[Event "Isthmia op 1st"]
[Site "Vrachati"]
[Date "2011.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Sergey"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2011.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 $5 {This is one of favorite
lines by little Garry.} e5 6. Nb3 Nc6 7. c4 a5 $5 8. Be3 (8. a4 {This looks
anti positional but I like it.} Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nc3 Nd7 $132) 8... Be7 9.
Nc3 a4 $6 {Maybe this is a little bit too early.} (9... O-O 10. Be2 a4 11. Nd2
Qa5 {was perfectly OK.}) 10. Nd2 Qa5 11. Nb5 $2 {He had a great opportunity.} (
11. c5 $1 Be6 12. cxd6 Bxd6 13. Nc4 Bxc4 14. Qxd6 Ba6 (14... Rd8 $2 15. Qc5
Qxc5 16. Bxc5 Bxf1 17. Rxf1 Nd7 18. Bd6 $18) (14... Qa6 15. Kf2 $5) (14... a3
15. b4 Qa6 16. b5 Qa5 17. Bxc4 Qxc3+ 18. Kf2 Qxc4 19. bxc6 Qxc6 20. Qxe5+ Qe6
21. Qxe6+ fxe6 22. Rab1 $18) 15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. Kf2 $18) 11... O-O 12. Be2 Bd8
13. O-O (13. Nxd6 Bb6 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15. Nb5 Nh5 $44) 13... Bb6 14. Bxb6 Qxb6+
15. Kh1 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Qc2 Nh5 $5 {Decentralisation but still...} (17...
Be6 $17) 18. Rad1 Be6 (18... f5 19. c5) 19. Nb1 Qc5 20. Na3 Nf4 ({The
immediate checkmate delivery does not work.} 20... f5 $2 21. exf5 Ng3+ 22. hxg3
Rf6 23. Qd2 Bf7 24. Nb5 Rh6+ 25. Qxh6 gxh6 26. Nxd6 $16) 21. Rfe1 Nxe2 (21...
Rfc8 22. Bf1) (21... h5 22. Bf1 h4 $36) 22. Rxe2 Rfc8 23. h3 Ra6 24. Red2 Qb4
25. Qc3 Qxc3 26. bxc3 Bxc4 27. Nxc4 Rxc4 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 h5 (29... f5
30. exf5 Rxc3 31. Rb6 Rc2 32. Rxb7 Rxa2 33. Ra7 $11) 30. Rd3 h4 31. g3 Rc6 (
31... hxg3 32. Kg2 $11) 32. gxh4 Rb6 33. Kg2 Rb2+ 34. Kg3 f6 $2 {This is meek.}
(34... Rxa2 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Rb8 (36. Rd7 $2 Rb2 37. Rxf7 a3 38. Rf8 Rb6 $19)
36... Rb2 37. Ra8 $1 (37. c4 $6 a3 38. Ra8 a2 39. f4 exf4+ 40. Kxf4 Kg6 41. c5
Kf6 42. e5+ Ke6 $17 {offers Black all the chances on earth.}) 37... b5 38. c4
bxc4 39. Rxa4 Rc2 (39... c3 40. Rc4 c2 41. Rc6 $11) 40. f4 (40. Ra7 $2 f6 41.
Rc7 c3 42. Rc8 Rc1 43. h5 c2 44. Kh4 Rf1 45. Rxc2 Rxf3 $19 {should be winning
with all his pawns scattered around.}) 40... exf4+ 41. Kxf4 c3 42. Rc4 Rc1 43.
Ke3 Rh1 (43... Kg6 44. e5 Kf5 45. Rf4+ Ke6 46. Kd3 Rh1 47. Kxc3 Rxh3+ 48. Kd2
Ra3 49. h5 Ra7 50. Rg4 $11) 44. Kf4 (44. Rxc3 $2 Rxh3+ 45. Kd4 Rxc3 46. Kxc3
Kh6 $19) 44... Rxh3 45. Kg4 Rd3 46. e5 $1 $15) 35. Rd7 b5 36. Rb7 a3 37. h5 Kh7
38. Rb8 Rxa2 39. Rxb5 Ra1 (39... Rc2 40. Rc5 Rc1 41. Ra5 Rxc3 42. Kg4 $11) 40.
Ra5 a2 41. Kh4 Rf1 42. Rxa2 Rxf3 43. Rc2 Rf4+ 44. Kg3 Rxe4 45. c4 Rd4 46. c5
Rd7 47. c6 Rc7 48. Kg4 (48. Kf3 f5) 48... Kg8 49. Kf5 Kf7 50. Rc1 (50. h4 Ke7
51. Kg6 Ke6 52. h6 gxh6 53. Kxh6 Kd5 $11) 50... Ke7 51. h4 ({With me extended
up too much,he could have tried} 51. Kg6 Ke6 52. h6 gxh6 53. Kxh6 e4 (53... Kf5
54. Rf1+ Ke6 55. Kg6 Rxc6 56. Rxf6+ $11) (53... Kf7 54. Kh5) 54. Kg6 f5 55. h4
f4 56. h5 e3 57. Kg5 (57. h6 $2 e2 58. h7 Rc8 59. Kg7 Ke7 60. c7 Kd7 61. h8=Q
Rxh8 62. Kxh8 Kc8 $19) 57... Ke5 58. Kg4 Ke4 59. Rc4+ Kd3 60. Rc5 e2 61. Re5
Kd2 62. Kxf4 e1=Q 63. Rxe1 Kxe1 64. h6 Rxc6 65. Kg5 $11 {but still it would
have been a draw.}) 51... Kd6 52. Rd1+ (52. h6 gxh6 53. Kxf6 Rxc6 54. Rxc6+
Kxc6 55. Kxe5 h5 $11) 52... Kxc6 53. Rc1+ Kd6 54. Rxc7 Kxc7 55. Kg6 e4 56. Kxg7
e3 57. h6 e2 58. h7 e1=Q 59. h8=Q Qe7+ {Time to settle for a draw.} (59... Qg3+
60. Kf7 Qb3+ 61. Ke7 Qe3+ 62. Kf7 $11) 60. Kg6 Qe4+ 61. Kf7 Qd5+ {All the
roads lead to a draw.} (61... f5 62. Qc3+ Kd6 63. h5 f4 64. h6 f3 65. Qd2+ Qd5+
66. Qxd5+ Kxd5 67. h7 f2 68. h8=Q f1=Q+ $11) 62. Kg6 Qe4+ 63. Kf7 Qd5+ 64. Kg6
Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.20"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 Be6 7. c4 a5 8. Be3
a4 9. N3d2 Qa5 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. Rb1 Nbd7 13. O-O Rfc8 14. Kh1 h6 15.
f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Nf8 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Rc1 N6d7 19. Rc3 Ng6 20. Bg3 Nde5 21. Ra3
Bg5 22. Rc3 Qa5 23. Nf3 Nxf3 24. Bxf3 Ne5 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Bg4 Rc6 27. Qf3
Rac8 28. b4 axb3 29. axb3 Qd8 30. Rd3 Qe8 31. Nc3 Be7 32. Nb5 Bc5 33. Rfd1 g6
34. Bxe6 Rxe6 35. Qh3 Kg7 36. Rd7 Ra8 37. Qd3 Re7 38. Rd5 Qc6 39. Qc3 Rae8 40.
Rf1 Kg8 41. h4 Bd4 42. Qd3 Rd7 43. c5 Red8 44. Nd6 Qc7 45. Qh3 Kg7 $4 ({
This careless move loses on the spot.} 45... Bxc5 {falls short to} 46. Ne8) ({
Essential was} 45... Re7) {[%tqu "En","How will you punish Black careless king
move?","Use the shaky position of the d7-rook.","Use your knight for the
decisive strike.","d6e8","Very neat!",3]} 46. Ne8+ (46. Ne8+ {[%csl Rd7][%cal
Gd5d7,Gh3d7,Ge8c7,Ge8g7] wins on the spot:} Rxe8 47. Rxd7) 1-0

[Event "Rovno"]
[Site "Rovno"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Moroz, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2000.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Finkel,A} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 {If black is
interested only in a draw then} (5... dxc6 $5 {could be recommended.}) 6. Bd3
Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 (8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 d6 10. c4 Bg4 11. f3 Qb6+ 12. Kh1 Bh5
13. Nc3 Rad8 14. Qe2 Rfe8 15. Rac1 $14 {Kofidis,A-Theotokatos,D/Ano Liosia op
1993/1-0 (47)}) 8... O-O 9. Nc3 (9. Be3 Qa5 10. a3 Bb7 11. b4 Qc7 12. c5 a5 13.
Nd2 axb4 14. axb4 d5 15. cxd6 Bxd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Pavkovic,N-Bartlett,S/
Australian Capitol 1996 (25)}) 9... d6 10. Qe2 (10. Kh1 Be6 11. Qe2 Rb8 12. b3
Rb7 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Rad1 Bf8 15. Bb1 $14 {0-1 Kerkhoff,L-Kuijf,M/NLD-chT 1993 
(53)}) 10... Nd7 11. b4 Re8 12. b5 {Giving black a possibility to develop the
knight to c5,but other continuation also didn't promise white nothing.} (12.
Be3 Nf6 (12... Bg5 13. Rfd1 Nf8 14. c5 $14) 13. Rfd1 d5 $5 {[%csl Rb4]} 14.
cxd5 Bxb4 15. Bd2 Qa5 $132) 12... Bb7 13. a4 Nc5 14. a5 (14. Be3 Nb3 $1 15.
Rab1 Nd4 16. Bxd4 (16. Qh5 $5 Bf6 17. Rfd1 g6 18. Qh3 Bg5 $11) 16... exd4 17.
Na2 Qa5 18. Qc2 c5 19. Nc1 Bf6 $132) 14... a6 15. b6 Nb3 16. Rb1 Nd4 $1 17. Qd1
Bg5 18. Ne2 (18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Bxf4 20. Rxf4 Qg5 $1 {[%cal Gg5f4,Gg5a5]} 21.
Qf1 Qxa5 $15) 18... Bxc1 19. Rxc1 (19. Nxd4 $5) 19... Ne6 $1 {It's important
for a black to keep the knights on the board.} 20. Qd2 Qe7 $13 21. Rfd1 Rad8
22. Qe3 g6 23. Re1 (23. g3) 23... Qh4 24. h3 Rf8 $1 25. Qg3 Qh6 26. Qe3 Qh4 27.
Qg3 Qh5 {Deciding to keep on fighting.} (27... Qh6 $11) 28. Nc3 Kh8 29. Be2 Qh6
30. Rcd1 f5 31. Rxd6 $2 {White doesn't stand a pressure and makes a mistake.} (
31. Rb1 Nd4 $1 32. Qd3 f4 33. Bf3 g5 34. Ne2 $13) 31... Rxd6 (31... f4 $2 32.
Qd3 $16) 32. Qxe5+ Qg7 33. Qxd6 Qxc3 34. Rd1 Qf6 (34... Qb2 $2 35. Qxe6 Qxe2
36. Qe5+ Kg8 37. Rd7 $18) 35. exf5 $6 (35. e5 $1 {Missing very interesting
possibility} Qf7 36. c5 Rd8 37. Qxd8+ Nxd8 38. Rxd8+ Kg7 39. g3 $15 {[%csl Rb7]
and inspite of the fact that black is a queen up the position is far from
being clear.}) 35... gxf5 36. Qa3 c5 $17 {[%cal Gb7g2]} 37. Bf3 Bxf3 38. Qxf3
Nd4 39. Qb7 Rg8 40. Qc7 $6 (40. Re1 $5 f4 $1 (40... Qc6 41. Re7 Rxg2+ $2 42.
Kf1 Qxb7 43. Rxb7 Rg7 $8 (43... Rh2 44. Ra7 Rxh3 45. b7 Nc6 46. Rxa6 Rb3 47.
Rxc6 Rxb7 48. Rxc5 $18) 44. Rc7 $1 (44. Ra7 $6 Nc6 45. Rxa6 Rb7 46. Ke2 Kg7 $11
) 44... Rg8 45. b7 $18) 41. Kh2 (41. Re7 $2 Nf3+ $1 $19) 41... f3 42. g3 Ne2
$36) 40... Qg7 41. Qxg7+ Rxg7 {[%csl Rd1]} (41... Kxg7 $5) 42. Kf1 Re7 43. Re1
$6 Rxe1+ 44. Kxe1 Kg7 $19 45. f4 (45. Kd2 Nb3+ 46. Ke3 Nxa5 $19) 45... Kf6 46.
g4 Ke6 47. b7 Nc6 48. Kf2 (48. g5 Kd6 (48... h5 49. gxh6 Kf6 50. Kf2 Kg6 51.
Kg3 Kxh6 52. h4 $11) 49. h4 Kc7 50. h5 Kxb7 51. h6 (51. g6 h6 $1 $19 {[%cal
Gb7g7]}) 51... Nd8 52. g6 hxg6 53. h7 Nf7 $19) 48... fxg4 49. hxg4 Kd7 50. f5
Kc7 51. f6 (51. g5 Ne5 $1 (51... Ne7 $2 52. f6 Ng6 53. Kg3 Kxb7 54. Kg4 Kc7 55.
Kh5 Kd6 56. Kh6 Ke6 57. Kxh7 (57. Kg7 Kf5 $19) 57... Kf7 58. Kh6 Ne5 59. Kh7
$11) 52. Kg3 Nxc4 53. g6 hxg6 54. fxg6 Nd6 55. Kf4 Ne8 56. Ke5 c4 57. Kd4 Kxb7
58. Kxc4 Kc6 $19) 51... Nd8 52. Ke3 (52. Kg3 Kxb7 53. Kh4 Kc6 54. Kh5 Nf7 55.
g5 Kd6 56. g6 hxg6+ 57. Kxg6 Ke6 $19) 52... Kxb7 53. Ke4 Kc6 54. Ke5 h6 0-1

[Event "Dortmund GM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2000.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Black "Petrosian, Arshak B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 Be6 7. c4 a5 8. Be3
a4 9. N3d2 Qa5 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. Rb1 Rc8 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Kh1 h6 15.
Nb5 Ne8 16. b4 $1 axb3 17. axb3 Qb4 18. f4 Ndf6 19. Nf3 Nxe4 20. fxe5 dxe5 21.
Nxe5 N8f6 22. Bf3 Ra2 $2 23. Bxe4 Nxe4 {[%tqu "En","How would you continue?",
"Try to use the vulnerability of the black knight.","Try to see the link
between the c8-rook and the e4-knight.","e5f7","Nice blow! Deflecting the
e6-bishop White prepares a fork.",7]} 24. Nxf7 $1 Rf8 (24... Bxf7 25. Qg4) 25.
Qd4 Nd2 {[%tqu "En","Continue White's attack.","Destroy the pawn shield around
the black king.","","f7h6","",4,"e3h6","",4]} 26. Nxh6+ $1 (26. Bxh6 $1 Bf6 27.
Rxf6 Nxb1 28. Rxe6 Rxf7 29. Re8+ Kh7 30. Qd3+ g6 31. Bf4 $1 $18) 26... gxh6 27.
Bxh6 Rf7 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 29. Rd1 Qxb3 30. Re1 $2 (30. Qg7+ $142 Ke8 31. Re1 $18)
30... Qxc4 $2 (30... Qb2 $142) 31. Qg7+ Ke8 {[%tqu "En","How should White
continue?","Target the e7-bishop.","Decoy or overload that piece!","h6g5","",3]
} 32. Bg5 $1 Qc5 (32... Bxg5 33. Nd6+) 33. Bxe7 Qxe7 {[%tqu "En","How would
you finish the game?","Use your knight and rook.","","e1e6","",2,"b5c7","",0]}
34. Rxe6 $1 (34. Nc7+ $2 Kd7 35. Qxe7+ Kxe7 36. Nxe6 Kd6 {and Black is still
in the game.}) 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yagupov, Igor"]
[Black "Timoshenko, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 $5 Nc6 (5... e5 6. Nb3 d5 7.
Bg5 Be6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. exd5 Bxd5 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Qd3 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 Bxb3 13.
Rd1 Nd7 14. axb3 $14 {Rublevsky,S-Sulskis,S/St.Petersburg op-Petrov (08) ;CBM
52_06 1996/1/2-1/2 (43)}) 6. c4 Qb6 (6... e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Nc2 (8. Be3 O-O 9.
Be2 d5 10. cxd5 (10. exd5 exd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Be6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5
Bxd5 $10 {1-0 Orlov,V-Aseev,K/St.Petersburg-ch (13) ;CBM 47 1995 (39)}) 10...
exd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. O-O $10 {Malakhov,V-Lukin,A/
RUS-ch Elista (11) ;CBM 50 1995/1/2-1/2 (59)}) 8... O-O 9. Ne3 Qb6 10. Bd3 Rd8
11. O-O Ne5 12. Kh1 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 a6 14. b3 Rb8 15. Bb2 Qa5 $10 {1-0 Rublevsky,
S-Aseev,K/St.Petersburg op-Petrov (03) ;CBM 52_06 1996 (38)}) 7. Nc2 g6 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. Qd3 $6 (9. Rb1 O-O 10. Be3 Qd8 11. Be2 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qd2 Rc8 14.
Rfd1 Re8 $14 {0-1 Andonov,B-Georgiev,Ki/Warsaw zt-A 1987 (40)}) 9... Ne5 10.
Qe3 Qc7 (10... Qxe3+ 11. Bxe3 $14) 11. b3 a6 12. Bd2 (12. f4 Ned7 (12... Neg4
$2 13. Qd2 Nh5 14. Bb2 $16) 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O b6 $10) 12... O-O 13. Rc1 e6
14. f4 Ned7 15. Be2 b6 $10 16. O-O Bb7 17. b4 $6 {Weiß versucht sich an einer
das ganze Brett umspannende Initiative, aber c4 wird schwach und ein
Zentrumsgegenstoß viel gefährlicher.} Rac8 18. Na1 Qb8 19. Nb3 Qa8 20. Bd3 Rfe8
{Die Figuren des Nachziehenden stehen ideal, Zeit zum kontern.} 21. Rfe1 e5 $1
$15 22. Nd5 (22. g3 exf4 23. gxf4 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 f5 $17) 22... b5 23. Na5 (23.
fxe5 Nxe5 24. Nxf6+ Bxf6 25. cxb5 Nxd3 26. Qxd3 axb5 $17 {^^}) 23... Bxd5 24.
cxd5 exf4 25. Qxf4 Ne5 26. Be2 h5 $1 27. h3 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rc8 29. Bf3 $2 (29.
