[Event "World-ch14 Alekhine-Bogoljubow +8-3=15"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1934.06.14"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E67"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1934.04.01"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[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 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 (6... Nc6 7. d5
Nb8 8. O-O a5 9. h3) 7. O-O e5 8. b3 (8. Qc2 exd4 9. Nxd4 d5 $2 10. cxd5 Nb6
11. Bg5 $16) 8... Re8 9. Qc2 Ng4 (9... c6 10. Bb2 e4 11. Ng5 e3 12. fxe3 (12.
f4 Nf8 13. d5 cxd5 $15) 12... Bh6 (12... Ng4 13. Nxf7 Nxe3 14. Qd2 Qe7 15. Ne4
Nxg2 16. Nfxd6 Ne3 $1 $17 {Spraggett-Brendel/Wien op/1986}) 13. Nce4 (13. h4 $1
Bxg5 $1 (13... Rxe3 14. Bc1 Rxg3 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. Bxh6 $18) 14. hxg5 Ng4 15.
Rf3 $1 (15. Ne4 $2 d5 $1) 15... Qxg5 (15... Nxe3 16. Qd2 Nxg2 17. Kxg2 $14) 16.
e4 Ndf6 17. Rd1 Qh6 18. Bc1 Qh2+ 19. Kf1 Nh5 20. Qd3 f5 21. exf5 Ne3+ $2 22.
Bxe3 Nxg3+ 23. Rxg3 Qxg3 24. Bf2 {1-0 Goasdoue,VM-Slinger,AJ/corr /1991}) 13...
d5 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 $15) 10. dxe5 $1 Ndxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bb2 h5 (12... Bf5
$142 13. e4 Bd7 14. Nd5) 13. Rad1 Bf5 14. Qd2 Qc8 15. Nd5 c6 $1 (15... Rb8 {
[%cal Yb7b5] /\b5}) 16. Ne3 Bh3 (16... Rd8) 17. f4 (17. Qxd6 Nxc4 $4 18. Nxc4
$18) 17... Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Ng4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. f5 $6 (20. Rfe1 Re6 21. e4 $16 {
Lasker}) 20... Qd8 21. Qd4+ Ne5 22. fxg6 (22. f6+ {[%cal Yd4d6] /\Qd6}) 22...
fxg6 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 (24. Rxd6 Rad8 25. Rfd1 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Nf7 27. Rd2
Re7 28. Nf4 Kf6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Wereldschaaktoernooi"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1950.11.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1950.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. b3 (
8. e4) 8... Re8 9. Qc2 c6 (9... Ng4 {/\10... ed} 10. Bg5 f6) 10. Bb2 (10. Ba3
$1 Qc7 11. Rac1 e4 $2 12. Ng5 e3 13. f4 $16) 10... Nf8 11. d5 $1 {><Te8,Sf8} c5
12. e4 Ng4 13. Ne1 f5 14. Nd3 Nd7 15. Rae1 Ndf6 16. f3 Nh6 17. f4 $1 $36 Nf7
18. exf5 $2 (18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 (19... Rxe5 20. Nd1 Re8 (20... Nxe4
21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Qxe4 $16) 21. e5 $1 $16) 20. exf5 Bxf5 (20...
gxf5 21. Na4 $16) 21. Ne4 $16) 18... Bxf5 19. Ne4 Nd7 $1 20. Qd2 Qe7 21. Nef2
Rf8 22. Be4 (22. g4 $142) 22... Rae8 23. Kh1 Kh8 24. Re2 a6 25. Rfe1 b5 26.
fxe5 Nfxe5 27. Nxe5 Nxe5 28. Nd3 $2 (28. Bxf5 {/\29.Sd3}) 28... Bg4 29. Bxe5
Bxe5 30. Rf2 Bd4 31. Rxf8+ Rxf8 32. Bg2 Qf6 33. Qf4 Qxf4 34. Nxf4 bxc4 35. bxc4
Rb8 36. Nd3 Bf5 37. Be4 Bd7 38. Kg2 Kg7 39. Bf3 Kf6 40. Nf2 $2 $138 (40. Be4
$142) 40... Rb2 $1 41. Re2 Rxe2 {Adjourned} (41... Rxe2 42. Bxe2 Ke5 {/\43...
Lf2 44.Kf2 Kd4-+} 43. Nd3+ Ke4 44. Nf4 Ke3 $1 45. Bd1 Bf5 46. Ne6 Be4+ 47. Kh3
(47. Kf1 Bd3+) 47... Bd3 48. Bb3 Bf1+ 49. Kg4 Bf6 $19) 0-1

[Event "Interpolis-01"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1977.09.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1977.09.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Nbd7 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
c6 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. b3 Re8 11. e3 Nf8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. h3 (13. a4 e4 14. Ba3 c5
15. Nd4 (15. Nd2 Bg4 {Tal-Kupreichik/USR-ch/1969} (15... Bf5 $5)) 15... Bg4 16.
Rd2 Qe5 {Arkell-Kochiev/Leningrad/1989/1/2}) 13... e4 14. Nd4 h5 15. a4 N8h7
16. Ba3 Qe5 (16... c5 17. Ndb5 b6 18. a5 $36) 17. Nce2 h4 (17... h4 18. g4 (18.
Bb2 hxg3 19. fxg3 Qg5 20. Qd2 $13) 18... Bxg4 19. hxg4 Nxg4 20. Nf4 g5 21. Qe2
f5 22. Bd6 Qxd6 23. Nxf5 Qe5 24. Qxg4 gxf4 25. exf4 Qf6 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1980.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Qc2
Re8 (8... c6 $5 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. b3 exd4 (10... Re8 $5) 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Bb2 Nc5
13. e3 a5 14. a3 h5 $1 15. b4 Nce4 16. b5 Bd7 $1 17. Rac1 h4 $13 {Timman,
J-Kasparov,G/Tilburg/1991/0:1 (35)/ Inf 53/570/}) 9. Rd1 e4 $6 (9... Qe7 10. b3
Nf8 $2 (10... exd4 11. Nxd4 c6) 11. e4 (11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nb5 Bf5 13. Qc3 e4
14. Ba3 c5 $13 {Radulescu,C-Pacht/ROM(ch)/1960/}) 11... Bg4 12. d5 $16 {
Boleslavsky,Lepeshkin/}) 10. Ne1 $6 (10. Ng5 $1 Nb6 11. Ncxe4 Nxe4 (11... Bf5
12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. e4 Bg4 14. Nf3) 12. Nxe4 Bf5 13. f3 (13. d5 Nd7 14. f3 Nc5
$13) 13... d5 (13... c6 14. d5 cxd5 15. cxd5 Rc8 (15... Nd7 16. Be3 Rc8 17. Qb3
) 16. Qb3) 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Be3) 10... Nb6 11. c5 (11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nxc4
13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Qxc4 d5 15. Qc2 Bf5 $44) 11... Nbd5 12. cxd6 (12. Nxe4 Nxe4
13. Bxe4 Nb4 14. Qb1 dxc5) 12... Qxd6 13. Qb3 (13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nb4 15.
Qb1 Qe7 16. f3 (16. Bf3 Bf5) (16. Bd3 Bxd4) 16... f5) 13... Bg4 $1 14. Nc2 $6 (
14. f3 $5 exf3 15. exf3 Be6 16. Qc2) 14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bxe2 16. Re1 Qa6 $1
17. Bg5 (17. Nb4 Qb5 18. a4 Qh5 $19) 17... c6 18. Nb4 Qb5 19. Bxf6 $6 (19. a4
$5 Qxg5 (19... Qc4 20. Qxc4 Bxc4 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Rxe4) 20. Rxe2 Re7 $17)
19... Bxf6 20. a4 Qh5 $19 21. Qc2 Bf3 22. Bxf3 exf3 (22... Qxf3 23. Re3 {
/\Rae1/}) 23. Qd3 (23. Nd3 $5 Qh3 $140 24. Nf4) (23. Nd3 $5 g5 24. Qd1) 23...
Re2 24. Rxe2 fxe2 25. Re1 Re8 26. Nc2 Qa5 27. Ne3 (27. Ra1 {/\Ne3/} c5 $1)
27... Qxa4 28. Rxe2 Bg7 $6 (28... Qa1+ $1 29. Kg2 Bg7) 29. Qb1 $1 Qa6 30. Ra2
Qb6 31. Rb2 $6 (31. Qxb6 $5 axb6 32. Ra7 Re7 33. Nc4 b5 34. Na5 Re1+ 35. Kg2
Rc1 36. Rxb7 Rxc3 37. d5 (37. Rc7 b4) 37... cxd5 38. Rxb5 d4 39. Rb8+ Bf8 40.
Nb3 d3 41. Nd2 Kg7 42. Rd8) 31... Qa5 32. Rxb7 Qxc3 33. Qa2 Rf8 34. Rxa7 (34.
d5 Bd4) 34... Bxd4 35. Ra3 (35. Re7 $5) 35... Qc5 36. Kg2 Kg7 37. Ra5 Qe7 38.
Qc2 c5 39. Qe2 Re8 (39... Re8 40. Ra3 h5 41. h4 Qe4+ 42. Qf3 Qxf3+ 43. Kxf3
Bxe3 44. fxe3 c4 45. Ke2 Rc8 46. Kd2 Kf6 47. Kc3 $140 Kf5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Knaak} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5
8. Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. b3 exd4 (10... Re8 11. e3 Nf8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. h3 e4
14. Nd4 h5 15. a4 N8h7 16. Ba3 Qe5 17. Nce2 h4 {0,5/Huebner,R-Kavalek,L/
Tilburg/1977/}) 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Bb2 (12. e4 {Knaak E68}) 12... Nc5 13. e3 (13.
e4 a5 (13... Nfxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Re1 Bxd4 16. Rxe4 (16. Bxd4 Bf5 17. f3 Nc5
) 16... Be5 17. f4 Bf5 18. fxe5 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 dxe5 20. Re1 $16)) 13... a5 14.
a3 h5 $1 15. b4 Nce4 16. b5 Bd7 17. Rac1 (17. a4 h4 18. Re1 $10) 17... h4 18.
a4 $2 (18. Re1) (18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. a4 $10) 18... hxg3 19. hxg3 Nxf2 $1 20. Qxf2
(20. Kxf2 Ng4+ 21. Kg1 Qxe3+ 22. Kh1 Qh6+ $19 (22... Qh6+ {Knaak} 23. Kg1 Qh2+
24. Kf1 Ne3+ $19)) 20... Ng4 21. Qf3 $2 (21. Qe2 Nxe3 22. Rd2 Nxc4 23. Qxc4
Qe3+ 24. Rf2 Bxd4 25. Nd1 Qe1+ 26. Bf1 Bxf2+ 27. Nxf2 Qd2 $17) (21. Qd2 Nxe3 (
21... Bh6 22. Nc2 Nxe3 (22... Qe5 $1 {Knaak} 23. Qe1 (23. Qxd6 Bxe3+ 24. Nxe3 (
24. Kf1 Qf5+ $19) 24... Qxe3+ 25. Kh1 Qh6+ 26. Kg1 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Ne3+ $19) 23...
Qh5 $1 (23... Nxe3 24. Ne4 Qxb2 25. Nxe3 $13) 24. Ne4 Qh2+ 25. Kf1 Rxe4 $1 26.
Bxe4 Re8 27. Bg2 (27. Qe2 Qxg3 28. Qg2 Nxe3+ 29. Nxe3 Bh3 $19) 27... Nxe3+ 28.
Nxe3 Bxe3 $19) 23. Ne4 $1) 22. Re1 Nxc4 23. Rxe7 Nxd2 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $17) 21...
Nxe3 22. Re1 (22. Ne4 Nxd1 23. Rxd1 c5 $19) (22. Nb3 Bg4 $19) (22. bxc6 bxc6
23. Nxc6 Bxc6 24. Qxc6 Nxd1 25. Rxd1 Qe3+ $19) (22. Rd3 {Knaak} Nxc4 23. Qf2 (
23. Ba1 Ne5 $19) 23... Nxb2 24. Qxb2 Bxd4+ 25. Rxd4 Qe3+ $19) 22... Bxd4 23.
Nd5 Ng4+ $1 (23... Nxd5+ $2 24. Bxd4 Qxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 26. Kf2 $18) (23...
cxd5 $2 {Knaak} 24. Bxd4 $18) 24. Bxd4 Qxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 26. Bf1 cxd5 27.
Qxd5 (27. Bc3 Re3 $19) (27. Bb2 Ne3 $19) 27... Rae8 28. Bf2 (28. Bc3 Rxf1+ $19)
(28. Qxb7 Bf5 29. Bf2 Rd1 30. Qc6 Rc8 $19) 28... Be6 29. Qxb7 (29. Qxd6 Bxc4
30. Bxe1 Rxe1 31. Qd8+ Kg7 32. Qd4+ Ne5 33. Kg2 Bxf1+ 34. Kf2 f6 $1 35. Qd6
Nd3+ 36. Kf3 Re2 $1 $19) (29. Qd2 Ne5 $1 30. Qxd6 (30. Kg2 Rxf1 31. Kxf1 Bh3+
$19) 30... Rc1 $1 (30... Nf3+ 31. Kg2 Rxf1 32. Kxf3 Bxc4 33. Qd4 Re2 34. Qd8+ (
34. Qxc4 Rfxf2+ 35. Kg4 Re4+ $19) 34... Kg7 35. Qd4+ f6 36. Qd7+ $22 Kh6 37.
Qh3+) (30... Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Bh3+ 32. Kg1 Nf3+ 33. Kh1 Re2 34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Qf6
$1 Rxf2 36. Qxf7+ Kh6 37. Qf8+ Kh7 $10 (37... Kh5 $2 38. Qc5+ $1)) 31. Bd4 (31.
Qxe5 Rxf1+ 32. Kg2 Bh3+ $19) (31. Be3 Nxc4 32. Qc5 Rxf1+ $1 33. Kxf1 Nxe3+ 34.
Qxe3 Bh3+ $19) (31. Kg2 Bg4 32. Be3 Bf3+ 33. Kf2 Rc2+ 34. Kg1 Be4 $19) 31...
Nf3+ 32. Kf2 (32. Kg2 Bg4 33. Bd3 Ne1+ $19) 32... Bg4 33. Bd3 Rh1 34. Be4 (34.
Qf6 Rh2+ 35. Kf1 Bh3#) 34... Rh2+ 35. Ke3 Ng5 36. Qf6 Rxe4+ 37. Kd3 Be2+ 38.
Kc3 Ne6 $19) 29... Rc1 (29... Bxc4 $2 30. Bxe1 Rxe1 31. Qc8+) 30. Qc6 Rc8 31.
Qe4 R8xc4 32. Qa8+ Kh7 33. b6 Rb4 34. Qxa5 (34. b7 Rbb1 35. Qa6 (35. b8=Q Rxf1+
36. Kg2 Rxf2+) 35... Bc4 $19) 34... Rbb1 35. Kg2 Rc2 {Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "1992.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O e5 8. h3
Re8 (8... c6 9. dxe5 (9. e4) 9... dxe5 10. Be3 Qe7 $1 $10) 9. Be3 (9. dxe5 dxe5
10. Be3 c6 11. b4 Qe7 12. Qb3 $14 {Avshalumov,A-Zejtlin,Mih Warszawa 1989})
9... exd4 10. Bxd4 (10. Nxd4 c6 11. Qd2 Nb6 12. b3 d5 13. cxd5 $6 Nbxd5 14.
Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bg5 Qb6 $17 {Shvedchikov,A-Varavin,V Moscow ZSKS 1992}) 10... c5
$1 $10 11. Bxf6 (11. Be3 Nb6 12. b3 Rxe3 $1 13. fxe3 Nh5 14. Qe1 Qe7 (14...
Nxg3 $2 15. Qxg3 Bxc3 16. Rad1 $16) (14... Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Nxg3 16. Rfe1 Ne4 17.
Qb2 Bf5 $44) 15. Rc1 Qxe3+ 16. Kh2 Nxg3 17. Qxg3 Bxc3 18. Qxd6 Bf5 $36) 11...
Nxf6 12. Rc1 Qe7 (12... Qb6 13. b3 Bd7 14. Qd2 Bc6 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Ne1 $14) (
12... a6 $5 13. Qd2 Rb8 14. Rfd1 (14. a4 Qb6 15. Rfd1 Be6 {><c4}) 14... b5 (
14... Bf8 $5 $132) 15. Qxd6 (15. cxb5 axb5 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 b4 18. Na4
Ne4 19. Rdd1 Be6 $44) 15... Qxd6 16. Rxd6 bxc4 (16... b4 17. Na4 $13) 17. Rd2
Bf5 $5 $10) 13. Qd2 Be6 (13... Bf5 14. Nh4 (14. Rfd1 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Ne1
Rad8 17. Bxe4 Qxe4 18. e3 b6 $1 19. b3 d5 20. cxd5 Re5 21. d6 Re6 $10) 14...
Ne4 15. Nxf5 Nxd2 16. Nxe7+ Rxe7 17. Rfe1 (17. Rfd1 Bxc3 (17... Nxc4 18. Nd5
Rxe2 19. Rxc4 Rxb2 20. Ne3 $1 $16) 18. Rxc3 Rxe2 $10) 17... Rae8 18. b3 (18. e3
$6 Nxc4 19. Nd5 Nxb2 20. Nxe7+ Rxe7) 18... Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxe2 20. Rxe2 Rxe2 21.
