[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 ({Kramnik more often than not prefers the Classical
King's Indian with} 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 {However, the
fianchetto shouldn't have been too surprising for Radjabov, as he used it
already in round 3 against Grischuk (and subsequently against Gelfand).}) 3...
c5 {Radjabov naturally follows his own repertoire. Grischuk and Gelfand both
went for the Grünfeld with} (3... d5) ({and} 3... c6 {respectively.}) 4. Nf3
Bg7 (4... cxd4 $143 {is premature:} 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Nc3 $142 $1 (6. b3 {is not
forceful enough:} Bg7 (6... b6 $1 7. Bg2 Bb7 $11) 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O
Qd7 $6 (9... Nc6 10. Bb2 Qb6 11. Bxd5 Nxd4 12. e3 Be6 $1 13. Bxe6 Nxe6 14. Bxg7
Nxg7 15. Nc3 O-O {/\} 16. Qd7 Rfc8 17. Nd5 Qd8 $1 $11 {Kasparov}) 10. Bb2 O-O
11. Qc1 Rd8 12. Rd1 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Qxc6 bxc6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 {Karpov,A 
(2710)-Kasparov,G (2735)/Brussels/1987/} 16. Nc3 $14 {Kasparov}) 6... Bg7 (6...
Qxc4 7. e4 (7. Bg5 $6 Bg7 8. Rc1 O-O 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. Ncb5 Qxa2 11. Ra1 Qxb2 12.
Rb1 Qa2 13. Ra1 Qb2 14. Rb1 Qa2 15. Ra1 {1/2, Kilgus,G (2354)-Stohl,I (2545)/
Vienna/2008/}) 7... Qc5 8. Ndb5 Na6 9. Be3 Qc6 10. Rc1 $32 {+/-}) 7. Ndb5 $1 (
7. Bf4 d6 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Ncb5 Qc8 10. Bxd6 $2 {Ornstein,A (2430)-Akesson,R 
(2445)/Norrkoeping/1988/} Ne4 $1 11. Bxb8 Bxd4 12. O-O-O Bg7 13. Bh3 O-O 14.
Bxd7 Qxb8 $17) 7... Qc6 (7... Qxc4 8. e4 Qc6 9. Bg2 $1 (9. Bf4 Na6 (9... O-O $1
10. Nc7 g5 11. Be5 Nxe4 $13) 10. Bg2 d6 11. Bf3 Qb6 12. Be3 Qa5 13. a3 O-O 14.
b4 Qd8 15. Rc1 h5 16. h3 Nd7 17. Bg2 {Claesen,P (2230)-Langner,L (2345)/
Antwerp/1992/} Nb6 18. O-O Nc7 19. Nxc7 Qxc7 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Nc7 Rb8 22. a4 Bd7
23. a5 Na4 24. Bxa7 Rc8 $132) 9... a6 10. O-O axb5 11. e5 $40 {Kasparov}) 8. e4
a6 (8... Nxe4 $2 9. Nd5 $18) 9. Nd4 Qc7 10. Bg2 d6 11. b3 Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13.
Bb2 $14 {()}) 5. Bg2 cxd4 ({Just as in the previous note, White should
sacrifice a pawn for development even after} 5... Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Qd3 cxd4
8. Nxd4 Nc5 9. Qd1 Nc6 10. e3 Ne6 11. O-O $1 (11. Nxe6 $6 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 dxe6
13. O-O O-O 14. Qb3 Qc7 15. c5 e5 16. c4 Bf5 17. Bd2 Rad8 18. Rfd1 Bg4 19. f3
Be6 20. Bf1 e4 $1 $17 {Ponomariov,R (2726)-Volokitin,A (2704)/UKR-ch Kiev/2012/
}) 11... Qc5 (11... O-O $142) 12. Ndb5 a6 13. Na4 Qxc4 14. Nbc3 Rb8 15. Nb6 Qc5
16. Ncd5 O-O 17. b4 Qd6 18. Nc4 Qxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxa1 20. Nb6 $16 {Supatashvili,K
(2479)-Bagaturov,G (2501)/Tbilisi/2000/}) 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Nc3 ({Black easily
holds the balance after} 7. Nc2 Nc6 8. Nc3 d6 9. O-O Be6 10. b3 Qd7 11. Nd5 Bh3
12. Bxh3 Qxh3 13. Nf4 Qd7 14. Bb2 Rfd8 15. Rc1 e6 16. Qe1 Ne7 17. Ne3 b5 18.
Qa5 a6 19. Rfd1 Nc6 20. Qe1 Qb7 21. Nd3 Rac8 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Nc2 Ne7 24. Ncb4
Ne4 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. f3 Nf6 27. Qf2 e5 28. e4 d5 $11 {Aronian,L (2802)-Giri,A
(2720)/Wijk aan Zee/2013/}) ({It's difficult to advantageously break the
symmetry after} 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 {, Radjabov's own games provide ample
proof that Black should gradually equalise:} 9. Nb5 (9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6
11. Nxc6 (11. Be3 Bd7 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Qb3 b6 14. Rfd1 Na5 15. Qb4 Rae8 16. Bg5
Bf6 17. Bh6 Bg7 18. Bg5 Bf6 19. Bh6 {1/2, Khalifman,A (2616)-Vescovi,G (2660)/
Moscow/2010/}) 11... bxc6 12. Ba3 (12. Bxc6 Bh3 $11) (12. Bg5 Ba6 13. Bf3 Bxc3
14. Rc1 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Bb4 16. Rxc6 Bb7 17. Rc7 Bxf3 18. exf3 Bd6 19. Rd7 f6
20. Be3 {1/2, Kirov,N (2420)-Witkowski,S (2330)/Lodz/1979/} a5 $11) 12... Bg4
13. Bxc6 Rc8 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. Bxe7 Bxe2 16. Bxd8 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 Rxd8 18. Re1
Bxc3 19. Re8+ Rxe8 20. Bxe8 Bd4 $11 {Svidler,P (2747)-Radjabov,T (2792)/ECC
Eilat/2012/}) 9... Be6 (9... a6 10. N5c3 Nxc3 11. Nxc3 Nc6 12. Be3 Be6 13. Qc1
$6 (13. Qa4 $142 $1 Qc7 14. Rac1 $11 {/+/=}) 13... Rc8 14. Rd1 Qa5 15. Bf3 Rfd8
16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Nd4 $15 {Dautov,R (2609)-Radjabov,T (2667)
/Mulhouse/2005/}) 10. N1c3 (10. Nd4 Bc8 $11) (10. e4 $6 Nb4 11. N1c3 Qa5 12.
Bf4 Bc4 13. a3 {Gazik,R (2155)-Szymanowska,K (2100)/Sopot/} Nd3 $36) 10... Nxc3
11. Nxc3 Nc6 12. Qa4 Qb6 13. Qa3 Rfd8 14. Be3 Qa5 15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. Rac1 Rac8
17. Bxa7 Rd2 18. b4 Bxc3 19. bxa5 Bxa5 20. Bxb7 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rd7 22. Rb1 Bxa2
23. Rb2 Bc3 24. Rxa2 {1/2, Morozevich,A (2771)-Radjabov,T (2761)/Wijk aan Zee/
2009/}) 7... Qc7 {Radjabov plays his pet move.} (7... Nc6 8. O-O {- A39 is the
main alternative, which leads to a theoretical position of a different type.})
8. b3 {Other moves promise White nothing:} (8. Nd5 Nxd5 (8... Qxc4 9. Nxe7+ Kh8
10. Nxc8 Rxc8 11. O-O Nc6 12. e3 (12. Nc2 Re8 13. Ne3 Qe6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5
Qxe2 16. Bxf7 Re7 17. Qxe2 Rxe2 18. Rb1 Rf8 19. Bc4 Rexf2 20. Rxf2 Bd4 21. Bf4
g5 22. Kg2 Bxf2 23. Bxg5 Bd4 24. Rd1 Bxb2 25. Rxd7 Ne5 {1/2, Wojtaszek,R (2569)
-Fressinet,L (2638)/Warsaw/2005/}) (12. Nxc6 dxc6 13. b3 Qc3 14. Bd2 Qe5 15.
Rc1 Rd8 16. Rc2 Ne4 17. Qc1 Nxd2 18. Rxd2 Rxd2 19. Qxd2 Qd4 $11 {Khurtsidze,N 
(2418)-Lomineishvili,M (2396)/Tbilisi/2005/}) 12... Nxd4 13. exd4 d5 14. Be3
Rc6 15. Bf3 Rac8 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. axb3 a6 18. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 20.
Bxc1 Ne4 21. Be3 f5 $11 {Sargissian,G (2602)-Radjabov,T (2667)/Moscow/2005/})
9. cxd5 Qa5+ (9... Qb6 10. e3 d6 11. O-O Na6 12. a4 Bd7 13. a5 Qc7 14. Bd2 Rac8
15. b4 Qb8 16. b5 Nc7 17. Qe2 e6 18. dxe6 Nxe6 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Rac1 d5 21.
Bb4 Rfd8 22. Qd3 d4 23. e4 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 $132 {Wang Hao (2737)-Radjabov,T 
(2793)/Beijing blindfold rpd/2012/}) 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. Bc3 d6 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Nb3
Bxc3+ 14. Rxc3 a5 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. Kd2 Bd7 18. Rhc1 a4 19. b4 axb3
20. axb3 Ra2+ 21. R1c2 Ra1 22. b4 Na6 23. Rb2 Ra4 24. Nc2 Rc8 $11 {Karpov,A 
(2619)-Gashimov,V (2758)/Moscow blitz/2009/}) (8. Qa4 d6 9. Ncb5 Qd8 10. O-O a6
11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Qd1 Nc6 13. b3 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bc6 15. Bb2 Ne4 16. Qe3 Nxc3 17.
Bxc3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qc7 20. Qd3 Rfc8 $11 {Drozdovskij,Y (2558)
-Radjabov,T (2747)/Odessa rpd/2007/}) (8. Ndb5 $5 Qxc4 9. b3 Qc5 10. Be3 Qb4
11. a3 Qa5 12. b4 Qd8 13. Nxa7 Ng4 14. Bd4 Bxd4 (14... Nc6 $5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16.
Nxc8 Rxc8 $132) 15. Qxd4 Nc6 16. Qxg4 Rxa7 17. Qf4 (17. O-O d5 $11) 17... e5
18. Qc4 b5 $5 19. Qb3 $2 (19. Nxb5 Ba6 20. Bxc6 Rc7 21. Qd5 Rxc6 22. O-O $14)
19... Bb7 20. Qb2 Qa8 21. O-O Nd4 $36 {Tregubov,P (2607)-Kurnosov,I (2549)/
Kazan/2005/}) (8. Qd3 Nc6 9. O-O d6 10. b3 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Be6 12. Bb2 Rfc8 13.
Rac1 a6 14. Na4 Ne8 15. Qd2 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Bd7 17. c5 Bxa4 18. bxa4 dxc5 19.
Qxb7 Ra7 20. Qb3 Nd6 21. Rfd1 Qa5 22. Rd5 Rac7 23. Qc2 Nf5 24. Qd1 Kg7 25. Bh3
e6 26. Bxf5 exd5 27. Bxc8 Rxc8 28. Qxd5 Qxa4 $11 {Bocharov,D (2647)-Shomoev,A 
(2567)/EU-ch Budva/2009/}) 8... d5 $1 {The point of Black's setup, otherwise
White would just finish his development and enjoy a space advantage, while
Black's queen is not ideally placed either.} 9. Ndb5 {White should refrain
from accepting the sacrifice, the pawn is poisoned:} (9. Nxd5 $2 Nxd5 10. Bxd5
e6 {[%csl Rd4,Rd5]} 11. Nb5 (11. Bg2 Rd8 $19) 11... Qe5 $19) (9. Bxd5 $6 Bh3
10. Bb2 (10. Ndb5 Qc8 11. e3 Rd8 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Qe2 Nb4 14. Rc1 e6 15. Na4
Nxa2 16. Rc2 exd5 17. Rxa2 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Qf5 19. Nac3 Rac8 20. Qe2 Ne4 {
0-1, Ledger,A (2424)-Dragomirescu,R (2358)/Plovdiv/2012/}) 10... Rd8 11. Qc1 e6
12. Bf3 a6 13. Nc2 Nc6 14. Qf4 Ne5 $40 {[%csl Re1]} 15. Rc1 h6 16. Na4 Nfd7 17.
Ne3 g5 18. Qe4 Nxf3+ 19. exf3 Nc5 20. Nxc5 Qa5+ {0-1, Hansen,C (2595)-Gelfand,
B (2665)/Cap d'Agde rpd/1996/}) ({Very similar to the game is} 9. O-O dxc4 10.
Ncb5 Qd8 (10... Qb6 11. bxc4 a6 12. Nc3 Nbd7 13. Ba3 Qa5 14. Qb3 Re8 15. Rfd1
Rb8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Nc5 18. Qb4 Qxb4 19. Bxb4 Na4 20. Rac1 Be5 21. e4 Bd6
22. a3 Bd7 23. f4 Rbc8 24. e5 Bxb4 25. axb4 Nb2 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 $132 {Leko,P 
(2751)-Carlsen,M (2776)/Nice rpd/2009/}) 11. bxc4 a6 12. Nc3 Ng4 $1 (12... e5
$6 {[%csl Rg7]} 13. Nb3 Nc6 14. Be3 Nd7 15. Nd5 Re8 16. Rb1 Nf8 $2 17. Nc5 b5
18. Ne4 Nd4 19. Bg5 Qa5 20. Ndf6+ {1-0, Izoria,Z (2489)-Kocovski,I (2324)/
EU-ch Ohrid/2001/}) 13. e3 Nc6 14. Rb1 (14. Nce2 Nge5 (14... Qc7 $1 $11 {
[%cal Yf8d8]}) 15. Qc2 Qc7 16. c5 Bg4 17. Rb1 Rad8 18. h3 Bxe2 $6 (18... Bd7
$142 $132) 19. Qxe2 Nxd4 20. exd4 Nc6 21. Bf4 Qc8 22. d5 Nd4 23. Qe4 Qxc5 24.
Rxb7 e6 25. d6 Nf5 26. d7 e5 {Grischuk,A (2711)-Radjabov,T (2735)/Odessa rpd/
2008/} 27. Bg5 $5 Nd6 28. Qa4 Nxb7 29. Bxb7 $16 {[%csl Gd7]}) 14... Nxe3 15.
Bxe3 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Qxd4 17. Qxd4 Nxd4 18. Nd5 Kg7 19. Nxe7 (19. Rfe1 b5 20.
Nxe7 Ra7 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Nc6 {1/2, Borovikov,V (2601)-Polzin,R (2494)/
Paleochora/2010/}) 19... Be6 20. Nd5 Rac8 21. Ne3 b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Rb2 Rfd8
24. Rd1 {1/2, Aronian,L (2739)-Radjabov,T (2735)/Morelia/Linares/2008/}) 9...
Qa5 10. Bd2 dxc4 11. bxc4 Qd8 {It's best to retreat with the exposed queen
immediately:} (11... Nc6 $143 12. O-O Ng4 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Rc1 a6 15. Nbc3 e6
16. Ne3 Nge5 17. c5 Qe7 18. Ne4 Rd8 19. Nd6 Rb8 20. Bc3 $16 {Dautov,R (2623)
-Cvitan,O (2532)/Mallorca olm/2004/ For more details see the notes to this
game by Dautov in CBM 104.}) 12. O-O a6 (12... Nc6 13. Rb1 (13. Nd5 a6 14. Nbc3
Nd7 15. Rc1 e6 16. Nf4 Nc5 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bd7 19. Nd3 Qc7 20. Re1 Rab8
21. c5 Rfd8 22. Bc3 Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Nd4 24. e3 Nb5 25. Rb3 e5 26. a4 Na7 27. Qa1
f6 28. Reb1 Bc6 $11 {Tesic,D (2348)-Baklan,V (2610)/Trieste/2012/}) (13. Rc1
Be6 14. Na4 Qc8 15. Bf4 Bh3 16. Qb3 Qf5 17. Qf3 Rad8 18. Bxh3 Qxh3 19. Rfd1 Ng4
20. Qg2 Qh5 $132 {Prohaszka,P (2547)-Polzin,R (2460)/AUT-chT/2012/}) 13... Be6
(13... Bf5 $5 14. e4 Bg4 $13) 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Nc7
Qxa2 18. Nxa8 Rxa8 (18... Rd8 19. Rxb7 Rxd2 20. Qb3 $14) 19. Be3 Rd8 20. Qc1
Qxe2 21. Rxb7 Ne5 22. Qc7 Rf8 23. Rbb1 {Rustemov,A (2544)-Jochens,A (2298)/
Bundesliga/2013/} h5 24. Qxa7 h4 $44) 13. Na3 Bf5 14. Nc2 (14. Rc1 Nc6 15. c5
Qd7 16. Bf4 Qe6 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 Rad8 19. Nc4 Be6 20. Ne5 Nd5 21. Nxd5
Bxd5 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 $11 {Rustemov,A (2495)-Dydyshko,V (2575)/
Minsk/1996/}) 14... Nc6 15. Ne3 Qd7 $6 $146 {Obviously insufficiently prepared
for White's opening choice, Radjabov was spending oceans of time remembering
his preparation and here came up with a rather dubious novelty.} ({It's not
clear what Kramnik had on his mind after} 15... Qd4 $142 $1 16. Rc1 (16. Nxf5
gxf5 17. Rc1 Rad8 {just transposes to Gelfand-Sokolov below.}) 16... Be4 $5 (
16... Rad8 {An interesting, albeit untested possibility is} 17. Qb3 $5 (17.
Nxf5 gxf5 18. Nd5 Ne4 19. Be3 Qxd1 (19... Qb2 $5 $13) 20. Rfxd1 e6 21. Bxe4
fxe4 22. Nb6 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rb1 Bd4 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 26. Rb2 Kg7 27. c5
Rb4 28. Rd2 Rb1+ 29. Kg2 Rc1 30. Nd7 f5 31. Rb2 Na5 $11 {Gelfand,B (2700)
-Sokolov,I (2665)/Wijk aan Zee/1996/}) 17... Be4 (17... Qxd2 18. Bxc6 {[%csl
Rb7][%cal Rf1d1]} Ng4 19. Nxf5 (19. Rfd1 $6 Bxc3 20. Rxd2 Bxd2) 19... bxc6 $5
20. Nxe7+ Kh8 21. Nxc6 Rd6 $44 {/\} 22. Ne7 Re6 23. Ned5 Qh6 24. h4 g5) 18.
Qxb7 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Ne5 20. Rfd1 Nxc4 21. Nxc4 Qxc4 22. Qxe7 Rfe8 $44) 17. Nxe4
Nxe4 18. Be1 Nc5 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Qxd4 Bxd4 21. Nc2 Bf6 22. Ba5 Rab8 23. Rb1
Rb7 (23... Ne4 $5 {[%cal Ye4c3,Ye4d6]}) 24. Rxb7 Nxb7 25. Bb6 c5 26. Ne3 Bd4 $2
(26... Rc8 $1 27. Nd5 Kg7 $11) 27. Nd5 e6 28. e3 Be5 29. Ne7+ Kg7 30. Rd1 Bd6
31. Nc6 Rc8 32. Nd8 Nxd8 33. Rxd6 Rc6 34. Rxc6 Nxc6 35. Bxc5 $14 {Aronian,L 
(2675)-Nataf,I (2565)/Mallorca olm/2004/}) (15... Be6 16. Rb1 Rb8 (16... Rc8
17. Na4 $5) 17. Ncd5 $14) 16. Nxf5 Qxf5 {Keeps his pawn-structure intact, but
the Pb7 will be more vulnerable.} (16... gxf5 17. Rb1 Rad8 $14 {also deserved
attention and was roughly equivalent.}) 17. Rb1 $14 {[%csl Gd2,Gg2][%cal Gh1a8]
[%mdl 2048] White can be satisfied with the outcome of the opening. His pieces
are well coordinated and the bishop-pair gives him a pleasant and almost
riskless pull, especially powerful is the unopposed Catalan Bg2.} Rad8 (17...
Rab8 18. Nd5 Rfd8 19. Rb6 $5 $14) 18. Qc1 (18. Rxb7 Na5 19. Rb4 Qe6 {regains
the pawn:} {However, even here White has a pull after} 20. Qc2 $5 (20. Nd5 Nxc4
21. Rxc4 Nxd5 $11) (20. Bd5 Qh3 {[%cal Rf6g4]} 21. Bf3 Ng4 22. Bxg4 Qxg4 23.
Nd5 Nxc4 24. Nxe7+ Kh8 25. Nc6 Rd5 26. Na5 (26. Qc1 Qxe2) 26... Rxa5 27. Rxc4
Qxc4 28. Bxa5 Qxa2 $11) 20... Nxc4 21. Bf4 $14) 18... Qe6 {Here the queen will
be vulnerable (even later on move 21).} (18... Rd7 $5 19. Nd5 Rfd8 $132 {
deserves attention.}) 19. Re1 (19. Nd5 Nd4 $11 {leads nowhere, Kramnik's move
prepares the knight sortie.}) (19. Rxb7 $5 Na5 20. Rb4 Nxc4 21. Bf4 $14) 19...
Qxc4 (19... Ne5 20. c5 Nc4 21. Bg5 $14) 20. Rxb7 Ne5 $6 (20... Na5 $142 $1 21.
Rb1 (21. Rxe7 Qc5 22. Re3 Rxd2 23. Qxd2 Nc4 $11) 21... Qe6 (21... Rc8 22. Qa3
$14) (21... Ng4 {[%cal Rd8d2]} 22. Ne4 Qxa2 23. Bb4 (23. h3 Nxf2 24. Bxa5 Nxh3+
25. Bxh3 Qxa5 $13) 23... Rc8 24. Qg5 {[%csl Ra5,Rg4]} Nc6 25. Qxg4 Nxb4 26.
Rxb4 f5 27. Qg5 fxe4 28. Bxe4 $14) 22. Bf4 Rc8 23. Qa3 Nc4 24. Qb3 Nh5 $132)
21. Bf4 (21. Rxe7 $1 {was possible here, contrary to the above line after} Qc5
{White has} 22. Rb7 $16) 21... Qe6 22. h3 ({More energetic was} 22. Qa3 $5 Rfe8
(22... Rd7 23. Rxd7 Nexd7 24. Rc1 $36) 23. Qb3 Qxb3 24. axb3 $36) 22... Nc4 (
22... Rd7 23. Rxd7 Nexd7 24. Qa3 $36) 23. e4 $5 {[%cal Yc3d5]} ({A plausible
alternative was} 23. Rd1 $14) 23... Ne5 {[%cal Re5d3]} (23... Rd7 24. e5 (24.
Rxd7 Nxd7 25. Nd5 $14) 24... Nh5 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26. Nd5 Nxf4 27. Qxf4 $36) 24.
Bxe5 $1 {A simple solution, even with the opposite-coloured bishops White
retains his pressure.} ({Playable, but more complex was} 24. Qa3 Rfe8 (24...
Nd3 25. Rxe7 Qc8 (25... Qxe7 26. Qxe7 Nxe1 27. e5 (27. Qb7 $36) (27. Bh1 $5)
27... Nxg2 28. Kxg2 Nh5 29. Qc5 $14) 26. Rc7 Qe6 27. Rb1 Nxf4 28. gxf4 Rd3 $14
{/<=>}) 25. Reb1 {[%cal Yc3d5]} Nc4 26. Qa4 Nd6 27. Rc7 Nh5 28. Qxa6 Nxf4 29.
gxf4 $14) 24... Qxe5 25. Nd5 Rfe8 (25... Kh8 26. Nxe7 Rd7 27. Rxd7 Nxd7 28. Nd5
$16) (25... Nxd5 $5 26. exd5 Qd6 (26... Rc8 27. Qd1 {doesn't change the issue
- Black will lose a pawn.}) 27. Rexe7 Bd4 $14 {/+/- was possibly better. Black
is a pawn down, but he got rid off the dangerous knight and the central passed
pawn is blockaded. Further exchanges of major pieces would enhance Radjabov's
drawing chances.}) 26. Nb4 Rd7 (26... Rc8 27. Nc6 Qe6 28. e5 Nd7 29. f4 $16 {
[%csl Gc6,Rg7] ()}) 27. Nc6 Qe6 28. Rb6 $6 (28. Rb3 $142 $1 Rc7 29. Rc3 {
[%csl Gc6]} Bh6 (29... Qxa2 $2 30. e5 Nd5 (30... Nd7 31. Nxe7+ $18) 31. Ra3 $18
{[%csl Rd5]}) 30. f4 $5 (30. Qxh6 Rxc6 31. Rxc6 Qxc6 32. e5 Nd5 (32... Qc3 33.
Qe3 Qxe3 34. Rxe3 Nh5 $8 35. Ra3 $16) 33. e6 $1 fxe6 34. h4 $44 {->}) 30...
Rec8 31. e5 Nh5 32. Kh2 $36) (28. Rb4 $5 $14) 28... Qxa2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]
Towards the end of the Candidates Radjabov was totally out of form, here he
commits a decisive tactical error.} ({Bitter is that it comes exactly at the
moment, when he could have solved his problems with} 28... Rc7 $1 29. Rxa6 (29.
e5 Nd5 30. Bxd5 (30. Rxa6 Nb4 $17 {[%cal Rb4a6,Rb4c6,Rb4d3]}) 30... Qxd5 $15 {
[%csl Rc6,Re5]} {/\} 31. Rxa6 $2 Qb5) 29... Nd7 {[%cal Rd7e5,Rd7b8]} 30. e5
Nxe5 (30... Rec8 $2 31. Bd5 Qxh3 32. e6 $18) (30... Nb8 31. Rb6 Kh8 $5 (31...
Bxe5 32. Rb5 Nxc6 33. Rexe5 Qd6 34. Rbc5 Nd4 $132) 32. Re2 Rec8 33. Rc2 Nxc6
34. Rbxc6 Rxc6 35. Rxc6 Rxc6 36. Qxc6 Qxc6 37. Bxc6 Bxe5 $11) 31. Qd1 (31. f4
$2 Qc8 $19) 31... Rec8 (31... Qc8 32. Qa4 $11) 32. Ra5 Rxc6 33. Bxc6 Qxc6 34.
Raxe5 $11) 29. e5 {[%csl Rf6]} Nd5 (29... Nh5 30. g4 $18) 30. Rb2 Qa4 (30...
Qa3 31. Rb8 $18) 31. Bxd5 Rxd5 32. Rb4 Qa2 33. Nxe7+ $1 $18 Kh8 ({Black loses
an exchange, as he quickly gets mated after} 33... Rxe7 34. Qc8+ Bf8 35. Rb8
Re8 36. Qxe8 Qa3 37. e6 $18) 34. Nxd5 Qxd5 35. Qc4 Qxc4 36. Rxc4 Bxe5 (36...
Kg8 37. f4 $18) 37. Kf1 {[%cal Rf2f4]} ({Black has seen enough and doesn't
want to suffer anymore:} 37. Kf1 Re6 $8 38. Rce4 Bc3 39. Rxe6 fxe6 40. Rxe6 $18
{is a simple technical win.}) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 {This true Anti-Grünfeld system has one flaw and that
is the one sided setup, that actually hampers the development of the Ng1 to
the natural square f3.} Nc6 4. d5 (4. Nc3 d5) (4. e4 e5) 4... Ne5 5. e4 d6 6.
Nc3 {The system with 3...Nc6 leads to discussion in a position bordering on
the King's Indian and Pirc Defences.} (6. Ne2 Bg7 7. Nec3 O-O 8. Be2 e6 9. O-O
(9. f4 Ned7 10. O-O exd5 11. cxd5 Re8 12. Bf3 Nc5 13. Re1 {0-1 (32) Nakamura,H
(2710)-Svidler,P (2739) Amsterdam 2009} c6 14. dxc6 Qb6 $1 $36) 9... exd5 10.
cxd5 c6 11. dxc6 (11. Be3 cxd5 12. exd5 Re8 13. Qd2 Bf5 14. Na3 a6 15. Rac1 Rc8
16. Nc2 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 $132 {0-1 (69) Postny,E (2578)-Eljanov,P (2655)
Moscow 2006}) 11... bxc6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Nd2 d5 $1 $36 14. Nb3 dxe4 15. Qxd8
Rxd8 16. fxe4 Bg4 $11 {0-1 (29) Mamedyarov,S (2719)-Carlsen,M (2801) Moscow
2009}) 6... Bg7 7. Be2 {The knight on e5 is not stable in the centre and White
will want to push it back to d7 with a timely f4 advance. Nakamura must play
carefully, otherwise Black will have an easy life with counterplay against his
exposed central pawns.} (7. f4 Ned7 8. Nh3 (8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 (9. Bd3 c6 (9...
e5 $5 10. fxe5 (10. dxe6 $142 $5 fxe6 11. O-O $13) 10... Ng4 11. Bg5 (11. exd6
cxd6 $44) 11... f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qe2 Nde5 15. Rf1 Nxf3+ (
15... Bd7 $44) 16. Qxf3 Qh4+ 17. Qg3 Rxf1+ 18. Bxf1 Qxh2 19. Qxh2 Nxh2 20. Nb5
Bd7 21. Be2 Re8 22. Nxc7 Rxe4 23. Kd2 Ng4 24. Rc1 Nf6 {1/2 (24) Papin,V (2479)
-Danin,A (2469) Lipetsk 2008}) (9... e6 10. O-O (10. dxe6 $142 $1 fxe6 11. O-O
$13) 10... exd5 11. exd5 (11. cxd5 c6 12. h3 cxd5 13. exd5 Qa5 $36 {0-1 (47)
Mohota,N (2324)-Hansen,S (2603) Pattaya 2011}) 11... c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Kh1
Nc5 14. Be3 Ng4 15. Bg1 Rb8 $36 {0-1 (54) Nikolov,M (2549)-Wang Yue (2732)
Zuerich 2010}) (9... Nc5 10. Be3 Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 e6 12. O-O exd5 13. cxd5 Re8
14. Bd4 c5 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Rad1 Rb8 17. b3 Qa5 18. Rfe1 Ba6 19. Qd2 Rbd8 $11
{0-1 (44) Wiedenkeller,M (2445)-Johansson,M (2265) Sollentuna 1995}) 10. O-O
cxd5 (10... Qb6+ 11. Kh1 Nc5 {0-1 (28) Ward,C (2473)-Conquest,S (2555)
Scarborough 1999} 12. Bc2 $13) (10... Nc5 11. Bc2 Qb6 (11... cxd5 12. cxd5 (12.
e5 Nfd7 13. Qxd5 Nb6 14. Qd4 Bg4 15. Nd5 {1/2 (42) Sokolov,I (2570)-Martinovic,
S (2430) Cetinje 1991} Ne6 $17) 12... e6 (12... b5 $13) 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Be3 {
1/2 (14) Donchev,D (2505)-Ermenkov,E (2420) Sofia 1984}) 12. Kh1 Bg4 13. Rb1
cxd5 (13... a5 14. Be3 Nfd7 15. Qe2 Qc7 {½-½ Vitiugov,N (2709)-Tomashevsky,E
(2695)/Moscow 2011/}) 14. cxd5 Rac8 15. Be3 Qb4 16. h3 Ncxe4 (16... Bxf3 $5 17.
Qxf3 Nfd7) 17. Bxe4 Rxc3 $1 18. bxc3 {1/2 (18) Jussupow,A (2565)-Spassky,B 
(2605) Linares 1983} Qxe4 19. Bxa7 Bc8 $44 {A.Jussupow}) 11. cxd5 (11. exd5 Nc5
12. Bc2 e6 13. Be3 exd5 14. cxd5 Re8 15. Bd4 {1-0 (48) Plachetka,J (2410)
-Polgar,Z (2405) Stary Smokovec 1984} Bd7 $11) 11... b5 (11... e6 $143 12. dxe6
fxe6 13. Bc4 d5 14. exd5 Nb6 15. Bb3 Nbxd5 16. Ne5 {1-0 (39) Melkumyan,H (2642)
-Tikkanen,H (2566) Albena 2012}) 12. a3 Nc5 13. Bc2 Bb7 14. Be3 a5 15. Bxc5
dxc5 16. Nxb5 {1-0 (37) Yang,D (2485)-Bora,S (2195) Wheeling USA 2013} Qb8 $1
17. Ne5 Bxd5 $13) 9... Nc5 (9... e5 $6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. O-O Qe7 12. Ng5 Nc5
13. Qc2 e5 14. f5 $14 {1/2 (52) Richter,M (2482)-Danin,A (2519) Wunsiedel 2012}
) 10. e5 $1 (10. Qc2 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Be3 Ng4 13. Bg1 Rb8 $36 {0-1 (23)
Gretarsson,H (2509)-Navara,D (2710) Reykjavik ISL 2013}) 10... Nfe4 11. Nxe4
Nxe4 12. O-O $13 c6 13. Be3 f5 14. Qc2 Qc7 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Bd3 dxe5 17. fxe5
Bxe5 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Nxe5 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Qxe5 21. Qf2 Bf5 22. Bxa7 Rxa7 23.
Qxa7 e3 24. Qb6 c5 25. Qd8+ Kg7 26. Re1 Qd4 27. Qxe7+ {1-0 (27) Stojanovic,M 
(2574)-Popovic,A (2324) Valjevo 2011}) 8... e6 (8... O-O 9. Be2 (9. Nf2 $5 e6 (
9... c6 $143 10. Be3 $1 Re8 11. Be2 Qc7 12. Qd2 e5 13. f5 Nc5 14. g4 $16 {
1-0 (31) Berczes,D (2532)-Papp,P (2307) Budapest 2013})) 9... Nc5 (9... c6 10.
Nf2 (10. Be3 {1-0 (35) Hammer,J (2630)-Tari,A (2216) Oslo 2012} cxd5 11. cxd5
b5 $5 12. Nf2 b4 13. Na4) 10... cxd5 (10... Qb6 11. O-O Nc5 12. Bf3 $5) 11.
cxd5 b5 (11... Nb6 12. a4 Bd7 13. a5 Nc8 14. O-O e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Qb3 $16 {
1-0 (32) Kurnosov,I (2653)-Vokarev,S (2455) Olginka 2011}) 12. Bxb5 Rb8 13. O-O
Nc5 14. Be2 Nfd7 15. Nb5 Qb6 16. Be3 Ba6 17. a4 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Bg7 19. Qd2 $14 {
1-0 (45) Wen,Y (2550)-Gopal,G (2562) Ho Chi Minh City 2012}) (9... Nb6 10. Nf2
e6 11. O-O (11. g4 exd5 12. cxd5 c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. g5 Ne8 15. h4 Nc7 16. h5
Re8 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Qd3 Qe7 19. Bd2 d5 20. e5 Nc4 21. Nfe4 Nxe5 22. fxe5 dxe4
23. Qxe4 Bf5 $17 {1/2-1/2 (96) Berczes,D (2492)-Xiong,J (2550) Dallas 2015})
11... exd5 12. cxd5 c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. a4 (14. Be3 Re8 15. Rc1 Be6 16. g4 Nc4
17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Re1 h5 19. g5 Nh7 20. Qa4 Bb5 21. Nxb5 cxb5 22. Qxb5 Rb8 23.
Qd5 $16 {1-0 (41) Postny,E (2668)-Kobo,O (2466) Graz 2016}) 14... Rb8 15. a5
Na8 16. Qa4 Nd7 17. Qxc6 Nc5 18. Rd1 Nb3 19. Rxd6 Qc7 20. Qxc7 Nxc7 21. Rb1
Nxc1 22. Rxc1 Rxb2 23. e5 $16 {1-0 (50) Socko,B (2622)-Harikrishna,P (2726)
Porto Rio 2014}) 10. Nf2 e5 (10... Re8 11. O-O (11. Be3 e5 $1 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13.
Qd2 $6 (13. Bd4 a5 14. O-O Nfd7 $1 $14 {/=}) 13... Qe7 14. Bxc5 (14. Bd4 Ncxe4
$1 15. Ncxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxc4) 14... dxc5 15. e5 Nd7 16. O-O-O Nb6 17. Nd5
Bxd5 18. cxd5 f6 $1 $36 {1/2 (26) Ivanisevic,I (2648)-Yilmaz,M (2489) Sarajevo
2011}) 11... e5 12. dxe6 (12. f5 gxf5 13. exf5 Bxf5 (13... e4 $142 $1 $132) 14.
Ng4 Bxg4 15. Bxg4 Nxg4 16. Qxg4 Qd7 17. Rf5 e4 18. Bh6 f6 19. b4 Na6 20. Bxg7
Qxg7 21. Qf4 Nxb4 22. Nxe4 Kh8 $11 {1-0 (28) Ding,L (2654)-Areshchenko,A (2682)
Ningbo 2011}) 12... Bxe6 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Bf3 Bc6 15. Bd2 a5 {[%csl Gc5]} 16.
Rfe1 Nfd7 17. Rad1 Qe7 $6 (17... Bd4 $5 18. Bc1 Qf6) 18. b3 Qf8 19. Nb5 $1 Bxb5
20. cxb5 Qe7 21. Be3 Rac8 22. a3 Ne6 23. b4 $14 {1/2 (41) Grischuk,A (2771)
-Kurnosov,I (2676) Moscow 2010}) (10... c6 11. Be3 cxd5 12. cxd5 b6 13. O-O a5
14. Qd2 Bb7 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. b3 $14 e6 17. dxe6 Nxe6 18. Bc4 Nc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5
20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Ne8 22. Rd3 $16 {1/2 (57) Lupulescu,C (2618)-Safarli,E 
(2626) Al-Ain UAE 2012}) (10... e6 11. Be3 $5 (11. dxe6 Bxe6 (11... fxe6 12.
Be3 Nfd7 13. Qc2 b6 14. h4 e5 15. f5 gxf5 16. exf5 Nb8 17. g4 Nc6 18. Bf3 Nd4
19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Bxa8 dxc3 {0-1 (28) Sethuraman,S (2623)-Sutovsky,E (2623)
Tsaghkadzor 2015} 21. b4 $16) 12. Be3 Re8 (12... Qe7 13. Bd4 Rad8 14. O-O Bc8
15. Bf3 Ne6 16. Be3 c6 17. Re1 Qc7 18. Rc1 Rfe8 19. Qd2 b6 20. Rcd1 Ba6 21. b3
Bb7 22. Qc1 $14 {1-0 (40) Postny,E (2668)-Schreiner,P (2435) Graz 2016}) 13.
Bd4 a5 $11) (11. O-O exd5 12. cxd5 c6 (12... Re8 $5 13. Bf3 h5 14. h3 a5 15.
Re1 Nfd7 16. Be3 b6 17. Qc2 Ba6 18. a4 {1-0 (34) Jones,G (2641)-Andersen,M 
(2461) Reykjavik 2012} Qh4 $13) 13. dxc6 (13. Be3 Nfxe4 14. Nfxe4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4
Re8 16. Bf3 Bf5 17. dxc6 Bxe4 18. cxb7 Bxb7 $1 19. Bxb7 Rb8 20. Bd5 Rxe3 21. f5
Qh4 22. fxg6 Bd4 $1 23. Kh1 (23. gxf7+ $4 Kf8 24. Kh1 Be5 25. g3 Bxg3 26. Qd2
Bxh2 $19) 23... Be5 24. g3 Bxg3 25. Qc2 Bxh2 26. Rxf7 Be5+ 27. Kg1 Rg3+ 28. Kf1
Qh3+ 29. Bg2 Qe6 $17) 13... bxc6 14. Bf3 (14. Be3 Nfxe4 $1 15. Nfxe4 Nxe4 16.
Nxe4 Re8 17. Bf3 d5 $11) (14. Qc2 d5 15. e5 Bf5 16. Qd1 Nfe4 17. Be3 Nxc3 18.
bxc3 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 $11 {1/2-1/2 (63) Fedoseev,V (2672)-Wei,Y (2638)
Kocaeli 2014}) 14... Qe7 15. Be3 d5 16. e5 Nfd7 17. b4 Ne6 18. b5 Nb6 19. f5 (
19. Rc1 d4 20. Bxd4 Rd8 21. Ne2 c5 22. Bxa8 Nxa8 23. Bxc5 Nxc5 24. Qc2 Bf8 25.
Rfd1 Nb6 $132) 19... gxf5 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. bxc6 Bxe5 22. Nxd5 Qh4 23. g3 Qg5
$13 {1/2-1/2 (48) Grischuk,A (2773)-Giri,A (2686) Wijk aan Zee 2011}) 11...
Nfd7 12. O-O f5 $6 (12... a5 $142 13. Qd2 $14) 13. dxe6 Nxe6 14. exf5 gxf5 15.
Qd2 a5 16. Rad1 Qf6 17. Nh1 Ndc5 18. Ng3 $16 {1-0 (43) Zhao Xue (2497)-Cmilyte,
V (2525) Nalchik 2011}) 11. fxe5 Ne8 12. exd6 Nxd6 13. O-O Qh4 14. g3 Qe7 15.
Qc2 (15. Bf4 Ncxe4 16. Ncxe4 Nxe4 17. Bf3 Nxf2 18. Rxf2 Qc5 19. b4 Qxb4 20. Rb1
Qc5 21. Kg2 Bh3+ 22. Kxh3 Qxf2 23. Rxb7 Rae8 24. Rxc7 Be5 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 $17 {
0-1 (32) Laznicka,V (2679)-Salgado Lopez,I (2622) Dubai 2014}) 15... Re8 16.
Bf3 Nxc4 17. Bg2 b6 18. a4 Ne5 19. b4 Na6 20. b5 Nc5 21. a5 Bd7 22. Ra2 Nb7 23.
Ba3 Qg5 $15 {0-1 (113) Stopa,J (2521)-Swiercz,D (2616) Wroclaw 2014}) (8... Nc5
9. Nf2 Nfd7 10. Be3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 e5 12. dxe6 Nxe6 13. Be2 Qe7 14. O-O b6 15.
Bd4 O-O 16. Ng4 h5 17. Ne3 Bb7 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Nc5 21. Bf3
$14 {1-0 (39) Postny,E (2635)-Mikhalevski,V (2530) Acre ISR 2013}) (8... c6 $5
9. Be3 $5 (9. Nf2 Qb6 10. Na4 Qc7 11. Be2 b5 12. dxc6 bxa4 13. cxd7+ Bxd7 14.
Be3 Bc6 15. Bf3 Nd7 16. Rb1 Rb8 17. Qd2 Nc5 $132 {1/2 (51) Goganov,A (2509)
-Timofeev,A (2641) Samara 2012}) {; if now} 9... Qa5 10. Nf2 Nc5 11. Bd4 O-O
12. a3 $1 Ncxe4 $140 $2 13. Nfxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. b4 Nxc3 $2 16. Qd4+)
9. dxe6 $1 fxe6 10. Bd3) (7. Bg5 $6 c6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Rd1 Qb6 10. Be3 Qb4 11. b3
Nfg4 $1 12. Bd4 Bh6 13. Qb2 c5 $17 {0-1 (25) Dreev,A (2683)-Sutovsky,E (2656)
ICC INT 2002}) 7... O-O {An important moment that may become critical in the
future in connection with the possibility of the immediate counterplay against
White's centre.} (7... c6 8. f4 Ned7 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Qd2 Nc5 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Nf3
Na4 13. Nxa4 Qxa4 14. b3 Qa3 15. Bd3 Bg4 16. O-O Bxf3 17. gxf3 cxd5 18. cxd5
Rfc8 19. Rc1 Nd7 20. Bb5 Nb6 21. Kh1 Bb2 22. Rb1 Bc3 23. Qf2 $11 {1/2-1/2 (42)
Martinovic,S (2535)-Schreiner,P (2432) Austria 2015}) (7... e6 8. f4 Ned7 9.
Nh3 exd5 10. cxd5 O-O 11. Nf2 Re8 12. O-O Nc5 13. Qc2 a5 14. Re1 Bd7 15. Bd2 c6
16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Bf3 Rc8 18. Rad1 b5 19. Qb1 b4 20. Nd5 Ncxe4 21. Nxe4 Nxd5
$17 {0-1 (57) Kaufman,L (2347)-Shabalov,A (2520) Arlington 2013}) 8. f4 Ned7 9.
Be3 e6 {The variation is still in the formative period and aprt from the
counterplay with the help of the e-pawn advance Xiong could have thought about
a c-pawn move.} (9... c6 10. Nf3 Ng4 (10... Qa5 11. O-O Ng4 12. Bd4 Bxd4+ 13.
Qxd4 Qb6 14. Qxb6 Nxb6 15. h3 $5 (15. Rfe1 a5 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Nd4 c5 18. Nc6
Re8 19. Nb5 $16) 15... Ne3 $1 (15... Nf6 16. Nd4 c5 (16... cxd5 17. exd5 $16)
17. Nc2) 16. Rfc1 Nexc4 17. Nd1 (17. a4 Na5 $1 18. Bd1 c5) 17... cxd5 18. exd5
Nxb2 (18... Na5 19. Ne3 $1 (19. b4 Nxd5 20. bxa5 Nxf4)) 19. Nxb2 Nxd5 20. Rc4 (
20. Nd3 Bf5 21. Rab1 $5 b6 22. Nd4 Bxd3 23. Bxd3 Nxf4 24. Ba6) 20... Bd7 21.
Rd4 Nc7 {1-0 (62) Fier,A (2570)-Ftacnik,L (2571) Tromso 2014} (21... Ne3 22.
Bd3 Nf5 23. Rb4 b6 24. Re1) (21... Bc6 22. Bc4 e6 23. Kf2)) 11. Bd4 Bxd4 12.
Qxd4 Qb6 13. Qxb6 Nxb6 14. b3 (14. h3 $1 Ne3 15. Kf2 Nexc4 16. a4 Nxb2 (16...
a5 17. b3) (16... Na5 17. b4 Nb3 18. Ra3) (16... cxd5 17. a5 Nxa5 18. Rxa5 dxe4
19. Nxe4) 17. Ra2 N6c4 18. Nd2 $1) 14... f5 15. Nd4 fxe4 16. dxc6 Ne3 17. Kf2
Nf5 18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. Nd5 Rf7 20. Bh5 bxc6 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Ne3 Be6 23. g4
fxg4 24. f5 $16 {1-0 (63) Vallejo Pons,F (2698)-Grandelius,N (2571) Tromso 2014
}) 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Nh3 (11. h4 b6 12. h5 Bb7 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Qc2 e5 15. f5
Nc5 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. g4 Ne8 19. Nf3 Nd6 20. Rh3 Bf6 21. Bd3 Kg7
22. g5 Bxg5 23. Qg2 Nf7 24. fxg6 Kxg6 25. Nh4+ Kf6 26. Rf3+ Ke6 27. Qg4+ Kd6
28. Nf5+ {1-0 (28) De Jong,J (2454)-Wagner,D (2501) Haarlem 2014}) 11... Qe7 {
In a strict sense only this move is a novelty by the talented young American
player. The previously played idea of 11...b6 is anything, but easy for Black
but should probably have been preferred.} (11... b6 12. O-O (12. Nf2 Bb7 13.
Qc2 a6 (13... Nc5 $5 14. O-O Nfd7 {[%cal Rg7c3]} 15. Bf3 a5 $11) 14. O-O-O Qe7
15. h4 Nh5 16. Bxh5 gxh5 17. Nh3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nf6 $132 19. Nf2 d5 20. Bd4 c5
21. Be5 Nd7 22. Nd3 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Rxf4 24. exd5 exd5 25. Rhe1 Re4 $17 {0-1 (37)
Ding,L (2714)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2719) Biel 2013}) 12... Nc5 13. Qc2 a5 (13...
Bb7 14. Bf3 Nfd7 15. b4 $1 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Nxe4 17. Qc2 Ndf6 (17... d5 18. cxd5
exd5 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Qc4+ Kh8 21. Rad1 $18) 18. Ng5 Nxg5 19. Bxb7 Nf7 20.
Bxa8 Qxa8 21. Rae1 $16) 14. Bf3 Rb8 (14... Bb7 $2 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. e5 Bxf3 17.
exf6 $18) 15. Rae1 (15. a3) 15... Nfd7 16. Ng5 Bb7 17. b3 Qe7 18. a3 e5 $6 (
18... h6 19. Nh3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Nxe4 21. Qc2 Ndf6 22. Bd4 d5 23. Nf2 $36) (18...
Ra8 $5 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Na6) 19. f5 $1 h6 20. Nh3 gxf5 21. exf5 e4 22. Bxc5
Bxc3 23. Qxc3 bxc5 (23... Nxc5 24. Bh5 Qe5 25. Re3 Qxc3 26. Rxc3 Nd3 27. f6 $16
) 24. Nf2 $6 (24. Bh5 $1 Qe5 25. Qc1 Rxf5 26. Rxf5 Qxf5 27. Qxh6 $16) 24... Qg7
(24... Qf6 $5 25. Qxf6 Nxf6 26. Bd1 Kf7 $13) 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27.
Rxe4 $11 {1-0 (43) Grischuk,A (2786)-Navara,D (2703) Rhodes 2013}) 12. O-O b6
13. Bf3 Rb8 {As a consequence of the 11th move Black must be very careful and
is forced to invest a tempo.} (13... Bb7 $2 14. e5 $1 Bxf3 15. exf6 Bxd1 16.
fxe7 $18) 14. Qc2 Bb7 15. Rae1 (15. Rad1 $5) 15... Kh8 (15... a5 16. Ng5 $16)
16. Ng5 Bh6 (16... h6 17. Nh3 $16) 17. Nb5 (17. h4 Bg7 18. f5 $14) 17... Bxg5
$6 {The defence was taking a serious toll on Black's nerves and he loses
patience. Objectively best was to find courage for the pawn sacrifice with a
timely 17...e5! with a very limited disadvantage.} (17... c6 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 (
18... Bxg5 19. fxg5 Qxd6 20. gxf6 $16) 19. e5 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Qxe5 21. Qd2 Bxg5
22. Bxg5 Qc5+ 23. Rf2 Qxc4 $2 24. Qd6 $18) (17... e5 $1 18. Nxc7 exf4 19. Bxf4
Ne5 20. Nce6 Bxg5 21. Nxg5 h6 22. Nh3 g5 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Nf2 $14) 18. fxg5
Ne8 19. Nxa7 Ne5 (19... c6 20. Qb3 Ng7 21. Rd1 Ne5 22. Be2 $14) 20. Be2 Rxf1+
21. Rxf1 Ra8 (21... Kg8 22. Nb5 Ng7 23. b4 $16) 22. Nb5 Rxa2 23. Na3 $1 {
This is not an everyday picture with the black rook getting trapped on a2.
Xiong was probably hoping for tricks against the b2-pawn, but Nakamura
calculates extremely well.} Qg7 (23... Kg8 24. Qb1 Rxa3 25. bxa3 $16) 24. Bd2
$1 (24. Rb1 Kg8 25. Qb3 Rxa3 26. Qxa3 Bxe4 27. Rf1 $16) 24... Nc6 (24... Rxb2
$2 25. Qxb2 Nf3+ 26. Rxf3 Qxb2 27. Bc3+ Qxc3 28. Rxc3 $18) 25. Bc3 Nd4 26. Bd3
{Objectively speaking Black is really doomed without proper counterplay for
the stranded rook. White was spoiled for choice and had really prolems to
guess which line is the best.} (26. Bg4 $5 e5 27. Qb1 Rxa3 28. bxa3 $18) 26...
Kg8 (26... Nxc2 $4 27. Rf8#) 27. Qf2 (27. Qd1 c5 28. Rf2 $18) (27. Qb1 Rxa3 28.
bxa3 Bxe4 29. Re1 $18) 27... c5 28. Bb1 Ra1 29. Nc2 Rxb1 $6 {Black is biting
the bullet and will pay the prize in accelerated fashion. It was somewhat
better to exercise restraint with the rook retreat, but White would be on the
verge of a winning position anyway.} (29... Ra8 30. Nxd4 cxd4 31. Bxd4 e5 32.
Bxb6 $18) (29... Ra4 30. Nxd4 cxd4 31. Bxd4 Qe7 32. b3 $18) 30. Rxb1 Bxe4 31.
Nxd4 Bxb1 (31... cxd4 32. Bxd4 e5 33. Re1 Qb7 34. Rf1 Qe7 35. Bxb6 $18) 32. Nf5
$1 {Nakamura could not resist the temptation, when he discovered this flashy
shot from some distance.} exf5 (32... Qf8 33. Nh6+ $18) (32... gxf5 33. Bxg7
Kxg7 34. Qe2 Be4 35. Qh5 $18) 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Qe3 (34. Qe3 Be4 35. Qb3 $18)
1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. Nc3 {In Norway Caruana
invited his opponents into the Benoni, but Kramnik declines the offer.} (6. d5
e6 (6... b5 7. cxb5 a6 8. bxa6 d6 9. Nc3 Nxa6 10. O-O Bf5 $5 11. Ne1 Qb6 12.
Nc2 Rfb8 13. Ne3 Bc8 14. h3 Nd7 15. Na4 Qb5 16. Nc3 Qb6 17. Qd2 Nc7 18. b3 Ba6
19. Bb2 c4 20. Na4 Qb4 21. Qxb4 Rxb4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nc2 Rb7 24. b4 Bb5 25.
Nc3 Ba4 26. Ne3 Rxb4 27. Rfb1 Na6 28. Rxb4 Nxb4 29. Rb1 Nc2 30. Nxc2 Bxc2 31.
Rb2 Ba4 32. Rb4 Nc5 33. Rxc4 Bd7 $11 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Ga8a2] Caruana,F (2791)
-Grischuk,A (2792)/Dubai rpd/2014/ Black used an unusual setup and although
White retained the extra pawn well into the endgame, he has no means to
convert it.}) 7. Nc3 exd5 8. cxd5 d6 9. O-O Re8 (9... a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Bf4
Qe7 12. h3 Nh5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 f5 15. e4 $5 f4 $5 (15... fxe4 16. Re1 Nhf6
17. Bf4 Rb8 18. Re2 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qe1 Nb6 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Qf6 23.
Ra7 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Nxa8 25. Qa5 Bf5 26. Re1 h6 27. h4 Qxb2 28. Qa7 Qf6 29. Re7
Qa1+ 30. Qxa1 Bxa1 31. Bxd6 Rc8 32. Be5 $18 {[%csl Gd5] Wang,H (2715)
-Tomashevsky,E (2701)/RUS-chT/2010/}) 16. g4 Nhf6 17. Qc1 (17. Bxf4 Nxg4 $1 (
17... Nxe4 $6 18. Bh2 Nxc3 19. bxc3 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Yf1e1,Ye1e6]} Ne5 20. Bxe5
Bxe5 21. Re1 Rxf3 22. Qxf3 $16 {Mikhalevski,V (2584)-Kurmann,O (2446)/EU-ch
Aix-les-Bains/2011/}) 18. Bg5 (18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. hxg4 Ne5 $36) 18... Ngf6 $13)
17... g5 18. Nxg5 Ne5 19. Ne2 (19. Nf3 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 h5 $1 $36 21. g5 $2 Nh7
22. h4 Nxg5 23. hxg5 Qxg5+ 24. Kh2 Rf6 $19) (19. f3 Nh5 (19... h5 $5) 20. Ne6
Bxe6 21. dxe6 Ng3 22. Qc2 Nxf1 23. Rxf1 Qxe6 24. Nd5 Ng6 25. Nc7 Qa2 26. Nxa8
Rxa8 $11 {Carron,J (2355)-Kurmann,O (2431)/Leukerbad/2011/}) 19... Nfxg4 20.
Nxf4 Qxg5 21. Ne6 Qe7 22. Nxf8 Nd3 23. Qc2 Ngxf2 24. Ne6 Bxe6 25. dxe6 Bd4 26.
Bc3 Be3 27. Bd2 Bd4 28. Bc3 {1/2, Gmuer,A (2426)-Nuesch,G (2239)/email/2008/})
10. Bf4 {Nowadays White's main try to get an advantage.} ({Rare is} 10. a4 Ne4
11. Nxe4 Rxe4 12. Nd2 Rb4 13. Ra2 a5 $5 14. b3 b5 15. axb5 (15. Ba3 Na6 16.
Bxb4 Nxb4 17. Ra3 Bb2 18. axb5 Bxa3 19. Nc4 Bd7 20. Nxa3 Qb8 $132) 15... Nd7
16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Qc2 Rxb5 18. Bg5 Nf6 19. Qd3 Rb7 20. Qe3 h6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22.
Qf4 Be5 23. Qxh6 Rxb3 24. Nxc5 Rb5 25. Nd3 Bg7 26. Qd2 a4 $44 {Grischuk,A 
(2792)-Caruana,F (2791)/Stavanger/2014/ Later on White lost an equal position
due to a major oversight in time trouble.}) ({The classical} 10. Nd2 a6 11. a4
Nbd7 12. h3 Rb8 13. Nc4 Ne5 14. Na3 Nh5 15. e4 {is in a crisis, after} Bd7 16.
a5 Qxa5 ({An even simpler and equally viable alternative is} 16... b5 $5 17.
axb6 Bb5 $1 18. Ncxb5 axb5 19. g4 Nf6 20. Nxb5 Qxb6 21. Na3 Qb3 $1 $44 22. Qxb3
Rxb3 23. Rd1 h6 24. Nc2 $2 Nd3 25. Ra4 Nd7 26. Ra6 Nxc1 27. Rxc1 Bxb2 28. Rd1
Be5 29. Na3 Nb6 $17 {Ponomariov,R (2756)-Bacrot,E (2723)/Elancourt/2013/ For
more details about this game see the notes by Marin in CBM 157.}) 17. g4 Nf6
18. f4 Nfxg4 19. hxg4 Nxg4 20. f5 h5 $5 {Black is doing OK in the sharp
complications:} 21. Bg5 ({The most recent example went} 21. Qf3 Qd8 22. Qg3 b5
23. Nd1 b4 24. Nc2 Bb5 25. Re1 Be5 26. Bf4 Bxf4 27. Qxf4 Qf6 28. Nde3 Ne5 $17 {
Golichenko,I (2430)-Simantsev,M (2479)/Marianske Lazne/2014/}) 21... Qb4 22. f6
Bh8 23. Qd2 (23. Na2 Qd4+ 24. Qxd4 cxd4 $13) 23... Qd4+ 24. Qxd4 cxd4 25. Ne2
Re5 26. Bf4 $5 (26. Bh4 Ne3 27. Nxd4 Nxg2 28. Kxg2 Rxe4 29. Nf3 Bf5 30. Rac1 {
Sasikiran,K (2689)-Anand,V (2817)/Bastia rpd/2011/} Rg4+ $17 {[%cal Rf5e4]})
26... Bxf6 27. Bxe5 (27. Nxd4 $5 Ree8 28. Rad1 Rbc8 $132) 27... Bxe5 28. Nc4
Bh2+ 29. Kh1 Bb5 30. b3 Be5 31. Ra2 Ne3 32. Nxe3 dxe3 $44 {Evans,G (2423)
-Overton,D (2462)/email/2010/ Here Black has enough even for a whole rook!})
10... a6 (10... Ne4 {is better without inserting a6 and a4, the exchange
sacrifice gives Black compensation after} 11. Nxe4 (11. Rc1 Nxc3 12. bxc3 b5 $5
13. Nd2 g5 14. Be3 Bf5 15. a4 a6 16. Qb3 bxa4 17. Qxa4 Nd7 18. Nc4 Ne5 19. Nxe5
Bxe5 20. Bd2 a5 21. f4 gxf4 22. gxf4 Bg7 23. e4 Bd7 24. Qc2 f5 $11 {/=/+,
Sargissian,G (2679)-Van Wely,L (2691)/ESP-chT Leon/2012/}) 11... Rxe4 12. Nd2
Rxf4 13. gxf4 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Bg7 15. e4 (15. Re1 Bh6 (15... Na6 16. e3 Nc7 17. a4
b6 18. Qb3 Qf6 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. Nd2 Qf6 21. Ne4 Qe7 22. Nd2 Bh6 $5 23. Nc4 Bd7
24. Ra1 Na6 25. Qd1 Nb4 $44 {Tomashevsky,E (2733)-Yu,Y (2656)/St Petersburg
rpd/2012/}) 16. e3 Na6 17. Nc4 Rb8 18. Qd2 b6 19. Rb3 Qf6 20. Qb2 Qxb2 21. Rxb2
Nb4 22. Reb1 Bf5 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. a3 Na6 25. Bf3 Nc7 26. a4 Bg7 $132 {
Gretarsson,H (2509)-Yu,Y (2688)/Reykjavik/2013/}) (15. Nc4 b5 $1 16. Rxb5 Ba6
17. Qa4 Bxb5 18. Qxb5 Bf8 19. Bh3 f5 20. e4 Nd7 21. exf5 {1/2, Gleizerov,E 
(2565)-Indjic,A (2451)/Paracin/2012/} Rb8 $132 {[%cal Yb8b4,Yd8h4]}) 15... Nd7
(15... Na6 16. Nc4 Rb8 17. a4 Nb4 18. Qf3 b6 19. Rbc1 Ba6 20. Rfe1 Na2 21. Rc2
Nb4 22. Rcc1 Na2 23. Rc2 Nb4 24. Rcc1 Na2 {1/2, Lagno,K (2543)-Hou,Y (2618)/
Khanty-Mansiysk/2014/}) 16. Qf3 (16. Nc4 Nb6 $1 $44) 16... b5 17. Rfe1 {
Eljanov,P (2723)-Sjugirov,S (2653)/EU-ch Yerevan/2014/} a6 $44) (10... Na6 11.
Re1 Bg4 12. e4 (12. Qb3 b5 $5 $44) 12... Nh5 (12... Nd7 $5 $13 {[%cal Yd7e5]})
13. Be3 Nf6 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nd7 16. Bg2 Nc7 17. a4 Rb8 18. Qd2 Ne5 19. b3
b5 20. Bg5 Qc8 $132 {Ivanchuk,V (2753)-Giri,A (2734)/Leon blitz/2013/}) (10...
Nh5 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Qc1 Nd7 13. h3 f5 14. e4 fxe4 15. Re1 Nhf6 16. Nd2 e3 17.
Rxe3 Rxe3 18. Bxe3 Ne5 19. b3 Bf5 20. Qd1 Re8 $11 {Aronian,L (2783)-Ivanchuk,V
(2754)/ECC Plovdiv/2010/}) 11. a4 h6 (11... Nh5 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Re1 $5 Nd7 14.
e4 Rb8 15. Bf1 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Qf3 Bd7 18. a5 b6 19. axb6 Rxb6 20. Nd1
Bd4 21. Bd2 Qc8 22. Ba5 Rb8 23. Bc3 Bb5 24. Ne3 $36 {Nguyen,N (2625)-Akopian,V
(2691)/WCup Tromsoe/2013/}) 12. Qc1 (12. Re1 Bf5 13. Qc1 g5 14. Bd2 Nbd7 (14...
Ne4 $5 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. h4 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 gxh4 18. Bxh6 hxg3 19. Kg2 Qf6 $5 20.
Rh1 Nd7 21. Rh3 Kf8 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. Rxg3+ Kf8 $11) 15. h4 g4 16. Nh2 Kh7 (
16... h5 $142 {saves a tempo}) 17. Nf1 Ne5 18. Bf4 Bg6 19. Ne3 h5 20. a5 Qc7
21. Ra4 Kg8 22. Qd2 $14 {/<=>, Caruana,F (2757)-Kramnik,V (2810)/Zuerich/2013/
For more details abou this game see the notes by Caruana in CBM 153.}) 12... g5
(12... Kh7 13. Re1 (13. Nd2 g5 14. Be3 $14) 13... Bf5 14. Nh4 $5 Bc8 15. Qc2
Nh5 (15... Kg8 16. Nf3 g5 17. Bd2 $14 {[%cal Ye2e4]}) 16. Bd2 Nd7 17. Nf5 $1
Bf8 18. Ne3 Rb8 19. a5 b5 20. axb6 Nxb6 21. Na4 Nxa4 22. Rxa4 Ng7 23. Be4 Be7
24. Ba5 Qd7 25. Bc3 Qd8 26. Nc4 Bd7 27. Ra3 Bb5 28. Na5 Qd7 29. Nc6 $16 {
Caruana,F (2781)-Nakamura,H (2776)/Zuerich rpd/2014/}) 13. Bd2 Bf5 (13... Nbd7
14. h4 g4 15. Ne1 Kh7 (15... h5 16. Nc2 $1 Ne5 17. Ne3 Rb8 18. Rb1 b5 19. b4
Bd7 20. Qc2 Qc8 21. Rfc1 $36 {Atalik}) 16. Nc2 Ne5 17. Ne3 Rb8 18. b4 b5 19.
axb5 axb5 20. Qc2+ Kg8 21. Rfb1 Bd7 22. Ra6 Qc7 23. Nf5 $16 {Nikolic,P (2490)
-Kindermann,S (2440)/EU-chT Plovdiv/1983/}) 14. h4 g4 15. Ne1 h5 16. Bg5 Bg6
17. Qf4 Qe7 18. f3 (18. Nd3 Nbd7 19. a5 Qf8 $13) 18... Nbd7 19. fxg4 hxg4 (
19... Qf8 $5 20. gxh5 Nxh5 $44) 20. Nd3 Rac8 {Doroshenko,M (2336)-Bruzon
Batista,L (2687)/Edmonton/2013/} 21. a5 $5 $13 {/+/=}) 6... cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qc7 (
7... Nc6 8. O-O {leads to the index A39, even now we get a line of the
Symmetrical English.}) 8. Qd3 ({Last year Kramnik was successful with} 8. b3 d5
$1 9. Ndb5 (9. Bxd5 $6 Bh3 $1 $36) 9... Qa5 10. Bd2 dxc4 11. bxc4 Qd8 12. O-O
a6 (12... Nc6 13. Rb1 (13. Nd5 a6 14. Nbc3 Nd7 15. Rc1 e6 16. Nf4 Nc5 17. Ne4
Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bd7 19. Nd3 Qc7 20. Re1 Rab8 21. c5 Rfd8 $11 {Tesic,D (2348)
-Baklan,V (2610)/Trieste/2012/}) 13... Be6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 $1 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16.
Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Nc7 Qxa2 18. Nxa8 Rxa8 19. Be3 Rd8 20. Qc1 Qxe2 21. Rxb7 Ne5 $44
{Rustemov,A (2544)-Jochens,A (2298)/Bundesliga/2013/}) 13. Na3 Nc6 $1 ({
A clever move-order, which is better than} 13... Bf5 14. Nc2 Nc6 15. Ne3 Qd7 (
15... Qd4 $5 16. Nxf5 gxf5 17. Rc1 Rad8 18. Nd5 Ne4 19. Be3 Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 e6
21. f3 $5 (21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. Nb6 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 $11 {Gelfand,B (2700)
-Sokolov,I (2665)/Wijk aan Zee/1996/}) 21... exd5 22. fxe4 dxe4 23. Bh3 Bd4 24.
Kf2 $14 {Wojtaszek,R (2711)-Rodshtein,M (2682)/Basel/2014/}) 16. Nxf5 Qxf5 17.
Rb1 Rad8 18. Qc1 {Kramnik,V (2810)-Radjabov,T (2793)/London Candidates/2013/} (
18. Rxb7 Na5 19. Rb4 Qe6 20. Qc2 $5 $14) {Now} 18... Rd7 {would have kept
White's pull minimal. For more details about the game see the notes in CBM 154}
) 14. Nc2 Be6 15. Rb1 (15. Ne3 Na5 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Ncd5 Nxc4 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19.
Nxc4 Rxc4 20. Bh6 Qxd1 21. Rfxd1 Bg7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Bxb7 a5 24. Rxc4 Bxc4
25. Rd2 Rb8 $15 {Khismatullin,D (2656)-Giri,A (2749)/ECC Rhodes/2013/}) 15...
Rc8 16. Ne3 Na5 $1 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Rxb7 Bh3 (18... Qd4 $142 $1 $11 {[%cal
Yf8d8]}) 19. Re1 e6 20. Qc2 Qd4 21. Reb1 Rfd8 22. Be1 Ng4 23. Nxg4 Bxg4 24. Qa4
Bh3 25. Rd1 Qg4 26. f3 Rxd1 27. Nxd1 Qd4+ 28. Nf2 Bf8 29. Qd7 Qxd7 30. Rxd7 Bc5
31. Bb4 Bxb4 32. Nxh3 h6 33. Nf2 Bc5 34. Rd3 Bxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Rxc4 $11 {Nakamura,
H (2789)-Caruana,F (2782)/Wijk aan Zee/2014/ Kramnik undoubtedly knew this
game and was trying to avoid a line, well-known to Caruana.}) (8. Nd5 Nxd5 (
8... Qxc4 9. Nxe7+ Kh8 10. Nxc8 Rxc8 11. O-O Nc6 $132) 9. cxd5 Qb6 (9... Qa5+
10. Bd2 Qb6 11. Bc3 d6 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Nb3 Bxc3+ 14. Rxc3 a5 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16.
Nxd4 Nc5 17. Kd2 Bd7 18. Rhc1 a4 19. b4 axb3 20. axb3 Ra2+ $11 {Karpov,A (2619)
-Gashimov,V (2758)/Moscow blitz/2009/}) 10. e3 d6 11. O-O Na6 12. a4 Bd7 13. a5
Qc7 14. Bd2 Rac8 15. b4 Qb8 16. b5 Nc7 17. Qe2 e6 18. dxe6 Nxe6 19. Nxe6 Bxe6
20. Rac1 d5 21. Bb4 Rfd8 22. Qd3 d4 23. e4 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26.
Bf1 h5 27. f4 Qc1 28. Kf2 Qa1 29. a6 bxa6 30. bxa6 Bf8 $11 {Wang,H (2737)
-Radjabov,T (2793)/Beijing blindfold/2012/}) 8... Nc6 9. O-O (9. Ndb5 Qa5 10.
Bd2 (10. Bf4 d6 11. O-O a6 12. Na3 Qh5 13. f3 Qa5 14. Kh1 Be6 15. Rac1 d5 $1
16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Bxd5 $15 {Kutirov,R (2381)-Cvitan,O (2526)
/EU-ch Ohrid/2001/}) 10... a6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Na3 b5 $5 ({More ambitious, than
} 12... d6 $11) 13. Bc3 Nxd5 (13... Rb8 $2 14. Nxf6+ exf6 15. cxb5 axb5 16.
Nxb5 Ba6 17. a4 Ne5 18. Qc2 Qb6 19. O-O Rfc8 20. Rfd1 Ng4 21. e3 Bxb5 22. axb5
$16 {Schmidt,W (2505)-Haik,A (2425)/Buenos Aires olm/1978/}) 14. cxd5 (14. Bxg7
Ndb4 15. Qc3 Nxa2 $1 16. Rxa2 b4 17. Qd2 Kxg7 18. Nc2 $44 {/=}) 14... Bxc3+ 15.
bxc3 Ne5 16. Qd4 d6 $15 {Brotherton,T (1800)-Suhardjo,J (1665)/email/2010/}) ({
Absolutely harmless is} 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. O-O Rd8 11. Qc2 Be6 12. Bf4 Qa5 13.
Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Rd7 15. a3 Rad8 16. Rac1 Rd4 17. Bd3 a6 18. Be3 R4d7 19. Rfd1
Bd4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 $36 {[%cal Gd8d1] Madebrink,L (2244)-Berg,E (2561)/Halmstad/
2013/}) 9... d6 {[%cal Rc6e5] This simple developing move is the best.} (9...
Ne5 10. Qe3 {only makes it more difficult for Black.}) (9... Qb6 10. e3 d6 11.
b3 Bd7 12. Bb2 Rfe8 13. Rfd1 Rac8 14. Qd2 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. exd4 Bc6 17.
d5 Bd7 18. Rd2 a6 19. a4 $11 {/+/=, Rotaru,D (2384)-Balshaw,A (2157)/email/
2010/}) 10. b3 (10. Ncb5 Qb6 11. Be3 Ne5 12. Qb3 Nfg4 $5 13. Nf5 Nxe3 14. Nxe7+
Kh8 15. fxe3 Be6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Ng4 $44 {|^}) 10... Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Ne4
$146 {[%mdl 8] Black simplifies the position.} ({More complex, but quite
playable is} 11... Be6 12. Bb2 Rfc8 13. Rac1 a6 14. Na4 (14. Qd2 $5) 14... Ne8
15. Qd2 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Bd7 17. c5 ({Kramnik probably wanted to play something
like} 17. Nc3 Nf6 18. Rfd1 $11 {/+/= The Maroczy like space advantage is very
stable, but while White's position is riskless, his pull is minimal at best.})
17... Bxa4 18. bxa4 dxc5 19. Qxb7 Ra7 20. Qb3 Nd6 21. Rfd1 Qa5 22. Rd5 Rac7 23.
Qc2 Nf5 {Bocharov,D (2647)-Shomoev,A (2567)/EU-ch Budva/2009/}) 12. Nd5 (12.
Qxe4 Bxc3 13. Bh6 Bxa1 14. Bxf8 Bf6 $5 15. Bh6 Qa5 16. Qc2 (16. a4 Qb4 $11 {
[%cal Rb4b3,Yc8f5]}) 16... Bf5 17. Qd2 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 Rb8 $11) 12... Bxd4 13.
Nxc7 Bxa1 ({A plausible alternative was} 13... Rb8 $5 {, after} 14. Bxe4 (14.
Bh6 $6 Nxf2 $1) 14... Bxa1 15. Be3 Bf6 16. Bxa7 Bh3 17. Rd1 {the simplest is}
Ra8 $5 18. Nxa8 Rxa8 19. Be3 Rxa2 20. Bxb7 Be6 $1 (20... Rb2 21. c5 dxc5 22.
Bh6 e6 23. Ra1 Rd2 $8 24. Bxd2 Bxa1 25. Be3 Bd4 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. b4 $14) 21.
Bd5 Rb2 $11) 14. Be3 $1 {[%mdl 576] This tactical sequence with a temporary
rook sacrifice will spice things up a bit.} (14. Nxa8 Nc3 15. Bg5 Nxe2+ 16. Kh1
Bf6 17. Bxf6 exf6 {is a drawish endgame, e,g,,} 18. Nc7 Nc3 19. a3 Bd7 20. Rc1
Rc8 21. Rxc3 Rxc7 22. Rd3 b5 $11) 14... Bf6 (14... Bf5 $6 15. Rxa1 Nc5 16. Nxa8
Rxa8 17. b4 Na4 $2 18. Rc1 Bd7 19. c5 {[%csl Ra4]} dxc5 20. bxc5 Bc6 21. Bxc6
bxc6 22. Rc4 Nb2 23. Rb4 Nd1 24. Bd4 Rd8 25. Kf1 f6 26. Ke1 e5 27. Ba1 e4 28.
Rd4 {1-0, Esen,B (2570)-Barbosa,E (2471)/Golden Sands/2014/ This game took
place later, than ours - Esen was obviosuly inspired by Kramnik.}) 15. Nxa8 (
15. Bxe4 $2 Bh3 $15 {and White drops an exchange.}) 15... Nc3 16. Bxa7 (16. Nc7
b6 $11 (16... Bd4 $5 17. Bh6 Bg7 $11)) 16... Nxa2 (16... Bh3 17. Nb6 Nxe2+ 18.
Kh1 Bxg2+ 19. Kxg2 $14 {/= and the endgame is more pleasant for White.}) 17.
Nc7 Nb4 18. Rd1 Kg7 (18... Bg4 $5 19. f3 Bf5 20. e4 Bd7 21. c5 (21. Kf2 Bc6
$132) 21... Rc8 22. Bb6 Be5 $5 23. f4 Bg4 24. fxe5 Bxd1 25. exd6 exd6 26. cxd6
$44) 19. f4 h5 $6 (19... Nc6 20. Bb6 Bf5 21. e4 Bg4 22. Rd5 $14) (19... Bg4 $1
20. Kf2 Rc8 21. Bb6 Na2 $5 $132) 20. Kf2 ({White could have already played} 20.
c5 $5 $14 {, but Kramnik is in no hurry.}) 20... h4 21. c5 hxg3+ 22. hxg3 dxc5
23. Bxc5 Na6 (23... Nc6 24. b4 $36 {() and Black's forces lack space.}) 24.
Nxa6 bxa6 25. e4 Bg4 26. Rd5 Bb2 ({Black prefers giving up a pawn; he will
retain reasonable drawing chances.} 26... Be6 $6 27. e5 $14 {/+/- is weaker,
White's bishops are powerful.}) 27. Bxe7 Re8 28. Bd8 Be6 29. Rd3 (29. Rd2 Bc3
30. Rd3 Bf6 {transposes into 29.Rd3 with an extra move.}) 29... Bf6 30. Bxf6+ (
30. Ba5 $5 Rb8 31. b4 Bc4 $14 {/<=>}) 30... Kxf6 31. Bf3 ({Allowing a
liquidation of the queenside with} 31. b4 Rb8 32. Rd4 a5 $5 33. bxa5 Rb2+ 34.
Kg1 Ra2 $11 {/+/= gives White practical chances at best.}) 31... Rb8 32. Bd1
Rb4 {Needlessly exposes the rook} (32... Ke7 $142 $1 $44 {[%cal Ya6a5,Yf7f6]})
33. Ke3 Ke7 ({Now} 33... a5 34. g4 $36 {[%cal Re4e5,Rf4f5] is unpleasant for
Black.}) 34. g4 {White could have postponed this.} (34. Rd4 $142 $1 Rb6 35. b4
$14 {gives him more realistic winning chances.}) 34... f6 35. g5 $6 ({Kramnik
wants to avoid the blockade} 35. Rd4 Rb6 36. b4 g5 {, , but now his pawn gets
fixed on b3.}) 35... fxg5 36. fxg5 a5 $1 {[%csl Rb3]} 37. Kf4 Rb5 38. Rc3 Kd6
39. Bc2 Rb4 40. Rg3 Ke7 41. Rd3 Rb5 42. Rc3 Kd7 $5 ({Black doesn't have to
allow even} 42... Kd6 43. e5+ $5 Rxe5 44. Rc6+ {, although} Kxc6 (44... Kd5 45.
Rb6 Kd4 46. Bxg6 $14) 45. Kxe5 Bd5 46. Kf6 Kc5 47. Kxg6 Kd4 48. Kf6 Kc3 49. Bd1
Kd2 $132 {holds the balance.}) 43. Bd1 (43. e5 Bd5 $1 44. Bxg6 Rb4+ {and the
king must retreat} 45. Ke3 (45. Kf5 $2 Be4+ 46. Kf6 Rb6+ $17) (45. Kg3 Rxb3 $11
) 45... Ke6 46. Bc2 Kxe5 47. g6 Rg4 {with a clear draw:} 48. Kd2 (48. Rc8 Bxb3
$11) 48... Rg2+ 49. Kc1 Be4 $1 50. Bxe4 Kxe4 51. Rc6 Kd3 $11) 43... Kd6 44.
Rd3+ Ke7 45. Rd2 {The last try, which is unexpectedly crowned with success.}
Bxb3 ({Consistent, Caruana doesn't want to sit tight anymore with} 45... Bf7
46. Ra2 $14 {He prefers to act and rightly so.}) 46. Bxb3 Rxb3 47. Rd5 a4 48.
Ra5 a3 49. Ke5 Kf7 50. Ra7+ Ke8 $4 {[%mdl 8192] A serious error just at the
moment when} (50... Kf8 {/\} 51. Kf6 Rb6+ $11 {draws easily.}) 51. Kf6 Rb6+ 52.
Kg7 ({Resignation in a position with equal material is often considered
premature, but here it was justified, as the position is won for White rather
easily:} 52. Kg7 Rb3 (52... Re6 53. Rxa3 Rxe4 54. Kxg6 $18 Rg4 55. Ra8+ Ke7 56.
Rg8 $18 {[%cal Rg6h7,Rg5g6]}) 53. e5 $1 ({Even quicker than} 53. Kxg6 Kf8 54.
Kf5 $18) 53... Rf3 54. e6 Re3 55. Kf6 Rf3+ 56. Kxg6 Re3 57. Kf6 Rf3+ 58. Kg7
Re3 59. g6 $18 {[%cal Rg7f6,Rg6g7]}) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.14"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Vietnam"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "VIE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Nc6 4. Nc3 {Other options:} (4. d5) (4. e4) 4... d5 {
Quite an unusual "Grünfeld"!} 5. e4 (5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 {leads to
a more traditional "Grünfeld-type" position, in which Black is more or less OK:
} e5 $142 (7... Bg7 8. Bd3 (8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Ne2 O-O 10. Rb1 Na5 11. Bd3 c5 12. d5
e6 13. O-O c4 14. Bc2 exd5 15. exd5 Re8 16. Ba3 b5 17. Bc5 Qc7 18. Bf2 Qd6 $11
{1-0 (45) Toth,E (2392)-Groszpeter,A (2541) Hungary 2010}) 8... O-O 9. Ne2 e5 (
9... Na5 10. Be3 c5 11. O-O b6 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Qd2 Qd7 14. Bh6 Qa4 15. Bxg7
Kxg7 16. e5 Rfd8 17. Qg5 Nc6 18. Ng3 $40 {1/2 (28) Berry,N (2247)-Dale,A (2122)
London 2012}) (9... b6 10. h4 Na5 11. h5 c5 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. e5 cxd4 14. cxd4
Nc6 15. Be4 Qd7 16. Kf2 Ba6 17. Qa4 Bb7 18. Bh6 Rad8 19. Qa3 $1 $40 {1-0 (29)
Jobava,B (2704)-Robson,R (2596) Moscow 2012}) 10. d5 Na5 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Bb4 b6
13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. Bxa5 bxa5 16. O-O Rab8 17. Qc2 Bf8 18. Rfb1 Rb6
$132 {0-1 (54) Ward,C (2522)-Seel,C (2380) Catalan Bay 2004}) 8. Bb5 (8. d5 Na5
9. h4 Bc5 10. Ba3 Qd6 11. Bb4 Bxb4 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qxb4 b6 14. Ba6 Ke7 15.
O-O-O Bc8 16. Bb5 a6 17. Ba4 Rb8 $11 {0-1 (37) Zhang,Z (2442)-Ni,H (2646)
Xinghua Jiangsu 2011}) 8... Bd7 9. Ne2 Bg7 10. Rb1 (10. Be3 O-O 11. d5 Na5 12.
Bd3 b6 13. O-O Nb7 14. c4 c5 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Nc3 Bd7 17. Nd5 Be6 18. Qd2 Rc8
19. Rfc1 f6 20. Kh1 Kh8 21. Rab1 Rf7 22. Qe2 Bf8 $11 {1/2 (29) Anand,V (2791)
-Carlsen,M (2776) Linares 2009}) 10... Na5 (10... O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Be3 Na5
13. Bd3 b6 14. Qd2 Qe7 15. Kh1 Rad8 16. Ng3 Ba4 17. d5 Nb7 18. c4 Bd7 19. Qf2
c5 20. Ne2 f5 21. Nc3 Rf8 22. Bc2 Nd6 23. Qe2 {1/2 (23) Moiseenko,A (2649)
-Huzman,A (2585) Kitchener 2006}) 11. Bd3 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qe7 13. O-O O-O 14. Be3
Rad8 15. Qc1 b6 16. Rf2 f5 17. Bg5 Bf6 18. Bh6 Bg7 19. Bg5 {1/2 (19) Kuzubov,Y
(2636)-Timofeev,A (2668) Ohrid 2009}) (5. Bg5 $5 Bg7 6. e3 e6 (6... O-O $5) 7.
Bd3 (7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bb5 O-O 9. Nge2 h6 10. Bh4 Ne7 11. g4 b6 12. Qd2 c5 13.
Bg3 a6 14. Ba4 Bd7 15. Bb3 Bb5 16. Nf4 cxd4 17. exd4 Nc6 18. O-O-O Na5 19. h4
Rc8 $132 {1-0 (42) Kramnik,V (2790)-Dominguez Perez,L (2713) Nice 2010}) 7...
O-O 8. Nge2 h6 9. Bh4 Nb4 10. O-O c5 $6 11. dxc5 Qa5 12. a3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Qxc5
14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Rac1 Be6 17. Nf4 Qc4 18. Ncxd5 Qxd3 19. Nxf6+
Kg7 20. N6h5+ gxh5 21. Nxd3 $16 {1-0 (29) Gretarsson,H (2505)-Pedersen,C (2427)
Rhodes 2013}) 5... dxe4 (5... dxc4 $143 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Bxc4 $14) 6. d5 Ne5 7.
fxe4 Bg7 (7... c6 8. Nf3 Nxf3+ (8... Qc7 $6 9. Nxe5 Qxe5 10. Qf3 g5 11. Qg3
Qxg3+ 12. hxg3 Rg8 13. Be2 h6 14. e5 Nd7 15. e6 Nf6 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Bf3 Bb7
18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Be3 $16 {1-0 (44) Dreev,A (2682)-Hillarp Persson,T (2530)
Reykjavik 2004}) 9. gxf3 {leads to a similar position} (9. Qxf3 $143 Bg7 10. e5
$2 Nd7 11. e6 fxe6 12. dxe6 Ne5)) 8. Nf3 Nxf3+ (8... Nfd7 $5 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2
f5 11. Bh6 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Ne5 13. Be2 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 fxe4 15. Nxe4 e6 $132 {
1/2 (26) Caruana,F (2697)-Howell,D (2616) Biel 2010}) 9. gxf3 $5 {White wants
to create a strong pawn chain in the centre at some point.} (9. Qxf3 O-O {
is harmless.}) 9... O-O 10. Be3 c6 11. Qd2 Bd7 (11... cxd5 $5 12. cxd5 Qd6) 12.
O-O-O cxd5 13. cxd5 Rc8 14. Kb1 a6 (14... e6 15. d6 $5 e5 16. Nb5 $5 a6 17. Nc7
) 15. Bd3 e6 16. Rhg1 (16. d6 e5 {[%cal Yd7e6]}) 16... exd5 17. e5 Nh5 18. f4
d4 (18... Be6 $5 {[%cal Yd8d7]} 19. Be2 (19. f5 d4 $1 20. fxe6 dxc3 21. exf7+
Rxf7 22. bxc3 Qc7 $36) 19... Qh4 20. Nxd5 Rfd8 21. Bf3 Rd7 $13 {[%cal Yc8d8]})
19. Bxd4 Ba4 20. Bc2 Bxc2+ 21. Qxc2 Qh4 $13 22. f5 Rfd8 23. Qe4 Qxe4+ 24. Nxe4
Nf4 $2 {[%mdl 2048] Starting a series of inaccuracies.} (24... Rc4 $1 25. Nd6
Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Bxe5 27. Rd5 Bxh2 {, and Black is not worse}) 25. Nd6 Rb8 $2 {
After this passive move Black's position becomes bad.} (25... Rc6 $142 $1 26.
f6 $5 (26. Nxb7 Rd5 27. Rgf1 Ne2 $1 (27... Rc7 28. Nc5 Bxe5 29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30.
Nxa6 $16) 28. Bc5 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Bxe5 $1 30. Re1 f6 $1 31. Rxe2 Rc7 32. Bd6
Rxb7 33. Bxe5 Re7 {, and the resulting rook ending may be drawn, e.g.} 34. fxg6
hxg6 35. Rf2 (35. Kc2 fxe5) 35... fxe5 36. Rf6 e4 37. Kc2 e3 38. Rxg6+ Kf7 39.
Rg1 Ke6 $1 40. Kd3 Rh7 41. Rg2 Rh3 42. Re2 Kd5 43. b4 Kc6 {etc.}) 26... Bxf6 (
26... Bf8 27. Be3 Nh5 28. Nxb7) 27. Nxb7 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Bxe5 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30.
Rd7 Rb6 31. b3 {- White is better here but there is a lot of fight ahead}) 26.
Rgf1 $1 Nd5 (26... Ne2 27. Bb6 Rd7 28. Rde1 Bxe5 29. Nc4 $1 $18) (26... Nh5 {
[%csl Rh5] was relatively better:} 27. Ba7 Ra8 28. Bb6 Rd7 29. f6 Bf8 30. Nc4
Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Nf4 32. Rd7 Rb8 33. Kc2 $16) 27. Ba7 Ra8 28. Rxd5 Rxa7 {[%csl
Ra7]} 29. f6 {[%csl Gf6]} Bf8 30. Rc1 {[%cal Gc1c8,Gd5d8] White has obtained a
decisive positional advantage.} b5 31. Rc8 $1 Ra8 (31... Rxc8 32. Nxc8 Rc7 33.
Rd8 $18) 32. Rc7 $1 Rab8 (32... Bxd6 33. exd6 {[%cal Yd6d7] is absolutely
hopeless for Black: White plays d6-d7 and then brings his king into play.}) 33.
Rxf7 $1 Rb6 (33... Bxd6 34. Rg7+) 34. Re7 $1 Rc6 35. f7+ Kg7 36. Ne8+ Kh6 37.
Rxd8 Bxe7 38. Nd6 1-0

