[Event "Biel MTO op 48th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2015.07.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Adhiban,B"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was arguably the title match since it decided who was going to win
the Biel Masters.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. O-O b6 {The most attractive way to
develop the bishop.} 11. Re1 (11. Bg5 Bb7 {would lead to the same.}) 11... Bb7
12. Bg5 h6 (12... a6 13. Nd5 e6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. c3 {with a
complex fight.}) 13. Bh4 (13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Bd5 e6 15. Bxb7 Nxb7 {Black has a
fine position.}) 13... Re8 14. Ba4 Nd7 15. Nd5 {[%csl Gd4,Gd5][%cal Ga4e8,
Gh4d8] Here I felt this position must be better for White, due to the huge
pressure of the bishops from the diagonals and well placed centralised knights.
} g5 {Here my opponent offered a draw.} 16. Bg3 (16. Nf5 $5 e6 17. Nxh6+ $1 (
17. Nxd6 exd5 18. Nxe8 Qxe8 19. exd5 Qd8 20. Bg3 Bxb2 $15 (20... Nc5 $2 21.
Re8+ Qxe8 22. Bxe8 Rxe8 23. b4)) (17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Nxh6+ Kf8 19. Bxg5 (19. Qh5
) 19... exd5 20. Nf5 Rxe4 $5 $17 (20... dxe4 21. Qg4 f6 22. Bf4 Nc4 (22... Bc8)
23. Qh5 $14)) (17. Nxg7 Kxg7 18. Nf4 $5 Nf6 $1 (18... gxh4 19. Nh5+ Kh8 20.
Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Qd2 $1 $18) 19. Bxe8 Qxe8 20. Qxd6 gxh4 21. Qe5 Qe7 22. Rad1 Nc6
23. Nh5+ Kg6 24. Qxf6+ Qxf6 25. Nxf6 Kxf6 26. Rd7 Ba6 {with dynamic balance,
maybe he saw till here and that's why he offered the draw?}) 17... Bxh6 (17...
Kf8 18. Qh5) 18. Bxd7 exd5 (18... gxh4 19. Bxe8 exd5 20. Qh5 $5 {leading to
the main line.} (20. exd5 Qg5 $132)) (18... Rf8 19. Qh5 Kg7 20. Qg4 $1 Kh8 $1 (
20... exd5 21. f4 f6 22. exd5 $16) 21. Bg3 Nc4 22. h4 {with a total mess.}) 19.
Bxe8 Qxe8 20. Qh5 $1 gxh4 21. Qxh6 dxe4 {White has as a minimum the perpetual
here with an ongoing attack so possibly this was White's best try.} 22. Rad1 $1
Qe6 23. Qxh4 $40) 16... e6 17. Nb4 ({A safer way was} 17. Ne3 Bxe4 18. Bxd6 (
18. b4 Nb7) 18... Nc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Bxe8 cxd4 21. Nf1 $1 (21. Ng4 $5 Qd5 $1
(21... Qxe8 $6 22. Rxe4 f5 23. Nxh6+ Bxh6 24. Rxd4 $14) 22. f3 Bg6 23. Ba4 Qc5
24. Nf2 Nc4 $44) 21... Bb7 22. Ba4 Nc4 23. Rb1 Ne5 {Black has powerful
compensation but White is definitely not worse here.}) 17... a6 ({Comp prefers
} 17... Nc4 $1 $15) 18. Ndc6 Qc8 (18... Nxc6 19. Bxc6 (19. Nxc6 Qc8) 19... Bxc6
20. Nxc6 Qc7 {Here White's best way is to go back with the knight} 21. Nd4 (21.
Qxd6 $6 Qxd6 22. Bxd6 Bxb2 23. Rad1 (23. Rab1 Bf6 $1 {An important move
controlling e7.} 24. e5 Rec8 $1 $17) 23... Kg7 $15) 21... b5 $11) 19. Nxa5 bxa5
20. Qxd6 (20. Nd3 $5 {was better, and I would retained good chances for
gaining an advantage due to Black's weak pawn structure.}) 20... Rd8 21. Nc6 $6
(21. Nd3 Ne5 22. Qe7 Bf8 23. Qf6 Bg7 $11) 21... Bxc6 22. Qxc6 Nc5 $1 {I
understimated this position.} 23. Qxc8 (23. Rad1 {fails to the simple} Rxd1 24.
Rxd1 Qxc6 25. Bxc6 Rc8 {and the bishop has no squares to run away to!}) (23. e5
$1 {was the last chance, cutting off the bishop and retaining decent saving
chances.} Rd4 24. Qxc8+ Rxc8 25. Bb3 a4 26. c3 Rd2 27. Bc4 $15) 23... Raxc8 24.
Bb3 a4 25. Bc4 a3 {Now it's just lost.} (25... Bxb2 26. Rad1) 26. e5 axb2 27.
Rab1 Rd4 28. Bf1 Na4 29. c4 Rd2 30. Re3 Rcd8 31. c5 Rd1 32. Re1 Rxe1 33. Rxe1
Nxc5 34. f4 Ne4 35. Bf2 Nc3 {Two wins in the last two rounds enabled me to tie
for the first place with Sutovsky who won the event thanks to his better
tiebreak (Buchholz System) which couldn't be matched even with all the
combined efforts of all my opponent's in the last round :).} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bindrich, Falko"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "Bindrich,F"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 d6 11. h3 Bd7 12. a4 Bc6 13. f4 (13. Qd3 Nd7 14.
Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ Kg8 16. f4 Qb6 (16... Nc5 17. Bc4 Qb6 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. b3
Nd7 20. Qxb6 Nxb6 21. Bd3 Nd7 22. Bc4 Nb6 23. Bd3 Nd7 24. Bc4 Nb6 {1/2-1/2
Onkoud,A-Parmentier,X/Creteil 2002/CBM 088 ext}) 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 {1/2-1/2 Saric,
I-Brulic,D/Omis 2005/CBM 108 ext}) 13... Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ Kg8 16. f5
$1 $146 {This interesting and strong move I had found in some earlier work on
this line.} (16. Nd5 {This move seemed not to be enough to me.} Bxd5 17. Bxd5
Qc7 18. Kh1 Rab8 19. Bc4 Qb6 20. Rad1 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Nc5 $14 {1-0 Anand,
V-Malakhov,V/Hyderabad 2002/CBM 092/[Tsesarsky] (66)}) 16... Ra6 $5 (16... Qb6
17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. f6 $1 e6 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. Rd3 Rd7 21. Rfd1 Rad8 22. Kf2 d5 (
22... h6 23. h4 Kh7 24. g4) 23. exd5 exd5 (23... Bxd5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5
exd5 26. g4 $14) 24. Rd4 Rd6 25. Kg3 Rxf6 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27. Bxd5 Kg7 28. Bxc6
Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxc6 30. c3 $11 {This had been the main line in my preparations
but I wondered if Tiviakov would agree to exchange queens that early.}) 17. Kh1
Qb6 18. Qd2 Kg7 (18... Nc5 19. Bd5 $1) 19. Rf4 $1 Nf6 20. Rh4 Ng8 (20... h5 21.
Rf1 Qc5 22. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 23. exd5 $16) 21. Rf1 Raa8 22. Qf4 f6 23. Qd2 $2 {
Up to this move I played quite well, but now I failed to win by force.} (23.
fxg6 $142 $1 {Opening lines and diagonals for my bishop and rook. Finally my N
on c3 will decide matters.} hxg6 24. Rf3 $1 {Join the party!} Qc5 25. Rg3 Qe5
26. Ne2 $1 {The same goes for you!} Qxf4 27. Nxf4 g5 28. Ne6+ Kf7 29. Nxf8+
Kxf8 30. Rf4 $18) (23. Bxg8 $2 g5) 23... g5 24. Rg4 Nh6 25. Rg3 (25. Rxg5+ $5 {
My hand just wanted to take this pawn, but it is not that easy at all.} fxg5
26. Qxg5+ Kh8 27. Qxh6 Qd4 28. Qg5 Qf6 29. Qe3 Qe5 30. Be6 Rab8 31. Rd1 Rf6 32.
Qe2 $16 {But it is not clear to me where to play.}) 25... Nf7 26. h4 h6 27. Re1
Qb4 28. Qe3 Qc5 29. Qe2 Ne5 30. Qd2 Rh8 31. Kh2 Kf8 32. Kh3 {The position is
still better for White, but far from being won.} Qb4 33. Qe3 Rd8 34. Rd1 Kg7 $2
(34... Rc8 $14) 35. Nd5 Qc5 (35... Bxd5 36. Rxd5 Nc4 37. Qe2 Ne5 38. Rb5 Qd4
39. Kh2 $1 $16 {Controlling g1.}) 36. Qe2 (36. Nxe7 g4+ 37. Kh2 Qxe3 38. Rxe3
h5 39. Nd5 $16 {Would have been much simpler.}) 36... Bxd5 37. Rxd5 Qb6 38.
Rxe5 $2 (38. Qe1 $16 {Even after that White is still better.}) 38... dxe5 $8 (
38... fxe5 $2 39. Qh5 d5 40. hxg5 Qg1 41. Bxd5 Qh1+ 42. Kg4 Qxh5+ (42... Qd1+
43. Rf3 $18) 43. Kxh5 hxg5+ 44. Kxg5 $14) 39. Kh2 {Only now did I spot ...Qg1
and I wanted to cry because I had spoiled such a game against such a player.} (
39. Qh5 Rh7 $17) 39... Rh7 40. Bd5 $2 (40. Rh3 $142 {Would have been more
stubborn.} gxh4 41. Rxh4 $15) (40. Qh5 Qf2 41. Qg6+ Kh8 $19) 40... Qxb2 41. Rb3
Qc1 42. Rxb7 Kh8 $19 43. Qh5 Qf4+ 44. Kh3 gxh4 45. Qxh4 Qf1 46. Kh2 (46. Rxe7
Qh1+ $19) 46... Rg7 47. Qh3 Qf4+ 48. g3 Qc1 49. Qg2 h5 (49... Qd1) 50. Qe2 (50.
Rb3 h4) 50... h4 51. Rb3 (51. Rxe7) 51... hxg3+ 52. Rxg3 Qf4 (52... Rh7+) 53.
Qf3 Rxg3 54. Qxg3 Rb8 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Orlov, Vassily"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. g4 (10. a4 Be6 11. O-O {- B74}) (10. O-O {- B74}) 10... b5 (
10... e5 $6 11. f5 d5 12. exd5 Nb4 13. d6 gxf5 14. g5 Ne8 15. Bc5 Nc6 16. Nd5
Be6 17. Ne7+ $16 {Smirin,I-Anand,V (2) Moscow PCA 25' (01) 1994 1-0 68}) 11. g5
Nd7 12. Qd2 b4 $1 $146 (12... Bb7 13. O-O-O Na5 14. h4 Rc8 15. Nd5 Nxb3+ 16.
axb3 e6 17. h5 exd5 $17 {Schuh,F-Yurtaev,L Oberwart op 1991 0-1 29}) (12... Nb6
13. O-O-O Rb8 14. Nd4 Qc7 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Qc7 18. h4 Bf5
$10 {Totsky,L-Mukhametov,E Orel (01) 1994 0-1 43}) 13. Na4 Bb7 14. Bf3 (14. Bg4
Rb8 $13) 14... Qc7 15. O-O-O Na5 $1 16. Bd4 (16. Qxb4 $2 Rfc8 17. c3 Nc4 $40)
16... e5 $1 {Schwarz erhällt den schönen Stützpunkt e5 für seine Figuren.} 17.
fxe5 Nxe5 (17... dxe5 18. Bf2 $13) 18. Bg2 Nac4 $1 {Das P-Opfer gibt Schwarz
eine gewaltige Initiative. Nach} (18... Nxb3+ 19. axb3 a5 20. Bb6 {ist die
Sache nicht so klar.}) 19. Qxb4 Rfc8 20. Kb1 (20. Nc3 Rab8 21. Ba7 Bc6 22. Bxb8
Rxb8 $19) (20. Qc3 Bc6 $17) 20... a5 21. Qe1 (21. Qc3 Qc6 $1 (21... Bc6 22. Bh3
Bxa4 (22... Rcb8 $2 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Nd4 $14) 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 $17) 22. Nac5 dxc5
23. Nxc5 Rab8 $19) 21... Nxb2 $1 $19 22. Bxb2 Qxc2+ 23. Ka1 Qxg2 24. Rg1 Qc2
25. Rd2 (25. Nb6 Nd3 $19) 25... Qc6 26. Nc3 Qb6 (26... Nf3 27. Nd5 Nxe1 28.
Ne7+ Kh8 29. Bxg7+ Kxg7 30. Nxc6 Nf3 $19) 27. Rg3 a4 (27... a4 28. Nd4 Nc4 $19)
0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1977.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1977.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. h3 Na5 $6 (9... Bd7 10. O-O Qa5 11. f4 Rac8) 10. O-O a6 11. f4 Qc7
12. Nf3 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nh5 $6 (15... Nd7 $5 16. Nd5
Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Nb6 Qe4 19. Qd2 Rb8 20. Rae1 Qc6 21. Nd5 Qd6 22. Bh6)
16. Qd5 $1 Be6 (16... Qc7 17. g4 Ng3 18. Rfe1 $18) 17. Qxc4 Bxc4 18. Rfe1 Ng3
19. Bf2 Nf5 20. g4 Nh6 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. Bc5 b5 23. Bxe7 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Re8 25.
Bg5 Kf8 26. Rd2 Ng8 27. Be3 Ne7 (27... Bxe5 28. Bc5+) 28. b3 Be6 29. Bc5 Kg8
30. Bxe7 Rxe7 31. Rd8+ Bf8 32. Ne4 Kg7 33. Nf6 Rb7 34. Ne8+ Kg8 35. Kg2 Rb6 36.
Ng5 Be7 37. Nf6+ Kg7 38. Rg8+ Kh6 39. Ngxh7 g5 40. h4 (40. h4 gxh4 41. g5#) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {Täuscht die
Najdorf-Variante an.} 6. Be2 g6 {Und nach dem kleinen 6.Le2 doch Drachen.} 7.
Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2 {Topalov bereitet aber nun doch die lange Rochade vor. Im
Unterschied zur ähnlichen Position in der richtigen Drachenvariante hat Weiß
Le2, Schwarz a6 eingeschoben.} Nc6 9. f3 d5 {Kommt etwas früh.} (9... O-O 10.
O-O-O d5) 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 {Mit dem Tausch des Lg7
verliert der Drachen stets viel Gift.} 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. O-O-O Be6 15. Qc5 Qb8
16. g3 a5 17. Na4 Rd8 ({Hier ging} 17... Nf4 {mit der Absicht.} 18. gxf4 (18.
Bc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Nd5 $11) 18... Qxf4+ 19. Kb1 Qxa4 $17) 18. a3 (18. c4 Nb4 19.
a3 Na2+ 20. Kb1 Qb3 $11) 18... h5 19. Rd2 Qc7 20. Rhd1 h4 21. f4 {[#]} Rab8 $2
22. c4 $18 Nf6 (22... hxg3 {reicht nicht:} 23. cxd5 gxh2 24. dxe6 Rxd2 25.
exf7+ Kxf7 26. Kxd2 Rd8+ 27. Bd3 Qxf4+ 28. Qe3 Qxa4 29. Rf1+ $19) 23. Qe5 Rdc8
({Nun scheitert} 23... Qxe5 {am Zwischenzug.} 24. Rxd8+) 24. Nc5 {Auf a6 gibt
es noch ein Problem.} Bf5 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 26. Na6 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2013.02.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 ({Meistens geschieht
} 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3) 6... Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. f4 Nc6 9. Nb3 ({Auf} 9. O-O {ist}
Qb6 {lästig. Wenn Weiß sich auskennt, kann er das spielen, allerdings
höchstens, um Remis zu erreichen:} 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. Nf5 Qxb2 13.
Nxe7+ Kh8 14. Bd4 Qb4 (14... Ng8 15. Ned5 Be6 16. Nb5 Nf3+ 17. Bxf3 Qxb5 18.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 19. Qd4+ f6 20. Nc7 Qc4 21. Qd6 Rae8 22. Nxe8+ Rxe8 23. Rae1 Bf7 24.
Rxe8 Bxe8 25. Bxb7 Bf7 26. Qc6 Qd4+ 27. Kh1 Bxa2 28. c3 Qh4 29. Qd7+ Kh8 30.
Bd5 Bxd5 31. Qxd5 Qa4 32. c4 Qa6 33. Qb5 Qe6 34. c5 Ne7 35. Qe8+ Kg7 36. c6 Qe5
37. Qd7 Qe2 38. Rg1 Kf7 39. c7 Qa6 40. Re1 {1-0 (40) Zollner,H-Kranki,H Bad
Oeynhausen 1937}) 15. Bxe5 Qxe7 16. Qd4 Nh5 17. Bxg7+ Nxg7 18. Bf3 Be6 $11)
9... Be6 10. g4 Rc8 ({Der weiße Angriff ist nicht ganz neu, wie die folgenden
Beispiele zeigen:} 10... Na5 11. g5 Ne8 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Bd4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4
15. O-O-O Qd7 16. Qd3 Rc8 17. h4 Bg4 18. Rd2 b6 19. Nd5 e5 20. Bc3 f5 21. gxf6
Nxf6 22. Nxf6+ Rxf6 23. Qd5+ Rf7 24. h5 gxh5 25. Rg1 Qc6 26. fxe5 dxe5 27. Qxc6
Rxc6 28. Rd5 Rcf6 29. Nd2 Bh6 30. b3 Rf2 31. Kb2 Re2 32. Nc4 Rff2 33. Rd8+ Bf8
34. b4 Rxc2+ 35. Kb3 Rg2 36. Rf1 Rcf2 37. Rxf2 Rxf2 38. Nxe5 Be6+ 39. Ka4 Rxa2+
40. Kb5 Rc2 41. Rd3 h4 42. Bd4 Bg7 43. Ra3 h3 44. Rxa7 h2 45. Ra8+ Bc8 46. Ra1
Bh3 47. Nf3 Bxd4 48. Nxd4 Rf2 {0-1 (48) Kan,I-Botvinnik,M Moscow 1936}) (10...
d5 11. f5 Bc8 12. exd5 Nb4 13. d6 Qxd6 14. Bc5 Qf4 15. Rf1 Qxh2 16. Bxb4 Nxg4
17. Bxg4 Qg3+ 18. Rf2 Qg1+ 19. Rf1 Qg3+ 20. Rf2 Qg1+ {1/2-1/2 (20) Alekhine,
A-Botvinnik,M Nottingham 1936}) 11. g5 (11. f5 {gibt Schwarz das Feld e5:} Bd7
12. g5 Ne8 13. O-O Ne5) 11... Nd7 12. h4 Nb4 13. Nd4 Qa5 (13... Bc4 14. a3 Bxe2
15. Qxe2 Nc6 16. O-O-O Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Nb6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. h5 Rh8 20. f5 Rc5
21. Qf2 f6 22. gxf6+ exf6 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Qg3 g5 25. Rxh8 Qxh8 26. Qxd6 Qf8
27. Qg3 Qe8 28. Rh1 Qg8 29. Qd6 Re5 30. Qc7+ Kf8 31. Rh7 {1-0 (31) Hennigan,M 
(2355)-Silva Lillo,S Santiago de Chile 1990}) 14. h5 Bc4 15. a3 Na2 {Ein
witziger Angriff auf den Sc3.} 16. Bxc4 Nxc3 17. Qd3 {Weiß hat Mühe, seine
Steine zusammen zu halten.} Nd5+ 18. Bd2 (18. Ke2 Nc5 19. Qd2 Qxd2+ 20. Bxd2
Nb6 $19) 18... Nxf4 19. Bxa5 Nxd3+ 20. cxd3 Bxd4 21. hxg6 hxg6 {Einmal zählen:
Schwarz hat einen Bauern gewonnen, Weiß hat immerhin das Läuferpaar.} 22. Bc3
$2 {Nun nicht mehr. Der Zug ist aber auch taktisch schlecht.} (22. Ke2 $5 Bxb2
$6 23. Rab1 $15) 22... Bxc3+ $19 23. bxc3 Ne5 24. Bd5 Rxc3 25. d4 Nf3+ 26. Kf2
Nxg5 27. Bxb7 Rb8 28. Rhb1 Ne6 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch26 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1947.04.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev Solomonovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "245"]
[EventDate "1947.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
Nb3 Be6 9. f4 Qc8 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. c3 f6 15.
Qc2 Bf5 16. exf6 exf6 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Re8 19. Rad1 Be6 20. Bb5 Rd8 21.
Qxe4 Bxa2 22. f5 a6 23. Ba4 b5 24. Bc2 Bd5 25. Qg4 Bc4 26. Rfe1 g5 27. Re7 Bf8
28. Re4 Qc6 29. h4 h6 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Kh1 Rd7 32. Re6 Rh7+ 33. Kg1 Bxe6 34.
fxe6 Rh4 35. Qf5 Qc7 36. Bf2 Qh2+ 37. Kf1 Rf4 38. Qd5 Qg3 39. e7+ Kg7 40.
exf8=Q+ Rxf8 {[#]} 41. Rd2 $16 {sealed move} (41. Qc5 $18 Rf7 (41... Qh2 42.
Rd7+ Rf7 43. Rxf7+ Kxf7 44. Qc7+ $18) 42. Bb3 $18) 41... Qh2 42. Qd7+ Rf7 43.
Qh3 Qxh3 44. gxh3 b4 45. cxb4 Rc7 46. Kg2 Rxb4 47. Bf5 Rcb7 48. Bd4 Rxd4 49.
Rxd4 Rxb2+ 50. Kg3 Rb7 51. Rd5 Ra7 52. Ra5 Kf7 53. Bd3 Kg7 54. Kg4 Rd7 55. Bxa6
Ra7 56. Ra4 Ra8 57. Kf5 Ra7 58. Ke6 Ra8 59. Kf5 Ra7 60. Ra1 Ra8 61. Ra3 Ra7 62.
Ra4 Ra8 63. Ke6 Re8+ 64. Kf5 Ra8 65. Ra2 Ra7 66. Ra5 Ra8 67. Ra1 Ra7 68. h4
gxh4 69. Rg1+ Kf8 70. Bc4 Rg7 71. Re1 Rg2 72. Rh1 Ke7 73. Rxh4 Rf2+ 74. Ke4 Kd6
75. Rh5 Rg2 76. Rd5+ Ke7 77. Ra5 Rg4+ 78. Kd3 Kd6 79. Bd5 $14 {[#]} Rg1 {
sealed move} 80. Be4 Rg5 81. Bf5 Rg1 82. Kd4 Rd1+ 83. Bd3 Ke6 84. Ra6+ Kf7 85.