Bxb7 Ne4 22. Bxe4 Rxe4 $10) 14. b3 Rad8 15. e4 Nxe4 $2 (15... Nd7 $1 16. Rfd1 (
16. Nb5 a6 17. Nc7 Rf8 $10) 16... Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. f4 Bd4+ 19. Kh2 a6 $132
) 16. Nxe4 d5 17. Neg5 Bh6 18. Rce1 $1 $16 dxc4 19. Qf4 {/\Qh4} Rd4 20. Qc1 Rd3
21. h4 $1 (21. bxc4 Rxf3 22. Bxf3 Bxg5 23. Qb2 $14) 21... cxb3 22. axb3 Rxb3
23. Qc2 Rb6 24. Bh3 Rf8 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Re2 Bg7 27. Rfe1 Rb2 28. Qe4 (28. Qc4
b5 $1) 28... Rb4 29. Qd3 $1 c4 30. Qc2 $18 b5 31. Rxe6 Qc5 32. Re7 Qf5 (32...
Rb3 $2 33. Rxg7+ $18) (32... Qd6 33. Rxa7 $18) 33. Rxg7+ Kxg7 34. Qc3+ Kg8 35.
Qxb4 h6 36. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e3
Re8 9. b3 c6 $10 10. Ba3 $5 (10. Bb2 e4 11. Nd2 d5 12. f3 exf3 13. Qxf3 dxc4 $1
(13... Nb6 $6 14. c5 Nbd7 15. e4 $16) 14. Nxc4 (14. bxc4 Nc5 $1 $15) 14... Nb6
15. Ne5 Be6 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. e4 Rad8 $10) 10... e4 (10... Nf8 $6 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Rad1 $1 $14 (13. Nxe5 $6 Ng4 14. Nxg4 Bxc3 15. Rac1 Bg7 16.
h3 Rd2 $10)) 11. Nd2 d5 12. f3 {N} (12. Rc1 a6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Na4 b5 $15 {
van Scheltinga-van der Berg/Niederland-ch/1954} 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. Bxc5 Bg4)
12... exf3 13. Qxf3 Nb6 $1 (13... dxc4 $6 14. Nxc4 Nb6 15. Nd6 Re6 16. Nxc8 $14
) 14. Kh1 (14. c5 $5 Bg4 $1 (14... Nbd7 15. e4 dxe4 16. Ndxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxf7+
Kh8 18. Nxe4 Bxd4+ 19. Kh1 Ne5 (19... Rf8 20. Nd6 $1) 20. Qf6+ Qxf6 21. Nxf6
Rf8 22. Rad1 $36) (14... Qe7 15. Bb2 Nbd7 16. e4 (16. Rae1 $14 {/\e4}) 16...
Bh6 17. Rad1 Bxd2 18. Rxd2 dxe4 (18... Nxe4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qc3 f5 21. g4 $44
) 19. Qf4 $44) 15. Qf4 (15. Qf2 Bf5 $3 16. cxb6 (16. h3 Nbd7 17. g4 Bd3 $15)
16... Ng4 17. Qe1 Rxe3 $17) 15... Nbd7 16. e4 dxe4 17. Ndxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxf7+ Kh8
19. Nxe4 Bxd4+ 20. Kh1 Ne5 $15) (14. h3 Bf5 15. cxd5 Nbxd5 $1 16. Nxd5 cxd5 $15
) 14... Bf5 $15 15. Rfe1 Re6 16. cxd5 (16. h3 h5 $15) 16... cxd5 17. Rac1 (17.
Bc5 $6 Nbd7 18. Bb4 Qb6 19. Ba3 Qa5 20. Bb2 Rc8 21. Rac1 Rec6 $17) 17... Qd7
18. Bf1 $6 (18. Bc5 $1 Rd8 (18... Rae8 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Qxd5
Qxd5 22. Bxd5 Rxe3 23. Rxe3 Rxe3 24. Nf3 $10) 19. a4 $15 (19. Bxb6 axb6 20.
Nxd5 $2 Qxd5 21. Qxd5 Nxd5 22. e4 Bh6 $19)) 18... a6 19. Bc5 Rae8 20. Bxb6 $6
Rxb6 21. Na4 (21. Bg2 Bg4 22. Qf4 Rc6 $15) 21... Rc6 22. Nc5 Qe7 $17 {><e3} 23.
b4 b6 $1 24. Nxa6 (24. b5 Rcc8 $17) 24... Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qxe3 26. Qxe3 Rxe3 27.
Nc7 (27. a4 Ne4 $17) 27... Ra3 28. Ra1 Rc3 $1 29. Nb5 Rc2 30. Nf3 Be4 31. Bg2
Ng4 {/\Ne3-+} 32. Ne1 $8 Rf2 $1 $19 33. Bxe4 (33. Kg1 Bh6 34. Bxe4 Be3 35. Ng2
Rxa2+ 36. Nxe3 Rxa1+ $19) 33... Rxh2+ 34. Kg1 dxe4 35. Rd1 (35. a4 Rb2 $19)
35... Bh6 $1 36. Ng2 Rxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Ne3+ 38. Kf2 Nxd1+ 39. Ke2 Nb2 40. d5 Kf8
0-1

[Event "Donner Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Rb1
(8. Qc2) (8. e4) 8... c6 9. b4 exd4 $6 (9... e4 10. Nd2 d5 11. b5 $13) 10. Nxd4
Nb6 11. Qb3 Ng4 (11... d5 12. c5 $14) 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. h3 Ne5 14. c5 dxc5 15.
bxc5 Nbd7 16. Ne4 $16 Kh8 17. Ba3 $1 f5 $2 (17... Nf6 18. Nd6 Ne8 $16) 18. Nd6
f4 19. Ne6 fxg3 20. f4 $1 $18 Nf7 21. Nxf8 Nxd6 22. Nxd7 Nb5 23. Ne5 Be6 24.
Qxg3 Rf8 25. Bb2 Qxc5+ 26. Kh1 Qc2 27. Qh4 Bxa2 28. Qe7 (28. Rdc1 Qxe2 29.
Nxg6+ $18) 28... Rg8 29. Rbc1 {29...Db2 3O.Sg6 hg 31.Dh4+-} 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch op"]
[Site "Nis"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Ilincic, Zlatko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Malaniuk,V"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 e5 8. Rd1
Re8 9. e4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Nc3 a5 12. Ndb5 Bd7 (12... Be6) (12... Ng4) 13.
Be3 $146 (13. f3) 13... Qc8 14. f3 b6 15. Re1 Be6 16. b3 Re7 17. g4 h6 18. Qd2
Kh7 19. Rad1 Qa6 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. Bf2 $16 Rae8 22. h4 $1 c6 23. Nde2 Nb7 24. Qe3
(24. Na4 b5 25. cxb5 cxb5 26. Nb6 {/\ Nf4}) 24... Be6 $8 25. Qxb6 Qxb6 26. Bxb6
c5 27. Nb5 Rd7 28. Nf4 (28. Bc7 $1 Rc8 29. e5 $16) 28... g5 $8 29. hxg5 hxg5
30. Nxe6 Rxe6 31. f4 $1 gxf4 32. g5 $6 (32. e5 $1 Nxg4 $8 (32... dxe5 33. Rxd7
Nxd7 34. Bc7) 33. exd6 $1 Ne3 34. Bc6 $1 $16) 32... Ng4 33. Bh3 Rg6 34. Rd2
Rxg5 (34... f3 $2 35. Bxg4 Rxg5 36. Rg2 $1 $18) 35. Rg2 f5 36. exf5 Be5 $3 (
36... Ne5 37. Rxg5 Nf3+ 38. Kf1 Nxg5 39. f6 Rf7 (39... Nxh3 40. Re7 $18) 40.
Bf5+ Kg8 41. Re8+ Bf8 42. Rb8 $18) 37. f6 $8 Bxf6 38. Rf1 Rdg7 39. Rxf4 Ne3 40.
Rxg5 Bxg5 41. Rf3 Nxc4 42. Bf5+ Kh8 $1 (42... Kh6 43. bxc4 Bd8+ 44. Kf2 Bxb6
45. Be4 $16) 43. bxc4 Bd8+ 44. Kf2 Bxb6 45. Rh3+ Kg8 46. Be6+ Kf8 47. Bd5 Nd8
48. Nxd6 Rg6 $8 49. Rh8+ Kg7 50. Rg8+ Kh7 51. Rxg6 Kxg6 52. Ke3 Bc7 $1 53. Nb5
Bg3 54. Ke4 Kf6 55. a4 Ne6 56. Bxe6 Kxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 24th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1996.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. h3
a6 9. Be3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 (10... Ne5 11. b3 c5 12. Nc2 (12. Nf3 $5 Nxf3+ 13.
exf3 {Polgar,J})) 11. Qd2 Nc5 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rad1 Bg7 $146 (
14... Qd8 {Kortchnoi+Piket,89}) 15. e3 (15. b4 Na4 (15... Ne6 16. Nb3 $16) 16.
Nd5 c6 17. Nf4 c5 18. bxc5 dxc5 $132) 15... Rb8 (15... f5 {Polgar,J} 16. Qc2
Qe7 17. Nd5 Qf7 $13) 16. Nde2 {White has more space and d5 square, while Black
has 2 bishops and a solid position. It is easier to play with White, but it is
difficult to break through.} (16. Qc2 $5) 16... Qd8 17. b4 Nd7 18. Qc2 a5 (
18... Ne5 19. c5 Bf5 20. e4 Be6 21. cxd6 cxd6 $13) (18... h5 $5) 19. a3 axb4
20. axb4 Bf8 (20... Ne5 $5 21. c5 Bf5 22. e4 Be6 $13) 21. Ne4 (21. Nb5 $5 {
/\Nec3}) 21... Nf6 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Nc3 Qe5 24. Rd5 Qe7 25. Ra5 c6 26. b5 (
26. b5 Bf5 27. Qb3 Qc7 28. Rfa1 $14 {/=}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel SKA"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1996.07.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "1996.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. h3
c6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Qc1 Re8 12. Rd1 Nc5 13. b4 Nce4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4
15. Nh2 f5 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Bc5 Qf7 18. Ng4 Be6 19. Nh6+ Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Bxc4
21. Rd2 b6 22. Be3 Rad8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Qh4 Rd5 25. Qg4 Qf5 26. Qxf5 gxf5 {
Passive weiße gegen aktive schwarze Figuren bei beengter weißer Stellung;
Lavieren; Schaffen von weißen Felderschwächen (d3+f3 nach 33.e3); Einmarsch
des sK; Schaffen der Bauernschwäche h4 nach Durchbruch 60...f4. Im einfachen
L-Endspiel Gewinn durch Zugzwang.} 27. Kf1 Kf7 28. Ke1 Ke6 29. Rc1 Bb5 30. Rc2
Ba4 31. Rc1 Rd7 32. Bd2 Rf7 33. e3 {[%csl Rb5,Rc4,Rd3,Re2]} Rd7 34. Rc3 Rg7 35.
Ra3 Bb5 36. Rc3 Rg6 37. Ra3 a6 38. Rc3 Rh6 39. h4 Rg6 40. Bc1 Kd5 41. Bd2 Rd6
42. Rc1 Ke6 43. Bc3 Rd3 44. Bb2 Ba4 45. Ke2 Bb5 46. Ke1 Ba4 47. Ke2 Rd5 48. Bc3
Kf7 {[%cal Rf7h5,Rh5f3]} 49. Bb2 Kg6 50. Ba1 Kh5 51. Bb2 Kg4 52. Bc3 Bb5+ 53.
Ke1 Kf3 54. Rc2 Bd3 55. Rb2 c5 56. a3 c4 57. a4 b5 58. axb5 axb5 59. Ra2 h5 60.
Rb2 f4 61. gxf4 exf4 62. exf4 Kxf4 63. Ra2 Kg4 64. Ra7 Kxh4 65. Rg7 Kh3 66. Bf6
Bc2 67. Rg3+ Kh2 68. Bg5 Rd1+ 69. Ke2 Rd3 70. Bf4 Rxg3 71. fxg3 Kg2 72. Be5
Bd3+ 73. Ke3 Kf1 74. Bc3 Bb1 75. Bd2 Kg2 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. h3
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nb6 10. b3 c5 11. Nc2 (11. Ndb5 d5 12. Ba3 a6 13. Bxc5 axb5 14.
Bxf8 Qxf8 $17) 11... Be6 12. Bb2 (12. a4 $5 a5 13. Bb2 (13. Ba3 Qd7 14. Nb5 Ne8
15. Kh2 Bxa1 16. Qxa1 $44) 13... d5 14. Nxd5 Nfxd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. cxd5 Nxd5
(16... Bxd5 17. Ne3 $14) 17. Qd3 $14) 12... d5 13. Nxd5 Nfxd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
cxd5 Bxd5 (15... Nxd5 $5 16. Qd3 (16. e4 $2 Nc3) 16... Nf6 $14 {[%cal Gg2b7]})
16. e4 Bc6 (16... Be6 17. Qc1 $14 (17. f4 $14 {[%cal Yc2e3,Ye4e5,Yf4f5]})) 17.
Qb1 Re8 (17... Qf6 18. f4) (17... Qe7 $5 18. Ne3 Rad8) 18. Ne3 Qd4 (18... Qf6
19. Ng4) (18... Qe7 $5 19. Qb2+ f6 $11) 19. Rd1 $1 Bxe4 20. Qc1 Qf6 21. Ng4 (
21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Qxc5 $11) 21... Qc6 22. Qf4 $1 Re6 (22... Nd5 23. Qh6+ Kh8
24. Rxd5 Bxg2 25. Rxc5 Qf3 26. Kh2 $18 (26. Ne3 $2 Bxh3)) (22... Bxg2 23. Rd6
Nd7 $1 24. Rxc6 Bxc6 25. Rd1 Re2 $44) 23. Ne5 Qc7 (23... Qe8 24. Bxe4 Rxe5 25.
Bxb7 $16) 24. Rd7 $1 Nxd7 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. Qxe6 Bxg2 (26... Qxe5 27. Qxe5+
Nxe5 28. Bxe4 $16) (26... Nxe5 27. Bxe4 $16) 27. Nxd7 (27. Nf7+ Kg7 (27... Kg8
28. Ng5+ Kg7 29. Qe7+ Kh6 30. f4 $18) 28. Qe7 $1 Bd5 (28... Bxh3 29. Ng5+ Kh6
30. Rd1 $1 {[%cal Yd1d5]} Re8 31. Qxh7+ Kxg5 32. Qh4+ Kf5 33. Qxh3+ Kf6 34.
Rxd7 $18) 29. Ng5+ Kh6 30. Re1 $1 {/\31.Qh7 Kg532.Qh4 Kf533.Qf4x} Rh8 31. Re4
$3 Bxe4 32. Nf7+ Kg7 33. Ne5+ Kh6 34. Ng4+ Kh5 35. Qh4#) 27... Bc6 28. Ne5 (28.
Nxc5 Re8 $44) 28... Re8 (28... Be8 29. Rd1 $16) 29. Qf6+ Qg7 30. Qxg7+ Kxg7 31.
