[Event "Wiener SK Meisterturnier"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1921.05.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gruenfeld, Ernst"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A96"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1921.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 $1 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
$1 exd5 9. cxd5 Ne5 10. Nd4 Bd7 (10... Ng6 11. Qc2 Ne8 12. f4 Bf6 13. Be3 Bd7
14. Bf2 Ne7 15. Rae1) 11. Qc2 g6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Rae1 Rc8 14. e4 fxe4 15. Nxe4
c5 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Bf4 $1 Qb6 $1 (17... Nf7 18. Nxc6 $1 Bxc6 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6
20. Bxc6 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Qb6 (21... Qc7 22. Rc1) 22. Re8+ Rxe8 23. Bxe8) 18. Bxe5
dxe5 19. Qc4+ Kg7 (19... Kh8 $2 20. Qf7 $1) 20. Ne6+ Bxe6 21. Qxe6 Nxe4 22.
Rxe4 Bf6 23. Qd7+ Kh8 24. Ra4 a6 25. Qd6 $1 Rf8 26. Rb4 Qd8 27. Qxd8 Rfxd8 28.
Ra4 Rd2 29. Rxa6 Rxb2 30. Bxc6 Be7 31. a4 Bc5 32. Ra8 Rxa8 33. Bxa8 Ra2 34. Bc6
e4 $1 35. Bxe4 Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.06"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Comas Fabrego, Luis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. b3 Qe8 8. Qc2 $6
(8. Bb2 Qh5 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. e3 Bd7 11. Ne1 $14) 8... Nc6 9. Bb2 Qh5 10. Rd1 (
10. Nbd2 $5 Bd7 (10... e5 $2 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Ng4 14. Nf3
Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bf6 16. f4 Bxe5 17. fxe5 $14) 11. a3 $14) 10... e5 $1 11. dxe5
dxe5 12. Bxe5 (12. Nxe5 $2 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Ng4 14. Bxc7 Qxh2+ 15. Kf1 f4 $40)
12... Nxe5 13. Nxe5 f4 14. gxf4 Bf5 15. Qc1 (15. e4 $2 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17.
Qxe4 Qxd1+ $19) 15... Bc5 (15... Qxe2 $2 16. Bf3 $18) 16. b4 (16. e3 Bd6 $40)
16... Bxf2+ (16... Bxb4 $5 17. c5 $2 (17. Bf3 Ng4 $40) 17... Qxe2 $17) 17. Kxf2
Qxh2 18. Nd2 (18. Nc3 Bh3 19. Rg1 Ng4+ 20. Nxg4 Rxf4+ 21. Ke3 Re8+ 22. Ne4 (22.
Be4 Bxg4 $40) 22... Rxg4 $40) (18. Rh1 $2 Ne4+ $19) 18... Bh3 (18... Qxf4+ $5
19. Ndf3 Ne4+ 20. Kg1 (20. Kf1 Qg3 21. Qe3 Bh3 22. Bxh3 Qxh3+ 23. Kg1 Qg3+ 24.
Kh1 Rf5 $40) 20... Qg3 $40) 19. Rg1 Qxf4+ 20. Ndf3 Ne4+ 21. Ke1 (21. Kf1 $6 Qg3
22. Qe3 Bxg2+ 23. Rxg2 Qxe5 $17) 21... Qg3+ 22. Kd1 Bxg2 23. Kc2 Rae8 $17 (
23... Qf2 24. Qe1 Bxf3 25. Qxf2 Nxf2 26. exf3 $17) 24. Qb2 Qf2 25. Rae1 Ng3 (
25... Bxf3 $2 26. Nd3 $16) 26. Kb3 Bxf3 27. exf3 (27. Nxf3 $2 Re3+ $19) 27...
Qxb2+ 28. Kxb2 Rf5 29. Nd7 (29. Rxg3 Rexe5 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. Kc3 Re3+ $19)
29... Rxe1 30. Rxe1 h5 (30... Rxf3 $2 31. Re8+) 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Nf8+ Kh6 33.
Ne6 Rxf3 34. Rh8+ Kg6 35. Nxc7 Nf5 36. c5 h4 37. b5 h3 38. Nd5 Nh6 39. Re8 h2 (
39... Rf5 $5 40. Ne7+ (40. c6 Rxd5 41. c7 Rxb5+ 42. Ka3 Rc5 43. c8=Q Rxc8 44.
Rxc8 h2 45. Rc1 Kh5 $19) 40... Kf7 41. Nxf5 Kxe8 $19) 40. Re1 Rf2+ 41. Kc3 Nf5
42. c6 bxc6 43. bxc6 Rxa2 44. c7 Nd6 45. Kd4 (45. Ne7+ Kg5 46. c8=Q Nxc8 47.
Nxc8 Kf4 $19) 45... Nb5+ (45... Kf5 $5 46. Kc5 $5 Nc8 47. Kc6) 46. Ke3 Nxc7 47.
Nxc7 Kh5 (47... Rg2 48. Rh1) 48. Kf3 Kh4 49. Ne6 g5 50. Re4+ $1 $10 Kh5 51. Re1
a5 52. Kg3 a4 53. Nd4 g4 54. Ne6 a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 3rd "]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.08.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1997.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d6 4. d4 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 a5 8. Re1
Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 (10. bxc3 Bf6 11. e4 fxe4 12. Qxe4 a4 13. h4 Ra5 14.
Bg5 Qe8 15. Rad1 Qf7 16. Rd2 Nc6 17. Bh3 Nd8 18. Bf1 b6 19. Bd3 g6 20. Bxf6
Qxf6 21. Nh2 e5 22. Qe3 Bd7 23. Be4 Kg7 24. Nf3 exd4 25. cxd4 Re8 26. Qd3 Nf7
27. Rde2 Bg4 28. Re3 Bf5 29. Nd2 d5 30. Bxf5 dxc4 31. Qxc4 Rxe3 32. fxe3 Qxf5
33. Qxc7 Qd3 34. Nc4 Rf5 35. Nd6 Rf6 36. Ne8+ {1-0 Vasilevich,T-Zatonskih,A/
WchJW U20 1997/EXP 59}) 10... Nc6 (10... Bf6 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. d5 Nb4
14. Qd2 exd5 15. cxd5 Bd7 16. e3 Ba4 17. Rf1 Bb5 18. Rd1 Ba4 19. Rf1 Rfe8 20.
a3 Na6 21. Qxa5 Nc5 22. Qb4 Bb3 23. Nd4 Ra4 24. Qd2 Bc4 25. Re1 Bxd4 26. Qxd4
Nb3 27. Qd1 Nc5 28. b4 Bb3 29. Qd2 Ne4 30. Qd3 {1-0 San Segundo,P-Pomes,J/San
Sebastian op 1995/EXT 95op}) 11. d5 Bf6 (11... exd5 12. cxd5 Bf6 13. Qd2 Ne5
14. Nd4 Nc4 15. Qd3 Ne5 16. Qc2 g6 17. Bd2 Qe7 18. Rac1 Rf7 19. e3 b6 20. f4
Ng4 21. h3 Nh6 22. Nb5 Ba6 23. Qc6 Rd8 24. b3 Qd7 25. Qxd7 Rfxd7 26. Na7 Ra8
27. Nc6 Nf7 28. e4 Bb2 29. Rc2 Ba3 30. e5 Bc5+ 31. Rxc5 dxe5 32. fxe5 bxc5 33.
e6 Rd6 34. exf7+ Kxf7 35. Re7+ Kg8 36. Rxc7 Bb5 37. Ne7+ Kf8 38. Bh6+ Ke8 39.
Bf4 Rd7 40. d6 Rb8 41. Rxc5 a4 42. Bd5 axb3 43. axb3 Kf8 44. Be6 Ra7 45. Rc7
Ra1+ 46. Kf2 Ra2+ 47. Kf3 Be2+ 48. Ke3 Bd1 49. Nxg6+ hxg6 50. Bh6+ Ke8 51. Bf7+
{1-0 Pogorelov,R-Saenz,J/San Sebastian op 1995/EXT 95op}) 12. Qd2 Ne7 13. Nd4
e5 14. Nb5 Bd7 15. Qc2 h5 16. Bd2 h4 17. a4 hxg3 18. hxg3 b6 19. b4 e4 20. Ra3
axb4 21. Bxb4 Rf7 22. Rd1 Ng6 23. a5 bxa5 24. Bxa5 Bxb5 25. cxb5 Qd7 26. Qc6
Qxc6 27. dxc6 Ne5 28. Bb4 Rb8 29. Rd5 Nxc6 30. bxc6 Rxb4 31. Ra8+ Rf8 32. Rxf8+
Kxf8 33. Rxf5 Ke7 34. e3 Be5 35. f4 g6 36. Rg5 Kf6 37. Bh3 Bb2 38. Bd7 Rb8 39.
Rd5 Bc1 40. Kf2 Rb2+ 41. Kf1 Bxe3 42. Rxd6+ cxd6 43. c7 Rc2 44. c8=Q Rxc8 45.