Nb3 Rxc1+ 30. Nxc1 Qc8 $15) 29... Nfd7 30. Be2 (30. Nc6 $2 Nxc6 31. dxc6 Rxc6
32. e5 Qa7+ $19) 30... Kh7 31. Qe3 Rxc1+ 32. Bxc1 Qc8 33. Qd2 Nf6 $19 34. Bf3 (
34. Qe3 Nxe4 $19) 34... Qxh3 $1 $19 35. gxh3 (35. Qf4 Nxf3+ 36. Qxf3 (36. gxf3
g5 $1 37. Qxg5 Qxf3 $19) 36... Qh4 $19) 35... Nxf3+ 36. Kg2 Nxd2 37. Bxd2 Nxe4
38. Bf4 g5 39. Be3 f5 40. Nc6 f4 41. Bc1 Nc3 42. h4 Ne2 43. Bd2 g4 44. Nb8 Bd4
$1 0-1

[Event "YUG-ch51 (Women)"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kalevic, Sanja"]
[Black "Maksimovic, Suzana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1998.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. c4 O-O 8. Be3
b5 9. cxb5 d5 10. Bg5 Nxe4 11. fxe4 Bxg5 12. Qxd5 Qb6 13. Qc5 Be6 14. Qxb6 axb6
15. N1d2 Ra4 16. Bd3 Nd7 17. a3 Rd8 18. Bc2 Rc8 19. Bd3 Rd8 20. Bc2 Rc8 21. Bd3
Bxd2+ 22. Nxd2 Rd4 23. Ke2 Nc5 24. Bc2 Bg4+ 25. Ke3 Ne6 26. Rac1 Nf4 27. Nf3
Nxg2+ 28. Kf2 Bxf3 29. Kxf3 Nf4 30. Bb1 Rcd8 31. Rc6 Rd2 32. Rxb6 Rxb2 33. a4
h5 34. Rc6 Rb3+ $1 35. Kf2 $8 Rd2+ $1 36. Ke1 $8 Re2+ 37. Kd1 $8 Rxb1+ 38. Rc1
$8 Rbb2 $1 39. Rc8+ Kh7 40. Rc3 Red2+ 41. Kc1 Rf2 $2 (41... Ne2# $142) 42. Rd1
Ra2 43. Rb3 Ra1+ 44. Rb1 Rxa4 0-1

[Event "YUG-chT"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Aleksic, Nenad C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 (6... Be6 $5 7. c4
a5 8. Be3 a4 9. N3d2 Qa5 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O Nc6 12. Na3 O-O $13 {Rublevsky,
S-Georgiev,Ki/Budva/1996/0,5/36/}) 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. exd5 Qxd5 10.
Qxd5 Bxd5 11. Nc3 Bb4 $6 (11... Bc6 $6 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Nb5 Bh6+ 14. Kb1 O-O
15. Nd6 Rad8 16. Na5 $14 {Malakhov,V-Bates,R/Bratislava/1993/0,5/48/}) (11...
Be6 $5 12. O-O-O Nd7 (12... Nc6 13. Bb5 a6 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Ne4 Ke7 16. Na5
Bh6+ 17. Kb1 Rhc8 18. Nc5 Rab8 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. a4 Rb4 21. b3 Rd4 $132 {
Maljutin,E-Dvoirys,S/Smolensk/1991/0,5/61/}) 13. Nb5 Ke7 14. Nd6 b6 15. Bb5 Rd8
16. Rd3 Bh6+ 17. Kb1 f5 18. Bc4 e4 19. fxe4 fxe4 20. Rdd1 Ne5 $132 {Maljutin,
E-Baikov,V/Moscow/1991/1|0/36/}) 12. O-O-O Bxb3 13. cxb3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ke7 15.
Bd3 Nd7 $5 {N/} (15... Nc6 16. Bf5 Rad8 17. Rxd8 Nxd8 18. Bc8 Kd6 19. Kd2 $16 {
Maljutin,E-Naidosky,T/Moscow/1990/1|0/45/}) 16. Bf5 Rad8 17. Rd5 Nf8 (17... h6
18. Rhd1 Nb6 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rxd8 Kxd8 21. Kd2 Kc7 22. c4 $16) 18. Rxd8 Kxd8
19. Rd1+ Kc7 20. Kd2 $16 Ne6 21. Ke3 h6 22. g3 Re8 (22... Rd8 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 24.
b4 $16) 23. b4 Re7 24. a4 Ng7 25. g4 (25. Ke4 $5) 25... Ne6 (25... Nxf5+ 26.
gxf5 Re8 27. Rg1 $16) 26. a5 Rd7 27. Rxd7+ Kxd7 28. h4 Kc6 29. Be4+ Kc7 30. Bd5
$18 Nd8 (30... b6 $5) 31. Ke4 Kd6 32. c4 b6 33. axb6 axb6 34. Kf5 (34. Kf5 Ke7
35. h5 Ne6 36. Bxe6 fxe6+ 37. Kg6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Barbera del Valles op"]
[Site "Barbera del Valles"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1996.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Qb6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc2 g6 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. Nb5 a6 10. Be3 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Be2 e6 14. Be3 d5 15.
cxd5 exd5 16. exd5 Ne7 17. d6 Nf5 18. Bf2 Be6 19. O-O Rc8 20. Ne3 Nxd6 21. Re1
Qc7 22. Ned5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Nf5 25. Bf1 Rfd8 26. Qe4 Bd4 27. Bxd4
Rxd4 28. Rac1 Rxe4 (28... Qxc1 29. Rxc1 Rxc1 30. Qe8+ Kg7 31. g4 Rdd1 $15) 29.
Rxc7 Rxe1 30. Rxc8+ Kg7 31. Kf2 Rb1 32. Bd3 Rxb2+ 33. Rc2 Rxc2+ 34. Bxc2 Kf6
35. f4 b5 36. g4 Nd4 37. Be4 b4 38. Ke3 Ne6 39. h4 h6 40. Bc2 a5 41. g5+ hxg5
42. hxg5+ Ke7 43. Bd1 Nc5 44. Kd4 Kd6 45. Bc2 Ne6+ 46. Ke3 Kc5 47. Ke4 Nd4 48.
Ba4 Nb5 49. Ke5 Nd6 50. Bb3 Kc6 51. Kf6 Kd7 52. Ba4+ Kd8 53. Bc6 Kc7 54. Ba4
Kd8 55. Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Balatonbereny GM"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wach, Markus"]
[Black "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1996.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Endspiel-CD} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 {Dieser Zug war
von den dreißiger Jahren bis 1950 ein wenig in Mode. Die Idee von Weiß ist,
nach c2-c4, Nc3, Be3 (oder b3 nebst Bb2), Qd2 usw.eine solides Zentrum zu
bekommen, um den schwarzen Standardgegenstoß b7-b5 und d6-d5 zu verhindern.} e5
6. Bb5+ Bd7 $6 (6... Nbd7 $142) 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Nf5 d5 9. Bg5 dxe4 10. Bxf6
Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 gxf6 12. fxe4 $16 {Eine musterhafte Stellung, wie ich sie aus
meiner Kindheit kenne, als ich von meinem ersten Trainer IM Atanasov,P die
Grundzüge der Schachstrategie lernte: Klarer positioneller Vorteil für Weiß!}
Nc6 13. c3 Rg8 14. g3 Rd8+ 15. Ke2 Ne7 16. Nd2 (16. Rf1 Nxf5 17. Rxf5 Ke7 18.
Nd2 Ke6 19. Raf1 Rg6 20. Nc4 Bh6 21. Rh5 $16) 16... Nxf5 17. exf5 {Der
Springertausch auf f5 würde nur ein Übel gegen ein anders eintauschen, denn
der zweite weiße Springer nistet sich dann sofort und unantastbar auf e4 ein!}
Rg4 18. Kf3 Ra4 19. Ne4 Be7 20. a3 Rd3+ 21. Ke2 Rd8 22. Ke3 Rc8 23. Rhd1 {
Damit dürfte alles klar sein: der Rest ist eine schnurgerade Einbahnstraße,
auf der Weiß den Weg zum Sieg nicht verfehlen kann. Einige kleine weiße
Ungenauigkeiten geben dem Nachziehenden leider am Damenflügel Gegenspiel.} h5
24. b3 $2 {Schwächt die Bauern am Damenflügel.} (24. Rd5 Rcc4 25. Nd2 Rc5 26.
Rxc5 Bxc5+ 27. Kf3 $16) 24... Ra6 $1 (24... Rxa3 $2 25. Nxf6+ $1 Kf8 26. Rxa3
Bxa3 27. c4 $16) 25. a4 Rb6 $14 26. Rab1 Rbc6 27. Rd3 (27. Rd5 $1 {/\c4 oder
Kd3}) 27... Rb6 28. Kd2 Rc4 $1 29. a5 (29. Ke3 $2 Rxa4 $17) 29... Rb5 30. bxc4
Rxb1 31. Rd5 a6 32. h4 Rb2+ 33. Ke3 Rb1 34. Kf3 Rf1+ 35. Kg2 (35. Ke2 Ra1 $15 (
35... Rg1 36. c5 Ra1 37. Nd6+ Kd7 $1 38. Nxb7+ Kc6 39. Rd3 $13)) 35... Re1 36.
Nd6+ (36. Kf3 Rf1+ 37. Kg2 $10 Re1 (37... Rxf5 $4 38. Rd1 $18 {/\Rb1})) 36...
Bxd6 37. Rxd6 Ra1 38. Rxf6 Rxa5 39. Rb6 Rc5 40. Rxb7 Rxc4 41. f6 Rc6 42. Re7+
Kf8 43. Rxe5 Rxf6 44. Rxh5 Rc6 45. Ra5 Rxc3 46. Rxa6 Kg7 47. Ra5 Kg6 48. Rg5+
Kh6 49. Kh3 f6 50. Ra5 Kg6 51. h5+ Kh6 52. Kh4 Rc4+ 53. g4 Kg7 54. Kg3 Rb4 55.
Ra7+ Kg8 56. h6 Rc4 57. Rg7+ Kf8 58. Ra7 Kg8 59. h7+ Kh8 60. Rf7 f5 61. Rxf5
Kxh7 62. Rf6 Kg7 63. Ra6 Rc7 64. Kh4 Rc5 (64... Rc5 {Endspiel-CD} 65. g5 Kg8
66. Kh5 Kg7 67. Ra7+ Kg8 68. Kh6 Rc6+ (68... Rc8) 69. g6 Rc8) 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.04"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 {Kritz} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 (5... Nc6 $5 {
(Kritz) ist ebenfalls eine gute Spielweise} 6. c4 (6. Nc3 {führt zum Rauser
mit 6.f3}) 6... Qb6 7. Nc2 (7. Nb3 a5 8. Qe2 a4 9. Be3 {'=' Kritz.} Qb4+ (9...
Qd8 10. Nd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e6 12. Nc3 Be7 13. Qf2 $14) 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. Be3 $11)
7... g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Rb1 Nb4 10. Ne3 (10. Nxb4 Qxb4 11. Be3 O-O $11) 10... O-O
11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O Rfc8 $132) 6. Nb3 (6. Bb5+ $6 {(Kritz) Dieser Zug ist eine
Falle in der Hoffnung, dass Schwarz 6...Bd7 zieht und Weiß in Vorteil kommt.}
Nbd7 $1 (6... Bd7 $2 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 (7... Nbxd7 8. Nf5 d5 (8... Nb6 9. c4 $1
Nxc4 10. Nc3 (10. Qa4+ $2 Qd7 11. Qxc4 Rc8 $19) 10... Qd7 11. Bg5 $44) 9. exd5
Nb6 (9... Qa5+ 10. Nc3 Nb6 11. O-O $14) 10. O-O Qxd5 11. Bg5 O-O-O 12. Qe2 $14)
8. Nf5 d5 9. Bg5 dxe4 10. Bxf6 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 gxf6 12. fxe4 $16) 7. Nf5 d5 8.
exd5 a6 9. Ba4 (9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Ne3 b5 11. Nc3 Bb7 $15) 9... b5 10. Bb3 Nc5 (
10... Nb6 $5 11. Ne3 Bc5 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Qd3 O-O $44) 11. Ne3 Nxb3 12. axb3 Bc5
13. c4 Nh5 $44) 6... Be6 (6... d5 $5 {(Kritz) Vielleicht ist diese Variante
objektiv gesehen etwas besser als die Partiefortsetzung, aber sie entspricht
weniger der taktischen und agressiven Spielart von Emil Sutovsky - Schwarz hat
hier kaum eine Chance auf Gewinn zu spielen.} 7. Bg5 (7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Bb5+ Nc6
9. c4 Bb4+ 10. Kf2 Nf4 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. a3 Bd6 14. Nc3 Be6 $13)
7... Be6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. exd5 Qxd5 (9... Bxd5 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Qd3 Nc6 12. O-O-O
Bxb3 13. axb3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 (14. bxc3 Qxd3 15. Bxd3 $14) 14... Nd4 15. f4 $14)
10. Qxd5 Bxd5 11. Nc3 Be6 (11... Bb4 12. O-O-O Bxb3 (12... Bxc3 13. Rxd5 Bb4
14. Rb5 $16) 13. axb3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ke7 15. Bd3 $14) 12. O-O-O Nd7 (12... Nc6
13. Bb5 (13. Nd5 Bh6+ 14. Kb1 O-O-O $17) 13... a6 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Na5 Bb4
16. Nxc6 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Bxa2 18. Rd6 Be6 19. c4 O-O 20. c5 $14) 13. Nd5 O-O-O
14. Bc4 Bh6+ 15. Kb1 Rhe8 $132) 7. c4 Nbd7 (7... a5 8. Be3 Be7 (8... a4 {Kritz}
9. N3d2 Qa5 10. Nc3 $14) 9. Be2 a4 10. N3d2 Qa5 11. Nc3 O-O 12. O-O Bd8 13. Nb5
Bb6 14. Bf2 Nc6 15. Nb1 $1 Ne8 (15... Nh5 $5 16. g3 (16. Nxd6 Bxf2+ 17. Rxf2
Rfd8 {[%cal Ga5c5]} 18. Nc3 Qc5 19. Ncb5 Nf4 20. Bf1 Nd4 $17) 16... Bc5 $13)
16. N1c3 Bc5 17. Kh1 a3 18. bxa3 Nc7 19. Rb1 Nxb5 20. Nxb5 Bxf2 21. Rxf2 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,R-Polgar,J/Sofia BUL 2005/The Week in Chess 549 (78)}) (7...
b5 $5 {Kritz Dieser Zug ist neu, so hat bis jetzt keiner gespielt.} 8. cxb5 (8.
c5 a6 9. Be3 Nc6 $15) 8... d5 $44) (7... Be7 {Kritz} 8. Be3 O-O 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10.
Be2 Rc8 11. Nd5 $14) 8. Nc3 {The background of this queenside knight's
development is vulnerability of the c4 pawn.} ({Another option is to develop
the queenside knight to d2:} 8. Be3 Rc8 9. N3d2 b5 10. b3 bxc4 11. bxc4 Nb6 12.
Nc3 Be7 13. Nd5 Nfxd5 14. cxd5 Bd7 15. Qb3 O-O 16. Ba6 Rb8 17. O-O Bg5 18. Qa3
f5 $11 {1-0 Svidler,P-Najer,E/ACP Blitz Final, playchess.com INT (4.5 2004 (38)
}) 8... Rc8 9. Be3 {Allowing Black to capture the c4 pawn. In opposite, White
is able to take Black's a7 pawn, as well as to manage the initiative against
Black's king in the centre. Kritz: 'Dieser Zug kam bis jetzt nur ein mal vor,
in der Partie Rodriguez - Milos (2001)'} (9. Nd5 Nb6 10. Bg5 (10. Nd2 Nfxd5 11.
cxd5 Bd7 12. b3 Be7 13. Bd3 Bh4+ 14. g3 Bg5 15. Kf2 O-O 16. h4 Bh6 17. Ba3 Qe7
18. Qe2 f5 $17 {0-1 Malakhov,V-Sotnikov,I/Ekaterinburg 1996/CBM 054 (58)})
10... Nxc4 11. Bxc4 Rxc4 12. Qd3 Bxd5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qxd5 Rc2 15. Qxb7 Bh6
16. O-O Rg8 17. g3 Bf4 18. Qb5+ Ke7 19. Qd3 Rxh2 $19 {0-1 Yandemirov,
V-Areshchenko,A/St Petersburg 2002/CBM 086 ext (29)}) 9... Bxc4 10. Bxc4 Rxc4
11. Qd3 $5 $146 {'?!' Kritz. Activating the queen with tempo. Kritz: 'Es ist
fraglich, ob diese Neuerung tatsächlich gut ist.'} ({White hasn't succeeded to
create serious problems for Black after Kritz: die o.g. Partie verlief so:} 11.
O-O a6 12. Nd5 Be7 13. Nxe7 Kxe7 14. Qd2 (14. Qd3 Rc6 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Rac1 Rc8
17. Rxc6 Qxc6 18. Na5 Qc7 19. b4 b6 20. Nb3 b5 21. Na5 Nb6 22. h3 h6 23. f4 Na4
24. Kf2 Nb2 {0-1 Sharapov,E-Najer,E/Moscow 2001/EXT 2002 (24)}) 14... Qb8 15.
Na5 {'©' Kritz.} Rcc8 16. Qb4 b6 17. Nc4 b5 18. Na5 Rc2 19. Rf2 Rhc8 20. Rd1
Rxf2 21. Bxf2 Rc2 $15 {1-0 Rodriguez,A-Milos,G/Santos 2001/CBM 082 (35)}) 11...