Nxc6 bxc6 32. Kf1 (32. Rc1 Re2 33. a4 (33. Rxc5 Rxa2 34. Rxc6 a5 $11) 33... Re5
(33... Rb2 $2 34. Rxc5 Rxb3 35. Rxc6 $18 {[%cal Yc6c7,Yc6a6]}) 34. f4 Re3 (
34... Rd5 35. Kf2 $16) 35. Kf2 Rxb3 36. Rxc5 Rb6 $14) 32... Rd8 $2 (32... c4 $1
33. bxc4 Re5 $1 {Alterman.B} (33... Re4 34. Rb1 Rxc4 35. Rb7+ Kg8 36. Rxa7 $18)
34. Rb1 Ra5 $14 {/+/-}) 33. Ke2 Kf6 34. Rc1 $16 Rd5 35. Rc4 Ke6 36. Re4+ Kd6
37. Ke3 Rf5 38. g4 Rf7 39. f4 Rb7 40. f5 gxf5 41. gxf5 $18 Rb4 42. Kf3 a5 43.
Re3 a4 44. f6 Rb7 45. Kf4 axb3 46. axb3 Ra7 47. Kf5 c4 48. Re6+ Kc5 49. bxc4
Ra3 50. Re4 Kd6 51. c5+ 1-0

[Event "Najdorf Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1997.05.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qc2
Qe7 (8... Re8 9. Rd1 c6 10. b3 Qe7 11. Ba3 (11. e3 Nf8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. a4 $10
{ECO}) 11... e4 12. Ng5 e3 13. f4 Nf8 14. b4 Bf5 15. Qb3 h6 16. Nf3 Ng4 17. b5
g5 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Ne5 $5 gxf4 20. Nxc6 Qg5 21. Bxd6 Ng6 22. Nd5 Qh5 23. h4
Nxh4 24. gxh4 Qxh4 25. Nde7+ Kh8 26. Nxf5 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Re6 28. Qb7 $2 (28. Nce7
$1 Rxe7 29. Nxe7 Qg3 30. Kg1 $10) 28... Rg6 $3 29. Qxa8+ Kh7 {/\Qh1} 30. Qg8+
$1 $8 Kxg8 31. Nce7+ Kh7 32. Nxg6 fxg6 33. Nxg7 Nf2 $3 $19 {0-1 Ivanchuk,
V-Yusupov,A/Brussels cqf3 1991 (39)}) 9. b3 Re8 10. dxe5 (10. Rd1 $5 {[%cal
Ge2e4]}) 10... dxe5 11. e4 c6 {[%cal Yd7c5,Yc5e6,Ye6d4]} 12. Bb2 (12. a4 Nc5
13. Ba3 Bf8 $11 {[%cal Ye7c7,Yc5e6]} (13... Nfd7 14. a5 {[%cal Gc3a4]} Qf6 {
[%cal Yc5e6]} 15. Rfd1 $14)) 12... Nc5 13. Ba3 Nfd7 (13... Bf8 $5 14. Na4 Nfd7
15. Rad1 Qf6) 14. Rad1 Qf6 15. Ne2 Ne6 16. Ne1 $1 {[%cal Ge1d3,Gf2f4]} g5 $1
17. Nd3 Qg6 18. Kh1 $6 (18. f3 $5 {[%cal Gg2h3,Gh3f5]} h5 19. Nf2 g4 20. f4 $1
$36 (20. fxg4 hxg4 $13 21. h3 $140 gxh3 22. Bxh3 Nd4 $17)) 18... g4 19. Ne1 Nf6
20. Bc1 h5 21. f3 gxf3 22. Bxf3 Nc5 {[%csl Re4]} 23. Nc3 Bg4 24. Qg2 Rad8 $1
$15 {[%csl Rd4,Re4]} (24... Bxf3 $2 25. Nxf3 Nfxe4 26. Nh4 Qg4 27. Nxe4 Nxe4
28. Nf5 $40) 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Be3 Bf8 $1 27. h3 (27. b4 Nd3 28. a3 Nxe1 29.
Rxe1 Bxf3 30. Qxf3 Rd3 $17) 27... Bxf3 28. Nxf3 Nfxe4 $17 {[%csl Rg3]} 29. Nxe5
Nxg3+ 30. Kg1 Qg7 31. Rf3 h4 $1 (31... Qxe5 $5 32. Qxg3+ (32. Rxg3+ Kh7 $17)
32... Qxg3+ 33. Rxg3+ Kh7 $17 34. Rg5 $140 Ne6 $19 {[%cal Yd8d3]}) 32. Nxf7 Rd3
$1 33. Nh6+ Kh8 (33... Kh7 34. Rf7 Rxe3 35. Rxg7+ Bxg7 $19) 34. Bg5 (34. Nf7+
Kg8 35. Nh6+ Kh7 $19) 34... Rxf3 (34... Rxc3 35. Bf6 Ne2+ 36. Kf1 Ng3+ $11 (
36... Rc1+ 37. Kxe2 Rc2+ 38. Kf1 Rc1+ $11)) 35. Qxf3 Kh7 {[%cal Yg7g5,Yg7c3]}
36. Qf7 Ne6 $1 {clever tactics win material} 37. Qxe6 (37. Bf6 $142 Ne2+ 38.
Kf1 (38. Kh2 Qxf7 39. Nxf7 Kg6 40. Ne5+ Kxf6 41. Ng4+ Kf5 42. Nxe2 Ke4 $17)
38... Qxf7 39. Nxf7 Kg6 40. Ne5+ (40. Kxe2 Kxf6 $19) 40... Kxf6 41. Ng4+ Kf5
42. Kxe2 (42. Nxe2 Ke4 $19) 42... Nf4+ $17) 37... Qxg5 $19 38. Qf7+ Bg7 39. Ng4
Qc1+ 40. Kg2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.02"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Ilincic, Zlatko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Qc2 e5 8. Rd1
Qe7 9. Nc3 c6 10. b3 {This game again shows White can hardly hope to gain any
substantial advantage without occupying the [+] by e4.} (10. e4 $142 {[%csl
Gc4,Gd4,Ge4]} exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. b3 h6 14. h3 a5 15. Be3 Ned7
16. Re1 Nc5 17. Rad1 Bd7 18. Bf4 Nh5 19. Be3 Rad8 20. a3 Nf6 21. f3 Bc8 22. Bf2
Qc7 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Na6 25. Qb3 Nh5 26. f4 Kh7 27. Na4 Re7 28. b5 $36 {
Dizdarevic,E-Tkachiev,V/Cannes/1995/}) 10... Re8 11. h3 (11. e3 Nh5 $5 12. Ba3
e4 13. Nd2 f5 14. Ndxe4 fxe4 15. Nxe4 c5 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Rac1 Rf8 18. Nd6 Rb8
19. b4 Ne5 20. bxc5 Bg4 21. Bd5+ Kh8 22. c6 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 Qd8 24. Nxb7 Qf6 25.
Nd6 h6 $13 {Chabanon,J-Gavrikov,V/Bern/1989/}) ({One move later White is
already forced to make a concession with 13.f3, which enables Black to get
good counterplay:} 11. e4 $5 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. f3 (13. Bb2 Nfxe4 14. Nxe4
Nxe4 15. Re1 d5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. f3 Qb4 18. fxe4 Bxd4+ 19. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 20. Qf2
Qxf2+ 21. Kxf2 d4 22. Rad1 Rd8 23. e5 Rb8 24. Re4 d3 $15 {De Veauce,L-Linton,W/
Blackpool/1971/}) 13... Bd7 (13... a5 14. Be3 h5 $5 15. h3 Nh7 16. Re1 h4 17.
g4 g5 18. Rad1 Be5 19. Nce2 Qf6 20. Qd2 Qg7 21. Kh1 Kh8 $132 {Loginov,V-Sale,S/
Harkany/1994/}) 14. Ba3 Rad8 15. Rd2 h5 16. b4 Ne6 17. Nde2 h4 18. Rad1 Nh5 19.
b5 hxg3 20. hxg3 Qg5 21. Bxd6 Bc8 22. f4 Qg4 23. Kf2 Nxg3 24. Nxg3 Rxd6 25.
Rxd6 Qxf4+ 26. Bf3 Ng5 $44 {->,Gasimov,R-Sutovskij,E/Holon/1995/}) (11. d5 cxd5
(11... c5 12. e4 Rf8 13. Bb2 h6 14. Nd2 Nh5 15. Rf1 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. f4
exf4 18. gxf4 Qe3+ 19. Kh1 Nxf4 20. Rf3 Nxg2 21. Rxe3 Nxe3 22. Qb1 Ne5 23. Nb5
Rf6 24. Nc7 Rb8 25. Ne8 $16 {Lalic,D-Ljubicic,F/Kladovo/1990/}) 12. cxd5 Nc5
13. e4 Bd7 14. b4 Na6 15. Qb3 Ng4 16. h3 Nh6 17. Be3 f5 18. b5 Nb8 19. Rac1 Nf7
20. Ne2 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Rc1 Nd7 23. Qc4 Nb6 24. Qb3 Bh6 25. Bxh6 Nxh6
26. Nd2 Bd7 27. a4 Rc8 28. a5 Rxc1+ 29. Nxc1 Nc8 $11 {Lalic,D-Markovic,M/
Belgrade/1989/}) (11. Rb1 h6 (11... Nf8 $5 12. c5 $6 Bf5 13. cxd6 Bxc2 14. dxe7
Rxe7 15. Ba3 Ree8 16. Nxe5 N6d7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Rbc1 Bxd1 19. Rxd1 Bf8 20.
Bb2 Nb6 21. e3 Red8 $15 {Bunzmann,D-Oratovsky,M/Fuerth/1998/}) (11... a5 $6 {׫
} 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Ng5 Nf8 14. Na4 Bf5 15. e4 Bg4 16. f3 Be6 17. Be3 N6d7 18.
Nh3 h5 19. Nf2 Bf6 20. Qc1 Nh7 21. Rb2 Red8 22. Rbd2 Qe8 23. Nd3 Bg5 24. f4
exf4 25. gxf4 Bh6 26. Rf2 Bg4 27. Re1 h4 28. h3 Bh5 29. e5 $36 {Loginov,
V-Mueller,M/Berlin/1995/}) (11... exd4 $5 12. Nxd4 Nc5 $132) 12. e4 exd4 13.
Nxd4 Nc5 14. f3 Bd7 15. Bf4 Rad8 16. Nde2 Be6 17. b4 g5 18. Be3 Ncd7 19. Bxa7
Ne5 20. Nd4 Nxc4 21. Qe2 Nd7 22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. Bd4 Be5 24. b5 Nc5 25. Kh1 Bxd4
26. Rxd4 d5 $11 {Loginov,V-Varavin,V/Kstovo/1997/}) 11... exd4 $1 (11... h6 12.
dxe5 $6 dxe5 13. e4 Nh7 14. Rb1 Ndf8 15. Kh2 Ne6 16. Be3 Nhg5 17. Ne1 Nd4 18.
Qc1 f5 19. f4 {Grushka,C-Peralta,F/Buenos Aires/1998/} Nxe4 $15) 12. Nxd4 Nc5
$11 {Black controls e4 a has sufficient counterplay.} 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. e3 Rad8
15. Re1 Nce4 $1 {[%csl Ge4]} (15... Bc8 16. e4 {()}) 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Nf3 (17.
Rad1 c5 18. Nf3 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 b5 $5 $132) 17... Bxb2 18. Qxb2 c5 $1 {A fine
positional move, with Bc6 coming and the strong outpost e4 the weakness of d5
is only temporary.} 19. Nd2 Bc6 (19... f5 $5 $13) 20. Rad1 (20. Nxe4 $142 Bxe4
21. Bxe4 (21. f3 Bc6 22. e4 Qe5 $5 (22... a6 $11) 23. Qf2 $8 f5 $132) 21...
Qxe4 22. Rad1 d5 23. Qf6 (23. Qd2 dxc4 24. Qxd8 Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Kg7 $15 {o^<<})
23... d4 24. f3 Qe6 $11) 20... f5 $1 21. h4 (21. Nxe4 $6 fxe4 $15 {><f2,Bg2})
21... Qg7 22. Qxg7+ Kxg7 23. Nb1 d5 $36 24. cxd5 Bxd5 25. Rd3 c4 (25... Bc6 $5
26. Red1 Rxd3 27. Rxd3 Kf6 $15) 26. bxc4 Bxc4 27. Ra3 a6 28. Rc1 Bb5 29. Nc3
$11 Rc8 30. Bxe4 fxe4 31. Rb1 Bc6 32. Ne2 Rc7 33. Rc3 (33. Nd4 Bd5 34. Ra5 Rd8
$11) 33... Rec8 34. Rbc1 Kf6 35. Nd4 Ke5 36. Rc4 (36. Nxc6+ $6 Rxc6 37. Rxc6
Rxc6 $36 {<->c,><a2,/\} 38. Rxc6 $2 bxc6 39. Kf1 h5 $1 40. Ke2 Kd5 41. Kd2 Kc4
$19) 36... Kd6 {/\Bd5|^} 37. Nxc6 $1 Rxc6 38. Rd1+ Ke5 39. Rcd4 Rc1 40. Rd5+
Ke6 41. Rd6+ Ke5 (41... Kf5 42. R6d5+ Kg4 $2 43. Kg2 $1 {/\Rg5#}) (41... Ke7
42. Rd7+ Ke8 $6 43. Kg2 Rxd1 44. Rxd1 $14 {/\Rd4,Rd6-b6,><e4}) 42. R6d5+ Ke6
43. Rd6+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER CupT"]
[Site "Forchheim"]
[Date "2000.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2000.03.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3
e5 8. e3 Re8 9. a4 $5 {[%cal Ya4a5] ()} a5 10. b3 exd4 11. exd4 Ne4 12. Nxe4
Rxe4 13. Bg5 Bf6 14. Qd2 {[%csl Ra8,Rc8] Black is far behind in the
developement of his Q-side, but with only one <-> open, he can just about
stabilize his position} c6 15. h4 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Re8 17. Rae1 Rxe1 18. Rxe1 Nf6
19. d5 c5 20. Qf4 Bf5 21. Be4 $1 {The starmove of the game. White forces black
to exchange all minor pieces after which he has full control over the e-<->}
Nxe4 22. Nxe4 {[%cal Re4d6]} Bxe4 23. Rxe4 {[%cal Ye4e8,Ye4e1,Yh4h5,Yh5h6]} h5
$8 24. Qe3 {[%cal Ye4e7]} Kf8 (24... Qf6 25. Re7 {[%cal Re7b7]} b6 26. Kg2 $16
{[%csl Rb6,Rd6][%cal Ye7d7,Ye7b7]}) 25. Qc3 {[%cal Yc3h8]} Kg8 26. Kh2 b6 27.
Kg2 Rb8 28. Kf1 Ra8 29. Kg2 Rb8 30. Qe3 Kf8 31. g4 $1 {The only possible
P-break but also very strong} hxg4 32. Rxg4 {[%cal Yh4h5] After this move it
seems to me black gets certain drawing chances.} (32. h5 $1 gxh5 (32... Kg7 33.
Re7 $16 Kf8 $2 34. hxg6 Qxe7 35. g7+ $18) (32... Qh4 33. Qf4 $16) 33. Qh6+ Kg8
34. Rf4 $1 $18 {This kind of move is easily overlooked when its possible to
take the two sacrificed Ps back with 34.Qxh5} (34. Qxh5 Qf6 $1 35. Rxg4+ Kf8
$11)) 32... Qd7 $6 (32... Qf6 $5 33. Rf4 (33. h5 gxh5 $1) 33... Qe7 (33... Qe5
34. Qxe5 dxe5 35. Rf6 $16) 34. Re4 Qf6) (32... Qe7 {according to the first
chessbaseversion this was played. However I was there and know it is wrong. I
got the moves of the whole game from Vaganjans own scoresheet. For my
chesscolumn in the danish newspaper Jyllandsposten} 33. Qh6+ Ke8 34. h5 {
would have been strong then}) 33. Qg3 {[%cal Yh4h5]} Kg7 34. Qc3+ {In blacks
timetrouble white keeps on restricting blacks possibilities} (34. h5 Qf5 $5)
34... Kg8 35. Qf3 {covering the square f5 and and again stropping blacks Q
from going there} Re8 36. h5 Kg7 37. hxg6 fxg6 38. Qc3+ Re5 (38... Kf7 39. Rh4
{[%cal Rh4h7]}) 39. Rg5 {[%cal Rg5e5,Rf2f4] Threatening both f2-f4 and Rxe5}
Kh6 40. Rxe5 dxe5 41. Qh3+ Qxh3+ 42. Kxh3 Kg5 43. f3 $1 Kf5 44. Kh4 {I find it
quite impressing how white used his () to outmanouvre black} 1-0

[Event "Yerevan zt 1.5"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2000.06.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2000.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d4 Nbd7 8. e3
$5 {This position arises more often with colours reversed, when White plays d3
against the French or Sicilian. Although the usual 8.e4 causes Black more
problems, the text has the advantage of being less explored and it is
sufficiently poisonous.} Re8 (8... c6 9. a4 a5 10. b3 Re8 11. Ba3 (11. Ra2 exd4
12. exd4 Nf8 13. d5 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Be6 16. Qd1 d5 17. Rd2 dxc4 18.
Rxd8 Raxd8 19. Qe1 cxb3 20. Qxa5 Bc4 21. Re1 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 b2 23. Bxb2 Bxb2
24. h4 $14 {Pavlovic,M-Konguvel,P/Biel/2000/}) 11... exd4 12. exd4 Nf8 13. Ra2
$1 Bf5 $6 14. d5 c5 15. Nb5 h6 16. Bc1 g5 17. h4 g4 18. Ne1 Ng6 19. Nd3 Nh5 20.
Re2 Qd7 21. Rfe1 Rxe2 22. Rxe2 Nf6 23. Nf4 b6 24. Ne6 $1 $16 {Dorfman,J-Nataf,
I/FRA-ch Vichy/2000/}) 9. a4 (9. b3 c6 (9... Nf8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8
12. Ba3 c6 13. Rad1 Re8 14. h3 h5 15. Rd2 N8h7 16. Rfd1 Bf5 17. Kh2 g5 18. Ng1
Bf8 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Na4 Re7 21. Nc5 Rc8 22. Rd8+ Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Kg7 24. Ne2
$14 {Ubilava,E-Oms Pallise,J/Andorra/1997/}) 10. a4 $5 (10. Bb2 e4 $1 {This is
long known to be a good recipe against 10.Bb2.} (10... exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12.