[Event "World-ch Anand-Gelfand +1-1=10"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.05.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2012.05.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 ({In Game 3 Gelfand went for the Grünfeld with} 
3... d5 {and although the opening didn't go too badly for him, he got into
serious trouble later on. Probably suspecting a potent improvement by his
opponent, he decided to deviate early on.}) ({Black's move forces a Benoni
structure immediately, as after} 3... Bg7 4. e4 c5 {White can consider} 5. Ne2
{with a possible transposition to Maroczy lines.}) 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Ne2 (
6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg5 {is the most usual Sämisch/Benoni set-up, but Anand has
something else on his mind.} e6 (7... h6 8. Be3 e6 9. Qd2 exd5 10. cxd5 Nbd7
11. Nh3 Nh7 12. Be2 Ne5 13. Nf2 h5 14. O-O f5 15. Rae1 g5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17.
Nfe4 Nf7 18. Bd3 Ne5 19. Be2 Nf7 20. Ng3 Bg6 21. Bd3 $16 {Mamedyarov,S (2731)
-Vachier Lagrave,M (2716)/Dresden olm/2008/}) 8. Qd2 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nge2
Nbd7 11. Ng3 a6 12. Be2 b5 13. O-O Qc7 14. Rac1 b4 15. Nd1 a5 16. Bh6 Bh8 17.
Ne3 Nb6 18. Kh1 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. f4 Raa8 21. e5 dxe5 22. fxe5 Qxe5 23.
Rxc5 Nfd7 24. Rc2 Rac8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. d6 Qe6 $13 {/=/+,Dreev,A (2711)
-Khairullin,I (2642)/St Petersburg/2011/}) 6... O-O 7. Nec3 $5 {Rather unusual,
but the underlying idea is sound enough. Instead of bothering to find a good
square for the Ne2, White will rather look for another post for his Nb1 - it
might go to a3, or more probably to d2 after Be3(g5).} ({The more standard
alternative is} 7. Nbc3 e6 8. Ng3 exd5 9. cxd5 Nbd7 ({Inserting} 9... a6 10. a4
h5 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Qd2 Nh7 {allows White to flick in} 13. a5 $1 Qc7 14. Bh6 b6
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Be2 bxa5 17. O-O Nd7 18. Rfc1 Nb6 19. Na4 Nxa4 20. Rxa4 Bd7
21. Rxa5 $36 {Gupta,A (2587)-Vorobiov,E (2592)/Kavala/2010/}) 10. Be2 h5 {
More enterprising is} 11. Bg5 $5 {a recent high-level encounter featured} ({
Too soft is} 11. O-O a6 12. a4 h4 13. Nh1 Nh5 14. Be3 Bd4 (14... f5 $5) 15.
Bxd4 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Qg5 17. Rad1 f5 18. exf5 Nf4 19. g3 Rxf5 20. Bd3 Nh3+ 21.
Kg2 Nf4+ 22. Kg1 Nh3+ 23. Kg2 Nf4+ {1/2,Spassky,B (2565)-Polgar,J (2595)/
Budapest m/1993/}) 11... Qb6 12. Qb3 $146 (12. Qd2 Nh7 13. Bh4 $5 (13. Be3 h4
14. Nf1 Ne5 15. g4 Qd8 16. h3 b5 17. f4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. O-O-O Rb8 20. Nh2
Qa5 {Thaler,A-Pavlovic,M (2461)/Biel/2000/} 21. e5 $1 dxe5 22. Nf3 $132) 13...
c4 (13... g5 14. Bxg5 Nxg5 15. Nxh5 Nh7 16. Nxg7 Kxg7 17. g4 Qd8 18. h4 a6 19.
O-O-O b5 20. g5 b4 21. Nb1 Qe7 22. Rdg1 Rg8 23. h5 Kf8 24. g6 $44 {Sandipan,C 
(2585)-Caspi,I (2417)/Zuerich/2009/}) 14. Bxc4 Ne5 15. Be2 Bd7 16. f4 Ng4 17.
Bxg4 hxg4 18. Nge2 Nf6 19. Bf2 Qb4 20. Ng3 Qc4 21. Qe2 Qxe2+ 22. Kxe2 b5 23. a3
a5 24. e5 dxe5 25. fxe5 Rfe8 26. Bd4 Nh5 $11 {Gupta,A (2580)-Atabayev,M (2355)/
Dubai/2011/}) 12... Qc7 $1 13. O-O Nh7 14. Be3 a6 15. a4 h4 16. Nh1 f5 17. exf5
gxf5 18. Bd2 (18. f4 Re8 19. Bf2 Bd4 $5 $132) 18... f4 19. Nf2 Ne5 20. Nce4 Nf6
21. Nxf6+ Rxf6 22. Ne4 Rf8 23. Kh1 Bd7 24. a5 Rae8 25. Rae1 Bc8 $13 {
Tomashevsky,E (2738)-Grischuk,A (2761)/Moscow Tal mem/2012/}) 7... Nh5 $146 {
[%mdl 8] After long thought Gelfand comes up with a novelty.} ({Instead of the
provocative text-move, more natural is} 7... e6 {, which has been Black's most
usual choice in the past:} 8. Be3 (8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 exd5 10. cxd5 a6 11. a4
Nbd7 12. Be2 Nh7 13. O-O Re8 14. Qd2 h5 15. h3 f5 16. Kh1 Ndf6 17. Bd3 h4 18.
Bf4 Nh5 19. Bh2 f4 (19... Ng3+ 20. Bxg3 hxg3 $132) 20. Bxf4 Nxf4 21. Qxf4 g5
22. Qd2 Be5 23. Ne2 Qf6 $44 {Gil Capape,J (2400)-Cortes Bueno,J/Spain/1992/})
8... Na6 9. Be2 Nc7 10. a4 Nfe8 11. Qd2 f5 12. O-O Nf6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxc5 Rf7
15. dxe6 $6 (15. d6 $5) 15... Nxe6 16. Qxd8+ Nxd8 17. Nb5 Nc6 18. N1c3 Be6 19.
Bf2 Bf8 20. Rad1 a6 21. Na3 Nd4 $36 {Sadler,M (2667)-Tkachiev,V (2634)/Enghien
les Bains/1999/}) ({Also interesting is queenside development with} 7... Na6 $5
8. Be2 Nc7 9. Be3 a6 10. a4 Rb8 11. O-O Bd7 12. Na3 Nfe8 13. Qd2 e6 14. a5 b5
15. axb6 Rxb6 16. Rfb1 Qb8 17. Ra2 Rb4 18. Bg5 f5 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. Bd3 Rf7 21.
dxe6 Nxe6 22. Nd5 Nxg5 23. Qxg5 Nf6 $1 $15 {Laznicka,V (2596)-Polzin,R (2480)/
Bundesliga/2007/}) 8. Bg5 {I suspect both players were more or less out of
their preparation, as the position has an unforced character and can hardly be
analysed at home in great detail. Therefore Anand proceeds with caution and
opts for a reasonanble, but not too obvious move his opponent might not have
taken into account.} ({The main test of Black's concept must be} 8. g4 $5 {
, although this tempting move is quite double-edged. It occurred only 3 days
later and led to a tactical fight after} Nf6 9. h4 (9. Be3 $5) 9... e6 10. h5
a6 11. a4 exd5 12. cxd5 Nbd7 13. Be2 Ne5 14. Be3 Rb8 15. Na3 Qe7 16. Kf2 Re8
17. h6 Bh8 18. g5 b5 $2 (18... Nh5 $5 $132 {/\} 19. f4 Ng4+ $1 20. Bxg4 Bxc3
21. bxc3 Qxe4 22. Bd2 Bxg4 23. Qxg4 Qd3 24. Rhd1 Ng3 $1 25. Qf3 Nh1+ 26. Rxh1
Qxd2+ 27. Kg1 Qb2 $44) 19. axb5 axb5 20. Naxb5 Rxb5 21. Nxb5 Neg4+ 22. fxg4
Nxe4+ 23. Kg2 Ng3 24. Re1 {1-0,Ivanisevic,I (2655)-Aliyev,T (2258)/Wheeling/
2012/}) 8... Bf6 {Anand was surprised by this move, as exchanging the
dark-squared bishops might be a mixed blessing: While strategically sound, it
might somewhat weaken the kingside defences.} ({Instead he suggested the
reasonable} 8... h6 9. Be3 (9. Bh4 Nd7 $13) 9... f5 $5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Qd2 f4
12. Bf2 Nd7 $132 {[%cal Yd7e5]}) 9. Bxf6 (9. Be3 $5 {[%csl Rf6,Rh5][%cal Yg2g4]
seems more to the point, leaving Black's kingside pieces looking rather
awkward.}) 9... exf6 {Anand in his notes said that after the swap on f6 he
envisioned the position on move 12 as favourable for White. However, he
doesn't discuss} (9... Nxf6 $5 {, which seems at least a very decent
alternative:} 10. Qd2 e5 $132) 10. Qd2 $5 {Once again a safe choice.} (10. g4 {
is very committal. While} Nf4 11. Qd2 g5 12. h4 Nd7 13. Qh2 h5 (13... Ne5 14.
Nd2 h5 {-13...h5}) 14. gxh5 (14. hxg5 fxg5 15. gxh5 Ne5 16. Nd2 Qf6 $44 {
is a position Anand definitely wanted to avoid.}) 14... Ne5 {[%csl Ge5,Gf4]}
15. Nd2 Kh8 $13 {is probably objectively unclear, Black's powerful knights are
difficult to dislodge and in practice his position is easier to play.} (15...
b5 $5 16. cxb5 a6 $44)) 10... f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 (11... Re8+ 12. Kd1 Bxf5 13. g4
{- 11...Bxf5.}) (11... Qh4+ 12. Kd1 (12. Qf2 Qe7+ 13. Qe2 (13. Kd1 Bxf5 14. g4
Bxb1 15. Rxb1 Nf4 {is a line White wants to avoid, therefore he controls the
f4-square.}) 13... Qh4+ $11) 12... Bxf5 (12... Ng3 $2 13. Qf2 Nxf5 14. Qxh4
Nxh4 15. Nb5 $16) 13. g4 Bxb1 14. Rxb1 Ng7 (14... Ng3 $2 15. Qe1 $18) 15. Kc2
Nd7 16. Qe1 $5 {is Shipov's suggestion, the resulting endgame after} Qxe1 17.
Rxe1 $11 {/+/= gives White a small, but riskless edge.}) 12. g4 $1 {Once the
position becomes more concrete, Anand doesn't hesitate. After other moves
Black is perfectly OK:} (12. Na3 Qh4+ $5 (12... Re8+ 13. Kf2 Nf6 $11 {/=/+})
13. Kd1 Ng7 $36) 12... Re8+ $6 {Inaccurate, as it chases the king into a safer
place.} (12... Bxb1 13. Rxb1 Ng7 (13... Nf6 14. h4 $36 {[%cal Yf1d3,Yh4h5]})
14. h4 h5 15. Kd1 Nd7 16. Kc2 Ne5 17. Be2 $14 {Anand}) (12... Qh4+ $142 $5 13.
Kd1 (13. Qf2 Re8+ 14. Be2 Qg5 $1 {/\} 15. gxf5 $2 Qc1+ 16. Nd1 Nf4 $19) 13...
Bxb1 {transposes into the 11...Qh4+ line.}) 13. Kd1 (13. Be2 $6 Qh4+ 14. Kd1
Bxb1 15. Rxb1 Nf6 (15... Ng7 $5) 16. Nb5 Na6 17. Nxd6 Re7 18. a3 {[%cal Yd1c2]}
Rd8 19. Nb5 h5 $1 20. gxh5 (20. g5 Ne4 $1 21. fxe4 Qxe4 $17 {is a beautiful
line Gelfand considered and hoped for...}) 20... Nxh5 $44) 13... Bxb1 14. Rxb1
Qf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] A heavy tactical error, which loses by force. Black had to
retreat modestly:} (14... Nf6 15. Kc2 $36 {[%cal Yf1d3,Yh2h5]} (15. h4 $40)) (
14... Ng7 15. h4 $36 {Although White is better in both cases, the game is
still far from over. Gelfand wants to avoid this an secure the f4-square for
his knight...}) 15. gxh5 $1 ({With the text-move possible, there was no need
to calculate and evaluate the consequences of} 15. Kc2 Nf4 16. Ne4 Rxe4 $5 (
16... Qe5 17. Re1 Nd7 18. Bd3 $14) 17. fxe4 Nd7 $44) 15... Qxf3+ 16. Kc2 Qxh1
17. Qf2 {[%cal Rf1h3,Rf1d3]} (17. Qf2 {Resignation is hardly premature, as
after} Nc6 (17... Na6 18. a3 $5 $18 (18. Bd3 Nb4+ 19. Kd2 Nxd3 20. Kxd3 $18) (
18. Bh3 $18)) 18. dxc6 $8 {White's minor pieces dominate Black's rook:} (18.
Bd3 $4 Nd4+ 19. Kd2 Qf3) 18... Qxc6 19. Bg2 (19. Bd3 Re5 20. Rf1 $18 {->})
19... Qc8 (19... Qd7 20. Nd5 $18) 20. Rf1 $18 (20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Rf1 $18)) 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 ({Grischuk has a lot of experience after} 3...
e5 {, but this time he chooses another solid system.}) 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 d6 {
This move is aimed for neutralizing the pressure along the diagonal h1-a8.} ({
The most common alternative here is} 5... Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. O-O Qa5
) 6. O-O Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 ({Another well-known theoretical position
would arise after} 8... O-O {, but Alexander's 5th move was called for
avoiding that pawn sacrifice.}) 9. b3 ({The most popular alternatives are:} 9.
Nxc6) ({and} 9. Nc2) 9... Nxd4 {It hardly makes sense to delay that exchange.}
({After} 9... O-O 10. Nc2 {White may benefit from keeping more minor pieces on
the board. For instance,} Rc8 11. Bd2 Be6 12. e4 Qd7 13. Qe2 Bh3 14. Rad1 h5
15. f3 $14 {1-0 Bu,X (2683)-Akopian,V (2681)/Antalya 2013}) 10. Qxd4 Bc6 11.
Bb2 O-O 12. Nd5 {The most ambitious choice.} ({The quiet} 12. Qd3 {doesn't
seem to pose Black any serious problems:} Qa5 (12... Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qd7 14. Rfd1
b6 15. Rac1 Qb7+ 16. f3 $14 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V (2762)-Kropp,V (2122)/Mainz 2007})
13. Rfd1 a6 14. Rab1 Rac8 $11) 12... Bxd5 ({The presense of White's knight in
the centre is quite annoying, so} 12... Ne8 13. Qd2 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 {doesn't
fully solve the problems:} e6 (14... Nc7 15. e4 $1 (15. Rfd1 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Rc8
17. h4 Qd7 18. Rd4 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Rc5 {1/2 Cvitan,O (2526)-Stevic,H (2596)/
Opatija CRO 2015}) 15... e5 16. f4 Bxd5 17. exd5 $14) 15. Nc3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nf6
17. Rad1 $14 {1-0 Smyslov,V (2620)-Rodriguez Vargas,O (2425)/Cienfuegos 1973})
13. cxd5 {For some reasons, this position almost wasn't seen in practice.} ({
Much more popular here is} 13. Bxd5 Ne8 14. Qd2 Bxb2 15. Qxb2 {The arising
position is preferable for White, but usually Black manages to neutralize the
pressure along the diagonal h1-a8. For instance,} Qb6 (15... Rb8 16. Rfd1 Qb6
17. Bg2 Nf6 18. Bh3 Qc5 19. Rac1 a5 20. Rc2 b6 21. Rdc1 Ne4 22. e3 Qh5 23. Bf1
Rfc8 $11 {1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2754)-Stevic,H (2607)/Plovdiv 2010/CBM 139 (41)}) 16.
e3 Nc7 17. Rfd1 Rfc8 18. Rac1 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Rc5 $11 {1/2 Malakhov,V (2705)
-Andreikin,D (2689)/Plovdiv 2012/CBM 148 (41)}) 13... Qa5 {Alexander deviates
from an early exchange of the dark-squared bishops.} ({Another logical
continuation would be} 13... Nh5 14. Qd2 Bxb2 15. Qxb2 Nf6 16. Rac1 Qa5 17. e4
Rfc8 18. e5 (18. f3 Nd7 19. Bh3 Qb6+ 20. Kg2 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Nc5 $11) 18... dxe5
19. Qxe5 Kf8 {This position looks somewhat dangerous for Black, but there is
nothing special:} 20. Rfe1 Qa3 21. Rc7 Rxc7 22. Qxc7 Re8 23. d6 exd6 24. Rxe8+
Nxe8 25. Qxb7 Nf6 {with a drawish endgame.}) 14. Bc3 {The queen puts pressure
on White's pawns, so it makes sense to remove it from a5.} Qa6 $146 {A logical
innovation. Black's setup looks rather flexible when the rooks are connected.}
({Coming back is a clear concession:} 14... Qd8 $6 15. Rac1 Nh5 16. Qd2 Bxc3
17. Rxc3 Nf6 18. Rfc1 $14 {0-1 Bauza,A (2250)-Dienavorian Lacherian,M (2220)/
Uruguay 1987}) 15. Qd2 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 {Now Black has to find a way of
simplifying the matters.} Qb5 ({Dubious would be} 16... Nd7 $6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7
18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Bh3 f5 20. g4 $1 $36) ({But deserved serious attention} 16...
Qb6 17. e3 a5 {securing the c5-spot for the knight in advance.}) 17. Rab1 a5
18. e4 Nd7 {Now, when the Nd7 is protected Black has nothing to worry about.}
19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qd4+ Kg8 {A slight inaccuracy.} ({There was no reason for
rejecting} 20... Nf6 21. e5 dxe5 22. Qxe5 Qb4 $11 {and there is nothing wrong
with a pinned Nf6.}) 21. Bf1 Rxc1 ({After} 21... Qb6 22. Qxb6 Nxb6 23. Bh3
Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 $14 {Black would suffer from passivity of their pieces.}) 22.
Rxc1 Qb4 23. Rc4 {As a result of Alexander's inaccuracy, White is controlling
the only open file. Still, Black's position remains very solid.} Qe1 {
Alexander reasonably chooses the most active way of defence.} ({There was
nothing wrong also with} 23... Qa3 24. Rc7 (24. Rc2 Qb4 $11) 24... Ne5 25. Qc3
Qxa2 26. Rxb7 a4 27. bxa4 Qxa4 $11) 24. Rc7 Ne5 25. Kg2 Qb4 $6 {Exchanging the
queens makes White's play much easier.} ({Better was} 25... Qb1 $1 26. a4 ({
After} 26. Rxe7 $6 Rc8 27. Rxb7 Rc1 $36 {the activity of Black's pieces is
very dangerous.}) 26... Qxb3 27. Be2 h5 28. h3 Rd8 {White hardly has more than
a sufficient compensation for a pawn.}) 26. Qxb4 axb4 27. Rc2 ({Wesley could
have won a pawn, thouh after} 27. Rxe7 b5 $1 28. Bxb5 Rxa2 29. h3 Rb2 30. Re8+
Kg7 31. Rd8 Rxb3 32. Rxd6 Rb2 33. Rb6 $14 {Black should be able to achieve a
draw.}) 27... Kg7 28. f4 Nd7 29. Kf3 f5 $5 {Accordingly to his active style,
Alexander Grischuk manages to change the character of play.} ({The more natural
} 29... Nc5 30. Ke3 h5 ({Or} 30... f6 31. e5 fxe5 32. fxe5 h5) 31. e5 f6 32.
Kd4 fxe5+ 33. fxe5 Rf8 34. Bb5 h4 35. Kc4 $14 {led to a slightly inferior
position.}) 30. exf5 gxf5 31. Rc7 Nc5 {Of course, Black doesn't mind to give
up a pawn in order to activate all the pieces.} 32. Rxe7+ Kf6 33. Re2 ({
Correctly rejecting} 33. Rxh7 Kg6 34. Re7 Rxa2 $132) 33... h5 {Now it's very
difficult for White to make any progress.} 34. Ke3 h4 35. Kd4 {The best
practical chance.} ({In case of} 35. Kf3 hxg3 36. hxg3 Rh8 37. g4 fxg4+ 38.
Kxg4 Rh1 39. Bg2 Rg1 {Black's defensive task would be much easier.}) 35... hxg3
$2 {Surprisingly, that natural move is a serious mistake, which makes
Grischuk's position heavy.} ({At the same time, after} 35... b5 $1 36. gxh4 (
36. Ke3 Ne4 37. Rc2 Nc3 $11) 36... Rh8 37. Rc2 Rxh4 38. Ke3 Rh8 $1 {the
activity of Black's rook makes White's winning chances very problematic. For
instance,} 39. h3 (39. Bxb5 Rh3+ 40. Kd4 Rf3 $11) 39... Rg8 40. Rg2 Re8+ 41.
Kf3 Re1 42. Bxb5 Rc1 $44) 36. hxg3 Rg8 (36... Rh8 37. Kc4 Rh1 38. Bg2 Rd1 39.
Bf3 Rg1 40. Kxb4 Rxg3 41. Re3 Na6+ $1 42. Ka5 (42. Kc4 Nc7 $16) 42... Nc7 43.
Rd3 Ke7 $16) ({Comparing to the previous note, now White can benefit from
opening up the h-file:} 36... b5 37. Rh2 $1 Ra5 38. Ke3 Kg7 39. Kf3 Kg6 40. g4
fxg4+ 41. Kxg4 {with excellent winning chances.}) 37. Re3 Ra8 $2 {A decisive
mistake.} ({It was necessary to keep the c-file under control:} 37... Rc8 38.
Be2 Ne4 39. Bf3 Nc5 $16) 38. Kc4 Rxa2 39. Kxb4 $18 {[%csl Rb7,Rd6][%cal Gb4b5,
Gb5b6] The consequences doesn't looks so horrible for Alexander, but actually
king's route to b6 would decide the game.} Rf2 (39... Rd2 40. Bc4 Ra2 41. Kb5
Ra6 42. b4 Ne4 43. g4 Kf7 44. g5 $18) 40. Bc4 Ne4 41. Kb5 ({Black resgins, in
view of} 41. Kb5 Rh2 42. Kb6 Nc5 43. b4 Rb2 44. b5 Rh2 45. Bd3 Rd2 46. Be2 Rxd5
(46... Rd4 47. Kc7 Rxd5 48. Bf3 $18) 47. Bf3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2007.04.01"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bann"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 {"Anti-Grünfeld"} Bg7 ({I} 3... c5 4. d5 {mit
diversen Übergängen, z.B.} d6 (4... Bg7 5. Nc3 (5. e4 O-O 6. Nh3 d6 7. Nf2 e6 (
7... b5)) 5... O-O 6. e4 {Königsindisch/Sämisch E81 oder Modernes Benoni A65})
5. e4 Bg7 {Königsindisch E60} (5... b5) 6. Ne2 O-O 7. Nec3 Na6 8. Be2 Nc7 9.
Be3 a6 10. a4 Rb8 11. O-O Bd7 12. Na3 Nfe8 13. Qd2 e6 14. a5 b5 15. axb6 Rxb6 {
0-1 Laznicka,V (2596)-Polzin,R (2480)/BL 0607 SF Berlin - SC Bann 2007 (38)}) (
{II} 3... e5 4. dxe5 (4. d5 e4 $1) 4... Nh5 {Königsindisch "Marke Adorjan" 
(E60)}) ({III} 3... d5 {(Hauptvariante Grünfeld-Indisch D70)} 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5.
e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7) 4. e4 e5 $5 (4... d6 5. Be3 O-O 6. Qd2 c5 {Ward-McShane,
BCF-ch Torquay, 2002}) 5. d5 $146 ({I} 5. dxe5 Nh5 6. Nh3 Bxe5 7. Nf2 Nc6 8.
Nc3 Qh4 9. g3 Qd8 10. f4 Bd4 11. Be2 Ng7 12. O-O d6 13. Bf3 Bh3 14. Re1 Qd7 15.
Nd5 O-O-O 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Be6 18. Qa4 $16 {1-0 Mitchell,S-Forman,K (2025)
/Coventry 2005/CBM 105 ext (64)}) ({II} 5. Ne2 exd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Nc3 Re8 8.
Be2 c6 9. O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Qb6 12. Kh1 Qxd4 13. Qxd4 Bxd4 14. Bc4
Bf5 15. Bg5 Nd7 16. dxc6 bxc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Mikrut,D (2345)-Paaske,A (2132)/
Krakow 2004/CBM 104 ext (60)}) {Bei dieser höchst ungewöhnlichen Zugfolge
versucht Schwarz, die Auslassung von Nc3 (nebst Übergang zum Sämisch-System)
auf verwegene Weise auszunutzen ...} 5... Nxe4 $6 $146 {Ein wahrer
Husarenstreich! Für das Springeropfer erhält Schwarz zwei Bauern und
Initiative aufgrund der unkoordinierten weißen (Königs-)Stellung, was gerade
für eine praktische Partie einiges Gift birgt.} 6. fxe4 Qh4+ 7. Kd2 ({Der
König entfleucht zum Damenflügel, aber wahrscheinlich sollte er besser auf
seiner Seite bleiben:} 7. Ke2 $5 {, z.B.} Qxe4+ (7... Qg4+ $6 8. Nf3 f5 (8...
Qxe4+ 9. Kf2 d6 10. Nc3 $18) 9. Ke1) 8. Kf2 Qf5+ 9. Qf3 Qc2+ 10. Nd2 f5 (10...
d6 11. Be2 O-O 12. Bd1 Qf5 13. Ne2 $16) 11. Qb3 $16 {, zumal Schwarz dem
Damentausch hier schlecht ausweichen kann.}) 7... Qxe4 8. Qe2 Qh4 9. Nc3 (9. d6
$5 {L. Kritz}) 9... d6 10. Kc2 (10. Nf3 Qe7 11. Kc2 Bf5+ 12. Kb3 $16) 10...
Bf5+ 11. Kb3 c6 12. Be3 b5 $5 ({Rasche Linienöffnung ist vonnöten!} 12... Na6
13. Nf3 Qd8 14. a3 O-O 15. Rd1 $16) 13. cxb5 cxd5 14. g3 $2 ({Die Ursache für
die künftigen Turbulenzen und Unwägbarkeiten. Näherliegend und gut war} 14.
Nxd5 {, obwohl es sich bereits zeigt, daß die Stellung schwierig zu spielen
ist, z.B.:} Be6 (14... O-O 15. Nf3 (15. g3 $2 Qd8 16. Bh3 Be6 $1 17. Rd1 (17.
Bxe6 $2 fxe6 18. Qc4 Nd7 19. Nc7 Rc8 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21. Na6 d5 22. Rc1 d4) 17...
Nd7 18. Kc2 a6 $44) 15... Qd8 16. Qf2 (16. Rd1 Nd7 17. Qd2 Rc8 (17... a6 18. a3
axb5 19. Ka2) 18. Bc4 $16) (16. Qc4 $5 Nd7 17. Qh4 Qxh4 18. Nxh4 Be6 19. Bc4
Rfb8 20. a4 $16 {/+-}) 16... Nd7 17. Qh4 $16) 15. Rd1 Nd7 (15... Nc6 $2 {
(Kritz)} 16. bxc6 $1 Rb8+ (16... Qe4 17. Qf3 Rb8+ 18. Ka3 Bxd5 19. Qxe4 Bxe4
20. c7 Rc8 21. Rc1 $18) 17. Kc3 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Qb4+ 19. Kc2 Qxb2+ 20. Kd1 Qa1+
21. Bc1 Bh6 22. Rd2 Rb1 23. Qc4 $18) 16. Nf3 Qd8 17. Ng5 $16 {/+-}) 14... Qd8
15. Bg2 ({Auch nach} 15. Nxd5 {findet der weiße König keine sichere Bleibe.
Jedenfalls scheint der weiße Vorteil sich zu verflüchtigen und wilde
Verwicklungen wachsen den Spielern allmählich über den Kopf:} O-O 16. Bg2 (16.
Bh3 Be6 $1 {wie gehabt}) 16... Nd7 17. Rc1 (17. a4 a6 $44) (17. Nf3 a6 $44) (
17. Nh3 a6 $44 (17... Nc5+ 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Qc4 (19. Rad1 $2 c4+ $1 20. Qxc4
Rc8) 19... Rb8 20. a4 Be6 21. Rhd1 a6 $44 (21... f5 $6 22. Ka3 Rf7 23. Qh4 $1
$16) 22. Qxc5 $6 Kh8) 18. g4 Be6 19. Ng5 e4 20. Rhd1 Rb8) 17... a6 $5 $44)
15... d4 $1 {"Surprise-Party а la McShane"! Mit einer derartigen
Opferbereitschaft dürfte der junge Tscheche nicht gerechnet haben.} 16. Bxa8 ({
Freilich nicht} 16. Bxd4 $4 Be6+ 17. Bd5 exd4 18. Bxe6 O-O 19. Bd5 Na6 $1 $17)
16... Nd7 17. Bc6 O-O {Trotz weißer Materialübermacht ist die Lage
unübersichtlicher denn je.} 18. Na4 $2 ({Verhindert zwar ...Nc5+, aber gibt
die feste Kontrolle über d5 auf. Alternativen, z.B.: I} 18. Rd1 Nc5+ (18...
dxe3 $2 19. a3) 19. Kb4 a6 (19... dxe3 $2 20. Qxe3) 20. a4 (20. Nd5 Be4 21. Nf3
Bxd5 22. Bxd5 dxe3) (20. Nf3 axb5) 20... axb5 21. axb5 Qb6 $13) ({II} 18. a4
Be6+ 19. Nd5 (19. Bd5 Nc5+ 20. Ka2 dxc3 21. Bxe6 cxb2 22. Rd1 (22. Qxb2 fxe6 (
22... Nxe6 23. Nf3 Qa8 24. Ng5 Nxg5 25. Bxg5 $16) 23. Ne2 Nxa4 24. Qb3 Rf3 $13)
22... Nxa4 $13 23. Qc4 Qa5 24. Kb3 Nc3 $1 25. Qxc3 Qxb5+ 26. Qb4 b1=Q+ 27. Rxb1
Qd3+ 28. Ka2 fxe6) 19... Nb8 $1 20. Bb7 Nd7 21. Ka3 Nb6 $13) ({III} 18. Bxd7 $6
{(Kritz)} Qxd7 19. Nf3 d5) 18... Be6+ $2 (18... dxe3 $1 19. Ka3 (19. Rd1 Qc7 $5
20. Qxe3 (20. Nf3 a6 $1) 20... a6 $1) 19... d5 $1 20. Rc1 (20. Bxd5 $2 Nb6 21.
Nxb6 (21. Bc4 Qa8 $1 $19) 21... Qxb6 $19 22. b4 (22. Bb3 Qc5+ 23. Ka4 a6) 22...
Rc8) (20. Qxe3 d4 21. Qd2 e4) 20... Nb8 $1 21. Qxe3 Nxc6 22. bxc6 d4 $17 {
und das Bauernduo schreitet munter voran, während Ihre Majestät auf a3
weiterhin höchst luftig steht.}) 19. Ka3 dxe3 20. Nf3 $2 (20. Qxe3 $142 Nb6 21.
Rc1 (21. Nxb6 $6 axb6 22. Ne2 d5 23. b3 Qd6+ 24. Kb2 d4 {/\f5, d3, e4~~}) 21...
d5 22. Nf3 d4 23. Qe2 d3 24. Qd2 a6 (24... f5 $2 25. Nc5 $1 Nc4+ 26. Rxc4 Bxc4
27. Qc3 Bf7 28. Nxe5) 25. bxa6 Nc4+ 26. Rxc4 Bxc4 27. Qe3 $16) 20... d5 21.
Qxe3 Qe7+ $2 (21... d4 $142 $44 22. Qd2 a6 23. bxa6 Nb8 24. Bb7 Nxa6 25. b4 Qd6
) 22. b4 d4 23. Qg5 $6 (23. Qe2 $142) 23... Qd6 24. Rac1 (24. Rhc1 $142) 24...
Nb6 25. Nd2 (25. Nc5 $142) 25... f5 26. Nxb6 axb6 27. Nc4 Qc7 28. Rhe1 d3 29.
Qe3 $2 ({I} 29. g4 $142) ({II} 29. Qd2 $142) 29... Qa7+ 30. Kb3 e4 $17 {
Nachdem Weiß reichlich Chancen ausgelassen hat, ist es an Schwarz, der
plötzlich über eine Traumstellung verfügt, nun die Partieführung zu übernehmen,
doch die beiderseitige Zeitknappheit wird wieder alles auf den Kopf stellen.}
31. g4 ({Die Öffnung der g-Linie sollte jetzt eigentlich zu spät kommen.
Alternativen: I} 31. Qg5 {(zwecks Verhinderung von ...Rd8)} h6 $1 32. Qxg6 Qe7
33. Bxe4 Rf6 (33... d2 $4 34. Bd5 dxc1=N+ 35. Kc2 $18) (33... fxe4 $2 34. Rxe4
d2 35. Rd1 Rf3+ $1 36. Kc2 Rf6 37. Qg4 Qxb4 38. Rxe6 Rg6 39. Qxg6 Qc3+ 40. Kb1
Qa1+ 41. Kc2 Qc3+ $11) 34. Qxg7+ (34. Qh5 $2 fxe4 35. Rxe4 Rf2 36. Rxe6 Qxe6
$19) 34... Kxg7 35. Bxd3 (35. Bd5 $2 d2 $19) 35... Qd7 36. Rc3 Qxb5 $17 37. a3
$17) ({II} 31. Red1 $2 Rd8 $1 32. Bxe4 fxe4 33. Qxe4 Bf7 34. Rxd3 Ra8 $19 35.
Kc2 Qa4+ 36. Kd2 Qxb4+ 37. Kd1 Re8) ({III} 31. a4 $2 Rd8 $1 32. Ka3 Rd4 33. Qd2
Rxc4 34. Rxc4 Bxc4 {(/\Qe7-e5 plus e4-e3-+)} 35. Qc1 Bf7 36. Bxe4 fxe4 37. Qc8+
(37. Rxe4 Qd7 38. Qc6 Qd8) 37... Bf8 38. Qd8 (38. Rxe4 d2 39. Rd4 Qe7) 38...
Qb7) 31... Rd8 $1 32. gxf5 gxf5 33. Rc3 $138 ({Die letzte Chance bestand in
der Abwicklung} 33. Bxe4 $142 d2 34. Bd3 dxe1=Q 35. Rxe1 {, wenngleich nach
dem weiteren} Bf7 36. a4 Qd7 37. Bf1 Re8 38. Qf2 Rc8 $17 {Schwarz aufgrund
eines dominierenden Läuferpaares die Oberhand hat.}) 33... Rd4 $138 (33... Qe7
$142 34. Rg1 (34. Qd2 Rd4 35. a4 Qf7 36. Rec1 f4 $19) 34... Kh8 35. Qc1 d2 36.
Qc2 Qf6 37. Rcg3 Rd4 $19 38. Rxg7 Bxc4+ 39. Ka4 (39. Qxc4 Qxg7 40. Qf1 (40.
Rxg7 d1=Q+) 40... Qf7+) 39... Qxg7) 34. Rg1 Rxc4 $2 $138 ({Der kleine, aber
feine Sidestep} 34... Kh8 $1 {hätte alles klargemacht (/\35...Rxc4 36.Rxc4
Bxc4+ 37.Kxc4 Qxa2# und 35...Qf7-+), z.B.} 35. Rg2 Qf7 36. Qc1 f4 $19 {. Nun
jedoch kann Weiß sich mittels Liquidierung des Läufers g7 leicht aus der
Affäre ziehen.}) 35. Rxg7+ Qxg7 36. Rxc4 Qf7 37. Qg5+ $11 Kf8 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39.
Qg5+ Kf8 40. Qd8+ Kg7 41. Qxb6 $5 (41. Qg5+ $11) 41... Bxc4+ 42. Kc3 {Es ist
nun doch noch nichts mit remis - oder ? Jedenfalls muß Schwarz jetzt aufpassen!
} Bxa2 $2 ({Den friedlichen Ausgang forciert} 42... Qe6 {(auch 42...Qf6+ 43.
Kxc4 Qe6+ 44.Kc5 Qe7+ = bzw. 44.Kc3 Qe5+ =)} 43. a4 (43. Qc7+ Kg6 44. Qg3+ $11)
(43. Qd4+ Kg6 44. Qg1+ Kf7 45. Qa7+ $11) 43... e3 {, und jetzt muß Weiß sich
sputen:} 44. Qc7+ Kg6 45. Qg3+ Kf6 46. Qh4+ $11) 43. Qb7 $1 $16 {/+-  Diesen
gewinnverheißenden Übergang ins Läuferendspiel hatte Schwarz offenbar nicht
gewürdigt: Die weißen Doppelbauern sind effektiver als das schwarze Bauerntrio!
} Qxb7 (43... Bc4 44. Qxf7+ Kxf7 45. b6 $18) 44. Bxb7 e3 (44... Bb1 45. Kd2 e3+
46. Kxe3 Kf6 47. b6 $18) 45. Bf3 $1 ({Jedoch nicht} 45. Kxd3 $2 {wegen} Bc4+
46. Kxe3 Bxb5 {und z.B.} 47. Bc8 Kf6 48. Kf4 Bd3 49. Bd7 $14) 45... Bb1 (45...
d2 46. Kd4 Kf6 47. b6 Bb1 48. Kxe3 Be4 49. Be2 {ist Zugumstellung zur Partie})
46. b6 d2 47. Kd4 (47. Bd1) 47... Be4 48. Be2 Kf6 49. Kxe3 Ke5 50. Kxd2 $18 {
Dieses Finale wird von Weiß mit sauberer Technik abgewickelt.} h6 (50... f4 51.
Bd3) 51. Ba6 Kd6 52. Bd3 Bg2 (52... Bd5 53. Ke3 Kc6 54. Bxf5 Kxb6 55. Bd3 Kc7
56. Kf4 Kd6 57. Kf5 Bf7 58. Kf6 Be8 59. Kg7 h5 60. Bg6) 53. Ke3 Kc6 54. Kf4
Kxb6 55. Kxf5 Bf3 56. Kg6 h5 57. Kg5 Bd1 58. h4 Kc6 59. Bg6 Kb5 60. Bxh5 Bb3
61. Be8+ Kxb4 62. h5 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2844"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 {Just one of Black's ways of reacting to White's
fashionable last move.} ({If Black wishes to avoid transposing to a King's
Indian, the usual way to do it is} 3... d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7.
Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Kb1 (11. f4 {Wojtaszek,R (2716)
-Safarli,E (2656) Shamkir 2014 (1-0, 36)}) 11... Rd8 12. d5 a6 13. Nc3 Na5 (
13... Qe8 {Carlsen,M (2881)-Caruana,F (2791) Stavanger 2014 CBM 161 [Krasenkow,
M] (1/2-1/2 , 67)}) 14. Qc1 {Giri,A (2745)-Gelfand,B (2753) Tromso 2014 CBM
162 [Krasenkow,M] (1-0, 80)}) (3... e5 $5 {is occasionally played, too}) ({
And lately} 3... Nc6 4. Nc3 d5 {has come into the limelight as in Vallejo Pons,
F (2698)-Le,Q (2710) Tromso 2014 CBM 162 [Krasenkow,M] (1-0, 38)}) 4. dxc5 $5 {
A rare move with a long history behind, though. The first game with it dates
back to 1953!} ({It is worth mentioning that an earlier game between the same
players but with reversed colours continued in the spirit of the Volga/Benko
Gambit:} 4. d5 b5 5. e4 Bg7 6. cxb5 a6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nh3 d6 9. Nf4 Nbd7 10. Be2
axb5 11. Nxb5 Ne8 12. O-O Ba6 13. Kh1 Nc7 14. Nc3 Qb8 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Nfe2
Nb5 17. Bg5 Re8 18. Qd3 Ra5 19. Rab1 Ne5 20. Qc2 Nxc3 21. Nxc3 Qb4 $44 {
Grischuk,A (2760)-Caruana,F (2700) Plovdiv 2010 (1/2-1/2, 36). As we wil see,
there will be Volga/Benko elements in our main game, too, even though the
structure in the centre will be quite different.}) 4... e6 $5 $146 {This
interesting novelty completely changes the character of the play with respect
to the previous games. But when I first saw it, I could not help remembering
how my former trainer, the late GM Theodor Ghitescu, used to define chess
patzers: "...g6 and ...e6 players"! I assume he had seen some unfortunate
combinations of these moves on the lower boards of our national team
championship which made him issue this definition, but it may also have been
some sort of well masked display of envy with respect to Florin Gheorghiu and
Mihai Suba, our by far strongest players in the '70s and the '80s. Gheorghiu
constantly played the Paulsen Kan Hedgehog with ...g6 and Suba used to answer
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 with 4...g6!?} ({And since I have mentioned
Ghitescu, here is a game of his from this position:} 4... Na6 5. Nc3 Nxc5 6. e4
d6 7. Be3 b6 8. Qd2 a6 9. Rc1 h5 10. Nge2 h4 11. Nd5 Bg7 12. Nec3 Nxd5 13. cxd5
Bd7 14. Be2 O-O 15. O-O h3 16. g3 Qb8 17. b4 Na4 18. Nxa4 Bxa4 19. f4 $14 {
Ghitescu,T-Ghinda,M Sinaia 1975 (1-0, 41)}) (4... Qa5+ {has been played in a
few games.} 5. Nc3 Qxc5 6. e4 {White has build up the Maroczy bind, but will
need to find a coherent way to complete his development in order to have any
chance of claiming an advantage.} d6 ({It seems to be useful to defend the
queen, since after} 6... Bg7 7. Qd3 Nc6 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 d6 10. Nge2 O-O 11.
Nf4 {Sliwa,B-Filip,M Gotha 1957 (1/2-1/2, 38). White retained his space
advantage with a normal development and very few chances for Black to get any
counterplay.}) 7. Na4 (7. Qd3 Nc6 8. Be3 Nb4 $1 {This is the moment when it is
important that the queen is defended.} 9. Bxc5 Nxd3+ 10. Bxd3 dxc5 11. e5 Nd7
12. f4 Bh6 13. Nd5 Rb8 14. g3 f6 $11 {Gurevich,D (2575)-Gulko,B (2635)
Beersheba 1993 (1/2-1/2, 19)}) 7... Qh5 (7... Qa5+ 8. Bd2 Qd8 9. Ne2 Nc6 10.
Nac3 Bg7 11. Nf4) 8. Ne2 Bh6 9. Nf4 Qe5 10. Nd3 Qh5 11. Nf4 Qe5 12. Nd5 Bxc1
13. Rxc1 Nxd5 14. cxd5 O-O 15. Be2 Bd7 16. Nc3 $14 {Giri,A (2745)-Matamoros
Franco,C (2525) Tromso 2014 (1-0, 51)}) 5. Be3 {The only reasonable way to
defend the pawn. It has the drawback of blocking the development of the other
bishop, though.} (5. b4 $6 {is completely inadequate due to} a5 $1 $15 {
[%csl Gc5]}) ({The attempt to prove the combination of ...g6 and ...e6 wrong,
in accordance with Ghitescu's definition, fails due to White's poor
development:} 5. Nc3 Bxc5 6. e4 (6. e3 d5) 6... Nc6 {If White could get
developed in time, the move ...g6 would surely be harmful, but concretely
Black is just in time to start strong counterplay in the centre.} 7. a3 (7. Nh3
d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. exd5 Nd4 {[%csl Gd5,Ge1]} 10. Be3 $6 Qe7 $1 $17) 7... d5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. b4 Bb6 10. exd5 Nd4 11. Nge2 Nf5 $44 {[%csl Ge1]}) 5... b6 $3 {
Here it is, the Volga Gambit spirit! Rather than retrieving the pawn, Black is
interested in opening files and diagonals for rapid queenside development.} (
5... Na6 {would retrieve the pawn but allow White retain a small edge.} 6. Nc3
Nxc5 7. Qd2 $1 ({It makes no sense to drive the knight away since this piece
is a slight source of worries for Black, being kind of hanging on c5.} 7. b4
Na6 8. a3 Bg7 9. Qc2 d5 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Bf2 Bd7 $132) 7... b6 {In order to
play ...Bg7, Black needs spending a tempo on defending the knight.} 8. Rd1 Bg7
9. Bg5 O-O 10. e4 $14) 6. Nc3 {White, too, aims for rapid development. But the
last move looks more like an acceptance of the fact that after Black's last
move White has no advantage at all.} (6. cxb6 axb6 7. Nc3 Ba6 {would transpose
below.}) 6... Ba6 $5 {To tell the truth, Black does not seem to need such
radical measures anymore.} ({Retrieving the pawn ensures him excellent play:} 
6... Bxc5 7. Bxc5 bxc5 8. e3 Nc6 9. Nh3 Rb8 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Be2 d5) 7. cxb6
axb6 8. Bg5 {Sticking to the material advantage would offer Black ample
compensation. Here are just a few suggestive lines:} (8. b3 Nc6 {This
developing move keeps the main threats, ...Bb4 or ...d5, in reserve. If White
moves with his e3-bishop in order to continue his development, ...Bb4 would be
unpleasant. Otherwise, ...d5 would threaten the fork ...d4} 9. Rc1 (9. Bf4 Bb4)
9... Bb7 {[%csl Ga2][%cal Gf8b4]} 10. a4 d5) (8. Qb3 Bc5 (8... Nc6 9. Bxb6 Qc8
$44) 9. Bxc5 bxc5 {White faces a dilemma. e2-e4 would weaken the d4-square
while otherwise ...d7-d5 is hard to stop.} 10. e4 (10. e3 Nc6 11. Rd1 O-O 12.
Nh3 Ne5 $36 {[%cal Gd8a5,Gf8b8,Gd7d5]}) 10... Nc6 11. Qd1 O-O 12. Nh3 Nd4 13.
Bd3 d5 $36) (8. Na4 Bxc4 (8... b5 9. Nb6 Ra7 10. c5 d5 11. Rc1 Nc6 {The
b6-knight is somewhat out of play and Black's centre may become threatening.})
9. Nxb6 Nd5 10. Nxc4 Qh4+ 11. Bf2 Qxc4 12. Qd4 Qb4+ $5 {The best way of
maintaining the initiative.} 13. Qxb4 Nxb4 {[%cal Gb4c2,Ga8a2]}) 8... h6 9. Bh4
g5 10. Bf2 {The bishop has reached this safe square after having provoked the
weakening of the black kingside. But White's main problem is his delay in
development, which offers Black great play in any case.} Bxc4 11. e4 Bxf1 12.
Kxf1 {Even though pawns are equal now, the last exchange once again reminds us
of one of the main lines of the Volga/Benko Gambit.} Nc6 13. Nge2 Bc5 14. Nd4
Qe7 {The position has more or less settled down, but evaluating it properly
implies taking into account several aspects. White's development is typical
for the Sicilian defence (which he had aimed for with 4.dxc5) but his main
problem is getting the king out of the way of the major pieces. This can be
achieved with either g2-g4 followed by Kg2 or Kfe-e2, Re1, Kf1-g1. Both plans
are time consuming and with ...d7-d5 in the air one would expect certain
dangers for His Majesty. An additional plan would be fighting against the
c5-bishop with a2-a3 and b2-b4, but this would not do much for his kingside
development. Black has comfortable development, but still needs to decide
between castling right away or spending some time with ...Kf8-g7 in order to
avoid problems along the h-file. His structure is flexible enough, but he
should not forget that there are several weak dark squares in his structure, 
(Xf6, d6, b6).} 15. Ncb5 {Consolidating the d4-square before switching to the
aforementioned queenside plan. This move has the drawback of spending yet
another tempo with the development incomplete.} (15. a3 $5 {is an important
alternative. If Black plays like in the game White would have chances for
retaining an edge.} Kf8 ({And just as in the game,} 15... O-O $1 {looks better,
although White would have to take into account} 16. g4 $13 {[%cal Gh2h4,Gf1g2]
with sharp play.}) 16. b4 {The merit of this plan is that after the inevitable
Bf2xd4 the king will get the relatively comfortable f2-square.} Nxd4 (16...
Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 $14) 17. Bxd4 (17. e5 $5) 17... e5 (17... Bxd4 18.
Qxd4 Kg7 19. Kf2 $14) 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. b5 $14 {[%csl Ga3,Gb5,Rd5]}) 15... Kf8
{Not a bad move, but it offers White the time to carry out his idea under
acceptable circumstances.} (15... O-O $5 16. h4 ({Black's last move may have
been aimed at inhibiting the plan based on} 16. g4 {but it seems that he would
get a great game after} Nxd4 17. Nxd4 d5 18. e5 Nd7 19. Nc6 Qe8 20. h4 f5 {
[%csl Gf1]}) 16... g4 17. a3 Rac8 18. b4 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Ne5 $132 {[%csl Gf1]})
16. a3 (16. g4 h5 $17) (16. h4 g4) 16... Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Kg7 18. b4 Bxd4 19. Bxd4
{White has eliminated the enemy bishops, but his chances of taking advantage
of the weakness of the dark squares are not too high due to his poor
development.} e5 $5 {Switching back to the Volga Gambit mode.} (19... d5 $5 20.
exd5 Rhd8 $1) 20. Bxb6 Qe6 21. Be3 {In view of the predictable ...d7-d5, the
bishop is exposed on this square.} ({But} 21. Bc5 {would have failed to keep
things under control due to} d6 $1 22. Qxd6 Qc4+ 23. Kg1 $8 (23. Kf2 Qc2+ 24.
Kg1 Rhd8 25. Qc6 Rd1+ 26. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 27. Kf2 Qd2+ 28. Kf1 Rxa3 $19) 23... Qc3
24. Qd1 Rhd8 25. Qc1 Qxc1+ 26. Rxc1 Rxa3 $11) 21... d5 $44 {Black has
excellent compensation for the pawn and White needs to display certain
accuracy to avoid problems.} 22. Qb3 (22. exd5 Nxd5 {[%csl Ge3]}) 22... Rhb8 $6
{In the Volga/Benko Gambit this is the most common way of using the rooks, but
here there are things to do in the centre as well. The last move offers White
chances to complete his development while keeping his extra pawn.} (22... Qa6+
23. Kf2 {White needs to spend a tempo on connecting his rooks.} (23. b5 $2 Rhb8
$1 24. a4 $2 Rxb5 $1 $19) 23... dxe4 24. b5 {[%cal Ga3a4]} Rhb8 25. a4 exf3 26.
gxf3 Qc8 27. Kg2 Qf5 {[%cal Gg5g4] Due to the vulnerability of the white king,
Black should count on at least a draw by perpetual.}) (22... Rhd8 $5 {also
looks more to the point than the game move, since the d-file is more important
than the b-file.}) 23. Ke2 $6 (23. exd5 $1 Nxd5 24. Kf2 $5 $14 {[%cal Gh1d1]} (
24. Bd2 Nxb4 $3 25. Qxe6 fxe6 $11) (24. Rd1 Qa6+ 25. Kf2 Nf4 26. Rd2 Qxa3 27.
Rb1 $11)) 23... Qa6+ 24. Qd3 Qe6 ({Without queens, the structure resulting
after} 24... dxe4 25. Qxa6 Rxa6 {looks dangerous for Black. The white king is
safe and the queenside pawns are threatening.}) 25. Qb3 Qa6+ 26. Qd3 Qe6 27.
exd5 $5 {Continuing the fight rather than accepting a draw by repetition.} (27.
Qb3 $11) 27... Nxd5 28. Kf2 Rd8 {Finally correcting the rook's position, but
time is important in such situations.} 29. Qc4 $6 {The queen is exposed here
and it does not defend the bishop.} (29. Qb3 Qf5 30. Rhe1 $14) 29... Qf5 $132 (
29... Rdc8 $5 30. Bc5 Nxb4 $1 31. Qxe6 Nd3+ 32. Ke3 fxe6 $11) 30. Rhe1 (30.
Rhd1 Nxe3 31. Kxe3 Rxa3+ $1 $36 {[%csl Ge3]}) (30. Qe4 Qxe4 $5 31. fxe4 Nc3
$132) 30... Rac8 {With all his pieces on active squares, Black has at least
enough compensation for the pawn.} 31. Bc5 (31. Qe4 Rc2+ 32. Kg1 (32. Re2 $4
Rxe2+ 33. Kxe2 Nc3+) 32... Qxe4 33. fxe4 Nxe3 34. Rxe3 Rdd2 35. Rg3 Rb2 $5 $11)
31... Nf4 {[%csl Rc5,Re1,Rf2][%cal Gf4d3]} 32. Kg1 $2 {Ironically, occupying
what looks the safest square for the king is the decisive mistake.} ({For
reasons that will be revealed soon, it was essential to defend the e1-rook:} 
32. Kf1 Rd2 33. Ra2 Rxa2 34. Qxa2 Qd3+ 35. Kg1 Qc3 $44) 32... Rd2 33. Ra2 Nxg2
$1 $19 {This is the point! With the king on f1 this move would have been
impossible.} 34. Rxd2 Nxe1 35. Rf2 Nxf3+ 36. Kg2 e4 {Black is a pawn up and
retains dangerous threats. Engines are not too enthusiastic about Grischuk's
play in the next phase, since he repeatedly chooses -3.00 or -4.00
continuations when there were -9.00 alternatives. But this does not have any
meaning, the main thing is that Black's win will not be in any shadow of doubt
until the end.} 37. Re2 Re8 (37... Rd8 $1 $19 38. Qc3+ (38. Qxe4 Nh4+ 39. Kg3
Rd3+) 38... f6 39. Qc2 Nh4+ 40. Kg1 Qh3) 38. a4 (38. Bf2) 38... Qf4 (38... Rd8)
39. Kh1 Rd8 40. Qc3+ f6 41. Qc2 Rd3 42. a5 Ne1 43. Rxe1 Rd2 44. Qxd2 Qxd2 45.
Re3 f5 46. Kg1 Qa2 47. Re1 f4 48. a6 e3 49. Bd4+ Kg6 50. Ra1 Qf2+ 51. Kh1 Qf3+
52. Kg1 Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Bronznik,V"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. h4 $6 {As Giri shows convincingly in the game, this
daredevil move is really dubious. But we would like to understand what
convinced Topalov to use this continuation. The Grünfeld Defence is one of
Giri's main openings, something with which the Bulgarian grandmaster was
obviously familiar. Wie Giri in der Partie überzeugend zeigen wird, ist
dieser draufgängerische Zug recht zweifelhaft. Wir wollen aber verstehen, was
Topalov zu dieser Fortsetzung überhaupt bewegte. Zu einer von Giris
Haupteröffnungen gehört die Grünfeld-Indische Verteidigung, was dem
bulgarischen Großmeister selbstverständlich bekannt war.} ({From time to
time (even at the top level) attempts have been made to meet the Grünfeld
Defence with the Ab und zu versuchte man (auch auf hohem Niveau), das
Grünfeld-Indisch mit der Variante} 3. Nc3 d5 4. h4 {variation. zu bekämpfen.}
{Statistics confirm that after Die Statistik verrät uns, dass während Weiß
nach} Bg7 {White scores wonderfully well. wunderbar punktet,} ({according to
results ist seine Bilanz nach} 4... c5 {is absolutely unsatisfactory.  As
Topalov explained immediately after the game, the idea behind 3.h4 is to
deprive the opponent of the opportunity of reaching the position which would
arise after the 3.Nc3 d5 4.h4 c5 move order. absolut unbefriedigend.  Wie
Topalov gleich nach der Partie erklärte, bestand der Sinn von 3.h4 darin, dem
Gegner die Möglichkeit zu nehmen, die Position zu erreichen, die bei der
Zugfolge 3.Nc3 d5 4.h4 c5 entstehen würde.})) 3... c5 $5 {The idea behind
this continuation and the plan linked to it is to obtain a Volga Gambit type
of position so that the move h2-h4 is of no use and possibly even harmful. Die
Idee dieser Fortsetzung und des mit ihm verbundenen Plans ist, eine
"wolgagambitartige" Stellung zu bekommen, um den Zug h2-h4 möglichst unnütz,
ja sogar schädlich zu machen.} ({In the event of Im Falle von} 3... Bg7 4. Nc3
d5 {there would arise by transposition of moves the position (a rather
unpleasant one for Black!) from the 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.h4 Bg7
variation of the Grünfeld Defence, entstünde durch Zugumstellung die - für
Schwarz ziemlich unangenehme! - Position der Variante 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3
d5 4.h4 Bg7 aus der Grünfeld-Verteidigung,} ({whereas während} 4... d6 5. e4
{would lead to a rare variation of the King's Indian - 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3
Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h4. In both of these cases there appears to be much more
justification for the move h2-h4 than is the case in the Volga Gambit. zu
einer seltenen Variante 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h4 vom
Königsindisch überleiten würde - in beiden diesen Fällen scheint der Zug
h2-h4 viel mehr Berechtigung zu haben, als es im Wolga-Gambit der Fall ist.}))
(3... d5 $6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 $140 $6 5. h5 $36) 4. d5 (4. dxc5 Na6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6.
Be3 Ng4 7. Bd2 Nxc5 8. Nh3 d6 9. e3 Nf6 (9... Ne5 $5) 10. Nf4 Nfe4 $1 (10...
O-O 11. h5 $13) 11. Rc1 O-O (11... h5 $5) 12. Be2 Bf5 (12... a5 $5) 13. h5 g5
14. Nfd5 h6 15. b4 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Nd7 17. Nb5 {(Ivanisevic,I (2645) - Neubauer,
M (2413)/Plovdiv 2012)} a6 18. Nd4 Bh7 19. O-O e6 20. Nc3 Ne5 $36 {[%cal Rg5g4,
Rd8h4,Ra8c8]}) 4... b5 $1 5. cxb5 a6 6. bxa6 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4 d6 $1 $146 {
Black sticks to the idea of reaching a typical Volga Gambit setup. Schwarz
hält sich an die Idee, einen typischen Wolga-Gambit-Aufbau zu erreichen.} (
8... e6 {(this move is playable but not so strong as 8...d6) (dieser Zug ist
spielbar, aber nicht so stark, wie 8...d6)} 9. dxe6 (9. Nf3 $5 exd5 $140 10. e5
) 9... fxe6 $6 {(an interesting but at the same time very risky continuation) 
(eine interessante, aber gleichzeitig sehr riskante Fortsetzung)} (9... dxe6
10. Qxd8 Rxd8 $44) 10. e5 $1 {(Notkin)} (10. Bg5 $6 Qa5 $44 {Korobov,A (2713)
- Jumabayev,R (2607)/Moscow Aeroflot op-A 2016; with very good compensation.
mit sehr guter Kompensation.}) 10... Nh5 (10... Ne8 $2 11. h5 $1 $16 {/+- /+-})
11. g4 Nf4 12. Qf3 Nd5 13. Qg2 Rxa6 $1 (13... Bxa6 $143 14. Nxd5) 14. Bxa6 Bxa6
15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Qxd5+ Kh8 17. Rh3 Nc6 18. Bd2 Nxe5 19. Bc3 Bc4 20. Qd6 Rf6 (
20... Nxg4 21. Bxg7+ Kxg7 22. O-O-O $16) 21. Qxc5 Rc6 22. Qa5 {, and in my
opinion it does not look as if Black has sufficient compensation. , und nach
einer ausreichenden schwarzen Kompensation sieht es m. E. nicht aus.}) ({
After Bei} 8... Bxa6 $2 9. e5 Ne8 10. Nf3 d6 11. e6 $1 fxe6 12. h5 $1 $16 {
White's handling of the opening would have been completely justified. hätte
sich die weiße Eröffnungsbehandlung völlig gerechtfertigt.}) ({In the case
of Auch im Falle von} 8... Nxa6 $6 {too, the first player's h2-h4 can make
sense. kann der Anziehende seinem h2-h4 einen Sinn geben:} 9. e5 (9. h5 $5 Nxh5
10. Be2 Nf6 $140 11. e5 Ne8 12. Nf3 d6 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nge4 $36) 9... Ne8 10. h5
$1 (10. Nf3 d6 11. h5 Nb4 12. e6 gxh5 13. exf7+ Rxf7 14. Bc4 Bf5 $13) 10...
Bxe5 11. Bh6 Ng7 12. Nf3 Bf6 13. Qd2 $36) 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Bxa6 {Giri's
opening plan has worked completely. One could think that the position had
arisen from a Volga Gambit, and then one would be wondering what White's
h-pawn is doing on h4. It must not be overlooked that the move h2-h4 has been
more harmful than useful for White: apart from it having cost valuable time,
it has weakened the g4-square. On the other hand the possibility cannot be
excluded that in some variations White will play h4-h5, but with his lag in
development and the fact that his rooks are not in touch with each other, he
would really need a lot of luck for such an advance to prove dangerous to his
opponent.  Giris Eröffnungskonzept ist voll und ganz aufgegangen. Man könnte
denken, die Position entstand aus dem Wolga-Gambit, und dann würde man sich
fragen, was denn der weiße h-Bauer auf h4 macht. Es ist nicht zu übersehen,
dass der Zug h2-h4 dem Weißen mehr Schaden als Nützen gebracht hat: außer
dass er wertvolle Zeit kostete, hat er das Feld g4 geschwächt. Andererseits
ist es natürlich nicht ausgeschlossen, dass Weiß in einigen Varianten h4-h5
spielt, aber bei seinem Entwicklungsrückstand und den getrennten Türmen muss
er wirklich viel Glück haben, damit sich dieser Vorstoß für den Gegner als
gefährlich erweist.} 11. Qc2 {As Topalov explained at the press conference,
his idea consisted of the manoeuvre Nc3-d1-e3. Wie Topalov auf der
Pressekonferenz erklärte, bestand seine Idee im Manöver Nc3-d1-e3.} (11. Bxa6
$5 Qxa6 12. Qe2 Nbd7 {(Topalov)} (12... Re8 13. Qxa6 Nxa6 14. O-O Nb4 {
(according to Giri at the press conference) (soweit Giri auf der
Pressekonferenz)} 15. a4 Reb8 16. Rfb1 {[%cal Yf3e1]} Nc2 17. Ra2 Nb4 18. Raa1
Nc2 {with a repetition of moves mit Zugwiederholung}) 13. Qxa6 Rxa6 {[%csl Rg4]
[%cal Rf8b8,Rf6g4,Rg4e5,Re8a8] with at least sufficient compensation, but in
return White has no problems with his king - he can castle short or play
Ke1-e2. mit mindestens ausreichender Kompensation, dafür aber hat Weiß keine
Probleme mit seinem König - er kann kurz rochieren oder Ke1-e2 spielen.}) (11.
Be2 $6 Qb4 $1 {(Giri)} 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qe2 (13. Qc2 $2 Qc4 $1 $19 {[%csl Re1]
[%cal Ra6b4,Rf8b8,Rf6g4]}) 13... Qxb2 14. Rb1 (14. O-O Qa3) 14... Qa3 15. Rb3
Qa5 16. O-O Ng4 $36 {[%cal Rf8b8]}) 11... Nbd7 ({I prefer Besser gefällt mir} 
11... Bxf1 $5 12. Kxf1 Na6 $5 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Ra6b4,Ra5a6] , e.g. , z. B.} 13.
Kg1 ({or oder} 13. g3 Nb4 14. Qb1 Qa6+ 15. Kg2 Ng4 16. Rf1 Rfb8) (13. Nd1 Qb5+
14. Kg1 Nb4 15. Bxb4 Qxb4 16. Nd2 Bh6 17. Ne3 Qd4 $1) 13... Nb4 14. Qb1 Qa6 {
[%cal Rf8b8,Rb4d3,Rf6g4] - in all variations he has wonderful compensation for
the pawn he has sacrificed. - in allen Varianten mit traumhafter Kompensation
für den geopferten Bauern.}) 12. Ne2 $5 {[%cal Yd2c3,Yh4h5] Topalov is
planning Bd2-c3 followed by h4-h5, which in the event of a future Nf6xh5 would
allow him to swap off the dangerous Bg7 and even to hope to be able to use the
opened h-file for counterplay. In certain circumstances either Ne2-g3 or
Ne2-f4 is possible. But there is also a disadvantage - the white king is still
left in the middle. Topalov plant Bd2-c3 gefolgt von h4-h5, was um Falle des
weiteren Nf6xh5 ihm erlauben würde, den gefährlichen Bg7 abzutauschen und
sogar zu hoffen, die geöffnete h-Linie fürs Gegenspiel zu benützen. Unter
Umständen ist auch Ne2-g3 oder Ne2-f4 möglich. Es gibt dabei aber auch einen
Nachteil - der weiße König bleibt nach wie vor in der Mitte.} ({A "normal"
continuation might be Eine "normale" Fortsetzung wäre} 12. Na4 Qd8 $5 (12...
Bxf1 13. Bxa5 Bxg2 {During the game Topalov did not particularly like this
position, but let us continue the variation: Während der Partie hat Topalov
diese Position nicht besonders gefallen, aber setzen wir die Variante fort:}
14. Nd2 Bxh1 15. Bc3 Bh6 $5 {[%cal Rh6d2,Rh1e4]} 16. Ke2 Bg2 (16... Bxd2 $6 17.
Rxh1) 17. Rg1 Bh3 {- it is far from easy to correctly evaluate this position.
My computer prefers White here but I am not sure it is correct. In any case
this line seems to be very playable for White. - es ist alles andere als
leicht, diese Stellung richtig einzuschätzen. Mein Computer bevorzugt hier
Weiß, aber ich bin mir nicht sicher, dass er recht hat. In jedem Fall scheint
diese Linie für Weiß mindestens gut spielbar zu sein.}) (12... Qc7 13. Bxa6
Rxa6 14. O-O e6 $5 $44) 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. O-O Qa8 15. Nc3 Rb8 $44 {- in this
and in the previous variation (12...Qc7) the position of the white h-remains
unfavourable, but at least White has castled. - in dieser und in der
vorherigen Variante (12...Qc7) ist die Lage des weißen h-Bauern nach wie vor
ungünstig, aber Weiß hat zumindest rochiert.}) (12. Nd1 Qb6 {(Giri)} (12...
Bxf1 $2 13. Bxa5 Bxg2 14. Nd2 Bxh1 15. Bc3 $16 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Rd1e3,Rf2f3]})
13. Bc4 $5 (13. Ne3 $6 Bxf1 14. Rxf1 (14. Kxf1 Qa6+ 15. Kg1 Qa4 $1 $17 {
[%csl Re4]}) (14. Nxf1 Ng4 15. Bc3 Bd4 $1 16. Ne3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Bxc3+ 18. Qxc3
Ra4 19. Nd2 Qa6 $17) 14... Qa6 $1 $17 {[%csl Re1][%cal Re7e6]}) 13... Bxc4 14.
Qxc4 Qa6 $1 15. Qxa6 Rxa6 16. Nc3 Nb6 {[%cal Rb6a4,Rf8a8] - once again with
very good compensation. - wiederum mit sehr guter Kompensation.}) 12... Qb6 13.
Bc3 h5 $6 {Giri's desire to exclude the idea of h4-h5 once and for all,can be
easily achieved; on the other hand, he now gives his opponent time to
consolidate his position. Black has the following reasonable alternatives:
Giris Wunsch, die Idee h4-h5 für immer und ewig auszuschließen, kann man
leicht nachvollziehen, andererseits gibt er jetzt dem Gegner Zeit, seine
Stellung zu konsolidieren. Dabei hatte Schwarz folgende sinnvolle Alternativen:
} (13... e6 14. dxe6 fxe6 {[%cal Rd6d5]} 15. h5 $5 (15. Ng3 $6 d5 $1) 15...
Nxh5 (15... d5 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Nf4 $13) 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nc3 {- Black is no
longer behind on material and according to the computer he is somewhat better;
but in return White can finally breathe again - he is planning by means of 
Qc2-d2 to bring his queen to an active position, thanks to the absence of the
Bg7 queenside castling can be considered, the semi-open h-file promises
counter-chances in many variations, the exchange sacrifice on h5 is in the air
- all in all White feels much happier in this variation than a few moves
previously in the game. - Schwarz hat keinen materiellen Nachteil mehr und
steht laut Computer etwas besser, dafür aber kann der Anziehende jetzt
endlich aufatmen - er plant, mittels Qc2-d2 seine Dame auf eine aktive
Position zu bringen, dank der Abwesenheit des Bg7 kommt die lange Rochade in
Betracht, die halboffene h-Linie verspricht in vielen Varianten Gegenchancen,
das Qualitätsopfer auf h5 hängt in der Luft - alles in allem fühlt sich
Weiß in dieser Variante viel besser, als ein paar Züge zuvor in der Partie.})
({Analysis shows that Die Analyse zeigt, dass} 13... c4 $5 {[%cal Rd7c5,Rf6g4]
- despite giving up control of the d4-square - was well worth considering, e.g.
- trotz die Aufgabe der Kontrolle über das Feld d4 - sehr beachtenswert war,
z. B.} 14. Ned4 (14. Ng3 Ng4 $1 {[%csl Re1,Rf1] This option was also missed by
both players when discussing the game - together with the queen, the knight
ensures that White will have major problems with his further development.
Diese Option ist auch bei der gemeinsamen Besprechung der Partie beiden
Spielern entgangen - der Springer sorgt zusammen mit der Dame dafür, dass
Weiß große Probleme mit seiner weiteren Entwicklung hat.} ({Giri only
considered Giri zog nur} 14... Nc5 {but on acoount of in Betracht, was aber
wegen} 15. Be2 {[%cal Ye1g1,Yh1f1] (Topalov) followed by 0-0 does not appear
totally convincing. gefolgt von 0-0 nicht ganz überzeugend aussieht.}) {
For example Zum Beispiel:} 15. h5 Nc5 (15... Bf6 $5 16. Bxf6 $140 exf6 $5 $17 {
[%csl Re4][%cal Rf8e8,Rd7c5]}) 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rh4 Ne5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Qd2
Nd3+ 20. Bxd3 cxd3 $17 {[%cal Ra8c8]}) (14. Bd4 Nc5 15. Nc3 Qa5 {[%csl Re4] -
Black's activity counts for more than his opponent's extra pawn - die schwarze
Aktivität wiegt mehr, als der gegnerische Mehrbauer}) 14... Nc5 15. Nd2 e6 $1
16. Nxc4 (16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Nxc4 Qc7 18. Nd2 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Qb7 20. f3 Nh5 $17 {
[%csl Re1,Rf4,Rh4]}) 16... Bxc4 (16... Qc7 $5 17. Ba5 Qd7) 17. Bxc4 Nfxe4 18.
dxe6 (18. O-O Ra4 $1 19. b3 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 Ne4 21. Qc2 Rxc4 22. bxc4 Qxd4 $17)
18... fxe6 19. Nxe6 d5 $1 20. Nxf8 (20. Bxd5 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Rae8 22. O-O Nxe6
$17) 20... dxc4 21. O-O Nxc3 22. Nxh7 Kxh7 23. bxc3 Nd3 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Rb6c6,
Rd3f4] , and despite White's material advantage he has to struggle for a draw.
But firstly he has considerable chances of achieving one and secondly no-one
could could have calculated over the board the complications which lead to
this position.  Thus we can easily comprehend that Giri, who very much liked
his position, during the game evaluated the 13...c4 continuation as
double-edged and for that reason rejected it. , und trotz seines materiellen
Vorteiles muss Weiß ums Remis kämpfen. Aber erstens hat er beträchtliche
Chancen dies zu erreichen und zweitens hätte kein Mensch die zu dieser
Position führenden Komplikationen am Brett berechnen können.  Somit können
wir leicht nachvollziehen, dass Giri, dem seine Stellung sehr gefiel, die
Fortsetzung 13...c4 während der Partie als zweischneidig bewertete und aus
diesem Grund verwarf.}) (13... Rfb8 $5 {(Topalov)} {The best reply is
presumably Die beste Antwort ist vermutlich} 14. a4 $1 {[%cal Ya1a2] , e.g. ,
z. B.} (14. h5 $2 Nxh5 $17 15. Bxg7 $140 $6 Kxg7 {[%cal Rb6b2]} 16. b3 Qb4+ 17.
Nc3 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 c4 19. Rc1 cxb3 20. axb3 Qxb3 $17 {/-+. /-+.}) (14. Ng3 {
The immediate Stärker ist das unverzügliche} Ng4 $1 {is stronger, e.g. , z.
B.} ({Topalov's suggestion das von Topalov angebotene} 14... Bxf1 {does not
appear to be the best continuation: scheint nicht die beste Fortsetzung zu
sein:} {But Zu bevorzugen ist} 15. Nxf1 $1 {is preferable (the knight gets
back into the game) (der Springer kommt wieder ins Spiel)} ({at the press
conference Topalov showed only auf der Pressekonferenz zeigte Topalov nur} 15.
Kxf1 {(in reality it is a mistake) (in Wirklichkeit ist es ein Fehler)} Ng4 {
, which is in fact very bad for White, e.g. , was für Weiß in der Tat ganz
schlecht ist, z. B.} 16. Nh2 (16. h5 Bxc3 $1 17. bxc3 Qb2 $1 18. Qxb2 Rxb2 19.
hxg6 hxg6 20. Ne2 Raxa2 21. Rxa2 Rxa2 $19) 16... Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nge5 18. a4 c4 {
[%csl Rf1]} 19. Nf3 Nd3 20. Nd4 N7e5 21. f3 (21. Kg1 Qa5 {[%cal Rb8b2]} 22. Ra2
Ng4 23. f3 Ngf2 24. Rh2 Rb3 $19) 21... Nc5 $17 {[%cal Rc5b3] /-+ /-+}) 15...
Ng4 16. N1d2 {, even if here after , auch wenn Schwarz auch hier nach} Bxc3 17.
bxc3 Qa6 {Black has more than sufficient compensation for the pawn. eine mehr
als ausreichende Kompensation für den Bauern hat.}) 15. Bxg7 (15. a4 Bd4 $5
$17) (15. Bxa6 Bxc3+ 16. Qxc3 Qxa6 17. h5 Nde5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 $17 19. hxg6 $140
$6 fxg6 $1 {[%cal Rc8f8]}) 15... Bxf1 $1 16. Rxf1 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gf1f2]} (16.
Nxf1 $6 Kxg7 {[%cal Rb6b2]} 17. b3 c4 $1 18. bxc4 Ra3 19. N1h2 Qb4+ 20. Qd2 (
20. Nd2 Rc3 21. Qd1 Nge5 22. Nhf3 Nd3+ 23. Kf1 Nf6 {[%cal Rf6g4]} 24. Ne1 Qc5
$19) 20... Nxh2 21. Rxh2 Qxc4 22. Qd4+ Qxd4 23. Nxd4 Rb4 24. Nc2 Rxe4+ 25. Kf1
Ra5 26. Ne3 Nf6 $19) (16. Kxf1 Kxg7 17. b3 c4 $1 18. Rd1 (18. bxc4 Qb2 $1 19.
Qxb2+ Rxb2 $17 {/-+ /-+}) 18... Nc5 $1 19. Nh2 (19. bxc4 $2 Qb2 $19) 19... Ne5
20. Nf3 (20. bxc4 $2 Qb2 $19) 20... cxb3 21. axb3 Nxf3 22. gxf3 Qxb3 23. Qxb3
Rxb3 24. Kg2 Ra2 $17) 16... Kxg7 17. b3 Nde5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. f4 Ng4 {(at
this point White can once again rue his decision to play 3.h4?!) (an dieser
Stelle darf Weiß seine Entscheidung 3.h4?! ein weiteres Mal bereuen)} 20. Rf3
(20. Ne2 f6 {[%cal Rg4e3]} 21. Rf3 Ra3 $17 {[%csl Ra2,Re1]}) 20... f6 {[%cal
Ra8a3]} (20... c4 $5 {[%cal Rb6g1]}) 21. Qc1 Ra7 $17 {[%csl Ra2,Re1][%cal
Rc5c4]}) (14. b3 c4 $5 ({Another good move is gut ist auch} 14... Ng4 15. Bxg7
Kxg7 {, once again with wonderful compensation for the pawn , wiederum mit
wunderbarer Kompensation für den Bauern}) 15. b4 Bb5 16. Bd4 (16. h5 $2 Ba4
17. Qb1 Nc5 $1 $19) 16... Ba4 17. Qxc4 Qb7 18. Nc3 Rc8 19. Qd3 Qxb4 {[%cal
Rf6d5,Rf6e4]} 20. Qd2 Ne5 $1 21. Rb1 (21. Nxe5 $2 dxe5 22. Bxe5 Nxe4 $1 $19) (
21. Bxe5 $2 dxe5 $19 {[%cal Rc8c3,Rf6e4]}) 21... Qa5 22. Bd3 (22. Nxe5 dxe5 23.
Bxe5 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Bxe5 25. Qxa5 Rxa5 $17 {/-+ /-+}) 22... Nxf3+ (22... Nxd5 $5
23. Nxd5 Nxd3+ 24. Kf1 Qxd2 25. Nxe7+ Kf8 26. Bxg7+ Kxg7 27. Nxd2 Rc2 28. Ke2
Nxf2 $17) 23. gxf3 Nxe4 $1 24. Bxe4 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Qxc3+ 26. Qxc3 Rxc3 $17)
14... Ng4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Ra2 Nde5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Nc3 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Qa6+
20. Qe2 Nd3 21. Rh3 $1 Nxb2 22. h5 Qxe2+ 23. Kxe2 $15 {- White has returned
the pawn, but in return consolidated his position and although he is still
filling the role of the defender he has realistic chances of holding this
endgame. - Weiß hat den Bauern zurückgegeben, dafür aber seine Stellung
konsolidiert, und obwohl er sich immer noch in der Rolle des Verteidigers
befindet, verfügt er über realistische Chancen, dieses Endspiel zu halten.})
14. Ng3 Ng4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Ne2 Nge5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. O-O (19.
Rh3 $5 {(Notkin)}) 19... Qd3 20. Qxd3 (20. Rfc1 $5) 20... Nxd3 21. b3 {Of
cours Black still has good compensation for the pawn, but White's position is
nowhere near as critical as it was before 13... h5. Natürlich hat Schwarz
immer noch gute Kompensation für den Bauern, aber die weiße Stellung ist
nicht annähernd so kritisch, wie sie vor 13... h5 war.} Rfb8 ({After Nach} 
21... Ra3 22. Rfd1 Nb4 23. Rd2 Rfa8 24. Nc1 {(Topalov) White protects all his
weaknesses and it is hardly possible to imagine any other result than a draw.
deckt Weiß all seine Schwächen, und ein anderes Ergebnis als Remis kann man
sich hier kaum vorstellen.}) 22. Rfd1 Ne5 23. f3 Ra3 24. Kh2 {So that the king
can protect the pawn on h4 (which becomes vulnerable after f7-f5, e4xf5, gxf5).
Damit der König den Bauern h4 (der nach f7-f5, e4xf5, gxf5 anfällig wird)
decken kann.} Rba8 25. Nc1 f5 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Rb1 Rb8 28. Rb2 Rb4 29. Kh3 c4
30. Re2 ({M. Notkin's recommended Genauer ist das von M. Notkin empfohlene} 30.
Rbd2 $1 {is more accurate (White prophylactically overprotects his d5-pawn), e.
g. (Weiß überdeckt seinen schwachen Bauern d5 im Voraus), z. B.} cxb3 31.
axb3 Kf6 (31... Ng6 32. Rd4 {- according to Notkin - - soweit Notkin -} Rxd4
33. Rxd4 Ra1 34. Ne2 {- White certainly does not lose this position - diese
Stellung verliert Weiß bestimmt nicht}) 32. Kg3 Ng6 33. Rd4 Rxd4 34. Rxd4 Ra1
35. Ne2 Ra2 36. Nc1 Ke5 37. Rd1 Ra5 38. Nd3+ Kf6 39. Nb4 Ra3 40. Rb1 Ra5 {
[%cal Ra5b5]} 41. Rd1 {and there is no more than a draw in it for Black. und
mehr als das Unentschieden ist für Schwarz nicht drin.}) 30... cxb3 31. Nxb3
$6 ({A better impression is made by Einen besseren Eindruck macht} 31. axb3 {
, which would maintain control over the a4-square. , was die Kontrolle über
das Feld a4 behalten würde, z. B.} Ra1 (31... Kf6 $5) 32. Nd3 Rxd1 33. Nxb4
Kf7 (33... Rd4 $2 34. Nc6) 34. Nc6 Rxd5 35. Nxe5+ dxe5 {with an obvious draw.
mit offensichtlichem Remis.}) {After the move in the game Black gets the
option of rapidly restoring material equality, so that he can continue to
torment his opponent. Nach dem Partiezug bekommt Schwarz die Möglichkeit, das
materielle Gleichgewicht schnell wiederherzustellen, um dann den Gegner weiter
zu quälen.} 31... Ng6 32. Kg3 (32. g3 $2 Rxh4+ 33. gxh4 Nf4+ 34. Kh2 Nxe2 35.
Rd2 Nc3 36. Nc1 Ra5 $17) 32... Raa4 (32... Rxh4 $6 {allows White to draw with
childlike ease. erlaubt dem Anziehenden, kinderleicht zu remisieren:} 33. Rxe7+
Nxe7 34. Kxh4 Rxa2 35. Rd2 Rxd2 36. Nxd2 Kg6 37. g3 Nxd5 38. Nc4) 33. Red2 Kf6
({Or Oder} 33... Rxh4 34. Nd4 Kf6 35. Ne6 Ra5 $15 {[%cal Rh4a4]}) 34. Kf2 ({
After Nach} 34. Nd4 Rc4 $1 {(Giri/Topalov) White is in zugzwang - every move
would lose material. befindet sich Weiß im Zugzwang - jeder Zug würde
Material verlieren.}) (34. Rd4 $5 Rxd4 35. Nxd4 Rxa2 $15 {[%csl Rd5,Rh4]})
34... Rb5 $5 (34... Rxh4 35. Nd4 Ra5 36. Nb3 Rb5 $15 {[%csl Rd5]}) 35. Rh1 ({
The position after Die Stellung nach} 35. g3 $6 f4 $1 36. gxf4 Nxh4 37. Rh1
Rxf4 {[%csl Ra2,Rd5,Rf3] looks rather suspect for White. sieht für Weiß
ziemlich verdächtig aus.}) 35... Rxh4 36. Rxh4 Nxh4 {[%cal Rf5f4]} 37. f4 Ng6
38. g3 h4 (38... Nf8 $5 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Rf8d7,Rd7b6]}) 39. Rd3 ({After Auf} 
39. Rd4 $5 {(Notkin) then ist} hxg3+ 40. Kxg3 Nf8 {[%cal Rf8d7,Rd7b6] is
unpleasant, e.g. unangenehm, z. B.} 41. Rd3 Nd7 42. a4 Rb4 43. a5 Nb8 44. Rc3
Na6 {[%cal Rb4b5,Ra6c7] , and the d5-pawn is lost. , und der Bauer d5 geht
verloren.}) 39... hxg3+ ({There is the very interesting recommendation of M.
Notkin: Sehr interessant ist die Empfehlung von M. Notkin} 39... Rb8 $5 {
[%cal Rb8h8] - from here The white rook can continue according to need to h8,
g8, c8 or a8. - von hier aus kann sich der Turm je nach Bedarf weiter nach h8,
g8, c8 oder a8 begeben.}) 40. Kxg3 Nf8 41. Kf3 Nd7 42. a4 Rb4 43. a5 Nf8 {
[%cal Rf8g6]} ({After the game Giri showed the variation Nach der Partie
zeigte Giri die Variante} 43... Ra4 44. Rd4 Ra3 45. Rd3 {[%cal Rb3c5]} Nb8 46.
Ke3 Na6 47. Nc5 Rxa5 48. Nxa6 Rxa6 {and evaluated this endgame as drawn.
Topalov agreed with this evaluation. und bewertete dieses Endspiel als Remis.
Topalov stimmte dieser Einschätzung zu.}) 44. Nd4 ({It was worth considering
Beachtung verdiente} 44. Nd2 $5 {(Notkin)} Ra4 (44... Ng6 45. Ra3 {[%csl Ga5] 
(Notkin)} Nxf4 46. a6 Nxd5 47. a7 Nb6 48. a8=Q Nxa8 49. Rxa8 {with a draw mit
Remis}) 45. Nb3 {, and if Black wins the a5-pawn, but in doing so exhcanges
knights, the result is the rook ending from the previous note, e.g. , und wenn
Schwarz den Bauern a5 gewinnt, aber dabei die Springer abtauscht, kommt es zum
Turmendspiel aus der vorherigen Anmerkung, z. B.} Nd7 46. Rc3 Nb8 47. Ke3 Na6
48. Rd3 Nc7 49. Kf3 Ra3 50. Ke3 Nb5 51. Kf3 Nd4+ 52. Rxd4 Rxb3+ 53. Ke2 Ra3 54.
Rd3 Rxa5 55. Kf3) 44... Ng6 45. a6 ({At the press conference the players
analysed the continuation Auf der Pressekonferenz analysierten die Gegner die
Fortsetzung} 45. Ke3 Ra4 {. .} 46. Nc6 {and came to the conclusion that the
position after und kamen zum Schluss, dass die Stellung nach} Re4+ $1 ({
in the event of im Falle von} 46... Nxf4 $2 47. Rd4 $1 {(according to Giri) 
(soweit Giri)} Ng2+ 48. Kd3 Ra3+ 49. Kc4 {White obtains sufficient counterplay
for a draw. erhält Weiß zum Remis ausreichendes Gegenspiel}) 47. Kd2 Nxf4 48.
Ra3 Nxd5 49. a6 Rc4 50. a7 Nc7 {would be won for Black. für Schwarz gewonnen
wäre.}) (45. Ra3 Rxd4 46. a6 Rxf4+ 47. Kg3 Rc4 48. a7 Rc8 49. a8=Q Rxa8 50.
Rxa8 Ke5 $19 {[%cal Rg6f4,Rf4d5] Giri}) ({Giri was worried anout the
continuation Giri machte sich Sorgen über die Fortsetzung} 45. Ne6 $5 {
, which would deprive his Ng6 of the f8-square. , was seinem Ng6 das Feld f8
nehmen würde.}) 45... Ra4 46. Ne2 Rxa6 47. Nd4 Nf8 48. Nc2 Nd7 49. Ne3 Ra2 50.
Rd1 Rh2 51. Rg1 Rh3+ 52. Rg3 Rxg3+ {After the game Giri expressed the opinion
that he ought to play on with the rooks. From a practical point of view that
may well be correct but Black could hardly make progress without the help of
his opponent.  Nach der Partie äußerte Giri die Meinung, dass er mit der
Türmen weiter spielen sollte. Aus praktischer Sicht mag es durchaus stimmen,
aber ohne gegnerische Hilfe käme Schwarz auch dann nicht weiter.} 53. Kxg3 Nc5
54. Kf3 e6 55. dxe6 Kxe6 56. Nc2 Kd5 57. Ne3+ Ke6 58. Nc2 Nb3 59. Ne3 Nd4+ 60.
Kf2 Nc6 ({After the game Giri demonstrated the variation Nach der Partie
demonstrierte Giri die Variante} 60... d5 61. Ng2 Nc6 62. Nh4 d4 63. Ke2 Ne7
64. Kd2 Kd6 65. Kc2 (65. Kd3 $2 Kd5 $22 $19) 65... Kc5 66. Kd2 Kc4 67. Kc2 {
with a draw mit Remis} {( (} d3+ 68. Kd2 {) )}) 61. Ke2 Nb4 62. Kd2 Nd5 63. Ng2
Ne7 64. Kd3 Nc6 65. Nh4 Nb4+ 66. Kd4 Nc6+ 67. Kc4 Nb8 68. Nxf5 {During the
online commentary by GM S. Shipov a spectator spoke and said that according to
the 7-piece Tablebases (which have unfortunately so far only been available to
selected people) Black could win the knight ending. On Shipov's request for
more specific information, there was (at least during the broadcast) no
reaction. Thus we must decide for ourselves whether to take this suggestion
seriously or as a joke. Während der Online-Kommentare von GM S. Shipov
meldete sich ein Zuschauer und teilte mit, dass laut 7-Figuren-Tablebases (die
bis jetzt leider nur für Auserwählte zugänglich sind) Schwarz das
Springerendspiel gewinnen könnte. Auf Shipovs Bitte, eine konkretere
Information zu geben, gab es (zumindest während der Sendung) keine Reaktion,
somit dürfen wir selbst entscheiden, ob wir diesen Hinweis ernst nehmen oder
als einen Scherz betrachten wollen.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 11th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2013.01.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Andreikin,D"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 e6 $5 {Maxime Vachier Lagrave is not only strong, but
also a very inventive chess player. Now he surprised his opponent already on
the third move. Earlier this position was played only in three games with the
participation of unknown chess players. And a week later after this game the
move 3...e6 was applied in Kasimdzhanov,R (2690)-Naumann,A (2535). The first
time this move was used was in 1934 in the game Yudovich,M-Freiman,S/Leningrad
1934/URS-ch.} 4. e4 {This is a obvious decision for White. Rustam Kasimdzhanov,
a strong chess theorist, preferred another move and won:} (4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5
Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Bb5+ Nd7 9. Ne2 cxd4 10. Qxd4 f6 11. e5 Kf7 12.
exf6 Qxf6 13. Bf4 e5 14. Qc4+ Qe6 15. Bg3 Qxc4 16. Bxc4+ Kf6 17. f4 e4 18. Rd1
Nb6 19. Bb3 Bc5 20. Nd4 Re8 21. Bh4+ Kg7 22. Nb5 Bg4 23. Nc7 Bxd1 24. Kxd1 Be7
25. Bxe7 Rxe7 26. Nxa8 Nxa8 27. Ke2 h5 28. Rd1 Nc7 29. Ke3 Ne8 30. g3 Nf6 31.
h3 Rc7 32. c4 b6 33. Rd6 Rc5 34. Re6 Rc7 35. Re5 Kf8 36. Rg5 Rg7 37. Bc2 Rc7
38. Rxg6 Kf7 39. Rg5 Kf8 40. Rg6 Kf7 41. Rg5 Kf8 42. Kd4 Rd7+ 43. Kc3 Re7 44.
Rf5 Kg7 45. Re5 Rxe5 46. fxe5 Nd7 47. Kd4 e3 48. Bd1 {1-0 Kasimdzhanov,R (2690)
-Naumann,A (2535)/Trier GER 2013}) 4... d5 5. e5 {To move the king pawn again
is obvious and reasonable. White has other interesting ideas:} (5. cxd5 $5 exd5
6. Nc3 dxe4 7. fxe4 Bb4 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. a3 (11. Bb5+ $5
c6 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Be6 $1 $11 14. a3 Ba5 15. Kh1 Nd7 16. Qd2 Qg7 $11) 11...
Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qc6 $5 13. Qd3 Nd7 14. Nd2 O-O-O 15. h3 Be6 16. Be2 (16. d5 $6
Ne5 17. Qg3 Bxd5 18. exd5 Rxd5 19. c4 Re8 $1 20. O-O-O $8 Red8 $3 $44) 16...
Nc5 17. Qb5 Qxb5 18. Bxb5 a6 19. Be2 Na4 20. Rc1 f5 $1 $11) (5. Nc3 dxe4 6.
fxe4 e5 $1 7. d5 (7. Bg5 h6 $1 8. dxe5 Qxd1+ 9. Rxd1 hxg5 10. exf6 c6 11. Nf3
Nd7 12. Nxg5 Nxf6 13. Be2 Ng4 14. Bxg4 Bxg4 15. Nf3 Bg7 16. Rd3 Rd8 17. Rxd8+
Kxd8 $44) 7... Bc5 8. Nf3 O-O $5 (8... Ng4 $6 9. b4 $1 $36) 9. Bg5 Qd6 {
This position contains many plans and ideas. I give some options which confirm
it is balanced.} 10. Qd2 (10. Nb5 Qb6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nxc7 Qb6 13. Nxa8 Bf2+
14. Kd2 Qxb2+ 15. Qc2 Qxa1 16. g3 Bd4 17. Bg2 Qb2 $11) 10... Ng4 11. a3 a5 12.
h3 Nf2 13. Rh2 f5 14. exf5 e4 15. Nb5 Qb6 16. Bh6 Rxf5 17. Qc3 Rf7 18. Ng5 Bb4
19. axb4 Nd3+ 20. Bxd3 Qf2+ 21. Kd1 exd3 22. Nxf7 Qe2+ 23. Kc1 Qf1+ 24. Kd2
Qe2+ 25. Kc1 $11 {I think, soon this opening line will become more popular and
we will see here a lot of interesting games.}) 5... Nh5 {Of course, having
played 3...e6 Maxime continues to create fire on the board!} 6. f4 $5 {[%mdl
128] Nikita Vitiugov supports the aggressive mood of his opponent! Computer
chess programs are skeptical about this decision. I think, Nikita made this
move without preliminary preparation for the game. He was surprised with the
early unusual decision of his opponent and spent a lot of time in the opening..
. But I think, now Nikita could surprise Maxim. It is a very rare event in
modern chess, when the game turns into a battle between people, not computer
analysis. This game was played in the last round of the prestigious tournament
with a big prize fund. We can admire the courage of both players! Bravo!
Online commentators recommended the strengthening, boring move:} (6. Be3 $5 Ng7
7. Bf2 Nf5 8. f4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 c5 10. cxd5 Qa5 $1 11. Nge2 cxd4 12. Bxd4 (12. a3
$5 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 exd5 14. Qd2 Ne3 $1 $11 15. Nxd4 Nxf1 16. Rxf1 Nc6 17. Nxc6
bxc6 18. c4 $11) 12... Nxd4 13. Qxd4 exd5 14. Rd1 Nc6 15. Qxd5 Qb6 16. Qf3 Ba5
$1 17. Rd2 O-O 18. a3 Rd8 $44) 6... Qh4+ {It's funny, one of the strongest
chess analysis software insists on retreating the king to d2.} 7. g3 Nxg3 8.
Nf3 Qh5 9. hxg3 Qxh1 10. Nc3 {So, White sacrificed a rook and a pawn for a
knight. The black queen did a lot of damage to the white army, but how to get
back?} h5 $6 {Reasonable, but not an ambitious move. Maxime is ready to give
back some of the material advantage to retreat his queen. The problem is that
this operation takes a lot of time. It is easy to assess the position when one
is at home and has computer help, but playing it at the board is much harder.}
(10... dxc4 $1 11. Kf2 $5 (11. Ne4 $6 Be7 12. Nf2 Qh6 13. f5 Qf8 14. f6 Bb4+
15. Bd2 Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2 a5 17. a3 b5 $19) 11... Bd7 $1 12. Qe2 Bc6 13. Bg2 Qh5
14. Be3 (14. Qxc4 $5 Nd7 15. Ng5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 h6 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Qxc7 Ke8
19. d5 Qf5 20. Qxb7 Nb6 21. Be3 Qf7 22. Qa6 Rb8 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. Rd1 Qb7 25.
Qb5+ Qd7 26. Qb3 Kf7 $1 27. g4 Rg8 $1 $17) 14... Nd7 15. d5 (15. Rh1 $5 Qf5 16.
Rd1 $1 Qg4 $1 17. d5 exd5 $1 (17... Bxd5 $2 18. Rxd5 $1 exd5 19. Nxd5 $40) 18.
Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Nb6 20. e6 $1 f6 $3 21. Bxb6 (21. Rd1 Be7 $17) 21... axb6
22. Qxc4 (22. Qe1 $5 Rxa2 23. Kf1 $1 h5 $3 24. Nh2 Bb4 25. Qe3 Ra1+ 26. Kf2
Be1+ 27. Qxe1 Rxe1 28. Nxg4 Rxe6 29. Ne3 c6 30. Rd2 b5 $19) 22... Bc5+ 23. Rxc5
bxc5 24. Nd4 (24. Qb5+ c6 25. Qxb7 O-O $1 $19) 24... cxd4 25. Bxb7 O-O 26. e7+
Kg7 $19) 15... Bxd5 (15... exd5 $6 16. Rh1 Qf5 17. Nd4 Qd3 18. Qf3 Bc5 19. Rd1
Bxd4 20. Rxd3 Bxe3+ 21. Qxe3 cxd3 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 c6 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25.
e6+ Ke7 26. exd7+ Kxd7 27. Qd4+ $11) 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. e6 $5 (17. Rh1 Qf5 18.
Ng5 Nxe5 $1 19. Bh3 Qd3 20. fxe5 Qxe2+ 21. Kxe2 h6 $17) 17... fxe6 18. Bd4 Nc5
$1 19. Bxh8 Ne4+ 20. Kg1 O-O-O $44) 11. Be3 $6 {Also an inaccuracy. Maybe
Vitiugov wanted to maintain the tension, but miscalculated the following
variations. Why did he not take the pawn on d5? He did not want to open the
way for the black bishop, but now White had a good play in specific ways:} (11.
cxd5 $5 h4 $1 (11... exd5 $6 12. Kf2 $1 h4 $8 (12... c6 $2 13. Nxd5 $1 $18) (
12... Kd8 13. f5 $1 h4 (13... Bxf5 14. Qb3 h4 15. g4 $1 Bxg4 16. Bg2 $18) 14.
Bg5+ Be7 15. Bxe7+ Kxe7 16. Nxd5+ Kd8 17. Qc1 $18) 13. Bb5+ c6 14. Qxh1 hxg3+
15. Kg2 Rxh1 16. Kxh1 cxb5 17. Nxd5 Na6 18. Kg2 $14) 12. g4 $1 {Now Black must
find a series of very strong moves for a draw.} (12. Ne4 exd5 $3 $11 13. Nf2
hxg3 14. Nxh1 Rxh1 15. Be3 Bb4+ 16. Ke2 Bg4 $1 17. a3 Rh2+ 18. Bg2 (18. Kd3
Bf5#) 18... Rxg2+ 19. Kf1 Bh3 20. Qa4+ Nc6 21. Ng5 $1 Rf2+ 22. Kg1 Rg2+ 23. Kh1
Rh2+ 24. Kg1 $11) (12. gxh4 Rxh4 $1 $11 13. Ne4 Rh3 14. Nfg5 exd5 15. Nf6+ (15.
Nf2 $6 Qg1 $1 16. Ngxh3 Bxh3 17. Nxh3 Bb4+ 18. Bd2 Qe3+ 19. Be2 Bxd2+ 20. Qxd2
Qxh3 21. O-O-O Nc6 $15) 15... Kd8 16. Nxf7+ Ke7 17. Ng5 Nc6 18. Qc2 (18. b3 $5
Kd8 $1 19. Nf7+ Ke7 20. Ng5 Kd8 $11) 18... Kd8 $8 19. Qxg6 (19. Nf7+ Ke7 20.
Qxg6 Be6 $8 21. Ng8+ Kd7 22. Nf6+ Ke7 $11) 19... Bb4+ $8 20. Bd2 Re3+ $8 21.
Kf2 Qh2+ 22. Bg2 Re2+ $8 23. Kxe2 Qxg2+ 24. Ke1 Qg1+ 25. Ke2 Qg2+ 26. Ke1 $11)
12... exd5 13. Nxd5 h3 $1 14. f5 $1 (14. Nxc7+ $4 Kd8 15. Nxa8 Bxg4 $19) 14...
Be7 $3 15. Nxe7 (15. Nxc7+ $6 Kf8 16. Nxa8 h2 17. Bf4 Nc6 18. Kf2 Bh4+ 19. Ke2
gxf5 $44) 15... h2 $3 16. Bg5 $3 Rh3 $1 17. fxg6 $1 (17. Kd2 $6 Qxf3 18. Bxh3
Qxh3 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Nxc8 Nc6 21. Qb1 $1 Qg2+ 22. Kc3 Qf3+ 23. Qd3 Nxd4 $1
24. Kc4 Nc6 $3 $11) 17... Rxf3 18. Kd2 $1 Rf2+ 19. Kc3 Rf3+ 20. Bd3 Qxd1 21.
Rxd1 fxg6 22. Rh1 (22. Nxc8 $2 Nc6 23. Rh1 Rh3 $11) 22... Bxg4 23. Rxh2 Rh3 $5
24. Rxh3 Bxh3 25. d5 $1 $14 {White has a powerful pawn center, but Black has
good drawing chances. As we see, the easy move 11.cxd5 gives Black very big
practical problems. In many forced varations for Black it was necessary to
find only moves. It is very difficult even for a strong grandmaster, but also
from White it would require great attacking play. Now we will return from the
analysis to the game.}) 11... h4 {Vachier Lagrave acts consistently.} 12. gxh4
{My greedy computer suggests to take the pawn with the knight, then to return
it back.} ({It would be interesting to continue hunting the black queen:} 12.
g4 $5 {Unfortunately, Black has a tactical refutation of this idea:} h3 13.
cxd5 h2 14. Kf2 $8 c6 $3 15. dxc6 Qxf3+ 16. Qxf3 h1=Q 17. Qxh1 Rxh1 18. Bg2
Rxa1 19. cxb7 Bxb7 20. Bxb7 Bb4 $15) 12... c6 {Black reinforces the center and
prepares to simplify the game.} 13. Kd2 $6 {I think this is a serious mistake.
White could get back the rook threatening castling.} (13. Qe2 $1 Rxh4 (13...
Nd7 $4 14. O-O-O $18) 14. Nxh4 Qxh4+ 15. Kd2 $44) 13... Rxh4 $6 {Maxime
believed his opponent. He had a good opportunity to keep the material
advantage.} (13... Be7 $1 14. Qe2 Bxh4 15. Rc1 $1 Bd8 $1 16. Bg2 Qh7 (16... Qh6
$5 17. f5 Qf8 $44) 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Qg7 $5 19. Nc3 Be6 $15 {Of course,
White has good compensation for the material and the result can be anything.
But I think that this would be the best solution for Black.}) 14. Nxh4 Qxh4 15.
Qf3 $11 {The position is much easier and now White has excellent compensation
for only one pawn.} Bd7 $2 {A clumsy move. Black could try a very interesting,
energetic idea:} (15... Qd8 $5 16. Bd3 b5 $1 {After opening the queenside, the
black pieces will enter the game much faster. White's king may experience
problems in this case.} 17. cxd5 (17. c5 $5 b4 18. Ne2 Ba6 $1 $11) 17... cxd5
18. Bxb5+ Bd7 $132) 16. Bd3 $36 {Now a serious problems for Black is
inevitable.} Na6 (16... Qh7 $2 17. Rh1 Qg7 18. f5 $1 gxf5 19. Qh3 f4 (19... Na6
20. Rg1 $18) 20. Bxf4 Na6 21. Be3 $1 Bb4 22. Rg1 Qf8 23. Bg5 $18) 17. Rh1 Qd8 (
17... Qe7 $5 18. c5 $1 {The black pieces suffer from a catastrophic lack of
space!} Bg7 19. Bf2 $1 $40) 18. a3 $1 {A very strong preventive move. Nikita
Vitiugov is a master of quiet moves! Now the possibilities for the black
pieces are very limited.} dxc4 {Black must open the center.} 19. Bxc4 Qa5 {
After} (19... Qb6 20. Kc2 O-O-O 21. b4 $5 $14 {Black has not enough space
again.}) 20. Rh7 $1 $16 {White has confidently carried out all his plans. It
is a sad position for Black. But the inventive Vachier Lagrave find a way to
create counterplay.} O-O-O {Of course, safety of the king is more important
than a pawn.} 21. Rxf7 Nc7 {A good move. Black's pieces are cramped and the
b-pawn is ready to go to the last battle.} 22. Kc2 {Also the strongest move.
So far Nikita is great.} b5 $132 23. Bb3 {Simple and the correct decision.
Located on b3 the bishop secures his king. Other moves give Black good
counterplay.} (23. Bf1 $6 b4 24. axb4 Bxb4 25. Ne4 Qa2 $1 26. Bf2 Be8 27. Rh7
c5 $132) 23... b4 24. axb4 Bxb4 25. Ne4 $5 {A knight in the center of the
board is almost always a strong piece!} Nd5 {The French grandmaster has also
played a series of strong moves. He did it quickly. At this moment I began to
look at the online game. If the server was not wrong, and I remember correctly
- White had about 10 minutes, and Black had about 30 minutes.} 26. Bd2 $2 {
Nikita spent a lot of time for this move, but it appeared unsuccessful. The
desire to get the d6-square for the knight is understandable, but here this
move is associated with a tactical blunder. White could make prophylactic
moves:} (26. Kb1 $5 Qb6 27. Bc4 $14) (26. Bc1 $5 Qb6 27. Qd3 Kb8 28. Kb1 Bc8
29. Bc4 $14) 26... Bxd2 27. Nxd2 Rh8 $1 $15 {I think this simple move possibly
escaped the field of view of the Russian Grandmaster. When nerves are strained
and little time remains, such things often occur...} 28. Nf1 $2 {This move
loses the game. The only way to continue was:} (28. Nc4 $1 Qa1 $5 (28... Rh2+
$6 29. Kb1 Qe1+ 30. Qd1 Qe4+ 31. Ka2 Nc3+ 32. Ka3 Nb5+ (32... Nxd1 $4 33. Nd6+
$18) 33. Ka2 Rh1 34. Nd2 $1 Qg2 35. Qc2 Qg1 36. Qb1 Qg2 37. Qc2 Rh2 38. Rf8+
Kc7 39. Rf7 $1 $11) 29. Qd1 $8 Rh2+ 30. Kd3 Qa6 31. Rf8+ Kc7 32. Qe1 $3 c5 33.
Qa5+ Qxa5 34. Nxa5 Kb6 $1 35. Nc4+ Ka6 $15) 28... Qe1 $2 $17 {A normal
practical move, but Vachier Lagrave had time to think and find the queen move
into the corner. Then we'd have had another winner of the tournament.} (28...
Qa1 $1 $19 {The white king already can't be helped.} 29. Bxd5 (29. Nd2 Rh1 30.
Bxd5 Rc1+ 31. Kd3 cxd5 32. Rf8+ Kc7 33. Rf7 Qxb2 34. Ke2 Rc3 35. Qh1 Rc2 36.
Qd1 Qb5+ 37. Ke1 Qd3 38. Qe2 Qxd4 $19) (29. Bc4 Nb4+ 30. Kc3 a5 $1 31. Be2 Qc1+
32. Kb3 Kc7 $1 33. Qc3 Qb1 $19) 29... exd5 30. Qa3 (30. Qe2 Bf5+ 31. Kb3 Rh3+
32. Kb4 Qa2 33. Ne3 Rxe3 34. Qxe3 Qxb2+ 35. Kc5 (35. Qb3 a5+ $19) 35... Qb6+
36. Kd6 c5+ 37. Ke7 Qd8#) 30... Qxf1 31. Rf8+ Rxf8 32. Qxf8+ Kb7 33. Qb4+ Qb5
$19) 29. Bxd5 $1 {In a lost position Nikita defends in the best way.} (29. Bc4
$6 Nb4+ 30. Kb3 a5 $1 31. Ne3 Rh2 32. Nd1 Qd2 $19) 29... exd5 (29... cxd5 $4
30. Nd2 $16) 30. Rxd7 $6 {The right idea in a bad version.} ({He should prefer
this:} 30. Qd3 $5 Bf5 31. Rxf5 gxf5 32. Qxf5+ Kc7 33. Qf6 $19 {Here Black
needs to show good technique.}) 30... Kxd7 31. Qg4+ Kc7 32. Qxg6 Qf2+ $6 {
Maxime for the second time passes by an easy win. Now the winning move was
very natural.} (32... Kb6 $1 33. Qd3 (33. Qg2 Qb4 $1 34. Qf2 Qc4+ 35. Kd2 Rh3
36. Ng3 Qb3 $19) (33. Nd2 Rh1 34. Qg2 Rg1 35. Qf3 Qc1+ 36. Kd3 Qxb2 $19) 33...
Rh4 34. Ne3 (34. f5 Qf2+ 35. Kc3 c5 36. dxc5+ Qxc5+ 37. Kb3 Rd4 38. Qe2 Qb4+
39. Kc2 Qa4+ 40. Kc1 Qa1+ 41. Kc2 Rc4+ $19) 34... Rxf4 35. Qb3+ Kc7 36. Qc3
Qxc3+ 37. bxc3 a5 $19) 33. Nd2 Rh2 $4 {[%mdl 8192] I can not say why such a
brave player as Maxime Vachier Lagrave made this move. Maybe he did not see
the check on d6, but most likely he was affected by nerves and fatigue...} (
33... Kb6 $1 34. Qf6 Rh7 $1 $19) 34. Qd6+ {Nikita Vitiugov uses his chance...}
Kb7 35. Qb4+ Kc8 36. Qf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montecatini Terme"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme"]
[Date "2000.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Nbd2
b5 $5 {is an interesting tactical try with only a few valid practical examples.
} (8... c5 {is the main line here.}) 9. cxb5 (9. Qc2 $143 bxc4 (9... Nxc4 10.
Nxc4 Bf5 11. Qb3 bxc4 12. Qxc4 {- 9...bxc4}) (9... c5 10. dxc6) 10. Nxc4 Bf5
11. Qa4 Nxc4 12. Qxc4 e6 {blowing up White's [+].}) (9. Nd4 $5 {wants to make
profit from the weakness of c6.} Nxc4 {solves radically the problem of the N
on the edge of the board.} (9... bxc4 10. b4 (10. Qa4 c5 11. dxc6 Qb6 12. N2f3
(12. e3 Rb8 $15) 12... Ne4 $15 {/\ Nc5}) 10... cxb3 (10... Ng4 {leaves N on a5
in the limbo.} 11. Bb2 (11. N2f3 c5 12. dxc6 e5 13. bxa5 exd4 14. Nxd4 Qxa5 15.
c7 d5 $13) 11... Rb8 12. a3 (12. Bc3 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 Rxb4 14. Bc3 Rb5 (14... c5
15. dxc6 $16) 15. a4 Rc5 16. Bb4 Nf6 {Black sacrifices the exchange for some
pawns and a good game.} 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. e4 c6 $44) (12. Qa4 c5 13. dxc6 Qb6
14. c7 Qxc7 15. Bc3 e5 16. Nc2 Nb7 $13 (16... Nb3 $2 17. axb3 cxb3 18. Qxb3 Be6
19. Qb2 Rfc8 20. Ra3 d5 21. e3 $18)) 12... e5 (12... c5 13. dxc6 e5 14. N4f3 (
14. Nc2 d5 $132) 14... Nxc6 15. h3 (15. Nxc4 $6 d5 $17) 15... c3 16. Bxc3 Nh6
17. Nc4 Nf5 18. Rc1 $14) 13. N4f3 (13. dxe6 c5) 13... Nb3 14. Nxb3 cxb3 15. h3
Nh6 16. Qxb3 f5 17. Rac1 $14) 11. axb3 Nb7 12. Nc6 Qe8 13. Bb2 a6 (13... e6 14.
e4 Bd7 15. Qf3 e5 16. Qc3 $44) 14. Qc2 e6 15. e4 $44) 10. Nxb5 (10. Nxc4 bxc4
11. Qa4 c5 12. dxc6 d5) 10... Nb6 (10... Nxd2 11. Bxd2 $14) 11. Nc3 Rb8 $13)
9... Nxd5 10. Qa4 (10. Rb1 {Now Black has plenty of choices.} c5 (10... Rb8 11.
e4 $1 Nb4 (11... Nb6 12. b4 Nac4 13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Nd4 $14) 12. a3 Na2 13. Qc2
$1 Rxb5 14. b4 Nc3 15. bxa5 Nxb1 16. Nxb1 $14 {Kochyev-Kupreichik, Moscow 1989}
) (10... a6 11. e4 Nb6 12. b4 Nac4 13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. bxa6 Bxa6 15. a4 $14) (
10... Bd7 11. e4 Nb4 12. Nb3 c5 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. a3 Na2 15. Bg5 Rfe8 16. e5
Bxb5 17. Qb3 Bxf1 18. Bxf1 Nb4 19. axb4 Qxb4 $13 {Loebler-Sinowjew, Austria
1994}) 11. bxc6 Nxc6 12. Nb3 Nb6 13. Nfd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 d5 $13 {
Jussupow-Grivas, Corfu 1999}) (10. Nb3 {allows Black to exchange his N on a5
again.} Nxb3 11. Qxb3 Bb7 (11... Nb6 12. Rd1 Bb7 13. Bg5 c5 14. a4 a5 15. Rac1
(15. bxa6 Bxa6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qxb6 Bxe2 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Bxb2 20. Ra2
Rfd8 $13) 15... c4 16. Qa3 h6 17. Be3 d5 18. b3 Rc8 19. Bc5 Rxc5 20. Qxc5 cxb3
$44 {Bunzmann-Enzmann, Halle 1996}) 12. Nd2 e6 13. Nc4 Rb8 14. Rd1 a6 15. e4
Nf6 16. e5 Nd5 17. exd6 axb5 18. dxc7 Qxc7 $11 {Cserna-Adorjan, HUN-ch 1975})
10... Nb7 11. Qh4 (11. Nd4 Nb6 12. Qb4 a6 13. Nc6 Qe8 14. Na5 Qxb5 15. Qxb5
axb5 16. Nxb7 Ra7 {and the N is trapped.} 17. Nxd6 cxd6 $17) (11. Qc2 a6 12.
Nd4 Bxd4 13. Bxd5 axb5 14. Qe4 c6 15. Bxc6 Qb6 16. Nb3 Ra4 17. Nxd4 Rxd4 $13 {
Ujtelky-Stulik, Prague 1955}) 11... e6 12. Qxd8 (12. Rd1 Qxh4 13. Nxh4 Bd7 $13)
12... Rxd8 {Despite of the strong b5 P Black has some pressure on the <<.} (
12... Nxd8 13. e4 Nb4) 13. Nb3 a6 14. e4 $6 {This drives the N to an even
better position.} (14. bxa6 Rxa6 $13) 14... Nb4 15. Bg5 (15. bxa6 Rxa6) 15...
Rd7 (15... f6 16. Bd2) 16. a4 Bxb2 17. Rab1 Bg7 {White has to show something
real for the sacrificed P.} 18. Nbd4 a5 (18... Na2 $5) 19. Nc6 Nc5 20. Nxb4
axb4 21. Rxb4 Rxa4 22. Rxa4 Nxa4 $19 {It became clear, that White has simply
lost valuable material without chances for any counterplay.} 23. e5 dxe5 24.
Nd2 h6 25. Be3 Nc3 26. Ra1 Rd8 27. Ra8 Nxb5 28. Nc4 Kh7 29. Bf1 Nc3 30. Na5 Rh8
31. Ra7 Nd5 32. Bb5 Rd8 33. Ra8 Nxe3 34. fxe3 Bf6 35. Ba4 Bg5 36. Kf2 Rd2+ 37.
Kf3 Ra2 (37... f5 $1) 38. Bc6 Ra3 $6 (38... f5 $1 {was still required.}) 39.
Rxc8 Rxa5 40. Rxc7 Kg8 (40... Kg7 41. Be8 Ra8 42. Rxf7+ Kg8 43. Bc6 Rc8 44. Bb7
Rc3 45. Rd7 Kf8 $17) 41. Be8 e4+ (41... f5 $1 42. e4 Ra3+ 43. Kg2 fxe4 44. Bxg6
Ra2+ 45. Kf1 e3) 42. Kxe4 Rf5 {Perhaps White has some practical chances here,
but he loses without a fight.} 43. h4 Bd8 44. Rd7 Ba5 45. Ra7 Be1 46. g4 Rf6
47. h5 gxh5 48. gxh5 Rf5 49. Kd3 Kf8 50. e4 Rf4 51. Ke3 Bd2+ 52. Kxd2 Kxe8 $19
53. Ke3 Rh4 54. Ra5 Ke7 55. Kf3 Kf6 56. Rb5 e5 57. Ra5 Rxh5 58. Kg4 Kg6 59.
Ra6+ f6 60. Ra8 Rh1 61. Rg8+ Kf7 62. Ra8 h5+ 63. Kf3 Rh4 64. Ke3 Kg7 65. Ra7+
Kh6 66. Ra8 Rh3+ 67. Ke2 Rg3 68. Rh8+ Kg5 69. Rf8 h4 70. Kf2 Rg4 0-1

