4
$14 {Stort plays too slow and soon getting big problems.}) 22. Be3 Qf6 $6 23.
h4 gxh4 24. Bf2 (24. Qf2 $5 Bxa4 $140 25. Qxh4 Qxh4 26. Rxh4 Ng5 $140 27. Bxg5
hxg5 28. f6+ Kg8 29. Rxh8+ Kxh8 30. Rh1+ Kg8 31. Bh7+ Kf8 32. Bc2) 24... Ng5
25. Rxh4 Qd8 26. Rbh1 f6 27. Be3 b5 $2 {Too late already} (27... Be8 28. Kg3
Kg8 $16) 28. axb5 axb5 29. Kg3 $1 $18 {After long preparation Gelfand doesn't
want spend time for pawns.} (29. Rb1 Qb8 30. Qb3 b4 31. Bd2) (29. cxb5 {Psakhis
} Bxb5 30. c4 Bd7 31. Kg3) 29... bxc4 30. Qh2 Nf7 (30... cxd3 31. Bxg5 (31.
Rxh6 {Psakhis} Rb2 (31... Rb8 32. Bxg5 $18) 32. Qh5 (32. Qh4) 32... Qe8 33.
Rg6+ Kf7 34. Rxf6+ $1 Ke7 35. Qxg5 $18) 31... fxg5 32. Rxh6 Rb8 33. Rh7+) 31.
Bxh6+ Kg8 (31... Nxh6 {Psakhis} 32. Rxh6 $18) 32. Be4 Be8 33. Be3 Rxh4 34. Qxh4
Kf8 35. Bh6+ Ke7 (35... Kg8 36. Bd2 Kf8 37. Qh7) (35... Nxh6 {Psakhis} 36.
Qxh6+ Rg7 37. g5 $1 $18) 36. Bg7 Kd7 37. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Nuremberg LGA Cup 6th"]
[Site "Nuremberg"]
[Date "2009.09.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jahnel, Guenther"]
[Black "Kunin, Vitaly L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2009.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
O-O O-O ({Meist wird} 8... e5 $5 {vorgezogen}) 9. Ng5 h6 (9... e5 $5 10. f4
exd4 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. exd4 h6 13. Nf3 Bg4 $5 ({nach} 13... d5 14. h3 Re8 15.
Rb1 b6 {Jahnel-Haba, lGA 2007, ist} 16. c5 bxc5 17. dxc5 Qa5 18. Bb5 Bd7 19.
Bd2 Qxa2 20. Ra1 Qb2 21. Rb1 Qa2 22. Ra1 $11 {mit Zugwiederholung möglich}) 14.
Bb2 d5 15. c5 Ne4 $15 {, Lujambio-Rinaldi, Fernpartie 2004}) 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11.
Bxe4 Qc7 12. Bc2 ({Zu überlegen war} 12. Qe2 Na5 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. Bd3 b6 15.
Rac1 Bb7 16. e4 $11 {mit beiderseitigen Perspektiven}) 12... b6 $2 ({Die
richtige Antwort wäre} 12... Na5 13. Qd3 f5 {gewesen,} 14. e4 (14. d5 e5) 14...
cxd4 15. Qxd4 Nxc4 16. exf5 e5 17. Qg4 Rf6 $11) 13. Qd3 f5 14. e4 cxd4 $2 (
14... e5 {ist am Platze, auch wenn nach} 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. f4 Be6 17. fxe5 Rad8
18. Qg3 Bxc4 19. Bxh6 Bxf1 (19... fxe4 20. Rxf8+ Rxf8 21. Bxe4 $14) 20. Rxf1
$14 {behält Weiß die Initiative}) 15. exf5 e5 16. f6 Rxf6 17. Qh7+ Kf7 18. f4
Bb7 $4 ({Hartnäckiger geschah} 18... Be6 19. Bd2 $16) 19. Bg6+ Ke6 20. f5+ Kd7
21. Qxg7+ Ne7 22. Qxf6 dxc3 23. Qe6+ Kc6 24. Bh5 b5 25. Be3 e4 26. f6 1-0

[Event "Malmo Masters 1st"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2003.07.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hellsten, Johan"]
[Black "Ahlander, Bjorn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2003.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8.
exd4 exd5 9. Bg5 Nc6 10. O-O Be7 11. h3 Re8 12. Re1 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Be6
15. Be5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Nd4 Bf8 18. Bc2 Bg7 19. Nf3 Nf8 20. Qd4 h5 21.
Rad1 g4 22. hxg4 hxg4 23. Nh2 Qg5 24. f4 gxf3 25. Nxf3 Qg3 26. Ne2 Qg4 27. Nf4
Red8 28. Nxe6 Qxe6 29. Bb3 Rd7 30. Bxd5 Qh6 31. Qf2 Re8 32. Bb3 Rxd1 33. Rxd1
Rc8 34. Nd4 Rc7 35. Nf5 Qg5 36. Nd6 Qxe5 37. Bxf7+ Kh7 38. Ne8 Rc6 39. Nxg7
Kxg7 40. Bd5 Rf6 41. Qxa7 Rd6 42. Qd4 Ng6 43. Qxe5+ Nxe5 44. Kf2 Kf6 45. a4 Rb6
46. b3 Rb4 47. Ke2 b6 {[#]Claustrophobia. White finds a quick and easy way to
victory. [#]Klaustrophobie. Weiß findet einen schnellen und einfachen Weg zum
Sieg.} 48. Rf1+ Ke7 49. Rf5 Kd6 50. Rxe5 Kxe5 51. Bc4 {The rook is now well
and truly imprisoned; even b5 changes nothing because of axb5. Der Turm sitzt
nun fest im Kasten, woran auch b5 wegen axb5 nichts ändert.} Kd4 52. g4 (52. g4
Rxc4 53. bxc4 Kxc4 54. g5 Kd5 55. Kd3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Karditsa"]
[Site "Karditsa"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Kalesis, Nikolaos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1994.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Qc2 e5 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Ng5 h6 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Be6 13. Rb1 O-O 14. Rxb7
Na5 15. Rb5 Rc8 16. Bd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 a6 18. Rb1 Qxd5 19. O-O Rfd8 20. Rb6 Rc6
21. Rxc6 Qxc6 22. Rd1 Rd7 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. h3 e4 25. Ba3 Qd3 26. Qa4 Qxc3 27.
Qe8+ Kh7 28. Qxe4+ Kg8 29. Qa4 Kh7 30. g4 Nc4 $2 (30... Nc6 31. Qxa6 Nb4 32.
Bxb4 Qxb4 $44) 31. Bxc5 Nd2 (31... Qe1+ 32. Kg2 Nd2 33. Qc2+ (33. Qxa6 Ne4)
33... Kg8 34. Qd3 $18) 32. Qd1 Qxc5 33. Qxd2 a5 $2 (33... Qc4 $16) 34. Qd7 $1
$18 Kg8 (34... f6 35. Qf5+ Qxf5 36. gxf5 $18) 35. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "United Insurance 4th"]
[Site "Dhaka"]
[Date "1999.02.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Murshed, Niaz"]
[Black "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "1999.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8.
dxc6 dxc3 9. bxc3 Bd6 10. cxb7 Bxb7 11. Qa4+ Ke7 12. Ba3 Bxg2 13. Rg1 Bc6 14.
Qa6 Bxa3 15. Qxa3+ Qd6 16. Qxd6+ Kxd6 17. Rxg7 Ke7 18. Nd4 Rac8 19. Rb1 Ba8 20.
c4 Rhd8 21. Rg5 Be4 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Rb7+ Kf6 24. Rg4 Nd6 25. Rxa7 Rxc4 26.
Rf4+ Kg6 27. Ne2 Rc6 28. Rg4+ Kf6 29. Ng3 Rb8 30. Kf1 Rb2 31. a4 Ra2 32. Rd4
Kg6 33. Rg4+ Kf6 34. Rd4 Kg6 35. Rd7 Nf5 36. Nxf5 exf5 37. R4d6+ Rxd6 38. Rxd6+
f6 {[#] T+a-Freibauer bei 3-3 am Königsflügel. Schwarz hat die Wahl zwischen
der Freibauerndeckung von vorn oder seitlich.} 39. Ra6 (39. Rd4 {[%cal Rd4f4,
Rf1b1]} Ra1+ 40. Kg2 (40. Ke2 Ra2+ 41. Kd3 Rxf2 42. Kc4 Rxh2 43. Kb5 Rh3 $132)
40... Kg5 41. Rf4 Kg6 42. Kf3 Ra2 43. Kg2 Ra1 {und der weiße König kommt nicht
zur Kasse, ohne die Bauernstruktur mit f3 zu schwächen.}) 39... Kg5 40. Kg2 Ra3
41. Ra5 Kg6 42. Kf3 Ra2 43. Ra8 Kg7 44. h3 Kg6 45. Kg3 Kg7 46. a5 Kg6 47. Kf3
Ra4 48. a6 Kh5 49. a7 Kh6 50. h4 Kg7 51. Kg2 Rg4+ 52. Kh3 Ra4 53. f3 Ra2 54.
Kg3 Ra4 55. Kf2 Ra2+ 56. Ke1 Ra1+ 57. Kd2 Ra2+ 58. Kd3 Ra3+ 59. Kd4 Ra4+ 60.
Kc5 Ra1 61. Kb5 Ra3 62. Kc4 Ra1 63. Kd5 Ra3 64. h5 Rd3+ 65. Kc4 Ra3 66. Kd4
Ra4+ 67. Kd5 Ra3 68. f4 h6 69. Re8 Rxa7 70. Ke6 Ra6+ 71. Kxf5 Ra5+ 72. Kg4 {[#]
} Kf7 (72... f5+ $1 73. Kf3 Ra2 $1 74. Re7+ Kf6 75. Rh7 Rh2 76. Rxh6+ Kg7 77.
Rg6+ Kf7 78. Rg5 (78. Ra6 Rxh5 79. Ra5 Kf6 $11) 78... Kf6 {Variantendiagramm
Weiß erreicht nichts anderes als das Endspiel T+f+h mit allerdings wesentlich
besserer Königsposition für Schwarz ==> Remis!} 79. Kg3 Re2 80. Kf3 (80. Rg6+
Kf7 81. Kh4 Rxe3 82. Kg5 Rg3+ 83. Kxf5 Ra3 $11) 80... Rh2 81. e4 fxe4+ 82. Kxe4
Rh1 $11) 73. Rb8 Rc5 (73... f5+ $1) 74. Rb7+ Kg8 75. e4 {[#]} f5+ (75... Ra5
76. Rd7 Rb5 77. Rd5 Rb7 78. Kf5 Kf7 79. Rd6 Rb5+ 80. e5 fxe5 81. fxe5 Rb1 {
[#] und Weiß steht noch die Lösung einer technischen Aufgabe bevor, die etwa
so aussehen kann:} (81... Kg7 82. Rg6+ Kh7 83. Kf6 Rb1 84. e6 Rf1+ 85. Ke7 Rf5
86. Rf6 Rxh5 87. Kf7 $18) 82. Rxh6 Rf1+ 83. Ke4 Re1+ 84. Kd5 Rd1+ 85. Kc6 Re1
86. Rf6+ $18) 76. exf5 {Jetzt steht der schwarze König so schlecht, daß eine
Rettung nicht mehr in Sicht ist.} Rc6 77. Re7 Kf8 78. Re6 Rc1 79. f6 Rh1 80.
Re7 Rb1 81. Rc7 Ra1 82. Kf5 Rh1 83. Rh7 Rh2 84. Rxh6 Kg8 85. Rg6+ Kf8 86. Rg5
Kf7 87. Rg7+ Kf8 88. Ra7 $1 {[%cal Rh5h6,Rf5e6]} 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4
e5 9. h3 h6 10. Be3 b6 11. d5 (11. O-O Qc7 (11... O-O $6 12. d5 Ne7 13. Kh2 Ng6
14. g3 Nh7 $6 (14... Ne8 15. Qc2 Ne7 16. Ng1 f5 17. f4 $13) 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. Ng1
Qc8 17. Rae1 f5 18. f4 $1 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Bf5 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. Qxf5 Rxf5 22. g4
Rf7 23. f5 Ne7 24. a4 $16 {Ibragimov-Svendsen, Bern 1992}) 12. d5 Ne7 13. Nh4
g5 $1 14. Qf3 Nfg8 15. Nf5 Nxf5 16. exf5 Nf6 $13 {Portisch-Timman, Mar del
Plata 1982,-I 33/674}) (11. Qe2 Qc7 12. d5 Ne7 13. Nh4 g5 14. Qf3 Nfg8 15. Nf5
Nxf5 16. exf5 Nf6 17. g4 Qe7 18. Qg3 Ba6 $15 {Ibragimov,I-Serper, URS-chJ
Kherson 1991}) 11... Ne7 12. Nd2 Ng6 13. g3 O-O 14. Qc2 $5 $146 (14. Kf1 Ne8 $1
15. Kg2 Ne7 16. f3 f5 $10 {Portisch-Browne, Tilburg 1982,-I 34/668}) (14. f4 $2
exf4 15. gxf4 Nd7 16. Nf3 f5 17. exf5 Nh4 $1 $15) 14... Bd7 15. Nf1 (15. f4 $2
exf4 16. gxf4 Nh5 $17) 15... a6 $5 (15... Qc8 16. h4 Ng4 17. f3 $1 Nxe3 18.
Nxe3 $14) 16. Bd2 $1 Qc8 17. h4 (17. Ne3 $1 Bxh3 18. f3 $44) 17... Ne8 18. Ne3
Ne7 19. O-O (19. Nf5 Nxf5 20. exf5 Nf6 {/\e4} (20... b5 $15) 21. f3 (21. g4 $2
Nxg4 22. Rg1 e4 $1 23. Bxe4 Re8 24. Rxg4 (24. Kf1 Nf6 25. Bxh6 Nxe4 $19) 24...
Bxf5 25. Rf4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Qg4 $1 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8+ 28. Kf1 Qe2+ 29. Kg1 Re4 30.
Re1 Rg4+ 31. Kh1 Rxh4+ 32. Kg1 Qg4+ 33. Kf1 Rh1#) 21... b5 22. g4 bxc4 23. Bxc4
Bb5 24. Bxb5 axb5 25. g5 Nxd5 $15) 19... Bh3 $1 (19... f5 20. exf5 Nxf5 21.
Nxf5 Bxf5 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Qxf5 Rxf5 24. f4 $15) 20. Rfe1 f5 21. exf5 Nxf5 22.
Nxf5 Bxf5 23. Rab1 $6 (23. Bxf5 Qxf5 24. Qxf5 Rxf5 25. f4 exf4 (25... b5 $5 $15
) 26. Bxf4 b5 $15) 23... b5 24. Bxf5 Qxf5 25. Qxf5 Rxf5 26. a4 (26. f4 exf4 27.
Bxf4 g5 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Bc1 bxc4 $17) 26... bxc4 27. Rb6 a5 $1 28. Re4 (28.
Rc6 Rd8 29. Ra6 Nc7 30. Rxa5 Nxd5 $17) 28... Rf3 29. Rxc4 (29. Be3 Nf6 30. Rxc4
Rd8 $19 {/\} 31. Kg2 $2 Rxe3 $1 32. fxe3 Nxd5) 29... Rd3 30. Be3 Rxd5 $19 31.
f4 $22 (31. Kf1 Rd1+ 32. Ke2 Ra1 $19) 31... Rd3 32. Kf2 Nf6 $1 33. fxe5 Nd5 34.