Qc2 a5 13. Rad1 Bg4 14. f3 Bd7 15. e4 Qb6 16. Kh1 a4 17. Rfe1 axb3 18. axb3 Be6
19. Nce2 Bd7 20. Nc1 Rad8 21. Bc3 Bc8 22. b4 Ncd7 23. Ncb3 Qa7 24. f4 Re7 25.
c5 dxc5 26. Ra1 Qb8 27. bxc5 $16 {(),Malaniuk,V-Petrushin,A/Krasnodar/1997/})
11. Nd2 d5 12. f3 (12. cxd5 cxd5 13. f3 exf3 14. Qxf3 Nb6 15. e4 Bg4 16. Qf4
dxe4 17. Ncxe4 Bf5 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. g4 Bg5 20. Qf3 Re3 21. Qxb7 Re7 22. Qf3
Re3 23. Qb7 Re7 24. Qa6 $2 Bc8 25. Qa5 Re2 26. Rad1 Bxg4 27. Ne4 Rxb2 28. Nxg5
Bxd1 29. Qe5 Rxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Qd5+ {0-1,Nikolaev,S-Kochyev,A/St Petersburg/1997/}
) 12... exf3 13. Qxf3 dxc4 14. Nxc4 (14. bxc4 Nc5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Qxf7+ Kh8
17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Qxd5 Qxd5 19. Bxd5 Na4 20. Ba3 Rxe3 21. Rae1 Rxe1 22. Rxe1
Bxd4+ 23. Kg2 Bd7 24. Bxb7 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Bxe8 26. Bd5 Kg7 27. Nf3 {1/2,
Malaniuk,V-Schandorff,L/Copenhagen op/1991/}) 14... Nb6 15. Ne5 Be6 16. Rad1
Nbd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. d5 cxd5 (18... Bg4 19. dxc6 Qe6 $13) 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20.
Bxg7 Kxg7 21. e4 Kg8 22. Qf2 $1 Bg4 23. Rd2 Re5 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. exd5 $14 {
Rodriguez Vargas,O-Mowsziszian,K/Salamanca/1998/}) 10... exd4 11. exd4 Nf8 12.
a5 a6 13. Bb2 Bf5 14. Nh4 Bg4 15. Qd2 Qd7 16. Rfe1 Bh3 17. d5 Bxg2 18. Nxg2
Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Re8 20. Rxe8 Nxe8 21. Ne3 c5 22. Na4 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 h5 24. h4 Nh7
25. Nb6 Qe7 26. b4 cxb4 27. Qxb4 Nhf6 28. Qe1 Qe4 $132 {1/2,Ibragimov,
I-Thipsay,P/Guntur/2000/}) 9... c6 (9... a5 10. b3 exd4 11. exd4 Ne4 12. Nxe4
Rxe4 13. Bg5 Bf6 14. Qd2 c6 15. h4 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Re8 17. Rae1 Rxe1 18. Rxe1 Nf6
19. d5 c5 20. Qf4 Bf5 21. Be4 $1 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 h5 24. Qe3 $36 {
[%cal Ge1e8] <->e,Vaganian,R-Kveinys,A/GER Cup/2000/}) (9... exd4 $142 $5 10.
exd4 (10. Nxd4 a5 {/\Nc5}) 10... c6 $11) 10. a5 e4 $6 {Now Black won't be able
to maintain his [+], Vaganian will break it up just as with Black in his
favourite French.} (10... a6 11. b4 h5 12. Bb2 e4 13. Nd2 d5 14. Na4 Nf8 15.
cxd5 cxd5 16. Qb3 Bg4 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. f3 exf3 19. Nxf3 Be6 20. Ng5 N8d7 21.
Nxe6 fxe6 22. Na4 h4 23. Qd3 hxg3 24. hxg3 $14 {Donaldson,J-Smith,B/Los
Angeles/2000/}) (10... exd4 11. Nxd4 $5 $14) (10... Qc7 $5) 11. Ng5 {White
plays the most ambitious move.} (11. Nd2 d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. f3 Bh6 $5 14. Nb3
$14 {[%csl Rd5,Re4] ><d5,e4}) 11... d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. f3 Bh6 (13... h6 14.
Nh3 $36 {[%cal Rh3f4] /\Nf4><d5}) 14. h4 $5 (14. Nh3 $14) 14... Qc7 (14... Nh5
$5 15. Nxd5 Nxg3 16. Rf2 $36) (14... exf3 15. Qxf3 $16) 15. fxe4 (15. Kh2 $2
Nh5 16. Qe1 Ndf6 $15) 15... Qxg3 16. Qe1 $1 Qxe1 $8 (16... Nxe4 17. Qxg3 Nxg3
18. Rxf7 $1 Bxg5 19. Bxd5 $16) 17. Rxe1 dxe4 18. Ngxe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 $36 {
[%csl Rb7,Gd4,Ge3][%cal Gh1a8] [+],/^h1-a8,><b7} Bf8 20. Bd2 a6 (20... Be7 21.
Rec1 $5 f5 22. Ng5 $16) 21. Nc3 $1 f5 (21... Nf6 $142 22. e4 $14 {/+/-}) 22.
Nd5 $32 Bd6 23. Rac1 Rb8 24. Kf2 Kf7 25. Bb4 $1 $16 Bxb4 26. Nxb4 {[%cal Gc1c8]
<->c} Nf6 27. Rc7+ Re7 (27... Kf8 28. Nd5 $40) 28. Rec1 Bd7 (28... Be6 29.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 30. Rc7+ $18) (28... Rxc7 29. Rxc7+ Ke6 30. Bf3 $16 {/\} Kd6 31. Rf7
Ke6 32. Rf8) 29. Nd5 Nxd5 30. Bxd5+ Be6 (30... Kf6 31. Bxb7 Bb5 32. Bd5 $16)
31. Rxe7+ Kxe7 32. Rc7+ Kd6 33. Rxb7 $18 Rc8 (33... Rxb7 34. Bxb7 Bc4 35. b4
Kc7 36. Bf3 {[%cal Rf3e2] /\Be2+-}) 34. Bxe6 Kxe6 35. Kf3 Rc2 36. b4 Rb2 37.
Rxh7 Rxb4 38. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d4 Nbd7 8. h3 {
A clever move order, aimed against Black's next move.} a6 (8... c6 $142 9. e4 {
-E69}) 9. dxe5 dxe5 (9... Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Bg5 Qxd1 12. Rfxd1 Rb8 13. Nd5
$1 Nxd5 14. cxd5 f6 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Rac1 Rfc8 17. d6 c6 18. Bb6 Kf7 19. Rd3 Be6
20. d7 Rd8 21. Bc7 Ra8 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 23. e3 $14 {Akopian,V-Ivanov,I/New York/
1994/}) 10. Be3 $1 {The point. In this type of positions Black sooner or later
needs to play c6, which now weakens b6 and the whole << dark-sqaure complex.
White can also used the e4-square for his N and the still open /^h1-a8 (all
because he postponed the move e4).} (10. Qc2 $143 c6 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. e4 $6 b5
13. cxb5 axb5 14. Be3 Bb7 15. Nd2 Ne8 16. Nb3 Nef6 17. Ne2 Rfd8 18. Nec1 Ra4
19. Nd3 Nxe4 $1 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. Na5 Ba8 22. Nxc6 Qe6 $1 23. Nxd8 Qxh3 24. Nc6
Rc4 $19 {Burmakin,V-Volokitin,A/Biel op/2000/}) 10... Re8 (10... Rb8 11. Qc2 $5
(11. Qc1 $6 c6 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. c5 Ne8 14. Ne4 f5 15. Nd6 e4 16. Qc4+ Kh8 17.
Ng5 Ne5 18. Qb3 Nc7 19. Bf4 Be6 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 $11 {Dautov,R-Manik,M/EU-chT
Batumi/1999/}) (11. c5 Qe7 12. b4 Rd8 13. Qc2 Nf8 14. Rad1 Bf5 15. Qc1 Bd7 16.
Bg5 Bc6 17. Qe3 Ne6 18. Qxe5 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxf6 Bxf6 21. Rc1 $14 {
Akopian,V-Arizmendi Martinez,J/Ubeda op/2001/}) 11... c6 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Rac1
b5 $6 {׫} 14. Nd2 b4 15. Na4 Bb7 16. Nb3 Rfc8 17. Nac5 $16 {Ribli,Z-Orak,L/
CRO Cup Pula/1998/}) ({White's advantage is not large, but neutralizing it is
not an easy task and moreover White risks practically nothing in a symmetrical
position.} 10... c6 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. Rfd1 (12. c5 Kh8 13. Nd2 Ng8 14. Nde4 f5
15. Bg5 Ngf6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nd6 e4 18. e3 Rb8 19. Rfd1 Be6 20. Qa3 h5 21. h4
Nd5 22. Ne2 b6 $132 {Galliamova,A-Renet,O/Koszalin/1997/}) 12... Rb8 (12... Ne8
13. c5 Nc7 14. Rac1 Kh8 15. Ne4 f5 16. Bg5 Qe6 17. Nd6 e4 18. Nxc8 Raxc8 19.
Nd4 Qxb3 20. axb3 Rf7 21. Bf4 Nd5 22. e3 Re8 23. Bf1 Bf8 24. b4 $1 Nxb4 25. Bc4
Nd5 26. Bxd5 cxd5 27. b4 $44 {Ribli,Z-Beliavsky,A/HUN-chT/1998/}) (12... h6 13.
Rac1 Kh7 14. Kh2 Ne8 15. Na4 f5 16. Nb6 Nxb6 17. Qxb6 Rg8 18. b3 a5 19. a4 Bf6
20. Ne1 Qe6 21. Nd3 Ra6 22. Qc5 g5 23. Qa3 e4 24. Nc5 Qe7 25. b4 axb4 26. Qxb4
Ra8 27. Rb1 $14 {Adorjan,A-Nijboer,F/Zalaegerszeg/1991/}) (12... Re8 13. Ng5
Nc5 14. Bxc5 (14. Qa3 $5 Bf8 15. b4 Ne6 16. Nge4 $14) 14... Qxc5 15. Nce4 Nxe4
16. Nxe4 Qa5 $5 (16... Qe7 17. Nd6 Rd8 18. c5 Qc7 19. Kh2 Bf6 20. Bf3 Rb8 21.
Bg4 $14 {Akopian,V-Ubilava,E/Daugavpils/1989/}) 17. Nd6 Re7 18. Rac1 Qc7 {
1/2,Ruck,R-Gallagher,J/Charleville/2000/} 19. c5 Rb8 {[%cal Yc8e6] /\Be6}) 13.
Rac1 Kh8 14. c5 h6 15. Nd2 Ne8 16. Nc4 f5 17. Na4 Nc7 18. Nd6 Nb5 19. Qd3 Nf6
20. Nxc8 Rbxc8 21. Nb6 Rcd8 22. Qc4 Nh5 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. a4 f4 $1 $132 {
Piket,J-Nijboer,F/NED-ch/1992/}) 11. Qb3 c6 12. Ng5 $1 $146 (12. Rfd1 Qe7 {
-10...c6}) 12... Nf8 (12... Qe7 13. Nge4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 {/\} f5 15. c5+ Qe6 16.
Nd6 $36) 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Na4 $1 (14. Nge4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Ne6 $14 {<=>}) 14...
N6d7 (14... N8d7 15. Rd2 $32) 15. Ne4 Ne6 16. Nd6 Nd4 $8 (16... Rd8 17. Nxc8
Raxc8 18. Qxb7 $18) 17. Bxd4 Qxd6 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Rd2 Rb8 20. Rfd1 (20. c5 Nf8
$14) 20... b5 (20... c5 21. Nc3 $16 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gd1d8] ><d5,<->d} (21. Qd3
$16 {[%cal Rd3d6] /\Qd6})) (20... b6 21. Qd3 $16) (20... Nf8 $2 21. Bb6 Qe7 22.
Bd8 $18) 21. Nc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3e4,Re4d6] /\Ne4-d6} (21. Nc5 Nb6 $5 22. cxb5 cxb5
23. Rd6 $36) 21... Nb6 (21... Bf8 22. Ne4 $16) 22. Rd6 bxc4 (22... Nxc4 23.
Rxc6 Qb7 (23... Qa5 24. Rxc4 Be6 25. Qb4 $18) 24. Rc5 (24. Rxg6 $5 hxg6 25.
Bxb7 Rxb7 $16) 24... e4 25. Nxe4 $1 Nxe3 (25... Rxe4 26. Rd8+ Bf8 27. Rxc4 $1
bxc4 28. Bh6 Qe7 29. Rxf8+ Qxf8 30. Qxb8 $18) 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. Bxb7 Nxd1 28.
Bxc8 Rexc8 29. Rxc8+ Rxc8 30. Qxd1 Bxb2 31. Qd6 $16 {/+-}) (22... Nd5 23. cxd5
$1 Qxd6 24. dxc6 Qe7 25. Nd5 Qf8 (25... Qd6 26. c7 Rb7 27. Bg5 $1 Rxc7 28. Ne7+
$18) 26. Bd2 $1 Kh8 27. Bb4 Qg8 28. Bd6 $18) 23. Qa3 $1 (23. Qc2 $2 Bf5 24. Qc1
Nd5 $15) 23... Bf8 (23... Nd5 $2 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Nxd5 Qb7 26. Rb6 Qa8 27. Nc7
$18) 24. Bc5 Bb7 25. R6d2 (25. Bxb6 Qxb6 26. Nd5 Bxd6 27. Qxd6 Qxb2 28. Nf6+
Kg7 $17) 25... Nd5 (25... Red8 $5 26. Ne4 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Rd8 28. Bxf8 Rxf8 29.
Qa5 $16) 26. Bxf8 {[%mdl 256] White has a strategically overwhelming position,
but starts to falter, missing stronger alternatives. Finally Black's dogged
defence manages to save the game.} (26. Ne4 $142 $5 f5 27. Nd6 Re6 28. Nxc4 $16
) 26... Rxf8 27. Qc5 Nxc3 28. bxc3 Bc8 $5 29. Qxc4 (29. Rd6 Rb5 (29... Be6 $2
30. Rxc6 Qb7 31. Rxe6 $18) 30. Qxc4 Be6 31. Qxc6 Qxc6 32. Rxc6 (32. Bxc6 Rb2
$132) 32... Bxa2 (32... Ra5 $5) 33. Rxa6 Bc4 $14) 29... Rb6 (29... Be6 30. Qxa6
$16) 30. Qc5 $6 (30. a4 $5 c5 (30... Be6 31. Qc5 $16) 31. Rd5 Be6 32. Rxc5 Rd8
(32... Bxc4 33. Rxc7 Bxe2 34. Rd5 $18) 33. Rxd8+ Qxd8 34. Qd3 $16) 30... Rb5 $1
31. Qd6 (31. Qxc6 Qxc6 32. Bxc6 Rc5 $14 {/=}) 31... Qxd6 32. Rxd6 Rc5 33. Rxc6
(33. Rc1 Be6 34. Rxc6 Rxc6 35. Bxc6 Bxa2 $11) (33. R1d3 Bf5 $11) 33... Rxc6 34.
Bxc6 Bxh3 35. Bd5 (35. Bb7 Be6 $5 36. Bxa6 Bxa2 37. c4 Ra8 $11) 35... Rc8 36.
c4 Be6 $5 37. Bxe6 (37. e4 Bxd5 38. cxd5 f5 $11) 37... fxe6 38. Rc1 (38. Rd6
Rxc4 39. Rxa6 Kf7 40. Ra7+ Kf6 41. Rxh7 Ra4 $11) 38... Kf7 39. f3 e4 $1 40. f4
(40. fxe4 Rc5 41. Kf2 h5 $44) 40... Rc5 41. Rc3 e5 42. Kf2 (42. fxe5 $6 Ke6 $36
) 42... Kf6 43. Ke3 Kf5 (43... Kf5 44. fxe5 Kxe5 45. Ra3 a5 46. Rb3 Rxc4 47.
Rb5+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal 4th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2003.07.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Legky, Nikolay A"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2003.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qc2
Re8 9. Rd1 c6 10. e3 $6 {A very passive continuation, with this and his next
move White indicates he has no higher ambitions in the game.} ({Once he didn't
want to play the most popular and principled main move} 10. e4 {(which gives
the best chances to get an edge out of the opening), he had the riskless}) (10.
dxe5 dxe5 (10... Nxe5 $2 11. Nxe5 Rxe5 12. Bf4 Re6 13. c5 d5 14. e4 $16) 11.
Ng5 Qe7 12. Nge4 Nc5 $5 13. Nd6 (13. Bg5 Bf5 14. h3 $11) 13... Rd8 14. Nxc8 $11
) 10... a6 {Also not quite ideal, as Black is hardly trying to play b5 with
the /^h1-a8 still open. The main idea behind the move is to cover b5, thus
preparing e4 and d5, but White can return to the plan with the central
exchange.} (10... e4 $142 $5 {/\} 11. Nd2 d5 12. cxd5 (12. b4 a6 13. a4 Nf8 14.
Ba3 Ne6 15. b5 Ng5 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Rdb1 Nh3+ 18. Bxh3 Bxh3 $40 {Witt,
L-Spraggett,K/Montreal/1980/}) 12... cxd5 13. Nb5 Re6 $1 $15 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4] ()
[+]}) (10... Qe7 11. b3 Nf8 (11... e4 12. Nd2 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nb5 {
[%cal Rb5c7,Rc1a3] /\Nc7,Ba3}) 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. a4 Bf5 14. e4 Bg4 15. Ba3 Qe6
16. Rd6 Qc8 17. c5 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Ne6 19. Ne2 Ng5 20. Bg2 Qg4 21. Nc3 Nf3+ 22.
Bxf3 Qxf3 23. Qd3 Qg4 24. f3 Qh3 25. Qf1 Qc8 26. Rad1 h5 {Szabados,E-Pirc,V/
Amsterdam/1950/} 27. Qc4 $1 $36) (10... Qc7 11. b3 {/\} e4 12. Ne1 $1 d5 13.
cxd5 cxd5 14. Nb5 $16) 11. dxe5 (11. b3 e4 12. Nd2 (12. Ne1 d5 13. a4 a5 14. h3
Nb8 15. Kh2 Be6 16. Rb1 Bf8 17. c5 Na6 18. Na2 b6 19. cxb6 Qxb6 20. Bd2 Rec8
21. Bc3 Rab8 22. Qd2 Nb4 23. Nxb4 axb4 24. Bb2 Bd6 $36 {(),->>>,Antemia,
P-Baeurle,S/BAY-chT/1997/}) 12... d5 13. Bb2 Nf8 14. Rac1 Ne6 15. f3 exf3 16.
