[Event "Gibraltar Masters 13th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2015.02.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Adhiban,B"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 {A solid system which has been favoured
by many top players.} 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nbd2 {A surprise but the position was not
unfamiliar to me.} O-O 7. O-O a5 $5 {A natural plan to gain some space on the
queenside.} 8. b3 a4 9. Ba3 $5 {The bishop looks more active here.} (9. Bb2 {
I thought this was the more natural continuation but the text move is also
interesting.}) 9... Ne4 10. e3 Bf5 11. Qc1 Re8 $5 {I wasn't sure whether the
knight belonged on d7 or a6 so as of now I decided to postpone the decision.} (
11... Nd7 12. Nh4 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 (13. Nxf5 {doesn't work due to} Nxf1 14. Nxe7+
Kh8 15. Qxf1 axb3 16. axb3 Rxa3) 13... Be6 14. cxd5 $1 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16.
Qb4 $14 {and White wins a pawn.}) 12. Nh4 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Be6 14. Rfc1 Na6 {
I liked this plan more!} 15. Bb2 Nc7 16. Qb4 $5 {An funny move putting
pressure on the queenside.} Qd7 {Ignoring the threat.} (16... Ra7 17. Qb6 {
looked bit unpleasant.}) 17. Nf3 h6 $5 {An useful waiting move, It was a cat
and mouse game - both of us seemed to be lacking any decent plan.} 18. h4 $6 {
An unnecessary weakening and it will create problems for White.} (18. Ne5 Bxe5
19. dxe5 axb3 20. axb3 Rxa1 (20... Na6) 21. Rxa1 Na6 22. Qc3 dxc4 23. bxc4 Rd8
{Although comp prefers White, I feel only Black can try for a win here.}) 18...
Na6 {I didn't see any other way to improve the position.} 19. Qd2 Red8 {
I started to like my position here.} (19... axb3 20. axb3 dxc4 21. bxc4 Nc5 22.
Qd1 $1 {and White prevents all the knight invasions and has a strong centre.})
20. Bc3 Nc7 {The time had come to prepare the doubling of the rooks on the
a-file.} 21. Ba5 Ra6 22. Bf1 b6 (22... Rda8 23. Bxc7) (22... axb3 $5 23. axb3 (
23. cxd5 Bxd5 24. Bxa6 Nxa6 {[%cal Rd5h1,Rb3b2] White has to defend against
too many threats.} (24... Bxf3 25. Bf1)) 23... Rda8 {was my original intention
but runs into...} 24. cxd5 (24. Qe1 $1 {is safer with an equal game.}) 24...
Bxd5 25. Bxa6 Nxa6 26. Qd1 {(I stopped my analysis here) but now I see that}
Qh3 $1 {was crashing and I only found this plan later on.}) 23. Bc3 (23. cxd5 {
is bad in view of} Bxd5 24. Bxa6 Nxa6 {and White loses a piece.}) 23... Rda8 $1
{By now I had found the key to the exchange sacrifice (i.e. the Qh3 idea).} 24.
Qb2 (24. cxd5 Bxd5 25. Bxa6 Nxa6 26. Qd1 Qh3 $1 $17) 24... R6a7 {I decided to
retreat the rook so as not to leave the rook hanging.} ({Also possible was} 
24... Bh3 $5 25. Be2 R6a7) 25. Ne1 Bf5 $1 {Step by step, I was improving my
position while White's position was only getting worse.} 26. Nf3 ({One sample
line} 26. Nd3 Be4 27. Ne5 Bxe5 28. dxe5 axb3 29. axb3 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 Rxa1 31.
Qxa1 Qg4 $17) 26... Be4 27. Qe2 (27. Nd2 a3 {was an amusing line.}) 27... axb3
{I decided to reduce the material since the resulting position looked very
pleasant for me.} 28. axb3 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 Rxa1 30. Bxa1 dxc4 $1 31. bxc4 c5 {
I have managed to find the most pawn favourable system where I can exert the
maximum pressure on White's pawn structure.} 32. Nd2 (32. Bc3 Bxf3 33. Qxf3
cxd4 {just wins a pawn.}) 32... Bc2 $1 33. Nf3 $6 {An oversight.} (33. Bc3 {
I was trying to find something here, when he made the text move.} Qa4 $1 $15 {
with similar ideas to the game, Black prevents Nf3 and prepares ...Ne6 or ...
b5 depending on where the white queen goes.} (33... cxd4 34. Bxd4 Bxd4 35. exd4
Qxd4 36. Qxe7 $11)) 33... Qa4 $1 34. Bc3 $2 (34. dxc5 Bxa1 35. cxb6 Na6 36. Nd4
{Comp at first thought this was equal but given some time...} Be4 37. Qg4 Bb7
38. Bg2 h5 $1 {Forcing White to lose control of c8.} (38... e5 $2 39. Bxb7 exd4
40. Bd5 $16) 39. Qh3 {and only now} e5 $1 40. Bxb7 exd4 $17) 34... Bd1 {
A nice finale! I tied for the 3rd spot and eventually finished 8th on tiebreak.
} 0-1

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates m2"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. h3
$6 b5 $1 (8... Na6 $5) 9. Ne5 a6 $1 10. e4 (10. a4 b4 11. Ne4 $2 (11. Na2 a5
12. Nxc4 Be6 $132) 11... Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxh3) (10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. Bxc6 Bxh3)
10... Bb7 11. Re1 $1 (11. Be3 Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. e5 e6 14. Ne4 c5 15. Nf6+
Bxf6 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. exf6 Rxb7) 11... Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 (12... Qxd7 13. e5
Nd5 14. Ne4 $1 $44) 13. e5 $1 e6 14. Ne4 c5 $1 $15 (14... Rb8 15. Bg5 $1 $16) (
14... Qc7 15. Nd6 Rab8 16. Bg5 $1) 15. Nf6+ (15. Nxc5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nxc5 17.
dxc5 Rc8 $17) 15... Bxf6 (15... Nxf6 $5 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Bxb7 Ra7 18. Be4 cxd4
$44) 16. Bxb7 Ra7 17. Bg2 $2 (17. exf6 Rxb7 18. Bg5 $1 Rb6 $1 {/\ קf6.} (18...
Nb6 19. Qg4 $1 (19. dxc5 $2 Qxd1 20. Raxd1 Nd5 $17) 19... Qxd4 (19... cxd4 20.
Qh4 h5 (20... Nd5 21. Re4 $40) 21. g4 $40) 20. Re4 Qxb2 21. Rae1 $40) 19. Qg4 (
19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Qg4 Nd3) 19... Rd6 20. dxc5 (20. Re4 $2 h6 $1 $19) 20... Nxc5
21. Qh4 h5 22. g4 Rd4 23. Be3 Nd3 $1 24. Bxd4 Qxd4 $44) 17... Bg7 $17 18. a4
Rc7 (18... cxd4 19. Qxd4 (19. axb5 Nxe5 20. bxa6 (20. Rxa6 Rxa6 21. bxa6 Qa5 $1
) 20... Qb6 $17) 19... Rc7) 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra8 (20. Be3 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Nc5 $1
22. Bxc5 Rxc5 $17) 20... Rc8 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Bf4 cxd4 23. Qxd4 Nc5 24. Qd6
Nd3 $19 25. Ra1 Qd8 26. Ra8 Qxd6 27. exd6 Nxf4 28. gxf4 Rxa8 (28... Bxb2 $19
29. Bc6 b4) 29. Bxa8 Kf8 $1 (29... Bxb2 30. Bc6 b4 31. Bb5 Kf8 32. Bxc4 Bc1 33.
f5 gxf5 34. Bb3 {/\ Ba4 קd7,Pb4}) 30. Bc6 b4 31. Bb5 c3 $1 32. bxc3 b3 33. Bd3
(33. c4 b2) 33... Bxc3 34. Kg2 f5 35. Kf3 Bb4 36. Bc4 b2 37. Ba2 Bxd6 38. Ke3
Kg7 39. Bb1 Kh6 40. Kf3 (40. Kf3 Kh5 $1 $19) 0-1

[Event "World op 26th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1998.07.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1998.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. g3 g6 {Probably the
most correct answer.} 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. a4 Na6 $5 (8... a5 {would also
be interesting.} 9. e4) 9. a5 Bg4 (9... Be6 10. Ng5) 10. Ne5 Be6 11. e4 Nd7 12.
f4 (12. Nf3 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e5 15. d5 Ndc5) 12... Nxe5 13. fxe5 (13.
dxe5 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Nc5) 13... Qd7 (13... Qc8 $6 14. Be3 (14. Bg5 f6 15. exf6
exf6) 14... Rd8 15. Qf3) 14. Bf4 $6 (14. d5 Bg4 (14... cxd5 $5 15. exd5 Bf5)
15. e6 Bxd1 16. exd7 Bg4 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Ra4 Bxd7) (14. Be3 $1 Bg4 (14... Bh3
$6 15. Bxh3 Qxh3 16. Qe2 c5 (16... Nb4 17. Ra4 c5 18. dxc5) 17. Nd5 Qd7 (17...
cxd4 18. Nxe7+ Kh8 19. Bxd4 Rae8 20. Nd5 $16) 18. dxc5 Bxe5 19. Rad1 Qe6 20.
Qxc4 $16) 15. Qa4 c5 16. dxc5 Rac8 (16... Qxa4 17. Rxa4 Rfc8 18. Rxc4 b5 $2 19.
axb6 axb6 20. Nd5) 17. Qxc4 (17. Qxd7 $6 Bxd7 18. Nd5 Rfe8) 17... Bxe5 $142 $1
{with the idea of 18...Nc5!} (17... Nxc5 18. Bxc5 b6 19. axb6 axb6 20. Na4 $1
b5 $1 (20... bxc5 $2 21. Nb6) 21. Nb6 Qc7 22. Qxb5 Qxc5+ 23. Qxc5 Rxc5 24. Nd5
Bxe5 (24... Re8 $2 25. b4) 25. Nxe7+ Kg7 $11)) 14... Bg4 $1 15. Qd2 Rad8 16. d5
Nc5 $1 17. Qe3 (17. e6 $2 Nxe6) 17... Nd3 $17 18. h3 (18. e6 fxe6) 18... Bxh3
$1 (18... cxd5 19. exd5 Bf5 $15) 19. e6 Bxe6 20. dxe6 Qxe6 21. Qe2 (21. Kh2
Nxf4 (21... Nxb2 $5 22. Bh3 f5) 22. gxf4 Rd3 {can transpose to the game.})
21... b5 $5 (21... Nxf4 22. gxf4 Rd3 {is as well good.}) 22. axb6 axb6 23. Kh2
(23. Bc7 $2 Rd7 $1 24. Bxb6 Rb7 25. Qe3 Qd6 $1 26. Kh2 c5 (26... g5 27. Na4)
27. Ba5 Rxb2 $19) 23... Nxf4 $1 {It is not easy to exchange such a good knight
but it works.} 24. gxf4 Rd3 25. Ra6 $2 (25. e5 Rfd8 (25... g5 $5 26. fxg5 Bxe5+
27. Kh1 Rh3+ 28. Bxh3 Qxh3+ 29. Kg1 Bd4+ 30. Rf2 h6 $5) 26. Ne4 h6 $19) 25...
g5 $3 {Opening the lines.} 26. Qh5 $8 (26. Rf3 Rfd8 $142 $19 (26... Qh6+ 27.
Rh3 (27. Kg1 Bd4+ 28. Kf1 Qh2 29. Ke1 Rd8 30. fxg5 Bxc3+ $19) 27... Rxh3+ 28.
Bxh3 gxf4 29. Rxb6 Rd8 30. Nd5 Qh4 $19)) 26... gxf4 27. Rxb6 Bd4 28. Ra6 Qg6 $1
29. Qxg6+ (29. Bf3 Rb8 (29... Qg3+ 30. Kh1) 30. Ne2 Rxb2) 29... hxg6 30. Rxc6 (
30. Ne2 Be5 31. Bf3 Rb8 $19) 30... Rb8 $1 (30... Kg7 31. Bf3 Rh8+ 32. Kg2 Rd2+
33. Ne2 {and white defends on.}) 31. Nd1 (31. Rxc4 Rxb2 32. Nd5 Rdd2 (32... e5
$5) 33. Rxd4 (33. Nxf4 Be5) 33... Rxg2+ 34. Kh3 Rg3+ 35. Kh4 Rh2#) 31... Kg7 $1
(31... Kg7 $1 32. Bf3 (32. Nf2 Rd2 33. Nh3 Rbxb2 $19) 32... Rd2+ (32... Rh8+
33. Kg2 Rd2+ 34. Nf2 Rb8 $19) 33. Kh3 Rh8+ 34. Kg4 e5 $1 $19 (34... Rdh2 35.
Kxf4 R8h4+ (35... e5+ 36. Kg4) 36. Bg4 Rg2 37. Ne3 Bxe3+ 38. Kxe3 Rhxg4 39.
Rxc4 Rxb2 40. Rc7 Rb3+ 41. Kd4 Rb4+ $19)) 0-1

[Event "Vojvodina-ch 7th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.07.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d5 7. b3 $5 dxc4 {
The sharpest approach.} 8. bxc4 c5 9. Bb2 Qb6 10. Qb3 Nfd7 $6 {People are more
for this move} ({but} 10... Ne4 $1 11. e3 Nc6 12. Ne5 Nd6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14.
dxc5 Qxc5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Rfc1 Rab8 18. Qc3+ Kg8 19. Nb3 Qxc4 20.
Qxc4 Bxc4 21. Na5 Bd5 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. Rxc6 Rfc8 $11) 11. e3 $5 (11. Nc3 Nc6 (
11... cxd4 $2 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Bxd4 $16) 12. e3 {is a transposition into the
game.}) 11... Nc6 12. Nc3 Na5 $6 ({The regular idea is} 12... cxd4 13. exd4 (
13. Nxd4 $5 Na5 14. Qc2) 13... Nxd4 (13... Qxb3 14. axb3 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16.
Rfd1 Bf6 17. Ra2 $44 (17. Nd5 $5 Bxb2 18. Nxe7+ Kg7 19. Rab1)) 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 (
14... Bxd4 $2 15. Nd5) 15. Rad1 Qf6 16. Rfe1 $44) 13. Nd5 $6 ({I have never
looked at} 13. Qc2 $142 $1) 13... Qd8 ({Black could have started the exchanges
} 13... Nxb3 $1 14. Nxb6 Nxa1 $1 (14... Nxd4 $6 15. Nxa8 Ne2+ 16. Kh1 Bxb2 17.
Rab1 Bf6 18. Nd2 Nc3 19. Rb3) 15. Nxa8 Nc2 {I saw in the game that Black's
knight does not fall on c2.} 16. Nc7 $1 $36 (16. a3 $2 cxd4 17. exd4 Nc5 18.
Rc1 Bf5 $1 $17 (18... Na4 19. Rxc2 Bf5 $17))) 14. Qc2 (14. Qa4 e6 15. Bc3 b6)
14... e6 15. Nf4 Re8 $6 (15... cxd4 16. exd4 (16. Nxd4 e5 17. Nde6 fxe6 18.
Nxe6 Qe7 19. Bd5 Kh8 20. f4 $44) 16... Nb6 17. c5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 $14) (15...
b6 $1 $132) 16. Rfd1 Qb6 17. Nd3 (17. Bc3 $142 Nxc4 $2 (17... cxd4 18. Bxd4
Bxd4 19. Nxd4 $16) 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nd3 Qc7 21. Nd2 $18) (17.
Rab1 $5) 17... Qc7 18. Rac1 Rb8 $16 {White is clearly better but I had to come
up with the most efficient way amidst many seemingly good ones.} (18... cxd4
19. Nxd4 $16) 19. dxc5 (19. d5 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 e5 21. e4 b6 $14) (19. Ng5 $5) (
19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. Nd2 b6 22. Ne4 Qe7 23. c5 $40) 19... Nxc5 (
19... e5 20. Ng5) 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21. Bd4 $6 {All of a sudden I have become more
materialistic than ever and started to aim for a7!} (21. Nd2 $16) (21. Bxg7 $1
Kxg7 22. Qc3+ (22. Qb2+ $6 e5 23. Qb5 Qxb5 24. cxb5 Bf5 25. Rc7 Rbc8 $11) 22...
f6 23. Nd2 e5 (23... b6 24. Ne4 Qe7 25. c5 $18) 24. Ne4 Qc7 25. Nd6 Rf8 26. Nb5
Qb6 27. Rb1 $16 Nc6 28. c5 Qa6 29. Nd6 (29. Nc7 Qa4) 29... Be6 30. Rb2 $16) (
21. Qa4 $2 Bd7 $1 22. Rxd7 Bxb2 23. Rb1 Qa3 $14 (23... Nxc4 $2 24. Rxb2 Nxb2
25. Qh4 $40)) 21... Qc7 $1 (21... Bxd4 $2 22. exd4 Qc7 23. Ne5 $16) 22. Qb2 (
22. Bxa7 Ra8 23. Bd4 e5 24. Ba1 Bf5 $44) 22... Bxd4 (22... e5 23. Bxa7 Ra8 24.
Bb6 $16 (24. Qb6)) 23. exd4 $2 {It is not like I had overlooked the simple
tactics but somehow went for it.} (23. Qxd4 Nc6 24. Qh4 Kg7 25. Ng5 h6 26. Ne4
$16) 23... Nxc4 $1 24. Qb5 (24. Qc3 b5 25. Ne5 Bb7 (25... Ba6 $6 26. a4) 26.
Ng4 Kg7 27. d5+ e5 28. d6 Qd7 29. Nxe5 Nxe5 30. f4 Bxg2 31. fxe5 Qb7 32. e6+
$13) 24... Nd6 25. Qc5 (25. Rxc7 $2 Nxb5) 25... Qe7 $5 (25... Qxc5 26. dxc5 Nf5
27. Rb1 $44 (27. Ne5 f6)) 26. Qxa7 Bd7 {Strange things started to happen from
now on} 27. Qb6 {Draw offer.} (27. Ne5 $142 $1 Ra8 28. Qb6 Ba4 (28... Rxa2 $2
29. Rc7 Rd8 30. d5 $18) 29. Re1 Qd8 $132) 27... Rec8 $6 (27... Ba4 $1 28. Re1
Qd8 $15) (27... Bc6 28. Ne5 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 $36) 28. Ne5 Ba4 29. Re1 Be8 30. Qb4
$5 (30. Rc5 Qd8) (30. Rb1 $142 $5 $40) 30... Rxc1 (30... Nf5 31. Qxe7 Nxe7 32.
Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Bxb7 Rc2 34. Ra1 Ba4 $44) 31. Rxc1 Rd8 32. Qb6 $2 {I had to be
consistent with my original plan:} (32. a4 Nf5 33. Qxe7 Nxe7 34. a5 Ra8 35. Rc5
$16) 32... Nb5 (32... Nf5 $145) 33. Qxb7 Qa3 $2 {There was no need to be
afraid of the a-pawn yet.} (33... Qxb7 34. Bxb7 Nxd4 $11) 34. Rc8 Nd6 35. Rxd8
$2 ({In mutual time trouble we both missed} 35. Qa8 $1 Qxa8 36. Rxa8 Rxa8 37.
Bxa8 Nb5 38. Bc6 $16) 35... Qc1+ $1 (35... Nxb7 $2 36. Rxe8+ Kg7 37. Bxb7 $18)
36. Bf1 Nxb7 37. Rxe8+ Kg7 38. Re7 Nd6 39. Rd7 (39. a4 $5) 39... Qa3 (39... Ne4
40. Rxf7+ Kg8 41. Kg2 Qb2 42. Rf4 Qxd4 43. Nc6 $11) 40. Be2 {While we were
extremely short of time I was very positive about my chances.} (40. Nc4 $5 Nxc4
41. Bxc4 Qc3 42. Bf1 Qa5 43. Bc4 $11) 40... Qb4 41. Kg2 Kg8 42. Bf3 (42. a4 Nf5
) (42. Rd8+ Kg7 43. Rd7 $11) 42... Nf5 $1 {All of a sudden I was rightfully
concerned about my back rank.} 43. Be4 {Trying to get rid of the agile knight.}
(43. Nxf7 Qd2 {was not as critical as I had estimated.} 44. Kg1 (44. a4 Ne3+
45. Kh3 Qxf2 46. Nh6+ Kh8 (46... Kf8 $4 47. Rf7+ Ke8 48. Bc6+ $18) 47. Nf7+ Kg7
48. Ng5+ Kh6 49. Nf7+ $11) 44... Nxd4 45. Kg2 $1 $11) 43... Nd6 (43... f6 $2
44. Ng4) 44. Bf3 Qa3 45. d5 $1 {Actually the quality of the game increased at
end pf the time trouble.} exd5 46. Nxf7 $1 Ne4 $1 (46... Nxf7 $2 47. Bxd5 Qc5
48. Bxf7+ Kf8 49. Bb3 Qc6+ 50. Rd5 $16) 47. Nh6+ Kf8 48. Rxd5 (48. Rf7+ $5 Ke8
49. Rxh7 (49. Bxe4 $2 dxe4 50. Rf4 Qa8 $1 51. Kg1 e3 52. fxe3 Qxa2 53. Ng4 $11)
) 48... Nf6 49. Rd4 (49. Rd8+ Kg7 (49... Ke7 $2 50. Ra8 Qb4 51. Ng8+ $16) 50.
Ng4 (50. Ra8 $2 Qb4 $19) 50... Nxg4 51. Bxg4 Qxa2 $11) 49... Qxa2 {We made a
draw on Volodya's offer and all my last round games during the Serbian tour
ended up peacefully.} (49... Qxa2 50. Ng4 Nxg4 51. Rxg4 Kg7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Boskovic Memorial"]
[Site "Bijelo Polje"]
[Date "2005.10.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Blagojevic, Dragisa"]
[Black "Rabrenovic, Milinko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 O-O 8. O-O
Na6 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Qa4 Nd5 11. Rd1 Nb6 12. Qc2 Nb4 13. Qb1 Bf5 14. e4 Bg4 15.
Ne2 f5 16. Bd2 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Bf5 18. Qh4 N4d5 19. Bh6 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Rf7 21. Ng5
Rg7 22. Nc3 Nf6 23. Bh3 Qd7 24. Re1 Ng4 $2 ({A dubious decision. Correct was} 
24... Bxh3 25. Qxh3 (25. Nxh3 Qxd4) 25... Qxh3 26. Nxh3 g5 {, maintaining the
balance.}) 25. Bxg4 Bxg4 26. Re4 Nc4 27. Rae1 {Setting a neat trap.} {The
final mistake.} Nd6 $2 ({Correct was} 27... Re8) ({or} 27... Bf5 {, and} 28.
Rh4 {is met by} Nd6 {. Now} 29. Nxh7 {loses to} Nf7) {[%tqu "En","What's the
best way to parry two Black's threats: 28...Ne4 and 28...Nf5?","The best
defense is offence! Exploit the weakness of Black's seventh rank.","Sacrifice
your queen!","h6g7","The last nail in Black's coffin!",4]} 28. Qxg7+ $1 {
[%csl Rd7,Re7][%cal Ge1e7] This nice sacrifice eliminates Black's key defender
and spells a quick end for Black.} Kxg7 29. Rxe7+ Qxe7 30. Rxe7+ Kf6 31. Re5 {
Threatening 32.Nce4+} Nf5 32. Nce4+ Kg7 33. h3 Bd1 34. g4 (34. g4 {, and Black
resigned in view of} Nh6 (34... Nxd4 35. Re7+ Kf8 36. Rf7+ Ke8 37. Nf6+ Kd8 38.
Rd7+ Kc8 39. Rxd4) 35. Re7+ Kf8 36. Rxb7 {, and mate is inevitable.}) 1-0

[Event "Cutro 05th"]
[Site "Cutro"]
[Date "1999.04.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Efimov, Igor"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1999.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Finkel,A} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. Nbd2 a5 7. Ne5
(7. a4 c6 (7... Na6 8. Nb3 (8. Ne5 c5 9. e3 Bf5 $6 10. g4 Be6 11. f4 cxd4 12.
exd4 Qb6 13. c3 $14 {Averbakh,Y-Zamora,J/Enhance MCC 1992}) 8... b6 9. c3 Bb7
10. Bf4 c5 11. Ne5 e6 12. Qc1 Rc8 13. Bh6 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nd7 $132 {Polugaevsky,
L-Kasparov,G/Paris Immopar rapid 1992}) 8. Ne5 Ng4 9. Ndf3 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Nd7
$11 {Velvart,P-Veroci,Z/HUN-chW 1993}) (7. Re1 Nc6 $5 8. c3 Bf5 9. Nh4 Be6 10.
e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bd5 13. Bd3 e5 $13 {Norwood,D-Adams,M/
Academics-Philistines m 1997}) 7... c5 (7... Ng4 $5 8. Nxg4 Bxg4 9. h3 Be6 10.
c3 c6 11. a4 Nd7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 {1/2-1/2 Kovacs Pinter,M-Veroci,Z/
HUN-chW 1993}) 8. c3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Qb6 10. Ndf3 Nc6 (10... Bf5 11. b3 Be4 12.
Ba3 Re8 13. Bc5 Qc7 14. Rc1 Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. e3 $14) 11. b3 Ne4 12. Nxc6 (
12. Bb2 a4 $5 {[%cal Gb6b2]}) 12... bxc6 13. Ba3 a4 14. e3 (14. Bxe7 $2 Re8 {
[%csl Re2]} 15. Bc5 $8 (15. Ba3 Nc3 16. Qd2 Nxe2+ 17. Kh1 Nxd4 $19) 15... Nxc5
16. dxc5 Qa6 $1 17. Rc1 Rxe2 (17... Qxe2 $6 18. Re1 Qxd1 19. Rcxd1 Be6 20. Nd4
$11) 18. Rc2 Rxc2 19. Qxc2 Bf5 $17) 14... Re8 15. Ne5 Bf5 (15... Ba6 16. Re1
axb3 17. axb3 (17. Qxb3 $2 Qxb3 18. axb3 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nd2 $1 20. b4 Nc4 $17)
17... Bxe5 $6 18. dxe5 Nc5 19. Qd4 Nd7 20. Rec1 $14) 16. f3 Nc3 17. Qd2 Bxe5
18. Qxc3 (18. Bc5 $1 Qb5 19. Qxc3 Bg7 20. e4 Be6 21. b4 $14) (18. dxe5 $2 axb3
$1 {[%csl Ra3]} 19. Qxc3 Rxa3 20. axb3 Rxb3 $17) 18... Bd6 19. Bc5 (19. Bxd6
exd6 20. b4 a3 $1 21. Rfc1 Rec8 22. g4 Be6 23. Rab1 $13) 19... Bxc5 20. dxc5
Qb5 21. b4 a3 $1 22. g4 $2 (22. e4 $5 Be6 (22... dxe4 23. fxe4 Be6 24. Rfd1 $14
{[%cal Gd1d4,Gc3d2,Ga1d1]}) 23. Rfd1 Red8 24. e5 $14) 22... Bd3 23. Rfd1 Be2
24. Bf1 $6 (24. Rd2 $5) 24... Bxf1 25. Rxf1 e5 $5 (25... Ra4 $1 26. Rab1 Rb8
27. Rb3 Qc4 $1 (27... Rxb4 $4 28. Rfb1 $1 Rxb3 29. Rxb3 $18 {[%csl Rb8]}) (
27... Qe2 $6 28. g5 $1 (28. Rf2 Qc4 $1 $17) 28... Qxa2 $2 (28... Qc4) 29. Rf2
$1 $18) 28. Rc1 (28. Qxc4 dxc4 29. Rc3 Rbxb4 30. Rf2 Rb2 $17 {[%cal Gf7f6,
Gg8d5]}) (28. Qe5 $6 Rb7 29. Rc3 (29. Rfb1 Rbxb4 30. Rxb4 Rxb4 31. Rxb4 Qxb4
32. Qxe7 Qb1+ 33. Kf2 Qxa2+ 34. Kg3 Qb2 $19) 29... Qxa2 30. Rf2 Qb1+ 31. Rf1 a2
$1 $19) 28... Rbxb4 29. Rxa3 Qe2 $1 $17) 26. Rab1 e4 27. fxe4 $5 Rxe4 28. h3
Qe2 (28... Qb7 $6) 29. Rbe1 Qb2 $2 (29... Qxa2 30. Qf6 Rf8 31. Qxc6 Rxb4 $17)
30. Qf6 $1 $11 {[%mdl 4096]} Qxf6 (30... Rf8 31. Qxc6 Qxa2 32. Rf2 Qb3 33. b5
Rxe3 34. Rxe3 Qxe3 35. Qxd5 $132) 31. Rxf6 Rxb4 (31... Rc8 32. Rf4 Rce8 33. Kf2
$11) 32. Ref1 Rf8 $6 (32... Rb2 $1 33. R1f2 (33. Rxc6 $2 Rxa2 34. Rc7 f5 $1 $19
) (33. Rxf7 $2 Rxa2 34. Rc7 Rf8 $1 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Rxc6 Rb2 $19) 33... Rxf2
34. Kxf2 Rb8 $5 (34... Rc8 35. g5 Kf8 36. Kf3 Ke7 37. Kf4 $15) 35. Rxc6 Rb2+
36. Kf3 Rxa2 37. Ra6 $15) 33. Rxc6 Rb2 34. Rf2 Re8 35. Rxb2 axb2 $14 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2004.07.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Lukin, Andrei M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 {This move came as a big surprise, since this line
has been never occured in the games of my opponent.} 4. Nf3 d5 5. Qb3 Bg7 6.
Bg2 O-O 7. O-O {By transposition of moves we have reached a famous position.}
Ne4 $6 {Apparently not the best continuation.} ({Usually Black chooses one of
the following options :} 7... Qb6) ({or} 7... dxc4 8. Qxc4 Bf5 {which looks
more preferable to the game continuation.}) 8. Nc3 $1 dxc4 9. Qxc4 Be6 (9...
Bf5 {looks more playable.}) (9... Nd6 10. Qd3 Na6 11. e4 Be6 12. b3 Nb4 13. Qe2
Bg4 14. Rd1 Qb6 15. Be3 Qa6 16. Qd2 $14 {0-1 Perez Cameselle,F-Penillas Mendez,
I/Benidorm ESP 2003/The Week in Chess 473 (80)}) 10. Qd3 Nd6 ({Black cannot
play} 10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nd7 {[%cal Gd7b6] in view of} 12. Ng5 {[%csl Re6]})
11. Rd1 {preparing e2-e4 advance.} Qc8 $6 $146 {Undoubtely not the best square
for black's queen, allowing white to develop his pieces with tempo.} (11... Na6
$142 12. e4 (12. Ng5 $5 Bc4 13. Qf3 h6 14. b3 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 hxg5 16. Bxg5 Qa5
17. Bd2 Qc7 18. Rac1 Qd7 19. d5 c5 20. h4 $14 {1-0 Pelikan,J-Golombek,H/Buenos
Aires 1939/HCL (42)}) 12... Nb4 13. Qb1 a5 14. b3 $14) 12. Bg5 $1 {[%csl Ge7]}
Re8 13. Rac1 {[%csl Gc8] Now it becomes clear, that White has a clear edge due
to his better placed piecies and full control over center, but Black still
keeps pretty solid position, without any serious weaknesses.} Bh3 14. Bh1 ({
Worth of consideration was:} 14. e4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 {but it's always better to
keep more piecies,for the side, which has a space advantage.}) 14... Nd7 15. e4
f6 $1 {Otherwise white was threatening an unpleasant 16 e5.} 16. Be3 Nf7 17.
Qc4 $5 {Transfering the queen to the a2-g8 diagonal.} (17. b4 {[%cal Gb4b5]} a6
18. a4 {[%cal Gb4b5] was quite interesting alternative, with idea to create a
weakness on c6.}) 17... Nb6 (17... e5 18. Qb3 (18. d5 Nd6 19. Qd3 c5 20. Nb5
Bf8 {doesn't look very clear.}) 18... exd4 19. Nxd4 Nde5 20. Bg2 (20. Nce2 {
[%cal Ge2f4]} c5 $1) 20... Bxg2 21. Kxg2 {[%cal Gf2f4] with clear advantage.})
18. Qb3 e6 19. a4 $1 $16 {[%cal Ga4a5]} f5 {The only chance for counterplay.}
20. Ne5 $1 (20. a5 $140 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Nd5 22. Nfg5 Nxg5 23. Nd6 Qd8 (23... Nxe3
24. Nxc8 Nxd1 25. Nd6 $1 $16) 24. Nxe8 Bh6 $1 $13) 20... Nxe5 21. dxe5 Bxe5 22.
a5 (22. f4 $143 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 fxe4 $13 {[%cal Gb6d5]}) 22... Nd7 23. Nb5 $1 {
[%csl Ga7][%cal Gb5d6] The point of my idea.} fxe4 (23... a6 24. Nd6 Bxd6 25.
Rxd6 {[%csl Gg8] looks extremely dangerous for Black.}) 24. Nxa7 Qc7 25. a6 {
[%csl Rb7,Rc6]} Nf6 $2 {Losing on the spot.} (25... Rxa7 26. Bxa7 b6 27. Bxe4 (
27. Rxd7 Qxd7 28. Bxb6 $16 {[%csl Ga6]}) 27... Qxa7 28. Bxc6 Re7 29. Qb5 Nc5
30. b4 $18) ({More stubborn was :} 25... c5 $142 26. Nb5 Qc6 $1 (26... Qc8 27.
Nd6 Bxd6 28. axb7 $18) 27. a7 (27. Nc3 Nf6 {[%csl Ge4]} (27... Rxa6 $2 28. Bxe4
Qc7 29. Qxb7 Qxb7 30. Bxb7 Rd6 31. Rxd6 Bxd6 32. Rd1 Rb8 33. Bg2 Bxg2 34. Rxd6
$18) 28. axb7 Rab8 29. Qc4 Qxb7 $14) 27... Bg4 (27... b6 28. Qc4 {[%cal Gh1e4]}
Nf6 29. Bg5 Bf5 30. Bxf6 Bxf6 31. g4 $18 {[%csl Ge4]}) 28. Rxd7 (28. Rd2 Bf3
29. Qc4 $16 {[%cal Gb2b4]}) 28... Qxd7 29. Rxc5 {and the pawn on a7 secures a
big advantage for White.}) 26. Qxb7 (26. axb7 Rab8 27. Nxc6 Rxb7 28. Nxe5 $140
$2 Qxc1 $1 $17) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.03"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 {Definitely the most solid system for Black
against White's fianchetto.} 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 {I have also tried other moves
for White, but in this important game I decided to surprise my opponent with
the text.} dxc4 {One of the few reliable moves for Black. Alternatives are:} (
5... Bg7) (5... Nbd7 {and even}) (5... Nfd7) 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Bf5
9. Nc3 Nbd7 {Finally we have reached a quite well-known theoretical line.} 10.
h3 {In general Black is doing quite OK in main lines of this variation, so
during my preparation I paid attention to this rare continuation.} Ne4 11. Qb3
$5 $146 {[%mdl 8] This is my new idea.} ({White previously tried:} 11. Rd1 {
Wojtkiewicz,A (2540)-Antonio,R (2490)/Bacolod 1991.} {Now Black could have
solved his opening problems instantly by means of} Nxc3 $5 12. bxc3 Bc2 $1 13.
Re1 Nb6 14. Qc5 Qd6 $1) ({It seems to me that} 11. g4 {is too aggressive:} Be6
12. Qd3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 {as occured in Makarov,M (2518)-Levin,E (2500)/St
Petersburg 2010/CBM 137 (25), after the simple} Nb6 $1 $15 {I would prefer
Black's position, since White's kingside might become vulnerable.}) 11... Nb6 (
{Black's other option is} 11... Qb6) 12. a4 $1 {Creating the unpleasant idea
of chasing off the knight from b6 by means of a4-a5.} a5 {There is no doubt
that is not the most desirable move, (tit makes Black's knight vulnerable on
b6), but after} (12... Nd6 {Black allows White to gain space in the centre} 13.
a5 ({Also the quiet} 13. Re1 $5 {comes into consideration.}) 13... Be6 14. Qc2
Nd5 (14... Nbc4 {runs into the unpleasant} 15. a6 $1) 15. e4 $14 {etc.}) 13.
Rd1 Ra6 {Protecting the knight on b6 with the rook allows Black to free his
queen.} ({In case of} 13... Nd6 14. Re1 Be6 15. Qd1 Nd5 16. Ng5 $1 {White has
better chances.} (16. e4 Nb4 {is less clear.})) 14. Ne1 {White starts his
fight for the central squares.} Be6 15. Qc2 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qc8 $6 {[%csl Gh3]
[%cal Gc6c5] A very tempting continuation, that actually appears to be a
serious inaccuracy.} ({Better would have been} 16... Nd7 {then after} 17. Rb1
Rb6 18. Bf4 Bc4 19. Nf3 $14 {White retains a pleasant edge.}) 17. Kh2 {
Unfortunately I failed to exploit Black's inaccuracy, because in the line} (17.
Nd3 $1 Bxh3 18. Bxh3 Qxh3 {I didn't notice the quiet} 19. Rb1 $1 {[%csl Gb6,
Gb7][%cal Gd3c5]} ({only checking} 19. Nc5 Ra7 20. Rb1 Nd7 {which didn't
appeal to me, due to the idea of Nf6-g4 if White captures on b7.}) 19... Qf5
20. Re1 $1 $16 {and White regains the pawn with a serious advantage.}) 17... c5
$1 $132 {Now Black is getting enough counterplay.} 18. d5 (18. Bg5 {is not
dangerous for Black; he can simply continue} cxd4 19. cxd4 Qxc2 20. Nxc2 Bb3
21. Rdc1 Bxa4 22. Bxe7 Re8 23. Bc5 Rxe2 24. Bxb7 Ra7 $11 {with a drawish
endgame.}) 18... Bd7 {I should admit, that it was a very unpleasant surprise
to discover Black's threat of ...Qe8 attacking the a4-pawn.} 19. Nd3 c4 20. Nb2
{[%csl Gb2] Not the most aesthetically pleasing way to protect the a4-pawn,
but I didn't see alternatives.} ({After} 20. Nf4 $6 Qe8 {the a4-pawn is
falling without much compensation.}) 20... e6 21. dxe6 {White has no choice,
since after} (21. e4 $2 exd5 22. exd5 Bf5 23. Qd2 Rd8 $17 {his pieces are
poorly coordinated.}) 21... Bxe6 22. Be3 $6 {This is too slow, preferable
would have been the immediate} (22. e4 {here Black has a choice between} Nd7 ({
and} 22... f5 23. Be3 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Nd7 25. Bg2 Re8) 23. Be3 Re8 24. f4 Nc5 25.
Rab1 (25. Rf1 $5) 25... Nb3 {in both cases with very complex double-edged play.
}) 22... Nd7 23. Bd5 $6 {Another inaccurate move, during the game I was
concerned about Black's knight coming to b5, but in fact it was not so
dangerous and I could have played} (23. Bd4 Nc5 24. Rab1 Nb3 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26.
Bd5 {with a roughly equal game.}) 23... Nf6 $1 24. Bg2 Nd7 25. Bd5 {As I
already mentioned 25.Bd4 was better.} Nf6 26. Bg2 Bf5 {Clearly Black has every
reason to avoid a repetition, but the best would be} (26... Re8 $1 {in this
case White's best chance would be} 27. Rd4 $5 ({since the natural} 27. Bd4 {
runs into the unpleasant} Bf5 28. Qd2 Ne4 29. Qe1 Rae6 $1 {and Black's pieces
are very well coordinated.}) 27... Nd7 28. Rh4 $15) 27. Qc1 Be4 $2 {A very
strange move, which only helps White to carry out his plan, much more to the
point was} (27... Re8 {, here White should probably continue} 28. Rd4 Be6 29.
Bh6 Bh8 30. Qd2 {with an unclear game.}) 28. f3 Bf5 29. Bd4 Be6 30. e4 h5 $6 {
Black's idea of playing h5-h4 can hardly hurt White, while the unnecessary
weakening of his kingside pawn structure will tell later on.} (30... Nd7 $142
31. Qe3 Bxd4 {was necessary for Black, here I would probably recapture by
means of} 32. Rxd4 ({, since after} 32. cxd4 Rb6 33. Qc3 Rb3 34. Qc2 Nb6 35. d5
Bd7 36. Rdc1 Rb4 $132 {Black has definite counterplay.}) 32... Nc5 33. Re1 $14
{and White maintains better chances.}) 31. Qe3 ({There was nothing wrong with} 
31. f4 {in this case} h4 {is perfectly met by} 32. g4) 31... Re8 ({After} 31...
h4 32. g4 Qc7+ {it's better to play} 33. Kh1 $1 ({avoiding unnecessary
complications after} 33. f4 g5)) 32. Rd2 Qb8 $6 {Obviously it was much better
to move the queen to the c7-square.} 33. h4 $1 {Preventing Black's idea of
h5-h4.} ({Unnecessary complications would have followed} 33. f4 h4 34. g4 Bxg4
$1) 33... Kh7 ({Maybe my opponent planned to carry out} 33... b5 {but it would
only help White to improve his passive knight} 34. axb5 Qxb5 35. Na4 $16) 34.
Qe2 $1 {Now Black needs to waste a tempo on defending the c4-pawn, while White
has prepared a nice route for his problematic knight.} Rc8 35. Nd1 $1 Nd7 ({
After} 35... b5 36. axb5 Qxb5 {I intended to continue} 37. Ne3 ({Also worth
considering is} 37. e5 Nd5 38. Nf2 {[%cal Gf2e4,Gf3f4] followed by Ne4 with a
serious initiative.}) 37... a4 38. Rb2 Qd7 39. Nc2 {with advantage.}) 36. Qe3 {
Not a necessary move, the immediate} (36. f4 {was stronger, for example:} Bg4
37. Bf3 Bxf3 38. Qxf3 Nc5 39. Bxc5 Rxc5 40. e5 b5 41. Nf2 $16 {[%cal Gf2e4]})
36... Bf8 37. f4 Bg4 {Black is already unable to consolidate his pieces:} (
37... Qc7 38. f5 ({Worth considering is} 38. Qe1 $5 Nc5 39. Ne3 {[%cal Gf4f5]})
38... gxf5 39. Qf3 f4 40. Qxh5+ Bh6 41. Ne3 $1 {[%cal Ge3f5] with a strong
initiative.}) (37... Nc5 38. f5 Bd7 (38... gxf5 39. Qf3 $40) 39. Rf2 Kg8 40.
Bh3 Qc7 41. Qf3 gxf5 42. Bxf5 $16) 38. Nf2 $16 {Now it's clear, that
everything has gone wrong for Black, White's advantage is obvious.} Nc5 39.
Nxg4 ({Another attractive possibility would have been} 39. Be5 Bd6 40. Rxd6
Rxd6 41. Nxg4 hxg4 42. Qe2 $16) 39... hxg4 40. Bxc5 {I think it was a good
practical decision in time trouble to trade Black's knight, switching for a
position with an extra pawn, but different coloured bishops.} (40. Rad1 {
was quite strong and if Black captured the pawn} Nxa4 {White's attack should
be decisive after} 41. Qe2) 40... Bxc5 41. Qe2 {The black g4-pawn and White's
pawn majority on the kingside allow him to create a decisive attack against
the black king, while bishops of different colours only help the strongest
side.} Rd6 42. Rxd6 Qxd6 43. Qxg4 Rd8 44. Rf1 $1 Qb6 $6 {Moving the queen away
from the kingside significantly eases White's task.} ({More stubborn would
have been} 44... Qf6 {Now I like} 45. f5 ({in the event of} 45. e5 Qf5 46. Qxf5
gxf5 {the position should be winning, but definitely there are some drawish
tendencies in the endgame with different coloured bishops.}) 45... Rd2 {
and now White has a pleasant choice between} 46. e5 ({and} 46. fxg6+ Qxg6 47.
Qf4 Rc2 48. Rf3) 46... Qxe5 47. Kh3 Rf2 48. fxg6+ fxg6 49. Rxf2 Bxf2 50. Be4
Qd6 51. h5 {in both cases White decides the game quite easily in his favour.})
45. f5 (45. e5 {was quite strong as well.}) 45... Rd3 46. e5 $18 {Now White's
attack is crushing.} Bf2 {The attempt to create counterplay falls short, since
the black king is too weak.} 47. Qxc4 {[%csl Gf7]} (47. e6 Rxg3 48. Qf4 {
was another winning line.}) 47... Bxg3+ 48. Kh1 Rd7 49. e6 {Of course every
move is winning here, but obviously the most simple way would have been} (49.
Qg4 $1 {[%csl Gd7,Gg3][%cal Gf5g6] forcing immediate resignation.}) 49... Rc7 {
This is of course absolutely hopeless, after} (49... fxe6 {I wanted to continue
} 50. Qg4 ({According to my computer a much stronger move is} 50. fxg6+ Kg7 51.
Qe2 $18) 50... gxf5 51. Qxg3 Rg7 52. Qe5 {and it should be an easy win for
White.}) 50. Qg4 {Black is unable to avoid huge material losses.} Bd6 51. Be4 (
51. fxg6+ fxg6 52. Be4 {mate in 6 according to the computer.}) 51... Kh8 52.
fxg6 f5 53. Qxf5 Qe3 54. g7+ {My opponent resigned in view of the following
line:} (54. g7+ Rxg7 55. Qh5+ Kg8 56. Qe8+ {with mate.}) 1-0

[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1998.04.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Black "Giaccio, Alfredo Gustavo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1998.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 6192]} 1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 O-O 7.
Bb2 a5 8. c4 a4 9. Nbd2 (9. cxd5 $5 Nxd5 10. e4 Nc7 11. Na3 c5 12. Nc4 cxd4 13.
Bxd4 axb3 14. axb3 Nc6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rxa8 Qxd1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Pigusov,
E-Bareev,E/URS-FL 1986}) (9. bxa4 $5 dxc4 $6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxc4 Nb6 12. Nxb6
Qxb6 13. Qb3 Qa5 14. Nc3 $16 {Gislason,G-Blees,A/Hafnarfjordur op 1996 (27)}) (
9. e3 Ne4 $5 10. Nfd2 Nc5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Ba3 axb3 $5 13. axb3 Nca6 14. Nc3
Nc7 15. Bc5 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 Nba6 $11 {Bareev,E-Sokolov,I/Bosnia 1998 (29)}) (9.
Nc3 a3 $6 10. Bc1 Ne4 11. Bd2 $5 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 dxc4 13. bxc4 Qa5 14. Rab1 $14 {
Spangenberg,H-Giaccio,A/ARG-ch 1995/1-0 (49)}) (9. c5 $6 axb3 10. Qxb3 Nbd7 11.
Nbd2 Re8 12. Rfd1 Qa5 13. a4 e5 $132 {Karnar,M-Kodric,M/SLO-chT sf 1996 (41)})
9... Ne4 (9... axb3 10. axb3 Na6 11. Qc1 Bf5 12. Bc3 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Ne5
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 c5 {1/2-1/2 De Freitas,M-Bolbochan,J/Sao Paulo zt 1960}) (9...
Bf5 10. Nh4 Bg4 11. h3 Be6 12. Qc2 Na6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 axb3
16. axb3 Qb6 17. Qd3 Rad8 18. Rfd1 c5 19. Nf3 Nb4 20. Qd2 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Bxd4
22. Nxd4 Nc6 23. c5 Qxc5 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Qe1 Nd4 26. Rac1 Qd6 27. Bxb7 e5 28.
Bg2 Rf5 29. Be4 Rf6 30. Kg2 Rdf8 31. Rd2 e6 32. Qe3 Qb4 33. Rc3 R6f7 34. Ra2
Qb6 35. Rc6 Qb4 36. Rc3 Qb6 37. Rc6 Qb4 38. Rc3 Qb5 39. Qd3 Qb6 40. Ra6 Rxf2+
41. Kh1 Rf1+ 42. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 43. Kg2 Qxa6 {0-1 Mailfert,J-Borocz,I/Budapest
FS11 IM-A 1993}) (9... a3 10. Bc3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne1 f5 13. Qd2 Na6 14.
Nc2 b5 15. Rad1 bxc4 16. bxc4 Be6 17. Ne3 Qc7 18. Ba5 Qd6 19. d5 {1/2-1/2
Sanchez,J-Navarro,P/Andalucia op 1991}) 10. Qc1 Bg4 $5 {Typical idea:black
gets rid of a 'bad' bishop hoping to close the position.} 11. e3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3
e6 13. Rd1 Nd7 14. Ne1 f5 $5 15. Nd3 $14 Qb8 (15... axb3 16. axb3 Rxa1 17. Qxa1
Qa8 18. Nf4 Kf7 19. f3 Nef6 20. Qc1 $14) 16. Rb1 axb3 17. axb3 Re8 18. Ra1 Rxa1
19. Qxa1 Nd6 (19... b5 20. Qc1 bxc4 21. bxc4 Rc8 22. Qc2 $14) 20. c5 Nb5 21.
Bf1 Nc7 22. b4 Qa8 23. Be2 Qxa1 24. Rxa1 Ra8 25. Rxa8+ Nxa8 26. Nc1 $14 {
In the arising ending white has symbolical advantage,but no real chanses to
create something.} b5 $5 {Closing the queenside.} 27. Nb3 (27. cxb6 Naxb6 28.
Ba6 Nc4 29. Bc3 (29. Bxc4 dxc4 30. Kf1 e5 (30... Bf8 $6 31. Na2 Nf6 32. Ke2 Nd5
33. Ba3 Kf7 34. f3 $14 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Ge3e4]}) 31. Ke2 Kf7 32. dxe5 Nxe5 33.
Bd4 Bf6 34. Na2 Ke6 35. Nc3 g5 $11) 29... Nd6 30. f3 Kf7 31. Kf2 Ke7 32. Nb3
Nb5 $11) 27... Nc7 28. Na5 Nb8 {Now black has to come with the king to d7 to
give the knight from b8 to take part in the game,but white doesn't have an
opportunity to break through.} 29. g4 Kf7 30. h3 Ke7 31. Bc3 Kd7 32. Bd3 Ne8
33. f3 Na6 (33... Kc7 34. Nb3 (34. Be1 f4 35. Kf2 e5 36. dxe5 Bxe5 37. Nb3 Nd7
$11) 34... Nd7 35. Kf2 Bf6 $11) 34. Nb3 Nac7 35. Nc1 Ke7 36. Bc2 Nf6 37. Be1 (
37. g5 Nd7 38. Nd3 h6 39. h4 hxg5 40. hxg5 Ne8 $11) 37... Bh6 38. Kf2 Nd7 39.
Ke2 fxg4 $6 {Changing the character of the game.} 40. hxg4 e5 41. Bh4+ Ke8 42.
Bg3 Na6 43. Nd3 exd4 (43... e4 $6 44. fxe4 dxe4 45. Nf2 Nxb4 46. Bxe4 $14) 44.
exd4 Bg7 45. Ke3 Nf8 46. Be1 Ne6 {[%csl Rd4]} 47. Bc3 Nac7 48. f4 h5 $6 49. g5
$6 (49. f5 $1 Bh6+ 50. Kf2 gxf5 51. gxf5 Nd8 52. Kf3 $16 {[%cal Gd3f4]}) 49...
Kf7 50. Ne1 Nf8 $11 {Now the status-quo is regained and white can't make any
progress.} 51. Nf3 Nce6 52. Nh4 Bh8 53. Bb1 Bg7 54. Bd3 Bh8 55. Bf1 Bg7 56. Be2
Bh8 57. Bf3 Ng7 58. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. c4 c6 7. O-O Bf5 (7... e6
8. d3 Nbd7 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Nbd2 e5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. e4 Nb4 13. Qc3 c5 14. a3
Nc6 15. b4 Qe7 $13 {Anic,D-Skembris,S/Cannes/1993/0:1/49/}) (7... Nbd7 8. d3
Re8 9. Nbd2 e5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. e4 $5 N5b6 12. a4 Nc5 13. a5 $14 {Nalbandian,
T-Papaioannou,I/Sas van Gent/1992/}) (7... Bg4 8. d3 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. h3 (
10. d4 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 e6 12. Qc2 Ne4 13. Ne5 f5 14. e3 $14 {Larsen,B-Smyslov,V/
Hastings/1988/}) 10... Bxf3 11. Nxf3 e5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Qc2 $14 {Stohl,
I-Glek,I/BRD/1994/0,5/42/}) 8. d4 (8. d3 Qd7 9. Re1 Bh3 10. Kh1 Rd8 11. Nbd2
Na6 12. Rc1 Qf5 13. a3 Bh6 14. b4 Ng4 15. cxd5 $14 {Polugaevsky,L-Trifunovic,P/
JUG/1968/}) 8... Qd7 (8... Na6 9. a3 Ne4 $5) 9. Re1 (9. Ne5 $32 Qc8 (9... Qe6
10. Nd3) 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nd2 Bh3 12. Rc1 $14) 9... Na6 10. a3 Rfd8 11. Nbd2 (
11. Ne5 $5 Qe8 12. Nd2 $10) 11... Ne4 12. e3 $6 (12. Ne5 Bxe5 (12... Qe8 13.
Ndf3) 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 (14... Bg7 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Bg2 $14) 15.
dxe5 Qf5 16. Qc2 $13) 12... Nac5 $1 $17 13. Bf1 (13. Qe2 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 Nd3 $17)
13... Bg4 14. Qc2 Qf5 15. dxc5 (15. Bg2 Nxg3 $19) 15... Nxd2 16. Qxd2 (16. Qxf5
Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Bxf3 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 $17) 16... Bxf3 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qc3+ Qf6
19. Qxf6+ Kxf6 $17 20. Be2 $5 (20. Ra2 d4 21. b4 (21. exd4 Rxd4 22. Re3 Bd1 23.
b4 a5 $17) 21... e5 $17) 20... Bxe2 21. Rxe2 dxc4 22. bxc4 Rd3 23. Rb2 Rb8 24.
a4 a5 $1 (24... Rc3 25. a5 a6 (25... Rxc4 26. a6 $10) 26. Rab1 Rxc4 27. Rxb7
Rxb7 28. Rxb7 Rxc5 29. Rb6 $10) 25. Rab1 Rc3 26. Rxb7 Rxb7 27. Rxb7 Rxc4 28.
Ra7 Rxc5 29. h4 (29. Kg2 h5 30. Kf3 g5 31. h3 Ke6 $17) 29... h5 30. Kg2 Ke6 31.
Kf3 f6 $1 32. Ra8 g5 33. hxg5 (33. Kg2 $5) 33... fxg5 34. g4 $6 (34. Kg2 $32)
34... hxg4+ 35. Kxg4 Rc4+ 36. Kxg5 Rxa4 37. Ra6 Kd6 38. f4 $6 (38. Kf5 $5 e6+
39. Kf6) 38... Re4 $1 $19 39. Rxa5 Rxe3 40. Ra8 c5 41. f5 Re4 $1 42. Rd8+ Kc6
43. Kg6 c4 44. Rc8+ Kb5 45. Re8 Re1 46. Kf7 Re5 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. c4 c6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Qxb3 (8... Bf5 $142 9. Ne5 (9. h3)) 9. axb3 Na6 10. Bf4 Rd8 11. Rfc1 $5 (11.
Be5) 11... Be6 (11... Bg4 12. Be5 $5 (12. cxd5 Nxd5 (12... Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nxd5
14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Ra4 $16) 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Ra5 $14)) 12. c5 Ne8 13. Ra4 $1
Nac7 14. Rb4 Rab8 (14... Nb5 15. Nxb5 a5 16. Ra4 cxb5 17. Ra2 Ra6 18. Rca1 Rda8
19. e3 $14) 15. Ra1 a6 16. h3 $5 f6 17. g4 Bf7 18. Bg3 (18. g5 $1 {/\ gf6})
18... Bf8 19. Ra5 $8 e5 $6 20. dxe5 b5 21. Rd4 Bxc5 22. Rd1 Bb6 23. Raa1 d4 (
23... f5 24. gxf5 gxf5 25. e3 $16) 24. Ne4 Bxb3 25. Rdc1 (25. exf6 $1 $18)
25... Bc4 $6 26. exf6 $18 Bd5 27. Ne5 Nd6 28. Nxd6 Rxd6 29. Nxc6 1-0

[Event "Interpolis-03"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1979.11.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1979.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 c6 6. c4 O-O 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3
Rd8 (8... Be6) 9. Rd1 Qxb3 10. axb3 Bf5 11. Ne1 Na6 (11... e6 $2 12. h3 $1 $16)
12. Ra4 h6 (12... Ne4 $5) 13. Bf4 Ne4 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. f3 $1 (15. Nb5 $2 Bd7
$19) 15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 g5 17. Bd2 e5 18. e3 $14 Nc7 19. Bf1 {/\Sd3} e4 20.
fxe4 Bxe4 21. Nd3 Ne6 22. Rda1 a6 23. Nf2 $6 (23. Be2 {/\24.Sf2+/=}) 23... Bf3
$1 24. g4 $6 (24. Bg2 $5) 24... Nf8 $15 25. Bg2 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Ng6 27. Ra5 Rd7
28. Kf1 Re8 29. Ke2 Bf6 30. Rf1 Bd8 31. Raa1 Bc7 32. h3 Rde7 $6 (32... Kg7 $5)
33. Kd3 Rd7 34. Nd1 Re6 35. Bc1 b5 36. b4 {/\Sb2-d3-c5} Nh4 37. Rf2 Bg3 (37...
Kg7 $5) 38. Re2 Nf3 39. Kc2 Rc7 $2 (39... Be1 $1 $17) 40. Kb3 Be1 41. Rea2 Ra7
(41... Rcc6 42. e4 $1 $13) 42. Kc2 Kh7 43. Kd3 Bg3 44. Ra5 Rb6 45. Ke2 Rf6 $1
46. Rxb5 Ng1+ 47. Kd3 axb5 48. Rxa7 Nxh3 49. Bd2 $1 (49. e4 $2 dxe4+ 50. Kxe4
Rf1 $19) 49... h5 50. gxh5 Rf3 (50... g4 51. e4 $13) 51. c4 $5 dxc4+ $2 (51...
bxc4+ $1 52. Kc2 g4 $17) 52. Kc2 g4 53. e4 $1 $13 Bf2 54. e5 Kg8 (54... Bxd4 $2
55. e6 Bxa7 56. e7 $18) 55. Nxf2 Rxf2 56. d5 Ng5 57. Kd1 g3 58. Be3 Rf5 (58...
Rf5 59. d6 Ne6 60. Ra8+ Kh7 61. d7 Rxe5 62. Bd4 g2 63. d8=Q Nxd8 64. Rxd8 f6 $1
$10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 15th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2016.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 Na6 8. b3
c5 9. Bb2 b6 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. b4 Ne6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qb3 Bb7 {
Diagramm [#] Schwarz ist solchen symmetrischen Stellungen immer nahe am
Ausgleich, der kleine Entwicklungsvorsprung und Raumvorteil geben Weiß jedoch
etwas Druck.} 15. Rfd1 Nf6 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Qb2 Qb8 $2 {Diagramm 
[#] ein verständlicher Zug, um die Dame aus der offenen Linie zu nehmen -
Gelfand findet jedoch eine schöne positionelle Idee} (18... Rfd8 $1 $11) 19.
Bh3 $1 b5 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Nce5 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qd6 23. Qd4 Bd5 24. a3 {Weiß
dominiert auf den schwarzen Feldern, der Ld5 hat hingegen keine Angriffspunkte}
a5 25. Ne1 (25. bxa5 $5 {wäre ein konkreter Versuch gewesen, Gelfand behält
jedoch lieber die vollständige Kontrolle} Qxa3 26. Ra1 Qd6 27. a6 {[%cal Ga6a7]
} b4 28. a7 $16 {[%cal Ge5d3]}) 25... axb4 26. axb4 Bc4 27. Qb2 Qd5 28. Ng2 Rc8
29. Nf4 Qe4 30. f3 Qe3+ 31. Kg2 Kg8 32. Nfd3 {es ist schön anzusehen, mit
welche feinen Manövern der Vizeweltmeister von 2012 seine Stellung Schritt um
Schritt verbessert} g5 33. Nf2 Rd8 34. Nxc4 bxc4 35. Rxc4 Kf7 36. b5 h5 37. Rc3
Rd2 38. Rc2 Rd8 39. Nd3 (39. b6 Rb8 40. b7 Qa7 41. Rc7 Nd5 42. Rc8 $1 Rxb7 43.
Qh8 {hätte sofort gewonnen, kurz vor der Zeitkontrolle entscheidet der Weiße
sich jedoch für eine sichere Abwicklung in ein gewonnenes Endspiel.}) 39... g4
40. Ne5+ Kg7 41. Nc4 Qc5 42. Qa3 Qxa3 43. Nxa3 Ra8 44. Rc3 Nd5 45. Rb3 gxf3+
46. exf3 Nb6 47. Kh3 {Diagramm [#]} Rc8 48. Nb1 Rd8 49. Re3 Kf7 50. f4 Nc4 51.
Re4 Rc8 52. Re2 Nd6 53. Rb2 Rb8 54. Nc3 Nc4 55. Rb4 Nb6 56. Ne4 Nd5 57. Ng5+
Kf6 58. Re4 Nc7 (58... Rxb5 59. Rxe6+ Kg7 60. Re5 Kf6 61. Kh4 Kg6 62. Ne4 $18)
59. Rc4 Nxb5 60. Rb4 e5 (60... Rb7 61. Ne4+ Kg6 62. Nc5 $18) 61. Ne4+ Kf5 62.
Nc3 Nxc3 63. Rxb8 exf4 64. Rf8+ Kg6 65. Rxf4 {Diagramm [#]} Nd5 66. Ra4 Ne3 67.
Re4 Nf5 68. Kg2 Kf6 69. Kf3 Nd6 70. Rf4+ Kg5 71. Ra4 Kf5 72. Rd4 Ne8 73. Rf4+
Kg6 74. Ke4 Nf6+ 75. Ke5 Kf7 76. h3 Kg6 77. Ke6 Kg5 78. h4+ Kg6 79. Kxe7 1-0