Rxd6 Nxe3 35. Rxc5 Ng4+ 36. Kg2 (36. Ke2 Re3+ $19) 36... Nxe5 $1 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4
e5 9. h3 h6 10. Be3 b6 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nd2 g5 $146 13. h4 gxh4 $1 (13... Ng4 14.
Nf1 Ng6 (14... gxh4 15. Rxh4 $16) 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Rxh8+ Nxh8 17. Be2 Nh6 $14
{Karpov}) 14. Rxh4 Ng6 15. Rh1 (15. Rxh6 Rxh6 16. Bxh6 Ng4 17. Be3 Nxe3 (17...
Qh4 18. Qe2 (18. Nf1 $5) 18... Nf4 $44) 18. fxe3 Qg5 $5 19. Qe2 Bg4 $40 {
/\Nh4,Ke7,Rh8}) 15... Ng4 16. Nf1 Nf4 17. g3 (17. Rg1 $6 Qf6 $40 (17... Qh4 $6
18. g3 Nxe3 19. Nxe3 Qh2 20. Rf1 Nxd3+ 21. Qxd3 Bh3 $13)) 17... Ng2+ 18. Ke2
N4xe3 (18... Qf6 19. f3 N4xe3 20. Nxe3 Nxe3 21. Kxe3 $13) 19. Nxe3 Nxe3 20.
Kxe3 Qg5+ 21. Ke2 Ke7 22. Qg1 $5 Bd7 23. Qh2 Rab8 24. a4 (24. Qh4 Qxh4 25. Rxh4
b5 $15) 24... Rbg8 25. Qh4 (25. a5 bxa5 26. Rxa5 Rb8 $40) 25... Bg4+ 26. f3 Bd7
27. Kf2 f6 28. Ra2 (28. Qxg5 hxg5 29. Rxh8 Rxh8 30. a5 $2 bxa5 31. Rxa5 Ra8 $17
{/\a6,Ke7-b6}) 28... h5 29. a5 bxa5 30. Qxg5 fxg5 31. Rxa5 Ra8 (31... h4 32.
gxh4 gxh4 (32... Rxh4 33. Rxh4 gxh4 34. Rxa7 h3 35. Bf1 $1 (35. Ra1 Rg2+ 36.
Ke3 Kf6 $17) 35... h2 36. Bg2 $10) 33. Rxa7 h3 34. Rh2 $13) 32. Rha1 h4 33.
Rxa7 Rxa7 (33... hxg3+ 34. Kxg3 Rh3+ 35. Kg2 Rah8 36. Bf1 $13) 34. Rxa7 Rb8 35.
gxh4 gxh4 36. Bf1 Kd8 37. Ra2 Kc7 38. Kg2 $6 {/\Rf2,Kh2,Bh3} (38. Ra7+ $10)
38... Rb1 39. Ra7+ Kd8 40. Ra8+ Bc8 41. Kf2 Kc7 42. Ra7+ Bb7 43. Ra2 Bc8 (43...
Kb6 44. Bd3 $1 $10 {Karpov}) (43... Rc1 44. Be2 Rxc3 45. Ra1 $10) 44. Ra7+ Bb7
45. Ra2 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4
e5 9. h3 h6 10. Be3 b6 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nd2 g5 $5 13. Nf1 $5 $146 (13. h4 {
-Yusupov-Karpov/Dortmund/1994}) 13... Ng6 14. g3 Ng8 (14... Bd7 15. Bd2 Qc8 16.
Qf3 Ke7 17. Ne3 Bxh3 $140 18. Rxh3 Qxh3 19. Nf5+ $16) 15. Bd2 Qf6 16. Ne3 $14
N8e7 (16... h5 $6 17. Be2 h4 18. Bg4 $16) 17. Be2 {/\Bg4} Kd8 $1 18. Bg4 Kc7
19. Rb1 (19. Qe2 $5) 19... Rb8 $1 20. Nc2 {/\Na3-b5} (20. Qa4 Bxg4 {><f3})
20... Rb7 21. Na3 Kb8 22. Nb5 Rd8 23. Ke2 {/\Qa4} Qh8 $5 {/\f5} 24. Qa4 {
/\Bc8,Qa6} a5 $1 $132 {/\25...f5 26.ef h5} 25. Bxc8 Nxc8 26. Rb2 (26. Qc2 $142)
26... Qe8 27. Qc2 Qd7 $132 {/\Nce7,f5} 28. Be3 $10 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.21"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[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 "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4
e5 9. h3 h6 10. Be3 (10. Qe2 O-O 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Nh2 (12. Nd2 Qa5 13. Bb2 b6
14. O-O Ba6 15. a4 Bb7 16. Rfd1 Qa6 $10 {0-1 Keene-Psakhis/Plovdiv Europe t-ch
1983 (42)}) 12... Ne7 13. Nf1 Ng6 14. g3 Ne8 15. Ne3 Nd6 $132 {0-1,
Stefansson-Kiprov/corr/1986 (24)}) 10... b6 11. d5 (11. O-O Qc7 $5 (11... O-O
12. d5 Ne7 13. Kh2 Nh7 $1 (13... Ng6 14. g3 Nh7 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. Ng1 Qc8 17.
Rae1 f5 18. f4 $16 {1-0 Ibragimov,I-Svendsen,T/Bern (1) 1992 (38)}) 14. Qc2 {N}
(14. Nd2) 14... f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 (15... Nxf5 $4 16. g4) 16. Nd2 Bxd3 (16... Qd7
17. Ne4 $14) 17. Qxd3 Nf5 18. Ne4 $14 {Ibragimov,I-Cebalo,M/Djakovo 62/561
1994/1/2-1/2 (57)}) 12. d5 Ne7 13. Nh4 g5 14. Qf3 Nfg8 15. Nf5 Nxf5 16. exf5
Nf6 17. g4 Qe7 18. Rfe1 Kd8 $10 {1/2-1/2 Ibragimov,I-Csom,I/Budapest FS 02 GM
(01) 1995 (25)}) 11... Ne7 12. Nd2 {/\Nf1, Bd2, Ne3} (12. g3 Ng6 (12... Bd7 13.
Kf1 Qc8 14. Kg2 Nh7 15. Nh4 g5 16. Nf3 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Qb1 Nf6 $10 {
Lugovoi,A-Ibragimov,I/RUS-ch Elista (07) ;CBM 50_08 1995/1/2-1/2 (60)}) 13. Kf1
O-O 14. Kg2 Bd7 15. Qc2 Nxe4 $1 16. Bxe4 f5 17. Nd2 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Bf5 19. f3
Qd7 {1/2-1/2 Vyzmanavin,A-Makarov,M/Novgorod op (02) 1995}) 12... g5 (12... Ng6
13. g3 O-O 14. Kf1 (14. Qc2 Bd7 15. Nf1 a6 $5 (15... Qc8 16. h4 Ng4 17. f3 $1
Nxe3 18. Nxe3 $14 {Hjartarson}) 16. Bd2 Qc8 $10 {0-1 Ibragimov,I-Hjartarson,J/
Reykjavik 60/511 1994 (36)}) 14... Ne8 15. Kg2 Ne7 16. f3 f5 $132 {Portisch,
L-Browne,W/Tilburg/1982}) (12... O-O 13. g4 Ng6 14. g5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 Qe8 16.
Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nf1 Kg7 {1/2-1/2 Yusupov,A-Torre,E/Moscow (ol) 62/(561) 1994}) (
12... Nh7 13. h4 Nf6 14. Nf1 Bd7 15. Bd2 Qc8 16. Ne3 Kd8 17. h5 $6 Kc7 18. f3
g6 19. g4 Qf8 $10 {1/2-1/2 Yusupov,A-Timman,J/Comunidad de Madrid, ESP (08)
1995 (23)}) 13. Nf1 (13. h4 gxh4 $1 (13... Ng4 14. Nf1 Ng6 15. hxg5 hxg5 16.
Rxh8+ Nxh8 17. Be2 Nh6 $14 {Karpov}) 14. Rxh4 Ng6 15. Rh1 (15. Rxh6 Rxh6 16.
Bxh6 Ng4 17. Be3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Qg5 $5 19. Qe2 Bg4 $40 {/\Nh4,Ke7,Rh8}) 15...
Ng4 16. Nf1 Nf4 17. g3 (17. Rg1 $6 Qf6 $40) 17... Ng2+ $15 {1/2-1/2 Yusupov,
A-Karpov,An/Dortmund (05) 1994 (45)}) 13... Ng6 14. g3 Bd7 (14... Ng8 15. Bd2
Qf6 16. Ne3 N8e7 (16... h5 $6 17. Be2 h4 18. Bg4 $16) 17. Be2 {/\Bg4} Kd8 $1
18. Bg4 Kc7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Yusupov,A-Lutz,C/Horgen CS (03) ;CBM 43 1994 (28)})
15. Bd2 Qe7 $1 (15... Qc8 $6 16. Qf3 Ke7 17. Ne3 Bxh3 $140 18. Rxh3 Qxh3 19.
Nf5+ $36) 16. Ne3 O-O-O (16... Nf4 $5 17. gxf4 exf4 18. Nc2 Nxe4 19. Qe2 $14)
17. Qf3 (17. Nf5 $2 Bxf5 18. exf5 e4 $17) 17... Ne8 (17... Nf4 $5 18. gxf4 exf4
19. Nc2 Rde8 20. O-O-O Nxe4 $44) 18. O-O-O (18. Nf5 $5 Bxf5 $5 (18... Qf6 19.
h4 Ng7 (19... gxh4 20. Nxh4 Qxf3 21. Nxf3 Bg4 22. Nh2) (19... Bxf5 20. Qxf5+
Qxf5 21. exf5) 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. O-O-O Nxf5 22. exf5 e4 (22... Ne7 23. g4) 23.
Qxe4 Ne5 24. Bc2 g4 $44) 19. exf5 (19. Qxf5+ Kc7 $10) 19... e4 20. Qxe4 Ne5 21.
Be2 Nf6 22. Qe3 Rde8 $44) 18... Kc7 {[#]} (18... Ng7 19. Ng4 f5 20. exf5 $16)
19. Rh2 $1 (19. Rdg1 $5) (19. Nf5 Qf6 20. h4 $140 gxh4 21. Nxh4 Qxf3 22. Nxf3
Bg4 23. Be2 Nf6) 19... Ng7 20. Rdh1 (20. Ng4 $6 h5 21. Nf6 $140 g4) 20... Rde8
(20... Rdf8 $142 21. Nf5 Qf6 22. h4 $14) 21. Bc2 $1 $14 {/\Qd1,Ba4} (21. Ng4 f5
22. exf5 e4 23. Bxe4 Ne5 (23... Qxe4 24. Qxe4 Rxe4 25. fxg6 Bf5 26. Ne3 Bxg6
$44) 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 $44) 21... h5 (21... Ref8 22. Nf5 $1 (22. Qd1 $140 f5 $132)
(22. h4 gxh4 23. gxh4 Nf4 {/\Ngh5} 24. h5 (24. Rg1 Ngh5) 24... Qg5 $132) 22...
Qf6 23. h4 gxh4 24. Nxh4 (24. g4 $5) 24... Qxf3 25. Nxf3 $14) 22. h4 gxh4 (
22... g4 23. Qd1 $16 {/\f3}) 23. gxh4 Nf4 24. Ng2 $1 f5 (24... Bg4 25. Qe3 $16
Nxg2 $140 26. Rxg2 f5 27. f3 f4 28. Qg1) 25. Nxf4 exf4 $6 (25... fxe4 $142 26.
Qxe4 Bf5 $1 27. Qe2 Bxc2 28. Kxc2 exf4 29. Qxe7+ Rxe7 30. Bxf4 Re4 31. Bg5 $14)
26. Re1 $1 $16 Qf8 27. Rg2 {פg7; ><f4} fxe4 28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. Bxe4 Ne8 (29...
Bf5 $2 30. Rxg7+ $18) (29... Nf5 30. Qxf4 $18 {/\Rg5}) 30. Bxf4 Bg4 (30... Nf6
31. Rg6 $18) 31. Qe3 Nf6 32. f3 Nxe4 33. fxg4 (33. fxe4 $6 Rh7 34. e5 dxe5 35.
Qxe5+ Kb7 $16) 33... Nxc3 {[#]} (33... Nf6 $142 34. g5 $16) 34. Rf2 $1 Na4 (
34... Qg7 35. Bxd6+ Kxd6 36. Qe6+ Kc7 37. Rf7+ $18) 35. Bg5 $1 $18 Qg7 (35...
Qc8 36. Rf7+ Kb8 37. Qe7 $18) (35... Qe8 36. Qxe8 Rxe8 37. Rf7+ Kb8 38. gxh5
$18) 36. Bf6 Qxg4 37. Bxh8 Qxc4+ 38. Kb1 Qb4+ 39. Ka1 Kb7 40. Rf4 c4 (40... Qb5
41. Qb3 $18) 41. a3 Qb5 42. Qe7+ Ka6 43. Qe2 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.01.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Kantsler,B"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
O-O e5 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Rb1 (10. d5 Ne7 11. e4 (11. f3 Ne8 12. e4 Ng6 13. g3 f5
14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Ne4 Qd7 16. Qc2 Nf6 $11 {Lukacs,P-Stohl,I/AUT-chT 1994})
11... h6 12. Re1 Nh7 13. Nf1 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Ng3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qd7 $11 {
Balashov,Y-Vaganian,R/URS-ch 1989/ 0:1, 41}) 10... b6 (10... Qe7 11. d5 e4 12.
Nxe4 Nxe4 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Qc2 f5 $6 (14... Re8 $5 15. f3 Nf6 16. e4 $13) 15.
f3 Ng5 16. Bd2 $14 {Bareev,E-Van der Wiel,J/Wijk 1995/1/2:1/2, 44}) 11. h3 $1 (
11. Qc2 $6 Bd7 12. h3 Qc8 13. f4 exd4 14. cxd4 Re8 15. Nf3 Nb4 16. Rxb4 cxb4
17. e4 b5 $1 18. c5 $44 {Bareev,E-Timman,J/Wijk 1995/1/2:1/2, 36}) 11... Bd7 (
11... Re8 $5 $13) 12. f4 $1 exd4 (12... exf4 13. Rxf4 Qe7 14. Qf3 Rac8 15. Nf1
Ne8 16. Ng3 g6 17. Bd2 Ng7 18. Rf1 f5 19. e4 Ne6 20. exf5 Nxf4 21. Bxf4 $16 {
Sokolov,I-Winants,L/NLD 1995 1:0, 25}) 13. cxd4 cxd4 (13... Nb4 $6 14. Rxb4
cxb4 15. e4 $16) (13... Qe7 $5 14. Qf3 Rae8 15. d5 Nb4 16. Rxb4 cxb4 17. e4 $44
) 14. e4 {~/=->} Re8 15. Re1 Qc7 16. Nf3 Bc8 {/\ Nd7} 17. e5 $5 dxe5 18. fxe5
Nd7 {[]} (18... Nxe5 $2 19. Bf4 $1 (19. Rxe5 $6 Rxe5 20. Nxe5 (20. Bf4 $2 Re1+
21. Qxe1 Qxf4 $17) 20... Qxe5 21. Qf3 Qb8 22. Bf4 Qb7 23. Qg3 $44) 19... Nxf3+
(19... Nfd7 $2 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Qh5 $16) 20. Qxf3 Rxe1+ (20... Qb7 $2 21.