Rc8 {The most logical is to return the rook to its camp.} ({Worth
consideration:} 11... Rb4 12. Bxa7 Qa8 13. Nb5 (13. Rc1 Qxa7 14. Nb5 Qb6 $19)
13... Rxb5 14. Qxb5 Qxa7 $19) (11... Rc6 12. Bxa7 b6 13. a4 {with similar to
the position in the game.}) {White decides immediately to take the pawn back.}
12. Bxa7 ({Deserves attention:} 12. O-O $5) 12... b6 {limiting the
possibilities of White's bishop.} (12... Be7 {Kritz} 13. Be3 O-O 14. O-O $16)
13. a4 {intending to carry out a4-a5, that will return the dark-squared bishop
to the game.} (13. O-O {leads to complications:} Ra8 14. Nb5 d5 15. Rac1 Bc5+
16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. exd5 O-O 18. Qd2 c4 19. Rxc4 Nb6 $13) 13... Ra8 {Kritz:
'Schwarz muss zu d5 kommen, er darf sich nicht einfach langsam entwickeln,
denn statisch gesehen ist seine Stellung wegen dem schlechten Läufer, des
Feldes d5 und der weißen Überlegenheit am Damenflügel sehr schwer.'} (13... Be7
{Kritz} 14. a5 O-O 15. O-O bxa5 16. Nxa5 Nc5 17. Qb5 $16) 14. Nb5 d5 $1 {
White's king is in the centre, so, Black opens up the game.} 15. exd5 (15. O-O
$5 {Kritz} dxe4 16. fxe4 Be7 $132) 15... Bb4+ 16. Kf2 ({After} 16. Ke2 O-O $17
{[%cal Ge5e4] White's monarch is in danger again.}) 16... Nc5 $1 17. Qc4 (17.
Nxc5 {Kritz} Bxc5+ 18. Ke2 O-O $17) 17... Rc8 $1 {[%cal Gc5e4] creating new
threats against White's king and queen.} (17... Nxb3 $2 {Kritz} 18. Qxb4 Nc5
19. Rhd1 $16) 18. Rhc1 $1 {The best chance. White offers black to win the
queen.} (18. Qxb4 $4 {is met by} Nd3+ $19) 18... Nce4+ $4 {'?' Kritz. Probably,
Emil overestimated the attacking resources of his position.} ({After the simple
} 18... Nxd5 {Black's position is much better.} 19. Kg1 (19. Rd1 Nxb3 20. Qxb3
Bc5+ $19) 19... O-O $17 {'=/+' Kritz.} 20. Rd1 $6 {Kritz} Ne3 21. Rxd8 Nxc4 22.
Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Nxc5 Bxc5+ 24. Kf1 Ne3+ 25. Ke2 Nxg2 $17) (18... O-O 19. Kg1 Nxd5
$17) 19. fxe4 Rxc4 20. Rxc4 {White has got the rook and knight for the queen.
The point is that now White will collect Black's bishop as well...} O-O {
preparing an attack on the kingside.} ({The least of the evils was} 20... Ng4+
21. Ke2 Be7 22. h3 Nf6 23. d6 $16 (23. Nc7+ {Kritz} Kf8 24. Bxb6 $16)) (20...
Be7 21. Nc7+ Kf8 22. Bxb6 $18) 21. Rxb4 Ng4+ 22. Ke2 $1 {The safest place for
White's monarch.} (22. Kg1 $2 {is much worse:} Qh4 23. Bxb6 Qxh2+ 24. Kf1 f5
$40) 22... Qf6 {threatening with an invasion into White's camp, as well as
protecting the b6 pawn.} (22... Qh4 23. Bxb6 Qxh2 24. Rg1 Rb8 25. Ba7 Ra8 26.
Nd6 g6 27. Bc5 $18) 23. Rf1 {'+/-' Kritz. Kritz: 'Der schwarze Angriff ist das
geopferte Material nicht wert. Weiß hat einfach zu viele Figuren auf dem Brett.
'} Qh6 {threatening with an invasion to e3.} 24. Nd2 f5 {opening up the "f"
file. Other continuations are not better, than the move in the game:} (24...
Qe3+ 25. Kd1 Nf2+ 26. Rxf2 Qxf2 27. Nc3 Qxg2 28. Bxb6 h5 29. a5 h4 30. a6 Qxh2
31. a7 $18 Kh7 32. Be3 Ra8 33. Rb8 Rxa7 34. Bxa7 h3 35. d6 Qg2 36. Kc2 h2 37.
d7 $18) (24... Ne3 25. Nc3 Nxf1 26. Nxf1 $18) (24... Qxh2 25. Bxb6 Qxg2+ 26.
Kd1 h5 27. Nd6 h4 28. Nf5 h3 29. Rg1 Nf2+ 30. Bxf2 Qxf2 31. Rxg7+ Kh8 32. Rb3
$18) 25. exf5 Ne3 (25... Qe3+ {doesn't change the evaluation of the position:}
26. Kd1 Nf2+ 27. Rxf2 Qxf2 28. g4 $18) 26. Nc3 Nxf1 27. Nxf1 $18 {White has
three light pieces and two pawns for the queen. Black's problem is that
White's pieces are already coordinated and protect their king very well.} Rxf5
({Black's survival chances are not better after} 27... Qg5 $5 28. Bxb6 (28. Ne3
$2 Qe7 $1 $13) 28... Qxg2+ 29. Bf2 Rxf5 30. Ne4 Qf3+ (30... Qg4+ 31. Ke1 $18 {
[%cal Ye4f6]}) 31. Ke1 (31. Kd2 Rf4 32. Nfg3 h5 33. Rb8+ Rf8 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35.
Bc5+ Ke8 36. Nc3 $16) 31... Qd3 32. d6 Rf8 (32... Qb1+ 33. Ke2 Qc2+ 34. Nfd2
$18) 33. Nfd2 $18) 28. Bxb6 Qg6 {attacking White's g2 pawn.} (28... Rf4 29.
Rxf4 Qxf4 30. Ne3 $18) (28... Qh5+ {is met by} 29. g4 $18) 29. g3 e4 {closing
the fourth rank for White's rook.} 30. Ne3 ({Of course not} 30. Rxe4 $4 Qxb6
$19) 30... Qh5+ 31. Ke1 Rf8 32. Bc5 ({Simplier was} 32. Nxe4 Qxh2 33. d6 Rc8 (
33... Qg1+ 34. Ke2 $18) 34. Bc7 $18) 32... Rc8 33. Nxe4 Qxh2 34. d6 $6 {
giving White practical chances.} ({Preciser is} 34. Kd1 $18) 34... Rxc5 {
Last chance.} 35. Nxc5 (35. d7 $4 Rc1+ 36. Nd1 Qg1+ $19) 35... Qxg3+ 36. Ke2
Qh2+ 37. Ke1 Qg3+ 38. Kd2 Qh2+ ({More resistant was:} 38... Qxd6+ {, but,
anyway, after} 39. Nd3 {White's position is winning:} Qh2+ 40. Kc3 h5 41. a5 h4
42. Rc4 h3 43. Rc8+ Kh7 44. a6 Qh1 45. a7 h2 46. Nf2 Qe1+ 47. Kd3 Qb1+ 48. Kd2
Qxb2+ 49. Nc2 Qf6 50. a8=Q $18) 39. Kc3 Qe5+ (39... Qxd6 {doesn't change
anything:} 40. Ne4 $18) 40. Rd4 $1 {The simpliest. White is sacrificing the
knight, but saving his passed pawn "d".} Qxe3+ (40... Qxc5+ 41. Nc4 $18) 41.
Nd3 {Now black is hopeless against white's passed "d" pawn .} Qf3 42. d7 Qc6+
43. Kd2 Qg2+ 44. Ke3 Qh3+ 45. Ke4 Qg2+ 46. Ke5 Qg5+ 47. Kd6 h5 48. Kc6 Qd8 49.
Nc5 Kh7 50. Nb7 Qf6+ 51. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS09 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2004.09.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Black "Ilincic, Zlatko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. c4 Qb6 {Black has the
following alternatives:} (6... e6 {1-0 Yandemirov,V-Lerner,K/St Petersburg
1996/CBM 56 ext/[Shipov] (46)}) (6... Nxd4 $5 7. Qxd4 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Be3 Be6
10. Be2 O-O 11. Qd2 Rc8 $132 {Malakhov,V-Banikas,H/ESP/1996/0:1/60/}) 7. Nc2 g6
8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Rb1 {protecting the b2 pawn, thus making possible Be3. Other
possibilities are:} (9. Qd3 $5 Ne5 10. Qe3 Qc7 11. b3 a6 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Rc1 e6
14. f4 Ned7 15. Be2 b6 16. O-O $14 {Jagupov,I-Timoshenko,G/St.Petersburg/1996/
0:1/44/}) (9. Bd3 O-O 10. Rb1 e6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. O-O a6 13. Be2 b6 14. Qd2 Rd8
15. Rfd1 Rb8 16. Bf1 Bb7 17. Qf2 Ba8 18. Rbc1 $14 {1-0 McShane,L-Pelletier,Y/
ACP Blitz Prelim1, playchess.com INT 2004 (68)}) 9... Nb4 {disturbing white's
plans.} 10. Ne3 {Probably, white doesn't get anything special after} (10. Nxb4
Qxb4 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Be2 Rfc8 14. b3 Qa5 15. Rc1 Nd7 {1/2-1/2
Zvjaginsev,V-Shchekachev,A/St Petersburg 1998/CBM 67 (15)}) 10... O-O 11. Be2
Bd7 12. a3 $146 {More principle is} (12. O-O Nc6 13. Kh1 Rac8 14. Ned5 Nxd5 15.
Nxd5 Qd8 16. Be3 b6 17. Qd2 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Rbd1 Ne5 20. b3 Rf7 21. Bd4
$14 {1/2-1/2 Vajda,S-Hunt,H/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (49)}) 12... Nc6 13. Ned5 Nxd5
14. Nxd5 Qd8 15. O-O e6 16. Ne3 {White's main idea is to prevent from black
counterplay, it means to prevent the breakthroughs b7-b5 and d6-d5.} Nd4 17. b3
{preparing to develop the dark-squared bishop on long diagonal.} (17. b4 {
deserves attention.}) ({Worse is} 17. Nc2 $2 Ba4 18. Bd3 Bb3 $17 (18... d5 $17)
) 17... Qb6 18. Kh1 Ba4 $5 {It seems like black is going to win a pawn, but...}
(18... f5 {was interesting alternative.}) 19. Qe1 $1 {[%cal Ye2d1][%mdl 2304]
The only move, which prevents from black an advantage, and gives white chances
for an edge.} (19. Bb2 Bxb3 $1 20. Qd2 Ba2 21. Rbd1 Nb3 $17) (19. c5 dxc5 20.
Nc4 Qb5 $19 (20... Bxb3 21. Qxd4 Bxc4 $19)) (19. Qd3 Nxb3 20. Bb2 Bxb2 (20...
Nd4 21. c5 Qxc5 (21... dxc5 22. Bxd4 c4 23. Nxc4 Qxd4 24. Rxb7 $15) 22. Rfc1
Bb5 23. Qxb5 Nxb5 24. Rxc5 Nxa3 25. Bxa3 dxc5 26. Bxc5 Rfc8 $15) 21. Rxb2 Nc5
22. Rxb6 Nxd3 23. Rxd6 Nc5 $15) 19... Nxb3 $2 {Objectively, bad move... But,
first, it is extremely difficult during the game to refute it. Also, such
moves make the chess very interesting game!} (19... Bxb3 {loses immediately:}
20. Bd1 a5 21. Bxb3 Nxb3 22. a4 $18 {with following Qd1.}) ({It wasn't too
late to give up on idea to win the pawn:} 19... Bd7) 20. Bd1 $1 {[%mdl 2048]
White has six pieces on the first rank!} Rfc8 {Other moves don't prevent big
advantage from white:} (20... a5 21. Bc2 Bd4 22. Nd1 Qc6 23. Rxb3 (23. Bxb3
Bxb3 24. Rxb3 Qxc4 25. Rb1 Qc2 26. Be3 $14) 23... Bxb3 24. Bxb3 $14) (20... Bd4
21. Bxb3 $1 Bxb3 22. Nc2 Bg7 (22... Bxc2 23. Rxb6 Bxb6 24. Qc3 $18 {[%cal
Yc1h6]}) 23. Rf2 $1 {protecting the knight.} (23. Be3 Bxc2 24. Bxb6 Bxb1 25.
Qxb1 axb6 26. Qxb6 $14) 23... d5 (23... Bc3 24. Qxc3 Qxf2 25. Bh6 e5 26. Qxb3
$18) 24. c5 $18) 21. Bxb3 $1 (21. f4 {comes to consideration as well.}) 21...
Bxb3 22. Qd2 $1 {Stronger than} (22. Bb2 Ba2 23. Bxg7 Qxb1 (23... Bxb1 24. Bh6
$40) 24. Qd2 Qb3 25. Bf6 Bb1 26. Nd5 Qd3 27. Ne7+ Kf8 28. Qh6+ Ke8 29. Rg1 {
like in the game, but black's rook is located on c6, and not on c8, that plays
in black's hands.}) (22. Qe2 $2 {is met by} Bxc4 $1 $19) 22... Rc6 $1 ({
Black could include the a6-a5, a3-a4 moves:} 22... a5 23. a4 Rc6 24. Qd3 (24.
Bb2 Ba2 25. Bxg7 Bxb1 26. Bf6 $40) 24... Bxc4 25. Nxc4 Qa6 {-see 23.a4
variation.}) 23. Bb2 $1 {[%mdl 640] The only way to get advantage is to
sacrifice the exchange! All the attempts to win the b3 bishops are failed:} (
23. a4 a5 24. Ba3 (24. Qd3 Bxc4 25. Nxc4 Qa6 26. Nb2 Rb6 27. Qd1 Rc8 $44) (24.
Bb2 $142 $1) 24... Rac8 25. Rfc1 (25. Qd3 Bxc4 26. Nxc4 Qa6 27. Nb2 Qxd3 28.
Nxd3 Rc3 29. Rfc1 R8c6 $17) 25... Bd4 26. Qd3 Bxe3 27. Rxb3 Qxb3 28. Qxb3 Bxc1
29. Bxc1 Rxc4 30. Be3 Rc1+ 31. Bg1 Rf1 $17) (23. Qd3 Bxc4 24. Nxc4 Qa6 25. Nb2
Rb6 $44 {and white's pieces are paralized.}) 23... Ba2 24. Bxg7 Bxb1 25. Bf6
$40 {threatening with Nd5 and Qh6.} Qb3 ({Black doesn't survive after} 25...
Kf8 26. Nd5 $1 (26. Nd1 Rxc4 27. Qh6+ (27. Nc3 Rxc3 28. Bxc3 $16) 27... Ke8 28.
Qxh7 Rc1 29. Qg8+ Kd7 30. Qxf7+ (30. Qxa8 Rc8 $19) 30... Kc6 31. Qxe6 Qc5 $13)
26... exd5 27. exd5 $1 {opening the "e" file.} Rxc4 28. Qh6+ {This simple move
is stronger, than} (28. Re1 Be4 29. Qh6+ ({Worse is} 29. fxe4 Ke8 30. Qh6 Kd7
31. Qxh7 Rf8 $17) 29... Ke8 30. Qxh7 Qe3 31. Qg8+ Kd7 32. Qxf7+ Kc8 33. Qe6+ (
33. Bh4 Rc1) 33... Kc7 34. Qe7+ Kb6 35. Qxd6+ Kb5 36. Bh4 Qd2 37. fxe4 Rc1 $13)
28... Ke8 29. Qxh7 $18 {and black is hopeless against white's attack.} Qf2 30.
Qg8+ Kd7 31. Qxf7+ Kc8 32. Qe8+ Kc7 33. Qe7+ Kc8 (33... Kb6 34. Rxb1+) 34. Qd8#
) 26. Nd5 $1 {[%mdl 2176]} Qd3 27. Ne7+ Kf8 28. Qh6+ {White has three pieces
in attack on black's monarch, while, black's ones are absolutely
discoordinated... These factors promise white successful result of attack.} Ke8
29. Rg1 $1 {In such positions it is recommendable to keep the pieces protected,
that will prevent from opponent to get some tactical chances...} Kd7 30. Qxh7
Kc7 (30... Rxc4 31. Qxf7 $18) 31. Qxf7 $18 {White gets material advantage,
while his attack is absolutely isn't over. It makes black position hopeless.}
Kb6 32. Qxe6 $6 ({Even stronger was} 32. Bd4+ $1 Qxd4 (32... Ka6 33. Nxc6 bxc6
34. Qc7 $18) 33. Rxb1+ $18) 32... Rxc4 33. Nd5+ Ka5 34. Nb4 $1 {getting big
material advantage.} Qe2 {Other moves don't change anything:} (34... Rxb4 35.
axb4+ Kxb4 36. e5 $18) (34... Qb3 35. Qd5+ Ka4 (35... Kb6 36. Bd4+ $18) 36.
Qxb7 $18) 35. Qd5+ Rc5 ({After} 35... Ka4 {white is mating in the following
way:} 36. Qxb7 Rac8 37. Qa6+ Kb3 38. Rxb1+ Qb2 39. Rxb2#) 36. Qxb7 Rcc8 37.
Rxb1 Qb5 38. Nc6+ {mating.} (38. Nc6+ Qxc6 39. Bc3+ Qxc3 40. Qb5#) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Black "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 a6 {Other theoretical lines
are:} (5... Nc6 6. c4 Qb6 7. Nc2 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 {1-0 Erenburg,S-Ilincic,Z/FSGM
September, Budapest HUN 2004/[Erenburg] (38)}) (5... e5 6. Nb3 d5 $6 7. Bg5 Be6
8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Qxd5 Bxd5 11. Nc3 Be6 {0-1 Seeman,T-Short,N/
Tallinn/ Parnu 1998/CBM 066/[Short] (34)}) 6. c4 {White builds a strong centre,
in order to prevent Black's counterplay with d6-d5.} e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O
9. Be3 {covering the g1-a7 diagonal, and, at the same time, keeping the option
of a long castle available.} Nbd7 {Other options of the development are:} (9...