[Event "IND-CHN Summit"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2015.03.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2015.03.02"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 {The c6-d5 setup against the
fianchetto Grunfeld has proven to be a tough nut to crack. White has expanded
his ideas of searching for an advantage in this opening to moves like Qb3 and
also to stranger looking ones such as Qa4!} 6. Qb3 O-O 7. O-O Qb6 (7... dxc4 8.
Qxc4 {is entirely possible.}) 8. Nc3 Rd8 9. Na4 {Surprisingly this is already
ya rare move. It had been played a couple of times before. Basically
everything else had been tried.} Qa6 $5 (9... Qxb3 10. axb3 Na6 {is probably
the safer way to go about it.}) 10. cxd5 Qxe2 (10... cxd5 11. Nc5 Qxe2 12. Nxb7
$14 {definitely seems more pleasant for White.}) 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Re1 Qa6 {
An interesting position. White has some activity but he is playing with an
isolated pawn. If Black successfully finishes his development and blockades d5
he will be better.} 13. Bd2 $1 {Ding Liren play a fantastic move, even though
it looks very simple. The pawn on d4 is hanging, but he does not bother to
defend it, instead sacrificing it in order to open lines for his pieces.} (13.
Be3 $6 {is a clumsy move.} Be6 14. Qd1 Bd5 $15) 13... Nxd4 $6 {accepting the
pawn is too dangerous.} (13... Ng4 $1 {was a strong move, preparing to take on
d4 with the bishop instead of the rook.}) 14. Nxd4 Rxd4 15. Nc5 Qb6 (15... Qc4
16. Bc3 {anyways}) 16. Bc3 Rd8 (16... Qxc5 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Rad1 Qc5 19. Rd8+
{is unplayably miserable. It's the engines top suggestion, but no one in their
right minds would go for this.}) 17. Rxe7 Qxb3 18. axb3 {Unfortunately for
Adhiban White's pieces are simply too active here. The pressure on the
queenside cannot be contained. Ding Liren finishes off with excellent style.}
Nd5 19. Rd1 $1 {Very nice. It is counterintuitive to abandon the pressure on
a7, but the pin is clearly uncomfortable.} (19. Bxd5 Bxc3 $1 (19... Rxd5 20.
Re8+ Bf8 21. Ne4 $18) 20. bxc3 (20. Bxf7+ Kf8 {doesn't work.}) 20... Rxd5 21.
Nxb7 {is better for White also, but not as much as the game.}) 19... Bxc3 20.
bxc3 Be6 21. Rxe6 $1 {A simple tactic for the Chinese player.} fxe6 22. Nxe6 {
The knight cannot move or be defended, it is lost along with the game.} Rd6 23.
Bxd5 Kh8 24. c4 Re8 25. Nd4 Rd7 26. Kg2 Kg7 27. Ra1 a6 28. Ne6+ Kf6 29. Nc5 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. d4 c6 6. Qb3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Qxc4
Bf5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Re1 Qxb3 12. axb3 Be6 13. b4 Nd5 14. b5 Nb4 15.
bxc6 bxc6 16. Ra5 c5 $5 {This is the start of some wild complications!} 17. Ng5
(17. dxc5 Nc6 18. Ra3 {should somehow favor Black. It would be interesting to
see what MVL had planned against this.}) 17... cxd4 18. Nxe6 (18. Bxa8 dxc3 {
should just transpose.}) 18... fxe6 19. Bxa8 dxc3 20. bxc3 (20. Rxa7 cxb2 21.
Bxb2 Bxb2 22. Rxd7 Rxa8 23. Rxe7 {is a position that only White can win, but
the odds of that happening seem somewhat low. The two pieces should be good
enough to hold the draw.} (23. Rb7 Ba3 $1 $17) (23. Rb1 Ra1 $11)) 20... Bxc3
21. Rd1 Rxa8 22. Rxd7 Nd3 $1 {This is the point - Black is attacking that
bishop on c1 and the rook on a5. White cannot d efend both.} 23. Ra2 $1 Nxc1
24. Rc2 {A nice fork! The bishop on c3 is not under attack currently because
of Ne2+, but the knight has to move!} Nxe2+ 25. Rxe2 a5 26. Rxe6 Bf6 {And at
the end of the strange sequence we arrive to this situation. Giri is up an
exchange but Black has his powerful passed pawn on the a-file. It's a very
difficult position to win.} 27. Rb6 a4 28. Rbb7 a3 29. Ra7 Rxa7 30. Rxa7 Bb2
31. Ra6 Kf7 32. g4 h5 33. gxh5 gxh5 34. Kg2 e6 35. f4 (35. Kf3 Kf6 36. Kf4 Be5+
$11) 35... Ke7 36. Kg3 Kd7 37. Kh4 Kc7 38. Kxh5 Kb7 39. Ra4 Kc6 40. Kg6 Kb5 41.
Ra8 Kb4 {Black will win the rook and White has no time to take all the pawns.
For example:} (41... Kb4 42. Kf7 Bc1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch15 Euwe-Alekhine +9-8=13"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1935.12.15"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1935.10.03"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nd7 $146 (3... Nf6) 4. Qa4 c6 5. Qxc4 Ngf6 6. g3 g6
7. Nc3 (7. Ng5 Nd5 8. e4 N7b6 9. Qb3 h6 $13) 7... Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Qa5 10.
e4 Qh5 11. Qd3 $10 (11. Bf4 $14) 11... Nb6 $6 {[%cal Yc8h3] /\Bh3} (11... e5
$142 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Qe2 Ngxe5 14. Bf4 $14 {Euwe}) 12. Ne2 Rd8 13. a4 $1 Nbd7
14. b4 $1 {[%cal Re2f4] /\15.Nf4+-} g5 (14... Bh6 15. Nf4 Bxf4 16. Bxf4 $14 {
Euwe}) 15. Nxg5 (15. Bxg5 Ne5 16. Nxe5 (16. Qe3 Nfg4 $17) 16... Qxg5 {Euwe})
15... Ne5 16. Qc2 $1 (16. Qb3) 16... Ng6 17. h3 {[%cal Rg2f3] /\18.Nf3+-} h6
18. Bf3 (18. g4 Nxg4 $5 (18... Qh4 19. Nf3 $18)) 18... Ng4 $1 19. hxg4 Bxg4 20.
Bxg4 $16 Qxg4 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Qc4+ (22. f3 Bxd4+ $1 23. Nxd4 Qxg3+ {Euwe})
22... e6 23. f3 Qh5 (23... Bxd4+ $2 24. Qxd4) 24. Be3 (24. Kg2) 24... Rg8 25.
Rf2 {[%cal Rf2h2,Yh5f3,Ra1f1] /\26.Rh2 Qf3 27.Rf1+- Euwe} Bf6 26. Raf1 (26. Rh2
Qxf3) 26... Nh4 $2 (26... Nf8 27. Rh2 Qg6 28. Rxh6 {Euwe}) 27. Qxe6+ Kxe6 28.
Nf4+ Kf7 29. Nxh5 $18 Be7 30. Kh2 Ng6 31. Rb2 {[%cal Rb4b5] /\32.b5} Rac8 32.
f4 (32. b5 c5) 32... Nf8 33. f5 Bg5 34. Bxg5 Rxg5 35. Nf4 Nh7 36. Ne6 Rh5+ 37.
Kg2 Nf6 38. Kf3 Rg8 39. Nf4 Rhg5 40. Rg1 $18 {Alekhine proposed a draw} (40.
Rg1 {[%cal Rb4b5] /\b5}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch13 Alekhine-Bogoljubow +11-5=9"]
[Site "GER/NLD"]
[Date "1929.09.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1929.09.06"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 (7. Bf4 Ne4
8. Nc3 Bf5 9. Qb3 Qb6 $1 10. cxd5 Qxb3 11. axb3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 cxd5 13. Ne5 (13.
Nd2 Rd8 14. Bc7 Rc8 15. Bxb8 Raxb8 $132) 13... Rd8 14. Ra5 Be6 (14... Bxe5 15.
Bxe5 Nc6 16. Rxd5 $16) 15. Rb5 $1 (15. c4 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nc6 $132) 15... g5 16.
Bxg5 (16. Be3 $5 Nc6 (16... f6 17. Nd3 b6 18. Nb4 $16) (16... b6 17. c4 $36)
17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Rc5 $16 {Ftacnik,L}) 16... f6 17. Nf3 Bd7 (17... fxg5 18.
Nxg5 Bd7 19. Bxd5+ e6 20. Nxe6 $16) 18. Rxb7 fxg5 19. Nxg5 Bc8 (19... e6 20.
Bh3 Re8 21. Rxd7 Nxd7 22. Bxe6+ Rxe6 23. Nxe6 $16) 20. Rb5 (20. Rxe7 Bf6) 20...
e6 21. c4 Bd7 22. Rb7 (22. Rxd5 $5 exd5 23. Bxd5+ Kf8 24. Bxa8 Bxd4 $14) 22...
h6 (22... Bc8 23. Rc7 Na6 24. Rxc8 $5 Raxc8 25. Nxe6) 23. Nf3 Bc8 24. Rb5 Bd7 (
24... Nc6 25. cxd5 exd5 26. Ra1 a6 27. e3 axb5 $1 28. Rxa8 Bb7 $10 {
Chiburdanidze-Xie Jun/WchW Manila/1991}) 25. Rb7 $10) 7... dxc4 8. Ne5 Be6 9.
e4 Nbd7 10. f4 (10. Nf3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 e5 13. Rd1 exd4 14. Rxd4 Ne5
15. Qe3 Qb6 16. f4 Nfg4 17. Na4 Qxd4 18. hxg4 Nxg4 {0-1 Fieandt,J-Nippula,T/
Jyvaskyla op ;EXT 93op 1993}) 10... Qb6 11. f5 gxf5 (11... Nxe5 12. Na4 Qa5 13.
dxe5 $16) 12. exf5 Bd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Bxd5 Rad8 (15... Qxd4+
16. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 17. Kg2) (15... Bxd4+ 16. Kh1 c3 $13) 16. Be3 (16. Bxc4 Ne5 17.
Be2 Rxd4) 16... Qxb2 17. Bxc4 Nb6 18. Bb3 Rxd4 (18... Bxd4 $142) 19. Qh5 Re4 (
19... Qc3 $142 20. Bxd4 (20. Rae1 $142) 20... Qxd4+ 21. Kg2 Qe4+) 20. f6 Rxe3 (
20... Bxf6 21. Bh6) (20... exf6 21. Bc5 Re5 $19) 21. Qg5 Rxg3+ 22. Qxg3 exf6
23. Rad1 Kh8 24. Kh1 Bh6 25. Qd6 Bg7 26. Qe7 Qe5 27. Qxb7 f5 28. Rde1 Qf6 29.
Qf3 Qc3 30. Qxf5 Nc8 31. Bc2 Qc6+ 32. Rf3 Qg6 (32... Qh6 33. Rh3 Qc6+ 34. Be4
$18) 33. Qxg6 hxg6 34. Bxg6 Kg8 (34... fxg6 35. Rxf8+ Bxf8 36. Re8 $18) 35.
Bxf7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Qa4 {Ein seltener Zug. Will Weiß die
Symmetrie nach 5. cxd5 cxd5 vermeiden, spielt er meistens 5. Qb3.} Nbd7 ({Nach
} 5... Bg7 6. cxd5 {kann Schwarz nicht 6...cxd5 spielen - dies ist die
Hauptidee von 5.Qa4.}) 6. cxd5 Nb6 7. Qb3 cxd5 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 {
Nun hofft Weiß, das bekannte Prinzip über die Deplatzierung des Springer auf
b6 unter Beweis zu stellen.} Ne4 11. a4 {Ein Versuch der Verbesserung
gegenüber meiner Partie gegen Svidler.} (11. Bf4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bf5 13. a4 Qd7
14. a5 Nc4 15. Nd2 Rac8 16. Rfe1 e5 $1 17. dxe5 Nxd2 18. Bxd2 Bxe5 19. Qxd5
Qxd5 20. Bxd5 Rfd8 21. e4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Rxd2 23. Bxb7 {Remis, Dautov,R-Svidler,
P/Ordix Open 25' 2002}) 11... Bg4 ({Schwarz könnte durchaus 11...Bf5
fortsetzen:} 11... Bf5 12. a5 Nc4 13. Qxb7 Nxa5 14. Qb5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nc4 16.
Nd2 Nxd2 17. Bxd2 e6 18. Ra6 Qb8 $11) 12. Bf4 Qd7 13. Rfe1 $1 {Der Bauer e2
bedarf in vielen Varianten des Turmschutzes. Als erstes droht Weiß nun mit dem
Tausch auf e4, gefolgt von Nf3-e5.} (13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Bxe2
16. Rfe1 Bf3 $11) 13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nc4 15. Nd2 Rac8 (15... Nxd2 16. Bxd2
Rfd8 17. e4 $1 dxe4 18. Bxe4 $14 {[%csl Rb7] ><b7}) 16. a5 $1 $14 {Eine
wichtige Fixierung der zukünftigen Schwäche b7. Nichts versprach dagegen die
unmittelbare Öffnung der e-Linie. Die entstanden Stellung ist fast identisch
mit der aus der Partie Dautov-Svidler (s. die Anmerkung zum 11.Bf4), aber der
schwarze Läufer steht auf g4, was für Schwarz eher von Nachteil ist.} (16. Nxc4
Rxc4 17. e4 Rfc8 18. Re3 dxe4 19. Bxe4 b6 $11) 16... e5 $1 {Es drohte bereits
17.Nxc4 Rxc4 18.e4, und mein jungen Gegner, der o.g. Partie sicherlich kundig,
öffnet korrekterweise das Zentrum.} (16... Nxd2 17. Bxd2 Rfd8 18. e4 $14) 17.
dxe5 Nxd2 18. Bxd2 Bxe5 19. Qxd5 {Der Beginn der großen Tauschaktion. Weiß
bekommt in den meisten Varianten einen Mehrbauern, aber Schwarz behält
hervorragende Remischancen.} (19. Bxd5 Rfd8 20. e4 Bf3 21. Re3 Bxe4 22. Bxe4
Qxd2 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Rxe5 Qxc3 25. Qxc3 Rxc3 26. Re7 Rb3 $11) (19. Rab1 Bf5
20. Rb2 d4 $132) 19... Qxd5 20. Bxd5 Rfd8 21. e4 Bxc3 ({Ebenfalls in Frage kam
21...Be6.} 21... Be6 22. Bg5 (22. Bxe6 $5 fxe6 23. Red1 Rd3 24. Be1 Bxc3 25.
Rxd3 Bxa1 26. Kf1 Rc7 27. f4 $14) 22... Rd7 23. Rad1 Bxc3 24. Bxe6 Rxd1 25.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. Rxd1 $14) 22. Bxc3 Rxc3 23. Reb1 Rc7 $2 {Schwarz hatte mehrere
Möglichkeiten, und der Partiezug ist nicht die beste von ihnen. Der aktive
schwarze Turm wird nun abgetauscht. Wahrscheinlich übersah Guseinov meinen 26.
Zug.} (23... Bf3 24. Rxb7 (24. Bxb7 Rd2 25. e5 g5 26. a6 (26. Bxf3 Rxf3 27.
Rb8+ Kg7 28. Rf1 Ra3 $11) 26... g4 $11) 24... Rdc8 25. Re1 Rc1 26. Kf1 R8c7 27.
a6 Kg7 $14) (23... Rd7 24. Rxb7 Rxb7 25. Bxb7 Bf3 26. a6 $14) (23... b6 24.
axb6 axb6 25. Rxb6 Rd7 $14) 24. Rxb7 Rxb7 25. Bxb7 Bf3 26. a6 $1 $16 {Dank
dieser Finesse kann Weiß weiter auf Gewinn spielen. Der gegnerische Läufer
wird nach e5-e5 abgetauscht bzw. verdrängt.} Rd7 $2 ({Zäher war} 26... g5 27.
e5 g4 28. h3 h5 29. Bxf3 gxf3 30. Ra3 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 Re1 32. Rxf3 Rxe5 33. Rf6
$16) 27. Rb1 Rd2 28. e5 Be2 29. Rc1 $1 {Der Turm gehört auf die offene Linie.}
({Weniger klar war} 29. f4 $2 Ra2 30. Bd5 Ra5 $1 (30... Rxa6 $2 31. Rb7 $18)
31. Rb8+ Kg7 32. Rd8 Bb5 $1 $14) 29... g5 (29... Ra2 30. Rc8+ Kg7 31. Rc7 $16)
30. f4 g4 $1 {Diesen Zug hielt ich für schwach und übersah vollkommen die
damit verbundene Rettungsidee.} 31. Rc7 $6 ({Genauer war} 31. Rc8+ $1 Kg7 32.
Rc7 $18) 31... h5 32. f5 $5 (32. Bc8 Bb5 $1) 32... Bb5 33. Bc8 $4 {[%mdl 8192]
Ich sah immer noch nicht, was droht. Mit 5 Minuten gegen 2 hatte ich für die
Überlegungen genügend Zeit, aber die Stellung war mir "klar"- Weiß gewinnt
problemlos.} ({Nach} 33. Rc5 $1 {sollte Weiß in der Tat mühelos gewinnen.} Bd7
(33... Bd3 34. Rc8+ Kg7 35. Rd8 $18) 34. f6 $18) 33... Re2 $1 $11 {Erst hier
dämmerte mir, daß ein Dauerschach Re1-e2 droht. Zu spät! Die langen Bemühungen
um das +4-Score waren plötzlich umsonst.} 34. Rc1 Rxe5 35. h3 Kg7 36. hxg4 hxg4
37. Rc2 Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "October Revolution 50years"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1967.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1967.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 c6 5. d4 d5 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Bf5 8. b3
Ne4 9. Bb2 Nd7 10. Nh4 (10. Rc1 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be4 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Rc3 Qb6 14.
Rfc1 Bxf3 15. Rxf3 e6 $10 {Portisch,L-Smyslov,V/Moscow/1978/}) 10... Nxd2 11.
Qxd2 Be6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bh3 14. Rfe1 e6 $6 (14... Re8 15. Bh1 Qc7 $10 {
Vukic-Pietzsch/Sarajevo/1967/ Inf 3/643/}) 15. Bh1 Bf6 $6 (15... Qc7 16. Rad1
Nf6 17. Nf3 Bg4 $10) 16. Nf3 Bg4 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Re4 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rfd8 20.
Qe2 Nf8 $6 (20... Bg7 21. h4 h5 $14) 21. h4 Bg7 (21... h5 $32 22. g4 hxg4 23.
Rxg4 Bg7 24. h5 f5 25. Rg2 Qf4 $132) 22. h5 gxh5 $6 (22... Rd7 $32 23. hxg6
hxg6 24. Kg2 Rad8 25. Rh4 $14) 23. Rh4 Rd7 24. Rxh5 Rad8 25. d5 $1 $16 exd5 26.
Bxg7 Kxg7 27. cxd5 cxd5 28. Rdxd5 Qc3 29. Kg2 b6 (29... Ng6 $5) 30. Rhf5 Ng6
31. Rxd7 Rxd7 32. Bd5 Re7 33. Qg4 f6 34. Rh5 Qc7 35. Be4 Qd7 $6 (35... Re5 36.
Rxh7+ Kxh7 37. Qxg6+ Kh8 38. Qxf6+ Qg7 39. Qd8+ Qg8 40. Qd4 Qg7 $14) 36. Rxh7+
$1 Kxh7 37. Qxg6+ Kh8 38. Qxf6+ Kg8 (38... Rg7 $2 39. Qf8+ Rg8 40. Qh6+) 39.
Qg5+ Kf8 $2 (39... Kh8 $32 40. Bd5 Qe8 $14) 40. Bd5 (40. Bd5 Rg7 41. Qf6+ Ke8
42. Bc6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.11"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Giorgadze, Giorgi"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 {Hecht} Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 d5 5. c4 c6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Re8
$6 8. d4 Bf5 9. Nc3 (9. Nbd2 $14 Ne4 $6 10. Nh4 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 (11. Nxf5 $2 Nxf1
12. Nxg7 Kxg7 13. Qxf1 $15) 11... Be6 12. Rac1 Nd7 13. e4 $14) 9... Ne4 10. Rc1
(10. Nh4 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Be6 $10) 10... Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Be4 $10 12. Qd2 Nd7 13.
Rfd1 a5 14. Bh3 $2 (14. Ne1 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 $10) 14... Bxf3 15. exf3 e6 $15 16.
cxd5 $6 (16. Bf1 Qb6 17. a4 $15) 16... cxd5 17. Bf1 Qb6 18. a4 Nb8 (18... Qxb3
$2 19. Bb5 Red8 20. Bxa5 $18) 19. b4 (19. Bb5 Nc6 20. f4 Rec8) 19... axb4 20.
Bxb4 Rxa4 21. Bc5 $17 Qa5 22. Qb2 (22. Qxa5 Rxa5 23. Rb1 Na6 (23... Nd7 $2 24.
Bb5 Rd8 25. Be7) 24. Bb6 Ra2 25. Ra1 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Rc8 $17) 22... Nc6 23. Rc2 (
23. Bb5 Ra2 24. Qb3 Ra8) 23... Nb4 (23... Ra8 24. Bb5 (24. Bb6 Qb4) 24... Ra1
$19) 24. Rc3 Ra8 25. Rdc1 h5 (25... Na2 $6 26. Bb6 Qb4 27. Rc8+ Bf8 $13) 26.
Rb3 Ra2 27. Qb1 Nc6 (27... Na6 28. Bxa6 (28. Rd1 Nxc5 29. Rb5 Qc3 30. dxc5 Qxf3
$19) 28... Qd2 29. Rf1 R8xa6 30. Rxb7 Bxd4 31. Rb8+ Kg7 32. Qb7 $13) 28. Rd1
Ra1 29. Qd3 (29. Qxa1 Qxa1 30. Rxa1 Rxa1 31. Rxb7 Nxd4 32. Bxd4 Bxd4 $17) 29...
Rxd1 30. Qxd1 Qa4 $6 31. Bb5 Qa1 32. Rb1 Qa2 33. Rc1 Qb2 (33... Ra5 $17) 34.
Rb1 Qc3 35. Rc1 Qa5 36. Rb1 Qc3 37. Rc1 Qa5 38. Rb1 Qa2 39. Rc1 Qa5 40. Rb1 Bf6
41. f4 Qa2 42. Rc1 Qb2 43. Rb1 Qc3 44. Rc1 Qb2 45. Rb1 Qa2 46. Rc1 Ra5 47. Bxc6
(47. Rb1 Nxd4 48. Bxd4 Bxd4 $19) 47... bxc6 48. f5 exf5 49. Qe1 Ra8 50. Qe3 Qb2
51. Re1 Kg7 52. Kg2 (52. h4 Ra1 53. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 54. Kg2 $17) 52... h4 53. Qf4
Rh8 54. Qe3 h3+ 55. Kf1 Ra8 56. Kg1 Ra1 57. Kf1 Ra2 58. Qe2 Qxe2+ 59. Rxe2 Ra4
(59... Rxe2 60. Kxe2 g5 $19) 60. Rd2 $19 {Hecht:White's position is hopeless,
he has a 'bad' B and a wek pawn at h2!} Ra1+ 61. Ke2 Rh1 62. Rd1 Rxh2 63. Bd6
g5 64. Bc7 g4 65. Bf4 (65. Bb6 {Hecht} f4 $19) 65... Bxd4 $19 66. Rxd4 Rh1 67.
Rb4 h2 68. Be5+ f6 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial-05"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1985.03.14"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Drasko, Milan"]
[Black "Pribyl, Josef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1985.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d5 7. Nbd2 Bf5 8. b3
Qa5 $6 (8... a5 $5) (8... Ne4 $5 9. Bb2 Nd7 10. Nh4 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be6 12. e4
dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bh3 14. Rfe1 Re8 $10) 9. Nh4 (9. Bb2 Ne4 10. a3 Nd7 11. b4 Qd8
12. Qb3 $14) 9... Qc3 $2 10. Ba3 (10. Nxf5 $2 Qxa1 11. Nxg7 Qxd4 $17) 10... Ne4
$6 (10... Re8 $5 11. Nxf5 gxf5 12. e3 Nbd7 13. Qc1 Qxc1 14. Raxc1 $14) 11. Nxf5
gxf5 (11... Nxd2 12. Nxe7+ Kh8 13. cxd5 Nxf1 14. Qxf1 $16) 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13.
Bxe7 Re8 14. Bg5 dxc4 15. Rc1 $2 (15. e3 $5 cxb3 16. axb3 Na6 17. Qg4 $16)
15... Qa5 16. Bd2 Qxa2 17. Rxc4 (17. bxc4 $6 Bxd4 18. Bc3 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Na6 20.
Qc1) 17... Nd7 18. Ra4 Qb2 19. Bc1 Qb1 (19... Qc3 20. Rc4 Qa5 21. Qc2 $16) 20.
Ra5 h6 21. d5 (21. Rh5 $6 Nf6 22. Rh4 Rad8 23. Bxh6 Qxd1 24. Rxd1 Bxh6 25. Rxh6
Kg7 26. Rh4 c5 $13) 21... b6 22. dxc6 Ne5 (22... bxa5 23. cxd7 Red8 24. Bf4
Qxd1 25. Rxd1 f5 26. Bh3 $18) 23. Ra4 Nxc6 24. Qd5 Ne7 25. Qb5 (25. Qxe4 Qxb3
26. Qg4 f5 27. Qh4 Ng6) 25... a6 (25... f5 26. Bxh6 $18) 26. Rxa6 Qc2 27. Be3
$18 Rad8 28. Bxb6 Rb8 29. Qc4 Qxc4 30. bxc4 Nf5 31. e3 Rbc8 32. c5 Bf8 33. Rc1
Rc6 34. Ra4 Rec8 35. Bxe4 (35. Rac4 Nd6 36. cxd6 Rxc4 37. Rxc4 Rxc4 38. d7 Be7
39. d8=Q+ Bxd8 40. Bxd8 $18) 35... Rxb6 36. Bxf5 Rxc5 37. Rg4+ Kh8 38. Rxc5
Bxc5 39. Bd3 Rb4 40. Bc4 f5 41. Rg8+ Kh7 42. Be6 Rb5 43. Rd8 Bb4 44. Bc4 Re5
45. Bd3 Kg7 46. Rd4 Bc5 47. Rf4 Kg6 48. g4 Kg5 49. Rxf5+ Rxf5 50. Bxf5 h5 51.
h3 h4 52. Kg2 Bd6 53. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Nikolic Ftacnik} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6
7. Nbd2 (7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4 c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Nb3 Rd8 12. Qc1 Nc6
$10 {Nikolic-Khalifman/Erevan (06)/1996/1/2-1/2/ ;CBM 53}) 7... Ne4 8. b3 (8.
Qb3 a5 $132) 8... c5 (8... Nc3 $6 9. Qe1 c5 10. e3) (8... Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Bf5 $10)
9. Bb2 (9. e3 Nc6 10. Bb2 e6 11. Rb1 Qa5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ne5 $14 {Miles,
A-Sampouw/Surakarta/1982/}) 9... Nxd2 (9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 e5 12.
Nf3 d4 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. e3 dxe3 15. Qxe3 Nc6 16. Rfe1 Bg4 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3
Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Qe7 {1-0 Kustar,S-Csicsay,I/HUN-chT2 9293/1993 (33)}) 10.
Qxd2 dxc4 11. bxc4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 (12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc6 14. Qh4 Qd6 15.
Rfd1 Qf6 16. Qxf6 exf6 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Rb8 19. c5 Be6 20. Ra4 b6 21. c6
a5 22. c7 Rbe8 23. Rc1 {1-0 Ekstroem,R-Brkovic,Z/Banja Luka (11)/1987 (29)})
12... Nc6 (12... Qb6 13. Rab1 Rd8 14. Qc2 Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Qxd4 16. Rfd1 $18) 13.
Rfd1 Nxd4 (13... Nxd4 $10 {Smyslov,V-Geller,E/Moscow/1955/}) 14. Bxd4 Qxd4 15.
Qxd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Rb8 17. c5 Be6 18. Ra4 a6 $2 (18... Rfc8 $5 19. Rxa7 (19.
Rc1 a6 $10 20. c6 Bd7 $10) 19... Rxc5 20. Rxb7 Ra8 21. Rb2 (21. Rxe7 Rxa2 $10)
(21. Bf3 {Nikolic} Rxa2 (21... Bh3 $6 22. Rb2 Ra3 23. Rb8+ Kg7 24. Ra8 $16) 22.
Rxa2 Bxa2 23. Rxe7 h5) 21... Ra3 $10) 19. c6 (19. Rb1 Rfd8 20. h4 (20. Bxb7 $2
{Ftacnik} Rxb7 21. Rxb7 Rd1+ 22. Kg2 Bd5+ $19) 20... Bd5 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Rxa6
Rxc5 23. Ra7 Rc2 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. a4 Ra2 26. f3 b5 {1/2-1/2 Smyslov,V-Geller,E 
(05)/URS-ch22 plof-1pl Moscow/1955/}) 19... bxc6 20. Rxa6 c5 (20... Ra8 $5 21.
Rxa8 Rxa8 22. a4 Ra6 (22... Bd5 {Ftacnik} 23. a5 $14) 23. a5 Bc4 24. e3 e5 $14)
21. a4 Rb2 (21... c4 {Nikolic} 22. Rc6 Rfc8 23. a5 c3 (23... Rxc6 $2 24. Bxc6
c3 25. a6 c2 26. Be4 Bf5 27. a7 $18) 24. Rc1 Rxc6 $1 (24... c2 $2 25. Rxc8+
Bxc8 (25... Rxc8 26. a6 Rd8 27. a7 Rd1+ 28. Bf1 Rxc1 (28... Bd5 29. Rxc2 Ra1
30. Rc7 $18) 29. a8=Q+ Kg7 30. Qa3 Rb1 31. Qc3+ f6 32. Qxc2 Re1 33. Kg2 $18)
26. Be4) 25. Bxc6 Rb3) 22. a5 c4 (22... Rfb8 23. Ra8 Rxa8 24. Bxa8 c4 25. a6 c3
26. a7 (26. Be4 {Ftacnik} c2 27. a7) 26... c2 27. Be4 $18) (22... Rxe2 {Ftacnik
} 23. Rc6 Rd8 24. a6 Red2 25. Bf3 Bd5 26. Bxd5 R2xd5 27. a7 Ra8 28. Rc7 Kf8 29.
Rb1 Rdd8 30. Rbb7 $16) 23. Rc6 (23. Ra8 $1 {Ftacnik} Rxa8 24. Bxa8 c3) 23...
Rfb8 (23... Ra8 $2 24. Rxe6 $18) (23... Rbb8 24. a6 $18) 24. Be4 Rxe2 $2 (24...
f5 $5 25. Rxe6 fxe4 26. Rxe4 c3 27. Rc4 c2 28. Rc1 Ra8 $14) (24... Bf5 {Nikolic
} 25. Bxf5 gxf5 26. Rxc4 Rb1+ 27. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 28. Kg2 Ra1 29. Rc5 e6) 25. Rb6 $1
Rd8 (25... Rxb6 {Ftacnik} 26. axb6 Rb2 (26... Rxe4 27. b7) 27. b7 $18) 26. Bf3
$18 Red2 27. a6 c3 (27... Bd5 {Ftacnik} 28. Bxd5 R2xd5 29. a7) 28. a7 c2 (28...
Rb2 {Ftacnik} 29. a8=Q $18) 29. Rb8 (29. Rb8 {Ftacnik} Kg7 30. a8=Q (30. Rxd8
Rxd8 31. a8=Q Rxa8 32. Bxa8) 30... Rd1+ 31. Kg2 (31. Bxd1 $2 cxd1=Q+ 32. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 33. Kg2 Bd5+) 31... Rb1 32. Raxb1 cxb1=Q 33. Rxb1 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 13th final"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Epishin,V"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.12.28"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warszawa Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Azov Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxc4
Bf5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Qb3 Nb6 12. a4 $146 a5 (12... Nxc3 $2 13. bxc3
Qd5 14. Qb4 $16) 13. Bf4 Ra6 $8 14. Ne5 (14. Rac1 $5 Qc8 (14... Nd5 $2 15. Nxd5
cxd5 16. Bc7 $16) (14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 Be6 16. c4 $1 $16) 15. Ne5 Nxc3 16. bxc3
$14) 14... Qxd4 15. e3 (15. Nxe4 Bxe5 16. Be3 Qc4 $17) 15... Nc5 16. Qxf7+ Rxf7
17. exd4 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Nd3 19. Re2 Nc4 $132 20. Bc7 Ncxb2 21. Bd8 (21. h3 $5
Nc4 (21... e6 22. Bd8 Ra8 23. Bg5 h5 24. Ne4 $16) 22. g4 Bc8 23. Ne4 $36) 21...
Kf8 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Ke8 $1 $10 24. Bc7 e6 25. Bd6 Rd7 26. Ba3 Rxd4 27.
Bxb2 Nxb2 28. Rxb2 Rxe4 29. Rxb7 Rd4 $1 30. Rxh7 Rd7 31. Rh8+ Kf7 32. Rh7+ Ke8
33. Rh8+ Kf7 34. Rh7+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund op-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stangl, Markus"]
[Black "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Nc3 d5 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Bf5 9. Ne5 Ng4 $1 10. Nxg4 Bxg4 11. Be3 dxc4 12. Qxc4 Na6 13. Rfc1 Bf5 14. a3 (
14. b3 Qb4 15. a3 Qxc4 16. bxc4 Rad8 17. Rd1 c5 $1 $10) (14. d5 Qb4 15. Qxb4
Nxb4 16. Bc5 Nxd5 $10) 14... Rac8 15. b4 (15. d5 c5 $132) 15... Nc7 16. Bf3 $1
(16. d5 $2 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Qd6 18. Nxc7 Bxa1 19. Bxb7 Bb2 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 $19)
16... Be6 17. Qd3 Nd5 18. Nxd5 (18. Na4 Qb5 19. Qxb5 cxb5 20. Nc5 Nxe3 21. fxe3
Bh6 22. Kf2 b6 23. Nxe6 fxe6 $10) 18... Bxd5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Rc5 $1 $14 Rxc5
21. bxc5 Qc6 22. Rb1 e5 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. Qb5 Rb8 25. a4 Qe6 26. Qb3 (26. Qa5
d4 27. Bh6 Qh3 28. Bd2 Qg4 $132) 26... Qc6 27. Qb5 Qxb5 28. axb5 Rc8 29. Rc1 a6
30. f4 Bf6 31. c6 bxc6 32. Rxc6 Rxc6 33. bxc6 Bd8 34. Bc5 Bc7 35. Kf2 (35. Bd4
Kf8 36. Be5 Bb6+ 37. Kf1 Ke7) 35... f5 36. Ke3 Kf7 37. Bd4 Ke7 38. Be5 Bb6+ 39.
Kd3 Kd8 40. Bc3 {40.Kc3 h5 Remis.} h5 {Schwarz hat eine uneinnehmbare
Blockadestellung erreicht.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Aarhus"]
[Date "1999.04.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "El Kher, Henrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg2 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 dxc4 8. bxc4
c5 9. Bb2 Qb6 10. Qb3 (10. Qc1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc6 12. Nxc6 (12. Rd1 Rd8 13. Nxc6
Rxd1+ 14. Qxd1 bxc6 $10) 12... bxc6 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Rb1 Qa6 15. Ba3 Rfe8 16.
Rb3 Nd7 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Rc1 Nb6 19. Bc5 Qa5 {0-1 Goldin,A-Yandemirov,V/Elista/
1995/ (71)}) 10... Ne4 (10... Nfd7 11. e3 (11. e3 Nc6 12. Rd1 Na5 13. Qxb6 Nxb6
14. Bc3 Nbxc4 15. dxc5 Bg4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nbd2 Rac8 18. Nb3 b6 19. Nxa5 bxa5
20. Rd4 Be6 21. Ng5 Rxc5 22. Nxe6+ fxe6 23. Rc1 Rfc8 24. Rd7 {1-0 Buturin,
V-Yandemirov,V/Lvov/1995/ (69)})) 11. e3 (11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Nc6 13. e3 Rd8
14. Rfd1 Bg4 15. Rab1 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 cxd4 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. exd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4
Bxd4 20. Rd2 Rac8 21. Rbd1 Rxc4 22. Be2 Ra4 {0-1 Calotescu,C-Gara,T/
Kiskunhalas/1995/ (58)}) 11... cxd4 12. Bxd4 Qa6 (12... Qxb3 13. axb3 Nc6 14.
Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nd4 $14) (12... Bxd4 13. exd4 $14) 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nd4 Nc5 15.
Qb2 Qf6 $6 {Black has good pawn structure but poor piece development.
Unfortunatelly the last queen move is not helping the case of bringing them
into play.} (15... f6 $5 16. Nd2 e5 17. Nb5 Qb6 $13) 16. Nc3 e6 (16... e5 17.
Nd5 Qd8 18. Nb3 $14) 17. Qa3 Nbd7 18. Rab1 a6 (18... Qe5 19. Rfd1 $14) 19. Rfd1
Rb8 20. Ne4 (20. e4 Re8 21. Rb2 e5 22. Nb3 $14) 20... Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Qe5 (21...
e5 22. Nb3 (22. Nf3 Re8 23. Rd6 Qe7 24. Rbd1 Nf6 $15) 22... b6 23. Rd6 Qg5 24.
Bc6 Nf6 25. Nd2 $16) 22. Bg2 Qc7 (22... Nc5 23. Nc6 bxc6 24. Rxb8 Qxb8 25. Qxc5
$16) 23. Qe7 Kg8 {Black is terribly squeezed, but his position seems to hold
for a moment.} (23... Qxc4 $2 24. Rdc1 Qxa2 25. Ra1 Qb2 26. Nxe6+ $18) 24. h4 (
24. c5 $5 Qxc5 25. Nc6 $16) 24... Qc5 $2 (24... Qxc4 $5 $13) 25. Nc6 $1 {
Small combinbations are the salt of chess, in many positions they enable a
nice shortcut to victory.} Ra8 (25... bxc6 26. Qxc5 Rxb1 (26... Nxc5 27. Rxb8
$18) 27. Qxf8+ (27. Qd6 $18) 27... Kxf8 28. Rxb1 $18) (25... Qxe7 26. Nxe7+ Kg7
27. Nxc8 $18) 26. Rxd7 Qf5 (26... Qxc4 27. Rd8 $18) 27. e4 Qh5 28. Rd8 1-0

[Event "WCC cand"]
[Site "Cazorla"]
[Date "1998.06.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 800]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Bg2
Qb6 8. O-O Bf5 9. Ne5 e6 10. Bf4 (10. Be3 Nbd7 11. h3 h5 12. Qa3 a5 13. Rac1
Qb4 14. f4 {1/2-1/2 Pigusov,E-Tseitlin,M/EUCup f/1994/}) 10... Nbd7 (10... h6
$5) 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. f3 Nxe5 (12... c5 13. dxc5 d4 14. Nb5 bxc5 15. Nxd7 Nxd7
16. Bd6 Rfc8 17. f4 Rc6 18. a4 Bc2 19. Ra3 Nb6 20. Rc1 d3 21. exd3 Rxd6 22.
Rxc2 Rd7 {Kramnik,V-Gelfand,B/Dos Hermanas/1996/1/2-1/2 (63)}) 13. Bxe5 (13.
dxe5 $6 Nd7 14. e4 dxe4 15. fxe4 Bg4 16. h3 Bh5 17. g4 g5 $15) 13... g5 (13...
c5 $2 14. e4 dxe4 15. fxe4 $18) (13... dxc4 $4 14. e4 $18) 14. e4 Bg6 15. b3 {
This new move will hardly have a great impact on the evalaution of this
position. White supports his nice center, but this gives black the chances to
prepare better for the tactical advanture.} (15. cxd5 exd5 (15... cxd5 16. Rad1
$14) 16. Rad1 b5 17. a3 (17. exd5 $6 b4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ne4 Bg7 $132) (17.
Bxf6 $6 Bxf6 18. exd5 Rfd8 $132) 17... dxe4 (17... Rfd8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. exd5
cxd5 20. Nxb5 $16) 18. fxe4 Nd7 (18... Ng4 $5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rfe1 $14) 19.
Bd6 Rfe8 20. e5 Nb6 (20... f5 $5) 21. d5 $1 Rac8 (21... Bxe5 22. dxc6 Bxd6 23.
Rxd6 $16) (21... cxd5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 $16) 22. Bh3 Ra8 23. Bc7 Nxd5 $2 (
23... Nc4 24. dxc6 bxc6 25. Bd7 Nxb2 26. Bxe8 Rxe8 27. Rd6 Bxe5 28. Rxc6 Bd4+
$132) 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Rxd5 {Mikhalevski,V-Vydeslaver,A/ISR-ch/1996/1-0 (57)})
15... Rfd8 16. Rfd1 (16. exd5 exd5 17. Rfe1 dxc4 18. bxc4 Ne8 $11) (16. Bc7 $2
Nxe4 $1 $17) 16... dxe4 17. fxe4 (17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxg7 Nc3 19. Bf6 Nxd1 20.
Bxd8 Rxd8 21. Rxd1 $11) 17... Ng4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Bf3 {White's center is
very solid, but black is well prepared to attack it effectively.} (19. Rd3 f5
$11) 19... h5 (19... Ne3 20. Rd2 f5 21. Kf2 f4 22. h4 h6 23. gxf4 gxf4 24. Rg1
$14) 20. Rd2 Ne5 21. Bg2 (21. Kf2 f5 $132) 21... c5 22. d5 (22. Rad1 cxd4 23.
Rxd4 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Kf8 25. Rd6 b5 26. cxb5 Rc8 27. Nd1 Rc2 28. a4 Ke7 $44)
22... Nc6 $1 {The tactics can serve strategical purposes very well, black
knight aims for the excellent d4 square.} (22... exd5 23. Nxd5 h4 24. gxh4 gxh4
25. Rf1 $14) 23. Rad1 (23. Re1 $5 e5 (23... Nd4 24. e5 exd5 25. cxd5 (25. Nxd5
Bc2 26. Rf1 Rxa2 27. Rdf2 Rf8 (27... Rd7 28. Nxb6 Re7 29. Bd5 Rxe5 30. Rxf7+
Kh6 31. Nd7 $16) 28. Nxb6 Bxb3 $11) 25... b5 26. h4 $14) 24. Rf2 Nd4 $13) (23.
Nb5 e5 $1) 23... Nd4 24. e5 exd5 25. cxd5 (25. Nxd5 Bc2 26. Rf1 Rxa2 27. Rdf2
Rf8 $11) 25... Re8 26. Re1 (26. Na4 $5 Rxe5 27. Nxb6 Rd8 (27... Rae8 28. Nd7
Ne2+ 29. Kh1 Nc3 30. Nxe5 Nxd1 31. Rxd1 Rxe5 32. d6 $18) 28. Na4 Rexd5 29. Bxd5
Rxd5 30. Kf2 Bc2 31. Rf1 $14) 26... Nc2 27. Ree2 Nd4 28. Re1 Nc2 29. Rxc2 $5 {
Kramnik, lagging in the match can afford to take some risks. The central pawns
can become dangerous, but black has ways to eliminate them.} (29. Ree2 Nd4 $11)
29... Bxc2 30. d6 Bf5 $1 (30... Rad8 31. Nb5 Bf5 32. Nc7 Rf8 33. Bxb7 $13) 31.
Bxb7 (31. Nb5 $2 Rxa2 32. Bxb7 Rd2 $17) 31... Rad8 32. Bc6 {If white doesn't
play aggressively enough he can easily become worse.} (32. Kf2 f6 33. exf6+
Kxf6 34. Rd1 (34. Nd5+ Kf7 35. Re7+ Rxe7 36. dxe7 Rd6 $19) 34... Ke6 $17) 32...
Re6 (32... Bd7 33. Bxd7 Rxd7 34. Kf2 Kg6 35. Nd5 $13) 33. Bd5 Rdxd6 (33... Ree8
34. Bc6) 34. Bxe6 (34. Bxe6 Rxe6 35. Nd5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Black "Odeev, Handszar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8. b3 (
8. cxd5 cxd5 9. b3 Qa5 10. Bb2 Bf5 11. a3 Rac8 12. Ne1 Qc7 13. e3 Qd7 14. b4
Rc7 15. f3 Bh3 16. Nd3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nb8 18. Qb3 Rfc8 19. Rac1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1
Rxc1 21. Bxc1 {1-0 Alatortsev,V-Ebralidze,A/Tbilisi 1937/ (51)}) (8. Re1 Be6 9.
c5 b6 10. Qa4 Qc8 11. b4 Nd7 12. Nb3 Bg4 13. Bd2 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e5 15. e3 b5 16.
Qa3 Nc7 17. Bg2 e4 18. Na5 Ne6 19. Qb3 {1-0 Heinicke,H-Bialas,W/Hamburg 1955/ 
(51)}) 8... Bf5 (8... Ne4 9. Bb2 f5 10. e3 Be6 11. Qe2 h6 12. Rac1 Qe8 13. Ne1
Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Rd8 15. Nd3 dxc4 16. bxc4 g5 17. f4 g4 18. Qa5 Bc8 19. Qa3 {
1-0 Adorjan,A-Schoen,W/Biel 1990/ (32)}) (8... e6 9. Ne5 c5 10. Bb2 b6 11. cxd5
exd5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. e4 Bb7 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Ndc4 Nb4 16. a3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2
Nbd5 18. Qf3 Qc7 19. Rad1 Rad8 {1/2-1/2 Bilek,I-Varnusz,E/Budapest 1963/ (52)})
(8... c5 9. Bb2 b6 (9... cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nb4 {1/2-1/2 Donner,J-Bronstein,D/
Amsterdam 1968/ (10)}) (9... dxc4 10. Nxc4 Be6 11. Nfe5 Bd5 12. f3 Bxc4 13.
bxc4 Nd7 14. f4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Rb8 16. Qb3 Qc8 17. Rad1 Nb4 18. Rd2 Qc7 19. Rfd1
Rfe8 20. Rd7 Qc8 21. Qa4 a6 22. Bxb7 {1-0 Lamas,P-Escandon,F/Montevideo 1992/ 
(26)}) 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. b4 Ne6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxg7 Nxg7 14. Qb3 Nf6 15. Ne5
Be6 16. Qb2 Bd5 17. b5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Ne6 19. Nc6 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 Georgiev,K-Leko,
P/Cacak 1996/ (47)}) 9. Bb2 Ne4 (9... Rc8 10. a3 dxc4 11. Nxc4 c5 12. Nfd2 b5
13. Ne3 cxd4 14. Nxf5 gxf5 15. Bb7 Rb8 16. Bxa6 Rb6 17. Nf3 Rxa6 18. Qxd4 Qxd4
19. Bxd4 Ne4 20. Rfc1 {1-0 Kurajica,B-Campora,D/Dortmund/1981/ (31)}) 10. Nh4 {
Black's position is very solid, but the knight on a6 doesn't sit pretty.} (10.
e3 Qa5 11. a3 c5 12. cxd5 b5 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qd8 16. dxc5
Nxc5 17. Nc6 Qd6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rc1 Nd7 20. Qd4+ f6 21. e4 Nb6 22. Qc5 Nc8 {
1-0 Kurajica,B-Juberias,S/Zaragoza 1994/ (22)}) (10. Ne5 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Bxe5 12.
dxe5 dxc4 13. Qh6 cxb3 14. Rad1 Qe8 15. e4 Be6 16. f4 f6 17. f5 Bc4 18. Rf4 g5
19. Rg4 Qf7 20. exf6 exf6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Rxg5+ Kh8 23. Rg6 Qf7 {0-1
Tapaninen,J-Nokso Koivisto,A/FIN 1991/ (30)}) 10... Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be6 (11...
Qd7 12. Nxf5 Qxf5 13. cxd5 cxd5 $14) 12. Rac1 Qd7 (12... dxc4 13. bxc4 Qd7 14.
d5 $14) (12... c5 $2 13. Rfd1 $16) 13. Nf3 Bh3 (13... dxc4 14. bxc4 Bh3 15.
Bxh3 Qxh3 16. d5 $14) 14. cxd5 cxd5 (14... Bxg2 15. Kxg2 (15. dxc6 Qh3 16. Ng5
Bh6 17. Nxh3 Bxd2 18. Kxg2 Bxc1 19. Rxc1 bxc6 20. Rxc6 Nb4 21. Rc7 Nxa2 $13)
15... cxd5 16. Ne5 $14) 15. Ne5 $1 {White must be better, since his knight
occupies better square and the rook is already on c file.} Qe6 (15... Bxe5 16.
dxe5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 $14) 16. Bxh3 Qxh3 17. Qa5 Qe6 (17... Rfd8 18. Qb5 Rab8 19.
Nc6 $1 bxc6 20. Qxa6 $16) 18. Qb5 Bxe5 (18... Rfb8 19. Rfe1 $14) 19. dxe5 Qb6 (
19... Rfd8 20. Qxb7 $16) 20. Qxd5 Nb4 21. Qd7 Nc6 (21... Nxa2 22. Rc7 Rad8 23.
Qxe7 Rde8 24. Qd6 Qxb3 (24... Qxd6 25. exd6 $18) 25. e6 Qxe6 26. Qd4 f6 27.
Rxb7 (27. Ra1 Rf7 28. Rxf7 Qxf7 29. e3 $16) 27... Rf7 28. Rxf7 Qxf7 29. Ra1 $16
) 22. Qg4 Rad8 (22... e6 23. Rfd1 $16) 23. e6 $1 {[%mdl 128] From now on the
extra pawn is not of formal, but of an unpleasant attacking sort.} f6 24. Rfd1
Rxd1+ (24... Ne5 25. Bxe5 fxe5 26. e3 $16) 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rd7 $1 (26. Rxd8+
Qxd8 27. Qc4 $16) 26... Qa5 (26... Rxd7 27. exd7 Qd8 28. Qe6+ Kg7 29. Ba3 $16)
27. Qc4 Kg7 28. b4 Qa4 (28... Qb6 29. b5 Rxd7 30. exd7 Nd8 31. Ba3 $18) 29.
Rxb7 Rd1+ (29... a5 30. a3 $18) 30. Kg2 Rb1 31. Qc3 {Black will be lost if
white pieces can get closer to his king.} Kh6 (31... Qd1 $2 32. Qxf6+ $18) (
31... Kg8 32. b5 Qd1 33. Qxc6 (33. bxc6 $2 Qh1+ 34. Kh3 Qf1+ $11) 33... Qh1+
34. Kh3 Qf1+ 35. Kh4 g5+ 36. Kg4 Qxe2+ 37. f3 $18) 32. Qd2+ g5 33. Bxf6 $1 exf6
34. Qd3 Ne7 35. Rxe7 Qc6+ 36. f3 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden-B"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "1992.12.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Schlosser, Philipp"]
[Black "Xie, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. O-O
Bf5 (8... Qxb3 9. axb3 Bf5 10. Ne5 Rd8 11. f4 Na6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Rxa6 dxc4
14. b4 Nd5 15. e4 Bc8 16. Rxc6 Bxd4+ 17. Kh1 Nxb4 18. Rc7 Rd7 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8
20. Bh3 e6 21. f5 Re8 22. Nb5 Be5 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Na3 $17 {Gofshtein,
L-Vydeslaver,A/ISL-ch (04)/1992/}) 9. Ne5 Be6 (9... Rd8 10. Bf4 (10. cxd5 Qxb3
11. axb3 cxd5 12. Bf4 h6 13. g4 Bxg4 14. Nxg4 Nxg4 15. Nxd5 Nc6 16. h3 Nf6 17.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. e3 e5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxh6 Rd7 21. Rfd1 {0,5/Wojtkiewicz,
A-Pedzich,D/POL-ch (12)/1992/}) 10... Na6 (10... Be6 11. Na4 Qxb3 12. axb3 Nbd7
13. Rfc1 Rac8 14. Nc3 a6 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Rxc1+ 18. Rxc1
Bxd4 19. Nxe7+ Kg7 20. Bxb7 Bxb2 21. Rb1 Nc5 22. Bf3 Bf6 23. Nc6 Rc8 24. Na5
$16 {Goldin,A-Schmidt,Wl/Belgrade GMA-op/1988/}) 11. c5 Qxb3 12. axb3 Rdc8 13.
Ra5 Nc7 14. Rfa1 a6 15. b4 Nh5 16. Bd2 Rd8 17. h3 Be6 18. g4 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Ng7
20. Bg5 d4 21. Na4 Re8 22. Nb6 Rad8 23. Rd1 Bb3 24. Rd3 $13 {Akopian,
V-Alterman,B/Beer-Sheva/1992/}) (9... Ng4 10. cxd5 (10. Nxg4 Bxg4 11. Be3 dxc4
12. Qxc4 Na6 13. Rfc1 Bf5 14. a3 Rac8 15. b4 Nc7 16. Bf3 Be6 17. Qd3 Nd5 18.
Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Rc5 Rxc5 21. bxc5 Qc6 22. Rb1 e5 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24.
Qb5 $10 {Stangl,M-Ernst,T/Dortmund Op-A (9)/1992/}) 10... Qxb3 11. axb3 Nxe5
12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Na4 Bc7 14. Nc5 cxd5 15. Bxd5 Nc6 16. Nxb7 Nd4 17. e3 Nc2 18.
Ra4 Bd3 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Rfb8 21. Nc5 Bd6 22. Rc4 Bxc5 23. Rxc5 {0,5/
Petrosian,A-Ernst,T/Dortmund Op-A (7)/1992/}) 10. Rd1 (10. Qd1 Na6 11. cxd5
Nxd5 12. Na4 Qc7 13. e4 Nb6 14. Bf4 g5 15. Nxb6 Qxb6 16. Be3 Qxb2 17. Rb1 Qc3
18. Rxb7 c5 19. Bd2 Qxd4 20. Nf3 Qd3 21. Nxg5 Bc4 22. Re1 Qd4 23. Qh5 h6 24.
Nf3 $16 {Wojtkiewicz,A-Kaminski,M/Wisla BES (04)/1992/}) 10... dxc4 11. Nxc4
Qa6 (11... Qxb3 12. axb3 Nbd7 13. Na5 $1 $14) 12. d5 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14.
Bxd5 Bxd5 15. Rxd5 Qe6 (15... Nc6 16. Rd7 $1 $36 (16. Be3 Rfd8 17. Rad1 Rxd5
18. Rxd5 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Nxd8 20. Qd3 Ne6 $1)) 16. Rd3 Nc6 17. Be3 Rac8 (17...
Rfd8 18. Rad1 Rac8 $10) 18. Rad1 b6 19. Qa4 h5 20. b3 h4 21. Qb5 Qg4 22. f3 (
22. Kf1 Qh3+ 23. Kg1 Qg4) 22... Qh3 23. Bf2 (23. g4 f5 24. Qd5+ Kh8 25. Qe6
fxg4 26. Qxg4 Qxg4+ 27. fxg4 $10) 23... hxg3 24. hxg3 e5 25. Nd6 Rc7 26. Rc3
Nd4 (26... Qd7 27. Rdd3 Nd4 $13) 27. Bxd4 Qxg3+ 28. Kf1 exd4 29. Rxc7 Qxd6 30.
Rc2 Bh6 (30... Qh2 31. Qg5) 31. Kg2 Kg7 32. Rc6 Qf4 33. Qd5 Re8 34. Rc2 (34.
Qxd4+ Qxd4 35. Rxd4 Rxe2+ 36. Kg3 Rxa2 $10) 34... Re5 35. Qxd4 Qf6 36. e4 Bf4
37. Qd8 Rg5+ 38. Kf2 Qe6 $2 (38... Qe5 39. Rd5) (38... Qxd8 39. Rxd8 $16) 39.
Rh1 Rh5 40. Rxh5 gxh5 41. Rc8 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. O-O
Na6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Na4 (10. cxd5 cxd5 (10... Nxd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Bd2 e6
13. Ne5 f6 14. Nd3 Bd7 15. Bc3 Kf7 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. h4 Bf8 18. e3 Bc6 {
1/2-1/2 Vojinovic,G-Grujic,L/Niska Banja 1996/ (43)}) 11. Bg5 e6 12. Na4 Nb4
13. Nxb6 Rxa2 14. Rxa2 Nxa2 15. Ra1 Nb4 16. Ra8 {1-0 Jukic,M-Lindemann,S/
Vienna 1991/ (16)}) 10... Nd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bd2 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] Very
natural move, that proves distinct white's advantage. Black has no
compensation for the inferior pawn structure.} (12. Nc3 Nf6 13. Bg5 Be6 14.
Rfc1 Nb4 15. a3 Nc6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. e3 Rfd8 18. Nd2 Bg7 19. b3 Ra5 20. Na4 b5
21. Nc5 Bc8 22. b4 Ra7 23. Nf3 {1-0 Goldin,A-Daniliuk,S/St Petersburg 1993/ 
(43)}) 12... Nab8 (12... b5 13. Nc3 Nb6 14. Nxb5 Nc4 15. Bc1 Bd7 16. Nc3 $16)
13. b3 Nc6 14. e3 e5 (14... Ra6 15. Rfc1 Rd8 16. Bf1 $14) 15. Nxe5 (15. dxe5 b5
16. Nc3 Ndxe5 $14) 15... Ncxe5 (15... Ndxe5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Bc3 (17. Nxb6 Ra6
18. Nxd5 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 Be6 20. Nc7 $16) 17... b5 18. Bxe5 bxa4 19. Bf6 $16) 16.
dxe5 b5 (16... Bxe5 17. Bc3 b5 18. Bxe5 bxa4 19. Bd4 $16) 17. Nc3 Bxe5 18. f4
Bg7 (18... Bxc3 $2 19. Bxc3 Re8 20. Bd4 $18) 19. Nxd5 $1 {Excellent solution,
white gets a pawn and marvelous piece play. Guseinov will suffer terribly due
to lack of squares for his pieces.} Bxa1 20. Rxa1 Rd8 (20... Ra7 21. Bb4 Re8
22. a3 b6 23. Rc1 Bb7 24. Rc7 Bxd5 25. Rxa7 Nf6 26. Bc3 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Nd5 28.
Bd4 Nxe3+ 29. Kh3 $16) 21. Bb4 Kg7 (21... Ra7 22. Rd1 Rxa2 23. Nb6 h5 24. e4
$16) 22. Bc3+ Kf8 (22... f6 23. Nc7 $18) 23. Nc7 Rb8 (23... Ra7 24. Bb4+ Kg7
25. Nxb5 Ra6 26. Nd6 $18) 24. Rd1 {Aronian has managed to completely paralyse
forces of his opponent.} b6 (24... Ke7 25. Bb4+ Kf6 26. Bh3 b6 27. e4 Rb7 28.
Nxb5 $18) 25. Bf6 Nxf6 26. Rxd8+ Ke7 27. Rh8 (27. Rh8 Nd7 (27... h5 28. Na6
Bxa6 29. Rxb8 $18) 28. Re8+ Kd6 29. Nxb5+ Kc5 30. Na7 Ba6 31. b4+ Kd6 32. Rxb8
Nxb8 33. b5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 9192 34th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. Nbd2 a5 7. c4 c6 8. Ne5 (
8. b3) 8... Ng4 9. Nef3 Bf5 10. b3 Nf6 11. Bb2 a4 $5 (11... Ne4 12. Nh4 (12.
Rc1 a4 13. b4 Na6 14. a3 Nc7 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Ne5 Nf6 17. Re1 $14 {Todorcevic,
M-Averbakh,Y/Palma GMA-op/1989/}) 12... Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Be6 14. f4 f5 15. Rfc1
Nd7 $10 {Ljubojevic,L-Uhlmann,W/Manila izt/1976/}) 12. Nh4 (12. b4 a3 13. Bc3
Na6 $132) 12... Be6 13. Qc2 a3 $1 14. Bc3 c5 15. Rad1 (15. dxc5 d4 16. Bb4 g5
$1 (16... Nc6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qc1 $13) 17. Nhf3 (17. Nf5 d3 18. Qxd3 Qxd3 19.
exd3 Bxf5 20. Bxb7 Ra7 21. c6 Bc8 $17) 17... Nc6 $19) (15. cxd5 Nxd5 $17) 15...
cxd4 16. Bxd4 Nc6 17. Bxf6 $6 (17. Ba1 Qa5 $15) 17... Bxf6 18. Ne4 $2 dxe4 $1 (
18... Bg7 $2 19. cxd5 Nb4 20. Qc4 Nxd5 21. Nc5 $36) 19. Rxd8 Rfxd8 20. Qxe4 (
20. Bxe4 Nd4 21. Qb1 Nxe2+ 22. Kg2 Rd2 $17) 20... Rd2 21. f4 (21. Qb1 Rb2 $17)
21... Rxa2 22. f5 gxf5 23. Nxf5 Ra1 $1 24. Nxe7+ (24. Rxa1 Bxa1 25. Qb1 Bf6 26.
g4 a2 $19) 24... Nxe7 25. Rxa1 Bxa1 26. Qxb7 Bd4+ 27. e3 (27. Kf1 Ra7 $19)
27... Bxe3+ 28. Kf1 Ra7 29. Qb8+ Nc8 $1 {Ftacnik,L} (29... Kg7 30. Qe5+ Kg8 31.
Qxe3) 0-1

