[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Bb5 Qb6 (7...
Bd7 8. Bxc6 (8. O-O Be7 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. a4 a6 11. Be2 O-O 12. Qd2 h6 13. Bf4 Ne5
$10 {Lengyel,B-Grosar,A Budapest FS AprGM (03) 1/2 73 - EXP 42}) 8... bxc6 9.
Qf3 Rc8 (9... h6 10. Bh4 c5 (10... e5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. Qxf5 Qd7 13. Qf3 Qg4 (
13... Be7 14. O-O g5 15. Bg3 h5 16. h4 Qg4 17. Qxg4 hxg4 18. hxg5 Nh5 19. g6
fxg6 20. Ne2 O-O-O $15 {Tiviakov,S-Tseshkovsky,V RUS-ch Elista (09) 1994 1/2
44 - CBM 44}) 14. Qxg4 Nxg4 15. h3 Nf6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. O-O $16 {Tiviakov,
S-Leko,P Wijk (01) 1994 1-0 45}) (10... Qb6 11. Nb3 Be7 (11... a5 12. O-O-O a4
13. Nd2 Be7 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nc4 Qc5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nd6+ Kf8 (17... Bxd6 18.
Ne4 $18) 18. Nb7 Qb6 19. Rxd7 $18 {Schwarz,Y-Gonzales Garcia,J New York op (04)
1994 0-1 57}) 12. e5 dxe5 13. O-O-O Qb4 14. Bg3 e4 15. Qe2 c5 16. a3 Qb6 17.
Nd2 (17. Nxe4 Bb5 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Qh5 O-O 20. Qxc5 Qa6 $44 {Tiviakov,
S-Tilak,S Calcutta op (02) 1994 1/2 73}) 17... O-O 18. Nc4 Qa6 19. Rhe1 Nd5 20.
Nxe4 Bb5 21. b3 Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Qxa3+ $19 {Joshi,G-Tilak,S IND-ch (02) 1994}) 11.
Nb3 Be7 12. O-O-O c4 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. e5 dxe5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nde4 Be7 17.
Nd6+ Bxd6 18. Rxd6 Qc7 19. Rhd1 Bc6 20. Qg3 O-O 21. Qxe5 $14 {Tiviakov,S-San
Segundo,P Madrid (08) 1994 1/2 53}) (9... Qa5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Qxf6 Rg8 12.
Qf3 Rb8 13. Nb3 Qg5 14. O-O Qg4 15. Qxg4 Rxg4 $44 {Shtyrenko,V-Shmuter,L
Volgograd (04) 1994 0-1 44}) 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Nde2 Qc7 12. Ng3 h6 13. Bxf6
Bxf6 14. Nh5 Be5 15. Rd3 O-O 16. Qe3 Qa5 17. g4 Rb8 18. a3 c5 19. f4 Bd4 20.
Qd2 e5 21. f5 Qb6 22. b3 c4 23. Nd5 Qa6 24. Nhf6+ Kh8 25. Rh3 {1-0 Polgar,
Zso-Castellano,J/Las Palmas-B (1) ;EXP 42 1994}) 8. Be3 $146 (8. Bxf6 $6 gxf6
9. Nb3 a6 10. Be2 Qc7 11. a4 b6 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Qd4 Rg8 15. Bf3
Qc5 $17 {Kamsky,G-Kramnik,V Monaco Amber blind (01) 1994 0-1 54}) 8... Qc7 9.
f4 Be7 10. Qf3 O-O 11. O-O-O a6 12. Nxc6 $6 (12. Bd3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. fxe5
dxe5 15. Qg3 Bd6 $10) 12... bxc6 13. Bd3 Rb8 $40 14. g4 Qb7 15. b3 Nd7 16. Kb1
c5 17. Qh3 $2 (17. Bc1 $132) 17... c4 $3 18. Be2 (18. Bxc4 $4 Qb4 $19) 18...
cxb3 19. cxb3 Qb4 20. Bd2 Nc5 21. Kb2 Nxb3 $1 $19 22. Nd5 Qd4+ 23. Bc3 exd5 $1
24. axb3 (24. Bxd4 Nxd4+ 25. Kc3 Nxe2+ $19) 24... Qa4 25. Bd4 dxe4 26. f5 d5
27. Qc3 Qa3+ 28. Kc2 Bb4 (28... f6 $1 $19) 29. Qb2 Qxb2+ 30. Kxb2 Bb7 31. g5
Rbc8 32. h4 Bc5 33. f6 Rfd8 34. Be5 Re8 35. Bf4 Bb4 36. Bd2 Bd6 37. fxg7 Be5+
38. Kb1 Bxg7 39. Rhf1 Re7 40. h5 Rec7 41. Bg4 Re8 42. Ba5 Rce7 43. h6 Bf8 44.
Rf6 e3 45. Rd4 e2 46. Be1 Rc7 47. Kb2 a5 {/\ Bb4-+} 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Berzinsh, Roland"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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 "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary III"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. O-O-O Be7 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nb3 Rd8 13. Bxf6 $6 (13.
Rhe1 $5 $44 {|^}) 13... gxf6 14. Ne4 f5 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Ke7 17. c4 $6 (
17. Rhd1 $44) 17... Qb4 $1 18. c5 a5 $1 19. a3 $8 Qc4+ 20. Kb1 Rb8 $44 21. Nxa5
Qxc5 22. Nxc6+ Bxc6 23. Rxc6 Qd4 24. Rc3 Rhd8 25. Rhc1 Rd6 26. Qh5 Rdb6 27. Ka1
Rxb2 28. Rc7+ Kd6 29. Rd7+ Kxd7 30. Qxf7+ Kd8 31. Qf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1950.04.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B62"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1950.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 a6 8. Rd1
Bd7 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qg3 Qc7 12. Nb3 (12. Kh1 Kh8 13. f4 Nxd4 14.
Rxd4 Bc6 15. Qh4 Ng8 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. f5 $16 {Boleslavsky}) 12... Kh8 13. Bf4
Ne5 14. Bc1 Bb5 15. f4 Nc6 16. Rfe1 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 d5 $1 18. exd5 exd5 19. Nxd5
Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Nb4 21. Rh5 Rad8 22. Bd2 Nxa2 23. f5 Qxg3 24. hxg3 Bf6 25. c3 Rd5
26. Be3 Re8 27. Kf2 g6 28. Rh1 Rxf5+ 29. Ke1 Nxc3 30. bxc3 Bxc3+ 31. Bd2 Bxd2+
32. Nxd2 Rc8 33. Kd1 Rfc5 34. Ree1 Kg7 35. Rh4 Rc3 36. Re7 Rxg3 37. Rf4 Rf8 38.
Rf2 b5 39. Ra7 Ra3 40. Kc1 Rc3+ 41. Kb2 Re3 42. Rxa6 Rfe8 43. Ra7 R8e7 44. Rxe7
Rxe7 45. Kc3 f5 46. Kb4 Re5 47. Nf3 Rd5 48. Rd2 Rxd2 49. Nxd2 Kh6 50. Kxb5 Kg5
51. Kc4 Kg4 52. Nf1 f4 53. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 35th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2019.11.11"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.11.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lysa nad Labem Joly"]
[BlackTeam "Gent"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 $5 {
An interesting line. The queens aims at going to g3, in a similar spirit as
many recent lines in the Sicilian, like Qf3!? against the Taimanov.} Qb6 {
I had never analyzed the move 7.Qd3 and thought this is a fair choice - as the
f2-pawn will be hanging if White moves the d4-knight and castles longside.} ({
For example, the most natural move} 7... a6 {gives White interesting
possibilities:} 8. Nxc6 $5 ({Of course White may also just play} 8. O-O-O {
after what an interesting nuance with the queen on d3 could be} Bd7 9. f4 b5
10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Nd5 $1 exd5 12. e5 {and Black doesn't have ...Ne4 here.})
8... bxc6 9. O-O-O Qa5 $5 (9... Be7 10. Qg3 $5 e5 11. Bc4 (11. f4 $5 Qa5 12.
fxe5 Nh5 13. Qh4 Bxg5+ 14. Qxg5 Qxe5 15. Qxe5+ dxe5 16. Rd6 Bd7 17. Bc4 Ke7 18.