Bxc8 {[#] Black's connected passed pawns will be continually attacked by the
White bishop and prevented from a winning advance. Additionally, there is a
pawn weakness on g6, and after its exchange, there won't be any other pawn to
win with. [#] Die verbundenen schwarzen Freibauern werden vom weißen Läufer
ständig angegriffen und so am gewinnbringenden Vorgehen gehindert. Zusätzliche
Bauernschwäche g6 und nach dessen Tausch bleibt kein Gewinnbauer mehr über.} d5
46. Ke2 Bc1 47. Bb7 Ke6 48. Bc6 g5 (48... Kd6 49. Be8 d4 50. Bxg6 Kd5 (50...
d3+ 51. Kd1 {[%csl Rc1,Re4]}) 51. Bf7+ Kc5 52. Bg6 $11) 49. fxg5 Bxg5 50. Ba4
Kd6 51. Bb3 Kc5 52. Ba2 {Easiest. Only if the d-pawn advances will Bb1/Bc2
follow, with permanent attack on e4, which prevents Black from marching his
king to c3 and playing ...d3+. am einfachsten. Erst wenn der d-Bauer vorgeht,
erfogt Lb1 bzw. Lc2 mit permanentem Angriff gegen e4, was Schwarz an dem
Königsmarsch nach c3 samt d3+ hindert.} (52. Bc2 $6 Kc4 53. Bb1 Kb3 54. Kd1 Kb2
55. Bc2 Bh6 56. g4 Bg5 57. Ba4 d4 58. Bc6 e3 59. Bb5 Kc3 60. Ke2 $11) 52... Kd4
53. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2011.03.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Chatalbashev, Boris"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Jones,G"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2011.03.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Going into the last round there was a large group of us half a point behind
the leaders and so I had to decide on an opening that would give me good
counter-chances.} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 {I was sharing a room with Simon Williams.
An English GM who's an expert on the Classical Dutch. I had watched his DVD on
the 'Killer Dutch' for www.gingergm.com and that inspired me to give this
counter-attacking opening a whirl.} 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. Nc3 {This is the mainline of the entire line and Black has a wide range of
alternatives here.} Ne4 {But this is probably the most reliable.} ({I attempted
} 7... a5 {back in December during the London Classic. I hadn't felt very
inspired with my start and on my birthday thought I'd give myself a treat and
an interesting game with the Dutch. That continued} 8. b3 Ne4 9. Bb2 Nc6 {
This rare try was a result of my preparation and an attempt to revitalise the
line.} 10. d5 Bf6 $1 11. dxc6 Nxc3 12. Qc2 Ne4 13. Nd2 Nxd2 (13... Nc5 {
would at least have kept more pieces on the board.}) 14. Qxd2 b6 15. f4 $1 Bxb2
16. Qxb2 Qf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. a4 {Berry,N (2346)-Jones,G (2575) London Chess
Classic 2010 and the position was pretty drawn although I later managed to win,
perhaps thanks to some birthday luck.}) 8. Qc2 {And this has been White's most
common move.} Nxc3 9. bxc3 (9. Qxc3 a5 $1 {seems satisfactory for Black,
preventing White expanding on the queenside.}) 9... Nc6 10. Rd1 (10. e4 e5 $1 {
As Simon puts it; Black should always endeavour to meet e4 with e5. Let's have
a look at a couple of his own games.} 11. dxe5 (11. Rd1 Qe8 12. c5 f4 13. Rb1 {
Kuzubov,Y (2544)-Williams,S (2452) Kusadasi 2006, and now} b6 14. d5 Na5 15. c6
Qh5 {gives Black the better chances with his kingside assault.}) 11... dxe5 12.
Rb1 {Shirov,A (2709)-Williams,S (2452) Birmingham 2006, and here} b6 13. Rd1
Qe8 {followed by ...f4 and again Black can have nothing to fear.}) 10... Qe8 {
This has been Black's unique response and is very logical. Black gets out of
the x-ray down the d-file and prepares his typical, Grand Prix style
counterplay with ...e6-e5, ...Qh5 and ...f5-f4.} ({However perhaps} 10... Na5
$5 {could also be considered.}) 11. c5 $5 {Chatalbashev follows Avrukh's lead
although judging by the amount of time he spent on the move I'm sure it wasn't
prepared.} (11. d5 {is probably critical although} Nd8 (11... Ne5 12. Nd4 Nxc4
13. dxe6 c6 14. e4 $14 {is pleasant for White.}) 12. dxe6 Nxe6 13. Nd4 Nc5 {
looks satisfactory.}) 11... e5 {I didn't want to get distracted by the pawn
offer and continued my plan of campaign.} (11... dxc5 12. Bf4 {was his idea.} (
{I wasn't sure about} 12. Ne5 {although} Nxe5 13. dxe5 Rb8 {followed by ...b6
and ...a5 and Black is very comfortable.}) 12... cxd4 (12... Bd6 13. Ne5 Nxe5
14. dxe5 Be7 15. a4 {with decent compensation.}) 13. Bxc7 dxc3 14. Ne5 {
with a good initiative following} Bf6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Bd6 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 {
and White definitely has enough for the pawn}) 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. Rb1 Kh8 {
A useful waiting move getting my king to safety and preparing ...e4 and ...d5.
without any annoying Qb3+ intermezzos.} (13... f4 {was played in the previous
game.} 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nd2 Kh8 16. Ne4 {I was concerned about this plan in
the game but the position remains balanced.} (16. Be4 $1 {looks like an edge
to White.}) 16... Qh5 17. Bf3 Qg6 18. Qa4 fxg3 19. hxg3 Bg4 20. Bxg4 Qxg4 21.
Rxb7 Qxe2 {Avrukh,B (2652)-Vouldis,A (2524) Ermioni Argolidas 2005, and here}
22. Be3 {would promise White a clear edge.}) 14. Ba3 {I'd built up a lead of
around thirty minutes by this point but now used the time trying to calculate
the complications after 14...f4.} e4 {I was a little disappointed at playing
this move but the position remains balanced.} (14... f4 {is critical:} 15. dxe5
Bf5 (15... dxe5 16. Qa4 (16. Bxe7 Bf5 $1) 16... Nd4 17. Qxe8 Nxe2+ 18. Kh1 (18.
Kf1 Rxe8 19. Bxe7 Nxc3 $13 {is another difficult position to assess. Black has
rook and two pawns for the two pieces but with ...e5-e4 and ..f4-f3 Black must
be better.}) 18... Rxe8 19. Bxe7 Nxc3 20. Bb4 Nxd1 21. Rxd1 $13 {with a
complicated position.}) 16. Qa4 Bxb1 17. exd6 {This is the position that
consumed all my time.} Rd8 (17... Bxa2 18. dxe7 Nxe7 19. Qe4 Nc6 20. Qc2 Bg8
21. Bxf8 Qxf8 22. Rd7 $14 {and White is definitely on top.}) 18. dxe7 Nxe7 19.
Rxd8 Qxa4 20. Rxf8+ Ng8 21. Ne5 Bxa2 22. Bc5 $13 {with a mess. However
examining such lines really dissuaded me from attempting it.}) 15. Nd2 (15. d5
Na5 16. Nd4 Bd7 {is messier than the game but still satisfactory for Black.})
15... d5 ({Perhaps I should have considered} 15... b6 $5) 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. e3
{Strangely Boris opted to offer me a draw here. The position is around level
but a draw got us nothing while a win for either would give us chances at
first and so I was obliged to continue.} Be6 18. c4 Rac8 19. Qa4 Rc7 20. Rdc1
dxc4 21. Nxc4 Bd5 $6 (21... Rfc8 {is probably best with equality.}) ({I got
carried away examining} 21... Nxd4 $5 {which consumed all my remaining time.}
22. exd4 Rfc8 23. Bf1 a6 (23... e3 24. d5 $1 Bxd5 25. Nxe3 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rxc1
27. Nxd5 {favours White.}) 24. Qd1 $1 (24. Rb6 e3 25. Re1 Bxc4 26. Rxe3 Qd8 27.
Bxc4 Rxc4 28. Qb3 Qxd4 29. Rxb7 f4 30. Re1 $11 {is level.}) 24... Bxc4 25. d5
Qd6 26. Rxc4 Rxc4 27. Bxc4 Rxc4 28. Rxb7 h6 29. Qa1 Rc7 30. Rxc7 Qxc7 31. Qd4
$14 {and White has an edge. I didn't examine the variation in this depth but I
decided it was foolish to continue analysing a line which either gave me a
small strategic edge or lost instantly!}) 22. Na5 {Allowing White this was
careless.} Qf7 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Rb2 g5 25. Qc2 Re7 {Around here I started
drifting.} (25... h5 {...h4 and ...Qh5, ...Rh7 looks a more promising plan as
was suggested by Luke McShane in the post mortem.}) (25... Rb7 {is not enough
to equalise as} 26. Rcb1 Rfb8 27. Rxb7 Rxb7 28. Rxb7 Qxb7 29. g4 $1 {would
give me an unpleasant ending.}) 26. a4 $1 {This is a strong plan. On the
surface it looks like I have decent counterplay on the kingside but the more I
looked at the position the harder I found it was to break into his position.}
Kg7 {Again drifting although I notice it's also Rybka's top suggestion!} 27. a5
f4 {Finally I get round to making this break.} 28. a6 Qe6 29. Qc5 Rff7 30. Rcb1
Qc8 {Trying to prevent his rooks from penetrating.} 31. Qa5 Qf5 32. Qc5 Qc8 33.
Bf1 {We were both in some sort of time trouble but now he finds the right plan.
} h5 {The queenside has obviously been won by White and so time to confuse the
issue!} (33... fxe3 34. fxe3 Kg6 {is the subtle suggestion of the computer.
The idea is highlighted after} 35. Rb8 Qf5 36. R8b7 $2 (36. Rg8+ Kh6 37. Qc2 {
looks rather suspect but maybe I can hold.}) 36... Qf2+ 37. Kh1 Rxb7 38. axb7
Rxb7 {and it's no longer check on b7.}) 34. Rb8 Qf5 35. R8b7 fxg3 36. fxg3 Qf2+
37. Kh1 Qa2 $1 {I wasn't happy to play this but it seems like the only way to
hold the game. White also has to be careful now too.} 38. R7b2 ({White can win
two rooks for the queen with} 38. Qxe7 Rxe7 39. Rxe7+ {but} Kg6 40. Reb7 c5 41.