Nxf3 Ng4 17. Re1 Bh6 18. Nd1 Ng7 19. Qd2 Nf5 20. Rc3 Qe7 21. Bc1 Nd6 $17 {
Breier,A-Mai,P/Berlin/1993/}) 11... dxe5 12. Ng5 (12. b3 Qa5 (12... Qe7 $5 $11)
13. Bb2 Nf8 $6 (13... e4 $13 {/\} 14. Nd2 Nc5 15. Ncxe4 Nfxe4 16. Bxg7 Nxf2 $1
17. Bc3 Qb6 18. Bd4 $5 $44) 14. h3 Bf5 15. e4 Bd7 16. Na4 $36 b5 $6 17. Nc5 Qb6
18. cxb5 cxb5 19. Nxe5 Rac8 20. b4 $18 {Egger,T-Herb,S/LL9697/1997/}) 12... Qe7
13. Nge4 Nxe4 (13... Nc5 $6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. b4 Ne6 16. Ne4 $36 {In this
line White's 10-th move is useful-the d4-square is covered.}) 14. Nxe4 Nc5 15.
b3 $2 (15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. e4 $5 (16. b3 Bg4 17. Rd2 e4 18. Bb2 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Qf5
20. Qd4 $11 {[%cal Gd2d8] <->d}) 16... Bg4 17. Rd3 Rad8 18. Be3 $11) 15... Nxe4
16. Bxe4 (16. Qxe4 $4 Bf5 17. Qh4 Bf6 $19) 16... Bg4 $1 17. Rd2 (17. f3 $2 Bxf3
18. Bxf3 e4 19. Rb1 exf3 20. Rf1 Rad8 $17) 17... Rad8 $36 {[%cal Gd8d1] <->d}
18. Bb2 Rxd2 19. Qxd2 Rd8 20. Qe1 Qf6 (20... Qd7 21. Bc3 $1 h5 22. Ba5 {
[%cal Yf2f3,Ya1d1] /\f3,Rd1=}) (20... Qd6 $15 {/\} 21. f3 f5 $5 22. Bxc6 bxc6
23. fxg4 fxg4 $36) 21. Rc1 $5 (21. f4 $6 Qe7 22. Qc3 f5 23. Bg2 e4 $17 {
[%csl Re3] ><e3,<->d}) ({Seemingly the text is a loss of time, but the
following line shows the point:} 21. Kg2 Qd6 {/\} 22. h3 (22. Bc3 f5 23. Bc2)
22... f5 23. Bc2 $2 Qd2 24. Qxd2 Rxd2 25. Rc1 Bf3+ $1 {[%cal Re5e4] /\e4()-+})
21... h5 22. Kg2 h4 23. h3 Bf5 {Black naturally wants to retain his control of
the open file, but now careful defence brings White very close to full
equality.} (23... Be6 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 hxg3 26. fxg3 Qg5 $15) 24. Bxf5
Qxf5 25. e4 (25. Rd1 Qe4+ 26. Kh2 hxg3+ 27. Kxg3 Bf6 $36) (25. g4 Qd3 26. Bc3
Rd7 $15 (26... f5 $5)) 25... Qg5 26. Rc2 $1 (26. Rd1 $143 $2 Rxd1 27. Qxd1 hxg3
28. fxg3 Qe3 29. Qc2 (29. Qd8+ $2 Bf8 $1 30. Ba3 c5 $17) 29... f6 $15 {[%cal
Yg8e6,Yg7f8,Yf8c5] /-/+,/\Bf8-c5,Kf7-e6,}) 26... hxg3 27. fxg3 Rd3 28. Bc1 Qd8
(28... Qh5 29. Qe2 Qxe2+ (29... Rc3 30. Bb2 Rxc2 31. Qxc2 f5 32. c5 $11) 30.
Rxe2 $11) 29. Be3 (29. Rd2 Qd4 $36) 29... Bf8 30. Qe2 (30. Rd2 Bb4 $1 31. Rxd3
Qxd3 32. Qxb4 Qxe3 33. Qxb7 Qxe4+ 34. Kf2 Qc2+ $36) 30... Bb4 $8 (30... Qd7 31.
Rd2 $11) 31. h4 (31. c5 $5 f5 32. exf5 Qd5+ 33. Kf2 gxf5 34. Qh5 $132) 31...
Kg7 (31... Rd1 32. Rc1 Rxc1 33. Bxc1 Qd4 34. Bb2 Bc3 35. Bxc3 Qxc3 36. h5 $11)
32. Rc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] White overlooks a tactical trick in an already nearly
fully consolidated position.} (32. h5 $5 {/\} gxh5 33. Bb6 $1 Qd7 34. Qxh5 $132
) 32... Bc5 $1 $19 {Traps the Be3!} (32... Bd2 $4 33. Rd1 $16) 33. Bxc5 $8 (33.
Bg5 f6 34. Qb2 Qd4 $1 $19) 33... Rd2 34. Rc2 (34. Kf2 Qa5 $1 {/\Qa2-+}) 34...
Rxe2+ 35. Rxe2 Qd1 36. Kf2 (36. Rf2 $2 Qd3 $19) 36... Qh1 37. Bb4 Kh6 $22 {
Now White has no useful moves, while Black marches with his K to g4 and then
proceeds to advance his central pawns.} 38. Be7 Kh5 39. Bf6 Qa1 40. Kg2 Kg4 41.
Kf2 Qc3 42. Re3 Qd2+ 43. Re2 Qd6 44. Bg5 f6 45. Rd2 Qa3 46. Be3 (46. Bxf6 $4
Qf8 $19) 46... Qc1 {[%cal Rc1h1] /\Qh1} 47. Rd6 Qc2+ 48. Bd2 (48. Rd2 Qxe4 $19)
48... Qd1 {[%cal Rd1f3] /\Qf3 Black still doesn't turn his attention to
material and inexorably strengthens his position.} (48... Qxa2 49. b4 Qxc4 50.
Rxf6 Qd4+ $19) 49. Rd3 f5 $1 50. exf5 gxf5 (50... e4 51. Rd8 Qf3+ 52. Ke1 Qxg3+
$19) 51. h5 e4 52. Rd8 Qf3+ 53. Ke1 e3 54. h6 exd2+ 55. Kxd2 (55. Rxd2 Qe3+)
55... Qg2+ (55... Qg2+ 56. Kc3 Qxg3+ 57. Rd3 Qe5+ 58. Kb4 a5+ 59. Ka3 Qe7+ 60.
Kb2 Qf6+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Sanjin Hotel Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Tiayuan"]
[Date "2005.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. h3 (
{Another way for White to release the [+] tension is} 8. e3 Re8 9. b3 (9. a4
$142 $5 $13) 9... Nf8 10. dxe5 {but even here Black has no problems after} dxe5
11. Ba3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Qxd8 Raxd8 15. Rad1 Ne6 16. Kg2 a5 17.
g4 Bf8 18. Bb2 Nc5 19. g5 Nfd7 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 h6 $132 {Bauer,
C-Volokitin,A/Biel/2005/}) 8... c6 9. dxe5 {The main move is clearly} (9. e4 {
-E69}) ({The text is not too enterprising, if Black doesn't quickly take on d4,
it has some similarity with} 9. Be3 {Kupreichik,V (2437)-Lutsko,I (2527)
BLR-ch 71st Minsk 2005 (10) 1-0 from the game}) 9... dxe5 {This is fully
playable, but even} (9... Nxe5 $5 {is sufficient for equality:} 10. Nxe5 dxe5
11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Be3 Be6 13. b3 Bf8 (13... Nd7 14. Ne4 f5 15. Nd6 f4 16. gxf4
$1 (16. Bc1 Nc5 $36) 16... exf4 17. Bxf4 Rf8 18. Bg3 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 Rab8 20. Ne4
Rbe8 21. Nd6 Rb8 22. e3 Nc5 23. Bh4 $1 a5 24. Rd1 $44 {Adorjan,A-Groszpeter,A/
HUN-ch Budapest/1995/}) (13... h6 14. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Bf8 16. Na4 Nd7 17.
Nc3 Nf6 18. Na4 Nd7 19. Nc3 $11 {1/2,Konstantinopolsky,A-Bronstein,D/URS-ch
Moscow/1948/}) 14. Rad1 Rxd1 15. Rxd1 Bb4 16. Na4 Nd7 17. h4 h5 18. Bd2 {
Kochetkov,V-Moliboga,V/Kiev/2005/} Bxd2 19. Rxd2 Kf8 $11) 10. Be3 {Other moves
don't fit in too well with the release of the [+] tension.} (10. Ng5 $6 Qe7 11.
Be3 Ne8 $1 12. Qd2 f5 13. Nf3 Nd6 14. Bg5 Nf6 15. b3 Nf7 16. Be3 Nh5 17. Na4 b6
18. Rad1 Be6 19. Ng5 f4 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. gxf4 Rad8 22. Qc1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 exf4
24. Bxf4 Qxe2 $40 {Barkhagen,J-Loginov,V/Budapest/1993/}) (10. e4 Qe7 $11 {-E68
}) 10... Qe7 (10... Nh5 $5 11. c5 (11. Qb3 Qe7 12. c5 Kh8 13. Qc4 f5 14. b4 e4
15. Nd4 Ne5 16. Qb3 g5 17. Bc1 Ng6 $36 {Bagrunov,V-Levin,E/St Petersburg/2002/}
) (11. Qd6 f5 12. Rad1 Qe8 13. Bc1 e4 14. Nd4 Ne5 15. b3 e3 $1 16. Bxe3 Nf7 17.
Qc5 Nxg3 18. Rfe1 Nh5 19. Qb4 f4 20. Bc1 Ng5 21. h4 Nh3+ 22. Kf1 Qe5 23. Na4 f3
$1 24. Nxf3 Qg3 25. Be3 Bg4 26. Qd6 Be5 27. Qd3 Qh2 $1 {[%cal Rh2g1,Rh5g3,
Rg4f3] /\Qg1!,Ng3#,Bf3,0-1 Ciocaltea,V-Radovici/Bucuresti/1968/}) 11... Qe7 12.
b4 f5 $132) 11. Qb3 {The most ambitious try, but objectively it's not much
better than other moves.} (11. Qd2 Nc5 12. Rfd1 Nfe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qa5 f5
15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Rxd2 Qf7 17. Rad1 Be6 18. Rd8 Raxd8 19. Rxd8 Bxc4 20. Rxf8+
Bxf8 21. Qxe5 Bxa2 22. Bxa7 Qg7 $11 {Lau,U-Sturua,Z/Bad Wiessee op/1998/})
11... Re8 {Although this is the most often played move, Black has probably
better alternatives - and they have been known for a very long time already...}
(11... Ne8 $142 12. Rad1 (12. Ng5 $6 h6 13. Nf3 f5 14. Rad1 Kh8 15. Nh4 Rf6 16.
g4 Nf8 17. g5 Rf7 18. gxh6 Bf6 19. Nf3 g5 20. Na4 Rh7 21. Bc5 Qf7 22. Qc3 Ng6
23. Bd6 Nxd6 24. Rxd6 g4 25. hxg4 fxg4 26. Nd2 Nf4 $40 {Schmidt,P-Keres,P/
Parnu m/1936/}) 12... f5 13. Bg5 Nef6 (13... Ndf6 14. e4 h6 15. Be3 Nh5 (15...
f4 $5 16. gxf4 exf4 17. Bd4 $13) 16. Bc1 (16. exf5 $142 gxf5 17. Rfe1) 16... f4
17. g4 Nhf6 18. Qa4 Nd7 19. b3 {Guimard,C-De Ronde,C/Buenos Aires/1945/} a5 $5
$15) 14. e4 h6 15. Be3 f4 16. gxf4 exf4 17. Bd4 Nh7 18. e5 $6 Ng5 19. Nxg5 Qxg5
20. Ne4 Qe7 21. c5+ Kh8 {Garcia Orus,F-Darga,K/Palma de Mallorca/1965/} 22. Nd6
$15) (11... Nh5 $5 12. Rad1 f5 13. Bg5 Qf7 (13... Nhf6 {-13...Ne8 is also
playable}) 14. e4 {Cruz,W-Eliskases,E/Mar del Plata/1954/} f4 $5 $36) 12. Rfd1
(12. Nd2 $5 Nc5 13. Bxc5 (13. Qa3 Bf8 14. b4 Ne6 $132 {[%cal Ye6d4] /\Nd4})
13... Qxc5 14. Nde4 Qe7 (14... Qb6 15. Qa3 $5 $14) 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Ne4 Qe7
17. Rfd1 $11 {/+/=}) 12... Bf8 $6 (12... Nc5 $142 {is certainly a more active
and useful move, after} 13. Bxc5 (13. Qa3 Nfd7 14. b4 Ne6 15. Rab1 f5 16. Qb3
e4 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Ne5 19. Qc2 Be6 20. c5 Rad8 $15 {Eising,J-Weigelt,H/
Schkopau/1954/}) 13... Qxc5 14. Ng5 {Black has} Qb6 $1 $11) 13. Nd2 $1 $146 {
[%csl Rd6][%mdl 8] ><d6 A logical novelty, targetting d6 is White's main plan
in this line, here it gives him the |^ thanks to his lead in development.} (13.
Rac1 $6 Nc5 14. Qa3 a5 15. b3 Nfd7 16. Qb2 f5 17. Rc2 Ne6 $15 {Guimard,
C-Najdorf,M/Buenos Aires/1964/}) 13... Qe6 14. Nde4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Nf6 (15... f5
16. Ng5 Qf6 17. c5+ Kg7 18. Qc3 Nxc5 (18... h6 19. Nf3 $14 {/\} b6 20. cxb6
axb6 21. Nd4 $1 $16) 19. Nxh7 Kxh7 20. Bxc5 $32 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gd1d8] +/=,
<->d,עh7}) 16. Nc5 Qe7 17. Rd2 {White doesn't achieve much on the <->d, as
all the possible points of entry are well protected.} ({Therefore the immediate
} 17. Qa4 $5 {[%cal Yb2b4] /\b4|^<< deserved attention.}) 17... h6 $6 {Black
also loses time.} (17... Qc7 18. Qa4 h5 $14 (18... Nd7 $6 19. Na6 $1 $36)) 18.
Rad1 Qc7 19. Qa4 h5 20. b4 Bf5 21. b5 e4 22. bxc6 (22. Nb3 $36 {was not bad,
but the text-move is more forcing.}) 22... bxc6 (22... Qxc6 23. Qxc6 bxc6 24.
Na6 $16) 23. Na6 Qb7 (23... Qc8 24. Bf4 $5 $16) 24. Kh2 ({White could probably
do without this move, more energetic was} 24. Bd4 $5) 24... Rac8 25. Nc5 Qb8
26. Na6 (26. Bd4 Bg7 (26... e3 27. Na6 Qb7 28. Bxe3 $16) (26... h4 27. Rb2 Qc7
(27... Qd6 28. Nb7 hxg3+ 29. fxg3 Qe7 30. c5 $16) 28. Rb7 $16) 27. Rb2 $36)
26... Qb7 27. Nc5 Qe7 $1 {Black avoids repetition and puts his Q on a more
active square.} (27... Qb8 28. Bd4 {-26.Bd4!?}) 28. Rd6 $6 {White decides to
exchange his R for Black's Q, but this is not quite clear. More logical was to
shift the attention to the <->b with} (28. Rb1 $1 $14 {[%cal Gb1b8] /+/-})
28... Qxd6 (28... Nd5 29. R6xd5 (29. Rd7 $5 Bxd7 30. cxd5 $36) 29... cxd5 30.
cxd5 $44) 29. Rxd6 Bxd6 30. Nb7 Be5 31. Qa3 {[%cal Rb7d6] /\Nd6} (31. Bf4 $5
$14) 31... Re6 32. Nc5 (32. Bf4 $142) 32... Rd6 33. Qxa7 h4 34. Qa5 (34. Bf4
Bxf4 35. gxf4 Rd2 $36) 34... Re8 $2 (34... hxg3+ $142 35. fxg3 Nh5 $36 {/\} 36.