Rhd1 Nf6 19. h3 $14 {1-0 (56) Nabaty,T (2658)-Westerberg,J (2546) Batumi 2019})
11... h6 12. Bd2 g5 13. h4 g4 14. f4 gxf3 15. gxf3 Rg8 16. Qf2 $16 {1-0 (37)
Sarana,A (2655)-Vovk,A (2618) Douglas 2019}) 10. Qg3 Nh5 $5 (10... Rb8 11. Bc4
h6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Bb3 c5 14. Bf4 e5 15. Bd2 $16 {1-0 (23) Paravyan,D (2627)
-Stocek,J (2592) Prague 2019}) (10... d5 11. Qf4 (11. Be2 $5) 11... Be7 12. e5
Nd7 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 14. Bd3 (14. h4 $5 Rb8 15. Rh3 $14) 14... Rb8 15. Rhe1 h6 (
15... Qb4 16. Qxb4+ Rxb4 {should be close to equal.}) 16. a3 Nc5 $2 17. Re3 $16
{1-0 (41) Bartel,M (2612)-Czarnota,P (2532) Katowice 2019}) (10... Bb7 11. Bc4
O-O-O 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. Rhe1 $6 (13. Kb1 $1 d5 14. Bf4 Qa5 15. Be2 $1 d4 16. e5 {
and White's king on b1 and very handy to defend the a2-pawn.}) 13... d5 14.
Qxc7+ (14. Bf4 Qa5 15. Be2 d4 16. e5 Ne8 $132) 14... Kxc7 15. Bf4+ Kc8 16. Na4
$1 Nd7 17. Bb3 $14 {½-½ (53) Aravindh,C (2609)-Sammed Jaykumar,S (2392) New
Delhi 2019}) 11. Qh4 $146 (11. Qg4 Nf6 12. Qh4 Be7 13. Bc4 Rb8 14. Bb3 h6 15.
Bd2 {½-½ Jurcik,M (2488)-Abasov,N (2640) Riga 2019}) 11... h6 12. Be3 Nf6 13.
Qg3 $36) 8. Nb3 a6 9. Qg3 {The most natural way to play for White.} Qc7 $5 (
9... Be7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Be2 {is not something I wanted to play.}) 10. Bxf6
gxf6 11. Be2 h5 $5 {Typical Rauzer move.} (11... b5 $5) 12. Qh4 Bg7 $5 ({
There wasn't much wrong with} 12... Be7 {either.}) 13. Bxh5 $2 {Definitely bad,
as the game proves!} (13. O-O-O b5 14. a3 Rb8 $132) (13. Qg3 Bf8 $11) 13... Kf8
$1 {After this simple king move, White doesn't have Qg3 ideas to solve the
kingside problems, and is already in trouble.} (13... b5 $5 14. Qg3 Kf8 15. Be2
Bb7 {would also give Black nice compensation though.}) 14. f4 Ne7 $1 15. Qh3 (
15. Qg4 $2 f5 $19) (15. g4 b5 $17) 15... d5 $5 (15... b5 $5) 16. O-O (16. exd5
$1 {was necessary:} Nxd5 $5 (16... Qxf4 {was my idea, but I blundered} 17. Qg3
$1 $132) 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Qf3 Bf5 19. O-O Bxc2 $1 20. Rac1 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Be4
22. Qh3 f5 $17) 16... dxe4 17. Nxe4 f5 $1 18. Ng5 Nd5 $1 19. Nxf7 $2 (19. Qf3
Nxf4 20. Bxf7 (20. Qxf4 Qxf4 21. Rxf4 Rxh5 $19) 20... Bf6 $1 $19) 19... Qxf7 $1
20. Bxf7 Rxh3 21. Bxe6 (21. gxh3 Kxf7 $19) 21... Rxb3 $1 {The game is
basically over.} 22. Bxd5 Rxb2 23. Rad1 Rxc2 24. Bb3 Re2 25. Rd8+ Re8 26. Rd6
b5 $5 27. Bd5 Rb8 28. Rc1 Rb6 $1 29. Rxb6 Bd4+ 30. Kf1 Bxb6 31. Rc6 Bd4 32. h4
a5 33. h5 Rd8 34. Bb3 a4 35. Bc2 Ke7 36. h6 Be6 37. h7 Bc4+ 38. Ke1 Bc3+ 0-1

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Danilovic, Milorad"]
[Black "Vukovic, Zdravko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 a6 8. Be2
Be7 9. Rd1 Bd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. f4 Kh8 14. Bh5 Na5 15.
Nxa5 Qxa5 16. f5 b5 17. Qh3 $6 (17. a3 b4 18. axb4 Qxb4 $10) 17... b4 18. Ne2
e5 19. Kh1 Qxa2 20. Qh4 Bb5 21. Ra1 Qxb2 22. Rfb1 Qxc2 23. Bg6 fxg6 24. fxg6
Rf7 25. gxf7 Qxe2 $17 26. Rxb4 Rf8 27. Re1 Qd2 28. Rbb1 Qa2 29. Qh3 Bd8 30. Rb3
Rxf7 31. Qe6 Rg7 32. Rg1 Bf1 33. g4 Bd3 34. Re1 Qf2 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[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. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Bb5
Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 (8... Bxc6 $5 {Boensch}) 9. Qf3 Qb6 (9... h6 10. Bh4 Qb6 (
10... c5 {Boensch} 11. Nb3 Be7 12. O-O-O Rb8 (12... c4 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. Qe2 Qc7
15. f4 Bc6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxc4 O-O 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Rb8 20. Rd3 Rfc8 $44
{Reinderman,D-San Segundo,P Antwerpen-Wch stud (6) 1992 0-1 45}) 13. Nd2 Rb4
14. a3 Rd4 15. Nb3 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Qb6 17. Qd3 Bc8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nb5 d5 20.
exd5 exd5 $13 {Watson,W-Hon,A London Loyds 1992 0-1 27}) 11. O-O-O Be7 (11...
Rb8 {Boensch} 12. Nb3 c5 (12... e5 {Boensch} 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qxf6 Rg8 15.
Rxd6 Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Rxg2 17. Na4 Qd8 18. Qxe5+ Be6 19. Qh8+ Ke7 20. Qxh6 Bxb3
21. axb3 $14 {Westerinen,H-Stefansson,H Gausdal Peer Gynt (7) 1991 1/2 27}) 13.
e5 dxe5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne4 $13) 12. Nb3 a5 (12... Rb8 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxf6
gxf6 (14... Bxf6 15. Ne4 Ke7 16. h4 c5 17. Rd6 Bc6 18. Rhd1 Rhc8 19. c4 a5 20.
Qc3 Qb4 21. Qd3 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Rc7 23. Qd3 e4 24. Rxe6+ $10 {Berzinsh,
R-Filipenko,A/Nabereznye Chelny/1993/}) 15. Ne4 f5 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Ke7
18. Rhd1 Rbd8 19. Qc3 Bc8 20. Qxe5 f6 21. Qg3 Rhg8 22. Rxd8 Rxg3 23. hxg3 Qxd8
24. Rxd8 $14 {Watson,W-Ruban,V/Belgrade GMA-op/1988/}) 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Ne4 f5 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Rxd6 a4 18. Nd2 Qc5 19. Qa3 Qxa3 20. bxa3 Ke7
21. Nc4 Be8 22. Rhd1 e4 23. Nb6 Rb8 24. Nxa4 $15 {Westerinen,H-Fedorowicz,J/
London WFW/1988/}) (9... c5 {Boensch} 10. Nb3 c4 11. Nd4 Rb8 12. O-O Be7 13. b3
Qc7 14. Rad1 O-O 15. Nde2 Rfc8 16. Bf4 {1/2 Tseitlin,MS-Tukmakov,V Katerini op
1992}) 10. Nb3 (10. Bxf6 $2 {Boensch} gxf6 11. Qxf6 Rg8 12. O-O-O Rxg2 $17)
10... Be7 11. e5 (11. O-O-O $2 {Boensch} e5 $15 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Rxd6 Bxd6 14.
Qxf6 Rg8 15. Qxd6 O-O-O 16. g3 (16. Nc5 Rxg2 17. N3a4 Qc7 18. Qf6 Be6 19. Nxe6
fxe6 20. Nc5 (20. Qxe6+ $2 Qd7 $19) 20... Qd6 21. Nd3 Rdg8 22. Rd1 Rd8 $15 {
Speckner,R-Gschnitzer,O BL8990 1989 1/2 44}) 16... Qxf2 17. Qxe5 Qg2 18. Re1
Qxh2 $17 {Tseitlin,MD-Greenfeld,A ISL-ch (03) 1992 0-1 25}) 11... dxe5 12.
