[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 03rd"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2002.04.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Obodchuk, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2002.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2
Bg7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O (10... Nb6 $142) 11. Qc2 {White has been allowed
to play Qc2 and he can protect his Pd5 and the <<(Pb2) more harmoniously and
without any premature pawn advances-notice White's Pe2 will stay on this
square till the end of the game.} Qa5 12. Bd2 Rfb8 13. Rfd1 Ne8 (13... Ng4 $142
$5 14. b3 (14. Be1 Nge5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 (15... Bxe5 16. Rdb1 Ra7 17. a4 Rab7 18.
b3 Qc7 19. Ra2 Qc8 20. Nd1 $14 {Reefschlaeger,H-Kasparov,G/Hamburg sim/1987/})
16. b3 Bc8 17. Na4 Qb5 18. Rab1 Bf5 19. Be4 Bg4 20. Nc3 Qa6 21. f4 Nd7 22. Bd3
Qa7 23. Kg2 Nb6 24. Be4 Qd7 25. a4 c4 $5 26. b4 Nxa4 27. Nxa4 Qxa4 28. Qxc4 Rc8
$14 {<=>,עg2,Grigore,G-Vajda,L/ROM-ch Iasi/1999/}) 14... Qa3 (14... Qb6 15. h3
Nge5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Rab1 Bc8 {Van der Sterren,P-Adams,M/Ter Apel/1992/} 18.
Kh2 $14) 15. Bc1 $5 (15. Rab1 Bc8 16. Na4 Ndf6 17. Ne1 Nxf2 $5 18. Kxf2 Ng4+
19. Kf1 Nxh2+ 20. Kg1 Ng4 21. e3 Bh6 22. Qc1 Rxa4 23. bxa4 Rxb1 24. Qxa3 Rxd1
$44 {Kakageldyev,A-Vaganian,R/URS/1979/}) 15... Qa5 16. Bb2 $14) 14. Be1 $146 {
[%mdl 32] White proceeds by making a number of prophylactic moves and quietly
improving his position-typical strategy for the fianchetto Volga.} (14. Bh3 Bc8
15. Be1 Nc7 16. e3 Qa6 17. Bf1 Qb7 18. Rab1 Nb6 19. e4 Bg4 20. Be2 Nd7 21. h3
Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Qa7 23. a3 Bxc3 24. Bxc3 Nb5 25. Re1 Nxc3 26. Qxc3 h5 27. Kg2 Qa5
28. Re3 Qxc3 29. Rxc3 Ra4 $44 {Hort,V-Benko,P/New York/1974/}) (14. h4 Nc7 15.
h5 Qb4 (15... Nb5 $142 $5 $13) 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Rab1 Nb5 18. Ne4 Nd4 19. Nxd4
Qxd4 20. Bc3 $6 (20. Bg5 $1 $36) 20... Qc4 $11 {Littlewood,J-Webb,S/Morecambe/
1975/}) 14... Ra7 15. h3 Qd8 ({Consistent was} 15... Rab7 {but White
nevertheless maintains his edge by} 16. Rab1 $14 {/\} (16. b3 c4 $5 $132) 16...
Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Qxa2 18. Nd2 $1 Bxe2 19. Ra1 (19. Re1 Qa6 $132) 19... Rxb2 (19...
Bxd1 20. Qxd1 Rxb2 21. Rxa2 Rxa2 22. Nc4 $18) 20. Qc1 $1 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Qc4 22.
Rb2 $36) (15... Nc7 $5 $14) 16. Rab1 Nc7 17. b3 Qf8 18. a4 $5 $14 {[%cal Yc3a2,
Ye1c3] /+/-,/\Na2,Bc3} e6 $6 {In the A58 lines this [+] <=> is rarely too
effective, as White's >> is well protected by the Bg2.} (18... Rab7 $142) 19.
dxe6 fxe6 20. h4 $36 (20. e4 $5 Rab7 (20... Ne5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Na2 {[%cal
Ye1c3,Yb3b4] /\Bc3,b4+/-}) 21. Na2 d5 22. Ba5 $36) 20... d5 21. Bh3 Nf6 22. Bd2
Re8 $2 (22... d4 $5 23. Nb5 $8 (23. Ne4 $2 Bxe2 $17) 23... Nxb5 $5 (23... Bxb5
24. axb5 Rxb5 25. b4 $14) 24. axb5 Bxb5 25. Bxe6+ Kh8 $14) 23. Bf4 d4 24. Bxc7
$1 (24. Ne4 $2 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Bb7 26. Qc2 e5 $40) 24... Rxc7 (24... dxc3 $2 25.
Bd6 $18) 25. Nb5 Bxb5 (25... Rb7 26. Ng5 $36 (26. Qc4 Ne4 $5 27. Bxe6+ Kh8 28.
Bd5 Rbe7 $132 {/\} 29. Bc6 Nc3 30. Bxe8 Nxe2+ 31. Kg2 Qxf3+ $1 32. Kxf3 Bb7+
33. Kg4 Bc8+ $11)) 26. axb5 Nd5 27. Ng5 Qf6 (27... Qd6 28. Qd3 {/\Ra1+/-}) 28.
Ra1 $16 Bh6 (28... Nc3 29. Ne4 $16) 29. Ra6 $6 (29. Ne4 $142 Qe7 30. Ra5 $16)
29... Bxg5 (29... Nb4 30. Rxe6 Nxc2 (30... Rxe6 31. Qc4 $1 $18) 31. Rxf6 Bxg5 (
31... Rxe2 32. Ne6 $18) 32. hxg5 $16 {/+-} (32. b6 $5)) 30. hxg5 Qe5 (30...
Qxg5 31. Rxe6 (31. Bxe6+ $143 Kg7) 31... Rf8 32. Qc4 Rcf7 33. Bg2 Nc3 34. Rf1 {
[%cal Rb5b7] /\b6-b7}) 31. Qc4 Rf7 $1 {[%mdl 64] Now tactics become the main
consideration.} (31... Nc3 32. Re1 $5 $16 (32. Rxe6 Rxe6 33. Qxe6+ Qxe6 34.
Bxe6+ Kf8 35. Ra1 $16)) 32. Rf1 $2 (32. Qxc5 Rxf2 (32... Qxe2 33. Qxd4 Nc3 34.
Rf1 $16 {/+-}) 33. Kxf2 Qe3+ (33... Rf8+ 34. Qxf8+ Kxf8 35. Rxe6 $18) 34. Kf1
Rf8+ (34... Nc3 35. Bxe6+ Rxe6 36. Ra8+ Re8 37. Rxe8+ Qxe8 38. Qc4+ $18) 35.
Qxf8+ $8 (35. Ke1 Qxg3+ 36. Kd2 Qe3+ $11 37. Kc2 $4 d3+ $19) 35... Kxf8 36. Rd3
$14) 32... Ne3 $1 {White was ready to take on c5, or advance his o^b5, this
tactical fling is Black's only chance.} 33. fxe3 Qxg3+ (33... Qxe3+ 34. Kh2
Rxf1 35. Bxf1 Qf2+ 36. Bg2 $18) 34. Bg2 Rxf1+ $2 (34... Qxe3+ 35. Kh1 (35. Kh2
Qe5+ 36. Kh3 Rxf1 37. Bxf1 Qf5+ 38. Kg2 Qxg5+ 39. Kh1 Qh6+ 40. Kg1 Qe3+ $11)
35... Rxf1+ 36. Bxf1 Qe4+ 37. Bg2 Qh4+ 38. Kg1 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 (39. Bf1 Qg3+ 40.
Kh1 Qh4+ 41. Kg2 Qxg5+) 39... Qh4+ 40. Bh3 Qf4+ 41. Kh1 (41. Kg1 Qe3+ $11)
41... Qe4+ $11) 35. Kxf1 dxe3 (35... Rf8+ 36. Bf3 Rxf3+ 37. exf3 Qxf3+ 38. Ke1
Qxe3+ 39. Kd1 $18) 36. Kg1 $8 $18 Kh8 (36... Rf8 37. Kh1 Rf2 38. Qxe6+ $18 {
and White's attack comes in first.}) 37. Qc3+ (37. Qe4 $142) 37... Kg8 (37...
e5 38. Rf6 Rd8 39. Qc1 Qxg5 40. Rf3 e4 41. Qxe3 $1 $18 (41. Rxe3 $4 Rd1+ 42.
Qxd1 Qxe3+ 43. Kh2 Qf4+ $11)) 38. Qc4 $138 Kh8 39. Qc3+ Kg8 40. Qf6 $1 Rf8 41.
Qxe6+ Kh8 42. Ra1 (42. Qe7 $4 Rf1+ $19) 42... Qf2+ 43. Kh1 Qh4+ (43... Qxe2 44.
Qe5+ $18) 44. Qh3 Qxg5 45. b6 Qe5 46. Ra7 (46. Ra7 h5 47. Qd7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Elista FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2008.12.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. bxa6 d6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Nh3 Bxa6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Qc2 {White's plan includes Ra1-b1,
b2-b3 but what to do later? That will depend on Black's actions but if Black
plays accurately, he can deprive White of any activity.} (12. Rb1 Rfb8 13. b3
Ne8 (13... Ne5 $142 $1) 14. Qc2 Nc7 15. a4 Nf6 16. Nf4 Ra7 17. b4 $1 cxb4 18.
Be3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Antoshin,V-Mihaljcisin,M/Sarajevo 1970/EXT 1998 (72)}) 12...
Rfb8 13. Rab1 Ne5 {This knight looks unsafe but it is active! Black played
much worse in the following game:} (13... Qa7 14. b3 Ne8 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nf3 Nc7
17. Rfe1 Nb5 $6 18. Nxb5 Rxb5 19. e4 Rab8 20. Bc3 {This bishop exchange is
White's dream in this system!} Bb7 21. Bf1 Rb6 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rbd1 $16 {
1-0 Alekseev,E-Inarkiev,E/Moscow RUS 2008/(49)}) 14. b3 Bc8 {Black wants to
play ...Bf5 to force e2-e4 and thus weaken the light squares in White's camp.}
15. Ng5 {And here is Black's "dream game":} (15. Kh1 Qa6 16. Ng1 Bf5 $1 17. e4
{[%csl Rd3]} Bd7 18. Rfd1 Nd3 19. Bf1 Nb4 20. Bxa6 Nxc2 21. Bc4 Ng4 22. Kg2 Na3
23. Rbc1 Nxc4 24. bxc4 Ne5 $17 {0-1 Popov,V-Kryschilovskij,A/St Petersburg
2002/CBM 086 ext (41)}) 15... Bf5 $1 16. e4 Bd7 $146 (16... Bc8 17. Na4 Qa7 18.
Nf3 (18. Bc3 $5) 18... Nfg4 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Rfc1 Bd7 21. Nc3 c4 22. bxc4 Nxc4
23. Be1 Rxb1 24. Nxb1 Na3 25. Nxa3 Qxa3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ionov,S-Collutiis,D/
Cappelle la Grande 2003/CBM 092 ext (40)}) 17. Nf3 Nfg4 18. Ne1 $5 {White
wants to exploit the "hanging" position of Black's knights.} (18. Nxe5 Nxe5 $44
) 18... f5 $1 {A typical idea of dynamic counterplay.} (18... c4 $5 {was
another option:} 19. h3 Nf6 20. bxc4 Qc7 $44) 19. Nd3 {White can't bring
himself to "accept his mistake", which still led to a complicated position:} (
19. Nf3 Nxf3+ (19... fxe4 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Nxe4) 20. Bxf3 Bd4 $44) 19... Nxd3
20. Qxd3 fxe4 (20... Bxc3 $5 21. Bxc3 Rxa2 {- Black regains the pawn and
creates pressure on the f2-pawn} ({rather than} 21... Bb5 22. Qd2 Bxf1 23. Rxf1
$44)) (20... Bd4 $5) 21. Qe2 $6 {"The greater evil".} (21. Bxe4 Bd4 $1 {
[%csl Rf2]}) (21. Qxe4 $5 Rf8 $5 $36 (21... Bd4 $6 22. Qxe7) (21... Bf5 22. Qe2
Qa6 $5 $36 (22... Bxb1 23. Qe6+ Kh8 24. Rxb1 Ne5 $15)) 22. Qxe7 $6 Rf7 23. Qe2
Bd4) 21... Qa6 (21... Rf8 $5) ({but the best of several attractive options was
probably} 21... Qa5 $5 22. Rbc1 (22. Nxe4 Qxa2 $17) 22... e3 $1 23. fxe3 Bxc3
24. Bxc3 Qxa2 {winning the b3-pawn with no compensation for White.}) 22. Qxa6
Rxa6 23. Bxe4 (23. a4 Nxf2 $1 24. Kxf2 (24. Rxf2 e3 $1 25. Bxe3 Bxc3 $17 {
[%csl Rb3]}) 24... Bd4+ 25. Ke2 Bg4+ 26. Ke1 e3 $17) 23... Bxc3 24. Bxc3 Rxa2
$17 {[%mdl 4096] Black has recaptured the pawn and has a clear advantage due
to his superior pawn structure.} 25. f3 (25. b4 cxb4 26. Rxb4 Rxb4 27. Bxb4 Bb5
$17) 25... Nf6 26. Rf2 (26. b4 Nxe4 (26... cxb4 27. Rxb4 Rxb4 28. Bxb4 Ra4 29.
Rb1 Bf5 $17) 27. fxe4 Rc2 28. Rf3 Bh3 $19 29. b5 $140 Ra8 30. g4 $8 Bxg4 31.
Rg3 Bc8) 26... Ra3 (26... Nxe4 $1 27. fxe4 Ra3 28. Rfb2 Bb5 {[%cal Rb5d3]} 29.
Re1 Ba6 {winning the b3-pawn and consequently the game.}) 27. Bxf6 $1 exf6 28.
Rfb2 {At least keeping material equality although Black's positional advantage
is obvious.} Ra7 (28... Bb5 $5 {to prevent Be4-d3.}) 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. Bd3 Rab7
31. Ke3 Rb4 32. Kd2 Bb5 {A typical "exchange of a defender", although there
was no need to hurry with it:} (32... Rd4 $142 33. Kc2 (33. Kc3 Re8) 33... Kf8
$5 {and the d5-pawn falls.} (33... Re8 $143 34. Rd1)) 33. Bxb5 R8xb5 34. Kc3 (
34. Ra2 $1 Rb7 35. Kc3) 34... Rb7 (34... Ra5 $1) 35. Rd1 $6 {Passive defence
leads to a gradual defeat. It was necessary to immediately activate a rook:} (
35. Ra2 $1 {e.g.} Rd4 (35... c4 {is senseless due to} 36. Rab2) (35... Re7 36.
Ra6 Re3+ 37. Kc2 $1 Rxf3 38. Rxd6 $15) (35... R4b6 $5 $15) 36. Rd2 (36. Rba1 $5
Rxd5 (36... g5 37. Ra7 Rxa7 38. Rxa7+ Kg6 39. b4 $1 Rxb4 (39... Rxd5 40. b5 Rd1
41. Ra3 $1) 40. Ra6 $11) 37. Ra7 Rxa7 38. Rxa7+ Kg8 39. Rd7 $15) 36... Rxd2 37.
Kxd2 $15) 35... g5 36. Rdd2 Re7 37. Re2 Re5 38. Rbd2 h5 39. Rxe5 fxe5 40. Ra2 {
Too late!} Rd4 41. Ra7+ Kf6 42. Rh7 Kg6 43. Re7 Rxd5 44. Re6+ Kg7 45. b4 $5 {
Otherwise 45...Rd4} cxb4+ 46. Kxb4 g4 $1 47. fxg4 hxg4 48. Kc4 Rd4+ 49. Kc3 Kf7
50. Rh6 Ke7 {Black's central pawn pair brings him an easy victory.} 0-1

[Event "Dubai op"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2001.04.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Annageldyev, Orazly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2001.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 e6 $5 {A very unusual sideline,
which is however not so bad as it's reputation. Black apart from the usual
Volga << pressure wants to play in the [+], using his slight development
advantage. If White plays sensibly, he should be able to get an edge, but it's
still a long way from a full point-the below mentioned games
Magerramov-Annageldyev were both only drawn.} 6. Nc3 {Logical, otherwise
Black's pawn [+] gives him reasonable compensation.} (6. dxe6 fxe6 7. e3 (7.
Nf3 d5 8. g3 Bd6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nc3 Rxa6 12. e4 d4 13. Nb5 Nxe4 14.
Re1 Nf6 15. Ng5 Qe7 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Bf4 e5 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Bxe5 h6 20. Qb3+
Kh8 $40 {Bangiev,A-Annageldyev,O/Simferopol/1989/}) 7... Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be2
Bxa6 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nc3 d5 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 13. Qe2 Ra8 14. Rd1 Kh8 15. e4 d4 16.
b3 Qb8 17. Na4 Ne5 18. Bf4 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qb7 20. Bg3 Nxe4 21. Qg4 Nxg3 $132 {
1/2,Moehring,G-Bielczyk,J/Zamardi/1978/}) 6... Nxd5 (6... Bxa6 $143 7. e4 {
[%csl Gd5] is against the logic of Black's system, as White maintains the
d5-outpost.} (7. g3 $5 exd5 8. Bg2 $16 {is also possible})) (6... exd5 7. Nxd5
Bxa6 8. Bg5 $5 $16) 7. Nxd5 exd5 8. Qxd5 Nc6 9. e4 (9. Nf3 Be7 (9... Bxa6 10.
Bd2 $5 {can lead to the same position.}) 10. Bd2 $142 $5 (10. Ne5 O-O 11. Nxc6
dxc6 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. e3 Bf6 14. Bc4 Bxa6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Ke2 (16. a3 c4 17.
Ke2 Rb6 18. Ra2 Rdb8 19. Kf3 Bxb2 20. Bxb2 Rxb2 21. Rxb2 Rxb2 22. Rc1 Rb3 23.
Rxc4 Rxa3 24. Rxc6 h5 {1/2,Andruet,G-Rogers,I/Wijk aan Zee/1989/}) 16... c4 17.
Rd1 Rb8 18. Kd2 {Sahovic,D-Rogers,I/Nis/1985/} Rab6 $11 {/+/=}) 10... Bxa6 11.
e3 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 O-O 13. g3 Nb4 14. Bxb4 cxb4 15. Kg2 Ra5 16. Qb7 Qa8 17. Qxa8
Rfxa8 18. Rhd1 R8a7 19. Rd2 Bf6 20. Rc1 g6 21. Rc8+ Kg7 22. Rb8 Be7 23. Nd4
Rxa2 24. Nb5 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Rxd7 Kf8 $14 {Magerramov,E-Annageldyev,O/
Azov/1991/}) (9. e3 Be7 10. Bc4 (10. Nf3 O-O 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Bc3 (12. Qb3 Qa7
13. Bc3 Bxa6 14. Qa4 Bxf1 15. Qg4 g6 16. Kxf1 d5 17. h4 h5 18. Qf4 Rad8 19. Rh3
d4 20. exd4 cxd4 21. Bd2 Qb6 22. b3 Nb4 23. Rg3 Nd5 24. Qh6 Bf6 25. Ng5 Bxg5
26. Bxg5 Rc8 $132 {Gunawan,R-Rogers,I/Thessaloniki olm/1984/}) 12... Bxa6 13.
Qxd7 Rfd8 14. Qg4 Bf8 15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. Ne5 Nb4 17. Bxb4 cxb4 18. Qe2 b3 19.
Qxa6 Rxa6 20. Ke2 bxa2 21. Rhc1 g6 22. Rc2 Bg7 23. Nc6 Rda8 24. Nb4 Rb6 25.
Rxa2 Rxa2 26. Nxa2 Bxb2 27. g4 $14 {Magerramov,E-Annageldyev,O/Pavlodar/1987/
A very similar endgame arose 4 years later in a game between the same
opponents.}) 10... O-O 11. Ne2 Bxa6 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. O-O Qxb2 14. Bc3 Qb7 15.
Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Nf4 Nd8 17. Rfb1 Qc6 18. a4 Bd6 19. Qg5 f6 20. Qd5+ Qxd5 21. Nxd5
Nc6 22. Kf1 $14 {Fish,G-Nun,J/Pardubice op/1996/}) 9... Be7 (9... Bxa6 10. Bxa6
Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa6 12. Ne2 Be7 13. Bc3 O-O 14. Qd2 {[%cal Ye1g1] /\0-0+/-}) 10.
Bc4 {After this natural move White loses a tempo, if he later plays Bxa6-from
now Black will have full-blooded <=>.} (10. Nf3 $5 Bxa6 11. Bxa6 Qa5+ 12. Bd2
Qxa6 13. Ne5 O-O (13... Nd4 14. Qxf7+ Kd8 15. Qc4 Qxc4 16. Nxc4 Nc2+ 17. Ke2
Nxa1 18. Rxa1 $16) 14. Nc4 Bf6 15. O-O Ne7 16. Qd3 $14 {/+/-,Derieux,C-Kuntz,P/
Cannes/1996/}) 10... O-O 11. Ne2 (11. Nf3 Bxa6 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. O-O Qxb2 14.
Rfb1 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Qf6 16. Bg5 Qe6 17. Qxe6 fxe6 (17... dxe6 $5 $11) 18. Bxe7
Nxe7 19. Rb7 Rfd8 20. Rd1 Rxa2 21. h4 Nc6 22. Rdxd7 Rxd7 23. Rxd7 Ra7 24. Rd6
Rc7 25. Ng5 $16 {Golod,V-Nun,J/Ceske Budejovice op/1994/}) 11... Bxa6 12. Bxa6
Qa5+ $1 ({Less natural is} 12... Nb4 $6 13. Qc4 Rxa6 14. O-O d5 15. exd5 Qxd5
16. Qxd5 Nxd5 17. Rd1 Nb4 18. a3 c4 19. Nf4 g5 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 Bf6 22.
Rc5 Re8 23. g4 {Atanu,L-Annageldyev,O/Sangli/2000/} Ra4 $16 {/+/=}) (12... Rxa6
13. O-O Nb4 14. Qc4 {-12...Nb4?!}) 13. Qd2 (13. Bd2 Qxa6 14. Bc3 {Note White
is a move down compared to 9...Ba6.} Nb4 15. Bxb4 cxb4 $132) 13... Qxa6 14. O-O
Bf6 $44 15. Nc3 (15. f4 $6 d6 16. Rf3 Rfe8 17. Ng3 Qc4 18. Qd3 Bd4+ 19. Kf1
Qxd3+ {1/2,Spicak,K-Bielczyk,J/Katowice/1995/} 20. Rxd3 Nb4 $36) 15... Be5 $5
$146 {[%cal Re5h2] /\Bh2} (15... Nb4 16. Qxd7 Nc2 17. Rb1 Rfd8 18. Qg4 Na3 19.
bxa3 (19. Ra1 $11) 19... Bxc3 20. h4 Qd3 $13 {[%csl Gc5] o^c,Razuvaev,Y-Pytel,
K/Polanica Zdroj/1972/}) (15... Nd4 16. Qd1 Rfb8 17. Rb1 Nb5 18. Nd5 Bd4 19. a3
Qe6 20. Qc2 Rc8 21. a4 (21. Bf4 $142 $14) 21... Nd6 22. Re1 Rc6 23. Bd2 f5 24.
Nf4 Qc4 $132 {Brinck Claussen,B-Nielsen,P/Aarhus/1981/}) 16. Re1 $2 {White
looses a tempo and hands over the initiative to Black.} ({He has serious
problems with finishing his development and his best was probably the risky} 
16. Qxd7 $5 Rfd8 (16... Nb4 $5 17. Rd1 {-16.Rd1} (17. Be3 Nc2 (17... Nd3 $5)
18. Bxc5 Rfd8 19. Qg4 Nxa1 20. Rxa1 Qb7 21. Qe2 Qc7 $36)) 17. Qg4 $1 (17. Qh3
Rd3 $36) 17... Qc4 $13 (17... Bxh2+ $2 18. Kxh2 Qxf1 19. Bh6 $18)) (16. Rd1 Nb4
$5 (16... d6 17. Nd5 Rab8 $132) 17. Qxd7 Bd4 $44 {[%cal Yb4d3] /\Nd3} (17...
Nc2 18. Rb1 Na3 19. bxa3 Bxc3 20. Qb5 $14)) 16... Nb4 {[%cal Rb4d3] /\Nd3} 17.
Rd1 Qc4 (17... Rfd8 $5 {[%cal Yc5c4,Yb4d3] /\c4,Nd3|^}) 18. a3 (18. a4 f5 (
18... Qb3 $6 19. Ra3) 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. a5 (20. Qxd7 $143 Bxh2+ $1 21. Kh1 Raf8
$40) 20... d5 $36 {[+]}) (18. Qxd7 $142 $5 Bxc3 (18... Bd4 19. Qb5 $1 Qxb5 20.
Nxb5 Nc2 21. Rb1 Rxa2 22. b4 $16) 19. bxc3 Nxa2 20. Bd2 $11) 18... Qb3 $36 19.
Nd5 Nc2 20. Rb1 Rfb8 $32 {[%mdl 4] Black has nowhere to hurry, he has realized
the ideas of the 5...e6!? line in a model way and the a-pawn won't run away
from him.} (20... Nxa3 21. Ra1 Nc4 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Qxd7 Bd4 $15)
21. Qe2 (21. Ne7+ Kf8 22. Qd5 (22. Qxd7 $2 Rd8 $19) 22... Qxd5 23. Nxd5 Nxa3
24. Bf4 Bxb2 $1 25. Bd6+ (25. Bxb8 Rxb8 $17) 25... Kg8 26. Bxb8 (26. Ne7+ Kh8
27. Bxb8 Nxb1 $17) 26... Rxb8 $17) 21... Nxa3 22. Ra1 Nc2 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Be3
(24. Qg4 $5 $15) 24... Nxe3 {Here Black is impatient (contrary to move 20) and
releases the tension perhaps too early.} (24... d6 $5 $17 {[%csl Rb2] ><b2})
25. Nxe3 Bxb2 (25... d6 26. Nc4 $132) (25... Qxb2 26. Qxb2 Bxb2 27. Rxd7 Bd4 (
27... Ra1+ 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Nxd1 Bd4 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. Ke2 $11) 28. Nc2 Kf8 29.
Kf1 $11) 26. Rxd7 Bd4 27. g3 (27. Nf1 g6 $17 {[%cal Ra8a2] /\Ra2}) 27... g6 $5
(27... Bxe3 28. Qxe3 Qxe3 29. fxe3 Rc8 30. Kf1 c4 31. Ke2 c3 (31... Kf8 32. Kd2
$11) 32. Kd1 c2+ 33. Kc1 Kf8 34. Rd2 Rc3 $15 {/= gives only slight winning
chances, Black has higher ambitions.}) (27... Qe6 28. Qg4 Qxg4 (28... Bxe3 29.
Qxe6 Bxf2+ 30. Kxf2 fxe6 31. Ke3 Ra2 32. h4 $132) 29. Nxg4 h5 30. Ne3 Bxe3 31.
fxe3 Rc8 32. Kf2 c4 33. Ke2 c3 34. Kd1 c2+ 35. Kc1 Rc3 $15 {/-/+ is a better
version of the above endgame.}) 28. Qf3 Qe6 29. Rc7 (29. Rd5 Ra3 30. Qf4 Bxe3 (
30... Qh3 $4 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Nf5+ $1 $18) 31. fxe3 Ra1+ 32. Kg2 Ra2+ 33. Kg1
Qb6 $17) 29... Ra3 30. Qg4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (30. Kg2 Bxe3 (30... c4 31. Qg4 $1
$132) 31. fxe3 Ra2+ 32. Kg1 Qc4 $40) (30. Qg4 $4 Rxe3 $1 31. Qxe6 (31. Rc8+ Kg7
$19) 31... Re1+ $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 {The
fianchetto system of the Accepted Volgam Gambit was very popular in the
European Championship, with White scoring well in this line (our game was the
only loss, Ruck-Ehlvest the only draw).} (7. Nf3 d6 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 Bg7 10.
Rb1 $5 (10. O-O Nb6 11. Re1 O-O 12. e4 (12. Bf4 $142) 12... Nfd7 13. Qc2 Nc4
14. Bf4 Qa5 15. Rac1 Rfb8 16. b3 Nce5 17. Red1 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 c4 19. bxc4 Bxc4
20. Ne2 Bb5 21. Nd4 Ba4 22. Nb3 Qb4 23. Qd2 Qa3 $11 {Ruck,R-Ehlvest,J/EU-ch
Ohrid/2001/}) 10... Nb6 11. b3 Bc8 (11... O-O 12. O-O Ra7 13. Re1 e6 14. dxe6
fxe6 15. Bh3 Re7 16. Ng5 Bc8 17. Nge4 $16 d5 18. Nxc5 e5 19. Bg2 e4 20. N5a4
Nxa4 21. bxa4 Qd6 22. Rb5 d4 23. Qb3+ Kh8 24. Ba3 $18 {Neverov,V-Gunnarsson,J/
EU-ch Ohrid/2001/}) 12. Nh4 h6 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. O-O (14. Bd2 $142 $1 g5 15. Nf3
Nfxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxg5 $14) 14... g5 15. Nf3 Nfxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bd2
(17. Nxg5 $2 hxg5 18. Bxd5 Qh3 $19) 17... Bb7 18. a4 Rc8 19. Rbd1 Nf6 20. Ne1
Rb8 21. Bc3 $13 {Epishin,V-Halkias,S/EU-ch Ohrid/2001/}) 7... d6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9.