[Event "Lost Boys"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1999.08.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1999.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hazai} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. O-O c5 7. d5 b5 8.
cxb5 a6 9. bxa6 Bf5 (9... Nbd7 10. Nc3 Nb6 $5) 10. Nfd2 {Looks, like the most
promising continuation for white in this variation} (10. Nc3 {Hazai: see
Ljubojevic-Avrukh, CBM 73 with the survey on this whole variation.}) 10... Nxa6
11. Nc3 Nb4 {Black using the fact, that e2-e4 advance is not very good for
white, because of weakens d3-square and create some interesting counterplay on
the queenside;} 12. Nc4 Bc2 (12... Nc2 $2 13. Rb1 (13. e4 Nxe4 $1) 13... Nd4
14. e4 Bc8 15. b4 $1) 13. Qd2 Ng4 $2 {Very bad theoretical move, that simply
losses the tempi , and of course in such position, with pawn-dawn and very
risky opening play for black, it's like a losing of the opening battle. Hazai:
'This looks a bit dubious now.'} (13... Bb3 {was very interesting} 14. Na3 Bxd5
15. Nxd5 Nbxd5 (15... Nfxd5 $143 16. Nc4 e6 17. a3 $16 {[%cal Ga1b1]} (17. e4
Nb6 18. Nxd6 Be5 19. Rd1 Rxa2 $36)) 16. Nc4 e6 17. e4 Nb4 (17... Nb6 18. Nxd6
$16) 18. e5 (18. Nxd6 Rxa2 $11) 18... dxe5 19. Bxa8 Qxa8 20. Qe2 e4 21. Be3 Nd3
$44 {with very complicated position.}) ({After this game public attention will
move towards} 13... Bb3 {Hazai again.}) 14. Na3 Bf5 15. h3 Nf6 16. Nc4 $1 $16 {
[%mdl 8] Very simple and very strong imrovement,which simply refute black
strategy in the opening. '!' Hazai. Hazai: 'This is a rather strong novelty
ignoring Black's threats on >< c2.'} (16. e4 {[%csl Gd3]} Bc8 {[%cal Gc8a6]}
17. Rd1 {1-0 Drasko,M-Petronic,J/Belgrade 1998/CBM 64/[Hazai] (41)} Ba6 $44) (
16. g4 Bc8 17. Nc4 h5 18. g5 Nd7 19. a3 Nb6 20. Ne3 (20. Nxb6 Qxb6 21. Rb1 Na6
$44) 20... e6 21. dxe6 Bxe6 22. Rb1 Na2 23. Ne4 Nxc1 24. Rfxc1 Bd4 $44 {
Drasko-Smirin, Kranjevo 1996}) 16... Nc2 {Hazai: 'Black has to take up the
gauntlet, otherwise his pieces will be gradually pushed back.'} (16... Bc2 {
Maybe objectively the best move in this position,but psycollogically it was
impossible for me to made this move and agreed with fact,that Ng4-move is
simply lose of two tempies!}) (16... Qb8 {Hazai} 17. Ne3 Bd7 (17... Bc8 18. a3
Nd7 19. Rb1 Na6 20. Qc2 $16 {consolidating the position with a healthy P up.})
18. a3 Rc8 19. Rb1 Na6 20. b3 Ne8 21. Nc4 $16 {controlling the vital c4 square.
}) (16... Qc7 {Hazai} 17. e4 (17. Ne3 Bd7) 17... Bc8 18. b3 ({or} 18. a3 Ba6
19. b3 {with transposition.}) 18... Ba6 19. a3 (19. Bb2 Nd7 20. a3 Bxc4 21.
bxc4 Ne5 {gives some tactical chances for Black.}) 19... Nd7 20. axb4 cxb4 21.
Rxa6 $18) 17. g4 $1 (17. Rb1 $2 Nd4 18. e4 {'?' Hazai.} Bxh3 $1 {[%csl Rf3]}) (
17. e4 $143 Nxe4 $1 (17... Nxa1 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Qd3 Ne4 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. Qb1
Ra4 22. b3 {/\ Bb2 and the N falls without any compensation.}) 18. Nxe4 (18.
Bxe4 {Hazai} Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxa1 20. Nc3 (20. b3 Qc8 $1 {The same idea again!}
21. Nb6 Qxh3 22. Nxa8 Rxa8) 20... Qc8 $1 21. Nb6 Qxh3 22. Nxa8 Rxa8 23. Qe2 Qf5
{and the N will escape.}) 18... Nxa1 {[%csl Ga2]} 19. b3 Ra6 {[%cal Gd8a8]} (
19... Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Qc8 $1 {This is an unexpected idea to change the course of
the game.} 21. Nb6 Qxh3 22. Nxa8 Rxa8 {and it is very difficult to catch the
a1 N!} 23. Qe2 Bd4) 20. Nc3 $140 Nc2 21. g4 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Nd4 $17 {[%cal Gd4e2]
}) 17... Nxa1 18. gxf5 {[%csl Ga1]} gxf5 19. Ne3 {Hazai: 'Black's position
looks horrible, so it is easy to lose the sense of danger.'} (19. b3 $1 {
[%cal Gc1b2]} Qb8 (19... Ne4 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Bb2 Nxb3 (21... Qd7) 22. axb3
Qd7 23. Kh2 $16 {[%cal Gf1g1]}) 20. Ne3 $1 (20. Bb2 $143 Nxb3 21. axb3 Qxb3 $44
) 20... Ne4 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Nf5 $18) (19. Qd3 $1 {Hazai looked stronger in
view of} Ne4 20. Nxe4 $1 (20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Qb1 {White can win the trapped N,
but his Q will be completely outplaced.} Qc8 $36) 20... fxe4 21. Bxe4 (21. Qb1
f5 22. Qxa1 Ra4 $44) 21... Rxa2 22. Qf3 $40 {/\ Qf5 with good attacking
chances on the >>.}) 19... Qd7 (19... Ne4 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. Nf5 {[%cal Gd2g5]}
Bf6 (21... e6 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. b4 $1 $18 {[%cal Gc1b2]}) 22. Qh6 {[%csl Gh7]
[%cal Gc1g5,Gg2e4] and white wins '+/-' Hazai.} (22. b3 $16 {Hazai})) 20. Qd3 (
{In case of} 20. b3 {Hazai} Ne4 21. Nxe4 fxe4 {Black can hold the position.})
20... Ne4 (20... f4 $2 21. Nf5) 21. Nxf5 (21. Nxe4 $5 fxe4 22. Bxe4 (22. Qb1 $6
f5 23. Qxa1 f4 $40 {[%cal Gf4f3] '©' Hazai. Hazai: 'with some tactical chances
because of White's passive pieces.'} (23... Qb5 $44 {with some tactical
chances because of White's passive pieces.})) (22. Qxe4 {Hazai} Rxa2 (22... Qa4
23. Qxe7) (22... Ra4 23. Qb1) 23. Nf5 Kh8 {and still it is not easy to show
some real for White.} (23... Ra4 $2 {founders on} 24. Qf3 Kh8 ({or} 24... Bf6
25. Bh6 $18) 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26. b3 Ra2 27. Bb2+ $18)) 22... Qxh3 (22... Rxa2 23.
Bxh7+ Kh8 {Hazai: 'and it is not easy to reinforce the ->.'} 24. Nc4 $16 {
[%csl Ga1,Rh8]} (24. Qe4 {[%cal Ge4h4]} Ra4)) 23. Bf5 Qh4 24. Kg2 {[%cal Gf1h1]
} e6 25. dxe6 fxe6 26. Bxe6+ Kh8 27. Ng4 {[%cal Gf1h1]} Ra4 28. e4 $40) 21...
Qxf5 (21... Nxc3 {Hazai is also not an easy game for White, but at the end
after} 22. bxc3 $1 (22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Qxc3+ f6 24. b3 Rxa2 25. Bb2 Nxb3 26.
Qxb3 Qa4) (22. Bh6 Nxe2+) 22... Rxa2 23. Be4 Kh8 24. Bh6 Bxh6 25. Nxh6 Nb3 26.
Kh2 Ra1 27. Rxa1 Nxa1 28. c4 {White's pressure is strong on the >>.}) 22. Bxe4
Qe5 {Hazai: 'Black has huge defensive resources now.'} (22... Qh5 23. Bd2) 23.
Bd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (23. Qb1 $142 Qh5 (23... Rfb8 24. Qxa1 Rb4 25. Qb1 $18)
24. Bd2 Qxh3 25. Bg2 $16) (23. Kh1 {Hazai} f5 24. Bg2 Rfb8 $132) 23... Rfb8 $1
{[%mdl 256]} 24. Rxa1 {Hazai: 'So White has won the N, but Black's pieces are
extremely active now.'} (24. b3 Nxb3 25. axb3 Rxb3 26. Rc1 Raa3 27. Bxh7+ Kh8
$11) (24. Rb1 {Hazai} Rb4) 24... Rxb2 {Hazai: '/\ Rxd2'} 25. Be1 Ra3 {Hazai:
'Black's pieces dominate the whole board.'} 26. Kf1 {Hazai: 'avoiding Qg5+,
but allowing Black to go for a slightly worse _|_ with ^-.'} (26. Rc1 $140 $4
Qg5+ $19 {[%cal Gg5c1]}) 26... Rxc3 (26... h6 $143 27. Rc1 Qf4 28. e3 $16) 27.
Bxc3 Qxc3 28. Bxh7+ Kh8 (28... Kf8 29. Qxc3 Bxc3 30. Rc1 $14 {[%cal Gc1c2]})
29. Be4 (29. a4 {Hazai} c4) 29... c4 {Hazai: 'This o^ forces White to go for
the _|_.'} (29... Rxe2 $2 30. Qxc3 Bxc3 31. Kxe2 Bxa1 32. Kd3 $18 {[%csl Ga2]})
30. Qxc3 Bxc3 31. Rc1 Ba5 $6 $138 {Only complicate matters for me, quite easy
draw was after:} (31... Bf6 $142 32. a4 (32. Rxc4 Rxa2 $11) 32... c3 (32... Rb4
33. Bc2 Rb2 34. Bf5) 33. Bd3 Ra2 34. Bc2 e6 35. dxe6 fxe6 36. e3 d5 37. Ke2 e5
{and black holding position;}) 32. Rxc4 (32. a4 Rb4 (32... c3 33. e3 Ra2 34.
Bc2 Bb4 35. Bb3 Rb2 36. Bc4) 33. Bc2 Rb2 {[%cal Ga5d2]} 34. Bf5 Rb4 35. Bd7 c3
$11) 32... Rxa2 {'=' Hazai. Hazai: 'This _|_ with ^- is not enough for a win!'}
33. Bf3 {now i have some problems with my bishop,because i couldn't
immediately to activate my bishop on diagonal a1-h8 .} Ra3 34. Re4 (34. Rf4 Kg7
35. Bh5 Rxh3 36. Rxf7+ Kg8 37. Rf5 Bc3 $11) 34... Bd8 35. Kg2 (35. h4 Ra7 36.
Rf4 Kg7 37. Bh5 e6 38. dxe6 fxe6 {and black must hold this position without
any problems;}) 35... Kg7 {In spite of very passive black bishop,white
couldn't create serious problems for black.} 36. Bh5 (36. Rg4+ Kh6 (36... Kf8
$2 37. h4) 37. Rf4 Kg6 (37... Kg7 38. Bh5 f6 39. Bg4 $16) 38. h4 Ra8 39. h5+
Kg7 40. h6+ Kxh6 41. Rxf7 Kg6 42. Rf8 Rb8 {[%cal Gd8c7]} 43. Re8 Kf6) 36... Ra5
$1 37. Bf3 Kf8 38. Rf4 Bb6 39. h4 Kg7 40. e3 Ra8 41. Re4 Rh8 $11 42. Rxe7 (42.
h5 Kf6) 42... Rxh4 43. Rd7 Bc5 44. Kg3 Rh8 45. Rb7 Kf6 46. Bg4 Re8 47. Bh5 Re7
48. Rxe7 Kxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1999.08.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1999.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hazai} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c5 7. d5 b5 {
Hazai: 'This is the active way of handling this position. Black wants to get
an interesting version of the Benko Gambit with strong pressure on the << for
the P.'} (7... e6 {Hazai} 8. Nc3 ({Here Black has to reckon with} 8. dxe6 Bxe6
9. Ng5 {as well.}) 8... exd5 9. cxd5 {leads to the g3 Benoni.}) (7... Na6 {
Hazai} 8. Nc3 Nc7 {is rather passive and lost his adherents these days.}) (7...
a6 {Hazai} 8. a4 {prevents already Black from the Benko Gambit, so he can
transpose to the g3 Benoni after} e6 (8... e5 9. a5 $1) 9. Nc3 (9. dxe6 {
is not so promising here because of} Bxe6 10. Ng5 Bxc4 11. Bxb7 Ra7) 9... exd5
10. cxd5) 8. cxb5 a6 9. bxa6 Bf5 {Hazai: 'Black is fighting for the e4 square
preparing Ne4.'} (9... Nbd7 {Hazai This move order is against the dangerous
Qc2 Rd1 setup.} 10. Nc3 Nb6 {/\ Bxa6 is a transposition to the Benko Gambit.})
(9... Bxa6 {Hazai is not so precise in view of} 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Nb6 12.
Rd1 {and White has successfully regrouped his pieces transposing to a
favourable Benko Gambit for White.}) 10. Nc3 {Hazai: 'This allows the freeing
move'} (10. Nfd2 Nxa6 11. Nc3 Nb4 {Hazai: 'Black wants to make profit from the
>< c2.'} 12. Nc4 (12. e4 $2 {[%csl Rd3]} Bc8 {[%cal Gc8a6]}) (12. a3 Bc2 13.
Qe1 Nd7 {White's position is very passive now.} 14. Na2 Qc7 15. Ne4 Nxa2 16.
Rxa2 Bb3 17. Ra1 Bxd5 $13 {Tregubov-Delemarre, Groningen 1997}) 12... Bc2 13.
Qd2 Ng4 (13... Bb3 {Hazai} 14. Na3 Bxd5 15. Nxd5 Nbxd5 16. Nc4 e6 17. a3 {
This is slightly better according to Damljanovic. However after} Ra6 $5 18. e4
Nc7 {Black has good counterchances.}) 14. Na3 Bf5 15. h3 Nf6 16. Nc4 $1 {
Hazai: '- P.Nikolic-Avrukh, CBM 73, this is the critical line now!'} (16. g4 $6
Bc8 17. Nc4 h5 $1 18. g5 Nd7 19. a3 Nb6 20. Ne3 e6 21. dxe6 Bxe6 22. Rb1 Na2
23. Ne4 Nxc1 24. Rfxc1 Bd4 $15 {Drasko-Smirin, Kranevo 1996}) 16... Nc2 17. g4
Nxa1 18. gxf5 {With clear advantage for white 1/2-1/2 Nikolic,P-Avrukh,B/
Amsterdam NED 1999 (48)}) (10. Ne1 $6 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Nb6 12. e4 $6 {[%csl Gd3]}
Bc8 13. Nd3 (13. f3 Bxa6 14. Rf2 Nfd7 15. Nc2 Ne5 $15) 13... Bxa6 14. Re1 Nfd7
15. f4 Nc4 16. Bh3 {(Kakageldyev-Nenashev, Calcutta op 1996)} Ra7 17. Ne2 Qa5
$17) (10. h3 {Hazai} Nxa6 11. g4 {gives back the P without getting anything
real for that.} Bxb1 12. Rxb1 Nc7 13. a3 Nfxd5 14. Nh2 e6 15. g5 Rb8 $13 {
P.Nikolic-Topalov, Monte Carlo 1998}) 10... Ne4 11. Nb5 (11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Nd2
Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nd7 (13... Rxa6 14. Nc4 Nd7 15. e4 Qa8 16. a4 Rb8 17. Ra3 Nb6 18.
Nxb6 Raxb6 19. b3 Rb4 $44 {0-1 Nikolic,P-Kasparov,G/Paris 1994/CBM 43 ext (47)}
) 14. Nc4 (14. Rb1 {Hazai} Qa5 15. a3 Qxa6 16. b3 {(Burmakin-Nikolaidis,
Koszalin 1999)} Nb6 $1 17. e4 f5 $1 $44 {weakening the >< d5 P}) 14... Nb6 15.
Qd3 (15. Nxb6 Qxb6 $44) 15... Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Qb6 17. Rb1 Qxa6 (17... Rfb8 $5)
18. Qxa6 Rxa6 19. a3 $14 {1-0 Tregubov,P-Fedorov,A/Krasnodar 1997/CBM 59})
11... Nxa6 ({Also possible} 11... Rxa6 12. Nh4 Bd7 {Hazai: 'This is the point!'
} 13. Qd3 Ra4 $1 14. Na3 Nf6 15. Nc2 Na6 16. b3 c4 {with nice compensation for
black 1/2-1/2 Stohl,I-Stocek,J/CZE-chT 9697 1997/EXT 97 (53) '©' Hazai. Hazai:
'and White cannot consolidate his position, Stohl-Stocek, Czech chT 1997.'})
12. Nh4 {[%mdl 8]} (12. a4 Nb4 13. Ra3 (13. Nh4 Bd7) 13... Nf6 {Hazai: '>< d5,
/\ Be4'} 14. Ne1 Qb6 15. h3 Be4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Nc2 Qb7 18. Nxb4 cxb4 19. Re3
f5 20. b3 Nc3 21. Nxc3 bxc3 $44 {0-1 Nikolic,P-Anand,V/Monaco 1996/EXP 52 (56)
Hazai: 'with a strong o^ on c3, and pressure against >< b3 P,}) 12... Bd7 13.
Bxe4 (13. a4 Nb4) 13... Bxb5 {I think this position is in black's favour to
compare with normal positions of Volga Gambit:white hasn't khight on c3-very
important defender of Queenside,also knight on h4 is misplaced,on the other
side black has the same pressure on the queenside.} 14. Rb1 {with idea to move
bishop from c1} (14. Bd2 Nb4 $1) 14... c4 (14... Qd7 $5 {[%cal Gf8b8]}) 15. a3
(15. b4 $143 Nc7 {[%csl Ga2]} 16. a3 Ba4 $36 {[%cal Gc7b5]}) 15... Nc5 16. Bc2
Na4 $1 {[%csl Gb2] Very important move in my strategy,now all the play starts
around the d4-square, if white manage to put knight or bishop on d4 white will
be clearly better.} 17. Nf3 {[%cal Gf3d4]} Qb6 18. Be3 Qb7 {once again white
cannot playBd4 or Nd4,because d5-pawn is hanging.} 19. Qd2 Rfc8 (19... c3 $2
20. bxc3 Nxc3 (20... Bxc3 21. Rxb5 $1 (21. Qc1 Rfc8 22. Bd3 Bb2 23. Qxb2 $1
Nxb2 24. Rxb2 Qxd5 25. Rxb5 $16) 21... Qxb5 22. Bxa4 Bxd2 23. Bxb5 Bxe3 24.
fxe3 Rxa3 25. Kf2 $16) 21. a4 Nxa4 22. Nd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 $16) 20. Bh6 Bf6 ({
nothing gives} 20... c3 21. bxc3 Bxc3 22. Qe3) (20... Bh8 {also deserve
serious attention}) 21. Bg5 Bg7 22. Nd4 {Hazai: 'It is not easy to strengthen
White's position.'} (22. Bh6 $5) (22. Bxa4 {Hazai} Bxa4 23. e4 Rab8 {with
strong pressure on the b <-> against >< b2.}) 22... Qxd5 23. Nxb5 Qxb5 24. Bxa4
(24. Bxe7 {also doesn't look very promising for white} Nxb2 25. Qxd6 c3 {
[%csl Ge2]} 26. Rfe1 Qe8 $1 {[%cal Gb2c4]}) 24... Qxa4 (24... Rxa4 $143 25.
Bxe7 d5 26. Bb4 $16) 25. Bxe7 Rab8 $1 {The key move in the game, in spite of
pawn dawn black is not worse at all.} 26. Rfc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Tactical
blunder, after which white losses a piece Hazai: '[#] This is a serious
blunder, after which White cannot save the game.'} (26. Bxd6 Rd8 27. Qf4 (27.
e4 Qe8 $1 (27... Rb6 28. e5 Bxe5 29. Qe3 Rbxd6 30. Qxe5 Rd2 $44)) 27... g5 $1 {
[%csl Gd6]}) (26. Qxd6 $1 {was the best move for white} Qe8 $5 {[%cal Gg7b2]} (
26... Rxb2 27. Rxb2 Bxb2 28. Bf6 $11 (28. Bf6 {Hazai} Bxf6 29. Qxf6 c3 {
the o^ c is rather dangerous in a practical game.})) (26... Bxb2 27. Bf6 Qxa3
28. Qxa3 Bxa3 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. Ra1 $11) 27. e3 Bxb2 28. Bf6 Rc6 29. Qxb8 $1
Qxb8 30. Bxb2 Rb6 31. Be5 {and white hold position easily}) 26... c3 $1 {
[%mdl 64]} 27. bxc3 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Qe4 $1 {[%csl Gb1,Ge7]} 29. Rb6 Qxe7 30. Rxd6
Bxc3 31. Qd3 {It's difficult to believe, that this position not so easy to win.
I felt it during the game, but still i think i overcomed tecnical difficulties
quite convincely.} Be5 32. Rd7 Qf6 33. a4 Rc5 34. Rd5 Rc1+ 35. Kg2 Qc6 36. Qb5
Bf6 37. Qxc6 Rxc6 {[%cal Gc6a6]} 38. Ra5 Kf8 39. Ra8+ Ke7 40. e3 Kd7 41. Rf8
Ke6 42. Ra8 Rc7 43. Ra6+ Ke7 44. Ra8 Bc3 {[%cal Gc7c5,Gc5a5]} 45. g4 Rc5 46.
Ra7+ Ke6 47. Ra6+ Ke7 (47... Kd5 $143 48. Ra7) 48. Ra7+ Kf6 49. h3 (49. Ra6+
Kg7) 49... Ra5 50. Rc7 Be5 51. Rc4 {Now it's more easy for me to improve my
position,when white a-pawn is protected from the 4-rank.} Bd6 {[%cal Gf6e6,
Ge6d5]} 52. Re4 Rd5 53. Re8 Ra5 54. Re4 h6 (54... h5 $5 {[%cal Gh5h4]}) 55. Kf1
Ra8 56. Kg2 Rb8 {[%cal Gb8b4]} 57. Rd4 Ke6 58. Rd2 Be5 59. Rc2 Ra8 60. Rc4 (60.
Ra2 {too passive} Kd5 61. Kf3 (61. a5 $2 Ra6 {[%csl Ga5][%cal Ge5c7]}) 61...
Kc4 {[%cal Ge5c3,Gc4b3]}) 60... Kd5 61. Rb4 Rb8 62. Rxb8 Bxb8 63. a5 (63. Kf3
Bc7 {easily winning for black.}) 63... Kc5 64. h4 Kb5 65. h5 Kxa5 66. f4 (66.
hxg6 fxg6 67. f4 Kb5 68. Kf3 Bc7 $8 (68... Kc5 $140 69. g5 hxg5 (69... h5 70.
e4 $11 {[%cal Gf4f5]}) 70. Kg4 $1 $11) 69. Ke4 {create more difficulties, but
still black wins after} Kc6 70. f5 g5 71. f6 Bd6 72. Kf5 Kd5 73. e4+ Kd4 74.
Ke6 Be5 75. f7 Bg7 76. Kf5 Bf8 77. e5 Kd5 78. Kf6 Kc6 79. Kf5 Kd7 80. Kf6 Kc7
81. Kf5 Kd8 82. Kf6 Kd7 {and black wins}) 66... gxh5 67. gxh5 Kb4 $1 {[%cal
Gb4c3,Gc3d2] now it's easy winning for me} 68. Kf3 Kc3 69. Ke4 Kd2 70. Kf5 Kxe3
71. Kf6 Kxf4 72. Kxf7 Kg5 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malachite Sverdlovsk Region"]
[BlackTeam "Novy Bor"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Nc6 {A hypermodernist idea to avoid the Sämisch,
occasionally applied by Carlsen, Svidler and other grandees. However, GM David
Navara, one of the adherents of 3...Nc6, fails to prove its consistency in the
present game.} 4. d5 {Other options:} (4. Nc3 d5 {with a "strange Grünfeld"}) (
4. e4 e5) 4... Ne5 5. e4 d6 {Black has provoked the advance of White's central
pawns and will now undermine them.} 6. Nc3 (6. Ne2 Bg7 7. Nec3 {is also
possible but a bit artificial. Some examples:} O-O 8. Be2 e6 9. O-O (9. f4 Ned7
10. O-O exd5 11. cxd5 Re8 12. Bf3 Nc5 13. Re1 {0-1 (32) Nakamura,H (2710)
-Svidler,P (2739) Amsterdam 2009} c6 14. dxc6 Qb6 $1 $36) 9... exd5 10. cxd5 c6
11. dxc6 (11. Be3 cxd5 12. exd5 Re8 13. Qd2 Bf5 14. Na3 a6 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Nc2
Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 $132 {0-1 (69) Postny,E (2578)-Eljanov,P (2655) Moscow 2006
CBM 112 [Hazai]}) 11... bxc6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Nd2 d5 14. Nb3 dxe4 15. Qxd8 Rxd8
16. fxe4 Bg4 $11 {0-1 (29) Mamedyarov,S (2719)-Carlsen,M (2801) Moscow 2009})
6... Bg7 7. f4 (7. Bg5 $6 c6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Rd1 Qb6 10. Be3 Qb4 11. b3 Nfg4 $1
12. Bd4 Bh6 13. Qb2 c5 $17 {0-1 (25) Dreev,A (2683)-Sutovsky,E (2656) ICC INT
2002}) 7... Ned7 8. Nh3 $1 {[%mdl 4] The knight rushes to protect the
e4-square from f2. This route is more appropriate than the obvious} (8. Nf3 O-O
{, and now:} 9. Be2 {is more solid:} (9. Bd3 c6 (9... e5 $5 10. fxe5 (10. dxe6
$5 fxe6 11. O-O) 10... Ng4 11. Bg5 (11. exd6 cxd6 $44) 11... f6 12. exf6 Bxf6
13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qe2 Nde5 15. Rf1 Nxf3+ (15... Bd7 $44) 16. Qxf3 Qh4+ 17. Qg3
Rxf1+ 18. Bxf1 Qxh2 19. Qxh2 Nxh2 20. Nb5 Bd7 21. Be2 Re8 22. Nxc7 Rxe4 23. Kd2
Ng4 24. Rc1 Nf6 {1/2 (24) Papin,V (2479)-Danin,A (2469) Lipetsk 2008}) (9... e6
10. O-O (10. dxe6 $142 $1 fxe6 11. O-O $13) 10... exd5 11. exd5 (11. cxd5 c6
12. h3 cxd5 13. exd5 Qa5 $36 {0-1 (47) Mohota,N (2324)-Hansen,S (2603) Pattaya
2011}) 11... c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Kh1 Nc5 14. Be3 Ng4 15. Bg1 Rb8 $36 {0-1 (54)
Nikolov,M (2549)-Wang Yue (2732) Zuerich 2010}) (9... Nc5 10. Be3 Nxd3+ 11.
Qxd3 e6 12. O-O exd5 13. cxd5 Re8 14. Bd4 c5 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Rad1 Rb8 17. b3
Qa5 18. Rfe1 Ba6 19. Qd2 Rbd8 $11 {0-1 (44) Wiedenkeller,M (2445)-Johansson,M 
(2265) Sollentuna 1995}) 10. O-O cxd5 (10... Qb6+ 11. Kh1 Nc5 {0-1 (28) Ward,C
(2473)-Conquest,S (2555) Scarborough 1999} 12. Bc2 $13) (10... Nc5 11. Bc2 Qb6
(11... cxd5 12. cxd5 (12. e5 Nfd7 13. Qxd5 Nb6 14. Qd4 Bg4 15. Nd5 {1/2 (42)
Sokolov,I (2570)-Martinovic,S (2430) Cetinje 1991} Ne6 $17) 12... e6 (12... b5
$13) 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Be3 {1/2 (14) Donchev,D (2505)-Ermenkov,E (2420) Sofia
1984}) 12. Kh1 Bg4 13. Rb1 cxd5 (13... a5 14. Be3 Nfd7 15. Qe2 Qc7 {1/2
Vitiugov,N (2709)-Tomashevsky,E (2695)/Moscow 2011/CB06_2011}) 14. cxd5 Rac8
15. Be3 Qb4 16. h3 Ncxe4 (16... Bxf3 $5 17. Qxf3 Nfd7) 17. Bxe4 Rxc3 $1 18.
bxc3 {1/2 (18) Jussupow,A (2565)-Spassky,B (2605) Linares 1983} Qxe4 19. Bxa7
Bc8 $44 {A.Jussupow}) 11. cxd5 (11. exd5 Nc5 12. Bc2 e6 13. Be3 exd5 14. cxd5
Re8 15. Bd4 {1-0 (48) Plachetka,J (2410)-Polgar,Z (2405) Stary Smokovec 1984}
Bd7 $11) 11... b5 (11... e6 $143 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bc4 d5 14. exd5 Nb6 15. Bb3
Nbxd5 16. Ne5 {1-0 (39) Melkumyan,H (2642)-Tikkanen,H (2566) Albena 2012}) 12.
a3 Nc5 13. Bc2 Bb7 14. Be3 a5 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. Nxb5 {1-0 (37) Yang,D (2485)
-Bora,S (2195) Wheeling USA 2013} Qb8 $1 17. Ne5 Bxd5 $13) 9... Nc5 (9... e5 $6
10. dxe6 fxe6 11. O-O Qe7 12. Ng5 Nc5 13. Qc2 e5 14. f5 $14 {1/2 (52) Richter,
M (2482)-Danin,A (2519) Wunsiedel 2012}) 10. e5 $1 (10. Qc2 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6
12. Be3 Ng4 13. Bg1 Rb8 $36 {0-1 (23) Gretarsson,H (2509)-Navara,D (2710)
Reykjavik ISL 2013}) 10... Nfe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. O-O $13) 8... O-O (8... Nc5
9. Nf2 {is now pleasant for White, e.g.} Nfd7 10. Be3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 e5 12.
dxe6 Nxe6 13. Be2 Qe7 14. O-O b6 15. Bd4 O-O 16. Ng4 h5 17. Ne3 Bb7 18. Nd5
Bxd5 19. cxd5 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Nc5 21. Bf3 $14 {1-0 (39) Postny,E (2635)
-Mikhalevski,V (2530) Acre ISR 2013}) (8... e5 9. dxe6 $1 (9. f5 $6 Nc5 10. Qf3
gxf5 11. exf5 e4 12. Qf4 Nh5 13. Qf2 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qf6 15. Qd4 Rg8 $36 {
1-0 (38) Shimanov,A (2549)-Tikkanen,H (2586) Stockholm 2011}) 9... fxe6 10. Be2
$14 {- see below}) (8... c6 $5 9. Be3 $5 {(preventing ...Qd8-b6)} (9. Nf2 Qb6 {
is pleasant for Black, e.g.} 10. Na4 Qc7 11. Be2 b5 12. dxc6 bxa4 13. cxd7+
Bxd7 14. Be3 Bc6 15. Bf3 Nd7 16. Rb1 Rb8 17. Qd2 Nc5 $132 {1/2 (51) Goganov,A 
(2509)-Timofeev,A (2641) Samara 2012}) {; if now} 9... Qa5 {then} 10. Nf2 Nc5
11. Bd4 O-O 12. a3 $1 Ncxe4 $140 $2 13. Nfxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. b4 Nxc3 $2
16. Qd4+) 9. Be2 ({After} 9. Nf2 $5 e6 {makes more sense} (9... c6 $143 10. Be3
$1 Re8 11. Be2 Qc7 12. Qd2 e5 13. f5 Nc5 14. g4 $16 {1-0 (31) Berczes,D (2532)
-Papp,P (2307) Budapest HUN 2013})) 9... e5 {This move is probably inprecise
as the en passant capture gives White a favourable pawn structure. However, it
is not easy to recommend a safe way to equality:} (9... Nc5 10. Nf2 Re8 {
This is more cunning: Black can play both ...e6 and ...e5!} (10... c6 11. Be3
cxd5 12. cxd5 b6 13. O-O a5 14. Qd2 Bb7 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. b3 $14 e6 17. dxe6
Nxe6 18. Bc4 Nc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Ne8 22. Rd3 $16 {1/2 (57)
Lupulescu,C (2618)-Safarli,E (2626) Al-Ain UAE 2012}) (10... e6 11. Be3 $5 (11.
dxe6 Bxe6 {- that's why 9...Nc5 was inserted!} 12. Be3 Re8 13. Bd4 a5 $11) (11.
O-O exd5 12. cxd5 c6 (12... Re8 $5 13. Bf3 h5 14. h3 a5 15. Re1 Nfd7 16. Be3 b6
17. Qc2 Ba6 18. a4 {1-0 (34) Jones,G (2641)-Andersen,M (2461) Reykjavik 2012}
Qh4 $13) 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Bf3 (14. Be3 Nfxe4 $1 15. Nfxe4 {1/2 (15) Ganguly,S
(2627)-Gupta,A (2627) Kavala 2012} Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Re8 17. Bf3 d5 $11) 14... Qe7
15. Be3 d5 16. e5 Nfd7 17. b4 Ne6 18. b5 Nb6 19. f5 gxf5 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. bxc6
Bxe5 22. Nxd5 Qh4 23. g3 Qg5 $13 {1/2 (48) Grischuk,A (2773)-Giri,A (2686)
Wijk aan Zee 2011 CBM 141 [Moradiabadi]}) 11... Nfd7 12. O-O f5 $6 {a
weakening move} (12... a5 $142 13. Qd2 $14) 13. dxe6 Nxe6 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Qd2
a5 16. Rad1 Qf6 17. Nh1 Ndc5 18. Ng3 $16 {1-0 (43) Zhao Xue (2497)-Cmilyte,V 
(2525) Nalchik 2011}) 11. O-O (11. Be3 e5 $1 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Qd2 $6 (13. Bd4
a5 14. O-O Nfd7 $1 $14 {/=}) 13... Qe7 14. Bxc5 (14. Bd4 Ncxe4 $1 15. Ncxe4
Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxc4) 14... dxc5 15. e5 Nd7 16. O-O-O Nb6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5
f6 $1 $36 {1/2 (26) Ivanisevic,I (2648)-Yilmaz,M (2489) Sarajevo 2011}) 11...
e5 12. dxe6 (12. f5 gxf5 13. exf5 Bxf5 (13... e4 $142 $1 $132) 14. Ng4 Bxg4 15.
Bxg4 Nxg4 16. Qxg4 Qd7 17. Rf5 $14 {1-0 (28) Ding,L (2654)-Areshchenko,A (2682)
Ningbo 2011}) 12... Bxe6 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Bf3 Bc6 15. Bd2 a5 {[%csl Gc5]} 16.
Rfe1 Nfd7 17. Rad1 Qe7 $6 (17... Bd4 $5 18. Bc1 Qf6 {or perhaps other plans
for Black should be tried}) 18. b3 Qf8 19. Nb5 $1 Bxb5 20. cxb5 Qe7 21. Be3
Rac8 22. a3 Ne6 23. b4 $14 {1/2 (41) Grischuk,A (2771)-Kurnosov,I (2676)
Moscow 2010}) (9... c6 {needs more tests:} 10. Nf2 (10. Be3 {1-0 (35) Hammer,J
(2630)-Tari,A (2216) Oslo 2012} cxd5 11. cxd5 b5 $5 12. Nf2 b4 13. Na4 {
needs checking}) 10... cxd5 (10... Qb6 11. O-O Nc5 12. Bf3 $5) 11. cxd5 b5 (
11... Nb6 12. a4 Bd7 13. a5 Nc8 14. O-O e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Qb3 $16 {1-0 (32)
Kurnosov,I (2653)-Vokarev,S (2455) Olginka 2011}) 12. Bxb5 Rb8 13. O-O Nc5 14.
Be2 Nfd7 15. Nb5 Qb6 16. Be3 Ba6 17. a4 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Bg7 19. Qd2 $14 {1-0 (45)
Wen,Y (2550)-Gopal,G (2562) Ho Chi Minh City 2012}) 10. dxe6 fxe6 {In this
structure White's kingside pawns are mobile and strong; it is essential that ..
.e6-e5 can be met with f4-f5.} 11. Be3 (11. Nf2 Ne8 (11... b6 $142 12. O-O Bb7
13. Bf3 Nc5) 12. Qc2 Nb6 {0-1 (57) Svetushkin,D (2589)-Torrecillas Martinez,A 
(2406) Leon 2012} 13. c5 $5 dxc5 14. e5 $44) (11. Qc2 $5 e5 12. f5 Nc5 (12...
Nb8 $1 {[%cal Yb8c6] is now appropriate}) 13. O-O a5 14. g4 h6 15. Be3 b6 16.
Nf2 Bb7 17. Rad1 Qe8 18. h4 $40 {1-0 (58) Socko,B (2629)-Zakhartsov,V (2271)
Leiden 2012}) (11. O-O b6 12. Ng5 $6 Qe7 13. Nb5 Nc5 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nfe4
16. Rxf8+ Qxf8 17. Nf3 Bb7 $132 {0-1 (27) Hovhanisian,M (2496)-Bok,B (2488)
Antwerp 2011}) 11... b6 12. O-O (12. Nf2 {is still unnecessary:} Bb7 13. Qc2 a6
(13... Nc5 $5 14. O-O Nfd7 {[%cal Rg7c3]} 15. Bf3 a5 $11) 14. O-O-O Qe7 15. h4
Nh5 16. Bxh5 gxh5 17. Nh3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nf6 $132 {0-1 (37) Ding,L (2714)
-Vachier Lagrave,M (2719) Biel 2013}) 12... Nc5 13. Qc2 a5 {A major difference
from the 12.Nf2 line: Black can't put pressure on the e4-pawn without this
move:} (13... Bb7 14. Bf3 Nfd7 15. b4 $1 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Nxe4 17. Qc2 Ndf6 (17...
d5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Qc4+ Kh8 21. Rad1 $18) 18. Ng5 Nxg5 19. Bxb7
Nf7 20. Bxa8 Qxa8 21. Rae1 {, and Black has no sufficient compensation for the
exchange.}) 14. Bf3 Rb8 {Another tempo must be wasted:} (14... Bb7 $2 15. Bxc5
dxc5 16. e5 Bxf3 17. exf6 $18) 15. Rae1 (15. a3 {[%cal Yb2b4] was quite
possible. Alexander Grischuk's plan is apparently less effective.}) 15... Nfd7
16. Ng5 Bb7 17. b3 Qe7 18. a3 e5 $6 {This move clarifies the structure in
White's favour.} (18... h6 19. Nh3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Nxe4 {doesn't lose now but is
very risky as Black's kingside is weakened with ...h7-h6:} 21. Qc2 Ndf6 22. Bd4
d5 23. Nf2 $36) ({It was appropriate to take the a-file abandoned by White's
rook:} 18... Ra8 $5 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Na6 {[%cal Yc7c5]}) (18... Bf6 $5 {
was interesting, too}) 19. f5 $1 h6 20. Nh3 gxf5 21. exf5 e4 {This is what
Black relied on. However, White's f5-pawn is more dangerous than Black's e4.}
22. Bxc5 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 bxc5 (23... Nxc5 24. Bh5 Qe5 25. Re3 Qxc3 26. Rxc3 Nd3
27. f6 $16 {[%csl Gf6]}) 24. Nf2 $6 (24. Bh5 $1 Qe5 25. Qc1 Rxf5 26. Rxf5 Qxf5
27. Qxh6 $16) 24... Qg7 (24... Qf6 $5 25. Qxf6 Nxf6 26. Bd1 Kf7 $13) 25. Nxe4
Bxe4 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27. Rxe4 Rxb3 {[%mdl 4096] A sudden turn. White's pawns
are now blocked; his bishop can become weaker than Black's knight!} 28. Re6 Nf6
(28... Ne5 $5 29. f6+ (29. Bd5 c6 $1) 29... Kh8 30. Be4 Re3 31. Rf4 Re1+ 32.
Kf2 Nd3+ 33. Kg3 Nxf4 34. Kxf4 $44) 29. g4 {The only attempt to break through
but it should not be successful.} Re8 $2 {But after this premature exchange
White gets winning chances.} (29... Rxa3 $142 30. h4 Nd7 $1 {e.g.} 31. Bd5 Ne5
32. Re7+ Kh8 33. g5 hxg5 34. hxg5 Rg3+ 35. Kf2 Rxf5+ 36. Kxg3 Rxf1 37. Rxc7 a4
$11) 30. Rxe8 Nxe8 31. Kf2 {[%cal Yh2h4]} (31. h4 $143 Kf6 {[%cal Ye8g7]})
31... Rxa3 (31... Kf6 32. Re1 Ng7 33. Re3 {, and White keeps his important
a3-pawn. However, after the text move Black can't stop White's pawns anymore.})
32. Re1 Nf6 33. h4 $1 (33. Re7+ Kf8 34. Rxc7 Rc3 35. h4 Rxc4 36. g5 hxg5 37.
hxg5 Ne8 38. Rc8 Rf4 39. f6 Rf5 40. g6 Rxf6 41. g7+ Kxg7 42. Rxe8 $11) 33...
Rc3 (33... Kf8 34. g5 (34. Re6 Nd7 35. Rxh6 Ne5 36. Be2 Ra2 37. Ke3 Ra3+ 38.
Kf4 Ra2 $1 $11) 34... hxg5 35. hxg5 Nd7 36. Bh5 Ne5 37. Rb1 $16 {[%csl Gf5,Gg5]
}) 34. g5 hxg5 35. hxg5 Rxc4 36. Kg3 $1 ({But not} 36. Re7+ Kf8 37. gxf6 Rf4 {
, and White loses both of his pawns.}) 36... Ng8 37. Bh5 $1 Rc3+ 38. Kg2 Rc2+
39. Kg1 Rb2 (39... Rc3 40. f6+ Nxf6 41. Re7+ Kh8 42. gxf6 Rg3+ 43. Kf2 Rg8 44.
Ke3 $18) 40. f6+ $1 Nxf6 41. Re7+ Kh8 42. gxf6 Rb8 43. Bg6 Rg8 (43... Rg8 44.
Rh7#) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1213"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2012.12.08"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kopylov, Michael"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norderstedt"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c4 Nf6 4. g3 c5 ({Lenkt das Spiel auf einen
königsindischen Nebenpfad, eine gelegentliche Spezialität des seit der
Bundesliga-Saison 2007/8 in Werder-Diensten stehenden französischen
Großmeisters, während} 4... O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O {die mit Abstand am
häufigsten gewählte Zugfolge ist.}) 5. d5 ({I Viel häufiger trifft man auf} 5.
Bg2 {, was auch die lästigen gegnerischen Aktivitäten mittels ...b5
unterbindet. Zu 5.Bg2 hier ein paar Partien, darunter zwei Schwarz-Siege von
Laurent Fressinet:} Qa5+ (5... cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nb3
e6 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Bd2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qe7 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Nxc6
Bxc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qc2 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2769)-Sutovsky,E (2687)/
Amsterdam 2012/CBM 150}) 6. Nbd2 (6. Bd2 Qb6 7. Nc3 (7. dxc5 Qxc5 8. Qb3 Nc6 9.
Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Qa5 11. O-O d6 12. h3 Rb8 13. Rac1 Bd7 14. a3 Rfc8 15. Qa2 a6
16. b4 Qd8 17. Rfd1 b5 18. c5 Be6 19. Qb1 Bf5 20. Qb3 Be6 21. Qb1 a5 22. Nd4
Nxd4 23. Bxd4 axb4 24. Qxb4 Nd7 25. cxd6 Bf8 26. Nxb5 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 exd6 28.
Bb2 Ne5 29. a4 Bd7 30. f4 Bxb5 31. axb5 Nd7 32. Qc3 f6 33. Bc6 Be7 34. Kg2 Nc5
35. Ra1 Qc7 36. Qc4+ Kg7 37. g4 h6 38. Bc3 g5 39. e3 d5 40. Bxd5 {1-0
Kempinski,R (2600)-Bologan,V (2678)/Eretria 2011/CBM 143 Extra}) 7... cxd4 8.
Na4 Qd6 9. Bf4 Qb4+ 10. Bd2 Qd6 11. Bf4 Qb4+ 12. Bd2 Qd6 13. Bf4 {1/2-1/2
Maletin,P (2596)-Inarkiev,E (2707)/Tyumen 2012/CBM 149}) (6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Qd3
cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc5 9. Qe3 Nc6 10. Ndb5 Ne6 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. Nd5 Bxb2 13. Rd1 Bg7
14. O-O O-O 15. Bc3 a6 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. Nd4 e6 18. Nc3 Qe7 19. Ne4 f5 20. Nd6
e5 21. Nb3 Rb8 22. Qb6 Ne6 23. c5 e4 24. f3 exf3 25. exf3 f4 26. Rfe1 fxg3 27.
hxg3 Qg5 28. Kf2 Ne5 29. Ne4 {0-1 Tregubov,P (2636)-Fressinet,L (2638)/Cergy
Pontoise 2004/CBM 101}) 6... cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Nc2 d6 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 Bg4
11. f3 Be6 12. Kh1 Rac8 13. Ne3 Qb6 14. Re1 Nd7 15. Bf1 Nc5 16. Rb1 Nb4 17. a3
Nbd3 18. Re2 Bd4 19. b4 Bxe3 20. bxc5 Qc6 21. cxd6 Qxd6 22. Qc2 Bb6 23. Bb2
Rfd8 24. Qc3 f6 25. e5 Qc5 26. Bg2 Nf2+ 27. Rxf2 Qxf2 28. Ne4 Qe2 29. Qe1 Qxe1+
30. Rxe1 f5 31. Ng5 Bxc4 {0-1 Zagorskis,D (2497)-Fressinet,L (2700)/Porto
Carras 2011/EXT 2012}) ({II} 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. Bd2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Nc2 O-O 9.
Bg2 d6 10. h3 Be6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rc1 Ne5 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. b3 Nc6
16. Ne3 Bb2 17. Rb1 Bg7 18. Kh2 Bd7 19. Nd5 Be6 20. Nf4 Bd7 21. Rc1 a6 22. Be3
b5 23. Nd5 Rb8 24. c5 e6 25. Nb6 d5 26. Bf4 Be5 27. Bxe5 Nxe5 28. e4 Bc6 29.
exd5 exd5 30. f4 Nd7 31. Bxd5 Nxc5 32. Rxc5 Bb7 33. Bxb7 Qxb6 34. Rd5 Rxb7 35.
Qd4 Qxd4 {1/2-1/2 Pigusov,E (2576)-Fressinet,L (2640)/Rethymnon 2003/CBM 098})
5... b5 $5 6. cxb5 Qa5+ ({Ein ganz anderes Thema wäre} 6... a6 {mit Übergang
zum angenommenen Benkö-Gambit (A58).}) 7. Bd2 Qxb5 8. Nc3 Qb6 9. Na4 $1 $146 {
Vermutlich von Kopylov vorbereitet, der damit einer Empfehlung von Emil
Sutovsky aus dem Jahre 2005 (laut ECO/E4) folgt , die aber - zumindest nach
meinen Unterlagen - bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt noch keine praktische Anwendung
gefunden hat. Der Springerzug zeigt - auch in den nachfolgenden Varianten -,
dass die schwarze Dame exponiert steht.} ({Das bekannte} 9. Bg2 {indes ist von
Schwarz m.E. weniger zu befürchten. Hierzu ein neueres und ein interessantes,
etwas älteres Beispiel:} d6 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 (11. Qc2 Na6 12. Bf4 Rb8 13. b3
Nb4 14. Qd2 Bb7 {- ><d5 -} 15. Nh4 Rfc8 16. Rac1 Qa5 17. Rfd1 c4 $1 $40 18. a3
(18. Be3 Nxa2 $3 $17) (18. bxc4 Rxc4 $17) 18... cxb3 $3 {Der freie b-Bauer
bricht Weiß das Genick} 19. Nb1 (19. axb4 Qxb4 $17) 19... b2 (19... Rxc1 $142
20. Rxc1 b2 $1 21. Qxb2 $140 Nbxd5) 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 $17 21. Be3 (21. Qxb2 Na6
$17) (21. axb4 Qxb4 $17 {und das kräftige Freibauern-Duo bietet Schwarz gute
Gewinnchancen}) 21... Ng4 22. axb4 Qxb4 $6 (22... Rxb4 $142 $17 23. Bxa7 $4
Qxa7 24. Qxb4 Nxf2 $19) 23. Bxa7 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 $15 {, Kotsur - Sutovsky,
Moscow Aeroflot op-A, 2005, 0:1/37}) 11... Nbd7 (11... Na6) 12. Rb1 Bb7 13. e4
Ng4 14. Na4 Qc7 15. Bc3 Ba6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 $13 {/=, Efimenko,Z (2702) -
Jovanovic,Z (2581), Porto Carras 2011, 1:0/55}) 9... Qd6 {Nach langem
Überlegen; der Damenzug wirkt zwar etwas disharmonisch, ist aber nicht
schlechter als Qb7 oder Qc7.} ({Man sehe z.B.: I} 9... Qb7 10. Nxc5 Qxd5 $6 (
10... Qxb2 $5 {, z.B.} 11. Nd3 Qb7 12. Bg2 $5 (12. d6 $5 $44) 12... Qxd5 13.
Nb4 (13. Nh4 $2 Ne4) 13... Qb7 14. Rb1 d5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Nh4 Ne4 17. Qa4+
Bd7 18. Qxe4 Qxe4 19. Bxe4 Nc6 20. O-O $14) 11. Bg2 $1 Nc6 12. Rc1 Rb8 13. b3 (
13. O-O $5 Qxa2 (13... O-O 14. b3 {führt unter Zugumstellung zur 13.b3-Variante
}) 14. Bc3 Rb5 15. b3 Rxc5 16. Ra1 Qxa1 17. Qxa1) 13... O-O {und lt. ECO/
Sutovsky "=", doch m.E. verdient die weiße Position schon nach dem weiteren}
14. O-O {eindeutig den Vorzug, z.B.:} Qd6 {Die schwarze Dame steht nun
besonders ungemütlich.} ({Oder} 14... Qh5 $143 15. Bg5 $1 Bh6 (15... d6 16.
Bxf6 dxc5 (16... Bxf6 17. Ne4) 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd2 $16) 16. h4 $16) 15. Ne1
$1 {/\Ned3} e6 16. Ned3 Nd5 17. e4 Nb6 18. Be3 $16) ({II} 9... Qc7 10. Nxc5 (
10. Rc1 $143 Na6 11. b4 (11. Nxc5 $143 Nxc5 12. b4 Bb7) 11... Qb7) 10... Na6 (
10... Nxd5 11. Rc1) 11. Nxa6 (11. Nd3 $14) 11... Bxa6 12. Bc3 O-O (12... Qc5
13. e3 Bb7 (13... Bxf1 14. Kxf1 O-O 15. d6 exd6 16. Kg2 $14) 14. d6 exd6 15.
Bg2 $14) 13. Bg2 $14) 10. Nxc5 ({Nachhaltiger scheint jedoch} 10. Bc3 $5 O-O
11. Bg2 $14 {zu sein}) ({oder mit Zugumstellung} 10. Bg2 $5 O-O 11. Bc3 $14 {
nebst komplexen Möglichkeiten, wobei Weiß die Anfälligkeit seines Bauern d5
recht gut kompensieren kann. In jedem Fall wirkt die weiße Stellung etwas
angenehmer, z.B.} Nxd5 (11... Bb7 12. Nd2 $5 Nxd5 (12... Qc7 13. Bxf6 (13. e4
d6 14. Rc1) 13... Bxf6 14. Qb3 d6 15. Nxc5 Ba6 16. Nce4) (12... Bxd5 $2 13. e4)
13. Bxg7 Kxg7 {ist Zugumstellung zu 11...Nxd5/13...Bb7}) (11... Qxd5 12. Qxd5
Nxd5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nxc5) 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Nd2 $5 (13. Rc1) 13... Bb7 (
13... Ba6 $4 14. Ne4) (13... e6 14. Ne4) 14. Nc4 (14. O-O) 14... Qa6 15. Rc1 (
15. Nxc5)) 10... O-O $13 ({Oder: I} 10... Qxd5 $143 $6 {, siehe 9...Qb7/10...
Qxd5?!}) ({II} 10... Nxd5 $13) 11. Nd3 $6 ({Schon der erste Fehltritt. Von nun
ab läuft das Spiel zugunsten des Nachziehenden. Geeigneter war} 11. Rc1 $142
Na6 (11... Nxd5 12. Qb3 Nb6 13. Bg2 $13) 12. Nd3 $13) 11... Ba6 (11... Nxd5
$142 $1 {kam jetzt sehr in Betracht, z.B.} 12. e4 (12. Bg2 Ba6) 12... Nb6 13.
Bb4 Qe6 $15 {und die weißen Figuren sind unkoordiniert.}) 12. Nb4 $2 {Weiß
strapaziert seinen agilen Damenspringer zu oft und gerät mit der Entwicklung
seines Königsflügels in Rückstand. Statt dessen hätte er sich mit} (12. Bc3
$142 {bescheiden sollen:} Nxd5 (12... Qxd5 $143 13. Bg2) 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Bg2
Nc6 15. Rc1 Ncb4 16. Nxb4 Qxb4+ 17. Nd2 e6 18. Rb1 $13) 12... Nxd5 13. Nxa6 ({
Alternativen, z.B.: I} 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Bg2 Nc6 15. Bc3 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Qe4 $17
) ({II} 13. Qb3 Nxb4 14. Bxb4 Qb6 15. Bc3 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Nc6 $17) 13... Nxa6 $5
({Natürlich und völlig okay. Stärker war das lediglich für Computer
berechenbare} 13... Bxb2 $142 $1 $17 {; hierzu ein paar Anregungen:} 14. Nb4 (
14. Rb1 Nc3) (14. Nxb8 Raxb8 {/\Nc3} 15. Bh3 Nc3 16. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 17. Kf1 Bxa1
18. Qxa1 Rfc8 19. Kg2 Rc2 20. Rd1 Qc5 21. Rxd7 Rxe2 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. Nxd4 Rxa2
24. Rxe7 Rbb2) 14... Nc3 15. Qb3 Bxa1 16. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 17. Qxc3 Na6 18. Nxa6 Rfc8
19. Qd3 Qb6 20. e3 Rc1+ 21. Ke2 Rac8 {. Schwarz hat aber auch in der Partie
Vorteil.}) 14. e4 $6 ({Das geringe Übel war} 14. Rb1 $142 Rfc8 (14... Nc5 15.
Bg2 Rab8 16. O-O Bxb2 17. Qc2 Bg7 $15) 15. Bg2 Rab8 $15) 14... Ndb4 ({Wieder
verschmäht Fressinet den Bauern b2:} 14... Bxb2 $142 $1 15. exd5 (15. Rb1 $2
Nc3) 15... Bxa1 16. Qxa1 Nb4 $17 {, indes gibt ihm auch der Textzug Vorteil.})
15. Bc3 $6 ({Zäherer Widerstand war mit} 15. Bxa6 $142 {zu leisten:} Nxa6 16.
O-O Bxb2 17. Rb1 Bg7 (17... Rfb8 18. Be3 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 d6 $15) 18. Be3 Qc6 19.
Qd3 d6 20. Rfc1 Nc5 21. Bxc5 dxc5 22. Qe3 Rac8 23. Rc4 $15) 15... Qc6 $1 16. e5
({I} 16. Bxa6 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Qxc3+ 18. Kf1 Nxa6 $17) ({II} 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 (16...
Qxe4+ $2 17. Be2 Kxg7 18. O-O $13) 17. Bxa6 Nc2+ 18. Kd2 Nxa1 19. Bd3 d5 $1 $17
) 16... Nd5 $2 ({Nun aber ein schwerer Fehler, der Weiß die Möglichkeit gibt,
wieder ins Spiel zurückzukommen. Richtig war der taktische Schlag} 16... Bxe5
$142 $1 {, z.B.} 17. Bxe5 Nc2+ 18. Kd2 Nxa1 $17 {. Fressinet läßt die Zügel
allzu locker, wobei ihm die eine und andere taktische Finesse entgeht.}) 17.
Bxa6 $2 ({Damit verpaßt der ukrainische IM bereits die letzte, echte
Rettungschance, die ihm} 17. Bd4 $142 {geboten hätte:} Rac8 18. Be2 Nab4 19.
O-O $13) 17... Nxc3 18. Qd3 (18. bxc3 Qxa6 19. Qe2 Qe6 20. O-O Rfc8 $17) 18...
Na4 19. Bb5 Nxb2 20. Bxc6 (20. Qe2 Qc3+ 21. Kf1 Nd3 22. Rd1 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5
24. Rxd7 Rad8 $17) 20... Nxd3+ 21. Ke2 dxc6 22. Kxd3 Rfd8+ 23. Ke4 $2 ({
Auch nach} 23. Ke2 Rd5 $17 {wäre Weiß auf Dauer verloren gewesen.}) 23... f5+
24. exf6 (24. Ke3 Rd5 $19) 24... exf6 $19 {Mit Mehrbauer bei besserer Stellung
sollte der Rest für den großen Favoriten lediglich eine Sache der Geduld und
Sorgfalt sein.} 25. Rad1 Re8+ 26. Kd3 Rad8+ 27. Kc4 Re4+ 28. Kc5 (28. Rd4 f5
29. Rxe4 fxe4 30. Ng5 Rd4+ 31. Kb3 a5 $19) 28... Rc8 $6 ({Dem Wanderkönig war
energisch mit dem kombinatorischen} 28... Bf8+ $142 $1 {(auch ...Rb8)
beizukommen, etwa nach} 29. Kxc6 Rc4+ 30. Kb7 (30. Kb5 Rdc8 31. Nd4 (31. Rd4
Rc3 $19) 31... Rb4+ 32. Ka6 (32. Ka5 Rb2) 32... Rb6+ 33. Kxa7 Bc5 $19) 30...
Bd6 31. Kxa7 (31. Rd4 Rc3 $19) 31... Rc7+ 32. Ka6 Ra8+ 33. Kb6 Rb8+ 34. Ka6 Bc5
$19 {. Nun nach dem verhaltenen Partiezug zieht sich der technische Teil in
die Länge.}) 29. Rd4 Bf8+ (29... Re2 30. Rd2 Rxd2 31. Nxd2 Re8 $17) 30. Kc4
Rce8 $17 31. Rhd1 c5 32. Rxe4 Rxe4+ 33. Kd5 Ra4 34. Rd2 Ra3 35. Ne1 Ra6 36. Nf3
Kf7 37. Rb2 Be7 38. Re2 h5 39. Rb2 g5 40. Re2 Ra3 41. Ne1 h4 42. Kc4 h3 $5 43.
Rc2 (43. Nd3 Ra4+ 44. Kb3 (44. Kb5 Rd4 $17) 44... Rd4 $17) 43... Ra4+ 44. Kb5 (
44. Kb3 Rb4+ 45. Kc3 Rb1) 44... Rd4 (44... Rb4+ 45. Kc6 Rb1) 45. Ka6 (45. Re2
Rb4+ 46. Kc6 c4 $19 {, z.B.} 47. Kd5 c3 48. Nd3 Rb1 49. Rc2 Rg1 50. Rxc3 Rg2
51. Rc1 Rxh2) 45... g4 (45... Rd1 46. Re2 (46. Nf3 Rh1) 46... c4 {/\c3-+}) 46.
Kxa7 (46. Re2 f5 $1 (46... c4 $6 47. Nc2 Rd1 48. Ne3) 47. Nc2 Ra4+ 48. Kb5 Rxa2
49. Nd4 Rxe2 50. Nxe2 Bd6 $19) 46... c4 $19 47. Kb6 Re4 48. Rc1 Ba3 49. Rd1 Re2
50. Kb5 c3 51. Ka4 Rxa2 52. Kb3 Rd2 53. Ra1 Bd6 54. Ra6 Be5 55. f4 Bd4 56. Nc2
Bg1 57. f5 Rxh2 58. Ra4 Rxc2 {. Eine interessante Kampfpartie mit
bemerkenswerter Eröffnungs- und Mittelspielphase (Königsindische Spezialitäten)
.} 0-1