R7b2 Qa3 {is certainly not worse for Black.}) 38... Qxb2 $1 {I spent the final
allocation of time working out this queen sac which just seems to hold the
draw.} 39. Rxb2 Rxf1+ 40. Kg2 Ref7 {The problem for White is that he must keep
his rook on the second rank to prevent my rooks infiltrating on the second
rank. Therefore we couldn't see a way the game could finish decisively.} 41.
Qd6 R1f6 42. Qe5 Kg6 43. Qe8 g4 44. h3 Kg7 45. hxg4 hxg4 46. Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch Prelim Gr-A"]
[Site "Besancon"]
[Date "1999.08.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Bricard, Emmanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1999.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Tyomkin,D} e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. b3
a5 8. Nc3 c6 {Tyomkin,D: 'This move leads to the clear space advantage of
white in the center.The alternative is 8...Ne4,where white gets an advantage
too.'} (8... Ne4 {Tyomkin,D} 9. Bb2 Bf6 (9... Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Nd7 11. Qc2 Qe8 12.
a3 Qh5 13. b4 g5 14. Ne1 a4 15. Nd3 Rf6 16. f3 f4 17. Nf2 $14 {1-0
Sundararajan,K-Williams,S/Yerevan ARM 1999 (48)}) 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Nc6 12.
e4 (12. Qb2 Qe7 13. d5 Nd8 14. dxe6 Nxe6 15. e3 Nc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Knott,
S-Williams,S/London ENG 1999 (34)}) (12. d5 Nb4 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qd2 e5 15. a3
Na6 16. b4 f4 $132 {1-0 Herraiz Lopez,H-Williams,S/Calicut IND 1998 (43)}) (12.
Rad1 Qe8 13. Rfe1 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Qb2 f4 16. Nd2 $14 {1-0 Tseitlin,
M-Williams,S/Hastings op 1996 (40)}) 12... f4 $2 13. gxf4 Qe8 14. e5 $16 {
1-0 Sundararajan,K-Williams,S/Scarborough ENG 1999 (27)}) 9. Bb2 Na6 10. Re1 (
10. Ne1 {Tyomkin,D} Nc7 11. Nd3 Bd7 12. e4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Be8 14. Re1 Nxe4 15.
Bxe4 Bf6 16. Bg2 Bf7 17. Qe2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Orsag,M-Roos,J/EUCup Gr4 Berlin 1996/
CBM 55 (48)}) 10... Bd7 (10... d5 {Tyomkin,D} 11. e3 Bd7 12. Ne5 Be8 13. a3 Bd6
14. f3 b5 15. Ne2 $14 {1-0 Lecuyer,C-Roos,J/FRA-ch Rouen ,EXT 1987 (26)}) 11.
e4 {'+/=' Tyomkin,D.} fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Rxe4 a4 $146 (13... Bf6 {Tyomkin,D
} 14. Qd2 b5 15. Rc1 Qe7 16. h4 bxc4 17. bxc4 $14 c5 18. Ne5 cxd4 $2 19. Nxd7
Qxd7 20. Rxe6 $1 $18 {1-0 Lautier,J-Roos,J/FRA-ch Rouen ,EXT 1987 (33)}) 14. h4
{/\ Bh3 '+/=' Tyomkin,D. Tyomkin,D: 'capturing space on the kingside too.'} Nc7
(14... Qb6 15. Bh3 Nc7 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. hxg5 axb3 18. axb3 Rxa1 19. Bxa1 Ra8
20. Bc3 $14 Ra3 $140 $2 21. Qh5 Qxb3 22. Rf4 g6 23. Qh6 Ra8 24. Rh4 $18) 15.
Re3 axb3 (15... b5 $142 $1 $132) 16. axb3 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 Qa8 {Tyomkin,D: 'Black
tries to simplify position,which decreases whites advantage.'} 18. Qb1 $14 Qa5
19. Bc3 Qh5 (19... Qf5 $2 20. Qxf5 Rxf5 21. Bh3 Rf8 22. Ba5 $1 $16) 20. Qe1 $1
{<->e, /^e1-a5, /\ Ba5, /\ Nd2-e4, Bb4 ><d6} b6 {>< a5} (20... Ra8 21. Nd2 $36
{/\ Ne4, Bb4}) 21. Nd2 h6 {Tyomkin,D: 'Black had placed almost all pawns on
6th rank,but all of them are well-defended by light pieces.White tries to
break blacks fortress via the center.'} (21... Qf7 22. Ne4 $36) 22. d5 $5 (22.
Ne4 Qf7 23. f4 $36) 22... cxd5 23. cxd5 Nxd5 (23... e5 $2 24. Bxe5 $1 $18) 24.
Rxe6 (24. g4 $4 Qxh4 $1 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Rxe7 Qxg4+ 27. Kh2 (27. Kf1 Bb5+ $19)
(27. Kh1 d4 28. Bxd4 Bc6+ $19) 27... d4 28. Bxd4 Qxd4 29. Rxd7 Rxf2+ $19) (24.
Bf3 {Tyomkin,D} Qf5 25. g4 $140 Qg6 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Rxe7 Qxg4+ $40) 24... Bf6
$6 {'?' Tyomkin,D. Tyomkin,D: 'Black had two alternatives to the move he made,
and probably both were better.'} (24... Bxh4 $2 25. Bb2 $1 (25. Bxg7 Bxg3 $1 (
25... Kxg7 $2 {Tyomkin,D} 26. Rxd6 Nf6 27. gxh4 Qxh4 28. Ne4 $1 $36) 26. fxg3 (
26. Bxf8 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Nf4 28. Rg6+ Nxg6 $15) 26... Kxg7 27. Rxd6 Nf6 $11 {
Tyomkin,D: 'and black has defended succesfully.'}) (25. Bd4 Bf6 26. Rxd6 Bxd4
27. Bxd5+ (27. Rxd5 Bxf2+ 28. Qxf2 Rxf2 29. Rxh5 Rxd2 $17) 27... Kh8 28. Nf3 (
28. Bf3 Bg4 $11) 28... Rxf3 29. Bxf3 Qxf3 30. Rxd4 Bc6 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Kf1
Bb5+ 33. Kg1 Bc6 $11) (25. Re5 {Tyomkin,D} dxe5 26. Bxd5+ Kh8 27. gxh4 Qg6+ {
and white king is vulnerable.}) 25... Bxe6 (25... Bf6 26. Rxd6 Bxb2 27. Bxd5+
$18) 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Qxd5 Qd1+ 28. Nf1 Qxd5 29. Bxd5 Bf6 30. Bxf6 Rxf6 31.
Ne3 $16 {/\ b4-b5, >< b6}) (24... Nxc3 $1 25. Rxe7 Re8 $1 {Tyomkin,D: 'and the
game is close to draw.'} 26. Bf3 Qf7 27. Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. Qa1 (28. Qxe8+ Bxe8 29.
Nc4 Bf7 $11) 28... Qe5 29. Qa8+ Kh7 30. Nc4 $14) 25. Bxf6 (25. Rxd6 $2 Nxc3 26.
Rxd7 Ne2+ 27. Kh2 Bxh4 $17) 25... Rxf6 26. Re4 $1 (26. Rxf6 Nxf6 27. Nc4 Qc5 $1
28. Qe7 Qb4 {'<=>' Tyomkin,D.} (28... d5 29. Qd8+ Kh7 30. Qxb6 $16) 29. Qd8+
Kh7 30. Qxb6 Qe1+ 31. Bf1 Bh3 32. Nd2 Ne4 33. Qe3 Qxe3 34. fxe3 Nxd2 35. Bxh3
Nxb3 $11) (26. Bxd5 {Tyomkin,D} Qxd5 27. Rxf6 gxf6 {[%cal Gd7c6]}) 26... Nc7 (
26... Bc6 {Tyomkin,D} 27. Nc4 {[%csl Rb6,Rd6]}) 27. Rd4 $36 {>< b6, d6} Qe8 (
27... Re6 $142 28. Qc1 $36) 28. Qxe8+ Nxe8 (28... Bxe8 29. Ne4 $16) 29. Bf1 $5
{'+/-' Tyomkin,D. Tyomkin,D: 'White advantage is obvious,because of weakness
of pawns b and d,but following move of black gives up a pawn at once.'} (29.
Nc4 b5 30. Nb6 Be6 (30... Bf5 31. Nd5 Re6 32. Ne3 $16 {/\ Bc6}) 31. b4 Kf8 32.
Bc6 Rf5 33. f4 $1 $16) 29... Kf8 {'?' Tyomkin,D.} (29... b5 $142 30. Ne4 Re6
31. Bh3 (31. Nc5 dxc5 32. Rxd7 Nd6 $14) 31... Re7 32. Bxd7 Rxd7 33. Rd5 b4 34.
Rd4 $16 {Tyomkin,D: 'winning a pawn as well,but it was better choice for black.
'}) (29... Bf5 {Tyomkin,D} 30. Nc4 Be6 $1 {keeping drawing chances.}) 30. Nc4
b5 31. Nb6 Be6 (31... Bc6 $2 32. Bg2 $1 d5 (32... Bxg2 33. Nd7+ $18) 33. Nxd5
Rd6 34. Rf4+ $18) 32. Bxb5 $16 Rf7 (32... Nc7 33. Nd7+ Bxd7 34. Bxd7 $16) (
32... Rf5 $142 $16) 33. Nc4 $1 Nc7 $6 {'?' Tyomkin,D. Tyomkin,D: 'It looks
like panic in time-trouble.'} (33... Bd7 $8 34. Ba4 $5 Bxa4 35. bxa4 Ra7 36. a5
Ke7 37. Kg2 $16) (33... Bxc4 {Tyomkin,D} 34. Bxc4 {and white has bishop
against knight advantage, in addition to passed pawn-b.}) 34. Rxd6 $1 Ke7 35.
