[Event "Paris Congres International"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1867.06.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Black "Neumann, Gustav Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Annotator "Arnous De Riviere,J"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1867.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)yDeutsche Schachzeitung 1868, S. 90; 2)The Chess World 1867/68, p.453.
} c5 2. f4 (2. Nc3 $142) 2... e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 a6 (4... Nge7 $142) 5. Bxc6
bxc6 6. O-O d5 7. d3 Be7 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qe2 Ra7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. b3
Bf8 13. Nd1 Nd7 14. g4 f6 15. e5 $16 Nb8 16. g5 f5 17. g6 Be7 (17... h6 $142)
18. gxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qg2 Rh8 20. Rg1 Qf8 21. Qg6+ Kg8 22. Ba3 Qf7 23. Nc3 a5 24.
Na4 Na6 25. Rac1 d4 26. Rc2 Nb4 27. Bxb4 axb4 28. Rcg2 Rh7 (28... Bf8 $5) 29.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 30. Ng5+ Bxg5 31. Rxg5 Bd7 32. R1g2 Ra5 33. Kg1 Be8 34. Rg6 Bd7 35.
h4 Kf8 36. h5 {Les Blancs profitent habilement de leur position.} Be8 37. Rxe6
Rxh5 38. Rg5 Rxg5+ 39. fxg5 g6 40. Kf2 Ra7 41. Rf6+ Kg7 42. Kg3 Kg8 43. Kf4 Rh7
44. Nxc5 Rh4+ 45. Kg3 Rg4+ 46. Kf3 Bf7 47. e6 Be8 48. Nb7 {Temps de jeu des
Blancs et des Noirs 01h45.} 1-0

[Event "Mar del Plata op 34th"]
[Site "Mar del Plata"]
[Date "2003.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cubas, Jose Fernando"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. Nc3 {My opponent who is one of the best players in
Paraguay likes this Mestrovic type of opening.} d4 4. Nce2 Nc6 5. d3 e5 6. Nf3
Bd6 {One of my first praxis in Bd6-Nge7 or Bd3-Nge2 type of set ups in Kings
Indian like openings.} ({I did not like} 6... Bg4 7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8. fxe5 Qh4+ 9.
g3 Qh5 10. Qd2 $13) 7. g3 f6 8. Bg2 Nge7 9. O-O Be6 10. fxe5 Bxe5 $1 {Bishops
are less important than knights in this type of closed games.Chigorin would be
very proud of me!} 11. Nf4 Bf7 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 $1 {e5 square should be occupied
by a knight.} (12... fxe5 13. Nh3 $1 h6 14. Qg4 Ng6 $11) 13. Bh3 $6 {An empty
move.} (13. c4 $142 O-O 14. Bd2) 13... Qd6 14. b3 O-O 15. Bd2 $6 {Allows more
expansion for black in the queenside.} (15. a4 $142 {And by this white can
exchange more pawns in the flank he is weaker.}) 15... b5 $17 16. a4 a6 17. Qe2
Rfb8 (17... N7c6 $2 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qxd5 (19... Ne7 $6 20. Be6+ Kh8 21.
Qe4 f5 22. Qg2 $16) 20. Bg2 $44) (17... c4 $6 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Bc1 $132) 18.
Bc1 N7c6 19. Ba3 $2 (19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nb4 21. Be6+ Kh8 22. Qg2 Rd8 23.
axb5 axb5 24. Rxa8 $1 (24. Bf4 $6 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 g5 $17) 24... Rxa8 25. Bf4 Rd8
26. Ra1 g5 $17) 19... bxa4 $1 {After this white runs into a horribly tied up
position.} 20. bxa4 Nb4 21. Rfc1 a5 $1 {Giving no counterplay.} (21... Na2 $2 {
Too greedy!} 22. Rxa2 Bxa2 23. c4 Bb3 24. Be6+ Kh8 25. Bd5 Ra7 26. Ne6 $44) 22.
Rf1 Ra6 23. Qd2 Rc6 24. Rab1 Rcb6 25. Rbd1 (25. Ra1 Qc6 26. c3 dxc3 27. Qxc3
Qxa4 $19) 25... Qc6 26. c3 dxc3 27. Qxc3 Qxa4 28. d4 (28. Ra1 Qb5) 28... cxd4
29. Rxd4 Qb3 $1 $19 {The a pawn should decide the game.} (29... Rc6 $6 30. Qd2)
30. Bxb4 axb4 (30... Rxb4 31. Rxb4 Qxb4 $19) 31. Qxb3 Bxb3 32. Nd5 Bxd5 $4 $138
{I should really be out of my mind to accept this exchange.} (32... R6b7 33.
Be6+ Kh8 $19) 33. exd5 b3 34. Kf2 $2 {Unable to calculate well in time trouble
white walks into a fork.} (34. Be6+ Kf8 35. d6 b2 $19) (34. Bf5 $1 b2 35. Bb1 (
35. Rdd1 Kf7 $17) 35... Kf7 36. d6 Ra6 37. Kf2 Ke6 38. Rfd1 Ra7 39. Ke2 g6 $17)
34... g6 35. Be6+ Kf8 36. d6 b2 37. Rb1 (37. Ba2 Ke8 (37... b1=Q 38. Bxb1 Rxb1
39. Rxb1 Rxb1 40. d7 Rb2+ 41. Kg1 Nf3+ 42. Kf1 Nxh2+ 43. Ke1 Nf3+ 44. Kf1 (44.
Kd1 $4 Rb1+)) 38. Bb1 Kd7 39. Rfd1 Rc8 $19) 37... Rd8 $1 $19 {The fork
combined with the bishop standing on a precarious square makes whites game
lost.} 38. Ke3 {Covering the fork but walking into the dangerous e line.} (38.
Ba2 Rdxd6 39. Rxd6 Rxd6 40. Rxb2 Nd3+ $19) 38... Nc6 39. Re4 $2 {Showing no
resiliency.} (39. Rf4 $8 Re8 40. Rxf6+ Kg7 41. Rf7+ Kh6 42. Rf6 (42. Re7 Nxe7
43. Bd7 Nf5+ $19) 42... Nd8 $19 (42... Kg5 43. d7 Re7 44. Rf7 Rxe6+ 45. Kd2
Rd6+ 46. Kc2 h5 47. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 48. Kxb2 Ne5 $19)) 39... f5 40. Rc4 Re8 {
White loses a piece.} 0-1

[Event "ARM-ch 66th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2006.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Babula,V"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2006.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 {This looks naturally,} ({but possible
is also} 4... Nd7) ({and} 4... Nc6) 5. Bxd7+ Nxd7 {Black develops his knight.}
({Weaker} 5... Qxd7 $143 {is dangerous for Black:} 6. Ne5 Qc7 7. exd5 exd5 8.
Nc3 Nf6 9. Qf3) 6. d3 (6. exd5 {doesn't give White anything now, for example}
exd5 7. O-O Bd6 8. d4 Ne7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Kh1 Nf6 $11 {1/2 Sax,G (2570)-Van der
Wiel,J (2515)/Amsterdam 1983/MCD (23)}) 6... Bd6 {[%cal Yg8e7] Black deploys
his kingside's minor pieces the most harmoniously.} ({Other reasonable ways of
doing this is} 6... Ne7 7. O-O g6) ({or} 6... Ngf6 7. Nc3 Be7) 7. O-O Ne7 8. c4
{The important move of White's concept. He attacks Black's centre and fixes
Black's c pawn on c5 where it limits the scope of Black's dark squared bishop.}
dxe4 $6 {This exchange isn't strategically correct. It increases the
difference in activity of both bishops and White gains some space also.} ({
It deserves attention to block the position by d5-d4, now or a move later,
which leads to double-edged positions, for example:} 8... d4 9. e5 Bc7 10. Nbd2
Nc6 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. Bd2 f5 13. exf6 gxf6 14. a3 f5 15. Neg5 O-O-O $13 {0-1
Minasian,A (2571)-Yudasin,L (2558)/Los Angeles 2003/CBM 097 (50)}) (8... O-O 9.
Nc3 d4 10. Ne2 a6 (10... Bc7 11. g4 f5 12. e5 Qe8 13. g5 $13 {1-0 Djurhuus,R 
(2495)-Hansen,C (2610)/Munkebo 1998/CBM 067 (48)}) 11. g4 b5 12. b3 Rb8 13. Ng3
Ng6 14. e5 Bc7 15. Ng5 h6 16. N5e4 Qh4 $13 {0-1 Sveshnikov,E (2525)-Berkovich,
D (2445)/Podolsk 1992/CBM 033 (41)}) 9. dxe4 $14 Bc7 10. Nc3 Nc6 ({The
position after} 10... O-O 11. Qe2 {arose in the quoted game below, but in
different move order. It demonstrates problems of Black's position very well:}
Ba5 12. Nd1 Nc6 13. Nf2 Qe7 14. Be3 Rad8 15. e5 f6 16. Ne4 fxe5 17. Nxe5 Ncxe5
18. fxe5 $14 {1/2 Balashov,Y (2565)-Sveshnikov,E (2520)/Leningrad 1977/URS-ch 
(28)}) 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. Rad1 Rad8 14. Qf2 {A new move.} ({Deserves
attention straightforward} 14. e5 $5 {[%cal Yc3e4] , for example} f6 15. exf6
Qxf6 16. Ng5 $14 {0-1 Zingheim,S-Odendahl,S (2405)/Chicago 1987/EXT 99 (55)})
14... Ba5 $2 {Black strives to activates his passive bishops, but he overlooks
White's next move.} (14... a6 $142 $14) 15. Nb5 $1 {[%cal Yb5d6] Now Black
gets into big trouble.} Bb6 (15... f6 16. Nd6 $16) 16. h3 $2 {[%csl Gg4] It is
too soft.} ({In respect of the line} 16. Nd6 $2 Nf6 17. e5 $140 Ng4 {White
takes the g4 square under control.}) ({Correct is energetic} 16. e5 $142 {
and after} f6 17. Qg3 $16 {White keeps the e5 pawn and thus also the d6 square
for his knight.} (17. Qh4 $5)) 16... f6 $11 {Black prevents the e4-e5 and
equalizes, as White's Nb5 is slightly misplaced now.} 17. Nc3 (17. Nd6 Nd4)
17... Ba5 18. Na4 b6 19. Bd2 {White exchanges the bishops and thus resigns
himself to get any advantage.} Ndb8 20. Bxa5 Nxa5 21. b3 Nac6 22. Nc3 Rxd1 23.
Rxd1 Rd8 $11 {The position is absolutely equal.} 24. Rxd8+ {White gives up the
d file for nothing.} (24. Rd2 $5) 24... Qxd8 25. f5 $6 {This pseudoactive move
only weakens White's position.} (25. Qd2 $142 $11) 25... Qd3 26. Qd2 Qxd2 27.
Nxd2 Kf7 28. Kf2 $6 ({Still holds the balance} 28. Nb5 $142 $5 Ke7 29. Nf3 $11)
28... Nd4 29. fxe6+ Kxe6 $15 {Now Black is slightly better because of the
better pawn structure, White has the isolated e4 pawn.} 30. Ke3 Nbc6 31. Nf3
Nc2+ 32. Kd2 N2b4 33. a3 Na6 34. Nd5 Nab8 35. Ke3 Nd7 36. b4 $2 {A serious
mistake, White weakens his c4 pawn.} (36. Nf4+ $15) 36... Nde5 37. Nf4+ $6 (37.
Nd2 $142 Kd6 $17) 37... Kd6 38. bxc5+ bxc5 (38... Kxc5 $2 39. Ne6+) 39. Nxe5
Kxe5 $2 {A blunder in the simple situation, most probably due to the
time-trouble.} (39... Nxe5 $142 $17) 40. Nd3+ $15 {Now Black is only slightly
better.} Kd6 41. Nf4 $2 (41. Kd2 $142 $15) 41... Nd8 $2 (41... Ne5 $142 $17)
42. Kd2 Nc6 43. Nd3 Nd4 ({After} 43... Ne5 {White is forced to play} 44. Nb2
$15 ({as the pawn ending} 44. Nxe5 $2 Kxe5 45. Ke3 h5 $19 {is simply lost,
Black has more tempi than White.})) 44. Nf4 g5 45. Nd3 Nc6 46. Ke3 h5 47. g3
Ne5 48. Nb2 (48. Nxe5 $2 Kxe5 $19) 48... a6 49. Ke2 Nc6 50. Nd3 Nd4+ 51. Kd2
Nc6 52. Ke3 Ne5 $6 53. Nxe5 $1 {Now the pawn ending is drawish, as Black has
already moved his a pawn and thus has lost one tempo.} Kxe5 54. h4 $11 (54. h4
gxh4 55. gxh4 a5 56. a4 f5 57. exf5 Kxf5 58. Kf3) 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch GpA"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "Babula,V"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d3 {Black doesn't want to play the principled way
and doesn't accept the offered pawn sacrifice.} 4. c4 g6 5. Bxd3 Bg7 6. Nf3 {
White develops his Ng1 by the natural way.} ({But playable is also} 6. Ne2 Nc6
7. Nbc3 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 d6) 6... Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. h3 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O {
It has arisen the typical position for the Maroczy.} 10. Be3 ({The alternative
is} 10. Bg5 Nd7 11. Rc1 Nc5) 10... Nd7 {[%cal Yd7c5] This is Black's typical
manoeuvre in the Maroczy. He transfers his knight to c5 to strengthen the
pressure against White's centre and queenside.} 11. Qd2 ({White usually
deploys his forces this way:} 11. Rc1 Nc5 12. Bb1 {Now Black can play} f5 {
as in our game} ({or} 12... a5 {, for example} 13. Qe2 (13. Qd2 Re8 14. Rfd1
Be6 15. Nd5 a4 16. Bh6 Bxd5 17. exd5 Ne5 18. Nd4 Qa5 $11 {0-1 Volman,H (2197)
-Tyomkin,D (2512)/Givataim 2005/CBM 105 ext (54)}) 13... b6 14. Rfd1 Bb7 15.
Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Ne6 $14 {1-0 Lendwai,R (2410)-Sadler,M (2540)/
Cappelle la Grande 1993/TD (39)}) {After} 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Qd2 Kh8 {we reach
the position from our game. Exactly this move order was in the quoted game
Tibensky-Gazik below.}) 11... Nc5 12. Rac1 $6 {An inaccuracy.} ({The logical
continuation of White's previous move is} 12. Bh6 $5 {Then Black can't gain a
piece} Bxh6 $6 13. Qxh6 Nxd3 $4 {due to} 14. Ng5 $18 {, of course.}) 12... f5
$5 13. exf5 gxf5 $6 {Black doesn't exploit White's 12th move.} (13... Nxd3 $142
14. Qxd3 Bxf5 $11) 14. Bb1 $14 Kh8 15. Rfd1 {A novelty.} (15. Nd5 Qd7 16. Ng5
e6 17. Nf4 e5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Qxd7 Bxd7 20. Nfe6 Bxe6 21. Nxe6 Rf7 22. Nxc5
e4 $44 {0-1 Tibensky,R (2400)-Gazik,I (2420)/Trnava 1988/EXT 98 (37)}) 15...
Qe8 16. Nd5 {[%cal Yd5c7]} Rb8 ({Bad is} 16... Qf7 $2 {because of} 17. Ng5 {
followed by b2-b4-b5 to gain the e7 pawn.}) 17. Nd4 ({More energetic looks} 17.
b4 $5) 17... Bd7 $2 {A mistake, the bishop is here insecure.} (17... Qf7 $142
$5 $14) 18. b3 $2 {White misses his opportunity for the first time.} (18. Nxc6
$142 $1 Bxc6 (18... bxc6 $6 19. Nxe7 $1 Qxe7 $140 20. Qxd6 {[%csl Rc5,Rd7]})
19. b4 $16 {is similar to the game.}) 18... Qf7 $2 (18... Rd8 $142 $14) 19.
Nxc6 $1 {But not for the second time.} Bxc6 (19... bxc6 $6 20. Nxe7 $1) 20. b4
Ne6 21. b5 $1 {White wants maximum out of the position, he is not afraid of
complications that are favourable for him.} ({Weaker is} 21. f4 $2 $14 {
with idea to avoid Black's counterplay.}) 21... f4 22. Bxa7 Ra8 23. Bb6 $5 {
Looks better than} (23. bxc6 Rxa7 24. c7 $16) 23... Bd7 24. Ba5 $2 {White mars
a good game. This move is too soft, moreover the bishop is on a5 very unsafe.}
({Correct is energetic} 24. c5 $142 $1 f3 $5 (24... dxc5 $2 25. Nc7) 25. c6 Bc8
26. g3 $16 {and White should be able to parry Black's attack.}) 24... f3 $1 $40
{[%mdl 128] The situation has changed radically. Black's attack is very
dangerous now and it is extremely difficult to defend precisely, especially in
the practical game.} 25. Nb6 Nf4 ({Deserves attention also} 25... Rxa5 $5 26.
Nxd7 (26. Qxa5 $2 fxg2 $19) 26... Rg8 $40 {Now White can't take the rook} 27.
Qxa5 $2 {due to} Bd4 $19 28. g4 Qf4) 26. Nxd7 Rg8 27. Bc3 $2 {Turns the tables
completely.} ({Perhaps the best defence is} 27. Be4 fxg2 28. Rc3 Rxa5 $15) ({or
} 27. Kh2 fxg2 $15 (27... Be5 $2 28. g4 $1)) 27... Ne2+ $19 {Now Black gains
material or mates White's king.} 28. Kh2 Bxc3 29. Qh6 (29. Rxc3 Rxg2+ 30. Kh1
Qh5) 29... Rxg2+ 30. Kh1 Rag8 31. Rf1 Bd2 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.21"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Stanojoski, Zvonko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "Babula,V"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Skopje"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 {Kharlov's speciality, its main idea is to fight for the
e5-square. But its drawbacks are clear, weakening of the king position,
limiting the scope of the dark-squared bishop and most important, it is a
waste of time. Therefore it is a rare continuation and White can't seriously
aspire for an advantage.} Nc6 3. Nf3 d5 {Black immediately clarifies the
situation in the centre, but it costs a tempo.} ({More common options are} 3...
g6) (3... e6) (3... d6) 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qd8 ({It is possible also the
other retreat} 5... Qd6 {Here the queen protects Nc6 against the potential
threat Bf1-b5xc6 with creation of the doubled pawns. But the queen is here
slightly exposed and White can profit from it.} 6. Bb5 Nf6 7. O-O g6 8. d3 a6 (
8... Bg7 9. Ne5) 9. Bxc6+ Qxc6 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. Qf3 Bg7 12. a4 O-O 13. a5 $14 {
><b6 1-0 Kharlov,A-Holst,C/Izmir 2004/CBM 104 (43)}) 6. Bb5 (6. Bc4 $143 {
leads nowhere} e6 7. d3 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Kh1 O-O 10. a4 b6 $11 {1-0 Xu
Jun-Lumongdong,L/Singapore 1995/EXT 98 (31)}) 6... Nf6 ({It deserves attention
} 6... Bd7 $5 {Black tries to avoid the creation of the doubled pawns at all:}
7. O-O Nf6 8. Ne5 Rc8 (8... Nxe5 $6 9. fxe5 $36) 9. Qe2 e6 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. f5
$1 Qd4+ 12. Kh1 Bd6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 {o/oc anyway they are here} (13... Rxc6 14.
Nb5 $14) 14. d3 O-O 15. fxe6 Rce8 16. Bg5 Rxe6 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. Rxf6 Qxf6 19.
g3 Be5 20. Rf1 Qd6 21. Ne4 Qd5 22. b3 Bd4 23. Qf3 f5 $13 {1-0 Sveshnikov,
E-Dvoirys,S/Podolsk 1993/CBM 038 (63)}) 7. Ne5 ({Of course not} 7. Bxc6+ $6
bxc6 {^^ which would let Black with the pair of bishops.}) 7... Bd7 8. Bxc6 {
The principled continuation, White creates Black the doubled pawn.} (8. O-O {
would lead to the abovementioned game Sveshnikov-Dvoirys.}) 8... Bxc6 9. Nxc6
bxc6 {o/oc} 10. d3 e6 11. O-O (11. Qf3 Nd5 12. O-O Be7 13. f5 O-O 14. Ne4 e5
15. Qf2 f6 16. b3 Qb6 17. Kh1 Qb4 18. Qf3 Rfd8 19. Bd2 Qa3 20. Bc1 Qa5 21. a3
Nc7 22. Qh5 Nd5 23. Bd2 Qc7 24. Rf3 Bf8 25. Rh3 h6 26. Rg3 Kh8 27. Rf1 Nf4 28.
Qh4 Re8 29. Bxf4 exf4 30. Rg6 Rxe4 31. dxe4 Bd6 32. Rxh6+ gxh6 33. Qxf6+ Kg8
34. Qg6+ Kf8 35. Qxh6+ Ke8 36. e5 Bxe5 37. Re1 Rd8 38. Qf6 Qe7 39. Qxe5 Qxe5
40. Rxe5+ Kf7 41. Kg1 c4 42. Rc5 cxb3 43. cxb3 f3 44. g4 Rd4 45. Rc4 Rd3 46. b4
Rxa3 47. h4 Ra2 48. g5 a5 49. bxa5 Rxa5 50. Rf4 Ra3 51. Kf2 c5 52. Rxf3 Ra1 53.
h5 Rh1 54. h6 c4 55. g6+ Kf6 56. g7 Kf7 57. Rg3 Kg8 58. f6 Rxh6 59. f7+ {
1-0 Watson,W-Lalic,N/Jelenia Gora 1980/EXT 2003}) 11... Be7 12. Kh1 {White
safeguards his king against the check on the d4-square and prepares the siege
of Black's weaknesses on the queenside.} ({Position after} 12. Qf3 Nd5 {
was reached in the different move order in the game Watson-Lalic, White chose
maybe more promising plan with the f4-f5 advance} 13. f5 O-O 14. Ne4 e5 $2 15.
Qf2 f6 16. b3 $16 {1-0 Watson,W-Lalic,N/Jelenia Gora 1980/EXT 2003 (19)}) 12...
O-O {In the position of that type, generally said, the doubled pawns are
statically weak but they have also some advantages, as successfully Botvinnik
showed. They control the complex of squares on the half-open files, in our
games squares d4,d5 and b4,b5. And in the position with pieces they could have
also the hidden dynamics. Simply said, it is far from easy to exploit their
weakness.} 13. Na4 (13. b3 $6 Nd5 {[%cal Ye7f6]}) 13... Qd4 $1 14. c3 {[%csl
Rd3] ><d3 After the forced committal c2-c3 Black has also a target, the pawn
d3.} Qd5 $13 15. c4 Qf5 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. Rf3 Rd7 18. Bd2 Rad8 19. Ba5 Re8 20.
Raf1 Bf8 21. Nc3 Rd4 22. Bc7 $5 {[%cal Yc7e5]} Bd6 23. Bxd6 Rxd6 24. Qe5 (24.
Ne4 Rd4 $11) 24... Red8 25. Rd1 Rd4 26. Qxf5 exf5 $11 {The position is equal,
White can't make any progress as Black pieces are very active.} 27. Kg1 g6 28.
b3 Re8 $11 {[%cal Ge8e1] <->e} 29. h3 Rd6 30. Na4 Nd7 31. Rf2 Rd4 32. Nb2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dubai op"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2001.04.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ramesh, Ramachandran B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2001.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd8 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. O-O e6 8.
Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Ne5 Rc8 10. Qe2 Be7 11. d3 (11. f5 exf5 12. Rxf5 Nf6 13. Nxc6 Rxc6
14. Re5 Qd4+ 15. Kh1 Qd7 16. h3 Re6 17. Rxe6 fxe6 18. d3 O-O 19. Bg5 h6 20.
Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Re1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Mas,H-Novikov,I/Jakarta 1997/CBM 58 ext (36)})
11... Nf6 12. Be3 (12. f5 exf5 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Rxf5 Bd5 15. Ng4 Be6 16. Bxf6
Bxf5 17. Bxg7 Bxg4 18. Qxg4 f5 $1 $19 {0-1 Keschitz,G-Schneider,A/Budapest
1993/EXT 97 (34)}) 12... O-O 13. Rad1 Nd5 (13... Nd7 14. Qg4 $5) 14. Nxd5 exd5
(14... Bxd5 15. c4 Bc6 16. d4 $36) 15. d4 c4 (15... Re8 16. dxc5 $1 (16. f5 $2
Bf6) 16... Qa5 (16... Bf6 17. Bd4) 17. Qd2 Qxd2 18. Rxd2 Bb5 19. Rfd1 f6 20.
Nf3 Bf8 21. Bf2 (21. Bd4 Re4 $1 $132) 21... Bc6 22. b4 Re4 23. Rd4 $14) 16. f5
Be8 $6 (16... Bf6 17. Qh5 $5 Ba4 $5 (17... Bxe5 $2 18. dxe5 $16) 18. Rf3 (18.
Rf2 c3 19. b3 Bb5 20. Ng4 $36) 18... Bxc2 19. Rh3 h6 20. Rc1 Be4 21. Rg3 $36
Kh7 (21... Bxe5 22. dxe5 $16) (21... b5 22. Bxh6) 22. Nxf7) (16... Ba4 $1 17.
b3 (17. Rd2 $6 c3 $36) (17. Rf2 f6 $17) (17. Rf3 f6 18. Ng4 c3 $36) 17... Bb5
18. Rf2 (18. Rfe1 Bb4) (18. bxc4 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 Rxc4 $15) 18... f6 19. bxc4 (19.
Nf3 Qd7 $17) 19... Ba6 $15) (16... f6 $6 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. c3 $14) 17. Qg4 Ba4
$4 {[%mdl 8192]} (17... Bf6 $132) 18. Bh6 $18 1-0