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Yusupov} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 (6. Qd2 $6
Nc6 7. d5 Ne4 8. Qxa5 Nxa5 9. Na3 Nd6 10. Nd2 Rb8 11. e3 a6 12. Rb1 b5 13. Bf1
e6 14. dxe6 dxe6 15. Be2 O-O 16. O-O $15 {Karpov,An-Kasparov,G,Brussels 5',1990
}) (6. Bd2 Qb6 7. Nc3 (7. dxc5 Qxc5 8. Qb3 Nc6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rc1 d6 11. Be3
Qa5 12. Bd2 Qc5 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qb4 15. Qxb4 Nxb4 16. Nd4 d5 17. a3 Nc6 18.
Nxc6 bxc6 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Rb8 $10 {Smejkal,J-Nunn,J,
BL8788,HSV-Muenchen 36}) (7. Bc3 Ne4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qd3 Nxc3 10. Nxc3 cxd4 (
10... d6 $5 $10) 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Nxd4 Nc6 13. e3 d6 14. Rac1 Bd7 15. Rfd1 $14)
7... cxd4 8. Na4 Qc7 (8... Qc6 $2 9. O-O Ne4 10. Ng5 f5 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. e3 $1
$16 {Dautov,R-Shirov,A,Brno 1991 CBM 26}) (8... Qd6 $5 $13) (8... Qd8 9. Nxd4
Nc6 10. Nxc6 (10. Bc3 $5 $14) 10... bxc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 d5 13. Be3 e6 14.
Nc5 Qe7 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nd3 Re8 17. Bd4 a5 18. Re1 h5 19. Qc2 Ba6 20. Nc5 e5
21. Nxa6 Rxa6 22. Be3 Qe6 23. Red1 $14 {Dzindzichashvili,R-Gurevich,D USA-ch m,
1991}) 9. Nxd4 d6 (9... Nc6 $14 {Yusupov}) 10. Rc1 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nb5 Qd8
13. Nbc3 Bg4 14. h3 Bd7 15. Kh2 Rc8 16. b3 $14 {Davies,N-Sokolov,I,Preston 1989
}) 6... Ne4 7. O-O $2 (7. Bd2 Nxd2 8. Qxd2 O-O $1 (8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. e3
O-O (10... Qc5 {Yusupov} 11. Nb3 Qxc4 12. Nd5 O-O $17) 11. O-O Rb8 12. Rfd1 e6
13. a3 a6 14. Rac1 Ne5 15. Ne4 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. b3 Rb6 19.
Rc7 Bb7 20. h3 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 d5 22. Bg2 g5 23. Bf1 Rfb8 $14 {Karpov,An-Timman,
J Amsterdam Euwe-Mem 1988}) 9. e3 d6 10. h3 Nc6 (10... Nd7 $5 $10) 11. O-O Rb8
12. Rfd1 a6 13. a3 b5 14. b4 $1 Qb6 15. bxc5 $6 (15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Nd5 Qa7 17.
Rac1 Rd8 18. Qe2 e6 19. cxb5 $14 {Kir.Georgiev}) 15... dxc5 16. cxb5 axb5 17.
dxc5 Qxc5 18. Rac1 Na5 $1 $15 {Kir.Georgiev-Sokolov,I,Jugoslavija 1991}) (7.
Qd3 $1 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc5 9. Qd1 Nc6 10. e3 (10. Be3 Ne6 11. Nxe6 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3
dxe6 $13) 10... Ne6 11. O-O O-O (11... Ncxd4 $5 12. exd4 Bxd4 (12... Nxd4 13.
Nd5 $146) 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Qe2 Bg7 $13) 12. Nxe6 dxe6 13. Bd2 Qc5 14. Qe2 Ne5
15. b3 Rd8 16. Rfd1 Rb8 17. Ne4 Qc7 18. Bc3 $16 {Dizdar,G-Waganian,R Saraevo
1987}) 7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qxc3 9. Bg5 (9. Rb1 {Yusupov} Qxc4 10. Nd2 Qa6 11.
dxc5 O-O $17) 9... Qa5 $1 (9... cxd4 $2 10. Qa4 d3 (10... Nc6 11. Bd2 Qb2 12.
Rab1 $18) 11. Rac1 dxe2 12. Rxc3 exf1=Q+ 13. Kxf1 Bxc3 14. Qa3 $16) (9... Qxc4
$2 10. Rc1 Qxa2 11. Rxc5 Nc6 12. d5 $36) 10. d5 (10. Rb1 {Yusupov} cxd4 11. Rb5
Qd8 12. Nxd4 Nc6 13. Nxc6 $146) 10... d6 (10... Bxa1 $2 {Yusupov} 11. Qxa1 f6
12. Bxf6 exf6 13. Qxf6 Rf8 14. Qe5+ Kd8 15. Qg7 Re8 16. d6 $18) 11. Rb1 Qxa2 $1
12. e4 Nd7 13. Re1 (13. e5 {Yusupov} Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Re1 $146) 13... Ne5
$1 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 $19 15. Bh6 (15. f4 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 h6 17. Bh4 g5 18. fxg5 hxg5
19. Bxg5 Bh3 (19... Qf2 {Yusupov} 20. Bh4 Rxh4 21. gxh4 Be5 (21... Qxh4 22. e5
Bxe5 23. Rxe5 dxe5 24. d6 $146) 22. Re2 Qxh4 (22... Qf4 23. Qg1 $44) 23. Bf3
Kd8 24. Qa4 $15) (19... f6 20. e5 dxe5 21. Qd3 fxg5 (21... Kf7 22. d6 fxg5 23.
Rf1+ Kg7 24. g4 (24. Qf3 Be6 25. Rxb7 Rxh2+ $19) 24... b6 (24... Bxg4 25. Qg3
Rh4 26. Rxb7 Re8 27. Rxe7+ Rxe7 28. dxe7 Qa4 29. Rf8 $18) 25. dxe7 Bxg4 26. Rf5
Bxf5 27. Qxf5 Rxh2+ 28. Kxh2 Rh8+ 29. Kg3 Qa3+ 30. Bf3 Qe3 31. e8=N+ Rxe8 32.
Qd7+ Kf8 $17) 22. Qg6+ Kd8 23. d6 Re8 24. Bxb7 $40) 20. Re2 Bxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Qxc4
22. Rxb7 f6 23. Bf4 a5 $19) 15... b6 16. Qd3 (16. f4 {Yusupov} Bd4+ 17. Kh1 Bb7
18. e5 O-O-O 19. e6 $17 (19. Qd3 $17)) 16... Qa4 17. Bf1 (17. Rb3 $17 {Yusupov}
) 17... Qd7 18. h3 Qc7 19. Re2 Bd7 20. Ra2 Bd4 21. Ra6 Rb8 22. Qa3 Rb7 23. Kg2
(23. Be2 {Yusupov}) 23... Kd8 24. Be2 Kc8 25. Bg4 Kb8 26. Qf3 Bxg4 27. hxg4 e6
28. Bd2 h5 29. gxh5 exd5 $1 30. h6 dxc4 31. Rh1 (31. Rc1 $142 {Yusupov} b5 32.
e5 $19) 31... Qc6 32. Rh4 f6 33. Kg1 g5 34. Rh5 Re7 35. Qa3 Qxe4 36. Qa2 c3 0-1