Bc6 $18 Rf8 (35... Bxc4 36. Rd7+ $18) 36. Rd3 Rb8 37. Re3 Kf6 38. Rf3+ Ke7 39.
Re3 {Tyomkin,D: 'White escapes from time-trouble by repetetion of moves.'} Kf6
40. Nd2 Rb6 41. Bf3 Na6 42. Ne4+ Kf7 43. Bh5+ g6 44. Be2 $1 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.20"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Grafl, Florian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Barbican"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. b4 c6 {If Black
is going to play a5 anyway, it's best he does this at once, without waiting
for White to be able to protect the pawn on b4 with a3.} (7... a5 $5 8. b5 Ne4
9. Qc2 Bf6 (9... Nd7 $5 10. Nfd2 d5 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. e3 b6 (12... Nf6 13. Nd2
Bd7 14. f3 exf3 15. Nxf3 Rb8 16. Bd2 c6 17. bxc6 Bxc6 18. d5 exd5 19. Nd4 Ne4
20. Ne6 Qd6 21. Nxf8 Rxf8) 13. f3 exf3 14. Bxf3 Rb8 15. Nc3 Nf6 16. Bb2 $14)
10. Bb2 a4 11. Nfd2 d5 12. Na3 $2 (12. Nxe4 $1 fxe4 (12... dxe4 13. Rd1 Bd7 14.
e3 c6 15. Ba3 Re8 16. Nc3 cxb5 17. cxb5 $16) 13. Ba3 Rf7 (13... Bxd4 14. Nc3
Rf5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Rad1 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Bd7 18. Bb2 $18) 14. e3 Nd7 (14... Bd7
15. Nc3 c6 16. Rab1) 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nc3 Nb6 17. Bc5 Be6 18. Bxb6 cxb6 19.
Nxa4 Rc7 20. Qb3 Qd6 21. Rac1 Rac8 22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. Nc3 $16) 12... c6 13. Rab1
Bd7 14. Rfc1 Be8 15. Nf3 $6 (15. Nxe4) 15... f4 $1 16. Qd1 $2 (16. cxd5 $1 exd5
17. gxf4 cxb5 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Be7 20. Nc2 Na6 21. Bc3 Bc6 22. Qe3 Rf6 23.
Bd2 Qf8 $13) 16... fxg3 17. hxg3 Bg6 18. bxc6 Nxc6 $17 19. Nb5 {0-1 (43)
Gelfand,B (2736)-Williams,S (2496) Eilat 2012}) 8. Nc3 Ne4 (8... a5 9. b5 Ne4
10. Qc2 d5 11. a4 Nd7 12. Ba3 Bb4 $13) 9. Bb2 a5 10. a3 axb4 11. axb4 Rxa1 12.
Bxa1 d5 13. Qb3 Nd7 (13... g5 $1 14. Rd1 Nd7 15. c5 $11 (15. b5 g4 16. Ne5 Nxe5
17. dxe5 Nc5 18. Qc2 Qb6 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. cxd5 cxd5 $15) 15... g4 16. Ne5 Nxe5
17. dxe5 $11) 14. b5 Bf6 $2 {Possibly Grafl knew the Gelfand-Williams game,
where this move was played. But the situation is different and as an almost
direct consequence of this move, Black's Bc8 remains an idle bystander for the
whole game.} (14... Ndf6 15. bxc6 (15. c5 Bd7 16. bxc6 Bxc6 $14) 15... bxc6 16.
Bb2 Ba6 17. Nxe4 (17. Ne5 Nd2 18. Qa4 Qb6 19. Qxc6 Qxc6 20. Nxc6 Bd6 21. cxd5
Nxf1 22. Kxf1 Kf7 23. Ke1 Bc4 24. dxe6+ Kxe6 25. Kd2 Re8 $15) 17... Nxe4 18.
Ne5 Nd2 19. Qa4 Bxc4 20. Qxc6 Nxf1 21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22. Kxf1 Qe8 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24.
Qxd5 Rf6 25. f4 $14) 15. Rb1 Nd6 (15... Nb6 $2 16. bxc6) {Partij:} 16. c5 (16.
bxc6 bxc6) (16. cxd5) 16... Nc4 $2 (16... Ne4 $11) 17. e3 $14 e5 (17... g5 {
is still possible, and though less strong now than at move 13, would have left
Black with some fighting chances.} 18. Bf1 g4 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Bxc4 dxc4 (
20... gxf3 21. Bf1 h5 22. Qa4 h4 23. Qxc6 hxg3 24. Qxe6+ Kg7 25. Qxd5 gxh2+ 26.
Kh1 $18) 21. Qxc4 gxf3 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. Qxc6 Bg7 24. Qxf3 Nf6 25. d5 Qa5 26.
c6 Rd8 27. Rd1 Ng4 28. h3 Ne5 29. Qe2 Ba6 30. Qc2 Nd3 31. Qb3 Be5 $16) 18. Bf1
e4 (18... exd4 19. exd4 $16) 19. Bxc4 $16 dxc4 (19... exf3 $5 20. bxc6 bxc6 21.
Nxd5 cxd5 22. Bxd5+ Kh8 23. c6 Nb6 24. Bxf3 Na8 25. Bc3 Nc7 26. Ba5 Be7 27. d5
Bd6 28. Ra1 Be5 29. Ra4 $18) 20. Qxc4+ Kh8 21. Nd2 $18 Be7 22. bxc6 bxc6 23.
Qa4 $18 {Attacking a pawn and setting a trap...} Nxc5 $2 {A blunder that
doesn't really spoil anything. The alternative is another ten moves or so of
painful suffering.} (23... Rf6 $18) (23... Qc7 24. Nc4 Rf6 25. Qa8 $18) 24.
dxc5 Qxd2 25. Rd1 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.10.31"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Rodgaard, John"]
[Black "Nikolovski, Nikola"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Faroe Islands"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FAI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 (6... Ne4 {is
Alekhine's move, old but not refuted.}) 7. Nc3 Ne4 $6 {7...Qe8 is by far the
most popular. Also more common than the text-move is 7...a5.} 8. Nxe4 $6 {
This disturbs White's development, since he loses time having to retreat the
knight. With equally strong players, I don't see how White can obtain an
advantage.} (8. Qc2 Nxc3 (8... d5 {transposes to a Stonewall in which Black
has lost a tempo (d7-d6-d5), which makes it an inferior version of Alekhine's
variation.}) 9. Qxc3 Bf6 10. b3 Nc6 11. Bb2 e5 (11... Bd7 12. Rad1 Qe8 13. Qd2
Qh5 14. Rfe1 Ne7 15. Ne5 Bc8 16. Nd3 Bg5 17. f4 Bf6 18. e4 fxe4 19. Rxe4 Bd7 (
19... a5 $14) 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 d5 22. Ree1 $16 {1-0 (45) Suetin,A (2550)
-Rashkovsky,N (2430) Sochi 1973}) 12. Qd2 Qe8 13. e3 a5 14. d5 Nd8 15. Ne1 e4
16. Bxf6 Rxf6 17. f3 exf3 18. Nxf3 Nf7 19. Rae1 Bd7 20. Qd4 Qf8 21. e4 f4 22.
gxf4 Rxf4 23. Qe3 Nh6 24. c5 {1/2-1/2 (24) Neiksans,A (2576)-Stopa,J (2528)
Wunsiedel 2015}) 8... fxe4 9. Nd2 d5 10. f3 Nc6 (10... exf3 11. Nxf3 Nc6 $11)
11. fxe4 Rxf1+ 12. Nxf1 (12. Kxf1 dxc4 13. Nf3 Bf6 14. Be3 Bd7 15. b3 cxb3 16.
Qxb3 Na5 17. Qc3 b6 18. e5 Be7 19. Bh3 Rc8 $11 {1-0 (40) Tomashevsky,E (2758)
-Rahman,Z (2500) Baku 2015}) 12... dxc4 13. Be3 Na5 $6 (13... Bd7 14. Bf2 b5
15. e5 Rb8 16. Nd2 Be8 17. Ne4 Nb4 $6 (17... Qd7 $1 18. Qd2 Rd8 19. Rd1 Bg6 $11
) 18. b3 cxb3 19. axb3 a5 (19... a6) 20. Qc1 {1-0 (45) Haba,P (2503)-Taggatz,M
(2284) Austria 2013}) (13... a6 14. e5 $14 Rb8 15. Be4 Bg5 $6 (15... Nb4 $1 $11
) 16. Bf2 Qd7 17. Qc2 Nxd4 (17... b5 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Rd1 $14) 18. Qxc4 Nc6
19. Qc2 Nxe5 (19... Nd4 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Qc4 Kxh7 22. Bxd4 Kg8 23. Rd1 $16)
20. Rd1 Qf7 $2 (20... Qe7 21. h4 $16) 21. Qc5 $1 $18 Ng4 22. Be1 e5 23. Qa7 {
1-0 (30) Avrukh,B (2668)-Meessen,R (2334) Ohrid 2009}) 14. Rc1 b5 $11 15. Bf2
$6 (15. d5) 15... Bb7 16. e3 $6 {This looks solid enough, but after his last
two passive moves White has hemmed in his knight and dark-squared bishop, a
handicap he will struggle with for the rest of the game.} (16. Bh3) (16. d5) (
16. Ne3) 16... c5 17. Qg4 Qb6 18. Nd2 e5 $6 (18... Rf8 $15) 19. d5 $11 Rf8 20.
Qe2 {Preparing to free the dark-squared bishop with g4.} Bc8 21. Bf3 $2 {
White persists in passive, planless play.} (21. g4 Qg6 22. h3 {followed by Bg3=
}) 21... Qg6 22. Kg2 Nb7 $1 $15 23. Bh5 (23. b3 Nd6 24. bxc4 bxc4 25. Bg1 $11)
23... Qa6 24. a3 Nd6 (24... Bd8 $1) 25. Bf3 (25. Bg4 Bd8 26. Bf3 Ba5 27. Nf1
Nf7 $15 {with an initiative for Black.}) 25... Bd7 26. g4 {At last, but in the
meantime Black has greatly improved the activity of his pieces.} Bf6 $2 (26...