Bd7 10. O-O Nc6 11. Qd2 {1-0 Yandemirov,V-Zakharov,A/St Petersburg 1997/CBM
062/[Gofshtein,L] (31)}) (9... Qc7 10. Rc1 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qd2 Nbd7 13. Rfd1
Rac8 14. Bf1 {1/2-1/2 Bezgodov,A-Loskutov,O/Omsk 1996/CBM 057/[Yudasin,L] (40)}
) 10. g4 $5 $146 {[%csl Yd7][%cal Gg4g5] White tries to emphasize the
background in location of Black's knight after his previous move. In the
preceding game White continued} (10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 b6 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Rfd1
Rac8 14. Kh1 Qb8 15. Bg1 Bd8 16. Nc2 Bc7 17. Ne3 Rfe8 18. Bf1 Rcd8 19. b4 Ne5
20. a4 Re7 21. Qa2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Yandemirov,V-Slugin,S/Voronezh 2004/EXT 2005 
(56)}) 10... d5 $1 {According to the well-known rule, the best reaction
against opponent's initiative on the flank is the counterplay in the centre.}
11. cxd5 exd5 12. g5 Ne8 13. f4 {protecting the important g5 pawn, that limits
possibilities of Black's kingside light pieces.} ({Worth consideration:} 13.
Nxd5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. Nf5 Ndf6 $1 $15 (15... Qg2 16. Kd2 $13)) 13... dxe4
14. Qc2 {preparing long castle.} ({I think, White should have prefered} 14. Nf5
Bb4 15. O-O Bxc3 16. bxc3 $13) 14... Nc5 15. O-O-O ({After} 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16.
Qxe4 Bb4+ 17. Kf2 Nd6 $15 {White's king remains in the centre.}) 15... Nd6 (
15... Qa5 $5 16. Kb1 $1 {[%cal Gc3d5]} Nc7 17. f5 $44) 16. Rhg1 $6 {I think,
after this move, White is worse...} ({White should have activated his pieces:} 
16. Nd5 $1 Be6 17. Nxe6 Nxe6 18. Qd2 Nf5 19. Bg4 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 $13) (16. Kb1
Bd7 $17 {[%cal Ga8c8]}) 16... Qa5 $1 {preventing White's occupation of the d5
square.} 17. Kb1 {Moving away the king from the open "c" file.} (17. Nd5 {
is met by} Nd3+ $19) 17... Nd3 $1 18. Rxd3 $6 {Dubious exchange sacrifice.
White's position is a bit worse, but there is not a reason to go "va-bank".} ({
After} 18. Bxd3 exd3 19. Rxd3 Bd7 $15 {Black's position is better, thanks to
the pair of bishops.}) 18... exd3 19. Bxd3 g6 $17 20. h4 {White tries to get
an attack on the kingside before Black exchanges some of his active pieces.} (
20. Nb3 {doesn't promise sufficient compensation:} Qd8 21. Nd5 Nf5 22. Nxe7+
Nxe7 {[%cal Gd8d3,Yc8f5]} 23. Rd1 Bg4 $17) 20... Rd8 {covering the squares on
the "d" file.} ({Worse is} 20... Bf5 $2 21. Nxf5 Nxf5 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Qxf5
gxf5 24. Nd5 $44) 21. h5 (21. Nb3 {doesn't improve White's position.} Qc7 22.
Nd5 Qxc2+ 23. Bxc2 Nf5 24. Nxe7+ Nxe7 25. Bb6 Re8 $17) {[%tqu "En","Black is
exchange up, but white has some threats on the kingside. How would you
neutralize white's activity?","","","c8f5","",10]} 21... Bf5 $1 {neutralizing
White's threats.} ({Worse is} 21... Nb5 $2 22. Ndxb5 axb5 23. hxg6 hxg6 24.
Bxg6 $13) 22. hxg6 ({White doesn't have too many chances in the endgame:} 22.
Nxf5 Nxf5 23. Bxf5 Qxf5 24. Qxf5 gxf5 $17) 22... hxg6 23. Nxf5 Nxf5 24. Rh1 {
[%cal Gc2h2]} Kg7 $19 {parrying White's threat on the "h" file. Now Black is
an exchange up without any compensation for the first player. The rest is a
matter of an easy technique.} 25. Bd2 (25. Bc1 Rac8 $19) 25... Rac8 {[%cal
Gf5d4]} 26. Ne4 Bb4 ({Of course not} 26... Qd5 $4 27. Bc3+) 27. Bc3+ Bxc3 28.
Nxc3 Rh8 {occupying the "h" file.} 29. Rc1 Rh4 30. Qb3 Rc7 {covering the 7-th
rank.} 31. Rf1 Nd4 32. Qd5 (32. Qd1 Rh2 33. Qe1 Rc5 $19) 32... Qxd5 33. Nxd5
Rc5 {After exchange of the queens, White has no chance.} 34. Be4 Ne6 35. Bg2 b5
36. a3 Rc4 {increasing material advantage.} 37. f5 (37. b3 Rd4 $19 {[%cal
Gh4h2]}) 37... Nxg5 38. fxg6 fxg6 {Probably, White lost on time, but anyway,
his position is hopeless.} 0-1

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} d6 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. f3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e5 {[%emt 0:03:59]} 6. Nb3 {
[%emt 0:01:47]} d5 $5 {[%emt 0:01:54] Black is meeting the modest idea of 5.f3
with the most radical central advance. White has to live with the consequences
of lesser control of the d5-square.} 7. Bg5 {[%emt 0:02:13]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:07]
White would have a hard time trying to prove, that Black is not holding the
balance after both alternatives to the text move. Personally I believe that 7..
.Be6 can be played with full confidence by Black.} (7... dxe4 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.
fxe4 Nbd7 10. Bc4 Ke8 11. O-O Nb6 12. Bd3 Be7 13. Nc3 a6 14. Be3 Nbd7 15. Bc4
b5 16. Bd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bd8 18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 $14 {0-1 (50) Horvath,T 
(2386)-Beikert,G (2420) Germany 2015}) (7... Be6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. exd5 Qxd5 10.
Qxd5 Bxd5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. O-O-O (12. Nb5 Na6 13. c3 Ke7 14. Rd1 Bh6 15. Nd6 Nc7
16. Na5 Nd5 (16... Rhd8 17. Naxb7 Rd7 18. Bd3 Ne8 19. Nxe8 Rxb7 20. Be4 Rab8
21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22. Nd6 Rxb2 23. O-O $11) 17. Rxd5 Bxd5 18. Nf5+ Ke8 19. Nxh6 $16
{1-0 (56) Sadikhov,U (2414)-Oganisjan,R (2304) Moscow 2015}) 12... Nc6 13. Bb5
a6 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Ne4 f5 16. Nd6+ Ke7 17. Na5 Kf6 18. Nxc6 Rg8 19. g3 a5
20. Rhe1 Bxd6 21. Rxd6 Ra6 22. Rxe5 $18 {1-0 (50) Yildiz,B (2318)-Annaberdiev,
M (2432) Cesme 2015}) 8. c3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:04:30]} 9. cxd4 {
[%emt 0:03:36][%mdl 4] The games played with the immediate move 9.Bb5 are very
interesting. Black often sacrifices the d4-pawn for the initiative, but
White's chances should remain somewhat better. The current battle of the two
top players indicates, that the direct exchange on d4 is making life easier
for the defender.} (9. Bb5 h6 (9... Qb6 10. Bxc6+ (10. Qd3 Be7 11. cxd4 O-O 12.
Bxc6 bxc6 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. Bxe7 Qf2+ 15. Kd1 Qxg2 16. fxg4 Bxg4+ 17. Kc1 Qxh1+
18. Kc2 Qxh2+ 19. N1d2 Rfe8 20. Bd6 $14 {1/2 (33) Drozdowski,K (2458)-Robson,R
(2628) Las Vegas 2014}) 10... bxc6 11. cxd4 Ba6 12. dxe5 (12. Na3 Rd8 13. Bd2
exd4 14. Ba5 Bb4+ 15. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 16. Qd2 Qb6 17. Rc1 O-O 18. Qa5 Rd6 19. Kf2
Nd7 20. Rhd1 c5 $15 {1-0 (45) Panarin,M (2558)-Smirnov,A (2453) Sochi 2015})
12... Nd7 (12... Rd8 13. Qc1 h6 14. Be3 Qb5 15. Qc2 Nd7 16. f4 Bb4+ 17. Nc3
Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 c5 19. Rb1 Qc4 20. Na5 $18 {1-0 (55) Khavin,A-Veresov,G Moscow
1944}) 13. Qd4 (13. Qd2 Nxe5 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Kf2 Bd6 16. g3 O-O 17. Qa5 Qxa5
18. Nxa5 f5 19. Kg2 fxe4 20. fxe4 Ng4 21. Re1 Bb4 {0-1 (21) Nieto,E (2332)
-Piceu,T (2350) Belgium 2010}) 13... Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxe5 15. Kd2 h6 16. Bh4 g5
17. Bg3 Bg7 18. Na3 O-O-O 19. Kc3 Nxf3 20. gxf3 Rxd4 {0-1 (20) Kraus,T (2402)
-Navara,D (2751) Havlickuv Brod 2015}) (9... Be6 10. cxd4 Bxb3 (10... Bb4+ 11.
N1d2 Qb6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. O-O exd4 14. Rc1 Nd7 15. f4 Bxd2 16. Nxd2 f6 17.
Bh4 O-O 18. Nc4 Bxc4 19. Rxc4 c5 20. b4 Qe6 21. Qe2 $11 {1/2 (33) Koch,B-Van
Scheltinga,T Helsinki 1952}) 11. Qxb3 Qxd4 12. Be3 Bb4+ (12... Qb4+ 13. Nc3
Qxb3 14. axb3 a6 15. Nd5 Rc8 16. Nb6 Rc7 17. Ba4 Bb4+ 18. Kf2 O-O 19. Rac1 Rd8
20. Rc2 h6 21. Rhc1 $14 {1/2 (97) Paehtz,E (2331)-Kosteniuk,A (2459) Mainz 2002
}) 13. Nd2 (13. Kf2 Qd6 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. Nc3 O-O 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Na4 Nh5 18.
Qc4 Nf4 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Bxc5 Qh4+ 21. Kg1 Rfd8 $11 {1-0 (53) Gasanov,E (2369)
-Cherevatenko,R (2410) Kharkov 1999}) 13... Bxd2+ 14. Bxd2 O-O 15. Bxc6 bxc6
16. Be3 Qd7 17. O-O Rab8 18. Qc3 Qc7 19. Rac1 Rfc8 20. Rf2 $16 {1-0 (27)
Mastrovasilis,D (2559)-Chocenka,D (2306) Warsaw 2007}) (9... Bd7 10. cxd4 exd4
11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Qxd4 Be7 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. Nc3 b6 15. Be3 O-O 16. Nd4 Bd7
17. O-O-O Rc8 18. Kb1 Bb4 19. Nce2 Rfd8 20. Nc2 Be7 21. Nc3 $16 {1-0 (56)
Pantani (2389)-Connor (2382) playchess.com INT 2006}) 10. Bh4 (10. Bxf6 Qxf6
11. cxd4 Bb4+ 12. Nc3 O-O 13. O-O (13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. Qd4 Qe7 16.
a3 Bd6 17. O-O-O Bf4+ 18. Kc2 Rb8 19. Nc5 Be6 20. g3 Be5 21. Qe3 Bd6 $11 {
0-1 (56) Hartman,C (2210)-De Firmian,N (2515) Copenhagen 1984}) 13... Nxd4 14.
Nd5 Qd6 15. Nxb4 (15. Nxd4 Bc5 16. Kh1 Bxd4 17. Qe2 Be6 18. Bc4 Rac8 19. Bb3
Qc5 20. Qd2 Kh8 $15 {1/2 (57) Bruzon Batista,L (2664)-Cheparinov,I (2681)
Tromso 2014}) 15... Qxb4 16. Nxd4 Rd8 17. Qe2 Qxd4+ 18. Kh1 Be6 19. Rfd1 Qb4
20. b3 Rac8 $15 {0-1 (33) Blazeka,M (2276)-Saric,A (2573) Zagreb 2015}) 10...
Qb6 11. Bc4 (11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. cxd4 exd4 (12... Bb4+ 13. N1d2 Ba6 14. Bf2 exd4
15. Bxd4 c5 16. Be3 Rd8 17. Kf2 Rd3 18. Re1 O-O 19. a3 Bxd2 20. Nxd2 Qxb2 21.
Qc1 Qe5 $15 {0-1 (36) Kasparov,S (2470)-Kobese,W (2343) Cape Town 2013}) 13.
Qxd4 c5 14. Qe3 Ba6 15. Nc3 g5 16. e5 Qe6 17. Bf2 Nd7 18. O-O-O Rc8 19. Kb1 Be7
20. Nd5 Bd8 21. Nf6+ Nxf6 22. exf6 Qxe3 23. Bxe3 $16 {1-0 (34) Ding,Y (2433)
-Wang,J (2369) Xinghua 2015}) 11... Be7 12. cxd4 O-O 13. O-O Rd8 14. Bf2 exd4
15. N1d2 Qc7 16. Rc1 Bd6 17. g3 Qe7 18. Re1 Be5 19. Bd3 Bh3 20. Nc4 Bc7 21. Qe2
$14 {1/2 (44) Oleksienko,M (2629)-Yilmaz,M (2570) Iasi 2015}) 9... exd4 {
[%emt 0:07:36]} (9... Bb4+ 10. Nc3 exd4 11. a3 Be7 12. Nb5 O-O 13. N3xd4 (13.
Bf4 Nh5 14. Bc7 Qd7 15. N3xd4 a6 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Rc1 Qh6 $11) 13... Qb6 14.
Be3 Rd8 15. Qd2 Bc5 16. Rd1 Nxe4 17. fxe4 Bg4 18. Be2 Bxe2 19. Kxe2 Rd7 20. b4
Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Rad8 22. Qc2 Nxd4+ 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. Bxd4 Rxd4 25. Rd1 Rxd1 26.
Qxd1 $11 {1/2 (32) Oleksienko,M (2620)-Cheparinov,I (2684) Doha 2014}) 10. Bb5
{[%emt 0:11:51]} Bb4+ $1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 11. Bd2 {[%emt 0:02:46] The
unpleasant check on b4 forces Grischuk to make one of the moves that ate not
very desirable for White.} (11. N1d2 Be6 12. O-O Qb6 13. Bc4 (13. Bxf6 gxf6 14.
Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Rc1 O-O-O $11) 13... Bxd2 14. Nxd2 O-O $11) 11... Bd6 {[%emt 0:
01:49]} (11... Bxd2+ $6 12. Qxd2 O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qxd4 Qc7 15. O-O $16)
12. Na3 {[%emt 0:19:52] The burden of experience and genuine strength is
preventing White from seeking luck in the more enterprising line with 12.Nxd4.
Every great player knows that the opening phase should be devoted to the art
of developing pieces.} (12. Nxd4 O-O 13. Be3 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qc7 15. Nc3 Be6 $11)
12... O-O {[%emt 0:08:20]} 13. Nc4 {[%emt 0:03:38]} (13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Ba5 Qe7
15. Qxd4 Be5 $1 (15... c5 16. Qd3 Be5 17. O-O-O $14) 16. Bb4 Bxd4 17. Bxe7 Bxb2
18. Rb1 Bc3+ 19. Kf2 Re8 $11) 13... Be6 {[%emt 0:15:11] Vachier Lagrave is
fully mobilised and his d pawn is not especially vulnerable. White decides to
minimise the danger and bring the king to safety.} 14. Nxd6 {[%emt 0:05:10]} (
14. Rc1 Nb4 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. a3 Na2 17. Ra1 a6 $11) 14... Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:07]
} 15. O-O {[%emt 0:00:18]} a6 {[%emt 0:18:56]} 16. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:07:03]} bxc6 {
[%emt 0:00:25]} 17. Rc1 {[%emt 0:03:17]} (17. Qc2 Nd7 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19. Nc5 a5
20. Be1 a4 $11) 17... Nd7 {[%emt 0:07:28]} 18. Nc5 $5 {[%emt 0:02:55] Apart
from the moral obligation of top players to play interesting chess, White has
every right to make use of even the smallest chance in the fight for the
advantage.} Nxc5 $6 {[%emt 0:00:08] The French star is feeling the heat and
fails to choose one of the more promising lines at the critical moment.} (18...
a5 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Qa4 Rab8 21. b3 Rb5 $11) (18... Bxa2 $5 19. Nb7 Qe6 20.
Bf4 c5 21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. Rxc5 Bc4 23. Re1 d3 $11) 19. Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rfd8
{[%emt 0:00:10]} 20. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:02:42]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:03:10]} 21. b3 {
[%emt 0:08:15]} a5 {[%emt 0:06:55]} 22. Rf2 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:03:
18]} 23. Rd2 {[%emt 0:08:09]} a4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:15] Counterplay is called upon
to be the best defence, Black knows how to fight back.} 24. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:
38] Grischuk blinks at the critical moment, his advantage will be minimised.
With hindsight White would surely play the more ambitious 24.b4!? and the
defender would learn to regret his decision on the 18th move.} (24. b4 $5 f6 (
24... a3 25. Rcc2 d3 26. Rc3 $14) 25. f4 Rd7 26. a3 $14) 24... axb3 {[%emt 0:
01:33]} 25. axb3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bxb3 {[%emt 0:04:30]} 26. Qe1 {[%emt 0:03:49]
} f6 {[%emt 0:02:58]} 27. Qe3 {[%emt 0:03:05]} (27. h3 Ra2 28. Rxa2 Bxa2 29.
Qc3 Qa4 30. Bc5 $14) 27... Ra2 $1 {[%emt 0:05:04] Exchanging off the enemy's
potential attacking pieces can hardly be wrong, Black is doing a good job of
sailing closer towards equality.} 28. Rxa2 {[%emt 0:01:28]} (28. Rd3 Bf7 29.