Nh3 {A speciality of the St.Petersburg players (Aseev, Ionov, Sakaev, S.Ivanov
etc.). By developing the N to h3 White takes the sting out of Nb6 (Pd5 is
protected, thus enabling Qc2 and Rd1). On the other hand here the N is not so
active as on f3, if White plays Nf4 later on Black's Ne5 becomes unassailable.}
(9. Nf3 O-O $6 (9... Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 {is the right move order, transposing
into the above note.}) 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rb1 (11. Qc2 Ne8 (11... Ra7 12. Rd1 Qa8
13. Nd2 Nb6 14. Nf1 Rb8 15. Ne3 Nc4 16. b3 Nxe3 17. Bxe3 Bc8 18. Bd2 Ra3 19.
Rab1 Bf5 20. e4 Bd7 21. h3 Ne8 22. Bc1 Ra7 23. Bb2 Rb6 24. Bf1 h5 25. h4 Qb8
26. Ba1 Rab7 27. Bc4 Nf6 28. f3 Be8 29. Kg2 Ra7 30. a4 Ra8 31. Re1 Nd7 32. f4
$36 {Hulak,K-Djuric,S/EU-ch Ohrid/2001/}) 12. Rd1 Nc7 13. Bf4 Nb5 14. Nxb5 Bxb5
15. a4 Ba6 16. Rab1 Qb6 17. b3 Qb4 18. Bd2 Qb7 19. e4 Be2 20. Re1 Qa6 21. Bf1
Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Rfc8 23. a5 $14 {Bareev,E-Miton,K/Warsaw SuperCup/2001/}) 11...
Qa5 12. Qc2 (12. Bd2 Nb6 13. b3 Nfd7 14. Qc2 c4 $6 15. b4 Qa3 16. e4 Bb7 17.
Rfc1 Rfc8 18. Qd1 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Rc2 Rcb8 21. Bc1 Qa6 22. Be3 Bc8 23.
Bd4 $16 {Zueger,B-Gicov,Z/EU-ch Ohrid/2001/}) 12... Rfb8 13. Rd1 Ne8 14. Bg5
Kf8 15. Qd2 Nc7 16. Qe3 Nf6 17. Bh6 Ng8 18. Bxg7+ Kxg7 19. a3 Bc8 20. Nd2 Nb5
21. Nc4 Qa6 22. Nxb5 Qxb5 23. b3 Bd7 24. Qc3+ f6 25. e4 Qa6 26. Bf1 Bb5 27. a4
Bxc4 28. Bxc4 Qa5 29. Qxa5 Rxa5 30. Bb5 Nh6 31. b4 $16 {Atalik,S-Ilic,L/EU-ch
Ohrid/2001/}) 9... O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qc2 (11. Bd2 Qa5 {A typical move.} (
11... Ra7 {immediately is also better than}) (11... Nb6 $6 {Black only spends
time to force a move White wants to make anyway.} 12. b3 Bb7 13. e4 Nfd7 14.
Nf4 Ne5 15. Re1 Ba6 16. Rc1 Qd7 17. h3 Rfb8 18. Be3 Ra7 19. Qd2 Na8 20. Rc2
Rab7 21. Rec1 Nc7 22. Qd1 c4 23. Nb1 $1 cxb3 24. axb3 Bb5 25. Na3 Ba6 26. Nc4
$16 {Aseev,K-De Vreugt,D/EU-ch Ohrid/2001/}) 12. Qc2 Rfb8 (12... Ne5 13. a3 Nc4
14. Be1 Bc8 15. b3 Bxh3 16. Bxh3 Ne5 17. a4 c4 18. Nb5 cxb3 19. Qxb3 Qb6 20.
Bg2 Nfd7 21. Bd2 Nc5 22. Qb4 Rfb8 {Aleksandrov,A-Van der Weide,K/Senden/1999/}
23. Be3 $14) 13. b3 (13. Rab1 c4 $5 14. Rfd1 (14. b3 cxb3 15. Rxb3 Rc8 $132)
14... Ne5 15. Ng5 Bc8 16. Nge4 Ne8 17. h3 Bf5 18. Bg5 Rb7 19. g4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4
Rab8 21. Kg2 Nf6 22. f4 Ned7 23. Bf3 Nc5 24. Bh4 Kf8 25. Bf2 Rb4 26. Bd4 Nfd7
27. Qd2 Na4 $44 {Ivanov,S-Sivokho,S/St. Petersburg/1999/}) 13... Ne5 14. Ng5 h6
15. Nge4 Bc8 16. Rab1 Ne8 17. a4 Nc7 18. Nb5 Qb6 19. Nxc7 Qxc7 20. Bc3 Qa7 21.
Nd2 Bd7 22. Bxe5 $5 Bxe5 23. Nc4 $36 {Solozhenkin,E-Salmensuu,O/Helsinki/2001/}
) 11... Ra7 {Ponomariov uses a rare setup to put White's << under pressure.} (
11... Qa5 {is the most usual method, after} 12. Bd2 {the play often transposes
into one of the above examples.}) 12. b3 (12. Nf4 $143 Ne5 13. b3 Qa8 14. Rb1
Rb8 15. a4 Rab7 16. Ba3 Qa7 (16... Rb6 $1 {/\Qb7|^}) 17. Rfd1 h5 18. Ne4 Nfg4
19. h3 Nh6 20. e3 Rb6 21. Bf1 Bc8 22. Nc3 Bf5 23. e4 Bd7 24. Kg2 $14 {Paramos
Dominguez,R-Carrasco Martinez,J/Mondariz/1996/}) 12... Qa8 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Rd1
({It's still too early for} 14. a4 Rab7 {[%cal Yb7b6,Ya8b7] /\Rb6,Qb7 and
White doesn't have enough control over b5.}) (14. Bd2 $142 Rab7 15. Rfc1 {
would have saved a tempo, compared with the game. This perhaps gives White
chances for an edge.}) 14... Rab7 (14... Ne8 15. a4 (15. Bd2 $142) 15... Rab7
16. Na2 Rb6 17. Be3 Ne5 $132 18. b4 $6 Nc4 19. Bxc5 {Kadimova,I-Guzkowska,M/
Moscow olw/1994/} dxc5 20. d6 Qa7 21. d7 Na3 $1 22. Qxc5 Nd6 23. Rb3 Qxd7 24.
Rxa3 Bb2 $36) 15. Bd2 c4 $1 16. Rdc1 $146 (16. Be3 cxb3 17. axb3 Rc7 18. Qd2
Qb7 19. Bd4 Qb4 20. Na4 Rcb7 21. Qa2 Ng4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qa1+ Ngf6 24. Nf4
Ne5 $44 {Pedersen,N-Carrasco Martinez,J/WChJ Zagan/1997/}) 16... Nc5 17. bxc4
Bxc4 $132 {[%mdl 4] Ponomariov has effectively deployed his forces, because of
Black's activity the extra P isn't much felt.} 18. Nf4 Qa6 (18... Nfd7 $44 {
is similar.}) 19. Rxb7 Rxb7 20. Rb1 Rxb1+ 21. Qxb1 Nfd7 22. Qc2 Qa3 $5 (22...
Bxc3 23. Bxc3 Qxa2 24. Qxa2 Bxa2 25. h4 $11 {/+/= Black doesn't hurry with
regaining the pawn, which would give White a small advantage.}) 23. h4 Ne5 24.
Bc1 Qa7 {[%cal Re5g4] /\Ng4|^} (24... Nf3+ 25. Bxf3 Qxc3 26. Qxc3 Bxc3 27. a3
$14) 25. Bh3 Qa5 26. Bd2 Qa3 27. Kf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] After this oversight the
advantage passes to Black. Aseev was probably negatively influenced by having
the prearranged draw turned down shortly before the game, which gave him only
about an hour to prepare.} (27. Bc1 Nf3+ 28. exf3 Qxc3 29. Qxc3 Bxc3 30. a3 Be5
$11 {regains the P shortly.}) (27. Kg2 $5 {but anyway it's hard to see how
White can make any progress.}) 27... Nf3 $1 28. Nd1 (28. Nb1 Nxd2+ 29. Nxd2 (
29. Qxd2 Qxa2 $15 (29... Qa8 {/\} 30. a3 $6 e5 $1 $36)) 29... Bxa2 $15) 28...
Nxd2+ 29. Qxd2 Bxa2 $36 {[%csl Ga2,Rd5,Gg7] ^^,(),><d5 Black has retained his
piece activity, which gives him an advantage.} 30. Bg2 Bb3 31. Ne3 Ba4 {
[%cal Rg7c3] /\Bc3-+} 32. Qa5 Qa1+ (32... Bf6 $5 $15) 33. Qe1 Qb2 34. Bf3 Nb3
$1 (34... Bc3 $143 $6 35. Nd1 $11 {exchanges one of the B and squanders
Black's edge.}) 35. Kg2 Nd2 36. Nd3 Qc3 37. Qc1 Qxc1 38. Nxc1 Bb5 (38... f5 39.
g4 $5 $15 {<=>}) 39. Nf1 Nb1 $5 {[%mdl 4096] Even in the _|_ Black still wants
to keep his activity and the tension on the board.} (39... Nxf3 40. Kxf3 $15 {
is also promising, but perhaps not enough to win.}) 40. Nb3 (40. e4 Nc3 $36) (
40. Na2 $142 $5 {[%cal Ya2b4,Yb4c6] /\Nb4-c6}) 40... Nc3 41. e4 Bd3 42. Nfd2
Bh6 $17 {White is running out of moves.} 43. Kg1 f5 44. exf5 Bxf5 (44... gxf5
$142 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Rd3a6,Ra6b7] ><d5,/\Ba6-b7} 45. Nf1 Be4 46. Bxe4 fxe4 $17
) 45. Bg2 Bc8 $6 (45... Kf7 $142 $1) 46. Ne4 $1 {White frees himself by a
simple tactic.} Bg7 (46... Nxd5 47. Nxd6 exd6 48. Bxd5+ $11) 47. Nxc3 (47. Na5
$1 $132 {= activating the N via c6}) 47... Bxc3 48. Nc1 Kf7 49. Be4 h6 50. Nd3
g5 51. hxg5 hxg5 52. Kf1 Ke8 53. Ke2 Kd8 54. f4 g4 $5 {Tries to keep his
winning chances alive.} (54... gxf4 55. Nxf4 $11) 55. Ke3 Kc7 56. Bg6 (56. Nf2
$142 {[%csl Rg4] ><g4} Kb6 57. f5 Be1 58. Nxg4 Bxg3 59. Kd4 $11) 56... Kb6 57.
Be8 (57. Nf2 $11) 57... Bf5 58. Bf7 (58. Nf2 Bb4 59. Bh5 (59. Ne4 $5 $11) 59...
Bc5+ 60. Ke2 Bxf2 61. Kxf2 Kc5 62. Bf7 Kd4 63. Ke2 Be4 64. Be6 Bf3+ 65. Kd2 $11
{But even after Black activates his K the _|_ still should be a draw!}) 58...
Kb5 59. Be6 $6 Bxe6 60. dxe6 Kc4 61. f5 $2 (61. Ke4 $8 d5+ (61... Bd4 $2 62.
Nb4 $1 {[%cal Rb4d5] /\Nd5+-}) 62. Ke3 Bd4+ 63. Ke2 Kb5 64. f5 $11) 61... Bd4+
62. Ke2 Kd5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd5e4] The crucial difference, now the K invades.}
63. Nf4+ Ke5 (63... Ke5 64. Ng6+ Kf6 (64... Kxf5 65. Nxe7+ Kxe6 66. Nc6 Bc3 $19
) 65. Kd3 Bf2 66. Ke4 Bxg3 67. Nf8 d5+ $19) (63... Ke4 $142 $1 64. Ng6 Bf6 $19
{is even simpler. (Perhaps a mistake in the game score?)}) 0-1

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Hendriks, Willy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2000.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2
Bg7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Rb1 (10. O-O Nb6 $1) 10... O-O (10... Nb6 11. b3 Bb7 12.
Nh4 Ra5 13. O-O Qa8 14. Bd2 {[%csl Ga5]} O-O 15. a4 Ra6 16. e4 e6 17. dxe6 fxe6
18. Re1 Nbd7 $14 {Manor,I-Hansen,L/EU-chJ Groningen/1986/ (22)}) 11. O-O Ne8 $6
{I think this game shows a big problems for black in line with 11...Ne8 and in
my opinion black must switch to other moves.} (11... Nb6 12. b3 Ra7 (12... Ne8
13. Bb2 Nc7 14. Nh4 Qd7 $6 (14... Bxc3 $1 15. Bxc3 Bb7 16. e4 Nb5 $1 17. Ba1
Rxa2 $11) 15. Qd2 Ra7 16. Rfe1 Nb5 17. Nxb5 Qxb5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. a4 $16 {
Pytel,K-Bielczyk,J/Augustow/1975/ (23)}) (12... Qc7 13. Re1 Qb7 (13... Rae8 14.
e4 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bf4 $16) 14. e4 Ng4 15. Qc2 (15. Bb2 $5) 15... Nd7 {
[%cal Gd7e5]} 16. Rd1 Rfb8 17. h3 Nge5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 (18... Nxe5 19. f4 Nd7 20.
Be3 $16) 19. a4 Qc8 20. Bd2 Ra7 21. Bf1 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Nf6 {[%csl Gh3]} 23. Kg2
Ne8 24. Nb5 Rab7 {[%cal Ge8c7]} 25. f4 Bg7 $44 {/\Raa4,f5<=>,Skomorokhin,
R-Mayr,K/Berlin op/ 1994/ (30)}) 13. a4 (13. Re1 e6 (13... Qa8 14. e4 Ng4 (
14... Rb8 $142 {/\Ne8-c7}) 15. Bb2 Nd7 16. a4 Rb8 17. Bf1 $1 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Nge5
19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Nb5 Rab7 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. h4 $16 {Antic,D-Perunovic,M/Nis/
1995/}) (13... Bb7 $5 14. e4 Ng4 $132) 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Ng5 Re7 16. Bh3 Bc8
17. Nce4 Nfd5 18. Bb2 h6 19. Nf3 Bb7 $14 {1-0 Konnov,O-Dolomatov,N/Ufa 1999/
CBM 70 ext (41)}) 13... Qa8 14. Nh4 Rb8 15. Bb2 (15. Re1) 15... Nbd7 (15... c4
16. b4 Bb7 17. a5 Nbxd5 18. Nb5 Ne3 19. Qd4 Nxf1 $6 (19... Bxg2) 20. Qxa7 Bxg2
21. Nxg2 Qxa7 22. Nxa7 Nd2 23. Nc6 Nd7 24. Nxb8 Nxb8 25. Rd1 c3 26. Bc1 $18 {
Baburin,A-Riemersma,L/Cappelle la Grande op/ 1996/}) 16. Ba1 Ne5 (16... Rb4 {
[%cal Gc5c4]} 17. Na2 Rb8 18. Re1 $14) 17. Qc2 Rab7 18. Rfd1 {1-0 Piket,
J-Topalov,V/Wijk aan Zee 1999/CBM 69/[Stohl] (44)}) (11... Qb6 12. b3 Rab8 13.
Qc2 Rfc8 14. Bd2 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Rfd1 d5 17. Bf4 Ra8 18. Ne5 Bb7 19. Nc4
$1 Qa6 (19... dxc4 20. bxc4 {[%cal Gb1b7]}) 20. Nd6 Rf8 21. Nxb7 Qxb7 22. Bd6 (
22. a4 $1 {[%cal Gc3b5]}) 22... Rf7 23. e4 Ng4 $132 {0-1 Piket,J-Baklan,V/
Neukoelln GER 1999 (37)}) 12. Re1 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] This move is a srong
improvement to compare with previous game,where black get a good play after:} (
12. Qc2 Nc7 {[%csl Gd5]} 13. Rd1 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 (14. bxc3 Bc4 15. Bh6 Re8 $13 {
[%csl Ga2,Gd5]}) 14... Bxe2 15. Bh6 Nf6 16. Rd2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Re8 18. a3 Qd7 {
[%cal Gc7b5,Gb5d4] 1/2-1/2 Illescas Cordoba,M-Stanojoski,Z/Batumi GEO 1999 (45)
}) 12... Nc7 13. e4 Nb5 (13... Bc4 14. a3 (14. a4 Na6 $1 {[%csl Gd3][%cal
Ga6b4]}) 14... Qb8 (14... Nb5 $143 15. Nxb5 Bxb5 16. b4 $16) (14... Rb8 15. Bf4
) 15. Bf4 $14 {[%cal Ge4e5]}) 14. Ne2 $1 {[%mdl 32] The key move in my opening
srategy.White knight controlles d4-square and the most imortant fact-black
knight only disturb to black piecies to play on the queenside.} (14. Nxb5 Bxb5
15. a3 Qc7 {[%cal Gf8b8]} 16. b3 (16. b4 $140 c4 17. Nd4 Ba4 18. Qd2 c3 19. Qe3
Qc4 $1 $36 {[%cal Gc4a2]}) 16... Rfb8 $44 {[%csl Ga3,Gb3]}) 14... Qb6 (14...
Nf6 15. e5 (15. Nf4 $5) 15... dxe5 16. Nxe5 Bb7 {[%csl Ga2,Gd5]} 17. Nf4 Nd4
$132 (17... Rxa2 $143 18. Qb3 Qa5 19. Be3 $16)) 15. Be3 (15. b4 cxb4 16. Rxb4
Qa5 $1 17. Ra4 Qc7 $44 {[%csl Ga4]}) 15... Rfb8 16. a4 Nc7 $1 (16... Na3 17. a5
$1 Qb7 18. bxa3 Qxb1 19. Qxb1 Rxb1 20. Rxb1 Bxe2 21. Rb7 Nf6 22. Rxe7 (22. e5
$2 Nxd5 23. exd6 exd6 24. Ng5 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Rxa5) (22. Nd2 Ng4 $1 (22... Rxa5
23. Rb8+ Bf8 24. Bh6 Nd7 25. Rd8) 23. Bf1 (23. Bf4) (23. Bg5 f6) 23... Bxf1 24.
Nxf1 Rxa5 (24... Nxe3 $2 25. Nxe3 Rxa5 26. Nc4 Ra4 27. Nb6 Rxe4 28. Rb8+ Bf8
29. Nd7 $18)) 22... Rxa5 23. e5 $1 (23. Ng5 Ng4 $1 (23... Rxa3 24. h3 Bh6 25.
Nxf7) 24. Re8+ Bf8 25. Bc1 Rb5 26. f3 Rb1 (26... Nf6 27. Ra8 Rb1 28. Kf2 Rxc1
29. Kxe2) 27. fxg4 Rxc1+ 28. Kf2 Rc2 $11) 23... Rxa3 24. h3 dxe5 (24... Bxf3
25. exf6 $18) 25. Nxe5 $16 {[%csl Gc5,Gf7]}) 17. b4 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 (18. Rxe2 Qa6
$132) 18... Rxa4 19. Bh3 $1 Ne5 (19... Nf6 20. bxc5 Qxb1 21. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 22. Kg2
Nxe4 23. Bd4 $3 (23. Qc2 $2 Nc3 $17) (23. cxd6 Nxd5 $1 (23... exd6 24. Bd4 Bxd4
25. Qxe4 Rbb4 26. Qe7 Nxd5 27. Qe8+ Kg7 28. Ng5 Ra7 29. Bd7 Nf6 30. Qxf7+ Kh6
31. Ne6 Rxd7 32. Qf8+ Kh5 33. Nxd4 Rxd4 34. Qxf6 $18 {[%csl Gh5]}) 24. Bd4 Nxd6
25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qd3 Rb5 27. Bd7 Rab4 28. Bxb5 Rxb5 $11) 23... Rxd4 (23... f5
24. cxd6 Nxd5 (24... exd6 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qc2 {[%csl Ga4,Gb1,Gc7]}) 25. Qd3
$1 $18 {[%csl Gb1,Gd5][%cal Gd4g7]} (25. d7 Rb8 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Ng5 Nxg5 28.
Qe5+ Nf6 29. Qxb8 Nxd7 30. Qe8 Rd4 31. Qxe7+ Kh6)) (23... Bxd4 24. Qxe4 Rbb4
25. Qxe7 Nxd5 26. Qe8+ Kg7 27. cxd6 $18) 24. Nxd4 Nxc5 25. Qxe7 Nxd5 26. Qe8+
Bf8 27. Ne6 $16) (19... Rxb4 20. Rxb4 Qxb4 21. Bxd7 Qxe4 22. Bg5 (22. Bc6 Nxd5)
22... Qxe2 23. Rxe2 Nxd5 24. Bxe7 Nxe7 25. Rxe7 Kf8 $1 26. Re2 $16) 20. Nd2 $1
{[%cal Gb4c5,Gf2f4]} (20. Nxe5 $2 Bxe5 21. bxc5 Qxb1 22. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 23. Kg2
Rxe4 $17) 20... Rxb4 (20... Qa6 21. Qxa6 Nxa6 22. bxc5 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 dxc5 24.
Rb7 $1 (24. Bc8 $5 {[%csl Gc5]}) (24. f4 $2 Nd3 25. e5 Nab4 $11) 24... Ra1+ (
24... c4 25. Rxe7 {[%cal Ge7e8]} Kf8 26. Ra7 c3 27. Nb3 Nc4 (27... c2 28. Bf1
$18) 28. d6 Nxd6 29. Bf1 $18) 25. Kg2 Nd3 {[%cal Gd3e1]} 26. Bc8 Ne1+ 27. Kh3
Nc2 28. Bg5 $18) 21. Rxb4 Qxb4 22. f4 c4 $2 ({Of course more stubborn was} 
22... Nb5 23. fxe5 Bxe5 24. Rf1 $1 $16 {[%csl Gf7] and white piece must be
desicive in future.} Bd4 25. Kh1) 23. fxe5 c3 24. Nc4 ({More easy} 24. Rb1 $142
$1 c2 (24... Qxb1+ 25. Nxb1 Rxb1+ 26. Bf1 Bxe5 27. Qc4 $18) 25. Rxb4 c1=Q+ 26.
Nf1 $18 {[%cal Ge3c1]}) 24... dxe5 25. Qd3 Na6 26. Kf1 Nc5 27. Bxc5 Qxc5 28.
Rc1 Bh6 29. Rxc3 Rb4 30. Bg4 (30. Nxe5 Rb1+ 31. Qxb1 Qxc3 32. Nd3 $18) 30...
Qb5 31. Be2 Rb1+ 32. Kg2 Re1 33. Kh3 Qa6 34. Nxe5 Qb6 35. Nf3 Ra1 36. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.04"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2
Bg7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 (9... O-O $6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qc2 $1 Nb6 12. Rd1 Ne8 13. Bg5
Nc7 14. a4 Bb7 15. Qb3 Ncxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Bxb2 19. Ra2
Bg7 20. Nd2 Ra7 21. Nc4 Qb8 22. Qd3 Rd8 23. e4 Rdd7 24. a5 Rdb7 25. e5 Rb3 26.
Qc2 Rb1+ 27. Bf1 d5 28. Nd2 $16 {Karasev,V-Arykin,A/St Petersburg/1999/}) 10.
Rb1 $5 {This method of fighting Black's setup has become very popular lately
and it has become a serious alternative to the former main line.} (10. O-O Nb6
$1 $44 {<=>}) 10... O-O (10... Nb6 11. b3 Bb7 12. Nh4 O-O 13. O-O Qd7 (13...
Ne8 14. Bb2 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Rxa2 16. e4 e5 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Ra1 Rxa1 19. Bxa1
Qe7 20. f4 Nd7 21. Qg4 Nef6 22. Qg5 Qe8 23. Re1 Kf7 24. e5 Bxg2 25. exf6 Bd5
26. f5 Rg8 27. fxe6+ Bxe6 28. Nf3 Qa8 29. Qe3 Re8 30. Qh6 {1-0,Jussupow,
A-Kersten,U/GER-ch Altenkirchen/1999/}) 14. Bb2 Rfc8 15. Qd2 Ne8 16. e4 Nc7 17.
f4 Rd8 18. f5 $6 Qe8 19. Kh1 Ba6 20. Rfe1 Nd7 21. Nf3 Qf8 22. Nd1 Bb7 23. Bxg7
Qxg7 24. Ne3 Nb5 25. Rbc1 Rdb8 26. Nc4 Nd4 27. Nxd4 Qxd4 28. Qxd4 cxd4 29. Re2
Ba6 30. Rd2 Bxc4 31. Rxc4 Ne5 32. Rcxd4 Rc8 $44 {Slipak,S-Hoffman,A/Buenos
Aires/1999/}) 11. O-O Qa5 (11... Ne8 $5 12. Qc2 (12. Bd2 Nb6 13. b4 cxb4 14.
Rxb4 Nc4 15. Be1 Qc7 16. Nd4 Qc5 17. Ncb5 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Rxa2 19. e3 Nf6 20. Nd4
Ne5 21. Qb3 Raa8 22. Bd2 Rfc8 23. f4 Nc4 24. Bc1 Na5 25. Qb2 Nc4 26. Qb1 Ng4
27. Rb5 Bxd4 $5 28. Rxc5 Bxc5 $44 {Arkell,K-Mortazavi,A/Cappelle la Grande/
1991/}) 12... Nc7 13. Rd1 Bxc3 $5 14. Qxc3 Bxe2 15. Bh6 Nf6 16. Rd2 Bxf3 17.
Bxf3 Re8 18. a3 Qd7 19. Kg2 Nb5 20. Qd3 Reb8 21. Re1 Nd4 22. b4 Nxf3 23. Qxf3
cxb4 24. axb4 Ng4 25. Bf4 f6 26. h3 Ne5 27. Bxe5 fxe5 28. Re4 Ra4 29. Rb2 Qb5
$11 {Illescas Cordoba,M-Stanojoski,Z/EU-chT Batumi /1999/}) (11... Nb6 12. b3
Ra7 13. a4 (13. Re1 e6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Ng5 Re7 16. Bh3 Bc8 17. Nce4 Nfd5 18.
Bb2 h6 19. Nf3 Bb7 20. Qd2 Nf4 $13 {Konnov,O-Dolomatov,N/Ufa/1999/}) (13. Bb2
Qa8 14. Nh4 Rb8 15. Ba1 Rab7 16. Qc2 Nc8 17. Rfd1 Na7 18. e4 Nd7 19. Nf3 Rb4
20. a3 R4b7 21. h3 Nc8 22. a4 Rb6 23. Bf1 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Na7 25. Nd2 Qb7 26. Na2
Bxa1 27. Rxa1 Qa6 28. Rfe1 $14 {Cebalo,M-Bancod,R/Genova op/1999/}) 13... Qa8
14. Nh4 Rb8 15. Bb2 Nbd7 16. Ba1 Ne5 17. Qc2 Rab7 18. Rfd1 Qa7 19. Bf1 Ne8 20.
Ne4 Rb6 21. Nd2 Nd7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nhf3 Nef6 24. e4 Rb4 25. Bxa6 Qxa6 26.
Nc4 Nb6 27. Nfd2 Nfd7 28. Na3 $1 $16 {Piket,J-Topalov,V/Wijk aan Zee/1999/})
12. Bd2 (12. Qc2 Rfb8 13. Bd2 {-12.Bd2}) 12... Rfb8 13. b3 {Although this move
fits White's plans, it's wiser to postpone (and prepare) it for a while, as
now it will not be so easy to repel Black's Q.} (13. Qc2 $142 $5 Ra7 $5 (13...
Qc7 14. b3 (14. Rfc1 Bc4 15. b3 Bxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Ne1 e6 18. Nd3 Ra3 19.
e4 Ne7 20. Bb4 Ra7 21. a4 Nc6 22. Bc3 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 Qa5 24. Qxa5 Rxa5 25. Bf3
Kf8 26. Kg2 Ke7 27. Bd1 Nde5 28. Nxe5 Nxe5 29. Be2 Rb4 30. f3 f5 $17 {_|_|^,
Whiteley,A-Vukcevich,M/Hastings/1976/}) (14. Nh4 Ra7 15. b3 Rab7 16. a4 Qb6 17.
Rfe1 Ne5 18. h3 Nh5 19. g4 Nf6 20. Nd1 Nc4 21. Bc1 Qb4 22. Nf3 Na3 23. Bxa3
Qxa3 24. Nd2 Nd7 25. Ne3 Qb4 $44 {Pavlovic,D-Pap,M/Nis/1995/}) 14... Rb7 $5 (
14... Nb6 15. Nh4 Qa7 16. a4 Ne8 17. Rfd1 Nc7 18. e4 Nd7 19. Bg5 h6 20. Be3 Rb4
21. Na2 Rbb8 22. f4 Bc8 23. e5 dxe5 24. fxe5 Bxe5 25. Nxg6 Bf6 26. Nf4 Ne8 27.
Nc3 $16 {Konopelchenkova,T-Melamed,T/Moscow/ 1996/}) 15. Rfe1 Qb8 16. h3 Ne8
17. Bg5 (17. e4 $5 $14) 17... h6 {1/2,Sarosi,Z-Rat,D/HUN-chT/1998/}) (13... Nb6
14. b3 Qb4 15. Rfe1 c4 16. e4 cxb3 17. Rxb3 Qc5 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Bxb6 $2 (19.
Qb1 $14) 19... Rxb6 20. Rxb6 Qxb6 21. Qb3 Qc5 22. Na4 Qa5 23. Nc3 Ng4 $40 {
Papp,Z-Antal,S/HUN-chT/1998/}) (13... Ng4 14. a4 Nge5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. b3 Qd8
17. Rfd1 Ra7 18. Be1 Rab7 19. Na2 Qc8 20. b4 cxb4 21. Qxc8+ Rxc8 22. Nxb4 Bxe2
23. Nc6 $1 $16 {Skomorokhin,R-Eliseev,A/St Petersburg/ 1996/}) 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15.
b3 Rba8 16. Be1 Ne8 17. h3 Qa5 18. a4 Rb7 19. e4 Rab8 20. Nb5 Qd8 21. Bf1 Nc7
22. Na3 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Na6 24. Nc4 Nb4 25. Bxb4 Rxb4 26. Kg2 Qc7 $132 {
Skomorokhin,R-Vajda,L/Budapest/1994/}) 13... Qa3 $1 (13... Ne8 14. Qc2 Bb7 15.
a4 Qd8 16. e4 Nc7 17. Rfe1 Na6 18. Na2 Rc8 19. Bf4 Qb6 20. Qd2 Nc7 21. h4 Qa5
22. Bh3 Rd8 23. Bg5 Nf6 24. Qxa5 Rxa5 25. Nd2 h6 26. Nc4 Ra6 27. Bd2 e6 28. Ba5
Nfe8 29. dxe6 fxe6 30. Rbd1 $16 {Skomorokhin,R-Mudrov,V/Novgorod/1995/}) 14.