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 3rd"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2015.02.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2015.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Ne2 {This concept (White delays the
development of his b1 knight, and his other knight goes to c3) has recently
become popular. Frankly speaking, I don't see any major sense in it, other
than an attempt to avoid deeply developed theoretical lines.} O-O 6. Be3 c5 {
Other possibilities:} (6... e5) (6... Nc6) 7. Qd2 {This move means that White
plans to develop his b1 knight to a3 and then c2 (if not to c3, of course).} (
7. d5 {with idea Ne2-c3 and Nb1-d2 is another option.}) 7... Nc6 (7... Nbd7 8.
d5 b5 $5 9. cxb5 a6 10. Nec3 axb5 11. Nxb5 Ne8 12. N1c3 Nc7 13. Be2 Nxb5 14.
Nxb5 Qa5 15. Qxa5 Rxa5 16. Bd2 Ra4 17. Bc3 $16 {1/2 (31) Laznicka,V (2608)
-Hracek,Z (2613) Ostrava 2007}) (7... cxd4 $5 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 {leads to a
Sicilian Maroczy (B38) in a decent version for Black but it is not to
everyone's taste.}) 8. d5 (8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Bxc5 {needs checking; the following
game is not convincing:} Nd7 10. Be3 Qa5 $6 (10... Nde5 $5 11. Nec3 f5 $44) 11.
Qxa5 Nxa5 12. Nec3 (12. Nd4 $5) 12... Ne5 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 {1-0 (34)
Latorre Lopez Moreira,L (2093)-Zacarias,M (2184) Asuncion 2011} 15. exd5 $16) (
8. Nbc3 Qa5 (8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 {- B38}) 9. Rd1 a6 10. a3 e6 11. Nb1 Qxd2+ 12.
Rxd2 d5 13. dxc5 dxe4 14. Nec3 exf3 15. gxf3 e5 $13 {0-1 (39) Crouch,C (2388)
-Rose,M (2303) England 2013}) (8. Na3 $5 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Nac2 Nc5 11. Be2
a5 $5 (11... Ne6 $6 12. O-O Nexd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 Qb6 16.
Qxb6 axb6 17. a4 Bd7 18. b3 Bc6 19. Kf2 Kg7 20. Rad1 Ra5 21. Bd3 f6 $14 {
1-0 (41) Indjic,A (2502)-Vovk,A (2564) Cappelle la Grande 2013})) 8... Ne5 (
8... Na5 9. Nec3 (9. Nc1 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. cxd5 {1/2 (33) Kohlweyer,B (2440)
-Kerigan,D (2257) Vlissingen 2013} b5 $1 $132) (9. Na3 $5 a6 $5) 9... a6 10.
Na3 $1 (10. Bh6 b5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Qg5 (12. cxb5 axb5 {[%cal Ra5b3]}) 12...
bxc4 13. Na3 Nd7 14. h4 Ne5 15. h5 f6 16. Qe3 g5 $15 {1/2 (40) Rowson,J (2586)
-Hebden,M (2540) England 2013}) 10... Nxc4 ({looks nice but} 10... e6 $5 {
is probably more to the point}) 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Be2 (12. Naxb5 axb5 13. Bxb5
Ba6 14. a4 $5) 12... b4 13. Nc4 bxc3 14. bxc3 Rb8 15. O-O Qc7 16. a4 $14 a5 $6
17. Na3 Bd7 18. Nb5 $16 {[%csl Gb5] 1-0 (33) Ivanisevic,I (2624)-Rombach,M 
(2103) Deizisau 2014}) 9. Nec3 (9. Ng3 e6 10. Nc3 exd5 11. cxd5 {leads to a
position from Modern Benoni when White develops his g1 knight to e2 too early;
it is quite favorable for Black.}) 9... Nh5 (9... e6 {is more common but after}
10. Be2 exd5 11. cxd5 {is is not easy for Black to equalise:} h5 (11... Nh5 12.
O-O $5 (12. g4 $143 Nf6 13. h3 Re8 14. O-O h5 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. a4 hxg4 17. hxg4
Nh7 18. Bh6 Qe7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Na3 {1-0 (36) Ward,C (2498)-Mortensen,E 
(2450) Copenhagen 2002} g5 $11)) (11... Ne8 12. O-O f5 13. a4 Nf6 14. exf5 Bxf5
15. Na3 a6 16. Rae1 Re8 17. Bf4 Qc7 18. g4 Bd7 19. h3 Nf7 20. Kg2 Re7 21. Bc4
$14 {[%cal Yh3h4,Yh4h5] 1/2 (21) Bischoff,K (2564)-Stellwagen,D (2487) Germany
2004}) ({It is rather senseless for Black to play} 11... a6 {as White plans
a2-a4 and Nb1-a3 anyway:} 12. a4 Re8 13. O-O h5 14. Na3 Nh7 15. Kh1 (15. Rae1
$5 {may be even more useful}) 15... f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Rae1 Rb8 18. h3 h4 19.
f4 Nf7 20. Bf2 Bf6 21. Bd3 $14 {0-1 (61) Dinic,G (2232)-Dimic,P (2243)
Belgrade 2013}) 12. O-O Nh7 13. a4 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Na3 Re8 16. Rae1 a6 17.
h3 Qh4 18. Bf2 Qb4 19. f4 Nf7 20. Nc4 Nf6 21. a5 Ne4 22. Nxe4 Rxe4 23. Qxb4
cxb4 24. g4 hxg4 25. hxg4 Rxe2 26. gxf5 Rxe1 27. Bxe1 gxf5 28. Bxb4 $14 {
_|_ 1-0 (45) Laznicka,V (2594)-Mamedov,R (2587) Pardubice 2007}) (9... a6 $5
10. a4 Nh5 11. Be2 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Na3 Qe8 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Qg6 16.
Qxg6+ hxg6 17. g3 f4 18. g4 Nf6 19. O-O-O Kg7 20. Nab1 Bd7 21. Nd2 Rh8 22. h4
Rh7 23. Rh2 Rah8 24. Rdh1 g5 25. h5 Kh6 $11 {1/2 (42) Ivanisevic,I (2633)
-Damljanovic,B (2566) Skopje 2014}) {In the present game Black doesn't insert .
..a7-a6 a2-a4 and obtains a decent position, too.} 10. Be2 f5 11. Na3 $6 {
It was not a good idea to allow a blockade.} (11. exf5 $142 gxf5 12. Bh6 {
trading Black's strong bishop and keeping the position semi-open. In that case
Black's king will be unsafe, which gives White good chances although the
position requires further exploration.}) 11... f4 $1 12. Bf2 Bd7 13. Nc2 a6 14.
a4 g5 15. a5 Qe8 {[%mdl 32]} (15... g4 $142 $1 $36) 16. Rb1 {[%cal Yb2b4]} b5 {
A logical continuation of Black's plan but it is less dangerous for White than
a kingside break.} 17. axb6 a5 18. Na3 Qb8 (18... g4 $5 {still deserved
attention}) ({or} 18... Rb8 19. Ra1 Rxb6 20. Nab5 g4 $5) 19. Nab5 Qxb6 20. Ra1
Rfb8 21. Ra3 Qd8 22. Kd1 h6 23. Kc2 {White's king is safe, and now he seizes
initiative on the kingside, too.} Nf6 24. h4 $1 Be8 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. g3 Nh5
27. Rg1 Rb7 28. gxf4 gxf4 29. Bh4 a4 $6 {The pawn will be weak here.} (29...
Bg6 $142 30. Bg5 $140 Qf8 $14) 30. Bg5 Ng6 31. Rga1 ({White didn't like the
mess after} 31. Rxa4 Rxa4 32. Nxa4 Ng3 33. Bd3 Bxb5 34. cxb5 c4 35. Bxc4 Qc7) (
31. Bf1 $5 {[%cal Yd2h2,Yf1h3] was a good positional decision, with a clear
advantage for White.}) 31... Qc8 {[%cal Rc8h3]} 32. Bf1 Ng3 33. Bd3 $2 {
[%mdl 16384] A positional error. White should not allow Black's queen to h3.} (
33. Qh2 $1 Nxf1 34. Rxf1 {, and the initiative still belongs to White.}) 33...
Bxb5 34. Nxb5 Qh3 (34... Rxb5 $5 35. cxb5 c4 36. Be2 Rb8 $36 {(indicated by
the Chesspro.ru website)}) 35. Bxf4 Nxf4 36. Qxf4 Rf8 37. Qd2 Rxf3 38. Rxa4 Bh6
$6 {This allows White to simplify the game and obtain an endgame with an extra
pawn (however too hard to convert).} (38... Qh4 $1 {[%cal Rg3e4,Yh4f6]} 39.
Ra8+ Kf7 $44 {Black's king is safer than White's.}) 39. Ra8+ Kf7 40. Rh8 Bxd2
41. Rxh3 Bf4 42. Rh7+ Kg6 43. Rh2 Be5 44. Ra8 Kg5 (44... Kf7 $5) 45. Be2 Rf7
46. Rg8+ Rg7 47. Rf8 Rg6 48. Bd3 Rf6 49. Rf2 Rxf2+ 50. Rxf2 Rb8 51. Kb3 Bd4 52.
Rf3 Kg4 53. Rf7 Bf6 54. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Kornev, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[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 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Ne5
{White uses his extra tempo in this symmetrical position for invading the [+]
and opening up the long /^. However with precise play Black can neutralize the
pressure.} (8. Nc3 Nc6 {- E65 main line.}) 8... Nfd7 (8... Qd4 $143 {looks
illogical.} 9. Nd3 {The target is usually >< c5.} Na6 10. Qb3 e5 11. Nc3 Qd6
12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Bg5 Rb8 14. Nd5 Qe6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bd5 Qe7 {Black has lost
a couple of tempi with his Q.} 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qc3 Nc7 19. Qxe5 $16 {
Wojtkiewicz-Cosma, Budapest 1993}) (8... Na6 $143 {The N is rather passive
here and far from the [+].} 9. Nc3 Rb8 10. Nd3 Nh5 {The other N is also on the
edge of the board.} 11. Nb5 Be6 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Be3 f5 14. Rad1 Bf7 15. Qc2 Qa5
16. a3 $16 {Ehlvest-Byrne, New York op 1991}) (8... Qc7 9. Nd3 Bf5 (9... Nc6
10. Nc3 Bf5 11. Bf4 (11. Nxc5 {is met by} Na5 $132 {>< c4 is the usual target
for Black.}) 11... Qa5 (11... e5 {weakens the light squares, especially >< d5.}
12. Bg5 $14 {Stoica}) 12. Bd2 Bxd3 13. exd3 {White's P structure is corrupted,
but his pressure on the long /^ remains.} Qc7 14. Be3 Nd4 (14... Rfd8 $6 15.
Bxc5 Ne5 16. d4 Nxc4 17. Qe2 {White's ^^ is rather strong.} Nd6 18. a4 $16 {
Najdorf-Boleslavsky, Zurich ct 1953}) 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Nb5 $14 {and White's B
is the active one with ^-.}) (9... Nbd7 {hinders his own development.} 10. Nc3
a6 11. Bf4 {provoking another weakening move} e5 12. Bd2 Re8 13. Rc1 h5 14. b4
$1 $16 {Najdorf-Cantero, Montevideo 1954}) (9... Be6 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. Nxc5 Bg4
12. Qxb7 Qxb7 13. Nxb7 Nd4 14. Nc3 Nxe2+ 15. Nxe2 Bxe2 16. Re1 Bxc4 17. Rxe7
Nd5 {White still has problems with his development.} 18. Rd7 Nb6 19. Rd1 Be2
20. Re1 Bc4 21. Nd6 Rad8 22. Nxc4 Nxc4 $44 {Whiteley-Gufeld, Hastings 1988})
10. Nc3 Nbd7 (10... Nc6 {- 9...Nc6 10.Nc3 Bf5}) (10... Rd8 11. Qb3 Nc6 12. Bf4
e5 13. Bxc6 exf4 (13... Bxd3 14. Qxb7 $16) 14. Qxb7 Rac8 15. Qxc7 Rxc7 16. Bd5
$14 {and White is a healthy P up, Stoica.}) 11. Bf4 e5 {weakening >< d5 and
closing the /^ of the dark-squared B.} 12. Bg5 {fighting for the control over
>< d5.} Rfe8 $5 (12... h6 {White wants to take on f6 anyway.} 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14.
Qb3 e4 {This closes the long /^ and opens the /^ for the g7 B, but allows the
white knights to take control over >< d5.} 15. Nf4 {/\ Nf5} b6 16. Rad1 Rfd8
17. Nfd5 $5 (17. e3 {is a bit passive.} Qe5 18. Qa4 Qe7 19. Qc2 g5 20. Nfd5
Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Qe5 22. a4 Bg6 $11 {I.Cosma-Florean, Romania ch 2001 81/(447)})
17... Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qe5 19. Rd2 Rd7 20. Qe3 $14 {Stoica}) 13. Qb3 (13. e4 Bg4
14. Qb3 Qd6 $13 {Stoica}) 13... e4 14. Nf4 Qb6 $11) 9. Nxd7 (9. Nd3 Nc6 $1 (
9... Nb6 $143 10. Na3 Nc6 {Black temporarily sacrifices >< c5 in order to get
back >< c4.} 11. Nxc5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Na5 13. Rb1 Naxc4 14. Nxc4 Nxc4 15. b3 Na5
16. Bb2 {and after exchanging the dark-squared bishops the diffference between
the g2 and the c8 B becomes more relevant} Bf5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rbc1 Rac8 19.
Nxb7 $16 {Loginov-Loskutov, Russia 1996}) (9... Ne5 10. Nxc5 (10. Nxe5 {
is not so logical.} Bxe5 11. Nc3 Qa5 (11... Nc6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Qc1 Bf5 14. Rd1
Qc8 15. h4 $13 {Rosetto-Toran, Buenos Aires 1955}) 12. Bg5 Nc6 13. Bxc6 bxc6
14. Bxe7 Re8 15. Bg5 Qb4 $1 {White has won a P, but gave up his precious
fianchettoed B, now the counterattack begins.} 16. Na4 Qxc4 17. Rc1 Qg4 18. Bd2
Ba6 19. Re1 Rad8 $13 {Donner-Gligoric, Buenos Aires 1955}) 10... Qc7 11. Nd3
Nxc4 12. Qc2 (12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Qa4 Nb6 14. Qh4 Bf5 $11) 12... Na6 13. Nc3 Nd6
14. Bf4 {In an almost symmetrical position the extra tempo can be very useful.}
Bf5 15. e4 Be6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Qe2 Qd7 18. Nd5 $14 {Ehlvest-Sepp, Tallinn
2000}) 10. Nc3 (10. Nd2 $143 $6 {is rather passive hindering his own
development.} Nce5 11. Ne4 Nxc4 12. Qc2 Nd6 13. Nexc5 Nxc5 14. Qxc5 Bf5 15. Rd1
b6 16. Qb4 Rc8 $11 {Benko-Foldi, Hungary ch 1954}) 10... Nb6 (10... Nce5 11.
Nxe5 Nxe5 $14 {- 9.Nxd7}) (10... Nde5 11. Nxc5 (11. Nxe5 Bxe5 {- 9...Ne5})
11... Nxc4 {- 10...Nb6}) 11. Nxc5 Nxc4 12. Qa4 Nb6 13. Qh4 {White has improved
his Q's position.} e5 $5 (13... Qd4 14. N5e4 {+/= Marin} Bf5 15. Be3 (15. Rd1
Qb4 16. a3 Qb3 17. Bh6 Bxe4 {1/2:1/2 Cvitan-Marin, Debrecen EU-tch 1992}) 15...
Qe5 16. Rad1 (16. Bf4 Qa5 $13 {F.Olafsson-R.Byrne, Lugano 1970}) 16... Rfd8 17.
Nc5 {White's pieces are more active and the black Q remains vulnerable in the 
[+].} Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Qc7 19. g4 Be6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Ne4 $16 {Loginov-Rogic,
Berlin op 1995}) 14. Bg5 (14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Bg5 f6) 14... f6 15. Be3 f5 $5 (
15... Qe7 16. Rac1 Rd8 17. Rfd1 Bf5 {(Kustar-Besztercsenyi, Hungary chT 1995)}
18. Nxb7 $1 {liquidating for a bit better _|_ by tactical means.} Qxb7 19. Bxb6
Qxb6 20. Qc4+ Kh8 21. Qxc6 Qxb2 22. Qb5 $14) 16. Bg5 Qd4 $11) 9... Nxd7 (9...
Qxd7 $1 {is recommended by the theory as an equalizing move.} 10. Nc3 (10. Qb3
$143 Nc6 11. Nc3 Nd4 $36 {and Black wins the important tempo, Buturin-Vombek,
Nova Gorica op 1997.}) (10. Qxd7 Nxd7 11. Nc3 Nb6 {counterattacking >< c4
immediately.} 12. Be3 Bd4 13. Bxd4 cxd4 14. Nb5 Nxc4 15. b3 Na5 16. Nxd4 e5 17.
Nb5 Bg4 $11 18. Rfe1 Rfd8 19. h3 Bd7 20. Nc7 Rac8 21. Rac1 Bc6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23.
Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Bxd5 Rc2 25. a4 Kf8 26. b4 Nc6 27. Be4 Rc4 28. Bxc6 Rxc6 $15 {
Bulat-Matanovic, Yugoslavia ch 1953}) 10... Nc6 (10... Qxd1 $143 11. Rxd1 {
helps only for White to gain control over the d <->.} Nc6 12. Be3 Nd4 13. Rd2
Rb8 14. Nd5 e6 15. Ne7+ Kh8 16. Nxc8 {^^} Rfxc8 17. Rad1 Kg8 18. g4 $16 {
Gligoric-Bukic, Yugoslavia ch 1962}) 11. Qd5 (11. Qa4 Ne5 $5 {is the important
alternative here.} (11... Bxc3 {corrupts the P structure but gives up the
important ^^.} 12. bxc3 Qe6 (12... Ne5 13. Qxd7 $1 (13. Qb3 Qe6 14. Bd5 Qh3 $11
) 13... Bxd7 14. Bxb7 Rab8 15. Bd5 {White's ^^ can be dangerous in the long
run.} e6 16. Bf4 $14 (16. Be4 Nxc4 17. Bh6 Rfc8 18. Rab1 $14)) 13. Be3 Bd7) 12.
Qxd7 Bxd7 13. Bxb7 Rab8 $132) (11. Be3 Bd4 $1 {is not an easy move to find.}
12. Qd2 Rd8 13. Nb5 (13. Rad1 Bxc3 $1) 13... Bxe3 14. Qxe3 b6) 11... Qxd5 (
11... Qf5 12. Be4 Qg4 13. Bf3 Qf5 14. Be3 (14. Be4 {is only a repetition of
moves.}) 14... Nd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 $11 {and Black has the ^^, Larsen-Yanofsky,
Munich ol 1958.}) 12. cxd5 Nd4 13. Bg5 Re8 {looks more flexible.} (13... f6 {
This weakens a bit Black's position, but it remains playable.} 14. Bd2 (14. Bf4
Bd7 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Rfe1 b6 $11 {Bulat-Bertok, Yugoslavia ch 1960}) 14... Bg4
15. Rae1 Rac8 {1/2:1/2 Ivkov-Gligoric, Yugoslavia ch 1955}) 14. Rac1 (14. e3
Nf5 15. Nb5 {(1/2:1/2 Ivkov-Gligoric, Sarajevo 1958)} Bxb2 16. Rab1 Be5 17. Bf4
Bxf4 18. gxf4 Rd8 19. Nc7 Rb8 20. Na6 Ra8 21. Nc7 $11 {and draw by repetition
of moves.} (21. Nxc5 b6 22. d6 Rb8 23. dxe7 Nxe7 $15 {Blagojevic-Bakic,
Vrnjacka Banja 1999})) 14... Bd7 15. Rfe1 Rac8 $11 {(Bulat-Gligoric,
Yugoslavia ch 1960)} 16. Bd2 e6 17. e3 {1/2:1/2 Wojtkiewicz-Sprenger, Goch 1998
}) 10. Qb3 Ne5 (10... Nb6 {Now Black cannot put more pressure on >< c4.} 11.
Rd1 Bd7 12. a4 $1 (12. Nc3 Qc8 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nc3 {weakening the position of
the N.} Qc7 15. Bg5 Rae8 16. Be3 Bc8 17. a4 Nd7 18. a5 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 {The ^^
is very important in these type of positions.} f6 20. Bf4 $16 {
Wojtkiewicz-Vouldis, Komotini 1993}) 12... Qe8 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
cxd5 $16 {Najdorf-Letelier, Mar del Plata 1955}) 11. Nc3 (11. Rd1 $1 {looks
more precise fighting against Nc6-d4.} Qb6 12. Nc3 Qxb3 13. axb3 Nc6 14. Bxc6
bxc6 15. Be3 $14) 11... Nc6 (11... Qd4 12. Bg5 $1 $14 {Kurajica-Rogic,
Vinkovci 1995}) 12. Qb5 $1 (12. Rd1 {is already met by} Nd4) 12... Nd4 {
Black sacrifices a P in order to finish development and activate his pieces.} (
12... Qd6 {is the passive defence.} 13. Bf4 $5 {deserves attention as well,
for example:} (13. Ne4 Qe5 14. Qxc5 Be6 $1 {Marin} (14... Nd4 $6 {weakens ><
e7!} 15. Bg5 $1 {Marin} (15. Qxe5 Nxe2+ 16. Kh1 Bxe5 17. Bh6 {(Marin-L.Vajda,
Herculane 1996)} Bg7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rfe1 Nd4 20. Rad1 $14) 15... Nxe2+ 16.
Kh1 Qxb2 17. Bxe7 {Now >< f6 becomes very vulnerable.} Re8 18. Rab1 Qxa2 (18...
Qe5 19. Qxe5 Bxe5 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. Bxf6 $16) 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. Bxf6 $16 {
and White's ^^ dominates the board.})) 13... e5 14. Ne4 Qc7 15. Be3 Nd4 16.
Qxc5 Qxc5 17. Nxc5 Nxe2+ 18. Kh1 $14) 13. Qxc5 Be6 14. Bg5 (14. Bxb7 Rb8 15.
Be4 Rc8 16. Qxa7 Bxc4 17. Re1 Bxe2 $1 18. Bg5 Rc7 $132 {gives Black good
tactical chances for the P.}) 14... b6 15. Qxe7 f6 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17. Be3 Bxc4
(17... Nc2 18. Nd5 Nxa1 19. Rxa1 $14 {and White's compensation is more than
enough for the exchange.}) 18. Bxd4 Rxd4 19. b3 Be6 20. Rad1 Rfd8 21. Rxd4 Rxd4
22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Nxd1 $14 {[%mdl 4096] White is a healthy P up, but Black's
strong ^^ gives him excellent drawing chances. This is a theoretically
important _|_.} f5 $1 24. Ne3 Kf8 25. Bd5 Bd7 $1 {Black has to avoid the
exchange of the bishops.} 26. Nc2 Ke7 {Now the black K becomes active as well.}
27. f3 Kd6 28. Bg8 h6 29. Kf2 a5 30. Ke3 Kc5 {It is not easy to force back
this active K.} 31. Kd3 Be5 32. e3 Bb2 33. Bf7 g5 34. f4 Bc6 35. Kd2 b5 36.
fxg5 hxg5 37. h4 gxh4 38. gxh4 {White has created a remote o^, and even so the
game will be soon ended in a draw.} Be4 {It is always a big threat to
liquidate for a ^- _|_.} 39. Nd4 Bxd4 40. exd4+ Kxd4 41. h5 Ke5 42. h6 Kf6 43.
h7 Kg7 44. Bg6 b4 45. Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 e6 $5 {[%cal Yd7d5] A rare but possible continuation.}
4. e4 (4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 (5. Bg5 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bh4 c5 9. dxc5 dxc4
10. e4 Qa5 11. Bf2 b5 12. cxb6 axb6 13. Bxc4 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. Nge2 Nb4 16.
Qb1 Rfd8 $44 {0-1 (40) Zhu Chen (2491)-Cmilyte,V (2514) Huashan City CHN 2013})
5... Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Bb5+ Nd7 9. Ne2 cxd4 10. Qxd4 f6 11. e5 Kf7
12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Bf4 e5 14. Qc4+ Qe6 15. Bg3 Qxc4 16. Bxc4+ Kf6 17. f4 e4 18.
Rd1 Nb6 19. Bb3 Bc5 $13 {1-0 (48) Kasimdzhanov,R (2690)-Naumann,A (2535) Trier
GER 2013}) 4... d5 5. cxd5 (5. Nc3 dxe4 6. fxe4 e5 7. d5 Bc5 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Bg5
h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nbd7 12. Be2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 h5 14. h3 Qe7 $11 {1-0 (61)
Korobov,A (2698)-Le Quang Liem (2717) Loo RUS 2013}) (5. e5 Nh5 6. f4 $6 Qh4+
7. g3 Nxg3 8. Nf3 Qh5 9. hxg3 Qxh1 10. Nc3 {1/2 (36) Vitiugov,N (2694)-Vachier
Lagrave,M (2713) Caleta ENG 2013} dxc4 $5 {[%cal Yc8d7,Yb8c6] - White's
compensation for the exchange is doubtful}) 5... exd5 6. Nc3 dxe4 7. fxe4 Bb4 {
Black immediately concentrates his fire on White's hanging pawns.} 8. Bg5 h6 9.
Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Bb5+ c6 12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O Qe7 14. Qc1 O-O-O 15. Qf4
f5 16. Nb5 $5 {A good idea but Black has a sufficient defence. White could
also have exchanged pawns in advance:} (16. exf5 gxf5 $1 (16... Bxf5 $143 17.
Nb5 cxb5 18. Rac1+ Nc5 19. a3 Qxe2 20. axb4 Rd5 21. Rfe1 $1 Qxb2 22. Re5 Rxe5
23. Nxe5 $16) 17. Nb5 $1 {A possible line:} cxb5 18. Rac1+ Nc5 19. a3 Qe4 20.
Qxe4 fxe4 21. axb4 exf3 22. Rxc5+ Kb8 23. Bxf3 Bxf3 24. Rxf3 Rxd4 25. Rxb5 a6 {
, and the game should end in a draw}) 16... cxb5 17. Rac1+ Nc5 18. exf5 Qxe2 (
18... gxf5 $142 {- see above}) 19. Qxg4 gxf5 (19... Qe3+ $142 $1 20. Kh1 gxf5
21. Qxf5+ Kb8 22. dxc5 Rhf8) 20. Qxf5+ Kb8 21. dxc5 (21. Qf4+ $142 $1 Ka8 22.
dxc5 {[%cal Rf4b4] winning a tempo} Qxb2 23. c6 $1 $36) 21... Rhf8 22. Qe5+ $6
({It was essential to cover the 2nd rank:} 22. Qc2 $1 Qxc2 23. Rxc2 $14 {
Even if Black regains the c5-pawn, he will have to play accurately since
White's pawn advantage on the kingside can be more important than Black's on
the opposite flank, where he has doubled pawns and can't easily create a
passer.}) 22... Qxe5 23. Nxe5 Rfe8 {[%csl Gd8,Ge8][%cal Ge8e1,Gd8d1]} 24. c6 $6
(24. Nf3 $142) 24... Rd2 $1 {[%csl Rb2] The capture of the b2-pawn clears the
way for Black's queenside pawns.} 25. Rf5 Bd6 $1 26. Nd7+ Kc8 27. Nf6 (27. Rf7
$5 Re7 28. Rxe7 Bxe7 $15) 27... Re5 $1 28. Rxe5 Bxe5 {[%mdl 4096]} 29. Ne4 Rxb2
30. cxb7+ Kxb7 $17 {As the result of simplifications, Black has a clear
advantage: his rook is more active, and his bishop is stronger than White's
knight since the forthcoming passed pawns are on opposite sides. Black
gradually brings home his advantage.} 31. Nc5+ Ka8 32. Rd1 Bc7 33. Re1 a5 34.
Re6 Rc2 35. Nd3 h5 36. Rh6 Rxa2 37. Rxh5 Rd2 38. Nc5 a4 39. Rh6 Rd6 40. Rh8+
Ka7 41. Kf1 Rc6 0-1