Ke3 Re1+ 86. Kf4 Re7 87. Bc4+ Kg6 88. Be6 Rb7 89. Bf5+ Kf7 90. Kg4 Re7 91. Ra1
Re2 92. Ra7+ Re7 93. Bg6+ Kf8 94. Ra8+ Kg7 95. Bf5 Kf7 96. Rh8 Kg7 97. Rh7+ Kf8
98. Rh6 Kg7 99. Kh5 Re5 100. Rg6+ Kf7 101. Kg4 Re1 102. Rh6 Rg1+ 103. Kf4 Rf1+
104. Ke4 Re1+ 105. Kd4 Re7 106. Rh1 Kg7 107. Rg1+ Kf8 108. Be4 Rg7 109. Rf1 Ke7
110. Bd5 Rg4+ 111. Kc5 Ra4 112. Re1+ Kf8 113. Rg1 Ra5+ 114. Kd6 Ra6+ 115. Kd7
Ra7+ 116. Kd8 Rg7 117. Rf1 Rg6 118. Be4 Rh6 119. Kd7 Kf7 120. Rg1 Rh8 121. Bd5+
Kf8 122. Kd6 Ke8 123. Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York/Los Angeles m"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1961.07.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1961.07.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 (5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4
d6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 $16 {Fischer,R-Reshevsky,S (8) Los Angeles
1961}) 5... Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 (7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 Ng4 (8... Na5 $2 9. e5 Ne8
10. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 11. Ne6 $3 $18 {Fischer,R-Reshevsky,S ch-USA 1958}) 9. Qxg4
Nxd4 10. Qd1 $16 {Fischer,R-Reshevsky,S (4) New York 1961} (10. Qh4 $16 {
Fischer,R-Reshevsky,S (6) Los Angeles 1961})) 7... O-O (7... d5 $2 8. Bb5 $18)
8. f4 (8. O-O $2 d5 $1 9. exd5 Nb4 $10) 8... d6 (8... d5 $2 9. e5 Ne4 10. Nxe4
dxe4 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Bc4 $18 {Olafsson,F-Larsen,B Wageningen
1957}) 9. Nb3 Be6 (9... a5 $1 10. a4 Be6 11. Nd4 $2 (11. g4 Nb4) (11. O-O {>=}
Rc8 $10) 11... Qb6 $1 12. Nxe6 Qxe3 13. Nxf8 Ng4 $40 {Makievsky,n-Veressov,G
URS 1954}) 10. g4 d5 11. f5 Bc8 (11... gxf5 $5 {Lipnitzky,n}) 12. exd5 Nb4 13.
Bf3 $1 (13. d6 Qxd6 $1 (13... exd6 $2 14. g5) 14. Bc5 Qf4 15. Rf1 Qxh2 16. Bxb4
Nxg4 $1 17. Bxg4 Qg3+ 18. Rf2 Qg1+ $10 {Alekhine,A-Botvinnik,M Zürich 1934}) (
13. fxg6 hxg6 14. Bf3 Bxg4 $1 15. Bxg4 Nxg4 16. Qxg4 Nxc2+ 17. Kf2 Nxa1 18.
Rxa1 Rc8 $1 $36 19. Bd4 $2 Rc4 {Panov,V}) 13... gxf5 14. a3 fxg4 15. Bg2 $1 (
15. axb4 gxf3 16. Qxf3 Bg4 {/\ Bg4-h5-g6}) 15... Na6 16. Qd3 $1 {Nej,n} (16.
Qe2 Bf5 $1) 16... e6 (16... Nd7 17. O-O-O Ne5 18. Qe2 {/\ h2-h3; Bd4}) 17.
O-O-O (17. d6 $2 Nd5 $1 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Qxd5 Re8 $36) 17... Nxd5 (17... exd5
18. h3 g3 19. Bd4 $16) 18. h3 $1 g3 19. Rhg1 Qd6 $1 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Nxd5 $2 (
21. Bd4 $1 Bxd4 22. Rxg3+ Bg7 (22... Kh8 23. Qxd4+ f6 24. Rf3 {/^ d4-h8}) 23.
Rdg1 Qh6+ 24. Kb1 Be6 25. Rxg7+ Qxg7 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qg3+ Kh8 (27... Kf6 28.
Qd6 Kg7 29. Nxd5 $18) 28. Qe5+ Kg8 29. Qg5+ Kh8 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Ne2 $18) 21...
Kh8 22. Bf4 (22. Bd4 Bxd4 (22... f6 $2 23. Rxg3 Qxd5 24. Bxf6 $1) 23. Qxd4+ f6
$16) 22... Qg6 23. Qd2 (23. Qf3 {Vucovic,V} Bf5 $1 24. Rxg3 Qc6 $16) 23... Bxh3
$1 24. Rxg3 Bg4 25. Rh1 Rfe8 26. Ne3 Qe4 $2 (26... Qf6 27. Nxg4 Qxb2+ 28. Kd1
Rad8 29. Rd3 $18) (26... f5 $1 27. Qh2 Kg8 $16) 27. Qh2 $1 $18 Be6 (27... Bf5 {
Turner,A} 28. Rxg7 $1 Kxg7 29. Nxf5+ Qxf5 30. Nd4 $18) 28. Rxg7 $1 (28. Nd2 $18
{Thomas,A}) 28... Kxg7 29. Qh6+ Kg8 (29... Kh8 30. Be5+ $18) 30. Rg1+ Qg6 31.
Rxg6+ fxg6 32. Nd4 Rad8 33. Be5 Rd7 34. Nxe6 Rxe6 35. Ng4 Rf7 36. Qg5 Rf1+ 37.
Kd2 h5 38. Qd8+ (38. Qd8+ Rf8 39. Nh6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1977.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Barczay, Laszlo"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1977.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Be2 Nc6 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. Rd1 Rb8 $6 (9... d5 $5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 (11... Nxd4 12.
Bc4 $14) 12. Bf3 Qxa2 $15) 10. O-O d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd4 13. Bc4 Nc6 (
13... Be6 $2 14. Bxd4 Bxd5 15. Bxg7 Bxc4 16. Qh6 $18) 14. Bf4 Ra8 15. Rfe1 $6 (
15. Qe1 $5 Bg4 16. Nf6+ $16) 15... Bg4 16. f3 Be6 17. Qf2 Qa5 18. Bd2 $6 (18.
c3 Rac8 19. b4 Qa4 20. Bb3 Qa3 21. Bc1 Qa6 22. a4 $16) 18... Qd8 19. Bc3 Bxd5
20. Bxd5 Qb6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. a3 $14 Rac8 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. c3
Rc7 26. Kf2 f5 27. Re5 Rf6 28. Red5 Rfc6 29. Rd7 Kf6 30. Rxc7 Rxc7 31. Ke3 g5
32. Rd8 (32. g3 $14) 32... Ke5 33. Rd4 Ke6 34. a4 Rd7 35. g3 Rd5 36. f4 gxf4+
37. gxf4 Rc5 38. Kd3 Rc6 39. Rd8 Kf6 40. Rd7 e5 $16 41. Rxh7 Kg6 42. Rxb7 exf4
43. Ke2 Kg5 44. Kf3 Rh6 45. h4+ $2 $10 (45. Rg7+ Kf6 46. Rg2 $16 Rh4 47. h3 Ke5
48. Rh2 Kd5 49. b3 Kc5 50. Ke2 $16) 45... Rxh4 46. Rxb6 Rh3+ 47. Kg2 Rd3 48. a5
f3+ 49. Kg3 f4+ 50. Kf2 Kg4 51. Rg6+ Kf5 52. Rb6 Kg4 53. Ke1 (53. a6 Rd2+ 54.
Kf1 Rd1+ $10) 53... Re3+ 54. Kf1 Rd3 55. Re6 Rd1+ 56. Re1 Rd2 57. Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. f3 e5 (7...
Bg7) 8. Nb3 Be6 9. Qd2 $1 a6 (9... d5 $6 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7
Ncxe7 $6 13. Bb5+ $40) 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Kb1 Na5 12. g4 (12. Nxa5 $6 Qxa5 13.
Nd5 Qxd2 14. Nxf6+ Ke7 15. Rxd2 Kxf6 $10) 12... Nc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 (13... Rxc4
$6 14. Bc5) 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 b5 16. Rd2 Rc6 17. h4 a5 (17... Ng8 $2 18.
Qg7 Qf6 19. Qxf6 Nxf6 20. Na5 $16) 18. Nc1 $6 (18. h5 $5 Rg8 19. hxg6 hxg6 20.
Nc1 $16) 18... b4 19. Nd1 Ng8 20. Qe3 h5 21. g5 Ne7 22. f4 Qc7 23. Qf3 a4 24.
Ne3 a3 25. b3 Bb5 26. Nd3 O-O (26... Rxc2 $2 27. Nxc2 Qc3 28. Kc1 $18) 27. Rhd1
(27. Nxb4 $2 Qa5 28. Nxc6 Qc3 $19) 27... Bxd3 28. Rxd3 Rc8 29. R1d2 $2 (29. Nc4
$1 $16) 29... Rc3 30. Nc4 Rxd3 31. Rxd3 Qc5 $13 32. Rxd6 exf4 33. Qxf4 Qg1+ 34.
Qc1 Qh2 (34... Qg3 $5) 35. Qe1 Nc6 36. e5 $1 Nxe5 37. Rd2 Nf3 38. Rxh2 Nxe1 39.
Rf2 Rd8 40. Kc1 Rd4 41. Ne3 Rxh4 42. Rf1 Nxc2 43. Nxc2 $14 Rg4 44. Kd2 Kg7 45.
Ke3 Rg3+ 46. Kf2 Rxg5 47. Nxb4 Rc5 48. Nd3 $1 Rc2+ 49. Ke3 Rxa2 50. b4 Rc2 $2 (
50... Rg2 $5 51. Kd4 h4 52. b5) 51. Ra1 a2 52. b5 Rc8 (52... h4 53. b6 Rc6 54.
b7 Rb6 55. Nc5 $18) 53. Rxa2 Re8+ 54. Kf3 Rb8 55. Rb2 Kf6 56. Nc5 Ke7 57. Ke4
Kd6 58. Kd4 h4 59. Ne4+ $2 (59. b6 h3 60. b7 $18) 59... Ke6 60. b6 Kf5 61. b7
Kg4 (61... h3 62. Nf2 $1 $8 h2 63. Kd5 g5 64. Kc6 g4 65. Nh1 Kg5 66. Rxh2 f5
67. Rh7 $1 f4 68. Nf2 g3 69. Nh3+ Kg4 70. Ng1 $18) (61... Kf4 62. Rf2+ Kg4 63.
Rxf7 h3 64. Ke3 h2 65. Rf4+ $1 $8 Kh3 66. Nf2+ Kg2 67. Rg4+ Kf1 68. Rb4 Kg2 69.
Rb2 $1 $18) 62. Ke3 f5 63. Nf2+ $1 (63. Nc5 Kg3 $13) 63... Kg3 64. Nh1+ Kg4 65.
Nf2+ Kg3 66. Nh1+ Kg4 67. Rb4+ Kg5 (67... Kh3 68. Kf3 g5 69. Nf2+ Kh2 70. Rb2
$18) 68. Nf2 Kf6 69. Nd3 h3 70. Kf2 f4 71. Nc5 Kf5 72. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.01.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. h3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b5 $1 {[#]} 11. a3 (11. O-O Bb7 12. Qd3 (12. Re1 $6
e5 $1 13. Be3 Nxe4 14. Nxb5 d5 $15 {Sznapik,A-Skrobek,R/Poland/1977}) (12. Bd5
Qd7 13. a3 Rac8 $10) 12... a5 13. a3 (13. Rfe1 b4 14. Na4 Bc6 {1/4/Emms,
J-Borge,N/Copenhagen/1994}) 13... Ba6 (13... b4 $5) 14. Nxb5 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bxb5
16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rfe1 (17. Bc4 $2 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Qb6 19. b3 Rfc8 $15 {
Landenbergue,C-Petursson,M/Horgen/1994}) 17... e6 18. c4 Ba6 $10 {Hector,
J-Borge,N/Danmark/1992}) (11. Nxb5 Nxe4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qd4+ Nf6 14. O-O-O
Bb7 $10 {Tal,M-Gufeld,E/Baku/1972}) 11... a5 12. O-O Bb7 13. f3 $146 {[#]} (13.
Qd3 {- 11.0-0}) 13... Bc6 14. Re1 Rb8 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bxd4+
18. Qxd4 {[#]} Re8 19. c3 Qb6 20. Rad1 Kf8 21. Kf2 Rec8 22. Re4 b4 23. axb4
axb4 24. Qxb6 Rxb6 25. c4 {[#]} Ra6 $132 26. Ke2 Ra2 27. Rb1 Rc7 28. Kd3 Ra5
29. g4 (29. Kc2 $4 Rxd5 $17) 29... g5 30. Rf1 h6 31. f4 Kg7 32. fxg5 hxg5 33.
Rd4 Rca7 34. Kc2 Rb7 35. Kb3 Ra8 36. Rd3 Kg6 37. Rdf3 f6 (37... Rf8 $2 38. Ra1
$1 $16) 38. Re3 Kg7 39. Rc1 Kf7 40. Rce1 (40. c5 $1 dxc5 41. Rxc5 Rab8 42. Kc4
{/\ 43.Rb3} b3 $5 $14) 40... Ra5 41. h4 gxh4 42. Rh3 Ra8 43. Rxh4 Kg6 {>< g4}
44. Rg1 Rf8 45. Rgh1 Rbb8 46. Ra1 Rb7 {/\ 47..Kg5} 47. Rg1 Rbb8 48. Rgh1 Rb7
49. Kc2 Rg8 50. Rh7 b3+ 51. Kd3 Rc7 52. Rh8 (52. Kc3 Rgc8 $1 $13) 52... Rxh8
53. Rxh8 {[#]} Kg5 54. Rg8+ Kf4 55. Kc3 Rb7 56. Rg7 Rb6 57. Rxe7 Kxg4 $132 58.
Rc7 {/\ 59.Rc6} Rb8 59. Rc6 Rd8 60. Kxb3 f5 61. c5 dxc5 62. Kc4 Rb8 63. Rg6+
Kf3 64. b3 Rb4+ 65. Kxc5 Rxb3 66. d6 Rd3 67. Kc6 f4 68. d7 Rxd7 69. Kxd7 Ke3
70. Re6+ Kd3 71. Rf6 Ke3 72. Ke6 f3 73. Kf5 f2 74. Kg4 Ke2 75. Rxf2+ Kxf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel SKA"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hansen,Cu Blatny,P Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 Nc6 (8... a6 {Blatny,P} 9. Re1 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7
11. a4 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qb7
17. c3 $14 {Jansa-Khalifman, BL 90/91, Frankfurt-Nuernberg --> ChessBase: BL
1990/1991}) (8... Nxe4 {Blatny,P} 9. Nxe4 d5 10. Nb5 a6 {Mokry-Ernst,
Kopenhagen 1985} 11. Bxd5 axb5 12. Bg5 Nc6 13. c3 {+/=/=}) 9. Be3 Nxe4 10.
Bxf7+ $6 (10. Nxe4 d5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd3 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Qc7 14. c3 Ba6 15.
Re1 f5 16. Bd3 $14) 10... Kxf7 $1 (10... Rxf7 11. Nxe4 Nxd4 (11... h6 {Boensch}
12. c3 Kh7 (12... Bd7 {Hansen,Cu} 13. Re1 $14 {Jansa,V-Watson,W Oslo 1991}) 13.
Qb3 d5 $13 {Kupreichik-Pigusov Moskau (GMA) 1989 -Inf.47/255}) 12. Bxd4 Bf5 (
12... e5 $2 13. Bc5 $16 {Tal-Pekarek Tbilisi 1986 -Inf.42/239}) 13. Ng5 Rf8 14.
c4 $14 {Stoica-Makropoulos/Bucharest/1983/}) 11. Nxe4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Be3
d5 14. Ng3 (14. Ng5+ {Boensch} Kg8 $17) (14. Bg5 $5 {Blatny,P} Qd7 15. Nc3 $1
h6 (15... d4 {Hansen,Cu} 16. Ne4 Qc6 17. Re1 Bf5 18. f3 $14 {Jansa,V-Hellers,F
Herning 1991}) 16. Bh4 d4 17. Ne4 Qc6 18. Re1 Bf5 19. f3 Rac8 20. c3 Kg8 21.
Qb3+ Kh7 22. Rad1 $13 {Jansa-Hellers, Herning 1991}) 14... Kg8 15. c3 Be6 16.
Ne2 (16. f4 exf4 17. Rxf4 Rxf4 18. Bxf4 Qb6+ 19. Kh2 Qxb2 $17) 16... g5 $1 17.
Qd2 h6 18. h4 $1 (18. Kh1 $142 {Blatny,P /\f2-f3,Rf1-e1,Be3-f2-g3}) 18... gxh4
19. Bxh6 Qf6 20. Bg5 $6 (20. Bxg7 Qxg7 21. f4 h3 22. Rf2 Rf6 $13) 20... Qg6 21.
Bxh4 Rf5 $1 22. f4 (22. Ng3 Rf4 23. Be7 b6 24. Rae1 Re8 25. Bd6 Bf7 26. Ba3 Rh4
$40) (22. Bg3 {Boensch} Rh5 23. f4 Qh6 24. Rad1 Rf8 $19) (22. Qd3 {Boensch} e4
23. Qg3 Qh6 24. Qd6 Re8 $17) 22... Qg4 23. Bg5 (23. Bg3 {Boensch} Bh6 24. Qe3
Raf8 25. Qf3 Qg6 $17) 23... Raf8 24. Rf2 d4 $1 25. cxd4 $6 (25. Re1 Bd5 26.
cxd4 Rxg5 $1 27. fxg5 Rxf2 28. Kxf2 Qxg2+ 29. Ke3 Qf3#) 25... exf4 26. Bxf4 (
26. Nxf4 {Boensch} Rxg5 27. Nxe6 Rxf2 28. Kxf2 (28. Qxg5 Rxg2+ $19) (28. Qxf2
Qxe6 $19) 28... Qxg2+ 29. Ke1 (29. Ke3)) 26... Bc4 $1 27. Be3 Rxf2 28. Bxf2
Bxe2 {Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "Orel"]
[Site "Orel"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Totsky, Leonid"]
[Black "Mukhametov, Eldar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. f4 a6 $5 (9... Be6) (9... a5) 10. g4 (10. Bf3 Na5 11. e5 Ne8 12. Qd5
Nc6 13. exd6 Nxd6 14. Qc5 Bd7 15. O-O-O a5 16. a4 $14 {Sigurjonsson,G-Popovic,
P/Novi Sad/1976/}) (10. a4 Be6 11. O-O {- B74} (11. g4 $5 {Cseshkovsky})) (10.
O-O {- B74}) 10... b5 $5 (10... e5 11. f5 (11. g5 exf4 12. Bxf4 Ne8 13. Qd2 a5
14. a4 Be6 15. O-O-O Rc8 16. Kb1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qb6 18. Bb5 Ne5 19. Be3 Qc7 20.
Bd4 Ng7 $13 {Bolbochan,J-Schweber,S/Stockholm(izt)/1962/0,5 (27)/}) 11... d5
12. exd5 Nb4 13. d6 gxf5 14. g5 Ne8 15. Bc5 Nc6 16. Nd5 Be6 17. Ne7+ Kh8 18.
Qd2 $36 {Smirin,I-Anand,V/Moscow (PCA-rapid)/1994/1:0 (68)/}) 11. g5 Nd7 12.
Qd2 Nb6 (12... Bb7 13. O-O-O Na5 14. h4 Rc8 15. Nd5 $6 Nxb3+ 16. axb3 e6 17. h5
$6 exd5 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Bg4 Re8 $17 {Schuh,F-Yurtaev,L/Oberwart/1991/0-1 (29)
}) 13. O-O-O Rb8 14. Nd4 Qc7 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 (17. Qxd5 $6
Qc7 $36) 17... Qc7 18. h4 Bf5 19. h5 $2 (19. Bd3 $1 $13) 19... b4 $1 $19 {
/\ Bc3, /\ b3} 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Bd3 (21. Kb1 b3 $1 (21... Bc3 22. Bd4 $1) 22.
axb3 Rxb3 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Bxc2+ 25. Kc1 $8 Bd3+ $1 26. Kd2 Qc2+ $19) (21.
Bxa6 b3 22. axb3 Rxb3 $19) 21... b3 $1 22. Qh2 (22. axb3 Rxb3 23. Bxf5 (23. c3
Bxc3 $1 $19) 23... Bxb2+ 24. Kb1 Rb7 $1 (24... Bc3+ $2 25. cxb3 Bxd2 26. Bd4 f6
27. Be6+ Kg7 28. gxf6+ exf6 29. Rxd2 Rb8 30. Rdh2 Rxb3+ 31. Bb2 $18) 25. Qh2 (
25. Qf2 Ba3+ $1 26. Ka2 Qc4+ $19) (25. Qd3 Bc3+ 26. Kc1 Rb1+ $1 27. Kxb1 Qb7+
$19) (25. Ka2 Qc4+ $19) 25... Bc3+ 26. Kc1 Rb1+ $1 27. Kxb1 Qb7+ $19) (22. Bxf5
bxa2 $19) 22... Bxb2+ $1 23. Kd2 $8 (23. Kxb2 bxc2+ (23... bxa2+ $19) 24. Kc1
Rb1+ 25. Kd2 cxd1=Q+ $19) (23. Kb1 bxa2+ 24. Kxa2 Qa5+ $19) 23... Qc3+ 24. Ke2
Bg4+ $1 25. Kf2 Qg7 26. axb3 (26. Rdg1 bxa2 27. Rxg4 a1=Q 28. Rxa1 Bxa1 $19)
26... Bxd1 27. Rxd1 Rbc8 28. Kg3 (28. f5 $5 Bd4 $19) 28... a5 29. Qg2 f5 30.
gxf6 exf6 31. Qd2 Bc3 32. Qf2 f5 $1 33. Kg2 Rfe8 34. Qg3 Kf7 {/\ Re7, Rh8->}
35. Bb5 Re7 36. Bf2 Rh8 $1 {-><->h} 37. Rd3 Bf6 38. Re3 Qh6 39. Rxe7+ Bxe7 40.
Kf3 Bh4 41. Qg2 (41. Qxh4 Qxh4 42. Bxh4 Rxh4 43. Bd3 Kf6 $19) 41... Bxf2 42.
Qxf2 Qh1+ 43. Ke3 Rh3+ 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2014.11.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 a6 {The Dragondorf.
Personally I've always considered this a poorer relative of its parent
openings, the Dragon and the Najdorf. However a good friend of mine, Simon
Williams, swears by this opening. He's even written a book on it.} 7. f3 b5 8.