Rxe8+ Nxe8 22. Be4 $18) 21. Rxe1 Qb7 22. Qg3 {~/=->} Qc6 (22... Be6 23. Be5 Qe7
(23... Ne8 24. Be4 $18) 24. Qh4 $18) 23. Bh6 g6 (23... Nh5 24. Be4 (24. Qe5 Bb7
$19) (24. Qg5 Bb7 $17) 24... Nxg3 (24... Qxh6 25. Bxa8 $18) (24... Qd7 25. Qf3
$18) (24... Qe6 25. Qf2 $18) 25. Bxc6 $18) 24. Be4 Nxe4 25. Qe5 Nf6 (25... f6
26. Qe7 $18) 26. Qxf6 $18) 19. Bf4 Nf8 (19... Ndxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Qh5 $18)
20. Ng5 {/\ 21.e6 Qf4 22.ef7 +-} Be6 21. Qh5 h6 (21... g6 $2 22. Qh6 {/\Ne4,
Nf6 +-}) 22. Nf3 (22. Ne4 $2 Ng6 $17) 22... f5 $5 23. Bxf5 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 Ne6
25. Bd2 Qd7 (25... Qf7 26. Qg4 $40) 26. Rb5 $1 Nc5 (26... Ne7 27. Qg4 $40) 27.
e6 $1 Nxe6 $2 {>= Qe7} (27... Rxe6 $2 28. Rxc5 $18) 28. Ne5 $1 Qc7 (28... Nxe5
29. Rbxe5 $18) 29. Qg6 {/\ Bh6; Ng4} Nxe5 30. Rbxe5 Qf7 (30... Qxc4 31. Rxe6
$18) 31. Rxe6 Qxg6 32. Rxg6 Rxe1+ 33. Bxe1 Rc8 34. Rd6 Rxc4 35. Bf2 Ra4 36.
Bxd4 Rxa2 37. Rd8+ Kf7 (37... Kh7 38. Rd7 $18) 38. Rd7+ Ke6 39. Rxg7 h5 40. Rh7
Kd5 41. Bf2 Kc4 42. Rxh5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 12th final"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.11.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stojanovic, Mihajlo"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Kantsler,B"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1996.11.21"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgrade Partizan"]
[BlackTeam "Vilnius Kaise"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
O-O (8. Qc2 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Ng5 h6 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Be6 13. Rb1 O-O
14. Rxb7 Na5 15. Rb5 $6 (15. Rb2 Nxc4 16. Rb1 $14) 15... Rc8 $1 16. Bd5 Bxd5
17. cxd5 a6 18. Rb1 Qxd5 $15 {Atalik,S-Kalasis,N Kazditsa 1994 60/(511)}) (8.
e4 {Lugovoi,A-Aseev,K RUS-ch Elista 1996 CBM56}) 8... b6 (8... e5 {Lugovoi,
A-Aseev,K RUS-ch Elista 1996}) (8... O-O 9. e4 (9. Nd2 e5 10. Ne4 b6 11. Qf3
Bb7 12. Ng3 (12. Nxf6+ $32 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. f4 $13) 12... Kh8 13. d5 $6
e4 $1 14. Bxe4 Ne5 15. Qf4 Ba6 $15 {[%emt 0:00:59] Kamsky,G-Anand,V Sanghi (m/
2) 1994 61/586 1-2/1-2}) 9... e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nh4 Ng6 12. Nf5 Re8 13. Rb1 h6
14. Qf3 $14 {[%emt 0:00:01] Yusupov,A-Epishin,V Dortmund 1994 61/585}) 9. Nd2
O-O (9... e5 $5) 10. Qc2 cxd4 $6 (10... e5 $5 11. Ne4 h6 $13) 11. cxd4 Nb4 12.
Qb3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Ba6 14. Ba3 $14 Re8 15. Rfd1 d5 16. Qb3 Bxc4 (16... Rc8 $32
17. Rac1 Qd7 $14) 17. Nxc4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Rc8 19. Qb3 Qd7 20. Rac1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1
Rc8 22. f3 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 Nd5 $6 24. e4 Ne7 25. Qc4 Qc6 (25... Nc6 26. Bb2 $14)
26. Qxc6 Nxc6 27. Bb2 $14 f5 $6 (27... f6 $32) 28. Kf1 fxe4 29. fxe4 Kf7 30.
Ke2 b5 31. Kd3 g6 (31... Nb4+ 32. Kc3 Nxa2+ $2 33. Kb3 $18) 32. Bc3 $1 (32. d5
exd5 33. exd5 Nb4+ 34. Kd4 Nxa2 35. Kc5 $13) 32... h5 $6 (32... Ke7 33. d5 $16)
(32... Ne7 $14) 33. d5 $1 exd5 34. exd5 Nb8 (34... Ne7 35. Kd4 $16) 35. Be5 $1
(35. Kd4 $6 Nd7 36. Ba5 $14) 35... Nd7 36. Bc7 a6 37. Kc3 Ke7 38. Kb4 Nf6 39.
Kc5 Kd7 40. Be5 Ne4+ 41. Kb6 b4 42. Kxa6 Nc3 43. a4 $1 Nxa4 (43... Nxd5 44. Kb7
$18) 44. Kb5 Nc3+ 45. Kc4 $1 Ne4 46. Kxb4 Ng5 47. Bf4 Nf7 48. h4 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 12th final"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.11.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Renet, Olivier"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Kantsler,B"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1996.11.21"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[BlackTeam "Beer-Sheva Chess Club"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Bd6 (9... Nf6 10. a3 Be7 11. Bc2 O-O 12. Qd3 b6 13. Bg5 g6 14.
Rad1 Bb7 15. Qh3 {|^ Tisdall-Cebalo/Moscow olm 1994/1:0 (46)}) (9... O-O 10.
Bb1 (10. Be4 Bd6 11. g3 (11. Bxd5 exd5 12. Bf4 Bb4 13. a3 {1/2:1/2, Vyzmanavin,
A-Gurevich,M, Burgas 1994;}) 11... Nf6 12. Bg2 Bd7 13. Be3 Qa5 14. a3 Rfd8 15.
h3 Qh5 $13 {Zysk-Kindermann/Deutschland 1994}) (10. Bc2 Re8 11. Qd3 g6 12. a3
Bf8 13. Re1 $6 Nxc3 14. bxc3 e5 $15 {[%emt 0:00:01] Onischuk.Al-Karpov,An/Biel
1996}) 10... Be7 (10... Re8 11. Qd3 g6 12. Qf3 Bf8 13. Be4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bg7
$13 {Lugovoi,A-Shipov,S/St. Peterburg 1994, 1/2:1/2, 45;}) 11. Qd3 g6 12. Qf3
Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bd7 14. Be4 Rc8 $13 {Salov,V-Timman,J/Sanghi Nagar (m) (7) 1994.
1:0 44;}) 10. Ne4 Be7 11. a3 b6 $5 (11... O-O 12. Bc2 Qb6 (12... Re8 13. Qd3 g6
14. Bh6 b6 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. Rfe1 Rc8 17. Bb3 $13 {Kamsky,G-Short,N/Linares (m/
5) 1994 1:0 26;}) (12... Qc7 13. Qd3 Rd8 14. Ng5 (14. N4c3 g6 15. Bh6 Nxc3 16.
bxc3 $6 (16. Qxc3 $10) 16... e5 17. Bb3 Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:44] -/+, 67/635,
Hubner,R-Rogers,I Polanica Zdroj 1996 1/2:1/2,}) 14... g6 15. Qf3 (15. Bb3 $146
Nf6 16. Rd1 Bf8 17. Bf4 Qe7 18. Qe3 $6 (18. Rac1 $5) 18... Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]
=/+ 67/634 Kamsky,G-Karpov, An Elista (m/14)996 61}) 15... Bf6 16. Rd1 Bg7 17.
Bb3 h6 18. Ne4 Nce7 19. N4c3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Qc6 {-/+, 62/(565) Rogers,
I-Ivanchuk,V Moskow (ol) 1994}) 13. Qd3 g6 14. Rd1 Rd8 15. Qf3 {|^ 61/594
Salov,V-Timman,J Sangli Nagar (m/3) 1994, 1/2:1/2,65;}) 12. Bc2 {>= 12.Be3
Bb713.Rc1=} Ba6 13. Re1 {13.Ba4? Rc8=/+} O-O 14. N2g3 $2 {/\ 14.Be3 Rc8=/+} Rc8
15. Nh5 $6 g6 $1 (15... Nxd4 $2 16. Qxd4 Rxc2 17. Qxg7#) 16. Nhg3 (16. Bh6 gxh5
17. Qxh5 f5 {-/+}) 16... Re8 (16... Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Rxc2 18. Bh6 $18) 17. Ba4 b5
18. Bb3 {>= 18,Bc2-/+} Na5 19. Bxd5 (19. Bc2 b4 $17) 19... Qxd5 20. Nc3 Qb3 $1
21. Qg4 Bb7 22. h4 Nc4 23. d5 $5 Nxb2 (23... exd5 $6 24. Nf5 $1 {/\ Nd4<=>})
24. dxe6 $5 (24. Bxb2 Qxb2 $19) 24... Nd3 (24... Qxc3 $2 25. exf7+ Kxf7 26.
Qe6+ Kg7 (26... Kf8 $2 27. Bh6+ $18) 27. Bh6+ $1 Kh8 (27... Kxh6 28. Nf5+ Kh5
29. Rac1 $1 (29. Qe2+ $2 Bf3 $19) (29. g4+ Kxg4 30. Ne3+ Kf4 $8 (30... Kh5 $2
31. Qg4+ Kh6 32. Nf5+ gxf5 33. Re6+ Bf6 34. Qg5#) 31. Qg4+ Ke5 32. Nf5+ Kf6 33.
Qg5+ Kf7 34. Rxe7+ Rxe7 35. Qxe7+ Kg8 36. Nh6+ Kh8 37. Nf7+ {37. Qb7 ~~} Kg8
38. Nh6+ $10 {29.Ne7!?->; 29. Qf7? ->}) 29... Qxa3 {29...Qc1 30.Qe2+-; 29...
Qe1 30.Re1 gxf5 31.Qf5 Kh6 32.Re7+-; 29...Qf6 30. Qe2+-; 29...Bf6 30.g4 Kg4 31.
Ne3 Kh5 32.Qg4 Kh6 33.Rc3 Rc3 (33...Bc3 34.Nf5+-) 34. Qd7 /\ Ng4+-; 29...Qd2
30.g4 Kg4 31.Ne3Kf4 32.Qg4 Ke5 32.Nc4+-} 30. g4+ Kxg4 31. Ne3+ Kf4 (31... Kh5
32. Qg4+ Kh6 33. Nf5+ gxf5 34. Re6+ $18) 32. Qg4+ Ke5 33. Nc4+ $18) 28. Rac1 $1
Qd4 (28... Qxa3 29. Qe5+ $18) (28... Qf6 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Qxe7 Qxe7 31. Rxe7 {
/\ Rb7, Bg7}) 29. Rxc8 Bxc8 {29...Rc8 30.Qe7+-} 30. Qf7 $18) (24... Rxc3 25.
Nf5 $1 {/\ Nh6, Nd3 <=>}) 25. Bd2 Nxe1 26. exf7+ Qxf7 27. Bxe1 Bf6 28. Nf5 Qe6
29. Nh6+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1997.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 cxd4 $6 {
Seltsamerweise gibt es diesen Zug weder in meiner Datenbank noch in der
Enzyklopädie. Vielleicht ist das aber logisch, denn 6...Bxc3+ mit Übergang zum
Sämisch-System ist eindeutig vorzuziehen.} 7. axb4 dxc3 8. bxc3 Ne5 9. Nf3 {
Mein Verständnis für diesen Zug ist nicht sehr groß; ohne den weißfeldrigen
Läufer minimiert sich der weiße Vorteil auf die kleine Schwäche Pa7.} (9. Be2
$1 d5 $14) 9... Nxd3+ 10. Qxd3 d5 11. b5 O-O 12. Ba3 Re8 13. cxd5 (13. Ne5 $5
Qc7 14. Qd4 $13) 13... Qxd5 14. Qxd5 exd5 {Zwar sieht die weiße Stellung
vorteilverheißend aus, aber ich vermag in der Zugfolge bis zum 22. Zug keine
Verbesserungen zu entdecken.} 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Bb4 Ne4 17. f3 Ng5 18. Kd2 Ne6
19. Nf5 Nc7 20. Nd6 Reb8 21. Rhb1 Ne8 22. Nxe8 Rxe8 23. Bc5 a6 24. bxa6 Rxa6
25. Rxa6 bxa6 26. Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ulko, Jaroslav"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. d5 $6 Ne4 (5... Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7.
Bd2 d6 $11) 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 O-O (8... d6 $5 9. Bd3 Nd7 $11) 9.
Bd3 d6 10. Qc2 h6 (10... f5 $2 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Ne2 $14) 11. Ne2 exd5 (11...
Nd7 $5) 12. cxd5 Qg5 13. c4 $5 Nd7 (13... Qxg2 14. Ng3 Qf3 15. Rg1 $44 {
Still,in order to justify 12...Qg5, black had to take a pawn...}) 14. O-O Qe7
15. Ng3 {Now, having exploited many extra-tempi presented by black, white has
a clear edge.} Ne5 16. Be2 f5 17. Qd2 Qh4 18. f4 Ng4 19. Bxg4 Qxg4 20. Rae1 Qg6
21. e4 fxe4 22. Rxe4 b6 $2 (22... Bd7 {was stronger.}) 23. Qf2 Bd7 24. f5 Qf7
25. Qe3 Rae8 26. f6 Rxe4 27. Nxe4 Qg6 28. Rf3 $1 $18 Rf7 29. h3 Kh7 ({Or} 29...
Qh5 30. Nxd6 Rxf6 31. Rxf6 gxf6 32. Qe7 Bxh3 33. gxh3 Qg5+ 34. Kf2 Qd2+ 35. Kf3
Qd1+ 36. Qe2 {winning.}) 30. Rg3 Qf5 31. Nxd6 Qxf6 32. Nxf7 Qxf7 33. Rf3 Qh5
34. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.08.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[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 "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bxc3+ {This is more
in the spirit of Nimzowitsch's ideas than plans with ...d7-d5.} 7. bxc3 d6 8.