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2002.11.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 {This is probably the best reaction against
White's Anti-Grunfeld setup. Black may transpose to an acceptable f3 Benoni,
A65.} 4. d5 Bg7 (4... d6 {doesn't allow White's tricky plan Nh3-f2.}) 5. Nc3 (
5. Nh3 d6 6. Nf2 b5 $5 (6... O-O 7. Nc3 e6 8. e4 exd5 9. cxd5 {is a good
version of the f3 Benoni for White, because he can finish his development by
Be2 and 0-0.}) 7. cxb5 a6) 5... O-O {White was threatening to regroup his
pieces via Nh3-f2. After e4 and Be2 he can achieve the ideal setup in this
Benoni line.} (5... d6 {was required against Nh3, after which White has some
problems with his >> development.}) 6. Nh3 $1 {White grasps the opportunity to
put his N on f2.} d6 (6... e5 7. Nf2 d6 {- 6...d6}) 7. Nf2 e5 $1 (7... e6 8. e4
exd5 9. cxd5 {- Bykhovsky-Zoler, Ramat Aviv 2000 CBM 77}) 8. e4 (8. g4 $5 {
is a very original idea preventing Black from Nh5 and later play e4.} Ne8 (8...
h5 9. h3 e4 10. g5 $16) 9. h4 f5 10. e4 $14 {We have reached a typical Samish
position.} Bf6 11. Bh6 (11. g5 Be7 {/\ Ng7-h5, h7-h6}) 11... Rf7 12. exf5 gxf5
13. g5 Bh8 14. Qd2 Ng7 15. h5 $16) 8... Nh5 (8... Ne8 9. Be2 $14) 9. Be3 (9. g3
$1 {was required and after} f5 {White can quietly finish the development of
the >> by} 10. Be2) 9... f5 10. Qc2 (10. g3 $2 {is now always answered by} f4
$1 $17) 10... Na6 11. a3 Nc7 12. b4 {White begins his operations on the <<,
but from now on he has a big problem: where to put his K?} (12. O-O-O {gives
Black good attacking chances on the <<:} a6 13. exf5 (13. b4 f4 14. Bd2 cxb4
15. axb4 a5 $132) (13. Kb1 Rb8 $13 {/\ b5}) 13... gxf5 14. Bd3 b5 15. g4 Nf4
$132 {with very good counterchances.}) 12... b6 13. Rb1 Ne8 (13... Bf6 {
/\ Bg5 is parried by} 14. Qc1) 14. Qc1 $6 {This is rather useless, but it is
not easy to finish the development of the >>.} (14. Bd3 Nf4 15. O-O {may run
into a direct >> assault after} Nxd3 16. Qxd3 f4 17. Bd2 h5 $13) 14... Bd7 (
14... f4 $2 {closes the >>.} 15. Bd2 $14) 15. bxc5 (15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Bh6 Bg7 17.
Bg5 $11 {was at least a try for repeating moves.}) 15... dxc5 {/\ Nd6} (15...
bxc5 $13 {was also possible.}) 16. a4 Nd6 (16... a5 {/\ Nd6 is strongly met by}
17. Qb2 Ra6 18. Nb5) 17. a5 Rb8 18. axb6 (18. Nb5 $5 {looked interesting.} Bxb5
19. cxb5) 18... axb6 19. Be2 (19. Bg5 Qe8 (19... Bf6 20. Bh6)) 19... Nf4 20.
O-O $6 (20. Bf1 {was the last try for a repetition of moves:} Ra8 21. g3 Nh5
22. Bg5 Bf6 23. Bh6) 20... Qg5 (20... Nxe2+ 21. Nxe2 f4 22. Bd2 h5 $36 {
was also tempting with a direct -> on the >>.}) 21. g3 Nxe2+ 22. Nxe2 Qe7 {
Black wants to keep the tension as long as possible as real tacticians do.} ({
However} 22... f4 23. Bd2 Qh5 24. g4 Qh4 25. Kg2 b5 $36 {was also an
alternative, Black is better on both flanks.}) 23. Qc2 h5 (23... f4 24. gxf4
Bh6 (24... exf4 25. Bxf4) 25. Nd3) 24. Bd2 g5 {Black's attacking plan is as
flexible as possible.} 25. Ra1 {/\ Ra7} Rb7 {against Ra7.} 26. Qc1 g4 27. fxg4
hxg4 28. exf5 Bxf5 {Now White has lost his [+].} 29. Bh6 Qe8 30. Bxg7 Rxg7 31.
Ra6 Qh5 {Black's -> is already very dangerous.} 32. Nd1 (32. Rxb6 Rh7 $19)
32... Rh7 33. Rf2 Ne4 34. Rg2 Ng5 $19 35. Nf2 Nf3+ 36. Kf1 (36. Kh1 $2 Qxh2+
37. Rxh2 Rxh2#) 36... Qg6 37. Qa1 Nxh2+ 38. Ke1 Nf3+ 39. Kf1 Bd3 40. Qc3 Nd4
0-1

[Event "London Classic 11th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Nc6 $5 4. d5 Ne5 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 Bg7 (6... c6 7. f4
Ned7 8. Nh3 Nc5 9. Nf2 Bg7 10. Be2 O-O 11. Be3 cxd5 12. cxd5 Qa5 13. O-O $14 {
wasn't satisfying for Black in the game Ding Liren (2804)-Svidler,P (2756)
Porto Carras 2018, 1-0 (41).}) 7. f4 Ned7 8. Be3 $5 (8. Nh3 O-O 9. Be2 Nc5 10.
Nf2 {used to be the main line, but then Black found} e5 $5 11. fxe5 (11. dxe6
fxe6 12. Be3 b6 13. Qc2 Bb7 14. O-O-O Nfd7 $13 {½-½ (51) Cheparinov,I (2703)
-Najer,E (2706) Kocaeli 2017}) 11... Ne8 $1 12. Bf4 (12. exd6 Nxd6 $44 {
0-1 (32) Laznicka,V (2679)-Salgado Lopez,I (2622) Dubai 2014}) 12... Qe7 $1 13.
Rc1 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. b4 Nd7 16. O-O a5 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 c5 $5 19.
dxc6 bxc6 $13 {½-½ (33) Moiseenko,A (2635)-Baron,T (2531) Douglas 2019.})
8... O-O 9. Be2 e6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. h4 $5 ({Black could never prove equality
after} 11. Nh3 {- so I actually wonder what was Magnus' idea.} b6 12. O-O Bb7
13. Qc2 (13. Bf3 $5 Rb8 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. Rad1 a6 16. b4 Ba8 17. a3 Bh6 18. Bc1
$14 {0-1 (50) Vocaturo,D (2607)-Svidler,P (2760) Antalya 2017}) 13... Nc5 14.
Bf3 e5 (14... Nfd7 15. b4 Na6 16. a3 Qe7 17. Rad1 $16 {½-½ (58) Dziuba,M 
(2556)-Tomczak,J (2615) Poland 2017}) (14... Rb8 15. b4 Ncd7 16. Rae1 Qe7 17.
a3 $14 {½-½ (35) Baldauf,M (2493)-Esipenko,A (2616) Karlsruhe 2019}) 15. f5
a5 16. g4 h6 17. Rad1 Nh7 18. Qg2 g5 19. Nf2 Bf6 20. Nh1 Bc6 21. Ng3 $16 {
1-0 (69) Fedoseev,V (2680)-Trjapishko,A (2512) Yaroslavl 2019}) 11... b5 $146 (
11... b6 12. h5 Bb7 (12... Nxh5 13. Bxh5 gxh5 14. Qxh5 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Qe7 {
may be playable}) 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Qc2 e5 15. f5 Nc5 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Rd1 Qe7
18. g4 Ne8 19. Nf3 $16 {1-0 (28) De Jong,J (2454)-Wagner,D (2490) Netherlands
2014}) (11... e5 $6 12. f5 $16) (11... Qe7 $5 $146 {may also be playable:} 12.
h5 (12. g4 $5) 12... gxh5 13. Bxh5 Nxh5 14. Qxh5 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Rf7 $132) 12.
cxb5 Bb7 13. Qb3 $1 Kh8 (13... Nxe4 $4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Qxe6+ $18) 14. Bf3 e5
15. Nh3 $1 {Black has practical compensation for the pawn, but not enough of
it objectively.} Nh5 (15... a6 {looked natural. After} 16. O-O-O $5 (16. Ng5
exf4 17. Ne6 Qe7 18. Nxf8 fxe3 19. Ne6 Ne5 $44) 16... axb5 17. h5 gxh5 18. f5 {
Black's position remains difficult.}) 16. Bxh5 gxh5 ({Better may have been} 
16... exf4 17. Nxf4 Nc5 $1 18. Bxc5 Rxf4 19. g3 Rf8 20. O-O-O gxh5 $16) 17. f5
Nf6 18. Nf2 {A good but timid move.} ({When watching the game, I was thinking
Aronian would definitely have dared to play} 18. Ng5 {if his opponent wasn't
Magnus Calsen!}) 18... a6 19. b6 $5 (19. bxa6 Bxa6 {opens columns and
diagonals, which White prefer to avoid.}) 19... cxb6 20. Bxb6 (20. Rd1 b5 21.
O-O {was enough for a clear advantage.}) 20... Qd7 21. Rd1 Rac8 (21... Rfb8 22.
Qe6 $5 (22. Qc2 $5) 22... Qxe6 23. fxe6 Re8 24. Bc7 Rxe6 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Bxd6
Rd8 27. Bxe5 Re8 28. Bd4 Bxe4 29. O-O {and Black is far from equalizing, for
example:} Bg6 30. Nh3 Ne4 31. Bxg7+ Kxg7 32. Nxe4 Rxe4 33. Rf4 Re2 34. Rf2 Re4
35. Nf4 $16) (21... Rab8 22. Ba7 Rbc8 23. Be3 $16) (21... d5 22. exd5 Qxf5 23.
O-O {doesn't bring Black enough compensation either.}) 22. Be3 h6 23. Rh3 d5 $5
(23... Ba8 24. Qe6 $16) 24. exd5 Ba8 25. Rf3 Rb8 26. Qc2 Rfc8 27. Qe2 (27. Qd2
Kh7 28. Nfe4 Nxe4 29. Nxe4 {looked winning to me, but after} Rb5 $1 {Black
does keep some chances.}) 27... Qf7 28. Qd2 (28. Rg3 $1 {would have won the
game:} Nxd5 (28... Bxd5 29. Qd2 $18) 29. Nxd5 Bxd5 30. Bxh6 $1 Bxh6 31. Rg6 $1
$18) 28... Kh7 29. Nfe4 Nxe4 30. Nxe4 Rd8 31. f6 Bf8 32. Qc2 Kh8 33. Nc3 Rb4
34. Qf2 Bxd5 35. Bc5 $2 {Tempting, but bad!} (35. Rf5 $5 {was strong.}) ({
So was the clever} 35. Bb6 $5 Rd7 36. Bc5 $1 Bxf3 (36... Rd4 {no longer works
due to} 37. Bxf8 $18) 37. Rxd7 Qxd7 38. Bxb4 Bxb4 39. Qxf3 Qd4 40. Qg3 $18)
35... Rd4 $3 {Suddenly Black is back in the game.} 36. Bxd4 Bxf3 37. gxf3 exd4
38. Rxd4 Rb8 $2 (38... Qxf6 39. Rxd8 Qxd8 {with great drawing chances for
Black, due to the weakness of the h4-pawn.}) 39. Qh2 Rb6 40. Nd5 Qe6+ 41. Qe2
Qg8 42. Kf1 Re6 43. f7 $2 {At first, that looked to me like an amazing shot -
but it is a bad move!} (43. Qh2 Rc6 44. Rd1 {and Black doesn't have any
compensation.}) 43... Qxf7 44. Rf4 Qg6 $1 {Probably the ressource overlooked
by Aronian.} 45. Rxf8+ (45. Re4 Rc6 $132) 45... Kg7 46. Qd1 (46. Rg8+ Kxg8 47.
Ne7+ Rxe7 48. Qxe7 Qb1+ $11) 46... Kxf8 47. Nf4 Qe8 48. Nxe6+ Qxe6 {White has
an extra pawn, but can't pary both of Black's threats: ...Qxa2 and ...Qh3+.}
49. Qd8+ Kf7 50. Qc7+ Ke8 51. Qb8+ Kd7 52. Qb7+ Kd8 53. Qb8+ Kd7 54. Qa7+ Ke8
55. b3 Qh3+ 56. Ke2 Qxh4 {The only thing Black should be careful of is not to
exchange queens under bad circumstances. But it is certainly not going to
happen!} 57. Qb8+ (57. Qxa6 Qh2+ 58. Kd3 h4 $11) 57... Ke7 58. Qc7+ Kf8 59.
Qc5+ Kg7 60. Qe5+ Kg8 61. a4 Qh1 62. Qb8+ Kf7 63. Qf4+ Ke8 64. Qb8+ Kd7 65.
Qa7+ Kd8 66. Qd4+ Ke8 67. Qe5+ Kd7 68. Qd4+ Ke8 69. b4 Qg2+ $5 ({There was
nothing wrong with} 69... h4 {either.}) 70. Qf2 Qg5 $1 {Now it's an easy draw.}
71. f4 (71. Qe3+ Kd7 $11) 71... Qd5 72. Qe3+ Kf7 73. Qa7+ Ke8 74. Qc5 Qa2+ 75.
Kf3 Qxa4 76. Qxh5+ Ke7 77. Qe5+ Kf7 78. Qd5+ Kg7 79. Qd4+ Kf7 80. Qd5+ Kg7 81.
Qd4+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2006.02.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qc7 8.
Nd5 Nxd5 ({Nach} 8... Qxc4 9. Nxe7+ Kh8 10. Nxc8 Rxc8 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nc2 {
hat Weiß m.E. Chancen auf Vorteil.} Re8 (12... Ne4 13. Ne3 Qe6 14. Nd5 f5 15.
Be3 Qe5 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 $14 {Borovikov,V (2595)-Iskusnyh,S (2472)/
Pardubice 2005}) 13. Ne3 Qe6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Qxe2 16. Bxf7 Re7 17. Qxe2
Rxe2 18. Rb1 $11 {Wojtaszek,R (2569)-Fressinet,L (2638)/Warsaw 2005}) 9. cxd5
Qa5+ $5 $146 {Eine interessante Neuerung. Schwarz lockt den weißen Läufer nach
c3 bevor er zu e7-e5 greift.} (9... e5 10. dxe6 dxe6 11. O-O Rd8 12. Qc2 Qxc2
13. Nxc2 Nc6 14. Bg5 Re8 15. Rab1 h6 16. Be3 Bd7 17. Rfd1 Red8 $11 {Baburin,A 
(2591)-Gallagher,J (2558)/Birmingham 2000}) (9... d6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Be3 $14)
10. Bd2 Qb6 11. Bc3 ({Nach} 11. Be3 Qxb2 12. O-O d6 13. Qd3 Qb4 {hat Weiß im
besten Fall ausreichende Kompensation für den Bauern.}) 11... e5 $1 12. dxe6 $2
{Trotz des ausführlichen Nachdenkens traf ich hier die falsche Entscheidung.
Nach dem Textzug hat Schwarz ein leichteres Spiel, richtig war 12.Nb3.} (12.
Nb3 d6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Nd2 Qa6 15. a4 $14 {, und Weiß hat einen Minivorteil.})
12... dxe6 13. e3 (13. Nf3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Bd7 15. O-O Bc6 16. Qd4 Nd7 $15)
13... e5 14. Nb3 Nc6 15. O-O Be6 $15 {Die schwarzen Figuren sind besser
koordiniert, während Bc3 und Nb3 in ihrer Wirkung eingeschränkt sind.} 16. Nd2
Nb4 ({Vielversprechender war} 16... f5 $1 17. e4 $2 (17. b3 e4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7
$15) 17... f4 $17) 17. Qa4 Nd5 18. Qa3 Nxc3 (18... Rfc8 19. Rfc1 Bf8 20. Qa4
Nxc3 21. bxc3 Qc7 22. Rab1 $15) 19. bxc3 Rac8 20. Rab1 (20. Rfb1 Qa6 21. Qe7
Qa5 $15) 20... Qa6 21. Qxa6 bxa6 22. c4 (22. Rfc1 $6 Bxa2 23. Ra1 Be6 24. Rxa6
Rc7 25. Rca1 Rd8 26. Ne4 Bc4 $17) 22... Rfd8 {Schwarz steht eindeutig besser,
seine Läuferpaar und Figurenaktivität überwiegen die leichte Verschlechterung
der Bauenstruktur.} 23. Rfd1 f5 24. Bf1 {Gespielt mit der Absicht Nb3.} (24.
Bb7 Rc7 25. e4 fxe4 26. Bd5 Bxd5 27. cxd5 e3 28. fxe3 Rxd5 29. Ne4 Rxd1+ 30.
Rxd1 h6 $15) 24... Bf6 (24... e4 25. Nb3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Bxc4 27. Bxc4+ Rxc4 28.
Rd8+ $11) 25. Rbc1 (25. Nb3 $2 Bxc4 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 $17) 25... Be7 26. Nb3 Rxd1
27. Rxd1 Bxc4 $2 $138 {Hier ließ Alexander nach, viel unangenehmer wäre für
mich die ruhige Verbesserung der Stellung mit 27...Kf7.} (27... Kf7 $1 28. Rc1
Bb4 {/\a5-a4}) 28. Rd7 $138 Kf8 29. Rxa7 Bd5 $2 (29... Bb5 $11) 30. Rxa6 Rc2
31. Ra5 Be4 32. Bg2 Bd3 33. Bf1 $2 {Hier sollte ich selbstverständlich
anfangen, auf Gewinn zu spielen, aber in Zeitnot konnte ich nicht umschalten.}
(33. Rxe5 Rxa2 34. h3 $16) 33... Be4 34. Bg2 Bd3 35. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Lanka, Zigurds"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[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 "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Nbd2
(8. Nfd2 c5 9. Nc3 {leads to the main line E66}) 8... c5 {The question is
where is the N better placed on f3 or c3? I think on c3, because now White
begins to improve his N's position via Nf3-e1-c2.} 9. Ne1 (9. e4 Bd7 $1 {
/\ b5 and taking back on b5 by the B, which is a good version of the Benko
Gambit because Black is not a P down.} (9... Rb8 {/\ b5 however is also worthy
of consideration.} 10. Rb1 b5 11. cxb5 (11. b4 $5 cxb4 (11... Nxc4 $2 {may win
a P, but White gets a strong [+] and active pieces for it.} 12. bxc5 Nxd2 13.
Nxd2 dxc5 14. Nb3 Nd7 15. Bf4 $44) 12. Rxb4 Ba6 $11 {with mass exchanges on
the b <->.}) 11... Rxb5 {(Antoshin-Khasin, SU 1956)} 12. Ne1 $5 {+/= /\ Nc2
ECO, but it is not that clear, for example:} Rb8 13. Nc2 Ba6 14. Re1 Nd7 15. b4
Nc4 $36) 10. Rb1 b5 11. b3 Rb8 12. Qc2 bxc4 13. bxc4 Rxb1 14. Qxb1 Qc7 15. Qc2
Rb8 $11 {Dizdarevic-Lanka, Croatia 1993}) 9... b5 (9... Rb8 10. Rb1 b5 11. cxb5
Rxb5 12. Nc2 {- 9...b5}) 10. cxb5 Rb8 (10... Bd7 11. Nc2 (11. a4 a6 12. bxa6 {
is already very similar to the Benko Gambit, where White has already weakened
his << by a2-a4.} Rxa6 (12... Bc8 13. Nc2 Bxa6 {is a time consuming operation
because of} 14. Rb1 {/\ b4}) 13. Rb1 (13. Nc2 Rb6 $1 $44 (13... Qb6 14. Ra3 $14
{Dautov})) 13... c4 14. Qc2 Qc8 $5 $44 {and Black has enough pressure on the
<< for the P.}) (11. Rb1 {/\ b4 as usual.} Bxb5 12. b4 cxb4 13. Nc2 Qd7 14.
Rxb4 Rab8 15. Ba3 Ba4 16. Qb1 Rxb4 17. Qxb4 Bxc2 18. Qxa5 Rc8 19. Qa6 Ne8 20.
Nc4 Rc7 21. Rc1 Qa4 22. Qxa4 Bxa4 $10 {Bricard-Barcenilla, Manila 1992}) 11...
Bxb5 12. Rb1 Rc8 (12... Rb8 $5 {is a serious alternative, because the R's
natural place is on the b <->.} 13. b4 (13. Re1 Nc4 (13... Ng4) (13... Nd7) 14.
b3 Nb6 15. e4 Nfd7 $13 {>< d3}) (13. b3 e6 $132 {and Black fights back in the 
[+].}) 13... cxb4 14. Nxb4 Qd7 $11 {and Black has successfully finished his
development.}) 13. Re1 Qd7 14. Na3 Ba6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 e6 17. Bf4 e5 18.
Bd2 f5 19. Bg2 Nc4 $13 {Smejkal-Stangl, Altensteig 1991}) (10... a6 {-
Kochyev-Shulman, RUS-Cup 1997 CBM 62}) (10... Qb6 {- Borovikov-Bologan,
Nikolaev zt 1993 CBM 35}) 11. Nc2 ({Defending the P by} 11. a4 {leads to a
very comfortable Benko Gambit type of position after} a6 12. bxa6 Bxa6 $44 {
when the B is already on the important f1-a6 /^.}) (11. Rb1 Rxb5 12. b3 {
/\ Bb2 comes into consideration.} (12. Nc2 {- 11.Nc2})) 11... Rxb5 12. Rb1 e6 {
The opening up of the position in the [+] helps White.} ({It was better to
keep the structure by the normal} 12... Ba6 $1 13. Re1 c4 14. e4 Nd7 15. b4
cxb3 16. Nxb3 Nxb3 17. axb3 {(Dorfman-Smejkal, Moscow 1989)} Nc5 $1 $11 {
Dorfman}) (12... Bf5 {is less clear to me.} 13. h3 ({It would be better beeing
provoked after} 13. e4 $5) 13... Qd7 14. Kh2 Bxc2 15. Qxc2 Qb7 16. e4 {
(Dzhandzhava-A.Kuzmin SU 1987)} Nd7 17. b3 Rc8 $13 {/\ c4}) 13. b4 $1 cxb4 14.
dxe6 {This is an important zwischenzug. Now Black has to decide how to take
back the P.} (14. Nxb4 Qb6) 14... Bxe6 {This move creates an isolated P and
will lose the ^^ soon.} (14... fxe6 {looks safer, for example:} 15. Nxb4 Bb7 (
15... Qb6)) 15. Nd4 $1 {This is the point! White will get back the b P anyway,
but first wins the ^^.} (15. Nxb4 Qb6) 15... Rb8 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qa4 d5 (
17... Nd5 {looks ugly, although Black has some activity for the corrupted P
structure.} 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Rxb4 Rxb4 20. Qxb4 Qb6 21. Qg4 $14) 18. Rxb4 Rxb4
19. Qxb4 Qb6 (19... Nc6 20. Qa4 Qb6 21. Ba3 Rb8 {- 19...Qb6}) 20. Ba3 Rb8 (
20... Rc8 {runs into} 21. Bh3 $1) 21. Qa4 $14 Qb5 (21... Nc6 22. Rb1 Qc7 23.
Rc1 $14 ({or} 23. Rxb8+ Nxb8 24. Bh3 $14)) 22. Qxb5 Rxb5 23. Rc1 {In the _|_
White has the ^^, and Black's P structure is not very nice, but his pieces are
not so active yet.} Ne8 (23... Nd7 24. e4 $14) 24. e4 Bf8 (24... d4 25. f4 {
/\ e5}) (24... Nc4 25. Nxc4 dxc4 26. Bf1 Ra5 27. Bb4 Ra4 28. Rxc4 a5 29. Rc8
Rxb4 30. Rxe8+ Kf7 31. Ra8 $14 {and in spite of the ^- White still has some
chances.}) 25. Rc8 Bxa3 26. Rxe8+ Kf7 27. Ra8 Nc6 28. Nb3 {[#]} Bb2 $4 {
[%mdl 8192] After this blunder Black loses material and the rest is technique.}
(28... g5 29. Rc8 Ne7 30. Rc7 a5 31. Ra7 $14) (28... Kf6 {was perhaps the best
defence.} 29. Rc8 Nb4 30. Rf8+ Ke7 31. Ra8 Rb7) 29. exd5 exd5 30. a4 $1 $18 Rb4
(30... Rxb3 $4 31. Bxd5+ {was probably overseen.}) 31. Bxd5+ Kf6 32. Bxc6 Rxb3
33. Rxa7 Bd4 34. Rf7+ $1 Kxf7 35. Bd5+ Kf6 36. Bxb3 {White can create passed
pawns on both flanks which is usually a guarantee for the win in the _|_ of ^-.
} Bb6 37. Kg2 g5 38. f4 h6 39. Kf3 Bg1 40. h3 Bb6 41. Kg4 Bc7 42. fxg5+ hxg5
43. h4 gxh4 44. Kxh4 (44. gxh4 $4 {creates a bad B and draw!}) 44... Ba5 45.
Kh5 1-0

[Event "Geneva FIDE GP"]
[Site "Geneva"]
[Date "2017.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 d6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Nge2 exd5 8. cxd5
Nbd7 9. Ng3 h5 10. Be2 Nh7 11. Be3 h4 12. Nf1 O-O 13. Qd2 Re8 (13... a6 14. a4
f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Ne3 Qf6 19. g4 {Vidit-Bai, 2017,
favoured White.}) 14. Bh6 Bd4 $1 {Li Chao does well by keeping his best minor
piece on the board.} 15. Ne3 $5 a6 $1 {Great timing.} ({Aronian was inviting} 
15... g5 16. Nf5 Ne5 17. Ng7 Re7 18. Nh5 f6 19. Nb5 $1 {with great
complications that might turn out to be favourable for White.}) 16. Nc2 ({
Now, as the b5-square is covered,} 16. a4 g5 17. Nf5 Ne5 18. Ng7 Re7 19. Nh5 f6
{looks fine for Black, who plans to answer} 20. f4 {with} Ng4 $1) 16... Be5 17.
Bf4 (17. a4 g5 $1 {again traps the white bishop.}) 17... b5 {Black has
achieved this all-important advance.} 18. O-O Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Ne5 20. Qh6 g5 21.
g3 ({The logical} 21. f4 {is a double-edged proposition. Black will be happy
to sac the h4-pawn,} gxf4 22. Rxf4 Qg5 23. Qxg5+ Nxg5 24. Rxh4 {to keep full
control over the critical e5-square, along with clear queenside prospects.})
21... hxg3 22. hxg3 Qf6 23. Qh2 Ng6 24. Ne3 Bd7 25. Kg2 Kg7 26. Rh1 Rh8 27. Qg1
Qe5 28. Qf2 Nf6 29. Raf1 Nh5 30. Rfg1 {White is 100% on the defensive, and Li
Chao decided to strike while the iron was hot.} Nhf4+ $5 ({Something has to be
said in favour of} 30... Rae8 {as there isn't much White can do with his
position.}) 31. gxf4 Bh3+ 32. Rxh3 Nxf4+ 33. Kf1 Nxh3 34. Qg3 Nxg1 35. Qxe5+
dxe5 36. Kxg1 c4 37. Nf5+ Kf6 38. d6 Ke6 39. a4 {In the endgame two rooks are
usually worth more than three minor pieces, and here Black also has an extra
pawn.} Kd7 ({He needed to stay cool:} 39... Rhb8 $1 {is only a temporary
inconvenience.} 40. axb5 $2 (40. Kf2 Kd7 41. Ke3 Kc6 {liberating the rook from
its defensive duty.}) 40... axb5 41. Nxb5 Ra1+ 42. Kf2 Rc1 $1 {this one is
very easy to miss. Black keeps his c-pawn alive and because of that he can
bury the white bishop.} 43. Na3 Rxb2 $19) 40. axb5 axb5 41. Nxb5 Ra2 (41... Ra4
42. Nc3 Rb4 43. Nd5 Rxb2 44. Bxc4) 42. Bxc4 Rxb2 43. Nc7 Rhh2 44. Bb5+ Kd8 45.
Ne3 {Somewhat surprisingly the players agreed to a draw here. Despite his
inaccuracy on move 39, Li could have still gone on.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.30"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. d5 {This anti-Grunfeld move gives away the
opening advantage immediately.} (4. Bg2 $142 d5 {leads to the Neo Grunfeld
defence.}) 4... Bg7 (4... cxd5 5. cxd5 Qa5+ {Black wants to exploit the
weakness on the diagonals a5-e1 and a1-h8 quickly.} (5... d6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bg2
Qa5 {- 5...Qa5} (7... O-O 8. Nf3 Nbd7 $6 9. O-O Nb6 10. a4 Bg4 11. Nd4 a6 12.
h3 Bc8 13. b3 $1 Bd7 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Qd2 $16 {Euwe-Stahlberg, Zuerich 1953}))
6. Nc3 Bg7 (6... b5 {is another agressive try leading to complicated positions.
} 7. Bg2 d6 8. a3 (8. Nf3 $2 {This seemingly normal developing move runs into}
b4 {losing d5.}) 8... b4 9. Na2 bxa3+ 10. Bd2 Qb6 $1 (10... Qd8 11. Qa4+ Qd7
12. Qxa3 Bg7 {(Korchnoi-Uhlmann, Sarajevo 1969 7/566)} 13. Nc3 $14) 11. bxa3
Bg7 $13 {Korchnoi}) (6... Ne4 7. Qd4 Nxc3 8. Bd2 Qxd5 $2 9. Qxc3 Nc6 10. Qxh8
Nd4 11. Rc1 Qxh1 12. Qxd4 Qxg1 13. Qxa7 $1 $18) 7. Bg2 d6 8. Bd2 (8. e4 $2 Bg4
$1 9. f3 $2 (9. Nge2 Bxe2 10. Kxe2 {was more persistant, although after} (10.
Qxe2 $2 Nxe4) 10... Nbd7 {Black has an excellent position.}) (9. Qb3 Na6 10.
Qxb7 O-O $44) 9... Nxe4 $3 $19 {After this combination White's position
collapses.} 10. fxg4 (10. Qa4+ Qxa4 11. Nxa4 Bd7 $19) 10... Nxc3 11. Qd2 (11.
bxc3 Qxc3+) 11... Qc5 12. a4 Na6 $1 $19 {Nenashev-Yandemirov, Omsk 1996 CBM 57}
) 8... O-O 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Nge2 Ne5 11. O-O Nc4 (11... Bg4 12. f3 Bd7 $13) 12.
Bc1 Bg4 13. Qb3 Rfc8 14. Nd4 (14. Qxb7 $2 {loses the Q after} Rab8 15. Qxe7 Re8
$19) 14... Bd7 15. Rd1 {(Korchnoi-Geller, Moscow m/7 1971 11/555)} Qc5 $1 $13 {
Gufeld}) (4... b5 {?! ECO} 5. dxc6 bxc4 6. cxd7+ Nbxd7 7. Bg2 Rb8 8. Nc3 Qa5 (
8... Bg7 9. Nf3 O-O (9... Qa5 {- 8...Qa5}) 10. Qa4 Nb6 11. Qa3 Nfd5 12. O-O $14
{Furman-Saidy, Tallinn 1971 11/554}) 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Bb7 {
Black has a very active piece play.} 12. Bd2 Nb6 13. Rad1 Nfd7 14. Be3 Rfc8 15.
Rd2 Nc5 16. Rfd1 Nba4 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Nd4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 e6 $15 {Saidy-I.
Gurevich, St-Martin 1992}) 5. Bg2 (5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg2 Na6 (6... d6) 7. Nf3 (7.
e4 d6 8. Nge2 Nc5 $11) 7... cxd5 8. cxd5 b5 $5 {Black wants to attack White's 
[+] by side.} 9. O-O (9. a3 {defending against} b4 {but it comes anyway.} 10.
axb4 Nxb4 {>< d5} 11. O-O Bb7 12. e4 e6 {Black has to blow up White's strong P
[+].} 13. Be3 a5 (13... exd5 14. Bc5 dxe4 $13) 14. dxe6 dxe6 $10 15. Qxd8 $6
Rfxd8 16. Bb6 Rdc8 17. Bxa5 Nd3 $15) 9... b4 {The N has no good square.} 10.
Nb5 (10. Na4 Bb7 11. Ne1 (11. d6 e6 $15 {><d6}) 11... d6 $1 $15 {/\ Qa5}) 10...
Qa5 {(Djuric-Stohl, Tallinn 1986 42/748)} 11. a4 Bb7 12. d6 (12. Nfd4) 12...
exd6 $1 13. Nxd6 Bd5 $13 {Stohl}) 5... O-O (5... Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Qb4 7. Qd3 d6 8.
Kf1 cxd5 9. cxd5 Na6 10. a3 {1/2-1/2 Petrosian-Ree, Amsterdam 1973}) 6. Nh3 {
/\ Nf4 protecting the vital d5 square.} (6. Nf3) 6... cxd5 7. cxd5 d6 8. Nf4 (
8. O-O Na6 9. Be3 {/\ Bd4} Bd7 10. Bd4 Qa5 11. Nc3 Rfc8 12. Nf4 Nc5 {Black has
enough counterplay on the <<.} 13. Rc1 Na4 14. Qb3 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Qb5 {1/2-1/2
Huebner-Bukic, Bugojno 1978}) 8... Na6 (8... g5 $6 {only weakens the >>} 9. Nd3
$16) 9. O-O (9. h4 $5 {protects the f4 N, but g5 was not yet a threat.} Nc5)
9... Nc5 (9... e5 10. dxe6 fxe6 {eliminates White's strong central pawn, but
creates some weaknesses in the [+].} 11. Nc3 (11. e4 e5) 11... d5 12. e4 Nxe4
13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Nc5 15. Bg2 e5 16. Nd5 $14) 10. Nc3 Bf5 {fighting for
>< e4.} 11. Be3 {/\ Bd4 is a typical manoeuvre here.} Rc8 12. Bd4 a5 13. e4 Bd7
{/\ b5 with a counterplay on the <<.} 14. e5 {White destroys his own P [+].} (
14. a3 {looked more solid, but after} Ng4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4
Na6 18. Qd2 Qb6 $11 {there is an annoying pressure on >< b4.}) 14... dxe5 15.
Bxe5 Bg4 (15... b5 $5 {was also interesting.}) 16. Qe1 $6 {overlooking Black's
reply.} (16. Qd4 Ncd7 {eliminates the strong B.}) (16. f3 Bf5) 16... g5 $1 17.
Bxf6 (17. Nh3 Nd3 {gets the ^^.} 18. Qe3 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 h6 $15 {and the N on h3
is out of play.}) 17... Bxf6 18. Nfe2 Nd3 19. Qd2 Nxb2 {winning the P, but
White has still chances only because of the ^-.} 20. Qxb2 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 Rxc3
22. Rab1 Qc7 23. Qh5 (23. d6 Qxd6 24. Rxb7 Rfc8) 23... Kg7 24. Be4 h6 {White's
threats on the >> are easily parried.} 25. Rfe1 (25. f4) 25... b6 26. Rbd1 Qd6
27. Qg4 {White has to defend himself passively, but the great attacking player
Shabalov is not happy doing that!} Rh8 28. Bb1 $6 (28. Qh5) 28... h5 {Now
Black gets additional chances on the >>.} 29. Qf5 h4 30. Kg2 Rc7 31. Qg4 b5 32.
Re3 Rc4 33. Qf5 Qc5 34. Re6 $4 {White miscalculates the consequences. The
passive defence was the only possibility.} hxg3 (34... fxe6 $4 {falls into the
trap after} 35. Qg6+ Kf8 36. dxe6 Qc6+ 37. Kf1 Qe8 38. Rd8 $18) 35. hxg3 fxe6 {
Now this is winning.} (35... fxe6 36. Qg6+ Kf8 37. dxe6 Rh2+ $1 {This is the
point! Black's counterattack is decisive.} 38. Kxh2 Qxf2+ 39. Kh1 Qf3+ 40. Kh2
Qe2+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Baldauf,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 $5 {Eine interessante Nebenvariante, die
Grischuk die Laune an seinem Grünfeldinder verderben soll. Die Idee des Zuges
ist, Nc3 zu verzögern, um so dem typischen Grünfeldzug ...d5 den Zahn zu
ziehen.} O-O 5. Be2 c5 {Wie schon gegen Aronians Anti-Grünfeld mit 3.f3
meidet Grischuk den Übergang ins Benoni nicht.} (5... d5 {ergibt nun weniger
Sinn, da nach} 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e4 {der Springer sich nicht wie geplant auf c3
tauschen kann und Weiß den Raumvorteil eher genießen kann als in den
typischen Grünfeldstrukturen nach ...Nxc3 bxc3.}) ({Om königsindischen Stile
mit} 5... d6 {fortzufahren ist freilich ebenso möglich. Für diese Strategie
entschied sich Caruana vor fünf Jahren, als er gegen den gleichen Gegner mit
den schwarzen Steinen diese Stellung auf dem Brett hatte. Grischuk meinte in
der Pressekonferenz, es sei ein seltsames Gefühl gewesen, gegen "seine"
Variante zu spielen, schließlich habe er das komisch anmutende 4.e3 damals
salonfähig gemacht. "Definitiv in den Top-3 seiner Eröffnungsideen" sei
dieses Anti-Grünfeld-Rezept.} 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Rd1 e4 10.
Nd2 Qe7 11. b4 Nf8 12. Bb2 h5 13. Rac1 $14 {1/2-1/2 (59) Grischuk,A (2785)
-Caruana,F (2779) Elancourt 2013 CBM 157 [Krasenkow,M]}) 6. d5 e6 7. Nc3 exd5
8. cxd5 d6 {Schwarz hat aufgrund des etwas bescheidenem e3 einen guten Benoni
- doch gibt es so etwas, "einen guten Benoni"? Grischuk ist der Meinung. Der
strukurelle Vorteil des Weißen wird durch aktives Figurenspiel und einem
Prachtläufer auf g7 kompensiert.} 9. Nd2 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. e4 Re8 {Greift
des Bauern e4 nochmal an und droht somit sofortiges ...b5.} 12. a4 Rb8 13. f3
$5 {Caruana schließt die Bauernkette g2-d5 und stützt so den e4 zuverlässig,
schwächt damit aber seine schwarzen Felder. Definitiv eine zweischneidige
Entscheidung, welche aber noch Teil der Vorbereitung sein sollte.} ({Das etwas
natürlichere} 13. Qc2 $6 {scheitert an} Nfxd5 $1 14. exd5 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Rxe2
$15 {wonach Weiß zwar etwas Kompensation für den Bauern, aber keinesfalls
mehr haben sollte.}) (13. Re1 a6 14. a5 Bd7 {und Schwarz sollte zu ähnlichem
Gegenspiel wie in der Partie kommen.}) 13... a6 14. a5 (14. Rb1 $2 {ist eine
typische Entgegnung auf den schwarzen Plan ...b5, ist an dieser Stelle jedoch
keineswegs zu empfehlen:} b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. b4 {zum einen ist dieser Plan m.
E. nur funktionabel wenn auf ...c4 der weißen Springer auf das Traumfeld d4
kommt, zum anderen kommt Schwarz hier nach} Nh5 $1 {zu sofortigem Angriff. Nach
} 17. Qc2 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 $6 Ng3+ 19. hxg3 Qg5 {ist die Partie nämlich schon
vorüber.}) 14... Bd7 15. Nc4 Bb5 {Der Bc8 ist zwar eigentlich der "gute
Läufer", triff im Benoni jedoch imme auf eine massive weiße Bauernkette und
man kann froh sein, das Sorgenkind entfernt zu bekommen.} 16. Bg5 Bxc4 17. Bxc4
b5 18. axb6 Rxb6 {Bis hierhin spielten Grischuk wie Caruana ihre natürlichen
Pläne aus. Weiß hat sich das Läuferpaar geholt und eine solide Bauernkette
im Zentrum errichtet. Alle Leichtfiguren sind gut entwickelt. Schwarz hat zwei
Bauernschwächen a6 und d6, dafür jedoch Angriff auf der b-Linie und guten
Gripp auf den schwarzen Feldern. Die Springerwanderung c7-b5-d5 liegt zudem in
der Luft. Die Engines geben in derartigen Stellungen weißen Vorteil, am Brett
könnte es jedoch leichter für Schwarz zu spielen sein.} 19. Na4 (19. Qc2 {
folgte in einer Vorgängerpartie, in der Schwarz ambitioniert spielte und
seine Kontrolle über die schwarzen Felder ausbaute:} h6 20. Bh4 g5 $5 21. Bf2
Nd7 22. Ra2 Qf6 23. Be2 Reb8 24. Be3 Ne5 25. g3 $1 Rb4 $13 {0-1 (62)
Hamitevici,V (2430) -Jumabayev,R (2599) London 2015}) 19... Rb4 (19... Rb8 {
pocht auf den Plan ... Nb5-d4:} 20. Ra2 Nb5 $13 {das Problem für Schwarz ist
nun, dass er den a6 nun nicht mehr gut decken kann.} 21. Kh1 Qc8 {aber Schwarz
sollte hier im Vergleich zur Partie etwas schneller sein.}) (19... Rb7 {
war der Vorschlag Caruanas: die Idee ist die gleiche wie ...Rb8, man möchte
die Springerroute b5-d4 offen halten.}) 20. b3 Qc8 (20... Nb5 $6 {würde nun
die Qualität verlieren. Zwar bekommt man Kompensation auf den schwarzen
Feldern, dennoch gibt es keinerlei Grund für solch radikale Maßnahmen} 21.
Bd2 Nd7 22. Ra2) 21. Bf4 $1 {Greift die Schwäche auf d6 an, ehe Schwarz die
Umgruppierung Nd7-Ne5 schafft.} Qd7 (21... Nh5 $6 22. Bxd6 Bxa1 $2 {daran
dachte Grischuk intuitiv vermutlich nicht einmal eine einzige Sekunde} (22...
Nb5 $5 {ist hingegen interessant und zweischneidig, da der Bd6 kalte Füße
bekommt - die taktischen Verwicklungen funktionieren jedoch für Weiß} 23. Nb6
$1 Qb7 24. Bxc5 Nc3 25. Qd2 Rxb6 26. Kh1 $16 {und Weiß bedient sich danach
auf b6 und hat genug Bauern, um die etwas unkoordinierten schwarzen
Leichtfiguren in Zaum zu halten.}) 23. Qxa1 {und die schwarze Stellung hat all
ihre Koordination eingebüßt.}) 22. Ra2 Nh5 23. Be3 Rbb8 {Grischuk sieht nun
ein, dass er ohne ...Nb5 nicht vorankommt und beordert seinen Turm aus der
Gefahrenzone.} 24. Qd2 Nb5 {Grischuk droht nun auf d4 zu landen, so dass
Caruana die Läuferdiagonale g7-a1 vorübergehend schließen möchte und
danach seinen Na4 ins Spiel zurückholt. Schwarz hat definitiv viel erreicht.}
25. g4 Nf6 26. Nb2 Qc8 27. Bf4 Nd7 $5 {Um die lang erwartete Umgruppierung des
Nf6 nach d7 zu schaffen opfert Grischuk einen Bauern - zudem muss Caruana
seine Damenflügelstruktur reparieren und der c-Bauer wird plötzlich zum
gefährlichen Freibauern.} 28. Bxb5 axb5 29. Bxd6 Rb6 30. Bg3 c4 {Alle
schwarzen Figuren stehen nun gut um den c-Bauern zu unterstützen und Weiß
muss genau spielen - bei knapper Zeit keineswegs ein einfaches Unterfangen.}
31. bxc4 bxc4 32. Qe2 $1 {Diesen Zug übersah Grischuk, als er mit 26...Qc8
diese Stellung mehr oder weniger forcierte. Der so komisch wirkende Nb2 droht
plötzlich auf c4, zum Helden zu werden.} Rb4 $1 {Erscheint daher der einzige
Zug zu sein, wonach Caruana sich etwas erleichtert in die Zugwiederholung
flüchtet. Er hat zwar immer noch einen Bauern Vorteil, doch die Stellung ist
brandgefährlich für ihn.} (32... c3 $2 33. Nc4 Rb4 34. Na5) 33. Bd6 Rb6 34.
Bg3 Rb4 35. Bd6 Rb6 36. Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 {The Anti-Grünfeld recipe, commonly used on the top
level since Kramnik-Shirov, Casorla (9) 1998.} d6 ({The same opponents had a
game in 2015 that went into a Modern Benoni after} 3... e6 4. e4 c5 5. d5 d6 6.
Nc3 Bg7 7. Nge2 exd5 8. cxd5 O-O 9. Ng3) 4. e4 e5 5. Ne2 c5 $6 {The Old Benoni
is a rare guest in grandmaster games.} 6. d5 Nbd7 $6 {The knight is misplaced
here.} ({Grischuk-Nepo, World Blitz 2013 went} 6... h5 7. h4 Bh6 8. Bxh6 Rxh6
9. Qd2 Rh8 10. Nbc3 Na6 {and White applied a typical positional squeeze to win
in 39 moves.}) 7. Nbc3 a6 8. a4 $6 {I don't see why White should even bother
with preventing b7-b5. A pawn sac with the black pawn on e5 would be
unthinkable even for the most die-hard Benko fan.} (8. h4 h5 9. Be3 $16 {
I don't get it. What does Nepo see in this position?}) 8... Nh5 9. g3 {
Normally in the Sämisch KID White doesn't play like this.} ({If only White
kept his a-pawn where it belonged, he would have been happy to accept the
upcoming pawn sac.} 9. Be3 Bg7 10. g4 Nf4 {Absolutely forced.} 11. Nxf4 exf4
12. Bxf4 Bd4 13. Qd2 Ne5 14. Be2 Bd7 15. h4 {as it is, Black would get chances
after} Qb6) 9... Bg7 10. h4 $5 ({Another interesting move was} 10. Bh3 O-O 11.
O-O {anticipating} f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Qc2 {In that case, same as in the game
Black suffers the consequence of his early developing with Nbd7, as Bc8
remains blocked.}) 10... f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. g4 $1 fxg4 13. fxg4 Nf4 14. g5
O-O 15. Ne4 Nb6 $1 {Ian grabs a chance to get that knight out of the way.} 16.
N2g3 {The correct approach. White needs to keep the situation from getting out
of control.} ({The point was} 16. a5 $2 Nxc4 $1 17. Nxf4 exf4 18. Bxc4 Re8 {
with a strong attack.}) 16... Bd7 17. Rg1 Kh8 18. Bd2 (18. Nxd6 Bxa4 19. Nxb7
Qc7 20. Rxa4 Nxa4 21. Qxa4 Qxb7 22. Ne4 Rab8 $13) 18... Nc8 {On the face of it
Wesley's kingside advantage should ensure a long-term edge for White, but
playing such positions takes a very subtle approach.} 19. Nh5 $2 {I don't like
this plan. Trading pieces just feels wrong.} ({Suppose we start with} 19. h5 h6
20. g6 Qc7 {and now White, whose king appears to be safe, can try the other
side:} 21. a5 Ne7 22. b4 $6 Nf5 23. bxc5 dxc5 24. Nxf5 Bxf5 25. Qf3 {only to
find himself under pressure after} b5 $1) (19. a5 Qc7 20. h5 $1 {only now when
the black queen no longer attacks the g5-pawn.} h6 21. Qc2 Ne7 22. O-O-O b5 23.
Ne2 $1 {So much for the positional squeeze. Instead, White is trying to get to
the black king!} b4 24. Nxf4 exf4 25. gxh6 Bxh6 26. Kb1 Nf5 27. Qd3 $16) 19...
Bf5 20. Neg3 (20. Nef6 Nxh5 21. Nxh5 Ne7) 20... Qd7 21. Nxg7 Qxg7 22. Nxf5 Rxf5
23. Qb3 Na7 24. Qb6 {A disappointing finish.} ({I guess Wesley was not quite
happy with allowing} 24. O-O-O b5 {but White might still be better.}) 24... Nc8
25. Qb3 Na7 26. Qb6 Nc8 27. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Nc6 $5 4. d5 Ne5 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 (6. Ne2 Bg7 7. Nec3
O-O 8. Be2 e6 9. O-O exd5 10. cxd5 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Nd2 d5 $1
$36 {0-1 Mamedyarov,S (2719)-Carlsen,M (2801)/Moscow 2009/EXT 2010 (29)}) 6...
Bg7 7. f4 Ned7 8. Nh3 (8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O Nc5 11. Bc2 Qb6 12. Kh1 Bg4
13. Rb1 a5 14. Be3 Nfd7 15. Qe2 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 Vitiugov,N (2709)-Tomashevsky,E 
(2695)/Moscow 2011/CB06_2011}) 8... O-O 9. Be2 Nc5 10. Nf2 e6 $146 (10... Re8
11. O-O e5 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Bf3 Bc6 15. Bd2 a5 {[%csl Gc5]} 16.
Rfe1 Nfd7 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. b3 Qf8 19. Nb5 $1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A (2771)
-Kurnosov,I (2676)/Moscow 2010/CB00_2011 (41)}) 11. O-O exd5 12. cxd5 c6 13.
dxc6 (13. Be3 {would not work, as a result of overload on the e-file} Nfxe4 14.
Nfxe4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Re8 16. Bf3 Bf5 17. dxc6 Bxe4 18. cxb7 Bxb7 $1 19. Bxb7 Rb8
20. Bd5 Rxe3 21. f5 Qh4 22. fxg6 Bd4 $1 23. Kh1 (23. gxf7+ $4 {loses to} Kf8
24. Kh1 Be5 25. g3 Bxg3 26. Qd2 Bxh2 $19) 23... Be5 24. g3 Bxg3 25. Qc2 Bxh2
26. Rxf7 Be5+ 27. Kg1 Rg3+ 28. Kf1 Qh3+ 29. Bg2 Qe6 {and Black is better.})
13... bxc6 14. Bf3 Qe7 15. Be3 d5 16. e5 Nfd7 17. b4 Ne6 18. b5 Nb6 19. f5 (19.
Rc1 d4 20. Bxd4 Rd8 21. Ne2 c5 22. Bxa8 Nxa8 23. Bxc5 Nxc5 24. Qc2 Bf8 25. Rfd1
Nb6 $132) 19... gxf5 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. bxc6 Bxe5 22. Nxd5 Qh4 23. g3 Qg5 24.
Bg2 (24. Nd3 Bxa1 25. Qxa1 Qg7 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Qxg7+ Nxg7 28. Ne5 $44) 24...
Ba6 $5 25. Re1 Bd4 26. Rc1 Bb5 (26... Rad8 {is too complicated to assess!} 27.
Qf3 $1 (27. c7 Rd7 28. Qa4 Qd2 29. Qxd7 Bxf2+ 30. Kh1 Bxe1 31. c8=Q Bxc8 32.
Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Qxc8+ Kg7 34. Ne7 Kf6 35. Nd5+ Kg7 $11) 27... Rfe8 28. Kh1 $14)
27. c7 Rxa2 28. c8=Q (28. Rc2 $2 Ba4 29. Qxd4 Nxd4 30. Rxa2 Bb3 31. Nh3 Qh6 32.
Ra8 Rxa8 33. Ne7+ Kg7 34. Bxa8 Qd2 35. Rf1 Be6 $17) 28... Bxf2+ 29. Kh1 Rxc8
30. Rxc8+ Kg7 31. Rxe6 (31. Qb1 Ra5 32. Rd1 Bd4 {should be better for White.
It is not obvious whether Black has sufficient compensation for the sacrificed
exchange, even though he has got two pawns in return.}) 31... fxe6 32. Nf4 Kh6
$1 33. Qb1 Ra5 34. Nxe6 $4 {A terrible blunder!} Qf6 {[%csl Ra1,Re6]} 35. Qc1+
f4 36. Rc3 Be3 $4 {Returns the favour!} 37. Qe1 Bf2 ({IvanHoe 9.47b x64:} 37...
Qxe6 38. gxf4 Bd7 39. Rxe3 Qf6 40. Rc3 Rc5 41. Rd3 Bc6 42. Qd1 Kg7 43. Rg3+ Kf8
44. Kg1 Bxg2 45. Kxg2 b5 46. Qd7 h5 47. Qb7 Rc2+ 48. Kh1 Qc6+ 49. Qxc6 Rxc6 50.
Rb3 Rc5 51. Kg2 Ke7 52. Kf3 Kf6 53. Ke4 Ke6 54. Re3 {[%eval -13,26]}) 38. Qc1
Be3 39. Qe1 Qxe6 40. gxf4 Qf6 41. Qxe3 Ra1+ 42. Rc1 Bd7 43. h3 Rxc1+ 44. Qxc1
Qd4 45. Qc7 Bf5 46. Qe7 Qxf4 47. Qf6+ Kh5 48. Qxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kotsur, Pavel"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. d5 (5. Bg2 {can avoid the following
complications.}) 5... b5 $5 (5... O-O 6. Nc3 {hindering b7-b5 forever.}) 6.
cxb5 Qa5+ (6... a6 {transposes to the Benko Gambit.}) 7. Bd2 (7. Nfd2 Bb7 {
and the important central P will fall.} 8. Bg2 Bxd5 9. Bxd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Nb6
$17 {P.Nikolic-Ree, Wijk aan Zee 1884 37/(638)}) 7... Qxb5 8. Nc3 (8. Bc3 O-O
9. e4 Qb7 $13 {and White's pieces do not harmonize together.}) 8... Qb6 (8...
Qb7 {is the other option.} 9. Bg2 (9. d6 $5) 9... d6 10. O-O O-O (10... Bg4 11.
Qa4+ Nbd7) 11. h3 (11. e4 Nbd7 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Re1 Ng4 {Black has a typical
Benko type of position without sacrificing the a P.} 14. Nb5 Qb6 15. a4 Rb8 16.
Bc3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qa5 18. Nd2 Nb6 $13 {Todorcevic-P.Popovic, Cetinje 1993})
11... Na6 (11... Nbd7 12. b3 Nb6 13. e4 a5 {1/2-1/2 A.Kiss-Feher, Hungary 1995}
) 12. e4 Nd7 13. Rb1 Qc7 $1 (13... Rb8 $6 14. Bf4 Qc7 15. Qd2 Qa5 16. Rfe1 $1
$16 {Hort-I.Sokolov, Biel 1989 48/763}) 14. Bf4 Qa5 15. Nd2 (15. Qd2 Nb6) 15...
Nc7 16. Nc4 Qa6 $1 17. Qd3 Nb5 $13 {I.Sokolov}) 9. Bg2 (9. Ne5) 9... d6 10. O-O
O-O 11. Qc2 (11. a3 Na6 12. Bc1 Nc7 13. Re1 Ba6 {Black's counterchances on the
<< are real.} 14. e4 Nd7 15. Qc2 Rab8 $13 {Vucic-I.Sokolov, Bihac 1999}) 11...
Na6 12. Bf4 Rb8 13. b3 Nb4 14. Qd2 Bb7 {Black has a nasty pressure against ><
d5.} (14... Bf5 15. Nh4) 15. Nh4 {The N is really badly placed here.} (15. e4
Ba6 {exploiting the weakness of >< d3.} 16. Rfd1 Nd3 17. Bf1 (17. Bg5 Ng4)
17... Nxf4 18. Qxf4 Bc8 $15) 15... Rfc8 16. Rac1 Qa5 17. Rfd1 c4 18. a3 (18.
bxc4 Rxc4 19. e4 Rbc8 $17) 18... cxb3 $1 {This is a nice positional piece
sacrifice, the b o^ will become very dangerous.} 19. Nb1 (19. axb4 Qxb4 20. Qb2
Rc4 21. Rd3 Nxd5 $17) 19... b2 (19... Rc2 $143 20. axb4 Rxd2 21. bxa5) (19...
Rxc1 $5 {deserves serious attention.} 20. Rxc1 b2 $1 (20... Nfxd5 21. axb4 Qxb4
22. Qxb4 Nxb4 23. Bxb7 $16) 21. Rc4 Nfxd5 (21... Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Nfxd5 23. axb4
Qa2 24. Qc2 Nxb4 25. Rc8+ Bf8 26. Rxb8 Nxc2 27. Bh6 Qxb1+ 28. Kg2 Qf1+ 29. Kxf1
b1=Q+ 30. Rxb1 Bxh6 $44) 22. axb4 Qa1 23. Qc2 Nc3 24. Rxc3 Bxc3 25. Bxb7 Rxb7
$15 {and White's pieces are really badly placed.}) 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Be3 (21.
axb4 Qxb4 $44) 21... Ng4 (21... Nfxd5 22. axb4 Nxb4 $44) 22. axb4 Qxb4 23. Bxa7
Qxd2 24. Rxd2 Rb4 25. Rc2 Ba6 26. Nf3 Ra4 27. h3 Ne5 28. Nfd2 Nc4 29. Nxc4 Bxc4
30. Be4 $2 {This loses outright!} (30. Kh2 f5 $44) 30... Ba6 $1 $19 31. Rc6 Bb7
32. Rc7 Rxa7 33. Rxe7 f5 34. Bd3 Bd4 35. e3 $2 Bxd5 $1 36. Re8+ Kf7 37. Rb8 Bf6
0-1

[Event "Dubai op"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2001.04.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. d4 e5 {Now the play may
lead to King's Indian Attack positions with revised colours. However this
setup cannot pose any problem for Black from the opening's view.} (6... b6 {
- Kovacevic-Tukmakov, Solin 1999 CBM 75.}) 7. Nc3 {This continuation is not
among the best. The development of the >> was more important.} (7. Be2 {
is more to the point.}) (7. dxe5 {is another normal move, both are analysed in
the game mentioned before.}) (7. b5 {is also met by} exd4 {and now White has a
difficult choice how to take back on d4.} 8. Bxd4 c5 9. Bb2 Be6 10. Nbd2 Qe7 (
10... Nbd7 11. Be2 Qe7 12. O-O Rfe8 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. a4 a5 15. bxa6 Rxa6 16. a5
Nc8 17. Bc3 Na7 18. Ng5 Bf5 19. Bf3 Nc6 $13 {Kaenel-Gallagher, SUI 1999}) 11.
Be2 h6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Rfe8 $13 {Kaenel-Gallagher, Pontresina 2000}) 7...
exd4 $1 {This is the consistant reply.} (7... e4 8. Nd2 {leads to typical
King's Indian Attack positions with an extra tempo, although the b4 P can be a
problem in case of 0-0-0 and the B on b2 is not always better than on c1 in
case of 0-0.} Qe7 (8... Re8 9. Be2 (9. Qc2 $5) 9... h5 (9... Qe7 {- 8...Qe7})
10. O-O (10. h3 $5 {/\ g4}) 10... Nbd7 11. Qc2 (11. a4 $5 {/\ b5, a5 advancing
the << pawns.}) 11... Qe7 12. Rae1 {/\ f3} Nf8 13. f3 exf3 14. Bxf3 c6 15. b5
Bd7 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. e4 Ng4 $13 {Sarmiento Alfonso-Reyes, Santa Cruz 1995}) 9.
Be2 Re8 10. a4 a5 11. b5 b6 12. Qc2 $14 {and White's position is very flexible
regarding his K, Steffens-Duerlich, Strelasund 1998.}) 8. Nxd4 $6 {Now we see
the drawback of b4, the << is rather weakened.} (8. exd4 {allows Black an easy
equalization, but certainly not more than that.} Re8+ (8... d5 9. c5) 9. Be2
Nh5 (9... d5 10. c5) 10. O-O Nf4 $11) 8... Nc6 {Other replies are annoying,
too:} (8... c5 9. bxc5 dxc5 10. Ndb5 Nc6 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O Nd7 $13 {
Ledger-Hebden, Isle of Man 1997}) (8... a5 9. b5 {weakening >< c5, where Black
can build up a stronghold for his N.} Nbd7 10. Be2 Nc5 11. O-O Re8 12. Qc2 Nce4
13. Rac1 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Ne4 $11 {Melich-Mindl, CZE 1996}) 9. Nxc6 $6 {After
this Black has additional possibilities on the b <-> attacking >< b4.} (9. a3 {
was more solid holding the position yet.} a5 10. b5 {>< c5 is weakened again,
but at least White can finish his development without any delay.} Nxd4 11. Qxd4
Nd7 12. Qd2 Nc5 13. Nd5 Be6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qb2+ f6 $11 {Weber-Kwatschewsky,
Vienna 1998}) 9... bxc6 10. Be2 {Now it is not easy to give a good advice.} (
10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Qa3 (11. Qa5 Ne4 $36) 11... Ng4 {attacks the unguarded >>.} 12.
Be2 Qh4 13. g3 Qh3 14. Bf1 Qh5 $36 {and the Q on a3 is out of play.}) 10... Rb8
11. a3 (11. Qa4 c5 $36) 11... a5 12. b5 d5 $1 {[%mdl 1] Now Black grabs the |^
in the [+], White's strategy is in ruins.} 13. cxd5 $6 {This opens up the
position with his K in the middle and without finishing the development.
Anastasian is a really strong player, so this game he played in an extremely
bad form!} (13. Ra2 $6 cxb5 14. cxb5 Be6 15. Ra1 Ne4 $36) (13. Qc1 dxc4 14.
Bxc4 Ng4 $36) 13... Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxb2 15. Ra2 (15. Rb1 Bxa3 $17) 15... Qxd5
16. Qxd5 {The _|_ is clearly better for Black anyway:} (16. Rxb2 Qxd1+ 17. Kxd1
cxb5 18. Rxb5 Ba6 19. Rxb8 Rxb8 $17 {and White cannot finish his development
yet!}) 16... Bc3+ $1 {This important intermediate move wins material for Black.
} 17. Qd2 Bxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Rd8+ 19. Kc1 cxb5 $17 {Black is a healthy P up, and
holds the |^ as well.} 20. Rc2 Bf5 $1 {giving back the material for
development.} 21. Rxc7 (21. Rc5 b4) 21... Rdc8 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8+ 23. Kd1 b4 {
Black's remote o^ will decide the battle.} 24. axb4 axb4 25. f3 (25. g4 Bc2+
26. Kd2 b3 $19) 25... Ra8 {There is no defence against the penetration of the
black R.} 26. Re1 {"Finishing" the development, but it is too late.} Ra1+ 27.
Kd2 Ra2+ 28. Kc1 Rc2+ 29. Kd1 b3 30. e4 Be6 0-1