Qd2 Bb7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O Nbd7 {One of the critical positions for this
opening. Black delays the development of his dark-squared bishop in favour of
mobilising his queenside as quickly as possible.} 11. a3 {A useful
preventative move. It's not clear if the idea of ...b4 is good for Black
anyway, but just in case White prevents this idea altogether.} ({The immediate
} 11. h4 {is certainly playable.} b4 $1 ({Black can simply continue with} 11...
Rc8 {like in our main game if he wants;} 12. Bh3 b4 13. Nce2 e5 $1 {This is
one of the main ideas in this opening. Kick the two white knights away to
unpromising squares. That's why the bishop remains on f8, as this idea would
not be possible if the bishop was on g7 as d6 would be too weak.} 14. Nb3 Nxe4
(14... d5 15. g5 $1) 15. fxe4 Bxe4 16. Na1 $1 {with an extremely sharp game in
prospect}) 12. Nd5 (12. Nce2 $6 e5 13. Nb3 a5 {gives Black an excellent
initiative on the queenside.}) 12... Nxd5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Qxb4 e5 15. Rh2 $1
Be7 $2 (15... exd4 $1 16. Qxd4 Nf6 17. g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Bg7 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20.
Qxf6 Bxf6 21. Rxd5 Bxh4 22. Kb1 Kd7 {Looks roughly equal}) 16. Nf5 $1 gxf5 17.
Rxd5 {And the position was far too open for Black's comfort in Pavlovic,M 
(2539)-Colin,V (2437) Deauville 2010}) 11... Rc8 12. h4 Qa5 $5 (12... Ne5 13.
Be2 h5 14. gxh5 (14. g5 Nfd7 15. f4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. f5 Bg7 18. fxg6 fxg6
19. Rhf1 Nc5 20. b3 Rxc3 21. Qxc3 Nxe4 {Gave Black reasonable play for the
exchange in Bonnet,E (2255)-Zhou,Y (2427) Paris 2012}) 14... Nxh5 15. Rhg1 Nc4
16. Bxc4 Rxc4 {Looked fine for Black in Ramnath,B (2427)-Zhou,Y (2326)
Hastings 2011}) 13. Nb3 $1 ({White can also proceed with the cold-blooded} 13.
Be2 $5 {with the idea of g5. It turns out the exchange sacrifice doesn't work
here either-} Rxc3 $6 14. Nb3 $1 (14. Qxc3 $2 Qxc3 15. bxc3 e5 16. Nb3 d5 {
when Black has typical play for the exchange.}) 14... Qc7 (14... Rxb3 15. Qxa5
Rxe3 {is refuted by} 16. Qc7 $1 {When Black pays dearly for his retarded
development} Nc5 17. b4 $18) 15. Qxc3 Qxc3 16. bxc3 d5 17. g5 {And Black
doesn't have enough compensation.}) 13... Qc7 14. Qf2 $1 e6 $6 {An
unneccessary weakening. Perhaps Black intended to follow up later on with ...
d5, but he never gets the chance to realise this, or e;se he changes his mind
about the whole idea.} ({It was more logical to proceed with one of the few
plans that Black has available in this position-} 14... Ne5 $1 {The idea is
not just to mobilise this knight but give the other steed some valuable
breathing space on d7.} 15. Bb6 $1 ({There are some typical traps that White
should be aware of- the sleepy} 15. Be2 $2 {is quickly punished by} Nexg4 $1
16. fxg4 Nxe4 17. Qe1 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxc3 19. bxc3 Bxh1 $17) 15... Qb8 16. Bd4
Bg7 17. Bh3 g5 $1 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Kb1 {which looks rather
uncomfortable for Black - he still has problems with his king, which is
somewhat marooned in the centre, but this is surely preferable to what
occurred in the game.}) 15. Kb1 Qb8 $2 {But this is just downright bad.} (15...
d5 $2 {simply doesn't work after the logical sequence} 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5
Bxd5 18. Bd4 $1 e5 19. Bxe5 $18) ({Nevertheless} 15... Ne5 $1 {was still the
right way.} 16. Bb6 Qb8 17. Bd4 Bg7 ({In a training game against my Komodo 8
from this position it played} 17... Rh7 $5 {here - such a typical computer
move! Clearly it felt that White's eventual threats on the a1-h8 diagonal
would be too treacherous if the rook remained on h8.} 18. Be2 h5 $1 19. g5 Nfd7
20. f4 Ng4 $132 {and perhaps it's not so ridiculous after all!}) 18. Rg1 g5 19.
Be2 $16) 16. Bh3 $1 {Practically forcing the following exchange sacrifice, as
the threat of g5 is becoming extremely uncomfortable for Black.} Rxc3 ({
lines like} 16... Ne5 17. Bd4 $1 Bg7 18. g5 hxg5 19. hxg5 Nh5 20. f4 Nc4 21.
Bxe6 $1 fxe6 22. Bxg7 $18 {illustrate the problems facing Black.}) 17. bxc3 {
Generally speaking in the Sicilian if Black can carry out this exchange
sacrifice on c3 then he has excellent compensation for the exchange - but this
is not the case here, as White now has a clear lead in development and
dangerous threats in the centre and on the kingside.} Qc7 18. g5 Nh5 19. Bg4 $1
(19. gxh6 $5 Ne5 (19... Bxh6 20. Bxh6 Rxh6 21. Qd2 {and Black's position
collapses}) 20. Bb6 Qb8 21. Bd4 Rxh6 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Qb6 $1 {was another
very strong continuation. White has a lot of choices here.}) 19... hxg5 20.
hxg5 Be7 21. Bd4 Rg8 ({Even the more resilient} 21... Ne5 {would not have
saved Black if White had found the accurate} 22. Nd2 $1 Bxg5 23. Bxh5 gxh5 24.
f4 Ng4 25. Qg3 $18) 22. Bxh5 gxh5 23. Rxh5 $19 {To add to Black's woes, White
is rampaging down the h-file.  Giri is a member of this new super-strong
generation like Caruana who work extensively with computers. Such players
rarely make mistakes in these kind of situations.  Indeed Giri raced to 6/6 in
Qatar before the difficulty level was set on ultra-high - Black against
Kramnik.} e5 24. Be3 Qxc3 25. Bd2 Qc7 26. Ba5 Qb8 27. Bb4 Bc8 28. Rh6 Qb6 29.
Qh2 Rg6 30. Rxg6 fxg6 31. Qd2 Nc5 32. Nxc5 dxc5 33. Ba5 Qe6 34. Bd8 $1 {
Accurate to the end, Giri penetrates to the very heart of Black's position and
shatters the last line of resistance.} Bf8 35. Bf6 Bd7 36. Qa5 1-0

[Event "Novgorod 3rd"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1996.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. O-O b6 11. Qd3 (11. Bg5 Nxb3 12. axb3 Bb7 13. Qd3 a6 {
transposes to the game}) (11. Re1 Bb7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Rc8 14. Nd5 g5 15.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bg3 Nxb3 17. axb3 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Rxc2 19. Rxa7 Qc7 20. Qd1 Rc8
$13 {De Firmian,N-Kaliksteyn,A 1995}) 11... Bb7 12. Bg5 (12. Bd5 Qd7 13. Bxb7
Qxb7 14. Rad1 Rac8 15. Rfe1 {Moldovan,D-Marin,M Bucuresti 1994 60/230 [Marin,M]
} a6 $1 16. Nf3 b5 17. a3 Nc4 18. Bc1 Rc7 $15 {Marin}) (12. Rad1 Rc8 13. Rfe1
Rxc3 14. Qxc3 Nxe4 15. Qd3 Nxb3 16. Nxb3 Qc7 17. c3 Nc5 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. Bg5
$13 {/+/= Kholmov,R-Hachian,M Moscow 1995}) (12. f4 Rc8 13. Rae1 Rxc3 14. Qxc3
Nxe4 15. Qd3 Nxb3 16. axb3 e5 17. Ne2 Qa8 18. b4 Nf6 19. Rf2 Ne4 20. Rff1 Re8 {
with good compensation for black Mortensen-Kudrin 1983}) 12... Nxb3 13. axb3 a6
14. Rfe1 h6 15. Bd2 $2 {normally in this position the bishop goes to h4,where
he can put some presure along the h4-d8 diagonal,and indeed white's bishop is
not good on d2} (15. Bh4 Re8 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Nde2 Rac8 18. Rd2 b5 19. f3 b4
20. Na4 d5 21. exd5 Nxd5 {when black has a good position Mitkov,N-Osmanbegovic,
S Cannas op 1995}) 15... b5 16. f4 e6 {black is already better,he has the pair
of bishops it is not clear where white wants to attack,and black just wants to
open the center with e5 and d5,now we can see why the bishop is needed on h4}
17. Kh2 $6 {putting the king in the h2-b8 diagonal is not the best idea} Rc8 {
white played a wrong plan,insted of playing positionly,with B on h4 and rooks
on d1-e1 white is playing for the attack,but this only serves black since
white really has no attack but creating weakness} 18. Re2 Qc7 19. b4 Rfd8 {
it is clear now black is going to break in the center and his 2 bishops will
become very powerfull} 20. Nb3 e5 $1 21. fxe5 d5 $1 {of course not 21...dxe5,
now the g7 bishop will enter the game and with the "d" and "c" file black's
rooks are also placed very good,white is paying now for Kh2} 22. exd5 Nxd5 23.
Qg3 Nxb4 24. Rf1 Re8 $1 {going for the e5 pawn there is no defence} (24... Nxc2
25. Bxh6 Bxh6 26. Rxc2 b4) 25. Bf4 g5 26. Nd4 gxf4 27. Rxf4 Rxe5 28. Rxe5 (28.
Nf5 Rxf5 29. Rxf5 Qxg3+ 30. Kxg3 Bxc3 31. bxc3 Rxc3+) 28... Qxe5 29. Nf5 Rc4 $1
{the game is over,it is impossible to prevent the exchange of queens} 30. Nxh6+
Kh7 31. Rxc4 bxc4 32. Nxf7 Qxg3+ 33. Kxg3 Kg6 34. Nd8 Bc8 35. Na4 Be5+ 0-1

[Event "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Site "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kogan, Artur"]
[Black "Jirovsky, Milos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Johnson,M"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1996.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. h3 Bd7 10. O-O Nxd4 (10... Rc8) (10... a6 $1) 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qd3 (
12. f4 Nd7 $6 (12... Nxe4 $4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Qd4+) (12... b5 $1
) 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Kh1 Qa5 15. Qe1 Rad8 16. Qh4 Nf6 17. Rae1 Qh5 18. Qf2 Qc5
19. e5 Nh5 20. Qh4 dxe5 21. Rxe5 Qd6 22. Bd5 Nf6 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Qe1 e6 25.
Ne4 Nxe4 26. Qxe4 Rb8 27. b3 Rfd8 28. Ra5 Rb7 29. Ra6 Qd5 30. Re1 Rd6 31. Qe5+
f6 32. Qe3 c5 33. c4 Qd4 34. Qxd4 Rxd4 35. Raxe6 $18 {Gheorghiu,F-Aarland,S/
Vrnjacka Banja zt 1967 1-0(64)}) 12... Nd7 (12... Qa5 13. Rad1 Nd7 14. Nd5 Rfe8
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. f4 Rad8 17. Kh1 Qc5 18. Qg3 Nf6 19. f5 Nxe4 20. Qh4 Bxd5 21.
fxg6 Nf6 22. Rxd5 Qc7 23. Rxf6 exf6 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. g7+ Ke7 26. Qe4+ Kd7 27.
Ba4+ Kc8 28. Bxe8 {1-0 Messa,R-Garcia,J/Dubai olm (9) 1986}) 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14.
Rad1 (14. Nd5) 14... a5 15. f4 a4 16. Bd5 Qb6+ 17. Qd4+ Qxd4+ 18. Rxd4 a3 $1
19. Bxc6 $6 (19. b3) 19... bxc6 20. b3 Ra7 21. Rfd1 Nb8 22. e5 d5 23. Na4 Na6
24. c4 e6 25. cxd5 cxd5 26. Rc1 Rb8 27. Kf2 h6 (27... Nb4 28. Nc3 Rc7 29. Ke2
$10) 28. Ke2 Rb4 29. Kd3 g5 30. fxg5 (30. g3 $142) 30... hxg5 31. Nc5 $6 (31.
Nc3 $10) 31... Nxc5+ 32. Rxc5 Rxb3+ 33. axb3 a2 $15 34. Rc1 a1=Q 35. Rxa1 Rxa1
36. Rg4 (36. Kc2 Re1 37. b4 Rxe5 38. b5 Re2+ 39. Rd2 Re4 40. Kc3 Rc4+ 41. Kb3
$19) 36... f6 $1 37. h4 fxe5 38. Rxg5+ Kf6 39. Rg3 e4+ 40. Kc3 e5 41. h5 d4+
42. Kc2 e3 (42... Ra2+ 43. Kd1 e3 44. h6 Ra7 45. Rh3 Rh7 46. Ke2 Kf5 47. Kd3
Kf4 48. Ke2 $10) 43. h6 Ra7 44. Kd3 (44. b4 e4 $19) 44... Kf5 45. Rh3 (45. Rg7
e4+ $1 46. Kxd4 e2 47. Rxa7 e1=Q 48. h7 Qb4+ 49. Ke3 Qxb3+ 50. Ke2 Qc2+ 51. Ke1
Qc3+ 52. Ke2 Qd3+ 53. Ke1 e3 $19) 45... Rh7 46. b4 Kf4 (46... e4+ 47. Kxd4 e2
48. Re3 $16) 47. Ke2 $10 e4 48. Rh4+ Kf5 49. g3 Rc7 $4 (49... Ke5) 50. Rh5+ $4
(50. h7 Rc2+ 51. Kd1 d3 52. Rf4+ Kg6 53. Rxe4 Rd2+ 54. Kc1 Rc2+ 55. Kb1 Kxh7
56. Rxe3 $16) 50... Kg6 $19 51. Rc5 Rf7 52. Rc6+ Kh7 53. Rd6 Rf2+ 54. Ke1 d3
55. g4 d2+ 56. Kd1 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Garcia, Gildardo"]
[Black "Van de Mortel, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Johnson,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1996.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
Nc6 9. Be3 $6 (9. Bb3) 9... Nxe4 $1 10. Bxf7+ (10. Nxe4 d5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12.
Bd3 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Qc7 $17) 10... Kxf7 $1 {10...Rxf7 is also playable but the
move played is stronger} 11. Nxe4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 $1 13. Be3 d5 14. Bg5 (14.
Ng3 Kg8 15. c3 Be6 16. Ne2 g5 17. Qd2 h6 18. h4 gxh4 19. Bxh6 Qf6 20. Bg5 Qg6
21. Bxh4 Rf5 22. f4 Qg4 23. Bg5 Raf8 24. Rf2 d4 $1 25. cxd4 exf4 26. Bxf4 Bc4
27. Be3 Rxf2 28. Bxf2 Bxe2 {Adams-Shirov,Biel,1991}) 14... Qd7 15. Nc3 h6 16.
Bh4 d4 17. Ne4 Kg8 (17... Qc6 18. Re1 Bf5 19. f3 Rac8 20. c3 Kg8 21. Qb3+ Kh7
$17 {Jansa-Hellers,Herning,1991,0-1(41)}) 18. Re1 b6 19. Qd3 Bb7 20. c4 Rac8
21. Bg3 Qc6 22. b3 g5 23. f3 Rce8 24. Re2 Qg6 25. Rd1 h5 26. Nf2 e4 $1 27. fxe4
h4 28. Bh2 Rxf2 $1 29. Rxf2 Bxe4 30. Qd2 d3 31. Re1 Bd4 32. Kf1 Bxf2 33. Kxf2
g4 34. hxg4 Qxg4 35. Rxe4 Qxe4 36. Qg5+ Kf7 37. Bf4 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.28"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Lempert,I"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Bb3
Nc6 9. Be3 Na5 10. O-O b6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 a6 (13... Rc8 14. Nd5
g5 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bg3 Nxb3 17. axb3 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Rxc2 19. Rxa7 $13 {
De Firmian,N-Kaliksteyn,A/Philadelphia/1995/}) 14. Nd5 Nxb3 15. axb3 e6 16.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qd2 (18. c3 Rad8 (18... e5) 19. Nc2 Rd7 $132 {
Morovic,I-Brunell,J/Buenos-Aires/1992/}) 18... Qg5 19. f4 (19. Qxg5 hxg5 $10)
19... Qf6 20. e5 Qe7 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. c3 Kh7 23. Qe3 Qc7 24. Rd2 Rd7 25. Rf2
Qd8 26. Qg3 Re8 27. Kh2 f5 $6 (27... Rg8 $10) 28. exf6 Qxf6 29. Rfe2 (29. f5 $2
gxf5 30. Rxf5 exf5 31. Rxe8 Rg7 $19) (29. Qe3 $5) 29... Rde7 30. Nc2 b5 31. Rd2
Rd7 (31... Rd7 32. Ne3 $14) 32. Red1 $14 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0910"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2009.10.18"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Agopov, Mikael"]
[Black "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Berlin SF"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{ÜBER DEM ABGRUND (Ausgelassene Chancen)} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 g6 {Ein gebräuchlicher Übergang von der Najdorf-Variante
zu einem Drachen-Typ, da ...a6 in einigen Abspielen eher nützlicher ist als h3.
} 7. Be3 ({Während unser finnischer IM einen noch relativ unerforschten Aufbau
mit Qd2 und 0-0-0 anstrebt, findet der alte, von Fischer favorisierte Vorstoß} 
7. g4 {auch heute noch viele Nachahmer:} Bg7 8. g5 (8. Bg2 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10.
Qd2 Bd7 11. O-O-O b5 12. f4 Rc8 13. e5 b4 14. Nce2 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 dxe5 16. fxe5
Qa5 17. a3 Nd5 18. e6 fxe6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Qd4+ Kg8 22. axb4
Qa2 23. Nc3 Qa1+ 24. Kd2 Qxb2 25. Rhf1 Rxf1 26. Rxf1 e6 27. Rb1 Qa3 28. Rb3 Qa1
29. Rb1 Qa3 30. Rb3 Qa1 {1/2-1/2 Dominguez Perez,L (2717)-Carlsen,M (2770)/
Sofia 2009/CBM 131}) 8... Nh5 9. Be2 e5 10. Nb3 Nf4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Nc6
13. Bg4 Bxg4 14. hxg4 Qc8 15. Qd1 {(Fischer-Reshevsky, USA ch 1962/63)} Qe6 (
15... d5 $5 16. exd5 Nb4 17. c3 Qc4 $13 {Fischer}) 16. Be3 O-O-O $11 {Tal, ECO/
B3}) 7... Bg7 8. Qd2 Nc6 ({Ein in Drachen-Manier zwar natürlicher Zug, aber es
mag stärker sein, 0-0 plus b5 vorzuschalten, den Damenspringer noch
zurückzuhalten und ihn später nach d7 zu entwickeln, z.B.} 8... O-O 9. O-O-O b5
10. f3 $5 (10. Bh6 Bxh6 (10... b4 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Nd5 $14 {1-0 Timman,J 
(2623)-Naiditsch,A (2581)/Dortmund 2002/CBM 091 (47)}) 11. Qxh6 e5 $5 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Berelovich,A (2571)-Balcerak,J (2429)/Germany 2006/EXT 2007 (38)})
10... Bb7 11. h4 (11. g4 Nbd7 12. Bh6 $6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 e5 {0-1 Pletnev,E (2301)
-Korobov,A (2565)/Pardubice 2004/CBM 101 ext (22)}) 11... Nbd7 12. h5 $5 {
(A. Kuzmin/CBM), und trotz des zeitaufwendigen h3-h4-h5 verdient die weiße
Spielführung Beachtung, z.B.} (12. g4 Rc8 13. a3 (13. h5 $6 b4 14. Nce2 Nxg4 $1
15. fxg4 Bxe4 16. Rh2 e5) 13... Ne5 14. Be2 d5 $13) 12... Nxh5 13. Nf5 Be5 14.
Rxh5 gxh5 15. Bh6 Bf6 $1 16. Bg7 e6 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. Nxd6 Bc6 $13) 9. O-O-O
O-O 10. g4 Bd7 11. Be2 $5 ({Meines Erachtens eine Verbesserung gegenüber} 11.
Kb1 b5 12. g5 Nh5 {, wonach der Rappe auf h5 ein treffliches Fluchtfeld findet:
} 13. Be2 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Nf4 16. Bg4 Rc8 17. Qe3 b4 18. Nd5 Nxd5
19. exd5 Rc5 20. Rd4 a5 21. f3 Re8 22. h4 Qc8 23. h5 Bf5 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. Rh2
(25. Bxf5 Qxf5 26. Re4) 25... e5 26. dxe6 $4 Rxc2 27. Bxf5 Rxh2 {0-1/36,
Ganguly,S (2625)-Dao Thien Hai (2546)/Subic 2009}) 11... Rc8 $6 ({Ziemlich
sorglos, genauer erscheint} 11... Nxd4 $142 12. Bxd4 Bc6 {, z.B.} 13. f3 (13.
Qe3 b5 14. g5 Nd7) (13. g5 $2 Nxe4 $1 14. Nxe4 e5 (14... Bxe4 $4) 15. Bc3 Bxe4
16. f3 Bc6) 13... b5 {, obgleich Weiß etwas mehr vom Spiel hat. Nun jedoch
nach dem Textzug verfügt der sofort attackierte Nf6 nur über ein ungeeignetes
Rückzugsfeld auf e8, wonach Sand ins schwarze Getriebe gerät!}) 12. g5 Ne8 ({I
} 12... Nh5 $6 13. Bxh5 gxh5 14. f4) ({II} 12... Nxd4 $5 13. Bxd4 Ne8 {mag
noch tauglich sein, z.B.} 14. h4 Be6 15. h5 Qa5 16. Qe3 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Rxc3 18.
Qxc3 Qxg5+ 19. Kb1 Nf6 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Rdd1 Rc8 22. Qd4 Qc5 $14 {und Schwarz
versucht, sich mittels Qualitätsopfer zu halten.}) 13. h4 Qa5 $6 ({I} 13... Nc7
$6 14. Nb3 (14. h5 $1 $40) 14... b5 (14... Bxc3 $5 15. Qxc3 Ne6 16. Qd2 a5) 15.
Bb6 (15. h5) 15... Qe8 16. f4 Na8 $2 (16... a5 $5) 17. Be3 Nb4 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19.