[Event "Metalska Trgovina CC 90"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "2002.01.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Jelen, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 e6 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 Ngf6 8.
Nf2 Rb8 9. b3 Qc7 10. Bb2 b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. O-O O-O 13. c4 a6 14. Rae1 Rfe8
15. Nd3 $1 {Ein typischer Zug für derartigen Positionen. Es ist wichtig für
Weiß den Vorstoß e5 zu verhindern und das Feld e5 besetzen zu können.} b5 16.
Nde5 {Es ist dem Weißen gelungen das Feld e5 zu besetzen. Das Springeropfer
auf f7 ist damit geplant.} bxc4 $6 (16... Bd6 {Dies sollte den Pe6 schützen
und damit das Springeropfer auf f7 verhindern.} 17. Ng5 Bxg2 18. Qxg2 bxc4 19.
Nexf7 cxb3 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. fxe5 bxa2 22. exf6 Nxf6 23. d3) (16... Nb6 17. Nxf7
$1 Kxf7 18. Qxe6+ Kf8 19. Ng5 Bd6 20. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 (20... Rxe6 21. Nxe6+ $18)
21. Qxf6+ Kg8 22. Bxb7 $18) 17. Nxf7 (17. Ng5 $6 Bxg2 18. Qxg2 cxb3 $17) (17.
Nxc4 $5 $14 {Dies sollte ein klares Plus (die optimale Figurenaufstellung) für
Weiß sichern.}) 17... Bxf3 $6 {Ein offenbar Beurteilungsfehler.} (17... cxb3 $1
18. Qxe6 (18. N7g5 Bd5 19. Nxe6 Qb6 $17) (18. N3g5 c4 $17) 18... Bd5 {Dies
soll den Ausgleich sichern.} 19. Nh6+ Kh8 20. Nf7+ (20. Qxe7 Rxe7 21. Rxe7 c4
$17) 20... Kg8 21. Nh6+ Kh8 $11) (17... Kxf7 $4 18. Qxe6+ Kf8 (18... Kg6 19.
f5+ $18) 19. Ng5 $18) (17... Bd5 18. Be5 Nxe5 19. fxe5 $36) 18. Qxe6 Bh5 19.
Nd6+ Kf8 20. Nxe8 Rxe8 21. Qxc4 $16 {Weiß steht mit zwei Bauern und einem Turm
gegen zwei Leichtfiguren steht dank seiner harmonischen Entwicklung und
sicheren Kontrolle über das Zentrum klar besser.} Bf7 $6 (21... Qd6 $16) 22.
Qxa6 c4 23. Ba3 cxb3 24. Rxe7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 64] Motiv: Fesselung} Rxe7 25. axb3
Bxb3 (25... Nc5 26. Qa8+ Re8 27. Qc6) 26. Rc1 Bc2 27. Bd6 1-0