O-O-O a5 (12... Rd8 13. Bxf6 (13. Rhe1 c5 14. Qe2 h6 15. Bh4 O-O 16. Nd2 Bc6
17. Nc4 Qa6 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 {0,5/Milov,L-Teplitzky,J/Ajka op (01)/1992/} (18...
Rxd8 {Boensch} 19. Nxe5 {1/2 Milov,L-Teplitzky,J Ajka op (01) 1992})) 13...
gxf6 (13... Bxf6 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Ke7 17. Rhd1 f6 18. c4 h6
19. Qd3 Qc7 20. Qg6 Be8 21. Qxg7+ Bf7 22. c5 h5 23. f4 Rhg8 24. Qh7 $18 {
Westerinen,H-Kosten,A/Belgrade GMA-op/1988/}) 14. Ne4 f5 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. Rxd6
Ke7 17. c4 Qb4 18. c5 a5 19. a3 Qc4+ 20. Kb1 Rb8 21. Nxa5 Qxc5 22. Nxc6+ Bxc6
23. Rxc6 Qd4 24. Rc3 $13 {Berzinsh,R-Leko,P/Debrecen EU-chT (9) HU3-LAT/1992/})
(12... O-O-O 13. Bxf6 $6 gxf6 14. Ne4 c5 $1 15. Nexc5 Bc6 16. Qc3 Kb8 17. Rxd8+
Rxd8 18. Rd1 Rxd1+ $10 {Estevez,G-Rivera,D/Cauto/1988/}) (12... Rb8 13. Bxf6
gxf6 14. Ne4 Bc8 15. Nxf6+ Kf8 16. Ng4 Rg8 17. Nxe5 Rg7 18. Rd7 f5 19. Rxe7
Rxe7 20. Rd1 Qc7 21. Qc3 Rb5 22. f4 Rd5 23. Re1 c5 24. g3 $13 {
Estevez-Sisniega/Havana-1/1983/}) 13. Rhe1 (13. Bxf6 gxf6 (13... Bxf6 14. Ne4
Ke7 15. g4 h6 16. h4 Be8 17. g5 hxg5 18. hxg5 Bxg5+ 19. Nxg5 Rxh1 20. Rxh1 a4
21. Nd2 a3 22. b3 Qd4 23. c3 Qd5 24. Rh8 $18 {Berzinsh,R-Lugovoi,A/URS-chJ
Alma-Ata/1991/}) 14. Ne4 f5 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. Rxd6 a4 17. Na1 (17. Nd2 Qc5 $1)
17... Ra5 18. Rhd1 Rd5 19. R1xd5 exd5 20. Rxd7 Kxd7 21. Qxf5+ Kd6 22. Qf6+ Kd7
23. Qxh8 Qxf2 24. Qxe5 $13 {Perez,R-Armas,J/Holguin ch-CU (01)/1991/}) 13... a4
(13... h6 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Nc5 $14 (15. Bc5 a4 16. Bxe7 axb3 17. Ba3 e4 $13))
14. Nd2 h6 (14... a3 15. b3 h6 16. Nc4 $14) 15. Nc4 (15. Bh4 $2 {Boensch} Qb4 {
/\a3}) 15... Qb4 16. Bxf6 gxf6 (16... Bxf6 17. Nd6+ Ke7 18. Re4 Qb8 19. Nxf7
$16) 17. Qd3 Rd8 (17... Ra7 18. a3 Qb8 19. Ne4 $40) 18. a3 Qb8 (18... Qc5 19.
Ne4 Qd5 $2 20. Qc3 $18) 19. Ne4 Kf8 (19... O-O 20. Qg3+ Kh7 21. Qh4 Kg7 22. Re3
$18) (19... f5 20. Ned6+ Kf8 21. Rxe5 $16) 20. Qf3 f5 (20... Kg7 21. Ned6 $40)
21. Ned6 e4 $6 (21... f6 22. g4 $5 (22. Qh5 $6 Be8 23. Nxe8 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qxe8
25. Qxe8+ Kxe8 26. Nb6 Bc5 27. Nxa4 Bxf2 $17) 22... e4 23. Qe2 $36) 22. Rxe4 $1
Bc8 (22... fxe4 $4 23. Qxf7#) 23. Red4 c5 (23... e5 24. R4d2 (24. R4d3 $2 e4
25. Qh5 Be6 26. R3d2 Bg5 27. Ne3 f4 28. Nec4 f3 $17) 24... Bg5 25. Ne3 $140 e4
26. Nxe4 fxe4 27. Rxd8+ Kg7 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Qxe4 $16) 24. R4d2 (24. Qh5 Rh7
25. R4d2 Bg5 26. Ne3 f4 $36) (24. R4d3 Ba6) 24... Ba6 (24... Bg5 25. Ne3 f4 26.
Nec4 Rg8 27. h4 $16) 25. Qc3 $1 Rg8 26. g3 Qc7 (26... Bg5 27. f4 $16) 27. Kb1
h5 (27... Rg6 28. Qa5 Qxa5 29. Nxa5 Bxd6 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Rxd6 Bb5 (31... e5
32. Rd5 $16) 32. Rd8+ Ke7 33. Rc8 $16) 28. h4 f4 (28... Bxc4 {Boensch} 29. Nxc4
Rxd2 30. Rxd2 (30. Qxd2 Kg7 $14) 30... f4 $14) 29. gxf4 Bxc4 (29... Bxh4 30.
Ne5 Rg7 31. Nexf7 Rxf7 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qxh5 $18) 30. Nxc4 Rxd2 (30... Bxh4 $5
31. Qf3 (31. Rxd8+ Bxd8 32. Ne5 Bf6 33. Rd7 Rg1+ 34. Ka2 Bxe5 $140 35. Qd3 c4)
31... Rxd2 32. Rxd2 $16) 31. Qxd2 Bxh4 32. f5 $1 Bg5 (32... exf5 33. Qh6+ Ke7
34. Nd6 $18) 33. Qe2 exf5 (33... h4 34. fxe6 fxe6 35. Qxe6 $18) 34. Qxh5 Qe7
35. Nd6 f4 (35... Qe6 36. Qf3) 36. Qf3 Qe6 37. Ne4 Qe5 (37... Be7 38. Qxf4 Rg4
39. Qb8+ Kg7 40. Ng3 $18) 38. Nc3 Rg6 39. Nxa4 Ra6 40. Nc3 Bf6 41. Qb7 Re6 42.
Qd5 Qc7 (42... Qxd5 43. Nxd5 Rd6 44. c4 $18) 43. Ne4 Bd4 (43... Re5 44. Qc4 $18
) 44. f3 Kg7 45. c3 Be3 46. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 0001 43th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2001.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Drei, Andrea"]
[Black "Tomescu, Vlad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2000.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 {Keres's
move. This move idea is to prevent eventual Nf6xe4 after h7-h6 and Bg5-h4. In
other side, Qd3 can be throwed very fast to g3, h3 squares etc.} a6 8. O-O-O
Bd7 9. Be2 Rc8 ({As practice shows, Black has difficulties in another
variations, for instance:} 9... b5 10. Nxc6 $5 Bxc6 11. Rhe1 {[%csl Re4][%cal
Re1e4]} Be7 12. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 (12... gxf6 13. Bh5 Rc8 14. Qh3 {[%csl Re6]} Kf8
15. Kb1 b4 16. Ne2 Bxe4 17. Nd4 Bd5 18. Bf3 Rc5 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Rxe6 $1 Rxd4
21. Qh6+ Ke8 22. Rxe7+ Qxe7 23. Rxd4 Qe1+ 24. Qc1 Qxf2 25. Rxd6 $16 {1-0
Tolnai,T-Grosar,A/Bad Woerishofen 1993/CBM 34 (45)}) 13. Qxd6 Qxd6 14. Rxd6
Bxc3 15. bxc3 Bxe4 16. Bxb5+ axb5 17. Rxe4 Rxa2 18. Rb6 O-O 19. Rxb5 $16 {
1-0 Tolnai,T-Felsberger,A/Velden 1993/TD (32)}) ({also in case of} 9... h6 10.