Qxd4 Nc6 20. Qg1 Be6 21. h5 f5 22. hxg6 Qxg6 23. Rh6 {1-0 Ganguly,S (2637)
-Nguyen,K (2085)/Edmonton 2009}) ({II} 13... Nxd4 $5 14. Bxd4 {mit
Zugumstellung zu 12...Nxd4}) 14. Kb1 Nc7 $2 ({In Ermangelung einer
ansprechenden Alternative ein schwerer Fehler, der glücklicherweise nicht
geahndet wird. Allerdings stünde Schwarz auch nach beispielsweise} 14... Nxd4
15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 {eine schwere Verteidigung bevor:} Nc7 (16... Be6 17. f4
$5 Qc5 (17... Rxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxa2+ 19. Kc1 $16 {und die schwarze Kompensation
für die geopferte Qualität erscheint unzureichend.}) 18. Qd2 Ng7 19. h5 $40 {
+/-}) (16... Ng7 17. Nd5 Rfe8 18. h5 $40 {+/-}) 17. Qe3 (17. e5 $2 Ne6 18. Qe3
Bc6) 17... b5 18. h5 b4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Qc7 21. Rd2 Be6 22. Qf4 Kg7 (
22... Qa5 23. b3 Qe5 {/\Qg7} 24. Qxe5 dxe5 25. Bxa6 $16) 23. Qh4 Rh8 24. h6+
Kf8 25. Rhd1 $16 {/\f4, e5}) 15. Nb3 $2 ({Auch Weiß unterschätzt das "Motiv
der ungedeckten Dame" und übersieht dabei} 15. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17.
Nxe7+ Kh8 18. Rxd2 Rce8 {nebst der taktischen Wendung} 19. Bc5 $1 (19. Bf4 $1)
19... Rxe7 (19... Be5 20. Rxd6 $18 Rxe7 21. Rxd7) 20. Bxd6 Rfe8 21. Bxc7 $18 {
mit gewinnverheißendem Vorteil}) 15... Bxc3 16. bxc3 (16. Nxa5 {war Weiß zu
dünn:} Bxd2 17. Bxd2 Nxa5 18. Bxa5 $14 {/=} f6 $5) 16... Qa4 (16... Qe5 {
, um die Dame ggf. auf g7 zu fianchettieren, kam ebenso in Betracht:} 17. f3
Nb5) 17. h5 Ne5 18. f4 $6 ({Dagegen wäre} 18. Bd4 $5 {ein Härtetest gewesen
und am Brett schwer zu meistern, z.B.:} Bb5 $5 (18... Nc4 $2 19. Qf4 $1 {
/\Qh4 ->}) (18... Be6 $2 19. Qf4 $1 $40 {+-} f6 20. hxg6 hxg6 (20... Nxg6 21.
Qh2 Rf7 22. Bh5 (22. gxf6)) 21. gxf6 exf6 22. Qg3 (22. Rdg1) 22... Kg7 23. f4
$18) 19. f4 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Nc4 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. Ka1 (22. f5 e5 23. fxg6 $3 exd4
24. Qh2 $5 (24. Rxh7 Nb5 25. Rh8+ Kg7 26. Rh7+ Kg8 27. Rh8+ $11) 24... Qd7 (
24... Na3+ $2 25. Kc1 Qd7 26. Nxd4 Ncb5 27. Nf5 $18) 25. Nxd4 $13 {mit
andauernden Komplikationen und Kompensation für den geopferten Läufer:}) 22...
e5 (22... Rxf4 $2 23. Rxh7) 23. fxe5 Ne6 24. exd6 Qa3 25. Rb1 Qxd6 26. Bf6 $14)
18... Ng4 $2 ({So jedoch gerät Schwarz eindeutig ins Hintertreffen, während} 
18... Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 $13 {völlig okay wäre.}) 19. Bd4 $1 Nb5 ({Einen
schnelleren Absturz erleidet die Verteidigung nach} 19... e5 $143 20. fxe5 {
, z.B.} Nb5 (20... dxe5 21. hxg6 (21. Nc5) 21... fxg6 (21... exd4 22. gxh7+ Kh8
23. Nc5 Qc6 24. Qxd4+ f6 25. Nxd7 Ne6 26. Qb6 $18) 22. Nc5 Qc6 23. Bxg4 Bxg4 (
23... exd4 24. Nxd7 $18) 24. Qh2 $1 Bh5 25. Qxe5 $18) 21. Bxb5 axb5 22. hxg6
fxg6 23. Rxh7 $1 Kxh7 (23... dxe5 24. Bxe5 Nxe5 25. Qd5+ Rf7 26. Rdh1 $18) (
23... Ra8 24. Rdh1 Qxa2+ 25. Kc1 Qa3+ 26. Kd1 $18) 24. Rh1+ Kg8 25. exd6 $40 {
+-} Rf3 (25... Rf2 26. Bxf2 Qxe4 27. Re1 Qf5 28. Re7) 26. Rh8+ Kf7 27. Rh7+ Kg8
(27... Kf8 28. Qd1) (27... Ke8 28. Re7+ Kf8 29. Bg7+) 28. Qd1 Rf2 29. Qh1) 20.
Qe1 ({Den vorwitzigen Rappen mit} 20. Rh4 $2 {einzukesseln, scheitert an} Nxd4
$1 21. cxd4 Nf2 22. Bb5 Nxe4 23. Bxa4 Nxd2+ 24. Rxd2 Bxa4 25. Rdh2 gxh5 $1 26.
Rxh5 Bd7 27. Rxh7 Bf5 $15 {und Schwarz hat das klar bessere Endspiel.}) 20...
Na3+ ({Der Nachziehende kann nur zwischen den Übeln wählen; falls} 20... e5 {
, so folgt} 21. fxe5 dxe5 (21... Nxe5 22. Qh4 $18) 22. Bc5 {und Weiß gewinnt,
z.B.:} Qxe4 (22... Be6 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Bxb5 axb5 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Qh4 $18) (
22... Rxc5 23. Nxc5 Qa3 24. Bxb5 Bxb5 25. Qh4 $18) 23. hxg6 Bf5 (23... Qxe2 24.
gxh7+ Kh8 25. Qxe2 Nxc3+ 26. Kb2 Nxe2 27. Rxd7 $18) 24. gxh7+ Kh8 25. Bxg4 $1
Qxc2+ (25... Bxg4 26. Bxf8 Bxd1 (26... Rxf8 27. Kb2) 27. Be7 $18) (25... Qxg4
26. Qxe5+ f6 27. gxf6 Qe4 (27... Rf7 28. Rdg1 $18) 28. Bxf8 $18) 26. Ka1 Bxg4 (
26... Nxc3 27. Rd2) 27. Qxe5+ f6 28. gxf6 Rfe8 (28... Rf7 29. Rdg1 Qf5 30. Bd4)
29. Be7 Qxc3+ 30. Qxc3 Nxc3 31. Rdg1 Be6 32. f7 $18) 21. Kb2 Nc4+ 22. Bxc4 Qxc4
23. Qh4 {Diagramm [#] Angesichts der mächtigen Drucksäule auf der h-Linie
hängt Schwarz scheinbar chancenlos in den Seilen, doch einfach ist die Chose
allemal nicht ...} e5 24. fxe5 ({Oder auch} 24. hxg6 h6 {und Weiß gewinnt
durch den kaltblütigen Coup} 25. gxh6 $1 {analog der Anmerkung zu 26.g7}) 24...
dxe5 25. hxg6 h6 {Diagramm [#] Der Kampf an den beiden Fronten hat sich
haarsträubend zugespitzt, und nun ist es an Weiß, die Entscheidung zu suchen!}
26. g7 $2 ({Darauf kann Großmeister Babula mit einem tiefblauen Auge
entschlüpfen, denn Weiß hat nun kaum Besseres, als feindliches Dauerschach
zuzulassen. I Allein richtig war indes} 26. gxh6 $1 {mit durchschlagendem
Effekt, was übrigens erst in der post-mortem-Gruppenanalyse entdeckt wurde:}
exd4 (26... fxg6 27. Qe7 ({oder auch} 27. h7+ Kh8 (27... Kg7 28. Qe7+ Rf7 29.
Bxe5+) 28. Qxg4 exd4 (28... Qxd4 29. Qg3) 29. Qxd7 Qxc3+ 30. Ka3 $18) 27... Qf7
28. h7+ Kh8 29. Bxe5+ Nxe5 30. Qxe5+ Qf6 31. Qxf6+ Rxf6 32. Rxd7 $18) (26...
Qe6 27. h7+ Kg7 (27... Kh8 28. g7+ Kxg7 29. h8=Q+ Rxh8 30. Qg5+ Qg6 31. Bxe5+
Nxe5 32. Qxe5+ $18)) 27. g7 $1 Qxc3+ 28. Ka3 Kh7 (28... f6 29. gxf8=Q+ Rxf8 30.
Rd3 (30. Rxd4 $143 Ne3 $5) 30... Qxc2 (30... Qc8 31. Rxd4 $18) 31. Rxd4 $18) (
28... Rfe8 29. h7+ Kxg7 30. h8=Q+ Rxh8 31. Qg5+ Kf8 32. Rxh8#) 29. gxf8=Q Rxf8
30. Rd3 Qxc2 31. Rxd4 $18) ({II} 26. Bc5 $2 Rxc5 27. Rh3 (27. Nxc5 Qxc5 28. Rd5
(28. Rxd7 $2 Qb5+ {, xd7}) 28... Qb6+ 29. Kc1 (29. Ka1 Ne3 $1) 29... Qe3+ $13 {
/=}) 27... Rc7 (27... Nf2 $4 28. Qxh6) 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Qxg4 Rd6 (29... Qe6 $4
30. gxf7+ Qxf7 31. Rxh6 Re7 32. Qh3 Qg7 33. Qh5) 30. g7 Re8 31. gxh6 Kh7 32.
Qf5+ Rg6 33. Rf3 $11) 26... Rfe8 27. gxh6 Kh7 28. Bc5 Rxc5 29. Rxd7 ({Zu} 29.
Nxc5 Qxc5 30. Rdg1 (30. Rhg1) 30... Rc8 $13 {/= mit etwa gleichen Chancen
hatte Weiß - verständlicherweise - keine Lust mehr.}) 29... Qxc3+ 30. Kb1 Qxc2+
31. Ka1 Qc3+ {. Diesen halben Brettpunkt hatte Werder Bremen beim glücklichen
4,5:3,5-Matchsieg bitter nötig.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BLR-ch 71st"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2005.03.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2005.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. h3 Bd7 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qd3 a5 13. a4 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Qd4+ Kg8 16. Rfe1 Qb6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. Rad1 Rfe8 19. f4 Kg7 20. Kf2 Nd7
21. Bd5 f6 22. b3 Rac8 23. Be6 Rc7 24. Rd2 Nc5 25. Bc4 Rec8 26. Ree2 Rf8 27.
Nd5 Bxd5 28. Bxd5 Rd8 29. Ke3 e6 30. Bc4 f5 31. exf5 gxf5 32. g4 Ne4 33. Rd4
Kf6 34. Kf3 d5 35. gxf5 Rg8 36. Rdxe4 dxe4+ 37. Rxe4 exf5 38. Re6+ Kg7 39. Re5
Rgc8 40. Rxa5 Rxc4 41. bxc4 Rxc4 42. Rxf5 Rxa4 43. Rc5 Kg6 44. h4 b6 45. h5+
Kf6 46. Rb5 Rc4 47. Rxb6+ Kf5 48. Rb5+ Kf6 49. Rb2 Kf5 50. Ke3 Kg4 51. Kd3 Rc5
52. c4 Rxh5 53. Ke4 Rc5 54. Rg2+ Kh3 55. Rc2 Kg4 56. Kd4 Rf5 57. c5 Rxf4+ 58.
Ke5 Rf7 $6 (58... Rf8 $142) 59. c6 h5 $4 {Sells the rook too cheaply. Verkauft
den Turm zu billig.} (59... Rf8 {would still have held the draw. hätte immer
noch remis gehalten:} 60. c7 (60. Rg2+ Kh3 61. Rg5 Rh8 62. c7 h5 63. Ke6 h4 64.
Kd7 Kh2 65. Rh5 Rxh5 66. c8=Q h3 $11) 60... Rc8 61. Rc4+ (61. Kd6 h5 62. Kd7
Rxc7+ 63. Kxc7 h4 $11) 61... Kg5 62. Rc1 h5 63. Rg1+ Kh4 64. Kd6 Kh3 65. Kd7
Rh8 66. c8=Q Rxc8 67. Kxc8 h4 $11) 60. c7 Re7+ (60... Rxc7 61. Rxc7 h4 62. Ke4
Kg3 63. Ke3 h3 64. Rg7+ Kh2 65. Kf2 Kh1 66. Rg1+ Kh2 67. Rg3 Kh1 68. Rxh3#) 61.
Kd4 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.03.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Navara,D"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The Vugar Gashimov Memorial 2019 was the strongest tournament I have ever
played. Facing three world champions on three consecutive days is something
very unusual, at least for me. This game is far from perfect, but it is
nevertheless very interesting.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 {This came as a surprise. I had believed this move to be fairly
innocuous, but perhaps the things are a bit more complicated.} g6 {Black also
has several other ways how to question White's last move,} ({including} 6... e5
) ({and} 6... Nc6 {.}) 7. f3 $1 {This move caught me unaware, as I had never
seen it before. I was no longer that happy about having played 6...g6, as I am
not such a big fan of the Sicilian Dragon. White's bishop is not ideally
placed on d3, but a7-a6 is not the most useful move either.} Bg7 (7... Nc6 8.
Be3 (8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. b3) 8... Bg7 {might transpose and leaving the bishop on
f8 is hardly better.}) (7... e5 8. Nde2) 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Qd2 Nxd4 $6 {I hoped to
develop counterplay on the queenside while not giving White targets on the
kingside, but this backfires. White's bishop stands on d4 quite well after the
exchange on d4.} ({The principled reaction was} 9... O-O 10. O-O-O d5 $1 {
I was afraid of my opponent's preparation and his lead in development. Black
seems to be doing well.} {I believe} 11. Nxc6 (11. h4 $5 Ne5 $5 $13 {looks
good for Black.}) (11. Kb1 $5) 11... bxc6 {to be the critical continuation.
White has a wide choice, but none of his options leads to a clear advantage.
On the other hand, it is certainly NOT a kind of position which I would like
to play without any preparation.} 12. Bh6 $5 (12. Bc4 e6 13. Bb3 $13) (12. e5
$5 Nd7 13. f4)) (9... Bd7 10. O-O-O {looks good for White, as a7-a6 is not
that useful.}) 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. g4 (11. O-O-O $5) 11... b5 $6 {This move
increases Black's difficulties.} ({My original idea was} 11... Qa5 $1 {. I
rejected it because of} 12. Qe3 $6 {, as I failed to notice that Bd4-b6 could
be countered with Bg7-h6!.} ({White also has other attractive options like} 12.
a3 $5 $14) ({or} 12. h4 Qb4 13. Ne2 $1 ({I saw a nice motif} 13. O-O-O $6 Qxd4
14. Bb5+ Nd7 $1 $11 {.}) 13... Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 $14) 12... Rc8 (12... b5 $2 13.
Bb6 Qb4 14. O-O-O $1 {and there is no good remedy against 15.a3.}) ({In fact,} 
12... O-O $5 13. h4 Nd7 $14 {is also playable. Black's queen could then join
the defence if needed.}) (12... Qb4 $2 13. a3 $1 Qxb2 14. Na4 Nxg4 15. Bxb2
Nxe3 16. Bxg7 $18) 13. a3 O-O 14. Bb6 Bh6 $1 {(Komodo) This is the key. Black
liberates his queen and maintains reasonable chances after} 15. Qf2 Qe5 16. Bd4
Qa5 $13 {.}) 12. h4 Qa5 13. a3 h6 ({My original intention was} 13... Rb8 {, but
} 14. h5 $1 {looked threatening. Indeed, Black has big problems after} Nxh5 15.
b4 $1 ({I was considering something like} 15. gxh5 $2 Bxd4 16. Bxb5+ axb5 17.
Qxd4 {, which is just double-edged.}) 15... Qc7 16. Bf1 $3 {(Komodo)} Rc8 17.
Ne2 $1 {(This is why the bishop did not go to e2.)} Nf6 18. g5 Nh5 19. Rxh5 $1
gxh5 20. Bxg7 $16 {.}) ({The fact that an efficient computer suggests} 13...
O-O 14. h5 Rfc8 {is an indication that there is something wrong with Black's
position.}) 14. O-O-O Rb8 15. g5 $1 Nh5 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. gxh6 Nh5 18. Qg5 $1 {
I missed this move from afar. Now Black has no counterplay. Moreover, his king,
knight and e7-pawn are all poorly placed.} f6 $1 {Normal moves promised
nothing good. True, if I had spotted 20.Qg1! before my move, it would have
taken me more time.} 19. Qxg6+ Bf7 20. Qg1 $1 b4 {This is objectively wrong,
but} (20... Qb6 $1 $16 {was not an attractive option. Few people are playing
Sicilian Najdorf to end up a pawn down without any compensation.}) 21. axb4 $6
{This was a bit too safe.} ({I saw} 21. Qa7 $1 O-O 22. axb4 Qxb4 23. Kd2 $16 {
, but White has various improvements,} ({including} 23. Rhg1+ Kh8 24. Qxe7 $1
Qxb2+ 25. Kd2 Rbc8 26. Ne2 $1 Qb4+ 27. c3 Qb2+ 28. Ke1 {, when he is winning.
Such lines might appear simple on the monitor, but it is much more difficult
to make correct decisions at the board.})) 21... Qxb4 22. Kd2 Nf4 (22... Rxh6
23. Qe3 $16) 23. Qe3 Nxd3 ({The alternative} 23... e5 24. Ra1 $1 ({It is easy
to miss} 24. Bxa6 $6 d5 $1 25. exd5 Bg6 $1 $14 {with black counterplay.}) 24...
d5 25. exd5 Nxd5 26. Qe4 {is rather bad for Black.}) 24. Qxd3 $6 ({It was
stronger to play} 24. Kxd3 $1 {, the point being} Qc4+ $6 25. Kd2 Rxb2 $6 26.
Rb1 $1 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 $16 {.}) 24... Rxh6 {Suddenly Black has some compensation.
} 25. Qxa6 Kf8 $6 ({The strongest move was} 25... d5 $1 {, when Black pieces
suddenly become quite active.} {I rejected it in view of} 26. Qa4+ (26. exd5 $2
Bxd5 {might already be dangerous for White.}) 26... Qxa4 27. Nxa4 {, but} dxe4
(27... Bh5 $5) 28. fxe4 Rb4 29. Nc3 Rxb2 $14 {is only marginally worse for
Black, as White's pawns are rather weak.}) (25... Qd4+ $6 26. Qd3 Qxd3+ 27.
cxd3 Rxb2+ 28. Ke3 $16 {also leaves White a pawn up, but this time his
position looks quite compact.}) ({I rejected} 25... Qc5 $5 {on account of} 26.
b3 $6 ({The accurate move} 26. Ra1 $1 {maintains White's advantage.}) {,
missing} 26... Rg6 $1 $44 {.}) 26. Ra1 $1 ({My main idea consisted in} 26. Qd3
$6 d5 $1 27. exd5 Rh5 {with counterplay.}) 26... d5 (26... Rg6 $5) 27. Ra4 $1
Qc5 28. exd5 Rxb2 $6 ({It is hard to get enthusiastic about} 28... Bxd5 $1 29.
Nxd5 Qxd5+ 30. Qd3 ({The alternative} 30. Kc1 $5 Qxf3 31. Re1 {is also
favourable for White.}) 30... Qxd3+ 31. Kxd3 Rxb2 $14 {, but perhaps it is
sometimes better to be objective. Or should one rather remain optimistic and
hope for better days? Some questions are too difficult to give a universal
answer.}) 29. Qa7 $1 Qd6 (29... Rb6 30. Rb1 f5 $1 $16 {was another gloomy
option.}) 30. Qe3 ({It might have been more precise to play} 30. Kc1 $1 {.})
30... Rg6 $6 $138 ({Black could have got a surprisingly good compensation by
means of} 30... Rh5 $1 {. Black can meet both 31.Kc1 and 31.Ra8+ with 31...Rb8.
He regains one pawn and gets some compensation for the other one.} 31. Kc1 Rb8
$14) 31. Ra8+ $6 (31. Kc1 $1 {was the right way to maintain White's advantage.}
) 31... Kg7 $2 ({After the game I was surprised to learn that} 31... Rb8 $1 32.
Rxb8+ Qxb8 {is equal, for instance} 33. h5 Rg2+ 34. Kc1 Qb4 {with sufficient
counterplay. I was trying to develop an attack to get a compensation. The rook
swap looked counterintuitive in this respect.}) 32. Kc1 $1 Qb4 {The rook
sacrifice on c2 does not work yet, but 33...Rg2 has already become a serious
threat. Here I was left with 52 seconds for 8 moves without increment! Not
having played with the "traditional" time control for about a decade, I lost
the feel for time a bit. With an increment, even one minute is not that little,
but here... It also mattered that I got surprised early in the opening, soon
got into problems and had to choose between various inferious positions, which
is usually not easy.} 33. Ra4 $2 {"Natural" moves like 33.Qd2 or 33.Rh2 were
winning, while} (33. h5 $4 Rg2 34. h6+ Kh7 {would have turned the tables}) ({
and} 33. Ra2 $2 Rxa2 34. Nxa2 Qa5 $44 {would have blown White's advantage.})
33... Rb1+ $1 34. Nxb1 Qxa4 {I played the last two moves very quickly, unlike
the next one.} 35. Qxe7 {It would have been great to see this move in advance.}
Rg2 (35... Qf4+ 36. Nd2 Rg2 37. Rd1 Qd4 $14 {, threatening} 38. Z0 Rxd2 $1 39.
Rxd2 Qa1# {, was a serious alternative.}) 36. Qe4 Qa7 $1 {Threatening 37...
Rg1+ 38.Rxg1 Qxg1+ 39.Kb2 Qb6+ 40.Ka2 Qa5+! with a perpetual.} 37. Re1 $1 {
I spent almost all the remaining time on the following move, but still failed
to find a good reply.} Rg1 $2 {Here I was left with 6 seconds per 3 moves. I
saw White's strong reply, but had to play something.} (37... Qc5 $1 {gives
Black a surprisingly good compensation. It is not easy to make a good move for
White, now. Black should hold after} 38. h5 {(There is nothing better.)} Bxd5
39. Qe7+ Qxe7 40. Rxe7+ Kh6 $14 {with a likely draw. Still, it is not easy to
find a silent move like 37...Qc5! when being three pawns down.}) 38. Nc3 $1
Qa1+ 39. Kd2 Rg2+ {Three seconds!} 40. Re2 (40. Kd3 Qa6+ 41. Ke3 $1 {should
allegedly also be winning.} (41. Qc4 $4 Rd2+)) 40... Rg1 {One second! Passing
the time control was my first success in this game, but it could have remained
the last one. Objectively the position is winning for White, but he still
needs to demonstrate it. It should not be a problem for a player of Vishy
Anand's stature, but perhaps he had not been fully acclimatised or warmed up,
yet. He spent about 10 minutes on the next move, but sometimes it happens that
you miss something rather simple even after a long think. (Or am I speaking
only for myself?)} 41. Qe7 $2 {This move neutralizes the main threat (41...