Rcd1 c5 30. Bb2 Rxd3 31. Qxd3 Qxd3 32. Rxd3 Be6 $11) 28... Bxa2 {[%emt 0:00:09]
} 29. Qa3 {[%emt 0:04:29]} (29. h3 $5 Bf7 30. Kh2 $14) 29... Bf7 {[%emt 0:01:
54]} 30. h3 {[%emt 0:03:36]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 31. Qc3 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Qa4
$1 {[%emt 0:01:44] The attack of the bishop is connected with the real hope to
exchange rooks. The fight is over as Black managed to eliminate all dangers of
White's attack along the dark squares.} 32. Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rd1+ {[%emt 0:
00:08]} 33. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 34. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} Qd6+ {[%emt 0:01:04]} 35. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qe6 $11 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
36. Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 37. Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Qd7 {
[%emt 0:05:49]} 38. f4 {[%emt 0:03:39]} (38. g4 Qe6 $11) 38... f5 $1 {[%emt 0:
03:05] The final defensive touch, Black is holding on the light squares.} 39.
exf5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} (39. e5 Bd5 $11) 39... Qxf5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 40. Be5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Qa7 {[%emt 0:02:37]} (41. Bxg7 $4 Qg6
$19) 41... Qf7 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 42. Qxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Wereldschaaktoernooi"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1950.11.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B55"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1950.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 (6... Bd7) 7.
Nf5 d5 8. exd5 a6 9. Bxd7+ (9. Ba4 b5 10. Bb3 Nc5 $1 11. Ne3 Bd6 $1 12. O-O O-O
13. Nc3 Bd7 14. Ne2 Qc7 15. g3 Nh5 16. Ng2 f5 $15 {|^ Sarink-Keller, corr 1990,
CCYB 1/38}) 9... Qxd7 10. Ne3 b5 11. b3 $6 (11. c4 bxc4 (11... Bc5 12. Nc3 O-O
$44 {-/+ ->}) 12. Nc3 $13) 11... Bc5 12. a4 Rb8 (12... b4 $6 13. c4) 13. axb5
axb5 14. Qd3 O-O {/\15... e4 15.fe Te8 16.Sd2 Le3 17.De3 Sd5->} 15. Nc3 (15.
O-O Nxd5) 15... Nh5 16. g3 f5 17. Bd2 Nf6 18. Ne2 Re8 $17 (18... e4 19. fxe4
fxe4 20. Qc3 Bxe3 21. Bxe3 Nxd5 22. Qd4 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Rf3 24. Qd4 $15) 19. c4
e4 20. fxe4 bxc4 21. bxc4 Nxe4 {/\22... Sd2 23... Le3} 22. Nd1 (22. Nd4 f4 $1)
22... f4 $1 23. Rf1 (23. gxf4 Qg4) (23. Bxf4 Bb4+ 24. Kf1 Qh3+ 25. Kg1 Bf5 $19)
23... fxg3 24. hxg3 Qh3 25. Be3 (25. Qf3 Bg4 $19 26. Qf7+ Kh8) 25... Bb4+ 26.
Ndc3 Bxc3+ 27. Nxc3 Qxg3+ 28. Kd1 Nxc3+ 29. Qxc3 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2004.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 a5 7. a4 (7. Bb5+ Nc6
8. Nc3 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. Qe2 Na7 12. Bc4 Qc7 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Rf2
b6 15. Rd1 Qc6 16. a4 d5 17. exd5 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Ivanchuk,V/Skanderborg 2003/
(17)}) (7. Nc3 Be7 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. a4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O Be6 12. Nd5 Bxd5
13. exd5 Nb4 14. c4 Nh5 15. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 Magem Badals,J-Borovikov,V/Pamplona
2003/ (15)}) (7. c4 a4 8. N3d2 Nc6 9. Nc3 a3 10. b3 Qb6 11. Ndb1 Be7 12. Be2
O-O 13. Na4 Rxa4 14. bxa4 Nd4 15. Nc3 Be6 16. Rb1 Qc5 17. Nb5 Nxe4 18. Nxd4
Bh4+ 19. g3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Bxg3+ 21. Kf1 exd4 22. Rb5 Qc6 23. Qxd4 {1-0
Mastrovasilis,D-Petraki,M/Kavala 2004/ (30)}) 7... Nc6 8. Bb5 Be7 9. c4 O-O 10.
Be3 Na7 {Ponomariov is cleverly underlining the fact, that in the heat of the
fight white has decided for the dubious closing of the bishop on b5 square.} (
10... Be6 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qe2 $14) 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Qd3 Nh5 (12...
Nxb5 $5 13. axb5 Nh5 14. g3 Bg5 15. Bf2 f5 $13) 13. g3 f5 14. Nd2 (14. Nd5 Nxb5
15. Bb6 fxe4 16. fxe4 Qd7 17. axb5 Nf6 $13) 14... fxe4 15. fxe4 Bg5 (15... Nxb5
16. axb5 Nf6 $11) 16. O-O-O (16. Bxa7 Rxa7 17. Nf3 Be7 18. O-O Ra8 $11) 16...
Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Nf6 18. Rhf1 Qc7 (18... Nxb5 19. Nxb5 (19. axb5 Rc8 $17) 19...
Rc8 20. Kb1 Rc6 $15) 19. b3 Nc6 20. Nf3 Bh3 $1 21. Rfe1 Bg4 22. Rd2 (22. Rf1
Bxf3 23. Rxf3 Nd4 24. Rxd4 exd4 25. Qxd4 Kh8 $15) 22... Nxe4 $5 {Exchampion is
fighting for the advantage and it is not his fault, that after losing a pwn
white get's some compensation in a solid control of the center.} (22... Bxf3
23. Qxf3 Nd4 24. Qd1 Rac8 25. Rxd4 exd4 26. Qxd4 $15) 23. Nxe4 (23. Nd5 Qd8 24.
Nxe5 Nxd2 25. Nxg4 Nf3 26. Rd1 Nce5 $17) 23... Bxf3 (23... Rxf3 24. Qg5 Bd7 25.
Rxd6 Bf5 26. c5 Nd4 $15) 24. Bxc6 bxc6 (24... Qxc6 25. Nxd6 e4 $11) 25. Nxd6 e4
26. c5 Rab8 27. Kb2 Kh8 28. Qc3 Qe7 (28... Rb4 29. Rd4 Rxd4 30. Qxd4 Qe7 31.
Re3 $14) 29. Rd4 Qe5 $2 {It is possible, that black has even decided to
sacrifice the queen, but better chances are residing with white.} (29... Bg2
30. Re3 Rf3 31. Nxe4 Rxe3 32. Qxe3 Qe6 33. Qd3 Qe7 $14) (29... Rb4 $5 30. Rxb4
axb4 31. Qd4 (31. Qxb4 e3 32. Qd4 e2 $11) 31... Qe6 32. Qxb4 e3 $11) 30. Nf7+
$1 Rxf7 31. Rd8+ Rxd8 (31... Qe8 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. Qxa5 $18) 32. Qxe5 h6 33.
Qc3 Rd3 (33... Ra7 34. Re3 (34. Kc2 Rd3 35. Qe5 Rb7 36. Rxe4 Rbxb3 37. Re1 Bh5
$14) 34... Rd5 35. Ka3 $16) 34. Qxa5 Bd1 (34... e3 35. Qa6 Be4 36. Qc4 Rd2+ 37.
Ka3 Bd5 38. Qa6 Re7 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. a5 $16) 35. Qb4 (35. Qa8+ Kh7 36. Qxc6
Rf2+ (36... Rxb3+ 37. Kc1 Bf3 38. Qd5 Rbb7 39. a5 $18) 37. Ka1 Bf3 38. Qe6 $18)
35... e3 {[%mdl 1024] In a mildly irrational position each move can turn
against the author. McShane can lean on his material advantage and possible
transfers into rook endgames are also not promissing black equality.} (35...
Rf2+ $5 36. Ka3 $1 (36. Ka1 Rxb3 37. Qxe4 Rc3 38. Rxd1 Ra3+ 39. Kb1 Rb3+ 40.
Kc1 Rc3+ $11) 36... Bxb3 37. Qxb3 Rff3 38. Qxd3 Rxd3+ 39. Kb4 e3 40. a5 $16) (
35... Rxb3+ 36. Qxb3 Bxb3 37. Kxb3 Re7 38. a5 e3 39. Kc3 e2 40. Kd2 Re4 41.
Rxe2 Ra4 42. Re6 Rxa5 43. Rxc6 $16) 36. a5 (36. Qc4 Rfd7 37. Rf1 Rd2+ 38. Ka3
Rd8 39. Qe6 e2 40. Rf4 $16) 36... e2 (36... Rxb3+ 37. Qxb3 Bxb3 38. Kxb3 Re7
39. Kc3 Re4 40. Ra1 e2 41. Kd2 e1=Q+ 42. Rxe1 Ra4 43. Re6 Rxa5 44. Rxc6 $16)
37. a6 Rdd7 (37... Rxb3+ 38. Qxb3 Bxb3 39. Kxb3 Ra7 40. Rxe2 Rxa6 41. h4 Kg8
42. Re7 $14) 38. Qe4 Rde7 (38... Rc7 39. b4 $18) 39. Qxc6 Rf1 40. a7 $1 Rxe1 (
40... Rxa7 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Rxe2 Bxe2 43. Qxe2 Raf7 44. Qe4+ $18) 41. a8=Q+ Kh7
42. Qf8 {Similar material relationships on the board are not seen every day.}
Re5 (42... Rf1 43. Qxe7 e1=Q 44. Qce4+ Qxe4 45. Qxe4+ $18) 43. Qfd6 (43. Qfd6
Rf1 44. Qg6+ Kg8 45. Qd7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.10.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1994.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 $2 (6... Nbd7)
7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Nf5 d5 9. Bg5 $1 dxe4 (9... d4 10. Bxf6 gxf6 $16) 10. Bxf6
Qxd1+ (10... Qxf5 $4 11. Qd8#) 11. Kxd1 gxf6 12. fxe4 Nc6 13. c3 $16 (13. Nc3
Rd8+ 14. Nd5 Ne7 15. Nfxe7 Bxe7 $14) 13... Rg8 14. g3 Rd8+ 15. Nd2 Ne7 16. Kc2
$1 Kd7 (16... Nxf5 17. exf5 Rg4 18. Rae1 $16) 17. Rad1 $1 Kc6 (17... Ke6 18.
Nb3 Nc6 (18... Rxd1 19. Nc5# $1) 19. Rxd8 Nxd8 20. Rd1 Nc6 21. Rd3 $18) (17...
Nxf5 18. exf5 $18) 18. Nf3 Rxd1 19. Nxe7+ $1 (19. Rxd1 Nxf5 20. exf5 Bh6 $14)
19... Bxe7 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8 (21. Rf1 $16) 21... Bxd8 22. Nh4 Be7 23. Nf5
Bf8 24. b4 Kd7 25. Kb3 Kc6 26. Kc4 a6 27. a4 b6 (27... b5+ 28. axb5+ axb5+ 29.
Kb3 Kb6 30. c4 bxc4+ 31. Kxc4 $18) 28. g4 b5+ 29. Kb3 Kd7 30. Ne3 (30. axb5
axb5 31. c4 $18) 30... Bh6 31. Nd5 Bg5 32. c4 Kc6 33. Nc3 bxc4+ 34. Kxc4 Bh4
35. Nd5 Bg5 36. h3 $22 Bh4 37. Ne7+ Kd7 38. Nf5 Be1 39. b5 axb5+ 40. Kxb5 $1
Bd2 41. Kb6 Be1 42. a5 Bf2+ 43. Kb7 Ke6 44. Kc6 (44. Kc6 Bg1 45. a6 Bf2 46. Nd6
Bg1 47. Nc8 Bf2 48. Nb6 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Black "Zakharov, Alexander S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e6 (5... Nc6 6. c4 Qb6) (5...
e5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. c4 a5) 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be3 a6 9. Be2 Bd7 10. O-O Nc6
11. Qd2 Ne5 $6 (11... Qb8 $5 {With idea 12...ND4 13.Bd4 b5}) 12. b3 Qc7 13.
Rac1 (13. f4 Neg4 14. Nc2 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 e5 16. f5 d5 17. Qf3 d4 18. Nd5 Nxd5
19. exd5 Bf6 20. g4 h6 21. Qg3 Qd8 22. Ne1 Re8 23. Ng2 e4 24. Rae1 Rc8 25. h4
d3 26. Bd1 b5 27. cxb5 Bxb5 {Boskova,L-Kuttenberg,K/Klatovy op-B 1997/EXT 97/
0-1 (43)}) 13... Rac8 14. Kh1 Qb8 15. f4 Nc6 (15... Neg4 16. Bg1) (15... Ng6
16. f5) 16. Bd3 b5 (16... Nxd4 17. Bxd4 e5 18. Be3 exf4 19. Bxf4 $16) 17. cxb5
Nxd4 18. Bxd4 e5 (18... axb5 19. e5 $40) 19. Be3 axb5 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5
exf4 $6 (21... f5 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Qb4) (21... Qb7 $142) 22. Bxf4 b4 $6 (22...
Qb6) 23. Rc4 $1 Rxc4 24. bxc4 $16 {[%csl Rb4,Rd6] white has the advantage
mainly because of black's weak "b4" pawn} Qb6 25. Be3 Qa5 26. Bd4 f5 (26... Ra8
27. Qf4 Be8 28. Qe4 $18) 27. a3 $18 Qxa3 $2 (27... Rb8 28. Rb1) (27... Qc7 28.
axb4) 28. Ra1 Qb3 29. Ra7 Rf7 (29... Rd8 30. Bb6) 30. Rxd7 Bg5 31. Qe2 1-0

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.30"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 (5... Nc6 6. c4 Qb6 $5 7.
Nc2 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Qd3 $1 Ne5 10. Qe3 Qc7 11. b3 a6 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Rc1 e6
14. f4 Ned7 15. Be2 b6 $14 {Jagupov-Timoshenko,1996,Sankt-Peterburg}) (5... e6
6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Nc2 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5
Qc7 $44 {Lombardy-Fisher,USA ch 1961}) 6. Nb3 (6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. Nf5 d5 $5 8.
exd5 a6 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Ne3 b5 11. c4 Bc5 12. Nc3 O-O 13. cxb5 axb5 14. O-O
Bd4 $11 {Beli-Navarovski,1954}) (6. Nb5 a6 7. N5c3 Be6 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Bc8
10. Be3 Be7 11. Qd2 f5 12. c4 $13 {Smyslov-Bondarevskij,1941 USSR}) 6... Be7 (
6... d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Qxd5 Bxd5 11. Nc3 Be6 12.
O-O-O Nc6 13. Bb5 a6 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Na5 $1 Bb4 $1 16. Nxc6 Bxc3 17. bxc3
Bxa2 18. Rd6 Be6 19. c4 $1 O-O 20. c5 $14 {Zvjagincev-Shipov,Russia 1997}) (
6... Be6 7. c4 Nbd7 8. Be3 Rc8 9. N3d2 Nb6 10. b3 Nh5 11. Nc3 Be7 12. g3 g6 13.
Bg2 O-O 14. O-O f5 $13 {Maljitin-Obuhov,USSR 1991}) 7. c4 a5 (7... O-O 8. Nc3
a5 9. Be3 a4 10. Nd2 Qa5 11. a3 Bd7 12. Be2 Na6 13. O-O Nc5 $13 {Wolff-Browne,
USA 1992}) 8. Be3 a4 (8... O-O 9. Be2 a4 10. N3d2 Nfd7 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nc3 Bg5
13. Bf2 Nc5 14. Nb5 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. fxe4 Rxf2 18. Kxf2 Nxe4+
19. Kg1 Be3+ 20. Kh1 Qh4 21. Rf3 Nd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. g3 Qg5 24. Qc2 Nf2+ 25.
Kg2 Ng4 26. Qe4 Nf6 27. Qxb7 Rf8 28. Rd1 Bc5 29. b4 axb3 30. axb3 Qg6 31. Rd2
e4 32. Rf1 Qg5 33. Ra2 Qe3 34. b4 Bd4 35. c5 d5 36. c6 Ne8 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38.
Qd7 Qf2+ 39. Kh3 {1-0 Somlai,L-Lingnau,C/Budapest FS02 GM 1997/EXP 56}) 9. N3d2
Qa5 10. Be2 Bd8 $1 (10... O-O) 11. Nc3 $1 a3 $6 (11... Bb6 $2 12. Bxb6 Qxb6 13.
Nxa4) (11... Bd7 $2 12. c5 dxc5 13. Nc4 $40) (11... O-O $1 12. O-O (12. c5 dxc5
13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Qd6 $44) 12... Bb6 $11) 12. b4 $1 Qxb4 13. Nb5 O-O 14. Rb1 Qa5
15. Nxd6 $1 $16 (15. Rb3 Bb6 16. c5 (16. Rxa3 Qxa3 17. Nxa3 Bxe3 $44) 16...
Bxc5 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Rxa3 Qxa3 19. Nxa3 Rxa3 20. Nc4 Rxa2 21. Nxe5 $16) 15...
Qc7 16. Nb5 Qc6 17. Nc3 Nh5 $5 18. g3 Qg6 19. Nd5 Nc6 20. f4 $1 Nxf4 21. gxf4
exf4 22. Bf2 $6 (22. Nxf4 Bh4+ 23. Kf1 (23. Bf2 $6 Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Qf6 $13)
23... Qf6 24. Nf3 Rd8 25. Qc1 $18) 22... Re8 $6 (22... Qh6 23. h4 f5 24. exf5
Bxf5 25. Rxb7 Ba5) 23. Nxf4 Qd6 24. Bg3 Qd4 25. Nf3 Ba5+ $6 (25... Qxe4 $1 26.
Qd3 $1) 26. Kf1 Qxe4 27. Bd3 Qe7 28. Kg2 Bg4 29. Nd5 Qe6 30. h3 Bxf3+ 31. Qxf3
Ne5 32. Bxe5 Qxe5 33. Rhf1 $18 f6 34. Qf5 $6 (34. Rxb7 $18) 34... Qxf5 35. Rxf5
Ra7 36. Kf3 Bd8 37. Rf4 Rf8 38. Re4 Kf7 39. Re3 g6 40. Bf1 Kg7 41. Rbb3 f5 42.
Nf4 Kf6 43. Ne6 Re8 44. Nxd8 Rxd8 45. Rxa3 Rda8 46. Rxa7 Rxa7 47. a3 Kg5 48.