Nxc6 (10. Bh4 Be7 11. f4 Qc7 12. Bf3 O-O-O 13. Bg3 g5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Sirigos,
N-Grosar,A/Katerini 1993/EXT 2000 (25)}) 10... Bxc6 11. Bh4 b5 12. Rhe1 Qc7 13.
Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bh5 $36 {1-0 Hecht,H-Lobron,E/Germany 1987/GER-chT (31)}) ({and} 
9... Qa5 10. Qg3 Rc8 11. Kb1 b5 12. Nxc6 Rxc6 13. Bd3 b4 14. Ne2 $132 {1-0
Tolnai,T-Kozul,Z/Pula 1993/EXT 98 (42)}) 10. f4 (10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. f4 Be7 12.
Bf3 O-O 13. g4 (13. Kb1 Qc7 14. Rhe1 Rfd8 15. Qe2 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rd3 $13
{1/2-1/2 Sirigos,N-Sutovskij,E/Bratislava 1993/TD (33)}) 13... Qa5 14. f5 b5
$132 {0-1 Godoy Bugueno,D-Navarro,N/Santiago 1995/CBM 47 ext (41)}) ({Worth of
attention} 10. Rhe1 $5 Nb4 $6 (10... h6) 11. Qe3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Kb1 Be7
$6 (13... Qd8 14. Qg3 Qg5 15. Bg4 Be7 (15... h5 $2 16. Bxe6) 16. f4 Qa5 $14)
14. f4 O-O 15. Nf3 $36 {1-0 Tolnai,T-Andresen,S/Budapest 1996/CBM 56}) 10...
Be7 11. Nb3 $2 $146 {After this mistake White concedes initiative to opponent.}
({Worth of attention} 11. Qg3 $5 Qc7 (11... h6 12. Nxc6 Rxc6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14.
e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Bg5+ 16. Kb1 $14) 12. Bxf6 $5 (12. Nxc6 $6 Bxc6 13. e5 dxe5
14. fxe5 Ne4 $132) (12. Bf3 h6 13. Bxf6 $6 (13. Bh4 Nxd4 14. Rxd4 e5 15. fxe5
dxe5 16. Rxd7 Qxd7 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Bg4 Qc6 19. Bxc8 Qxc8 20. Nd5 $16) 13...
Bxf6 14. Ndb5 axb5 15. Nxb5 Bxb2+ (15... Qb6 16. Nxd6+ Kf8 17. e5 Be7 18. Nxc8
$16) 16. Kb1 Qb6 17. Nxd6+ Kf8 18. Nc4 Qa6 $36) 12... Bxf6 13. Ndb5 $5 axb5 14.
Nxb5 Qa5 15. Nxd6+ Kf8 16. e5 Be7 17. Nxc8 Bxc8) (11. Nf3 Qb6 12. h3 (12. e5
Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 $132) 12... O-O 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nb4 15. Qd2 Rxc3 $5 $40
{1-0 Karaklajic,N-Matulovic,M/Novi Sad 1955/MCD (36)}) (11. Bf3 O-O 12. Kb1 Qb6
13. Nxc6 (13. Nb3 $5) 13... Bxc6 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Bxf3 16. exf6 Bxd1 17.
fxe7 Bxc2+ 18. Kxc2 Rfe8 $132 {0-1 Grabics,M-Pina,S/Medellin 1996/Juniors (47)}
) 11... Qc7 12. Kb1 (12. Bxf6 Nb4 $5 13. Qc4 Qxc4 14. Bxc4 Bxf6 $36) 12... b5
13. Bxf6 (13. Bf3 $5 h6 14. h4 b4 15. Ne2 hxg5 16. hxg5 Rxh1 17. Rxh1 Ng8 18.
Rh8 Kf8 $13 {0-1 Horvath,A-Toth,A/Budapest 1998/EXT 2000 (33)}) 13... gxf6 (
13... Nb4 14. Qd4 Nc6 15. Qd2) 14. Bh5 {With Pf7 attack and blockade of P h7} (
14. Qg3 b4 15. Bxa6 Ra8 (15... bxc3 16. Bxc8 Bxc8 17. Qxc3) 16. Nb5 Qb8 17. Qd3
Rxa6 18. Nxd6+ Bxd6 19. Qxa6 $13) 14... b4 15. Ne2 a5 {Black starts standard
Attack on the queenside.} 16. Nbd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 O-O 18. Rhf1 a4 19. Rf3 {
White Attack on the kingside is not dangerous.} Kh8 20. Rc1 (20. g4 Qc4 $132)
20... Qc4 $5 {Black wants to exchange QQ because pair of BB , strong pressure
on the c-file and weaknesses e4,f4 gives to Black serious advantage.} 21. Qd2
e5 $1 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Nf5 Be6 $6 ({Much stronger was} 23... Bxf5 $1 24. exf5
Rfd8 $17 {Black has serious advantage.} 25. Qe1 (25. Qh6 Rd1 $19) 25... a3) 24.
b3 axb3 25. Rxb3 ({Badly is} 25. axb3 Qa6 26. Qd3 Qa3 $19) 25... Bxf5 26. exf5
Rcd8 ({Good also} 26... Rfd8) 27. Rd3 (27. Qh6 Qh4 28. h3 Qg5 $17) 27... e4 28.
Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Qe2 {QQ exchange try - to recieve chances for draw in the
endgame.} ({Worth of attention} 29. Qe3 $5 Bc5 30. Qb3 $132) 29... Qc3 ({
Also after} 29... Qxe2 30. Bxe2 Rd2 31. Re1 Bc5 32. Bc4 Rxg2 33. Re2 $15 {
Black has slight advantage.}) 30. Qxe4 Bc5 31. Qf3 $2 {Decisive mistake} ({
It was necessary to play} 31. Qc6 $5 Kg7 32. Rd1 $11) 31... Be3 $1 $19 32. Bxf7
(32. Rf1 Rc8 33. Qe4 Bd4 34. Kc1 Rd8 35. Qe7 Qb2+ 36. Kd2 Bb6+ $19) 32... Bxc1
33. Qxc3 bxc3 34. Kxc1 Rd2 35. a4 (35. g3 Rxh2) 35... Kg7 36. Bc4 Rxg2 37. Kb1
Rxh2 38. a5 Rh4 39. Bb3 Rb4 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 {[%mdl 4]
a rare move. white prevents variantes, in which after playing h6, black forces
an exchange operation by playing Ne4. besides, the queen is ready to launch
upon the king side now} a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. Be2 h6 10. Bh4 (10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11.
Bh4 b5 12. Rhe1 Qc7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bh5 $14 {1-0 Hecht,H-Lobron,E/Germany
1987/GER-chT (31)}) 10... Rc8 (10... Nxd4 $6 11. Qxd4 e5 12. Qd3 g5 13. Bg3 Be6
14. h4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Resika,N-Puschmann,L/Budapest 2001/CBM 80 ext (35)}) (10...
Be7 11. f4 Qc7 12. Bf3 O-O-O 13. Bf2 g5 14. g3 Rhg8 15. Rhe1 $36 {1-0
Grabarczyk,B-Szymczak,Z/Krynica 1997/CBM 61 ext (37)}) 11. Nxc6 {simple 11.f4
is worth considering} (11. f4 $5) 11... Bxc6 12. Kb1 Be7 13. Qe3 {white
overlooks a good opportunity. an immediate break in the centre playing 13...e5,
was worth considiration} (13. e5 $1 $36 dxe5 (13... Nd5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nxd5
Bxd5 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. c4 $18) 14. Qg3 Nd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxg7
) 13... Qa5 {black removes the queen from the d-file, where it was challenged
by the white's rook} 14. Bg3 (14. f4 Qc5 $132) 14... d5 {opening dificulties
are way behind. after a break in the centre black has a good conterplay} 15. e5
(15. exd5 $6 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 $36) 15... Ne4 (15... Nd7 $5 16. f4 Bc5 17. Qd3
Qb6 $132) 16. Nxe4 dxe4 $132 17. c4 {closing the c file, and taking the "d5"
square under controll} O-O {an immediate 17...Bc5 was worth consideration.
then, after b5 starting complecations on the queen side} (17... Bc5 $5 18. Qf4
b5) 18. Bf4 g5 $2 {unnecessary activity,which dangerously opens the king.