Qc1+ 42.Kd3 Bg6) but it allows a little combination.} ({In post-mortem we
looked at} 41. h5 $6 {, but} Bxh5 42. Qe7+ Bf7 $16 {(threatening 43...Rd1+!)
is not completely clear.}) ({My engine pleads for} 41. Qc4 $1 {, showing lines
like} Bg6 42. Ke3 $5 Qc1+ 43. Kd4 Qf4+ 44. Kc5 Qc7+ 45. Kb4 Qb8+ 46. Qb5 Qf4+
47. Kb3 {, when White should prevail. I find this variation both pretty and
bizzare. Pretty bizzare, in fact.}) ({That said,} 41. Qb4 $1 {is much simpler
and also good enough for a win. White remains three (passed) pawns up and
Black's king is not safe, either.}) 41... Rd1+ $1 {I found this move almost
immediately after 41.Qe7 but still spent half a minute triple-checking (sic!)
the lines, as I could not believe my luck. White offered me a draw soon after
my move, as the perpetual was inevitable.} (41... Rd1+ $1 42. Nxd1 Qd4+ 43. Ke1
Qg1+ 44. Kd2 Qd4+ 45. Kc1 Qa1+ $11 {One chess enthusiast called this motif a
Christmas tree. There was indeed something wrong in my timing in this game,
which was played at the end of March! And not only in this one, as on the next
day I ended up with less than a minute after move 31! I would like to mention
that Vishy Anand showed quite an interesting idea in the opening, then he
outplayed me and was on the verge of winning. I was admittedly lucky in this
game, but tenacity and resourcefulness often pay off, even though mostly
against less prominent opponents.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Thomas, Ian L"]
[Black "Palkovi, Jozsef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Nunn,J"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1986.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 (9... Be6 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qa5 12. a3 Rfc8 13. Bd3 Rab8 14.
Kb1 b5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Nxf6+ Kg7 18. Nh5+ Kh6 $14 (18... gxh5
$14)) 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Be6 14. Bc4 Nxc3 (14...
Qh4 15. Bxd5 Rfd8 16. g3 $1 Qf6 17. Ne4 Qf3 18. Bxe6 Rxd2 19. Nxd2 Bh6 20. Bb3
Rd8 21. Rhe1 {/\ Be3}) 15. Qxc3 Qg5+ 16. Be3 (16. Kb1 e4) 16... Qxg2 17. Bxe6
fxe6 18. Qc4 Kh8 $6 (18... Qf3 $142 {/\ Qf5}) 19. h4 Rad8 20. Qxe6 (20. Bxa7
Rd5 {/\ Rfd8<=>}) 20... Qe4 21. Qe7 $6 (21. Bxa7 Ra8 22. Bc5 Rfb8 23. Rhe1)
21... Rde8 (21... Rxd1+ $6 22. Kxd1) 22. Qc5 Rd8 23. Qe7 Rde8 24. Qd6 Qc4 25.
Kb1 $6 (25. h5 Qxa2 26. hxg6 Qa1+ 27. Kd2 Rd8 28. Rxh7+ Kg8 29. Rxa1 Rxd6+ 30.
Ke2 Rxg6 31. Rh4 $13) 25... e4 26. h5 Re6 $2 (26... g5 $1 27. h6 (27. Bxg5 Rb8
28. Bc1 Qc3) 27... Be5 $132 28. Bd4 $2 Qxd4 $1 $17) 27. Qd7 Qb4 $2 (27... c5
28. hxg6 Rxg6 29. Rd6 $13) 28. Rd4 $1 Qe7 29. hxg6 Qxd7 30. Rxh7+ Kg8 31. Rxd7
Rxg6 32. Rh1 Rb8 33. b3 a5 34. Bd4 a4 35. Re1 axb3 36. axb3 Bxd4 37. Rxd4 Rf8
38. Rexe4 Rxf2 39. Rg4 Rxg4 40. Rxg4+ Kf7 41. Re4 Rf6 42. Kb2 Re6 43. Rxe6 Kxe6
44. Kc3 Kd5 45. Kb4 Kd6 46. Kc4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Quintiliano,R"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
Nb3 d6 9. g4 $5 {Fedoseev was on fire in the World Cup and played some
intersting games there. This aggressive move was surely not expected by
Inarkiev.} a6 $6 {Black's answer confirms the suspicion, as this move looks a
bit slow against the wild White attack coming on the kingside.} (9... d5 $1 {
looks like the best way to face White's early flank attempts in classical
manner: with active measures in the centre. It would be interesting to see
what Fedoseev had in mind against this move.} 10. exd5 (10. Nxd5 Nxe4 11. Bf3
f5 $1) 10... Nb4 11. Bf3 {now Black should embark on the forced line} (11. d6
$146 Qxd6 $1 12. Bc5 Qf4 $1 $17) (11. Bd4 $146 Nbxd5 12. g5 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne4
14. Bxg7 Kxg7 $15) 11... Bxg4 $1 (11... Nxg4 $6 12. Bc5 $1 $13) 12. Bxg4 Nxg4
13. Qxg4 (13. Bc5 Bxc3+ $1 14. bxc3 Qxd5 {[%csl Gc5,Gh1]} 15. Qxg4 Nxc2+ 16.
Ke2 Nxa1 17. Rxa1 {is the same position with a tempo down for White} Rfd8 {
[%csl Re2] White's position is simply losing.} 18. Qf3 Qc4+ 19. Ke1 Rd3 20.
Qxb7 Qxc3+ 21. Kf1 {Kruener,A-Schlemermeyer,W Berlin op Berlin West 1978 (4)
0-1} Qc4 $19) 13... Nxc2+ 14. Ke2 Nxa1 15. Rxa1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qxd5 $15 {
With two pawns up and White's king very exposed, Black is definitely better,
for example} 17. c4 Qc6 18. Nd2 Rad8 19. Qf3 Qc7 20. Rb1 b6 21. Rb5 {Lau,R 
(2495)-Goloshchapov,A (2445) Meisdorf op 1996 1-0} Qxh2 $17 {It's difficult to
imagine what Fedoseev had planned against d5, as this line looks pretty good
for Black.}) 10. h4 $146 {A new move, probably discovered over the board.} (10.
g5 {has been played but Black should be fine after} Nd7 11. Qd2 b5 12. h4 b4
$132 {Rabinovich,P-Riumin,N Moscow-ch15 Moscow  1935 1/2}) 10... b5 (10... d5
$5 {is not so effective now, but was still the way to equalise.} 11. Nxd5 $1 (
11. exd5 Nb4 12. Bd4 $1 Nbxd5 13. g5 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Nh5 15. Bxg7 Nxg7 $11) 11...
Nxe4 12. Bf3 {[%csl Gb6] The insertion of the moves a6/h4 is favourable for
White, who now has the possibility of Nb6} Nf6 (12... f5 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. Qxd8
Rxd8 15. Nxc8 Rbxc8 16. gxf5 gxf5 17. Rg1 $14) 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15.
Nxc8 Rbxc8 16. c3 b5 $11) (10... a5 $5 {even losing a tempo could be
interesting} 11. g5 Nh5 $1 12. Nd5 $5 (12. Qd2) 12... Bxb2 13. Rb1 Bg7 14. Bb6
Qd7 $13 {It is difficult to say who is better in a such position.}) 11. h5 $40
{White rushes into the opening of h-file; compared with some variations, it's
better to have the pawn still on g4.} b4 $1 {What else? Inarkiev hits on the
opposite side.} 12. Nd5 {Black faces a difficult choice.} e6 $6 {But from now
things starts to become difficult for Inarkiev.} (12... Nxe4 $5 {looks risky,
but Black should be able to hold} 13. hxg6 hxg6 (13... fxg6 $2 14. Qd3 Nc5 (
14... Bxb2 15. Qxe4 Bxa1 16. Nxa1 $16) 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. Bxc5 Bxb2 17. Rd1 Be6
18. Qe4 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 $16 {[%cal Ge2c4]}) 14. Qd3 Nc5 $1 (14... Nf6 $2 15. Bb6
$1 Qd7 16. Qh3 $1 Re8 17. Be3 $1 {[%cal Gd5b6]} Rb8 (17... Nxd5 18. Qh7+ Kf8
19. Bh6 $19) 18. O-O-O $18 {White's attack is just too strong, for example} Ne5
19. Nxf6+ exf6 20. Bh6 Bh8 21. Qh4 Nxg4 22. Bf4 $1 Bg7 23. Bxg4 Qxg4 24. Qh7+
Kf8 25. Bxd6+) 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. Bxc5 Re8 {Black is doing fine} 17. Bb6 Ne5 $1
18. Qb3 Qd6 $132) (12... Be6 13. f3 {looks favourable for White}) ({Of course
not} 12... Nxd5 $2 13. exd5 Ne5 14. f4 Nd7 15. Bd4 $16) (12... Rb8 $5 {just
protecting the sensible b6-square deserved attention, but after} 13. hxg6 hxg6
14. f3 {White's prospects looks better again}) 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. Nxc8 Qxc8 $2 (
14... Rxc8 $1 {still could have offered chances} 15. Bxa6 Rb8 16. hxg6 hxg6 17.
g5 (17. f3 d5 $1) 17... Nxe4 18. Qg4 d5 19. Bd3 f5 $5 20. gxf6 Qxf6 21. Bxe4
Ne5 $1 22. Qh4 dxe4 $13) 15. Qxd6 $1 {Fedoseev accepts the challenge.} e5 (
15... Nxe4 $2 {fails} 16. Qf4 Nf6 17. hxg6 fxg6 (17... hxg6 18. O-O-O (18. g5
Nh5 19. Bxh5 gxh5 20. O-O-O $16) 18... Rd8 19. Qh2 $1 Rxd1+ 20. Bxd1 $18 {
[%cal Yg4g5,Ge3h6]}) 18. Qh2 $18 {[%cal Yg4g5]}) 16. O-O-O $16 {White is a
pawn up and retains the initiative on the kingside.} a5 (16... Nxe4 {is still
bad} 17. Qd3 Nf6 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. g5 Rd8 20. Qc4 Nd7 21. Qxa6 $18) 17. hxg6
hxg6 18. g5 $1 {Fedoseev keeps playing energically and gives no time for Black.
} ({for example, if} 18. f3 $2 a4 19. Nd2 Rd8 20. Qc5 Nd7 21. Qc4 Nb6 $132 {
[%cal Gc6d4]}) 18... Rd8 $8 (18... Nxe4 19. Qd5 {[%csl Re4] the knight is lost.
}) 19. Qc5 Nd7 (19... Nxe4 20. Rxd8+ Nxd8 21. Qxc8 Rxc8 22. Nxa5 Ra8 23. Nc4 $1
Rxa2 24. Kb1 Ra6 $8 25. Rh4 {[%csl Re4] Again this knight gives Black a lot of
work.} Nd6 26. Nxd6 Rxd6 27. Rxb4 $18) 20. Qd5 Nb6 (20... a4 21. Bc4 $18 {
[%csl Rf7]}) 21. Qb5 $1 {Despite Inarkiev's attempts to activate his position,
White keeps total control.} Nd5 ({For example} 21... Nd4 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Bf4
Rb7 24. Qxa5 Qc6 25. Be5 $1 Ra8 26. Bxg7 $1 Rxa5 27. Bf6 {[%cal Gh1h8]} Qxf6 $8
28. gxf6 Rxa2 29. e5 $16) 22. Qa4 $1 {Fedoseev cleverly uses the queen to
blockade the pawns, and Black's tries come to an end.} Nxe3 (22... Nb6 23.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 24. Qe8+ Bf8 25. Qxe5 $18) 23. fxe3 Qc7 24. Bc4 $18 {[%csl Rf7]
[%cal Yc4g8] As well as the material advantage, White also has the attack and
better placed pieces; it's basically over.} Nd4 $5 (24... Rbc8 25. Rdf1 Rd7 26.
Rh2 $18 {[%cal Yh2f2]}) 25. Nxa5 $1 {This forces favourable simplifications
for White, which leaves Fedoseev with no problems to realise his advantage.}
Ra8 26. exd4 Qxc4 (26... Rxa5 27. Qb3 exd4 28. Rdf1 Rd7 29. Rxf7 Rxf7 30. Rf1
$18) 27. Nxc4 Rxa4 28. dxe5 (28. d5 Rxa2 29. Kd2 $1 {[%cal Gd2d3]}) 28... Re8
29. Kb1 Bxe5 30. Nb6 $1 {A last precise manoeuvre.} Ra7 31. Nd5 Kg7 (31... Rea8
32. Nxb4) 32. Rh3 Ra4 33. Rdh1 Rd8 (33... Rea8 34. Rh7+ Kf8 35. Nb6) 34. Rh7+
Kg8 35. Ne7+ Kf8 36. Nc6 $1 Re8 37. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.04.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Quintiliano,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 {I have played the
Sicilian Dragon my entire life, and It was interesting to imagine how Shabalov,
a very aggressive player and one of the especialists in this variation, would
play this line against such a strong and well prepared opponent as Caruana.} 6.
Be3 a6 {And there is, the Dragondorf, a hybrid of the Dragon and the Najdorf
variations, as the name suggests. With this move Black deviates from the most
studied and theoretical paths of the Sicilian Dragon, having possibilities to
play a quick ...b5 and start concrete operations on the queenside. This
variation is rarely seen among grandmasters.} 7. f3 b5 (7... Bg7 {allows
another setup for White} 8. Bc4 b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. O-O-O {and now
Black tries a different plan to seek counter-chances} Nc5 (11... Rc8 12. Kb1
Ne5 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Rxc3 $6 15. bxc3 Qc7 {[%csl Ge8,Gh8] in general this
exchange sacrifice would give good compensation for Black, but here the rook
cannot enter into the action, so this compensation is not enough} 16. Kb2 Qc5
17. Rhe1 $16 {[%cal Yf3f4];Korneev,O (2611)-Williams,S (2466) Gausdal GM-A
2005 (5) 1-0}) 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 e5 14. Nde2 Nxb3+ 15. axb3 b4 16. Na4 Qc7
{but even here after} 17. Rd2 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Yh1d1] White is clearly better,
for example} (17. Qg7 $6 Ke7) 17... d5 18. Qg5 $5 Qe7 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Qxe7+
Kxe7 21. Nc5 Bc6 22. Re1 Kf8 $2 23. Nd7+ $1 {Timman,J (2565)-Shanava,K (2519)
Baku President's Cup 3rd 2008 (7) 1-0}) 8. Qd2 Bb7 9. g4 $1 {This looks like
the most unpleasant line for Black. It is the third move in the database, but
is Giri's and Caruana's choice, for example, and also the move which gave the
better results for White.} h6 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. h4 {This move invites Black
to play aggressively on the queenside.} ({Giri prefered the preventive} 11. a3
Rc8 12. h4 Qa5 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Qf2 $1 {and after} e6 $6 15. Kb1 Qb8 16. Bh3 $16
{[%cal Gg4g5];Giri,A (2776)-Ivanisevic,I (2643) Qatar Masters op 2014 (3) 1-0
Black has an extremely unpleasant position -}) 11... Rc8 $6 {This seems slow
to me.} (11... b4 {looks to be the better try} 12. Nce2 e5 13. Nb3 a5 {these
advances are thematic in this variation, trying to play by advancing in
queenside or with a well timed d5} 14. Kb1 (14. Rh3 $5 {[%cal Yg4g5]}) 14... d5
{now White can play} 15. Bh3 $5 $146 {[%cal Yg4g5] which looks complicated for
both} a4 (15... dxe4 $2 16. g5 exf3 (16... hxg5 17. hxg5 {[%csl Gd7,Gf6,Gh8]
[%cal Yh3d7]}) 17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. Qe1 $1 Qc7 19. Ned4 $1 $18) 16. Nbc1 dxe4 17.
g5 $1 exf3 (17... hxg5 18. hxg5 Rxh3 $2 19. Rxh3 Nh5 20. f4 $16) 18. gxf6 Nxf6
19. Qe1 $1 Qc7 20. Ng3 $13 {with a very complicated battle.}) 12. Bd3 {After
this natural move, Black already has an unpleasant position, because White is
totally developed and ready to play g5, while Black doesn't have counterplay
on the queenside.} b4 {Trying the same thematic idea, but now White's position
is much improved in comparison with the other variations.} (12... Ne5 {could
had offered better chances} 13. Kb1 $1 {after this preventive move, White is
totally ready to start active play on the kingside} (13. g5 b4 $1 14. Nce2 hxg5
15. hxg5 Rxh1 16. Rxh1 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 Nd7 $132) 13... Nfd7 14. h5 {like in the
game is also interesting} (14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 Rxh1 16. Rxh1 {with an
pleasant position also}) 14... g5 15. Be2 {[%cal Gd4f5]} e6 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. a3
{[%cal Gf3f4] Black has a solid position for now, but sooner or latter White
can play f4, opening the kingside and pressing against the h6-pawn. The
computer's evaluation is not so advisable in such positions, because it always
defends perfectly, but in practice it is very difficult to play such positions,
especially for aggressive and dynamic players.}) 13. Nce2 e5 $2 {This will
leave Black with a already losing position.} (13... d5 $142 14. exd5 Nxd5 15.
h5 $1 g5 {in this position White has like 2 or 3 good options, this is why
such positions are difficult to play, Black has to be always finding the only
moves to keep playing} 16. Nf5 (16. Bf5) 16... Nxe3 17. Qxe3 e6 18. Be4 $36)
14. Nb3 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 (15... Bxd5 16. Rhf1 (16. g5 hxg5 17. hxg5 Rxh1 18.
Rxh1 Nh5 {here the computer gives the forced strike} 19. Bxg6 $1 Bxb3 20. Be4 {
[%csl Gb3,Gh5]}) 16... a5 17. g5 hxg5 18. hxg5 a4 19. Na1 Nh5 20. Bxg6 $1 $16)
16. h5 $1 {Almost always, White tries to break Black's position in the Dragon
opening in the h-file, but here the weakness of the f5-square is much more
important.} g5 (16... Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Qg5 {it was Black's last chance to
complicate matters} 18. f4 $1 Qxg4 19. hxg6 $1 Bxh1 20. Rxh1 {[%cal Yh1g1,
Yg6g7]} fxg6 21. Rg1 Qe6 22. Ned4 $1 Qe7 23. Bxg6+ Kd8 24. fxe5 Qxe5 25. Qd2 {
[%csl Rd8] Black's defence is just very difficult here, White has too many
threats} h5 {[%cal Gf8h6]} 26. Kb1 $1 Bh6 27. Qd1 Rf8 28. Bxh5 $18 {[%cal
Yh5g4,Yd4e6,Gg1e1]}) 17. Ng3 $18 {[%csl Gf5] It's a curious thing that in this
position White is already winning by +2, even without being a single pawn up.
This happens because Black's position is very committed, the king cannot leave
the centre easily and White just has to finish the development in the centre
and launch an attack, which will be deadly.} Qc7 18. Rhe1 Be7 (18... Rd8 19.
Nf5 Be7 20. Kb1 Kf8 21. Nxe7 Kxe7 (21... Nxe7 22. Qxb4) 22. f4 $1 $18) 19. Nf5
N7f6 20. Bf2 $1 {The sad thing about such positions is that after almost any
move White retains a big advantage, so it is a matter of time until something
horrible happen to Black.} Kf8 21. Nxe7 Nxe7 22. Bg3 Nd7 23. Nd4 $1 Qa5 (23...
Qb6 24. Bf5 $1 exd4 25. Bxd7 Rd8 26. Qxd4 Qxd4 27. Rxd4 Bc6 28. Be5 $1) 24. Kb1
{And the good thing about such positions is that if you are on the winning
side, you don't have to worry about playing like a machine, and can just win
without giving chances to your opponent.} (24. Bf5 Qxa2 (24... Nxf5 25. Nxf5
Qxa2 26. Qxb4+ Kg8 27. Rxd7 $18) 25. Qxb4 Rc4 26. Qxb7 Qa1+ 27. Kd2 Rxd4+ 28.
Ke2 $18 {[%csl Rd7]}) 24... Qb6 (24... exd4 25. Bd6 {[%csl Ge7]} Re8 26. Bf5
Qb6 27. Qh2 $18) (24... Bd5 25. Nb3 Qb6 26. Bxe5 Nxe5 27. Rxe5 Bxf3 28. Rf1
Bxg4 29. Nc5 $1 Rxc5 30. Qf2 $18 {[%csl Rc5,Rf7]}) 25. Bf5 Rc4 (25... exd4 26.
Bxd7 Rd8 27. Qxd4 Qxd4 28. Rxd4 Bc6 29. Be5 $1 $18) 26. Ne6+ $1 {Not so
difficult, but beautiful. Now White breaks inside all Black's defences.} fxe6
27. Qxd7 exf5 28. Bxe5 Rh7 29. Bd6 Bc8 30. Bxe7+ Kf7 31. Qd3 Rc3 (31... Rf4 32.
Bd6 {[%cal Yd3b3,Ge1e7]}) 32. Qd8 Qxd8 33. Rxd8 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 09th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2009.10.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Philippe, Christophe"]
[Black "Cabrera Pino, Alexis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2009.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. h3 (9. f3 {la grande ligne}) 9... Na5 10. O-O a6 11. Qd3 b5 12. Rfe1
Bb7 13. Bg5 Nxb3 14. axb3 h6 $146 ({RR} 14... Re8 15. Ra2 Qb6 16. Nde2 e6 17.