Nxe4 Re6) 35. Bf4 $1 Bxf4 (35... hxg3+ 36. Bxg3 e3 $5 $132) 36. gxf4 Rd1 $6 (
36... Rd4 37. Qc3 $16 {/\} Red8 $2 38. e3 R4d6 39. Nb7) ({Again} 36... e3 $5 {
[%csl Rh2][%cal Gg2c6] was the best way to create some <=>. Although it
activates White's Bg2, it also creates a draught around White's K. A sample
line of what can happen is} 37. Qc7 (37. fxe3 Rxe3 38. Bf3 Rd4 $132) 37... Rd4
38. Qxc6 Rxc4 39. Qxf6 (39. Bd5 $2 Rxc5 $1 40. Qxc5 exf2 $17) 39... Rxc5 40.
fxe3 Rc2 $1 41. Bf3 Rxe3 42. Qd8+ Kh7 43. Qf6 (43. Qxh4+ Kg7 44. Qf2 Ra3 $11)
43... Rxf3 44. Qxf7+ Kh6 $11) 37. Qc3 Nh5 38. e3 $36 {><e4 Now White has more
or less safeguarded his K and the vulnerable Pe4 probably can't be held in the
long run.} Red8 39. Nb3 Ra8 40. Qb2 Ng7 41. Qc2 Rd3 (41... Rd7 $142 42. a4 $5 {
[%cal Ra4a5] /\a5|^} (42. Bxe4 Bxe4 43. Qxe4 Rxa2 44. Qxc6 Rd3 $132)) (41...
Rdd8 42. Nc5 $16 {/\} Ra3 43. Nxe4 Bxe4 (43... Rda8 44. Nf6+ Kh8 45. Qd1 $18)
44. Bxe4 Rda8 45. Bxc6 Rxa2 46. Qd3 Rxf2+ 47. Kg1 Raa2 48. Qd8+ Kh7 49. Qxh4+
$18) 42. Nc1 Rda3 43. Bxe4 $16 Be6 (43... Bxe4 $5 44. Qxe4 R3a6 $16 (44... Rc3
45. Ne2 Rca3 46. Qxc6 Rxa2 47. Nc3 $18)) 44. Bxc6 Rc8 45. Bb5 {White has
activated his B, soon the N will follow and his material advantage should
decide the game.} Nf5 46. Qb2 Ra7 (46... Raa8 47. Qb4 $1 $18) 47. Nd3 (47. Qb4
Rac7 $5) 47... Nd6 (47... Bxc4 $2 48. Bxc4 Rxc4 49. Qb8+ $18) 48. a4 Nxc4 ({
More resilient was} 48... Bxc4 $142 $5 49. Ne5 Bxb5 50. axb5 Rb7 51. b6 Nc4 52.
Nxc4 Rxc4 53. Qb5 Rc8 (53... Rc2 $2 54. Qe8+ Kg7 55. Qe4 Rxf2+ 56. Kg1 $18) 54.
f5 $18 {/+/- and White still has to work for the full point.}) 49. Qd4 Rac7 50.
e4 $1 Nd2 51. Ne5 $40 Rc2 52. f5 gxf5 53. exf5 Bxf5 54. Qxh4 {[%cal Rh4g5] /
\Qg5} (54. Qf4 $143 Ne4 55. Ng4 Bg6 {is worse, as} (55... Rxf2+ 56. Nxf2 Rc2
57. Qxf5 Rxf2+ 58. Qxf2 Nxf2 59. a5 $18) 56. Bd3 {again allows} Nxf2 $1 $16)
54... Ne4 55. Ng4 Bg6 56. Bd3 $1 Nd2 (56... Nxf2 $5 {prolongs the game, but
doesn't save it after} 57. Bxc2 Nxg4+ 58. Qxg4 Rxc2+ 59. Kg3 $18) 57. Qh6 $18
R2c6 58. Qxd2 Rd8 (58... Rd6 59. Qh6 $18) 59. Qa5 $1 (59. Qa5 Rxd3 60. Qa8+ $18
) 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam ACT op 2nd"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2005.07.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2005.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. h3
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nb6 {[%cal Gd6d5] This direction in the Fianchetto is getting
popularity recently. Black's idea is rather simple- he prepares a very
important advance in the centre d5, which in case of exchange on d5 allows
Black to equalize without problems, while after 11.c5 the pawn on d5 will
restrict the light-squared bishop on g2. The main drawback of this line is
that after 12.c6 Black will have weaknesses on c6 and c5. So the following
play will be concentrated around these weaknesses.} 10. b3 d5 ({Also} 10... c5
{is very interesting. The point is to exploit weakness of the dark squares on
the long diagonal.} 11. Nc2 (11. Ndb5 d5 $1) 11... Be6 {Preparing d5.} 12. e4 (
12. Bb2 d5 13. Nxd5 Nfxd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. e4 Bc6 17. Qb1 $14 {
Anastasian,A-Sutovsky,E, EU-chT(Men) 1997/CBM57[Huzman].}) 12... Qd7 $1 13. h4
(13. Kh2 $5 {was worth a try with the idea} Ng4+ 14. hxg4 Bxc3 15. Bh6 $1 {
A very important intermediate move.} Rfe8 (15... Bxa1 $5 16. Qxa1 f6 17. Bxf8
Rxf8 18. f3 f5) 16. Ne3 $1 {with the strong compensation for the sacrificed
exchange after} Bxa1 $6 17. Qxa1 f6 18. Qxf6) 13... Ng4 {[%cal Gf7f5]} 14. Bd2
f5 $1 15. Rc1 Rae8 16. Ne3 Bd4 {Efimov,I-Vorobiov,E/Cappelle la Grande FRA
2003. and suddenly a draw was agreed.} (16... fxe4 $5)) 11. c5 (11. Ba3 {
Usually leads to transposition after} Re8 12. c5 Nbd7 13. c6 Ne5 14. cxb7 Bxb7
{and so on.}) 11... Nbd7 12. c6 Ne5 ({Of course not} 12... bxc6 $2 13. Nxc6 Qe8
14. Ba3 $18 {[%csl Rf8] and White wins an exchange.}) 13. cxb7 Bxb7 14. Ba3 Re8
15. Rc1 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gc3a4,Ga4c5] All these moves are more or less forced.
Now let's see what we have. Black has a pawn in the centre which restricts the
g2-bishop. From the other hand the c5-square is weak and if White succeeds to
bring his knight there he will have a positional advantage.} Rc8 $5 {[%cal
Gc7c5] Boris follows Ivanchuk's idea. Black creates a positional threat of c5
and thus forces white knight to a4 in order to obtain the e4-square for one of
his knights. The arisen position is similar to the one with the a-pawn on a6
and the rook on a8 with only, but important difference-the move 15...Rc8 is
much more useful than 15...a6.} ({Earlier Black played} 15... a6 {[%csl Rb5]
with the idea to prevent Ncb5, which was a threat.} 16. Na4 (16. Qc2 $5 Rc8 17.
Na4) 16... Ne4 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 Nd7 19. e3 (19. Ba3 $6 c5 $1 20. Nc2 Qg5
21. h4 Qh5 22. Bf3 Qf5 (22... Qe5 $1 {was better with the idea} 23. Ne3 Rad8 $1
24. Bxc5 $2 Nxc5 25. Rxc5 Qd6 $1 26. b4 Rxe3 $1 27. fxe3 Qxg3+ 28. Bg2 d4 $1
29. e4 (29. Rg5 Qxh4 30. Qb3 Qxg5 31. Qxf7+ Kh8 32. Qxb7 Qxe3+ $19) 29... Bxe4
30. Rf2 d3 $1 $19 {and Black wins in both cases.}) 23. Qd2 ({or} 23. Ne3 Rxe3
$1 24. fxe3 Qh3 25. Qe1 Bh6 26. Rc3 Re8 {with compensation for the sacrificed
exchange.}) 23... Qe6 24. Rfd1 Rad8 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26. Qxd5 Qxe2 27. Re1 Ne5 $6
(27... Qb5 $5) 28. Rxe2 Rxd5 $14 {Illescas Cordoba,M-Moreno Ruiz,J/Burgos ESP
2003.}) 19... Nxc5 20. Rxc5 Bf8 21. Rc2 c5 22. Ne2 Qd7 23. Nf4 Rad8 24. Rd2 ({
After} 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Rd2 Bxb3 26. Rxd7 Bxd1 27. Rfxd1 Rxd7 28. Rxd7 Re7 {
Black should be able to hold the position, while some problems still exist.})
24... d4 $1 25. Bxb7 Qxb7 26. exd4 Qb4 $1 27. Re2 Qxd4 (27... Rxe2 28. Qxe2 Bh6
$6 {is dangerous.} 29. dxc5 Bxf4 30. gxf4 Qxf4 $2 (30... Qxc5 $5 31. Rd1 Rxd1+
32. Qxd1 Qf5 33. Qd8+ Kg7 34. Qd4+ Kg8 35. Kg2 $14) 31. Qg4 Qf6 32. Rc1 Rd4 33.
c6 $4 ({Why not} 33. Qg3 $16 {keeping an extra pawn?}) 33... Rxg4+ 34. hxg4 Qf4
35. Rc4 Qc7 $19 {Dizdar,G-Bente,B/Warsaw POL 2005.}) 28. Qxd4 cxd4 29. Rxe8
Rxe8 30. Rd1 g5 $1 (30... Rd8 $6 {would allow to block the d-pawn.} 31. Nd3 $14
) 31. Nh5 Re2 32. Rxd4 Rxa2 33. Rd8 h6 $1 $11 {Vaganian,R-Volokitin,A/Istanbul
TUR 2003. and soon a draw was agreed.}) 16. Na4 {[%csl Rc5] Otherwise c5.} Ne4
$1 {It's necessary to take control over the c5-square.} 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. Bxc5
Nd7 $1 {[%csl Rc5] It's necessary to unblock the position.} 19. e3 $5 $146 {
White is trying to consolidate the position in order to exploit the hanging c
and d-pawn on the later stage of the game.} ({Earlier White tested} 19. Qc2 $5
Nxc5 20. Qxc5 Qd7 21. Rc2 $1 c6 22. b4 Bf8 $2 (22... a5 $1 {instead was strong
with a similar idea to unblock the position.} 23. bxa5 Bf8 {with an
approximately equal position.}) 23. Qa5 $14 {Khurtsidze,N-Ivanchuk,V/Yerevan
ARM 2004.}) ({and} 19. b4 Nxc5 20. Rxc5 ({After} 20. bxc5 $6 c6 21. e3 Ba6 22.
Re1 Qa5 {Black is better.}) 20... c6 21. a3 Bf8 22. Rc3 c5 (22... a5 $5) 23.
bxc5 Bxc5 {and Black is fine. Paschall,W-Nagle,S/Budapest HUN 2004.}) (19. Ba3
c5 {is clearly a better version of Illescas Cordoba,M-Moreno Ruiz,Burgas 2003.
See above.}) 19... Nxc5 20. Rxc5 Bf8 21. Rc2 {[%cal Gd4c6]} c6 $1 {Black is
not in a hurry to weaken his d5-pawn.} ({Though I believe there was also
nothing wrong with immediate} 21... c5 22. Ne2 Qd6 23. Nf4 Ba6 24. Re1 d4 {
with equality.}) 22. Qc1 Qb6 23. Rd1 Bh6 $6 {Black is trying to play for c5
followed by d4, but misses a simple tactical resource.} 24. b4 $1 $14 {[%csl
Gc5,Rc6]} Bf8 $5 ({The problem is that after} 24... Qxb4 25. Nxc6 $16 {Black
also loses the d5-pawn.}) 25. Rb2 (25. a3 $1 {deserved serious attention with
the idea to meet} a5 {with} 26. bxa5 $1 Qa6 (26... Qxa5 {leads to a difficult
endgame after} 27. Nxc6 Bxc6 28. Rxc6 Rxc6 29. Qxc6 Re6 30. Qxd5 Qxa3 $16) 27.
Nb3 $1 {[%csl Rc5] with a better position for White.}) 25... Ba6 $1 {[%cal
Ga6c4] Black activates the bishop bringing it to c4.} 26. Qc3 Bc4 27. Bf1 $1 {
The c4-bishop has to be exchanged.} c5 (27... Bg7 $5 {with the idea} 28. Bxc4
dxc4 29. Qxc4 $2 c5 $1) 28. bxc5 Qxc5 29. Bxc4 dxc4 {Now the position is about
equal.} 30. Rb5 Qd6 31. Rd2 Bg7 32. Rb4 Qd5 33. Rc2 Bxd4 34. Qxd4 Qf3 $1 35.
Qg4 (35. Kh2 Qf5 $1) 35... Qxg4 36. hxg4 Re4 37. Kg2 Rxg4 38. f4 h5 $1 39. Kf3
c3 40. Rb3 g5 41. Rbxc3 Rxc3 42. Rxc3 gxf4 43. exf4 Rg6 44. Ra3 a6 45. Ra5 $14
{White has succeeded to improve the position a little bit, but Black is able
to keep the position, though Akopian shows it's not so easy.} Rh6 46. a4 (46.
Kg2 {with the idea to bring the king to h4 is not enough in view of} h4 47. g4
h3+ 48. Kh2 Rh4 49. g5 Rxf4 50. Kxh3 f6 $1 51. Kg3 Re4 $1 52. gxf6 Re6 53. Rf5
Kf7 $11 {with a draw.}) 46... Kf8 47. Rc5 Kg7 (47... Ke7 $5) 48. a5 h4 $5 49.
gxh4 Rxh4 50. Rc6 Rh6 51. Rb6 $1 Re6 $1 52. Kg4 Kf8 (52... Rg6+ 53. Kf5 Rh6 54.
Ke5 $1 {is dangerous for Black.} ({But not} 54. Rxh6 $2 Kxh6 55. Kf6 Kh5 $1 56.
Kxf7 Kg4 57. Ke6 Kxf4 58. Kd5 Kf5 59. Kc6 Ke6 60. Kb6 Kd7 $11)) 53. f5 Re5 54.
Rxa6 (54. f6 Kg8 55. Rxa6 Kh7 {leads to a similar position.}) 54... Kg7 55. f6+
Kg6 56. Kf4 Rf5+ 57. Ke4 Kg5 58. Kd4 Rf4+ 59. Kc5 Rf5+ 60. Kb6 (60. Kb4 Rf4+
61. Kb3 Rf5 {and the white rook is nailed to a6.}) 60... Rxf6+ 61. Kb7 Rf5 $1
62. Ra8 Rf1 63. a6 Rb1+ 64. Ka7 f5 $11 65. Rb8 Ra1 66. Rb5 Kg4 67. Kb6 f4 68.
a7 Rxa7 69. Kxa7 f3 {A tough game in which both players showed good
theoretical preparation and technical skills.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Chartres"]
[Date "2005.08.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2005.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e3 {
White treats the opening like a d3 French (or King's Indian Attack) with
colours reversed.} Re8 9. b3 ({Vaganian prefers the space gaining} 9. a4 $5 {
first, after} a5 10. b3 c6 11. Ba3 {White has perhaps more chances to fight
for an opening edge.} (11. Ra2 $5 {is another flexible try.})) 9... Nf8 (9...
c6 {is more flexible, now White can transpose into the above mentioned lines
with} 10. a4 (10. Bb2 e4 11. Nd2 d5 $13)) 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 {Baeur
improves upon his recent game with Volokitin to put Black under some pressure.
Postponing the Q swap allowed Black to take back with the Ra8:} (11. Ba3 Bg4 (
11... N6d7 $5 12. Qc2 Ne6 13. Rad1 f5 14. e4 f4 15. Bh3 c6 16. Ne2 Qf6 $13 17.
Bb2 Qe7 18. Rd2 Ndf8 19. Bg2 (19. Kg2 $142 $5) 19... Ng5 20. Nxg5 Qxg5 21. Rfd1
Ne6 22. c5 Qe7 23. Rd6 Rf8 24. R1d3 Ng5 25. f3 fxg3 26. hxg3 Nf7 $17 {Pfleger,
H-Donner,J/The Hague/1966/}) 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 c6 (13... e4 14. Bg2 c6 15.
Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Rad1 $36 {[%csl Re4] ><e4}) 14. Qxd8 Raxd8 15. Rad1 Ne6 16. Kg2
a5 17. g4 Bf8 18. Bb2 Nc5 19. g5 Nfd7 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 h6 $1 $132 22. gxh6
$6 (22. h4 $1 $13 {/\h5}) 22... Kh7 23. f4 Nc5 24. Bc2 Rxd1 25. Bxd1 exf4 26.
Rxf4 f5 27. Bc3 Bxh6 28. Rf1 b6 $15 {Bauer,C-Volokitin,A/Biel/2005/}) (11. Bb2
Bf5 12. Nb5 Bd3 13. Nxc7 $2 (13. Bxe5 $1 Bxf1 14. Qxf1 $44) 13... Qxc7 14. Qxd3
e4 $17 {Hoelzl,F-Karner,C/AUT-ch Oberpullendorf/2002/}) 11... Rxd8 12. Ba3 (12.
Bb2 e4 13. Nd4 a6 (13... c5 $142 $5 14. Ndb5 Bf5 $11) 14. c5 Re8 15. b4 Rb8 16.