[Event "Linares 13th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.03.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 (7. Qd3
cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc5 9. Qd1 Nc6 10. Be3 Ne6 11. Nxe6 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 dxe6 13. O-O
$13) 7... Nxd2 8. Qxd2 O-O 9. e3 d6 10. O-O Nc6 11. h3 (11. d5 Ne5 $10) 11...
cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Rfd1 {White can hope for a small advantage only because
his "e" pawn is still on e3. Otherwise would the absence of dark squared
bishop promise small edge to his opponent.} Nxd4 $6 (13... Rfc8 14. b3 a6 15.
Rac1 $13) 14. exd4 Bc6 15. Nd5 (15. Rac1 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 $10) 15... Qd8 (15...
Qxd2 $2 16. Nxe7+ Kh8 17. Rxd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 $16) 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. h4 Qd7 18.
b3 Rfd8 19. a4 Bxd5 {Khalifman tries to save the game due to opposite colour
bishops. Karpov is an excellent technician and he manages to make black's life
rather misserable.} (19... b6 20. Nb4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qb7+ (21... a5 22. Nd5 $16)
22. d5 $14) 20. Bxd5 b6 21. a5 e6 (21... b5 22. a6 $16) 22. Bf3 b5 23. d5 $1 {
This is the main point, black will have inferior pawn structure in any
variation.} bxc4 (23... e5 24. cxb5 Qxb5 25. b4 $16) 24. dxe6 Qxe6 (24... fxe6
25. bxc4 $16) 25. bxc4 Qf5 (25... Rxc4 26. Bd5 Rxc1 27. Bxe6 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1
fxe6 29. Qc1 e5 30. Qc7 $16) 26. Kg2 (26. Bd5 $14) 26... Bf6 27. a6 h5 28. Re1
$6 {Interesting inaccuracy, white could have prevented activisation of both
black's rooks.} (28. Bd5 $142 Rb8 29. Bb7 $16) 28... Rc5 $1 29. Bd5 Rb8 $1 30.
Rc2 Kg7 31. Be4 (31. Re3 Rb1 32. Rf3 Qe5 $132) 31... Qd7 32. Bb7 Qc7 33. Qd3
Rd8 34. Bd5 (34. Rb1 d5 $1) 34... Qa5 35. Rb1 Qxa6 36. Rb7 Rf8 37. Re2 Ra5 $2 (
37... Qa5 38. Re6 $1 Rc7 39. Rxd6 (39. Rxf6 Kxf6 40. Qd4+ Ke7 $17) 39... Rxb7
40. Bxb7 Rd8 41. c5 Rxd6 42. cxd6 $14) 38. Re3 $1 Ra1 39. Rf3 Re1 40. Rxf6 $1
Kxf6 41. Qf3+ (41. Qf3+ Kg7 (41... Ke5 42. Qf4#) 42. Rxf7+ Rxf7 43. Qxf7+ Kh6
44. Qf8+ Kh7 45. Qg8+ Kh6 46. Qh8#) 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 {Not really introducing a main line of the
King's Indian (or Grünfeld, whatever Black intended to play in the first place)
, but hardly a bad move. As long as White has more space he can hope for at
least a slight advantage.} ({I find it useful to compare the game variation
with the following KI/BI hybrid which can best be called the Hromadka Indian:} 
4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 c5 7. d5 e6 {This used to be my main weapon with
Black in the late '80s and the early '90s.} 8. O-O exd5 9. exd5 Re8 {The
position is the same as after 10.exd5 in the main game, but here it is White
to move.} 10. h3 {I will mention with brief comments my latest experince with
this position in order to explain some of the main ideas the way I had
perceived them back in 1983 at the age of 18, when I took up this opening
under the guidance of GM Theodor Ghitescu.} Na6 {That was the age when I had
started to understand the meaning of the basic principles. One should develop
knights and only then bishops. The last move is connected with at least two
ideas, either ...Nb4 hoping to cet to c2-d4 with the support of the
light-squred bishop or ...Nc7 preparing ...b7-b5.} 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Bf5 13.
Qd2 Kh7 14. Bd3 {Since the threat ...Nb4 becomes real, White hurries to
exchange the active black bishop.} Qd7 {Development is a high priority. Rather
than activating the white queen with an exchange on d3, Black connects his
rooks, parrrying the threat of Bxf5.} 15. Rfe1 Be4 {With his development
complete Black can afford to start active operations in the centre.} 16. Nxe4
Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. Qc2 Rae8 {Bekker Jensen,S (2403)-Marin,M (2555)
Gothenburg 2000 (1/2-1/2, 22). Black is quite active and has solved all the
opening problems.}) 4... O-O 5. Be2 c5 {This is by far not the only way of
attacking the centre, but should be regarded as an entirely satisfactory one.}
({The Grünfeld approach is less effective. With his knight on b1, White can
build up his central space advantage without allowing a knight exchange on c3.
} 5... d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e4 Nb6 8. O-O Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. d5 Nb8 11. a4 c6
12. a5 N6d7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Nf6 15. Qb3 Qc8 16. Bg5 (16. dxc6 $5 Nxc6 17.
Ra4 $14) 16... Nxe4 17. Bxe7 Re8 18. d6 Nxd6 19. Bxd6 Rxe2 20. Ng5 Qd7 $2 (
20... Qe8 21. Qxb7 Nd7 $14) 21. Rae1 $18 {Grischuk,A (2785)-Nepomniachtchi,I 
(2717) Riga 2013 (1-0, 44)}) ({The classical King's Indian setup is entirely
viable, though:} 5... d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Rd1 e4 10. Nd2 Qe7
11. b4 Nf8 12. Bb2 h5 13. Rac1 Bf5 14. Nb3 N8h7 15. d5 $13 {Grischuk,A (2785)
-Caruana,F (2779) Paris FIDE GP 2013 (4) 1/2}) 6. d5 d6 7. O-O e6 8. Nc3 {
This e2-e3 variation against the Benoni, which can arise via the Symmetrical
English move order, too, has more venom than one might suspect at a brief
glance. The absence of an early target on e4 causes Black some problems
organising his counterplay.} Re8 $5 {By delaying the exchange on d5 Black
intends to deprive the white king's knight of the c4-square.} (8... exd5 9.
cxd5 {Morozevich,A (2758)-Kramnik,V (2769) World Championship 2007 (9) 1-0}) 9.
e4 ({The main idea behind Black's last move can be seen after} 9. Nd2 Na6 {
When the desirable Nd2-c4 is impossible.} 10. dxe6 {Rather harmless.} Bxe6 11.
e4 Nb4 12. Nb3 Nc6 13. Bf4 Nd4 $11 {Svidler,P (2751)-Gelfand,B (2753)
Jerusalem 2014 (1/2-1/2, 33)}) (9. Re1 {Pinter,J (2553)-Chernin,A (2583)
Budapest zt 1.4 2000 (7) 1/2}) 9... exd5 10. exd5 {The game has reached the
Hromadka tabiya mentioned above, but with an extra tempo for Black! It is
instructive to notice that this tempo may become irrelevant if Black does not
use it properly.} Bf5 {With an extra tempo, more than one move should be
viable in this position. But frankly speaking I find the last move the least
effective of them.} (10... Ne4 11. Nxe4 Rxe4 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Bg5 Qb6 14. Re1
Bd7 15. Nd2 f5 16. Nf3 Na6 17. Be7 Nb4 18. Bg5 Na6 19. Be7 Nb4 20. Bg5 Na6 21.
Be7 Nb4 {Vyzmanavin,A (2470)-Mikhalchishin,A (2480) Lvov 1984 (1/2-1/2, 21)}) (
{Personally, I would stick to what I learned as a teen-ager:} 10... Na6 11. Be3
(11. Bf4 Ne4) (11. h3 Bf5 12. Bd3 Qd7) (11. Bg5 h6) 11... Nc7 ({I would play} 
11... Bf5 $5 12. Bd3 Qd7) 12. a4 $6 {An absolutely unnecessary weakening of
the queenside, since ...b7-b5 was not a threat yet.} Na6 13. Qd2 Nb4 {Tejero
Royo,F (2198)-Hamdouchi,H (2522) Seville 2002 (0-1, 62)}) 11. Bd3 $146 {
A logical novelty. Black is not prepared for maintaining the tension so this
is a good moment to exchange the active bishop.} (11. Nh4 Bd7 12. Nf3 Na6 13.
Bd3 Rb8 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. Qd2 Nh5 {1/2-1/2 Matsuura,E (2482)-Bittencourt,J (2471)
Rio de Janeiro 2009}) 11... Bxd3 (11... Qd7 12. Bf4 {more or less forces Black
giving up the tension anyway due to the pressure against the d6-pawn.} Bxd3 13.
Qxd3 Na6 14. Rfe1 {[%csl Gd6] Since sooner or later he would have to take on
d3 anyway, Gelfand prefers doing it at a moment when the seemingly flexible ...
Nbd7 is possible. But the game will prove that this setup is rather passive
for Black, so Gelfand's early middlegame play is at least questionable.}) 12.
Qxd3 Nbd7 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. b3 a6 $6 {This move fails to create a realistic
threat of ...b7-b5 and finally leaves Black struggling in a passive and
one-sided position.} ({It is hard to explain why he refrained from the natural
} 14... Ng4 $5 {, aimed at neutralising the bishop's pressure on d6.} 15. Rae1
Rxe1 16. Rxe1 Nge5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Qd2 {White threatens h2-h3 followed by
Bh6 and f4 with attacking chances, but Black can try} f5 $5 {True, the
weakness of the e6-square is a bit scary, but there is no easy way for White
to drive the e5-knight away, for instance:} 19. Bh6 (19. Bg5 Nf7 {[%csl Gc3]})
19... Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Qa5 21. Qd2 f4 $1 {[%csl Rc3,Ge5]}) 15. h3 $1 {Preventing .
..Ng4 and clearing the h2-square for the bishop for the case Black plays the
other possible freeing manoeuvre, ...Nh5.} (15. Rae1 Nh5 16. Bd2 Ne5 17. Nxe5
Bxe5 {would free Black's position.}) 15... Re7 {Doubling rooks is just an
attempt to simplify the position to a passive, but probably defensible ending,
rather than a display of activity.} 16. Rae1 Rae8 17. Rxe7 $1 {A classical
principle when playing for a stable advantage is to exchange one rook in order
to avoid Black's counterplay and keep the other to retain enough winning
chances.} Rxe7 18. g4 Qc7 19. Kg2 Qb8 (19... h5 {plays into White's hands.} 20.
g5 Ne8 21. a4 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. f4 Re7 25. f5 $1 (25. Ne4 Ng7
26. Nf6+ Kf8 {[%cal Gg7f5]} 27. f5 $5 {does not offer more than a draw by
perpetual} Nxf5 28. Rxf5 gxf5 29. Qxf5 {Black is under some pressure, but the
maximum what White can achieve is a perpetual with Nh7-f6.}) 25... Re5 26. Ne4
$36) 20. a3 $1 {After gaining a lot of space in the centre and on the kingside,
White starts active operations on the queenside. Black cannot organise the
counterplay with ...b7-b5 and cannot prevent b3-b4 either.} Re8 21. b4 Bf8 22.
Rb1 Qd8 23. b5 $1 {The exchange only would only activate the black knight, so
gaining more space is the best plan on this wing.} a5 {The opening of the
b-file would be too dangerous. But in the endgame Black will be in some danger
due to his numerous queenside pawns placed on dark squares.} 24. Bh2 Nb6 {
This knight is the only active black piece, obviously not enough to compensate
for the other positional problems.} 25. g5 $5 {White has an overwhelming space
advantage in all the sectors of the board, but the position is not winning by
itself. Now or later White needs starting active operations.} Nh5 26. Ne4 h6 $2
{A careless move, putting Black in a critical position after White's strong
reply.} ({Black should have prepared ...h7-h6 with} 26... Nc8 $5 {[%csl Gd6]
[%cal Gh7h6] over-protecting d6.}) 27. gxh6 $3 {Apparently an anti-positional
move. Indeed, if Black could retrieve this pawn his kingside position would
look promising, but Mamedyarov perceived the hidden dynamic nuances very well.
I would add that this is the first typical Mamedyarov move in the whole game.
So far he has played in solid positional style, but with the first given
opportunity he switches into attacking mode.} Nf6 $2 {This only speeds up the
defeat.} (27... f5 28. h7+ Kxh7 29. Neg5+ Kg8 30. Ne6 $16) ({Quite possibly,
Gelfand had planned} 27... Nc8 {when defending the h6-pawn looks impossible.
Since the e4-knight is hanging, White's only attempt to keep the pawn would be}
28. Qe3 {but is this not losing a piece to} f5 {? It turns out it does not do
so due to} 29. h7+ $1 Kh8 30. Neg5 $1 Rxe3 31. Nf7+ Kxh7 32. Nxd8 Re7 33. Ng5+
Kg8 34. Nge6 $16) 28. Nfg5 Bxh6 (28... Nc8 29. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 30. Ng5+ Ke7 (30...
Kg8 31. Qxg6+ Kh8 32. Nf7#) 31. Qxg6 Kd7 {The computer gives many winning
lines from the range +10.00 or more. Over the board I would choose} 32. h7 {
and even though this would yield less than +4.00 it would be good enough to
retrieve the piece and continue the game with two extra pawns and a persistent
attack.}) (28... Nh7 29. Qc3 Na4 30. Qa1 $18) 29. Nxf6+ (29. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 30.
Nxd6+ Kg7 31. Nxe8+ Qxe8 32. Rb2 $18 {[%cal Gb2e2]}) 29... Qxf6 30. Ne4 Qf5 31.
Re1 $18 {[%cal Ge4f6,Gh2d6]} Nd7 32. Bxd6 {White has won an essential pawn and
retains the initiative. With a bit of accuracy this should be enough to win.}
Bg7 33. Re2 Bd4 34. Bc7 a4 35. b6 Kg7 36. Qf3 Bb2 37. Bf4 {[%cal Ge4d6]} (37.
Bf4 Be5 (37... Re7 38. Ng3 Qf6 39. Qg4 Kf8 40. Bg5 $18) 38. Ng3 Qf6 39. Qg4 Qd8
40. Nf5+ Kh7 41. Nh6 Kg7 (41... Rf8 42. Nxf7 Rxf7 43. Bxe5) 42. Bxe5+ Nxe5 43.
Qf4 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 13th Group7"]
[Site "Krynica"]
[Date "1997.09.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Iljin, Stanislav"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.09.15"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kharkiv Law Academy"]
[BlackTeam "Petah-Tikva Elitzur"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 {Huzman} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 (4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 {would have
led to a Benko Gambit with g3, which is playable for Black.}) 4... Bg7 5. Bg2
Qa5+ {This provocative idea doesn't seem to be completely sound from
theoretical point of view. On the other hand it leads to lesser known
positions with practical chances for Black.} (5... O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 {
leads to one of the main lines of the King's Indian.}) 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Qd3 cxd4
8. Nxd4 Nc5 9. Qe3 {This is a healthy idea here.} (9. Qd1 Nc6 10. Be3 (10. e3
Ne6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nxe6 dxe6 {This is a very rarely seen P structure!} 13. Bd2
Qb4 14. Qb3 Qxb3 15. axb3 Rd8 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. Na4 Bc8 $10 {
Baburin-Azmaiparash aburin-Azmaiparashvili, New York op 1997} (17... Be8 18.
Bc3 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rb8 20. Nc5 b6 21. Na6 Rc8 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. b4 f5 24. b3 e5
{Baburin, A-Azmaiparashvili,Z/New York op 1997/EXP 57/1/2-1/2 (73)})) 10... Ne6
11. Nxe6 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 dxe6 13. O-O O-O 14. Qb3 Qc7 15. Qb5 Bd7 16. Rab1 Rab8
$10 {Baburin-Ivanchuk, Yerevan ol 1996} (16... Rab8 {Huzman} 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18.
Bf4 e5 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Qxe5 {1/2-1/2 Baburin,A-Ivanchuk,V/Erevan olm 1996/
EXT 96ch2})) 9... Nc6 10. Ndb5 {White wants to avoid the unnecessary exchanges,
because of his space advantage and strong centre.} Ne6 11. Bd2 a6 {This allows
White to regroup his Ns successfully.} (11... Qd8 {/\ a6 looks more precise
here.} 12. O-O O-O (12... a6) 13. Rad1 d6 (13... a6 14. Na3 d6 {deserves
serious attention because of the awkward N on a3.}) 14. Nd5 a6 (14... Bxb2 {
is the real question.}) 15. Nbc3 {Now White has regrouped his Ns successfully.}
Bd7 16. Bc1 {White has a strong pressure in the centre and () because of his
excellent N on d5.} Ned4 17. Qd2 b5 18. e3 Ne6 19. cxb5 axb5 20. a3 Na5 21. Qe2
Nb3 22. Nxb5 Bxb5 23. Qxb5 $16 {and White is a healthy P up, Bareev-Sion
Castro, Leon 1995} (23. Qxb5 {Huzman} Rb8 24. Qa4 Nec5 25. Qh4 e6 26. Qxd8 {
Bareev,E-Sion Castro,M/Leon 1995/CBM 48/1-0 (90)})) 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nbc3 (13.
Nb6 $2 {leads nowhere after} Rb8 14. Nxc8 axb5 $19 {and the N is trapped.})
13... O-O 14. O-O Ned4 (14... b5 {Huzman} 15. cxb5 axb5 16. a3 $14) 15. Qe4 (
15. Rad1 {Huzman} e6 16. Nf4 b5 $36) 15... e6 16. Nf4 b5 17. e3 Nf5 18. cxb5
axb5 (18... d5 {is strongly met by} 19. Nfxd5 $1 exd5 20. Qxd5 $16) 19. Nxb5 (
19. Qc2 {Huzman} Qb6 (19... b4 20. Ne4) 20. Rfc1 Bb7 $10 {/=/+}) 19... Bxb2 20.
Rab1 Bg7 21. Qc2 {Black has no time for d7-d5} Ba6 22. Rfc1 (22. a4 Rc8) (22.
a4 $5 {Huzman}) (22. Rfd1 $5 {Huzman}) 22... h5 {Black tries to get some
counterplay on the >>. White has an irritating pressure on the << due to his
strong B on the long /^.} 23. Nd3 {/\ Nc5} Rb8 (23... Rc8 24. Qa4) 24. a4 Bb7
25. Na7 $2 {#} (25. Bc3 $14 {would have kept the advantage for White.}) (25.
Nc5 {Huzman} Ba8 26. Bc3 $1 $14) 25... Ncd4 $1 $17 {White's position founders
on the weakened long /^.} 26. exd4 Bxg2 (26... Nxd4 {Huzman} 27. Bxb7 $1 (27.
Qc5 Ne2+ 28. Kf1 Nxc1 29. Rxc1 Bxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Rb3 $1 31. Ne1 Qa8+ 32. f3 Rb7
33. Nc8 Qxa4 $15) 27... Nxc2 28. Rxc2 $14) 27. Kxg2 Nxd4 (27... Rxb1 {Huzman}
28. Rxb1 Qa8+ 29. d5 Qxa7 30. Nf4 Nd4 $15) 28. Rxb8 ({Or} 28. Qc5 Rxb1 (28...
Nb3 {Huzman} 29. Rxb3 Rxb3 $15 {-Look at the previous line.}) 29. Rxb1 Qa8+ 30.
Kh3 Qe4 $1) 28... Qxb8 29. Qc7 Qa8+ 30. Kh3 Qf3 31. Ne1 (31. Nc5 {Huzman} Qxf2
32. Nxd7 Nf3 33. Rh1 g5 $19) (31. Nf4 {Huzman} g5 $19) 31... Qxf2 32. Qf4 Qe2 {
/-+} 33. Nb5 (33. Nc8 {Huzman} e5 34. Ne7+ Kh7 35. Qe3 Qf1+ $19) (33. Bb4 {
Huzman} Bh6 $1 34. Qxd4 (34. Qxh6 Qf1+ 35. Kh4 Nf5+ 36. Kg5 f6+ $1 37. Kxg6
Ne7+ $1 38. Bxe7 (38. Kxh5 Qh3#) 38... Qf5#) 34... Qf1+ 35. Kh4 (35. Ng2 Qf5+
36. g4 Qf3+ 37. Kh4 g5+ 38. Kxh5 Qh3+ 39. Nh4 Qxh2) 35... g5+ 36. Kxh5 Qh3+ 37.
Qh4 gxh4 $19) 33... Nb3 34. Rc2 Nxd2 35. Rxd2 (35. Qxd2 Qg4+ (35... Qf1+ {
Huzman} 36. Ng2 (36. Qg2 Qxe1 $19) 36... Qf5+ $19) 36. Kg2 Qxa4 {is no escape
from trouble.}) 35... Qxe1 $19 36. Rxd7 e5 37. Qc4 Qf2 38. Nd6 g5 39. Qe4 Qf1+
0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup Final"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1997.09.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1997.09.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 Nf6 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Nfd2
d6 9. a3 {White wants to exploit immediately the delicate position of the N on
a5.} (9. Nc3 {leads to the main lines by transposition of moves.}) 9... Nd7 (
9... Qc7 10. Qc2 Nd7 (10... b6 11. b4 Nb7 12. Bb2 $14) 11. Ra2 Ne5 12. h3 a6
13. f4 Nd7 14. b3 b5 15. Bb2 Bxb2 16. Rxb2 bxc4 17. bxc4 Nb6 18. f5 $5 (18. e4
Bd7) 18... Bxf5 19. Rxf5 gxf5 20. Qxf5 f6 21. Be4 Rf7 {and White has to prove
yet the correctness of the exchange sacrifice, Vucic-Zapata, St.Martin op 1993}
) 10. Ra2 {/\ b4} Ne5 11. b3 {This is the new idea!} (11. Qc2 Bd7 12. h3 (12.
b4 $2 cxb4 13. axb4 Naxc4 14. Nxc4 Rc8) 12... b5 13. cxb5 Bxb5 14. Nc3 Qb6 15.
b3 Ba6 16. Rb2 {1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R-Antoniewski,R/WchJM U20 1997/EXP 59})
11... Rb8 (11... a6 12. a4) 12. a4 a6 13. Na3 e6 $143 (13... Bd7 $5 {/\ b5} 14.
h3 f5 15. f4 Nf7 16. Bb2 Bxb2 17. Rxb2 b5 18. axb5 axb5 $132) (13... f5 $5 {
is suggested by Kharitonov}) 14. Bb2 exd5 15. cxd5 {Since the c4 P has been
transformed to d5 P, Black has lost his excellent target.} f5 (15... b5 16.
axb5 axb5 17. Nc2 {/\ Qa1} (17. Qa1)) 16. f4 Ng4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qa1+ Kg8 (
18... Nf6 19. e4 $16) (18... Qf6 19. Nac4 Nxc4 20. Nxc4 Rd8 21. a5 $16) 19. Bf3
(19. Nac4 $143 Nxc4 20. Nxc4 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Na5 Bd7) 19... Ne3 20. Rb1
Bd7 (20... b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Qc3 Re8 23. b4 cxb4 24. Qxb4 $16) 21. Qc3 $1
$16 Re8 22. Nc2 $1 {White gets rid off the dangerous N, remaining the awkward
Na5 on the board.} Nxc2 23. Rxc2 b5 24. axb5 Rxb5 (24... axb5 25. e4 $16 {
seizing the initiative in the centre.}) 25. e4 Qb8 26. Ra2 c4 (26... Qb6 27.
Kg2) 27. b4 Nb3 28. Nxc4 $1 (28. Nxb3 $2 {runs into} Rxb4) 28... fxe4 29. Be2
$1 Nc5 {[#]} (29... Rxb4 30. Ra3) 30. Nxd6 $1 $18 Nd3 (30... Qxd6 31. Bxb5) 31.
Bxd3 Qxd6 32. Bxb5 Bxb5 33. Qc5 {The rest speaks for itself.} Qd7 34. Re1 Rc8
35. Qd4 Bd3 36. Rd2 Qb5 37. d6 Rc4 38. Rxd3 exd3 39. Re8+ Qxe8 40. Qxc4+ Kf8
41. Qxd3 Qe1+ 42. Kg2 Ke8 43. Qxa6 Qe4+ 44. Kf2 Qd4+ 45. Kf3 Qd5+ 46. Ke3 Qb3+
1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 4th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2016.04.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 e6 6. Ne2 Bg7 7. Nec3 Nh5 {Trying
to immediately create counterplay, not wasting a tempo on castling.} (7... O-O
{leads to a more common position}) (7... exd5 $5 8. cxd5 Nh5 {was seen in some
recent games:} 9. Be3 (9. g4 Qh4+ 10. Kd2 Nf4 11. Qe1 Qf6 12. Kc2 g5 13. h4 h6
14. Na3 Nd7 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Rxh8+ Bxh8 17. Nc4 Ne5 $15 ({but not} 17... a6 $2
18. e5 $1 Qg6+ 19. Ne4 Nxd5 20. Bd3 Kf8 {1/2 (52) Grischuk,A (2810)
-Nepomniachtchi,I (2714) Beijing 2014} 21. Nexd6 Nb4+ 22. Qxb4 Qxd3+ 23. Kxd3
cxb4 24. Bxg5 $14)) 9... f5 10. exf5 (10. Nd2 O-O 11. Be2 Bd4 $1 12. Nc4 Qh4+
13. Kd2 Na6 14. Qg1 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 fxe4 16. Nxd6 exf3 17. Bxf3 Qd8 18. Nxc8
Rxc8 19. Qd1 Nf6 $132 {1/2 (69) Paravyan,D (2436)-Khusnutdinov,R (2490) Moscow
2015}) (10. Be2 O-O 11. exf5 gxf5 12. f4 Re8 13. Qd2 Nf6 {1/2 (13) Lukov,V 
(2470)-Moracchini,F (2315) Paris 1998}) 10... gxf5 11. Bb5+ $6 (11. Be2 $142 {
but Black has a good position anyway}) 11... Nd7 12. g4 (12. f4 $6 Nhf6 13. O-O
Ng4 14. Qf3 O-O 15. Kh1 a6 16. Bxd7 Bxd7 17. Bg1 b5 $17 {1/2 (45) Bogdanovich,
S (2581)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2714) Moscow 2015}) 12... fxg4 13. fxg4 Qh4+ 14. Kd2
Nhf6 15. Qe1 Qxe1+ 16. Rxe1 O-O $17 {0-1 (35) Lodici,L (2347)-Vovk,Y (2626)
Padova ITA 2015}) 8. Qe2 $6 (8. Be3 exd5 9. cxd5 {leads to the above-mentioned
line. With the text move, White wants to anticipate ...e6xd5 and prepare g2-g4
but it is too pretentious.}) 8... Be5 $6 {More natural moves would be better:}
(8... exd5 9. Nxd5 (9. exd5+ Kd7 $1) 9... Nc6 10. Nbc3 O-O 11. Be3 $13) (8...
O-O {was the simplest. White probably planned} 9. g4 {but after} Nf6 {he had
no way of normal development as} 10. Bg2 exd5 11. cxd5 {would be met with} b5
$1 12. g5 (12. Nxb5 Nxd5) 12... Nh5 13. Nxb5 Be5 $17 {[%cal Yh5f4,Yf7f6]}) 9.
Be3 ({Why not} 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 {?}) 9... f5 (9... O-O 10. g3 Na6 $13 {
was not Black's intention.}) 10. exf5 exf5 11. f4 Bg7 12. Bf2+ Kf7 13. Qd2 Nf6
{As a result, the game has reached a typical setup with the open e-file. Such
positions are usually roughly equal: White has a space advantage, and Black's
counterplay is only enough for equality.} 14. h3 a6 (14... Na6 {[%cal Ya6c7] ,
covering the e6-square, is a more standard setup.}) 15. a4 a5 {Black seals the
queenside. A risky strategy as White has possibilities to break on the
kingside (g2-g4). However, Black is not doomed to passive defence: he can
double rooks along the e-file, which will inevitably lead to simplifications.}
16. Be2 Na6 17. O-O Bd7 18. Bf3 Re8 19. Na3 Qb6 20. Nab5 Nb4 21. Rae1 Rxe1 22.
Rxe1 Re8 23. Re2 Bc8 24. Bh4 Rxe2 25. Qxe2 Qd8 26. g4 Qe7 27. Qd2 {After the
exchange of queens White has no winning chances but now, too, Black's position
is solid enough.} Bd7 28. gxf5 Bxf5 29. Bg4 Ke8 30. Bxf5 gxf5 31. Kf1 Kd7 32.
Qg2 Qf7 33. Bxf6 Bxf6 34. Qe2 Qg8 35. Nd1 Bd4 36. Nf2 Qg6 37. Nxd4 cxd4 38. c5
$6 {A risky attempt to complicate matters.} (38. Nd3 Qg3 {, and White must
give a perpetual.}) 38... dxc5 39. Qb5+ Kd6 40. Qxb7 Qe8 (40... Qg8 $5) 41.
Qxh7 Nxd5 42. Qh6+ Kc7 43. b3 {Fortunately, Black's unsafe king deprives him
of winning chances.} Ne3+ 44. Kg1 Qg8+ 45. Qg5 Qxb3 46. Qe7+ Kc6 47. Qe8+ Kc7
48. Qe7+ Kc6 49. Qe8+ Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1998.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Nfd2
c5 (8... c6 {Karpov-Markowski, Rubinstein mem 1998 CBM 67}) 9. a3 {White wants
to fight against the a5 N right now.} (9. Na3 {puts the N on an awkward place.}
e6 10. Rb1 exd5 11. cxd5 a6 12. Nc2 Bd7 13. b3 Rc8 $15 {Donner-Sax, Amsterdam
1979}) (9. dxc6 {gives up the centre without getting anything for it.} bxc6 $13
{/\ Rb8,c5}) (9. Nc3 {- E66 is the main line.}) 9... Nd7 $142 (9... b5 $6 {
is not correct:} 10. cxb5 a6 11. b4 Nb7 12. bxa6 $16 {Euwe-Unzicker, Amsterdam
ol 1954}) (9... b6 {gives up the territories without any fight} 10. b4 Nb7 11.
Bb2 e5 (11... cxb4 12. axb4 Bd7 13. Nb3 a5 14. b5 $1 Qc7 15. N1d2 $16 {
Burmakin-Kisela, RUS-Cup Krasnodar 1997}) 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Nc3 $16 {
Kochiev-Chekhov, SU 1974}) 10. Ra2 (10. Qc2 Ne5) 10... Ne5 (10... b6 $6 {
is again too passive, after which White can realize his dream of driving the
enemy N to an inferior square.} 11. b4 Nb7 12. Nb3 a6 13. Qd3 {provoking Ne5,
which can be attacked later by f2-f4} Ne5 14. Qc2 Qc7 15. f4 Ng4 16. h3 Nf6 17.
e4 Bd7 18. Be3 Rfc8 19. N1d2 $16 {Hulak-Santana, Minila ol 1992}) 11. b3 $5 (
11. Qc2 $143 Bd7 12. h3 (12. f4 Ng4 13. Nf3 b5 $13 {Lengyel-Florian, Hungary
1955}) 12... b5 13. cxb5 Bxb5 14. Nc3 Qb6 15. b4 (15. b3 Ba6 $13) 15... cxb4
16. axb4 Nac4 17. Nxb5 Qxb5 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 $11 {Kociev-Popovic, SU-Yugoslavia
1976}) 11... a6 12. Bb2 b5 13. cxb5 (13. f4 $2 Ng4) (13. Qc2) 13... axb5 14. b4
Nb7 {At first sight this looks as a big concession for White.} (14... Nac4 $5 {
is more active, certainly} 15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nc3 (17. bxc5 dxc5
18. Nc3 (18. d6 Ra6 $13) (18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Qd6 $11) (18. Qb3 $5 {comes
into consideration.}) 18... Rxa3 {- 17.Nc3} (18... Nxa3 $2 19. d6 $1 Ra6 20.
Qa1 $18) (18... Nd6 19. e4 $14) (18... Ba6 $5 19. Qa1 Kg8 $13)) 17... Rxa3 $1 (
17... Nxa3 $2 18. bxc5 $1) 18. bxc5 (18. Rxa3 Nxa3) 18... dxc5 (18... Rxa2 $2
19. Qd4+) 19. Rxa3 Nxa3 20. Qa1 Kg8 21. Qxa3 b4 22. Qb3 bxc3 23. Qxc3 Qd6 24.
Rc1 Ba6 25. Qxc5 Bxe2 $11) 15. Qb3 (15. Nc3 $5) 15... Qb6 16. Bc3 (16. Nc3 $6
Nc4 $1) 16... Bd7 (16... Bf5 $1 {looks more precise against Rc2.}) 17. Rc2 $1
Rfc8 18. h3 (18. Rfc1 Rc7) 18... Rc7 {The b4 P kills the b7 N, but White's
pieces lack harmony as well.} 19. Kh2 Rac8 20. f4 cxb4 21. axb4 Nc4 22. Bxg7
Nxd2 23. Rxd2 {defending against the penetration on c2.} (23. Rxc7 Qxc7) 23...
Kxg7 24. Qb2+ Kg8 (24... f6 $6 25. Na3 $1 $14 {/\ Nc2,Nd4}) 25. Na3 $1 Nd8 26.
Nc2 Rc4 27. Rfd1 (27. e4) (27. Nd4 $142 $14 {neutralizing Black's pressure on
the <-> c, while the black N is still dead.}) 27... Qa7 28. Nd4 Qa4 29. Rb1 e5
$5 (29... Rc3 $2 30. Nc6 $1 $18) (29... R8c7 30. e4 $14) 30. dxe6 (30. fxe5
dxe5 31. Nf3 (31. Nc6 $6 Nxc6 32. dxc6 Bxc6 33. Bxc6 R4xc6 34. Qxe5 Qa7 $1)
31... f6 $13) 30... Nxe6 31. Nxe6 Bxe6 32. Rxd6 Re8 (32... Rc2 $6 33. Qe5 $1
$16) 33. Qf6 (33. e4 $4 Rc2 34. Qf6 Rxg2+ $1 35. Kxg2 Qc2+ $19) (33. Bc6 $5 Rf8
$1 (33... Rc8 34. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 35. Bd7 $16) (33... Rb8 34. Qe5 $1) 34. Bf3 $5 {
is worthy of consideration.} (34. Qe5 $6 {connected with the following exhange
sacrifice founders on} Rxb4 35. Rxb4 (35. Ra1 Qb3) 35... Qxb4 36. Rxe6 fxe6 37.
Bd7 h5 $1)) 33... Bf5 $1 (33... Rxb4 $2 {loses because of the weakness of the
backrank.} 34. Ra1 Qc2 35. Rd8 Rxd8 36. Qxd8+ Kg7 37. Ra8 $18) 34. Rb2 $2 (34.
Ra1 $1 {was the strong move here to use the a <->.} Qxb4 35. Ra7 Be6 36. Rxe6
$18) 34... Qa7 $1 35. e4 (35. Rd8 Rxd8 ({and not} 35... Qe3 $2 36. Rxe8+ Qxe8
37. Rd2) 36. Qxd8+ Kg7 37. Qd2 (37. g4 $2 Qe3 $1) 37... Qe7 $44) 35... Bxe4 36.
Re2 Qe7 (36... Rxb4 $2 37. Rd8 $1 (37. Bxe4 $2 Rbxe4 38. Rxe4 Qf2+ $19) 37...
Rxd8 38. Qxd8+ Kg7 39. Rxe4 $1 $18) 37. Qxe7 Rxe7 38. g4 f5 (38... Rxb4 $6 39.
f5 $1) 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. Rf6 Rxb4 $11 41. Rxf5 Bxf5 42. Rxe7 Rxf4 43. Bd5+ Kf8
44. Rf7+ Ke8 45. Be6 Re4 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 4th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2016.04.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Ne2 {A popular idea to avoid
the normal Sämisch.} O-O 7. Nec3 e5 $6 {Too passive, I think. With the closed
centre, White has a free hand on both sides.} (7... Nh5 {, played in the
famous match game Anand-Gelfand, is rather experimental}) ({but} 7... e6 {
is normal.}) 8. g4 {This continuation is rather unprepared.} (8. Bg5 $5 Na6
$142 (8... h6 9. Be3 Nh5 (9... Ne8 10. Nd2 f5 11. Bd3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. a3 a5
14. Na4 $1 $36 {[%cal Yb2b4] Arencibia Walter (2560)-Ubilava Elizbar (2555)
Benasque 1991}) 10. Qd2 (10. Nd2 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. O-O-O e4 $1
14. g4 {1-0 (44) Bulski,K (2538)-Czebe,A (2458) Slovakia 2014} (14. fxe4 f4 15.
Bf2 Ne5 $44) 14... f4 $1 15. gxh5 fxe3 16. Ndxe4 Ne5 $132) 10... Kh7 11. Na3
Na6 12. O-O-O Nb4 13. Nab1 Bd7 14. g3 $14 {1-0 (40) Wallace,J (2345)-Dao,T 
(2480) Budapest 1995}) 9. Nd2 Nc7 10. Be2 h6 11. Bh4 (11. Be3 Nh5) 11... Rb8
12. a3 Bd7 (12... Qe8 $5 {[%cal Yf6h5]}) (12... Qd7 $5) 13. b4 b6 14. Qc2 Qe8
15. O-O Nh5 16. Rfb1 Bf6 $5 (16... g5 $6 17. Bf2 Nf4 18. Bf1 $14 g4 $6 19. fxg4
Bxg4 20. bxc5 dxc5 21. Rb3 Bd7 22. Re1 Qe7 23. Nf3 $14 {1/2 (61) Laznicka,V 
(2676)-Tissir,M (2366) Tromso 2014})) 8... h5 {[%mdl 32] A typical reply in
this structure.} (8... Ne8 9. h4 f5 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Nd2 Bf6 12. g5 Be7 13. exf5
gxf5 14. Qc2 Ng7 15. Bh3 Rf7 16. O-O-O Nf8 17. f4 $36 {0-1 (37) Arencibia
Rodriguez,W (2335)-Boudy Bueno,J (2390) Havana 1986}) 9. h3 (9. g5 Nh7 10. Rg1
{is met with the standard} f6 {e.g.} 11. gxf6 Qxf6 12. Be2 Qh4+ 13. Kd2 Bh6+
14. Kc2 Bxc1 15. Qxc1 Rf6 {with a satisfactory position for Black.}) 9... Nh7 {
Otherwise White will play Bc1-g5 on the next move.} 10. Be3 h4 11. Qd2 Bf6 {
Black fights for dark squares.} (11... g5 $5 {was interesting. White will
hardly break through on the queenside as there is an important difference from
the structure with pawns on h5 and h6 (instead of h3 and h4): the f4-square is
available for Black's knight, and White's knight can only control the
corresponding f5-square from e3, where it obstructs his other pieces.}) 12. Rg1
(12. Na3 $5 {[%cal Ye1c1] was more appropriate but hardly dangerous for Black
anyway:} Bg5 13. O-O-O a6 14. Kb1 Qf6 $132) 12... Bg5 13. Bxg5 Qxg5 (13... Nxg5
{was more solid. Black certainly didn't like} 14. Qf2 {but then he had the
following rearrangement:} Kg7 15. Nd2 Rh8 16. O-O-O Nd7 $11) 14. Nb5 Qe7 15. g5
a6 16. N5c3 Nd7 17. Qg2 Kg7 18. Nd2 f6 {This was unnecessary. Black had a good
way to protect his h4-pawn:} (18... Rh8 19. O-O-O (19. Qg4 Nhf8 {[%cal Yh8h5,
Yf8h7]}) 19... Nhf8 {His position is constricted but very solid.}) 19. gxf6+
Qxf6 20. Nd1 Rf7 21. Nf2 Ndf8 22. Nd3 {White has transferred his knight to an
active position, and now Black needs to reckon with the breaks f3-f4 and b2-b4.
} b5 $6 (22... g5 {[%cal Yf8g6] was a good way to solve his problems. If} 23.
f4 (23. b4 cxb4 24. Nxb4 Ng6 25. Nd3 Nf4) 23... exf4 24. e5 dxe5 25. Ne4 {then}
Qh6 $13 {[%cal Yf4f3,Yc8f5]}) 23. O-O-O g5 $6 {This was appropriate a move
earlier but completely wrong now.} ({It looks like Black had no better way to
prevent f3-f4 and e4-e5 than} 23... Nd7) 24. f4 $1 $16 {After White's castling
this break is very powerful.} exf4 25. e5 $1 Qf5 (25... dxe5 26. Ne4 Qh6 {
was relatively better after all, e.g.} 27. Nxe5 Re7 28. Nc6 Bxh3 $5 29. Qc2
Rxe4 30. Qxe4 Bd7 31. Qe7+ Kh8 32. Qxc5 Qf6 $16) 26. e6 {This wedge tears down
Black's position.} f3 27. Qh2 Bxe6 $8 28. dxe6 Qxe6 29. Nf2 {Black has 3 pawns
for the piece but they are weak; besides, his king is under attack. The rest
is easy.} Qe3 30. Ng4 Qf4 31. Qxf4 Rxf4 32. Nxf3 $1 {A small tactical trick,
winning a pawn.} bxc4 (32... Rxf3 33. Bg2) 33. Ngh2 Ne6 34. Rxd6 Nd4 35. Rd7+
Kh8 36. Ne5 Nf8 37. Rf7 Re4 38. Rxg5 Rd8 39. Rxf8+ Rxf8 40. Ng6+ Kg7 41. Nxf8+
Kxf8 42. Rxc5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Bg5 $5 {Another attempt to avoid the Grünfeld Defence.}
Ne4 (3... Bg7 4. Nc3 {, and Black should either play the King's Indian or go
for} d5 {(the system 4.Bg5 Bg7 in the Gruenfeld), which is quite risky.}) 4.
Bf4 c5 (4... e5 5. dxe5 Bb4+ 6. Nd2 d6 7. Ngf3 $14) 5. Qc2 (5. f3 {was played
in the following blitz game, without any success for White:} Qa5+ 6. Nd2 Nxd2
7. Bxd2 Qb6 8. Bc3 Bg7 9. e3 Nc6 10. Ne2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. Qd2 Rd8 13. Rd1
a5 14. Be2 d5 $11 {1/2 (39) Mamedyarov,S (2743)-Aronian,L (2815) Dubai 2014}) (
5. Nd2 Nxd2 6. Qxd2 Bg7 7. d5 d6 8. e4 O-O 9. Bd3 e5 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 Nd7 12.
Ne2 Nf6 13. Nc3 Kh8 14. O-O-O a6 15. exf5 gxf5 16. h3 b5 17. g4 $13 {1-0 (42)
Minzer,C (2350)-Sanchez Almeyra,J (2435) Buenos Aires 1994}) 5... Qa5+ (5... d5
6. cxd5 Qxd5 (6... Bf5 7. g4 $1) 7. e3 {[%cal Yf1c4]}) (5... Nf6 6. d5 Bg7 7.
Nc3 d6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. e4 a6 10. a4 Nh5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bd2 e5 13. g3 $14 {
0-1 (31) Stojanovic,M (2443)-Gross,D (2465) Valjevo 2000}) (5... f5 $5 6. f3
Qa5+ 7. Nd2 {- game}) 6. Nd2 f5 (6... Nxd2 7. Bxd2 Qc7 8. d5 (8. dxc5 Bg7 9.
Bc3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 O-O 11. h4 Qxc5 12. h5 Nc6 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. Nf3 d6 15. e3
Bg4 16. Be2 Rac8 $13 {1-0 (41) Chernyshov,K (2531)-Feher,G (2402) Zalakaros
2005}) 8... Bg7 9. e4 O-O 10. Bd3 a6 11. Nf3 $14 {1/2 (11) Ivanisevic,I (2596)
-Macieja,B (2613) Vrsac 2006}) (6... Nf6 7. d5 d6 8. e4 Bg7 (8... Na6 9. a3 Bg7
10. Be2 $14 (10. Ne2 $2 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Bf5 12. Qf3 Nb4 {1/2 (23) Ovsejevitsch,S
(2508)-Eljanov,P (2568) St Petersburg 2002})) 9. Ne2 O-O 10. Nc3 Nh5 11. Bg5 f6
12. Be3 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 $132 {1-0 (35) Ovsejevitsch,S (2545)-Schmidt,W (2435)
Legnica 2006}) 7. f3 (7. e3 Bg7 8. Ngf3 Nc6 9. d5 e5 10. Bg3 Nb4 11. Qb1 {
1-0 (48) Ovsejevitsch,S (2582)-Bae,T (2411) Basel 2011} Nxg3 12. hxg3 e4 $36) (
7. Ngf3 Bg7 $132) 7... Nf6 8. d5 d6 (8... Bg7 9. Be5 d6 10. Bc3 Qc7 11. e4 O-O
12. Bd3 e6 13. dxe6 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe6 16. Ne2 Nc6 17. Bxg7 Qxg7
18. Bxc6 bxc6 $11 {1/2 (35) Barsov,A (2445)-Vareille,F (2380) Val Thorens 1995}
) 9. e4 (9. e3 $5 Bg7 10. Ne2 {[%cal Ye2c3]}) 9... Na6 10. Ne2 fxe4 11. fxe4
Bg7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Be2 Nh5 (13... Ng4 $5 14. O-O Bd4+ 15. Kh1 Nf2+ 16. Rxf2
Bxf2 17. Bh6 $44 Bd7 $1 18. Nf3 Bd4 {, giving back the exchange with a decent
position.}) (13... Nb4 {hardly makes sense:} 14. Qc1 (14. Qb1 $2 Nxe4 15. Qxe4
Bf5) 14... Ng4 15. O-O Bd4+ 16. Kh1 Nf2+ 17. Rxf2 Bxf2 18. Bh6 $44) 14. Bg5 Qd8
$2 {[%mdl 16384] A bad move. The exchange on h5 destroys Black's kingside pawn
structure.} (14... Nf4 $1 15. O-O Nxe2+ 16. Nxe2 Bg4 $13) 15. Bxh5 gxh5 16. Nf3
h6 17. Be3 Bg4 18. O-O e6 19. Qd2 $1 Kh7 20. Rad1 $1 {A good move. White wants
Black to close the centre.} e5 $6 ({It was probably better to balk to the end:
} 20... Qd7 {After the game move White should not worry about the centre and
starts a decisive attack.}) 21. Rf2 Nc7 22. Rdf1 {[%mdl 128]} Rb8 {Too late
for counterplay!} (22... Qe7 {was not much better, though.}) 23. h3 Bd7 24. Ne2
$1 {[%cal Re2g3]} h4 25. Kh2 b6 26. g3 hxg3+ 27. Nxg3 Rg8 28. Nh5 Ne8 29. Nxg7
Nxg7 30. Bxh6 Nh5 31. Ng5+ Kg6 32. Rg1 Qe7 33. Nf7+ Kh7 34. Bg5 Qe8 35. Qe2 Ng7
36. Rf6 Rf8 37. Rh6+ Kg8 38. Bf6 Rxf7 39. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Clare Benedict Cup-01"]
[Site "Mont Pelerin sur Vevey"]
[Date "1953.04.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Rossolimo, Nicolas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1953.04.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 {La 01ère ronde de cette 01и édition de cette compétition opposait au
01er échiquier l'ancien Champion de France а l'ancien Champion du Monde} Nf6 2.
c4 g6 {A l'époque, cette défense portait le nom d'Indienne du Roi} 3. g3 Bg7 4.
Bg2 c5 (4... O-O {la grande ligne} 5. Nf3 d6) 5. d5 (5. Nf3 cxd4 {Retombe sur
une anglaise}) 5... O-O (5... d6) 6. Nf3 a6 $146 (6... d6 {Petrosian,
T-Chistiakov,A Moscow-ch 1950 1/2}) 7. a4 d6 8. O-O e5 $6 {[%csl Rg7] e6 est
plus logique dans ce type de structure et la poussée f7f5 est plus difficile а
réaliser qu'à première vue.} (8... e6 $142 9. Nc3 exd5 10. cxd5) 9. a5 Nh5 {
[%cal Gf7f5]} 10. e4 (10. Nc3 $142 f5 11. Ng5 Qe7 12. Ne6 $1 Bxe6 13. dxe6 Nc6
14. Nd5 $36) 10... Qe8 11. Nc3 h6 {[%csl Gg5] Une nouvelle illustration que le
plan e75 et f7f5 est assez douteux car les blancs vont prendre l'initiative а
l'aile-dame} 12. Na4 {[%cal Gb2b4,Gc1d2]} Nd7 13. Nh4 $1 {[%csl Gf5]} (13. Bd2
{[%cal Gb2b4]}) 13... Rb8 {Les noirs ont compris que le plan f7f5 était
prématuré et ils essayent de prendre de l'espace а l'aile-dame} (13... f5 $2
14. exf5 gxf5 15. Bf3 Nhf6 16. Nxf5) 14. Bd2 b5 $1 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Qb3 $1 {
[%cal Gb3b8]} Qd8 17. Ba5 $36 {[%cal Ga5d8]} Nxa4 $1 18. Qxa4 $8 Qe7 19. b4 $1
Nf4 $1 20. bxc5 dxc5 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Gd5d8]} 21. Qd1 Nxg2 22. Nxg2 {Le Bg2
n'était pas trés bon et le gain de la paire de B n'est pas forcément dans
l'intérêt des noirs mais les blancs menaçaient d5d6} (22. Kxg2 $5 {retarde f5
en faisant pression sur "g6"} g5 (22... f5 23. Nxg6) 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. exf5 e4 (
24... Qf6) 25. Rb1 Rxb1 26. Qxb1 Re8 (26... e3)) 22... f5 23. f3 (23. exf5 gxf5
24. Nh4 $1 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Gh4g6]} Qf7 25. Bc3 {[%csl Re5]} (25. Rb1 Rxb1 26.
Qxb1 f4) 25... f4 26. Qc2) 23... fxe4 (23... f4 24. Qd3 {[%cal Ga1b1]} Bh3 25.
Rab1 Qg5 26. Kf2 $1) 24. fxe4 Rxf1+ 25. Qxf1 Rb2 26. Bc3 $1 Rb3 27. Qd3 h5 28.
Qc2 (28. Nh4 $5 {[%csl Rg6]}) 28... Qb7 $1 {les pièces noires vont commencer а
s'activer} 29. Nh4 Bh3 $36 {Les blancs étaient déjà en zeitnot et ils vont
d'ailleurs perdre au temps juste avant de passer le contrôle . Les noirs vont
essayer de compliquer la position mais intrinséquement, les noirs n'ont pas
grand-chose.} (29... Rb6) 30. Nxg6 a5 31. Ne7+ (31. Nxe5 $2 Qb8 $1 {[%csl Re5]
[%cal Gg7c3]}) 31... Kh7 32. Nf5 a4 $1 $13 {Les blancs ont du mal а trouver
une bonne case de développement pour la R et les noirs commencent а prendre
une initiative dangereuse} 33. Rxa4 $4 (33. Nxg7 $8 {Gagne un temps pour
dévier le Q noire et pouvoir prendre le P"a4"} Qxg7 (33... Kxg7 34. Bxe5+) 34.
Rxa4 {[%cal Gc2b3]}) 33... Rxc3 $3 {[%csl Rg1,Gh3] Tout-à-coup, les blancs
sont dans un réseau de mat!} 34. Qxc3 Qb1+ $40 35. Kf2 Qf1+ 36. Ke3 Bxf5 37.
Ra7 $8 (37. exf5 Bh6+ 38. Ke4 Qe2+) 37... Qg1+ 38. Kd2 (38. Kd3) 38... Qg2+ 39.
Kc1 Qxe4 {Perte au temps et les deux équipes vont faire match nul 2,5/2,5,
avec 03 nulles sur les échiquiers 2 à 4 et une défaite de Nicolas Barbatto
Rometti au 05ème échiquier. Source: La Gazette de Lauzanne 18/04/1953} 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup3"]
[Site "Omsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. d5 {This anti-Grunfeld move gives away the
opening advantage immediately.} (4. Bg2 $142 d5 {leads to the Neo Grunfeld
defence.}) 4... cxd5 5. cxd5 Qa5+ {Black wants to exploit the weakness on the
diagonals a5-e1 and a1-h8 quickly.} (5... d6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bg2 Qa5 {transposes
to the game.}) 6. Nc3 Bg7 (6... b5 {is another agressive try leading to
complicated positions.} 7. Bg2 d6 8. a3 (8. Nf3 $2 {This seemingly normal
developing move runs into} b4 {losing d5.}) 8... b4 9. Na2 bxa3+ 10. Bd2 {
(Korchnoi-Uhlmann, Sarajevo 1969)} Qb6 $1 11. bxa3 Bg7 $13 {Korchnoi}) 7. Bg2
d6 8. e4 $2 (8. Bd2 O-O 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Nge2 Ne5 11. O-O Nc4 (11... Bg4 12. f3
Bd7 $13) 12. Bc1 Bg4 13. Qb3 Rfc8 14. Nd4 (14. Qxb7 $2 {loses the Q after} Rab8
15. Qxe7 Re8 $19) 14... Bd7 15. Rd1 {(Korchnoi-Geller, Moscow m/7 1971)} Qc5 $1
$13 {Gufeld}) 8... Bg4 $1 9. f3 $2 {[#] Overlooking the nice tactical blow.} (
9. Nge2 Bxe2 10. Kxe2 {was more persistant, although after} (10. Qxe2 $2 Nxe4)
10... Nbd7 {Black has an excellent position.}) (9. Qb3 Na6 10. Qxb7 O-O $44)
9... Nxe4 $3 $19 {After this combination White's position collapses.} 10. fxg4
(10. Qa4+ Qxa4 11. Nxa4 Bd7 $19) 10... Nxc3 11. Qd2 (11. bxc3 Qxc3+) 11... Qc5
12. a4 Na6 $1 {The rest is easy.} 13. Kf1 Nb4 14. Ne2 Ncxd5 15. Ra3 O-O 16. Bf3
Nb6 17. Qg5 Nc4 18. Qxc5 dxc5 19. Rb3 Rad8 20. g5 b6 21. Kg2 e6 22. Nf4 Nd2 23.
Re3 Nxf3 24. Rxf3 e5 25. Nh3 Nd3 26. b3 e4 27. Re3 Rfe8 28. Re2 a6 29. Rf1 b5
30. axb5 axb5 31. Rc2 c4 32. bxc4 b4 33. Nf2 b3 34. Re2 b2 35. Bf4 Nxf2 36.
Kxf2 Ra8 37. c5 Ra1 38. Ree1 Rc8 39. Be3 Rca8 40. c6 Rc8 41. Rd1 Rxc6 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Nc3 Qc7 {
This provocative continuation is the second popular move in this position after
} (7... Nc6) 8. Nd5 $5 (8. b3 d5 $5 {is Black's main idea seen in a number of
games.}) 8... Qxc4 (8... Nxd5 9. cxd5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. Bc3 {leads to a
quiet position with a small edge for White. The text move is sharper but not
enough for equality either.}) 9. Nxe7+ Kh8 10. Nxc8 (10. O-O $143 Nc6 11. Ndxc6
(11. Nxc8 Raxc8 {[%cal Yf8e8]}) 11... dxc6 12. Nxc8 Raxc8 13. b3 Qc3 14. Bd2
Qe5 15. Qe1 Rfe8 16. e3 Ne4 17. Rc1 Rcd8 $132 {1/2 (38) Horvath,P (2458)
-Horvath,C (2565) Hungary 2005}) 10... Rxc8 11. O-O Nc6 {Black's development
advantage doesn't fully compensate for his damaged pawn structure.} 12. Be3
$146 {A simple developing move, enough for keeping a tiny plus. Alternatives:}
(12. Nxc6 $6 dxc6 13. b3 Qc3 14. Bd2 Qe5 15. Rc1 Rd8 16. Rc2 Ne4 $11 {1/2 (60)
Khurtsidze,N (2418)-Lomineishvili,M (2396) Tbilisi 2005}) (12. e3 Nxd4 13. exd4
d5 14. Be3 Rc6 15. Bf3 Rac8 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. axb3 a6 18. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1
Rxc1+ 20. Bxc1 Ne4 21. Be3 f5 $11 {1/2 (28) Sargissian,G (2602)-Radjabov,T 
(2667) Moscow 2005}) (12. Nb3 $5 Re8 13. e3 a5 14. Bd2 a4 15. Rc1 Qb5 16. Nc5
$36 (16. Nd4 $6 Nxd4 17. exd4 Qxb2 18. Rc2 Qxd4 19. Qc1 Ne4 $15 {1/2 (37) Wang,
H (2710)-Aronian,L (2797) Beijing 2014})) (12. Nc2 Re8 (12... Ne4 13. Ne3 Qe6
14. Nd5 f5 15. Be3 Qe5 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Rd8 18. Rb1 b6 19. c4 Rac8 20. Qa4
$16 {1-0 (34) Borovikov,V (2595)-Iskusnyh,S (2472) Pardubice 2005}) 13. Ne3 Qe6
14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Qxe2 16. Bxf7 Re7 17. Qxe2 (17. Bd5 Nd4 18. Be3 Qxb2 19.
Rb1 Ne2+ 20. Kg2 Nc3 21. Rxb2 Nxd1 22. Rxb7 Nxe3+ 23. fxe3 Rxe3 24. Rxd7 $14 {
1/2 (32) Azaladze,S (2499)-Saric,S (2400) Novi Sad 2014}) 17... Rxe2 18. Rb1
Rf8 19. Bc4 Rexf2 20. Rxf2 Bd4 21. Bf4 g5 22. Kg2 Bxf2 23. Bxg5 Bd4 24. Rd1
Bxb2 25. Rxd7 Ne5 {1/2 (25) Wojtaszek,R (2569)-Fressinet,L (2638) Warsaw 2005}
26. Rd8 $1 $14) 12... Ng4 {Black must deprive White of his bishop pair.} 13.
Nc2 Nxe3 14. Nxe3 Qe6 15. Nd5 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Be5 17. Rxb7 $14 {As a result of
the opening, White has got a small but clear advantage due to his strong d5
knight and the weakness of Black's d7 pawn.} Rab8 18. Rxb8 Rxb8 19. e3 Rb2 20.
a4 Ne7 (20... Nb4 {was more active, and in case of} 21. Nf4 Qe7) 21. Nf4 {
Black is now forced to trade his bishop, and the position simplifies even
further. That gives White more chances than} (21. Nxe7 Qxe7 22. Qd3) 21... Bxf4
22. exf4 {[%cal Ge1e8,Rd1d4] White now wins a pawn as he is threatening
Qd1-d4+.} Qb6 (22... Kg8 23. Qd4 {[%cal Rd4b2,Rd4a7]} Qb6 24. Qxd7) 23. a5 ({
After} 23. Qxd7 Qc5 {White has hardly anything better than} 24. a5) 23... Qc5
24. Qxd7 Ra2 25. Qd3 Kg7 ({Black can recapture the pawn:} 25... Rxa5 {but after
} 26. Qe2 {[%cal Yf1d1] White keeps pressure despite Black's passed pawn. He
controls central files, and his king is safer. Instead, Black decides to
prevent White's activation allowing White to keep his extra pawn.}) 26. a6 h5
27. Bb7 Nf5 28. Qe4 Nd6 29. Qb1 Rd2 30. Qa1+ Kg8 31. Bg2 Nf5 32. Qe5 Qxe5 $6 {
A strange decision to undouble White's pawns and liquidate into a technical
endgame.} (32... Qb6 {was consistent although after} 33. Qc3 $1 Rb2 34. Bd5 {
White activates his bishop and increases his winning chances.}) 33. fxe5 {
[%mdl 4096]} Re2 (33... Ra2 34. Bb7 Re2 (34... h4 $5) 35. f4 (35. Rd1 $143 Rxe5
36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. Ra8 Nd6 38. Rxa7 Re7) 35... Ne3 36. Rc1 {, and White should
win anyway.}) (33... h4 $5 34. Rb1 Nd4 35. gxh4 Ne2+ 36. Kh1 Nd4 {was probably
the best chance to get counterplay.}) 34. Rb1 Rxe5 35. Rb7 Re1+ ({Black will
be unable to keep defense on the 7th rank after} 35... Re7 36. Bh3 {as the
pawn endgame after} Kf8 37. Bxf5 gxf5 38. Rxe7 Kxe7 39. Kg2 {is lost, e.g.} Ke6
(39... Kd6 40. Kh3 Kc6 41. Kh4 Kb6 42. Kxh5 Kxa6 43. h4 Kb5 44. Kg5 a5 45. h5
a4 46. h6 a3 47. h7 f6+ $8 48. Kxf5 a2 49. h8=Q a1=Q 50. Qxf6) 40. Kf3 Ke5 41.
h3 f4 (41... Ke6 42. Kf4 Kf6 43. h4 $22) 42. gxf4+ Kf5 43. Ke3 {etc.}) 36. Bf1
h4 37. Rxa7 h3 38. Rd7 Ra1 39. g4 (39. a7 $142 Kg7 40. g4 Nh4 41. f4 Nf3+ 42.
Kf2 Nxh2 43. Bxh3 $18) 39... Nh4 40. Rd3 Ng2 41. Rxh3 Nf4 42. Rf3 g5 43. Rb3 {
Black resigned although White still needed to work a while to convert his
material advantage.} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. g3 e5 7. Bg2 $2 (7. dxe5 {
is the normal main line here. The game continuation loses the centre at once.})
7... e4 $1 8. Nfd2 Re8 (8... e3 {was seen in Blatny-Marin, Haifa EU-cht 1989
and after} 9. fxe3 Qe7 10. e4 Ng4 11. Nf1 c5 12. h3 Nf6 13. Nc3 Nc6 14. dxc5 (
14. e3 {was probably Blatny's improvement?}) 14... dxc5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxg7 {
and now the nice intermediate move} Nf4 $3 {was overseen:} 17. Bxf8 Nxg2+ 18.
Kf2 Kxf8 19. Kxg2 Qxe4+ 20. Kh2 Bf5 21. Qd6+ Kg8 22. Re1 Nd4 {with more than
enough compensation for the exchange.}) 9. e3 {defending against e4-e3} (9. Nf1
{/\ Ne3 blockading the e4 P.} c6 10. Ne3 Nbd7 11. O-O h5 12. Nc3 Nf8 13. Qd2 d5
14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rac1 Ne6 $13 {Szapiro-Geller, Moscow ol 1956}) (9. O-O {
allows e4-e3 coming with a great effect.} e3 10. fxe3 Ng4 $17) 9... c6 {
/\ d6-d5} 10. d5 $2 {White has to finish the development as soon as possible.
Instead of this he allows Black to open up the position leaving the K in the
middle.} (10. O-O d5 {was still playable, although in this pawn structure the
B on b2 is out of place.}) 10... cxd5 11. cxd5 Bg4 $1 12. Qc2 Na6 $1 {All the
black pieces come out with a tempo.} 13. a3 {against Nb4} (13. O-O Rc8 $1 (
13... Be2 $6 {is met by} 14. Nxe4 $1 Bxf1 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Kxf1 {with some
chances for survival.}) 14. Nc3 Nb4 15. Qb1 Nd3 16. f3 Nxb2 17. fxg4 Rxc3 18.
Qxb2 Rxe3 $19) 13... Rc8 14. Nc3 Nc5 15. O-O Nd3 {The weakness of the d3
square is lethal.} 16. f3 {White wants to get rid off the unpleasant N, but
creates some additional weaknesses in his own camp.} Nxb2 17. fxg4 (17. Qxb2
Nxd5) 17... Nxd5 18. Ndxe4 Nxc3 19. Nxc3 Rxc3 (19... Bxc3 20. Bd5 Re7 21. Rxf7
Rxf7 22. Rf1 Kh8 23. Rxf7 Bg7 {was also good for a win.}) 20. Qxb2 Rcxe3 $19
21. Qf2 Bxa1 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Rxa1 Re1+ 24. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 25. Kf2 Qe7 26. Qf3 Rc1
27. Qe4 Qxe4 28. Bxe4 Rc3 29. Bd5 Rd3 30. Bc4 Rd2+ 31. Ke3 Rxh2 32. g5 Kg7 33.
a4 Rh5 34. Kf4 h6 35. gxh6+ Kxh6 36. Ke4 Re5+ 37. Kd4 Rg5 38. Ke4 Rxg3 39. Bd5
b6 40. Bc4 Kh5 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup6"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1997.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. d5 d6 7. O-O b5 {leading
to Benko Gambit type positions.} (7... Na6 8. Nc3 Nc7 {leads to a small, but
durable advantage for White, therefore this line has lost it's popularity
nowadays.}) 8. cxb5 a6 9. bxa6 Bf5 {Black is fighting for the e4 square.} (9...
Bxa6 {leads to the Benko Gambit.}) 10. Nc3 (10. Ne1 $6 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Nb6 12. e4
$6 {consistant, but bad, since the diagonal f1-a6 becomes weak.} Bc8 13. Nd3 (
13. f3 Bxa6 14. Rf2 Nfd7 15. Nc2 Ne5 $15) 13... Bxa6 14. Re1 Nfd7 15. f4 Nc4
16. Bh3 {(Kakageldyev-Nenashev, Calcutta op 1996)} Ra7 17. Ne2 Qa5 $44 {
Dolmatov}) (10. Nfd2 Nxa6 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Nc4 Bc2 13. Qd2 Ng4 14. Na3 Bf5 15.
h3 Nf6 16. g4 Bc8 17. Nc4 h5 18. g5 Nd7 19. a3 Nb6 20. Ne3 e6 21. dxe6 Bxe6 22.
Rb1 Na2 23. Ne4 Nxc1 24. Rfxc1 Bd4 $15 {Drasko-Smirin, Kranevo 1996}) 10... Ne4
11. Nxe4 (11. Nb5 Nxa6 12. a4 (12. Nh4 Bd7 $1 13. a4 Nb4) 12... Nb4 13. Ra3 (
13. Nh4 Bd7) 13... Nf6 14. Ne1 Qb6 15. h3 Be4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 $44 {P.
Nikolic-Anand, Monaco rapid 1996}) 11... Bxe4 12. Nd2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nd7 (13...
Rxa6 14. Nc4 Nd7 15. e4 Qa8 16. a4 Rb8 17. Ra3 Nb6 18. Nxb6 Raxb6 19. b3 Rb4
20. Re1 Qb7 $44 {P.Nikolic-Kasparov, Paris 1994}) 14. Nc4 Nb6 (14... Rxa6 {
- 13...Ra6, and perhaps this was the most precise way!}) 15. Qd3 (15. Nxb6 Qxb6
$44) 15... Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Qb6 17. Rb1 Qxa6 (17... Rfb8 $1 18. a3 Qb3 {prevents
White from a3-b4}) 18. Qxa6 Rxa6 19. a3 Rb8 20. b4 $1 f5 $1 (20... cxb4 21.
axb4 Bc3 22. Rb3 $1 Bxb4 23. Be3 $16 {with a nasty pin on the b line.}) 21. Be3
cxb4 22. axb4 Rb5 23. Rfc1 Ra4 (23... Rxd5 $2 24. b5 $1 $16 {gives the bP the
free way.}) 24. Rc4 Kf7 25. Bd4 Rxd5 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Rc7 Kf6 $2 {Now the b P
becomes very dangerous, since White's rook is behind the P, which is the best
place for him according to Tarrasch.} (27... Rb5 $1 {Black has to eliminate
the dangerous passed P.} 28. Rxe7+ Kf6 (28... Kh6 $2 29. Rc1 Rbxb4 30. Rcc7 $18
) 29. Rxh7 Rbxb4 30. Rxb4 (30. Rd1 Rd4) (30. Rc1 Rc4) 30... Rxb4 {gives
significant drawing chances for Black.}) 28. b5 Ra5 29. b6 Rdb5 30. Rcc1 $1
Rxb1 31. Rxb1 Ra8 32. b7 Rb8 33. Kf3 e5 (33... Ke6 34. Kf4 h6 35. h4 Kd7 36. h5
$1) 34. g4 h5 (34... Ke6 35. gxf5+ gxf5 36. Kg3 Kd7 37. Kh4 Kc7 38. Kg5 $18) (
34... fxg4+ 35. Kxg4 Ke6 36. Kf3 $1) (34... f4 35. Ke4 Ke6 36. Rb6 $18) 35.
gxh5 gxh5 36. Kg3 f4+ 37. Kh4 Kf5 38. f3 d5 39. Rb5 $1 {zugzwang} Kf6 40. Kxh5
e4 41. fxe4 dxe4 42. Kg4 f3 43. exf3 e3 44. Kg3 Rg8+ 45. Kf4 e2 46. Rf5+ Kg6
47. Rg5+ Kf7 48. Rxg8 e1=Q 49. b8=Q Qh4+ 50. Kf5 Qh5+ 51. Ke4 Qh4+ 52. Rg4 Qe1+
53. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qc7 8. b3
d5 9. Ndb5 Qa5 10. Bd2 dxc4 11. bxc4 Qd8 12. O-O a6 {For this line - see
Kramnik-Radjabov in CBM 154, with extensive annotations by GM Igor Stohl.} 13.
Na3 Nc6 (13... Bf5 {is more common. Here is a recent example:} 14. Nc2 Nc6 15.
Ne3 Qd4 16. Nxf5 $1 $146 gxf5 17. Rc1 Rad8 18. Nd5 Ne4 19. Be3 Qxd1 (19... Qb2
$5) 20. Rfxd1 e6 21. f3 $5 exd5 22. fxe4 dxe4 23. Bh3 Bd4 24. Kf2 Rfe8 25. Bxf5
Re5 26. g4 $14 {1-0 (69) Wojtaszek,R (2711)-Rodshtein,M (2682) Basel 2014}) 14.
Nc2 Be6 {Controlling the d5-square. This plan is probably more solid than ...
Bc8-f5 despite the fact that White's rook can go to b1.} 15. Rb1 (15. Ne3 Na5
16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Ncd5 Nxc4 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Nxc4 Rxc4 20. Bh6 Qxd1 21. Rfxd1
Bg7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Bxb7 a5 $15 {_|_: 1/2 (87) Khismatullin,D (2656)-Giri,A 
(2749) Rhodes 2013}) 15... Rc8 16. Ne3 Na5 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Rxb7 {White has
won a pawn but the strong bishop pair guarantees Black sufficient compensation.
} Bh3 {The bishop will eventually get into trouble here.} (18... Qd4 $5 $132 {
[%cal Yf8d8]}) 19. Re1 e6 20. Qc2 Qd4 21. Reb1 Rfd8 22. Be1 Ng4 23. Nxg4 Bxg4
24. Qa4 $1 Bh3 (24... Rxc4 $2 25. R7b4 $1 {[%csl Rg4]} Rdc8 $8 26. Qxa6 $16) (
24... Qc5 $5 {[%cal Rg7c3]}) 25. Rd1 Qg4 (25... Qc5 $11) 26. f3 Rxd1 $6 (26...
Qg5 $142 27. Rbd7 $1 Bxc3 $1 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Bxc3 Qb6+ 31. c5
Qxc5+ 32. Bd4 Qb5 $11) 27. Nxd1 Qd4+ (27... Qxc4 $2 28. Qxc4 Rxc4 29. Rb8+ Bf8
30. Nf2 Rc1 31. Nd3 Rd1 32. Kf2 {[%cal Re1b4]} Kg7 33. Bc3+ {(M.Notkin)}) 28.
Nf2 Bf8 $6 (28... Qa1 29. Qd1 Qxd1 30. Nxd1 h5 31. Nf2 Bd4 32. Bd2 Bf5 33. e3
Bc5 34. g4 $14) (28... e5 $142 29. g4 Bf8 30. Qd7 $5 (30. Rd7 Qe3 31. Qd1 Bc5
32. Rd3 Qf4) 30... Qxd7 31. Rxd7 Bc5 32. Rd5 $1 Ba7 (32... f6 33. Rxc5 Rxc5 34.
Nxh3 Rxc4 35. a3 $14) 33. Rxe5 Rxc4 34. e3 Rc1 35. Nxh3 Rxe1+ 36. Kf2 Rb1 {
and Black should not lose}) 29. Qd7 $6 {White misses a good opportunity; the
text move enables Black to restore the balance.} (29. Rd7 $1 Qe3 30. Qd1 Bc5 (
30... Rxc4 $2 31. Bd2 Qc5 32. Rd3 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Rd2e3]}) 31. Rd3 Qg5 32. Bd2
$16 {(indicated by IM M.Notkin)}) 29... Qxd7 30. Rxd7 {[%mdl 4096]} Bc5 31. Bb4
(31. Bc3 e5 $1 32. Rd3 e4 33. fxe4 Be6 $44) (31. Rd3 e5 32. g4 e4 33. Rd5 exf3
34. exf3 f5 35. g5 (35. Rxc5 Rxc5 36. Nxh3 fxg4 37. fxg4 Rxc4 {[%cal Rc4a4,
Rc4g4]}) 35... Be3 $132) 31... Bxb4 32. Nxh3 h6 {A solid continuation although}
(32... Rxc4 {was possible, too:} 33. Ng5 Bc5+ 34. Kg2 Rc2 35. Kf1 Rc1+ 36. Kg2
Rc2 $11) 33. Nf2 Bc5 (33... Rxc4 34. Ng4) 34. Rd3 Bxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Rxc4 36. Ra3
Rc6 $11 {Black's rook is active enough so he easily holds his ground.} 37. Ke3
Kf8 38. h4 h5 39. Kd4 Ke7 40. e4 Kd7 41. e5 Rb6 42. Ra5 Rc6 43. Ra4 Rb6 44. Ke4
Ke7 45. Kf4 Kf8 46. Ke4 Ke7 47. g4 hxg4 48. fxg4 Kf8 49. Ra5 Rb4+ 50. Kf3 Rb6
51. Kf4 Kg7 52. Ra4 Rc6 53. Ke4 Rb6 54. a3 Rb1 {Black gives up his a6-pawn but
recovers the balance with the pawn on h4.} 55. Rxa6 Rh1 56. a4 Rxh4 57. Kf4 Rh1
58. g5 Rf1+ 59. Kg4 Rg1+ 60. Kf4 Rf1+ 61. Kg4 Rg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.11"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c5 (6... Nbd7) ({and} 
6... Nc6 {are the other main lines.}) 7. dxc5 (7. Nc3 {is the the most popular
variation.}) 7... dxc5 8. Ne5 Qc7 9. Nd3 Be6 ({Recently ther was a game with} 
9... Nbd7 10. Nc3 a6 11. Be3 Rb8 12. Rc1 e6 13. Qa4 b6 14. b4 $14 {
Matlakov-Cai, Harbin 2016, and White was slightly better, later he managed to
win.}) 10. Bf4 ({In the event of} 10. Qb3 Nc6 $1 11. Nxc5 Nd4 (11... Bc8 $5)
12. Nxe6 Nxe2+ 13. Kh1 fxe6 {(Arsovic-Dragovic, Senta 2008)} 14. Nc3 $5 Nxc3
15. bxc3 $14 {and thanks to the B pair, White looks more comfortable.}) 10...
Qc8 11. Nd2 $146 {A logical novelty by Hammer.} (11. Be3 Bh3 12. Bxc5 Bxg2 13.
Kxg2 b6 (13... Qc6+ {(Kojima-Sean, Budapest 2013)} 14. f3 Nbd7 15. Bf2 Qxc4 16.
Na3 {and Black still has to play some accurate moves to equalise.}) 14. Be3 (
14. Bxe7 $4 {loses after} Qb7+ $19 {and Black wins the B.}) 14... Qxc4 $132 {
with a double-edged fight.}) 11... Bh3 12. Nf3 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 b6 14. Re1 (14.
Nde5 $5 {was also an interesting choice.}) 14... Qb7 ({The natural developing} 
14... Nc6 $5 {was the alternative.}) 15. Qc1 Rd8 ({Still} 15... Nc6 $5 {
was also good.}) 16. Bh6 Bh8 $1 {A very ambitious reply! Nakamura doesn't want
to exchange the Bs, because his is more useful on the long diagonal.} 17. Nde5
Ne4 $1 18. Qf4 f6 19. Rad1 $1 {Hammer also finds the smart reply.} Nd6 $1 {
Another ambitious move! Black avoids the exchange of Rs and he prepares the
advance with his Ps in the centre.} 20. Ng4 $6 {A human reply, but this is a
dubious move.} (20. Qg4 $1 {was more accurate,} Qc8 $1 ({of course not} 20...
fxe5 $4 21. Qe6+ Nf7 22. Rxd8# {and mate!}) 21. Rxd6 $1 {The best practical
chance.} (21. Qxc8 Rxc8 22. Nd3 Nxc4 $17 {and Black is a healthy P up.}) 21...
exd6 22. Qe4 d5 23. cxd5 Qb7 ({but not} 23... fxe5 $2 24. d6 $1 $16 {and
suddenly White is better.}) (23... Qf5 24. Qh4 $5 $132) 24. Nc6 Nxc6 25. dxc6
Qf7 $15 {and Black is slightly better, but it is still not easy.}) 20... Nc6
21. Kg1 Nf7 $1 $17 {Now Black is ready to advance with his e- and f-Ps and
White can't avoid it.} 22. h3 f5 23. Ngh2 e5 24. Qc1 e4 25. Nh4 Rxd1 26. Rxd1
Nd4 {Black has gained some space and his pieces are powerful. White's position
becomes difficult.} 27. Re1 Qa6 $1 {Another strong continuation by Nakamura.
Suddenly the a2 and c4 Ps are attacked by the Q and it is not possible to
protect both in one move.} 28. Be3 ({In the event of} 28. a3 Nxh6 29. Qxh6 Qxc4
$19 {and Black is winning.}) 28... Qxa2 29. g4 Bf6 30. Ng2 Ne6 31. gxf5 gxf5
32. Nf1 {and White didn't wait for his opponent's reply... he resigned.} (32.
Nf1 Qxb2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Leko,P"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 e5 4. dxe5 Nh5 5. Nh3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
Nc3 Qxe5 9. g4 Ng7 10. f4 Qe7 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Qd3 O-O 13. Qc3 Ne8 14. g5 Ne7
15. Nf6+ Nxf6 16. gxf6 Nf5 17. e4 Re8 18. Ng5 c5 19. O-O-O Nd4 20. e5 d6 21.
Nf3 Bg4 22. Nxd4 Bxd1 23. Nb5 dxe5 24. fxe5 Ba4 25. Nd6 Re6 26. Bg2 Rxd6 27.
exd6 Qxd6 28. Bxb7 Re8 29. b3 Qf4+ 30. Kb2 Re3 31. Rd1 h5 32. Qa5 Re2+ 33. Ka3
Qf2 34. Qd8+ Be8 {[#]} 35. Rd2 $1 (35. Ra1 Qe3 36. Bc6 Qc3 $1 $19) 35... Rxd2
36. Qxe8+ Kh7 37. Qxf7+ Kh6 38. Ka4 Rxa2+ 39. Kb5 Qe3 (39... Rb2 $5 {laut Fritz
}) 40. Bd5 {Mit seinen letzten verbleibenden Sekunden erinnert sich mein
Gegner an die goldene Regel: Zentralisation!!} Qxb3+ 41. Kc6 Ra6+ {Später
überprüfte ich die Sache mit dem Computer und er fand den gleichen Gewinn in
wenigen Minuten.} (41... Qb8 $6 42. Kd7 $1 {und der Kampf beginnt von neuem.})
42. Kd7 (42. Kc7 $2 Qb6+ $19) 42... Qh3+ $1 {Alles läuft genau nach meinem
Plan!} 43. Be6 (43. Ke7 Qxh2 {[%cal Rh2c7]} 44. Qf8+ (44. Qg7+ Kg5 45. f7 Qc7+
46. Ke8 Rb6 {nebst Matt}) 44... Kg5 45. f7 Qc7+ 46. Ke8 Qc8+ 47. Ke7 Qxf8+ 48.
Kxf8 Rf6 $19) 43... Qd3+ 44. Ke8 {Ich hatte hauptsächlich mit Ld5 gerechnet:} (
44. Bd5 Kg5 $1 45. Qe7 (45. h4+ Kf5) 45... Rxf6 46. h4+ Kf5 {deswegen muß die
schwarze Dame auf d3 stehen!} 47. Qxc5 Kg4 $19) 44... Qd6 45. Qe7 {Der letzte
Trick bestand in} (45. Qg7+ Kg5 46. h4+ Kxh4 47. Qe7 {Es kostete mich viel
Bedenkzeit, darauf den Gewinn zu finden:} Qxe7+ (47... Qxe6 $2 48. f7+) 48.
Kxe7 Ra1 49. f7 (49. Bf5 Re1+) 49... Rf1) 45... Qxe6 (45... Qxe6 46. f7 Qc8+
47. Qd8 Re6+ 48. Kf8 Qxd8#) 0-1