after 18...b5, black had a good conterplay} (18... b5 $5 19. Qg3 (19. h4 bxc4
20. Bxc4 Qb4) (19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qxh6 bxc4 21. h4 Qxe5 $19) 19... Kh7) 19. Qg3
Kh7 20. Bd2 Bb4 21. Be3 {everything is ready for the attack on the king, by
playing h4} (21. Bxb4 $5 Qxb4 22. h4 $36) 21... f5 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. h4 $5 g4 {
black's position is totally devastated. he tries to diminish the damage by the
pawn sacrifice} 24. Bxg4 Rg8 25. Qh3 {[%cal Yg4e6]} Re8 26. Bd4 {provokes new
weaknesses in black position} e5 27. Bf5+ Kh8 28. Be3 $18 {with the
inpreventable threat of Bg5} Bc5 29. Bg5 Rff8 30. Bxh6 Bd4 {black puts the
bishop on the strong position, trying to threaten the opponent's king} 31. Qg4
Rf7 32. Qh5 Qc7 (32... Qb6 33. Rxd4 Rxf5 34. Qxf5 $18) 33. Bg6 Ree7 34. Bxf7
Rxf7 35. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "Olomouc AZ Sanace Cup"]
[Site "Olomouc"]
[Date "1998.08.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Betko, Lubomir"]
[Black "Manik, Mikulas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1998.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Qf3 c5 10. Nb3 h6 11. Bh4 c4 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. O-O-O Be7 14. e5 dxe5
15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nde4 f5 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. Rxd6 e4 19. Qd1 Qg5+ 20. Kb1 Bc6
21. Qd4 O-O 22. Rd1 a6 23. h3 Kh7 24. g4 Rfe8 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26. Nxe4 fxe4 27.
Qxe4+ Kg7 28. Qxc6 Rd8 29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. Qf3 e5 31. a3 Qd2 32. Qe4 f6 33. Qb7+
Kg6 34. Qf3 a5 35. h4 a4 36. h5+ Kf7 37. Qb7+ Ke6 38. Qc6+ Ke7 39. Qc5+ Kd7 40.
Qb5+ Kd8 41. Qb6+ Kd7 42. Qxf6 Qd1+ 43. Ka2 Qxc2 44. Qf5+ Qxf5 45. gxf5 {
Tempospiel} Ke7 46. Kb1 Kf6 47. Kc2 Kxf5 48. Kc3 Kg4 49. Kxc4 e4 $1 (49... Kxh5
50. b4 $1 axb3 51. Kxb3 Kg4 52. a4 $18) 50. Kd4 Kxh5 51. Kxe4 Kg4 52. f4 {
WeiЯ hдtte noch ein wenig spielen kцnnen:} (52. f4 h5 53. f5 h4 54. f6 h3 55.
f7 h2 56. f8=Q h1=Q+ 57. Kd4 Qd1+ 58. Kc5 Qc2+ 59. Kb5 Qxb2+ 60. Kxa4 (60. Qb4+
Qxb4+ 61. Kxb4 Kf5 62. Kxa4 Ke6 63. Kb5 Kd7 64. Kb6 Kc8 $11) 60... Qc2+ 61. Kb5
Qe2+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paleochora op 13th"]
[Site "Paleochora"]
[Date "2020.07.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Kapnisis,Spyridon"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,93,28,24,100,86,111,108,89,36,43,62,95,50,120,99,85,51,42,-9,23,-1,
-15,-17,-17,-26,6,33,33,36,36,38,31,10,5,32,68,33,84,33,59,54,53,5,46,37,37,37,
64,42,57,43,57,-6,72,78,51,35,35,14,59,-18,60,45,93,33,27,38,25,25,84,22,23,26,
26,0,11,0,0,0,126,133,176,87,145,170,226,164,226,226,243,243,311,477,1162,1736]
} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 {[#]} 7. Bb5
$5 {A rare line that lately is "hot" against the Classical Sicilian. A number
of important games has been played in the last couple of years.} Bd7 8. Qd3 (8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Qf3 Be7 $6 (9... Rc8 $5) (9... e5 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. Qxf5 Be7 12.
O-O-O $13) (9... h6 $5) 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qg3 O-O (12... Nxc3 13.
bxc3 $16 {1-0 (51) Mastrovasilis,D (2603)-Kokol,P (2360) Vienna AUT 2016}) 13.
exd6 $16 {0-1 (62) Sychev,K (2572)-Korchmar,V (2451) chess.com INT 2020}) 8...
h6 (8... Nxd4 $6 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Qxd4 Be7 11. O-O-O $14 {is clearly
preferable for White.}) (8... Be7 9. O-O-O O-O (9... a6 $2 {This should be a
clear mistake since time is of importance in this type of position} 10. Bxc6
bxc6 11. Nb3 d5 12. e5 $16 {1-0 (65) Sethuraman,S (2644)-Gupta,A (2612) chess.
com INT 2020}) 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nb3 Ne8 $2 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. e5 $5 (13. f4 $14
) 13... Qg5+ 14. Qe3 $1 $16 {1-0 (40) Swiercz,D (2649)-Luo,T (2124) chess.com
INT 2020}) (8... Rc8 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Bxc6 bxc6 (10... Bxc6 11. f4 O-O 12. Kb1
$14 {[%cal Yh2h4,Yf4f5]}) 11. Rhe1 O-O 12. e5 $13 {1/2 (26) Predojevic,B (2609)
-Mikalsen,E (2367) Norway NOR 2020} (12. Nb3 $14)) 9. Bh4 Be7 (9... g5 $5 10.
Bg3 (10. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 11. Bg3 Nh5) 10... Nh5 (10... Ne5 $5 11. Qe2 a6 12. Bxd7+
Nfxd7 $13) 11. O-O-O Nxg3 12. hxg3 $13 {1-0 (38) Sychev,K (2563)-Soumya,S 
(2369) Moscow RUS 2020}) 10. O-O-O O-O {[#]} (10... Ne5 $6 11. Qe2 O-O 12. f4
Ng6 13. Bg3 $16 {1-0 (45) Sadhwani,R (2522)-Durarbayli,V (2625) Moscow RUS 2020
}) 11. Bxc6 $1 (11. f4 $6 Nxd4 $1 12. Bxd7 (12. Qxd4 Bxb5 13. Nxb5 Qa5 14. Nc3
b5 {is better for black}) 12... Qxd7 13. Qxd4 Nxe4 $1 (13... Rfd8 14. e5 $14 {
1-0 (54) Lagno,K (2545)-Cramling,P (2487) Skolkovo RUS 2019}) 14. Bxe7 Nxc3 15.
Qxd6 $1 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Rfe8 17. Rd7 Nd5 18. Bh4 b5 {is fine for black}) 11...
bxc6 (11... Bxc6 12. f4 Rc8 13. g4 $5 $14 (13. Rhe1 a6 14. Nxc6 Rxc6 15. e5 Ne8
$14 {0-1 (50) Sandipan,C (2534)-Maghsoodloo,P (2673) Sharjah UAE 2019})) 12.
Nb3 d5 {Black hurries to play d5 to avoid Bxf6.} (12... a5 $6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14.
a4 (14. Qg3+ Kh7 15. Rxd6 Bxd6 $2 (15... Rg8 $5 16. Qd3 Bxd6 17. Qxd6 Bc8 $1
$13) 16. Qxd6 Bc8 17. Rd1 $44 {1-0 (55) Lagno,K (2549)-Efroimski,M (2317)
Batumi GEO 2019}) 14... Rb8 15. Qg3+ Kh7 16. Rxd6 $1 Rg8 $5 17. Qd3 Bxd6 18.
Qxd6 Be8 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. g3 Ra8 21. Rd1 $44 {[%csl Ra5,Re8] White has plenty
of compensation since Black's pawn structrure forces black pieces to remain
passive.}) 13. e5 (13. f4 $5) 13... Nh7 (13... Ne8 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qe3 $1 {
[%csl Rc5]} f6 16. f4 (16. exf6 Rxf6 (16... Nxf6 17. f4 Ng4 18. Qc5 Qxc5 19.