Qc2 Nb6 15. Bc1 Qa5 16. Rd1 Ne8 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (16... Bb7 $6 17. Bd2 Ne8 (
17... Qa3 18. Nb5 $1 Qxa2 19. Rb2 Qa6 20. Nc7 $16) 18. a4 Nd7 19. e4 Qd8 20.
Nb5 Ba6 21. Bf1 Nc7 22. Nxc7 Bxf1 $6 23. Nxa8 Be2 24. Kg2 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Rxa8
26. Be1 Rb8 27. Nd2 Qb6 28. Rb1 Qa6 29. Nc4 Ne5 30. Na3 $1 $16 {Gavrikov,
V-Lukov,V/Moscow/1989/}) 17. Bd2 {[%cal Ya2a4,Rc3b5] /\a4,Nb5} Qa3 $1 18. e4
Bc8 19. h3 Bd7 $44 20. Bc1 Qa5 21. Bd2 Qa3 22. Bc1 Qa5 23. Bb2 {White decides
to play for a win, but Black has sufficient <=>.} (23. Bd2 Qa3 $11) 23... Nc7 (
23... Bxc3 24. Bxc3 Qxa2 25. Rb2 Qa6 26. e5 $40) (23... c4 $6 24. Nd4 $16) 24.
a3 (24. a4 c4 25. Nd2 Na6 $5 $132) 24... Qa6 {Black's Q has fulfilled it's
task, now it moves over to the >>.} 25. Bf1 $6 {Only weakens White's >>.} (25.
Kh2 $142 Qc8 26. Nd2 $5 $13 {/+/=}) 25... Qc8 26. Kh2 f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e4,Rd7f5]
/\fe4,Bf5} 27. Ra1 (27. Nd2 $5 Qf8 28. b4 $13) 27... Qf8 28. Rd2 fxe4 29. Qxe4
Qf5 $1 30. Qxf5 Bxf5 {[%csl Rb3,Rd5] ><b3,d5 As is quite typical for the Volga
gambit, an exchange of Q gives Black a good _|_, where he can attack White's
weaknesses without bothering about his K.} 31. Re1 Kf8 (31... Bxc3 $5 32. Bxc3
Ncxd5 33. Bb2 Ra7 $13) 32. Ng5 $2 (32. Nb5 $142 $1 Nxb5 (32... Bxb2 33. Nxc7
Bc3 34. Nxa8 Bxd2 35. Nxd2 Rxa8 36. a4 $16 {/\} Nxd5 37. Bg2 e6 38. g4 $18) (
32... Ncxd5 33. Bxg7+ Kxg7 34. Nc7 $1 Nxc7 35. Rxe7+ $16) 33. Bxg7+ Kxg7 34.
Bxb5 Rxa3 35. Rxe7+ Kf6 36. Re3 $8 Nc8 37. Bc4 Nb6 $132) 32... h6 33. Nge4 Nd7
$36 34. b4 (34. Bc4 Ne5 35. Re3 Nxc4 36. bxc4 Rb3 $5 (36... Rxb2 37. Rxb2 Bxe4
38. Rxe4 Bxc3 39. Rb7 Ba5 $5 $17) 37. Nb5 Rxe3 38. Nxc7 Rxe4 39. Nxa8 Bxb2 40.
Rxb2 Rxc4 $17 {[%csl Gc5] o^c}) 34... cxb4 35. axb4 Rxb4 36. Bg2 Nf6 37. Nxf6
Bxf6 38. Rc1 $2 $138 (38. Nd1 $8 Bxb2 39. Nxb2 Ra2 40. Ree2 Nb5 $36) 38... Nb5
$1 $19 (38... Bg5 39. f4 Rxf4 $17) 39. g4 (39. Nd1 Ra2 $19) (39. f4 Rxb2 40.
Rxb2 Nxc3 $19) (39. Nxb5 Bxb2 $19) 39... Bg5 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Val d'Isere"]
[Date "2002.08.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Fontaine, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nf3 d6 8. g3
Bg7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. Rb1 $5 (10. O-O Nb6 $1 {/\} 11. Rb1 $2 Bc4 {><a2,d5}) 10...
O-O (10... Nb6 11. b3 O-O 12. O-O {only transposes into the game.}) 11. O-O Nb6
{It's still not quite clear what's Black's best reaction against White's setup.
} (11... Qa5 12. Bd2 Rfb8 (12... Nb6 13. b3 Qa3 14. Ne1 $1 Bb7 15. Nc2 Qa6 16.
e4 Nfd7 (16... e6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Re1 Rad8 19. a4 d5 20. exd5 exd5 21. Nb5
$36 {Kruppa,Y-Krivoshey,S/Kiev/2001/}) 17. a4 Qa7 18. Nb5 Qb8 19. Nca3 Ba6 20.
Re1 Qb7 21. Qc2 Rfb8 22. Bc3 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 Qc8 24. Bf1 Qd8 25. f4 $16 {Dautov,
R-Felgaer,R/Port Erin op/2002/ This is an ideal situation for White-his grip
on b5 stops Black's << play for a long time, enabling him to play in the [+]
and on the >>. Even exchanging Q would help Black now.}) 13. Qc2 Nb6 14. Rfd1
Ne8 15. b3 Qa3 16. Bc1 Qa5 17. Bb2 (17. Bd2 Qa3 18. e4 Bc8 19. h3 Bd7 20. Bc1
Qa5 21. Bd2 Qa3 22. Bc1 Qa5 23. Bb2 Nc7 24. a3 Qa6 {Avrukh,B-Ponomariov,R/
EU-chT Batumi/1999/} 25. Nd2 $5 $14) 17... Bc8 18. Rbc1 Nc7 19. Qd2 Bd7 20. e4
Nb5 $5 {Barsov,A-Mensch,E/Metz op/2002/} 21. Nxb5 Bxb5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rc2
Qxd2 24. Nxd2 $14) (11... Ng4 12. Qc2 Qa5 13. Bd2 Nge5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. b3
Rfb8 16. a4 Qc7 17. Rfe1 Ra7 18. f4 Nd7 19. e4 Rab7 20. Kh1 c4 21. b4 Rxb4 22.
Nb5 R4xb5 23. axb5 Rxb5 24. Rxb5 Bxb5 25. Rb1 $16 {Savchenko,S-Heine,R/Senden/
2002/}) 12. b3 Ra7 13. Re1 $5 ({Earlier White used to play the rather committal
} 13. a4 Qa8 14. Nh4 Rb8 15. Bb2 (15. Re1 $5 $14) 15... Nbd7 (15... c4 $5) 16.
Ba1 Ne5 (16... Rab7 $142 $1 {/\c4<=>}) 17. Qc2 Rab7 18. Rfd1 Qa7 19. Bf1 Ne8 $6
({This was the last chance for an advantageous break} 19... c4 $5 20. bxc4 Bxc4
21. Rxb7 Rxb7 $44) 20. Ne4 Rb6 21. Nd2 Nd7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nhf3 Nef6 24. e4
Rb4 25. Bxa6 Qxa6 26. Nc4 Nb6 27. Nfd2 Nfd7 28. Na3 Nf6 29. Qc3 Nbd7 30. Nc2
R4b7 31. Nc4 $16 {Piket,J-Topalov,V/Wijk aan Zee/1999/}) (13. Qd2 Qa8 14. Rd1
Rb8 15. Bb2 Bb7 16. e4 Ne8 17. Qc2 Nc7 18. h4 Bc8 19. h5 Bg4 20. hxg6 hxg6 21.
Qd2 Nd7 $132 {Johannessen,L-Djurhuus,R/NOR-ch Roros/2002/}) 13... Qa8 (13... e6
$6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Bh3 Re7 16. Ng5 Bc8 17. Nge4 $16 d5 18. Nxc5 e5 19. Bg2 e4
20. N5a4 Nxa4 21. bxa4 Qd6 22. Rb5 d4 23. Qb3+ Kh8 24. Ba3 $18 {Neverov,
V-Gunnarsson,J/EU-ch Ohrid/2001/}) (13... Bb7 14. e4 Ng4 15. Qc2 {/\} Bxc3 16.
Qxc3 Rxa2 17. b4 $1 $40) 14. e4 Bb7 $6 {Black starts to lose track and White
quickly builds up a won position.} ({It was necessary to seak active <=> with} 
14... Ng4 $142 15. Bb2 Rb8 $5 (15... Nd7 16. a4 $1 (16. h3 Nge5 17. Bf1 Nxf3+
18. Qxf3 Bd4 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. a4 Ne5 21. Qd1 f5 $1 22. Nb5 fxe4 23. Nc7 Qb7
24. Nxa6 Nf3+ $36 {Fernandez,R-Vescovi,G/Guarapuava op/1992/}) 16... Rb8 17.
Bf1 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Nge5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Nb5 Rab7 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. h4 $16 {
[%csl Gb5] Antic,D-Perunovic,M/Nis/1995/ is White's ideal-with the <->b
plugged Black has no <=> whatsoever.}) 16. h3 (16. Qc2 Nd7 17. Red1 $5 $14)
16... Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Qc2 Nd7 19. Nd1 c4 20. bxc4 Rab7 21. Nc3 Bxc4 22.
Ba1 Nc5 23. Rxb7 Rxb7 24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 Rb4 $44 {Alexandrova,O-Schuurman,P/
EU-chW Varna/2002/}) (14... Ne8 15. Bb2 Nc7 16. a4 Bb7 17. h4 c4 $2 18. Nb5 $1
Nxb5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. axb5 cxb3 21. Qd4+ {1-0, Lalic,B-Struik,T/Zwolle/2002/})
15. a4 {White strengthens his control of the important b5-square.} Rc8 (15...
c4 $2 16. Nb5 Ra5 17. Bd2 $18) 16. Bh3 $1 Nfd7 17. Nb5 Ra6 18. Bg5 Kf8 19. Qd2
$16 {[%cal Yg5h6] /\Bh6,->>>} c4 $6 {[%mdl 4] Bacrot has squashed any <=> in a
model way. It's difficult to recommend anything else, but Black's forces are
too passive for this counter to work.} 20. Rec1 (20. Be3 $5 cxb3 21. Bxb6 Nxb6
22. Bxc8 $18) 20... Nc5 (20... cxb3 21. Nc7 $18) (20... Ra5 21. Be3 $5 (21. Bh6
cxb3 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Nc7 (23. Bxd7 Bxd7 (23... Nxd7 24. Qc3 Nf6 25. Bxg7+
Kxg7 26. Nc7 Qa7 27. Ne8+ $18) 24. Qd4 f6 25. Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qxb6 Bxb5 27. axb5
Ra1 28. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 29. Kg2 b2 30. Nd2 b1=Q 31. Nxb1 Qxb1 $16) 23... Qa7 24. Qc3
Nf6 25. Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Ne8+ $16 {->}) 21... cxb3 22. Nc7 $18) 21. Bxc8 Qxc8 22.
bxc4 Nbxa4 23. Qe3 Nd7 24. Bh6 $18 {Black has partly freed his position, but
White's material superiority is decisive.} Nac5 25. Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Ra1 Rb6 27.
Kg2 Nf6 28. Nd2 e6 29. Ra5 Ncd7 30. Rca1 h5 31. f3 (31. c5 $5 Nxc5 32. Nc4 {/\}
Nxd5 33. exd5 Bxd5+ 34. Kg1 Bxc4 35. Qd4+ $18) 31... h4 32. c5 $1 h3+ 33. Kg1
dxc5 (33... Nxc5 34. Nc4 Ra6 35. Ncxd6 Rxa5 36. Rxa5 Qd8 37. Ra7 $18) 34. Nc4
Ra6 $8 35. Rxa6 Bxa6 36. Ncd6 Qa8 37. dxe6 fxe6 38. Nc7 Qb8 (38... Qa7 39. Ndb5
{/\Ra6+-}) (38... Qc6 39. Nxe6+ (39. e5 Qxc7 40. exf6+ Nxf6 41. Rxa6 $18) 39...
Kh7 40. Qf4 $18) 39. Nxe6+ Kh7 40. Ng5+ (40. Rxa6 Qb1+ 41. Kf2 Qh1 {just
needlessly prolongs the game, White winds it up with a mating attack.}) 40...
Kg7 41. Ne6+ Kh7 42. Nf5 $1 gxf5 (42... Ng8 43. Qg5 Ndf6 44. Ne7 $18) 43. Qg5
Ne8 (43... Qg8 44. Qxf5+ Qg6 45. Qxh3+ Qh6 46. Qxh6+ Kxh6 47. Rxa6 $18) 44.
Qh5+ Kg8 45. Qg6+ (45. Qg6+ Kh8 46. Ng5 $18) 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 60th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2003.05.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2003.04.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Konikowski} Nf6 2. c4 g6 (2... c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. g3
(6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 d6 8. g3 Bg7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. Rb1 Nb6 11. b3 O-O 12. O-O Ra7
13. Re1 Nbd7 $146 14. h3 Qa5 15. Bb2 (15. Bd2 $5 $14) 15... Rb8 16. e4 Ne8 17.
Na4 $2 (17. Qc2 $14 {was still good enough}) 17... Bxb2 18. Rxb2 Bb5 19. Rd2
Bxa4 20. bxa4 Qxa4 21. Qxa4 Rxa4 22. e5 Kf8 23. e6 fxe6 24. Rxe6 Nc7 $17 {
Le Roch,D-Moret,V/FRA-chT/2003/}) 6... d6 7. Bg2 g6 8. Bd2 Bg7 9. Bc3 O-O 10.
Nh3 Nbd7 11. O-O Qb6 12. Nd2 Rfb8 13. Nf4 Ne8 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. b3 Ne5 16. Qc2
Nf6 17. Rfe1 c4 $1 18. bxc4 Rc8 19. Reb1 Qa5 20. Nb3 Qa4 21. Nd4 Bxc4 22. Qd2
Qa5 23. Qxa5 Rxa5 24. Rc1 Rca8 25. Nc6 Rxa2 26. Rxa2 Rxa2 27. Nxe5 {1/2,Ionov,
S-Sergeev,V/St Petersburg/2003/} dxe5 $11) 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5
b5 (6... d6 7. O-O b5 8. cxb5 a6 9. Nc3 axb5 10. Nxb5 Ba6 11. Nc3 Nbd7 12. Qc2
Qb6 13. Rd1 Rfb8 14. h3 Ne8 15. e4 c4 $6 16. Rb1 Nc5 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Bd4 Nd3
19. Bxg7 Nxg7 20. Bf1 Qc5 21. Bxd3 cxd3 22. Qd2 Nh5 23. Kg2 Nf6 24. Ne1 Qd4 25.
f3 Ra7 26. Nxd3 Rc7 27. Qf2 Qxf2+ 28. Nxf2 $18 {Riazantsev,A-Harikrishna,P/
WChJ Cannes/1997/}) 7. cxb5 d6 8. Nc3 a6 9. bxa6 Bxa6 10. O-O {As Black has
first castled instead of Nd7-b6, White will be able to play Qc2 and doesn't
have to transpose into the Rb1 lines with} (10. Rb1 Nbd7 11. O-O Qa5 12. Bd2
Rfb8 13. Qc2 Qc7 $5 (13... Ne8 14. Rfe1 Nc7 15. a4 $1 Qb6 16. b3 Bxc3 17. Bxc3
Nxd5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxd5 Bb7 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Rec1 f6 23. Qe4
Kg7 24. Rc3 Rab8 25. Qc2 $16 {Kramnik,V-Topalov,V/Wijk aan Zee/2003/}) 14. b3
Nb6 15. Ng5 h6 (15... Bb7 16. e4 Ba6 17. Rfd1 Ng4 18. Nf3 Nd7 19. Be1 Nge5 20.
a4 Rb7 21. h3 Rab8 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. f4 Nd7 24. Kh2 $14 {Barsov,A-Kasparov,S/
Cairo/2001/}) 16. Nh3 Bb7 17. e4 Ba6 18. Rfd1 Ng4 19. Bf1 (19. Be1 Ne5 20. Nf4
$13 {/+/=}) 19... Ne5 20. Kg2 Qc8 21. f4 Ng4 22. Nf2 Nxf2 23. Kxf2 Bxf1 24.
Rxf1 Qh3 (24... e6 $5 $132) 25. Kg1 Nd7 26. Nd1 Nf6 {Van Beek,L-Heinemann,T/BL
0203/2003/} 27. Nf2 $16) 10... Nbd7 11. Qc2 Qb6 12. h3 (12. Rd1 {or}) (12. Rb1
{are played more often, White wants to prevent the manoeuvre Ng4-e5.}) 12...
Rfb8 13. Rd1 (13. Rb1 $5 {/\} Bc4 $2 14. Nd2 Bxa2 15. Ra1 $18) 13... Ne8 14.
Nd2 (14. e4 $5 $14 {-see Riazantsev-Harikrishna, there we had the same
position, only with an extra move.}) 14... Nc7 15. a4 $146 {[%mdl 2048] This
committal move prevents Nb5, but was it so necessary? Now Black gets good
piece play.} (15. Rb1 Nb5 16. Nc4 Qa7 17. Nxb5 Bxb5 18. Na3 Ba6 19. b3 Qb7 20.
Bb2 Nf6 21. e3 (21. e4 $142 $5 $36) 21... Qb4 22. Nc4 Bxc4 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24.
bxc4 Qa5 $11 {Csom,I-Gligoric,S/Ljubljana-Portoroz/1973/}) 15... Qa5 (15... c4
16. Ra3 Nc5 17. Nde4 $14) 16. Ra3 Rb4 (16... Rb7 $44) (16... Nb6 $5 {/\Nc4,
Bc3~~}) 17. Na2 Rb7 (17... Rd4 18. e3 (18. Nc3 Rb4 $11) (18. Nb3 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1
Qb6 $132) 18... Rd3 (18... Bd3 19. Qb3 $1 (19. Rxd3 $2 Rxd3 20. Qxd3 Qxa4 $15)
19... c4 20. Qb4 Qa7 $5 21. Nc3 $1 (21. exd4 Rb8 $14 {<=>}) 21... Rb8 22. Nb5
Bc2 23. Qc3 $1 $18) 19. Nc3 {[%csl Rd3] צd3} c4 20. Nxc4 $1 $14 {/+/-}) 18.
Re3 $5 {An original manoeuvre, White intends to play b3 without shutting out
the R.} (18. e4 Ne5 $44 {/\} 19. f4 $2 Bd3 $1 20. Rxd3 Nxd3 $19) 18... Kf8 (
18... Re8 {/\} 19. b3 Nb6 20. Nb1 c4 $1 $11) 19. b3 Nf6 $6 (19... Bh6 20. Re4 {
[%cal Rd2c4] /\Nc4+-} (20. f4 Bg7 21. Bb2 Bd4 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Qb2 Qxa4 $13)
20... Bg7 21. Nc4 Bxc4 22. Rxc4 Rab8 23. Bd2 Qa7 24. Rb1 Nb6 25. Rh4 $14) (
19... Bd4 $6 20. b4 $1 Rxb4 (20... Qb6 21. b5 Bxb5 22. axb5 Bxe3 23. fxe3 $16)
21. Nxb4 Qxb4 22. Rb3 $16) (19... Nb6 $142 20. Nb1 c4 21. Bd2 cxb3 22. Rxb3
Qxa4 23. Nbc3 Qe8 24. Rdb1 Rab8 $11) 20. Nb1 $6 (20. Nc4 $142 Bxc4 21. Qxc4 $14
{/+/-}) 20... Rbb8 {[%cal Ya6c8] /\Bc8} (20... Bh6 21. Rc3 Bg7 22. Na3 $14) 21.
Na3 {'?' Konikowski.} (21. Kh2 $142 {Konikowski}) 21... Qb6 {'?' Konikowski.} (
21... Ncxd5 $142 $1 {Konikowski} 22. Rxd5 (22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Qe1+ 24. Kg2
Bb7 25. Red3 Bd4 $19) 22... Qe1+ 23. Kh2 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 Qxf2+ 25. Kh1 Bd4 $17)
22. Kh2 Bc8 (22... Bh6 23. Rc3 (23. f4 $5) 23... Bxc1 24. Nxc1 $14) 23. Nc4 Qb7
24. Qd2 (24. Bb2 $1 $36 {/\} Nfxd5 $2 (24... Bh6 25. Red3 {/\} Bf5 $2 26. Bxf6
Bxd3 27. Rxd3 exf6 28. Nxd6 $18) 25. Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Rxe7 $18 {->}) 24... Qa6
25. a5 $6 ({More solid was} 25. Bb2 $142 $5 Bb7 26. Nc3 $14) 25... Ra7 26. f4
Nb5 $5 (26... Bb7 27. Rd3 (27. Nc3 Ba8 $13) 27... Bxd5 28. Bxd5 Nfxd5 29. Rxd5
Nxd5 30. Qxd5 Rxb3 $132) 27. b4 Nd4 28. Nb6 Bf5 29. Ra3 (29. bxc5 $143 Qxa5 $1
(29... dxc5 30. Ra3 {-29.Ra3}) 30. Qxa5 (30. Qxd4 Ng4+ $1 $17) 30... Rxa5 31.
Rxd4 (31. Ra3 Rxa3 32. Bxa3 Nc2 $15) 31... Rxa2 $36) 29... Qxe2 (29... Nc2 30.
Ra4 $1 (30. Rb3 cxb4 (30... Nd4 31. Rb2 $14) 31. Nxb4 Nxb4 32. Qxb4 Kg8 $5 $11
(32... Qxe2 33. Nd7+ $1 Nxd7 34. Qxb8+ $1 Nxb8 35. Rxb8+ Bc8 36. Rxc8#)) 30...
Nxb4 31. Nxb4 cxb4 32. Bb2 $36) 30. Qxe2 Nxe2 31. bxc5 Nxc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]
This miscalculation ruins the game.} (31... dxc5 32. Be3 Nd4 $1 $36 (32... Rxb6
$6 33. Bxc5 Rbb7 34. Bxa7 Rxa7 35. Bf3 Bc2 36. Rd2 Nd4 37. Rxd4 Ng4+ 38. hxg4
Bxd4 39. Nb4 Bc5 $1 $14)) 32. Rxc1 dxc5 33. Rxc5 $16 Nd7 (33... Rxb6 $2 34.
axb6 Rxa3 35. b7 Rb3 36. Rc8+ Ne8 37. b8=Q $18) (33... Ne8 $5 $16) 34. Rc8+
Rxc8 35. Nxc8 Rc7 36. Nb6 {[%csl Ga5] o^a} Ra7 (36... Bd4 37. g4 Bb1 38. Nxd7+
Rxd7 39. Nb4 Bc5 40. Rb3 Bxb4 41. Rxb4 $16 {/+-}) 37. Nb4 $1 h5 (37... Nxb6 $2
38. axb6 Rxa3 39. b7 $18) 38. Nc6 Rc7 39. Nxd7+ Bxd7 40. a6 $18 Bxc6 $8 41.
dxc6 {White's o^ are unstoppable.} Bd4 42. Rd3 Bc5 (42... e5 43. fxe5 Ba7 (
43... Bxe5 44. Rd7 $18) 44. Rb3 $18) (42... Ba7 43. Rd8+ Kg7 44. Rd7 $18) 43.
Rd8+ Kg7 44. Rd7 Rc8 (44... Rxd7 45. cxd7 Bb6 46. a7 $18) 45. c7 (45. c7 Bb6
46. Bb7 Rxc7 47. Rxc7 Bxc7 48. a7 $18) 1-0

[Event "HUN-ch 55th"]
[Site "Kazincbarcika"]
[Date "2005.05.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Black "Cao, Sang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2005.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nf3 g6 8. g3
Bg7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. Rb1 O-O 11. b3 ({The immediate} 11. O-O {is considered
better, White moves his pawn to b3 only when he is fully prepared.} Qa5 (11...
Ne8 12. Qc2 Nc7 13. a4 $5 (13. Rd1 Nb6 14. e4 Nb5 15. Nxb5 (15. Ne2 $5 $14)
15... Bxb5 16. b3 Qc8 17. Bg5 Re8 18. a4 $6 Nxa4 19. bxa4 Bxa4 20. Qc4 Bxd1 21.
Rxd1 Qa6 22. Qxa6 Rxa6 23. Bf1 Ra1 24. Rxa1 Bxa1 25. Nd2 Kg7 26. h4 f6 27. Be3
h5 $44 {/+/=,Tregubov,P-Gharamian,T/FRA-chT Clichy/2004/}) 13... Bb7 14. Rd1
Nb6 15. e4 Na6 16. b3 Nb4 17. Qd2 Ba6 18. Ba3 Nd3 19. Bf1 c4 20. Bxd3 cxd3 21.
Ne1 f5 22. Nxd3 Nd7 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. Nb4 Ne5 25. Kg2 Qc8 26. f4 Nf3 27. Kxf3
Bxc3 28. Nc6 $1 $18 {Grischuk,A-Tregubov,P/FRA-chT Noyon/2005/}) 12. Bd2 Rfb8
13. Qc2 Ne8 (13... Ng4 14. a4 Nge5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. b3 Qc7 (16... Qd8 17. Rfe1
Ra7 18. h3 Rab7 19. Na2 Qc8 20. f4 Nd7 {Kramnik,V-Van Wely,L/Monte Carlo blind/
2003/} 21. Bc3 (21. b4 $1 $16) 21... Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Rb6 23. e4 Qb7 24. Re3 Qa7
25. Kh2 c4 $6 26. b4 Nc5 27. Qc2 Bc8 28. a5 Rb5 29. Qxc4 $18 {Ushenina,A-Zhang
Jilin/WChJW Kochin/2004/}) 17. Rfe1 (17. Rfc1 Rb7 18. Bf1 Rab8 19. h3 Qc8 20.
Nb5 Bxb5 21. axb5 Rxb5 $1 22. f4 Nd7 23. e4 Bd4+ 24. Kg2 Rb4 25. Be2 Qd8 26.
Bxb4 Rxb4 $44 {Epishin,V-Cherniaev,A/Nice op/2002/}) 17... Ra7 18. f4 Nd7 19.
e4 Rab7 20. Kh1 $14 c4 $6 21. b4 $1 Rxb4 22. Nb5 $16 {Savchenko,S-Heine,R/
Senden op/2002/}) 14. Rfe1 Nc7 15. a4 $1 Qb6 16. b3 $1 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Nxd5 18.
Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxd5 Bb7 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Rec1 f6 23. Qe4 Kg7 24.
Rc3 $14 {[%csl Rc5,Re5,Re7] ק,Kramnik,V-Topalov,V/Wijk aan Zee/2003/ White's
better pawn-structure gives him a permanent advantage.}) 11... Qa5 12. Bd2 Rfb8
13. O-O Ng4 $6 ({The main reason why White tries to postpone b3 is} 13... Qa3
$142 $1 {, Cao Sang learned his lesson and successfully employed this move at
the EUR-ch:} 14. Qc2 (14. Bc1 Qa5 15. Bb2 Ne8 16. Qc2 c4 17. b4 $6 (17. Rfd1
Nc5 18. Ba1 Rb4 19. Nd2 cxb3 20. axb3 Nc7 21. Bf1 Bc8 22. e4 Qa7 23. Na4 Nxa4
24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. bxa4 Rxa4 26. Qc3+ Kg8 27. Rdc1 Ne8 28. Nc4 Ra2 $11 {Epishin,
V-Krivoshey,S/Graz op/2001/}) 17... Rxb4 18. Ba1 Rab8 19. Rxb4 Rxb4 20. Rd1 Nc5
21. Qd2 Qb6 22. Qe3 Bf6 23. g4 Na4 24. Nd4 $2 (24. Qxb6 $13) 24... Bxd4 25.
Rxd4 Rb1+ $1 26. Nxb1 Qxb1+ 27. Bf1 Qxa1 $19 {Gurevich,M-Cao Sang/EUR-ch
Warsaw/2005/,/\} 28. Qxe7 Qxd4 29. Qxe8+ Kg7 30. Qxa4 Qd2 $1 $19 {[%csl Gc4]
o^c4}) 14... Nb6 15. Bc1 Qa5 16. Rd1 Ne8 $5 17. Bb2 (17. Bd2 Qa3 18. e4 Bc8 19.
h3 Bd7 20. Bc1 Qa5 21. Bd2 Qa3 22. Bc1 Qa5 23. Bb2 Nc7 24. a3 Qa6 25. Bf1 Qc8
26. Kh2 f5 $1 $132 {0-1 Avrukh,B-Ponomariov,R/Batumi 1999/CBM 74 (39)}) 17...
Bc8 18. e4 $5 (18. Rbc1 Nc7 19. Qd2 Bd7 20. e4 Nb5 21. Qd3 Bg4 22. Rd2 Bxf3 23.
Bxf3 Nd7 24. Nxb5 Bxb2 25. Rxb2 Rxb5 $14 {/~~,Barsov,A-Mensch,E/Metz/2002/})
18... Bg4 (18... Nc7 $142) 19. Qc1 Bxc3 $6 20. Bxc3 Qxa2 21. e5 Nd7 22. exd6
Nxd6 23. Re1 $36 {Kruppa,Y-Averjanov,A/Alushta/2001/}) 14. Qc2 Qd8 (14... Qa3
$142 $5) 15. h3 Ngf6 $6 {[%mdl 32] Now Black's 13-th move transpires as a loss
of time and White can use a stratgem, unusual for the Volga - he starts
playing on the <<.} (15... Nge5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Rfe1 $36 {is similar to
Kramnik-Van Wely above, with the Q already chased away from a5 White can play
a4 later on at the moment of his choice.}) 16. Rfe1 Ne8 17. a4 Nc7 18. e4 Ra7
19. Na2 $1 $16 {[%cal Yd2c3,Rb3b4] /\Bc3,b4} e6 20. b4 ({Simpler was} 20. dxe6
$142 $5 Nxe6 21. b4 cxb4 22. Nxb4 $16) 20... exd5 21. b5 dxe4 (21... Bc8 $5 22.