[Event "Kemerovo1"]
[Site "Kemerovo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. c4 e6 7. Qe2 Bd6 8.
d3 O-O 9. dxe6 Qxe6 10. Qxe6 fxe6 11. Nf3 (11. Nc3 $5 Nc6 (11... Nfd7 12. Nge2
Nc6 13. O-O $14) 12. Nge2 $5 (12. Nf3 Nd7 $5 (12... Nb4 13. Ke2) 13. g3 e5 14.
Ne4 Bc7 15. Nxe5 Ndxe5 16. fxe5 $14) 12... Rad8 (12... Nb4 13. Kd2 Rad8 14. a3
$14) 13. a3 Bc7 14. Be3 Rxd3 15. Bxc5 Rf7 16. O-O $6 (16. Rd1 Rxd1+ 17. Kxd1
Nd7 18. Be3 $14) 16... Nd7 17. Bf2 Bxf4 {1/2-1/2 Zollbrecht,J-Raedeker,B/BL2-S
8889 1989}) 11... Nfd7 (11... Nc6 12. a3 Nh5 13. Nc3 Bxf4 14. O-O Rad8 15. Ne4
b6 16. Nf2 Ne5 17. Ng5 Nxd3 18. Nxe6 Nxc1 19. Raxc1 Bxc1 20. Nxd8 Be3 21. Ne6
Rf6 22. Nc7 Nf4 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. cxd5 Kf7 25. g3 Rxf2 26. Rxf2+ Ke7 27. Kf1
Bxf2 28. Kxf2 Kd6 29. Ke3 Kxd5 30. Kd3 b5 31. b3 c4+ 32. bxc4+ bxc4+ 33. Kc3
Kc5 {0-1 Keprt-Hajek,M/CSR 1989}) 12. O-O (12. g3 $5 e5 $1 13. O-O (13. f5 $6
Rxf5 14. O-O Nc6 15. Nc3 Raf8 $36) (13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Ke2 Nbc6
$36) 13... exf4 14. gxf4 Bxf4 15. Bxf4 Rxf4 16. Nc3 Nc6 17. Nd5 $132) 12...
Bxf4 13. Bxf4 Rxf4 14. Re1 {[%csl Re6]} Rf6 (14... Nf8 15. Ne5 Rd4 16. Nc3 (16.
Nd2 Nbd7 17. Ndf3 Rd6 $10) 16... Nbd7 17. Nb5 $36 Nxe5 18. Nxd4 Nxd3 19. Re3
cxd4 20. Rxd3 e5 21. Re1 $14) 15. d4 (15. Nc3 $5 Nc6 16. Re4 $5 Raf8 17. Rae1 {
[%csl Re6]} Nb4 $132 {[%csl Rd3]} (17... Nd4 $6 {[%cal Rf6f1]} 18. Nxd4 $8 cxd4
19. Rxd4 Ne5 $5 20. Ne4 $5 Rf4 (20... Rg6 21. Ng3 $16 {[%csl Re5]}) 21. Rd6 $16
)) 15... Nc6 $1 (15... cxd4 16. Nxd4 e5 {[%csl Yd5]} 17. Nf3 {[%csl Yd5,Ye4,
Re5]} Nc6 18. Nc3 $14) 16. dxc5 (16. d5 $2 exd5 17. cxd5 Nb4 $17) 16... Nxc5
17. Nc3 {[%csl Ye4,Ye5]} Nd3 $5 {[%csl Yf4,Rb2,Re1]} 18. Re2 Raf8 $36 {[%csl
Yf4,Yg2,Rf3] Weiß versucht die durch die offene f-Linie erzielte
Positionüberlegenheit für Operationen gegen weißen König nutzen. Ein
Angriffsobjekt ist nun den Punkt g2, um die Blockadefigur-den Springer f3 zu
beseitigen.} 19. Rd1 {[%cal Rd1d7]} Nf4 {[%csl Re2,Rg2]} 20. Re3 (20. Re4 $2
Nxg2 21. Kxg2 Rxf3 $17) 20... Nh3+ $5 21. gxh3 Rxf3 22. Rxe6 (22. Rxf3 $2 Rxf3
$17) 22... Rxh3 23. Nd5 (23. Rd7 $6 Rh4 24. Ne4 Rg4+ 25. Ng3 Rxc4 $36) 23...
Rh4 {[%csl Yg4,Rc4]} 24. Ne3 {[%csl Gc4,Gg4]} (24. b3 $6 Rg4+ 25. Kh1 Rf2 $36)
24... Nd4 {[%csl Yh2,Re2,Rf3]} (24... Rh5 $6 25. Rd5 $5) 25. Re7 Nf3+ {[%csl
Rh2]} 26. Kg2 Rxh2+ 27. Kg3 Rh6 $1 $36 {[%csl Yg6]} (27... Re2 28. Rdd7 Ng5 29.
Rxg7+ Kh8 30. Rxg5 Rxe3+ $10) (27... Rd2 28. Rxd2 Nxd2 29. Kg2 Rf7 30. Re8+ Rf8
31. Re7 $10) (27... Rxb2 $2 28. Rdd7 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Rg7,Rh7]}) 28. Rd5 {
[%csl Yf5]} Rg6+ 29. Kf2 Nd4+ {[%csl Ye2,Yf5]} 30. Ke1 Re6 (30... Nc6 $5 31.
Rxb7 Re6 32. Rd3 (32. Ke2 Rfe8 33. Rd3 Ne5 34. Rc3 Nxc4 35. Rxc4 Rxe3+ 36. Kd2
R3e7 37. Rcc7 Rxc7 38. Rxc7 Ra8 $17) (32. Kd2 $2 Rf2+ $17) 32... Rf3 $5 (32...
Ne5 33. Rc3 Ng4 (33... Nxc4 34. Rxc4 Rxe3+ 35. Kd2 $10) (33... Rfe8 34. Kd1 $13
) 34. Rbb3 (34. Ke2 Rf2+ 35. Ke1 Rf3 $19) 34... Rc8 (34... Rfe8 35. Ke2 Nxe3
36. Rxe3 Rxe3+ 37. Rxe3 Rxe3+ 38. Kxe3 Kf7 39. Kf4 $10) 35. Ke2 Nxe3 36. Rxe3
Rxe3+ 37. Kxe3 Rxc4 38. Rb8+ Kf7 39. Rb7+ $10) (32... Rfe8 33. Kd2 $5 (33. Ke2
Ne5 34. Rc3 Nxc4 35. Rxc4 Rxe3+ $17) 33... Ne5 {[%csl Re3,Rf3]} 34. Rc3 Nf3+
35. Ke2 $14) 33. Ke2 (33. Kd2 h5 $5) 33... Rh3 34. b4 h5 $36) 31. Rdd7 $1 Rxe3+
32. Rxe3 Nc2+ 33. Ke2 Nxe3 34. Kxe3 Rf7 35. Rd8+ Rf8 36. Rd7 Rf7 37. Rd8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. O-O e6 6. d3 {Weiß möchte offenbar
6.Nc3 (mit der Absicht 6...d5 zu verhindern) und damit die Hauptvariante
vermeiden.} d5 $1 {Schwarz reagiert energisch.} (6... Nge7 7. c3 O-O 8. Qe1 d6
9. Bb3 Bd7 10. Nbd2 d5 11. e5 Rc8 12. Qh4 Nf5 13. Qh3 Qb6 14. Kh1 Na5 15. Re1
Nxb3 16. Nxb3 {1/2-1/2 Sanchez,C-Linares,O/CUB 1999/(45)}) 7. Bb5 Nge7 8. c4 {
Ein neuer Plan. Die Idee besteht darin die Bauernschwäche auf c5 festzulegen
und im Weiteren anzugreifen.} dxe4 {Die Öffnung der d-Linie ist aus schwarzer
Sicht nicht richtig begründet. Weiß bekommt die besseren Chancen die d-Linie
zu beherrschen.} (8... a6 9. Ba4) (8... O-O $142) 9. dxe4 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bd7 11.
Nc3 a6 12. Ba4 O-O-O 13. Be3 {Der neue Plan hat seine Wirkung gezeigt. Die
Initiative gehört klar dem Anziehenden.} b6 14. Ng5 (14. Rd6 $5) 14... Bxc3 $1
{[%mdl 32] Ein wichtiger Zug, damit hat Schwarz die Initiative ergriffen.
Seine tiefdurchdachte strategische Idee besteht in folgendem: Er schwächt vor
allem die weiße Bauernstruktur am Damenflügel endgültig, man beachte z.B. die
Bauernschwäche auf c4, kann die weißen Felder im Lager des Weißen weiter
schwächen, z.B. Ba4 oder Pe4 zu tauschen. Dies stellt aber auch eine riskante
Entscheidung dar, die schwarzen Felder im weißen Lager dadurch sind erheblich
geschwächt. Das weitere Geschen ist davon abhängig, wem es gelingt schneller
die gegnerischen Schwächen auszunutzen. Schwarz soll bestrebt sein die weißen
Felder weiter zu schwächen, d.h. die weißen Steine zu tauschen, die die weißen
Felder verteidigen sollen. Weiß also ungekehrt.} 15. bxc3 Be8 {/\h6} 16. e5 {
Dies soll festlegen; Weiß möchte möglichst schnell die schwarzfeldrigen
Schwächen zu besetzen. /\Ne4-d6} Rxd1+ (16... h6 $6 17. Ne4) 17. Rxd1 Na5 $1
18. Bxe8 {Der Anziehende ist nicht mehr in der Lage die weißen Felder zu
verteidigen. Es soll dem Nachziehenden ermöglichen den beiden Springern auf
den weißen Feldern vorteilhaft zu platzieren. Weiß bekommt aber im Gegensatz
einen entfernten Freibauern.} (18. Bb3 $142 Nf5 19. Bf2 h6 20. Ne4 Bc6 $132)
18... Rxe8 19. Nxh7 $1 {[%mdl 4096] Dies ist besser als 19.Nf7: Weiß ist damit
bestrebt den h-Freibauern zu bilden.} (19. Nxf7 Nxc4 20. Bc1 Nd5 21. Rd3) 19...
Nxc4 20. Bc1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Nf6 Nd5 23. Ne4 Ke7 24. Kf2 {Die kritische
Stellung. Es ist dem Weißen gelungen, die beiden zentral platzieren schwarzen
Springer zu blockieren. Er droht nun den h-Bauern in Marsch zu setzen.} f5 $1
25. exf6+ Nxf6 {[%mdl 32] Schwarz verfolgt damit seine Strategie, nämlich die
weißen Steine die die weißen verteidigen könnten abzutauschen.} 26. Kf3 Nxe4
27. Kxe4 b5 28. g4 a5 29. Kd3 a4 30. h4 Kf6 31. a3 Kf7 32. Ke4 Ke7 33. f5 $6 {
Hat Weiß seine Chancen überschätzt, oder was übersehen?} (33. Kd3 Kf6 34. Ke4
$11) (33. h5 $5 gxh5 34. gxh5 Kf7 35. Kf3 Kg7 36. Ke4 Kf7 $11) 33... gxf5+ 34.
gxf5 Nd6+ 35. Ke5 Nxf5 36. h5 Nd6 37. Bg5+ Kd7 38. Bc1 Ke7 39. Bg5+ Kd7 40. Be3
$2 (40. Bc1 $11) 40... Nc4+ 41. Kf4 b4 42. cxb4 cxb4 43. h6 (43. axb4 a3 $19) (
43. Bc1 e5+ (43... bxa3 44. Bxa3 Ke8 45. Bb4 a3 46. Bxa3 $11) 44. Kg5 bxa3 45.
Bxa3 Ke6 46. Kg6 e4 47. h6 Ne5+ 48. Kh5 Nf7 $19) 43... e5+ $1 44. Kf5 bxa3 45.
h7 Nxe3+ 46. Ke4 a2 47. h8=Q a1=Q $19 48. Qg7+ Kc6 49. Qh6+ Kc5 50. Qf8+ Kc4
51. Qc8+ Kb3 52. Qb8+ Kc2 53. Kxe3 Qd4+ 54. Ke2 a3 55. Qc7+ Kb1 56. Ke1 Qb4+
57. Kd1 Qb3+ 58. Kd2 e4 59. Qc1+ Ka2 60. Qc6 e3+ 61. Ke2 Kb1 62. Qh1+ Kb2 63.
Qc6 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 d5 4. Nf3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nd7 6. g3 Ngf6 (6... Be7 7. Bg2
Ngf6 8. Nf2 Rb8 9. b3 Qc7 10. Bb2 b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. O-O O-O 13. c4 a6 14. Rae1
{1-0 Sveshnikov,E-Jelen,I/Ljubljana 2002/(27)}) 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. b3
(9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Qb6 11. c4 Bd7 12. Ne5 Bc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bb2 Nd7 {
1/2-1/2 Al Sayed,M-Hussien,A/Dubai 1998/(37)}) 9... O-O 10. Bb2 Bd7 (10... Qc7
11. O-O b6 12. f5 exf5 13. Nh4 Rb8 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. Rxf5 Rbd8 16. d3 Ne8 17.
Qg4 Qd7 18. Raf1 Bf6 {1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S-Cherniaev,A/Catalan Bay 2003/(23)})
11. Ne5 {Ein typischer für derartigen Stellungen Zug. Weiß möchte Bc6 zu
verhindern.} (11. O-O Bc6) 11... Qc7 12. Qf3 Rab8 13. O-O {Eine sehr
interessante Stellung ist entstanden. Weiß verfügt hier über einen
beachtlichen Raumvorteil und eine aktive Figurenaufstellung. Die schwarze
Stellung ist aber sehr stabil, schwächenfrei, sogar hat er die aktiven Chancen
im Zentrum, auf der d-Linie. Weiß soll bestrebt sein, seine Initiative am
Königsflügel zu entwickeln, Schwarz - im Zentrum und am Damenflügel.} Bb5 (
13... b5 $5 14. Rae1 c4 $13) 14. c4 Ba6 {Eine verdächtige Idee: Die Entfernung
des Läufer vom Königsflügel soll die weißen Felder dort schwächen.} 15. f5 $5 {
[%mdl 32] Weiß versucht gerade diesen Umstand ausnutzen, nämlich die weißen
Felder am Königsflügel zu schwächen. Dies stellt hier und im weiteren das
Hauptmotiv der weißen Strategie dar.} exf5 16. Qxf5 Rbd8 17. Rf2 (17. d3 {
Warum nicht 17.d3?! In derartigen Positionen kann das Feld durch eine weiße
Figur besetz sein, z.B. durch Nd3. Weiß versucht möglich lange dieses Feld
frei zu halten.}) 17... Rd6 18. g4 {Mit der Idee g5 gefolgt von Bd5 mit dem
Druck auf die weißen Felder} h6 19. h4 b6 {/\Bc8} 20. Raf1 (20. g5 hxg5 21.
hxg5 Bc8 $1) 20... Bc8 21. Qf4 Be6 {Der weißfeldrige Läufer ist wieder da.
Eine gute Alternative wäre die Verdoppellung auf der e-Linie.} 22. g5 {Weiß
hält trotzdem an seiner Idee fest.} hxg5 23. hxg5 Nh7 24. Nf3 Qd8 25. Qe5 f6
26. Qe4 {Die letzten Züge waren zwangläufig.} Re8 27. Bc3 $1 {Der Bauer d2
stützt den Läufer c3! Noch ein vorteilhaftes Motiv, bzw. ein Grund für Weiß
den d-Bauern auf d2 zu halten. Dadurch bleibt die d-Linie für Schwarz
geschlossen.} Qd7 28. g6 Nf8 29. Nh4 Bd8 30. Re2 Re7 31. Qf3 Rd3 32. Qh5 $1 Bc7
33. Nf5 $1 {Es ist dem Weißen eine aussichtreiche Figurenumgruppierung
gelungen.} Bxf5 34. Rxe7 Qxe7 35. Qxf5 {Nun sind die weißen Felder im Lager
des Schwarzen schutzlos. /\Bd5} Rg3 (35... Qd6 36. Be5 $1 (36. Bd5+ Rxd5 37.
Qxd5+ Qxd5 38. cxd5 $14) 36... Qxe5 37. Qxd3 Qh2+ 38. Kf2 $16) 36. Kf2 Nd7 $2 (
36... Rxg2+ $8) 37. Qd5+ Kf8 38. Rh1 Rxg2+ 39. Qxg2 Qe6 40. Qd5 Qxd5 41. cxd5
Bf4 42. Kf3 Bg5 43. Ke4 Ke7 44. Rh7 Bh6 45. Kf5 b5 46. d6+ 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Antonio, Rogelio Jr"]
[Black "Ghorbani, Mohsen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2001.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bb5 Bg7 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. d3 {Der strategische
Plan des Anziehenden besteht in Schwächung der schwarzen Felder im Lager des
Schwarzen, u.a. e5.} d6 7. O-O Nh6 8. Qe1 {Der Plan von Weiß besteht in
Vorbereitung des Vorstoßes f4-f5.} f5 {Ein typisches für derartigen Stellungen
Verfahren: Schwarz verhindert den Vorstoß f5, schwächt die weißen Felder,
versucht dadurch seinen Läufer c8 ins Spiel zu bringen.} 9. e5 O-O 10. Bd2 $5 {
Ein neuer Plan, Weiß verstärkt damit den Druck auf den schwarzen Feldern. Die
übliche Fortsetzung ist hier 10.Nc3} Qc7 (10... Rb8 $5 11. b3 Nf7) (10... d5 $6
{schwächt entgültig den Pc5.} 11. Ba5 Qd7 12. Qc3 {/\Nbd2-b3 ->Pc5}) 11. Ba5
Qb8 12. Bc3 Nf7 {wie üblich in dieser Variante, strebt Schwarz danach, den
Springer f7 über die Felder d8, e6 auf d4 zu plazieren.} 13. Nbd2 Qc7 (13...
Nd8 $6 14. exd6 exd6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qe7+ Nf7 17. Ng5 $36) 14. Kh1 (14. Qh4
$5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Rae1 Nxf3+ 17. Nxf3 $14) 14... Nd8 15. Qh4 Ne6 16.
exd6 (16. Nb3 $5 {/\Rae1 mit dem Druck auf der e-Linie}) 16... exd6 17. Bxg7
Qxg7 18. b3 {Es dem Weißen gelungen die schwarzen Felder u.a. d6,e5,f6 zu
schwächen, die weißen Felder c2,d3 zu festigen. Dies sollte dem Weißen die
dauerhafte Initiative zu gewährleisten.} (18. Nc4 Ba6 19. b3) 18... Ba6 (18...
Qc3 19. Qe7 Qxc2 20. Rae1 $36 Qxd3 $6 21. Rxe6 Bxe6 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. Ng5 $40)
19. Rae1 Rae8 20. Re2 {Das Feld e7 ist momentan die einzige erreichbare
Schwäche im schwarzen Lager.} Nc7 21. Rfe1 {[%mdl 32]} Rxe2 22. Rxe2 Nd5 $6 (
22... Re8 $142 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Qd8 Kf8 25. Qa5 (25. h3 Qc7 26. Qa8 Qb7)
25... Bc8 26. h3 $36) 23. h3 {/\Ng5} Qd7 $6 24. Ng5 (24. c4 $5 Nf6 25. d4 $36)
24... Nf6 (24... Nb4 25. Ndf3 Nxa2 26. Re6 Nb4 27. Rxd6 $18) 25. Re6 Bb5 $2 {
Schwarz übersah eien einfache taktische Aktion.} (25... Nh5 $5 26. Qe1 Nf6 27.
Re7 Re8 28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. Qxe8+ Nxe8 30. Ne6 $14) 26. Rxf6 $1 {[%mdl 64]} Rxf6
27. Nxh7 $1 $18 Re6 28. Nf6+ Rxf6 29. Qxf6 Qe8 30. Nf3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. d4 a6 (6... cxd4 7.
Qxd4 (7. Nb5 Qd8 8. Qxd4 Bd7 9. Qe5 Bxb5 10. Qxb5+ Qd7 11. Ne5 Qxb5 12. Bxb5+
Nfd7 13. Be3 {1-0 Campora,D-Komljenovic,D/Sevilla 1999/(60)}) 7... Qe6+ 8. Qe3
Nc6 9. Bb5 a6 10. Ba4 b5 11. Bb3 Qxe3+ 12. Bxe3 e6 13. O-O-O Ng4 14. Bg1 Na5 {
1/2-1/2 Hickl,J-Rajkovic,D/Altensteig 1990/(43)}) (6... e6 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Qe2
Nxe3 9. Qxe3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Bb5+ {1-0 Sveshnikov,E-Sax,G/
Ljubljana 1994/(28)}) 7. dxc5 $1 {[%mdl 8]} (7. Be3 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Qxd4 9. Bxd4
Nc6 10. Bxf6 exf6 11. Nd5 Nb4 12. Nc7+ Kd8 13. Nxa8 Nxc2+ 14. Kd2 Nxa1 15. Bd3
Bb4+ 16. Kc1 $14 {1-0 Langner,L-Teran Alvarez,I/Antwerp 1992/(20)}) 7... Qxc5
8. Qe2 g6 (8... Bg4 9. g3 (9. Be3 Qc6 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 e6
13. f5 $5 $36) 9... Nc6 10. Be3 (10. Bg2 Nd4) 10... Qa5 11. Bg2 (11. O-O-O e6 {
/\Bb4}) 11... Ne4 12. O-O Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qxc3 14. Rab1 b5 15. Qf2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3
e6 17. f5 $36) 9. Be3 Qa5 $6 {Hier stellt die schwarze Dame ein Angriffsziel
für Weiß dar.} (9... Qc7 $142 {Da Schwarz im Moment keine Stützpunkte im
Zentrum hat, sollte er jegliche Aktivität vermeiden.} 10. O-O-O (10. h3 Bg7 11.
Qf2 O-O 12. O-O-O b5) 10... Bg7 11. Ne5 Nc6) 10. O-O-O Bg7 (10... Nc6 11. h3
Bg7 12. Qf2 O-O 13. g3 {/\Bb6} (13. g4 Be6 $132) (13. Bb6 Qb4 14. Qe3 Nd7)
13... Be6 14. Bb6 Qh5 (14... Qb4 $2 15. a3) 15. Be2 $36) 11. Ne5 Nbd7 (11...
Nc6 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Nb6 Bg4 14. Nxa8 Qb8 15. Qe1 Bxd1 16. Nb6 Bg4 17. h3 Be6
18. g4 O-O 19. Bg2 $36) 12. Bd4 $1 (12. Nc4 $5 Qf5 (12... Qd8 $2 13. Bb6) (
12... Qc7 13. Nd6+ Kf8 14. Nxc8 Rxc8 15. g4 $14) 13. h3 O-O (13... h5 14. g3)
14. g4 Qe6 15. Bg2 $16) 12... O-O $2 {[%mdl 8192] Schwarz übersah in einer
schwierigen Stellung den ungedeckten Bauern auf e7} (12... h6 13. g3 Nc5 14.
Nc4 $16) (12... Nxe5 13. Qxe5 (13. fxe5 Bh6+ 14. Kb1 Bg4 $13) (13. Bxe5 $2 Bg4)
13... Qxe5 14. fxe5 Ng4 15. Nd5 O-O 16. Nc7 $16) 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 $5 {Ein u.U.
erzwungenes Figurenopfer} (13... Nxd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qxe7) 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
Rxd7 Rfd8 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {Schwarz verfügt hier über ein aktives Spiel? Reicht
es aus?} 17. Qe1 Rc8 18. Bd3 {Eine kaltblütige Entscheidung, die die schwarze
Initiative zunichte machen sollte.} Rxc3 (18... Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxa2 20. Kd2 $18)
19. bxc3 Bxc3 20. Qxe7 $18 Qxa2 21. Qxb7 Qa1+ 22. Qb1 Qa5 23. Rf1 Bd4 24. Qb3
Kg7 25. f5 gxf5 26. c3 Bxc3 27. Rxf5 Qa1+ 28. Kc2 Bf6 29. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "BL2-Nord 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.03.26"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Muse, Mladen"]
[Black "Bangiev, Alexander J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1999.10.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zehlendorf"]
[BlackTeam "Isernhagen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 c5 3. dxc5 Qa5+ 4. Nc3 Nf6 {Eine seltene Variante. In meiner
Datenbank habe ich nur eine Partie gefunden.} 5. a3 $5 {[%mdl 8] /\b4} (5. e5
$5 Ne4 6. Qd4 Nxc3 (6... Nxc5 $5 7. e6 f6) 7. Bd2 Nb5 8. Qc4 Qc7 9. Qxb5 Bg7
10. f4 Nc6 11. Nf3 $16 {1-0 Miles,A-Jukic,Z/Pula 1994/(63)}) (5. Bd2 Qxc5 $132)
(5. Be3 Nxe4 6. Bd4 (6. Qd4 Nf6) 6... f6 $13) 5... Nc6 $5 (5... Nxe4 $2 6. b4
Nxc3 7. Qd4 $18) (5... Qxc5 6. Be3 Qa5 7. b4 Qd8 8. e5 $16) 6. b4 $5 (6. Bd3
Qxc5 7. Be3 Qa5 8. b4 Qc7 $132) (6. Be3 $5 Nxe4 7. Bd4 $13) 6... Nxb4 {[%mdl
512]} 7. Bd2 (7. e5 $2 Qxc5 $17) 7... Nc6 (7... Na6 $6 8. e5 $1 Ng8 (8... Nh5
9. Ne4) 9. Ne4 Qc7 (9... Qa4 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. Nf3) 10. Bxa6 bxa6 11. Bc3 Bg7 12.
Nf3 Bb7 13. Qe2 Qc6 14. Nfd2 $13) 8. Nb5 $1 (8. Nd5 $6 Qxc5 $1 9. Nc7+ Kd8 10.
Nxa8 Nxe4 $40 11. Be3 $8 Qa5+ 12. c3 Qxc3+ 13. Ke2 Qb2+ 14. Ke1 (14. Kf3 Qf6+
$19) 14... Bg7 15. Rc1 Bc3+ 16. Rxc3 Qxc3+ 17. Ke2 Qxa3 $17) 8... Qd8 9. Bd3 (
9. Bf4 $6 e5 $1 (9... Qa5+ 10. Qd2 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 $14) 10. Bg5 (10. Be3 Nxe4
$17) 10... Bxc5 11. Qf3 Be7 12. Rd1 O-O $15) 9... Bg7 (9... a6 $6 10. Nc3 Bg7
11. f4 $1 (11. Na4 d5 $5) (11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O d6 13. cxd6 Qxd6 $15) 11... O-O
12. Nf3 $36) 10. Bf4 $5 (10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. Nc3 d6 13. cxd6 Qxd6 $15) (
10. f4 O-O 11. Nf3 b6 $132) 10... Qa5+ (10... O-O 11. Bc7 Qe8 12. Bg3 Qd8 13.
Bc7 Qe8 $11) (10... e5 $2 11. Nd6+ Kf8 12. Be3 $14) 11. Bd2 (11. Kf1 O-O) 11...
Qd8 12. Bf4 Qa5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal 2nd"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2001.08.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zugic, Igor"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd8 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Qe2 (7. O-O
e6 8. d3 Nf6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Ne5 Rc8 11. Nxc6 Rxc6 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Bd2 O-O 14.
Kh1 Qd7 15. Rae1 Rd8 16. Bc1 a6 17. a4 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 $15 {0-1 Stoecklin,
C-Raetsky,A/Biel 2000/(41)}) 7... Nd4 (7... e6 8. f5 $5) (7... Nf6 8. d3 e6 9.
f5 Be7 10. fxe6 Bxe6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O O-O 13. b3 Bg4 14. Bb2 Nd5 15. Ne4
f5 16. Ned2 f4 17. Nc4 {1-0 Erenska,H-Ries,B/Bad Woerishofen 2000/(38)}) 8.
Nxd4 cxd4 9. Ne4 {/\Nd6 Matt !!} Bxb5 (9... e6 10. f5 $5) 10. Qxb5+ Qd7 11.
Qxd7+ Kxd7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Es ist interessant anzumerken, daß diese Stellung
noch nicht in einer Partie getestet wurde.} 12. c4 $1 {Weiß will keine
Bauernschwäche auf c2.} (12. d3 Rc8 $15) 12... dxc3 (12... Rc8 13. b3 $5 Nf6 (
13... e6 14. Bb2 $14) 14. Ng5 Ke8 15. Nf3 {mit Belagerung des Pd4.}) 13. dxc3
Nf6 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 (14... exf6 $143 15. Be3 {Weiß hatte nun einfach einen
Mehrbauern am Damenflügel.}) 15. Be3 $14 e5 $6 {Die entstehende schwarze
Bauernformation ist kaum empfehlenswert. Man beachte der Bauernschwäche auf f6
und f7.} (15... e6 $142 16. Rd1+ Kc6 17. Kf2 (17. O-O f5 18. Rd3 Be7 19. Rfd1
Rhd8 20. Bd4 h5) 17... Be7 18. Rhe1 f5 19. Bd4 Rhg8 20. Rd3 h5 $132) 16. O-O $1
$36 Bh6 $6 (16... Bd6 17. Rad1 Kc6 18. fxe5 Bxe5 $14) (16... Ke6 17. f5+ Kd7
18. Rad1+ Kc6 19. Rd3 Be7 20. Rfd1 Rhd8 21. Rxd8 Bxd8 22. Kf2 Bc7 23. g4 $16)
17. Rf3 $1 {/\Rh3} Rhe8 18. Rd1+ Kc6 19. Kf2 Re7 20. Rh3 Bxf4 21. Bxf4 exf4 22.
Rxh7 $16 Rg8 23. Rh4 Rge8 24. Rxf4 (24. Rd2 Re4) 24... Re2+ 25. Kf1 Rxb2 26.
Rxf6+ Kc5 27. Rf2 (27. Rxf7 $6 Ree2 $132) 27... Rxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Re7 (28... Kc4
29. Rd7 b5 30. Rxf7 $18) 29. Rd4 b5 30. h4 Re6 31. Rf4 Ra6 32. Rxf7 Rxa2+ 33.
Kg1 $1 $18 a5 34. h5 a4 35. h6 Re2 36. h7 Re8 37. g4 a3 38. g5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bb5+ Nd7 {Eine seltene Fortsetzung.} (4... Bd7 {
Dies stellt die weiße Hauptvariante dar}) 5. e5 {Weiß beabsichtigt damit die
Verstärkung seiner Bauernstruktur auf den Feldern c3, d4, e5, f4, g3.} (5. exd5
exd5 6. O-O Bd6 (6... Ngf6 7. Qe1+ Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. d3 Re8 {1/2-1/2 Hoareau,
P-Hassan,A/Yerevan 1996/(17)}) 7. Qe1+ Ne7 8. Ne5 O-O 9. Bxd7 Bxd7 10. Nxd7
Qxd7 11. d3 Rfe8 {0-1 Pedersen,B-Jensen,V/Aarhus 1972/(32)}) 5... a6 6. Bxd7+
Bxd7 7. d4 Nh6 (7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qh4+ 9. g3 Qh3 $5) 8. Be3 (8. c3 Nf5 {
mit starkem Druck auf Pd4. Man beachte, dass Nf5 z.B. Be3 verhindert und nur
schwer zu vertreiben ist.}) 8... Nf5 9. Bf2 Qb6 $1 {Ein starker Zug, er zwingt
Weiß die Bauerstruktur zu schwächen.} 10. b3 Rc8 11. c3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13.
Bxd4 Bc5 $1 {Der Nachziehende verstärkt Zug für Zug den Druck auf die Felder
c3 und d4.} 14. O-O O-O 15. a4 {/\Na3 -> Nc2; /\a5 gefolgt von b4} Bxd4+ $1 16.
cxd4 (16. Qxd4 Qxb3 $17) 16... Rc2 {Natürlich hatte Sutovsky seine Gründe
diesen Zug gegenüber 16...Rc1 zu befürworten.} (16... Rc1 $1 {Dies soll
verglichen mit dem Partiezug vor allem ein Tempo gewinnen.} 17. Qd3 (17. Qxc1
Qxd4+ 18. Kh1 Qxa1 19. Nd2 Qa2 $19) 17... Rfc8 18. Qe3 Qb4 $17 {z.B.} 19. Ra2 (
19. h3 Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Rc2) 19... Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Rc4) 17. Na3 $1 Rc3 (17... Rb2
18. Rb1 Ra2 19. Nc2) 18. Rb1 Rfc8 19. Qd2 Qb4 20. Nc2 Qb6 21. Na3 R3c6 22. Rb2
Qc7 {[%mdl 32] Es ist eine durchaus interessante Stellung entstanden: Schwarz
besitzt die offene c-Linie und dadurch eine starke Initiative. Die weiße
Stellung bleibt jedoch stabil und dem Schwarz es ist nicht gelungen, seine
Beherrschung über die c-Linie in einen anderen Vorteil zu verwandeln.} 23. h3
Qd8 24. Nc2 Qh4 25. Kh2 Rc3 26. Ne3 b5 27. Rf3 Qd8 28. Rg3 Kh8 29. Qe2 Qh4 30.
Rg4 Qe7 31. Rg3 Qa3 32. Qd2 Qa1 33. Ra2 Qb1 34. Rb2 Qe4 35. axb5 Rd3 (35...
Bxb5 36. Nf5 Rxg3 37. Nxg3) (35... axb5 $6 36. Nf5 Rxg3 37. Nxg3) 36. Qf2 axb5
37. Nc2 Rxg3 38. Kxg3 Qd3+ 39. Kh2 Qc3 40. Ne1 b4 $6 {Ein Fehler nach langem
Kampf in einer besseren Stellung. Schwarz verliert nun die Initiative an Weiß.}
(40... Kg8 $142 $15) 41. Rc2 $1 Qxb3 42. Rxc8+ Bxc8 43. Qh4 $1 h6 44. Qd8+ Kh7
45. Qxc8 {Nun muss Schwarz ums Remis kämpfen. Dies gelingt dank des starken
b-Bauern mühelos.} Qc4 46. Qb7 b3 47. Nf3 Qc2 48. Qxf7 b2 49. f5 b1=Q 50. Qg6+
Kh8 51. Qe8+ Kh7 52. Ng5+ hxg5 53. Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Credis"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Peptan, Corina Isabela"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1996.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 Nf6 3. d3 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Be2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Qe1 c4 $6 {
Ein Sprengungszug. Schwarz versucht das weiße Bauernzentrum zu schwächen.
Dabei verliert Schwarz jedoch Zeit und die Kontrolle über den Punkt d4.} (7...
Rb8 $142 8. Kh1 b5 $132) 8. Kh1 O-O 9. Nc3 cxd3 (9... Nb4 $5 10. Qd1 cxd3 11.
cxd3 Nc6 $13) 10. Bxd3 a6 {Diese Stellung ist charakteristisch für die
Drachen-Variante der Sizilianischen Verteidigung und den Dreibauernangriff der
Pirc-Verteidigung.} (10... Nb4 $5 11. Qh4 Nxd3 12. cxd3 e6 13. Be3 b6 $13) 11.
Qh4 {Ein typischer Plan. Weiß ist bestrebt, mittels f4-f5, Bc1-h6 und Nf3-g5
einen Angriff am Königsflügel durchzusetzen.} Bg4 {Mit diesem Zug wird der
gefahrliche Springer f3 abgetauscht.} 12. Bd2 Qd7 $6 {Ein harmloser Zug. Die
schwarze Dame auf d7 steht unglücklich.} (12... Rc8 $142 13. f5 Bxf3 14. Rxf3
Ne5 15. Rh3 h5 $13) 13. f5 Bxf3 (13... gxf5 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 $40) 14. Rxf3
Ne5 15. Rh3 $40 {/\16.Nd5; 16.Bg5. Weiß steht deutlich aktiver.} h5 $5 16. Rf1
Rac8 17. Bf4 $5 {[%csl Yg6]} Rc5 (17... Neg4 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. Rg3 $5 {[%csl
Yg6] /\20.h3} (19. Qg5 e5 20. Bd2 Qe8)) 18. Rg3 (18. Bxe5 $6 Rxe5 19. fxg6 fxg6
20. Rg3 Kh7) 18... Kh7 19. h3 {[%csl Rg6]} e6 $6 {[%csl Yf6]} (19... b5 20. a3
(20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Rg5 b4) (20. Qg5 Qe8) 20... Rfc8 21. Be3 R5c7 22. Bd4 $36)
20. Be3 Rcc8 21. Bg5 $5 Ng8 (21... Ne8 22. Be2 $5) 22. Be2 Bh6 (22... b5 $5 23.
f6 (23. Bxh5 gxh5 24. Qxh5+ (24. f6 Ng6 25. Qxh5+ Bh6 $17) 24... Bh6 25. Bf6)
23... Bh6 24. Bxh6 (24. Bxh5 b4 $1 (24... gxh5 25. Bxh6 Ng6 26. Rxg6 $16))
24... Nxh6 25. Bxh5 b4 $1) 23. f6 Rc5 (23... b5 $5 24. Bxh5 $140 b4 $1) 24.
Bxh5 $1 $16 gxh5 $6 (24... b5 25. Bd1 $16) 25. Bxh6 $18 Rfc8 (25... Nxh6 26.
Rg7+ Kh8 27. Qxh5 Neg4 28. Qh4 $18) 26. Rg7+ Kh8 27. Bg5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Tunik, Gennady"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Glatman} c5 2. f4 Nc6 (2... e6 {Glatman} 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. g3 d5
6. e5 Nd7 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O b5 9. c4 $14 {Kiselev,S-Ulibin,M/St-Peterburg/1993/
0,5/41/}) (2... d5 {Glatman} 3. exd5 (3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5
Bd7 7. Qe2 Nh6 $1 $10 {Yudasin,L-Ulibin,M/Las Palmas/1993/0,5/74/}) 3... Qxd5
4. Nc3 Qd6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. d4 e6 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Qe2 $1 $16 {Sveshnikov,E-Sax,G/
JUG/1994/1:0/24/}) 3. Nf3 g6 4. c3 (4. Bb5 {Glatman} Bg7 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Nf6
7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O Ne8 9. Qe1 Nc7 10. Qh4 $16 {Sikora,J-Spasov,L/Skara/1980/}) (
4. Be2 {Glatman} Bg7 5. O-O d5 6. d3 e6 7. c3 Nge7 8. Be3 b6 9. Nbd2 O-O $10 {
Sikora,J-Smejkal,J/CSR/1979/}) 4... d5 5. e5 (5. d3 {Glatman} dxe4 6. dxe4
Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Bg4 8. Nbd2 O-O-O 9. Kc2 $14) 5... Bg4 6. h3 (6. Be2 e6 7. d3 (7.
h3 {Glatman} Bxf3 8. Bxf3 h5 9. g3 Nge7 $10) 7... h5 $10) (6. Na3 $5 e6 (6...
f6 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 $14) 7. Nc2 h5 8. b3 Nh6 9. Bd3 Nf5 10. Qe2 h4 (10... Bh6
11. g3 h4 12. Qf2 $13) 11. Bb2 Bh6 12. Ne3 $5 $13) 6... Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e6 8. g3 (
8. d3 h5 $10) (8. Be2 {Glatman} h5 9. g3 Nge7 10. O-O Nf5 $15) 8... h5 9. Bg2
h4 $5 (9... Nh6 10. O-O Qc7 11. d3 Nf5 12. Na3 $13) (9... Nge7 {Glatman} 10.
O-O Nf5 $10) 10. g4 g5 $5 {-> e5} 11. O-O (11. fxg5 Nxe5 $17) 11... gxf4 (11...
Qc7 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Nc3) 12. Qxf4 Qc7 (12... Rh7 $5 {/\ Ne7-g6}
13. d4 Nge7 14. Nd2 Ng6 15. Qf2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rc8 17. Nf3 $14) 13. d4 (13. Re1
{Glatman} f6 14. d4 fxe5 15. dxe5 Bg7 $17) 13... cxd4 14. cxd4 Nxd4 $5 (14...
Bh6 $6 15. g5) 15. Nc3 (15. Qxd4 $2 Bc5) 15... a6 (15... Nc6 $6 16. Nb5 Qd7 (
16... Qb6+ 17. Be3 $18) 17. Bxd5 $1 exd5 $6 18. e6 $18) 16. Be3 Nc6 {-> e5 /\
Ne5} 17. Bxd5 $5 (17. Kh1 $5 {/\ Bb6} Nxe5 (17... Bh6 18. g5 Bg7 19. Bb6 Qd7
20. Rae1 $16) (17... Bg7 18. Bb6 Qd7 19. Rae1) 18. Bb6 (18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bb6
Qe7 (19... Qxb6 20. Qxe5+ Qe6 21. Qxh8 $16) 20. Rae1 Bg7 21. Bxd5 f6 22. Qa4+
$44) 18... Qxb6 19. Qxe5 f6 20. Nxd5 fxe5 21. Nxb6 Rh7 22. Be4 $16) 17... Bg7
$1 (17... exd5 18. Nxd5 $16 (18. Nxd5 {Glatman} Qd7 19. Nb6 Qc7 20. Nxa8 $18))
(17... Nxe5 {Glatman} 18. Bxe6 Bd6 19. Nd5 $18) 18. Bxc6+ bxc6 19. Bd4 Rd8 (
19... c5 {Glatman} 20. Ne4 $1 cxd4 21. Nd6+ Kd8 22. Nxf7+ $18) 20. Rae1 (20.
Na4 $5 {Glatman}) 20... c5 (20... Rd7 21. Ne4 $16 Rxd4 $6 22. Nd6+) 21. Bf2 Rd7
{/\ Ne7} (21... Ne7 $2 22. Bxh4 $1 Ng6 (22... Rxh4 {Glatman} 23. Qxf7+ Kd7 24.
Qxg7 $16) 23. Bxd8 $16) 22. Qa4 $6 (22. Na4 $5 Rd5 (22... c4 23. Nb6) 23. Bxc5
Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 (24... Qxe5 25. Qxf7+ Kd8 26. Bb6+ $18) 25. Bd4 f6 26. Bxe5
(26. Rc1 $2 Re1+ $1) 26... Qxe5 27. Qxe5 fxe5 28. Re1 $16) (22. Bxh4 $2 Rxh4
23. Qg5 Rh7) (22. Qg5 Rh7 (22... Bf8 23. Ne4) 23. Bxh4 Ne7 $13) 22... Ne7 (
22... Bxe5 23. Rxe5 $5 (23. Ne4 $16 {Glatman}) 23... Qxe5 24. Ne4 $5 (24. Rd1
Qc7 25. Ne4 $13) 24... Kd8 $5 (24... Ne7 25. Bxc5 Nd5 26. Nd6+ Kd8 27. Qa5+ Nc7
(27... Rc7 28. Nxf7+ $18) 28. Nxf7+ Rxf7 29. Be7+ Rxe7 30. Qxe5 $16) 25. Nxc5 (
25. Bxc5 $5) 25... Rd5 26. Qc6 (26. Re1 $5 Qc7 $13) 26... Rxc5 27. Qxc5 (27.
Rd1+ $2 Rd5 28. Bb6+ Ke7 $17) (27. Qa8+ Ke7 (27... Rc8 28. Rd1+ $16) (27... Kc7
28. Qa7+ Kc6 29. Qxa6+ Kc7 30. Qa7+ Kc6 31. Qa8+ Kc7 32. Rd1 $5 Ne7 33. Qa7+)
28. Qa7+ Rc7 $17) 27... Qxc5 28. Bxc5 Ke8 29. Rf3 $14) 23. Rd1 (23. Ne4 $5 {
Glatman} Qc6 24. Qxc6 Nxc6 25. Nxc5 Rd5 (25... Rd2 26. Ne4 Rxb2 27. Nd6+ $16)
26. Nxa6 Rxe5 27. Rxe5 Bxe5 28. b4 $16) 23... Bxe5 24. Ne4 Qc6 25. Qxc6 Nxc6
26. Rxd7 (26. Bxc5 $32 {Glatman}) 26... Kxd7 27. Nxc5+ Ke7 28. Nxa6 Ra8 29. Nc5
Bxb2 (29... Rxa2 30. Bxh4+ Ke8 31. Nd3 $14) 30. Bxh4+ Ke8 31. Ne4 Be5 32. Nf6+
Bxf6 33. Bxf6 Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Meister, Jakob"]
[Black "Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nge7 {Mit dem Springer auf e7 hat der
Nachziehende zwei Möglichkeiten seinen Königsflügel zu entwickeln, nämlich den
typischen Plan mit g6, Bg7, 0-0 und den Vorstoß d5 mit der Idee den Bauern e4
abzutauschen, was dem Springer erlauben soll, auf dem Feld f5 bzw. d5 einen
guten Platz zu finden. Die Entwicklung des Königsflügel stellt dann kein
Problem dar.} 5. b3 $5 {Ein guter, allerdings seltener Zug.} d5 (5... g6 $6 {
Die Entwicklung des Läufers von f8 nach g7 würde eine schwarzfeldrige Schwäche
im Lager des Nachziehenden verursachen.} 6. Bb2 (6. e5 d5) 6... Bg7 7. e5 $1 {
[%cal Yb2e5,Yf4e5,Yf3e5] Nun wirken die weißen Figuren auf den Punkt e5 sehr
gut zusammen.} d5 (7... O-O 8. Ne4 $1 $16 {[%cal Ye4f6]}) 8. exd6 Nf5 (8...
Qxd6 $2 9. Nb5) 9. Bb5 $36) (5... Nd4 6. Bb2 Nec6 7. e5 b6 8. Ne4 Bb7 9. Bd3 d5
10. exd6 Bxd6 11. O-O Be7 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qh5 h6 14. Rae1 O-O 15. Re3 Qd5
$132 {1/2-1/2 Bujakevich,A-Fish,G/Yalta 1996/(41)}) 6. Bb2 dxe4 {[%mdl 8]} (
6... d4 7. Nb1 Ng6 8. g3 Be7 9. h4 $36) (6... Ng6 7. g3 (7. f5 $5) 7... dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Nd4 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Qe2 Ne7 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Kb1 Be7 13. g4 O-O 14. h4
b6 15. g5 a5 16. Bg2 {0-1 Bujakevich,A-Brylev,I/Moscow 1996/(43)}) 7. Nxe4 Nf5
{Schwarz beabsichtigt damit, das wichtige Feld d4 zu kontrollieren bzw. zu
besetzen, und zugleich die Entwicklung des Königsflügels (nach etwa Be7 und
0-0) beenden zu können.} (7... Nd5 8. g3 {Wegen die Schwächung des Bauern auf
g7 hat Weiß die besseren Aussichten.}) 8. Bb5 $1 {[%cal Yb2e5,Yf3e5] Der Punkt
e5 ist der Schlüsselpunkt der weißen Eröffnungsstrategie.} Bd7 9. Qe2 {[%cal
Ye2e5]} Be7 10. O-O-O {Ein neuer Plan.} ({In ähnlichen Stellungen versucht der
Anziehende in der Regel durch den Abtausch auf c6 gefolgt von Ne5 und kurze
Rochade eine sichere Stellung zu erreichen, z.B.} 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Ne5 Bxe4
12. Qxe4 Qd5 13. Qxd5 exd5 14. Kf2 $11) 10... Nfd4 (10... O-O 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12.
Ne5 (12. g4 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 $36) 12... Nd4 13. Qe3 $11) 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Qf2 {[%cal Yf4f5]} b6 {[%cal Gb6c5]} (13... a5 14. c3 {[%cal
Re4c5]}) 14. g4 {Der Angriff am Königsflügel soll die lange Rochade
rechtfertigen.} a5 {Schwarz startet dagegen einen Königsangriff am Damenflügel.
} 15. f5 $1 a4 16. Rde1 {Um das Schach Ne2 zu verhindern und den Druck auf e6
zu verstärken.} (16. f6 $5 {Dies sollte in Betracht kommen.} axb3 17. axb3 gxf6
(17... Bf8 18. fxg7 Bxg7 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. Qxf6) 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Qxf6 Rg8 (
19... Ne2+ 20. Kb1 Qa7 (20... Rg8 $2 21. Qf3) 21. Qxh8+ Kd7 22. Qxa8 Qxa8 23.
Rhf1 $16) 20. Rdf1 Qe7 21. Qh6 $13) 16... axb3 17. axb3 Ra5 $5 {/\Qa7} (17...
O-O 18. f6 $1) (17... Qd8 18. Rhf1 O-O 19. f6 Bxf6 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Qxf6 gxf6
22. Rxf6 $14) 18. f6 Bxf6 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Qxf6 Rg8 21. Re4 $1 $36 Qe7 (21...
Qa7 $2 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Rxe6+ fxe6 24. Qxe6+ $18) 22. Qf4 Nc6 (22... Qa7 23.
Kb1 Ra2 24. Rf1 $16) 23. Rf1 Rg6 24. h4 Qa7 25. d3 (25. Kb1 $2 Nb4 $1 {/\Ra1!})
25... Nb4 (25... Qe7 26. h5 Rg8 27. Bf6 $16) 26. h5 Rg8 27. Kd2 $1 $16 (27. Qd6
Ra1+ 28. Bxa1 Qxa1+ 29. Kd2 Qxf1 30. Qb8+ Ke7 31. Qxg8 Qf2+ 32. Re2 Qf4+ 33.
Ke1 Nd5 $132) 27... Ra2 28. Qe5 Qd7 29. Kc1 Nc6 30. Qf4 Qe7 31. Kb1 $18 Ra7 32.
Qh6 Qg5 33. Qxh7 Rd7 (33... Nd4 $142) 34. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1998.07.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Zhu, Chen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Petursson Baburin} c5 2. f4 d5 3. Bb5+ $5 Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. d3 e6 (
5... dxe4 6. dxe4 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Nc6 8. Nf3 (8. c3 Nf6 9. Nd2 g6 10. Ke2 Bg7 11.
Kf3 O-O 12. Nb3 b6 13. Be3 Rfd8 14. Ne2 Rd7 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Rxd7 Rxd7 17. h3
h5 $11 {Poethig,H-Hoensch,M/Herrenberg 1986/0-1 (46)}) 8... O-O-O+ 9. Ke2 Nf6
10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 $14) 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O $14 Nge7 (7... Nf6 $5
8. Ne5 $5 (8. Nc3 d4 9. Ne2 Be7 $11) (8. e5 Ng4 $13) 8... Qc7 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10.
e5 Nd7 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Bd2 (12. Qg4 O-O 13. Bd2 f6 $1 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Qh3 d4
$132) 12... O-O 13. Qh5 $5 {/\Rae1,Rf3-h3 ->}) 8. Na3 g6 9. Be3 Bg7 (9... b6
$142 10. e5) 10. Bxc5 (10. c3 b6 $11) 10... Bxb2 11. Rb1 Bg7 12. Nb5 $36 O-O
13. e5 b6 14. Bxe7 $5 (14. Bd6 Rfc8 $132) 14... Nxe7 (14... Qxe7 15. c3 $13)
15. Qe2 Nc6 16. c3 Rfc8 17. h4 {Baburin: This is very useful move - White
wants to create tension on the kingside by advancing his pawn to h5. Then the
pawn might threaten to advance further or it could be exchanged on g6, thus
weakening Black's pawn chain. In the game this plan worked well for Larsen,
who is known for his habit of pushing the h-pawn at the first suitable moment.
However, it has to be said that Black did not play well, as objectively his
chances must be rated higher here due to his more sound pawn structure.} Bf8
18. h5 a6 19. Nbd4 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Qa4 ({Baburin: Better was} 20... b5 {not
letting White's b1-rook become active.}) 21. Rxb6 Rc2 22. Qe1 Rxa2 23. Qg3 $40
{[%csl Ye6,Yg6]} Qa5 $4 (23... Bg7 $142) 24. hxg6 $1 hxg6 (24... Qxb6 25. gxh7+
Kxh7 26. Ng5+ Kg8 (26... Kg7 {Petursson} 27. Qh3 {and Black cannot stop mate!})
27. Ne4+ Bg7 28. Nf6+ Kf8 29. Nd7+ Kg8 30. Nxb6 $18) 25. Rxe6 $1 Rb8 (25...
fxe6 26. Qxg6+ Bg7 (26... Kh8 27. Ng5 Ra7 28. Rf3) 27. Ng5 Qd2 (27... Qb6 28.
Nxe6 Ra7 29. Qe8+ Kh7 30. Rf3) 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Nxe6+) (25... Bg7 {Petursson}
26. Rd6 $16) 26. Rxg6+ fxg6 27. Qxg6+ Bg7 (27... Kh8 {Petursson} 28. Ng5 Rb7
29. Rf3 Qe1+ 30. Kh2 Rxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Rb2+ 32. Kh3 Qh1+ 33. Kg4 Rg2+ 34. Kf5
Rxg5+ 35. Qxg5 Qxf3 36. Kg6 $18) 28. Ng5 Ra1 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Ne6+ Ke8 31. Qg6+
Kd7 32. Nc5+ Kc7 33. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Najdorf Memorial Great fin"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2000.09.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gomez Baillo, Jorge H"]
[Black "Andres Mendez, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2000.09.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bb5 Qb6 5. Bxc6 $5 Qxc6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d3 (7.
O-O d6 8. Qe2 Nh6 9. d3 O-O 10. f5 gxf5 11. Bxh6 Bxh6 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Qxe7
Rfe8 14. Qf6 Bg6 {0-1 Warman,O-Jackson,A/Islington 1998/(26)}) 7... b5 $6 (7...
d6) 8. O-O b4 9. Nd5 e6 10. Qe2 $5 f5 $5 (10... Bb7 11. c4 $5 {/\f5}) 11. c4 $5
fxe4 $6 {Ein fehlerhafter Abtausch, der den weissen Vorstoss f4-f5 ermöglichen
sollte.} (11... bxc3 $5 12. Nxc3 Ne7) 12. dxe4 {/\f5} Bb7 (12... Qb7 13. f5 $1
exd5 14. exd5+ Kf8 (14... Ne7 15. Bg5) (14... Kd8 15. d6) 15. fxg6 $40) 13. f5
$5 O-O-O $5 14. Nf4 (14. f6 $6 Bxf6 15. Nxf6 Nxf6 16. Bg5 Rdf8 $17) 14... Nf6
$6 (14... exf5 $5 15. exf5 (15. e5 Qe4 16. Qf2) 15... gxf5 16. Nh5 $36 (16. Nd5
Qe6 $17) 16... Bh6 17. a3 $1 (17. Qe5 Bxc1 18. Qxh8 (18. Raxc1 Nh6 $17) 18...
Be3+ 19. Kh1 Qg6 $36) 17... b3 $1 $13) 15. e5 $1 Ne4 16. f6 Bh6 $2 {Ein grober
taktischer Fehler.} (16... Bf8 17. a3 b3 $1 18. Be3 $36) 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 (17...
Bxc1 18. Nxd8 $18) 18. Bxh6 Nxf6 19. Bg7 $18 {Nur auf Grund des K.o.-Systems
kommt hier als Resultat ein Remis in Frage. Der Weiße kam in die nächste Runde,
der Nachziehende schied aus.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Endbach"]
[Site "Bad Endbach"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lau, Ralf"]
[Black "Schmittdiel, Eckhard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Horvath,T} c5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Nbd7 {besser ist 4...Bd7} (
4... Bd7 $142 {Horvath,T ->Nebenvarianten1 Eröffnungsdisketten}) 5. c4 a6 6.
Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 (7. d4 $6 {Horvath,T} cxd4 8. Qxd4 e6 9. Nc3 Rc8 10. Be3 Bc5
11. Qd3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 O-O $15 {Halikian-Vitolinsch/Jerevan/1981}) 7... e6 8.
Qe2 Bd6 $5 (8... Be7 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O {ist günstig für Weiß}
Bg4 {Horvath,T: /\Re8;Bd6~/=}) 9. dxe6 fxe6 (9... Bxe6 $6 10. f5 O-O 11. fxe6
Re8 12. Qf3 Rxe6+ 13. Nge2 $16) 10. d3 Qc7 $5 {[#]} (10... O-O $6 11. Nf3 (11.
Nh3 {Horvath,T} e5 $44) 11... Qc7 12. O-O Bxf4 13. Bxf4 Qxf4 14. Ne5 Qd4+ 15.
Kh1 Rae8 16. Rf3 $5 Bc8 17. Raf1 $36) 11. Nh3 $5 {Weiß kann nicht das Vorgehen
des schwarzen e-Bauern verhindert und bereitet die Antwort f5 vor.} (11. g3 O-O
(11... Bc6 $6 12. Nf3 (12. Qxe6+ $2 Kf8 $19) 12... Bxf3 13. Qxf3 O-O 14. O-O e5
$6 15. f5 $1 $16) 12. Nf3 Rae8 13. Ne4 (13. O-O e5 $1 $13) 13... Bc6 (13... e5
14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. fxe5 $16 Qc7 16. Bf4 Nh5 17. Qd2 Nxf4 18. gxf4 $16) 14. O-O
$14) 11... O-O 12. O-O Rae8 {/\ e5} (12... e5 13. f5 $5 $16 {/\ Bg5xf6; Nd5 
(e4)} (13. f5 {Horvath,T} e4 14. dxe4 Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 Rae8 16. Bf4 Bxf4 17. Rxf4
Bc6 18. Rd1 Qe5 $44 {/\b5})) 13. Ne4 {Weiß verhindert das Vorgehen des
schwarzen e-Bauern auf e4.} (13. Bd2 e5 $5 14. f5 e4 $5 15. dxe4 Bc6 $44) 13...
b5 (13... e5 $2 14. f5 $1 $16 {mit klarem Vorteil für Weiß.}) 14. b3 Nxe4 15.
dxe4 Bc6 16. Bd2 $5 (16. Bb2 $2 Bxf4 $17) (16. e5 $5 Be7 17. Be3 (17. Qg4 $5)
17... Rd8 18. Qg4 $36 Rf5 (18... Qc8 19. Ng5 $36) 19. Rad1 $36) 16... bxc4 (
16... e5 $6 17. f5 {/\ Ng5-e6} Be7 18. Ng5 (18. Rfd1 Qb7 19. Nf2 Rd8 $132)
18... Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Qb7 20. Rae1 $14 {/\ Bh4-f2; /\ f6}) 17. bxc4 (17. Qxc4 $2
Bb5) 17... Be7 18. Bc3 Bf6 19. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 (19... Rxf6 $6 20. e5 Rff8 21. Rad1
{/\ Rd6} Rd8 22. Ng5 $36) 20. Qe3 (20. e5 $5 Kh8 (20... fxe5 21. fxe5 Kh8 22.
Nf4 Rf5 23. Rae1 $14) (20... f5 21. Rad1 {/\ Rd6} Rd8 22. Ng5 $36) 21. exf6
Rxf6 22. Qb2 Qg7 23. Rf2 Rg6 24. Qxg7+ Rxg7 25. Re1 $14) 20... Qa5 21. Rf3 $6
Rd8 22. Rg3+ Kh8 23. e5 $1 {Bereitet den Zug Ng5 mit zahlreichen Drochungen.}
Rd4 (23... f5 $2 24. Ng5 $18) 24. exf6 (24. f5 {Horvath,T} Re4 $8 (24... exf5
$2 25. Qh6 Rf7 26. e6 $18) 25. Qh6 Rf7 (25... Re1+ $2 26. Kf2 $18) 26. fxe6
Re1+ 27. Kf2 Rxa1 28. Rg8+ Kxg8 29. exf7+ Kxf7 30. Qxf6+ Ke8 (30... Kg8 $10)
31. Qxc6+ $13) 24... Re4 25. Qf2 Rxf6 (25... Rxc4 26. Qe2 Re4 27. Re3 Rxe3 28.
Qxe3 Rxf6 29. Qe5 Qd8 (29... Kg7 30. Ng5 Qd2 31. Nxe6+ Kg8 32. Qb8+ Kf7 33.
Ng5+ Kg7 34. Qc7+ Bd7 35. Qxc5 $16) 30. Qxc5 $16) 26. Qb2 (26. Rb1 h6 $13)
26... Rd4 27. Rd3 Rg6 28. Ng5 (28. g3 {Horvath,T} e5 29. Nf2 Qd8 30. Rad1 $16 (
30. Rxd4 Qxd4 31. Qxd4 cxd4 $10) 30... Qh4 31. fxe5) 28... Qc7 29. Rxd4 cxd4
30. Qxd4+ e5 $5 (30... Kg8 31. Re1 Bd7 32. h4 {/\ f5} h6 33. h5 $16) 31. Qc5 $1
(31. Qxe5+ Qxe5 32. Nf7+ Kg8 33. Nxe5 Rxg2+ 34. Kf1 Rxh2 35. Re1 $14) 31... Kg8
(31... exf4 $4 32. Qf8+ Rg8 33. Nf7+ $18) 32. h4 (32. Re1 $5 h6 $1 (32... exf4
$2 33. Re8+ Bxe8 (33... Kg7 {Horvath,T} 34. Ne6+ $18) 34. Qxc7 Rxg5 35. Qe7 $18
) 33. Rxe5 $5 Qd8 $1 $36 (33... hxg5 $2 34. Re8+ Bxe8 35. Qxc7 $16) 34. Ne4
Qd1+ 35. Kf2 Qc2+ 36. Ke3 Qc1+ 37. Kd3 Qxf4 $17) 32... exf4 33. Re1 Qd7 34. Qe5
$2 (34. Rb1 $1 {/\ Rb8} Qc7 (34... h6 35. Rb8+ $18) 35. Qf5 $1 {/\ Rb8} Qa7+ (
35... Bb7 36. Rd1 $1 {/\ Rd7,Rd8} Rg7 $8 37. Qe6+ Kf8 38. Qf6+ Ke8 39. Re1+ Re7
40. Qf7+ $18) 36. Kh1 Qe7 $1 37. Qxf4 $16) 34... h6 $1 35. Qb8+ Kg7 36. Qe5+
Kg8 37. Qb8+ Kg7 38. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bermuda-B"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.01.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Seul, Georg"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Be2 Nf6 6. e5 Ng4 {[%mdl 8] Ein neuer
Zug. Bislang hat Schwarz ausgerechnet 6...Nd7 ausprobiert, z.B.} (6... Nd7 7.
O-O Be7 8. c3 Qb6 9. c4 dxc4 10. dxc4 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bd3 Bd7
14. Qe2 Rad8 15. Ne4 {1-0 Beshukov,S-Frolov,A/Smolensk 2000/CBM 77 (24)}) 7. c3
{Weiß bemüht sich zurecht das Feld d4 zu stützen.} Bd7 8. Na3 Qb6 9. Nc2 Ne7 {
/\Nf5} 10. h3 Nh6 11. g4 {Weiß muss Nf5 verhindern.} (11. Rb1 Nef5 12. g4 Ng3
$15) 11... Nhg8 12. d4 {Ein logischer Zug. Die anderen weißen Möglichkeiten,
nämlich 12.Rb1 und 12.b4, sind unklar.} (12. b4 cxb4 13. Be3 Qc7 14. cxb4 $36
Ba4 15. Rc1 Rc8 $36) (12. Rb1 {/\Be3} h5 13. Rg1 hxg4 14. hxg4 Rc8 15. Be3 Ng6
16. Kf2 Nh6 17. Qd2 (17. b4 $6 Qc7) 17... Be7 18. Kg3 f5 19. exf6 Bxf6 $36)
12... h5 $5 (12... Ng6 $5 13. Rb1 {/\Be3}) 13. dxc5 $5 {Ein guter Zug, damit
bemüht sich Weiß die schwarzen Felder unter Kontrolle zu bekommen.} Qxc5 14.
Be3 Qa5 15. Rg1 (15. Kf2 hxg4 16. hxg4 Rxh1 17. Qxh1 Bb5 $132 18. Qf1 Bxe2 19.
Qxe2 $14) 15... Nc6 (15... Bb5 16. Ncd4 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 $14) (15... hxg4 $142 16.
hxg4 Nc6) 16. Bd3 $2 (16. g5 $1 {Dies wäre eine logische Fortsetzung, mit der
Absicht die schwarzen Felder zu sichern. Das schwache Feld f5 nimmt Weiß dann
in Kauf.} Nge7 (16... O-O-O 17. Nfd4 g6 18. b4 $16) 17. Nfd4 g6 18. b4 $1 {
mit dem Raumvorteil für Weiß}) 16... hxg4 $5 17. hxg4 O-O-O {Eine mutige
Entscheidung. Am Damenflügel findet der schwarze König keine Ruhe, da die
weiße Initiative gerade auf dem Damenflügel gerichtet ist. Schwarz möchte aber
möglichst schnell das Zentrum mittels ..f6 öffnen.} (17... Qc7 18. b4 Rc8 19.
Qd2 Nd8) 18. b4 $1 Qc7 19. Rb1 (19. Qd2 $142 {/\Qf2} Kb8 20. Qf2 b6 21. a4 {
Mit Druckspiel auf der Diagonale g1-a7} f6 22. a5 $36) 19... b6 $1 (19... Kb8
$2 20. b5 Na5 21. Bxa7+ $1 $16) 20. Ncd4 (20. a4 f6 21. Ncd4 $5 Kb7 $13) 20...
Kb8 21. a4 f6 22. a5 g5 {Ein risikantes Vorgehen, Schwarz hat schon aber keine
andere Wahl. Er soll seinen Plan, das Zentrum zu öffnen, um jeden Preis
umsetzen.} (22... fxe5 23. axb6 axb6 24. Nb5 Qb7 25. fxe5 $14) 23. axb6 (23.
exf6 Nxf6 24. Nxg5 $16) 23... axb6 24. b5 (24. exf6 Nxf6 (24... gxf4 $2 25. Nb5
$1 $18) 25. Nxg5 $16 Re8 26. Nb5 Qb7 27. Nf7 Rh3 28. Bf2 e5 29. Nfd6 exf4+ 30.
Nxe8 (30. Kf1 $5) 30... Bxe8 31. Qe2 $16) 24... Nxd4 25. cxd4 gxf4 (25... Qc3+
26. Ke2 gxf4 27. Bxf4 $16) 26. Bxf4 Bh6 27. Bg3 (27. Rc1 $1 Qb7 (27... Bxf4 28.
Rxc7 Kxc7 29. Qa4 $18) 28. Qd2 $16) 27... Be3 (27... f5 28. g5 $16) 28. exf6
Bf4 29. Bxf4 Qxf4 30. Qe2 {Weiß ist klar im Vorteil} (30. g5 e5 (30... Rh3 31.
Be2 $16) 31. dxe5 $18) 30... Kb7 (30... Nxf6 31. Qe5+ Qxe5+ 32. Nxe5 $16) 31.
g5 e5 32. dxe5 $18 Rh3 33. Kf2 Bg4 34. Rxg4 Qxg4 35. Rg1 Qf4 36. e6 $2 (36. Qd1
$1 {/\Be2} Ra8 (36... Rh2+ 37. Rg2) 37. Be2 $18) 36... Ra8 $1 {Dies stellt die
einzige schwarze Chance dar.} 37. e7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Rg2 Ra2 38. Qxa2
Rxf3+ 39. Kg1 Qe3+ 40. Rf2 Rg3+ $40) 37... Ra2 $19 38. e8=Q Rxf3+ 39. Ke1 Qc1+
40. Qd1 Qc3+ 0-1