Rb3 b6 49. Kf2 Kh4 50. Rxb6 Rxa3 51. c5 Ra2+ 52. Be2 Kxh3 53. c6 Rc2 54. Rb4
Rxc6 55. Bf1+ 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Magem Badals, Jordi"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. c4 Qb6 $6 7. Nb5 (7. Nc2
g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Qd3 Ne5 10. Qe3 Qc7 11. b3 a6 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Rc1 e6 14. f4
Ned7 15. Be2 b6 16. O-O Bb7 17. b4 Rac8 18. Na1 Qb8 19. Nb3 Qa8 20. Bd3 Rfe8
21. Rfe1 e5 22. Nd5 b5 $15 {Yagupov-Timoshenko,rus1996}) 7... a6 8. N5c3 e6 9.
Be2 Be7 10. Na4 Qa7 11. Nbc3 O-O 12. Bf4 (12. Qd3 d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. exd5 Nb4
15. Qd1 Bf5 $17) 12... Nh5 $1 (12... Rd8 13. Bg3 d5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. exd5 Nb4
16. Bf2 $16) 13. Bxd6 b5 (13... Rd8 $143 14. Bxe7 Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 b6 16. Bd6 $44
) 14. Bxe7 (14. cxb5 $143 axb5 15. Bxb5 Rd8 16. Bxc6 Rxd6 $19) 14... Qxe7 15.
cxb5 axb5 16. Nb6 (16. Bxb5 Rd8 17. Qc1 Qh4+ $19) 16... Rd8 17. Qc1 (17. Nxa8
Qh4+ 18. Kf1 Ng3+ 19. hxg3 Qxh1+ 20. Kf2 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Qh5 22. Bxb5 Qc5+ 23.
Kf1 Nd4 $19) 17... Rb8 18. Nxc8 Qh4+ 19. Kf1 b4 $1 (19... Ng3+ $143 20. hxg3
Qxh1+ 21. Kf2 Qxc1 22. Rxc1 Rbxc8 23. Nxb5 Rd2 24. Ke3 Rxb2 25. Nd6 Rc7 26. a4
$13) 20. Nb5 Rbxc8 (20... Ng3+ 21. hxg3 Qxh1+ 22. Kf2 Qxc1 23. Rxc1 Rbxc8 $17)
21. Qe1 Qg5 22. g3 Ne5 23. f4 (23. Kf2 Rc2) 23... Nxf4 24. gxf4 Qxf4+ 25. Qf2 (
25. Kg1 Rc2 $19) 25... Qxe4 26. Rg1 Rc2 $19 27. Re1 (27. Rg2 Rdd2 28. Re1 Nd3
29. Qg3 Qf4+ 30. Qxf4 Nxf4 31. Rf2 Nd3 $19) 27... Nd3 28. Rd1 g6 29. Rg2 (29.
Qg2 Qf4+ 30. Qf3 Qxf3+ 31. Bxf3 Rf2#) 29... Nxf2 30. Rxd8+ Kg7 31. Nd4 Rc1+ 32.
Kxf2 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 (6... Be6 7. c4 {
die eigentliche Idee von 5.f3 (5.Sc3 verstellt den weißen c-Bauern, so dass
der Maroczyaufbau unmöglich wird).} a5 8. Be3 Be7 9. Nc3 a4 10. Nd2 Qa5 11. Nd5
$146 (11. Be2 O-O 12. Rb1 (12. O-O Rc8 13. Nd5 Bd8 14. b4 axb3 15. axb3 Qxa1
16. Qxa1 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Nc6 18. Kf1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Lutz,C/Porz GER 1998 
(41)}) 12... Rc8 (12... Nbd7 13. Nb5 Rfc8 14. O-O Ne8 15. b4 axb3 16. axb3 Qd8
$14 {1-0 Gara,A-Madl,I/Budapest HUN 2000/The Week in Chess 299 (46)}) 13. O-O
Nbd7 14. Kh1 h6 15. Nb5 (15. f4 $5) 15... Ne8 16. b4 axb3 17. axb3 Qb4 18. f4
$11 {1-0 Varga,Z-Petrosian,A/Dortmund GER 2000/The Week in Chess 297 (34). (33)
}) 11... Nxd5 12. cxd5 Bd7 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O $14 {0-1 Nevostrujev,V-Timofeev,
A/Krasnodar 2002/CBM 091/[Mueller,Karsten] (37)}) (6... a5 7. a4 (7. Bb5+ Nc6
8. Nc3 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Be6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Ivanchuk,V/Skanderborg
2003/ (17)}) (7. Nc3 Be7 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. a4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O Be6 12. Nd5
Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. c4 Nh5 15. Qd2 $16 {1/2-1/2 Magem Badals,J-Borovikov,V/
Pamplona 2003/ (15)}) (7. c4 a4 8. N3d2 Nc6 9. Nc3 a3 10. b3 Qb6 11. Ndb1 Be7
12. Be2 O-O 13. Na4 Rxa4 14. bxa4 Nd4 15. Nc3 $16 {1-0 Mastrovasilis,D-Petraki,
M/Kavala 2004/ (30)}) 7... Nc6 8. Bb5 Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. Be3 Na7 (10... Be6 11.
Nc3 Nb4 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qe2 $14) 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Qd3 Nh5 (12... Nxb5 $5 13.
axb5 Nh5 14. g3 Bg5 15. Bf2 f5 $13) 13. g3 f5 14. Nd2 (14. Nd5 Nxb5 15. Bb6
fxe4 16. fxe4 Qd7 $132) 14... fxe4 15. fxe4 Bg5 (15... Nxb5 16. axb5 Nf6 $11)
16. O-O-O (16. Bxa7 Rxa7 17. Nf3 Be7 18. O-O Ra8 $11) 16... Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Nf6
$132 {1-0 McShane,L-Ponomariov,R/Biel 2004/CBM 102/[Ftacnik] (43)}) (6... Be7
7. c4 a5 $1 $146 (7... O-O {- 57/(194)}) 8. Be3 a4 9. N3d2 Qa5 10. Be2 (10. Nc3
$5) 10... Bd8 (10... O-O 11. O-O Bd8 12. Rf2 Bb6 13. Nf1 Bc5 $11) 11. Nc3 $1 a3
$2 (11... Bb6 $2 12. Bxb6 Qxb6 13. Nxa4) (11... O-O $1 12. c5 $5 dxc5 13. Nc4
Qc7 14. Qd6 $44) (11... Bd7 $6 12. c5 dxc5 13. Nc4 $40) 12. b4 $1 Qxb4 13. Nb5
O-O 14. Rb1 Qa5 15. Nxd6 $1 (15. Rb3 Ra6 $1 {[]} 16. Rxa3 Qb4 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18.
axb3 Rxa3 19. Nxa3 Ba5 $11) 15... Qc7 16. Nb5 Qc6 17. Nc3 $1 Nh5 18. g3 Qg6 19.
Nd5 $16 {Zvjaginsev,V-Novikov,I/Luzern 71/(204) 1997/Inf 71/[Zvjaginsev,V] (19)
}) 7. Bg5 Be6 {Black also has another possibility in this position. After 7...
d4 white got a clear edge in the game given below. Probably black's play could
be improved, for example, 12...Bb4 deserves attention with an unclear game} (
7... d4 8. c3 Nc6 9. Bb5 Qb6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. cxd4 Ba6 12. dxe5 Rd8 13. Qc1
h6 14. Be3 $16 {1-0 Khavin,A-Veresov,G/Moscow 1944/URS-ch (55)}) 8. Bxf6 (8.
exd5 $6 Qxd5 9. N1d2 Nbd7 $132 {0-1 Khavin,A-Gerstenfeld,E/Kiev 1940/HCL (41)})
8... gxf6 (8... Qxf6 9. exd5 Bd7 10. N1d2) 9. exd5 Bxd5 {9...Qd5 deserves
attention and as the game given below shows black can stubbornly defend} (9...
Qxd5 $5 10. Qxd5 Bxd5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Nd5 O-O-O 14. Bb5 f5 15.
Rhe1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kobalija,M-Palac,M/Chalkidiki 2002/CBM 092 (68)}) 10. Nc3 Bb4
11. Qd3 (11. Qd2 Be6 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. O-O-O+ Kc7 14. Nd5+ Bxd5 15. Rxd5 Nd7
16. Bd3 Rag8 17. g3 h5 18. Be4 b6 19. Rhd1 $16 {1-0 Nisipeanu,
L-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Pune 2004/CBM 104 no vc (51)}) 11... Bxc3+ $146 {[%mdl 8]
11...Be6 transposes to a position which arose later where white has a clear
advantage} 12. Qxc3 Be6 $6 {An inaccuracy after which white seizes the
initiative. 12...Nd7 was essential, in order to finish the development as
quickly as possible} (12... Nd7 $5 13. O-O-O Rc8 14. Qb4 Qb6) 13. Bb5+ $16 Kf8
14. Nc5 Kg7 15. f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e5,Rc3e5] White opens the position and trying
to reach the opponent's king} exf4 16. O-O {[%cal Rf1f4,Rc3f6]} Qb6 17. Rxf4
Rc8 (17... Qxb5 18. Nxe6+ fxe6 19. Qxf6+ Kg8 20. Qf8#) 18. b4 {[%cal Rc3f6,
Rf4f6] Protecting the knight and continuing the offense on the black king} Kg8
19. Qxf6 Qxb5 {The lesser evil, but anyway white keeps a decisive advantage} (
19... Rxc5 20. bxc5 Qxb5 21. Qg5+ Kf8 22. Qe5 Kg8 23. Rf3 Qd7 24. Rd3 Qe8 25.
Rg3+ Kf8 26. Qd6+ Qe7 27. Rg8+ $18) 20. Qg5+ Kh8 21. Nxe6 Qxg5 22. Nxg5 Nc6 (
22... Kg8 23. Raf1 h6 24. Nxf7 Rxc2 25. Nxh6+ $18) 23. Rxf7 Re8 24. Rxb7 $18 h5
25. h4 Nb8 26. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "Balatonbereny GM"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anka, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Qxd5 Bxd5 11. Nc3 Bc6 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Na5 Bb4 14. Nxc6
Bxc3 15. Nxa7 Rxa7 16. Bb5 Bd4 17. c3 Ra5 18. Bxd7+ Kxd7 19. cxd4 Rc8+ 20. Kb1
Ke6 21. Rhe1 Rd5 22. dxe5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 {T-T Motive: 1 weißer Mehrbauer am
D-Flügel; aktive sK+T, weiße B-Schwächen} fxe5 24. Rc1 Rg8 25. g4 Kd6 26. Rd1+
Ke6 27. Rd3 f5 28. gxf5+ Kxf5 29. Rd7 Kf4 30. Rf7+ Ke3 31. a4 Ra8 32. b3 b5 33.
axb5 Rb8 34. Kb2 Rxb5 35. Rf5 Rd5 36. Ka3 Kd4 37. Ka4 Kc3 38. Rf7 Rd4+ 39. Ka3
Rh4 40. Rc7+ Kd3 41. Rc5 Ke3 42. Rc3+ Kd2 43. Kb2 Ke2 44. Ka3 Rh3 45. Rc5 Kxf3
46. Rxe5 Rxh2 47. b4 h5 48. b5 h4 49. b6 Rd2 50. Re8 Rd7 51. Rf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS04 GM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2002.04.13"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Czebe, Attila"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2002.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Qxd5 Bxd5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Bb5 O-O-O 14. Ne4
Be7 15. Bxd7+ Rxd7 16. Nbc5 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Kc7 18. Rd3 Bc8 19. Rc3 Kb8 20. Rd3
Kc7 21. Rc3 f5 22. Nf6 Kd6 23. Nh5 Rg8 24. f4 e4 25. Nb3 Bd7 26. Rg3 Rg6 27.
Nd4 Bh4 28. Rxg6+ fxg6 {Springer- gegen Läuferpaar bei teilblockierter
Stellung.} 29. Ng3 Kd5 30. Nde2 g5 31. Kd2 gxf4 32. Nxf4+ Ke5 33. Nge2 Bf2 34.
g3 Be8 35. Nc3 Bg1 36. Ke2 h5 37. h4 Bf7 38. b3 Bc5 39. Nd1 Be7 40. Ng2 Bf8 41.
Nf4 Be7 42. Ng2 Bf8 43. Nf4 b5 44. Nc3 a6 45. a4 $6 {führt zu einer fatalen
Bauernschwäche auf a4.} Kd4 46. Nd1 bxa4 47. bxa4 Bh6 48. Ne3 Ke5 49. Kf2 $2 (
49. Nfg2 $142) 49... Bxf4 50. gxf4+ Kxf4 51. Ng2+ Ke5 52. Ke3 a5 $1 $19 {
[%csl Ra4]} 53. Nf4 Be8 54. c4 Bxa4 55. Nxh5 Be8 56. Nf4 a4 57. Nd5 a3 58. Nc3
f4+ 59. Kd2 Kd4 60. h5 e3+ 61. Kc2 Kxc4 0-1

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. exd5 Bxd5 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Qd3 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 Bxb3 13. Rd1 Nd7 14. axb3
Qb6 15. Bc4 Rd8 16. Ke2 Ke7 17. Rd2 Nb8 18. Bd5 Rhg8 19. g3 Nc6 20. Bxc6 Rxd2+
21. Qxd2 Qxc6 {DT-DT: beide Könige im Zentrum, weiße Angriffsversuche,
Dauerschach nach Gegendrohungen} 22. Rd1 Rc8 23. Qb4+ Ke6 24. c3 f5 25. Rd2 f6
26. Rd3 b6 27. Qh4 Rc7 28. g4 f4 29. Qh5 Rg7 30. c4 (30. Rd8 Ke7 31. Rh8 Qc5
$132) 30... Ke7 31. Qf5 Ke8 32. h4 Re7 33. Qh5+ Rf7 34. Rd8+ Ke7 35. Rb8 Qc7
36. Ra8 b5 37. g5 f5 38. g6 hxg6 39. Qxg6 Qc5 40. Qg5+ Rf6 41. Qg7+ Rf7 42.
Qg5+ Rf6 43. Qg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.09.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Be2 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. O-O
Bf6 15. Bd4 (15. Rb1 {may be playable, as allowing the P to advance to d4
shouldn't be disastrous. However,} d4 16. Bf2 Be6 {looks okay for Black. I may
well be obliged to create an important Q-side weakness, e.g.} 17. Qa4 $2 d3 $1
18. Rfd1 $6 (18. Bd1 $17) 18... Bd7 $1 $19) 15... Rb8 (15... Rb8 16. b3 (16.
Rf2 Rxb2 $5 (16... a5 $11) 17. Bxb2 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Qf6 {[%cal Yb2d4]} 19. Rf1 (
19. Kh1) 19... Be6 $44) (16. Qd2 Re8 17. Rf2 (17. Rfe1 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Qa5 $1 {
[%csl Re1][%cal Ye8e1,Ya5e1]} 19. a3 $140 Rb3 $1)) 16... Re8 17. Rf2 (17. Re1
Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Qa5 $1 {[%csl Ra2,Re1][%cal Ye8e1,Ya5e1,Ya1c1]} 19. Qf2 {
Or Kf1/f2, but I don't believe White is really better.}) 17... a5 (17... Rb4 $6
18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Rc1 Rd4 $2 {[%csl Rd4]} (19... Be6 $14 {Shipov}) 20. Qc2 Bf5
$6 (20... Be6) 21. Qc5 Rd2 22. Bb5 Rxf2 23. Qxf2 Re7 24. Rd1 {[%csl Ra7,Rd5]
and White had what he wanted in Yandemirov-Lerner, RUS-Cup1 Chigorin mem 1996})
18. Rc1 Be6 {and Black shouldn't have too many worries. This is given as
unclear by Shipov, in his annotations to Yandemirov-Lerner, RUS-Cup1 Chigorin
mem 1996}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 {White is aiming for the
Marcozy Bind in view of Black's "non-drastic" way of developing.} e5 {The best
move in my opinion.} 6. Nb3 (6. Bb5+ Bd7 (6... Nbd7 7. Nf5 d5 8. exd5 a6 9.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Ne3 b5 $44) 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 $2 (7... Nbxd7 8. Nf5 d5 9. exd5 Nb6
10. Bg5 Qd7 $1 11. Bxf6 {1/2-1/2 Socko,B (2656)-Sasikiran,K (2669)/Warsaw 2009/
CBM 132}) 8. Nf5 d5 9. Bg5 $1 dxe4 $2 10. Bxf6 $1 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 gxf6 12. fxe4
Nc6 13. c3 Rg8 14. g3 Rd8+ 15. Nd2 Ne7 16. Kc2 $16 {1-0 Salov,V (2710)
-Ljubojevic,L (2580)/Buenos Aires 1994/CBM 044 (44)}) 6... Be7 (6... d5 $6 7.
Bg5 Be6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Qxd5 Bxd5 11. Nc3 Be6 (11... Bc6 12.
O-O-O a6 13. Na5 $14 {1-0 Hess,R (2588)-Andriasian,Z (2588)/Chalkis 2010/CBM
137 Extra (57)}) 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Nb5 Ke7 $13 {1/2-1/2 McShane,L (2615)
-Lupulescu,C (2599)/Novi Sad 2009/CBM 133 (61)}) 7. c4 a5 8. Be3 a4 9. Nc1 {
A very odd choice. Ivanchuk suffered a defeat against Gelfand after the more
cogent knight retreat.} (9. N3d2 Qa5 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. Qc3 Bd8 $5 $132 {0-1
Ivanchuk,V (2787)-Gelfand,B (2736)/Moscow 2007/EXT 2008 (48)}) 9... Qa5+ 10.
Qd2 Bd8 $5 {Sutovsky stays faithful to Gelfand's plan. Black's opts for an
active place for his dark-squared bishop before finishing his development.} 11.
Ne2 $5 {This is probably what Ivanchuk had in mind, when he played his N to c1.