Nc3 (22. exd5 Nb6 $5 23. a5 Bf5 $132) 22... d4 23. Ne2 $14) 22. Ng5 d5 $5 {
Black must resort to tactics,} (22... Bc8 23. Nxe4 $16 {is depressing.} d5 $140
24. Nxc5 Nxc5 25. b6 $1) 23. bxa6 h6 {Black regains the piece, but Berkes
keeps his calm.} 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Nc3 $1 {White cleverly activates his N
before recapturing the Pe4.} Rxa6 (25... f5 26. Nb5 Nxb5 (26... Rxa6 $2 27.
Nxc7 Qxc7 28. Qc4+ $18) 27. axb5 $16) (25... Bxc3 26. Rxb8 Qxb8 27. Qxc3 $18 {
/\Bh6,Be4}) (25... Nxa6 26. Nb5 $1 Rab7 27. Bxe4 Rb6 28. Ba5 $18) 26. Nxe4 $16
{[%csl Ga4,Gd2,Gg2] With his ^^ and a distant o^ White has a clear advantage.}
Ne6 27. a5 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Ra7 29. Kh1 $5 {Avoids any future tricks with Ne2(f3)
+.} (29. Qd3 Nd4 {[%cal Rd7e5] /\Ne5}) 29... Kh7 (29... Nd4 30. Qc4 Nc6 31. Nd6
$16) 30. Be1 {Too passive.} (30. Qd3 $142 $16) 30... Nf6 31. Qc4 Nxe4 32. Bxe4
Qc8 (32... Qd6 33. Bg2 $16) 33. h4 (33. Bg2 $5) 33... Nd4 34. Bg2 Qf5 35. Rc1
Re7 $6 {Black should have kept an eye on the o^.} (35... Nf3 $142 $14 {/\} 36.
Bc3 Nd4) 36. a6 g5 37. Qd5 $1 Re5 $2 (37... gxh4 38. Qxf5+ Nxf5 39. Bb7 $18) (
37... Qc8 $8 $16) 38. Qxe5 Qxe5 39. a7 $18 gxh4 40. a8=Q f5 41. Qd5 Qe2 42.
gxh4 c4 43. Qxc4 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2003.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2003.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nf3 g6 8. g3
Bg7 9. Bg2 O-O (9... Nfd7 $5 $146 10. O-O Nb6 11. Qc2 N8d7 12. Rd1 O-O 13. e4 (
13. b3 $6 Bxe2 $1 14. Qxe2 Bxc3 15. Rb1 Bg7 16. h4 Nf6 17. Ng5 Qc7 18. Be3 Rfb8
19. Rbc1 Qd8 20. Rc2 Ra7 21. Bc1 Rba8 22. Nh3 $13 {Ezat,M-Kasparov,S/Abu Dhabi/
2003/}) 13... Nc4 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 Ne5 16. Be1 Qb6 17. Rab1 c4 18. b4 cxb3
19. Qxb3 Qa7 20. a4 Bc4 21. Qc2 Rfc8 22. Rb4 Rab8 $44 {Burmakin,V-Kasparov,S/
Deizisau op/2003/}) 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rb1 Nb6 (11... Qa5 12. Bd2 (12. Qc2 Nb6
13. Nh4 Nfd7 14. Bg5 Rfe8 15. Rfc1 Bc4 16. Bd2 Qa6 17. b3 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Qxe2
19. Re1 Qa6 20. a4 c4 21. a5 {El Arousy,A-Sadathajafi,M/Abu Dhabi/2003/} c3 $1
22. Bxc3 Rac8 23. Re3 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 Qxa5 $15) 12... Rfb8 13. Qc2 Ne8 14. Rfe1
Nc7 15. a4 $1 Qb6 16. b3 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Nxd5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxd5 Bb7 20. Bxb7
Rxb7 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Rec1 f6 23. Qe4 Kg7 24. Rc3 Rab8 25. Qc2 Qe6 26. a5 $36
{Kramnik,V-Topalov,V/Wijk aan Zee/2003/}) 12. b3 Ne8 $5 (12... Ra7 13. Re1 (13.
a4 Qa8 14. Nh4 Rb8 15. Bb2 Nbd7 16. Ba1 Ne5 17. Qc2 Rab7 18. Rfd1 Qa7 19. Bf1
Ne8 $6 (19... c4 $5 $132) 20. Ne4 Rb6 21. Nd2 Nd7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nhf3 Nef6
24. e4 Rb4 25. Bxa6 Qxa6 26. Nc4 Nb6 27. Nfd2 $16 {Piket,J-Topalov,V/Wijk aan
Zee/1999/}) 13... Qa8 14. e4 Bb7 (14... Ng4 $142 $5 15. Bb2 Rb8 $13) 15. a4 Rc8
16. Bh3 Nfd7 17. Nb5 Ra6 18. Bg5 Kf8 19. Qd2 c4 20. Rec1 Nc5 21. Bxc8 Qxc8 22.
bxc4 Nbxa4 23. Qe3 $18 {Bacrot,E-Fontaine,R/FRA-ch Val d'Isere/2002/}) 13. Bb2
Nc7 14. Qd2 $146 (14. Nh4 Bb7 (14... Qd7 15. Qd2 Nb5 (15... Ra7 16. Rfe1 Nb5
17. Nxb5 Qxb5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. a4 Qe8 20. e4 f6 21. f4 e5 22. dxe6 Qxe6 23. a5
$16 {Pytel,K-Bielczyk,J/POL-chT/1975/}) 16. Nxb5 Qxb5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rfe1
Bb7 19. a4 $1 $16 (19. e4 Qb4 $1 20. Qb2+ Kg8 21. Nf3 Ra3 22. Bf1 Rfa8 23. Ra1
Qa5 24. Re2 Ba6 $44 {1/2,Kiseleva,N-Kummerow,H/Recklinghausen/2002/})) 15. Qd2
(15. e4 $5 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Rxa2 17. Ra1 $14) 15... Bxc3 16. Bxc3 (16. Qxc3 $142
f6 17. e4 Rxa2 18. Ra1 $14) 16... Nbxd5 17. Ba1 Ra7 18. b4 Nf6 $1 19. Bxf6 exf6
20. Rfd1 Bxg2 21. Nxg2 Ne6 $132 {1/2,Timoshenko,G-Derjabin,I/Alushta/2001/})
14... Ra7 15. Rfe1 Bb7 16. e4 Qa8 (16... f5 17. Ng5 $5 $36) 17. a4 Nd7 (17...
f5 $2 18. exf5 Ncxd5 19. Nb5 $16) 18. Nd1 (18. Nb5 $5 Nxb5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20.
axb5 Ra5 21. Bf1 $14 {[%cal Rb3b4] /\b4|^}) 18... Nf6 $1 {Black must try to
avoid exchanges and keep both White's [+] and << under pressure.} (18... Bxb2
19. Nxb2 Nb6 20. b4 $5 (20. Qh6 f6 21. Nd2 $16) 20... Nxa4 21. Nxa4 Rxa4 22.
bxc5 dxc5 23. Ne5 $16) 19. Bc3 (19. b4 cxb4 (19... Rxa4 20. bxc5 Nxe4 21. Rxe4
Rxe4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qb2+ $16) 20. Qxb4 Na6 (20... Rxa4 $2 21. Qb6 $16 {
wins a piece.}) 21. Qd2 Nc5 $132) 19... Rb8 20. Nb2 {[%mdl 64] Now the
position explodes tactically and Black gets a lot of play.} (20. Qc2 $5 {
[%cal Rd1e3,Re3c4] /\Ne3-c4} e6 21. dxe6 Nxe6 (21... Bxe4 22. exf7+ Kf8 23. Qd2
$1 Qd5 24. Bxf6 Qxd2 25. Nxd2 Bxb1 26. Be7+ Kxf7 27. Bxd6 $16) 22. Nd2 $14)
20... Nxe4 {Gains a handful of P and activity for the piece. Although the
sacrifice probably isn't fully correct, it certainly was a shock for White.}
21. Rxe4 Bxd5 $6 (21... Bxc3 $142 22. Qxc3 Nxd5 (22... Bxd5 23. Rxe7 Nb5 24.
Rxa7 Nxc3 25. Rxa8 Bxa8 26. Re1 $18) 23. Qe1 Nc3 24. Rxe7 Nxb1 25. Qxb1 Bxf3
26. Rxa7 $1 (26. Bxf3 Qxf3 27. Rxa7 Qxb3 28. Re7 c4 $1 $11) 26... Qxa7 27. Bxf3
Rxb3 28. Bd5 $14 {/+/-}) 22. Re3 $2 (22. Rxe7 $1 Bxc3 (22... Bxf3 23. Qf4 $1
Bd5 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rd1 $1 $18) 23. Qxc3 Rxb3 24. Qf6 Ne8 25. Rxe8+ $5 (25.
Rxa7 Qxa7 26. Qd8 Rb8 27. Qh4 $16) 25... Qxe8 26. Nd2 Bxg2 27. Nxb3 $16 {
White remains a piece up and Black has no real compensation.}) 22... Bh6 $44
23. Nd3 Ne6 (23... e5 24. Nde1 Rxa4 $5 (24... Bxe3 25. Qxe3 {/\} Rxa4 $2 26.
Nxe5 $1 Bxg2 27. Nd7 Nd5 28. Qh6 $40) 25. Qd1 Ra3 $13) 24. Qd1 Bxe3 25. fxe3
Ng5 $5 26. Nxg5 (26. Nde1 Ne4 $36) 26... Bxg2 27. Qg4 (27. Nf4 Bc6 28. Qg4 e5
29. Qh3 f5 $1 $36) (27. Nf2 $5 Qd5 (27... Bc6 28. Ng4 $40) 28. e4 $14) 27...
Rxa4 $5 28. Qxa4 Qxa4 29. bxa4 Rxb1+ 30. Kxg2 Rb3 31. Ne4 f5 32. Nc1 Rb1 (32...
Ra3 $5 33. Bb2 Rxa4 34. Nc3 Rb4 $14 {/~~}) 33. Nxd6 $1 Rxc1 $6 (33... exd6 34.
Ne2 Rb3 35. a5 Ra3 $13) 34. Nb5 $36 {[%csl Ga4] o^a4} Rc2+ 35. Kf3 $1 Rxh2 36.
a5 Ra2 37. Kf4 {[%cal Rf4e5,Re5c5] /\Ke5-d5-c5} Ra4+ 38. Ke5 h5 $1 (38... Re4+
$2 39. Kd5 Rxe3 40. a6 Re2 41. Kxc5 Ra2 42. Kb6 g5 43. a7 {[%cal Rc3a5] /\Ba5+-
} Rxa7 44. Nxa7 $18) 39. Nc7 $6 (39. Kd5 $142 $5 g5 40. Kxc5 h4 41. gxh4 gxh4
42. Nd4 $1 (42. Kb6 $2 f4 $1 {[%csl Gh4] o^h4} 43. Nd4 Rxd4 44. Bxd4 h3 $19)
42... f4 (42... h3 43. Nf3 Ra3 44. Kb4 $16) 43. exf4 h3 44. Nf3 Ra2 $5 $14 {/\}
(44... Rxf4 45. Nh2 Rf2 46. Be5 $16) 45. Kb5 e5 $5 (45... h2 46. Nxh2 Rxh2 47.
a6 Ra2 48. Kb6 $18) (45... Rf2 46. a6 Rxf3 47. a7 $18) 46. a6 $1 (46. Bxe5 $2
Rf2 47. a6 Rxf3 $19) 46... e4 47. Nh2 $5 Kf7 $1 48. Kb6 Rxh2 49. a7 Ra2 50. Ba5
Rxa5 $1 51. Kxa5 h2 $11) 39... Ra3 (39... g5 40. Kxf5 h4 41. gxh4 gxh4 42. a6
h3 43. Be5 Kf7 $14) 40. Bd2 ({After} 40. Nb5 Ra2 $1 {Black has an extra tempo,
compared to 39.Kd5-this should be sufficient to draw easily.} (40... Rb3 $2 41.
a6 Rxb5 42. a7 $18) (40... Ra4 41. Kd5 {-39.Kd5}) 41. Kd5 (41. Ke6 $5) 41... g5
42. Kxc5 h4 43. gxh4 gxh4 44. Nd4 h3 (44... f4 $5) 45. Nf3 h2 46. Nxh2 Rc2 $1
47. Kc4 Rxh2 48. a6 Ra2 49. Kb5 Kf7 50. Kb6 Ra3 51. Ba5 Rb3+ 52. Kc5 Rb8 53.
Kc6 Ra8 54. Kb7 Rxa6 55. Kxa6 Ke6 56. Bb4 f4 57. exf4 Kf5 58. Bd2 e5 $11) 40...
c4 41. a6 $6 {Now White will have to fight for a draw.} (41. Nd5 $142 $14)
41... c3 42. Bxc3 (42. Bc1 $2 Ra1 $19) (42. Be1 c2 43. Bd2 Ra1 44. e4 e6 $5 $15
) 42... Rxc3 43. a7 Rxe3+ 44. Kf4 Re4+ 45. Kf3 (45. Kg5 $4 Kh7 46. a8=Q Rg4#)
45... Ra4 46. a8=Q+ Rxa8 47. Nxa8 $15 Kf7 (47... g5 48. Nb6 e5 49. Nd7 (49. Nc4
e4+ 50. Ke3 Kg7 51. Nd6 Kg6 52. Kd4 Kf6 $1 $17) 49... e4+ 50. Ke3 Kf7 51. Nc5
Kf6 (51... Kg6 52. Nxe4 fxe4 53. Kxe4 Kf6 54. Kf3 {/\} Kf5 55. g4+ $1 $11) 52.
Kd4 (52. Nxe4+ $2 fxe4 53. Kxe4 Ke6 $22 $19) 52... Kg6 (52... h4 53. gxh4 gxh4
54. Nxe4+ $11) 53. Ke5 (53. Nxe4 $11) 53... e3 54. Nd3 e2 55. Kd4 h4 56. gxh4
gxh4 57. Ke3 $11) 48. Nb6 g5 (48... e5 49. Nd7 Ke6 50. Nf8+ $11) 49. Nd7 Ke6
50. Nf8+ Ke5 51. Nh7 g4+ 52. Ke3 e6 (52... f4+ 53. gxf4+ Kf5 54. Nf8 h4 55. Kf2
e6 56. Kg2 $11) (52... h4 53. gxh4 f4+ 54. Kf2 Kf5 55. h5 g3+ (55... e5 56. h6
Kg6 57. Ng5 Kxh6 58. Nf7+ $11) 56. Kg2 Kg4 57. h6 f3+ (57... Kh5 58. Ng5 Kxh6
59. Ne6 $11) 58. Kg1 f2+ (58... Kh5 59. Ng5 $11) 59. Kf1 Kh5 60. Ng5 Kxh6 61.
Ne4 $11) 53. Nf8 Kf6 54. Nd7+ Kg5 (54... Ke7 $6 55. Ne5 Kd6 56. Kf4 Kd5 57. Nf7
Kd4 58. Ng5 Kd5 59. Nh7 Kd4 60. Nf6 e5+ $8 61. Kxf5 h4 62. gxh4 g3 63. Ne4 g2
64. Ng5 Ke3 65. Nh3 Kf3 66. h5 Kg3 67. Ng1 Kf2 $11) 55. Nc5 e5 56. Ne6+ Kg6 (
56... Kf6 57. Nc5 Ke7 58. Nd3 Kd6 59. Kf2 Kd5 60. Ke3 $11) 57. Nc5 h4 $5 {
The last try, otherwise White draws easily.} (57... Kg5 58. Nd3 (58. Ne6+ $11)
58... e4 59. Ne1 h4 60. gxh4+ Kxh4 61. Kf4 $11 {-57...h4!?}) 58. gxh4 Kh5 59.
Nd3 e4 60. Ne1 Kxh4 61. Kf4 g3 62. Kxf5 Kh3 63. Kxe4 g2 64. Nxg2 Kxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Continental 3rd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2005.08.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2005.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2
Bg7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Ra7 {Practice has shown this set-up is not
too effective. Contrary to the lines with 7.e4, here the Q on a8 doesn't
create pressure on the /^a8-h1 against White's K on g2, ideas like e6 are out
of question due to the Bg2.} 12. Rd1 Qa8 13. e4 (13. Rb1 {[%cal Yb2b3] /\b3}
Bc4 14. a3 $1 $36 Rb8 (14... Bxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Nd2 e6 17. Nc4 $16) 15. Nd2
$14) 13... Ng4 (13... Rb8 14. Rb1 Ng4 15. h3 (15. b3 Nge5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. h3
c4 18. bxc4 (18. b4 $1 Nd3 19. Be3 $16) 18... Rxb1 19. Nxb1 Bxc4 $11 20. a3 $2
{Grivas,E-Tayeb,S/Novi Sad olm/1990/} Rb7 $1 {[%cal Rc4b3] /\Bb3-+}) 15... Nge5
16. Ne1 $1 {Perhaps Granda was influenced by this game?} Bc8 17. b3 Nb6 18. Kh2
Ned7 19. Bg5 Nf8 20. a4 h6 21. Be3 Rd7 22. f4 Qa5 23. Nb5 Na8 24. Nd3 Ba6 25.
b4 $1 $18 {Golod,V-Freeke,C/Vlissingen/1998/}) (13... Nb6 14. Rb1 Nfd7 15. b3
Rb8 16. Bb2 Nf6 17. h3 Ne8 18. Re1 Nc7 19. Nd1 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 e6 21. dxe6 Nxe6
22. Nc3 Re8 23. Qd1 Rd7 24. Rd2 Qd8 25. a4 $16 {Stohl,I-Devcic,D/CRO-chT2 Pula/
1999/}) 14. Rb1 $146 {[%mdl 12] Granda plays patiently and doesn't commit
himself prematurely. This model game is instructive in how White gradually
extinguishes all Black's <=> and then starts exchanging pieces one by one,
until he reaches a won _|_.} (14. b3 Rb8 15. Bb2 (15. Rb1 $142 {-Grivas-Tayeb})
15... c4 $5 16. Nd4 (16. Na4 $5 {/\} Bb5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nc3 cxb3 19. Qb2 $14
) 16... Bxd4 $1 17. Rxd4 Nge5 18. Rb1 Nc5 19. bxc4 Bxc4 20. Bc1 Rxb1 21. Qxb1
Bd3 22. Qb4 Rb7 23. Qa3 Qb8 24. Bf4 Rb2 $36 25. Bxe5 $2 dxe5 26. Rxd3 Nxd3 27.
Qxe7 Qb6 {0-1,Whiteley,A-Sahu,S/London/1987/}) 14... Nde5 15. Ne1 $1 {White
controls d3 and wants to win tempi by kicking around Black's N.} f5 {This
doesn't achieve the desired result and only weakens Black's >>.} (15... Rb8
$142) 16. h3 Nh6 (16... Nf6 17. f4 Nf7 18. exf5 $18) 17. f4 Nc4 18. b3 (18. e5
$5 dxe5 19. b3 e4 20. bxc4 Bd4+ 21. Kh2 Bxc4 22. Nxe4 $1 Bxa2 23. Nxc5 Bxb1 24.
Qc4 $1 {[%cal Rd5d6] /\d6+- is also good, but White prefers to keep it simple.}
) 18... Nb6 (18... Bd4+ $5 19. Kh2 (19. Rxd4 cxd4 20. bxc4 dxc3 21. Qxc3 fxe4
22. Bb2 Rf6 23. Bxe4 $36) 19... Nb6 (19... Ne3 20. Bxe3 Bxe3 21. Nf3 $18 {
[%csl Re3] ץe3}) 20. Nf3 $5 fxe4 (20... Bxc3 21. Qxc3 fxe4 22. Bb2 Rf6 23. Ng5
$40 {/\} Bd3 24. Rxd3 exd3 25. Ne4 $18) 21. Nxd4 cxd4 22. Rxd4 Bd3 23. Rxd3
exd3 24. Qxd3 $16) 19. e5 $1 $16 dxe5 20. fxe5 Qb8 (20... Nf7 21. b4 $5 $16 (
21. e6 $16)) 21. Nf3 Nf7 22. e6 Ne5 23. Bf4 Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Be5 25. Qd2 {
White prepares simplification, but only at his own terms.} g5 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27.
Kg2 $1 (27. Qxg5+ $2 Kh8 $132 {[%cal Re5c3,Rf8g8] /\Qc3,Rg8}) 27... h6 28. Re1
Qd4 29. Rbd1 $1 (29. Qxd4 $2 cxd4 30. Ne2 d3 31. Nd4 Bb7 $14) 29... Qxd2+ (
29... Qf6 30. d6 $18) 30. Rxd2 Nc8 31. g4 $1 (31. Na4 c4 32. Nc5 cxb3 33. axb3
Bb5 $16) 31... Nd6 32. gxf5 Nxf5 33. Be4 Nd6 (33... Nh4+ 34. Kg3 $18 {only
misplaces the N.}) 34. Bc2 Bb7 35. a4 {/\Ne4} Ra6 36. Ne4 $18 Nxe4 37. Bxe4 Rd8
{[%cal Ra6e6] /\Re6} 38. Kg3 Rb6 39. Re3 Ba6 40. Rc2 Rdb8 (40... Rc8 41. h4 $18
{->}) 41. Rxc5 Rxb3 42. Rxb3 Rxb3+ 43. Kg4 Kg7 {[%cal Yg7f6]} 44. Kf5 $1 {
Prevents Kf6 and traps Black's K in a mating net.} Bd3 (44... Rxh3 45. d6 $1
Rb3 (45... exd6 46. Rc7+ {/\e7-e8Q}) 46. Rc7 $18) 45. Rc8 {[%cal Rd5d6] /\d6}
Bxe4+ 46. Kxe4 Rb4+ (46... Kf6 47. Rf8+ $18) 47. Kf5 Rf4+ 48. Ke5 Rf1 (48...
Rxa4 49. Rc7 (49. Re8 Ra7 50. Rxe7+ $2 Rxe7 51. d6 Kf8 $11) 49... Kf8 50. Kf5 {
[%cal Rf5g6] /\Kg6+-}) 49. d6 Re1+ (49... exd6+ 50. Kd5 $1 Rd1+ (50... Re1 51.
a5 $18) 51. Kc6 Re1 52. Kd7 $18) 50. Kf5 exd6 51. Rc7+ Kf8 52. a5 Rf1+ 53. Kg6
Ra1 54. Ra7 ({Even more incisive was} 54. a6 $1 Rxa6 55. Kf6 Ra8 56. Rg7 $18)
54... Re1 55. e7+ Ke8 (55... Rxe7 56. Rxe7 Kxe7 57. a6 $18) 56. a6 d5 57. Kf6
Rf1+ 58. Ke6 Re1+ 59. Kd6 (59. Kd6 Kf7 60. Rc7 $1 Re6+ 61. Kd7 Rxe7+ 62. Kc6
$18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.04.25"]
[Round "15.6"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Heinemann, Thies"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. bxa6 Bg7 7. Nc3 Bxa6 8. g3
d6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Re1 O-O 12. e4 {[%csl Rd3] ><d3} (12. Bf4) ({and
} 12. Nd2 {occur more often in top-level games, but the text-move is quite
popular in general and perhaps better, than its reputation. It has one
drawback-once White fianchettoes his Bf1, he usually postpones the [+] advance,
which can cause him problems with the d3-square (or force him to play Bf1
anyway).}) 12... Nfd7 ({More critical for the whole line is} 12... Nc4 $5 {
/\Qa5} 13. Bf1 $5 (13. e5 Ng4 14. exd6 (14. e6 f5 15. Bf1 Qa5 16. h3 Nge5 17.
Ng5 $6 Nxb2 $1 18. Bxb2 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Nc4 20. Rb1 Nxb2 21. Rxb2 Qxc3 $17 {
Guliev,S-Nesterov,J/Moscow/1995/}) 14... exd6 15. Bf1 (15. Qc2 Qa5 $132) 15...
Qa5 $5 $44 (15... Qd7 16. h3 Nge5 17. Nh2 Nb6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20.
hxg4 Rfa8 21. Bg5 h6 22. Re7 Qd8 23. Qf3 Qf8 24. Bf6 $14 {Gordin,A-Radovanovic,
D/Bucharest/2003/})) 13... Nd7 (13... Qa5 $5 14. Qc2 Rfb8 $44) 14. Bxc4 (14.
Qc2 $5 {transposes into the game.}) (14. Nd2 $143 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 Bxf1 16. Rxf1
Qb6 17. Rb1 Rfb8 $44 18. Na4 $2 Qb5 19. b3 Qd3 20. Bg5 Qxe4 21. Re1 Qf5 22.
Bxe7 Bd4 23. Rf1 Qxd5 $40 {-+,Maris,I-Tsorbatzoglou,T/GRE-ch Athens/1988/})
14... Bxc4 15. Qc2 Qb6 16. Bg5 (16. Bf4 $142 $5 $13 {/+/= is similar to the
game and gives White chances for an advantage.}) 16... h6 $1 17. Bd2 Qa6 18.
Re3 Rfb8 19. Nd1 h5 20. Ra3 Qb5 21. Nc3 $6 Bd3 $1 22. Qc1 Qc4 23. b3 Qb4 24.
Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Qe1 Bxc3 26. Bxc3 Qxe4 $17 {Vaulin,A-Nikolaidis,I/St Petersburg/
1994/}) 13. Qc2 (13. Bf4 Nc4 14. Qc1 (14. Qc2 {-13.Qc2}) 14... Qa5 {/\} (14...
Nce5 $5 $44) 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Rfb8 $1 17. e5 Ncxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Ne4
f6 $13) 13... Nc4 14. Bf1 (14. Rd1 Qa5 15. Nd2 Na3 $1 16. bxa3 Qxc3 17. Qxc3
Bxc3 18. Rb1 c4 19. Nf3 Rfb8 20. Be3 Bb2 21. Nd4 c3 22. Bf1 Ne5 23. Bxa6 Rxa6
24. Nc2 Ra4 25. Kf1 Rxe4 $36 {Averkin,O-Miles,A/Dubna/1976/}) (14. Bf4 Qa5 15.
Rac1 Rfb8 16. b3 Nce5 (16... Na3 17. Qd2 c4 18. Nd4 $5 $36) 17. Red1 Nxf3+ 18.
Bxf3 c4 (18... Ne5 19. Be2 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Qa6 21. Rc2 Qxe2 22. Nxe2 Rb4 23. Bxe5
Bxe5 24. f3 f5 $44 {Vezzosi,P-Borgo,G/Reggio Emilia/1992/}) 19. bxc4 Bxc4 20.
Ne2 Bb5 21. Nd4 Ba4 22. Nb3 Qb4 23. Qd2 Qa3 24. Rc7 Ne5 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. Rb1
Bf6 $11 {Ruck,R-Ehlvest,J/EU-ch Ohrid/2001/}) (14. b3 $2 Qa5 $1 $17 {is a
well-known trap White must avoid.}) 14... Qa5 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Yc4a3] /\Na3} (
14... Nde5 $142 $5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Kg2 Bxf1+ (16... Qa5 17. f4 Bxf1+ 18. Rxf1
Nc4 19. Rf3 Rfb8 20. Rb1 Rb7 (20... Qb4 $5 21. b3 Na3 $44) 21. a4 Qb4 22. b3
Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Na3 24. Bxa3 Qxa3 25. h4 Rb4 26. Re1 $14 {1/2,Andresen,S-Busch,K/
BL9293/1993/}) 17. Rxf1 Qa5 18. Bd2 Qa6 19. a4 (19. Rad1 Rfb8 20. Bc1 c4 21. a3
Nd3 22. Rd2 Rb6 23. Nd1 Rc8 24. Re2 Rb3 $17 {Eperjesi,L-Brustkern,J/Budapest/
2004/}) 19... Qd3 $5 $132 (19... Nc4 20. Nb5 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Qb7 22. Qc2 $14 {
/+/-,Erdogan,H-Arduman,C/Ankara zt/1995/})) 15. Bxc4 $1 {Getting rid of the N
is a wise precaution, otherwise Na3, or Rfb8 and Nb2 are always in the air.
The weakening of the >> is only a minor consideration, as Black can't
effectively profit from it.} Bxc4 16. Bf4 (16. Bd2 $143 Qa6 17. Bf4 Rfb8 18. e5
Qb7 19. Qe4 Nb6 20. Red1 Rd8 21. b3 dxe5 22. Bxe5 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5
Nxd5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Ne5 e6 $11 {Gerusel,M-Miles,A/Bad Lauterberg/1977/})
16... Nb6 {For the time being prevents the immediate e5-break and aims with
the remaining N for c4.} (16... Rfb8 17. e5 $1 Qa6 18. Qd2 $14 {|^[+]}) (16...