[Event "Aars"]
[Site "Aars"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. c4 e6 7. Qe2 Bd6 8.
d3 O-O 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. O-O Rae8 12. Nc3 e5 13. f5 Qxf5 14. Ne4 $5
$146 {Mit diesem Zug versucht Weiß den schwarzen Vorstöß ...e5-e4 völlig zu
blokieren.} (14. Bg5 $142 e4 $5 (14... Nd4 15. Nxd4 Qxg5 16. Nf5 Bc7 17. Ne4
Nxe4 18. Qxe4 g6 19. Ne3 b6 20. Nd5 $14) 15. dxe4 Nxe4 16. Rae1 $13 {[#]} (16.
Rae1 $1 {[#]} Nf6 (16... Nxc3 $5 {Die schärfste Fortsetzung.} 17. Qxe8 Rxe8 18.
Rxe8+ Kf7 19. Ree1 $5 Kg8 20. Ne5 $5 Qxg5 21. Nf7 $5 Qd2 $1 22. Re8+ Bf8 23.
bxc3 h6 24. Nxh6+ gxh6 25. Rexf8+ $10) (16... Nxg5 17. Qxe8 Nxf3+ 18. Rxf3 Qxf3
19. gxf3 Rxe8 20. Rxe8+ Kf7 21. Re4 $16) 17. Qd1 $14 Rxe1 18. Rxe1 Nd4 19. Bxf6
Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Qxf3 21. gxf3 Rxf6 22. Re8+ $14 Rf8 (22... Kf7 23. Ra8 a6 24.
Ra7 $14) 23. Re6 {[#]} Rd8 24. Kg2 Kf7 25. Re4 g6 26. b3 Bf8 27. Nd5 b5 28.
Rf4+ Kg7 29. Kh3 bxc4 30. bxc4 Rb8 31. Rf6 Rb7 32. Ra6 Kf7 33. f4 Bg7 34. Kg4
Bd4 35. h4 Kg7 36. h5 Rb2 37. Rxa7+ Kh6 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. Ne7 Kg7 40. Nf5+ Kf6
{Short,N-Kasparov,G/Paris rapid 1990/1-0 (52)})) 14... Nxe4 15. Qxe4 (15. dxe4
$6 Nd4 16. exf5 (16. Nxd4 Qxf1+ 17. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 18. Kxf1 exd4 $17) 16... Nxe2+
17. Kf2 e4 $5 $36) 15... Qxe4 16. dxe4 Nd4 17. Rf2 (17. Bd2 $5 Ne2+ (17... h6
18. Rf2 {nebst 19.Bc3}) (17... Nxf3+ 18. Rxf3 Rxf3 19. gxf3 Be7 20. Bc3 Bf6 21.
Rd1 Kf7 22. Rd5 b6 23. Kf2 $14) 18. Kf2 Nf4 19. Bc3 $5 (19. Bxf4 exf4 (19...
Rxf4 20. Rad1 $36) 20. Rfe1 Be5 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. Kf3 g5 23. h3 h5 24. Rad1 $36
)) 17... Nxf3+ (17... h6 18. Bd2 g5 19. h3 Kg7 20. Raf1 $14) 18. Rxf3 Rxf3 19.
gxf3 Be7 20. Kf2 Rd8 $10 21. Be3 Kf7 22. Ke2 b6 23. Rg1 Rd6 $5 (23... Rd7 24.
Bd2 Bf6 25. Bc3 $36) 24. Bd2 Rg6 25. Rg4 Rxg4 26. fxg4 Ke6 27. a3 a6 28. Kd3
Kd6 29. Be1 Bg5 30. h4 Bf4 31. h5 g6 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Bh4 Bc1 34. Kc3 Be3 35.
Bd8 Kc6 36. Bf6 Kd6 37. Kd3 Bc1 38. Kc2 Be3 39. Bg7 Bd4 40. Bh6 Kc6 41. Bc1 Kd6
42. b3 Bf2 43. Kd3 Bg3 44. Bh6 Bf4 45. Bf8+ Kc6 46. Kc2 a5 47. Be7 Kd7 48. Bf6
Kd6 49. Bd8 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.02.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Salaun, Yann"]
[Black "Karr, Jean Philippe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Drancy"]
[BlackTeam "Noyon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. d3 Nc6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nf3 e6 8.
Nc3 Qd7 9. O-O Nh6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. fxe5 {Weiß verfügt schon über einen
beachtlichen Raum- und Entwicklungsvorteil.} Nf5 12. Bf4 $6 {Weiß soll
bestrebt sein die Entwicklung des Nachziehenden zu hindern, mit dem Ziel den
König auf e8 fest zu halten. Diesen Anforderungen entspricht am besten 12.Qf3,
z.B.} (12. Qf3 $5 Nd4 (12... Be7 $2 13. g4) (12... Rd8 13. Kh1) 13. Qf2 {
um Be7 zu verhindern.} Nc6 14. Bf4 Be7 15. Ne4 b6 16. Qg3 (16. Bg3 O-O 17. Rae1
Rad8) 16... O-O 17. Nf6+ $1 Bxf6 18. exf6 g6 19. Qg5 $18) (12. Kh1 Be7) 12...
Be7 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Kh1 Qc6 $6 (14... Rad8 15. Qg4 Kh8 $13) 15. Qg4 {Weiß
strebt einen Königsangriff an, ohne allerdings klare Angriffsziele festzulegen.
} (15. Qh5 $5 {Der beste Zug, mit der Absicht Ph7 anzugreifen.} Qd5 16. Rf3
Rad8 17. Rh3 h6 18. Ng3 Nxg3+ 19. Rxg3 Bg5 20. Qg4 $36) 15... c4 $5 16. Rf3 (
16. Ng3 cxd3 17. cxd3 Nh4) (16. Rad1 cxd3 17. cxd3 Rad8 (17... Qc2 18. Rf2) 18.
b3) 16... cxd3 17. cxd3 Qb5 (17... Qc2 $5 {käme auch in Frage}) 18. Raf1 Rad8
$17 19. Qh3 {Der weiße Angriff ist gestoppt.} Rd4 {Schwarz ist dagegen sehr
aktiv im Zentrum.} 20. Bd2 (20. b3 Nh4 21. Re3 Rc8) 20... Nh4 21. Bg5 $6 {
Ein bezweifelter Versuch die Initiative zu ergreifen.} (21. Re3 Rfd8 $17) 21...
Nxf3 22. Bxe7 Qxd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (22... Nxe5 23. Ng5 (23. Bxf8 Rxe4) 23...
h6 24. Bxf8 hxg5 $19) 23. Qxf3 $2 (23. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Dieser Zwischenzug
könnte die Partie retten.} Kh8 (23... gxf6 24. gxf3 $1 h5 $8 25. Qg2+ (25. Rg1+
Rg4 $11) 25... Qg6 26. Rg1 $16) 24. gxf3 Rc8 25. Rg1 Rc2 (25... Rf4 26. Nh5
Rxf3 27. Bf6 gxf6 28. Qg2 $18) 26. Bf8 gxf6 27. Be7 (27. Bg7+ Kg8 28. Bh6+ Kh8
29. Bg7+ $11) 27... Rf4 28. Bxf6+ Rxf6 29. exf6 $36) 23... Qxe4 $17 24. Qf2 f5
25. exf6 Rf7 26. Qg3 h6 27. Re1 Qd5 28. h3 Rd1 29. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 30. Kh2 Kh7 31.
Qe5 Qd5 32. Qb8 gxf6 33. Qe8 Rg7 0-1