[Event "Lee Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lin, Weiguo"]
[Black "Peng, Xiaomin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. b3 Bf5 8. Bb2
Ne4 9. Nc3 a5 10. Nh4 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Be6 12. Qd3 Nd7 13. e4 $2 (13. Rac1 a4 14.
c5 axb3 15. axb3 Ra3 16. b4 Qc7 17. Ra1 Rfa8 18. Rxa3 Rxa3 19. Ra1 Rxa1+ 20.
Bxa1 Bf6 21. Nf3 {1/2-1/2 Maus,S-Michaelsen,N/Hamburg Wichern-op 1995/}) 13...
dxc4 14. bxc4 Ne5 $1 {A bit exceptional picture, but the worst part is the
complete fall of white´s center. Etwas ungewohnliches Bild, aber das
schlimmste ist der Zusamenbruch vom weisser Zentrum.} 15. Qb1 $8 Nxc4 16. Qxb7
c5 $1 (16... Nd6 17. Qb2) 17. d5 (17. e5 Rb8 (17... cxd4 18. Qxa8 Qxa8 19. Bxa8
dxc3 20. Bg2 Nxe5 $17) 18. Qa7 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 $17) 17... Bxc3
18. Rac1 (18. dxe6 Bxa1 19. exf7+ Rxf7 20. Rxa1 Rb8 $19) 18... Rb8 19. Qa7 (19.
Qa6 Nd2 20. Rxc3 (20. Rfd1 Bg4 $19)) 19... Nd2 20. Rxc3 (20. Rfd1 Bg4 21. f3
Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Nxe4 23. fxe4 Bxd1 $19) (20. Rfe1 Bd4 $1 (20... Ra8 21. Qb7 Nxe4
22. dxe6 Bxe1 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. Rxe1 $13) 21. dxe6 fxe6 22. Re2 Rb2 $17) 20...
Nxf1 21. Bxf1 (21. dxe6 Nd2 22. exf7+ Rxf7 23. Qxc5 Rb1+ 24. Rc1 Qd6 $17) 21...
Bd7 22. Qxc5 $2 (22. Rxc5 $1 Ra8 23. Qc7 Qxc7 24. Rxc7 Rfd8 $15) 22... Rc8 $1
23. Qd4 Rxc3 24. Qxc3 Qb6 25. Nf3 Rc8 26. Qd2 (26. Qd4 Qxd4 27. Nxd4 Rc1 $19)
26... Qb1 (26... Qb4 27. Qh6 f6 $17) 27. Qxa5 Bh3 28. Nd2 (28. Qe1 Rc1 $19) (
28. Ne1 Rc1 29. Bxh3 Rxe1+ 30. Kg2 Qxe4+ 31. f3 Qe2#) 28... Qe1 29. Qa7 Rc1 (
29... Rc1 30. Qb8+ Kg7 31. Qe5+ Kh6 32. Qf4+ g5 33. Qxg5+ Kxg5 34. Nf3+ Kh6 35.
Nxe1 Rxe1) 0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Gurevich, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Nc3 Qb6 8. O-O
Bf5 9. h3 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Na6 11. Re1 (11. Ng5 h6 12. e4 Bd7 13. Nf3 Qa5 14. Qe2
b5 15. Ne5 Rad8 16. Be3 $14 {Wojtkiewicz,A-Lutz,C/Biel/1990/}) 11... Qb4 $1 12.
Qxb4 Nxb4 13. e4 Be6 (13... Nc2 14. exf5 Nxa1 15. Re2 {xNa1}) 14. Rd1 Nc2 15.
Rb1 Nxe4 $5 16. Nxe4 Bxa2 17. Bg5 Bxb1 18. Rxb1 Rfe8 (18... Nxd4 $2 19. Nxd4
Bxd4 20. Bxe7 Rfe8 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. Bxf6 $16) 19. Nc5 Nxd4 (19... b6 20. Nb3
Rac8 $13) 20. Nxb7 Rab8 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22. Na5 Rxb2 23. Rxb2 Bxb2 24. Nxc6 a6 (
24... f6 25. Be3 a6 26. Bf1 Ra8 27. Bg2 $11) 25. Bf1 (25. Nxe7+ Kf8 26. Nc6
Re1+ 27. Kh2 Bc3 $15) 25... Ra8 26. Bg2 Re8 27. Bf1 Ra8 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund op-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Petrosian, Arshak B"]
[Black "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ernst} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Bg2 Qb6
8. O-O Bf5 (8... Na6 $2 {Ernst Das wird in der Enzyklopädie empfohlen.} 9. Qxb6
axb6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bg5 e6 12. Na4 $16 {Jukic - Lindemann, Wien open 1991.})
9. Ne5 (9. cxd5 {Ernst} Qxb3 10. axb3 Nxd5 11. Ne5 Be6 12. Ne4 Nd7 13. Nxd7
Bxd7 14. Nc5 Bg4 $1 $17 {Ornstein - Uhlmann, Stockholm 1989/90.}) 9... Ng4 $5 {
N} (9... Rd8 10. Bf4 Be6 11. Na4 Qxb3 12. axb3 Nbd7 13. Rfc1 Rac8 14. Nc3 $14 {
Goldin,A-Schmidt,Wl/Beograd GMA-op/1988/}) 10. cxd5 (10. Nxg4 Bxg4 11. cxd5
Qxb3 12. axb3 Bxd4 13. e3 Be5 14. Na4 Bc7 $10) (10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Nxg4 (11.
cxd5 {Ernst} Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Be3 b5 $10) 11... Bxg4 12. cxd5 Bxd4 $10)
10... Qxb3 (10... Qxd4 $2 11. Nxg4 Bxg4 12. Qxb7 Nd7 13. dxc6 $16) 11. axb3
Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Na4 (13. Bg5 {Ernst} Bf6 14. Be3 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Nc6 $10)
13... Bc7 (13... cxd5 14. Nb6 $1 $18) (13... Nd7 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Bxc6 Rab8
16. Rd1 Rfd8 17. Be3 $16) (13... a5 $2 {Ernst} 14. Nc5 Ra7 15. Be3 $1 $16) 14.
Nc5 (14. Bf4 {Ernst} Bxf4 15. gxf4 a5 $10) 14... cxd5 (14... b6 15. Nd3 (15.
Na4 Bd7 $13) 15... Bxd3 (15... Bd7 16. Nb4 c5 17. d6 $1 $16) 16. exd3 Rd8 17.
dxc6 Rxd3 18. Bf4 e5 (18... Bxf4 19. c7 $18) 19. Bg5 $16 (19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. c7
Nc6 21. Bxc6 Rc8 22. Rxa7 Rxc7 $10)) 15. Bxd5 (15. Nxb7 e6 16. h3 h5) 15... Nc6
16. Nxb7 (16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Be3 Bb6 $10) 16... Nd4 17. e3 (17. Nc5 Nxe2+ 18.
Kg2 Rad8 $10) (17. Be3 {Ernst} Nxe2+ $2 (17... Nc2 {Ernst} 18. Rxa7 Nxe3 19.
Rxa8 Rxa8 20. fxe3 Bb6 $44) 18. Kg2 Bb6 19. Rfe1 $1 Nd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Rxe7
Bxb2 22. Ra6 Bd3 23. Bc4 $16) (17. Bc4 {Ernst} Rfb8 18. Nc5 Bd6 19. Na6 Nxb3
20. Ra4 Bd7 $1 $10) (17. e4 {Ernst} Bh3 18. Rd1 Ne2+ 19. Kh1 Nxc1 20. Raxc1 Bb6
$44) 17... Nc2 18. Ra4 $8 Bd3 19. Be4 $1 (19. Nc5 Bxf1 20. Bxa8 Bb5 21. Rxa7
Bb6 22. Rb7 Rxa8 (22... Rd8 $1 {Ernst} 23. Rxb6 Rd1+ 24. Kg2 Ne1+ 25. Kh3 $6 {
25.Kg1=} Bf1+ 26. Kh4 Rxc1 27. b4 Rc2 $44) 23. Rxb6 Be2 24. Bd2 Bf3 $1 25. Ra6
Rd8 $19) (19. Rd1 Bb5 20. Rh4 (20. Rd2 {Ernst} Ne1 21. Rb4 a6 $1 $44) 20...
Rac8 $17) (19. Bd2 $2 {Ernst} Bxf1 20. Kxf1 Rac8 $1 $17) 19... Bxe4 (19... Bxf1
20. Kxf1 Rac8 21. Bxc2 Bb6 22. Rc4 Rxc4 23. bxc4 Rb8 24. Be4 $18) 20. Rxe4 Rfb8
21. Nc5 Bd6 22. Rc4 Bxc5 23. Rxc5 (23. Rxc2 Bd6 24. Rc3 Rb5 25. Rd1 Rab8 26.
Rdd3 Be5 27. Rc2 Rxb3 28. Rxb3 Rxb3 $15) 23... Na1 {Ftacnik,L} (23... Na1 {
Ernst} 24. b4 (24. Rc7 {Ernst} Nxb3 25. Rxe7 $4 Rc8 $19) 24... Nb3 25. Rc4 a5
$10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Vydeslaver, Alik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1996.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kanstler,B} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qb3
Qb6 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. Ne5 (9. h3 {Kanstler,B} Na6 (9... Rd8 10. c5 Qa6 11. Re1 b6
12. Bf1 Qb7 13. a4 Bc8 14. cxb6 axb6 15. Bf4 Nbd7 $13 {Romanishin,O-Dolmatov,S/
Groningen/1993/0,5/64/}) 10. c5 Qxb3 11. axb3 Nc7 12. Bf4 Ne6 13. Be3 Be4 14.
Ra4 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Rfd8 16. Rfa1 a6 17. Rb4 Rd7 18. Bg2 Ne4 $10 {Romanishin,
O-Alterman,B/Groningen/1993/0,5/28/}) 9... e6 (9... Rd8 {Kanstler,B} 10. cxd5
Qxb3 11. axb3 cxd5 12. Bf4 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Bh3 $14 {
Hansen,Cu-Smirin,I/Groningen/1993/0,5/32/}) 10. Bf4 (10. Be3 Nbd7 11. h3 h5 12.
Qa3 a5 13. Rac1 Qb4 14. f4 {1/2-1/2 Pigusov,E-Tseitlin,MD/EUCup f Lyon ;CBM 45
1994}) 10... Nbd7 (10... h6 $5 {Kanstler,B}) 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. f3 Nxe5 (12...
c5 13. dxc5 d4 14. Nb5 bxc5 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Bd6 Rfc8 17. f4 Rc6 18. a4 Bc2
19. Ra3 Nb6 20. Rc1 d3 21. exd3 Rxd6 22. Rxc2 Rd7 23. a5 Nc8 24. d4 cxd4 25. c5
Ne7 26. Nd6 d3 27. Rxd3 Rxa5 28. Bxb7 $16 {Kramnik,V-Gelfand,B/Dos Hermanas 
(03)/1996/1/2-1/2 (63)}) 13. Bxe5 (13. dxe5 $6 {Kanstler,B} Nd7 14. e4 (14. g4
Bc2 15. Rfc1 d4 $15) 14... dxe4 15. fxe4 Bg4 16. h3 Bh5 17. g4 g5 $15) 13... g5
(13... c5 $2 14. e4 dxe4 15. fxe4 $18) (13... dxc4 $4 {Kanstler,B} 14. e4 $18)
14. e4 Bg6 15. cxd5 exd5 (15... cxd5 16. Rad1 $14) 16. Rad1 b5 17. a3 (17. exd5
$6 b4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ne4 Bg7 $132) (17. Bxf6 $6 {Kanstler,B} Bxf6 18. exd5
Rfd8 $132) 17... dxe4 (17... Rfd8 18. Bxf6 (18. exd5 {Kanstler,B} Nxd5 19. Nxd5
Rxd5 (19... cxd5 20. f4 $14) 20. f4 $14) 18... Bxf6 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Nxb5 $16)
18. fxe4 Nd7 (18... Ng4 $5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rfe1 $14) 19. Bd6 Rfe8 20. e5 Nb6
(20... f5 $5) 21. d5 $1 Rac8 (21... Bxe5 22. dxc6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 $16) (21...
cxd5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 $16) 22. Bh3 Ra8 23. Bc7 (23. e6 $6 {Kanstler,B}
Nc4 $17) 23... Nxd5 $2 {Black position was full of life, but this meak
exchange promises white advantage. Die schwarze Stellung war voller Leben,
dieser weiche Umtausch jedoch verspicht Weiss Vorteil.} (23... Nc4 24. dxc6 (
24. Bd7 Nxb2 $1) (24. d6 Bxe5 25. d7 Bxc7 26. dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 $15) 24... bxc6 (
24... Nxb2 $2 25. cxb7 $18) 25. Bd7 Nxb2 26. Bxe8 Rxe8 27. Rd6 Bxe5 28. Rxc6
Bd4+ $132) (23... Nc4 $5 $13 {Kanstler,B}) 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Rxd5 Be4 $6 (25...
h5 26. Bf5 $14) 26. Rd7 (26. Rxb5 $2 {Kanstler,B} Bd3 27. Rxb7 Bxf1 28. Bxf1
Bxe5 $17) 26... Bg6 (26... Bxe5 $5 {Kanstler,B} 27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Rfxf7 $14)
27. Bf5 $1 (27. Bg2 $6 Bxe5 28. Bxb7 Bxc7 29. Rxc7 Ra7 $10) 27... Bxe5 28. Bxg6
fxg6 29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30. Rff7 {There is no stronger idea in the endgames with 4
rooks. Es gibt keine stärkere Idee in Doppelturmendspielen.} Rc8 (30... h5 31.
Rg7+ Kf8 32. Rdf7+ Ke8 33. Rxb7 Rf5 34. Rg8+ Rf8 35. Rxg6 $18) 31. Rg7+ Kf8 (
31... Kh8 32. Rxh7+ Kg8 33. Rdg7+ Kf8 34. Rxb7) 32. Rxh7 Kg8 33. Rdg7+ Kf8 34.
Rxb7 Kg8 35. Rbg7+ Kf8 36. Rf7+ Kg8 (36... Ke8 37. Rb7 (37. Rfg7 $16 {Kanstler,
B}) 37... Kd8 38. Rh8+ Re8 39. Rxe8+ Kxe8 40. Rxb5 $18) 37. Rhg7+ Kh8 38. Rxg6
b4 (38... Rc2 39. Rf2 $18) 39. axb4 Rb8 40. Rd6 Re2 (40... Rxb4 $2 41. Rd8+)
41. Rf2 Re1+ (41... Rxf2 42. Kxf2 Rxb4 43. Rd2 $18) 42. Kg2 Rxb4 43. Rd7 Re8 (
43... Kg8 44. Rd5 g4 45. Rdf5 $18) 44. Rd5 g4 (44... Rg8 45. Kf1 $18) 45. Rdf5
Reb8 46. Kg1 Rxb2 (46... Kg7 47. R2f4 $18) 47. Rxb2 Rxb2 48. Rh5+ Kg7 49. Rg5+
Kh6 50. Rxg4 Kh5 (50... Rb1+ 51. Kg2 Rb2+ 52. Kh3 $18) 51. Rh4+ Kg5 52. Rf4 Ra2
53. Rf2 Ra4 54. Kg2 Kg4 55. Re2 Rb4 56. h3+ Kf5 57. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Helsinki op"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Xie, Jun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3
Bf5 9. h3 Nbd7 (9... dxc4 10. Qxc4 Na6 (10... Nbd7 11. Ng5 e5 12. d5 Qd4 13.
Qb3 Nb6 14. e4 Bd7 15. Nf3 Qc4 16. Nxe5 Qxb3 17. axb3 Rfe8 18. Nxd7 Nfxd7 19.
dxc6 bxc6 20. Be3 Bf8 21. Rfd1 Rec8 22. Na4 Nxa4 23. bxa4 Ne5 24. Rac1 Rd8 25.
b3 Ba3 26. Ra1 $16 {Romanishin,O-Peshina,G/Gyor HUN-ch op/1990/}) 11. Re1 (11.
a3 Rad8 12. b4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. e3 Nc7 15. Bb2 Qb5 16. Qxb5 Nxb5 17. Rfc1
Rfe8 18. Ne1 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 e5 20. a4 Nd6 21. dxe5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Nf3
Rd5 24. Rd1 Ne4 25. Rd4 Rxd4 26. Nxd4 $10 {Loginov,V-Ionov,S/URS-chT Azov/1991/
}) 11... Qb4 12. Qxb4 Nxb4 13. e4 Be6 14. Rd1 Nc2 15. Rb1 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxa2
17. Bg5 Bxb1 18. Rxb1 Rfe8 19. Nc5 Nxd4 20. Nxb7 Rab8 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22. Na5
Rxb2 23. Rxb2 Bxb2 24. Nxc6 a6 25. Bf1 Ra8 26. Bg2 $13 {Ehlvest,J-Gurevich,I/
New York op/1991/}) (9... h6 10. cxd5 Qxb3 11. axb3 cxd5 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. Be3 a5
14. Rfc1 Rfd8 15. g4 Bd7 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Bxd5 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Bxb7
Rab8 20. Bd5 Nc5 21. Rxa5 e6 22. Bc4 Nxb3 23. Bxb3 Rxb3 24. e3 Bg7 25. Rc2 {
0,5/Wojtkiewicz,A-Timoschenko,G/London LB/1990/}) 10. cxd5 Qxb3 11. axb3 Nxd5
12. Bd2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Be4 14. Ra5 a6 15. Ne1 (15. Rc1 Rad8 16. Be3 Rfe8 17. Ne1
Bxg2 18. Kxg2 e5 19. d5 Nb8 20. c4 e4 21. Bb6 Rd7 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Nc2 Rb7 24.
c5 Bf8 25. Na3 Re5 26. Nc4 $14 {Romanishin,O-Epishin,V/Reggio Top 15/1991/})
15... Bxg2 16. Kxg2 e5 17. e3 Rac8 (17... e4 18. Nc2 $14) 18. Nd3 Rfd8 (18...
e4 19. Nb2 c5 20. Nc4 $14) 19. b4 b6 $5 (19... f5 20. Rd1 $14) 20. Rxa6 c5 21.
bxc5 bxc5 22. Rd6 (22. d5 Nb8 23. Ra8 Rxd5 24. Rb1 Rxd3) 22... cxd4 23. cxd4
Nf8 (23... exd4 24. Ba5 $18) 24. dxe5 Bxe5 $1 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Nxe5 Rxd2 27.
Ra1 Nd7 $2 (27... f6 28. Nc4 Rd7 $16) 28. Ra8+ Kg7 29. Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Czerniak Memorial 13th"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rotstein, Arkadij"]
[Black "Zifroni, Dov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1997.04.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. b3 Ne4 7. d4 O-O 8. Bb2
Bf5 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. Nh4 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bh3 14. Rfe1 Nf6
(14... Nb6 15. Rad1 e6 16. Qe2 Re8 17. Ng2 Bxg2 18. Bxg2 a5 19. Bc3 Qc7 20. Qd2
Nc8 21. h4 h5 22. d5 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 cxd5 24. Bxd5 {1-0 Szabolcsi,J-Basart,J/
Cannes Martinez op/1992 (34)}) (14... Qc7 15. Nf3 Bg4 16. Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Spassky,
B-Ftacnik,L/Vienna op/1986/}) (14... e6 15. Rad1 (15. Bh1 Bf6 $6 16. Nf3 Bg4
17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Re4 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rfd8 20. Qe2 Nf8 $6 (20... Bg7 21. h4 h5 $14
) 21. h4 Bg7 22. h5 gxh5 $6 (22... Rd7 $32 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Kg2 Rad8 25. Rh4
$14) 23. Rh4 Rd7 24. Rxh5 Rad8 25. d5 $1 $16 {1-0 Portisch,L-Pachman,L/Moscow/
1967 (40)}) 15... Nf6 16. Bh1 Qc7 17. d5 (17. Nf3 Bg4 $11) 17... cxd5 18. Be5
Qb6 19. Bd4 Qa6 20. Qb2 Nh5 21. cxd5 exd5 22. Bxg7 Nxg7 23. Bxd5 Rad8 {0-1
Castro Molero,M-Gomez Esteban,J/Olot op/1994 (29)}) (14... Re8 15. Bh1 (15. f4
Qb6 16. Nf3 {1/2-1/2 Mikhalchishin,A-Lutz,C/Dortmund-B (02) ;CBM 23 1991})
15... Qc7 (15... e5 16. d5 Qb6 17. Bc3 c5 18. Re2 Qd6 19. Rae1 Re7 20. f4 Rae8
21. Qb2 exf4 22. Bxg7 Rxe2 23. Rxe2 Rxe2 24. Qxe2 Kxg7 25. gxf4 Qxf4 {0-1
Szabolcsi,J-Fette,M/Budapest Autoteam (04)/1991 (39)}) 16. d5 Bxb2 17. Qxb2
cxd5 18. Bxd5 Nf6 19. Bh1 Bd7 20. Qe5 Rac8 21. Rad1 Bc6 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. Nf3
Rec8 24. Ne5 Bxh1 25. Kxh1 Ne8 26. Nd7 {1-0 Vukic,M-Pietzsch,W/Sarajevo (11)/
1967 (46)}) (14... e5 15. d5 Nc5 16. Bh1 cxd5 17. Bxd5 Qc7 18. Nf3 Rae8 19. Qe3
Bf5 20. Ba3 b6 21. Rad1 {1-0 Bekker Jensen,D-Uvarov,V/Tallinn-J (10)/1997 (38)}
) 15. Bh1 (15. Bg2 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 Re8 $11) 15... Qd7 16. Nf3 Rfe8 17. Rad1 (17.
Ne5 Qf5 18. Nxc6 $2 bxc6 19. Bxc6 Rac8 20. Re5 Rxc6 21. Rxf5 Bxf5 22. Qa5 $13)
17... Rad8 18. Qa5 (18. Ne5 Qf5 19. Re3 $14) 18... a6 19. Ba3 Ng4 20. d5 (20.
Ng5 Nxf2 21. Kxf2 Bxd4+ 22. Ke2 $13) 20... Bf6 21. Bc5 (21. dxc6 Qxd1 $19)
21... Qf5 $6 22. dxc6 $2 {White misses his great chance and will be duly
punished with strong black's counterplay. Weiss verpasst seine grosse Schance
und wird zum Recht bestraft mit starkem schwarzem Gegenspiel.} (22. Bxe7 $1
Bxe7 23. Rxe7 Qc2 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Qd2 Qxd2 26. Rxd2 cxd5 27. cxd5 $16) 22...
Rxd1 23. Rxd1 bxc6 24. Bb6 (24. Qb4 e5 $40) 24... e5 25. Re1 (25. Qxa6 $2 e4
26. Re1 (26. Ne1 c5 $19) 26... Qd7 27. Qa5 exf3 $19) 25... Rb8 26. Bc7 (26.
Qxa6 e4 27. Nd2 c5 28. Bxc5 Qxc5 29. Nxe4 Bd4 30. Re2 Nxf2 31. Nxf2 Qf5 $19)
26... Rc8 27. Bb6 (27. Bg2 $2 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 e4 29. Qxf5 gxf5 $19) 27... c5 28.
Qxa6 (28. Bxc5 e4 29. Bb6 Qxa5 30. Bxa5 exf3 31. Bxf3 Ne5 $17) 28... e4 29. b4
(29. Rxe4 Qxe4 30. Qxc8+ Kg7 $19) 29... exf3 30. Bxc5 Rxc5 31. bxc5 Bd4 (31...
Bd4 32. Qa8+ Kg7 33. Bxf3 Bxf2+ 34. Kh1 Bxe1 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.13"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Ruck, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Nbd2 Ne4 8. e3
Nxd2 9. Nxd2 Be6 10. Qe2 Qd7 (10... Na6 11. Rd1 Qd7 12. b3 Bh3 13. Bxh3 Qxh3
14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qb5 Nc7 16. Qxb7 Qd7 17. Qb4 a5 18. Qa4 Nb5 19. Bb2 {1-0
Vasiliev,R-Pichler,J/Moscow/1990/ (34)}) (10... Nd7 11. Rd1 (11. b3 Nf6 12. Bb2
Qd7 13. Rfe1 h5 14. Nf3 Bg4 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Ne5 Bxe2 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Rxe2
e6 19. Rc1 Rfc8 {1/2-1/2 Paunovic,D-Kosanovic,G/Vrnjacka Banja 1998/ (56)})
11... Qa5 12. b3 b5 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. Bf1 a6 15. a4 Rfc8 16. Bb2 b4 17. Rac1
Nf6 18. f3 Bh6 19. Kf2 Bf5 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Rc1 {1-0 Ruck,R-Amann,G/Oberwart/
1996/ (72)}) 11. Re1 Na6 12. a3 Bg4 (12... dxc4 13. Nxc4 Bd5 $11) 13. Qf1 e5 $2
{[%mdl 16384] Ruck surely was not suspecting the power white pieces will be
able to unleash after opening of the center.} (13... b5 $5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15.
Nb3 Rac8 16. Bd2 $11) 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. e4 $1 dxe4 (16... d4 17.
f4 Bg7 18. e5 d3 19. Ne4 $14) 17. Nxe4 Kg7 (17... Rfe8 18. Bg5 $14) 18. Be3
Bxb2 (18... f5 19. Nc3 f4 20. gxf4 Bxf4 21. Qb5 $16) 19. Ra2 Be5 (19... f5 20.
Rxb2 fxe4 21. Bxe4 $18) 20. Rd2 Qa4 (20... Qc8 21. f4 Bc7 22. Bd4+ Kh6 23. Nf6
Bf5 24. g4 $18) 21. f4 $1 Bc7 (21... f5 22. Ng5 Bc3 23. Bxb7 Bxd2 24. Bxd2 Rae8
25. Bxa6 Qd4+ 26. Qf2 Rxe1+ 27. Bxe1 Qxf2+ 28. Bxf2 $18) (21... Bf6 22. Nxf6
Kxf6 23. Bd4+ $18) 22. Bd4+ Qxd4+ {Not a pleasant move to make, but all the
options were just hopless for the defender.} (22... f6 23. Nxf6 Rad8 24. Nd7+
Kh6 25. Nxf8 Rxd4 26. Re7 $18) (22... Kh6 23. Nf6 Bc8 24. Bxb7 Bxb7 25. Qh3+
$18) 23. Rxd4 Bb6 24. Kh1 (24. Nf2 Bxd4 25. Bxb7 Nc5 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Kg2 $18)
24... Bxd4 25. Nd6 Rad8 (25... Nc5 26. Qc4 Bf2 27. Rf1 $18) 26. Nxb7 Rde8 27.
h3 (27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Qxa6 Re1+ 29. Qf1 (29. Bf1 Bf3#) 29... Rxf1+ 30. Bxf1 Bd7
$17) 27... Rxe1 28. Qxe1 Be6 29. Qd2 Bb6 (29... Bf6 30. Qa5 Bc4 31. Nd6 Bd3 32.
Qd2 Bb1 33. Qe1 Bf5 34. Ne8+ $18) 30. a4 $1 {Georgiev executes great energy in
the fight against uncoordinated black pieces.} Rc8 31. a5 Bc5 (31... Bc7 32.
Qd4+ Kg8 33. Qxa7 Bc4 34. Nd6 Bxd6 35. Qd7 Rb8 36. Qxd6 $18) 32. Bf1 Bb4 (32...
Nb8 33. Nxc5 Rxc5 34. Qd4+ $18) 33. Qd4+ Kg8 34. Bxa6 Rc1+ 35. Kg2 Rc2+ 36. Kf3
Rc3+ (36... Bxh3 37. Qxb4 $18) 37. Ke2 Rc2+ 38. Kd1 Rd2+ 39. Qxd2 1-0

[Event "World Women-ch"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Black "Xie, Jun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bf4 Ne4 8. Nc3
Bf5 9. Qb3 (9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Ne5) 9... Qb6 $1 10. cxd5 Qxb3 (10... Nxc3 11.
bxc3 Qxb3 12. axb3 cxd5) 11. axb3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 cxd5 13. Ne5 (13. Nd2 Rd8 $22
14. Bc7 Rc8 15. Bxb8 Raxb8 $132) 13... Rd8 14. Ra5 Be6 (14... Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Nc6
16. Rxd5 $16) (14... e6 15. h3 $14) 15. Rb5 $1 (15. c4 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nc6 $132)
15... g5 16. Bxg5 (16. Be3 $5 Nc6 (16... f6 17. Nd3 b6 18. Nb4 $16) (16... b6
17. c4 $36) 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Rc5 $16) 16... f6 17. Nf3 Bd7 (17... fxg5 18.
Nxg5 Bd7 19. Bxd5+ e6 20. Nxe6 $16) 18. Rxb7 fxg5 19. Nxg5 Bc8 (19... e6 20.
Bh3 Re8 21. Rxd7 Nxd7 22. Bxe6+ Rxe6 23. Nxe6 $16) 20. Rb5 (20. Rxe7 Bf6) 20...
e6 21. c4 Bd7 22. Rb7 (22. Rxd5 $5 exd5 23. Bxd5+ Kf8 24. Bxa8 Bxd4 $14) 22...
h6 (22... Bc8 23. Rc7 Na6 24. Rxc8 $5 Raxc8 25. Nxe6) 23. Nf3 Bc8 24. Rb5 Nc6 (
24... Bd7 25. Rb7 $10) 25. cxd5 exd5 (25... Nxd4 $2 26. Nxd4 Bxd4 27. d6 a6 28.
Rb4 Bc5 29. Rg4+ $18) 26. Ra1 a6 27. e3 (27. Rc5 Bb7 (27... Nxd4 $2 28. Nxd4
Bxd4 29. Rxd5 Bb7 30. Rxd4 Rxd4 31. Bxb7 $18)) 27... axb5 $1 28. Rxa8 Bb7 29.
Ra1 Bf8 30. Bf1 b4 31. Nd2 Kf7 32. Bd3 Kf6 33. Bb5 Rc8 34. Kf1 Nd8 35. Ke2 Bd6
36. Bd3 Rc3 37. Bb5 Ke7 38. Kd1 Bc8 39. Ra7+ Rc7 40. Rxc7+ Bxc7 $10 41. Be2 Nf7
42. h4 Nd6 43. Bd3 Bg4+ 44. Ke1 Kf6 45. Kf1 Bh3+ 46. Kg1 Be6 47. Kg2 Kg7 48.
Kf3 Bd8 49. Kg2 Ne4 $1 50. Nxe4 dxe4 51. Bc2 (51. Bxe4 $2 Bxb3 $19) 51... Kf6
52. Bd1 Ke7 53. Kf1 Kd6 54. Ke1 Bh3 55. Be2 Ke7 56. Kd2 Bc7 57. Ke1 Kf6 58. Bd1
Kf5 59. Be2 Bg2 60. Bh5 Bf3 61. Be8 {Ftcanik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-sf Ukraine-ch"]
[Site "Kherson"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxc4
Na6 9. O-O Be6 10. Qa4 Nd5 11. Rd1 $1 {N} (11. h3 c5 (11... Nb6 12. Qc2 c5 13.
dxc5 Nxc5 14. Rd1 Qc8 $10) 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qh4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 f6 15. Be3 Rc8
16. Qb4 $14 {Romanishin,O-Huzman,A/Moskva GMA-op/1989/ - /24/ -> TD 1989/11})
11... Nb6 (11... Qc8 12. Ng5 Nb6 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. e4 Bg4 15. f3 Bd7 16. f4 Bg4
17. Nf3 f5 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. e5 $16 {Romanishin,O-Lalic,B/Vrsac/1989/ - /45/ ->
CBM 15}) 12. Qc2 Nb4 13. Qb1 a5 14. e4 Bg4 15. a3 Na6 16. h3 Bxf3 (16... Be6 $5
) 17. Bxf3 Qd7 18. Kg2 Rfd8 19. Qa2 $1 $16 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Qxd4 21. Be3 Qe5 22.
Bxb6 Rd2 23. Be3 Rad8 24. Bxd2 Rxd2 25. Qc4 Nc5 26. Rd1 Rxb2 27. Na4 Nxa4 28.
Qxa4 Qc5 29. Qd4 Qxd4 30. Rxd4 b5 31. e5 c5 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Rc8 Rc2 34. Ra8 b4
35. Rxa5 b3 36. Rb5 c4 37. Be4 Rc1 38. Rb4 f5 39. exf6+ exf6 40. Bd5 {Ftacnik}
1-0

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage-A 18th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1990.04.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1990.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. c4 O-O 5. O-O c6 6. b3 Ne4 7. d4 d5 8. Bb2
Nd7 (8... Bf5 9. Nbd2 Nd7) 9. Qc2 Ndf6 10. Ne5 Bf5 11. Qc1 (11. Nd3 c5 $1)
11... Nd7 12. f3 Nd6 13. Nd2 $14 Be6 14. e4 a5 (14... dxe4 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16.
fxe4 $16) (14... dxc4 15. Nexc4 $16) 15. Nd3 Re8 16. Nc5 $1 Nxc5 $8 17. dxc5
Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Nc8 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. f4 Qc7 21. Rac1 dxe4 22. Nxe4 Na7 23. Ng5
Bf5 24. g4 $3 Bxg4 25. Bd5 Rf8 (25... e6 26. Ne4 exd5 27. Nf6+ Kf8 28. Nxd5 $18
) 26. f5 $1 gxf5 (26... Bxf5 27. Rxf5 $1 gxf5 28. Qg2 Kh8 (28... Qf4 29. Nxf7+)
29. Qh3 $18) 27. Rc4 $1 h5 (27... Bh5 28. Rxf5) (27... e6 28. Nxe6 $1) 28. Rxg4
$1 hxg4 29. Rxf5 e6 30. Ne4 $1 (30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. Rg5+ Kh7 32. Qc2+ Rf5 33.
Bxe6 Qxc5+ 34. Qxc5 Rxc5 35. Rxc5 $16) 30... Rfd8 (30... f6 31. Bxe6+ Kh7 (
31... Kg7 32. Rxf6) 32. Nxf6+ Kg6 33. Qd2 $18) 31. Rh5 (31. Rg5+ Kf8 32. Qh8+
Ke7 33. Qf6+ Kd7 34. Bxe6+ $1 fxe6 35. Rg7+ Kc8 36. Nd6+ Kb8 37. Qxd8+ $1 Qxd8
38. Rxb7#) 31... e5 32. Rxe5 Nc6 33. Rg5+ Kf8 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qf6+ Kd7 36.
Qf5+ Ke7 37. Qxf7# {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "POL-ch"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2018.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sadzikowski, Daniel"]
[Black "Mista, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Qb3
c6 9. Bf4 Re8 {In this type of position White has more possibilities for
active play and thus bigger chances to fight for an advantage. On the other
hand Black benefits from a safe position that has wide defensive potential.} (
9... b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rfe1 Bb7 12. a4 c5 13. Bd6 c4 14. Qa3 Re8 15. Nd2 Rc8
16. a5 h5 17. e3 Bc6 18. b3 b5 19. bxc4 bxc4 {1-0 (78) Gordievsky,D (2622)
-Korobov,A (2652) Wijk aan Zee 2018} 20. a6 $14) (9... Qb6 10. Rfd1 (10. c5
Qxb3 11. axb3 Re8 12. Ne5 Nh5 13. b4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 f6 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. e4 dxe4
17. Nxe4 Re7 18. Nd6 Be8 {1-0 (27) Uriarte Prieto,G (1917)-Guzhov,A Salou 2018}
19. b5 $14) 10... Re8 11. e3 Bf8 12. Qc2 Nh5 13. Bg5 f5 14. Bf4 Nhf6 15. Ne5
Ne4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. c5 Qd8 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Be5 Bg7 20. Bxg7 Qxg7 $11 {
1/2-1/2 (20) Rodman,F (2062)-Rojs,I (1998) Komenda 2017}) (9... Nb6 10. c5 Nc4
11. Qc2 Nh5 12. Bc1 b6 13. b3 bxc5 14. bxc4 cxd4 15. Na4 d3 16. Qb1 Bxa1 17.
Qxa1 dxc4 18. exd3 cxd3 19. Qc3 Qd6 20. Bb2 f6 21. Ba3 $18 {1-0 (31) Rishovd,S
(2109)-Kreken,E (1486) Fornebu 2017}) 10. Rfe1 (10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Nd7 12.
Bxg7 Kxg7 13. f4 f5 14. Nd1 Nf6 15. Nf2 b6 16. Qc3 Ba6 17. b3 Rc8 18. Rfd1 b5
19. c5 Rb8 20. b4 $16 {1/2-1/2 (53) Koehler,G (1889)-Wieber,D (1794) Neustadt
an der Weinstrasse 2018}) (10. Rfd1 Nh5 (10... b6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne5 Bb7 13.
e4 Nf8 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Bg5 Ne6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Rc8 19.
f4 $14 {1-0 (50) Dautov,R (2525)-Vogt,L (2485) Dresden 1988}) (10... h6 11.
Rac1 Nh5 12. Bd2 Nb6 13. c5 Nd7 14. e4 e5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nxc5 17. Qc2
d4 18. Bxh6 Rxe5 19. b4 Qf6 20. f4 Re8 21. bxc5 dxc3 22. e5 $16 {1-0 (36)
Draganic,V (2270)-Kraljevic,I (2065) Cetinje 2008}) 11. Bg5 Nhf6 12. e4 h6 13.
Bxf6 Nxf6 14. e5 Nd7 15. Rac1 Nf8 16. h4 b6 17. Bf1 Qe7 18. Ne2 Bb7 19. Nf4 $14
{1-0 (56) Papaioannou,I (2637)-Mista,A (2599) Achaea 2017}) (10. Rad1 Qb6 11.
c5 Qxb3 12. axb3 Ne4 13. Ne5 Nexc5 14. b4 Nxe5 15. bxc5 Nd7 16. e4 b6 17. exd5
exd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Bxd5 Ba6 20. Bxa8 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 Rxa8 $15 {0-1 (61)
Eriksson,M (2039)-Lindblom,P (2062) Sweden 2009}) 10... dxc4 {Both sides have
tested various ideas in tournament praxis; there is no prescribed way of
handling the line.} (10... Nb6 11. c5 Nbd7 12. Qc2 Nh5 13. Bd6 f5 14. Ne5 Nhf6
15. f3 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 b6 17. b4 bxc5 18. bxc5 Qa5 19. Qd2 $14 {1/2-1/2 (24)
Stangl,M (2375)-Lau,R (2470) Altensteig 1989}) (10... Nh5 11. Bg5 Qb6 (11... f6
12. Bd2 f5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e4 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Nb6 16. Nc5 Bg4 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8
18. Re1 Qf8 19. Nxb7 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 $16 {1-0 (39) Williams,J (2278)-Colas,J 
(2247) Saint Louis 2014}) 12. e4 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Qxb2 14. a4 Qb6 15. a5 Qc7 16.
e5 f6 17. g4 fxg5 18. gxh5 g4 19. Ng5 Nf8 20. hxg6 Nxg6 21. Be4 $14 {1-0 (28)
Rausis,I (2524)-Mrdja,M (2385) Porto San Giorgio 2007}) (10... h6 11. a4 b6 12.
a5 Ba6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Ng4 16. Nxd5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18.
axb6 Bc4 19. Qxc4 Nxc4 $19 {0-1 (28) Gaehler,M (2317)-Gumpo,T (2015) Kazan 2013
}) 11. Qxc4 Nd5 12. Bg5 Qc7 (12... Bf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. e4 N5b6 15. Qb4 e5 16.
dxe5 (16. d5 $16) 16... Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Qxe7 Rxe7 $11 {
1/2-1/2 (23) Horvath,J (2535)-Kovacevic,B (2458) Medulin 2002}) 13. e4 Nxc3 14.
bxc3 {Many players would recapture on c3 with a pawn nearly without thinking.
In this special case taking with a queen would keep the c-file semi-open with
some advantage for White.} (14. Qxc3 $5 b6 15. Rac1 Bb7 16. Qe3 $14) 14... e5
15. Rad1 Nb6 (15... b5 16. Qd3 (16. Qb3 Nb6 17. Nxe5 Be6 18. d5 Qxe5 19. dxe6
Qxe6 20. e5 h6 21. Bc1 Nc4 $11) 16... f6 17. Be3 Nb6 18. Nd2 Be6 19. d5 cxd5
20. exd5 Rad8 21. Bxb6 Qxb6 22. c4 bxc4 23. Nxc4 $11 {0-1 (43) Ponfilenok,V 
(2395)-Kamsky,G (2670) Kazan 2016}) 16. Qc5 (16. Qb3 Bg4 17. Be3 Rad8 $11)
16... f6 17. Bc1 $6 (17. Be3 Bf8 18. Qa5 Qf7 19. Nd2 $11) 17... Qf7 18. Qa5 Be6
(18... Bg4 19. Qa3 Be6 $15) 19. d5 $6 (19. dxe5 Nc4 20. Qa4 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 fxe5
22. Bf1 Bf8 $11) 19... Bd7 20. Nd2 Bf8 $6 {The rules of modern tournament
chess dictate for both players an attempt to establish a playable position and
then to solve the problems better then the adversary. Sadzikowski was not
playing well, but Mista failed to seize the moment and obtain some advantage.}
(20... cxd5 $5 21. exd5 f5 22. c4 Na4 23. Nf3 b6 24. Qb4 Rac8 $15) 21. Ba3 Rec8
(21... Bh6 22. Bf1 cxd5 23. exd5 f5 (23... Bg4 24. Ne4 Bxd1 25. Nd6 Qxd5 26.
Bc4 Qxc4 27. Nxc4 Bf3 28. Nd6 $14) 24. Nc4 Nxc4 25. Bxc4 b6 26. Qa6 $14) 22.
Bxf8 Qxf8 23. f4 $6 (23. c4 $1 cxd5 24. exd5 Nxc4 25. Nxc4 Rxc4 26. d6 Bc6 27.
d7 Rd8 28. Bd5+ Bxd5 29. Rxd5 b6 30. Qxa7 Qb4 $11) 23... Qd6 $6 {Both players
are hoping to get something out of the position, but Black blinks last. The
advance of the white f-pawn was shaky, but Mista would have had to rise to the
occasion to prove it with a counter-attack.} (23... exf4 $1 24. gxf4 Qh6 25. e5
Bg4 26. dxc6 bxc6 27. Rb1 Qxf4 28. Ne4 Nc4 29. Qb4 Nxe5 30. Rf1 Nf3+ 31. Bxf3
Bxf3 32. Rxf3 Qxf3 33. Qe7 Rf8 34. Rb7 Qd1+ $11) 24. fxe5 fxe5 (24... Qxe5 25.
Qb4 Re8 26. Nf3 Qh5 27. c4 $14) 25. Rc1 Kg7 (25... cxd5 26. exd5 Bf5 27. c4 Nd7
28. Re3 b6 29. Qa3 $14) 26. c4 c5 27. Qa3 {Despite the bishop of the "wrong"
color on g2 White has better chances as Black will need to worry about his
weak e5-pawn.} (27. Rb1 Kg8 28. Rf1 $16) 27... Rf8 28. Rf1 Na4 29. Qe3 (29. Rb1
Qc7 30. Bf3 $16) 29... a6 30. h4 h6 31. Kh2 Rxf1 (31... b5 32. Rxf8 Rxf8 33.
Bh3 $14) 32. Rxf1 Rf8 33. Rxf8 Qxf8 34. Bh3 $1 Bxh3 35. Kxh3 {[%mdl 4096] The
defence of the worse position is more difficult in the endgame as the scope
for sensible counterplay diminishes with each piece.} b5 36. Nf3 $6 (36. Kg2
Qe7 37. Qb3 Qe8 38. Qd3 $14) 36... Qf6 $2 {We have seen second rate solutions
coming in pairs all too often in this game, Black should have lashed out with
real counterplay with the c-pawn.} (36... bxc4 $1 37. Nxe5 Qf1+ 38. Kh2 c3 39.
Ng4 g5 40. d6 Qd1 41. Nxh6 $11) 37. cxb5 axb5 38. Kg2 b4 (38... Qd6 39. h5 g5
40. Nxg5 hxg5 41. Qxg5+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ Kh8 43. Qe6 $16) 39. Qd3 Nb6 (39... Qd6
40. h5 g5 41. Ne1 Nb6 42. Qa6 g4 43. Qe2 $16) 40. Qb5 Qd6 41. Ne1 Nd7 42. Qc6
Qe7 {The life for the defender has become miserable as he can not
realistically contemplate an exchange of queens.} (42... Qxc6 43. dxc6 Nb6 44.
Nd3 c4 45. Nxb4 $16) 43. Nd3 h5 (43... Kf7 $2 44. Qxd7 Qxd7 45. Nxe5+ $18) (
43... Kh7 44. Qe6 Qg7 45. Qd6 $16) 44. Kf3 Qf7+ 45. Ke3 Kh6 46. Ke2 Qe7 47. Qe6
Qg7 (47... Qxe6 $2 48. dxe6 Nf6 49. Nxc5 $18) 48. Qd6 Kh7 49. Nxc5 Nxc5 50.
Qxc5 {The pure queen endings are a double edged sword as they offer chances
for survival only by means of real counterplay. The strongest chess piece is
very efficient in supporting a passed pawn.} Qb7 51. Kd3 (51. Kd2 $5 b3 52.
axb3 Qxb3 53. d6 $18) 51... Qa6+ $6 {Choosing between two evils is a very
difficult discipline in chess, but it directly influences chances to survive.}
(51... b3 $1 52. axb3 Qxb3+ 53. Qc3 Qb1+ (53... Qb5+ 54. Kd2 Qb8 55. Kc2) 54.
Qc2 Qb6 55. Ke2 Kg8 56. Qc3 $16) 52. Qc4 Qb6 (52... Qa3+ 53. Kc2 Kg7 54. d6 b3+
55. axb3 Qxd6 56. b4 $18) 53. Kc2 Qf2+ 54. Kb3 Qxg3+ 55. Kxb4 Qxh4 (55... Qe3
56. Kb5 Qa3 57. Qc7+ Kg8 58. Qxe5 Qa7 59. d6 $18) 56. d6 {The white d-pawn is
too quick and the king on b4 has excellent chances to hide away from checks.}
Kh6 57. Kb5 Qg4 (57... Qh3 58. Qc1+ g5 59. Qc6 Qd3+ 60. Kb6 h4 61. d7+ Kh5 62.
Qd5 Qb1+ 63. Ka5 $18) 58. Qc6 Qe2+ 59. Kb6 (59. Kb6 Qxa2 60. d7 Qg8 61. Kc7 $18
) 1-0

[Event "Candidates m4"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d5 7. b3 a5 8. Nc3 Ne4
9. Bb2 Bf5 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. Nh4 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Be6 13. e4 $1 dxe4 (13... dxc4 14.
d5 $1 cxd5 (14... Bxc3 15. dxe6 $18) 15. exd5 Bf5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rxc4 $16)
14. Bxe4 Nf6 15. Bg2 a4 16. Qd2 axb3 17. axb3 Qb6 18. Qb2 Ra6 $6 (18... Rfd8 $5
) 19. d5 $1 cxd5 20. cxd5 Bd7 $6 (20... Bc8 $14) 21. d6 $1 Rfa8 (21... Qxd6 22.
Rfd1 Qe6 23. Re1 Qb6 24. Rxe7 Qd6 $1 $10) 22. dxe7 Ra2 23. Bd4 Qe6 (23... Rxb2
24. Bxb6 Rxb3 25. Rb1 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 Bc6 27. Rd1 $1 $16) (23... Qd6 24. Bc5 (24.
Qc3 Ne4 25. Bxe4 Bxd4 26. Rcd1 Bxf2+ $1 27. Kh1 Qxe7 $17) 24... Rxb2 25. Bxd6
Rxb3 26. Rb1 $16) 24. Qc3 Qxe7 25. Bxb7 Rb8 26. Qc7 $1 Re8 27. Bg2 (27. Bc6 Rc8
$1 28. Bxf6 Rxc7 29. Bxe7 Rxc6 $14) 27... Be6 28. Qxe7 Rxe7 29. b4 Nd5 $2 (
29... h6 $16) 30. Bxd5 Bxd5 31. Rc8+ Bf8 32. Bc5 Kg7 33. Rd1 $2 (33. Ng2 $1)
33... Rd2 34. Rc1 Rde2 35. Bxe7 Bxe7 36. Ng2 Rb2 (36... Bxb4 37. Nf4 Rd2 38.
Nxd5 Rxd5 $18) 37. Nf4 Bf3 38. R8c3 Ba8 39. Nd3 Rd2 40. b5 Bf6 41. Ra3 Be4 42.
Nc5 Bf5 43. Rf3 Bd8 44. g4 $1 Bxg4 45. Rd3 Rxd3 46. Nxd3 Be2 47. Rc3 Kf6 48. b6
$1 {Ftacnik,L} (48. b6 $1 Bxb6 49. Nf4 Bg4 50. Nd5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates m2"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. c4 d5 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. O-O $6 (6. Na3) 6... c6
7. Nc3 O-O 8. h3 (8. e4 Bg4 9. Be3) 8... Na6 $6 (8... b5) 9. e4 b5 10. Qe2 Bb7
11. Rd1 Nc7 12. Bf4 Ne6 13. Be5 Qb6 14. d5 $1 Nc5 15. Bd4 Nfd7 $1 16. b4 $1
cxb3 (16... Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Nd3 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. e5 $36) 17. axb3
a5 (17... b4 $2 18. Na4) (17... Bxd4 18. Nxd4 b4 19. dxc6 bxc3 20. cxb7 Nxb7
21. Ra6 $36) 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Be3 $5 (19. Rc2 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 b4) 19... Bxc3 (
19... Qa6 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Nxb3 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Qxb5) (
19... b4 20. Na4 Qa6 21. Qxa6 Nxa6 22. dxc6 Bxc6 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 24. Rxd7 $16)
20. Rxc3 cxd5 21. exd5 b4 22. Rcc1 $1 Ba6 (22... Qa6 23. Qxa6 Bxa6 24. Nd4 $44)
23. Qa2 a4 (23... Qd8 $6 24. Nd4 {/\ Nc6}) 24. bxa4 b3 25. Qd2 Qd6 26. Bf4 (26.
Nd4 Ne5 (26... b2 27. Qxb2 Nd3 28. Qa1 $1 Nxc1 29. Bxc1 $44) 27. Nc6 Ncd3 28.
Rb1 Nxc6 29. dxc6 b2 $36) 26... Qf6 27. Bg5 Qd6 28. Bf4 Qf6 29. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.26"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Maletin, Pavel"]
[Black "Zagrebelny, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk Siberian Athens-Neftekhim"]
[BlackTeam "Vladivostok Debiut-DVGU"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 d5 5. c4 c6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Bf5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Ne5 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Qa6 11. e4 Be6 12. d5 Bd7 {The black knight on b8 is
not a nice piece, so white's chances must be somewhat better at his stage.} (
12... cxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. Re1 Nbd7 15. Rxe7 Rac8 16. Bf1 Nc5 17. Qd1 b5 18.
Ne3 Qd6 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Rxa7 b4 21. Nb5 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Nxd5 23. Nd6 Ra8 24.
Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Bg2 Rd8 26. Nxf5 {1-0 Goldin,A-Novik,M/St Petersburg 1993/ (58)})
13. Be3 Rc8 14. e5 (14. Ne5 cxd5 15. Rfd1 Be8 16. Bf1 Qe6 17. Qxb7 Nc6 $11)
14... Ng4 (14... Nxd5 $2 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Bxd5 Bb5 17. Na3 $1 Bxf1 18. Bxb7
Qd3 19. Bxc8 Qxb3 20. axb3 $16) 15. Bg5 (15. e6 fxe6 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Rfd1
Nxe3 18. Nxe3 Na5 19. Qb4 Bc6 $11) 15... b5 16. Ne3 Nxe5 (16... Bxe5 17. Bxe7
Re8 18. Bc5 $16) 17. Bxe7 c5 18. a4 c4 $6 {Zagrebelny might have reached the
game position with 18...bxa4!?, his solution seems to have a big hole in it.} (
18... b4 19. Ne4 c4 20. Qxb4 Nd3 21. Qd6 Bxb2 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. Qxf6 Qxf6 24.
Bxf6 Na6 25. Rfd1 $16) (18... bxa4 $5 19. Nxa4 c4 20. Qc2 Qb5) 19. Qc2 (19.
axb5 $1 cxb3 (19... Qxa1 20. Nxc4 Qxf1+ 21. Bxf1 Nf3+ 22. Kh1 $16) 20. bxa6 Nd3
21. Ra3 Nxb2 22. d6 $16) 19... bxa4 20. Nxa4 Qb5 (20... Nd3 21. Nc3 Qb7 22.
Nxc4 Rxc4 23. Qxd3 $16) 21. Nc3 Qb6 22. d6 (22. Ne4 Re8 23. d6 Bc6 24. Nxc4
Nxc4 25. Qxc4 Bb5 26. Qc5 $16) 22... Nbc6 23. Ned5 Qd4 (23... Qb7 24. Nf6+ Kh8
25. Rfd1 $14) 24. Rad1 (24. Bf6 Bf5 25. Qd1 Bd3 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Ne7 Nxe7 28.
Bxa8 Rxa8 29. dxe7 Re8 30. Re1 $14) 24... Nd3 25. Nb5 $6 {Maletin must have
been better with centralized pieces and mighty d6 pawn, he is gradually losing
the beat of the position.} (25. b3 $5 Rab8 (25... Nce5 26. Ne2 (26. bxc4 Rxc4
27. Bf6 Bxf6 28. Nxf6+ Kg7 29. Nxd7 Rxc3 30. Qb1 Re8 $11) 26... Qg4 27. bxc4
Rxc4 28. Qd2 Rac8 29. h3 Qe6 30. Qe3 $16) 26. bxc4 Ncb4 27. Qe2 Qxc4 28. Nf6+
Bxf6 29. Bxf6 $16) 25... Qxb2 26. Qxb2 Nxb2 (26... Bxb2 27. Bf6 Rab8 28. Bxb2
Nxb2 29. Nxa7 Nxa7 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. Nxd7 Nxd1 32. Nxb8 Nc3 33. Ra1 $13) 27. Rc1
(27. Ra1 Nd3 28. Nf6+ Bxf6 29. Bxf6 $11) 27... Rab8 28. Nbc7 Nd4 (28... Nb4 29.
Nf6+ Bxf6 30. Bxf6 N4d3 31. Rc2 $11) 29. Kh1 (29. Ra1 Na4 30. Nf6+ Bxf6 31.
Bxf6 Nb3 $15) 29... Nb3 30. Bf6 $2 {[%mdl 64] In a very complicated position
white defintely loses direction and allows black to turn c pawn into
powerhorse.} (30. Rc2 $1 Bf5 31. Bg5 Bxc2 32. Ne7+ Kh8 (32... Kf8 33. Nxc8 Rxc8
34. d7 Bf5 35. dxc8=Q+ Bxc8 36. Re1 $14) 33. Nxc8 Bf5 34. Nxa7 Nd4 35. Nc6 Nxc6
36. Bxc6 $11) 30... Nxc1 $1 31. Ne7+ (31. Rxc1 Kh8 $19) 31... Kf8 32. Bxg7+
Kxg7 33. Nxc8 Ncd3 $1 34. Nxa7 (34. Ne7 Rb6 35. Ra1 Rxd6 $19) 34... c3 {
At this phase the roles are reversed, white pieces are strayed and black is
perfectly coordinated.} 35. Bc6 (35. Bf3 c2 36. Kg2 Rb6 37. h3 c1=Q $19) 35...
c2 $1 36. Bxd7 (36. Ra1 Nc4 37. Bb5 Rb7 38. Kg2 Rxa7 $19) 36... Nd1 37. Nc6 Rb1
38. Bf5 c1=Q 39. Bxd3 Qxc6+ 40. Kg1 Rc1 41. Bb5 Qf3 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.23"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Samara Termosteps"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qb3 a5 7. Nc3 a4 8. Qb4
dxc4 9. Qxc4 O-O 10. O-O Qa5 11. Bf4 (11. h3 Nbd7 12. e4 b5 13. Qd3 b4 14. Ne2
Ba6 {1/2-1/2 Anic,D-Bacrot,E/Besancon 1999/ (14)}) 11... Bf5 {Black can be
happy with the opening, his pieces will have pleasant play.} 12. b4 (12. Rfc1
Nbd7 13. h3 Nb6 14. Qc5 Qxc5 15. dxc5 Nbd5 $11) 12... axb3 13. Qxb3 (13. axb3
Qxa1 14. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 15. Bf1 Na6 $17) 13... Nbd7 14. Rfc1 Ra7 15. Nd2 (15. h3
Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 $11) 15... Be6 16. Qd1 (16. Qb2 Qa3 17. Qxa3 Rxa3 18. Rab1
Nh5 $11) 16... Nd5 (16... Rfa8 17. e4 g5 18. Be3 Ng4 19. Nb3 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Qd8
$11) 17. Nxd5 cxd5 {There is nothing wrong with restoration of the pawn
symmetry, but also 17...Bxd5 could have been enough for keeping balance.} (
17... Bxd5 18. e4 Be6 19. Be3 Rfa8 20. d5 cxd5 21. Nb3 Qa4 22. Bxa7 Bxa1 23.
Rxa1 Rxa7 24. exd5 Bf5 $11) 18. Nb3 Qa3 19. Rc7 b6 (19... Rfa8 20. e3 h6 21. h4
b5 22. Rxa7 Rxa7 $11) 20. Rc6 (20. Rxa7 Qxa7 21. a4 Rc8 22. a5 bxa5 23. Rxa5
$14) 20... Rfa8 21. Qc2 Qa4 (21... Bf5 22. Qc3 e6 23. Bd6 Qa6 24. f3 $14) 22.
e3 (22. Rc8+ Rxc8 23. Qxc8+ Bf8 24. Qc3 Bg7 $11) 22... Qb4 23. h4 Ra3 24. Rc8+
Nf8 {Glek could have trusted his counterplay a bit more with exchange of the
rooks.} (24... Rxc8 25. Qxc8+ Bf8 26. Qb7 Qa4 27. Rc1 Rxa2 28. Bxd5 Bxd5 29.
Qxd5 Nf6 $15) 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Qc6 Rc8 (26... Ra3 27. Bxd5 Bxd5 28. Qxd5 Qa4
29. Nc1 $14) 27. Qb7 Qb5 $6 (27... Rc2 28. Bxd5 Bxd5 29. Qxd5 e6 30. Qb7 $14)
28. Qxe7 Nd7 29. h5 Bf6 (29... Bf8 30. Qh4 Rc2 31. Bf3 $16) 30. Qd6 (30. Qa3
gxh5 31. Bf1 Qc6 32. Rc1 Qb7 33. Rxc8+ Qxc8 34. Bb5 $16) 30... g5 31. Bf1 $4 {
[%mdl 8192] Very unusual blunder, in the wrong moment white is ending
opponent's queen from a good square, but his own lady loses the only retreat
possibility!} (31. Be5 $1 Rc6 32. Qa3 Nxe5 33. dxe5 Bxe5 34. Bf1 Rc4 35. Bxc4
dxc4 36. Nd4 $16) 31... Qa4 $1 32. Rc1 (32. Be5 Rc6 $19) 32... Rxc1 33. Nxc1
gxf4 34. Qxf4 Qc2 35. Nd3 (35. Ne2 Be7 36. Qf3 Nf6 $19) 35... Qd1 36. Kg2 (36.
Qc7 Bg5 37. Nf4 Bf5 38. Qd6 Bxf4 39. Qxf4 Qxh5 $19) 36... Qxh5 37. Kg1 Bf5 38.
Qd6 Be4 39. Bg2 Qd1+ (39... Bxd3 40. Qxd7 Qd1+ 41. Kh2 Qe2 42. Qxd5 Qxf2 $19)
40. Kh2 Bxg2 0-1