Qa6 17. e5 $14 {is similar to the above note.} (17. Qd2 $5)) 17. Re3 {[%cal
Yb2b3] /\b3 Prepares b3, but lacks harmony.} (17. Qd2 $142 {-19.Qd2}) 17... Bd4
{This gives White a chance to rectify his rather unnatural previous move.} (
17... h6 $142 $5 18. h4 Qb4 $44) 18. Ree1 Bg7 19. Qd2 Rfd8 (19... Ba6 20. Bh6
$1 Nc4 21. Qc1 Bxh6 22. Qxh6 f6 (22... Nxb2 $4 23. Ng5 $18) 23. Qc1 Bc8 24. b3
$14) 20. Bh6 Ba6 $2 {[%mdl 16384] A serious strategic mistake, as now White
can not only exchange the important Bg7, but immediately launch an -> in the 
[+] and against Black's K, deserted by his major pieces.} ({Good or bad, Black
should have played} 20... Bh8 21. Rac1 $5 $14 (21. e5 Rd7 $1 {/\} (21... dxe5
22. Nxe5 $16 {/\} Bxd5 23. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 24. Qxa5 Rxa5 25. Nc6 $18) 22. b3 $6
Bxd5 $1 23. Nxd5 Qxd2 24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 25. Bxd2 dxe5 $36)) 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. e5
$1 $16 {[%mdl 128] ->>>} Nc4 (22... dxe5 23. Nxe5 (23. Rxe5 $6 Nc4 24. Qf4 Qc7
$1 $132) 23... Nxd5 24. Nc6 Nxc3 25. Qc1 $5 (25. Nxd8 Ne2+ 26. Rxe2 Bxe2 27.
Qxe2 (27. Ne6+ $5 fxe6 28. Qxe2 $16) 27... Rxd8 (27... Qxd8 28. Qe5+ $16) 28.
Qxe7 $36) 25... Ne2+ (25... Rd1 26. Qxd1 Nxd1 27. Nxa5 Nxb2 28. Rxe7 $16) 26.
Rxe2 Bxe2 27. Nxa5 Rd1+ 28. Qxd1 Bxd1 29. Nb7 $16) 23. Qc2 Qc7 (23... dxe5 24.
Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 $16) (23... Qb4 24. b3 Na3 25. Qd2 $40) 24. exd6 exd6 $6 (
24... Nxd6 $142 25. Ne5 $16) 25. Ne4 f6 (25... Qa5 26. b3 Ne5 $8 27. Nxe5 dxe5
28. Qc3 $5 $18 (28. Qxc5 Rxd5 29. Qxa5 Rxa5 $16)) 26. Qc3 $1 Ne5 (26... Rf8 27.
Nfg5 Bc8 28. Nxf6 Rxf6 29. Ne4 $18) 27. Nd4 $1 {White already has an
overwhleming position, Huebner understandably plays for the attack.} (27. Nxe5
fxe5 28. b4 $18) 27... Bc8 28. f4 $18 Ng4 (28... Qb6 29. fxe5 (29. Nc2 $5 $18)
29... cxd4 30. exf6+ Kf7 31. Qc6 $18) 29. h3 Nh6 (29... Qf7 30. Ne6+ $18) (
29... Qb6 30. Nc6 c4+ 31. Kg2 $18) 30. Nxf6 $1 Qf7 (30... Kxf6 31. Ne6+ $18)
31. Nc6 Qxf6 32. Re7+ {Now Black loses too much material.} Nf7 $8 33. Nxd8 Qxc3
34. bxc3 Bxh3 (34... Kf8 35. Rxf7+ Ke8 36. Re1+ Kxd8 37. Rf8+ Kd7 38. Ree8 $18)
35. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 73th"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "2001.12.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Kalinitschew, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.11.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 d6 $6 {[%mdl 16384] This slip
allows White to transpose into an advantageous line of the accepted Volga, as
he gets in the central advance without any strategic concessions, as losing
time or castling rights.} 6. e4 Qa5+ $146 (6... Bxa6 7. Bxa6 Nxa6 8. Nc3 g6 9.
Nf3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Rb1 Kh7 14. Re1 Rfb8 15. e5 Nh5
16. Bd2 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Qc7 18. Nc6 Re8 19. Qf3 e5 20. g4 Nf4 21. Bxf4 exf4 22.
a3 Rac8 23. Rbd1 $16 {Kruppa,Y-Papenin,N/UKR-chT Alushta/2001/}) (6... g6 7.
Nc3 Bg7 8. Bb5+ $5 (8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 Nxa6 (9... Nbd7 10. O-O Bxa6 11. Re1 Ng4
12. Nd2 Ngf6 13. Qc2 Bxe2 14. Rxe2 Nb6 15. b3 e6 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Bb2 Ng4 18.
h3 Ne5 19. Nb5 Nc8 20. Nc4 $16 {Genov,P-Badev,K/BUL-chT Pamporovo/2001/}) 10.
O-O Bb7 11. Bf4 Qb6 12. Nd2 $5 Nd7 13. Nc4 Qd8 14. Qd2 Nc7 15. Bh6 Ba6 16. Bxg7
Kxg7 17. Ne3 Qb8 18. Rfc1 Qb4 19. Nc2 Qa5 20. a3 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 Qb6 22. b4 $16 {
Staniszewski,P-Kurr,G/NRW-chT 9192/1992/}) 8... Nfd7 9. a4 O-O 10. Nf3 Bxa6 11.
Bg5 f5 $6 12. O-O h6 13. Bd2 Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Qh5 Qd6 17. g4
f4 18. Rad1 Nd7 19. Rfe1 Nf6 20. Qg6 Bxb5 21. axb5 c4 22. Ne4 Qb6 23. Nxf6+
exf6 24. Rxe5 $18 {Formanek,E-Plaskett,J/Hastings/1985/}) (6... Nxe4 $4 7. Qa4+
$18) 7. Bd2 Qb6 8. Na3 $5 {[%cal Ya3c4] /\Nc4} Bxa6 (8... Qxb2 9. Nc4 $1 (9.
Nb5 Nxe4 (9... Nxa6 $2 10. Bc3 $18) 10. Nc7+ Kd8 11. Nxa8 Nxd2 12. Bd3 (12. a7
Ne4 13. Be2 Qb4+ 14. Kf1 Nd7 $13) 12... Bxa6 $14) 9... Qd4 10. f3 Bxa6 11. Qc1
{/\Bc3+-} Nxe4 12. fxe4 Qxe4+ 13. Ne3 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 $16) 9. Bxa6 Qxa6 10. Qc2
Qa4 {In the Volga gambit the <<|^ often persisits into the _|_, but here
White's uncastled K will takeover the defence of the b-pawn, while White will
concentrate his efforts on the >>.} (10... g6 11. Nc4 Bg7 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O
$16) (10... Nbd7 $142 11. Nc4 (11. Nf3 Qa4 $1 $13) 11... e6 12. Ne2 $5 (12. Nf3
exd5 13. exd5 Be7 $132) (12. dxe6 fxe6 13. e5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Nf3 e4 16.
Ng5 Qd3 $14) 12... exd5 13. exd5 Be7 14. Nf4 $14) 11. Qxa4+ Rxa4 12. f3 g6 13.
Ne2 Bg7 14. Nc3 Rb4 (14... Ra6 15. Nc4 $16) 15. b3 Nfd7 (15... e6 16. Nc4 Ke7
17. dxe6 fxe6 18. e5 $18) 16. Rb1 Rb7 17. Nc4 $16 O-O 18. a4 {White has
consolidated his position and Black has no compensation left. He therefore
strives for some activity on the other flank.} f5 (18... Na6 19. Na5 Rb6 20.
Nc6 $16 {/+-}) 19. Ke2 Na6 20. Rhf1 Rbb8 (20... Rfb8 21. Nb5 {[%cal Rc4a5] /
\Na5+-}) 21. h3 Nc7 22. g4 $1 $40 {/\gf5, Rg1} fxe4 $6 (22... Bd4 23. gxf5 gxf5
24. Ne3 $5 (24. Na5 Ne5 {/\} 25. f4 Ng6 26. Nc6 Bxc3 27. Bxc3 fxe4 $1 28. Nxb8
Nxd5 $132) 24... Bxe3 25. Bxe3 $16) 23. fxe4 Rfe8 (23... Rxf1 24. Kxf1 Bd4 25.
Ke2 $18) 24. Kd3 Ne5+ 25. Kc2 $1 (25. Nxe5 Bxe5 $14 {[%cal Yb8b4,Ye7e6] /\Rb4,
e6<=>}) 25... Ra8 (25... Rb4 26. Nd1 Rb7 27. Nxe5 Bxe5 28. Ne3 $16 {/+-}) (
25... Nxc4 26. bxc4 Na6 27. Nb5 $18 {[%csl Ga4] o^a}) 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. Bf4 Bd4
(27... Bxf4 28. Rxf4 e6 29. Rf6 $1 $18) (27... Bg7 $5 $16) 28. Rbe1 (28. Rf3
$142) 28... Ra7 29. Rf3 Bg7 30. Bg3 (30. h4 $142 $1 $40 {[%cal Rh4h6] /\h6-h6})
30... Bd4 (30... Na6 31. e5 Nb4+ 32. Kd2 dxe5 33. Bxe5 Rd8 34. Bxg7 Kxg7 35.
Kc1 $16) 31. Ref1 Raa8 32. h4 {[%mdl 128] After some hesitation White
concentrates on his plan of a >>->} Reb8 33. Bf4 Bg7 (33... c4 34. bxc4 Bxc3
35. Kxc3 Rxa4 36. Bh6 Ra3+ 37. Kd4 Rxf3 38. Rxf3 {/\e5+-}) 34. h5 Rb4 (34...
gxh5 35. gxh5 $18) 35. Bd2 $1 $18 Rab8 (35... Bxc3 36. Bxc3 Rxe4 37. hxg6 Rxg4
(37... Nxd5 38. gxh7+ Kxh7 39. Rf7+ Kh6 40. Rh1+ Kg5 41. Rh5+ Kxg4 42. Rxd5 $18
) 38. g7 Rxg7 39. Bxg7 Kxg7 40. Rf7+ Kg8 41. Rxe7 Nxd5 42. Rg1+ $18) 36. h6 Be5
(36... Bf6 37. g5 Be5 38. Rf7 Re8 (38... Bf6 39. R1xf6 exf6 40. Rxc7 $18) (
38... Rxb3 39. Rxe7 Rb2+ 40. Kd1 $18) 39. Nd1 $5 Rxe4 40. Bc3 Nxd5 41. Bxe5
Rxe5 42. Rg7+ Kh8 43. Rff7 $18) (36... Bxc3 37. Bxc3 Rxe4 38. Bg7 $18) 37. Bg5
Bf6 (37... Re8 38. Bxe7 $18) (37... R4b7 38. Bxe7 Ne6 39. dxe6 Rxe7 40. Nd5
Rxe6 41. Rf7 $18) 38. Bxf6 exf6 39. Rxf6 c4 (39... Rxb3 40. Rf7 (40. Rxd6 $18)
40... Rb2+ 41. Kc1 $18) 40. Rf7 {[%cal Rf7c7,Rf7g7,Rf1f7] /\Rc7,Rg7,Rff7} cxb3+
41. Kb2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2
Bg7 9. Nh3 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd2 Qc7 ({For more detailed comments about the
opening phase, as well as Black's more usual reaction} 11... Qa5 {or the
possible setup}) (11... Ra7 $5 {see game Aseev-Ponomariov.}) 12. Qc2 (12. b3
Rfb8 13. Rb1 Ne5 14. Nf4 Qa7 15. a4 Rb6 16. Qc2 Rab8 17. Na2 Qb7 18. b4 Nc4 19.
b5 Na3 20. Qd3 Nxb1 21. Qxb1 (21. Rxb1 $142 $13) 21... Bxb5 22. axb5 Rxb5 $36 {
Cmilyte,V-Malakhatko,V/Swidnica/1999/}) 12... Rfb8 13. Rab1 Rb6 (13... Ne5 $142
14. b3 Bc8 15. Ng5 Qa7 16. Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Nd7 18. Bg2 Ne5 19. h3 Bf5 20. e4
Bc8 21. Rfd1 Qa6 22. Be3 Qa5 23. Rbc1 Nd7 24. Rd2 Ba6 25. Kh2 Rc8 26. Ne2 Ne5
27. Qd1 Qa3 28. Nf4 Qb4 29. Rdc2 Qb7 30. f3 Bb5 31. Bf1 Ra3 $44 {Aseev,
K-Fominyh,A/RUS-ch Elista/1996/}) 14. b3 Qb8 15. Ng5 Ra7 16. Rfc1 Rc7 ({
Without a4 played} 16... Rab7 {loses sense:} 17. Na4 Rb5 18. e4 $16) 17. Nf3
Ne8 18. Na4 Rbb7 19. Bc3 Bh6 (19... Bxc3 20. Nxc3 $16 {/\} c4 21. Nd4 {[%csl
Rc6] ><c6}) 20. Re1 Rc8 21. Bh3 Rd8 22. e4 $36 {White has ideally placed his
forces and can start action in the [+].} Nc7 23. Ba5 ({More consistent was} 23.
Bb2 $142 $1 Nf6 (23... Nb5 $6 24. e5 $40) 24. Rbd1 $16 {[%csl Gd1,Gd5,Ge1,Ge4]
[+]|^}) 23... Qa7 (23... Bg7 24. e5 $1 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Nxc5 $40) 24. e5
Bd3 25. Qxd3 Qxa5 26. exd6 $6 {Rather soft.} (26. e6 $5 fxe6 27. Bxe6+ Nxe6 28.
Rxe6 Nf8 29. Re2 $40) 26... exd6 27. Bxd7 (27. Re7 Nf6 28. Nc3 Bf8 $14 {
leads nowhere.}) 27... Rxd7 28. Re2 Rb8 29. Nc3 Bg7 30. Nd1 Qb5 $1 31. Qxb5
Nxb5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] /= Black has survived the assault and typically for the
Volga looks for chances in the _|_, where his << pressure persists.} 32. Rc1
Ra7 33. Kg2 Bf6 (33... Nd4 34. Nxd4 Bxd4 $14 {/= is similar to the game.}) 34.
h4 h5 35. Ng5 Ra3 36. Ne4 Bd4 37. Ndc3 Nxc3 38. Nxc3 Kf8 $2 {White's N is the
better piece, as it pressures d6, later on it lands on c4. Black should have
exchanged his [+]Bd4, which however doesn't attack anything:} (38... Bxc3 39.
Rxc3 Rba8 40. Rcc2 Kf8 {and White faces a very tough technical task.}) 39. Ne4
$1 Rb6 40. Rcc2 Rba6 41. Ng5 Bf6 42. Ne4 {White already avoids the exchange
and proceeds to improve his position on the >>.} Bd4 43. f3 Kg7 44. g4 hxg4 45.
fxg4 Kh6 46. g5+ Kg7 (46... Kh5 $2 {lands the K in a mating net after} 47. Kh3
Be5 48. Rf2 Ra7 49. Rf4 $1 $18) 47. Kf3 $16 Ba1 (47... Rb6 48. Nd2 $1 Ra8 49.
Nc4 Rba6 50. Re7 $40) 48. Kg4 Bd4 49. h5 gxh5+ 50. Kxh5 {[%cal Re4g3,Rg3f5] /
\Ng3-f5->} Ba1 (50... Be5 51. Nxc5 $5 dxc5 52. Rxe5 Rxa2 53. Rxc5 $18) (50...
Rb6 $142 $16) 51. Ng3 Be5 52. Nf5+ Kh7 53. Ne3 $1 Ra7 54. Nc4 R3a6 55. Kg4 $5 (
55. Nxe5 dxe5 56. Rxe5 $18 {also wins, but White still doesn't want to
exchange his superior minor piece.}) 55... Kg6 56. Rf2 Bd4 57. Rh2 Bg7 58. Rce2
Ra8 59. a4 $1 {[%csl Ga4] o^a} Rb8 60. Rh3 $18 Rb7 (60... Rb4 61. Re4 Rb8 (
61... Rb7 62. Re8 $18) 62. Re7 $40 {+-}) 61. Re8 Rb4 62. Rg8 $1 {[%cal Rh3h6] /
\Rh6#} f5+ 63. gxf6 Kxf6 64. Rf3+ Kg6 65. Re8 Be5 (65... Rxc4+ 66. bxc4 Rxa4
67. Re6+ Kh7 68. Kf5 Rxc4 69. Re7 $5 $18) (65... Raxa4 66. Re6+ Kh7 67. bxa4
Rxc4+ 68. Rf4 $18) 66. Re6+ Kg7 67. Kf5 {All pieces join in the _|_->, Black
is helpless.} Rxc4 (67... Ra7 68. Rg6+ Kh8 (68... Kf7 69. Kg5+ Ke7 70. Re6+ {
mates.}) 69. Nxe5 dxe5 70. Rh3+ Rh7 71. Rxh7+ Kxh7 72. Rg3 $18) 68. bxc4 Rxa4
69. Re7+ Kf8 70. Ke6+ Kg8 71. Rb3 Ra8 (71... Rb4 72. Rxb4 cxb4 73. c5 $18) 72.
Rbb7 Rd8 73. Rbd7 Rf8 74. Rxd6 $1 Bc3 (74... Bxd6 75. Kxd6 $18) 75. Kd7 Rf4 76.
Rc6 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 06th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.05.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Sivokho, Sergey V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1999.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz"]
[BlackTeam "Murmansk OShK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2
d6 9. Nh3 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd2 {Ivanov varies from an earlier game of his
own:} (11. Rb1 Qa5 12. Qc2 Rfb8 13. b3 Ne8 14. Bb2 Nc7 (14... c4 $5 15. Ba1 Nc5
$132) 15. Rfc1 Ne5 16. Ng5 Bc8 17. h3 Bf5 $6 (17... Na6 $142 $14) 18. e4 Bc8
19. f4 Nd7 20. e5 dxe5 21. f5 Ne8 22. Rf1 Nef6 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Nce4 Qb6 25.
Nxf7 Nxd5 26. Ned6 c4+ 27. Kh2 Ne3 28. Qxg6 Nxf1+ 29. Rxf1 exd6 30. Nh6+ Kh8
31. Rf7 {1-0,Ivanov,S-Sakaev,K/St.Petersburg/1997/}) 11... Qa5 (11... Qc7 12.
Qc2 Rfb8 13. Rab1 Ne5 14. b3 Bc8 15. Ng5 Qa7 16. Nf3 (16. Nge4 Bf5 17. Nxf6+
Bxf6 18. Be4 Bd7 19. Bg2 Bg7 20. h3 Bf5 21. e4 Bc8 22. f4 Nd3 $1 23. a4 Nb4 24.
Qd1 Ba6 25. Rf3 Bd3 $17 {Benitah,Y-Nemet,I/Biel op/1998/}) 16... Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3
Nd7 18. Bg2 Ne5 19. h3 Bf5 20. e4 Bc8 21. Rfd1 Qa6 22. Be3 Qa5 23. Rbc1 Nd7 24.
Rd2 Ba6 25. Kh2 Rc8 26. Ne2 Ne5 27. Qd1 Qa3 28. Nf4 Qb4 29. Rdc2 Qb7 30. f3 Bb5
$44 {Aseev,K-Fominyh,A/Elista/1996/}) (11... Qb6 12. Rb1 Rfb8 13. Qc2 Ne8 14.
b3 Nc7 15. a4 Bc8 (15... Bb7 16. Nf4 Ne5 17. Nd3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Ba6 19. Qc2 Qa7
20. Rfe1 Rb6 21. e3 Rab8 22. Na2 Bb7 23. e4 e6 24. Nc3 Bd4 25. dxe6 Nxe6 (25...
fxe6 26. Ne2 Bg7 27. b4 $16) 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. exd5 Nf8 28. Bg5 R6b7 29. Bf1 $16
{Berovski,K-Dimitrov,A/Sofia/1996/}) 16. Rfd1 Ne5 17. Nf4 Na6 18. Na2 Bf5 19.
Be4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Rb7 21. Bc3 Rab8 22. Ng2 Qc7 23. Qc2 Qc8 24. Ne3 Ng4 25. Nc4
Bxc3 26. Nxc3 Nb4 27. Qd2 $14 {Ivanov,S-Urban,K/Krynica/1997/}) (11... c4 $5
$146 {This is always a tough decision-() against the potential weakness of c4,
d4 and c6. In this line it's more justified, as the Nh3 is somewhat in offside.
} 12. b4 $6 (12. Ng5 $142 $5) (12. Be3 {[%cal Ye3d4] /\Bd4+/=}) 12... cxb3 13.
axb3 Qb8 14. Ng5 Rc8 15. Nf3 Ne8 16. Rc1 Ra7 17. Na4 Rxc1 18. Bxc1 Rb7 19. Bh3
f5 20. Bg5 Rxb3 21. Nd4 (21. Bxe7 Qb5) 21... Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Bxe2 23. Re1 Ne5 $1
$17 {Ivanov,S-Polovnikova,E/St. Petersburg/1998/}) 12. Qc2 Rfb8 13. Rab1 (13.
b3 c4 14. Rab1 cxb3 15. Rxb3 Rc8 16. Nf4 Nc5 (16... Ne5 $132) 17. Rbb1 g5 $6
18. Nh3 h6 19. f4 g4 20. Nf2 Bc4 21. Rfc1 Qa6 22. Be3 Ncd7 23. Qd2 h5 24. Bd4
$36 {Aseev,K-Sivokho,S/St.Petersburg/1996/}) 13... c4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 16] Again
this move. In the game Black even loses this P and for a moment is 2 pawns
down, but nevertheless saves the game.} (13... Ne8 14. b3 Ne5 15. a4 Qd8 16.
Ng5 Ra7 17. Rfe1 Rab7 18. f4 Nd7 19. Nce4 Nb6 20. Ba5 h6 21. Nh3 Qd7 22. Bxb6
Rxb6 23. Nd2 Rb4 24. Nf2 c4 $6 25. Nxc4 Bxc4 26. bxc4 Rb2 27. Rxb2 Rxb2 28. Qe4
Nf6 29. Qe3 Rb4 30. Rc1 Rxa4 31. Bf3 $14 {Aseev,K-Eliseev,A/St.Petersburg/1997/
}) 14. Rfd1 (14. b3 {-13.b3 Ivanov is not interested in repeating the game
Aseev-Sivokho as above and prefers to keep the << closed.}) 14... Ne5 15. Ng5
Bc8 16. Nge4 Ne8 $5 {Black rightly avoids exchanges.} (16... Nxe4 17. Bxe4 {
[%cal Ya2a3,Yc3a2,Ya2b4] /\a3,Na2-b4|^}) (16... Bf5 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Be4 $14)
17. h3 {[%cal Yf2f4] /\f4} (17. f4 Ng4 $132) (17. Be3 $5 $14 {/\Bd4}) 17... Bf5
18. Bg5 (18. f4 Nd7 19. g4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Nc5 $13) 18... Rb7 19. g4 Bxe4 20.
Bxe4 Rab8 21. Kg2 (21. Be3 Nf6 22. Bg2 $14) 21... Nf6 22. f4 Ned7 (22... Nxe4
$6 23. Nxe4 Nd3 24. exd3 (24. b4 Nxb4 25. Qxc4 Rc7 $13) 24... Rxb2 25. Kg3 $1
h6 (25... Rxc2 26. Rxb8+ Bf8 27. Bh6 $18) 26. Bxe7 $1 c3 (26... Rxc2 27. Rxb8+
Kh7 28. Nf6+ Bxf6 29. Bxf6 g5 30. f5 $18) 27. d4 $5 $18) 23. Bf3 Nc5 24. Bh4
Kf8 (24... Rb4 25. Be1 Qa6 26. a3 $1 Rb3 27. Na2 $16) 25. Bf2 Rb4 26. Bd4 (26.
Be1 $5 $36) 26... Nfd7 27. Qd2 Na4 $1 $132 28. Nxa4 Qxa4 {White will be left
with a passive B and will not be able to make any progress. Such a position
requires a N.} 29. a3 Rb3 (29... R4b7 30. Bxg7+ Kxg7 31. Qd4+ Kg8 32. Rdc1 Rc7
33. h4 $5 $36) 30. Bxg7+ Kxg7 31. Qd4+ Kg8 {/\c3} 32. Rdc1 $8 Nc5 $1 33. Rxc4
Qb5 34. g5 (34. a4 Qb7 $44) (34. Rc2 Rxa3 {/\} 35. b4 Ra4 36. Rc4 Na6 $11)
34... Qb6 {Loses a tempo.} (34... Rxb2 $142 $5 {/\ immediately was possible.}
35. a4 $2 Rxe2+ $1 36. Bxe2 Qxb1 $36) 35. h4 Rxb2 36. Rxb2 Qxb2 37. Qxb2 Rxb2
38. Rb4 (38. h5 $5 Ra2 (38... gxh5 39. Bxh5 Ra2 40. Rc3 f6 41. Re3 $1 fxg5 42.
fxg5 Kf8 43. Kg3 $16) 39. Rc3 $14 {[%cal Yh5h6,Yg2b1] /\h6,><h7,Kf2-e1-d1} (39.
h6 Rxa3 40. Rb4 Ra8 $11)) 38... Ra2 39. Rb8+ Kg7 40. Ra8 {/\h5} (40. Re8 e6 41.
Rd8 (41. Ra8 exd5 42. Kf2 d4 43. Bd5 d3 $1 44. Ra7 Kf8 $1 $36) 41... exd5 42.
Rxd6 Ne6 43. Kg3 Rxa3 44. Rxd5 h6 $14) 40... h6 $1 {[]} 41. Kf2 hxg5 42. hxg5
Rc2 43. a4 Rc4 (43... f5 $5 $11) 44. a5 Ra4 $1 (44... Rxf4 $2 45. e4 $1 {
[%csl Ga5] o^a} f5 46. gxf6+ Kxf6 47. a6 $18) 45. Kg3 Ra3 (45... f5 {was also
possible.}) 46. Kg2 (46. Re8 Ne4+ 47. Kg4 Nd2 48. Bh1 $5 Nc4 49. e4 f5+ $1 50.
gxf6+ (50. exf5 Ne3+ $36) 50... Kxf6 $11) 46... Ra4 47. Kf2 f5 $1 $11 48. gxf6+
(48. Kg3 Ra3 $11) 48... Kxf6 {Now Black's K gets out of the box and a draw is
inevitable.} 49. Kg3 g5 50. e3 (50. fxg5+ Kxg5 51. Kf2 Kf6 $11 (51... Kf4 $5
52. Re8 Rxa5 53. Rxe7 Ra2 $11)) 50... gxf4+ 51. exf4 Kf5 52. Re8 Kf6 53. Bh5
Rxa5 54. Rf8+ Kg7 55. Rf7+ Kh6 56. Bf3 Ra7 57. f5 Ra4 $1 $11 58. f6 (58. Rxe7
Kg5 59. Rf7 Ra3 60. Kg2 Nd3 $11) 58... Kg6 (58... exf6 59. Rxf6+ Kg5 60. Rxd6
Ne4+ 61. Bxe4 Rxe4 $11) 59. Rxe7 (59. Bh5+ $2 Kxh5 60. fxe7 Re4) 59... Kxf6 60.
Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Black "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. g3
d6 9. Bh3 $5 {A rare alternative to the more usual} (9. Bg2 {On h3 the B is
more active, moreover it stops the possible Ng4 sortie. On the other hand d5
is not so well protected and the B doesn't support the advance e4 so well.})
9... Nbd7 (9... O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. Rd1 Rfb8 13. Rb1 Nb6 (13...
Rb4 14. b3 Rab8 15. Ba3 R4b7 16. Bb2 Qa5 17. Ba1 Rb4 18. Na4 Qb5 19. Nc3 Qb7
20. e4 h5 21. Bg2 Ng4 22. h3 Nge5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. f4 Bd4+ 25. Kh1 h4 26. g4
$36 {Vaganian,R-Vasiukov,E/Vilnius/1975/}) 14. b3 Bc8 15. Bg2 Bd7 16. h3 Qc8
17. Kh2 Ne8 18. Bb2 Nc7 19. e4 h6 20. Nd2 Kh7 21. f4 Ra7 22. a3 Qh8 23. Bf1
Rab7 24. Nc4 Nxc4 25. Bxc4 Qc8 26. h4 Qh8 27. Re1 Ne8 28. h5 $16 {Polugaevsky,
L-Seirawan,Y/Monte Carlo act/1993/}) 10. O-O Nb6 $5 (10... O-O 11. Qc2 {
-9...0-0}) 11. Re1 O-O 12. e4 (12. Bf4 Nc4 (12... Nfd7 13. Qc1 (13. Rc1 $5 {/\}
Nc4 14. b3 $14) 13... Bb7 14. e4 Nc4 {Szabo,L-Bellon Lopez,J/Montilla/1975/}
15. Bh6 $14) 13. Qc1 Qa5 14. Rb1 Rfb8 (14... Rab8 15. Nd2 {Kraidman,Y-Bellon
Lopez,J/Haifa olm/1976/} Nxb2 16. Nb3 Qa3 17. Qxb2 Qxb2 18. Rxb2 c4 19. Reb1
$16) 15. Nd2 Qb4 $1 16. a3 (16. Nxc4 Bxc4 {[%csl Ra2,Rd5] ><d5,a2}) 16... Qa5
17. Bg2 Nd7 18. Nxc4 Bxc4 19. Bd2 Qa6 20. Bf1 Rb3 21. Qc2 Rab8 22. Nd1 R3b7 23.
b4 cxb4 24. Bxb4 Bxd5 $15 {Van der Vliet,F-Bellon Lopez,J/Wijk aan Zee/1977/})
(12. Bg2 Qd7 13. Nd2 Rfb8 14. Qc2 Bb7 15. e4 Ng4 16. h3 Ne5 17. f4 Nec4 18.
Nxc4 Nxc4 19. b3 Bd4+ 20. Kh2 Na3 21. Qd2 Bc8 22. Bb2 Qb7 23. Nd1 Qb4 $5 $44 {
Szabo,L-Vasiukov,E/Wijk aan Zee/1973/}) (12. Rb1 $2 Bc4 13. e4 Bxa2 14. Nxa2
Rxa2 $11 15. Bd2 Qa8 16. Bc3 (16. b4 $11) 16... Na4 $1 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. e5
dxe5 19. Qb3 Nxb2 20. Rxb2 Ra3 21. Qb6 Rxf3 22. Qxc5 e4 23. Rb5 Qa2 24. Bg2 e3
$1 {0-1,Farago,I-Knaak,R/Novi Sad/1979/}) 12... Nfd7 (12... Nc4 $5 13. e5 (13.