[Event "Varazdin GM"]
[Site "Varazdin"]
[Date "2003.11.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalovic, Zlatko"]
[Black "Dumpor, Atif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.11.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 d6 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8.
O-O a6 9. Rd1 {Diese Stellung gilt als die Ausgangsstellung für Weiß. Für den
geopferten Bauern verfügt Weiß über einen beachtlichen Entwicklungsvorsprung.
Dies reicht allein nicht aus, um Vorteil zu erzielen. Weiß muss vor allem
bestrebt sein, seinen Entwicklungsvorsprung in Initiative zu verwandeln. Dazu
verfügt er über die offene c-Linie, wo er sich aktiv zeigen soll und dadurch
das Druckspiel am Damenflügel zu steigen. Die Bemühungen des Anziehenden
sollen sich daran konzentrieren den Stützpunkt auf c6 zu stürzen.} b5 {Dieser
Zug stellt möglicherweise einen strategischen Fehler dar, vor allem darum,
dass der Springer auf c6 nicht mehr gestützt ist. Sollte Weiß auf der c-Linie
angreifen, könnte er in der Folge den Nc6 vertreiben und in den schwarzen
Spielraum eindringen.} 10. Bb3 Ra7 {Wegen des starken Drucks des Weißen auf
der d-Linie bemüht sich Schwarz die Dame auf d8 zu schützen oder eine sichere
Position zu finden, was nun (die c-Linie ist nicht mehr sicher) eine
schwierige Aufgabe darstellt.} (10... Qc7 11. Bf4 Nf6 12. Rac1 $14) 11. Be3 {
/\Rac1} (11. e5 Rd7 12. exd6 Bxd6 (12... Rxd6 13. Bf4) 13. Ne4) 11... Rd7 {
Schwarz versucht mit diesem verdächtigen Manöver (z.B. wird nun die Schwächung
der Grundreihe auffällig) die Dame auf d8 zu sichern.} 12. Rac1 Bb7 {Die
schwarze Stellung sieht auf den ersten Blick richtig sicher aus. Doch soll und
kann der beachtliche weiße Entwicklungsvorsprung seine Wirkung finden. Das
Motiv dafür stellt die knappe Verteidigung auf c-Linie und auf der Grundreihe
dar. Weiß verfügt über mehrere Züge, wie etwa 13.Nxb5 oder 13.Nd4 aber auch 13.
a4 oder 13. Na4, die sorgfältig überprüft werden sollen.} 13. Na4 $1 {[%mdl
512] Eine auf den ersten Blick überraschende Idee! Es droht 14.Nb6. Nach einem
kurzen Überlegen wird schnell klar, dass Schwarz auf a4 nehmen muss, was das
schwache Feld c6 endgültig in Reichweite der weißen Figuren bringt.} (13. Nxb5
{Dies stellt eine der Möglichkeiten den Damenflügel zu öffnen dar.} axb5 14.
Qxb5 Nf6 15. Rxc6 Bxc6 16. Qxc6 O-O 17. Ba4 {Mit weißer Initiative}) (13. a4 $6
{Dies reicht nicht aus, das Spiel am Damenflügel zu öffnen} b4 14. Nb5 axb5 15.
Qxb5 Qa8 $19) 13... bxa4 14. Bxa4 {Die Folge des Springeropfers auf a4 sind
offensichtlich: dem Weißen ist es gelungen die Diagonale a4-e8 zu erobern, den
Nc6 unter Beschuss zu nehmen.} Nb8 (14... Qa8 15. Qc4 Nb8 16. Qb3 $1 (16. Ne5 {
Dies genügt nicht} dxe5 17. Qc8+ Bxc8 18. Rxc8+ Bd8 19. Rxd7 Nxd7 20. Rxa8 Ngf6
) 16... Kf8 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. Rc7 Bc6 19. Qc3 $16) 15. e5 $1 {Weiß strebt
danach die Stellung zu öffnen. Bekanntlich kommt die Öffnung der Stellung in
der Regel der Seite zugute, die über Entwicklungsvorsprung bzw.
Stellungsvorteil verfügt.} (15. Ba7 Nf6 16. e5 Nd5) 15... Bxf3 $6 {Schwarz
möchte damit die Stellung vereinfachen. Dadurch sollen aber die weißen Felder
im schwarzen Spielraum entscheidend geschwächt sein.} (15... dxe5 16. Nxe5 Nf6
17. Bg5 Nd5 {Trotz des gewaltigen Entwicklungsvorsprungs, wird es dem Weißen
nicht einfach fallen, diesen in Stellungsvorteil umzuwandeln.} 18. Bxe7 Qxe7
19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Rxd5 exd5 21. Bxd7+ Kd8 (21... Kxd7 $2 22. Rc7+) 22. Qxe7+
Kxe7 23. Rc7 $14) 16. Qxf3 d5 17. Ba7 {Ein starker Zug. Der Springer b8 ist
offenbar zum Angriffsziel geworden. /\Qb3} Bg5 {Dies gefährdet die schwarze
Stellung noch mehr. Man sollte in einer unentwickelten Stellung logischerweise
auf jede Aktivität verzichten, die nicht die Entwicklung der eigenen Stellung
fördert.} (17... Nh6 $5 {/\ 0-0} 18. Qc3 (18. Qb3 O-O 19. Bxb8 Qxb8 20. Bxd7
Qxe5 $14) 18... O-O 19. Bxb8 Rb7 20. Bc7 $14) (17... Kf8 18. Bxb8 Rb7 19. Bd6
$16) 18. Qb3 Bxc1 19. Rxc1 {Nun bricht die schwarze Stellung am Damenflügel
zusammen.} Nh6 (19... f5 20. Bxb8 Ne7 21. Bc7 $18) 20. Bb6 $18 {Die Schwächung
der Grundreihe im 10. Zug (10...Ra7) zeigt doch Wirkung.} O-O {Schwarz hat
keine andere Wahl mehr} (20... Qg5 $2 21. Rc8+) 21. Bxd8 Rdxd8 22. h3 Nd7 23.
Bxd7 Rxd7 24. Rc6 Ra7 25. Qa4 Rfa8 26. g4 Kh8 27. Qc2 Ng8 28. Rc7 g6 29. Qc5
Rxc7 30. Qxc7 Kg7 31. b4 h5 32. g5 Kf8 33. Qc6 Ra7 34. Qc5+ Re7 35. Qc8+ Re8
36. Qxa6 {Eine mustergültige Partie zum Thema "Aktive Eröffnungsstrategie"} 1-0

[Event "POR-chT"]
[Site "Porto"]
[Date "2013.08.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Rocha, Sergio MC"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2013.08.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mata de Benfica"]
[BlackTeam "Barreirense"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POR"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 $5 {The Morra Gambit, is that still playable? Well,
having buried it back in the days of my youth in 1992 it came as a surprise
both to me and my opponents when I revived it more than 20 years later. The
unleashing came about a week before this game during the Manhems GM-Tournament
in Gothenburg where I had the delight to try it even twice over the nine
rounds. It is no secret that the book "Mayhem in the Morra" by IM Marc
Esserman bears all the guilt for my recent reintroduction to this opening.}
dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 a6 {This is a smart move order for Black as}
(6... Nf6 7. e5 $1 {gives White a good game}) ({while} 6... e6 {deprives the
bishop on c8 of going to g4.}) 7. O-O Nf6 8. Bf4 $1 ({In my first encounter
with this line in 2013 I played} 8. h3 $2 {preventing ...Bg4. This was
obviously too slow which I also knew. However being slightly surprised I
decided just to play a practical move. After} e6 9. Bf4 Be7 10. Qe2 b5 11. Bb3
Na5 12. Rfd1 Qb6 13. Bc2 Bb7 {Berg,E (2539)-Hillarp Persson,T (2529)
Gothenburg 2013; Black had definitely succeeded in the opening in achieving a
slight advantage. White's activity still gives some compensation but not quite
enough to compensate for the pawn.}) 8... Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 {This is clearly the
most popular reply.} ({However} 9... Bh5 {is given as the main alternative in
Esserman's book and is also the move slightly favoured by my computer engine.})
10. Qxf3 e6 11. Rfd1 Qc7 $6 {This move is given as dubious by Esserman. Indeed
the queen comes quickly under attack on c7 bu it will have to movet somewhere
and White get some active counterplay in all cases.} ({The other options are} 
11... Qb8) (11... Qb6) ({and} 11... Qa5) 12. Rac1 Be7 13. Bb3 {Preparing to go
with the knight to d5.} Rc8 ({After} 13... O-O {the following line is given by
Esserman} 14. Nd5 exd5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Rac8 17. b4 {This might well
need a closer look, but White certainly has good compensation for the pawn
here which the computer engine also agrees with when giving White a slight
advantage.}) (13... Qb8 $5 $146 {is possible but seems like a waste of time
first going to c7 and then to b8. The advantage however compared with 11...Qb8
is that now Black has the bishop developed to e7 and is just a move away from
castling. White has basically won the extra tempo of Bb3 which perhaps might
not be that important. A logical continuation is} 14. Na4 {Trying to make use
of the weak b6-square. Then Black does best in returning with} Qc7 {when it's
up to White to find something better than a repetition.}) 14. Nd5 $1 {This is
a temporary piece sacrifice which is a common theme for the Morra Gambit as a
whole.} exd5 15. exd5 Ne5 {With this move Black hangs on to the extra piece
for the moment but will sooner or later have to give it back anyway.} 16. Qe3
$6 {A slight inaccuracy. When trying to remember the book lines I simply
forgot to consider White's optimal setup if Black decided not to accept the
piece sacrifice.} ({A stronger move is} 16. Qg3 $1 {which puts further
pressure on Black's position.} {After} Qd7 17. Rxc8+ Qxc8 18. Bxe5 {White is
better placed with his pieces than in the game.} {The main line follows} dxe5 (
{In the event of} 18... O-O {play is similar to the game but better for White.
Now perhaps the strongest option is} 19. Bc3 $5 $14 {keeping the two bishops
and a stable grip on the position.} ({However grabbing a pawn by} 19. Bxd6 {
is also possible when} Ne4 20. Qe5 Bxd6 21. Qxe4 Re8 $132 {is better for White
but should give Black enough counterplay to maintain a draw if he defends well.
})) (18... Qd7 {defends the pawn on d6 but is rather slow. White is doing well
after} 19. Bc3 ({The speculative} 19. Qxg7 $5 {is exciting but not too good
after} Rg8 20. Bxf6 Rxg7 21. Bxg7 $44 {when I believe White has sufficient
compensation but not more.}) 19... O-O 20. Bc2 $14 {with a stable advantage
for White thanks to the active position and the strong pair of bishops. Now
lifiting the rook to d4 is an interesting idea aiming for a straight forward
attack against Black's king.}) 19. d6 Bd8 20. Qxe5+ Kf8 21. d7 $1 Qc6 22. Qb8
Qb6 23. Bc4 $1 {intending b4 and Rd6 when White will win back the sacrificed
material with a better endgame in the worst case. Esserman gives the possible
line} Rg8 $1 24. b4 Qc7 25. Qxc7 Bxc7 26. d8=Q+ Bxd8 27. Rxd8+ Ke7 28. Rxg8
Nxg8 29. Kf1 $14 {when indeed White has a pleasant endgame with good winning
chances due to the bishop being superior to the knight when there are pawns on
both wings.}) 16... Qd7 17. Rxc8+ Qxc8 18. Bxe5 O-O {A good practical decision
as my opponent was getting slightly low on time while I was up till now more
or less in my preparation.} ({After} 18... dxe5 19. d6 Bd8 (19... Bxd6 20. Rxd6
O-O 21. Qxe5 Re8 22. Qd4 $14) 20. Qxe5+ {we are back to the line arising after
16.Qg3!} Kf8 21. d7 Qc6 22. Qb8 Qb6 23. Bc4 $1 Rg8 24. b4 Qc7 25. Qxc7 Bxc7 26.
d8=Q+ Bxd8 27. Rxd8+ Ke7 28. Rxg8 Nxg8 29. Kf1 $14 {Esserman}) 19. Bf4 {
This move is aimed to attack the weak d6 pawn. Now White can also join the
attack with the queen to b6 at some point.} ({Also interesting was} 19. Bd4 $5
$14 {centralising the bishop. White keeps good control and is slightly better.}
) 19... Qd7 20. Rc1 Bd8 {Black is somewhat passive but remains solid.} 21. Qd4
{Preparing the queen manoeuvre to b4 when Black will have problems defending
both b7 and d6.} Re8 22. Qb4 Be7 23. Ba4 {Played after thinking far too long
in a critical position. Indeed Black is now forced to some weakening of his
pawn structure but on the other hand White loses important time for this
achievement.} ({My original plan} 23. Qb6 {seems like a better option when
Black needs to take care about inviting the rook on to c7.} {During the game I
was slightly concerned about} Bf8 $5 {when Black can get active counterplay on
the kingside. However White can play calmly by} ({The passive} 23... Rb8 {
was mentioned by Rocha. Although this defends for the moment it's extremely
passive and White has a clear advantage. Now the brave} 24. g4 $1 {to control
important squares for Black is well justified after which Black will have a
difficult time defending.}) 24. Be3 {when after} Rc8 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. a4 {
Black is still under pressure without active counterplay.}) 23... b5 24. Bb3
Rc8 {Black simplifies the position and defends his d6-pawn by tactical means.}
25. Rxc8+ (25. Re1 $5 {was probably a better way to play the position. White
has the more active pieces and stands slightly better.}) 25... Qxc8 26. a4 ({
Grabbing the pawn would give Black active counterplay after} 26. Bxd6 Qc1+ $1 (
{Another option is} 26... a5 {but then} 27. Qf4 a4 28. Bd1 Nxd5 29. Qe5 Qe6 30.
Qxe6 fxe6 31. Bxe7 Nxe7 32. Kf1 $14 {gives White the better prospects in the
endgame.}) 27. Kh2 Ne4 $1 28. Qxe4 (28. Bxe7 Qf4+ $11 {leads to perpetual
checks}) 28... Bxd6+ 29. g3 g6 {White is a pawn up, but the opposite coloured
bishops should secure a draw for Black since he has the more active bishop and
an exchange of queens will more or less be a dead draw despite the extra pawn
for White.} (29... Qxb2 $4 {loses to} 30. Qe8+ Bf8 31. Kg2 Qf6 32. d6 $18))
26... Qc5 {A tricky move when approaching time trouble.} 27. Qe1 ({Perhaps the
endgame after} 27. Qxc5 dxc5 28. d6 Bd8 29. Bd1 {would have offered better
winning chances for White. However I felt that Black's king was a bit too
close and could not see any clear way to improve my position while the d6-pawn
eventually might become weak.}) 27... Kf8 28. Be3 Qc7 29. axb5 axb5 30. Qb4 Qb7
31. g4 (31. Qc3 $5) 31... h6 32. Qd4 (32. Qc3 Qa8 33. Kh2 $14) 32... Nd7 33.
Qe4 $6 ({Better was} 33. Qc3 $1 $14 {preventing ...Bf6 due to Qc6!} {At the
same time setting a trap as} Nc5 {loses a pawn after} 34. Bxh6 $1 f6 (34...
Nxb3 $4 35. Bxg7+ $1 Kg8 36. Bh6 $18) 35. Be3 $16) 33... Bf6 $1 {Now Black is
in control and holds an easy draw.} 34. Qb4 Qa6 35. Bc2 Ne5 {Now White should
be slightly careful in view of possible back rank attacks by Black's knight
and queen.} 36. Kg2 (36. b3 {preventing ...Nc4 looks slightly risky following}
Nf3+ 37. Kg2 Nh4+ {with active counterplay for Black.}) 36... Nc4 37. Bc1 g5 $6
(37... Qb7 38. Be4 Qb6 $11 {was to be preferred.}) 38. Bd3 $2 ({A stronger
attempt was} 38. b3 $14 Qa1 39. Bxg5 $1 hxg5 40. bxc4 bxc4 41. Qxc4 $14 {
leaving White a pawn up with some practical winning chances.}) 38... Qa1 39.
Bxc4 bxc4 40. Qxc4 (40. Qxd6+ Kg7 41. Be3 Qb1 $1 $11 {[%cal Gb1e4] This is the
simplest way forcing a draw by perpetual checks after ...Qe4 next.} (41... Qxb2
42. Qc6 c3 43. d6 Qb3 44. d7 Qd1 $11)) 40... Bxb2 41. Be3 Bf6 42. Qc8+ Kg7 43.
Qf5 {White can perhaps claim he has the better bishop but since Black will not
allow an exchange of queens this is not relevant.} Qc3 44. Qe4 Qb2 45. Qf5 Qc3
46. Qe4 Qb2 47. h4 {A last try to complicate matters but Black remains solid
until the end.} gxh4 48. Qf4 Qe5 49. Qxh6+ Kg8 50. Kg1 h3 51. Qxh3 {(=)}
1/2-1/2

[Event "POR-chT"]
[Site "Porto"]
[Date "2016.08.20"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Luch, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2016.08.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mata de Benfica"]
[BlackTeam "Coimbra"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POR"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 $1 {I used to play this move as a very young junior. However at
some point I stopped and went on playing more "proper chess". Perhaps one
contributing reason was that one often heard that this gambit should be
unsound or even refuted. However after having studied some new ideas by Marc
Esserman I've started to play it a bit now and then since 2013 mostly with
successful results. When playing it against an unprepared opponent the Morra
can be a real challenge.} cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 {After some thought my opponent
decided to go for it.} 4. Nxc3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 {This is a quite a popular setup
for Black. This avoids all the immediate tactics connected with Nb5 and Bxf7+
ideas.} 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. O-O Ne7 {A rare guest in this position
although a common idea in connection with ...Nbc6.} ({The most straightforward
is ofcourse} 8... b4 {which immediately forces White to make up his mind.} {
Playing a gambit the obvious continuation is} 9. Nd5 $1 {as is both analysed
and played by Esserman. If Black accepts the piece sacrifice White will
achieve suitable counterplay due to better development and attacking play
towards Black's king.}) (8... Nc6 {transposes to: 1/2-1/2 (93) Berg,E (2549)
-Khairullin,I (2651) Minsk 2014 CBM 159 [Berg,E]}) 9. Bg5 f6 $146 {Unpinning
the knight on e7 but also creating soem weaknesses in Black's camp.} ({Earlier
games had seen} 9... h6) (9... Nbc6 {and}) (9... b4) 10. Be3 Ng6 (10... Nbc6 {
would transpose back to a familiar line.}) 11. a4 $1 {A positional move which
gives White a better pawn structure before entering the tactical complications.
} b4 {An important point with Black's pawn locked on b4 is that it will now
hinder it's own bishop on f8 to go there.} 12. Nd5 {White sacrifices a knight
in order to open the e-file. But more imortantly he will restrict the
development of Black's queenside since his pawn arriving on d5 will stop Black
from playing ...Nc6.} exd5 13. exd5 {Now d6 is a serious threat.} Bd6 (13... d6
14. Nd4 $36 {gives a hole for the knight on e6}) 14. Nd4 {White is a full
piece down but can play on calmly just improving his position step by step.
Now Nf5 is a serious threat which will bring attacking chances and also take
away the important blackade on d6 from black.} Ne7 $2 {A natural reply in
order to prevent Nf5. However it appears it is far too passive as the game
will show.} (14... O-O {was the move to be played. Following} 15. Nf5 Be5 {
White indeed has a lot of activity but Black is close to finish his
development and is still a piece up. White has many interesting continuations
but the best seems to be} 16. Qd2 $1 {preparing f4 which will win back the
piece while still having some initiative.} {After} d6 17. f4 $44 {White's
compensation is obvious. At the same time Black is very much into the game.})
15. Re1 $1 {A strong move which surpricingly prevents the castle for Black.}
Kf8 {Black tries to hold on to the material but this only makes things worse
for him.} (15... O-O {would run into} 16. Nc6 $1 {winning back material, e.g.}
Bxc6 (16... Qe8 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bf4 Qxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Bxf4 20. Qxb4 $18 {
[%csl Rb7,Rf4] wins for White.}) 17. dxc6+ Kh8 18. Qxd6 Nbxc6 19. Bc5 $16 {
with a crushing position for White.}) 16. Qd2 $1 {Preparing for the simple Bf4
which is very hard for Black to deal with.} ({My first intention was to play
the positional} 16. a5 $5 {which also keeps White on top. However after some
thought I concluded that the text was even stronger.}) 16... Qa5 {This leads
to a pretty forced win for White. Although Black had somewhat better options
there was nothing that would save him in the long run.} 17. Bf4 Qc7 18. Rxe7 (
18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxe7 $1 Qxe7 20. Re1 $18 {would also win for White.}) 18...
Bxf4 19. Qe2 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Be5 21. Ne6+ $1 {Since there was no forced
checkmate in view I went for the queen. Black resigned in view of the huge
material loss he would land into.} 1-0

[Event "Seville op"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Black "Nedobora, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bb5 Bg7 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. d3 d6 7. O-O Nh6 8. Qe1
f5 9. e5 O-O 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. b3 Nf7 12. Ba5 Qb7 13. Bc3 Nd8 14. Nbd2 Ne6 15.
Qh4 Qd7 16. Ng5 Nxg5 17. Qxg5 Ba6 18. e6 $1 Qe8 (18... Qxe6 19. Rae1 Qf7 20.
Bxg7 Qxg7 21. Rxe7 $16) 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rae1 Rf6 21. Re3 h6 22. Qh4 Qh8 23.
Nf3 Re8 24. Qe1 $1 Ra8 25. Qa5 Qc8 26. Rfe1 Qb7 27. c4 Rb8 28. h3 Re8 29. Nh4
Kh7 30. Rf1 Ref8 31. Nf3 Rb8 32. Re2 Rg8 33. Nh2 Qb6 34. Qd2 Bc8 35. Rfe1 Qd8
36. Nf3 Rg7 37. Kh1 Qg8 38. Qa5 a6 39. h4 {[Tras bastantes maniobras y
tentativas llega una amenaza tíctica concreta]} Bb7 $6 {[#]} 40. Ng5+ $1 hxg5
41. hxg5 Rf8 42. g3 Kh8 43. Qc3 $1 {[La clave; la asfixia del rey negro cuesta
la dama]} Qh7+ 44. Rh2 Kg8 45. Ree2 Ra8 46. Qa5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1213"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2013.02.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mons, Leon"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Forchheim"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]
[WhiteClock "0:44:31"]
[BlackClock "0:43:03"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d3 4. Bxd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. c4 d6 8. h3
Nf6 9. Nc3 Nd7 10. Be3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. Qd2 Nc5 13. Bc2 Be6 14. Nd4 Ne5
15. Nxe6 Nxe6 16. Qd5 Nc5 17. Rab1 Ned7 18. e5 Nb6 19. Rxb6 $5 {Ein
interessantes Qualitätsopfer. Trotz der zersplitterten Bauernstellung am
Damenflügel kompensiert das weiße Läuferpaar die Minusqualität.} axb6 20. exd6
O-O-O 21. Qxf7 exd6 22. Bd1 Kb8 23. Bd4 Rd7 24. Qd5 Rhd8 25. Bg4 Rc7 26. Re1
Nd3 27. Re3 Qxd5 28. cxd5 Nc5 29. Bf6 Rf8 $2 {Jetzt gewinnt Weiß die Qualität
zurück und erhält ein besseres Endspiel. Der Engine-Vorschlag lautet} (29...
Rg8) 30. Be7 Rxe7 31. Rxe7 h5 32. Bd1 b5 33. Be2 Rf5 34. Bxb5 Rxd5 35. Be8 Rg5
36. Rg7 Nd3 37. Rxg6 Re5 38. Bf7 Re1+ 39. Kh2 Nxf2 40. Rg8+ Ka7 41. Bxh5 Rh1+
42. Kg3 Ne4+ 43. Kf4 Nxc3 44. Bf3 Kb6 45. Kg5 d5 46. h4 d4 47. h5 Kc7 48. h6 d3
49. Kg6 Ne2 50. h7 Nf4+ 51. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Baukombinat Leipzig"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1984.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Poloch, Petr"]
[Black "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1984.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Bb5+ (4. c4 e6 5. dxe6 Bxe6 $44) 4... Bd7 5.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. c4 e6 7. Qe2 Bd6 8. dxe6 (8. f5 $5 Na6 $5 (8... O-O) 9. dxe6 fxe6
10. fxe6 Qe7 11. Nf3 Nb4 12. Na3 O-O-O 13. O-O Nd3 $44) 8... Qxe6 $1 (8... fxe6
$11) 9. Qxe6+ fxe6 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Nbc3 Nb4 13. b3 e5 $1 $17 {N}
14. Rb1 Rhe8 15. f5 e4 16. Ba3 Nc2 17. Bb2 (17. Nb5 Be5 18. Nxa7+ Kb8 19. Bxc5
Rxd2 20. Nf4 Bxf4 21. Rxf4 e3 $19) 17... Be5 18. Rbd1 Bd4+ 19. Nxd4 (19. Kh1
Ng4 $19) 19... cxd4 20. Ne2 d3 $2 (20... Nh5 $1 {/\ d3-+}) 21. Nf4 e3 22. dxe3
Nxe3 23. Rxd3 Rxd3 24. Nxd3 Nxf1 (24... Rd8 25. Nb4 Nxf1 26. Kxf1 Rd2 27. Bc3)
25. Kxf1 Ng4 $1 26. Bxg7 Ne3+ 27. Kf2 Nxf5 $11 28. Be5 Rd8 29. Ke2 Nh4 30. g4
Re8 31. Kf2 Rd8 32. Ke2 Rg8 $6 33. h3 (33. Bf6 $1 Rxg4 34. Nf2 Rf4 35. Bg5 Rd4
36. Bf6 Rf4 $11) 33... Re8 34. Ke3 $2 Kd7 35. Kd4 $2 (35. Kf2) 35... Nf3+ 36.
Kd5 Nxe5 37. Nxe5+ Ke7 38. Nd3 Rf8 $19 39. Ke4 Rf1 40. h4 Ra1 41. a4 a5 42. Nf4
Rb1 43. g5 Rxb3 44. g6 hxg6 45. Nxg6+ Kd6 $1 46. h5 Kc5 47. Kf5 Kxc4 48. Kg4 b5
49. axb5 Rxb5 50. h6 a4 0-1

[Event "Leipzig Einladungsturnier-17"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1978.12.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hennings, Artur"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1978.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Baumbach} c5 2. f4 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Qc7 $6 (4... Nge7 {Baumbach}) 5.
O-O a6 6. Bxc6 Qxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. d3 b5 9. f5 b4 $6 10. fxe6 $5 fxe6 (10...
bxc3 {Baumbach} 11. exf7+ Kd8 12. bxc3 $13) 11. Ne2 Bb7 12. Ng3 Be7 13. Ne5 Qc7
14. Nc4 {Weiss ist aus der Eröffnung mit etwas Vorteil hervorgegangen. Der
schwarze Bb7 wird durch die Pd3 und Pe4 neutralisiert, und der schwarze König
steht nirgends sicher.} O-O 15. Bf4 d6 16. Qe2 Rae8 17. Rf2 Qd8 18. Raf1 Kh8
19. Nh5 {Nach dem vollzogenen Aufmarsch beginnt Weiss, den schwarzen
Königsflügel zu beunruhigen.} Bc6 20. h3 Nxh5 21. Qxh5 Bb5 22. Ne3 Bf6 23. e5
$1 g6 (23... dxe5 {Baumbach} 24. Bxe5 $16) 24. Qg4 Bg7 (24... dxe5 {Baumbach}
25. Bh6 Rf7 26. Qe4 {/\ 27.Ng4}) 25. exd6 e5 26. Bg5 Qxd6 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 $2 {Schwarz musste schnell ziehen und konnte das Eindringen der
weissen Q nach e6 nicht mehr richtig einschätzen.Danach entstehen jedoch
unparierbare Drohungen.} (28... Bxf8 {Baumbach} 29. Qf3 $16) 29. Qe6 $1 h6 30.
Be7 Qe8 31. Nd5 c4 32. Nf6 Bxf6 (32... Qa8 {Baumbach} 33. dxc4 $18) 33. Qxf6+
Kh7 34. Bxb4 cxd3 35. cxd3 Bd7 $2 {Noch immer Zeitnot, bei anderen Zügen
gewinnt Weiss mit Bb4-c3xe5} 36. Bf8 $1 1-0