Rd1 b4 18. Qf3 Nd7 19. Na4 Qc6 20. c4 Nc5 21. Ng3 f5 22. exf5 Qxf3 23. gxf3
exf5 24. Rxd6 Re1+ 25. Kg2 Nxb3 26. Nb6 Rae8 27. Nd5 a5 28. h4 Be5 29. Rd7 {
Hector,J (2435)-Velimirovic,D (2540)/Metz 1988/EXT 2004/0-1 (42)}) 15. Bh4 e6
16. b4 $1 {[%csl Ga5][%cal Gd4b3,Gb3a5]} Rc8 17. Nb3 Qb6 (17... Qc7) 18. Rad1 (
18. Na5) 18... Rfd8 19. Qe3 Qc7 20. f3 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Gh4f2]} g5 21. Bf2 {
[%csl Rb6]} Nd7 22. h4 $1 Bf6 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. f4 (24. Na5) 24... Bg7 25. fxg5
Ne5 26. Na5 $14 Ba8 $6 (26... Nc4 $142 {[%cal Gc4e3] Il vallait mieux échanger
le Na5 qui exerce une pression pénible sur l'aile-dame} 27. Nxc4 Qxc4 28. g6 $1
) 27. Qg3 Ng6 28. Bd4 Be5 29. Qf2 Qe7 30. Rf1 Nf4 $132 31. Be3 Ng6 32. Bd4 Nf4
33. Be3 Bxc3 34. bxc3 Ng6 $2 (34... e5 $1 35. Bxf4 exf4 36. c4 Bxe4 (36... bxc4
37. Qxf4) 37. Qxf4 bxc4 {[%csl Ra5,Ge4][%cal Gd6d5] le Bcentralisé va dominer
le Na5 hors-jeu et les noirs ont au moins l'égalité.}) 35. Bb6 Rd7 36. Qe3 Kg7
37. Rf6 {Attaque des cases noires affaiblies après l'échange du Be5} Rh8 38.
Rdf1 $36 Rh4 39. Qg3 (39. c4 $5) (39. Rxf7+ $143 Qxf7 40. Rxf7+ Rxf7 41. Qd4+
e5 42. Qxd6 Bxe4) 39... Rxe4 40. Qh3 {[%csl Gh6]} Kg8 41. Qh5 {[%cal Gf6g6]}
Qe8 42. Bd4 $40 {[%csl Gd4,Rh8][%cal Gh5h8,Gf6g6]} Rxd4 43. cxd4 $18 Be4 44.
Qe2 Qa8 45. Re1 Bd5 46. Qd3 Kg7 47. Qh3 Be4 48. c3 Qd5 49. Rf2 Rc7 50. Re3 Bb1
51. Qh6+ Kg8 52. Rh3 Bf5 53. g4 Bxg4 54. Qh7+ Kf8 55. Qxg6 Bxh3 56. Qh6+ Ke7
57. g6 Bf5 58. g7 Bh7 59. Qxh7 Qg5+ 60. Kh2 Rxc3 61. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.07"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Belarus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. O-O b6 11. Re1 {This is an easy-to-play set-up against
Dragon. Main idea is to play Bg5 and Nd5, and if Black takes on d5, then after
exd5 White puts pressure on e7-pawn.} (11. Qd3 Nxb3 12. axb3 Bb7 13. Rfe1 Re8
14. Nf3 Qc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Mitkov,N-Lutz,C/Pula CRO 2000 (45)}) 11... Bb7 12. Bg5
Nxb3 13. axb3 h6 (13... a6 14. Nd5 e6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. c4 $5)
14. Bh4 a6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 (15... e6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qd2 $14 {
[%csl Rb6,Rd6,Rh6][%cal Rd2b4]}) 16. exd5 Re8 17. c4 Qd7 18. Qd3 $14 {White
achieved the position he was aiming for. Space advantage and the better pawn
structure are more important than Bkack's two Bishops.} Kh7 19. Rad1 $1 (19.
Re2 e6 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Rae1 e5 22. Nc2 d5 $132) 19... e6 {Of course Black
cannot play too long without this advance.} 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Nf3 $1 {White
sacs the pawn on b2, but he will get a very good compensation. Almost all
black pawns are weak and we can hardly speak about a real sac, because White
can win the pawn back anytime.} Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Bxb2 23. Bg3 Ba3 $6 {Now the
black King becomes vulnerable too.} (23... d5 $142) 24. Re4 ({The immediate} 
24. Bxd6 {brings nothing:} Bxd6 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Qf7+ Kh8 27. Qf6+ Kh7) 24...
Qe7 25. Bxd6 $1 {Well, now we can speak about a real sacrifice. White sacs a
Rook and plays for attack. It is obvoius that he could not calculate all
possible variations, and there is no direct win, so this is a intuitive
combination.} (25. Rh4 $5) 25... Bxd6 26. Rxd6 Qxd6 27. Qf7+ Kh8 28. Qf6+ Kh7
29. Qf7+ Kh8 30. Rh4 Qf8 (30... Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Qd6+ 32. f4 (32. g3 $2 Qf8) 32...
Qf8 33. Qxg6 Qg7 34. Rxh6+ Kg8 35. Qh5 $18) 31. Qxg6 Qg7 32. Rxh6+ Kg8 33. Qh5
Qa1+ 34. Kh2 Kf8 $2 (34... Re7 $8 35. Qg4+ (35. Qg5+ Rg7 36. Qh5 Re7 $11) (35.
Rg6+ Rg7 36. Rh6 (36. Rxe6 $6 Qa5 $17)) 35... Kf8 36. Qh4 Rg7 37. Rh8+ Rg8 38.
Qf4+ Ke7 39. Qc7+ Kf8 (39... Kf6 40. Rh6+ Rg6 41. Qf4+ Kg7 42. Rxg6+ Kxg6 43.
Qe4+ $18) 40. Rh7 Rg7 41. Rh8+ Rg8 $11) 35. Qh4 $1 {Very strong move which
takes under control square e7.} (35. Qf3+ Kg7 36. Rh5 {The computer shows that
White wins here too, but that is almost impossible to play for a human.}) 35...
Rad8 (35... Kf7 36. Qf4+ Kg8 37. Rg6+ $18) (35... Qe5+ 36. f4 Qd4 37. Rh8+ Kf7
38. Rh7+ Kg8 39. Qh6 $18) 36. Rh8+ Kf7 37. Qf4+ Kg6 38. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Pula zt 1.2"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2000.04.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2000.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. h3 {A positional line, in which White's main idea is to play in the
center. The position is balanced, with chances for both sides.} Na5 10. O-O b6
11. Qd3 (11. Re1 Nxb3 12. axb3 Bb7 13. Bg5 a6 14. Nd5 e6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.
Bxf6 Qxf6 17. c3 e5 18. Nf3 b5 19. Qe2 Qe6 $11 {1-0 DeFirmian,N-Rogozenko,D/
Germany (42)}) 11... Nxb3 (11... Bb7 12. Bg5 Nxb3 13. axb3 a6 14. Rfe1 h6 15.
Bd2 $6 (15. Bh4) 15... b5 16. f4 e6 $15 {0-1 Polgar,J-Topalov,V/Novgorod 1996 
(35)}) 12. axb3 Bb7 13. Rfe1 Re8 (13... a6 14. Rad1 b5 15. Bg5 Re8 16. Nd5 Nxd5
17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Nf5 gxf5 19. Qxd5 Be5 20. f4 Qb6+ 21. Kh2 e6 $17 {0-1 Van
Mil,J-Van der Sterren,P/Hilversum 1984 (38)}) 14. Nf3 (14. Bg5 {is a more
typical move here.}) 14... Qc7 15. Nd2 {The Knight goes to c4, but Black
didn't play a6 and without it this maneuver makes less sense, as b6-square is
not weakened.} Qc6 16. b4 d5 $5 (16... a6 17. f3 (17. Nc4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Qxe4
19. Qxe4 Bxe4 20. Nxb6 Bxb2) 17... Rac8 $11) 17. b5 {[%csl Ra7]} Qd6 18. exd5
Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 Bxd5 21. c3 Be6 {White exerts pressure on the
a-file, but his pawn on b5 is weak as well. The position is equal.} 22. Ra3 Bd7
23. Rea1 Bxb5 24. Rxa7 Rab8 (24... Rxa7 $2 25. Rxa7 $16 {[%csl Rb6]}) 25. Rc7
Be5 26. Rca7 Bd3 27. Nf3 Bd6 28. Nd4 e5 29. Nf3 Bc4 30. Rd1 {Black would be
better with his Bishop pair, but white Rooks are too active. That's why
neither side is able to achieve something.} Bf8 31. Rdd7 h6 32. Nd2 Be6 33.
Rdb7 b5 34. Ne4 Kg7 35. Rxb8 Rxb8 36. Bc5 Rd8 37. Bxf8+ Kxf8 38. Nc5 Rd1+ 39.
Kh2 Rd2 40. Nxe6+ fxe6 41. b4 Rxf2 42. Rb7 Rc2 43. Rxb5 Rxc3 44. Rxe5 Ke7 45.
Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta Autumn 1st"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2004.09.05"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Annageldyev, Orazly"]
[Black "Vokarev, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 d6 8. h3
O-O 9. O-O (9. Bb3) 9... Bd7 ({The alternative} 9... Nxe4 {equalizes at once,
but offers very little chances to play for a win:} 10. Nxe4 d5 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Bd3 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Qc7 14. c3 $11) 10. Re1 a6 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. f4 b5 (12...
Qc7) (12... Qa5) 13. e5 $146 (13. a3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc6 15. Nd5 e6 16. Nxf6+
Bxf6 17. f5 exf5 18. exf5 Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 Qg5 20. Re2 Qxf5 21. Qxd6 Rfd8 22. Qg3
Qc5+ 23. Kh1 Bd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Inkiov,V-Pavlov,M/Baile Herculane 1982 (48)}) (
13. Nf3 $5 $13 {/+/=} Na5 $140 14. e5 $1 $36 {1-0 Semenova,I-Igla,B/Voronezh
1998 (37)}) 13... dxe5 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. fxe5 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 Ne4 17. Nd5 (17.
Nxe4 $142 Bxe4 18. c3 e6 (18... Rfd8 $2 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Bb6 Rb8 21. Bc5 $16)
(18... Bc6 19. e6 f5 20. Rd7 $1 $16) 19. Bb6 $14) 17... Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Nc5 $11
19. Bg5 Rc7 20. b3 $2 (20. c3 Na4 21. Re2 Nb6 22. Bb3 Nc4 $14 {/=}) 20... Ne6
21. Bh4 (21. Bxe6 fxe6 $15 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gf8f5]}) 21... Rxc2 22. Bxe7 Re8
23. Bd6 Rxa2 24. Ra1 (24. b4 $142 $44) 24... Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Nd4 $17 26. Rxa6
Bxe5 27. Kf2 Bxd6 28. Rxd6 Re2+ 29. Kf1 Re7 30. b4 Kg7 31. Ba8 Nc2 32. Bf3 Re1+
33. Kf2 {[%mdl 8192]} Rb1 $4 ({After} 33... Re5 {White loses the second pawn.}
34. Bd5 {The only chance to put some technical problems. Otherwise Black wins
easily.} Nxb4 35. Bb3 {[%csl Rb4]} h5 36. g4 (36. Rd7 Rf5+ 37. Ke3 Nc6 $19)
36... f6 (36... hxg4 37. hxg4 f6 $17) 37. Kf3 Rc5 {[%cal Gb4c6,Yc5c3] must be
relatively easy win for Black.}) 34. Be4 {Suddenly Black loses the knight.}
Rxb4 (34... Rc1 35. Rc6 $18) (34... Rb2 35. Rd2 $18) 35. Bxc2 Rb2 36. Rd2 (36.
Rc6 $142 $1 b4 37. Kf3) 36... b4 37. Ke3 b3 $2 ({Black would have kept some
chances for a draw with} 37... Kf6 {For instance:} 38. Ba4 (38. Rf2+ Ke5) (38.
Kd3 Ke5 39. Re2+ Kd5 40. Re7 Kc5 $1 (40... b3 41. Bd1 {[%cal Gd1f3]} Kc5 42.
Bf3 $18)) 38... Rxd2 39. Kxd2 Ke5 {[%cal Ge5f4] and my feeling is that Black
can reach the draw here.} 40. Ke3 (40. g3 Ke4 41. Bc6+ Kd4) 40... g5) ({or even
} 37... f5 {was much better than the game.}) 38. Bd3 Rxd2 39. Kxd2 {Black has
no time to create any counterplay and he cannot exchange White's g-pawn.} Kf6
40. Bc4 b2 41. Kc2 g5 42. Kxb2 h5 43. Kc3 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.04.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Black "Khasin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Qd2 (9. f4) 9... a5 10. O-O (10. a4 Be6 $11 (10... Nb4 $5)) 10... a4
11. Nd4 Qa5 12. Rad1 (12. Rfd1 Ng4 (12... a3 13. bxa3 Qxa3 14. Rab1 $11) 13.
Bxg4 Bxg4 14. f3 Bd7 $11) 12... a3 13. b4 $2 {Strange idea (especially after
12.Rad1), which doesn't work tactically as well.} (13. bxa3 Qxa3 (13... Ng4 14.
Nd5 $1 (14. Bxg4 Bxg4 15. f3 Be6 $132) 14... Qxd2 (14... Nxe3 15. Qxa5 Rxa5 16.
Nxc6 bxc6 17. Nxe7+ Kh8 18. fxe3 Rxa3 19. Rxd6 $16) 15. Rxd2 Nxe3 16. fxe3 {
is better for White.}) 14. Rb1 Qa5 $13) (13. b3 Bd7 $13) 13... Qxb4 (13... Nxb4
14. Nb3 Qd8 (14... Qc7 15. Nb5 Qxc2 16. Qxb4 Qxe2 17. Nc7 Rb8 18. Rd2 Qh5 19.
Ba7 Bd7 20. Bxb8 Rxb8 $13) 15. e5 Ne8 16. Nb5 $44) 14. Rb1 $2 Nxe4 $1 ({
there was nothing wrong with} 14... Qa5 {but the game move just wins
immediately.}) 15. Rxb4 (15. Nxe4 Qxd2 16. Nxd2 Nxd4 $19) 15... Nxd2 16. Nxc6
Nxf1 17. Nxe7+ Kh8 18. Bd4 (18. Kxf1 Bxc3 $19) 18... Nd2 $19 19. Ncd5 Be6 20.
Be3 Rfe8 21. Bd3 Rxe7 22. Nxe7 (22. Nxe7 Bxa2 23. Bxd2 Be6 {and no way to stop
the a-pawn.}) 0-1

[Event "Linares 20th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.03.09"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {A very popular move order lately. The main purpose
is to avoid Sveshnikov Sicilian.} g6 {Although Kasparov has very good memories
in Dragon against Anand (remember their New-York match in 1995), this choice
is rather surprising, as Kasparov didn't play any more Dragon games after that
match. Sveshnikov aficionados are forced to play either 3...e5, or 3...Nf6, in
case they wouldn't like to have any other line of Opening Sicilian.} 4. d4 {
Now White switched to the Opening Sicilian. This is main advantage of 3.Nc3
comparing with most Anti-Sicilian lines. It is more flexible.} cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7
6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 (8... Na5 $2 {was refuted by Fischer almost
half a century ago:} 9. e5 Ne8 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 (10... Rxf7 11. Ne6 {wins the
queen}) 11. Ne6 $1 dxe6 (11... Kxe6 12. Qd5+ Kf5 13. g4+ Kxg4 14. Rg1+ {
and mate}) 12. Qxd8 $18 {Fischer-Reshevsky, New York, 1958.}) 9. h3 {A
surprise from Anand, I suspect a pleasant one for Kasparov. Vishy doesn't feel
like entering the main lines. Dragon must have been a surprise again for him,
after so many years...} Na5 (9... Bd7) 10. O-O b6 {This is a simple set-up for
Black, enough for equality. As usual in lines where White castles short in
Dragon (the so-called Classical Dragon), Black has a good play right from the
opening. Nevertheless White's position contains certain poison - he hopes to
create some pressure in the center. Black needs to be careful and play
precisely, otherwise he might easily end up in a position with no counterplay.}
11. Re1 {White also chooses a clear plan. He intends Bg5, followed by Nd5.
After that it is likely that the e-file will be opened and White will get his
pressure on e7.} (11. Qd3) 11... Bb7 12. Bg5 Nxb3 13. axb3 h6 14. Bh4 Qd7 $1 {
Kasparov succeeds to improve even in such a sideline of Dragon. As we'll see,
by controling square f5 Black is taking measures against White's plan with Nd5.
Strictly speaking, this is not a novelty, though. In the game
Aleksis-Abramovic given below Black also played 14...Qd7! (although the
position was reached by a slightly different move order), but later White won
convincingly and that's why nobody payed attention to 14...Qd7 before.} (14...
a6 {was the usual move, considered a must, after which White can be happy with
his position:} 15. Nd5 e6 (15... Nxd5 16. exd5 g5 $2 17. Nf5 $1 {the
difference to the game - White can play Nf5, threatening besides Nxe7 also Qg4.
} Re8 18. Bg3 $16) 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 {and although it is about
equal, White has practically no risk of losing and can slowly try to make
progress.}) 15. Qd2 (15. Nd5 $2 Nxd5 16. exd5 g5 17. Bg3 Bxd5 {and Black is
just a pawn up, since White cannot exploit the unprotected position of Black's
bishop on d5.}) 15... Nh5 $146 {In opposite to the previous game played with
this position, Kasparov takes full advantages of his rook on f8.} (15... Rfe8
16. Rad1 Nh5 17. Nde2 b5 18. Ng3 Nxg3 19. Bxg3 a5 20. e5 Qc6 21. f3 a4 22. exd6
exd6 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qxd6 Ra8 $6 25. bxa4 bxa4 26. Rd3 Qe8 27. Kh2 h5 28.
Qb6 Ba6 29. Re3 Qd7 30. Be5 Bh6 31. Qf6 Kh7 32. Ne4 Qe8 33. Ng5+ {1-0 Aleksic,
N-Abramovic,B/Barcelona 1991.}) 16. f3 (16. Nde2 g5 17. Bg3 f5 $5 18. exf5 Qxf5
$36) 16... e5 $5 {A very powerful play by Kasparov. Suddenly White is facing
serious problems in a relatively safe opening variation.} 17. Nde2 ({Kasparov
would have surely enjoyed the position after} 17. Ndb5 d5 18. Nxa7 ({or} 18.
exd5 a6 19. Na3 b5 $17) 18... d4 19. Ncb5 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 {when white knights
are stuck on far away from the king.} (20... Rxf5 {followed by Raf8 with
strong initiative as well.})) 17... f5 {Black's chances are already preferable
from the practical point of view - he has the initiative. However, White
didn't make any obvious mistakes and his position surely contains enough
resources.} 18. Red1 {A strange-looking move. The rook might be needed either
on e1 or f1.} (18. Rad1 $5) 18... fxe4 19. fxe4 g5 20. Bf2 g4 (20... Nf4 $5 21.
Qxd6 $140 $2 Nxe2+ 22. Nxe2 Qf7 $17 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gb7e4]}) 21. h4 (21. Qxd6
$2 Qf7 22. Be3 (22. Bh4 gxh3 23. Rf1 Nf4 24. Nxf4 exf4 $17) 22... gxh3 23. Rf1
Nf6 $1 (23... Nf4 $5) 24. g3 (24. Rf3 hxg2 {[%csl Rg1]}) 24... Nxe4 $5 $17 25.
Nxe4 $140 $2 h2+ $19) 21... Nf4 22. Qxd6 {Otherwise White's pressure on the
d-file is worth little, but taking on d6 is surely a "walking on the edge
strategy".} (22. Bg3 $5 {[%cal Gd1f1]}) (22. Ng3 $5) 22... Qf7 (22... Nxe2+ $5
23. Nxe2 Qf7 {[%cal Gb7e4]}) 23. Nxf4 $1 {A concrete approach. Anand improves
Black's pawn structure, but on the other hand with his next move Anand forces
the trade of queens, which favours White - his king won't be in danger anymore,
at least not very soon.} exf4 24. Qd7 Qxd7 25. Rxd7 Rf7 {Even in endgame
Black's position is preferable thanks to his very strong kingside pawns, but
with accurate play White has no real problems to make a draw. He still
controls the d-file and if Black ever takes on c3 and e4, then arising endgame
with opposite-coloured bishops will be drawish.} 26. Rd6 (26. Rad1 Raf8 $5)
26... Kh7 27. Rad1 Re8 {Kasparov tries to avoid the inevitable trade of his
bishops.} ({After} 27... Bxc3 28. bxc3 Bxe4 {most precise is} 29. Re1 $11) 28.
Rd7 Ree7 29. Rxe7 Rxe7 30. Bd4 Rd7 31. Nd5 {The most precise way to draw the
game.} (31. Bxg7 $2 Rxd1+ 32. Nxd1 Kxg7 33. Nc3 Kf6 $19) 31... Bxd5 32. Bxg7
Bc6 {No more resources to fight. Finally the previsible opposite-coloured
bishop endgame will arise.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.06.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Baburin,A} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. h3 {
A rare move, which is usually played to avoid a theoretical battle.} g6 {
Baburin: Going into the Dragon Variation must be a good way of dealing with 6
h3, since in the Dragon that move is hardly useful. Black decides to play a
Dragon-type position. The drawback of this is the impossibility to play the
most common set up in the Dragon against 6.h3 and 7.Bc4, which is b7-b6, Bb7,
Nbd7, because Black`s Knight is already on c6. However, the plan Nc6-a5 was
consedered to be enough too.} (6... e6 7. g4 a6 8. Bg2 Qc7 9. a4 Be7 10. Nde2
$6 Rb8 11. g5 Nd7 12. h4 b5 $15 {Brodskij M.-Tukmakov/Helsinki/1992}) (6... e5
7. Nde2 h6 8. g4 Be6 9. Bg2 Ne7 $5 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Ng6 12. Bg3 Be7 $13 {
Berescu-Leko/Mamaia/1991}) 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Bb3 Na5 10. Qd2 $146 {
Surprisingly, but this seems to be a new move in the position. The main idea
is to exchange the bishops on h6 and keeping the possibility to castle long.
And although both ideas are very typical for Dragon, 10.Qd2 was never played
before.} (10. O-O b6 11. Qd3 Bb7 12. Bg5 Nxb3 13. axb3 a6 14. Rfe1 h6 $11 {
Polgar,J-Topalov/Novgorod/1996}) 10... Bd7 (10... b6 11. Bh6 Bxh6 $5 12. Qxh6
Bb7 13. f3 (13. Qe3 Rc8 $13) 13... Qc7 $13) 11. Bh6 Rc8 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qd3
a6 14. f4 $14 e5 (14... Rc5 $5) 15. Nde2 Qb6 16. O-O-O Bb5 17. Qf3 (17. Nxb5
Qxb5 $11) 17... Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Nxb3+ 19. axb3 exf4 20. Rhf1 Qa5 (20... Qe3+ 21.
Qxe3 fxe3 22. Rxd6 Rc6 23. Rxc6 bxc6 24. Re1 $16) (20... Nh5 21. Rf3 Rfe8 22.