Rfc1 h5 17. a4 N8h7 18. h4 Bg4 19. b5 Nf8 20. c6 $36 {Garber,V-Salmensuu,O/
Helsinki/1996/}) (12. Nxe5 $2 Ng4 13. f4 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Bxe5 15. Bb2 Rd2 $19)
12... Ne8 $146 {Solid, but rather passive.} (12... c6 13. Rad1 Re8 14. h3 h5
15. Rd2 (15. Ng5 Bf5 16. Nge4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Rad8 19. Bf3 Ne6 20.
h4 Bf8 21. Bb2 Bd6 22. Rd2 Kf8 23. Rfd1 Ke7 24. Bc3 f5 $11 {Dobrotka,
M-Mochalov,E/Sala/1994/}) 15... N8h7 16. Rfd1 Bf5 17. Kh2 g5 18. Ng1 Bf8 19.
Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Na4 Re7 21. Nc5 $14 {[%cal Gd1d8,Gg2b7] <->d,/^h1-a8,Ubilava,
E-Oms Pallise,J/Andorra/ 1997/ and even in a symmetrical position White
pressure, as his pieces are more active and better coordinated.}) (12... e4 13.
Nd4 Ne6 $5 14. Be7 (14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15. Rad1 Bf5 $11) (14. Rad1 $5) 14... Rd7 (
14... Re8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxe4 $16) 15. Bxf6 (15. Nxe6 Rxe7 16. Nxg7 Kxg7 $11
) 15... Bxf6 16. Nxe4 Bxd4 17. exd4 Rxd4 18. Rad1 $14) 13. Rad1 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 c6 16. Ne4 (16. g4 $142 $5) 16... Ne6 {[%csl Ga3,Gf3][%mdl 4100]} ({
Black spurns the more active} 16... f5 17. Nc5 e4 18. Bg2 b6 (18... Nd6 19. f3
$36) 19. Nb7 Rd7 $5 $14 {and further passive play gradually gets him into an
extremely unpleasant _|_. Bauer proceeds to improve his position quietly in a
model fashion, finally converting his ^^ by exchanging them at a suitable
moment.}) 17. g4 $5 (17. Be7 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 f5 19. Nd6 e4 20. Be2 Nxd6 21. Rxd6
Rc8 $1 $11 {/\} 22. Rxe6 Kf7) 17... Bf8 (17... f5 18. gxf5 gxf5 19. Ng3 $14 {|^
}) 18. Bb2 f6 (18... f5 19. gxf5 gxf5 20. Ng3 e4 21. Be2 N8g7 22. Bf6 $14 (22.
Kg2 {[%cal Yf2f3] /\f3+/=})) 19. Be2 Rxd1 $6 (19... Kf7 $142 $5 20. f4 exf4 21.
exf4 Rxd1 22. Bxd1 Nc5 $14 {/<=>}) 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8 Nxd8 22. c5 $1 $36 {
_|_()} Bg7 23. Bc4+ Kf8 24. a4 Ke7 25. Kg2 Ne6 26. b4 a6 27. h4 Bf8 28. Kg3 h6
$6 {[%csl Rg6] ><g6 Later on Black will pay for the weakening of the light
squares, as he has no light-squared B.} (28... Kd7 $6 29. f4 $36) (28... Bg7
$142) 29. Kg2 Kd7 30. a5 {An interesting moment. White closes the <<, as he
doesn't have chances to play here anyway and it's sensible to prevent Black
from lashing out with a5.} Be7 31. Ng3 N8c7 32. Bc3 $1 (32. h5 gxh5 33. Nxh5
Nd5 34. Bxd5 cxd5 35. f4 {was perhaps good, but White is in no hurry -
Shereshevski's _|_ principle.}) 32... Nd5 33. Bd2 Ng7 34. Bd3 g5 35. Nf5 $1 {
[%cal Gb1h7] גb1-h7 Accentuates the weakness of the light squares.} Nxf5 36.
Bxf5+ Kd8 37. h5 $1 $18 {[%csl Rh6] ><h6 Now Black must defend against the
penetration of White's (Kf3-e4-f5-g6), Bc8 and also f4 - all this is too much
to manage.} Bf8 38. Kf3 Nc7 39. Ke4 Bg7 40. Be1 Bh8 41. Bh7 Ke7 42. Bg8 Bg7 (
42... Ne6 43. Kf5 Nf8 44. Bd2 {[%cal Rf2f4] /\f4+-}) 43. Kf5 Bf8 44. Bd2 Bg7
45. Bc4 Bf8 46. f4 $1 exf4 47. exf4 gxf4 (47... Nd5 48. fxg5 fxg5 49. b5 $5 {/\
} (49. Bxd5 cxd5 50. Ke5 $18) 49... axb5 50. Bxd5 cxd5 51. c6 $18) 48. Bxf4 Nd5
49. Bxd5 $1 {Timely and decisive simplification.} cxd5 50. Bd6+ (50. Bd6+ Kf7
51. Bxf8 Kxf8 52. b5 axb5 (52... Ke7 53. c6 Kd6 54. cxb7 Kc7 55. bxa6 $18) 53.
c6 bxc6 54. a6 $18) 1-0

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[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 "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. h3 (
8. e4 {leads to lines E68-9. The text-move often only transposes, but Ivanchuk
wants to go a different way.}) 8... exd4 9. Nxd4 ({Black must also reckon with
the rare} 9. Qxd4 $5 h6 10. Be3 Nc5 11. Qd2 Nfe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qc1 Kh7 14.
Rd1 Bd7 (14... Qe7 $142) 15. Bd4 Nf6 16. b3 (16. c5 $142 $1 $36) 16... Re8 17.
Qb2 Bc6 18. Re1 Be4 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Bc3 a6 21. Rd4 Bh8 22. a4 c5 23. Rdd1 {
Bauer,C-Nataf,I/FRA-ch Vichy/2000/} Rab8 $132) 9... Nb6 $5 (9... Re8 10. e4 {
-E68}) (9... Nc5 10. e4 {-E68}) 10. b3 (10. Qc2 Nxc4 11. Ncb5 a6 12. Qxc4 axb5
$11 {[%csl Gc6,Gd5][%cal Yc7c6,Yd6d5] /=/+,/\c6,d5[+] allows Black to
neutralize the Bg2 and gives him equality at the very least.}) (10. Qd3 Nfd7
11. b3 Nc5 12. Qd1 a5 13. e4 a4 14. Rb1 axb3 15. axb3 c6 16. Be3 Re8 17. Qc2 {
Bukal,V-Sebenik,M/AUT-chT2M/2005/} (17. Re1 $5) 17... f5 $1 $132) 10... d5 {
The modern trend.} (10... c5 11. Nc2 Be6 {has been somewhat discredited due to}
12. e4 $1 Qd7 13. Kh2 Ng4+ 14. hxg4 Bxc3 15. Bh6 Bxg4 (15... Rfe8 16. Ne3 $1
$36) 16. f3 Be6 17. Bxf8 Bxa1 18. Bxd6 Rd8 19. Qxa1 Qxd6 20. Ne3 Qd4 21. Qc1
$14 {/\Nd5, Khalifman,A-Sutovskij,E/Jerusalem/1997/}) 11. c5 (11. Ba3 {
prevents the following move:} Re8 ({White probably doesn't have to worry too
much about} 11... dxc4 12. Bxf8 Qxf8 13. bxc4 $14) 12. c5 Ne4 (12... Nbd7 $142
13. c6 Ne5 {-11.c5 Nbd7}) 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. c6 $36) 11... Ne4 $5 {Until now
Black played mostly} (11... Nbd7 12. c6 Ne5 13. cxb7 Bxb7 14. Ba3 Re8 15. Rc1
Rc8 (15... a6 {is directed against Ncb5} 16. Na4 Ne4 17. e3 $5 (17. Nc5 Nxc5
18. Bxc5 Nd7 19. e3 (19. Ba3 c5 $1 20. Nc2 (20. Bxc5 $6 Nxc5 21. Rxc5 Qb6 22.
b4 Qxb4 23. Nb3 d4 $11 {/=/+}) 20... Qg5 21. h4 Qh5 22. Bf3 Qe5 $1 (22... Qf5
23. Qd2 Qe6 24. Rfd1 Rad8 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26. Qxd5 Qxe2 27. Re1 {Illescas
Cordoba,M-Moreno Ruiz,J/ESP-ch Burgos/2003/} Qb5 $5 $132) 23. Ne3 Rad8 $13 {
V.Mikhalevski,/\} 24. Nxd5 Nf6 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6 26. Qc2 Bxf3 27. exf3 Qxf3 {
[%csl Rg1] עg1}) 19... Nxc5 20. Rxc5 Bf8 21. Rc2 c5 22. Ne2 Qd7 23. Nf4 Rad8
24. Rd2 d4 25. Bxb7 Qxb7 26. exd4 Qb4 27. Re2 Qxd4 28. Qxd4 cxd4 29. Rxe8 Rxe8
30. Rd1 g5 31. Nh5 Re2 $11 {Vaganian,R-Volokitin,A/EU-ch Silivri/2003/}) 17...
h5 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 h4 20. g4 Nd7 21. Qc2 Be5 22. Ba3 $14) 16. Na4 Ne4 {
Possibly White shouldn't hurry with Nc5 so much:} 17. Rc2 $5 ({here} 17. e3 $2
{allows} Ba6 $17) (17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 Nd7 19. e3 $5 (19. b4 Nxc5 20. Rxc5 c6
21. a3 Bf8 22. Rc3 c5 (22... a5 $5) 23. bxc5 Bxc5 24. e3 Ba6 25. Re1 Qa5 26.
Rc1 Bc4 27. Nb3 Qxa3 {Paschall,W-Nagle,S/Budapest/2004/} 28. Bxd5 $11) (19. Qc2
Nxc5 20. Qxc5 Qd7 21. Rc2 c6 22. b4 {Khurtsidze,N-Ivanchuk,V/Yerevan/2004/} a5
$1 $132) 19... Nxc5 20. Rxc5 Bf8 21. Rc2 c6 22. Qc1 Qb6 23. Rd1 {Akopian,
V-Avrukh,B/Amsterdam/2005/} a5 $5 {[%cal Ya5a4] /\a4<=>}) 17... c5 $2 (17...
Qf6 18. Qc1 $13) 18. Nxc5 (18. Bxc5 $16) 18... Nxc5 19. Bxc5 Nd7 20. b4 Nxc5
21. bxc5 Ba6 22. Nb3 Bc4 23. Rd2 Bc3 24. Rxd5 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Qd7 26. Qd3 Bg7 27.
Qc4 Re5 28. Bf3 Qe7 29. c6 $16 {Stean,M-Heinicke,H/Hamburg/1977/}) 12. Bb2 $146
{[%mdl 8]} (12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bb2 Nd5 14. c6 Qd6 $5 (14... e3 $13) (14... Re8
$5) 15. Rc1 bxc6 16. Rxc6 Qd7 17. Rc5 Bb7 18. Qc1 f5 19. Rd1 Rad8 20. e3 Rf7
21. Bf1 $36 {Ravi,L-Vijayalakshmi,S/Calcutta/1999/}) 12... Nxc5 (12... Nd7 $6
13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. c6 $36) (12... Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Nd7 14. c6 $14) 13. Ba3 Ne6 $5 {
[%mdl 512] An interesting exchange sacrifice.} (13... Qe7 $6 14. Rc1 $16) (
13... Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Ne6 15. Qd3 Re8 16. Nxd5 $14) ({The less enterprising} 
13... Nbd7 14. Nxd5 c6 15. Nf4 Re8 $132 {[%cal Yc5e4,Yd7f6] was perhaps also
playable, Black's intention is for example Ne4,Ndf6 etc.}) 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15.
Bxf8 Qxf8 16. Rc1 c6 $44 {[%csl Gc6,Gd5] Black has a P for the exchange and a
solid [+].} 17. e4 $5 {Left to his own devices, Black could gradually improve
his position. Aronian decides to lash out and gives back a P to open the
position for his R.} (17. e3 Rd8 18. Ne2 Nc8 $5 $44) 17... Bxc3 {Black
sensibly takes the P.} (17... d4 18. Ne2 {[%cal Ye2f4] /\Nf4+/=}) 18. exd5 (18.
Rxc3 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxh3 20. Re1 Be6 $11) 18... Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxh3 (19... Bb2
$143 20. Rc2 (20. Bxe6 Bxc1 21. Bxf7+ $11) 20... Bxh3 21. Bg2 $14 {/\} Rd8 22.
Rd2) 20. Bg2 Rd8 21. Qf3 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Bd2 23. Rc2 Rd4 24. Rd1 Qd6 25. Rc4 Rd5
$11 {Black has mobilized his forces and equlized the material balance, but
White's major pieces are suffciently active. In the following phase Ivanchuk
probably started playing for a win, but only gets into trouble.} 26. Re4 Kg7
27. b4 Bg5 28. Rxd5 Qxd5 29. Re2 Qd7 (29... Qxf3+ $142 30. Kxf3 Kf8 31. g4 Be7
$11) 30. Qc3+ Bf6 31. Qd2 Qc7 (31... Qxd2 32. Rxd2 Bc3 33. Rd7 Bxb4 34. Rxb7 a5
35. Rc7 c5 36. g4 $36 {[%csl Rb4] ץb4}) (31... Qc8 $5 32. Qd6 h5 $11 {still
seems safe enough.}) 32. Re8 $5 {It's White's time to show some ambition,
Aronian is not afraid of the o^c.} c5 {[%cal Rc7c6] /\Qc6} 33. b5 a6 (33... c4
$5 34. Qb4 g5 $13) 34. a4 axb5 35. axb5 h5 (35... c4 $142) 36. Qd5 Qb6 $2 ({
This was the last chance to play} 36... c4 {, although White has} 37. Re4 c3
38. Rc4 $14) 37. Qd7 {[%cal Re8b8] /\Rb8+/-} Bd4 38. Rb8 Qf6 39. f4 (39. f3 $5
$16 {/\} Qe5 40. Re8 Qg5 41. f4) 39... b6 40. Qd8 $1 {White wins a pawn and
transposes into a technical _|_.} Qxd8 41. Rxd8 Be3 (41... Bc3 42. Ra8 {
[%cal Ra8a6] /\Ra6+-}) 42. Kf3 Bg1 43. Rc8 ({Aronian saves a tempo in
comparison with} 43. Rb8 c4 44. Rc8) 43... c4 44. Rxc4 $18 Kf6 45. Rc1 Bd4 46.
Ke4 Bf2 47. Rc2 Bg1 (47... Bxg3 48. Rc6+ Ke7 49. Rxb6 $18 {[%csl Gb5] o^b}) 48.
Rc6+ Ke7 49. f5 gxf5+ (49... g5 50. Rh6 $18) 50. Kxf5 Bf2 51. Kf4 {[%cal Rc6h6]
/\Rh6+-} h4 52. gxh4 Bxh4 53. Rxb6 Bf2 54. Rc6 Kd7 55. Ke5 {[%cal Re5d5,Rb5b7]
/\Kd5,b6-b7} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Shchekachev, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O a6 {
Original, this move is more often connected with the Nc6 development.} 8. b3 ({
The more usual} 8. e4 {leads to different lines after} e5 {-E68} (8... c5 9.
Re1 (9. h3 $5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Be3 $14 {()}) 9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. h3
Bd7 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. a3 Na4 $1 $11 15. b4 $6 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Qa4 17.
Qb1 Rc7 18. Rec1 Rfc8 19. Qd3 Be8 20. Bf3 Nd7 21. Bd1 Ne5 22. Qf1 Qd7 23. c5 b5
$1 $36 {Karpov,A-Adorjan,A/Hungary/1969/})) ({Another plausible alternative is
} 8. h3 {/\} c5 9. e4 $14 (9. d5 b5 $5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Nxb5 Ba6 12. Nc3 Nb6
$44 {-A58})) 8... Re8 $146 {[%mdl 8] Black makes an interesting non-committal
move and for the time being doesn't disclose his central intentions.} (8... c5
9. Bb2 Rb8 10. a4 cxd4 (10... Ne8 11. e3 b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rfd1 Nc7 14. Rab1 (
14. d5 $5 {()}) 14... b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. b4 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4
19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rbc1 bxc4 21. Rxc4 $14 {Karlsson,L-Lind,J/Boras/1979/}) 11.
Nxd4 Nc5 12. b4 Ne6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Bd7 17.
Rfc1 Rc8 18. a5 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Qb8 20. Qe3 Rc8 $11 {Keene,R-Tatai,S/Siegen olm/
1970/}) (8... Rb8 9. a4 a5 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Qc2 c6 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Rac1 e5 14.
e3 Ra8 15. Ba3 Bf8 16. h3 Nb8 17. Ng5 Bf5 18. Nce4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4
Na6 21. Bg2 Rad8 22. Qd2 Qb6 23. Rb1 Nb4 24. Bb2 Bg7 $11 {Sandler,L-Chapman,M/
Gold Coast/2001/}) (8... e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rb1 Re8 12. Rd1 h6 13.
Nd2 Bf8 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Bb2 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Qf6 17. Bg2 Qe7 18. Ne4 f5 19. Nc3 c6
20. Na4 Bg7 21. Qd2 Rb8 22. Qd6 b5 23. cxb5 cxb5 24. Nc3 $36 {Fedder,S-Hoi,C/
Hillerod/1980/}) 9. e4 e5 (9... c5 10. h3 $14) 10. d5 {After some novel play
we are back in a more or less typical King's Indian position. White decides to
resolve the [+] tension, although it's more usual to retain it:} (10. Re1 Rb8 (
10... exd4 11. Nxd4 Ng4 $132) 11. a4 (11. Bb2 exd4 12. Nxd4 c5 13. Nc2 Ne5 14.
h3 b5 (14... Nh5 15. Ne3 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Re2 c4 18. Ncd5 Bb7 19. Rb1 Bxd5
20. Nxd5 Nf6 21. Rc2 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Qb6 23. Bc1 Qa6 24. Be3 Rec8 25. Bf1 $36 {
Csom,I-Shrentzel,I/Tel Aviv/1988/}) 15. cxb5 c4 16. Nb4 axb5 17. Re2 Qa5 18.