He tries to take advantage of Black's weakened pawn structure by putting his
knights on a3 and c3.} Be6 12. Na3 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Ba5+ 14. Nc3 Nc6 15. Nab5 Ke7
16. Be2 Rhc8 17. Rhc1 Bb4 18. Rab1 Nd7 {Sutovsky prepares ...Bc5.} (18... Bc5
$6 {This natural moves seems premature.} 19. Nd5+ Bxd5 20. cxd5 Bxe3+ 21. Kxe3
{And White's "bad" bishop does not seem that bad! White is slightly better
here.} Nb4 22. Nc3 Ra5 23. a3 Na6 24. Bd1 $1 {White provokes weaknesses in
Black's position.} b5 25. Be2 Rb8 26. Na2 $1 $14 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gc1c2,Gb1c1]}
) 19. Ke1 Bc5 20. Bf2 Na5 21. Nd5+ Bxd5 22. cxd5 (22. exd5 Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Nc5
24. Rc3 f5 25. b4 axb3 26. axb3 Nc6 {[%csl Rb5]} 27. b4 Na4 28. Ra3 Nd4 29.
Nxd4 exd4 30. Rba1 Nb6 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32. Rxa8 Nxa8 33. f4 $1 $14 {White fixes
Black's weakness. It is not clear wehther White would be able to win this
ending or not, however, this continuation is definitely preferable to the one
in the game!}) 22... g6 23. Bh4+ {Te move is not bad, but this is the moment
when Ivanchuk starts to go astray in the game.} (23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Rxc5 Nxc5
25. Nc3 Rc8 26. Bb5 f5 27. Ke2 $14 {[%csl Ya4,Ra5]}) 23... f6 24. Kd2 g5 25.
Bg3 f5 $1 {A strong tactical solution which becomes possible thanks to the
momentalry weakness of the d5-pawn.} 26. exf5 $2 (26. Kd3 Bb6 27. exf5 Nf6 28.
h4 {seems more appealing.}) 26... Nf6 27. Nc3 (27. h4 {is not possible anymore
as a result of the fork on e4} g4 {[%csl Yd2,Yg3]}) 27... Bb4 28. Kd3 Rc4 29.
Bf2 Rac8 {Black has activated all his pieces and has full compensation for the
sacrificed pawn.} 30. Be3 a3 $2 {A hasty decision near the time pressure which
makes the final phase of the game quiet dramatic. It would have been better if
Sutovsky had remained cool!} (30... h6 {and it is hard to suggest anything
that favours White.}) 31. Nb5 $2 {Returns the favor.} (31. Ne4 Nxd5 32. Rxc4
Nxc4 33. Bxg5+ Kf8 34. bxa3 Bxa3 35. Bh6+ Kg8 {and here White can keep his
head cool and calmly put his king under the discovered-double check on the
c-file!} 36. Kc2 {But who dares to make such a move?!} Nce3+ 37. Kb3 $16) 31...
axb2 32. Rxc4 Nxc4 33. Bxg5 e4+ $1 {Now Black has a dangerous initiative.} 34.
Kd4 Na3 35. Nxa3 $2 {The final mistake which seals his fate.} (35. Bxf6+ Kxf6
36. Nxa3 exf3 37. Bxf3 Bxa3 38. Be4 {and besides all of his problems, White
can resist stubbornly.}) 35... Bc5+ $1 {This intermediate check made
Ivanchuk's day gloomy!} 36. Kc3 Bxa3+ 37. Bc4 b5 38. Kb3 bxc4+ 39. Kxa3 c3 40.
fxe4 Rb8 {Sutovsky played the final phase very well.} 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nevostrujev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2002.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 Be6 7. c4 {die
eigentliche Idee von 5.f3 (5.Sc3 verstellt den weißen c-Bauern, so dass der
Maroczyaufbau unmöglich wird).} a5 8. Be3 Be7 9. Nc3 a4 10. Nd2 Qa5 11. Nd5
$146 (11. Be2 O-O 12. Rb1 (12. O-O Rc8 13. Nd5 Bd8 14. b4 axb3 15. axb3 Qxa1
16. Qxa1 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Nc6 18. Kf1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Lutz,C/Porz GER 1998 
(41)}) 12... Rc8 (12... Nbd7 13. Nb5 Rfc8 14. O-O Ne8 15. b4 axb3 16. axb3 Qd8
$14 {1-0 Gara,A-Madl,I/Budapest HUN 2000/The Week in Chess 299 (46)}) 13. O-O
Nbd7 14. Kh1 h6 15. Nb5 (15. f4 $5) 15... Ne8 16. b4 axb3 17. axb3 Qb4 18. f4
$11 {/+/= 1-0 Varga,Z-Petrosian,A/Dortmund GER 2000/The Week in Chess 297 (34).
(33)}) 11... Nxd5 12. cxd5 Bd7 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O b5 15. Nb1 $6 Bd8 {Schwarz
plant, die schwarzfeldrigen Läufer mit Lb6 abzutauschen, um besser auf die
schwarzfeldrigen Schwächen im weißen Lager spielen zu können.} 16. Bd2 b4 17.
Kh1 Qb6 18. a3 b3 19. Be1 $6 Bg5 20. Nd2 $2 (20. Nc3 $142) 20... Bb5 $1 {
[%csl Gb2,Ge4][%cal Gb8d7,Ga8c8,Gc8c2,Gf7f5,Gd7c5,Gf5e4][%mdl 4] die Eröffnung
ist für Weiß schief gelaufen und Timofeev demostriert nun einen für diesen
Fall typischen Plan.} 21. g3 $6 Nd7 22. f4 $6 {schafft nur weitere Schwächen.}
(22. Bf2 Qa6 23. Bxb5 Qxb5 24. Nb1 $15) 22... exf4 23. gxf4 Bf6 24. Rb1 Rac8
25. Bf2 Qa6 $1 {nach dem Tausch der weißfeldrigen Läufer hat Weiß der
schwarzen Invasion auf der c-Linie nichts mehr entgegenzusetzen. Seine
schwachen Bauern b2 und e4 machen eine erfolgreiche Verteidigung unmöglich.}
26. Bxb5 Qxb5 27. Nf3 Rc2 28. Bd4 Re8 29. Re1 Qc4 $19 30. Re3 (30. Kg1 Bxd4+
31. Nxd4 Nc5 $19) 30... Bxd4 31. Qxd4 Nf6 32. Rg1 Qxd4 33. Nxd4 Rxb2 34. Nf5
Rxe4 35. Rc3 (35. Rxg7+ Kh8 36. Rxe4 Nxe4 37. Rxf7 h5 38. Re7 Re2 39. Re8+ Kh7
40. Rb8 b2 $19) 35... Rc2 36. Rc6 (36. Rxc2 bxc2 37. Rc1 g6 38. Nxd6 Re2 39.
Nb5 Rd2 40. Nc3 Nxd5 41. Rxc2 (41. Nxd5 Rd1+ $19) 41... Rxc2 42. Nxd5 Ra2 $19)
36... Ree2 37. Rxg7+ Kf8 (37... Kf8 38. Rxd6 Ne8 39. Rd8 b2 40. Rb8 b1=Q+ 41.
Rxb1 Nxg7 $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Black "Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. Nf5 d5 $5 {
ein interessantes Bauernopfer, das Schwarz gute Kompensation zu versprechen
scheint.} 8. exd5 a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bb3 Nc5 {Schwarz erhält das Läuferpaar und
kann seinen Entwicklungsvorsprung häufig dazu nutzen, einen Angriff am
Königsflügel zu inszenieren.} 11. Ne3 Nxb3 12. axb3 Bb7 (12... Bc5 $5 13. Nc3 (
13. c4 Nh5 14. g3 O-O 15. Nc3 Qb6 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. Bd2 f5 $44 {0-1 Shaposhnikov,
E-Dzhakaev,D/St Petersburg 2001/EXT 2002 (38)}) 13... Bb7 14. Qd3 O-O 15. Bd2
Bxe3 16. Bxe3 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. O-O-O Qa5 19. Kb1 Rfd8 20. Qc3 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Shaposhnikov,E-Kokarev,D/Kazan 2001/EXT 2002 (40)}) 13. c4 Bc5 14. Nc3
(14. O-O O-O (14... Rc8 15. Re1 O-O 16. Na3 {1-0 Cueto,J-Velasquez Ojeda,C/
Santiago de Chile 1997/EXT 98 (35)} Re8 17. Nac2 Qd6 $44) 15. Nc3 Qb6 16. Re1 (
{Die folgende Partie illustriert eindringlich die schwarzen Chancen am
Königsflügel:} 16. Qe2 Nh5 17. Kh1 (17. g3 f5 18. Kg2 Qg6 19. Nc2 Bd6 $44)
17... f5 18. Ned1 Rac8 19. Be3 Bd4 20. Qd3 f4 21. Bxd4 $2 (21. Bf2 $13) 21...
Ng3+ $3 22. hxg3 Qh6+ 23. Kg1 fxg3 24. Re1 exd4 25. Ne2 Rce8 26. Qxd4 Qh2+ 27.
Kf1 Rxf3+ 28. gxf3 g2+ {0-1 Hult,B-Danielsson,G/Stockholm 1946/EXT 2003 (28).})
16... Nh5 17. Kh1 f5 18. Nf1 Rae8 19. Be3 Nf6 (19... Bxe3 $6 20. Rxe3 f4 21.
Re2 Rf6 $2 22. Ne4 Rh6 23. c5 Qc7 24. Rc1 {1-0 Sarink,H-Czar,J/corr 1976/
MegaCorr3 (24)}) 20. Qd3 e4 21. fxe4 Ng4 $44 {0-1 Suarez Real,A-Fernandez
Cueto,R/Asturia 1997/EXT 2001 (35)}) 14... O-O 15. Qd3 Qb6 16. Nc2 Rac8 (16...
Bf2+ 17. Kf1 Bc5 18. Be3 {bringt Schwarz nichts ein.}) 17. Be3 Nd7 18. cxb5
axb5 19. b4 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 (20. Nxe3 Nf6 21. Nf5 Rc4 22. Qe3 Qxe3+ 23. Nxe3 Rxb4
24. O-O-O Rd8 $11) 20... Qg6 21. Qf2 $6 (21. Qe2 $5 Nb6 22. Ne3 Nc4 23. O-O Qb6
24. Rfe1 Rfe8 25. Qf2 $14) 21... Nb6 22. Ne3 f5 $6 (22... Rfd8 23. Rd1 Na4 24.
Nxa4 bxa4 25. O-O Qb6 {ist bequem für Schwarz.}) 23. O-O f4 24. Ng4 Nc4 (24...
Nxd5 25. Ra7 Bc6 26. Nxe5 Qg5 {kam auch in Betracht.}) 25. Ra7 Ba8 26. Re1 ({
Das aggressive} 26. Rfa1 {kann überraschend stark mit} e4 27. R1a6 e3 {
beantwortet werden.}) 26... Qd6 27. Nxb5 Qb8 $2 (27... Qxb4 28. Nc3 (28. Nc7
Bb7 29. Ne6 Rf7 $11) 28... Qxb2 $14) 28. Na3 $2 (28. b3 $1 Ne3 (28... Qxb5 29.
bxc4 Qxc4 30. Qb2 Qxd5 31. Rxg7+ Kxg7 32. Rxe5 $18) 29. Nxe3 Qxb5 30. Nc4 Qxb4
(30... Bxd5 $2 31. Ra5 Qc6 32. Rc5 $18) 31. d6 $16 {/+-}) 28... Ne3 29. Re7
Nxd5 30. R7xe5 Qxb4 (30... Qxb4 31. R5e2 Qb3 32. Qd4 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares Anibal op 04th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Black "Herrera, Irisberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Rechlis,G"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 $1 $15 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. Nf5
d5 8. exd5 a6 9. Ba4 (9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Ne3 b5 11. O-O (11. a4 Bb7 12. axb5
axb5 13. Rxa8+ Bxa8 14. O-O Bc5 15. Kh1 O-O (15... Nxd5 {1/2-1/2 Ginsburg,
G-Kuczynski,R/BL2-O 1996 (25)}) 16. Nc3 Bxe3 17. Bxe3 Nxd5 18. Qd3 Qc6 19. Nxd5
Qxd5 20. Qxd5 Bxd5 $15 {Delithanasis,D-Mainka,R/Ano Liosia op 1995/1/2-1/2 (61)
}) 11... Bb7 12. Nc3 b4 13. Ne4 Nxd5 14. c4 bxc3 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Bxd5
17. Nxc3 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 Bb7 $15 {Bezgodov,A-Vaulin,A/Moscow/1995/0,5/17/}) 9...
b5 (9... Qa5+ $2 10. Nc3 b5 11. Bb3 Nc5 12. Qe2 Nfd7 13. d6 Nxb3 14. cxb3 Bb7
$1) 10. Bb3 Nb6 11. Ne3 $132 Bb7 12. Nc3 Bc5 13. Qd3 (13. Nf5 $17 {Foguelman,
A-Reshevsky,S/Buenos Aires/1960/0:1/39/} g6 $146 (13... O-O 14. Bg5 $2) 14.
Ng7+ Kf8 15. Bh6 Kg8 16. Qd2 b4 17. Ne2 a5 $36) 13... O-O 14. Ne4 Rc8 (14...
Nxe4 $5 15. fxe4 a5 16. c3 (16. Qxb5 $1 Qh4+ $44) (16. a3 $5 $132) 16... a4 17.
Bd1 f5 $1 18. Nxf5 Rxf5 19. exf5 Bxd5 $2 (19... e4 $1) 20. Qg3 $19 (20. Bf3 $8
e4 $40 21. Bxe4 Qh4+ $1 $40) (20. Be3 $16 e4 21. Qe2 $1 Bc4 22. Qf2 Bxe3 23.
Qxe3 Nd5 24. Qxe4 (24. Qd4 Qg5 $36) 24... Qf8 $1) 20... Nc4 21. Bc2 Qb6 (21...
e4 $2 22. Bg5 Qb6 23. O-O-O $1 $132) (21... b4 $16 22. Bg5 Qb6 $2) 22. f6 $16
Qxf6 23. Bg5 Bf2+ $1 $18 {1-0 Gorbatow,A-Yuferov,S/Moscow-ch op 1995} (23...
Qc6 $1 24. O-O-O e4 $14) 24. Qxf2 Qxg5 25. O-O $1 $13 {Kokkila,T-Hoffman,M/POL/
1987/0:1/29/} Ne3 $132 {Galakhov,S-Yermolinsky,A/Tashkent/1985/0:1/35/} (25...
h6 $14 26. Rad1 Be6 $14) 26. Be4 $5) (14... Bxe3 $1 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Bxe3
Nxd5 $2 17. Bxd5 Rad8 18. Bxf7+ $14 Rxf7 19. Qc3 Bxf3 $1) 15. Nxc5 Rxc5 16. O-O
(16. Bd2 Nbxd5 17. O-O-O Qc7 18. Nxd5 Nxd5) 16... Nbxd5 17. Rd1 Qb6 18. Nxd5
Nxd5 (18... Rxd5+ 19. Be3 Rxd3 20. Bxb6 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1) 19. Be3 Nxe3 20. Qxe3
Qc7 21. Rd2 e4 (21... Bc8 22. Rad1 h6) 22. fxe4 Re5 23. Rd4 Qe7 24. Re1 Kh8 25.
Bd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Re8 27. Qd4 Rxd5 28. Qxd5 f6 29. h3 (29. Qd4) 29... Qb4 30.
Rb1 h6 31. c3 Qxe4 32. Qxe4 Rxe4 33. Kf2 Kh7 34. Rf1 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup3"]
[Site "Omsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chuprov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Mukhametov, Eldar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Rechlis,G"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1996.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 (8... a5 9. Be3 a4 10. Nd2 Qa5 11. a3 Bd7 (11... Bd8 $5 12. Be2 Bb6 13. Nf1
(13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. Nxa4 Qe3 $44) 13... Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Qb6 15. Qd2 Nc6 $15) 12.
Be2 Na6 13. O-O Nc5 14. Kh1 Rfc8 15. f4 Bc6 $13 {1-0 Wolff,P-Browne,W/USA-ch
1992 (74)}) 9. Be3 Ne8 (9... a5 $5) 10. Qd2 f5 11. O-O-O a5 12. a4 $2 (12. Na1
$1 a4 13. Nc2 $14) 12... Nb4 $17 13. Kb1 Be6 (13... Nf6 $142) 14. Qf2 $6 (14.
Nc1 $6 Nf6 15. Be2) 14... fxe4 $1 (14... Qc8 $17 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qd7 17.
Nc1 Qxa4 18. b3 Qd7 $142) 15. Nc5 Bf5 16. N5xe4 Nf6 17. Qe2 (17. Qe1 $142 Qd7
18. b3 Rfc8 19. Kb2) 17... Qd7 18. b3 Rfc8 (18... Rac8 $6 {It seems that black
is sacrificing a pawn with unclear consequences . Using simple means he could
have gained a wining advantage .}) 19. Kb2 d5 $19 (19... Nxe4 20. Nxe4 d5 $2)
20. cxd5 $142 $40 (20. Nxf6+ $1 $13 Bxf6 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 (21... Qe6 $1 $19) 22.
Rxd5 e4+ 23. Ka2 Qe6 24. f4 $1) 20... Nxe4 21. fxe4 Rxc3 $19 22. Kxc3 Rc8+ 23.
Qc4 (23. Kb2 Bg4 $19 24. Qd2 (24. Qe1 Nc2 25. Qd2 Bxd1) 24... Rc2+ 25. Qxc2
Nxc2 26. Kxc2 Bxd1+ 27. Kxd1 Qg4+ 28. Kd2 Qxe4) 23... Bxe4 24. d6+ Nd5+ 25.
Rxd5 Bxd5 26. dxe7 Bxc4 27. Bxc4+ Kh8 28. Bg5 h6 29. Rf1 hxg5 30. Rf8+ Kh7 31.