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 28th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1998.05.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1998.05.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O c6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 a5 8. c4 a4
9. e3 (9. bxa4 dxc4 10. Na3 (10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxc4 Nb6 12. Nxb6 Qxb6 13. Qb3
Qa5 14. Nc3 e5 15. dxe5 Ng4 16. Ne4 Nxe5 17. Bc3 Qxa4 18. Qb2 {1-0 Gislason,
G-Blees,A/Hafnarfjordur op/1996/ (27)}) 10... Nbd7 11. Nxc4 Nb6 12. Nxb6 Qxb6
13. Ba3 Re8 14. Qb3 Qa6 15. Ng5 e6 16. e4 Qxa4 17. Bb2 h6 18. Nh3 e5 19. dxe5
Nxe4 20. Rfe1 Qxb3 21. axb3 Rxa1 22. Bxa1 Nc5 {0-1 Vasiliev,V-Ebralidze,A/
URS-ch sf /1949/ (51)}) (9. Nbd2 axb3 (9... a3 10. Bc3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12.
Ne1 f5 13. Qd2 Na6 14. Nc2 b5 15. Rad1 bxc4 16. bxc4 Be6 17. Ne3 Qc7 18. Ba5
Qd6 19. d5 {1/2-1/2 Sanchez,J-Navarro,P/Andalucia op/1991/}) (9... Bf5 10. Nh4
Bg4 11. h3 Be6 12. Qc2 Na6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 axb3 16. axb3 Qb6
17. Qd3 Rad8 18. Rfd1 c5 19. Nf3 Nb4 20. Qd2 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Nc6
23. c5 Qxc5 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Qe1 Nd4 {0-1 Mailfert,J-Borocz,I/Budapest FS11
IM-A/1993/ (43)}) (9... Ne4 10. Qc1 Bg4 11. e3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 e6 13. Rd1 Nd7 14.
Ne1 f5 15. Nd3 Qb8 16. Rb1 axb3 17. axb3 Re8 18. Ra1 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Nd6 20. c5
Nb5 {Hoffman,A-Giaccio,A/ARG-ch/1998/1/2-1/2 (58)}) 10. axb3 Na6 11. Qc1 Bf5
12. Bc3 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 c5 {1/2-1/2 De Freitas,
M-Bolbochan,J/Sao Paulo zt/1960/}) (9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nd3 Ne4 11. Na3 Ndf6 12. c5
Bd7 13. b4 Qc8 14. Bc1 Bh3 15. f3 Nh5 16. Be3 Nc3 17. Qd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qe6 19.
g4 Nf6 20. Nf4 Nce4 21. Qe1 Nxg4 22. Nxe6 Nxe3+ 23. Kh1 fxe6 24. Rg1 Bxd4 25.
fxe4 {1-0 Wirthensohn,H-Canibol,H/Bad Meinberg/1975/ (29)}) (9. cxd5 Nxd5 10.
e4 Nc7 11. Na3 c5 12. Nc4 cxd4 13. Bxd4 axb3 14. axb3 Nc6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16.
Rxa8 Qxd1 {1/2-1/2 Pigusov,E-Bareev,E/URS-FL/1986/}) (9. Nc3 a3 10. Bc1 Ne4 11.
Bd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 dxc4 13. bxc4 Qa5 14. Rab1 Rd8 15. Rfd1 Qa6 16. c5 Bg4 17.
Qe3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Qc4 19. Qxe7 Na6 20. Rdc1 Bxd4 21. Nb5 Qxa2 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 23.
Ra1 Qb2 24. Rab1 Qa2 25. Rxb7 {Spangenberg,H-Giaccio,A/ARG-ch/1995/1-0 (49)}) (
9. c5 axb3 10. Qxb3 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Rfd1 Qa5 13. a4 e5 14. Bc3 Qc7 15. e3
e4 16. Ne1 h5 17. Rdb1 h4 18. a5 Bh6 19. Nf1 hxg3 20. hxg3 Nf8 21. a6 Rxa6 22.
Rxa6 bxa6 23. Qb6 {1/2-1/2 Karnar,M-Kodric,M/SLO-chT sf/1996/ (41)}) 9... Ne4
10. Nfd2 (10. bxa4 dxc4 11. Nfd2 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 Qa5 13. Nxc4 Qxa4 14. Nb6 Qxd1
15. Rfxd1 Ra6 16. Nxc8 Rxc8 $11) 10... Nc5 (10... Nxd2 11. Nxd2 axb3 12. axb3
Rxa1 13. Qxa1 $14) 11. cxd5 {Why white refrained from the logical and antural
11.Nc3 is a small mystery, equaly so as what black wanted to try after this
semi refutation.} (11. Nc3 $5 Nd3 (11... a3 12. Bc1 Be6 (12... dxc4 13. Nxc4
Ne6 14. b4 $1 $16 (14. Nxa3 c5 $11)) 13. Ndb1 $16) 12. Ba3 axb3 13. axb3 $16)
11... cxd5 12. Ba3 axb3 13. axb3 (13. Bxc5 $2 b2 $1) (13. Nxb3 Ne4 $1 14. f3
Nd6 $11) 13... Nca6 (13... b6 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. Qf3 e6 16. Rfc1 Nd3 17. Rd1 (17.
Bxf8 Nxc1 18. Rxa8 Bxa8 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11) 17... Re8 18. Nc4 $14) 14. Nc3 Nc7
15. Bc5 (15. Qf3 Be6 16. Bc5 Nba6 17. b4 Qd7 $11) 15... Rxa1 16. Qxa1 Nba6 (
16... Nd7 $2 17. Bb4 $1 Nf6 18. Ba5 $16) 17. b4 (17. Bb6 $5 Qd6 (17... Qd7 18.
Qa5 e6 19. b4 Ne8 20. b5 Nac7 21. Rc1 $14) 18. Qa5 e6 19. b4 Na8 20. Bc5 Nxc5
21. bxc5 Qa6 $14) 17... Nxc5 $1 18. bxc5 (18. dxc5 $2 Nb5 19. Ndb1 Bf5 $19)
18... e5 $1 {Black bishop comes to life and so the defender will be able to
hold the equality.} 19. dxe5 (19. Nb3 exd4 20. exd4 f5 21. f4 Rf6 $11) 19...
Bxe5 20. Nf3 Bg7 (20... Bxc3 $2 21. Qxc3 Qe7 22. Nd4 $16) 21. Nd4 Ne6 22. Qa3 (
22. Nxd5 Nxd4 23. exd4 Be6 24. Qa2 Bxd4 (24... Qd7 25. Nb6 Qxd4 26. Qa3 $14)
25. Qc4 Bg7 $11) (22. Rd1 $5 Nxc5 23. Nxd5 Re8 24. Qa3 Ne4 25. Qb3 $14) 22...
Nxd4 23. exd4 Bxd4 24. Nxd5 Bh3 (24... Re8 25. Rd1 Bg4 26. Rb1 (26. Rxd4 $2
Re1+ 27. Bf1 Bh3 $19) 26... Re5 27. Nf4 Bxc5 28. Qb2 Qe7 29. Nd3 Re2 30. Qxb7
Qf6 $15) 25. Qb3 (25. Bxh3 Qxd5 26. Bg2 Qxc5 27. Qxc5 Bxc5 28. Bxb7 $11) 25...
Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qa5 (26... Bxc5 27. Qxb7 Qd6 28. Rd1 $11) 27. Rc1 (27. Qxb7 Qxc5
$11) 27... Re8 $1 (27... Bxc5 $6 28. Nf6+ Kh8 29. Nd7 Qd2 30. Qc3+ Qxc3 31.
Rxc3 Bb4 32. Rc4 Rd8 33. Ne5 Re8 34. Nxf7+ Kg7 35. Rxb4 Kxf7 36. Rxb7+ $14) (
27... Bxf2 $2 28. Ne7+ Kg7 29. Qb2+ $18) (27... Qd2 28. Rc2 Qd1 29. Qa2 Bg7 $11
) 28. Qf3 (28. Qxb7 Re2 29. Qb4 Rxf2+ 30. Kh1 Qa2 $17) 28... Qa2 29. Nf6+ Bxf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch G1"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sammour Hasbun, Jorge E"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d5 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxc4
Qd5 (8... Bf5 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Qa3 e5 12. Nc3 Rfe8 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14.
Nxe5 Rxe5 15. Bf4 Ra5 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. axb3 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Bf8 19. Be5 Nd7 20.
Bd4 a6 21. Be4 Be6 22. Bc2 Nc5 23. b4 {Kochyev,A-Khenkin,I/Dortmund op-A 1993/
0-1 (45)}) (8... Nbd7 9. Nc3 Nb6 10. Qd3 Ne8 11. h3 Be6 12. Rd1 f5 13. Bf4 Nf6
14. Rac1 Nbd5 15. Ng5 Nxf4 16. gxf4 Qd6 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. b3 Kh8 19. Na4 Qd6
20. e3 e6 21. Nc5 Qe7 22. Qc4 Nd5 23. Nd3 {Vologyin,V-Shliebner,S/Ceske
Budejovice op 1994/1/2-1/2 (45)}) 9. Qb4 Qd6 (9... Qd8 10. Nc3 Na6 11. Qa3 Qd6
12. Qb3 Qb4 13. Qc2 Qa5 14. a3 Qh5 15. e4 Bh3 16. Ne2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rad8 18. h3
Qb5 19. b4 Rfe8 20. Rb1 Nb8 21. a4 {Panno,O-Garcia,R/Mar del Plata 1965/1-0 
(57)}) 10. Qb3 Qe6 11. Qd1 (11. Qa3 Qd6 12. Bf4 Qxa3 13. Nxa3 Bg4 $11) 11...
Rd8 12. Nc3 Na6 (12... c5 13. d5) 13. Bf4 c5 (13... Nb4 14. e3 $13) 14. d5 $1
Qb6 (14... Nxd5 $2 15. Ng5 $18) 15. e4 Bg4 (15... Qxb2 16. Be5 Nb4 (16... Nxe4
17. Nxe4 Bxe5 18. Rb1 Qxa2 19. Nxe5 $16) (16... b6 17. Rb1 Qa3 18. Rb3 Qa5 19.
Rb5 $11) 17. Nb5 Qc2 18. Nc7 Rb8 19. Nb5 $11) 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nd7 (17...
Qxb2 18. Rab1 Qa3 19. Rxb7 $16) 18. Qe2 (18. b3 Ne5 19. Qe3 c4 20. Rac1 Qxe3
21. Bxe3 Nd3 $17) 18... Ne5 19. Be3 (19. Rac1 c4 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Kh2 Rac8 22.
f4 $14) 19... Qb4 20. f4 (20. a3 $5 Qc4 (20... Qb3 21. Bg5 Nc4 22. Rfc1) 21.
Rae1 Nd3 22. Rd1 Nxb2 23. Qxb2 Qxc3 24. Qxb7 $16) 20... Nc4 21. Bc1 Nxb2 22.
Bxb2 (22. Rb1 Bxc3 23. Bxb2 Bxb2 24. Rxb2 Qd4+ 25. Kh1 b6 $13) 22... Bxc3 23.
Bxc3 Qxc3 24. Kh2 c4 (24... Nb4 25. Rac1 Qd3 26. Qxd3 Nxd3 27. Rc3 $14) 25.
Rac1 Qd3 26. Qb2 (26. Qxd3 cxd3 27. Rfd1 Rac8 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rxd3 Rc2 30.
Ra3 Kf8 31. e5 Ke8 $13) 26... Rac8 (26... b6 27. Rfd1 Qe3 28. Qb5 Nc5 29. Qxc4
$14) 27. Rc3 $2 {White is losing track in tactics of the position, his strong
center was the guarantee of better chances. Weiss verliert sich taktisch,
seine starke Zentrum hat ihm bessere Chancen versprochen.} (27. Rfd1 c3 (27...
Qe3 28. Qxb7 Qa3 29. Qxa7 c3 $14) 28. Qxb7 Qe2 29. Re1 Qc4 30. Qxe7 $16) 27...
Qd4 28. Rfc1 Nc5 29. Qb4 (29. Qb1 Nd3 30. R1c2 Rc7 31. a3 Rdc8 $17) 29... Nd3
30. Rd1 a5 $5 31. Qb2 (31. Qxa5 $1 b6 (31... Ra8 32. Qb4 Qg7 (32... Qf2 33.
Qxe7 Ne1 34. Rxe1 Qxe1 35. Rxc4) 33. Rcxd3 cxd3 34. Rxd3 Rxa2 35. Qxb7 $11) (
31... b5 32. Rc2 b4 33. Qa6) 32. Qb4 Qg7 33. Rdxd3 cxd3 34. Rxd3 Qa1 35. Qxe7
Qxa2 36. Ra3 Qe2 37. Ra7 Rf8 $15) 31... b5 (31... b5 32. a3 Rc5 33. e5 g5 $19)
0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 19th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2018.06.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "195"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I played in Karpov's tournament in Poikovsky for the first time. Now I'll
present one of my games from this event.} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. g3 g6 4. b3 ({
White is trying to avoid known simplifications after} 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6.
d4 d5 7. b3 (7. Qb3 {I had played against Emil Sutovsky a few days earlier}) {
Black has shown some good ways to equalise by} 7... dxc4 8. bxc4 c5 $11) 4...
Bg7 5. Bb2 d5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 {One of the most popular choices for
Black.} (7... dxc4 8. bxc4 c5 9. d3 Nc6 10. Ne5 {was played in a famous
Aronian-Carlsen game, but the great Leonid Stein had won a game with it
already in 1971!}) (7... Bg4 8. d3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 {is a very solid, but passive
choice.}) 8. d4 Ne4 {The most popular choice, but I find} (8... b6 {more
natural.}) 9. e3 {As both Black's knights are aiming st the e4-square it makes
no sense to exchange one of them. Mark Dvorecky had a special chapter in one
of his books about this topic.} Ndf6 $6 10. Ne5 Be6 {Anton follows an example
of my compatriots Ilya Smirin and Boris Alterman, even though both of them
lost their games.} 11. Qe2 a5 12. Na3 {There were other alternatives, but I
like this quiet move.} a4 13. f3 Nd6 14. c5 ({It makes no sense to hurry with} 
14. e4 axb3 15. axb3 Nd7 16. exd5 cxd5 17. c5 Nf5) 14... Nf5 (14... Nc8 15. b4)
15. b4 {White has got a big space advantage and it is difficult for Black to
play this position. Especialy for such a creative player as Anton.} Bc8 (15...
Nd7 16. Nd3) (15... Bh6 16. Nc2) 16. Rad1 $6 {I quickly made this natural move,
but much more precise was} (16. Rfd1 e6 17. e4 Ne7 18. b5 {as now Black cannot
play ...b6!} cxb5 (18... b6 19. bxc6 $18) 19. Nxb5 $16) 16... e6 {Here I
realised my mistake. It took me some time to find a correct way to continue. I
am proud that I have managed to calculated the line till the 29th move. I felt
this line is pretty forced from a human's point of view.} (16... Nd7 17. e4
Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Nxe5 19. exd5 $18) 17. e4 Ne7 18. Bc1 {The bishop is aiming for
d6.} (18. b5 b6 {works because of the potential pin on the a6-f1 diagonal.})
18... b6 19. Qc2 bxc5 20. bxc5 Ba6 (20... Nd7 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 (21... Bxd7 22. Bf4
) 22. Bf4 $14) 21. Rfe1 Nd7 (21... Ne8 22. Bf4 f6 23. Nd3 {doesn't solve
Black's problems.}) 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Bf4 dxe4 {The computer thinks this move
is a mistake, but from a human perspektive it is the only reasonable move. If
the white bishop could get to d6, Black would have no space whatsoever.} (23...
Rfd8 24. Bd6) 24. fxe4 Bxd4+ (24... f5 25. Nc4 Bxc4 26. Qxc4 fxe4 27. Rxe4 Nd5
28. Bd6 {and the e6-pawn is too weak.}) 25. Kh1 Rfd8 26. Nc4 $1 ({I was
reluctant to play} 26. Be5 Bxe5 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 {but the computer rightly
underlines that White has the strong move} 28. Bf1 $1 $16) 26... Bxc4 (26...
Qa7 27. Nb6 e5 28. Nxa8 exf4 29. Qxa4 $18) 27. Qxc4 Ra5 28. Be3 $1 {The point
of White's play.} (28. Be5 $2 Bxe5 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 $44) 28... e5 29. Rf1 $1 {
White had weakened the f7-square and hit there!} Qe8 (29... Qe6 30. Qxe6 fxe6
31. Bh3 $16 {/+-}) (29... Nc8 30. Bh3 $16 {/+-}) 30. Bxd4 Rxd4 ({A more
stubborn try was} 30... exd4 31. Bh3 Nc8 32. Rxd4 Rxd4 33. Qxd4 $16 {even
though, White's advantage is close to a decisive one.}) 31. Rxd4 exd4 32. Bh3
$1 {My co-author Jacob Aagaard never forgets to remind to bring all the pieces
into an attack. I followed his advice. Black is helpless against the use of
Bd7 or Rxf7.} h5 (32... Nc8 33. Bxc8 $18) (32... Rb5 33. Bd7 Qf8 34. Rxf7 $18)
(32... Ra7 33. Rxf7 $18) 33. Bd7 $1 (33. Rf6 {should also win.}) 33... Qxd7 34.
Qxf7+ Kh8 35. Qf8+ ({It was possible to finish the game immediately by} 35.
Qf6+ $3 Kh7 36. Qf8 Ng8 37. Rf7+ $18) 35... Ng8 36. Rf7 Qxf7 37. Qxf7 Rxc5 38.
Qxg6 d3 39. Qd6 Rc1+ 40. Kg2 Rc2+ 41. Kf3 Rxh2 {We passed the time control and
White's position is winning. But I relaxed too early...} 42. Qxd3 ({A more
precise move was} 42. Qd4+ Kh7 43. Qxd3 Rxa2 44. e5+ Kh8 45. e6 $18) 42... Rxa2
43. Qc4 Ra3+ 44. Kf4 Rb3 45. Qxa4 Rb7 46. Qxc6 Rf7+ 47. Ke5 $2 {I lost the
thread. It is clear that if White could manage to play e5 Black would have to
resign.} (47. Kg5 Rg7+ 48. Kh4 (48. Kxh5 Rxg3 49. Qd6 Rg1 50. e5 Rg7) 48...
Rg4+ 49. Kh3 $18) 47... Kg7 48. Qc3 Kg6 49. Qc8 Kg7 50. Qc3 Kg6 51. Kd6 Rf6+
52. Kc5 Re6 53. Qb3 Re8 54. Kd6 $2 {Just a blunder} (54. Qd3 $1 Kg7 55. Qd4+
Kg6 56. e5 $18) 54... Nh6 55. Qb6 Ng4 56. Qc6 Re5 {Black can build a fortress.}
57. Qa8 Kg7 $2 {A blunder as well} ({I don't see a way to break through after} 
57... Kh7 58. Qf8 Rg5 59. Qf7+ Kh6 60. Qf4 Kg6 61. Ke6 Ra5 62. Qc7 Rg5 63. Qf7+
Kh6 64. Kd6 Ra5 {It is important not to allow the king to go back to d4} (64...
Rg6+ $2 65. Kd5 Rg5+ 66. Kd4 Re5 67. Qf8+ Kg6 68. Qd6+ Kg5 69. Qc6 Ra5 70. Qd7
$18) 65. Qf8+ Kg6 66. Qg8+ Kh6 67. Qd8 Rg5 $11) (57... Kf7 58. Qa2+ Kf8 59. Qb2
Rg5 $1 $13) 58. Qa1 Kf6 59. Qb2 (59. Qc3 Kg5 60. Qf3 Ra5 61. Qf7 {seems
winning, but probably Black can hold by} Kh6 $11) 59... Kg5 60. Qc3 {Zugzwang.
White is winning the h-pawn.} h4 61. Qc1+ Kh5 62. Qh1 Rg5 63. Qxh4+ Kg6 64. Qh8
Nh6 65. Qc3 Kh5 66. Qf3+ Ng4 67. Ke6 Re5+ 68. Kf7 Kg5 69. Qf4+ Kh5 70. Qc1 ({
White could immidiately win by} 70. Qf1 Nh6+ (70... Kg5 71. Qc1+ Kh5 72. Qh1+)
71. Kf6 Ng4+ 72. Kg7 Rg5+ 73. Kh7 Nf6+ 74. Qxf6 Rg7+ 75. Kxg7 $18 {and no
stalemate}) 70... Nh6+ 71. Kf6 Ng4+ 72. Kf7 Nh6+ 73. Kf6 Ng4+ 74. Kg7 Re7+ 75.
Kf8 Re5 76. Qf4 Ra5 77. Qf1 Kg6 78. Qf7+ Kh6 79. Qg7+ Kh5 80. Qh7+ Nh6 81. Qc7
({I completely missed the possibility of} 81. g4+ $18) 81... Rg5 82. Qc1 Rg8+
83. Ke7 Rg7+ 84. Ke6 Rg6+ 85. Kd5 Rg5+ 86. Kd4 Rxg3 87. e5 {Now I was glad.
There is no way for another blockade and I was anticipating the Q vs R ending.}
Rg7 88. e6 Kg6 89. Ke5 Ng8 90. Qg1+ Kh7 91. Qh1+ Kg6 92. Qg2+ Kh7 93. Qh3+ Kg6
94. Qf5+ Kh6 95. Kd6 Ra7 $2 (95... Rg6 {would leave chances for the
above-mentioned ending.}) 96. Qf4+ Kh7 97. Qh4+ Kg6 98. Qe4+ {This game
reminds me of my victory vs Lenier Dominguez from Paris GP 2013. Inspired play
in the middlegame was destroyed by poor technique and my opponent was
resisting with a rook and minor piece against the queen. But at the end I
managed to squeeze a victory.} (98. Qe4+ Kh6 (98... Kg7 99. Qd4+) 99. Qe3+ $18)
1-0

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 6th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2002.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Bg2 d5 7. O-O Re8 $5 {
For now I don't want to determine where my white square bishop should be
inserted.} 8. d4 {We moved in Gruenfeld(3.g3),including move Re8.It is not
clear how it is useful for me.} ({Vladimir didn't play:} 8. d3 {because:} Nbd7
{[%cal Ge7e5]}) 8... Bf5 9. Nc3 ({After:} 9. Nbd2 {I perform the same plan:}
Ne4) 9... Ne4 10. Nh4 {Hardly anything better might be proposed.} (10. Rc1 $143
{See comments to Giorgadze,G-Sakaev,K/Moscow,1994/CBM 45(0-1)(Dolmatov,S)(68)})
10... Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Be6 12. Qd3 Nd7 {I was thinking a lot about this move.It
is good that I didn't play:12...Qb6,because my opponent anyway was going to
play:13.c5   and I only would lose tempo.} 13. c5 $146 ({Badly:} 13. e4 $2 {
because of:} dxc4 14. bxc4 $140 Ne5 {[%csl Rc4,Rd3,Gd8]} 15. Qc2 Nxc4 16. d5
cxd5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 $17 {Fiorito,F-Fraschini,M/Buenos Aires,1996(0-1)(40)})
13... f5 $6 ({Well enough:} 13... b6 $5 14. b4 $140 a5 15. a3 {[%csl Ya3,Yb4,
Yc5]} axb4 16. axb4 Qc7 $11 {/\Qb7<->a.}) 14. b4 Bf7 15. f4 ({On:} 15. Nf3 {
impossibly:} Qc7 {with the idea to wait when the knight leaves and to play
"e5",after it.}) 15... b6 16. Nf3 ({It is hardly better:} 16. Rfc1) ({or} 16.
Rfb1) 16... a5 17. a3 (17. cxb6 $143 axb4 18. Bxb4 Qxb6 19. Rfb1 Qa7 $11 {
[%cal Gc6c5]} (19... c5 $2 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21. Rxb6 Nxd3 22. exd3 Ra4 23. Ne5 {
+/=/+/-})) 17... axb4 18. axb4 b5 $6 {[%mdl 16384] I made field "a5" more weak.
} (18... Qc7 $142 {/\Qb7<->a; Rxa1 and Ra8.}) 19. Bb2 ({Can be recommended:} 
19. Ra5 $5) 19... Qc7 20. Ra3 Reb8 21. Rfa1 $14 Qb7 {[%cal Yc7a8,Yd7f6,Yf6e8,
Ye8c7] I also was thinking about 21...Qc8.} 22. Qb3 Nf6 23. Ne5 Ne8 24. g4 {
A little adventurous attack.} e6 $6 (24... Bxe5 $5 25. fxe5 fxg4 26. Qg3 Be6
27. e4 $36) 25. gxf5 gxf5 $6 (25... exf5 $142) 26. Qa2 $6 ({Again it was much
better:} 26. Ra5 $1 {[%csl Ga5,Rg8] +/=/+/-}) 26... Rxa3 27. Qxa3 Nc7 {Knight
comes to help on time!} 28. Qa5 Be8 {[%csl Ye8][%cal Ye8c6] The more pieces I
exchange in <->a,the better for me.} (28... Ra8 $4 29. Qb6) 29. Ra3 Qc8 30. Bf3
Kf8 $1 {Attention has to be paid.} (30... Ra8 $4 31. Qxc7 Qxc7 32. Rxa8 $18 {
[%csl Re8][%cal Gf3h5]}) 31. Qa7 Bf6 {[%csl Ra7,Yf6][%cal Yf6d8]} 32. Ra1 {
[%cal Ya7a2]} Ra8 $11 33. Qb6 Rb8 34. Qa7 (34. Ra7 $4 Rxb6 35. cxb6 Na6 $17)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 51st"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2018.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Georgiadis, Nico"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Golubev,M"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 (5. Qa4 {Mamedyarov-Svidler,
Round 4.}) 5... Bg7 6. Nbd2 {An ultra-solid move.} Ne4 ({Vachier-Lagrave
already used this idea previously:} 6... O-O 7. O-O {and now} Ne4 ({while
other typical moves for Black in this variation are} 7... Bf5 {and 7. ..a5}))
7. b3 $5 O-O 8. Bb2 Na6 {This is a bit imprecise, perhaps.} 9. O-O Bf5 10. Nh4
$1 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be6 12. Rac1 Qd7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Nf3 {White is slightly
better. And there was nothing new so far!} Rac8 $146 (14... Nc7 {Carlsen-Anand,
Kristiansund rapid 2010.}) ({After} 14... Bh3 $143 {(Nguyen Anh Khoi-Nguyen
Minh Tuan, Ho Chi Minh HD Bank open 2015) White has} 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Ne5 $1)
15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 ({Here} 16. cxd5 $5 {was worth trying}) 16... dxc4 17.
Qxd7 Rxd7 18. Rxd7 Bxd7 19. Rxc4 Be6 20. Rd4 ({After} 20. Ra4 {Black has} Rd8
$1 $11) 20... Kf8 ({As it seems, it was possible to develop counterplay
quickly:} 20... b5 $1 21. Rd2 ({or} 21. f4 c5 22. Rd2 Nb4 $1) 21... Nb4 22. a3
Na2 $1 23. b4 c5 $1 24. bxc5 Rxc5 $11) 21. f4 Ke8 ({Here} 21... b5 $5 {is
already less convincing:} 22. Rd2 Nb4 23. Bc3 Nd5 24. Ba5 Ne3 $1 25. Be4 $1 {
and if} c5 26. Rd3 $1) 22. Ra4 $1 {The ending becomes unpleasant for Black.}
Rc7 ({If} 22... Rd8 23. Bd4 $1) 23. Kf2 Bc8 24. Rc4 $6 {Making Black's life
easier. The rook was placed well on a4 for the time being.} c5 $1 25. a3 ({
Even here} 25. Ra4 $5 {makes some sense} b6 26. Bc3 Nb8 $140 (26... e6 $1) 27.
e6 $1 {, etc.}) ({Or} 25. Rc1 $5) 25... Be6 26. Rc3 b5 $1 $11 {Because of
White's slight inaccuracies Black has activated his forces. The game ended in
a draw after} 27. Ke3 Nb8 28. b4 Nd7 29. bxc5 Nxc5 30. Be4 Bc4 31. Bc2 Nd7 32.
Be4 a5 33. Rc1 Nc5 34. Bf3 Nb3 35. Rc2 Kd8 36. Bd4 $5 Nxd4 37. Kxd4 Be6 38. Be4
Bc4 39. e3 f5 40. exf6 exf6 41. Rc3 f5 42. Bf3 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.31"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Temirbayev, Serikbay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[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 "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 c6 7. Bf4 dxc4 8. Qc1
Be6 9. Bh6 Bd5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nxc4 a5 13. Rd1 a4 14. Qc3 Qb8
15. Rac1 Ne4 16. Qe3 Nd6 17. Nfe5 Nxc4 18. Nxc4 e6 19. a3 Nf6 20. Ne5 Ra5 21.
Qf4 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qd8 23. e4 Rb5 24. Nc4 Qe7 25. Qf3 Rd8 26. Rc3 h5 27. h3 Ne8
28. Rd2 Nd6 29. Qe2 Ne8 30. Rcd3 Nd6 31. Re3 Qc7 32. Rc3 Qe7 33. Rf3 Rf8 34.
Nxd6 Qxd6 35. Qc4 Ra8 36. Rfd3 Kg8 37. h4 Qe7 38. d5 exd5 39. exd5 Rxd5 40.
Rxd5 cxd5 41. Rxd5 Qf6 42. Rb5 Qa6 43. Rb4 Qxc4 44. Rxc4 Ra6 45. Rb4 b6 46. Kf3
Kf8 47. Ke4 Ke7 48. Rd4 Ke6 49. f4 f5+ 50. Kd3 Ra5 51. Kc4 Rc5+ 52. Kb4 Rc2 53.
Kxa4 Rxb2 54. Rb4 Rxb4+ 55. Kxb4 {[#] Umgehung, Zugzwang und Gewinn um genau
ein Tempo. Sehr instruktiv!} Kd7 56. Kb5 Kc7 57. Ka6 $1 Kc6 58. a4 $22 Kc5 (
58... Kc7 59. Ka7 Kc6 60. Kb8 b5 61. a5 (61. axb5+ Kxb5 62. Kc7 Kc5 63. Kd7 Kd5
64. Ke7 Ke4 65. Kf6 Kf3 66. Kxg6 Kxg3 67. Kg5 $18) 61... b4 62. a6 b3 63. a7 b2
64. a8=Q+ $18) 59. Kb7 b5 60. axb5 (60. axb5 Kxb5 61. Kc7 Kc5 62. Kd7 Kd5 63.
Ke7 Ke4 64. Kf6 Kf3 65. Kxg6 Kxg3 66. Kg5 $22) 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1996.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Bologan} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. d4 d5 7. Qb3
Qb6 8. O-O Bf5 9. Ne5 e6 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. f3 c5 13. dxc5 d4 14.
Nb5 bxc5 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Bd6 Rfc8 17. f4 Rc6 18. a4 Bc2 19. Ra3 Nb6 20. Rc1
d3 21. exd3 Rxd6 22. Rxc2 Rd7 23. a5 Nc8 24. d4 cxd4 25. c5 Ne7 26. Nd6 d3 27.
Rxd3 Rxa5 28. Bxb7 Bf8 29. b4 Ra1+ 30. Kg2 Nf5 31. Bc6 Rd8 32. Rcd2 Rc1 33.
Nxf5 Rxd3 34. Rxd3 gxf5 35. Rb3 Rc2+ {[#]} 36. Kg1 {Bologan: Just losing two
very important tempi.} (36. Kf3 {Bologan} Rxh2 37. Ke3 Be7 38. Bf3 $18) 36...
Bg7 37. Bf3 Rc3 38. Rxc3 Bxc3 {[#] ungleiche L, verbundene Freibauern
blockiert durch sK, den Rest deckt sL ===> remis; einfacher Sachverhalt. 
Bologan: May be Vladimir thought that the ending without rooks on the board
it's also winning for him.But of course it is complete draw.} 39. c6 Bd4+ 40.
Kf1 Bb6 41. Ke2 Kf8 42. Kd3 Ke7 43. Kc4 Kd6 44. Kb5 Kc7 45. Ka6 f6 46. b5 e5
47. Bg2 exf4 48. gxf4 Be3 49. Bd5 h6 50. h3 Bb6 51. Be6 Be3 52. Bd7 Bb6 53.
Bxf5 Be3 54. Be4 Bb6 55. f5 Be3 56. Ka5 Bd2+ 57. Ka4 h5 58. Kb3 h4 59. Kc4 Bf4
60. Kc5 Bd6+ 61. Kd5 Be5 62. Ke6 Bc3 63. Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 11th final"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1995.11.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1995.11.30"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Beer-Sheva Chess Club"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. c4 c6 6. O-O d5 7. Nbd2 Bf5 8. e3
a5 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 a4 11. bxa4 Qa5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Qb3 Qxa4
15. Rfc1 Qxb3 16. axb3 Nc6 17. Ne1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rfb8 19. Nd3 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Kf8
21. b4 Ke8 22. b5 Nd8 23. Bc3 e6 24. Bb4 Bf8 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 {# TS-TS: aktive vs.
passive Figuren, schwarze B-Schw�che, Raum, Taktik} 26. Rc1 Ke7 (26... b6
$142 27. Ne5 Rb7 28. Rc8 Ke7 29. g4 f6 30. Nd3 $16 (30. Nc6+ Nxc6 31. Rxc6 g5
$14)) 27. Rc7+ Ke8 (27... Kd6 28. b6 Nc6 29. Nc5 $18) 28. Ne5 Ra8 (28... b6 $5
29. Nd7 Rb7 (29... Ra8 30. Nxb6 Rb8 31. Nc8 $18) 30. Nf6+ Kf8 31. Nxh7+ (31.
Rd7 Rxd7 32. Nxd7+ Ke7 33. Nxb6 Nb7 34. Na4 Nd6 35. b6 Kd7 36. Kf3 Kc6 37. Kf4
Ne4 (37... f6 38. Nc5 e5+ $132) 38. f3 g5+ 39. Ke5 Nd2 $132) 31... Kg7 32. Rc8
Rd7 (32... Kxh7 33. Rxd8 Kg7 34. Rd6 Kf6 35. Rc6 $16) 33. Ng5 Nb7 (33... f6 34.
Rxd8 $18) (33... Kf6 34. Nf3 Ke7 35. Ne5 Rd6 36. Rxd8 $18) 34. Rc6 Rd6 35. Rc7
Nd8 36. Nf3 $18) 29. Nd7 h5 30. Nb6 Ra2 31. Nc8 Kf8 32. Nd6 b6 33. h4 Ra8 34.
Kf3 Kg7 35. Kf4 Ra2 36. Kf3 Ra8 37. Rc8 Rxc8 38. Nxc8 Nb7 39. Ke2 Kf8 40. Kd3
Ke8 41. Kc3 Kd8 42. Nxb6 Nd6 43. Kb4 Ne4 44. Na4 Nxf2 (44... Kc7 45. Ka5 Nxf2
46. b6+ Kb7 47. Nc5+ Kb8 48. Ka6 $18) 45. b6 Ng4 46. Kb5 Nf6 47. Nc5 1-0

[Event "Redbus KO"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "1999.04.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1999.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 c6 7. c4 Bf5 8. b3
Ne4 9. Bb2 Nd7 10. e3 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 Nf6 12. Qe2 Qd7 13. Rfd1 Bh3 14. Bh1 h6 15.
Rac1 Rac8 16. Re1 Rfd8 17. Nf3 Ng4 18. Red1 Qe8 19. Ne1 dxc4 20. bxc4 e5 21. f3
exd4 22. fxg4 Qxe3+ 23. Qxe3 dxe3 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Bf3 Rd2 26. Rc2 Rxd1 27.
Bxd1 Rd8 28. Be2 Rd4 29. Ng2 Bxg4 30. Bxg4 Rxg4 31. Nxe3 {[#] Weiß
zentralisiert seine Figuren einschließlich König,Technik} Rd4 32. c5 Rb4 33.
Kf2 h5 34. Ke2 h4 35. Kd3 hxg3 36. hxg3 f5 37. Nc4 Kf6 38. Rc3 Ke6 39. Rb3 Ra4
40. a3 Kd5 41. Rb4 Ra6 42. Rxb7 Kxc5 43. Re7 Kb5 44. Kd4 c5+ 45. Kd5 Ka4 46.
Kxc5 Kb3 47. Re3+ Kc2 48. Kd4 g5 49. Rc3+ Kb1 50. Ke5 f4 51. gxf4 gxf4 52. Kxf4
$18 {Hier könnte Schwarz getrost das Handtuch werfen.} Re6 53. a4 Ka2 54. a5
Re7 55. Kf5 a6 56. Ra3+ Kb1 57. Rb3+ Kc2 58. Rb6 Kc3 59. Ne5 Ra7 60. Ke4 Rh7
61. Kd5 Rh5 62. Kd6 Kd4 63. Nc6+ Kc4 64. Rb4+ Kc3 65. Rb6 Kc4 66. Rxa6 Rh6+ 67.
Kc7 Kc5 68. Rb6 Rh7+ 69. Kb8 Rg7 70. Na7 Rg8+ 71. Nc8 Rh8 72. Rg6 Rh2 73. a6
Rb2+ 74. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.08.29"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Teterev, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "Illescas Cordoba,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Belarus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Qb3 {[%csl Gc4]} Bg7 6. Bg2 Qb6 7. Nc3
O-O 8. O-O Rd8 9. c5 Qxb3 10. axb3 {[%cal Gb3b5]} Na6 {[%csl Yb4]} 11. Bf4 Nh5
{[%csl Yf4][%cal Gh5f4]} 12. Be3 Bg4 13. Ra4 {[%cal Gb3b4]} Nc7 $146 (13...
Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e5 15. Bxh5 gxh5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Rd1 $14 {1-0 Sedlak,N (2570)
-Pavlovic,M (2540)/Kragujevac 2010/CBM 136 Extra (34)}) 14. Ne5 {[%csl Yg4]
[%cal Ge5g4]} ({It was a very important strategic point to force a6. After} 14.
Rfa1 $1 a6 15. Ne5 {white has very good chances to press in the middlegame.})
14... Bc8 $5 15. g4 Bxe5 $5 (15... Nf6 16. Bf4 Ne6 17. Bg3 h5 18. h3 hxg4 19.
hxg4 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Bxd7 21. e3 $14) 16. dxe5 Ng7 17. f3 $6 {Too optimistic.} ({
It was better} 17. Bg5 $1 Re8 18. Bh6 Nge6 19. b4 $14) 17... Nge6 {[%cal Yd5d4]
} 18. Bf2 Na6 $1 {[%csl Yc5][%cal Ga6c5] With the black pawn on a6 this would
not be possible!} 19. b4 d4 20. Ne4 b5 $2 {A bad mistake.} ({Black was more
than OK after} 20... Nf4 $1 21. Bh4 (21. Re1 d3 22. exd3 Nxd3 23. Rd1 Be6)
21... Kf8 $1 (21... Nxe2+ 22. Kf2 d3 23. Bxe7 Rd4 $13) 22. Re1 d3 $1 (22... Be6
23. Bg5 Nxg2 24. Kxg2) 23. exd3 Nxd3 24. Rd1 Be6 $15) 21. cxb6 axb6 22. Bh4 $1
{[%csl Ye7][%cal Gh4e7]} Kf8 23. f4 $16 {[%cal Gf4f5] Now white enjoys a clear
advantage. The threat is f4-f5} Ng7 24. Nf2 {[%csl Yc6][%cal Gg2c6]} Bb7 25.
Nd3 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Gh4e7,Gg2c6]} Nc7 26. Rxa8 Bxa8 27. Ra1 {Not bad but...} (
{it was better} 27. Bxc6 $1 Bxc6 28. Rc1 {[%csl Yc6,Rc7][%cal Gc1c6]}) ({
I was also checking} 27. Rc1 Nd5 28. Ra1 $1 ({Better than} 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29.
Ra1 Bb7 30. Ra7 Rd7)) 27... Nb5 28. Ra6 {[%csl Yb6]} Rb8 {[%csl Gb6]} 29. Kf2
e6 $2 {This allows a simple combination.} ({passive but better was} 29... Nc7
30. Ra7 Nge8 $16) 30. Rxa8 $1 Rxa8 31. Bxc6 {[%csl Ya8,Yb5]} Nc7 32. Bxa8 Nxa8
33. Kf3 $18 {[%csl Rd4] The d4 pawn is doomed, so white's advantage is really
decisive.} h5 34. h3 {[%csl Rg7]} hxg4+ 35. hxg4 Ne8 36. Ke4 Nec7 37. Kxd4 {
With two pawns up the rest was not difficult.} Ke8 38. e4 Kd7 39. Kc4 Kc6 40.
b5+ $1 Kd7 (40... Nxb5 $2 41. Nb4+) 41. b3 Ne8 42. Kb4 Ng7 43. Nb2 Ne8 44. Nc4
Kc7 45. Ka4 Kd7 46. Bf2 Kc7 47. Bd4 Kb7 48. Nd6+ (48. Nd6+ Nxd6 49. exd6 Kc8
50. Bf6 Kd7 51. Be7 {[%csl Yf7][%cal Ga4d4,Gd4f6]}) 1-0

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.24"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Inarkiev,E"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The game is a good example ofl the problems of both the defence, and the
technique of converting an advantage. It was played in the last round, and we
didn't manage to avoid the mix of good moves and mistakes, but there are no
silly mistakesl. I hope that the notes will help you to sense the tension
which is there in all the Grand Prix tournaments.} 1. d4 {In the second half
of the tournament, I had scored only 0.5 out of three games with 1.e4, so I
decided to switch openings.} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d5 {
During recent years, Peter has more often played this line against the
Fianchetto Variation.} 6. Qb3 O-O 7. O-O Qb6 8. Nc3 Rd8 {Today this move is
more popular} ({The main line is} 8... Bf5) 9. Rd1 {A rare move, but this
couldn't have come as a surprise to Svidler, because I had already played it
against him!} Bf5 ({In that game, Black already made a serious mistake here:} 
9... Na6 $2 {after} 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Na4 $1 $16 {White has a big advantage,
and Black gave up the pawn in order to complicate the game} dxc4 12. Nxb6 Ra7
13. Nxc4 Be6 {and after some adventures Black saved the game. ...1/2 Inarkiev,
E (2628)-Svidler,P (2750)/Moscow 2006/CBM 116 (35)}) 10. Ne1 $5 {White keeps
the tension in the centre. Obviously, the main difference in the positions of
bpth sides is that the white pawn is on c4, and Black's one is on c6. This led
White to place the pieces on more active positions.} dxc4 $5 {After about 30
minutes of thinking, Svidler finds an interesting novelty.} ({In the only game,
which was played in this position before, Black chose} 10... Be6 {and soon
equalised.} 11. c5 Qxb3 12. axb3 Nbd7 13. b4 a6 14. h3 h6 15. Ra3 Ne8 16. g4
Nc7 $11 {Anic Darko (FRA) 2487 - Nataf Igor-Alexandre (FRA) 2526, Vichy 
(France) 2000 (48)}) 11. Qxc4 Na6 {This position is more complicated than the
endgame. White has a space advantage - the pawn on d4 is strong, but Black has
a development advantage, and is ready to seize the initiative.} 12. e4 $1 {
White increases the advantage in the centre.} ({There's no good way to play
more quietly. If} 12. e3 $6 {then} e5 $1 13. Nf3 ({worse is} 13. dxe5 Ng4 $15)
13... exd4 14. Nxd4 Bg4 $36) 12... Bg4 {A very natural move. Black moves the
bishop with tempo, and tries to provoke the weaknesses in White's camp. Almost
everyone will play this move more or less quickly, but here it's not so simple,
because different moves of the bishop lead to completely different positions.
So, maybe you should try to look deeper.} ({An alternative is} 12... Be6 $5 {
in comparison with the game, White doesn't control the g4-square.}) 13. Bf3 {
Defending the rook and atacking the bishop. I like this move more than others.}
({There's no trouble for Black after} 13. Nf3 $6 Qb4 $1 (13... e5 $2 {doesn't
work here because of} 14. Nxe5 $1 $16 {and Black can't take the rook} Bxd1 15.
Qxf7+ Kh8 {and now the nice blow} 16. Bh6 $1 $18 Bxh6 17. Qxf6+ Bg7 18. Nf7+
Kg8 19. Qe6 $18) ({Also bad is} 13... Nb4 $2 {because ...Nc2 is not a threat,
and White can simply play} 14. a3 $1 $16 {and if} Nc2 $2 {then} 15. Na4 $18) {
Now White has to chose, to play the endgame with a slight initiative for Black,
or to sacrifice the pawn for the initiative.} 14. Qe2 $5 ({or} 14. Qxb4 Nxb4
$36) 14... Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Rxd4 16. Rxd4 Qxd4 17. Be3 Qe5 18. Rd1 $44 {Two
bishops give enough compensation for the pawn, but it is White who should
concentrate on getting equality.}) ({Less clear is} 13. f3 $5 {the position is
complex, but Black has pleasant choices here. Very few players would like to
play such a move without having to.} Be6 14. Qa4 Nb4 $5 15. Be3 Ne8 {It seems,
that there's no way to save the d4-pawn, but suddenly, the advantage in the
number of attackers is not enough to win it.} 16. Bf1 $1 {Here Black can
choose according to taste; I prefer} Nxa2 $5 ({The move} 16... Bxd4 $2 {
doesn't work because of} 17. Rxd4 $1 Rxd4 18. a3 $1 {and it's Black who will
lose the material.} c5 19. axb4 Rxb4 20. Qc2 $5 $16 Rxb2 21. Na4 Qb3 22. Qxb2
Qxe3+ 23. Qf2 Qxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Rc8 25. Nd3 $16) ({But, Black has the very
interesting sacrifice} 16... Rxd4 $5 17. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 18. Kg2 (18. Kh1 $5) {
It seems, that Black just has a normal position anyway. For example:} 18... c5
({More aggressive is} 18... a5 $5 19. a3 Bg1 $1 {for example:} 20. Kh1 Qf2 21.
Bg2 b5 $1 22. Nxb5 cxb5 23. Qxb5 Na2 $1 $13 {and the battle is just at the
beginning.}) 19. Nc2 ({If} 19. Nb5 $6 {then Black can take the pawn} Bxb2 $1
20. Rab1 Bg7 {and if} 21. a3 {then} Na2 $1 $15) 19... Nxc2 20. Qxc2 Nd6 $44 {
And the bishop on d4 is not weaker than the rook.}) 17. Nxa2 Bb3 $1 18. Qa3
Bxd1 19. Rxd1 Bxd4 {and Black has good chances with rook and two pawns against
two pieces} 20. Rxd4 $5 Rxd4 21. Nc2 e5 $13) 13... Be6 $6 {Now it's just the
loss of important tempo.} ({The most simple and natural is} 13... h5 $5 {
it's important to get the control over the g4-square, also it's a kind of
prophylactic against Bxg4-Nxg4-Qe2. Now White has different moves, but none of
them can give him the advantage. For example:} 14. Be3 (14. Rb1 $6 {(/\Be3)} {
is inaccurate:} Be6 $1 15. d5 cxd5 16. exd5 Bf5 $1 17. Ra1 Ng4 $15) (14. Kg2 {
is interesting, but the pawn on h5 changes the situation} Be6 $1 15. Qa4 ({
worse is} 15. d5 {here, because of} cxd5 16. exd5 Bf5 $1 $15 {and Black has
the important Ng4 all the time. For example:} 17. Qe2 Nc5 18. Be3 Ng4 $1) 15...
Ng4 $5 16. Nc2 c5 17. d5 Bd7 18. Qb3 $13 {White keeps the centre, but Black's
pieces are active enough.}) ({White can also develop the bishop on f4} 14. Bf4
$5 {for example:} Be6 $5 15. d5 cxd5 16. exd5 Bg4 $1 $13 {The pawn on h5 helps
again.}) 14... Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Ng4 $13 {Black will take the bishop, but this
will strengthen White's pawns in the centre.}) ({Less clear but strong enough
is} 13... Bh3 {(/\ Ng4).} {Now, again White has to give up something to finish
development.} 14. Bf4 $5 (14. e5 $6 {only weakens the centre:} Be6 $1 15. Qe2
Nd5 $15 16. Bg5 Nac7) ({Possible is} 14. Na4 Qb4 15. Qxb4 Nxb4 16. Nc3 Ng4 {
It seems, that White is in trouble, but actually not} 17. a3 $1 Na6 18. Nc2 {
and White protects the centre, but Black has good play} e5 19. d5 Nc5 $13) ({
White also can try to take more space with} 14. a4 $5 Qb4 15. Qxb4 Nxb4 16. a5
$13) 14... Ng4 15. Qe2 h5 $1 16. d5 $13 {A necessity, which lets White hold
the control over the centre, but obviously Black is OK.}) 14. d5 $1 {Now,
Black is in trouble.} {It's already not easy to defend, but the task is twice
as hard when you realise that just one move before you had an unclear position.
} Bg4 $6 {Of course, normally, Black would like to determine the position in
the centre, but here it looks dangerous. Still, it was necessary to calculate
it} ({After} 14... cxd5 $1 15. exd5 Bf5 16. Qe2 {the position is unpleasant,
but Black has a concrete way to keep his pieces on normal positions.} Nc5 $1
17. Be3 Qa5 $1 {and the position is just slightly better for White.} 18. Bd4 ({
If} 18. Rd4 {then} Qa6 $1 $14) ({Or} 18. Rac1 Rac8 $5 $14) 18... Rac8 $14) 15.
Bxg4 $6 {This is not precise enough, and lets Black construct a defence.} ({
The natural} 15. Be3 $1 {is very strong.} {The critical move here is} Qxb2 $5 {
Maybe this is not the best move, but in other lines White can get an advantage
without too much tension.} (15... Qb4 $2 {Simply loses the pawn.} 16. Qxb4 Nxb4
17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. Bc5 $16) ({The story is similar after} 15... Qa5 $2 16. dxc6
$16 bxc6 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Qxc6 $16) (15... Qc7 $2 {doesn't help either:} 16.
dxc6 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Qxc6 18. Rxd8+ $1 Rxd8 19. Qxc6 bxc6 20. Bxa7 $16) ({
The only way not lose the material immediately is} 15... c5 {but after this
move White has a big advantage in the centre. For example:} 16. e5 $5 $16 ({
Also strong is} 16. Qe2 $5 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 $16) 16... Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Nd7 18. e6 $5
({Also possible is} 18. Bf4 $5 Qxb2 19. Rab1 Nb6 20. Rxb2 Nxc4 21. Rxb7 $16)
18... Qxb2 19. exf7+ Kh8 20. Rac1 $16 {The knight will come to e6 very quickly.
}) 16. Rab1 Qa3 {It's important, that White has the very strong} 17. dxc6 $1 ({
Less clear is} 17. Rxb7 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Rdc8 $14 {For example:} 20.
Qb3 $1 ({The advantage is dwindling after} 20. Qd3 $6 Qxd3 21. Rxd3 Be6 22.
Rxe7 Nc5 $132) ({Or after} 20. Nc2 $6 Rxc4 $1 21. Nxa3 Bxf3 22. Nxc4 Bxe4 23.
Rdd7 Bxb7 24. Rxb7 Bf6 $14 {And Black should hold the position.}) 20... Qxb3
21. axb3 Be6 22. Rdb5 $14 {Here White has serious chances, but Black can
defend.}) 17... bxc6 18. e5 $1 $16 {Exploiting the lack of coordination in the
black army; now Black is very close to catastrophe. With the queen on a3 and
the knight on a6, the tactic should work for White.} Nd5 (18... Bxf3 {just
loses:} 19. Rxd8+ $1 Rxd8 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Nxf3 Bxc3 22. Rb3 $18) ({More
complicated, but also bad is} 18... Be6 19. Qxc6 Nd7 ({If} 19... Rdc8 {then
suddenly} 20. Nc2 $1 $18 Qa5 21. Rb5 Qxc3 22. Qxc3 Rxc3 23. Bxa8 $18 Ng4 24.
Rd8+) 20. Nc2 $1 {This is an important resource} Nxe5 ({or} 20... Qa5 21. Rb5
$18) 21. Nxa3 Nxc6 22. Bxc6 Bxc3 23. Bxa8 $18 Rxa8 24. Nb5 Bf6 25. a3 $5 $18) {
White wins the pawn, and also has the initiative.} 19. Nxd5 Bxf3 20. Nxe7+ $1
Qxe7 21. Nxf3 Nc7 22. Qxc6 $16) 15... Nxg4 16. Qe2 {The queen comes to a more
comfortable position.} Ne5 ({Here another interesting move is} 16... h5 $5 17.
Bg5 Bf6 18. Nf3 $14) 17. Bg5 $14 {White has got a comfortable advantage - more
space in the centre, and Black doesn't have active counterplay. White's main
threat is Be3 and after that f2-f4. The goal of the last move is by attacking
the e7-pawn, to force Black to worsen the position, and, only after that, come
back to the main plan.} ({The immediate} 17. Be3 $5 {is also possible} Qb4 18.
Rd4 Qb6 19. Rad1 $14) 17... Qc5 ({On} 17... Re8 {White will play} 18. Be3 $14)
18. Rac1 {Exploiting the problem underlying the last black move.} ({Here Black
was prepared for} 18. Be3 Qc4 $1 $13) 18... Re8 (18... h6 $6 {doesn't work:}
19. dxc6 $1 Qxc6 ({Of course not} 19... hxg5 $2 20. cxb7 $18) ({If} 19... Nxc6
{then} 20. Nd5 $16) 20. Bxe7 $16 {White simply wins the pawn.} Rxd1 21. Rxd1
Nc4 22. Rc1 Qe6 23. Nb5 $1 $16) 19. dxc6 {I decided to simplify the position,
and to fix my edge. Probably, White can count on a bigger advantage than in
the game.} ({Weaker is} 19. Be3 $6 Qc4 $14) ({But White can do one more
preparatory move} 19. a3 $1 Qc4 {Necessity} ({If} 19... Qa5 {then} 20. Be3 $16
{(/\ f4).}) ({Also bad is} 19... h6 $2 20. dxc6 $1 Qxc6 21. Nd5 Qe6 22. Be3 $1
{and Black is in big trouble.} Nc6 23. b4 $1 $18) 20. f4 Qxe2 ({But} 20... f6
$2 {doesn't work:} 21. fxe5 Qxe2 22. Nxe2 fxg5 23. dxc6 bxc6 24. Rxc6 Nb8 25.
Rc5 $18 {White is a pawn up in a much better position.}) 21. Nxe2 Ng4 22. dxc6
bxc6 ({Or} 22... Bxb2 23. cxb7 $1 Bxc1 ({If} 23... Rab8 $2 {then} 24. Rc6 $18)
24. bxa8=Q Be3+ 25. Kg2 Rxa8 26. Bxe7 $16) 23. Rxc6 Nb8 24. Rc5 Bxb2 25. Rd3
$16 {With a big advantage, because almost every black piece is in an awkward
position.}) 19... Nxc6 20. Rd5 {This is the point; White starts the pursuit of
the queen.} ({The alternative is less clear:} 20. Nd5 Qa5 21. a3 {for example:}
h6 $5 22. Be3 e6 $1 23. b4 Qxa3 24. b5 exd5 25. bxa6 Na5 $5 26. Rxd5 $16 {
White still has a solid advantage, but a lot of exchanges have increased
Black's chances of a draw.}) 20... Qb6 (20... Qb4 {Just losing the tempo, after
} 21. Nd3 $16 {Black will anyway have to play} Qb6) 21. Be3 $1 {Forcing the
black queen to hide in the corner of the board.} Qc7 22. Nb5 Qb8 (22... Qc8 {
Losing the pawn} 23. Nxa7 $1 Qe6 24. Nxc6 bxc6 25. Ra5 $16) 23. Nd3 {This is
the position, which I wanted when was playing 19.dxc6. White is clearly better:
the rook on a8 and knight on a6 are just terrible. At the same time, White's
pieces are quite active but Black hasn't any weaknesses and that is why White
can't get something concrete immediately.} Rd8 {Peter played the next part of
the game very well; in a dangerous position, he managed to find the moves
which maintained the tension.} ({If Black tries to exchange pieces} 23... Nc7 {
then White will destroy Black's structure} 24. Nxc7 Qxc7 25. Nb4 $1 $14) 24. a3
{There's no direct way, so White should impede Black in the activation of his
pieces. In the next part of the game, we both were under time pressure, I had
about 15 minutes till the time control, my opponent had about 25 minutes,
which is not too much, because in the Grand Prix series there's no increment
after each move.} e6 25. Rxd8+ {I played this and the next few moves quite
quickly.} ({The computer suggests an interesting option} 25. Bf4 $5 {White
wants to get something from the exchange of the rooks, because Black needs
this exchange.} Qc8 ({Worse is} 25... e5 26. Bg5 $16) 26. Rd6 $1 $16 {This is
the point, if Black takes on d6, knight will come to d6, and it's obvious,
that this will improve White's position. But what if} Bf8 {? Here White has a
nice tactic} 27. Ne5 $1 {destroying Black's position, because if} Bxd6 {then}
28. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 29. Nxd6 $16 {Of course, to play or even just to think about
this, you need time.}) 25... Qxd8 26. b4 $16 {The exchange of the rooks,
doesn't change the situation too much, because the rook d8 was not the bad
piece in Black's camp, but it's in Black's favour for sure.} Qe7 27. Kg2 {
The advantage of this move is, that you can play it quickly. At the same time,
it's not clear, how White should exploit his advantage.} Nab8 $1 {Black
decides not to wait till White starts the assault, and tries to improve the
position.} 28. e5 $1 {It's important to achieve something, before Black
coordinates his forces.} ({White still can't organize an invasion:} 28. Rd1 Nd7
29. Nc5 Nf8 $14) 28... Nd7 {Peter spent half of his time on this move, and
after it we both had about 10 minutes left. Obviously, Black would like to use
some tactics to make the defence easier, but that moment hasn't come yet.
Let's check, what can Black try.} ({The most simple is} 28... Nxe5 $2 29. Rc8+
$18) ({Or} 28... Bxe5 $2 29. Nxe5 Nxe5 30. Rc8+ Kg7 31. Bd4 $18) ({During the
game, I was thinking about the} 28... Qd7 {(/\ Qd5).} 29. Nd6 $1 {is critical}
(29. Nc5 {is also possible} Qe7 30. f4 $16 {but Black still can fight.} a5)
29... Bxe5 {This was the point of the previous move, but this weakens the
black king, and after} 30. Nxe5 Qxd6 31. Ng4 $1 $18 {Black is defenceless.}) ({
The real alternative is} 28... a5 {but this suddenly helps White, because now
White will have clear objects to attack.} 29. Nd6 $1 axb4 30. axb4 Nd7 ({
Once more} 30... Bxe5 $2 {is bad;} {now White has} 31. Nc8 $1 Qc7 32. Nxe5 $1
Qxe5 33. b5 $18 {and Black loses the piece.} Nd4 34. Ne7+) 31. f4 $18 {The
threat b4-b5 is very strong.} f6 32. b5 {Now we can feel the danger of the
position, and how it's unpleasant for Black.}) 29. f4 f6 $1 {Black can't
ignore the pawn on e5, because it's like a Trojan Horse which will help White
to come into the city.} 30. exf6 ({The interesting alternative is} 30. Bc5 $5
Nxc5 31. exf6 $1 Bxf6 32. Nxc5 {This is the point, White starts the attack of
the Black weaknesses immediately.} {The question is, what if} a6 ({Black can't
protect the pawn} 32... Re8 33. Qe4 $18 {(/\Nb7)}) ({Maybe the best chance is} 
32... Nd4 $5 33. Nxd4 Bxd4 $16 {but White has a pleasant choice as to how to
take the pawn.}) {The key move is} 33. Nxb7 $1 {and White wins the pawn, and
the pawn on e6 is still weak.} axb5 ({If} 33... Qd7 {then} 34. Rd1 $1 $18) 34.
Rxc6 $18) 30... Nxf6 31. Nd4 $6 {Besides the better structure, White has a
serious initiative, but White must try to use it before Black develops the
rook. The text move, helps Black.} ({It was necessary to find} 31. Bc5 $1 Qd7 (
{Probably better is} 31... Qf7 {but here White has a good choice.} 32. Re1 $16
({also} 32. Nd6 $5) ({or even} 32. Bxa7 $5)) {and now} 32. Bd6 $1 $16 {(/\ Nc5,
/\ Ne5) , and White has dangerous threats. For example:} Re8 33. Ne5 Nxe5 34.
Rc7 Qd8 35. Bxe5 $16) 31... Nxd4 32. Bxd4 {Of course, White still has a
serious advantage, but at least, all the black pieces will be in the game soon.
} Qd7 33. Bb2 b6 (33... Qd5+ {doesn't change much:} 34. Kg1 Re8 {for example:}
35. Nf2 Re7 36. Rd1 Qc6 37. Bd4 $1 a6 38. Qb2 Rf7 39. Be5 $16) 34. Kg1 $6 {
Once again, White doesn't try to seize the initiative.} ({White could start
the attack immediately} 34. Ne5 $1 Qd5+ 35. Kh3 $1 $16 {(/\ Rc7). For example:}
a5 36. b5 $1 Rd8 37. Rc7 $16) 34... Rd8 {Here we both had about 5 minutes.} ({
If} 34... Rc8 {then} 35. Rd1 $1 {the exchange of the rooks is in Black's
favour.}) 35. Re1 $6 {The rook is well placed on the c-file.} (35. Nf2 $142 $1)
35... Ne8 $1 {Black exchanges one more piece.} 36. Nf2 {White should be
accurate to avoid further simplifications.} ({For example:} 36. Bxg7 Qxd3 $1
37. Bb2 Qxe2 38. Rxe2 Kf7 $14) ({Or} 36. Ne5 Qd2 $1 $14 37. Nc6 Qxe2 38. Rxe2
Rd1+ 39. Kf2 Bxb2 40. Rxb2 Rh1 41. Kg2 Ra1 $14) 36... Bxb2 37. Qxb2 Kf7 38. Ne4
{Actually this is again an inaccuracy, but this move provoke Black into a
weakness, which finally helped White to destroy Black's position.} (38. Rd1
$142 Qe7 39. Nd3 $14) 38... h6 {Black can't avoid this move.} 39. Nf2 Nf6 {
The lost of tempi gave Black time to consolidate his position, and the
activity of his pieces should be enough to cover the kingside. But on the last
move before time control we both had 1 minute.} 40. Qe2 Qd6 $2 {A serious
mistake. Peter had worked hard and almost equalised, but after this move Black
comes back to an unpleasant position again; but the mistake is avery likely
one to make when you are in time trouble.} ({Black shouldn't give White time
to attack the kingside, and here was the right moment to start counterplay} 
40... Rc8 $1 {suddenly, Black's pieces become very active.} 41. Rd1 ({Or} 41.
Qe3 Rc2 42. Qb3 Rd2 $13 {and Black is no worse.}) ({If} 41. Nd3 {then Black
has at least a repetition} Qd4+ 42. Kf1 Qd5 $11) 41... Qa4 {this is more
direct move} ({not worse is} 41... Qc6 $13 42. Nd3 Qc3) 42. Rd3 ({White can
sacrifice the pawn} 42. Nd3 $5 Qxa3 $13 {but here the play will continue wit
all three results possible.}) 42... Rc1+ $1 43. Kg2 Rc2 44. Qf3 Nd5 $13 {
and Black has enough counterplay.}) 41. Rd1 $1 {Now White seizes the
initiative, and didn't let it go till the end of the game. The final part of
this game was my part.} Nd5 $6 {Black doesn't want to go into the deep defence,
but the knight on f6 was protecting important squares. After the game, Peter
said, that he chose this move, because he didn't like the others.} ({More
stubborn is} 41... Qe7 42. Nd3 Kg7 {but Black has to be ready for hard defence.
} 43. Rc1 $1 ({The exchange of the rooks is again in Black's favour} 43. Ne5 $6
Rxd1+ 44. Qxd1 Nd5 $14) 43... Nd5 44. Ne5 $16) 42. Qb2 $1 {(/\ Ng4). This move
is strong.} ({But stronger is} 42. Qe4 $1 {(/\ Ng4-e5) , and Black loses the
pawn. The queen on e4 is incredibly strong, White is threatening all Black's
weaknesses - e6, h6, g6.} Qc7 ({or} 42... Qf8 43. Ng4 $18) 43. Ng4 $1 Kg7 ({If
} 43... Ne7 {then} 44. Re1 $1 $18) 44. Qxe6 {and White is winning.} h5 45. Qe5+
Qxe5 46. Nxe5 $18) 42... Qf8 {The only way to save the material.} 43. Ng4 Qg7
44. Qc2 $1 {This is necessary to attack all the weaknesses; the queen comes to
the right square.} ({Worse is} 44. Ne5+ {because after this, it's more
difficult to attack the e6-pawn.} Kg8 45. Qc2 Kh7 $16) 44... Kg8 45. Qe4 $1 {
The best position for the queen.} ({Worse is} 45. Qc6 $6 {because of} Qe7 $1
46. Re1 (46. Nxh6+ $6 {is not the win of the pawn} Kh7 47. Ng4 Nxb4 $1 $14)
46... Rd6 $16 {and Black continues the resistance.}) 45... Rd6 $8 ({Of course
not} 45... Re8 $2 46. Rxd5 $1 $18) 46. Ne5 Kh7 $8 ({If} 46... g5 {then} 47. Nc4
$1 $18 Rc6 48. Rxd5) {Now, when Black's pieces are forced to defend the
kingside, White can prepare the invasion on the queenside. Black can't avoid
it.} 47. Rc1 $1 Qf6 48. Rc8 Qf5 49. Qe1 $1 {The queen is going to the long
diagonal, but what is very important, is that White controls all the squares,
and doesn't give Black any counterplay.} ({There are a lot of ways to spoil
everything. For example:} 49. Qd4 $2 {White wants to attack immediately, but
after} Qb1+ 50. Kg2 g5 $1 {White would have to be accurate to equalise. The
most simple is} 51. fxg5 hxg5 52. Rc7+ Kg8 53. Rc8+ Kh7 54. Rc7+ $11) ({Also} 
49. Qxf5 $6 {would be an inaccuracy:} exf5 50. Ra8 {White still has a serious
advantage, but Black has real chances to save the game.} g5 $1 51. Rxa7+ Kg8
52. fxg5 hxg5 $16) 49... b5 {Actually, the position is almost lost for Black,
now it's just a question of practical chances.} ({Black can provoke the crisis
immediately} 49... g5 50. Qa1 $1 {(/\ Rh8).} Qe4 ({If} 50... gxf4 {then} 51.
Nc4 $18 {and White wins} fxg3 52. Rh8+ Kg6 53. Rg8+ Kh5 54. hxg3 $18) ({
It's late to defend} 50... Qf6 51. Ra8 $1 gxf4 ({or} 51... Ne3 52. Qc3 $1 $18
Rd1+ 53. Kf2) 52. Rxa7+ Kg8 {and now} 53. Rf7 $1 Qg5 54. Qb1 Nf6 55. Qc2 $1 Rd8
56. Nf3 $18) 51. Ng4 $1 {looking to h8.} e5 $8 52. Qxe5 Qxe5 53. fxe5 Re6 54.
Rd8 {the endgame is winning for White.} h5 ({If} 54... Nc3 {then} 55. Rd6 $18)
55. Rxd5 hxg4 56. Kf2 $1 Rh6 57. Kg2 Re6 58. h3 $18) 50. Qa1 (50. Qc1 {also
wins.}) 50... g5 $6 {This loses immediately, but the position is bad anyway.} (
{If} 50... Qf6 {then White attacks the queenside} 51. Qf1 $1 Qf5 ({or} 51... a6
52. Qf2 $18) 52. Qxb5 Qb1+ 53. Qf1 Qb2 54. Qf2 $18 {and White wins, because if
Black takes the pawn, then the kingside falls} Qxa3 55. Qc2 $1 {and checks
don't help} Qa1+ 56. Kf2 Qd4+ 57. Ke2 $1 Qe3+ 58. Kf1 $18) ({Probably, the
best chance is} 50... Ra6 $5 {now the rook is far away from possible attacks
of the knight, and White still must to find good moves to win the game.} 51.
Rd8 $1 Qc2 52. Nxg6 $1 Nc3 53. Ne5 $18 {The position is sharp, and full of
interesting variations, but White is winning in all lines, of course during
the game there's still a lot of work to do.}) 51. Nc4 $1 {The most accurate.} (
{Also wins} 51. Rh8+ Kxh8 ({or} 51... Kg7 52. Nc4+ $18) 52. Nf7+ Kh7 53. Qh8+
Kg6 54. Ne5+ Qxe5 ({If} 54... Kh5 {then} 55. Qe8+ $18) 55. Qxe5 $18) 51... bxc4
52. Qh8+ Kg6 53. Rg8+ Kh5 54. Rxg5+ $1 $18 {This is the point, now it's all
over.} Qxg5 55. fxg5 c3 56. Qxh6+ Kg4 57. g6 e5 $18 58. g7 {Black resigned.}
1-0