O-O e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Nd2 {[%cal Yf2f4]} h6 {Other options in this
line:} (11... g6 12. e4 $5) (11... Ng6) 12. f4 {Black expected this move;
perhaps, something else was more appropriate:} (12. Rb1 b6 (12... Rb8 $5 13. f4
exf4 14. exf4 g6) (12... Nd7 $5 13. e4 Ng6 14. g3 Nf6 {1-0 Galliamova,A (2440)
-Lopushnoy,D (2290)/Novgorod 1997/CBM 060/[Hecht] (44)} 15. Re1 $13 {[%cal
Yd2f1,Yf1e3]}) 13. h3 Ne8 (13... Bd7 $5) 14. f4 f5 15. e4 exf4 16. exf5 Bxf5 $1
(16... Nxf5 17. Rxf4 g6 18. Ne4 $16 {1-0 Hort,V (2590)-Christiansen,L (2585)/
Wijk aan Zee 1982/MCD (29)}) 17. Rxf4 Qd7 18. g4 (18. Bxf5 $5 Nxf5 19. Ne4)
18... Bxd3 19. Rxf8+ Kxf8 20. Qxd3 Nf6 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Kg8 $11 {1/2
Brynell,S (2460)-Hansen,C (2635)/Aars 1995/CBM 050 (28)}) (12. f3 $5 Ne8 (12...
b5 $5) 13. e4 b6 14. Rf2 Rb8 15. Nf1 Rb7 16. Ne3 Ng6 17. g3 f6 (17... Nf6 $142)
18. Nf5 Ne7 19. a4 Kh7 20. Be3 g5 21. h4 $14 {1-0 Vaganian,R-Steinberg,M/
Soviet Union 1971/EXT 2010 (44)}) (12. h3 $5 Ne8 (12... Qd7 13. f4 exf4 14.
exf4 Nf5 {1-0 Milanovic,D (2428)-Carnic,S (2339)/Belgrade 2004/CBM 102 ext (40)
} 15. Re1 $14 {[%cal Yd2f3]}) (12... Bd7 13. f4 exf4 14. exf4 Kh8 15. Nf3 $6 (
15. a4) 15... b5 $1 16. cxb5 a6 17. bxa6 Nexd5 18. Bd2 Qc7 $132 {0-1 Volke,K 
(2425)-Yudasin,L (2595)/Podolsk 1991/CBM 026 ext (28)}) (12... Qc7 13. a4 (13.
f4 exf4 14. exf4 b5 15. cxb5 Nexd5 16. Nc4 Re8 17. a4 Bb7 $132 {0-1 Marinelli,
T (2425)-Kachiani Gersinska,K (2380)/Buekfuerdo 1995/CBM 046 ext (41)})) 13. f4
exf4 (13... f5 14. e4 exf4 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Rxf4 Qd7 {1/2 Volke,K (2425)
-Kiselev,S (2510)/Podolsk 1991/CBM 026 ext (34)} 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Ne4 $14 {/=}
) 14. exf4 f5 15. Nf3 Nf6 16. Bd2 $14 {1-0 Ricardi,P (2545)-Servat,R (2450)/
Argentina 1995/CBM 049 (28)}) 12... exf4 (12... Ng4 $5 13. Nf3 $1 (13. Re1 $143
f5 14. h3 Nf6 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. e4 f4 $15 {L.Yudasin})) 13. exf4 g6 $146 (13...
Ng4 14. Nf3 f5 15. Bd2 Kh8 16. Rae1 Nf6 17. Nh4 Nfg8 18. Rf3 $16 {1/2 Zontakh,
A-Kru,K/Budapest 1991/EXT 2004 (30)}) (13... b5 $5 14. Ne4 {1/2 Mertanen,J 
(2222)-Jouhki,Y (2307)/Finland 2002/EXT 2003 (58)} Nxe4 15. Bxe4 bxc4 16. f5 f6
$13) 14. h3 Nf5 (14... Bf5 15. g4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Re8 17. a4 {preventing ...
b7-b5 and keeping initiative.}) 15. Nf3 h5 $1 (15... Re8 16. g4 Ng3 17. Rf2 {
[%csl Rg3]}) 16. Bd2 Re8 17. Rfe1 Bd7 18. Nh2 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Qf8 $6 {[%mdl 32]}
(19... b5 $142 $132 20. cxb5 (20. g4 $2 hxg4 21. hxg4 bxc4 22. Bxc4 Nxg4 23.
Nxg4 Qh4 24. Nh2 Qg3+ 25. Kh1 Qf2 26. Rg1 Ng3+ 27. Rxg3 Qxg3 $17) 20... c4 (
20... a6 $5 21. bxa6 $140 $6 c4) 21. Bxf5 (21. Bxc4 $4 Qb6+) 21... Bxf5 22. Qa4
Bd3 23. Nf3 Ne4 $13) 20. g4 {Black's blockade is now lifted, and he faces
problems.} hxg4 21. hxg4 Ng7 22. f5 gxf5 23. gxf5 {[%csl Rg8]} Re8 24. Rf1 $1
Qe7 (24... Ngh5 25. Rf2 Qe7 26. Nf3 $16) 25. Bg5 Qe5 26. Bf4 Qe7 27. Qg2 Nfh5
28. Bd2 $16 {[%cal Rh2g4]} Qh4 $6 (28... f6 $142 29. Ng4 Ba4 $1) 29. f6 $2 (29.
Rf3 $18 {[%cal Rf3h3] ->}) 29... Bh3 30. Qf2 Ng3 $2 {Black misses a good
chance:} (30... Qg3+ $1 31. Qxg3 Nxg3 32. fxg7 (32. Rf3 N7h5) 32... Nxf1 33.
Bxf1 $1 (33. Nxf1 Bxf1 34. Kxf1 Kxg7 {[%cal Yf7f6,Yg7e7] looks rather drawish})
33... Bxf1 34. Nxf1 Kxg7 (34... Re2 35. Bh6) 35. Kf2 {With a knight, able to
attack the d6-pawn, White's winning chances are real but still he has to find
the right way. After the text move Black quickly collapses as his pieces are
tied up.}) 31. Re1 Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Bf5 33. Bxf5 N7xf5 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Qxf7+ Kh8
36. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 47th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2012.05.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2012.05.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
O-O e5 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Rb1 b6 11. d5 Ne7 12. Qc2 g6 13. f4 exf4 14. h3 Nf5 15.
Bxf5 Bxf5 16. e4 Bd7 17. Rxf4 Qe7 18. Bb2 $6 (18. Nf3 Rae8 19. Rh4 $15) 18...
Nh5 $19 19. Rf2 f5 20. Re1 Rae8 21. Bc1 f4 22. Qd1 Qg7 23. Nf1 Re5 24. Nh2 Qe7
25. Qd3 Rg5 $6 (25... Bf5 $1 26. Bxf4 Bxe4 $19) 26. g4 $2 (26. Nf3 Rg3 27. Kh2
$15) 26... fxg3 $19 27. Rxf8+ Qxf8 28. Nf3 Re5 29. Kg2 Re7 30. e5 dxe5 31. d6
Re6 32. Qd5 Nf6 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Levin, Evgeny A"]
[Black "Lenic, Luka"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 (4... Ne4 $5 5. Qc2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Ba5 7.
Ba3 (7. Bd3 d6 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. O-O h6 10. Nd2 c5 11. f4 O-O 12. Nb3 (12. f5)
12... Bc7) 7... d6 8. Nf3 (8. e4 c5 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Bxc5 Qc7 11. Ba3 Nd7 12.
Nf3 Nc5 $44) 8... Nd7 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Bc7 12. Nd2 h6 13. f4 O-O
14. Rf3 b6 15. Rdf1 Bb7 $11 {Aleksandrov,A (2653)-Popov,V (2592) Moscow
Aeroflot op-A 2006 (3) 0-1}) (4... d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2 Re8 8.
Bd2 Bf8 9. O-O a5 10. Rc1 Na6 11. f3 Nb4 12. Bb1 c5 13. g4 {Rakhmanov,A (2570)
-Zakhartsov,V (2586) Voronezh op-A 14th 2010 (4) 1/2}) (4... Nc6 5. Bd3 (5. Nf3
) 5... e5 6. Nge2 d5 (6... exd4) 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O exd4 9. Nxd4) (4... O-O 5.
Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bxc3 (7... d5) 8. bxc3 d6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nh4
h6 (11... Kh8 12. g3 {[%cal Gf2f4];Gelfand,B (2738)-Grischuk,A (2763) Wch
Rapid Astana 2012 (10) 1/2})) 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 O-O (6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
e4 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nd2 (10. O-O Ng6 $1 {Anticipant Nh4 des Blancs} 11. Ne1 O-O
12. g3 Bh3 13. Ng2 Ne8 14. Re1 (14. Rb1 b6 (14... Qd7 $11) 15. Rb2 f5 (15...
Qd7)) 14... f5 $132 {Gligoric,S (2560)-Timman,J (2625) Bled/Portoroz 1979 0-1})
(10. Rb1 $5 Qc7 {[%cal Gc7b7]} (10... h6 11. h4 Qc7 (11... O-O 12. Nh2 $6 {
Gligoric} Nh7 13. g4 Ng6 14. g5 Nxh4 $1 15. gxh6 g6 $15 {Gligoric,S (2510)
-Adorjan,A (2530) Sarajevo 1983 0-1})) (10... O-O 11. O-O h6 (11... Ng6 12. Bg5
h6 13. Bd2 Nh5 {[%csl Gf4]} 14. g3 b6 15. Ne1))) 10... Ng6 11. h4 h5 12. g3 Qa5
13. Qc2 Bd7 14. a4 O-O-O 15. Nf1 Rde8 16. Ra3 Ne7) 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. e4
e5 10. d5 (10. h3 $5 h6 11. Be3 b6 12. d5 Ne7 13. Kh2 Nh7 14. Nd2 f5 (14... g5
15. Rg1 Ng6 {[%csl Gf4]} 16. g3 Qd7 17. Bf1 f5 18. exf5 Qxf5 19. Qb1 $14 {
Ibragimov}) 15. exf5 {Ibragimov,I (2515)-Browne,W (2530) Philadelphia opI 1992
(8) 1-0}) 10... Ne7 11. Nh4 (11. Nd2) 11... h6 {[%cal Ge7g6] La ligne
principale de cette variante Huebner continuant de jouer sur cases Noires} (
11... Ng6 $143 $6 12. Nf5 $14) 12. f3 (12. g3 Bh3 (12... g5 13. Ng2) 13. Ng2
Ng6) (12. f4 Ng6 $1 13. Nxg6 fxg6 14. fxe5 (14. f5 b5 $1 (14... gxf5 15. exf5)
(14... g5 $143 15. g4 {[%cal Gh2h4]} Bd7 16. h4 $14) 15. cxb5 c4 16. Bc2 gxf5
17. exf5 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Qxb5 $132) 14... dxe5 15. Be3 b6 16. Qf3 Qd6 (16... Ba6)
(16... Qe7 17. a4 a5 18. Rab1 Nd7) 17. Qg3 g5 18. h4 g4 19. h5 Bd7) ({RR} 12.
Qf3 Ng6 13. Nf5 Re8 ({RR} 13... Bxf5 14. exf5 e4 15. Bxe4 Ne5 16. Qe2 Qa5 17.
Bd2 Rfe8 18. Bc2 Qa6 19. Bb3 Nxd5 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. f4 Nxc4 22. Qh5 Kg7 23. Rf3
Rh8 24. Re1 Kf8 25. Rg3 Re8 26. Rg8+ Rxg8 27. Qxh6+ Rg7 28. Qh8+ {Potkin,V 
(2653)-Zhigalko,S (2680)/Olginka 2011/Mega2011 Update 18/1/2-1/2 (31)}) 14. Bd2
Bxf5 15. Qxf5 Nf4 16. Bxf4 g6 17. Qh3 exf4 18. Qxh6 Nxe4 19. Qxf4) 12... Rb8
$146 ({RR} 12... Nh5 13. g3 Bh3 14. Rf2 Qd7 15. Qc2 g5 16. Nf5 Nxf5 17. exf5
Kg7 18. Be3 Kf6 19. Kh1 Rh8 20. Rg1 Rag8 21. g4 Nf4 22. Rg3 h5 23. Bxf4 exf4
24. Rxh3 h4 25. Re2 Re8 26. Re4 Re5 27. Qd1 {Grigorian,K-Muratov,V/Aktjubinsk
1970/EXT 2001/1-0 (61)}) 13. a4 b6 14. Ra2 (14. a5 $5) 14... a6 15. g3 Ne8 16.
Qc2 Bh3 17. Rf2 Bd7 18. Bd2 Nc7 {[%cal Gb6b5] Un plan original mais un peu
douteux} 19. Rf1 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. cxb5 Nxb5 22. Bxb5 Bxb5 23. c4 $14 Bd7
24. Ba5 Qc8 25. g4 {[%csl Rd7]} Qb7 (25... Ng6 $5) 26. Rfa1 Rfc8 27. Bd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 {My opponent is well-experienced
in the line 5.Ne2 not only as Black but also playing White herself, so in this
game I prefered the other line.} cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nge2 Nc6 (8...
O-O {is another option for Black, retaining a possibility to transfer the
knight from b8 to d7 and then to f6.}) 9. a3 {I usually play this move instead
of more common 9.0-0. After 9.a3 the game is most often transposed into 9.0-0
anyway, e.g. 9...Bd6 10.Ne4 Be7 11.0-0 0-0 12.Bc2, and now either 12...Qc7 13.
Qd3 Rd8 or 12...b6 13.Qd3 g6, with an unclear position in both cases, see, for
example, the games Kamsky-Short,1994, Kamsky-Karpov,1996 or the games of
myself against Karpov and Gelfand in Biel 1997. So, why do I prefer 9.a3?
Because sometimes White saves a tempo and instead of castling may create a
battery Q+B along the diagonal b1-h7, after for example, 9...Bd6 10.Bc2!? or 9.
..Be7 10.Bc2 0-0 11.Qd3.} (9. O-O) 9... Nxc3 {A playable but not the best
choice, in my opinion.} (9... Bd6 {is more solid}) 10. bxc3 Be7 11. Be4 {
White keeps his bishop on the big diagonal and is going to transfer his queen
to d3 from where it increases the pressure against the black queenside and
will be able to penetrate along the 3rd rank as well.} ({A simple} 11. O-O $5
O-O 12. Be3 {followed by c3-c4 deserves attention as well.}) (11. Bc2 {played
with the same idea as 11.Be4 woud have been worse because of} e5 12. d5 Na5 13.
Qd3 f5 14. O-O O-O {unclear}) 11... Bd7 {Black`s plan is simple: to put the
rook on c8, the knight on a5 followed by play on the light squares. White has
to be active in order no to run into an inferior position. His play is on the
kingside combined with the idea of the possible advance d4-d5.} 12. Qd3 $146 {
A new move. White prevents Black from castling.} ({I had this position once
already - in my game against Anand in Biel 1997. There I played} 12. O-O Rc8
13. Nf4 Na5 $6 ({after} 13... O-O {Black doesn`t have any problems.}) {and now}
14. d5 $1 ({instead of} 14. Re1 $6 O-O 15. d5 e5 $1 16. d6 Bxd6 17. Qxd6 exf4
18. Bxf4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Milov,V-Anand,V/Biel 1997}) 14... exd5 (14... e5 15. d6
$16) 15. Nxd5 O-O (15... Be6 16. Qa4+ Nc6 17. Rd1 $16) (15... Bc6 16. Qg4 Bxd5
17. Bxd5 O-O 18. Rd1 $16) 16. Re1 Re8 17. Bf4 {would lead to a position, where
Black has to work hard to solve his opening problems.}) 12... h6 ({after} 12...
Rc8 {White can win a pawn by taking on h7:} 13. Bxh7 Qc7 (13... g6 $2 14. Bxg6)
(13... Bd6 14. Ng3) 14. Bf4 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Qg3 $16) 13. Qg3 {And again
Black cann`t castle, now because the h6-pawn is hanging. So the fact that
White didn`t castle early thus saving a tempo for a queen-manoeuvre was really
useful in this game!} Bg5 ({Black could play} 13... Bf6 {now but wants to
"invite" the white pawn to come to h4 first. The presence of the pawn on h4
rather serves White as the g5-square is now under control, and, further on,
the pawn might go to h5. Besides that, White will be able to castle anyway as
Black cannot take on h4 because the g7-pawn will be hanging.}) 14. h4 Bf6 (
14... Bxc1 $4 15. Qxg7) 15. Bf4 Rc8 16. Rd1 $2 {A useless and a bad move, as
the advance d4-d5 won`t work anyway.} ({The rook belongs to the "b" file, of
course, and that`s how White was supposed to play:} 16. Rb1 b6 (16... Na5 17.
Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Rxb7 Qa5 19. Be5 {with a strong initiative}) 17. O-O Na5 ({or} 
17... Ne7 18. Be5) 18. Rfe1 (18. Be5 {here is too hasty as after} Bxe5 19. dxe5
O-O 20. Nf4 {Black can play} f5 21. exf6 Qxf6 22. Nh5 Qf7 23. Bg6 Qe7 24. Rfe1
Rc5 $13) 18... Bc6 19. Bd3 Bd5 20. Be5 O-O 21. Nf4 {with an initiative on the
kingside.}) (16. O-O {followed by either Rb1 or d4-d5, deserves attention as
well.}) 16... Na5 17. O-O ({and only now I noticed that} 17. d5 $2 {doesn`t
work because of} Ba4) 17... Ba4 {driving the rook away from the "d" file} ({
after} 17... Bc6 {I was going to play} 18. Bd3 Bd5 19. Be5 {with the idea} Nc4
20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Nf4 {and Black faces serious difficulties}) 18. Rb1 Bc6 19.
Bd3 {of course, White has to avoid the bishop exchange if he wants to hope for
any initiative.} Bd5 20. Bb5+ $5 {A somewhat confusing check. I realized that
making "normal" moves wasn`t going to bring much here and decided to try this.
What shall Black do?} ({in case of} 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 O-O 22. Nf4 {the
white rook is on b1 and not on d1 as in the comments to the Black`s 17th move,
and here Black can play} f5 {with a good position due to the white queenside
weaknesses.}) 20... Bc6 $6 {this allows White to retake the initiative as
Black is still unable to solve its kingside problems.} ({correct was} 20... Kf8
$1 {and the white bishop has nothing to do on b5. It`s rather Black who has
the advantage here, for example} 21. Be5 Nc4) 21. a4 {White`s next moves are
clear: Bf4-e5, Ne2-f4. As for Black, it`s extremely difficult to point out how
it shall continue.} h5 $6 {doesn`t solve the problems as the appearance of the
white knight on f4 will become very unpleasant.} ({now after} 21... a6 22.
Bxc6+ Rxc6 23. Be5 {the knight stuck on a5 because of the weakness on b7 and
White easily develops a strong initiative:} O-O 24. Nf4 {etc.}) ({I would
prefer} 21... b6 {however after} 22. Be5 O-O 23. Nf4 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Kh8 25. Nh5
Rg8 26. Rfd1 Qc7 27. Rd4 {White would have an unpleasant pressure on the
kingside.}) 22. Be5 a6 23. Bxc6+ Rxc6 24. Rfd1 {before putting the knight on
f4, White makes sure Black cannot take on e5 (as after 25.de the pawn g7 falls)
and is putting a break d4-d5 on the agenda.} ({if} 24. Nf4 {then I wasn`t sure
about} Bxe5 25. dxe5 g6 26. Rfd1 Qc7 27. Qg5 Qe7 {and it seems that Black
holds.}) 24... Rc4 {aimed against 25.d5. Now, however, the rook on c4 is not
in control of the 6th rank anymore and the black king starts feeling even more
vulnerable.} 25. Nf4 (25. d5 Rg4 ({the variation} 25... exd5 26. Bxf6 Qxf6 27.
Qb8+ Qd8 28. Qxd8+ Kxd8 29. Rxd5+ {doesn`t require any comments}) 26. Bxf6 gxf6
({or} 26... Qxf6 27. Qb8+ Qd8 28. Qxd8+ Kxd8 29. dxe6+ Ke7) 27. dxe6 Rxg3 28.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 29. e7+ Kxe7 30. Nxg3 Rc8 {would lead to an unclear endgame where
Black finally can make use of the white queenside weaknesses.}) 25... Kf8 ({or
} 25... Rxa4 26. Re1 {with the idea 27.d5 or 27.Bf6 Qf6 28.Nd5} (26. Bxf6 Qxf6
27. Nd5 $2 exd5 28. Qb8+ Qd8 29. Re1+ Kd7 30. Rxb7+ Nxb7 31. Qxb7+ Kd6 $19))
26. Re1 {Increasing the pressure. The rook is now more useful on the "e" file.}
Qc8 {allows a nice combination but Black here is probably helpless anyway.} (
26... Rh6 27. Bxf6 {followed by 28.Re5, and Black cannot defend its numerous
weaknesses.}) 27. Bxf6 {It`s not the only solution.} (27. d5 $5 {was also
possible:} Bxe5 28. Rxe5 Rxc3 29. Qg5 ({or} 29. Nxe6+ fxe6 30. Qf4+ Kg8 31.
dxe6 {winning}) 29... f6 30. Nxe6+ Qxe6 31. dxe6 fxg5 32. Rxa5 $18) 27... gxf6
28. Nxe6+ $1 ({I rejected} 28. Qf3 {because of} f5 {and Black holds, for
example} 29. d5 Qc7) 28... fxe6 29. Qg6 {Black pieces are too far away and
aren`t able to protect its kingside pawns.} Ke7 {the king has to run towards
the queenside.} (29... Qd8 30. Rxe6 Rc6 31. Rbe1 Rxe6 32. Rxe6 $18) 30. Qg7+
Kd6 31. Qxf6 {this is the position I was aiming to when making my 27th move.
The rook on c4 and the knight on a5 (White is threatening 32.Qe5+) are very
unfortunately placed and that makes the white attack unstopable.} (31. d5 $5 {
was also possible but I wanted to keep it simple.}) 31... Qd8 ({on} 31... Nc6 {
I prepared the following line:} 32. d5 Kxd5 33. Red1+ Kc5 34. Qg5+ e5 35. Qe3+)
({a desperate} 31... Rxa4 {(protecting the knight) would be met by} 32. d5 Re8
33. Qe5+ Kd7 34. dxe6+ Kc6 35. Rb4 $1 Ra2 36. c4 $1 Qd8 37. Reb1 $18 {
threatening 38.Rb6 Qb6 39.Qd5 Kc7 40.Qd7}) 32. Rxe6+ Kc7 33. Qe5+ Kc8 34. Rxa6
(34. Rd6 $5 Qf8 35. Qe6+ Kc7 (35... Kb8 36. Rxa6) 36. Rd7+ Kb8 37. Qe5+ Kc8 38.
Qxa5 Kxd7 39. Rxb7+ Kc8 40. Qxa6 {was winning as well}) 34... bxa6 35. Rb8+ Kd7
36. Rxd8+ Rxd8 37. Qxa5 {finally taking that knight! Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Mar del Plata Clarin Masters"]
[Site "Mar del Plata"]
[Date "1982.02.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1982.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4
e5 9. h3 h6 10. Be3 b6 11. O-O (11. d5 Ne7 12. Nd2 g5 (12... Nh7 13. h4 Nf6 14.
Nf1 Bd7 15. Bd2 Qc8 16. Ne3 Kd8 $13 {Yusupov,A-Timman,J/Madrid/1995/0,5/23/})
13. h4 gxh4 14. Rxh4 Ng6 15. Rh1 Ng4 16. Nf1 Nf4 $13 {Yusupov,A-Karpov,A/
Dortmund/1994/0,5/45/}) 11... Qc7 (11... O-O 12. d5 Ne7 13. Kh2 Nh7 14. Qc2 f5
15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Nd2 $16 {Ibragimov,I-Cebalo,M/Dakovo/1994/0,5/57/}) 12. d5
Ne7 13. Nh4 g5 14. Qf3 Nfg8 15. Nf5 Nxf5 16. exf5 Nf6 17. g4 Ba6 (17... Bb7 $5)
18. Qd1 e4 19. Qa4+ (19. Be2 Nd7 (19... O-O-O 20. a4 $14) 20. Qc2 Ne5 21. Qxe4
O-O-O 22. f4 gxf4 23. Bxf4 Rde8 $44) 19... Kf8 20. Qxa6 $2 (20. Be2 $5) 20...
exd3 21. Qa4 Re8 22. Rae1 (22. Qd1 Qe7 23. Qxd3 Qe4 24. Qe2 Nd7 $17) 22... Qb7
$1 23. Qd1 b5 24. Qb1 (24. Qxd3 $32) 24... Re4 $1 25. Qxd3 Rxc4 26. Rd1 Kg7 $2
(26... Qe7 $17) 27. f3 $2 (27. f4 $1 $13) 27... Qe7 28. f4 Re8 $19 29. Bc1 Qe2
30. fxg5 hxg5 31. Qg3 (31. Bxg5 Nxg4 $1 $19) 31... Ne4 32. f6+ Kg6 33. Qg2 Nxc3
34. Rd2 Qxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Ne2 0-1

[Event "Lienz op 20th"]
[Site "Lienz"]
[Date "2019.02.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mesaros, Florian"]
[Black "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[Annotator "Prusikin,M"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,90,16,25,25,-11,5,4,6,6,15,32,71,54,51,44,39,37,48,57,48,41,35,31,34,
27,15,38,68,56,68,53,84,48,36,35,36,5,60,68,47,-14,29,-7,37,-5,3,-6,18,-17,-11,
-35,7,-50,-16,-22,-19,-31,-66,-76,-98,-79,-79,-161,-84,-137,-137,-384,-464,
-483,-297,-297,-284,-297,-324,-324,-324,-321,-322,-294,-288,-284,-286,-908,
-969,-474,-1030,-1285,-1298,-1449,-1271,-1726,-1726]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3
Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nd2 O-O
11. Qc2 g6 12. f4 exf4 13. Rxf4 Ng4 14. Nf3 f6 $1 (14... h6 $5 15. h3 Ne5 16.
Nxe5 dxe5 17. Rf3 f5 $15 {0-1 (41) Massimini Gerbino,M (2382)-Pappier,C (2392)
IECG email 2003}) 15. h3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Rf1 f5 $1 18. a4 a5 19. Bd2 Qd6
20. Rf2 (20. Rab1 b6 21. Be1 g5 22. Bg3 Bd7 $15) 20... Bd7 21. Rb1 b6 22. Be2
Rf6 23. Be1 Raf8 24. Rf3 (24. e4 f4 $17) 24... g5 25. Bg3 Ng6 26. Rbf1 Qe7 (
26... f4 27. Be1 e4 $1 28. Qxe4 Bf5 $19) 27. e4 f4 28. Be1 h5 29. Rd3 g4 30.
Qd1 {[#]} f3 $1 31. gxf3 Nf4 $1 32. Bh4 {[#]} g3 $1 33. Bxg3 Rg6 34. Kh2 Qg5 (
34... Rxg3 35. Kxg3 Bxa4 $3 36. Qxa4 (36. Qd2 Qg5+ 37. Kf2 Nxh3+ 38. Ke1 Qg3+
39. Rf2 Qxf2#) (36. Qe1 Qg5+ 37. Kf2 Nxh3#) 36... Qg5+ 37. Kf2 Qg2+ $19) 35.
Rg1 Nxh3 36. f4 exf4 37. Bf2 Nxg1 38. Qxg1 Qf6 39. Qe1 Qe5 40. Bf3 Bg4 41. Bh1
f3+ 42. Bg3 {[#]} f2 $1 43. Qf1 Qg5 44. Bg2 h4 45. Bxf2 Be2 0-1

[Event "Nordic-ch VISA"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1997.10.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
O-O e5 9. Nd2 O-O {Maybe this natural move is not the best one.Deserves
attention to postpone castle and continue} (9... Qe7 $5 10. d5 Nb8 11. e4 O-O (
11... Nbd7 $5 12. Qe2 Nf8 13. g3 Bh3 14. Re1 g5 15. Nf1 Rg8 16. Rb1 O-O-O $13 {
0-1 Tella,J-Akesson,R/Viking Games 1997 (42)}) 12. Rb1 Ne8 13. Re1 g6 14. Rb2
Ng7 15. Nf1 b6 16. f3 f5 17. f4 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Nd7 $11 {0-1 Taimanov,M-Agzamov,
G/USSR 1983 (43)}) 10. Rb1 $5 {Fashionable continuation. Black got very nice
position after} (10. d5 Ne7 11. Qc2 g6 $1 12. e4 $6 Nh5 13. Nf3 Kg7 14. Bd2 h6
15. Be2 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 $15 {0-1 Gligoric-Seirawan/Baden i 1980 (61)}) 10...
Re8 (10... b6 11. h3 Bd7 12. Qc2 h6 13. f4 exd4 14. cxd4 cxd4 15. e4 Nh5 16. g4
Qh4 17. Nf3 Qg3+ 18. Qg2 Qxg2+ 19. Kxg2 Nf6 {1-0 Vaisser,A-Neiman,E/FRA-ch
Narbonne 1997 (46)}) (10... Qe7 11. d5 e4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Qc2
Nf6 (14... f5 $5) 15. e4 h6 16. Rd1 Re8 17. f3 $14 {1-0 Ibragimov,I-Solana,E/
Linares op 1997 (72)}) ({It is interesting but nobody tried} 10... cxd4 11.
exd4 exd4 12. cxd4 Nxd4 {and White have good compensation for a pawn, but
black's position is not desperate.}) 11. d5 {White close centre just after
rook left f line.} Ne7 12. f3 {Also possible} (12. e4 b6 13. Rb2 Ng6 14. Re1
Rf8 15. Nf1 Bg4 16. f3 Bd7 17. g3 h6 18. Rf2 Rb8 19. Ne3 a6 20. Nf5 $36 {
with preassure in the game Bareev,E-Short,N/Geneva Credit Suisse 1996/EXP 54/
1-0 (44)}) 12... Bf5 $5 {Black provokes e4} 13. e4 Bc8 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Ge7f4]}
14. g3 h6 (14... Ng6 15. Rf2 Bh3 16. Nf1 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rf1f5]}) 15. Rf2 b6
16. Nf1 Nh7 17. Ne3 {Stops f5- only possible active plan for Black.} Ng5 18.
Kh1 Nh3 19. Rf1 {[%cal Rf3f4]} Ng6 20. Rb2 $1 Rb8 21. Nf5 {[%cal Yh1g2,Yh2h4]}
Ne7 22. Kg2 Nxf5 23. exf5 Ng5 24. h4 Nh7 (24... e4 $5 25. Bxg5 (25. hxg5 exd3
26. Qxd3 hxg5 27. Rh1 f6 $13) 25... hxg5 26. fxe4 gxh4 27. Rh1 Qf6 28. Rxh4
Qxc3 29. Rb3 Qf6 30. Qh5 Kf8 $14) 25. Rh1 Rb7 26. Be4 $1 f6 {Prepares
evacuation of the king to the queen,s side.White keeps initiative and after} (
26... Nf6 27. g4 $40) 27. g4 Kf8 28. Be3 Ke7 29. Bc2 Rg8 (29... Bd7 $5) 30. Kf2
Kd7 31. Ba4+ Kc7 32. Bc6 Rb8 33. Qa4 a5 (33... a6 34. Rhb1 {[%cal Rb2b6]}) 34.