Qc2 Qa5 $44 (13... Nd7 $143 {-12...Nfd7 13.Qc2})) 13... Ne8 (13... dxe5 14.
Nxe5 Nxd5 $5 15. Qxd5 Qxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxe5 17. Nxe7+ Kg7 $132) 14. exd6 exd6 15.
Qc2 Qa5 (15... Nf6 $5 $44) 16. Bd7 Rb8 $132) 13. Bf4 (13. Qc2 $142 $1 Nc4 (
13... Qc7 14. Bg5 $14) 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. b3 Ne5 (15... Nb6 16. Bf4 Bb7 17. Rad1
f6 18. a4 g5 19. Bc1 h6 20. Bb2 Rf7 {Tisdall,J-Bancod,R/Jakarta/1997/} 21. Nd2
$14) 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bb2 Rfb8 (17... f5 18. Nd1 Bxb2 19. Nxb2 f4 20. Nc4 Qh3
21. Qd3 Rf6 22. Qf3 g5 23. e5 Rh6 24. Qg2 Qf5 25. g4 $16 {Mustonen,V-Puronaho,
A/FIN-ch cr/1986/}) 18. Nd1 Bxb2 19. Nxb2 Qb7 20. Re3 Bb5 21. Nd1 Bd7 22. Rc3
Ra3 23. Ne3 $14 {Beliavsky,A-Palatnik,S/Kiev/1978/}) 13... Nc4 14. Qc2 Nde5 15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 (16. Red1 Qa5 $44 (16... Nf3+ 17. Kg2 Nd4 $132)) 16... Bxe5
{[%csl Ge5][%cal Gh8a1] When the dark-squared B has no opposition Black is
usually fine, if he doesn't allow White to blockade the << as in the game.} 17.
Rac1 $146 (17. Bf1 Qa5 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Re2 Rb8 20. Nd1 Rab6 21. Qc1 Qa4 22.
Kg2 Rb4 23. Nc3 Qa6 24. Rd2 Qc4 25. f3 f5 $44 {|^,Williams,A-Day,L/Haifa olm/
1976/}) (17. f4 $6 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Qc7 19. Rac1 Rfb8 20. b3 Qa5 21. Nb1 Rb4 22.
Bd7 c4 23. Nd2 Rab8 24. Nf3 Bg7 25. Ba4 f5 26. Ng5 Rxa4 27. bxa4 Rb2 28. Qd1
fxe4 29. Nxe4 Rxa2 $36 {Braakhuis,W-Lier,W/NED-ch cr/1994/}) 17... Qa5 18. b3
Rfb8 19. Bd7 $5 Ra7 ({Black doesn't want to exchange his powerful B yet and he
is probably right.} 19... Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Qxa2 21. Rb1 $1 (21. Ra1 Qxb3 22. Qxb3
Rxb3 23. Bc6 Ra7 24. Ra2 (24. Ra5 c4 25. Rea1 c3 $1 $15) 24... Rb6 25. Rea1 $13
{The pin on the <->a is permanent, on the other hand White has no suitable way
to exploit it.}) 21... Qa3 22. Bc6 Ra7 23. e5 $36) 20. Ba4 Bc8 {A step in the
wrong direction, the B was well placed on a6.} (20... c4 $142 $1 $44 {->}) 21.
Nb1 Bd7 $2 {[%csl Ra4][%mdl 16384] A serious strategic mistake. Black
exchanges the passive B and allows White to make a big step towards his ideal
setup (see move 26).} (21... e6 $5 $14 {/~~<=>}) (21... f5 22. Nd2 Bd4 23. Nc4
Qc7 24. Ne3 $1 $36) 22. Bxd7 Rxd7 23. Nd2 Ra7 24. a4 Bd4 (24... Qb4 $5 25. Re2
$16 {[%cal Yc1b1,Yd2c4] /\Rb1,Nc4} (25. Rb1 $6 Bc3 $44)) 25. Nc4 Qc7 (25... Qb4
$8 26. Rb1 $16 (26. e5 Qxb3 27. Qxb3 Rxb3 28. exd6 exd6 29. a5 Rf3 $14 {/<=>}))
26. Na3 $1 {[%mdl 4] Now White achieves the ideal position, as his N comes to
b5, stopping any <<<=>.} Rab7 27. Nb5 Rxb5 $6 {Desperation, but even after} (
27... Qa5 28. Qc4 $16 {/+- White has a decisive strategical advantage.} (28.
Re2 $16 {/+-})) 28. axb5 Rxb5 29. Qd3 Qb6 30. Rb1 Rb4 (30... c4 31. bxc4 Bxf2+
32. Kg2 Bxe1 33. cxb5 Qf2+ 34. Kh1 $18 {leads nowhere.}) (30... Bxf2+ $4 31.
Kxf2 c4+ 32. Qe3 $18) 31. Rec1 Qa5 (31... e6 32. dxe6 fxe6 33. Rc4 Rb5 (33...
d5 34. Rxb4 Qxb4 35. exd5 exd5 36. Qf3 Qb7 37. Re1 $18) 34. Ra4 $18) 32. Rc4
$18 Rxc4 (32... Qb5 33. Qc2 $18) (32... Rb8 33. Ra4 Qb6 34. Qc4 {[%cal Rb3b4] /
\b4+-}) 33. bxc4 Qa2 34. Rf1 {[%cal Yg1g2,Yg2f3,Yd3e2] /\Kg2-f3,Qe2 Although
White's forces are passive for the time being, he has a clear-cut plan to
untangle them and convert his extra exchange.} f6 35. h4 Kg7 (35... h5 36. e5
$1 $40) 36. h5 (36. Kg2 $5 $18 {is simpler.}) 36... Qb2 (36... gxh5 37. Kg2 Kf8
38. Kf3 $1 $18) (36... g5 $142 37. Kg2 Kh6 (37... g4 38. Qd1 Qxc4 39. h6+ $1
$18 {->}) 38. g4 $18 (38. Kf3 $5 {/\} g4+ 39. Kg2 $19 {[%csl Rg4] ><g4})) 37.
Kg2 (37. hxg6 $142 hxg6 38. Kg2) 37... Qa2 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. Kf3 $1 g5 40. Kg2
$1 {The <->h is open and White can abandon his Pc4 and concentrate on the
mating ->.} (40. Qe2 $4 g4+ $19) 40... Kf8 41. Qf3 Qc2 (41... Qxc4 42. Rh1 {
[%cal Rf3f5] /\Qf5+-}) 42. Qf5 {[%cal Rf1h1] /\Rh1} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. Rb1 O-O 11. O-O Qa5 12. Bd2 Rfb8 13. Qc2 Ne8 14. Rfe1 {
White wants to make as many useful moves as possible before changing the
structure on the << and thus limits Black's <=>.} (14. a4 $5 Qc7 (14... c4 15.
Nb5 Qb6 16. Be3 Nc5 17. Qxc4 Bxb5 18. axb5 Qxb5 19. Qxb5 Rxb5 20. Nd4 Rb7 21.
b4 Na4 22. Rb3 $16 {Gustafsson,J-Szieberth,A/Budapest/2001/}) (14... Qb6 15. b3
Nc7 16. Rfd1 $14) 15. b3 Ra7 16. Rfe1 Nef6 17. h3 Rab7 18. e4 Ne8 19. Bf1 (19.
Na2 $5 $14 {[%cal Yd2c3] /+/-,/\Bc3}) 19... Bxf1 20. Kxf1 Qc8 21. Kg2 c4 22.
Nb5 cxb3 23. Qxb3 Nc7 24. Qc2 Nxb5 25. Qxc8+ Rxc8 26. Rxb5 Rxb5 27. axb5 Rb8
28. Rb1 Nc5 $132 {Drasko,M-Cmiel,T/Porz/1991/}) (14. b3 Qa3 $142 $1 (14... Nc7
15. a4 Qb6 16. Rfd1 (16. Rfe1 {-14.Rfe1}) 16... Qa7 (16... Bb7 17. e4 Na6 18.
Na2 Rc8 19. Be3 Nb4 20. Nxb4 Qxb4 21. Bh3 Rd8 22. Bd2 Qb6 23. Be3 Qa5 24. Bd2
Qa7 25. Be3 Qa5 26. Bd2 Qa7 27. Bc3 Bxc3 28. Qxc3 Nf6 29. Qe3 $14 {Shaidullina,
S-Pogonina,N/RUS-chW Elista/2002/}) 17. e4 Rb6 18. Bg5 Re8 19. Na2 e6 20. Nc3
$6 (20. dxe6 $5 Nxe6 21. Be3 $16) 20... exd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Re2 $44 {
Gustafsson,J-Fogarasi,T/Budapest/2001/}) 15. Bc1 Qa5 16. Bb2 (16. Bd2 $11)
16... c4 17. Rfd1 Nc5 18. Ba1 Rb4 19. Nd2 cxb3 20. axb3 Nc7 21. Bf1 Bc8 22. e4
Qa7 $44 23. Na4 Nxa4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. bxa4 Rxa4 26. Qc3+ Kg8 27. Rdc1 Ne8 28.
Nc4 Ra2 29. Nb6 Rb8 $11 {Epishin,V-Krivoshey,S/Graz op/2001/}) 14... Nc7 {
[%cal Yc7b5] /\Nb5} 15. a4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] Doesn't allow Black to exchange
the important Nc3, which cements the <<.} (15. e4 Nb5 16. Nxb5 Qxb5 17. Bf1 (
17. Bc3 Qd3 18. Rbc1 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxc2 20. Rxc2 Bc4 21. Ra1 Bd3 $15 {Varga,
Z-Fogarasi,T/Budapest/2000/}) 17... Qb7 18. Bxa6 Qxa6 19. a3 Qa4 $44 20. b3 $6
Qxa3 21. Bc3 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Qb4 23. Qe3 f6 $15 {Krstev,R-Jacimovic,D/Skopje op/
1998/}) 15... Qb6 16. b3 {The pawn sacrifice is the point of the previous move.
} (16. e4 $6 Qb3 $1 $44) 16... Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Nxd5 18. Ne5 $1 {Connects
strategy with tactics. White gets a better P-structure.} Nxe5 $8 {Otherwise
Black loses material, or heavily compromises his position.} (18... N7f6 19. Nc4
(19. Bxd5 $16) 19... Qa7 20. Bxf6 $16) (18... dxe5 19. Bxd5 $16) 19. Bxd5 Bb7 {
A difficult choice-give your opponent a permanent advantage, or a dangerous
attack?} (19... Nc6 20. Qe4 Bb7 21. Qf4 Nd8 22. a5 $40) 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Bxe5
dxe5 22. Rec1 $14 {/+/-} f6 23. Qe4 (23. Qxc5 $2 Qxc5 24. Rxc5 Rxa4 $11) 23...
Kg7 24. Rc3 Rab8 25. Qc2 Qe6 (25... Rc7 $2 26. b4 $18 {[%csl Ga4,Gb4] o^a,b})
26. a5 Kf7 (26... Rb5 $5 27. Rxc5 (27. Ra1 Qd6 28. a6 Ra8 $14) 27... Rxb3 28.
Rxb3 Qxb3 29. Qxb3 Rxb3 30. Rc7 $14 {/+/-}) 27. Ra1 Rxb3 28. Rxb3 Qxb3 29. Qxc5
Qb2 30. Qc4+ Kg7 31. Qa2 $5 {White decides to go for further simplification,
but even a major piece _|_ was promising.} (31. Ra2 Qd4 $16 (31... Qb1+ 32. Kg2
Qb7+ 33. f3 $16)) 31... Qxa2 32. Rxa2 $16 {[%mdl 4352] White has transposed
into an ideal R_|_, he supports his o^ from behind. But despite this it's not
easy to demonstrate a forced win, Topalov continues to defend tenaciously.} Ra8
33. a6 Ra7 34. Kg2 Kf7 (34... e4 35. Kf1 Kf7 36. Ke1 (36. Ra4 $5) 36... Ke6 37.
Kd2 $16) 35. Kf3 Ke6 36. g4 Kd6 (36... Kd5 37. h4 Kc6 38. Ke4 $16) 37. h4 h6
38. g5 ({Even after} 38. h5 {Black retains drawing chances:} gxh5 $142 (38...
g5 $6 {loses time and keeps more vulnerable P on the board:} 39. Ke4 e6 40. Ra3
Kd7 41. Kd3 Kc6 42. Kc4 Kb6 43. e4 Kc6 (43... Rc7+ 44. Kb4 Ka7 45. Rf3 Rf7 46.
Kc5 $18) 44. Rf3 Rf7 45. a7 Rxa7 (45... Kb7 46. Kc5 Kxa7 47. Kd6 $18) 46. Rxf6
Kd6 47. Rxh6 Rf7 48. Rg6 $18) 39. gxh5 e6 (39... f5 40. e4 e6 41. Ra5 $16 {/+-}
) 40. Ke4 Kc6 41. Ra3 (41. Kd3 Kb5 $1 $11) 41... Kb6 (41... Kd6 $5) 42. Rf3 Rf7
43. Rg3 Kxa6 44. Rg6 Kb5 45. Rxh6 Kc6 46. Rg6 Kd6 $14 {[%cal Yf6f5] /=,/\f5})
38... hxg5 39. hxg5 f5 (39... Kc6 40. Ke4 Kb6 41. gxf6 exf6 42. Kd5 {[%cal
Rd5e6] /\Ke6+-}) 40. e4 (40. Ke3 e6 41. Ra5 Kc7 42. f3 Kb8 $14) 40... e6 41.
Ra5 Kc7 42. Ke3 Kb8 43. Rxe5 {This seems to be premature.} (43. f3 $5 {keeps
the tension, White's K strives to enter via c5, e.g.} f4+ (43... Kc7 44. Kd3
Kb6 45. Rxe5 Rd7+ 46. Kc4 Rd6 47. Rb5+ Kxa6 48. Kc5 $1 Rd3 49. Rb6+ Ka7 50.
Rxe6 Rxf3 51. e5 $18 {[%csl Ge5,Gg5] o^e,g}) 44. Kd3 (44. Ke2 $5 $16) 44...
Rd7+ (44... Kc7 45. Kc4 Kb6 46. Kb4 $22 $18) 45. Kc4 (45. Kc3 Rd6 46. Ra3 Rc6+
47. Kb4 Ka7 48. Kb5 Rc8 49. Rd3 Rd8 $5 50. Rc3 Rb8+ 51. Ka5 Rc8 $1 $14) 45...
Rd4+ (45... Rd6 $6 46. Ra3 Ka7 47. Kc5 Rd1 48. Kc6 {[%cal Ra3a5] /\Ra5} Rg1 49.
Kd7 Rxg5 50. Kxe6 $18) 46. Kc5 (46. Kc3 Rd6 {-45.Kc3}) 46... Rd3 47. Rb5+ Ka7
48. Rb7+ Kxa6 49. Rg7 Rxf3 50. Rxg6 $14 {/+/-}) 43... Rxa6 44. Rc5 (44. exf5
exf5 45. Re7 Kc8 46. Kf4 (46. Rf7 Re6+ 47. Kf3 Kd8 $11) 46... Kd8 47. Rf7 Re6
48. Rf6 Ke7 49. Rxe6+ Kxe6 50. Ke3 Kd5 51. Kd3 Ke5 52. Ke3 f4+ 53. Kd3 Kf5 54.
f3 Kxg5 55. Ke4 $11) 44... Kb7 45. Kf4 Kb6 46. Rc8 fxe4 47. Kxe4 (47. Rg8 Kc6
48. Rxg6 Kd7 $5 $14 (48... Kd5 49. Rg8 $1 Ra2 50. Rd8+ Kc6 51. Kg3 Ra7 52. Kg4
Ra2 53. Rf8 $16)) 47... Kb7 48. Rg8 (48. Rc3 Ra5 (48... Ra4+ 49. Ke5 Ra5+ 50.
Kf6 Rf5+ 51. Kxg6 Rxf2 52. Re3 $18) 49. f4 Rb5 50. Rh3 Kc7 51. Rh6 Kd6 52. Rxg6
Rb4+ 53. Kf3 Ke7 {leads only to the game position anyway.}) 48... Kc6 49. Rxg6
Kd6 50. f4 (50. Rg7 Ra4+ 51. Ke3 e5 52. Rg6+ Ke7 $14) 50... Ra4+ 51. Kf3 Ke7
52. Rg7+ Kf8 53. Rb7 Rc4 $2 {Only this can be identified as the losing mistake.
} ({After} 53... Ra1 $1 {Black's position is holding:} 54. Kg4 (54. g6 $2 Rg1)
(54. Ke4 Re1+) 54... Rg1+ 55. Kh5 Rf1 56. Kh6 (56. Rb8+ Kg7 $11) (56. Rb4 Kg7
$11) 56... Rxf4 57. Rb8+ Ke7 58. g6 Rh4+ 59. Kg5 (59. Kg7 e5 $132) 59... Rh1
60. g7 Rg1+ 61. Kh6 Rh1+ 62. Kg6 Rg1+ 63. Kh7 Rh1+ 64. Kg8 e5 65. Rb5 Rh5 66.
Ra5 Ke8 $11 {and because the Pe5 shields Black's K from frontal checks, White
has no way to extricate his K from g8.}) 54. g6 $1 $18 Rc1 (54... Rc5 55. Rf7+
{[%cal Rf3g4] /\Kg4+-} (55. Kg4 $143 Rf5)) 55. Kg4 Rc5 (55... Rg1+ 56. Kh5 Rg2
(56... Kg8 57. Re7 $18) 57. Kh6 Rh2+ 58. Kg5 Rf2 59. f5 $1 (59. Rf7+ Ke8 (59...
Kg8 60. Re7 $18) 60. Kh6 Rh2+ 61. Kg7 $18) 59... Rxf5+ (59... exf5 60. g7+ Kg8
61. Kf6 $18) 60. Kh6 Rf6 61. Kh7 $18) 56. Rf7+ Ke8 (56... Kg8 57. Rf6 Rc6 58.
Kg5 $18 {[%cal Rf4f5,Yg5h6,Yg6g7] /\,f5,Kh6,g7}) 57. f5 $1 (57. f5 exf5+ 58.
Rxf5 Rc1 (58... Rxf5 59. Kxf5 Ke7 60. Ke5 Ke8 61. Ke6 Kf8 62. Kf6 $18) 59. Kg5
Rh1 (59... Ke7 60. g7 $18) 60. g7 Ke7 61. Kg6 Rg1+ 62. Kh7 Rh1+ 63. Kg8 $18 {
and White has reached a simple Lucena position.}) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Cao, Sang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 (5... d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. g3
Bg7 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Nb6 $5 $13) 6. Nc3 d6 7. g3 g6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. Nf3 Nbd7
10. Rb1 Qa5 (10... Nb6 $143 11. b3 Ra7 12. O-O Qa8 13. Nh4 $1 O-O 14. Bb2 {
is unconvincing, after some more stereotyped moves from Black White took over:}
Rb8 15. Re1 Ne8 16. Qc2 Nc7 17. e4 Nb5 18. Nxb5 Bxb5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. a4 Bd7
21. Nf3 f6 22. Nd2 Rc7 23. Bf1 $36 {Magalashvili,D-Kadziolka,B/EU-ch Warsaw/
2005/}) 11. O-O O-O 12. Bd2 Rfb8 13. Re1 (13. b3 {is considered less incisive
due to} Qa3 $1 14. Bc1 Qa5 {and if White avoids repetition, Black can gain <=>
with} 15. Bb2 Ne8 16. Qc2 c4 $5 17. Na4 $5 (17. Rfd1 Nc5 18. Ba1 Rb4 19. Nd2
cxb3 20. axb3 Nc7 21. Bf1 Bc8 22. e4 Qa7 23. Na4 Nxa4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. bxa4
Rxa4 26. Qc3+ Kg8 $11 {Epishin,V-Krivoshey,S/Graz op/2001/}) (17. b4 Rxb4 18.
Ba1 Rab8 19. Rxb4 Rxb4 20. Rd1 Nc5 21. Qd2 Qb6 22. Qe3 Bf6 23. g4 Na4 24. Qxb6
(24. Nd4 $2 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 (25. Qxd4 Qxd4 26. Rxd4 Nxc3 27. Bxc3 Rb1+ 28. Bf1
Rc1 $17) 25... Rb1+ $1 26. Nxb1 Qxb1+ 27. Bf1 Qxa1 28. Re4 Nf6 29. Rxe7 Nxd5
30. Re8+ Kg7 31. Qa7 Nc5 32. g5 Bb5 33. Rb8 Bc6 34. Rc8 Bd7 {0-1,Gurevich,
M-Cao Sang/EU-ch Warsaw /2005/}) 24... Nxb6 25. Nd2 $5 $11 (25. g5 Bxc3 $1 26.
Bxc3 Ra4 $36)) (17. Nd2 Nc5 $44) 17... cxb3 (17... Bxb2 18. Rxb2 Bb5 19. Nc3
cxb3 20. axb3 Rc8 21. Rc1 $14 {Purnama,T-Weber,J/Calvia olm/2004/}) 18. axb3
Rc8 19. Qd1 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 Bb5 $132) (13. Qc2 {is nowadays considered to be the
strongest, but perhaps the situation is not so bleak for Black, as
Kramnik-Topalov makes it seem:} Qc7 $5 (13... Ng4 14. a4 $1 Nge5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5
16. b3 {is different to the line with 13.b3, as now Black doesn't have the c4
advance:} Qd8 (16... c4 $2 17. b4 $1 $18 {/\} Rxb4 18. Na2 Qxa4 19. Nxb4) 17.
Rfe1 Ra7 18. h3 (18. Na2 Rc8 19. Bc3 Rb7 20. h3 Qf8 21. Kh2 h5 22. f4 Nd7 23.
Bxg7 Qxg7 24. b4 $1 $16 {Sakalauskas,V-Llorens,M/Calvia olm/2004/}) 18... Rab7
19. Na2 Qc8 20. f4 Nd7 {Kramnik,V-Van Wely,L/Monte Carlo blind/2003/} 21. b4 $1
$16) (13... Ne8 14. Rfe1 Nc7 15. a4 $5 Qb6 16. b3 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Nxd5 18. Ne5 $1
Nxe5 19. Bxd5 Bb7 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Rec1 $36 {Kramnik,V-Topalov,
V/Wijk aan Zee/2003/}) 14. b3 Nb6 15. Nh4 Qb7 16. Rfd1 Nfxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18.
Bh6 (18. Bf4 $6 Nxf4 $1 19. Bxb7 Nxe2+ 20. Kg2 Bxb7+ {[%cal Re2c3] /\Nc3|^,
Zakharevich}) 18... Nb4 $1 19. Qd2 (19. Bxb7 Nxc2 20. Bxa8 Bxh6 21. Bf3 Na3 22.
Ra1 Bg7 23. Rac1 Bb2 $15) 19... Nc6 (19... Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Qc8 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22.
Nf3 f6 23. Qe3 Kf7 24. Qh6 Kg8 25. Qe3 Kf7 26. Qh6 Qg8 27. Rb2 Bb7 28. Ra1 $16
{Williams,L-Situru,N/Bled olm/2002/}) 20. Nf5 $1 Bxh6 (20... Bf6 $2 21. Nxd6 $1
$16 {Zakharevich,I-Rudykh,S/RUS-chT/2003/}) 21. Nxh6+ Kg7 22. Rb2 $1 (22. Nxf7
Kxf7 23. Qd5+ Kf6 24. Qxc6 Qxc6 25. Bxc6 Bxe2 26. Rd2 Ra6 $11) 22... f6 (22...
Bb5 23. Bd5 $36) 23. Ng4 $14 {/~~}) 13... Ng4 $5 14. Qc2 (14. Qc1 Nge5 15. Nxe5
Nxe5 16. b3 c4 17. Na4 Qb5 18. Bc3 Bc8 19. f4 Bf5 20. Rb2 cxb3 21. axb3 Ng4 22.
Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qc3+ Kg8 24. e4 Bd7 25. Reb1 Qa6 26. Qd4 $36 {Sulava,N-Pfeiffer,
G/Oberwart op/1995/}) 14... Nge5 15. b3 (15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. b3 c4 $5 (16... Bc8
17. a4 Bf5 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 f5 20. Qc2 Qa6 21. f4 Nf7 22. Nb5 Qb7 23. Qc4
Qd7 24. e4 $16 {Ree,H-Popov,L/Wijk aan Zee/1975/}) 17. Na4 cxb3 18. axb3 Qd8
19. h3 (19. Bc3 $142 Bb5 20. Bh3 $5 $14) 19... Rc8 20. Qe4 Bb5 21. Nc3 Bd7 22.
Qe3 Bf5 23. Rbc1 h5 24. Na4 Rcb8 25. f4 Nd7 26. Rc6 Rb5 27. Rec1 Rab8 28. b4
Nf6 29. Qb3 Be4 $36 {Moor,O-Belotti,B/SUI-chT/2001/}) 15... Nxf3+ 16. exf3 $146
{[%csl Rd3,Rd4,Rd5] Tempting, but double-edged, as it weakens White's [+]
pawns, as well as the d4- and d3-squares.} ({The solid} 16. Bxf3 $142 Ne5 17.
Bg2 {-15.Ne5 gives White more chances to fight for an advantage.}) 16... Ne5 {
[%cal Ra6d3] /\Bd3} 17. Re3 (17. f4 Bd3 18. Qd1 Bxb1 $1 19. Nxb1 Qxa2 20. fxe5
Bxe5 $44 {|^}) (17. Na4 Bd3 18. Qd1 Qxa4 $5 (18... Qa7 $132) 19. bxa4 Rxb1 $44)
17... Bc8 18. f4 Bf5 19. Be4 Ng4 20. Rf3 $6 {[%csl Rf3] Here the R will be
sadly misplaced and will never properly rejoin the play again. Once White
opened the <->e, consistent was} (20. Re2 $142 $1 {[%cal Ge1e8]} Nh6 $132 (
20... Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Bxc3 22. Bxc3 Qxa2 23. Rb2 Qa7 24. f5 $1 gxf5 25. Re1 Qd7
26. h3 $40)) 20... Nh6 $5 {Black's N aims for d4, he already has higher
ambitions than equality.} (20... Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Bxc3 22. Bxc3 Qxa2 23. f5 Ne5 $5
(23... Nf6 24. Bxf6 exf6 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Rxf6 $14) (23... Ra4 24. bxa4 Qxb1+
25. Qxb1 Rxb1+ 26. Kg2 $14) 24. Bxe5 (24. Re3 Ra4 $1) 24... dxe5 25. fxg6 hxg6
$11) 21. Bxf5 Nxf5 22. Qe4 h5 $1 {Black keeps the tension.} (22... Bxc3 23.
Bxc3 Qxa2 24. g4 Ra4 25. b4 $1 $13) 23. h3 Rb4 24. Qe1 Nd4 25. Rd3 Qa6 26. Qf1
c4 $44 {[%mdl 4] Another interesting moment. Black opens up the <<, with his
far more active pieces White's extra P doesn't make itself felt and is more of
a liability. In the following phase Cao Sang increases the pressure by
gradually manoeuvring his pieces to better squares. White finds it
increasingly difficult to cope with, as he has no direct targets and must
always watch his a- and d-P, all in all a model display by Black.} 27. bxc4 (
27. Rxd4 Bxd4 28. Ne2 c3 (28... cxb3 29. Bxb4 bxa2 30. Nxd4 axb1=Q 31. Qxb1 $14
) 29. Nxc3 Qxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Rb7 31. a4 Bxc3 32. Bxc3 Rxa4 $17) 27... Rxc4 28. g4
$5 (28. a4 Rac8 29. Nb5 Qxa4 30. Nxd4 Rxd4 31. Be3 $15) 28... hxg4 29. hxg4 Qc8
{[%csl Rf4,Rg1,Rg4] ׻} 30. Rg3 Rc5 (30... Ra3 31. Rb8 $5 Qxb8 32. Qxc4 $132)
31. a4 Nc2 $5 (31... Qd7 32. Qd3 Rac8 33. Kg2 $13) 32. Qd3 (32. Qh3 Na3 33. Rb3
Nc4 $36) (32. Rb3 $5) 32... Na3 33. Rb4 Nc4 34. Be1 Rb8 $5 35. Rxb8 Qxb8 36.
Qe4 $6 {The Q achieves nothing here, White should have tried to move his
pieces in the direction of the >>.} (36. Ne4 $142 Rc7 37. Bc3 $13 (37. f5 $5))
36... Qb7 37. f5 $6 {This only helps Black, as it gives his N the ideal
e5-square and now White will have no >><=>.} (37. g5 Qd7 $1 $36 (37... Nb6 38.
f5 $132)) 37... g5 $17 38. Rh3 Ne5 {[%csl Ge5]} 39. Qe2 Rc4 40. Rg3 Qb4 41. Bd2
Bf6 42. Nd1 $6 (42. Kg2 $142 {/\} Nxg4 $2 43. f4 $1 $40) 42... Qxa4 43. Ne3 Rc8
44. Rh3 Rb8 {Material is equal and Black has a decisive positional advantage -
all his pieces are more active, than their counterparts.} 45. Bc3 Qe4 $1 46. f3
{[%csl Rh3] צh3} Qb1+ ({Black already wants more than} 46... Nxf3+ 47. Qxf3
Qxf3 48. Rxf3 Bxc3 $17) 47. Kh2 $2 (47. Nf1 Nd3 $5 48. Bxf6 exf6 $40) 47... Ra8
48. Ng2 Ra2 {The final triumph of the << invasion.} (48... Ra2 49. Qe3 (49. Bd2
Qb2 $19) (49. Qe1 Qc2 {/\} 50. Rg3 Nxf3+ $1 $19) 49... Qc2 50. Rg3 Ra3) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. g3
d6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. Rb1 $5 {An interesting new idea. White removes his R from
the long diagonal as soon as possible to play b3 and consolidate his <<. Black
still hasn't found a setup, whic guarantees active counterplay. The heavily
played} (10. O-O Nb6 $1 {doesn't allow Rb1 anymore, theory and practice show
Black has sufficient compensation for the pawn.}) 10... O-O (10... Nb6 11. b3 (
11. O-O $6 Bc4 $36 {wins the pawn back advantageously.}) 11... O-O (11... Bb7
12. Nh4 Ra5 13. O-O Qa8 14. Bd2 O-O 15. a4 Ra6 16. e4 e6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Re1
Nbd7 19. b4 cxb4 20. Rxb4 Nc5 21. e5 dxe5 22. Bxb7 Nxb7 23. Rxe5 $16 {Manor,
I-Hansen,L/EU-chJ Groningen/1986/}) 12. O-O {-10...0-0}) (10... Qa5 $6 11. O-O
(11. Bd2 Nb6 12. O-O O-O 13. a4 Nfd7 14. Qc2 Nc4 15. Be1 Qc7 16. Nd2 Ncb6 17.