Bd8 $1 {is much stronger. It is logical to direct the bishop to the active
spot on a5 instead of putting it behind the barrier of its own pawn on e5.})
27. Bg3 g6 28. g5 $2 (28. h3) 28... Bg7 $2 (28... Bxg5 29. Bxe5 Nf7 30. Bg3 Qf6
31. Rb1 Ne5 $17) 29. Bg4 Qc8 30. Bxd7 (30. h3) 30... Qxd7 31. b3 $2 {This is
the final mistake that seals White's fate.} (31. h3 {intending Qg4=.}) 31...
cxb3 32. Rxc5 b2 33. Qd3 Rc8 $1 34. Rc6 Rxc6 35. dxc6 Qxc6 36. Qb3+ Nc4 $1 $17
37. Nxc4 $4 (37. Kf2 $17) 37... Qxe4+ $19 38. Kf2 b1=Q 39. Nd6+ Qxb3 40. Nxe4
Qxa3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 {An old setup,
named after Iljin-Zhenevsky, who introduced the system almost 100 years ago.
It is far less popular than either the Stonewall or the Leningrad variation
and therefore quite suitable as a surprise.} 7. Nc3 Ne4 {Much more unusual
than the popular 7...Qe8 or even 7...a5 and considered somewhat dubious.} 8.
Qc2 (8. Nxe4 $6 fxe4 9. Nd2 (9. Ne1 d5 10. f3 dxc4 11. fxe4 Rxf1+ 12. Bxf1 e5
13. e3 Be6 14. Qa4 Qd7 15. Qxd7 Nxd7 16. d5 Bf7 17. Bxc4 Bd6 18. Nd3 Bg6 19.
Nf2 Nc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (83) Krasenkow,M (2635)-Williams,S (2465) Saint-Quentin
2014}) 9... d5 10. f3 Nc6 11. fxe4 Rxf1+ 12. Kxf1 dxc4 13. Nf3 Bf6 14. Be3 Bd7
15. b3 cxb3 16. Qxb3 Na5 17. Qc3 b6 18. e5 Be7 19. Bh3 Rc8 20. Rd1 Qe8 $11 {
1-0 (40) Tomashevsky,E (2758)-Rahman,Z (2500) Baku 2015}) 8... Nxc3 (8... d5
$14 {leads to a Stonewall position.}) 9. bxc3 (9. Qxc3 Bf6 (9... a5 10. Rd1 Bf6
11. Qc2 Qe7 12. e4 fxe4 13. Qxe4 Nc6 14. Bf4 e5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Be3 Be6 17.
g4 g6 18. h3 Rad8 19. Rac1 Rxd1+ (19... Bf7 $11) 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8
22. Nd2 Bf7 23. a3 $14 {1-0 (63) Lenic,L (2655)-Horvath,J (2505) Condino 2014})
10. b3 Nc6 11. Bb2 e5 12. Qd2 Qe8 13. e3 a5 14. d5 Nd8 15. Ne1 e4 16. Bxf6 Rxf6
17. f3 exf3 18. Nxf3 Nf7 19. Rae1 Bd7 20. Qd4 (20. Nd4 $14) 20... Qf8 21. e4 f4
22. gxf4 Rxf4 23. Qe3 Nh6 24. c5 {1/2-1/2 (24) Neiksans,A (2576)-Stopa,J (2528)
Wunsiedel 2015}) 9... Nc6 10. d5 (10. Rd1 Qe8 11. c5 dxc5 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Ne5
Bxe5 14. dxe5 b6 15. e4 Bb7 16. exf5 exf5 17. e6 Na5 {1/2-1/2 (30) L'Ami,E 
(2650)-Reinderman,D (2604) Amsterdam 2014}) 10... Na5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 (11... c5
$5 {is a good alternative, to keep the white knight from d4.} 12. e4 Bxe6 13.
Re1 h6 14. e5 Bxc4 15. Bf4 d5 16. Rad1 Nc6 17. e6 $13) 12. Nd4 $14 Bxc4 13.
Nxf5 Bf6 14. Ne3 (14. Rd1 Qd7 15. Ne3 Be6 16. Nd5 c6 17. Nxf6+ Rxf6 18. Bf4 Nc4
19. e4 Raf8 $11 {1-0 (43) Skoberne,J (2544)-Gallagher,J (2444) Reykjavik 2015})
14... Bf7 15. Be4 h6 16. Rb1 Kh8 (16... c6 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. c4 b6 19. Ba3 Rad8
20. Bb4 $14) 17. c4 Qd7 $2 (17... Rb8 $14) 18. Nd5 (18. Bd2 $1 Nc6 19. Rxb7 $16
Nd4 20. Qd3 Ne6 21. Nd5 Nc5 22. Rxc7 $16) 18... Be5 (18... Bxd5 19. cxd5 b6 20.
Bf5 Qe7 21. e4 $14) 19. Bd2 (19. f4 Bd4+ 20. e3 Bb6 21. Bd2 (21. Bb2 Bxd5 22.
cxd5 Bxe3+ 23. Kg2 Bb6 24. Rfe1 Rae8 25. Bf5 Qf7 26. Be6 Qh5 27. Qc3 $16))
19... Nc6 20. Rxb7 $18 Nd4 21. Qd3 Bh5 22. f3 Ne6 23. Be3 Nc5 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25.
Nf4 $18 {With the draw Ding Liren managed to go through to the next round.} (
25. f4 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.08.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Makarov, Marat"]
[Black "Ovetchkin, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Ne4 {
A relatively rare move.} 8. Nxe4 {Usually white refrains from this exchange.
The main and probably more promising line is 8.Qc2.} fxe4 9. Ne1 d5 10. f3 dxc4
(10... c5 11. fxe4 dxe4 12. d5 Rxf1+ 13. Kxf1 exd5 14. Qxd5+ Qxd5 15. cxd5 Bf5
16. Bf4 Nd7 $11 {1-0 Hollermann,T-Hauke,C/Cologne 1987/EXT 2002 (41)}) (10...
exf3 11. Nxf3 Nc6 12. b3 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Rxf1+ 15. Kxf1 Qf8+ 16. Kg1
dxc4 17. Qd5+ Kh8 18. Qxc4 Bc5+ 19. Kh1 Qe7 20. Bb2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Relange,
E-Bricard,E/Besancon 1999/CBM 73 (44)}) 11. fxe4 Rxf1+ $146 (11... e5 12. d5
Bc5+ 13. Kh1 Rxf1+ 14. Bxf1 Bg4 15. Nc2 Qf6 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Bg2 $13 {0-1
Gebhard,D-Schulz,K/Baden 1999/EXT 2002 (27)}) 12. Kxf1 (12. Bxf1 c5 $5 13. d5
Bf6 $13) 12... e5 ({Worth consideration is} 12... c5 13. d5 Nd7 $13) 13. d5 Nd7
(13... c6 14. Nf3 cxd5 15. Qxd5+ Qxd5 16. exd5 Nd7 17. e4 $14) 14. Qc2 b5 $6 ({
More solid continuation would be} 14... Nb6 15. Nf3 Qd6 16. Qc3 Bf6 {with a
complicated struggle.}) 15. a4 $14 {Spoiling black's pawn formation.} Ba6 16.
axb5 Bxb5 17. Nf3 Bd6 (17... Qf8 $5 18. Bh3 Nc5 19. Be3 (19. Kg2 $6 Nb3) 19...
c3 {[%cal Gf8f3]} 20. Kg2 cxb2 21. Qxb2 $14) 18. Be3 Nf6 19. Bh3 (19. Rxa7 $2
Ng4 $1 20. Bg1 Rxa7 21. Bxa7 Qa8) 19... Bd7 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Kg2 $1 {It is
important to prevent black's counterplay, which could arise after:} (21. Qxc4
Qh3+ 22. Kg1 Ng4 23. Bc5 Rf8 24. Ra3 Rxf3 25. exf3 Qxh2+ 26. Kf1 Qh1+ 27. Ke2
Nh2 $132) 21... Qg4 (21... c6 22. Qxc4 cxd5 23. exd5 Rc8 24. Qa2 e4 25. Nd4 $14
) 22. Qxc4 $2 {Leads to a complete equality by force.} ({Much tougher was:} 22.
Ng5 h6 (22... Nh5 $1 23. Qxc4 (23. Ne6 Nf4+ 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. Qxc4 fxg3 26. h3
$14) 23... Nf4+ 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. Nf3 fxg3 26. h3 Qf4 27. Qd4 Re8 28. Ra4 $14)
23. h3 Qh5 (23... Qd7 24. Ne6 {[%csl Ge6] The white knight is very strong.} Qb5
25. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 26. Qc1 $1 Kh7 27. Qf1 Ne8 28. Qf5+ Kh8 29. Nf8 Bxf8 30. Qxf8+
Kh7 31. Rf1 $18) 24. Ne6 Qg6 25. Qxc4 Qxe4+ 26. Qxe4 Nxe4 27. Rxa7 Rxa7 28.
Bxa7 Nf6 29. e4 Nxe4 30. Bb8 $16) 22... Qxe4 23. Qxe4 Nxe4 24. Rxa7 Rxa7 25.