[Event "Biel MTO op 50th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2017.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "Karthikeyan,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 c6 7. Nbd2 a5 8. b3
Bf5 9. Nh4 $5 {A relatively unexplored line in a well known position.} Be6 (
9... e6 {It is an intersting option to consider but Black has to make sure
that the consequences are fine for him.} 10. Nxf5 exf5 11. e3 Nbd7 12. Qc2 {
Black has to come up with a plan, for example:} Ne4 {or} (12... h5 13. Ba3 Re8
14. Rfc1 $14) 13. Ba3 Re8 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Rfc1 $14) 10. e3 Nbd7
(10... a4 11. Ba3 Re8 (11... axb3 12. axb3 $14 {White can utilise a file.}) 12.
Qe2 Nbd7 $11 {this line could also be played.}) (10... Na6 11. a3 $14 {[%csl
Ya6] The question which remains is how the a6-knight will find a good square.})
11. a4 (11. Qe2 Re8 12. Ba3 a4 {transposes to one of the variation above.}) (
11. f4 Bg4 12. Qc2 e6 $11 {and White has to worry about the e4-square.}) 11...
c5 (11... Re8 12. Bb2 $14 {Black doesn't have a suitable plan to follow.}) 12.
Bb2 $6 (12. Nhf3 Bf5 (12... cxd4 13. Nxd4 $14 {is the point. The knight comes
to d4 where it will be more effective than the bishop.}) 13. Bb2 $11 {,+=})
12... cxd4 13. exd4 (13. Bxd4 Rc8 $11) 13... Rc8 $11 14. Qe2 (14. f4 dxc4 15.
f5 c3 $17) (14. Rc1 Qb6 15. Ba1 Nb8 $11 {[%csl Yd4,Gd5][%cal Gb8c6] is the
main idea for Black.}) 14... Qb6 (14... Nb8 15. Nhf3 Nc6 16. Ne5 $11 {/+/=
White is in time with his knight.}) 15. c5 $6 (15. Rfb1 $5 Nb8 $11 (15... Qa6
16. Bf1 {is the point of keeping Rfb1, it vacates the f1-square for the bishop
and supports Qe2.} Nb8 (16... dxc4 17. bxc4 $16) (16... Nb6 17. Rc1 $14) 17.
Nhf3 Nc6 $11)) 15... Qd8 $6 (15... Qa7 {This is a better square than d8.} 16.
Nhf3 (16. Rfc1 b6 17. cxb6 (17. c6 Nb8 18. Qb5 Ne8 $17 {and White loses the
c6-pawn in a few moves.}) 17... Qxb6 $15 {similar to the game but the queen
also puts pressure on c5 while it is on a7.}) 16... b6 17. Ng5 Bf5 18. cxb6
Qxb6 $15) 16. Rac1 b6 17. cxb6 $6 (17. Qb5 Ne4 (17... bxc5 18. dxc5 Nb8 19.
Nhf3 $11) 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 (19. c6 Nf6 $15) 19... bxc5 $15 {[%csl Yb2]
[%cal Gg7b2]}) (17. Ba3 bxc5 18. dxc5 Nb8 19. Rfd1 $11 {Still White also has
chances.}) 17... Qxb6 18. Qe3 $2 (18. Nhf3 $5 $15) (18. Qd3 $5 Ne4 $15 {
is similar to the game but doesn't allow ...Ng4 with tempo.}) 18... Ne4 $6 (
18... Ng4 $1 19. Qd3 (19. Qe2 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Qxd4 $17 {White is simply a pawn
down for no compensation.}) 19... Nxf2 $1 (19... Nde5 20. dxe5 Rxc1 21. Bxc1
$18) (19... Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Nde5 21. Qe2 (21. dxe5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Qxf2+ 23. Kh1
Nxe5 24. Qc3 Rc8 25. Qb2 Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 Nd3 $19) 21... Nc6 22. Nhf3 Nxd4 23.
Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Qxd4 25. Nf3 Qb6 $17) 20. Kxf2 (20. Rxf2 Rxc1+ 21. Bxc1 Bxd4
22. Qe2 Qc5 $19 {[%csl Rc1]}) 20... Ne5 21. Qb5 (21. Qe2 Ng4+ 22. Ke1 Bxd4 $19)
(21. Qb1 Rxc1 22. Bxc1 Qxd4+ 23. Ke2 Bc8 $19) 21... Qxb5 22. axb5 Nd3+ 23. Ke3
Nxb2 24. b6 a4 $1 (24... Rb8 {This move is also playable.} 25. Rb1 Rfc8 26.
Rxb2 Rc3+ 27. Ke2 Bxd4 $17) 25. bxa4 Ra8 $1 (25... Nxa4 26. b7 $11) 26. Ra1 (
26. Rb1 Rxa4 $19 {This is the point of ...Ra8. The b2-knight is taboo and it
blocks the b-file. White loses the b-pawn which was his only counterplay.})
26... Rfb8 27. a5 Bh6+ 28. Ke2 Bxd2 29. Kxd2 Rxa5 30. Rxa5 Nc4+ 31. Kc3 Nxa5
32. Rb1 Nc4 33. b7 Nd6 $19 {and White loses his second pawn.}) 19. Nxe4 $2 (19.
Nhf3 Ndf6 $15) (19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Qxe4 (20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Qxe4 (21. d5 Qxe3 22.
fxe3 Bxd5 $19) 21... Bxb3 22. Nxb3 Qxb3 $17) 20... Bxb3 21. Nxb3 Qxb3 $17)
19... dxe4 20. Qxe4 Qxb3 21. Qb7 Rxc1 (21... Nb6 22. Rb1 Nxa4 $17 {this
variation is also possible.}) 22. Rxc1 Qxb7 $2 (22... Nb6 23. Ba1 (23. Bc3 Rc8
$19) 23... Bh6 $19 {[%csl Rc1]} (23... Nxa4 24. Qxe7 $17) (23... Qa3 24. Rb1
Nxa4 25. Bc6 Bf6 $17)) 23. Bxb7 Nb6 (23... Rb8 24. Rc8+ Rxc8 25. Bxc8 Nb6 26.
Bxe6 Nxa4 27. Bc1 fxe6 28. Bd2 Bxd4 29. Bxa5 $11 {Black can still try but
ultimately it should result in draw.}) 24. Ba3 Rb8 (24... Bxd4 25. Bxe7 Rb8 26.
Bc6 Nd5 $17 {this variation is also possible.}) 25. Bc6 Rc8 $2 (25... Bxd4 26.
Bxe7 Nd5 {transposes to above.}) (25... Nd5 $5 $17) 26. Nf3 Bb3 27. Bb5 Rxc1+
28. Bxc1 Bd1 29. Kg2 (29. Ne5 $11 {This move is also good. One sample line is.}
Bxa4 30. Bxa4 Nxa4 31. Bd2 (31. Nc6 $2 Nb6 32. Nxa5 (32. Nxe7+ Kf8 $17 {
[%csl Ga5,Yd4]}) 32... Bxd4 $17) 31... Bxe5 32. dxe5 Nb6 33. Bxa5 $11) 29...
Nxa4 30. Bd2 Nb6 (30... Nb2 31. Bc3 Na4 32. Bxa5 $11) 31. Bxa5 Bxf3+ 32. Kxf3
Bxd4 33. Bxb6 Bxb6 34. g4 e6 35. h3 Kg7 36. Kg2 f5 37. gxf5 gxf5 38. f3 {
Black was obviously better right from the middlegame. Due to a lack of
accuracy and perfect play, White held on to a draw by precise calculation.
Even though Black attained an advantage, it could not be converted. This means
the player with the advantage should put in maximum efforts until the end of
the game} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2007.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Qb3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Qb6 8. Nc3
Bf5 9. Ne5 e6 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. f3 Nxe5 (12... c5 $6 13. dxc5 d4
14. Nb5 bxc5 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Bd6 Rfc8 17. f4 Rc6 18. a4 Bc2 19. Ra3 Nb6 20.
Rc1 d3 21. exd3 Rxd6 22. Rxc2 Rd7 23. a5 Nc8 24. d4 cxd4 25. c5 Ne7 26. Nd6 $16
{1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Gelfand,B/Dos Hermanas 1996/CBM 053/[Hecht] (62)}) 13. Bxe5
(13. dxe5 $6 Nd7 14. e4 (14. g4 Bc2 15. Rfc1 d4 $15) 14... dxe4 15. fxe4 Bg4
16. h3 Bh5 17. g4 g5 $15 {Kantsler,B}) 13... g5 $1 14. e4 Bg6 {This line was
covered in CBM several times by GM Lubomir Ftacnik (CBM 56, 65).} 15. cxd5 (15.
b3 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 (16. Bc7 $2 Nxe4 $1 $17) 16... dxe4 $6 (16... h5) (16... Ra3 {
Kramnik,V,Dolmatov,S}) 17. fxe4 Ng4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Bf3 h5 20. Rd2 Ne5 21.
Bg2 c5 22. d5 Nc6 $1 23. Rad1 (23. Re1 $142 $14 {Kramnik,V,Dolmatov,S}) 23...
Nd4 24. e5 exd5 25. cxd5 Re8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Shirov,A/Cazorla 1998/CBM
065/[Ftacnik] (33)}) 15... exd5 16. Rad1 Rfd8 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A new move
prepared by Shirov instead of the obvious} (16... b5 17. a3 (17. exd5 b4 18.
Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ne4 Bg7 $132) 17... dxe4 (17... Rfd8 {is now poor due to} 18.
Bxf6 Bxf6 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Nxb5 $16 {Ftacnik,L}) 18. fxe4 Nd7 (18... Ng4 19.
Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rfe1 Rfd8 21. h3 Nf6 22. e5 Nh5 23. Kf2 $14 Rdc8 24. d5 cxd5 25.
Rxd5 b4 26. axb4 Rc7 27. b5 $16 {1-0 Wojtkiewicz,A-Sandhu,H/FIDE.com 2001/EXT
2003 (39)}) 19. Bd6 Rfe8 20. e5 Nb6 (20... f5 $5 {Ftacnik,L}) 21. d5 $1 Rac8
22. Bh3 Ra8 23. Bc7 Nxd5 $2 (23... Nc4 $1 24. dxc6 bxc6 25. Bd7 Nxb2 26. Bxe8
Rxe8 27. Rd6 Bxe5 28. Rxc6 Bd4+ $132 {Ftacnik,L}) 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Rxd5 $14 {
1-0 Mikhalevski,V-Vydeslaver,A/Jerusalem 1996/CBM 056/[Ftacnik] (56)}) 17. a3
$6 (17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. exd5 cxd5 {is now quite harmless}) ({The obvious} 17. Bc7
Rdc8 (17... dxe4 18. fxe4 $1 (18. Bxd8 $143 Rxd8 19. fxe4 $140 $6 Ng4) 18...
Ng4 19. Bxb6 Ne3 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. d5 {although it is difficult for White to
win due to Black's strong g7 bishop.}) 18. Bd6 {needs more analysis} ({but not
} 18. Bxb6 $2 Nd7) 18... Rd8 $140 19. e5) 17... dxe4 18. fxe4 Ne8 $1 19. Bxg7
Kxg7 {This typical position is generally not so favorable for the side which
has hanging central pawns (of course, with the queens on the board the
evaluation would be quite different). The 14th match game between Botvinnik
and Petrosian is the most famous classical example. In this game, however,
Black has double b-pawns, which makes a difference.} 20. Rfe1 Nd6 21. Bf1 f6
22. Kf2 b5 23. Bd3 ({Perhaps it was time to play} 23. e5 {simplifying the game.
}) 23... Nf7 24. Bb1 Rd7 {[%cal Ra8d8]} 25. Ba2 $2 {[%mdl 16384] White tries
to avoid both d4-d5 and passive defence like} (25. h3 Rad8 26. Ke3) {However,
the latter was probably the best option as after the text move White is in
deep trouble.} 25... Bh5 26. Be6 (26. Rd2 Ne5 {[%cal Re5f3] was probably what
White missed.}) 26... Re7 27. g4 $8 Rxe6 28. gxh5 Kh6 {[%csl Rh5] This pawn is
doomed.} 29. d5 Re7 30. Ne2 {desperation.} Rxe4 31. dxc6 bxc6 32. Ng3 Rxe1 33.
Kxe1 Rd8 34. Rxd8 Nxd8 {and Black convincingly won this knight endgame:} 35. b3
Nb7 36. a4 b4 37. Kd2 Na5 38. Kd3 c5 39. Ne4 Nxb3 40. Nxf6 Na5 41. Kc2 c4 42.
Nd5 Nc6 43. Ne3 c3 44. Nd5 Kxh5 45. Nxb4 Nxb4+ 46. Kxc3 Na6 47. Kc4 Kh4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d5 7. Qb3 a5 {An
active plan of counterplay; the question is, however, whether the a-pawn will
be strong or weak.} 8. cxd5 (8. Bf4 {-see Vaganian-Smirin in CBM104}) 8... a4
$1 9. Qd1 (9. Qa3 {deserves attention but is rarely played. Here are two
examples:} cxd5 10. Ne5 e6 (10... Nc6 $5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. Rd1 Re8
14. b3 Ba6 {1/2-1/2 Loginov,V-Tkachiev,V/Moscow 1994/CBM 044 ext}) 11. Be3 Nfd7
12. f4 Nc6 13. Nd2 Ndxe5 14. fxe5 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Nf3 Bg7 17. Rad1 Bd7 18.
Bh3 e5 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Bh6 Bg7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Morovic Fernandez,I-Cvitan,O/Novi Sad 1990/TD (47)}) 9... cxd5 10. Nc3 Ne4 $5 {
[%mdl 520] A new idea - Black sacrifices the a4 pawn for quick development and
activity!} (10... Qa5 {is quite solid but White can fight for an advantage by
means of} 11. Bd2 $1 (11. a3 $143 Ne4 12. Bd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Nc6 (13... e6 14.
Rfd1 Nd7 15. h4 Nf6 16. Ne5 Bd7 17. e4 Bc6 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Nxd5
Nxd5 21. Qe2 Qb6 $11 {1-0 Khasin,A-Melnikov,A/Kursk 1987/EXT 97 (38)}) 14. Rfd1
{1/2-1/2 Fokin,S-Khasin,A/Kursk 1987/EXT 97}) 11... Nc6 12. Re1 $5 (12. e3 Rd8
13. h3 Qa6 14. Re1 Bf5 15. Bf1 Bd3 16. Nxa4 Bxf1 17. Nc5 Qb5 18. a4 Qxb2 19.
Rxf1 Ne4 20. Rb1 {1/2-1/2 Hulak,K-Khenkin,I/Kranevo 1996/CBM 055 ext} Qa2 21.
Ra1 {1/2-1/2 Romanishin,O-Khenkin,I/Muenster 1997/CBM 060 ext}) {e.g.} 12...
Qa7 (12... Rd8 $5) 13. e3 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 e5 $6 (15... e6 $142) 16.
dxe5 Nxe5 17. Qe2 Nc4 18. Rab1 $14 {[%csl Rd5] 1-0 Goldin,A-Kruppa,Y/Uzhgorod
1987/EXT 97 (37)}) (10... Bd7 $6 {is passive and yields initiative to White:}
11. Ne5 e6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. e4 $1 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Ra7 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6
17. Qd2 h5 18. Qe3 Rd8 19. Rfc1 $16 {1-0 Goldin,A-Michaelsen,N/Berlin 1993/EXT
97 (43)}) 11. Ne5 (11. Nxa4 Qa5 12. b3 b5 13. Nb2 Nc6 $44 {|^}) 11... Bf5 (
11... Nxc3 $5 12. bxc3 Nc6 {can be played, like in the 7.cxd5 line. White can,
however, try to make use of the position of the black pawn on a4 (instead of
a7) by means of} 13. Nd3 $5 {[%cal Ya1b1,Gb1b7]}) 12. Nxa4 {White eventually
captures the pawn but...} Qa5 13. b3 b5 14. Nb2 Bxe5 $1 {An interesting idea.
Quick development is Black's main priority, so he even gives up his bishop.}
15. dxe5 Nc6 {[%cal Cd1d5,Rc6b4,Re4c3,Rc6d4] Black has very strong initiative
for the sacrificed pawn. It is not easy for White to defend.} 16. Bxe4 $6 {
Not a good idea - contrary to Black's 14...Bxe5. White gets rid of Black's
active knight but his own b2 knight becomes a "big pawn". Besides, the d-file
opens up for the black rook.} (16. Qxd5 $2 Nb4 17. Qd1 Rfd8 18. Qe1 (18. Nd3
Nc3 19. Qd2 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Bxd3 $17) 18... Nc2 19. Qxa5 Rxa5 $17) (16. Nd3 Nc3
{[%cal Oc3d1,Rc6d4]} 17. Bd2 Bxd3 18. exd3 (18. Bxc3 Qxc3 19. Qxd3 Qxd3 20.
exd3 e6 21. f4 Nd4 $15) 18... b4 $44) (16. Bf4 $5) 16... dxe4 $1 {[%csl Rb2]}
17. Bd2 (17. Qd2 $5) 17... Qa3 18. Bc3 {This "consolidation" is temporary.}
Rfd8 19. Qc1 (19. Qc2 Rac8 {[%csl Gc8,Gd8]} (19... e3 $143 20. Nd3) 20. Nd1 (
20. Rfd1 Nd4 21. Rxd4 Rxd4 22. Nc4 Qc5 $19) 20... b4 21. Bb2 Qa5 22. Ne3 Nd4
23. Qb1 Nxe2+ 24. Kg2 Rd2 $17) 19... b4 20. Bd2 Nd4 21. Re1 Rdc8 22. Nc4 Qxc1
23. Bxc1 ({or} 23. Raxc1 Rxa2 {[%cal Cd2b4,Rd4b3] and White can't avoid
material losses}) 23... Nc2 $6 {After this Black will need some time and
technique to convert his material advantage.} ({Meanwhile,} 23... Nxb3 $1 24.
Rb1 Nxc1 25. Rexc1 Be6 $1 {could have ended the business at once as after} 26.
Rxb4 (26. Nd2 Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1 Rxa2 $19) 26... Rc7 {[%cal Cf2f3,Cf3e4,Ra8c8]
White lost the c4 knight.}) 24. Bd2 Nxa1 25. Rxa1 Rcb8 26. Be3 Ra6 27. Bc5 Kf8
28. Kf1 Be6 29. Nd2 Rb5 30. Bd4 Bd5 {Black has improved the position of his
pieces and the white a2 pawn is defenseless.} 31. Ke1 Rba5 32. f3 exf3 33. exf3
Rxa2 34. Rxa2 Rxa2 35. Bc5 Ra1+ 36. Ke2 g5 $1 37. g4 Rh1 38. Bxb4 Rxh2+ 39. Ke3
h6 40. Bc3 Ke8 41. b4 Bc6 42. Kd3 Kd7 43. Ke3 Kd8 44. Kd3 Kc7 45. Ke3 Kd7 46.
Kd3 Rh3 47. Ke3 h5 48. gxh5 g4 0-1

[Event "POL-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Poznan"]
[Date "2005.04.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2005.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qb3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Qxc4
Qb6 9. Nbd2 {A harmless move. Neither c4 nor b3 is an appropriate (active)
square for this knight.} (9. Nc3 {is more usual.}) 9... Be6 10. Qc2 Na6 11. b3
(11. Nc4 Nb4 (11... Qb5 12. Nfe5) 12. Qb3 Qa6 13. Nfe5 Nbd5 {[%cal Rd5b6]} 14.
Qc2 Nb4 $11) 11... Nb4 (11... c5 {is quite possible, too:} 12. Bb2 Rac8 13. Qb1
Rfd8 14. e3 h6 15. dxc5 Qxc5 (15... Nxc5 $5) 16. Nd4 Qb6 17. Nxe6 Rxd2 $6 (
17... Qxe6 18. Bd4 Nd5 $11) 18. Nxg7 Kxg7 19. Rc1 {1/2-1/2 Janssen,R-Palmans,L/
Lommel 1998/EXT 2004 (52)} (19. Rd1 $14)) 12. Qb1 a5 {A typical motif: if
White now plays a2-a3 then his b3 pawn will be weak.} 13. Bb2 a4 14. a3 Nbd5
15. b4 {This is now possible but Black organizes blockade on the b5 square.}
Nc7 16. Qc2 Nb5 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. h3 h6 19. Rac1 Qa7 20. e3 {If White pushed
e2-e4, his d4 pawn would be endangered; still, a draw offer by the World
Junior Champion in a position full of life is quite bewildering.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sveti Nikolaj Srpski"]
[BlackTeam "Padova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3
Rd8 9. Rd1 Bf5 10. Ne1 {A popular move in this theoretical position. White
prevents ...Qb6xb3 a2xb3 Bf5-c2, and c4xd5 remains a potential threat.} dxc4 (
10... Be6 11. c5 {is another deeply explored line.}) (10... Na6 11. cxd5 $1
Qxb3 (11... cxd5 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Bf4 $14) (11... Nxd5 12. e4 $14) 12. axb3
cxd5 13. Ra5 Be6 14. Nd3 Nc7 15. Bf4 $14 {1-0 (25) Wang,H (2704)-Haessel,D 
(2180) Edmonton 2015}) 11. Qxc4 Na6 (11... Be6 12. Qa4 Na6 13. e3 $6 (13. e4 {
- 11...Na6}) 13... Bg4 14. Bf3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 c5 16. d5 e6 17. dxe6 Rxd1+ 18.
Qxd1 Qxe6 $15 {1/2 (34) Banusz,T (2583)-Volokitin,A (2718) Mamaia 2012}) 12. e4
(12. h3 e5 13. Nf3 Be6 14. Qa4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Qc2 Rxd4 17. Rxd4 Nb3 18.
axb3 Qxd4 $11 {1/2 (22) Landa,K (2647)-Kempinski,R (2620) Germany 2015}) 12...
Be6 (12... Bg4 $143 13. Bf3 Nc7 (13... e5 $6 14. Be3 exd4 15. Bxd4 Be6 16. Nd5
Rxd5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Bxb6 dxc4 19. Bd4 $16 {1-0 (39) Leon Hoyos,M (2515)
-Danin,A (2594) Voronezh 2014}) (13... Qb4 14. Qe2 $1 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 e6 16. Bf4
c5 17. d5 exd5 18. e5 Nh5 19. Bg5 $16 {1-0 (54) Banusz,T (2595)-Lampert,J 
(2442) Germany 2015}) (13... Be6 14. d5 $1 (14. Qa4 $143 Ne8 15. Ne2 Nd6 16.
Nd3 Nb5 $11 {0-1 (37) Le Quang,L (2714)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2710) Beijing 2011})
14... Bg4 $6 (14... cxd5 $1 15. exd5 Bf5 16. Qe2 Nc5 $1 17. Be3 Qa5 $1 $14 {
E.Inarkiev}) 15. Bxg4 $6 (15. Be3 $142 $1 Qxb2 $140 16. Rab1 Qa3 17. dxc6 $1
bxc6 18. e5 $1 $16 {E.Inarkiev}) 15... Nxg4 16. Qe2 Ne5 17. Bg5 $14 {1-0 (58)
Inarkiev,E (2669)-Svidler,P (2735) Astrakhan 2010 CBM 137 [Inarkiev,E]}) (13...
h5 $5 {E.Inarkiev}) 14. Qe2 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Nb5 (15... Ne6 16. Be3 Ng4 17. Rac1
Nxe3 18. fxe3 Nc7 19. Na4 Qa6 20. Qc2 e5 21. Nc5 Qb6 22. Rd3 $14 {1/2 (27)
Gabuzyan,H (2537)-Tari,A (2402) Golden Sands 2014}) 16. Nxb5 Qxb5 17. Qc2 c5
18. d5 Nd7 19. a4 Qa6 20. Bg5 Re8 21. Bf4 c4 22. e5 $14 {1/2 (58) Gabuzyan,H 
(2537)-Khusenkhojaev,M (2381) Varna 2014}) 13. Qa4 (13. d5 cxd5 14. exd5 Bg4
15. Be3 Qxb2 16. Nd3 Qa3 17. Nb5 Qa5 18. Bd2 Qb6 19. Be3 Qa5 20. Bd2 Qb6 21.
Be3 Qa5 {1/2 (21) Jakovenko,D (2738)-Grischuk,A (2780) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015})
13... Qb4 (13... Bg4 {is more appropriate now than on the previous move:} 14.
Bf3 Nc7 (14... Rd7 $5 15. Bxg4 Nxg4 $11 16. h3 $4 {1-0 (53) Gajewski,G (2569)
-Jankovic,A (2564) Cappelle-la-Grande 2011} Rxd4 $1 17. Rxd4 Bxd4 18. hxg4
Bxf2+ 19. Kf1 Bxe1 20. Kxe1 Qg1+ 21. Ke2 Rd8 $19 {->}) 15. e5 Bxf3 16. Nxf3
Nfd5 17. Ne4 Ne6 $11 {1/2 (32) Gabuzyan,H (2593)-Starostits,I (2437) Rasht 2016
}) 14. Nc2 {An attempt at improvement on the previous (rapid) game played by
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave:} (14. Qxb4 Nxb4 15. h3 Ne8 16. Be3 Nd6 17. a3 Na6 18.
Nf3 Bb3 19. Rdc1 Nc4 $11 {0-1 (39) Jumabayev,R (2606)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2758)
Berlin 2015}) 14... Qxa4 15. Nxa4 Nd7 {[%mdl 32] Probably not the best route
for this knight.} (15... Ne8 $5 {[%cal Ye8d6,Ye8c7]}) 16. Bg5 Re8 17. b3 Nb6
18. Nxb6 (18. Nb2 $5 {[%csl Rb6]}) 18... axb6 19. Rac1 Nc7 $6 {I think this is
not the appropriate moment to move this knight, especially as it can't reach a
good square anyway.} (19... b5 $142 20. d5 $140 Bg4 $1 21. f3 Bd7 22. dxc6 Bxc6
23. Nd4 Nb4 $132) 20. d5 $1 cxd5 $6 {Here, too, Black should have avoided
opening files for White's rooks:} (20... Bg4 21. f3 Bc8 (21... Bd7 $143 22.
dxc6 Bxc6 23. Nb4) {although after} 22. Nb4 $1 c5 23. a4 $14 {White keeps some
pressure.}) 21. exd5 Bg4 (21... Bd7 22. Na3 $5) 22. Re1 $1 {[%csl Re7]} Nb5 23.
h3 Bd7 (23... Bf5 24. g4 Bxc2 25. Rxc2 Bf6 $5 {doesn't solve Black's problems
due to} 26. Be3 Bd4 27. Bf1 $1 Na3 $8 28. Rc7 Be5 29. Rxb7 Nc2 30. Re2 Nxe3 31.
Rxe3 Bd6 32. a4 {with an extra pawn and good winning chances despite
opposite-coloured bishops.}) 24. a4 Nc3 25. Na3 $1 Ra5 (25... e6 26. d6 $16)
26. Bxe7 Nxd5 27. Bd6 $16 {[%csl Rb7]} Rxe1+ (27... Nf6 28. Nc4 (28. Bxb7 Bxh3)
28... Ra6 29. Bxb7 Ra7 30. Bg2 {, and White should convert his extra pawn.})
28. Rxe1 Nf6 29. Nc4 Ra6 30. Bxb7 Ra7 31. Bg2 b5 32. Bc5 $1 Ra6 (32... Rc7 33.
Bb6 Rc8 34. Nd6 $18) 33. Bb7 bxc4 34. Bxa6 cxb3 35. a5 Bf5 36. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Nc3 d5 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Bg2 Qb6 8. O-O
Rd8 9. h3 {A rare, harmless move, instead of the main theoretical line} (9. c5
{or}) (9. Qa3 $5) 9... Be6 (9... Qxb3 10. axb3 Na6 11. Be3 Ne4 12. Rfc1 Nxc3
13. bxc3 Nc7 14. g4 Ne8 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Ne5 Nc7 17. Bf4 Ne6 18. Bg3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Lingnau,C-Schaefer,M/Germany 1994/GER-chT (43)}) (9... Bf5 $5 10. cxd5
Qxb3 11. axb3 Nxd5 12. Bg5 Na6 13. e4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bxe4 15. Rfe1 Bxf3 16. Bxf3
f6 17. Bf4 e5 18. dxe5 Nc5 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Nxb3 22. Ra2 Re8
23. Rxa7 {1/2-1/2 Loginov,V-Balashov,Y/Elista 2001/CBM 083}) 10. Ng5 $2 {
Starting a wrong operation, which leads to a poor position for White.} (10. c5
$5) 10... Bf5 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 $1 13. e4 (13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. g4 Bc2)
13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bd7 $17 {[%mdl 32] White has obtained a strong pawn centre
but it doesn't matter at all! The decisive factor of the position is White's
weak a-pawn on the open file. It is really amazing that all White's attempts
of counterplay prove absolutely vain!} 15. f4 Na6 {[%cal Ya6c7,Yc7b5,Yb5d6,
Yd6c4] No move on the k-side! It could only weaken Black's position:} (15... h6
16. Nf3 f5 17. Ne5 $1) (15... f5 16. exf5 {[%cal Cd7f5,Yf1e1]}) 16. g4 (16. a4
c5 $1 17. Be3 (17. e5 h6 18. Ne4 cxd4 19. cxd4 Bc6 20. Be3 Nb4 $17) 17... cxd4
18. cxd4 Nb4 $36 {<<}) 16... Nc7 {Even prefering this to} (16... c5) 17. f5 (
17. a4 c5 $1) 17... Nb5 18. Bb2 Bh6 (18... gxf5 $5 19. gxf5 Nd6 20. e5 $140
Nxf5 21. Be4 f6 $1) 19. h4 (19. Nf3 $142 Nd6 $140 20. Ne5) 19... f6 20. Nf3
gxf5 21. exf5 Nd6 22. Rfe1 Kf7 23. Bh3 Rg8 24. Kf2 Bf4 25. Ne5+ {Desperation.}
(25. Re2 h5 $5 {[%csl Rf5]}) 25... fxe5 26. dxe5 Nc4 27. e6+ Kf8 28. exd7 Nxb2
$19 29. Re4 Bd6 30. Ke3 b5 31. Rb1 Nc4+ 32. Rxc4 bxc4 33. Rxb7 Kg7 34. Bg2 Kf6
35. g5+ Kxf5 36. Bxc6 Rab8 37. Kd4 Kg4 38. a4 Kxh4 39. a5 Rxb7 40. Bxb7 Kxg5
41. a6 Bb8 42. Kxc4 Kf6 43. Kb5 e5 44. Kb6 Ke7 45. Bc8 Rg2 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 15th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2014.05.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2014.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. b3 {A harmless plan.} a5 {
One of the possible reactions.} 7. O-O (7. Nc3 $5) 7... O-O (7... a4 $5) 8. Bb2
(8. Nc3 {, preventing ...a5-a4, is more common and more appropriate. However,
Black equalises in that case, too, e.g.} Ne4 9. Bb2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Nd7 (10... a4
$6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. bxa4 {and Black can't easily regain the pawn.}) 11. cxd5
cxd5 12. Ne5 Nf6 13. Qd2 Bf5 14. f3 Nd7 15. e3 Qc7 16. Nd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Nb8
18. a3 Rc8 19. Rfe1 Nc6 20. f4 {1/2 (20) Blagojevic,D (2500)-Bogdanovski,V 
(2425) Niksic 1994}) 8... a4 $1 {The most logical continuation, although} (8...
Bf5 9. Nc3 Ne4 {has been seen in practice, too.}) 9. Nbd2 (9. Qc1 axb3 10. axb3
Rxa1 11. Bxa1 Qb6 12. Qa3 Qa6 13. Nfd2 Qxa3 14. Nxa3 Na6 15. Bc3 Bf5 16. Ra1
Ra8 17. Nab1 Nc7 18. Rxa8+ Nxa8 $11 {1/2 (70) Burmakin,V (2567)-Tolstikh,N 
(2419) Samara 2000}) (9. Nc3 a3 10. Bc1 Ne4 11. Bd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 dxc4 13. bxc4
{1-0 (49) Spangenberg,H (2490)-Giaccio,A (2410) Argentina 1995} c5 14. d5 Na6
$13) (9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nd2 a3 11. Bc3 Nxe5 12. dxe5 d4 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Bb4 Qb6
15. Ne4 Qxb4 16. Nxf6+ exf6 17. Qxd4 Kg7 18. Rfd1 Be6 19. Rac1 Qa5 {1/2 (19)
Bu,X (2708)-Shirov,A (2740) Dagomys 2008}) (9. bxa4 dxc4 10. Na3 (10. Ne5 Be6
$1 11. Nd2 Qa5 12. Ndxc4 Qxa4) 10... Nbd7 (10... c3 $5 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Be1 Nd6
) (10... Qa5 11. Nxc4 Qxa4 12. Qc1 Qa6 13. a4 Be6 14. Nfd2 Nbd7 15. e4 Nb6 $11
{0-1 (53) Giri,A (2734)-Ponomariov,R (2731) Beijing CHN 2013}) 11. Nxc4 Nb6 12.
Nxb6 Qxb6 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Qb3 Qa6 15. Ng5 e6 $11 {0-1 (51) Vasiliev,
V-Ebralidze,A Tbilisi 1949}) (9. Na3 axb3 (9... Ne4 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. b4 Qb6 12.
Nd3 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Qa6 14. Rc1 Ndf6 15. Qc2 Be6 16. Rfd1 Nd6 17. Na5 Qb5 $13 {
1/2 (42) Nogueiras Santiago,J (2565)-Fernandez Cardoso,A (2473) Santa Clara
2011}) 10. axb3 Bf5 11. Nh4 Be6 12. Qd3 Qd7 13. Nc2 Na6 14. Rfc1 h6 15. c5 g5
16. Nf3 Bf5 17. Qd1 Ne4 $13 {0-1 (35) Garcia Palermo,C (2475)-Hernandez
Guerrero,G (2540) Buenos Aires 2009}) (9. e3 axb3 (9... Ne4 10. Nfd2 Nc5 11.
cxd5 cxd5 {1/2 (29) Bareev,E (2675)-Sokolov,I (2625) Sarajevo 1998 CBM 066 
[Ftacnik,L]} 12. Nc3 a3 13. Bc1 Be6 14. Qf3 $16 {[%csl Rd5]}) 10. axb3 Rxa1 11.
Bxa1 Ne4 12. Nc3 f5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Ne5 {1/2 (14) Herraiz Hidalgo,H (2485)
-Fernandez Garcia,J (2414) Las Palmas 2012}) (9. cxd5 Nxd5 (9... axb3 $5 10.
dxc6 bxa2 $13) 10. e4 Nc7 $1 11. bxa4 (11. Na3 c5 12. Nc4 cxd4 13. Bxd4 axb3
14. axb3 Nc6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rxa8 Qxd1 {1/2 Pigusov,E-Bareev,E/URS-FL 1986})
11... Bg4 12. e5 Nd7 13. Nc3 Nb6 14. h3 Be6 15. Ng5 Bc4 16. Re1 Ne6 17. Nxe6
Bxe6 18. Ba3 Qd7 19. Bb4 Rfd8 20. a5 Nc4 21. Na4 Qxd4 22. Bxe7 Qxd1 23. Raxd1
Re8 24. Bb4 Bf8 $11 {1/2 (45) Nina,M (2298)-Hansen,E (2527) Mar del Plata 2012}
) 9... Bf5 (9... a3 10. Bc3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne1 c5 13. Nc2 Nc6 14. e3 Bf5
15. g4 Be6 16. Bxe4 Qd7 17. f3 f5 18. gxf5 Bxf5 19. Qd3 $14 {1/2 (47) Jakubiec,
A (2547)-Dragun,K (2407) Krakow 2010}) (9... axb3 10. axb3 Na6 11. Qc1 Bf5 12.
Bc3 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 c5 {1/2 De Freitas,M-Bolbochan,J/
Sao Paulo zt/1960/}) (9... Ne4 10. bxa4 Nc5 11. a5 Qxa5 12. Nb3 Qb4 13. Nxc5
Qxb2 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. a4 Bf5 16. e3 b6 17. Nd3 Qc3 18. Nf4 e6 $11 {0-1 (37)
Kavalek,L (2540)-Cooper,J (2310) Thessaloniki 1984}) (9... Qa5 10. Qc1 b5 11.
cxb5 cxb5 12. bxa4 bxa4 13. Bc3 Qa7 14. Ne5 Ba6 15. Re1 Rc8 16. Qa3 e6 17. e3
Nbd7 $11 {1-0 (55) Pham,C (2349)-Goh Wei Ming,K (2426) Ho Chi Minh City 2012})
10. Nh4 (10. bxa4 Qa5 11. Qb3 Qxa4 12. Rfc1 {1/2 (12) Csom,I (2455)-Bronstein,
D (2445) Wrexham 1995}) (10. e3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 axb3 12. axb3 Qb6 13. Nh4 Be6 14.
Bc3 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Rfb1 f5 $132 {1/2 (31) Nikolic,P (2631)-Brkic,A 
(2567) Vogosca 2007}) (10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. Bc3 axb3 13. axb3 Bg4 14.
Rxa8 Qxa8 15. h3 Bf5 16. Qa1 h5 $11 {1/2 (44) Radjabov,T (2773)-Carlsen,M 
(2835) Wijk aan Zee 2012}) 10... Bg4 (10... Be6 11. Re1 (11. Qc2 a3 $1 12. Bc3
c5 13. Rad1 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Nc6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 dxe4 $1 17. Rxd8 Rfxd8 $44
{0-1 (29) Polugaevsky,L (2630)-Gelfand,B (2665) Reggio Emilia 1992 CBM 027 
[Ftacnik,L]}) 11... a3 12. Bc3 c5 13. e3 cxd4 14. exd4 Nc6 15. Nhf3 Bg4 16. h3
Bxf3 17. Qxf3 e6 18. c5 Nd7 19. Qd3 Qf6 {1/2 (19) Jussupow,A (2601)-Hug,W 
(2473) Switzerland 2012}) 11. h3 Be6 12. Nhf3 (12. Qc2 Na6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4
Nxe4 15. Qxe4 axb3 16. axb3 Qb6 $36 {0-1 (43) Mailfert,J-Borocz,I/Budapest
FS11 IM-A 1993}) 12... Bh6 {This move is hardly necessary.} (12... Qa5 13. Ba3
$5 Re8 $13 14. Ng5 $140 Bc8 {[%csl Rg5]}) 13. e3 Qa5 14. Rc1 ({Here, too,} 14.
Ba3 {was more appropriate, e.g.} Re8 15. Qe2 Nbd7 16. Rfc1 $14 {- ...Bg7-h6
now looks like a loss of time.}) 14... Nbd7 15. Ne5 (15. g4 $5 axb3 16. axb3
Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Nd2 f5 $13) 15... axb3 16. axb3 Qb6 {Black's queenside
counterplay is quite sufficient for equality.} 17. g4 Ra2 18. Nd3 dxc4 19. Nxc4
Qb5 20. f4 (20. Qc2 Rfa8 $11) 20... Nd5 (20... Bg7 $142 21. Rf2 Rfa8 {, and}
22. Bf1 {is poor due to} Ne4 {.}) 21. Rf2 $1 {[%cal Yg2f1,Gf1b5]} N5b6 $6 (
21... Rfa8 22. Bf1 f5 23. Qf3 $14) 22. Qc2 $6 ({White had a good opportunity
to oust Black's pieces:} 22. Na3 $1 Qa5 (22... Qxb3 23. Qxb3 Bxb3 24. Nb4) (
22... Bxb3 23. Nxb5 Bxd1 24. Nc3) 23. Nb1 $16 {[%cal Yb1c3] - a motif totally
overlooked by both players.}) 22... f5 $6 (22... Rfa8 $1) 23. Bf1 $6 (23. Na3
$1 Qa5 24. Nb1) 23... Nd5 24. Qd1 ({The idea} 24. Na3 Qa5 25. Nb1 {is not
possible anymore as 26.Nc3 is not threatening.}) 24... Bg7 25. gxf5 Bxf5 $6 {
Black probably overlooked White's next move.} (25... gxf5 $142 $13 {keeping
control over the light squares.}) 26. Ba3 $1 {[%mdl 2048]} Rxf2 27. Nxf2 {
[%cal Re3e4]} Be6 28. Ne4 $14 {[%csl Rb5,Ge4]} N7f6 (28... Bf6 $5) 29. Nc5 {
[%csl Gc5]} Bf7 30. Qe1 Ra8 31. Ra1 $16 b6 $5 {Black decides to sacrifice the
queen to get rid of White's pressure.} 32. Nd2 Qa5 33. Bb2 Qxa1 34. Bxa1 bxc5
35. dxc5 Nxe3 36. Qxe3 $2 (36. Bxf6 Nxf1 37. Bxg7 Nxd2 38. Qxd2 Kxg7 39. Qd7
Bd5 40. Qxe7+ Kg8 41. b4 {and White should be able to convert his material
advantage.}) 36... Nd5 37. Qe4 Rxa1 {Now, with a powerful bishop pair, Black
is out of danger.} 38. Nf3 Bc3 39. Kg2 Bb4 40. Bc4 Bxc5 41. Ng5 Ra2+ 42. Kh1
Ra1+ 43. Kg2 Ra2+ 44. Kh1 Ra1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.07"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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 "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Nc3 d5 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Bg2 Qb6 8. O-O {
In this position either side refrains from exchanging queens on b3(b6), which
would open the a-file for the opponent.} Rd8 {A useful move preparing ...dxc4,
after which d8 will be an appropriate place for the rook.} 9. c5 {A logical
reaction. Other options:} (9. Qa3 $5 {needs more tests. In the only game Black
failed to equalize:} Re8 $6 (9... Bf8 $5 10. c5 Qa6) 10. cxd5 (10. Qa4 dxc4 11.
Qxc4 Be6 12. Qa4 Qa6 13. Qc2 Nd5 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Ng5 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Bd5 17. e4
Bc4 18. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 Fedorowicz,J-Zavadsky,P/Berkeley USA 2005/The Week in
Chess 581 (25)}) 10... cxd5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e3 Nc6 14. Nd2 Rad8
15. Rfc1 Rd6 16. Nb3 $14 {1-0 Yuferov,S-Sygulski,B/Warsaw 1989/EXT 97 (32)}) (
9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bg5 Qxb3 11. axb3 Kf8 12. Rfc1 (12. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2 Greenfeld,
A-Nataf,I/Albufeira Algarve 1999/EXT 2000}) 12... Be6 13. Bd2 h6 14. e3 Nd7 15.
Ne1 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 g5 17. Nd3 Bf5 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. Rxc5 Bg6 20. Bc3 e6 21. b4 a6
22. Rca5 {1/2-1/2 Nielsen,P-Radjabov,T/Tripoli 2004/CBM 102}) (9. Rd1 Bf5 {
Threatening 10...Qxb3 11.axb3 Bc2} (9... Qxb3 10. axb3 Bf5 11. Ne1 (11. cxd5
Bc2 12. Rd2 Bxb3 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. Ra3 Be6 15. Ne5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5
Rxd5 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. e3 e5 20. dxe5 Rxd2 21. Bxd2 Bxe5 22. b4 Rd8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Lalic,B-Hugentobler,P/Zuerich 1989/EXT 97 (29)}) 11... Na6 (11... Be6
$5) 12. Ra4 h6 13. Bf4 Ne4 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. f3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 g5 17. Bd2 e5 18.
e3 $14 {Portisch,L-Hort,V/Tilburg 1979/Inf 28}) 10. Qxb6 (10. Ne1 Be6 $1 11. c5
Qxb3 12. axb3 Nbd7 (12... Na6 $5 $11 {(Murey,Y)}) 13. b4 a6 14. h3 h6 $11 15.
Ra3 Ne8 16. g4 Nc7 17. Be3 g5 18. f4 gxf4 19. Bxf4 Nb5 20. Nxb5 axb5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Anic,D-Nataf,I/Vichy 2000/CBM 079 (47)}) 10... axb6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12.
Nxd5 cxd5 (12... Rxd5 $5) 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Ne5 e6 15. f3 Nc6 $6 (15... f6 $1 $11
) 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Rd2 $14 {[%csl Rf5] 1-0 Jankovic,A-Muslic,E/Pula 2001/EXT
2002 (30)}) (9. h3 Bf5 (9... Qxb3 10. axb3 Na6 11. Be3 Ne4 12. Rfc1 Nxc3 $6 13.
bxc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lingnau,C-Schaefer,M/Germany 1994/GER-chT (43)}) 10. cxd5
Qxb3 11. axb3 Nxd5 12. Bg5 Na6 13. e4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bxe4 15. Rfe1 Bxf3 16. Bxf3
f6 17. Bf4 e5 18. dxe5 Nc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Loginov,V-Balashov,Y/Elista 2001/CBM
083 (22)}) (9. Bf4 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Be6 11. Qd3 Na6 12. Qc2 Nb4 13. Qc1 {1/2-1/2
Greenfeld,A-Smirin,I/Haifa 1993/EXT 2000} (13. Qa4 Nbd5 14. Qa3 Nxf4 15. gxf4
Bd5 16. e3 e6 17. b3 Ne4 $15 {[%csl Ra3] 1/2-1/2 Sargissian,G-Guseinov,G/Dubai
UAE 2005/The Week in Chess 545 (41)})) (9. Qxb6 axb6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5
Rxd5 12. Rd1 (12. e3 Rd8 13. Bd2 c5 14. Bc3 Nc6 15. Ne5 Nxd4 16. exd4 cxd4 17.
Bb4 Bxe5 18. Bxe7 Re8 19. Bb4 Be6 20. Rfe1 Bf6 {1/2-1/2 Kavalek,L-Ogaard,L/
Manila 1975/EXT 99}) 12... Rb5 $6 (12... Bf5 $5) 13. e4 Be6 14. a3 Bb3 15. Re1
Ra4 16. Bf1 Rba5 17. Bd2 Ra8 18. Bc3 $14 {0-1 Rogozenko,D-Donchev,D/Debrecen
1992/EU-chT (57)}) 9... Qxb3 10. axb3 Na6 (10... Ne4 $5 11. e3 (11. b4 Na6 12.
Ra4 b5 $1) (11. Bf4 $5) 11... Na6 12. Rd1 e5 13. Ne1 Nc7 14. f3 exd4 15. exd4
Nf6 $11 {1-0 Sapis,W-Svenn,G/Gothenburg 1989/EXT 97 (74)}) 11. Bf4 (11. h3 Nd7
12. Bf4 Nf8 13. Ra4 Bf5 14. Rfa1 Ne6 15. e3 Be4 16. g4 Nxf4 17. exf4 Bxf3 18.
Bxf3 Nc7 19. f5 {1/2-1/2 Tregubov,P-Vorobiov,E/Moscow 2004/CBM 100}) 11... Nd7
{To prepare ...e7-e5} (11... Bf5 12. Ra4 Ne4 13. Rfa1 Naxc5 $6 {failed to} 14.
dxc5 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nxc3 16. Rxa7 Nxe2+ 17. Kf1 $18 {1-0 Roiz,M-Grebionkin,V/
Internet 2004/EXT 2005 (32)}) 12. Rfd1 (12. Ra3 Re8 13. Bh3 f5 14. Rc1 e5 15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 h6 17. Be3 Rxe5 18. Bd4 Re8 19. e3 Bf8 20. Bf1 Nc7 21. b4
Bd7 22. f4 {1/2-1/2 Petrosian,A-Lamprecht,F/Germany 1994/EXT 99}) 12... e5 $6 {
Premature!} (12... Re8 $142 {The only way to prevent ...e7-e5 is} 13. e4 dxe4
14. Nxe4 {but Black obtains an excellent position after} Nb4 15. Nc3 Nf6 16.
Be5 Be6 17. Nd2 Red8 18. Nc4 Nbd5 19. Ra3 h5 20. Rda1 a6 $11 {0-1 Bocharov,
D-Kamsky,G/Khanty Mansyisk RUS 2005/The Week in Chess 578 (46)}) 13. Nxe5 Nxe5
14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Bf5 (15... Nxc5 16. b4 $1 Ne6 17. b5 $14) 16. Ra5 (16.
e4 $5 dxe4 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Bxe4 {[%cal Ca6c5,Re4c6]} Nxc5 (18... Bxe4 19.
Nxe4 Rd4 20. Ra4 $1) 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Rxa7 Rd4 $132) 16... Bc2 17. Rd4 Bxb3
18. f4 $14 {Black has recaptured the pawn but his pieces are placed poorly.}
Bc4 19. e4 Nb4 $6 {A risky move! Black's minor pieces are now dangerously
hanging.} (19... Nc7 $14) 20. exd5 cxd5 21. Rd2 {A bit passive but what else
to do?} (21. Nxd5 {is inefficient due to} Nxd5 $1 (21... Bxd5 $143 22. Rxb4)
22. Rxc4 Ne3 23. Rc3 (23. Rb4 Rd1+ 24. Kf2 Ng4+ 25. Ke2 Rad8 $1) 23... Nxg2 24.
Kxg2 Rd2+ $11) (21. Rxc4 $5 dxc4 22. Bxb7 Rab8 23. c6 (23. Rb5 $6 Nd5 24. c6
Nc7 25. Rb4 Rd2 $1 26. Ne4 Re2 27. Rxc4 Rd8 $132) 23... Nxc6 24. Bxc6 Rxb2 25.
Bd5 Rc2 26. Ne4 Rb8 $44) (21. Bxd5 $5 Bxd5 (21... Nxd5 22. Rxc4 Nxc3 23. bxc3
$1 Rd1+ 24. Kg2 Rad8 25. Rxa7 R8d2+ 26. Kf3 $1 $16) 22. Rxb4 Bc6 23. Nb5 $5
Rd1+ 24. Kf2 Rd2+ 25. Ke3 Rxh2 26. Rxa7 {was probably a worthy alternative to
the game move.}) 21... a6 (21... b6 22. cxb6 axb6 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Nxd5 $16)
22. Ra4 $6 {Losing an important tempo.} (22. Ra3 $142 $1 Kg7 $140 23. b3 d4 24.
Ne4 Bd5 25. Nd6 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 d3 27. Ra4 a5 28. Nxb7 $18) 22... a5 23. Ra3 Kg7
{A useful prophylactics.} 24. Na4 (24. b3 d4 $1 (24... Bd3 25. Nxd5 $1) 25. Ne4
(25. bxc4 dxc3 26. Rxd8 c2 $1) (25. Na2 $1 Nxa2 26. bxc4 $1 (26. Bxb7 Nc3 $1
27. bxc4 Nb1 28. Bxa8 Rxa8 29. Rdd3 Nxa3 30. Rxa3 f6 $1 $11) 26... Nc3 27. Rd3
Ra7 $1 28. Kf2 (28. Raxc3 $2 dxc3 29. Rxd8 c2 {- another merit of 23...Kg7})
28... a4 29. Bd5 (29. Ke1 Nb1 $1 30. Ra1 Nc3) 29... Nxd5 30. Rxd4 Ra5 31. cxd5
Rxc5 32. d6 b5 {and Black should survive.}) 25... Bd5 {that's why 23...Kg7!}
26. Nd6 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 d3 28. Nxb7 (28. Kf3 $14) 28... Rd5 $14 {[%csl Gd3]})
24... Rac8 25. Nb6 Rxc5 26. Rc3 {It looks like Black is in trouble but...} Nc6
27. b3 {What else?} (27. h3 f6 $5) 27... Rb5 28. Nxc4 (28. bxc4 Rb1+ $1 (28...
Rxb6 29. cxd5 $16) 29. Kf2 d4 $1 $11 {- the point of Black's idea!}) 28... Rc5
29. Rcd3 (29. Rxd5 $5 Rcxd5 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Nd6 {wins a pawn but} Rd2 $1 (
31... Nd4 $143 $6 32. Rc7 Nb5 33. Rxf7+ (33. Ne8+ Kf8 34. Rc8 Na7 $1 (34... Ke7
35. Nf6 Rd8 36. Rc5 $16) 35. Ra8 Nc6 $14) 33... Kg8 34. Rd7 $1 Nxd6 35. exd6 b5
36. Ra7 $1 a4 (36... Rxd6 37. Rxa5 $16) 37. bxa4 bxa4 38. d7 $1 Kf8 39. d8=Q+
Rxd8 40. Rxh7 $16) 32. Nxb7 Nd4 {gives Black a good counterplay.}) 29... dxc4
30. Rxd8 Nxd8 31. bxc4 ({After} 31. Rxd8 cxb3 {the black pawns are too strong.}
) 31... Ne6 32. Bd5 Nc7 33. Bxb7 Rxc4 34. Ra2 a4 35. Kf2 f6 {A nightmare draw
- because of the inaccurate 12...e5?!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.10.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Neukoelln"]
[BlackTeam "Bochum"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qb3 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Qxc4
Bf5 9. Rd1 $6 (9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Re1 {[%cal Ye2e4]}) 9... Nbd7 10. Nc3 Bc2 $1 {
[%csl Yb3]} 11. Re1 Nb6 12. Qc5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 {[%csl Yd5,Ye4]} 14. Rd1 Re8
{/\15...Bf3 16.Bf3 e5. This move urges White to develop his bishop but it has
no good squares!} (14... Nd5 15. Nh4) 15. Bf4 Nd5 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nxf4+ {
Swapping the ill-fated bishop and destroying the white pawn structure.} 18.
gxf4 e6 $36 {[%csl Rf2,Rf4,Rg2] xKg2} 19. e3 Qh4 20. h3 Bf8 21. Qc4 Red8 22.
Qe2 {Very passive.} (22. Qb3 $142 $132 {[%cal Rb3b7]}) 22... Rd5 23. Rd3 Rad8
24. Rad1 Bg7 25. R3d2 Qe7 {[%csl Re5][%cal Yg6g5] /\26...g5} 26. Nd3 Rh5 $5 {
[%cal Yh5h3,Ye7d7,Yd7d5] Black combines his kingside threats with the
activation in the centre.} 27. Ne5 f6 28. Nf3 Qd7 {[%cal Re6e5,Yd7d5] /\29...e5
} 29. Rh1 Qd5 30. b3 Qe4 31. Rhd1 (31. Qd3 $2 Qxd3 32. Rxd3 e5 $17) 31... g5
32. fxg5 Rxg5+ (32... Rd5 {was tempting but insufficient:} 33. Kh2 $1 Rf5 (
33... fxg5 34. Ng1 g4 35. f3 $1) 34. Ng1 Rhxg5 35. f4 Rg6 36. Qf3 $15) 33. Kh2
Rg6 {White will be eventually forced to exchange this rook, and the g6 pawn 
(after h7xg6) will be able to take part in the attack.} 34. Rg1 Bf8 35. Rxg6+
hxg6 {[%cal Yg6g5]} 36. Ne1 Rd5 (36... Bb4 37. Rd1 Bd6+ 38. Kg1 {/\39.Qf3}) 37.
Qd3 (37. Qf3 Bd6+ 38. Kg1 Qh4 39. Ng2 $15) 37... Bd6+ 38. f4 Qxd3 39. Nxd3 {
In the endgame the black bishop is stronger than the white knight.} e5 (39...
c5 40. Rg2 (40. dxc5 Bxc5 41. e4 Rd4 $17) 40... cxd4 41. e4 (41. Rxg6+ Kf7 42.
Rg3 dxe3 43. Rxe3 Kg6 $17) 41... Rg5 42. Rxg5 fxg5 43. e5 Be7 44. Kg3 $15) (
39... g5 40. Rf2 $15) 40. Rg2 $4 $138 {A time-trouble blunder.} (40. fxe5 fxe5
41. dxe5 Bxe5+ 42. Kg2 $15 {Black can try to combine a pawns advance on the
queenside with the attack of the h3 pawn but his success is not sure.}) 40...
exf4 41. Nxf4 Kf7 $19 (41... Kf7 42. Kg1 Bxf4 43. exf4 Rxd4 44. Rf2 (44. f5
gxf5 $19) 44... Ke6 45. Re2+ Kf5 46. Re7 Rb4 (46... Kxf4 47. Rxb7 Rd1+ 48. Kf2
Rd2+ 49. Kf1 Rxa2 50. Rc7) 47. Rg7 a5 $19 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Yb7b6]}) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qb3 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. Bf4 (
8. Nc3 {and}) (8. cxd5 {are played more frequently in this position.}) 8... a4
(8... dxc4 9. Qxc4 Be6 10. Qc1 Na6 11. Be5 (11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Rd1 Nbd5 13. Bh6 a4
14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. a3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bd5 17. c4 Be4 18. Qb2 b5 19. Rac1 bxc4 20.
Rxc4 Rb8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kalinitschew,S-Heinig,W/Berlin East 1988/EXT 2001 (61)})
11... Nb4 12. Nc3 Nbd5 (12... a4 $142) 13. Na4 Bc8 $6 14. Rd1 Nb6 15. Nc5 Nbd7
16. Bf4 Nd5 17. Bg5 $14 {1-0 Gutman,L-Suetin,A/Biel 1997/CBM 60 ext (69)}) 9.
Qb4 Nbd7 (9... dxc4 {is another option:} 10. Qxc4 Qb6 (10... Be6 $5 11. Qb4 {
-that's the difference from the previous line-} Ra7 $5) 11. Nc3 (11. Qc1 Bg4
12. Nbd2 Nbd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Rfe8 15. Rd1 Nd5 16. Bg5 e5 17. e4 N5f6 18.
Be3 exd4 19. Bxd4 Qc7 20. Nd2 Rad8 21. Qc2 b5 22. Rac1 c5 $1 23. Be3 Ne5 24.
Qxc5 Qxc5 25. Rxc5 Nc4 26. Rxb5 Nxe3 (26... Nxe4 27. Bxe4 Nxe3 (27... Rxe4 28.
Nf1 $1) 28. fxe3 Rxe4 29. Nxe4 Rxd1+ 30. Kf2 $16) 27. fxe3 Bh6 28. e5 (28. Kf2
Rd3 29. e5 Nd7 $14) 28... Bxe3+ 29. Kh2 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Ng4+ 31. hxg4 Bxd2 32.
Bd5 Re7 {1/2-1/2 Vaganian,R-Zvjaginsev,V/Mainz 2004/CBM 101 ext (50)}) 11...
Be6 12. Qd3 Rd8 13. Qc2 Qa5 14. e4 Na6 15. Rfd1 Nb4 16. Qc1 Rac8 (16... a3 $5)
17. h3 b5 18. Bh6 Bh8 19. Ng5 Bd7 20. a3 Na6 21. e5 Nh5 22. g4 Ng7 23. d5 $36 {
1-0 Podgaets,M-Okhotnik,V/Kiev 1986/EXT 97 (31)}) 10. Na3 (10. c5 $5 Nh5) (10.
Nc3 $5 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Nb6) 10... dxc4 11. Qxc4 (11. Nxc4 Nd5 12. Qd2 Nxf4 13.
Qxf4 Nb6 $11 {[%csl Gg7]}) 11... Nb6 12. Qc1 Be6 {Black doesn't let the a3
knight the c4 square.} 13. Bh6 Bd5 14. Rd1 Qd6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Ne5 Bxg2 {
The other plan was to continue restricting the a3 knight:} (16... Qe6 17. Qc5 (
17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Qc7 Rab8 {[%cal Rf8c8]} 19. Qc3 Rfc8 20. Qb4 Nbd7 $1 $13)
17... Nbd7 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Qb5 Rfc8 $13) 17. Kxg2 Rfd8 18. f3
Rac8 (18... Nfd7 $5 19. Nac4 Nxc4 20. Nxc4 Qf6 21. e4 c5 22. d5 b5 23. Ne3 {
[%cal Yf3f4,Yc1c3]}) 19. Nac4 Nxc4 20. Nxc4 Qe6 $6 {Not the best position for
the queen.} (20... Qb4 $5 21. a3 Qb5 22. e4 e6 {[%cal Yc6c5]} 23. e5 Nd5 $132 {
[%csl Gd5]}) 21. e4 b5 22. Ne3 Nxe4 $6 {A dubious piece sacrifice.} ({
Apparently, Black didn't like the position after} 22... c5 23. d5 Qe5 (23...
Qd6 24. Qc3) 24. Qc3 Qxc3 25. bxc3 {but after} e6 (25... b4 $143 26. Nc4) {
he should equalize, e.g.} 26. Rab1 exd5 (26... Rb8 $5) 27. e5 Ne8 28. Rxb5 (28.
Nxd5 Rb8) 28... d4 29. Nc4 dxc3 30. Rc1 Rd3 {etc.}) 23. fxe4 Qxe4+ 24. Kf2 Rxd4
25. Qc2 Qe5 $2 {A clear positional mistake. Black didn't want to exchange
queens against GM R.Vaganian, who is an outstanding endgame specialist;
however, with the queens on the board White's knight, which can help his
attack, is much stronger than Black's pawns; besides, White now seizes the
d-file.} (25... Qxc2+ 26. Nxc2 Rd6 (26... Rdd8 27. Rac1 $14) 27. Rxd6 exd6 28.
Nb4 (28. Rd1 d5 29. Nd4 $140 (29. Nb4 d4 $1) 29... c5 $1 30. Nxb5 Rb8 31. Nc3
Rxb2+ $132) 28... Kf6 29. Rc1 c5 30. Nd5+ Ke5 31. Nc3 Rb8 32. Re1+ Kd4 33. Re7
Kd3 $132) 26. Rxd4 Qxd4 27. Rd1 Qf6+ 28. Ke2 Qe6 29. a3 Qh3 {A harmless
invasion. The black queen can't do anything without the help of his rook.} 30.
Ke1 h5 31. Rd4 e5 $2 {This weakening move leads to a fast defeat.} (31... Qe6
$142) 32. Rd6 h4 33. Qe4 $1 Qxh2 34. Qxe5+ Kh7 (34... Kg8 35. Rxg6+ fxg6 36.
Qe6+ Kg7 37. Qd7+ $18) 35. Nf1 $1 Qh3 36. Qe7 Qf5 (36... Kg8 37. gxh4 $18) 37.
Ne3 $1 Qb1+ 38. Nd1 $1 Kg8 39. gxh4 c5 40. h5 gxh5 41. Rd5 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 8th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2015.10.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "343"]
[EventDate "2015.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3
Rd8 9. Na4 {One of the popular continuations in this position, along with} (9.
Rd1) (9. c5) ({and} 9. h3) {However, it is hardly dangerous for Black.} 9...
Qxb3 (9... Qa6 10. cxd5 Qxe2 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Re1 Qa6 13. Bd2 Nxd4 14. Nxd4
Rxd4 15. Nc5 Qb6 16. Bc3 $1 Rd8 17. Rxe7 Qxb3 18. axb3 $16 {1-0 (29) Ding,L 
(2755)-Adhiban,B (2646) Hyderabad 2015}) 10. axb3 Na6 (10... Nbd7 11. Bf4 Ne4
12. Bc7 Re8 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rfc1 b5 15. Nb6 Nxb6 16. Bxb6 a6 17. Rc7 $14 {
1-0 (57) Ivanisevic,I (2653)-Ragger,M (2698) Berlin 2015}) 11. Bf4 ({White can
also start with} 11. Nc3 {, and after} Bf5 (11... Nc7 12. Bf4 {1/2 (12)
Tkachiev,V (2634)-Kozul,Z (2630) Skopje MKD 2015} Ne6 13. Be5 $14) 12. Bf4 {
a critical position arises:} h6 (12... Ne4 13. cxd5 $5 (13. Rfc1 e6 14. h3 h5
15. c5 g5 16. Nxg5 Bxd4 17. Ngxe4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Ra4 f5 $13 {1-0 (52)
Narayanan,S (2475)-Swiercz,D (2634) Warsaw 2015}) 13... cxd5 14. Ra5 $14 {
[%cal Ya5b5]}) (12... Nh5 $5 13. Bg5 Nf6 14. Bf4 (14. h3 h5 15. Bf4 Ne8 16.
cxd5 cxd5 17. Ra5 Nac7 18. Rfa1 a6 19. Na4 Ne6 20. Nb6 Nxf4 21. gxf4 Rab8 22.
Nxd5 Be4 23. Ne5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Bxe5 25. Nxe7+ Kf8 26. Rxe5 Rxd4 $11 {1/2 (88)
Bosiocic,M (2558)-Kreisl,R (2441) Zillertal AUT 2015}) (14. cxd5 $5 cxd5 15.
Ra5) 14... Nh5 15. Bg5 Nf6 16. Rfc1 h6 17. Bd2 Ne4 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Be1 Nb8
20. e3 Nc6 $11 {1/2 (51) Grischuk,A (2781)-Caruana,F (2805) Stavanger 2015})
13. Rfc1 (13. h3 g5 14. Be5 e6 15. g4 Bc2 $6 16. Ra3 Ne8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rfa1
$14 {1-0 (28) Kreisl,R (2437)-Atakisi,U (2345) Skopje 2015}) 13... g5 14. Be5
Ne4 (14... Ne8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. e3 e6 17. Ne1 Nf6 18. Bf1 Nc7 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20.
Nxd3 Nd7 21. Na4 Ne8 22. Ne5 Nef6 $11 {1/2 (30) L'Ami,E (2613)-Potkin,V (2608)
Wijk aan Zee NED 2015}) (14... e6 15. h4 g4 16. Ne1 Ne8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. e3
Nd6 19. Bf1 Nc7 20. Ne2 Ne4 21. Rd1 Nd6 $11 {1-0 (43) Banusz,T (2586)-Sriram,J
(2400) Arad ROU 2015}) 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Ra4 Nf6 17. e3 e6 18. Nd2 Nd7 $11 {
1-0 (75) Kovalenko,I (2700)-Borisek,J (2565) Berlin 2015}) (11. cxd5 {is
harmless:} Nxd5 $1 12. Bd2 Bg4 (12... Bf5 $5) 13. e3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e5 15. dxe5
Bxe5 16. Rfd1 Nb6 17. Bc3 Bxc3 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. bxc3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Kf8 21.
Kf1 Ke7 22. Ra1 Kd6 23. Ke1 b5 $11 {1/2 (55) Mikhalevski,V (2526)-Chandra,A 
(2496) Rockville 2015}) 11... Ne8 $146 {Preparing ...Na6-c7. This new
continuation looks a bit passive but it is quite enough for equality.} (11...
Bf5 $5 12. Rfc1 (12. Nc3 {- see above}) 12... Be4 $5 13. Nc3 (13. Be5 Bh6 14.
e3 Nd7 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. gxf4 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 e6 $11 {1-0 (69) Anic,D (2403)
-Bender,I (2301) Bol 2014}) 13... Bxf3 $1 (13... Nh5 14. Be3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 dxc4
16. g4 Nf6 17. bxc4 $14 {1-0 (54) Sebenik,M (2512)-Tomazini,A (2314) Maribor
SLO 2015}) 14. Bxf3 dxc4 15. bxc4 Rxd4 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Rxa6 Rxc4 18. Rca1 $11
) 12. Nc3 Nac7 13. Ra5 Be6 {Not the best arrangement of pieces. They now get
in each other's way. However, Black has a huge margin of safety.} (13... Ne6 $5
14. cxd5 Nxf4 15. gxf4 b6 16. Ra3 cxd5 17. Rfa1 a6 $11) 14. Ra4 a6 15. Rfa1 h6
16. h4 Nd6 (16... Bc8 $5 {[%cal Yc7e6]}) 17. e3 Rac8 18. Nd2 f6 19. Ra5 dxc4
20. Bxd6 exd6 21. bxc4 f5 22. R5a4 c5 23. Ne2 Rb8 24. b4 b5 25. cxb5 Nxb5 26.
bxc5 dxc5 27. Rxa6 $6 (27. Nf3 $1 {was more accurate, with a clear draw after}
Bf7 28. Rxa6 cxd4 {etc. After the text move the queenside pawns are traded,
too, but Black keeps his bishop pair and eventually wins a pawn.}) 27... cxd4
28. Nxd4 (28. Rxe6 dxe3 29. Rxg6 exd2 30. Rd1 {looks risky but may be enough
for a draw.}) 28... Nxd4 29. exd4 Bxd4 30. Rf1 Bb6 31. Re1 $8 {The knight
can't retreat due to 31...Bc4.} Bxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Rxd2+ 33. Kg1 Bf7 {With two
pairs of rooks on the board, this position is not easy to defend.} 34. Ra3 Rbb2
35. Bf3 g5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Rae3 (37. g4 $5 fxg4 (37... f4 38. Ra5) 38. Be4 {
must be enough to save the day.}) 37... g4 38. Be2 Bd5 39. Bf1 Rh2 40. R1e2
Rh1+ 41. Kf2 Rb1 ({The pawn endgame after} 41... Rxf1+ 42. Kxf1 Bc4 43. Kf2
Bxe2 44. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 45. Kxe2 {is drawish.}) 42. Re1 Rb4 43. Re7 f4 44. Rc1 $2 {
White wants to avoid the endgame "R vs R+B" arising after} (44. gxf4 Rxf4+ 45.
Kg3 Rfxf1 46. Rxf1 Rxf1 47. Kxg4 {As a result, however, Black wins a piece
without losing his pawn...}) 44... Rb2+ $1 45. Ke1 Rb8 46. gxf4 (46. Kf2 $2
Rh2+ 47. Kg1 fxg3 $19) 46... Bg2 47. Kf2 Bxf1 48. f5 Kf8 $2 {...and blunders
it back!} (48... Bg2 $19 {Black will face some technical problems but the
position is winning for sure.}) 49. Ree1 Rb2+ 50. Kg3 Rh3+ 51. Kxg4 {[%mdl
4096] Black will get some chances in this unusual ending if he wins White's
pawn without exchanging rooks but it is not easy to achieve.} Rb4+ 52. Kg5 Rg3+
53. Kf6 Bc4 54. Rcd1 Bd3 (54... Rb6+ 55. Re6 $1) 55. Rc1 Bc4 56. Rcd1 Rb8 57.
Rd7 Bb3 58. Ree7 Rc3 59. Rd6 Kg8 60. Rg7+ Kh8 61. Rg5 Rh3 62. Ke5 Bg8 63. Kf6
Rh6+ 64. Rg6 Rh5 65. Ke5 Rb5+ 66. Kf4 $6 (66. Kd4 {[%cal Rd6d8] was quite
possible, Black had nothing more than a couple of checks:} Rh4+ 67. Kd3 Rb3+
68. Kc2 Rh2+ 69. Rd2 {, and he must exchange rooks as otherwise 70.Rxg8+ or 70.
Rd8 will follow.}) 66... Rhxf5+ 67. Kg4 Rf1 $6 (67... Bf7 $1 68. Rgf6 Rg5+) 68.
Rh6+ $6 (68. Rb6 $1 {, and Black's rook can't avoid being exchanged due to} Re5
69. Rb8 $1 Rg1+ 70. Kf4) 68... Kg7 69. Rdg6+ Kf7 70. Rb6 Re5 {Black now keeps
both rooks.} 71. Rhc6 $2 {After this move Black consolidates his position and
can win.} ({He could hardly make any progress after} 71. Rb7+ Kf8 72. Rh8 {
, e.g.} Re2 (72... Re6 73. Rb8+ Kf7 74. Rhxg8 Rg1+ 75. Kf5 Rf6+ 76. Ke5) 73.
Kg3 Re6 74. Rb8+ Kf7 75. Kg2) 71... Re7 $2 (71... Ke7 $1 {was winning on the
spot:} 72. Rb7+ Kd8 73. Rbb6 Kd7 {[%cal Rg8e6] starting a decisive hunt on
White's king.}) 72. Rc3 Kg7 73. Rbc6 $2 (73. Rf3) 73... Be6+ $2 {It was better
to activate the rook first:} (73... Re5 {[%cal Rg8e6]}) 74. Kg3 Bd7 75. Rd6 Be8
76. Rf3 Rfe1 77. Rd2 Bc6 78. Rc3 Rg1+ 79. Kh2 Rh1+ 80. Kg3 Rh6 81. Rd4 Re2 82.
Rg4+ Kf7 83. Rcc4 Rg2+ 84. Kf4 Rf6+ 85. Ke5 Re6+ 86. Kf5 Rge2 87. Rgf4 $2 (87.
Kf4) 87... Rg6 88. Rcd4 Re7 89. Rh4 Bd7+ $2 (89... Rf6+ 90. Kg4 Kg7 {[%csl Rg4]
}) 90. Kf4 Rf6+ 91. Kg3 Re3+ 92. Kh2 Re2+ 93. Kg3 Re3+ 94. Kh2 Bf5 95. Kg2 Kg6
96. Kf2 Rc3 97. Rhf4 Rc2+ 98. Kg3 Re6 99. Rd8 Ree2 100. Rg8+ Kh7 101. Rd8 Be6
102. Rdd4 $2 (102. Rd6) 102... Kg6 $2 ({A number of commentators indicated a
study-like win:} 102... Rg2+ 103. Kf3 Kg6 104. Rfe4 (104. Rd6 Kg5) 104... Rh2
$1 105. Rxe6+ Kf5 $19) 103. Rfe4 Rg2+ 104. Kf4 Rgf2+ 105. Ke5 Bf5 106. Re3 Ra2
107. Rd6+ Kg5 108. Rg3+ Bg4 109. Rd4 {Forcing the exchange of rooks.} Ra5+ 110.
Kd6 Ra6+ 111. Kc5 Rf5+ 112. Kb4 Rb6+ 113. Kc4 Rc6+ 114. Kb4 Rf4 115. Rxf4 Kxf4
{At the beginning White confidently defends this ending.} 116. Rc3 Rg6 117.
Rc4+ Ke5 118. Rc5+ Kd6 119. Rc4 Be6 120. Rd4+ Bd5 121. Kc3 Ke5 122. Rd3 Rc6+
123. Kd2 Be4 124. Rc3 Rh6 125. Ke2 Rf6 126. Ke3 Rf8 127. Ke2 Kd4 128. Ra3 Bc2
129. Rh3 Rg8 130. Kf3 Be4+ 131. Kf4 Rf8+ 132. Kg5 Ke5 133. Rg3 {The
"second-rank defence" (with the g-file instead of the 2nd rank).} Bf3 134. Kh4
Ke4 (134... Kf4 135. Rg4+ {is White's key idea.}) 135. Rg7 Rf5 136. Kg3 Ke3
137. Rg8 Rh5 138. Rg7 Be4 139. Rg8 Rh1 140. Rg5 Rf1 141. Kg4 Bf3+ 142. Kf5 Kd4
143. Ke6 Rh1 144. Rg6 Be4 145. Rf6 Rh8 146. Kd6 Ra8 147. Ke7 Ra5 148. Rd6+ Bd5
149. Kf6 Ra7 150. Kf5 Re7 151. Rf6 Re1 152. Kg5 Be6 153. Kf4 Re3 154. Rf8 Bd5
155. Rf6 Re1 156. Kf5 Re5+ 157. Kf4 Be6 158. Kf3 Re3+ 159. Kf4 Re4+ 160. Kf3
Bg4+ 161. Kg3 Ke3 162. Rg6 Bf3 163. Rg5 Ra4 164. Re5+ Be4 165. Kg4 Ra1 {
50 moves without capture have been completed, White could have already claimed
a draw. Either Ding Liren miscalculated the moment when he could do it or he
decided to test his defensive technique without any risk - not quite
successfully, by the way.} 166. Rg5 Rf1 167. Kh4 Bf5 168. Rg3+ {After this
move, surprisingly, White's line of defence breaks down.} (168. Kg3 $1 Ke4 169.
Kh4 {was the most accurate course.}) 168... Kf4 169. Rg4+ Ke5 170. Rg3 (170.
Rg2 $144 {[%cal Rh4g3]} Be4 $1 (170... Rf3 171. Kg5) 171. Rg5+ Kf6 172. Rg3 Bf5
) 170... Kf6 171. Ra3 Rg1 {Black finally manages to cut off White's king at
the edge of the board.} (171... Rh1+ 172. Kg3 Rh3+ 173. Kf4 Rxa3 {stalemate.})
172. Ra4 {This "Szen position" is also drawn but it requires more accurate
defence. Therefore Ding Liren decided it was time to claim a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "23"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. c4 Be6 {
A rarely seen line.} 8. b3 (8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Nb3 b6 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12.
Ne5 Qe8 $11 {0-1 (55) Sivanandan,B (2452)-Sandipan,C (2522) Visakhapatnam 2006}
) 8... Ne4 ({Perhaps} 8... c5 {is more to the point:} 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. dxc5 dxc4
11. Nxc4 (11. Ng5 Bd5) 11... Bxc4 12. bxc4 Qa5 $5 {looks almost equal} (12...
Ne4 13. Bxg7 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 Kxg7 15. Ne5 $5 (15. Ne1 Nxc5 16. Bxc6 bxc6 $11 {
1/2 (20) Osnos,V-Shamkovich,L Leningrad 1967}) 15... Nxe5 16. Bxe4 $14)) 9. Bb2
{This position often arises from other move orders (...Nf6-e4 and then ...
Bc8-e6).} (9. Nxe4 $5 dxe4 10. Ng5 Bxd4 (10... Bc8 11. Be3 c5 12. d5 Bxa1 13.
Qxa1 $44 {1-0 (29) McNab,C (2463)-Poobalasingam,P (2326) Coulsdon 2010}) (10...
Bg4 11. Be3 c5 12. d5 Bxa1 13. Qxa1 $44 {1-0 (23) Le Roux,J (2486)-Kovchan,A 
(2527) France 2007}) 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Bh6 Bg7 (12... Bxa1 13. Qxa1 Rf6 14. Rd1
$36) 13. Bxg7 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 Kxg7 15. Rd4 $14 {1-0 (87) Gomes,M (2316)-Mikadze,
M (2258) Gaziantep 2008}) 9... Nxd2 {Not the best option.} (9... Qa5 $5 10. Qc1
Nxd2 11. Nxd2 Rd8 12. Rd1 Nd7 13. e3 Rac8 14. Bc3 Qa6 (14... Qc7 $142) 15. Bf1
$14 {1-0 (73) Sasikiran,K (2689)-Melkumyan,H (2619) Bastia 2011}) (9... f5 $5 {
leads to a position often arising from the Dutch Defence (Leningrad Variation),
quite playable for Black.}) 10. Qxd2 $1 {[%mdl 512] White sacrifices a pawn
but obtains the bishop pair in quite an open position.} dxc4 11. Ng5 cxb3 12.
Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qe3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (13. axb3 Qb6 (13... Qd7 14. Rfc1 e5 15.
d5 e6 {1/2 (22) Doda,Z-Trifunovic,P Halle 1963} 16. d6 $1 $36 Rd8 $140 17. Rd1)
14. Qe3 e5 15. d5 Qxe3 16. fxe3 Rxf1+ 17. Rxf1 a5 18. dxc6 Nxc6 19. Bd5+ Kh8
20. Rc1 Bf6 {1/2 (20) Liebert,H (2365)-Niedermaier,H (2250) Germany 1997})
13... bxa2 (13... Qd6 14. Qxb3 Na6 15. Ba3 Qd7 16. Rad1 $36) 14. Qxe6+ Kh8 15.
Qxa2 {Despite Black's extra pawn, White's bishop pair and mobile central pawns
guarantee him the upper hand.} Rf5 $6 (15... Nd7 16. d5 $1) 16. Rfb1 (16. d5 $1
{was very strong here, too:} cxd5 17. g4 (17. Bxg7+ $143 Kxg7 18. Qb2+ Rf6 19.
Qxb7 Nc6) 17... Rg5 $2 18. Bxg7+ Kxg7 19. Qb2+ $18) 16... Qb6 $6 (16... Nd7 $1
17. d5 cxd5 18. Bxd5 Nc5 {, tenaciously defending.}) 17. e4 Rf8 (17... Rb5 18.
Bf1 Rb4 19. Ba3 Rxb1 20. Rxb1 Qc7 21. Qf7 $18) 18. Bc3 Qc7 19. Qb2 b6 20. d5
Bxc3 21. Qxc3+ Kg8 22. e5 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5]} a5 23. dxc6 {White has recaptured
the sacrificed pawn while keeping a huge positional advantage. The rest is
clear.} Na6 24. Qb3+ Kh8 25. Qxb6 Qxb6 26. Rxb6 Nc7 27. Rb7 Rfc8 28. Ra4 Ra6
29. h4 Kg8 30. Rd4 a4 31. Rd7 a3 32. Rbxc7 Rxc7 33. Bd5+ Kf8 34. Rxc7 a2 35.
Rc8+ Kg7 36. Rg8+ (36. Rg8+ Kh6 37. Bxa2 Rxa2 38. c7) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.10.01"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Mochalov, Evgeny Veniaminovic"]
[Black "Peng, Xiaomin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Lempert,I"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belarus"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 c6 6. O-O d5 7. b3 Bf5 8. Bb2
Ne4 9. e3 a5 (9... Nd7 10. Qe2 a5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Nf6 13. Rfc1 Be4 14.
Be1 e6 15. Bf1 $14 {Nikolic,P-Svidler/Ter Apel/1996/}) 10. Qe2 $6 (10. Nc3)
10... a4 11. b4 Nd7 12. a3 (12. Na3 $5) 12... Re8 13. Rd1 Nb6 14. Nbd2 $2 (14.
Nfd2 $1 Nd6 (14... Nxd2 15. Nxd2 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 $14) 15. c5 Nbc4
16. Bc3 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 Nb5 18. Bb2 $10) 14... Bg4 $1 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. h3 Nxd2
17. hxg4 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Nc4 19. Ra2 e6 20. Ba1 (20. Bc3 $5 Qd6 21. Be1) 20...
Rc8 21. Bf1 $6 (21. e4 $1) 21... Re7 22. Bd3 Rec7 23. Qe2 Qd6 24. Kg2 Qe7 25.
Rh1 Nd6 26. Rc2 $6 (26. Rd1) 26... Rxc2 27. Bxc2 Nc4 28. Qd3 Nxa3 $1 29. Qxa3
Rxc2 30. Qxa4 Qc7 31. b5 Bf8 32. Rb1 Bd6 33. Rb2 $6 (33. b6) 33... Rc1 34. Re2
Qc4 35. Qxc4 Rxc4 36. Kf3 Kf8 37. Ra2 Rb4 38. Rb2 Ke7 39. Ke2 Kd7 40. Kd3 Rxb2
41. Bxb2 Kc7 $19 42. Kc3 Kb6 43. Kb3 Kxb5 44. g5 Bb4 45. g4 Be1 46. f3 Bd2 0-1