Ncd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Be6 20. b4 Qa7 21. Nf4 Rbc8 $132 {Csom,I-Roski,F/St Ingbert/
1995/}) 11... exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 (12... Ng4 13. Ra2 $14) 13. Ra2 Bd7 14. f3 Ne6
15. Nde2 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Be3 h5 18. Bf2 Qc8 19. axb5 Bxb5 20. Nxb5 Rxb5
21. Bf1 Rb8 22. Nc1 Ra8 23. b4 $14 {Kharlov,A-Gretarsson,A/EU Cup Izmir/2004/})
({The main alternative is} 10. h3 {, which after} exd4 11. Nxd4 Rb8 {
transposes into Gallagher's favouite line.}) 10... Nc5 $5 {Black forgets about
a6 and strives for >> play. This is probably the right way to go:} (10... b5
$143 11. Qe2 bxc4 12. bxc4 (12. b4 $5 $36) 12... Nc5 13. Nd2 c6 14. Nb3 $1 cxd5
15. cxd5 Nfd7 16. Be3 Nxb3 17. axb3 f5 18. Nb5 $1 f4 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. Ba5 Rb8
21. Na7 Qf6 22. Rfc1 Nd7 23. Nxc8 Rexc8 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Bh3 Qe7 26. Qg4 {
1-0,Iljin,A-Sudakova,I/St Petersburg/2002/}) 11. Ne1 a5 12. Nd3 (12. Rb1 Bd7 (
12... Nfd7 13. a3 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. b4 $14) 13. a3 a4 $5 (13... Qe7 {/\c6<=>
}) 14. b4 Nb3 $13) 12... Nfd7 13. Be3 f5 14. Nxc5 (14. Rc1 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 fxe4
16. Bxe4 Nf6 $132) 14... Nxc5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Qd2 (16. Bxc5 $6 dxc5 {[%cal
Ya8a6,Ya6g6] /\Ra6-g6|^}) (16. Rc1 Bd7 17. a3 $13) 16... b6 17. Rad1 (17. Rab1
{[%cal Ra2a3,Rb3b4] /\a3,b4}) 17... Bd7 $11 {[%csl Gc5] Black has a solid
position, as it's not easy to dislodge his strong Nc5. In fact it will remain
on its outpost till the end of the game.} 18. Bg5 (18. f4 e4 19. Bd4 $11) 18...
Bf6 19. f4 (19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. f4 e4 21. Qd4 $11) 19... e4 {Sufficient for
equality, but more enterprising was} (19... Bxg5 $5 20. fxg5 Kg7 21. Bh3 Rf8
$13 {[%cal Yd8e8,Ye8g6] /\Qe8-g6}) 20. Rde1 Qe7 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Re3 Re7 (
22... Nd3 23. g4 $1 $36) 23. Rb1 (23. g4 $6 fxg4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Rxe4 Rae8
$36) 23... h5 24. h4 {This stops any active play on the >> and the position
becomes rather sterile, as Black has ample time to meet b4 effectively.} Kh8
25. Bf1 Rg8 26. Kh2 Reg7 27. Nd1 Rg6 28. Qc3 Qxc3 29. Nxc3 Kg7 30. Be2 Kh6 $11
31. Kg2 Ra8 32. Kf2 Rgg8 33. Bf1 Kg6 34. Ke1 Rgb8 35. Be2 Ra7 36. Kd2 Raa8 37.
Bf1 Ra7 38. Rb2 Raa8 39. Rb1 Ra7 40. Ree1 Rba8 41. Ke3 Rh8 42. Be2 Rha8 43.
Rec1 Rh8 44. a3 Rha8 45. Re1 (45. b4 axb4 46. axb4 Nb7 47. Nb5 Bxb5 48. cxb5
Nd8 49. Rb2 {leads nowhere, as Black can easily cover his only ><c7 with} Rb7
$11 {Therefore White continues manoeuvring, but without any positive effect.})
45... Be8 46. Kd2 Bd7 47. Bf1 Be8 48. Re3 Kf6 49. Be2 Kg6 50. Kc1 Kf6 51. Kb2
Kg6 52. Rc1 Rb7 53. Kc2 Nd7 54. Rd1 Nf6 55. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. b3 {
Up to now it has not been clear, what is the strongest move here.} ({Some top
specialists, like IGM Predrag Nikolic, prefer here} 8. Rb1) ({But of course,
thousands of games have been played in the main line} 8. e4) ({There exists
another approach - not to move one's own pawn to e4, avoiding the weakness of
it. But in that case Black will obtain reasonable counterplay in the centre
after d6-d5. It is important to see the correct way for Black, as in the game
he reacted wrongly to a similar plan by his opponent.} 8. e3 Re8 9. b3 c6 10.
Bb2 e4 11. Nd2 d5 12. b4 (12. f3 exf3 13. Qxf3 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Nb6 15. Ne5 Be6
16. h3 a5 17. Nd3 Nbd5 18. Nf4 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Bf5 20. d5 Be4 21. Qf2 cxd5 22.
Rad1 Bxg2 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Kxg2 Rac8 25. Nxd5 {1/2 Murshed,N (2409)-Ganguly,S
(2654)/Kolkata IND 2009 (55). The knight d5 compensates for weakness of the
pawn on e3.}) 12... Nf8 13. b5 h5 14. Qa4 Bd7 15. Qb3 Be6 16. Rfc1 h4 17. Ba3
hxg3 18. hxg3 Ng4 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Qb7 Qf6 21. Nd1 Rec8 22. Nb3 Nh7 23. cxd5
cxd5 24. Be7 Qf5 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Nc5 {1/2 Brunello,S (2507)-Caruana,F (2652)
/Reggio Emilia ITA 2010/CT-3347 (49). White has a better position, thanks to
the knight on c5.}) 8... Re8 ({It is clearly premature to give up the centre,
as White is able to build up a very smart structure with the pawn on e3:} 8...
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. Bb2 a5 11. Qc2 c6 12. e3 Qb6 13. Rfd1 a4 14. Rab1 axb3 15.
axb3 h5 16. h3 Re8 17. Bc1 Nh7 18. b4 Ne6 (18... Na6 19. b5 $16) 19. Nxe6 Bxe6
20. Rxd6 Bxc4 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Nf6 23. Rxf6 Bxf6 24. Qxg6+ Bg7 25. Bb2 {
1-0 Chadaev,N (2568)-Erturan,Y (2372)/Budva MNE 2009}) 9. Qc2 ({Here the move
order is not so important:} 9. Bb2 c6 10. Qc2 a6 11. dxe5 {Generally speaking
- this limits his own central possibilities. Any other decision seems to give
more chances - even d4-d5.} dxe5 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Ng5 Nc5 14. Ba3 Bf8 15. Nge4
Ncxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Bxe4 Be6 19. Rd2 a5 20. Rad1 Rfd8 21. a4
Rxd2 22. Qxd2 Qb6 23. Bc2 Qc5 24. h4 Kg7 25. h5 b5 26. axb5 cxb5 27. Be4 Rc8
28. Qxa5 bxc4 29. Qxc5 Rxc5 30. bxc4 Rxc4 31. Bd5 {1/2 Burmakin,V (2599)
-Amonatov,F (2643)/Ulan Ude RUS 2009}) 9... a6 (9... Qe7 10. dxe5 (10. e3 {
seems to be the right decision.}) 10... dxe5 11. a4 Nc5 12. Ba3 e4 13. Nd4 c6
14. b4 (14. e3 {once more was better.}) 14... Ne6 15. Nb3 Ng5 16. b5 Qe5 17.
Rad1 Nh3+ 18. Kh1 Nxf2+ (18... e3 $1 {was stronger and led to Black's
advantage.}) 19. Rxf2 Ng4 20. Nxe4 Bf5 21. Rf4 Ne3 22. Qd2 Nxg2 23. Kxg2 Bxe4+
24. Kg1 {Sapis,W (2445)-Petrosian,A (2480)/Lvov 1988/CBM 007/1/2-1/2 (44)}) 10.
Rd1 Rb8 $146 {A novelty, but a very slow move!} ({Another solid option does
not guarantee full equality either:} 10... Qe7 11. e3 Rb8 12. a4 ({It was
possible not to fight against Black's counterplay, but to prepare his own:} 12.
Bb2 b5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Bf5 18.
e4 c6 19. Rd3 Be6 20. Rc3 Bd7 21. Bc1 Red8 22. Be3 Be8 23. a4 $1 {The passed
pawn will become extremely dangerous.} bxa4 24. bxa4 Qb4 25. a5 Ra8 26. Bc5 Qb7
{Bruno,F (2428)-Ziegler,A (2335)/Porto Mannu 2007/CBM 118 ext/1-0 (38)}) 12...
c5 13. Ba3 (13. a5 {fixing the structure on the queen's flank would give White
a small, but simple advantage.}) 13... b6 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Bb2 {
So, what was the point of the excursion to a3? But White's structure is so
magnificent, that he still keeps some advantage!} Bg4 (16... Qe7 17. Qe2 Rd8
18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bg4 20. Qxg4 Bxb2 21. Ra2 Bg7 22. h4 {with a clear
advantage with opposite coloured bishops.}) 17. Rd2 Qe6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5
Qe7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Re1 Qf6 22. Kg2 Re5 23. h3 Bf5 24. Qb2 g5 25. f4 $16 {
Danner,L (2173)-Solonar,S (2345)/Griesheim 2000/EXT 2001/1/2-1/2 (52)}) 11. e4
(11. e3 {was possible as in previous examples.}) 11... exd4 {As always in such
cases - it's a matter of taste for King's Indian specialists. Modern players
prefer to delay this as long as possible.} ({After} 11... b5 12. c5 (12. cxb5 {
was not so logical:} axb5 13. a4 bxa4 14. bxa4 Ba6 {and the passed pawn is
blocked.}) 12... Bb7 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Rxe5 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Bf4 Re6 17.
Rac1 {White keeps a slight advantage, but Black has some pressure on e4.}) 12.
Nxd4 Qe7 $6 ({Much sharper would be another typical plan:} 12... c5 13. Nde2 b5
14. Bf4 Ne5 15. Bxe5 $1 Rxe5 16. f4 Re7 17. e5 Bf5 18. Qd2 Ne8 {with a
completely unclear situation.}) 13. Nd5 $5 ({Possible was simple development:} 
13. Bf4 Ne5 14. Rac1 c5 15. Nde2 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 {, but here Black's
counterplay is quite serious.}) 13... Nxd5 14. cxd5 Nc5 ({It is much stronger
than} 14... Nf6 15. Bb2 {which led to the creation of a very unpleasant
weakness on c7.}) 15. Bb2 Bd7 ({Another option was to strenghten the blocking
position of the knight on c5:} 15... a5) 16. Rac1 Rbc8 17. Re1 {Sooner or
later it will be necessary to increase the level of defence of the e4-pawn.} a5
18. Qd2 {If Black does nothing, then White plans simply a3 and b4, fighting
against the strongest piece in the position - the knight c5.} c6 19. dxc6 bxc6
20. e5 $1 (20. Ba3 {promised an advantage too, but moves such as in the game
are played with joy by the players!}) 20... dxe5 ({Avoiding the exchange of
pawns by} 20... d5 21. f4 Nb7 22. Nc2 {guaranteed White a huge advantage in
the centre.}) 21. Nf3 e4 ({Or} 21... Ne6 22. Nxe5 {with a very passive
position.}) 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Ng5 f5 $2 {Losing immediately, but even after
the best continuation Black would have to defend .} (23... h6 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25.
Rxe4 Qg5 26. Qd4+ Kg8 27. Rc5 {with a clear advantage for White.}) 24. Qd4+ Qf6
25. Qxc5 $1 Qxg5 26. Qd4+ {Chess is a game of double attacks - David Bronstein.
} 1-0

[Event "Bazna Kings 4th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2010.06.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2010.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. b3
Re8 9. d5 {Closing the center in this situation looks unusual. And indeed this
is a very rare continuation.} Nc5 {Already a new position, never met in
practice before.} ({After} 9... a5 10. e4 Nc5 11. Ne1 {White can slowly
prepare b4 or f4.}) 10. b4 Nce4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bb2 a5 13. a3 Bd7 14. Nd2
Nxd2 15. Qxd2 axb4 16. axb4 Qe7 17. e3 f5 18. Rfc1 e4 $1 {Black must do
something, otherwise White plays c4-c5 with advantage. Nisipeanu's idea is to
open the long diagonal in order to exchange queens later on.} 19. Bf1 Bxb2 20.
Qxb2 Qg7 21. Qb1 Rxa1 22. Qxa1 Qxa1 23. Rxa1 Kf8 24. Ra7 Rb8 {The endgame is
equal, but Wang Yue makes a mistake.} 25. f3 $6 {The start of problems for
White.} ({After} 25. b5 Ke7 26. Be2 Kf6 27. h4 Ke5 28. Kg2 {both sides have no
real ways to improve the position.}) 25... exf3 26. Kf2 c6 $1 {A very
important resource, using the fact that it is inconvenient for White here to
take on c6.} 27. Kxf3 (27. dxc6 Bxc6 {leaves the pawn on f3 alive.}) 27... cxd5
28. cxd5 Ke7 {Black has an easier game, since his plan is obvious - to come
with the king to e5.} 29. h4 h6 30. b5 Kf6 31. b6 Ke5 32. Bc4 g5 33. hxg5 hxg5
34. Ke2 Be8 35. Kf3 Bh5+ 36. Kf2 Bd1 37. Ke1 Bf3 38. Kd2 Bg2 (38... Bxd5 $4 39.
Ra5) 39. Bb3 Bf3 40. Bc4 Bg2 41. Bb3 Ke4 42. Ke2 (42. Bc2+ Kf3 43. Bxf5 Kxg3 {
looks dangerous for White due to the passed g-pawn. Nevertheless after} 44. Be6
g4 45. Ra4 Bf3 46. Rf4 {it is not so simple for Black to make progress.}) 42...
Bf3+ 43. Kf2 ({If} 43. Kd2 {then} Bg4 {protecting the pawn on f5 and preparing
Kf3.}) 43... g4 44. Ra4+ Kd3 45. Rd4+ Kc3 46. Bd1 Bxd1 47. Rxd1 {The endgame
is a draw, but Nisipeanu finds a way to make White's task as difficult as
possible.} Kc4 $1 {The king goes to c5.} 48. Rd4+ ({More precise is} 48. Ke2
Kc5 49. Rf1 Rf8 (49... Kxb6 50. Rxf5 Kc5 {is an extra tempo for White
comparing to the game.}) 50. Kd2 Kxd5 (50... Kxb6 51. e4 Kc5 52. Ke3 b5 53.
exf5 Kxd5 54. Kf4) 51. Rf4 Ke5 52. e4) 48... Kc5 49. Rf4 Kxb6 50. Rxf5 Kc5 51.
Ke2 b5 52. Kd2 Ra8 53. Rf4 $2 {Most likely this is the losing move.} ({After} 
53. Rg5 Ra4 54. Kd3 {White still should be able to draw without major problems.
}) 53... Ra4 $1 {Probably the Chinese GM missed this resource. Since the pawn
endgame is clearly lost for White, he must make a concession.} 54. e4 (54. Rf8
Kxd5 {also looks very unpleasant for White, but at least here the king is not
cut on the backrank.}) 54... Ra2+ $1 55. Kc1 ({After} 55. Kd3 Ra3+ {the
g3-pawn falls.}) 55... Kc4 $1 56. Rxg4 (56. e5+ {loses after} Kc3 57. Kb1 Re2
58. exd6 Re1+ 59. Ka2 b4 60. Rxb4 Kxb4 61. d7 Re2+ 62. Kb1 Kb3 63. Kc1 Kc3 64.
Kb1 Rb2+ 65. Ka1 Rb8) 56... Kc3 57. Kd1 Rd2+ $1 58. Ke1 b4 {Black is winning.}
59. Rg6 b3 60. Rxd6 b2 61. Rb6 ({After} 61. Rc6+ {Black wins with} Kd4 $1 ({
but not} 61... Kd3 62. Rb6 Rc2 63. d6 Rc1+ 64. Kf2 b1=Q 65. Rxb1 Rxb1 66. d7 {
and here it is White who wins!}) 62. Rb6 Rc2) 61... Rd4 62. Rxb2 Kxb2 63. Ke2
Kc3 64. Ke3 Rd1 65. g4 Rf1 $1 {The last precise move. It is important to keep
the white king away from the g-pawn.} 66. d6 Kc4 ({After} 66... Kc4 67. d7 {
the easiest is} Rf8 68. d8=Q Rxd8 69. Kf4 Kc5 70. Ke5 Rg8 71. Kf5 Kd6) 0-1