Bxa7 Nf6 $11 {[%csl Rd5]} 26. Nd2 Nxd5 {The endgame is completely equal. The
visible passivity of black's B is not really a factor here.} 27. e4 Nf6 28. Kf3
Kf7 29. Nc4 Ke6 30. Be3 ({The endgame after} 30. Nxd6 Kxd6 {is also drawish.})
30... Bb4 31. Bg5 Nd7 32. Bd8 c6 33. Bc7 Kf6 34. Ba5 {Resigning to the
inevitable draw, but there was no realistic improvement, of course.} Bxa5 35.
Nxa5 c5 36. b3 Nb6 37. Ke3 Ke6 38. Kd3 Kd6 39. h4 h5 40. Kc3 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Obukhov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%mdl 36]} f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3
Ne4 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Ge7f6] That move has reached some popularity in last time,
mostly due to practice of russian players Obukhov and Ovetchkin.Actually,it
looks quite logical,since black is fighting to the central squares and freeing
place for a bishop.} ({the main line goes with} 7... a5 8. Re1 ({or} 8. Qc2 Nc6
) 8... Ne4) 8. Bd2 {There were only few games with that.} ({Besides,white has
a several alternatives:} 8. Nxe4 fxe4 9. Nd2 (9. Ne1 d5 10. f3 dxc4 (10... c5
11. fxe4 dxe4 12. d5 Rxf1+ 13. Kxf1 exd5 14. Qxd5+ Qxd5 15. cxd5 Bf5 16. Bf4
Nd7 $11 {1-0 Hollermann,T-Hauke,C/Cologne 1987/EXT 2002 (41)}) (10... exf3 11.
Nxf3 Nc6 12. b3 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Rxf1+ 15. Kxf1 Qf8+ 16. Kg1 dxc4 17.
Qd5+ Kh8 18. Qxc4 Bc5+ 19. Kh1 Qe7 20. Bb2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Relange,E-Bricard,E/
Besancon 1999/CBM 73 (44)}) 11. fxe4 Rxf1+ $146 (11... e5 12. d5 Bc5+ 13. Kh1
Rxf1+ 14. Bxf1 Bg4 15. Nc2 Qf6 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Bg2 $13 {0-1 Gebhard,D-Schulz,K/
Baden 1999/EXT 2002 (27)}) 12. Kxf1 (12. Bxf1 {} c5 $5 13. d5 Bf6 $13) 12...
e5 13. d5 Nd7 14. Qc2 b5 $6 ({More solid continuation would be} 14... Nb6 {
Postny} 15. Nf3 Qd6 16. Qc3 Bf6 {with a complicated struggle.}) 15. a4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Makarov,M-Ovetchkin,R/Krasnodar 2002/CBM 91/[Postny] (40)}) 9... d5 10.
Nb1 Nc6 11. Nc3 Bf6 12. e3 Ne7 13. b4 c6 14. Qb3 Kh8 15. a4 e5 (15... Bd7 $5 {
[%cal Gd7e8,Ge8h5]}) 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Ra2 $14 {1-0 Fridman,
D-Hinks Edwards,T/Port Erin 2002/CBM 90 ext (62)}) (8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 (9.
bxc3 Nc6 10. e4 e5 11. d5 Nb8 12. c5 Na6 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Qb2
Qd7 16. Be3 Rfc8 17. Nd2 Nc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sherbakov,R-Girinath,P/Raipur 2002/
CBM 87 ext (48)}) 9... a5 (9... Bf6 10. Qb3 Kh8 11. Re1 g5 12. Bxg5 Bxg5 13.
Nxg5 Qxg5 14. Bxb7 Bxb7 15. Qxb7 Nd7 16. Qxc7 Qe7 17. Rac1 Rfc8 18. Qb7 Qd8 19.
b3 $14 {1-0 Kosyrev,V-Obukhov,A/St Petersburg 2001/EXT 2002 (50)}) 10. Qc2 Nc6
11. Bd2 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bc3 Bf6 14. Rad1 Qe8 $11 {1-0 Annaberdiev,
M-Thomas,N/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (54)}) ({In my opinion,there should be more
attention to:} 8. Qb3 $5 {[%cal Yb3g8]} Bf6 (8... Kh8 $5) 9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. Nd2
Bxd4 11. Bxe4 Bb6 12. Qc2 h6 13. e3 Nd7 14. b4 e5 15. Nb3 $36 {1-0 Erwich,
F-Williams,S/Millfield School 2002/CBM 89 ext (24)}) 8... Bf6 {The most
logical continutation:Black wants to take control on black squares,especially
after white's last move(Nxd2 is always possible)} (8... Nd7 9. Be1 Ndf6 10. b4
g5 (10... Bd7 $142 $11) 11. Qb3 Kh8 12. Nd2 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 d5 14. Nf3 Ne4 15.
Qb3 c6 16. Ne5 $14 {1-0 Chasovnikova,E-Portnjegina,Y/Moscow 2000/EXT 2001 (30)}
) 9. Qc2 $146 (9. Be1 c6 (9... Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd4 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 e5 $11 13.
Ne6 $6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 e4 $15) 10. Qc2 (10. d5 $5) 10... d5 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. Nxd7
Bxd7 13. e3 Be8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kodinets,K-Ovetchkin,R/Podolsk 1993/EXT 98 (52)})
(9. Rc1 c6 10. d5 cxd5 11. cxd5 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 e5 14. Qd2 h6 15.
Rfc1 Na6 16. e3 Bd7 17. Ne1 Bb5 18. Rb3 Qd7 19. Qa5 Be2 20. Qd2 Bb5 21. Qa5 Be2
22. Qd2 Bh5 23. Nd3 Rac8 24. Rbc3 Bf7 25. b4 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 Qb5 27. Qc4 Qxc4 28.
Rxc4 e4 29. Nf4 g5 30. Ne6 Bxe6 31. dxe6 d5 32. Rc2 Nxb4 33. Rb2 a5 34. a3 Nc6
35. Rxb7 Re8 36. Rd7 Rxe6 37. Rxd5 Re5 38. Rd7 Re6 39. f4 exf3 40. Bxf3 Ne7 41.
Kf2 Re5 42. Ra7 Kf7 43. Be2 Rc5 44. a4 Kf6 45. Bd3 Nd5 46. Ra6+ Ke5 47. Rxh6
Rc3 48. Ke2 Ra3 49. Rg6 Ra2+ 50. Ke1 g4 51. Rg8 Nxe3 52. Re8+ Kd4 53. Rd8+ Kc3
54. Bb5 Nc2+ 55. Kd1 Nb4 56. Rc8+ Kd4 57. Rf8 Nd5 58. Ke1 Ne3 {1/2-1/2 Bui
Vinh-Williams,S/Budapest 2002/CBM 90 ext (58)}) 9... Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Nc6 $1 {
Black is ready for e6-e5 now,so white's next move is practically forced.} 11.
d5 (11. Rfd1 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qd5+ Kh8 $15) 11... Ne5 {[%csl Rc4][%cal
Ge5c4]} 12. Nxe5 (12. dxe6 $6 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Rad1 Be5 $15) 12... dxe5 {
[%cal Ge5e4] A good strategical decision.Black has a threat of e5-e4 now so...}
13. e4 f4 {Putting pressure on white's pawn f2.Another possible threat may be
f4-f3.} ({more accurate was:} 13... Be7 14. Rfd1 (14. exf5 exf5 15. Rae1 e4 $15
) 14... f4 {-13...f4}) 14. Rfd1 $6 {Too passively!} ({more to the point was:} 
14. c5 Be7 15. b4 a5 16. a3 b6 17. d6 $1 cxd6 18. c6 {with a very complicated
game,there black's chanses are not worse.}) 14... Be7 {Now the bishop has
reached an ideal diagonal.} 15. Qe2 {Defending against the possible threat of
f4-f3.} Bc5 $15 {[%csl Gc5]} 16. Kh1 Qf6 {[%cal Gf4f3]} 17. Rd3 fxg3 $6 {
A dubious decision.White had no counterplay,so black could just complete his
development,keeping the pressure.} (17... Qh6 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gf8f2]} 18. Rf1
Bd7 19. a3 a5 $15) 18. fxg3 Qh6 {[%cal Gf8f2]} 19. Rf1 {White has to simplify
the position,changing the rooks.} Bd7 20. Rdf3 Rxf3 21. Bxf3 $11 {Now white's
king is safe.} exd5 ({after inaccurate} 21... Rf8 $6 22. Bg4 Rxf1+ 23. Qxf1 Bd4
24. Nb5 $14 {white could reach some advantage.}) 22. exd5 Rf8 23. Bg2 {Allows
black to activate the queen.} (23. Ne4 Bd4 24. b4 Bf5 25. Bg2 Qg6 $11) 23...
Rxf1+ 24. Qxf1 (24. Bxf1 $6 Qc1 $1 $15) 24... Qe3 $1 25. d6 $1 {Black's
activity looks dangerously,so white has decided to force the play.} c6 (25...
Bxd6 $4 26. Bd5+ Kh8 27. Ne4 Be7 28. Qf7 $18) 26. Ne4 (26. Nd5 $2 Qf2 27. Qxf2
Bxf2 28. Ne7+ Kf7 $17 {[%csl Rd6]}) 26... Bd4 27. h4 {[%cal Ge4g5]} (27. b4 Bf5
$11) 27... h6 $1 ({badly was:} 27... Bxb2 28. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 29. Qxf6 Bg4 30. d7
Bxd7 31. Qd8+ $16) 28. Kh2 {Any side cannot improve the placement of his
pieces.} b5 ({i would prefer} 28... a5 29. b3 $11 {and white's knight has no
square on c5 at all.}) 29. cxb5 cxb5 30. b4 Bb6 {Black is controlling all the
important squares.} 31. Qd1 ({another way to make an immediate draw was:} 31.