[Event "WchT 11th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "Lenderman,A"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{Despite the fact that there were a lot of decisive games this round, I
decided to actually pick this interesting draw in the match between India and
Russia. This was a Board One matchup between India's Vidit Gujrathi and
Russia's Peter Svidler. This was a very tough fighting match, which really
India probably feels like they could've also won with some good breaks. This
keeps Russia in the fight for the gold medals and guarantees them at least a
Bronze Medal no matter what happens in the last round. China won a relatively
one-sided match against Norway, which is why I decided to choose a game from
the India-Russia match. This game I found the most intriguing since White
played very nicely, putting a lot of pressure on his very strong and
experienced opponent, but then Svidler escaped after he found some strong
practical chances and Vidit failed to find a quite beautiful study-like win.} 
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 {The most solid reply. Black can also choose the
more dynamic options, either with an early c5, transposing into Benoni or
Benko Gambit, d5, which transposes into Grünfeld type positions, or just
castle and d6, trying to get a g3 kings indian.} (3... c5) (3... Bg7 4. Bg2 c5
(4... d5) (4... O-O)) 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. b3 O-O 7. O-O Ne4 8. Bb2 Bf5 9.
e3 Nd7 10. Qe2 a5 11. cxd5 $5 {According to my database a novelty. Before that,
11.Nc3 appeared two times in Svidler's games, from both sides interestingly
enough.} (11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Nf6 {was played by Svidler all the way back in
2006.} (12... Be4 {was played by Radjabov against Svidler.} 13. Rfc1 e6 14. Bf1
dxc4 15. bxc4 c5 16. Nd2 Bc6 17. Rab1 b6 18. Bg2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 cxd4 20. exd4
Rc8 21. Rb5 $14 {1/2 (40) Svidler,P (2731)-Radjabov,T (2748) Plovdiv 2010,
Black still had some difficulties to solve but eventually he managed hold the
draw.}) 13. Rfc1 Be4 14. Be1 e6 15. Bf1 c5 $11 {1-0 (41) Nikolic,P (2645)
-Svidler,P (2630) Ter Apel 1996, Black lost the game later on, but not because
of the opening. He equalised pretty comfortably here.}) 11... cxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3
(12... Ndf6 13. Na4 $5 {and now the black knights are redundant and he hasn't
fully equalised yet.}) 13. Bxc3 Qb6 (13... Nf6 14. Rfc1 {is still a little bit
uncomfortable for Black.}) 14. Rfc1 Rfc8 15. Ne1 e5 $6 {An aggressive approach
trying to equalise right away, but perhaps it was objectively better to play ..
.Nf6 with clear equality.} (15... Nf6 $11) 16. dxe5 Rxc3 17. Rxc3 Bxe5 18. Rac1
Bxc3 19. Rxc3 d4 20. exd4 Qxd4 21. Bxb7 Qxc3 22. Bxa8 Ne5 $6 {Black has
sacrificed a pawn, and now in order to get compensation he has to play very
accurately. That's why it was maybe more practical to play 15...Nf6. Now he
has only one path to equality, once again with 22...Nf6.} (22... Nf6 $1 23. Kg2
Bb1 $1 $44 {and here White can't make progress very easily while Black's
pieces here are very active. One variation can go like this:} 24. Nf3 Qc8 $3 {
This is why it is not good for Black to trade the knights. Now the bishop on
a8 is short on squares.} 25. Qb2 Bf5 $1 26. Qxf6 Qxa8 27. Qc3 Be6 $11 {Black
has very good compensation thanks to a vey strong light-squared bishop and
White not having an easy way to break through.}) 23. Kg2 h5 (23... Bb1 24. Nf3
Nxf3 25. Bxf3 Qa1 $6 26. Qe1 Qxa2 27. Qe8+ Kg7 28. Bd5 $18 {This shows how
important the knight on f6 would be.}) 24. Nf3 $6 {Now it's Vidit's turn to
make an inaccuracy. I'm pretty sure he missed Black's next move.} (24. Be4 $16
{is simply up a pawn without much compensation as far as I can see.}) 24... Qc8
$1 25. Kg1 Bh3 $1 (25... Qxa8 26. Nxe5 a4 {also might be ok for Black.}) 26.
Qxe5 Qxa8 27. Ne1 Qa6 28. Qe8+ Kg7 29. Ng2 g5 $2 {This move is too weakening
and definitely unnecessary, and almost lost the game for Svidler as his king
became much more exposed, even though it's not so obvious right now.} (29...
Qd3 30. Qe1 Qd4 31. Nf4 Bg4 $44 {is still full compensation according to the
computer.}) 30. Qe5+ f6 31. Qe7+ Kg6 32. Qe4+ Kg7 33. Ne3 {Now White
consolidates since ...Qe2 fails to Nf5+.} Qc8 34. Qc2 Qb7 35. Qd1 (35. Qc4 {
might be a bit more accurate according to the computer, but here in time
pressure it's very hard to criticise the players for making subtle
inaccuracies.}) 35... Qe4 $6 {This just doesn't work out.} (35... Qb4 $3 {
would be very strong here but it's very hard to find this move in time
pressure.}) (35... Kg6 {Even this would be more solid than ...Qe4.}) 36. Qxh5
Qb1+ 37. Qd1 Qxa2 38. g4 {Maybe Svidler missed this. Now this should be
winning for White.} Qb2 39. Nf5+ $2 {This is a mistake.} (39. f3 Qe5 40. Qd3
$18 {is a win in the long run.}) (39. f4 $5 {is also interesting but almost
impossible to play in time pressure.}) 39... Kg6 40. Nd6 Kh6 (40... Kg7 {
is a little bit more accurate.}) 41. Nf5+ (41. Nc4 Qc3 42. Ne3 {maybe gave
more winning chances. But this again, is extremely hard.}) 41... Kg6 42. Ng3
Kg7 43. Nf1 Qe5 44. Ne3 Qc5 $2 (44... Qb2 {would allow White to transpose into
the previous winning position on move 39.} 45. f3) (44... Qc3 $1 {would be
very strong though, not allowing White to play f3 and activate his king, and
also not allow White to activate his queen. This is close to equal. White's
only winning try here is...} 45. Nf5+ Kg6 46. f3 Qc5+ 47. Nd4 f5 $1 {But now
Black is in time to get sufficient counterplay and should equalise.} 48. Qd3
Kh6 $1 49. gxf5 Bxf5 50. Qe3 Bh3 51. f4 Bg4 52. fxg5+ Qxg5 $11) 45. Qd2 $18 {
Suddenly White is winning again since he can play f3 next move and consolidate
and then the bishop on h3 gets in trouble.} Qa3 $6 (45... Qe5 46. f3 Kg6 47.
Qd3+ Kf7 48. Qh7+ Ke6 49. Qa7 Qb5 {is lost for Black in the long run but would
be a little bit more tenacious.}) 46. Qc3 a4 47. Nf5+ Kf8 $5 {A very good
practical chance, challenging White to find the tricky study-like win.} (47...
Kg6 48. Qxh3 {Threatening mate on h5.} Qc1+ 49. Kg2 Qc6+ 50. Qf3 Qxf3+ 51. Kxf3
axb3 52. Ne7+ Kf7 53. Nd5 b2 54. Nc3 $18 {is a forced line which is very easy
to calculate for grandmasters at this level.}) 48. Qc8+ (48. Qxf6+ Ke8 49. Qh8+
Kd7 50. Qd4+ Kc7 51. Qc3+ Kd7 52. Qd3+ Kc7 53. Qxh3 axb3 54. Qc3+ {is also
winning for White.}) 48... Kf7 49. Qd7+ Kf8 50. Qd8+ Kf7 51. Qd7+ $6 {This is
still not a decisive mistake since he can return to the winning position but
it's already a step in the wrong direction.} (51. Nd6+ $1 {was a study win
that Vidit missed.} Ke6 (51... Kg6 52. Qg8+ Kh6 53. Nf5# $18) (51... Kg7 52.
Qe7+ Kg8 53. Qf7+ Kh8 54. Qxf6+ {This is easy to see that it's a mop-up.} Kh7
55. Qf7+ Kh8 56. Qh5+ Kg7 57. Qxg5+ Kh8 (57... Kh7 58. Qh5+ Kg8 (58... Kg7 59.
Nf5+ Kf6 60. Qh8+ Kf7 61. Qxh3 axb3 62. Qc3 Qa2 63. Qc7+ $18) 59. Qg6+ Kh8 60.
Nf7#) 58. Qh6+) 52. Qg8+ $1 {This is the move that probably Vidit missed,
though I might be wrong. Amazingly enough Black loses his queen in every line
now. He might only have seen Qe8+ which doesn't win because of ...Kd5!} (52.
Qe8+ $2 Kd5) 52... Ke7 (52... Kxd6 53. Qf8+) (52... Kd7 53. Qe8+ Kc7 54. Qc8+
Kb6 55. Nc4+) (52... Ke5 53. Nc4+) 53. Qe8+ Kxd6 54. Qf8+) (51. Qc7+ Kf8 52.
Qb8+ (52. Qc3 Bxg4 53. Qxf6+ Ke8 54. Qe5+ {also wins but is more complicated})
52... Kf7 53. Nd6+ {would also transpose into the same lines and therefore
keep the win.}) 51... Kf8 52. Qg7+ $4 ({It i still not too late to return to} 
52. Qd8+ Kf7 53. Nd6+) 52... Ke8 53. Qh8+ Kd7 54. Qh7+ Kd8 55. Qh8+ Kd7 56.
Qh7+ Kd8 57. Qg8+ Kc7 58. Qf7+ Kb8 59. Qg8+ Kc7 60. Qc4+ Kb8 61. Qb5+ Kc7 62.
Qa5+ Kb7 63. Qd5+ Kc7 64. Qc4+ Kb8 65. Qg8+ {A great save for Svidler and that
completed an amazing comeback by Russia, who had also been in a difficult
position with Black on boards 3 and 4. At least tomorrow's match will be very
intriguing as Russia will try to win against the 2016 Olympiad Gold Medal
Winners, United States, and China will try to overcome a very strong Polish
Team which is also playing great in the World Team Championship and is
currently in 3rd place. In fact theoretically, Poland might even have a chance
to win the World Team Championship if they beat China and Russia doesn't win
against the United States.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 c6 {The eternal
problem for White: how to prove anything concrete in the symmetrical Gruenfeld?
} 7. Ne5 {By far not the main line, but not really new either. Besides, it has
been tried by Kramnik a couple of times before this game.} Be6 {Deviating from
his opponent's previous games with this line:} (7... Ne4 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3
dxc4 10. Nxc4 Be6 11. Qd3 {White's centre looks impressive so far but as so
many times in this opening Black's piece pressure should be enough to keep the
balance even.} Nd7 12. Rd1 Nb6 13. Na5 {White avoids exchanges in order to
give meaning to his space advantage.} Qd7 14. c4 {In view of the
recommendation on the next move, this may be premature.} Rad8 ({Now was a good
time for throwing the pawns into the fight with:} 14... c5 $11) 15. Be3 Qc7 $6
{Once again refraining from the thematic break. In Kramnik,V (2812)-So,W (2770)
Paris (rapid) 2016 (½-½, 56) White could have retained an advantage with} 16.
Rac1 $16 {getting out of the unpleasant pin and thus stabilising the centre.})
(7... Nbd7 8. Nc3 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Ne4 10. cxd5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 cxd5 12. f4 Be6 13.
Be3 f6 14. Qb3 {White has managed to obtain some initiative, but will fail to
convert it into anything palpable.} fxe5 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5
Kh8 18. fxe5 Rxf1+ 19. Kxf1 e6 20. Rd3 Qc6 {Kramnik,V (2810)-Ding,L (2764)
Novi Sad 2016 (½-½, 37) and Black gradually neutralised White's initiative.})
8. cxd5 Bxd5 {Switching to the genuine Grünfeld spirit, with piece pressure
against White's centre.} (8... cxd5 9. Nc3 {trasposes to a somewhat uusual
version of the Exchange variation. The bishop typically does not land on e6.}
Nc6 (9... Nfd7 $6 {Arkell,K (2450)-Fernandez,D (2450) Crawley e2e4 Gatwick op
10 2016 (9) 1/2} 10. Nxd5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Qb3 $36) (9...
Nbd7 10. Nd3 Nb6 11. Nc5 Qc8 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. Qd3 $14 {Pedersen,N (2417)
-Kristensen,K (2244) Ballerup 2009 (1-0, 40) White's bishop pair offers him
some advantage, probably something Kramnik would have been delighted to make
use of. Besides, the knight does not stand too well on b6.}) 10. Nxc6 bxc6 {
In fact this position has been reached in numerous games, but most of them via
a different move order (7.cxd5). But still it is not Black's main line,
meaning that for White reaching here would be a small success.}) 9. Nc3 {
Aiming for rapid development.} ({The main alternative is} 9. Bh3 {trying to
prove that the central bishop is exposed. It is interesting mentioning that
Kasparov had played this position with both colours!} Nfd7 ({With Black,
Kasparov tried} 9... c5 10. dxc5 Ne4 11. Nd3 Na6 12. Be3 Bc6 {Speelman,J (2645)
-Kasparov,G (2760) Reykjavik 1988 (½-½, 17)} 13. Na3 $16 {This game might
have inspired Kasparov to try the line with White many years later, but the
opening wasn't a big success for him that time either.}) 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nc3
Bc4 12. b3 Ba6 13. Bb2 e5 14. d5 cxd5 15. Qxd5 Nf6 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 $11 {
Kasparov,G (2830)-Belzberg,S London 2003 (1-0, 28)}) 9... Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Nbd7 {
This not only prepares ...c6-c5 but also puts pressure on the central knight.
On the other hand, if Black does not find a favourable moment for playing ...
Nxe5 his knight will be hanging slightly.} ({The alternative is} 10... Na6 11.
Nf3 ({I do not understand this willing retreat from the centre especially that
the knight is not exposed to an exchange. The consolidating} 11. f4 {deserves
attention:} e6 12. e4 c5 13. Be3 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Ng4 {Otherwise White would
simply retain active play.} 15. Nxg4 Bxd4 16. e5 {with some chances to
endanger the enemy king.}) 11... c5 12. d5 b5 {Wen,Y (2611)-Xu,M (2305) Wuxi
2016 (1-0, 33) with excellent black counterplay.}) 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Rd1 Qxb3
$146 {This looks like a small concession as it clears the a-file for the white
rook and allows a later b3-b4, stabilising the queenside. But I have failed to
prove this move objectively wrong.} ({The main alternative I analysed is} 12...
Rad8 13. Nd3 Nd5 14. e4 (14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Qxd5 Ne5 $11) 14... Nc7 15. Be3 Qxb3
{Necessary already in order to prepare the counterplay in the centre.} 16. axb3
a6 17. b4 f5 $132) ({Previously only} 12... e6 {was tried.} 13. Bf4 ({
Apparently not the most effective.} 13. Nc4 Qa6 14. e4 {or}) (13. e4 c5 14.
Nxd7 Nxd7 15. d5 {may be more active.}) 13... Rfd8 ({Too mild. Black should
have used the fact that after} 13... Nxe5 {14.dxe5 Ng4 the e5-pawn is hanging,
while after} 14. Bxe5 Qxb3 15. axb3 Rfd8 {Black would have little to fear due
to the exchange of one knight.}) 14. Nc4 Qa6 15. a4 Nd5 16. Bg5 N7f6 17. e4
Nxc3 18. bxc3 $14 {Palachev,P (2370)-Bocharov,I (2534) Moscow 2018 (½-½, 64)}
) 13. axb3 Rfc8 ({I would find it more appropriate setting up pressure along
the d-file with} 13... Rfd8 {when White's slight delay in development may
count.} 14. Nc4 ({If} 14. f4 Nd5 {the immediate threat is ...Nxc3 followed by .
..Nxe5 winning a pawn while otherwise Blck may consider ...f7-f5.}) 14... Nf8 {
followed by ...Ne6. For instance:} 15. e4 Ne6 16. d5 cxd5 17. exd5 Nc7 18. d6
exd6 19. Nxd6 b6 {and White's initiative has reached a dead end.}) 14. f4 ({
I would consider preveting ...c6-c5 with} 14. b4 {for instance} Nf8 {[%cal
Gf6d5]} 15. e4 Rd8 16. Be3 Ne6 17. f4 $14 {But Kramnik probably wanted to gain
a tempo for his kingside initiative over this line, considering that ...c6-c5
would play into his hands.}) 14... c5 (14... Nf8 15. e4 Ne6 16. Be3 $14 {
is even better for White than in the line above; for instance} Rd8 17. Kf3 Nc7
18. g4) 15. Be3 cxd4 (15... b6 16. Kf3 $14) 16. Rxd4 $1 {The only way to
maintain the initiative.} (16. Bxd4 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Ng4 $11) 16... Nxe5 17. fxe5
Ne8 18. Rd7 Rc7 $2 ({Hard to say whether Svidler blundered by missing
Kramnik's reply or underestimated his chances after the natural} 18... Bxe5 19.
Rxe7 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rxc3 21. Rxa7 Rxe3 22. Rxe3 Rxa7 23. Rxe8+ Kg7 24. Re7 Kf6
25. Rc7 {In principle White is better, but Black should draw without major
problems. The most accurate way would be} h5 {Before abandoning the pawn,
Black makes maximal kingside progress.} 26. h4 Ke6 27. b4 f6 28. b5 Kf5 29. b6
Ra3 30. Kh3 (30. Rxb7 Kg4 $11) 30... Re3 31. Rxb7 Rxe2 $11) 19. Rxa7 $1 $16 Rb8
(19... Rxa7 20. Rd8 Kf8 21. Bxa7 Rc6 (21... Bxe5 22. Bb8 Rc5 23. b4 $18) 22.
Bd4 $16) (19... Rxd7 20. Rxa8 Kf8 21. Nb5 $18 {Black is paralyzed and will
soon be in Zugzwang for if} Bxe5 22. Bh6+) 20. Rd5 b6 ({Another mysterious
move. Good or bad, Black should have gained some breathing space with} 20... f5
) 21. Nb5 Rxa7 22. Nxa7 Kf8 23. Rd7 Ra8 (23... Bxe5 24. Nc6 $18) 24. Bd4 (24.
Bd4 {Svidler probably had enough of it already. But since he is not
immediately losing, this reminds me of an old episode: when asking a friend of
mine why he resigned his game, he answered: "It was too dangerous to play on."
For the truth's sake, Svidler had virtually no chance to save the game:} f6 25.
Bxb6 fxe5 26. Bc5 Bf6 27. b4 Kf7 28. b5 Ke6 29. Rd1 Nd6 30. b6 Nb7 31. Nb5 Rd8
32. Nc7+ Kf7 (32... Kf5 33. Rxd8 Nxd8 34. g4+ Kxg4 35. Ne6 Nb7 36. e4 Kh5 37.
Be3 g5 38. Nc5 $18) 33. Rxd8 Nxd8 34. Kf3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 c6 5. b3 ({The standard way of reaching
the game tabyia is} 5. d4 d5 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Bf5 8. b3 Ne4 9. Bb2) 5... Ne4
6. d4 d5 7. O-O O-O 8. Bb2 Bf5 9. Nbd2 ({The usual treatment of this position
is} 9. Nc3 {but in a recent game White failed to get an advantage and even
passed through a dangerous moment:} a5 10. e3 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Nd7 $5 {An
interesting approach. Black refrains from the "obvious" ...Be4 reckoning with
the fact that the bishop will be exposed in the centre.} (11... Be4 12. Qe2 Nd7
13. Rfc1 Nf6 14. Bf1 {This is the standard regrouping which I had learned a
long time ago from Predrag Nikolic' games.} Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Ne4 16. Be1 e5 17.
dxe5 Bxe5 18. Rab1 Qd6 19. Rc2 Qe6 20. Bg2 f5 21. cxd5 Qxd5 22. Rd1 Qf7 23. Qe2
$14 {[%csl Ge1,Gg2]} a4 $6 {Marin,M (2580)-Bluebaum,M (2588) Medias 2015 (1/
2-1/2, 33)} 24. b4 $1) 12. Qe2 Qb6 13. Rfc1 Rfc8 14. h3 Be4 15. Ng5 Bxg2 16.
Kxg2 Nf6 17. Rab1 Qa6 18. a4 h6 19. Nf3 Ne4 20. Be1 e6 21. Rc2 b6 22. Rbc1 c5
23. Qd1 $2 dxc4 24. Rxc4 Qb7 25. dxc5 Rxc5 26. b4 {Meier,G (2648)-Paehtz,E 
(2459) Douglas 2016 (½-½, 31)} Rxc4 27. Rxc4 b5 $1 $17) 9... Qa5 {The queen
incursion is aimed at inducing White to take on e4, which would spare Black a
couple of tempi with respect to Nikolic' plan.} (9... Nd7 10. Nh4 Nxd2 11. Qxd2
Be6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bh3 14. Rfe1 e6 15. Nf3 (15. Bh1 {Portisch,L-Pachman,
L Moscow 1967 MCL [Dolmatov] (1-0, 40)}) 15... Nf6 16. Bc2 Bf5 17. Ne5 Bxc2 18.
Qxc2 Qa5 19. a4 Rad8 20. b4 Qc7 21. b5 Nd7 22. Nf3 Rc8 23. Rac1 Rfd8 {Giri,A 
(2768)-Kramnik,V (2769) London 2014 (1/2-1/2, 61). Black's regrouping proved
flexible enough to maintain approximate equality.}) 10. e3 (10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11.
Qc1 $5 {is not without venom.} Nd7 12. Rd1 e6 13. Bf1 Bxf3 (13... Rad8 14. Nd2
Bf5 15. Bg2 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Nf3 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Rc8 20. Qd2
Qxd2 21. Rxd2 Be4 22. Bg2 $14) 14. exf3 dxc4 15. bxc4 Nb6 {(1-0, 30) Pelletier,
Y (2601)-Cornette,M (2557) Cap d'Agde 2012 CBM 151 [Pelletier]}) (10. a3 {
is a natural reaction to Black's last move but White usually does not hurry
with b3-b4, since this weakens the queenside slightly. The main idea is
keeping this threat in reserve.} Nd7 11. Rc1 Rfc8 12. Nxe4 (12. e3 Ndf6 13. h3
Nxd2 14. Nxd2 Ne4 15. b4 Qd8 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qc2 f5 19. Rfd1 e6
{Nepomniachtchi,I (2714)-Dominguez Perez,L (2726) Beijing 2014 (½-½, 43),
with viable play for Black.}) 12... Bxe4 13. Bh3 Bxf3 14. Bxd7 Rd8 15. b4 Qc7
16. Bh3 Be4 17. c5 a5 18. f3 Bf5 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. e3 Qd7 21. Bc3 axb4 22. Bxb4
(22. axb4 Ra3 {[%cal Gd8a8]}) 22... e5 {Karjakin,S (2782)-Kramnik,V (2803)
Moscow 2013 (1-0, 53) The mutual weaknesses cancel each other out.}) 10... Nd7
11. Qe2 (11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Qe2 {really means playing a couple of tempi down.
Here is a game of the classical expert:} Rad8 13. Rfc1 Rfe8 14. Bc3 Qa6 15. Bf1
dxc4 16. bxc4 {Nikolic,P (2661)-Dorfman,J (2617) Germany 2003 (1/2-1/2, 16)} e5
$132) (11. Re1 {Shengelia,D (2525)-Kratschmer,H (2090) Oberwart 2005 (1-0, 54)}
Ndc5 12. Bf1 Rfd8 $36) 11... Rfe8 {Obviously planning ...e7-e5 in the near
future.} (11... Rad8 {, defending the knight, would have avoided the game
complications... but it would have been a pity, wouldn't it?}) 12. Nxe4 {
This is logical only in connection with the next move, based on the fact that
the d7-knight is hanging. But is it really?!} Bxe4 13. Bh3 $146 {An
improvement over a blunder between low rated players and a deviation from
Nikolic' plan.} (13. Ne5 $2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nxe5 15. dxe5 dxc4 $17 {[%csl Ge5]
Smolyaninov,S (1807)-Vyaznikov,S (2280) Tambov 2014 (0-1, 34)}) 13... dxc4 $3 {
A fantastic way of changing the natural course of the game. Black clears the
fifth rank in order to include his queen in the attack.} ({Grischuk might have
expected} 13... Rad8 {but things are not entirely clear here either:} 14. Ng5 (
14. cxd5 cxd5 $2 15. Nh4 $1 $16) (14. Nh4 $6 dxc4 15. bxc4 Nc5 $1 $132 {
[%cal Gc5a4,Ge4d3]} 16. dxc5 $2 Bd3) 14... e5 15. f3 Bf5 16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. f4
h6 18. Nxf7 $5 (18. Nf3 exd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Nf6) 18... Kxf7 19. fxe5
Kg8 20. Rxf5 Nf8 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Gf8e6,Ge6g5] with obvious compensation for
White but possibly not more.}) 14. Bxd7 (14. bxc4 Qh5 15. Bg2 (15. Bxd7 Bxf3
16. Qd3 Rad8 $1 $19 {traps the bishop}) 15... b5 $1 (15... e5 $5) 16. Rfc1 (16.
cxb5 cxb5 $15 {[%cal Gh5d5]}) 16... Rab8 17. cxb5 Rxb5 $36) 14... Qh5 15. g4 (
15. Kg2 {allows Black to build up a slow but lethal attack.} Red8 16. Bh3 Rd6 {
[%cal Gd6f6]} 17. Rfc1 (17. Ba3 Rf6 18. g4 Qh6 $1 $19 {avoids the pin after
Bxe7.}) (17. g4 Qh4 18. Ba3 {is more restrictive but insufficient} Rf6 19. Bxe7
Rxf3 20. Bxh4 Rxe3+ 21. Kg1 Rxe2 $19) 17... g5 $1 {[%cal Gd6h6]} (17... Rf6 18.
Kg1 Bxf3 19. Qf1 $17) 18. g4 Qh4 $19) (15. Bxe8 {surely looks dangerous but it
is far from clear if Black has more than adequate compensation or a draw by
repetition?} Bxf3 16. Qxc4 Rxe8 (16... Qh3 $4 17. Qxf7+ Kh8 18. Qxf3 $18) 17.
Rfe1 (17. Rfc1 Bd5 {[%cal Gh5f3]}) 17... Rd8 {[%cal Gd8d5,Rd8d6]} (17... Bd5
18. Qe2 $1) 18. Ba3 Rd5 {[%cal Gh5h2]} 19. Qf1 Qg4 20. Bxe7 Rh5 21. Rac1 Rh3
22. Rc5 Be4 23. Qe2 Bf3 $11) 15... Qh3 16. Ne1 Bd3 $1 17. Nxd3 cxd3 18. Qxd3
Rad8 (18... Red8 {is worse since in similar lines as in the game the a8-rook
would be hanging, preventing the other rook's lift.}) 19. Bxc6 {Quite
ambitious.} (19. Bxe8 {would mean accepting an immediate draw.} Qxg4+ 20. Kh1
Qf3+ 21. Kg1) 19... bxc6 20. Qe4 c5 21. Rad1 ({From the practical point of
view it was better to force Black into taking a decision in the centre at once?
} 21. Rac1 {[%cal Gc1c5]} cxd4 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. exd4 Rd6 {The weak Isolani
and the exposed king offer Black excellent compensation but chances remain
balanced.}) 21... h5 $5 {Since nothing is threatening on the queenside, Black
continues his kingside attack.} 22. gxh5 $6 {This weakens the king and the
structure too much.} (22. g5 {was safer:} e6 $1 {[%cal Gd8d5]} 23. Rd3 Rd5 24.
f4 cxd4 25. Bxd4 Red8 $44 {[%csl Rd4,Rg1]}) 22... Qxh5 23. f4 $6 {Probably
overlooking the next move.} ({But play remains pleasant for Black after} 23.
Rd2 e6 24. Rfd1 Rd5 $36) 23... Qe2 $1 24. Ba1 $6 (24. f5 $5 {was the best
chance to retain some counterplay.} Rd6 (24... Qxb2 $6 25. fxg6 {leads to
perpetual}) 25. Ba3 Bxd4 26. Rde1 Qxa2 $36) (24. Ba3 $6 cxd4 25. f5 Qxe3+ $17)
24... cxd4 25. Rde1 (25. Bxd4 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Qxd4 Rc8 {[%cal Gc8c2]
forces} 28. Qd1 $8 Qxe3+) 25... Qg4+ 26. Qg2 (26. Kh1 d3 $17) 26... Qxg2+ 27.
Kxg2 dxe3 {The ending is joyless for White.} 28. Re2 (28. Rxe3 Rd2+ {[%csl Ga2]
}) (28. Bxg7 Rd2+ $1 29. Kf3 Kxg7 $17) 28... Bxa1 (28... Rd2 $5 29. Kf3 Red8
30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Kxe3 (31. Ra1 Rxe2 32. Kxe2 Rd2+ 33. Kxe3 Rxh2 $17) 31...
R8d3+ 32. Kf2 Rxe2+ 33. Kxe2 Rh3 34. Rf2 Kf6 $17) 29. Rxa1 e5 30. fxe5 Rxe5 31.
Rae1 Kg7 32. Kg3 ({Possibly the last moment when White had chances for a draw.
} 32. Rxe3 $1 Rxe3 33. Rxe3 Rd2+ 34. Kg3 Rxa2 $17 {Without the queenside pawns
the ending would be objectively drawn but hard to defend in practice. With the
additional pawns, the position requires some additional accuracy.} 35. Re7 Kf6
36. Rb7 Ke6 37. b4 f5 38. h4 Ra3+ 39. Kg2 (39. Kf4 $2 Kf6 $1 40. Rc7 Rh3 41.
Rc6+ Kg7 42. Kg5 Rg3+ 43. Kf4 Rg4+)) 32... Rde8 33. h3 (33. Kf4 Kf6 34. Rxe3 $2
g5+ $1 35. Kf3 g4+ 36. Kf4 Rxe3 37. Rxe3 Rxe3 38. Kxe3 Ke5 39. b4 f5 40. a4 f4+
41. Kd3 Kd5 $19 {[%csl Ga4,Gb4]}) 33... f5 34. Kf3 $2 {Just offering Black
some tempi.} (34. Rc1 {seeking some counterplay was essential.}) 34... Rh8 $1
35. Kg3 g5 36. Rh2 (36. Rxe3 $2 f4+) 36... f4+ 37. Kf3 Kf6 38. Rc1 Kf5 (38...
Kf5 39. b4 Rxh3+ $5 40. Rxh3 g4+ 41. Kg2 gxh3+ 42. Kxh3 Ke4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.03.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qa4 $5 {If White intends
to avoid the symmetrical position arising after the exchange on d5, he usually
defends his c-pawn with 6.b3 or 6.Qb3. However, the game move has also been
played and could simply transpose to 6.Qb3 if Black captures on c4.} O-O 7. O-O
Bf5 ({Black takes advantage of the lack of pressure against the b7-pawn to
take the important e4-square under control. The attempt to take advantage of
the queen's placement on a4 with} 7... Nbd7 {fails to equalize completely, for
instance} 8. cxd5 Nb6 9. Qa3 cxd5 ({Now,} 9... Nfxd5 {would be met by} 10. e4
Nc7 11. Nc3 {, consolidating White's advantage of space.}) 10. Nc3 Nc4 11. Qb4
e6 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Ne5 Bf8 14. Qb3 Nd6 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Rfd1 Nf5 {Black has
moved arond with thisknight quite a lot. Little wonder that White's
development is superior, allowing him obtain a strong initiative with} 17. e4 {
, Portisch-Ivkov, Petropolis Interzonal 1973.}) 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. cxd5 Nb6 10. Qb3
Nfxd5 {Black has not managed to put White's central pawn under pressure, but
his development is acceptable and the thematical advance e2-e4 quite difficult
to carry out. A typcal position for the Grünfeld.} 11. Rd1 Qd6 12. Bd2 Nxc3 13.
Bxc3 Qe6 14. d5 {Under different circumstances (a better development for White)
, such a pawn break would be advantageous, but here it will just lead to
simplifications.} cxd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nd4 Qf6 17. Nxf5+ Qxf5 18. a4 Rfd8 19.
a5 Nc4 20. Qxb7 e6 21. e4 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Qe5 23. Bg2 Nxa5 24. Qxa8 Rxa8 25. Bxa8
Qe2 26. Re1 Qd2 27. Red1 Qe2 28. Re1 Qd2 29. Red1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.14"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Jianu, Vlad Cristian"]
[Black "Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Brazil"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BRA"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. d4 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. bxc4
c5 9. Bb2 Qb6 10. Qb3 Ne4 11. e3 Nc6 12. Ne5 Ng5 $5 $146 {A novelty in
over-the-board games, but it has been already tried twice in correspondence
games.} (12... Nd6 {is the common move here, played in almost all the games so
far. Now White could keep a slight pressure following the main line:} 13. Nxc6
bxc6 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nd2 {=/+/= White keeps the upper hand
with Rfc1, some Qb2 or Qc3+ followed by Nb3. In many games, White had a slight
annoying initiative on the Q-side. I thought an option would be to go deeper
into this position, but it felt like it was always somewhat difficult for
Black. Thus, I invested my time in preparing this new 12...Ng5!? idea.}) 13.
Nxc6 (13. f4 $5 {is the main alternative to the game} Nh3+ (13... Ne6 $2 14. d5
$16) 14. Kh1 cxd4 15. exd4 Rd8 $13 {with a complicated position} 16. d5 $4 {
is sort of a weak move, I would say:} Qg1+ $1 17. Rxg1 Nf2# {not a bad finish!}
) (13. h4 Ne6 $1 {because here White does not have d5 (as compared to the 13.
f4 line).}) 13... bxc6 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Bxc6 Ra7 16. Nd2 {This is the most
logical move, and the one I spent more time worrying about during my
preparation.} (16. a4 $5 {This weird move was seen in both of these
aforementioned games. The idea is to avoid Ra4 in some lines (after a possible
Nc3-Nb5)} Bh3 {feels like the most logical way to activate. The other game was
strange} 17. Rc1 Rc8 $44 {1/2-1/2 (48) Chazalette,J (2291)-Querci,A (2320)
ICCF 2011; and Black has a nice compensation.}) 16... Rd8 17. Nb3 Rc7 18. Bg2 {
Now I have to admit I was pretty excited about being able to play this Ng5,
and to have a huge time advantage by now, in such an important game, as the
last round of the Olympiad. We had 14 points out of 20, and a win would mean
the best result ever for our team. I remembered from my analysis that Black
was fine here, but I blitzed the following 2 moves out of memory, a huge
mistake!} cxd4 (18... Nh3+ $1 19. Kh1 (19. Bxh3 $6 Bxh3 20. Rfc1 Rdc8 $15 {
it's the kind of position I was looking for - soon getting the P back, and
already slightly better, because of the B pair, and the weaknesses around the
white K}) 19... cxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 $5 (20... Rxc4 21. Bxb6 Rd6 {This was the
line I remembered very clearly, but during the game I forgot to play 18...
Nh3+. Yes, it is a huge mistake to focus on remembering and not understanding
or double-checking things during the game} 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 e5 $44 {
followed by Rc2}) 21. Nxd4 e5 22. Nf3 (22. Nc6 $6 Rd2 $1 $15) 22... Rxc4 $13 {
with a complex position, but looking preferable for Black already}) 19. Bxd4
Rxc4 $2 {Now with the N still on g5, it is different. White is able to hold
his additional P.} (19... Bxd4 {would still be similar to the analysis above}
20. Nxd4 Nh3+ 21. Bxh3 Bxh3 22. Rfb1 Rxc4 23. Rxb6 e5 $44 {way better than the
endgame I reached. Here Black is clearly without problems, since the a-P is a
real target, and the K weakness could also play an important role.}) 20. Bxb6
Rd6 21. Rac1 $1 {Suddenly I started to realise I had made a mistake mixing
moves. But I also felt it wouldn't be easy for him, since I would be able to
get the B-pair (in worse conditions, but still, Black is able to put up strong
resistance).} Nh3+ 22. Bxh3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bxh3 24. Bc5 Ra6 25. a3 $1 {Here I
planned on bringing my K closer to the centre first of all. Since it is not
clear how White will advance his a-P.} (25. Bxe7 Rxa2 $14 {would have made my
life easier.}) 25... Kf8 (25... Bb2 $6 {going after the poisoned P is not a
good idea} 26. Rb1 Bxa3 $4 27. Ra1 $1 Be6 28. Nd4 $18) 26. Nd4 Bd7 27. f3 Ke8
28. Kf2 Ra8 29. Bb4 {I felt my opponent was playing very precisely, and was
ready to squeeze me in this endgame. I wasn't really sure what my plan was - I
didn't want to play ...e5, since giving up these central squares could be
trouble for me. I considered exchanging Rs, but I could do it later If I had
to. So probably I was going to wait and see what his intentions were.} h5 (
29... Bxd4 30. exd4 Rc8 31. Bc5 Bc6 $14 {was possible, but I thought there was
no rush for me to give my B-pair away. And this position also seemed like
potential long suffering for me, so I decided not to go for any direct actions.
I also noticed it wouldn't be too easy to activate my R here, and also when
White plays Re1, I will be forced to play e6, leaving many weak dark-squares 
(allowing a K invasion at some point).}) 30. Nb3 Ba4 (30... Bb2 {at first I
didn't understand why I couldn't take on a3} 31. Rb1 Bxa3 $4 32. Ra1 Rb8 33.
Rxa3 $1 {but then it was clear I had to be careful once again} Rxb4 34. Ra8+
$18) 31. Nc5 (31. Nd2 $5 {threatening Rc7} Bd7 32. Rc5 {maybe bringing the N
to c4, and trying to create some additional pressure?} Rc8 $5 {now it could be
a good time to exchange the Rs} 33. Nb3 Rxc5 34. Nxc5 Bc6 {here White could
choose not to push his P right now, but then it looks hard to make any progress
} 35. a4 (35. Nd3 Kd7 36. e4 Bd4+ 37. Ke2 Bb5 $132) 35... Be5 36. a5 Bd6 $1 {
using a nice tactical idea} 37. Nd3 Bb5 $1 38. Bxd6 Bxd3 $11) 31... Rc8 32. Nb3
Ra8 33. Nc5 Rc8 34. Nb3 Ra8 {I was happy to claim the 3-fold repetition, and
also felt slightly confused as to whether my opponent had just forgotten about
it or felt he had no chances to push harder. In any case, we ended up drawing
this match against the strong Romanian team, finishing the Oolympiad in 22nd
place, overall a great result for Brazil!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 23rd"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 c6 5. b3 {A very flexible and good plan to
fight against the Grünfeld.} Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 {A flexible move, if
he plays 8.d3, now I want to play Nbd7 followed by ...e5.} 8. d4 Ne4 $6 (8...
Bf5 $5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. e3 b5 {is an interesting plan.}) 9. Nbd2 Bf5 (9... Nxd2
10. Qxd2 Nd7 11. cxd5 $5 {similar to the game, White gets some initiative on
the queenside.} cxd5 12. Rac1 $14) 10. Nh4 $1 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 {Suddenly Black is
already facing some problems.} Be6 12. Rfc1 (12. f4 $1 $146 Qd7 (12... f5 13.
g4 $1 fxg4 14. f5 gxf5 15. Nxf5 $16) (12... dxc4 $6 13. f5 $1 $16) 13. e4 $5 (
13. f5 {maybe it is too early for this} Bxf5 14. Nxf5 gxf5 15. g4 (15. Bh3 e6
16. g4 fxg4 17. Bxg4 Kh8 {also looks fine for Black}) 15... fxg4 16. Qg5 e6 {
and Black is in time to build a wall on the light squares with the pawns} 17.
Qxg4 f5 $13 {followed by ...Kh8}) (13. Rae1 Na6 14. e4 dxe4 15. Rxe4 Rad8 16.
Nf3 $36) 13... dxe4 14. Bxe4 Bh3 15. Rf2 Na6 16. Nf3 f6 17. Re1 $14 {with good
prospects for White.}) 12... Nd7 13. cxd5 {A typical reaction. After the black
knight develops to d7 or a6, cxd5 is always interesting for White, since c6
would be the ideal square for that knight in this kind of structure.} cxd5 14.
Nf3 Bf5 15. Qb4 Qb6 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Rc7 {White gets a small initiative, but
I was confident I would be able to neutralise it in some moves, since I don't
have any major weaknesses.} Rab8 18. Rac1 Bd7 (18... Na8 $5) 19. R7c5 (19. Ne5
$5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Bc6 {threatening ...Na8. Here I considered he could prepare
an exchange sacrifice on c6 after I play ...Na8, but I didn't feel like it
would be dangerous for me.} 21. e6 $5 {I missed this idea} (21. Bd4 Na8 22.
R7xc6 bxc6 23. Bxa7 Rb7 24. Bd4 Rc8 $13 {with a complicated endgame, Black has
to spend some moves to bring the a8-N into the game}) 21... f6 (21... Na8 22.
exf7+ Kxf7 23. R1xc6 bxc6 24. Rxc6 (24. Rxa7 Nb6 {threatening ...Ra8} 25. Bd4
Nc8 26. Rc7 Ra8 27. a4 Nd6 28. Rxc6 Ne4 {preparing Rec8}) 24... e6 $11 {
is fine for Black}) 22. Bd4 Na8 23. Rd7 $1 Bxd7 $2 24. exd7 Rf8 25. Bxd5+ Kg7
26. Bxa7 Rbd8 27. Be6 $18) 19... Red8 20. Ne5 Be8 {Now after e6-Bf8, I assumed
I shouldn't have any problems, since I would be bringing my last piece out of
play to help the queenside. The only remaining problem would be the awkward
knight on b6, but it shouldn't be such a big deal.} 21. f4 e6 22. Kf2 Bf8 23.
R5c3 Nc8 $1 24. g4 Nd6 $11 {After bringing my knight to an ideal d6-square, I
knew the position was fine. Anyway, my opponent continued to expand on the
kingside, trying to get some initiative, since I gave him many tempiin order
to re-organise my pieces.} 25. g5 h5 (25... h6 {would be more provocative} 26.
Ng4 hxg5 27. fxg5 Be7 28. h4 Nf5 {I didn't know how to evaluate this} 29. Nf6+
Kf8 $13 {and there are some moves like h5 or Rh1 to keep the position tense.})
26. R3c2 Rdc8 $6 {This helps White to re-gain the initiative by playing e4!
and activating the g2-bishop.} (26... a5 $1 {simply preparing ...a4 and ...Ra8
to create counterplay on the a-file. Naturally, if White himself plays a4,
then I'm ready to play ...b5.} 27. a4 $2 b5 $15) 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rxc8 Nxc8
29. e4 $1 $36 Nb6 {This is the ideal defence, threatening dxe4 and ...Nd5. The
only problem is to allow 30.f5, but I thought I could handle it.} (29... Ne7 {
wasn't really appealing for me} 30. Ba3 $5 dxe4 31. Bxe4 $5 (31. Bxe7 $5 Bxe7
32. Bxe4 b6 33. Bc6 Kf8 34. Bxe8 Kxe8 35. Ke3 $14 {I wasn't totally sure about
this kind of ending with Ke4 and d5 coming, it has to be slightly worse.} Bd6
36. Ke4 a6) 31... b6 $1 $14 (31... Nd5 $2 32. Bxf8 Kxf8 33. Bxd5 (33. f5 $5 Nc3
34. Bxb7 gxf5 35. a4 $16) 33... exd5 34. f5 $1 $16)) (29... dxe4 30. Bxe4 b6
31. d5 exd5 32. Bxd5 Bc5+ 33. Kf3 Ne7 34. Be4 {I felt like it would be always
somewhat annoying for Black to equalise if he activates everything like this.})
30. f5 $1 Bd6 (30... gxf5 {I didn't want to do this} 31. exf5 exf5 32. a4 $1
$44) 31. fxg6 (31. Bh3 $5 dxe4 (31... exf5 32. exf5 gxf5 33. Bxf5 $14 {would
always be better for White} Kg7) 32. fxg6 (32. fxe6 Nd5 33. exf7+ Bxf7 34. Bg2
e3+ $1 35. Ke1 Nf4 $132) 32... Bxe5 $1 33. dxe5 Nd5 $13 {there a lot to play
for, but Black is activating with ...Bc6 next} 34. gxf7+ Kxf7 35. Bc1 Bc6 36.
Kg3 Bb5 37. g6+ Kxg6 38. Bxe6 Bc6) (31. f6 {had me somewhat worried during the
game} dxe4 32. Bxe4 Nd5 {but Black should be fine after ...Bc6 on the next
move.}) (31. h4 $1) 31... fxg6 32. Bh3 Bf7 $1 (32... Bxe5 $2 33. dxe5 $1 {
now the Bxe6 threat is much more annoying:} (33. Bxe6+ $2 Bf7 34. Bxf7+ Kxf7
35. dxe5 Ke6 36. Ke3 Nd7 37. Kd4 dxe4 38. Kxe4 Nc5+ 39. Kd4 Nd7 $11) 33... Kf7
34. Bd4 $16 {with a horrible endgame for Black.}) 33. Ke3 dxe4 34. Kxe4 Nd5 35.
Bf1 Be8 36. h3 (36. Bc4 Kf8 {I wasn't in the mood to defend d5} (36... Nc7 $5)
37. Bxd5 exd5+ 38. Kxd5 Ke7 39. a4 {to avoid ...Bb5 later, but it doesn't
change the outcome of the game.} Bxe5 40. Kxe5 Bd7 41. Ba3+ Ke8 42. Kd6 Bf5 43.
Kc7 (43. b4 Kd8 $11) 43... Be4 $11 {and White can't make progress.}) 36... Kf8
37. Bd3 (37. Bc4 Ke7 {is slightly unnecessary, but also leads to a draw} (37...
Nc7 $11 {looks solid for Black}) 38. Bxd5 exd5+ 39. Kxd5 Bxe5 40. Ba3+ $5 (40.
Kxe5 Bb5 $11 {followed by Bd3 and Kd7}) 40... Bd6 (40... Kf7 41. Kxe5 h4 42.
Kd6 Bb5 43. d5 Bf1 44. Bc5 Bxh3 45. Kc7 a6) 41. Bxd6+ Kd8 {threatening ...
Bd7-f5 and ...Kd7.} 42. Ke5 (42. Bb8 h4 43. Bxa7 (43. Kd6 Bd7 44. Bc7+ Ke8 45.
Ba5 Bxh3 46. Be1 Bf5 47. Bxh4 Be4 48. d5 Bf3 $11) 43... Bd7 $11) 42... Bb5)
37... Ke7 38. Kf3 Bxe5 39. dxe5 Kf7 $11 {Now the worst is over, and Black has
reached equality.} 40. Bd4 a6 41. Bc5 Bc6 42. Be4 Nc3 (42... Ne7 {was another
way to reach a draw} 43. Bxe7 (43. Bxc6 Nxc6 $11) 43... Bxe4+ 44. Kxe4 Kxe7 45.
Kd4 b6 46. a4 Kd7 $11) 43. Bxc6 bxc6 44. a3 Ke8 45. Ke3 Kd7 46. Kd3 Nd5 47. Kc4
Kc7 48. Bf2 Nf4 49. Be3 Nd5 (49... Nxh3 $4 {would lose easily} 50. b4 Kd7 51.
Kc5 Kc7 52. a4 $18 {followed by the invasion of the white king.}) 50. Bf2 Nf4
51. Be3 Nd5 52. Bf2 Nf4 53. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Metz op 30th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2012.04.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Black "Libiszewski, Fabien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2012.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {01h30} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 {Transposant sur une ligne solide de la
défense Gruenfeld} (3... d5 {La grande ligne} 4. cxd5 Nxd5) 4. Bg2 (4. d5 $5 {
Une option supplémentaire donnée par le choix de la variante c6} cxd5 5. cxd5 {
Kortschnoj,V (2660)-Geller,E (2630) Candidates qf2 1971 (7) 1-0}) 4... d5 5.
Nf3 Bg7 6. Qb3 $5 (6. O-O) 6... O-O (6... a5 $5 7. cxd5 a4 $132 {Braga,F (2465)
-Kozul,Z (2640) Calvia ol (Men) 2004 (4) 1/2}) 7. O-O Qb6 8. Nc3 Rd8 (8... Bf5
9. Ne5) 9. Rd1 {84} (9. c5 $5 Qxb3 10. axb3 Na6 11. Bf4 $32 {Aronian,L (2724)
-Svidler,P (2740) WchT 6th Beersheba 2005 (6) 1/2}) 9... Bf5 10. Ne1 Be6 11. c5
Qxb3 12. axb3 Nbd7 13. b4 $14 {[%csl Ga1,Ra7,Re6,Re7]} a6 14. h3 Ne8 15. Bf4 {
79} f5 16. f3 $1 {[%cal Ge2e4] 68 Fin de la préparation des Blancs} Bf7 17. Bg5
{62} Kf8 18. g4 $1 {47} h6 19. Be3 (19. Bf4) 19... fxg4 20. hxg4 {36} g5 21.
Bf2 e5 22. e3 exd4 23. exd4 Nc7 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gc7e6]} 24. Nd3 Ne6 $132 25.
Ne2 {31} Re8 26. Rd2 Bg6 27. Ndc1 $5 {[%csl Rb7,Rc6][%cal Gc1b3,Gb3a5]} Kg8 28.
Bg3 (28. Nb3) 28... Rf8 (28... h5) 29. Bd6 Rf7 30. Nb3 {[%cal Gb3a5,Ga5b7,
Gb3d4]} Re8 31. Rc1 (31. Na5) 31... Ndf8 32. Rc3 Nf4 33. Nxf4 gxf4 34. Bf1 Ne6
35. Bd3 $6 Bxd3 36. Rcxd3 Ng5 $15 37. Kf2 Re3 $1 38. Rd1 (38. Rxe3 $2 fxe3+ 39.
Kxe3 Rxf3+) 38... Rxd3 $6 (38... Kh7 $17 {[%cal Gh7g6]}) 39. Rxd3 Ne6 40. Rd2
Kh7 41. Ke2 Kg6 42. Kd3 Ng5 {Commence а profiter de l'échange des B de cases
Blanches} 43. Rf2 {[%csl Rf2]} Ne6 (43... h5) 44. Re2 Ng5 45. Nd2 Bf8 46. Bb8
Bg7 47. Re8 Nh3 48. Be5 Bxe5 49. Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 26th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2010.10.20"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Belov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ashdod Elite"]
[BlackTeam "Ural Sverdlovskaya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 {One of a few opening lines I expected to see on the board.}
3. g3 c6 {With White's knight on f3 Belov usually chooses the immediate d5.} 4.
Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. b3 {This line is getting fashionable thanks to the
excellent opening book of my friend Boris Avrukh, which covers all possible
openings after 1.d4!} O-O 7. O-O Bf5 {Used to be the main line.} ({The recent
attempts to equalise are connected with} 7... dxc4 8. bxc4 c5 {[%csl Ra1]}) 8.
Bb2 Qb6 $5 {A very uncommon continuation and a novelty on GM level.} ({All} 
8... Nbd7) (8... a5) ({and} 8... Ne4 {are more popular alternatives.}) 9. Ne5 {
[%cal Gb1c3] My idea is to develop the queen's knight to c3.} ({In most
previous games White played} 9. Nbd2 {, which I didn't like in view of} a5 {
[%cal Ga5a4] with the following a4. In this case the knight is better situated
on c3.}) 9... Rd8 {[%csl Rd4] Black is creating pressure on d4 trying to make
difficult White's plan.} ({In the only preceding game Black tested} 9... Nbd7
10. Nc3 Rad8 11. Nxd7 Rxd7 12. Na4 Qa5 (12... Qd8 $5) 13. Nc5 Rc7 14. Qc1 {
1-0 Kamber,B (2335)-Strauss,J/Switzerland 1986/EXT 2005 (32). ... with a
slight edge for White.}) 10. Nc3 $1 {Anyway this move is possible.} Nbd7 ({
After} 10... dxc4 11. Na4 $1 (11. e4 $2 {is strongly answered by} Nxe4 $1 {
[%csl Rd1][%cal Gg7e5]} 12. Nxc4 Nxc3 $15 {and Black wins a pawn.}) 11... Qc7
12. bxc4 {[%cal Ge2e3] White obtains chances for an advantage thanks to the
strong centre, though one still needs to consolidate the position.}) 11. Qc1 {
Too sophisticated. My idea was to move the queen away from the d-file as Black
was threatening with 11...Nxe5 with the following 12...dxc4, but c1 is not the
best square for the queen either.} ({After the simple} 11. Nxd7 Rxd7 12. Na4
Qd8 13. Nc5 Rc7 14. Rc1 {White retains some pressure.}) 11... Rac8 $1 ({
Of course not} 11... Nxe5 $6 12. dxe5 Ne4 $2 {in view of} 13. Na4 $1 Qa5 14. f3
$18 {[%csl Re4] trapping the knight on e4. This was one of my ideas behind 11.
Qc1.}) (11... Qxd4 $4 12. Nxd5 $1 $18 {is even worse.}) (11... dxc4 $6 12. Nxc4
{is also in White's favour as the d4-pawn is untouchable.} Qxd4 $2 13. Nd5 $16)
12. Nd3 $1 {White's only chance to set problems is to keep the knights,
staking all on the spatial advantage.} (12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. e3 e6
$15 {is already slightly better for Black.}) 12... dxc4 $1 13. bxc4 Bxd3 {
Black decided to go for a position with an unusual pawn structure, hoping that
the d4-pawn will be weak.} (13... Qa6 $1 {[%csl Rc4]} 14. Nd1 c5 $1 15. d5 b5
16. Ne3 bxc4 17. Nxf5 gxf5 18. Nf4 Rb8 19. Bc3 $132 {leads to a positional
with mutual chances.}) 14. exd3 e6 (14... e5 {[%csl Rc4,Rd3] trying to attack
the d3-c4-pawn structure can be met by} 15. Rb1 $1 exd4 16. Ne2 Qc7 17. Bxd4
$14) (14... Qxd4 $4 {is refuted by} 15. Nd5 {[%csl Re7]} Qc5 16. Ba3 $18) 15.
Rb1 $1 (15. a4 $5 {taking space on the queenside also deserved attention.})
15... Qa5 (15... Qa6 $5) 16. Ba1 $1 {[%csl Rb7] It turns out that Black
doesn't have a comfortable defence of the b7-pawn.} Rc7 $6 {Not the best
square for the rook.} ({Black had an interesting idea of counterplay:} 16... b5
$1 17. cxb5 c5 $1 {, but White seems to retain a slight edge by means of} 18.
Qe1 $1 cxd4 19. Ne2 $1 Qxe1 20. Rfxe1 e5 21. Nc1 $1 Rc2 22. Rb2 $1 Rxb2 23.
Bxb2 Rc8 24. Bc6 Nb8 25. Rxe5 Nxc6 26. bxc6 Rxc6 27. Re2 $1 $14 {[%csl Rd4]
[%cal Gc1b3]}) 17. Qf4 $6 {My idea was to exploit the hanging position of the
rook on c7, but somehow I had underestimated 17...e5.} (17. Re1 $1 $14 {
would keep all the pluses of White's position and prevent e5, which was
possible in the game.}) 17... Ne8 $6 {A passive defence.} ({Black should have
played} 17... e5 $1 18. dxe5 Qxe5 (18... Nxe5 $6 {is dubious in view of} 19.
Nb5 $1 {[%csl Re5][%cal Ga1e5]} Nh5 20. Bxe5 $1 Nxf4 21. Bxc7 Ne2+ 22. Kh1 Qxa2
23. Bxd8 cxb5 24. Rxb5 b6 25. Rd5 $1 $16 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gd5d7,Gg2d5]}) 19.
Qf3 Qh5 20. d4 (20. Qf4 Qe5 $11) 20... Qxf3 21. Bxf3 Nb6 22. Rb4 c5 $1 23. dxc5
Rxc5 24. Bxb7 Nxc4 25. Na4 Rc7 26. Rc1 Ne3 $1 27. Rbb1 Nc2 28. Be5 Rc4 $11) 18.
Ne4 $1 $36 {Black can't find time to attack the d4-pawn as White is very
active.} Ndf6 $6 {An inaccuracy.} ({The following alternatives are better.} 
18... Qxa2 $5 19. Bc3 $1 b6 20. Ra1 Qe2 21. Rfd1 $36) (18... b6 $5 19. Rfc1 $1
$36 {[%csl Gc2] White takes away the c2-square and thus prepares 20.Bc3. The
initiative is still on White's side.}) 19. Nc5 $1 b6 ({After} 19... Nd6 20.
Rfc1 $1 $16 {[%cal Ga1c3] Black is under serious pressure.}) 20. Nb3 $2 {
A mistake, losing a big advantage.} ({We both missed} 20. Qxc7 $1 Nxc7 21. Nb7
{[%csl Ra5,Rd8]} Qa3 $1 {The best chance.} (21... Qxa2 22. Nxd8 $16 {[%cal
Gd8c6]}) 22. Nxd8 c5 23. dxc5 Qxc5 24. Nc6 $14 {and White is clearly better.} (
{or} 24. a4 $5 Qa3 25. Nc6 Qxa4 26. Be5 Nfe8 27. Bf4 $14 {and Black is in
trouble.})) 20... Qxa2 {Now I had to regroup and play as if nothing had
happened.} 21. Rfe1 $1 $44 {White still has good compensation for pawn.} Rcc8
22. g4 $6 $138 {Unnecessary weakening of the f4-square. Starting from here the
game goes downhill very quickly.} ({I should have prevented the idea of Qa3-d6.
} 22. Qc1 $1 {The play could continue} Qa6 23. Bc3 Qb7 24. Nd2 $1 {[%cal Gd2f3]
} Nd6 25. Nf3 $44 {[%cal Gc1b2,Gd4d5] with a long-term compensation. Black's
extra pawn is not essential here.}) 22... h6 23. h4 $6 (23. h3 $15 {would be
the lesser evil.}) 23... Qa3 24. g5 $2 {This is already too much.} ({I should
have tried to complicate matters with} 24. h5 $5 gxh5 25. g5 hxg5 (25... Ng4
26. g6) 26. Qxg5 $132 {and White creates at least some counterplay.}) 24...
hxg5 25. hxg5 Nh5 $17 {[%csl Rf4] Now the f4 and f5-squares are weak and White
can only look for practical chances.} 26. Qg4 $2 {I should have left the d1-h5
diagonal for an attack on the h5-knight.} (26. Qd2 $142 Nd6 27. Bf3 Nf5 28.
Bxh5 gxh5 29. Qe2 h4 $17) 26... Qd6 $6 {This natural move gives me some
chances.} (26... Nd6 $17 {[%cal Gd6f5] was more precise.}) 27. Re4 (27. c5 $1
$15 {was a much better try.}) 27... Qd7 {[%cal Ge8d6,Gd6f5]} 28. Rbe1 $6 {
The knight shouldn't be allowed on f5.} (28. c5 Nc7 {isn't great either, but
still better than the game.}) (28. Qd1 $5 Nd6 29. Rg4 Nf5 $17) 28... Nd6 29.
R4e2 Nf5 $19 {[%csl Rd4] Black wins another pawn. White has no hope left.} 30.
d5 $5 ({After} 30. Re4 a5 $19 {[%cal Ga5a4] is more than convincing.}) 30...
exd5 31. Bxg7 Nhxg7 (31... Nfxg7 32. Qxd7 Rxd7 33. Bh3 Nf5 34. Bxf5 gxf5 35.
Re8+ {was my very last hope, but even here Black is winning.}) 32. cxd5 cxd5
33. Nd4 Re8 $1 $19 {The simplest.} 34. Nxf5 ({Probably I should have kept at
least a rook.} 34. Rxe8+ $5 Rxe8 35. Rb1) 34... Nxf5 35. Rxe8+ Rxe8 36. Rxe8+
Qxe8 37. Bxd5 Qe1+ 38. Kg2 Qd2 $1 {[%csl Rd3,Rg5][%cal Rf5e3] White has too
many weaknesses.} 39. Qe4 (39. Bxf7+ {doesn't work as Black has no problems to
escape the checks.} Kxf7 40. Qc4+ Ke7 41. Qc7+ Ke6 42. Qc8+ Kd6 $19) (39. Qa4
Qxg5+ 40. Kf1 Qe7 $19 {is similar to the game.}) 39... Qxg5+ 40. Kf1 Qe7 41.
Qc4 Qf6 {[%cal Gf5e3]} 42. Kg1 a5 43. Qc7 Kg7 44. Qd7 Qe7 45. Qc6 Qg5+ 46. Kh1
Ne7 {Black forces an exchange of queens and so I resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.08"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Moiseev,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d5 7. b3 Ne4
(7... a5 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Bb2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Nd7 11. e3 Nf6 12. Ne5 Qb6 13. f3 Nd7
14. c5 Qc7 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. f4 {Nikolic,Pr-Gelfand,B/Zurich/1994/0,5/16/}) 8.
Bb2 Bf5 9. e3 (9. Ne5 Nd7 10. Nd3 dxc4 $1 11. bxc4 Nb6 $13 {Nikolic,Pr-Sokolov,
I/Belgrade/1991/0,5/27/} (11... Nb6 {Ftacnik} 12. g4 Nxc4 13. gxf5 Nxb2 14.
Nxb2 Qxd4 15. Qxd4 Bxd4 16. Bxe4 Bxb2 $15 {Timman,J-Sokolov,I/Belgrad/1991/}))
(9. Na3 $5 {Malaniuk}) 9... Nd7 10. Qe2 Qa5 (10... a5 11. Nh4 Be6 12. f3 Nd6
13. c5 Nb5 14. a4 $13 {Nikolic,Pr-Smirin,I/Elenite/1993/0,5/49/}) 11. Rc1 Rfe8
(11... Rac8 $5 {Ftacnik}) 12. Nc3 Nxc3 (12... e5 $5 {Ftacnik} 13. cxd5 (13.
dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd4 Bg4 15. f3 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 $1 (16. Nxf3 Nxc3 17. Qd2 Bxf3 18.
Bxf3 d4 $17) 16... Bxd4 17. exd4 Nxc3 (17... Ng5 18. Bxg4 Rxe2 19. Bxe2 $16)
18. Bxc3 Rxe2 19. Bxe2 Qa6 20. Bxg4 $16) 13... exd4 14. Nxd4 (14. Nxe4 $2 d3 $1
) 14... Bxd4 15. exd4 Nxg3 (15... Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Rxe2 17. Bxa5 $16) (15... cxd5
16. Qb5 $16) 16. Qd1 Ne4 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. d5 $36) 13. Bxc3 Qa6 14. Bf1 dxc4
15. e4 $5 (15. bxc4 {Ftacnik} e5 $1 $132) 15... Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 $14 e6
(17... b5 18. a4 (18. bxc4 $5 bxc4 19. a4) 18... Qb7 19. axb5 cxb5 (19... cxb3
20. Bc4 $1 e6 (20... Nf6 $2 21. e5 $18) 21. bxc6 Qxc6 22. Bxb3 $16) 20. bxc4 b4
21. Rab1 a5 22. c5 $14) 18. a4 $5 (18. Bxc4 {Ftacnik} b5 19. Bf1 Qb6 $132) (18.
bxc4 {Ftacnik} c5 $1) 18... Qb6 19. a5 Qd8 (19... Qxb3 $4 20. Rcb1 Qc2 21. Rb2
$18) 20. Bxc4 b5 21. axb6 (21. Bf1 b4 $5 22. Bb2 c5 $13 23. Rd1 $2 cxd4 24.
Bxd4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Ne5 $1 $19 26. Qe3 Qxd4 $19) 21... axb6 (21... Nxb6 $5) 22.
e5 Rxa1 (22... c5 {Ftacnik} 23. Bb5 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 cxd4 25. Bxd4 Nxe5 $2 26.
Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Bxe8 Bxa1 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 29. Qf8#) 23. Bxa1 Bh6 24. Rc2 Qa8 25.
Bb2 Rc8 26. Kg2 (26. Bd3 $142 $1 {/\ 26...b5 27 Be4+/-}) 26... b5 27. Bd3 Nb6
28. Be4 Nd5 29. h4 Nb4 $6 (29... Qb7 $5 30. h5 Ra8 $14) 30. Re2 Qa7 31. h5 c5
$6 (31... Qd7 32. Re1 {/\ 33 Rh1->}) (31... Nd5 $16 {Ftacnik}) 32. hxg6 hxg6
33. Qg4 $1 $16 {/\ 34 Bg6, 34 d4-d5, 34 dc} c4 $2 (33... Qd7 $6 34. dxc5 Rxc5
35. Bxg6 (35. Ba3 Qd4) 35... fxg6 36. Qxb4 $16) (33... Kg7 $142 34. d5 (34.
dxc5 Qxc5 35. Ba3 Qd4) 34... Qd7 35. d6 $16) (33... Qb6 {Ftacnik} 34. dxc5 Qxc5
35. Bxg6 fxg6 36. Qxg6+ Bg7 37. Qxe6+ $40) 34. Bxg6 $1 c3 (34... fxg6 35. Qxe6+
Kh7 36. Qxc8 $18) 35. Be4+ Kf8 (35... Bg7 36. Bc1 Kf8 37. d5 $1 $16 {->} Qa1
38. dxe6 Qxc1 39. e7+) 36. Qh4 Bg7 (36... Kg7 37. Qf6+ $18) (36... cxb2 $142
37. Qxh6+ Ke8 38. Rxb2 Qxd4 39. Re2 $16) 37. Bxc3 $1 (37. Bxc3 $1 Rxc3 38. Qd8#
) 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.01.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "Nielsen,Peter Heine"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.01.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After his win in Chennai, Magnus took a 2 month break from chess, discounting
an indeed effective, yet rather risky attacking victory against Bill Gates.
The prolog in Zurich was a 5 round blitz tournament to determine the pairings.
Despite his actually winning it did indicate some rustiness in the champion's
play, but in his first classical game as World Champion, we saw Magnus from
his absolutely best side.} 1. c4 g6 2. d4 $5 {Having given it a shot at
avoiding the Grünfeld, Magnus reacts to Gelfand's surprising 1...g6 by
actually allowing it! It might seem inconsistent, but one of Magnus' many
strengths is huge flexibility and not being dependent on a specific opening
choice.} Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qa4 $5 {An interesting line,
which became popular after Magnus used it to get a decent position against
Peter Svidler in Linares 2007. The inspiration then came from leafing through
Larsen's book ZOOM (Zero hour opening models). As Gelfand has mentioned it as
a book with a huge impact on his chess development, I guess hoping for 6.Qa4
being a surprise is too much, but even objectively it's an interesting line.}
O-O 7. O-O Nfd7 $5 (7... Bf5 {was what Svidler played, but after:} 8. Nc3 Nbd7
9. cxd5 Nb6 10. Qb3 Nfxd5 11. Rd1 Qd6 12. Bd2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Qe6 14. d5 $5 {
Magnus had a pleasant edge, as after exchanging on g7 and Nd4 White gets back
the pawn with risk-free pressure.}) (7... a6 8. Bf4 Be6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qb3
Ra7 {was Aronian's creative way of handling the position im Monaco 2011, but
there too Magnus had a pleasant position, despite both games eventually being
drawn.}) (7... Nbd7 8. cxd5 Nb6 {has also been played, but the claim is that
after ...cxd5 the knight would rather be on b8, ready to go to c6, than sort
of misplaced on b6.}) 8. Qc2 Nf6 $5 {A very interesting novelty.} ({Against
Fressinet Gelfand had an unpleasant position after} 8... dxc4 9. Qxc4 Nb6 10.
Qc2 Na6 11. Rd1 {, but as always had done his homework well and has an very
interesting idea in mind, which made Magnus think for more than half an hour.})
9. Bf4 $5 {Probably White's best way to fight for an opening advantage. The
position after 8...Nf6 had previously occurred in quite a few games, but
always with Black to move! But in some way, White is actually in some kind of
zugzwang. The natural 9.Nc3 is answered by 9...dxc4 when its not obvious how
White gets his pawn back, and 9.Rd1 Bf5 10.Qb3 Qb6 already threatens 11...Qxb3
followed by 12...Bc2.} Bf5 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Nbd2 Ne4 $5 {Nothing seems wrong
with 11...Nbd7, but Gelfand tries putting pressure in the centre and keeps the
option of putting the knight on c6, should White exchange on d5.} 12. e3 (12.
cxd5 Qxb3 13. Nxb3 cxd5 {[%cal Gb8c6] illustrates exactly that point, when
Black due to the knight coming to c6 is completely fine, so Magnus has to try
and keep the tension.}) 12... Qxb3 13. axb3 Na6 14. cxd5 cxd5 {A seemingly
dull position with no advantage for White would be the obvious conclusion.
Quite similar to Magnus' game against Caruana later in the tournament. And in
both games after just a few more moves, almost like by magic, suddenly Carlsen
has an overwhelming initiative.} 15. g4 $1 {An excellent move, with a good mix
of objective merits and provocation. Gelfand, being a principled player, of
course reacts with the critical continuation, accepting the sacrifice.} Bxg4 (
15... Nxd2 16. Nxd2 Be6 {was possible, but apart from the natural 17.Rfc1 Rfc8
18.Rc3!? also 17.Nb1!? keeps putting pressure on the black position.}) 16. Nxe4
dxe4 17. Nd2 f5 {The price Black has to pay for winning the pawn, is that his
bishop on g4 now is shut out, and can't help in defending the weak black
queenside.} 18. f3 e5 $5 (18... exf3 19. Nxf3 {illustrates well White's idea.
He is a pawn down, but his bishops points at the queensinde, and Black seems
not to be able to defend b7, when White's knight goes to either e5 or g5.
However there seems to be a hidden defence:} Rad8 $1 20. Ne5 (20. Ng5 e5 $1 21.
dxe5 Rfe8 22. Bxb7 Nb4 {is indeed a very computerish line, but Black seems to
generate enough counterplay just in time.}) 20... Bxe5 21. Bxe5 Rd7 {and
allthough White definitely still has sufficient compensation, Black's position
does seem very solid keeping the game in balance.}) 19. dxe5 exf3 20. Nxf3 Rae8
{Gelfand's play as always follows a clear logical path, and by sacrificing
back the pawn, it seems like he has neutralised the pressure of White's
bishops.} (20... Rfe8 {wouldn't be an inprovement, as} 21. Nd4 {attacking b7,
then caused trouble, but now this can be met by 21...Bxe5 22.Bxb7 Nb4 as there
is no longer a rook hanging on a8.}) 21. Ra5 $1 {It almost seems like White
goes to great lengths to hang on to his extra pawn, but it's actually equal
material, and White developing his initiative! Yes, he does have seemingly
weak doubled pawns, but like this Magnus defends the pawn on e5, thus being
ready for Nd4 or Ng5 very much making it a tactical battle, and not a quiet
positional game.} Nb4 22. Nd4 b6 23. Rxa7 Bxe5 {Again, Gelfand's play is
consistent and logical. Pushing away the white rook, he eliminated the pawn on
e5, and the knight on b4 controls the d5-square, keeping White's bishop from
checking on d5. A first sight, it would seem Black has solved his problems.}
24. Bh6 $1 Rf6 {An uncomfortable necessity, allowing White access to g7, but
the more obvious looking} (24... Rf7 {is answered very strongly by} 25. Ra4 Bd6
26. Rfa1 $1 {when defending against 27.Ra8! with a white mating attack becomes
very difficult, with White already being close to winning.}) 25. h3 (25. Ra4 $5
{would also have been very interesting, and maybe even better than the game
continuation. It's based on the tactical point} Bd6 26. Nb5 Bc5 27. Nc7 Rd8 28.
Rxb4 $1 Bxb4 29. Nd5 {when surprisingly despite being an exchange up, there is
no way only to sacrifice it back, as 29...Be7 would just be captured, and 29...
Rxd5 30.Bxd5+ Kh8 31.Ra1! wins further material due to the mating threat.} Rfd6
30. Nxb4 Rd1 {still do keep some drawing chances for Black though.}) 25... Bh5
$6 {Hard to believe, but this retreat weakens f5! Resolute defence with} (25...
Bxd4 $1 26. exd4 Be2 27. Rc1 g5 $1 {would come close to saving the game for
Black. The most tempting move looks to be} 28. Rg7+ Kh8 29. Re7 $1 {but after}
Rg8 30. Bxg5 Rxg5 31. Rc8+ Rg8 32. Rxg8+ Kxg8 33. Rxe2 {although White is
still considerably better, I would think Black has as good chances of saving
the game, as White has of winning it. The b-pawn is not much of an extra pawn
and ...Kf7 and ...Rd6 a solid setup making it very hard for White to break
through.}) 26. Nc2 $3 {An excellent tactical resource, illustrating that the
position despite the exchanged queens in no way resembles an endgame, but that
king safety is the dominating factor. By offering Black a chance to take on c2,
Magnus wins access to the d5-square for his bishop, and the direct acceptance
of the sacrifice leads to: 26...Nxc2 27.Bd5+ Rfe6 (27...Kh8 28.Bg7 is mate!)
28.Rc1 wins the knight, leaving White with an extra exchange, as 28...Nb4 29.
Bxe6+ Rxe6 30.Rc8 mates.} g5 $1 {The only way to fight back, challenging the
bishop on h6 just in time as now the black knight still controls the d5-square.
} 27. Bxg5 Rg6 28. Rxf5 $1 {This was the whole point of 25.h3. The black
bishop had to be lured to h5, leaving the f5-pawn unprotected.} h6 29. Bxh6 $5
{Keeping true to the style of the game, but actually the more modest} (29. Nxb4
$1 {might be objectively better as after} Rxg5 30. Rxg5+ hxg5 31. Bd5+ Kf8 (
31... Kh8 32. Bf7 Bxf7 33. Rxf7 Bxb2 34. Nd5 {also should win easily as White
will just bring up his king with decisive effect}) 32. Nc6 Bxb2 33. Kf2 {
Despite White being only one pawn up, he here has a dominating grip on the
position, and should win rather trivially.}) 29... Rxh6 $2 (29... Bf3 $1 {
amazingly prolongs the resistance. The point is that after 30.Rxf3 Nxc2 the
bishop on h6 is hanging, and ...Ne1 a threat, so White has to play} 30. Rg5
Rxg5 31. Bxg5 Bxg2 32. Nxb4 Bxh3 33. Nd5 {keeping good winning chances, but
not as easy a task, as after 29.Nxb4!}) (29... Nxc2 30. Rxh5 {Now the bishop
on h6 is protected, and} Ne1 31. Rg5 $1 {Just wins.}) 30. Nxb4 Bxb2 31. Nd5 Kh8
32. Rb7 Bd1 33. b4 Rg8 34. Ne7 Rd8 35. Be4 Bf6 $2 {In time trouble Gelfand
blunders, but even if it would take some time, White's extra pawns would
suffice for a win.} 36. Rxb6 Kg7 37. Rf2 $1 {Threatening 38.Nf5+ and if 37...
Bxe7 then 38.Rg2+! forces the black king to leave the protection of the rook
on h6, so Gelfand resigned.  An excellent start for Magnus, and while not
exactly without further adventures he kept up the pace and with 4/5 in the
classical control improved on his own rating record as well as gaining a huge
lead before the final rapids, when even a rather unstable performance sufficed
to give him a win in the overall standings too.} 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qb3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 (7...
Qb6 8. Nc3 Rd8 {This is most popular choice here and line that is played a lot.
} {One recent example:} 9. Na4 Qxb3 10. axb3 Na6 11. Bf4 Bg4 12. Rfd1 Ne8 13.
cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc3 Nb4 15. Ne1 Be6 16. h3 h6 17. g4 g5 18. Bg3 h5 19. gxh5 Nf6
20. Nf3 Nxh5 21. Nxg5 Nxg3 22. Nxe6 Nxe2+ 23. Nxe2 fxe6 24. Rac1 Nc6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 (26) Brunello,S (2573)-Areshchenko,A (2667) Gjakova 2016. The position
is around equal.}) 8. Qxc4 Bf5 9. Rd1 (9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Re1 Qxb3 12.
axb3 Be6 13. b4 Nd5 14. b5 Nb4 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Ra5 c5 17. Ng5 cxd4 18. Nxe6
fxe6 19. Bxa8 dxc3 20. bxc3 Bxc3 21. Rd1 Rxa8 22. Rxd7 Nd3 23. Ra2 Nxc1 24. Rc2
Nxe2+ 25. Rxe2 a5 26. Rxe6 Bf6 {1/2-1/2 (41) Giri,A (2797)-Vachier Lagrave,M 
(2775) Tbilisi 2015. Almost forced after 16...c5 , White is better, but didn't
manage to win.}) 9... Nbd7 10. Nh4 $5 {A new idea.} Nb6 11. Qb3 Bg4 12. Nc3
Nfd5 13. Nf3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qd5 15. Ba3 Rfe8 16. Ne5 $6 (16. Re1 Qb5 17. e4 Be6
18. Qc2 Qa4 19. Qxa4 Nxa4 20. Rec1 Rac8 {with a complicated endgame ahead of
us.}) 16... Qxb3 17. axb3 Bxe2 18. Rd2 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Bg4 20. c4 {White
sacrificed a pawn, but the compensation is not obvious.} a5 21. Bc5 Nd7 22. Bd4
Ra6 {We will see from a later stage that Black could go much faster with his
main plan...} (22... Rec8 23. f4 Be6 24. Bf2 b6 25. Bf3 h5 26. Kg2 Ra7 27. h3
c5 $15) 23. Rda2 Rea8 24. f4 Be6 {The position stabilised, Black can't do much,
but White as well, still a pawn is a pawn...} 25. Bf1 b6 26. Be3 Kf8 27. Ra4 c5
{Obviously any other ideas connected with ...b5 are out of question, so Black
shifts to another plan...} 28. Bg2 Re8 29. Bc6 Ra7 30. Bb5 Rc8 31. Rd1 Rac7 32.
Ra2 Kg7 33. Rad2 Nb8 34. Rd8 Nc6 {Ok, here is the desired position.} 35. Rxc8
Rxc8 36. Rd2 h5 37. Kg2 Bf5 38. h3 f6 39. exf6+ Kxf6 {Opposite coloured
bishops are dangerous for White due to the permanent b3-weakness.} 40. Ba4 Nd8
$1 {Nice idea transferring the knight to d6.} 41. Bd7 Bxd7 42. Rxd7 Ke6 43. Rd1
Nf7 44. g4 hxg4 45. hxg4 Ra8 46. Bf2 Nd6 {It is clear now that Black is
heading to a victory here, ...a4 is in the air and later on the c4-pawn is in
danger, on the other hand White has nothing active to do, but to wait.} 47.
Re1+ Kf7 48. Rh1 a4 49. bxa4 Rxa4 50. Rh7+ Kf8 51. Rh8+ Kg7 52. Rb8 Nxc4 $19 {
The rest is technique.} 53. Kf3 Kf7 54. Bh4 e5 55. f5 gxf5 56. gxf5 Nd6 57.
Rxb6 Rf4+ 58. Ke2 Nxf5 59. Bg5 Ng3+ 60. Ke3 Rg4 61. Bd8 Nf5+ 62. Kf3 Rf4+ 63.
Ke2 Nd4+ 64. Ke3 Ne6 65. Rb7+ Kg6 66. Ba5 Ra4 67. Bc3 Kf6 68. Kd3 Nf4+ 69. Kc2
Nd5 70. Bb2 c4 71. Rd7 Ke6 72. Rh7 c3 73. Rh6+ Kf5 74. Rh5+ Kf6 75. Bxc3 Rc4
76. Kd3 Rxc3+ 77. Ke4 Rc4+ 78. Kxd5 Rd4+ 79. Kc5 Rd1 80. Kc4 e4 81. Kc3 e3 82.
Rh2 Kf5 83. Kc2 Rd8 84. Rh7 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde op"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2012.11.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Nbd2 Bf5 8. b3
Ne4 9. Bb2 Qa5 10. Nxe4 ({Von der gegnerischen Eröffnungswahl überrascht,
entschied ich, die Stellung mit einfachen Mitteln zu behandel. Möglich ist
auch sofort} 10. Qc1) ({oder das häufiger gespielte} 10. a3) 10... Bxe4 11. Qc1
({Im selben Sinne wie später in der Partie war} 11. e3 Nd7 12. Bh3 {[%cal
Gf3g5] möglich.}) 11... Nd7 12. Rd1 e6 13. Bf1 Bxf3 ({Von der Struktur her ist
diese Entscheidung gar nicht schlecht, da Weiß mit den Doppelbauern Mühe haben
wird, dynamisch zu spielen. Aber die Alternative} 13... Rac8 14. Nd2 Bf5 {
war auch gut möglich. Der Bf5 ist nicht wirklich in Gefahr, und Weiß schafft
es nicht rechtzeitig e2-e4 durchzusetzen:} 15. Bg2 e5 $1 $13) 14. exf3 dxc4 $6
{Im Zusammenhang mit dem letzten Zug ist dies gar nicht logisch. Schwarz hat
das Läuferpaar abgegeben, um ein festes Bauernzentrum zu bauen. Aber nun
öffnet er mit diesem Tausch freiwillig die Stellung. Besser war es also, die
Türme im Zentrum aufzustellen und einer Abwartepolitik zu folgen.} 15. bxc4 Nb6
{Das war die schwarze konkrete Idee: der Bb2 soll mit Nb6-a4 verfolgt werden.}
16. Bc3 (16. Rb1 {war eine gute Alternative, da Schwarz auf a2 nicht nehmen
darf:} Qxa2 $2 17. Ba3 $1 $18 {[%cal Gd1d2]}) 16... Qf5 ({Im Fall von} 16...
Qa4 17. Rb1 {geriet die Dame wieder etwas in Gefahr, man sehe} Rfd8 (17... Qxa2
$2 18. Ra1 Qb3 19. Ra3 $18) 18. Rb4 Qa5 (18... Qxa2 {ist jetzt viel weniger
klar, aber ich denke, dass Schwarz nicht genug Kompensation für die Dame nach}
19. Rd2 Qa5 20. Rb5 Qxc3 21. Qxc3 cxb5 22. cxb5 $14 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gf3f4,
Gf1g2] besitzt}) 19. Rb3 $36 {Nun muss sie zum Königsflügel rüber, was Weiß
freie Hände auf der anderen Seite lässt.}) 17. a4 $1 {Nun wird aber die
schwarze Lage ungemütlich.} c5 $6 (17... Qxf3 $6 {geht nicht gut, da Weiß
seine Initiative leicht entfalten kann. Nach} 18. a5 Nd7 19. a6 $36 {wird c6
unterminiert, wobei} bxa6 $6 20. Bg2 Qe2 21. Bxc6 Rad8 22. Bb4 $16 {zu klarem
weißem Vorteil führt.}) ({Der Computer will sich mittels} 17... Rad8 18. a5 Nc8
$14 {passiv verhalten, aber das kann dem Geschmack eines Menschen kaum
entsprechen.}) 18. dxc5 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Qxc5 20. a5 Nc8 (20... Nd5 $2 21. Qe5 $18
) 21. Rd7 ({Das Eindringen auf die 7. Reihe ist natürlich, aber im Prinzip
auch logisch war es, hier oder später den Damentausch (} 21. Qd4 {) anzubieten.
Im schwarzen Lager stehen alle Figuren außer der Dame passiv, daher lohnt es
sich, sie zu beseitigen.}) 21... Rb8 ({Genau das sollte Weiß anstreben, falls
der b-Bauer nach vorne rückt:} 21... b6 22. Qa3 $16) ({oder} 21... b5 22. Qe3
Qxe3 23. fxe3 bxc4 24. Rc1 $16) 22. Qf6 $6 ({Eine Ungenauigkeit ohne schlimme
Folgen, die aus einem taktischen Versäumnis herkommt. Stärker war} 22. Rb1 $16)
22... Nd6 23. Qe7 Qe5 $6 ({Schwarz verliert keine Figur, weil er den Ra1
angreifen kann. Genauer war aber der Paradoxzug} 23... Qd4 {. Die Dame bleibt
zwar in einer Fesselung, aber Schwarz entkommt mit einem Endspiel mit
Minusbauern nach} 24. Rb1 Nf5 25. Rxd4 Nxe7 26. Rd7 Nc6 27. Rdxb7 Rxb7 28. Rxb7
$16 {. Die a-Bauern werden bald getauscht, wonach Schwarz ein schwerer Kampf
ums Remis erwartet.}) 24. Rd1 Nf5 25. Qb4 b6 $6 ({Gleicht eigentlich der
Partieaufgabe, da a7 unmöglich zu decken wird. Um f4 zu verhindern, konnte man
noch} 25... g5 {versuchen, auch wenn Weiß nach} 26. Bd3 {auf Gewinn stehen
sollte.}) 26. a6 Qf6 27. f4 ({Sich das Leben mit} 27. Rxa7 Nd4 {schwerer zu
machen, braucht wohl niemand!}) 27... Rbd8 28. Qd2 (28. c5 $18) 28... Rxd7 29.
Qxd7 Qe7 30. g4 {Die Damen werden getauscht und a7 fällt. Daher} 1-0