[Event "Thaelmann Memorial"]
[Site "Berlin East"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Vogt, Lothar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1988.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. f4 d5 4. Be2 dxe4 5. dxe4 Qxd1+ 6. Bxd1 b6 7. c3 Bb7 8.
Be3 e5 9. Nd2 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nf6 11. Nh3 $1 Be7 12. Bf3 Nd7 13. Nc4 Ba6 14. Be2
f6 15. O-O-O $2 (15. Rd1 $10) 15... Na5 $2 (15... Nce5 16. Nd6+ (16. Nxe5 $2
Bxe2 17. Nxd7 Bxd1 18. Rxd1 O-O-O $1 19. Nb8 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 Rd8+ 21. Ke2 Kb7 {
}) 16... Bxd6 17. Bxa6 $13) 16. Bg4 Bxc4 17. Bxd7+ Kf7 18. b3 Be6 19. Bc7 $1
$14 Bxd7 (19... g5 20. Nxg5+) 20. Rxd7 Ke6 21. Rhd1 g5 22. Nf2 Rhc8 (22... h5
23. Nh1 $1 h4 24. Nf2) 23. Ng4 Nc6 24. R1d5 (24. Ne3 $2 Nd4 25. Rxe7+ Kxe7 26.
cxd4 cxd4 27. Nd5+ Kd7 28. Rxd4 Rxc7+ 29. Nxc7+ Kxc7 $13) 24... Nb8 25. Bxb8
Rcxb8 26. Ne3 Rd8 27. Rb7 Rdb8 28. Rdd7 Rxb7 29. Rxb7 h5 30. Kc2 Bf8 $6 (30...
Bd6 31. Nf5 (31. h3 $6 g4 32. hxg4 hxg4 33. Nxg4 Rg8) 31... Bf8) 31. c4 Rd8 32.
Nd5 Bd6 33. h3 Ra8 $2 (33... g4) 34. Kd3 Be5 35. a4 h4 $2 36. Rh7 (36. Rg7 $1)
36... Rg8 37. Re7+ Kd6 38. Rxa7 g4 39. Rb7 gxh3 40. Rxb6+ Kd7 41. gxh3 Rg3+ 42.
Ke2 Rxh3 43. a5 Rh2+ 44. Kf3 h3 45. Nxf6+ Bxf6 46. Rxf6 Rb2 47. e5 $1 Rxb3+ 48.
Ke4 Rb1 49. Rh6 Re1+ 50. Kd5 Rd1+ 51. Kxc5 Re1 52. a6 Rxe5+ 53. Kb6 Re3 54. a7
1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden International"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "1925.04.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1925.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. d3 c5 3. f4 (3. c4 $6 {/\f4,Nf3,Nc3,Be3,Be2 Pd3-d4 [+]} Nc6 4. f4
(4. Nc3 e6 $1 5. f4 d5 6. e5 (6. Be2 {Nimzowitsch}) 6... d4 $1 7. Ne4 (7. Nb1
Nd7 8. Nf3 $10) 7... Nxe4 8. dxe4 g5 $1 $17 {--> Nimzowitsch-Alekhine, Dresden
1926}) 4... d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 Nd4 8. Qd2 Ng4 9. Bxg4 Bxg4 10. Bxd4
Bxd4 11. Nge2 Bg7 12. O-O O-O $15 {^^ --> Nimzowitsch-Vukovic, Kecskemet 1928})
(3. Nc3 {--> closed Sicilian}) (3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 (4. Nc3 d5 {-->
Maroczy-Bogoljubov}) (4. c3 g6 5. Nbd2 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. Re1 dxe4 9.
dxe4 Qc7 $10 {Dahlgruen-Laqua Hamburg 1991}) 4... g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7.
a4 (7. Nbd2 d5 (7... d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. Nc4 $14 {Ozsvath-Cafferty, Hungary 1977})
8. Re1 e6 9. c3 b6 10. e5 Nd7 11. d4 a5 12. b3 b5 $36 {Anastossopoulos-Hoen,
Varna 1962}) 7... d6 8. c3 Bd7 9. Re1 Qc8 $10 {Lutikov-Zuchovicki, Moskva 1969}
) (3. g3 b6 (3... d5 4. Nd2 Nc6 5. Bg2 $10 {Littlewood-Söby, Varna 1962}) 4.
Bg2 Bb7 5. Ne2 d5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. f4 e6 8. c4 $132 {Berger-Stal, FRG 1985}) 3...
Nc6 4. Nf3 (4. c3 $6 d5 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nd2 e6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. Be2 f6 $1 9. exf6
Nxf6 10. Nh3 Bd6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Kh1 O-O-O $17 {Wolf-Becker, FRG 1923}) 4... g6
5. Be2 Bg7 6. Nbd2 $6 (6. c4 $5 {>< d5 /\ =}) 6... d5 7. O-O O-O 8. Kh1 b6 $15
9. exd5 Qxd5 (9... Nxd5 10. Ne4 {[+]}) 10. Qe1 (10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. fxe5 Qxe5 12.
Nc4 (12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Nc4 Qc7) 12... Qe6 13. Bf3 Nd5 $17) 10... Bb7 11. Nc4 Nd4
12. Ne3 Qc6 13. Bd1 Nd5 $1 14. Nxd4 (14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Qxe7 Rfe8 16. Qg5 Nxf3
17. Bxf3 Qxg5 18. fxg5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Re2 $17) 14... cxd4 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Bf3
Qd7 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 {>< c2} 18. c4 dxc3 $1 19. bxc3 Rac8 20. Bb2 Rfd8 21. Rf3 Bf6
22. d4 $17 {>< c3, c4, d5} (22. Qd2 Qc6 23. Rc1 Qa4 24. Ba1 Rd5 $17 25. c4 $2
Rxc4) 22... Qd5 {[%mdl 4] Hanging pawns c3/d4 with weakness at c4} 23. Qe3 Qb5
$1 24. Qd2 Rd5 25. h3 e6 26. Re1 Qa4 27. Ra1 b5 28. Qd1 Rc4 29. Qb3 Rd6 30. Kh2
Ra6 31. Rff1 Be7 32. Kh1 Rcc6 33. Rfe1 Bh4 $1 (33... Bd6 $2 34. Rxe6 $1 fxe6
35. Qxe6+ Kg7 $2 36. d5 $1 {/\ c3-c4 ->}) 34. Rf1 (34. Re2 Qxb3 $1 35. axb3
Rxa1+ 36. Bxa1 Ra6 37. Bb2 Ra2 38. b4 (38. Kh2 a5 $1 $17) 38... Bg3 39. d5 Bxf4
$19 (39... exd5 40. c4 $132)) 34... Qc4 {/\ Raa4, Rca6} 35. Qxc4 Rxc4 36. a3
Be7 37. Rfb1 Bd6 $1 38. g3 Kf8 39. Kg2 Ke7 40. Kf2 Kd7 41. Ke2 Kc6 42. Ra2 Rca4
43. Rba1 Kd5 44. Kd3 R6a5 45. Bc1 a6 46. Bb2 h5 $1 47. h4 f6 48. Bc1 e5 49.
fxe5 fxe5 50. Bb2 (50. dxe5 Bxe5 51. Bf4 (51. Rg2 Rg4 $19) 51... Bxf4 52. gxf4
Ke6 $1 $19) 50... exd4 51. cxd4 b4 52. axb4 Rxa2 53. bxa5 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "Interpolis-01"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1977.09.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1977.09.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 (1... e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 $5 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Nb8 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7.
Qd4 d6 8. Qxe4 Qxe5 9. Bd3 Qxe4+ 10. Bxe4 Nd7 11. Be3 Nf6 12. Bf3 Bg4 13. Bxg4
Nxg4 14. Bd4 Kd7 15. c4 Re8+ 16. Kd2 $16 {Miles,A-Gligoric,S/Bad Lauterberg/
1977/}) 2. f4 $5 Nc6 (2... Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. fxg7 cxd2+ 7.
Qxd2 Qxd2+ 8. Bxd2 Bxg7 9. O-O-O Bf5 $5 10. Ne2 $1 Nc6 11. Be3 $1 Rc8 $6 12.
Ng3 Bg4 13. Rd5 {P g5} Bd4 14. Bxd4 cxd4 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Ne4 Rd8 17. Bxc6 $1
bxc6 (17... Bxc6 18. Nf6+ exf6 19. Re1+ $18) 18. Rxd4 $18 {Miles,A-Plachetka,J/
Dubna/1976/}) 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 5. e5 d4 6. exf6 dxc3 7. fxg7 cxd2+ 8. Qxd2
Bxg7 $5 (8... Qxd2+ 9. Bxd2 Bxg7 10. O-O-O $36) 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 (9... Kxd8) 10.
Bb5+ Bd7 (10... Nc6 11. Ne5) 11. Bxd7+ Kxd7 12. c3 f5 {P d8-f7-d6-e4} 13. Be3
Kc6 14. O-O-O Nf7 15. Rhe1 Rad8 (15... Nd6 16. Bg1 Ne4 (16... Rhe8 17. Ng5) 17.
Nd2) 16. Rxd8 (16. Bd2 Bf6 17. Re6+ Rd6 $10) 16... Rxd8 (16... Nxd8 17. Bf2 $16
Bf6 (17... Re8 18. Ne5+) (17... e6 18. Bh4) 18. Ne5+) 17. Bxc5 $5 (17. Bf2 Rd7
(17... Bf6 18. Bh4) 18. Bh4 Kd6 $14 19. a4 {P f3-d2-c4}) 17... Kxc5 18. Rxe7
Rf8 19. Rxb7 Bf6 $1 (19... a6 20. Nh4 $1 Kc6 (20... Bh6 21. g3) 21. Ra7 Kb6 22.
Re7) 20. Rxa7 Kb6 21. Rd7 Kc6 22. Rd2 Nd6 23. Re2 $1 (23. Nd4+ Bxd4 24. Rxd4
Rg8 25. Rd2 Rg4 26. g3 h5 {P e4, h4|^ Miles}) 23... h5 (23... Rg8 24. Re6) (
23... Ne4 $142 {P g8} 24. Nd2 Kd5) 24. h4 $14 Ne4 25. Ng5 Kd5 26. Kc2 Ra8 27.
a3 Nd6 $2 (27... Nxc3 28. bxc3 Rxa3 29. Nf3 Rxc3+ 30. Kd2 $16) 28. Re6 $1 Bxg5
(28... Bg7 {P h6~/=}) (28... Bh8 29. Rh6 $40) 29. Re5+ Kc6 30. hxg5 h4 {
P a4, P h8, h3} (30... Ra4 31. g3 h4 32. Kb3 Rc4 33. g6 $18) 31. Kd3 Ra4 $2 $18
(31... Rh8 $142 $14 {P32.h3} 32. Re3 Ne4 {Miles}) 32. b4 $1 Rxa3 (32... Ra8 33.
a4 $18) 33. Ra5 Rxa5 (33... Rb3 $2 34. Kc2 $18) 34. bxa5 Ne4 (34... Kb5 35. Kd4
Kxa5 36. Kc5 $18) 35. Kd4 Kd6 (35... Kb5 36. Ke5 Ng3 37. g6 Nh5 38. Kxf5 $18)
36. a6 Nc5 37. a7 Ne6+ 38. Kc4 Nc7 39. g6 Ke6 40. Kc5 {Time} (40. Kc5 Kf6 41.
Kc6 Na8 42. Kb7 $18) 1-0

[Event "San Martin"]
[Site "San Martin"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Scarella, Enrique Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Giese"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. d3 Bg7 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 e6 8. f5
Nge7 9. fxe6 Bxe6 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Bxc6 Qxc6 12. Qd2 d5 13. Bh6 d4 14. Ne2 f6
15. Rf2 Rf7 16. Raf1 Qd6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nf4 Raf8 19. e5 Qb6 $2 (19... fxe5
20. Nxe6+ Qxe6 21. Ng5 $18) (19... Qd7 20. exf6+ Rxf6 21. Ne5 Qd6 22. Nh5+ $1 {
[%cal Gf2f8]} gxh5 23. Qg5+ $18) (19... Qc6 20. exf6+ Rxf6 21. Ne5 $18) (19...
Qa6 $142 $1 20. b4 Bc8 $14) 20. b4 $3 {[%csl Rc5,Rd4,Re6]} Bg4 (20... cxb4 21.
Nxd4 {[%csl Gd4,Gf4,Re6]} Bg4 (21... Bxa2 22. e6 {[%csl Ra2,Rf7]} Qxd4 23. c3
$1 {[%csl Ra2]} Qxc3 24. Qxa2 b3 25. Qa3 $18) 22. e6 $16) (20... Nd5 21. bxc5
Qa6 22. exf6+ Rxf6 23. Nxe6+ Qxe6 24. Nxd4 Qe5 25. Nf3 Qb2 26. c4 $18) (20...
g5 21. exf6+ Rxf6 22. Nh5+ $18) (20... Re8 21. bxc5 Qa6 22. Nxe6+ Qxe6 23.
exf6+ $18) 21. bxc5 Qa6 22. e6 $1 Bxe6 23. Nxd4 Bd7 (23... Bc8 24. c6 $1 {
[%csl Ya6,Yb6,Yc6,Yd6,Ye6]} Kh8 25. Nfe6 Bxe6 26. Nxe6 Rc8 27. cxb7 $18 {o^c+d}
) 24. c6 Bxc6 (24... Nxc6 25. Nde6+ Kg8 26. Nxf8 $18) (24... bxc6 25. Nfe6+ $18
) 25. Nfe6+ Kg8 26. Nxf8 Rxf8 27. Rxf6 Rxf6 28. Rxf6 Qxa2 29. Qe1 {[%csl Re7]}
(29. Qe1 Qa3 30. Qe6+) 1-0

[Event "Bad Woerishofen op 21st"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "2005.03.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hedke, Fred"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2005.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Qe2 Nf6 9. Rd1 e5 10. h3 O-O 11. Be3 $6 (11. Bg5 Be6 12. Rd2 (12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13.
Nb5 Be7 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qd3 Qd7 16. Rd2 Rad8 17. Rad1 a6 18. Nxd6 Qc7 19. Qb3
Bxd6 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21. Rxd6 Nd4 {Ilic- Sofrevski, Jugosalwien 1975}) 12... Rc8
13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Rad1 Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Nb5 e5 18. Nxa7 Ra8
19. Nb5 Rf7 {Schein- Computer Schredder, Israel 2000,} 20. b3 $5) 11... Be6 12.
Bxe6 fxe6 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. b4 Nxb4 (14... a6 15. b5 axb5 16. Qxb5 Qd7 17. Na4
Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Qxd7 Nxd7 20. Bxd4 $11 {Pokojowczyk- Gligoric, Jug 75})
15. Qb5 (15. Nxe5 Qa5 16. Nf3 Qa3 (16... h6 $2 17. Nd4 {Schuh- Steudel, Merzig
96})) 15... Nc6 (15... d5 16. Nxe5 Bd6 $5 (16... a6 17. Qxb7 Qc7 18. Qxc7 Rxc7
19. Nxd5 {Maric- Trifunovic, Sarajevo 58}) 17. Ng4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Qh4 19. e5
Bxe5 20. Qxb4 Rc4 {kommt in Betracht}) 16. Qxb7 Na5 $5 (16... Rc7 17. Qb3 Qd7
18. Ng5 Nd8 {McDonell- O Connell, Limerick 91}) 17. Qxa7 (17. Qa6 Nc4 18. Bxa7
Qd7 19. a4 Rc7 20. Bb6 Rc6 21. a5 Qc8 22. Qxc8 Rfxc8 23. Na2 d5 24. exd5 exd5)
17... Ra8 18. Qb6 Qxb6 19. Bxb6 Nc4 $19 20. Bc7 Rfc8 21. Nb5 Ra4 22. Rc2 Nxe4
23. Rdc1 Na5 24. a3 Nb3 25. Rc4 Nxc1 26. Rxa4 Ne2+ 27. Kf1 N2c3 28. Nxc3 Nxc3
0-1

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Nc6 (5... Bc5 6. Bc4 Ne7 7.
O-O O-O 8. e5 (8. Qe2) (8. Bg5 f6 9. Bf4 Ng6 10. Bg3 Nc6 11. a3 Nge5 12. Ba2 a6
13. b4 Ba7 14. b5 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Ne5) 8... Ng6 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Bg5 Nd4) 6. Bc4
a6 (6... Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Qe2 Ng4) 7. O-O Nge7 8. Bg5 h6 (8... f6 9. Be3 Ng6
10. Nd4 Be7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qh5 O-O 13. f4 Rf7) 9. Bh4 d6 10. Qe2 Qa5 $6 (
10... Qc7 11. Rac1 Ng6 12. Bg3 Be7 13. Bb3 Qb8 $15) 11. a3 Ng6 12. b4 Qc7 13.
Bg3 Be7 14. Rac1 O-O 15. Ba2 Qb8 16. Nd2 Bd7 17. f4 Bf6 18. Qh5 b5 19. e5 dxe5
20. Nce4 Bd8 21. fxe5 $6 (21. f5 $1 exf5 (21... Nf4 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Nc5 Bb6
24. Nde4 exf5 $2 (24... Qe5 $1 25. Kh1 Bxc5 26. Nxc5 Be8 27. Rfe1 Qxf5 28. Qxf5
exf5 29. Bd5 Rc8 30. Ne6 Ne7 31. Rxc8 Nxc8 32. Nxf8 Kxf8) 25. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 26.
Qg6+ Kh8 27. Qxh6+ Kg8 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Qxf6+ Kg8 30. Qg5+ Kh7 31. Rxf4 $18)
22. Qxg6 Kh8 23. Qd6 $18) 21... Ncxe5 22. Nc5 Bc6 23. Nxe6 Bb6+ 24. Nc5 Qd8 25.
Ndb3 Nc4 26. Kh1 Ra7 27. Bb1 Re7 28. Rf2 Qe8 29. Rcf1 Ne3 $19 30. Rg1 Ne5 31.
Nd4 Ba8 32. Nf5 Nxf5 33. Qxf5 g6 34. Qh3 h5 35. Bxe5 Rxe5 36. Nd7 Re6 37. Nf6+
Rxf6 38. Rxf6 Bxg1 39. Kxg1 Qe5 40. Qh4 Qb2 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.04.02"]
[Round "15.4"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Hracek/Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tegernsee"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{ANTI-SICILIAN MISADVENTURE} 1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. g3 d5 {
! according to Kindermann} 6. Qe2 $6 (6. exd5 $142 $11 Qxd5 7. Nc3 (7. Bg2 c4
8. Nc3 Qe6+ 9. Kf2 cxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. Re1 Qf5 12. Qxf5 Bxf5 13. Nb5 O-O-O
14. c3 Bd3 15. Na3 Ne4+ 16. Kg1 f5 17. Be3 Rd7 18. Rac1 Kb8 {draw, S. Beshukov
- J. Zezulkin, Krasnodar 1998}) 7... Qe6+ 8. Ne4 Nf6 9. Nfg5 Qd7 10. Bg2 Nxe4
11. Nxe4 c4 12. c3 cxd3 13. Nc5 Qd6 14. Be3 O-O 15. Qxd3 Rd8 16. Qxd6 Rxd6 17.
Rd1 {A. Fedorov - N. Miezis, Bled 2003, draw/39}) 6... Bg4 7. c3 c4 $1 {
One strong grandmaster told me after this move: "I like it, this is real
chess". I hope that wasn't ironical, but anyway "real chess" showed me Stefan
after the game. He analysed with the computer ...} (7... Qa5 8. Nbd2 Bxc3 $5
$13) 8. dxc4 dxe4 9. Qxe4 Nf6 10. Qe3 O-O 11. Bg2 e5 $5 {In view of his
development advantage Black forces the opening of the position and seizes the
initiative.} ({Also good was} 11... Bf5 {after} 12. O-O (12. h3) 12... Ng4 13.
Qc5 Rc8 14. Na3 a6 15. Kh1 e5 16. Qg1 e4 17. Ng5 Re8 18. Re1 Rc7 19. h3 Nf6 20.
g4 Bc8 21. Nxe4 Nxg4 22. Bd2 $6 Qh4 23. Nd6 $4 Rd8 $19 {G. Baranov - E. Najer,
St. Petersburg 1998, 0:1/41}) 12. O-O ({I} 12. fxe5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nxe5 14. O-O
Nfg4 15. Bxg4 Nxg4 16. Qf3 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Ne5 $36) ({II} 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 (12... Re8
13. O-O Bf5 14. Nxc6 bxc6 $44) 13. fxe5 Bh6 $1 {Rybka Rybka} 14. Qxh6 Qd1+ 15.
Kf2 Ne4+ 16. Bxe4 Qe2+ 17. Kg1 Qe1+ 18. Kg2 Qxe4+ 19. Kg1 Qe1+ 20. Kg2 Qe2+ 21.
Kg1 Qd1+ $19) 12... exf4 13. Qxf4 Re8 14. Nbd2 {Looks natural, but perhaps a
better try is} (14. Na3 $5 Qb6+ (14... Re2 15. Nb5) 15. Kh1 (15. Nd4 Be2 16.
Rf2 Ng4 17. Qxf7+ Kh8) 15... Re4 (15... Rad8 16. b4 Rd3 17. Bb2 Re4 $44) 16.
Qd2 Rae8 17. Qf2 Qd8 $44) 14... Qd7 $1 {Continues his harmonical development
and by the way threatens to trap the white queen.} 15. Ng5 (15. Nb3 $6 Re2 16.
Nc5 (16. Bd2 Nh5 17. Qg5 Bf5 $17) 16... Qe7 17. Nb3 (17. b4 h6 18. Rf2 Re8 $17)
17... Rd8 $1 18. Bd2 g5 $5 19. Qxg5 h6 20. Qh4 (20. Qf4 Re4 21. Rfe1 Rxf4 22.
Rxe7 Rxf3 23. Bxf3 Nxe7 $17) 20... Bxf3 21. Rxf3 Ne5 22. Bf4 Nxf3+ 23. Bxf3
Rxb2 24. Bxh6 Re8 25. Rf1 Bxh6 26. Qxh6 Ne4 $17) 15... Ne5 $1 16. Nde4 $2 ({I} 
16. Qd4 {is my 'silicon friend's' recommendation and a little better, although
after} Qc7 17. Ndf3 (17. Ngf3) 17... Nxf3+ 18. Nxf3 Ne4 {Black has even more
than the initiative:} 19. Qd3 Nc5 20. Qd2 Be6 $1 (20... Rad8 21. Qf4) 21. Qe2
Bf5 22. Qd2 Bd3 23. Re1 Bxc4) ({II Also after} 16. Ngf3 Nd3 {Black gets at
least enough compensation:} 17. Qd4 Rad8 18. Qxd7 Rxd7 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Ne4
21. Kh2 Nd6 22. Rb1 (22. c5 Ne4) 22... Nxc4 23. Rd1 Red8 $15) 16... Nxe4 17.
Nxe4 Be2 18. Re1 Bxc4 $17 {Regains the pawn with a clear positional advantage.}
19. Bd2 ({Or} 19. Be3 Nd3 20. Qd6 Qb5 21. b3 (21. Reb1 $2 Rxe4 22. Bxe4 Qe8 $19
) 21... Nxe1 22. bxc4 Qxc4 23. Rxe1 Rxe4 24. Bxe4 Qxe4 $17) 19... Qc6 $5 ({
Alternatives: I} 19... Nd3 $6 {doesn't work because of} 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. Qxf6
{(} Nxe1 $4 22. Bh6 $18 {), but there are more subtle and stronger moves:}) ({
II} 19... Rad8 $1 20. b3 f5 $1 21. Nc5 (21. bxc4 fxe4) 21... Qxd2 22. Qxd2 Rxd2
23. bxc4 b6 $17) ({III} 19... Qd8 $1 20. b3 (20. Nf2 Bd5 $17) 20... Nd3 21.
Nf6+ Qxf6 {transposes to the game:} 22. Qxf6 Bxf6 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. bxc4 Re2
$17) 20. b3 ({I} 20. Qh4 Bd5 $17) ({II} 20. Be3 f5 (20... Nd3 $5) 21. Nf2 Bd5
$17) 20... Nd3 $2 {Here I noticed 21.Qd6 and was afraid (rightly!) of this
retort . Fortunately Stefan was in big time trouble with no time to calculate
all the variations.} ({In spite of that the home analysis reveals the "patent
move"} 20... Bd5 $3 {with irresistable pressure:} 21. c4 (21. Qf1 f5 22. Ng5 h6
$19) 21... Nd3 22. cxd5 Qb6+ 23. Be3 (23. Qe3 Bd4 $19) 23... Nxf4 24. Bxb6 Nxg2
25. Kxg2 Bxa1 26. Bc7 (26. Bf2 f5 27. Rxa1 fxe4 $19) 26... Bd4 27. d6 f5 28. d7
Rxe4 29. Rxe4 fxe4 30. d8=Q+ Rxd8 31. Bxd8 Kf7 $19) 21. Nf6+ $2 ({Misses a
good drawing chance:} 21. Qd6 {(The idea is nice: 21..Nxe1?? 22.Nf6+)} Rxe4 (
21... Qxd6 22. Nxd6 Nxe1 23. Bxe1 (23. Nxe8 Nxg2 24. Nxg7 Bd5 25. Bh6 $11 {
funny position}) 23... Ba6 (23... Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Bxc3 25. Re3 Bd4 26. Nxc4 Rc8
27. Bxb7 Rxc4 28. bxc4 Bxe3+ $11) 24. Nxe8 Rxe8 $11) (21... Bd5 22. Qxd5 Qxd5
23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Bxd5 Rd8 26. Bg2 Nb4 27. Bg5 Bxg5 28. cxb4 $15
{/=}) 22. Qxc6 Rxe1+ 23. Bxe1 bxc6 24. bxc4 Rc8 25. Bf2 Bxc3 26. Rd1 Nxf2 27.
Kxf2 Rc7 28. Rd6 c5 29. Bd5 $15) 21... Qxf6 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Qxf6 Bxf6 24.
bxc4 Re2 $17 25. Rd1 {To be honest, I already pictured my victory and thereby
completely forgot about the reply 26. Bf1. When I played 19...Qc6 I reckoned
only with 26. Kf1 or 26.Bf3.} Be7 {I lost 15 minutes to find out that there is
no easy win. Fortunately I realised that in order to reach a much better
ending just simple positional play is asked for. First of all my bishop has to
change to the c5-g1 diagonal.} 26. Bf1 ({I} 26. Kf1 $2 Rf2+ 27. Kg1 Bc5 28. Be3
Rd2 $1 29. Rxd2 Bxe3+ 30. Kf1 Bxd2 31. Ke2 Ne1 32. Bxb7 Bxc3 $19) ({II} 26. Bf3
Bc5+ 27. Kh1 Rf2 28. Bxb7 Nb2 $19) 26... Bc5+ 27. Kh1 Nf2+ 28. Kg2 Re7 $17 29.
Rb1 (29. Re1 Ne4 30. Bc1 f5 31. Bd3 Kf7 (31... Nxc3 32. Rxe7 Bxe7 33. Bd2 Na4
34. Be2) 32. Bxe4 fxe4 33. Kf1 Re6 34. Bg5 Ra6 35. Re2 Ra4 36. Rxe4 Rxa2 $17 {
with a good chance to win}) 29... Ne4 30. Be1 f5 31. Rd1 Kf7 32. Bd3 b6 33. Bc2
$2 (33. Kf1 $142) 33... Nf6 $2 {Now I was in time trouble too, otherwise I
would have chosen} (33... Nxc3 $19) 34. Bd3 Ng4 35. Rb1 h5 36. h3 Nf6 {More
precise is} (36... Ne3+ {e.g.} 37. Kh2 Rd7 38. Be2 Nc2 39. Bf1 g5) 37. Bf2 $2 {
With a few seconds left this was the decisive mistake.} (37. Rd1 Ne4 38. Kf3 g5
39. g4 fxg4+ 40. hxg4 Nf6 41. gxh5 Re3+ 42. Kg2 Nxh5 $17) 37... Bxf2 ({Leaving
White with the "bad" bishop, but} 37... Rd7 $1 $19 {would have been much
easier for me.}) 38. Kxf2 Nd7 {This ending should be winning even wihout the
following mistakes.} 39. Bf1 $6 (39. Rd1 Nc5 40. Bc2 Kf6 41. Kf3 g5 42. Rd6+
Re6 43. Rd5 Re5 44. Rd6+ Ne6 45. h4 g4+ 46. Kf2 Rc5 47. Rd5 f4 48. Rxc5 (48.
gxf4 Nxf4 49. Rd6+ Ke7 50. Rd4 Ne6 51. Re4 Kf6 52. Kg3 Re5) 48... bxc5 49. Ba4
(49. gxf4 Nxf4 50. Ba4 Ne6) 49... fxg3+ 50. Kxg3 Ke5 51. Be8 Ng7 $19 {This
isn't forced, but it illustrates Black's possibilities in such an ending.})
39... Nc5 40. Rd1 (40. Kf3 Rd7 41. Re1 Rd2 42. Re2 Rxe2 43. Bxe2 Kf6 44. g4 (
44. a3 Ne4 $19) 44... fxg4+ 45. hxg4 h4 $19) 40... Ne4+ 41. Kf3 Nxc3 42. Rd8
Ne4 43. a4 $6 Nc5 44. a5 bxa5 45. Rc8 Ne6 46. c5 Re8 47. Rxe8 Kxe8 48. c6 Ke7
49. Bc4 Nd4+ 50. Kf4 Nxc6 51. Kg5 a4 0-1