Rd1 $1 {[%cal Re3c5,Rd5d6] It is very important to force Bd7. Now White
threatens Bxc5.} (34. Rhb1 Ba6 $1) 34... Bd7 (34... Ba6 35. Bxc5 $1 dxc5 36.
d6+ Kc8 (36... Qxd6 37. Rxd6 Kxd6 38. Rd2+ Kc7 (38... Ke7 39. Rd7+ Kf8 40. Qd1
$18) 39. Rd7+ Kc8 40. Qd1 $18)) (34... g6 35. Bxc5 dxc5 36. d6+ Qxd6 37. Rxd6
Kxd6 38. Rd2+ Ke7 39. Be4 $18) 35. Rdb1 $18 {[%cal Rb2b6]} Nf8 36. Rxb6 (36.
Rxb6 Rxb6 37. Rxb6 Kxb6 38. Qb5+) 1-0

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Zlin"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Haba, Petr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1997.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
O-O e5 9. Ng5 O-O 10. f4 exd4 11. cxd4 h6 12. Nf3 Re8 $1 {Also possible} (12...
cxd4 13. exd4 Bg4 14. d5 Nd4 15. Bb2 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Bh3 17. Rf2 Nh5 18. Qd2 Qh4
19. Kh1 Qxf4 (19... Nxf4 20. Rg1 f6 21. Bb1 Rf7 22. Bd4 g5 23. Be3 Kh8 24. Qc2
Rg8 25. Qe4 Ng6 26. f4 Re7 27. Qd4 gxf4 28. Bxg6 Rxe3 29. Qxf4 Bg2+ 30. Rgxg2
Qxf4 31. Rxf4 Re1+ 32. Rg1 Rxg1+ 33. Kxg1 Rxg6+ {1/2-1/2 Benjamin,J-Browne,W/
USA (ch) 1983 (41)}) 20. Qc3 Rfe8 21. Rg1 Re5 22. Bc1 Qh4 {Zoebisch,H-Titz,H/
AUT-chT96/97 1996/EXP 57/1/2-1/2 (39) with complicated game, but I think move
in text clearly stronger.}) 13. d5 Nb4 14. Bb1 Ne4 {[%csl Ye3,Ge4]} (14... b5
$5 15. a3 Na6 16. cxb5 Nc7 17. a4 Ncxd5 18. Ra3 Bb7 19. Re1 Nb4 $15 {0-1
Villeneuve,A-Boudre,J/Val Maubuee 1988/EXT 88 (31)}) 15. Bb2 Bf5 16. a3 Na6 17.
Nd2 Nxd2 18. Bxf5 $2 {Strarnge move, but and after best} (18. Qxd2 Bxb1 19. Qc3
f6 20. Raxb1 Re4 21. Rf3 Qd7 22. Rg3 Rf8 $15 {Black chances are better.}) 18...
Nxc4 (18... Nxf1 $2 19. Qg4 f6 20. Qg6 $40) 19. Rf2 Nxb2 (19... Nxe3 $5 20. Qd3
Nxf5 21. Qxf5 Nc7 22. Qg4 f6 $19) 20. Rxb2 Qf6 21. Qb1 Rab8 $19 22. Re2 Nc7 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.07.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
O-O e5 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Rb1 $5 {This variation start to be very popular in las
3-4 years, and White got fantastic results.In other lines life for Black much
easy.} b6 (10... Qe7 11. d5 e4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Qc2 Re8 15. f3
Nf6 16. e4 Nd7 17. Bf4 Ne5 18. Bg3 f6 19. Rfd1 Be6 20. Bf1 $14 {^^ 1-0
Ibragimov,I-Kiriakov,P/Groningen op 1997 (65)}) 11. d5 ({Deserves attention
waiting move} 11. h3 $5 {for example:} Bd7 (11... Ba6 12. d5 Na5 13. e4 g6 14.
Nb3 $1 Nd7 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Nd2 Qh4 17. Be3 f5 18. exf5 e4 19. g3 Qxh3 20. Nxe4
$16 {1-0 Wu Shaobin-Ardiansyah,H/Singapore m 1997 (27)}) 12. Qc2 h6 13. f4 exd4
14. cxd4 cxd4 15. e4 Nh5 16. g4 Qh4 17. Nf3 Qg3+ 18. Qg2 Qxg2+ 19. Kxg2 Nf6 20.
Ba3 $44 {1-0 Vaisser,A-Neiman,E/FRA-ch Narbonne 1997 (46)}) 11... Ne7 12. Qc2 (
12. e4 $5 h6 13. g3 g5 14. Re1 Nh7 15. Nf1 f5 16. f4 exf4 17. gxf4 fxe4 18.
Bxe4 gxf4 19. Rb2 $1 $36 {1-0 Shabalov,A-Blocker,C/Philadelphia op 1998 (28)})
12... h6 (12... g6 $5 13. e4 $36) 13. f3 (13. f4 exf4 14. exf4 Ng4 {[%cal
Gf7f5]}) 13... Ne8 14. e4 Kh8 (14... f5 $5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Bxf5 (16. Ne4 Qd7
{[%cal Ge8f6]}) 16... Nxf5 17. Ne4 Qd7 $13) 15. Rb2 {[%cal Gb2f2]} Qc7 16. Re1
{[%cal Gd2f1,Gf1g3]} f5 $1 {[%cal Gf5f4]} 17. exf5 $8 Bxf5 18. Ne4 (18. Bxf5
Nxf5 19. Ne4 Qd7 {[%cal Ge8f6,Gd7f5]} (19... Nf6 $2 20. Ng5 $1)) 18... Nf6 19.
f4 (19. Nxf6 Rxf6 20. Bxf5 Nxf5 $11) ({Ibrargimov could pretend for some
advantage after} 19. Ng3 $5 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 {move in text is not dangerous for
Black}) 19... Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Rae8 (20... exf4 21. Bxf4 {[%cal Gf4d6]}) 21. h3 (
21. Bxf5 Nxf5 22. g4 Nh4 $5 23. Qe4 exf4 24. Qxe8 Rxe8 25. Rxe8+ Kh7 26. Bxf4
Qf7 $132) 21... Qd7 {[%cal Ge7g6]} 22. fxe5 dxe5 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Ge7c8,Gc8d6]}
23. Rf1 $1 {If Black will bring knight on d6, position of white will be very
dangerous.} Bxe4 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Qxe4 Qf5 26. Qxf5 Nxf5 {[%csl Rc4][%cal
Rf5d6]} 27. Re2 $8 (27. Rf2 Kg8) 27... Nd6 (27... Ng3 28. Re1) (27... Re8 28.
Bf4 $8 Nd6 29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. Bxe5 Nxc4 31. Bb8 a6 32. Kf2 (32. Ba7 Kg8 33. d6
$140 $2 Kf7 $19) (32. d6 Ne5 33. Bc7 Nd7 34. Kf2 Kg8 35. Kf3 Kf7 36. Ke4 Ke6
$17) 32... Kg8 33. Ke2 Kf7 34. Kd3 Nb2+ 35. Ke4 Nc4 $11) 28. Rxe5 Nxc4 29. Re4
(29. Re1 Rd8 $15) 29... b5 30. a4 (30. Be3 Nxe3 31. Rxe3 Rd8 $11) 30... a6 31.
Re6 Rd8 32. Rxa6 Rxd5 33. Bf4 (33. Kf2 $5) 33... b4 (33... bxa4 34. Rxa4 Nb6
35. Ra7 Nd7 $11 {was enough for a draw, Ionov pretends for more.}) 34. cxb4
cxb4 35. Ra8+ Kh7 36. Rb8 Rd1+ 37. Kf2 Rb1 {[%cal Rb4b2]} 38. Ke2 (38. Rc8 $6
Nb6 39. Rc7 $140 Nd5) 38... b3 39. Kd3 $8 (39. Rb4 b2 40. Rxc4 Re1+ (40... Ra1
41. Rb4 b1=Q 42. Rxb1 Rxb1 43. a5 $11) 41. Kxe1 b1=Q+ 42. Bc1 Qd3 $36) 39...
Nb2+ (39... b2 $6 40. Kxc4 Rc1+ 41. Kd4 b1=Q 42. Rxb1 Rxb1 43. Kc4) 40. Kd2
Nxa4 41. Be5 $1 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Rb8b7]} Nc5 42. Rb5 Ne4+ (42... Nd7 43. Bd4
$11) 43. Kd3 Nf6 (43... Ng5 44. Rb7 Ne6 $140 45. Kc4 $11 Rc1+ 46. Kd5) 44. Kc4
Rg1 45. g4 $11 Rd1 46. Kxb3 Rh1 47. Bxf6 gxf6 48. Rh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 09th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2009.10.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Dongen, Patrick"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2009.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "6000"]
[WhiteClock "0:00:01"]
[BlackClock "0:00:19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 {01h36} Bxc3+ 7. bxc3
d6 8. e4 e5 {le système HUEBNER} 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nh4 {01h24} h6 11. f3 ({RR} 11.
f4 Ng6 12. Nxg6 fxg6) 11... Nh7 $5 $146 {[%cal Gd8h4,Ge7d5]} ({RR} 11... Ng6
12. Nf5 Nf4 13. Nxg7+ Kf8 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Nd7 17. O-O Ne5
18. Rf2 Rg8 19. a4 Qg5 20. Bf1 Qxf5 21. Qb1 Qxb1 22. Rxb1 b6 23. Rb5 Ke7 24.
Re2 Kf6 25. Kf2 Rge8 26. Ra2 {Van Scheltinga,T-Donner,J/Beverwijk 1960/MCL/1/
2-1/2 (54)}) ({RR} 11... Qa5 12. Qc2 g5 13. Nf5 Nxf5 14. exf5 Bd7 15. h4 g4 16.
fxg4 ({RR} 16. f4) 16... Nxg4 17. Be2 Rg8 18. Bxg4 Rxg4 19. Bxh6 Bxf5 20. Qxf5
Qxc3+ 21. Kf2 Qb2+ 22. Ke3 Rxg2 {0-1 Donner,J (2470)-Portisch,L (2640)/Skopje
1972/EXT 2000}) ({RR} 11... g5 12. Nf5 Nxf5 13. exf5 Nh5 ({RR} 13... Qa5) 14.
g3 Ng7 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. Kf2 Qf6 17. g4 O-O-O 18. Be3 Qe7 ({RR} 18... h5 19. Qd2)
19. h4 f6 20. Rh3 Rdf8 21. Rah1 Rhg8 ({RR} 21... Qd8) 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Rh7 Qd8
24. Kg2 ({RR} 24. Qd1) 24... Kb8 25. Qb2 Be8 26. Bc2 {Donner,J (2500)-Langeweg,
K (2400)/Wijk aan Zee 1971/MCL/[Kharitonov]/0-1 (44)}) (11... Nh5) 12. O-O Nxd5
$1 13. cxd5 Qxh4 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. f4 $14 {01h14} Nf6 16. fxe5 $6 dxe5 17. Ba3
Kg8 (17... b6 $2 18. Bc6 Rb8 19. Qa4 $16 {[%csl Ra7]}) 18. Bxc5 Nxe4 $11 19.
Qa4 {44} Qg4 (19... Bh3 $1 20. gxh3 Qg5+ 21. Kh1 Nxc5) 20. Bb4 {24} Bf5 21.
Rae1 {8} h5 22. Be8 {3} Ng5 23. Be7 Nh3+ 24. Kh1 Nf4 25. g3 Nxd5 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7
27. Qxg4 hxg4 28. Rxf5+ Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 1st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.07.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2000.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
O-O (8. e4 {By way of comparison, it is interesting to note that} e5 9. h3 (9.
d5 Ne7 {is of course a main line. From what I can see the possibility that} 10.
O-O ({Also} 10. Nh4 h6 {is a sound line for black, but white might
legitimately provoke ...h6 immediately and then choose an approach other than
Nh4.}) {can be answered by} 10... Ng6 $5 {is slightly annoying for white, and
avoiding this might be a motivation for 9 0-0.}) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 exd4 11.
O-O {would reach the game position, but black has never felt moved to put it
to the test. I must say, such clearance in the centre is not regarded as
promising for black.}) 8... e5 9. e4 $5 {The combination of 0-0 and e4 on
moves 8 and 9 is usually condemned. If white plays 8 e4 he usually either
closes the centre immediately with 9 d5, or at least when maintaining the
tension takes a time out with 9 h3 to prevent both ...Bg4 and ...Ng4. On the
other hand, 8 e4 usually presages an approach with e4 ommitted altogether.
This game provokes two questions. Why did black avoid the 'book refutation' of
8 0-0 and 9 e4? and What extra possibilities is white hoping to gain by this
move order?} cxd4 (9... h6 $5 {looks to me the best try to return to main
lines, and reject the chance to 'exploit' 9 e4. The line} 10. d5 Ne7 {offers
no extra possibilities over the move-order 8 e4 e5 9 d5 Ne7 10 0-0 h6} 11. Ne1
g5 12. g3 Bh3 13. Ng2 Qd7 14. f3 O-O-O 15. Rf2 Kb8 16. Rb1 Ka8 17. Ne3 Qc7 18.
Nc2 Bd7 19. Na3 a6 20. Rfb2 Rb8 21. Nc2 Ba4 22. Qf1 Rhg8 23. Ne3 h5 24. Rf2 Bd7
{1/2-1/2 Glyanets,A-Brodsky,M/Kazan 1995/CBM 51 (24) is a typical example.
Conclusion? Well, it looks as if the main point of 8 0-0 and 9 e4 is simply to
provoke, and on this level it was successful here!}) (9... O-O 10. d5 (10. Be3
$5 Ng4 $140 11. Bg5) 10... Ne7 11. Nh4 h6 12. f3 (12. Qf3 $5 Ng6 13. Nf5 Re8 $6
14. Bd2 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 Nf4 16. Bxf4 g6 17. Qh3 exf4 18. Qxh6 Nxe4 19. Qxf4 Nxc3
20. Rfe1 $16 {1-0 Hracek,Z-Stajcic,N/Kecskemet 1992/CBM 29 (57)}) 12... g5 13.
Nf5 Nxf5 14. exf5 Bd7 15. Bd2 Kg7 16. g4 Rh8 17. Rb1 Rb8 18. Kg2 a6 19. a4 b6
20. Rh1 {1-0 Gelfand,B-Short,N/Dos Hermanas 1997/CBM 59 (37) and white's
position is much more purposeful}) 10. cxd4 exd4 ({Theory recommends} 10... Bg4
$5 11. d5 Nd4 12. Kh1 $5 ({White can probably choose to make a draw with} 12.
Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qd1 $1 ({but not} 13. Qb4 $2 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Bh3 15. Re1 O-O 16. f4
Nh5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Qc3 Qh4 19. Be2 f5 20. Bf3 fxe4 21. Rxe4 Qf6 22. Re3 Qg6+
{0-1 Farago,I-Csom,I/HUN-ch 1968/MCD (22)}) 13... Bg4 $11) 12... O-O 13. Be3
Nxf3 14. gxf3 Bh3 {It is natural to want to exploit the f4 square by playing ..