Qd2 Re6 23. Nd5 Qd8 24. Nxf4 Nxf4 25. Qxf4 Qe7 $11) ({Baburin: Perhaps, Black
should have tried to hold on to the f-pawn for a while after} 20... Nh5 $5 {
Baburin,A}) 21. Rxf4 Qa1+ $2 (21... Rc6 $142 $14) 22. Nb1 Nd7 (22... Rc6 23. e5
dxe5 24. Ra4 $18) 23. Rxd6 Nc5 24. Qe3 $18 a5 (24... Qa2 25. Rf3) 25. e5 b5 26.
Rh4 Kg8 (26... h5 27. Rxh5 gxh5 (27... Nxb3+ {Baburin,A} 28. Qxb3 gxh5 29. Qg3+
Kh7 30. Qg5 $18) 28. Qg5+ Kh7 29. Rh6#) 27. Rd5 Ne6 28. Qh6 {Baburin: Here
occupying the vulnerable h6-square decides the game at once. Black's pieces
are far away from its king and cannot save it.} Rxc2+ 29. Kxc2 Rc8+ 30. Nc3 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 31st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2003.08.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2003.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {Avoiding Sveshnikov Sicilian.} g6 {Leko is ready
for Dragon. This must have been a surprise for his opponent, since Leko didn't
use to play Dragon before. He did it only few times in the past, usually by
transpositions and not by playing the classical move order of Dragon.} (3...
Nf6 {Earlier this year Leko preferred to insist on playing Sveshnikov SIcilian,
but with his move order White can avoid it, entering systems with Bb5:} 4. Bb5
Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Qc5 9. c4 dxc3 10. Qb3 a6 11.
Be2 c2 12. d4 Qd6 13. Bf3 g6 14. Bd2 Qf6 15. d6 Qxd6 16. Rfe1 a5 17. Qxc2 $44 {
1-0 Anand,V-Leko,P/Linares 2003 (72)}) 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4
O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. O-O {White has a clear strategical plan in this
quiet system - he intends to play at some moment Nd5, force Black to take on
d5 (by attacking the knight f6 with Bg5), then take back with the pawn (e4xd5)
and create pressure on the e-file. If we'd compare White's set-up with the
Yugoslav Attack of the Dragon, then another advantage here is obvious - White
can hardly be mated, so this is a safer system. But the same is valid for
Black - he won't get mated on the h-file here...} b6 11. Re1 (11. f3 {This
looks weird considering that White already played h3, but it shows that White
afford to such moves as well - his position is very solid indeed.} Bb7 12. Rf2
Qc8 13. Qf1 Ba6 14. Qe1 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. b3 Qc8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 e5
19. dxe6 fxe6 20. c4 d5 21. cxd5 exd5 $14 {/= 1/2-1/2 Hector,J-Rogozenko,D/
Hamburg 2003 (43)}) 11... Bb7 12. Bg5 Nxb3 13. axb3 h6 14. Bh4 Qd7 $1 {No
wonder that Leko knows the theory very well, even if it is not his favourite
Sveshnikov Sicilian. This last move played by Kasparov in Linares fights
against White's idea Nd5 and equalizes completely the position.} 15. f3 $146 (
15. Qd2 Nh5 16. f3 e5 17. Nde2 f5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Kasparov,G/Linares 2003
(32)}) (15. Nd5 $2 Nxd5 16. exd5 g5 17. Bg3 Bxd5 {[%csl Gf5] and White has no
Nf5 because black queen controls it.}) 15... Rfd8 ({Kasparov's plan looks
perfect here too:} 15... Nh5 {and if} 16. Nd5 {then} e6) 16. Qd2 e5 17. Bxf6 (
17. Ndb5 a6 18. Na3 g5 $1 19. Bf2 b5 $15) (17. Nde2 g5 18. Bf2 (18. Bg3 d5 19.
Bxe5 dxe4 20. Qxd7 Rxd7 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. fxe4 Rd2 $44) 18... d5 $36) 17...
Bxf6 18. Ndb5 (18. Nde2 $11) 18... Bg5 19. Qd3 a6 20. Na3 b5 {[%csl Ra3] There
are visible similarities with the pawn structure of Sveshnikov Sicilian.} (
20... d5 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Qxd5 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Nc4 $14) 21. Nd5 {
Without knowing the opening moves it's not an easy task to guess correctly
what variation was played. Knowing that Leko is Black, one would probably
guess that it was Sveshnikov Sicilian, but in that case one would be very
puzzled to figure out how White got his doubled pawns on the queenside...} Bxd5
$5 22. Qxd5 Bf4 (22... Qa7+ $5 23. Kh1 $140 Qf2 {[%cal Gf2g3,Yg5f4]}) 23. Re2
Rac8 24. b4 Qa7+ (24... Qa7+ 25. Kh1 Qd4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. h3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b5 11. Qd3 Bb7 $2 {An unisnspired pawn sac. In fact
Black does not have compensation at all and it is most probably that Black
simply missed 13.Bxe5!.} (11... a6 12. O-O (12. a4 $5) 12... Bb7 13. Rad1 Rc8 {
seems a reasonable option for Black.} 14. Rfe1 Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nd5 $11 {
1-0 Paoli,E-Bonfa,I/Castelvecchio Pascoli 1974 (44)}) (11... Bd7 12. O-O b4 13.
Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Rc8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd4+ Kg8 17. Qxa7 (17. Rfc1 a5 18. a3
e6 19. Bc4 Qc7 20. b3 bxa3 21. Rd1 Bc6 22. Rxa3 Bxe4 23. Qxd6 $4 (23. Qxe4 d5
$11) 23... Rfd8 {0-1 Martinovic,S-Kupreichik,V/Ybbs 1968}) 17... Rxc2 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Kavalek,L-Sosonko,G/Haifa 1976 (72)}) (11... Qa5 12. O-O Bb7 13. Nd5
Nxd5 14. exd5 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Rac8 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. Re3 $14 {1-0 Golyak,
I-Skarke,H/Horowitz mem corr 1993 (27)}) (11... b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 $5 13. Bxd5 Ba6
$1 14. Qxa6 Bxd4 15. O-O-O Bxf2 16. Bxa8 Qxa8 17. Qd3 {and Black has some
compensation for the exchange, but White's chances are preferable.}) 12. Qxb5
e5 (12... Qc7 13. Qd3 $16) (12... Nxe4 $2 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qxb7 $18) 13. Bxe5
$1 ({worse is} 13. Qxb7 exd4 14. Nd5 Qa5+ 15. Qb4 Qxb4+ 16. Nxb4 Nxe4 17. O-O
Nc5 {and Black is back in business.}) 13... Rb8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qd3 {An
extra pawn and a solid structure insures White big advantage.} Bxc3+ 16. Qxc3
Qg5 17. Qg3 Qxg3 18. fxg3 Bxe4 19. O-O-O Rb6 20. Bd5 $18 {Technical play. Rook
endgame is lost for Black.} Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Re8 22. Rhd1 Re6 23. g4 h6 24. b3 Kf8
25. R1d3 Rc6 26. Kd2 a6 27. c4 Ke7 28. Re3 Kd7 29. Kd3 Rc8 30. Ra5 Rc6 31. Kd4
Rb6 32. h4 Ke7 33. h5 g5 34. Rf5 Rb8 35. g3 Rb7 36. Re4 Rb4 37. Kd5 Rxe4 38.
Kxe4 Ke6 39. Kd4 Rb6 40. Kc3 Rb7 41. Ra5 1-0

[Event "Czerniak Memorial 13th"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gofshtein, Leonid D"]
[Black "Summerscale, Aaron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.04.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 (8... a6 9. g4 b5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O Nbd7 (11... Qc7) 12. e5 dxe5 13. Ne6
fxe6 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Bg2 e4 16. Rad1 Ne5 17. Qxd8 Rbxd8 18. Nxe4 {1/2-1/2
Mokry,K-Georgiev,K/Warsaw zt-A 1987}) 9. O-O-O {Das ist die gleiche Stellung
wie in der Hauptvariante nach 9.0-0-0, nur hat Weiß statt f2-f3 den Zug h2-h3
gemacht.} Bd7 $6 {Hier bestimmt schlechter als in der "Normal"variante mit 7.
f3. Weiß kann später f2-f4 mit Tempo spielen.} (9... Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. g4
Qa5 12. g5 Nh5 13. a3 $2 (13. Bxg7 $142 Nxg7 14. a3) 13... Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxg5+
$17 {0-1 Sahu,S-Ward,C/Isle of Man op 1996 (50)}) (9... d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11.
Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Be6 14. Bc4 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Qg5+ 16. Be3 (16. Kb1 e4
) 16... Qxg2 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qc4 $14 {1-0 Thomas,I-Palkovi,J/Oakham YM 1986 
(45)}) (9... Be6) 10. g4 Rc8 11. Kb1 Ne5 12. f4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. e5 Ne8 (
14... dxe5 $4 15. fxe5 Ne8 16. Nf3 $18) 15. Qd3 Rc8 16. Qe4 $14 b6 17. Rhe1 e6
18. Bf2 Qe7 19. Qd3 dxe5 20. fxe5 Nc7 21. Nf3 Bc6 22. Bh4 Qc5 23. Nd2 {[%csl
Rf6]} Nd5 24. Nce4 Qa5 25. Nb3 Qa4 26. Qg3 Ba8 (26... Bb7 $2 27. Nd6 Nb4 28. a3
Nxc2 29. Re2 $18) 27. c3 $6 {[%cal Ya4d1]} (27. Nd6 $5) 27... Kh8 28. Nd4 $2 (
28. Rd4 $142 $14) 28... Nb4 $1 29. cxb4 Bxe4+ 30. Ka1 (30. Rxe4 $4 Qxd1#) 30...
Bd5 31. a3 Rc4 32. Be7 Rfc8 33. Qe3 Rc3 $2 {Das geht nicht.} (33... Qd7 $142)
34. bxc3 Qxa3+ 35. Kb1 Qa2+ $2 (35... Rxc3 $142 36. Qd2 Bc4 37. Qb2 Bd3+ 38.
Rxd3 Qxb2+ 39. Kxb2 Rxd3 40. Nc6 $16) 36. Kc1 Be4 37. Qxe4 (37. Qxe4 Rxc3+ 38.
Nc2 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Malyshev, Igor"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 Ng4 {
Nimmt den Fehdehandschuh auf.} ({Schwarz kann mit} 7... O-O {auch erstmal
abwarten und schauen, ob Weiß es damit ernst meint ohne f2-f3 auskommen zu
können.}) 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. Nb3 Be6 11. f4 O-O 12. h3 Nf6 13. O-O-O a5
14. Bf2 Nb4 15. Kb1 (15. Z0 $140 a4 16. Nd4 Nxa2+) 15... a4 16. Nd4 a3 {
Damit werden die schwarzen Felder um den weißen König sehr geschwächt.} 17. b3
Rc8 18. Bd3 (18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bc4 Rxc4 (19... Qd7 20. e5 $18) 20. bxc4 Qc7 $44
) 18... Bd7 (18... Nd7 $5) 19. e5 Nfd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. c4 Nxf4 22. Qxf4 dxe5
23. Qh4 Bf6 (23... exd4 24. Bxd4 {[%cal Yd1d8]}) 24. Qxh6 exd4 25. Bh4 (25.
Bxg6 fxg6 26. Qxg6+ Bg7 $19 {ergibt für Weiß gar nichts.}) 25... Bg7 (25... e5
26. Bxg6 fxg6 27. Qxg6+ Kh8 28. Qh6+ $11) 26. Qg5 b5 $1 {Die folgende Phase
spielt Schwarz einfach brilliant.} (26... Bf6 27. Qh6 Bg7 $11) 27. Qxe7 (27.
cxb5 Qc7 28. Rc1 Qb7 $17) 27... bxc4 28. Qxd8 Rfxd8 29. Bxd8 cxd3 $1 ({Nicht} 
29... Rxd8 30. Bxc4 $18) 30. Bg5 d2 31. Rxd2 (31. Rhf1 Bf5+ $140 32. Rxf5 gxf5
33. Bxd2) 31... Bf5+ 32. Ka1 Bc2 33. Rxc2 (33. Z0 $140 d3+ $19) (33. Rf1 {
nützt nichts.} d3+ 34. Bf6 Bh6 $19) 33... Rxc2 34. Bc1 Rxg2 35. Bxa3 f5 36. Kb1
f4 37. Bd6 f3 38. Rf1 d3 39. Bf4 Re2 40. Bg3 Rb2+ 41. Kc1 d2+ 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[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 "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Ng4 (9... Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6) 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 11. f3 Be6 12. Nxc6
(12. Kb1 Ne5 (12... Qa5 13. Nde2 Rfc8 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Qa6 16. Qd2 Bxb2
17. Kxb2 Ne5 18. Ka1 Nc4 19. Qd3 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Rxc2 21. Nc1 Rac8 22. Qb3 R8c3
23. Qb1 Rxg2 24. Rd3 Qc4 25. Rhd1 Rgc2 {0-1 Knezevic,B-Kahn,E/Budapest FS04 IM
1995}) 13. Bh6 Nc4 14. Qc1 Nxb2 15. Kxb2 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Qb6+ 17. Nb5 Qxb5+ 18.
Ka1 Rfc8 19. Qb2 Qxb2+ 20. Kxb2 Rc5 21. Bd2 Rac8 22. Rc1 Bc4 23. c3 R8c6 {
0-1 Hay,T-Barber,H/AUS-ch Melbourne 1991}) 12... bxc6 13. Bh6 Qa5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. a3 Rab8 16. Ne2 Qe5 17. Qd4 f6 18. Rd2 Rb7 19. Qxe5 fxe5 20. Nc3 g5 21. h3
h5 22. Nd1 g4 23. hxg4 hxg4 24. Rd3 gxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "1998.04.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Holst, Allan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.04.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32768]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. h3 Bd7 10. Bb3 a5 11. a4 Nxd4 $146 ({RR} 11... Rc8 12.
Qd2 Ne5 13. f3 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Ncb5 e5 16. Ne2 Bxb5 17. axb5 d5 {1/2-1/2
Marsalek,J-Ujtelky,M/Kosice 1961/MCD-ch (17)}) 12. Bxd4 Be6 $6 (12... Bc6 {
sieht natürlicher aus: e4 wird angegeriffen und b5 kontolliert. Mit Sd7 und
folgendem Sdc5 kann man sich um den Bb3 kümmern, wenn man möchte.}) 13. Bd5 Nd7
$5 {Schwarz opfert nun gewollt oder ungewollt eine Qualität.} ({Nach} 13...
Bxd5 14. exd5 Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd4+ Kg8 {steht Weiß etwas besser, aber
die schwarzen Probleme mit e7 und am Königsflügel sind nicht so bedrückend.})
14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bd5 Rxb2 17. Nb5 Qb6 $6 ({Nach} 17... Bxd5 18.
Qd4+ (18. exd5 Ne5 19. Qc1 Rb4 20. c3 Rc4 21. Qe3 Rc5 $11) 18... Kg8 19. Qxb2
Bxe4 $11 {hätte Schwarz sich einen Bauern für die Qualität eingehandelt und
muß nicht unzufrieden sein.}) 18. Qc1 Rb4 19. c3 Rc4 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 {Jetzt gibt
Schwarz die Qualität ohne Bauerngewinn.} 21. Re1 Rc8 22. Qd2 f6 (22... Bxb5 23.
Rab1 Rc5 24. axb5 Rxb5 25. Qd4+ Qxd4 26. cxd4 $16) 23. Rab1 Nc5 24. Nd4 Qa7 25.
Qe3 Qd7 26. Ra1 Rb8 27. Red1 Qe8 28. f4 Nxa4 29. e5 Nb2 30. Rd2 Bg8 31. exf6+
Kxf6 32. Qg3 h6 33. Re2 Bc4 34. Re3 e6 35. Rxa5 Rb7 36. Qh4+ Kg7 37. f5 g5 38.
f6+ Kxf6 39. Qxh6+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nevostrujev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 {Weiß
versucht den Zug f2-f3 einzusparen. Diese Idee ist öfter im klassischen System
der Sizilianischen Verteidigung zu sehen (s. Anand-Kasparov, Genf 1996). Hier
steht der B aber bereits auf g7.} Ng4 8. Bg5 h6 {Am häufigsten gespielt, aber
zweischneidig: Der Bg5 wird abgedrängt, Schwarz bekommt aber Schwierigkeiten
mit der Rochade.} (8... Nc6 $5 9. Nb3 O-O 10. f3 Nf6 (10... Nge5 $5) 11. O-O-O
Be6) 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. Nb3 Be6 11. f3 Nf6 (11... Nge5 $5) 12. O-O-O a5 (12... O-O
13. Bxf6 Bxf6 (13... exf6 14. Qxd6) 14. Qxh6) 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 a4 (14...
Nb4 $5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. a3 Na6 17. Bb5+ Kf8 18. Rhe1 Kg7) 15. dxc6 (15. Nd4
Nxd5) 15... axb3 16. cxb3 (16. Bb5 O-O $17) (16. axb3 $4 Ra1#) 16... bxc6 (
16... Rxa2 17. cxb7 $13) 17. Kb1 O-O {Schwarz hat zwar Angriff auf der a- und
b-Linie, aber das weiße Läuferpaar und das schwer zu knackende Bauerndreieck
a2,b3,b2 bieten genügend Verteidigungssresourcen.} 18. b4 (18. Bxf6 $2 Bxf6 19.
Qxh6 Qa5 20. a3 Bxb2 $40) 18... Qb6 {Dieser Zug, gefolgt von Rfb8 sieht völlig
natürlich aus. In der Folge versickert der schwarze Angriff aber so nach und
nach. Vieleicht hätte Schwarz besser eine Aufstellung Qb8 und Rb7 anstreben
sollen, um taktische Chancen gegen den Punkt b2 zu bekommen.} (18... Qd7 $5 19.
Bc4 (19. Bxf6 Qf5+) 19... Rfb8 20. a3 c5 21. b5 g5 22. Bf2 d5 23. Bxd5 $140 $2
Nxd5 24. Qxd5 Qxb5 $19) 19. Bc4 (19. Bxf6 $2 Bxf6 20. Qxh6 Bxb2 $19) 19... Rfb8
20. a3 d5 21. Bf2 Qb7 22. Bb3 Nd7 {/\ c6-c5} (22... Ne8 23. Bc5 (23. Z0 Nc7
$140 24. Z0 Nb5 25. Z0 Nxa3+)) 23. Rc1 e6 24. Rc2 Bf8 25. Rhc1 Rc8 26. Ba2 Ra6
27. Rc3 (27. Z0 Rca8 $140 28. Z0 Bxb4 $19) 27... Rca8 28. Qc2 {[%cal Rc3c6]}
Rc8 (28... Bxb4 $2 29. Rb3) 29. Rb3 {/\ b4-b5} Nb6 30. Rc3 (30. h4 $1 $132)
30... Na4 31. Rb3 {[%cal Rb4b5]} Raa8 32. Bd4 (32. h4 $5) 32... Qc7 33. g3 e5
34. Bf2 Qe7 35. Re3 (35. Rd3 $5 Z0 36. Bb3 $140) 35... Qf6 36. Bb3 d4 37. Re4
$5 {[%cal Rf3f4]} c5 $1 (37... Nb6 38. f4 $16) 38. Bxa4 cxb4 (38... Qxf3 39.
Rxe5 d3 40. Qd2 Rxa4 41. Bxc5 $18) 39. Qb3 $2 (39. Qxc8 $142 Rxc8 40. Rxc8 Qxf3
41. Rxe5 Qxf2 42. Ree8 bxa3 (42... d3 43. Rxf8+ Kg7 44. Bb3) 43. Rxf8+ Kg7 44.
bxa3 Qg1+ $13) 39... Rxc1+ 40. Kxc1 bxa3 41. bxa3 Rc8+ 42. Kb1 Rc3 43. Qb5 Rxf3
44. Be1 Rxa3 $19 45. Bc2 Bg7 46. Kb2 Ra8 47. g4 Qe7 48. Qb3 Qc7 (48... Qa7 $5
49. Kc1 Rc8 $40) 49. Kc1 Ra1+ 50. Kb2 (50. Kd2 Qa5+ $19) 50... Ra8 51. Kc1 Rb8
52. Ba5 (52. Qd3 Qa7 $40) 52... Qa7 53. Qd5 Ra8 54. Bb4 (54. Be1 Qa1+ 55. Kd2
Qc3+ $19) 54... Rb8 (54... Qa1+ $142 55. Kd2 Bf8 $1 56. Bxf8 $140 Qc3+ 57. Ke2
Qxc2+ 58. Kf3 Ra2 $19) 55. Qa5 Qb7 56. Ba3 (56. Bc5 Rc8 57. Kd2 Qd5 58. Bb4
Rxc2+ 59. Kxc2 Qxe4+ $19) 56... Rc8 (56... Rc8 57. Bc5 Qd5 58. Bb4 Qxe4 $19)
0-1

[Event "Albert m"]
[Site "Albert"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1996.09.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Baburin Hansen,Cu} c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be2
{Gegenüber den Varianten mit 6.Bg5 und 6.Be3 hat dieser Zug den Nachteil, daß
man sich nach} g6 {im Drachen wiederfindet.} 7. Be3 Bg7 8. h4 $5 {Hansen,Cu:
This move was played by Alekhine in a game from 1918. However it was only
taken seriously when Smyslov played it three times in his
Worldchampionship-match against Botvinnik i 1958. About 25 years before his
opponent in this games was born!  Baburin: This combination of the Classical 
(6 Be2) system and the sharp lines with h2-h4-h5 does not look right. So hat
Smyslov schon im Weltmeisterschaftskampf gegen Botvinnik gespielt, vor 38
Jahren, zu einer Zeit also, als sich die Eltern von Bacrot wahrscheinlich noch
gar nicht kennengelernt hatten.} (8. Nb3 O-O 9. O-O {ist die Hauptvariante im
klassischen Drachen.}) 8... O-O (8... h5 9. f3 O-O 10. Qd2 d5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12.
e5 Ne8 13. f4 f6 14. O-O-O fxe5 15. fxe5 Bxe5 16. g4 Bxg4 17. Bxg4 hxg4 18. h5
g5 19. Bxg5 Qd6 20. Rh4 Nf6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Rxg4+ Kh8 23. Kb1 Rg8 24. Rb4 a5
25. Rb6 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Rab8 27. Rxb8 Rxb8+ 28. Ka1 Rg8 29. Qe3 Rg4 30. a3 Re4
31. Qd3 Qe5 32. Kb2 Re3 33. Qd4 Qxd4 34. cxd4 Kg7 35. Rg1+ Kf7 36. h6 Rh3 37.
Rg7+ Kf6 38. Rh7 Rh4 39. Kc3 Rh3+ 40. Kb2 Rh4 {1/2-1/2 Smyslov,V-Botvinnik,M/
Wch22-Moscow 1958}) 9. h5 d5 {Die Schachlehre sagt: Beantworte eine
Flügeloperation mit einem Gegenschlag im Zentrum.} 10. hxg6 hxg6 (10... fxg6
11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Bf3 Qc4 14. c3 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Be6 16. Qb3 {
1/2-1/2 Smyslov,V-Botvinnik,M/Wch22-Moscow 1958}) 11. Nxc6 (11. exd5 Nxd5 12.
Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Qxd5 cxd5 15. O-O-O Bb7 16. f4 d4 17. Bxd4 Bxg2 18.
Rhg1 Be4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rd7 Kf6 21. Rd4 Bf5 22. Rgd1 Rac8 23. R1d2 Rc7 24.
b3 Rh8 25. Bc4 Rh3 26. Kb2 Re3 27. a4 e5 28. fxe5+ Kxe5 29. a5 Be6 30. Bxe6
Kxe6 31. Rd8 Ke7 32. Rb8 Re6 33. c4 a6 34. Kc3 f5 35. Rdd8 f4 36. Re8+ Kf6 37.
Rxe6+ Kxe6 38. Kd4 Rf7 39. Ke4 Kd6 40. Rb6+ Kc5 41. Kd3 {1-0 Smyslov,
V-Botvinnik,M/Wch22-Moscow 1958}) 11... bxc6 12. e5 {Hansen,Cu: Here Black
could obtain good play either by 12...Nd7 or 12...Ne8, but he made an
interesting decision and went for a position with doubled pawns after} Ne4 {
Sicherer als} (12... Nd7 13. f4 (13. e6 $5)) 13. Nxe4 {The problem with whites
opening-strategy - putting the e-P on e5 - is that he cannot rearly come to
any harmonously development of his heavy pieces - that is Rs and K.} (13. f4 $5
{Hansen,Cu}) 13... dxe4 14. Qxd8 {Baburin: This mistake gives Black initiative,
as he is now ahead in development and can attack the e5-pawn, using the d-file.
} (14. Qc1 Bxe5 $17) (14. Bd4 $142 {Baburin}) 14... Rxd8 15. Bf4 Be6 16. Rd1 $6
(16. b3 $142 Rd5 $140 17. Bc4) (16. O-O $5 {Hansen,Cu /\Rfd1} Rd5 $2 17. Bc4
$10) (16. b3 $5 {Baburin}) 16... Rd5 17. Rxd5 cxd5 18. Kd2 {Hansen,Cu: White
needed to take control of the central square d4.} (18. c3 $142) (18. c3 $5 $15
{Hansen,Cu}) 18... d4 19. f3 e3+ 20. Kc1 Rc8 {/\Bf5} 21. Rd1 g5 $1 (21... Bf5
$5 22. Rxd4 (22. Bd3 $2 e2 $19) (22. g4 Rxc2+ 23. Kb1 Rxe2+ 24. gxf5 g5 25.
Bxg5 Bxe5 26. Bxe7 (26. Rg1 Kf8) 26... Rg2 $19 (26... f6 27. f4)) (22. c3 dxc3
$17) 22... Rxc2+ 23. Kd1 Rxb2 24. Bc4 (24. Rd8+ {Hansen,Cu} Kh7 25. Bxe3 Bxe5
$17) 24... Rxg2 25. Rd8+ Kh7 26. Bxe3 (26. Bxf7 $2 e2+ 27. Ke1 g5 28. Be3 Bxe5
$19) 26... Bxe5 27. Bxf7 $17) 22. Bxg5 (22. Bg3 {Hansen,Cu} Bf5 $17 23. Bd3 $2
e2 $19) 22... Bxe5 23. b3 (23. Bxe7 Bf5 $40) 23... f6 (23... Bf5 24. Bc4) 24.
Bh4 Kg7 $17 25. f4 Bf5 26. c4 Bxf4 27. Rxd4 Bd6 {Hansen,Cu: Stopping whites
pawn-adwance along the diagonal f8-a3.} 28. Bf3 Rh8 29. g3 {Hansen,Cu: Forced
but now Bh4 is shut out of the game.} (29. Be1 $2 {Hansen,Cu} Rh1) 29... Rc8
30. Rd5 Be6 31. Rd3 Bc5 32. Kd1 (32. g4 {Hansen,Cu} Rh8 $17) 32... a5 33. Ke2
a4 {Hansen,Cu: Black needs to open the position so that his R can get in
behind the enemy lines and thereby support the e3-P} 34. Rd1 (34. g4 $142 {
Hansen,Cu} Rh8 35. Bg3 {/\Bf4xe3. This seems to be several tempi better than
the game-continuation.}) 34... Rb8 35. Rd3 Rb6 {Hansen,Cu: Black is waiting
for the optimal moment to play axb3. White has hardly any moves.} 36. g4 axb3
37. axb3 Ra6 38. b4 Ra2+ 39. Kd1 Bxb4 40. Rxe3 Bxc4 41. Re4 {Hansen,Cu: A
grave mistake after the time-control. White still had some chances for a draw.}
(41. g5 {Hansen,Cu} f5 42. Bg3 Kg6 $19) (41. Bg3 $142 $17 {Hansen,Cu}) 41...
Bb3+ 42. Kc1 Bd2+ (42... Bd2+ {Hansen,Cu} 43. Kb1 Bc3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1996.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Be2 {Shirov
hat diemal keine Lust auf ein theoretisches Duell mit dem Drachenexprten
Topalov.} O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O {Kurze Rochade war ihm dann anscheinend doch
zu blöde.} Nxd4 (9... Ng4 $5 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 11. f3 Be6 12. Kb1 Qa5 13. Nde2 Rfc8
14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Qa6 16. Qd2 Bxb2 17. Kxb2 Ne5 18. Ka1 Nc4 19. Qd3 Nxe3
20. Qxe3 Rxc2 21. Nc1 Rac8 22. Qb3 R8c3 23. Qb1 Rxg2 24. Rd3 Qc4 25. Rhd1 Rgc2
{0-1 Knezevic,B-Kahn,E/Budapest FS04 IM (05) ;EXT 95 1995}) 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. h4
$146 Qa5 12. Qg5 b5 $5 {Ein typisches Drachenmotiv: Tausche b-Bauer gegen
halboffene b-Linie.} (12... Qxg5+ 13. hxg5 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 $10) 13. Qxb5 Qc7
14. e5 (14. h5 Rfb8 $40) 14... Ne8 (14... Rfb8 $5) 15. exd6 Nxd6 16. Qc5 Qxc5
17. Bxc5 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rfc8 19. Bxd6 exd6 20. Rxd6 Rxc3 21. h5 Rc5 22. Kb2 Rf5
23. Rb1 (23. Rb1 Rxf2 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-23"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.11.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Sosonko,G"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1978.10.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

{Inf.26/444} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7.
Bc4 Ng4 $5 8. Bb5+ Kf8 9. Bg5 (9. O-O Be5 $1 $17) 9... h6 (9... Qb6 $4 10.
Bxe7+ $18) 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Qb6 12. Nde2 (12. Nf5 $2 Bxf5 13. exf5 Bxc3+ 14.
bxc3 Qxb5 15. Qxg4 Nd7 $17) 12... h5 (12... Nc6 13. h3 $16) (12... a6 13. Bc4
Qxb2 14. O-O Bxc3 15. Rb1 Qa3 16. Rb3 $16) 13. h4 $1 (13. h3 h4 14. hxg4 hxg3
15. Rxh8+ Bxh8 16. fxg3 Bxg4 $17) 13... gxh4 14. Rxh4 (14. Bxh4 $2 Bf6 $19)
14... Nc6 (14... Bf6 15. Qd2 Bxh4 16. Bxh4 $40) 15. Qd2 Nd4 (15... Nce5 $2 16.
Nf4) (15... Be6 $2 16. Nf4 Nd4 17. Rxh5 Rxh5 18. Nxh5 Nxb5 19. Nxg7 $18) 16.
Nxd4 Qxd4 17. O-O-O Qxd2+ 18. Rxd2 Bf6 $1 19. Rh1 h4 20. Bf4 Be6 $11 21. Nd5 (
21. f3 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Ne5 $11) 21... Bxd5 22. exd5 Rc8 23. Rh3 (23. Bd7 $6 Rc4)
23... Ne5 24. Rb3 a6 25. Bf1 Nc4 26. Rd1 b5 27. a4 (27. a4 Na5 (27... Rc5 $11)
28. Rb4 $1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup final"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2002.10.16"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2002.10.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. O-O d6 10. h3 ({Worth of attention} 10. Ndb5 $5 {and White leaves
with advantage in all variations:} Be6 (10... Ng4 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bd2 Kh7 13. h3
Nge5 14. a4 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Nd5 g5 17. Ndc7 Rb8 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. Bxe6 $14
{1-0 Jaracz,P-Agdestein,S/Cappelle la Grande FRA 2001/The Week in Chess 330 
(57)}) (10... b6 11. Re1 Ba6 12. a4 Rc8 13. Nd5 Nd7 14. c3 Nc5 15. Bc2 Re8 16.
Rb1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Macieja,B-Malakhov,V/Hyderabad IND 2002/The Week in Chess 414
(42)}) ({After} 10... a4 $5 11. Nxa4 Nxe4 {can be created well known
theoretical position - usually with another moves order.}) 11. h3 Nd7 12. Re1
Bxb3 13. axb3 Nc5 14. Qd2 b6 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Nb4 17. Re2 $14 {1-0 Anand,
V-Tiviakov,S/Bastia FRA 2001/The Week in Chess (40)}) 10... Nxd4 ({Here
interesting - and strong- is} 10... a4 $1 {[%mdl 4]} 11. Nxa4 Nxe4 12. Nb5 {
If we'll compare this position with well-known theorerical position after 9...
a4 we can notice the difference: in theoretical one White plays last move 12.
Be3-b6 or 12.Rf1-e1 instead of 12.h2-h3. Aparently, 12.Nd4-b5, but h2-h3 was
played before. Any way, 12.h2-h3 is less dangerous than other moves.} Be6 13.
Bb6 Qd7 14. Re1 Bxb3 (14... Nf6 $2 15. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 16. Nc7 $16 {1-0
Jakubowski,K-Slaby,J/Trzebinia POL 2002/The Week in Chess 390 (19)}) 15. axb3
Nf6 $132) 11. Bxd4 Bd7 12. a4 (12. a3 $143 Bc6 13. f4 Nd7 14. Nd5 e6 15. Bxg7
Kxg7 16. Qd4+ Kg8 17. Nc3 Nc5 18. Ba2 Qb6 19. Rf2 {Worth of attention the P
sacrifice acception:} Qxb2 $1 (19... Qa7 $2 20. Re1 Na4 21. Qxa7 Rxa7 22. Nxa4
Bxa4 23. f5 $16 {1-0 Motylev,A-Guseinov,K/St Petersburg 2000/EXT 2001 (32)})
20. Rb1 Qxa3 21. Rf3 Bxe4 22. Nxe4 Qxa2 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Rb6 Qxc2 25. Ng4+ f6
26. Nxf6 Qa4 27. Qb2 Rf7 28. Ng4+ Rg7 29. Rxd6 Qb4 30. Qe5 $44) 12... Bc6 13.
f4 {Looks better} ({than} 13. Qd3 Nd7 $1 (13... Qc7 14. Rad1 Rfd8 15. Qe3 Nd7
16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd4+ f6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 $16 {1-0 Svidler,P-Malcsev,A/
St Petersburg 1999/CBM 73 ext (33)}) 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ Kg8 16. f4 (16. Nd5
e6 17. Ne3 ({Not} 17. Rad1 $6 Bxd5 18. exd5 e5 19. Qe3 $15 {[%csl Rb3]}) 17...
Nc5 18. f3 Qb6 19. Ng4 e5 20. Qf2 h5 21. Nh6+ Kg7 22. Nxf7 Rxf7 23. Bxf7 Kxf7
24. f4 Nxa4 $15 {0-1 Berg,E-Guseinov,K/Patras GRE 2001/The Week in Chess 351 
(55)}) 16... Qb6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. Rad1 $11) 13... Nd7 ({Badly is} 13... e5 $2
{in view of} 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Bc5 $1 (15. Bxe5 Nxe4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nd5 f5
18. Qd4+ Nf6 $11) 15... Re8 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17. Rf2 $18 {[%csl Rf6,Rf7][%cal
Ga1f1,Gf1f7,Gb3f7] 1-0 Guseinov,K-Ozolins,A/Dubai UAE 2002/The Week in Chess
390 (22)}) 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ {White won tempo comparing this position
with position from mentioned above game 1-0 Guseinov,K-Ozolins,A/Dubai UAE
2002/The Week in Chess 390 (22)} (15. Nd5 $5) 15... Kg8 16. Nd5 $6 $11 ({
More promises to White} 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Qb6 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. Rad1 $14)
16... Bxd5 ({On} 16... e6 {goes} 17. Nc3 $1 {[%csl Rd6]} (17. Rad1 $6 Bxd5 18.
exd5 e5 19. Qe3 exf4 20. Qxf4 Ne5 $15 {[%csl Rb3,Ge5]}) (17. Ne3 $6 Qb6 18.
Rad1 (18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Rad8 21. Rf2 h5 $15) 18... Qxd4 19.
Rxd4 Nc5 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 Rad8 $15 {[%csl Rb3,Re5][%cal Gc5b3]}) 17... Nc5
18. Rad1 {[%csl Rd6]} Qe7 19. Qxd6 (19. Rfe1 Nxb3 20. cxb3 Rfd8 $11) 19... Qxd6
20. Rxd6 Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Rb6 Nc5 23. Rb5 Rfc8 24. c3 Rc7 25. Rd1 $14)
17. Bxd5 Qc7 18. Kh1 Rab8 ({Interesting is} 18... Qxc2 19. Rac1 Qe2 20. Rf2 Qh5
{[%csl Rh5] Black Q is repeled to off side position.} 21. Rc7 Nc5 22. e5 $1 (
22. Rxe7 $2 Qh4 $17 {[%csl Re7]}) 22... Rae8 23. Qc4 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Ge5d6,
Gc4f7]} Qf5 24. g4 (24. Kh2 b6 25. g4 Qd3 $1 26. Rc2 (26. Rxc5 Qe3 $19 {
[%csl Rc5,Rf2]}) 26... Qxc4 27. Bxc4 dxe5 28. fxe5 e6 $15) 24... Qd3 25. Kg2 (
25. Rxc5 Qe3 $19) 25... Qxc4 26. Bxc4 b6 27. Bb5 $14 {[%csl Re7]}) 19. Bc4 Qb6
20. Rad1 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Nc5 22. b3 Rbc8 23. Kg1 Kg7 24. e5 ({Or} 24. Bd5 e6 25.
Bc4 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 d5 $11) 24... dxe5 25. fxe5 Rc7 {Position is equal. But
White tries to complicate the game.} (25... e6 $11) 26. h4 Rd7 (26... e6 $11)
27. Rxd7 Nxd7 28. e6 (28. Re1 e6 $11) 28... fxe6 29. Re1 $6 $15 {White chooses
dubious continuation} ({instead of} 29. Bxe6 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Nc5 31. Bc4 Kf6 $11
) 29... Nc5 30. Bxe6 (30. Re3 Rd8 $15) 30... Rf4 (30... Nxe6 $2 31. Rxe6 Kf7
32. Rb6 Rc8 33. c4 Rc7 34. Rb5 $16 {[%csl Ra5]}) 31. Bc4 Re4 $6 $11 ({Strong is
} 31... Kf6 32. g3 (32. Rf1 Ke5 33. Rd1 e6 34. g3 Rf3 35. Kg2 Rc3 $17) 32...
Rf3 33. Kg2 (33. Rf1 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Ke5 35. Ke2 Ne4 36. g4 Kf4 37. Be6 b6 $17)
33... Rc3 34. Re2 e5 (34... Nxa4 35. Re6+ Kf5 36. Rxe7 Nc5 37. Rxh7 Rxc2+ 38.
Kh3 Rc3 (38... a4 39. Rc7 $16) 39. Rc7 b6 (39... Ne4 40. Rf7+ Ke5 41. Re7+ Kd4
42. Rd7+ Kc5 43. Rd5+ Kb6 44. Rb5+ $11)) 35. Bd5 $15 (35. g4 e4 36. g5+ Kf5 37.
Bg8 b6 38. Bxh7 Ne6 $17 {[%csl Rg2,Rg5,Rh4,Rh7][%cal Ge6f4]})) 32. Rf1 $2 $17 (
{Why not} 32. Rxe4 Nxe4 33. Bd5 Nc5 34. Kf2 e6 35. Bf3 Kf6 36. Ke3 $11) 32...
e6 33. Rd1 Rxh4 34. Rd8 Kf6 $6 $15 ({Better was} 34... Nxa4 35. Rd7+ (35. Bxe6
Nc3 $17) 35... Kf6 36. Rxb7 Nb2 37. Be2 h5 38. Ra7 Re4 39. Bf3 Re5 $17 {
with clear advantage in the endgame.}) 35. Rc8 Rh5 ({On} 35... b6 $5 {goes} 36.
Rc6 {[%csl Rb6]} (36. Rb8 Nxa4 37. Bxe6 Kxe6 38. bxa4 Rxa4 39. Rxb6+ Kd5 $19)
36... Re4 (36... Rxc4 37. bxc4 Nxa4 38. Kf2 Ke5 39. c5 Nxc5 40. Rxb6 a4 41. Ke3
Kd5 42. g4 Kc4 43. Rb8 $44) 37. Rxb6 Nxa4 38. Ra6 (38. Rxe6+ Rxe6 39. Bxe6 Kxe6
40. bxa4 Kd5 41. Kf2 Kc4 $19) 38... Nb2 39. Bb5 Re3 40. Rxa5 Rc3 41. Ra6 Rxc2
42. Bd7 Re2 $15) 36. Ra8 Ne4 37. Re8 Re5 38. Rf8+ Ke7 39. Rh8 Rh5 {[%csl Rb7,
Rh7] White has good counterplay attacking PP h7 and b7} 40. Be2 Rh4 41. Ra8 Nc3
(41... b6 42. Rb8 Nc3 43. Bf3 Rb4 44. Rb7+ Kd6 (44... Kf6 45. Rxh7 e5 46. Rc7
Nb1 47. Kf2 $11) 45. Rxh7 e5 46. Rh6 e4 47. Rxg6+ Ke5 48. Bh5 e3 $44) 42. Bf3 {
[%csl Ra5,Rb7]} b6 43. Rb8 e5 $6 $132 ({Why not} 43... Rb4 44. Rb7+ Kd6 45.
Rxh7 e5 46. Rh6 e4 47. Rxg6+ Ke5 48. Rc6 Kd4 $15) 44. Rxb6 e4 $4 $18 {[%csl
Rh4] Decisive mistake.The Rh4 will go to h6 by force.} (44... Rd4 $142 45. Rc6
Nd5 46. Rc5 Kd6 47. Rxa5 e4 $132) 45. g3 $1 Rh6 {[%csl Rh6]} (45... Rh3 46. Kg2
Rh6 47. Bg4 $18 {[%csl Rh6]}) 46. Bg4 Kf8 47. Ra6 Nd5 48. Rxa5 Ne3 49. Bc8 Nxc2
50. Re5 Nd4 {[%cal Gd4f3]} 51. Kg2 Nxb3 (51... Rh2+ 52. Kxh2 Nf3+ 53. Kg2 Nxe5
54. Bb7 e3 55. a5 $18) 52. a5 Nd4 (52... g5 53. a6 $18) (52... Nxa5 53. Rxa5
Rh5 54. Rxh5 gxh5 55. Bf5 h4 56. g4 Kg7) 53. a6 Nc6 54. Bb7 Na7 55. Bxe4 g5 56.
Bb7 g4 57. Rg5 Rb6 58. Rxg4 Rb3 59. Rh4 Kg7 60. Be4 h6 61. Rg4+ Kf6 62. Rg6+
Ke5 63. Bb7 Ra3 64. Rxh6 Kf5 65. Rh5+ Kg4 66. Bf3+ 1-0

[Event "Nottingham International Masters"]
[Site "Nottingham"]
[Date "1936.08.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[Annotator "Van Reek,J"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
Nb3 Be6 9. f4 O-O 10. g4 d5 $5 11. f5 (11. e5 d4 $1 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nxg4
{stems from Levenfish-Botvinnik, Moscow 1936.}) 11... Bc8 12. exd5 Nb4 13. d6
$5 {Alekhine plays a novelty.} ({Usual will become} 13. Bf3 $1 {
(Bondarevsky-Alatortsev, Tbilisi 1937).}) 13... Qxd6 {Botvinnik found the
following perpetual check after a thought of twenty minutes.} ({He mentions} 
13... exd6 14. a3 $1 ({White should not play} 14. g5 $2 Bxf5 15. gxf6 Nxc2+ 16.
Kf2 Qxf6 {(Polugaevsky)}) 14... Re8 {as a sound alternative.}) 14. Bc5 Qf4 $1
15. Rf1 Qxh2 16. Bxb4 Nxg4 17. Bxg4 Qg3+ 18. Rf2 ({White has to avoid} 18. Kd2
$4 Bh6+) ({and} 18. Ke2 $4 Qxg4+ 19. Rf3 Qxb4) 18... Qg1+ 19. Rf1 Qg3+ 20. Rf2
Qg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. f4
Nc6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Bf3 a5 11. a4 Bc4 12. Qd2 Qc8 13. Nd4 Ng4 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15.
Bg1 Rb8 16. b3 Ba6 17. Rb1 f5 18. exf5 Qxf5 19. h3 Nh6 20. Be3 e5 21. g4 $6 {
or what else?} exf4 $3 (21... Qd7 22. f5 $132) 22. gxf5 fxe3 23. Qxe3 Nxf5 24.
Qe6+ Kh8 25. Ne2 Rbe8 26. Qxe8 Rxe8 27. c4 Nd4 28. Kf2 Nxf3 29. Kxf3 d5 {
and black emerges with a tremendous bishop pair, and enduring threats against
white's king.} 30. Rbc1 d4 31. Rhd1 c5 32. Rd3 Bh6 33. Re1 Bb7+ 34. Kg3 Kg8 35.
h4 Re5 36. Kf2 Be3+ 37. Kg3 g5 38. hxg5 Rxg5+ 39. Kh4 Re5 40. Kg3 h6 41. Ng1
Rg5+ 42. Kh2 Rh5+ 43. Kg3 Rg5+ 44. Kh2 Bf2 45. Rf1 Rg2+ 46. Kh3 Bxg1 47. b4
cxb4 48. c5 Be3 49. Rf6 Rg1 50. c6 Bc8+ 51. Kh2 Rc1 52. Rb3 Kg7 0-1