[Event "Match/Varsity Cambridge-Oxford 2,0-6,0"]
[Site "London (RAC Club)"]
[Date "1983.03.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivell, Nicholas W"]
[Black "Regan, Kenneth"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Ivell,N"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1983.03.12"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cambridge University"]
[BlackTeam "Oxford University"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 {1) BCM, May 1983, p199, but the magazine incorrectly gives the colours
as 'Regan-Ivell'.  Total Standing: Cambridge 45 wins. Oxford 39 wins.} c5 2. f4
Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 d5 5. e5 Ng8 6. g3 Bg4 7. Bg2 e6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nge7
10. O-O h5 11. Qf2 {Ivell,N: "Positional blunder - bishop belongs here"} (11.
c3 $11) (11. c4 $11) 11... Nf5 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. a3 c4 14. Kh2 cxd3 15. cxd3 Ncd4
16. Bd2 Nb3 17. Rad1 Bc5 18. d4 Bxd4 19. Qe2 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qa5
22. Rf3 Rc7 23. Rd3 Ne7 24. f5 Nxf5 25. Bxd5 {[#]} O-O $19 {Nicholas Ivell:
"Impressive lateness!"} (25... exd5 26. Rxd5 $14 Qxc3 27. Rd8+ Ke7 28. Qxc3
Rxc3 29. Rxh8 $14) 26. Qc2 (26. Be4 Qxe5 $19) 26... exd5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Jones,G"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 $5 {The Big Clamp. This innocuous looking move actually holds
some venom. It prepares f2-f4 with Grand Prix Attack style play. During the
European Championships I was sharing a flat with Luke McShane who has had some
great results on the White side of this position and inspired me to give it a
go. Of course such positions are hardly theoretical and there are not massive
streams of theory to learn but instead knowing various ideas is important. As
Joe is a time trouble addict I thought it was best to get him thinking on his
own as early as possible.} g6 (2... Nc6 {is of course a main alternative.
Stevic has had some recent examples on the White side.} 3. f4 d5 ({The
queenless middlegame arising from} 3... e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Be2 dxe4 6. dxe4 Qxd1+
7. Bxd1 {is actually quite unpleasant for Black as White's f4 and e4 pawns
control the centre while the c5 pawn is a slight weakness.} Nf6 8. e5 Nd5 9. c4
Ndb4 10. Ke2 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. a3 $16 {Stevic,H (2607)-Sanikidze,T (2564)
Plovdiv 2010.}) 4. Be2 Nf6 5. e5 Ng8 6. Nf3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. c4 {Stevic,H 
(2621)-Yilmaz,M (2476) Rijeka 2010. had certain similarities to the game.}) (
2... d5 {is perhaps the critical test of White's offbeat opening when White
can choose to play a Kings Indian Attack position with 3.Nd2 or else} 3. exd5 {
when one game continued} Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd8 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 g6 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. a4
$14 {Fedorov,A (2611)-Landenbergue,C (2435) Dresden 2007. and White has a
decent edge with his much better light squared bishop and potential play on
the queenside.}) 3. f4 ({Movsesian generally plays setups with} 3. g3 {but I
prefered to keep the game looking like a Grand Prix as I have more experience
in those positions.}) 3... Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Be2 d5 {The most principled way
to try and exploit the fact White hasn't played Nc3.} ({Of course there are
alternatives. Luke won a pretty miniature following} 5... d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Qe1
{Continuing the basic Grand Prix theme which is simplistic but brutal and
harder to stop than you might think.} c4 8. Kh1 O-O 9. Qh4 cxd3 (9... Nb4 {
was played in a later game but White could use the fact that he had not yet
developed his b1 knight to defend c2 with} 10. Na3 cxd3 11. cxd3 Nc6 12. f5
gxf5 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Ng4 15. Qg5+ Kh8 16. exf5 Nf6 17. Qf4 Bd7 18. Nc4
Nb4 19. Ng5 Nbd5 20. Qh4 {Stevic,H (2607)-Horvath,C (2529) Sibenik 2010. and
White's initiative on the kingside was starting to approach decisive
proportions.}) 10. cxd3 Bg4 11. Nc3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Qb6 13. Bd1 $1 {Clearing the
f3-square for the white rook and preparing to bring the bishop round to the
deadly a2-g8 diagonal.} Qa6 14. Rf3 Rfc8 15. Rh3 h5 16. f5 Ne5 17. Bg5 Kf8 18.
fxg6 fxg6 19. Bb3 Nxd3 20. Rf3 {1-0 McShane,L (2615)-Cheparinov,I (2667) Novi
Sad 2009. It's hard to believe that such barbaric play can beat such a strong
player with such ease and this contributed greatly to my choice to try this
out myself.}) (5... e6 {is of course the further option although White can try
to gain from the fact that he has not developed his knight and instead play
with c2-c3.}) 6. O-O Nf6 7. e5 Nd7 {So far we had been following another game
of Luke's but here Joe varied. He didn't know we were following that game of
course and had already used a hefty chunk of time.} (7... Ng4 {was the other
Loek (van Wely)'s choice.} 8. c3 d4 $6 {Very ambitious but Luke artfully
illustrates the flaw.} 9. Ng5 $1 Nh6 10. Bf3 {White has the strong positional
threat of 11.Bxc6 destroying Black's structure. Therefore Loek tried} dxc3 11.
bxc3 Nd4 $6 {but} 12. cxd4 $1 Qxd4+ 13. Rf2 Qxa1 14. Rb2 {and the black queen
was incarcerated forever.} Nf5 $2 {This appears to be the losing move.} (14...
f6 {is the computer's choice when Vigorito offers the following line from
ChessPublishing.} 15. Bxb7 (15. Nd2 fxg5 16. Nb3 Qxb2 17. Bxb2 gxf4 18. Nxc5 {
is also interesting.}) 15... Bxb7 (15... fxg5 $6 16. Bxa8 O-O 17. Na3 Bd7 18.
Bd5+ $18) 16. Qa4+ Kf8 17. Ne6+ Kf7 18. Qc4 {"is possible...although it looks
dangerous". Rybka reckons this position is a draw but practically these
positions are impossible to defend.}) {When Luke chose} 15. Nc3 {McShane,L 
(2620)-Van Wely,L (2655) London 2009. followed by 16.Nge4 and the queen soon
dropped.} ({However Vigorito points out that} 15. Bxb7 $1 {was immediately
winning. I can't resist redisplaying one of the wonderful lines he gives:} Bxb7
16. Qa4+ $1 Kf8 17. Qb3 c4 18. Qxc4 e6 19. Rxb7 Nh6 20. Rxf7+ $1 Nxf7 21. Qxe6
Nxg5 22. Ba3#)) 8. c4 $5 {Preparing for the game I had seen Stevic's game
which I showed in the notes above and saw that White could borrow this idea
from the Kings Indian Attack, another positive factor behind leaving the
knight on b1. A completely fresh position has arisen after just 8 moves and we
can battle on our own :)} (8. Nc3 $5 {actually looks an interesting
alternative.} Nf8 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ne6 11. Ncb5 f6 {is also roughly level.})
({Of course} 8. c3 {must be fine and is the calmest way of handling the
position.}) 8... Nb6 9. Be3 d4 10. Bf2 f6 {This is Black's only real source of
counterplay.} 11. Bg3 {An odd bishop manoeuvre but I wanted to keep the e5
square.} O-O 12. Nbd2 fxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Nd7 {Personally I think Joe
should have exchanged rooks.} (14... Rxf1+ 15. Qxf1 Nd7 16. Nf3 Bh6 {was also
possible with a highly double edged position. Personally I'd prefer White who
can try to break with b2-b4 but Black has trumps of his own such as the bishop
on h6. This is a position in which the computer isn't much use and it reckons
it is simply a draw with} 17. Rb1 a5 18. Ne1 Bg7 19. Nf3 Bh6 $11) 15. Nf3 Bh6
$1 {An important move as otherwise I could continue to play on the kingside
with Qe2 and Rae1 or even doubling on the f-file when White has a pleasant
edge.} 16. Qa4 {We had an interesting post-mortem as both Joe and I thought we
were clearly better in this position. White has ideas of b2-b4 and expanding
on the queenside, perhaps ganging up on d4 while Black loses time developing
his c8 bishop. On the other hand Black has a very good bishop on h6
controlling the important dark squares and if he has time to develop his
queenside pieces then he will stand very well. The truth, as always, is
probably that the position is roughly level.} Qb6 {Both of us considered it
necessary to prevent White from playing b4.} ({The computer has no such
concerns and thinks} 16... Be3+ 17. Kh1 Nb8 18. b4 cxb4 19. Qxb4 Na6 {is fine
for Black but I believe White to have an edge as d4 is rather vulnerable in
the long term.}) 17. Rab1 Qe6 (17... a5 {preventing b2-b4 should be considered
but Joe had overlooked my 19th.}) 18. b4 b6 {As b4 no longer forces the pawn
away from defending the d4-pawn and gets Black a move nearer completing his
development it's a strategic error. However I had already seen the following
tactic.} 19. Nxd4 $1 {Getting rid of the knight so that I can take over the
light squares. Had I allowed Black to play Bb7 then I would have stood worse.
Now, however, my bishop pair rake down the board and in fact I win back the
material by force.} Be3+ $1 {This is forced but after Joe's long think he was
basically playing on the 30 second increment for the rest of the game.} (19...
cxd4 20. Rxf8+ Kxf8 21. Bf3 {wins material:} b5 (21... Rb8 22. Bd5 Qf5 23. Be4
Qe6 24. Qxa7 $18 {and Black's pieces will drop off.}) 22. Qa5 Rb8 23. Bd5 Qb6
24. e6 $18) (19... Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 cxd4 21. Bf3 {highlights the idea behind the
knight sacrifice. Black cannot both keep his material and stop Bd5 pinning the
queen. In fact he can limit it to a pawn deficit with} Be3+ 22. Kh1 Bb7 $1 23.
Bxb7 Rf8 {but obviously White has a huge advantage.}) 20. Kh1 Bxd4 {It's
important that the bishop controls the e5-square.} ({However} 20... Rxf1+ {
was the more accurate move order surprisingly as following} 21. Rxf1 Bxd4 22.
Bf3 {Black has} Bb7 $1 23. Bxb7 Rf8 {and due to the back rank mate threat
Black survives to fight on.}) (20... cxd4 $2 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Bf3 Rb8 23.
Qxa7 $18 {is a similar plan when White has a winning position.}) 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8
{The king must get off the a2-g8 diagonal.} (21... Nxf8 22. Bf3 Bd7 (22... b5
23. Qb3 $18) 23. b5 {and White wins material.}) 22. Rf1+ {I thought it would
be better to have this check thrown in but as Black has an amazing defence we
should consider the alternative.} (22. Bf3 $1 Rb8 (22... b5 23. cxb5 Rb8 24.
bxc5 Bxe5 25. Bf2 {and the two pawns are more than adequate compensation for
the piece as a7 will drop while Black still struggles to complete his
development.}) 23. Rf1 {is the more accurate move order.} Kg7 24. Bd5 b5 (24...
Qg4 25. e6 Ne5 26. Qe8 $1 $18) 25. Qd1 Qa6 26. Rf7+ Kh8 27. Rxe7 {and again my
attack would have been unstoppable.}) 22... Kg7 ({Running the king the other
direction with} 22... Ke8 {is very risky:} 23. Bf3 Rb8 24. Bd5 b5 (24... Qg4
25. e6 $18) 25. Qd1 Qb6 26. e6 Nf6 27. bxc5 Qxc5 (27... Bxc5 28. d4 $1 $18) 28.
Bxb8 Nxd5 29. cxd5 Qxd5 {and Black has survived to fight on the exchange down
but White is obviously on top.}) 23. Bf3 Qf5 {As we have already seen, 23...
Rb8 is losing and so we both felt this was Black's best try to stay in the
game.} ({However we overlooked} 23... Bb7 $1 {in Joe's time trouble and after}
24. Bxb7 Rf8 $11 {Strangely the position is just equal as the d4 bishop is so
strong.}) (23... Rb8 {would transpose to 22.Bf3!}) 24. Qc6 Rb8 25. e6 {Opening
the other diagonal and now both bishops rake down towards the unfortunate rook.
} Ne5 ({While waiting for him to move I suddenly panicked that} 25... Bb7 {
was strong. However I'd overlooked a rather important detail:} 26. Qxd7 Qxd3
27. Qxe7+ Kh8 28. Rd1 Qxf3 {This was the move that worried me. I'd seen that I
could play} 29. Be5+ {but in my head I couldn't work out what to do against}
Kg8 {I won't patronise you my giving an answer; suffice it to say I hope I
would have found it had we reached this position.} ({I'd seen} 29... Bxe5 30.
Rd8+ {was winning easily.})) 26. Qc7 Nxf3 $2 {With mere seconds left Joe gets
his move order muddled up.} ({In the post mortem he told me he intended} 26...
Qxe6 {when following} 27. Qxb8 Nxf3 28. Rxf3 Qe2 29. Qf4 Bf5 {Black is an
exchange down but the bishops are strong and gives him decent compensation.
Nevertheless White should be on top after} 30. bxc5 bxc5 31. h3 $16) 27. Qxe7+
Kh6 28. Rxf3 Rb7 29. Qd8 Qxe6 {This allows forced mate but} (29... Bxe6 30.
Rxf5 Bxf5 31. Bc7 $1 {was also trivial.}) 30. Bf4+ Kg7 31. Be5+ $1 {With
either Qf8 or Qh4 mate.} 1-0

[Event "Berliner Sommer 14th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1996.08.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Thesing, Matthias"]
[Black "Kalinitschew, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Kalinitschew,S"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 d5 4. Nf3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nc6 6. g3 (6. Bb5 Bd7 $11) 6...
Be7 (6... Nf6 $5 7. Nf2 g6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O) 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. Nf2 (8. d3 Nxe4
9. dxe4 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 b6 11. c3 Ba6 12. Re1 O-O-O+ 13. Bd2 Rd7 14. Bf1 Bxf1
15. Rxf1 Rhd8 16. Kc2 Rd3 17. Rae1 {[%cal Gg3g4,Gh2h4] Kremenietsky,
A-Kalinitschew,S/Moscow Trud-ch 1978/} (17. g4 $5) 17... h5 $5 $15) 8... O-O 9.
O-O Qc7 10. b3 (10. d3 $142 b6 (10... Rd8 $5) 11. c3 Bb7 12. Qe2 Rad8 13. Bd2 {
[%cal Ga1d1]}) 10... b6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Qe2 Rad8 13. Rfe1 Rd7 14. Nd3 (14. Ne5
Rdd8 (14... Nd4 $5) 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. f5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qc6+ 18. Kg1 exf5 $1 19.
Qxe7 Rde8 20. Qxa7 Ra8 21. Qe7 Rfe8 $19) 14... Nd4 (14... Ba6 15. c4) (14...
Rfd8) 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Ne5 Bxg2 $2 (16... Rdd8) 17. Kxg2 $2 (17. Nxd7 Ba8 18.
Nxf8 (18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. d3 $8 Qc6 20. Qe4 Qxc2 21. Qe2 Qc6 22. Qe4 Qc5 23. Qe2
h5 $17) 18... Qc6 (18... Bxf8 19. Kf2) 19. Rf1 $8 Bc5 (19... Ng4 $4 20. Qf3) (
19... Bxf8 20. Kf2 Ne4+ 21. Ke1 Bb4 22. Rd1 Qxc2 23. Bxd4) 20. d3 Bxf8 (20...
Kxf8 21. Kf2 Ng4+ 22. Ke1 Bb4+ (22... Ne3 23. Rg1) 23. Kd1 Ne3+ 24. Kc1 Bc3 $44
) (20... Bb4 21. Qf3 Qxf3 22. Rxf3 Bxf3 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Bxd4 $16) 21. Bxd4 (
21. Kf2 Ng4+ 22. Ke1 Ne3 23. Rg1 (23. Rc1 $2 Bb4+) 23... Nxc2+ 24. Kf2 Nxa1 25.
Bxa1 Bc5 $15) 21... Ng4 22. Qe4 Qxc2 23. Rf2 Qc8 24. Qe2 Qc6 (24... Nxf2 25.
Kxf2 Qc6 26. Rg1) 25. Qe4 $11) 17... Rd5 18. c4 dxc3 19. dxc3 Qb7 20. Nf3 Rfd8
21. Rad1 b5 $17 22. Rxd5 Nxd5 $1 23. f5 $2 $138 Bc5 24. fxe6 Ne3+ 25. Kh3 (25.
Kh1 Rd2 26. e7 Rxe2 27. e8=Q+ Bf8 28. Qxe3 (28. Rf1 Qxf3+ $1) 28... Rxe1+ $1
29. Qxe1 Qxf3+ 30. Kg1 Bc5+ $19) 25... Qc8 26. Nd4 (26. Ng5 h6 27. Bc1 (27. Qh5
Rf8) 27... hxg5 28. Bxe3 Qxe6+ 29. Qg4 f5 30. Qxg5 f4+ 31. g4 Rd3 $1 32. Qxc5
Rxe3+ 33. Rxe3 fxe3 $19) 26... Bxd4 27. cxd4 Qxe6+ 28. g4 h5 $1 29. Kg3 Qd6+
30. Kf3 {1.49-1.03} 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 12th final"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.11.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Moingt, Jean Claude"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1996.11.21"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vilnius Kaise"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ gxf6 {An
interesting choice. Black realises that e5 is often a crucial outpost for
White in this kind of position, so voluntarily doubles his f-pawns in order to
cover.} 7. Bb5+ {This reaction is inappropriate. I would prefer b3 followed by
Bb2, and only then consider where to place the other bishop; g3 and Bg2 looks
the most likely though.} Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. b3 Nc6 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Qe2 Nd4 {
Black's strategy has worked perfectly: while White has been denied the use of
his outpost on e5, Black has managed to use his successfully.} 12. Bxd4 cxd4
13. Qd3 O-O-O 14. Kf2 Kb8 15. a4 Rc8 16. Ra2 Qd5 17. Re1 Bd6 18. f5 Rhg8 19.
Qe4 Qxe4 20. Rxe4 exf5 21. Rxd4 Bc5 22. c3 Rg4 23. h3 Re4 24. b4 Bxd4+ 25. Nxd4
Rce8 26. Ra1 Rxd4 27. cxd4 Re4 28. Re1 Rxd4 29. Re8+ Kc7 30. Re7+ Kc8 31. Rxf7
Rxb4 32. a5 Ra4 33. Rf8+ Kd7 34. Rf7+ Kc8 35. Rf8+ Kd7 36. Rf7+ Kc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 98th"]
[Site "Sheffield"]
[Date "2011.07.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[Annotator "Martin,A"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2011.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 $5 {Gawain has just produced a
book and DVD about the best way to tackle the Sicilian. Here he goes back to
an old idea of Larsen, which is simply to play a Dutch in reverse with an
extra tempo. This can hardly refute the Sicilian, but it puts Richard Bates to
the test early on.} d6 6. O-O Bg4 {Ambitious and might work better if there
was a knight on c3. There is a similar idea: 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2
Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.f4 Nf6 7.0-0 Bg4!? 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 0-0 and Black continues ...
Nd7,...Rb8 and ...b7-b5. Exchanging off the bishop clears the decks.} ({
Black has plenty of options at his disposal:} 6... e6 7. Na3 Nge7 8. c3 O-O 9.
Be3 a6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 b5 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Rad1 Rd8 15. Nc2
Rb8 16. a3 Na5 17. e5 Bf8 18. b4 Nc6 19. Nd4 dxe5 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Bg5 Rd5 $17
{Larsen,B (2660)-Fischer,R (2760)/Denver 1971/Candidates/0-1 (40)}) (6... Nf6)
(6... e5) 7. Qe1 c4 $5 {Continuing with his ambition. 7...Nf6 was of course,
the less risky way. As you'll see below, this is not the first time Richard
Bates has ventured this line.} 8. dxc4 $146 (8. Kh1 cxd3 9. cxd3 Nf6 10. Nc3
Nd7 11. Ng5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Qa5 13. Nd5 Rc8 14. b4 Qd8 15. Bb2 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 O-O
17. b5 Ncb8 18. Rac1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Nb6 20. Ne3 Qd7 21. f5 $16 {Cobb,J (2401)
-Bates,R (2374)/Plovdiv 2010 /1/2-1/2 (46)}) 8... Qb6+ 9. Kh1 Bxb2 {The point
of the small combination, although Black must be very careful now as he is
leaving himself well behind in development.} 10. Bxb2 Qxb2 11. Nc3 Bxf3 $2 ({
He had to try} 11... Nf6 {and castle quickly. White can disrupt this plan after
} 12. e5 $1 {and then} dxe5 13. Rb1 $1 Qxc2 14. Bd1 $1 Qf5 15. fxe5 {leaves
Black precariously placed.}) 12. Bxf3 (12. Rb1 $1 Qa3 13. Bxf3 O-O-O 14. e5 {
also gives White a ferocious attack.}) 12... Qb4 13. Rb1 {It's fair to say
that from this point on, White's attack is too strong to meet.} Qxc4 14. Rxb7
Nd4 (14... Rb8 15. Rxb8+ (15. Rb3 $16) 15... Nxb8 16. Be2 (16. e5 dxe5 17. Bd5
Qa6 18. fxe5 Nh6 19. e6 f6 $13) 16... Qc5 17. e5 dxe5 18. Na4 Qd4 19. Qb1 Nd7
20. Bb5 Ngf6 21. c3 Qd6 22. Rd1 $18) 15. Nd5 Rc8 16. Rxa7 (16. Rb4 Qc5 17. Qa1
e5 18. Rb7 $1 $18) 16... Nxc2 17. Qb1 {Quite decisive.} Qc5 18. Qb7 Qc6 19.
Nc7+ Kd7 (19... Rxc7 20. Qxc7 Qxc7 21. Rxc7 Nd4 22. e5 Kf8 23. a4 $18) 20.
Qxc6+ {Leading to an attractive finish.} Kxc6 21. e5+ Kb6 22. Rb1+ Kxa7 23.
Rb7# {A miniature which illustrates the peril of commencing tactical
operations when development is not complete.} 1-0

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.04.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Klek, Hanna Marie"]
[Black "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2013.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 {Le gambit Morra a été relancé récemment après
la publication d'une monographie mais sa correction n'est toujours pas
démontrée mais devant l'échiquier, c'est souvent une mauvaise surprise pour
les Noirs} dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Bf4 {[%cal Ge4e5]
} (8. Qe2 Bg4 $132) (8. h3 e6 9. Bf4 Be7 10. Qe2 b5 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Rfd1 Qb6
13. Bc2 Bb7 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Rc8 16. Bg5 Nc4 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nxc4 Rxc4
19. Be4 Rg8 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. g3 f5 22. a4 Bc5 23. Kh2 Rf4 24. Rf1 b4 25. Nd1
Bd6 26. Rg1 Rf3 27. Rc1 Ke7 28. Ne3 Kf6 29. Rcd1 Bc5 30. Rd3 Bxe3 31. Rxe3 Rxe3
32. Qxe3 Qe4 33. Qh6+ Ke7 34. Rd1 Rg6 35. Qxh7 f4 36. Qh4+ Rf6 37. Rd7+ Kxd7 {
Berg,E (2539)-Hillarp Persson,T (2529) Gothenburg 2013 1/2-1/2 (66)}) 8... Bg4
$1 (8... e6 $143 {[%csl Rc8]} 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rfd1 Qc7 11. Rac1 O-O 12. Bb3 {
[%cal Gc3d5]}) 9. h3 Bxf3 (9... Bh5) 10. Qxf3 e6 11. Rfd1 Qb8 $1 {[%csl Ge5]} (
11... Qc7 {La même idée que Qb8 pour surcontrôler la case "e5" mais la Qc7
est assez exposée} 12. Rac1 {[%cal Gc3d5]} Be7 13. Bb3 O-O 14. Nd5 $44 {
Anderson,J (2179)-Wells,P (2488) Brighton op 2012 (2) 1/2-1/2}) 12. Bb3 $146 (
12. Rac1 Be7 13. Qd3 Ne5 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. Qe2 O-O 16. f4 b5 17. Bb3 Bc5+ 18.
Kh1 Bd4 19. g4 Bxc3 20. g5 Ne8 21. Rxc3 exf4 22. e5 g6 23. Qe4 Ng7 24. Qxf4 Nh5
25. Qe3 Qb7+ 26. Qf3 Qe7 27. h4 Qb4 28. Qf2 Qe4+ 29. Rf3 Rad8 30. Re1 Qb4 31.
a3 Qg4 32. Rf1 Rd4 33. Bxe6 Qxh4+ 34. Qxh4 Rxh4+ 35. Kg2 Rf4 36. Rxf4 Nxf4+ 37.
Rxf4 fxe6 38. Rf6 a5 39. Kg3 Re8 40. Kf4 Kg7 41. Kg4 a4 {Simoncini,F (2020)
-Rowson,J (2574) Porto Mannu 2013 0-1 (69)}) 12... Be7 13. Rd2 O-O 14. Rad1 Rd8
15. a4 $6 Qc7 $1 16. g4 $6 (16. Rc2 Qb6) 16... Ne5 $15 17. Qe2 h6 18. Be3 Rac8
{Les Noirs ont terminé le développement et les Blancs n'ont pas d'attaque}
19. f4 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Qf3 d5 $17 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Rxd5
Qxa4 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Rd2 Qb3 27. Rf2 $2 Bh4 28. Re2 Bf6 29. Qf2 Re8 {
[%cal Ge8e3,Gf6d4]} 30. Kh2 Qd3 31. Re1 Bxb2 32. Qxb2 Rxe3 33. Rxe3 Qxe3 34.
Qxb7 Qxf4+ 35. Kg2 Qd2+ 36. Kg3 Qd3+ 37. Kg2 g6 38. Qb8+ Kh7 39. Qb7 Qc4 0-1