.Nh5-f4, but maybe it is safer to first use h5 for the bishop.} (14... Bh5 $5
$13) 15. Rg1 Nh5 {[%csl Rf4]} 16. c5 (16. f4 $5 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Qh5 $40)
16... f5 $6 17. Rg5 g6 (17... Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Rh5 $1 {[%csl Rh3]}) 18.
exf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Rxf5 20. Rxf5 gxf5 21. f4 Qh4 22. c6 $14 {1-0 Formanek,
E-Chow,A/Chicago Int 1994/ (32)}) 11. h3 O-O 12. Bb2 Qb6 {At first I was
reminded of some positions in the lines with 8 0-0 e5 9 Nd2 where black grabs
a pawn at his peril. In fact, though, the move e4 and the black pawn on d4 the
recovery of which is a not so trivial task mean that the frightening
activation of white's bishop pair, the 'standard' consequence of an open
centre in the 'Hubner' Nimzo, is not so easy to effect here.} (12... Re8 13.
Re1 Nd7 (13... Qb6 $5 14. Rb1 Qc5 {is also interesting, having distracted
white's rook from the f-file.}) 14. Nxd4 Qb6 15. Nb3 (15. Nb5 $1 Nc5 (15... a6
16. Nxd6 Re6 17. Ba3) 16. Bc2 a6 17. Nxd6 Rd8 18. Ba3) 15... Nc5 16. Rb1 Be6
17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Qc6 $13 {0-1 Macskasy,E-Berry,J/Calgary 1975/EXT 98 (80)}
) 13. Rb1 Qc5 14. Nd2 (14. Qc1 {[%csl Rf3,Rh3][%cal Gc5h5] would leave white
somewhat vulnerable on the king-side light squares.}) 14... Re8 15. f4 a5 16.
Qf3 a4 {[%csl Rd2][%cal Ga4b3] Both sides are using their pawns to restrict
the opponents' knights to good effect.} 17. Ba1 {[%cal Yb1b5]} Ra5 {[%cal
Ga5h5]} 18. Rfe1 Nd7 {[%cal Gd7c5]} 19. Kh1 Qh5 20. Qf2 Nc5 21. Bf1 Qh6 22. e5
{It is difficult to put further pressure on d4 without weakening e4. A sort of
equilibrium prevails, so white attempts a breakthrough here, now that black's
forces look unco-ordinated and far from the centre.} dxe5 23. fxe5 {[%csl Rd4]}
Rd8 (23... Nxe5 $2 24. Bxd4 Ncd7 25. Nf3 {would bring white's pieces to life.})
24. a3 {[%csl Gb4]} (24. Rb5 Rxb5 25. cxb5 Nb4 $132) 24... Qg6 (24... Ne6 $5)
25. Qh4 Ne6 26. Nf3 h6 (26... d3 27. Red1 $132 {[%cal Gd1d2,Gb1d1,Yb1b5,Yb5d5]}
) 27. Rb5 d3 28. Bc3 Rxb5 29. cxb5 d2 {To make a square on d4, but white's
pieces increasingly have strongpoints too.} 30. Nxd2 Ncd4 31. Ne4 $16 {[%csl
Yd6]} Nc2 32. Rc1 Ne3 33. Nd6 Nxf1 34. Rxf1 Ng5 (34... Qd3 35. Rc1 Qe3 36. Rc2
Qd3 37. Qf2 $16) 35. Ba5 Rf8 36. Qxa4 Be6 {[%cal Ge6d5]} 37. Qd4 Ra8 38. Bb4
Qh5 39. Qd1 Qh4 40. Be1 Qa4 41. Qxa4 Rxa4 42. Bb4 $18 {[%csl Yb4,Yd6]} b6 43.
Rc1 Ra7 44. h4 Nh7 {[%csl Rh7]} 45. Rc6 Rb7 $2 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O ({The variation} 5... Nc6 6.
Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. O-O Qh5 {has obvious similarities to the
text, but while it can indeed be transpositional there are some interesting
differences too eg.} 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bd6 (11... O-O {transposes to the
game.}) 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Qxd1 (13... Qg5 $5 14. Bxc6+ (14. g3 O-O 15. Rc1)
14... bxc6 15. Qf3 O-O 16. Rac1) 14. Rfxd1 Bd7 15. Nd3 $1 (15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5
O-O-O $10 {Ivanchuk is weaker. Opening the centre is only likely to be
applicable if either black's king is embarrassed, and/or black has problems
contesting the newly created files.}) 15... Rc8 (15... O-O-O 16. Rac1 Kb8 17.
Nc5 Be8 18. d5 exd5 19. Bxd5 $14 {[%csl Re8][%cal Rd8h8,Rh8d8] It is difficult
for black to solve the problem of coordinating his rooks here.}) 16. Nc5 $5 (
16. d5 exd5 17. Bxd5 b6 18. Re1+ Kf8 19. Rad1 g6 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5 Re8 $2 (
21... f6 $1 22. Re3 h5 $1 {[%cal Gh8h7,Gh7e7]} 23. h3 (23. Be4 Be8) (23. Be6
Bxe6 24. Rxe6 Kf7 $10) 23... Rh7 $10) 22. Rxe8+ Bxe8 23. Rc1 Ke7 24. Rc8 Rf8
25. Ra8 a5 26. Ra6 Kd6 27. Bb3 $18 {Ivanchuk-Hellers/Bagio City/1987}) 16... b6
17. Nxd7 Kxd7 18. d5 Ne7 19. dxe6+ Kxe6 20. Rd3 $1 {[%csl Ye4,Re6][%cal Ga1e1]
1/2-1/2 Rogers,I-Yudasin,L/Tilburg 1994/CBM 44/[Dautov] (35) White's superior
minor piece, and the continuing discomfort of black's king on the central
files means that white's initiative endures.}) 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4
Qxd5 9. O-O Qh5 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nc6 $5 (11... Bd6 $5 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13.
Nxf4 Qxd1 (13... Qh6 14. Qf3 Nc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rfd1 Rb8 17. Nd3 Qf6 18.
Qxf6 gxf6 {1/2-1/2 Galliamova,A-Arkhipov,S/Nabereznye Chelny 1993/CBM 37 (47)})
(13... Qg5 14. Qf3 Nd7 15. Rac1 Qb5 16. b3 Nf6 17. Rc5 Qd7 18. Rd1 Rb8 19. Nh5
Nxh5 20. Qxh5 f5 21. Bf3 b6 22. Re5 Qd6 23. Qg5 Bb7 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Qe3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Lerner,K-Benjamin,J/Moscow 1987/TD (43) In neither of these lines did
black look entirely comfortable.}) 14. Rfxd1 {Compared with the analagous
positions with 5...Nc6 discussed above, black's king is already committed, but
he has the possibility to place his knight other to to c6. He may try to
blockade the d4 pawn, or at least by avoiding ...Nc6 try to take the sting out
of its advance.} Nd7 15. Rac1 Nf6 16. Bf3 Rd8 17. h4 Rb8 18. g4 (18. Rc7 Ne8)
18... Bd7 19. g5 Ne8 20. d5 (20. Nd3 Bc6) 20... e5 21. Nd3 f6 {[%cal Ge8d6]}
22. d6 $6 (22. Bg2 Nd6 23. f4 $5) 22... Bf5 {[%csl Rd6]} 23. Bd5+ Kh8 24. Rc7
Rxd6 25. Rf7 Nc7 26. Bb3 Nb5 27. Nxe5 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Nd6 $17 {0-1 Lempert,
I-Arkhipov,S/Nabereznye Chelny 1993/CBM 37/[Wells] (44)}) 12. Nf4 $5 $146 {
[%mdl 8]} (12. Qd3 Rd8 $5 (12... Bd6 13. Nf4 Bxf4 14. Bxf4 Rd8 15. Qe3 $1 Nb4
16. Qg3 Nd5 17. Be5 Qh6 18. Qb3 b6 19. Rad1 Ba6 20. Rfe1 $14 {1-0 Gurevich,
M-Benjamin,J/Moscow 1987/TD (41)}) 13. Nf4 Qh4 14. g3 Qe7 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. d5
$6 (16. Be4 $5 Nxd4 17. Qd1 Kg8 18. a3 Bc5 19. Be3 $14 {Wells}) 16... exd5 17.
a3 Ne5 18. Qb1 Bc5 19. Bf5 Nf3+ 20. Kg2 Nd4 21. Bxc8 Raxc8 22. b4 Bd6 23. Qd3
Nc2 $17 {0-1 Karason,A-Akesson,R/Reykjavik 1988/TD/ (30)}) 12... Qxd1 13. Rxd1
Rd8 14. Be3 Bd6 15. d5 (15. Rac1 Ne7 {[%cal Ge7d5]}) 15... exd5 16. Rxd5 Bg4 {
Unfortunately this, as proved by the forthcoming liquidation, is not to
provoke a slight weakness of the black squares but merely the only square
available.} 17. f3 Bxf4 ({If} 17... Be6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rd2 Be5 20. Rad1 {
[%csl Rb7,Ye4] then black develops no play at all on the dark squares, but he
is dangerously vulnerable on the light squares, and white's bishop on e4 is
very strong.}) 18. Bxf4 Rxd5 ({Black obviously decided that the defence
requires the removal of a pair of rooks. Moreover, there is limited mileage in
driving white's rook from the d-file since there are no entry squares there
for counterplay.Nevertheless, I wonder whether} 18... Be6 $5 19. Rc5 (19. Rb5
$4 Nd4 {[%cal Yd4b5,Yd4e2]}) 19... Rac8 {was so bad.}) 19. Bxd5 Be6 20. Bxe6
fxe6 21. Rd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Nxd8 23. Kf2 $14 {[%csl Gd8,Re6,Yf4] With bishop v.
knight, pawns on both wings and black's weak e6 pawn, white has the capacity
to press black for a very long time. Black cannot impede his king opponent's
king's advance to e4. Vadim Milov's treatment of the Nimzo-Indian has, over
the years shown a willingness to accept some rather messy pawn structures in
return for the bishop pair. Here he shows quite why he is so comfortable with
bishop v. knight.} Nc6 24. Bd6 Kf7 25. Ke3 g6 $6 {[%cal Ye3h6] I am not sure
why black felt obliged to play this so soon, although it may be that the king
cannot afford to remain tied to the dfeence of the g-pawn indefinitely. It is
clearly undesirable to allow white's king this potential entry on the
king-side.} 26. Ke4 Kf6 27. Bc5 Kf7 28. Be3 Kf6 29. Bd2 Ke7 30. Bc3 Nd8 31. Bd4
Nc6 32. Be3 Kd6 33. Kf4 Ke7 34. Kg5 Kf7 35. Bd2 a6 36. Bc3 Ne7 37. g4 Nd5 38.
Bd4 Nb4 39. a3 Nd5 40. h4 Ne7 41. Kh6 Kg8 42. Bc3 {White shows the patience
that is the hallmark of a good endgame torturer.} Nd5 43. Be5 Ne7 44. Kg5 Nd5
45. h5 gxh5 46. Kxh5 Kf7 47. Kh6 Kg8 48. Kg5 Kf7 49. Kh6 Kg8 50. f4 Ne3 51. Kg5
Kf7 52. Bd4 Nd5 53. f5 $1 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Ge6f5][%mdl 4096] Exchanging a pair
of the relatively few remaining pawns, including black's most obvious weakness,
but opening squares on the 5th rank for his own king, and removing the
'outpost' status which black's knight has hitherto enjoyed on the important
central square d5.} exf5 54. Kxf5 {[%cal Yf5e5,Ye5d6]} Ne7+ 55. Kg5 Nd5 56. a4
Ne7 57. Bc5 Nd5 58. Kf5 Nf6 59. Bd6 Nd5 60. Bc5 Nf6 61. b3 Nd7 62. Bd6 Nf6 63.
a5 Ng8 64. Ke5 Ne7 65. b4 Nc6+ 66. Kd5 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Yd5c5,Yc5b6,Yd6c5,
Yd5d6,Yd6c7]} Kf6 67. Bc5 Kg5 68. Kd6 Kxg4 69. Kc7 h5 70. Kxb7 Ne5 71. b5 h4
72. bxa6 h3 73. Bg1 Nf3 74. a7 Nxg1 75. a8=Q h2 76. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "EtVas Vantaa GM"]
[Site "Myyrmanni"]
[Date "1999.07.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Black "Sammalvuo, Tapani"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4
e5 9. h3 h6 10. Be3 b6 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nd2 Ng6 (12... Bd7 $5 13. g3 Qc8 14. Bf1
Qc7 15. f4 O-O-O 16. Qf3 Rdf8 17. Bd3 Kb8 18. O-O-O Ne8 19. f5 {[%cal Yh3h4,
Yg3g5]} g5 $1 20. h4 f6 21. Rh2 Qd8 22. Rdh1 Nc7 23. Kb1 Rfg8 24. Qd1 Qe8 25.
Be2 Rf8 26. Nf1 Ba4 27. Qc1 Bd7 28. Qd1 Ba4 29. Qc1 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 Lugovoi,
A-Shaposhnikov,E/St Petersburg 1998/CBM 65 (45) and black held on OK, although
this kind of structure has clearly only a defensive appeal.}) (12... g5 {
[%csl Gf4,Rf5] is the customary trade off between greater control of f4 (
important to white's principal pawn break ) in exchange for a weakening of the
f5 square. I think the current evidence suggests that this is unnecessary eg.}
13. Nf1 $1 (13. h4 gxh4 $1 14. Rxh4 Ng6 15. Rh1 Ng4 16. Nf1 Nf4 $132 {[%csl
Gf4,Gg4]} 17. g3 (17. Bxf4 $2 exf4 {[%cal Gg4e5]}) 17... Ng2+ 18. Ke2 N4xe3 19.
Nxe3 Nxe3 20. Kxe3 Qg5+ 21. Ke2 Ke7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Yusupov,A-Karpov,A/Dortmund
1994 (35)}) 13... Ng6 14. g3 Bd7 15. Bd2 $1 {[%cal Yf1e3,Ye3f5]} Qe7 16. Ne3
O-O-O 17. Qf3 Ne8 18. O-O-O $14 {1-0 Yusupov,A-Lalic,B/Erevan Olm 1996 (43)})
13. g3 Bd7 (13... O-O 14. Qc2 $5 (14. Kf1 Ne8 $1 15. Kg2 Ne7 16. f3 f5 $10 {
Portisch-Browne, Tilburg 1982,-I 34/668}) (14. f4 $2 exf4 15. gxf4 Nd7 16. Nf3
f5 17. exf5 Nh4 $1 $15 {may be seen as another warning against the premature
f4 break!}) 14... Bd7 15. Nf1 (15. f4 $2 exf4 16. gxf4 Nh5 $17) 15... a6 $5 16.
Bd2 $1 Qc8 17. h4 $6 (17. Ne3 $1 Bxh3 18. f3 $44) 17... Ne8 18. Ne3 Ne7 $132 {
0-1 Ibragimov,I-Hjartarson,J/Reykjavik 1994/CBM 40/[Hjartarson] (36)}) 14. f4
$5 {Certainly critical, and other things being equal definitely the move white
would like to play. Too risky with the king still on e1? The following notes
lead me to conclude that black had far more possibilities than a casual glance
at what becomes a spectacular miniature might suggest.} (14. Qc2 $5 {would be
a typical scenario.}) 14... exf4 15. gxf4 Nh7 $1 {[%csl Re1][%cal Gd8h4,Gd8f6,
Gf6c3]} 16. Qh5 (16. Nf3 Nh4 $132) 16... Qf6 {[%csl Rc3,Rf4]} 17. e5 {The
thematic breakthrough, and in any case white has already committed himself.