Nc3 Qxc3 32. Bd5+ Kh7 33. Be4+ Kg8 34. Bd5+) 31... Kf8 32. Qf1+ Ke8 {It's just
unbelievable! There was no reason to give up an important pawn.} 33. Nc5 $2 ({
after} 33. Bf3 $1 {[%cal Gf3h5]} Kd8 34. Bg2 Ke8 $8 {the draw is unavoidable.})
33... Bxc5 34. bxc5 Qxc5 35. Qd3 {Here the draw was afreed,but black has
already en excellent chanses for a win!} (35. Qd3 a5 36. Qg6+ Kd8 37. Qxg7 Qxd6
$17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2009.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Quan, Zhe"]
[Black "Pechenkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[Annotator "Shabalov,A"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2009.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. b4 $1 {Modern
treatment of Dutch.} Ne4 8. Bb2 a5 9. b5 a4 10. Qc2 c6 11. bxc6 bxc6 12. Nbd2
Nxd2 13. Nxd2 Qc7 14. Rfe1 Nd7 15. e4 f4 16. Nf3 e5 17. c5 $1 {Typical
breakthrough which leads to interesting complications} dxc5 18. dxe5 a3 19. Bc3
Nb6 $6 (19... fxg3 20. hxg3 Nb6) 20. e6 $6 {Correct idea,which would work
nicely after preliminary} (20. gxf4 Rxf4 21. e6 Rg4 22. Be5 Qa7 23. Bg3 $36)
20... fxg3 21. hxg3 Bxe6 {Time was more important than the pawn structure.Now
white has to be very precise to prove any compensation for a pawn.} 22. Be5 Qc8
23. Rac1 Nc4 24. Bf4 Nb2 25. Bg5 Qd8 26. Bxe7 Qxe7 27. Ne5 Qc7 28. f4 Ra5 {
Not the most active defence there is.} (28... c4 29. Qc3 Nd3 {looks better to
me.}) 29. Qc3 Rfa8 30. f5 $2 {In his encounter with Micky Adams Vladimir
already demonstrated what a cold-blooded defender he is.This agressive push
eventually lead to three! pawns loss.A little preparation was due} (30. Ra1 {
followed by 31.f5 and white's attack looks very dangerous.}) 30... Bxa2 31. f6
Be6 $1 {It is all over now,because white does not have a defence against
Na4-b2 maneuvre shutting off his queen.} 32. Rf1 c4 33. f7+ Kf8 34. Qb4+ c5 35.
Qc3 Na4 36. Qa1 Nb2 37. Nf3 Qxg3 38. Rc2 Bxf7 39. e5 Kg8 40. Re1 Bd5 41. Re3
Bxf3 42. Rf2 Rf8 43. e6 {Black is completely winning,but the following
checkers combination is still pretty.} Qxf2+ 44. Kxf2 Nd1+ 45. Kg3 Nxe3 46.
Bxf3 Nf5+ 47. Kh3 a2 48. Bd5 Ra3+ 49. Kh2 Ne7 0-1

[Event "Hastings 0102 77th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2001.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2001.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. b4 (7. Nc3 {
-main line gives white clear advantage;}) 7... Ne4 (7... Qe8 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9.
Nbd2 Ne4 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Nd2 d5 12. Qb3 c6 13. b5 Kh8 14. f3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Baburin,A-Heidenfeld,M/Kilkenny IRL 2000/The Week in Chess 316 (29)}) (7... a5
8. b5 Qe8 9. a4 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Qh5 11. Nbd2 Rb8 12. Rc1 b6 $11 {[%cal Gc8b7] 1-0
Edvardsson,K-Grivas,E/Panormo 2001/CBM 84 ext (57)}) 8. Bb2 a5 (8... Bf6 9.
Nbd2 Qe7 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Nd2 d5 12. Qb3 c6 13. b5 Qf7 14. f3 $14 {1-0
Stefansson,H-Heidenfeld,M/Panormo 2001/CBM 84 ext (33)}) 9. a3 $6 {All trades
are usually in black's favour;} (9. b5 $142) 9... axb4 10. axb4 Rxa1 $11 11.
Bxa1 b5 $5 {Typical sacrifice-black gets b6-outpost for the knight, but there
was no need it;} (11... Nd7 $11 {[%cal Gd8e8]}) 12. cxb5 (12. c5 Bb7 $11 {
[%cal Gb7d5]}) 12... Nd7 $6 {black could prevent d4-d5 of white by taking
control over d5 by the bishop, and only then moving the knigth to b6;} (12...
Bb7 $142) 13. d5 $1 {[%cal Gf3d4] Using the unaccuracy of black on the
previous move;} (13. Qc2 {[%cal Gf1c1]} Bb7 (13... Nb6 14. Rc1 Nd5 15. Nfd2 $1
(15. Nbd2 Nef6 $1 $11 {[%cal Gc8d7]}) 15... Nef6 $1 {only way not to lose c7;}
16. Qc4 $14 {[%cal Yc4b5,Gb1c3,Yd2b3,Yb3a5]}) 14. Rc1 Qa8 15. Bb2 Rc8 $14)
13... e5 14. Nfd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 (15. Nxd2 Nb6 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gc8d7]}) 15...
Nb6 16. Nc3 Bd7 {Passive strategy of black has led to white's advantage; It
was better to begin some action over the kingside by:} (16... f4 $5 {
immediatly entering black rook to the game via f-file;}) 17. e3 Qa8 (17... f4
$5) 18. Bb2 Nc4 $6 {I think it was strategically wrong to trade the knight for
the bishop- bishop b2 is useless for white in the attack over the queenside,
while knight takes control over some important squares;} (18... e4 {[%cal
Ge7f6]}) 19. Qe2 Nxb2 20. Qxb2 e4 21. Ra1 $14 Qb7 22. Bf1 Bf6 23. Ra5 Rb8 24.
Qa3 Qc8 25. Bc4 Qe8 26. Ra7 {Imrpoving the position of pieces move by move;}
Rc8 27. Ra5 Rb8 28. Ra7 Rc8 29. Ra5 Rb8 30. Ne2 $1 $16 {[%cal Ge2f4] White has
advantage- no reason to make a draw by 3 times repeatition;} Bxb5 31. Bxb5 Rxb5
32. Nf4 $6 {It keeps an advantage but there were better ways for white- in
both lines below, white wins c-pawn almost by force;} (32. Rxb5 Qxb5 33. Nf4
$16 {[%cal Ra3a8]} Kf7 34. Qc1 $1 {[%csl Rc7]} Qb6 35. Qc4 $16 {[%cal Gf4e6]})
(32. Ra7 $16 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Ge2f4,Yf4e6]} Rb8 33. Rxc7 Qb5 34. Nf4 Qxb4 35.
Rc8+ Kf7 36. Qa7+ Rb7 37. Qa8 $18 {[%csl Rf7]}) 32... Rb8 {Now the most
interesting part of the game starts in;} 33. Ne6 h6 (33... c6 34. Qa2 $1 (34.
Qa4 $16) 34... Kh8 35. Qa4 cxd5 36. Qxe8+ Rxe8 37. Nc7 Rb8 38. Nxd5 $16 {
[%csl Gb4,Gd5]}) 34. Ra7 $2 {White could prevent all black's counterplay by
moving the queen to c2 and covering all entries for the black queen- d1 and e2;
} (34. Qb3 $1 Qh5 35. Qc2 $1 $16 {[%csl Rc7,Yd1,Ye2]} Rxb4 $140 36. Ra8+ Kh7
37. Nf8+ Kg8 38. Nd7+ {[%cal Gd7f6,Yc2c7]} Kf7 39. Nxf6 Kxf6 40. Qc3+ {[%cal
Gc3b4]} Kg6 41. Qxb4 Qd1+ 42. Kg2 Qf3+ 43. Kf1 Qd1+ 44. Qe1 $18) (34. Nxc7 $2
Qh5 35. Qb3 Qe2 36. Ra8 Rxa8 37. Nxa8 f4 $3 $40 38. gxf4 Bh4 $19) 34... Qh5 35.
Qa4 Kh7 $1 {Moving the king to the safer place; Too early was:} (35... Qe2 36.
Rxc7 $16 {and no Ra8 ideas because the rook is captured with check;}) 36. Nxc7
$2 {Moving the knight away from the kingside;} (36. Nf4 $1 Qf3 {[%cal Gf6c3,
Yc3e1]} 37. h3 $1 {clearing h2 for the king with the idea to get rid of
perpetual check;} Bc3 38. Qd7 Be1 39. Ra2 $16) (36. Rxc7 Ra8 $1 $11) 36... Qe2
{Now the activity of black queen is enough for the draw;} 37. b5 (37. Qa6 Qe1+
38. Qf1 Qxb4 39. Na6 Qb6 40. Nxb8 Qxa7 41. Nc6 Qa2 42. Qd1 $11) 37... Bc3 38.
Ne6 $4 {Ignoring black attack.... There was only way to reach the draw by 38.