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Belotelov, Denis"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. c4 e6 7. Qe2 Bd6 8.
dxe6 (8. d3 O-O 9. dxe6 Qxe6 10. Qxe6 fxe6 11. Nf3 Nc6 (11... Nfd7 12. O-O Bxf4
13. Bxf4 Rxf4 14. Re1 Rf6 15. d4 Nc6 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nc3 Nd3 18. Re2 Raf8 19.
Rd1 Nf4 20. Re3 Nh3+ 21. gxh3 Rxf3 22. Rxe6 Rxh3 23. Nd5 {Sveshnikov,E-Aseev,K/
Kemerovo/1995/0,5/37/}) 12. Nc3 $5 Rad8 13. O-O Bc7 14. Ng5 Nd4 15. Be3 Rfe8
16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. Nce4 Ng4 18. Nc5 e5 19. Nge6 Rc8 20. f5 $14 {Campora,
D-Polgar,Zs/Biel/1987/}) 8... fxe6 9. d3 Nc6 (9... O-O 10. Nh3 (10. Nf3 Ng4 11.
Nc3 (11. O-O Nc6 12. Ng5 e5 13. Qe4 g6 14. Qd5+ Kh8 15. Nc3 $36) 11... Nc6 12.
O-O Bxf4 13. Qe4 Qd4+ 14. Qxd4 cxd4 15. Bxf4 dxc3 16. Bd6 Rfd8 17. c5 cxb2 18.
Rab1 b6 19. Rxb2 bxc5 20. Bxc5 Rxd3 21. h3 Nf6 22. Rc1 Rad8 23. Kh2 e5 24. Bf2
e4 25. Rxc6 exf3 26. Bxa7 Rd2 27. Rcc2 Rxc2 {Hartston,W-Tal,M/Tallinn/1979/0,5/
35/}) 10... e5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nc3 Rae8 13. f5 Nd4 14. Qf2 e4 15. dxe4 Bxh2+
16. Kh1 Rxe4 17. Bf4 Rxf4 18. Nxf4 Ng4 19. Qh4 Nxf5 {Elmeranta-Rijhimaki/corr/
1989/0:1/40/}) 10. Nf3 O-O (10... O-O-O $5 11. O-O Rhe8 12. Ne5 $5 Bxe5 13.
fxe5 Qd4+ 14. Be3 Qxe5 15. Nc3 Nd4 16. Qd2 Nf5 17. Bf4 Qd4+ 18. Kh1 Qxd3 19.
Qe1 $36 {Antoshin,V-Oll,L/Berdiansk(URS-sf/1983/}) 11. O-O Rae8 (11... e5 12.
f5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 (13. Qd1 e4 $5 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. dxe4 Qc7 $5 16. g3 Bxg3 17.
hxg3 Qxg3+ 18. Kh1 Qh3+ $10 19. Kg1 Qg3+) 13... exd4 14. Bg5 Rae8 15. Qf3 Qc7
16. g3 (16. h3 g6 $5 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. Qd5+ Kg7 19. Nd2 Re5 $15) 16... Nd7 17.
Nd2 Ne5 18. Qd5+ Nf7 (18... Kh8 19. Ne4 $5 Be7 20. Bf4 Bf6 21. Qxc5 $16) 19.
Bf4 (19. Ne4 $2 Re5) 19... Bxf4 20. Rxf4 Re5 21. Qg2 Re3 22. Nf1 Re5 {Campora,
D-Shirov,A/Buenos Aires/1993/0,5/42/}) 12. Ne5 $2 (12. Nbd2 e5 13. f5 Qxf5 14.
Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Qxe4 16. dxe4 Nd4 17. Bd2 Rf7 18. Rf2 Ref8 19. Raf1 h6 20.
Be3 Bc7 21. Nd2 Rxf2 22. Rxf2 Rxf2 23. Kxf2 {Campora,D-Cramling,P/Sevilla/1994/
0,5/56/}) (12. Nc3 e5 13. f5 Nd4 (13... Qxf5 14. Bg5 e4 15. dxe4 Nxe4 16. Rae1
Nf6 17. Qd1 Rxe1 18. Rxe1 Nd4 19. Bxf6 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Qxf3 21. gxf3 Rxf6 22.
Re8+ Rf8 23. Re6 Rd8 24. Kg2 Kf7 25. Re4 {Short,N-Kasparov,G/Paris active/1990/
1-0/52/}) 14. Qe1 (14. Qd2 Qxf5 15. b3 e4 16. dxe4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Rxe4 18. Qg5
Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Re2 {Evans,L-King,D/London WFW/1988/}) 14... Nxf5 15. Ng5 Bb8
16. Nge4 {Dorfman,J-Cifuentes,P/Platja d'Aro Barcino/1994/0,5/}) 12... Bxe5 13.
fxe5 Nd4 $1 (13... Qd4+ 14. Be3 Qxe5 15. h3 Nd4 16. Qd2 Nc2 17. Qxc2 Qxe3+ 18.
Qf2 Qxd3 19. Nc3 Ne4 20. Qh4 Qd4+ 21. Kh2 Qd6+ 22. Kg1 Qd4+ 23. Kh2 Nxc3 24.
Qxd4 cxd4 25. bxc3 Rxf1 26. Rxf1 {Pirligras,M-Kapnisis,S/Baile Herculane/1994/
0,5/40/}) 14. Qd1 Ng4 $1 15. Qxg4 (15. Bf4 Nc2 16. Qxc2 (16. Qxg4 Qd4+ 17. Kh1
Ne3 18. Qe2 Nxf1 19. g3 g5 20. Nc3 gxf4 21. Rxf1 fxg3 $19) 16... Qd4+ 17. Kh1
Rxf4 18. Nc3 Nf2+ 19. Rxf2 Rxf2 $19) (15. Rxf8+ Rxf8 16. Qxg4 Nc2) 15... Rxf1+
16. Kxf1 Rf8+ 17. Kg1 (17. Ke1 Nc2+) 17... Nc2 18. Nc3 Nxa1 19. Nd5 $5 h5 $1
20. Qh3 Nc2 21. Bg5 (21. Ne3 Qf7) 21... Nd4 22. Ne3 (22. Ne7+ $2 Qxe7 23. Bxe7
Ne2+) 22... Qf7 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Melilla"]
[Date "2011.11.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rivas Pastor, Manuel"]
[Black "Perez Candelario, Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2011.11.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Reverte Albox"]
[BlackTeam "Linex Magic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. f4 g6 2. e4 c5 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. c3 d6 5. d3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Be2
Ng4 9. Bg1 f5 10. Ng5 Kh8 11. h3 Nh6 12. Bh2 e5 13. O-O Qe7 14. Qb3 Bf6 15.
Ndf3 Ng8 16. h4 exf4 17. Rae1 fxe4 18. Bd1 Ne5 19. Nxe4 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Bxh4 21.
Re2 Be6 22. c4 Qg7 23. Nxc5 Bf5 24. Ne6 Bxe6 25. Rxe6 Rab8 26. Rxd6 Bf6 27. Be4
g5 28. Qb5 Rf7 29. Qd5 Nh6 30. g3 $2 (30. Re1 Re8 31. Qb5 $17) 30... Ng4 $19
31. Qe6 Bd4+ 32. Kh1 Nxh2 33. Kxh2 Rf6 34. Qd7 Qh6+ 35. Kg2 Rxd6 36. Qg4 Qg7
37. c5 Rh6 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 1415 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2015.02.15"]
[Round "6.165"]
[White "Rendle, Thomas"]
[Black "Jackson, James P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[Annotator "Saunders,J"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2014.11.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Grantham Sharks"]
[BlackTeam "e2e4.org.uk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Be2 Nf6 6. e5 Nd7 7. c4 Nb6 8. O-O Be7
9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Bd7 11. a3 a5 12. Rb1 a4 13. Qe1 Na5 14. g4 Bc6 15. f5 Nd7
16. Qg3 b5 17. h4 Qc7 18. Bf4 Qb7 19. Ng5 Rfe8 20. Be3 exf5 21. gxf5 Nxe5 22.
Bf4 Bxg5 23. Bxg5 f6 24. Bxf6 Nexc4 25. Nxc4 Nxc4 26. Rf2 Ne3 27. Be5 d4 28. f6
Qf7 29. fxg7 Qg6 30. Qxg6 hxg6 31. Bd6 Kxg7 32. Bxc5 Rad8 33. Rc1 Re6 34. Rf4
Nf5 35. Bg4 Kh6 36. Kf2 Rde8 37. Bb4 Ba8 38. Bd2 Kg7 39. Rc7+ R6e7 40. Rxe7+
Rxe7 41. Bxf5 gxf5 42. Rxf5 Bc6 43. Rf4 Rf7 44. Rxf7+ Kxf7 45. Kg3 Ke6 46. Kf4
b4 47. axb4 Kd5 {[diag] White is two pawns up but the bishop are of opposite
colours. A couple of moves before Black had played ...b5-b4, sacrificing the
second of the two pawns, perhaps to allow him to play ...Bb5 in order to tie
the white king to the defence of the d3-pawn. White now has the choice of
staying close to that pawn, or simply to hurl the h-pawn down the board in
order to outmanoeuvre the opposing king and win the d4-pawn.} 48. Kf3 $2 ({
It's logical in many ways, and White comes tantalisingly close to a win, but
it turns out to be the wrong choice. Instead,} 48. h5 $1 Bb5 $5 {is the key
position.} (48... Ke6 49. h6 Kf6 50. h7 Kg7 51. Ke5 {is a very simple win}) {
. However, though it is far from obvious at first sight, White can simply
march up the board with} 49. Kf5 $1 {and take control of the position. He
still has to find a couple of good moves, e.g.} Bxd3+ {(The fact that White's
move allows his opponent to capture with check is perhaps one reason why it is
hard to see.)} 50. Kf6 Kc4 51. h6 Be4 {and now} 52. Be1 $1 {is probably the
clearest winner. The d-pawn can achieve nothing unsupported, while} Kb3 53. b5
Kxb2 54. b6 {and the white pawn is too quick.}) 48... Ke5+ 49. Ke2 Be8 50. Bh6
Kf5 51. Bg7 Kg4 52. Bxd4 Kxh4 53. Ke3 Kg4 54. Ke4 {This plan seems pretty good
too, on the face of it, but it doesn't quite get the job in the face of
accurate defence.} Bc6+ $1 55. Ke5 Bb5 $1 56. Bg1 ({Back-pedalling with} 56.
Ke4 Bc6+ 57. Ke3 Kf5 {doesn't help as the black pieces can easily hold off the
two unconnected columns of pawns.}) 56... Bxd3 57. Kd4 Bf1 58. Kc5 {Again, it
looks to be going well for White with the black king seemingly too far away,
but it's an optical illusion.} Kf5 59. b5 Ke6 60. Kc6 Bg2+ 61. Kc7 Kd5 $1 {
The king switches direction towards the b2-pawn, leaving the bishop to give
itself up for the b5-pawn.} 62. b6 Kc4 63. b7 Bxb7 64. Kxb7 Kb3 65. Bd4 a3 66.
bxa3 Kxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.20"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Ashdod"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. c4 e6 7. dxe6 {
Leonid Yudasin tried 7.Qe2 several times with some success.} (7. Qe2 Bd6 (7...
Be7 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Nc3 O-O (10... Nd4 $5) 11. O-O Rad8 12. d3 Nd4
13. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 14. Be3 Qxd3 15. Rae1 Qxe2 16. Rxe2 $14 {1-0 Yudasin,L-Becerra
Rivero,J/New York 2004/CBM 098 ext (54)}) 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. d3 Nc6 10. Nf3 O-O
11. O-O Rae8 12. Nc3 e5 13. f5 Nd4 14. Qd1 Nxf5 (14... e4 15. dxe4 Nxe4 16.
Nxd4 Nxc3 $6 (16... cxd4 17. Nxe4 Rxe4 18. Qd3 $14) 17. bxc3 cxd4 18. Qxd4 (18.
cxd4 $142 Rxf5 19. Rxf5 Qxf5 20. c5 Bc7 21. Qb3+ $16) 18... Qc6 $15 {1/2-1/2
Yudasin,L-Christiansen,L/Minneapolis 2005/CBM 107 (43)}) 15. Bg5 Ng4 16. Nd5 h6
17. Bd2 e4 18. dxe4 Rxe4 $17 {0-1 Zubov,A-Averjanov,A/Kharkov 2005/CBM 105 ext
(33)}) 7... Qxe6+ 8. Qe2 Nc6 9. Qxe6+ fxe6 10. Na3 Nb4 (10... Bd6 $5 11. Nh3
O-O-O 12. O-O e5 (12... Bb8 $142) 13. d3 (13. Ng5 $5) 13... Nb4 (13... Bb8 $5
$15) 14. Nb5 Bb8 15. fxe5 Bxe5 16. Nxa7+ Kb8 17. Nb5 Nxd3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Blatny,
P-Trapl,J/Namestovo 1987/EXT 97 (66)}) 11. Nh3 Nd3+ 12. Ke2 O-O-O 13. Nc2 e5 {
Black's position looks great, however precise play is needed. During the
preparation for this game, I had examined the game of Kharlov vs. Senff
briefly, but failed to discover any improvement for black.} 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15.
b3 Bd6 {At that time I wasn't equipped with Fritz 9, which shows a number of
improvements for black. 15...Ne4 leads to equality, while the text move gives
black even a hope for some advantage!} (15... Ne4 16. Ne3 g6 $1 {The black
bishop is good on the big diagonal now.} 17. Nd5 Bg7 18. d3 Nf6 19. Nxf6 (19.
Bg5 Nxd5 20. Bxd8 Nc3+ $17) 19... Bxf6 20. Be3 Rhe8 21. Nf2 Nxd3 $1 22. Rad1
Bg5 23. Ng4 Bxe3 24. Nxe3 Nf4+ 25. Kf3 Ne6 $11) 16. Bb2 Rhe8 17. Ne3 Nfg4 (
17... Ne4 18. Rad1 Rd7 (18... Ng4 19. Nxg4 Ng3+ 20. Kd3 Nxh1 21. Kc2 $1 Re2 22.
Rxh1 Bf4 23. Kb1 $16) 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Nf2 $14 {however, black has
compensation here.}) 18. g3 {Kharlov was making his moves almost instantly -
he checked them all carefully at home.} Nxe3 (18... Nc6 $1 19. Nf2 (19. Bxg7 $6
Nd4+ 20. Kf1 Nxe3+ 21. dxe3 Nc2 $36) 19... Be5 20. Bxe5 (20. Nfxg4 Bxb2 $44)
20... Ngxe5 $44 {[%cal Gc6d4,Gc6b4]}) 19. dxe3 Ng4 20. Kf3 $1 Nxe3 $5 $146 (
20... h5 21. Rae1 Be5 22. Bc1 $1 Rf8+ 23. Kg2 Bc3 24. Re2 $16 {1-0 Kharlov,
A-Senff,M/Amsterdam NED 2005/The Week in Chess 559 (52)}) (20... Be5 $142 {
White can't do here Bc1 as in the 20...h5 line.} 21. Kxg4 Bxb2 22. Rae1 Rd2 (
22... Bc3 23. Re2 Rd2 24. Rxd2 Bxd2 25. Nf4 $14) 23. Nf4 Bf6 {and black is
safe.}) 21. Rhe1 (21. Bxg7 Nf5 22. Bf6 Rd7 23. Nf4 Rf7 24. Bb2 h5 $1 {[%csl
Yg4]} 25. Rae1 Nh4+ 26. Kf2 Rxe1 27. Kxe1 $1 Bxf4 28. gxh4 (28. gxf4 Ng2+ $11)
28... Bd6 $11) 21... Nf5 $6 {21...Nc2 is much better, but for some reason I
didn't consider that move seriously during the game.} (21... Nc2 $1 22. Rxe8
Rxe8 23. Rd1 Be5 $1 {black has at least equal chances.}) 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Rd1
$14 Rf8 (23... Be5 $2 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Kf4 $18 {That's why I should've moved
the knight to c2 and not to f5!}) 24. Ke4 $1 {Centralisation!} g6 25. Rd5 $1 {
[%csl Rc5] White's pieces reach central squares, while black is passive and
lacks any counterplay.} Kd7 $6 (25... Re8+ $142 26. Be5 b6 27. g4 Bxe5 28. Rxe5
Nd6+ (28... Rxe5+ 29. Kxe5 $16) 29. Kf4 Rf8+ 30. Kg3 $14) 26. Ng5 h6 27. Nf3
Ke6 28. Be5 Be7 29. g4 Nd6+ 30. Ke3 Nf7 31. Bf4 Rd8 (31... Re8 $142 $14 {
was much more resistant;}) 32. Ne5 $1 $16 {Now black is in serious trouble.}
Nxe5 33. Rxe5+ Kf6 34. Rd5 $1 Re8 (34... Rxd5 35. cxd5 Bf8 36. a4 $18 {[%cal
Ge3d3,Gd3c4]}) 35. Kf3 g5 36. Be3 $18 {The black pawns are on the same color
squares of black's bishop, and white controls the centre... This is just
hopeless against such a technician like Kharlov.} Ke6 (36... b6 37. Rd7 $18)
37. Bxc5 Rf8+ 38. Ke3 Rf4 39. Bxe7 Kxe7 40. h3 Rf1 41. Rb5 b6 42. c5 bxc5 43.
Rxc5 Rh1 44. Ra5 Rxh3+ 45. Ke4 Kd6 46. Rxa7 {Two connected pawns of white on
the queenside give white an easy win in this ending.} Kc5 47. Rb7 Rh2 48. a4
Rf2 49. a5 Rf4+ 50. Ke5 Rxg4 51. a6 (51. a6 Rg1 52. b4+ Kc4 53. a7 Ra1 54. b5 {
[%cal Gb5b6,Gb7b8]}) 1-0

[Event "Travemuende op 26th"]
[Site "Travemuende"]
[Date "2009.12.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Schmidt, Harald"]
[Black "Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Zakhartsov,Vi"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2009.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Bb4 7. O-O Nge7 {
This setup against the Morra-Gambit was considered by E. Grivas in New in
Chess Yearbook 88. He believes this one is the best for Black, and I agree
with him. The black knight on e7 is not in danger of an attack by e4-e5 and
supports an eventual d7-d5 break.} 8. Nb5 {After this move Black almost by
force has to return the pawn, but obtains the pair of bishops.  Other options
for White:} (8. Qe2 O-O 9. Rd1 Ng6 10. Bg5 Qa5 11. Rac1 h6 12. Bd2 Qh5 {
(Termentzoglou-Grivas, Greece 1990)}) (8. Bf4 Bxc3 9. bxc3 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11.
Bd3 O-O 12. Qc2 h6 {(Roberts-Dragicevic, Melbourne 2001), and Black is a pawn
up in both cases.}) (8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qb3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qa5 12. Rfd1
Qxc3 13. bxc3 f5 14. e5 Ng6 15. Bc5 Ngxe5 {(1/2:1/2 Malpert-Benjamin, New York
1992)} 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxf8 Nxc4 {with an interesting and complicated
endgame.}) 8... d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bxd5 (10. Bf4 {is dubious:} O-O 11. Nc7 $2
(11. Bb3 Be6 {with a pawn up}) 11... dxc4 12. Nxa8 (12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nxa8 Nd5
14. Bc7 Rf8 15. a3 Ba5 16. Bxa5 Nxa5 17. Rad1 Be6 {and Black has a winning
endgame}) 12... Nd5 13. Bc7 Qd7 14. a3 Be7 15. Bg3 Qd8 16. Rc1 Be6 {and the
knight a8 is trapped.}) 10... Nxd5 11. Qxd5 O-O {Of course, this natural move
is stronger than} (11... Be6 12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. Nc7+ Kd7 14. Nxe6 Kxe6 {
with equality, as in the corr. game Jaworski-Pyrka, 1992.}) 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13.
Be3 Bg4 14. Rfd1 a6 {Black has obtained a slightly better endgame with the
pair of bishops.} 15. Nbd4 (15. Nc7 Rac8 16. Nd5 Ba5 17. a3 Rd7) 15... Nxd4 16.
Rxd4 Rxd4 17. Nxd4 Rc8 18. h3 (18. f3 Bd7 19. Rd1 f6 20. Kf2 {was more precise.
}) 18... Bd7 19. Rd1 f6 20. Bf4 (20. f3 Kf7 21. Kf2) 20... Kf7 21. Nc2 $6 {
A dubious attempt at simplification. The knight on d4 was very strong.} Ba4 (
21... Rxc2 22. Rxd7+ Kg6 {also was possible:} 23. a3 (23. Rxb7 Rxb2 24. a4 a5
25. g4 Ra2 {winning the a4-pawn.}) 23... Be1 24. Rxb7 Bxf2+ 25. Kh2 h5 {
with a better endgame due to the more active pieces.}) 22. Rd4 Bf8 (22... Rxc2
23. Rxb4 Bc6 24. Be3 {and White has good chances to survive with
opposite-coloured bishops, despite Black's initiative.}) 23. Ne3 (23. Rxa4 Rxc2
24. b3 Ke6 25. Be3 Bd6 {with a better ending for Black.}) 23... Bc6 24. Nf5 (
24. Bd6 {also led to an unpleasant endgame for White:} Rd8 25. Nf5 Bxd6 26.
Nxd6+ Ke6 27. Nf5 Rxd4 28. Nxd4+ Kd5 29. Nxc6 Kxc6 30. Kf1 Kd5 31. Ke2 Ke4 32.
Kd2 Kd4 {and the pawn ending should be winning for Black.}) 24... Ke6 25. Nd6
Rd8 26. Nb5 Rxd4 (26... Rd7 $1 {was very strong:} 27. Rxd7 (27. Nc7+ {?} Ke7
28. Rxd7+ Kxd7 29. Na8 Bc5 {and the knight is trapped.}) 27... Bxd7 28. Nc3 b5
29. a3 a5 {and the black king penetrates on the d5-square.}) 27. Nxd4+ Kd5 28.
Be3 (28. Nxc6 $1 {gave to White every chance of surviving:} bxc6 (28... Kxc6
29. Kf1 Kd5 30. Ke2) 29. Kf1 Ke4 30. Be3 Kd3 31. b3 Kc2 32. Ke2 f5 33. Bd4 g6
34. f3 Kb1 35. Kd3 Kxa2 36. Kc2 {and it is difficult to improve Black's
position.}) 28... Bd7 29. Kf1 Bc5 (29... f5 $1 {was my initial intention. For
some reason I had rejected this move.} 30. f3 (30. f4 Bc5 31. Nc2 Bxe3 32.
Nxe3+ Ke4 {winning a pawn.}) (30. g3 f4 31. gxf4 Bxh3+ {obtaining a passed
h-pawn.}) 30... f4 31. Bf2 Bd6 32. Ke2 Bc5 33. Nc2 (33. Kd3 b5 34. a3 a5 35. b4
(35. Bg1 Bxd4 36. Bxd4 Bf5+ 37. Kc3 b4+ {winning}) 35... axb4 36. axb4 Bxb4 {
with a winning advantage.}) 33... Bb5+ 34. Ke1 Bd6 35. b3 Bd3 36. Kd1 Bf1 37.
Ne1 Bb4 {and Black has a big advantage.}) 30. Nc2 Bd6 31. Ke2 Bb5+ (31... f5 {
still was strong.}) 32. Kd2 Be5 {It was the last round. In time trouble I
became nervous and decided to go into an ending with opposite-coloured bishops
and a pawn up, which turned out drawish.} (32... Bf1 33. Ba7 Bf4+ 34. Ne3+ {
led to the same ending as in the game.}) (32... f5 {!} 33. Bd4 g6 34. Bc3 f4
35. Nb4+ Ke6 {left some chances to exploit the bishop pair.}) 33. b3 Bf1 34.
Ba7 Bf4+ 35. Ne3+ Bxe3+ (35... Kc6 36. g3 Bh6 37. h4 b6 38. Bb8 Bh3 39. Bf4
Bxf4 40. gxf4 Kc5 41. Kc3 Be6 42. b4+ Kb5 43. a3 {and White holds the balance.}
) 36. Kxe3 Bxg2 37. h4 Ke5 (37... g5 38. hxg5 fxg5 39. f4 g4 40. Kf2 {with a
draw.}) 38. Bc5 Kf5 39. Bf8 g6 (39... g5 40. hxg5 fxg5 41. f3 Bf1 42. Bd6 Bb5
43. f4 g4 44. Kf2 {with a draw.}) 40. Be7 Bd5 41. f4 h6 42. Bf8 g5 43. fxg5
fxg5 44. hxg5 Kxg5 45. a4 Bxb3 46. a5 h5 47. Bc5 Kg4 (47... b5 48. axb6 Bd5 49.
Be7+ Kg4 50. Kd2 h4 51. Bxh4 Kxh4 52. Kc3 {is also draw.}) 48. Kf2 1/2-1/2