Nde4 c4 18. a5 Nc8 19. Nd1 Nc5 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21. Bd2 Rb8 22. Ne3 Na7 23. Rfc1
Rfc8 24. h4 $14 {Ilincic,Z-Marinkovic,I/Kladovo/1994/}) 11... O-O 12. Qc2 Nb6
13. Rd1 Bb7 14. e4 Nfd7 15. a3 $1 Nc4 16. b4 cxb4 17. axb4 Qb6 18. Qb3 Rfc8 19.
Ne2 Qa6 20. Ned4 Qa2 21. Qxa2 Rxa2 22. Bh3 Ncb6 23. Be3 Re8 24. Nc6 Kf8 25.
Rdc1 $18 {Baburin,A-Fedorowicz,J/San Francisco/1997/}) 11. O-O Nb6 (11... Qc7
12. b3 Rfb8 13. h3 (13. Re1 Ra7 14. Bd2 Rab7 15. Rc1 Ng4 16. h3 Nge5 17. Nxe5
Bxe5 18. Nb1 Qb6 19. Na3 Ra7 20. Nb1 Bb5 21. Rc2 Rba8 22. a3 Ba6 23. b4 Bb5 24.
Qc1 Ba4 25. Rc4 Qa6 $36 {Heim,S-Plachetka,J/Thessaloniki olm/1984/}) 13... Qa5
14. Bd2 Nb6 15. Qc2 Qa3 16. Bc1 Qa5 17. Rd1 Bb7 18. Nh2 Ng4 19. Nxg4 Qxc3 20.
Qe4 e5 $2 21. Nh6+ Kf8 22. Bd2 Qd4 23. Qc2 $1 e4 24. Ng4 h5 25. Be1 $18 {
Sulava,N-Bauer,R/Berlin op/1990/}) 12. b3 (12. Nh4 Qc7 13. b3 Rae8 $5 14. Bb2
e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Qd2 d5 17. Rfd1 Rd8 18. Qc2 e5 $44 19. Nf3 Qe7 20. Nxe5
Qxe5 21. Nxd5 Qxe2 22. Qxe2 Bxe2 23. Bxf6 Nxd5 24. Bxg7 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Ne3 $1
$17 {Kiss,A-Paehtz,T/Leipzig/1988/}) (12. a3 Nfd7 13. Nd2 Ra7 14. Qc2 e6 15.
dxe6 fxe6 16. Nf3 d5 17. h4 Ne5 (17... Nf6 $5 $132) 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bh6 Re8
20. Rfd1 Rf7 21. Ne4 Bd4 22. e3 dxe4 23. Bxe4 Qf6 24. exd4 cxd4 25. Bg5 $16 {
Lazarev,V-Verdier,P/FRA-chT/1998/}) (12. Re1 $2 Bc4) 12... Ra7 (12... Ne8 13.
Bb2 Nc7 14. Nh4 Qd7 15. Qd2 Ra7 16. Rfe1 Nb5 17. Nxb5 Qxb5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. a4
Qe8 20. e4 f6 21. f4 e5 22. dxe6 Qxe6 23. a5 Nc8 24. b4 $16 {Pytel,K-Bielczyk,
J/Augustow/1975/}) (12... Qc7 $5 13. Re1 Qb7 ({The abovementioned plan of
central counterplay is now ineffective:} 13... Rae8 14. e4 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16.
Bf4) 14. e4 Ng4 15. Qc2 Nd7 16. Rd1 Rfb8 17. h3 Nge5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. a4 Qc8
20. Bd2 Ra7 21. Bf1 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Nf6 23. Kg2 Ne8 24. Nb5 Rab7 25. f4 Bg7 26.
Ba5 Ra8 27. Bc3 Bxc3 28. Qxc3 Nc7 29. Na3 Rb4 30. Nc4 Qb7 $132 {/\Raa4,f5<=>,
Skomorokhin,R-Mayr,K/Berlin op/ 1994/}) 13. a4 (13. Re1 Qa8 (13... Bb7 $5 14.
e4 Ng4 $132) 14. e4 Ng4 (14... Rb8 $142 {/\Ne8-c7}) 15. Bb2 Nd7 16. a4 Rb8 17.
Bf1 $1 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Nge5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Nb5 Rab7 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. h4 $16 {
Antic,D-Perunovic,M/Nis/1995/}) 13... Qa8 14. Nh4 Rb8 15. Bb2 (15. Re1 $5 $14 {
/\} c4 $2 16. b4 Bb7 17. Be3) 15... Nbd7 $146 ({The thematic move, but also
very committal move is} 15... c4 $5 16. b4 Bb7 17. a5 Nbxd5 18. Nb5 Ne3 19. Qd4
Bxg2 $1 (19... Nxf1 $6 20. Qxa7 Bxg2 21. Nxg2 Qxa7 22. Nxa7 Nd2 23. Nc6 Nd7 24.
Nxb8 Nxb8 25. Rd1 c3 26. Bc1 $18 {Baburin,A-Riemersma,L/Cappelle la Grande op/
1996/}) 20. Qxa7 Bxf1 21. Qxa8 Rxa8 22. Nc7 $5 ({Piket had most probably
analysed this position and found something more convincing than} 22. fxe3 Bxe2
23. Nc7 Rc8 $13) 22... Ra7 $142 ({Baburin's suggestion} 22... Rc8 23. b5 {
[%csl Ga5,Gb5] is dangerous, the pawns are very strong.}) 23. Bd4 $5 Rxc7 24.
b5 c3 25. b6 c2 26. Rc1 $36 {If the complications don't work for Black,
Topalov's move deserves attention.}) 16. Ba1 Ne5 (16... Rb4 $5 {/\c4} 17. Na2
Rb8 18. Re1 $14) 17. Qc2 Rab7 18. Rfd1 {[%mdl 32] From now on for a couple of
moves Black has the possibility to play c4, but it never fully solves his
problems. Finally after Black misses all the chances, Piket takes a firm
control of c4 and his well thought out strategy triumphs.} Qa7 (18... c4 19.
bxc4 Bxc4 (19... Nxc4 20. Rxb7 Rxb7 21. Ne4 $36) 20. Rxb7 Rxb7 21. Nb5 $5 $36 {
/\} Bxb5 22. axb5 Rxb5 $6 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. d6 $40) 19. Bf1 Ne8 $6 ({This was
probably the best moment, as after} 19... c4 $5 20. bxc4 Bxc4 {the threat is
Bb3 and it's not so easy to retain the extra pawn.} (20... Nxc4 21. Rxb7 Rxb7
22. Nb5 $16) 21. Rxb7 Rxb7) 20. Ne4 $1 Rb6 (20... c4 21. Bd4 (21. bxc4 Rxb1 (
21... Nxc4 22. Rxb7 Rxb7 23. Bxg7 Nxg7 24. e3 $16) (21... Bxc4 $2 22. Bxe5 Rxb1
23. Rxb1 Rxb1 24. Bxg7 $16) 22. Rxb1 Rxb1 23. Qxb1 Bxc4 $132) 21... Qa8 22.
bxc4 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Rxb1 24. Qxb1 Bxc4 25. Nc3 $36 {[%csl Ga4] o^a}) 21. Nd2 $1
Nd7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nhf3 Nef6 24. e4 {[%csl Gc4,Gd5,Ge4] [+],><c4} Rb4 25.
Bxa6 Qxa6 26. Nc4 Nb6 27. Nfd2 Nfd7 (27... Nxc4 28. Nxc4 Nd7 29. a5 $5 $36 {
A very similar position could arise later in the game.}) 28. Na3 $1 Nf6 29. Qc3
Nbd7 (29... Kg8 $2 30. Nc2 Rxe4 31. Nxe4 Nxe4 32. Qf3 $16) 30. Nc2 R4b7 31. Nc4
Kg8 32. f3 Ra8 (32... Nb6 33. Na5 $1 Nxa4 (33... Rd7 34. Nc6 $18) 34. Qe1 Rb6
35. Nc6 $16) 33. Rb2 Nb6 34. N2e3 Nxc4 (34... Nfd7 $5) 35. Nxc4 Rb4 $6 {
A mistake in the looming time-trouble, which finally allows White a switch
from prophylactic to active strategy. (a strong central break.)} (35... Nd7
$142 36. a5 $14 {/+/- White is undoubtedly better, but he still must crack
Black's position.}) 36. e5 $1 dxe5 (36... Nd7 37. f4 $5 $40) 37. Qxe5 Qb7 38.
d6 Qxf3 $6 $138 (38... Nd7 $142 39. Qe4 $5 $16 (39. Qxe7 Rxb3 40. Re2 Rxf3 41.
Ne5 Qb3 $132)) 39. Rf1 Qe4 (39... Qd5 40. dxe7 {-39...Qe4}) 40. dxe7 Qxe5 41.
Nxe5 $18 Re4 42. Rd2 Re8 (42... Rxe5 43. Rd8+ Kg7 44. Rxa8 Rxe7 45. a5 $18) 43.
Nc4 Re6 (43... Kg7 44. Nd6 $18) 44. Rxf6 $1 (44. Rxf6 Rxf6 45. Rd8 $18) 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch op"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2001.04.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Bitensky, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. c4 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c5 7. d5 b5 $5 (7...
e6 8. Nc3 exd5 9. cxd5) 8. cxb5 a6 9. bxa6 Bxa6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Rb1 $1 (11.
Ne1 $5 Qb6 12. Nc2 Rfb8 13. Ne3 $13) 11... Qc7 (11... Qa5 12. Bd2 Rfb8 13. Qc2)
12. b3 Rfb8 13. Bb2 $146 (13. Re1 Ra7 14. Bd2 Qb7 (14... Rab7 15. Rc1 Ng4 16.
h3 Nge5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Nb1 Qb6 19. Na3 Ra7 20. Nb1 Bb5 21. Rc2 Rba8 {
Heim,S-Plachetka,J/Thessaloniki ol 1984/0-1 (97)}) 15. e4 Ng4 16. a4 Bd3 17.
Rb2 Nge5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bc1 Nf3+ 20. Qxf3 Bxc3 21. Qxd3 Bxe1 22. Bf3 Qb4 23.
Bd1 Qc3 24. Qb1 Qd4 25. Be3 Qb4 26. Be2 Bc3 27. Rc2 Rxa4 {0-1 Keck-Kempter/
Moskva 1990 (27)}) (13. Qc2 Rb7 14. Nd2 Qa5 15. a3 Ne8 16. Bb2 Rab8 17. Rfd1
Nc7 18. Bf1 h6 19. h3 Na8 20. Kh2 Nc7 21. f4 Ne8 {Snatenkov,V-Mirovshchikov,S/
Ural-ch Orsk 2001/RUS/1/2-1/2 (66)}) 13... Nb6 14. Re1 Qa7 (14... Bb7 15. e4
$16) 15. h3 Ne8 16. e4 Nd7 (16... e6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Qd2 $16) 17. Ba1 Nc7 18.
Qc2 Rb4 19. a3 Rd4 $5 {[%mdl 512]} (19... Rb7 20. b4 $5 $16) 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21.
Na2 $1 (21. Na4 Nb5) 21... Nb5 22. Bb2 (22. Qb2 Ne5) 22... d3 (22... Nxa3 $2
23. Bxa3 Bb5 24. Bb2 d3 (24... Qxa2 $2 25. Ra1) 25. Qd2 Qxa2 26. Ra1 $18) 23.
Qd2 Nd4 (23... Bxb2 $5 24. Qxb2 Ne5 25. Nb4 Nd4 26. Re3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rf3]})
24. Bxd4 Bxd4 25. Nb4 Ne5 26. Nxa6 (26. Nc6 $142 Nxc6 27. dxc6 Rc8 28. Rec1)
26... Qxa6 27. Kh2 Rc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8c2]} (27... Qxa3 28. f4 $18) 28. Rec1 Rxc1
29. Rxc1 Qxa3 30. f4 Nd7 31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. Qxd3 Qa1 33. Qf1 Qb2 34. Qc1 $138 (
34. Rc7 Nf6 35. Rxe7 Bf2 $5 36. e5 Nh5 {[%csl Rg3,Rh2]}) 34... Qxb3 35. Rc4 Bf6
(35... Bc5 36. Qc3+ $18) 36. Rc7 Nb6 (36... Nc5 37. e5 $18) 37. Rb7 Bd4 38. Qe1
(38. Rxe7 Nc4) 38... Qa2 (38... Kf8 39. e5 $18) 39. Qb4 Qf2 (39... Qa1 40. h4)
40. h4 $1 $18 Nc8 (40... Kf8 41. Rb8+ Kg7 42. Qb5) 41. Rc7 Bc5 42. Qb7 Qg1+ 43.
Kh3 Bf2 44. Rxc8 Bxg3 45. Qb2+ 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas op"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2000.04.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Kogan, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "Kogan,A"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2000.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kogan,Arthur} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7.
g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 d6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Rb1 $5 Qa5 (10... Nb6 11. b3 Bc8 $5 12. e4 (
12. Nh4 h6 $5 13. Qc2 Qd7 $1 14. Bb2 g5 15. Nf3 Qf5 16. e4 Qg6 $44 {Breyer-Van
der weide /OPEN99}) 12... Ba6 13. Bf1 Qc8 $44 {Cvitan-Matamoros/Cannes96}) 11.
Bd2 (11. O-O Nb6 $5) 11... O-O 12. O-O Bb7 $5 $146 {[%cal Ga5a6,Yd7b6] Black
intends to move his queen to a6 and the knight to b6. On the other hand 11.Bb7
prepares the central break e7-e6.} (12... Rfb8 {Stohl} 13. b3 Qa3 $1 14. Qc2
Nb6 15. Bc1 Qa5 16. Rd1 Ne8 $1 $146 17. Bd2 {[%cal Ya2a4,Rc3b5] /\a4,Nb5} Qa3
$1 18. e4 Bc8 19. h3 Bd7 $44 {0-1 Avrukh,B-Ponomariov,R/Batumi 1999/CBM 74/
[Stohl] (39)}) 13. Qc2 Qa6 $1 (13... Qb6 14. Nh4 $1 (14. e4 Ng4) 14... e6 $6
15. e4 exd5 16. exd5 $16) 14. e4 (14. Nh4 Nb6 (14... Ng4 $5) 15. e4 Ng4 $132)
14... e6 $5 (14... Ng4 $13) 15. dxe6 (15. Nh4 $2 exd5 16. exd5 Nb6) 15... fxe6
$44 16. b3 $1 {This accurate move is the strongest one. In other cases black
gets a strong counterplay:} (16. b4 $5 {Suggestion of Fritz, but black gets a
good play there:} Qc4 $1 (16... cxb4 17. Rxb4 Nc5 18. Rfb1 $16) 17. Rfc1 cxb4
18. Bf1 Qc5 19. Qb3 $1 bxc3 20. Rxc3 Nxe4 $1 21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22. Rxc5 Ndxc5 23.
Qg4 Bc8 $17) (16. Rfe1 $5 d5 $2 (16... Ng4 $1) 17. exd5 exd5 18. Re7 d4 19.
Nxd4 $1 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Rc2b3]} Bxg2 20. Ne6 $18) (16. Ng5 d5 (16... Rfe8 $5
17. Bh3 d5 {[%cal Ya6e6]}) 17. exd5 exd5 18. Rbe1 Rae8 $44) 16... d5 17. exd5
exd5 18. Na4 Rac8 (18... Ne4 19. Ng5 $1 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 $16 {[%csl Rc5,Rd5]}) 19.
Rbe1 $1 {R f1 should protect the f2-point.} d4 $5 (19... Rfd8 20. Bh3 $1 $16 {
[%csl Re6]}) (19... Ne4 20. Ng5 $1 Ndf6 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Nxc5
$16) 20. Nb2 (20. Re7 $6 c4 $1 21. Nxd4 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qd6 23. Rxg7+ Kxg7 24.
Bc3 $13) 20... Ng4 $1 {One unaccurate move and white gets an advantage!} (20...
Qa8 21. Nh4 $16) 21. Ng5 (21. Bf4 Qa8 22. Nh4 (22. Re7 Ndf6 23. Ne1 Bxg2 24.
Nxg2 Nd5 25. Qc4 Kh8 $13) 22... Bxg2 23. Nxg2 Nde5 $36 {[%csl Rf3]}) 21... Bxg2
22. Kxg2 Nge5 $1 {[%mdl 128]} (22... Nde5 $2 {Kogan: "I lost a lot of time for
calculating many crazy lines like this one..."} 23. f3 $1 (23. f4 c4 $1 24.
fxe5 c3 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Nd3 cxd2 27. Qxd2 Ne3+ 28. Kg1 Bxe5 $1 $44 {but
even after 24.Nxc4 Nxc4 25.bxc4 Rxc4 26.Qb3white is winning...}) 23... c4 24.
Nxc4 Nxc4 25. bxc4 Rxc4 26. Qb3 $16) {Black threats are h7-h6 and then Nf3, or
just d4-d3 or c5-c4. White has an only way to continue:} 23. f4 d3 $1 24. Qb1
Qc6+ 25. Kh3 $5 {It looks like white is winning, but still black has a move!} (
25. Kg1 Ng4 {[%cal Rg7d4] The threat is Bd4+, so white has to play:} 26. Ne6 (
26. Nf3 $1 c4 27. Nxc4 Nc5 28. h3 $16) 26... Rfe8 27. Nxg7 Re2 $1 28. Rxe2 dxe2
29. Re1 Qf3 30. Nd3 c4 $1 31. bxc4 Nc5 $1 $17) 25... h6 $1 26. Ne4 (26. fxe5 $6
Rxf1 27. Rxf1 Nxe5 28. Bf4 hxg5 29. Bxe5 Qe6+ 30. Kg2 Qxe5 31. Nxd3 Qe4+ $40)
26... Qd5 $3 {[%mdl 128] Kogan:"with less than one minute on the clock I found
the right way!"} (26... c4 27. Nxc4 Nxc4 28. bxc4 Qxc4 29. Nd6 $18) (26... g5
$5 27. Nxd3 $1 g4+ 28. Kg2 Nf3 29. Rxf3 gxf3+ 30. Kxf3 c4 31. bxc4 Qxc4 32. Qb3
$16) 27. fxe5 (27. Kg2 $2 Nf6 28. fxe5 Nxe4 29. Qxd3 Qxd3 30. Nxd3 Nxd2 $17) (
27. Nd1 $6 Ng4 $3 $40) 27... Nxe5 $1 (27... Rxf1 28. Rxf1 Qxe4 29. Qxd3 $18)
28. Bf4 (28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Kg2 Nf3 30. Qxd3 (30. Nc4 Nxe1+ 31. Qxe1 Re8 32.
Kf3 g5 $1 $36) 30... Qh5 31. Rh1 Bxb2 $44) 28... Ng4 $3 {[%mdl 128]} (28... g5
29. Bxe5 Rxf1 30. Rxf1 g4+ 31. Kh4 Qxe5 32. Qxd3 $18) 29. Nxd3 {Now black gets
a draw, but also other moves don't lead to white's advantage:} (29. Kg2 d2 $1
30. Bxd2 (30. Re2 Bxb2 31. Rxd2 (31. Qxb2 d1=Q 32. Rxd1 Qxd1 33. h3 g5 $1)
31... Bd4 $36) (30. Rd1 Bxb2 31. Rxd2 Bd4 $36) 30... Rxf1 31. Rxf1 (31. Kxf1
Rf8+ 32. Bf4 Qh5 (32... g5 33. Qd3 Bd4 34. h3 Ne5 35. Qd2 gxf4 (35... Nf3 $2
36. Qg2 Nxe1 37. Nf6+ $18) 36. gxf4 Qf7 $44) 33. h4 (33. Qc2 Qh3+ (33... g5 34.
Nd3 gxf4 35. Nxf4 Bd4 $40) 34. Kg1 Bd4+ 35. Kh1 Bf2 36. Qxf2 Nxf2+ 37. Nxf2 $16
) 33... g5 34. Nd3 gxf4 35. Nxf4 Be5 $40 {[%csl Rf4]}) 31... Re8 $1 (31... Bxb2
{[%csl Re4][%cal Gg4f6] with the idea Nf6} 32. Qxb2 Qxe4+ 33. Kg1 Ne5 $13 (
33... Rd8 34. Bc1 $16) 34. Bxh6 $1 Kh7 35. Bf8 $1 $18 {[%csl Rg7]}) 32. Re1
Bxb2 33. Qc2 Bd4 34. Qc4 Qxc4 35. bxc4 Ra8 $11) (29. Rh1 Bxb2 $1 (29... d2 $5
30. Re2 $1 (30. Bxd2 $2 Rf2 $3 31. Bg5 Rxb2 32. Nf6+ Nxf6 33. Qxb2 Ne4 $1 $19)
30... Bxb2 31. Qxb2 d1=Q 32. Rxd1 Qxd1 33. Kxg4 g5 (33... Rce8 34. Qd2 $18) 34.
Bd6 $18) 30. Qxb2 Rce8 $1 $40 31. Qd2 (31. Bxh6 Qh5+ 32. Kg2 Qxh6 $17 33. h3
Ne3+ (33... d2 34. hxg4 dxe1=Q 35. Rxe1 $16 {[%cal Rg4g5] with g5!}) 34. Rxe3
Qxe3 35. Nf6+ Rxf6 36. Qxf6 Qd2+ $19) 31... Rxe4 32. Rxe4 Qxe4 33. Rc1 Qf3 $19)
29... Qh5+ 30. Kg2 Qxh2+ 31. Kf3 Qh5 32. Kg2 Qh2+ 33. Kf3 Qh5 (33... Qh3 $2 34.
Rh1 Nh2+ 35. Rxh2 Qxh2 36. Rh1 $18) (33... Rcd8 $5 34. Rh1 Rxd3+ 35. Qxd3 (35.
Kxg4 $2 h5+ 36. Kg5 Rd5+ 37. Kxg6 Rxf4 $3 $19) 35... Ne5+ 36. Ke3 Ng4+ 37. Kf3
Ne5+ 38. Ke3 Ng4+ $11) 34. Kg2 {Kevin didn't want to take a risk, and probably
he was right:} (34. Rh1 Ne5+ 35. Ke3 Qf3+ 36. Kd2 Qg2+ 37. Kc1 (37. Re2 Nf3+
$19) 37... Nf3 (37... c4 38. Nxe5 cxb3+ 39. Kd1 bxa2 40. Qb3+ Kh7 (40... Kh8
41. Nxg6+ Kh7 42. Ng5+ Kxg6 43. Re6+ Bf6 44. Qd3+ $18) 41. Ng5+ Kh8 42. Nxg6#)
38. Ref1 c4 39. Ndc5 Nd4 $1 $40 {[%cal Rd4e2,Rc4b3]} (39... Rxf4 $5 40. gxf4
Rxc5 $44) (39... Rxc5 40. Nxc5 Rxf4 41. Qc2 Qxg3 $13)) (34. Ndxc5 g5 (34... Bd4
$1 $40) 35. Ne6 gxf4 36. Nxf4 Qh3 $1 37. Ke2 Qh2+ $40) 34... Qh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.15"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

{[%mdl 32768]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7.
g3 d6 8. Bg2 Nbd7 (8... Bg7 9. Rb1 $5 Nbd7 10. a4 (10. b3 $142 {gives more
chances for an opening advantage, Ilincic's move is very committal.}) 10... Ne5
11. b3 O-O 12. Nh3 Qd7 13. O-O Rfb8 14. Nf4 Ra7 15. Bh3 Qd8 16. Ng2 Rab7 17.
Ba3 Neg4 18. Qc2 Qd7 19. Nf4 g5 20. Ng2 Ne3 21. Nxe3 Qxh3 $44 {|^,Ilincic,
Z-Gunnarsson,J/EU-ChT Leon/2001/}) 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. O-O (10. Rb1 Nb6 11. b3 $1
O-O 12. O-O Ne8 (12... Ra7 $142 {/\Qa8,Rb8}) 13. Bb2 Nc7 14. Nh4 Ra7 15. Qd2
Qd7 16. Rfd1 Rb8 17. Ba1 Bc8 18. a4 Rba8 19. Nf3 Bb7 20. e4 Bc8 21. Re1 Qd8 22.
h3 c4 23. Qe3 Ne8 24. Nb5 Ra6 25. Bxg7 Nxg7 26. Nfd4 $16 {Kasimdzhanov,R-Ghaem
Maghami,E/WChT Yerevan/2001/}) 10... O-O (10... Nb6 {is the main move, but
lately White has been successful with Karpov's} 11. Nh4 $5 O-O 12. Qc2 Ra7 13.
Rd1 Qa8 14. b3 Rc8 15. Bb2 c4 16. b4 Bb7 17. e4 Na4 18. Nxa4 Rxa4 19. Bc3 Ra3
20. Bd4 c3 21. Nf3 e5 22. dxe6 Bxe4 23. exf7+ Kh8 24. Qe2 Rf8 25. Ng5 $1 Bxg2
26. Qe7 $1 {/\Qf6!} Nh5 27. Ne6 Bh3 28. Bxg7+ Nxg7 29. Qxf8+ Qxf8 30. Nxf8 Ra8
31. Rxd6 Rxf8 32. Rc6 Ne6 33. Rxc3 Rxf7 34. Re1 $18 {Kuemin,S-De Vreugt,D/Zug/
2001/}) 11. Qc2 $14 Ng4 $5 {Probably Black's best option. If he can anchor his
N on c4, White's << will get under considerable pressure.} (11... Ne8 12. Rd1
Nc7 13. Bf4 (13. a4 Rb8 14. Rb1 Bb7 15. e4 Na6 16. Bf4 Nb4 17. Qd2 Ba6 18. Bf1
Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Qa5 20. Qe2 Qa6 21. Qxa6 Nxa6 22. Nb5 {Krasenkow,M-Miton,K/
POL-chT Glogow/2001/} f5 $5 $14 {<=>}) 13... Nb5 14. Nxb5 Bxb5 15. a4 Ba6 16.
Rab1 Qb6 17. b3 Qb4 18. Bd2 Qb7 19. e4 Be2 20. Re1 Qa6 21. Bf1 Bxf1 22. Rxf1
Rfc8 23. a5 $1 c4 24. b4 c3 25. Be3 Rc4 26. Rfd1 Ne5 27. Ne1 Qb5 28. Qe2 Qa4
29. Ra1 Qd7 30. Rd4 $16 {Bareev,E-Miton,K/POL SuperCup Warsaw/2001/}) (11...
Qc7 12. Rd1 Rfb8 13. h3 Bc4 14. Nd2 Ba6 15. Rb1 Nb6 16. b3 Ne8 17. Bb2 Qa7 18.
e4 Nc7 19. Bf1 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 Qa6 21. a4 Ra7 22. Nd1 e6 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. dxe6
Nxe6 25. Nf3 $14 {Sakaev,K-Martinovic,S/JUG-chT Novi Sad/2000/}) (11... Nb6 12.
Rd1 Bc4 $2 13. e4 Ng4 14. b3 Ba6 15. Bb2 f5 $2 16. h3 Ne5 17. Ng5 f4 18. gxf4
e6 19. Nxe6 Qh4 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. Na4 Nd7 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. f4 $18 {Arencibia,
W-Stamenkov,V/WChT Yerevan/2001/ A clear example how not to play this line.})
12. Rd1 Qa5 $1 (12... Qc7 $143 13. Bd2 Rfb8 14. Rab1 Qa7 15. h3 Nge5 16. Nxe5
Bxe5 17. b3 Bd4 18. Be1 Rb7 19. a4 Rab8 20. e3 Bg7 21. Bf1 Ne5 22. Nb5 Nf3+ 23.
Kg2 Nxe1+ 24. Rxe1 $14 {/+/-,Stohl,I-Vaganian,R/Manila izt/1990/}) 13. Bd2 (13.
Rb1 Rab8 (13... Bc4 $5 14. Bd2 Qa6 $132) 14. Bd2 Bc8 15. b3 Qa6 16. Bf1 Nde5
17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. a4 Qb7 19. Bg2 $14 {Pukkila,M-Penttinen,J/Kuopio/1995/})
13... Rfb8 14. h3 $146 (14. b3 $142 $5 Qb6 (14... Qa3 15. Bc1 Qa5 16. Bb2 $14
c4 $2 17. Nd4 $36) 15. h3 Nge5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Rab1 Bc8 18. Kh2 (18. a4 Bf5
19. e4 Bd7 20. Be3 Qa5 21. f4 Nc4 $1 22. bxc4 Bxc3 23. Rxb8+ Rxb8 24. Rb1 Rb4
$1 $17 {Van der Sterren,P-Adams,M/Ter Apel/1992/}) 18... c4 19. Be3 cxb3 20.