Nxc5 Rad8 20. Rd4 $1 $14 {Is not pleasant for Black who has problems to solve
with his pawn structure + his light-squared bishop.}) 17. Rhe1 Nd6 18. Qc5 Qf8
19. f3 $14 {White's control of the dark squares in the center looks adequate.})
16... fxe5 17. fxe5 Nc7 18. Rhf1 {[%cal Yc3a4] Although stockfish says the
position is about equal it is very pleasant for White.}) 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 {[#]}
15. Qe3 $1 {Controling important dark squares in the center is of vital
importance to White.} f6 (15... Rfc8 16. Nc5 $1 (16. Na4 $6 {[#]} c5 $1 17.
Naxc5 Bb5 $44 {Black will follow up with a5-a4. Black has decent practical
compensation}) 16... Nf8 17. g4 $40 {[%cal Yh1g1] White's attack on the
kingside looks strong and fast while I don't see a clear way for Black to
break the blockade.}) 16. f4 (16. Qc5 $5) 16... fxe5 17. fxe5 Rf5 $6 (17... Be8
$5 18. h4 {Covers g5 and prepares Qc5} Bh5 19. Rde1 {[%cal Ye3c5]}) 18. h4 $1 {
Covering the important g5 square.} (18. Nd4 $6 Rg5) 18... h5 $2 {Black was
probably worried about g4-g5 and decided to stop White's pawns from expanding
on the kingside. On the downside, Black's dark squares become even weaker.} (
18... Nf8 19. g4 Rf7 20. Na4 $16) 19. Na4 $6 (19. Ne2 $1 $16 {[%cal Ye2d4,
Ye3c3]}) 19... Be8 20. Nac5 Nf8 21. Rdg1 (21. Nd4 Rf7 22. Qc3 $16) 21... Nd7
22. Nd3 $6 {[#]} (22. Nxd7 Bxd7 23. a3 $5 $16 {[%cal Yc1b1,Yb1a2,Yg2g4]} (23.
g4 hxg4 24. Rxg4 Raf8 25. Nc5 $14)) 22... c5 $1 {Black decides to sacrifice a
pawn to activate his pieces and get some counterplay through the c file. A
sound practical decision and objectively the best move.} 23. Nbxc5 Nxc5 24.
Qxc5 {[#]} (24. Nxc5 Rc8 25. Nd3 Qc7 26. Qe2 Bb5 $44 {Black's position is a
lot easier to play.}) 24... Qd7 $2 (24... Qxc5 $1 25. Nxc5 Bg6 {[%cal Ya8c8,
Yf5f2,Yf5e5]} 26. Nxe6 (26. Nd3 Rc8 $44) 26... Rf2 27. Nd4 Bxc2 $1 28. Rh3 Be4
$44 {Black is active enough not to be worse.}) 25. g4 hxg4 26. Rxg4 Bh5 (26...
Rc8 $5) 27. Rf4 $6 (27. Rg5 $5) (27. Rg3 {[%cal Yh1g1]}) 27... Bg6 $1 {Black
gets his bishop on the right diagonal.} 28. Rh2 (28. Qd6 $5 Qf7 $14) 28... Rc8
29. Qe3 Qb5 $6 (29... Rxf4 30. Nxf4 Be4 $44) 30. b3 Qa5 31. Kb1 Rc3 {[#]} (
31... Qc7) 32. Kb2 $2 (32. Rxf5 Bxf5 33. Kb2 $16) 32... Rxf4 33. Qxf4 Bxd3 34.
cxd3 Rxd3 35. Rc2 Qb6 (35... Qe1 $5 $13) 36. Rc8+ Kh7 37. Qg5 Qf2+ 38. Ka3 Qf7
39. Qd8 {[#]} a6 $2 (39... Rh3 $1 {Stopping h5 made a lot of sense.} 40. Rc7
Qf4 $13) (39... Rf3 $1 40. h5 Kh6 $1 41. Rc7 Qf8+ 42. Qxf8 Rxf8 43. Rxa7 g5 44.
hxg6 Kxg6 $11) 40. h5 $1 Kh6 41. Rc7 $1 Qf5 42. Qh8+ Qh7 43. Qe8 $18 (43. Qf8
$18) 43... Re3 (43... Qf5 44. Rf7 $18) 44. Qxe6+ Kxh5 45. Rc1 Qe4 46. Rg1 a5
47. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "RSFSR-ch07"]
[Site "Kuibyshev"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B62"]
[Annotator "Petronijevic,Z"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Bc4 ({
To a more complex play leads} 7. Qd2) 7... a6 (7... Be7 {gives an equal
position.}) 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. e5 $5 {White launchs the attack immediately.} ({
Equal play gives} 9. O-O) 9... Qa5 $6 {Black tries with aggressive play.} ({
To equal play led} 9... dxe5 10. Qf3 Be7 (10... Bd7 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6
13. Ne4 $16) 11. Qg3 Qb6 $11) 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. exd6 Qe5+ 12. Kf1 (12. Qe2 {
gives White a small advantage.}) 12... Qxd6 (12... Bxd6 $11) 13. Qf3 f5 $2 {
After this weakening, Black has problems.} ({Better was} 13... Be7 $11) 14. Rd1
Qc7 ({If he tries the active} 14... Qc5 {after} 15. b3 $1 $16 {White will have
a clear advantage.}) 15. g4 $1 {With this excellent move White launches the
attack. He has good conditions for the attack: he controls the centre well and
his pieces are placed on active squares.} fxg4 16. Qxg4 Bb7 $2 {Allows a
decisive combination.} ({Much better was} 16... h5 17. Qd4 e5 $14 {White has
advantage but he is still far away from the victory.}) 17. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 18.
Qxe6+ $2 {This natural move only leads to equal play.} ({Winning was} 18. Rg1
Qe7 19. Rg3 h5 20. Qg6+ Qf7 21. Qxf7+ Kxf7 22. Rd7+ $18) 18... Be7 $2 ({
Better was} 18... Qe7 $1 19. Qf5 {Nezhmetdinov stops analyzing here
considering that White simply wins. However,} Bc8 20. Qf3 Ra7 $11 {leads to
equal play.}) 19. Ne4 Bc8 20. Nf6+ Kf8 21. Rd7 $2 {It is interesting that this
natural move is a mistake.} ({Winning was} 21. Nd7+ Ke8 (21... Bxd7 22. Rxd7
Qxd7 23. Qxd7 $18) 22. Rg1 Bxd7 23. Rg8+ Rxg8 24. Qxg8+ Bf8 25. Re1+ Be6 26.
Qxe6+ Be7 27. Qg8+ Kd7 28. Qxa8 $18) 21... Bxd7 $2 ({Black missed his chance:} 
21... Qd6 $3 22. Qxd6 (22. Nxh7+ Rxh7 23. Qxd6 Bxd6 24. Rxh7 Be5 {transposes
to the main line}) 22... Bxd6 23. Nxh7+ Rxh7 24. Rxh7 Be5 25. b3 Bf6 26. Rg1
Bf5 27. Rc7 Be4 {the position is equal.}) 22. Nxd7+ $18 {Now, Black is lost.}
Ke8 23. Nf6+ Kd8 24. Ke2 Qd6 25. Rd1 Qxd1+ 26. Kxd1 Bxf6 27. Qxf6+ Kc7 28. Qe7+
Kb6 29. c4 {... After a few moves, Black resigned. It is interesting that this
game won a prize as a beautiful game though there are many mistakes in it.} (
29. b4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Olafsson"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Black "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Baburin} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3
Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Qa5 10. Nb3 Qb6 11. Be2 $6 (11. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 12. Qxd6
$14) 11... Rd8 12. Bf3 Bd7 13. Qe2 Be8 14. Bh4 Qc7 15. Bf2 $6 (15. g4) 15... a6
16. Rhe1 Nd7 17. Kb1 Rac8 $15 18. Rd2 Na5 19. Nxa5 Qxa5 20. Bd4 b5 21. g3 Nb6
22. Bxb6 Qxb6 23. Qe3 Qc7 24. Red1 a5 25. Bg4 Bf6 26. Ne2 b4 {Baburin: Black
is obviously succeeding with his initiative on the QSide, on the other hand
White has not got anything on the opposite wing.} 27. f5 e5 28. Nc1 $6 d5 $1
$17 29. exd5 Rxd5 $1 30. Bf3 (30. Rxd5 Qxc2+ 31. Ka1 e4 32. Nd3 exd3 33. Rb1 a4
34. Qxd3 a3 35. Qxc2 Rxc2 36. Re1 Kf8 $19) 30... Rc5 (30... Rxd2 31. Qxd2 $2 (
31. Rxd2 e4 $6 32. Qxe4 Bxb2 $2 33. Re2) 31... e4 $1 $19 {/\} 32. Bxe4 $2 Qe5
$19) 31. Be4 a4 32. h4 h6 33. Qf2 Be7 $6 (33... Rc4 $17) 34. Nd3 (34. f6 $1
Bxf6 35. Qf5 Kf8 36. Qh7 Ke7 37. Bf5 Rb8 38. g4 $1 {/\} Bc6 39. Rd7+ Bxd7 40.