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Quintiliano,R"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 {This move has been tried by some
strong players and probably deserves to be more explored.} (5. cxd5 {is the
main line} cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Nc3 {with a lot of games between grandmasters.
Recently Black has been proving that he can equalise with a quick} Ne4 $1 {
Mamedyarov,S (2772)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2795) Moscow FIDE GP 2017 (9) 1/2
actually this was played against Mamedyarov, later in the same tournament -}) (
5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O (6... dxc4 7. a4 O-O 8. Na3) 7. Nbd2 {is another way to
play, avoiding forced and arid lines, keeping the game going.}) 5... dxc4 ({
Previously, Mamedyarov has played} 5... a6 $5 {to grab some space on the
queenside} 6. cxd5 b5 7. Qd1 cxd5 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Ne5 Bb7
12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Be5 e6 14. Nd2 Bh6 15. Rc1 Rc8 $11 {Carlsen,M (2844)
-Mamedyarov,S (2747) Tata Steel-A 78th 2016 (4) 1/2}) ({the interesting} 5...
Nfd7 {is the most played move:} 6. cxd5 (6. Qb3) (6. Qc2) 6... Nb6 7. Qd1 cxd5
8. Nc3 Nc6 9. e3 Bg7 10. Nge2 {Topalov,V (2803)-Giri,A (2778) London Classic
7th 2015 (1) 0-1}) 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Bf5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 {Now we've
transposed to a quite well-known theoretical line, reached in the variations
where White plays Qb3.} 10. e3 Qc7 $5 {The first step in a less explored field.
} (10... Ne4 {is the preferred option, but White seems be scoring well,
keeping his position flexible and trying to advance the central pawns at the
right moment. Or, if Black takes on c3, putting pressure on the queenside with
a4-a5-Rb1 ideas} 11. Rd1 (11. Qe2)) 11. Nh4 (11. Ng5 $5 {[%cal Ge3e4] seems
more aggressive} e5 $1 (11... Nb6 12. Qb3 h6 13. e4 $1 Bg4 14. Nf3 Rad8 15. Be3
$14) 12. e4 $1 Nb6 13. Qb4 exd4 14. exf5 dxc3 15. fxg6 hxg6 16. bxc3 $5 (16.
Qxc3 Nh7 $1 17. Qb3 Nxg5 18. Bxg5 Qe5 {[%csl Gb2,Gg5]}) 16... Nbd5 17. Qh4 $1
$36) 11... Nb6 $1 {If Black doesn't play actively like this, White can easily
play e4 and get a space advantage.} (11... Be6 12. Qe2 Nb6 13. Rd1 Bc4 14. Qc2
e5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. e4 {[%cal Yh4f3,Gc1f4,Gb2b3] with moves like Bf4, Nf3 or
b3 coming White is pushing back the black pieces and finishing development
with a slight advantage.}) 12. Qc5 $1 {Also a good reaction by Salem: from c5
the queen exerts some pressure on Black's camp.} (12. Qe2 {would allow Black
to develop a very easy game after} Bg4 $1 13. Nf3 e5 $1 14. dxe5 Nfd7 15. h3
Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nxe5 17. Bg2 Rad8 18. e4 Nd3 19. Bg5 Rd7 {and White is already
the one who must be careful, as the natural} 20. Rad1 {is followed by the
unexpected} Nxb2 $3 21. Qxb2 Na4 $1 22. Nxa4 Bxb2 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. Nxb2 Qe6
$17) 12... Be6 13. b3 a5 $1 {Black explores immediately the last move to
create some tension.} 14. Ba3 {It's difficult to say that this battery on the
f8-a3 diagonal can be a problem for White...} Nfd7 $2 {Black missed a very
nice tactical idea, although not so simple.} (14... Nbd7 $1 15. Qxe7 Rfe8 16.
Qd6 Qd8 $1 {[%csl Ga3][%cal Yg7f8]} 17. Qf4 (17. Bb2 g5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg7f8]})
17... h6 {[%cal Gg6g5] and White cannot avoid significative material losses,
for example} 18. Nf3 $2 Nh5 19. Qh4 Bf6 $19) 15. Qxe7 Rfe8 16. Qg5 (16. Qd6 $2
Qd8 {[%cal Yg7f8]} 17. Qf4 g5 $19) 16... a4 {With pressure on queenside, Black
is able to regain the pawn.} 17. Rfc1 (17. Rfb1 {isn't enough} Ra7 {[%cal
Ye8a8]} 18. Bb2 axb3 19. axb3 Rxa1 20. Bxa1 Ra8 21. Nf3 Bxb3) 17... axb3 18.
axb3 h6 19. Qf4 Qd8 20. Nf3 Nf6 $5 {Still trying to create some threats
instead of recapturing material.} (20... Bxb3 21. Nd2 Be6 22. Nce4 {is
comfortable for White.}) 21. Ne5 (21. Qd6 Nbd7 $1 {[%cal Gg7f8]}) 21... Bxb3
22. g4 $5 {White probably played this to avoid Nh5, to get the g3-square for
his queen and keep ideas to grab space on the kingside.} Nbd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24.
h3 Nh7 $2 {But this is hard to understand.} (24... Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qd5+ 26. Qf3
Ne4 $1 27. Nd3 b6 {and Black has an easier game} 28. Nb4 $2 Qb3 29. Rcb1 Qe6 {
[%cal Yc6c5]}) 25. e4 Be6 26. Bb2 (26. Qe3 $1 {was a good move, starting a
nice plan to gain more space, possibly with a preparatory f4 and at some
moment d5} Ra4 (26... Nf8 27. f4) 27. Rd1 Qa5 28. Bb2 Rxa1 29. Bxa1 {[%cal
Gd4d5] and White seems ready for d5 here, for example} Rd8 30. d5 $1 cxd5 31.
exd5 Bxd5 32. Qd3 Nf6 33. Nc4 $1 Qc5 34. Ne3 $18 {[%csl Rd5]}) 26... Rxa1 27.
Bxa1 Nf6 28. Rd1 (28. Qe3 {[%cal Gf2f4,Yc1d1,Yd4d5] again was a good choice,
with the same ideas shown in the notes to White's 26th move.}) 28... Qa5 {
Black misses an unexpected blow.} (28... Nxe4 $1 29. d5 $1 {the only way to
complicate things} (29. Bxe4 Bxe5 30. Qxe5 Bxg4 $1 31. Qg3 Bxd1 32. Bxg6 fxg6
33. Qxg6+ Kf8 34. Qxh6+ Ke7 $19) (29. Nxf7 Bxf7 30. Bxe4 Qf6 31. Qxf6 Bxf6 32.
Bf3 Ra8 $15 {with very good chances in this endgame, White is clearly under
pressure}) (29. Nxc6 bxc6 30. Bxe4 Bd5 31. Bf3 Qa5 $1 {[%cal Ye8e1]} 32. Kg2
Bxf3+ 33. Qxf3 c5 {[%csl Rd4] and White ends up losing the d4-pawn} 34. Bc3 Qa4
35. Ra1 Qc4 $1) 29... Nf6 30. d6 Nd7 $5 31. Nxd7 Qxd7 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. Qb4 Rd8
$15 {due to his strong d6 passed pawn White has enough compensation, but
Black's just a pawn up and can try to work with his two passed pawns on the
queenside at the right moment.}) 29. Bf3 Qa4 $1 {[%csl Ga4] The queen is very
well placed on a4, attacking the rook and preventing d5-ideas.} 30. Kg2 Rd8 {
[%cal Gc6c5] And now Black is looking for interesting ideas such as ...c5, as
well as other tactical motifs...} 31. h4 $6 {Faithful to his style, Salem
plays energetically and seeks an initiative on the kingside, but this allows
Mamedyarov a good idea to animate things.} (31. Nd3 {was a good preventive
move, defending the queen and thus preparing d5; the fine point is that after}
Nxe4 {White has} 32. Nb2 $1 Qb4 $1 33. Nd3 Qa4 34. Nb2 $11) ({Knowing how the
game continued, we can say that} 31. Qe3 {was the right move, because now} Nxe4
$2 {fails to a subtle detail} 32. Qxe4 Bd5 (32... Qxd1 33. Bxd1 Bd5 34. Qxd5
cxd5 35. Bb2 $16 {is clearly better for White}) 33. Qe1 $1 Bxe5 34. Bxd5 Rxd5 {
the subtle difference is that here the g4 pawn is not hanging} 35. Rb1 $1 {
and suddenly Black falls victim of a unstoppable attack} Bg7 36. Qe8+ Kh7 37.
Qxf7 b5 38. Re1 $18 {[%cal Ge1e7]}) 31... Nxe4 $1 32. Re1 $2 {We can assume
that probably Salem missed 31...Nxe4, as he doesn't react in the best way.} (
32. Qxe4 {was right} Bd5 (32... Qxd1 {again is better for White} 33. Bxd1 Bd5
34. Qxd5 cxd5 35. Bb2 $16) 33. Qe2 $1 (33. Qe1 Bxe5 34. Bxd5 Rxd5 35. Rb1 c5 $1
36. dxe5 $2 Qxg4+ 37. Kf1 Qxh4 $17 {and the white king is in danger}) 33...
Bxe5 34. Bxd5 Rxd5 35. Rb1 Rb5 $1 {this defensive idea is possible now because
the white queen isn't protecting the a1-bishop} 36. Rxb5 cxb5 37. dxe5 Qxa1 {
and now} 38. e6 $1 {forces the draw} fxe6 (38... Kf8 $2 39. Qf3 $16) 39. Qxe6+
Kh7 40. Qd7+ Qg7 41. Qxb5 {and Black still can try, but after} Qc7 42. f3 $11 {
[%cal Yh4h5] with h5 coming is very difficult for Black avoid his king
becoming exposed to perpetual check.}) 32... Nf6 33. Nxg6 {The best practical
chance, or Black had just won a pawn.} fxg6 34. Rxe6 Qxa1 35. g5 $1 {The best
practical chance again, involving an interesting idea to make things difficult
for Mamedyarov.} (35. Rxf6 {seems easier for Black} Bxf6 36. Qxf6 Qxd4 37.
Qxg6+ Qg7 38. Qe6+ Kh8 39. Be4 Rf8 $17 {and slowly Black's material advantage
will impose itself.}) 35... hxg5 (35... Qxd4 $1 {was a very good way to avoid
White's idea and transpose to an easier endgame with two pawns up} 36. Qxd4
Rxd4 37. gxf6 Bf8 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Yg8f7] despite the opposite-coloured
bishops, I'm pretty convinced that this endgame is winning for Black} 38. Re4
Rxe4 39. Bxe4 Kf7 40. Kg3 Kxf6 $19 {[%csl Yb7,Yc6]}) 36. hxg5 Nh5 $6 {This
allows White's idea.} (36... Nh7 $142 $19) 37. Bxh5 gxh5 (37... Rf8 {this
intemediate move is brilliantly refuted by} 38. Qe4 gxh5 39. Rh6 $3 Bxh6 (39...
Rxf2+ 40. Kxf2 Qa2+ 41. Kg3 Bxh6 42. gxh6 Qf7 43. Kh4 $1 $13) 40. Qe6+ $1 Kh7 (
40... Rf7 $2 41. g6 $1 $18) 41. Qxh6+ Kg8 42. Qg6+ $11 (42. g6 $2 Rxf2+ $1 43.
Kxf2 Qxd4+ 44. Kg2 Qd7 $19)) 38. Re7 Rf8 39. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 40. Qe5+ {The point
is that now, to avoid perpetual check, Black has to give back the rook, then
reaching an interesting queen endgame where White should have good chances of
a draw.} Kg6 $1 {Correct, first collect the g5-pawn...} 41. Qd6+ Kxg5 42. Qg3+
$1 {Again the best move, forcing the black king to walk towards the other side
of the board, where it will be protected from checks, but it also leaves the
kingside and the path for White's passed f-pawn free.} (42. Qxf8 $6 {now White
has some checks, but he can't capture the black pawns immediately, because
this allows the forced and winning queen exchange} Qxd4 43. Qg8+ (43. Qe7+ Kh6
44. Qxb7 Qg7+ $1 $19) 43... Kh6 44. Qe6+ Kh7 45. Qf5+ Kg7 46. Qg5+ (46. Qxh5
Qd5+ $19) 46... Kf8 47. Qf5+ Ke7 48. Qh7+ Kd6 49. Qxb7 Qg4+ 50. Kf1 Qd1+ 51.
Kg2 Qd5+ $1 52. Kg3 c5 $17) 42... Kh6 43. Qd6+ Kg7 44. Qg3+ Kf7 45. Qf4+ Ke6
46. Qe5+ Kd7 47. Qg7+ Kc8 $1 {Finally!} 48. Qxf8+ Kc7 49. Qe7+ Kb6 50. Qc5+ $6
{Now White missed a very nice idea, and Black starts to have chances.} (50. d5
$1 {was very good, leaving the Black king more exposed} cxd5 51. Qd6+ Ka7 52.
Qxd5 {Well, it's very difficult imagine how Black can do everything in this
position: protect h5, advance the b-pawn and at the same time hide his king
from checks and avoid the advance of White's f-pawn. So, a draw is a fair
assessment.}) 50... Ka6 51. f4 $6 {Salem follows a well-known maxim about
queen endgames, which evaluates the quality and speed of passed pawns over
material. This is very natural, because in such endgames it's impossible to
calculate everything, so we let ourselves be guided by general ideas. But this
time it's wrong, because now Black can bring his queen close to White's king,
which also becomes vulnerable.} (51. Qc4+ Ka7 52. d5 $1 {kind of transposes to
the previous d5-idea.}) 51... Qa2+ 52. Kg3 Qe2 $6 ({A more accurate way was} 
52... Qb3+ $1 53. Kh2 (53. Kh4 Qf3 $1 54. Qf5 b5 55. Kg5 b4 56. Qf8 Qd5+ 57. f5
Kb5 $1 58. Qb8+ Kc4 $17 {[%cal Yb4b1]}) 53... h4 $1 54. Qg5 (54. f5 Qg3+ 55.
Kh1 Qf3+ 56. Kh2 h3 57. Qc2 b5 $19) 54... Qe3 55. Qxh4 Qxd4 56. Qh6 Qf2+ 57.
Kh3 Qf3+ 58. Kh2 b5 $17) 53. f5 {Now the position begins to look more
difficult for Black to win, because the f-pawn is more advanced.} Qg4+ 54. Kh2
Qf4+ 55. Kg2 Qe4+ 56. Kh2 Qf3 $1 {[%csl Gf3] Still, Mamedyarov finds the
perfect square to put the queen. It allows Black to play ...b5 at some time,
creates mating threats with the help of ...h4, and controls some checks by the
white queen.} 57. Qe5 $1 {Salem is also fighting hard, supporting his big hope
- the f5-pawn.} h4 58. f6 b5 (58... h3 $5 59. Qg5 b5 60. Qg7 $1 {and Black is
forced to give perpetual.}) 59. Qg5 (59. Qe6 $1 {was probably more forcing} h3
60. Qc8+ Ka5 61. Qc7+ {and if Black plays} Ka4 $2 62. Qa7+ $1 Kb3 63. Qg7 $1 {
[%cal Yf6f8] suddenly White is better.}) 59... b4 $1 60. Qg7 $2 {In such
positions, we have many options and sometimes it's difficult to spot the
differences between them.} (60. Qg6 $1 {was the right defence, keeping an eye
on the promotion square b1 and preparing to exchange the f- for the c-pawn} b3
(60... Qf4+ 61. Kh3 Qd6 62. Qd3+ Kb6 63. Qf3) 61. f7 b2 (61... Kb6 62. Qg8) (
61... Ka5 62. Qg8 $1) 62. f8=Q $1 Qxf8 63. Qxc6+ Ka5 {the only winning attempt}
64. Qc7+ Kb4 (64... Ka4 65. Qc2+ Ka3 66. Qc3+ Ka2 67. Qc4+ Ka1 68. Qa6+ $1 (68.
Qa4+ $2 Kb1 69. Qd1+ Ka2 70. Qa4+ Qa3 71. Qc4+ Ka1 $19) 68... Kb1 69. Qd3+ Ka2
70. Qc4+ Ka3 71. Qc3+ Ka2 72. Qc4+ $11) 65. Qb6+ Kc3 66. Qc6+ Kxd4 67. Qb6+ Kc3
68. Qc6+ Kd3 69. Qb5+ Kc2 70. Qc4+ Kb1 71. Qd3+ Ka2 72. Qc4+ Ka1 73. Qa4+ Kb1
74. Qe4+ $11) 60... Qf2+ 61. Kh3 Qe3+ 62. Kg2 $2 {To leave the h-pawn alive is
a bad decision.} (62. Kxh4 Qxd4+ 63. Kh5 b3 {seems bad, but White is still
trying after} 64. Qg6 $1 b2 65. f7 Qc5+ 66. Kh6 Qc1+ 67. Kg7 b1=Q 68. Qxb1 Qxb1
69. f8=Q Qg1+ 70. Kh7 $17 {but of course Black has excellent winning chances.})
62... Qe4+ 63. Kh2 Qxd4 64. Kh3 (64. Qg6 {doesn't work any more} Qd6+ 65. Kg2 (
65. Kh3 b3) 65... b3 66. Qe4 Qxf6 67. Qa4+ Kb6 68. Qxb3+ Kc7 $19) 64... b3 65.
Qf7 b2 66. Qa2+ Kb6 67. Qb3+ (67. f7 {was the last chance to keep chances} Qf2
$1 68. Kg4 Qg1+ 69. Kxh4 b1=Q 70. Qxb1+ Qxb1 71. f8=Q Qh1+ 72. Kg5 Qd5+ 73. Kg6
c5 $17) 67... Kc7 68. f7 (68. Qf7+ $2 Qd7+ $19) 68... Qf4 $1 $19 {Now it
becomes clear that White should have eliminated this h-pawn.} 69. f8=R (69. Kg2
b1=Q 70. Qxb1 Qxf7 $19) 69... Qxf8 70. Qxb2 Qf4 71. Kg2 c5 {A very interesting
battle between two aggressive and creative players. Salem found a beautiful
defensive resource, but failed to keep playing the best moves in this
complicated queen endgame, and Mamedyarov's fighting spirit prevailed.} 0-1

[Event "Sautron op 15th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2015.10.27"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Bailet, Pierre"]
[Black "Libiszewski, Fabien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2015.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:18:06"]
[BlackClock "0:27:19"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {
[%emt 0:00:23]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:
22]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:01:36]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:14]} 6. b3 $5
{[%emt 0:00:46]} (6. d4) 6... Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 7. d4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} d5 {
[%emt 0:00:17]} 8. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:37]} (8. Nbd2) 8... Bf5 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 9.
Nbd2 {[%emt 0:02:41]} (9. Nh4 {[%cal Gh4f5]}) (9. Nfd2 $5) 9... Nd7 {[%emt 0:
00:56]} 10. Nh4 {[%emt 0:06:57]} Nxd2 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 11. Qxd2 {[%emt 0:00:15]
} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 12. e4 {[%emt 0:03:43]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} (12...
dxc4 13. d5 $36) 13. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Bh3 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 14. Rfe1 {
[%emt 0:05:05]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:45]} (14... Re8 15. Rad1 Nf6 16. Bf3 Qd7 17.
Ng2 Bg4 18. Qe2 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qg4 20. Qxg4 Nxg4 21. h3 Nf6 22. Nf4 Rad8 23. Nd3
Nd7 24. f4 e6 25. Kf2 a5 26. a4 b5 27. Ne5 Bxe5 28. dxe5 Nc5 29. Ke3 bxa4 30.
bxa4 Rb8 31. Bd4 Rb3+ 32. Kd2 Nxa4 33. Kc2 Rb4 34. Rb1 Rxc4+ 35. Kd3 Rb4 36.
Rxb4 axb4 37. Ra1 c5 38. Be3 Ra8 39. Rb1 Nc3 40. Rb3 Rd8+ 41. Kc4 Ne4 42. g4
Kg7 43. g5 Rd2 44. h4 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2758)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2704) Berlin
2015 0-1 (84)}) (14... Nf6 15. Bg2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 $11 {Georgiev,K (2660)-Shirov,
A (2699) RUS-chT Sochi 2007 (1) 1/2}) 15. Nf3 {[%emt 0:03:45]} (15. Rad1 Bg4
16. f3 Bh3 17. Ng2) 15... Nf6 {[%emt 0:05:15]} 16. Bc2 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Rad8 {
[%emt 0:06:20]} 17. Qe3 $14 {[%emt 0:07:55]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 18. Ne5 $146
{[%emt 0:15:59]} (18. Bc3 Qc8 19. Rad1 Bf5 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. Kg2 Qc8 22. h3 Qc7
23. Qe5 Nd5 24. Qxc7 Nxc7 25. Ba5 Rd7 26. Ne5 Bxe5 27. dxe5 Red8 28. Rxd7 Rxd7
29. Bxc7 Rxc7 30. Rd1 c5 31. g4 a6 32. Kf3 Kg7 33. Ke4 f6 34. Rd8 Kf7 35. Rh8
Kg7 36. Rd8 Kf7 37. Rh8 Kg7 38. Rb8 Kf7 39. Kd5 fxe5 40. Kxe5 b5 41. Kd5 bxc4
42. Kxc4 Rd7 43. Ra8 Rd2 44. Rxa6 Rc2+ 45. Kb5 h5 46. gxh5 gxh5 47. h4 Rxf2 {
Nakamura,H (2783)-Leko,P (2737) London 2012 1/2-1/2 (73)}) 18... Qc8 $5 {
[%emt 0:11:37]} 19. Rad1 {[%emt 0:04:00]} Bf5 $132 {[%emt 0:04:08]} 20. Bxf5 {
[%emt 0:03:25]} Qxf5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 21. Qf3 {[%emt 0:06:35]} Qxf3 {[%emt 0:
13:56]} 22. Nxf3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 23. Ba3 {[%emt 0:07:35]}
e6 $11 {[%emt 0:02:49]} 24. Kf1 {[%emt 0:03:32]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:05:31]} 25. Bc1 {
[%emt 0:03:13]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:08:43]} 26. Bg5 {[%emt 0:03:43] Une partie assez
plate} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 15th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2014.05.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2014.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3
Rd8 9. Rd1 Na6 $2 (9... Bf5) 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Na4 Nd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bf4 e6
14. Nc3 Nf6 15. Na4 Nd7 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nb4 18. Nc3 Kg7 19. e4 d4 20. Nb5
Nc5 21. Nxd4 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Nc2 23. Rad1 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxa2 25. h4 Nd7 26. Rc4
Ra1+ 27. Kh2 Ra8 28. Rc7 h6 29. Bf1 Nc5 30. Bb5 Na6 31. Re7 Nc5 32. Rc7 Na6 33.
Re7 Nc5 34. Be3 Ra5 35. b4 Rxb5 36. bxc5 bxc5 37. Rc7 b6 38. Rxc8 Rb4 39. Rb8
Rb5 40. Kg2 Rb4 41. Rb7 Rb5 42. f4 Kg8 43. h5 gxh5 44. Kf3 Rb3 45. f5 b5 46. f6
h4 47. gxh4 b4 48. Rb8+ Kh7 49. Rf8 Kg6 50. Rh8 1-0