Qa2;} (38. Kg2 Rb7 $3 $19 {[%cal Gc3e1]} (38... Be1 39. Qa2 Qf3+ 40. Kg1 Qd1
$11)) (38. Qa2 $1 {It was only way to get rid of threats over f2- now black
hasn't more than perpetual check:} Qd1+ 39. Kg2 Qf3+ $11) 38... Rxb5 {[%cal
Rb5b1] Now white is defendless;} 39. Qa2 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Hastings 0102 77th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2002.01.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 (7. b3 {
Jussupow} Qe8 8. Qc2 Qh5 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Ba3 Bd7 (10... a5 $142 {Jussupow}) 11.
d5 $1 {war in der Partie Botwinnik-Kan, UdSSR 1931}) 7... a5 8. b3 Ne4 {
For some reason young English players, like Simon Williams and Nicholas Pert,
like this position for black.... In my opinion, white has clear and stable
advantage there;} (8... c6 {Lautier Tyomkin,D: 'This move leads to the clear
space advantage of white in the center.The alternative is 8...Ne4,where white
gets an advantage too.'} 9. Bb2 Na6 10. Re1 Bd7 11. e4 {1-0 Lautier,J-Bricard,
E/Besancon 1999/CBM 73/[Lautier] (44) '+/=' Tyomkin,D.}) 9. Bb2 Qe8 $146 {
It doesn't change much...} (9... Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Nd7 11. Qc2 Qe8 12. e4 (12. a3 {
Lautier} Qh5 13. b4 g5 14. Ne1 a4 15. Nd3 Rf6 16. f3 f4 17. Nf2 $14 {1-0
Sundararajan,K-Williams,S/Yerevan ARM 1999 (48)}) 12... f4 13. e5 dxe5 14. dxe5
Qh5 15. h3 Nc5 16. g4 Qh6 17. a3 (17. Kh2 Bd7 18. Nd4 f3 $1 19. Nxf3 Qf4+ 20.
Kg1 Bc6 $44 {1/2-1/2 Vigus,J-Williams,S/Witley 2000/CBM 77 ext (52). (51)})
17... Bd7 18. b4 Na4 (18... Bc6 19. bxc5 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Qxh3 21. Qe2 $16 {
1-0 Parker,J-Williams,S/England 2000/CBM 75 ext (30). (29)}) 19. Bd2 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Beaumont,C-Williams,S/Birmingham 2001/CBM 85 ext (67). (67)}) (9... Bf6
{Lautier} 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Nc6 12. e4 (12. Qb2 {Lautier} Qe7 13. d5 Nd8
14. dxe6 Nxe6 15. e3 Nc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Knott,S-Williams,S/London ENG 1999 (34)})
(12. d5 {Lautier} Nb4 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qd2 e5 15. a3 Na6 16. b4 f4 $132 {
1-0 Herraiz Lopez,H-Williams,S/Calicut IND 1998 (43)}) (12. Rad1 {Lautier} Qe8
13. Rfe1 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Qb2 f4 16. Nd2 $14 {1-0 Tseitlin,M-Williams,S/
Hastings op 1996 (40)}) 12... f4 $2 13. gxf4 Qe8 14. e5 $16 {1-0 Sundararajan,
K-Williams,S/Scarborough ENG 1999 (27)}) 10. e3 {No reason for white to hurry
up with the trade of Ne4;} (10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Nd2 d5 $11) 10... Nxc3 11. Bxc3
Nd7 12. Qe1 {Interesting idea- a5 is hanging now and white gonna push e3-e4 on
next move; Ne1-d3 is typical monouevre in this structure:} (12. Ne1 $5 {
[%cal Ge1d3]}) 12... a4 13. e4 f4 (13... fxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qe2 Qh5 16. Rfe1
$14) 14. e5 $1 {Cutting off f4-pawn;} Qg6 15. exd6 cxd6 (15... Bxd6 16. c5 Be7
17. b4 $16) 16. Qe2 Rf7 17. Rfe1 $16 {Look on the position now: black has
weaknesses all around, and there are no good places for his light pieces;} Nf8
18. Nd2 Ra7 {Intending to develop Bc8 by b6 and Bb7 or Bd7-c6;} 19. c5 $5 {
[%cal Gd2c4] White decides to open out the positon by temporary sacrifice of
the pawn;} (19. b4 b6 {[%cal Gc8b7]} 20. Bc6 Bd7 21. Be4 $16) 19... dxc5 (19...
d5 20. Nf3 $16 {[%cal Gf3e5]}) 20. Nc4 {[%cal Rc4e5]} Bf6 (20... Nd7 21. d5 e5
22. d6 Bxd6 23. Bd5 $16 {[%csl Re5,Rf7]}) 21. Nd6 cxd4 (21... Rc7 22. Be4 Qh6
23. Nb5 cxd4 24. Bd2 $16) 22. Be4 Qg5 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. Bd2 d3 $8 25. Qxd3 Bxa1
26. Rxa1 {Black is still up a pawn, but his pieces are placed horribly and the
king is vulnerable;} axb3 (26... e5 27. Qd6 {[%cal Rd6c7]} Ra8 (27... b6 28.
Rc1 $16 {[%cal Gd2b4,Ge4d5]}) 28. Qd5+ $1 Ne6 29. Rc1 $16 {[%cal Gc1c7]}) 27.
Qxb3 Qf6 (27... Qe5 28. Re1 $16 {[%cal Re4g6]}) 28. Rc1 Bd7 (28... Qd4 29. Qc2
$16 fxg3 $140 30. Be3 $18) 29. Bxf4 Bc6 30. Be3 $1 {The bishop will be used
for support of passed a-pawn;} Ra5 31. Bxc6 bxc6 32. a4 $1 {The passed pawn
"a" gonna decide the game; 32.Rxc6 leads to an ending where black dramatically
saves the game;} (32. Rxc6 Qa1+ 33. Kg2 Qxa2 34. Rc7+ Kg8 35. Qxa2 Rxa2 36. Bd4
e5 $1 37. Bxe5 Ne6 38. Re7 Re2 $3 (38... Ra6 39. f4 Kf8 40. Rb7 $18 {[%cal
Gf4f5]}) 39. Bd6 {[%cal Rg2f1]} (39. Rxe6 Kf7) 39... Nd4 {long game ahead;})
32... Kg8 33. Bb6 Rh5 34. a5 Qf5 {[%cal Gf5h3] Last chance of black is to
create something over the kingside, but the following move of white destroys
the dream;} (34... Rxh2 35. Kxh2 Qh6+ 36. Kg2 Qxc1 37. a6 $18) 35. Rc5 $1 {
Trading rooks; Black queen can do nothing along} Qh3 36. Rxh5 Qxh5 37. a6 Qe2
38. a7 Qe1+ 39. Kg2 Qe4+ 40. f3 Qe2+ 41. Bf2 {[%cal Gb3b8,Ya7a8]} 1-0

[Event "Pamplona 9899 9th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1998.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Comas Fabrego, Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1998.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 a5 8. Re1
Ne4 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. Nxe4 Nb4 11. Qb1 fxe4 12. Qxe4 e5 13. dxe5 $1 {[%mdl 4]
That looks much better than more popular 13.g4.} (13. g4 exd4 14. a3 Na6 15.
Ng5 Bxg5 16. Qd5+ Kh8 17. Bxg5 Qe8 18. Qxd4 Nc5 19. Rad1 Qg6 20. Bh4 Bxg4 21.
Bg3 a4 22. h3 Bd7 23. e4 Rae8 24. e5 $14 {1-0 Relange,E-Roos,J/FRA 1996/CBM 55
ext (32)}) 13... Bf5 14. Qxb7 Rb8 15. Qa7 Nc2 $146 (15... c5 16. exd6 Bxd6 17.
Bg5 Qc8 18. Nh4 Bh3 19. Rad1 Nc6 20. Bd5+ Kh8 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 22. Be7 $18 {
1-0 Plaskett,J-Williams,S/Hove 1997/EXT 99 (64)}) 16. Bd2 $1 (16. Nd4 Nxe1 17.
Nc6 Qe8 18. Qxc7 Nxg2 (18... Nc2 19. Nxe7+ Kh8 20. Rb1 Na3 21. Nxf5 Rxf5 22.
Be4 Rf7 23. Qxb8 $1 Qxb8 24. bxa3 $16 {Balance of pieces(2B+4P agaist Q)looks
better for white.}) 19. Nxe7+ Kh8 20. Kxg2 Be4+ 21. f3 Rb7 22. Qxd6 Rxe7 23.
fxe4 Rxe5 $15 {White doesn't have time to develop pieces.}) 16... dxe5 17. Bc3
$16 {Two pawns for quality and broken position of black-these are results of
the opening.} e4 (17... Ra8 18. Qb7 Rb8 19. Qa6 e4 20. Rad1 Qc8 21. Qxc8 Rbxc8
22. Nd4 $18) (17... Nxa1 18. Rxa1 e4 19. Nd4 Ra8 20. Qb7 Rb8 21. Qa6 $16) (
17... Nxe1 18. Rxe1 e4 19. Nd4 $16 {-like 17...Nxa1}) 18. Rad1 Qc8 (18... Qe8
19. Nd4 Nxe1 20. Rxe1 $16 {[%csl Ra5,Rc7,Re4]}) (18... Bd6 19. Nd4 Nxe1 20.
Nxf5 $1 Rxf5 21. Bxe4 $18) 19. Nd4 Ra8 $2 (19... Nxe1 $142 20. Nc6 (20. Rxe1
Ra8 21. Nc6 Rxa7 22. Nxe7+ Kh8 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Rd1 $14) 20... Bg5 21. Bxe4 $1
(21. Rxe1 Rb6 22. Nd4 $16) 21... Bxe4 22. Qd4 $18) 20. Nc6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 64]}
Bd6 (20... Bg5 21. Qc5 $18) {[%tqu "En","","","","d1d6","",5]} 21. Rxd6 $1 Rxa7
22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Nxc8 Bxc8 (23... Bxc8 24. Bxe4 Nxe1 25. Rh6 (25. Rd1 Be6 26.
b3 a4 27. Bxe1 axb3 28. axb3 $18) 25... Bf5 26. Bxf5 Rxf5 27. Re6 Kg8 28. Bxe1
$18 {[%cal Ge1c3] B+3 pawns is much more than rook.This ending is easily
winning for white.}) 1-0