Rxd7+ Qxd7 41. Bxd7 Kxd7 42. g5) 34... Rc4 35. Qe2 Rd4 36. Nc1 Rxd2 37. Rxd2 a3
38. Nb3 Qb6 39. Rd1 Bc6 40. Bxc6 Qxc6 41. Rd2 axb2 $19 42. Rd3 Bf6 43. Re3 e4
$1 44. g4 (44. Rxe4 Rd8 45. Rf4 Qg2 $1 $19) 44... Ra8 45. Rxe4 (45. Rxe4 Qa4
46. a3 Qxa3 47. Re8+ Rxe8 48. Qxe8+ Kh7 49. Qxf7 Qa1+) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 12th final"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.11.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tolnai, Tibor"]
[Black "Andresen, Steffen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Rechlis,G"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1996.11.21"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Budapest Honved"]
[BlackTeam "Dresdner SC 1898"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. Be2 Rc8 10. Rhe1 Nb4 $6 (10... h6) 11. Qe3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13.
Kb1 Be7 $6 (13... Qd8 14. Qg3 Qg5 15. Bg4 Be7 (15... h5 $2 16. Bxe6) 16. f4 Qa5
$14) 14. f4 O-O 15. Nf3 d5 16. Ne5 Bc5 17. Qg3 $2 (17. Nxd7 Bxe3 18. Nxf6+ gxf6
19. a3 Nc6 20. exd5 exd5 21. Bg4 Rce8 22. Bd7 Re7 23. Nxd5 $18) 17... Bc6 18.
exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Bf3 Rfd8 21. Ng4 $1 Qd6 $2 (21... Qg6 22. f5 Qd6
23. Re5 $2 h5 $17 24. Bxd5 hxg4 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. Rxd6 Bxd6 $16) 22. Bxd5 $1
Kf8 23. Bf3 Qg6 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Ne5 Qb5 26. Qh3 Bb4 27. Qb3 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1
Rc7 29. a4 Qa5 30. Rd8+ Ke7 31. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Pamplona 9394 4th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Izeta Txabarri, Felix"]
[Black "Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Romero Holmes"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Qf3 Qa5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Qxf6 Rg8 12. Qf3 $1 $146 (12. Nb3 Qh5
13. Qf3 Qxf3 14. gxf3 Bh6 $15 {Westerinen,H-Rogers,I/London/1988/}) 12... Rb8 (
12... Qg5 $5 13. g3 e5 14. Nb3 (14. Nf5 d5) 14... f5 (14... Bh3 $6 15. Na5 $1))
13. Nb3 Qg5 14. g3 c5 15. Qd3 $1 {xd6, Ke8} Rb4 16. a3 Rb6 17. O-O (17. Nd2 $5)
17... h5 18. Nd2 Bc8 19. Nc4 (19. a4 $1 $18 {/\ Nb5, Izeta}) 19... Ba6 20. a4
Bxc4 21. Qxc4 h4 22. Nb5 $5 a6 (22... hxg3) 23. Nc7+ Ke7 24. Ra3 $1 $18 Bg7 25.
a5 Rxb2 26. Qxa6 Rgb8 27. Qd3 Bd4 28. a6 hxg3 29. Qxg3 Qxg3+ 30. hxg3 Kd7 31.
a7 Kxc7 32. axb8=Q+ Rxb8 33. Ra7+ Kc6 34. Rxf7 Rb2 35. Rc1 Kb5 36. c3 $138 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.02.18"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Luebeck"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 {Once considered
very dangerous, this move has nowadays a rather tame reputation (despite
Leko's latest tries). Most of the critical lines end in forced draws, but
Black must know his way in the complicated tactical labyrinth.} e6 7. Qd3 $5 {
Keres's move is a rare guest in today's top events. In the whole Bg5 Najdorf
White tries to combine typical >>-> ambitions (but here the B stands in way of
the Pg2) with [+] activity. This is also the idea behind the text move,
compared with it's usual outpost on f3 the Q is more exposed, but as we will
see later, White has also extra tactical motives.} ({More flexible is} 7. f4 {
Here Shirov tried nearly all the available moves, lately it was the most
popular} Qb6 8. a3 Nc6 9. Nb3 Be7 10. Qf3 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. h4
h5 14. g3 Bd7 15. Rh2 O-O-O 16. Rhd2 Be7 17. Qe3 Kb8 18. Kb1 g6 19. Na4 Ne5 20.
Nb6 Ng4 21. Nxd7+ Rxd7 $11 {Leko,P-Shirov,A/Wijk aan Zee/2001/}) 7... Nc6 {
An interesting reaction, now we get a Rauzer position (index B62), only
White's Q is on d3 instead of d2.} ({First the bad alternatives:} 7... h6 8.
Bh4 Be7 9. f4 Nbd7 (9... g5 $142 $5 10. fxg5 Nh5 $14 {/<=>}) 10. O-O-O Qc7 11.
Be2 b5 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Qg6+ Kf8 16. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6
17. Bh5 Nc5 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Rhf1+ Bf6 20. b4 $1 $16 {->,Mukhin-Platonov,I/
USSR/1969/}) (7... Be7 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. f4 Qc7 10. O-O-O b5 $6 11. Bxf6 $1 Nxf6
12. Bf3 Bb7 13. e5 dxe5 14. Ndxb5 $1 Qb8 15. fxe5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 axb5 17. exf6
Bxf6 18. Qc6+ $36) (7... Nbd7 $142 8. f4 b5 9. a3 (9. O-O-O b4 $5 10. Nce2 Qa5
11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. e5 Nd5 13. Kb1 dxe5 14. fxe5 Bb7 15. Ng3 O-O-O 16. Be2 Qb6
$15 17. Rhf1 $2 Nc3+ $1 $19 {Kovalev,A-Bologan,V/Minsk zt/2000/}) 9... Bb7 (
9... Qc7 $5 10. Be2 Rb8 11. O-O b4 12. axb4 Rxb4 13. Kh1 Be7 14. Na4 Nb6 15.
Nxb6 Qxb6 16. c3 Rxb2 17. f5 e5 18. Bc1 Rxe2 $1 19. Nxe2 Bb7 $44 {Privara,
I-Maeder,KH/corr/1997/}) 10. Be2 Be7 11. Bf3 Qc7 12. O-O-O Rc8 $132 {Compared
with the above 7...Be7 line Black has an extra tempo and has safeguarded
himself against [+] surprises.}) 8. O-O-O Bd7 {With the Q on d2 8...h6 makes
more sense, as 9.Bh4? runs into 9...Nxe4!.} ({Here a similar idea has to be
connected with a risky >> pawn advance:} 8... h6 9. Bh4 g5 $5 10. Bg3 Ne5 11.
Qd2 Bd7 12. h4 Rg8 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. f3 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Yg3f2,Yf2e3] /
\Bf2-e3+/=}) 9. f4 Rc8 ({The Pe4 is well protected and the usual <=> with} 9...
b5 {is not so effective, Black must also reckon with} 10. e5 $5 dxe5 11. fxe5
Nxe5 12. Qg3 {possibly followed by Ndxb5.}) 10. f5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A very
ambitious novelty.} ({More modest is} 10. Kb1 Be7 11. Be2 (11. Rg1 $6 Nxd4 (
11... h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. fxg5 Ng4 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Qe2 hxg5 16. Bg3 Qb6 17.
Qxg4 Qxg1 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Bb5+ axb5 20. Rxg1 Rc4 $44 {Janosevic,D-Fischer,R/
Belgrade m/1958/}) 12. Qxd4 d5 $1 $11 {[%cal Re7c5] /\Bc5/=/+}) 11... O-O 12.