Rxb3 Qc7 21. Bd4 $14) (14. Be1 Nge5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. b3 Bc8 17. Na4 Qb5 18.
Rab1 Bf5 19. Be4 Bg4 20. Nc3 Qa6 21. f4 Nd7 22. Bd3 Qa7 23. Kg2 Nb6 24. Be4 Qd7
25. a4 c4 26. b4 Nxa4 27. Nxa4 Qxa4 28. Qxc4 Rc8 $14 {<=>,Grigore,G-Vajda,L/
ROM-ch Iasi/1999/}) 14... Nge5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 $1 (15... Nxe5 16. b3 $14 {/\} Qa3
17. Nb1 $18) 16. e3 (16. b3 Qa3 $44 {/\c4}) (16. Rab1 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Qxa2 18.
Qe4 Re8 $13) (16. Be1 $5) 16... Bg7 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Rd7e5] /\Ne5,><d3} (16...
Nb6 17. Ne4 Qb5 18. Bc3 $16) 17. b3 (17. Ne4 Qb5 18. Bc3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qb2 $132
) 17... Qa3 18. Bc1 (18. Rab1 {-20.Rab1}) (18. Nb1 $2 Qb2 $17) 18... Qb4 19.
Bd2 (19. Bb2 c4 $11) 19... Qa3 (19... Ne5 20. f4 Bd3 21. Qc1 Nd7 22. Na4 Qb5
23. Bc3 $14) 20. Rab1 Ne5 (20... c4 $142 $5 $44) 21. Bc1 Qb4 22. a3 $1 (22. Bb2
$6 Bd3 $1 23. Rxd3 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 c4 25. Qd2 (25. Qc2 cxb3 26. axb3 Qxb3 27. Be4
Qxc2 28. Bxc2 Rc8 $19) 25... Rxa2 $36 (25... cxb3 26. a3 $16)) 22... Qa5 23.
Na2 (23. Bb2 $2 Bd3 24. Rxd3 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 Rxb3 $17) 23... Rb7 (23... Qb5 $142
24. Nc3 (24. f4 Qe2 $1 25. Qxe2 Bxe2 26. Rd2 Nf3+ 27. Bxf3 Bxf3 $36) (24. Bf1
Qb7 $44) 24... Qa5 25. Ne4 $1 Qb5 26. Bf1 $14) 24. Bb2 Rab8 (24... Bd3 25. Rxd3
Nxd3 26. Qxd3 Bxb2 27. Rxb2 Qxa3 28. Qc3 $14) 25. Nc1 $14 {White has managed
to consolidate his << and can finally start thinking about [+] and >> activity.
} Nc4 $6 {A waste of time, as the tactics don't work. But White was ready to
prepare f4 anyway.} 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 $8 (26... Nxa3 27. Qa2 Kxg7 28. Ra1 $18 {
wins a piece.}) 27. Ra1 Ne5 28. Qd2 (28. f4 $142 $36) 28... Qb6 (28... Qxd2
$142 29. Rxd2 f5 $14 {It is quite often on Black's interest to swap Q in the
Volga despite the minus pawn, as it diminishes White's possible attacking
chances.}) 29. Qc3 Kg8 30. f4 Nd7 31. Kh2 $36 {+/-} Ra7 32. e4 Bb5 33. e5 {
[%csl Gd5,Ge5] While looking for << targets costs Black precious time, White
has become active in the [+].} Rba8 34. a4 (34. e6 $5 Nf6 35. exf7+ Kxf7 36. a4
$16) 34... Ba6 35. Re1 $138 {Just before the control White is reluctant to
change the character of the position.} (35. e6 $5) 35... Rb8 36. Ra2 Qb4 37.
Qe3 Rab7 38. Rd2 (38. Rf2 $5 $40) 38... Nb6 (38... dxe5 39. fxe5 Nxe5 $2 40.
Na2 Qa5 41. b4 cxb4 42. Qxe5 b3 43. Nc3 $18) (38... c4 39. Rd4 {[%cal Rg2f1] /
\Bf1+/-}) 39. exd6 {White decides to force matters, but perhaps} (39. h4 $5 {/\
} c4 40. Rd4 Qa5 41. f5 $40 {was more to the point.}) 39... exd6 40. f5 c4 ({
Safer was} 40... Nd7 $142 41. Rf2 $36) 41. Qh6 $1 {[%cal Rd2e2,Rf5f6] /\f6,Rde2
} (41. f6 Nd7 $13) 41... Nd7 $8 42. fxg6 (42. bxc4 $5) (42. Rde2 Nf6 43. fxg6
hxg6 44. Re3 $5 (44. Qh4 cxb3 45. Qxf6 Bxe2 46. Rxe2 b2 47. Nd3 b1=Q 48. Nxb4
Qxb4 49. Re4 Qb2 $15) 44... cxb3 45. Nxb3 Bd3 $1 $132) 42... hxg6 43. Re4 Qc3 (
43... Nf6 44. Rh4 Nh5 45. Bf3 $18) 44. Rdd4 (44. bxc4 Bxc4 45. Ne2 Bxe2 46.
Rdxe2 Nf6 47. Rh4 Nh5 48. Qg5 Ng7 $16 {<=>}) 44... Nf6 45. Ne2 (45. Rh4 Nh5 46.
Rdg4 Qg7 $1 47. Rxh5 cxb3 $44) 45... Qb2 (45... Qa1 46. Rh4 Nh5 47. g4 $18) 46.
Rh4 $6 (46. Rd2 $5 Qa1 (46... Qxb3 47. Rh4 Nh5 48. g4 c3 49. gxh5 cxd2 50. hxg6
Qb2 51. Nd4 $18) 47. Rh4 Nh5 48. bxc4 $16 {/\} Rb2 49. Re4 $1 $16 (49. Rxh5
Rxd2 (49... gxh5 50. Be4 $18) 50. Qh7+ Kf8 51. Qh8+ Qxh8 52. Rxh8+ Ke7 53. Rxb8
Rxe2 $16 {/+/=})) 46... Nh5 47. Rd2 (47. g4 $5 Qxe2 48. gxh5 Qe5+ 49. Rdf4 g5
50. Rhg4 f6 51. Qxf6 Qxf6 52. Rxf6 cxb3 53. Be4 $40) 47... Qg7 48. Qxg7+ Kxg7
49. bxc4 {Black has survived the -> and in the _|_ he has drawing chances.} Rb4
(49... Rb2 50. Rxb2 Rxb2 51. Nd4 Bxc4 52. Nf5+ gxf5 53. Rxc4 $16) 50. Nc3 Rxc4
(50... Bxc4 $2 51. Rdd4 Rc8 52. Nb5 $18) 51. Rxc4 Bxc4 52. Nb5 $6 (52. Ne4 $142
$1 {/\} Rb6 53. Rd4 Ba6 54. a5 Rb2 55. Rd2 $16) 52... Rb6 53. Rc2 Bxb5 54. Rb2
Nf6 55. axb5 Nd7 56. Bf1 Nf6 57. Bc4 Ne4 $14 58. Bd3 $138 {With the last 5
minutes against Black's 25 I decided not to take risks anymore by attempting
to solve the already difficult technical task.} (58. Ra2 Kf6 59. Ra6 Rb7 $14 {
/\Ke5,Nc3<=>}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Kogan, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2
d6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 (10... O-O $6 11. Qc2 $14 {[%cal Yf1d1] /\Rd1}) 11.
Re1 (11. Nd2 O-O 12. Qc2 Bb7 $5 (12... Qc7 13. Rd1 (13. Re1 Rab8 14. e4 Ng4 15.
Nf3 Nd7 16. Bf1 Bxf1 17. Rxf1 Nge5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. f4 Nc4 20. Qe2 Na5 21. e5
Qb6 22. Ne4 Qb4 23. Kh1 Nc4 24. b3 Nb6 25. Bb2 Nxd5 26. Rad1 Qb7 27. Qf3 Nb4
$36 {Andresen,S-Mainka,R/BL9293/1993/}) 13... Rfb8 14. Rb1 Qb7 15. Nde4 Nxe4
16. Bxe4 Nc4 17. b3 Qb4 18. bxc4 Qxc3 19. Qxc3 Bxc3 20. Rb3 Bb4 21. Bd3 Bc8 22.
a3 Bd7 23. Rb1 Ba4 24. Rf1 Bc3 25. Bg5 f6 26. Be3 Rb3 $44 {Stohl,I-Greenfeld,A/
EUChJ Groningen/1983/}) (12... Ra7 13. Rd1 Qa8 14. Nf1 Bb7 (14... Nfd7 15. Ne3
Rc8 16. Bd2 Bb7 17. b3 c4 18. b4 Ra3 19. h4 Qa6 20. Rdb1 Nf6 21. Qc1 Ne8 22.
Ned1 Nc7 23. e4 e6 24. dxe6 fxe6 25. Bh6 Bh8 26. h5 $36 {Zagorskis,D-De Vreugt,
D/Groningen/1996/}) 15. e4 Na4 16. Ne3 (16. Nxa4 Rxa4 17. b3 Rxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4
19. Bb2 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Bxd5 $132 {Rechlis,G-Mikac,M/Ostrava/1991/}) 16... Nxc3
17. bxc3 Ra4 {Ivanchuk,V-Illescas Cordoba,M/Moscow olm/1994/} 18. a3 $14) 13.
e4 Ba6 14. Rd1 Ng4 $1 (14... Nfd7 15. b3 Ne5 16. Nf3 Nbd7 17. Bb2 Qa5 18. Nxe5
Nxe5 19. Na4 c4 20. Bc3 Qc7 21. Bd4 Rab8 22. Qc3 $16 {Burmakin,V-Khalifman,A/
St. Petersburg/ 1998/}) 15. Nf3 Nc4 16. h3 Nge5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. b3 Qa5 19.
Bb2 c4 20. Na4 Rfb8 21. f4 Nd3 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. bxc4 Nc5 24. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 25.
Kh2 Qxc4 $132 {Ginting,N-Ernst,T/Gausdal/1992/}) 11... O-O 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bg5
h6 14. Bc1 Nc4 $6 {This helps White to coordinate his pieces in the required
way.} (14... Nf6 $142 15. a3 $5 (15. Rb1 Bc4 (15... Nfd7 $5 16. Bf4 Nc4 17. Qc2
Qa5 18. Rbc1 Rfb8 19. b3 Na3 20. Qd2 $13 {1/2,Greenfeld,A-Alterman,B/Beersheba/
1991/}) 16. e4 Bxa2 17. Nxa2 Rxa2 18. e5 (18. b4 cxb4 19. Rxb4 Nfd7 20. Qb3 Ra4
$1 21. Be3 Rxb4 22. Qxb4 Qa8 23. Nd4 Rb8 24. Qb5 Qa4 25. Qxa4 Nxa4 26. Nc6 Re8
27. Rb1 Nac5 28. Bh3 e6 29. dxe6 fxe6 30. Bg2 Kf7 31. Rd1 Bf8 32. f4 Rc8 $11 {
1/2,Hulak,K-Sermek,D/Ptuj/1995/}) 18... Nfxd5 19. e6 Ra4 20. exf7+ Rxf7 21. Qc2
Rf6 22. Nh4 Nb4 23. Qe2 g5 24. Nf3 e5 25. h4 gxh4 26. Nxh4 Ra7 27. f4 Re7 $17 {
Bacrot,E-Ponomariov,R/Lausanne/1999/}) (15. Nd2 Qc7 16. Rb1 Qb7 17. b4 $5 cxb4
18. Rxb4 Qc7 19. Bb2 Nc4 20. Nxc4 Bxc4 21. Qd2 Ng4 22. Na4 Rfb8 23. Bxg7 Kxg7
24. Qd4+ Ne5 25. Rxb8 Qxb8 26. Nb6 Qa7 27. f4 Rb8 28. Rb1 Qxa2 29. Ra1 Qxe2 30.
Bf1 $18 {Krizsany,L-Turzo,A/Budapest/1995/}) 15... Ra7 16. Rb1 Qa8 17. e4 Nfd7
18. e5 $5 (18. Qc2 Nc4 19. b3 Nce5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Rd1 Rb8 22. h3 Rab7 23. b4
cxb4 24. axb4 Rc7 25. Rb3 Bc4 26. Ra3 Qb7 27. Be3 Qc8 28. Qd2 {Cvitan,O-Milos,
G/Novi Sad olm/1990/} Bf1 $3 $17) 18... Nxe5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Be3 Rc8 21. Ne4
Nxd5 22. Bxc5 Rd7 23. b4 Rcd8 24. Qb3 f5 25. Bb6 $1 fxe4 26. Bxd8 Qxd8 27. b5
Bb7 28. Bxe4 $16 {Koniushkov,I-Egin,V/Sochi/1997/}) ({Also not ideal is} 14...
Rb8 15. Qc2 Nc4 16. Nd2 Ne5 17. f4 Nd7 18. Nf3 Nhf6 19. h3 Re8 20. e4 e6 21.
dxe6 Rxe6 22. Rb1 Nb6 23. Be3 Nc4 24. Bf2 Qa5 25. Nd2 Nxd2 26. Qxd2 $16 {
Van der Sterren,P-Fedorowicz,J/Wijk aan Zee/ 1989/}) 15. Nd2 $146 {White must
chase the N away from c4 as soon as possible, otherwise it might be late:} (15.
Qc2 $2 Qa5 16. Nd2 Na3 $1 17. bxa3 Qxc3 18. Qxc3 Bxc3 19. Rb1 Nf6 20. Rb3 Ba5
21. e4 c4 22. Rf3 Ng4 23. Rd1 c3 24. Nb3 Be2 $19 {Ansner,B-Malmstig,E/
Stockholm/1995/}) 15... Ne5 16. Qc2 {[%cal Yb2b3,Yc1b2] /\b3,Bb2} Qb6 17. Rb1
$5 (17. b3 c4 $5 $132) 17... f5 $2 {[%mdl 16384] A positional mistake. Black
was hoping to get in f4 with an initiative on both flanks, but White can
prevent this and get on with his development at the same time.} 18. Nf3 Nc4 (
18... Nxf3+ 19. exf3 $1 {[%csl Re7][%cal Ge1e7] ><e7,<->e only leaves Black
with weaknesses.}) 19. Nh4 $1 {><g6 The point. Now because of ><g6 Black's >>
activity is curtailed.} (19. b3 $2 Qb4 {/\Qc3,Na3} 20. bxc4 Qxc3 21. Qxc3 Bxc3
22. Bxh6 Bxe1 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Rxe1 Bxc4 $11) 19... Ne5 $8 (19... Kh7 $2 20.
g4 $18) (19... Rf6 20. b3 {/\Bb2}) 20. b3 $16 Bc8 21. Bb2 Qa7 (21... g5 22. Nf3
Nxf3+ 23. exf3 $16 (23. Bxf3 $16)) (21... Bd7 $142) 22. Nb5 $5 Qb6 (22... Qxa2
$2 23. Ra1 Qxb2 24. Qxb2 Nf3+ 25. Bxf3 Bxb2 26. Rxa8 $18) 23. a4 Kh7 24. Nf3 ({
Also the immediate} 24. f4 $5 Ng4 (24... c4+ $2 25. Bd4) 25. Bxg7 Nxg7 26. Bf3
$16 {was possible, but White wants to centralize his N first.}) 24... Nf7 25.
Bxg7 Nxg7 26. Nd2 Ba6 27. Nc4 Qb8 28. Nc3 Qc7 29. f4 {Already this prophylaxis
is not necessary. More forceful was} (29. e4 $142 $16 {/+-,/\} Bxc4 30. bxc4
Ne5 31. f4 $1 Nxc4 $2 32. Nb5) 29... Rab8 30. e4 Nd8 31. e5 $6 {[%mdl 16384]
Now it's White's turn to abuse strategy. Closing the position helps Black to
get into the game.} (31. Bf1 $1 {[%csl Rg6,Rh6][%cal Ye1e3,Yb1e1,Yf1d3] /\Re3,
Rbe1,Bd3->׻} fxe4 32. Rxe4 Nf5 33. Rbe1 Rf7 34. Bd3 $16) 31... Rb4 32. Bf1 Nf7
$1 33. e6 $2 {Another mistake in the same spirit.} (33. Nb5 $142 Bxb5 (33...
Qb8 34. Na5 Nd8 35. exd6 exd6 36. Re7 $40) 34. axb5 dxe5 35. Nxe5 $16) 33...
Nd8 {/\Nb7-a5 Now Black's >> holds together and he manages to get his pieces
over to the other flank and create <=>} 34. Ne3 Bxf1 35. Rxf1 Nb7 36. Nc4 Na5
37. Nb5 Qd8 38. Rfe1 Ne8 39. Re3 Qa8 $1 $13 40. Nxa5 (40. Rc3 Nxc4 41. bxc4
Rxa4 $132) 40... Qxa5 41. Rd1 Nc7 42. Nxc7 (42. Nxc7 Qxc7 43. Rc3 (43. Rdd3 c4
$1 44. Rc3 Qb6 $132 {/\} 45. bxc4 $2 Rb1+ 46. Kg2 Rb2 $19) 43... Qb6 44. Rdd3
Rb8 $44 {White has no active plan to realize his extra pawn (no minor pieces
for a successful attack) and can just passively hold the position.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. cxb5 a6 7. bxa6 d6 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. Nc3 Nb6 $5 {Quite a clever move order, it's point is to avoid the line}
(9... Bxa6 10. Rb1 $5 {Kramnik,V (2807)-Topalov,V (2743) SuperGM Wijk aan Zee
2003 (10) 1-0 , which has lately been causing Black quite a lot of trouble-see
also}) 10. O-O (10. Rb1 {now makes no sense due to} Bf5) 10... Bxa6 {Now we
are back in the 9...Ba6 10.0-0 Nb6 line, where it's not so easy to prove an
edge for White.} (10... Rxa6 11. e4 Bb7 12. Bg5 (12. Qc2 $5 O-O 13. Bf4 $14)
12... O-O 13. Rc1 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. Rfe1 Qa8 17. Rc2 {Illescas
Cordoba,M-De la Villa Garcia,J/Pamplona/1998/} Na4 $44) 11. Re1 {The most
usual continuation.} (11. Nh4 Nfd7 $5 {is an interesting idea to meet Karpov's
move:} 12. Qc2 Nc4 13. Nf3 $1 (13. a3 O-O 14. Ra2 Qb6 15. Na4 Qb7 16. Bg5 h6
17. Bxe7 Rfe8 18. b3 Nxa3 19. Rxa3 Rxe7 $36 {Gelfand,B-Ivanchuk,V/Monaco blind/
2002/}) (13. b3 $6 Qa5 $17) 13... O-O (13... Qa5 $5 $44 {[%cal Yc4a3] /\Na3})
14. Nd2 Ncb6 (14... Ndb6 15. b3 $14) 15. Rd1 Ra7 16. Nf1 Na8 17. Rb1 Nc7 18. b3
Nb5 19. Nxb5 Bxb5 20. Ne3 Qa8 21. a4 Ba6 22. h4 f5 23. h5 Nf6 24. hxg6 hxg6 {
Johannessen,L-Johannesson,I/Reykjavik/2001/} 25. Bb2 $16) 11... O-O 12. Nd2 (
12. e4 $6 Nc4 $44 {/\Qa5 is premature and gives Black sufficient <=>.}) (12.
Bf4 {is the most popular move, however after} Nh5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bc1 Nf6 15.
Nd2 $5 {as in the text is one of the most promising tries-the extra h6 move
doesn't give Black anything positive.}) 12... Ra7 (12... Qc7 13. Rb1 Qb7 14. b4
$1 $14) 13. Nf1 Qa8 (13... Qb8 14. Rb1 Rb7 15. Qc2 Nfd7 16. b3 Na8 17. Bb2 Rc8
18. Ne3 c4 $5 19. bxc4 (19. b4 $5 Rxb4 20. Ba1 $14) 19... Bxc4 20. Ba1 Bxa2 $1
21. Qxa2 Bxc3 22. Bxc3 Rxc3 $11 {Lev,R-Hansen,L/Groningen/1985/}) (13... Nc4
14. Qc2 Qa5 15. Nd2 Ne5 16. h3 Rb8 17. f4 Ned7 18. Kh2 c4 19. Rb1 Nc5 20. Nf3
Bc8 21. Bd2 Qa6 22. Nh4 Bd7 23. Be3 Qa5 24. Red1 Rab7 25. Rd4 Qa6 $13 {
Ljubojevic,L-Van Wely,L/Monte Carlo blind/1999/}) 14. Ne3 Rb8 $146 {This
natural Volga move is surprisingly a novelty.} (14... Bb7 15. Rb1 (15. a4 Rc8 (
15... c4 16. Ra3 Nfd7 17. b4 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Rxa4 19. Qd4 Rxb4 20. Nc2 Rb5 21.
Bh6 f6 22. Bxf8 Qxf8 23. Ne3 Rb4 24. h4 Nc5 25. h5 Nb3 26. Qd1 Qf7 27. Nxc4
Nxc4 28. Rxb3 Rxb3 29. Qxb3 {1-0,Grigore,G-Navrotescu,C/Timisu de Sus/1998/})
16. Ra3 Nfd7 17. Qb3 c4 18. Qa2 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rc5 20. Bd2 Rxa4 21. Rxa4 Qxa4
22. Qxa4 Nxa4 23. Rb1 Nab6 24. Nc2 Bxd5 25. Be3 Rc8 26. Rxb6 Nxb6 27. Bxb6 Bxg2
28. Kxg2 Rb8 $44 {1/2,Grigore,G-Navrotescu,C/Bucharest/1998/}) 15... Nfd7 (
15... Na4 16. a3 $5 $14) 16. a3 Rc8 17. Bd2 {[%cal Rc3b5,Rd2c3] /\Nb5,Bc3} Ra6
$5 18. Rc1 Nf6 19. Qb3 c4 20. Qa2 Ra5 21. Red1 h5 22. Nc2 (22. Rc2 $142 $5)
22... Nfxd5 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 $1 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Ne3 Be6 26. Bc3 Bh6 $44 {
Grigore,G-Navrotescu,C/ROM-chT/2000/}) 15. Qc2 Nc4 $6 {Now White will
gradually consolidate his position.} (15... Bb7 16. Rd1 c4 $5 $44 {/\ isolates
White's Pd5, prepares Ra5 and gives Black <=>.} (16... Na4 $2 17. Nb5 $1 Ra5
18. Nc7 Qa7 19. Bd2 $16) 17. Rd4 Nfxd5 (17... Ra5 $44) 18. Nexd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5
$1 Bxd4 20. Nc7 Rxa2 $1 21. Nxa8 Rxa1 $36) 16. b3 $1 (16. Nxc4 Bxc4 $11 {
[%cal Rc4a2,Rf6d5] /\Nd5,Ba2}) 16... Nxe3 (16... Ne5 17. Bd2 $5 c4 18. Rec1 $14
) 17. Bxe3 Ng4 18. Bd2 c4 19. h3 Ne5 20. Rec1 $1 $14 {The R belong on b1 and
c1, so that the Q gets a safe and unassailable square on d1.} Rc7 {[%mdl 32]
This allows White to continue with his strategic plan.} (20... Bc8 $142 $5 {
[%cal Yc8f5] /\Bf5 Forcing e4 would free d3 for Black's N and give him more
<=>.}) 21. Qd1 h5 22. Rab1 $1 {[%cal Rb3b4] /\b4+/-} cxb3 23. axb3 Rbc8 $6 {
Leads only to further simplification.} (23... Rcb7 $142) 24. Na4 $16 {White
has a healthy extra pawn.} Qb7 (24... Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rb8 (25... Rxc1 26. Bxc1
$16) 26. Rc7 Rb7 27. Rxb7 Qxb7 28. Bc3 $16) 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Rc1 Rxc1 27. Bxc1
Qb4 (27... Qb5 28. Bg5 $5 $16 {/\} f6 29. Nc3 Qb4 30. Bd2 {׻}) 28. Bd2 Qa3 (
28... Qb5 29. Bg5 {-27...Qb5}) 29. Bf1 $1 {As often in the fianchetto Volga
White still doesn't move his Pe2, as this would invite the N to d3. By
protecting the P Tkachiev frees his Q for further action.} Bb5 30. Nc3 Ba6 31.
Qb1 {[%cal Rb1a2] /\Qa2+/-} Bb7 (31... Nd7 $5 32. Qa2 (32. Na4 Bb5 33. Qc2 $16)
32... Qxa2 33. Nxa2 Nc5 34. Nc1 $16) (31... Nc4 32. bxc4 (32. Be1 Na5 $11)
32... Bxc3 33. Qd3 $16) 32. Bg2 Ba6 33. Qc2 Nd7 34. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Rc2c7] /\Qc7}
Nf6 (34... Bxe2 35. Bg5 f6 36. Qxe2 fxg5 37. Nxg5 $40) (34... Qa1+ 35. Kh2 Nf6
36. Bc3 $18) 35. Nxf6+ Bxf6 36. Bf3 Kg7 $6 {And again Black allows White an
advantageous exchange, now the _|_ will be untenable.} (36... Qa1+ $142 37. Kg2
Qd4 $16) 37. Bc3 $18 Bb5 (37... Qc5 38. Bxf6+ Kxf6 39. Qb2+ e5 40. dxe6+ Kxe6
41. b4 $18) (37... Bxc3 38. Qxc3+ Kg8 39. Qc6 $1 $18 {and the Ba6 has no
squares.}) 38. h4 Bd7 39. Kg2 {White is patient, there is no need to hurry.}
Bf5 (39... Bxc3 40. Qxc3+ {[%cal Rc3c7] /\Qc7+-}) 40. e4 Bd7 41. Bxf6+ exf6 (
41... Kxf6 42. Qc3+ e5 43. dxe6+ Kxe6 44. g4 $1 $18) 42. Qc3 (42. Qc4 $142 $5 {
[%cal Rb3b5] /\b4-b5+-}) 42... Bb5 (42... Ba4 43. Bd1 $18) (42... Qc5 43. Qxc5
dxc5 44. Be2 {[%cal Rf2f3,Rg3g4] /\f3,g4+-}) 43. g4 hxg4 44. Bxg4 Qa2 45. h5 $5
{Consistent, although it gives Black some <=>.} (45. Qb4 Bd3 $5 {/\Qb1<=>})
45... Qb1 (45... gxh5 $143 46. Bxh5 Qb1 47. Qg3+ Kh7 48. Qf4 $18) 46. h6+ $1 (
46. Qe3 Bd3 $14) 46... Kxh6 47. Qxf6 Qxe4+ 48. Kg3 {/\Qh8-h4#} (48. Bf3 Qe5 49.
Qxf7 Qg5+ $14) 48... Qe8 $6 {This passive move can't hold the game.} ({
Somewhat better, but also insufficient was} 48... Qe5+ $142 49. Qxe5 dxe5 50.
d6 f5 51. Be2 Bd7 52. b4 (52. f4 exf4+ 53. Kxf4 g5+ 54. Ke5 Kg6 55. Bc4 f4 56.
Bd5 g4 57. Kxf4 Kf6 58. b4 g3 $11) 52... Kg5 53. b5 Kf6 54. b6 Bc6 55. Bb5 $1 (
55. Ba6 Ke6 56. b7 Bxb7 57. Bxb7 Kxd6 58. Kh4 e4 59. Kg5 Ke5 $11) (55. d7 Ke7
56. Bb5 Bd5 57. Kh4 Be4 58. Kg5 f4 $14) 55... Bb7 56. Bd7 {[%cal Rd7c8] /\Bc8!}
f4+ (56... e4 57. Bc8 Bc6 58. d7 $1 Ke7 59. Kf4 Kd8 60. Kg5 {[%cal Rb6b7] /
\b7+-}) 57. Kh2 $1 (57. Kg4 $6 g5 58. Bb5 (58. Kh3 e4 59. Kg2 (59. Kh2 e3 60.
fxe3 Ke5 61. Bc8 Kxd6 62. Bxb7 fxe3 63. Bf3 e2 $11) 59... e3+ 60. Kf1 Ke5 $1
61. Bc8 Kxd6 62. Bxb7 Kc5 63. Be4 Kxb6 64. f3 Kc5 65. Ke2 Kd4 $11) 58... e4 59.
d7 Ke7 60. Kxg5 e3 61. f3 $8 e2 $1 (61... Bxf3 62. Kxf4 e2 63. Bxe2 Bc6 64. Bb5
$1 $18) 62. Bxe2 Kxd7 63. Kxf4 Kc6 64. Ke5 Kxb6 65. f4 Bc8 66. Bc4 Kc7 67. Be6
Ba6 $11) 57... e4 58. Bc8 e3 (58... Bc6 59. Kg1 (59. b7 $2 Bxb7 60. Bxb7 e3 $11
) 59... g5 60. Kf1 (60. b7 $143 Bxb7 61. Bxb7 e3 $1 62. fxe3 Ke6 63. e4 Kxd6)
60... Bb5+ (60... Kf7 61. b7 Bxb7 62. Bxb7 e3 63. Bd5+ Ke8 64. Bc6+ $18) 61.
Ke1 Bc6 62. b7 Bxb7 63. Bxb7 e3 64. Bd5 $18) (58... Bxc8 59. d7 $18) 59. fxe3
fxe3 60. Kg1 Bf3 61. Kf1 g5 62. Bg4 $1 Bb7 63. Ke2 $18) 49. Qxd6 Kg7 50. Kf4 {
[%cal Rd6e5] /\Qe5} f6 (50... Kg8 51. Kg5 $5 $18) 51. Be6 $18 Kh6 52. Ke3 Qa8
53. Qc5 Be8 54. d6 Qd8 (54... Qa6 55. Qc7 Qf1 56. d7 Qe1+ 57. Kd3 $18) 55. Qc8
(55. Qc7 $142 $18) (55. Qc8 Qb6+ 56. Kf3 $1 Bc6+ 57. Kg3 $18) 1-0