Kb2 Rxc4 0-1

[Event "Clarin GP final"]
[Site "Villa Gesell"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Black "Fiorito, Fabian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Rechlis,G"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 Nc6 (6... Be7 7. c4
O-O 8. Nc3 a5 9. Be3 a4 10. Nd2 Qa5 11. a3 Bd7 12. Be2 Na6 13. O-O Nc5 14. Kh1
Rfc8 15. f4 Bc6 $13 {Wolff,P-Browne,W/USA-ch 1992/1-0 (75)}) (6... Be6 7. c4
Nbd7 8. Be3 Rc8 9. N3d2 Nb6 10. b3 Nh5 11. g3 Be7 12. Bg2 g6 13. Nc3 Bg5 $13 {
1-0 Maljutin,E-Gallagher,J/Forli op 1992 (44)}) (6... d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. exd5
Qxd5 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. Nb5 Nc6 12. Bxb4 Nxb4 13. c3 Nbd5 14. c4 Ne3
15. Qxd8+ Kxd8 16. Rc1 a6 17. Na3 Rc8 18. Kf2 Nxf1 19. Rhxf1 Ke7 20. Rfd1 Rc7
21. Rc3 Rhc8 22. Rdc1 Ne8 23. Nd2 Nd6 24. Nab1 h5 $15 {Prins,L-Timoshchenko,G/
Palma de Mallorca GMA 1989/<<-<< (57)}) 7. c4 Nxe4 $2 $146 {This sacrifice is
realy wild !!!} 8. fxe4 Qh4+ 9. Kd2 d5 10. exd5 Bb4+ 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Qe1 Qd8
13. a3 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 exd4 16. Qe5 Re8 17. Qxd4 Bf5 18. Bd3 Bxd3
19. Qxd3 $18 {The rest is redundant , although white could play more accuratly
..} b5 20. cxb5 Qh4 21. g3 Qf6 22. Kc2 Rac8 23. Bd2 Rc5 24. Rae1 Rd8 25. Qe3
Rcc8 26. Rhf1 Qd6 27. Qf3 Qxa3 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 29. Ra1 Qc5 30. Rxa7 Rg8 31. Qb7
Rb8 32. Qa6 Qxd5 33. b6 Rbd8 34. Qe2 Rge8 35. Qf2 Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 19th"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1999.04.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Black "Tratar, Marko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Rodriguez,Am"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 {If Black wants to avoid
the complications after 5...e5 followed by the pawn sac ...d6-d5, then the
text is a safe option.} 6. c4 e5 $6 {After this White has nice positional
prospects. I believe all the known alternatives are better.} (6... e6) (6... g6
) (6... Qb6) 7. Nc2 Be7 (7... Nxe4 8. fxe4 Qh4+ 9. Kd2 Qxe4 10. Nc3 Qg6 11. Ne3
Be7 12. Bd3 f5 13. Kc2 O-O 14. Kb1 Bg5 15. g3 Bxe3 16. Bxe3 Be6 17. b3 $16 {
1-0 Bonch Osmolovsky,M-Abramov,L/Moscow 1949/MCD (45)}) (7... Nh5 8. Be3 f5 9.
Nc3 Nf6 10. Be2 $6 (10. exf5 Bxf5 11. Bd3) 10... Be7 11. Qd2 $6 fxe4 12. fxe4
Be6 13. O-O O-O 14. h3 a6 15. Rad1 Qe8 16. Qd3 Qg6 17. Bc1 Rad8 18. b3 Nd7 19.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 20. Rf1 Nc5 21. Rxf8+ Bxf8 22. Qe3 Bf7 23. Bg4 Ne7 24. Qg5 $4 Nxe4
25. Qxg6 Bxg6 26. Be6+ Kh8 {0-1 Corte,C-Patt Rubinstein,J/Buenos Aires 1947/
EXT 98 (26)}) 8. Nc3 (8. Be3 Nh5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Nc3 f5 11. O-O-O g6 (11... Nf6
12. exf5 Bxf5 13. g4 Be6 14. h4 Qa5 15. h5 Rfc8 16. g5 Nd7 17. Kb1 Bf8 18. Ne4
$16 {1/2-1/2 Kedrov,V-Saulin,D/Moscow 1996/CBM 55 ext (40)}) 12. Nd5 f4 13.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Bf2 Rd8 15. Nb4 Be6 16. Nd5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Mueller,C-Georgiev,K/
Regensburg 1996/EXT 97 (26)}) 8... O-O 9. Be3 Ne8 10. Be2 (10. Qd2 h6 $5 {
/\ Bg5}) 10... f5 11. exf5 $1 Bxf5 12. Bd3 {It is not so important to lose a
tempo here, White occupies the central squares.} Bh4+ 13. g3 Bg5 14. Bxf5 $1
Rxf5 15. Bf2 $5 Rf7 16. O-O Qf6 17. Kg2 Qg6 18. Qe2 Nf6 19. Rad1 Rd7 20. Qd3
Qf7 21. b3 {White is slowly consolidating his position.} g6 22. h4 Bh6 23. g4
Bf4 24. g5 Ne8 25. Qd5 $1 {Interesting judgement, the White pieces cooperate
very well in the ending while the Black bishop on f4 does little to defend the
queen side.} Qxd5 26. Nxd5 Rf7 27. Nc3 $5 h6 28. Ne4 hxg5 29. hxg5 Rd8 30. Rd3
Rfd7 31. Rfd1 b6 32. c5 $5 {A bit risky but it seems to work.} bxc5 33. Nxc5
Rc7 {Can be a mistake from the bulletin instead of Re7} 34. Ne4 (34. Ne6 $18)
34... Rcd7 35. Rc3 Ne7 36. Nb4 $1 Nf5 (36... d5 37. Nc5 Rc7 38. Rcd3 $16) 37.
Nd5 {Total domination, White has a large positional advantage.} Kf7 38. Rc6 Ne7
39. Nxe7 Kxe7 40. Ra6 Ra8 41. Rh1 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Black "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1996.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 (5... e5 6. Nb3 (6. Bb5+ $5
Bd7 $6 (6... Nbd7 $1) 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Nf5 d5 9. Bg5 dxe4 10. Bxf6 Qxd1+ 11.
Kxd1 gxf6 12. fxe4 Nc6 13. c3 Rg8 14. g3 Rd8+ 15. Nd2 Ne7 16. Kc2 $14 {Salov,
V-Ljubojevic,L/Buenos Aires/1994/1:0/44/}) 6... Be6 (6... d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. exd5 Bxd5 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Qd3 Nc6 12. O-O-O Bxb3 13. axb3 Bxc3 14. bxc3
$14 {Maljutin,E-Nesterov,J/USSR/1990/}) 7. c4 Nbd7 $1 8. Be3 Rc8 9. N3d2 Nb6
10. b3 Nh5 11. Nc3 Be7 12. g3 g6 13. Bg2 O-O 14. O-O f5 $13 {Maljutin,
E-Obukhov,A/USSR/1991/}) 6. c4 e6 (6... Qb6 7. Nc2 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Qd3 $5 Ne5
10. Qe3 Qc7 11. b3 a6 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Rc1 e6 14. f4 Ned7 15. Be2 b6 16. O-O $14
{Jagupov,I-Timoshenko,G/St.Petersburg/1996/0:1/44/}) (6... Nxd4 $5 7. Qxd4 g6
8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Be3 Be6 10. Be2 O-O 11. Qd2 Rc8 $132 {Malakhov,V-Banikas,H/ESP/
1996/0:1/60/}) 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Be2 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12.
cxd5 (12. O-O Be6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 $1 $10) 12... Nxd5 (12... cxd5 $2
13. Bd4 $16) 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. O-O Bf6 (14... Bd6 $5) 15. Bd4 Rb8 16. b3 Re8
17. Rf2 $1 Rb4 $6 (17... a5 $1 18. Rc1 Be6 $13) 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Rc1 Rd4 $2 (
19... Be6 $14) 20. Qc2 Bf5 $6 (20... Be6) 21. Qc5 Rd2 22. Bb5 Rxf2 23. Qxf2 Re7
24. Rd1 $16 {>< d5,a7/} h5 (24... Qe5 $5 25. Qc5 $1 $36) 25. Rxd5 Qa1+ 26. Bf1
$16 Bg6 27. g4 $1 Qb1 (27... hxg4 $2 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. Qh4+ $18) 28. Kg2 (28.
gxh5 Bf5) 28... Re8 29. h3 $1 hxg4 30. hxg4 {>< Bg6/} a5 31. Bc4 $1 (31. Rxa5
$2 Bd3 $1 $132) 31... Ra8 (31... a4 32. bxa4) 32. a4 Qc1 33. Qd2 $1 Qxd2+ 34.
Rxd2 $18 Ra7 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Kf2 f6 37. Bg8+ Kh6 38. Bc4 f5 (38... Kh7 $8 39.
Ke3 $1 {/\ Kd4-c5-b6/}) 39. f4 $1 fxg4 40. Rh8+ Bh7 41. Bg8 g6 42. Kg3 Rg7 43.
Rxh7+ Rxh7 44. Bxh7 Kxh7 45. Kxg4 Kh6 46. Kh4 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gorbatov, Alexej"]
[Black "Yuferov, Sergey N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. Nf5 d5 $1 (
7... a6) 8. exd5 a6 9. Ba4 (9. Bxd7+) 9... b5 (9... Qa5+ 10. Nc3 b5 11. Bb3 Nc5
12. Qe2 Nfd7 13. d6 Nxb3 14. cxb3 Bb7 $15 {Bezgodov,A-Vaulin,A/Moscow/1995/0,5/
17/}) 10. Bb3 Nb6 11. Ne3 $8 Bc5 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Qd3 (13. Nf5 $2 g6 $1 (13...
O-O 14. Bg5 $132) 14. Ng7+ Kf8 15. Bh6 Kg8 16. Qd2 b4 17. Ne2 a5 $17 {
Foguelman,A-Reshevsky,S/Buenos Aires/1960/0:1/39/}) 13... O-O 14. Ne4 Nxe4 $146
(14... Bxe3 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Bxe3 Nxd5 $1 17. Bxd5 Rad8 18. Bxf7+ $14 Rxf7
19. Qc3 Bxf3 $1 $13 {Kokkila,T-Hoffman,M/POL/1987/0:1/29/}) (14... Rc8 15. Nxc5
Rxc5 16. Bd2 (16. O-O $142 $14) 16... Nbxd5 17. O-O-O Qc7 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 $132 {
Galakhov,S-Yermolinsky,A/Tashkent/1985/0:1/35/}) 15. fxe4 a5 16. c3 (16. Qxb5
$2 Qh4+ $36) (16. a3 $5) 16... a4 17. Bd1 f5 $1 18. Nxf5 Rxf5 19. exf5 Bxd5 $44
(19... e4 $5 $132) 20. Qg3 $1 (20. Bf3 $2 e4 $1 21. Bxe4 Qh4+ $19) (20. Be3 e4
21. Qe2 $8 Bc4 22. Qf2 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Nd5 24. Qxe4 (24. Qd4 Qg5 $40) 24... Qf8
$1 $40) 20... Nc4 21. Bc2 Qb6 (21... e4 22. Bg5 Qb6 23. O-O-O $16) (21... b4 $1
22. Bg5 Qb6 $36) 22. f6 $1 Qxf6 23. Bg5 Bf2+ $2 (23... Qc6 24. O-O-O e4 $1 $132
) 24. Qxf2 Qxg5 25. O-O $16 Ne3 $2 (25... h6 26. Rad1 Be6 $16) 26. Be4 $1 $18
1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn/Parnu"]
[Date "1998.06.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Short,N"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Playing someone with a significantly lower rating poses its own problems. In
February in Calcutta I had played my first open tournament for about 10 years
and I found the going tough, scoring only 4 victories with 7 draws in the
event. I guess I am out of practice.} 1. e4 {Gofshtein,L Tyomkin,D} c5 2. Nf3
d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 {A surprise to me. I had never given this line
the attention it deserves.} e5 6. Nb3 {I was more familiar with 6.Bb5+.} d5 $6
{I discovered subsequently that this commonly played move does not in fact
equalise. Improvements must be found elsewhere.} 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9.
exd5 Qxd5 (9... Bxd5 {Gofshtein,L} 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Qd3 Nc6 12. O-O-O Bxb3 13.
axb3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qxd3 $14) 10. Qxd5 Bxd5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. O-O-O (12. Nb5 $5 {
Gofshtein,L} Kd7 13. O-O-O+ Kc8 14. Na5 Nc6 15. Nc4 Bc5 16. Ncd6+ Kb8 17. Bc4
a6 18. Nc3 Kc7 19. Nce4 Bxd6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Nxd6 Rhg8 $132 {Malakhov,
V-Tyomkin,D/EU-chJM U20 1995/1/2-1/2 (126)}) 12... Nd7 (12... Nc6 {Gofshtein,L}
13. Bb5 (13. Ne4 Ke7 14. Nbc5 b6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. c3 a6 17. Rd6 Bh6+ 18. Kb1
Rhc8 19. Bc4 Nd8 20. Rhd1 $1 $16 {Somlai,L-Tyomkin,D/Budapest FS02 GM 1997/1-0
(56)}) 13... a6 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Ne4 (15. Na5 Bb4 16. Nxc6 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Bxa2
18. Rd6 Be6 $11 {Magem Badals,J-Van der Vorm,T/Andorra op 1997/1/2-1/2(23)})
15... Ke7 16. Na5 Bh6+ 17. Kb1 Rhc8 18. Nc5 Rab8 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. a4 Rb4 21.
b3 Rd4 22. Kb2 Rd5 $11 {Maljutin,E-Dvoirys,S/Smolensk op 1991/1/2-1/2 (61)}) (
12... a6 {Gofshtein,L} 13. Na5 Ra7 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Rxd5 b6 16. Nc4 b5 17. Nd6+
Bxd6 18. Rxd6 $16 {Varga,Z-Dao Thien Hai/Budapest FS02 GM 1996/1/2-1/2(42)})
13. Nb5 {Played instantly but my opponent sank into thought after my reply.}
Ke7 (13... Kd8 $6 {Gofshtein,L} 14. Na5 Kc8 (14... Rb8 15. Bc4 Bb4 16. Bxe6
fxe6 17. Nc4 $16 a6 $2 18. Nb6 axb5 19. Nxd7 $18 {Prie,E-Duncan,C/Paris-London
1994/1-0(35)}) 15. Bc4 $1 $16 {Maljutin-Dvojris, SSSR 1991}) 14. Nd6 $6 (14.
Na5 Bh6+ 15. Kb1 Nc5 16. b4 Na4 {was fine but after}) (14. Nc7 $1 Rc8 (14...
Bh6+ {Gofshtein,L} 15. Kb1 Rad8 (15... Rac8 16. Nd5+ Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Nb6 18. Ra5
(18. Rb5 Rc7 19. Bd3 Be3 $11 {[%cal Ga7a6] Sievers,S-Wilhelmi,C/Wichern-op
1995/1/2-1/2(26)}) 18... a6 19. Bd3 Nc4 20. Ra4 Nd2+ 21. Nxd2 Bxd2 22. Rd1 Be3
$11 {Magem Badals,J-Martin Gonzalez,A/ESP-ch 1993/1/2-1/2 (62)}) 16. Nd5+ Bxd5
17. Rxd5 Nc5 $1 18. Bc4 Rxd5 19. Bxd5 Rd8 20. c4 Nxb3 $11 {Popov,R-Tseshkovsky,
V/RUS-Cup6 1997/1/2-1/2(36)}) 15. Nd5+ Bxd5 16. Rxd5 $14 {Black does not have
a single winning chance and must fight ( probably successfully) for a draw.})
14... b6 15. Bb5 Rd8 16. Rd3 Bh6+ 17. Kb1 Nb8 $1 {=/+ Apparently a novelty. It
wins material. Fritzy, however, suggests} (17... a6 18. Bc4 e4 $3 {which was
way too difficult for a patzer like me.}) (17... f5 {Gofshtein,L} 18. Bc4 e4
19. fxe4 fxe4 20. Rdd1 Ne5 21. Bxe6 Rxd6 22. Rxd6 Kxd6 23. Bf5 e3 $11 {
Maljutin,E-Baikov,V/Russian Winter op 1991/1-0(35)}) 18. Rhd1 (18. Ne4 f5 {
is unpalatable.} (18... Rxd3 {Gofshtein,L} 19. Bxd3 f5 (19... Nd7 20. Ng3 {
[%csl Rf5]}) 20. Ng3 Kf6 $15) (18... a6 $140 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Bd3) (18... Rdg8
$5 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Ra7a6]} 19. Rc3 $1 Rxg2 20. Rc7+ Kf8 (20... Kd8 $2 21. Rb7
{[%csl Rb8]}) 21. Nxf6 Kg7 22. Bf1 $1 Rg5 23. h4 Rf5 24. Ne4 $132 {[%cal Gh1g1]
})) 18... a6 19. Bc4 Rxd6 20. Rxd6 Bxc4 21. Rxb6 Be3 $1 {Accurate play is
required as the Black forces are relatively uncoordinated.} 22. Rb4 $6 (22.
Rb7+ {was necessary although Black retains the upper hand after} Ke6 23. Rc7
Bd5 (23... Bxb3 $5 24. axb3 f5 $17) 24. c4 (24. Rc3 {Gofshtein,L} Bb6 25. Rcd3
Bc6 $15) 24... Ba8 25. c5 (25. Nc5+ Bxc5 26. Rxc5 Nc6 $17) 25... Bd5) 22... Rc8
23. Na5 Bb5 24. a4 Bc5 25. Rh4 Bd7 26. Rd3 (26. Rxh7 Bb4 27. Nb3 Bf5 $19) 26...
Bd4 27. Rb3 Nc6 28. Nxc6+ Bxc6 29. c3 Bd5 30. Ra3 Bf2 $1 31. Rh5 (31. Rxh7 e4
32. Rh5 e3) 31... Rg8 32. c4 Bxc4 33. g3 Bd4 34. Rxh7 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Balatonbereny GM"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wach, Markus"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Wach,M"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1996.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. Nf5 d5 8.
exd5 a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bb3 Nb6 11. Ne3 Bc5 12. Nc3 O-O 13. O-O $2 (13. Qd3 $142
Bb7 (13... Bd4 14. Ne4) 14. a4 $14) 13... Bf5 14. Kh1 Bg6 15. Qe2 Re8 16. Ng4
Nxg4 17. fxg4 Bd4 18. Be3 Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Rad1 Rb8 21. Bc1 Qa5 22. Qxc4
Bxc2 23. d6 Bxd1 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. d7 Rg8 26. Rxd1 Qd8 27. Qd5 Qe7 28. Ne4 Rbd8
29. Ng5 Rxd7 30. Qe4 g6 31. Nf3 Re8 32. h4 Bf2 33. Rf1 Bxh4 34. g5 Bg3 35. Qg4
e4 36. Qxg3 exf3 37. Qxf3 Qe6 38. Qc3+ Kg8 39. b3 Rf7 40. Rd1 Qe2 41. Rd3 Rf1+
42. Kh2 Rxc1 0-1