Bf3 Qc7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qxd6 Bxc3 16. Qxc7 Rxc7 17. bxc3 f5 $11
{1/2,Tolnai,T-Aseev,K/Kecskemet/1992/}) 10... Nb4 $5 {Shirov wants to
capitalize on the position of White's Q and launches a sharp counterattack.} (
10... e5 $143 11. Nb3 $14) (10... Ne5 11. Qh3 $36) 11. Qh3 {Consistent.} (11.
Qf3 $143 Qa5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. a3 $142 (13. fxe6 $6 Bh6+ (13... Qg5+ 14. Kb1
fxe6 $11) 14. Kb1 Rxc3 $1 15. exd7+ Ke7 $1 16. Nf5+ Kxd7 17. Rxd6+ Ke8 18. a3
Rxf3 19. gxf3 Bf4 20. axb4 Qxb4 $15) 13... Rxc3 14. bxc3 Qxa3+ 15. Kd2 Na2 $15
{gives Black a better version of the game position.}) 11... Qa5 {A logical
follow-up of the previous move.} 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. a3 $8 (13. Kb1 $2 Rxc3 14.
bxc3 $8 (14. Qxc3 $4 Qxa2+ 15. Kc1 Bh6+ $19) 14... Qxa2+ 15. Kc1 h5 $5 $40)
13... Rxc3 14. bxc3 Qxa3+ 15. Kd2 Na2 $44 {For a minimal material investment
Black has chances to harass White's K, if his N doesn't get trapped on a2 even
an _|_ could be promising. But that's still far away and even Black's K is
shaky. The fate of the game depends on how both sides will manage to mobilize
their inactive pieces (Rh1, Bf1; Rh8, Bf8).} 16. fxe6 {An automatic exchange,
which nevertheless must be made with care. Although it exposes Black's K, it
also improves his P-structure and gives him more space for his pieces. White's
main current worry is the tactical Bh6+:} (16. Bc4 $143 $6 Bh6+ $8 17. Qxh6
Qxc3+ 18. Ke2 Qxc4+ 19. Kf3 (19. Rd3 $6 e5 20. Qxf6 Rg8 $40) 19... Nc3 (19...
e5 $2 20. Qxf6 Rg8 21. Qxd6 $1 exd4 22. Rxd4 $18) 20. fxe6 (20. Qxf6 Rg8 21.
Rd3 exf5 $1 $17) 20... fxe6 $142 ({Too ambitious is} 20... Bc6 $6 21. exf7+ (
21. Qxf6 Bxe4+ 22. Kf2 Rf8 $1 23. e7 Rg8 24. Qxd6 Rxg2+ 25. Ke3 Re2+ $1 26.
Nxe2 Qxe2+ 27. Kf4 Qf3+ 28. Kg5 h6+ $1 29. Kxh6 Qe3+ 30. Kh5 Bg6+ 31. Kh4 Qh6+
32. Kg4 Qh5+ 33. Kf4 Qf5+ 34. Ke3 Qe4+ 35. Kd2 Qxc2+ 36. Ke3 Qe2+ 37. Kf4 Qf2+
38. Ke5 Qf5+ 39. Kd4 Nb5+ $19) (21. Nxc6 $2 Qe2+ 22. Kf4 Qxe4+ 23. Kg3 Rg8+ $19
) 21... Kxf7 22. Qh5+ Kf8 23. Qh6+ $11 {/\} Kg8 24. Qxf6 Bxe4+ 25. Kg3 Nxd1 $2
26. Rf1 $18) 21. Qh5+ Kd8 22. Qf7 Kc8 23. Qxf6 Re8 $17 {[%csl Gc8,Rf3] Black's
K is much safer than its counterpart.}) ({Not much better are} 16. Qe3 h5 $36)
({or} 16. Ne2 b5 17. Qe3 h5 $44) (16. Rb1 $2 Bh6+ $1 17. Ke1 Nxc3 {favours
Black, because he has} 18. fxe6 Bd2+ $1 19. Kxd2 Nxb1+ $19) 16... fxe6 17. Nxe6
$2 {[%mdl 8192] A miscalculation.} (17. Rb1 b5 $142 (17... Bh6+ 18. Ke1 Qxc3+ (
18... Nxc3 19. Qh5+ $1 {[%cal Rh5h6] /\Qh6+-}) 19. Qxc3 Nxc3 20. Rxb7 Rg8 $14)
18. Nb3 $5 $13 (18. Nxb5 axb5 19. Bxb5 Bxb5 (19... Ke7 $2 20. Bxd7 Kxd7 21.
Rb7+ Kc6 22. Rhb1 $18) 20. Qxe6+ (20. Rxb5 Bh6+ 21. Qxh6 Qxc3+ 22. Kd1 Qd4+ 23.
Ke1 $11) 20... Be7 21. Rxb5 Qxc3+ 22. Ke2 Qxc2+ 23. Ke3 Qc3+ $11 {alebo skusat
dalej stastie v ostrej a nejasnej pozicii po 18.Jb3!?.})) ({After the game the
players analysed mainly} 17. Nb3 Qb2 (17... h5 18. Bc4 Ke7 $13) (17... Ke7 $5
$13) 18. Rb1 Qxb1 19. Bb5 Bh6+ (19... Qxh1 20. Qxe6+ Be7 21. Qxd7+ Kf7 22. Bc4+
Kf8 23. Qc8+ Kg7 24. Qg4+ $11) 20. Qxh6 Qxh1 21. Bxd7+ Kxd7 (21... Kf7 22. Qh3
$44 {is playing with fire.}) 22. Qg7+ Kc6 (22... Kc8 23. Qxh8+ Kc7 24. Qxh7+ {
[%cal Rh7h3] /\Qh3=/+/=}) 23. Na5+ Kb5 24. Qxb7+ Kxa5 25. Qc7+ Ka4 26. Qc4+ $11
) 17... Ke7 18. Bc4 (18. Rb1 $143 $2 b5 $19) 18... Bh6+ $1 19. Ke1 (19. Qxh6
Qxc3+ 20. Ke2 Qxc4+ 21. Kf3 Kxe6 $19 {/\} 22. Rxd6+ $6 Kxd6 23. Qxf6+ Qe6 24.
Qd4+ Kc7 25. Qxh8 Qg4+ 26. Ke3 Qg5+ {-> with a mating attack.}) (19. Ke2 Nxc3+
20. Ke1 Qb4 $1 $19) 19... Qxc3+ 20. Qxc3 Nxc3 21. Rd3 Rc8 $1 {The key move,
now White will remain some P down in the _|_.} (21... Nxe4 $2 22. Nd4 $13) 22.
Rxc3 Bxe6 23. Bxe6 (23. Rb3 Rxc4 24. Rxb7+ Bd7 $19) 23... Rxc3 24. Bb3 (24. Bd5
$6 Rxc2 $19 {helps Black.}) 24... Re3+ 25. Kf2 Rxe4 26. Bd5 (26. Re1 Rxe1 27.
Kxe1 Bf4 $19) (26. Bg8 Rf4+ 27. Kg3 f5 $19 {/\} 28. Bxh7 $2 Kf6 {[%csl Rh7]
[%cal Rf6g7,Rf4g4,Rg4g7] /\Kg7,Rg4-g7,ץh7}) 26... Rf4+ {Disrupts the
coordiantion of White's forces.} 27. Kg3 $6 (27. Bf3 Rb4 28. Re1+ Kd7 29. Be4
Bf4 $5 $19 (29... Bd2 30. Re2 h6 {/\} 31. Bxb7 Rxb7 32. Rxd2 a5 $19)) (27. Ke2
$142 {closes the e-file, but offers more resistance after} Rb4 (27... b5 $2 28.
Ra1) 28. Kd3) 27... Rb4 28. Bg8 Bf4+ $19 {[%cal Gh8a1] Transferring the B to
the long /^ decides.} 29. Kf3 Be5 30. Bxh7 a5 31. Bg8 a4 32. Re1 b5 (32... a3
$2 33. Re4 {[%cal Ye4a4] /\Ra4=/+}) (32... b5 {[%cal Ra4a3,Rb4b2] /\a3, Rb2}
33. Re3 Rb2 34. c3 Rc2 $19 {[%csl Ga4,Gb5] o^ a,b}) 0-1