There are no solid choices any more.} dxe5 18. Bxg6 exf4 {Probably fine in
view of} (18... fxg6 19. Qxe5+ Kf8 (19... Qxe5 20. fxe5 $16 {[%csl Yd5,Ye5]})
20. Ne4 Qf5 (20... Qe7 $5) 21. Nd6 Qf6 $14 {[%csl Rc3,Rc4,Yd6,Rh7,Rh8] The
position is a mess. On balance I prefer white since the knight at d6 does
seriously impede his opponent's mobilisation but how to procede is not totally
clear.} (21... Qc2 22. f5 g5 (22... gxf5 $2 23. Rh2 Qa4 24. Bxh6 $18) 23. Rh2
Qa4 24. f6 Nxf6 25. Rf2 $40)) 19. Bxh7 fxe3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (19... Rxh7 20.
O-O Qg5+ $1 (20... g5 $6 21. Ne4 $36) 21. Qxg5 hxg5 22. Bf2 Bxh3 (22... Rxh3 $6
23. Ne4) 23. Rfe1+ Kd7 {[%csl Gf4,Gf6,Gg5,Gg7][%cal Gf7f6] Black has a great
pawn mass which compliments his bishop in text-book manner. Moreover, white's
king may easily feel some light-square based discomfort. I prefer black, and
it is this possibility which demands a note of caution over white's fierce
strategy.}) (19... Qxc3 {Looks risky but may be viable too.} 20. Bxf4 Qxa1+ 21.
Bb1 {Ambitious. The resulting position is hard to assess, as rook v. minor
pieces often are.} ({White seems to have a draw by} 21. Ke2 $5 Qxh1 22. Qe5+
Kf8 (22... Kd8 23. Qc7+ Ke8 $11) (22... Be6 23. Be4 $1 Qxh3 24. dxe6 $40) 23.
Qd6+ Ke8 $11) 21... O-O 22. O-O f5 $13 {[%csl Ye5][%cal Ga8e8]}) 20. Ne4 $1 Qe7
21. Bf5 g6 22. d6 $1 {Black must have overlooked this pleasing shot. This time
he loses a piece for no real compensation.} (22. d6 gxh5 (22... Qxe4 23. Bxe4
gxh5 24. Bxa8) 23. dxe7 Bxf5 24. Nd6+ $18 {[%csl Re8,Rf5]}) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2000.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 (6... Nxd5 $5) 7.
Nge2 Nc6 8. a3 cxd4 (8... Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 $14) 9. axb4 {Critical.} (9. exd4 {
does not look dangerous after either} Bd6 ({or} 9... Be7)) 9... dxc3 10. b5 (
10. bxc3 $6 {leaves white looking a little sad on the light-squares.}) 10...
Ne5 11. Nxc3 {[%csl Yb5,Yd4][%cal Ya1a7,Ya1a4,Ya4d4,Yb5c6] Strategically a
very interesting position, and one of considerable importance for theory.
White can boast the bishop pair, the open a-file, and the potential weakness
of black's pawn on d5. In the latter connection the possibility of
manouevering a rook to d4, where the b5 pawn affords it unusual tranquility
should be borne in mind. Black has an active knight on d5, good development,
and the move with which he can decide on which of white's minor plusses to
concentrate.} Bg4 $5 (11... d4 {This liquidates black's weakness, but it is
instructive how much the bishop pair comes to life on the open board here.} 12.
exd4 Qxd4 13. Be2 Qxd1+ 14. Nxd1 $1 Bf5 (14... Nd5 15. Nc3 Be6 16. f4 {Black
would have liked ...Nxc3 and ...Bc4, which this prevents.} Nxc3 17. bxc3 Nc4
18. f5 Bd5 19. Ra4 Nb6 20. Rg4 g6 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. O-O {1/2-1/2 Knaak,
R-Gruenberg,H/Potsdam 1985/MCL (48) and white has excellent prospects on the
dark squares.}) 15. Ra3 $5 {[%csl Gd3]} O-O 16. Bf4 Rfe8 17. Ne3 Ng6 18. Bg3
Bd7 19. O-O Ne4 20. Rd1 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Nf8 22. Rda1 Rab8 23. Rxa7 Re5 24. R7a3
$16 {1-0 Sashikiran,K-Plaskett,J/Hampstead 1998/EXT 99 (54). The knight on e3
is a tower of strength in this variation.}) (11... Qc7 $5 {Leaves the
structure unaffected, but has visions of counterplay on the king-side.} 12. Be2
O-O 13. O-O Rd8 14. Qd4 b6 15. b3 (15. h3 $5) 15... Neg4 16. Bxg4 (16. g3 Nh6
$5 {[%cal Gh6f5,Gd5d4]}) 16... Nxg4 17. f4 Bb7 18. Bb2 f6 19. Ra4 Qe7 20. Rf3
Nh6 21. Rh3 Nf5 22. Qd3 d4 23. Qxf5 g6 24. Rg3 dxc3 25. Bxc3 Rac8 26. Rc4 Rxc4
27. bxc4 Be4 28. Qxf6 {[%csl Ge4,Rg3] 1/2-1/2 Cebalo,M-Gligoric,S/Budva 1986/
EXT 99 (28)}) 12. f3 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Be6 14. Qd4 a6 $1 (14... b6 $6 {[%csl Ra7]}
15. O-O O-O 16. b3 Qe7 17. Bb2 Rfd8 18. Rfc1 Ne8 19. Ra4 f6 20. Rca1 Qf7 21.
Ne2 Rdc8 22. Qd3 Rc7 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Ra6 Rb7 25. Nc6 $16 {[%csl Yc6] 1-0
Raicevic,V-Marjanovic,S/Nis 1985/EXT 99 (40) might serve as a model for the
sort of smooth day out which white has in mind in this variation.}) 15. bxa6
bxa6 {Now black has no weakness on a7 any more, and white might find his
b-pawn a little uncomfortable too in the event that he fianchettoes his bishop.
} 16. Bd2 O-O 17. Ne2 Re8 18. Bc3 Bd7 19. Nf4 (19. O-O Qe7) 19... Bb5 20. Kf2 {
This is the sort of position where white may not have too much, but should be
able to press gently in relative safety. I think this increases the
psychological effect of finding himself on the wrong end of a dangerous
initiative later.} Rc8 21. b3 {Stopping the entry of one rook, but weakening
the bishop on c3!} Re4 $1 {[%mdl 512] As I discussed in the strategy column,
such a sacrifice has a powerful psychological element since it completely
changes the nature of the play. From nurturing a minescule edge, to solving
practical problems, with the risk of losing back on the agenda.} 22. fxe4 Nxe4+
23. Kg1 Nxc3 24. h4 Ne4 25. Rd1 Qe8 26. Nxd5 h5 {I am sure that black is not
yet theoretically better, but white is required to solve very unusual and
uncomfortable developmental problems in return for the exchange.} 27. Nf4 Ng3
28. Rh3 Ne2+ 29. Nxe2 Bxe2 30. Rd2 Bg4 31. Rh1 Qe6 32. Kh2 Qxb3 33. Rb2 Qe6 34.
Rhb1 Kh7 {Black's positional compensation is enduring too!} 35. Rb6 Qe7 36. Kg3
Bf5 37. Rf1 Bg6 38. Rxa6 Rd8 39. Ra7 Qe8 40. Qf4 Rd5 41. e4 (41. Rf3 {looks
very passive, while}) (41. Rfa1 Rf5 42. Qd4 Qb8+ {is serious counterplay})
41... Rd4 42. Re1 Qc6 43. Rc7 Qb6 44. Kh2 Rb4 45. Re7 Qd8 46. Ra7 Rb2 47. Ra3
Qd4 48. Rf3 Qb4 49. Ree3 Qd2 50. Qg3 Rb1 51. Rf2 Qc1 52. Qf4 Qg1+ 53. Kg3 Qc1
54. Rfe2 Qc5 55. Rd2 Qc1 56. Ree2 Rb3+ 57. Kh2 Rb1 58. Qe3 Rb4 59. Rd5 Qc7+ 60.
Qg3 Qc4 61. Qf3 Qc7+ 62. g3 Qc1 63. Red2 Rb8 64. Rf2 Qc4 65. Qe2 Qc7 66. Qe3
Rb1 {It seems to be extremely difficult to make progress, especially since
black was able to force the weakness with g3. However, the following blunders
gives g3 a terrible role in the game.} 67. Qc5 $2 Bxe4 68. Rxh5+ $2 (68. Kh3
$13) 68... Kg8 69. Rg2 (69. Kh3 Qd7+ $19) 69... Qd7 70. Qf2 Qd1 0-1

[Event "Scandic Hotels CC"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1999.08.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tella, Jussi"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
O-O e5 9. Nd2 ({A related plan of piece-play in which white also tries to
prove that occupying the hole at d5 with his bishop turns a potential problem
piece into a strong one commences with} 9. Qc2 O-O {and now the manouevre
Ng5-e4, with or without exchanging in the centre first viz:} 10. Ng5 ({or} 10.
dxe5 dxe5 11. Ng5 h6 12. Ne4 Qe7 $5 {looks like a loss of tempo, but if black
can avoid playing ...b6 then he retains the option of putting his bishop on e6.
} (12... b6 {also looks fine, eg.} 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Be4 Ba6 15. Bd5 Rad8 16.
Rd1 Na5 17. e4 Bxc4 18. Be3 Rd6 $6 (18... Qe7 $5) 19. Qa4 Bxd5 20. exd5 c4 21.
Bc5 $1 bxc5 22. Qxa5 $132 {[%csl Ra7,Rc4,Rc5][%cal Yd5d6] 1/2-1/2 Kaczorowski,
P-Brodsky,M/Warsaw 1993 (43)}) 13. Nxf6+ (13. Rb1 $5) 13... Qxf6 14. Be4 Be6
15. Bd5 Rad8 16. e4 Na5 17. Qe2 b6 18. Bd2 Qg6 19. f4 exf4 20. Rxf4 Rfe8 $15 {
0-1 Levitt,J-Vyzmanavin,A/Moscow-A 1988/CBM 09 (27) Further evidence that even
after white has pleasantly installed his bishop on d5, black can still find
counterplay against his various weak pawns.}) 10... h6 11. Nh7 $5 (11. Ne4 b6
12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Be4 Bb7 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. Bd5 Na5 $1 16. e4 Qg6 17. f4 {
1/2-1/2 Yusupov,A-Ivanchuk,V/Bruxelles (m/10) 1991 (46)} exf4 $1 18. Bxf4 Rad8
$15 {Yusupov.}) 11... Nxh7 12. Bxh7+ Kh8 13. Be4 exd4 (13... f5 $5 14. Bd5 cxd4
15. cxd4 e4 $11 {-Rogers.}) 14. cxd4 cxd4 15. Bb2 $6 (15. Rd1 $44 {-Rogers.})
15... dxe3 16. Qc3 f6 17. Qxe3 Qb6 $1 $15 {0-1 Pliester,L-Van der Wiel,J/
Leeuwarden 1993 (30)}) 9... O-O (9... Qe7 $6 10. d5 $1 {now that the e7 square
is taken from black's knight this advance makes good sense.} Nb8 11. e4 Nbd7
12. Re1 $1 Nf8 (12... O-O 13. Nf1 Ne8 14. Ng3 g6 15. Bh6 Ng7 16. Qd2 f6 17. h4
$36 {1-0 Vaganian,R-Yusupov,A/Barcelona WCup 1989 (61)}) 13. Nf1 Ng6 14. Ng3
$16 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Yg3f5] Vaganian.}) 10. Ne4 {The evidence, this game
included, is that this is perhaps a bit too direct to cause real problems.} (
10. Rb1 $5 {is the move that has been causing the problems in recent years.}
Qe7 $5 11. d5 {as so often when the knight has no retreat to e7. Here, however,
black has a special idea in mind.} e4 $1 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Qc2 f5
$1 {[%csl Ge4] Otherwise white can play f3 and e4 and the bishop pair, along
with the potential weakness of black's d6 pawn offers him good play.} (14...
Nf6 $6 {[%cal Yf2f3,Ye3e4,Yc1f4]}) 15. f3 Nf6 $1 (15... Ng5 $6 $16) 16. Bd2 (
16. Bxf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Nd7 18. Qc2 Ne5 $13 {[%csl Rc4]}) (16. Re1 Be6 17. e4
Qf7 $1 $132) 16... Be6 17. Rfe1 Nd7 18. Rb7 Qd8 19. Qa4 Qc8 20. Rxa7 Ne5 21.
Bf1 Rxa7 {1/2-1/2 Alterman,B-Greenfeld,A/Rishon le Zion 1996/CBM 53 (21) [
Alterman ].}) 10... Bf5 $5 11. Ng3 (11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. e4 Bd7 13. d5 Ne7 14.
Rb1 b6 15. f3 Qg6 16. a4 f5 17. a5 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Bf5 19. Re1 Nc8 20. Qa4 Bxe4
21. fxe4 bxa5 22. Qxa5 Nb6 23. Qa2 Qf7 24. Be3 Qd7 25. Bg5 h6 26. Bh4 Rac8 27.
h3 Rf4 28. Bg3 Rf7 29. Ra1 Qe7 30. Qe2 Qg5 31. Kh2 Rcf8 32. Ra6 h5 33. h4 Qg4
34. Qxg4 hxg4 35. Re2 Kh7 36. Be1 Kg6 37. Kg3 Kh5 38. Bd2 Nxc4 39. Bg5 Rb8 40.
Ra4 Nb6 41. Ra6 Rbb7 42. Rea2 Nc4 43. Kh2 Rfd7 44. Rc6 Rb3 45. Rc8 Rxc3 46. Ra1
Kg6 47. Rh8 a5 48. Rf1 Rf7 49. h5+ Kxg5 50. Rxf7 Kh4 51. h6 g3+ 52. Kg1 gxh6
53. Rxh6+ Kg5 54. Rhh7 Rc1+ 55. Rf1 Rxf1+ 56. Kxf1 Kf4 57. Rg7 Ne3+ 58. Kg1 c4
{0-1 Garcia Martinez,S-Tiviakov,S/Linares 1999 (58)}) (11. Nxc5 $4 e4 $17)
11... Bg6 (11... Bxd3 12. Qxd3 {[%cal Yg3f5,Yf2f3,Ye3e4] is also playable, but
black sensibly opts to keep the f5 square under better control.}) 12. d5 (12.
Be2 Qa5 13. Bb2 (13. d5 Ne7 14. f4 exf4 15. exf4 Qxc3 16. Bd2 Qd4+ 17. Kh1 Nf5
$17) 13... Rae8 14. f4 exf4 15. exf4 h6 16. f5 Bh7 17. Bf3) 12... e4 (12... Ne7
13. e4 $1 $14 {[%csl Re7,Rg6][%cal Yf2f4,Re7g6]}) 13. Nxe4 (13. dxc6 exd3 14.
f4 Be4 (14... Ne4 $4 15. f5 {[%csl Rg6]}) 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. cxb7 Rb8 17. Qxd3
Qe7 $44 {[%csl Rc1]}) (13. Be2 Ne5 14. f4 exf3 15. gxf3 Ned7 16. e4 $13 {
[%csl Rg6]} (16. f4 $6 Be4 (16... h6 $5))) 13... Bxe4 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. dxc6
bxc6 16. f3 Nf6 17. e4 Re8 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bh4 Re6 20. Qa4 Qc7 21. Rfd1 Nd7 22.
Bg3 Rae8 23. Rd2 Nb6 24. Qb3 Rd8 1/2-1/2