[Event "Sautron op 13th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2013.10.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ider, Borya"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:
00:54]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} d5 {[%emt 0:06:30]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:05]} c6
{[%emt 0:00:37]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 6. c4 {[%emt 0:
00:06] Transpose dans une Gruenfeld mais l'ordre de coups des Blancs a limité
les options des Noirs} O-O {[%emt 0:00:16]} 7. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} dxc4 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} 8. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} (8... Qd5 9. Nbd2
Qxc4 10. Nxc4 Be6 11. b3 Bd5 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Rac1 Nbd7 14. Na5 Rab8 15. Rfd1
Bf8 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 e6 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. Nec4 Ke7 20. b4 Rec8 21. a3 g5
22. Nb2 Ne8 23. Nd3 f5 24. h4 g4 25. Nf4 Nef6 26. Rc2 Nd5 27. Nd3 Rf8 28. e3
Rfe8 29. Re1 N5f6 30. Rb1 Rec8 31. Rbc1 Rd8 32. a4 Ne4 33. b5 cxb5 34. Rc7 Nd6
35. Nc5 bxa4 36. Ncxb7 Nxb7 37. Nxb7 Rf8 38. R1c6 {Morozevich,A (2736)
-Mamedyarov,S (2761) Beijing 2013 1-0}) 9. Rd1 $6 {[%emt 0:05:54]} (9. Nc3 $142
{Plus souple pour garder l'option de jouer Rd1 ou Re1} Nbd7 10. e3 (10. Re1 Ne4
11. Qb3 Nb6 12. a4 a5 (12... Be6 13. Qc2 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bc4 15. Nd2 Ba6 16. Nb3
Nd7 17. Ba3 Re8 18. f4 Qc7 19. Rad1 (19. e4 $142 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4,Gf4] Ippolito})
19... Rad8 20. Qb1 b6 21. e4 Bc4 22. Nd2 Ba6 23. e5 Nf8 24. Qe4 Bb7 25. c4 Ba8
26. Qe3 Qc8 27. Ne4 Ne6 28. Bb2 Nc7 29. Qb3 f6 30. exf6 {Ippolito,D (2414)
-Fedorowicz,J (2493) USA-ch GpB San Diego 2006 (8) 1/2}))) (9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. Qc1
) 9... Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 10. e3 {[%emt 0:02:37]} e5 $132 {[%emt 0:05:19]}
11. Nc3 {[%emt 0:11:49]} e4 $1 $146 {[%emt 0:04:20]} (11... Qe7 12. Nxe5 Nxe5
13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. e4 Bg4 15. f3 Be6 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. Be3 Qa5 18. Qf2 Nd7 19. f4
Nb6 20. Bd4 {1/2-1/2 (20) Banusz,T (2583)-Vorobiov,E (2594) Trieste 2012}) 12.
Nd2 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:09:53][%csl Rc4][%cal Gb6c4,Gb6d5]} 13. Qf1 {
[%emt 0:01:10][%csl Rf1] Un coup trés laid mais les Blancs n'ont pas des
bonnes alternatives} Re8 $32 {[%emt 0:00:48][%csl Rc1,Gd5]} 14. h3 {[%emt 0:03:
19]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 15. b3 {[%emt 0:02:07]} Nbd5 {[%emt 0:02:59]} 16. Nxd5
{[%emt 0:03:11]} (16. Bb2 Nb4) 16... cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:39][%csl Rc2][%cal Ga8c8,
Gc8c2]} (16... Nxd5 $5 {[%cal Gd5b4,Gb4d3]}) 17. Qb5 {[%emt 0:06:50]} Qc8 {
[%emt 0:07:22]} (17... Rc8 $5 18. Qxb7 Bf8 19. Qxa7 $2 Re6 {[%csl Ra7][%cal
Gc8a8]}) 18. Ba3 {[%emt 0:15:01]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:48]} (18... Bxh3 $142 19. Bxh3
Qxh3 20. Qxb7 h4 $40) 19. Qf1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 20. Rac1 {
[%emt 0:00:36]} Nh7 {[%emt 0:00:54][%csl Rf3,Rh3][%cal Gh7g5]} 21. Rc2 {
[%emt 0:05:12]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:07:32]} 22. Rxc8 {[%emt 0:04:16]} (22. Rdc1)
22... Rxc8 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 23. Rc1 {[%emt 0:02:46]} Re8 {[%emt 0:06:46]} 24.
Rc3 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:55]} (24... h4 25. g4 Bxg4 26. hxg4 Qxg4
27. Kh2 {[%cal Gg2h3]} Ng5 $44) 25. b4 $6 {[%emt 0:02:32]} (25. Kh2) 25... Be7
{[%emt 0:12:22]} (25... Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Qxc8 $17) 26. b5 {[%emt 0:05:56]} Bxa3 {
[%emt 0:01:07]} 27. Rxa3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 28. Rb3 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 29. Qxb5 {[%emt 0:02:51]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:
03:27]} 30. Nb1 {[%emt 0:11:28]} (30. Qxd7 Bxd7 31. Rxb7 Bc6 32. Rb8+) 30...
Bxh3 {[%emt 0:11:37]} 31. Qxd7 {[%emt 0:08:28]} Bxd7 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 32. Rxb7
{[%emt 0:00:04]} Be6 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 33. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:02:
13]} (33... Rc2 $142 {[%csl Rc3]} 34. Na4 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Nf6 $19 {[%csl Rh2]
[%cal Gf6g4]}) 34. Ne2 $2 {[%emt 0:02:19]} (34. Rc7) 34... Ra1+ {[%emt 0:01:01]
} 35. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} g5 {[%emt 0:03:48]} 36. Rb2 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:44]} 37. Bh3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ng4+ {[%emt 0:02:17]} 38. Kg2 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 39. Nc1 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:
42]} 40. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxf2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 43rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2015.07.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2015.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After four rounds Kramnik was jointly leading the tournament with Liviu
Dieter Nisipeanu with 3.0/4. Caruana was half a point behind with 2.5/4.} 1.
Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 {The solid setup
against the Fianchetto Grunfeld is one of the toughest systems for white to
crack. But who better than the big Vlad to give it a try!} 7. Nbd2 (7. Qb3 {
has become quite popular recently.}) (7. cxd5 cxd5 {Even though White has an
extra tempo I don't believe he has serious chances of obtaining an advantage.})
(7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4 c5 {is quite a heavily analyzed line.}) 7... a5 (7... Bf5 {
is much more common. A typical line of play would go something like this:} 8.
b3 Ne4 9. Bb2 Nd7 10. Nh4 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bh3 14. Rfe1
$14 {with a slight edge for White. This had been played between Nakamura and
Leko in 2012 London GP.}) 8. b3 a4 9. Ba3 $5 (9. Bb2 {is the more common move
but Ba3 is the latest innovation and has been scoring quite decently for White.
} Bf5 {with an interesting position.}) 9... axb3 10. axb3 Bf5 11. Nh4 Be6 12.
Re1 {White prepares the move e4.} (12. e4 $2 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Qxd4
$17) (12. Qc2 $5 {has a nice trap of Bxe7 unleashing a discovered attack on
the rook on a8.} dxc4 $2 (12... Nbd7 13. e3 $14 (13. e4 $6 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 Qb6 $15)) 13. Bxe7 $1 $16) 12... Ne4 13. Bxe4 $5 {A very unorthodox
exchange by Kramnik. He is trying to spice up the position.} (13. e3 {was a
safer choice with a slightly preferable position for White.}) (13. Nxe4 dxe4
14. Bxe4 Qxd4 15. Qxd4 Bxd4 16. Bb2 $1 Rxa1 17. Bxa1 Bg7 $11 {would have lead
to a handshake pretty soon.}) 13... dxe4 14. Nxe4 (14. e3 $11 {was necessary
as the move chosen by Kramnik in the game leads to a clearly inferior position.
}) 14... Qxd4 (14... Bxd4 $2 15. Bxe7 $1 $16 {just drops a pawn.}) 15. Qc2 $5 {
This is objectively a bad move. However, it takes many precise moves from
Caruana to prove that. If Black were to play anything apart from Bf5 on the
next move then White has a fine position.} (15. Qxd4 Bxd4 16. Bb2 Rxa1 17. Bxa1
Bb6 $15 {Keeping the double bishops. Of course, this was not the reason why
Kramnik had given up his light squared bishop on e4.}) 15... Bf5 $1 {An
excellent tactical resource that might have been missed or underestimated by
Kramnik.} (15... Qxa1 $6 16. Rxa1 Bxa1 17. Bxe7 $16 {The queen will prove to
be much stronger in such a position, with the knights on the board, than the
two rooks.}) (15... Nd7 16. Rad1 Qb6 17. Bxe7 Rfe8 18. Bd6 $13 {Black has
compensation but White is not worse.}) (15... Re8 16. Bb2 Rxa1 17. Bxa1 Qb6 18.
Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rd1 $11) 16. Nxf5 gxf5 17. Ng5 (17. Nd2 Qc3 $1 {is the neat
little point.} 18. Qa2 Qa5 $17 {The exchange is lost.}) (17. Nc5 Rxa3 18. Rxa3
Qxc5 $17) 17... Qg4 {The queen attacks the knight and the bishop on g7
uncovers an attack on the a1-rook.} 18. f4 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 h6 $6 (19... c5 $1 {
would have given Caruana a nearly decisive advantage. The idea is to develop
the knight on c6 where it will be much more active than on d7 as in the game.}
20. Bb2 (20. Qc3 Nc6 21. Bxc5 Rxa1+ 22. Qxa1 Qxe2 $19 {The is the difference
of not playing h6 and pushing the knight back to f3.}) 20... Rxa1+ 21. Bxa1 Nc6
$17) 20. Nf3 Nd7 (20... c5 {would no longer be strong because} 21. Qc3 Nc6 22.
Bxc5 $15 {when Black's advantage is reduced to a minimum.}) 21. Rd1 $1 {
Kramnik takes his best practical chance to keep the rooks on board.} Rxa3 22.
Rxd7 Qh3 $1 {Keeping an eye on the white king.} 23. Qc3 e6 $6 {This terribly
weakens the f6 square and gives White enough counterplay against the f7-point.}
(23... Rfa8 {would have been much stronger as after} 24. Rxe7 $6 (24. Rxb7 $2
Ra1+ 25. Kf2 Rf1+ 26. Ke3 Qg2 $19) 24... Ra1+ 25. Kf2 (25. Ne1 Rb1 (25... Rd1
26. b4 b6 27. c5 bxc5 28. bxc5 h5 $19) 26. b4 b6 {The rook on e7 cannot give
up the e-file is the main reason for the zugzwang.} 27. c5 b5 28. Rd7 Re8 $19)
25... Rf1+ 26. Ke3 Qg2 $19 {The attack against the white king breaks through.
The most critical move Qf6 is refuted in the following manner:} 27. Qf6 Rxf3+
$1 (27... Qf2+ $6 28. Kd3 Rd1+ (28... Rd8+ 29. Kc2 $16) 29. Kc3 Rc1+ 30. Kd2 (
30. Kd3 $2 Rd8+ $19) 30... Ra2+ 31. Kd3 $11 (31. Kxc1 Qf1+ $18) 31... Rd1+ 32.
Kc3 Rc1+ 33. Kd3 $11) 28. exf3 Qg1+ 29. Kd3 Qd1+ 30. Ke3 (30. Kc3 $2 Qa1+ $19)
30... Qe1+ 31. Kd3 Rd8+ $1 32. Kc2 Rd2+ 33. Kc3 Re2+ $19) 24. Rxb7 Rfa8 25. Kf2
Ra1 26. Ke3 $1 {The king is safe on the e3-square.} Rf1 27. Qf6 Rf8 {Once the
rook has to passively defend the f7-point, it is clear that White cannot be
worse.} 28. Rd7 (28. Kd4 $5 {In this age where we are seeing king walks in
almost every other tournament this move would have been really loved by the
spectators. It doesn't really change the assessment of the position but Black
has to quickly find a way to get his queen into the game. Most probably the
game would end something like this} Qg2 29. Qxh6 Qxe2 30. Qg5+ $11 Kh7 31. Qh4+
Kg8 32. Qg5+ $11) 28... Rb1 29. Rb7 c5 30. Rb5 Rf1 31. Nd2 $2 {It is quite
possible that Kramnik was under time pressure as this gives Black the golden
opportunity to get a winning position.} (31. Rxc5 Rxf3+ 32. exf3 Qxh2 $11 {
would have ended in a draw.}) 31... Rc1 32. Qb2 (32. Nf3 Qf1 $1 33. Qxh6 Rc3+
34. Kd2 Qc1#) 32... Rd1 33. Qc2 Rh1 {White has lost all his co-ordination and
now the Black pieces weave a deadly attack.} 34. Nf3 Qg2 35. Qc3 Rf1 36. Qf6
Rf2 37. Kd3 (37. Qb2 Rxf3+ $19) 37... Rxe2 38. Ng5 Rd2+ {What an exciting game.
First Kramnik plays the opening in dubious fashion and gets a minus position.
Caruana makes one inaccurate move and just when we felt that the game was
heading towards a draw, Kramnik makes a very huge mistake by playing Nd2.
After that Caruana finished off the game to perfection.} (38... Rd2+ 39. Kc3
Rc2+ 40. Kd3 Qd2#) 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.21"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "600+10"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:
00:01]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6
{[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:
00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]} 7. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 8. b3 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 9. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:07]
} 10. e3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 11. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ne4 {
[%emt 0:00:40]} 12. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 13. cxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 14. Qb5 {[%emt 0:00:04] This position
has been reached four times before and has been played by strong players like
Berkes and Nikolic.} Ra5 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 15. Qxb7 {[%emt 0:02:46]} Nc5 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 16. Qb4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} (16. dxc5 $1 Bxb2 17. b4 $1 Ra8 (17...
Bxa1 18. bxa5 $18) 18. Nd4 $14) 16... Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 17. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} Rb5 $6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} (17... axb3 $1 18. axb3 Rb5 $11 {Ding Liren said
he saw this but didn't like that White could defend b3 with Ra3.}) 18. Bc3 $1 {
[%emt 0:00:57]} axb3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 19. Ng5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:24] This was
missed by Ding Liren.} b2 {[%emt 0:01:52]} (19... Bxg2 20. Kxg2 $18) 20. Rab1 {
[%emt 0:00:11] At this point it seemed as White is just winning as the knight
on d3 is trapped. But Ding Liren finds the best practical try.} Nxf2 $1 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} 21. Qxf2 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Bxb1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 22. Rxb1 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 23. Nh3 $6 {[%emt 0:01:43] This is passive.
Wesley played this and offered a draw. Ding Liren thought for a bit, saw that
he has easy moves to make and more time on the clock and hence went ahead and
declined the draw offer.} (23. Nf3 $14) 23... exd4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 24. exd4 {
[%emt 0:00:20]} (24. Bxd4 Bxd4 25. exd4 Qc7 $17) 24... Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 25.
Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rfb8 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 26. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qc4 {
[%emt 0:00:47]} 27. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:22] Finally the pressure became too much
for Wesley to handle and he sacrifices two pieces for a rook.} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:
00:01]} 28. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 29. Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:03] Threatening Rxc3.} 30. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} h5 {
[%emt 0:00:05] Even though Black is a pawn down, he is in a completely
dominating position.} 31. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 32. h3 {
[%emt 0:00:22]} Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 33. Qd3 $2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qe1+ $6 {
[%emt 0:00:14]} (33... Bxd4+ $1 34. Bxd4 (34. Qxd4 Rc1+ 35. Kf2 Rc2+ $19) 34...
Rc1+ 35. Kf2 Rc2+ 36. Qxc2 Qxc2+ $19) 34. Qf1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:
40]} 35. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Qd1+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 36. Qf1 {[%emt 0:00:01]}
Bxd4+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 37. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qxd4+ {[%emt 0:00:02] Black
has won back the pawn and the white king is pretty weak. Ding Liren doesn't
miss this opportunity.} 38. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qd5+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 39. Rf3
{[%emt 0:01:11]} (39. Qg2 $1 {Wesley was not in the best defensive mood. This
would have been a stauncher defence.} Rc1+ 40. Kh2 $17) 39... Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} 40. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 41. h4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kg8
{[%emt 0:00:21]} (41... Rc2+ 42. Kg1 Rc1 $19 {would have won the queen, but
gives up the f7-pawn. So Black tries to win the queen when he can somehow
retain all his pawns.}) 42. a4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 43. a5 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 44. a6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rc2+ {[%emt 0:00:
02]} 45. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} (45. Kh3 Qe6+ $19) 45... Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 46.
Rxf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxf1+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 47. Rxf1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qxa6 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 48. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} (48. Rf4 {was better. But even this
should not hold.}) 48... Qe2+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 49. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qe4+ {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 50. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 51. hxg5 {[%emt 0:
00:01]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 52. Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qe2+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 53.
Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 54. Kxg3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kg6 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 55. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qe3+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 56. Kg2 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Kxg5 {[%emt 0:00:03] All the pawns have been removed from the
board. It's just queen verus rook. Ding Liren shows good techinque.} 57. Rf3 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Qe2+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} 58. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qe1+ {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 59. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 60. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:12]}
Qe4+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 61. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kh4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 62. Ra2 {
[%emt 0:01:26]} Qe5+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 63. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qd4+ {[%emt 0:
00:16]} 64. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qd6+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 65. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
Qc5+ {[%emt 0:00:23]} 66. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qc7+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 67. Kg1 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Qb6+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 68. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Qb7+ {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 69. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qb8+ {[%emt 0:00:01] This zigzg movement has
cost White the full rook.} 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 $5 {Anish wants to stay away from Svidler's excellent home preparation
and just have a normal game of chess.} d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4
c6 {By a transposition we have reached the popular solid variation of the
Fianchetto Grünfeld. As Peter said in the press conference: "It is funny that
people are trying to find weird move orders to force me into playing the
Grünfeld, which is clearly my strongest opening!"} 6. Qb3 O-O 7. O-O a5 $5 {
Svidler's main move is 7...Qb6 but he had played this once before against
Pavel Tregubov in 2004.} 8. cxd5 a4 9. Qd1 cxd5 10. Nc3 {The players could
have reached the same position with the pawn on a7 as well. What does having
the pawn on a4 mean? In some cases it can be a weakness, but it is also a
strength that confers a lot of space to Black on the queenside.} Ne4 11. Nd2
$146 (11. Nxa4 {doesn't really make sense as after} Qa5 12. Nc3 (12. b3 b5 13.
Nb2 Nc6 $44 {followed by ...Bf5 is a free flowing position for Black.}) 12...
Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qxc3 14. Bd2 Qc4 $11) 11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qa5 13. Qc2 Bf5 $6 {
"I just blanked out!" Svidler was quite critical about this move and rightly
so. He could have kept better control on the position by playing his bishop to
e6 instead of f5.} (13... Be6 {with ...Rc8 coming up next. The opening has
gone really well for Black.}) 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nd7 16. Rb1 Qc7 17. Qe2 {
White definitely has a small edge now, mainly because his pieces are much
better co-ordinated. The rook on b1, the bishop on g2 and the dark squared
bishop coming to f4, it all looks pretty good for Anish.} Rfe8 18. Be3 (18. Bf4
e5 {is fine for Black.}) 18... Rab8 19. Rb4 $1 {Giri wanted to stop Black from
playing e5 at all costs but was not able to do so. But this rook lift is
excellent. It puts pressure on the a4-pawn and also prepares doubling on the
b-file.} e5 20. Rc4 (20. d5 {was definitely an option} Bxe4 21. Rxe4 $5 {
so that ...Bf8 doesn't come with a tempo.} (21. Bxe4 Bf8 22. Rxa4 Nc5 {Anish
didn't ike the solid control that Black had on the dark squares.} 23. Rb4 Nxe4
24. Rxe4 b5 $44 {Black is a pawn down but has excellent compensation.}) 21...
Nc5 (21... f5 22. Rxa4 $16) 22. Rb4 $16 {[%cal Gf1b1]}) (20. Rxa4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4
b5 22. Rb4 exd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. cxd4 Nf6 25. f3 Qc3 $44) 20... Qb6 21. Rb4
Qc7 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Bf4 Bd7 $1 {A strong regrouping of pieces by Svidler.
The bishop will be well placed on c6.} 24. Rd1 Bc6 $11 {Black has absolutely
no problems now.} 25. Rbd4 Re6 26. Ng5 Ree8 27. Ne4 Re6 28. Ng5 Ree8 29. Ne4
Re6 30. Ng5 Ree8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch KO"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.07"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2015.12.01"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qb3 O-O 7. O-O Qb6 8. Nc3
Rd8 9. Na4 Qxb3 10. axb3 Na6 11. Bf4 Be6 12. Rfc1 Ne8 13. h3 dxc4 14. bxc4 Bxd4
$5 {Howell decides to pick up a pawn at the cost of giving up his strong
dark-squared bishop.} 15. Nxd4 Rxd4 16. b3 $14 {Of course White has excellent
compensation thanks to his two bishops and also because none of the Black's
minor pieces are playing in the game.} Rdd8 17. Be3 Kf8 18. Nc3 Nec7 19. Ne4 f6
20. Kf1 Bf7 21. Nd2 Nb4 22. Ne4 Nba6 23. Rab1 {Of course, Pert doesn't repeat
with Nd2 again, instead tries to play for a win. After all he is point down in
the match.} Nb4 $2 {A tactical blunder by Howell.} (23... b6 {was better but
it is not a good feeling to weaken the long diagonal.}) 24. Nxf6 $1 exf6 25.
Bc5+ Ke8 26. Bxb4 $16 {White not only has restored the material equilibrium
but also has the bishop pair. This is quite a tangible advantage to White. The
game went on for another 50 moves but White was unable to make the most of his
edge and it ended in a draw.} Rd7 27. Rc3 Rad8 28. Ke1 Ne6 29. Re3 Bg8 30. Ba5
Rc8 31. Rd1 Rxd1+ 32. Kxd1 Kd7 33. Bc3 Rf8 34. Kc2 g5 35. Rd3+ Ke7 36. Bb2 Rd8
37. Ba3+ Ke8 38. Kc3 Rxd3+ 39. exd3 Bf7 40. b4 Kd7 41. b5 cxb5 42. Bxb7 bxc4
43. dxc4 h5 44. Be4 Nd8 45. Bc5 Be6 46. h4 gxh4 47. gxh4 Nc6 48. Bxc6+ Kxc6 49.
Bxa7 Bg4 50. Bd4 f5 51. Be3 Kd6 52. Kd4 Be2 53. c5+ Ke6 54. c6 Kd6 55. c7 Kxc7
56. Ke5 Kd7 57. Kxf5 Ke7 58. Kg6 Bf3 59. Bc5+ Ke6 60. Bb4 Ke5 61. Kg5 Ke6 62.
Kg6 Ke5 63. Bd2 Ke6 64. Bc3 Ke7 65. Bb4+ Ke6 66. Ba3 Ke5 67. Kg5 Ke6 68. Bb2
Kf7 69. Kf4 Bd1 70. Ke4 Ke6 71. Kf4 Kf7 72. Kf5 Bf3 73. Ke5 Ke7 74. Ba3+ Kf7
75. Bb4 Bd1 76. f4 Be2 77. f5 Bd1 78. Bc3 Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Ragaz Accentus YM"]
[Site "Bad Ragaz"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Studer, Noel"]
[Black "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 Bf5 8. b3
a5 9. Bb2 a4 10. Nh4 Bg4 11. Re1 (11. h3 Be6 12. Nhf3 Bh6 13. e3 Qa5 14. Rc1
Nbd7 15. Ne5 axb3 16. axb3 Qb6 17. g4 Ra2 18. Nd3 dxc4 19. Nxc4 Qb5 20. f4 Nd5
21. Rf2 N5b6 22. Qc2 f5 23. Bf1 Nd5 24. Qd1 Bg7 25. gxf5 Bxf5 26. Ba3 Rxf2 27.
Nxf2 Be6 28. Ne4 N7f6 29. Nc5 Bf7 30. Qe1 Ra8 31. Ra1 b6 32. Nd2 Qa5 33. Bb2
Qxa1 34. Bxa1 bxc5 35. dxc5 Nxe3 36. Qxe3 Nd5 37. Qe4 Rxa1 38. Nf3 Bc3 39. Kg2
Bb4 40. Bc4 Bxc5 41. Ng5 Ra2+ 42. Kh1 Ra1+ 43. Kg2 Ra2+ 44. Kh1 Ra1+ {1/2-1/2 
(44) Bacrot,E (2721)-Morozevich,A (2719) Poikovsky 2014}) 11... a3 12. Bc3 c5
13. Rc1 Nc6 14. dxc5 (14. Nhf3 $11) 14... d4 15. Ba1 Nb4 {Nun ist der Bauer a2
nicht mehr zu decken.} 16. Ndf3 Nxa2 17. Rc2 Nb4 18. Rd2 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 {[#]}
Ne4 {Als nächstes gerät der Td2 in die Bredoullie. Weiß ist die Partie aus
den Händen geglitten.} 20. Rxd4 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Nxc5 22. Qd2 {Die Abwesenheit
des schwarzen schwarzfeldrigen Läufers lässt Weiß auf etwas Spiel am
Königsflügel hoffen.} Nc6 $6 {Gibt ohne Not einen Bauern.} ({Besser war} 
22... Qb6) 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Qc3 f6 25. b4 (25. Bxc6 $5 Ra6 26. Bd5+ e6 27. Bg2
) 25... Na4 26. Qxa3 Qd2 27. Kf1 $6 {Erlaubt einen taktischen Trick.} (27. Rb1
$5 Qxe2 28. Bxc6 Nb6 29. Qb3 {und das Freibauernpaar am Damenflügel bringt
Weiß in Vorteil.}) 27... Nb6 28. Qb3 {[#]} Qxe1+ {Das ist er.} 29. Kxe1 Rxa1+
30. Kd2 Ra3 $1 {Die Pointe: Gabelfeld c4} (30... Rd8+ 31. Kc2 $13) 31. Qc2 Rd8+
32. Kc1 Na4 {Das Mattnetz um den weißen König wird immer enger.} 33. Kb1 Rb8
34. b5 Nc3+ 35. Kb2 Ra2+ 36. Kxc3 Rxc2+ 37. Kxc2 cxb5 38. c5 Kf7 39. Kb3 b4 40.
e4 Ke6 41. Bh3+ f5 42. f4 Rb5 43. g4 fxe4 44. Kc4 b3 45. Kd4 0-1

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-0=7"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2013.11.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2870"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2013.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 (4. c4 d4 $5 (4... c6) 5. d3 e5 6. b4 a5 $6
7. b5 c5 8. bxc6 Nxc6 9. Na3 Nge7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd2 Nb4 12. Nb5 Nec6 13. Ne4
Qe7 14. e3 Rd8 15. a3 Na6 16. exd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Re1 $16 {Jobava,B 
(2678)-Stevic,H (2612) Porto Carras 2011 1-0 (35)}) 4... c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 {
A slightly passive move.} (6. c4 dxc4 $5 {Probably Carlsen didn't want to play
this line} (6... O-O {leads to the main line}) 7. a4 Na6 $5 $146 (7... O-O 8.
Na3 Be6 9. Ng5 Bd5 10. e4 h6 11. exd5 hxg5 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Bxg5 Qxd4 14. Bxc6
Qxd1 15. Raxd1 bxc6 {1/2 (15) Adianto,U (2605)-Tkachiev,V (2620) Jakarta 1996})
8. Na3 Be6 9. Ng5 Qd7 10. Nxe6 Qxe6 11. Qc2 Nb4 12. Qc3 $8 (12. Qxc4 $2 Qxc4
13. Nxc4 Nc2 14. Rb1 Nxd4 $17) 12... a5 13. e3 Ne4 14. Qxc4 Qxc4 15. Nxc4 Nd6
16. Nd2 $2 (16. b3 O-O $6 17. Nxa5 Nc2 18. Ra2 Nxd4 19. Nxb7 $16) 16... e5 17.
Nb3 exd4 18. exd4 O-O $11 {Kunin,V (2537)-Volokitin,A (2695) ChT-AUS 2012 0-1 
(53)}) 6... O-O 7. Bb2 Bf5 8. c4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 ({A more cautious move is} 9. Nbd2
Ne4 10. Nh4 (10. e3 {This move has very good statistics} Rc8 (10... Ndc5 $5 {
might be a reasonable novelty}) 11. Rc1 a6 12. Nh4 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Be6 14. cxd5
cxd5 15. Qb4 Rb8 16. Nf3 Bf6 17. Ne5 $14 {Nikolic,P (2657)-Votava,J (2546)
Germany 2007 1-0 (72)}) 10... Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be6 12. e4 (12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qb4
Bf6 (13... a5 14. Qxb7 a4 15. Qb5 {1/2 (15) Kortschnoj, V (2595)-Nunn,J (2625)
Amsterdam 1988} axb3 16. axb3 Rb8 17. Qd3 Qb6 18. Ra3 Rfc8 $44) 14. Nf3 Qb6 15.
Qxb6 axb6 {1/2 (15) Bogner,S (2569)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2680) Belfort 2012})
12... dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bh3 14. Rfe1 Qc7 15. Nf3 Nf6 16. Bc2 Rad8 17. Qe3 Rfe8 18.
Bc3 Qc8 19. Rad1 Bf5 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. Kg2 Qc8 22. h3 $14 {Nakamura,H (2783)
-Leko,P (2737) London 2012 1/2 (73). The rook endgame was very instructive.})
9... dxc4 $1 {This underestimated move isn't a novelty, but it hadn't been
played before by titled players. 9...Ne4 was considered as the main line. I
think that White will stop playing 9.Nc3 because of 9...dxc4!} (9... Ne4 10. e3
(10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Nd2 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 c5 13. cxd5 cxd4 14. Nf3 Nb6 15. Bxd4 Bxd4
16. Qxd4 Qxd5 17. Qe3 Rad8 18. Qxe7 Rfe8 19. Qf6 Qe4 20. e3 (20. Rfe1 $1 Nd5
21. Qb2 g5 22. Kg1 $16) 20... Nd5 $44 {Tazbir,M (2444)-Jasnikowski,Z (2403)
ChT-POL Karpacz 2008 1-0 (59)}) 10... a5 11. Qe2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 a4 13. cxd5 cxd5
14. Nd2 (14. Qb5 Qb6 15. Qxd5 Be6 16. Qe4 Nf6 17. Qb1 Rfc8 18. Rc1 axb3 19.
axb3 Rxa1 20. Bxa1 Rxc1+ 21. Qxc1 Qxb3 $11) 14... Nf6 15. bxa4 Rxa4 16. a3 Qd7
$11 {1/2 (40) Fedoseev,V (2546)-Levin,E (2499) St Petersburg 2012}) 10. bxc4
Nb6 11. c5 (11. Qb3 {I think that this move is more reliable than 11.c5} Be6
12. d5 $1 (12. Ne5 $6 Nxc4 $1 (12... Qxd4 $6 13. Nd5 Qc5 14. Nc7 Rad8 15. Nxe6
fxe6 16. Rac1 $44) 13. Nxc4 b5 14. Bxc6 Bxc4 15. Qc2 Rc8 16. Bf3 Qxd4 $17)
12... cxd5 13. cxd5 Nbxd5 (13... Nfxd5) 14. Ng5 Qb6 (14... Nxc3 $5 15. Nxe6
Nxe2+ 16. Kh1 Nxg3+ 17. fxg3 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. Rab1 $44) 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16.
Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxg7 Qxb3 18. axb3 Kxg7 19. Rfc1 $44 {White has enough
compensation for the sacrificed pawn to get an equal game.}) 11... Nc4 12. Bc1
{In order to avoid trouble White should play carefully.} ({One might recommend
} 12. Qb3 Nxb2 13. Qxb2 Rb8 14. Rfd1 Ne4 (14... Qc7 $5) 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 $11)
12... Nd5 $146 ({It seems to me that the world champion could have tried to
get some advantage following G. Aring:} 12... Ne4 $1 13. Qb3 Na5 (13... b5 $5 {
Gleizerov,E} 14. cxb6 (14. Rd1 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Be4 16. a4 a6 (16... Qd5 $1 17.
axb5 cxb5 18. Qb3 (18. Ne1 $2 Bxg2 19. Nxg2 Qxc5) 18... Qb7 19. Nh4 Bxg2 20.
Nxg2 Rfd8 $15) 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Nxc4 bxc4 19. Kxg2 Qd5+ 20. Qf3 Qxf3+ 21. Kxf3
Rfd8 22. Be3 Rab8 23. Rab1 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Bxd4 25. Rb4 Bxe3 26. Kxe3 $11 {
Gleizerov,E}) 14... Na5 15. Qb2 axb6 $15) 14. Qb4 b6 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Rd1 Qd5
17. cxb6 $2 (17. Bf4 Qc4 18. Qxc4 Nxc4 $11) 17... axb6 18. Bf4 c5 19. Qxb6 cxd4
20. Rac1 Rfc8 $15 {1-0 (56) Wagner,F (2249)-Aring,G (2205) Gerlingen 2011}) 13.
Qb3 (13. Nxd5 $6 {leads to an inferior position:} Qxd5 $5 (13... cxd5 14. Bf4
Qd7 15. Qb3 b6 $15) 14. Qb3 Be4 15. Bf4 b5 $15) 13... Na5 14. Qa3 (14. Qb2 Nc4
$11 (14... b6 $5)) 14... Nc4 {Vishy Anand agreed to a draw.} (14... b6 $5 15.
Re1 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Be4 17. Be3 Qd5) 15. Qb3 Na5 16. Qa3 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 16th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Nc3 d5 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Bg2 Qb6 8. O-O
Rd8 9. Bd2 {A rare move, White wants to play Rfc1, e3, Na4.} (9. Na4 {is more
popular than 9.Bd2 and White can get the same pawn structure:} Qxb3 10. axb3
Na6 11. Bf4 (11. Bd2 Ne8 (11... Ne4 $5 12. Bf4 Bf5 13. Rfc1 h6 14. Nc3 g5 15.
Be3 Nb4 16. Ra4 a5 $11) 12. e3 Bf5 13. Rfc1 Nec7 14. Ba5 Rdc8 15. Bf1 Bg4 16.
Ne1 dxc4 17. bxc4 e5 18. h3 Bd7 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Nd3 $14 {Burmakin,V (2505)
-Dhulipalla,B (2335) Barbera del Valles 2017 1/2 (83)}) 11... Ne8 (11... Be6
12. Rfc1 Ne8 13. h3 dxc4 14. bxc4 Bxd4 $5 {Sagar Shah: 'Howell decides to pick
up a pawn at the cost of giving up his strong dark-squared bishop'.} 15. Nxd4
Rxd4 16. b3 $14 {1/2 (78) Pert,N (2569)-Howell, D (2693) London 2015 CBM 170 
[Sagar Shah/CB Website] Of course White has excellent compensation thanks to
his two bishops and also because none of the Black's minor pieces are really
in the game.}) 12. Nc3 Nac7 13. Ra4 a6 14. Rd1 Be6 15. h3 Rac8 16. c5 h6 17. g4
g5 18. Bh2 f5 19. gxf5 Bxf5 20. Ne5 Nf6 $11 {Wojtaszek,R (2748)-Ragger,M (2688)
Reykjavik 2015 0-1 (44)}) 9... Be6 {Black has other options.} (9... Bf5 10. Na4
Qxb3 11. axb3 Nbd7 12. Rfc1 Be4 13. Be1 Ne8 14. e3 Nd6 {I don't really
understand what exactly Black wants by playing this} (14... e6 $5 15. Bb4 Bf8
16. Bxf8 Kxf8 $11) 15. Bb4 a5 16. Be1 (16. Ba3 $1 Bf8 17. Nc3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 e6
19. Be2 $14) 16... e6 17. Ra2 b5 (17... dxc4 $1 18. bxc4 Nxc4 19. Rxc4 Bd5 20.
Nd2 b5 21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. Rc6 bxa4 23. Rxa4 Rdb8 $11) 18. cxb5 cxb5 19. Nc5 Nxc5
20. dxc5 $14 {Chandra,A (2464)-Zierk,S (2488) Saint Louis 2016 1/2 (76)}) (9...
dxc4 10. Qxc4 Be6 11. Qd3 Bg4 (11... Na6 $5 12. b3 c5 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Rac1 Bf5
15. Qb5 Bd7 16. Qa5 $1 (16. Qc4 Be6 17. Qd3 Bf5 $11) 16... Qxa5 17. Bxa5 b6 18.
Nxb6 axb6 19. Bxb6 Rdc8 20. Ne5 $14) 12. Na4 Qa6 13. Nc5 Qxd3 14. Nxd3 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 Rxd4 16. Bc3 Rd8 17. Nc5 b6 18. Rfd1 $44 {Ashwath,R (2239)-Kozul,Z (2607)
Sitges ESP 2017 0-1 (75)}) (9... Na6 10. Rfc1 Ne4 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. cxd5 Nxc3
13. bxc3 Rxd5 14. Ne5 Rd8 15. Nc4 b5 16. Nb6 Ra7 17. a4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 Be6 19.
Be3 Kf8 20. Rb1 Ke8 21. Bf4 Bf5 22. Rba1 c5 23. e3 Bd7 24. Ra5 cxd4 25. cxd4
Bf5 26. Bc7 Nxc7 27. Rxa7 e5 28. Rxb7 Ne6 {1-0 (28) Dreev,A (2653)-Ghasi,A 
(2475) chess.com INT 2018}) (9... Bg4 10. e3 e6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nbd7 13.
Rfd1 $14) 10. Na4 Qxb3 11. axb3 {After 9.Na4 Qxb3 10.axb3 Black should play 10.
..Na6. Now this move is dubious.} Na6 $6 {This knight will be misplaced till
the end of the game. White's plan is Rfc1, e3, Bf1, Ba5 and if ...b6 then Bxb6.
Black's knight would be better placed on d7.} (11... Nbd7 {looks better than
11...Na6:} 12. Rfc1 Ne4 {As an improvement Black can consider 12...a6 or 12...
h6.} (12... a6 $5 13. Ng5 {Since 13.cxd5 Bxd5 doesn't give White any advantage}
(13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. b4 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 e5 $11) 13... Bf5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rc7 h6
16. Nf3 b5 17. Nc3 (17. Nc5 $6 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Ne4 $15) 17... b4 18. Na4 a5 $11)
(12... h6 {Black wants to take on d5 with the bishop.} 13. e3 (13. Bb4 Re8 14.
e3 a6 15. Nd2 Rac8 16. Nc3 Bf8 {Black should get an equal position}) 13... Ne4
14. Ba5 Rdc8 15. Nd2 f5) 13. Ba5 b6 {Black's knight is on d7, so Why doesn't
have Bxb6.} 14. Be1 Rac8 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. b4 e5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bxe5
19. Bxe4 $5 (19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rc7 $11) 19...
Bxe4 20. Nc3 Bd5 (20... Bf5 $5 21. Rxa7 b5 22. e3 Bg7 $44) 21. Rxa7 Bc4 $44 {
Giri,A (2773)-So,W (2808) Wijk aan Zee 2017 1/2 (43)}) 12. Rfc1 {Despite the
fact that the computer evaluates the position as equal, It seems to me that
Black's position is already unpleasant.} Ne4 $146 ({Mohamed Haddouche tried} 
12... Ne8 13. e3 h6 14. Ba5 Rdc8 15. Nd2 Nec7 16. Bf1 (16. Bxc7 $1 Rxc7 (16...
Nxc7 17. Nc5 $16) 17. cxd5 Bxd5 (17... cxd5 18. Rxc7 Nxc7 19. Nc5 b6 20. Nxe6
fxe6 21. f4 $16 {Black's bishop is locked in}) 18. Bf1 b5 19. Nc3 $16) 16...
Bd7 17. Bxc7 Rxc7 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Bxa6 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 bxa6 21. Rc7 Bxa4 22.
bxa4 $16 {1-0 (46) Ding,L (2777)-Haddouche,M (2487) Tbilisi 2017}) 13. Ba5 Rdc8
({Black could have tried} 13... b6 $5 {I think it is Black's best chance to
level the game:} 14. Be1 ({White could have got only problems after} 14. Bxb6
axb6 15. Nxb6 $17 Ra7 16. Ra4 dxc4 (16... Rb8 17. c5 Naxc5 18. Rxa7 Nxb3 19.
Rxc6 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Rxe6 fxe6 22. Ra8 Rxa8 23. Nxa8 Nxe2+ 24. Kf1 Nd4
25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Nb6 $11) 17. bxc4 Nd2 $5 18. Nxd2 Bxd4 19. c5 Bxc5 20. Nbc4
Nb4 $15) 14... c5 15. Ne5 Rac8 16. cxd5 (16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Rxa6 cxd4 18. Nd3
Nc5 $11) 16... Bxd5 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 cxd4 20. cxd4 Rxc1 21.
Rxc1 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Nc5 $11) 14. e3 g5 ({Now Black can't play} 14... b6 $2 {
because of} 15. Bxb6 axb6 16. Nxb6 Nc7 17. Nxa8 Rxa8 18. Rxa8+ Nxa8 19. Ra1 Nc7
20. Ra7 $18) (14... f5 15. Bf1 Bf7 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nac5 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19.
Ra3 $14) 15. Nd2 Nxd2 (15... Nd6 {is not better, due to} 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Bf1
Nb5 18. Nc3 $16) 16. Bxd2 g4 17. Bf1 {I think that 17.cxd5 or 17.b4 was
stronger:} (17. cxd5 $5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. b4 e5 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. dxe5
Bxe5 22. b5 Nc7 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. Nxc3 $16) (17. b4 $5 dxc4 18. b5 cxb5 19. Bxb7
bxa4 20. Bxa6 Rcb8 21. Bc3 $16 {White is much better.}) 17... dxc4 $6 {This
changes the pawn structure in White's favour.} (17... Bf5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Bxa6 bxa6 21. Nc5 e5 22. Bc3 exd4 23. exd4 Bf8 $14 {Black has
good chances to make a draw.}) 18. bxc4 c5 19. Bg2 $1 Rab8 20. d5 Bd7 21. Bc3
$1 {White has an extra pawn in the centre and Black's knight is stuck on a6.}
Bxa4 ({David could have tried} 21... Bf5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. e4 Bg6 24. Nc3 Rd8
25. h3 $16) 22. Rxa4 Rd8 23. h3 $1 gxh3 $8 ({After} 23... h5 24. hxg4 hxg4 25.
Bf1 {Black will lose the g4-pawn.}) 24. Bxh3 Rd6 25. e4 Bxc3 26. Rxc3 $16 ({
Richard could even consider} 26. bxc3 $5 Rb6 27. e5 {with a big advantage.})
26... Rb6 27. b3 e5 {Now White can get a strong centre.} 28. Rf3 (28. f4 $1 f6
29. Rf3 Kg7 30. Ra5) 28... Kg7 29. Ra5 h6 30. Bd7 Rd6 31. Bb5 Nc7 $6 ({The
last chance was} 31... Nb4 $5 32. Rxa7 Nc2 {Black has sacrificed the a-pawn
and got some counterplay. Now Black's knight is better than White's bishop.}
33. Rd3 h5 34. Ra5 Nd4 $16 {Black has managed to put his knight in the centre.
However sooner or later White will prepare f4 with good chances to win the
game.}) 32. Ba4 Na6 $8 33. Rf5 f6 34. f4 exf4 35. gxf4 Kg6 36. b4 $1 Nxb4 (
36... cxb4 37. c5 Rdd8 38. Bd1 b3 (38... Nc7 39. Rxa7 $18) 39. Bxb3 Re8 40. Bc2
Nb4 41. Bb1 $18) 37. Bd1 $18 Na6 (37... Ra6 38. Rxa6 Nxa6 39. Bh5+ Kg7 40. e5
fxe5 41. Rf7+ Kg8 42. fxe5 $18) 38. Bh5+ Kh7 39. e5 Rb6 40. Rb5 {This is a
reliable way to win the game.} ({The computer recommend} 40. e6 Rg8+ 41. Kf2
Rb2+ 42. Kf3 Rh2 (42... Rgg2 43. Rxf6 Rbf2+ 44. Ke3 $18) 43. d6 $18) 40... Rg8+
41. Kf2 Rxb5 42. cxb5 Nc7 43. d6 Nxb5 44. Rxf6 Rd8 45. Rf7+ Kg8 46. Rxb7 a6 47.
Rb6 c4 48. Rxa6 c3 49. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c6 6. b3 Ne4 ({As an
alternative way, one might recommend} 6... d5 7. Bb2 e6 8. d3 b6 $5 9. Nbd2 Bb7
10. e4 c5 11. exd5 exd5 12. d4 Nbd7 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Re1 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Nc5 (
15... Re8 16. Rxe8+ Nxe8 17. cxd5 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Bxd5 $11) 16. Ne5 Re8 17. Ndf3
dxc4 18. Rxc4 Bd5 $11 {Fressinet,L (2717)-Dubov,D (2614) Dubai UAE 2014 1-0 
(65)}) 7. d4 d5 8. Bb2 a5 9. Nc3 Bf5 10. Rc1 (10. Ne5 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bxe5 $5 (
11... Nd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Rc1 (13. Bxd5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Rc8 15. Rc1 Rc5 16. Bg2
(16. Bxb7 $4 Qc7 $19) 16... Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 $11) 13... Be4 $6 14. Bh3 Nxe5
15. dxe5 Ra6 16. Qd2 a4 17. Bd4 $14 {Goldin,A (2585)-Svidler,P (2635)
Novosibirsk 1995 1-0 (25)}) 12. dxe5 dxc4 13. Qc1 ({I think stronger is} 13.
bxc4 Qxd1 (13... Qc7 14. Qc1 Nd7 15. Qh6 Rad8 16. h4 Nc5 17. Rac1 b6 18. h5 $14
) 14. Rfxd1 Nd7 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Rd2 Kf8 17. Rcd1 Ke8 {with good chances to
get an equal game.}) 13... cxb3 14. axb3 Qb6 {Certainly White has some
compensation for the pawn but I think it is enough only for an equal game.} 15.
Qa3 (15. Qh6 $5 Qxb3 16. Rfc1 Nd7 17. e6 Nf6 18. exf7+ Qxf7 19. Bxa5 $44) 15...
Nd7 (15... Re8 $5 16. Ra2 (16. Bxa5 $6 Qb5 17. Qb4 Qxe5) 16... Be6 17. Rfa1 $44
) 16. Qxe7 Qxb3 17. Bxa5 $6 Rfe8 18. Qh4 Nxe5 19. Rfc1 Ng4 $17 {Bachmann,A 
(2619)-Gabuzyan,H (2537) Albena BUL 2014 1/2 (60)}) (10. e3 Nxc3 (10... Nd7 11.
Qe2 (11. cxd5 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 cxd5 13. Ne5 Nf6 $11) 11... Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Nf6 13.
Rfc1 Be4 14. Bf1 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 e6 16. b4 Ne4 17. Be1 axb4 18. Bxb4 Re8 (18...
c5 $1 {leads to enormous complications} 19. cxd5 $1 (19. dxc5 Bxa1 20. Rxa1 Qg5
$3 21. cxd5 Qe5 22. Rd1 Rxa2 $17) (19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. cxd5 (20. dxc5) 20... Nd7
21. dxe6 fxe6 22. Qxb7 Rb8 $15) 19... Ng5 $1 20. Qg2 cxb4 21. h4 e5 $1 22. dxe5
Bxe5 23. Rab1 Rxa2 $15) 19. a4 h5 $11 {Bu,X (2708)-Radjabov,T (2751) Sofia
2008 1/2 (45)}) 11. Bxc3 Be4 12. Qe2 e6 (12... a4 13. Qb2 (13. cxd5 $6 Qxd5 14.
b4 Nd7 (14... Na6 $5 15. Rfd1 Nc7) 15. Rfd1 Qh5 16. h3 Rfc8 17. Rac1 $11 {
Nikolic,P (2645) -Karpov,A (2770) Monte Carlo 1996 1-0 (60)}) 13... Nd7 14.
Rfc1 Qb6 15. c5 (15. Ne1 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 e6 17. Nd3 Rfc8 $11) 15... Qc7 16. b4 b5
17. cxb6 Nxb6 18. Qe2 a3 19. Nd2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Na4 $11 {Malakhov,V (2721)-Li,C
(2613) China 2010 1/2 (44)}) 13. Rfc1 Nd7 14. Bf1 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qe7 16. Rab1
Rfd8 17. a4 Nb6 18. Qd1 Ra7 19. c5 Nd7 20. b4 (20. Qd2 Rda8 21. f4 f5 22. Bd3
Nf6 $11) 20... axb4 21. Rxb4 e5 $11 {Nikolic,P (2605)-Li Chao2 (2711) Solingen
GER 2014 1/2 (54)}) 10... Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Be4 12. e3 e6 13. Bh3 Nd7 $146 (13...
dxc4 14. bxc4 c5 15. Qe2 Bxf3 (15... Nc6 16. Nd2) 16. Qxf3 cxd4 17. exd4 Bxd4
18. Qxb7 Ra7 19. Qb2 $14) (13... Bxf3 14. Qxf3 a4 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. Qc2 axb3 17.
axb3 Qe7 18. Ra1 $14 {Dizdar,G (2535)-Moradiabadi,E (2445) Mallorca 2004 1/2-1/
2 (30)}) 14. Qe2 (14. Nd2 Bd3 15. Re1 b5 16. cxb5 {The solid continuation is}
Bxb5 (16... cxb5 {leads to complicatons or to the worse position.} 17. Nf1 Bf5
$1 {I think that 99.9% players can play this only after analysis with the
computer.} (17... Bxf1 $6 18. Bxf1 b4 19. Bb2 $14) 18. g4 {it seems that Black
loses his bishop but} Qh4 $1 19. Kg2 Be4+ $1 20. f3 Nf6 $1 21. Ng3 b4 22. Bb2
h5 $1 23. gxh5 Bf5 24. Bxf5 gxf5 $11) 17. Bg2 a4 18. b4 Nb6 $11) 14... Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 Nf6 16. Qe2 Ne4 17. Be1 f5 $5 {An ambitious way. It seems to me that
Black could get an equal game after} (17... a4 18. Qc2 (18. b4 Nd6 19. c5 Nb5 (
19... Nc4 $6 {the knight can achieve nothing from c4} 20. f4 f5 21. Qd3 Qe7 22.
Rf2 $14) 20. f4 Qe7 21. Rf2 f6 22. Qg4 (22. Bd2 e5 23. dxe5 $8 (23. fxe5 $2
fxe5 24. dxe5 Rxf2 25. Qxf2 Rf8 26. Qe2 Qxe5 $17) 23... fxe5 24. f5 e4 25. Rcf1
Nc3 26. Bxc3 (26. Qg4 $6 gxf5 27. Rxf5 Rxf5 28. Qxf5 Nxa2 $17 {the a-pawn is
too dangerous}) 26... Bxc3 27. a3 $11) 22... e5 23. dxe5 fxe5 24. Qe6+ Qxe6 25.
Bxe6+ Kh8 26. fxe5 Rxf2 27. Kxf2 Bxe5 $11) 18... axb3 19. axb3 Qb6 20. Bg2 f5
21. f3 Ng5) 18. Bg2 g5 19. b4 $6 {This plan is too slow.} ({Alexander could
have got superior game after} 19. g4 $1 Qd7 (19... a4 20. Bb4 Rf7 21. f3 Nd6
22. Kh1 Kh8 23. Qc2 $14) (19... Nf6 20. gxf5 exf5 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Rc5 Ne7 23.
Qc2 $14) 20. gxf5 exf5 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. f3 Nf6 23. Bg3 Rac8 24. Be5 Rfe8 25.
Qd3 $14) 19... axb4 20. Bxb4 Rf7 21. a3 Nd6 $11 {White has the bishop pair but
the opponent's knight could be placed on c4, the a3-pawn is rather weakand it
is not easy to play Ra1, a4, a5, a6 because it takes too much time.} 22. cxd5
exd5 23. Rc2 Qd7 24. Qh5 h6 25. f4 $6 {Alexander wanted to prevent f5-f4 but
this move creates a weakness on e3.} (25. Ra2 Qe6 26. a4 f4 27. Bh3 Qf6 28.
Bxd6 Qxd6 29. exf4 gxf4 30. Re2 Re7 31. Rfe1 Rxe2 32. Rxe2 Rf8 $11) 25... Nc4
26. Re2 (26. Re1 g4 (26... Re8 $6 27. fxg5 Rxe3 28. Rd1 hxg5 29. Qxg5 $11) (
26... gxf4 $5 27. gxf4 Nxe3 $5 {Objectively, it leads to Black's advantage,
but it wouldn't be easy to find the best plan over the board.} 28. Rxe3 Bxd4
29. Rce2 Re8 30. Bd2 Re6 31. Kh1 Bxe3 32. Rxe3 Rxe3 33. Bxe3 d4 34. Bd2 Qe6 $15
) 27. Bf1 b5 28. h3) 26... g4 {Teimour didn't want to play with rook + 2 pawns
against 2 bishops and found a strong alternative.} (26... Nxe3 27. Rxe3 Bxd4
28. Rfe1 Re8 29. Bd2 gxf4 30. gxf4 Bxe3+ 31. Rxe3 Rxe3 32. Bxe3 d4 33. Bd2 Qe6
$15) 27. Kh1 ({White couldn't play} 27. h3 $2 {due to the line} Re8 28. Rfe1
Rxe3 $1 29. Rxe3 Nxe3 $1 (29... Bxd4 $2 30. Bc3 $1 Bxe3+ 31. Rxe3 Nxe3 32. Qg6+
Kf8 $8 (32... Rg7 $2 33. Bxg7 Qxg7 34. Qe8+) 33. Bb4+ Re7 34. Qf6+ Ke8 35. Qh8+
Kf7 36. Qh7+ Kf8 37. Qh8+ $11) 30. Rxe3 Bxd4 31. Bd2 Qe6 32. Kf2 Re7 $19) 27...
Qe8 28. h3 Re7 $1 29. Qxe8+ $6 {This leads to a bad endgame.} ({The last
chance was to play} 29. Qxf5 $5 Rxe3 30. Ree1 Raxa3 31. Qxg4 Rab3 32. f5 Rxe1
33. Rxe1 Qf7 $17 {and if} 34. Re7 {then} Ne3 $1) 29... Rexe8 30. Rfe1 (30. hxg4
Rxe3 31. Rxe3 Nxe3 32. Re1 Bxd4 33. gxf5 c5 $19) 30... h5 31. Bf1 (31. hxg4
hxg4) 31... Re6 32. hxg4 hxg4 33. Rh2 $2 {A blunder} ({However even after} 33.
Kg2 Ra4 34. Kf2 Nxa3 35. Bxa3 Rxa3 36. Rb1 b5 $19 {White's position is lost.})
33... Rxe3 34. Rxe3 Nxe3 35. Bd3 Bxd4 36. Re2 c5 0-1

[Event "Balatonbereny Artia op"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1984.09.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Csom, Istvan"]
[Black "Vogt, Lothar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Vogt,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1984.09.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. Qa4 Bf5 8. Nc3
Nbd7 (8... dxc4) 9. cxd5 Nb6 10. Qb4 Nfxd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Rfc1
Rc4 14. Qa3 Ra4 15. Qe3 Nc4 16. Qc3 Nd6 17. Qb3 Qa5 $2 (17... Ra5) 18. Bxd6
exd6 19. e3 Qb4 20. Nd2 Be6 21. Rc3 Bf6 22. Qc2 Ra6 23. a3 Qa4 24. Qxa4 Rxa4
25. Bf1 Bd8 26. b3 Ba5 27. Rc2 Bf5 28. Rca2 Bxd2 29. Rxd2 1-0

[Event "Vidmar Memorial 20th"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2016.06.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Volokitin,A"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2016.06.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Bg2 Qb6 8. O-O
Rd8 {In dieser Stellung hat Weiß sehr viele Pläne:} 9. Na4 {Eine ziemlich neue
Idee. Weiß will die Dame abtauschen. Die andere Zuege sind:} (9. c5) (9. Rd1) (
9. h3) 9... Qxb3 ({Der Zug} 9... Qa6 $6 {gefällt mir nicht:} 10. cxd5 cxd5 11.
Bf4 $36) 10. axb3 Na6 11. Nc3 {Das Endspiel sieht für Schwarz sehr zuverlässig
aus. Es gibt verschiedene Züge. Insgesamt glaube ich nicht, dass Schwarz
irgendwelche Probleme haben kann.} Be6 {Konkret gespielt. Schwarz attackiert
den Bauern c4.} 12. Ra4 Nd7 {Das war meine Idee.} ({Stärker ist wahrscheinlich
} 12... Nc7 13. Bf4 Nfe8 14. Rfa1 a6 {- Schwarz steht sehr fest. Schlecht ist}
15. Rb4 $2 b5 $1 $17) 13. cxd5 $1 Bxd5 ({Nach} 13... cxd5 14. Bf4 $36 {steht
Weiß aktiver.}) 14. Nxd5 cxd5 {Weiß hat das Läuferpaar.} 15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Bxf6
$2 {Ein strategischer Fehler, Weiß musste das Läuferspaar behalten:} (16. Bd2
$1 Nab8 17. e3 Nc6 18. Rc1 e6 19. Ne1 a6 20. Nd3 {und Weiß steht etwas
angenehmer.}) 16... Nxf6 $11 {Jetzt hat Schwarz keine Probleme.} 17. Rfa1 Rd6
$1 {Eine starke Idee. Schwarz kann die schwachen Bauern attackieren.} 18. e3
Rb6 19. R4a3 $6 {Eine seltsame Entscheidung. Es war Zeit, Remis zu machen:} (
19. Bf1 $1 Rxb3 20. Bxa6 bxa6 21. Rxa6 Rxb2 22. Rxa7 $11) 19... Rc8 $1 20. Ne1
$1 {Mit der Idee das Feld c2 zu kontrollieren.} (20. Bf1 $2 Rc2 $36) 20... Ne4
({Flexibler ist} 20... Rcc6 $1 21. Rd1 $1 (21. Bf1 $140 $2 Nb4 $1 22. Rxa7 Nc2
$15) 21... Ne4 $36) 21. Rd1 {Zu passiv. Weiß kann doch Bf1 spielen.} (21. Bf1
$1 $11 Nd2 $140 $2 22. Bxa6 bxa6 23. b4 $1) 21... e6 22. Bf1 Rcc6 {Wegen des
doppelten Bauern auf der b-Linie steht Schwarz etwas angenehmer.} 23. Bd3 $2 {
Ein Fehler.} ({Stärker war} 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. Rxa6 Rxa6 25. f3 Nd6 26. Rc1 $11
{und die Partie muss Remis enden.}) 23... Nb4 $1 24. f3 $1 Nd6 $15 25. Rxa7
Nxd3 26. Rxd3 (26. Nxd3 $2 Rxb3 $17) 26... Rc1 27. Kf2 $2 {Noch ein Fehler.} ({
Weiß musste die beste Verteidigung finden:} 27. Kf1 $1 Rb1 28. Ra2 {sondern
strategisch} h5 $1 {mit der Idee g5-g4, um das Feld e4 für den Springer
freizukämpfen} ({und jetzt nicht taktisch} 28... Rc6 $2 29. Rd2 Rcc1 (29... Nf5
30. Re2) 30. Re2) 29. Ke2 g5 $36) {Jetzt kommt eine kleine Kombination mit
einem Zwischenschach:} 27... Rb1 28. Ra2 Ra6 29. Rxa6 Rxb2+ $1 30. Kg1 bxa6 $17
31. g4 ({Nach} 31. Ng2 Kg7 $1 {hat Weiß auch die große Probleme. Zum Beispiel}
32. Rc3 Nb5 33. Rc6 e5 $3 34. dxe5 d4 35. exd4 Nxd4 36. Rf6 a5 $1 37. Nh4 Rxb3
$17 {mit guten Gewinnchancen.}) 31... Nb7 $2 {Zu eilig. Ich musste meine
Stellung noch verbessern mit} (31... Kg7 $1 {Prophylaxis!} 32. Rc3 (32. h4 Nb7
$1 $17) 32... Nb5 33. Rd3 Na3 34. f4 a5 35. g5 Nb5 36. Nf3 Rc2 {und dann mit
der Idee ...Nc3, ...Ne4, ...h5 muss Schwarz allmählich gewinnen.}) 32. Rc3 $1 {
Jetzt hat Weiß genügend Gegenspiel, um Remis zu machen.} Na5 33. Nd3 ({Noch
stärker war} 33. Rc5 $3 Nxb3 {Der Springer steht schlecht auf b3.} 34. Rc8+ Kg7
35. Nd3 Rb1+ 36. Kf2 $44 {mit der Idee Ne5.}) 33... Rxb3 34. Rc8+ Kg7 35. Ne5
$1 Nc4 $8 36. Nxc4 dxc4 37. Kf2 c3 38. Ke2 a5 $2 {Zeitnot.} ({Mehr praktische
Chancen verspricht} 38... Rb2+ $1 39. Kd3 Rf2 $1 (39... Rxh2 40. Rxc3 Ra2 (
40... h5 41. gxh5 gxh5 42. Ra3 h4 43. Rxa6 h3 44. Ke4 Rg2 45. Ra1 h2 46. Rh1
Kg6 47. Ke5 $11) 41. g5 $1 $15) 40. Rxc3 (40. f4 $4 c2 $1 $19) 40... Rxf3 41.
Ra3 Rh3 42. Rxa6 Rxh2 43. g5 h5 44. gxh6+ Rxh6 45. e4 $15 {und dieses Endspiel
muss Weiß halten.}) 39. Kd3 $1 Kf6 $1 ({Nicht} 39... c2+ {wegen} 40. Kd2 $1)
40. h4 {Richtig gespielt. Der Zug 40.Rc3 verliert zwar nicht, ist aber
trotzdem schlecht:} (40. Rxc3 $2 Rxc3+ 41. Kxc3 Ke7 42. Kb3 Kd6 43. e4 Kc7 44.
Ka4 Kb6 45. g5 $1 Ka6 46. h4 Kb6 47. f4 Ka6 48. e5 $1 Kb6 49. d5 $1 exd5 50. f5
gxf5 51. e6 $1 fxe6 52. h5 f4 53. g6 hxg6 54. hxg6 f3 55. g7 f2 56. g8=Q f1=Q
57. Qxe6+ Kc5 $15) 40... h5 41. gxh5 gxh5 42. Rxc3 $4 {Ein unglaublicher
Fehler.} ({Eigentlich hatte Weiß schon alle Probleme gelöst, zum Beispiel} 42.
Kc2 Ra3 (42... Rb2+ 43. Kxc3 Rh2 44. Ra8 Rxh4 45. Rxa5 $11) 43. Rc5 $11) 42...
Rxc3+ 43. Kxc3 Ke7 $19 {Das Bauerendspiel ist für Weiß einfach verloren.} 44.
Kc4 Kd6 45. Kb5 Kd5 46. Kxa5 Kc4 47. Kb6 Kd3 48. Kc5 Kxe3 49. Kd6 Kxd4 $1 50.
Ke7 f5 $1 {Wahrscheinlich hatte mein Gegner ...f5 übersehen.} 51. Kf6 (51. Kxe6
f4 $19) 51... Ke3 52. Kg5 Kxf3 53. Kxh5 Kg3 54. Kg5 f4 55. h5 f3 56. h6 f2 57.
h7 f1=Q 58. h8=Q Qf5+ {Und dann ...Qh3+.} 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Spring-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Black "Bai, Jinshi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2019.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d4 O-O 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3
Bf5 9. Ne5 Be6 10. Qd1 dxc4 11. Na4 Qd8 12. Nc5 Qc8 13. Qc2 Bh3 14. Qxc4 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 Nbd7 16. Ncd3 Ne4 17. Rd1 Nd6 18. Qa4 Nf5 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Nc5 Qc8
21. Qc4 Rd8 22. Nb3 b5 23. Qc2 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Bxd4 25. e3 Bf6 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.
e4 Bd4 28. Bh6 c5 29. h4 Qd7 30. Rd1 Qe6 31. b4 Qc4 32. Qxc4 bxc4 33. bxc5 e5 {
[#] A speculative treatment of the opening led White to a troublesome
situation.} 34. f4 {This is a nice attempt to use tactics.} ({Another idea was
} 34. Rb1 Rc8 35. Rb4 c3 36. c6 {and then answer} f5 {with} 37. Rc4 fxe4 38. f4
$1) 34... f6 35. fxe5 fxe5 36. Rf1 Rc8 37. c6 c3 38. Rf8+ {A bit too eager to
secure a draw.} ({There wasn't anything wrong with} 38. c7 c2 39. Rf6 Bb6 (
39... g5 40. Rc6) 40. Kf3 g5 41. Rc6 gxh4 42. Rxc2 hxg3 43. Kxg3 Rxc7 44. Rxc7
Bxc7 45. Kg4 {Obviously, White can never lose this.}) 38... Rxf8 39. Bxf8 Bb6
40. Ba3 Kf7 41. g4 Ke6 42. Kf3 Bd8 {[#]} 43. Ke2 $2 {A critical error.} ({
Instead White could have set up a typical defense combining the powers of his
bishop and the e-pawn to keep the enemy king at bay:} 43. c7 Bxc7 44. Ke2 Bd8
45. h5 gxh5 46. gxh5 Bh4 47. Bc5 a6 48. Kd3 Be1 49. Bb6 $11) 43... Bxh4 44. Kd3
Be1 45. c7 Kd7 46. Bd6 h5 $1 47. gxh5 gxh5 48. Bxe5 h4 49. Bd6 Bg3 $1 {
Everything works like a charm.} 50. e5 Kc8 $1 51. Bc5 h3 52. e6 Kxc7 53. Bxa7
h2 54. Bb8+ Kc6 0-1

[Event "WchT 11th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nbd2 {A quiet line.} O-O 7.
O-O a5 8. b3 Ne4 ({The main position of this line is reached after} 8... a4 9.
Ba3 Re8 10. e3 {Radoslaw has played it before, without particular success,
losing to Ivanchuk and Sjugirov in 2015. Likely, he had some improvement
prepared.}) 9. e3 Bg4 ({Previously seen was} 9... Bf5 10. Bb2 a4 {mainly in
the games of Predrag Nikolic, one of the first people to regularly employ this
variation as White.}) (9... a4 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ng5 f5 13. bxa4
{may offer White a little bit of something.}) 10. Ba3 ({I assume the point of
Shankland's novelty was to provoke} 10. h3 {then Black returns to the main
line,} Bf5 11. Bb2 a4 {and is ready to meet} 12. g4 $2 {with} a3) 10... b5 $6 {
A novel approach. Such ideas are commonly played against more modern White
setups, such as the Reti. Here White is pretty solid in the centre, so I'm not
sure I'd give it my support.} 11. cxd5 ({An interesting try was} 11. Qc1 b4 12.
Bb2 Bf5 13. Nh4 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Be6 15. a3 $5) 11... cxd5 12. Qc1 b4 ({The line} 
12... Bf5 13. Ne5 b4 14. Bb2 Na6 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 (15... Rc8 $5 16. Nxf7 Rxf7 17.
Nc5) 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qc6 {illustrates the probelm on the c-file Black
created for himself with his brash 11...b5}) 13. Bb2 Na6 {This looks very
awkward considering Black's structure on the queenside. The knight obviously
has no prospects on a6.} (13... Nd7 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Ng5 a4 16. bxa4 Nb6 17.
Nxe4 Nxa4 18. Qd2 {it doesn't seem Black has enough here.}) (13... Nxd2 14.
Qxd2 Nd7 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Be6 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. Qd4 {is clearly better for
White.}) 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Ng5 e5 {This is what Sam was counting on. Indeed,
Black will get his pawn back, but the resulting position turned out to be
plain bad for him.} 16. Nxe4 exd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. exd4 Qxd4 19. Qg5 {The
difference between White's well-organised army and Black's scattered forces is
striking.} Be2 20. Rfe1 Rac8 21. Rac1 $2 (21. Qf6 {was winning on the spot:}
Qxf6 22. Nxf6+ Kg7 23. Rxe2 Kxf6 24. Bb7) 21... Qb2 $2 ({However bad} 21...
Rxc1 22. Qxc1 (22. Rxc1 f5 {and Black is fighting}) 22... Bd3 23. Rd1 Kg7 {
might have looked to Sam, he still had to accept this position.}) 22. Rxc8 Rxc8
23. Nd6 $1 {The f7-pawn falls, and it's curtains.} Rf8 24. Qe7 Bh5 25. Bd5 1-0