[Event "Zonal Lvov"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Kochyev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Moiseev,V"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1978.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Bg2 e5 8. dxe5
(8. O-O e4 9. Ng5 $1 {N} e3 10. f4 h6 $6 11. Nf3 Re8 12. Nc3 c6 13. f5 $1 $16 {
Woitkiewicz,A-Gurevich,V/Werfen/1990/}) 8... dxe5 9. O-O (9. Nxe5 $2 Ng4 $1 10.
Nd3 Bxb2 11. Nxb2 Qf6 $19) 9... e4 10. Ne1 (10. Ng5 Re8 11. Qc2 e3 12. f4 (12.
fxe3 Qe7 $1 {Polugaevsky/}) 12... Nc5 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Nc3 c6 15. b4 Bf5 16. Qc1
Ne6 $10 {Lehmann,H-Polugaevsky,L/Solingen/1974/0:1/27/}) 10... Qe7 11. Nc2 Rd8
12. Nc3 Nc5 13. Qc1 c6 14. Ne3 $6 (14. h3 $5 $10 {/\ 15.Qe3,Rad1}) 14... a5 $15
15. Rd1 (15. Na4 $5) 15... Rxd1+ 16. Qxd1 Ng4 $1 17. Qd2 a4 18. b4 Nxe3 (18...
a3 $2 19. Ncd5 cxd5 20. Nxd5 Qf8 21. Bxg7 Qxg7 $2 22. Ne7+ $18) 19. Qxe3 a3 $17
20. Nd5 cxd5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. bxc5 dxc4 23. Rc1 (23. Qxe4 Qxc5 24. Rc1 Ra4 $17
) (23. Bxe4 Qe5 24. Rb1) 23... Bf5 24. Rxc4 (24. Qc3+ Qf6 25. Qxf6+ Kxf6 26.
Rxc4 Be6 $1 27. Rc2 Ra4 $17 {/\ 28...Rc4}) 24... Qe5 25. Rc3 $2 (25. Bxe4 Bxe4
26. Qxe4 Qa1+ 27. Kg2 Qxa2 28. c6 $17) 25... Qd5 $1 $19 26. g4 Bxg4 27. Rxa3 (
27. Qxe4 Qxa2 28. Qxg4 Qa1+ $19) 27... Qd1+ 28. Bf1 Bxe2 $1 0-1

[Event "Nikolaev zt"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borovikov, Vladislav"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Nbd2
c5 9. Ne1 (9. e4 Rb8 (9... b5 $5) (9... a6 10. Rb1 b5 11. b3 Rb8 12. cxb5 axb5
13. b4 Nc4 (13... cxb4 14. Rxb4 $16) 14. bxc5 Nxd2 15. Nxd2 dxc5 16. Qc2 $14 {
ECO}) 10. Rb1 b5 11. cxb5 Rxb5 12. Ne1 $5 $14) 9... b5 10. cxb5 Qb6 (10... Rb8
11. Nc2 Rxb5 12. Rb1 Ba6 $1 (12... e6 13. b4 cxb4 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Nd4 Rb8 16.
Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qa4 $14) 13. Re1 c4 14. e4 Nd7 15. b4 cxb3 16. Nxb3 Nxb3 17. axb3
$14 {/\Nd4,Dorfman-Smeikal/Moscow-GMA/1989}) (10... Bd7 $5 11. Nc2 (11. Rb1
Bxb5 12. b4 cxb4 13. Nc2 Qd7 14. Rxb4 Rab8 15. Ba3 Ba4 16. Qb1 Rxb4 17. Qxb4
Bxc2 18. Qxa5 Rc8 19. Qa6 Ne8 20. Nc4 Rc7 21. Rc1 Qa4 22. Qxa4 Bxa4 $10 {
Bricard-Barcenilla/Manila/1992}) (11. a4 $5 a6 12. bxa6 Rxa6 13. Nc2 Qb6 14.
Ra3 $14) 11... Bxb5 12. Rb1 Rc8 13. Re1 Qd7 14. Na3 Ba6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4
e6 17. Bf4 e5 $10 {Smeikal-Stangl/Altensteig/1991}) 11. b4 cxb4 12. Rb1 Qxb5
13. Nd3 Bg4 $1 (13... b3 14. Nxb3 Nxb3 15. Rxb3 Qc4 16. Bb2 Bd7 (16... Nxd5 $2
17. Ne5 $1) 17. Rb4 Qc7 18. Qb3 Rfb8 19. Rc1 Qd8 20. Bd4 $14) 14. Rxb4 (14. Qe1
$6 {/\Nb4} Qd7 (14... Nxd5 15. a4 Qxa4 16. Bxd5 Rab8 17. Bb2 $14) 15. Nxb4 Rab8
$10) 14... Qxd3 (14... Qd7 $5 15. f3 (15. h3 Bxh3 16. Bxh3 Qxh3 17. Qa4 Nxd5
18. Qxa5 (18. Rh4 $2 Nc3 $19) 18... Nxb4 19. Qxb4 Rab8 $15) 15... Bf5 16. e4
Nxd5 $1 17. exf5 Nxb4 18. Nxb4 Qxf5 19. Ne4 $10) 15. exd3 Bxd1 16. Rxd1 {
/\Rb5,פa5} Rab8 17. Ba3 {/\Rdb1} Nd7 18. Rc1 (18. Rdb1 Bc3 19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20.
Rxb8+ Nxb8 $10) 18... Nb6 $2 (18... Rfc8 $1 19. Rxc8+ (19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. Rc7
Rb7 $10) 19... Rxc8 20. Ra4 (20. Rb5 Bc3 21. Ne4 a6 22. Rb1 Bd4 $10) 20... Nb7
(20... Bc3 $2 21. Nb1 $1 Nb6 (21... Be1 22. Re4 $16) 22. Nxc3 Nxa4 23. Nxa4 Rc2
24. Bb2 $16) (20... Rc2 $5 21. Ne4 f5 $132) 21. Rxa7 Nbc5 $44) 19. Rb5 $1 (19.
Rc7 Rb7 20. Rxb7 Nxb7 21. Nc4 Nc5 $10) 19... Nb7 20. Rc7 $2 (20. Nc4 Bd4 $10) (
20. Rc6 $1 Nd8 (20... Rfc8 21. Bh3 f5 22. g4 $1 $16) 21. Rc7 Rb7 22. Rc1 $1 Rb8
23. Nc4 $16 {/\Na5}) 20... Rfc8 $1 $10 21. Rxe7 (21. Rc6 Nd8 $10) 21... Bf8 (
21... Rc2 $5 22. Nc4 Rxa2 23. Nxd6 Rxa3 24. Nxb7 Rxd3 $10) 22. Re1 Rc2 23. Rb2
Rxb2 24. Bxb2 Nc5 25. Bd4 Nxd3 26. Rb1 Nc5 27. Nc4 Re8 28. Nxb6 Rb8 29. Bf1
Rxb6 30. Rxb6 (30. Rxb6 axb6 31. Bb5 Bg7 32. Be3 Kf8 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Christmas Congress 1954/55-30 Premier"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1955.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. d4 c5 7. Bg2 Ne4 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 (9... Bf5 10. Nh4 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 (12... cxd4
13. Nxf5 gxf5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qxd4) 13. Nxf5 Nxf5 14. Bxb7) 10. Qxd2 Bg4 11.
d5 Bxb2 12. Qxb2 Bxf3 $6 (12... Na5 13. h3 Bd7 {/\b5 /}) (12... Nb8 $5) 13.
Bxf3 Na5 (13... Ne5 $5 14. Bg2 b5 15. cxb5 Qb6 16. a4 a6 17. bxa6 Rfb8 18. Rfb1
Qxa6 {/\Rb4,Rab8~/=/}) 14. h4 b5 $6 (14... h5 $5) 15. cxb5 Qb6 16. a4 a6 17. h5
$36 axb5 18. hxg6 hxg6 (18... fxg6 19. Bg4) 19. Kg2 f6 (19... bxa4 20. Rxa4
Nxb3 (20... Qxb3 21. Qa1 Qb6 22. Rh1 f6 23. Bg4 $36) 21. Rh4 f6 22. Rfh1 $40)
20. Rh1 Kg7 21. axb5 Qxb5 22. Qd2 $1 $14 g5 (22... Rh8 23. Rxh8 Kxh8 (23...
Rxh8 24. Rxa5 $18) 24. Qh6+ $18) 23. Qe3 Qd7 (23... Ra7 24. Be4) 24. Bg4 $1 Qc7
(24... Qxg4 25. Qxe7+ Rf7 26. Rh7+ $18) (24... Qb7 $5) 25. Bf5 Kf7 (25... Rh8
26. Rxh8 Rxh8 (26... Kxh8 27. Rh1+ $18) 27. Rxa5 $1 Qxa5 28. Qxe7+ $18) 26.
Rh7+ Ke8 27. Rah1 Qb7 28. Rh8 (28. Rh8 Rxh8 (28... Qxd5+ 29. Be4 $18) 29. Rxh8+
Kf7 30. Qe6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Nussloch"]
[Site "Nussloch"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. c4 c5 5. Bg2 Qa5+ 6. Bd2 Qb6 7. Nc3 cxd4 8.
Na4 Qc7 (8... Qc6 $6 9. O-O Ne4 10. Ng5 f5 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. e3 $16) (8... Qd8
9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 d5 13. Be3 e6 14. Nc5 Qe7 15.
cxd5 cxd5 16. Nd3 a5 17. Bd4 $14 {Dzindzichashvili,R-Gurevich,D/USA-ch m (1-2)
1990}) (8... Qd6 $5 9. Bf4 Qb4+ 10. Bd2 Qd6 $10) 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Rc1 Nc6 $6 {N}
(10... d6 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nb5 Qd8 13. Nbc3 Bg4 14. h3 Bd7 15. Kh2 Rc8 16. b3
Na5 17. e4 Bc6 18. Be3 b6 19. Qe2 $14 {Davies,N-Sokolov,I/Preston 1989}) 11.
Nb5 $1 Qd8 12. c5 $1 a6 13. Nbc3 d5 14. Nb6 (14. cxd6 $5 Qxd6 15. Nb6 Rb8 (
15... Ra7 16. Be3 $16) 16. Bf4 Qxd1+ 17. Rxd1 e5 18. Bg5 $14) 14... Rb8 15.
Ncxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Bd4 $6 (17... Bg7 18. O-O e6 (18... Be6 19. e4
$14) 19. Nb4 (19. Nb6 Qc7 $1 (19... Qe7 $6 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Nd5 $16)) 19...
Bd7 20. Be3 Nxb4 21. Rxb4 $14) 18. O-O Bxc5 19. Bf4 $1 e5 (19... Bd6 $2 20.
Nxe7+ Bxe7 21. Bxc6 $16) 20. Bh6 Be6 (20... Re8 $2 21. Qc1 Qd6 (21... Bf8 22.
Bg5 Be7 23. Bxe7 Nxe7 24. Nf6+ $16) 22. Qg5 Re6 23. Rfd1 Nd4 24. e3 f6 25. Qh4
Nf5 26. Nxf6+ Rxf6 27. Rxd6 $18) 21. Bxf8 Bxf8 22. e3 $16 f5 23. Qd2 e4 24.
Rfd1 b5 25. f3 $1 exf3 26. Bxf3 Ne5 27. Bg2 Bf7 28. Qd4 Qd6 29. a4 Kh8 (29...
b4 30. Nxb4 Rxb4 31. Rxb4 Qxb4 32. Qxe5 Qxa4 33. Rd8 $16) (29... Bg7 30. Qa7
$16) 30. axb5 Rxb5 $6 (30... axb5 {>=} 31. Qa7 Bh6 $16) 31. Rbc1 Rb8 $2 (31...
Bxd5 32. Bxd5 $18 {/\Rc8,/\Rc6}) 32. Rc6 $1 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.01.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Qc2 e5 8. Rd1
Re8 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. e4 c6 11. h3 Qc7 12. c5 $1 {TN} (12. Be3 b6 $10 {
Pigusov-Lautier,Sochi-A 1989}) 12... b6 13. b4 bxc5 14. bxc5 Nh5 $2 (14... Nxe4
$2 15. Qxe4 Nxc5 16. Qc4 e4 17. Nd4 Nd3 18. Nc3 Ba6 19. Qxa6 Bxd4 20. Nxe4 $1
$16) (14... Nf8 $142 $1) 15. Be3 Nf8 16. Nbd2 Ba6 (16... f5 $6 17. exf5 gxf5
18. Nc4 f4 19. Nd6 $16) 17. Nc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Red8 $5 (18... Rad8 19. Rd6 $1
Rxd6 20. cxd6 Qxd6 21. Bxa7 $16) (18... Ne6 19. Rd6 $1 Bf8 20. Nxe5 Bxd6 21.
cxd6 Qxd6 22. Nxc6 $16) 19. h4 $1 Ne6 20. Bh3 Rxd1+ $6 (20... Nd4 $142 $1 21.
Nxd4 exd4 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Nxg3 $1 24. Rd6 $1 (24. Rxd8+ $6 Rxd8 25. fxg3
Qxg3+ 26. Bg2 Rd2 {with some compensation for the sacrificed material}) 24...
Nh5 (24... Rxd6 25. cxd6 Qxd6 26. fxg3 Qxg3+ 27. Bg2 $16) 25. Rad1 Qe7 (25...
Nf4 26. Bd7 $1) 26. e5 $1 Rxd6 27. exd6 Qe5 28. Qd4 $1 $16) 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22.
Rd6 $1 Rxd6 23. cxd6 Qxd6 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Qxe6 fxe6 26. Bxa7 $18 Nf6 27. a4
Nd7 (27... Nxe4 28. a5 Nc3 29. a6 Nd5 30. Bc5 Nc7 31. a7 e4 32. Ng5 $18) 28. a5
Bf8 29. a6 c5 30. Nd2 Kf7 31. Nc4 1-0

[Event "Linares 13th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.03.17"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1995.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Qa5+ 6. Qd2 (6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2
Nxd2 8. Qxd2 O-O 9. e3 d6 10. O-O Nc6 11. h3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Rfd1 Nxd4
14. exd4 Bc6 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Rac1 Rc8 $10 {Karpov,An-Khalifman,A/Linares (07) ;
CBM 46 1995}) (6. Bd2 Qb6 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. Na4) 6... Qxd2+ {N} (6... Nc6 7. Qxa5
(7. d5 $6 Ne4 $1 8. Qxa5 Nxa5 $36) 7... Nxa5 8. Nbd2 b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 Ne4
11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. O-O-O b5 13. cxb5 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Rc8+ 15. Kb2 Rc2+ 16. Ka1 e5
17. Bb2 Ke7 18. Nd4 Bxg2 19. Nxc2 Bxh1 20. Rxh1 $14 {Tukmakov,V-Kupreichik,V/
URS/1980}) 7. Nbxd2 (7. Bxd2 $6 Ne4 8. Be3 Nc6 $17) 7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9.
Nb5 $6 (9. N2b3 Ng4 10. Nb5 O-O 11. O-O Nge5 12. Nd2 d6 $10) (9. N2f3 {>=} O-O
10. O-O Nxd4 11. Nxd4 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nb3 Nb6 $10) 9... O-O 10. O-O d6 11.
Rb1 {/\b3,Bb2} Bf5 $1 12. e4 Bg4 13. Nc3 $6 (13. f3 {>=} Bd7 14. b3 a6 15. Nc3
(15. Nc7 $6 Rac8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Nb4 $15) 15... b5 16. Bb2 Rab8 $36)
13... Nd7 14. h3 Bxc3 $1 15. bxc3 (15. hxg4 Bxd2 16. Bxd2 Nde5 17. b3 Nxg4 $15)
15... Be6 16. Rxb7 Rab8 17. Rb3 (17. Rc7 Rfc8 18. Rxc8+ Rxc8 $17 {/\Na5}) 17...
Nde5 18. f4 Nxc4 19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. Nb3 N4a5 21. Nxa5 Nxa5 $17 22. Be3 a6 23. e5
(23. Rf2 Rb1+ 24. Kh2 Ra1 25. Bf1 Bc4 $17) 23... dxe5 24. fxe5 Nc4 (24... Bxa2
$6 25. Bc5 (25. Ra1 Rb2 26. Bc1 Rc2 27. Be4 Nb3 28. Bxc2 Nxa1 29. Bd1 Bb3 30.
Bb2 Bxd1 31. Bxa1 $15) 25... Kf8 26. Bb4 Nb7 27. Rd1 Be6 28. g4 $44) 25. Bg5 (
25. Bd4 Rb5 26. Re1 Rb2 $17) 25... Kf8 26. Re1 h5 (26... Rb2 27. Rd1 Nxe5 28.
Rd8+ Kg7 29. Bxe7 Rxa2 $17) 27. Bf1 a5 28. a4 $6 (28. Re4 $5 Rc8 $17) 28... Rb3
29. Re4 Rxc3 30. Bh6+ Ke8 31. Bxc4 Bxc4 32. Bd2 (32. Kf2 Kd7 33. Bd2 Rc2 34.
Ke3 Bd5 35. Rf4 Ke6 $17) 32... Rxg3+ 33. Kf2 Rd3 34. Bxa5 Bd5 35. Re3 Rd4 36.
Ra3 Kd7 (36... Bc6 $2 37. Bb6 Rxa4 $2 38. Rxa4 Bxa4 39. h4 Kd7 40. Ke3 Ke6 41.
Kf4 $10) 37. Bb6 Rf4+ 38. Kg1 Ke6 39. a5 Rb4 40. Bd8 Rb8 41. Bb6 Rc8 42. Bd4
Rc4 43. Ba1 g5 $19 44. a6 g4 45. hxg4 hxg4 46. Bb2 Kf5 47. a7 Ba8 48. Rc3 Ra4
49. Ra3 Rb4 50. Bc3 Re4 51. Ra1 g3 52. Rf1+ Ke6 53. Ra1 Re3 (53... Rh4 54. Kf1
Bf3 55. Ke1 Rh1+ 56. Kd2 g2 $19) 54. Bd4 Rd3 55. Bc5 Rd5 56. Bb4 f5 57. exf6
Rh5 58. Re1+ Kf7 59. Kf1 Bf3 60. Rxe7+ Kxf6 61. Ke1 Rh1+ 62. Kd2 g2 63. Re3 Bb7
0-1

[Event "RUS-chT2"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lisenko, Alexander V"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Nbd2
(8. Nfd2 c5 9. a3 Nd7 10. Ra2 Ne5 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. h3 b5 $11 {Kochyev,A-Popovic,
P 1976/}) 8... c5 9. e4 (9. Ne1 b5 10. cxb5 Rb8 (10... a6 $5) 11. Nc2 Rxb5 12.
Rb1 Ba6 $1 13. Re1 c4 14. e4 Nd7 15. b4 cxb3 16. Nxb3 Nxb3 17. axb3 Nc5 $1 $11
{Dorfman,I-Smejkal,J Moscow 1989 Inf 47/697/}) (9. Qc2 $5 Rb8 10. Rb1 b5 11. b3
Ba6 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. e4 bxc4 14. bxc4 Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qa4 $14) 9... b5 $5
$146 (9... a6 10. Rb1 b5 11. b3 Rb8 12. cxb5 axb5 13. b4 Nc4 14. bxc5 Nxd2 15.
Nxd2 dxc5 16. Qc2 $14) (9... e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Rd1 $14) 10. cxb5
a6 11. Rb1 (11. bxa6 Bxa6 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Qc2 Qb6 14. Rb1 Rfb8 15. b3 $14)
11... axb5 12. b4 Nc4 13. bxc5 (13. Nxc4 $6 bxc4 14. bxc5 Nxe4 $17) 13... Nxd2
(13... dxc5 $6 14. Nxc4 bxc4 15. Qc2 $14) 14. Nxd2 dxc5 15. Nb3 (15. Rxb5 Ba6
16. Rxc5 Bxf1 17. Nxf1 Rxa2 $15) 15... Nd7 $1 16. Be3 c4 17. Nd4 Ne5 18. Qe2
Bg4 19. Qc2 Bd7 $15 20. Nxb5 Qa5 21. a4 $6 (21. Nc3 $5 Nd3 22. Bd2 $13) 21...
Qxa4 22. Qxa4 Rxa4 $17 23. h3 (23. Bd4 Bxb5 24. Rxb5 Nd3 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 $17) (
23. Rfc1 $2 Nd3 24. Rc2 Rb8 25. Nc3 Rxb1+ 26. Nxb1 Ra1 $19) 23... Nd3 24. Bd2
$6 (24. Bd4 $6 Bxb5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rxb5 c3 27. Rb3 Rc8 $19) (24. Nd4 $5 c3
25. Rb7 $17) 24... Ra2 25. Bg5 Rb8 26. Nc3 Rxb1 27. Nxa2 Rb2 28. Nc1 Nxf2 $1
$19 29. Bxe7 Bd4 30. Kh2 {T 30...Ne4 /\31...Be5-+/} 0-1

[Event "Brno Morava-A"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Qa5+ 6. Bd2 (6. Nc3 $1 Ne4 7. Qd3
cxd4 (7... Nxc3 8. Bd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 $16) 8. Nxd4 Nc5 9. Qd1 Nc6 10. e3 Ne6 11.
O-O O-O 12. Nxe6 dxe6 13. Bd2 $14) 6... Qb6 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. Na4 Qc6 $5 {N} 9.
O-O Ne4 10. Ng5 f5 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. e3 O-O 13. c5 d5 14. cxd6 Qxd6 15. exd4
Bxd4 16. Nc3 Qb6 17. Nxe4 Qxb2 18. Rb1 Qxa2 19. Bb4 $44 Nc6 20. Bxe7 $1 Rf5 (
20... Nxe7 21. Qxd4 $16) 21. Nf6+ $2 (21. g4 $1 Ra5 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 (22... Kf7
23. Bxc6 Bxf6 24. Bxf6 bxc6 25. Bc3 $18) 23. Bxf6 $16) 21... Kf7 $1 (21... Bxf6
22. Bxf6 $16) 22. Bxc6 $6 Bxf2+ 23. Kh1 bxc6 24. Bd8 (24. Qd8 Be6 $1 (24... Bb7
25. Rxb7 Rxd8 26. Bxd8+ Kf8 (26... Ke6 $2 27. Re7+ Kd6 28. Ne4+ Kd5 29. Nc3+
$18) 27. Be7+ Kg7 28. Bd8+ Kf8 $10) 25. Rb7 Rxd8 26. Bxd8+ Kf8 27. Be7+ Kg7 28.
Bd8+ Bf7 $19) 24... Bb6 25. Qd3 Qa6 26. Qd6 Rxf1+ 0-1

[Event "Biel Suri Memorial"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2014.07.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 e6 4. e4 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 dxe4 7. fxe4 Bb4 8.
Bd3 $5 {Giri's new idea} (8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 Bg4 {was eventually
ok for Black in Svidler, Peter- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime from last year in the
Paris Grand Prix}) 8... Nxe4 9. Qe2 O-O (9... f5 {is possible but surely Giri
had some prep against this.}) 10. Bxe4 Re8 11. Nf3 Bf5 {black will regain the
piece, but that's not the end of his problems.} 12. Bg5 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 f6 14.
Nd2 fxg5 15. O-O {Black is up a pawn but his position is suspicious; his king
is open and his development is far from complete.} Nd7 16. Qc4+ (16. Qd3 $1 {
is stronger according to the computer.} Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Kh8 18. Rae1 $16) 16...
Be6 17. Bd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5+ Kh8 19. Rae1 (19. Qxb7 $14) 19... c6 20. Qb3 Nb6 21.
Nf3 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Qf6 23. Qe6 Qxe6 24. Rxe6 {through some help by his opponent
MVL has managed to come close to equalizing, but he doesn't find the best way
to continue now.} g4 25. Ne5 Nd5 26. c4 Nf4 27. Re7 Ne2+ 28. Kf2 Nxd4 29. Rxb7
{Black's position is clearly dangerous} a5 $6 (29... Rf8+ $1 30. Ke3 Nc2+ 31.
Kd3 Ne1+ $11) 30. Nd7 {threatening the surprisingly lethal Nf6.} Ne6 31. Kg3
Rd8 32. Nf6 Ng5 33. Kxg4 $16 h6 34. Nd7 $1 {White is controlling his
opponent's position.} Nf7 35. Kf4 g5+ 36. Ke3 Nd6 (36... Re8+ 37. Kd3 Re1 {
was the last chance for counterplay and to save the game.}) 37. Rb8 Rxb8 38.
Nxb8 $18 {the knight endgame is hopeless because of the king activity.} Nxc4+
39. Kd4 Nb6 40. Nxc6 a4 41. Kc5 Nc8 42. Kb4 Nb6 43. Kc5 Nc8 44. Kb4 Nb6 45. Kb5
Nd5 46. Kxa4 Kg7 47. Nb4 Ne3 48. Kb5 Kf7 49. a4 Ke6 50. a5 Kd7 51. a6 Kc8 52.
Kc5 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 15th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2014.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2014.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d6 4. e4 e5 5. Be3 {It is usually not recommended to
allow Black to take on d4, when White can't recapture with his knight.} (5. Ne2
) ({For} 5. d5 {see Giri-Carlsen in CBM 153.}) 5... exd4 6. Qxd4 (6. Bxd4 $6
Nc6) 6... Bg7 7. Qd2 Be6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. b3 a5 {A typical plan involving
counterplay.} 10. Nge2 a4 11. Rb1 axb3 12. axb3 O-O {Too standard.} (12... Nh5
$5 13. g4 $140 Nf6 {[%cal Yh7h5]}) 13. Nf4 Nd7 14. Be2 Nc5 15. b4 $1 ({In the
event of} 15. O-O Ra3 {White can't protect his b3-pawn.}) (15. Nb5 $6 Nxb3 16.
Rxb3 Ra1+ 17. Bd1 Bxc4) 15... Na4 16. Nb5 Na7 $5 17. Bxa7 $6 {[%mdl 16384] A
strange exchange, obviously unfavourable for White. It is unclear what GM
Etienne Bacrot had overlooked.} (17. Nd4 $142 Bd7 18. O-O $14 {[%csl Ra4,Ra7]})
17... Rxa7 18. Nxe6 (18. Nxa7 $4 Bc3) 18... fxe6 19. O-O Ra8 $11 20. Rbc1 (20.
Bd1 $142) 20... Qe7 (20... c6 $142 $1 21. Nd4 (21. Nxd6 Be5 22. c5 Qh4 23. g3
$140 Bxg3 24. hxg3 Qxg3+ 25. Kh1 Rf4) 21... Qe7 $36) 21. f4 Rfd8 22. Bg4 c6 23.
Nd4 {White's counterplay is now sufficient for equality.} Bxd4+ 24. Qxd4 e5 25.
Qe3 exf4 26. Rxf4 Qe5 27. h3 c5 28. bxc5 Nxc5 29. Rd1 Rf8 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31.
Rd5 Qa1+ 32. Rd1 Qf6 33. e5 Qxe5 34. Qxe5 dxe5 35. Rd5 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.11.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. dxc5 {Well, that is one way of side-stepping
the Fianchetto Benoni. However this move is not supposed to be dangerous.} Qa5+
(4... Na6 {also makes sense.}) 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. Qa4 Qxc5 8. Be3 Qb4 9.
Qxb4 Nxb4 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Nh3 d6 12. Nf4 Bf5 13. O-O g5 $5 {an interesting
idea. The knight doesnt' have any good place to go to.} 14. Nh3 (14. Nd3 $5
Nxd3 15. exd3 Bxd3 16. Rfe1 Bxc4 17. b3 Be6 18. Bxg5 $44) (14. Nfd5 Nfxd5 15.
Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bxb2 $11) 14... h6 15. Bd2 Rac8 16. b3 Nc6 $6 (16... Nd7 $1)
17. f4 gxf4 18. Rxf4 Bd7 19. Rh4 {White's pressure on h6 is annoying.} Ne5 $5 {
A strange move. MVL wants to forcefully get rid of the pressure on h6, but he
gives up b7 to do so.} 20. Bxb7 Ng6 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 {The rook is trapped so MVL
gets back his exchange, but not his pawn.} 22. Nf4 (22. Rxh6 $2 Bxh6 23. Bxh6
Bxh3 $19) 22... Nxh4 23. gxh4 Kh7 24. Nfd5 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 e6 26. Nf4 Rg8 27. Kf1
Be5 {Black should have enough compensation here with the pair of bishops and
the open g-file.} 28. Be3 Rg4 $2 (28... a6 $1 {No reason to give up this
important pawn.}) 29. Nd3 Bxh2 30. Bxa7 e5 31. Bf2 f5 32. Nb4 (32. c5 {also
looked very dangerous.}) 32... f4 33. c5 dxc5 34. Rxc5 Rg7 35. Rxe5 {White's
up two pawns now.} f3 $1 36. Re3 fxe2+ 37. Kxe2 Bg4+ 38. Kf1 Bd6 39. Nd3 Ra7 {
The smoke has cleared somewhat. White is up two pawns and the only thing to
show for it is the pair of bishops. Surprisingly, winning is still not trivial,
and Mamedyarov does not find a way.} 40. Bg3 Bf8 41. Nf2 Bh5 42. a4 Rb7 43. Ne4
(43. a5 {was maybe a better try.}) 43... Bd1 44. Nd2 Bb4 45. Nc4 (45. Be1 Bxd2
46. Bxd2 Bxb3 {should be a draw. The opposite colored bishops make it hard to
make progress.}) 45... Bc5 46. Re5 Bb4 47. Rb5 Rxb5 48. axb5 Bxb3 49. Ne5 Bc5
50. Nd7 Bc4+ 51. Kg2 Bd4 52. b6 Bd5+ 53. Kf1 Kg6 54. Bf2 Bf6 55. h5+ Kf5 56.
Nxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Najdorf-Tartakower +2-1=2"]
[Site "Torun"]
[Date "1935.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Annotator "Petronijevic,Z"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1935.07.20"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {1)Lissowski: Young Najdorf. p.49 2)Slowo Pomorskie 23/7 1935. p.5.} Nf6
2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. b3 $5 ({It should be mentioned that
KID was a new opening at the time this game was played and so players only
started exploring the possibilities for both sides.} 6. c4) 6... Nbd7 7. Bb2 c6
({Lately, Black normally plays} 7... e5 8. dxe5 Ng4 9. c4 Ngxe5) 8. c4 Qc7 (
8... Re8 {is considered to be better - queen can go on a better square in due
course.}) 9. d5 $6 ({Better was} 9. Nc3) 9... Nb6 ({The square b6 is not best
place for the knight. Better was} 9... e5) ({Also good was} 9... Nc5 $5 $11)
10. Ne1 Bf5 11. Nd2 $2 ({White blundered a pawn. After} 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Nd2
$11 {the position is close to equal}) 11... Qd7 $2 ({Black should have taken
on d5} 11... cxd5 12. cxd5 Nbxd5 $17) 12. e4 $14 {White has more space which
gives him a small advantage.} Bh3 13. Nd3 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 $14 cxd5 15. exd5 e6
16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Qe2 e5 $6 ({Black weakens his pawn structure, especially the
square d5. Better was} 17... Qc6+ $14) 18. Rad1 Rae8 ({Black's main problem is
the center, especially the square d5. That's why it is important to find some
counter-play. If he allows White to win the square d5 completely, he will be
in a big trouble. That's why he should have tried} 18... Qc6+ 19. f3 Nbd7 $14)
19. f3 $16 Qc6 20. Nb4 {White gradually prepares for the occupation of the
square d5. At the same time, he removes his minor pieces from the d-file to be
able to occupy it with his heavy pieces thus gaining a complete domination.}
Qc5 21. Ba3 a5 $6 ({Black only increases the number of weaknesses in this
position. He should have tried something neutral, for instance} 21... Nc8 $16)
22. Nd3 $1 Qc6 ({Of course, Black can't take the bishop} 22... Qxa3 {because
after} 23. Nb1 {[%csl Ra3] White wins the queen.}) 23. Nf2 Re6 $6 24. Nde4 $18
Rd8 ({On} 24... Nc8 $5 {White continues} 25. Rd2 Rd8 26. Rfd1 Ne8 27. Ng4 $18)
25. Rd3 ({White had a simple win} 25. c5 Nbd5 26. cxd6) 25... Nc8 26. Rfd1 {
[%csl Rd5]} (26. Qd2 $5) 26... b6 27. Qd2 Bf8 28. Nxf6+ ({White missed a
strong tactical attack} 28. c5 $1 bxc5 29. Bxc5 $18) 28... Rxf6 29. Ne4 (29.
Qg5 $18) 29... Rf7 30. Rd5 {Threatening Rxe5.} (30. Qg5 $5) 30... Be7 31. Qh6
a4 32. R1d3 axb3 33. axb3 Qa8 34. Bb4 Rdf8 35. Qd2 {According to the
principles of playing on open files: first go rooks and queen follows behind
them. The pawn on d6 is lost and so Black's position pulls down.} Qc6 36. Bxd6
Bxd6 37. Nxd6 Nxd6 38. Rxd6 Qb7 39. Qe2 1-0

[Event "Candidates reserve match"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1983.01.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1983.01.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. Rc1 Rac8 (11... Rfc8 $5) 12. e3 a6 13. a3 Nxd4
14. Qxd4 Bc6 15. b4 Qh5 (15... Qf5 $6 16. e4 Qh5 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 $14 {Tal
}) (15... Qd8 16. Nd5 Ne8 17. Qd2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 e6 19. Nf4 $14 {Tal}) 16. Nd5
Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Rc7 18. Kg2 Rfc8 19. Bf3 Qf5 20. c5 Ne8 21. Qd2 dxc5 22. Rxc5
Rxc5 23. bxc5 Bxb2 24. Qxb2 Qxc5 25. Qxb7 a5 26. Rb1 Rd8 $2 (26... Kf8 $142)
27. a4 Nc7 28. Qc6 Qxc6 29. Bxc6 Rd6 30. Bf3 Rd2 31. Rb7 Rc2 32. Ra7 Rc5 33.
Be2 Nd5 (33... e6 34. Bb5 Kg7 35. Rxa5 Rd5 $10 {Tal}) 34. Bb5 Rc2 35. Kf1 Nc3
36. Rxa5 Ra2 37. Bc6 Nd1 38. Bd5 Ra1 39. Kg2 Nc3 40. Bc6 Ra2 41. Ra7 Nd1 42.
Kf1 Nxf2 43. Bd5 Rd2 44. Rd7 Ne4 45. Ke1 Kg7 46. Bc6 $1 Rxd7 47. Bxd7 Nc5 48.
Bb5 Nb3 49. Bc6 $6 (49. Kd1 $142 {/\Kd1-c2-c3-b4; a4-a5 +/-}) 49... Na5 50. Bg2
Nc4 51. Bf1 Nxe3 52. a5 Kf6 53. a6 Nd5 54. a7 Nc7 55. Kd2 Ke5 56. Kc3 f5 57.
Kc4 Kd6 58. Bg2 e5 59. a8=Q Nxa8 60. Bxa8 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kochyev, Alexander"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Nbd2
$6 c5 9. Ne1 b5 $1 10. cxb5 a6 $1 {N/} 11. bxa6 (11. b6 Qxb6 12. Nc2 Bb7) 11...
Rxa6 $5 (11... Bxa6 12. Nc2 Nd7) 12. Nc2 Bb7 {/\Qa8,e6/} 13. b4 $6 (13. Ne3 $5
Qa8 14. Ne4 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Qxd5 17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxd5) 13... Nxd5
$1 (13... cxb4 14. Rb1 Bxd5 15. Nxb4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rb6 {/\Qa8,Rfb8/}) 14. bxa5
Bxa1 15. Nxa1 (15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Nxa1 Qxa5 17. a3 Rb8) (15. Nb3 Nc3 16. Qe1
Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qa8+ 18. Kg1 Nxa2 19. Ncxa1 c4) 15... Nc3 16. Bxb7 $5 (16. Qe1
Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nxa2) 16... Nxd1 17. Bxa6 Qxa5 18. Bc4 Nc3 19. Nab3 Qa8 $1 $19
20. Bb2 Na4 21. Ba1 Nb6 22. Nc1 Nxc4 23. Nxc4 Rb8 24. Nd2 Qa4 25. Re1 Qc2 26.
Ndb3 e5 $1 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Nc3 Qc7 8.
Nd5 {a repeat from Carlsen-MVL earlier this tournament. The Frenchman
obviously had an improvment over that game} Nxd5 9. cxd5 {In the annotations
to the aforementioned game we noticed that Qb6 was a move, though most people
played Qa5. Kasparov mentioned that Qb6 is better, and that he prepared this
position for a match a long time ago.} Qb6 10. Nb3 d6 11. O-O Na6 12. Be3 Qb4
13. Bd2 Qa4 14. Na5 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Bxb2 {Perhaps giving up the b7 pawn for the
b2 pawn is not necessary.} (15... Nc5 $5) (15... Bg4 {was perhaps an
improvement.}) 16. Rb1 Bf6 17. Nxb7 Kg7 18. Na5 $14 {thanks to the weakness of
c6, White has a little pressure. That being said it is not the end of the
World.} Nc5 19. Rfc1 Ba6 20. Kf1 Rfb8 21. Rb4 Rxb4 22. Bxb4 Rb8 23. a3 Bb5 {
White's pressure has been basically neutralized. There aren't any real threats
that Grischuk can create in this position. a7 is the only pawn to attack, and
it can only be done so by the knight.} 24. Bf3 Na6 25. Nc6 Rb7 26. Na5 Rb6 27.
Bd2 Nc5 28. Bb4 Na6 29. Bd2 Nc5 30. Bb4 Na6 {Vachier-Lagrave even thought that
at some point he was slightly better, but couldn't find anything constructive
to do.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.20"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Baldauf,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]
[TimeControl "6000+820"]
[WhiteClock "0:03:22"]
[BlackClock "0:15:40"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Nc6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bg7 8.
Bb5 O-O 9. Ne2 Na5 10. Be3 Be6 11. Bf2 a6 12. Bd3 Bc4 13. O-O b5 14. Bxc4 Nxc4
15. Nc1 c5 16. Nb3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qd6 {Schwarz hat die Eröffnung gut gespielt
und steht einen Ticken angenehmer. Die c-Linie ist in seiner Hand, der
potentielle Freibauer am Damenflügel ist ein weiterer Trumpf.} 18. Qe2 Qa3 19.
Rab1 Rac8 20. Rfd1 Na5 {Rückwärtsgang - für mich so nachvollziehbar, dass
Svidler 23...Se7 nebst ...Sd5 plante, aber rechtzeitig die prekäre Lage seiner
Dame erkannte.} 21. Nc5 Nc6 22. e5 e6 23. f4 Rc7 (23... Ne7 $6 24. Qd2 Nd5 $140
25. Rb3 $18) 24. d5 $14 {jetzt ist die geplante weißfeldrige Blockade dahin.}
exd5 25. Rxd5 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Nxd8 27. Qd2 Nb7 28. Nxb7 Rxb7 29. Rc1 h5 30. Rc8+
Kh7 31. h3 Qe7 32. Qd6 Qd7 33. Qxd7 Rxd7 {Schwarz hat den weißen Druck
neutralisieren können und Remis ist das folgerichtige Ergebnis} 34. Bh4 Rd4 35.
Bg5 Bh6 36. Bf6 Bg7 37. Bg5 Bh6 38. Bf6 Bg7 39. Bg5 1/2-1/2

